Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1943-11-12 | Page 5 | Aid to Needy, Aged Citizens

Aid To Needy. Aged Citizens It will surprise some Americans Ameri-cans to learn that in August the State of California paid $7,253,-7S8 $7,253,-7S8 in pensions to 153,412 persons wjio received aid as needy, aged citizens. Three States, with greater population, pop-ulation, expended less money. Illinois paid out $4,225,131, New York $3,610,557 and Pennsylvania $2,505,193. Ohio, with about the same number of citizens as California, Cali-fornia, paid $3,665,338. ' The payments listed were for the month of August. Not all of the money came from State sources sour-ces because the Federal government govern-ment matches the State's payments pay-ments up to $40 a month. In California the maximum payment pay-ment is $50 a month.