The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-11

ernor's Unemployment Relief Com
mission, and Miss Nadia Deem, So
cial service director for the COM
mission.
They believe, as do many business
men and officials of the Indianapo-
lis Chamber of Commerce, that the
Federal Government should set re-
lief standards for the states, and
they do not object to Washington
supervision Of the money spent by
the state for the Government.
They would like to see state gov
ernmental units able to bear the full
load of relief, but see no possibil-
ity of this coming to pass within
the next year.
Increased costs of relief are
charged to 10 per cent rise in
prices of foodstuffs and the nu-
merous families which have been
forced to the relief rolls for the first
time by dwindling funds.
Throughout the survey by. The
Times of Indiana's relief system it
was found that numerous wild
charges Of inefficiency, mal-admin-
istration, graft, political chicanery
and fixing" had little basis of fact.
state system Better
Complaints of persons on relief
rolls are caused mostly by misun-
Outstanding of the aims of social
service workers and the require
mentS necessary to obtain relief.
The Times found the state con-
troll system, despite dual control in
some townships where trustees pro-
vide for direct relief, infinitely bet
ter than the relief provided under
the trustee before the state became
boss" with its Federal money. Work
relief has done much to raise the
standard of living in relief homes.
Township trustees now fear that
the incoming Legislature will wipe
out their jobs because of a move
ment to place township business I'M
der county governments.
Miss Noone Efficient
Whether township relief is as
efficient as state control depends in
large measure on honesty Of the
trustees.
Indianapolis, under Miss Hannah
Noone, Center Township Trustee, was
fortunate in having inadequate re-
lief administered honestly up to the
time the Governors commission
took charge.
The old type of township basket
relief is infinitely more economical
than work relief, but it is an
economy, apparently, that democrat
ICES the family and fails to prepare
the men at the heads of families
for employment in private industry
as does the more expensive relief
method of weekly wages.
The trading of direct relief grocery
orders for liquor and the use of a
can of peaches to obtain package
of cigaretS is just as possible under
township basket relief as under the
states system Of direct relief.
Glad when It's Over
Liz 1ONClllOl
says Miss Deem, recognizes its re-
sponsibility in helping each COM
munity reasSume its own relief
problem, and is working to that
end"
Miss Deem, as director of the
states dispensing of relief, has no
illusions about the popularity of
giving relief.
ITO begin with those who are re-
ceiving relief do not like it. They
think they should be receiving more
than they are allowed. Then many
apply for relief and are denied it.
They do not like that. Those who
pay the bills for relief do not like
it because in their opinion it costs
too much. The only cheers we shall
hear for the relief administration
will be from this group when the
Job is over. And I shall join them"
concluded Miss Deem.
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