Evening star., 1933-01-04
100000 ANTILLES
DECLARED IN NEED
Senate Committee Hears
Plea for La Toilette
Costigan Measure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A Senate committee was told told by
Harry L. Hopkins, chairman of relief
administration for New York state, that
There are 500,oo families In the
United States today which should be
getting unemployment relief and aren't
getting it."
Hopkins, testifying at the second
hearing by the Manufacturers Commit
tee on the La Toilette Costigan $780,
100000 unemployment relief bill, said
emphatically that There Is Q need for
Federal funds for unemployment relief
in the State of New York
There will be tens Of thousands this
Winter without adequate relief, IL Fed
eral funds are not available" he as
serted.
Urges Passage OF Bill.
Hopkins urged enactment Of the
La Poliette-Costigan bill 1t provides
for raising the half billion by bond
issue and distributing 1t in outright
grants to the several States through @
new Federal board.
I'm my judgment" he said, this
to be just as hungry after March 1 as
they are between now and March 4,
and action should not be delayed for any
opportunistic reasons"
A witness yesterday-Linton B. Swift
of the Family Welfare association OF
America. New York-had advocated
postponing enactment until the .3oose-
velt administration takes Office, ON tce
ground 1t would then be more sympa-
thetically administered.
AT tie outset. Hopkins was asked by
Senator's La Follette, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, and Costigan, Democrat, Of
Colorado, whether his State had re-
ceived or asked for relief loans from the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
He answeres both questions in the neg
atiye.
1,750,o00 Unemployed.
I'VE find oIr,eives now with $780,
Coo unemployed persons in the State,
which ere included in about a million
families totally without income derived
from employment.
"Of these million families, 250.0to
are now receiving public relief and at
least 100000 additional families will
need public aid before Winter is over"
He added that an average expendi-
ture Of $4,000, 900 month in New
York State in 1888 will be necessary
4Hc IhliiiilcS uceuiIlS PUBIC ala III
New York State In 1893. he said, COM
prised tenth Of the total population.
Hopkins estimated that this percent
age would apply to the country as a
whole and that 100000 families in the
Nation will require assistance from pub
lie funds In 1888.
Testimony which Senator Costigan
said indicated New York City IL not
meeting unemployment relief needs as
we'll as Chicago was given the COM
mittee by William Hodson. executive
director OF the Welfare Council Of New
York City, and Samuel A. Goldsmith,
executive director Of the Jewish Chari-
ties. Chicago.
st should say that at the present
time there are no. less than 10000
families tin New York City, who are
in urgent need who are not being cared
for" Hodson said.
Senator Costigan asked Goldsmith
whether there arc families in his city
in need of relief which are not re-
ceiving it.
There are no such families in Chi
cago If they are willing to apply for
relief" he answered.
Apparently" said Costigan, "the
administration Of relief in New York
City is not as efficient as in Chicago
in meeting relief needs"