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4-1579 11,,CUMENliil FIOOM ,.; _T_H_-_E_,__ w_o__~Rc:.__::K::.. .-"".S_ ......:P:__::R~O G R A M ******* - - Work s P:~ogr es s Admi n is t r a tion-For Rele.:i.s e to Mo rning Nev; spapers , Sunday, August 29 , 1937 . WPA Expe ncli ture s De crease • . Works Progre ss Administrati on e xpenditures we re decreased $216 , 830, 161 during the first seven mon ths of 1937 over a s i mi l a ~ peri ~d of 1936. Aubrey Williams , Deputy WPA Admini st r 3.tor , said that the de- crease is in keepi ng with the Ad'.!linistra tion 1 s policy to reduce expenditures fo r u n emplo;yment rel i e f in e.ccordaY;ce with the u p turn i n indu s try a nd agr icu ltur e . The total WPA expenditures a s· ind icn.te d by che cks issue d by the Tr ea sury Depa rtment for the se v en months of 1936 and 1937 follow : 1936 l.lt.37 $167 , 919 , 769 $148 , 002, 549 February 164 , 323 , 557 134 , 942 , 523 :Ma,rch 191 , 529 , 694. 166 , 021 , 726 April 182, 570, 229 144 , 350, 607 May 173 , 702, 339 138 , 291 , 919 J une 169,103 , 583 147 , 978 , 931 J ul;}- 162, 870 , 111 115 , 600 , 866_ J am,ar y Tota l 7 Monthr, $1, 212, 019 , 282 $995 , 189 , 121 ooOoo Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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