Evening star., 1942-12-29
29 WPA Projects SET
To Be Ended Before
Feb. | in Maryland
Survey DiscIoses ,406
Workers Are Affected
By Suspension Order
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-A survey
of Works Projects Administration
projects in Maryland has disclosed
that before February /. 20 major
ones, providing work for Laos per-
sons as of December 22-last day
of record-are scheduled to be ter
minated.
Meanwhile, requiSitioning of
WPA's elaborate construction plant
and surplus equipment and mate
rlals, which has been actively under
way for six months. is proceeding
at an accelerated pace, the survey
disclosed. -
Sponsors of various projects were
making strenuous efforts to continue
several to completion.
Some sponsors see no way out ex-
cept for local political subdivisions
to put up money necessary to fin
lsh work due TO come to an end
next month, leaving projects in an
unfinished state.
Other sponsors said they were at
tempting to get military agencies to
put up funds directly or to certify
the projects as war necessities. in
which event the projects might be
finished through Lanham Act funds,
May Continue Airport Work.
A case in point is an incomplete
airport at Salisbury, which the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
may carry forward to completion
because military agencies may find
1t valuable asset to air transport
on the Eastern Shore.
Also, officials of Cumberland seek
certlflcatlon of the airport under
construction at Ridgely. w. Va.
hoping thus to get Federal assist
ance from some other agency after
WPA is terminated.
/ One of the projects scheduled to
come to an end next month is the
WPA's child protection program
which maintains nursery schools
throughout the State These schools
currently employing 205 persons. ac-
count for approximately one seventh
OF those on WPA payrolls in the
State.
10 Ind way to carry on this
project, regarded by many official,
as vital to the war production effort
a conference called by Gov. OCono,
was to be held today.
Savage Dam Employs Most.
Biggest project. considering tht
number of persons employed by the
WPA, that was slated for discon.
tlnuance is tie construction of the
Savage River Dam in Garrett Coun.
ty, now said to be rs per cent com.
plete.
Sponsored by the Upper Potomac
River Commission, the War Produc.
ton Board ordered work on i
stopped for the duration in order tc
conserve equipment, manpower ane
strategic materials"
A total of 272 persons from Gar.
rett and Allegany Counties are cur.
rently on the WPA's payroll becaus,
OF work they are doing on the dam
The project was scheduled to clost
January 81 or "as soon as material.
and equipment can properly bt
taken care Of"
A project scattered broadl,
throughout the State and slated t.
end January 81 is the removal O.
unused rails from streets.
Scheduled cessation of construc.
tion operations at the Nationa
Guard hangar and armory at thu
Baltimore Municipal Airport-undel
way for three years-will leave lo
OF interior work to be finished b,
the sponsor-the State Military De.
partment.
WPA projects for the preparation
OF lunches of school children ane
compiling of vital statistics art
among others due to be ended mex
month, officials said.