The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12

tie interior he kEBsothness
snf <ffe<fixene<s vita EhteA
wPA per~onsei handed fhis
dlffieait .<<zEnn<nf under the
ie.1~rkip 81 IVA R<KienA
Director R<x Nschelsos festa-
fs>s to the sfficiency 81 it, er-
gnnixAffon. and has ee<. re-
cEnixed both BY the army asz
the pabiie - . major eontr1-
tten e the var program
Total expenditures b the WPA
IN this state dsring the past seven
years reached tlt7. 600 600. OF
this amount sIssooo 900 wss paid
cut Tor labor. approximately $40
600 600 for materials. ard st.ooo. :
GO for special national defense
projects fer which congress sp-
proved . separate appropriated.
II IL perhaps not generally
realized that approximately 20 per
cent Of all WPA expenditures In
Washington went directly into na-
tionzi d<fens< projeets-
"Its conservation program alone
represents an expenditure exceed
Tag sii 600. 900. It's largest single
undertaking vas the Cciamhis
river reservoir clearing project. on
which $4,000. 600 was expended.
This project. sponsored by u. 8.
Bureau Of Rsclspstion. involved
the close cutting Of all timber up
10 the high water line from the
Coulee Dam 70 the Canadian bord-
er. . distance of approximately $50
miles.
"Along with this project
the WPA supplied most Of the
labor and money for two Bon
neville Transmission line prof.
eefs. fnvelving tAe clearing Of
forest strips from lso 20 SO
feet wide fer . greater loop
linking the power plants %
tn CoiumhiA river with kpe-
kane. Seattle. Portland and
practically al other comuuni-
ties In this AREA
Approximately forty per cent
Of the total wPA expenditure IN
WsshinKton was paid 10 labor EN-.
pioyed IN the construction or i'm
prov<ment Of 11,T7o miles Of high
ways. roads and streets
The wPA built 80 new
public buildings. Including
schesis. libraries. recreation
cenfers and hospitals. These
are 10 BE found In every eem-
munify Of any sine In thu state
III built 10 sewage dispose
plants. eight water treatment
plants. IT'S mifss Of water msinI
and $40 miles of sanitary sewel
lines.
Rural areas have been bsns-
fitted by construction Of roads. ir'
rigstion bitches and AGRICULTURE
research projects whose eoonomis
value exceeds the money spent OF
them.
Five thousand acres Of new
parks. including the Seattle arbors'
tum-- second largest In the cos1n'
try and third largest IN the work
represent q permanent eontri
button TO social values.
-Ylxh hatcherie< and gane
preserves built by fhe WA
have both n ecsnomic and
social value. assisting In ~
storing the abundant Wild life
which flIled the ferc~ts and
streams Of the state In earlier
| dayA
Fire and forest trails and fir
breaks Constructed by the WPj
have provided protection sgsins
forest fires.
disable water front areas Of IN
state have been substantially en-
lzrged BY the wPA program
Sewing projects have provides
more than s.5oo. 900 garments am
| other articles for needy familie
and institutions. giving peak EN-
ployment TO $500 women.
s-CIose 20 ~. o0o. go nourish-
Ing school lunches have be~n
supplied % needy children In
<so schools participating In the
| program. reaching . peak Of
I.ssl.oso lunches PER month.
-Four state cAnneries were OPP
Grated with WPA assistance
mp 10 this year. when per<sn-
| mi was - scarce that WPA
could lend snly small assist
anoe during canning season