Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-12
Projects Need
Only 0. X. of
Executive.
MANY NEW JOBS
EXPECTED SOON
Completed
List of First
Enterprises.

Ready to start the $500, 000, 900
public works program, President
Roosevelt today arranged for a
conference with Secretary Of the
Interior Ickes, the public works
administrator, who has drafted
and approved the list of first
projects to be undertaken, these
involving a total of about $780,
100000.
The project needs only the
Presidents Endorsement and OFF,
Gals said much of the work could
begin almost Immediately, thus
creating many jobs quickly.
Not = Super Cabinet.
Confident and pleased with the gen.
eral progress Of his recovery and public
works organization, Mr.. Roosevelt
smiled today at references to his newly
created executive council as super
cabinet" It was said authoritatively
that the group was not to be considered
q "super-cabinet."
It was also made clear that Frank
C. walker, who was appointed yester-
day by the President as executive secre-
tary Of the new council, does not have
the power of an assistant president, al
though he will be greatly relied upon by
Mr.. Roosevelt in co-ordinating the vari-
Gus activities.
The Bureau of Public Roads today
was studying allotments' to States Tor
highway construction. The public works
cabinet board got ready to pass on non
Federal construction works and agree 70
advance Federal money to help finance
them.
Before establishing yesterday what
the Capital calls his super cabinet 10
coordinate the recovery drive-ano
telling these men to work 1ast-Mf.
Roosevelt looked over, and revised con.
siderably. a preliminary list OF Federal
public works projects proposed: Some
could not be started soon enough.
Approval of plans for road expendl..
lures in Massachusetts, Ohio. Utah ana
New York viii start construction actlvl-
ties which are estimated to PROVIDE
1,367,O55 man weeks Of work on S0-
hour-week basis.
Secretary Ickes and Secretary Wallace
approved plan submitted by Massacnu.
sets for expanding 1853 per cent OF that
States s6.597,10O allotment on the Fed
eral aid highway system, 63.9 per cent
on extensions of the system into and
through municipalities, and 90 per cent
for secondary or feeder roads. Alto
gether funds will be expended in ii OF
the IA counties In the State.
Other Allotments.
Ohio's program for spending an allot-
ment of S15,484,592 contemplates the
use Of As per cent on the Federal aid
system, 80 per cent on extensions and
Is per cent on secondary or feeder
roads, with improvements IN all b
counties.
Utah's approved schedule calls for
expenditure of so per cent OF an allot-
ment of $4,194,708 on the Federal aid
system, Is per cent on extensions and
Is per cent to secondary or feeder
roads. with all but three Of the 20
counties involved.
The ALLEGATION for New York had
been previously announced.
Secretary Roper was named chair
man of q subcommittee to divide the
$50, 600 900 allotted by Congress to
roads in public parks, national forests
and Indian reservations. Other men,
bers of the committee are Assistant
Secretary Of Labor Battle and Solicitor
General Biggs.
Among the late developments yester-
day in the administrations effort to