Evening star., 1939-10-29
Ry the Associated Pres&.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ga
new and far-reaching "$30-every-
Thursday" pension plan, hailed by
its sponsors as economic salvation
for all and denounced by its oppo-
nents as a setup for a dictatorship
that would wreck the State, will be
submitted to California voters No.
vember 7.
1t embraces provisions for sweep
Ing economic changes.
AS the special election campaign
drew toward close, Willis Allen,
director of the movement, publicly
stated it was not a pension plan at
all, but an economic measure de-
signed to give more goods to more
people without taking anything
from any one.
Besides giving pension warrants
TO all California citizens over so
who are neither employees nor en-
ployers, the plan would make the
State responsible for the equitable
distribution of goods and services.
Curb of Surpluses Forbidden.
1t would outlaw all forms of delib-
crate production curtailment, pre-
vent destruction of surpluses and re-
quire industry to produce freely as
long as there existed any need for
goods.
Opponents charged this phase of
the plan would even deny the right
Of workers to strike.
1t would superimpose a new finan-
cial and taxation system upon the
one already in operation. Its foes
said this system would hold greater
monetary power than any other
financial system outside of Nazi
Germany.
The distribution of relief by pri-
vate charitable agencies would be
declared contrary to State policy
This would concern such agencies as
the Salvation Army and the Com
munity Chest.
1t would confer extensive powers
upon an administrator"
He would control the issuance and
redemption of hundreds of millions
in pension warrants. He would
head Statewide banking system
which would act as a clearing house
for pension funds.
The State and all its agencies, as
well as cities and counties, would
have to deposit their cash in this
bank. The total of these accounts
usually stands between $3.50 ,O0O, 900
and s70OO00,0O0.
Would Tax Incomes.
The administrator also would hold
sway over tax commission" of his
own choosing. This commission
would collect levy of per cent
on all gross cash incomes, corporate
and individual, over $4,000 annually.
Interstate transactions, which make
up about one-third of the States
business, would be exempt.
Power to propose changes in the
plan and to call special elections for
their popular rejection or ratifca-
ton would be vested in the admin
istrator.
He and all his subordinates would
exercise powers directly conferred
by the Constitution. BY specific
provision they would be beyond the
reach of the courts, the Governor,
the Legislature and all other Gus
tomary check and balance" fac
tors excepting recall by the people.
If the administrator were re-
called, his chief deputy would sue
ceed him.
Basically the plan is the same as
the one defeated at the polls by a
comparatively narrow margin last
year. The vote then was 1,143,67O
for and 1893 ,999 against.
This new article, proposed as an
addition to the State constitution.
Is backed by CRAVING army of men
and women who contributed their
pennies to an organization which
has campaigned for the measure on
q gigantic scale
Membership Believed Doubled.
Since its defeat last year the Re-
tirement Life Payments Association,
sponsor of the plan, claims to have
almost doubled its active member
ship to 10000 total. Each men,
Der contributes l cent a day. The
organization recently reported cur
rent campaign expenditures of $457,-
1880. The two major anti-ham-
and-eggs organizations said they
spent s137.442.
The Thirty Thursday" army has
eampaigned under the slogan, Ham
and Eggs for Californians," to the
tune of THE Battle Hymn Of the