Federal Emergency Relief and Civil Works Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in Charge of Deficiency Appropriations. Seventy-third Congress, Second Session. H. R. 7527U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 131 pages |
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15 percent acres additional Administration Admiral CONE Agriculture allotment amount Appropriated for 1934 approved approximately BABCOCK BANE bill Board BOYLAN Budget building Bureau BURLEW CHAIRMAN charges Civil Service Civil Works Administration Commission Commissioner committee Congress contract cooperation Corporation decrease Department District of Columbia division employees estimate for 1935 Estimated cost expenditures expenses Farm Federal Federal Farm Board Federal Radio Commission Federal Trade Commission field fiscal year 1934 funds furlough going Government HASTINGS hearings HINES HOPKINS increase Interstate Commerce Commission investigation June 30 lands legislation loans ment National OLIVER operation and maintenance paid personnel post office construction printing and binding Public Works Administration reclamation Reconstruction Finance Corporation record reduction relief retirement salaries saving secretary statement surveys TABER Tariff TAYLOR tion transferred United Veterans vice president Washington WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM
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