The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-29
Labor. Welfare. Tax Measures to Head
Proposal List In "a State Legislatures

Chicago 0LNS).-Changes in social
security and welfare laws including
bills to liberalize old age pensions and
unemployment compensation will lead
the list of proposed legislation to
come before the legislatures of A
states scheduled for regular sessions
in 1889, survey by the Council of
State Governments shows. The states
will also consider measures to finance
these new welfare proposals as we'll
as methods of supporting direct relief
needs.
The legislatures of 43 states will
convene during the first half Of Jan
uary, and the lawmakers Of Florida
are scheduled to meet in April.
Among the other proposals which
many of the states will consider are
those on labor, civil service, marriage
law revision, and increased state sup
port tor schools
Liberalized old age pensions will be
= Jposed in California, Minnesota,
Nevada, Vermont, Washington, Maine,
and Indiana, and possibly several
other states, the survey showed.
. Massachusetts will consider reducing
eligibility for pensions from 65 to 60
years, while Colorado and North Da-
kota, where S45 and $40 month pen
sions have been voted respectively,
will ponder methods of financing these
grants.
Wide Variety of Proposals
Bills to extend the coverage Of un-
employment compensation laws, the
survey indicates, will be proposed in
at least the states of New Hampshire,
Oklahoma and Vermont. The legis-
latures Of Connecticut, Colorado and
Vermont will consider improvement of
welfare facilities.
The survey shows that the legisla
tors are likely to consider a wide
variety of tax proposals. Sales tax
bills are indicated for Texas and Mas
sachusetts and possibly Nevada and
Oregon. Missouri legislators will
consider an increase in the state sales
tax from two to three per cent. Among
the other tax proposals are state in
come taxes in Maine and Connecti-
cut; business and occupation tax in
Colorado; and one-mill corporation
tax in New Jersey. The Colorado leg
islature will consider proposals to put
income tax revenues into the general
fund and to revise income tax rates.
Wage-Hour Bills Planned
Bills to reduce gasoline tax levies
are indicated for Oklahoma, Nebraska,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Most of the labor legislation will
consist of wage-hour proposals to
complement the Federal wage and
hour law, according to the survey.
Wage and hour bills are scheduled for
consideration in Connecticut, Califor-
MIA, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah,
and Vermont. Wisconsin will prob
ably consider revision of it's collective
bargaining law and Vermont the es-
tablishment of a state labor depart
ment. '
State civil service will be proposed
in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Iowa,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas,
the survey shows. Connecticut and
Michigan, which adopted the merit
system two years ago, will study re-
vision. Bills to strengthen existing
civil service laws are indicated for
Massachusetts and Colorado.
School Bills in 10 States
Bills requiring pre-marital physical
examinations are scheduled for con-
sideration in seven states-lndiana,
Iowa, Maine, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia
and Vermont. Ten states now have
such laws.
Proposals for state support of pub
lie schools will come before the leg
islatures of Connecticut, Florida,
Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, North Da
kota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, and
Washington. In most states where
stats support Of schools will be CON
sidered, the object will be to equallze