Show reductions asked in welfare expense in welfare expenditures front stale st a te a aud county funds of approximately for the qu artee beginning apryl 1 were ordered r in ili instructions sent to all county welfare boards and dopart departments part martille partille par tille ments ants wednesday iby by J W nuin director of tho the state dopart department part ment of public welfare wel welfare iare this action was taken at the instance of the state board of kllc wel piro because of tho the unexpectedly heavy drain on state detate aud county funds 3 the ibe winter months title due to the pressure front from employable persons who had lost their jobs and until recently could not le be placed on oil yorks works progress adinie ignition projects mr gillman pointed out that the appropriation of the legislature for general welfare purposes had proven inadequate to meet the ne occasioned by the increase ill IH unemployment with no federal al funds aval available lable for providing assistance to able bodied people he be said the drastic curtailment was pee necessary essary to enable the department to stay within its appropriation mr gillman gallman made it clear that reductions will not apply to gianfa being made for assistance si to the needy aged or to the needy blind the reduction for garfield county was ivas set at i for the quarter |