Evening star., 1933-01-07
D. c. AID APPROVED
BY SENATE GROUP
Action of Entire Committee
Expected Monday to Meet
Emergency.

The Senate Appropriations Sub
committee today approved the $685.
900 item in the deficiency bill to en-
able the District to keep its emer-
gency relief work going for the rest
of the current fiscal year. The de-
ficiency bill will go before the full
Appropriations Committee Monday.
Less than "a hours after an an
nouncement that unemployment relief
in the District has come to a standstill
pending enactment of the urgent def
cheney appropriation measure, a Senate
appropriations subcommittee today be-
gan work on the deficiency bill which
carries an item of $625,o00 for six
months relief work here.
Under the procedure planned by
Chairman Hale of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, the deficiency bill
probably would be given the right of
way over the general economy measure
because Of its urgency.
The announcement that, with the ex-
ception Of paying those on the relief
rolls for work already done, it will be
impossible to do anything further until
funds are provided was made yesterday
by Leroy A. Halbert, director of un-
employment relief A similar state
ment was made by Mrs. Charles Gold
smith, a member of the Board of Public
Welfare, in an address before the
Washington Advertising Club.
SIS,5O0 Pay Roll Met.
pay roll CT abcut $18,500 is being
met today. There will be another pay
day next Saturday of about $1,000 for
work already done or to be done Mon
day. There Is enough money to meet
the pay roll of the workers who make
up the relief administration January Is
and about 81 500 for relief paid to per-
sons not required to work in the way Of
grocery orders and the like. All this
will have disappeared by the close of
next week, according to Mr. Halbert.
The next hope of the dependent un-
employed will be the Senate's action.
Chairman Hale has promised that the
deficiency bill will be reported early
next week" If the Senate passes the
bill and it is signed during the week,
then with the available money grocery
orders will be issued to those in need
until the "made-work" program can be
started up again.
All projects on the "made-work" pro-
am will be stopped after the close
| OF business Monday. No more work
| cards will be issued to anybody until
the deficiency bill has become law
There would be no money to meet the
pay rolls should the cards be issued,
and the District is prohibited by law
from deliberately incurring deficit.
S450,OOO Total Spent.
1t will have cost S450,0o0 to carry
the unemployment relief program from
August l to January IS, period of
tive and half months. During that
time, the number of cases on the rolls
has risen to $500, most of the eases"
representing a family of four persons.
| The average relief now being paid Is
$3.70 per week per case. The S625, 900
in the deficiency bill is supposed to last
Tor the first six months of 1888, and
further $625000 is supposed to be in
cluded in the next District appropria-
ton Dill for the remaining six months.
Mr.. Halbert said yesterday that only
the most desperate cases of need are
being taken care of by his admins
| tratlon, and t--: relief afforded to those
persons is not nearly enough. He said
that the families on the rolls would
| be expected TO exist on the money re-
| celved from todays pay day through
next week, and after that it is up to
Congress.