Evening star., 1934-12-29
JOB FOR ALL HELD
ROOSEVELT'S GOAL
IN RELIEF SET-UP
Power to Employ $500, 900
to 100000 May Be
Asked of Congress.
EXPANSION OF c. c. c.
PLAN BEING STUDIED
Hopkins Seeks to Put Four Mil
lion "Unemployables" in
States Care.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Roosevelt administration, some
high officials forecast TODAY, will ask
Congress for power to put all "em-
ployableS" on the relief rolls to work.
AT present, their number is estimated
at 3,500,000 to 1000 600.
1t was believed, however, an elastic
program would be sought, with the
Government leaving to private busi-
ness as much Of this job-creating task
as 1t can assume.
Though there were indications that
the plan Mr.. Roosevelt will lay before
the Congress convening next Thurs
Gay has not been completed, certain
off1cials who declined to be quoted by
name saw the administration moving
toward ''jobs -for-all" goal.
May Enlarge C. c. c. Movement.
AS the President drafted his mes
sage TO session which will deal with
SO many momentouS issues that lead
ers expect it to last well into next
Summer, 1t became known that one
project being weighed by the Chief
Executive is to increase the member
ship OF the Civilian Conservation
Corps from its present $4,000 to
100000.
Robert Fechner, director of the C.
c. c., declined comment on this. but
ne had said previously that the Ma
tlonal Forest Service and the Park
Service had estimated there was
enough work of the nature done by
the corps to keep million men busy
for so years.
Among other plans placed before the
President was one to put many idle to
work eliminating grade crossings.
Some officials thought this had viz
tually been decided upon. though the
amount of the expenditure was not
mentioned. The National Resources
Board recently suggested a s50O.O .OOO,-
600. long-term program of crossing
work
100000 Getting U. S. Aid.
Although the number of persons re-
ceiVing Federal aid has been estimated
at 10000, 900, Relief Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins is seeking to return
some 100000 "unemployables" to the
care of the States. That leaves 15,-
100000, OF whom some 100000 to
100000 are estimated to be bread
winners and the rest dependents.
There was no comment on the work
relief program at President RooSevelt's
press conference late yesterday. The
Chief Executive did say, however, that
a survey disclosed the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration was car
ing for many aged and infirm persons
who properly were the care of the
States.
Though the administration pro-
gram contains an unemployment in
surance proposal, the intentions on
old age pensions have not been an
nounced. There was no immediate
reaction in administration circles to
Senator Borah's contention that the
return of the aged to State care will
make swift enactment of old age pen
sions necessary.
THE States are not prepared to
take care of these old people" Borah
had said. "The small allowances to
the States are not sufficient and the
funds in the States have been ex-
hausted in large measure"
Walker Talks to President.
Frank Walker, who formerly was
Mr.. Roosevelt's co-ordinator as head
of the Emergency Council. talked with
him yesterday at a White House
luncheon, but would not discuss the
conversation.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill waited
eagerly to learn what the major fea-
lures of the presidential program
would be. Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, Democratic leader in the Sen
ate, has Just arrived in the Capital
and will confer with the President.
Representative Byrns of Tennessee,
who is to be Speaker, has completed
arrangements for the Presidents de-
livery of his message before a joint
session of the two houses next Friday.
Byrns expressed the belief that the
program would cover so many major
topics that I'VE will be lucky if we
adjourn by July l."
In his statement Borah contended
the taking of 100000 "unemploy-
ables" from the Federal relief rolls
made the enactment of old-age PEN
sion legislation the first and most i'm
mediate concern of Congress.
Definite Plan Shaped.
Little doubt existed that a definite
plan for the Winters relief program
had been virtually completed in the
series of talks that the President has
been conducting during the last sew
eral weeks with Hopkins, Secretaries
Perkins, Ickes and Morgenthau and
Rexford G. Tugwell, the Undersecre-
tary of Agriculture.
How much money will be allotted
for this work has been left largely
to speculation, however, with few Of
the estimates falling below s4,000.-
600, 900 and most of them holding to
the $1,000 900 900 groove.
In some quarters, too, the opinion
has been expressed that the amount
might be left open, subject to final
decision in the Spring after it has
been seen to what extent private busi-
ness absorbs the unemployed.