Harold LeClair Ickes, master of PWA, proudly radioed seafaring President Roosevelt last week that the gauge on his Public Works pump had ticked past the billion-dollar mark in 30 working days since the President signed the Lend-Spend Bill. It was still pumping at the rate of $5,532,510 worth of work per hour. To produce a billion's worth of work, PWA had earmarked nearly two-thirds of its new $965,000,000 (States & municipalities supplying the balance), and still projects were pouring in for approval.
Next Mr. Ickes told the country that he had made a deal...
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