Evening star., 1935-02-02
Estates BATTLING
TO AID J0BLESS
Extra Taxes Are Being
Pressed as Government
Shifts Burden.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
State Legislatures, like ships OF
mercy in stubborn storm. are pushing
under forced draft today to the rescue
of the Nations unemployed.
The Federal tug. stocked by billions,
has signalled she cannot hope by her
self to outride the gale with her tow
Of jobless poor.
Some States already have lowered
most of the lifeboats and are casting
about for new ores-sales taxes, in
come taxes, bond issues, liquor rev.
enues
Governors Act.
State Governors have sent appeals
urging the Federal Government to
continue to direct the rescue. They
will do all they can, they say, but
their own supplies are low
Situation extremely serious says
Pennsylvania. That State needs $20,-
902, ,750 for February.
The full extent of the need Is
clouded by widely conflicting accounts.
The estimates of the number of per-
sons needing relief range from 10 to
20 million.
Delaware's relief commission is
without funds today. and operating
on credit.
With 48,607 persons in Nebraska
receiving Federal relief, most counties
have no relief funds and the Legis-
lature has appropriated none.
Arizona's allotment for the first
two weeks of this month will exhaust
all F. E R. A. funds in that State.
Each relief case has been cut 81 in
an effort to spread succor.
Need Declared Increasing.
Connecticut's relief director says
the need is increasing.
Continued cold weather has aug
mented demands on Vermont's relief
agencies. mostly local.
Names relief organization is
spending s750.000 a month.
New York State has SAC, 0,OOO, 900 for
the year and needs another $l0,-
100000, in addition to a sum nearly
as large which New York City alone
Is trying to raise by means of q 2
per cent sales tax.
One more week will exhaust the
r. E. r. A. funds which have been
keeping $4,000 Massachusetts, persons
on work relief. Millions of dollars
are needed.
North Carolina has 10000 persons
on work relief rolls, Federally financed.
No State relief legislation is pending.
Indiana's relief toll of 1886 per-
sons was a 6.1 per cent climb from
November, and the cost Of Indiana
relief in December-$4,37 ,370 ,O49-was
70 per cent above November.
Many on Relief.
One out Of every six Kentucky
families is on relief.
approximately 195,O00 Floridians
we're in the same situation in Janu-
ary. but this represents a decline of
about $4,000 from December figures.
South Carolina Is considering va
rious relief measures, including old
age pensions, mothers aid and work.
mems compensation bills.
Idaho, responding to charges that
politics had figured in relief allot-
ments, reclassified her 27.000 relief
cases and reduced the number about
Is per cent.
Virginia's various counties have been
informed they must prepare to resume
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there is a "stagger system" used to
rotate jobs on highway construction
programs.
Missouri legislators are considering
raising q needed additional $4,000 900
by increasing the sales tax.
Oregon found $250,000 Of State
liquor profits life-saver in its
February relief program.
Burden Put on Communities.
New Hampshire, shorn of Federal
help, has put the relief problem square,
ly on the shoulders Of communities
and counties Federal relief Is expected
to be resumed soon.
Nevada,s only relief is from the
Federal Government.
New Jersey, with $1,000, 900 of Fed
eral funds to see her through February,
is considering 2 per cent sales tax
and State income tax to meet future
relief needs
The word from West Virginia today
is: 1.-THE Relief Administration is in a
much better position than st any time
since the beginning Of the relief pro-
gram. One out of every four West
virginia families In on relief. Demands
for relief have increased slightly under
sessonal ueeds,