Show Utah County's Welfare Defense Studied State Considers Reply to Auditors Auditor's Charges Regarding Lax Relief Administration Members of the state welfare board Wednesday continued study of a report by the Utah county welfare board refuting charges of lax administration and chiseling brought by R. R R. R Carey special auditor for the state auditor The report submitted to a board meeting by the Utah county delegation delegation dele dele- gation gatlon headed by William L. L. L Johnson Johnson John John- son son chairman and Willi William Williim m H. H Callahan Callahan Cal- Cal lahan director replied replied d in detail to Mr Careys Carey's report on cases which the county board charged he spent several days checking in inan inan inan an effort to select cas cases s most likely likely likely like like- ly to show irregularities Cases Cited The Carey report related to an anold anold anold old age benefit recipient in My Myton ton who sold worth of lots last October The county re report report report re- re port shows that he received down and was to get 12 a month from the sale which facts he re revealed revealed revealed re- re to the county welfare board Of this clients client's 40 acres in Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county the reply showed his last alfalfa crop grew meagerly six years ago and that his water rights were taken away by the gov gov- Of an American Fork meat cutter cutter cutter cut cut- ter whom Mr Carey reported to tobe tobe tobe be working for 35 a week in Tooele the county county- report shows that he received only 3 from the welfare board and that to buy coal in January when he was working only one day a week in Provo At the time he revealed that he expected to get a better job soon Border Line Case Mr Careys Carey's report told of another er client who collected relief payments payments payments pay pay- ments for three months and was getting 75 to from other so sources If he ever received this outside Income it was after his re relief relief relief re- re lief case was closed the county report showed as his was a border border border bor der line case case he being on relief and off at times As a client his relief payments were 1260 a month while his earnings were 2394 A man referred to in the Carey report as having marvelous talent talent talent tal tal- tal- tal ent was shown to have negligible ble earnings from singing at fu Lu- He had lost an arm and a leg and therefore was able As to allegations that he drank the police have no records of his drinking the county replied Earnings Low LowAs LowAs LowAs As to a man who collected old age pension while acting as a constable constable constable con con- stable his earnings the first six months of office were shown to be below below low because the man whom he succeeded as constable refused to surrender the office His wife was shown to have been very ill for two or three years Of a man collecting aid for dependent dependent dependent de de- de- de pendent children while he held assets as assets assets as- as sets valued at in the Carey i report the county replied the federal federal federal fed fed- eral land bank holds a mortgage on the property for nearly twice the assessed valuation of f 2682 2652 There are seed loans against the property and a land bank chattel mortgage which make it impossible for him to dispose dispose dispose dis dis- dis- dis pose of the produce or livestock If he were required to give up his land it would c cost st the welfare board an additional 20 a month the reply stated |