Evening star., 1938-11-30
Christmas
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lies-not only at Christmas but the
year round.
Mr.. Daniel, who is director Of
current information for the Depart
ment of Commerce, said I'VE would
like to have a small number of trees
donated so we could put them to a
good use. Properly decorated, they
will add considerably to the success
Of the campaign in the Federal
Government. If any one has any
Christmas trees to donate I'd like
to hear of it."
Mr.. Cass drew from his records
and figures the conclusion that a
campaign such as that sponsored
by The Star and other cooperating
agencies was the only way in which
thousands here could have any
Christmas at all.
Here are the figures" he said.
"On November Is, 1887, 8,438 people
were working for w. P. A. here,
and 2625 were awaiting placement.
On November IA this year. little
more than two weeks ago, we had
1889 persons employed under w.
P. A. and 5,532 waiting for place
ment. This shows a definite trend
upward and thus greater need for
relief at Christmas"
Mr.. Cass pointed out that w. p.
A. is permitted to employ only one
member of family. no matter how
needy the family. There are Ger
tain families" he declared. that
cannot be taken into the w. P. A.
program and are still in need of
relief, such as those who have not
established residence requirements
in the District. There is nothing
we can do for them, and they must
rely on public relief in the COM
munity'
Here again, Mr.. Cass said, people
needing help are confronted by the
fact the District has no direct re-
lief for employables, except the re-
lief furnished by private agencies.
In many States funds are appro-
priated from State treasures for
direct relief which is not undertaken
through w. P. A.
Number of Relief Cases.
From November Is, 1887, to No.
vember IL, 1898. there were 1924
applications for w. p. A. jobs here
OF this number 1880 were certified
as new cases, 1898 also certified
formerly had been on w. P. A., 785
were certified for the. National
Youth Administration, and 1891
were rejected as not being eligible.
Thumbing his way through page
after page of w. P. A. records and
then contemplating the Christmas
season, Mr.. Cass declared: Il cer-
tainly am thankful such cam
paign as this is being conducted.
1t meets a great need for thousands
of individuals who wouldn't have
any Christmas at all if 1t weren't
for this program"
In a number of Federal depart
ments and bureaus the Christmas
campaign actually was we'll under
way, with boxes already placed at
main Office building Intersections
for receipt of clothing, food, toys
and other gifts to be distributed
later by the police and the PIT. A.
Mr.. Daniel announced that % de-
partments and subdivisions of the
Federal Government had enrolled in
the Yuletide campaign.
More Join Campaign.
The latest cbmers, with names of
the Federal workers in charge of
the Christmas work in each agency,
are:
State Department, Forrest D. Van
Valin, room los, State Building;
Securities and Exchange .Commis-
sion, Miss Bonnie E. Taylor, Room
112; Reconstruction Finance Corp,
Frank T. Tracy, chief clerk; Rural
Electrification Administration, E. E.
Colbert, 1000 Massachusetts, avenue;
Veterans Administration, Mrs. A. c.
Irwin, 308 Arlington Building; De-
partment of Agriculture, Miss Ger
trude Rest, Division of Operation,
Room 104, Administration Building;
National Youth Administration, Mrs.
Atha Carter Jordan, administrative
assistant; War Department. Miss
Mary Oliver, room "a, State Depart
ment Building; Federal Deposit In
surance Corp, Henry T. Ivey, chief
clerk, and Commodity Credit Corp,
Guy c. Chase, assistant treasurer.
Mr.. Daniel also announced the
appointment of three Commerce
Christmas campaigners