Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-13
Full Appropriation Recon-.
mended After $500, OO0,.
600 Cut-Leaders Conf.
dent of Final Passage.
AMENDMENT APPROVED
TO AVOID DEFICIENCY
Jobs for 100000 Workers Would
Be Provided-Plan Declared
Contingent on Industry Being
Able to Absorb Displaced W.
P. A. Enrollees.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Real driUe for economy in gou-
eminent developed at Capitol fen
weeks ago as tar returns shoUed
disappointing tall in reUenue.
Among proposals ,Uds blanket cut in
all appropriations and another to
in1pound part OF appropriations.
With presidential request for ST.
100000, 900 for relief looming as
major obstacle to economy, House
Appropriations Subcommittee I'M
erpectedly uoted to slash one-third
from sum.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee OVERRIDE economy demands TODAY
and recommended a $780, 100000 ap.
preparation for Work-rehef in the
fiscal year beginning July l.
The committee reversed a subcom.
mittee which voted, to 4. two days
ago TO hold the appropriation to
81 600, 900, 000-One-th less than
President Roosevelt asked
Administration leaders expressed
confidence the House would approve
the full 81 100000 900 when the meas
ure comes up next week
The full committee restored the cut
by a vote of % to ID on motion Of
Representative Cannon, Democrat, o!
Missouri, acting chairman.
Amendment Obtained.
Representative Woodrum, Democrat
OF Virginia who led the fight in sub.
committee for the lower amount, OBJ.
tanned an amendment. however. re.
curing Works Administrator Harry
L. Hopkins TO allocate the relief funds
over the u months beginning July !
SO as 10 avoid the possibility of
further appropriation being required
as deficiency later in the year.
Hopkins had testified before the
subcommittee that the $500, 900 900
appropriation would provide jobs for
an average of 1,730000 workers
throughout the next fiscal year. That
would necessitate, he added, dropping
$4,000 persons now working for
w. P. A.
He made it plain the entire program
was contingent on private industry!
being able to absorb the displaced
w. P. A. workers as we'll as millions
unemployed who are not under the
Works Progress Administration"
Not to Drop Needy.
Hopkins declared emphaticalIy HI
would not drop needy persons from
the relief rolls.
Il would not, under this bill" HI
said, arbitrarily drop people who are
in need of relief and have no employ.
ment. The best that you can antici.
pate at the present time is that eco.
nomic condition will permit this. Nc
one can be sure of that"
Hearings, including his testimony
on the relief appropriation bill, were
made public today.
Hopkins said the 81 500.000.OOO ap.
preparation would make s1,387.O 900 ,OOt
available directly for the works pro.
gram. Approximately s75,OOo,ooo
would go to the National Youth Ad.
ministration, he said, and $4,000, 600
to the General Accounting Office, the
Treasury and the United States EN-.
ployment Service.
Under the Sl,O0o0OoOOo appropria.
ton, proposed by Representative
Woodrum, acting chairman of the sub.
committee, only s50,0O00OO would 60
to the N. Y. A; s276,7000 900 for high.
ways, roads and streets, s420 10000 900
for public buildings, parks and other
recreational facilities and 1888 ,3O0,O 900
for so-called white collar" and Vom-
ems projects
Hopkins said the administration S
program contemplated curtailment OF
(See ECONOMY, Page A-7.)