Evening star., 1935-10-23
S8()D,00O,0DO DUE
FOR EIGHT STATES
D. C. in 45th Place in W. P.
A., P. w. A. and Crossing
Project Grants.
BY ]. A. OIEARY.

Eight large States are slated to re-
ceive about half Of the 81 $40 600, 900
that had been allotted up to recent
date as Federal grants through P. w.
A., w. P A. and for highway and
grade-crossing projects-three main
phases Of the present $4,000 900, 900
work-relief drive.
These States and the totals each will
obtain from the three sources are: New
York, 1929 sos. SOB: California, sl19,-
38l ,158 Illinois. sl13,074,392; Penn
sylvania. s97,315,63 Ohio. 500, ,79s.-
1886: Texas. s7l l,952,573: Michigan,
s58,75l ,299, and Massachusetts,, s4S.-
1886. These States also are the
largest in population and in number of
families on relief, although not In ex-
actly the same order that they rank in
Federal grants
The grants allocated to the District
of Columbia for the same three pur-
poses total S4.674,522. which places
Washington in forty-fifth place-44
States receiving more and only four
less.
Washington in 45th Place.
The totals for the other States and
territories is shown in the accompany
ing table, confined to the amounts be-
ing given by Uncle Sam in the form of
grants, as distinguished from loans or
other classes of work that will be car
ried on by numerous agencies of the
Government out of the remaining ST.
500, 900 900 of the work-relief appro-
priation.
in these other expenditures as the ad-
ministration pushes ahead in its drive
to end direct relief in the near future
by creating work, but the allotments to
Federal agencies cover such a wide
variety of projects and surveys that it
would be difficult to show at this stage
Of the program exactly how much of
the total fund will go into each geo.
graphical area of the country.
For example, one of the major allot-
ments out of the 50 800, ,OO0, 900 is the
$500, ,0o0,0 set aside to operate the
Civilian Conservation Corps until the
end of the fiscal year. next July.
Each State and the District fur
nishes a quota of the 100000 men en-
rolled in the corps, and large part of
the outlay goes back into each area
through the compensation checks the
men send home to their families.
Members of the corps are paid $50 a
month, of which approximately $25 is
sent home. A complete picture of the
distribution of C. C. c. benefits, how
ever, would include the Improvements
made by the men, working on projects
near the 2,427 camps throughout the
| country. Statistics on this distribu-
tion of benefits may be available later
S1,0O0,000 for ResettIement.
Other substantial ALLEGATIONS are
| 100000 for the Rural Resettle-
ment Admit tration and $1,000, ,000,-
600 for the ,tural Identification Ad-
ministration, which are planning ex-
tensive programs for the benefit of
farming areas.
In addition to these New Deal agen-
cies, numerous ALLEGATIONS have been
made to the regular Federal depart
| mentS and bureaus to carry on a wide
assortment of improvements OF a per-
| manent nature, the construction of
which will stimulate employment.
Some Government departments like
wise are being allotted funds for sur
veys and researches that would tend
to reduce the number of unemployed
in the clerical and professional groups.
OF a somewhat similar nature is the
W. p. A. allotment of $27,300,0 900 for
cultural projects to aid artists, musi-
clans, actors and writers.
Then, there Is the National Youth
Administration, with an allotment of
$27, ,056,268 to provide clerical and ap-
premiership jobs, in cooperation with
(See WORKS-RELIEF, Page A.