Evening star., 1932-07-31

~ NCE again the District Of Co.
lumbia fails to get its share
in the distribution of con-
i gressional relief funds, al
though every State in the
Union and Hawaii are given an al
lotted amount This is evidenced by
the passage of the emergency relief
end construction act by Congress ane
signed by President Hoover. in wh1cf ,
WayS out of the total s2,l22 600 'ooC
relief measure.
OF the S136,000 900 provided for high
vav funds. Sl20.000,000 is allotted FOL
emergency construction on the Federal
aid highway systems. $5,000,o00 for ma
tional forest highways, S5,000,00O for
improvements of national forests,
s30Oo.Ooo for national park roads and
"a 100000 for roads through public
lands. In addition to the direct high
wav appropriation. $3o0,0o0,000 is made
available for relief and work relief, IN
Guiding highway and street work. Tnls
money will be loaned States, counties
and cities by the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation on the request OF
the various State governors.
d. C. Gets Nothing.
But. out of all of this the District OF
Columbia, the National Capital, getS
nothing. Not one penny out OF tnlS
huge fund goes to aiding employment
here or building and repairing road
v,avs The District is entirely dlsln-
hrritpd, Be it pork k-barreiing or not
the CITY of Washington gets what Olo
Mother Hubbard's dog got when he
went to the cupboard.
The chief reason for washington
plight in this matter is that OF many
other matters-lacK of representation
in Congress. With only committees to
represent the District, Congress un-
nIiestionabiy is of the opinion that the
annual lump sum is sufficient for DIS
trict needs. No one need think that
sum adequate after talking with those
in charge of our Municipal Govern
ment..
and the Territory of Hawaii Will re-
ceive out of this relief fund may be OF
interest. Appropriations are as 1ol-
lows:
State Appropriations
Alabama, $2,55O,053; Arizona. $l,7622,-
s36: Arkansas $2.091.4S1: California
s4,eee, I'll; CoIoradq. 81 ,2SS, ,2sl: oo Con. Goo.
Florida, $l.629,2O4; Georgia, s5,l2o,lsl
Idaho, s1,5O8,4s5: Illinois, $5'o7a'24SS' 2aS
Indiana, S3,O60,266; Iowa, $3,l75 ,493
Kansas. s3276, 1874: Kentuckv. S2,259,'
648: Louisiana. S1,740,l9 Maine, ST.
O7O. 500: Maryland, Sl,0l5,296; Massa'
chusetts. S1.712,774; Michigan. S3,783,-
17e: Minnesota, s3,373. $50: Mississippi
s2,I60,e78; Missouri, $3,761,ol4: Mon
tana. S2,525,1o8: Nebraska, S2,557, ,683;
Nevada. s1.578,025; New Hampshire
s6oo.ooo: New Jersey, $1,659,1 New
Mexico. 81 ,962, $40; New York, $6,057,- :
e65; North Carolina, s2,890, ,203; North
Dakota. Sl.940.325; Ohio, $4,50l ,069;
Oklahoma. S2,893,101; Oregon, $685.
1913: Pennsylvania. S5,261 ,052; Rhode
Island, S6o0,000; South Carolina, ST.
666 .492: South Dakota, S2,002.076;
Tennessee, s2.609.757; Texas, S7,66S,-
b24: Utah, 81 .387. 100; Vermont, $500, 900;
Virginia, s2.25e. 1876: Washington. ST.
905,627; West Virginia, S1,316, ,72oi
Wisconsin. So, ,e92, ,43S: Wyoming, $l,540,'
Sll, and Hawaii, 100000.
Road Builders Statement.
Benefit to the Nation at large by
these appropriations is seen by T. H
Cutler, president of the American ROAD
Builders Association.
only beginning in meeting unem-
ployment conditions can be made with
the funds available" states Mr. Cutler
''but such relief will be widely dis.
tributed throughout the country. The
provision permitting cities to use tbs