National Affairs: Ambitious

In southwestern Wisconsin's Iowa County, of whose 20,000 population 871 are on Relief, the county welfare committee last week announced that it will act on no more Relief applications from newlyweds, would order all clients driving cars to turn in their license plates. Said Chairman Carl Rowe: "We had to discourage some of the more ambitious Relief seekers."

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