Evening star., 1935-10-07
NEW WORK RELIEF
PROGRAM WEIGHED
Formulation of Plan Fore
shadows Conflict Between
Ickes and Hopkins.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Administration officials we're dis
closed today to be working on plans
for a new work relief program for
next year.
No decision has yet been reached
on the size or the form Of the pro-
gram. Though President Roosevelt
has expressed confidence that return
ing prosperity will lower emergency
expenditures, relief officials are con-
vinced there still will be big problem
in taking care of the unemployed after
the present 81, SOC, 100000 fund is gone.
Formulation of another program
foreshadows a new conflict between
the views of Secretary Ickes and
Harry L. Hopkins, work progress ad-
ministrator, similar to the one in
which this years plan became en-
snarled.
Ickes already has leftover projects
from this years curtailed public works
program to form stable nucleus for
next year When the public works
fund was cut to S330,000,000 it eX-
cluded about s600,O00,O00 of already
partially approved projects which
could be put under way within few
weeks time.
Together with State contributions,
these projects would provide public
works program costing from S1,000,-
100000 to $500 100000 in the ag-
gregate.
Associates of Ickes have no doubt
that he will offer these projects as
the basis for next years plan, and
that Hopkins will contend for speedier,
more flexible and cheaper work such
as he is conducting now under the
Work Progress Administration.
Relief officials said today it probably
would be several months before there
would be any determination Of what
is to follow w. P. A. and that it
would depend largely on developments.
Still concerned with getting this years
effort in full swing, they we're not
reduy Co discuss details, but were
determined to be ready next tine
to start going when and if Congress
provides the money.
President Roosevelt, it was learned.
hopes there will be q balance Of
about s900,OoO,00O left from the
S4,S80, 100000 fund. but officials in
charge of the relief program feel he
is too optimistic. They said what
ever balance was left probably would
be earmarked for projects already un-
der way. but not completed.
In preparing another program for
next year, relief officials are pro-
ceeding on the belief that even sub
stantial business recovery would not
make the unemployment problem
much easier.
They contend the employment pick
up so far is not comparable to the
recovery of business and that a large
body of jobless may be expected even
with return of normal industrial
levels
In addition. the relief experts figure
that the new jobs provided by i'm
proving business will not show up
much in the relief rolls They say
there is large body of unemployed
who would be taken on by private
industry before those now on the re-
lief rolls. These men, they say, are
largely the last ones to be laid of, and
therefore the first to be re-employed.
Many of them have not been out Of
work long enough to be on the relief
rolls yet.
Relief officials say there are, roughly.
100000 unemployed and less than
100000 on relief. 1t is the balance
Of 100000 that relief officials believe
will get the first new jobs, so there
! could be a considerable increase in
employment before it would show up
much in relief roll figures.