The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-03
B MILLION TO
WINTER
RELIEF IN j. S.
~ Dealers Reveal I'm
,,,cedented Crisis in
American Annals
\ INST FAR ABOVE
Inn WINTER OF 1888
ur1YLE c. WILSON
~ p. SAnR Correspondent

IL Press STAN NoEFCsPS-.
, ,;, sCSgINGTON. Sept. 3. (UP)
J, A nsalers today revealed an
.,Iing human relief crisis OF
psssac r,5e proportions in an
EaisI report that 2S,OoO,0OO
"ns viii require aid to live
OrS next winter. Relief costs
rsar will far exceed 1888.
H. estimate dwar-fs all previ-
relief problems in the United
E,ss. Drought and seasonal en-
Iyment are held accountable 1or
swelling figures.
|norald +. Richberg. secretary
~ executive council, outlined
rprei situation in a report to
Ias;isnt Roosevelt. He said:
100000 families are en-
kr,sd 10 be on relief rolls by
kbruary. 1888.
- Federal. state and local gov
krment agencies spent S792,
sS 500 for relief in 1888.
TS The cost in the first six
ICnths Of 1884 was $685. 97,-
81. o.,o 49,.
4 Since January /, 1888. this
brden aggregates $685. $685.
Is.
| Is. In 1893 federal relief costs
|ere $479.ll5,000; state costs,
Ll3,OOOOOO; local governments,
BOO, 100000.
|6 Price increases are hiking
Iief expenditures.
The report was the third OF
Iven surveying New Deal accom-
IshmentS and problems.
The first report said 4,l2O,OOO
krsons had been reemployed I'M
l. the New Deal and the second
kvOrted farm income going up.
6ti.New Dealers challenged the
SrEer reports but are likely to
te relief prospects as a blow to
cOyery hopes.
With the development of the
neral program" Richberg said,
ehef payments increased from
average per family per month
SIC Gin May 1888 to Sl9 in
Etober 1888 and about $23 to-
y. These figures include fami-
5 receiving supplementary in
me and relief only part of the
pnth and do not represent the
come Of the average family
Pmpletely dependent on relief
|rOughOut the month";"
ION the basis of Riehberg's re-
pr It IS obvious that the New
Pal must resort this winter to
ktraortlnary measures such as
pa which carried 100000
frSOns through cold months of
1884,
Rlchberg'S report showed that
July 1888 persons receiving
ceral, state and local govern
tnt2l relief numbered 15,2S2,-
Two millions were clipped
Pm the total in September and
IoOer but it zoomed in Novem-
to l5,OSO,465. 1t was then
az Nr. Roosevelt created CWA.
Inc number on relief rolls di-
nlShed through the winter as
Pa became effective but jump
from l3,4y2,OOO in March
S4 to l6,S25,OOO in April when
A was abolished.
ne total was just under IT,
V,uVO IN May of this year when
per cent of all the people In
United States were on relief
:; Inc June relief estimate is
90 |39i persons. The number
single persons receiving relief
renamed around 100000.
largest number of families
s,r S'ioi' I76 in May 1884.
inc federal emergency relief
illustrator. INST Richberg report
81 states that it is probable that
ine trend Of rleief will be up
"a :, IN the course of the next
~ IS months % and that the sever
U n.n t9e drought situation and
oi Tsuai seasonal increase in re-
F T5les 81 IN o February 1886"
;1,o'OVO'OOO figure repre-
ba aS1IIns .;.i the winter point to a
oa "re. relief load Of 100000 o Q
''ont'nued on page 81.