11-26-34 Council Meeting Minutes

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6 November 26th, 1934. MINUTES. REGULAR MEETING. Be it Remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in the Regular Session in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Monday evening I November 26th, 1934. at the hour of 8 :50 o'clock P. M. All Members present except Councilman Altfeld. President Nelson presided. The Minutes of the two previous meetings were reads and on Motion of Councilma Hull were accepted as 8 read. Motion carried. COMMUNICATION. 5 North LaFayette South Bend, Indiana October 30, 19342 Mrs Gladys Monroe, City Clerk City Hall South-Bend, Indiana Dear Mrs. Monroe: I have your letter of October 29 in which you enclosed a copy of the resolu passed by the Common Council July 27, 1931. For your information, men are suppoxs =ed to work at the prevailing rate given in a community, an as established by a focal wage committee. The local wage committee in South Bend established_a rate of 40 0 per hour for the FERA program, started April.l,. Our minimum rate for any county i 3,00 per hour -and iii order to obtain an increase in the rate .a I believe documentary evidence sh be presented to the wage committee of St. Joseph County to substantiate an increase from 40* to I am turning the copy of the resolution over to this wage committee for their guidance at their next meeting. -Thanking you for calling this resolution to our attention, -I am Very truly your Charles W. Legeman, Administrative Field Director COMMUNICATION. I.Indianapolis, Indiana. October 31, 1934• Miss Gladys M. Monroe City Clerk South Bend, Indiana Dear Miss.Monroe: I have for acknowledgement your letter of October 29th, together with the resolution adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bendm favoring an increase in the FERA wage rate from 40¢ to 50¢ an hour, Cordially yours, Wayne Coy. COMMUNICATION. - Washington November 3, 1934. Miss Gladys M. Monroe, City Clerk, • ion � uld • 500•.