Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-26
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the county welfare department, or
otherwise, establish some method of
caring for minimum needs of those
persons dropped from SERA rolls.
5. That, subject to agreement by
the emergency relief committee,
funds raised from the 10 cent Spe-
cial levy for unemployment relief
may be used to care for such per-
sons dropped from the SERA rolls
and assumed by the county welfare
department andor the board of
supervisors of Imperial county.
Adopt Resolution
After hearing the plan, the coun-
ty committee, after discussion, duly
passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t is being continual
ly brought to the attention Of this
committee and individuals thereon
that great distress is prevalent in
Imperial Valley due to the failure
of relief agencies to function, and
WHEREAS. 1t appears such dis
tress is primarily caused by failure
of the county to provide relief for
persons dropped from the SERA
rolls as unemployable, and
WHEREAS, the board of super
visors individually have indicated
to members of this committee that
relief is being denied many of these
persons because they are deemed
employable, and
WHEREAS, NJ. H. Lewis, field
representative for Emergency Relief
Administration, has appeared this
day in regular meeting and shown
the responsibility of counties for
the care of indigentS whether en-
ployable or unemployable, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lewis further
agreed with this committee to a
plan of relief, which plan is en-
bodied IN the proposals herein at
tached, and
WHEREAS, this plan generally
provides that the board OF super
visorS sponsor projects to absorb
workers heretofore dropped from
the SERA rolls as unemployable,
and regarded by the supervisors as
employable, and
WHEREAS, this method appears
to US to offer solution to the pres
ent problem in Imperial Valley;
BE 1T RESOLVED that the coun-
ty emergency relief committee OF
Imperial county approves such
plan, copy of which is attached
here to, and forward same to the
board of supervisors with its rec
ommendation, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the action of this committee
and the copy of the skeleton plan
be sent to the state administrator
and the state relief commission,
and that the same be also released
to the press of Imperial Valley, and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Imperial county emergen-
cy relief committee urges the board
of supervisors of Imperial county TO
act on the plan outlined as early
as may be practicable to the emo
that unnecessary distress to resi-
dents of Imperial Valley be ended.
A. Y. Preble, chairman of the
board of supervisors, has furnished
the following statement to The
Press in ANSWER to the resolution
adopted by the SERA Wednesday
night:
THE Imperial county emergency
relief committee, composed of ap-
pointees of the State Emergency
Relief Association, and M. H. Lewis,
field representative, at a meeting in
Ell Centro, July 25, 1885, adopted a
resolution setting forth the policy
of the local committee, and making
suggestions to the board Of super
yisors relative to the handling OF
cases of persons who have been on
the relief rolls and who have been
dropped from the rolls by the SERA
and turned over to the county for
future support. A copy OF a press
release. given to the papers OF I'M
perial Valley by the SERA, was de-
livered to the chairman of the
board of supervisors.
The SERA is insisting on the
county's being responsible for GER
tain persons who are reported by
the SERA as being entitled to coun-
ty aid. A difference Of opinion has
arisen between the SERA and coun-
ty officials as to the county's la
bility to take care of some OF these
persons.
THE board of supervisors has
adopted a policy of having the
county INDECENT office make an in
vestigation of each case referred to
the INDECENT commissioner, and if
in the opinion Of the INDECENT COM
missioner and the board Of super
visors the person applying for aid
is lawfully entitled to it, the case