The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-09
ROOSEVELT SCORES
SENATE FOR DELAY
ON RELIEF MEASURE
Reveals Attitude 40 He Signs
Bill; Plans Home Rule
on Expenditures

washington, April 0.-(R)-EfeN-
dent Roosevelt's apparent dissatis-
faction with the senate's "long de-
lay" in passing the 4l,8o0, 0o0, O0C
work relief bill shared interest in the
capital. Tuesday with official ass,r-
ances that . greater degree OF "home
rule" will be relied upon to speed ex-
penditure Of the fund.
Secretary Ickes said Tuesday . new
decentralized public works admins
tration would be created In the states
to speed new projects and coordinate
them with other parts Of the work
program.
Ickes said he plans to set up legal,
financial and engineering divisions
Tin miniature" in the states 80 they
can pass on the projects and send
them In here"
He added that the new organiza-
ton, which he said could be set up
immediately" would cooperate with
state planning councils In the entire
program.
After signing the bill into law Mon
day while returning from q fishing
trip off the Florida coast, Roosevelt
sped on to New York to attend the
funeral Tuesday Of his cousin, War
rem Delano Robbins, American min
lister to Canada.
Says Program Damaged
Government circles noted that q
statement issued aboard his train as
he signed the job-making measure
contained these sentences:
1T should be noted that the long
delay in the senate has made neces-
sary the transfer Of many millions Of
dollars previously allocated to highly
useful. permanent projects to inlmed-
late emergency relief work. This
money came from the recovery act
appropriation Of 1888.
MANY Of the projects which have
been cancelled because Of this can
not now b continued under the
terms Of the new law"
The president did not 60 into de-
tail regarding the projects which
would have to be abandoned.
Similar to CWA Plan
The word in administration circles,
meanwhile, asserted that state and
community officials will have import
ant roles in the program which aims
ct providing jobs for $780, 900 persons
now on relief. Procedure somewhat
similar to that employed in CWA's
billion dollar drive against unemploy-
ment . year ago was outlined ct 4
conference Of regional relief engi-
neers which assembled here Monday
Under the CWA. 1t was recalled,
proposals for work projects were ex-
amined by local relief councils, for
warded to state relief administrators
for approval and in most cases
brought to the attention Of Washing
ton headquarters only after they were
under way.
Immediately after affixing his
signature to the works bill Monday,
tho president directed that 3l25, 000.-
600 Of the fund made available to
the relief administration. whose treas.
my was nearly empty and that $780,
100000 b turned over ct once TO carry
On the civilian conservation corps.
Plans Further Announcement
Further moves, included appoint
ment Of Q board to administer the
entire fund, were left Tor announce.
meut after his return 70 the capital.
h planned to leave New York i'm.
nasdiately after the funeral Of Rob-
bins Tuesday.
Meanwhile. officials estimated that
N,ll0 win be spent under the bill
during the coming year for each Of
tho 100000 destitute persons 70 be
put to work. The rate q expendi-
tune under CWA was reported TO have
been $500 year. although that pro-
gram lasted only i've months.