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No, 4--821 Norl.hw ... to'"' n Un , ,er,;1t y L1b1 ...t1, CUME NTS ROO M THE WORKS NOV 1 9 1935 PROGRAM -- Works Progress Administration immediate release n. 1935. "' Noverr.'l>er Jets, highways, sewers, and watermains comprise more tha"l half of WPA Federal otment approved by the President. Streets, highways, sewers, and watermains comprise 55,2 percent of the .eral allotments approved by the President for Works Progress Administration jects through October 21, Harry L, Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator and • iral Emergency Relief Adi11inistrator, announced today. Projects in these classifications constitute 44,945 or 45,3 percent of the 11 "-f 99,585 pro.iects approved by the President as of October 21. Streets and highway projects alone constitute 43.7 percent of the value of :idential approvals and comprise 35,534 pro,jects or 35.8 percent of the total Sewers, watermains, and similar work constitute 11.5 percent of the ect value and aggregate 9,411 projects or 9,5 percent of the total nUIDber. The next largest classification of WPA project s is public buildings which unt for 8.4 percent of the project allotments approved by the President, while number of this ki~d of projects accounts for 18.9 percent of the total number S,802 projects. The fourth largest classification in terms of project allotments is ,ational facilities, which include parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, and other Lar types of public recreation facilities. They call for 8,3 of the total al- ~nts and comprise 5.8 percent ~f 5,819 projects, "This preponderance of projects in these classifications indicates what '.omminities of America especially want done under the Works Progress Administraand show beyond sensible doubt that there is a vast amount of solid, needed Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY No. -4--821 -2- ~rovement throughout the country to provide useful employment for the unemployed -ansferred from the relief rolls to W'PA pay rolls, 11 Mr. Hopkins stated. 11 The whole program is good, solid stuff, and every single project is :mething that responsible loc::i.l or State sponsors have asked for, tf he declared. The remaining 28,1 porcent of the project allotments is distributed among other classifications in which the percentages range fr0m 7.6 percent under mis:llaneous to • 2 percent under public welfare which includes a large proportion of ~ protection projects. Conservation and reforestation projects totalling 2,496 have been _allotted ,3percent of the Federal funas. Reclamation and flood control projects total ,233 or 3.2 percent of the total number and call for 4.1 percent of the alll"ltments. Various white-collar-worker projects totalling 6,007 or 6 percent of the ;mber of projects call for 3. 6 of the total amount approved by the President. In :dition, various survey projects, which will employ chiefly white-collar workers, :tal 1,965 projects or two percent of the total, and 1.4 :percent of the allotments ·ve been approved for them. Bridge, viaduct, and similar pro.jects call for 1.1 percent of the allot- nts. They comprise 1,720 projects of 1.7 of the total. Municipal improvernen ts, including landscaping and repair of public build- ·gs; school grounds projects, navigation facilities, and public welfare including :re protection, all comprise less than one percent each of the total of Presidenti2.l ,provals in terms of proj!3ct allot!Ilents. ,,ich comprise le .All except the school grounds projects, 2.5 percent of the total number of projects, account for less than Percent of the total number. Miscellaneous projects account for 7. 6 percent of he total number of projects and 7. 6 percent of tr.e allctments. - - 0 - - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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