Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
HOOVER WILL CALL
ON CONGRESS FOR
EMPLOYMENT FUND
Increased Construction and
Seed Loan to Farmers in
Relief Program.
$500, 600, 900 AUTHORIZED
ALREADY FOR BUILDING
Use of Army Cots and Blankets
May Be Extended-Red Cross
Help Shown.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover plans to ask Con-
gress for emergency appropriations to
furnish employment and assist drought
sufferers.
The one will go toward speeding up
the Governments building program and
the other will take the form of seed
loan.
A statement outlining the plan came
from the White House late yesterday
after the War Department and his
Emergency Employment Committee had
separately made known further phases
Of their own relief programs.
The statement follows:
THE President announces that the
administration had decided to recon-
mend to Congress a special emergency
appropriation to be applied to the fur
ther intensification of public works
public buildings and other forms of
Federal construction which are already
authorized by Congress, but for which
no appropriations would normally be
made until later periods; and further
to recommend the provision Of seed
loan assistance to farmers in the
drought area.
$5OO,OO0,OO0 Already In Hand.
"It will be remembered that the APP
preparations for Federal construction
were greatly increased upon the Presi-
dents recommendation by the last
Congress as aid to employment during
the current year. The departments
were Also authorized to undertake the
necessary technical preparations for flu
ture construction work which was au-
thorized but not appropriated for.
las a result of appropriations avail
able during the present fiscal year, the
construction work of all kinds In the
Federal Government will be increased
to o total exceeding $500, 900, 900. The
emergency appropriations that win be
requested will be in the nature of an
addition to this already enlarged pro-
gram and will be in anticipation of such
construction work as would normally
have taken place year or two hence.
The necessary technical preparation
has been under way for some months
and has now been advanced 50 that
the program can be further expanded
Tor emergency purposes. The precise
amount for the emergency appropria-
tons has not yet been decided upon.
but will be determined on q basis of
authorized works for which the pre-
liminary technical preparation has been
or can be completed. The whole pur-
pose is to provide further employment
during the forthcoming year upon work
Of ultimate necessity"
War Department Aid.
Earlier in the day, Secretary Hurley
had agreed to place all available Army
cots and blankets at the disposal of
agencies dealing with acute needs.
Meanwhile. the Emergency Committee
was pegging away at its task of stimu-
lating decentralized campaigns to make
more work obtainable.
Secretary Hurley telegraphed Gov
Emerson Of Illinois that, though legal
authority was lacking, he would assume
responsibility for authorizing the use
OF all available Army cots and blankets
without unduly depicting the supply for
the armed forces"
Emerson had requested a loan of
Army equipment Indispensable neces-
sary to assist in Chicago and through
out the State"
Similar requests from other places
were expected to follow Hurley's an
nouncement OF policy Pleas for direct
by the Presidents Emergency Commit
tee, along with many appeals for Jobs
Labor Immigration Opposed.
Chairman Woods of the committee
called attention yesterday to what he
termed futile migrations Of labor.
WOODS also made public an an
nouncement by L. j. Drake, president
OF the Union Tank Car Co. that this
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