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4 - 2182 FEDEP..AL W02KS AGBNCY WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION For :E.el0ase to 1-Jewspapers Monclay , November 11 , 1940 [ t,"PA DEFEHSE WORK ~OT.ililJG H:l:~_'1.J:7.LY $100 , 000 , 000 APPROVED SINCE JULY l. VrPA projects ri,pprovcd since July 1 for the constr uction and i mprovement of nati0nal defense facilities anc. f or the training of workers in defense indus t ries h1:_~..... r ~~ ~t otal of almost $100 , 000 , 000 at tho end of October , Howard o. :Fitu1ter, Acting Comrnhrn ioner of Work Projects , announced today. During the four - month period , Mr . Hunter said. , i/PA has approved a tot.?.l of $86,657 , 529 in projects primarily for construction and r ehabil\ tat i on work o..t n.irports , .Army a.nd Navy posts :,,nd National Guar d armories and CEl.illl)S . Two nation- wide vocational trnining :projects , which alr eady have begun to turn out trained workmen needed in key clcfense industries , aggregate $11 , 211 , 030 , he said , making an actur:.l total authorized outlay , in WPA funds exclusively , of $96 , 868 , 559 for defense purp-::ises . 11 Incren.singly, the emphasis of the WPA program this yoru: is being placod on dofonse activities , 11 the Acting Commissioner declared . 11 A:pproxim~tely twcnt:r percent of all projects approved since the beginning of tho fiscal your have been for this purpose nnd t:ie ratio will increase as t he y3ar progresses. 11 Unomplo~rrnent contir.ue s tc be a serious domestic pro"ble:n in spite of the groat increase in industrial ectivity during the last tt1elve months . \-iith seven to nine milJ.ior. workers in tho country still unemployed , the waiting list of those eligible for assignment to WFA remains in th0Difi~i!~1~0!-'ho od of a million . NORTHWESTER'fi:f UNIVERSITY Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2182 - 2 ... 11 As the vehicle for converting this otherwise idle man- pO\••er to the strengthening of our naval and military establishment, WPA assumes an increasingly important role in the defense program." 1-'ir. Hunter reported that the volume of defense project approvals during the last two weeks in October was greater than fer any similar period since July 15. Ninety-six individual projects aggregating $13,018,377 in WPA funds alone, were given final approval between October 16 and 31. Thirty-three states, the District of Columbia and the Territory of Hawaii were included. Projects for the constructi on and improvement of airports, totaling $6,204,314, constituted the largest share of f unds approved during the two-week period, he continued 0 Projects for the Army to t aled $2,795,079; those for the Nati onal Guard, $1,432,7G2 , and for the Navy, $487,869. Defense projects sponsored by local go·,ernment agencies, several embracing work on st r ategic military hi ghways, agFcregated $2,063,651, A single p roject for $34,702, sponsored by the Coast Gua rd, completes the total. Among the municipal airport projects approved as part of the defense rrogram are t hree in North Carolinao They involve extension and paving of rumv"ays, improvement of drainage, installation of li ghting equipment and miscellaneous improvem ents. One is at Charlotte, costing $259,522 in WIA funds; another in the Greensboro-High Foint area, costing $253,505, and the third at Winston•~Salem, costing $345,132, Other import a nt airport proj ects are: Madison, Wisconsin, costing $230,711; Denver, Colorado, two projects aggregating $586,835; Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - 3 - 4-2182 Palm Beach, Florida, $420,110, and Sa nford, Ma ine, $258,036. The Indiana National Guard is sponsor for a pr oject tot Aling $1,212, 000 for the construction of runways , hangars, li.zhting and drainage faciliti es at St out Fi eld, near Indianapolis. Two of the Army's i mpn r tant eas t ern arsenals are t o be i mproved under pro j ec ts approved l a te in Oc t ober. At the Picatinny Ars enal, near Dover , New J ers ey, sev eral new buil di ng s to house explosive s manufacturing eq_uipment are c ont empl a t ed unde r a $281,123 project. At the Watervliet Arsenal , liear Alban~T, Kew York, WPA workers will co nstruct a new r a ilroad s:pur and. i nstall heati ng , li ghting and plumbing equipment in several buildi ngs under a $126,657 project . A $103,093 project approved for the Delaware Ordnance Depot, in Salem County, New J ersey, will pt:,r roit the construction of new f ence s and patrol roads at unprotect ed portions of the r eservation. Other outstanding proj e cts spo nsored by the Army include construction and rehabilitation ,-iork at Fort Wayne, .JJet roit, Michigan, c osting $215,916, and the construction of r unway s and other i mp r ovements at Mitchel Fieli, New York, costine $238,301 . A project for $370 ,459 was approved for the new Naval Air Station at Opa Locka, Fl or i da , where WPA workers will as s ist with the construction of the l anding field and ot her necessary facilities. Two outstanding National Guard proj e cts appro ved are tho se for Ca~p Williams, Wisco ns in, $453,417, and. Camp Dod.ge , I owa, $257,158. .. A numb er of projects were approved during the last two weeks in October for improv ements to r oads deeme d of military importance • Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2182 4 - .Among these was a $646 , 918 project for i mprovements to Florida State Highwa;7 363 connecting Jacksonville ~vi th the Southeastern Nnval Air Base and Camp Bla.nd i :ng. Portions of the roacl will be widened , new heavy cluty surfacing applied , and bridges a.ad culverts strengthened . This is considered typical of t he type ~f work to be carried on on mili ta.ry access r oads in manJ' pnrts of t he country under the program announced recently by WPA and the Public Road.s Ad.ministrati on . An im:)ort an'; group of white collar defense projects ,-ms alsc:, among thoso approved late in Octr;'ber. In nine states and tho Distric t of Colum'bj_a \'TPA clerical worker::; will bring up to date vital s t at i st i cs and natur alizati on fil es to facilitate tho finding of birth rec ords of persons called up in tho draft . (Attached is a t able showinc by stA.t os the number and cost of WP~ natio.nal de£onse projects ~pprc:,v~d from Oct cbor 16 trJ ough Cc t ober 31, 1940 , and cumulatively sir:ce July 1, 194,0 . ) - - - 0 - - - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY i . P-712 W,P,A, NATIONAL DEFENSE PROJECTS APPROVEO BY THE PHESIDENT UNDER THE EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION' ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1941 rRoU ,JJ/.LY 11 1940, AND OCTOftER 11, 1940, TMAO-UOH OCTOBER 311 1940 fROM OCTOBER 16,: 1~,t THROUGH OCTOBER 31 t fAOM JVLV 1, 1940 THROUGH OCT. 31,: 1940 1940 TOTAL NUMBER $TATE or ( TOTAL ALABAMA ARIZONA ARKANSAS NOIHHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTHE RN CAL tfORN I A COLURAOO CON .,ECIICUT OELAIARE DISTRICT OF COLLIIBIA rlURIOA GEORG IA IOAHO ILLINUIS "OIANA IOU KANSAS KEN TUCKY LOUISIAhA MAINE MARYLAND $34, 1oz ~, ,432, 762 STAT£ P~OQRAM PROGRAM $6,204,314 $2,795,079 18,249 2 87,661 499,900 n,016 10,64"\ 513,099 586,835 157,646 1 1,154,'-'85 157,646 1 9 3,018 2,195,674 3 1 3 573,784 4 26,386 105,926 1,212,000 257,158 $487,869 OtliE• AIRPORTS 29,066 12,063,651 4,462 6,,355 499,900 55,051 370,459 60,217 50,968 641,233 86,762. 20,386 406,805 115,041 215,916 MISSISSIPPI 3 245,363 35,488 35,488 2 100,no 6 60Z,383 642,191 923,820 213,153 o40,951 2 28,337 177,895 1,996 95,735 28,337 3 1 3 0 5 2 4 121,977 146,004 193,404 159,029 121,977 6 4 117,410 1,829,632 80,541 1,666,680 1,587,825 437,852 5 10 3 13 14 1,461,551 1,271,418 3,396,320 738,001 2,500,459 579,395 742,277 545,21€ 27,503 437,879 311,405 38,056 24 5 7 20,986 224,3n 9 9 •3 38,454 1,240 8'58,159 11)4,750 5,549 1,996 172,346 95,735 42,450 53,330 103,554 193,41)4 105,699 UTAH VERIION T WISCONSI N 9,106 9,106 ,~,670 19,070 6 602,574 838,246 230 ,711 4,961 IYUMING ALASKA 111.IAII PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS NATION-. ICE . 333,005 5 15 15 10 3 214,crn 2,856,118 2,085,116 1 ,392,824 272,!521 9 5 4 29 3 1,296,093 711,895 238,228 2,816,542 537,114 10 8 4 23 4 2,000,542 295,491 258,273 1,340,677 576,435 2 122,697 2,775,812 3,359,359 50,085 894,569 162,537 17 4 8 3 10 3 ADJUSTED f'OA CANC(LLATIONS ANO AEOUCTfONI ~ I Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $7,8~ 72,713 425,632 • 3,635,344 4 333,005 996,94!5 3,169,720 1,914,888 4 27 19 VIRGINIA 1ASH I NG TON WEST VIRGINIA 2,145,072 • 10 4 1~ 3 2 RHOOC I SLANO SOUTH CAROLINA SOU Ta OAKO TA ll:NNESSEE ll:XAS 1,347,169 892,392 600,707 2,707,957 :,,000,432 83,542 2,265 65,661 48,403 22 5 9 15 15 741 , 429 7,.264,545 180,776 444,254 526 • 7 38 5,412 590,976 527,321 FUNDS 185,657,~29 • 3,018 1,133, 01 4 1,212,000 1b,383 FEDERAL 1,550,558 58,448 257,158 34,702 or PROJCCTS 6 4 5,412 2 Nl.'IIBER 13 • 22,384 5 3 PENNfiYLVA~l IA GUARD 113,018,377 2 OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON NATION AL 2 MASSACHUSE T rs Ml=HIGAN MINNESOTA NEW MEXICO N(I YORK CI TY NEW YORK (EXCL, N,Y,C,) NORTH CAROLINA NORTH OAKOTA OUARO ETC 561,601 oZ,205 MON TANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NAVY F"UN08 90 MISSOU~I ~ COAST ARMY FEDERAL PROJECTS STATE 5,(21 1,375,030 10,332,669 739,100 1,429,690
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