Evening star., 1934-10-30
WORK ANDL0ANS
EMPHASIZED FOR
WINTERS RELIEF
Direct Levy on Pay Rolls Is
Studied for Ultimate
lob Insurance.
EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS
ARE SPEEDED BY P. W. A.
Economic Security Committee Is
Near Completion Of Plan
to Be offered.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Government, facing another
Winter of widespread unemployment,
placed new emphasis today on work
and loans-rather than dole.
Beyond that-it looked into the fu-
ture and worked on a plan for a direct
tax on pay rolls to support unemploy-
ment insurance designed to rob de-
pressions of some of their terrors.
The P. w. A. and the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration were
known to be studying an expansion
of public works and work relief. As
bitter winds heralded the coming Of
Winter, officials hurried to list prof.
ects on which thousands and thou
sands of men could be put to work
quickly-if the plan meets the ap-
proval of President Roosevelt and
Congress.
Fund of Billions Seen.
Only the Chief Executive and-in
the last analysis-the legislators can
say how much will be appropriated for
P. w. A. by the next Congress. Some
believe it may run into billions.
Philip B. Fleming, acting public
works administrator, denied today re-
ports that the Public Works Admins
tration is recommending to the Presi-
dent that sl2,0OO,Oo0,0 900, $4,000 ,o00.-
900 of which would be for low-coSt
housing, be expended over a five-year
period to continue the public works
program.
1.-The Public Works Administration" :"
Fleming said, has made no recon-
mendations to the administration and
has not formulated any such recon-
mendations."
Secretary Ickes has said he would
seek a substantial sum for additional
public works and that as much as
$4,000, 100000 could be spent in sin
gle year on low-cost housing.
He said. however, that the latter
figure was purely hypothetical and
that he had no thought Of asking
definitely for that amount.
Cut in Relief Sought.
Though huge numbers will remain
on direct relief, Secretary Ickes, P. w.
A. chief, and Harry L. Hopkins. F. E.
r. A. director, are believed to be work.
ing together even more closely in an
effort to get many people of direct
relief into made jobs.
Hopkins also has been seeking to
rehabilitate jobless persons by lump
sum loans. This idea was emphasized
yesterday by Senator Harrison, Demo-
crat, of Mississippi. After a talk with
the President, he said:
Instead of direct relief, prefer to
give man a mule and some land to
work on and let him pay it back later" 4"
The Presidents Economic Security
Committee is considering several plans
of unemployment insurance-all of
which involve tax on industrial pay
rolls. The amount of tax and other
details are said to be still unde-
termined.
The plan will be completed in two
weeks for submission to President
Roosevelt and-in January-to Con-
gress. Suggested taxes on pay rolls
have ranged from to per cent.
One of those familiar with the course
of the study said the pay roll tax had
been regarded as the most equitable
manner of obtaining funds for the
operation of an unemployment insur-
ance system.
Finance Group to Convene.
Senator Harrison said the Finance
Committee, of which he is chairman,
would convene early in December to
begin work ON the bill.
It am confident that the next Con-
gress will pass an unemployment in
surance BILL" he said.
Since taxation is involved in the
bill, however, it must be considered by
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee and acted upon by the House be-
fore going to the Senate. ANY action
by the Senate committee prior to the
assembling and organization of the
House in January would be in the ma
ture of preliminary study. The Ways
and Means Committee cannot take any