Evening star., 1936-03-30
2.5 Pct. of White Citizens,
1913 Pct. of CoI0red on
Rolls March 5.
CHART SHOWS 4 AREAS
WITH NO NEEDY CASES
Statistics Ready to Bolster Re-
quest of D. C. Officials for
More Funds.
MAP on Page A-3.)

With District officials preparing to
call on the Budget Bureau and Con-
gress again for sufficient funds to con-
tinue relief to the end of the fiscal
year, Leroy A. Halbert, director of re-
search for the relief division OF the
Board of Public Welfare, issued
statistical table today showing So per
cent of the 1880 population OF Wash
ington was receiving public aid
March S.
This figure represented 1886 white
persons, or 2.5 per cent of the total
white population, and 1867 colored
individuals, 14.8 per cent of the col
ored population.
The total on March S, 10 days before
the last relief checks were mailed to
employable clients, was 28.642. OF
this number, approximately 10000
will receive no further relief payments.
Fearing privation among the faml-
lies thus cut off, Elwood Street, di-
rector of public welfare, prepared to
renew his plea with the Commissioners
for S258.000 more when the board
meets tomorrow.
Hazen to Offer Proposal.
At the same time, Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen will present his pro-
posal to increase the gasoline tax from
2 to cents to raise an additional
s1,000,000 for relief next year. He
also will request that source be found
for another levy to raise S500,OOO
above that figure to care for women
and white-collar workers.
Halberts tables divide the city into
the 95 census tracts set up by the
Census Bureau in 1880. Thirty of
these. virtually all in the Northwest
residential areas, had less than per
cent on relief Four areas had no
cases whatever, and two had one each.
These represent about three-flfthS of
the citys' total area.
Five tracts, on the other hand, had
more than 20 per cent of their popu-
lation on the relief rolls. These were:
Tract No. 48-Bounded by North
Capitol street, New York avenue, New
Jersey avenue, Florida avenue and
Seventh street; 221 per cent of the
total population; 6.5 per cent of the
whites 24.1 per cent of the colored.
The population of the tract is 1858
and relief clients number 2,115.
1,4S0 Of 4,93S on Relief.
Tract No. 72-Bounded by South
Capital street, Virginia avenue south
west and the Anacostia River, 80 per
cent of the total; 1873 per cent Of the
whites and 1856 per cent of the colored.
The population is given as 4,938 and
the relief clients as 1,480.
Tract No. 56-Bounded by Penn
sylvania avenue, Twenty-third street,
C street and Rock Creek, 20.8 per
cent; At per cent of the white popula-
ton and 30.3 per cent of the colored.
Population, 4,670; relief clients, $40.
Tract No. 77-Bounded by East
Capitol street, Pennsylvania avenue
southwest. the Anacostia River and the
District line, 20.5 per cent; 81 per
cent of the white population and 1913
per cent of the colored. Population,
1,548; relief clients, BIT.
Tract No. 47-Bounded by New York
and Massachusetts avenues and North
Capitol street, 20.4 per cent; SO per
cent of the whites; 28,1 per cent of the
colored. Population, 8,276; relief cli-
ents, 1858.
Four Areas With No Cases.
The four areas at the other end of
the list, having no relief cases or cli-
ents whatever, are No. 7. bounded oy
Calvert and Macomb streets, WiScon-
sin avenue and Rock Creek; No. Is,
Broad Branch road to Rock Greek, and
Northampton street and Military road
to the District line; No. 16, from
Rock Creek and Military road to Six
teenth street, Alaska avenue, Fern
street, Georgia avenue and the Dis
trict line, and No. 26. Sixteenth street
to Rock Greek, Klingle road to Mill
tary road.
Those having only one relief client |
each are No. 4, Wisconsin avenue
Thirty-fourth street. Calvert street
and Woodley road, and No. II, Wis
consin, Connecticut and Nebraska ave-
nues and Upton street.