Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-10
To KILL FOREIGN
LANGUAGE BILLS
Senate State Affairs Committee
Favors PoStponement.
OLD AGE PENSION ACT O. KID
Measure Makes Provision for Persons
Sixty Years of Age-Wisconsin
National Guard to Be Re-
organized.


Madison.-There will be no foreign
language legislation at this session of
the Wisconsin legislature. The state
affairs committee of the senate has re-
ported for indefinite postp0nement all
bills on this subject before the upper
branch, and the sentiment of the SEN
ate indicates that all of the measures
will be defeated by a decisive vote.
In the lower house two foreign Ian
guage bills have already been killed.
and the hope of forcing a measure to
that house is not bright. One of the
assembly measures provided that the
teaching of foreign languages below
the high school should be prohibited in
all schools of the state, public, private
and parochial This measure was
sweeping in its effect and was opposed
by many of the churches. After it had
been indefinitely postponed a second
bill was offered which prohibited the
teaching of any foreign language be-
low the high school in the public
schools of the state. This measure was
also defeated The indefinite post
pOnement of these two bills indicated
that the assembly was not in favor of
any legislation on the sub ject and the
unfavOrable report of the state affairs
committee of the senate indicates that
the upper house will take a similar
stand on these measures, when they
come up for consideration
The senate by unanimous vote
passed joint resolution, offered by
Senator Huber, memorializing the
president of the United States and
congress to take steps to stop Jewish
massacres in Eastern Europe Senator
Skogmo said that If the resolution
meant armed Intervention he would
want to reflect on the matter. Senator
Huber said that Intervention was not
the intention of the resolution.
Sentiment in favor of the adoption
of modification of the old pension
plans common in Europe has mani
tested itself in the legislature and the
senate has sent to engrossment by a
complish this purpose. The bill is not
as radical as some Of the old age pen
sion measures which have been intro
duced in former sessions of the legiS-
lature. The Zumach bill provides for
home relief for the aged instead Of
care in county institutions.
The Zumach measure provides that
any person who is at least Sixty-five
years of age and incapacitated from
gainful work by permanent mental or
physical disability and who possesses
the qualifications under the terms of
the law, may receive a pension The
qualifications are that he must be
citizen of the United States, a resident
in Wisconsin for at least fifteen years
and in the county in which application
is made for at least one year prior to
the time of making application; that
he is of good moral character and of
temperate and industrious character;
that he has not been convicted of ha-
bitual drunkenness or vagrancy; that
he has not within period of ten years
next preceding the time of making ap-
plication been committed to an aims
house or received any form of public
poor relief to the value of more than
$50, and that he has not alienated any
property for the purpose of qualifying
for a pension hereunder, and that he
does not have a clear income of $3.50
per annum, if married, or of more
than $500 per annum, if single, d.
vorced, abandoned or widow.
In each county containing a city of
the first, second or third class the
state board of control shall appoint an
old age pension committee of three
members to act in an advisory capac-
ity to the county judge of said coun-
ty. Each member of said committee
shall receive for his services as much
per diem as S., but no such member
shall receive more than 500 In any
year.
The state board of control NAV in
crease or decrease a pension upon
satisfactory proof of such change in
the pensioners circumstances as will
warrant such action, and may revoke
a pension upon proof of facts which
would disqualify an applicant.
The Wisconsin National Guard will
be recognized as soon as congress
passes the reorganization bill which is
now pending. The new or reorganized
National Guard will be composed of
approximately 10,500 officers and men.
with about 5000 in reserve if the plans
of Adjt. Gen. Orlando Holway are car
ried out as anticipated.