The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-12
Interest of Men
(Continued From Pdoe Onej

Inc CHlTu SCep Is Cne paying OF tilt
money upon death or upon reaching
the age of 65. Until 1912 all pay
ments will be made in lump sum. Al
the present time $700O0 a day is be-
ing paid out by the Board.
Because of the need for absolutel!
accurate information, this inform
alton is strictly confidential, stated
Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Faulhaber, the next speaker
warned all his listeners against hav
ing more than one account number
Anyone having two should report the
two numbers so one can be cancelled
This will eliminate miles of red tape
when the time comes to collect He
also urged the people to remembe1
that in case an account number ha:
been lost, a duplicate should be asked
for, not a new one. Mr. Faulhabel
stated that the usual time taken il
honoring a claim is from three to foul
weeks in case of death and seven tt
ten days when the claimant has reach
ed the age of 65.
Anyone wishing information on any
phase of the act can contact Mr.
Faulhaber in the basement Of the Eas
Liverpool postoftice every other Tues
day. The postmaster or clerks will be
able to tell you the exact dates Mr.
Faulhaber will be in East Liverpool
Unemployment Compensation il
Ohio was explained by Richard Dick
son of the Cleveland Office of the I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion. He stated that 100000 EN-
ployes were covered by $4,000 en-
ployers.
To be eligible for compensation, al
employe must have worked for an en-
ployer who,is paying to the commits
sion on his workmen Gall employers
with three or more employees must
pay a total Of twenty weeks in the
past year. A part Of a day in any
one week constitutes week. He must
also be out of work the past three
weeks before payments start.
To register for payments, the en-
ploye must have an Identification card
an account number and form 406 witt
him. Form 4O6 contains name, ad
dress, Social Security number, last
day worked, amount of wages in pre-
vious quarter, average weekly wage
and a reason for being out of work
For total unemployment, benefits start
the fourth week. The amount is 50%
of the average weekly wage with g
maximum Of $500 and not more thar
$240 in any one benefit year A benefit
year begins with the first day of the
fourth week and continues for 81
weeks.
If the reason for being out Of work
is quitting on the part of the employe
or discharge with reasonable cause
thoroughly checked by commission.
ers), the waiting period is six weeks
resulting in three weeks lost benefits
Under partial unemployment, any.
one working less than COZ of the
time is entitled to benefits. The wait.
ing time and the payments are some
what more complicated and should be
learned first hand from field repre-.
sentative.
Mr.. Doyle of the West Virginia I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion stated that the laws of his state
are similar to those already explained
by Mr.. Dickinson. There is but a two
week waiting period, however, and the
maximum payment is $500 for Il
weeks in any one year. This, he said
they hope to have changed
Calling Ohio the birthplace Of Sc
curity," and the Social Security Act
the greatest peacetimc Legislature
ever created, =. ID. Fahnestock, in
formational service representative OF
the Board in Cleveland, told his list.
eners that $4,000 aged in Ohio were
receiving $23.CO "a month and that
one-half Of this amount was being
paid by Social Security.
He also explained that if the head
of a family dies, leaving widow and
children, Social Security is of the
opinion that the woman should not
have to work, but should raise her
children. The Act aids the family .un-
til the children can support it. He
stated II GOO mothers and 81 l,C0C
children are being aided in Ohio, while
1900 blind are being paid $4,000 OF
more per month by Social Security
At the beginning and in the middle
Of the program, a talkie and Oaks
Accordian Acorns held the attention
of the crowd. The first motion pic
ture, "Crossing the Line" showed
what it called "thc lucky bluejackets'
of Uncle Sans navy having a gay
time in foreign ports and having fun
on the football and baseball fields as
we'll as in the boxing ring. The sec
ond, "Today's Frontiers,' was eX-
ceptionally fine explanations of the
workings Of three cases of the un-
employed compensation division OF
the Social Security Act.
Thomas Cartwright, president of
Trades and Labor Council, acted as
chairman.