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819-1
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- 1934-10 (Creation)
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Pierce County wood gathering project, sponsored by Pierce County relief, to provide heating fuel for the unemployed. Three men are loading a truck with wood cut into firewood lengths. Pictured on the left is H. (Red) Coppack, supervisor of the work. Taking a page from Roosevelt's New Deal, A.B. Comfort, head of the Pierce County Relief, originated this plan in June of 1933. Unemployed men were offered the opportunity to cut their own wood to heat their homes during the winter. The relief organization provided transportation and tools; the unemployed provided the labor. Each man was expected to prepare 3 cords of wood- two for the use of his own family and one for distribution to the aged, widows and handicapped. (T. Times 10/1/1934, pg. 3)
Woodcutting; Fuelwood; Logs; Woodcutters; Unemployment--Pierce County--1930-1940; Unemployed--Pierce County--1930-1940; Depressions--1929; Assistance--Pierce County--1930-1940;