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Montana labor news., 1936-07-16
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
BENEFITS EXPLAINED
Altmeyer Says 100000 Work
r VIII Be Covered by Old
Age Annuity Professionally
00O,O00 Eligible for Unem-
ployment Compensation When
States Enact Necessary Laws.
(By A. F. OF L. News Service.

(By A. +. OF l.. News Service)
With unemployment compensation
laws already enacted in one-fourth Of
the states and appropriations OF many
millions of dollars made by Congress
to defray the Federal governments cur
rent contribution to the Social Secur-
ity act, there is an increasing interest
relative to the benefits which the
masses OF the people receive from this
legislation.
Arthur J. Altmeyer, a member OF
the Social Security board which admin
listers the act, has prepared a brief
description OF the provisions Of the
measure and tabloided the protection
which it affords to various groups Of
our people.
MIR. A%ltmeyer's statement follows;
The Social Security act has estab-
lished the Social Security board to ad-
minister a system of Federal-State CO.
operation in the field OF public welfare
which permits all the states, territories
and the District of Columbia to receive
Federal funds for the following pur-
poses: (1) aid to the needy aged; ~
aid t o the blind; (3) aid to dependent
children; "a administration Of unem-
ployment compensation systems.
IN order to receive these funds a
state must submit to the Social Security
board for approval its plans for aid to
needy individuals and its Unemployment
compensation law.
THE Social Security board is also
authorized by the act to administer a
Federal system of old-age benefits
which will provide after 1912 regular
monthly retirement incomes to work
ers 65 years of age and over in pro-
portion to the wages they have received
from commercial and industrial EN-
ployment.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-16
HOW AcT IS ADMINISTERED

49, - - =
"The Social Security board is com
posed OF a chairman and two other
members appointed by the President
with the consent Of the Senate. The
boards administrative functions in
Washington are performed through the
following bureaus and services: the
Board, Unemployment Compensation
Federal Old-Age Benefits; Public AS
%sistance; the General Counsel; Re
search and Statistics; Accounts and
Adults; Business Management; Infor-
national Service.
''The personnel of these bureaus and
offices now numbers about SIS care
fully selected on a merit basis, and
either recruited from the civil service
register or certified by the Civil Ser
vice commission as qualified for APP
pointment as experts or attorneys.
Twelve regional directors have also
been appointed to represent the board
in II geographical centers of the coun-
try. Under their direction will be es-
tablished regional offices to extend
and decentralize, SO far as possible, the
Federal-State functions OF the board.
plans are under consideration for
the establishment of 100 or more dis
trict offices for the local administra-
ton of the Federal oldage benefit pro-
visions Of the act throughout the coun-
try. The Federal oldage benefit sys-
TEN will require the recording Of some
few simple facts concerning each Of the
100000 workers who will be covered
by the old-age benefit provisions, and
will necessitate a continuous record Of
wages Of these workers. Although the
first monthly benefits will not be pay
able until 1912, the workers in the COW
cred group who die or reach 65 years
OF age in 1887 or thereafter will be eli
gible for death settlements and lump
sum payments computed on the basis
of wages they received after December
81, 1886.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-16

The Union Label will do what the
N. r. A. tried to do.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-16

The Union Label guarantees Union
wages, hours and conditions.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

guilty in traffic court to violating
the antinoise ordinance and were
fined So each by Magistrate Au-
gust Dreyer. He warned that the
second offense fine would be SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Eund Eor sedItlonlsts

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.-More
than $4,000 as a defense fund for
the convicted seditionistS has been
collected by popular subscriptions.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

Everyday
COurteSieS
Paying for Phone e
Calls-S Sending
Gifts.
BY EMILY POST,

nEAR MRS. POST: The other day
- used Q neighbor's telephone to
make q long distance call. After fin
ishing, I asked the toll operator the
cost and left the amount at the tele-
phone. saw this neighbor this morn
ing and instead Of her usual friendly
greeting she brought me to task for
leaving the money. I was 50 taken
back with her unexpected reprimand
that I didn't know what to say except
that would certainly expect others to
pay for their toll calls were they made
in my house. Is it really considered
an insult to pay ones obligation in q
case Of this kind?
Answer: I think you were entirely
right. 1t Is very unreasonable to use
a neighbor's telephone for q long
tance call without doing exactly what
you did, unless. of course. the amount
was very trifiing. Even 50, you
wouldn't repeat q number of scent
calls many times.
DEAR MRS. POST: A dear friend
who is giving us party on our
wedding anniversary said that If
wished she would suggest to our friends
when she invites them that they con-
tribute toward dinner set for US, or.
If not a dinner set, she would suggest
that each one bring a present Of what
ever they choose. Do you think the
question of gifts should be brought up
at all?
Answer: 7 take it for granted that
the people invited are very intimate
friends and that the hostess is certain
that they will want to give you pres
ent. Under such circumstances, 1t
would not be out Of the way to have
her say to them, Lets club together
and give Mary a dinner set" The
others are free to tell her they would
rather not unless they really want to
agree to her plan.
- -
DEAR MRS. POST: A few weeks
ago sent Q pipe and several
pounds Of his favorite tobacco to an
elderly friend Of mine and in my hurry
sent the package without any card in
closed. Naturally I have not heard
anything from him and don't know
whether it would be better to call and
explain or to say nothing. feel sure
that he could have found out where
the present was from by telephoning
the store but perhaps this has not 90
CURED to him. And yet don't want
to run the risk of embarrassing him.
What would you do7
Answer: It seems to me that you
have put him in q very embarrassing
situation, to say nothing Of the nui-
sance to him In trying to solve it. In
fact, 1t may be impossible to solve If
you, for example. have no charge &C.
count or If, as could easily be the case,
he tore OF the wrapping and destroyed
It before he discovered there was no
card inside. If I were you, I would
ask him the next time I saw him
whether he liked the pipe and the to-
bacco you sent him.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-12

snow and the ice and the drawn blinds.
The trim little trees waved their white
crests gaily; the rivulets of ice shone
brilliantly in the morning sun; the
icicles returned sparkle for sparkle
and, dazzled with the dancing CLEANS,
the old woman stepped onto the
treacherous ice sheet before the door.
When she came to her senses, she
was lying in hospital bed. The doc
tors were shaking their heads and
working over a weighted contraption
that seemed to be about to pull her
hip bone from the socket. She was
dazed with pain and with sedatives;
she could only be conscious Of one
terrible fear -. Would she be crippled
for life? Would she ever work again?
What would happen to the family
that depended upon her for the daily
bread?"
When, after weeks and weeks Of
mental and physical torture, she ven-
tured to put this terror into the form
Of question, she learned that the
truth was bitterer than she had feared.
Because of the carelessness Of one
householder, she was doomed to life
long poverty and invalidism-and the
horror of seeing the actual suffering
of those she loved.
y + r
IT CAN happen to any of us. Icy
sidewalks and snowy steps are all
too common in Washington Winters.
We seem to feel that if we are on the
protected side Of snowstorm, with q
good thick wall between us and the
bitter winds, we have no worries or
responsibilities. Too few of us give
heed to the many who must brave the
elements for our comfort and for their
own livelihood.
Every one of us should take vow,
here and now, to keep our front door,
steps, our walks and our length of
sidewalk scrupulously clean and free
from ice this year. Sand is cheap and
effective; ashes are also good; ice cream
salt is best of all, for it dissolves all
the ice and leaves no treacherous lit
tie Jumps to twist an ankle. Put down
at the beginning of snowfall, it will
prevent the formation of ice beneath
the snow and thereby do away with
one of the greatest dangers to pedes-
trians.
And don't let's be so tough about
doing more than our share! If there
is a vacant house next door, and the
agent who has it for sale or rent does
not keep the sidewalks before it clean
let's do it ourselves! It isn't very
much more work, and as gesture for
the good of humanity it will win for
many Of us a place in the Book Of
Golden Deeds and blessings from those
that must pass our door on their way
to their daily labors!
Evening star., 1936-12-12
My Neighbor Says:

To glaze doughnuts. while they
are still warm dip In bowl in
which three tablespoons butter
have been mixed with four table,
spoons boiling water and one cup
sifted confectioner's sugar. Let
doughnuts dry on waxed paper.
To have lemons yield more Juice
and crate easily, drop in boiling
water to cover for one minute.
Scrape . bar Of pure white soap
into . powder; add one-half
pound almond. meal and one-half
pound oatmeal. Put q tablespoon
ful In each little cheesecloth bag
and use In place Of . wash cloth.
When ironing dresses, blouses
or jackets, have coat hangers in
the kitchen and slip the garment
on as It Is ironed. This prevents
any unnecessary folds or wrinkles
and after airing they are ready for
the closet with no further ham
ding.
tcopyrtsht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-12

| 4. One small red sweater. It's for
Nip. You know, he lives across the
street. He said he guessed you didn't
get his letter vast year. II you
bring 1t to my house, I'll take It
! over.
P S.-You can take OF my lead
and bring him the sweater instead.
He gets awful cold.
S. One lightweight dog blanket.
My measurement from the base of my
neck to my tail is % inches. The boss
always blankets me after I've had a
bath. CYou can forget that, too. If
you wish.)
s. One of those red boots with toys
in it. / know my people will think it's
awfully cute. They can play with the
boot and I'll take the rubber toys.
Please put In mouse that squeaks, a
bone that crackles when it's chewed
and rubber ball that jingles when I
bounce it. Make the ball one of the
"indestructible kind" I'd like to fool
'em by chewing it up
Z. A good meal and warm place to
stay for all stray dogs and cats.
Please don't tell any one I men,
toned this, Santa. I don't want any
of the fellows to think I'm a sissy.
I can beat any dog in this block or the
next block! But. Santa, If a dog or
cat has boss who loves him, that's
all he really wants. I guess after all
you had better take my presents to
some dog who hasn't any one to love
him. Just leave me the sweater for Nip
and put the bone in my mistress
stocking.
, Yours truly. PUPS.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.
DOG HOUSE.
Washington, D. G.

n n r. s. CLAUS.
M Dear Santa:
vV I take my pen in paw to
4 write you few lines. Hope
that it finds you well and ready to
get out.
want to explain about that collar
you left me last Christmas. As you
know, by checking over your books, I
chewed it up. I didn't mean to be a
bad dog. Since I didn't write you last
year you must have mistaken me for
the Pit Bull who lives down the street.
When I found that heavy, brass-fltted
collar In my sock I thought 1t was
something to chew on. The family
put 1t right on me and made me wear
1t all day. Honest, Santa, it just wore
me out.
Outside of the above, I've been a
good puppy all year. Here Is my list:
/. A big beef bone. I'd like to have
Q good-sized one that I can chew on
all day. The folks around my house
eat from the time they get up till they
60 to bed. They won't let me have
any candy cause it's not good for my
teeth. It makes me feel sort of left
out.
2. A small, round collar. I won't
tear this one up, dear Santa. You
see, I'm . small, long g-haired dog, so
my collar mustn't be too heavy. A
round one saves my coat. I'd like you
to make 1t plaid If it isn't asking too
much.
3. A strong, light lead. (My mis-
tress told me to put that in. To be
perfectly frank, don't care a bark
whether you bring 1t or not.)
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Dorothy Dix Says
Ill-Tempered Men Leave Nothing But
Misery in Their Wake.

as saying you didn't mean to kill some
one you stabbed. They are just as
badly hurt, or just as dead as II the
deed had been done purposely. Also,
high-tempered people always think
that they have wiped out a wrong by
saying they are sorry. They seem to
think that obliterates all memory Of
their unkindness from the mind Of
their victim.
But this does not happen. We all
know that in anger, as in wine, the
truth comes out. The high-tempered
say and do the mean things that are
in their minds when they let them
selves 60 in their hytserical outbursts,
and the husbands and wives who
have to stand for this sort Of treat
ment soon find their respect and their
love gone. Their marriages have none
Of the Joy and peace that they ex-
pected to find in them. I am not
denying that many high-tempered
people have many fine and noble
qualities, but they are poor matri-
monial material, and only the fool
hardy should risk marrying them.
DOROTHY DIX.
tcopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-12

are heirlooms: we call them grand
father clocks"
RUT how about watches? 1t is gen.
orally agreed that the first man
to make them was Peter Henlein, an
expert mechanic and locksmith of
Nuremberg, In Germany. About 1900,
shortly after Columbus discovered
America, he set himself to produce a
small pocket clock. For motive power
he introduced the main spring, and
with this as q basis produced little
clocks-"watches" as they came to be
known-which would fit in the pocket
or the purse.
We call an old-fashioned watch a
"turnip" because it is so thick; but
that is nothing compared to Peter
Henlein's products. They were almost
round, and when they were sold
throughout Europe they became
known as Nuremberg eggs" Soon
expert mechanicians in other coun-
tries were making them-strange-
looking devices, round or drum shaped,
with no crystal on the face and no
minute-hand, and Ginning appara-
tus to strike the hours. They became
the fashion for the wealthy. They
were not very accurate; people still
relied on sun dials for really correct
time; but they were valued as jewelry
and a watch has remained a Jewel
to this day.
Kings and queens owned them.
| Queen Elizabeth and her court selected
watches as modern women do their
hats-to match their various costumes.
They were often worn on q chain or
ribbon around the neck, the better
to display them. The jewelers. Of
the time outdid themselves in their
ornamentation. There were watches
inlaid with gems; watches with mar.
velously beautiful enameled painting,
or with cases covered with gold fill
gree work that is the envy Of modern
goldsmith. Still there was no very
high opinion of them as time-keepers.
Shakespeare takes a nasty dig at the
fair sex in Loves Labor Lost" when
he compares a woman TO
A German clock,
Still a-repairing, ever out Of frame,
And never going Alright, being a watch"
Watches were produced in all sorts
of fanciful designs, with cases shaped
like crosses or shells or mandolins.
A peculiar fashion was that Of a
watch-case shaped like a skull. to re-
mind the owner when he looked at it
that time was heeting and death was
drawing near. The lovely and un-
lucky Mary Queen of Scots had
skull-shaped watch, and in view Of
her death on the headsman's block
it was gruesomely appropriate. Cava-
liers had swords and poniards with
little watches set into the hilts. We
don't carry swords today-but We
drive motor-cars; and so we have
watches set into the knobs on auto
noble gear-shifts.
Something about the development
of the modern watch will be told in
the concluding article Of this series.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

4Wo " SAoSA'
Confound that wild duck! Food like
that Is guaranteed to break up man S
sleep and his digestion. Anyway-it
is melting outside, can hear the drip
from the roof. Thank the powers
that means no chains on the car to-
morrow"
He rolled over, trying to forget the
richness of the duck, and the Burgundy
that had accompanied it. After lit
tie time of misery he slept again.
RUT by o'clock the thermometer
- had dropped-and still was tend
Ing downward. Cold winds rose, with
. little moaning sound, and the air
grew sharp, and bitter. BY the time
that disguised sun had struggled
out Of a bed of clouds early in the
morning, the drip from the roof had
formed into long icicles of dazzling
beauty and the little rivulets on the
Font walk and the sidewalk had frozen
into black, deceptive surfaces that re-
dected the light of the rising sun with
. binding effect.
On her way to her work-toiling
ever the stove of some one who lay
snugly asleep in a warm, curtained
room-and Drawing the piercing cold,
an old, rather heavy woman, shuffled
along the street. In front of all the
other houses on this, lone of the best
residential Streets" fellow workers of
the masculine gender were busy with
shovels and ice cream salt, routing the
menace of ice and snow. They had
all been told the night before, when
the snow began to fall, to be out early
in the morning in case there should
be a freeze or an unprecedented fall,
to clear the street in front of the
house for those who must go about
On foot to their labors.
But in front of the very smart house
oil was deserted. There was only the
Evening star., 1936-12-12

AZ urSt q horizontal par, later q.
balance wheel or pendulum, and the
power was governed and applied q
little at time by device known as
an escapement, which alternately
caught and released some part Of the
mechanism. It Is the escapement in
Q watch or clock which does the tick
ing; it Is truly the heart of the time
piece.
We think Of Q clock as Ginning or
striking the hours, that Is what the
first clocks did-and usually nothing
else. Most Of them were simply me-
chanical devices for striking the bell
In q church steeple; they had no dial
at all. The word "clock" comes from
an old word meaning bell" and the
German word for bell is "glocke" to
this day. Later, dials were rugged up,
with moving hand showing the time
an idea taken from the ancient
Greek water clocks.
As time went on medieval craftsmen
developed clocks which were marvels
of mechanical ingenuity, if not of
accuracy. The famous clock of Stras-
bourg Cathedral is an example. 1t
was put up in 1852 and has been twice
rebuilt, each time with greater elab-
Grafton. It Is three stories high, and
stands against the cathedral wall
somewhat in the shape of great altar
with three towers. Among its move
ments are celestial globe showing
the positions Of the sun, moon and
stars, perpetual calendar, device
for predicting eclipses, and a process
sion Of figures representing the pagan
gods from whom the days Of the week
are named. There are devices for
showing the age and phases of the
moon and other astronomical events.
The hours are struck by a succession
Of automatic figures, and at the stroke
Of noon a cock. perched upon the
tower, flaps his wings, ruf1es his neck,
and crows three times. This clock
still exists and is working, but its chief
interest is that of a mechanical Curl
osity, for 1t keeps no better time than
an ordinary alarm clock.
4 4 r 4
RY 1900 chamber clocks, for use in
private homes, had become COM
mon, and. as they spread, the sun
dial had to yield its long supremacy
as the most important means of telling
time. These clocks were of the type
known as "bird-cage" clocks; they
were attached to the wall and driven
by weights hung on long chains.
In 1858 the Dutch astronomer Huy-
gems produced the first pendulum
clock, the pendulum being a means
to regulate the escapement-dt doesn't
make the clock go, as many people
suppose) This was a great step for
ward, and the type of clock developed,
with its tall case and swinging pendu-
lum, is familiar piece of furniture
in the Railways Of our homes today.
Many Of these pendulum Clocks were
made in the American colonies, or
imported from England and Holland
before the Revolution. To us they
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Have You Tried This?

During the Writer every house,
wife uses chopped meat fairly often.
To keep the meat fresh and appetiz-
ing in appearance, before putting it
in your refrigerator rub the inside of
the container with glycerine and the
meat will not dry out nor take on the
grayish discoloration which is some
times noted. The lid Of the container
should also be rubbed with the glyc-
crime, or If the meat is kept in lid
less receptacle piece Of waxed paper
rubbed with glycerine should be laid
over the meat to protect 1t.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

Christmas
something win brighten Q
hnd this particularly adaptable pattern
Like width
table, this
perfect serving table.
aid and what material
viii need s
pattern
Q
Evening star., 1936-12-12
\ EAR MISS DIX: The man I
am going to marry in the
near future has q very high

~ EAR MISS DIX: The man
am going to marry in the
near future has very high
- temper, which he has never
learned to control. After he has fared
up in a rage and said things to me
that cut to the quick he Is deeply
sorry for it. Can you give me any
advice in dealing with this problem?
s. J. p.
Answer-Only not to marry him
unless you have the patience Of JOB,
the meekneSs of GriSelda and sense
of humor that will enable you to laugh
at his tantrums instead Of being hurt
by them.
THE thing that counts most in max
ing or marring the happiness Of
a woman after she is married is her
husbands disposition. That is the
thing that she has to live with, day
in and day out, and that makes her
marriage for her q Paradise or hell
on earth. It isn't q mans moral prin-
ciples nor even his love for her that
make her glad or sorry she married
him. It is the way he treats her.
Personally, I consider a high tenn
per that q man has never learned to
control Just about the worst drawback
that he could have as husband. No
matter how much he loves his wife, 1t
will never keep him from abusing and
insulting her when he gets into rage.
It will never make him spare her feel
ings. She will always 60 in terror Of
saying or doing something unwittingly
that will rouse the devil in him. A
woman can get mighty tired Of walk
ing on eggs, thinking before she speaks
and having to gumshoe around mans
prejudices lest she bring on . scene.
or COURSE, high-tempered people
always claim that they do not
mean what they say in their furies,
which is just about as good an excuse
Evening star., 1936-12-12

ceased, little riv-
ers of water be-
gan meandering
down the neat
cement walk that
led from the side
walk to the front
door.
Upstairs t h c
master Of the
house woke. He
reached for the
light and looked
at the Ii t t ! e
enamel clock on
the table beside
the bed.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
SIDEWALKS MUST BE KEPT FREE FROM ICE AND SNOW
Up to the Individual
To See That All Danger
Is Promptly Eliminated
# There Is Vacant House Next Door, Il
Won't Hurt to Do Good Deed by
Cleaning Its Walk.
BY BETSY CASWELL.


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crystals
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Evening star., 1936-12-12
Original Timepieces
Wonderful Examples
Of Mechanical Skill
Some of Them, However, Were More Noted
for Their Display Quality Than for
Their Accuracy.
BY EUGENE GUILD.

n clocks that were set up in church bes and public buildings
IN the middle
scientifically
4 They a power source-usuay
indicating the time a
Evening star., 1936-12-12
Cooking Hint.

Apple pie viii have . new flavor II
you CRATE little orange rind into the
sugar and sprinkle over spples In
usual way.
Evening star., 1936-12-12

8 yards Of 35-inch material. Ribbon
for shoulder straps, 1 yard.
Every Barbara Bell Pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Barbara
Bell pattern book.