Evening star., 1934-09-13
ROOSEVELT URGED
TO RESTORE C.W.A.
Utah Solon Also Asks P. w.
A. Expansion and Silver .
Buying. .
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
stan Correspondent OF The star.

HYDE PARK, N. Y, September IS.
In the library of the Summer White
House President Roosevelt sat today
and listened to q plea from Senator
King OF Utah for the re-establishment
Of the Civil Works Administration.
the immediate expansion Of the pub
lie works program and the early ac-
QUESTION Of larger silver stocks In the
Treasury to effectuate the purposes
Of the silver purchase act.
The Utah Senator, who is chairman
Of the Senate District Committee,
said he did not discuss District OF
Columbia matters. He explained that
he is soon heading for his home
State and that he wanted to talk with
the President before leaving. He Is
running for reelection, but he seemed
to have no concern about his chances
Of being returned to the Senate by
the people Of his State.
Confers With Harrison.
After listening to Senator King the
President sat down for q long talk
with Senator Pat Harrison of Missis-
sippi, chairman of the powerful FL
nance Committee of the Senate.
Others with whom the President
will confer today are Andrew w.
Robertson, chairman of the board
OF the Westinghouse Electric Co., and
Fairfield Osborn, New York business
man, who was formerly president Of
the American Museum of Natural
History. From these two business
leaders the President will solicit opin-
ions and observations regarding con-
ditions generally throughout the
country.
ton and the difficulties being encoun.
tered by the Federal Relief Adminis-
tration are known to be among the
problems uppermost in the mind of
Senator King. He said. before seeing
the President, that he wanted to let
him know how he felt about this as
well as to impress upon him the ne
cessity Of re-establishment of the Civil
Works Administration and the expan-
sion Of the public works program.
Loath to Repeat Plan.
In this respect It Is felt here that
the President would be loath to fall
back on a mere repetition of what
may well be regarded as one Of last
years mistakes. As an emergency
measure, devised In almost spectacu-
lar haste to meet pressing need, the
c. w. A. worked well enough, In the
opinion of administration advisers,
but 1t was regarded In official quar-
tiers only as q stop-gap until some
more scientific scheme of administer
ing relief could be worked out.
Its faults were three: First, It
proved even more expensive in actual
operation than the direct dole system:
second, the tasks to which these A.
600, 900 men were set were chiefly un-
productive, yielding little or no return
out Of which to defray the heavy re-
lief costs under which the Treasury is
struggling, and, last, the whole system,
because Of its unavoidable decentral-
ization, was shot through with graft
and politics to such an extent that 1t
threatened to become scandal In some
parts OF, the country. ~ .+-tv 4,,,Y :.
During the course Of the confer
ence, Senator King also reported the
need for the loosening up Of, credit in
the West. .I. =.
Discusses Textile Strike.
With Senator Harrison, the Presi-
dent discussed o wide range of subjects
affecting the South. where the textile
strike Is exerting . strong influence
on recovery, and where the political
situation is boiling.
1t is believed that he was anxious
to learn at first-hand from the SEN
ator Of the recent political develop
ments in Mississippi, where Senator
Hubert Stephens, Is facing former
Gov. Theodore Bilbo in q heated run
OF primary for the Democratic NOM
lnation, which Is tantamount to elec-
ton. Stephens has the backing Of
the regular organization In the State
dominated by Pat Harrison-but Bilbo
Is making such q strong fight that
even the hackers of Stephens admit
that he has an even chance Of pull
ing through.