Evening star., 1934-12-23
WORK FOR RELIEF
PROGRAM SPEEDED
FOR TEXAS NEEDY
State Launches Policy of
Aiding Only Those Who
Will Labor.
COUNTIES COOPERATE
IN PUBLIC JOBS PLAN
Vast System Of Projects Well
Under way-Prosecution
Faces "Deadbeats."
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DALLAS, Tex, December ~ (N.A.
N.A).-Getting on relief rolls is an
other way of obtaining employment
In Texas, because a State policy of
extending assistance only to heads of
destitute families who can and will
work Is being put into effect as fast
as possible.
This ruling has been made by the
State Board of Control, the agency
administering State and Federal re-
lief money to the destitute, and
through its operation vast program
Of public improvements is being car
ried out in cooperation with local
subdivisions of Government.
In line with this policy, county
units Of the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration are planning to
transfer disabled recipients of aid to
other welfare organizations by Feb
ruary. BY that time the head of
every family on the rolls Is expected
to be working in exchange for gov.
ernmental assistance.
Dallas Speeds Program.
In Dallas County, one Of the largest
local units Of the relief organization,
the work for relief" program is being
put into full effect rapidly.
On December IA there were 1900
men and women working on projects
OF various kinds, while the rolls had
total Of 11,192 families. Wedding
out Of those who are unable to
work and of those who refuse to
accept employment is expected to be
completed within a few weeks.
Wages of 40 cents an hour for un-
skilled and 81 an hour for skilled
labor are being paid in Dallas County,
but the scale varies according to the
locality. In smaller communities
wages are as low as 20 cents an hour.
In Dallas County the workers are
paid in cash, but those unable to
work because of infirmities or lack
Of projects are given food tickets. In
addition, relief recipient clients also
are given surplus agricultural and
textile products at frequent intervals.
Jobs Well Under Way.
In this section many miles of streets
are being graveled, new water and
sewer lines are being laid, canneries
are operating at full blast to preserve
food for the destitute, rat-killing cam
paigns are being waged, traffic flow
counts are being made, mattresses
and articles Of clothing are being
fabricated and gardens are being at
tended to.
Under this program for creating
employment, family must be desti-
tute and have some member able
and willing to work; refusal to work
will mean removal from the rolls
and possible prosecution in the courts
for failure to provide for family.
Another project In this section Is
the rural rehabilitation work, through
which families are being given farm
homes. Three-year leases on 10 and
20 acre tracts are being taken by the
Relief Administration and improve
ments put on houses that will equal
the lease price.
The homesteaders do practically all
the repair work and then move in
with stock of live stock and poultry,
giving note for this and all neces-
sary farm equipment, and being al
lowed to pay for the stock without
interest over long period of time.
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