Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-23 | Page 4 | Idahoans Demand Legislature Meet to Provide Relief Cash

Idahoans Demand Legislature Meet to Provide Relief Cash I BOISE Nov 23 UP A WI-A A demand that Governor Barzilla W. W Clark resign immediately was tossed today into the seething debate over Idaho's relief situation The demand was made by a dozen county commissioners part commissioners part of those in n attendance at a El special session of the Commissioners' Commissioners State association asso asso- after after the chief executive said at Idaho Falls he did not think it t was right to ask other counties in the state to meet the deficit of delinquent counties The commissioners of those delinquent de- de count counties es the governor added had better consider their own resignations before they ask for mine The group yesterday demanded that hat Governor Clark summon the state legislature into an extraordinary extraordinary nary session immediately to appropriate appropriate appropriate additional state funds for relief The commissioners adjourned to today today today to- to day after appointing C. C C. C Kendall of Boise Probate Judge R. R S. S Callis and C. C F. F Judge of Payette commissioners commissioners com com- om- om missioners as a committee to try to find a remedy for the relief problem Governor Cl Clark rk said six counties had fallen behind In payment to the state of their share of funds used to finance the social security program of aid to the aged de de- de pendent children blind bUnd and direct relief subjects Records of the department of public public public pub pub- lic assistance which administers the program showed that nine counties counties counties coun coun- ties were delinquent Under the cooperative agreement between counties state and federal governments the counties must contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute sixth one-sixth the state third one-third and the federal government one- one half Counties are permitted by law to make male a S mill 3 mill levy for relief When funds that levy produces are exhausted state law specifies that state funds shall be used to pay the delinquent county's share Albert Lee state director of public public public pub pub- lic assistance explained that the state already in 1938 had paid 68 toward the counties' counties share and had no more funds available for that purpose S