Evening star., 1936-04-07
ELIGIBLE RELIEF
CASES ES|ND|STR|cT
REDUCED TO 1850
Report Reveals 1880 In
dividuaIS Dropped From
Rolls April !.
AID CHECKS RECEIVED
BY 1896 FAMILIES
1915 Dependent Children Cases
Retained as Fund Failure
Curtails Program.

"A SllkllI 4IlCICdoC AL IAAC AClI4dAAA AOI
domestic help is partially offsetting
the serious situation created in the
District on April l by cutting about
1000 cases off the public relief rolls,
it was learned today.
This improvement, however. is a
seasonal and short time matter, it
was explained by Edward Young, di-
rector of the United States Employ
ment Center here, brought about by
plans for Spring housecleaning, NOV
ing. gardening. etc. Hotels and res
taurants, anticipating the holiday
trade, have added some help. while a
slight increase in light building ac-
tivities accounts for few more.
The District crisis arose through
refusal of Congress to meet requests
Of the Board of Public Welfare and
the Commissioners for $60s,0O0 for
relief purposes from April to July /.
Appropriation of only s35o,000 forced
the local relief administration to cut
off some 1000 families. in each of
which there was at least one "em-
ployable" person. The families rep
resent nearly $4,000 persons.
1880 Still on Lists.
After cutting the rolls, Miss NJ
Alice Hill, director of relief, an
nounced today that 1880 cases still
are on the lists. OF these, 3,5l5 are
general relief cases, including the So
called unemployables. blind. aged and
other handicapped. The others, 1915,
represent cases eligible for aid for
dependent children.
AL of the employables cut of,
Young said, are registered and on the
active lists in his Office Although
not wishing to generalize on the pos
sibilities of placing all these persons
eventually, Young said he saw no
chance for immediate absorption" of
this number All Of them, he pointed
out, have been registered with the
Employment Center for some time and
the mere fact they are now without
relief will not automatically increase
the number Of jobs available The
Spring pickup, however, is helping
some.
Meanwhile, member agencies of the
Community Chest are reporting nu-
merous applications for aid In two
days, 1876 persons, some of them prob
ably duplicates, applied to one or more
of the Chest agencies. but were turned
away. On Saturday morning there
were "a applications reported at six
agencies. Yesterday there were 81
appeals. The Chest, it was explained
has regular list of beneficiaries and
their budget is designed to care for
these specific cases. Beyond those
they have no funds available.
Cases Total 1928.
In connection with the March sta
tistics submitted by Miss Hill, it was
noted that the total number Of cases
submitted at one time or another was
1929. Many Of these were disposed
of, either by employment or transfer,
so that on April l there were 1924
cases.
Before the end of the month 4s9
were transferred to the Social Sc
curity Board, under provisions for
the needy, blind, dependent children
or INDECENT aged. Another 500, it was
estimated, found employment, moved
away from Washington, or for some
other reason had their names re-
moved from the rolls.
Of the 4,S3O still on the rolls, 1896
received their Semi-monthly checks
last Wednesday and Thursday, the
pay roll totaling s59,218.17. Elwood
Street, director of public welfare, said
the remaining 935 cases represent In
dividuals not on the regular pay roll,
but who receive temporary relief,
either by the week or for few days
at time.
23S Children's Gases.
The figures include 238 cases of
home care for children, 866 old aged
assistance and 50 aid for the needy
blind. All of these cases eventually
will be transferred to the Social Sc
curity Board and part of their up
keep will be paid by the Federal Gov
ernment.
So far only % persons, all in the,
old-age pension group, have been Ger
tilted to the Social Security Board,
but they have not yet received any
| money. Their cases were held up by
Mai. James r. Lusby. District dis
bursting officer. until the controller
general can rule on the form of the
pay roll and the completeness of the
case records.