Evening star., 1934-04-26
dual WORK RELIEF
P[AN|SpROPOSED
600, 900 Needy Rural Fam.
lilies Would Be Made
SeIf-Sustaining.

A dual work relief plan which,
supplanting civil works, would take
100000 rural families of charity rolls
and might involve placing city unem-
ployed in factories that are idle or
working part time, is under considera-
ton by Federal relief and farm ad.
ministration authorities, according to
copyright story by the Associated
Press today.
So far as it affects the city workers
the proposal is tentative, according to
officials, but the program for self
support of the rural needy virtually is
ready to go into operation.
Loans Would Be Made.
Henchforth, the aid to the farm
groups will be designed to put them
in a position to raise enough food
for their own use, at least, and the
money advanced for that purpose will
be loans, instead of grants
The formation of a corporation to
direct this work was recently made
known at the Relief Administration
and the idea has expanded until Off
cials believe that most of the rural
families can be put in a position this
year, or next, to take care Of them
selves.
Any surplus they produce may be
used for the relief Of the needy in the
cities.
In turn, if the proposal to reopen
plants for the urban unemployed is
found practical, they will produce
goods to be used by the farm and
small-town dwellers now getting re-
lief aid and for the city poor as we'll.
The entire operation would be su-
pervised, or managed, by Federal
agencies in cooperation with the
States.
Gov. Schmedeman of Wisconsin
said yesterday. after a conference
with relief officials, that a work relief
program for Wisconsin had been
drawn which would obviate the neces-
sity Of calling a special session of the
State Legislature.
100000 on Rolls.
Despite improved conditions, per-
sons on Federal rolls number ap-
proximately 100000. as compared to
about 100000 at this time last year.
officials agree that even if business
continues upward there will still be
for the next few years millions unable
to find work and that the Govern
ment will be in the relief business for
some time to come.
There is no thought. officials said,
that the Government will arbitrarily
take over factories. Through CO.
operation with the States, plants may
be leased from their owners, or ar
rangements made for employers oper-
ating with ess-than-capacity force
to put additional men on the pay
rolls
The employment of city and rural
needy for mutual aid is onlv part
Of the general relief program now
being shaped.
In many cases, the subsistence
homestead idea may be expanded to
take care of thousands of poor fami-
lies. Small factories may move to
rural sections to furnish part-time
employment for country dwellers. City
workers may be removed to suburban
areas and given garden plots Re
forestation and conservation projects
are expected to aid in the adjust
ments necessary to find employment
now lacking for millions.
Majority in South.
The ma jority of the rural families
on relief rolls, officials said. are in
the South. Elimination this year of
more than 10000 900 acres from cot
ton cultivation has accentuated the
problem in some sections
Relief administrators in the South
ern areas have been instructed by
Harry L. Hopkins Federal admins
traitor, to collect data on displacement
of tenants and to turn the names of
landlords who unnecessarily force
their tenants off the land over to the
farm administration.