The Washington times., 1934-02-28
PRESIDENT SEES
SUFF|C|ENCY
Of FUNDS
Suffering in Farm Areas Will
Receive Special Attention;
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BY International News Service
Coincident with the demobiliza-
ton of the CWA, President Roose-
welt and Federal Relief Admins
traitor Harry L. Hopkins have COM
pleted a new program for carry
ing on the work of relief for needy
and unemployed, it was announced
today.
They believe that the $50 mil
lion dollars recently supplied by
Congress will be sufficient to carry
on until the end of this fiscal
year, June 80. Half billion dol
lars has been allotted for the
new fiscal year.
Three Groups
While details remain to be
worked out, the President re-
vealed today that the relief popu-
lation after the CWA is demobil-
tied will be classified in three
groups:
% Distressed families in
farm areas; co So-called
stranded" elements in small
communities where industries
have disappeared or languished;
and 90 unemployed in the
large cities
The program of attack on the
problems of the rural needy, Mr..
Roosevelt explained. was a part
Of the agricultural program. Eff
forts to help these people will be
directed towards removing them
from dependence upon a single
cash crop. The aim will be to
bring these farmers into a pro-
gram of diversified crops. A
White House statement described
this effort as follows:
"Relief funds, therefore, will
be extended on behalf of rural
families in a manner and to an
extent that will enable them to
achieve self-suppOrt. Work for
wages from relief funds is not
an essential part Of this phase
of the program, and will be pro-
vided only in so far as 1t is
necessary to accomplish the pri-
mary objective. -"
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Some of the methods to be en-
ployed in this relief phase include
building, provision Of seed and
stock, and opportunities to earn
cash incomes through part time
or seasonal employment in small
industrial enterprises. There will
also be a planned distribution OF
highway work, and other public
works, in agricultural communl-
ties.
Solution of the relief problem
for the so-called stranded" popu'
lation lies in removing them to
other localities. The White House
statement had this to say concern
ing this phase of relief.
at is planned to explore this
difficult situation and, in col
labOratiOn with the Subsistence
Homestead Division of the De
partment of the Interior, and
with other Federal and local
agencies, devise and apply def
mite remedial measures which
will affect an appreciate num-
Der of these families. These
measures will be directed first
at maintenance of small tracts
Of land, and then at the devel-
Opment of supplemental indus
trial opportunities to provide for
q normal standard of living"
Need Is Urgent
In the city areas, the President
said, work relief would be offered
wherever possible, but that where
no work could be provided
directly relief would be necessary.
The President said the various
municipal organizations in the
country would be asked to plan
work programs, and that the
relief would be carried forward
by providing work relief for the
needy only.
Mr.. Roosevelt explained that the
percentage of Federal money,
compared to state and municipal
funds, which would be thrown
into the relief program, has not
yet been worked out. Wherever
possible, the cities and States
will be expected to carry their
share of the burden. In some
cases, however, the Federal con-
tribution will necessarily run
high.