Evening star., 1935-04-10
4 BILLIONS RELIEF
TO Be HANDLED BY
EXISTING AGENCIES
Roosevelt Explains Delay in
Announcement of
Details.
C0NFERS WITH FECHNER
ON EXPANSION OF c. &C.
President Plans to Direct Work.
Aid Expenditures Per-
sonally.
BY !. RUSSELL YOUNG.


The major part of the $4,000, 900 00C
work-relief program will be carried
out by existing agencies. President
Roosevelt said today.
Discussing the undertaking at his
regular press conference. he said he
hoped to have the work relief drive al
its operating peak by November
Delay in announcement of the de-
tails of his plan. Mr.. Roosevelt said
is due solely to what he described as
purely mechanical details.
Plans for developing smooth-run-
ming machine through existing .agen-
cies is taking considerable time, he eX-
planned. The agencies for weeks have
been receiving requests for ALLEGATIONS
of money. and, the President said. il
is going to take a long time to pas;
on these requests. and to get various
types of work under way.
Cites $500. 200. 900 for C. C. C.
BY way of explanation, the Presi-
dent mentioned the provision for al
iotting $500 100000 for an eXpension
of the Civilian Conservation Corps
He said that first of all. before young
men can be enrolled. the additional
camps must be chosen and the build
ings constructed to house the men
That will take time.
The President conferred with Rob-
ert Fechner. director of the conserva
tlcn camps, this morning. in an effort
TO work out a schedule to follow in
expanding the camps up to the limits
made possible by the work-reliet
money. In building up these camps
the President is planning as far ahead
as July. 1886. He said today he doubt
ed if the money allotted for this pur-
pose will be sufficient
After today's conference Fechner
said the number of camps would be
increased from l.431 to 2,916.
Silent on Agencies.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not attempt to
enumerate the agencies that will han
die the workrelief program but said
there will be at least a dozen of them
AS for the men who will occupy
high positions, the President showed
no inclination to make public their
names or even to say he had decided
upon all of them.
It has been said in informed
sources that three men sure to have
places on the board are Harry l.
Hopkins. relief administrator: Harold
i. Ickes. public works administrator
and DR.. Rexford Guy Tugwell Under
secretary of Agriculture The Presi-
dent said nothing regarding this re-
port, however.
Since his return to Washington he
has made it plain he proposes to be
the actual head as well as the titular
head and that he personally is going
to assume the responsibility for this
largest money-spending program in
the peace time history of the Gov
ernment
Another detail being worked cut is
the arranging of the work throughout
the country so as to take care of as
many people possible in a stated area.
In other words. the Presidents aim is
to avoid moving workers to jobs far
away from their homes. Therefore the
work program will be planned so as to
not take men more than 80 miles
away from their homes Otherwise. as
explained by the President. it would
be necessary to build houses for the
workers.
Job Increase Expected.
The President made it plain he
plans to spend all he can before July
!, 1896. At the same time he is hope
full that when the big machine gets
we'll in motion and industry and busi-
ness commences to feel the effects that
there will be a substantial increase in
employment. and that it will not be
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