Show state depart department rn e n t ready to care for persons in need of assistance it la Is the time that employable people la in utah begin to loarn learn to take care tt tf themselves vea J W gillman director of the state department part ment of public welfare Wel iare declared this week in instructions sent to all county departments the state department of public welfare ho he continued s ld id prepared to adequately cire care foi for persons who because of social oi or physical handicaps require public assistance including the needy aged tile the dependent children the blind and others who tor for one reason or another must have help in order to survive with increasing opportunities opening for fi employment with tho the favorable season aban dut daut water and excellent crops which have preva prevailed lied throughout the state stat ethis this year the Coun county tyMe departments part ments must see to it that people who can work exhaust every possibility of securing work and tak taking ing care of themselves before they should grant assistance 1 to men and women who are capable of employment cyment too many of our people who were compelled during the worst of the depression to ashfor ask for public assistance have gotten the notion that public funds are ble that they dont have to work it if they dont want to under the liberal interpretation the department has given the provisions of the new old age assistance si law that wen tinto effect july 1 of this year tho the number of old people receiving such assistance la utah has haa virtually doubled we are now providing about a mouth month for old people alone the limits of existing appropriations riat ions are in sight the county and state welfare departie Depart department me cannot afford to provide tor for de th needs heeds of drones ay ad w eli jtb vid 1 arthey they woula p the county departments tar urged and expected to maker mikea generous and gair calr provi provision siou sor ifor the needy aged the dependent children a and ad other deserving descrying anem plo as they can call we will not permit suffering ro in the state we will see tolt to it that old folks in need will have heir needs met that children will be decently fed housed clothed aud and otherwise cared for that the blind and others who are helpless will be aided 11 but in iii order to accomplish these worthy purposes in ili full harmony with the letter pad end the intent of the utah welfare laws and the federal social security legislation it Is that we bear down on those choie who get their living from public f funds without exerting themselves there have hav 0 come to this office too many reports of men who refuse to take jobs offered them aud and then expect the welfare department to feed them anyhow there have been too many verified varl vari fled fied instances brought to our attention of families which havo have refused to take advantage of garden plots to raise their own food of opportunities afforded to store provisions for the winter there are not a few families which have declined I 1 to avail themselves of the opportunity of bending their eligible sons into the tha civilian conservation corps camps where the boys tire are able to learn cam some money and at the same time receive distinct ed heat ional advantages we are going to tighten up on cases casca like these in fairness to those who are la in genuine need in fairness to the the taxpayers who foot the bill and to the very people themselves who have not the wl will ifo 0 work i to attain these ends enda wo 0 will ili need the whole heurtz heared cooperate coo cooperation of the welfare wolf arc boards and states 0 tho aada it liy io at vitally a the fair administration ot of our iu u welfare program rd |