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Show . . Drastic Slash In Welfare Outlay Ordered by Head j Utah county welfare expenditures must be drastically trimmed in compliance com-pliance with a state order, beginning April 1, Udell Jolley. district social worker.' announced here Thursday. The outlay must be reduced $19.-758 $19.-758 in the period from April 1 to July '1, or a reduction of about $(.-3S6 $(.-3S6 a month, he said. The cut will not apply to old age assistance or needy blind. The order was issued by J. W. Gillman, director of the state department de-partment of public welfare, because of the unexpectedly heavy drain on the state and county funds during the winter months, due to the pressure pres-sure from employable persons who had lost their jobs and until recently recent-ly could not be placed on Works Progress administration projects. Mr. Jolley said. "It will be necessary to reduce assistance as-sistance to employables 65 to 70 per cent, and assistance to unemploy-ables unemploy-ables to the extent of 15 per cent of the amount they received in January," Jan-uary," Mr. Jolley explained. "There will be absolutely no discrimination dis-crimination in the reductions. It will be virtually a blanket cut, but individual cases will be re-evaluated on their personal merits," Mr. Jolley Jol-ley declared. With decreasing need of fuel and clothing expenditures, and with ex-I ex-I pected increase in employment with , the coming of spring, it should be ! possible to make family budget aa-' aa-' justments to relieve the effects of the reduced allowances. Mr. Jolley said. In his instructions to county welfare wel-fare boards and departments. Mr. Gillman pointed out that the appropriation ap-propriation of the Legislature for general welfare purposes had proven j inadequate. o |