Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-23 | Page 1 | Welfare to Cut Utah Payment

Welfare to Cut Utah Payment A cut of 13 in monthly checks l nce received ed by persons on public pub- pub lic assistance rolls was ordered to effect February ry by th the Utah S welfare commission Thurs- Thurs Thursy y Payments Payment during this month and andS andary S Uary ary win will ill remain unaffected a spokesman said aid Only SS additional appropriation by the Jj legislature can forestall the at cut from going into effect in l t b r u a r y and ext extending to lune 30 1 The action of oC the commission d r red reduce e d J ii c e the maximum grant of 50 O by I I Januarys January's public assistance pay- pay hent gents the win will total but butS S J commission did not disclose ow much money It would have to K from Crom the legislature in den deft Clency appropriations to bring fuw fu- fu w menta a back to the thc present t I The action wiped cut ut any hope those on direct re re- Ret old age Pensions or aid to Pendent c e h I 11 l 1 d r l' e c n subsistence night SiV have ve of another of cost-of- li ing i v increase in their checks 1 j hi They received a small hike durA dur- dur th ng A the fall faU on that basis basis- tid on n the thc July 19 1948 8 living cost idt t I The commission at Its meeting y voted to sub submit t to each Ser ember of ot the thc Utah legislature a J mary of oi Its tt reasons for Cor order- order ng the cut It also set in ln motion Ion to effect io to the reduction and t. t Although nn January payments S no further cut is pro- pro sed ed J CJ at it this time for Cor the next I laid a L commission spokesman e another nother reduction wo would ld be bee Sary 1 jf the now litigated lien W v is Invalidated t e rne 2000 additional persons person ta tte e have a u refused to grant the lien en on their Property in order der i to receive assistance would b tn en n b become ome eligible