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PROGRESS
PROGRESS OF
ADMINISTRATION
THE:
WORKS
PROGRAM
JUNE 15, 1936
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WORKS
PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
HARRY L. HOPKINS, ADMINISTRATOR
REPORT
ON
PROGRESS
OF THE
WORKS PROGRAM
JUNE
CORRINGTON GILL
ASSISTANT AD~ I NISTRATOR
15,
1936
EMERSON ROSS, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF RESEARCH,
STATISTICS AND RECORDS
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WORKS fflOGRESS .AIIIINIS'fRA1'ION
REPCllT ON PROGRESS OF THE \l:>RKS PROGIWI
June 15 • 19S6
CONTENTS
Pa§!_
PROGRESS OF THE l«>RKS PROGRAM
1
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Employmen-b
Status of Funds
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OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AND EXPENDITURES MADE UNDER THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
1
WPA 'l'HEA.TRE PRO~ECT PICTURES
9
MATERIAU, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT PROCURED 11'O.R WPA PROJECTS
11
HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA PROJECTS
13·
'IPA PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECTS
17
llPA PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS
23
WORKS FROGRAM ACTIVITlES OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS
27
WORKS PROGRAM ACT IVIT lES OF THE BUREAU OF I.NTERNAL REVENUE
Sl
NEW ORDERS AND NOTICES
S7
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39
41
42
43
4S
NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES
Summary
Agriculture
Alley Dwelling Aubhority
Commerce
Emergency Conservation Work
Interior
Labor
Library of Congress
46
46
46
Navy
46
47
48
Public Works Administration
Resettlement Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Treasury
Veterans• Administration
War
Works Progress Administration
48
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49
49
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF TEE 1'rnKS PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT
Still cont i nuing 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 persons 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 operating projects proYided work for 648,000 persons, reaching their
maximum in numb er of employees 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 Resettlement Administration employed the next largest number
of workers, with a total of allllost 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 , 1?36
"'4 1LLIONS
MILLIONS
or PER SO'-1S
Of PCRSONS
the Soil Conservation Service and the
4 .0
4 .0
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine with about 27,000 and 23,000 work•
ers respectively.
WORKS PROGRAM E11PLOY·MENT
3 .0
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 J.'.a.rch 7.
The Works Progress Administration has
reduced the number of persons employed
1.0
on its projects by 229,000 since April
26, this reduction being primarily re0.5
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sponsible for the net decrease in emI
ployment on the Program as a whole.
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1936
try has absorbed a part of this reducL__
tion while many workers have b~en transferred from W~A projects t o those operated by other Federal agencies. On May 30 employment
on the WPA program constituted 70 percent of the total Works Progr&I:1 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 total enrollment on May 30 amounted to 409,000 persons, an increase of 18,000 over the
April 25 period, it WR§ still well under the totals for March. Entire ECW emploYlJlent has
been l itt le affected by aotivities outside of CCC campsA The Bureau of Public Roads and
the Non-Federal Division of "PHA both showed ~ steady rise in employment throughout May, as
also did the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The Resettlement Administration,
the Quartermaster Corps, the Burean of the Census, and the Bureau of Reclamation all showed
reductions in employment throughout 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 agenc i es, with the exception of a few agencies that employed a
relatively
small number of persons, increased throughout May.
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WOR-KS PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT
BY AGENCIES
May 30, 1')36
WPA, CCC, AND OTHER AGENCIES
THOUSANDS
0
!100
or
1000
PERSONS
1!100
2000
2!100
W PA
CCC
OTHER AGENCIES
AGENCIES EXCLUDING WP A AND CCC
THOUSANDS
0
100
or
PERSONS
1!10
200
AGRICULTURE
Entomology, Plant Quarantine
Forest Service
Public Roads
Soil Conservation
Other
COMMERCE
INTERIOR
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Puerto Rico
Reclamation
Other
LABOR
NAVY -
PWA
Yards & Docks
JHouain•
1Non-Fldtral
RESETTLEMENT ADM.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
TREASURY
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WAR
JEn,11111r1
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ALL OTHER
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
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D.iPLO'YMEN'l' BY' AGENCIES
(Thousands of D:nployees)
Week
Ending
GE-and
Total
WPA.
tmier Xitencnea
lgr!-
D:ner-
Total
genoy
oult'IU'e
Conser- Other
(Exel.
vation Agencies Public
Work
Roads)
Reset-
Public
Na-vy
Roads
J.l1
tlsnent
P'l'lA .Adminis- War
Other
tration
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2
6
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g/
3
16
6
11
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7y
1
4
31
8
60
15
31-Y
1
5
48
13
257
62
16
87
4
6
55
·27
519
273
61
18
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
69
65
18
38
40
58
18
73
21
28
34
15
21
28
32
52
58
58
54
43
49
3,774
3,798
3,819
3,837
S,850
2,960
2,988
3,018
3,035
3,036
482
478
332
332
334
338
355
57
58
59
59
17
17
17
17
17
73
44
39
39
34
68
64
63
68
40
41
54
53
53
57
61
36
41
45
53
47
54
65
68
3,853
3,836
3,809
3,751
3,025
2,991
2,953
2,872
372
396
417
445
59
61
61
61
14
75
50
55
70
449
439
434
14
14
86
53
55
55
60
56
56
71
68
69
2,760
2,677
2,616
2,569
371
378
382
391
467
491
521
60
64
64
65
16
17
17
17
62
18
25
3,598
3,546
3,519
3,507
57
55
55
55
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
584
604
65
67
69
68
72
17
July
31
573
70
487
16
7
1
August
31
915
253
594
68
35
8
September 28
1,126
456
557
113
51
Ootober
26
1,505
n1
555
173
November 30
3,28!::
2,484
544
28
3,532
2,74C
4
11
18
25
3,560
3,613
3,683
3,731
1
8
15
22
29
7
Deosnber
~
January
February
Ma.roh
lA
21
28
April
4
11
May
~
El
467
464
459
456
402
412
410
409
547
620
636
648
60
15
17
17
17
15
72
94
107
115
121
139
153
175
192
201
215
222
4:9
56
69
77
89
101
110
119
135
137
142
148
152
65
68
70
68
67
67
64
64
54
55
55
55.
55
55
54
53
68
68
68
68
69
69
69
69
69
Does not include rural rehabilitation oases.
Does not include employment on Public Roads projects previously authorized under the HaydenCartwright -Aot, but financed by $1001 000,000 apportioned to States out of the funds provided
by the Elnergenoy Relief Appropriation Aot ot 1935.
Less than 500 persons.
Employment on WPA projects decreased in every State but Arkansas, Florida, and
Oklahoma. About a third of the States showed increases in other agency employment almost compensating for the declines in WPA employment. California, Illinois, Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania, and New York City each released more than 10,000 WPA workers.
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'WORIS Pl'tOGR.&M JMPW!Mifr.r or PJRS>NS J'RCM m.ID' ROLLS
.lS PmCIN.I' OJ' TO.UL, BY' SJ:LB:1'11> .&GJ:l!CUS
Week Zn.ding May 30 1 1936
Total
limber of
during this period. Pennsylvania was outstanding with a reduction of 22,000 a.nd New York
City reduoed employment on WPA
Per1on1 lrcm projeots by 18,000 persons.
Relief Rolla
•• Percent
For the week ending
May 30 about 86 percent of the
GRAND 'l'OUL
86e2
employees under the Works Program were from relief rolls.
Worb Pro,re11 ~niatration
94.9
2,339,740
Approximately 95 percent of the
Dnargenoy Couenatio n \fork
409,200
ee.1
workers on WPA projeots came unDepa.rtment ef .lO-ioulture
der this olassification. ECV{ re52.7
294,428
!lntamolog an4 Plant Q.ua.rantbe
23,067
84.7
lief workers represented 88 perForest Se:Mioe
19,918
ae.s
cent
of the total under that
Publlo Roa4s
222,290
43.8
Soil Conservation Sernoe
agency.
The number of persons
70.3
26,965
Other Bureaus
2,188
77.6
from relief rolls also constitutes a large proportion of total
Department of Ccmneroe
10,093
11.1
employment under the Puerto Rioo
DepartmeJrt of the Interior
47,448
Reconstruction Administration,
Puerto Rioo Reoonatruotion .Aand.n.
34,676
the Forest Service, the Depar~Reolama.tion
7,901
Other Bureaua
4,871
ment of the Treasury, the Bureau
of Yards and Docks, the Bureau
Department of Labor
74.3
of Entomology and Plant QuaranNa~ DepartmeJrt (Yards a.nd Doob)
85e7
15,462
tine, and the Quartermaster Corps.
Although
several other agencies
Publlo Worb Amlinistration
32.3
151.,844
employ
persons
from relief rolls
Housixig Division
5,961
45.0
Non-Federal Division
145,883
31.8
in numbers representing from 90
to
97 peroent of their respective
Resettlement Administra.tiony
63,520
54.3
totals, these latter are too
Department of the Treasury
0,203
88.5
smal1. to have nuch influence on
total
employment of persons from
War Department
54,129
77e3
relief sources under the Program
Corps o t !hginoere
41,004
~
0.u&rtermaster Coi-pa
13,125
82.6
as a whole. The Non-Federal Division
of the PWA and the Bureau
Other Agenoiea
8le7
1,706
of Public Roads were the only
agencies employing over 8,000
y Does not ioolme rur&l reha.bilita.tion oases.
persons which secured more than
50 percent of their workers from
other tl1an relief sources. Table 2 at the end of this report presents the number of persona
taken from relief rolls for eao~ agency operating work projects.
Persona
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STA1'US OF FUliDS
illoca-tion•
He-t allocations -to all agencies participa-ting in the Works Program. amounted
to t4,646,911,059 on May 29. As indicated in the accompanying table, WPA has reoeived
the largest portion1 amounting to tl,377,262,744, or approxillately 30 peroent of the
S'r.ATUS OF ALWCATIONS UNDER THE
total. FERA ha• been alloca-ted t922,ooo,ooo,
JMERGEH::Y RELIEF .APPROPRIM'ION .M:r
or 20 percent of the -total, followed by CCC
or 1935
with tso5,143,760, and the Bureau of Public
May 29, 1936
Roads with t499,62l,865. The Bureau of Publio
Roads allocation includes administrative expenses, while allocations to oover the ad•
Jllooations !/
ministrative expense• of all other agencies
are included in the single item of tlS0,670,601
Agrlou1ture
shown in the table. Detailed data on total
$499,621,865
Publio Roads
allocations
through May 29 are presented by
60,193,367
Other Bureaus
agencies
in
tables
5 and 8 at the end of this
8,582,944
Comneroe
Interior
report.
65,020,000
Reclamation
Puerto Rico Reoon. Admin.
other Bureaus
32,152,380
13,283,052
1,067,459
16,557,561
Labor
Na-vy
Treasury (including revolving
fund - $4,000,000)
War
Alley Dwelllng"J.uthority
16,635,214
143,104,350
190,194
605,143,750
251,500
CCC
Library
of Congreaa
Public Works .ldministration
101,373,050
H..>using
344,756,196
Non-Federal
191,450,000
Resettlsnent
14,176,812
Rural Eleotrifioation Adm.
1,210,120
Veterans• Administration
Works Progreas .ldminiatration 1,377,252,744
180,670,501
.Administrative - all agencies
11,210,000
!lnployeea• Compensation
35,000,000
Farm Credit Administra.tion
922,000,000
FmA
Total Allocations
Unallocated by the President
$4,646,9ll,059
25.288,084
Total made available
for allocation
Total allocations on May 29 represented a reduotion of $4.996,180 from the corresponding total at the end of April. !few allocations
of 118.972.428 made during llay were offset by
rescissions totalling 123,968,608. Appro:dlnate•
ly t10,ooo,ooo in additional funds was transferred to the Works Program accoun:t during the
month, raising the total funds made available
for allooation to t4.672,199.143e Of this
amount 125,288,084 remained unallocated on May 29.
Only two of the major agencies had
their allocations for work projeots increased
during the month. The WPA reoeived approximately $16,670,000 for the oontinuation of state
work programs and the Rural Electrification Administration was granted an additional 11.980,000
for loans to public and private agenoies for
rural electrification projects.
During May, reduotions were made in
the available tunds of a large number of other
agencies partioipating in the Works Program.
Souroe of funds:
Specific appropriation $4,000,000,000
In general these rescissions represented a
Unexpended balances
small proportion (between 5 and 10 percent) of
transferred:
the balances of agency funds remaining unobligat•
500
~erf'unds
,ooo,ooo ed on April 30. As a result, the total :f'unds
172 1 199 1 143
available to the Resettlement Administration for
appropriations
Total
$4,672,199,143 work llrojects and other purposes (except administration) showed a net decline of 14,600,000 during May. Similarly, net reductions of
$2,900,000, 12,eoo,ooo and $2,700,000, respectively, were made in the :f'unds available to
the Treasury, .Agriculture, and W&r Departments for purposes other than administration.
Among net deductions from allooations for administrative purposes the largest was the re•
scission of $8,000,000 from the Treasury Department's administrative account. During the
same period 10 other agencies experienced smaller reductions ranging from over $3001 000
to about $2,000, while net additions of $3,000,000 were made to the administrative funds
of both the Resettlement Administration and the WPA.
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E!J>enditures
During the month of May expenditures by all agencies under the Works Program
amounted to t290,809,478, bringing the tgtal expenditures for the entire Program through
the end of May to $3,124,840,632, or 67 percent of the amount allocated by the President
and approved by the Comptroller General as of the same date. The amount expended during May was approximately 9 percent less than the amount spent during April, when expenditures totalled about $319,000,000, the largest amount for a:n:y month sinoe the begin•
ning of. the Program. Since the first of the year expenditures have amounted to approximately tl,452,ooo,ooo or an average of about $290,000,000 per month.
Expenditures 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) represents a deorease
of 6 percent from the April total and 9 percent from the March total, reflecting the re•
duction in employment under this agenoy. FERA had expended the next largest amount
through the end or May - $924,600,000, or 30 percent of the grand total. About 55 per•
cent of the FERA expenditures were made prior to the initiation of the present Works
Program, after which expenditures by this agency began to decline. During May they
amounted to only $2,600 1 000. Expenditures for Emergency Conservation Work, which through
the end of M~ amounted to $509 1 800 1 000, or 16 percent of the grand total, have declined
steadily since the first of the year. The amount spent during May ($29,900 1 000) represents
a decline or 13 percent from the April total and of 30 percent from the January total.
Ot:~er agencies which have used relatively large amounts to date are the Depart•
ment of }.griculture, with expenditures of $148,500,000 ($106 1 600 1 000 by the Bureau of
Public Roads), the Resettlement Administration with 1119,900,000, the Public Works Ad•
ministration wj_th t1os,ooo,ooo, and the war Department with ta1,200,ooo.
tions
fords
under
being
In Table 8 tallowing the text of this report are shown expenditures and alloca•
for eaoh agency as of the end of May. The relationship between the two items af•
som.e measure of the state of completion of the programs of the various agencies
the Works Program. It is not a completely reliable measure, hOW'8ver, due to changes
made in total allocation through rescissions or additional allocations.
Among the ·major agencies with work projects, EJnergency 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 percent of their res.pective allocations expended. Other major
agencies with work projects which have spent more than half of their allocations to date
include the Department of Commerce, the Resettlement Administration, the Treasury Depart•
meJit, the Veterans' Administration, and the War Department. The Department of Agriculture,
in which the Bureau of Public Roads funds are predominant, the Department of Interior, and
the Publio Works Administration have spent a comparatively small proportion of their allocations~ amounting to about 26 percent, 17 percent, and 24 percent, respectively.
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OBLIGillONS IBCURRED AID EXPENDITURES JIAJ)I UBDER
THE 1IORXB P.ROGRESS .ADJIIBISDilIOB
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. AB of the same date $1,136,699,000,
or 77 percent of the total, had actually been expended. Cumulative totals for these
three series by ten-day intervals from September 30, 1936, to ~y 31, 1936, are presented
in the tab le on the next page.
Allocations for the prosecution of the Works Progress Administration progrua,
represented by Treasury warrants made out at the direction of the President and oountersigned by the COllptroller General, show auccessive period• or pronounced change and ot
relative inactivity. At the inception of the WPA programs in the various S-tates, f'unda
were allocated to each state administration in amounts sufficient to carry forward a progra for several months. The fact that allocations were built up to over four•fittha ot
the present total by December 1936 is a reflection of this practice. Changes since the
end of the year reflect adjustments in allocations as additional amounts or money be•
came available.
Obligations consist of liquidated, actual, and accruing liabilities or oonmit•
ments incurred by project managers or other authorized administrative officials engaged
in the operation of the WPA program. Included in obligations are anticipated costs ot
the work programs in terms of immediate commitments made for materials, payrolla, ancl
other purposes.
Expenditures, or voucher p91D1ents in the sense of checks issued, represen1;
most nearly an approximation to the current level of operations of the WPA program for
any given period. These Jllll1' be contrasted with the figures on obligations, which neoes•
sarily include some anticipated costs -of actual operation■•
The amounts by which total obligations and expenditures increased during
each ten-day period eetween September 30, 1936, and .May 31, 1936, are shown in the ao•
companying chart. Obligations ranged from $21,000,000 durin 5 the period from October 10
to 20. 1935, to t12,ouo.ooo during the ten-day periods ending January 31 and February
20. 1936. Since that time the ten-day
OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AND EXPENDITURES
inurement in total obligations has deUNDER WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
clined, reaching a minimum of J39,36l,OOO
I' o:"~~L~~. 10 Dalj Perlod• from Sept.30, 1'}35 to Malj 31,t')Jb o,M•~~~.
during the period ending May 10. SimilarI ao
ao
ly. expenditures increased from 88,895,000
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between October 1 and 10, 1935, to
$69,806,000 between January 20 and 31, 1936,
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dropping off slightly thereafter but remaining in the neighborhood or t6o,ooo,ooo
for each subsequent ten•day period. In•
creases in obligations exceeded correspond•
•o ,__
ing increases in expenditures .f"rom September
30 until March 10, shortly af'ter
iture.J
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the employment peak of the program was
reached. For each period af'ter this time
the
rate of expenditure wa1 greater than
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that of obligations incurred.
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During the early stages of the
11PA program, extensive obligations were
incurred for purchases or mater1ais and equipment required for use on work projeots.
Since liquidation of these obligations in D18JJ¥ oases extended over a oonsiderablo period
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of time, a tendenoy tor WPA obligations to exoeed expenditures is observed as long as
the number of projeota being initiated exoeeded those completed. The policy of proj•
eot managers and administrative offioials, to record as obligated fully sufficient
amounts in order not to incur coDD11itments in exoess or funds available• exaggerated
this excess. In the later stages of the program this trend was reversed since it be•
came necessary to reduoe overstated obligations when experience showed that the aotual
expenditures were less than had been anticipated. This tendency was accelerated when
the total obligations for individual projeots approached the amounts authorized to~
e~p~nditure and projec-t managers were faced with the neoessity of releasing funds to
meet i:mnediate financial needs or projeots. Thus, oompensating for the amount of over•
sto:liement reflected in the early excess of obligations over expenditures, is found a
corresponding defioienoy of obligations with respect to voucher payments during the
later stages of the program. Another faotor that affects the relative magnitudes of
the obligations-incurred figure and that of expenditures is due to the anticipatory
nature of the obligating proceH• As long as the program was expanding, until approximately the end of February. obligations incurred would tend to exoeed expenditures.
Therea:f'ter the reverse would tend to be true.
STilUS OF FONDS OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Cmnilative By Ten-Day Periods !hding Septanber 30, 1935
Through May 311 1936
(In thousands)
liiooations by
The President
(\'Iarrant s J.p-
proved)
Expenditure
J.uthorizations
(Atbrl.nistrati ve
Allotments)
$570,364
$347,497
$ 61,410
$22,935
10
20
31
529,346
772,492
1,043,680
308,847
460,305
578,182
85,535
106,896
136,194
42,960
Novanber 10
30
1,061,476
1,137,024
1,203,986
694,965
819,351
903,390
164,388
203,886
253,594
Deoember 10
20
31
1 1 2ll1 896
1,197,156
1,162,689
954,993
986,792
990,051
309,066
379,329
Ten-Day
Period
!ncling
1935
Septanber 30
October
20
1936
January
Expenditures
Obligations
(Cb.eeks Issued)
31,830
58,630
71,449
91,623
ll9 1 698
152,035
202,274
442,soo
256,653
10
20
31
1,;L69,749
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
10
20
29
1,292,987
1,299,166
1,298,786
l,ll3,l3l
~,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
1!ay
10
20
31
1,429,783
1,445,831
1,455,209
1,353,245
1,345,571
1,366,883
1,203,373
1,259,158
1,307,374
1,016,748
1,077,428
1,136,699
}'ebruary
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Below: Opening night of "Macbeth" produced with
an ail nee:ro aoast in New York.
Above: A scene from "Jefferson De.vis"
on tour throughout the South.
Below: Artists working on scenery and
backdrops for use on WPA Theatre Projects.
THE WPA THEATRE PROJECT
The WPA theatre project
which provides
low-priced
recreation for
audiences
averaging
350,000 persons
weekly furnishes work for
approximately 12,500 unemployed persons. Theatrical
troupes
of
all kinds drama.tic, circus,marionette,
etc. - have been organized
throughout
the
country.
The accompanying photographs
illustrate
but a few of
the varied
types of production
sponsored by the
'V'IPA.
Above: High praise from critics and audiences M.s been
won by "Murder in the Cathedral", a historiQ.1H play .
Right: For puppet shows, such as "Pierre Patelin," the
'11'.a.rionette unit carves and cos tume s t he characters.
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MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT PROCURED FOR WP A PROJECTS
The value of materials, supplies, and equipment procured for use on WPA projects amounted to nearly $143,000,000 by the end of Ma~ 1936. This total, representing
purchases made from both Federal and sponsors' funds, does not include equipment rental,
truck hire, or services such as telephone and light
It understates the actual total
for two reasons: first, a considerable portion of the sponsors' share consists of loans
or rentals of heavy machinery, such as road graders and excavators, which are not included in these figures; and second, the data on the value of materials and equipment provided by the sponsors are incomplete due to delays in the receipt of certifications of funds
provided by sponsors,
Analysis of purchases by type of project indicates that the cost of materials,
supplies, and equipment for use on highways, roads, and streets, as shown in the accompanying table, amounted to almost $46,000,000", or about one-third of the cost of these items
on all ~'PA projects. Projects for the construction of public buildings required about
$27,000,000, or 19 percent of the total. Purchases amounting to approximately ~24,000,000,
about 17 percent of the total, were made for projects involving the construction and repair
of water supply and sewer systems.
VALUE OF :M.Ai'mI.ALS, SUPPLIES AND m.UIPMENT
For park and playground projects
PROCURED FOR i1PJ. PR0J1L'TS,
the purchases a.mounted to nearly
BY 'l'YPE., OF PR0nrTS
$21,000,000 or 14 percent of the aggregate. No other type of project
Through May 30, 1936
accounted for more than 5 percent
of the total purchases.
Total Value
Type of Project
Amount
Percent
Among the various types
of raaterials, supplies, and equipment procured for WPA projects,
Hi~ys, roada, and streets
45,952,629
32el
PubUo buildings
27,297,802
19.l
construction materials, exclusive
Housing
67,172
0.1
of iron and steel products; were
Parks and playgrounds
20,601,596
14.4
outstanding. Almost $7?,000,000
J'lood oo?ttrol and o-t;her
oonservation
6,817,343
4e8
(representing about 50 percent of
Water supply and sewer systems
24,065,084
16.B
the
value of all purchases) was
Eleotrio utilities
586,279
o.4
spent for materials in this classiTranspo rtat ion
4,156,418
2.9
r.dooationaJ., professional
fication. Within this group the
and olerioal
2,944,215
2.1
most important material ·used was
Good1
3,822,563
2.7
lumber, for which expenditures
Sanitation and health
3,287,372
2.3
Misoellaneo us
3,337,458
2.3
totalled almost $18,000,000, or 12
percent of the total. More than
$13,000,000 or 9 percent of the total, was expended for cement, the next largest individual item of cost both for products
·falling 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
group, in which the largest items were for cast iron pipe and fittings, and for structural and reinforcing steel, absorbed 23 percent of all the expenditures. Petroleum
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GRAND i'OUL
301 1936
lmiunt
$ 1'42,935,931
Constru.otion Jlatm-ials, J:mlwling Iron and steel
L'\lllber and its pJ,>duots, e::rcluding turniture
Paints and varn11he1
Sam and gravel
Crushed atone
Csnent
Conorete P1"0duot1
Brick, hollow tile and other olay produota
stone and glaaa produots, eto.
7119611038
17,746,230
2,626,117
8,888,721
1,240,825
13,220,217
8,398,740
a,842,221
4,997,967
Iron and steel Products, boluding Machinery
structural and reinforcing ateel
Cast iron pipe and fittings
Plumb~ng equipnent and 111ppllea
Heating &nd ventilating oquipnent and supplies
Tools, emluding mohine 1z>ols
other iron afld ateel Pl"OdlX>h
331355.554
8,482,491
11,634,676
1,390,901
1,199,017
4,412,092
6,236,377
Machinery am r,qu1pmem
Eleotrio&l. maohinel'j", apparatus a.nd supplies
Paving maohinOl'j", apparatus and supplies
513121518
!rotal
vi.iue
P.-oeii£
100.0
50.4
Ir.4
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9.3
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6.2
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270,800
93,405
2,364,362
0.2
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Paving naterial1 and mixtures, bituni:oous
Other petrolomi P1"0duot1
1417721255
fi,878,185
2,894,070
T.J
Mieoellaneous
17,534,566
12.3
Motor truok:a
other maohinel'j" and equipnent
10.3
2.0
products - chiefly paving materials - oost almost tl6,000,000 and constituted about
10 percent of the total. Machinery and equipment, and miscellaneous products me.de
up the balance of all materials, supplies, and equipment procured for use on WPA
projects. These items and their percentage distribution are shown in detail in the
table above.
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HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA PROJECTS
During the 1em.1monthly period ending lfay 16, em.ployees on WPA projeot1 earned
the sum ot 164,802,000, representing payment tor 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 tor the period ending lfay 16.
Thia increase results in part from adjustments of the established schedule of
monthly earnings and ohanges in·the required hours of work in certain localities so that
average hourly earnir.gs will more nearly approximate prevailing hourly rates. A second
factor in the recent upward trend is the increasi11g predominance of WPA projects afford•
ing work for skilled and professional persons.
HOURS AND 1'.ARNI}l'.;S ON WP.l PROJID.rS !j
Smrlmonthly Periods Ending July 31, 1935 Through May 15, 1936
Excluding Administrative Jmployeea
Total
Earn!nfs
Total
:verate
Total
Hours
per Hour
on 1'1'llioh
on 11hioh
Payment
(!rbousand.s Pa:yment
was Basel
of
was Based
(Cents)
(Thous&nds) Dollars)
Semimon~.ll.cy'
Period
Ending
TOTAL
bnited states Excluding
New York Ci:!1z
Earni!!fs
Total
-rerage
Total per l!our
Hours
on wbioh
on whioh
Payment
(Thousands Pa)Dlent
was Based
of
was B&•ed
(:lhousands) Dol.la.rsl
(Cents}
2,024,094
857,530
42.4
1,816,442
719,470
39.6
New York
a:n
f:a.._ge
Total
Total per Hour
Houri
on wbicm
on wbioh
Payment
(1'houaa.nd1 Pa~t
was Bt.aed
of
ns Baaed
(Thouaands}
Dol.la.rg} ,cent al
208,652
138,061
66.2
1935
J\i:li
31
9
2
19.6
9
2
19.6
Augud't
15
31
2,583
8,356
1,198
3,845
46.4
46.0
892
3,932
223
1,229
25.0
31.2
1,691
4,424
975
2,616
57.7
59.l
Septmiber 15
30
14,660
21,740
6,459
9,658
44el
44.4
e,047
12,097
2,496
3,919
31.0
32.4
5,613
9,643
3,963
5,739
59.9
59.5
Ootober
15
31
30,394
41,667
13,700
18,721
45el
44.9
18,950
28,399
6,457
10,220
34.l
36.0
11,444
13,268
7,243
0,501
64.1
November 15
30
61,110
95,128
25,777
39,082
42.2
41.1
50,536
33,075
18,707
31.,059
37.0
37.4
10,574
12,053
7,070
a,023
66.9
66.6
Deoember 15
31
136,331
154,378
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
15
31
160,331
166,572
65,165
68,461
40.6
41.l
148,084
153,470
56,990
59,641
38.5
38.9
12,247
13,102
8,175
a,s20
66.8
67.3
February 15
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
e,222
7,67(:
67.8
67.6
31
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
0,2c-2
9,821
67.4
68.7
April
15
30
159,956
150,089
69,657
66,733
43e5
44.5
147,583
137,748
61,238
58,167
41.5
42.2
12,372
12,341
e,420
a,566
68.1
69.4
May
15
144,485
64,802
44.9
133,818
56,798
42.4
11,668
8,004
69.6
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Figures on hours include, in additioJn to hours 10rked, hours credited
:tor time involuntarily lost by "110rkers.
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HOtRS .AND EARNINGS ON WPA PROJ'PL'TS BY TYPES OF PROJIDrS
Sanimonthzy Period Ending May 15, 1936
Excluding Administrative Dnployooa
Hours on V/hich
Payment was Based
Thousands
Peroent
of
of
Hours
Total
A/
Type of Pro Jeot
GRAND TOTAL
High11ays, Roads and Streets
Hig1lwaya
Fa.nn to market and other
aeoondary roads
streets and alleys
Sidewalks, ourbs and paths
Roadside improvements
Bridges and via.ducts
Grado-oro Hing o}jmination
other
Y
Total Earnings
Thousands
Percent
of
of
Dollars
Total
144,485
100.0
64,802
50,144
895
34.7
0.6
20,002
340
""'o.5
38.0
17,157
10,222
1,541
6,464
852
131
12,882
11.9
5,841
4,493
9.0
6.9
699
1.1
4.8
34.0
44.0
45.4
47.8
44.7
57.3
40.2
7.l
1.0
4.5
0.6
0.1
8.9
3,088
381
75
5,175
Publiu Buildings
.Administrative
Charitable, medical and mental
institutions
Educational
Social and recreational
Federal Government (inoluding
military and naval)
Improvement of grounds
Housing
other]/
12,609
1,453
6,843
920
1,066
4,189
2,048
727
2,315
868
432
740
180
558
Parks and other Reoreational Facilities
Playeri,tmds and athletic fields
Parks
Other y'
14.903
Flood Control and Other Conservation
Forestation
Erosion control and land utilization
Irrigation and water conservation
Plaut, crop, and livestock conservation
:lther .!3./
902
7,124
5,619
~
506
5,063
291
1,052
3.5
0.2
Airports and Other Transportation
Navigation
Airports and airways
Other y'
3,101
483
2,426
192
Educational, Professional and Clerical
Educational
Professional and clerical
15.367
3,318
12,049
t;oods
Sewing
Canning
Other
18,538
15,979
100
2,459
Y
Sanitation and Health
Elimination of stream pollution
Mosquito eradication
Other
s.o
o.4
253
13,035
2,699
9,448
221
667
31.0
o.6
0.1
8.0
40.l
54.3
63.3
0.1
1.1
0.3
0.9
7,695
963
3,304
3,428
2,160
7.165
100.0
971
1,767
316
5ewer Systems and Other utilities
Water purification and sup1>ly
Sewer systems
Electric utilities
Other
y
Average
Earnings
Per Ro)ll"
(Cents)
0.1
3,070
108
231
2,176
136
419
5,973
1,209
4,352
lJ,O
302
2.1
0.3
1.7
0.1
1,436
266
1,073
97
9,162
1,989
7,173
12.9
11.1
0.1
1.7
1,010
5,906
36
1,074
49.B
41.9
57.0
61.9
51.6
44.6
46.4
61.0
4.7
~
0.3
3.4
0.2
o.6
9.2
1.a
6.7
0.2
0.5
42.8
42.7
45.7
43.8
46.7
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45.8
44.8
46.1
49.8
45.3
2.2
Oe4
1.7
0.1
14.l
3.1
11.0
10.6
9.1
1.7
59.6
59.9
59.5
37.B
37.0
36.0
43.7
4,781
159
2,131
2,491
1,794
69
753
972
37.5
43.4
35.3
39.0
884
422
47.7
Miscellaneous
2,475
999
WPA Work Canps
1,483
y
Distribution o~ Surplus Comnoditias
~
E/
9/
1.0
300
o.s
Includes, in addition to hours 'ffl>rked, hours credited for time involuntarily lost by mrkers.
Includes projects classifiable Uhder more, than one of the headings above.
Workers i11 'ffl>rk camps receive board and lodging and medical and aental care in addition to wages.
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In oomparing average hourly rates tor 1peoifio types ot projects, as listed
in the table on page 14, it must be re~embered that the geographio distribution ot proj•
eots., a.nd ·che relative. number ■ of skilled and teolmioal workers -required, materially at•
teot the rates. Workers on white oollar project ■ and on publio building■, with average
earni~g• of 59.6 oents and 64.3 oente per hour, respeotively, reoeived the highest average hourly wage during this period, both slightq exoeeding the oorre ■ponding figure ■
as of March 31., shown in the Progress Report of May 16. Reoreational facility' projeota
also paid wages which averaged more per hour than in Maroh and were the only other typ-.
of project on which the workers earned more than 60 cents an hour. Wages paid on highway, road, and street projects., flood oontrol and other conservation work. projects for
the construction and repair of water supply and sewer systems, and transportation projects
more nearly approximated the general average for all types. Persons employed on goods
pro·jects and on sanitation and health work earned less than any other group except for
those persons employed in work camps who are retained at relatively low wages inasmuch
as they receive subsistence in addition to wage payments.
Average hourly earnings for specific type, of project, under the major head•
ings varied from 68 cent, for worker• on building■- of charitable., medioal, and mental
inetitutions and 63 cent, on administration buildings to 34 cents on farm-to-market
roads and 20 cents for -,rk camp employees. In general the averages varied only 1light•
ly trom those for llaroh 31., the more marked changes oocurring on types of projects whioh
con1titute only a relatively mnall portion or the program.
In viewing the program as a whole, these variations in earnings should be considered in connection with the proportion of total hours ot employment repre ■ ented by
the several types of projects. In addition to hours worked, the hour total inoludee.
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 during the first halt
of May were spent on highways, roads., and streets. 'fhe remainder of the hours were fairly evenly divided among the following types, goods projects., accounting tor 13 percent!
white collar., for almost 11 percentJ parks and other recreational facilitie1, for 10
percent, and sewer systems and other utilities, and public buildings, for about 9 percent.
No other type ot 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 per•
ceptibly higher percentage of total hours worked during the first half ot )l"q' than ot the
last halt ot Jfarch. Highway,, roads, and streets, and flood control and other comerva•
tion projects consumed noticeably lower proportions of the total number of hours. All
other types have maintained their previoUB 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 coJIDnunities throughout the country. For example, the follorlng project
at a small State college in a southeastern State is typical of the water supply work
being prosecuted throughout the Nation. This project was started January 21, 1936,
and, despite the worst winter experienced in the district in the past forty years, is
progressing at a rapid rate. In the past the whole community 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 projeot,
arrangements were made with
the City of Greensboro to
connect with their city supply line and to run a sixinch main a distanoe of somewhat over a mile to the college
campus. This line will then be
oonnected to the present distribution system. When completed, the project will servo
a permanent populat ion of 600
WPA WORKERS ROLL ING A MAIN INTO PLACE FOR
peoplP,, and a stude~t body of
A WATER SYSTEM
approximately 250. There is
also a large temporar y population during athletic games.
In addition to water purification 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 bei~g carrted on by WPA. As of April 15, 1936,
there had been selected for development about 8,400 of these projects at an estimated
cost of approximately ll46,000 1 000e This figure represents about 10 percent of the
total cost of all WPA projeots 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 WPA pro gram up to that time. The distribution of utility pr ojects among the
State s corres ponds appro xi mately to the population dis t ribution, with s ome of these projects oper ating in every State.
F,rom the table on the following page it will be seen that the major activity
of a public utili ty nature being oonduoted by WPA is the construction of sewerage systems.
Work in this field represents about two-thirds of the total cost of all WPA publio utility
projeot·s .• and varies in type from the addition of a few hundred feet of pipe line to an
existing syatem to the oonstruotion 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 whioh this struoture was
plaoed is suoh that the city's engineers have been having great trouble keeping the
sewer in plaoe. A aovement of six inches a year has resulted in damage amounting to halt
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EST~ED COST OF WPA PUBLIC lJrILITY PRO.TrrS
SELmTE'.D FOR OPERATION, BY 'l'YPES OF PRO.m;TS .AND B'f ST.AXES
(Values in thous&nds of dollars)
Through April 15, 1936
Total
Nuiiber
of
ProJects Amount
State
U.
s.
TOT.AL
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorad_o
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Colu:nbia
Florida
Georgia
¥s
Percent
8_,413
$144,742
100.0
45
6
2,121
83
364
10,594
1,341
l.9
0.1
0.3
7.3
o.9
2,925
229
649
1,120
· 3,947
2.0
0.2
0.4
o.a
2.7
56
305
94
204
17
4
56
88
Water PurifioaJ:lcotriother °Y
fication
Sewer ~stems
tion and SuP.Elf
liiiount - erceni .Amount 'fiercen liiiount Percent liiiount Percent
$101,027 100.0
$34,483
100.0
$2,203
100.0
466
10
211
7,892
608
o.s
0.5
0.2
0.3
7.2
2.0
17
0.0
0.2
7.8
o.6
188
69
119
2,501
695
20
189
2
o.9
8.6
0.1
2,033
214
498
778
3,226
2.0
0.2
0.5
o.a
3.2
758
15
125
162
549
2.2
171
o.4
0.5
1.6
$7,029 100.0
2,050
4
14
12
36
29.2
134
1.9
26
147
152
0.4
2.1
2.2
0.4
0.0
1.3
0.5
1.5
0.1
0.2
0.2
o.5
33
20
le5
0.9
430
301
431
0.0
2.2
1.2
0.9
1.2
30
6
270
1.4
0.3
12.3
2
0.1
28
58
91
32
107
8
29
0.4
1.3
34
45
o.5
435
49
19.7
2.2
72
9
1.0
0.1
142
188
28
57
14
2.0
2.1
o.4
o.s
o.z
271
52
500
208
193
123
100
6,768
2,349
1,692
1,013
0.3
4.7
1.6
1.2
0.1
1,558
1,359
473
0.2
5.9
1.5
1.3
o.5
Kentuok;y
Louisiana
Maino
Maryland
Massachusetts
124
51
53
729
1,441
l,193
608
2,282
7,069
1.0
o.a
0.4
1.6
4.9
1,244
616
532
1,229
4,902
1.2
o.6
0.5
1.2
4.9
155
503
76
546
2,109
0.4
1.5
0.2
1.6
6.1
Michigan
Minnesota.
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
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
l,056
415
2,299
236
s.o
2,337
6.8
2.1
0.5
1.2
0.6
194
1.0
0.4
2.3
0.2
5
179
2
a.a
3.0
0.2
0.1
0.1
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
}!ew. Jersey
New-Merloo
156
6
93
364
33
l,266
36
1,000
5,529
307
0.9
1.6
17
9
1.9
0.0
2.a
0.1
o.a
0.4
133
0.1
3.8
0.2
579
15
819
2,839
130
6.0
0.4
109
4.9
529
27
7.5
0.4
New York City
11
921
125
14,183
18,535
1,224
336
11,394
9.8
12.a
o.a
0.2
7.9
11,867
14,017
789
175
8,498
11.7
13.9
o.a
0.2
a.4
~,316
4,377
282
103
2,586
6.7
12.6
21
1.0
0.3
7.5
5
192
0.2
a.1
120
153
53
118
1.1
2.2
0.0
1.1
2,000
519
9,580
1,241
450
1.4
o.4
6.6
0.9
0.3
11 205
591
7,050
702
175
1.2
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.2
398
1,940
539
171
1.7
1.2
5.6
1.6
o.5
204
22
590
2.9
0.3
0.4
97
1.4
0.2
0.4
1.9
0.5
0.3
188
329
1,695
359
176
0,.2
0.3
1.7
0.4
0.2
31
0.4
103
2
1.5
24
0.3
0.6
1.2
1.2
3.5
0.2
584
1,129
1,639
2,852
57
0.6
1.1
1.6
300
576
0.1
0.1
213
8
9
15
1,303
8
Idaho
Illlno s
Indiana
Imm
Kansas
New York (Exel. N.Y.c.)
North Carolina
North Da.kota
Ohio
66
71
1,237
Oklahoma.
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Isla.ri
South Carolina
116
South Dalmta.
Tennessee
Texas
utah
Vennont
52
55
208
97
44
314
538
2,689
776
401
Virginia
w·ashington
Wost Virginia
Wisconsin
121
93
138
329
23
901
1,725
1,707
5,035
278
Wytllli.n(
y
y
59
585
48
56
5,948
99
0.6
2.a
756
714
187
399
206
537
12
261
2,052
o.a
150
94
207
860
398
201
53
664
o.a
66
7
0.3
0.3
0.6
2.5
1.2
0.6
l
2
31
17
0.1
o.9
1.7
0.2
l.9
0.6
9
11
0.4
0.5
216
9.8
1.4
o.s
o.6
0.1
0.2
18.5
0.1
Data for Idaho as of March 16.
Inoludes projects cla&aifiable under ioore than one of the speoified types.
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FOR OPERATION, BY TYPES OF pro.r:wrs AND SOURCES OF :rm."i>s
Through April 15, 1936
y
Spurge of l'qpda
Type ot
Projeot
Nlmber of
Project,
Total Eatbnate4 Coat
Jmount
Percent
SpoDION'
l'unda
WP.A. J'unda
Jmount
Peroent
of Total
Coat
TOTAL
Sewer systems
,vater purification
and supply
Electrification
other -y'
!/.
!/
B,413
$144,742,135
100.0
$U0,498,480
$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
23.s
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
2,202,541
7,029,296
Data tor Idaho aa of March 16.
Inoludes projeots olassifiable under more than one of the headings abo-n,.
a million dollars. This line was built 13 years ago and is the main drainage outlet
for a large, densely populated area.
The first signs of trouble beoame evident a year ago when the line was unable to ao00Dm1odate the ■ easonal rains. Inve ■tigation 1hond that the ■ewer had rolled
over and sunk five feet, and that the foot-thick conorete walls were badly cracked.
It was found that the drift had worn oft the wooden pile ■ on whioh the sewer rested,
20 feet from their butts, and without thi ■ aupport the structure tilted., sank, and broke.
A survey showed that 600 feet of sewer would have to be reoonstructed. This work waa
started in April 1936 and was turned over to WP.l 1n Septeaber af'ter only about 160 feet
had been excavated beoause of diffioul"t7 in keeping the 26-foot•deep out from caving
in. Under WPA the probl• of building a aewer which would remain stationary has been
solved. The project, which will -ploy 360 men for a year and cost about tsoo,ooo, is
no,r well under way. To replace the wooden piles, 60-:toot, concrete-filled ■teel pilea
are being used. To give the neoessary protection against shifting, batter piles are
behlg placed every 14 feet• and steel-sheet
piling 1■ being used every 30 feet. In
order to maintain the trench. heavy ti.mberiq haa been uaed throughout, and ateel
■heet1ng has been d.riTen in front of large
building ■ racing on the atreet in order to
prevent thea tram falling in. While the
work 1a going on, 'the flow of sewage is being ll&intained by the use of' a large timber
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'WEEN COMPLETED THIS SEWER WILL SERVE
EIGHT COMMUNITIES
About one-fourth of' the total
oost of publio utilitf projects is being
borne by the looal ■ponsor ■• On project ■
in the miacelle.neous group the sponsor ■
are be.n.l" ing a tout 19 percent of the cost,
while .on water purification and supply
1ystca work 32 peroent of the total ooat
1a cOllling trom looal souroes • .Analysia ot
the total coat of the projects by object
ot expenditure shows that 60 percent of
the tunda will be expended for labor and
the remaining ,o peroent for supplies,
material ■, and equipment.
However, as
shO'IID in the table on the next page thia
division or funds variea for the several
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Br OB,.l'D;TS or m>nmI'1'URIS .lND TYPES or FROJ"rrS
'l'hrougb April 15, 1936
Total J:sUmatecl Cost
A/
0:b,1~t
Di.reot Labor
Peroent
Type of Project
Jmount
TOTAL
Sewer qstems
Water purifioation
and auppl,y
J:leotrifioation
other§/
J./
JI
2, '.h:nmi,e~~a
er
ls, Suppliea,
!l,u1:r:ment 1 fto,
Ma
Peroent
Percent
Jmo'llllt
of Total
Cost
.Amount
of Total
Cost
$144,742,135
100.0
$87.,240,432
60.3
$57, 501, 703
39,7
101,021,258
100,0
63,494,659
62,8
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,l
15,584,314
946,292
3,438,498
45,2
43,0
48,9
Data for Idaho aa of Ma.roll 16.
Inoludea projects olasaifiable under more than one ot the headings above,
W" ot
projects. Sixty-three percent of the e:xpendi ture on sewer systems is going
fer labor, while under the miaoellaneous group only slightly JDOre than 51 percent or
the funds will lD• ao expended.
llPA funds and funds provided by sponsors for public utility projects a.re ex-
pended for widely different purposes. Of the total amount provided by the WPA, it is estimated that 76 percent will be paid to workers in wages e.nd 25 percent will be spent for materials, supplies, and equipment, while of the sponsors' pled ges only 13 percent will be
used for labor. The fact that sponsors supply a large part ~f the necessary materials and
equipment permits the prosecution of large public utility construc tion pr oj ects without the
4iversion of an excessiTe proportion of Federal funds from their major purpose of providhlg wages tor workers trom relief rolls.
It may be noted from the table on page 18 that although every State has some
sewerage projeots, the bulk was oonoentrated in a relatively small number of States.
Approximately 70 peroent of the projects on a oost basis were in 10 States, with New York
(excluding New York City) leading and New York City next in importance. In fact. the
projects of these two areas combined represent in cost about one-fourth of all sewerage projects. This, of course, is to be expected in view of the facts that the cost
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of sewers increases rapidly with their oapaoity and that sewerage systems are in general
neoessary only in centers of population.
Water purifioation and supply systems, the seoond most important type of utility
project, show an average oost per project of about tl4,000. As in the case of sewers the.
projeots range in magnitude from the laying of a few hundred feet of pipe line as an adjunct
to an existing system to the design and oonstruction or complete systems with pipe lines,
pumping stntions, and reservoirs. Again, and probably fo~ the same reasons, it is found that
although all States have some projects of this type, a relatively small number 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 oonstruotion of generating plants or the erection of transmission lines and
distribution lines. A good many of the larger projects involye 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~ 33 of the states had approved
projeots of this type with an average cost of about $13,000.
All WPA publio utility projects not falling under these three main classification&
hav~ been summariz~d ln a miscellaneous ~roup. These projects avera~e approximately $23,000
a piece and have o&en approved for operation in all but six States. ~~ile this category ropresents largely comu i"'la-tions of the three major types it also includes isolated inst.a ncos of
such work as gas development. A map
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on page 16 shows 1·or each State t:ne
on 1'1PA PUBLIC l7rILITY PROJ'ECTS
percentage w.hich publio utility projAugust 31, 1935 through May 15• 1936
eots contributed to the total of
selected for operation as
projects
Excluding Administrative Employees
of April 15.
Period.
Persons
Man-
Ending
!mployed
Hours!/
The trend of employment.
man-hours. and ~arnings on WPA pub165,006,733
$73,809,493
TOT.AL
lio utility projects is tiven in
aooompanying table, monthly for
the
1935
2,507
861
'55
August
31
the period from August 1935 through
February 1936, and semi-monthly
8ll 1 92B
Septe:iber 30
10,607
344.533
fr.om March through May 15, 1936.
4 1 6ll,39:I
31
2,071,356
October
43,683
Elllployment started on these projects
9,686,996
4,550,532
lbvenber 30
140. 766
during the last half of August and
10,183,019
Deoenber 31
234,948
23,646.540
rose tea peak of 273,725 persons
by the middle of March. From this
1936
27,228,373
la.nuary 31
266,846
11,827,476
point on a gradual decline occurred
Februaiy 29
273,068
n.912 1 000
12.wo.113
until on .May 15 only 239,193 persons were reported at work. Seven15
6,675,035
March
273,725
14.861,932
14,896,646
31
6,682,832
March
271,265
ty-two perce!:.. t of the number emApril
14,139,375
6,331,593
15
256.570
ployed on the latter date were work30
April
247.095
13.568,004
6,222.755
ing on sewerage systems, 21 oer- ·
13,581,039
6,228,728
May
15
239.193
cent on water supply systems, and
only 2 and 5 percent, respectively,
on electrification and miscellaneous
inolude time involuntarily lost by the workers,
!/ Hours
as well as hours worked.
projects. Workers on these utility
_
165 , 000 , 000 man-hours • The averthan
r.1ore
f'orret1:r1t
in
$73,809,000
received
projects have
,, ..
thr,,:1c;hout the entire period
oonstant
cal~.;:r
:.:-~ct·i.
age wa~c O .L 4;1 cents per hour has remair..crl
~~ ~hows n~ appreciabJe variation from the rates preva~ling among the several types of
u~1l1ty proJeots.
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~
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WPA PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS
Projects involving construction, modernization, and repair of publicly owned
building~ of all types, and improvement of the $u~rounding groundsa as well as certain
housing projects. are included in the WPA buildiug classification. The total estimated
cost of public building projects selected for operation by the Works Progess Administration through April 15 was $167,631,Sea. This represented almost 12 percent of the total
estimated cost for all WPA projects selected for operation through that date. Although
the relative importance of this phase of the WPA program varies widely from State to
State, some projects of this type are in operation in all parts of the country. Among
the States the greatest emphasis on public building projects is being made in Arizona
and new Mexico. Here the need for additional schoolhbuses has been the dominant factor
in leading State Administrators to designate about a quarter of their funds for use on
public building projects. Florida and Utah are devoting nearly a ~ifth of their funds
to thi-s work, followed by South Carolina, the Dii:r~l'ict of Columbia, Oklahoma, and North
Carolina.. In contrast, Maine is expending less tha.n 3 percent of its funds for this purpose, while Iowa, Nevada, Oregon, and Venn.ant are also laying less stress on this aspect of
the program. Details regarding the distribution of funds for public building projects
in the various states are given in the table on the following page.
Cost of the Work
Of the total of some 13,000 public building projects selected for operation
through April 15, nearly half were for the construction and repair of schools and other
educational buildings. This type represents 35 percent of the estimated cost of all
public building projects. Almost 16 percent of the funds are being devoted to work on
buildi~gs for social a.nd recreational purp9ses. Projects for th0 construction and repair of adr.linistrative buildings, of buildings for charitable, medical, and mental
institutions, and projects involving the improvement of grounds, alt:1.ough varying
co~siderably in number, each constituted between 10 and 13 percent of total cost. Housing and Federal building projects were relatively unimportant parts of the program.
Local sponsors pledged almost 23 percent of the estimated total cost of public
building projects. Of the several types of public building projects the ~eatest perNWBER AND ESTlMATED COST OF WPA PUBLIC BUILDIID PROJDJTS
Sn..ECTED FOR OPmATION, BY TYPES OF 'PROJJL'TS AND OOURCE OF FUNDS
'l"nrough April 15, 1936
y
Souroe of Funds
fype of Building Projeot
TOTAL
Administrative
Charitable, medical & mental
Educational
Sooial and reoreational
Federal (i:ooluding military
and naval)
ImproTI1Dent of grounds
Housi~
Other
y
N'IZllber of
Projects
Niintier Perceni
Total Estimated Coat
.&oount
Percent
Sponsors
Funds
Percent of
.AmoUJit Total Co at
WPA Funds
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.e
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
16.9
27.7
28.3
316
1,739
45
2.4
13.1
0.4
4.5
8,268,751
16,300,522
2,837,693
14,632,839
4.9
9.7
1.7
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
11.4
600
24.8
Data for Idaho as of March 16, 1936.
Includes projects classifiable under mre than one of the headings above,
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or WP.A. PUBLIC IlJILDING PRO.TrorS
SEL!L'TED FOR OP~.ATION, BY STATE.S
NU,!Bm AND ESTJMA1'ED COST
Through April 15, 1936
Total Estimated Cost
State
of
Projects
Amount
Peroent of u. s.
Total for Publio
Building Projeots
U. S. TOTAL
13,325
$167,631,668
100.0
11.5
2,602,344
1,475,460
2,049,012
10,740,683
1,362,711
1.6
0.9
1.2
Colorado
238
108
291
690
162
0.8
12.0
25.2
13.2
12.4
7.2
Conneoticut
Del&1'&?'e
District of Colunbi&
Florida
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
12.0
10.7
16.4
19.3
15.8
Idaho B/
Illinoi's
Indiana
Iowa
93
327
480
Kansas
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
Kentu.oq
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
463
103
2.0
1.5
0.1
0.9
3.9
14.7
14.8
2.8
63
831
3,363,709
2,577,203
130,439
:i.,513,015
6,506,839
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
337
371
295
244
78
4,658,879
3,932,360
1,903,732
3,207,926
518,767
2.0
2.3
10.0
13.2
15.4
9.2
7.3
Neuraska
153
20
44
412
193
878,677
75,062
274,791
5,994,916
1,533,329
499
308
125
1,494
3oO
128
1,049
.A.lab 1111&
.Arizona
Arkansas
California
Neva.da
Newr Hampahire
New Jersey
NewMexioo
New York
North Carolina
North Daknta
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Nunber
114
26
90
South Carolina
South Dala>t&
308
87
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
241
317
114
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
158
150
334
Wyoming
!/
Y
51
210
54
6.4
1.1
1.9
0.3
Peroent of ·
Total for
ill fypes
13.4
11.3
0.5
8.3
4.7
0.2
3.6
0.9
12.7
23.i
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.s
12.0
16.4
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
1,718,381
2,572,306
1,478,910
162,232
1,134,019
1.0
1.5
o.9
9.8
6.8
18.5
5.8
10.0
0.8
1.1
1.0
8.5
2.2
0.2
10.1
8.5
1,201,3n
1,812,799
3,751,871
362,561
o.o
0.1
0.7
1.1
e.o
Including housing projects.
Data for Ida.ho as of Maroh 16.
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COST OJ' 11P.l PUBLIC BOILDIRG PROJDS SJ:LJX:TED
or ZlCPDm:mJRJ .lND mr.s or Pll>Jl&'?S
J'OR OPIRUION, BY OB.l'DS
Through
.lpril 15, 1936
Total lnimate4 Cod
fype of BuilcliJlf ProJeot
y
g~~ag~ g t · ~1, Supplies,
Jlg;m.pnent I Ito.
Peroent
Peroed
Direot Labor
Jmou:nt
Peroent
jmount
of Total
Coat
.Amount
of Total
Coat
$167,631,668
J.OO.o
$104,863,809
62.6
$62,767,859
37.4
21,37~,499
19,032,603
58,966,662
26,216,099
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
13,073,608
12,n6,112
36,129,380
14,343,390
61.2
66.8
61.3
54.7
0,302,991
6,315,891
22,837,282
11,012,1@
38.8
33.2
38.7
8,268,751
16,300,522
2,837,693
14,632,839
100.0
100.0
4,380,@2
11,995,533
2,53'.1,,081
53.0
3,888,659
4,304,989
306,612
4,938,826
•
TOT.AL
Mm1nhtrathe
Charitable, meclioal and mental
J'.d'\10at1onal
Sooial and reoreational
rederal (in.olud.ing milltary
and na"t'IJ.)
I1DproTement Of gt'Oundl
Rouaing
other
J./
I/
j/
100.0
100.0
9,694,013
73.6
89.2
66.2
45.3
47.0
Z6e4
10.0
33.8
Data for Ia.ho •• ot ll&rOh 16, 1936.
Inoludea pro.feot1 ol&Hifiabl.e under more than one of the headings above.
centage of total cost, 28 percent, was pledged by sponsors for the social and recreational,
and the eduoationa.1 groups. For administrative buildings 25 percent of the approved cost
was provided by local sponsors.
lAbor oosts on publio building projeots aelected for operation through April 16
were estimated at arotmd 63 peroent of total cost, as shown in the table above. They were
highest on housing projects, at approximately 89 percent, and lowest on Federal building
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 fact that these projects consist almost entirely of demolition of old buildings and of
slum clearance, 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
JMPiiCmam' AND roUL URHims ON WP.l PUBLIC
eaniings on these projects
BUILDING PHOJ'E!S, B'i' MONmS bf
since October shows that
Ootober 1935 to .lprll 1936
from the beginning of the
program both employment
Emluding .Adm1.ni1trati Te Jmployee1
and earnings rose steadily
M
Persons liipioyed
l:amlnga of Workers
until March 31 and thereon Publlo Building
on Publlo Buildillg
after re~eded moderately.
Prg1oo:t•
Pro3eota
Month
Percent of
Peroent of Compared to the WPA Pro.Amount
All lTP.l
Nlmber !/
ill lfP.l
gram as a whole, however,
Pr0Jeot1
ProJeots
it is found that employment
and earnings on these proj1935
~ber
62,528
$4,329,778
13.8
ects played a less important
Bo'ftlDber
125,161
9.9
6,008,389
role during the winter
DeoanbG"
198,794
10,105,357
0.1
months, but showed a tendency
1936
to rise in importance as warm
Jan'U&J')"
210,631
11,205,232
7.1
weather
returned, enabling
rebruar:,
205,037
11,361,305
6.8
local
administrators
to
March
248,878
8.2
14,116,528
April
g.o
237,723
13,&41,745
undertake more construction
work. The accompanying
table illustrates these
J./ Inolwli.ng housing proJeot1.
11/ Nllllber enployed durlng the last half of the month.
trends.
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Mere than a quarter of a million workers were employed on public building projects during the period ending Ma.y 15. One-third of these were engaged in the construction
and repair of schools and other educational buildings. The accompe..nying tabulation reveals,
however, that average hourly earnings were highest for the group of workers engaged in
constructing end repairing buildings of charitable, medical, and mental institutions.
These workers received 68 cents per hour for their labor, as com.pared with 55 cents for
the group em.ployed on educational buildings, and an average of 54 cents for the public
building classifieation as a whole. Tho lowest paid seoti_on we..s engaged in the. improvement of grounds.
!Ml'In.iMENT, HOURS AND EARNINGS ON WPA. PUBLIC BUILDING
PROJIDTS, BY TYPIS OF PROnx::TS
Semimonthly Period Ending May 15, 1936
Ex:oluding Administrative !mployees
Type of
Building Pro jeot
TOT.AL
Adminiatrati ve
Charitable, medioal and mental
F.duoational
Sooial and reoreational
Federal GoVQl'Dllent (inoluding
mi.lltary and na'V&l)
!mproTi!nent of gl'ounds
Housing
other'!/
Persons ~l~ed
Hours on Whioh
Payment wa.s
Based!/
(In Thousands}
Total
!;arnings
Average
Hourly
(In
Ea.rnings
Nunber
eroent
233,666
100.0
12,609
$6,843
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
16,197
31,351
5,662
16,021
6.9
13.4
2.4
6.9
868
1,767
316
902
432
740
180
558
Thousands)
(Cents}
54.3
63.3
68.2
55.3 ·
47.4
49.8
41.9
57.0
61.9
Inoludes, in addition to hours 'WOrk:ed, houn oredited for time ill'VOluntarily lost by workers.
Inoludea projeots olaasifiable 1mder more than one of the headings above.
Employment on public building projects tends to be greatest in areas with 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 respeotive States, however, it is found that many rural States are placing more emphasis
on public buildings than the highly populated industrial States, largely because their
need for improved publio .buildings is greater. New York City still leads the list in
respeot to the importanoe of public buildings in the total program,followed by Arizona,
Mew Mexico, Ma.rylBlld, Florida, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama., utah, Mississippi,
Louisiana. and Ken-cuoky, in the order named.·
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WORKS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OF TEE QUARTERMASTER CORPS
Regular activities of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps
of the War Department include the construction, maintenance and repair of all build•
ings, roads, railroads, e.nd utilities (other than fortifioations) connected with the
Arrrry. This Division is also responsible 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 forts and posts, National Guard c8lllps., and National cemeteries.
The Planning Branch of the Construotion Division of the Quartermaster Corps
in recent years has developed a six-year advance planning program for construction Blld
repairs. Work projects which are being financed with funds from the ~ergency Relief
Appropriation Aot of 1935 are a part of this program. The emergency appropriations
have been ot particular.service in enablin~ the Corps to carry out a much larger portion of its progrum for repairs and maintenance than would otherwise have been possible.
Projedt~ constituting the Works Pr'.ogram actiyities of the Quartermaster Corps
are operated under the supervision of the Construction Division of the Corps, Blld the
nature of the work closely resembles the usual activities of this Division. Presidential
allocations from ERA Act funds., amounting to about tl4.,700,000, have been made to the
Corps for the prosecution of these projects. The bulk of the funds are being expended
NWBER AND ALLO'IMENTS OF QUARTEJMASTER CORPS PRO.m::TS, Br ST.A.TES
As of May 301 1936
State
U.
s.
TOT.AL
Al.abama
Arizona
.Arkansas
California
Colorado
Conneotiout
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Ida.ho
Illinois
Indiana
Kentook:y
Maine
Maryland.
Massachusetts
Miohigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
,Y
.Allotments
$14,593,212
8
4
8
1,979,341
374,554
219,100
876,922
292,200
11
N\IDber
of
.tl.lotmenta
ProJecta
lfebra.ska
2
$
36,657
Nevada
New Hampshire
New- J'ersey
10
3
916,138
17,389
21
6
4
7
1,033,142
45,577
e,327
163,086
491,501
Oregon
Pennsylvania
l
6
613,099
Rhode Island
l
23,850
3
69,886
263,591
South CBl'Olina
South Dakota
l
5,750
3
5
60,993
255,450
3,475
143,303
89_.878
Texas
utah
Verimnt
Virginia
21,300
1,333,100
28,899
39,417
294,175
3
2
3
5
2
99,000
156,176
6,495
110.,496
81 850
2
l
3
3
2
10
42,240
698,737
12,245
198,583
1
e,200
797,373
66.,950
4
2
3
Louisia.m.
state
247
12
Iowa
Kansas
Montana
Nunber
of
Projeots
10
7
l
ll
51.,500
New Mexico
y
New York
North Ca.ro lina
North Da.kDta
Ohio
Oklahoma
Tmm.essee
l
13
2
4
16
A/
2,500
7
183,135
17,062
Was.'lii~on
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
4
l
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
6
1,733,170
2
100,000
400
Allotment for project in Connecticut included in fi~e for New York.
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NWB!R. .ALim.Mnrl'S, AND !:S'?Jl,{ilED LABJR
COST 01 Q.Ul.RTERM!STJ:R OORPS PROJECTS,
Br TYPES
or
PRO.m::TS
.11 of May 30, 1936
N,mber
!n>•
ot
l1tliiated
E1tim&ted Labor Coit
Labor
J.1 Percent
of .Allotment
Coit
at Army posts and forts,
with about equal amounts
devoted to new construction and to general repairs and maintenance.
The new construction work consists of the
building of hospital acoomoTOT.AL
247
$9,229,161
63.2
$14,593,212
dations, barracks, officer•'
630,365
Airport imp:roTSDeut
64.l
983.162
8
quarters,
warehouses,
Buildinga
garages,
airplane
hangars,
55.0
New oon1truotion
26
2,895,691
1,591,733
16
1,306,898
JmproTement
1,734,891
75.3
gasoline and oil storage
67.3
2,969,033
1,997,920
Repair
42
houses,
bombing and target
78.0
6,778
Boat npair
5
5,290
ranges, and arsenal,. Re22,085
55e2
Cemetery extensions
2
40,000
70.8
Cemetery imp:roTiment
68
248,028
175,565
pair and maintenance work
17
24.2
259,523
62,869
Flood dllll&ge repair
includes general repair• to
56.8
596,004
1,049,549
Grouncl1 !mpro vement
7
buildings and utilitiesJ re457,790
49-4
2
Roa4 imp:roTemeDt
226,223
Railroad Smpro-nmont
66.0
4,620
1
1,000
pair and reconstruction of
4
t"tili ti e1 improvsnent
46.8
78,660
36,781
roads, walks, railroad
Miaoell&neous oonstru~
trackage, wharves and docksJ
3
83,485
120,760
tion
3,742,347
Miaoel.laneoua npaira 46
2,489,323
improvement and landscaping
of groundsJ and repair of
boats. Projeots for the improvement and maintenance of National cemeteries, which together
with work on National Guard am training oamps constitute a minor part of the program,
involve the erection of entrances to oemeteriesJ building of comfort stations "lfithin the
cem.eteriesJ ge?Jeral repair of buildings, utilities, roads, paths, and fencesJ and the resetting and oleaning of monuments.
ot ProJeot
Pro~eot1
JJ.lotment
The Quartermaster Corps has received approval for 247
to figures from the Bureau (which differ alightly from Treasury
certain steps of the acoounting prooedure) allotments totalling
been made for these projects by May 30, 1936. The distribution
ect is shown in the acoompanying table.
work projects. According
data due to a time lag in
almost $14,600,000 had
of the funds by type of proj-
Estimated expenditures for labor represent approximately 63 peroent of the total
oost 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 earn•
ing• except in the ff!IW instances on permanent buildings where the law requires that the prevailing wage be paid.
Employment
The Quartermaster Corps was one of the first Federal agencies to start activitie1
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
persona on November 30, 1936. Since that period the
number of worker ■ has dropped until, at the end of
May, a total of 13,126 peraons were employed. At
no time during the interim between November and May
30 was the employment less than at the end of May.
'!'he data presented in the table on the following
page show that employment was fairly constant once
the program was thoroughly under way. The deorease
1inoe December was caused partly by weather conditions,
and failure to inorease with the coming of 1pring was
due to the fact that projects were being oompleted
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From the beginning
N'CMBFB ON PFBSONS !MPLOYED ON Q.UARTDMAs.rER
CORPS PROJIDrS, BY RELIEF STilUS
July- 1935
Exoluding
Total
27
November
30
1936
January
25
August
31
September 28
Ootober 26
Deosnber 28
February 29
Maroh
28
25
30
.April
May
.AdministratiTe Jbaployeea
Non-Relief
Relief
Week Ending
1935
July
to May 1.Y36
Nunber of
Persons
Per Cent N1.111ber of Per Cent
of Total Persons of Total
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
93.9
93.1
62
188
541
775
1,051
1,112
1c..o
4.7
5.3
5.2
6.1
6.9
16,918
15,352
14,557
14,600
13,125
15,432
13,242
12,295
12,311
10,836
91.2
86.3
84.5
84.3
82.6
1,486
2,110
2,262 2,209
2,289
13.7
15.5
15.7
17.4
a.a
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 iB attributed to the fact that, as the projects draw to a close, employment
of persons from relief ro1ls falls
off much more rapidly than does
emplo,ment of other persons, since
the 1V0rk 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 1Jl8ll-year expenditures. Although no current project-by-project 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 cases actual man-year costs
compare favorably with those originally estimated by the Corps. While these projects do not
represent the larger and perhaps more important 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 furthAr borne out by a comparison of manyears of employment provided as of May 23 and the Treasury statement of obligations and expenditures as of Jjiay 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 figures indicate obligations of $934 per man-year, and
actual expendi+.ures of $857 •
ESTD/.iATZD AND J\.CTU.AL :MAN-YEAR COST OF T'YPIC.A.L
C0?.1PL!:l'E:D Q.UA..~~,M!..S'i'ER CORPS PROJID:TS
Location of Project
Type of Work
Met
Allo-
o&tion
Arkansas
It
It
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
It
Car.:p Pike
Fort fhith
Little P..oclt
Fort Dupont
St. Augustine
Andersonville
Railroad track improvanent
Ce:netery improvement
AiI1)ort improvsnent
Building repa:ir
Cemetery improvement
Marietta
Heat and electricity distribution systan improvement
Cemetery :improvsnent
It
"
Buildin[ repa:ir
Cenetery improvement
Miscellaneous improvments
Mi soellaneo us repai. rs
It
"
It
It
Indiana
Iowa
New :Tersey
It
It
It
It
n~-. York
New Albany
Des Moines
Beverly
Camp Dix
"
It
Fort Tilden
It
It
$17,700
2,000
2,000
12,040
1,000
4,933
400
5,000
4,450
50,000
3,500
3,900
90,000
9,000
Estimated
?,fan-Yea.r
Cost
Actual
Man-Year
Cost
$594
575
694
572
471
$569
471
428
762
471
785
816
702
870
790
995
899
480
810
476
710
948
500
974
853
886
1,004
801
Comfleted Projects
Eighty-one of the 247 Quartermaster Corps projects had been completed by MaiY' 30
at a tot.al cost of $854,399. The distribution of these projects by States is mown in the
following to.cle. Al though the completed projects a1·e in most cases arr.or.g the smaller in
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impl'OT•ent inwlTed. oonatruotion work tor a •en.ge dilposal ■ystemJ painting and general
repair work •n the exterior of the building■ J and redeooration of the interior, laying of
1"llmZR ilD TO'J!lL COST 0'1' Q.UlRT!RMA.S'.r!R CORPS PROJJX::TS CX>MPLE'l'ED,
'H'f
SUTES
.A.a of May 30, 1936.
!otai
state
ro'rAL
.Arkansas
.Arizona
California
Colorado
lfJPber
Coat
81
$854,399
3
10,998
ll,784
53,176
20,000
12,040
2
3
l
DelSW"are
1
rl.orida
Georgia
IlliDoia
Indiana
6
4
2
12,244
50,489
14,687
Iowa
2
e,no
2
51,500
X"anaaa
Kentu~
louiaiana
l
5
5
llar:,land
l
Maaaaohusett a
1
Michigan
l
Total
State
800
34,640
33,605
250
15,038
10,000
Lfissiasippi
Missouri
Monta.na
Nebraska
New Jersey
cost
Nunber
2
3
1
2
5
$
6,478
7,495
5,850
36,657
140,397
9
3
1
1
2
138,221
8,482
47,878
2,494
4,821
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
1
Virgi nia.
1
Washington
3
5,750
21,253
18,891
1,500
30,701
Hawaii
2
38,170
New Thrk
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
3
2
new floors, and installation of additional showers in the L&.l·i•t1.,,k.s. On a project at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, tent frames and concrete tent floors wer e 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 eaoh tent, and r epairs wer e 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
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WORKS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
The Bureau of Internal Revenue was oreated in its present form by Aot or Congress, July 1, 1862, for the primary purposes of (1) collecting all taxes with the exception or those on imports. and (2) regulating traffic in certain oomnodities. The taxes
oolleoted under the first item may be divided roughly as rollowsa (a) income taxes.
(b) alcohol taxes. and (o) miscellaneous other taxes. Since returns are made by individuals
and oorporations or organizations who themselves calculate the amount of taxes for which
they are obligated, an eXBlllination ot returns must be made by the Bureau ot Internal
Revenue in order to correct errors or to prevent wilful evasions. The extent of suoh
examination, of oourse. was limited by the capacity of the staff available.
fhe examining funotion. in years prior to the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act of 1935, had been confined by the Income Tax Unit to the investigation of individuals,
corporations. partnerships. and fiduoiaries making returns on gross incomes in exoess of
certain fixed amounts. The rules of selection were designed to accomplish the examination
of the largest number of returns that could be handled by the regular staff. Thus, of
about 700,000 returns sent by revenue agents each year for attention by the central office.
those in the medium and lower income brackets. numbering approximately 360,ooo. went to
the tiles without examination of any sort. This method of selection oreated the impression
that returns from the same taxpayers were examined every year.
Similar oonditions obtained generally in the administration of the other tax
units. Payment of taxes on alcoholio beverages and spirits was being evaded regularly by
bootleggers and illicit distillers. Since the regular staff r,f 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 credence to the oontention that the former activity in the prevention of evasion was extremely inadequate.
Collection of misoellaneous excise taxes on manufacturers' goods also involved
the problem of delinquency and deliberate evasion. The 21 collection districts. oovering
the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the oountry. oontained about 209,000 organizations
sub~ect to the payment of excise taxes, representing a large majority of the ~otal number
in the oountry as a whole. La.ck of personnel and money made impossible the investigation
of any oases except those where evidence specifically justified it.
Recognizing this si-tuation, the Bureau of Internal Revenue submitted to the
National Emergency Council appiication for funds from the Ernergenoy Relief Appropriation
to institute (1) an examination of income and income tax returns of 1934 to oost
$1,577,894, (2) a retail liquor dealers inspection to oost 11,086,941, and (3) an investigation of miscellaneous tax delinquencies to oost J2,448,291. In submittal, the Bureau
expressed the belie£ that each
PRESIDENilA.L .ALLOCATIONS FOR BUREAU OF
of the three projeots would reIN!'ERNAL REVENUE PRO~S
cover. in delinquent and defioient taxes. an amount greatly
As of May 29• 1936
in exoess of its cost. In the
Original
case
of the examination of inNet
Presidential
come
and income tax returns, it
J.llooations
Project
illooations
Resoissions
was felt that the project would
$3,671,588
TOT.AL
$1,441,538
$5,113,126
tend to break down the suspioion
that personal discrimination
Inoome Tax
Examination
776.405 occasioned the investigation or
801,489
1,577,894
Reta.il Liquor
920,183 the same oases every year.
Dealers Inspeotion
166,758
1,086,941
Miscellaneous Tax
Investigation
2,448,291
473,291
1,975,000
On July 31• 1936. the
President approved the projects
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ae submitted. Warrants countersigned by the Comptroller General on August 2, and Advices
or Allocation issued on August 6, :made 16,113,126 available for the prosecution of the
three projects. Subsequent rescissions brought the net allocation down to t3,671,588 by
May 29, 1936.
Operations were begun on both the retail liquor dealers inspection and the
investigation of miscellaneous tax delinquencies on August 16, 1936, while the examination
of income and income tax returns of 1934 got under 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 tr• relie1• rolls precluded the employment of experienced operative• who would be immediately capable of assuming the duties and responsibilities required in the prosecution of this work. It became apparent that peraons 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
inf"inite opportunities for dishonest practices. The first three weeks afier 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.
!he procedure 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 each individual or
organization and the checking of calculations made on the return, both as to mathematical
acouraoy and as to compliance with laws governing the payment of income taxes. It is
apparent that each operative must necessarily possess ability as an accountant and must
also be conversant with the above-mentioned laws.
!he "development of procedure for the miscellaneous tax investigation was much
less stereotyped than in the case of income taxes. It necessitated preparing lists of
manufacturers of each article subject to payment of excise taxes, as well as devising a
means of checking plaoes of amusement and of other public entertainment liable for payment
of admission taxes. The projeot was undertaken in the 20 largest metropolitan areas of
the oountry. 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 taxable institutions located in these,areas. The books of eaoh conoern 110 listed were then examined and a report was made on the findings. When evidence of
evasion or deficiency is found, it is referred for disposal to the central office in
Washington through the d'istrict collector.
The retail liquor dealers inspection program was made necessary by the prevalence,
ainoe repeal of the Eighteenth .Amendment, of bootlegging and other violations of the laws
governing payment of taxes on alcoholic beverages and spirits. This project involves the
inspection of every retail de~ler in alcoholic beverages situated in all cities of
1001 000 or more population in the United States. Before work was started on this phase of
the Bureau's program, it was neces~:,,.i"~· t o train the p:.·ospe,~tive operatives in the use of
an apparatus which . tests liquor for u.rti :·i. cial coloring and alcoholic content, and to instruct them in basic law violations whioh they might be expected to detect. The work involves a virtual house-to-house type of canvass in which agents, working in pairs, inspect
every establishment in their assigned territory that is known to sell or is suspected of
selling alcoholic 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
indicating payment of legal tax.
Punde Reoovered
Prom a financial standpoint the program of the Bureau is an outste.uding suooess.
The tabulation on the next page 11hon the amount of delinquent or deficient taxes oolleoted
and the obligations inourred in operation for eaoh of the projeots by months.
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BUREA.U OF INTERNAL REVENUE PRO.Jrol!S
COLLrorIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
Ootober 1935 to May 1936
Total
Month
.&oount
Collected
TCYI'AL
1935
-,;;tober
Income Tax
E,:amj_nation
.Amount
Amount
Colleoted Obligated
lmount
Obligated
$1,111,000$ 664,000
$5,033,000$ 3,059,000
!:/
Retail Iiiq'llDr Deal- Misoellaneo'US Tax
era InaEeotion
Investigation
lioount
lm:iunt
Jim lmt
Am, lmt
Colleoted Obligated Collected
Obligated
$ 906,ooo $ n6,0<X)
$3,016,000$ 1,619,000
540,000
756,000
78,000
164,000
224,000
190,000
238,000
402,000
November
430,000
305,0<X)
132,000
67,000
145,000
72,000
153,000
166,000
Deoember
1,ns,000
343,000
141,000
76,000
87,000
86,0<X)
887,000
101,000
489,000
324,000
140,0<X)
72,000
97,000
82,000
252,000
170,000
February
4ol 1 000
321,000
142,000
70,000
eo,ooo
eo,ooo
245,000
111,000
Maroh
650,000
352,000
12s,ooo
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
~,ooo
165,000
1936
--;ra'nuary
Source:
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Bureau of Internal R8venue.
Inoludes am::,unts for September, reported in Ootober.
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 auooeeding two months this condition changed, aa indicated in the accompanying chart, so that by the first week in November actual receipts had reaohed the level of
obligations incurred.
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Of the three projects, the most
remunerative is the miscellaneous tax
investigation. From the begimiing of the
projeot through May 29, 1936, this unit
had assessed a total of tll,129.000 in
unpaid taxes on miscellaneous articles,
admissions, etc., and had collected
t3.0l6,000 of the assessments at a total
cost of ll.619,000. The inoome tax
examination through the same date had
produoed tl.645,000 in assessments, of
whioh sum 11,111,000 had been agreed to
by taxpayers and has been or will be
colleoted. The oost of this work was
t664,000. Added revenue from the retail
liquor dealers inspection amounted to
t906,000, all of whioh was oolleoted
immediately upon assessment. For this
work, 1776,000 had been obligated.
Assessments made by operatives for all
three projeots totalled 113,680,000,
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of which $5,033,000 has been oolleoted. The balance of $8,647,000 whioh remains to be recovered is now subject to consideration in Washington. The Bureau anticipates eventual
oolleotion of about 70 percent of the amount in question.
Employment
The original applications for f'unds 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 preoeding paragraph, the number employed has averaged about 3,400 persons, of whom an average
of 3 1 185 have been taken from relief rolls. The 90 percent relief personnel requirement
has been consistently observed, the average peroentage over the life of the job being
about 94 percent relief labor. Security wages, in accordance with the provisions of the
original Exeoul;ive order and its subsequent amendments, have been paid in all but a few
isolated oases where ciroumstanoes necessitated exemption. The cost of operation to d,:!.te
of approximately $1,080 per man-year of empJ,oyment is considerably lower than the estimated figure of about $1.,270 contained in the project application.
"Results of these operations are expeoted to be vary 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 sul:111.itted 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 esoa.ped investigation.
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NEW ORDERS AND NOTICES
Scheduling of Construction 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 projects in operation to make sure
that sponsors of such projects had provided, in each case, adequate and up-to-date plans
to enable satisfactory scheduling of operation. The letter states 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 commencement 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 construction practice.
Monthly Apportionment of Funds to Projects
In order to free funds which were tied up in individual project allotments, WPA
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
completion.
Under the new system of allotment, State Treasury 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
Direct~r 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 covers the estimated cost of oompleting a project
or the useful economic unit thereof that is selected for operation.
Relations with Workers
A statement regarding the responsibility of the Works Progress Administration in
its relationship with workers was issued to the field offioes on May 11, in General Letter
No. 28. Discriminatory 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 Examinatfons
In the conduct of WPA education classes, State Administrators were advised in
General Letter No. 32, issued May 23, to take particular oare that no officer or employee of
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the l.dminietration shall direc~ly or indirectly be concerned in any manner with the
instruction of any person with a view to special preparation for the examinations of the
United States Civil Service Connnission.
WPA Property Lost or Damaged
When WPA property is damaged or lost tlu'ough the fault or a person not in the employ of the Works Progress Administration, State Administrators were advised by WPA Letter
1~8. issued May 25• to make 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 cases 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 ma.de from the employee. Security wage workers, however, are
exempt from such demands.
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NOTES ON THE PROGRESS 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 Administration. 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 1.293.000 man-years for WPA.
The work of the agencies that are participating in the Works Prograa.., exclusive
of WPA and ccc. may be divided into three broad categories, First. projects whioh 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 Govermnental activities (under
this heading may be included the varied housing construction projects of the Public Works
Administration:, the rural resettlement and rehabilitation programs of the Resettlement
Administration, and the construction of rural transmission and distribution lines by the
Rural Electrification Adniinistretion; the CCC would also fall in this category). Third,
projects smaller in scope than the first two groups mentioned, involving the general improvement of facilities of the Federal Governr.i.ent, e.g.~ statistical research and tax collection
projects, repairs to Federal buildings, improvement of lighthouses, military cemeteries, eto.
In analyzing the m8.Jl-year oost 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 oost 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 purchases, advance material purchases, and the like, distort the expenditures of funds. In
most instances, however, the true man-year cost will probably lie somewhere be~veen the obligations per man-year and the expenditures per man-year. The accompanying table 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 representative of the activities being conducted. This ma.y be due to one or more of several causes.
For example, 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 equipment. If a program includes the purchase of land, this expenditure will distort
the figures. If an agency is conducting a major portion of its work by cootract, the obligations will cover the entire contract amount whereas actual expenditures may as yet be
little or nothing.
A brief examination 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 11,000 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 & few instances the figures are well wi-fihin $1,400 per manyear.
An
agency-by-agency report of the Worl:s Program. activities of the Federal agencies
follows.
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OBLIGAl'IONS AND ElCPnIDIT~ OF AGEH::IES WI'm WORX PROJmTS1 OnIER THAN CCC AND WPA
May 1936
Cmrulative Dnployment
Through May 23, 1936
Obligated Expended
Per
Per
Expenditures
Man- ManThrou~ May 20 1 1936
0bliga.tiona !ixpendit:urea Year Year
Man-Weeks
Relief' as Total
Peroent
Man-
Agenoy
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..
T..,ot.,..a...,..l
DEP.AR'IMENT OF AGRICULTURE
.lgrioult ura.l Engineering
Animal Industry
Biologioal Survey
Dairy Industry
Entomology and Pl.ant Quarantine
Elctension Service
Forest Service
Plant Industry
ot Total Yeara
2,351.188 !/
45,215,1
507
93
9.1
30,653
81
589.5
10,555 94
203.0
444
91
8.5
628 1 032
93 12,077.5
253
90
4.9
661,084
90 12,713.2
2,639
95
50.7
Publio Roads
Soil Conservation Servioe
Weather Bureau
1,016,498
523
5 1 837.-7
5,637.7
172,9
20.1
7.0
6.245,413
6,101,100
103,540
19,003
21,690
5.136.938
17,632.0
49,540,464
15.2
91
267.3
99
14.6
4,710
95
90.6
38
387
7.4
93 12,965.7
674,217
205,677
9
3,955.3
584 100
11.2
9,799 96
188.4
48,356
321,025
10,242
206,892
6,39'2
7,058,456
41,095,066
9,009
179,026
303.557
293,161
8,990
1,043
363
Lighthouses
Standards
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Alaska Road Ccmmiasion
Bituninous Coal Ccmrusaion
Offioe of F.duoa.tion
Geological Survey
Offioe of Indian Affairs
Na.tional Park •Servioe
Puerto Rioo Reconstruotion .A.dmin.
Bureau of Reeh111a.tion
St • nizabetha Ho api tal
Temporary Government of Virgin Islands
$410,179,011 $135,637,924
7,150
6,891 $ 737 $
815,693
572,926 1,384
189,587
W,984
934
2,990
2,990
352
10,3451 312
B,547,100
857
3,898
3,582
796
21,954,731 12,318,789 1,727
38,951
36,496
768
361,968,278 101,174,294
14,841,807 12,835,129
759
10,614
9,743 1,051
3,445
107
Census
l'iaheries
78 19,548.0
95
10.1
y
4,825
.ALLEY D'l'IELLING Atm!ORITY'
DEPA.~nmr.r or C~CE
Obligations and
17
74
95
99
0
916,873
6,048
DEPARTMElIT OF LABOR
United States Employment Service
Imnigration and Naturalization
LIBRARY OF COllGRESS
1,082
802
599
945
439
l.6.681.968
546,242
43,019 3,181 2,830
201,659 1,201
754
7,763
702.
532
52,956
3,103
864
419
3,654,870
544
282
12,082,447
9,009
804
804
80,900
950
429
80
92
546.2
538,466
99.5
115,707
627,429
534,343
986
93,086 1,163
3,633
90
69.9
190,989
117,964
91 11,625.7
14,859,046
645.7
654,113
908
3,099 1,953
33,572
28,400
5,172
790
657
965
75,917
18.,253
13,688
l16.3
13,900
761
640
352
708
731
969
720
5,029,080
68
0
606,000
710
972
2,732
978
936
1,688
NAVY DEPARn.iENT
Yards and Docks
604,538
PUBLIC WORKS Ail,,IDTISTRATION
Ho,:sing
12,573,859 1,278 1,082
1,592,684
57,254
1,535,430
Non-F'edera.l
RESETTLFl.IDlT ADMDIISTRATION
1,179,062
56
22,674.3
3,126
53
60,1
473,954
s,ego.5
Publio Health Servioe
306.311
20,388
167,828
7,714
110,381
75
94
80
89
392.1
3,227.4
148.3
2,122 .. 1
a,995 1 448.
2,667,679
3,766,862
192,793
2,368,114
VEL'ERANS' AI!>iINISTRATION
44,004
93
846.2
876,188
789,962
37,816.0
77 26,929.6
90 10,886.4
132,145,598
121,975,599
10.169,999
68,225,053
RL'P.AL 'll;Lm'!'RIFICATION .AD1!INISTRA'l'I0?l
Tl?'USURY DEPARTMENr
.Jnited States Coast Gu.a.rd
Bureau of Intern.al Re"fenue
Procurement Division
VlAR DEPARTMENT
Corpe of Engineers
~uartenna.ster Corps
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1,966,433
1,400,340
566,093
474,259
6.885,840
1,106,392
3.411.011 1,167 1,057
174,956 1,300 1,180
2,193,481 1,116 1,033
1,035
934
4,529
934
2,533
857
77,559,050
9,333,997
EmluaiTe of Publio Roads.
Inoludea figures for Seoret8Z7' 1 Office.
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AGRICULTURE
.An1mel Industry
Rescissions on April 8 of $601,900 from the cattle fever tick eradioation project and $10,000 from the liver fluke control project of the Bureau of .Animal Industry
brought their allooations down to $827,100 and 8190,000, respectively. Nee.rly 90 percent
ot the 1,469 persons employed by this Bureau dur'.µg the last W8ek in :May were at work
on the eattle 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 for 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 number employed at the end of April.
A:n 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
April a. As of May 30, obligations 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 Connnission 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 projeots.
date at completion, and actual costs were as follows:
Station
Date of
Completion
Cost or
IAbor
Robson, Louisiana
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Ch-eeley, Colorado
Fresno, California
Dea. 31, 1935
Apr. 13, 1936
Apr. 13, 1936
Apr. 15, 1936
t
835
1,509
5,200
3,500
The location,
Coat or
Material a
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1,500
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A reaoission by the Pre•ident of $3,007 fr~ its North Carolina project on April 8 reduced the total allocations to the Bureau of Plant Industry to $40,493. The seven projects still tmder way employed 69 persons (67 from relief rolls) at the end of May and
were within a month of completion.
Public Roads
The Bureau of Publio Roads is conductini; three separate programs i.vith funds
provided by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935: Works Program highway projects for which $200,000,000 has been allocated ($5,000,000 for engineering and administrative expenses), Works Program grade-crossing projects for which $199,621,866 is
now available($3,62l,865 for engineering and administrative expenses), and Public
Works highway construction for which $100,000,000 was appropriated by the Department
of Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1936 in aooordance with the Hayden-Cartwright Aot
of June 1934.
Works Program highway projects were to be approved only if one man-year of
employm3nt was provided for each $1,400 allotted to the States. Because intermediate
and high type highways 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 feasible under this limitation an alternate plan was devised
,vhereby the States agreed to provide employment on Works Program highway projeots for as
many men as needed, and to em.ploy enough additional 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 requirement. 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-years of employment States were allowed
to substitute the equivalent number of man-hours for man-years of work, on the basis
of 1.560 man-hours per man-year. If, however, the minimum wages established by a State
hi~vra.y department were suoh as to make possible monthly earnings substantially in excess of the monthly earnings schedule established in Executive Order No. 7046, a proportionate reduotion in man-hours per month might be stipulated in the alternate plan
agreements.
MAN-HOURS AND EARNINGS UNDER THE WORK PROGRAM OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
Through May 16• 1936
Total
Type of
. Relief
Average
Hourly
Earnings
(Cents)
Project
Man-Hours
Earnings
TOTAL
78,381,918
$37,443,888
7,987,863
Average
Hourly
Ea.rn:4!:gs
Man-Hours
Earnings
48
31,643,067
$13.009,883
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4,266,079
63
768,038
369,832
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Operations fiilB.nced
!'unds
1936 Public Works
highways
Works Program
Grade Crossings
Works Program
highways
9.386,950
s.121 1 594
66
4,288,649
1,766,904
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38,080,324
17,245,176
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19.368,674
7,813,226
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Operations under
alternate plan
Federal-aid
highways
State highways
16,346,497
6,681,284
8.003,468
2,817,572
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3,771,376
3.456,431
1.109,004
1.370,918
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By the end of May employment under the regular progr8J!ls and under the alternate
plan had reached a total 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 average hourly wage rate of 48 cents and with a total payroll of $37,443,888.
A breakdown of these amounts is shown in the tabulation on the preceding page, wich
gives the man-hours and earnings on each type of program under the supervision of the
Bureau and indicates the share attribu~able to relief labor. The State Highway
Connnission in each State has established minimum.hourly rates for unskilled, intermediate,
and skilled classifications of labor.
Soil Conservation Service
The Soil Cor.servo.tion Service is conducting 131 demonstratio11 rrojects on private
lands in 40 States and 11 such projects on Federal l~nds in 5 States. Thirteen experiment~l
stations and 46 nurser~,. proje~ts are also in operation. Due to local differences in soil
condition and topography, it has not been pos si'c le to determine the cost per acre of tr,e
various types of soil t:i;-eatment. Reports received to date, hm-rnver, indicate considerable
variation ir. these costs, particularly in g,'Ully control vrork. The cost per a.ere in this
type of wor1: te:::i.d.s to run higher than in either terracing or contour furrowing.
A Presidential allocation on Ioo.y 21 of $770,100 for erosion projects in 34
States increased total funds available to the Soil Conservation Service to $18,606,116.
Obligations incurred through May 29 amounted to $15,215,640, leaving an unobligated
balance of $3,390,476. Employment during May 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 Agriculture have completed all 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 Lewisburi;;, Tennessee, 75 percent was spent for
labor and 25 percent for materials, resulting in a man-year cost of only $352. The
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering averaged about $700 per man-year on its projects in
Alabama ($3,195 allocation) and Mississippi ($3,956 allocation). The final accounting
on the Extension Service's $4,066 project at Alexandria• Virgini~, showed that 7,728 manhours of employment had been provided at a man-year cost of $731. Mater:i..al costs on
this project were less than 20 percent of the total. The Extension Service also has
under its supervision the di&tribution of $2,000,000 to the st~tes in the Southern Great
Plains areas for wind erosion control.
The Biological Su~vey is operating 30 project units in North Dakota. Of
these, all but three are in the final stages of construction. The allocation for this
project was reduced to $247,289 by a Presidential rescission of $19 1 000 on April B.
During the 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 Biological Survey also
received a land purchase allocation of $950,000 on February 12 which was reduced by
~450,000 on April 21. Although legal difficulties have thus far delayed the purchase
of land, it is now expected that options will be taken within a month.
The long range weather forecast project being conducted by the v:ea.ther Bi~:reau
is now about half finished. The original allocation of $17,700 for this project was reduced by $5,146 on April 8. Work has not yet started on the Bureau's $5,000 project for
the repair of river -gauges damaged by floods, because supplementary funds for materials
have·not yet been obtained.
ALUY DWiLLIHG AUT::IORITY
On May 15, $9,806 of the Alley Dwelling Authority's original $200,000 allocation was rescinded by the President. The ~liocation to the Authority is being used
in four activities. The first consists of the dem~lition of 10 alley dwellings, repair
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construction of 17 one-oar 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
dwellin~ and the construotion 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 project. Because
of difficulty in obtaining skilled relief workers, 9 of these persons were drawn from
non-relief sources.
DEPARTMENT OF CC>MM:t.:RCE
Census
The Buree,· of the Census reported a reduction in personnel of 2,391 betvreen April
25 and May 30 as a result of the completion of work in some localities. Most 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 remaining schedules will have been collected by June 30, occasioning a further sharp reduction in
personnel. Tabulation 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 finished. The work of transferring the information to
cards is practically complete, but checking the cards and arranging them in alphabetical
order ~~11 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 April 29 brought
net allocations to the Bureau of Census down to $8,231,948. Of this amount, $6,333,796
had been obligated and $5,244,830 expended as of May 29.
Other Agencies
Of the 294 persons employed during the week ending }{Jay 30 by the three other
Depart~ent of Commerce bureaus operating work projects, 264 were working on projects
operated by the Bureau of Fisheries. This Bureau has two projects: one in Alaska for
the improvement of salmon spawning grounds and the destruction 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,
was rescinded on April 8. At the same time $10,000 was rescinded from the $55,996
allocated to the Alaska project. The Bureau's program is only about half finished but
it is expected that more favorable weather condition.a will speed up the completion of
the remainder of the program.
The Bureau of Standards employed the remaining 30 of the 294 perl$ons mentioned
above. Tests on the relative durability of building :materials usej in low-cost housing
a.re still in progress.
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All the work contemplated by the Bureau of Lighthouses has been completed with
the exception of one 1.m.it in Washington on whioh 110rk has not yet been started. On the
units that have been finished, 20 man-yeara of work have been provided at a Jllall-:fe&r
cost of t90B. Only t968 of the Bureau•• 120,000 allocation remained unobligated on
May 29.
EM1::RGENCY CONS:ER-VATION WORK
Employment on Emergency Conservation Work oontinued 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 deorease ooourred, 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 reservations, and 47,600 working "in CCC oamps in supervisory,
clerical, teohnioal, professional, and 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 break:dovm. of these obligations.
OBLIGATIONS INCURRED FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
Through April 30, 1936
Item
Total
Wages to enrollees
Wages to others
Shelter
Clothing
Subsistence
Medical aid
Supplies, materials, etc.
Transportation of persons
other transportation
Utilities
Miscellaneous
Obligations for
April 1936
Total Obligations
Through April 1936
$33,823,067
$523,117,133
11,134,797
6,033,173
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
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$1,401,247.
Including payrolls for Reserve OfficeTs amounting to $25,211,lga.
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Geological Survey
The Geological Survey 1 s project in Kern County, California, oontinues to employ
24 persons, all from relief rolls. The project will probably oontinue for another month.
A sma~l resoission of $87 on May 15 reduced its allocation to 19,913.
A rescission of $5,000 on th& same date out to $95,000 the $100,000 allooated
to rebuild stream gauging stations d8ll18.ged 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 projeot units, whioh 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 Park Service on May 29. were all engaged on the preliminary survey of the Natchez-Trace Parkway. By that date two sets
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 are being drafted on the remainj.ng 15-mile section. Construction plans
are nearing comRletion on one. 12½-mile section and are under way on the other. 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 $74,815 on May 15.
The $2,250,000 bond issue, representing St. Louis' contribution to the
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial project, was sold during May in spite of a pending
appeal enjoining th~ sale. The funds thus derived were turned over to the Federal
Government on May 20 and shortly thereafter the Treasury released 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 Capital Parks for
purchases of materials which are being used to repair flood damages to Federal lands
and structures in the District of Columbia.
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
At the end of May, 32,663 relief workers and 2,113 non-relief persons were employed unde~the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration's $32,152,380 program. The
largest number of persons (25,423) were working on the rural rehabilitation program. 'While
4,468 workers were engaged on rural electrification. The reforestation program provided
eJl)ployment for 3,266 persona. i'he tabulation below shows employment for each phase of
the Amninistration 1 e program, with the allocation for each.
Type of
Project
Total
Rural rehabilitation
Cattle tick and cocoanut
bud rod eradication
Rural electrification
Slum olear-ance
University buildings
Reforestation
Cement plant
Number
of
Projects
Employment
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
306,740
2,727,600
2,.200,000
1,422,000
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
9
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non-Relief'
According to recent reports, the three hydroelectric projects under the rural
electrification program are nearly half' completed and the library for the University
of Puerto Rico is about two-thirds finished. Many of th~ other projects are still in
early stages of development.
Reclamation
Presidential allocations to the Bureau of Reclamation totalled ~p65~020,000
on May 29. This provided for specific work on 25 reclamation projects and one speoial
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 aotive projeots, actual construction work by contractors and Government foroes had been started on 17. Preliminary work by contractors and Government
foroes was being proseouted on 4 projeots while Govermnent foroes were engaged in
preliminary survey work on 3 others. Two projects in the first group are more than
half completed. The Sun River projeot in Montana, involving $215,000 in ERA funds,
is nearing completion. About half of the work is finished on the Grand Coulee Dam
in Washington, for which $20,000,000 has been anocated.
The nwnber of persons working on reclamation projects declined slightly
throughout the month to a total of 7,901 for the week 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
4,763 persons in the week ending May 30. The largest total employment was reported by the
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 oompleted 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
Commission, with its work approximately 85 percent completed, employed 86 persons on
its two projeots. On May 28, work was completed at St. Elizabeths Hospital. Twenty men
were employed at the hospital during that week. Although the Bitw:i.inous Coal Commission
had transferred most of its employees to payrolls under other appropriations, it still
retained 16 non-relief workers on May 30. A rescission of $1,335 reoently reduced the allocation of the Commission to $70,583.
DEPARTM~.NT OF LABOR
The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization increased its employment almost
25 percent between April 25 and May 29. The Ellis Island project, whieh 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 vra.s reduced by $4,143
on l-.!ay 15. Work at the Boston Station had nearly been cor::pleted at the end of May, while
operations at Gloucester City, New Jersey, and Detroit, t·lichiga.n, were well past the
half-way mark.
The u. s. Employment Service received two reallocations on May 16 of funds
rescinded on April 81 196 1 000 for the Oooupational .Analysis study and $40,000 for the
Perpetual Labor Inventory projeot. At the same time, however, $4,893 was resoinded
from the Oooupational Analysis study and $3,600 from the Perpetual Labor Inventory.
The Perpetual Inventory project oompleted i.,ts work in :Mass_achusetts during the last
11'89k of May at an average man-year cost pf about $976. 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 3,500 of the proposed
6,000 electric talking book machines have already been completed and distributed to the
regional libraries for the blind. Practically all the remaining machines should be
fini~hed ty July 1, 1936.
Employment on the talking book machine project vras substantially the same at
the end of May as at the end of April. Persons from relief rolls,at work during the
last 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 e.nd Docks had completed 42 projects involving allocations of $561 1 883. Twelve of these projects were located in California
and nine in Washington, the remainder being distributed among eleven Stat~s.
Employment on Navy projects declined c@siderably in the five-week period
from April 25, wlien 17,478 persons were working, to May 29, when 15,462 workers were
e111.ployed. The decrease occurred primarily on projects at Seattle e.nd Bremerton,
Washington, at Brooklyn, New York, and at Boston, Hingham, and SquantUlll, Massachusetts.
Of the.$16,567,661 allocated to the Bureau for work projects $15,074,787 had
been obligated and $13,018,553 aotually expended by May 29, leaving an unexpended balance of $8,639,012. It is est:iJnated that 65 percent of expenditures was for labor and
84 percent of the labor expenditures was paid to persons who had com~ from the relief
rolls.
PUBUC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
Housing
This Division's $101,373,050 program consists of one land acquisition project
in the Distriot of Columbia and 39 low-cost housing projects. These 40 projects include
one in Enid, Oklahoma, and one in Toledo, Ohio, ,'lhich are financed only in part by funds
provided under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.
Of the 39 housing projects work on the supPrstructure had been ~ompleted on o:~\,;
and started on 7 by the end of May; foundations were being laid on 25, and demolition
work had been completed on 2 and was in progress on 3. The re~Aining project vm.s still
awaiting the award of its contract. During the last week in ?fay 5,961 persons were
working on these projects.
The Housing Division reported expenditures of ~16.,151,568 through April 30.
The tabulation below lists these expenditures by object classifications:
Total
Personal services - Federal payroll
Supplies and materials
Rent and equipment
Construction, mainteno.nce,and repair
contracts
Contractual services
Eq~ipnent purchases
Land purchases
$16,151,568
11,691
"7,592
930
2,003,207
1,811
2,780
14,123,55-7
It should be noted that expenditures for contracts include labor costs on the projects
covered by the contracts.
Non-Federal
Presidential e.llocati•ons to tl1e Non-Federal Di vision of PWA totc.lled 1~31A,., 756,196
on ?.fu.y 29. Of this amount $335,728,962 had been allotted in grants to the States for
4,03T projects and an additional $7,700,000 had been loaned for a project in Texas.
Thi.s loan originally amounted to $10,500,000 but $2,800,000 of ERA Act funds was withdrawn and replaced by funds from the F'WA Revolving Fund. It is estimated that the
total cost of these projects will be $803,266.,744. In addition to the funds mentioned
above, $118.,396,562 is being loaned to the States from P\liA funds made available from
earlier appropriations. The balance of the funds required is being raised locally.
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By the end of May construction had been completed on 76 of these projects and
3,399 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. '.rhe
tabulation below summarizes this information and gives the loan value, grant value, and
estimated total cost of the projects in each stage.
STATUS OF PWA BOB-FEDERAL PROJECTS
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(Value• in Thousands of Dollars)
Under
Conitruction
ConstrucCompleted
tion
Total
Bumber of projects
Loan n.lue
Grant ftlue (ERA funds)
Estimated total cost
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4,031
$12-8, 89T
$336,729
taoa.867
T6
248
11,124
$2,533
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3,399
$83,813
$28',398
tM9,0l7
Stas
Contract•
Bids
Bot Yet
Awarded Advertised Advertised
16T
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$ 8,.052
91
6,690
$6,882
$15,.261
$17,086
$38,611
98'
$31.194
$28.440
t9T.T83
Include• $7,700,000 in ERA Aot funds.
Employment on Non-Federal projects continued 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.
RESETTLEMENT .A.DMirISTRATI0N
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 TBE RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATIOB
Week Ending Jlay- 30, 1936
Total
Employment
Proa
Relief Rolla
Not from
Reliet Rolla
Total
63,.520
M,602
29,.018
Utilization
Construction
Management
Forest Serrlce
61,.284
11,928
209
99
26,T09
T,6T8
19
96
24,576
4,260
190
Division
Land
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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 houses have been
built and 1,981 families, comprising 11,932 persons, have already moved in. The suburban
housing projects at Berviyn, 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 for
purchase were under option.
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A total ot tas.632,882 had been disbursed in either initial or supplemental
loans and gralits by May 29. This total included loans of $72,134,239 and grants of
tl4,398.643.
RURAL BIBCTRIFICATION AIIIINISTRATION
During the month of May allocations of $2.735,900 and rescissions o.f $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 allooated for the purpose of providing wiring on customers• premises in 12 States.
Eleven projects, actually under construction by the end o.f May, provided for
the construction of 1,715 miles of distribution lines in 10 States at an estimated cost
~£ $1,867.376 and employed'288 persons in the week ending May 30,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Ooe.st·Guard
Allocations for Coast Guard projects have been affected by two recent rescissionsone on April 21 a.mounting to $311,311 e.nd 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
a.mounted to $2,756.081, while checks had been issued for $1,169,342.
On $11 Coe.st Guard work projects 587 relief persons and 266 non-relief workers
were employed during the last week of May. The telephone line repair projects are now
more than half finished and the boat building program and station repair projects are
well under way.
Internal Revenue
A detailed description of the activities and current status of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue appears 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 $12,646, (Treasury warrant not yet issued) reduced the funds allocated to the Secretary's Office for its income tax survey .from $1,200.000 to $806,447.. About $576,000
of thie emount had been expended by May 29.
The employment of 1,343 relief workers 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 o.f May, as
compared with 1,667 on April 25. This work has been accomplished by approximately 300
artists who are now engaged in painting 74 murals, 69 easel paintings, 7 screens, and
a poster, and carving and molding 28 pieces o.f sculpture. About 40 percent of the work
planned tor this project has now.been completed, while $188,049 or~6 peroent of the
:tunds available have been expended.
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With the approaching completion of field work on the survey of public health
being conducted by the Public Health Service, employment continued to decline 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 rescission on April 21 o-r $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 $2,721,750. Of this amount $2,412,907 had been obligated and
$2,246,395 expended as of May 29.
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
Rescissions of $16,000 reduced the allocations to the Veterans' Administration
for work projects 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' hospitals, 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 the.t 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,
oost $981 per man-year .1.nstead of $774. On the Lexington, Kentucky, project, which was
completed in.April, the estimated cost of 1993 was cut to $868 ih 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 seou.red 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, Kansas, and the Florida
Ship Canal provided work for 2,917 and 2,608 workers, 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 Harbor 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 $485,850. 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 the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 appears in a
preceding section of this report.
WORKS PROGRESS .ADMINISTRATION
State Work Programs
Allocations of $29,162,918 and rescissions of tl2,519,l60 during the month or
_liay increased the funds available for State work programs by ,16.64S,768 to a total of
ll.~33.671,476 on May 29. By the same date projects to the value o~ approximately
$5,450,000,000 had been approved.
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A steady decline in 'WPA employment occurred during the five-week period from
Apr·11 25 to May 30. Over the entire period the number of persons working under the State
work programs decreased by more than 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, when more
than 65,000 workers were dropped, and 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 emplo~nt total, 234,520 persons, discharged
22,000 workers ~etween April 25 and 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 each released ab?ut 16,000 workers, bringing the number of workers in those States down to
164,468 and 119,7:g,8, respectively. Other S·tates with high employment averages and large
reductions vrere Ohio with workers totalling 155,808 after a reduction of 7,000;
Massachusetts employing 112,520 after a loss of 8,000; and New York (exclusive of New
York City) with an aggregate of 105,265 after releasing 11,000 wor~ers.
New Jersey and Texas employed the next largest number of workers during the .
week ending May 30, with 84,976 and 82,598 persons, respectively, at work. Two other
States, Michigan and Indiana, employed more than 70,000 persons, and Missouri had almost
that number at work. Oklahoma and Wisconsin were the only other States employing more
than 50,000 persons et the end of May. The data for all States can be found in
Table 3 at the end of this repo~t.
Art, Music, Theatre, and Writers' 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, and Writers• program. Allotments for
the four phases of the program are as 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 and a balance of $143,773; writers•, $3,399,165 distributed,
leaving $187,539 still available for authorization.
Data on employment indicate that 38,608 persons were employed under the program
at the end of May. This total included 5,ll3 persons employed under the art program,
15,354 under the music program, 12,3G2 working on theatre projects, and 5,749 persons on
writers• projects.
La.test available data on expenditures indicate that by April 30, $2,388,722
had been obligated, and :;;2,06S,309 expended for art projects; $6,351,648 obligated and
$5,668,544 expended for music projects; ~5,439,028 obligated ~nd $4,529,469 expended
for the theatre prograr.i.; o..nd ~2,409,192 obligated and $2,002,722 expended for the writers'
program. For the whole prog~n.r: the total obligations ~~re $16,588,590, while expenditures
( voucher payments) totalled ,~ 14., 360, Qt!:,~.
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 a.re working at part-time jobs and receiving one-third the
established monthly earnings schedule for WPA projectR.
~':.he Nat::....,.-..al routh Administration reports that the r..i'lr.lim· cl' sti...aents
benefiting tm.der its Student Aid Program rose slightly in April to 419,119. This total
included 283,647 high-school students, 128,545 college students, and 6,927 graduate
students, all of whom are employed on part-time jobs.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WORKS PROGRAM
June 15, 1936
TABLES
Number
Table 1
Title
Employment on Work Projects by Agencies - Excluding Administrative
Employees, Weeks Ending May 2 Through May 30, 1936
52
Table 2 Relief Status of Persons Employed on Work Projects by Agencies Excl~ding Administrative Employees, Week Ending May 30, 1936
63
Table 3 Employment on WPA Projects, Emergency Conservation Work, and Projects of other Agencies by States - Exc.luding Administrative Employet:s,
Weeks Ending May 2, May 16 and May 30, 1936
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Table 7
Table 8
Employment on Work Projects of Agencies other than CCC and WPA by
States - Excluding Administrative Employees, Week Ending May 30, 1936
66 - 57
Presidential Allocations for the Works Program by Agencies, Through
May 29, 1936
68 - 69
Presidential Allocations and Employment on Work Projects by Agencies,
End of May 1936
60
Presidential Allocations to WPA by Aot Limitations and by States,
Through May 29, 1936
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EMPLOYMENT ON WORK PROJECTS BY AGENCIES
EXCLUDINI ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES
WEEKS ENDING MAY 2 THROUGH IIAY 301 1936
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GRANO 10TAL
MAY 2
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MAY 16
MAY 9
.MAY 23
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(3}
(5)
IIAY 30
(6)
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3,485,154
3,458,314
3,-448, 785
3,420,437
3,396,879
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2,503,331
2,452,580
2,417,165
2,374,434
2,339,740
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( 2)
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CCC CAIIPS
INDIAN RESERVATIONS
TERRI TORIES
398.200
386,000
7,850
4,350
401.900
389~200
8 1 350
4,350
411,900
399,200
8,350
4,350
410,200
397,500
8,350
4,350
409,200
396,500
8 1 350
4,350
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OTHER AGENCIES
583,623
603,834
619,720
635,803
647,939
( 7)
239,320
1,430
490
18,134
16,826
75
174,758
27,589
,a
258,605
1,465
486
19,832
10,124
67
191,344
27,269
18
269,910
1,474
489
20,345
18,905
62
201,421
27,196
18
283.914
1,470
559
20,131
19,103
62
215,456
27,116
17
294.428
1,469
043
23,067
19,910
59
222,290
26,965
( 8)
{ 9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
12
11
12
11 .372
11,063
279
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4)
5)
6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
{10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(16)
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE
AN I UAL I NDUS TRY
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUANANTINE
f"OREST SERVI CE
PLANT I NDUR TRY
PUBLIC ROADS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
IIIEATHER BUREAU
(17)
ALLEY DWELLING AUTHORITY
(18)
DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
CENSUS
f"ISHERIES
STANDARDS
11,917
11,603
45.637
50
17
1,659
24
595
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ALASKA ROAD COlll,jlSSION
BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION
OFF"ICE or EDUCATION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OFFICE or INDIAN AFFAIRS
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
RECLAMA Tl ON
STo ELIZABETH& HOSPITAL
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
(33)
(34)
(35)
DEPARTIIENT OF LABOR
UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
(36)
LIBRARY or CONGRESS
(37)
(38)
NAVY DEPARTMENT
YARDS AND DOCKS
(39)
(41)
P\JBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING DIVISION
NON-FEDERAL DIVISION
(42)
RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION
(43)
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATIOPI
(44)
(45)
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4)
5)
6)
17
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
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14
(17)
10,430
10,152
248
30
10,093
9,799
264
30
(19)
(20)
30
10.934
10,619
285
30
45.771
64
17
1,907
24
624
45
34,083
8,267
20
720
46.531
73
19
2,052
30
820
43
34,687
0,130
21
656
47.418
75
1,495
43
34,890
8 1 060
19
631
47.448
86
16
2,249
64
1,027
44
34,676
7,901
20
565
704
179
972
741
231
749
236
~
fil
748
230
1,026
782
244
(34)
(35)
304
305
287
284
280
(36)
17,453
17,352
17,214
16,596
15,462
(37)
(38)
134.891
3,943
130,948
136.806
4,441
132,365
142.259
5,203
137,056
148.034
5,110
142,924
151.844
5,961
145,883
(39}
(40)
(41)
67,856
67,339
66,473
63,578
63,520
(42)
265
232
330
313
288
(43)
a 1692
847
3,433
296
.2,699
1,417
8 1 586
814
3,426
299
2,631
1,416
8 1 502
837
3,421
2m
2,499
1,448
01 371
838
3,422
298
2,381
1,432
0 1 203
853
3,427
300
2,239
1,464
(44)
(49)
DEPARTMENT or THE TREASURY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
BUREAU or INTERNAL REVENUE
PROCUREMENT DIVISION
PuBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SECRETARY'& OFFICE
(49)
(50)
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
1,111
1,154
1,115
1,132
1,124
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
IAR DEPARTMENT
CORPS or ENGINEERS
QUARTERIIASTER CORPS
55.282
40,930
14,352
55,329
41,279
14,050
55,168
41,452
13,716
54.744
41,189
13,555
54.129
4~,004
13,125
(51)
(52)
(15)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(40)
(46)
(47)
(48)
y
286
28
Y
42
34,220
8,320
19
691
~
17
2,142
46
(18)
(21 i
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(53)
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467,825
94.9
119,991
&!.
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7,500
4,000
89.8
92.0
'48.700
47,!500
8!50
3!50
.!..ta!
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10.2
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2,929,0!54
2,339,740
2,219,74Q
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( I)
( 6)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION IORK
CCC CAMPI
INDIAN REIERVATIONI
TERRITORIES
'409.200
390,500
8,3!50
4,3!50
( 7)
OTHER AGENCIES
647,939
348,805
!53.8
299,134
46.2
( 7)
I0-4 1428
1!5!5. 180
1,016
~
69.2
139.248
£:.!
643
608
94.6
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
23,067
19,918
19,!536
17,624
84.7
t!8.5
30.8
!5.4
15.3
11.5
3.4
56.2
29.7
5.9
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ANIIIAL INDUSTRY
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
ENTOMOLOGY ANO PUNT QUARANTINE
FOREST $ERV I CE
PLANT INOU8TRY
PUBLIC ROAOI
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
IEATHER BuREAU
(II)
(12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
(17)
ALLEY DWELLING AUTHORITY
(18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
DEPARTMENT OF' COMMERCE
CENIUI
FIIHERIEI
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
DEPARTMENT OF' THE INTERIOR
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
BITUMINOUS COAL COIIMISIION
OF"F'ICE OF' EDUCATION
GEOLOGICAL SUAVE¥
OF'F'ICE OF' INDIAN AF'F'AIRI
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
PUERTO RICO RECONITRUCTION ADIIINIITRATION
RECLAIIATION
STo ELIZABETH& HOSPITAL
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF' Vl~GIN IILAND8
(33)
(34)
(35)
DEPARTMENT OF' LABOR
UNITEO STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
IMMl3RATION ANO NATURALIZATION
(30)
LIBRARY
(37)
(38)
NAVY DEPARTMENT
YARDS AND DOCKI
(39)
(40)
(41)
PullLIC IOAKS ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING DIVISION
NON-FEDERAL DIVISION
(-42)
RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION g/
(43)
RURAL ELECTRIF'ICATION ADMINISTRATION
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OCPARTMENT OF' THE TREASURY
UNITED STATEI COAST GUARD
( <lie)
(46)
(47)
(48)
STANDARDS
OF' CONOREl8
BuREAU OF' INTERNAL REVENUE
PROCUREMENT DIVISION
PuBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SECRETARY 1 S Of"F'ICE
( "'9)
(50)
VETERAN1 1 ADMINleJRATION
(51)
(52)
(53)
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CORPS OF' ENGINEERS
QUARTERUA8TER CORPS
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1,469
360.500
4!53
a.o
59
'S1
96.6
222,290
20,965
17
97,374
18,949
10
43.8
70.3
94.I
3!5
3,531
2,294
2
124,916
8,016
I
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5
35.7
9
64.3
(17)
10.093
9,799
264
30
7.177
6,967
210
71. I
71. I
79.5
2.916
2,832
28.9
28.9
20.5
100.0
(18)
( 19~
(20)
(21)
47.448
86
16
2,2-49
38.340
77
so.a
9. 108
89.5
9
100
19.2
10.5
100.0
5.8
7.8
5.5
2◄
!5◄.!5
2,113
6,684
60 I
84.6
26
4.6
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
2,118
64
59
1,827
1,727
20
32,563
1,217
44
34,676
7,901
54
30
16
131
94.2
92.2
94.5
45.5
93.9
15.4
100.0
95.4
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( 11)
(12)
(11)
( 14)
( 15)
(10)
20
20
565
539
1.026
782
244
1§!
545
217
74.3
69.7
88.9
~
237
27
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30.3
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(33)
(34)
(3!5)
280
255
91. I
25
809
(30)
15,462
13,257
85.7
2,205
14.3
(37)
(E).
151.844
5,961
145,883
-49.039
2,ea2
46,3!57
67.7
!55.0
ea.2
(39)
(40)
(41)
63,520
34,502
!54.9
29,018
45.7
(42)
288
114
39.6
174
00.4
(~)
8 1 283
853
3,427
7.328
!587
3,172
237
!!.d
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(44)
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92.6
79.0
2!5!5
y
32.3
45.0
3i.e
102.805
3,279 §/
99,526
2,239
1,464
1,989
ea.a
63
2!50
1,343
91.7
121
.L!.a,!5
11.2
1 ...
21.0
11.2
8.3
1,124
1,020
90.7
10◄
9.3
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54.129
41,004
♦3, 125
41,026
30,990
10,836
77.3
75.6
82.6
12,303
10,014
22.1
(!51)
24.4
17.4
(!52)
(!53)
300
ee.e
266
2,289
(-40)
(47)
('48)
(49)
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IIIPLOYIIENT ON IPA PROJECTS, EMERGENCY CONSERVATION IORK, AND PROJECTS fE' OTHER AGENCIES BY STATES
ExCLUDING ADUINl6TRATIVE EIIPLDYEE8
IEEK8 ENl>INQ MAY 2, IIIAY 16 AND IIIAY 30, 1936
NulllER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
DURING IEEK ENDING MAY 2
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GRAND TOTAL
( 2)
( 3)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY STATES
AUIAIIA
( 4)
ARIZONA
( 5)
MICANIAS
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CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
(II)
DISTRICT Cf' COLUIIIIA
F'LORIOA
(12)
GEORGIA
( IS)
IDAHD
ILLIHOII
( 14)
( 15)
( le)
( 17)
INDIANA
IOIIA
KANSAS
( 18)
KENTl:CICT
( It)
(20)
(21}
(22)
lOUIIIIANA
(23)
(24)
(2!5)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
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MARYLAND
IIIAIIACttUlnTI
IIOHIOAN
IINNEIOTA
IISIIUIPPI
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619,no
3.396,879
2,339, 74J
409,200
647,919
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!4,48!
10,064
!5661915
16,720
5,913
11.,699
3.3-42102!
56,431
20,222
!50,439
176,999
40,001
2. 339.&l.<42.
33,671
9,785
30,236
119, 7"8
29,625
4041 8s:>
6,827
4,317
9,198
14,676
4,917
597,419
15,933
6,120
11,00IS
-42,575
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124,552
31,-417
4071550
6,871
-4,326
9,262
14,766
4,9"8
5,45
<
25,3-4G
2.,414
7,814
27,189
35,4e5
-4,507
693
2,392
cs, 798
( 8)
2,1111
( ~)
3,006
( 10)'.
6,886
14,676
101 1'4
164,468
70,515
21, 113
34,473
583,623
31-4281781
!58,812
20,316
-40,481
181,313
421 979
215031331
!5,!I08
10,209
29,171
129.,676
32,448
393,8!:J:l.
6,650
4,167
8,952
14,290
-4,792
531.600 ...!£391.6~16,254
58,074
5,940
20,303
I 1,358
51,766
17,3-47
1711,326
5,739
42,042
36,831
5,576
13,504
61,087
27,540
2,748
8,190
25,179
37,613
17,589
219,576
95,-420
«>,738
'55,847
71,047
51,576
18,004
27,911
143,850
◄e,447
....
10,,ige
37,-414
5,526
13,459
49,136
59,100
27,-414
2,!5!50
7,999
215,223
36,546
-4,!5!9
WT
2,392
6,937
10,864
3,068
15,976
11,690
36,654
5,286
u1,212
"48 1 751
56,42'7
10,393
176,-4"15
761 56 I
25,409
38,098
2,870
19,475
7,-487
5,9C51
C5 1 296
4,326
23,656
I 11 372
9,278
I 1,453
16,616
216,696
8,823
170,812
72,132
22,670
37,-436
2,934
20 1 le2
7,742
6, IC54
6,528
4,859
25,702
I 11 292
8,985
I 11 819
18,336
212,512
01,cs80
o40,280
51,810
51,le
37,121
7,922
8,043
69,651
51,151
18,315
141,205
12,363
6 1 62 I
2,647
4,248
12,742
68,-449
7,966
I 11 809
48,702
36,229
7,554
15,375
117,424
8,586
15,822
119,752
11,940
6,412
2,560
4,123
12,289
8,301
8,114
9,261
13,039
50,868
18,09C5
28,~7
138,060
13,796
101 51 I
9,594
13,432
.2,523
I 11 683
9,205
9,278
16,352
8,861
112,701
74,2!56
"6,635
102,715
24,lr6
84,516
50,820
27,394
72,032
11,724
14,269
10,868
9,926
13,92'2
2,61-4
13,916
12,568
9,315
ICS,761
0,978
107,979
75,208
46,918
101, 19-4
24,521
48,990
27,339
69,180
10,773
619
2,376
6,693
6,946
91, 16«5
37,819
55,783
28,884
2,279
10,788
(18)
(IO)'
(21)
12,647
e,1oe
8,923
12,893
78,223
14,175
10, 7119
9,858
13,820
2,C503
15,581
(U)
15,419
9,721
18, 19-4
11,145
(24)
9,050
2,-006
3,202
9,050
9,335
2,629
4,224
242,306
149,850
cso, 716
l8,637
192,461
221,569
115,307
35,251
. 10,433
160,439
10,335
12,277
8,736
4,633
17,374
I0,402
22,2C56
16,729
3,571
14,648
238,688
l.:!,505
58,996
18,830
191,835
216,928
109,"428
34,160
9, 195>
156,910
10,751
12,668
9,028
4,815
18,028
I I 1 009
20,-409
15,808
-4,816
16,897
229,107
140,631
57,400
19,3-42
193,194
206,42)
105,265
31,938
8,717
155,808
I0,6C52
12,591
8,971
4,779
17,890
12,025
22,775
16,491
5,846
19,496
72,940
29,634
47,832
17,756
2"6,802
13,208
2C5,560
13,455
4,282
21,834
2,2-44
7,536
I 11 653
7,596
17,939
3,108
12,356
74,923
29,568
282,996
18,404
45,6C51
48,84P
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
80,557
l5l ,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, 7-41
12, IC50
9,364
I 11 271
5,065
12,679
34,237
3,008
2,743
21,042
58,526
144,206
16,920
9,710
10.,533
36,224
84,154
10,910
4,564
3,759
9,302
22,21-4
2,598
1,9!!:l
cs, 750
13,000
37,838
3,412
3, IQ6
20,935
59,220
141,913
16,849
9,468
10,076
3,m
36,448
9,241
82,598
10,601
4,140
22,050
12,423
5,391
3,620
9,005
21,426
2,526
1,911
29,770
32,804
"8,377
!5C5,954
4:,09C5
10,001
6,014
8 1 1C57
I 11 990
1,273
15,932
14,305
-4,682
9,467
3, 4119
57,598
49,630
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
13,764
5,170
11,471
3,866
54,387
47,393
58,729
78,088
8,161
27,129
27,454
44,824
51,820
2,959
10,338
6,173
8,391
12,313
1,307
4.350
362
1,483
~~
4311-45
687
l,&42
-4.350
362
1,483
448
37,038
1,130
2,2C56
239
381795
325
2,359
448
34,772
891
43.006
69!5
3,8!59
327
37,089
1,036
14,010
11,864
TIENNEIIEE
TEXAS
(-47)
UTAH
VIIIUONT
(48)
(49)
VIIIOII\.IA
IASHINGTON
(!10)
a1T
(!51)
l·IICONIIIN
IYOIIINO
VIIIOINIA
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY
TERRITORIES
ALAIICA
('6)
HAWAII
l'ANAIIA CANAL ZONE
(!57)
('8)
l'UEIITO RICO
VIIIOIN 111:.ANOI
TOTAL NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES
V
19,976
cso, 182
l"'3 1 805
17,957
10,045
!55, 783
!53, 123
61,226
78,-411
8,868
42.'40!5
632
.....
3,643
38,4118
88, 1-42
587
1,04!1
13,HS
2,266
239
270
2,160
587
14,22B
810
13,968
1-4,010
(aij
(1,)
7,826
84,976
7,~11
SOUTH DAKOTA
("j
(II,'.
8,575
-4,C500
879
1,692
10,354
5,506
18,560
46,452
~r
8,see
29,888
5,234
12,720
104,380
22,752
286,57!5
( el
12,275
6,579
8,612
2,044
3,2"'9
9,702
8,843
PDINIYLVANIA
RHOOI: IILAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
( 4 :
( 5)
47,599
35,901
7,359
15,320
112,520
4,630
880
,. 702
10,431
5,534
"6,616
104,559
(·1
61 "461
2,92C5
20,035
7,690
6,123
16,829
2,437
7,989
86,736
8,143
71,-418
.,r
8,44!5
28,009
13,475
13,044
101 8!SC5
6,965
30,071
5,361
12,940
106,869
22,5:a:>
(«>)
(-41)
115,211
'40,008
5,677
I II l
4,901
2,149
2,938
16,575
12,978
8,4l8
4,381
I0.,8015
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IPA
8,258
2,198
2,528
9,818
8,564
OICLAHOIIA
OREGON
(S}
2,-417, 165
398,200
y
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TorAL ~
4,477
863
1,652
10,062
5,332
(38)
(39)
(!54)
(!5!5)
3.448.785
2,50:l,33 I
IPA
18,125
2,533
8, 14l
86,620
8,655
OHIO
(!53)
111
15◄
3,485,
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30,860
5,59-4
12,329
106,500
22,551
(37)
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y
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EMERGENCY
CONSERVATION IORK
18 1
TOTAL
NEIRAIICA
Nn YOIIIC CITY
NE:w' YORK ( ExCL. N.Y.c.)
NolrrH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
(-«SJ
(46)
OTHER
AGENCIES
23,712
(33)
(S4)
(35)
(!6)
(43)
(44)
l3 l
CONSERVATION IORK
!4l
IIONTANA
(32)
('41)
EMERGENCY
IPA
.,732
53, 701!
27, 7-44
74,775
12,348
NEYIID•
. _ HAIIPIHIIIE
IIEW JERIEY
IIEW IIEXICO
(31)
Y
NUIIIER OF PERSONS EuPLO'IEI:'
DUR ING IED< EN> I 111:1 IIAY 3'
NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
DURING IEEK ENDING MAY 16
16,238
2,349
2,585
1,9"4
-4.3!50
362
23,224
3,zr.5
12,426
(16t
(17 .
tn)
(2!5}
(21)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(10)
(31)
(12)
(33)
(~)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(~)
("°)
(41)
(42)
7,120
11,531
17,26!5
(G)
16,920
13,766
!5,514
(48)
(44)
{"5)
3,663 ("6)
3,384 (47)
<•>
(st)
IS. 95!5
(!SI)
1,egs
(~)
Bia (A)
333
l,"83
2.m
2,266
SZ7
,...821
219
797
(541
(151
(!!!IS)
(S7)
<•>
..... <•>
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EXCLUDING ADIIINIITRATIVE EMPLOYEE&
ICEI< ENDING MAY 30, 1936
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
LINE
STATE
No.
!
q
GRAND
TOTAL A{.
TOTAL
ENTOMOLOGY
AND PLANT
QUARANTl~E
rOREST
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT or COIIIIERCE
PUBLIC
ROADS
SOIL
CONSERVATION
SERVICE
DTHEII
TOTAL
CENIUI
OTHER
!21
!31
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No.
( I)
GRAND TOTAL
647,939
294,428
23,067
19,918
222,290
26,965
2,188
10,093
9,799
294
( I)
( 2)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY STATES
!197.419
1!5,933
6,120
I I1 00!5
42,575
5,459
290.563
23.067
221.644
6,08!5
2,244
4,200
8,350
1,998
2.188
~
!53
19.894
"'103
384
23.770
7,147
4,819
6,16!
13,041
3,!517
(
(
(
(
(
(
6,798
2,179
3,006
14,676
10,154
2,050
1,077
855
3,237
2,914
1,019
8,445
28,009
13,475
13,044
10,856
7,717
11, 137
7,539
8,31!'5
7,,907
3,564
327
194
349
4,319
6,042
4,386
831
2,687
( 3)
ALABAMA
( 4)
( 5)
ARKAN&AI
ARIZONA
( 6)
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 7)
276
146
11 "'103
267
604
2,552
679
( 8)
( 9)
( IC)
(II)
( 12)
CONNECTICUT
DELAIIARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
f"LORIDA
( 13)
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
(l7)
IOAHO
ILLINOIII
INDIANA
IOWA
KANIA&
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
IIAINt
IIARYLAND
(22)
MASSACHUSETTS
e,575
8,388
8,100
e,923
12,893
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
IIICHIGAN
llll~allESOTA
MlSS ISSI PP I
MISSOURI
lloNTANA
15,581
15,419
9,,721
18,194
11,145
9,590
10,011
5,989
9, 7'51
5,979
300
553
497
76
374
327
(28)
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAUPSHIR::
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
9,050
2,006
3,202
9,050
9,335
6,084
1,097
2,417
2,400
5,508
195
470
12,025
22,775
16,491
!5,846
19,496
10,678
9,!563
4,261
6,997
12,160
9,364
23,224
3,215
12,426
6,828
5,360
9,453
1,429
3,528
GEORGIA
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
NEW YORK CITY
NEIi YORt< ( ExCL• N.Y.t;.)
NoRTH CAROLI NA
NoRTH DAKOTA
OHIO
(38)
(39)
Ol<LAHOIIA
~EClON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
~OUTH CAROLINA
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
(45)
TEXAS
(46)
UTAH
VtRUONT
(!53)
16,920
13,766
51 514
13,955
3,895
9,501
4,716
2,417
7,659
2,429
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PANAMA CANAL ZONE
PutRTO RICO
VIRGIN IILANDS
38.656
333
2,376
327
34,823
797
TOTAL NOT ~ISTRIBUTEt BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES
11,864
3,195
VIRGINIA
IASHINGTON
IEST VIRGINIA
ll8CON8IN
IVOUING
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY TERRITORIES
(54)
ALASKA
(55)
(56)
(57)
HAWAII
(58)
(99)
5,361
24,566
2,652
3,297
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
y
32
191
535
51
369
1,462
171
93
96
580
6
481
67
34
3
70
834
54
I, 190
748
754
5
194
7!5
317
2
457
I, 135
345
1,022
1,077
823
2,506
1,239
9.799
65
6!5
1,915
1,213
726
573
17
31
17
31
383
245
766
41
368
201
583
3,417
4,550
3,516
556
1,497
415
774
2
218
e, 15'2
137
183
I, 130
581
177
4,751
81 608
5,175
383
39
112
20
5
114
103
74
103
74
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
( 11)
( 12)
6
13
287
114
185
13
287
114
18!5
79
(13)
( 14)
( 1!5)
( 16)
( 17)
( 18)
97
236
81
44
28
97
236
301
301
(23)
99
99
27
28
2,935
23
28
2,935
23
(24)
(25)
('26)
(27)
6
69
10
18
315
15
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
244
530
313
242
◄,728
,. 712
176
2
86
,,.,,
436
108
274
2,202
149
165
684
411
1,162
160
79
81
581
44
28
5,100
1,300
965
1,898
3,258
155
69
10
18
315
I, 793
86
81 613
6,797
2,!197
5,985
351
1,904
178
468
270
128
42
258
5,100
1,317
196
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
71
20
258
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
50
34
1,768
65
26
(38)
(39)
(43)
336
16
21
36
96
217
16
21
50
954
34
,. 768
65
26
529
36
83
430
270
108
42
30
(40)
109
659
347
312
534
51
4,126
4,099
21,900
1,800
1,808
525
1,093
299
670
287
7,955
3,060
1,646
501
315
73
73
59
59
(49)
99
197
495
85
228
12
(50)
5,842
85
228
12
~
15
646
--,-
149
1,438
248
373
950
12
2
643
84
6,662
1,280
2,300
47
282
520
3,645
39
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3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
20
112
2,650
10,271
7,051
7,281
6,797
e,577
18
43Q
7,120
13,'531
!17,265
3,663
!1,384
(47)
9
10,039
606
15
1,635
-429
96
1,709
241
496
77
54
54
(41)
(42)
(44)
119
(46)
(47)
(48)
(51)
(52)
~
54
9
9
(!53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
646
646
(45)
(59)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTD!OII
OFFICE OF
RECLA-
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No.
STATE
( I)
GRANO TOTAL
( 2)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY STATES
( 3)
ALABAMA
(
(
(
(
ARIZONA
4)
5)
6)
7)
AAKANIAI
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
( 11)
( 12)
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
Dl8TRICT OF COLUMBIA
fLORIDA
GEORGIA
( 13)
( 14)
{ 15)
( 16)
( 17)
IDAHO
ILLINOII
INDIANA
IOWA
37,298
1,026
15,462
151,844
5,961
l.«51 883
63,520
( I)
12.051
2,245
7 1835
1.971
22
30
1.026
30
15.462
22
394
5.6!53
24
144.901
2,594
63.520
4,31>2
274
90
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
187
t,428
40
187
122
3-4
150.5!54
2,618
250
1,364
8 1 697
1,239
6
3
130
19
I
3
94
19
57
28
28
4,128
533
136
2,222
3,363
224
269
15
269
15
19
8
4
121
121
29
29
20
22
20
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
IIICHlaAN
IIINNEBOTA
IIISSIHIPPI
IIISIOURI
IIONTANA
8
95
184
32
182
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
NEBRABl<A
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERBEV
NEW IIEXICO
41
25
10
19
347
10
13
I
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
NEW YORI< CITY
NEW YORI< (ExCLo
78
151
68
321
76
115
I
321
Ol<LAHOIIA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHOOE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
691
247
125
195
26
26
(46)
SOUTH DAl<QTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAI
UTAH
(-47)
VERMONT
252
146
532
93
3
146
'Z1
2
3
(38)
(39)
(<40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(48)
VIRGINIA
(<19)
IA6HINQTON
IE6T VIRGINIA
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
30
ll8CON61N
IYOIIIINQ
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY 3ERRITORIES
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(!59)
1,239
67
6
36
5
66
36
248
I
ALASKA
HAWAII
3!5.381
86
4
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
PuERTO RICO
VIRGI" IBLANDS
34,676
565
TOTAL NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES
y
§/
91
Q/
,46
66
DOES NOT INCLUDE RURM.. REHABILITATION CABElo
ALASKA ROAD COMMIIBION•
PuERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINIBTRATIO ....
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358
217
34
297
8
17
15
,4
2
2
I
35
B
8
3
V
32
28
2,920
99
108
2,133
35
9
6
157
2B
164
150
17
4
41
4
25
3
I
60
6
196
2
36
67
133
552
3,770
234
2
68
496
114
7
125
31
1,092
44
1,216
251
33
17
50!5
75
13
999
6
108
21
25
6
3
16
80
!
23
1,669
643
62
14
35.327
86
§/
34,676
565
Q/
190
2,,:i4
6,246
66
2,718
314
314
4,071
!533
467
t,6"3
3,3153
4,6!54
2,868
(II)
337
12,974
4,183
4,389
2,254
l!K>
1,085
I ,-49 I
134
215
( 13)
378.
2,5-42
( 18)
( 19)
636
190
2,594
5,610
970
589
1,409
3,969
4
El
3!56
136
579
443
( !5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
( 12)
( 14)
( 1!5)
(10)
( 17)
(20)
(21)
(22)
3,737
3,681
1,967
3,642
274
3,737
3 1 6B1
1,967
3,642
274
739
t,oe9
1,395
I, 15B
1,754
(23)
(24)
(25)
(215)
("27)
1,987
271
254
3,517
620
1,987
271
254
3,032
620
810
(28)
485
5,932
7,141
4,540
642
8,970
402
5,530
264
6,an
777
2,533
2,490
6,152
836
4,260
147
502
662
634
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
4,540
642
8,193
2,no
1,966
789
2,158
2,386
2,-490
5,907
836
3,805
1,204
1,038
2,n1
832
3,217
(38)
(39)
(40)
868
3,881
(43)
447
39
603
4,214
9,800
755
39
(-45)
(46)
(47)
2,868
3,390
t,335
2,508
192
2,868
3,399
t,335
2,192
102
2,""50
318
752
3,043
239
603
4,513
9,810
755
32
38
-4,072
337
13,417
4,183
4,389
2,254
2!56
I 1 36-4
8,697
1,239
B
70
92
186
4,169
31
114
1,023
2,850
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10
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2,249
( 18)
( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
KENTUCKY
LOUIS UNA
OEl'ARTMENT
47,448
8
KANBAB
DEPARTIIENT
OF
245
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299
10
316
1.290
178
747
~
138
227
138
170
~
178
747
57
66
93
(35)
(36)
(37)
(41)
(42)
(44)
("'8)
(<IP)
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(55)
(56)
(57)
(!58)
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RURAL EU:0TIIIP'IOATIOII
Ae!!INIITIIAIION
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PUBLIC
INTERNAL
TOTAL
HEALTll
REVENUE
6ERl£1CE
Ill
,21
,,1
( I)
GRAND iOTAL
288
8,283
( 2)
( 3)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY STATES
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ALABAMA
( 4)
( 5)
ARIZCNA
( 6)
( 7)
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
( 8)
( 9)
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DIITRICT OF COLUMBIA
f'LORIDA
GEORGI I.
(II)
( 12)
(IS)
IDAHO
ILLUJOID
( 14)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
INDIANA
IOWA
l<ANSA8
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(28)
15
!12
!52
(34)
NORTH CAROLIIIA
DAJ< OTA
OHIO
(35)
(36)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
(48)
VIRGIJ\/IA
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
WASHINGTON
IEBT VIRGINIA
IIIICONSlt.
IYOUING
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED BY TERRITORIES
ALASKA
HAWAII
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
(57)
PuERTO RICO
VIIIGIN l8LAND8
(58)
TOTAL NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES
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1, 12-4
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-41,004
13,125
29,4
( I)
8 1 278
-49
3.427
10
2.?.39
38
2.612
I
11 124
44.220
t,538
32 1-'IOI
~
1,479
.!2±
72
II
II
107
-424
255
169
~
15,339
14,581
ffll
22
270
12
(
(
(
(
(
288
( 7)
80
16
114
8
116
135
7-4
,4
4
37
41
20
79
94
64
71
1,035
4.,015
46
8
33
752
129
201
10
7
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568
616
"°13
296
30
,48
6
161
10
15
15
25
109
71
23
5
15
90
23
879
408
110
135
75
198
962
147
171
86
732
59
57
4
356
208
147
20
9
288
37
1,03!5
34
14,Y
( 10)
( 12)
184
185
656
24
116
436
14
-422
90
47
1,565
1,972
190
,, 125
139
208
106
286
2,929
( 8)
( 9)
(II)
4,015
!568
841
24
94
2)
3)
4)
!5)
e)
( 13)
(M)
( 15)
( 16)
( 17)
( 18)
( 19t
(20)
(21:
47
354
1,211
1,972
120
35
70
1,090
(22)
;23)
i24)
;25)
(26)
(27)
93
.411
208
106
285
2,917
12
(28)
46
{29)
\:0)
303
141
67
9
18
982
330
13
1,222
2, ISi
95
9
660
IOI
69
131
2!53
98
IC
3
,D
515
284
127
104
29
29
7
377
7
33
189
3
59
12
7
43
625
19
7
2,118
47
55
1,274
65
22
1!50
835
762
152
,.207
(:31)
(32)
1,222
13
445
445
20
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNEISIE
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
CORJtl
2,239
9
Ol<UIHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE l8LANO
SOUTH CAROLI NA
(38)
(39)
IIAITEII
3,"27
18)
!7l
NoRTI<
(37)
CORPS OF
ENGINEERS
l6 l
23
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK (ExcL. N.Y.c.)
(33)
QUARTERTOTAL
15 l
!•l
1,079
NEBRASJ<A
NEvADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW IIEXIOC
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(59)
14
MICl!IGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
Ml680URI
MONTANA
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(53)
(!54)
(55)
(56)
9
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
IIIAINE
MARYLAND
MA88ACHU8ETTS
(18)
(19)
OTHER
568
ARKANSAS
( 10)
IAR DEPART-NT
VETERANl 1
ADMOIISTRATION
280
f/
439
65
(33)
(34)
150
(35)
(36)
(37)
116
1!52
646
(38)
643
49
564
49
146
146
(39)
(4'0)
(41)
(42)
22
(43)
16
23
217
43
2
10!5
132
2
103
~
5
23
70
4
126
39
(44)
112
II
,, 194
II
(45)
(-46)
2
21
21
(47)
185
330
185
118
39
(48)
(49)
(!:Kl)
21
7
13
85
56
60
It
2
88
112
1,194
109
829
15
1
271
15
212
790
15
(51)
(!52)
1.306
1.306
979
327
979
327
(!53)
(54)
(!55)
(56)
(57)
(58)
5
8,603
8,603
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PRt:SIOCNTIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR lHE IOIICS PROQRAII BY AQENCIES
THROUGH MAY
LINE
( 1)
( 2)
( 3)
TOTAL
ALLOCATIONS
ALLOCATED ,-OR
IORI< PROJECTS
1
2
3
TOTAL A1'1'110f'ltlAT10N
TOTAL AvtlLAILE roA PRDIDDITUL ALLOCATION
lfllALLOCATED BY THE PRDIDINT
( 4)
29 1 1936
AHIICY
No.
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS
'4,880,000,000
4,672,199, 1-43
25,288,064
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AOlll!'II STAATI VE
ExPENtEI
ALLOCATED .-OR
OTHER PullPOIEI
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5
4
( 1)
{ 2)
{ 3)
y
$4,646,911,059
13,300,245,593
11,157,373,100
( 4)
569.663.942
7,151
1,046,000
963,879
537.568.367
7,151
13.625.000
( !5)
( 6)
(19)
OEPARTIIEN T OF' AQRI CULTURE
AGRICULTURAL ENGll<IEtRINO
ANIIIAL INOUITRY
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
OAI RV INOUITR'f
ENTOMOLOGY ANO PLANT QUARANTINE
EXT£N810N SDIVl:E
F'ORDIT SERVI :'E
PLANT I NOUITRV
PueLI C ROAoe
SECRETARY', Of'rlcE
SOIL CONSCIIVATION SERVICE
ICA THDI euREAI
111D ERotlON CONTROL
GENERAL AOIIIINISTAATIVE [lCPIJISEt
(20)
ADVISORY COWITTEE ON ALLOlllENTS
(21 )
ALLEY DIELLI-.G AUTHOR! TY
~90, 194
(22)
U. S, CIVIL SEIIVICE COIIUISSION
120,000
120,000
(22)
(23)
8.847.944
200,000
8,231,948
155,996
100,000
20,000
75,000
"5,000
~
200,000
(23)
(30)
DEPARTIIENT OF' COII W.ERCE
AIA COIMIEIICE
CENtUt
FUHEAHt
l'IDUITRIAL Eco,,io1111 ::&
LIOHTHDUSEt
STANOARDt
GENERAL AD~INltTRATIVE EXPENSES
(31)
COORDINATOR FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
(32)
£11ERGENCY CONSERVATION IORk
(33)
FARII CREDIT AOIIINISTRATION
(34)
FEDERAL [IIER8ENCY RO.IEF ADIIINISTRATION
932,490,625
(3!5)
U. S, OIPLOYEES 1 COMPENSATION COIIIIISSION
11,210,000
(36)
GENERAL ACCOl.tl Tit.IQ OFFICE
(37)
DEPARTV£NT
Tl'E INTERIOR
ALAI kt Ro111> CO•t 88 I Oh
Bl TIIMI PIOUS COAL COtlMI HI ON
OF'rl C( or EouCA Tl
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Orrtcc o, 1~01·~ ArrAtRs
NATIOhAL PARK SERVICE
PuERTO RICO qECONITRUCTION AoulNltTAATIDN
RECLAUATIOllr
ST 0 ELIZASETlil H08PITAL
TEUPORARY GOVERNMENT Or VI AG 111 ISLANDS
BENCRAL AOIIINl8TRATIVE EXPENSES
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
( 16)
(17)
(18)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
or
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£/
3,000
12,769,198
4,066
25,525,000
40,493
499,621,865
470,000
21,106,116
17,554
?. 000,000
6,089,620
247,289
3,000
12,769,198
4,066
13,827 ,soo
40,493
491,000,000
10.~, 116
17,554
500,000
11,125,000
572,500
8,621,865
470,000
2,500,000
17,128
(20)
(21)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
65,000
(28)
(29)
(30)
-40,000
(31)
188,501
734,750
(32)
35,000,000
(33)
922,000,000
(M)
11,210,000
(35)
35,000,(1()()
10,490,625
5,000,000
114 1377 I 16()
671,500
70,583
1,860,328
104,913
1,894,250
8,252,425
33,7n,38o
66,483,589
9,453
434,600
818,139
(36)
5,000,000
103.222.932
671,500
70,583
1,860,328
104,913
1,396,750
1,502,425
32,152,380
65,020,000
9,453
434,600
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(111)
8,231,948
15~,996
100,000
20,000
75,000
604,409,000
(12)
(13)
6,089,620
190,194
40,000
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
(11)
2,000,000
17,128
605,332,251
( 7)
1,046,000
;,021 1 7jt~
~
15,000
482,!500
6,7~,000
1,625,000
1,463,Sll9
818,139
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41 >
(42)
(43)
(44;
(4!5)
(46)
(.&7)
(48)
BAUD UPON WARRMna IHl;ED IY TREA8URYo
RELIEF', RuRAL RDIABILITATION, LAND PuRCHAIE, EMPLOVEE6 1 COUPEN6ATICN FuNO, ANO REVOLVl•G FUND FOR PURCHASE or MATE:r> IJ.L8 AND SuPPLln.
THE 14,67~143 AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION ON IIAV :29, 1936 INCLUDES THE $4,000 1 000 1 000 DIRECTLY APPROPRIATED 8V THE E.IWGENCV
RELIEr APPROPAIATICN ACT o, 1935, THE 1500,000,000 AUTHORIZED TO IE TRAN8,.ERRED F'ROU UNEXPENDED IALANCEt OF' R. r. c. ,UNDI, AND
1172,199,143 Or THE 1380,000,000 AUTHORIZED TO IE TRANSFERRED ..-ROU BALANCES OF' PREVIO~S APPROPRIATION&. ALTHOUGH UNOILIGATCD
IALANCEI rROu PREVICU8 APPROPRli\TION8 ARE ICING TRAN&F'ERRED F'OR THE PURPOSES OF' TH It AcT, THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE WILL 8E LE88 THAN
THC f:SI0,000,000 ',!.THORIZED TO IE TRANl,-ERRED 1 LARGELY BECAUSE IT l'A8 NECESSARY TO UIE $292,000,000, ORIGINALLY INTENDED F'OR
TRANlrER F'OR QAANTS, TO STATES, ,OR RELIC, PURPOSC8 PRIOR TC THE PASSAGE or THE UIEROENCY RELIEF' APPROPRIATION AcT OF' 1935.
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ALLOCATI ONI
2
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OEPARTIIENT or JUSTICE
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(
(
(
(
DEPAR·TIIEN T or LABOR
U0 S 0 EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SECRETARY 1 1 D"ICC
GENERAL AOUINIITAATIYE EXPE,.E8
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
( 7)
LI BRAR'!' or CC>IGRESS
( 8)
NATIONAL EIIEAOENCY COlNCIL
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WORIC PROJECTI
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4
5
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I 857.309
8571 309
1?,:48?,814
11,eo3,,Jn
175, '152
4115,482
8,179
11,067.459
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175,752
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10,911.694
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8,179
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3)
4)
5)
6)
( 7)
1,596,1159
1,596,959
( 8)
982,764
982,764
( 9)
243.1115
228,615
15,000
(10)
(11 )
(12)
971 1N1
(13)
(10)
(11)
(12)
DEPARTt.lENT OF" THE NAVY
'l'AIIOI AND DOCICI
OEMERAL ADUINIITIIATIYE EXPEMIEI
(13)
PRISON INDUSTRIES REORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION
(14)
(15)
(16)
PUBLIC IORKS ADIIINISTIIATION
HOUIINQ DIYIIION
NOl!t-f"EDEIIAL DIVl610N
446.129,246
101,373.050
344,756,190
446.129.240
101,373,050
344,756.196
(17)
RESETTLEMENT ADIIINISTIIATIC.
226,•oo,ooo
34,36!5,000
(18)
REVOLVING F"UNO F"OR PURCHASE or
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
16,801.176
16,786,176
15,000
16.557.~1
16,557,561
97,1141
(14)
(15)
(16)
34,950,000
I 157,085,ooo
(17)
... 000,000
(18)
4,000,000
(19)
RURAL nECTRI F"I CA TIC>I ADMINISTRA TIC>I
14.890,812
14,176,812
714,000
(19)
(20 ➔
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
DEPARTMENT OF' THE TREASURY
U0 S 0 COAIT GUAIID
INTERNAL REVOIUE
PIIOCUIICUENT DIVIIION
PUBLIC HtALTH SERVICE
SECRETARY 1 S O"ICE
GDI EIIAL ADUI NII TRA Tl YE ExPEN8EI
39,335.21;5
4,850,~
3,671,588
543, 58,f,.
2,750,000
819,092
26.700.001
12,A,5 1 214
4.850,1150
3,671,588
543,584
2,750,000
819,092
215 I 700 1 001
26,700,001
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
VETERANS' ADIIINISTRATICIII
1,238,350
1,21s, 120
101 230
(21 )
(28)
(29)
WAR DEPARTMENT
COIIIPI OP' ENGINEERI
QUARTERMAIT[R CORPS
GENERAL ADMINl6TRATIV£ EXPENIEI
144.204.98!1
129,287,9e6
141 722 1 7ell
1114,254
1£. 61§,::122
128,027,116
14,591,384
1, 100,.63!5
775,000
131,381
1114,254
1_,449.352.:z+!
45,081,268
1 ,404,171,-476
1 .nZ,i:i,Z~
43,581,268
1,333, 671,•7fl
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(33)
(34)
IOAKS PROGRESS AOMINISTRATION
NATIONAL YOUTH ADUINl8TRATICN
STATE IORK PIIOIIIAIII
!I
I/
~
"'85,8!10
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
72.100.000
1,500,000
70,600,000
BAIED UPON WARRANT& IIIUED IV TlttASUR'l'o
RELIEP', RultAL REHABILITATION, LAND PUIICHAIE, E•LOYEEI I COUPIIIIATI ON F'UNO, AND REVOLVING ruND P'Olt flUIICHAIE OP' IIATERIALS AND SUPPL IE. .
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PRESIDENTIAL ALLOCATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT ON l~K PROJECTS BY AGENCIES
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o,- ltAY 1931
PRESIDENTIAL ALLOCATIONS F"OR IVOIIK PROJECTS lj
TH■OUIH
AGENCY
Luc
( 1)
GRAND TOTAL
( 2)
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
( 3)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
( 4)
OTHER AGENCIES
( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICULTURE
ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE
FORE:IT SERVICE
PUBLIC ROAD&
SOIL CONBERVATleN SERVICE
OTHER
(11)
ALLEY DwELLINO AUTHORITY
(12)
DEPARTMENT er CeMMERCE
CENSUS
(14)
(15)
OTHER
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PERCENT
PERSONS
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.3,300,245,593
100.00
3,396,879
100.00
( 1)
1,377,25'2, 744
41.73
2,339,740
68e88
( 2)
604,409 ,ooo
18.32
409,200
tt.05
( 3)
1,31&.583,849
39.95
647,939
19.07
( 4)
537.568.367
12,769,198
13,827,500
491,000,000
18,606,116
1,365,553
16.29
0.39
0.42
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o.56
o.04
294.428
23,067
19,918
222,290
26,965
2,188
190,194
0.01
14
8,582.944
8,231,948
350,996
0.26
0.25
0.01
10,093
9,799
294
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103.222.932
32,152,380
65,020,000
6,050,552
~
0.97
1.97
0.10
47.448
34,676
7,901
4,871
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DUIIINI IRK ENDIN8 IIAY IO, lt.Y
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PERCENT
OF' TOTAL
AMOUNT
No1
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IIAY Zt, 1936
14088
f5l
( 5)
o.68
0.59
6.54
0.19
0.01
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
y
(11)
0.29
0.01
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
DEPARTMENT OF' THE INTERIOR
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINIITRATION
RECLAMATION
OTHER
(19)
DEPARTMENT
LABOR
1,067,459
0.03
1,026
0.03
(19)
(20)
LIBRARY or CoNQRE6S
251,500
0.01
280
0.01
(20)
(21)
DEPARTMEN'I OF' THE NAVY
YARDS AND DOCKS
16.557.561
16,557,561
o.50
o.50
1,.462
15,462
0,46
o.46
(21)
(~2)
446.129.246
101,373,050
344,756,196
13,52
3e07
10.45
151.844
5,961
145,883
4.47
0.10
4.29
(23)
(25)
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING DIVISION
NON-FEDERAL DIVISION
(26)
RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION
34,365,000
1.04
63,520
1,87
(26)
(27)
RURAL ELECTRIF'ICATION ADMINISTRATION
14,176,812
0.43
288
0.01
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
DEPARTMENT OF' THE TREASURY
INTERNAL REIICNUE
12.635.214
3,671,588
2,1so,ooo
6,213,626
0,30
o. 11
0.00
0.19
8 1 283
3,427
2,239
2,617
~
0.10
o.06
o.oe
(28)
(29·)
(30)
(31)
(32)
VETEAAN11 1 ADIIINIITRATION
1,210,120
o.04
1,124
0.03
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
IAR 0,:PAATIIENT
142 1618 1 500
128,027,116
14,591,384
~
54.129
41,004
13,125
1.59
1.21
0.30
(33)
(34)
(35)
(16)
(22)
(23)
(24)
Of'
,.._,c HEALTH S&IIYICI
OTHER
COAN er EHGINEEIII
QuARTERIIABTER COAPI
y
y
3e88
o.44
1.02
0.2~
0.14
(17)
(18)
(24)
(25)
8MED UPON WARRANTI IIIUED IY TREASURY,
LEea THAN o.005 .JGICElff.
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PRESIDENTIAL ALLOCATIONS TO WPA BY ACT LIMITATIONS AND BY STATES
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T+tROIJQH MAY 29 1 1936
LINE
STATE
TOTAL
ASSISTANCE FOR
EDUCATIONAL,
Ere .. PERSONS
LOANS OR GRANTS
IO STATES 1 ETC1
1
2
3
4
$1,449,352,744
$94,467,657
$1,251,497,597
$21,9n,527
$81,409,963
( 1)
16,210,100
4,959,800
13,157,169
70,059,667
17,063,531
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
( 2)
( 3)
( 4)
753,000
10,000
( 5)
13,402,941
1,547,600
4,465,000
13,631,200
17,390,320
7,636
500
10,000
70,500
13,153,000
1,317,000
4,266,634
11,104,000
16,063,000
1,620,200
917,244
225
49,000
75,312
1,000
1,400
4,413,000
84,737,500
3tl,59s,ooo
11,867,000
14,900,000
99,800
362,000
945,700
96,550
59,700
1,100
8,376
16,237,000
16,074,000
4,104,300
9,601,500
47,415,000
474,119
203,260
540,700
526,100
43,943,112
29,025,685
10,059,000
30,120,000
6,555,000
649,200
621,400
298,838
649,700
532,700
0,16s,ooo
1,000,000
3,002,000
45,089,680
4,898,625
310,800
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4)
5)
6)
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ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIF'ORNIA
COLORADO
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
CONNECTICUT
(10)
FLORIDA
( 11)
GfORGIA
(12)
(13)
(14)
~DAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
(15)
IOWA
(16)
KANSAS
4,650,025
85,296,000
39,809,639
11,976,225
15,211,100
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MABSACHUSETTS
16,731,819
16,811,636
4,645,000
10,276,900
47,888,900
(22)
(23)
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
368,288
23,000
(24)
(25)
MISSISSIPPI
(26)
MONTANA
44,960,600
29,721,400
10,398,838
31,042,700
7,287,700
9,089,800
1,177,450
3,198,600
45,245,569
5,278,330
1,000
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF' COLUMBIA
MISSOURI
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
NEVI HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEVI MEXICO
(32)
(33)
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK STATE (ExcL. N.Y.c.)
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
(34)
NORTH CAROL.I NA
(35)
(36)
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
(37) OKLAHOMA
(38) OREGON
(39) PENNSYLVANIA
(40) RHODE ISLAND
(41) SOUTH CAROLINA
(42)
(43)
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
196,122,131
56,268,800
10,652,497
5,006,700
87,104,698
24,335,224
8,756,600
124,023,144
6,379,500
8,773,650
s,1n,180
800
4,900
10,000
1,000
3,600
5,883,"102
145,830
800
1,960
V!tRMONT
10,760,934
16,039,988
19,716,200
29,9341 2n
2,552,553
11,000
1,600
2,000
(51)
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
IYOMINQ
(52)
Nor ALLOCATED TO STATES
97,294,957
87,375,349
(53)
ADMINISTRATIVE
12,100,000
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
TEXAS
UTAH
Y
Y
£/
34,500
y
ITEll8 NOT INCLUDED
IN SPECIF'IC
LIMITATIONS
6
5
1,037,332
182,940
198,858
( 6)
188,366
299,000
339,576
137,000
147,500
(12)
(13)
193,627
(14)
( 15)
11,675
250,000
19,000
'526,000
( 16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
148,500
469,000
51,315
41,000
247,000
200,000
13,000
1n,450
189,600
172,330
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( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
(10)
( 11)
242,305
230,100
188,135,374
55,221,000
9,960,470
600
151,979
14,649,648
32,071,401
6,614,483
1,832,000
SANITATION, Ere.
152,309
207,375
2,103,355
29,000
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
4,564,000
1,018,000
682,497
431,100
86,342,000
586,400
24,319
23,710,000
0, 122,290
121,568,000
5,930,000
7,723,000
535,224
426,600
1,312,800
449,500
1,018,650
90,000
207,702
996,514
(39)
32,000
(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
2,280,818
867,984
192,988
120,600
729,457
154,800
9,919,608
9,530
11,000
(37)
(38)
322,000
1,650
(42)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
11,000
19,845
(47)
(48)
43,820
116,935
(50)
(51)
1,000
(49}
9/
(52)
72,100,000
(53)
BASED UPON WARRANTS ISSUED BY TREASURY.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION, $43,581,2681 ART, Music, THEATRE AND WRITERS' PROGRAM, $22,115,2171
ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL, PROF'ESSIONAL AND CLERICAL PERSONS, $9,566,422; AND STATISTICAL Re;sEARCH
PROGRAM, $12 1 112 1 442 0
ART, MUBIC, THEATRE AND WRITERS' PROGRAM, $2,000 1 0001 STATE PLANNING BOARDS, $2 1 644 1 538; AND
UNDIITRIIUTED PORTION or P'IJNDI roR EMERGENCY FLIOD RELltr, $5,275,010.
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M,045,022,312
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67.0
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100.0
96..a
1,046,000
840,673
346,!5CIS
( 3)
( 4)
40.4
( I)
( 12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 1!5)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTlllE
AQRICIILTURAL &IQINIEEIIINQ
AN I IIAL INDUHRY
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
DAIRY INDU8TIY
DITOMOLOQY AND PUNT QUARANTINE
ExTENII GN SDI¥ I Cl
F'ORDT SIR\' ICE
PLANT INDU8TRY
PUBLIC RO-'DI
SOIL CONIERVATION SERVICE
IEATHER BUIUU
IIND EROSION CONTROL
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ExltENIEI
( 16)
ADVISORY COIIIIITTEE Clil ALLOTMENTS
( 17)
Al.LEY DIELL ING AUTHOR I TY
200,000
5,4615
2.7
4,307
2.2
( 17)
( 18)
U. ~. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
120,000
107,704
89.8
83,250
69.4
( 18J
(19)
e 1847 1Sl44
8,231,948
1!5!5,996
100,000
2(15,000
617361Sl88
6,333,796
104,729
38,394
19,042
24,219
216,808
76.1
76.9
67. I
38.4
95.2
32.3
01.0
5 15e5 1476
5,244,830
,1fl5
27,460
18,253
16,229
180,939
62.9
63.7
(24)
(25)
DEPARTMENT OF COllilERCE
CENIU8
FIIHERID
INDl.eTRIAL EcONOMICS
LIOHTHOUIID
STANDARDS
GENERAL ADIIIN IBTRATIVE EXPDIIES
(26)
COORDINATOR FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
'40,000
28,355
70.9
(27)
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION IORK
om,334,«sO
575,094,485
(28)
U. S. EMPLOYEES' COMP EN SA Tl c»I COUii i SS I ON
,e,000,000
(29)
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
(30)
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF' ADIIINISTRATION
(31)
GENERAL ACCOI.JjT ING OFF ICE
(32)
DEPARTMDIT OF INTERIOR
ALA&KA ROAD COMMl&B I ON
ALL AMERICAN CANAL
BITIAI INOl.e co.-L Cow 1881 ON
OFFICE OF FoucATION
8EDLOQICAL SUIVEY
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADIIIN !STRATI ON
RECLAIIA TI ON
sr. ELIZAIITHS HOSPITAL
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF VIRQIN ISLANDS
GENERAL ADIIINIITRATIVE EXPDISE8
( 4)
( !5)
( 6)
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
(II)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
'747,289
3,000
2,900
I0,6159,3-tS
3,&m
22,139,163
39,114
366,756,962
1!5 .2 15,640
11,096
91>.7
EB.!5
5ge,020
290,818
2,9Pa
57.2
38.9
( !5)
( 6)
73.4
e,.e
63.2
9,072,7!53
3,!500
12,803,056
37,680
106,598,409
13,173,14!5
9,924
91>.7
71. I
88.3
!51.3
93. I
21.3
70.8
56.5
6,981,293
70.9
!5,904,410
60.0
( 12)
( 13)
( 14)
( 1!5)
17,128
17,126
,oo.o
17,126
100.0
( 16)
12, 7611, ISie
4,066
Z4, 952, !500
40,493
,00
18,606,116
17 ,!5!54
2,000,000
9,848,710
v
80.4
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88.7
96.6
( 7)
( 8)
( 9)
( 10)
(II)
I
27.5
91.3
(23)
(24)
(25)
22,236
55.6
(26)
95.0
!509,735,624
84.2
(27)
1,372,274
7.6
I 1 2815 1 240
7.1
(28)
37,000,000
11,648,151
31.5
11,648, 1!51
31.5
(29)
9.92,490,025
llCZ7,287,090
99.4
lilCZ4,57'Z,702
99.2
(30)
5,000,000
2,796,064
55.9
2,728,683
54.6
(31)
11516711070
671,500
12,000,000
71,918
1,948,633
I 10,000
I ,9155 1 000
8,330,000
33,37/ ,380
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&10,500
7,246,391
51,681
37 I ,935
45.5
191847.881
548,168
952,589
44,8n
240,582
7,799
190,470
6,891
!5,096,!551
11,606,368
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(33)
7!5,000
sf
49.9
21.0
68.3
20,000
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( 19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
54,420,000
9,!500
434,600
2,333,139
~
60.4
!506,593
71.9
19. I
15.2
25.8
10,188
8,491,802
33,975,032
25.4
62.4
16,688
o.,
9,009
94.8
9,009
191,502
, , 199,644
4'. • I
51.4
88,742
I ,055,835
81.6
7.9
62.4
12.3
7. I
9.7
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15.3
21.3
94.8
20."4!5.3
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(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
(42)
(43)
(44)
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4)
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DEPARTMENT Of LABOR
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6
eis.5
( I)
80.7
62.4
64.5
10.9
84.3
101123.537
560,197
98,010
32,584
( 2)
( 3)
9,432,7◄ 6
80.3
62.2
54.!5
10.9
84. I
193,414
76.9
134,545
53.5
( 7)
(;1.4
12,.cso1 .eos
900,100
179,89!5
300,000
I 1,221,610
101173.234
!561,466
115,992
32,60"1
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251,500
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( 5)
( 6)
( 7)
LIBRARY OF C0NGRESS
( 8)
NATIONAL DIERGDICY COI.NCIL
1,613,200
1,402,551
86.9
1,344,040
83.3
( 8)
( 9)
NATl0NAL RESOIAICES COIIIIITTEE
I ,000,000
707,;03
70.8
65<!,414
65.2
( 9)
( 10)
16.781.416
16,557,561
223,855
15.268.9Z9
15,074,787
194,142
.2k2
( 12)
DEPARTMENT Of' THE NAVY
YAIIOS AND DOCICS
GIN~ ADIIINISTRATIVE ExPEN8£8
91.0
86.7
13,018,553
190,897
78.6
85.3
( 13)
PRISON INDUSTRIES REORGANIZATION AOIIINISTRATION
100,000
61,◄53
61.5
50,361
so.,
( 14)
( 1!5)
( 16)
PUBLIC l(RKS ADIIINISTRATION
HOUHNQ DIVIIION
NON-FEDERAL DtVIIIOII
446. 129,246
101,373,050
344,756,196
373170!51283
31,766,'724
34 I ,938 1 559
83.8
31.3
99.2
105.965,545
ie,325,059
87,640,486
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25.4
( 14)
( 15)
(16)
(17)
RE'SETTLDIDIT ADIIIN ISTRATION
226,400,000
166,683,739
7306
119,933,901
53.0
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