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WORKS
REPORT
ON
PROGRESS
PROGRESS OF
JUNE:
ADMINISTRATION
THE:
15, 1936
WORKS
PROGRAM
l,\ :. cu-WORKS
PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
HARRY L . HOPKINS, ADMINISTRATOR
REPORT
ON
PROGRESS
OF THE
WORKS PROGRAM
JUNE
CORRINGTON GILL
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
15,
1936
ROSS, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF RESEARCH,
EMERSON
STATISTICS
AND RECORDS
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
REPCRT ON PROGRESS OF THE "l'l)RKS PROGRAM
June 15, 1936
CONTENTS
PROGRESS OF THE Vl>RKS PROGRAM
:&nployment
Status of Funds
1
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6
OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AND EXPENDITURES MADE UNDER THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
7
WPA THEATRE PRO CT PICTURES
9
MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT PROCURED FOR WPA PROJECTS
11
HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA PROJECTS
13
"IPA
PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECTS
17
WPA PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS
23
WORKS PROGRAM ACT IVIT JES OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS
27
WORKS FROGR.AM ACT IVIT JES OF THE BITREA.U OF INTERNAL REVENUE
31
NEW ORDERS AND NOTICES
36
NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES
Summary
.Agriculture
Alley Dwelling Authority
Commerce
Emergency Conservation Work
Interior
Labor
Library of Congress
37
37
39
41
42
43
43
46
Navy
45
46
Public Works Administration
Resettlement Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Treasury
Veterans• Administration
War
Works Progress Administration
46
47
48
48
49
49
49
TABLES
61
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WORKS PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT
Still continuing its downward trend, employment under the Works Program totalled
3,397,000 persons on May 30, the lowest total reported since November. Release of workers
on WPA pro j ects brought the number of per sons employed under that agency down to 2,340,000.
Emergency Conservation Work employment , on th~ other hand, increased to 409,000 persons.
other Federal agencies operatin{; pr,ojects proYided work for 648,000 persons, reaching their
maximum in number of 3mployees to date. Of these latter agencies, the Bureau of Public
Roads accounted for 222,000 workers,or more than. a third, and the Non-Federal Division of
PWA for 146,000 workers. The Resett lement Admi nistration employed the next largest number
of workers, with a total of almost 64,000. Projects under the Corps of Engineers provided
work for 41,000 persons and the Puerto
Rioo Reconstruction Administration for
nearly 35,000. other agencies with
more
than. 20,000 persons employed were
Through May 30, t <)36
MIL LIONS
MIL LIONS
or PCRSON S
or PCRSONS
the
So
i l Conservation Service and the
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40
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine with about 27,000 and 23,000 workers respectively.
WORKS P OGRAM EMPLOYMENT
Employment on the Works Program as a whole has declined by 110,000
persons from the date of the last report, April 25, and by 466,000 persons
since the peak employment which was
reached during the week ending March 7.
The Works Progress Administration has
reduced the number of persons employed
I ,0
on its projects by 229,000 since April
26, this reduction being primarily responsible for the net decrease in employment on the Program as a whole.
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1936
try has absorbed a part of this reduction while many workers have b~en transferred from WPA proj ects to those operated by other Federal agencies. On May 30 employment
on the WPA program constitut ed 70 percent of the total Works Progra.m employment.
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The impetus given employment on Emergency Conservation Work in April by a new
enrollment period for CCC camps continued to show its effects in the May figures. Although
the t otal enrollment on May 30 amounted to 409,000 persons, an. increase of 18,000 over the
April 25 period, it WB.§ still well under the totals for March. Entire ECW employment has
been little affected by aotivities out side of CCC camps. The Bureau of Public Roads and
the Non-rederal Division of FWA both showed a steady rise in employment throughout May, as
also did the Bureau of Entomolo~y and Plant Quarantine. The Resettlement Administration,
t he Quartermaster Corps, the Burea u of t he Census, and the Bureau of Reclamation all showed
reductions in employment thr oughout May. The number of workers employed by the Corps of
Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service changed only slightly during the month. Employment on projects of other ag encies, with the exception of a few agencies that employed a
relatively sm.e.11 number of persons, increased throughout May.
2
WORKS PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT
BY AGENCIES
May 30, 1936
WPA , CCC, AND OTHER AGENCIES
THOUSANDS
0
500
OF
1000
PERSONS
1500
2000
2500
W PA
CCC
OTHER AGENCIES
AGENCIES EXCLUDING WPA AND CCC
THOUSANDS
0
50
100
OF
PERSONS
150
200
2 50
AGRICULTURE
Entomology, Plant Quarantine
forest Service
Public Roads
Soil Conservation
Other
COMMERCE
INTERIOR
t
Puerto Rico
Reclamation
Other
LABOR
NAVY - - Yards & Docks
PWA
JHousing
1_Non-federal
RESETTLEMENT ADM .
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
TREASURY
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WAR
Jtn&ine•r•
1Qu1rterma,ter
ALL OTHER
WORKS PROGRESS AOAIINISTRATION
/148
3
llfPLOYMENT BY AGENCIES
(Thousands of l!lnployees )
Grand
Total
Week
Ending
WPA
l!lnerTotal
genoy
Cons er- Other
vation Agenoies
Work
l grloultm-e
(Exel.
Publio
Roads)
Navy
O'Elier !~enoiee
Re sett lement
Publlo
PWA Admini s- War
Roads
trat i on
ill
Other
A/_
1?12
gJ
2
6
gJ
8
oy
oy
gJ
3
16
6
51
11
7 .!¥
1
4
31
8
173
60
15
31 .!¥
1
5
48
13
544
257
62
16
87
4
6
55
27
2,74(
519
273
61
1e
73
15
17
54
35
2,782
2,840
2, 890
2,926
512
496
492
487
266
277
301
318
56
17
18
17
18
58
58
58
69
65
18
73
15
21
28
32
52
54
55
54
38
40
18
25
3,560
3,613
3,683
3,731
1
8
15
22
29
3,774
3,798
3,819
3,837
3,850
2,960
2,988
3,018
3,035
3,036
482
478
467
57
58
59
59
60
17
17
17
17
17
73
68
64
63
68
44
39
39
36
459
332
332
334
338
355
7
3, 853
3,836
3,809
3,751
3,025
2,991
2,953
2,872
456
449
439
434
372
396
417
445
59
61
61
61
14
75
14
14
15
86
18
25
3,598
3,546
3,519
3,507
2,760
2,677
2,616
2,569
371
378
382
391
467
491
521
547
60
64
64
65
2
9
16
23
30
3,485
3,458
3,449
3,420
3,397
2,503
2,452
2,417
2,374
2,340
398
402
412
410
584
65
67
69
68
72
.July
31
573
70
487
16
7
1
August
31
915
253
594
68
35
Septenber 28
1,126
456
557
113
October
26
1,505
777
555
November
30
3 1 28S
2,484
Dece:nber
28
3,532
4
1936
.January
11
February
March
14
21
28
April
4
11
May
~
fl
464
409
604
620
636
648
72
21
28
34
43
49
34
54
53
41
40
41
45
47
53
53
53
54
57
61
65
68
50
53
55
60
55
70
55
56
56
71
94
107
49
56
69
77
16
17
17
17
115
121
139
153
89
101
110
119
62
65
68
70
57
55
55
55
68
68
68
17
17
17
17
15
175
192
201
215
222
135
137
142
148
152
68
67
67
64
64
55
55
55
55
54
69
69
69
69
69
68
69
68
Does not include rural rehabilitatio n oa ses.
Does not include employment on Public Roads pro jects previo usly authori zed under the HaydenCartwright -Aot, but financed by $1001 000,000 apport ioned to St ates out of the f 1.lllds provided
by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Aot of 1935.
Less than 500 persons.
Employment on WPA projects decreased in ever y St at e but Arkansas, Florida, and
Oklahoma . About a third of the States showed increases in othe r agency employment almost compensating for the declines in WPA employment. California, Illinois, Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania, and New York City each r e leased mor e than 10,000 \'{PA workers.
WORIS PROGIW,{ !MP:wnmfr or PIRS>NS n«M m.tzr ROLLS
AS PmCENI' or Tar.AL, B'! SELIC'l'ZD .AGENCIES
Week Ending May 30, 1936
Total
Number of
during this peri od, Pennsylvania was outstanding with a reduction of 22,000 and New York
City reduced employment on WPA
Persona frcm projects by 18,000 persons.
Relief Rolla
as Percent
of Total
For the week ending
May 30 ab out 86 percent of the
86.2
3,396,879
GP.AND TOT.AL
employees under the Works Program were from relief rolls.
94.9
740
2,339,
Worka Progress Administration
Appro ximate l y 95 percent of the
409,200
!lnergenoy Conaerw.t i on W'ork
workers on WPA projects came under this cla ss i f i cation. ECW re52.7
294.428
Department of J.grioulture
84.7
23, 067
Entomology and PlAnt Q.uarantbe
lief workers repre sented 88 per19,918
es.s
Forest Sern.oe
nt of t he total under th~t
ce
43.8
222,290
Public Roads
The number of persons
agency.
70.3
26,965
Soil Conservation SeMioe
77.6
2,188
other Bureaus
from relief rolls also constitutes a lar ge proportion of total
71.1
10,093
Department of Ccmneroe
employment under the Puerto Rico
so.a
Department of the Interio r
47.448
Reconstruction Administration,
34,676
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Puerto Rioo Reoonatruotion A.amine
the Forest Service, the Depart15.4
7,901
Reolamation
ment of the Treasury, the Bureau
93.6
4,871
other Bureaus
of Yards and Docks, the Bureau
74.3
1,026
Department of Labor
of Entomology and Plant Quaran85.7
15,462
Navy Department {Ya.rds and Dook:s)
tine, and the Quartermaster Corps.
Although several other agencies
32.3
Public Works Aaninistration
151,844
emp loy persons from relief rolls
5,961
45.0
Housing Division
31.8
145,883
Non-Federal Di vi s ion
i n numbers representing from 90
t o 97 percent of their respective
54.3
63,520
Reset t lement Administrati on!/
totals, these latter are too
s,2s3
ss.s
Depa rtment of the Treasury
small to have nuch influence on
total employment of persons from
War Department
relief sources under the Program
,
Corps of lligineers
13,125
0.uartennaster Corps
as a whole. The Non-Federal Division of the PWA and the Bureau
81.7
1,706
other Agencies
of Public Roads were t he only
agenc i es empl oying over 8,000
! / Does not inclu:le rural r ehabilitation oase s.
per sons whi ch secured more than
50 percent of t heir workers from
othe r t!lan r elie f sour ces. Table 2 at the end of this report presents the number of persons
t aken from relief rolls f or eacn agency operating work projects.
Persona
ii·~
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STA1'US OF FUNDS
Allocation s
Net aHocation s to all agencies participat ing in the Works Program amounted
to $4,646,911 ,069 on May 29. AB indicated in the accompany ing table, WPA has received
the largest portion,am ounting to $1,377,252 ,744, or approxima tely 30 percent of the
STATUS OF ALLOCATIONS UNDER THE
total. FERA has been allocated $922,000,0 00,
!MERGEN:;Y RELIEF APPROPRLU'ION ACT
or 20 percent of the total, followed by CCC
1935
OF
with 1606, 143,750, and the Bureau of Public
May 29, 1936
Roads with 1499,621,8 66. The Bureau of Public
Roads allocation tnoludes administr ative expenses, while allocation s to cover the adAgency
Allocations !/
ministrati ve expenses of all other agencies
e.re included in the single item of 1180,670,5 01
Agriculture
shown in the table. Detailed data on total
$499,621,865
Public Roads
allocation
s through May 29 are presented by
Other Bureaus
60,193,367
agencies in tables 5 and 8 at the end of this
Conmerce
8,582,944
Interior
report.
Reclamation
65,020,000
Puerto Rico Reoon. Adm:in,
32,152,380
other Bureaus
13,283,052
Total allocation s on May 29 representLabor
1,067,459
ed
a
reduotion
of $4,996,180 from the correspond Navy
16,557,561
ing total at the end of April. Hew allocation s
Treasury (including revolving
tund - $4,000,000)
16,635,214
of 118,972,42 8 made during May were offset by
Wa.r
143,104,350
rescission
s totalling t23,968,60 8. Approxima teAlley Dwelling·Au thority
190,194
ly
t10,ooo,oo
o in additiona l funds we.a transCCC
505,143,750
Library of Congress
251,500
ferred to the Works Program account during the
Public Works Administration
month, raising the total funds made available
H->using
101,373,050
for allocation to $4,672,19 9,143. Of this
Non-Federal
344,755,196
Resettlsnen t
191,450,000
amount $25,288,08 4 remained unallocate d on May 29.
Rural Electrifica tion A.am.
14,176,812
Veterans' Administration
1,210,120
Works Progress Administration l,3n,252,74 4
Only two of the major agenoies had
Administrative - all agencies
180,670,501
their allocation s for work projects increased
Dnployees' Compensation
11,210,000
during the month. The WPA received approxima teFann Credit Administrat ion
35,000,000
FmA
ly $16,670,00 0 for the continuati on of state
922,000,000
work programs and the Rural Electrific ation AdTotal Allocations
$4,646,911,0 59
ministrati on was granted an additiona l $1,980,000
Unallocated by the President
25,288,084
for loans to public and private agencies for
Total made available
rural electrific ation projects.
for allocation
During May, reductions were made in
the available funds of a large number of other
agencies participat ing in the Works Program.
Source of ftmds1
Speoific appropriatio n $4,000,000,000
In general these rescission s represente d a
Unexpended balances
small proportion (between 5 and 10 percent) of
transfeITed :
the balances of agency funds remaining unobligat 500 ,ooo,ooo
From
Fran RFC
otherf\mds
e d on Apr il 30 • AB a result, t he t ot al f'un d s
appropriatio ns
172 1 199 1 143
available to the Resettlem ent Administr ation for
Total
$4,672,199,143
work arojects and other purposes (except administration) showed a net decline of $4,500,000 during May. Similarly , net reductions of
$2,900,000 , $2,8001 000 and 12,700 1 000, respective ly, were made in the funds available to
the Treasury, Agricultu re, and W&r Departmen ts for purposes other than administr ation.
Among net deductions from allocation s for administr ative purposes the largest was the rescission of ta,000,000 from the Treasury Departmen t's administr ative account. During the
same period 10 other agencies experience d smaller reductions ranging from over $300,000
to about t2,ooo, while net additions of $3,0001 000 were made to the administr ative funds
of both the Resettleme nt Administr ation and the WPA.
!/
Based on warrants issued
by
the Treasury.
6
E,wenditures
During the month of May expenditures by all agenoies under the Works Program
amounted to $290,809,478, bringing the tQtal expenditures for the entire Program through
the end of May to $3,124,840,632, or 67 peroent of the amount allocated by t he President
and approved by the Comptroller General as of the same date. The a.mount expended during May was approximately 9 peroent less than the a.mount spent during April, when expenditures totalled about $319,000,000, the largest amount for any month since the begin•
ning ot the Program. Since the first of the year expenditures have amounted to approximately $1,452,000,000 or an average of about $290,000,000 per month.
Expenditure s of the Works Progress Administration to date exceed those of any
other agency, amounting to $1,136,700,000, or 36 percent of the total expenditures of all
agencies. The amount expended by the WPA during May ($173,700,000) represent s a decrease
of 5 percent from the April total 8.lld 9 percent from the March total, reflecting the reduction in employment under this agency. FERA had expended the next largest amount
through the end of May - $924,600,000, or 30 percent of the grand total. About 55 per•
oent of the FERA expenditures were made prior to the initiation of the present Works
Program, after whi ch expenditures by this agency began to decline. During May they
amounted to only $2,600,000. Expenditures for Emergency Conservation Work, which through
the end of May amounted to $509,800,000, or 16 percent of the grand total, have declined
steadily since the first of the year. The amount spent during May ($29,900,000 ) represents
a decline of 13 percent from the April total and of 30 percent from the January total.
Other agencies which have used relatively large amounts to date are the Department of }griculture, with expenditures of $148,500,000 ($106,600,000 by the Bureau of
Publio Roads), the Resettlement Administration with tll9,900,000, the Public Works Ad•
ministration with $106,000,000, and the War Department with 181,200 1 000.
tions
fords
under
being
In Table 8 following the text of this report are shown expenditures and allooafor each agency as of the end of May. The relationship between the two items af•
some measure of the state of completion of the programs of the various agencies
the Works Program. It is not a completely reliable measure, however, due to changes
made in total allocation through rescissions or additional allocations.
Among the major agencies with work projects, Emergency Conservation Work has
expended the largest percentage of its allocations, amounting to 84 percent. The Depart•
ment of Labor is next in order with 80 percent, followed by the Navy Department with 79
percent, and WPA with 78 peroent of their respeotive allocations expended. Other major
agencies with work projects which have spent more than half of their allocations to date
include the Department of Comm.eroe, the Resettlement Administration, the Treasury Depart•
ment, the Vetera11s ' Administration, and the War Department. The Department of Agrioulture,
in which the Bureau of Public Roads funds are predominant, the Department of Int erior, and
the Public Works Administration have spent a comparatively small proportion of their allooations, amounting to about 26 peroent, 17 peroent, and 24 percent, respectively.
7
OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AND EXPENDITURES MADE UNDER
TEE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential allocations to the Works Progress Administration totalled
$1,455,209,000 on May 31, 1936. Obligations incurred by the end of May amounted to
$1,307,374,000, or 90 percent of total allocations. As of the same date $1, 136 ,699,000,
or 77 percent of the total, had actually been expended. Cumulative tot als f or these
three series by ten-day intervals from September 30, 1935, to May 31, 1936, ar e presented
in the tab le on the next pa ge .
Allocations for the prosecution of the Works Progress Administration program,
represented by Treasury warrants made out at the direction of the President and countersigned by the Comptroller General, show successive periods of pronounced change and of
relative inactivity. At the inception of the WPA programs in the various States, funds
were allocated t o each state administration in amounts sufficient to carry forward a program for several months. T~e fact that allocations were built up to over four-fifths of
the present total by December 1936 is a reflection of this practice. Change s sinoe the
end of the year reflect adjustments in allocations as additional amounts of money be•
came available.
Obligations consist of liquidated, actual, and accruing liabilities or commitments incurred by project managers or other authorized administrative officials engaged
in the operation of the WPA program. Included in obligations are anticipated costs of
the work programs in terms of immediate commitments made for materials, payrolls, and
other purposes.
Expenditures, or voucher p~ents in the sense of oheoks issued, represent
most nearly an approximation to the current level of operations of the WPA program for
any given period. These may be contrasted with the figures on obligations, which necessarily include some anticipated oosts -0f actual operations.
The amounts by which total obligations and expenditures increased during
each ten•day period between September 30, 1935, and .May 31, 1936, are shown in the accompanying chart. Obligations ranged from $21,000,000 durin 6 the period from October 10
to 20, 1935, to $72 1 000,000 during the ten-day periods ending January 31 and February
20, 1936. Since that time the ten-day
inurement
in total obligations has deOBLIGATIO S INC RRED AND EXPENDITURES
clined,
reaching
a minimum of $39,361,000
DER WORKS PROGRESS ADMI NISTRATION
••LL'o"'
10 Day Periods from Sept. JO, 193) to May Jt. t9Jb
••LL•o•s
during
the
period
ending May 10. Similaror
··~~~-T-~-~-~-~-~ - --or 80
ly, expenditures increased from $8,895,000
between October 1 and 10, 193 6, to
$69,806,000 between January 20 and 31, 1936,
dropping off slightly thereafter but remaining in the neighborhood of $60,000 1 000
for each subsequent ten-day period. Increases in obligations exceeded corresponding increases in expenditures from September 30 until .March 10, shortly after
the employment peak of the pr ogram waa
reaohede For eaoh period after this time
the rate of expenditure waa greater than
that of obligations incurred.
DOLL ARS
0C. T
OOLL AFt S
NOV
1935
D CC.
J AH
rt&
WAR
APA
1936
MA'I'
JUN
During the early stages of the
'WPA program, extensive obligations were
incurred for purchases 01· mater1au and. equipment required for use on work projects.
Since liquidation of these obligations in m~ oases extended over a considerable period
8
of time, a tendenoy for wVPA obligations to exceed expenditures is observed as long as
the number of projects being initiated exceeded those completed. The policy of proj•
ect managers and administrative officials, to record as obligated fully sufficient
amounts in order not to incur commitments in excess of funds available, exaggerated
this excess. In the later stages of the program this ·trend was reversed since it became necessary to reduce overstated obligations when experience showed that the aotual
expenditures were less than had been anticipated. This tendency was accelerated when
t~e total obligations for individual projects approached the amounts authorized fo~
e ✓,:):,,mc:l tture and project managers were faced with the necessity of releasing funds to
r::eet i:nmediate financial needs of projects. Thus, compensating for the amount of over•
st:i:~ement reflected in the early excess of obligations over expenditures, is found a
corresponding deficiency of obligations with respect to voucher payments during the
later stages of the program • .Another factor that affects the relative magnitudes of
the obligations-incurred figure and that of expenditures is due to the anticipatory
nature of the obligating process. As long as the program was expanding, until appro ximately the end of February, obligations incurred would tend to exceed expenditures.
Therea:f'ter the reverse would tend to be true.
STATUS OF FONDS OF THE WORKS PROGRESS AD!,'.INISTRATION
Cmiul.ati ve By Ten-Day Periods Eucling September 30, 1935
Through May 31, 1936
(In thousands)
l!roved}
Expenditure
Authorizations
(.A.dministrati ve
Allotments}
September 30
$ 570,364
$347,497
$61, 410
$22,935
10
20
31
529,345
772,492
1,043,680
308,847
450,305
578,182
85,535
106, 896
136,194
42,950
November
10
20
30
1,061,476
1,137,024
1,203,986
694,965
819,351
903,390
164,388
203,886
253,_594
91,623
119,698
December
10
20
31
1 1 2ll,896
1,197,156
1,162,689
954,993
986,792
990,051
309,066
379,329
442,800
152,035
202,274
256,653
January
10
20
31
l,;169 1 749
1,300,093
1,301,743
1,020,458
1,054,741
1,093,622
492,935
549,038
621,181
302,229
354,767
424,573
}' ebruary
10
20
29
1,292,987
1,299,166
1,298,786
1,ll3,131
'.'!-,168,312
1,186,040
672,991
745,025
803,858
471,478
534,065
588,897
March
10
20
31
1,303,382
1,329,140
1,363,927
1,208,754
1,228,373
1,249,384
869,181
936,327
992,353
647, 886
715,721
780,426
.April
10
20
30
1,389,472
1,401,779
1,409,762
1,297, 851
1,325,677
1,344,212
1,052,727
1,106,699
1,164,012
842,951
898,457
962,997
t fay
10
20
31
1,429,783
1,445,031
1,455,209
1,353,245
1,345,571
1,366,883
1,203,373
1,259,1!58
1,307,374
1,016,748
1,077,428
1,136,699
Allocations by
The President
(Warrants A~
Ten-Day
Period
Ending
1935
October
1936
Obligations
Expenditures
(Checks Is sued )
31, 830
58,630
71,449
9
Below : Opening night of "Macbeth" produced with
an ail nein-o ~cast in New York.
Above: A scene from "Jefferson De.vis"
on tour throttghout the South.
Below: Artists working on scener y and
backdrops for use on WPA Theatre Pro jects.
THE WPA THEATRE PROJECT
The WPA theatre project
which pr ovides
low-priced
recr eation for
audiences
averagi ng
350,000 persons
weekly furnishes work for
approximat ely 12,500 unemployed persons. Theatric~l
troupes
of
all kinds dramatic, circus,marionett e,
etc. - have been organized
throughout
the
country.
The accompanying photographs
illustrate
but a few of
the varied
types of producti on
sponsored by the
WPA.
Above: High praise from critics and audiences ~s be~m
won by "Murder in the Cathedral", a histori~al play.
Right: For puppet shows, such as "Pierre Patelin," the
mari onette unit carves and costumes the characters.
11
MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT PROCURED FOR WP A PROJECTS
The value of materials, supplies, a.nd equipment pr ocured for use on WPA projects amounted to nearly $143,000,000 by the end of MaJ 1936. This total, representing
purchases ma.de from both Federal and sponsors' funds, does not include equipment rental,
t r uck hire, or services such as telephone and light
It understates the actual total
fo r two r easons: first, a considerable porti on of the sponsors' share consists of loans
or renta ls of heavy machinery, such as road graders and excavators, which are not included in these figures ; and second, the datn on the value of materials and equipment provided by the s ponsors are incomplete due to de lays in the receipt of certif i cations of funds
provided by sponsors.
Analysis of purchases by type of project indicates that the cost of mate r ials,
supplies, and equi pment fo r use on highways, roads, and streets, as shown in the accompanyin g table, amounted to almost $46 ,000,000, or about one-third of the cost of these items
on all NPA projects. Projects for the construction of public buildings requi red ab out
$27 , 000,000, or 19 percent of the total. Purchases amounting to appro ximate l y $24,000,000 ,
about 17 percent of the total, were ma.de for projects involving the construction and repai r
of water supply and sewer systems.
VALUE OF Mil'llUALS, SUPPLIES AND !Xl.UINENT
For park and playground project s
PROCURED FOR WP.A. PROJrorS,
the purchases amounted to nearly
BY TYPES OF PRO~S
$21,000,000 or 14 percent of the a ggre gate. No other type of project
Through May 30, 1936
accounted for mo re than 5 percent
of the total purchases.
Type of Project
Total Value
Amount
Percent
Among the various types
of raate rials, supplies, and e quipment procured fo r 1:fPA projects,
Highw'l,.ys, roads, and streets
45,952,62?
32el
PubJ.i c buildings
27,297,802
19.1
construction materials, exclusive
Housing
67,172
0.1
of
iron and stee l products; were
Parks and playgrounds
20,601,596
14.4
outstanding.
Al most $ 72,000,000
i'lood co ntrol and o1;her
conservation
6,817,343
4.8
(representing about 50 percent of
Wat er supply and sewer systems
24,065,084
16e8
the value of all purchases) was
Electric utilities
586,279
0.4
spent for materials in this classiTranspo rtat ion
4,156,418
2.9
Edooational, professional
fication. Withi n this group the
and clerical
2.1
2,944,215
most inportant mate r ial used was
Goods
3,822,563
2.7
lumber, for which expenditures
Sanitation and health
3,287,372
2.3
Miscellaneo us
2.3
3,337,458
totalled almost $18,000 ,000, or 12
percent of the total. tlore than
$13,000,000 or 9 percent of the to tal, was expended for cement, the next largest individual item of cost both for products
falli ng within the construction materials group and for all other individual types of materials.
TOTAL
$142,935,931
100.0
The value of purchases of iron and steel products, amounting to more than
$33, 000 ,000, also made up a large portion of the total expenditures for materials. This
gr oup, in whic h the largest items were for cast iron pipe and fittings, and for structura l and reinforcin g steel, absorbed 23 percent of all the expenditures. Petroleum
12
Vl.LUE
or MATERIALS,
SUPPLII:$ AND ~ PROCURED
roR WPA PROJ!CTS, Et TYPES OF MAT:m:r.ALS
Through May 30, 1936
Total Value
liiiiunt
Percent
$142,935,931
100.0
Construction Materials, Excluding Iron and Steel
Lumber and its prodoots, excluding furniture
Paints and vvnishes
Sand and gravel
Crushed stone
Cane:at
Concrete produots
Briok, hollow tile and other clay prod1l0ts
Stone and glass products, etc.
71 1 961 1 038
17,746,230
2,626,117
a,aaa,121
7,240,825
13,220,217
a,390,140
e,842,221
4,997,967
50.4
12.4
1.a
6.2
s.1
9.3
5.9
6.2
Iron and St eel Products, Excluding Machinery
Structural and reinforcing steel
Cast iron pipe and fittings
Plumbing equipnent and supplies
Heat ing a.nd vemilating equipnent and supplies
Tools, excluding machine tools
other iron aM steel prodoots
33.355.554
8,482,491
11, 634,676
1,390,901
1,199,017
4,412,092
6,236,377
23.3
5.9
a.1
1.0
o.a
3.1
Type of Material.
GRAND TOTAL
Machinery am F.quipneilt
Elec trical machinery, apparatus and supplies
Paving machinery, apparatus and supplies
Motor trucks
other maohinery and equipnent
513121518
2,583,951
270,800
93,405
2,364,362
s,s
4.4
3.7
!:"a'
0.2
0.1
1.6
10.3
Petroleum p1·odoots
Paving materials and mixtures, bitumioous
Other petroleum produots
141772.255
11,878,185
2,894,070
"'a.3
Miscellaneous
17,534,566
12.3
2.0
products - chiefly paving materials - oost almost $16,000,000 and constitut ed about
10 p~reent of the total. Machinery and equipment, end miscellaneous product s made
up the balance of all materials, supplies, and equipment procured for us e on WFA
projects. These it ems and their percentage distribution are shown in detail i n the
table above.
HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA PROJECTS
During the semimonthly period ending .May 16, employees on WPA projects earned
the sum of $64,802,000, representing payment for 144,486,000 hours either worked or
credited. Average hourly earnings for the ~ntire WPA program continued the gradual increase begim in January, amounting to about 46 cents for the period ending .May 16.
This increase r esults i n part fi-om adjustments of the established schedule of
monthly earnings and ohanges i n t he required hours of work in certain localities so that
average hourly earn~s will more nearly approximate prevailing hourly rates. A second
factor in the recent upward trend is the increasing predominance of WPA projects affording work for skilled and professional persons.
w
HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WP.A PRO.TIDrs
S911i.month ly Periods Ending Jul y 31, 1935 Through May 15, 1936
Emluding Administrative Employees
Total
Earninis
Total
Average
Total
Hours
per Hour
on wl:!:i.ch
on which
Payment
(Thou sands Payment
-was Based
was Basecl
of
(Thousands) Dollars)
(Cents}
Semimon"th.l.y
Period
Ending
New York Cit;y:
Earnine;s
Total
Average
!erage
Total
per Hour
Total
per Bour Hours
Total
Hours
on which
on which
on whioh on whicil
(Thousands Payment
Payment
(Thousands Pa}'lllent
Payment
was Based
of
was Ba~ed was Based
of
was Based
Dollars) (Cents)
(cents) (Thousands)
( :rhousands) Dolla.rs)
Earni!!f
208,652
138,061
66.2
25.0
31.2
1,691
4,424
975
2,616
57.7
59.1
2,496
3,919
31.0
32.4
6,613
9,643
3,963
5,739
59.9
59.5
18,950
28,399
6,457
10,220
34.l
36.0
11 1 444
13,268
7,243
8,501
53.3
64.1
42.2
41.1
50,536
33,075
18,707
31,059
37.0
37.4
10,574
12,053
7,070
8,023
66.9
66.6
55,552
63,218
40.7
41.0
123,138
140,320
46,716
54,029
37.9
38.5
13,193
14,058
81 836
9,189
67.0
65.4
160,331
166,572
65,165
68,461
40.6
41.1
148,084
153,470
56,990
59,641
38.5
38.9
12,247
13,102
8,175
8 1 820
66.8
67.3
15
29
166,381
168,751
68,721
70,420
41.3
41.7
154,245
157,396
60,499
62,744
39.2
39.9
12,136
11,355
8,222
7,67f
67.8
67.6
15
170,321
170,852
72,508
73,851
42.6
43.2
158,154
156,549
64,306
64,030
40.7
40.9
12,167
14)'303
e,2c2
9,821
157.4
68.7
15
159,956
150,089
69,657
66,733
43o5
30
44.5
147,583
137,748
61,238
58,167
41.5
42.2
12,372
12,341
8 1 420
81 566
68.1
69.4
15
144,"',85
64, 802
44.9
133, 818
56,798
42.4
ll,668
0,004
69.6
2,024,094
857,530
42.4
1,816,442
719,470
39.6
31
9
2
19.6
9
2
19.6
15
31
2,583
8,356
1,198
3,845
46.4
46.0
892
3,932
223
1,229
Septenber 15
30
14,660
21,740
6,459
9,658
44.1
44.4
e,047
12,097
15
31
30,394
41,667
13,700
18,721
45.1
44.9
15
61,110
95,128
25,777
39,082
31
136,331
154,378
15
31
February
March
TOTAL
1935
~
Augu1:1t
October
November
30
December
15
1936
--:i'anuary
31
April
!.fay
y
United States Excluding
New York City
Figures on hours include, in additio.ln to hours lClrked, hours credited
!or time involuntarily lost by "IIOrkers,
14
HOURS AND EARNING S ON V{PA PRO.m:;TS BY TYPES OF PROJECTS
Semimonthfy Period Ending May 15, 1936
Excluding Administrative Employees
Type of P:rojeot
GRAND TOTAL
Highways, Roads and Streets
Rig'hwa.ys
Farm to market and other
secondary :roads
Streets and alleys
Sidewalks, curbs and paths
Roadside improv!lllents
Bridges and viaducts
Grade-c:ro ssing elimination
other
y
Hours on V/hich
Payment was Based A/
Thousands
Peroent
of
of
Hours
Total
144,485
100.0
64,802
100.0
50,144
895
~
34.7
20,002
340
"'"'o;s
11.9
5,841
4,493
17, 157
10,222
1,541
6,464
852
131
12,882
Publiu Buildings
Administrative
Charitable, medical and mental
institutions
Educational
Social and recreational
Federal Government (including
military and naval)
Improvement of grounds
Housing
other!/
12,609
1,453
Parks and other Recreational Facilities
Play£rounds and athletic fields
Parks
Other -y'
1~, 903
Flood Contro l and Other Conservation
Fore station
Erosion control and land utilization
Irrigation and water conservation
Pl ant, c rop, and livestock conservation
Other
Total Earnings
Thousands
Percent
of
of
Dollars
Total
7.1
1.0
4o5
0.6
0.1
8.9
8.7
r.o
1,066
4,189
2,048
868
1,767
316
902
699
3,088
381
75
5,175
6,843
920
432
740
180
558
7,695
963
3,304
3,428
7,124
5,619
s.o
3,070
108
231
2,176
136
419
~
506
5,063
291
1,052
0.4
3.5
0.2
0.7
Sewer Systans and Other utilities
· iater purificat ion and supply
Sevrer systems
Electric uti lities
Otrer
13,035
2,699
9,448
221
667
9.1
1.9
6.5
0.2
0.5
5,973
1,209
4,352
.Airports and other Transportation
Navi f.ation
Airports and airv,ays
Other!/
3,101
483
2,426
192
2.1
1,436
.!!/
0.3
1.7
0.1
llO
302
266
1,073
97
Educational, Professional and Clerical
Educational
Professional and clerical
15,367
3,318
12,049
9 ,162
1,989
7,173
Goods
Sewing
Canning
other
18,538
15,979
100
2,459
7,01()
5,906
36
1,074
y
Sanitation and Health
Eliminati on of stream pollution
Mosquito eradication
other
4,791
68.2
55.3
47.4
971
253
y
34.0
44.0
45.4
47.8
44.7
57.3
40.2
727
, 6
7,165
31.0
2,315
0.6
1.2
0.2
0.6
3.3
Average
Earnings
Per Ho)lr
(Cents)
49.8
41.9
57.0
61.9
11.9
51.6
1.5
44.6
5.1
5.3
46.4
61.0
4.7
42.8
o.2
42.7°
0.3
3.4
0.2
45.7
43.8
46.7
"19.8
o.6
9.2
1.0
6.7
0.2
0.5
2.2
45.8
44.8
46.1
49.8
45.3
46.3
'o.4
ss;r
1.7
0.1
44.2
50.5
14.l
11.0
59.6
59.9
59.5
10.6
9 .1
T-T.o
3:T
37.8
36.0
43.7
2.a
972
0.1
1.2
1.5
37.5
43.4
35.3
39 .0
884
422
0. 7
47.7
Miscellaneous
2,475
999
1.5
i'lPA VTork Camp s
1,483
300
0.5
y
Distribution o~ Surplus Conmodities
159
o.I
2,131
2,491
1.5
1.7
1.0
1,794
69
753
20.2 g/
Includes, in addition to hours worked, hours credited for time involuntarily lost by "10rkerso
Includes projects classifiable Ullder more ths.n one of the headings above.
Workers iLL work camps receive board and lodging and medical and aental care in addition to wages.
In comparing average hourly rat es for specific types of projects, as listed
in the table on page 14, i t must be remembered that the geographic distribution of pro j•
ects, anJ ·che relati ve. numbers of skill ed and technical workers required, materiall y af•
fect the rates. Workers on white collar projects and on public buildings, with average
earnings of 69.6 cents and 64.3 oents per hour, respectively, recei ved the highest average hourly wage during this peri od, both slightly exceeding the corresponding f i gures
as of March 31, sh01fil in the Progress Report of May 16. Recreational fac ility project•
also paid wages which averaged more per hour than in Ma.rob and were the only ot her type
of project on which the workers earned more than 60 cents an hour. Wages paid on highway, road, and street projects , flood control and other conservation work, projects for
the c onstruction and re pai r of water suppl y and sewer systems, and trans portation pr oj ects
more near l y approximated the gener al average for all t ypes. Per sons employed on goods
proje ct s and on sanit ation and health work earned le s s than any othe r group except for
th ose persons empl oyed in work camps who ar e retained at relatively l ow "l'\'8.ges i nasmuch
as the y receive s ubsistence in addition to wage payments.
Average hourly earnings for specific types of projects under the major head•
ings varied fi-om 68 cents for ll'Orkers on buildiDg~ of charitable, medical, and mental
institutions and 63 cents on administration buildings to 34 cents on f arm-t o-market
roads and 20 cents for work camp employees. In general the averages varied only slightly from those for li!arch 31, the more marked changes occurring on types of projects which
constitute only a relatively small portion of the program.
In viewing the program as a whole, these variations in earnings should be considered in connection with the proportion of total hours of employment represented by
the several types of projects. In addition to hours worked, the hour total includes
credit for time involuntarily lost by the worker, though this item is relatively small.
Almost 35 percent of the total hours of employment on WPA projects duriDg the first half
of May were spent on highways, roads, and streets. The remainder of the hours were fairly evenly divided among the following typesa goods projects, accounting for 13 percent!
white collar, for almost 11 percent; parks and other recreational facil i ties, for 10
percentJ and sewer systems and other utilities, and public buildings, for about 9 percent.
No other type of project consumed more than 6 percent of the hours worked during this
period. llhite collar projects and public buildings are the only types showing a perceptibly higher peroentage of total hours worked during the first half of May than of the
last half of lfarche Highways, roads, and streets, and flood control and other conservation projects consumed noticeably lower proportions of the total number of hours. All
other types have maintained their previous levels of importance with respect to total
WPA employment. ·
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WPA PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECTS
WPA public utility projects are making substantial contributions to the publio welfare in communities throughout the country. For example, the following project
at a small State oollege in a southeastern State is typioal of the water supply work
being proseouted throughout the Nation. This projeot was started January 21, 1936,
and, despite the worst winter experienoed in the distriot in the past forty years, is
progressing at a rapid rate. In the past the whole ommnunity has depended on water
pumped from wells for its
supply. A sufficient quantity is not always available.
and there is no water at all
for fire fighting. The sit•
uation is further aggravated
by the faot that sewerage
emptying into nearby creeks
makes the well water very un•
healthy. Under the project,
arrangements were made with
the City of Greensboro to
oonnect with their city supply line and to run a sixinoh main a distance of somewhat over a mile to the college
campus. This line will then be
oonneoted to the present distribution system. When completed. the project will serve
a permanent population of 600
WPA WORKERS ROLLING A MAIN INTO PLACE FOR
peoplP,, and a stude~t body of
A WATER SYSTEM
approximately 250. There is
also a large tempor ary population during athletic games.
In addition to water purifioation and supply systems much work has been done
on sewerage and on eleotric power generation and distribution. These ~hree constitute
the main types of public utility work being oarrted on by WPA. As of April 15, 1936,
there had been seleoted for development about a.400 of these projects at an estimated
cost of approximately $146,000 1 000. This figure represents about 10 percent of the
total oost of all WPA projects seleoted for operation through the middle of April. The
projects accounted for about 8 percent of the total man-hours of employment under the
entire ¥fPA program up to that time. The distribution of utility projects among the
States corresponds approximately to the population distribution, with some of these projects operating in every State.
From t~e table on the following page it will be seen that the major activity
utility nature being oonduoted by WPA is the construction of sewerage systems.
public
a
of
Work in this field represents about two-thirds of the total cost of all WPA publio utility
projects, and varies in type from the addition of a few hundred feet of pipe line to an
e::rlsting system. to the oonstruction of new systems and treatment plants. The following
instance will serve to indicate the magnitude of some of the undertakings.
There is a large trunk sewer, 25 feet wide, and 11 feet 3 inohes high. in one
of our major ooastal cities. The condition of the ground in which this struoture was
plaoed is such that the city's engineers have been having great trouble keeping the
sewer in plaoe. A movement of six inches a year has resulted in damage amounting to half
18
E.STllilTED COST OF WPA PUBLIC UrILITY PROJrrS
S~ED FOR OPERATION, BY TYPES OF PRO.m;TS AND BY' STA.TES
(Values in thousands of dollars)
Through April 15, 1936
Number
State
U.S. TOTAL
Alabama
.Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Total
of
Water Purification and SUEJ2ll
Amount Percent
Eleotrifioation
liiiount tleroent
other
liiiount Peroent
$101,027 100.0
$34,483
100.0
$2,203
100.0
$7,029
100,0
0.5
0.2
0.3
1.2
2.0
17
0.0
20
189
2
0.9
8.6
0.1
2,050
4
14
12
36
29.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.5
2.2
134
1.9
26
147
152
0.4
2.1
2.2
0.4
o.e
1.3
0.5
1.5
Sewer ~stems
liiiount --ercent
ProJeots
.Amoimt
Peroent
8,413
$144,742
100.0
45
6
2,721
83
364
10,594
1,341
l.?
466
0,1
0.3
7.3
o.9
0.5
10
211
7,892
608
0.2
1.a
o.6
188
69
119
2,501
695
2.0
0.2
0.4
o.a
2.1
2,033
214
498
na
3,226
2.0
0.2
0.5
o.a
3.2
758
15
125
162
549
o.4
0.5
1.6
500
0.3
4.7
1.6
1.2
0.1
171
5,948
1,558
1,359
473
0.2
5.9
1.5
1.3
0.5
271
756
430
301
431
1,244
616
532
l,229
4,902
1.2
0.6
0.5
1.2
4.9
56
305
94
Connectiout
Delaware
Distriot of Colunbia
Florida
Georgia
204
17
4
88
2,925
229
649
1,120
3,947
Idaho¥,
Illino s
Indiana
Iowa.
Kansas
52
208
193
123
100
6,768
2,349
1,692
1,013
ICentuoky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
124
51
1,441
1,193
53
608
66
729
2,282
7,069
1.0
o.e
0.4
1.6
4.9
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montz.na
367
225
63
96
47
7,759
2,024
635
2,934
458
5.4
1.4
0.4
2.0
0.3
5,086
1,056
415
2,299
236
Nebraska
ttevada
New Hampshire
}!_~• .Tersey
New Mexioo
156
6
93
364
33
1,266
36
1,000
5,529
307
0.9
0.1
3.8
0.2
579
15
819
2,839
130
o.a
2.8
0.1
New York City
ll
New York (Exel. N,Y.C.)
921
North Carolina
125
Worth Dakota
71
Ohio
1,237
14,183
18,535
1,224
336
ll 1 394
9.8
12.B
o.a
0.2
7.9
ll,867
14,017
789
175
8,498
11.7
13.9
o.s
0.2
a.4
.:,316
4,3n
103
2,586
6.7
12.6
o.a
0.3
7.5
1.4
0.4
6.6
o.9
0.3
1,205
7,050
702
175
1.2
0.1
1.0
0.7
0.2
59l
398
1,940
539
171
1.7
1.2
5.6
1.6
o.5
56
33
20
1.5
0.9
0.0
2.2
1.2
0.9
1.2
30
6
270
0.3
12.3
2
0.1
28
58
91
32
107
155
503
76
546
2, 109
0.4
1.5
0.2
1.6
6.1
8
29
0.4
1.3
34
45
o.5
0.6
435
49
19.7
2.2
72
9
1.0
0.1
5.0
1.0
0.4
2.3
0.2
2,337
714
187
399
206
6.8
2.1
0. 5
1.2
0.6
194
5
179
2
a.a
3.0
0.2
a.1
0.1
142
188
28
14
2.0
2.7
o.4
0.0
0. 2
0.6
537
12
261
2,052
1.6
17
9
o.a
o.4
133
1.9
109
4.9
529
27
7.5
0.4
21
1.0
120
153
5
192
0.2
a.1
ll8
1.7
2.2
o.e
1.7
204
22
590
2.9
0.3
a.4
97
1.4
31
0.4
103
2
24
1.5
0.3
8
9
15
1,303
8
0.1
0.1
0.2
18.5
0.1
282
ll6
59
585
48
56
2,000
519
9,580
1,241
450
South Dalmta
Tennessee
52
55
208
97
44
314
538
2,689
n6
401
0.2
0.4
1.9
o.5
0.3
188
329
1,695
359
176
0.,2
0.3
1.1
0.4
0.2
94
207
860
398
201
121
93
138
329
23
901
1,725
1,101
5,035
278
0.6
1.2
1.2
3.5
0.2
584
1,129
1,639
2,852
57
0.6
1.1
1.6
2.a
0.1
300
576
Texas
utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
VTest Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyomi~
!I
1V
Data for Idaho as of Maroh 16.
IDOludes projects classifiable under
IOO:i-e
o.a
6.0
o.4
150
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Islari
South Ca.rolina
99
Y
53
664
213
than one of the speoified types.
66
le4
7
0.3
0.3
0.6
2.5
1.2
o.6
l
2
31
17
0.1
0.9
1.7
0.2
1.9
0.6
9
ll
0.4
0.5
216
9.8
1.4
o.a
57
53
19
NthffiER AND ESTIMATED COST OF WPA PUBLIC Ul'I LITY PRO.JETS SELECTED
FOR OPERATIOlT, BY TYPES OF POOJ:rr;TS AND SOURCES OF FONDS
Through April 15, 1936
y
Souroe of [unds
Nlznber of
Projeots
Type of
Pro j eot
Total Estimated Cost
Funds
Percent
WP.A. Funds
Amount
Peroent
Amount
Sponsors'
of Total
Cost
TOTAL
Sewer systems
,1ater purificat ion
and supply
Electrification
Other']/
Y,
Y
8,413
$144,742, 135
100.0
$110,498,480
$34, 243,655
23.7
5,384
101,027,258
69 , 8
79,839, 462
21,187,796
21.0
2,545
168
316
34,483 , 040
2,202, 541
7, 029,296
23 .8
1. 5
4.9
23,381,655
1,554,647
5,722,716
11,101,385
647,894
1,306,580
32.2
29.4
18.6
Data f or Idaho as of Ma.roh 16 ,
I noludes pro jects ola.ssifiable under llXl re than one of the headings above,
a million dollar s. This line was built 13 years ago and is the main drainage outlet
for a l arge , densely populated area.
The first signs of trouble became evident a year ago when the line was un•
able t o aooollDJlodate the seasonal r ains. Investigation showed that the sewer had rolled
over and sunk five feet, and t hat the foot•thiok oonorete walls were badly oracked.
It was found that the drift bad worn off the wooden piles on whioh the sewer rested,
20 feet from their butt s , and without this support the structure tilted, sank, and broke.
A survey showed that 600 feet of aewer would have to be reoonstruoted. This work was
started in April 1935 and was t urned over to WPA in September after only about 1£0 feet
had been excavated be oause of diffioul ty in keeping the 26-foot-deep cut from caving
in. Under WPA t he problem of buildi ng a sewer which would remain stationary has been
solved. The pro j ect, which will employ 350 men for a year and oost about $500,000, is
now well unde r vray. To r eplace t he wooden piles, 60-foot, conorete-filled steel piles
are being us ed. To gi ve t he necessary pr otection against shitting, batter pilea are
being placed every 14 feet, and steel-sheet
piling is being used every 30 feet. Lu
order to maintain the trenoh, heavy timbering has been used throughout, and steel
sheeting has been driven in front of large
buildings facing on the street in order to
prevent them from falling in. While the
work ia going on, the flow of sewage is being maintained by the uae of a large timber
flume.
About one-fourth of the total
cost of public utilitf projeots is being
borne by the looal sponsors. On projects
in the misoellaneous group the sponsors
are be.o.r ing al.out 19 percent of the c ost,
while pn lfater purifioation and supply
system work 32 peroent of the total cost
is coming f'rom local sources. Analysis of
the total oost of the projeota by object
of expenditure shows that 60 percent of
the funds will be expended for labor and
percent for supplies,
the remaining
materials, and equipment. However, as
show.a. in the table on the next page this
division of funds varies f or t he several
,o
VIBEN COMPLETED THIS SEWER WILL SERVE
EIGHT COMMUN I TIES
i:srn.un:D OOST 01' WP.A PUBLIC Ul'ILITY PRO.Tlrn'S SELron:D FOR OPERATION,
BY OB.m:.rS OF m>nm!TUR!S AND TYPES OF PRO.rm:TS
Through April 15, 1936
1'otal Estimated Cost
Type
o t Proj eot
TOTAL
Sewer systems
Jmo,mt
Percent
y
0]2Jsigt Qt Jililzad,Ullitll
Materials, Supplie1,
Direct Labor
!!J.uil!!!!?nt 1 Eto.
Peroent
Percent
ot Total
of Total
.&mount
Jrmunt
Cost
Cost
$144,742,135
100.0
$87,240,432
60.3
$57,501,703
39.7
101,021,259
100.0
63,494,659
62.0
37,532,599
37.2
34,483,040
2,202,541
7,029,296
100.0
100.0
100.0
18,898,726
1,256,249
3,590,798
54.8
57+0
51.1
15,584,314
946,292
3,438,498
45.2
43.0
48.9
Water purifioation
and supply
El.ectritioation
other 'P/
A/ Data for Idaho a1 of M&roh 16.
j/
Inol1lde1 projects olasaifiable under more than one of the headings above.
types of projects. Sixty-three percent of the expenditure on sewer systems is going
for labor, while under the miacellaneous group only slightly more than 51 percent or
the funds will 'be ao expended.
WPA funds and funds provided by sponsors for public utility projects are expended for widely different purpo_s es. Of the total amount provided by the WPA, it is estimated that 75 percent will be paid to workers in wages and 25 percent will be spent for materials, supplies, and equipment, while of the sponsors' pledges only 13 percent will be
used for labor. The fact that sponsors supply a large part of the necessary materials and
equipment permits the prosecution of large publ ic utility constr uction proje cts without the
diversion of an excessiTe proportion of Federal funds from their major purpose of provid•
ing -.ages for workers f'rom relief rolls.
It may be noted from the table on page 18 that although every State has some
sewerage projeots, the bulk -.aa concentrated in a relatively small number of States.
Approximately 70 peroent of the projeots on a oost basis were in 10 States, with New York
(excluding New York City) leading and New York City next in importanoe. In faot, the
projeots o~ these two areas oombined represent in oost about one-fourth of all sewerage projeots. This, of oourse, is to be expeoted in view of the facts that the cost
POWER
STATION
CONSTRUCTION
21
of sewers increases rapidly with their oapaoity and that sewerage systems are in general
necessary only in centers of population.
Water purificat io n and suppl y systems, the second most important type of utilit~
project, show an average cost per project of about $14,000. As in the case of sewers the
pro jects range in magnitude from t he laying of a few hundred feet of pipe line as an adjunct
to an existing system to the design and construction of complete systems with pipe lines,
pmnping stations, and reservoirs. Again, and probably for the same reasons, it is found that
alt hough all States have some projects of this type, a relatively small nmnber have the bulk
of them. In the case of waterworks, ten leading States aocount for approximately 64 percent
of the projects.
Electrification projects, as a whole, represent a muoh smaller portion of the WPA
public utility activity than either of the previously mentioned types.This work in general
involves the construction of generating plants or the erection of transmission lines and
distribution lines. A good many of the larger projects involve a combination of both these
phases. The social and economic value of providing people in rural areas with electrical
service cannot be over-estimated. Up to the middle of April", 39 of the States had approved
projects of this type with an average cost of about $13,000.
All WPA public utility projects not falling under these three main classificatiana
hav13 been summa.riz '! ,l i.n a miscellaneous group. These projects avera11::e approximately $23,000
a piece and he.vo b&en approved for operati on in all but six States. 'While this cat;egory ro.presents largely comui ations of the three major types it also includes isolated inst.anccs of
such work as gas development. A map
!MPLOYl.fE!lT, l.',\: l-!:Oi.JRS, ~ID EARNINGS
on page 16 shows 1or each State t11e
ON WPA PUBLIC urrLITY PROJECTS
percentage which public utility proj Au&;ust 31, 1935 through May 15 1 1936
ects contributed to the total of
projects
selected for operation as
Excluding Administrative Employees
of April 15.
Period
Persons
Employed
Man-
!/
The trend of employment,
man-hours, and earnings on WPA pubTOTAL
$ 73,809,493
165,006,733
lic utility projects is biven in
the
accompanying table, monthly for
1935
August
31
the period from August 1935 through
2,507
861
55
February 1936, and semi-monthly
Sept a::iber 30
10,607
811,928
344,533
fr.om March through May 15, 1936.
0ctober
31
43,683
4,611,39~
2,071,356
Employment
started on these projects
November 30
140,766
9,686,996
4,550,532
during the last half of August and
December 31
234,948
10,183,019
23,646,540
rose t0 a peak of 273,725 persons
by the middle of March. From this
1936
January
31
266,846
11,827,476
27,228,373
point on a gradual decline occurred
February 29
273,068
12,690,773
until on May 15 only 239,193 per27,972,000
sons
were reported at work. SevenMarch
15
273,725
14,861,932
6,675,035
March
31
271,265
14,896,646
6,682,832
ty-two perce:-.t of the number emApril
15
14,139,375
256,570
6,331,593
ployed on the latter date were workApril
30
247,095
6,222,755
13 , 568,004
ing on sewerage systems, 2:!. oerMay
15
239,193
13,581,039
6,228,728
cent on water suppl;)' systems, and
only 2 and 5 percent, respe ctively,
!:/ Hours include ti.me involuntarily lost by the workers,
on
electrification and miscellaneous
as well as hours worked.
projects. Workers on these utility
project s have received $73,809,000 in retP1"!1 f'or- :-aore than 165,ooo,ooo man-hours. The average wai;c of' 4:'; cents per hour has remai r..c'i ::-8.ct·i. c:;i.l ' :r constant thr <': ,-;hout the entire period
and shows no appreoiabJe variat i on fr om the rates preva~ling among the several types of
vci lity projects.
Ending
Hours
Earnings
I\)
I\)
WP A PROJECTS SELECTED FOR OPERATION THROUGH APRIL 15 , 1936
PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS
AS PERCENT
OF A LL PROJECTS
IN STATE
-v,·-·
-~
,i.l>
J. 1z .1
PERCENT Of TOTAL
ESTIMATED COST
-
20 . 0
AND UNDER 30. 0
~
15 . 0
''
''
20 .0
~ 1 0. 0
''
''
''
''
15.0
~
5.0
~
0.0
''
''
I-
~M@ffA~A~.
10 . 0
5 .0
WORKS
PROGRESS
ADMINISTRATION
No. 1936
23
WPA PUB LIC BUI LDI NG PROJECTS
Projects i nvo lving construction, modernization , and repair of public l y ovmed
buildings of all types , and improvement of the surrou qin grounds . as we l l as cer tain
housing pro j ects, ere included in t he WPA bui ldi~g c lassifi cation . The total estimated
cost of publ i c building projects s e l ected fo r operation by t he Works Proges s Administ r ation through April 15 was $167, 631,6e8. This r ~p esente d &lmost 12 percent of t he t otal
estimated cost for all WPA pr ojects selected for oper~tion throu gh that date. Al though
t he re l ative impor t ance of t his phase of the vVPA progra.m varies wide l y f r om State to
s tat e , some projects of this type are in opor~ ion in all parts of the country . Among
t he States t he gr e atest emphasis on pub lic build i ng projects is being made i n Ari zona
and ne,·r Mexico . Here the ~~4 f9r a dditional schoolhbuse s has been the dominant factor
in l eading State Admini s t rator~ te desi gR~te ~ggut a QY~rter of their funds f or use on
public bui l ding pr ojects. Fl or ida and Utah are elevating near l y a .fifth of t he ir fu nds
to t his wor k, f ollowed by South Carolina, the Distr i ct of Columbi a , Okl ahoma, e.nd No r th
Carolina. In co ntr ast , Maine is expending less than 3 percent of ita fu?\da for thi s pur pos e, while Iowa, N~v~4 , Qre gon, and Vermont a r e a lso l
fi _ less s tress on this a spect of
the program. Details r §~ar4ing the distribution ef ·oods fo r p~blic bui lding project s
in the vario us states ar o giv~lfl in i;he table on t ~ f Qllowing page.
Cos t of the Wol"k
Of the t ot a l of some i c , OQ§ fllihl~c bui l ding pr ojects §sleeted for operati on
thr ough Apr il 15, neo.r l y hal f we r e for t he crnnstruction and re pair of schools and othe r
educational buildings . This type re pres ents 36 percent of the, eotimat ed cost of a11
public bui ld ing pr oject s . Ahnos t 16 per eent af thF;i fUR6.6 n1•e being devoted t o work on
bui l di ngs for social and r e cre ational purp9 ses . Pr oj ects for the constru ct ion and re pair of ad.r.ti nistrative bui l dings , of buildings for char itab l e, me diqe_l , and ment a l
i nstitutions, and proj e cts invol ving the imprGvtiinen-c of grountltJ , alt!1ou g;h var ying
considerably in number, each constitut~a between 10 and 13 pe rcent of tota l cost . Hous i ng and Federal buildi ng pr oje cts ware relat ive l y unimportant parts of the pr ogr am .
Local s ponsors pl edbed almost 23 percent of t he estimat ed to tal cost of public
buildi ng projects. Of t he several types of public building projects the /;l"eatest perNWBllR AND ESTIMilED COST OF WPA PUBLIC BUILDIN:; PRO.T:EX::TS
SELECTED FOR OPERATION, BY TYPES OF l'RO.rn::TS AND SOURCE OF FUNDS
T'nrougb April l5, 1936
!I
Source of Funds
Type of Building Pro jeot
TOTAL
Admi. ni strati ve
Charitable, medical & mental
Eduoational
Social and recreational
Federal (iooludi ng milit ary
and naval)
Improvanent of grounds
Housi~
Other]/
N\Jllber of
Total Eetimat ed Cost
Projects
Sponsors
WP.A. Funds
Funds
Percent of
ffiiii'!ier
Perceni
Am:iunt
Percent
13,325
100.0
$167,631,668
100.0
$129,356,683
$38,274,985
22.e
1,937
882
6, 201
1,605
14.5
6.6
46.5
12.0
21,376,499
19,032,603
58,966.662
26,216,099
12.0
11.4
35.2
15. 6
16,077,144
15,816, 705
42,643 , 989
18,784,316
5,299,355
3, 215, 898
16,322,673
7,431,783
24.8
16.9
27.7
28.3
316
1,739
45
2.4
13.l
O.4
4.5
8,268,751
16,300,522
2,837,693
14,632,839
4.9
9.7
l.7
8.7
7,122,724
13,170,293
2,776,278
12,965,234
1,146,027
3,130,229
61,415
1,667, 605
13.9
19.2
2.2
600
.Amount Total Co st
Data for Ida.ho a.s of Mai-ch 16, 1936.
Includes projects cl.2.s sifiable under m, r e than one of th e headings above ,
11.4
24
NU,ffi!R AND ESTTI,OOED COST OF WPA PUBLIC WILDING PRO.JETS
SELD:;TED FOR OPE1Ui.TION, BY STATES
Through April 15, 1936
Total
Nunber
Estimated Cost
Peroent of u. s.
Peroent of
Total for Public
Total for
Building Projects
All Types
State
of
Projects
.Amount
U, S, TOTAL
13,325
$167,631,668
100.0
11.5
238
108
291
1.6
0.9
1.2
0.0
12.0
25.2
13.2
12.4
7.2
Al.a.bans.
California
Colorado
69~
162
2,602,344
1,475,460
2,049,012
10,740,683
1,362,711
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Colunbia
norida
Georgia
219
16
25
223
439
2,004,685
173,887
781,252
3,]95,458
4,145,354
1.2
0.1
0.5
1.9
2.5
12.8
10.7
16.4
19,3
15.8
Idaho B/
Illimi's
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
93
327
480
114
185
582,267
6,039,493
3,985,485
727,070
1,465,593
0.3
3.5
2.4
0.4
0.9
8.7
6.8
7,9
5.5
8.1
Kentuolcy
L:iuisia.na
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
463
103
26
63
831
3,363,709
2,577,203
130,439
:i.,513,015
6,506,839
2.0
1.5
0.1
0.9
3.9
14.7
14.8
2.8
13.4
11.3
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
337
371
295
244
78
4 , 658,879
3,932,360
1,903,732
3,207,926
518,767
2.8
2.3
1.1
1.9
0.3
10.0
13.2
15.4
9,2
7.3
Neurask:a
Neva.d.a
New Hampshire
New Jersf!Y
New Mexioo
153
20
44
412
193
878,677
75,062
274,791
5,994,916
1,533,329
0.5
0.2
3,6
0.9
8.3
4.7
7.1
12.7
23.i
New York
North Carolina
North Daknta
Ohio
Oklahoma
499
308
125
1,494
360
40,660,605
2,005,763
515,372
12,192,244
4,628,804
24,3
1.2
0.3
7.3
2.8
14.8
16.3
10,8
12.0
16.4
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Isla.nd
South Caro llna
South Daknta
128
1,049
90
308
87
442,082
10,429, 953
1,466,329
2,081,349
528,313
0.3
6.2
0.9
1.2
0,3
4,7
7.6
15.5
17.7
0.0
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Venoont
Vlrginia
241
317
114
51
210
1,718,381
2,572,306
1,478,910
162,232
1,134,019
1.0
1.5
0.9
0.1
0,7
9.8
6.8
18.5
5.8
10.0
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
158
150
334
54
1 1 287,3TI
1,812,799
3,751,871
362,561
o.8
1.1
2.2
0.2
7,0
8.5
10.1
8.5
Arizona
Arkansas
Yfyoming
!/
JV
Including ho using projects .
Data for Idaho as of March 16,
6.4
o.o
roR
J:S'l'n.un:D COST OF WP.1 PUBLIC BUILDmG PROJ1L'TS SEL!I-'TED
OPERATION, B'l O:BJ'lmS or J.:XPJm)ITUR! J.ND '1YPES or PR:>JWrS
Through .A.pril 15, 1936
Total 'Eatlmated Cost
Type of Builcling Project
TOTAL
AdministratiTO
Charitable, medioa1 and mental
r.duoatioD&1
Social and reoreationa.J.
Federal (including military
and naval)
ImproTement of grounds
Housing
other j/
!/
~~cg:li gt:
Direct Labor
Percent
of Total
.Amount
Cost
~af.i
er as,
Supplies,
!!,uiJ!!ent 1 Etc.
Percent
.Amount of Total
Co st
.Amount
Peroent
$167,631,668
100.0
$104,863,809
62.6
$62,767,859
37.4
21,376,499
19,032,603
58,966,662
26,216,099
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
13,073,608
12,716,712
36,129,380
14,343,390
61.2
66.8
61.3
54.7
8,302,891
6,315,891
22,837,282
11,872,709
38. 8
33.2
38.7
45.3
8,268,751
16,300,522
2,837,693
14,632,839
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
4,380,092
11,995,533
2,53~,081
9,694,013
53.0
73.6
89.2
66.2
3,888, 659
4,304, 989
306, 612
4,938,826
47.0
26.4
10.8
33.8
J./ Data for Idaho as of
!f
Maroh 16, 1936.
Inoludea projects olaaaifiabl.e under more than one of the headings above.
centage of total cost, 28 percent, was pledged by sponsors for the social and recreati onal,
and the educational groups. For administrative buildings 25 percent of the approved cost
was provided b y local sponsors.
Labor costs on public building projects selected for operation through April 15
were estimated at around 63 percent of total cost, as shown in the table above. They were
highest on housing projects, at approximately 89 percent, and lowest on Federal bui l ding
projects. On the latter the cost of materials, supplies, and equipment reached a total
of 47 percent. The low materials cost for housing projects is largely accounted for by
the f act that these projects consist almost entirely of demolition of old buildings and of
s lum c le arance, generally in preparation for construction work carried on by other agencies.
Employment
The public building program did not get well under way until October 1935 .
Analysis of employment and
JMPimMmT AND '10'.l!AL URNIN:;S ON WPA. PUBLIC
earnings on these proje ct s
BUILDING PROJlL'TS, B'! MONTHS y
since October shows tha t
Ootober 1935 to April 1936
from the beginning of the
program both employment
EIDluding A.c1min1strati Te J>:nployees
and earnings rose steadi ly
until March 31 and there tirn!nga o! Workers
Persons Dnployed
on Publio Building
on Publlo Building
after re~eded moderately .
Prg,1eo;ta
froJeots
Month
Percent of Compared to the WPA ProPeroeut of
gram as a whole, however ,
.Amount
All WPA.
N'lmber y
All WPA
Projeots
Projeots
it is found that employment
and earnings on the se proj1935
13.8
ects played a less important
$4,329,778
Ootober
62 , 528
9.6
9.9
6,008,389
November
125,161
7.3
role during the winter
8.7
December
10,105,357
198, 794
7.4
months, but showed a tendency
1936
to rise in importance as warm
January
8.5
ll,205,232
7.1
210,631
weather returned, enabling
February
8.2
11,361,305
6.8
205,037
local administrators to
March
9.7
l4,ll6,528
8.2
248, 878
April
10.2
undertake more construction
9.0
13,841,745
237, 723
work. The accompanying
table illustrates these
!/, Including housing projeots.
!/ Nllllber em.ployed duri ng the last half of the i:oonth.
trends.
26
More than a quarter of a million workers were employed on public building projects during the period ending May 15. One-third of these were engaged in the construction
and repair of schools and other educational buildings. The accompanying tabulation reveals,
hovrever, that average hourly earnings were highest for the group of workers engaged in
constructing and repairing buildings of charitable, medical, and mental institutions.
These workers received 68 cents per hour for their labor, as compared with 55 cents for
the group employed on educational buildings, and an average of 54 cents for the public
building classifieation as a whole. Tho lowest paid section w~s engaged in t he improvement of grounds.
EMPLOYMENT, HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA PUBLIC BUILDING
PROJmTS, BY TYP:ES OF PROJ'l!DrS
Semimonthly Period 1llding May 15, 1936
Excluding Administrative :Employees
Type of
Building Projeot
TOT.AL
Administrative
Charitable, medioal and mental
F.duoational
Social and reoreational
Federal Government (inoluding
milltary and naval)
Improvenent of grounds
Housing
other
y
Persons !5!lozed
Percent
Nunber
Hours on Which
Payment was
Based
(In Thousands)
y
Total
!;arnings
(In
Thousands)
Average
Hour'.cy
Earnings
(Cents)
233,666
100.0
12,609
$6,843
54.3
28,571
20,376
n,537
37,951
12.2
8.7
33.2
16.3
1,453
1,066
4,189
2,048
920
727
2,315
971
63.3
68.2
55.3
47.4
16,197
31,351
5,662
16,021
6.9
13.4
2.4
6.9
868
1,767
316
432
740
180
558
49.8
41.9
57.0
61.9
902
Includes, in addition to hours worked, houra oredited for time inTOluntari'.cy lost by workers.
Inoludes projects classifiable under more than one of the headings above.
Employment on public building projects tends to be greatest in areas ,vi.th large
urban populations. For instance, nearly a fifth of the WPA workers employed on public
buildings are concentrated in New York City and more than a quarter of them are employed
in the five States of California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The
reasons for this are fairly obvious, since more public buildings are located in cities
than in rural areas and more unemployed building trades workers whose skills must be
utilized are found in urban centers. In considering employment by types of projeots within
the respective States, however, it is found that many rural States are placin 6 more emphasis
on public buildings than the highly populated industrial States, largely because their
need for improved public buildings is greater. New York City still leads the list in
respeot to the importance of public buildings in the total program,followed by Arizona,
New Mexico, Maryland, Florida. South Carolina. Oklahoma. Alabama, utah. Mississippi,
Louisiana. and Ken~uoky, in the order Il8Jl!ed.·
BUILDING
A
TRAILSIDE
NArURE
STUDY
MUSEUM
27
WORKS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OF TEE QUARTERMASTER CORPS
Regular activities of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps
of t he War Department include the construction, ma intenance and repair of all buildings, r oads, railroads, e.nd utilities (other than fortifications) connected with the
Anrry. This Division is also re sponsible for the development and maintenance of such
airports and cemeteries as are under the jurisdiction of the War Department. The work
is prosecuted at Army fort s and posts, National Guard camps, and National cemeteries.
The Planning Branch of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps
in recent years has developed a six-year advance planning program for construction and
repairs. 1\brk projects which a.re being financed with funds from the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 are a part of this program. The emergency appropriations
have been of particular .se rvi ce in enab lin~ the Corps to carry out a much larger portion of i t s progro.m for repa irs and ma.intennnce than would othervrise have been possible.
Projedts constituting the 'Works Program activities of the Quartermaster Corps
are operated under the supervision of the Construction Division of the Corps, and the
nature of the work closely resembles the usual activities of this Division. Presidential
allocations from ERA Act funds, amounting to about $14,700,000, have been made to the
Corps for the prosecution of these projects. The bulk of the funds a.re being expended
NtMBER AND ALLO'JMENTS OF Q.UAR'.l'EIMASTER CORPS PRO~S, Br STATES
As of May 30, 1936
State
u. s.
Nunber
of
Projects
TOT.AL
State
Allotments
247
$ 14,593,212
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
8
4
8
11
2
1,979,341
374,554
219,100
876,922
292,200
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
3
3
2
10
42,240
698,737
12,245
198,583
l
e,200
797,373
66,950
Ida.ho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
12
4
2
3
Kent\X3ky
Loui siai:ia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
y
l
51,500
263,591
l
ll
60,993
255,450
3,475
143,303
5
89,878
3
99,ooo
156,176
6,495
110,496
10
7
2
3
5
2
e,eso
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jl!ll'sey
New Mexioo
y
N\lllber
of
ProJecta
2
Allotments
$
36,657
10
3
916,138
17,389
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota.
Ohio
Oklahoma
2l
6
l
1,033,142
45,577
e,327
4
7
163,086
491,501
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Caro llna
South Dakx>ta
l
6
l
2,500
613,099
3
l
23,850
~,886
5,750
Tsnneasee
Texas
3
13
utah
Ve.rm:>nt
Vlrginia
4
16
1,333,100
28,899
39,417
294,175
Washington
Wost Vlrginia
7
4
183,135
17,062
Wiaoonain
Wyoming
l
400
Hawaii
Panama Canal Z.One
6
2
1,733,170
700,000
Allotment tor projeot in Conneotiout included in ti~e for Nmr York.
2
21,300
II
28
Ntl,lBER, .A.LUYl!,{fflTS, AND ESTIMATED LABOR
COST OF QUA.qTEm,!ASTER CO~PS PROJECTS,
BY TYPES OF PROJ!X:l'S
As of May 30, 1936
Type of Project
N1.1nber
of
Projects
Estimated
Labor
Co st
Estimated
Labor Cost
As Percent
of Allotment
at Army posts and forts,
with about equal amount s
devoted to new construotion and to general repairs and maintenance.
The new construotion work consists of the
TOTAL
building of hospital aocomo247
$14,593,212
$9,229,161
63.2
dations, barracks, officer.s'
Airport improvement
8
983,162
630,365
64.1
quarters,
warehouses,
Buildings
New construction
26
2,895,691
garages, airplane hangars,
1,591,733
55.0
Improvement
16
1,734,891
1,306,898
75.3
gasoline and oil stor age
Repair
42
2,969,0"13
1,997,920
67.3
houses,
bombing and t arget
Boat repair
5
6,778
5,290
78.0
Cemetery extensions
2
40 1 000
ranges, and arsenals. Re22,085
55.2
Cemetery improvement
68
248,028
70.8
175,565
pair and maintenance work
Flood damage repair
17
259,523
62,869
24.2
includes general repairs to
Grounds improvement
7
1,049,549
596,004
56.e
Road improvement
2
457,790
49.4
226,223
buildings and utilit i esJ reRailroad improvement
l
7,000
4,620
66.0
pair and reoonstruoti on of
Utilities improvement
4
78,660
36,781
46.8
roads, walks, railroad
Miscellaneous construotion
3
69,1
l20,760
83,485
trackage, wharves and dooksJ
Miscellaneous repai rs
46
3,742,347
2,489,323
66.5
improvement and landscaping
of grounds; and repair of
boats. Projeots for the improvement and maintenance of National oemeteries, which together
wit h work on National Guard and training camps constitute a minor part of the program,
i nvo lve the erection of entrances to cemeteries; building of comfort stations within the
cemeteriesJ general repair of buildings, utilities, roads, paths, and fenoes; and the resetting and oleaning of monuments .
Allotment
The Quartermaster Corps has reoe1ved approval for 247
t o figures from th~ Bureau (which differ slightly from Treasury
c ertain steps of the account ing prooedure) allotment s totalling
been made for these projects by May 30, 1936. The distribution
ect is shown in the aocompanying table.
work projeots. According
data due to a time lag in
almost $14,600,000 had
of the funds by type of proj-
Estimated expendit ures for labor represent approximately 63 peroent of the t otal
cost of the work. This figure compares favorably with the ratios usually existing on work
of this type. The Corps has adhered closely to the established schedule of monthly earnings exoept in the few instances on permanent buildings where the law requires that t he prevai ling wage be paid.
Emp loyment
The Quartermaste r Corps was one of the first Federal agenoies to start activities
under the Works Program, getting its program under way in July 1935. By the end of that
month a total of 623 persons were employed. The number at work mounted rapidly during
the next four months, and reached a peak of 17,173
persons on November 30, 1935. Since that period the
number of workers has dropped until, at the end of
May, a total of 13,125 persons were employed. At
no time dur i ng the i nt erim between November and May
30 was the employment less than at the end of May.
The data presented in the table on the following
page show that employment was fairly constant once
the program was thoroughly under way. The deorease
sinoe December was caused partly by weather oonditions,
and failure to increase with the coming of spring was
due to the fact that projects were being completed
CONSTRUCTION OF A QUARTERMASTER
rapidly.
WAREHOUSE
29
NtMBER ON PERSONS EMPLOYED ON Q.UARTE!MASTER
CORPS PRO.nI;TS, BY RELIEF STATUS
J\lly 1935 to May l.Y36
Excluding Administrative !mployees
Week Ending
Total
Non-Relief
Number of Per Cent
of Total
Persons
Relief
Per Cent
Nunber of
of Total
Persons
1935
July
August
Sept51lber
October
November
December
27
31
28
26
30
28
623
3,983
10,269
15,047
17,173
16, 982
561
3,795
9,728
14,272
16,122
15,810
90.o
95.3
94.7
94.8
9 3.9
93.l
62
188
541
775
1,051
1,172
lt.O
4 .7
5.3
5.2
6.1
6.9
1936
January
February
March
.April
May
25
29
28
25
30
16,918
15,352
14,557
14,600
13,125
15,432
13,242
12,295
12,311
10,836
9 1.2
86.3
84.5
84.3
82.6
1,486
2,110
2,262
2,209
2,289
8.8
13. 7
15 .5
15 .7
17.4
From the beginning
of the program in July 1936
until the end of January 1936
the proportion of persons
taken from relief rolls was
at all times at. least 90 percent of the total. During subsequent months there were
slight decreases in the ratio
until finally, at the end of
May, it dropped to 82.6 percent. This decrease is attributed to the fact that, as the projects draw to a close , employment
of per sons from relief robls falls
off much more rapidly than does
employment of other pers ons, since
the work of skilled laborers and
supervisory employees is the last
to be completed.
Man-Year Cost
The Quartermaster Corps has been successful in meeting the Works Program requirement of low :rµan-year expenditures . Although no current project-by-proje ct figures are
available on actual man-year cost, the following table which lists the estimated and actual
figures for several completed projects indicates that in most oases actual man-year costs
compare favorably with those originally estimated by the Corps. While these projects do not
represent the larger and perhaps more impor.tant projects, they are generally typical of the
work being done by the Quartermaster Corps, and can serve as a criterion of what may be expected of the balance of the work. This fact is furth~r borne out by a comparison of manyears of employment provided a.s of May 23 e.nd the Treasury statement of obli gations and expenditures as of 1/ia.y 20, (See table on page 38). A total of 10,885 man-years of employment have been provided, and obligations and expenditures have amounted to $10,170,000 and
$9,334,000, respectively. These fi gures indicate obligations of $934 per man-year, and
actua l expendi-l;ures of $857.
ESTIMAT:::rl .A.ND AC'.i'U./IL MJ.N-YEAR COST OF TYPICAL
crn.1PLCTED Q.UA..~~J':t.STER CORPS PR0.rn;Ts
Location of Project
Arb.nsz.s
"
"
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
"
Car.:p Pike
Fort anith
Little Rock
Fort Dt~po nt
St. Au gu stine
.Andersonville
Marietta
"
Indiana.
Iowa
New Jersey
"
"
"
"
lier. York
"
Nevr Albany
Des 11.oines
Beverly
Camp Dix
"
"
Fort Tilden
Type of 1·; ork
Railroad track improvanent
Cenetery improvement
Airport improV3Ilent
Building repe.jr
Cemetery improvement
II
"
n eat and electr:i.ci ty distribution systen improvement
Cemetery improvenent
"
"
Build.in( repauCerneter:: improvw.ent
Miscellaneous improvments
Miscellaneous repa:i. rs
"
II
Met
Allocation
Estimated
!,Ian-Year
Cost
.Actual
Man-Year
Co st
$17,700
2,000
2,000
12,040
1,000
4,933
$694
575
694
572
471
471
$569
476
710
948
500
428
400
5,000
4,450
50,000
3,500
3,900
90,000
9,000
762
471
785
816
702
870
790
995
899
480
810
974
853
886
1,004
801
Completed ProJects
Eighty-one of the 247 Quartermaster Corps projects had been completed by May 30
at a to+.&1 cost of $854,390. The distribution of these projects by States is shown in the
follov-ri ng tc.c le . Al though the cor.;pletcd pr ojects a1·e in most cuses arr.ori; U,e smaller in
30
-th• group they are oharaoteristio of the general nature of i.he work projects of the Quartermaster Corpa. For instanoe, the project at Fort Des Moines for miscellaneous repair and
impl"ov•ent involved oonatruotion work for a •ewag• disposal system; painting and general
repair work on the exterior of the buildingaJ and redeooration of the imerior, laying of
m:MB!:R .AND TO'.UL COST o:r 0.twlTmMA.STm CORPS PRO.m::TS OOMPLET!!D,
JI'[
ST.lTES
As of May 30, 1936.
State
TOTAL
N,pber
fotai
Cost
$854,399
3
10,998
11,784
53,176
20,000
12,040
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
2
3
New Ybrk
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
9
3
1'lorida
Georgia
2
6
12,244
IlllDois
4
14,687
Indiana
Iowa
2
2
51,500
lransas
Kentucky
Louisiana
l
800
5
5
Mas sao husett s
Michigan
l
l
l
34,640
33,605
250
15,038
10,000
2
l
l
50,489
a,no
Total
cost
Nunber
81
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Delaw?.re
.Ma.ry1ana.
State
l
2
5
3
l
l
2
$
6,478
7,495
5,850
36,657
140,397
138,221
8,482
47,878
2,494
4,821
3
2
5,750
21,253
18,891
Washington
1
3
30,701
Hawaii
2
38,170
South Dako-ta
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia.
l
l,500
new floors, and installation of additional showers in the be.rraoks. On a project at Fort
Knox, Kemucky, tent frames and concrete tent floors were constructed, inter·iors of the mess
halls were painted, windows and doors were repaired, gravel walks were resurfaced and
new walks constructed from the main paths to each tent, and repairs were made on the plumbing and drainage systems. A project for the repair of boats at Fort Stevens, Oregon, completed on .March 26, included the installation of propeller baskets, adjustable masts, and
a complete lighting system. Three harbor boats have been thoroughly overhauled; all worn
and broken parts of the motors have been replaced with new equipment. Sliding doors have
been built from the boat house and the tracks leading from the boat house into the water
have been rebuilt. Switches for the tracks have been raised out of the water and placed
even with the tracks, thus making the tracks usable at all tides.
AIRPORT AND ROAD WORK AT
ARMY POSTS
31
WORKS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
The Bureau of Internal Revenue was oreated in its present form by Act of Congress, July 1, 1862, for the primary purposes of (1) oolleoting all taxes with the exoeption of those on imports, and (2) regulating traffio in oertain oomnodities. The taxes
oolleoted under the first item may be divided roughly as followes (a) income taxes,
(b) aloohol taxes, and (o) misoellaneous other taxes. Sinoe returns are made by individuals
and oorporations or organizations who themselves oaloulate the amount of taxes for whioh
they are obligated, an examination of returns must be made by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue in order to oorreot errors or to prevent wilful evasions. The extent of suoh
examination, of oourse, was limited by the oapacity of the staff available.
The examining funotion, in years prior to the Emergenoy Relief Appropriation
Aot of 1935, had been oonfined by the Inoome Tax Unit to the investigation of individuals,
oorporations, partnerships, and fiduoiaries making returns on gross inoomes in exoess of
oertain fixed amounts. The rules of seleotion were designed to aocomplish the examination
of the largest number of returns that oould be handled by the regular staff. Thus, of
about 700,000 returns sent by revenue agents eaoh year for attention by the central offioe,
those in the medium and lower inoome braokets, numbering approximately 360,000, went to
the files without examination of any sort. This method of eeleotion oreated the impression
that returns from the same taxpayers were examined every year.
Similar conditions obtained generally in the administration of the other tax
units. Payment of taxes on alooholio beverages and spirits was being evaded regularly by
bootleggers and illicit distillers. Since the regular staff of the Aloohol Tax Unit was
too limited for the detection of more than a small minority of the evasions, investigation
of oases was undertaken only when evidenoe arose justifying it. A test house-to-house
canvass revealed an appalling number of illegal operations and gave oredenoe to the oontention that the former aotivity in the prevention of evasion was extremely inadequate.
Collection of misoellaneous exoise taxes on manufacturers' goods also involved
the problem of delinquency and deliberate evasion. The 21 oolleotion districts, oovering
the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the oountry, contained about 209,000 organizations
sub~eot to the payment of excise taxes, representing a large majority of the total number
in the country as a whole. Lack of personnel and money made impossible the investigation
of any oases except those where evidence specifically justified it.
Recognizing this situation, the Bureau of Internal Revenue submitted to the
National Emergency Counoil appiication for funds from the Emergenoy Relief Appropriation
to institute (1) e..n examination of inoome and inoome tax returns of 1934 to oost
$1,577,894, (2) a retail liquor dealers inspeotion to oost $1,086,941, and (3) an investigation of miscellaneous tax delinquencies to oost $2,448,291. In submittal, the Bureau
expressed the belief that eaoh
PRE.SIDENrIAL .ALLOCATIONS FOR BUREAU OF
of the three projects would reINI'ERNAL REVENUE PROITCTS
cover, in delinquent and deAa of May 29, 1936
fioient taxes, an amount greatly
in excess of its oost. In the
Original
oase
of the examination of inNet
Presidential
oome
and
inoome tax returns, it
illooations
Resoiuions
Allocations
Project
was felt that the projeot would
$3,671,588
TOT.ilo
$1,441,538
$5,113,126
tend to break down the suspicion
that personal disorimination
Inoome Tax
Exami.nati on
n6,405 occasioned the investigation of
801,489
1,sn,894
Retail Liquor
920,183 the same cases _every year.
Dealers Inapeotion
166,758
1,086,941
Misoellaneous Tax
Investigation
1,975,000
473,291
2,448,291
On July 31, 1936, the
President approved the projeots
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aa submitted. Warrants countersigned by the Comptroller General on August 2, and Advices
of Allocation issued on August 6, made tS,113,126 available for the prosecution of the
three projects. Subsequent rescissions brought the net allocation down to $3,671,588 by
May 29, 1936.
Operations were begun on both the retail liquor dea'lers inspection and the
investigation of miscellaneous tax delinquencies on Aug~st 16, 1936, while the examination
of inoome and inoome tax returns of 1934 got l.Ulder way about two weeks later. The requirement that at least 90 percent of the personnel employed on projects financed by funds from
the ERA Act must be taken from relief rolls precluded the employment of experienced operatives who would be immediately capable of assuming the duties and responsibilities required in the prosecution of this work. It became apparent that persons available for employment must necessarily be trained. A rigorous character investigation of each worker
was also deemed essential since the work would be highly confidential and would offer
infinite opportunities for dishonest practices. The first three weeks after the initiation
of the program were therefore devoted to these preparatory activities and consequently
actual work was not in full swing on all three projects until about October 1.
The prooedure being followed in the examination of income and income taxes involves operations identical to the methods used in the regular examination of the selected
oases. This includes the examination of· the accounts and records of eaoh individual or
organization and the checking of oaloulations made on the return, both as to mathematical
aocuraoy and as to oompliance with laws governing the payment of inoome taxes. It is
apparent that each operative must necessarily possess ability as an accountant and must
also be conversant with the above-mentioned laws.
The ·development of procedure for the miscellaneous tax investi gation was muoh
less stereotyped than in the oase of inoome taxes. It neces sitat ed preparing lists of
manufacturers of eaoh article subject to payment of exoise taxes , as well as devising a
means of checking plaoes of amusement and of other publio entertainment l iable for payment
of admission taxes. The project was undertaken in the 20 large st metropolitan areas of
the country. City directories, classified sections of the telephone directory, trade
journals, and any other available sources of information were used in the preparation of
preliminary lists of tanble institutions located in these areas. The books of eaoh oonoern so listed were then examined and a report was made on the findings. When evidence of
evasion or defioiency is found, it is referred for disposal to the central office in
Washington through the <ti.strict collector.
The retail liquor dealers inspection program was made necessary by the prevalence,
sino.e repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, of b-ootlegging and other violations of the laws
governing payment of taxes on alcoholic beverages and spirits. This project involves the
inspection of fSVery retail de~ler in alooholio beverages situated in all cities of
100,000 or more population in the United States. Before work was started on this phase of
the Bureau's program, it was necess,,.r.;· 1,;:; train the p;·ospective operatives in the use of
an apparatus which tests liquor for 1:J.r'ci :· ;_cial coloring and alcoholic content, and to instruct them in basic law violations which they might be expected to detect. The work involves a virtual house-to-house type of canvass in which agents, working in pairs, inspeot
every establislunent in their assigned territory that is known to sell or is suspected of
selling alcoholio beverages or spirits. Tests ar,e run to verify statements made on
containers or attached thereto, and containers are examined for the presence of stamps
indioating payment of legal tax.
Funds Reoovered
From a finanoial standpoint the program of the Bureau is an outstanding suooess.
The tabulation on the next page shows the amount of delinquent or defioient taxes oolleoted
and the obligations incurred in operation for each of the projects by months.
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BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE PROJro.I:S
COLLD::;TIONS .AND OBLIGATIONS
October 1935 to May 1936
Income Tax
Examination
.Amount
Amount
Collecteu Obligated
Total
Month
.Aroount
Collected
$ 5,033,000 $ 3,059,000
TCYl'AL
1935
~ t o ber
Amount
Obligated
!:-/
$ 1,111,000 $ 664,000
Retail Liquor Deal- ~liscellaneous Tax
ers Inspection
Investigation
Am>unt
lioount
.Amount
Amount
Obligated
Collected
Collected Obli gated
$906,000$ 776,000
$
3,016,000 $ 1,619,000
540,000
756,000
78,000
164,000
224,000
190,000
238,000
402,000
November
430,000
305,000
132,000
67,000
145,000
72,000
153,000
166,000
December
l,ll5,000
343,000
141,000
76,000
87,000
86,000
887,000
181,000
489,000
324,000
140,000
72,000
97,000
82,000
252,000
110,000
February
457,000
321,000
142,000
70,000
ao,ooo
ao,ooo
245,000
171,000
March
650,000
352,000
128,000
76,000
91,000
91,000
431,000
185,000
April
578,000
343,000
175,000
74,000
93,000
90,000
310,000
179,000
May
764,000
315,000
175,000
65,000
89,000
85,000
500,000
165,000
1936
--ranuary
Source:
!/
Bureau of Internal R!lvenue.
Includes amounts for September, reported in October.
The month of September 1935 was almost entirely devoted to the preparation of
personnel for work. Normal obligations were incurred during that month but returns were
low. In the succeeding two months this condition changed, a.a indicated in the accompanying chart, so that by the first week in November actual receipts had reached the level of
obligations incurred.
B[RE.
t: OF l~TERNAL REYENLJE
TAX IN\ ' E',TJG TION PRO,JCCT5
MILLIONS
I
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1935
1936
Of the three projects, the most
remunerative is the miscellaneous tax
investigation. From the beginning of the
project through May 29, 1936, this unit
had assessed a total of $11,129.000 in
unpaid taxes on misoellaneous articles,
admissions, etc •• and had collected
t3.0l6,000 of the assessments at a total
cost of $1.619,000. The income tax
examination through the same date had
produced tl.645,000 in assessments, of
which sum $1,111,000 had been agreed to
by taxpayers and has been or will be
colleoted. The oost of this work was
tG64,000. Added revenue from the retail
liquor dealers inspection amounted to
t906,000, all of whioh was collected
immediately upon assessment. For this
work, $776,000 had been obligated.
Assessments made by operatives for all
three projects totalled Jl3,680,000,
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of which $5,033,000 has been collected. The balance of $8,647,000 which remains to be recovered is now subject to consideration in Washington. The Bureau anticipates eventual
collection of about 70 percent of the amount in question.
Employment
The original appHcations for funds with which to conduct these projects estimated
an average daily employment of about 4,000 persons for the duration of work. However, due
to difficulties in securing and training personnel from relief rolls, mentioned in a preceding paragraph, the number employed has averaged about 3,400 persons, of whom an average
of 3,185 have been taken from relief rolls. The 90 percent relief personnel requirement
has been consistently observed, the average percentage over the life of the job being
about 94 percent relief labor. Security wages, in accordance with the provisions of the
original Executive ordar and its subsequent amendments, have been paid in all but a few
isolated cases where circumstances necessitated exemption. The cost of operation to d~t~
of approxim,ately $1,080 ~er man-year of employment is considerably lower than the estimated figure of about $1., 270 contained in the project application.
Results of these operations are expected to be very valuable to the Bureau in
the future. Prior to their initiation, the merits of a minute examination of tax returns
were undetermined. Since these investigations have been proved to be self-supporting,
data may be subnitted in defense of requests for a continued appropriation to carry on
the work. Its continuation may be particularly desirable because of the anticipated
salutary effect on the attitude of taxpayers who have hitherto escaped investigation.
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NEW ORDERS AND NOTI CES
Scheduling of Construotion Projects
In order to schedule work properly during the period of favorable weather that
may be experienced during the next six months, state Administrators were asked in General
Letter No . 26, issued May 4, to survey all construction projeots in oper ati on to make sure
that sponsors of such projeots had provided, in each case, adequate and up-to-date plans
to enable satis factory soheduling of operation. The letter st ate s that a work schedule,
an employment schedule, and a materials schedule should be prepared for each project,
listing the major items of work to be done and showing for each the estimated dates for
the oommencement and the completion of the operation. Furthennore, steps should be taken
to insure that these schedules are being followed and that work is being done in accordance
with good engineering and const ruotion practice.
Monthly Apportionment of Funds to Projects
In order to f ree funds which were tied up in individual project allotments, v'fPA
Letter 194, issued .May 7, provides that the Works Progress Administration may now plan the
use of its funds according to monthly operation estimates for each district, rather than on
the basis of an initial allotment to individual projects r~presenting the cost of project
oompletion.
Under the new system of allotment, State Treasur y Accounts Offices have been
authorized to transfer all unencumbered balances of existing allotments to an unallotted
authorization account. The procedure provides that the State Administrator issue monthly
to the Treasury Accounts Office an Advice of Budgetary Apportionment to each district within
the State covering the amount apportioned for one month's operation. The district WPA
Director thereafter issues the Treasury Accounts and Deposits Form A-3c, covering allotments for the month to each individual work project. This new procedure makes liquid funds
which were formerly frozen on a project completion basis.
Control of operation of individual projects and planning from an engineering
standpoint will continue on the present basis, since WPA Form 701, Statement of Allotment
Detail, must still be issued by the State Administrator before initial work may begin on a
project. This authorization statement oovers the estimated cost of completing a project
or the useful economic unit thereof that is selected for operation.
Relat ions with Workers
A statement regarding the responsibility of the Works Progress Administration in
its relationship with workers was issued to the field offices on May 11, in General Letter
No. 28. Discriminator y practices that may operate to work hardship on persons because of
their beliefs, organizational activities, or affiliations are prohibited. Where investigations are required, such matters will be handled by the Division of Investigation of the
Federal Works Progress Administration. This letter further stated that when protection is
necessary in connection with WPA activities, it should be secured from the regular police
force in the locality and that WPA ftmds are not to be used for the employment of armed
guards.
WPA Education Classes Preparing Persons for Civil Service Exami11ations
In the conduct of WPA education classes, State Administrators were advised in
General Letter No . 32, issued May 23, to take particular care that no officer or employee of
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the Administration shall direc~ly or indirectly be concerned in any manner with the
instruction of any person with a view to special preparation fo r the examinations of the
United States Civil Service Conunission.
WPA Property Lost or Damaged
When WPA property is damaged or lost thfough the fault of a person not in the employ of the Works Progress Administration, State Administrators were advised by WPA Letter
1~8, issued May 25, to me.lee a written demand for settlement upon such persons or the company
in which insurance is carried.
Advice from the General Counsel should be sought in oases where WPA employees are
responsible for the damage or loss of WPA property. Upon advice of the General Counsel the
demand for recovery should be made from the employee. Security wage workers, however, are
exempt from such demands.
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NOTBS ON THE PRO GRESS OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES
SUMMARY
Federal Agencies, other than WPA and CCC, present a somewhat different picture
under the Works Program than does the Works Progress Admini s tration. Their activities frequently operate under contract rather than force account and therefore require a much
longer time to get under way. In addition, many of their projects are large in scope and
require considerable time for completion. Through May 29, 1936 these agencies had received,
from the ERA Act funds, total allocations for work projects amounting to approximately
$1,319,000,000. Although this to~al is almost as great as that allocated for WPA projects,
only 165,934 man-years of employment had been provided through May 23, 1936 as compared
with 1.293 1 000 man-years for WPA.
The work of the agencies that are partioipating in the Works Progr~ exclusive
of WPA and CCC, may be divided into three broad oategories1 First. projects which are a
continuation of the long range program of the operating agency (here may be cited the
irrigation work of the Bureau of Reclamation, the flood control program of the Corps of
Engineers, and the road building operations of the Bureau of Public Roads). Second, programs of wide scope embodying principles which are new to Governmental activities (under
this heading may be included the varied housing construction projects of the Public Works
Administratiorr, the rural resettlement and rehabilitation programs of the Resettlement
Administration, and the construction of rural transmission and distribution lines by the
Rural Electrification Administre.tion; the CCC would also fall in this catego'r y). Third,
projects smaller in scope than the first two groups mentioned, i nvolving the general improvement of facilities of the Federal Goverm:ient, e.g •• statistical research and tax collection
projects, repairs to Federal bui ldings, improvement of lighthouses, military cemeteries, etc.
In ana.lyzir.g the maJ1.-year cost data of" these Federal agencies, it must be borne
in mind that projects on a large scale, such as those falling into the first two classes
cited above, necessarily involve a higher man-year cost than the small, quickly completed
projects of the Works Progress Administration. Further, with regard to man-year cost, the
correct figure is not available until a project is completed, since such items as land purchas e s, advance material purchases, and the like, distort the expenditures of funds. In
most i nstances, however, the true man-year cost will probably lie somewhere beti.veen the obligations per man-year and the expenditures per man-year. The accompanying t able gives
these data by agencies.
In several cases the man-year figures have been omitted from this table because
familiarity with the agencies' programs indicates that they would not be fairly repr esentative of the activities being conducted. This may be due to one or more of several causes.
For e xample, if a program has just started,-little employment will have been provided, and
yet considerable funds may have been obligated for advance purchases of materials, supplies,
and equi pment. If a program i ncludes the purchase of land, this expenditure will distort
the figures. If an agency is conducting a major portion of its work by contract, the obligations will cover the entire contract amount whereas actual expenditures may as yet be
little or nothing.
A brief exami-nation of the accompanying table indicates that of the 31 agencies
for whi9h man-year figures are given, 16 show obligations of $1,000 or less per man-year,
10 show obligvtions from $1,000 to $1,400, and 5 range from $1,400 to $4,600 per man-year.
As for actual expenditures per man-year, 23 agencies report these to be $1,000 or less,
4 are between $1,000 and $1,400, and the remaining 4 are between $1,400 and $2,900. It
will be noted that except in E> few instances the figures are well wi ihin $1,400 per manyear.
An agency- by-a ge ncy report of t he Worl:s Pr ogram acti vities of the Federal a gencies
follows.
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OBLIGilIONS .AND EXPENDITURES OF AGE?«::IES wrm WORK PROJrol'S, omER THAN CCC AND WP.A.
May 1936
C1.nulative Employment
Through Maz 23 1 1936
Min-Weeks
Relief as Total
Percent
ManI2id ot TQ]!!tl Y§i,tl
A.genoy
DEP.AR'lMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agrioultura.l Engineering
Animal Industry
Biological Survey
Dairy Industry
Entanology and Plant 0.UAra.ntine
Extension Service
Forest Service
Plant Industry
Public Roads
Soil Conservation Service
Weather Bureau
Obligated Expended
Obligations and
Per
Expenditures
Per
Through Mai 20 1 1936
Man- ManObligatio ns Expendi t.ures Year Year
45,215.1 ~ $410,179, 011 $135,637, 924
2,351,188 !/
9.1
7, 150
6, 891
507
93
815, 693
572, 926
589.5
81
30,653
203.0
189,587
129,984
10,555
94
2, 990
91
8.5
2,990
444
93 12, 077.5
10,345,312
8,547,100
628,032
4.9
3,898
3, 582
253
90
21,954,731 12,318,789
90 12, 713.2
661,084
95
50.7
38, 951
36, 496
2,639
361,968,278 101,174, 294
14,841, 807 12,835, 129
1,016,498 78 19,548.0
10, 614
9, 743
523
95
10.1
107
ALLEY DWELLING A.UTIIORITY
17
2.1
4,825
74
95
$
737 $
1, 384
934
352
857
796
1, 727
768
759
1,051
710
972
640
352
708
731
969
720
657
965
3,445
DEP.AR'Thmn' OF Cc»iMERCJ:
Census
Fisheries
Ligbthouaes
Standards
303,557
293,l6f
5 1 837.-7
5,637.7
172.9
20 . 1
1.0
61245,413
6,101, 100
103 ,540
19,003
21,690
51136,938
892
5, 029, 080 1, 082
599
439
75, 917
18,253
945
908
13 , 688 3,099 1, 953
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
.Alaska Road Cc:mnission
Bituninous Coal Ccm:rl.ssion
Office of F.ducation
Geological Survey
Office of Indian Affairs
National Park -service
Puerto Rico Reconstruction A.dmin.
Bureau of Rec1arnation
St. Ellzabeths Hospital
Temporary Government of Virgin Islands
916,873
17.632.0
6,048
68
ii6.3
790
0
15. 2
267 . 3
13,900 91
99
14. 6
761
90. 6
4,710 95
387 38
7.4
93 12,965.7
674,217
9
205,677
3,955.3
584 100
ll.2
9,799
96
188.4
4915401464
l.61 681. 968
546, 242
43 , 019 3,181 2, 830
201,659 1,201
754
702
532
7,763
52, 956
419
864
3, 103
282
3,654,870
544
12, 082 , 447
9 , 009
804
804
429
80,900
950
0 1 990
1,043
363
DEP.ARTl-ffiIT OF LABOR
United States El:nployment Service
Imnigration and Naturalization
0
645.7
606,000
48,356
321, 025
10, 242
206,892
6, 392
7, 058, 456
41,095,066
9, 009
179,026
~3,572
8,
5,172
80
92
546.2
99.5
654,113
538, 406
ll5,707
627,429
534,343
986
93,086 1,163
3,633
90
69.9
190, 989
117,964
604,538
91
ll, 625. 7
14,859,046
12,573, 859
474, 259
LIBRARY OF COUGRESS
NA.VY DEPA.R'IHENT
Yards and Docks
99
PUBLIC WORKS IDIDIISTRATION
Housing
Non-Federal
1,592,684
57,254
1,535,430
RESETTLJilID7.l' .All.ITNISTRATION
1,179,062
56
22,674.3
3,126
53
60.1
473,954
Ba 9951448.
2, 567,679
3,766, 862
192,793
2,368, 114
R"(,'P.AL 11;!,ECT!ITFICATION .ADt!INISTR.ATICM
T~'USURY DEP.AR'.l'h,JENT
Jnited States Coast Gu.a.rd
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Proours:ient Division
Public Health Service
y
3061311
20,388
167,828
7,714
110,381
94
80
89
5,890. 5
392.1
3, 227.4
148.3
2, 122.1
44,004
93
846.2
876, 188
371816. 0
77 26,929.6
90 10,886.4
1321145,598
l.21,975, 599
10,169, 999
VEJ.'ER.ANS' AI!v!INISTRA.TION
TC.AR DEP.ARTMENT
Corps of Engineers
O.uarte:rmaster Corps
!I
y
119661433
1,400,340
566,093
ExoluaiTe of Publlo Roads.
Inoludea figures for Seoreta.ry• 1 Office.
75
2, 732
978
936
1, 688
1, 278 1,002
61885,840
1,106, 392
3.4ll .Oll 1,167 1,057
174,956 1,300 1,180
2,193,481 l,ll6 1,033
789, 962
1,035
934
771559. 050
68, 225,053 4,529
934
9, 333, 997
2,533
857
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AGRICULTURE
Anblal Industry
Rescissions on April 8 of $601,9 00 from the cattle fever tick eradication project and $10,000 from the liver fluke control project of the Bureau of Animal Industry
brought their allocations down to $827 ,100 and $190,000, respectively, Nearly 90 percent
of the 1,469 persons employed by this Bureau dur:1-,tig the last week in May were at work
on the cattle fever tick eradication project, which reports the following progress up
to that period:
Animals treated
1,291,533
143,442
4,951,750
935,546
cattle
horses
cattle
horses
inspected or dipped
and mules inspected or dipped
reinspected
and mules reinspected
Construction and repair work
631
614
207
96
14
241
dipping vats built
dipping vats repaired
miles of barbed-wire fence constructed
cattle road guards constructed
pens with inspection chutes constructed
miles of fence repaired
Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Projects f or the control or eradication of diseases and insects harmful to
vegetation were in operation in 42 States and were employing 23,067 persons during the
last week in May , an increase of 30 percent over the nwnber employed at the end of April.
An additional 25 percent increase is anticipated during June due to seasonal influences.
For this work the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine now has allocations amounting to $12,769,198, after rescission of $2,540,619 by the President on
Apri l 8 . k3 of May 30, obli gati ons incurred totalled $10,659,345 while expenditures
(voucher payments) aggregated $9,072,753.
Forest Service
At the end of May, the Forest Service was operating its forest protection and
development work in 45 States and the District of Columbia, giving employment to 19,918
persons, or 3,769 more than on April 25.
Options on land purchases valued at $902,376, approved by the National Forest
Reservation Cormnission on April 2, brought the total value of approved options bp to
$11,120 ,017 and the acreage to approximately 2,750,000. The total amount provided for
this purpose is ; 11,125,000. Out of its total allocation of $24,952,500, by May 29
the Forest Service had obligated $22 ,139,163 and expended $12,803,056,
Plant Industry
The Bureau of Plant Industry has completed 4 of its 11 projects.
date 0f completion , and actual costs were as follows:
Station
Date of
Completion
Cost of
La.bor
Robson, Louisiana.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Greeley, Colorado
Fresno, California
Deo.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
$
31,
13,
13,
15,
1935
1936
1936
1936
636
1,609
6,200
3,500
The location,
Cost of
Materials
$
364
491
2,799
1,600
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A resaission by the President of $3,007 from its North Carolina project on April 8 reduced the total allocations to t he Bureau of Plant Industry to $40,493. The seven projects still under way employed 69 persons (57 from r el ief rolls) at the end of May and
were within a month of completion.
Public Roads
The Bureau of Public Roads is conduct i ~ t hree separate pro grams vnth funds
provided by the Emergency Reli ef Appropr iat i on Act of 1935: Works Progr am h i ghway projects for which $200,000,000 has been allo cated ( $5,000, 000 for engineer i ng und administrative expenses), Works Program grade-crossing projects fo r whi ch $199, 621,865 is
now available($3,621,865 for engineering and administrative expenses ), and Public
Works highway construction f or which $100,000,000 was appropriated by the Department
of Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1936 in accordance with the Hayden- Cartwright Act
of June 1934.
Works Program hi ghway projects were to b e approved only if one man-year of
employment was provided for each $1,400 allotted to t he States. Because i ntermediate
and high type hi ghways involve the utilization of heavy machinery and considerable expenditure for materials, the man-year cost on these projects is much higher than $1,400.
To make this type of project f eas i b le under this limitation an alternate plan was devised
whereby the States agreed to provide employment on Works Program h i ghway projects for as
many men as needed, and to empl oy enough additi onal men - out of other than ERA funds on regular State-financed or Federal-aid highway work to bring the total number employed
within the one-for-each-$1,400 requ irement. These ~ersons were to be secured through
the United States Employment Service, with preference given to relief labor.
In providing the required number of man-yea.rs of employment States were allowed
to substitute the equivalent number of man-hour s f or man-year s of ,vork, on the basis
of 1,560 man-hours per man-year . If, however, the minimum wages established by a State
higillvmy department were such as to make possib le monthly earnings subs t antially in excess of the monthly earnings schedule establ ished in Executive Order No . 7046, a proportionate reduction in man-hours per month might be stipulated in the alternate plan
agreement s.
MAN-HOURS AND EARNINGS UNDER THE WORK PROGRAM OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
Through May 16, 1936
. Relief
Total
Average
Type of
Project
Man-Hours
TOTAL
78,381,918
$37,443,888
7,987,863
Earnings
Hourly
Earnings
(Cents)
Average
Hourly
Earnings
(Cents)
Man-Hours
Earnings
48
31,643,067
$13,009, 883
41
4,256,079
63
758,038
359,832
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Operations financed
by ERA funds
1936 Public Works
highways
,Vorks Program
Grade Crossings
Works Program
highways
9,386,950
5,121,594
66
4,288,549
1,756,904
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38,080,324
17,246,176
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19,368,674
7, 813,225
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Operations under
alternate plan B/
Federal-aid highways
State highways
16,3(5,497
6,681,284
8,003,468
2,817,572
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3,771,375
3,456,431
1,709,004
1,370,918
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Y
A/
y
40
Does not include figures from August 1, 1935 t o November 23, 1935.
Applicable under rul e s governing expenditures of Works Program hi ghway funds.
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By the end of May employment under the regular pro grams and under t he a lternate
plan had reache d a tota l of 222,290 persons, an increase of 45 percent over the number
employed on April 25 . A total of 78,381,918 man- hours of work had been provided by May
15 at an aver age hou rly wa ge rate of 48 cents and with a t otal payroll of $37,443,888.
A breakdown of these amounts is shown in the tabulation on the preceding page, which
gives t he man- hours and ear nings on each type of program under the supervision of the
Bureau and i ndicat e s t he s har e att ribu~able to relief lab or. The State Hi ghway
Connnission in each State has es t ablished minimum.hourly rates for unskilled , intermediate,
and skilled clas s ifications of labor.
Soil Conservation Service
The So il Co:r:s e r vo.tion Ser vi ce is conducting 131 demonstr atic11 r r o~ects on pri vate
l ands i n 4:0 States and 11 such projects on Federal lands in 5 States . Thirtee n exper irriente. l
s b.tions and 46 nur se r ;:, pr ojects a r e a l s o in ope r ation . Dt, e to loc a l di f f e r ences i n s oi l
cond i t i on a nd topogr aphy , i t has not be e n possitle to dete r mine the cost per acr e of t he
various types of soi l t r eatment . Re ports r eceived to date , hor:evP r, indicate consi de rab l e
va. r 1a ,:;1on ir tl1cse c osts, part icular1,, i n ~--ull;y control vror}r . The cost pe r acre in thi s
t ype of nor': tends to ru n higher than in ei t her t e rra.cinh or contour fur r m•!i ng .
A Presidential allocation on May 21 of $ 770,100 for erosion projects i n 34
States increased total funds available to the Soil Conservation Service to $18,606,116.
Obligations incu rred t hrou gh May 29 amounted to $15 , 215,640, leavi ng an unobli gate d
balance of ~3,390,476. Employment during WJay showed a gradual decline each week, reaching
a total of 26,965 persons by the end of May.
Other Bureaus
Three bureaus under the Department of Agr i culture have completed a ll the work
projects for which funds were made available to them. Of the $ 3, 000 allocated for the
Bureau of Dairy Industry's project at Lewisbur g, Tennessee, 75 percent was spent for
labor and 25 percent for materi als, resulting in a man-year cost of only $352. The
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering averaged a.bout $700 per man-year on its projects in
Alabama ($3,19 5 allocation) and Mississippi ($3,956 allocation). The final accounting
on the Extension Service 1 s $4 ,06 6 project at Alexandria• Virginit,, showed that 7,728 manhours of employment had been provided at a man-yee..r cost o f t731. Mater i al costs on
this project were less than 20 percent of the total. The Extension Servi ce also has
under its su pervision tne di5tribution of $2,000,000 to the States in the Southern Great
Plains areas for wind erosion control.
The Biological Sul'vey is operating 30 project units in Nor th Dakota. Of
t hese , all but three are in the final stages of construction. The allocation for this
project vva.s reduced to $247,289 by a Presidential rescis si on of $19,000 on April 8.
During t he last week of May , 643 persons (608 of whom were from relief rolls) were employed by this Bureau. In addition to this work project, the Biolo gical Survey also
received a land purchase allocation of $9 50,000 on February 12 which was reduced by
~450 , 000 on April 21. Although le gal difficultie s have thus far delayed the purchase
of land, it is now expected that options will be taken within a month.
The lone; rant:;e weather forecast project being conducted by the r:eo.ther I3' r eau
is now about half finished. The original allocation of $17,700 for t hi s project was reduced by $5,146 on April 8. Work has not yet started on the Bureau's ~5,000 project for
t i1e re pair of river ~auges dama ged by floods • because supplementary funds for materials
have·not yet been obtaine d .
ALI..,.t;Y Dvr;:;LLING AU T!:IORITY
.
On May 15, $9, 806 of the Alley. Dwelling Authority's original $200,000 allocation was rescinded b y the President. The aliocation to the Authority is b eing used
in four activities. The first cons i sts of the demQli t ion of 10 alley dwe lli!lgs, re pair
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of 2 alley non-resident structures, and
work has started with relief labor; the
and plans and specifications on the new
by the appropriate District of Columbia
construction of 17 one-car garages . Repair
demolition work is in operation under contract;
construction work are awaiting final approval
authorities •
.Another activity involves the remodeling and renovating of 11 existing alley
dwellings and the construction of 12 new one-family row dwellings. Some progress has
been made on the repair work, and the new constr~ction work is expected to start in the
immediate future.
The most expensive unit of the program
rent apartment house, plans for which are in the
involving the grading of a cleared site formerly
has been completed by relief workers. The space
garden.
contemplates the construction of a lowfinal stages. The fourth, a small unit
occupied by a sub-standard dwelling,
is to be used temporarily as a school
On May 29 a total of 14 persons were employed on the entire proje ct. Because
of difficulty in obtaining skilled relief workers, 9 of these persons were drawn from
non-relief sources.
DEP ARTJ\:ENT OF cor.uLt:RCE
Census
The Burefl' ' of -tr.r Census reported a reduction in personnel of 2,391 bet-:-·c er: Apd 1
25 and 1fay ~O as a result of the completion of work in some localities. Mo st of this
loss was sustained on the Census of Business project which has now collected more than
3,000,000 of the 3 , 500 ,000 proposed schedules. It is expected that the r emaining schedules wil l have been collected by June 30, occasioning a further sharp reduction in
personnel. Tab ulation of the schedules and publication of results is expected ·to be
completed by June 30, 1937.
The Alphabetical Index project, which involves the transfer to a card index of
information as to name, age, and birth date of individuals enumerated in the Population
Census of 1900, is now about half tinished. The work of transferring the information to
cards is practically complete, but check ing the cards and arranging them in alphabetical
order ·,;ill require the services of about two-thirds of the present staff, or approximately
6,500 persons,until the end of 1936.
Rescission of ~500 ,000 from the Census of Business project on Apri l 29 brought
net allocations to the Bureau of Census do.m to $8,231 , 948 . Of this a.mount, $6,333,796
had been obligated and $5 ,2 44 ,830 expended as of May 29.
Other Agencies
Of the 294 persons employed during the week ending ruay 30 by the three other
Departr..c::i.t of Commer ce bureaus operating work projects, 264 were working on projec ts
operated by the Bureau of Fisheries . This Bureau has t·;ro projects: one in Alas ka for
the impro vement of salmon spaYming grounds and the de struction of predatory enemies of
salmon, and one for the construction of fish hatcheries in New Mexico, North Carolina,
and Texas. The ~65 ,000 allocation f~r a fourth fish hatchery at Glacier Park, Montana ,
1:ra.s
rescinded on April 8. At the same time $10,000 was rescinded from the $55 ,996
a.llocc.ted to the Alaska project. The Bureau I s program is only about half finished but
it is expected that more favorable weather conditions will speed up the completion of
the remainder of the program.
The Bureau of Standards employed the remaining 30 of the 294 persons mentioned
above. Tests on the relative durability of building materials useci in low-cost housing
are still i n pro gress.
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All the work contemplated by the Bureau of Lighthouses has been completed with
the exception of one i.mit in Washington on which work has not yet been started. On the
units that have been finished, 20 man-years of work have been provided at a man-year
cost of $908. Only $968 of the Bureau's $20,000 allocation remained unobligated on
May 29.
E1IBRG:t:NCY CONSl!:R-VATION WORK
Employment on Emergency Conservation Work continued to expand in the early
part of May, reaching a total of 411,900 persons at the time the enrollment period closed
on May 15. Subsequently a slight decrease occurred, bringing the figure to 409,200
for the week ending May 30. This total included 360,500 enrollees (349,000 in CCC camps,
7,500 Indians, and 4,000 territorials), and 48,700 non-enrolled persons (350 in the
Territories, 850 on Indian res ervations, and 47,600 working ·1n CCC camps in supervisory,
cleri cal, technical, professional, e.nd similar capacities).
The Director of Emergency Conservation Work reports that ~33,823,067 obligated
during April brought total obligations incurred from ERA Act funds through April 30 to
$523,117,133. The tabulation below gives a breakdown of these obligations.
OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION VlORK
Through April 30, 1936
Item
Total
Wages to enrollees
Wages to others
Shelter
Clothing
Subsistence
Medical aid
Supplies, materials, eto.
Transportation of persons
Other transportation
Utilities
Miscellaneous
!:/
y
Obligations for
April 1936
Total Obligations
Through April 1936
$33,823,067
$523,117,133
11,134,797
5,033,173
129,513
3,441,550
4,580,144
891,306
3,479,061
1,356,222
269,439
173,403
3,334,459
165,210,468
61,727,286
28,355,564
44,148,780
75,374,212
11,161,081
65,768,711
15,050,789
10,468,270
4,114,163
41,737,809
!:I
y
Including payrolls for Reserve Officers amounting to $1,401,247,
Including payrolls for Reserve Officers amounting to $25,211,19°8.
INfi!RIOR
Geological Survey
The Geological Survey's project in Kern County, California, continues to employ
24 persons, all from relief rolls. The project will probably continue for another month.
A sma~l rescission of $87 on May 15 reduced its allocation to $9,913.
A resc iss ion of $5,000 on the same date cut to $9 5,000 the $100,000 allocated
to rebuild stream gauging stations damaged by recent floods in a number of eastern
seaboard States. Work started on these- stations in Massachusetts, Virginia, West
Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey; in the order named,between May 12
and May 26. At the end of May these project units, which are all small in size, widely
scattered and usually in rural areas, reported employment of 35 persons from relief
sources and 5 non-relief workers.
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National Park Service
The 44 persons employed by the National Pa.rk Service on May 29 we re all engaged on the preliminary survey of the Natchez-Trace Parkway. By that date two s ets
of right-of-way plans, each covering 12½-mile sections of the project, had been dravm
up. The State of Mississippi is proceeding to acquire the right of way on these
sections. Plans a.re being drafted on the remainjng 15-mile section. Cons t ruction plans
are nee.ring comRletion on one. 12½-mile section and are under ,vay on the othe r . It is
anticipated that the first of these sections will be under contract late in July . The
$1,350,000 allocation for the construction work was reduced by $74 1 815 on May 15.
The $2,250,000 bond issue, representing St . Louis' contribution to the
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial project, was sold during ~!.a.yin spite of a pending
appeal enjoining the sale. The funds thus derived were turned over to the Feder a l
Government on May 20 and shortly thereafter the Trea sury r eleased the $6,750 ,000 allocated to this project. It was therefore possible to acquire land and start wrecking
and construction operations during June.
The National Park Service is still reimbursing the National Capi tal Parks fo r
purchases of materials which are being used to repair floou damages to Federal l ands
and structures in the District of Columbia.
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
At the end of May, 32,563 relief workers and 2,113 non-relief persons wer e employed under the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration's $32,152,380 program. The
largest ntunber of persons (26,423) were working on the rural rehabilitation pr ogram. while
4,468 workers were engaged on rural electrification. The reforestation program provided
employment for 3,266 persons. The tabulation below shows employment for each phase of
the Administration'e program, with the allocation for each.
Type of
Project
Total
Rural rehabilitation
Cattle tick and cocoanut
bud rod eradication
Rural electrification
Slum clearance
University buildings
Reforestation
Cement plant
Number
of
Projects
Employment
Relief
non- Relief
Allocations
Total
62
$32,152,380
34,676
32,563'
2, 113
37
23,651,900
25,423
23,994
1, 429
2
5
2
14
1
1
306,740
2,727,600
2,.200,000
1,42~,ooo
994,140
850,000
424
4,458
162
811
3,266
132
402
4,103
97
776
3,068
123
22
355
65
35
198
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According to recent reports, the three hydroelectric projects under the rur a l
electrification program are nearly half completed and the library for the Unive r sity
of Puerto Rico is about two-thirds finished. Many of th~ other projects are sti ll in
early stages of development.
Reclamation
Presidential allocations to the Bureau of Reclamation totalled \p 65,020,000
on May 29 . This provided for specific work on 25 reclamation projects and one special
flood control project under the supervision of the Bureau. By the ,end of May work
had been started on all projects except two representing allocations of $340,000.
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Of the active projects, actual construction work by contractors and Government forces had been started on 17. Preliminary work by contractors and Government
forces was being prosecuted on 4 projects while Government forces were engaged in
preliminary survey work on 3 others. Tv{O projects in the first group are more than
half completed. The Sun River project in Montana, involving $215,000 in ERA funds,
is nearing completion. About half of the work is finished on the Grand Coulee Dem
in Washington, for which $20,000,000 has been anocated.
The number of perRons working on reclamation projects declined slightly
throughout the month to a total of 7,901 for the vreek ending May 30. This included
6,684 non-relief workers and 1,217 persons obtained from public relief rolls.
Other Bureaus
Six other bureaus of the Department of the Interior employed an aggregate df
in the week ending May 30. The lar gest total employment was reported by the
persons
4,763
Office of ~ducation whose five projects, all well under way, had 2,118 relief and 131
non-relief persons at work. Work projects being operated by the Office of Indian Affairs
were 35 to 40 percent completed and employed a total of 1,827 workers. With all but one
phase of its progra.~ under way, the Temporary Government of the Virgin Islands employed
539 relief and 26 non-relief workers during the week ending May 30. The Alaska Road
Comr.iission, with its work approximately 85 percent completed, employed 86 persons on
its two projects. On May 28, work was completed at. St. Elizabeths Hospita l. Twenty men
were employed at the hospital during that week. Although the Bit'llI'.'.inous Coal Corrnnission
had transfer ~ed most of its employees to payrolls under other appropriations, it still
retained 16 non-relief workers on May 30, A rescission of $1,335 recently reduced the allocation of the Commission to $70,583.
DEPARTM.t:;.NT OF LABOR
The Bureau of Inmligration and Naturalize.tion increased its employment almost
25 percent between April 25 and May 29. The Ellis Island project, which had been lagging behind the other three, showed a 40 percent increase in number of ·workers during
this period. The original allocation of C84 ,340 for this project vras reduced by $4 ,143
on i.:ay 15. Work at the Bosto n Station had nearly been cor.:pleted at the end of ~fay, while
operations at Gloucester City, New Jersey, and Detrcit, Vichigan, were we ll past the
half-vray mark .
The u. s. Employment Service received two reallocations on May 16 of funds
rescinded on April 81 $96.000 for the Occupational Analysis study and $40,000 for the
Perpetual Labor Inventory project. At the same time, however, $4,893 was rescinded
from the Occupational Analysis study and $3.600 from the Perpetual Labor Inventory.
The Perpetual Inventory projeot completed its work in Massachusetts during tre last
week of May at an average man-year oost pf about t976. The Occupational Analysis study
has canpleted nearly two-thirds of the work undertaken with ERA funds.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Under the sponsorship of the Library of Congress, about 3,SOO of the proposed
5,000 electric talking book machines have already been completed and distributed to the
regional libraries for the blind. Practically all the remaining machines should be
finbhed l;iy July 1. 1936.
Employment on the talking book machine project was substantially the same at
the end of.May as at the end of April. Persons from relief rolls,at work during the
~ast week in May totalled 255, while non-relief persons numbered 25. Obligations
incurred by May 29 against the project's $251,500 allocation amounted to $193 414 and
,
expenditures totalled $134,545.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT
Yards and Docks
By the end of May the Bureau of Yards and Docks had completed 42 projects involving allocations of $561,883. T'l'relve of these pro jects were located in California
and nine i n Washington, t he remainder being dist ributed among eleven Status.
Employment on Navy projects declined co.i.s i derably in the five-week period
from April 25, wlien 17 1 478 persons were working, to May 29, when 16,462 workers were
employed. The decrease occurred primf' rily on projects at Seattle and Breme rton,
Washington, at Brooklyn, New York, and at Boston, Hingham, and SquantU1JJ., Massachusetts.
Of the,$16,557,561 a llocated to the Bureau for work projects $15,074 1 787 had
been obligated and $13,018,553 a ctually expended by May 29, leaving an unexpended balance of $8,639,012. It is est imated that 65 percent of expenditures was for labor and
84 percent of the labor expenditures was paid t o pers ons who had com e from the relief
ro]ls.
PUBUC WORKS ADlillaSTRATION
Housing
This Divis i on's $101,373,050 progrrun consis t s of one land acquisition project
in the District of Columbi a and 39 low-cost housing projects. These 40 projects include
one in Enid, Oklahoma, and one in Toledo• Ohio• ,vh foh are financed only in part by funds
provided under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 19 35.
Of the 39 housing projects work on the supPrstr ucture had been ~ompleted on o:,<.
a nd started on 7 by the end of May; found ations were be i ng laid on 25, and demolition
work had been completed on 2 and was in progress on 3. The re~Ai n ing project vra.s still
awaiting the award of its contract. During the l ast week in Ma y 5, 961 persons were
working on these projects.
The Housing Division reported expenditur e s of $16,151,568 throu gh April 30.
The tabulation below lists these expenditure s by obje ct cla s sific ations:
Total
Personal services - Federal payroll
Supplie s and materials
Rent e.nd equipment
Cons truc tion, maintenance, and re pair
contracts
Contractual se r vi ces
Eq~ipr.,ent purchases
Land pur chnses
$16 ,151 , 56 8
11, 691
'7,592
930
2.,003.,207
l, 8ll
2 , 780
14 ,123 , 55-7
It should be noted that expenditures for contracts include labor costs on the pro jects
covered by the co ntracts .
Non-Federal
Presidential allocations to t;,e iron-Federal Division of F'WA tota.lled 1t.3Y..,., 753 ,1D G
on 1-:ay 29. Of this runount 0335 , 728,962 had been allotted in gr ants to t he St ates for
4 1 031' projects and an additional $7.,700,000 had been l oaned for a project i n Texas.
This loan originally amounted to $10,500,000 but $2,800,000 of ERA Act funcls was wi th dravm and replaced by funds from the FWA Revolving Fund, It is estimat ed that the
total cost of these projects will be $ 803,266,744. I n ad di tion to the funds mentioned
above, $118,396,562 is being loaned to the States fr om ·pv,;A funds made availab le from
earlier appropriations. The balance of the funds re quired is being rai s ed l ocally.
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By the end of May construction had been completed on 76 of these projects and
3 1 399 were under construction. Contracts had been awarded on 367 others and bids had
been advertised on 91. The remaining 98 projects were still in earlier stages, a
considerable number still being tied up awaiting results of pending litigation. The
tabulation be l ow summarizes this information and gives the loan value, grant value, and
estimated total cost of the projects in each stage.
STATUS OF PWA NON-FEDERAL PROJECTS
.
May 29, 1936
(Values in Thousands of Dollars)
Total
Number of projeots
Loan value
Grant value (ERA funds)
Estimated total oost
!J
4,031
$12-8, 897
$335,729
$803.267
Construction
Completed
Under
Construotion
16
248
$1,124
$2,653
3,399
$83,813
$284,398
$649,011
!/ $
Bids
Contracts
Bids
Not Yet
Awarded Advertised Advertised
361
$ 8,052
$17,085
$38,671
91
98'
$ 6,590
~:n.194
$26.440
191 •783
t 6,682
$15,265
Inoludes 17,700,000 in ERA Aot funds.
Employment on Non- Federal projects continue d to expand, increasing from
115,083 persons on April 25 to 145 ,883 by the end of May. The latter total included
46,357 workers from relief rolls and 99 ,526 persons from non-relief sources.
RESBTTLEMEl-iT ADl\': IHSTRAT ION
Employment on Resettlement projects for the week ending May 30 , as indicated in
the tabulation below, totalled 63,520 persons, of whom 34,502 had been drawn from relief
rolls.
EMPLOYMENT UBDER THE RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Week Ending llay 30, 1936
Total
Employment
Relief Rolls
Not from
Reliet Roll•
Total
63,520
34,502
29,018
Land Utilization
Construction
Management
Forest Service
51,284
11,928
209
99
26,709
7,618
19
24,575
4,250
190
96
3
Division
From
Eighteen of the Administration's 33 subsistence homestead projects are now
completed, 11 are under way and final plans have been approved for the remaining four.
When finished, these projects will provide 2,501 homes. To date 2,102 house s have been
built and 1,981 families, comprising 11,932 pers ons, have already moved in. The suburban
housing projects at Berwyn, MarylandJ Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Cincinnati, Ohio are under
way.
Actual purchases of land up to May 15 totalled 1,517,371 acres at a cost of
$6,981,020. An additional 8,197,310 acres of the 9,724,740 originally contemplated f or
purchase were under option.
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A total of $86.532,882 had been disbursed in either initial or supplemental
loans and grants by May 29. This total included loans of $72,134,239 and grants of
$14,398,643.
RURAL EIBCTRIFICATION AIJ(INISTRATION
During the month of May allocations of $2.735,900 and rescissions of $752,000
were made for the Rural Electrification Administration, bringing net allocations for
work projects up 'to $14,~76,812. Of this amount $13,997,812 will be used to construct
12.766 miles of electric distribution lines in 29 States. The remaining $179.000 has
been allocated for the purpose of providing wiring on customers' premises in 12 States.
Eleven pro~ects, actually under construction by the end of May, provided for
the construction of 1.115 miles of distribution lines in 10 States at an estimated cost
of $1,867,376 a.nd employed' 288 persons in the week ending May 30,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Allocations for Coast Guard projects have been affected by two recent rescissionsone on April 21 a.mounting to $311,311 and another of $101,734 on May 23. The funds
remaining available to the Bureau total $4,850,960. Contracts valued at $2,500,593
had been awarded by May 29 and work involving $1,118,212 had started under force account,
The value of completed work totalled $49,080. Obligations incurred by the same date
amounted to $2,755,081, while checks had been issued for $1,169,342.
all Coast Gue.rd work projects 587 relief persons and 266 non-relief workers
were employed during the last week of May. The telephone line repair projects a.re now
more than half finished and the boat building program and station repair projects are
well under way.
On
Internal Revenue
A detailed description of the activities and current status of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue a ppears in a preceding section of this report.
Office of the Secretary
Two recent rescissions one for $380,908 on April 21, and another on May 23
for $12,645, (Treasury warrant not yet issued) reduced the funds allocated to the Secretary's Office for its income tax survey from t1.200,ooo to $806,447.. About $676,000
of this amount had been expended by May 29.
The employment of 1,343 relief \lrorkers and 121 persons from non-relief sources
during the last week in May showed a slight rise over the number at work on April 25.
The survey, now more than half finished, has consistently obtained more than 90 percent
of its workers from the relief rolls.
Procurement Division
The building decoration project sponsored by the Procurement Division is
making rapid progress. Completed easel paintings numbered 2,172 at the end of May, as
compared with 1,657 on April 25. This work has been accomplished by approximately 300
artists who a.re now engaged in painting 74 murals, 69 easel paintings, 7 screens, and
a poster, and carving and molding 28 pieces of sculpture. About 40 percent of the work
planned for this project has now been completed, while $188.049 or ,35 percent of the
funds available have been expended.
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Publio Health Servioe
With the a pproaching completion of field work on the survey of public health
being conducted by the Pub lic Health Service, employment continued to dec line during May .
A total of 2,239 persons were at work on this project at the end of May. Tabulation
and analysis of results of the field work are still in an early stage and may require
a Y.ear to complete.
A Presidential resciss ion on April 21 of $700,000,and another on May 23 of
$28,250, for whi~h a Treasury warrant has not yet been issued, reduced the allocation
for the survey to $2 ,72 1,750. Of this amount $2,412,907 had been obligated and
$2,246.395 expended as of May 29.
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
Rescis sions of $16, 000 reduced the allocations to the Veterans' Administration
for work proj ects to $1,218,120 as of May 29. The 16 projects under the supervision of
the Administration, all of which involve general repair and rehabilitation work at
veterans' hospi tals, furnished employment for 1,124 persons during the last week of May.
Two of these projects had been finished and three-fourths of the work had been completed
on the other 14 by that date.
One of the completed projects exceeded its estimated man-year cost; the other
bettered the original estimate. The project completed in January at Des Moines, Iowa,
cost $981 per man-year .l.Ilstead of $774. On the Lexington, Kentucky, project, which was
completed in.April, the estimated cost of ~993 was cut to $868 in actual operation.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Corps of Engineers
During the last week in May 41,004 persons were at work on Corps of Engineers
projects. Of this total 30,990, or approximately 75 percent, had been secured from the
relief rolls. The largest number of workers (14,351) was employed on the Los Angeles
Flood Control project. The Missouri River project at Fort Peck, Kansns, and the Florida
Ship Canal provided work for 2,917 and 2,608 worke~s. respectively.
The Corps had completed 23 projects located in 17 St~tes by the end of May.
The only project actually completed during May, however, was one for the dredging of
New Bedford and Fairhaven Harb0r in Massachusetts. This brought the allocation value of
completed projects to $1,569,915.
Rescissions amounting to $190,000 from 0orps of Engineers funds reduced the
total net allocations for work projects by $170,000 to $128,027,116 and the funds available for purchase of land by $20,000 to $486,850. By May 29 obligations incurred by
the Corps totalled $123,488,275 and expenditures totalled $70,430,576.
Quartermaster Corps
A detailed discussion of the work being carried on by the Quartermaster Corps
with funds provided under tne Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 appears in a
preceding section of this report.
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
State Work Progr8.lll8
Allocations of $29,162,918 and rescissions of $12,519,160 during the month of
~ increased the funds available for State work programs by i16,643,768 to a total of
tl,~33.671,476 on May 29. By the same date projects to the value of approximately
$5,450,000,000 had been approved.
50
A steady decline in WPA employment occurred during the five-week period from
Apr·il 25 to May 30. Over the entire period the number of persons working under the State
work programs decreased by more th.an 229,000 persons to a. total of 2,339,740 for the
week ending May 30. Largest decreases occurred in the week ending May 2, vmen more
tha.n 65,000 vrorkers were dropped, a.nd in the week ending May 9, when more than 50,000
were released.
The decrease in employment took place in all States except three. Pennsylvania.,
the Administrative area. with the largest employment total, 234,520 persons, discharged
22,000 workers Betv1een April 25 a.nd May 30. Workers in New York City numbered 18,000
less, or an aggregate of 206,420 at the end of May. Illinois and California. ea.ch release d about 16,000 workers, bringing t ne number of workers in those States down to
164,468 and 119,748, respectively. Other States with high employment averages a.nd large
reductions were Ohio with worke rs totalling 155,808 after a reduction of 7,000;
Mas s achusetts employing 112,520 after a loss of 8,000; and New York (exclusive of New
York City) with a.n aggregate of 105,265 after releasing 11,000 workers.
New Jersey a.nd Texas employed the next largest number of workers during the
week ending Viay 30, with 84,976 a.nd 82,598 persons, respectively, at work. Two other
States, Michigan a.nd Indiana, employed more than 70,000 persons , a.nd Missouri had almost
that number a.t work. Oklahoma. a.nd Wisconsin were the only other States employing more
than 50,000 persons at the end of May. Theda.ta for a.11 States ca.n be found in
Table 3 at the end of this repo~t.
Art, Music, Theatre, andVlriters' Program
BY. May 29 all but $831,939 of the $24,115,217 available had been allotted for
work project units under the Art, Music, Theatre, a.nd Writers' program. Allotments for
the four phases of the program are a.s follows: art, $3,314,566, with $88,097 still
unauthorized; music, $ 8,929,284 allotted, leaving a. balance of $412,530; theatre,
$7,640,263 authorized a.nd a be.la.nee of $143,773; writers', $3,399,165 distributed,
leaving $187,539 still available for authorization.
Data on employment indicate tha.t 38,608 persons were employed under the program
at the end of May. This total included 5,113 persons employed under the art program,
15,3 54 under the music program, l~,392 wo rking on theatre projects, and 5,749 persons on
writers' projects.
La.test available data on expenditures indicate tha.t by April 30, $2,388 ,722
had been obli gated, and ~2,069,309 expended for art projects; $ 6,351,648 obligated a.nd
~5 ,668, 544 expended for musi c projects; ~5,439,028 obligated ~nd $4,529,469 expended
for the theatre program; and $ 2,409 ,192 obligated and $2,092,722 expended for the vrriters'
program. For the whole program the total obligations ~~re $ 16,588,590, whi le expenditures
(voucher payments) totalled ,~ 14,360,0M. .
National Youth Administration
On the basis of reports from State Youth Directors, it is estimated that during
the month of April a total of 188,195 young persons were working on NYA projects throughout the country~ These youths are working at part-time jobs a.nd receiving one-third the
established monthly earnings schedule for WPA projects.
'.::le Nat ivual Youth Administration reports that tr:e r..rn1iJHr of st1..uents
benefiting tmder its Student Aid Program rose slightly in April to 419,119. This total
included 283,647 high-school students, 128,545 colle ge students, and 6,927 graduate
students, all of whom are employed on pa.rt-time jobs.
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WORKS PROGRAM
June 15• 1936
TABLES
Number
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Table
6
Table 7
Table 8
Title
Employment on Work Projects by Agencies - Excluding Admi n i strative
Employee s. Weeks Ending May 2 Through May 30• 1936
52
Relief Status of Persons Employed on Work Projects by Agencies Exchding Administrative Employees, Week Ending May 30, 1936
53
Employment on WPA Pro jects , Emergency Conservation Work, and Projects of other Agencies by State s - Exc.luding Administrative Employe1:::s,
Weeks Ending May 2, May 16 and May 30. 1936
54
Employment on Work Projects of Agencies other than CCC and WPA by
States - Excluding Administrative Employees, Week Ending May 30, 1936
55 -
President ial Allocations f or the Works Program by Agenc ies, Through
May 29, 1936
58 - 59
57
President ial Allocation5 and Employment on Work Projects by Agencies.
E.'nd of May 1936
60
Presidential Allocations to WPA by Act Limitations and by States,
Through May 29, 1936
61
Status of Funds According to Or ganiz ation Units, Through May 29, 1936
62 - 63
52
TABLE
1
EMPLOYMENT ON WORK PROJECTS BY AGENC IES
EXCLUDINQ ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOY EES
WEEKS ENDING MAY 2 THROUGH MAY 30, 19315
LINE
NO,
(
(
(
(
3)
4)
5)
6)
( 7)
( 8)
NUMBER OF PER SONS EMPLO YE D DUR I NG WEEK ENDI NG
J.IAY 23
MAY '115
MAY 9
5
4)
3
LINE
NO,
MAY 30
15
3,485,154
3,458,314
3, 448,785
3 ,420,437
3,396, 879
( 1)
2,503,331
2,452,580
2, 41 7,1 155
2,374,434
2, 339,740
( 2)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
CCC CAMPS
INOIAN RESERVATIONS
TERR I TORIES
396,200
386,000
7,850
4,350
401 ,900
389,200
8,350
4,350
411, 900
399 , 200
0,350
4,350
410, 200
397,500
8,350
4,350
409,200
396,500
8 1 350
4,350
(
(
(
(
OTHER AGE'!CI ES
583,623
603,834
619, 720
635,803
647,939
( 7)
239,320
1,430
490
18,134
115,8215
75
174,758
27,589
18
258,605
1,465
486
19,832
18, 124
67
191 ,344
27,2159
18
2159, 910
1, 474
489
20,3 45
18,905
62
201, 42 1
27 ,1 96
18
283. 914
1,470
559
20 , 131
19,103
62
21 s, 4515
27 ,11 15
17
294.428
1,469
u43
( 8)
( 9)
19,910
59
222,290
215,9155
17
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
12
11
12
11
14
(17)
10,934
10, 619
285
30
10,430
10,152
248
30
10,093
9,799
264
30
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21 )
46, 531
73
19
47, 41 8
75
17
2 ,142
46
1,495
43
34, 890
47,448
86
115
2,249
64
1,827
44
(22)
0, 000
7,901
20
565
( 1)
( 2)
MAY 2
2
AGENCY
GRAND TOTAL
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
3)
4)
5)
6)
(14)
(15)
(115)
DEPART>.OENT OF AGRICULTURE
AN I MAL I NOUS TRY
BIOLOG ICAL SURVEY
ENTOMOLOGY ANO PLANT QUARANTINE
tORE ST SERVICE
PLANT INOU ~TRY
PUBLIC ROADS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
WEATHER BUREAU
(17)
ALLEY DWELLING AUTl<ORI TY
(18 )
(1 9)
(20)
(21)
DE PAR TMEN T OF COMMERCE
CENSUS
ti SHERI ES
STANDARDS
11,917
11,603
286
28
11.372
11,063
279
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
( 30)
(31 )
(32)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INT£RIOR
ALASKA ROAD COMM ISSION
BITVMINOUS CO AL COMMISSION
OfflCE OF EDUCATION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFA I RS
NATIONAL PARK SERV I CE
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTI ON ADM INI S TRA TIO N
RECLAMA Tl ON
ST, ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL
TE•tPORARY GOVERNMEN T OF VI RGIN I SLANDS
45,537
50
17
1,659
24
595
42
34,220
45, 771
64
17
1,907
24
1524
45
34, 083
8 1 320
8 1 267
19
691
20
720
(33)
(34)
(35)
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
UN•TEO STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
IMMIGRATION ANO NATURA LI ZATI ON
~
ill.
985
749
236
~
179
741
231
748
230
1,0215
782
244
(34)
(35)
(36)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
304
305
287
284
200
(36)
(37)
(38)
NAVY DEPARTMENT
YARDS AND DOCKS
17,453
17 ,352
17,214
115, 5915
1 5,462
(37)
( 38)
(39 )
(40)
(41 )
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING DIVISION
NO,;-f"EOERAL DIVISION
1 34, 891
3,943
130,948
136,806
4 , 441
132,365
1 42 , 259
5,203
137,056
148,034
5,110
142, 924
1 51 , 844
5,961
145,883
(39)
(42)
RESETTLEMEIIT AOMINISTRATICN
67,856
67,339
66,473
63,520
(42)
(43)
RURAL ELEC TR I rt CA Tl ON ADM IN IS TRA Tl ON
265
232
330
31 3
288
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
81 692
847
3,433
296
01 so2
2,699
8 1 586
814
3,426
299
2,631
(49)
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
BUREAU OF INT[RNAL RE VENUE
PROCUREIAEN T DI \' I SI ON
PUBLIC 1-.EALTH SERVICE
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
1,41;
1,416
2, 499
1,448
8 1 371
838
3 ,422
298
2,381
1, 4 32
8,203
853
3, 427
300
2, 239
1,464
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
1, 11 5
1,132
1,124
(50)
(51)
(52)
WAR DEPARTMENT
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
0UAR TER!AAS TER CORPS
55, 1158
41, 452
13, 71 6
54, 744
41,1 69
,3 , 555
54,129
41,004
13,1 25
(51)
(52)
( 9)
(10)
(11 )
(12)
(13 )
(47)
(48)
(53)
Y
Y
704
30
1,111
55,282
40,930
14,352
55,329
41,279
14,050
2,052
30
820
43
34, 687
81 130
21
656
837
3, 42 1
297
19
631
23,067
34,676
DOES NOT INCLUDE RURAL REHAB I LI TAT I ON CASES.
WORKS PROGR ESS ADMINISTRATION
PR OGR ESS REPORT, JUNE 15, 1936
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
( 27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(40)
(41 )
(53)
63
TABLE
2
RELIEF STATUS Of PERSON$ EMPLOYED ON WORK PROJECTS BY AOENCIES
ExCLUDINQ ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES
WECK ENDING IIAY 30, 1936
AQENCY
LINC
NO.
I)
GRAND TOTAL
( I)
TOTAL
2
l't!:R8ON8 f'RDM RELIEF ROLL8
P~CtNT
Of' TOTAL
HuMIIER
3
4)
3,396,879
2,929,054
86.2
2, 339,740
2,219,749
( 2)
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
( 3)
( 4)
( 5)
( 6)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
CCC CAMPS
INOIAN RESERVATIONS
TERRITORIES
<1()9.200
396,500
8,350
4,350
!160.500
340,000
7,500
4,000
( 7)
OTHER AGENCIES
647,939
294,428
1,469
643
23,067
19,918
: 8)
( 9)
DEPARTMENT Of' AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL INDUSTRY
BIOLOQICAL SURVEY
ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANT INE
FOREST SERVI CE
PLANT INDUSTRY
PUBLIC ROADS
SO IL CCNSE:RVAT I ON S&:RV I CE
IEATHER BuREAU
(10)
(11)
( 12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
y
PcRIONB NOT f'ROM RELl!f' ROLL8
P[RCENT
Of' TOTAL
NuMBER
(6
5
88, I
48. 700
ae.o
89.13
92.0
47,500
850
!150
348,805
53.8
299,134
155,180
1,016
~
69.2
94.6
84.7
tlB.5
96.6
43.8
70.3
94. I
139.248
453
35
3,531
2,294
608
19,536
17,624
59
57
222,290
26,965
17
97,374
18,949
14
5
16
2
ALLEY DWELLING AUTHORITY
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
DEPARTMENT Of' COIIMll:RCE
CENSUS
flSHERl£8
STANDARDS
10.093
9,799
1,1n
6,967
264
210
30
30
(22)
47,448
86
16
2,249
64
1,827
44
34,676
7,901
9. 108
(30)
(31)
(32)
DEPARTMENT Of' THE INTERIOR
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION
Of'FICE: Of' EDUCATION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OFFICE Or INOIAN AFFAIRS
NAT I ONAL PARK 5£RV I CE
PuERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION AOMINIITRATION
RECLAMATION
ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT Of' Vl~QIN ISLANDS
(33)
(34)
(35)
DEPARTMENT Or LABOR
UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
IMMI ~RAT ION ANO NATURALIZATION
(36)
LISRARY Of' CONQREl8
(37)
NAVY DEPARTMENT
YARDS ANO 00CK8
( 28)
(29)
(38)
(41)
PuBLIC IORKS ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING 01Vl810N
NON-FEDERAL DIVISION
(42)
RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION~
(43)
RURAL ELECTRlf'ICATION ADMINISTRATION
(44)
(39)
(40)
20
:565
y
124,916
B,01 6
I
(17)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
( 1)
467, 825
119,99 1
71. I
79.5
2, 118
94.2
59
92.2
t, 727
94.5
45.5
93.9
15.4
100.0
95.4
1,026
782
244
~
280
25!5
15,462
13,257
.L!.ti
12.0
10,2
e.o
~
30.B
5.4
15.3
I 1.5
3.4
56.2
29.7
5.Q
545
74.'3
69, 7
217
88.9
(
(
(
(
3)
4)
!5)
6)
( B)
( 9)
( 10)
(11)
( 12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
28.9
2,832
54
28.9
20,'3
100.0
16
131
!5
100
24
2,113
6,684
( 2)
( 7)
2.916
9
20
32,563
1,211
20
539
5, 1
9
lW
LINE
NO.
19.2
10.5
100.0
5,8
1.e
5.5
54.5
6.1
84.6
(18
( 19 )
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
26
(32)
~
237
27
(33)
(34)
(35)
25
(36)
(37)
151.844
5,961
145,883
(38)
2,205
85.7
(39)
(40)
(41)
102.805
3,279 ]/
99,526
49.039
2,682 ]/
46,357
45.7
(42)
63,520
34,502
29,018
288
114
174
(49)
D£PARTM£HT Of' TH£ TREASIA'IY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
BuRtAU Of INTERNAL REVENUE
PROCUREMENT DIVISION
P\JBLIC HEALTH SE:RVI CE
SEORETARY'S Of'rlCE
8.283
853
3,427
300
2,239
1,464
7.328
587
3,172
237
1,989
1,343
(50)
VETERANS' AOMINIEJRATION
1,124
1,020
104
(50 )
(51)
(52)
IAR 0EPARTMENT
CORPS Or ENGi NEE:RS
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
54, 129
41,004
♦3, 125
41,826
30,990
10,836
12.303
10,014
(5 1)
(52)
2,289
(53!
(<15)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(53)
Y
ill
88.5
68.8
(43)
.!.!.z.!5
79.0
63
ea.a
250
31.2
7.4
21.0
11.2
91.7
121
e. 3
266
25!5
92.6
NEW YORK CITY BREA■OOWN ESTIMATED UPON THE BASIS Of' AN EXAMINATION Of' RECORDS Of PERSONS EMPLOYED OURINQ MARCHo
Of' AN EXAMINATION or PAYROLL ~ECOROB.
DOES NOT INCLUDE Rlf!AL REHABILITATION CAltS.
§/ BllEAKOOWN ESTIMATED UPON THE BABIB
£/
WORKS PROGRESS ADM INI STRATION
PROGRESS REPORT, J UNE 15, 1936
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
54
T
~
I LE
!I
EIIPLOYIIENT ON IPA PROJ ECTS, EIIEROENCV CONSERVATION WORK, AND PROJECTS OF OTHER AGE NC I ES BV STATES
EXCLUDI N~ AOUINISTRATIV E EMPLOYEES
IIEEKS [N!IINQ IIAY 2, MAY 16 ANO IIAY 30, 1936
NIAIBER OF' PERSONS EMPLOYED
OUR I NG IEEK ENO I NG MAY 2
ST•·•£
Lill.£
NO.
TOTAL
Iq
( 1)
(
(
(
(
(
(
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
lj
121
WPA
\3l
NWBER OF' PERSONS UIPLOYEr
OUR INC WEEK E,o I NC MAY, 30
NULIBCR OF' PERSONS EMPLOYED
Dl.ll INC IEEK END! NC MAY 16
EIIEROENCY
CONSERVATl ON IORK
!4 l
OTHER
AGENCIES
TOTAL
lj
IPA
!/.
l5l
EMERGENCY
CONSERVATION WORK
OTHER
AGENCIES
y
TOTAL
~
'""
Ela!JI QENCY
OTKR
CON;ERVA- ACEN Cl£ 6 L1,rE
No 1
Tl ON IC11 K
113)
!12)
y
!6l
11 l
!Bl
!9l
! 10)
3 ,448 . 7B5
2,417,165
411,900
619,720
3,396,B79
2,339, 74J
409,200
647,939
( 1)
~391,6~- 2,417,165
34,483
se.014
20,303
10,064
51,766
80,805
179,326
124,552
42,042
31,417
407,550
6,871
4,326
9,262
14,766
4,948
566.915
16,720
5,913
I 11 699
«l,008
5,677
3,342.~
56,43 1
20,222
50,439
176,999
40,001
2.339.al.42_
33,671
9,785
30,236
119,748
29,625
404 1 B~
6,827
4,317
9,198
14, 676
4,917
5'17.419
15,933
6,120
I 11 005
42,575
5,4511
( 2)
4,539
25,349
2,414
7,814
27,189
35,485
4.507
69!1
2,392
6,886
10,788
6,798
2,179
3,006
14,676
10,154
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
(II)
( 12}
(ii)
GRAND TOTAL
3,485,154
2,503,331
398,200
583,<23
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BV STATES
3 1 42B1 7B 1
56 1 B12
20,316
49,481
181,313
42, 979
2,503,33 1
35,908
10,209
29,171
129.676
32.446
393 1 B~
6,650
4,167
8,952
14,290
4,792
531,600
16,254
5,940
I 11 358
37,347
5,739
36,831
5,576
13,504
48,447
61,087
27,540
2,748
e, 190
25,179
37,61!1
4,381
679
2,376
6,693
I0,4116
4,901
2,149
2,938
16,575
12,978
!17,414
5,526
13,4511
49,136
59,100
27,414
2,!550
7,999
26,223
36,546
tN1
15,,41
2,2'711
2,392
6,937
10,864
!1,068
15,976
I 1,690
36,654
5,286
13,212
48,751
56,427
I0,393
176,445
76,561
25,499
38,098
2,870
19,475
7,487
5,961
6,296
4,326
23,656
I 11 372
9,278
11,453
16,616
216,696
91. 166
37,819
55,783
8,823
170,812
72, 132
22,670
37,436
2,934
20,IU
7,742
e, 164
6,~0
4,859
25,702
I 11 292
8,985
I 11 819
18,336
212,512
91,680
40,280
51,810
6,965
164,468
70,515
21,113
34,473
2,1126
20,035
7,690
6,123
6,'48 I
8,445
28,009
13,475
13,044
10,856
( 13)
(14)
( 15)
(16)
( 17)
51, 111!5
37,121
7,922
8 1 043
6,946
7,966
I 11 809
~,651
51,151
18,315
28,884
143,205
48,702
36,229
1.s54
15,375
117,424
12,363
6,621
2,647
4,248
12,742
8,586
8,301
a. 114
9,261
1s.039
j18,449
50,868
18,096
28,4167
138,060
47.599
35,901
7/359
15,320
112,520
12.275
6,579
2,629
4,224
12,647
8 1 575
8 1 388
e,1oe
8 1 923
12,893
(18)
112,70 1
74,256
14,269
10,868
9.926
13,922
2,614
13,916
12,568
9,315
16,761
9,978
107,979
75,208
46,918
101,194
24,521
78,223
48,1190
27,339
69,160
10,m
I-', 175
10,799
9,858
13,820
2 1 603
15,581
15,419
9,721
18,194
11.145
4,630
29,888
5,234
12,720
104,380
22,752
16,238
Z,340
7, 826
84,976
7,911
4,600
879
1,692
10,354
5,506
9,050
2,006
3,202
9,050
9,335
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CAL IF'ORNIA
COLORADO
( 3)
(
(
(
(
4)
5)
6)
7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
(II)
( 12)
CONrJECT I CUT
DELA~ARE
DISTRICT OF' COLUMBIA
rLORIDA
GEORGIA
(1 3)
(14)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
IDAHO
ILLlt1018
IND I ANA
KANSAS
17,589
219,576
95,420
40,738
'55,847
( 1e)
( 19 )
(20)
(21)
(22 )
KENTCCl< Y
LOUlfllANA
IIAHIE
IIARYLAND
IIASSACHUSET T6
71,047
51,576
1e.004
27,911
143,8~
15,822
I 19,752
I 1•940
6,412
2,560
4,123
12,289
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
IIICHIOAN
IIINNE80TA
lll881'8 1PPI
ll1880URI
UONTANA
I 15•21 I
73,418
46,616
104.559
23,732
1111, 732
53, 701!
27,744
74,775
12,348
13,796
10,511
9,594
13,432
Z,52.3
11 ,683
9,205
9,278
16,352
8,861
102,715
24,816
84,516
50,820
27,394
72,032
11,724
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
NEBRASKA
NEV.DJ.
N!:• HAWPSH l~E
NEW JERSEY
New MEXICO
30,860
5,594
12,329
106,500
22 1 55 I
18 1 125
2, 533
8,149
86,620
8,655
4,477
863
1,652
10,062
5, 332
e,2se
2,198
2,528
9,818
8,564
30,071
5,361
12,940
106,869
22,52:l
16,829
2,437
7,989
86,736
8,143
1,702
10,431
5,534
8,612
2,044
3,249
9,702
8 1 843
(33)
NEW YOR1< CITV
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
NEW' YOAK ( [XCL. N,Y,C.)
NORTH CAROL I NA
NoR'rH 0A~OTA
OHIO
2"2 ,306
149,850
60,716
18, 637
192,461
221,569
115,307
35,251
10,433
160,439
10,335
12,277
0, 736
4,633
17,374
10,402
22,266
16,729
3,571
14,648
238,6811
1412,505
58,996
18,830
191,83!5
216,928
109,428
34,160
9,199
156,910
10,751
12,668
9 , 02B
4,815
18,028
I 11 009
20,409
15,808
4,816
16,897
229, 107
140, 63 1
57,400
19,342
193,194
206,420
105,265
31,938
8,717
155,908
10,662
12, !l9 I
8,971
4,779
17, 890
12,025
22,775
16, 491
5, 846
19,496
(33)
(34)
(3!1)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(«l)
(41)
(42)
DKUHOIIA
OREQON
PENN8YLVANa.
RHODE l8LAN0
SOUTH CAROLI NA
72,940
29,634
286,575
18, 560
46,452
47,832
17,756
246,802
13,208
26,560
13,455
4,282
21,834
2,244
1.536
I 11 653
7,596
17,939
3,108
12,356
74,923
29,568
282,996
18,404
45.661
48,&49
16,852
239,688
12,730
25,579
13,986
4,395
22,621
2,329
7,794
12,088
8,321
20,687
3,345
12,288
eo,557
29,654
280,202
17,871
45. 134
54,503
15,914
234,520
12,285
24,967
13,894
4,376
22,458
2,311
7,741
12, 1~0
9,364
23 224
!l,'75
12,426
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42 )
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
19,976
60,182
143,805
17,957
10,045
11,271
38,498
BB, 142
12,423
5,991
3,620
9,005
21,426
2,526
1,911
5,085
12,679
34,237
3,008
2, 74!1
21,042
58,526
144,206
16,920
9,710
10,.533
36,224
84,154
10,910
4,564
3,759
9,302
22,214
2, !>98
1,95:l
6,750
13,000
37,838
3,412
3,196
20,935
59 ,22:l
141,913
16,849
9,468
10,076
36,446
BZ,598
10,601
4,140
3,739
9,241
22,050
2,585
1,944
7,120
13, 531
37,265
3,663
3,384
(43)
(44)
(48)
VIRQl~I,
IA8HINgTON
'ICST VIRQINIA
IISCDNSIN
55,783
53,123
61,226
78,411
8,868
29,770
32,804
48,377
56,954
4,096
10, 081
6, 014
8,167
I 1,990
1,273
15,932
14,305
4,682
9,467
3,499
57,598
41l,630
60,452
78,813
8 1 51 I
27,853
29,658
46,833
54,950
3,333
10,-402
6,208
8,449
12,392.
1,312
19,343
13, 7C4
5,170
I 1,471
3,866
54,987
47,393
58,729
78,088
0, 161
V,129
27,454
44,824
51,820
2,959
10,338
6,173
8,391
12,313
1,307
16,920
13,766
5,514
13,955
3,895
4 .350
362
1,483
38,055
270
2,160
587
34,228
810
49. 145
6117
1,842
4.350
362
1,483
38,795
325
2,359
2,266
239
34,772
891
'43,006
695
3,859
327
37,089
1,036
13,968
14,010
14,010
I 11 864
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
IOWA
Vl!JIMONT
WYOtllNQ
(53)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BV
TERR I TOR I ES
(54)
(55)
ALA8KA
HAWAII
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
(56)
(57)
(58)
('9)
PuERTO Arco
VIRGIN ISLANDS
TOTAL NOT DI STR I BUT ED ev
STATES OR TERRITORIES
y
e.49e
42.405
632
3,643
587
36,484
1,049
2,266
239
13,968
Dou NOT IHCLUO[ RURAL A!HAIILITATION CA8E8
Of'
◄e.635
880
448
448
37,038
1,130
( 19)
(20)
(21)
f22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(24)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(45 )
(46)
(47)
(48)
(41 )
(5')
(51 )
(52)
4.350
362
1,483
~ (S1 )
2,266
2311
(~7)
THE RUtTTUIIINT AOIIIIIIITRATIOII .
IORKS l'ROORESS AIIIINISTRATION
PROGRESS 11:PORT, JUNE 15, 19811
333
2,376
327
34, 823
797
11,864
(!J4)
( 5!1)
'56 )
·•~)
55
f A B L E
4
EMPLO YMENT ON WOR K PROJECT S or AG ENC I ES OTH ER THAN CCC ANO I PA BY S TAT ES
EXCLUOINO AOMINl$TRAT IVE EMPLOYEE&
IEEK ENOINO NAY 30,
1936
DEPARTMENT or AORIC ULTURI!:
ENT OUOLOOY
STATE
LINE
No.
ANO PLANT
F"OREST
PU BLIC
QUARANT I ~E
SERVICE
ROADS
SERVICE
OTHER
TOTAL
Cl!:N&U8
OTHER
LINE
No.
(3 l
(4l
(5)
(6l
(7)
(8)
(9l
( 10)
!•I)
GRANO TOTAL
647,939
294,428
23,067
19, 9 18
222,290
26,965
2,1 88
10,093
9,799
294
1)
TOTAL DISrnlBUTED BY STATES
ALAe.u,A
597,419
15,933
6,120
I 11 005
42,575
5 1 459
290. 563
7,147
4,819
6,16!
13,049
3, 5 17
23,067
53
276
146
1,403
267
19.894
403
384
221,644
6,085
2,244
4,200
8,350
1, 998
23, 770
2,188
9. 799
65
17
31
383
39
~
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
573
10 ,039
65
17
31
383
39
6,798
2,179
3,006
14,676
10,154
2,050
1,on
855
3,237
2,914
1,019
9
51
369
32
191
535
245
766
11 2
20
114
103
74
11 2
20
84
103
74
7,717
3,564
327
194
349
13
287
114
185
79
13
287
114
185
79
( 13)
(14)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
81
44
2B
97
236
81
44
28
97
236
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
301
99
28
2,935
23
301
28
2,935
23
(23)
(24)
(25)
('26)
(27)
69
10
18
315
86
69
10
18
31 5
15
(28)
(29)
(30 )
(31)
(32)
430
430
270
108
42
258
( I)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
TOTAL
12 l
' I)
(
(
(
(
(
(
GR ANO
TOTAL At_
llCPARTMENT or COMMERCE
SOIL
CONSCR VAT ICN
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 8)
( 9)
CONNECT I CUT
DELAWARE
( IC)
DIETRICT or CO LUMB I A
F"LOR IOA
GEORGI•
( II J
( 12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INOljNA
lo••
KANSA6
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
415
15,581
15,419
9,721
10,194
11,145
9,590
101 01 I
5,989
9,757
5,979
748
553
497
76
374
327
0, 152
8,sn
4,751
!!,608
5,175
137
183
I, 130
58 1
9,050
2,006
3,202
9,050
9,335
6,004
1,697
2,417
2,400
5,508
195
470
75
317
2
457
51 JOO
1,380
965
1,898
3,258
313
242
I, 793
12,025
22,ns
16,491
5,846
19,496
10,~78
9,553
4,261
6,997
2
8,613
6,797
2,397
5 1 985
351
1,904
178
46B
2
643
128
42
25B
6,828
5 1 360
9,453
1,429
3,528
83
109
5,100
3,645
6,662
1,280
2,300
1,317
196
429
RHODE I SLANO
SOUTH CAROLI NA
12,160
9,364
23,224
3,275
12,426
34
,, 768
65
26
50
34
,, 768
65
26
SOUT H DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
7,120
13, 53 I
37,265
3,663
3,3'l4
5,361
4,728
24,566
2,652
3,297
4,126
4,099
21,900
1,B00
1,808
529
1, ◄3B
659
347
312
534
51
36
96
336
16
21
36
96
217
16
21
VIRGINIA
16,920
13,766
5,514
13,955
3,895
9,501
◄, 716
2,417
7,659
2,429
520
248
373
950
12
525
1,093
299
670
287
7,955
3,060
1,646
5,842
1,635
73
73
59
B5
228
12
38,656
333
2,376
327
34,823
797
~
15
~
15
~
11,864
3,195
MIC HIGAN
MISS ISSI PP I
IIIBSOURI
lloNUNA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
Nt• HAMP SH IR;:
Nt• JrnsEv
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YOR~ ( EXCL. N. Y.r,.)
NoRTH CAROLI NA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
Ol<LAHOUA
CIREOON
PENNSYLVANIA
(◄5)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
IABHINOTON
IEST VIRGINIA
lfSCONSIN
IYOMINO
(53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
TOTAL DI STA I BUT ED BY TERR I TOR I ES
(119)
TOTAL NOT 171 STR I BUT EC BY
STATES OR TERR I TOR I ES
ALASKA
HAWAII
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
PuERTO RICO
VIRQIN IILANOe
!/
6
530
3,417
4, 5 50
3, 5 16
556
1,497
IIIN>ESOT A
(43)
(44)
41
36B
201
583
481
67
3'4
3
IIASSACHUSETTS
(33)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
93
96
580
2,650
10,271
7,051
7,281
6,797
244
5
6
70
834
54
I, 190
IIA RYLANO
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
7,539
B,31!;
7,907
1,462
171
1,022
1,077
823
2,506
1,239
18
4,319
6,042
4,386
831
2,687
MAIN~
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
I I, 137
2,552
679
1,915
1,21 3
726
8, 575
8,388
8,100
8,923
12,893
KENTUCKY
LOUIS! •NA
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
B1 445
2B,009
13,475
13,044
101 B56
604
&06
754
5
194
300
I, 135
345
,, 712
176
684
86
9'57
◄36
108
27◄
411
,, 162
160
2,202
149
165
47
2B2
149
646
n4
2
218
?:70
50
954
1,709
241
501
315
99
197
495
496
n
59
85
228
12
54
54
3,195
( CONTINUED ON NE XT PAGE)
6
155
9
DOES NOT INCLUDE RURAL REHABILITATION CASES or THE RESETTLDIENT AOMl.'fl3TRAT ION.
27
in
646
9
58 1
( 5)
( 6)
7)
30
99
71
20
( B)
( 9)
( 10)
(11)
( 12)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(3B)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
119
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
11
54
(53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(59)
613
T A B L E
4 (CONTINUEO)
EMPLOYMENT ON IORK PROJECTS OF AGENCIES OTHER THAN CCC AND IPA BY STATES
El<CLUDI NO ADIIINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES
IEEK ENDI NQ MAY 30,
DEPARTMENT
DCPARTIIENT OF THE INTERIOR
RECLAOfflCI!'. OF
STATE
LINC
1936
OE,ARTMENT
NO,
GRANO TOTAL
( 1)
(
(
(
(
(
(
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY STATES
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
(11)
( 12)
(
(
(
(
(
CONNECT I CUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEOROIA
37,298
1,026
15,462
151,844
5,961
145,883
63,520
( 1)
12,051
22
394
187
2,245
22
30
187
122
34
7,835
.!..21.!.
1,026
30
15,462
5,653
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
2,850
144,901
2, 51)4
256
1,364
8,697
1,239
63, 520
36
150,554
2,618
256
1,364
8 1 697
1,239
4,128
533
136
2,222
3,363
57
4,071
533
356
467
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
1,643
3,363
4,654
2,868
(II)
337
12,974
4, 183
4,389
2,254
139
1,085
1,49 1
134
26
( 13)
( 14)
378
2,542
636
190
2,594
5, 610
970
589
1,409
3, 969
( 18 )
( 19 )
( 20 )
(21)
(22)
1,428
40
6
3
130
19
28
1,239
67
6
66
5
36
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
121
29
121
4
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
IIICHlaAN
MINNESOTA
lll8SISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
8
95
184
32
182
8
3
27
32
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
NEBR ABK A
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
41
25
10
19
347
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
NEIi YORK CITY
NEW YORK ( EXCL, "· y , c .)
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
78
151
68
321
(38)
(39)
Ok LAHOMA
(42)
(43)
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
(48)
VIRCI NIA
IIASHINGTON
IEST VIRGINIA
II 6CON8 IN
IYOMING
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
8
2
2
I
35
28
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY JERRI TORIES
(55)
HAWAII
(56)
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
PUERTO RICO
VIRGI• 18LAN06
34,676
565
(58)
TOTAL NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES
ti
66
76
6
196
4
3
I
60
552
186
3,no
234
2
36
115
I
321
67
496
133
25
6
3
999
.!
16
13
80
6
108
21
23
1,669
643
62
14
35,327
86
§/
34,616
El
4
565
ALASKA ROAD COMMIHION 0
El
PuERTO RICO RECON8TRUCTI ON ADMI NI STRATI O~
TEMP08ARY 80V£RNIIENT OF VIRGIN 18LAN>lo
1,987
271
254
3,517
620
1,987
271
254
3,032
620
810
(28)
( 29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
5,932
7,141
603
4,513
9,810
755
39
32
38
Q/
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
(23)
( 24)
2,533
2,490
6,152
836
4,260
1,092
44
1,216
( 12)
739
1,069
1, 395
1, 158
1, 754
7
31
4,072
443
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
3,737
3,681
1,967
3,642
274
642
8 1 970
251
33
17
136
579
4,392
66
2, 718
3 14
3 14
3,737
3,681
1,967
3,642
274
2
68
114
125
500
75
190
2/:J.)4
6,246
24
485
402
264
5,530
6,877
4,540
777
8 1 193
147
2,386
2,490
5,907
836
3,805
4,540
642
245
455
299
10
603
4,214
9,800
755
502
662
6 34
2,508
192
316
1,290
178
747
~
138
227
138
170
2,868
3,399
1,335
2,192
192
~
("27)
(33 )
2, 770
1,966
789
2, 1~
(94)
(35 )
1, 204
(38)
1, 038
2,77 1
(39)
(40)
(36)
(37)
832
(41)
3, 2 17
(42)
868
3, 8 81
447
93
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
39
2,868
3,399
1,335
(25)
(26)
2, 4.'iO
3 18
7 52
3, 043
239
( 48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
( 53 )
178
747
( 54 )
( 5 5)
57
( 56)
(57 )
(58 )
( ~)
66
DOES NOT INCLUDE RURAL REHAB I LI TAT I ON CA8£6,
§/
Q/
150
146
27
2
3
35,331
86
4
(57)
10
13
252
146
532
93
3
ALA8KA
28
4
25
26
35
9
6
17
337
13,417
4,183
4,389
2,254
2,920
8
99
108
2,133
70
41
26
(54)
297
4
92
157
164
195
-46
8
17
15
29
691
247
125
4,169
31
114
1,023
358
217
8
MAINE
(41)
248
I
34
224
20
22
(:19)
90
269
15
20
30
(53)
274
I
3
94
19
28
MARYLAND
MAS BACHUS ETTB
(40)
LINE
NO
7,901
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
"-
2,249
KANSAS
IOWA
,[ NT
47,~
224
269
15
8
19
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
IND I ANA
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
RUETT
PUBL I C WORKS ADM I NI STR ATI ON
NON--fEOER AL ADMI Nl8
DIVIS I ON
TI ON
II
10
(CONCLUDED OH NCXT PAGC)
67
1 A B L E
(COHOLUDD)
4
EMPLOYMENT ON IORK PRO JECTS Of AG[NC IES OTHER THAN CCC AND IPA BY STATES
ExCLUDINQ AOIIINl6TRATIVC [11PLOYEE8
l[[K
DEPARTIIENT
STATE
LINE
NO,
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
'tl
!Sl
GRANO TOTAL
288
8 1 283
TOTAL OISTR IBUTEO BY STATES
ALABAMA
ARIZCNA
ARKANSAS
CALU-MH IA
COLORADO
~
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
or
( IS)
( 14)
(15)
( 16)
( 17)
IDAHO
IUI NO IG
INDIAt<A
IOU
KANSAS
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
KENTUCKY
LOUISIAl,/A
MAINE
IIARYLAND
IIASSACHU8CTT6
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
UIC><"AN
Mltl~ESOTA
l!ISEIS&IN>I
IIIS80URI
IIONTANA
(28)
NEBRASKA
NEV ADA
NEW HAMP8H I RC
NEW JERSEY
(II)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
NEW YORK CITY
New YORK ( ExcL. N. Y.c.)
NORTH CAROLIIIA
NoRTP DAKOTA
OHIO
(36)
(37)
( 38 )
( 39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
0KLAH041A
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHOOC 18LAN0
('43)
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERIIONT
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
VIP. <.l• IA
(49)
(50)
WASH INQTON
IEST VIPOIHIA
II 6CON81~
IYOUI NO
(51)
(52)
( 56)
(57)
(58)
(59)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY TERRITORIES
ALASKA
HAWAI I
PANAIIA CANAL ZONE
PuERTO RI CO
VIJtCIN IILANDS
TOTAL NOT DI STR I BUTEO BY
STATES OR TERR tTORIES
y
u
ALLEY DwELLINO AUTHORITY.
LIERARY or CONQRCH,
TOTAL
!9l
!Bl
!71
0,
ENOINECR8
TRAT ION
61:RXICI
CORPS
QUARTERIIAITIR
CORPI
OTHER
'101
! II l
LIii[
No
3,427
2,239
2,617
,, 124
54,129
41,004
13,125
294
( I)
0,278
49
3,427
10
2,?.39
38
2.612
~
32.401
59
.!.!..&!2.
.?.2!
( 2)
( 3)
II
II
270
12
44.220
t, 538
568
424
15,3311
288
71
34
8
116
135
74
I
72
107
48
161
10
255
14,581
',"79
568
169
( 4)
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
~
288
( 8)
64
16
4
37
41
4
79
94
64
20
46
8
33
616
40
13
15
296
30
129
201
10
7
25
109
23
1,079
20
1,0~5
4,015
752
4,015
568
S7
1,035
14y°
( 9)
( 10)
( II)
( 12)
184
( 13)
6
116
15
71
23
408
110
135
90
75
5
15
23
879
198
962
147
171
86
732
57
59
4
356
208
147
9
9
90
94
(14)
656
24
841
24
185
436
14
422
t,565
1,211
354
1,972
190
I, 125
1,972
139
208
46
106
286
106
285
2,929
2,917
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21;
(22)
47
47
70
1,090
120
35
, 23
124)
, 25)
93
208
\ ~6)
(~7)
12
i 28 )
46
, c9 )
,:!l )
18
303
9
141
982
330
13
660
101
3
67
69
131
95
9
1,222
2,1::11
253
98
10
445
1,274
65
22
150
47
20
'9
Souni CAROLI NA
(44)
Ol'HER
15
52
52
NE• IIEx IOC
(33)
(34)
(35)
(53)
Q
14
IAR DCPARTIICNT
VETERANS'
ADMHIII-
!6l
80
( 12)
THC TAEAIURY
PUBLIC
HEALTH
19311
!5l
22
COLU.. BI#
or
INTERNAL
Rl:VCNUIC
!4l
~
CONNECTICUT
OCLAWAR[
DISTRICT
fLORIDA
GEOROII.
(54)
(55)
TOTAL
121
( 1)
(
(
(
(
(
(
RURAL EucTRll"IOATIDN
ADIi I~, I ITRAT I (Ill
[NDl~O IIAY 30 1
515
284
29
43
29
7
625
19
3n
127
104
33
189
3
59
12
7
762
152
1,201
49
146
21
112
,, 194
55
7
7
2,118
835
( ~I)
1,222
13
445
439
65
(32)
280
U
22
15C
116
152
646
643
564
49
146
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
16
23
217
43
2
105
132
2
103
23
70
4
126
39
109
II
21
2
7
13
85
56
60
16
2
88
185
330
829
15
271
15
,, 194
(44)
(45)
II
?. I
(46)
(47)
19:,
(40)
118
39
(49)
112
212
790
15
(9'.>)
(51)
(52)
1
5
1
1.306
1,306
979
327
979
327
(53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
5
8,603
8,603
WORKS PROGRESS AOMI NISTRAT ION
PROGRESS REPORT, JUNE 151 1936
(59)
58
TABLE
PRESIOCNTIAL ALLOCATIONS fOR THE
iro~s
5
PROGRAM BY AGENCIES
u
THROUGH MAV 29 1 1936
ALLOCATED rQ R
LIN[
NO
( 1)
( 2)
( 3)
AaENCY
(
(
(
(
(
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS
3
247,289
3,000
12, 769, 198
4,066
H,827 ,500
40,493
491,000,000
GENERAL 1\ 0 \\1 'd S TRA Tl VE EXPO-SES
120,000
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28 )
(30 )
COM VERCE
DEPAR TMENT
AIR COMUERCE
CENSUS
fUHERl ~S
h OUSTRI AL ECONO MI :s
Ll lHTt<OUSCS
5 H NOAR08
GENER AL Ao ~I NtSTRAT IV[ EXPENSES
( 31)
COORDI NATOR FOR INOUSTR IAL COOPERATION
(32)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION IKlRK
(33)
FARM CRtDI T ADMINISTRATION
(34)
fEOERAL £t,tE RQENCY Ra l £F AOII I NI TRATION
(35)
U.S . 0.\PLOYEES' CO MPENSATION COIIMISSION
(36)
GENERAL ACCO UN TING Off ICE
(37)
(38)
OEPARTllENT OF" T~E INTERIOR
ALASkA ROAO CO"" I 86 I 0t,
BITUII HIOl.$ COAL COMM I S61 ON
Orf'ICE or EOUCATIO•
GEOLOOI CAL SURVEY
Orn ~c or 1~0 1•~ ArrAIRS
NATI O~A L PARK SERVICE
PUERT O RICO RCCONST RUCTICN AD MINISTRATION
S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIOtJ
or
ST. EL I ZABETH& HOBPITAL
(48 )
GEtl ER AL Ao ~HII STAATIVE EXPENSES
U
y
£/
572,500
RURAL
8 1 847,944
801 582 1 c,44
200,000
8, 231, 948
155 , 996
100,000
20,000
75,000
"65,000
8,231,948
1Sc,996
100,000
20,000
75,000
120,000
·,22)
265 .000
200,000
(23)
(24)
( 25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29 .]
65,000 .
(30)
40,000
( 31 )
188,501
604,409,000
10,490,625
rl£LI [F' APPROPRIJ.TI CN AC T Of"
1935,
THE
3500 1 000,0CX>
15,000
1,625,000
1,463,Sfl9
922,000,000
(34)
17,210,000
(35)
(36)
818,139
I NCLUD ES T ►IC 84, 000 1 000,000 DIRECTLY APPROPR I STEO BY THE U.1:0GENCY
TRAN6F'ERREO f"AOU UN[XPt:NDEO BALANCE& OF
or
PREVI OlS APPROPAIAT IONS.
GRANTS TO STATES, roR AEL1Er PURPOSED PRI OR TC THE PASSAGE
or
R.
F. C.
F'Ut..a S, ANO
AL THOUQH UNOBLIOAT ED
THC EMtRGE!<CV Ra1cr APPROPPIATION ACT o, 1935 .
(C ON CLlClEO ON NEXT PAOC)
482 ,500
(37)
(36 )
( 39)
(40)
(41 )
( 42)
( 43 )
(,i,;;
(45 )
(46)
(41)
IALA"JCU F'ROU PREVf C~S APPROPRIATIONS ARE BEl~O TRANSF" ERR [ O F"OR T l-'[ PURPOSES OF" TH I S AcT, THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE WILL 8[ LES S TH AN
THE 1380,000,000 'c1 .lHDRIZEO TO 8[ TAAN&F'ERR[D 1 LARG ELY BEC AUS E IT WA S NECESSAR Y TO USE $292,000,000, ORIGINALLY INTD-IOEO F OR
rOR
(33)
6, n,o,ooo
434,1500
S1 72 , 199, 143 or THE $380,000,000 AUTSORI HO TO e E TRAN8HAREO rROM BALANCES
TAANSrER
3 5, 000,000
104,913
1,396,750
1,502,425
32,152,380
65,020,000
9,453
COMP ENS ATICN F u N01 AN D REvOL V II\ O FuNO FOR Pu~C~ASE OF' MAT( P IJ.LS ANO SU PP LI CE- .
AUTHOR li ED TO 9 [
(32)
7 . 232 , SOQ
103,222 .932
671,500
70,583
1,860,328
11 4 ,377 .160
671 ,500
70,583
1,860,328
104, 913
1,894, 250
8,252 ,425
33,777,380
66,483 , 589
9, 4 53
434, 600
81 8 , 139
THE 14,67 ~ 1 4 3 AY•ILABLE r0R ALLOCATION ON MAY <!l, 1936
734,750
5,000,000
5, 000, 000
1
( 18)
(21)
190,194
17,210,000
E'MPLOY[E6
(1 5 )
( 16)
(17)
932, 4 90,62 5
LANO PURCHASE,
( 12)
(14)
8,621,865
470,000
2,500,000
• 35,000, 000
REHABILITATfON,
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(13)
8A8EO UPON WARRANTS ISSLED BY TREASURY•
RELI EF',
11 , 125 ,000
2 , 000, ')()()
605,332,2 51
ISLANDS
500,000
(10)
(11)
40, 000
RECLAl.1 AT I O~
TC1r,1P0RARY GOVERNMENT Of" VI RGI r,
·216,590
( 20)
u.
(45)
( 46 )
( 47 )
( 6)
n , 120
(22)
(43)
(44 )
( 5)
17,1 28
~90, 194
(41)
13. 625.000
(1~)
ALLEY OWELLl~G AUTHORITY
(42)
( 4)
6,089, 620
(21)
(39)
81, 157,373,100
6,089,6<0
ADVISORY CQIJ'II TTEE ON ALL0111ENTS
(40)
$189,292,366
?, 000, ?:lO
(20)
(29)
4
1,046,000
3, 000
12,769, 198
4,066
25, 525,000
40,493
499 ,621, 136 5
4 70, 000
21,106 ,116
17,554
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
WEAT HER euREAJ
II SO ER0810N CONTROL
ALLOCA TED rOA
OTHER PURPOSES 8/
5
EXPENSES
( 1)
( 2)
( 3)
9 63 ,879
o,-,., c[
Aow1:. I S TRA TI VE
£/
537 ,568 I 367
7,151
81 OLOQI ~AL SURVEY
DAI RY INOU8 TRY
ENTOMOLOQY ANO PL ANT QUARANTINE
EX TENS I ON SERVI : E
fOR~ST SERVI :E
PLANT I NOUSTRY
PUBLIC ROADS
StCRETAAV 1 ..i
2
569,663 , 942
7,151
1 ,046,000
ANIIIAL INOU8TRY
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
fORK PROJECTS
'3,300,245,593
AGRIC ULTURA L ENQl~ EERINO
(13)
ALLOCATt ON8
$4,646,911,059
OEPAR TII EN T Of AGRICULTURE
(10)
(11)
( 12 )
ALLOCATED ,-OR
$4,880,000,000
4,672,199,1 43
25,288,084
TO TAL Al'P~OPRI ATI ON
TOTAL AVAILABLE rOR PRESIODHI.._ ALLOCATION
lJNALLOCATCO BY THE ~ESIOENT
( 4)
TOTAL
(49 )
69
l A 8 L [
5
(C ONCL•DC D)
PRESI OENTIAL ALLOCATICf.S roR THE WORKS PROGRAM BY AGENCIES
ij
rHIIOUGH MAY 29, 193&
AGOOCY
LINC
No,
TOTAi.
ALLOCATI OH8
2
( 1)
(
(
(
(
(
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
OEPARlllENT or JUS 1 I CE
OEPARIUENT or LABOR
U,S, EMPLOYMENT SERVI CE
IMMIGRATICIN ANO NATURALIUTIOH SERVICC
Scc~£T ARY' a Ol"rl CE
GOOEAAL AOMIHl&TAATIVE EXP£ .. £&
ALLOCA TED l"OII
IOA• PAOJECTe
3
ALLOCA HO l"OA
AOMl~l8TAATI VI
[XPEN6E8
4
ALLOCATED FOR
OTHER Pu11P08E6
5
8/
( 1)
I 857,309
J 857,309
1?, 48Z 814
11 ,803,'I01
175, 7!52
495,482
8,179
I 1 1 067 1 459
251,500
251,SOO
a-,, 101
(
(
(
(
(
11,415,355
10,911,694
175 ,752
495,482
8,179
\ 7)
LI SRARI' or CONGRESS
( 8)
NATI ONAL EIIE ROENCY CO\J'ICIL
( 9)
NA 1 IONAL RESOURCES COMM I T Tt:E
(10)
(11)
(12)
DEPARTOCNT Of THE NAVY
YAAOS ANO Ooc. .
0DOCAAL AOMINl8TAATIYE EXPEN& U
(13)
PRISON INOUSTRIES REORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION
(14)
(15)
(16)
P.UBLIC IORKS ADIIINISTRATION
Hou&IHO DIYUION
N0~£0 £11AL 01\'1610N
446. 129.246
101,373, 05:l
344,756, 196
446,129.246
101,373,050
344,756, 196
( 17)
RESETTLEMENT ADIi i N18TRA Tl <JI
226,400,000
34,365,000
( 18)
REVOLVING ruNO FOR PURCHASE or
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
LIN£
No,
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
( 7)
1,596,959
1,596,959
( 8)
982,764
982,764
( 9)
243,615
228,615
15,000
(10)
(11)
(12)
16,801.176
16,786,176
15,000
16,557 I 561
16,557,561
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
34,950,000
I 157,085,000
(17)
4,000,000
(18)
4,000,000
(19)
RURAL ELECIRlflCATION ADMINISTRATION
14,890,812
14,176,812
714,000
(19)
(20 ➔
39.335.215
4,850,9!50
3,671,588
543,5&<.
2,750,000
819,092
26,100,001
12,635.214
4,850,950
3,671,588
543,584
2,750,000
819,092
35. 100,001
(24)
(25)
(26)
OEPARTMENT Of THE TREASURY
U,S, COAST GUARD
I NHANAL REVEN UC
PROCUREMEN T DI Vl&I ON
PU8LI C HEALTH SERVI CC
S[CR£TARY 1 6 Orncc
GOO CAAL AOIIINIITAATI VE ExPEN8£8
26,700,001
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
V£TERANS' ADM IN IS TRAT I QI
1,238,350
1,218,120
Z0,230
(Z7 )
(28)
IAR DEPARTMENT
COIIPI or E>tOINHRI
0UARTCRMA8TEA CORPII
GENERAL AOMIHl8TAATIVt EXP018£8
1:4:4,204,985
129,287,966
14,722,7ell
194,254
142.618.500
128,027,116
14,591,384
1 I 100 •.63:i
775,000
131, 3ll1
194,254
1.449.35?, 74;4
45,081,268
1,<!04,~1,476
1.ln.252 1 744
43,581,268
1,333,671,476
72.100.000
(21)
(22)
(Z3)
(29)
( 30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
( 34 )
WORKS PROGRESS AOMI NISTRAIION
NATI OHAL YOU TH AOMINl6TRATICN
Sun fOA• P!lou•..,
!/
!!I
~
'485,ll50
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
1,500,000
70,600,000
e. . co UPON 9AARANT8 IHUIJ) SY IIIEA9UR\',
Rn.le,., llJRAL REHASILITATION, LANO PUIICHAeE, E""LOY[E9 1 COIIPlt<UTION fUNO,AND RcvOLVIHQ fuNO l"OR PURCHASE Ol" MATERIALS ANO SUPPLIES.
IORKS PROGRESS ADIi i NI S TRA T I ON
PROGRESS REPORT, JUNE 15, 1936
60
A 8 l E
6
PR ESIDENTIAL ALLOCAT I ONS ANO EMPLOYMENT ON I CJIK PROJEC TS BY AG ENC IES
E•
AOENCY
No 1
(1)
( 1)
GR ANO TOTAL
( 2)
WOR KS PROGRESS ADMI NISTRATI ON
( 3)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATI ON WORK
( 4)
OTHER AGENCI ES
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
DEPARTMENT or AOR I CULTURE
ENTOUOLOOY ANO PLANT QUARANTINE
f OREST SERVI CE
PUBLIC ROADS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
OTHER
( 11)
ALLEY DwELL INO AuTHOR ln
(12)
( 13)
(14)
DEPARTMENT •r C1uuERCE
CEN8U8
OTHER
( 15 )
( 16)
DEPARTMENT or THE INTER IOR
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCT ION ADMINISTRATION
(17)
REC I.AMAT I ON
(18 )
OTHER
IIAV 1936
PRES I DENTIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR WORK PROJECTS
THaouaH 11av z11, 1936
( EXC LUDlNG ADMlN lSTRATIVE EXPE NSES)
PERCENT
or TOTAL
AMOUNT
(3)
(2)
LINE
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
o,-
Y
EMPLOYMENT ON WORK PR OJECTS
OUIIINO IEEK OiD INQ IIAV JO, 19'6
f ExCLUDINO ADMINISTR ATI VE EMPLOYEES}
PERCENT
NUMBER or
PERSONS
or TOTAL
(4 )
(5)
LIN[
No1
$3, 300,245,593
100, 00
3,396,879
100.00
( 1)
1 ,3n , 252, 744
41,73
2,339 ,740
68, 88
( 2)
604,409 1 000
18.32
409,200
'12,05
( 3)
1,31S.583,849
39.95
647, 939
19.07
( 4)
537 ,568, 367
12 , 769,1 98
13,827,500
491,000,000
18,606,1 16
1,365,553
16.29
0 ,39
0, 42
0.04
294 , 42fl
23,067
19,918
222 , 290
26 , 965
2 ,1 88
~
0,68
o. 59
6 ,54
o. 79
0.01
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
190,194
0, 01
14
8,582 , 944
8,231, 948
350,996
~
0. 25
0.01
10 , 093
9 ,799
2 94
.hlQ
103,222 , 932
32 ,1 52,380
65 ,020,000
6,050,552
1ill.
0 , 97
1, 97
0 ,1 8
47 , 448
34, 676
7 , 901
4,871
2.ill
1,02
0, 2~
0 ,14
( 15 )
(16)
(17)
( 18)
14.88
o.56
y
0 , 29
o.o,
(11)
(12)
( 13)
( 14)
(19 )
0£PART MENT
LABOR
1,067 ,459
0 ,03
1,026
0,03
(1 9)
(20)
LI BRARY or CoNORESB
251,500
0.01
280
0 , 01
(20 )
(21)
DEPARTMENT o,- TH E NAVY
VAROS AND DOCKS
16. 557 , 561
16, 557 , 561
~
0,50
15,462
15,462
~
0 , 46
(~2)
(22)
0,-
4, 47
(21)
(24 )
(25)
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINIS TRAT I ON
HOUSING DIVISION
NOIM°EDERAL D1v1a10N
446,129 , 246
101 , 373 ,oso
344,756, 196
13, 52
3. 07
10 .45
151,844
s ,961
145 , 883
o. 18
4, 29
(23 )
(24)
( 25 )
(26 )
RES ETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION
34,365,000
1,04
63 , 520
1 , 87
(26)
(27)
RURAL ELECTRIFI CATION ADMI NISTRATION
14, 176,812
0 , 43
288
0, 01
(2 7 )
(28)
(29)
(30)
DEPARTMENT or THE TRE ASURY
INTERNAL REYINUE
12 ,635,21 4
3,671 ,588
2,750, 000
6,213,626
.Q.ill
o, 19
8 , 283
3,427
2 , 2 39
2 , 617
~
0 .1 0
0 , 06
0 ,08
(28 )
(29·)
( 30 )
( 31)
1,210,120
o.04
1,124
0 , 03
( 32 )
142 , 618,500
120,021,116
14,591 , 384
.iill
54 , 129
41,004
13,1 25
.!ill
( 33)
( 34)
( 35 )
(23 )
Pua&.IC IICALTH S<YICI:
( 31)
OTHER
(32)
( 33)
( 34)
(35 )
I AR DEPAIITUENT
CORP8
or
ENOINEEAI
QUARTERMASTER CORPI
y
_y
o. 11
0 , 08
3. 00
0 , 44
IIMEO UPON WARRANTS ISSUED a v TREASURY,
Les a THAN o.005 .PEIICl!:NT,
WORKS PROGRESS ADM INISTR ATI ON
PROGRESS REPORT, J uNt 15 1 1936
1 , 21
0 , 38
61
TA8 L £
1
PRESIDENTIAL ALLOCAT 10NS TO WPA BY ACT LIMITATI ONS AND BY STA TES
lj
THROUGH MAY 29 1 1936
IT EMS NOT I NCLUOEO
IN SPECIF I C
LIMITATIONS
6
ASSISTANCE FOR
EouCA TI ONA L,
Ere •• PERSONS
3
LOANS OR GRANTS
TO STATES 1 Erc 1
4
SAN ITATI ON, Er e .
$1 , 449,352 , 744
$94,467,657
$1,251 , 497,597
$21,977,527
$81,409, 963
14,500
800
2 , 700
163 , 727
18, 673
15,452,692
4,584,000
12 ,117,137
68, 960,000
16 , 776, 000
635,600
107,308
375,000
CALlrORNIA
COLORADO
16,210,100
4, 959, 800
13,157,169
70,059,667
17, 063 , 531
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
( 11 )
CONNECT I CUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT or Co LU'1B IA
f LORIOA
G{oRGIA
13,402 , 941
1 , 547 , 600
4,465, 000
13,631 , 200
17 , 390 , 320
7,636
500
10, 000
70 , 500
13,1 53 , 000
1, 317,000
4,266 , 634
11 I 704 1 000
16 , 063 , 000
( 12)
( 13 )
( 14 )
(15)
(16)
IOAHO
ILL INO IS
IND I ANA
4, 650, 025
85 , 296 , 000
39 , 809 , 639
11, 976 , 225
15 , 211, 100
225
49, 000
75 , 312
1,000
1,400
16,731,819
16 , 811,636
4 , 645,000
10,276,900
47,888,900
1,700
8 , 376
LINE
No 1
STATE
( 1)
TOTAL
(
(
(
(
(
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
(17)
(18 )
( 19 )
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(2 5 )
(26)
(27)
(2 8)
(29)
(30)
( 31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35 )
(36)
( 37 )
(38)
(39 )
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43 )
(44)
( 45 )
(46 )
TOTA L
2
ALA BAIAA
AR IZONA
ARKANS AS
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOU IS IANA
MA INE
r.'ARVLANO
IIAS SAC HUSE TTS
800
4 , 900
44 , 960 , 600
29, 721 , 400
10 , 398 , 838
31 , 042 , 700
7, 287 , 700
368,288
23, 000
9 , 089 , 800
1 ,1 77 , 450
3,1 98 , 600
45 , 245, 569
5 ,2 78,330
1,000
New YORK CITY
New YORK STATE (ExcL. N. v . c . )
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OH IO
196,122,131
56 , 268 , 800
10 , 652 ,497
5, 006 , 700
87,1 04,698
5,883,402
OKLAHOMA
24 , 335 , 224
a , 756,600
124,023, 144
6,379,500
6 1 773 1 650
U t CHIGAN
"1 1NN ESO TA
MISS ISS I PPJ
MISS OUR I
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEVI HAMPSHIRE
New JERSEY
NEW MEX I CO
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLIN A
10, 000
1,000
3, 600
600
151, 979
145, 830
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
5,777,780
14,649, 648
32 ,071, 401
6,614,483
1,832,000
VIRGINIA
17,000
1,600
2,000
87,375,349
(47)
(48)
(49)
WASHINGTON
(so )
WISCONSI N
(51 )
IYOIIING
10,760,934
16,039,988
19,716,200
29,934,277
2,552,553
(52J
Nor AL LO CATED TO STA TES
97,294,957
(53)
ADMINISTRATIVE
72,100,000
WEST VIRGINIA
800
1, 960
34,500
y
5
LINE
No•
( 1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
753, 000
70, 000
(
(
(
(
(
1,628, 200
917,244
188 , 366
299 , 000
339 , 576
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10 )
( 11)
4,413, 000
84,737 , 500
3tl,595,000
11 , 867,000
14,900, 000
99 , 800
362,000
945 ,700
96 , 550
59 , 700
137 , coo
147,500
193 , 627
11,675
250 , 000
( 12)
(13)
( 14 )
(15)
(16 )
16,237,000
16 , 074,000
4,104,300
9 , 601,500
47 , 415, 000
474 ,11 9
203,260
540 , 700
526 , 100
19 , 000
526 , 000
148 , 500
469 , 000
(17)
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
( 21 )
43, 943 ,11 2
29 , 025 , 605
10, 059 , 000
30,128 , 000
6 , 555, 000
649 , 200
621, 400
298,838
649 , 700
532 , 700
51, 315
41, 000
247,000
200,000
(22)
(23 )
(24 )
(25 )
(26)
0, 765,ooo
1,000 , 000
3 , 002 , 000
45,089 , 680
4,898, 625
310, 800
1,037,332
182 , 940
198, 858
242 , 305
230 ,1 00
172 , 330
152 ,309
207 , 375
(27)
(28)
(29)
( 30)
(31)
188,135,374
55,221,000
9,960,470
4,564,000
86 , 342 , 000
1,010, 000
682 , 497
431,1 00
586 ,400
2 ,1 03 ,355
29 ,000
9 ,530
11,000
24,319
(32)
( 33 )
( 34 )
(35)
(36 )
23 , 7 10 , 000
0, 122,290
121, 568 , 000
5,930,000
7,723,000
535,224
426,600
1 1 31 2 , eoo
449 , 500
1, 010 , 650
90, 000
207 , 702
996 , 514
( 37 )
( 38)
( 39 )
(40 )
(41 )
5,271,708
13,665, 000
31,833,001
6,178,000
1, 830 ,350
375,980
957 , 688
196 , 900
114,483
129 , 292
25 , 000
9,875,950
15, 810,155
19,594,000
29,159,000
2 ,2 00, 010
867,984
192 , 988
120,600
729,457
154,800
17,000
19,845
9,919,608
13,000
177,450
189 , 600
32,000
1, 000
322,000
1 , 650
43,820
116,935
g/
( 42 )
( 43 )
( 44 )
(45)
(46)
(47)
( 48)
( 49 /
( 50 )
(51)
(52)
72, 100y000
(53)
BASED UPON WARRANTS ISSUED BY TREASURY,
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION, $43,581,2681 ART, Music, THEATPE AND WR ITERS' PROGRAM, $22,115,21 71
ASS ISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL ANO CLERICAL PERSONS, $9 1 566 1 422; AND STA TI STICAL RESEARCH
PROGR AM, $12 1 112 1 442•
ART, Music, THEA TRE ANO WRITERS' PROGRA M, $2,000,000; STATE PLANNING BOAR DS, $2,644,538; AND
UND IS TRIBU'r[D PORTION or ruNDa FOR EMERQENCY FLOOD RELIEr, $5,275,070.
WORKS PROGRESS AD MINISTRA T ICN
PROGRESS REPORT, JUN E 15, 1936,
62
T A 8 L E
STATUS
or n.wos
8
ACCORDING TO ORGANIZATICJ,i UNITS
THROUGH 11A Y 29, 1936
!IARRAHTI APPROVED
( 1)
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
(
(
(
(
5)
6)
7)
8)
( 9)
( 10)
(II)
( 12)
( 13)
(14)
(15)
ALLOCAT I 0118 IIY
THE PAEIIIDDIT
AQDICY
LINE
No.
GRANO TOTAL
DEPARTMENT Of' AGRICULTlJIE
AQRICULTUIIAL UIQINEOIINQ
ANIMAL INDU8TRY
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
DAIRY INDUITRY
UITOIIOLOOY AND PL.ANT QUARANTINE
ExTEN610N StRVICt
f'OR!:6T StAV IC[
Pl.ANT INDUITAY
PUBLIC RO,lDI
WEATHf:R BUIEAU
WIND <11061 ON CONTROL
67.0
( 1)
423,003,827
~
7.150
100.0
~
96.4
57.2
38.9
99.7
71. I
88.3
51.3
93. I
21.3
70.8
56.5
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
570 1042,on
7,151
1,046,000
747,289
3,000
12,769,198
4,066
39,114
96.6
366,756,962
15,215,640
11,096
73.4
81.8
63.2
148,501,692
6,891
598,026
290,818
2,990
9,072,753
3,590
12,803,006
37,680
106,598,409
13,173,145
9,924
9,848,710
6,98I,2Sl3
70.9
5,904,410
60.0
( 12)
( 13)
(14)
( 15)
17,128
17,126
100.0
17,126
100.0
( 16)
840,673
80.4
346,5ai
46.4
119. 7
83.5
2,9!i0
10,659,345
3,895
zz, 139,163
95.8
88.7
2,000,000
GEtltRAL ADIIINl8TRATIVE ExPEN6E6
LIN[
No1
$3,124,840,632
$4,045,022,312
18,606,116
17,554
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVI Ct
EXPEND I Tl.11[8
PERCENT 0,A11oun
ALLOCATIONS
86.7
$4,666,157,863
24,952,500
40,493
500 ,ooo ,ooo
V
l
OBL I OAT IONS
PtRCDIT 0,
AMOWIT
ALLOCAT I 0116
(II)
( 16)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE O'l ALLOTMENTS
( 17)
~!LEY OIELLING AUTHORITY
200,000
5,465
2.7
4,307
2.2
( 17)
( 18)
U. ,. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
120,000
107,704
89.8
83,250
69.4
( 18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
DEPARTMENT Of' COMMERCE
8,847,944
8,231,948
155,996
100,000
~
5,565,476
5,244,830
~
2BS,OOO
6, 73611188
6,333,796
104,729
38,394
19,042
24,219
216,808
27,460
·, e,253
16,229
180,939
63.7
49.9
27.5
91.3
21.6
68.3
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
COORDINATOR f'OR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
40,000
28,355
70.9
22,236
55.6
(26)
(27)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION IORK
605 ,3'4 ,450
575,094,485
95.0
509,735,624
84.2
(27)
(28)
U. S. EMPLOYEES' COIIPENSA Tl CJ,i COIIII ISSI CJ,i
1e,ooo,000
1,372,274
7.6
1,285,240
7.1
(28)
(29)
f'ARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
37,000,000
If ,648, 151
31.5
II 1 648 1 15 I
31,5
(29)
(30)
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELi tr ADM IN ISTRAT I CW
932,41'0,6'25
seJ,287,090
99.4
9124 ,572, 702
99,2
(30)
(31)
GENERAL ACCOU\ITING Of'f'ICE
5,000,000
2,796,064
55,9
2,728,683
54,6
(31)
(32)
(33)
DEPARTMENT Of' INT ER I OR
ALASKA ROAD COIIIIISSION
ALL AIIER I CAN CANAL
Bl TIAI INOUI COAL COllll 166 I <»c
OFrtCE OF tOUCA Tl ON
GEOLOC I CAL SURVEY
o,ncE 0, INDIAN AFrAIRI
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION AOIIIN16TRATl<»I
RECLAIIATl<»I
ST, £LIZABETH& HOSPITAL
TEUPORARY GOVERNIIOIT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
GENERAL ADIIINIITRATIVE EXPDl8E6
I 15 1 671 1 1570
52,680,965
610,500
45,5
19,847,881
548,168
!152,589
44,Bn
240,582
7,799
190,470
6,891
5,096,551
11,606,368
9,009
88,742
1,055,835
11.2
(32 )
(33)
I
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
CDl8\.8
f'JSHERIC&
IN DUB TRIAL ECONOIIIC8
LI CHTHOU8[6
20,000
75,000
STANDARDS
GENERAL ADIIINl6TRATIVE EXPENSES
'Ef
9/
671,500
12,000,000
71,918
1,948,633
110,000
I ,965,000
8,330,000
33,3TT 1 380
54,420,000
9,500
434,600
2,333,139
7,246,391
51,681
371,935
16,688
506,593
10,188
8,491,802
33,975,032
9,009
191,502
1,199,644
( CONCLUDED ON NEXT PAOE)
76.9
67. I
38.4
95.2
32.3
81.8
90.9
60.4
71,9
19, I
15,2
25.8
o.,
25.4
62,4
9<,8
44,1
51,4
n ,1es
~
7,9
62,4
12,3
7,1
9,7
o.,
15,3
21,3
94.B
20,.A
45,3
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
63
TA 8
LE
8
(CONCLVDCO)
STATUS Of' fl.NOS ACCORDING TO ORGANIZATION l.NITS
THROUGH IIAY 29, 1936
ALLOCAT I OHS IIY
THE l'RES IDEHT
AQDICY
LINE
NO
IARRANT6 APPROVED
2
3
65.5
( 1)
~
62.4
64,5
10.9
84,3
10,123,537
560,197
98,010
32,584
9,432,746
~
62,2
( 2)
76.9
67.4
12,601.605
900,100
179,895
300,000
11,221,610
10,173,234
561,466
115,992
32,607
9,463,169
251,500
193,414
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COLNCIL
1,613,200
1,402,551
( 9)
NATICJ-IAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1,000,000
707,903
( 10)
OtPARTIIENT Of THE NA VY
YARO6 AND OOCKII
16. 781,416
16,557,561
223,855
15,268,929
15,074,787
194,142
100,000
DEPARTMENT Of JUST I CE
( 2)
( 5)
( 6)
DEPARTMENT Of LA aoR
U. S. EIIPLOYIIEH\ SERVICE
l• l$RATION ANO NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SECRETARY'S OfflCE
GENERAL ADIIIN l6TRAT IVE ExPENIE6
( 7)
LIBRARY Of CONGRESS
( 8)
( 3)
( 4)
( I I)
(12)
GCNCRAL ADNINl6TRATIVE ExPENSC8
$
875,000
$
LINE
No.
573,343
589,644
( I)
tXPDID I TURE6
PERCENT OF'
08L I GAT IONS
PERCDIT OF
ALLOCATIONS
4
$
54,5
( 3)
( 4)
10.9
84.1
( 5)
( 6)
134,545
53.5
( 7)
1,344,040
83,3
( 8)
70.8
652,414
65.2
( 9)
91.0
91.0
86.7
13.209.450
13,018,553
190,897
~
78,6
85.3
(10)
(II)
( 12)
61,453
50,361
50,4
( 13)
(13)
PRISON INDUSTRIES REORGANIZATICN ADMINISTRATION
(14)
(15)
( 16)
PUBLIC l<RKS AOIIINISTRATION
HOl.61NG DIVISION
NON-l"EOE'RAL DIVl810H
446, 129.246
101,373,050
344,756,196
373 I 705,283
31,766,724
341,938,559
105,965 1 545
18,325,059
87,640,486
(17J
RESETTLEl,IENT ADMINISTRATION
226,400,000
166,683,739
119,933,901
53.0
( 17)
( 18}
REVOLVING fll,ID fOR PlJICHASE Of
IIATEII IALS ANO SLPPLIES
4,000,000
2,835,946
70.9
2,835,946
70.9
(18)
Q/
( 1 9)
RlJIAL tlECTRlflCATICJ,I ADMINISTRATION
14,890,812
1, 15!i,961
7.8
1, 126,386
(20)
DEPARTIIENT Of THE TREASlJIY
U. S. COAST GUARD
47.436.948
4,952,684
30.833,651
2,755,081
3,801,061
199,657
2,412,907
21,664,945
~
55,6
26,108,504
1,159,342
3,452,215
188,049
2,246,395
19,062,503
919,705
72.9
135.181.390
123,488,275
10,689,323
1,003,792
~
95.9
72.8
(21)
(22:
(23:
(24)
(25)
INTERNAL REVDIU[
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P~LIC HEALTH SDIWICE
GENERAL ADIIINl8TRATIVE ExPEN8C8
,.GaUREIIDIT
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CORPS 0, 0.$INEER8
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
GDIERAL AOflllNISTRATIVE ElcPDISCI
IORICS PROGRESS ADIIINISTRAT ION
IORK PROJECTS
GENERAL ADIIINl&TRATIVE Exl'Dl8E8
SOUltCEt
4,490,680
543,584
2,750,000
34,"700,000
144,844,788
128,702,966
14,677,187
1,464,635
I 1455 .208 1 604
1,383,108,604
12,100,000
84,6
36,7
87. 7
62.4
81.242,053
70,430,576
9,879,194
932,283
68,5
I 1 307 .366 1 96 I
I, 136,698,997
I ,244 ,O 15 1 669
63,351,292
I 1 078,822 ,033
57,876,964
U, S, TREA6lal\ DEPARTMENT R£POAT ON 8TAT\J8 Of ~UNO& PROVIDED IN THE DIERGENCY REl.lEf" APPAOPRIATION ACT OF' 1935, A6 Of MAY 29, 1936.
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INCL~£$ STATUTORY ALLOCATION or $100,ooo,ooo PROVIDED IN AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION ACT 0~ 1936,
INC\.~ES $200,000 P'OR THE BulCAU 0~ AIR COWIERCE,
INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE EXPEN6E6 ONLY IN 5TATC8 ANO TERRITORIES WHERE RELIEF' WAS AOMIN18TERCD DIRECTLY
flQUAC 18 NOT INCLUOEJ> IN QRAND TOTAL,
'y fEOERAL
AoENCIES.
WORK~ PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
PROGRESS REPORT, JUNE 15, 1936.
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65.8
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56, I
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76.9
34.6
81,7
54,7
67.3
63. 7
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78,0
80.3
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