New Britain herald., 1930-11-01
COMMUNICATED
Belief In Old Age Pension is
 Registcred
Dear Editor

l Dear Editor:
 | l am not politician neither am running for political office. but
 having been employed in the ma
 chine business since 1908. I am na- i turaly interested in laws and leg 1 islation that affect my welfare. For l twenty years l have been interested l in the subject of old age pensions,
 as l consider it a forward step in
 the solution of the problem of mod ern civilization and the machine l age. Owing to the so-called eff 1 CIenCy methods used in industry, to
 bring everything to a standard, men | whose main interests in life arc 1 found in money and machines. dom- fnatc our industrial and political l existence.
 Our great insurance companies 1 through their research departments 1 discover that the average man at the age of 45 becomes an insuran,. ! impossibility and therfore should be discarded by industry as the i worker at that age is liability rom the standpoint Of production and money and as the insurance companies are closely connected i with industry, their word is law and tho worker goes on the scrap heap and is discarded like the worn ou1 and inefficient machine.
 The men conducting the insur- ance business makes no pretense as to it's being a charitable organiz1- ton. To them it is a business pro- { position pure and simple.
 Neither is or can industry be con- ducted from the standpoint of char liN. but it must and will be carried on with justice. With that thought Tn mind let us consider the matter ot insurance for the aged or old age pension. The name does no. matter, the end IS the same-justicc.
 The opponents to this type of legislation contend that in the end t will make all aged workers paupers.
 l reply by asking if they con- slder our veteran soldiers. teachers, policemen. f1remon and judges. pau pcrs' They deserve and receive pensions that provides for their old age.
 Still with the thought of justice in view, l ask is not the worker ill
 industry as necessary to the con- duct of society as the others 1 have mentioned? But let us see what provision is made for the honest and law abiding citizen who has en- deavorcd all his life 10 make this world better place in which o live, who has tried to provide for his children according to our Amer lcan standard Of living i7 order that they may be morally, mentally and physically better than he and thereby advance society?
 At the present time here in Con- necticut what provision is made for this type of man and woman in tn. event they should reach the age of 65 and be without means 10 pay their way The answer comes-thc poor house.
 What does the poor house mean? The tearing apart of two souls who through life's up and downs, ioy5 and sorrows have been as one-man and wife, lovers and friends, the na- tons strength. IL also means the placing in an institution intelligent honest and industrious persons and making them become the com- panions Of the dregs of society and fhpf- n+FCrrinpS This IS not metaphor but fact. 1 Added 10 this is the stigma Of pau per and all that it means to the spirit Of man.
 With conditions as they are what incentive has a man 10 continue to 1 he honest and law abiding if he | knows that Tn his old age he is 70 | be an object Of pity and contempt 1 the same as the criminal who hap pens 10 be out of prison at the age Of 65?
 The republican party in the state Of Connecticut, in my opinion has refused to consider this problem Of civilization and therefore it is use less 10 appeal 10 them
 The democratic party on the oth- CT hand recognizing the justice 1t humanlty's appeal, adopts into Its | platform the old age pension law, and pledges itself 10 enact 1t into ! the statutes Of the state in the event l of it's candidates election to orica. i This means ir you wish to see this i law q fact, vote a straight democra- | tic ticket as you cannot expect $ l republican representative 10 fight for lt as his party has refused to en- | dorse it.
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