Evening star., 1935-08-22
$@,O84,75O ASKED
FOR SECURITY PLAN
House Appropriations Body
Backs Major Item in
Deficiency Bill.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Following Substantially the recon-
mendations of the Budget Bureau, the
House Appropriations Committee to-
day recommended that Congress ap-
pzopriate SIC, ,084. .75O to carry out the
newly enacted social security act dur
ing the remainder of the present fiscal
year.
The recommendation was contained
in report accompanying the third
deficiency bill Of the present session
the total involved in this supplemental
appropriation measure being $92 2,961.-
29974. Virtually all this sum is to be
used in carrying out laws newly en-
acted during the present session of
Congress.
In the case of the social security
appropriation, the largest lump sum
is being given directly to the new
Social Security Board and amounts to
S62,125,000. The Children's Bureau OF
the Department of Labor receives
$6,312,500 and the Public Health
Service, under the Treasury Depart
ment, will get s7,000,00O. The Office
of education in the Department OF
Interior is allowed SCAT $50 and the
Bureau of Census is granted 100000.
S2,216,500 for Administration.
OF the total allowed, only S2.216,500
is for administrative expenses for the
new law, while the remainder, nearly
$74,000,000 is to be distributed in
grants to States and the District of
Columbia.
The largest Of these classifcations
of grants for the present year is that
for old-age assistance and amounts
to S37,3l2,500. This sum is to be
extended in an amount up to SIS
per person per month to those States
having old-age assistance laws which
conform to requirements of the social
security. According to testimony dur
ing hearings on the deficiency bill
about 18 States have such approved
laws at the present time, with II
more having laws not in complete
conformance with the board require
mentS.
Grants for aid to dependent chill
dren will amount to S18,562 500 for
the second largest gift sum in the
bill. This money also will be ex-
pended on a matching basis with the
Federal Government contributing 81
for each 50 advanced by an approved
State program. About As States and
the District Of Columbia already have
systems.
s2,250,o0o for Blind.
A similar plan for grants to the
blind is allowed $2,25o. 900 under the
appropriation bill, this being a match
ing plan, with the Federal Govern
ment contributing so per cent Of total
pension up to a $50 maximum total.
Only States out of 27 with blind
pension laws come under the approval
Of the board requirements at present.
The total for the Children's Bu-
reau is to be divided as follows: Ma
ternal and child-health services, 81
0,000; services for crippled chill
dren. s2,137, 500. and child welfare
services, Sl,l25,000.
These activities all are authorized
under the social security act.
For administrative purposes IN con-
nection with social unemployment
compensation laws, the bill appropri-
ates $3,000,000 to be divided up
among the States with qualified un-
employment insurance systems. The
District will share in this upon the
setting up Of its recently created
system.
Vocational Aid Specified.
From the total granted the Office
Of education. s630.750 is to be allot-
ted to the States for cooperative vo-
cational rehabilitation of persons dis
abled in industry. The Public Health
Service will devote s6,oOo.ooo of its
s7,000.0o0 to grants for public
health work.
In cutting down from budget esti-
mates, the House Appropriations
Committee confined itself almost
entirely to requests for administrative
funds. The Social Security Board,
for instance, was cut down from a
requested s1.5o0.000 to s1,0oo.000
after considerable discussion of the
matter at hearings on the bill.
AS outlined by A. ]. Altmeyer, AS
SiStant Secretary of Labor, the board
will have three administrative divi-
sions, one for old age and blind bene-
fits. second for unemployment COM
pensation and the third for research
and planning.
626 to Be Employed.
In response to questioning on the
personnel of the security board, Alt
meyer told the committee: For the
first year there will be 372 in Wash
ington and l39 in the field, making
total of 511. There will be fewer
at the beginning and more at the
end of the year. At the end Of the
year there will be total Of 626 peo-
pie"
Members of the three-man board
are to receive $4,000 yearly, while
an executive director would receive
$1,000. All except lawyers and ex-
perts, Altmeyer said, will come under
the classification act
The average salaries will run below
$4,000, he said.
For extra administrative work the
Children's Bureau is allowed 5000, 900,
the Public Health Service is granted
81 100000 and the ONCE Of Educa.