The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-17

| up with it's job-making schedule.
| Although the President had an
i nounced each development would
be considered for unemployment,
the allotment board did not list the
number of needy to be put to work
by each ALLEGATION it recon-
The $500, 100000 road fund was
divided 5000, 100000 for highways
and street construction, 100000
900, for grade crossing elimination
and $100,000,O0O for work previ-
ously authorized and started under
the Hayden Cartwright act.
| The money was divided among
all states, the District of Columbia
and Hawaii, according to federal
| law: 7-24ths on the basis Of area,
7-24th according to post road
mileage, and 10-24ths in accord
ance with population.
The $24s,S60,000 set aside for
low-cost housing covered 81 prof.
ects, including 81 new develop
ments. The other r36 were APP
proved under the original $780,
100000 fund but were held up
when the President impounded
ia, 100000 to provide for the
F22,500,0 900 persons on relief last
winter.
Cities Sure Of Housing
Cities certain Of receiving hous-
| ing money were Cleveland, New
York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincin-
natl, Nashville, Boston and Louis
Vile. Other projects have not
been announced pending assemb-
ling of sites.
The $102,186,500 recommended
| for rivers and harbors improve
work to be done by the U. s. Army
Engineering Corps. The largest
allotment was $25,000,000 for
dredging a nine-foot slackwater
channel and, constructing dams on
the Mississippi between st Louis
and Minneapolis. Work can start
within As or so days.
The allotment board tied up
$226,220,500 in government funds
by its rivers and harbors recon-
| mendations. That sum, officers
estimated, will be needed in the
next year or two to complete
work.
| Undersecretary Of Agriculture
Rexford Guy Tugwell will admin
lister the 500, 600, 900, resett1ement
fund as part of his 100000, 900
rural rehabilitation program. He
has announced no plans.
| wisconsin Allotment
The 500, 000,O00 slated for Wis
censin will be the governments
share of a $205,714,425 plan ad-
vanced by Governor Phil LaFoi-
lette. to solve the states whole
relief problem. It embraces lao
work-relief projects.
The Wisconsin allotment was
made conditional upon the state
repaying the government 100000
900 and raising $1o5.714.425 of its
own money.
The. board, in recommending
$7,500,0OO for New York, tenta-
tiyeIy re-established the old public
works policy of loaning 70 per cent
and granting 80 per cent Of a prof.
ect's cost to a political subdivision.
The plan may be changed.
Rapid-fire action of the allot-
ment committee presaged early ac-
ton by Works Progress Director
Harry L. Hopkins in fixing wages
paid workers on government
financed projects.
Wages Dispute
He was known to be consider
/ ing a pay scale ranging from ID
to 80 Der cent below prevailing
wages. He promised early an
! nouncement of the $40 work-reiief
areas into which the country has
been divided to expedite the pro-
gram.
The allotment board. members
said, did not hope to maintain the
pace set In its meeting yesterday
when It recommended allotment
OF more than 100000 900 In less
than three hours.
Hopkins and PWA administra-
tor Harold Ickes both made brief
RADIO talks last night explaining
procedure OF the work-roiief pro-
pram and appealing Cor public sup
port.
Ieases described the program as
"tho final drive 70 rout the de-
nrcaslon." lie said there would be
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