Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-08

portation act and the new National
Labor Relations Board will probably
have expanded its present staff by 200
These agencies we're authorized by
Congress as permanent arms Of the
Federal Government, and now il
seems likely that the large majority
of the emergency organization workers
to be displaced by next July l will
find other work with the new bureaus
Thus in one fell swoop economy will
have been effected and the victims OF
the economy salved, all before the
1886 elections.
Saving Supreme Court declarations
of unconstitutionality. it seems prob
able that the seven so-called emer-
gency organizations the President has
in mind to pare-the N. r. A. the r
e. r. A.. the T. v. A.. the Co-ordi-
nator of Transportation, the Commod-
ity Credit Corp. the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration and the A. A. A.-will,
In modified form, become permanent
establishments.
The present Recovery AdminiStra-
ton. which, according to the most re-
cent Civil Service Commission re-
port. issued August 81, still has 4,20S
employees, is doomed next March, but
research is under way at the N. r. A.
to find a nav and constitutional
method of controlling to some extent
key industries by a code set-up Of
some sort.
Sharp Pay Roll Increase.
The Federal pay roll began to
climb in March, 1888. soon after Pres
ident Roosevelt's declaration in fav,r
Of stringently reducing governmental
administrative expenses. When Mr..
Roosevelt assumed office there were
$50, 1886 Federal workers. 67,557 OF
them in the District. On July 81
there were 72e,76s altogether, 1o4 ,49s
in Washington.
The advent of the New Deal made
Washington a mecca for thousands
of hopefuls. most of them Democrats
long denied admission to the patron
age lists, who bombarded Democratic
Press Building for jobs.
Long lines Of men and women and
even children waited patiently in ante
rooms, while they clutched recon-
mendations of their ability and poll
tics from county chairmen, for the
day when they would be given the
word to 60 to work. Washington be-
came packed, and the housing situa-
ton here grew acute.
Not only did thousands of persons
from every corner of the country
flock to the home site Of the New
Deal, but the Government own OPP
Grating space began to expand So fast
that today whole Office buildings, an
auditorium and private residences on
once-sacrosanct upper Massachusetts,
avenue are headquarters for govern
mental activity.
rs New Agencies Created.
Since President Roosevelt assumed
ONCE, 26 new agencies have been es-
tablished by congressional action or
executive order in the Democratic
cllUIb w ACtSA1 4cSONCAy, 1C4OAAA ohN
relief. Their far-reaching activity
has dipped into the lives of every per-
son in the country-the business man,
the pauper. the home owner, the
farmer, the laborer-and to run them
it required, on July 81, the work of
1888 men and women. In this long
list are these organizations:
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, Central Statistical Board,
Commodity Credit Corp, two Export
Import Banks, Farm Credit Admin
istration, Federal Alcohol Control
Administration, Federal COMMUNE
cations Commission, Federal Co-ordi-
nator of Transportation. Federal De-
post Insurance Corp, Federal Emer-
gency Administration Of Public Works,
Federal Emergency Relief Admins
tration, Federal Housing Administra-
ton. Federal Surplus Relief Corp,
Home Owners Loan Corp, National
Archives. National Emergency Coun-
ell, National Labor Relations Board,