Evening star., 1932-10-22
BURDEN OF RELIEF
MAY GO TO CHEST
UNTIL u. S. HELPS
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Congress makes further provision fol
emergency relief in the District
, The Department of Labor announced
that expenditures for relief work in tn,
District jumped 664 per cent during
last August, placing Washington thirC
from the top Of list of 125 cities with
populations of more than $4,000, IL
caring for the destitute.
Total expenditures for the year end.
ing August 81. in the Nations Capita
have increased 1857 per cent, in com.
parison with the 12-month period end
ing in August, 1881, the report said.
The Children's Bureau of the De.
partmenr, which compiled the report
said IL relief agencies in the Distric,
reported for the 30-day period in Mid
summer they expended $1l0,789 for di-
rect and work relief, in comparison with
S3l ,060 for the same month last year
and $66, ,584 for the previous month this
year.
OF the total, s33.134 was expended for
work relief by these agencies. No COM
pariSon figures were made available
because this phase of relief was in it.
infancy here in August last year and
little, it was said. was expended for
the previous 80 days of this year.
Los Angeles Leads List.
Only Los Angeles and Trenton were
ahead OF Washington for August In
relief expenditures, the former expend-
ing 96.6 per cent more funds during
the month than for the same month
last year, and the latter jumping 725
per cent.
The bureau reported washington
stood in fifteenth place in the total in
crease in relief expenditures for the
year ending last August Its increased
expenditures of 1867 per cent was
topped by Mobile. San Francisco, Chi
cago. Baltimore. Trenton. New Rochelle,
N. Y; Asheville. Columbus, Ohio: Al
toona, Erie, Reading, Roanoke, Seat
tie and Tacoma.
The report showed that for August.
relief expenditures increased per cent
in the l25 cities. according to data fur
nished by 900 agencies. These agen-
cies expended $22,448,743 during the
month. as compared with s20.758,9
In July. and $ll,087.793 in August,
the year.
General Relief Greatest.
The greatest increase, the bureau
found, was in general relief. General
public relief administered by county
departments increased % per cent over
July of this year and 481 per cent over
August year ago. relief administered
by emergency relief committees in
creased Is per cent over July; expendi.
lures by city departments for general
relief rose 6 per cent; expenditures OF
non-Sectarian family societies and Jew
ish agencies increased per cent: vet
erans' relief administered by public de-
partmentS rose 3 per cent; work relief
administered by public departments
rose 6 per cent, while that administered
by private agencies declined 04 per
cent from July to August The in
crease in general relief in August fol-
lowed a drop in July and brought the
cost of such relief back approximately
to the level maintained in April, May
and June.
The downward trend noted for sew
eral months for mothers aid gave way
to a slight increase in August, both in
amount expended and in the number
of families. As compared with July,
August, and aid for the blind rose !
per cent
The number of meals and nights
lodgings provided for homeless and
transient persons also increased in Au-
gust. Reports from 167 agencies in So
cities listed a total Of 900,70 meals
provided during the month. o rise OF
l per cent over July. Nights lodgings
totaled 279,4l6, an increase Of nearly
4 per cent.