Evening star., 1936-01-12
M'CARL APPROVES
WORKS PROJECTS
FOR D. c. JOBLESS
Work Valued at $926,290
Means No New Funds
for Big Relief Roll.
1000 MAXIMUM TOTAL
OF JOBS TO BE GRANTED
Allen Will Confer This Week on
Plea to Congress for Added
Allotment. :

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Approval Of Controller General Me-
Carl has been placed on additional
projects for the District under the
Works Progress Administration having
total estimated cost Of 1926 ,290, ac-
cording TO notices received yesterday
at the District Building. There was
no additional money granted for the
new projects. Those started will be
financed out of present work funds.
At the same time Commissioner
George E. Allen, District relief ad-
ministrator, made public new figures
showing there are still on the District
relief roster 1851 cases actually re-
ceiving relief payments. In addition.
there are 67e open" cases awaiting
final determination. he said. =
Assignment Of men and women from.
the relief list to the newly approved
projects will be started tomorrow,
Allen was informed by William c.,
Cleary, manager Of the works pro-
gram. The number of relief clients
involved in all the new projects, how
ever. he said, is less than 1000. Not
all can be started now, Cleary said. {
Relief Load Too Heavy.
If all are assigned. there still would
remain on the relief list next month
more than $500 cases, not counting
any additional families that may be
accepted on the relief list. Even such
number Is far greater than can be
cared for out of available District
relief funds remaining out of the
100000 appropriation for this fiscal
year.
Allen will confer this week with
District relief officials on a plea to
Congress for a supplemental District
relief appropriation TO meet needs
until July /, he said.
In addition to the several projects
approved by McCarl, word was re-
ceived that President Roosevelt had
approved a .s4,496 project for the
painting of interior walls and ceilings,
and other Improvements to the Cen
trail Branch of the Public Library.
This now goes to McCarl for ap-
proval.
Center Programs Approved.
Continuation and expansion Of the
programs of the Community Center
Department of the schools system is
provided in one of the projects ap-
proved by McCarl, the cost of which
is estimated at $89,122. This project
is sponsored by the District Recrea-
ton Committee, representing offlclsls
Of the District government, the Board
of Education and the National Cap
ital Parks Once.
This program includes club work.
amateur music, art and handcraft ac-
tivities and general recreation. As
signments of $50 workers to this prof.
ect may be made, Cleary said.
The largest of the new projects Is
for continuation Of cutting and dis
tribution of wood for fuel by the clear
ing of Federal and District properties
of dead and fallen timber, under direc-
ton Of the wood yard forces, at an
estimated annual cost Of $7l0,58S.
A project for demolition of old pub
lie buildings and the salvage of their
materials would cost $4,000 This is
called possible" project. there now
being no such buildings awaiting
razing, officials said.
Parks Survey Authorized.
Another approved plan is for a
survey of the heating. plumbing, cleo
trical, structural and equipment fea.
lures OF all buildings under control
of the National Parks once, to cost
$l7,028.
Another proposed work program,
costing $7,464, calls for making So
Geological studies and gathering Of
data about the District ito make nec-s
essary charts of available business in
dicators and to record trends as they.
may appear in the statistical reports
Of the various agencies under the
Board of Public Welfare" This is
sponsored by the Public Assistance
Division Of the Welfare Department.
Cleary reported yesterday that OF
the l3,64S relief clients certified as
eligible for the w. P. A. program.
1o,802 now are at work. All told,
1882 have been assigned, leaving
only 1876 eligibles awaiting assign
ment. This was in contrast to the.
1851 still remaining dependent on the
District for relief payments.
$1,000, 1893 Spent by District. =
Other figures released by Allen disc
closed that the District disbursed
$27o,000 in relief payments and ads
ministration in December. while $537 4.
900 was spent in the Federal works.
program here. Between July and,
December 81, the District spent "a.
oso ,s9S. During that six-month pes
riod, Federal grants to the District
plus use Of one-twelfth per month Of
the Districts relief funds actual come.
mitments amounted to $6,081 less than
the sums actually committed, Allen
said. "a!
The accountant preparing the state.s
ment included special earmarked
funds not yet exhausted which showed
an apparent" uncommitted balances
on December 81 Of $529,S24, but Allen,
said that with the exception Of about
$1,000, the other funds were granted
for special activities and that they
were not available to him for use foe
the general relief burden. ~
For instance, he said, there was
late In the year a grant of 5000 900,
which was set up especially for the
operation In the District w. p. A..
of q printing shop for use of the Fed-
eral Emergency Relief Administration.