Show widespread WIDE SPREAD INCREASES INCREASE S relief en cases double 1945 low washington As evidence that public assistance problems p are becoming critical throughout the nation american public welfare association reveals that general relief caseloads case loads have reached a level more than 50 per cent above the low point of 1945 current unemployment Is centered among unskilled workers who have been displaced by skilled veterans according to the report marked increases in unemployed rolls have been reported from 22 major labor centers minnesotan Min family relief case load increased 35 per cent in 1946 I 1 a sharp incline which current signs indicate is typical of many states the association said several state legislatures have granted bigger state relief funds to meet the rising need pennsylvania boosted assistance for 1947 1948 to an increase of 00 from the 1945 appropriation monthly relief cos costein tsin the state for may were compared to a total of in june 1945 and the he monthly caseload case load increased more per cent highest current increase in cities Is reported in washington where general assistance rolls increased 60 per cent between march 1948 and march 1947 the report declared unemployment benefits in new york city have increased horn from in august 1945 to about at the present time it wai asserted total general relief caseload case load toi foi the tee nation in february was compared with a year earlier in a year general relief costo costi increased 97 per cent in delaware per cent in wyoming 75 8 pet pel cent in ohio 67 per cent in call fornia and 55 per cent in indiana the report disclosed |