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FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION ( For Immediate Relea~o Thursd.ay, Octobe'r_,31, 1940 WPA DEFENSE PROJECTS SPEEDED llY .ARRANGEMENT WITII WAR DEPART1'1.EWT .An arrangement between the Work Projects Administration and the War Department will give blanket priority to all nrojects of tY"9es designa ted by the Army as important to national defense, Howard O. Hunter, Acting Commissioner of Work Projects, announced toda;r. The new system, Mr. Hunter said, wilJ. s tibs t an tially re duce the time required to begin o-perating projects uroviding or imp roving the country's military facilities. Since July 1, projects in these categories have been certified individually by the Secretary of War. Certification by the Secretary of War or Navy not only gives priority to a project but al so permits rela:x.ation of reauirements regara.ing sponsors 1 funds, limitation on hours of work and monthly wages and restrictions on the amount of WPA funds which may be spent on individual buildings. The Secretary of War has now given "blanke t" certification to all pending and future projects in certain cate gories, making it no longer necessary for the War Department to act on individual applications exce~t in certain instances, Mr. Hunter explained. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2180 - 2 - The categories of pro,iects covered by the 11 blanket 11 certification fo11ow in the order of priority designated by the War Department: 1. All projects sponso:.ed by the War Departmer,t. 2. Airport projects at si tcs c.esi gna.te d by the War Department as imuorta nt for military purposes, except those for construction of hangar s and other buildings. 3. Construction or reconstruction of access roads to military posts and concentration areas designated by the War Department. 4. National Guard facilities, exceyt buildings for which WPA funds would exceed $100,000. 5. Reserve Officers' Training Corps facilities, except buildings for which WPA funds would exceed $100,000. 6. Highways on a national strategic network designated by the War Department. 7. Health and sanitation nrojects approved by the U, S. Public Heal th Service in the vicinity of War Department posts and concentration areas, if the Surgeon of the appropriate corps area consi de rs the work beneficial. Certification of individ.ual projects will continue to be re0uired on airport buildings and on National Guard a nd R,O,T,C. buildings on which WPA funds would exceed $100 ,000. The method of individual certificati on also continues for projects sponsored by the Navy Department or in which the Navy is interested, Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ---oOo--- Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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