Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1936 — Page 10

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PWA JOB COST ESTIMATED AT $2200 YEARLY

Figure More Than Twice as Great as for WPA Positions. (Editorial on Pace Twenty-Two) BY ROBERT S. BROWN Tlmr* Special Writer WASHINGTON, April 24.—1 tls costing the Federal government S7BO a year to create the average 7.TA Job. For a PWA job, the government Is putting out $741. , To the WPA the cost to states, counties and cities adds $195, but In the case of PWA the local contribution exceeds SI4OO. Thus the total expense of employing a person is $975 under WPA and $2200 plus under PWA. The present cost under Harry Hopkins’ WPA is S2OO a year cheaper than reached during CWA, but more than three times greater than the dole, or direct relief in cash or kind (assuming that each WPA employe represents an average family). On the basis of 1500 man-hours a year—which is the WPA schedule — the combination of direct and workrelief that intervened between the conclusion of CWA and the inception of WPA would have cost $971 about the same as WPA. Actually, work-relief was provided largely on a basis of 750 hours a year, which brought the cost down to about $475. These estimates on WPA employment cover wages plus the cost of materials and supervision. They represent an average for the country as a whole. The PWA estimate is based on an analysis of 1000 completed projects on which the government contributed only 30 per cent of the cast of labor and materials. These projects were all taken from the original PWA appropriations. Today PWA’s costs a man-year in Federal funds are higher because of an increase in Federal grants from 30 to 45 per cent. Hours Must Be Considered Another item which must be considered in a comparison between the two types of public employment is the total number of hours worked. WPA’S 1500-hours-a-yea- schedule is higher than PWA's figure. Due to the 30-hour-week provision written into early PWA legislation, it has been impossible for Administrator Ickes to obtain more than 1200 hours' employment a year. Any recapitulation of relief costs to the Federal government shows conclusively that the dole, or direct relief, is the cheapest form of assistance. and that substitution of work adds to the expense in the direct ratio of its usefulness. Both WPA and PWA practically have exhausted funds available for continuance of the respective pro-

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