The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-27
Blanks For
Age Pension
Now Ready
Judge r. r. Kells Busily En-
gagged In Aiding
Applicants
EXPECT HUGE NUMBER
Entails Serious and Tedious
Work For The County
Commissioners

Judge r. r.. Kells has received
application blanks for Old Age
pension, and is now busily engaged
in filling them out for the appli-
cants. Wednesday morning he had
filled out the last of the first ship
ment, but received more during
the day from County Auditor Nick
Thomey.
Mr.. Thomey on Tuesday morning
stated that he believed the number
of those seeking pension would be
as high as 1000 or more. However,
it is said, that the necessary legal
qualifications will eliminate some
of them.
Owing to the seriousness of this
business the Stearns County Com
missioners plan to be in st. Paul
Saturday to receive instruction re-
garding the disbursement of old
age pension funds provided jointly
by the county, federal and state
governments. Owing to the fact
that the Commissioners are faced
the county, the task has assumed
serious questions which it is ex-
pected will be ironed out at the
state capitol.
The Stearns County Child We'll
fare board, already swamped with
work, was not expected to be ask
ed to act as an inspector of the
pension applications. The county
board has decided that no one will
receive a pension unless they are
recommended by their local gov
erning body, but as the state law
makes mandatory the establish
ment of an inspection officer in
each county this plan was not ex-
pected to be as workable as plan
ned.
st. Paul-Early approval of Min
nesota's old age pension law and
administrative regulations by the
federal social security board was
forecast Tuesday by members Of
the state board of control as they
conferred with Attorney General
Harry H. Peterson relative to an
Interpretation of the act in accord
ance with federal requirements.
Reports from Washington were
that the Minnesota pension system
might be jeopardized because the
federal board had questioned a
provision in the law fixing a max
imum Of $4,000 for administration
expenditures.
The question arose when Director
Kenneth c. Haycraft, of the Min
nesota old age assistance division
c,,hvso;f%od Tho Mipnocoto h,,duof
for the first quarter beginning on
March 1 and rules and regulations
for administration to the federal
board of approval.
Executive officers of the board
expressed doubt that the limitation
Of $4,000 fixed by the law would
be adequate for handling the ad-
ministrative work of the state
agency involving 81 counties.
I'VE are comforting with the at
torney general relative to provision
of the law and we are confident
that when his legal opinion is CIV
en- the federal social security board
will approve the Minnesota law
and the rules and regulations for
its administration which the state
agency is submitting" said Carl r.
Carlgren, board of control MEM
Der.
Secretary Downer Mullin, Of the
board of control, and F. w. Mich
OILS, assistant director of the state
pension agency, were in confer
ence with the attorney general to-
day.
It was expected that legal OPP
inion such as is required by the
federal board will be prepared i'm
mediately so that it may be for
warded to Washington to Director
Haycraft.
The state agency budget for the
first quarter ending June 30 sub
mitted to the federal board for ap-
prevail totalled $1,153, 125, of which
$28,125 was specified as admins
trative expense. This budget, de-
signed to cover payments to $1,000
pensioners, includes S590,625 of
federal, S375yOOO state, and $751;
500 county funds.