Evening star., 1934-01-27
ARMY To DIRECT
PORTION Of c. ". A.
Hopkins Pushes Program De-
spite Protests. and Few
designations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Army Engineers were lined up today
to take over partial direction of the
embattled civil works program follow
ing an administration decision to an
swer protests with touch of military
discipline.
Receiving more objections and a few
designations as he acted, Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins nevertheless went
ahead with his proposal to install mill
tary Engineers in several key cities.
Asked If the move was taken because
of charges of graft and political IA
voritism that have been received from
As States, Hopkins replied this was not
the complete basis for the action. He
added to news men, however. that it
would be a fair assumption" that
Army men would be placed at some
points where there is an investigation. -
Office Seekers to Be Dropped.
Mr.. Hopkins said that any ofice
holders or candidates for Office found
in the ranks of c. w. A. executives
Would UC oiOppcu lIIlflcUldUely.
I feel that such persons have no
place in the organization" Hopkins
said. "A man might be doing the best
kind of work. but if he is a candidate
for office he should not be allowed to
continue"
Following announcement Of the use
OF Army Engineers Immediately there
were repercuSsions. Disclosure that
Lieut.. Col. Dan r. Sultan, Chicago dis
trict engineer, would take charge in
Cook County. ILL.,. brought a blanket
resignation from civilian directors of
State and county civil works.
Robert j. Dunham, in charge there,
wired Hopkins the wholesale with
draWal was In protest at the "impli-
cation that those in charge were mot
only lacking in ability and integrity,
but also in the proper sense of obli-
CATION"
Hopkins had no immediate comment,
but indicated more would be said
shortly in explanation of the displacing
OF civilians with Army officials.
Another trouble spot centered in Los
Angeles. Maj. Donald Connally. an
other Army engineer, was placed in
charge of the c. w. A. operations in Los
Angeles County. Three indictments
already have been returned there, and
an lnVeStlgatl0n OF alleged political in
reference is in progress.
Hopkins expected to complete his
Army lineup by Monday. He explained
that some cities had no one now di-
rectly in charge. and that some of the
military men would be named to those
places.
The C. w. A., with its army of A.
100000 workers, in the past week or so
has been the center of more objections
than any other agency or activity Of
the administration.
100000 to Lose Jobs
Finding its money Golfers nearly
empty, c. w. A. officials cut work hours
drastically and ordered around 100000
men released Immediately.
This increased the storm already felt
when the President at first indicated
the civil works program would be aban-
doned early in May. More than $1,000
protesting letters were received last
week alone.
The Justice Department and the in
vestigative section of the Public Works
Administration are still continuing in
vestigations of alleged graft in several
sections.
Mr. Roosevelt is awaiting only word
from Capitol Hill as to whether he
should send up piecemeal or entire an
emergency budget request for $l.116,-
600, 900 before acting to give the C. w.
more funds