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Show I State Orders Reductionl ReductionIn Reduction . / In Welfare PaymentsReauctions Payments PaymentsReductions Reductions Reauctlons Reauctions in welfare expendi expenditures expenditures expendtures ! tures from state and county fund funds fundsof fundson oB of approximately approXJmately $150 150 $150000 150000 $ 000 tor for the thequarter thequarter quarter beginning Apnl April 1 were wereordered wereordered wereordered ordered In Instructions sent to all allcount allcounts allcounts count counts \ welfare eUare boards and depart departments departments departments ments Wednesday by J W Gillman Gill Gillman Gillman man director of the state depart department departmeat department ment meat of public welfare This action actionwas actionwas actionwas was taken at the instance of the thestate thestate thestate state board of public welfare be because because because cause of the unexpectedly heavy heavydram heavydrain heavydram dram drain on state and count counts funds fundsdurmg fundsduring fundsduring durmg during the winter wmter months due to tothe tothe tothe the pressure from emplo employable emplolable able per persaris persons sons saris who had l Joist lc st t their jobs and anduntil anduntil anduntil until recently could not be placed placedon on " , works orks iprogress progress adrmmstratlon administration adrmmstratlonproJect administrationproject administrationprojecto administrationprojectoMr proJect . , . proJect1r ' \ Mr \1r 1r Gillman pointed pomted out that the theRiPpropnation theappropriation theappropriation RiPpropnation appropriation of the legislature for forgeneral forgeneral tea-general tea general - general v ss . welfare elfare purposes had plOven plOvenmadequate pi oven oveninadequate oveninadequate madequate inadequate to meet the necessIties necessItiesoccasIOned necessitiesoccasioned necessitiesoccasioned occasIOned by the increase mcrease in un on unemployment onemployment unemployment employment With no federal funds fundsavailable fundsavailable fundsavailable available tor for providing providmg assistance assistanceto to able bodied people he said the thedrastic thedrastic thedrastic drastic curtailment v w . wis 1.S 1S s.s ss ' . . necessary necessaryto to enable the department de-rartment de rartment - to stay stayWIthin staywithin staywithin WIthin its appropriation appropriationIn In his instructions to the county countywelfare countywelfare countywelfare welfare boards and directors dlrectcrs Mr MrGillman MrGillman MrGUlman Gillman saidYou saidYou said saidYou You will understand that the thedepartment thedepartment thedepartment department is legally bound to stay staywithin staywithin staywithin within its appropriation apprcpriation apprc'prlation apprcprlation , ' that it itcannot Itcannot 1'cannot 1cannot ' cannot incur mcur a deficit and that all allCo allco co inties mties unties must participate in reduc reducLions reduc.ions reducions bons Lions . on a fair and equitable eqwtable lb'lSISInasmuch basisInasmuch . basis lb'lSIS lblSIS basisInasmuch ' Inasmuch as the . works v.orks vorks progress progressadmimstratlon progressadministration progressadministration admimstratlon administration has received addi addl- addl adds- adds addltlonal addstional additional - tional tlonal appropriations appropnatlons and job jobquotas jobquotas jobquotas quotas it is suggested that sour sourcounty sourcounty our ourcounty county department expedite allpossible all allpcwsible : possible pcwsible certifications cprtlficaUons to the works worksprogram \ worksprogram orks orksprogram program and that you actively co cooperate cooperate cooperate operate in the encouragement of ofsponsorshiP ofsponsorship ofsponsorship sponsorshiP by the political sub subdiVISIOns subdivisions subdivisions diVISIOns of projects to utilize the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor of men and women now being beingcared beingcared beingcared cared for on the general welfare welfareprogram welfareprogram welfareprogram welfareprogramThe program programThe The state board is most anXIous anXIousthat anxiousthat anxiousthat that constructive efforts be made madeto madeto madeto to compel able bodied recipients of ofpublic ofpublic ofpublic public assistance to exert e'llert ellert ' : all possible pos pos.slble possible .slble slble sible . . effort to help themselves As Assistance Assistance sistance shot should d not be extended to topersons topcrso'1s topersons persons pcrso'1s pcrso1s ; ' " who "ho ho fail fall to avail themselvesol thcmselvesoB themselvesof thcmselves themselves oB of any opportunity for employment employmentOF employmentor employmentcir or cir \ who ho neglect any other oppor oppor- opportunity opportunity opportunity - - tunity for emplo employment 1Ilent ' or who whoneglect whoneglect whoneglect neglect any other opportunities to toprovide toprovide toprovide provide themselves with the neces necessities necessities necessities sities of lifeI lifeI life lifeI I wish to stress the Importance Importanceof of making makmg adjustments on an Indi mdi Individual mdividual individual vidual basis In the approaching approachingopen approachingopen approachingopen open season there are the obviousgeneral obvious obviousgeneral general reductions that can be bemade bemade bemade made such a as , > In fuel and clothing clothingalloances clothingallow clothingallowances allo\\ances allo ances allow \ ances You111 You will \\111 111 \ undoubtedly undoubtedlydiscover undoubtedlydiscover undoubtedlydiscover discover other wa wass ways s of achieving achievingthe achievingthe achievingthe the nece necessary sary < : reductionsIthout reductions \\Ithout Ithout without withoutlmpcng \ withoutimposing IthoutImpasmg Impasmg lmpcng , undue hardships on any anyindividual anyindividual anyindividual anyindividualMr individual individualMr Mr Gillman Giliman likewise lIke\\lse lIke lse like's likes \ ' iso made it clear clearthat clearthat dealthat that reductions will not apply to togrants togrants tcgrants grants being made for assistance assistanceto to needyblind the needy aged or to the needy need ; blind blindThe The reduction for Grand county countywas countswas was ' \ as set at $264 264 $ for the quarter |