Evening star., 1934-08-05
SCORES RESTORED
TO SELF-RELIANCE
BY JULY lob AID
District Emergency Case
Workers Show Hustle
and Big Saving.
MANY PROFESSIONAL
BENEFICIARlES ON LIST
Miss Hankins Of Social Service
Division Reports Majority
Family Heads.
Scores Of men and women who have

scores OF men ara Womeu VINO nave
been dependant upon public relief
were restored TO state Of independ-
ence and seif-reliance during July as
q result Of contacts made for them by
case workers employed by the Dis
tricts emergency relief agency.
This rehabilitation program, which
not only restores the individuals TO
self-dependence, but also reduces the
costs Of relief, was disclosed In state
ment issued yesterday by Miss May
Hankins. assistant director Of emer-
aency relief In charge Of the Social
Service Division.
According TO Miss Hankins, case
workers have been able to rehabiiitate
many professional men and women as
well as large number OF skilled and
unskilled laborers who have long been
unemployed and dependent upon re-
lief for the support Of themselves and
their families.
Mostly Family Heads.
A majority OF the men who have
been benefited from the rehabilitation
program, Miss Hankins declared, were
heads Of families.
Although detailed figures for the
District were not made public, Miss
Hankins cited the experience Of one
division OF the relief organization as
typical OF the work done throughout
the city.
Mrs. Isabel Carter. district super
visor OF division No. 7, with headquar-
ters at 900 Eighth street southeast,
reported TO the Social Service Division
that 50 persons from q group Of 900
were returned to gainful employment
during the month. This, 1t was re-
ported, was the result Of the efforts Of
ak case workers who made contacts
with prospective workers.
The contacts made were not con-
fined to employers in private business,
but also included the personnel officers
maintained by the many Government
agencies and departments in the
Capital
The SO persons who were returned
10 q status Of being 'on their own"
represented families averaging 4.6
persons each, or altogether 270 in
dividuals. Their allotments on the
relief rolls averaged $40 per month
each. total Of $2,3So for tho 50
cases.
July Saving $I.ss4.
After allowing for the salaries Of
the six case workers, the total saving
81. @AN hm
amounted to $1,6o4 for the single
paid $676. This does not, Of course,
account for the saving made possible
in future months by the removal Of
these individuals from the public re-
lief rolls.
The most striking case pointed out
by Mrs. Garter was that of con-
struction engineer, the head OF q
family Of flve. This man had two all
ing children who required special
foods IN their diet, and the amount
allotted to the family was SIS per
month, more than the average.
The man had applied TO several
Government agencies for work. and
while waiting for some action on his
applications for work was employed
ny the work division of the relief set
up In semi-skilled work. The case
WORKER assigned 10 the family recog-
nl5eu the ability of the father and
brought attention to his application
with the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration. Within few days he
was employed as construction
engineer with the F. E. r. A. at
salary of SIS .50n per year and was sent
TO the drought stricken area Of South
Dakota.
Another case cited by Mrs. Carter
was that Of q former member Of the
Metropolitan Police Department who
resigned some time ago to accept q
position in private industry and was
soon afterward laid of He was pur-
suaded by the case worker to take
Civil Service examination, and as a
result, was employed as q guard at
Lorton Reformatory at salary Of
$500 per year.
Other Scores Aided.
These two cases are exceptional.
according to Miss HankinS, but there
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efhcient persons have been aided in
getting back into gainful positions
through the efforts Of the relief agen-
cies' case workers.
On the other hand, she asserted,
much benefit has accrued to the relief
rolls through the discovery of ineli-
Kihle individuals who have tried to
make q good thing" Of the emergency
relief.
One such case, she said. was that
OF q couple allotted $3.50 8 week toward
the payment of rert. Upon complete
investigation, 1t was learned the couple
was in comfortable circumstances and
had q new automobile. Later it was
learned they had applied for relief
under an assumed name and when
the proper name was discovered. the
man WAS found TO be an employe on
the regular pay roll of Government
bureau. The relief allowance was, OF
course, stopped Immediately.
These cases. however, are not as
numerous as those resulting In the
unemployment and rehabilitation OF
deserving, although unfortunate, in
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