Evening star., 1936-03-06
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt said today there
would be at least one more conference
on next. years relief problem before
any decision would be reached on
the amount OF money he will ask
Congress to appropriate.
He made this reply to press con-
ference questions, as Democrat
urged a $1,000, 900 900 limit On the
new appropriation and a Republican
demanded Nation wide inquiry into
charges Of political exploitation of
human misery"
AS for last nights relief conference,
the President said 1t was just another
discussion and that there would be
still another in the next few days.
President Continues Studies.
The President told, the newspaper
men crowded around his desk he was
still continuing his studies of Federal
expenditures, but could not announce
any absolute figure on savings He
said he and his fiscal aides were get
ting close to the bottom OF the barrel
in scraping for funds to complete
this years relief program.
At his last press conference, the
Chief Executive said Re expected to
submit his relief cstir,ate to Congress
some time between March 10 a.
March 10. There has been no authen-
tic hint of what figure. if any, the
President has in mind.
There have been reports that this
sum might be s2,o00,0oo, 900. more or
less. But Chairman Buchanan
Democrat, of Texas of the House Ap-
preparations Committee stood pat on
his contention that Congress should
not grant anything like $4,000, ,O00,-
600"
The most I have ever said I would
stand for was billion and a half
dollars" he said And I have always
said it ought not to be over s1,0o0,-
100000"
vandenberg Asks Probe.
1t was Senator Vandenberg, Re
publican. of Michigan who asked the
wide investigation Of reports that poll
ticians collect campaign funds from
workers on relief.
Previously. he had asked Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins to look into
reports that the Democratic County
Committee in Indiana County, Pa,
was calling on Works Progress Admin
istration employees for funds.
Declaring that he could not be re-
sponsible for dumb politicians" who
write letters to w. P. A. people, Hop
kins replied:
"The politician who asked for the
contributions was told in words of
one syllable that our staff was under
no obligation to contribute, and that
their jobs would be fully protected in
case they did not contribute"
Conceding that ''the matter of disci-
pline is out Of" Hopkins hands and
declaring that "the political branch
of the Government is responsible. -
Vandenberg said, "it will take more
than a bulletin from w. P. A. head
quarters and more than a slap on
the wrist to make some of these
gentlemen behave
by the time Senator Rush Holt
gets through with his disclosures of
conditions in West Virginia, and
further Indiana County situations
show up," vandenberg said. "it will
be perfectly obvious that a complete
Nationwide investigation should be
made Of this sort Of exploitation Of
human misery"
He referred to charges of Senator
Holt, Democrat OF west Virginia
that politics is rife in West Virginia
w. p. A. affairs. Hopkins is con-
ducting an investigation of this.
At last nights conference at the
White House were Hopkins, Daniel
Bell, Acting Budget Director; Cor
rington Gill. assistant w. P. A. ad-
ministrator. and Secretary Morgen-
thau.