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half the county population before his door to issue rations to them. The S.A. Commissioner for this District has not issued one ration for over one year and in spite of often repeated inquiries has heard of but very few cases of real underserved destitution, much less of any body starving to death? when issuing clothing in person last year to the poor has found himself often imposed upon by people who were not so extremely poor and not to proud to receive gifts of charity but to proud and lazy to work or to allow their children to enter into regular useful employment. 
I invite your attention particularly to the second page of the within report. 
FAH Gaebel
1 Lt. 45 U.S. Inf. 
Sub. Asst. Comr. Bur. RF & AL

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. OFFICE ASS'T. COMM'R. REC'D APR 27 67 GEORGIA [[/stamp]]