Evening star., 1935-12-12
APPROVAL GIVEN
12MORE PROJECTS
TO AID 745 IN D. c.
President Sanctions W.P.A.
Jobs Here Which Will
Cost $62O,776.
1913 PERSONS NOW
ASSIGNED TO TASKS
Search for Site of Camp for In
cipient tuberculosis Cases
Continues.

Notice of presidential approval OF
II additional w. P. A. projects foI
the District, which would cost $780,
776 and provide steady jobs for 745
persons on the relief list, was received
today by District Works Administrator
George E. Allen.
At the same time, District officials
released a. report showing there are
now 1913 persons assigned to w. P.
A. projects, with $500 others await
ing assignment. During the past 20
days, the report showed. LIP were
assigned to the W. P. A., but many
of these still are dependent on the
District for relief payments, since
wages under the w. P. A. are not yet
due
Meanwhile, District officials con-
tinued their search for site for the
proposed camp for incipient tubercu-
loSis cases, to be used as an adjunct
to the Children's tuberculosis Sana-
torium. For this project Controller
General McCarl has authorized use of
$4,000 of w. P. A. funds allocated to
the District.
Donation of $1,000 Asked.
Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, managing
director of the District tuberculosis
Association. has appealed for a dona-
tion of about $4,000 to buy site, since
District officials so far have been un-
able to find available Government
land for the purpose.
Approval of the new projects pro-
vides no additional w. P. A. grants,
In other words, if the projects are
carried out, their cost must come
out Of funds already granted, unless
additional grants are made later.
To date, the District has been
granted S5,648.62 for approved pro-
jects, the total cost of which has
been estimated at s8,306,753. This
leaves > differential of s2,66S1 131 still
needed if al 1.-The approved programs
are to be carried to completion.
1t has been estimated the present
program will be carried through
March Is with present available
grants an approved work programs.
The largest of the new projects
approved by President Roosevelt is
one for filing and codifying of old
records Of the public school system.
This was estimated to cost $3.50, ,704
and give work to 3I1 persons.
Other Projects CataIOgued.
Other items were listed as follows:
Clerical and library work at the
Zoo. $9.852, giving work to 13 per-
sons; repairs to the Municipal Fish
Market. $39.490. 80 persons; research
studies for the Traffic Department
mot the traffic survey. S26,l36. 38
persons: filing and recording of docu-
ments at the District Morgue. dating
from 1900 to 1884, 2 persons; reclassi-
flying old records at Gallinger HoSpi-
tai, $40. 1880. 80 persons.
Preparation of historical records of
school buildings, police and fire sta
tions, $500, persons; rehabilitation
of books and files of the Public Library,
$23,844. 80 persons; binding and re-
binding books of the recorder of deeds,
$4.404, S persons.
Organizing and conducting recrea-
ton programs under the District Play
grounds Department, $136,680, 100
persons; physical inventory of the so
branch stations of the District Health
Department, $612. persons, and a
Typographical survey of Rock Greek
Park. $33 1926, II persons.