Evening star., 1933-09-29
OREGON WILL GET
$2Q,0)0,0(OF0R DAM
Public Works Fund Will Pro.
vide Six Power Units
on Columbia River.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Public Works Administration to-
day allotted $20,000.O00 for the con-
struction Of dam and six power units
at Bonneville, Greg, on the Columbia
River, to boost employment in the area
and make the Columbia navigable to
the Snake River.
which will combine power, navigation
and flood control. will be $31 900 900.
1t will benefit a large section OF the
Pacific Northwest. especially Oregon,
Washington and Idaho and will result
in generation Of cheap power for the
area, with additional power units to
be added later as the market for power
expands.
It was estimated work on the dam
will be given 1900 men, with between
300 and 500 to be employed within IS
days.
Other Sums Approved.
The administration also approved
allotments totaling $2.195, 100 for loans
and grants for IA projects in IL States
and 81 ,290, 900 for the Hill Greek Homes
Corporation for low-cost housing in
Philadelphia. The latter allotment Is
conditional on certain notifications in
the Hill Creeks plans and a contract
between the corporation and the ad-
ministrati0n assuring the carrying out
OF announced policies on housing, espe-
cially providing that the project will
make available low-cost dwellings,
Before these allotments were made,
it was learned the Public Works Ad-
ministration feels there Is a distinct
hope 1t will not be forced to carry fur
ther its threat to withdraw emergency
highways funds from States which have
been dilatory in getting such projects
under way.
The administration held the view the
situation would adjust itself, and all
States involved would make such i'm
mediate progress as would obviate my
necessity Of going forward with any
plan to recall the allocations made to
them.
The Public Works Special Board yes
terday asked for a legal opinion as to
whether it could withdraw such funds
from IA States.
Lack Organization.
The outstanding cause of the delay
in most, If not all, these States was lack
OF Sufhcient organization to carry for
ward existing projects and at the same
time put under way new projects ap-
proved by the Government.
At least six of the States-Georgia,
Illinois. Indiana, New Jersey, Okla
homa and Tennessee-have had new
or virtually new State highway organi-
cations, with consequent loss of time
that perhaps would not have occurred
had there been no break in routine.
Thus, the administration believes the
roads program is gaining daily momen-
tum, and that in the States now in the
threatened list, cumulative efforts soon
would see projects under way.
The Bureau of Public Roads has ap-
proved some 200 projects to cost around
$125 100000. The rate OF highway en-
ployment was said to stand about where
it did last September in this, the third
year of the highway employment build
ing program.
The IA States and the sums which
they were allowed from the s4O0. 900 900
fund are Alabama, $8,370133: Cali
fornia. SIS 5,607. .354: Connecticut, $2.-
s65. TAO: Florida, $5,231 1884; Georgia,
$1,000, ,185; Illinois. $l7.570,770: Indi-
ana, $10.037.843; Kentucky, $7,517, ,359:
Maryland. $3,564,527 Mississippi, So
97S.675; New Jersey. $6,346, ,039; Okla
homa, $s.2167s8; Pennsylvania, $l8,
$1,000, and Tennessee. $8,492,6ls.