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Working day and night, personnel was selected and trained in new procedures, a

central headquarters at 741 South Flower Street and 23 district placement offices

throughout the county were leased, remodeled and equipped, and a multitude of other

thlngs accomplished - all new, untried and.experimental. But all of that is another

story - many stories.

With the loyal and hearty cooperation of the capable staff of the recreation pro-

ject, the news. E. R. A. opened all of its doors throucho~t the county on ~by 1, 19340

Ml.jor Arthur H. Miller was appointed Chief of the Placement and Administrative Personnel

Division, and Mt-. Dahl was appointed Chief of the Professional, Technical and Women's

Work Divisiono Frank Y. McLaughlin was named Director of s. E. R. A. for Los Angeles

Co~ty. In July Mro Dahl was appointed Director of s. E. R. A. for Riverside County and

htajor Ydller became Chief of the Professional, Technical and Women's Work Division, re-

maining in that capacity until April, 1935, when he becalll9 Southern Area Director.

With the advent of the s. E. R. A., the Recreation and Delinquency Prevention Pro-

ject Noo 8288, with more than 1000 on its rolls, became Projects No. l-E4-10 and Noo

l-E4-15, with numerous subsidiary projects, and in ~rch, 1934, Superintendent James K.

Reid appointed Mlrion E. Miller Project Administrator. She rebuilt the staff, appointing

new supervisors to the vacancies left by those who went to So E. R. A. The relief budget

wage system was again installed; the training institutes were continued and strengthened.

Under the new regime, the program continued its worthy service to the entire county,

sponsored and fostered by the Los Angeles County Recreation Department, and receiving

constant help from its old friends in the s. E. R. Ao All of the accumulated experience

of a year of operation was brought to bear in the service extended to the outlying cities

and commwities throughout Los Angeles County.

In September, 1934, Marion Miller was succeeded as Project Administrator by laura

Chase who was succeeded in turn by Gladys Meredith, both having been field supervisors

in the program during its development. Wuss Meredith has conducted the affairs of the

project with distinction and successfully accomplished its transition from the s. Eo R. A.

program to the w. P.A. program in December , 19350 The chief change in this transition

was the adoption of the security wage for workers, certification being required form the

State Relief Administration for assignment.