Evening star., 1935-10-31
NOVEMBER RELIEF
ALLOTMENT OF US.
TOD. c. CUT IN HALF
$4,000 Asked, but Notice
Is Given Only s250,000
Will Be Supplied.
PROSPECT OF PROBLEM
is FACED BY OFFICIALS
Jobless Situation May Be Acute
Unless More P. W. A. Projects
Are Approved.

the District has been allotted only
S250,000 instead of requested $570,-
900 for direct relief during November
left officials facing the prospect of a
serious problem in handling the unem-
ployment relief situation before the
end of next month, unless more
w. P. A. projects are approved without
delay.
Other developments in the relief
situation here today were:
Announcement by Commissioner
George E. Allen that, with the end of
October. transient bureaus in the Dis
trict are to be taken over by the Re-
settlement Administration, which is
gradually employing the men in these
bureaus on resettlement work, in
Guiding the development near Berwyn
Heights, Md.
It was understood at the District
Building the transient bureaus would
be used to house these men. The
taking in of new transients was dis
continued some time ago in accord
ance with the general aim to wind up
the transient relief service in No.
vember.
Boiling Field Report Explained.
Replying to reports in War De-
partment circles that 1000 men were
needed for work at Boiling Field.
District W. P. A. officials said they
had already offered the Army all the
unskilled labor available and could
give it more of such labor only by
taking it from desirable and necessary
local w. P. A. projects. such as street
grading and improvement.
On October %, however, Edgar
Young, manager of the Public En-
ployment Service, operated in the
District by the Labor Department,
told a representative of @. M. Gen. L,
H. Bash 1000 men were available on
local relief rolls for the Boiling Field
work.
That same day Bashs Office sent to
Allen a request for 1,o35 workers.
The request was never acted on.
Other dates on which the Army
sought relief workers for the landing
field construction were July II, July
18. July 81, August S, August %, Sep
tember S, October and october IL.
U. S. Seeks to End Direct Aid.
In its drive to end direct relief
during November by speeding up the
transfer of employables to w. P. A.
Jobs, the Federal administration
few days ago notified the District
to have its maximum quota of 10000
at work on w. P. A. projects by
November 4.
When this order arrived the Dis
trict had $500 persons at work on
w. P. A. jobs, and Allen, District ad-
ministrator, declared the remaining
$500 could not be given employment
unless additional w. P. A. projects
were approved by Federal authorities.
He indicated the projects under way
were using all who could reasonably
be employed on them.
The Commissioner was still Strug-
Cling with this problem today when
word was received that the Districts
final grant for relief purposes had
been fixed at s250,000, or less than
half of the amount requested. This
means the city will have for direct
relief in November this S250,000 of
Federal money plus one-twelfth of
the Districts own relief appropria-
ton, or S166,000.
Conference to Be Sought.
Allen said he plans to confer as soon
as possible with Federal officials to see
what can be done to ease the situation.
It was estimated that even with
the $500 already on w. P. A. jobs,
the District still has sbout 4,500 en-
ployables on the relief rolls, so that
if it is possible to bring the w. P. A.
roll up to the 10000 quota about
1000 employables still would be left
on the relief rolls to be provided for
in some way.
Discussing the Boiling Field situ-
alton, District officials explained that
two distinct w. P. A. projects, one
Federal and the other District, were
authorized at different parts of Boil
ing Field, and that it was agreed at
q conference recently that 300 men
on each project would be fair allot-
ment of labor.
Transfer Considered.
District officials further declared an
Army official was told later they also
would consider transferring the 800
men from the District project to the
Federal job if it could be worked out
with those in charge at Boiling Field.
Although willing to transfer the labor,
District officials indicated they were
not willing to have the money that
was allotted for materials and sup
plies on the District project trans
ferred to the Federal job, pointing
out that this should be used on Dis
trict improvements.
William c. Cleary Of the local w. p.
A. Office pointed out today that the
District does not have any unskilled
(See RELIEF, Page s.