I know there are many Pennsylvania cities in which relief has declined in the last ten weeks. I cannot give you the figure, but I think they are wrong that it has gone up in the last ten weeks. Take a look at the relief curve for any other year. It shows a sharp upswing. These are going up but nothing like it usually does.
Some cities are different from others, but that is the general statement all over the country.
I would look for an increase every week in the WPA, from February 1st up until the 10th of March. How much that will be I cannot tell you. Prior to your Chicago visit you said that you believed that 30,000 administrative employees was the lowest force that you could use. We had 36,570 in August and it has dropped every month. 30,533 in January and I assume it will go down somewhat below that.