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360 ERA Delega- tion and Yodwish Case. Grieves of 16 Audubon Road. Hearing was given sometime ago to Mrs. Hannam rela- tive to the same complaint and Mrs. Hannam was advised to take the matter to Court inasmuch as the investiga- tion made by the Health Inspector did not prove that there was any stench and Mrs. Hannam seemed to be the only person complaining in the neighborhood. A delegation of ERA workers came before the Board headed by George Douglas. He called attention to the fact that an investigator had been here from the -ERA office, and the men are being cut':off the ERA. A large percentage of the men have been put back to work under protest. He stated that he had seen men come to the job without any dinner and he had seen men complaining of what they got for lunch. He stated that some of the workers had been ordered out of the town by the Selectmen and they felt they had .a right to live here. They felt that if the Board did not want to recognize their organ- ization they would endeavor to enforce recognition, as their organization has been recognized b?r the State Administrator and by the government. He stated that two cases had been attended to but they were bringing up a case they desired the Board to listen to. Mr. John Yodwish of 32 Mass. Ave. stated that he came to town in May 18, 1929 and when he lost his job he.applied for welfare. He was told to go back to Boston. Finally his four children were taken from him by Mr. Mitchell, he claimed. He had been put in jail when he was selling booze to try to support his family, and when he got out of jail he was asked to go back to Boston to live. He was receiving $8. per week on E.R.A. and was paying $5. per week rent leaving $3. for food for him- self and his wife. Mr. Douglas stated that he did not know that Mr. Yodwish's wife had tuberculosis and this was all the more reason why he should receive more money. Mr. Yodwish stated that his two boys were found not to be sick at the Westfield State•Sanatorium where they were committed and that they are going to school there and when he had sufficient to pay their board they could be taken out. Mr. Mitchell made a report of his story on the matter and stated that hewas abidingt"the wishes of the city of Boston, After he gave his story Mr. Douglas presented a Bill for the establishment of unemployment,,Old age and social insurance, and for other purposes, which he requested that the Board support. The case was discussed by the Board and it was voted to allow Mr. Yodwish $2.00 cash more per week from the Welfare Department. 1