Evening star., 1938-12-09
Additional 100000
On Security Rolls.
Urged by Council +.
May Request Beginning
Of Age Payments by
January ], 1910
Ry the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
The Social Security Advisory
Council will recommend to Congress
and the President this week end
early extension of the Federal old
age insurance system to at least
$500 900 more workers.
Probably they also will advocate
beginning insurance payments jan
uary /, 1910, instead of January l,
1912.
These intentions were disclosed by
informed persons today just before
the council met at 9:30 am to COM
plete plans for revising the social
security program along more liberal
lines.
No recommendation for changing
the insurance reserve system, target
Of much Republican criticism. were
In prospect. Nor was there any
likelihood that the recent months OF
political discussion of old-age pen
slons would bring any official sug-
gestion for upward revision of pay
ments.
Certain Congressional Battle.
Thus the councils program is GER
tain to be under heavy fire in Con-
gress. Both Republicans and advo-
Gates of bigger pensions have served
notice that they intend to put up a
stiff struggle for their own ideas on
| providing for Americas aged.
The council is expected to COM
plete its work either tomorrow or
Sunday. After Congress meets in
January, Mr.. Roosevelt may send up
a message urging adoption of the
| recommendations.
The start of old-age insurance
payments originally was fixed for
1912 in order to give persons nearing
IS time to build up wage credits on
which they will draw monthly checks.
The councils proposal to alter the
| date may include corrollary recon-
mendations for permitting workers
to continue earning wage credits be-
yond "a in order to increase their
| pension payments. AS the law is
written now, wages earned after IS
cannot be counted toward old-age
| insurance
To Blanket in 1000, 900.
Authorities say the council al
ready has virtually agreed to
blanket in about 2,OOO, 900 persons
employed by non-profit institutions,
such as charitable and religious or
CARNATIONS, along with 100000 sea-
men and 100000 bank workers.
The council also may recommend
eventual coverage of an estimated
5000 900 farm laborers and domestic
servants. Because of expected ad-
ministrative difficulties, however,
this proposal probably would not be-
come effective until 1910 or l941.
If Congress approves this expan-
sion, it must work out some system
for collecting taxes from small farm
ers and housewives. The consensus
among the Federal social security
experts is that stamp tax would
be the most workable collection
method. but there is widespread
doubt that 1t would meet with much
approval among those who would
have to use it,
Favor Voluntary Participation.
Another large group to which ad-
mlnistration experts have considered
extending social security is the self
employed-farmers, small shopkeep.
ers, and the like. They question that
these persons should be arbitrarily
compelled to participate, and some
favor voluntary participation for
them.
| Monthly payments may be sug-
gested for the widows of participat-
ing workers who die before reaching
IS. The law now calls for lump-su
payments of accrued insurance in
event of death.