PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secretary Ickes today told the House Appropriations Sub-Committee in hearing on President Roosevelt's recovery program that the PWA has 2,714 approved public works projects which could be started within "60 to 90" days. Ickes statement was disclosed to newsmen by Rep. Clifton Woodrum, Chairman of the Sub-Committee. While he refused to make a statement, Ickes did say he had no objections to making PWA permanent as proposed in a bill by Rep. Alfred Beiter. In the group, left to right: (seated) Rep. J. Buell Snyder, Penna., Secretary Ickes, and Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, Chairman. Standing, left to right, are: Howard A. Gray, Asst. WPA Administrator; and Ebert K. Burlew, Asst. Secretary of Interior, 4/26/38
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1938
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