Evening star., 1935-10-09
ROOSEVELT TRIMS
W.P.A.|PROGRAM
SIashes ,805, 900 oil
Total for Employment
Drive.

Slashes totaling ST., ,805, 900 in presi-
dental ALLEGATION Of w. P. A. funds to
the States were ordered by President
Roosevelt within the past week, it was
disclosed today as administration OH
cials announced Q national quota Of
81, ,400, 100000 has been fixed to carry
on the works progress phase Of the
employment drive.
The cancellations came to light as
w. P. A. headquarters made public q
list of the quotas fixed for the indi-
vidual States and the District Of
Columbia. showing how the quotas.
presidential ALLEGATIONS and the con-
troller generals approvals stood as OF
last Saturday, when the decisions were
made.
In fixing the quota at 81 400 ,ooo. 900.
officials reported the President has
allocated $s09, ,077,211. OF this amount
Controller General ]. r. McCarl has
countersigned Treasury warrant
totaling only $3.50. $685. 1856. w. P. A.
officials disclosed today the rescinded
allotments for the District will total
100000. These were not identified.
Moves Add to Confusion.
The fixing Of the quota and the
subsequent recision Of many projects
served today to add to the general
confusion in the entire works progress
program.
The quota for the District Of Co.
t,,,nk;n ,ya, opoouoood &c e2 cTn mn
President Roosevelt had approved as
OF last Saturday S3,195, 722 in projects.
while Controller General McCarl had
countersigned warrants for s3.705. 1928.
Officials explained that the con-
troller general had approved this
amount before he had been notified
Of the cancellation Of $500, 900 In Dis
trict projects.
District ofiicials explained that w.
P. A. had requested presidential ap-
proval Of twice as many projects as
funds would permit in order to give
local administrators ample leeway In
selecting the work they wished to staru
Projects Call for s,4oo.
1t was said at the District Building
that Commissioner Allen has projects
in operation costing $3,900,000 and
employing 6,400 persons taken from
relief rolls.
Federal oficials, however, explained
that OF this amount, $3.305,553 in
cluded Federal projects for the Dis
trict, the bulk of which was for ad-
ministrative purposes. Large sums
for Boiling Field and Navy Yard con-
struction work are being used now by
the District w. p. A.
Including these Federal projects and
the s3,195,722 already allocated by the
President. it would be apparent that
the District total would be $6,50l, ,275.
Oficials meanwhile released figures
indicating that $322,1s7,255 worth Of
w P. A. projects are piled up in the
controller generals office awaiting ap-
proval.
The statement Of the New Deal on
ciak hastened to add:
ANY apparent lag in the control
Ter generals approvals Is to be attrib-
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volving upon his Office"
Representative Bolton Of Ohio,
chairman Of the Republican Congress
sional Committee meantime attacked
the works program as a horrible
mess"
Waste Is Condemned.
He issued a statement saying:
President Roosevelt's recent effort
to defend the horrible mess that is his
public works and relief program was
forced by the growing condemnation
Of terrific waste involved"
"The New Deals philosophy seems
to be-" he said, that taxpayers will
welcome paying heavily for the un-
needed Federal buildings at the four
corners, the tap dancers, the opera
singers, the eurythmic dancers, the
chicken surveyors and the gadget max
ers, to mention only a few of the
many fantastic uses to which New
Dealers have put their money. Few
will agree with that philosophy"