Evening star., 1933-12-24
j. S. EMPLOYMENT
BREAKS RECORDS
Government Has More Peo-
pie on Pay Roll Than Dur
ing War, c. W. A. Shows.

The Civil Works Administration re-
vealed today the Federal Government
has more people on its pay roll now
than ever before in history. even during
the World War.
The c. W. A. announced that eSti-
mates. based on informal figures from
the states, show there are approx
mately 4,15O 900 men and women on the
pay rolls of the organization, which,
added to the great expansion in other
emergency agencies, including the Ci-
william Conservation Corps, brings the
Government pay roll well beyond its
greatest previous figure.
The problem which now presents itself
Harry L. Hopkins said last night, is to
bring the c. w. A pay rolls down to the
100000 originally planned, to allow
the organization to stay within the
funds set for employment OF the army
of the unemployed through the date
set. February Is.
The figures, which Hopkins took
pains to point out as not exact, were
obtained by wire and telephone from
State administrators, and the exact
figures, taken from the pay rolls. will
not be available for about a week.
States Exceed Quota.
Hopkins said only two States, New
York and Oklahoma, have not filled
their quotas Of c. w. A. employees,
while at least three States, Wisconsin,
Ohio and Indiana. are well over their
quotas, with Wisconsin overheard" as
Hopkins terms 1t, with around $4,000
estimated over its quota.
He said New York State reports about
$50 900 men at work, with total quota
of $4,000, and Oklahoma with $4,000
at work out of a quota of 102, 900. IN
diana will run about $500 or 10000 over
and Ohio about twice that much, said
Hopkins.
Discussing the States which more
than filled their quotas, Hopkins SAID
In terms of putting people to work
it pleases me very much to hear from
the States where the quotas were over
shot. In a program OF this size we
were perfectly aware that we would
miss the exact quota for the Nation
With thousands of local civil works ao-
n1nistrations operating under the State
administrations it would be impossible
to hit a quota with mathematical pre-
cision."
Hopkins said the most painless
method of cutting down the total prob
ably would be to bar requirements for
those C. w. A. employees who go to other
Jobs, are sick or otherwise prevented
from working. In this way he believes
he can bring the total within the limits
set at the outset Of the program.
Fund Nearly Allotted.
Meanwhile, in a year-end financial
statement the Public Works Administra-
ton announced that more than S3.OOO,-
600 900 of the $4,000, 100000 fund has
been allotted, S3,072, ,101 ,203, to be exact
OF this total, S2,413, ,234,7 ,727 has been
for Federal projects, and since July q
when Secretary Ickes became public
works administrator, allotments have
been made at the rate of 18,286.316 a
day.
No mention was made by Ickes today
of prospects for further authorization
of public works money by Congress, but
applications now under study will call
for another $500 900, 900. Orders are
out to field representatives to continue
to send in applications, and the heaV-
lest list since the organization OF the
P. w. A. was received in Washington,
377 for the week ending last Saturday
An analysis of what has been done
with the money is revealed in percent
age figures on the non-Federal list, as
follows: Bridges and structures, 28.6
per cent of the total; sewers, II per
cent. WaterWOrkS, l2.2 per cent, nous
ing, 11.3 per cent: streets and high
ways, 81 per cent; schools. 5.4 per
cent; power plants, 5.3 per cent; other
buildings, 3.3 per cent; hospitals, 2.6
per cent, and recreation facilities, O.l
per cent.