Evening star., 1935-05-07
FIRST RELIEF Jobs
AWAIT ROOSEVELT
APPROVAL TODAY
Work Scheduled to Start as
Soon as President Gives
Signal.
HOPKINS TO SUPERVISE
PROJECT INSPECTIONS
IT Don't Know What That
Means" Says Ickes When
Told of Arrangement.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
Assurance was given today by Sec
retary Ickes that work on number
of projects under the $4,000, 900, 900
relief program would be started as
soon as they were approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
A meeting at the White House Of
the Allotment Advisory Committee,
headed by Ickes, was called for this
afternoon to consider projects. He said
recently 100000 900 of P. w. A. prof.
ects were ready for consideration un-
der the new set-up.
Ickes added at a press conference
that Mayor La Guardia of New York
City would represent the United
States Conference OF Mayors on the
Allotment Committee. No representa-
tives of organized labor. the American
Bankers Association and farm organ
izations have yet been announced.
Hopkins to Handle Inspection.
ct don't know what that means"
was Ickes' only comment on the pro-
vision in an executive order issued
yesterday by President Roosevelt CIV
ing Harry L. Hopkins the duty OF
supervising inspection Of all work
projects.
Ickes said he would continue to in
vestigate applications for P. w. A.
projects through his decentralized
organization, and that his Division of
Investigation, headed by Louis R.
CLAWS. also would check on P. w. A.
construction.
Indications that State Emergency
Council chairmen will have an i'm
portant role in the new work-relief
set-up were strengthened today as
Frank C.. Walker, head of the Ma
tional Emergency Council, named
Charles j. Hardy, New York lawyer,
as director of the National Emergency
Council for New York State.
Several Already Named.
Since Walker resumed Craftsmanship
Of the Emergency Council and with 1t
the task of directing the Division of
Applications and Information in the
work-relief undertaking, he has ap-
pointed five or six State Emergency
Council chairmen.
His aides said today this was done
because several vacancies had been
created by designations.
In congressional and other quar-
ters, which have watched hundreds
of project boosters stream through
Walkers Office with plans and esti-
mates, the belief is held that the State
directors are slated for more impor-
tant places in the huge program. Pre-
dictions are heard that these officials
are to be given the task of co-ordinat-
ing the entire Federal relief program
through State council, much as the
national board does for the entire
country.
Although detailed steps to be fol-
lowed In submitting applications for
projects still are undiSclosed, many of
the local project hackers who are here
seeking to push pet plans say they
first must win approval Of the State
set-ups.
Roosevelt Approval Awaited.
Hardy, a Columbia Law School
graduate, who was admitted to the
New York bar in 1887 is general coun-
featuring corporations.
Before the White House conference
began, Ickes said number of projects
probably would be recommended to
Mr.. Roosevelt.
About a billion dollars worth of
plans, covering road building, nor-
Federal public works and p. w. A. al
lotments previously approved, but held
up for lack of funds, were on hand.
The executive order issued by the
President late yesterday gave the al
lotment division and the information
and applications division authority to
proceed with the task of selecting
$4,000,000, 900 worth of projects from
what officials expect to be a $4,000
100000 stream of applications.
Hopkins Given Wide Power.
The order also gave legal status to
the progress division of the work.
relief organization and conferred far
reaching powers upon Hopkins.
Hopkins was charged, among other
things. with seeing that the entire
job-making program is carried out
speedily. He was given supervision
over the investigators Of existing Gov
ernment agencies.
As progress director, Hopkins has
power to:
Make periodic reports of progress
Recommend cancellation Of projects
which do not provide adequate en-
ployment.
Draft regulations for transferring
from relief rolls the 3,500,000 to be
given work from relief rolls.
Advise the President regarding
wages which should be paid in differ
ent sections of the country.
VIII Oversee Research.
Oversee research projects developed
by Government agencies to provide
Jobs for white collar" workers.
Garry on small projects for the
benefit Of persons not touched by more
extensive activities.
The progress division, the applica-
tions division headed by Walker and
the allotment division headed by Sec
retary Ickes were ordered by the
President to submit for his approval
all rules necessary to carry out the
program.
Secretary Morgenthau was directed
to set up q special Treasury account
for the work-relief fund, and to re-
port all expenditures from it to Con-
greSs.
Oppose Bergdoll Clemency.
The Disabled American Veterans OF