Evening star., 1935-04-28
W0RK-REL|EF DOOR.
OPENED TO PLANS.
Applications to 4 Billion
Fund Begin-RooseveIt
to Talk Tonight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
With fresh decreases reported in
relief rolls the door was opened yes
terday to applications for giving
projects to be carried out under the
$4,000 100000 works program.
High up among developments of
the day were:
Harry L. Hopkins reported the re-
lief population had reached a peak
in January, and between January
and March had declined 100000.
Secretary Ickes sent word to p. w. A.
engineers to begin accepting applica-
tions for funds for non-Federal prof.
ects
President Roosevelt drafted the
speech in which he will explain to
the country. tonight at 10 o'clock,
how his relief set-up will work and
outline what he expects Congress to
do in the remainder of the session.
Walker Oils Machinery.
Frank C. Walker geared his Divi-
sion of Applications and Information
to function speedily on works pro-
posals that already are coming in.
Morris Llewellyn Cooke, a Philadel-
phia engineer, was given close con-
Sideration for the post as head of
the Division of Rural Electrification.
A complete severance of the work
OF Rexford Guy TugWell as head OF
the Division OF Rural ReSettlement
from the Department of Agriculture
was worked out.
Hopkins report on the relief popu-
lation said there had been a decline of
$4,000 in the number of persons on
relief rolls during March. He said
there were now 20.440,000 persons on
relief. this figure being represented by
4,540,000 families and 1862 ZOO indi-
vidualS.
The relief administrator said the
peak of the relief population was
reached in January. but that since
January. 100000 persons had gone of
the rolls. He planned to keep close
check on relief rolls during coming
months in an effort to clear them of
all persons able to work, as swiftly as
the Wide-scaled activities of the works
drive develops.
Will Use Old Forms.
Ickes who compoSeS with Hopkins
and Walker the triumvirate created
Dy the President to prosecute the
works program. telegraphed P. w. A.
engineers that applicants for work
projects might use for the time being
the old application forms, with the
understanding new regulations would
be announced shortly.
Already the p w A. has 81 ,000. .000.-
900 of applications for projects. but it
has been said most of these would have
to be restudied. Meanwhile, in a score
or more Government bureaus, work
was going forward in shaping specifi-
cations for a wide variety of other
works. ranging from the construction
of dams. bridges. canals and public
buildings to the taking of an unem-
ployment census and making special
studies on which 10 base future ac-
tivities.
The President, in the midst of work
on his speech for tonight, added
Frederic A. Delano, a member of the
National Resources Board, to the AL
lotment Board which will pass on the
ALLEGATION of funds TO work projects.
The White House disclosed the
President would discuss his legisla-
tive program as well as the work
relief plans in his talk over the radio.
The speech will be the first of the
so-called flreSide chats during this
session of Congress. So far. the works
bill Is the only major piece of ad-
ministration legislation passed at this
session.
Many Call on Walker.
A steady stream of callers passed
during the day into the Offices OF
the National Emergency Council. of
which walkers division of applica-
tions and information is part.
Mostly. they were job-seekers wanting
work under the new set-up.
There were frequent requests for in
formation about how to start appli-
cations for works funds through the
mill, however, and several callers came
to try to sell materials for the prof.
ects yet to be approved. Most of the
buving is to be done by the procure
ment division under Rear Admiral
Christian ]. Peoples.
North Dakotans to Dance.