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name, description Of the nature Of the
business, address, approximate number
If persons employed, principal products
Of the manufacturing firms, whether
the establishment is branch or sub
sidiary concern, the name and address
of headquarters.
Then, beginning November a."
Miles said, post Offices throughout the
country will deliver to employees,
through their employers, forms known
as applications for account number
The employees application is simple
form asking a few questions such as
name and address Of the worker, name
and address of his employer. the date
and place OF birth, and fathers and
mothers name.
"On the return Of this information
to the post office, social security &C
count will be set up for each person
eligible and he or she will be fur
nished a card-comparable to an in
surance identification card-certifying
that an account has been set up and
bearing the number of the employees S
social security account so as to make
it easy for the worker to find out at
any time just how his or her account
stands"
The old-age pensions are only one
phase of the social security act, but
the other parts, including unemploy-
ment insurance, n-contributory pen
sions for persons now aged and in
need, help for dependent children and
the blind, are administered by States
rather than the Federal Government.
Under the unemployment insurance
section. employers are scheduled to
pay on January 81, 1887, a per cent
Federal tax on their 1895 pay rolls.
However, employers in States which
have Federally-approved unemploy-
ment insurance systems may credit
payments to such systems against the
Federal tax, up to 80 per cent Of the
Federal tax Money collected from
employers in States which have no
such systems will go into the cash
account of the Federal Treasury, and
may be used to help balance the
budget.
Is States Have Laws.
Miles, in his speech, said IS States
have unemployment insurance laws
and others are moving to enact them.
He praised State cooperation with
the Federal program and said that re-
sponsibility "for continuing success in
furthering economic security" rests
largely upon the States.
He said unemployment insurance
will provide sufficient safeguard
for most of the unemployment that
will occur" in times of minor de-
preston and when a major depres-
sion occurs the insurance will cut re-
lief costs very materially"
This unemployment fund set-up
came in for criticism today. however,
from the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor in
Tampa Praising the social security
act in general. the council questioned
the wisdom of obtaining an unem-
ployment fund through a pay roll tax
which to q great extent is to be paid
directly or indirectly by the workers
involved"
weekly and annual earnings" the
council reported to the federation's
convention, have not yet reached
such levels that the wage earners can
afford substantial reductions for the
purpose of giving them limited ben
efits during the periods of unemploy-
ment"
Earlier. William Green, A. F. Of L.
president, had urged in magazine
article that the social security pro-
gram be financed from q tax on
wealth rather than ION wage earners'
envelopes"
DR.. Francis E. Townsend, CO.
founder of the pension plan bearing
his name, told Los Angeles rally of
his adherents yesterday that the act
will in all probability be declared un-
constitutional"