Evening star., 1933-09-25
WORKS FUNDS USED
Total .$59,139,0DO
ST, 900, 100000 Is Allotted,
but Actual Withdrawals
From Treasury Are Small.

Although sl,600, 900, 900 has been al
lotted out Of the $4,000 100000 public
works fund, only $59,l39,756 has been
drawn from the Treasury for actual
spending, according to statement yes
terday from the Public Works Admins
tration. 1t was reiterated that efforts
are beng made to speed local spendin"
to transfer the unemployed from relic
rolls to pay rolls
Most of the allotted money has been
for Federal projects on the grounds that
work on these could be started more
readily than on projects submitted by
State, cities or private enterprises.
Projects approved last week will pro-
vide 100000 man-weeks Of quick, d.
rect employment.
Nearly twice that number of men. the
administration said yesterday, will be
employed indirectly throughout the
country In the manufacture G'd trans
portation of materials and equic cElent
Other Projects Speeded.
Special efforts were made last week
to hasten ection on non-Federal prof.
ects, with the result that 46 were ap-
proved. Thus far the administration
has approved 1900 projects of every
character.
Virtually all of the funds remaining
for disbursement are to be assigned to
non-Federal projects, and State engi-
neerS and advisory boards are now sub
mitting their applications for allotments
The fact that only small percentage
OF the monies allotted has been drawn
from the Treasury has caused some
disappointment to public works officials
who have repeatedly urged that funds
be sought for projects on which money
can be spent Immediately
However. the attitude of the Public
Works Administration as expressed by
a spokesman for Secretary Ickes. the
administrator of the fund. was this:
Most of the projects for which funds
have been allotted require final prepa-
ration of plans and then a statutory
period of advertising usually 30 days.
before bids can be let. The Public
Works Administration has been func-
tioning with complete organization for
approximately 10 weeks and during
that time has allotted an average of
Sl60, 100000 a week. Many of the prof.
ectS will require three to five years to
complete and peak employment under
the funds assigned cannot possibly be
reached for some time yet. and when
1t is reached disbursements of funds
from the Treasury would by natural
course sharply increase.
Supply Purchases to Begin.
The conservation corps, which has
received between 30000000 and S40.-
100000 of public works funds to carry
out the reforestation program. an
nounced yesterday it would begin i'm
mediately the purchase of supplies for
its Winter camps
Another agency, the Division of SUBJ
sistence Homesteaos, granted 25,OOO,-
600 of public works funds for estab-
llshment of homes to sustain industrial
workers in slack times. called a meet
ing for tomorrow to draft policies for
utilization of the fund
Another move to push the public
works program was revealed yesterday
when 1t was announced that in order
to encourage the use of fireproof con-
struction in low cost housing projects.
and to permit lower rentals, the emor-
tization period for housing loans of this
nature would be extended to 80 wears.
hese grants are mainly in cases
Where slum areas have to be DESTROYED
before flreproof buildings are erected
The repayment would start after two
years, the amortization being effected
in 33 installments at an interest rate
OF Isl per cent