Show on deredin Or Welfare Fund cut for sevier county set at 2847 must stay within appropriation reductions in welfare expends expendi e tures from state and county funds of approximately for the quarter beginning april I 1 were ordered in instructions sent to all county welfare boards and dep departments art ments last week by J W gillman director of the state department oj of public welfare this action was taken at the instance of the state board of public welfare because of the unexpectedly heavy drain on state and county funds during the winter months due to the pressure from employable persons who had lost their jobs and until recently could not be placed on W P A projects mr air gillman pointed out that the appropriation of the legislature for general welfare purposes had proven rov inadequate to meet the nel necessities occasioned by the increase in unemployment with no federal funds available for providing assistance si to able bodied people he said the drastic curtailment was necessary to enable the department to stay within its appropriation in his instructions to the county welfare boards and directors mr gillman said you will understand that the department is legally bound to stay within its appropriation that it cannot incur a deficit and ana that all counties must participate in reductions duct ions on a fair and equitable basis inasmuch as the W P A has deceived additional appropriations and job quotas it is suggested that your county department expedite all possible certifications to the works program and that you actively cooperate in the encourage ment of sponsorship by the political subdivisions of projects to utilize the labor of men and women now mow being cared for on the general welfare program 4 t the state board is most anxious that constructive efforts lie be made to compel able bodied recipients of public assistance to exert all possible effort to help themselves assistance should not be extended to persons who fail to avail themselves of any opportunity for employment or who neglect any other opportunities to provide themselves with the necessities of life 1 I wish to stress the importance of malting making adjustments on an individual basis in the approaching open season there are the obvious general reductions that can be made such as in fuel and clothing allowances you will undoubtedly discover other ways of achieving 1 the necessary reductions without imposing undue hardship on any individual air gillman likewise made it clear that reductions will not apply to grants being made for assistance si to the needy aged or to the needy blind the reduction for sevier county was set at 2847 for the quarter |