Evening star., 1935-04-24
J0bLESS THRONG
OFF|CES0F NE. c.
District Applicants Impa-
tient for New Alphabetical
Agency.

Hundreds of unemployed Washing
ton residents thronged the Offices of
the National Emergency Council to-
day. anticipating a new alphabetical
agency under Frank s. Walker even
before machinery could be set up to
receive their applications.
The offices in the Commercial Ma
tional Bank Building were SO crowded
long before noon that a detail OF Gov
ernment guards had to be sent to the
building to direct the new job seekers
to the proper offices.
Walker. who yesterday was named
by President Roosevelt to resume his
former Job as executive director of
the N. E. C. and assigned the task OF
receiving applications for allotments
under the new $4,000, 100000 public
works and relief program. was out OF
the city. but he expected the rusn
for Jobs and assigned part OF his pres
ent staff to handle the applications for
the time being.
Uncertainty Of Set-up.
Executives of the N. E. c. do not
know Just what the new set-up VIII
be. but they are certain 1t Will De
much larger than the present staff
of approximately 60 employees.
So far as possible, 1t was explained.
additional personnel of the Emergency
Council will be taken from existing
agencies-probably from the Pubic
works Administration and the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Administration,
but that is still conjecture.
Walker has made 1t known that he
hopes to have "a small and compact
organization in Washington. but until
he can see what demands will be made
none of the present staff would guess
its proportions.
Creation of the new wunit-designateo
the division of applications and infor-
mation-will get underway just as soon
as necessary regulations governing
loans and expenditures can be drawn
and the required printed forms pre-
pared
The division will receive all apph-
cations, check them TO see that they
conform with the regulations. aScer-
tain facts as to unemployment in the
proposed affected areas and then pass
them on to the proposed Allotment
Board for action.
NE. c. Branch Once.
The National Emergency Council
Eae hra nfip0 in Qarn
State Whether these will be enlarged
will largely be determined by the
success Of the new plan for handling
applications and by ihe President s
ideas of field supervision OF new
projects.
The chief Job, however. will prob
ably be done here and will be chleny
clerical. merely checking forms and
compiling pertinent facts.
A large part of the neld work Is
expected to be handled by existing
departments. For example, any soil
erosion project will probably be turned
over to the Agriculture Department
for execution; a river or harbor de-
velopment probably will be turned
over to the engineers of the War De-
partment: new Federal buildings prob
ably will become the task of the sup
ervising architect of the Treasury De-
partment, etc.
At the same time a large part of
the existing P. w. A. field force prob
ably will be retained to continue the
same kind of work it is doing at
present. The same thing applies to the
relief work. although the entire pur-
pose back of the huge spending pro-
gram is to end direct relief hy the
substitution OF employment.
Expected to Return.
Walker and his executive assistant
Eugene s. Leggett. we're expected to
return here late this afternoon or to-
night and arrangements will be made
for definite announcement Of employ
ment and other plans as soon as
Walker can formulate his definite
ideas of what will need to be done.
In addition to the N. E. c. force,