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Show I \ ( I ' Welfare 'VeHare VeHare Payments PaymentsTo PaymentsI I To be Investigated InvestigatedReappiaisal InvestigatedI InvestigatedReappraisal I - Reappiaisal ReapPlalsal Reappraisal of the cIrcumstances circumstancesof of all aged persons and others re recelving receiving receiving celving ceiving assistance through state stateand stat"and statand tat " I and county departmems departmeont departments of publc public publc"elfare publicwelfare publicwelfare ! "elfare elfare welfare " was ordered ordercd this tills " week "eek eek b by bythe bsthe Ithe the state board of public publ1c welfare elfare at ata ata ata a meeting nleetlng in m the capitolThe capitolThe capitol capitolThe The board instructed instnicted the field fieldstaff fieldstaff fieldstaff staff of the state depal department tment to e\ e eamme e e\amme e amme \ ' . amme amine case records of county do dopartments d dpartments partments with a view to eliuunat elhmnat eliuunatmg elhmnating eliminating mg ing chiseleis chlselels chiselers and of transferringinto transferrmg transferring transferrmgmto transferringinto mto into categorI categories s under the socml social socmlsecurIty socialsecurity socialsecurity securIty act q lalified lahfied ialified persons who whoal whoare whoaie al are e now being bemg helped as general generalwelfare generalwelfare generalwelfare welfare casesReports casesReports cases casesReports Reports have been made to the thestate thestate thestate state department that m in a number numberof numberof numberof of cases applicants for old age as asslstance assistance assistance slstance sistance have deliberately concealed concealedassets concealedassets concealedassets assets and transferred income mcome pro producmg produring producing ducmg during pioperty ploperty property so they could ob obtam obtam obtain tam state federal and county countymone countymoney countymonei mone money The field staff was mstruct instruct mstructed instructed instructed ed to 1m invoke inioke oke the provisions of the theold theold theold old age assistance law providing providingpenalties providingpenalties providingpenalties penalties for such concealment or orI or'Com orcons orconversion 'Com Com cons ' ersion of assetsJ assets assetsJ I J W Gillman Gl.1lman Gl1lman Gilman . director of the thestate thestate thestate I theI state depaitment depaltment department asked the field fieldv fielda a \ orkers to ieport leport report by the end of ofJanuary ofJanuary ofJanuary ofJanuaryThe January JanuaryThe The board continued contmued at its meet meetIng meeting meeting Ing this week its study of 01 ' the pro blem problem of recponslbll1ty responsibility re ' ponsibility in m the care careof careof careof of indigent mdlgent Indians Several conn coin conn'I cointies connties ' ties have protested the payment of ofthe ofthe ofthe 'I I 'Ities the county COUlltyS s 15 per cent share of of"elfare ofwelfare ofw "elfare elfare welfare " elfare costs tor for Indian residents on onthe onthe onthe the giounds gzounds grounds that Indians areards are \\ards ards aards aardsof \ wardsof ardsof of the federal government that thatthey thatthey thatthey they pay no taxes on their property propertyand propertyand propertyand and contribute nothing nothmg to the costsof costs costsof costsof of county governmentSenator governmentSenator government governmentSenator Senator William Wilham H King and andRepresentatle andRepresentatne andRepresentative Representatl\e Representatl e Representatne \ J Will Robinson Robmson In Informed informed Informed formed the board by letter they theyI theyaould they.would theywould . aould " ould investigate the posslbll1tIes possibilities possibilitiesof posslbll1tIesof I of legislation determining determmmg the re- re reI responsiblllty responsibility re responsibility - - I sponsibility sponsiblllty of the federal govern governjment government government ment toward to"ard toard toaard " indigent mdlgent IndiansAlbert IndiansAlbert Indians IndiansAlbert jment Albert Lee director of the Idaho Idahostate Idahostate Idahostate state department of public pubhc welfare welfareassured welfareassured welfareassured assured the board he would take takeup up the Indian problem with the theIdaho theIdaho theIdaho 1 1up Idaho congressional delegation and andother andother andother other neighboring nelghbormg states have in indicated indicated Indicated getfederal dicated theyould they \ would \\ould ould aould attempt to get \dicated dicated federal action relievmg rel1evmg relieving the statesof states statesof of the burden of caring for forIndians torIndians Indians I I I I , ' ' |