Cash relief
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Cash relief
Language
eng
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non fiction
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Cash relief
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502857
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Russell Sage Foundation. Emergency relief studies
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Introduction -- Part one. Genesis of administering relief in the Depression. Methods of administering relief in the Depression of the 1930s: Breadlines and soup kitchens; Commissaries; Dealer agreements; Disbursing orders. Demands for cash relief. Adoption of cash credit. -- Part two. Detailed experience with cash relief in nine cities. Baltimore; Cleveland; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; and San Francisco. -- Part three. Summary of experience with cash relief in nine cities. Conditions preceding adoption of cash relief; Considerations leading ot adoption of cash relief; Period allowed for preparation; Varioations in plans; Problems anticipated: Incease in applications, Misspending, Overspending, Failure to pay current obligations, Increase in refusals to accept work, Pressure of creditors to collect back debts, Diificulty of adjusting cash relief to irregular incomes. -- Part four. Comparative costs of relief in cash and in kind. Expenditures for relief; Administrative costs. -- Appendices
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