BOB DENOUNCES CROMWELL TALK ON U. S. POLICIES
Bob Denounces Cromwell Talk on U.S. Policies British War Secretary Al-Target of Senator WASHINGTON. D. C—Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., struck out twice last week at public speakers seeking to...
...So far as I am aware, Americans are not presuming to tell (he nations that are Involved what their strategy shall be, except where their economic strategy impinges on our normal trade rights...
...I think the attitude of most Americans is that they are happy our country $ not involved in the war and determined that it shall not be involved...
...Thelen suggested that salaries for pension directors be set up, and in those counties where the pension director also handled relief, the county boards could determine how much more to pay him for his relief work...
...Under a recent federal law all pension employes must be under civil service...
...He pointed out that the state pays only 10 per cent of relief costs but if the welfare plan went through the state would have control over the relief director who would at the same time be the pension director in certain counties...
...Frank C. Klode...
...Thelen's opposition was aimed maln-ly at the salaries to be paid direc-tors In those counties where the pension and relief departments are under one agency...
...Sees Objections He wondered what the reaction of the counties would be to this increase In salaries and pointed out that the financial condition of these northern counties was such that any salary increase would be questioned...
...One blast was aimed by the Wisconsin Progressive at Oliver Stanley...
...The welfare department had placed j only two counties...
...The welfare department had suggested four categories of agencies based on the size of the case load and the amount of employes working in the departments...
...Bob said in a statement that Crow-well had "stepped outside his duties of a minister," and added that questions of foreign policy should be left with the executive and congress...
...Bob La Follette said he thought Stanley was 'Netting up a straw man and trying to tear it apart...
...The day before his statement on Stanley's criticism Bob assailed the speech made In Canada by James H. R. Cromwell, millionaire playboy and hushand of Doris Duke, known as the "riThest girl in the world," who Is now the American minister to Canada...
...Robert M. La Follette, Jr., struck out twice last week at public speakers seeking to interpret public opinion on the European war...
...clerk typist, $65 to $95...
...Thelen said the counties objected to the state setting the salary of the relief director when the counties have to pay 90 per cent of relief casts themselves...
...He also objected to the method of classifying counties on the basis of relief loads and number of employes...
...director of the welfare department, in opening the meeting, announced that the department was ready to cooperate with the counties in changing any of the regulations the counties desired to have changed...
...The following monthly rates for these positions were proposed: Case work supervisor, $150 to $195...
...Thelen main-tained that the difference in salaries ; would encourage various pension heads to seek to increase their staffs and their case loads so they could benefit i from increased salaries...
...In a speech in Canada Cromwell praised the British and French war aims and assailed German objectives...
...I have not seen any criticism of the kind he mentions...
...Letting Douglas county lead will" make a laughing stock out of the pro-!gram," Thelen declared...
...British war secretary, who complained in London that Americans are criticizing the conduct of the war and should mind their own business...
...An advisory committee of 21 county board chairmen met with public welfare officials to discuss civil service provisions for county pension and welfare departments...
...senior clerk, $95 to $125...
...clerk stenographer, $70 to $100...
...Fourth class, salary range $125 to $155—Lafayette, and Richland...
...Raps Increased Costs A. J. Thelen, Madison, secretary of the County Boards association, opposed the scale of wages set up for county welfare directors on the grounds that it would result in increased cost to the counties without the counties having the proper amount of supervision over the agencies...
...Questions Pay Schedules For Welfare Staff Opposition to the salary schedules set up for county pension directors and welfare workers by the department of public welfare was expressed by representatives of the Wisconsin County Boards association at a meeting in the capitol last week...
...case worker, S85 to $125: principal clerk, $125 to $155...
...I feel they have done an excellent piece of work," Klode said, referring to the work done by the public assistance division under George M. Keith...
...Third class, salary range $150 to $195—Green, Grant, Iowa, Crawford, Dodge and Jefferson...
...J. D. Eastwold, Spooner, chair-man of the County Boards association, j said that according to the salaries j submitted by the welfare department, there would be an increase all along the line in northern counties...
...and clerk, $65 to $95...
...Following are the counties in the Madison area and the classes to which they belong together with the monthly salary proposed for welfare director: Second class, salary range $175 to $240—Dane, Columbia, Sauk and Walworth...
...senior case worker, $125 to $155...
...Douglas and Rock, ' in the first class with salaries of the directors ranging from $225 to $300 a month...
...Other Schedules Identical The salary schedule for other positions would be the same throughout the state...
Vol. 10 • March 1940 • No. 13
