AMERICA’S PROBLEMS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18249, 18 November 1933, Page 6

AMERICA’S PROBLEMS

STEEL CODE EXTENSION 1,000,000 MEN OFF RELIEF ROLL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received November 18, 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. .17. The steel industry to-day requested the N.K.A. to extend the code until May 31, 1934, at the same time recording a formal resolution of “general satisfaction with the operations of the code in its effect on industry.” Originally the steel code was adopted for a trial period of three months. President Roosevelt to-day received a Government report that 1,000,000 men had been changed from the relief roll to the Federal payroll through civil works administration under a plan aiming at taking 4,000,000 men off the public relief rolls. Forthwith he ordered the first pay cheques to be ready shortly, naming the war veterans’ administration us the distributing agency. General Hines, the administrator, said that the newly employed men may feel sure that they will have their pay cheques by November 25, in time for Thanksgiving Day. The plan involves tile creation of a civil works administration and the use of 400,000,000 dollars of public works funds. It is intended that 2,000,000 men shall, be put on self-sustaining work on November 16 and an additional 2,000,000 shortly afterwards. ATI will work a 30-honr week.