Show BILLION SPENT TO GIVE WORK Jobs or Dole Is Big Problem Ahead of Coming Congress WASHINGTON Dec 29 UP UP- UP New Ne deal unemployment ment r relief cost more than in the first 11 months o of 1934 The exact figure was Since Harry L L. Hopkins became relief relief re reo lie lief administrator on May 23 1933 he has has- s spent nt to aid the destitute Pr President ident Roosevelt and congress must decide this winter how the relief relief re re- re- re lief Het problem shall shaIl be handled Donald DonaldR R R. R chief new deal coordinator tor reported to Mr Roosevelt last summer that relief relict needs would reach a February peak of upward of men women and children The Thc highest estimate of the February relief re reo relief lief liet load toad is persons Relief Relic Big Biff f Problem The administration on finds rInds one of ot the themore themore themore more difficult of f recovery problems in relief reIle Banks big business and themore the themore themore more conservative v of Republican and Democratic statesmen are alarmed by relief exp expenditures Banks Banys and big business have abandoned their Hoover Hoover Hoo Hon ver position that no no federal funds should be spent for human human human hu hu- man relief Former Form r Pr President Ident Hoover was the champion of ot the so called groups Powerful business interests now are exerting all their influence in m favor lavor of ot a dole and against the aid system known as work relief Under a dole system the jobless and their dependents are supplied with goods and some cash to maintain life Work relief relie creates jobs upon which the unemployed are put to work in return for which they receive wages Work relief i is considerably more expensive than a dole Mr Roosevelt I is expected to recommend to congress this winter a large scale work relief program Dole Is b Unlikely Congress will will support the administration administration administration adminis adminis- plan Big business and banks will be defeated in their effort to substitute a dole for the work relief relic system unless there is some fundamental fundamental funda lunda- mental change chance in the situation between between be be- tween now and midwinter Mr Roosevelt's only concession to the plea for reduced d relief expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures was a statement in October that federal expenditures could be curtailed curtailed cur cur- tailed as business revival provided increased employment Hopkins P W A Administrator Harold L. L Ickes and the other the close throne new dealers are unanimously in favor of or work relief as opposed to the Ithe dole system Under those circumstances the only questions relating to administration relief relict policies arc 1 How much money will be s spent nt lin in 1935 2 2 In what form will work be created created cre cre- created |