Evening star., 1939-12-06
(Another story and picture,
page A-3)
aS the Associated

CLEVELAND, Dec. Ga survey
declaring needy Ohioans were liv-
ing under unbelievable" conditions
was made public today in the wake
of sharp word exchange between
the Buckeye States Governor on one
side and New York's mayor and the
chief of w. P. A. on the other, over
the relief crisis
In Toledo the Council of Social
Agencies, reporting interviews by
so investigators, declared:
There were many cases in actual
want and acute need-where persons
were starving.
investigators reported that many
of the potential relief clients were
living under unbelievable condi-
tions. Many people were picking up
scraps-scavenging."
Officials at Wits Ends.
officials of Toledo and Cleveland,
both industrial centers, have de-
clared themselves at wits ends to
solve their relief dilemmas without
State aid.
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New
York, in an address there. quoted
Gov. Bricker as saying I'VE should
stop waste and extravagant use of
public funds and Federal expendi-
lures for social betterment." La
Guardia declared:
Il call upon Gov. Bricker to take
back those words and provide the
necessary funds to take care of the
people starving in Cleveland and
elsewhere in his State"
Gov. Bricker fatty denied having
made such an assertion, adding:
Mayor La Guardia was not elect
ed Governor of Ohio and as un-
derstand it he has plenty to do in
New York. When we need him in
Ohio, we will send for him"
Manipulation Denied.
In Washington, Col F. c. Harring-
ton, w. P. A. commissioner, termed
''unWarranted. inaccurate and parti-
san" statement by Gov. Bricker to
the effect any acute relief problem
in Cleveland sis due at least in part
to political manipulation of w. P,
A."
Cleveland's Mayor Harold H. Bur-
ton, who with officials of other Ohio
cities has urged Gov. Bricker to call
the Legislature to deal with the re-
lief problem, declared the State
should bear half its cities relief load
in 1910 and 1941
Tho r0ptyih,1tinrc thro,yph
October averaged 80 per cent.
Burtons statement was in answer
to Gov. Bricker's declaration that
the State had done all in its power
to relieve the situation.
Mayor Burton also asked the
State to make available to cities
additional sources of tax revenue
and re-enact permission to school
boards to give partial relief to in
digent children.
Toledo Conditions Critical.
In Toledo, the Council of Social
Agencies reported that the relief
shutoff there had forced many per-
sons to scavenge for their food.
The Toledo Union Leader, an
American Federation of Labor pub.
lication. took note of published re-
port that lessened garbage collec-
tions indicated that relief clients
are making better use of food"
History in large cities in this
country has repeatedly recounted
cases of people near the starvation
limit, seeking food in garbage cans
the Union Leader said.
Meanwhile. an Ohio Chamber Of
Commerce resolution said there was
no necessity for calling upon the
General Assembly for additional
taxes for relief purposes. particu-
larly at this time !" Cities have
it in their power to solve their re-
spective problems"
Further commenting on Mayor La
Guardias remarks, Gov. Bricker
said:
"Ohio's record in social better
ment compares with any State in
the Union. including New York.
Nobody is starving in the State Of
Ohio, and nobody will starve in the
State of Ohio. I have already
pointed out to city officials ways and
means for continuing necessary re-
lief programs"
In Washington some House men,
bers said Congress might consider
providing for unemployables in light
of Ohio's plight.
At least 10000 persons here are
surviving" on food from the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corp. These
thousands were Topped off the relief
rolls when the city's funds ran out.
The rest of Cleveland's relief de-
pendents, almost $4,000. are getting
sharply curtailed aid or nothing at
all.