Evening star., 1933-07-25
ICKES announces
NEW PUBLIC WORKS
Allotment of $685., ,648 In
!. cIudes ID Post Offices
in Nine States.

new dliOIInenG Oh SlS,ool,o1o VA
public works funds, announced yester-
day by Secretary Of the Interior 1ckes,
will result in the saving Of 1922 jobs
in Army establishments throughout the
country, the undertaking of IA public
building projects in nine States and the
employment of large force OF workers
in soil erosion projects.
The allotment includes $6,971 ,64S for
the IA Federal building projects. all of
which are post offices; s6000,000 for 23
War Department ordnance establish
mcnts; S5,000,000 for soil erosion work
under the Department of Agriculture,
to be allotted to States in proportion to
their cultivated areas as shown by the
1880 census: S1,55500 to complete
flood control dams on the Winooska
River in Vermont; $325,000 for the
Panama Canal Zone.
Yesterdays action brought total allot-
ments from the s3,300.000,000 public
works appropriation to $773, ,802,836
since the law was enacted little more
than month ago.
All Projects Approved.
Ickes, announcing the aIlocs,1ons just
after a meeting of the cabinet board
on public works. said;
AL LIle buildings III ILLS llSt IhVc
been approved by the Post Once De-
partment, the Treasury Department and
designated by the director Of the bud
get as needed now, ard approved by
the special board of public works with
the sanction of the President.
Proposed additional public buildings
are being carefully considered by the
administration to determine whether
they are needed now'to save the Gov
ernment money and whether they meet
the other qualifications required for
projects receiving allotments Of public
works money"
Ickes announced also two resolutions
of general policy adopted by the cabinet
board, and said the regional public
works administrators probably would be
named today
The board adopted a resolution" the
Secretary said, that it was the sense
of the board that in local projects local
labor be used as far as possible, and that
as far as possible building material
stone and so forth, of that State and
area be used
The board also resolved that nc
projects approved by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation can come before
this board until the r. F. C. has
rescinded its approval. and then the
projects must be submitted to the State
boards"
Price to Be Factor.
Regarding the use of local labor anG
materials, Ickes said clauses probably
would be written into contracts stating
this to be the Governments policy, but
that the price factor would enter into
its application.
We would not be justified in paying
too much" he explained.
The board directed that the S. 900,
600 soil erosion program be completed
by November l. 1884.
The soil conservation plan" the
board said, provides for the practice
of terracing which agricultural engin-
GERS have found to be the most effective
means of controlling erosion. The Gov
ernment will supply the technical di
rectlon and terracing equipment and
the land owners the power and labor.
In addition to the S5,0000 900 spent
by the Government it is estimated that
more than twice that amount will be
spent by land owners on labor and
power in carrying out the work. Ac-
tually it appears that more than $15,-
100000 will be put to work.
Agricultural engineers believe that
the one-year program will provide for
the terracing Of approximately 4,752,-
600 ac1es of land and will supply A.
1877 500 days of labor
They say that approximately $500
days labor will result from the ex-
penditure of each $4,000 by the Govern
ment The first year program calls for
terracing operations in 1872 units of
5000 acres each"
The Agriculture Department informed
the board that soil erosion cost farmers
S200000,000 year and that its pre-
- |>;,>
value of land held as security for long
term loans, made directly or indirectly
with Government funds.
List of Projects.
The post Offices to be constructed I'M
der the terms of the latest ALLEGATIONS
and the cost of each are as follows:
San Pedro, Calf. $517,500; Vim
cennes. Ind, s115.075: Binghampton,
N. Y, s4SO 900; New York City. Eighth
avenue and West Thirty-third street,
s4828 900: Alhambra, Calf, $165. 900;
Meriden, Conn. s63 900; Clinton. Iowa,
iston, Me. s1so.Ooo; Beverly. Mass,
s4o.5oo; Chillicothe, Ohio, $31 500:
Greensburg, Pa, $4,000; Schenectady,
N. Y. $192,401 and West Chester. Pa,
s72 900.
The % Army establishments which
will be kept in operation, with the re-
tention of 7.122 employees who other
wise would have been discharged, are
located in Is States. These arsenals
have been on a four-day week basis
since July l. The arsenals affected and
the number OF employees in each case
who will be retained are as follows:
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, 371
Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Ga, So;
Benicia Arsenal Benicia, Calf, 50;
Charleston Ordnance Depot, Charleston
s. c. l21; Columbus General Depot
Columbus. Ohio, 13; Curtis Bay Ord
nance Depot, South Baltimore, Md
284 Delaware Ordnance Depot, Pedrick-
town, NJ j., 269; Erie Ordnance Depot
La Carne, Ohio. 81; Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia, Pa. 1891; Nansemond
Ordnance Depot, Portsmouth. Va, 119;
New Cumberland General Depot, New
Cumberland. Pa, 7; New Orleans Quar-
termaster Depot, New Orleans, La, g.;
Ogden Ordnance Depot, Ogden, Utah. 4;
Picatinny Arsenal. Dover. NJ j.. 1861
Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. j.. 800;
Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill.
749: San Antonio Arsenal. San Antonio
Tex, 112: Savanna Ordnance Depot
Savanna, H., 204: Schenectady General
Depot. Schenectady, NJ Y, 10; Spring
field Armory, Springfield, Mass. 466;
Watertown Arsenal. Watertown, Mass.
285; Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet
N. Y, 164, and Wingate Ordnance
Depot Fort Wingate, NJ Mex, 20.
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