Evening star., 1933-12-26
D. c. GIVEN $135,0DO
Bye, WA, T0HELP
JOBLESS WOMEN
Employment to Be Given in
RecreatiQna| and Health
Activities.
PLAYGROUND PROJECTS
TENTATIVELY APPROVED
Graduate Nurses May Be Added at
Gallinger Hospital and Tuber.
culosis Clinic.
A grant of sl35,OOO to the District Of

A grant Of $l35, 1000 to the District OF
Columbia for civil works service projects,
designed especially to provide work for
unemployed women, was announced to-
day by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal emer-
gency relief administrator.
The allotment is the first to be made
here particularly to aid women Of the
so-called white collar" class. and plans
for their employment will include
wide range of activities embracing rec
reational instruction, nursery play CEN
tiers and actual nursing service for other
unemployed men and women.
The money for the new civil works
service projects will come directly from
the emergency relief fund set up by
Congress, and will not come from the
huge allotment made for civil works by
Secretary Ickes public works admins
traitor
Plans have been approved tentatively
by District authorities to employ as
many women as possible in projects
outlined by the Department of Play
grounds and by the Community Center
Department.
Leisure Time Project.
Miss Sybil Baker, director OF play
grounds has submitted a Leisure time"
project which has been given tentative
approval This will, embrace the en-
ployment Of qualified women in the
teaching of dramaticS, handlcraft Of
various kinds, club leadership, instruc-
tion of supervised play and games for
children, the teaching of music and
other similar activities.
The Community Center Department
plan also includes gymnastics and the
use of song leaders in the several COM
munity centers already established.
One of the important projects Is the
employment of graduate nurses at Gal
linger Hospital and the tuberculosis
Clinic at Thirteenth and UpShur streets.
II was pointed out that at present there
are many unemployed patients in these
two institutions and The regular staffs
of nurses are overtaxed in taking care
of the extra work. The additional
nurses will be used especially in the
wards where unemployed patients are
treated and in the treatment Of chill
dren whose parents are unemployed
1t is also proposed to build SWIM
ming poo, at the Y. w. c. A. building
at 614 E street. where instruction may
De given III Ilt-SdNulS LlCliiOOS.
May Increase Sewing.
Already the relief agencies here are
employing between 400 and 500 women
in sewing rooms. four of which are now
being maintained. For the most part.
women are sewing by hand in these
agencies and producing clothing Of a
wide variety, which is passed on to
those needy families who call upon the
District for wearing apparel. II the
funds are found to be ample, this work
may be enlarged SO that as many women
as possible may be put to work with
machines or needles.
In making the announcement of the
District grant Mr.. Hopkinss Office also
announced two similar awards to Texas
and the State of Washington. Texas
was given Sl,300000 and Washington
$50 900
Four other States were granted large
sums to meet costs of relief as follows:
Pennsylvania. S2,000,000; Wisconsin,
s700 900; Michigan Sl,00O,000, and West
Virginia. s350,000.
The grants today bring the total
awarded to all the States, four terri
tories and the District Of Columbia to
1921 ,546, 646.