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Model City Camp Rising Near Shafter Progress Update
Tom Collins of the federal Resettlement Administration says the low income farm workers camp near Shafter is advancing rapidly. The camp will provide showers, laundry, toilets and 24 hour supervision with a ten cent daily charge per family and labor contributed by relief rolls of Kern County. Single men are not housed. only families will enter. tents will be erected on individual platforms and cottages are not planned. It will take about three months to complete and a resident camp manager will be appointed later.
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Shlater
Tom Collins
Federal Resettlement Administration
Department
Agriculture
Collins
Kern County
Shafter
James A. Tweedie