Evening star., 1933-01-25
GL LASSF0RD URGES
TRANSIENT RELIEF
Asks $15,OO0,00 U. S. Fund
to RehabiIitate Roaming
Boys and Men.
An appeal for a. $4,000, 900 Federal

An appeal for a. SIS 100000 Federal
appropriation for the rehabilitation Of
thousands Of men and boys now roam
ing the country was made today by
Brig. Gen. Pelham p. Glassfcrd during
a hearing before Senate Manufactures
Subcommittee.
Gen. Glassford, former head of the
Washington Police Department. told the
committee he favofed enactment of the
bill introduced by Senator Cutting, Re-
publican, of New Mexico. This bill
would authorize the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to make $15.0 900 900
available for relief and rehabilitation
in the various States and Territories
where the problem of handling tran
sdents has become acute.
Relief Program Likely.
Meanwhile it became evident a def
mite Federal relief program under which
millions would be made available to
States for extending helping hand to
the needy and unemployed may be
drafted and approved by President elect
Roosevelt.
This became evident today when the
Senate Manufactures Committee was
summoned to meet tomorrow to con-
slider combining various relief propos-
ais into one program.
Chairman La Toilette, Republican. Of
Wisconsin, and Senator Cutting, who
discussed the relief question with Mr..
Roosevelt in Warm Springs last week
end, called the committee meeting for
this purpose.
La Toilette would not say that pro-
gram would be evolved along lines sug-
gested by Mr.. Roosevelt, but. neverthe-
less, it was understood that a plan
would be drafted largely as result of
the Warm Springs conference La Fol-
lette and Senator Costigan, Democrat,
Of Colorado; are sponsors OF a bill to
provide $500, 900, 900 in outright relief
grants to States.
Cutting told newspaper men today
"Mr. Roosevelt did not commit himself
to any definite program, but he made
evident to us his sincere sympathy with
any sound relief plan"
The President elect. Cutting added,
"is thoroughly conversant with the re-
lief need, by virtue of his four years as
Governor Of New York and knowledge
of conditions in this country"
Foresees Grave Danger.
Gen. Glassford today said 1t Is his
belief, after a six-week study, that the
present situation Is breeding a genera
ton of hoboes who will exact a heavy
toll from society at later date, unless
something Is done now to alleviate
their distress. Most of these transients,
he said, whose aggregate numbers run
high In the thousands, come from re-
spectacle, substantial families, and
many Of them are only IA or IS years
of age
He expressed the belief that the
young men roaming the country con-
stitute the better element among the
Nations unemployed youth. They
leave home, he said, In search Of en-
ployment, hoping to avoid burdening
their already overtaxed family re-
sources. The less ambitious, he said,
stay at home and constitute burden
on their family and community.
Gen. Glassford said he had travelled
through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
West Virginia, Maryland, and q number
of Southern and Southeastern States.
He had particular praise for tran
sient camp which has been established
Ii Jacksonville, Fla. He said this camp
provides good care for more than 800
men and boys, serves them wholesome
food at 20 cents apiece a day, and is
so designed as to ultimately become
self-sustaining to large extent.
He said that general health condi-
tions among the transients are bad,
but that the spirit Of the men and
boys is good. Many Of them, he told
the committee, will gladly travel 1000
miles upon receiving . report that work
1S available in some distant city Local