Show WORK RELIEF WORK RELIEF PATH CLEARED Leaders Summoned to tc Organize Program WASHINGTON ASHINGTON w May 7 UP P-By P By order of ot President Roosevelt the thi way was cleared for the allotment division of ot the bi big work relief relic spending machine to pass today upon an initial batch of ot proposed projects Assurance was given by Secretary Secretor ekes Ickes that work on a number of oi projects under the re relief relief relief re- re lief program would be started a as soon soon as the they were approved by President Roosevelt A meeting at the White House of ci the allotment advisory committee headed by ICKes was called for this afternoon Before the conference began Sec See Secretary r tary Ickes chairman of the powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful group said that a number of ci projects probably would be recommended recommended mended to Mr Roosevelt About a u billion dollars worth of ot plans covering road building nonfederal nonfederal non- non fed federal ral public works and P PV W V A al- al allotments allotments al al- previously approved ed but buth h held eld up for lack Jack of ot funds were on or hand An executive order issued by the president late yesterday gave the allotment nt division and the information Lion tion and applications division authority authority au au- au- au to proceed with the task sk of 01 selecting worth of projects from what officials expect i to o be a s stream ream of t ap ap- ap The Tho same order g gave gc c legal status statue to o the tho progress di division islon of the work worle relief relict organization and rand conferred tar tar-re reaching far ching powers upon its director director tor or Harry L. L Hopkins the pr present sen relief administrator Hopkins was charged among other ther things with seeing that the entire j making job program Is iscar carried car car- ried led out speedily He was given supervision supervision su su- over the investigators tors of ot existing government agencies An extensive force headed by famed Louis Louls R. R Glavis Clavis has bas checked up on ons I P s W V y A expenditures in the tho past for Secretary Ickes The progress division the applications appU division headed h by Frank C. C Walker and the allotment division division divi divi- sion ion headed by Secretary Ickes were ordered by bythe the president to submit for tor or his approval val all nIl rules necessary to 0 carry out the program Secretary was directed direct direct- ed d to set up a special treasury account ac ac- count for the tho work relief reliCt fund and from it to 0 report al sit all expenditures to co g s. s 1 L i g a ItI I I f r |