The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-26
WPA LObby
For Funds
Charged
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

NI.N ~ bllIeI COlAI lCG WILL
Congress over the Administra
tons recovery drive flared intc
the open today.
Republicans charged Relief Ad
ministrator Hopkins with per
Sonally directing a "chain-letter'
propaganda campaign through
WPA workers to win support FOL
the Administrations $4,512 ,000, 00(
lend-and-Spend program.
Representative Taber, Of New
York. ranking COP member Of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee now engaged in drafting
the omnibus recovery bill, said he
had received more than so letters
from relief workers in his district
in the past week, and placed theil
origin squarely on Hopkins.
Although Hopkins could moi
Immediately be reached, WPA
spokesman emphatically denied
the agency was connected with
any propaganda campaign.
PROPAGANDA BATTLE
Taber's assertions, coming on
the heels of White House-insplrcd
charge that foes Of the program
have planned to smother Congress
with letters and kilograms oppo5
ing the recovery drive, raised the
prospect that another wire-and
mail battle may mark considera
ton of spending legislation as 1t
did in the heat of the fight on the
Government reorganization bill.
1.-THE letters have received
have all been identical and IN
some cases even addressed in the
same h andWditing," Taber
charged. I'm several cases the
sender had failed to omit in
-Structions to make one copy for
your Congressman and send this
to the four other persons
Every bit of this has been di-
rected from the office of Harry
Hopkins. 1t should interest the
country to know that relief
funds are being spent on propa-
ganda instead of on the needy
and unfortunate"
The solemnity of House proceed
tngS was interrupted yesterday
when Leader Rayburn read let
ter received from an unnamed De
troit worker by President Roose
welt warning the Chief Executive
that his recovery program was
about to be the subject Of a new
propaganda" campaign.
ALARM" EXPRESSED
The worker, according to Ray.
burn. enclosed in mis- letter to
the President copies of a petition
expressing alarm at the pro.
poSal to fight the depression with
'''wasteful expenditures This par
ticular petition, the worker wrote
had been distributed by the De
troit corporation which employed
him.
Despite charges and counter
charges involving propaganda, the
far-reaching recovery program
moved ahead today, virtually as
sured Of almost solid support from
the overwhelming Democratic ma
joritieS in the Senate and House
Armed with data on the new
pump-priming proposals, Secretar!
1ckes went before the Appropria
tionS Committee to urge approva
of q 81 900, 000, 900 PWA loan anc
grant fund recommended by tn
President in his recovery message
Present plans call for it to b.
allocated to States and municipal
ties for works projects on a basi
Of Is per cent outright grant ant
IS per cent loan, or 100 per cen
loan bearing no interest and witt
a maturing date as distant as S
years.
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