Evening star., 1933-07-21
Roosevelt TO GET
| BUILDING PROGRAM
Cabinet Board Ready With
$35, 900, 900 Plan for U. S.
Construction.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
A big program for constructing Fed
eral buildings throughout the country
of which about $4,000, 900 worth already
have been approved. probably will be
forwarded to President Roosevelt by his
Cabinet Board in Charge Of Public Works
within few days.
The size Of the total program depends
upon future action of the board and
may run to nearly $10O, 100000.
The projects are being selected on the
basis of report submitted by the Bud
get Bureau on the huge estimates SUBJ
mitted by the Treasury Department.
Divided in Six Groups.
The Budget Bureau divided the prof.
ects into six groups. depending upon
their desirability It's recommendation
on projects involving a total cost OF
about $35,000,000 was tentatively ap-
proved by the board at its last meet
ing.
Before submitting the program to the
President, however, the board Is care
fully scrutinizing the list Of projects
which the Budget Bureau partially
recommended. to choose the more
| worthy items.
The Budget Bureau made drastic
slashes In the original Treasury esti-
mates and they probably viii undergo
| further cutting before they are finally
approved by the President.
! The six classifications submitted by
the budget were. roughly, projects need
ed now and economically sound; needed
now, but which can be deferred; desir-
able, but not necessary; not needed now,
but economically sound: needed. but
economically unSound on the basis of
present estimates; ard not needed and
economically unsound.
The program approved so far came
from the first four classifications. The
board now Is giving close attention to
the fifth group, aggregating about $780,
000, 900. to pick out worthy projects and
cut them down to an economically
| sound basis.
Unworthy Projects Large.
The sixth classification, of unworthy
projects, was by far the largest and bore
most of the big program originally sub
mitted. Ofhcials of the Public Works
|
| over estimates running close to $780,
| 900 900, but recommended only part of
| them
AS the board worked over the Federal
| program today, President Roosevelt and
| Secretary OF the Interior Ickes. public
works administrator, were driving to
set up the regional offices that will ham
/ die the bulk of the program in advances
to States and municipalities.
lckes had completed his recommenda-
tions for the personnel Of the regional
| and State Offices and was ready to sub
init them to the President for his ap-
proval. They provide for 10 regional
| advisers and 48 State boards Of three
members each.
! These regional offices will sort out
| and send on to Washington recon-
mendations for State and municipal
projects expected to eat up almost halt
, of the So. 500, ,000, 900 works fund
The administration yesterday an
nounced approval of plans for spending
| an additional $73, ,482, ,478 in seven States
| for roads. This brought the total ap-
proved, out of the $500. .000, 900 allotted
to roads, to about $240, 100000
Approval previously had been given tc
plans of "a States for spending ap-
proximately $l65 000,0
New States to obtain action were
Iowa. Texas, Nebraska. Missouri, Ten
nessee, Kansas and New Mexico.
| Meanwhile, the conflict within Presi-
| dent Roosevelt's cabinet over the pro-
posal to include Army construction in
kthe public works program simmered
down with word in official quarters that
the Chief Executive opposed the es-
Inmates submitted by the War Depart
| ment.
Secretary of War Dern asked the
| Public Works Beard few days ago to
suspend consideration OF the Army
| estimates in order to forestall adverse
| action, but indicated later he would
| continue his efforts to get them.
Some members of the board felt the
Army construction program did not
| qualify under the rules for administer
! ing the public works fund Oficials
said yesterday President Roosevelt was
backing up the board and was not
| sympathetic to the big program offered
| by the War Department. 1t was be-
lieved he might approve a modified
program.
States and Quotas
Under the road plans approved. each
State, with the exception of Iowa, pro-
poses to spend so per cent Of its allot-
ment IN the Federal aid highway sys-
| tenn, IS per cent on extensions through
| municipalities and Is per cent on sec
ondary roads. Iowa's division is so per
cent. 28 per cent and % per cent re-
spectively.
The States, their quotas and the
number Of counties in which the money
will be spent follow:
Iowa, $i0,055 $50, all 90 counties;
Texas $24,244,024, all 254 counties;
| Kansas. $10,O89, ,604, 70 of los counties;
Nebraska, s7.828,961, rs of the SO coun-
ties; New Mexico $5,792935. all 81
counties; Mississippi, s6,978,675, 81 OF
the 81 counties; Tennessee, $8,492,6l9
72 of the 95 counties.