The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-09-07

coverage" may be Immediately
eligible for monthly benefit pay
rnents. 1t has been estimated that
about 100000 old people in the
United States may qualify for
insurance payments under this
clause. Many aged persons may
now claim benefits even though
they have not been employed
long enough to qualify under the
former requirements. Mr.. You
mans said that this would affect
over 1000 aged persons in this
area who had once filed claims
for social security benefits but
had not at that time been able
to qualify. The GAINESVILLE social
security office has been review
ing records for several weeks to
screen as many as possible of
these persons and will send let
tiers notifying them that bene-
fits may now be payable if the
claim is renewed.
A new type of payment is
mothers insurance benefits.
These are monthly payments to
a mother who has in her care a
child entitled to monthly insur-
ance benefits. Separation or di-
vorce from the wage Garner does
not prevent the mothers receipt
of monthly benefits, provided
the wage Garner was furnishing
the greater part of her support.
This changes the former law
which did not permit payment
to wives who were divorced and
did not permit payment to the
wife of a retired Garner until
she reached age SIS. IF she has no
children under Is, she may now
receive benefits when her hus-
band retireS, even if she is under
IS.
The amount of the benefit
paid to dependent parents Tin
cases where the parents was de-
pendent on a deceased worker
and where no widow or child
can be entitled to benefits) was
raised from half the workers
benefit to three-fourths.
The benefits will continue to
be paid for in the same way
by payroll taxes on the workers
and employers involved-but
since self-employed as well as
employed persons are now cover
ed, new way of collecting part
of the taxes was called for. Self
employed persons will report
their annual earnings and pay
their special social security tax
1.-TWO and one-fourth percent
starting with 1851 when they
make their income tax returns
at the end of the year.
The law provides that en-
ployee and employer will each
pay one and one-half percent of
pay rolls thru 1853. Only the
first $4,000 of wages in year
will be taxed. This represents an
increase from the $4,000 wage
base which has been in effect
since 1887.
Self-employed people, who are
in effect both employee and en-
ployer, will pay two and one
fourth percent thru 1853 on the
first $4,000 of net self-employ-
ment income per year.
The new law gives wage cred
its of $3.50 per month toward old
age and survivors benefits for
military service in World War H.
computing all monthly benefits
These wages are to be used in
payable on the basis of veterans
wage records after 1949, wheth-
er the veteran died in service or
after discharge, and regardless
of whether pension or compen-
sation is paid by the Veterans
Administration.
Included in the social security
program for the first time, start
ing in January, 1851, are house
hold workers regularly employ
ed in private homes. Household
workers, including maids, cooks,
laundresseS, practical nurses,
gardeners, chauffeurs, ETC., will i
receive credit only for their cash |
wages, and will not be covered |
by the law at all unless they are
employed "a days or more and
their cash wages are at least $50
in a calendar quarter.
Regular farm workers includ-
ing household workers in farm
homes, will be covered by social
security beginning in JAM, 1851.
To be affected, the worker must |
be employed by one farm oper-
ator for a period of not less than
five months and those months
must fall within two calendar
quarters. After full three months
in the first quarter, the
must work for the |
same employer in the second
quarter not less than go days
with cash wages of at least $50
for work in that quarter. This
bars occasional or seasonal farm
workers and itinerant harvesters