Show St State Public Assistance Rolls RoDs In i ease in March April Increased numbers of received public assistance in March and April of 1940 in comparison with the same months last ast year in all categories except W P A and blind aid a survey showed Monday Based on figures supplied by federal federal federal fed fed- I eral and state agencies involved gains were recorded in employable employ i able aid unemployable assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance dependent children a aid d old age assistance and national youth administration workers Salt Lake county recorded gains ins in n every instance except that listed listed listed list list- ed under all other state aid such as county medical care burials and other unlisted classifications where the total is less than that involved in any other instance except except except ex ex- ex- ex blind aid In line with a trend caused by lopping opping of funds by congress the number lumber of workers employed on W v P A projects in the state fell from rom in March of 1939 to in the same month this year a decrease of and a further drop to was recorded in April 1940 Those listed as who received aid in March this year year 2769 2769 cases numbered cases numbered more than in March last year but only 11 U more cases were listed for April 1940 than in the same month in 1939 Old age assistance grantees numbered more in March this year than in the same month last ye year year r to 13 but 42 but ut the in increase increase increase in- in crease was only for April 1940 against in 1939 while blind aid grantees remained practically practically practically unchanged in both months and in both years A substantial increase was noted in incases cases receiving unemployable aid in March 1940 against March of 1939 1939 or from front 2696 to A similar rise wa recorded for April though the increase was but I cases A total of dependent children children children chil chil- dren were added to the number being aided in March last year bringing the list in March of 1940 to from and an even greater number was number was recorded record record- ed last April over April of 1939 Those employed on national youth administration work ork projects projects projects school out or student aid recipients increased in March of 1940 by 1601 over the March 1939 |