The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-10
Increased Social
Security Payments
Begins This Month
New Provision
Gives Benefits To
Workers. Families

w OTkeTS L dmIlIeS
The new Social Security act
signed into law the first of this
month by President Eisenhower
provides many significant i'm
provements in the Social Security
structure.
AT present some five million re-
tired persons are being carried on
she rolls Under the new laws both
the individual and couples will
receive higher monthly payments.
Effective with the September
check retired persons will get a
minimum increase Of SIS month.
The average payment to these
people is expected to go up TO
about S57 which is SIS more than
they now receive. The increase
is automatic and does not require
any action on the part OF bene-
ficiaries.
Future benefits vii 60 up con-
Siderably under new benefit form
ulaS For example. the maximum
payment for an individual will be
$l0850 as compared with S85 at
present. For couples the new
maximum is $16275, up from
$127 $50
To make the larger benefits
possible, the salary tax base will
climp from 50 900 to $4,000 a year,
effective January | This means
an individual earning $4,000 a
year will have to pay Sl2 more
in taxes starting next year. En-
ployers will pay the same addi-
tional amount for each Of their
workers. In the case Of the self
employed earning at least $4,000
the tax hike will be S18.
New Benefit
one particular provision makes
il possible for many survivors Of
deceased workers heretofore de-
MED benefits to begin to receive
them
The change referred to pro-
Vides that if workers who died
after June 30. 1910 and before
Sept ! 1850, had completed at
least quarters Of work under
Social Security at his death, he is
deemed to have been fully insured
Under the old rules it was neceS-
sary that he have from Z to Is
quarters to have been fully in
sured depending on the date Of
his death J w DinWiddie.
Lynchburg office manager, said
that the relaxing of the insured
requirement" Will make it pos
slble for certain survivors Of the
above described deceased work
er to qualify for benefits by fill
ing an application in September
or later This applies to widows
age SIS or over widows at any
age who have in their care chill
dren under Is who are unmar-
ried unmarried children who will
attain age 10 after September
1854; and parents who were de
pendent on the worker at the
time Of his death Dependent par
ents must file proof Of depend
ency before Sept ], 1856 but
would not become entitle to bene-
fits before attainment Of age IS.
The change makes possible only
those certain survivors, monthly
benefits mentioned above and
does not permit lump-sum pay
ments TO be made on the account
Of workers referred to in the
foregoing
Quarter Unchanged
There was no change in the
quarter of work 1t still means
that a worker must have been
paid $50 or more in wages for
work under Social Security in a
calendar quarter at any time from
Nov 1887 until his death
Mr.. Dinwiddie emphasized the
fact that an application must be
filed by qualified survivors and
that applications can be filed at
the district Office in Room BIT,
Post Office Building, Lynchburg,
or at Prince Edward county Court
House at 10 m, on the End or