Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-03 | Page 2 | Throngs Storm Washington Hoping to Get Relief Plans

Throngs Storm Washington Hoping to Get Relief Plans WASHINGTON May 3 P The IP-The The capital t teemed emed today with public officials and civic chic leaders here from all over the country fn In the hope hop of r finding out more about bou the rules of the work relief relief- drive Visiting delegations including governors governor and small town council members equally eager to get projects started were given to understand understand understand un un- un- un that many of their questions Questions questions ques Ques- will be answered definitely within the next few daSS days daS S Secretary Ickes the public works administrator and chairman of or the work relief allotment board promIsed promised prom prom- promIsed yesterday that hat rev new W P W A regulations will vill be drafted very soon to supercede those now existing exist exist- ing Harry L L. Hopkins the relief relle administrator ad who will have a big hand in the work program gave gaye a similar r pledge regarding maps showing where the destitute unemployed played are arc and where work should be provided He cleared up one vital question queston of policy that has b been n a matter of ot doubt among the visiting project and job seekers Explaining President dent Roosevelt's decree that pe peS sons on relief rolls shall shaU be given preference on work relief relic Hopkins Hop kins said that a person not on n relief would not be given a job even though his his' resources might might- be ex ex- hausted Hopkins said however that it might be necessary to go outside the tte ranks of or those on relief relict to obtain obtain ob ob- tain lain m many n skilled workers He added that tha some unemployed who have not sough sought help from relief reBel agencies would be absorbed b by private ate vate plants that will vill turn out the the materials for work relief relle projects