Show RELIEF CHIEF OUTLINES LONG RANGE PROGRAM Plan Embraces Subsistence for Farm Dependents Dependents Dependents dents Stranded Industrial Laborers By HARRY DARRY L. L HOPKINS Federal Emergency Relief Belief Administrator Copyright 1934 United Press V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 2 In CUP UP In the little more than nine months since the creation of the federal emergency relief administrations th the lives of millions of men women and children have been relieved of hard hard- ships resulting from unemployment More l than of federal funds have been spent for H this s relief In addition to the grants of money to the states by the F FE E ERA R A the Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral Surplus Relief corporation has hos distributed huge quantities of or commodities com corn purchased from market sur sur- pluses The important item is not the cost but the fact tact that this winter W was 5 not like the thc last for tor the victims of Unemployment un un- employment ment who through no fault of their own were without the means of self In return the communities communities com corn the states and the nation as es a whole benefited by a fl vast number number num num- ber her of ot streets roads s sewers water supplies playgrounds par parks schools emergency education programs swamp drainage disease control airports airports airports air air- ports erosion prevention and a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand and one other improvements The C CV W V A is now v undergoing d demobilization demobilization de- de mobilization with completion sch scheduled scheduled sched sched- for May 1 I. For some time however however however how how- ever consider consideration has been give given to o long range planning The handling of relief relic problems over the past nine months has re revealed revealed I fe re- re the wisdom of at considering separate but coordinated treatment for three l main ain pha phases of national l needs need First d distressed tre cd families in rural areas second those composIng composIng compos compos- Ing stranded populations such os as families t. lies living in sin single lc Industry com m where the thi h industry has died miners miner in worked out fields arc are an example and third the unemployed ed edof of large Jarc cities Relief Relict funds for rural families will vill In the main mam be u used ed td help them achieve support self t through s ture by assisting them In g ge J from dependence on or on t crop and c changed to the ta S1 i commodities for their ow awn I Work Worl for lor Q wages es from om relief will be provided to the extent lul to obtain sary sery ry limited cash euh in meO |