Evening star., 1935-05-16
i. s. TO CONTROL
CITIES PROJECTS
Will Have Charge Of Those
Which Use Only Fed
eraI Funds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Government plans to
take charge of all municipal projects
whose entire cost is borne by the
$4,000, ,000, 900 works program.
This was made known today by
Harry L. Hopkins. head of the Works
Progress Administration, at a press
conference.
Meanwhile Senator McCarran, DEM
ocrat. of Nevada served notice he
would fight wage rate schedule re-
ported to have been drafted tentatively
by high officials for a 80 per cent
cut from the prevailing wage in pay
ing employees on the works projects.
Executives of the so Government
agencies which will supervise the
works plan were summoned to the
White House this afternoon to go over
proposed projects. 1t was considered
likely some of them would be ap-
proved.
Projects involving loans and grants,
Hopkins said, will be administered
by the Public Works Administration.
but all applications will be checked
by representatives Of the progres di-
vision in every community.
JobIess Decline in Number.
He also reported that the relief
population in las cities had declined
IA per cent during April from March.
The decline was estimated to in
volve 75,00o families, or 100000 per-
sons. He added that he expected the
e. e{y 10
crease throughout the country, say
ing the figures usually hang pretty
close"
He declined to say, however, to
what extent the decrease was due to
pruning relief rolls.
Asserting that he saw no chance of
compromise" Hopkins reiterated
that Illinois must contribute $3,000,-
900 month in order to receive its
May relief allotment.
He declined to reply to the ques-
ton whether money would be released
If the State Legislature made the
money available on July l.
Outlines Set-up.
Describing the Work Division set
up, Hopkins said there will be agents
in all communities when the program
is under operation. and every State
is going to be broken up into work
areas and there will be a man in
charge of each area"
The Works Administration, he add
ed, will be line organization from
me down to the States to the people"
He added that he was considering
a plan to deal directly with large cities
whose relief population was larger
than that of the remainder of their
States"
Hopkins declared Progress Division
offices would be headquarters for all
work agencies local representatives
offering convenient place" for local
officials to submit applications.
Progress administrators, he added,
"will receive applications locally on
behalf of Walkers outfit Frank C.
Walker, head of the Applications Di-
visionD and work them up"
He said Secretary Ickes, Walker and
himself would decide which cities
would receive grants and which both
loans and grants. adding that Job
vlously" there must be precautions to
see that cities able to supply funds
did so.
Grants are outright gifts. while the
loans are expected to be repaid.
Hopkins also said 10 work relief
factories in Ohio had been closed
down because it seemed to him that
this was undesirable competition
with private industry.
Established by the Ohio Relief Ad-
ministration before Hopkins took over
the handling of Federal relief in the
State, the factories had been making
such articles as stockings, stoves and
pottery.