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FEDERn.L WORKS .ii..G3NCY
:JORX .?ROJ.GC':'S .i.Di'-iI HI STR.'S I ON
For Rclcnso to ifoi.tsj_)a.pors
Sund.,.,.y, Fcurunry 16 , 1941
ll?A DEF~HSZ ~ROJ::flCTS .rl.PFROVED TH.ROUGH J.ANUii.RY TOT.AL APPROXIi,i.ATELY
:;>200 , 000,000
Howo..rd
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Hunter , Acting Commis s i oner of tho 1'1ork Pr ojects
.Ad.mirlistrntion , nnnounced t odn.~r t h':lt 186 now n2-tio11['.l defense ~,roj octs
a 6 g.cog:1ting $41,066,918 in i1'Pa funds [I.lone l1.".c. been ap::::,r oved duri ng
JanuDx y .
This is tho largest volum0 of a_ofenso project o.11)rovnls in
any month since Jul y , 1940 , he sai :3-, t..ncl briri.gs to $19 9 , 317, 7.89 t ho
toto.l of i'lP.A fun c3.s earmar~ed for defense :,ur::_,o ses during thu curr ent
fisc£1.l ~,ec.r .
T:1is is exclusive of hu..110.reu.s ,:_,f rortd :)1· o jects i nvolving
pc..rts of the 75 , 000-mile system ctesignntc d ns of strn.teg:ic i m1,ortance •
.At the sn.me time , Nr . Hunter announced t hnt 486 , 000 WP.A
workers were engaged on nn.tionl",l defens e j,iTojects as of January 31.
This wn.s 25 percent of tho t ot,1,l WPa enrollment on t h;:,,t date .
c.dded that
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even greater p r o,orti on of those on 1'fPA rolls would be
shifted to defense :rrojects during t he coming 1:1ont hs as improv ed
weather c onditions in the northern states mnke feasible a greater
amount of outuoor work •
.Almost 80 percent of the funds covered by the January [-1.)) l' ov a ls ,
or $32,190 , 286, was for airport projects , Mr . Hunter co ntinued.
He
pointea_ out , ho\;rever , that a number of t hes e pr oj ects had been given
only condi tio nnl ap}:,roval , i')ending completion of :plans for work at
sites of strategic importunce .
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At various times during the fall, 11 Vi!'. Hu..'1.ter explained•
the Secretary of War, under provisions estc1.blisl1ed in the current
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ApprOi)rintion Act, certified to us lists of sites at which it was
considered im~ortant to the defense program to h~ve airport work
cai~ried on.
Formal project a1)::ilicat:i.ons covering me.ny of these loca-
tions have been received and acted U?on.
In certain others we have
arranged with local authoriti es to prepare tentative project applications which could clear the formalities of a:pr>roval in Washington but
become eligible for operation only upon the later fulfillment of
various necessary conditions.
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In this way we hope to eliminate some of the delays which
inevitably occur in the normal routine of initiating and ap21roving
projects which are of importance to the national defense."
Next to airports, the largest volume of projects approved
du.ring January were those syonsored by the Army.
~3,614,715 in WPA. funds.
These came to
Projects sponsored by the Navy accounted for
$1,282,579 of the total and those for the Nation~l Guard, $1,533,632.
The remainder was made up of :9rojects sponsored by the Coast Guard
and regular sta te program projects which were accorded a na tional
defense status.
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Among the outstanding airport projects approved during
January was one for $590,101 for enlarging and improving the nnmicipal
airport at Atlanta, Georgia.
Plans call for widening and lengtl1ening
of runways, paving, insta llation of a lighting system and improvements in the sewer and drainage systems.
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are l ocated a t l•ieri.d.iP.n , I-iississi~,:Ji, where an outle.;<r of $5;),7 , 313
will be me.de for i r:1prover.1ents to Key Field; at }~iatii, Florid.a,
costi ng '._;700 , 529 ; at Borlin, New nE'.m:)shire , costing $710 ,7 90 , and
Kalamazoo , I-ii chi 6 an , costing $31l0 , L.1-56.
Both the .Army and lfav)r hav e S) Ons ore d air:_)ort :projects in
the vici ni t 3r of Everett, '\'!ashinc;ton .
The Army Air Oor:)S is s y onsor
for a $407,664 :project for irni-:,rovements at the Snohor,1ish CountJr ~Urport for use es an air bo..se.
1I'he Nav~; S~:) onsors a somewhat smaller
l)ro,ject of $32 ,7 89 .{,Jr t he con.struction of a bombing field in
Snohomish Countt .
Two mili tar~r r oad rirojects we:;,~e among the e i ·ht new projects
ap:_)rovecl for Florida.
Th e City of PensacolP, is s:_:onsor for a $339 , 397
}Jroject for t l1e i m:_1rovement of certain street s which serve as an
access to Corry Field.
A,'1.other project s~)onsored by Escambia County,
amounting to $192 , 368 in 1TPA funa_s, is fer the construction of a
mili tar~; roe.d connecting the Pens .1 .cola Naval .Air Ste.ti on wit h Fort
Barrancas .
Fort ~ienjamin Harrison, near I ndi '.1.nfl.:;:)O lis, Indiana, will
benefit from two .A.rrny sl_)onsored proje cts aggregating $6 20 ,4,84 .
A
number of small shops and utility buildings 1t1ill be constructed,
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i mprove men ts mn.de t o r oads ar.. d walks throughout M1e reservation ,
sewers
and culverts laid, railroad tracks improved and numerous buildings
remodeled •
.A. number of buildings are to be rehabilitated and roads
and streets improved at the Rolabird Qu.D.rtermast er Depot , Baltimore ,
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Maryland , und.er a $235 , 637 project also approved during JanuE1.r y .
(A list b~r stat es showing the nu mber ani vo.luo cf WPA
n['.ti onal def,:,nso r rojects ~pj_jr ov-od. duri ng Jo.nun.ry , 194 1 , and
cumnlativol y since July 1 , 1940 , is attached . )
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1.P.A. NATIONAL DEFENSE PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
U,O[R THE EIIER0£NCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1941
FROII JULY 1, 1940, ANO JANUARY 1, 1941,THROUOH JANUARY 31,1941
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FROII .J,ILY 1, 1940
FEDERAL FUNDS APPROVEO FROM JANUARY 1, 1941, THROUGH JANU.,RY 31 t 1941
THROUoH JAN 1 31 t 1941
NUMBER
OF
STATE
FEDERAL
FUODS
PRO.EC TS
ALABAMA
&
COLORADO
CONN EC TICU T
DCLAWARE
DISTRICT Of COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
8£0ROIA
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
MAINE
MARYLAND
IIASSACHUSE T TS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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35
33
5,395,759
9,413, ◄26
22
3,045,707
2,1§18,649
3,761,104
4.,961,218
620,.a.4
620,4184
83,732.
368,232
759,506
5
ace, 768
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&46,249
6
672,711
3
56,85-4
3
196,494
749,730•
2
22,912
624,871
2
2
6
1,067,622••
3,.048,046
1,869,894
1,397,~7
9
•
M,azo
633,967
10
2
17
2,553,035
z
331,273
-409,581
11,5Z1,193
-47
8
675,716 ..
,, 760,429 ..
77,336
, , 787,035
52:,926••
11
423,106•
3,694,276
30
7,055,107
,.
1,588,039
3
162,537
9
1,625,710
200,000
156,911
121,940
1 ,!567
1,009,672
531,765
1,852,207
99,161
418,271
22,358
79,376
28,738
3,~
51,485
270,850
348,647
2-47,288
276,283
790,05?
575,152
5,911,191
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56,854
82,810
113,684
18,435
428,972
34, ◄30
1,033,192
2,736,506
4,477
11,520
45,330
23,2-40
101,746
63,185
156,03-4
28,621
639,-487
197,838
521,609
2,727,1128
6
7
300,018
181,558
636,522
105,127
69,819
97,-4-47
&4,020
112,592
76,200
5,000
98,887
140,Q03
-428,022
12,388
1,636,144
30,591
e ,01,
90,265
-43,339
33,997
113,859
268,7e9
1,090,972
313,-435
!52,926
197,838
17,771
35,000
32,531
410,790
100,000
15,949
3,614, 71-5
1,282,579
1,533,632
13,61-4,71!1
11,202,579
11,533,632
116,949 ..
285,082
?3,224
96,880
90,265
1,037,775
5
3Z
4,306
112,592
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1,277,134•
5,596,836
9
250,128
261,811••
021,,n
202,5,.e. ••
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«n,244
69,819
12
50
6
11
10,228
428,972
3
10
2
158,313
2,906,234
134,952
179,140
824,254
13
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3,619,994
235,637
89,?15
2,0!56,117
-425,593
A I RPOR TS
97,893
12,716
87,041
72,796
5
GUARD
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93,860
359,37-4
8-43,607
31
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ETC
STATE
PROGRAM
OTHER
250,000
5,983,987
1,961,342
PROORAM
83,732
6
8
8,324,230
fOAST
250,CX>O
1
3
5,312,272
OHIO
-436,307
2,317,138
5,021
1,375,030
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10,385,012
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52,329
2
028,-451
968
163 ,963 ,423
NATION-411DE
&RAND TOTAL
2
485,307
6,8!57,354
2,920,609
2,2!55,343
864,903•
TAL STATES & TCRRI TORIES
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99,161
514,045
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1,066,031
OUARO
1,900,478••
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1D
5,CM-2,302•
3,605,078
PUERTO RICO
VIRGIN ISLANDS
20,126
236,813
z
713, 7"57
1,943,054
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HAWAII
46,790
2,057.,626••
3
8
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ALASKA
253,036
'42,963
388,146
131,096
1,219,331
11,821,'5Z
NEI MEXICO
NCI YORK C I TY
NCI YORK {EXCL. N.Y.C.)
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
WISCONSIN
11,190
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134,8J9
3,631,184
16
60
8
38
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
IA&lilNGTON
IEST VIRGINIA
1,868,670
4+4,207
8
15
20
23
I
9
681,57'6 ..
179,702
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SOU TH CARIi. i NA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEC
TCIIAI
UTAH
158,313
2,906,234
5
15
RHODE ISLAND
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6
3,651,827•
3,598,279
2,208,309
NAVY
AIIIY
PROJECTS
2,633,338
'407,229
4,231,400
STATE
NATIONAL
AMOUNT
22
MONTANA
• .EBRASKA
NEVADA
NEI HAMPSHIRE
NCI JERSEY
OREGON
PCNNSYLVANIA
NUMBER
OF
16
19
1-4
OKLAHOMA
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884,470
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KANSAS
KEN TUC KY
LOUISIANA
2,576,223
3,798,626
13
19
5
Z3
5
INDIANA
IIIIIA
0
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A'-IZONA
ARKANSAS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TOTAL
40,565,322
186
1199,317, 729
89,351
32,586
32,190,268
!501,596•
35,354,306
971
SZ,323
8'9,351
186
'41,066,918
5(/1,596
INCLUOD PRO.ECTI APftROVto PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1941, AMC CLAl&t, I to AS •NAT tONAL D!:P'tN&i~fllNI tHE IIOtflM OP' JANUARY 1941•
INCLUDU IU~l"LDIDITAAY APPRO\l'ALI.
1,911,542
132,586
132,190,268
IZ,-413,138
REPORTS, STATISTIC:S AND RECORDS S(CTION
PROJECT CONTIIOL. 01v11,0N
WORK PRO.KCTI ADVINIITRATION
fEOERAL -,OAKS AalNCY
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