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between now and June 80. That was
the amount recommended by the
President.
In addition to the relief money, the
measure included sos, 100000 for the
Civilian Conservation Corps; $6,000,-
600 for Federal land banks ON ac-
count of reductions in interest rates
on farm mortgages; S2,045 900 to the
Agriculture Department for forest fire
fighting and prevention; s1,672, 900
for completing air conditioning OF the
Capitol and House and Senate Office
Buildings.
Failure of Cooperation.
In recommending passage Of the bill,
the committee included letter from
President Roosevelt accusing employ
ers who are working their employees
unreaSonably long hours" of failing
to cooperate with the Government
and their fellow citizens in putting
people back to work.
"The tendency toward longer work
week has had an extremely important
effect on unemployment, the Chief
Executive wrote.
80 While among most indus
tries and most employers, the maxi
mum hours established under the ma
tional recovery act have not been
greatly increased, it is worth noting
that in some industries and among
some employers the former maximum
hours have been unreasonably in
creased.
Every action of an employer along
these lines obviously tends toward the
stepping up of production without an
equivalent stepping up of employ
ment."
A prediction of a permanent un-
employed class of about 100000
persons, even during prosperity" Pc
riods, was made during hearings on
the bill, together with the disclosure
the Works Progress administration
plans to drop 100000 more workers
from its rolls by June.
6,500,00O Unemployed Seen.
Both statements were made by
Harry L. Hopkins, works progress ad-
ministrator, who told a subcommittee
that the outlook for this year holds
promise of six and one-half to seven
and one-half million unemployed"
For the more distant future,
when prosperity levels materially ex-
ceed those of 1929" Hopkins said, ''it
appears probable that four to five
million unemployed will be the mini
mum. This minimum can be ex-
pected to increase with each recur-
ring depression-and the recurrence
of depressions appears as an unavoid-
able feature of the present economic
order in this country"
Acting Budget Director Daniel w.
Bell told the subcommittee that if
Congress appropriates the $790, ,000, 900
asked by President Roosevelt to
finance relief until June go expendi-
lures for recovery and relief" in
1887 will be about $2,816, 900, 900, ex-
elusive Of disbursements for the
Civilian Conservation Corps and other
emergency agencies.
For the fiscal years 1884 to 1887,
inclusive, Bell said, relief and recovery
outlays would total $12,611 ,000, 900.
Hopkins said reduction of unemploy-
ment to the 1929 level of about 1,800,.
600 would require that production be
increased about As per cent above last
year in order to absorb displaced work.
ers and additions to the labor market
since 1929.
Interruption Possibility.
Although he said recovery was In
its fourth year of STEADY improve
ment," the administrator expressed
doubt it would continue uninter-
ruptedly for three or four more years."
Announcing plans to cut the total
of w. P. A. workers from 100000
in February to 100000 next June,
Hopkins said the program was based