The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
The
HOME TOWN
REPORTER
Washington
GEllll I5'!3I 3I!| 21ll3,1s13
This Concerns Every Citizen


~ stage upon which events Of
national and International moment
crowd themselves with lightning
rapidity and with Kaleidoscope
clarity. They are events and pro.
posals which have ramiications af-
fecting the lives and d~estinies. one
way or another. not only Of our own
people in the cities and hometowns
in America, but Of people every
where.
And we criticize our congressman
. grippe at our governmental agen-
cies freely and often, but, as a mat
ter of fact, it is amazing that with
the quickening and increasing
tempo of affairs here. the men
and women in government keep
abreast of the times and the respon-
sibilities with which they are faced
as well as they do.
Just within the last few days . d.
Victory for the Reciprocal Trade ex-
S~AAoiOAl III IlS lOuoC anu Abo uC1Cos
by a senate committee the
overwhelming vote of confidence in
world cooperation by the house
action of Breton Woods . . the
streamlining plans for the veter-
ans administration by General
Bradley the Presidents vic
tory in the Russian empasse at San
Francisco the Truman pro-
posal for temporary unemployment
compensation during the recover
sion era the modernization Of
the governmental set-up as planned
the Neutrality-suspicious.
full-time employment bill . all
these r a few examples. And now
the Wagner : Murray : Dingle bill
which will affect the lives of ev-
cry man, woma and child in every
hometown and rural community in
America.
It completely overhauls, enlarges
and ~federaliZes the present social Sc
curity law, bringing under its pro-
visions an additional Is, 600, 900 farm
ers, farm laborers, domestic en-
ployees, small merchants, profess
sional men and women, seamen and
employees of non-proft organiza-
tons.
BILLIONS INVOLVED
The new measure, a bulky, 1885,
page document, carries with it ap-
preparations which will run into bill
lions of dollars. The section on hos
pitfalls and health centers alone calls
for $3.50, 900, 900 over a 10-year
period. That it will meet with deter
mined opposition is a foregone con-
clusion, for it attempts to national
ize all provisions of the present
act, except medical and public as
sistance, taking over old age and
survivors insurance and unemploy-
ment compensation from the states
and placing those features ex-
clusively in the hands of the fed
eral government.
Rates to employers are increased
from the average of 3A per cent
they are now paying to 4 per cent to
finance all the insurance features,
and employees would pay approx
mately 8 per cent more than they
are paying under the present law
but r given greatly expanded pro-
lection.
The farmer is entitled to all the
provisions Of the bill except IN
employment compensation and tenn
porary disability insurance. He
would get medical aid, old age and
survivors insurance and disability
insurance for which he would pay
5 per cent on his net income up to
$1,000. He would make his payments
quarterly or semi-annually. If the
farmer has a hired hand. he would
deduct 5 per cent of his net income
for transmissal to the government,
and records would be kept through
the use of stamps to be issued for
the purpose, eliminating any book
keeping.
The same method would be used
by the small business man. He would
pay on his net income up to $500
at the same rate, and if he has one
or more employees not now receiv-
ing benefits of the social security
law, he would deduct their percent
ages and issue stamps to the en-
ployees to eliminate bookkeeping.
In some states from one to eight
employees are not nov covered by
the social security law.
DOMESTIC HELP AIDED.
Domestic help would come under
the same provisions. If you have a
maid, a cook, a washwoman, you
would deduct the proper percentage
from her pay on payday and pre-
sent her with stamps for her book
issued for the purpose. professional
men such as doctors. lawyers, den
lists, veterinarians etc., also be.
come eligible for the benefits under
the law with a cost of 5 per cent
on net income up to $1,000.
Briefly, the provisions Of the new
bill provide:
/. A program of federal
grants and loans for construc-
finn af hoSnitaIc md health con-