OFFICE OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
Palais Bourbon, Paris | April 1937
Internal Docunt – For Circulation with Budget Draft.
Title: Project Frawork and Employnt Impact of the 1937 Draft Budget
As per the provisions laid out in the Fiscal Draft Budget for 1937, the National Ergency Reconstruction Council provides below a sector-wise, project-focused summary highlighting budgetary allocations, estimated employnt, and strategic objectives for each initiative.
These programs constitute the core of Head of State Étienne Moreau’s recovery vision for the Republic.
National Reconstruction and Infrastructure Developnt (₣30 Billion)
1. National Highway Program
Budget: ₣8 Billion
Jobs Created: 300,000
Tiline: Q2 1937 – Q3 1938
Objective: Develop 4,000 km of strategic east–west and north–south transport corridors, linking resource zones to ports and garrisons.
2. Railway Electrification & Expansion
Budget: ₣7 Billion
Jobs Created: 250,000
Objective: Electrify high-traffic lines from Alsace to the Rhône Valley; reduce coal dependency and improve industrial logistics.
3. Urban Housing Construction
Budget: ₣5 Billion
Jobs Created: 120,000
Objective: Build low-cost apartnt blocks in Paris, Marseille, Lille, and Lyon; alleviate slums and house industrial workers.
4. Rural Electrification
Budget: ₣4 Billion
Jobs Created: 80,000
Objective: Extend power to 20,000 villages; stimulate rural industry and dostic consumption.
5. Port and Waterway Modernization
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 50,000
Objective: Dredge and widen Marseille, Le Havre, and Rhône routes for faster exports/imports.
6. Dual-Use Airfields and Strategic Roads
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 60,000
Objective: Construct airfields and multi-use highways that serve both military and civil logistics.
Industrial Modernization and Technological Investnt (₣20 Billion)
7. Steel Sector chanization
Budget: ₣4 Billion
Jobs Created: 100,000
Objective: Consolidate foundries in Lorraine and Saint-Étienne; double national steel output.
8. Aircraft Industry Subsidies
Budget: ₣5 Billion
Jobs Created: 75,000
Objective: Fund production lines for civilian aircraft convertible into military bombers.
9. Synthetic Fuel and Petrochemicals
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 50,000
Objective: Reduce oil import reliance; extract synthetic fuels from dostic coal and colonial rubber.
10. Automobile Sector Support
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 85,000
Objective: Modernize plants at Renault, Peugeot, and Citroën for mass truck/car production.
11. National Innovation Bureau
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 20,000
Objective: Fund radar, radio, and materials science research under state oversight.
12. Technical Academies and Machine Import
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 40,000
Objective: Train engineers, import foreign tools, and establish technical colleges.
National Defense Preparedness (₣15 Billion)
13. Tank & Artillery Production Expansion
Budget: ₣4 Billion
Jobs Created: 70,000
Objective: Scale tracked vehicle and artillery output to prewar levels; support dual civilian-military production lines.
14. Reinforcent of Maginot & Coastal Defenses
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 60,000
Objective: Fortify gaps in Maginot Line and enhance defenses at Brest, Toulon, and Bizerte.
15. Civil Aviation for Postal and Reserve Use
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 55,000
Objective: Expand fleet of long-range civilian aircraft; design modular bomber conversions.
16. Weapons Research & Logistics Institutes
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 20,000
Objective: Create dual-use institutions under civilian façade to test weapons and train logistical officers.
17. National Engineering Corps
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 100,000
Objective: Form corps of state-employed, semi-militarized builders for war and peace infrastructure projects.
Agricultural Reform and Rural Revitalization (₣10 Billion)
18. Farm Equipnt Subsidies
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 60,000
Objective: chanize plowing, threshing, and irrigation systems in central and western France.
19. Rural Credit Banks
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 30,000
Objective: Extend state-backed loans to 250,000 farms at 3–5% annual interest.
20. Price Stabilization Programs
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 25,000
Objective: Guarantee crop prices to prevent rural bankruptcy and overproduction crises.
21. Land Reclamation and Reforestation
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 40,000
Objective: Reclaim flood plains and plant state forests in Massif Central and Pyrenees.
22. Food Reserves Expansion
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 10,000
Objective: Build regional grain silos and ergency stockpiles for strategic reserves.
23. Rural Cooperatives
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 15,000
Objective: Establish village-level collection and distribution centers to reduce middlen.
Social Welfare, Public Health, and Civic Labor (₣10 Billion)
24. Veterans’ Pensions and Family Benefits
Budget: ₣2.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 0 (Social Transfer)
Objective: Monthly pensions for over 1 million beneficiaries; moral and social duty.
25. Rural Health Clinics Expansion
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 15,000
Objective: Construct 250 clinics and staff them with newly graduated nurses and doctors.
26. Vocational Training & Technical Colleges
Budget: ₣3 Billion
Jobs Created: 50,000
Objective: Train 300,000 workers per year in trades, engineering, and sanitation.
27. Civic Labour Corps (Corps du Travail National)
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 250,000
Objective: Create mobile work brigades for forestry, roads, canals, and electrification.
28. Worker Housing Grants
Budget: ₣0.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 10,000
Objective: Finance housing for miners and factory workers near industrial zones.
Colonial Economic Integration & Trade (₣7 Billion)
29. Colonial Rail and Road Infrastructure
Budget: ₣2.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 50,000
Objective: Connect inland mineral zones to coastal shipping points in Africa and Indochina.
30. Mineral Extraction Zones
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 40,000
Objective: Expand bauxite, phosphate, rubber, and manganese production under SOEs.
31. Cash Crop Agricultural Expansion
Budget: ₣1.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 30,000
Objective: Incentivize cocoa, cotton, coffee in West Africa and Southeast Asia.
32. Franc Zone Currency Integration
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 5,000
Objective: Stabilize trade and taxation across the colonial empire using a unified financial standard.
Currency Stability and Financial Reform (₣5 Billion)
33. Franc Stabilization Reserve
Budget: ₣2 Billion
Jobs Created: 0
Objective: Hold gold and bonds to back the franc and suppress inflation.
34. Commodity Strategic Stockpiles
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 10,000
Objective: Maintain ergency reserves of oil, wheat, and coal for warti crisis.
35. Capital Repatriation Amnesty
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 20,000
Objective: Offer tax holidays and legal incentives for French capital held abroad to return ho.
36. State Developnt Bank
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 15,000
Objective: Issue subsidized loans for housing, utilities, and export-industry startups.
National Unity, Propaganda, and Cultural Revival (₣3 Billion)
37. State-Controlled Radio & Cinema
Budget: ₣1.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 8,000
Objective: Broadcast educational, cultural, and patriotic content daily across the nation.
38. Youth Festivals and Civic Pageants
Budget: ₣0.5 Billion
Jobs Created: 5,000
Objective: Sponsor over 1,000 regional events by 1938 to rekindle shared identity.
39. Public Art and Architecture Program
Budget: ₣1 Billion
Jobs Created: 10,000
Objective: Commission national monunts, bridges, and decorative arts that reflect republican strength and dignity.
Total Estimated Jobs Created (Direct): 2,233,000
Additional Indirect Employnt: Estimated at 2.5–3.0 Million
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Prepared by: Office of the Minister of National Recovery
Under the authority of Head of State Étienne Moreau
For Review Prior to April 7th Budget Finalization
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