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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1959)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON . PAGE 5 A Welfare Assistance Slate Shows Encouraging Drop backs because of a fiimf shortage a critical cutback because of a cri tical shortage. Will the (ewer cases in Klamath County mean a re turn to normal services? It depends upon conditions over the state, Mrs. Brown said. Gen eral assistance funds, medical An important and expensive aspect of the county's welfare has shown an encouraging dip already this month. But whether the reduction will stick, and whether it eventually will mean better times for the hard-pressed welfare treasury, still is in doubt. Mrs. Julia Brown, county wel- Meet Report To Be Heard The city's two Toastmistress Clubs will hear at their next meet ings reports on a regional coher ence in Bellingham, Washington, last weekend. Representatives of the two clubs were Eva Cook and Reba Martz of Mt. Mazama and Rowena Mc Donald, Margfret Davies and Ra mona Smith of Ewauna. Among conference, activities was a regional speaking competition among winners from 11 councils in Alaska, western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Margaret Dav ies of the Ewauna club represent ed tnis council in the contest won by Moira Anderson of Seattle. The Ewauna club placed first in the program division and second in the yearbook division in the Club of the Year", contest. Official delegates voting in the business session were Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Martz was named to a regional election com mittee, i Participants in council officer training workshops were Mrs. Mc Lionaia, newiy-eiectea iirst vice chairman of Council 4, and Mrs. Martz, second vice chairman. . Canadian Council 1 was confer ence hostess. fare administrator, said the de crease is in the department's cen tral assistance program a big uem in ine midget. As of the first of Mav. she said. ine county had 176 cases on its general assistance rolls. That com pares, in a steadily reducing case load, with 286 cases in March and 219 in April. And the reduction is increasing. As yesterday, the load was down even further to 156 cases almost a record low. The high level of employment in the county at this time of the year is the reason, Mrs. Brown said, and the reason for greater employment is favorable weather. the weather has been unseason ably favorable or at least it was until last Friday's snow. further emphasis on the chance may be found by comparing those figures with cases of May a year aso. At that time the county han dled 360 general assistance cases V nether the happy trend will continue depends, of course, upon employment. And there are many factors affecting employment. But a paradox lies in the future, too If employment remains high here but stays low in the rest of the state and in neighboring states, Klamath County may suddenly be come a job-seeker's Mecca. Should that happen, people looking fb r work will flood into the county and general assistance cases will shoot up. There is another aspect to be con sidered, too, Mrs. Brown said, and that is money. Persons on general assistance are acutely aware of service cut- Queen Liliuokalani, last Ha waiian monarch, wrote the haunting song. "Aloha Oe.'" fjnds and some other program funds are shared by state and county 70 per cent by the state and 30 per cent by the county. A massive shortage in state funds, and a severe cutback in an emergency appropriation, forced the state to reduce its services critically. Medical expenses were pared to the absolute minimum and the allotments for food, already down to 85 per cent of "standard" mbsistence. were cut to 75 per cent. The latter cut got the county to thinking about dis tributing federal surplus foods a plan still possible it the foods are available. If the pressure all over the state relaxes as it has in Klamath Coun ty, it is probable that more funds will be available for food and med ical care and drugs. That money will be distributed proportionately over the state. But if the rest of the state still faces high welfare demands, the eniorced cuts no doubt will stay in force. For general assistance. Klamath County spent $12,997 in March this year, (6.786 in April and has $11.- 862 to spend in May. It looks good on the surface, but "we may run into trouble again," Mrs. Brown said, "because of restrictions in transferring (state) funds." It looks good for the county, but how good it is depends upon how good it is everywhere. MOTHERS: While Shopping Downtown . RENT A STROLLER By the Hour or By tho Day 619 Main TU 4-5497 'ta.Ui.mDva. a uLimojji Uli'i '.uz- UUMmaLO. 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