Show WELFARE expenditures SEDUCED REDUCED FOR QUARTER reductions in welfare expenditures from state and county funds of approximately tor for the quarter beginning april 1 were ordered in instructions sent to all county welfare boards and departments wednesday by J W oilman gilman director ot of the state department ot of public welfare this action was taken at the instance ot of the state stata board of 0 public welfare because of 0 the unexpectedly heavy drain on state and county funds during the winter months due to the pressure from persons who had bad lost their jobs joba and until recently could not be placed on works progress administration projects mr air gillman pointed out ahat the appropriation of 0 the legislature tor for general welfare purposes had proven inadequate to meet the necessities occasioned by the larmi rojo in unemployment with no federal funds available tor for providing assistance to able bodied people he said the drastic curtailment was necessary to ito enable the department to stay within its appropriation in III his instructions to ito the county welfare boards and directors mr air gillman sad you will understand that the department ig ia legally bound to stay within its appropriation that it cannot incur a deficit and that all counties must participate in reductions on a fair and equitable bas bass s inasmuch as the works progress adin has received additional appropriations and job quotas it is suggested that your county department all possible certifications to the works program and that you actively cooperate in the encouragement ot of sponsorship by the political of 0 projects to utilize the labor of men and women now being cared or on tile the general welfare program tile the state board is most anxious that constructive efforts e be made to compel able bodied recipients ot of lublic assistance to exert all possible effort to duelp them elvce As A instance should not be extended to I 1 1 ii acris who rail to avail themselves 1 of any tor for employment I 1 or who neglect any other opportune it alsis to provide themselves with the necessities ot of life 1 11 I wish to stress the I 1 of 0 making adjustments on tin an individual has bag a in the approaching I 1 open season there are the obvious I 1 general reductions that can bet be made such as in fuel and ca clothen cloth 0 ahng ln I 1 allowances you will undoubtedly b gedly I 1 decover other ways of ach achi achievno I 1 evns I 1 the necessary reductions wi without tho imposing undue hardship on any individual I 1 I 1 mr gillman likewise made it clear that reductions will not apply to grants being made tor for assistance 1 to the needy aged aced or to the needy blind the reduction for iron county was set t at for the quarter |