The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-22

218 signers to take the Dill from the
committee and bring 1t up on the
floor for q vote. As a general pro-
position this method Is not to be
commended bat there are times
when exceptions are justified and
i feel that this Is such a time.
Better Weather In Prospect
The U. s. Weather Bureau re-
ports that all indications point to
a much better rainfall during the
next Is to 40 years which will be
good news to everyone as the dry
cycle from which we are just emer-
ging has been long and costly.
While the Weather Bureau has not
yet perfected long range fore
casting plan they hope that the
day is not far off when they win
be able to foretell weather condi-
tions, especially rainfall, for sever
al decades-possibly as high as SO
years. IF this becomes a reality it
will remove the biggest single ele-
ment Of chance In farming.
Action Near On Old Age Pensions
Thirty-two representatives re-
Gently addressed a letter to the
Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee requesting a hearing on
II. r. 4199, introduced by Represen-
tative Crosby of Pennsylvania. This
measure Is the one favored by the
Townsend folio vers. When the pro-
posal to hold hearings on all old
age pension bias came before the
committee, H. X. 4199 was denied
a hearing on a strictly party vote,
the Republican members of the
Committee voting for and the
Democrats against holding such
hearings. The Committee adjourned
without deciding whether to hold
hearings on any of the other old
age pension bills. BY the time this
letter appears in print thirty days
will have elapsed since the Con-
merry old age pension bill, under
which the federal government
would pay $500 for every dollar
paid by the state, allowing a max
imum pension Of $45 per month for
each individual, was introduced in
the House and It Is our intention to
present a discharge petition so that
it may be brought up on the floor
before May 18th. 1t is quite general
ly believed that the President
would sign this bill. Pensions
should be adequate to give reason
able security and the law should
be made mandatory that the recip-
tents withdraw from gainful en-
ployment. Only within the last two
or three days my attention has
been called to the case of an old
pensioner who fas taken a job with
the Inland Waterways Corporation
at a substantial salary. That is
neither right ror fair. One of the
purposes in providing old age Sc
curity is to compel the retirement
Of the pensione- so as to make
place for a younger person. That is
the purpose of the Connery bill,
and also Of the Crosby bill.
coast Guard Academy
Examinations
Again I wan- to remind young
men who are Interested, that an
examination for entrance to the
Coast Guard Academy, which is
about like the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, will be held in st. Paul
on June 9th. The age limit is from
II to % years and the requirement
for entrance Is a high school edu-
cation and q sound body. Any
young man wishing to take this ex-
animation may do so by writing
Immediately to the Commandant,
U. 8. Coast Guard, Washington, D.
C. or to me. The Coast Guard Aca-
denny Is located at New London,
Connecticut, and maintains the
same scholastic standards as does
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.