Evening star., 1938-06-22
P.W. ALL0CATES
$50,653,717FOR
291NEWPROJECTS
S41,632,717 Is in Grants
and $9,O21 900 of Sum
Is in Loans.
CONSTRUCTION WORK
INVOLVES $92, ,520,374
Maryland and Virginia Cities and
Villages Included in List
Of Benefciaries.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Public Works Administration
began its 1888 spending lending pro-
gram today with allotments of SAL ,632,-
TIT in grants and s9,o2l 900 of loans
for 2sl projects.
Howard A. Gray, assistant admins
traitor, said the 29l projects would in
Xolve 92,520374 of construction. The
grants were for As per cent Of the cost
and the loans for SIS per cent The
difference between the total of loans
and grants and total of construction
cost. Mr.. Gray said, would be made up
by the applicants.
Six grants fell in the million-dollar
class, but the vast majority were from
a few thousand to as much as a half
million.
Southbury, Conn, led the list with
grant of $2.576.700 for school con-
struction estimated to cost S5,726 900.
Others in the "million-dollar" group
were Fort Wayne, Ind. with a grant
OF $2,322,00o for s5,l6000O of sewerage
improvement; Miami, Fla, with a
grant of sl80O,o0o and a loan of
S2,20o000 for harbor development;
Jacksonville. Fla, grant of s1,67O,455
Tor $3,7l2,l22 of school construction:
Shelter Island, N. Y. $l,637,18l of
grants and ss80,00o of loans for high
way bridges costing $3638181. and
Natchez, Miss, grant of Sl,l25,O00 for
= s2,500,0O0 bridge.
CThere were no allotments to the
District, but Maryland and Virginia
each received eight.)
Approved by President.
All allotments had been approved bv
President Roosevelt even before he
signed the $3.50, 100000 spending
lending bill late yesterday at Hyde
Park. N. Y. His pen-strokes were the
signal for P. w. A. and all Federal
spending agencies to swing into action
with their programs, details of which
have been ready for weeks.
P. w. A. construction work will be
allocated daily until 1000 projects will
have been made public Friday night.
The bulk Is expected to be nom Federal
projects on which the Government will
advance grants for IS per cent of the
cost, and the applicants will put up
the other IS per cent.
The first group of 1000 projects will
cost about 100000, 600. After this
week, P. w. A. allotments will be an
nounced as applicants qualify for their
snare OF the agency's 1866, 900, 900 fund.
Funds for Old Projects.
Public works officials said this weeks
projects were being taken from nearly
5000 applications held over from the
old P. w. A. program of the last five
years, They had been approved, but
could not go forward because of lack
of funds.
New applications were expected to
prlng the total to about 1000, or
enough to produce $4,000 900, 900 of
construction by June 80, 1910.
The Works Progress Administration.
which received SLABS 100000 in the
notwithstanding bill, also prepared to
put new funds into operation, but on
q more limited scale.
Work-relief rolls, which have been
increasing at the rate of about 10000
persons week, are near the 1900 .OO0
average which Administrator Harry
Hopkins said ne expected to carry.
with possible maximum of 5000, 900.
To Last Until Next March.
The new funds are supposed to last
until next March /.
This money" w. p A. officials said
is to be looked upon as additional
funds to keep us going in our present
stride and we intend to carry on with
out fuss or feathers"
The $25 100000 inserted in the W.
p. A. appropriation for direct relief.
they said, will be subject to presiden-
tial order and probably will be held
for emergencies.
None believed it would be used at
once for the relief of cities. such as
Chicago and Cleveland, which have
exhausted local relief funds and failed
to get additional appropriations from
the State Legislatures.
The amount for direct relief is
10 small" one w. p A. official said
"it is inconceivable that we could
undertake any widespread activity"
The National Youth Administration.
an of1shoot of w. P. A., received s75.-
100000 to operate until June 80, 1899.
1t helps students through school with
part-time projects and sets up spe-
clal projects for those of school age
who are unable to attend regular
classes.
$175,oo0,000 to Aid Farmers.
The Farm Security Administration,
which sprang up when Rexford G,
TugwelPs Resettlement Administration
died, was given $175,000,000 to reha-
bilitate financially distressed farmers.
About $25,000,000 of the rural relief
appropriation will be used for an
educational program designed to make
better farmers and homemakers of
destitute farmers and their wives.
This will be coupled with the dis
bursement of 20,00O,O00 in rehabili-
ton loans and s3o,0O0,O0O in direct
relief grants to between 10000 and
100000 families
The loans and grants will be made
only on the basis, of farm and home
management plahs worked out by
r. S. A. supervisors. These projects,
officials explained, are designed to
offer farmers and their families tech
nical training in farming and home
making
A typical plan calls for the proiec-
ton Of sufficient vegetables and live
stock to meet the family's subsistence
needs: canning of fruits and vegetables