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ceed Commissioner Allen More than
100 persons have been suggested, but
1t is understood Mr.. Roosevelt has not
had time to consider the matter be-
cause Of other pressing business.
White House attaches said careful
consideration will be given the long
list of aspirants by the Presidents
lieutenants and that as soon as the
list has been subjected to process of
elimination, it will be turned over to
the President.
Officials to Remain.
With some few changes in technical
titles the officials of the local w. P. A.,
under Mr.. Allen, will remain as at
present, the Commissioner said.
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, District
auditor and budget officer, will become
principal assistant administrator and
director of finance of the w. P. A.;
Ross Haworth, administrative assist
ant to Mr.. Allen now, will take the
title of assistant administrator, and
Otto j. Cass will remain as deputy
administrator.
Mr.. Cass now is convalescing from
q long illness and during his absence
Mr.. Haworth will be acting deputy
administrator, in active charge of
the detailed operation of the District
w. P. A. under supervision of Maj.
Donovan.
Mr. Allen said virtually the entire
credit for the successful operation Of
the local w. P. A. has been due to the
work of Maj. Donovan, Mr.. Haworth
and Mr.. Cass, and for this reason, he
said, he believed his continued work
as administrator would be primarily
in the nature of supervision.
BY the nature of his work as su-
pervisor, Mr.. Allen will continue to be
an important factor in Washington.
In addition to having more than
$7,500.000 to spend for work relief in
the Nations Capital during the COM
ing year, Mr. Allen will have an
administrative staff of several hundred
persons and will have several thou
sand work relief jobs at his disposal
The Commissioner was deeply
touched when advised of Mr.. Roose-
velt's complimentary reference to him.
He said his devotion and loyalty are
such that he would make any personal
sacrifice to stay on even as Commis-
sioner if the President wanted him to-
Il would even sweep the streets If
the President insisted" he said.
Commissioner Allen will become one
of the vice presidents of the Home
1f tH,rt
will maintain his residence in the
District, spending much of his time
here.
Political Influence Considerable.
Mr. Allen has administered work
relief here ever since the agency be-
came a vital part of the Presidents
recovery program. and it is known
that the President has been par
ticularly proud of the manner in
which the Commissioner has handled
this responsibility.
While there will be no actual COM
pensation for continuing in this Job,
It will mean considerable prestige and
political influence for Mr.. Allen. Many
observers feel that the Commissioners
W. P. A. activities will not be con-
fined to Washington-that Admin
istrator Hopkins will utilize Mr.. Aliens
experience and talent beyond the bor-
ders of Washington.
Since Mr.. Allen has taken over the
task of administering the w. p. A.
program here. he has spent more than
$40,oo0,0O0 and has given work relief
to thousands of persons. There are
$4,000 now on work relief here and
as many as $4,000 have been at work
at one time. At present there are
about 700 persons employed in the
administration Office.
Mr.. Roosevelt also has expressed
gratitude for the work Mr.. Allen has
done as vice president of the National
Infantile Paralysis Foundation and as
executive head of the Presidents
birthday balls, which raise funds each
year for the campaign to fight in
{antile paralysis,