Evening star., 1935-04-06
NEW DEAL MAPS
PLANS TO SPEND
VAST RELIEF FUND
Senate Acts Quickly in
Passing S4,980, 900, 1000
Measure.
DELAY IN PRESIDENTS
SIGNATURE EXPECTED
Thomas and Glass Raise Issue of
Where Is the Money
Coming From!"
BULLETIN,

BULLETIN.
Speaker Byrns this afternoon
signed the work-relief bill. leaving
only Vice President Garner's sig
nature necessary before the meas
ure goes to the White House.
The New Deal today staked s4.-
$50 600 ,000-vastest peace-time ap-
proVfiation in history-on its plan to
swing from relief to public works
while the Nation watched to see who
would be chosen to direct the task
| and Just how the job would be
tackled.
Showing a bit of laSt-minute speed
after rs days of struggle and delay,
Congress completed action on the
mammoth measure yesterday when
the Senate passed a conference re-
port on it, Sc to 13, after the House
had done so. 317 to 10.
Vice President Garner and Speaker
Byrns planned to affx their signatures
today, winding up the congressional
formalities.
Signature May Be DELAYED.
Likelihood that the measure vii!
undergo careful scrutiny by the &C.
partment heads directly involved in
the spending program before the bill
is signed by President Roosevelt was
voiced this morning by Secretary
Early. Mr.. Early, in charge of the
White House executive Offices in the
absenc" Of the President. explained
that this intention, plus poor weather
| conditions for flying. had made it
inadvisable to forward the measure
to the Chief Executive in Florida by
plane.
Mr.. Roosevelt is expected back in
Washington early next week, when the
bill will be ready for his approval
| At that time. he is expected also to
make public the personnel of the ad-
| ministrative setup for the work-reiief
program.
| Glass Predicts big Howl"
The question. Where is the money
coming from?' was raised in last
minute Senate debate yesterday.
Senator Thomas. Democrat. of Okla
homa. asserted there had been little
talk about that phase of the matter
and protested that the bill should
contain his plan for issuing more
! silver-backed currency.
Senator Glass. Democrat. Of Vir-
ginia, retorted the S4,860 900, 900 would
/ come from the taxpayers and that
! when it comes. there will be the
biggest howl ever heard"
July l was circled on the admins
tration's calendar today as the date
gram into effect. On that date, Off
cialS said, the Government will move
to provide s50-a-month jobs for able
/ bodied men and women now on the
dole. An effort will be made to in
crease the number on work relief
quickly from the present total of
| 2,500,000 to 3.500000.
Relief Transfer to Continue.
The Relief Administration has said
! it would 60 ahead at that time also
| with its plan to remove ''unemploy-
ables" from relief rolls and return
! them to the care of States and COM
munities. This transfer has been de-
layed in the hope Congress would
pass pending social security legiSla-
| ton to aid the States as they re-
shoulder this task
Leaders of New Deal agencies which
have dealt with the destitute and the
unemployed thus far. looked to the
President for an early announcement
of detailed arrangements for the new
job-making effort.
Harry L. Hopkins, the relief admin
, istrator: Rexford G. Tugwell. Under
secretary of Agriculture; Secretary
IckeS and Rear Admiral Christian J.
Peoples of the Treasury Procurement
Office have been mentioned as likely
appointees to the board which the
White House intends to set up to
handle the huge fund.
Hopkins Is Ace Spender.
Hopkins has been the administra-
tons ace spender to date. His relief
organization distributed S2,105, ,075 1872
from the time it was established on
May %. 1888, until March 81 this
year. In addition. he directed the
bending of s8O0,000,000 Of Federal
( funds on civil works.
IckeS, the present public works ad-
ministrator. has given the relief chief
a close race P. w A. officials said
few days ago that $4,000, ,000, 900 worth
of projects had been contracted for
under the $4,000 100000 appropriated
for public works two years ago, and
that .300,000,000 actually had been
paid out. With P. w. A. promised the
return of millions which it las loaned
to F. E. r. A., Ickes said recently he
expected his administration to ex-
perience greater activity this year than
last.
Post for Ickes Expected.
Many observers have predicted Ickes
will spend the S9O0000,0 900 of work
relief money earmarked for loans and
grants to States and communities.
Some have asserted also that he will
be in charge of the 100000 900 pro-
vided for rural electrification and the
S450.000,000 housing fund. Hopkins,
however, has won the Presidents
praise for speedy housing work done
in the past.
When the vote came in the Senate
last evening, SIS Democrats, 10 Re-
publicans and Senator La Toilette,
Wisconsin Progressive, voted for the
conference agreement, while four
Democrats and nine Republicans
voted against the measure.
Senator Glass, who had voted
against the bill on passage and in
committee to slash 1t to 1886, ,000, 900.
and Senator Donahey, Democrat, of
Ohio voted for the report.
THE bill was given me as the head
of the committee" Glass said, "and I
have striven days and days to main
tain the position of the Senate and tho
conferees as to what I considered the
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