The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-27
HOPKINS CALLS
 OFF HIS TOUR
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 Even regulations limiting hours of work are of, Hopkins said. Ad- ministrators may work the men as long as necessary at the regular hourly rate, this insuring employees of checks two or three times as large as usual.
 The federal government also will be more liberal than usual in fur nishing part of the cost of mater ials for prjects, Hopkins said. Here tofore local governments have been expected to furnish materials while the WPA has furnished the man. power.
 Though declining to estimate the amount of money needed, Hopkins said the funds would be taken from $500, 100000 appropriation made by the last congress. Likewise he declined to estimate the number of additional employees needed. Some 100000 already are engaged on re- mobilization projects, he said.
 WPA reconstruction and repairs must of necessity be confined to public property, Hopkins said. Work on private property may be financed by other government agencies, such as the Disaster Loan corporation of the Reconstruction Finance corpor- ation, the Federal Housing Adminis- tration and the Farm Security Ad- ministration. Other private relief will be extended by the Red Cross.
 'aOn behalf of the president" Hop- kins told the New England gov- ernors yesterday, I want to assure you of the cooperation of the federal government in meeting problems of the disaster, and of his earnest de- sire to do this job promptly and we'll"
 Tn Q radio broadcast last night, Hopkins described the catastrophe as appalling" and "unprece- dented."
 Death and destruction through wind and water have struck many times in other portions of the United States, but never on such Q broad front as this, nor in such thickly- settled communities. The intensity, the location, and the consequences of this storm are unprecedented"
 The Red Cross part in the dis aster relief became. increasingly ape parent today with the disclosure that 63,000 New Englanders now are receiving Red Cross aid. Tn Rhode Island the Red Cross plans to build at least 1000 homes. :,
 Communication and power were being restored rapidly throughout the storm area. Only 4l New Eng land communities still were cut oil from the outside world today.
 Though famine and disease ap- parently have been averted success fully, the twin threats of footing and fire still hung over New Eng land.
 First reports of looters firing ct national guardsmen came from Falmouth and Monument Beach. One man fired two rifle shots at guardsman and fled into woods, while another man fired four pistol shots at two militiamen and also fled.
 The lone casualty report since the guardsmen went on patrol duty last Wednesday night was Private Jo- seph E. Pierce. IS. who accidentally shot himself in the chest when he leaned over to tighten e gunstrap.
 With withdrawal of 1,600 national guardsmen early today, only 2,00U remained on duty in Massachusetts.
 The fire threat arose from the leveling of over @ billion feet of timber by the hurricane. The fallen trees dry quickly and Q carelessly tossed cigaret or Q locomotive spark might start Q confiagration that would exact Q worse toll than the hurricane itself, forestry officials feared.
 Additional bodies still were being found in the twisted wreckage along the shores of Buzzards and Narra- gansett Bays, which were swept by tidal waves. The latest compilation by United Press showed the follow ing deaths by states:
 Rhode Island ............2e6
 Massachusetts ...........le1
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