Evening star., 1933-11-16
lob CONFERENCE
At WHITE HOUSE
WILL AID WOMEN
Emergency Relief Admins.
traitor Announces Scope
of New Move.
FIRST LADY TO PRESIDE
AT NATIONAL PARLEY
Miss Perkins Declares Additional
$4,000 Persons Were Given EN-
ployment During October.
BY the Associated Press.

sons had found employment in Octo-
Der was issued simultaneously today
with the call of White House con-
ference on relief for women, to be pre-
sided over by Mrs. Roosevelt.
Harry L. Hopkins, Emergency Relief
and Civil Works Administrator, an
nounced the White House parley as
part of the administrators effort to
put 100000 men to work by Decem-
Der Is.
This effort was termed under way
today by Hopkins. He stated 100 900
had been transferred today from relief
roles to the Civil Works Administration
in Texas, with smaller transfers else
where.
Miss Perkins estimated that with the
employment gains in october there had
been simultaneous gain of $4,000 900
in weekly wages being paid over those
OF the month previous.
2,sO0,0O0 Hired Since March.
At press conference she said that
since March more than 2,800, 900 work.
ers In the industries surveyed have re-
turned to work
Pay rolls increased nearly $4,000 900
In October over September. she said.
and estimated that more than s3. .00O. :
Ooo,oo0 has gone into pay envelopes
since last April.
The figures. she added, do not repre-
sent the entire change in employment.
but are for industries normally employ
ing 10000 900 of the 49, ,000, 900 of gain
ful workers in the country
Hopkins said that at the White House
conference on November 20 Mrs. Roose-
velt will give especial attention to the
question Of aid for single women.
Furthering relief plans, Hopkins ear
Her Today signed voucher for $500 600
to be used by the Surplus Relief Corpo-
ration to buy low-grade cattle from
Texas ranges. These will be bought di-
rect from farmers at minimum OF
Sl.75 per 100 pounds.
He also plans to buy coal for distri-
button to the 100000 or more families
that will remain on relief rolls through
the early months of the Winter. He
said no announcement could be- made
as to how much or what kind Of coal
will be bought.
Huge Purchase Considered.
From other sources, however, 1t was
learned that the plan contemplates
possible purchase of several million
tons. The purchases probably will be
made in all sections Of the country.
Veterans Bureau Offices throughout
the country today were designated by
Hopkins to act as disbursing agents for
the Civil Works Administration, start
ing at once. He added that he expects
Tn ell <~f ~
works administrators for the various
States appointed.
Hopkins announced there was a slight
increase in the number of families on
relief rolls in l41 cities and urban
counties between September and Oc-
tober These centers, he said showed
total Of 1,485,6 families on relief
in October. against 1872 in Sep
tember.
In discussing employment gains. Miss
Perkins said:
The wholesale trade industry showed
an increase of approximately 1900
workers, and the manufacturing and
crude petroleum industries indicate an
expansion OF approximately 1000 work.
ers each over the month interval
Employment gains in the power
and light group were estimated at 5000.
The estimated number returned to en-
ployment in the telephone and tele-
graph. electric railroad, anthracite
mining. metalliferous mining, quarrying
and Aon-metallic mining, and building
construction industries was smaller.
$1,000 Gamers Dropped
"The decrease of 281 per cent in the
canning and preserving industry repre-
sents an estimated drop of over SIS 900
workers in this industry between Sep
tember and October.
This decrease, of course, is expected
following the peak month of September.
The bituminous coal mining industry,
due largely to strikes in certain locali-
ties also reported a sharp, decline.
THE decreases in number of workers
in the remaining three industries
thotels, laundries and dyeing and clean
ingl were much less pronounced
While agricultural employment US
ually declines at this season of the
year, the public works program is gain
ing momentum daily. BY October 81,
contracts awarded from the public
works fund for Federal projects totaled
over 400.000,000; contracts awarded
from the fund for non-Federal projects
totaled approximately $4,000, 600.
Awards are being made at the pres
ent time at rapid rate, and employ
ment from this source will undoubtedly
show large increases in the coming
weeks In addition, material orders by
contracts which are now being placed
III large quantities are already being
reflected in improved employment in
certain building material industries"
Administration officials hope to trans
fer 100000 men from work relief to
full-paid, 30-hour-week jobs within
four days.
The situation as explained by those
in charge Of the program was this:
-Four hundred million dollars has been
made available to Hopkins for expendi-
ture in the next four months on many
kinds Of projects approved by local
civic works agencies, which he intends
to hold responsible
Men now working few hours a week
ON relief jobs financed by local funds
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