The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-06


Miss Smith, who sits in her
second floor Office in one corner of
the building. refuses to comment on
firing Miss Noone's employees.
Miss NOone, in her corner Office
room on the first floor, also says, Il
have no comment to make"
Trusted employees were discharged.
But many were absorbed and in as
Stimulating them into the state re-
lief system the Center Township
Trustee Office became and remains
over manned.
It is the opinion of friends of the
state control system that out of Al
employees in the bookkeeping and
disbursing department that at least
one-fourth could be dispensed with
ESQ Employed in County
Friends of state control insist that
in trying to get along with town
ship trustees of the state that I'M
necessary employees were absorbed,
thereby increasing the administra-
ton pay rolls.
In turn township trustee adher-
ents say. Look around you. We
had so workers under township trus-
tee relief in Center township and
now there are several hundred"
The tc ship Office, as principal
relief u-penser of Marion county,
has 208 employees. The transient
bureau, other townships, brings the
county'S total to 286.
Desire to bubble with administra-
ton pay rolls would reduce the
township relief office an additional
Is men in that 30 men, formerly on
relief, are employed at $145O a
week to aid in disbursing grocery
orders, act as guides to the dis
tressed, and dole out the surplus
foods in the buildings basement.
Scale Would Be Increased
Fifteen men on full-time pay
could do the work but the pay roll
scale would be increased.
The case work division, social
service visitors and clerical aid,
form one-half of the employe load
of the Office with ITO persons out
of 2OS directly in charge of relief
investigation.
The average wage of the 208 en-
ployes in the township is $50 a
month.
The salary range in the county
in September, 1888, was from SOS to
$3.50 and in the same month in 1924
it was sos to $3.50.
The works relief supervisor, with
headquarters in the City Hall, is the
only person receiving $3.50 monthly
All other salaries are below $40 a
month with the exception of SITS
paid a case work supervisor ano
$3.50 received by the relief business
manager.
Case Lead Excessive
The total administration pay roll
was 5I7055.43 for Center Townships
relief Office in October and of that
amount S16,600 went to foot pay
rolls.
The social service visitors, SO of
them, carry an average case-load of
30 families in a county that has
10000 families on relief.
The caSe-load is excessive and
competent social workers declare it
is impo SSible for the investigators
to see those families once a month
III their homes.
One severe critic of state relief
control attacks the competency of
the investigators in handling relief
cases.
Investigators Criticized
Under township relief we had
experienced women, mothers and if
they did not have a college degree
at least they knew the difference
between a pumpkin pie and one
made of squash" he charges.
What do they know with all
their college degrees about handling
a family. caring for children, help
ing the poo to better themselves.
\ he conclud Z.
Asked &c specify one particular in
efficient Investigator hired under
state control, he could give nc
names.
The second largest division in the
Center Township Office is that OF
the bookkeeping and diSburSing de-
partment.
Eight / arkS, writing grocery
orders for direct relief at an aver
age of two hundred orders an hour
each morning. handle the bulk OF
/ the work of this department.
Township Personnel Listed
The personnel of the Center
Township Trustees Office under
state relief control follows:
Case-work department visitors
SO: typiStS. %: clerks, II; Supervi-
Sors, 6. and l budget consultant. to-
tai. 10; collateral department inves.
tigatorS. 4; application department
interviewerS. 5: clerks, 4; typistS, 2
and supervisor: housing depart.
ment. 3 clerks, an investigator, typ
ist and supervisor. total .; book
keeping or disbursing department
judgment claim clerks, 3; order
writer's, IL; clerks. Is; wage reliei
posters. 6; claim checkers. 4; q
messenger. telephone operator, jani-
tor and shoe shop foreman, total Il
exclusive of between IS and 80 nom
relief employees who receive NRA
wages of Sl4.50 but would be on re-
lief if not given work.
Miss Noone retains a few person
al appointees TO care for regular
township business. They are not or
the relief pay roll.