Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-05-27
OTHERS VIEWS
THE REVISED TOWNSEND
PENSION BILL
To the Editor:

citizens man or woman Ger the age
of sixty years who wish to apply has
| been slightly revised. The Townsend
| Old Age Pension organization backed
| by 80 million voters has agreed to ac-
cept whatever amount the two per
cent transaction sales tax produces
each month on all the gross business
done in the United States. whether
| so, IS, 100 dollars each month to each
pensioner with the limit still 200 dol
lars They also agreed to let the rev.
euue accumulate for four months i'm
| Che treasury before paying out
penny. during this time all the eld-
erly people above sixty who agree to
trade) will be steadou mem677
give up jobs and spend the money
every 80 days for whatever they
choose $50 it goes into the channels
of trade) will be registering. During
the 5th month the government would
pro-rate among the total pensioners
on file the amount of revenue collected
by the transactions tax during the first
month. the 9th month they would
pay out whtever was collected and
second month. likewise on and on;
keeping four months revenue in the
treasury all the time. The people
would put the money into the treas
ury each month by this tax before
dollar would be paid out to the pen
sioners handled exactly like our sales
tax in North Carolina except the tax
would be paid by the seller.
Now how would this Revised Town
send Pension Bill hurt the govern
ment? The government is not out
penny. the people carry the whole
thing. only asking the government to
do the collecting and the bill provides
the expense of that be paid out of the
pension money which would not cost
over two cents Of each dollar collect
ed. Under the revised bill all per-
sions who have an income of $24OO per
wear are eliminated. The bill also
provides when it is passed that what
ever the amount of the pension is, it
will be paid to the pensioner through
the bank There will be no GO-be-
tweens.
Each pensioner goes to the bank
between the first and fifth OF each
month and gets the total amount due
him. so. IS. 100, not exceeding $2OO..
depending entirely upon what the
two percent produced each month
The Revised Townsend Pension Bill
is marching to victory. 1t is the best
thing ever offered to the poor people
since Christ hung on the cross and
thew are going to bind themselves to-
gether and put it over if they have to
resort to the ballot box.
The Townsend organization is now
arranging to put organizers in every
Congressional District and County III
the United States, organizing Town
send Clubs: we will drop politics and
vote for men who will support the
Townsend Revised Pension Bill. Or
SANITATION will win. That was proved
this session of Congress. Wherever
we were thoroughly organized, the
! Congressman voted for the Townsend
plan as an amendment to the Admin
| istration bill Where there is Unity,
| there is power Let no one he dis
couraged over the recent skirmish in
WASHINGTON That was our first lit
tie battle. The Townsend bill has
never been voted on. The vote taken
in Congress a short time ago was
whether or not to accept the Town
send Revised Bill as supplement to
the Presidents SIS bill Two hun
dred-six congressman stuck to the
| Administration fifty-six with the
Townsend bill one hundred-seventy
stayed on their seats or stayed out,
not voting Get live Townsend Club
in every county seat in the State and
all other places we can. and let's do all
we can TO put this bill through for the
! benefit of tho poor people of the Ma
/ ton. We want a live wire to look
after this in every county in the State
| If this bill is passed it will mean
! turning loose in every county in the
/ United States an average of 200 thou
sand dollars monthly. Will this be
worth anything to your county? and
to the poor old people of your C<unty?
Do we want to tax ourselves 2 per cent
on the gross business done each month
in the United States and pay this
fund over to those above sixty re-
quiring them to spend every dollar
of it every 80 days to make prosperity
for everybody, everywhere. The
Townsend Pension Bill is not dead.
| but still liveth and will be the lead
ing issue in the next campaign If
the Bill was adopted now. instead of
Prosperity being "iust around the cor
ner'', it would ne all over this nation
almost Immediately. Please get in
! touch with the State organization,
Townsend Headquarters, Asb\eville.
N. c.. OF write undersigned state Or
! ganizer. Hope to see you soon.
! w. B. FISHER.
Assistant State Organizer.
Andrews, N. G..
May 20. 1885