Evening star., 1933-11-13
MOST CITIZENS CONFUSE
VARIOUS FORMS OF u. S. AID
Find 1t Hard to Get Bird's-Eye View of
Recovery Front-Only Small Part
of Funds Paid Out

These taxes will be repealed soon after
the end Of prohibition starts bringing
In liquor taxes.
OF the $3.50, 100000 authorizations,
the actual outlay to October 81 was
$94 900 900. which went to increase net
public purchasing power through pay
ment OF wages, salaries, purchases Of
raw materials and the like There has
been allotted, however, $1,000, 600, 900
for Federal projects and $500, 900, 900 for
State and municipal projects, and when
some OF these sllotments are trans
lated into actual cash outlays, as
planned under the Civil Works Admin
istration, many lines of trade will i'm
prove.
The Agricultural Adjustment Admin
1stration has two authorizations, a
Treasury appropriation of 500, ,oOo, 600
ana processing taxes, which for two
years have been estimated at Sl,O00.-
100000. How much processing tax has
been collected is not known here, but
the Government from July 1 to October
81 made benefit payments of $751;
100000 on cotton, hcgs and wheat and
1urther payments planned or under
way Will increase farm purchasing
power.
The Farm Credit Administration
thorized of $4,000, 100000 and a grant
Of $500, 900 900 from the r r. C. Prom
July to September 80 the Government
has loaned through various farm credit
agencies, such as the Federal Land
Banks, Joint Stock Land Banks and
Federal intermediate Credit Banks,
$409, 900 600, which includes long-term
loans, loans on farm mortgages and
short-term loans.
S180,000,000 Loans o. KID.
The Home Owners Loan Corporation
received directly from the r. r. c. $780,
100000, subscribed by the Treasury, but
the actual outlay of cash from this
amount from July to September 80
was S49, 100000. This corporation ap-
proved loans of $50, 1000 900, thus pre-
venting 1887 home foreclosures. Be-
sides this $500 900 900 from the r. F. c.,
the Home Owners Loans Corporation
can get the Government guarantee (on
interest only of $4,000 900 900 of bonds.
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration authorization is $500, ,000,-
600. Outright relief, that is spending.
up to October IL, amounted to $780,
100000. This agency has granted to
States $3.50, 600, 900 provided they match
each dollar with two dollars of their
own. This money is part of the spend
ing (not lending) activities of the
r. F. G.
The Emergency Conservation Works
Administration estimates expenditures
for one year $250,000, 900. This agency.
better known as the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps, spent from July to October
81 S93 100000 or around s23,O00,000 a
month. This money paid 800 900
G. G. G. boys and their dependents and
found its way into hundreds of trades,
which supplied food, materials, cloth
ing, etc. The roads built, forests re-
planted. floods prevented, cannot be
measured In terms of spending, since
such works are long-term investments
In national natural resources.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has
an authorization Of Government-g guar
anteed bonds Of $50. 900. 500. Latest
figures show only actual cash outlay Of
$436 600. all for administrative expenses,
The Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration authorization Is $4,000, 600 900.
which Is classified as contingent lia-