Evening star., 1939-01-20
D. 6. Relief
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asis Of division should be roughly
per cent Federal and 40 per cent
district.
"If this were followed in respect
the 1908 case heads on the wait
hg lists of the District w. P. A.
of october 26, 1888, the District
ortion of the budget for the year
hiding June 80, 1910, Public Assist
nee Division, might be worked out
shown on the following table,
b respect of grants and not includ-
hg additional personnel and facili-
es which will be treated next"
Offers Budget Chart.
Mr. Lewis then presented budget
hart for the 1910 fiscal year calling
pr an outlay of $1,877,761, in con-
asst to the $1,696,25 appropriated
br this year, not counting District
pntributions to the District w. P. A.
tojects nor an item of $4,000 for
lief of transients. Mr.. Lewis pro-
bsed deductions of $685. from this
Par's appropriations, under various
roposed formulae, and recon-
ended additions amounting to
me 1858 1850.
Included in the s1,877,761 total
as an item of $255,2 under the
eading Recommended additions
xclusive of additions for general
apartment personnel, i. e.. grants
My" The next page of the ad-
Pndum shows the apparent duplica-
on Of this item of $255 ,260 in list
g additional appropriations Mr..
evils said were proposed to meet
lnmet needs"
The second table, presented by
fr. Lewis. indicated that applica-
ion of the suggested 60-4O ratio
II costs would call for appropria-
ions of s945 ,958 by the United States
md s630,638 by the District to meet
he extra needs, making a total OF
81 .576,596.
OF this total is was proposed that
Fhe United States provide 1882 800
Ind the District $255 26O for direct
relief for four or five months for
" p. A. cases not yet given jobs.
Provides Extra Personnel.
Also. this table calls for an ap-
bropriation of $125 $50 by the United
States and $83.920, or a total of
200 800 additional money, for en-
Rloyment of extra personnel; and
or the payment by the United
Btates of $437, 1873 and payment by
he District of 1921 ,458, or total
t $728,646 for proposed special re-
labilitation services.
These figures would then mean"
Ir. Lewis explained, that there
hould be added to the District cost
$l,877,761 as shown above in the
appropriation recommended for the
ublic Assistance Division a total of
630, ,6S8, making grand total for
he District of $2,508.399. An addi-
onal apportionment of $945 1853 to
hs Federal Government, over and
bove the various grants from the
ocial Security Board and other ex-
enses which total for the year end
hg June 80, 1898, was s642,858,
OU1Q LIlCIl ulAhS a 81 dIlO GOUdl Ol
$50, 8,816 for the new Federal share
costs"
References are made by Mr.. Lewis,
his new cost estimates, to earlier
[scussions of how the "unmet
eeds" might be covered. Checking
the earlier chapters of the re-
rt reveal that these references
ere to 1924 "employables" who are
assified by the District w. P. A.
"occupationally unfit" and to
791 additional persons who last
ctober 26 were listed by Mr.. Lewis
having been accepted for w. P. A.
Ut were waiting for work assign
ents or reassignments.
Proposes S638,15o for Groups.
To meet the needs of these groups
[r. Lewis proposed in his budget
br the use of $638, $50 for new re-
ef plans.
Direct relief at $25 a month for
he 1924 "occupationally unfit" per-
ms would cost $68s 200 a year, Mr..
evils said, but he added with
roper administration and co-ordi-
htion with w. P. A., p. ". A. and