Evening star., 1935-04-08
Will Go From Florida to New
York for Robbins
Funeral.
MAY RETURN HERE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Plans for Setting Up Machinery
for Administering $4,SS0, 900 900
Funds May Be Given Out.

President Roosevelt probably will
sign today the s4,8sO 200, 900 work re-
lief bill which he received in Jackson
vile. Fla, at noon on the special
train which is bringing him North
after MS fishing vacation.
The President sent word to the
White House Immediately upon land
ing in Jacksonville from mis- cruise
that instead of coming directly to
Washington, he will continue on to
New York City to attend the funeral
there tomorrow of Warren Delano
Robbins. Mr.. Robbins. who died in
New York yesterday, was the Presi-
dents last remaining first cousin.
Mr.. Roosevelt sent word to the
White House he would entrain imme-
diately after the funeral and probably
would be back at the White House late
tomorrow afternoon.
ALLEGATIONS Expected.
Also, while en- route. Mr.. Roosevelt
will take the initial step for starting
IN motion the machinery for spend
ing this huge appropriation by assign
ing two or three ALLEGATIONS to recov-
cry agencies which need funds i'm
meoiately 1t is understood that the
Civilian Conservation Corps, which is
without authorization for funds to
carry on, will receive one of these al
lotments.
1t was the opinion today Of asso-
ciates of the President here, who have
communicated with him during the
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his special train at the Union Sta
tion early tomorrow he will have with
him the work k-relief bill bearing his
signature.
The Presidents train will arrive
early enough for him to have break
fast at the White House. There will
be no demonstration to welcome him
back as was the case last Spring. when
a large number of Senators and Rep
resentatives, with the Marine Band at
their head. were on hand to greet
him. There will be a number of
members Of his official family at the
platform to extend their greetings.
A certain amount of secrecy still
surrounds the Presidents plans for
setting up the machinery to ad-
minister the relief money. The i'm
preston at the White House today
was that the President may be ready
shortly after his return tomorrow to
make public the major features of
this plan. In any event. announce
ment will not be delayed beyond We'd
nesday.
Meanwhile the Capital heard Re-
publican attacks against the man
generally expected to be a chief as
sistant to the President in the huge
enterprise.
Hopkins Is Target.
Harry L. Hopkins. the relief sd-
ministrator. a frequent White House
visitor while the job-making program
was in the making drew criticism
from two leaders of the minority
group.
1T is extremely fortunate for Mr..
Hopkins that. if he is going to be
the lord high distributor of the
money, the bill is so drawn that he
won't have to be confirmed by the
Senate" said Senator Vandenberg
Republican. Of Michigan. Vanden-
berg has been mentioned as possible
presidential nominee in 1886
Representative Smell of New York,
the Republican leader in the House,
declared it was "a sad commentary
that man like Hopkins" who had
! termed critics of work relief methods
damn dumb" should appear to be
in line to be clothed with extraordi-
nary grants of power over the greatest
sum of money ever appropriated"
Some officials have expressed con.
Germ over tentative ruling by Con-
troller General McCarl's Office that
the bill would not permit purchase
of unproductive land which the Gov
ernment wants to retire from farm
ing and use for parks. forests, game
sanctuaries and the like. Rexford
G. Tugwell. Undersecretary of Agri-
culture, was said to be ready to pre-
sent the matter to the President on
his return.
'White-cOllar Prospects"
The Relief Administration was said
to be planning a large expansion of
projects for "white-collar'' workers
with the 100000 900 earmarked in the
bill for such activities.
Hopkins last week warmly defended
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