Evening star., 1932-10-15
STARVATION HERE
FEARED # FUNDS
. ARE NOT INCREASED
Emergency Committee Tells
Commissioners "Extraordi-
nary" Efforts Necessary.
4,181 FAMILIES NOW
RECEIVING ASSISTANCE
Relief Pared Almost to Point Of
Futility, Says Report Citing
Dire Conditions.

The District Of Columbia is faced
with the spectacle of deaths by star
vation and many cases of destitute,
homeless and hopeless families" unless
additional public funds are made
available by some extraordinary
means" the District Commissioners
were informed today by report of the
Emergency Relief Committee to the
Board of Public Welfare. The report.
signed by Sidney F. TaIaferro, chair
man OF the Emergency Relief Commit
tee, was forwarded to the Commission
ers by W W. MILAN, chairman of the
Board of Public Welfare.
In one Of the mos. startling appeals
for public charity made in Washington
since the advent of the depression the
Emergency Relief Committee points
out that there are in Washington to-
day 4l61 families receiving assistance
Of one sort or another from the Emer-
gency Relief Committee charged with
spending the Congressional appropIia-
ton of S350,G00 for unemployment
relief.
Pared to Extreme.
Relief given to families has been
pared almost to the point OF futiAlty
the report added and concludes:
"1-Additional public funds mu st bt
provided by some extraordinary means
to adequately continue the work pf the
division Of emergency relief Of the Board
of Public Welfare, or
"2-Private relief agencies muSSt take
over the major portion of the{ work
now being done by the Board Of Pub
lie Welfare, or
there R Be tn the washngon nfnl s5 of
destitute, homeless and hopeless fam
lilies and the special committee believes
there may actually be deaths by star
vation'
Concurrent with the presentation OF
the alarming reports TO the Commis-
sioners, Leroy A. Halbert. supervisor of
the Emergency Relief Fund, declared
he was receiving 80 to so new appeals
for aid each day since he made his re-
port to the Board of Public Welfare.
The 4l8l families cited in the report
as recipients of relief aid, he said. rep
resent 12.724 individuals.
Continuing, the report asserts that the
Special Committee on Emergency Re
lief deems it unwise to expend the en-
tire balance Of the s350000 emergency
relief fund pricr to November IS. and
urges immediate request by the Board
of Public Welfare that the Commission
ers apply lat the earliest possible date
for additional congressional appropria-
ticn for relief"
Recommendations Made.
The recommendations Of the COM
mittee to xhe Beard of Public Welfare
follow in full
u. To absolutely limit expenditures
fOy II hatunoy0 Optnhpr Qnd
November is to the rate Of 100000 a
month.
20 To discontinue any payment on
account of rents.
"3. To recommend that the Board
of Public Welfare appeal to the District
government, the Federal Government
and private owners of real estate for free
quarters for the housing of persons who
may find themselves without other
shelter
Il. TIC recommend that the Board of
Public Welfare request the CommiS-
sioners of the District of Columbia to
apply at the earliest possible date for
a congressional appropriation reasonably
adequate to meet that portion of thu
burden of unemployment and distress in
the District of Columbia, due to the
depression. which it would appear can
not be reasonably met by private
charitable agencies.
IS. That pending an additional appro-
priation by Congress for emergency re-
lief, the Board of Public Welfare re-
quests the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia to canvass the pos
sibility of obtaining by extraordinary
means from some temporary source, or
by the creation Of deficit, additional
funds to be expended by the Board of
Public Welfare to continue its present
emergency relief work.
Work Started August I.
The report cites that the emergency
relief work commenced August l and
that from that date to october there
was expended Sl4l 606 of the $500
appropriated On october 8. the day
Leroy Halbert, supervisor OF the emer-
gency relief fund.- made his report, the
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