Evening star., 1937-08-14
BOARD Of WELFARE
SEEKS S11,A9,47
FOR 1889 SERVICES
Proposal Submitted to D. C..
Heads Would Increase Out
lays by 81 Per Cent.
ESTIMATE DOUBLES
CURRENT RELIEF FUND
Total Represents $4,3S5, ,297
Boost-S1,225,000 Asked
to Aid Employables.

'lIlltN Nv me DJSlllCL lOj Itlltl
would be more than doubled and
fhe total expenditure foY all welfare
services increased by 81 per cent
under proposals made by the Board
Of Public Welfare IN submlJrino the
1899 estimates to the mmiSsioners.
The document. released jnIs morn
ing by Budget Officer Dar iel ]. Dono-
van. reveals the board Is seeking in
ell Sll349,5 ,567 for the year beginning
next july l, as contrasteO with So
Q6+270 provided for the current year,
. boost of S4,385 ,297
undeterred by The refusal of Con-
eress and he Budget Bureau 10 pro-
vide this Hear for joole~~ who are
clsSsed as employaale, The board asks
new appropriation of 81 1,225,000 for
fhe relief of such apple cants. num-
hered al 5000 Increased funos are
sought also Tor relief OF the unem-
pIoyab!es and for the needy aged and
blind.
Despite ardent pleas by puplic ano
private welfare leaders, rne BUDGET
PIlcT.u idNi w III lt4 lFltLltu le-
quest bv the Commissioners for
supplemenjai appropriation of $3.50
n00 for the employabie cases. ano
congressional committees later re-
fused 10 permit An increase
x40s9,45s Public Assistance.
The Welfare Board seeks a tolal
Of S4.079.455 for public assistance
or more than double The Sl,s76,4lO
provided for The present wear.
Increases for expansion of fs scilities
and personnel are requested for yir-
fuauy all of ihe score of agencies
and services under the direction of
the Welfare Board. Among these are
items for beginning construction of
new jail, expansion of housing and
utilities AT the reformatory and work
house, provision of 3 new Receiving
Home for Children and construction
of . number OF new buildings at
The District Training School for Fee
ble-minded and other agencies. Heavy
increases in The number of guards
~ the penal institutions are sought.
SI.4lI.5OO for Unemployables.
More liberal appropriations were
sought for sll forms of public as
slstance. For relief of unemployable
and administration the board asks
81 Al 500, figuring an average grant
of $50 month for $3.50 cases. the
svera2e number in the last nScal
year. Forty-four additional admin
istrative workers Noulo be provided
10 raise the total TO III and the
salary budget from sl56,15O 10
s262.636
For old-aee assistance the board
asks an increase from S42s265 TO
s75l,730, estimating the probable sv-
erage load next year al $500 cases.
The total costs are figured at 81 400. :
900, with the Federal social security
grants expected 10 pay 40 per cent,
Or s64e,27O.
For the neeav ohnd rhe board asks
an increase from S36S45 10 S47,475,
estimating the ease load al 225. For
the nonresident service a new item
Of S32500 Is sought This service
was conducted last year out of bal
ances from the old transient relief
grants.
Acute Need V,s,oned.
The proposed s1225,o 900 for relief
Of employables would carry salary
items for the hire Of "a new admin
istrative workers The board argued
the need for this form of reiief was
demonstrated in The past year and
Sald the situation would become more
acute due 10 q reduction in the W.
P. A. grams.
Authority IS requested for new
Jail 10 cost S. 100000, and for the
frsr unit an appropriation of S240 900
Is asked for next year This would
he an sdmlnistrat ton building, a new
death house, additional cell blocks
and medical examina tion rooms. The
program also calls for construction
of walled enclosure about the whole
property. Later The old Jail would
De rebuilt. using its present walls.
STAFF Additions Asked.
To grant standard hours TO the ls,l
sta Il the board asks provision of nine
new workers and two others TO per-
NIT granting Of the expanded an
nual leave.
For the workhouse and reforms
tory the board requests 178 new en-
ployes at cost of s239, $50, includ-
ing 143 additional guards, So of whom
VIII be needed for the opening next
January of the new penitentiary dlvl-
SION in the walled group" of cell
blocks.
Inc board asks new item of
&454,s50 for beginning construction
OF new permanent buildings and utili-
Ties. including a central warehouse.
s1o5,000; steam heat, electrical power
ana distributing system. $225 900, and
$4,000 for sewage disposal system
having total cost OF $3.50. 900. Other
Items are $57, 1000 for continuing con-
struction of the buildings and the
enclosing walls of the walled proup, u
$4,000 for continuing construction
OF buildings for the women's division
*7o,O0O for repairs to buildings and
grounds and 100000 for replacement
OF defective wiring. For the DUR
chase Of fire wagon SIT 500 is asked
and $4,000 for two motion picture
machines
Construction of new Receiving
Home for Children at a cost of 3213,-
900 is proposed by the board as .
reaction TO the condemnation heapec
on the present home at this years
budget hearings by members of tht
House District Appropriations Sub.
committee.
Provision Of a new site for the
Industrial Home School for White
Children is envisioned in a REQUEST
for $4,000 for survey OF possibilitie.
OF location OF the agency at the Dis
tr'ct-ovned 150-acre property a,
Muirkirk, Md
New Feeble Minded School Asked.
For the District Training Schoo
for Feeble minded 1t JauTel Nd fh,