Show I I i 1 49 Welfare Payments Over 48 Figures received recel Sl in II welfare assistance during 1949 H. H C. C Shoemaker welfare commission commission com corn mission c chairman h a air I r rn mall a ii announced Tuesday The amount represents an in increase increase increase in- in crease of 1138 over 1918 1948 Approximately of the total represents state funds while the w was a s supplied through federal ai aid Expenditures for the first six months of oC 1919 1949 were ere I higher than during the same pe peI period pe- pe I I nod the previous year according II to Mr Shoemaker However due to forced economies made necessary necessary necessary sary by the reduced budget the grants rants during the Last half of the year were nearly less I Ithan than those in the final six months I of 1948 he said We Ve will have to maintain these economies throughout the rest of oC 1 the biennium In order to live within our budget Mr j Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoe Shoe- maker said During December of 1919 we were carrying more cases cases than at the same time lime in 1948 1918 That many cases would represent about 1200 people he said I Total number of oC ing welfare assistance last ye year r II was about about 1000 more than thanin in 1918 I |