(Immediate Release) (P-66)

RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION

WASHINGTON

September 12, 1932

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation today made available to the State of West Virginia $440,000 to meet current emergency relief needs in Logan, Monongalia and Raleigh Counties for the period September 1 to December 31.

These funds were made available upon application of the Governor of West Virginia under Title I, section 1, subsection (c) of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932.

The funds made available to West Virginia are intended only to supplement relief funds that can be provided by the State and its political subdivisions.

Supporting data filed by the Governor of West Virginia with his application for relief funds clearly show the need existing in Logan, Monongalia and Raleigh Counties.

The West Virginia Unemployment Relief Administration, appointed by the Governor, "contemplates close supervision, maintenance of proper standards and adequate accounting in the use of federal funds, and will insist upon effective county unit organization for relief purposes."

The Department of Public Welfare of the State will to the fullest extent possible contribute its resources, personnel and money to relief work, in addition to carrying on the regular activities of the department.

According to the supporting data filed with his application for federal funds, the Governor of West Virginia plans to work through the County Welfare Boards, composed of six to twelve volunteer members in each county with one paid trained worker who serves as secretary. In order to better coordinate the relief work, all private and public agencies, including churches, schools and other organizations, are being urged to work closely with the County Welfare Boards.

During the past two seasons various communities in the three counties have carried on exceptional subsistence gardening and food conservation activities, the results of which can not be measured in money. These activities have contributed largely toward relieving distress and at the same time have helped preserve the self-reliance of the families themselves.