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relief rolls, according to rough esti-
mates.
E.R. A. has called on the States
to raise more money for relief than
they did last year. The F. E. r. A.
schedule calls for State and local con-
tributions of s563, ,775, 900 for the COM
ing year. This amount is expected
to take care of most Of the unem-
ployables on the relief rolls. Several
States are still baking at appropriate
ing the sums requested by Mr.. Hop
kins. The policy outlined by him
for Georgia was looked upon as a
model for future action. Georgia. S
share of money for work relief will
be administered by the Federal Gov
ernment After June /, according to
Mr.. Hopkins warning, the States and
localities will be entirely responsible
for the rest of the people on relief,
excepting the farmers who are being
rehabilitated, transients, and those
who come under other special pro-
grams.
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How long the s4,880, ,OO0,o 900 appro-
priation will last is one of the most
controversial questions in administra-
ton circles. The President has said
that he plans to spend it all before
July /, 1886, unless there is sufficient
recovery to make it unnecessary to
provide 3500,000 men with jobs. He
has spoken of November, 1885, as the
month In which he hopes to have
the program moving at full speed.
On the other hand, he has spoken of
July, 1886, as the month in which
certain parts Of the construction pro-
gram may be expected to reach their
peak.
Unless expenditures are deliberately
held back, there is little chance that
there will be any money left in the
fund after July /, 1886, according to
some of the best calculators in the
administration. They expect the
$880,000,0 ,000 to be gone by the end
of this fiscal year, through an acceler-
alton of expenditure via the C. c. C.
and the F. E. r. A. work program,
plus the natural pick up in P. w. A.
construction work following the break
up of Winter and the continued need
for relief in the drought areas. That
will leave $4,000,000,00 But P. w. A.,
F. E. r. A., C. c. C. and related ex-
penditures for the current year prom
Use to exceed $1,000, 100000. Thus, it
is pointed out, three of the four bill
lions for next year will be needed
merely to maintain the 1934-35 pace
of expenditures.
Increased State appropriations will
give some aid. The new program will
obtain a little leeway from the trans
fer of certain construction items which
were financed by P. w. A. this year
to the regular budget for next year
If the Bankhead farm tenant bill
passes, the $4.880, 100000 fund will be
relieved of part of the expense OF
rehabilitating farmers. But when
these allowances are made, officials
In the spending agencies of the ad-
ministration are still unable to see
how the $4,880,000, 900 fund can be
stretched to carry through the 1886
election, except by holding expendi-
lures to their present level, or lower
for the next nine months and conserv-
ing the fund for big push in 1886
Hopes For Industrial Revival.
The administration is hoping FOL
substantial aid in reducing unemploy-
ment through the revival of the
heavy goods industries. But 1t faces
the fact that there are several
million unemployed. not on relief, te
be absorbed by private industry before
any substantial reduction in the reliei
rolls can be expected. The pump