Show I 1 OCT assistance PAYMENTS AMOUNT TO A total of cases received public he assis assistance Lance amounting to in iron county in october david C watkins director of the iron county department ament of public welfare reported today compared to the previous month the number oi 01 cases increased 16 per cent and payments dropped 07 per cent of the issued recipients in iron county in october mr watkins saad 80 per cent was for old age assistance approximately 10 for dependent children an and d 73 per cent for on an general relief no employ ables cases received assistance in iron county in october public assistance payments in all counties of utah totaled in october an increase of over september but less than the years high of paid in the month of march according to a report released this week by T david hettig director of research and statistics for the state department of public welfare per cent of the total amount expended was for old age assistance 19 per cent was for aid to dependent children 8 per cent for assistance to unemployable persons and families and 2 per cent for foster home care for children october payments bene fitted cases a slight decrease from the previous month and a decrease of more than cases from september of last year compared Coin pared to the me peak caseload case load in 1939 the number receiving public assistance showed a not net reduction of cases a decrease of nearly one third opportunities in in wartime employment continue to be reflected in this comparison between the peak caseload case load of 1939 and the caseload case load of october 1944 said mr hettig in september 1939 upwards of or 27 per cent of the caseload case load consisted of people in families classed as employable people who were able to earn their own living if they only had jobs in october of this year there were throughout the state only 43 employable ploy able households on the public assistance rolls less than one half balf of one per tnt int i nt |