Evening star., 1932-08-05
RELIEF FUND HEAD
BARS APPLICATIONS
UNTIL NEXT WEEK
Staff to Devote Tomorrow
and Sunday to Actual
Aid for Needy.
NEARLY $500 REQUESTS
WITHIN EXPECTATIONS
Emergency Cases to Be Excepted
From Rule AnnOunced-Park
Jobs Are Available.

With the first rush of applications
out of the way. investigators for the
District of Columbia Committee on
Unemployed, charged with adminlStra- !
tion of the S350,000 relief fund. WI
devote tomorrow and Sunday to ~
task of actually distributing relief "
needy families.
will be received until Monday.
LEROY A Halbert, in charge OF the
administrative work. said it was neces-
sarv to refuse further applications at
this time so the more than 1855 re-
quests already received can be disposed
Of He estimated it would be at least
two weeks before all of these cases can
be investigated and relief given where
necessary.
Some Already Helped.
Manv of those seeking help already
have been given relief in the form of
food. These, however, are classed as
emergency cases.
Mr Halbert pointed out that the
Committee has only eight investigators,
and therefore, this phase of the work
must consume considerable time.
The relief administrator said only
about $50 persons were waiting outside
the committees headquarters in the
old Metropolitan Methodist Church at
John Marshall Place and c street be-
fore it was opened for the day. During
the past five days, he said, there has
been as many as 700 or 800 waiting to
file their applications.
The committees work, Mr.. Halbert
said. has been made easier by the will
ingness of many applicants to help out
wherever they can. He said number
of men and women have been and Will
be used in tasks which do not require
special training.
Number Not Surprising.
Although more than $500 appl1ca-
tions will have been filed when the doors
are closed today, Mr.. Halbert said, this
is not an unexpected number. He said
the rush of applicants was anticipated
and the task of handling them made
easier by advance preparations. Mr..
Halbert expressed confidence that all
of the applications filed would be given
prompt consideration. He said, how
ever, some of the cases might not be
reached for a week or more.
The decision not to receive adol-
tional applications tomorrow and Sum
day. he said, was made only after
workers had cared for all emergency
cases. He indicated exceptions would
be made should any cases of pressing
need arise over the week end.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
Federal park authorities want to use
some of the Districts unemployed i'm
mediately in improving the city's park
and recreational areas. Capt. E. N
Chisolm, jr., acting director Of public
buildings and public parks has written
a letter to the District Commissioners
advising them his Office can use as
many of the unemployed as they could
furnish in laboring work about the
parks.
On Part-Tim System.
This program would be patterned
after the arrangement of last Winter,
when the unemployed were engaged for
number of weeks on a rotation SyS-
TEN. Those laborers were paid on the
basis of As cents an hour, f1ve-day
week and six hours day.
Todays proposal by Capt Chisolm is
separate from an earlier communication
to the Commissioners in which he sug-
gested that they furnish him with
funds out OF the Districts $780, 900 re.
lief fund to clean up the B. E. F. camps