Poor District Case (No. 1)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

In 1936, the Pennsylvania Committee on Public Assistance and Relief was organized by the Governor to study and make recommendations for a new and more effective system of administering poor relief in the Commonwealth. The first general report of the committee, popularly known as the “Goodrich Report,” was published on December 15, 1936, under the title “A Modern Public Assistance Program for Pennsylvania.” This report recommended: “That Pennsylvania’s program of public assistance of needy persons at home, including general poor relief, unemployment relief, aid to…