The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15

and disregard Of 1885 campaign
promises anent old age assist
ance." The state attorney general
has been asked for an opinion
anent sufficiency Of the charges.
Said the senator today:
There are two factions among
the people I've emphatically never
been for. First, there are those
who deliberately and mahciously
are misleading the old folks. Sec
ond, there are those who make un-
fair and untrue statements with
the hope Of making votes for
themselves in future
"Inasmuch," PercivAl went
on. "as I have been receiving
unsigned postal cards warning
me that recall petitions al
ready were In circulation. and
innsmuch ~ other Pierce
county senators. who voted
just NJ I did. have received
similar cards tbut about my
proposed recall. not theirsD, 1
am convinced the recall back
err are acting from purely
personal motives.
III this were not so. all who
voted a. I did would have been
treated in the same manner, IL
seems 10 me.
Fought fcs Pensions
I've always been for old age
pensions" Percival declared, and
/ have stood up and fought for
them, but there must be instituted
q federal pensions system, with the
necessary financial set-up. If the
bill Is to be paid. The state can
not now bear the burden some
seem to think II should"
Percival today made public a
pensions memorandum to the
governor" received by Martin from
Richard NJ. Neustadt, regional d.
rector. social security board, whose
headquarters Is at San Francisco.
The memorandum, with the por-
tons underlined by Percival print
ed in capital letters, follows:
"You have asked me 10 give
you = further statement clar-
flying Misunderstanding that
have arisen In your state over
the question Of legal respon-
sibihty Of relatives for the
care Of their dependents.
q The expressions that have been
made to the governor by the chair
man Of the social security board
can be supplemented only by fur
Their Qualification of the whole his
tory Of the relations between the
state and the federal government.
AS respecting the public assistance
legislation enacted by the state to
be in conformity with TITLES I,
~. and X OF THE SOCIAL Sc
CURITY ACT.~ ..
1.-THE grants made by the fed
eral government to the
states under these categories re-
quire that the aid given to people
in the state under q state plan
must be on the basis of INDIVID-
UAL NEED.
"9-And further, that In the
4 determination Of need, =
METHOD for determination,
state plan MUST PROVIDE A
not only Of the income Of an
individual applicant hut also
resources available Ia him
from RELATIVES and FROM
ANY OTHER SOURCE. II
II immaterial whether these
resources are available ~
result Of legal obligations or
by way Of gift;
"o-The federal government. does
, not attempt to dictate to the
state the degree Of legal liability
Of relatives or the method of the
fixing of family responsibility.
BUT IT is A CONDITION TO
FEDERAL GRANTS
in aid that the states definition
Of need must be reasonable, and,
MUST include as a re-
source Of the applicant support
available from RELATIVES. The
intent of congress in enacting the
public assistance titles OF the
social security act was that Chill
DREN AND OTHER RELA-
who are able to do so,
should support their dependents.