Evening star., 1934-05-31
REQUEST FOR JUNE
D. c. RELIEF FUND
CUT TO $725,000
Allen Fails to Recall Earlier
Plea to F. E. R. A. for
100000.
CONFERENCE is HELD
TO DECIDE ON AMOUNT
All Expenses to Be Reduced Dur
ing Month Save Those of
Trained Workers.

Commissioner George E. Allen, ad-
ministrator of relief for the District,
today withdrew request for $8OO, 900
for relief expenditures during June
from the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration and substituted re-
quest for S725 900.
During May expenditures 1or chef
here totaled $758,6 ,68l 90. When the
request for 100000 for June became
known two days ago. efforts were
made to reconcile the request for the
increased amount with statements
made by various relief officials that
as a result of investigation many
families were being removed from TIE
relief rolls as not entitled to relief
payments.
Calls Conference.
Commissioner Allen, when ques-
toned on the subject today, could not
recall having sent up the request for
100000. He said he might have
signed the request as "a routine
matter" In order to settle the ap-
parent conflict he summoned a meet
ing of his relief ieutenants this
morning, with representatives Of the
F E. R. A. AS result OF the COLI
ference, it was decided that relief
needs during June would be less than
those during May by approximately
10 per cent, and therefore the $780,
010 request was recalled and request
for $725 900 substituted.
Will Cut Expenses.
Allen said after the meeting that
all expenses would be reduced during
June except that the allotment for
hiring trained case workers probably
would be increased. No exact figures
were available, however, as to the
number of families which have been
dropped from the rolls as ineligible
for relief. or the number expected to
be dropped during June.
Present at the conference with Mr..
Allen today were Miss Mary Alice Hill
director of the emergency relief; Dis
trict Auditor Daniel j. Donovan
Elwood Street, who will become di-
rector of public welfare tomorrow;
Leroy H. Halbert. director of research
and Arch Mandell of the F. E. R. A.
The entire relief set-up in the Dis
trict is to be reorganized tomorrow
and Allen said that he hoped the re-
organization would put stop to such
confusing situations.
New Relief Set-Up.
The new relief organization, which
will go into Office tomorrow, will have
Commissioner Allen directly in charge
Under him will be two deputies, FL
nnnd Cfrpnt urhn foHac nff1po
row as director of public welfare,
succeeding George S. Wilson, retired
and Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Howard F. Clark.
Working with Street will be Miss
Mary Alice Hill, director of emer-
gency relief; Leroy A Halbert di-
rector of research: Otto j. Cass,
business manager, and an assistant
director of case work, not yet ap-
pointed. but to be chosen in two OF
three weeks.
Under Capt. Clark will come Will
liam c. Cleary, secretary of the work
division and also the Work Planning
and Job Assignment Committee, made
up of District officials.
AS administrator of emergency re-
lief for the District, Allen will be re-
sponSible to the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration for the admin
lstration of all relief projects, both
work relief under the E w. A. and
direct relief, which are paid for out
of Federal grants of money.
The details of the expenditures dur
ing May are as follows: School
lunches, s19,96067; social service staff
and expenses administrative, $18,-
047.6l; work division (administra-
tive), S11,212.37; supervisory ano
technical personnel, S39,985 %; ma
terial, trucks and equipment, $751;
222.93; relief (direct and work relief
s614,253 309-making a total of $751;
68l.9O.