Progress Administration HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ACTING UNDER House Resolution 130 DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF THE OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION AS A BASIS FOR LEGISLATION PART 2 ERRATA: MATTER ERRONEOUSLY OMITTED FROM PART 1 146462 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1939 561 A6 76th v.21 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri THOMAS S. MCMILLAN, South Carolina J. BUELL SNYDER, Pennsylvania GEORGE W. JOHNSON, West Virginia ROSS A. COLLINS, Mississippi HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts D. LANE POWERS, New Jersey FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1939. The following material was eronneously omitted from part 1. It was supplied by Col. F. C. Harrington, Administrator, on June 13, 1939, and was intended to be included beginning on page 1261 thereof in lieu of and in addition to matter contained in the last paragraph on that page and continuing through the second paragraph on page 1264: SELECTED EXHIBITS SUBMITTED WITH THE LETTER OF APRIL 20, TOGETHER WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DATA A brief statement summarizing exhibits A through G, relating to the usefulness of projects. Exhibits H and I, relating to the agencies which certify as to the need of W. P. A. workers, and the extent to which the total need has been met. Exhibit J, which relates to hourly and monthly rates of pay on W. P. A. projects and their effect on project operations. Exhibit L, relating to turn-over in W. P. A. employment and the extent to which W. P. A. workers have taken private jobs, together with a supplemental statement bringing the figures up to date. Exhibit M, which relates to sponsors' expenditures on projects operated by the W. P. A., together with a supplemental statement concerning the Federal and sponsors' share of the cost. Exhibit N, concerning administrative costs. Exhibit P, concerning Federal Agency projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds. Exhibit Q, relating to steps that have been taken to eliminate political activity from the W. P. A. Exhibits R and S, which present the results of the review of need of W. P. A. workers carried out under the provisions of Public Resolution No. 1, Seventy-sixth Congress. Exhibit T, which contains our recommendations as to a formula for the distribution of W. P. A. employment by States. Exhibit U, which relates to a recent study of the duration of W. P. A. employment, together with supplemental information and analyses which have become available since the exhibit was prepared. M155337 1359 |