Evening star., 1935-11-15
DISTRICT DIRECT
RELIEF WILL END
TONIGHT FOR 1900
Half of List to Be Rein.
stated Tomorrow on
New Basis.
W.P. A. ASKED TO RUSH
PROJECTS FOR WORK
Women and White. Collar Glass
Lacking Funds-Federal Dole
Ends December L.

Direct reue1 as administered py ule
District with Federal and District
funds will come to an end tonight,
to be resumed tomorrow on reduced
basis, according to announcements by
District officials.
It Is estimated about 5000 persons
on the relief list are affected by the
move. Half this number are unem-
ployables and will remain as a Dis
trict Government problem. The other
4.50O-odd are held to be eligible for
the Works Progress Administration
program, but have not yet been trans
terred to the new works plan.
District officials have petitioned the
Federal w. P. A. to hasten approval
of projects for women and white
collar workers to reduce the problem
of lack of adequate funds for direct
relief.
Decision to End Dole.
The situation was precipitated by
the decision of Federal Relief Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins to end the
Federal dole December /. The Dis
trict's final grant, $250,000, for No.
yember, was less than half the sum
Allen said he needed.
For two weeks relief case workers
here have been reinvestigating needs
Of the 5000. The plan is to drop all
these from the relief list tonight and
to reinstate those tomorrow found in
need. Drastic cuts have been forecast
for those who are reinstated.
Meanwhile, District relief officials
declare they are beginning to see
daylight" on the problem of tran
sients. Transient aid as heretofore
conducted also ends tonight, but
temporary care is to be given all the
needy ones until Monday, under Or
ders OF Allen.
Six hundred additional employable
transients, who were on the transient
lists prior to last September 20, were
assigned late yesterday to work on the
100000 low cost housing project at
Berwyn Heights, Md, launched by the
Rural Resettlement Division, Agricul-
ture Department. This brings the to-
tai assigned there to 1925, District
officials said.
Temporary d. C. Aid.
The Resettlement Division Is taking
over several District transient lodges
as housing here for the men working
at Berwyn Heights. While the addi-
tional 600 men are awaiting examina-
ton and actual pay at Berwyn Heights
the District will give temporary aid to
them. This applies to those on the
transient eligible list, dating back to
September 90.
Those transients not eligible for aid
have filled the various missions.
There are 500 or more needy vet
erans here, according to official esti-
mates, who are awaiting provision of
aid. Veterans Administration officials
were expected to issue instructions
some time today for their inclusion in
the Civilian Conservation Corps camps.
The Logan Circle Transient Lodge,
where 27 boys are housed while they
continue in school, will be continued
indefinitely. according to reports from
Aliens assistants.
President Roosevelt and the Project
Board Of w. p A. have approved q
project for continuation of this plan
as a w. P. A. program, at a cost Of
$4,000, it was reported. Controller
General McCarl will pass on warrants
for this project within two weeks, it
was said. Commissioner Allen sent
out assurances today the program
would be continued by the District
until the new works program is finally
adopted.
Infirmaries to Close.
The two infirmaries conducted for
the transient sick, the one for white
persons and the other for colored, are
to be closed tonight. Some Of the
patients will be directed to apply to
the Districts regular clinic. Officials
transients being treated for social dis
ease.
The mess hall near John Marshall
place and C street, where hundreds
of transients have been fed, may be
closed tonight. Relief officials were
not certain Of this.
The assignment Of 600 additional
transients to the Berwyn Heights
project greatly reduced the number on
the transient list not included in
permanent program. Officials could
not say how many unemployables
there were. They said $50 might be
Q good estimate.