Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-01
AGE PAYMENTS
TO BE INCREASED
STATE WELFARE BOARD RAISES
FIGURE FOR JULY, AUGUST
AND SEPTEMBER

FIGURE FOR JULY, AUGUST
AND SEPTEMBER
Previous Reductions Not Entirely Elm
mated Due to Lack of Funds; Mum
her on Rolls Increasing Gradually
with 1920 Receiving Assistance.
PAYMENTS for old age assistance
and aid to dependent children vii
be increased during the next three
months, the Montana board Of
public welfare has announced. Inc
board said average payments toI
old age assistance for July, Au-
gust and September will be $18,
and aid to dependent children pay
ments s12, as compared to sl7Ol IoI
Old age assistance and $10.05 for aid
to dependent children for June.
Prior to cuts in payments OF pom
services in April old age assistance
payments averaged 5000 IL.
Mrs. Edith Battey OF Billings, vice
chairman of the board, said the num-
Der of persons eligible for OLD age
assistance was still Increasing, slightly
At present. Mrs. Battey said, about
1920 persons are receiving old age
assistance checks. Ia
the S18 a month average was normal
for the state as a whole. Each county,
he said. has a different payment as
Individual alotmentS are DaSeu OH
many factors. Included In these are
the costs of living In various COLL Oil
munities. Consequently, payments Over e[
the state ranged from about SIS 10 pa
He said the board planned to ask
counties to cooperate in bringing, the
Tavments nearer the same lever
throughout the state.
Resolution Fixing Payments
The following is the boards resolu-
ton fixing the payments Tor ola age
assistance and aid TO dependent GILL
dren during the next quarter:
ssWhereas there are numerous rae
TORS now unknown and indetermlnaple,
affecting the demand for old age as
Sistance and aid to dependent children
during the fiscal period beginning July
/, and the ability OF counties 10 pay
their share of this assistance, such
as the production of agricultural crops,
the prevailing price for these crops,
the price of livestock and livestock
products: the demand for the productS
of our mines and forests, the price on
these products and the resulting en-
ployrnent or unemployment; Cne an
ticipated changes in the administrator
Of Inc works progress administration,
the extent to which these activities
will be continued, possible changes IN
the share that the states and their
POLITICAL subdivisions will be called
upon to pay to WPA projects; the gen
eraI economic development through
out the United States as a whole ana
other unknown factors;
Keep Consistent
whereas it is the judgment and
determination of this board that the
comfort, well-being and happiness OF
recipients of old age assistance and OF
aid to dependent children Will be pest
served and promoted by having these
payments kept somewhat even ana
constant from month 10 month; ana
whereas this board after q most
careful study Of facts and figures IN
dicating what payments this depart
ment will be able to make from tne
funds appropriated and made avanaple
by the legislative assembly, ana aIger
making forecasts and estimates OF the
now IIfIknown and Understandable fac
tors. as far as this can be accomplished
at the present time, has come to the
conclusion that the average old age
assistance that this department. Will
be able to pay will not exceed $l8 per
person per month, and that the aver
age payment for aid to dependent chill
dren will not exceed the sum Of So
per child per month.
VIII Seek Revision
Nov therefore be 1t resolved that
this board hereby authorize the state
administrator Of public welfare to make |
application to the social security board /
OF the United States for federal grants
for these activities for the months OF /
July, August and September, based on
these averages
BE it further resolved that the state
administrator of public welfare and I
the officers and employees of this de-
partment are hereby authorized to use
all appropriate means at their dis
poSal to bring about revision Of in
diyidual old age assistance payments
and of individual payments for aid TO
dependent children throughout the So
counties Of the state In accordance with
these estimated average payments; and
that particular attention be given
toward equalizing the average pay
mentS among the various counties Of
the state in accordance with these
averages, taking into full account the
individual needs of all recipients and
differences in the total cost of living
among the counties Of the state"