Evening star., 1934-03-25

THE Civilian Conservation Corps will open
up and make~availa BILE to the people of North
east Washington the very beautiful Fort Du-
pont area in which the Government has large
investments in land purchases. Along the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway these young
men carried forward certain reflnementS ar
ranged for in the original plans. These had
not until this time been started
| ATTERLY, the far-fiung Civil Works Ad-
l. ministration program here has been di-
rected from the District Building from the
desk of the Assistant Engineer Commissioner,
Capt Howard F. Clark, of the Corps of En-
gineers u S Army. Cooperating with him in
this have been Maj. Joseph d. Arthur, District
engineer for the War Department Tor the
Washington area, his brother officer in the
Corps of Engineers, and Mr.. F1nnan, as well
as other Federal authorities.
Capable but unassuming looking more like
a thorough going business man than the pic
ture one usually has of the Army ofhcer, Capt.
Clark recites the accomplishments OF the
C. w. A. workers here aptly from memory.
Fifty school grounds have been improved,
fences repaired and SurfaCing work done. About
81, 600, 900 has been expended in the construc-
ton of alleys and low-cost highway improve
ments in the District. Half million dollars
has been disbursed for painting, such as at
the tuberculosis Hospital and at various schools
and other buildings.
Numerous small buildings have been con-
structed. These include the Morgue Building
at Gallinger Hospital, structures at the Home
for the Infirm work at the Naval Air Station
and new floors in buildings that hitherto lacked
them.
One of the biggest jobs has been the extern
sion of the landing field at the rejuvenated
Boiling Field, on the banks of the Anacostia
River, just beyond the Naval Air Station. At
Walter Reed Hospital drains for storm water
sewers have been installed and steam heating
apparatus has been set up. Trees have been
planted and landscaping work has been accom-
plished. Some concrete curbs and cutters have
been put in number of sewers have been
put into commission.
Thus says Capt. Clark as he goes through
the list in brief interview while conference
waits, these things represent items of capital
value to the National Capital.
The c. w. A. workers are paid on Saturday
mornings at Sixth street and Constitution
avenue, in the Districts wood yard. 1t is an
anxious throng, eager to get its hands on some
money Checks are passed out. The basic
minimum wage is As cents an hour and 1t
ranges up to s165. Twenty-four hours work
per week is now the rule. Those engaged on
white-collar jobs can get from SIS to $38
week, Capt. Clark explains.
Under Capt. Clark's direction have been
IL 900 C.. w. A. workers. This number will be
cut down to 5000 when March 81 rolls around.
Then. the C. w. A. program here is due to be
eliminated, to be replaced by a system under
which workers will be taken from the relief
rolls.
The c. W. A. workers are engaged on a
number of projects in which the officials of
the National Capital parks are interested. Be-
fore C.. w. A. came, men furnished by the Dis
trict Building were occupied in the parks mainly
in raking up leaves and picking up dead and
down timber. With its program Of permitting