Evening star., 1935-10-14
TRANSMITS CLEAR
7 fbE[TSV|LLE FARM
482 Are Preparing Site for
Workers. Camp--More
Will Be Sent.

First definite action toward employ
tnent Of relief clients to improve the
experimental farm of the United
States Department of Agriculture at
Beltsville, Md, was taken today when
482 transients were sent to the farm
on a special work train to begin clear
ting q site for a workers camp.
Commissioner George E. Allen,
W. P. A. and relief director for the
District, announced the departure Of
the transients and said the force
would be augmented as the men ap-
peared ready for work. Food will
be sent to the workers from the
Transient Relief Bureau at noon to-
day and each day until the camp
site Is cleared and quarters can be
provided Meanwhile, the work train
will carry the men back and forth
between the city and the farm.
Station to Be Increased.
Eventually, after the camp has
been set up, the men will be employed
In clearing new acreage to increase
the size of the experimental station
from $500 to 5000 acres. The land has
already been acquired and the De-
partment of Agriculture plans to build
a model village there to house the
workers on the improved and modern
lied experiment project.
At the same time, Commissioner
Allen said number of cases were
found over the week end in which
families or individuals were given
supplemental relief, through food Or
ders. after they had heen transferred
from direct relief to the new w. P. A.
Jobs set-up.
The cases were found as the result
Of a complaint by committee oi
colored men who had been trans
ferred from the old direct relief rolls
Their complaint was that their names
had been removed from the relief rolls
too soon after their transfer to jobs
and that their checks were too small
to care for their needs.
Stay Longer on Aid Rolls.
Allen explained that men trans.
ferred thus are to be kept on the
direct relief rolls until they can receive
a full half-month pay check. The
pay dates are to be the 5th and goth
of each month. Under the practice
to date, however, w. P. A. workers
have been taken off the direct lists
after working for only three days.
A full report on the cases en-
countered over the week end had not
been received by the Commissioner
today, but he said he was satisfied
that there will always be a certain
number of cases" in which supple.
mental relief will be necessary.
The Commissioner again today cut
red tape in order to put transients to
work at Beltsville The regulations
declare that the men employed are
to be cleared through the United
States Employment Service. but when
officials of the employment agency
could not be reached Saturday night
and Sunday, he instructed William c.
Cleary, assistant deputy works ad-
ministrator, to go ahead and arrange
for the men to begin work today.
800 Wait at 6 AM.
Cleary said that more than 300 of
the 482 in the first contingent were
waiting at Union Station to catch the
train at 6 am. today although the
train did not leave until As minutes
later.
Eventually it is expected that close
to 1900 men will be given w. P. A.
jobs at Beltsville. That number of
transients has been about the average
cared for in the city by the Transient
Bureau until it was abolished last
month. The construction camp there
probably will be built with a capacity
close to that number and when the
buildings have been erected the trans
portation to and from Washington
will be discontinued.