Evening star., 1934-01-16
Workers Attempt to Regain Eel
l. &C. G. Money Relief Problem
Emergency Workers Ex'
pIai,, Dependents Must
Receive Pay.
arrangement From, Fam.
lily Feared if Requests
Are Refused.

Efforts of some of the Districts 1000
Civilian Conservation Corps workers to
regain possession Of the money they
earn, supposedly for the support OF
their families or dependents. have pro-
vided one of the most serious problems
of social workers in the Washington
emergency relief, according to Mrs
Florence Huff, assistant director OF the
agency.
Each month the Government sends
$22 or more of the money earned by a
of his family or to dependents selected
by the relief agency enrolling him.
In many instances. however the the
families to send all or part OF the
monthly allotment back to them, Mrs.
Huff said. Thereupon the social work.
ers are faced with the problem OF
calming the families and explaining
to the C. c. c. members that the
money they make is intended to care
for their relatives or other persons IN
need of relief aid. In some cases,
members of the workers families have
worried over tear of estrangement II
the requests for money are not met
The C. C. C. workers are allowed a
small amount of spending money each
month from the salary" reckoned by
the Government for their reforestatlon
work.
Red Tape Avoided.
Examples of involved cases are the
ones where a boy was sending money
to his jobless father. the father. OBJ
tanned a job and meanwhile. the boy S
sister was In need. Rather than go
through all the red tape necessary to
alter the ALLEGATION of the allotment,
it finally was decided to let the father
turn over the c. c. c. money each
week to the sister.
Another case where a boy. whose
money went to widow he did not know
before his enrolment, tried to collect
part of the money from her. and even
deserted and retained an attorney to
INQUIRE what had happened to the
money he earned The War Depart
ment settled that question with a letter
"One of the biggest problems we have
had to face in enrolling and caring for
boys from INDECENT families in the Dis
trict has been where they, or their
mothers. refused to accept enrolment
bin the corps" Mrs. Huff said. These
mothers, at times. have such con-
centrated love that they cannot part
with a son, and in other cases the sons
cannot bear to be separated from their
families.
1T is particularly pathetic" she con-
tinued. when you realize that the child
and mother would both be greatly bene-
fitted from separation. However. we
have no authority to force them to at
tend, so we merely let it pass"
"Laziness" Defended.
LaZiness in persons dependent on
charity for support is often not alto
gether one of inherent weakness, but
in many cases one of physical unfitness
Mrs Huff said. These people often
cannot work because their bodies are
not strong enough, not because they are
lazy"
Figures now are being compiled OF
the number of members of the corps
enrolled since its inception; the number
of men discharged, and the benefit to
men and families. On the results of
this census. officials believe. President
Roosevelt will make his decision regard
ing continuance Of the corps for an
other year.
At present enrollments will expire
March 81, 1884. Many are serving their
second enlistment of six months.