Evening star., 1934-06-03
Hopkins AIIots Six Million
to Be Spent in Mid
west.
NEEDY WILL GET CASH
INCOMES FOR LABOR
Roosevelt Approves Plan Calling
for Development of Addi-
tional Water Supply.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A work program designed to employ
thousands of men in the Midwest
drought areas was drafted yesterday
by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief
administrator, with the approval of
President Roosevelt.
The relief administrator said the
plan would be launched Immediately in
the counties that had been certified by
the Department Of Agriculture as re-
quiring emergency action. He an
nounced allotments to IL States.
At the same time the administration
had under consideration the advisable
ity of asking Congress for an addi-
tional appropriation Of about $780,
100000 to cope with a situation that,
officials say, is growing worse hourly.
Allotments Made.
Hopkins statement said the work
plan was specifically designed to con-
serve food and water" and was devel-
oped after a long distance telephone
conversation with President Roosevelt
at Groton, Mass
The special allotments for the new
program include: Idaho. $3.50 900: !:
Kansas. $500, 900; Minnesota. 81 ,0oo.-
900: Montana, $350000; Nebraska,
$276,000; New Mexico, 500. 900; North
Dakota, s500,0O0: South Dakota, ST.
050,000; Utah. $500, 900: Wisconsin,
$2.1oO,00o, and wyoming, s150,000.
Work projects" the announcement
from the relief administration said,
will be put speedily under way to en-
ploy the heads of farm families ln,need.
The projects will include the devel-
opment Of additional water supply
through wells and through impounding
or Giverting water from rivers and
lakes. Projects employing men and
women in the canning of meat, fruit
and vegetables also will be used to
conserve food resources of the area
and furnish cash income for the fam
lilies. Road work, as well, will pro-
menG"
State Boards to Aid.
Hopkins said the State Emergency
Relief Administrations, through their
work divisions, would approve the
projects, although the Relief Admin
istration here would provide guidance
for the type of project best suited.
Thousands of families are in need
Of emergency relief because of distress
caused primarily by drought" Hopkins
said. "A major problem of their needs
can best be met through employment
on useful projects for cash wages. ad-
justed to budgetary requirements of
the needy family"
Unof1cially, it was said additional
work allotments would be made and
that the number to be employed in
the new program would depend upon
the extent of drought devastation.
Senators from the afflicted area have
estimated that unless rain falls soon,
a billion dollars may be necessary to
meet needs.
Cattle Purchase Plan.
Hopkins also said the Federal Sur
plus Relief Corporation had received
q telegraphic bids from eat-pack-
ing firms on the processing of cattle
and calves from the 1874 certified
emergency counties in the drought
area.
The Government has embarked on
cattle purchase program in the
parched States.
The subject of an additional appro-
priation for drought needs has been
under discussion for several days.
Some leaders said they expected the
President to send a message on the
situation to Congress this week and
that he might ask them for a special
emergency fund.
Others said they felt the President
might conclude that passage of the
pending billion-dollar deficiency bill
would enable the Government to take
care OF the situation. They added.
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