Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-23
PENSION BILL
IN CONFERENCE
Amount of Property and
County's Share Will be
Ironed Out.
Relief Problem Also Faces
the Lawmakers This
Session.
By HJAIMAR PETERSEN,
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
IuHooL Of Lon 10 To Ian 12l

By HJALMAR PETERSEN.
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
Week of Jan. Is to Jan. 49,
This, the sixth week of the special
session, has been a long, dull week.
Both Houses of the Legislature
worked on so called on-controversial
bills without much argument. Social
security legislation. unemployment in
surance, old age pensions and relief
are still in the making.
Both Houses of the Legislature
have passed their old age pension
bills. The House ignored many OF
the provisions of the Senate old age
pension bill and after two days OF
debate and amendment, passeC' its
bill. Both Houses were agreed that
persons over IS should be eligible to
maximum pensions of $50 per month.
There was no dispute over provisions
for 25 years residence in the United
States or citizenship plus five years
residence out of the last nine in the
state and one years residence in the
county in which pensioners make
their application. Where differences
developed were chiefly in the amount
of property that pensioners could
hold, the amount to be contributed by
the counties and the amount the state
should pay.
Pension Bills Differ.
The old age pension bill passed
by the House sets up the maximum
amount of property that pensioners
can have at $4,000, including $1,000
in personal property. The Senate set
its maximum at $4,000. of which only
$500 could be in personal effects, in
addition to a burial lot. The Senate
bill provides that counties pay $50
of the cost of old age pensions and
contemplates an appropriation OF
s1,625, 900 to finance the states share
of the cost But the House, calling
upon counties to pay but 1879 OF
the cost, appropriated 100000. The
Senate bill would have the law be-
come effective May 1, and the House
would put it into effect February 1.
Both were agreed that the state and
county governments should have a
lien on the property of deceased pen
SiOnerS up to the amount of money
given them.
The necessity for redrafting the old
age pension bill arose when the Sem
ate repassed its own bill, after the
House had sent over it's measure.
When the House received the Senate
bill, it promptly voted rejection and
called for a conference committee.
The conference committee consists of
the following members: Senators H.
c.. Stiening of Moorhead, A. ]. Rockne
of Zum brota, B. G. Novak of st. Paul,
o. ]. Finstad of Window, and K. F.
Neumeier of Saltwater and Represen-
tatives r. G. Johnson of Forest Lake.
George Mac Kinnon of Minneapolis,
Warren E Tasting of Two HarbOrs.
L. M. Hall of st. Cloud and Andrew
Finstuen of Kenyon.
House Passes Unemployment.
A surprise action by the House,
after it had disposed. of the old age
conference committee, came when it
again took up consideration of the un-
employment insurance bill, which
had already been killed in the Senate.
The passing of the unemployment in
surance bill was regarded as giving
the measure no greater standing than
it had at the beginning of the session.
Senate leaders declared that they
were prevented by parliamentary law
from considering the subject again.
A resolution from the Senate, calling
for an interim study for the prepare
tion of a new unemployment insur-
ance pill for the 1897 session, is anti
cipated.
The expenditure control bill, de-
signed to put some supervision and
check on local governing operations
bumped into snag when the ,Henne-
pin county senate delegation filed
statement with the Rules committee
asking that it be deferred until the
next session. The protesters con-
tended that there is probability that
such a bill would raise the debt
limit in the city OF Minneapolis $780,
100000, and that the passage of such
legislation would cripple the manage
ment of city funds.
Relief Still With Us.
The relief problem is one that must
be faced, before the special session
completes it's labor. 1t is estimated
that a sum of $16,000.O0O will be re-
quired to finance the relief load in
Minnesota this year. To finance this
will require an additional appropria-
ton Of three and half million dol
lars, this in addition to all funds now
available or to become available from
various sources during the current
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