Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-11


DIR. HOWARD R. TOLLEY, T.
Security Board relating to adequacy
OF aid and methods Of payment.
&C. That the same standards re-
earding eligibility Cother than resi-
dencel and assistance given Shall be
applied to persons with less than
one years residence as to the re-
mainder OF public assistance recip-
tents.
6. Special Types of Public Assistance
A. Public assistance now provided
for special groups, such as the needy
aged and blind and dependent chill
oren. should be continued with such
notifications Of existing provisions
as are necessary to develop a more
fully co-ordinated program. Con-
sideratlon should be given to eX-
all groups whose need for socially
provided income is likely TO be rela-
lively permanent or Of long and
practicable duration.
B The present equal itching
Federal grant should be replaced BY
a grant in which the amount of
the Federal contribution would take
into account differences between
the States in need and in economic
and fiscal capacity
c, The States plans should pro-
vide for a distribution OF Federal
and State monies within their po-
litical subdivisions in accordance
with relative need and fiscal ca
pacity.
D The Federal act providing aid
to dependent children should pro-
vide specifically for payments to
mothers. Grants under the aid-to-
Experimentation program should
be comparable in adequacy with
those for the aged and the blind.
:. Public Social Services.
A. Public social services essential
TO the health. education and well
fare Of the population should be
available throughout the country,
especially in areas which are dis
adVantaged in respect to income and
ties marked expansion of present
services will be required in order
to achieve these detectives. The
planning and administration OF pub
lie social services should be lodged
in the appropriate agencies of Gov
ernmelt and responsibility for their
development should be shared by
local, State and Federal authorities.
The administration should be in the
hands of qualified fuII-time per-
sonnet selected on the basis OF merit.
B, 1t is essential that public pro-
vision be made for meeting the
needs OF our people for more ade-
quate medical care Toward this
end the Federal Government should
stimulate, assist or undertake con-
structiVe action to provide such
care for the millions of our people
whose need cannot be fully met
from Their own resources. Such
program should include adequate
provision for promoting the health
of mothers and children.
G.. State and local child-welfare
services for the prevention of child
neglect and delinquency and for
promoting adequate care of chill
dren requiring special attention
should be expanded with the as
slStanCe of the Federal Government
so as TO be everywhere available.
d Free school lunches should be
provided for all school children.
no I,l1
plus commodities should be re-
placed 10y the stamp plan. and great
er efforts should be made TO pre-
vent The availability OF commodities
from concealing the inadequacles OF
general public assistance or from
leading to a reVerSion to payment
in kind. Surplus commodities should
be available to the entire low-in-
come population and not merely to
publicaid recipients.
8. General Administrative
Arrangements.
A. The merit system should be
extended upward downward and
outward for all personnel in the
feld Of public aid. Opportunity for
employment on these programs
should not be restricted on the basis
OF residence in particular State
or locality, Greater use should be
made of in-SerVice training and
staff development programs. Inter
change OF staff between Federal.
Sttae and local governments should
be encouraged
B. Appropriations for adminiStra-
tive costs, which directly condition
the size and quality of Stafs. should
not take the form of a uniform per-
centage OF the total costs of any
program. but should be variable,
depending on the character of the
job to he done.
c. In every community there
should be a central information
Office responsible for informing APP
plicants of the availability of COM
munity resources, both public and
private, and putting them in touch
with the administrators of meas
ures appropriate to their needs.
d. The administration of all pub
hc-aSslStanCe programs operating
within q locality should be the re-
SponslbllltV Of a single agency.
which should be the channel Of