Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-17 | Page 3 | Roosevelt Urges Quick Action by Congress on Relief Bill

Roosevelt Urges Quick Action By Congress on Relief Bill WASHINGTON May 17 UP UP- UP President Roosevelt Friday called for quick congressional approval of the relief appropriation appropriation appropriation and asserted that proposals proposals proposals pro pro- to earmark the funds for specific projects approached pork barrel methods of administration The bill was debated in the house Friday and is expected to tobe tobe tobe be passed by that body next week The president said the country cannot afford to drop additional p people ople off relief this summer or fall a If anything he added he would prefer to place more persons on relief rolls in an attempt to take care of all the needy families of the nation Mr Roosevelt said that if congress congress con con- gress giess starts to earmark relief motley money for specific projects it will make the W P A another pork barrel barret The defense program will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un provide New York but it will not take up the slack of families in need of support from W P A he said If congress decreases the present scale of relief a great many people and are going to lose their jobs means of support he said Dollar for dollar W P A construction construction construction con con- projects will not care for foras foras foras as many needy as W V P A projects the president said Funds spent through W V P A construction are more widely dispersed to producers of materials he said while W P A projects place a means of subsistence subsistence subsistence sub sub- directly In the hands yf of the human being who direly is fn u in need of a means of support