Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-21
$4,000 Will Be Used to Push
Non-FederaI Projects in
Washington.
1000 ADDED TO LIST
TO MEET EMERGENCY
Director Hopkins Lauds Allen for
His Speed in Organizing
Relief Program.

The Districts quota for employment
under the civil works program was
raised from 10000 to 10000 today by
Harry Hopkins, civil works admins
traitor, to meet the employment emer-
gencies that he has found here.
These men, Mr.. Hopkins pointed out.
will be put to work as soon as possible
ending the present work relief rolls of
10000 and providing work for $500
District residents classified as self
sustaining" unemployed, but not now
on relief rolls.
Hopkins revealed that these jobs will
be broken down into 1900, the num-
Der intended for employment on local
non-Fcoeral civil works, the original
1000 That it was planned to employ 90
Federal projects in the District, ana
an additional 1000 which were added
today to meet the emergency.
Hopkins believes that this will 70
a long way toward solving. for the
Winter at least. the Districts unem-
plyoment problem.
Projects Discussed.
At meeting today representatives
of the District, the Public Works Ad-
ministration and the Civil Works Ad-
ministration are discussing Federal
projects than can be taken up under
the Districts civil works program, and
it was expected by nightfall that the
entire program would be well on its
way.
Hopkins explained that on the Fed
eral projects that can be undertaken
BY the civil works employees, each Fed
eral department Is asked to send In
memoranda to the Public Works Ad-
ministration stating needs for employ
ment and material and giving data on
when the jobs can start and how long
1t will take to complete them.
The new District civil works set-rrp,
while not stated as such, is regarded
as an effort on the part of the Civil
Works Administration to provide a
model demonstration of what can be
done under the newest effort of the
Feoeral Government to move men from
relief rolls to pay rolls.
Hopkins expressed himself as very
much pleased with the way District
commissioner George e. Allen had
undertaken the local civil works pro-
gram.
Praises Aliens Speed,
Hopkins praised the speed with which
Commissioner Allen has gotten men to
work, and expressed the belief that he
and Allen would work in the utmost
harmony and that they would handle
the Districts civil works program In the
best manner possible.
Hopkins pointed out, however, that
the civil works program does not expect
10 wipe out the entire emergency relief
activities in the District. There are.
ne said, large number of unemploy-
able, elderly people who are unfit TO
DO the work that the civil works army
Will be called upon to do, and possibly
a separate unemployed list will turn up
to be included in the Districts civil
work quota. Every effort will be made
TO take care of these people as hereto
lore they have been under the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
Hopkins did not know Just how many
OF these people here or elsewhere
throughout the country would be left
for the relief organizations to care for
after the civil works program starts
functioning 100 per cent, but he was
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