Evening star., 1935-11-10
W0RK-REL|EFJ Jobs
LAG FAR BEHIND
Pace Must Be Doubled to
Reach Goal Set for
December |.
BY the Associated Press.

by tQe ASSOCldtcu FIcSs.
With the administration still short
of the half way mark in its drive to
provide 3,500,000 jobs, figures made
public yesterday showed 1t must dou-
BILE its recently accelerated work-reliei
pace to meet the December l goal.
Harry L. Hopkins, works progress
administrator, said the number put
to work in the week ending November
2 totaled l94,425, compared with l21.-
IT'S in the preceding week.
The total given jobs in place OF
direct relief November 2, however, was
only l,737,6l0, in contrast with the
original plan to have the entire $500,
900 ernployables at work a day earlier
If the new December l goal is at
tained. 1,762 800 jobs remained to be
provided in the four weeks beginning
November 2. a weekly average OF
440,597.
Four States Lose Relief.
Hopkins. nevertheless. expressed re-
newed confidence that the program
would succeed. simultaneously he cut
four additional States-Ohio, South
Carolina, Mississippi and Connecti-
cutoff direct relief.
What this actually meant, however
became uncertain when he declined
to say how much he had simultaneous
ly allotted these States to supplement
earlier November grants, Ohio already
had received s2,o84,O South Caro-
lima. $349,688; Mississippi. s442, 500
and Connecticut, s40l 500.
Most of the l3 other States SINH
larly cut off direct relief received
supplementary allotments. Hopkins
said only that The allotments have
ended for the II States because
works program employment is either
well enough along or will be soon
to take care of employables trans
ferred from the relief rolls, and also
the needs of unemployables are pro-
vided for by States and their locali-
ties"
Hopkins employment report indi-
Gated w. p. A. may have to supply
about 2,750,000 jobs If the December
/ objective is reached.
1s4,6S5 in Other Agencies.
Other Federal agencies were taking
care of l74,685, an increase of only
1855 in the week ended November
2, while the Civilian Conservation
Corps showed . 26,697 decline tc
555,7l7.
The w. P. A., providing employ
ment for the first time in Iowa ano
Maine, boosted its total in the weel
! by 2l9,666 jobs to l,007,208.
Controller General McCarl, mean.
while. gave w. P. A. another boost
by approving an additional Sl67 100,
s53 worth of projects. This raised
the total of approved projects avail
able for selection for P. w. A. Stat
administrators to s3,097 PAT, $50. Re
lease of s4,684,349 in w. P. A. al.
lotments made sl,023,785,632 avail
able for expenditure.
Among States for which project
were approved was Arizona, which S
| far has no W. P. A. employment. TIL
total actually employed in the work
relief program declined during tn
week in that State, the District o
Columbia, Idaho, Massachusetts, an
Montana.
Other Agencies Lag.
In all except Arizona, the lag b.
other agencies accounted for thes
declines, and talk was renewed il
some quarters of new cancellation
to increase w. p. AS present ear
marking of $3.50, ,000. 900.
To date, continuance of direct re
lief has cost more than $500, 900 90
above the $3.50 100000 first estimated
In addition. many activities of tn
old Relief Administration, such a
transient aid. help for college student
and emergency education. will simpl
be continued under the name of w
P. A. projects.
The first public indication that tn
program would not reach its $500,
900 job goal by November l cam
from President Roosevelt. Although
Hopkins insisted at the time that thi
schedule would be maintained. he late
acknowledged that not more thai
3,150,000 would be at work by tn
end of October. Yesterdays figure
showed the program was 1,412.39
jobs short Of his reduced objective