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Decline in public aid rolls in March figures reported
Illinois Public Aid Commission executive secretary Garrett W. Keaster says public aid rolls fell 0.3 percent in March while total payments rose 1 percent from February. Aid to dependent children was the only long established program to increase in March, with expenditures slightly lower than February. The new disability assistance program aided 2,882 in March at $162,165, up 6.7 percent in people and 15.3 percent in cost from February. Will County reported 318 children aided at $7,855, while 31 blind persons received $1,253, and 266 received general assistance totaling $6,295. Statewide, general assistance declines 20 percent from March 1951. average payments per person were $35.24 with other averages: old age $48.56, blind $54.90, dependents $30.94, disability $57.26.