RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 215
ization. The personnel of the Industrial Relations
Counselors have experienced particularly heavy
demands upon their time, which the organization
has felt could not properly be refused.
As it was undesirable to seek compensation at
the rates customarily asked of private industrial
clients, and as it appeared advantageous to
respond more freely to these calls, the counselors
requested and received from the Foundation a
grant of $10,000 for use during the period beginning
June 15, 1935,and ending December 31,
1935.
An appropriation of $5,000 was made to the
Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief
toward the expenses of a study of the emergency
relief situation in New York State. The
study was conducted under the auspices of a
commission of prominent citizens appointed by
the Governor in the summer of 1934, with the
assistance of a large staff of investigators. The
data assembled by the investigators and the
conclusions and recommendations of the commission
were published during 1935 in the form
of three monographs dealing with the public
employment services, the administration of
home relief in New York City, and work relief
projects of the public works type in New York
State. The recommendations appeared as a
legislative document.
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