Show I ABUSE E OF O. O OT T HER iI fitS fitS' P i EN IS f lAW CAU CAUSES i O t TI t I CHASE HA G I Knowledge Family Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Cared for Induces Husbands to Leave Charity Workers Say I A BILL to abolish the abuse I of the mothers pension I I law is being drafted by the county attorney at the suggestion of state and county officials and various social organizations a and d willbe willbe will willbe be presented to the legislature I According to the statement of representatives representatives rep- rep I of social workers' workers organizations organizations organ organ- the present present law is subject to abuse particularly by worthless husbands husbands husbands hus hus- bands who they sa say say are arc sometimes sometime encouraged to desert their wives believing believing be be- lieving that they will be cared for by the fund j I CHANGE IN FUND I It t is further advocated that the disbursement disbursement dis dis- dis of the funds should be Inthe in inthe inthe I the hands of the county commission in as much the as commissions are re reI required required re- re I to make flake make the appropriation I Under the existing law the disbursements disbursements disburse disburse- ments are under direction of the ju juvenile juvenile ju- ju I venile courts Captain M. M M. M Woods of the the- county count i charity department declared today that I more than 20 per pel cent of the cases re reI receiving receiving re- re aid from the fund were due to I deliberate desertions of husbands who thought they saw their way clear to beat it a because the fund would care for their wives and dependents AMENDMENTS PROPOSED I At a meeting of county and state of officers of- of and representatives of social I clubs at the Hotel Utah last night the proposals for the amendment to the law II were discussed Many suggestions for eliminating weaknesses and strengthening strengthening strength strength- I ening the law lane were made and will be incorporated in the bill The principal I object is to prevent exploitation and abuse One argument is that the fund should apply only to dependent widows thereby thereby thereby there there- by removing the incentive to desertion Charity officials suggest that a maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum of 40 a month allowed to dependent families It is asserted that the present law is too rigid particularly particularly particularly par par- In its limitation of amounts to dependent children on the sole basis I of the number of dependents rather than In considering other conditions It Is pointed out that a partially invalid In InI Invalid In- In I valid mother with one child is in n need ed edor of or more help than a healthy mother with three or four children who can I earn her own awn living |