Evening star., 1933-08-18
TRANSFER OF 1000
c. c, c. WORKERS TO
SHOALS PROPOSED
Plan Discussed With Presi-
dent Would Keep Force
Busy During Winter.
EXTRA FUNDS NEEDED
ARE HELD JUSTIFIED
Skilled Men Will Be Urged to Seek
Outside Jobs, but Others
Will Stay.

Approximately 1000 men now in re-
forestation camps will be transferred to
work under the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority during the coming Winter, it
appeared today after President RooSe-
velt had conferred with DR.. Arthur
Morgan. administrator of the authority.
In an effort to adjust his recovery
program to conditions during cold
weather. the President has turned his
attention particularly to the reforeSta-
ton camps, the Tennessee Authority
and Federal relief for the needy
He is eager to have tentative Win
ter program well advanced before he
leaves Washington tomorrow night for
another visit to his Hyde Park. N. Y.
home. it was said today at the White
House.
500 Survey Highways.
DR. Morgan told the President SOC
men already are at work making sur
veyS for highways, spur railroad lines
and land purchases. He said the work
would be carried en- throughout the Win
ter, and that he expected TO have l00C
men at work in addition to an equ2l
number from the reforestration camps
Increased employment is the keynote
of the Presidents plans. He conferred
this morning with railway labor union
executives regarding betterment of the
rail employment situation. One of the
major problems discussed was the re-
employment of discharged rail workers
Charges have been made that some rail-
roads have not been cooperating fully
in this regard.
The President also conferred this
morning with Senator Connally who
urged an increase in ALLEGATION of the
public works fund for military con-
struction.
Regarding the civilian conservation
camps. President Roosevelt feels conf
dent this particular agency of recovery
can be made to function satisfactorily
throughout the coming Winter. and
plans toward this end are being worked
out. The Presiednt realizes continuous
work will not be possible in camps To-
Gated in heavy snow" areas. The plar
is to abandon camps in such areas anC
remove the enrolled workers to camps
in more temperate climate. in addition
to the transfer of some to the Tennessee
authority
More Money Needed.
To do this an extra outlay of money
will be required to equip the men with
heavy clothing and extra blankets ano
other equipment. A survey is under
stood, however, to have satisfied the
President that the extra expense will
be warranted. Meantime, certain
classes of these enrolled, men, par
ticularly those with trades. are being
encouraged to obtain employment ir
their home towns, while, at the same
time, others not especially qualified
or skilled in any trade or class of work
are being encouraged to remain in the
camps so as to not throw any con-
siderable number of unskilled men or
the already crowded ranks of un-
employed.
1t is understood that the President
desire to carry on the new dear
throughout the Winter months will be
the chief topic of discussion at the
meeting this afternoon of the cabinet
and the executive council.
Will Leave Tomorrow.
This afternoons meeting with these
field marshals of the administration
and the National Recovery Administra-
ticn will be the last before the Presi-
dents departure for Hyde Park
The President will leave Washington
tomorrow night on a special train which
will put him in Hyde Park before 9 am
Sunday. He plans to stay at his home
on the Hudson until August 81. when
he will start back to Washington. He
will make the return journey aboard the
palatial yacht Nourmahal, belonging tC
mis- close friend and neighbor, Vincent
Astor. He plans to devote four days to
the sea journey home, which will put
him back at the White House on the
evening of Labor day.