The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-16
HELP AGENCY.
PLANS D. c.
FACTORY
Making Clothing to Be First
Activity Started; Hazen
Against Housing Scheme
BY EARL GOODWIN


! The District Governments plans
to put relief on a paying basis
and provide low-cost homes to
aow-income people began to take
shape today.
Over the weekend various re-
lief officials pored over huge
masses Of data supplied by the
Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration and today FASTENED
to assure inquirers that the
widely published descriptions OF
the proposed enterprises, which
are said to have aroused criticism
from opponents of the New Deal,
have been overdrawn.
But no denial has been made
Chat the Capital is being chosen
for two advanced social expert
ments and that the Federal Gov
eminent is acting as the brains
and the cashier for the program.
Relief Cases Rise
While the relief heads planned,
a significant report went from
the field to the office Of Commits
sioner Allen, State relief admins
traitor, showing that relief cases
had increased by 300 in the first
week Of July. There are now ap-
proximately $1,000 cases of indi-
Viduals or families on relief rolls.
There is a disposition at the Dis
trict Building today to play down
the importance Of the plans and
to make the first steps appear to
be brief and ul1important. This,
it is said, is owing to criticism Of
the plans as "SocialiStic" by vari.
Gus Congressional leaders opposed
to the ideas. While the details Of
the rehabilitation program are
lacking, certain definite items ap-
pear to have been settled upon.
The first Industrial activity I'm.
doubtedly will be a clothing fac
tory, sewing room with 100 or
200 women used to the needle.
The Government may loan the
sewing machines and will furnish
the materials. The clothes may be
made for relief cases or for in
mates Of District institutions.
Pay To Be In Scrip
Pay will be in scrip, at the rate
of IS cents to 40 cents an hour;
and the scrip eventually will be
useful in buying all the neceS-
sites Of life, including rent. It
will be current only in the CO.
operative enterprises and is not
to be used as money.
The FERA is interested in CO.
operative meat canning enter
prises, but it can be definitely
stated there will be no such &C
tivity started in the District of
Columbia. Fruit and vegetable
canning, however, will be under
taken eventually, it is understood.
Housing plans rem in e d
shrouded in mystery as Commits
sioner Allen left for q weeks va
cation. but before he left he had
q report showing that the gigantic
Government financed housing
scheme could easily involve the
building of nearly 1000 homes to
rent from 81 to SIS a month to
take the place Of a similar num-
Der of homes that are reported
to be unfit for human habita-
tion ana rent from So to $25 a
month.
Hazen Opposes Housing
Returning to the Capital today,
Commissioner Hazen voiced oppo-
Sition to the new housing plan.
Admitting that he knew nothing
of the plan other than what he
had read in the newspapers, he
said:
81 am definitely opposed to
the Government in the real
estate business. Also, I do not
zee where the money is coming
from for such q project. How
ever, it is not o problem that
is up to the District Commits
siOners for solution"