The people's voice., 1950-01-20

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istered entirely by the federal gov
ernment. These are: old age and sur
vivors insurance, food and drug reg
ulation, Federal credit unions, and
federal employees compensation"
A summary of FSA activities in
Montana shows the following break
down for the fiscal year 1948-1949:
Social Security Administration
Of a total of $23,149,30 of Fed
eral money paid to the states in the
fiscal year 1948-49 for health and
children, Montana received approx
mately $125,60O.
Of this sum 121, 500 was to help
the State build up its maternal and
child health, crippled children's and
child welfare programs. The remand
er, $4,100, was paid to the State
mainly for doctor and hospital bills
incurred in Hquidating the wartime
care program.
These programs are administered
by state agencies under plans ap-
proved by the Children's Bureau,
Social Security Administration.
Under the Social Security Act,
federal funds are also made available
to help states finance approved plans
for public assistance. Federal grants
to Montana for assistance to depend
ent children, the needy aged and the
blind were as follows for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1949: aid TO
dependent children, 825, 900; old-age
assistance, $3,554, 900; and aid to the
needy blind, $4,000.
The number of Montana recipients
under the three State-Federal as
sistance programs in June 1949
We're: aid to dependent children,
5,447 in 2,120 families; old-age as
sistance, II, ,128; and aid to the needy
blind, 479.
By June 80, 1949 7,746 residents
of Montana were receiving monthly
, payments under the Federal sys-
, tenn of old-age and survivors in
! surance at rate of 1852, 442. This
! program provides a monthly income
for workers in private industry and
commerce and their families when
the worker retires at age SIS or later
and for his family when he dies.
Monthly benefits certified for pay.
nent to retired workers, their wives
and their dependent children in Mon
tana during the fiscal year 1948-49
amounted to SILICA, 900. Monthly
payments went to children, widowed
mothers, aged widows, and aged par
! ents of deceased workers. In addition,
lump-sum payments totaling $104,-
900 were made to survivors who were
not Immediately eligible for monthly
benefits.
Under another program of the
Social Security Administration, there
were on June 80, 1949, 80 Federal
credit unions in Montana with 8,2E
members. Federal credit unions are
cooperative associations promoting
systematic savings and making small
consumer-type loans to members. The
39 Federal credit unions in Montana
had total savings of $1,064, ,406, of
which, $851,882 represented out
standing loans. Formed by groups of
industrial employees, teachers, gov
ernment workers, religious organiza-
tions, labor unions, farmers organi-
cations, lodges and residential groups,
these associations are chartered, sup
ervised, and examined by the Bureau
of Federal Credit Unions. AS of June
80, 1949 there were 4,301 Federal
credit unions in the United States
with IL million members.
Public Health Service
General health funds amounting
to $55, 600 were paid out of the Fed
eral Treasury to help Montana build
up and maintain its local health de-
partments, control communicable dis
eases, improve sanitation, and carry
on health education, demonstrations,
personnel training, and other general
public health services including in
dustrial hygiene and cancer control
Montana received $4,000 to carry
out effective measures for the pre-
vention, treatment and control of
in Montana. An import
and part of T.B. work, the making
of mass X-ray surveys to discover the
disease in it's early remediable stages,
was made possible through grants-in-