The Washington times., 1934-11-10
DAILY CONFABS
BEING HELD At
WH|TEHOUSE
Hopkins to Make Trip With
Executive to Warm Springs
For Further ParIeys
BY EARL GOODWIN


A fireside talk over the radio
to the people of the United States,
probably on December S, will give
President Roosevelt opportunity to
explain his relief and agricultural
program to the nation before Con.
gress begins to confuse the issues
with political Speechmaking.
There will be a change in the
methods Of relief disbursement, it
is confidently expected. There
will be, it is understood, a linking
up Of the housing program and
the relief work.
Able bodied men on relief will be
expected to do their bit in fighting
the war on depression by taking
and keeping the jobs that will be
offered them by the housing pro-
gram chiefs and other activities to
be instituted this coming year.
Relief Choice Topic
President Roosevelt'S interest
and deep-seated care for the relief
problem is indicated every time he
is questioned about it.
He is now talking relief with
someone several times a week.
Many of his conversations run
into the evening hours; and his
advisers indicate that the whole
subject of feeding the hungry is
to be examined in every one OF a
thousand details.
Harry Hopkins. Federal relief
administrator, is going to spend
several days at Warm Springs,
Ca, with the President, and may
be aboard the presidential train
which leaves here for Georgia
next Thursday or Friday.
Anticipating Congress
The pre-congressional fireside
talk by the President, December S
is looked upon by White House
observers as wise move as there
are several loud-speakers in Con-
gress who are expected to make
capital for their political aims by
charging waste and political ma.
nipulation in the distribution OF
relief.
There also will be several new
radical plans for more money for
relief. Some of the plans which
are expected to be shown to Con-
gress contain budgets OF unbe-
lievable amounts. One plan con-
templates a cost of 10000 million
dollars, to be spread over several
years.
Jobs Foremost in Program
In all probability the Admins
tration's relief budget will be
somewhere around 1900 million
dollars. It is to be presented with
the general understanding that
employment appears to be on Cne
upgrade, although there are many
who dissent from that theory.
Also the Administration IS
hoping with President Roosevelt
that the strenuous efforts to
loosen the credit from the banks
and spread cash among the pay
rolls will put several million men
at work.
If not then the Government
is surely going in to some sort
of business on a national scale
and take up the slack in employ
ment. The biggest national bust
ness, it is assumed, will be the
construction of homes.
President Holds Knife
Requests for sums totaling
$4,000 million dollars will be laid
before congressional appropriation
committeeS-or at least they
will appear in Congress. Pres1-
dent Roosevelt will cut, hack and
slash away at these huge amounts
until they are reduced by a hall
at least.
But in all of this budget bat
tie the President Is going to in
sist that the first consideration
is the feeding Of the hungry. He
will place that above the bonus
demands and every other excep-
tional item of the coming con-
greSSional debate.
He will arrange to have the
regular appropriations out Of the
way in hurry so that the first
extraordinary item will be relief.
He is to prepare the field by his
December 5 radio talk.