The Coolidge examiner., 1942-08-21
AID'T0 NEEDY
PROGRAM TOLD
BY G.G, BEBB

OE9Us oCUtOF OTdHk OupCFNibOI w
charge Of The Pinal County Grant
oriee.
The Farm Security Administra-
ton provides aid for needy fami-
lies OF agricultural workers who
have not been In the state long
enough TO be eligible for assistance
from County Welfare Departments.
This agency also operates farm
labor camps for workers employed
or seeking employment in agricul-
ture.
The Pinal County Grant Office,
located at La Palma, seven miles
south OF Coolidge. grants relief pri-
marily in the form OF food stamps
issued on a i5-day basis. For the
month OF July only ss7 in food
stamps were issued in comparison
TO s4Ss0.00 in July 1871 which is
the lowest in the entire history Of
this Office.
Before receiving aid all appli-
cants are referred TO the U. S.
Employment Service for jobs that
may be available. II no work can
be offered a form so stating Is
mailed back 10 the FSA office
where his request for relief is then
considered. After a family Is certi-
fled as in need and has received
food stamps. no further aid Is ex-
tended until the family reapplies
and need is again verified. When
a worker reapplies for aid he Is
again referred 20 the Employment
Service for a possible Job. Farm
ers who desire TO obtain labor from
the FSA relief rolls should apply 10
the nearest office of the u. S.
Employment Service where all
persons receiving FSA assistance
report before being given aid and
where during the 1912 season they
will be continuously registered
FSA offices do not perform EN-
ployment services.
Each winter the case load goes
up rapidly after most OF the cot
ton picking is over. In the spring
IL declines gradually as the work,
ers find jobs and fail to return for
further assistance.
A small case load is carried
throughout the work season. Aid
10 some families Is necessary ever
when there is plenty of employ
ment available in the state be
cause Cd of interruptions of work
due TO bad weather and TO the
necessity for travel from one area
to another: CD illness in a rather
constant percentage of families
CD large families with only one
wage Garner; and (4) families de
pendant upon a wage Garner who is
handicapped by physical disability
and unable TO do a standard day
work.
Medical care is provided for fam
lies of agricultural workers under
the same eligibility rules as apply
TO general relief.
FSA farm labor camps are oper
20 all agricultural workers withou
regard 10 residence. The camps
are designed primarily for families
but single men or groups OF single
men are admitted when the camI
capacity is not entirely occupied
BY families. All workers entering
camp are referred TO the U. S
Employment Service TO register To-
work unless they have a card show
ing they are already registered
This year the L. S. E. S. will have
Offices and Farm Placement repre-
sentatives in many Of these camps
or In nearby towns. Farmers de
string TO obtain labor from th'
camps can do so by applying TO th'
nearest U. S. Employment Service
Office or by going direct to a CAM
where the Camp Manager will pu
them in contact with workers liv
ing there. The Camp Managers jol
Is TO manage the camp as a hous
ing facility. He is not an employ
ment agent and cannot properly d.
more than bring farmers and work
ers together to make their owl
bargain.
AS transportation is playing |
major role in our efforts to VIII
this war, so will it play the sam'
role in harvesting the cotton Pima
County this year. With the impor
tation OF Mexican labor as a prob
able reality in the near future, ,ther'
arises the question OF how to ge
them here. There are several pro
posed plans under consideration a
this time. Estimates show a neeC
OF approximately 1000 farm work
ers. in addition to the labor al
ready here, for harvesting our cot
ton. After these laborers are trans
ported there arises the problem Of
adequate housing and proper sani
tation. At the present time there
are two FSA camps in this County
one. OF which Mr.. william Berken
bosch is the manager, Is located
1T IL Mile Corner. The other, oi