Evening star., 1934-03-30
HOPKINS BRINGS
| c. v. A. TO AN END
Pronounces 1t a Success.
New Relief Program
Is Ready.
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By the Associated Press.
The Civil Works Administration
came to an end today, with the man
in charge-Harry L. Hopkins-pro-
nouncing it success.
ut resulted in work Of social use
fulness that will be benefit in years
to come" the G. W. A. administrator
told reporters, adding the program
gave millions of people an oppor-
tunity to earn an income on a real
job"
Approximately 1885, 900 persons still
were on the pay roll. but most of
them are to be transferred Monday
to the work program of the Relief Ad-
ministration, also headed by Hopkins.
New Plan Ready.
The Government has a new relief
plan ready to supplant c. w. A. and
Hopkins emphasized anew that I'VE
intend to see that everybody in the
country who needs relief gets it."
Some 250,OOO persons viii remain
with c. w. A. to finish details Of
the work and complete Federal and
research projects by May !. But the
general program is over.
The administration has spent ap-
proximately Sl,000,000,000 on civil
works, Hopkins said. OF this $780,
100000 went for pay rolls and ap-
proXimately $3.50 100000 for materials.
Some Of this money was supplied
by Safes, counties and municipalities.
The average employment by civil
works from December l to date was
given as 100000. The highest num-
Der at one time, Hopkins said, was
slightly over 100000, with a pay roll
Just above s60000,000 a week.
Volunteers Praised.
"I think" Hopkins told reporters.
that the civil works administration
was successful due to literally thou
sands Of volunteers and others every
where who put their shoulder to the
wheel and made it go.
I'VE we're told We could not put
100000 men to work and later We
we're told We could not demobilize
them. We put the 100000 men to
work and they have been demobilized.
-
81 think that civil works during the
past Winter gave to those millions of
people an opportunity to earn on a
real job an income.
Now that it is over, I think more
than ever that these millions did ex-
cellent work, worked hard. earned
their money and as an effort on the
part of Government to meet critical
situation it did the trick and that
questions Of graft and politics and
inefficiencies were all relatively un-
important.
Schools Helped.
I'm one State - Mississippi we
spent more on rural schools than had
been spent in the last 20 years.
From one end of the country to the
other we built Fairgrounds, schools.
roads and undertook great drainage
projects. We did more probably to
control malaria than has been done in
Is years.
Not a single county in the country
was omitted. This speaks we'll for the
cooperative effort of the American
people in crisis.
II haven't anything but the highest
praise for the workers who took part
and the way they met this difficult
transition. It has been another indi-
cation of the stability Of government
in America.
while I have been disturbed In
some cases where thought business
men took advantage through contracts.
when We realize that We made hun
dreds of thousands of contracts with
business men where they sold to us
at fair prices and made delivery under
trying circumstances, it seems to me
that this represents a real cooperative
effort between business men ana pub
lie officials"