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Show UTAH'S WELFARE SYSTEM IS TOPIC OF J. W. GILLMAN 'Sales Tax Fund Goes As State's Share Of Expense Administration cost of the Utah state public welfare program pro-gram is the lowest in United States, amounting to 7 Vj per cent of public welfare funds, according to J. W. Gillman, state director, who addressed the Bingham Bing-ham District Business men Tuesday Tues-day evening In the Italian-French cafe. Cost of this same service amounts to 25 per cent In Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Mr. Gillman continued. Federal government assistance given the program amounts to 35 per cent of the total, while the state and counties furnish 66 per cent of the money used. In November, 1937, the department depart-ment apent $501,818.01 for assistance as-sistance of 36,265 people. The state furnished $253,076.87 as their share from the sales rax fund $275,000.00. Counties contribute 15 per cent for Che program of welfare. During November a total of $280,667.89 was paid to 10,- 894 aged individuals; $81,850.54 was paid 2,472 families of dependent de-pendent children for the care of '10,693 persons. i jr" $6,126.48 was paid 238 faral- lies for care of 440 blind peo- pie. $84,870.14 went Into homes of 3,585 other needy families ior care ana support oi 9,.n persons, where heads of families were unemployed or .unemployable .unemploy-able from , one cause or another and for whom no federal aid was """""''' available. Remainder of November ex penditures was paid out for burial buri-al of clients, are of orphans, -, car of indigents! care of transients, trans-ients, distribution of surplus commodities, nursina service. W. ' ' P. A. contribution. Youth Problem Mr. Gilman stated that forty per cent of Utah's population is under 21 years of age. This '' constitutes a heavy -'educational burden on the state. Usually the graduates of Utah universities . leave the state for employment upon graduation. The Deer creek water project pro-ject will supply the state with a source of power which is expected ex-pected to invite industry into f Utah. New industries are essen- . j tial If young people of Utah are to find employment in their home state, Mr. Gillman said. -s ' ' |