Evening star., 1962-08-09

seven children. They amounted
to 1921 a month at the time
they were discontinued.
In another case, a mother
had three illegitimate children
and expected another child in
two or three months. The i'm
pending birth was unknown to
the public assistance division.
A 24-year-old mother with
four children, fathered by three
men, none of them
her husband, successfully with
held from social workers the
knowledge of the birth of her
youngest child on March IL.
1861. The father of this child
and of one of the other chill
dren was found hiding in the
bathroom Of the mothers home
at $40 am. on a Sunday morn
ing. The mother said this man
had been living with her since
the birth Of her youngest child.
The mother had been receiv-
ing assistance payments since
February, 1859, the latest pay.
ments amounting to $109 per
-.
Another Admits Support
A 22-year-old mother, who
had received assistance pay
ments since September, 1861,
for herself and three children.
admitted during the investiga-
ton that she had been sup
ported by a man by whom she
was again pregnant. The man
was employed, The mother
withdrew from the relief pro-
gram. ns
A mother Of four children.
who had been receiving ADO
assistance payments for more
than four years, was deter
mined to have been living
during the entire period, since
September 1857. with a man
she had told the public assist
ance division was her brother.
The man was her paramour
and the father of two of her
children. The mother admitted
to the investigator that the
man was employed and earning
$85 per week. She was receiving
$154 per month at the time
assistance was discontinued.
A 27-year-old mother Of six
children told investigators the
man found in her home was
her brother-in-law. The inves-
tigation disclosed that he was
actually her husband and the
father Of her children, five of
whom we're included for assist
ance payments, and that he
was employed and earning
about $65 per week. The mother
had been receiving assistance
payments since December, 1860.
Husband Ousted for Money
"A S5-year-old mother and
her four children had been de-
termined eligible for relief on
the basis of her claim that her
husband had deserted her and
that his whereabouts was un-
known. The investigators To-
Gated the husband and got his
signed statement that his wife
had forced him to leave home
by threats and abuse SO she
could get assistance. The man
said his wife had always known
his whereabouts, that he is en-
ployed and wants to return to
the home and support his fam
lily. He said he had given his
wife at least $50 per month
since January Of 1862. The
mother had received assistance
since September, 1861, the lat
est payment being $169 a
A 41-year-old mother of six
children, all then included in
the relief payment, told the
Public Assistance Division that
she was living rent-free in the
attic of her sisters home. She
asked the Public Assistance
Division not to probe into the
in which her sister had
obtained her home. She also
said that another woman living
in the home, who was getting
relief. under the Aid to the
Permanently and Totally Dis
abled program, was only a
roomer.
The investigation disclosed
that the ADO recipient, who
was receiving $50 a month and
who had been represented as a
widow without relatives, was
actually the mother of the ADO
and was the lessee of
the dwelling along with a man
who was listed in the lease
agreement as her husband. This
man, who was found in the
home, was employed full-time
and earning S1.25 an hour.
The ADO mother, instead of
living in this home as she had
represented. was found to be
living at another address with
her children and her husband
who was the father of her
The father had been
continuously employed with
one firm since 1854. except for
one period of 12O days in the
early part of 1861 when he was
in Jail.
He had claimed seven de-
pendents on his tax withhold
ng exemption certificate, which
is the same as the number of
persons included in the assist
ance payment. The ADO mother
had been receiving assistance
since September, 1859, with
the latest payment amounting