The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Plan to Shift
People From
Relief Roll
WPA Bending Every Effort
to Fill Breach With
New Plan
OFFER 200 PROJECTS
Incomplete SERA Work Will
Be Taken Up If Re-sub-
mitted to Govt.

With the cessation Of work re-
lief projects under the SIERRA,
which was due to the reduction in
federal funds available in Mime
sofa for direct relief, the Works
Progress Administration is bend
ing every effort to fill the breach
with WPA projects, according to
Victor Christgau, administrator for
Minnesota To date, 26O projects
totaling $7,596, 479.56, have been
sent to Washington for approval
and ALLEGATION Of funds. Last week
projects amounting to $2,555, 815.O5
were sent to Washington. OF tho
total, more than 100000 in pro-
jects are from the St Paul district
alone.
In order to shift the people from
relief to work projects and tighten
the relief load, Mr. Christgau urged
all communities to prepare their
projects rapidly. In meeting this
emergency, A. G. Godward, chief
engineer has taken over the engin-
eering staff Of the SIERRA office
and its engineers over the state.
This force, facing the needs OF the
hour, will work day and night aid
ing the communities in the prepar-
alton Of their projects for speedy
approval.
Mr.. Christgau voiced the desire
to continue and complete all wor-
thy sierra projects in order to put
as many people to work as posi-
BILE. I'm case SIERRA work relief
projects are shut down." he said,
they cannot be taken over direct
ly or resumed by the Works Pro
gress Administration until they are
re-submitted as such with a regu-
lar sponsor and forwarded to the
WPA offices. Therefore, all COM
munities with incomplete SIERRA
projects must submit them at once
for the approval of the WPA."
The organization of the Works
Progress Administration Is rapidly
taking shape. Nine district direc-
tors have been named, the last pos
ition to be filled being in the
Rochester district where H. c.
Theopold, prominent business and
civic leader of Faribault, was APP
pointed.
The directors of these districts
and the counties they represent
are as follows:
Duluth District, Francis J. Da-
cey: Koochiching, Itasca, st. Louis.
Carlton, Lake, Cook Counties.
Brainerd District, A. T. Gilbert
son: Hubbard, Wadena, Todd, Cass.
Crow Wing, Morrison, Aitkin,
Mile Laos, Kanabec, Isanti, Anoka,
Pine, Chisago counties.
st. Paul District Frank Rarig,
Jr.: Ramsey county.
Rochester District, H. c. Theo-
pold: Scott, Dakota, Washington,
LeSueur, Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha,
Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmsted,
Winona, Freeborn, Mower, Fill
more, Houston counties.
Minneapolis District, M. A. Fitz-
gerald: Hennepin county.
st. Cloud District, Rufus Resell:
Stearns, Benton, Sherburne, Kandi-
yohi, Meeker, Wright, Renville,
Mcleod, Carver, Sibley counties.
Thief River Falls District DON
aid Whitmore: Kittson, Roseau,
Lake Of the Woods, Marshall, Bel
trami, Pennington, Red Lake,
Polk, Clearwater, Norman, NAH
noman, Clay, Becker, Wilkin and
Otter Tail.
Morris District Harry Phinney:
Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Stearns,
Pope, Big Stone, Swift Lac qui
Parle, Chippewa, Yellow Medicine
counties.
New Ulm District, L. c. Glotz-
bach: Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Mic
ollet, Brown, Pipestone, Murray
Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue
Earth, Rock, Mobiles, Jackson,
Martin, Faribault counties.
A number of changes in the dis
tricts were announced this week by
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