Progress Administration

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ACTING UNDER

House Resolution 130

DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF THE

HOUSE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY

OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION

AS A BASIS FOR LEGISLATION

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1939

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Colorado, Chairman

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INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION UNDER HOUSE RESOLUTION 130

HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. EDWARD T. TAYLOR (CHAIRMAN), CLIFTON A. WOODRUM, CLARENCE CANNON, LOUIS LUDLOW, THOMAS S. MCMILLAN, J. BUELL SNYDER, EMMET O'NEAL, GEORGE W. JOHNSON, JOHN TABER, RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, WILLIAM P. LAMBERTSON, AND J. WILLIAM DITTER, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ACTING UNDER HOUSE RESOLUTION 130 ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY:

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1939.

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION

STATEMENTS OF COL. F. C. HARRINGTON, ADMINISTRATOR; AC-
COMPANIED BY H. O. HUNTER, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR; COR-
RINGTON GILL, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR; F. R. RAUCH,
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR; DALLAS W. DORT, ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR;
DIRECTOR

AND FRANK H. DRYDEN, REGIONAL

The CHAIRMAN. We will begin this morning the investigation authorized under House Resolution No. 130, adopted March 27, 1939, a copy of which I shall insert at this time:

[H. Res. 130, 76th Cong., 1st sess.]

[Passed March 27, 1939]

RESOLUTION

Resolved, That for the purpose of obtaining information necessary as a basis for legislation the Committee on Appropriations, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized and directed to conduct a thorough investigation and study of the Works Progress Administration and the administration of laws, regulations, and orders administered by it.

The committee shall report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations for legislation as it deems desirable.

For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the subcommittee or any member designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses. Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by 1