White House Statement on Emergency Appropriation for Public Works and Seed Loans to Farmers

and November 8, 1930. The President announced today that the Administration had decided to recommend to Congress a special emergency appropriation to be applied to the further intensification of public works, public build- ings and other forms of Federal construdtion which are already author- ized by Congress but for which no appropriations would normally be made until later periods; and further to recommend the provision of a "seed loan" assistance to farmers in the drought area. It will be remembered that the appropriations for Federal con- struction were greatly increased upon the President's recommendation by the last Congress as and to employment during the current year. The Departments were also authorized to undertake necessary technical preparation for future construction work which was authorized but not appropriated for. As a result of appropriations available during the prosent fiscal year, the construction work of all kinds in the Federal Government will be increased to a total exceoding $500,000,000. The Emergency appropriations that will be requested will be in the nature of an addition to this already enlarged program and will be in antici- pation of such construction work as would normally have taken place a year or two heneo, The necessary technical proparation has been under way for somo months and has now been advanced so that the programs can be further expanded for emergoncy purposos. The precise amount for the emorgency appropriation has not yot been decided upon but will be de- termined on a basis of authorized works for which the proliminary tochnical proparation has been or can bo .comploted. Tho wholo purpose is to provide furthor employment during tho forthcoming yoar upon works of ultimate necessity.