Evening star., 1935-06-19
SOCIAL BILL GIVES
$4,000 ANNUALLY
TO D. c. CHILD CARE
New Legislation Pending in
Senate Discussed by
Health Officers.
CAPITAL MUST MATCH
PART OF ALLEGATION
Department of Labor Will Direct
Other Funds Also Avail
able.

The District of Columbia would get
more than $4,000 year for maternal
and child health and for crippled chill
dren through the Department OF La
Dor Children's Bureau, by provisions
of the new social security bill now
pending in the Senate.
This fact was disclosed today at the
department as officials of the Children's
Bureau conferred with State and ter
ritorial health officers on plans for
administering the new bill through CO.
operative arrangements with the
States.
For maternal and child health. the
measure carries in one section a total
of $500 900 to be expended each year
through the States and Territories and
the District of Columbia. The sum is
divided in several ways, some of the
funds to be matched" by equal
amounts from local appropriations
and others to be extended as outright
gifts.
$4,000 in First Class,
In the first class of these funds
$4,000 is to be granted the District of
Columbia and each of the so States
and Territories each year, if it is
matched.
In the second class $1800,000 is to
be divided among the States, terri
tories and the District on a basis OF
"live births" This is to be matched.
In a third class a reserve fund of
1890, 900 has been set up to be di-
vided ohtright, without having to be
matched, based on a showing OF
financial need" the number of live
births and other considerations. The
Secretary of Labor viii have control
of this part of the fund for disburse-
ment under special regulations.
For crippled children the bill pro-
Vides $2,650,O00 each year, $4,000 of
which is to go to the District and
other units each year, if matched,
and the remainder to be divided ac-
cording to the need. One out of every
400 children is said to be crippled.
Other Funds Available.
In addition to the problems re-
garding disbursements of these funds,
the Department of Labor has other
funds placed under its jurisdiction
by the bill, for certain welfare agen-
cies, administration Of which will be
worked out later. Some OF these may
come to the District of Columbia.
The conference in executive session
was opened this morning by Kath-
arine F. Lenroot, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau, who greeted the as
sembled health officers. DR.. Martha
Eliot, assistant chief Of the bureau,
who will have direct charge Of admin
istering the children's funds in the
social securities bill, presided. She
emphasized the experience of the
Children'S Bureau in cooperative re-
lationship with the States and Ter
ritorieS.
DR.. Hugh. S. Cumming, surgeon
general of the Public Health Service,
who called the health officers into an
nual session, planned to preside again
at the afternoon meeting at the Pub
lie Health Service headquarters. Many
new problems concerning admins
tration of provisions of the social Sc
curities bill were to be discussed.
The conference at its session yeSter-
day afternoon at headquarters of the
Public Health Service adopted recon-
mendations of a special committee
headed by DR.! A. T. Mccormack of
Kentucky to guide the Surgeon Cen
eral in ALLEGATION of the S8.OoO,o 900
year provided in the social security
bill.
Matching Provided.
Among the principal features of
these recommendations was one that
$4,000, 900 be allotted on a basis of
population, half of which is to be
matched by the States, dollar for dol
lar of "old" funds already appropriated
by the States, and half of which must
be matched by new funds obtained
especially for the purpose.
This would apply to the District of
Columbia as we'll as the 81 other States
and territorial units among which the
funds are to be distributed Concern
ing the first $4,000, 900 of the $4,000,-
600, to be matched by regular health
appropriations, it was recommended
that the Federal grant should decrease
by S per cent per year, until at the
end of 10 years the entire ALLEGATION
shall have been matched by increases
In appropriations in the State" This
would finally reach the point where
the average expenditure of 81 per
capita shall have been made from
local health funds.
Would Modify Requirements.
The conference recommended that
the rest of the $8,000,000 be allocated
as follows:
For special health problems, includ-
ing training of personnel, $4,000, 900,
and for financial needs of States and
territories, $1,600,000.
The conference adopted an amend
ment to the committee report, allow
ing the Surgeon General to modify
certain requirements as to prerequisite
health standards in a State, particu-
larly with regard to the employment
of two nurses in each local health unit.
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