The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-15
time for senate hearings and a
vote before next June.

I vote before next June.
{ Unless the ways and means commit
2 tee moves the bill, it won't move. |
: the house has sacred right to hav,
/ first whack at it.
Congressional Morass Is Only Hal
The Sad Tale: Every doctor in Amer
lea has received a pamphlet from
AMA's front, the Natl. Assn. of Phys
icians for the Extension of Medica
Service God bless 'eml) headed b,
John Pratt, Gannett alumnus. Pam
phlet, also sent newspapers editor!
and congressman, waves words like
socialism, totalitarianism, regimenta
tion, bureaucracy, etc. Second edi
ton: one million copies.
First edition ended with wake up
doctors of America to the regimenta
ton of your professioni" Second edi
ton. reaching further, said wake up
men of America, to the RECOMMENDATION
of businessn
Shrewdest new wrinkle in campaign
was to tell doctors-and their patients
NOT to write congressman now; sim
ply ask for copies of bill Gin order to
study its provisions"
Result: Hair of congressman and
their secretaries stood on end as re
quests flooded in, exhausting entire
printing, so that no copies are avail
hIa for 10 hor and otbar rro0raccivac
(Antitoxin may be obtained from
Committee of Physicians for Improve
ment of Medical Care, Inc. Doctor
John H. Peters, secretary, Yale Uni
versity, New Haven, Conn.,
Insurance companies attack is sim
| liar stressing also alleged weaknesses
of bills disability provisions, invasion
of business and, with private com
panies' administrative expenses aver
aging about 5000 charges that gov
eminent system would be more in
efficient
Quietest and most deadly attack is
being carried on, at taxpayers ex-
pense, by State Unemployment Com
pensation administrators, led by (God
save the markD Wisconsin's NC Di-
rector Paul Rauschenbush and his
wife, Elizabeth Brandeis.
Starting with old LaFollette-B Bran
deis horror of "bigness" and contral-
ization, Wisconsin crowd wrote into
original Social Security bill (1935)
elastic provisions for 81 varieties of
state NC laws permitting pooled or
plant reserves, merit rating, trick
gadgets for qualifying and disqualify-
ing insured employees for coverage
and benefits, that have resulted, in a
war of attrition carried on by Rausch-
enbush and business lobbyists, in
steady peryersion and deterioration of
state NC laws and administrative in
terpretations.
Lowest known point is recent Min
nesota amendment: If worker leaves
one employment (say, a non-essential
Industry, goes to another (perhaps
war job, is called back and re-
fuses, all his benefit rights earned in
the first employment are cancelled.
Penalties for voluntary quits have
been inserted in all state laws.
Theme song is balkanizing argu-
ments advanced by c of c, NAM and
Farm Bureau in campaign to shift
functions and power away from Wash
ington back to 4S states where domi-
nation by special interests is easier
and states can compete to degrate
such social legislation as is on the
books, thereby reducing the cost, the
protection, and the security.
Through state NC agencies, gov
errors and political machines are
lined up against the bill. Further
more, NC directors meet quarterly in
Washington, at government expense,
and work on congress to weaken fed
eral control over state agencies.
Wagner-M Bill Covers
All Workers in industry, commerce
Except RR workers protected by a
separate SYSTEM agriculture, domest-
ic service and non-profit institutions
Benefit payments are provided for I'M
employment, medical care, hospitali-
cation, and laboratory services; tenn
porary disability sickness, accident
and maternity; old age and perman-
ent disability; survivors benefits. Self
employed persons (farmers, small |
business men, professional persons) |
and employees of state and local gov
ernments electing to make compacts |
with Social Security Board are COW
cred for all benefits except unemploy |
ment and temporary disability.
Persons in military service now are
covered for unemployment benefits
for 26 weeks or, if funds are available,
for So weeks.
Entire social insurance system is to |
be under unified national standards
and administration.
What To Do About 1t: Mobilize the
100 million men, women and children
who would benefit by enactment of
bill; systematically develop, organize
and focus pressure on congress gener
ally and, particularly, on house ways
and means committee.
Give your congressman material
with which to educate himself on bill.
Don't put him on spot for yes or
no answer too early
ALL and CLIO are committed to all
out effort for enactment They have
and other ammunition.
Write them for it. Ask Senator Wag-