The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-10

1 feel such complaints are usually
caused by personal feelings"
Adolph j. Fritz, Indiana State
Federation of Labor secretary, pays
tribute to Miss Noones method of
distributing relief, but says that
most labor leaders feel that good
relief job is being done by all or
CARNATIONS.
Mortimer c. Furscott, Kahn Tall
oring Company vice-president and
typical business man, sees improve
ment in business conditions over
one year ago and says his firm has
more workers than in 1888 and
they receive better pay and are
working full time.
1T is inevitable that some money
be wasted in relief work of such i'm
mense proportions but it is neces-
sary work and it is doing much to
promote recovery" Mr.. Furscott
says.
Representative of one group of
manufacturers, H. NJ. Cochrane, sec
rotary of the Indiana Manufac-
turers' Association, paints the dark
side of the state relief administra-
ton.
He says that most manufacturers
with whom he has talked thought
the relief administrations had not
shown as much efficiency as they
might and that many people who
deserved relief had not been helped.
Racket Charge Heard
He said some manufacturers had
expressed the opinion that the state
relief commission was nothing but
a racket and political machine"
but offered no evidence from these
manufacturers to substantiate the
charges.
Faith in the honesty of purpose
of the state relief system is ex-
pressed by the officials and workers
of the Family Welfare Society of
indianapolis, the largest private So
cial service agency in Indiana, in
the statement: I'VE have received
from the state cooperation of
most understanding and helpful ma
ture. We have every confidence
that the state is doing its utmost
to serve the communities.
Belief that there has been a lot
of misdirected energy in the Public
Works Administration and a great
deal of "no-thinking" in relief work
in the past\ year is expressed by
Gavin L. Payne, prominent state
Republican and Indianapolis Secur-
tiles dealer.
Gavin Payne Critical
Many people howl over the eco
nomic problem of the debt incurred
by the relief program, but this is
necessary work which must be
DONE Mr.. Payne says.
He criticizes the national admins
tration for not transferring farmers
from Sub-marginal lands to more
fertile areas and then using the
lands vacated for national forests.
The Rural Rehabilitation Bureau
of Indiana now is engaged in sub
marginal surveys throughout the
state.
A school principal in an area con-
gested with relief cases says the
children in his school are better
nourished under state relief.
Relief Better Organized
Their clothing fits better" he
declares. Relief is better organ
lied. But the family heads seem
to lack community social response
bility. I tried to organize a mems
club in our district. At first the
men on relief attended with en-
thusiasm. Gradually they drifted
away until I've only one man = can
depend on now" he said.
Records in the freSh-air division
of his school. however. show that
families on work relief are willing
to assume the responsibility for
their bills where, in 1888, they had
little money with which to pay.
Where no relief children paid weekly
Tor the food service IN the school
in 1898, now four out of 10 who pay
weekly are claSsed as relief fami-
lies.
Remarkable health conditions in
Marion County and the state has
done much to keep the relief load
from becoming unbearable. Epi-
denies have been few and of short
duration.
Crowded conditions at the City
Hospital and in charity wards of
other hospitals have been due in the
main to the inability of many en-
ployed persons to pay medical and
disqualification bills.
Part-pay schemes and cut-rate
disqualification for maternity cases