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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08

basis, and plot to lay the ground
work for future abolition of the en-
tire social security system
The flaw in the scheme, accord
ing to the experts, lies in the fact
that the present social security
fund would shortly be bankrupt by
the payment of benefits to all re-
tired persons over SIS who had made
no contributions to the fund.
Further, they said, present pay
ments to needy aged not covered by
social security are now made from
the general revenue funds of the
Treasury which are collected, for the
most part, on the basis of ability to
pay.
Abolition of those payments and
the substitution for them of social Sc
curity benefits out of a trust fund
built up by payroll taxes would re-
suit in shifting the billion dollar a
year burden from income taxes to
payroll taxes.
Curtis admitted the presented So
cial security trust fund of about $40
billion would be inadequate to meet
the burden but said that if higher
taxes are needed in the future "Con-
gress should face up to that response
bility"
The result will be, experts said,
that in few years foes of social Sc
curity will be able to claim that the
whole social security system is I'M
sound and should be replaced by a
pay = as you go" system. Benefits
would then become subject to the
Yhim of each Congress and the in
urance feature of the program would
oe abolished.
"The Curtis proposal" one ex-
'ert said, sis exactly the same as a
made by an INSCRIPTIONS in
Urance salesman who offers to sell |
-ou a wonderful life insurance policy |
It very low premium. It's wonderful
ntil your widow comes to collect on
he policy and they you find that the
money just isn't there to pay for it. "
Another pointed out that if Rep.
Curtis gets away with breaking the
government moral obligations to
persons presently covered by the
social security law there will be
nothing to prevent similar breech
of faith with holders of veterans
/ n S r a policies, government
bonds, and similar obligations
CIO-PAC.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08

that on trial in the Ell Paso court
room Twill be Jencks' record in fight
ing for the improved wages and work
ing conditions of our members in the
Southwest, his record in combating
discrimination of many kinds against
MeXican-American workers and their
families, his record in speaking out
for world at peace"
eve find nothing in that record to
Justify prison sentence" the Board
statement said. "On the contrary, we
find it record of which any self
respecting American can be proud"
The Board reaffirmed the determi-
nation already unanimously express
ed by our Union in Convention, to
fight all the way to the u S. Supreme
Court, if necessary, to assure the
freedom of Brother Jencks."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
BANkRUPTING SOCIAL SECURITY
fund, aim OF CURTIS PROPOSAL

Drastic revision of the Social Sc
curity system upon which millions of
older people depend for their eco
nomic security has been proposed by
Rep. Carl Curtis (R-Neb.) Curtis
heads special House subcommittee
which has been studying the social
security system for the past few
months.
The Curtis proposal, made public
recently, calls for the payment of
social security benefits to almost all
retired persons over IS, the inclusion
of all persons under 65 in the social
security system, abolition of the fed
eral program of direct welfare grants
to needy aged, easing of retirement
tests, and raising minimum payments
from $25 to $45 a month.
Social security premiums would go
to 2%o as scheduled and apply to earn
ings up to $4,000 a year.
Curtis presented his proposal to
President Eisenhower two weeks ago,
it was reported, and has also pre-
scented it Rep. Daniel Reed (R-N.Y.)
chairman of the House ways and
means committee, which handles So
cial security legislation.
Socia security experts were
prompt and vigorous in their denun-
citation of the Curtis proposal. They
termed it a scheme to wreck the So
cial security reserve fund, a device
to shift the tax burden from an
ability-to-pay basis to a sales tax
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08

labor law intact. The Republican can.
! didate for President said he recog.
nized it's inequalities and promised
amendment.
Performance: No change in that
law.
Promise: Statehood for Hawaii and
Alaska.
Performance: Nothing.
Promise: A change in our perma-
nent immigration laws to liberalize
them and remove the inequities and
unfairness thereof.
Performance: No change. e
temporary Refugee immigration Act
to admit 217,000 immigrants over a
3-year period was part of the Demo-
cratic program and was enacted only
because of Democratic support.
Promise: To conserve the natural
resources of the nation.
Performance: Submerged oil lands
given away. This was promised by
the Republican candidate and he was
supported by southern Democrats who
campaigned for reelection on that
pledge. Public power, IVA, Acc, and
soil conservation programs Quilted.
Rubber plants ordered sold, RFC as
sets, including defense plants, or
dered disposed of
Promise: Encouragement and i'm
provement of health and education
programs.
Performance: Cutting the budget
for these programs.
Promise: A comprehensive civil
rights program.
Performance: Nothing.
Changes that We got even though
not promised:
L. Hard money, that is, money that
is harder to get.
2. Higher interest rates on gov
eminent bonds, thus increasing the
cost of government and the burden
IF the taxpayer; higher rates on mort
cages; higher rates on consumers fl
nancing; higher rates on veterans
loans; higher rates on business loans;
higher rates on state and municipal
loans; higher rates on farmers loans;
higher rates on auto loans.
3. Depreciation of government
bonds, some are selling as low as 90
cents on the dollar.
4. Destruction of the public-hous-
ng program.
5. Impairment of the morale of
:ivil service employees by executive
'rders emasculating the merit sys-
EN-.
Decrease in veterans benefits. -
NATIONAL GUARDIAN.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
Veterans Holding Govt.
Policies TO Get Dividend

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Vet
Grams Administration will pay out
$3.50 in the next year in dividends
on some million National Service
Life Insurance policies.
Payments ranging up to $50 will
begin going out about go days after
the anniversary date of each policy.
Veterans less than 40 years old will
collect at the rate of SO cents a month
for each $1,000 of insurance for the
year preceding the anniversary date.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
Checklist of the First Session of the SD Congress
PROMISE v. PERFORMANCE 50 THE
COP. RECORD TO DATE

Rep. Abraham Multer (D-N.Y.)
has listed the Republicans record
since Jan. 20, 1858, compared with
what they promised the voters dur
ing the campaign of 1852. The list,
as printed in the Congressional Rec
ord, follows:
Promise: A balanced budget.
Performance: M ore unbalanced
than when the Republicans took over.
Promise: Reduce taxes.
Performance: Increased by extend
ing taxes due to expire.
Promise: A stabilized economy by
reduction of prices and cost of liv-
ing.
Performance: Higher prices to the
consumer, higher costs to the home
buyer, higher rents to the tenant and
lower prices to the farmer.
Promise: Reduce the national debt.
Performance: An attempt to in
crease it, prevented by an almost sol
id Democratic opposition in the Sen
ate. 1t passed the House with "a per
cent of the Republicans voting for
it and 81 per cent of the Democrats
opposed.
Promise: A new foreign policy.
Precisely what changes we were to
expect were never told.
Performance: Absolutely no change
in policy. The change in Admins
tration, however, is driving our
friends and allies further and further
away from US.
Promise: A new farm policy.
Performance: No change in policy.
A change in Administrator that has
the farmer who has vot-
ed 10 to 1 to continue the old policy. |
Promise: A new tax program.
Performance: None presented. The |
only change is the reduction in indi- |
vidual income taxes effective Janu-
airy 1854, pursuant to law enacted |
by the last Democratic Congress and |
signed by the Democratic President.
However, Mr.. Taxpayer, do not spend !
that saving. The next session of this |
Congress may take it !
away from you. They are even now
US with a federal sales
tax.
Promise: The Republican party
promised to keep the Taft-Hartley
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
Credit Union Grows Quickly

ST. LOUIS = How quickly = and
profitably-a credit union can grow
was demonstrated by one members
of Local 655, AFL Retail Clerks,
formed. After being in existence 10
days short of 8 months, it declares
a dividend of 31a% it had 12O
shareholders with more than $4,000
in deposits, and had made loans total
ing $8,4OO at big savings to members.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
MEANY Flags
PLAN TO ALTER
SIS. PROGRAM

WASHINGTON - ALL President
George Meany said Wednesday dec.
30) the plan of Rep. Curtis (R-Neb.)
to revamp the social security system
is "the most morally dishonest pro-
posal to come from person in po-
sition of public trust in many years.
Meany said the Curtis plan would
provide blanket paid up insurance
coverage'' to millions of aged, widows
and dependent children out of funds
contributed for years by other per-
sons for their own and their families
security.
At present, the social security sys-
TEN has two main parts:
/. The old age and survivors in
surance system, financed by taxes on
employees wages and employers pay
rolls.
2. The system of non-contributory
benefits to needy aged, needy chill
dren, etc. The federal government
makes grants to help finance this
program, which is administered by
states and local governments. These
grants are made from general tax
revenues.
Curtis said Tuesday he would in
troduce legislation to make 6,124,000
more persons eligible for benefits
under the first system, to abolish the
federal grants to the states under
the second system and to leave sup
Elementary relief aid to the states.
Meany classed the Curtis pro-
posal as plan Ito raid the social
security trust funds as a source
of handouts.
The AFL chief said his labor or
ganization long favored extended So
cial security coverage but not with
funds reserved for those already COW
cred.
"The problem of the present aged
who can not qualify for insurance
benefits because they never contrib
uted would not confront us today if
Congress adopted all our recommend
atoms for extension in the past"
Meany said.
congressman Curtis must ac-
cept large share of the blame for
the failure of Congress to do so.
In the 80th Congress he voted to
remove three quarters of million
persons from the Old Age and Sur
vivors' Insurance rolls"
Meany said 'the only fair and hon
,st method" of providing old age
payments to people now over 65 years
# age and who never contributed
o the social security system is to
,ay their benefit out of Treasury
unds, as now is done.
"To provide them with blanket
etroactive paid up insurance COW
rage by shifting the tax burden to S,
he trust fund and the payroll deduc-
ions which support the fund would
e, not merely dishonest, but disas- I
rous to the financial integrity, OF
he social insurance system and, in
he long ruin, to the future security
f every American" Meany said {
-REAT FALLS TRIBUNE. J.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
MINE mill EXECUTIVE BOARD REAFFIRNS ITS BELIEF
In INNOCENCE OF UNION ORGANIZER

DENVER Executive Board
of the international Union of Mine,
Mill and Shelter Workers Monday re-
affirmed it's belief in the innocence
of Clinton Jencks, who goes on trial
in Ell Paso, Texas, January IL, on
charges of swearing falsely" in a
Taft-Hartley affidavit in April, 1850.
The Board, in a statement which
appears in Mine Mills official or
gan, THE UNION, published January
4, charged that "the case against
Clinton Jencks is a frame-up in the
classic anti-labor tradition of the
frame-up."
'Those who bring this case hope,
through it and other attacks on our
Union, to company-unionize us so that
we will accept whatever the metal
corporations choose to offer in 1854
negotiations wage cuts" the
Board declared.
"Our Union has learned that in pc
RODS of hysteria such as this, it is
difficult-if not impossible-for the
militant labor leaders to get fair
trial." said the 12-member Board,
recently elected in a secret referend-
UNI vote of the 100, 000-member I'M
ion.
'All the odds are stacked against
the defendant-a hostile press,
whole atmosphere of hate, vindictive-
ness and fear which characterizes this
era of McCarthyism," the statement
went on.
AGAIN?
The Board predicted that the ''usu-
al parade of professional witnesses
will be brought into the courtroom
for repeat performances" and indi-
Gated belief that "they will be of the
same stripe as Harvey Matusow, for
whom the truth is nothing but an
object of contempt"
The Board, which includes the un-
ions four International Officers and |
eight district Board Members, added |
now, that responsibility lies with the
Governor far removed from the |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08
One Out of 20 Will Suffer
Work Accident

WASHINGTON, D. Cone out
of every 20 American workers is des-
tined to be killed or injured at work
unless a safer work environment is
created, according to the U. S. Labor
Department magazine Safety Stand
ards"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-08

now, that responsibility lies with the
Governor, far removed from the
touch of the people,
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24

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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs Weldon Brown and
daughter Greta Lee, and MIR. and
Mrs. Percy Arlington OF Centre
vile spent Sunday with relatives
in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lent and
daughter of Indian Head, Md, spent
the Weekend with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Smith.
Weekend guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. G. Elliott were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cannon Of Whining
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Gregg Of
near Elkton, Md, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Farley of near
Boston, Mass, have been visiting
their son, Charles Farley and Mrs.
Farley the past week.
Mrs. Cleveland Short, Mrs.
Charles Pusey and Mrs. r. d..
Smith, Jr, spent Friday in Will
mington.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Clifton will
attend the Delaware-West Chester
football game in Newark on Sat
urday
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
DAGsBORO
BY Mrs Essie Hickman

Cherle, William J. Betty q. S.
Navy spent Friday to Sunday with
his daughter Patsy and Mr. and
Mrs RAYMOND Lockwood. They ac-
cOmDanied him TO Washington, ID.
c. on Sunday. He left Wednesday
for the Azores Islands
Lemuel Brumbley is still confin-
ed to the Beebe Hospital in LeWes,
where he IS slightly improved.
Mrs. Virgil Hudson and Mrs.
Theodore Hudson spent Wednes-
day in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Gray,
Sr., entertained to dinner on We'd
nesday, September Is, in honor Of
their son, Elmond Gray, Jr.'s birth
day
Mrs. Cora Daisey spent Wednes-
day with Mrs. MOllie Shirley and
called on Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
Brasure at Ocean View.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Daisey and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Collins OF
Ocean City, Md, spent Saturday to-
Tuesday at Niagara Falls and other
places Of interest in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs Harley Dukes and
children have returned to their
home IN a house trailer after
spending some weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
TOomey due to their home being
burned during an electrical storm
recently. Work is in progress on
their new home at Phillips Hill,
near Millsboro.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Coffin Of
Millsboro called on Mr.. and Mrs.
p. III Hickman on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Gurley spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. George p. Long and family.
Mr and Mrs. Robert CIoinacke
Of Newark, N. j.. spent the week
end as the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Parkhurst Mrs. SaIlie Der
rickson joined them and spent
overnight at Bethany Beach,
Mrs. Frank Chandler returned
to her home Saturday after FeceiV-
ing treatment at the Beebe Hos
pital in LeWes.
Mrs. Ida ParsOn returned home
from the Milford Memorial Hos
pital after suffering a heart at
tack the past week.
Mrs. ROxie Baker of Salisbury
called on friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Mears and
daughter called on their mother.
Mrs Charlie Kitchens on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bunting and
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Parcell and
children visited their sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Webster Trivit on Sun
day
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
BRIDGEVILLE
BY Mrs.
Keller HOch
Phone
Bridgevllle 523s

Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Gilbert and
son Jay and Mrs. Alex Lord Of
fredericksburg visited Williams
burg and Yorktown, Va, over last
weekend.
Mrs. Adele Rice and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Hoke will spend the week
end with Miss Mary Messick at
her home in RehOboth
Miss Ann EntWisle, student nurse
at the Memorial Hospital in Will
mington, spent weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Clara Durfer.
Mr. and Mrs. T. b. Huskey are
vacatiOning in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. III. Baker Of I'm
iontown, Pa, and Mr., and Mrs, A.
R. Lang Of Baltimore spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Bak-
er.
Captain r. K. HOch and daugh-
ters, Carol Ann and Barbara from
Memphis, Tenn, spent the week
end with relatives in town. They
were enroute to the University of
Delaware where Carol Ann is a
sophomore and Barbara a teacher
at New Castle.
Mrs. Mace Allen visited her
daughter, Mrs. David Spicer and
Mr.. Spicer in Wilmington several
days this past week.
Misses Emma Morris and Lii
Knowles spent the weekend as
! guests of Miss Mary Kinder at hei
4 cottage in Rehoboth.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Methodist Women VIII
Meet AT Harrington
September 10Th
leontInued from fIrst 80

NconLinueQ from first page)
BY Miss ~ Blanche Price, assisted
by Mrs. Harry Cats; "The City
BY Miss GenevieVe POppe, assisted
by Miss May Watson; Christianity
and Wealthy Mrs. John M.
Shippers, assisted by Mrs. w. w.
Sharp and Mrs C. E. Postles;
Jesus Teachings Concerning Wo-
men''-By Mrs. John Shilling, as
sisted by Mrs Henry Graves.
Luncheon will be served at 100
p. ms by the Hostess Society.
Literature relating to the studies
will be on sale, under the direction
Of Mrs. Ebe Chandler, District Sec
retary of Literature and Publica-
tiOns.
Music will be in charge of Mrs.
Robert p. Van Cleaf. Orgahist, and
Mrs. DOnzel G. Wildey, SolOist.
A Dramatic Worship Service. en-
titled 'Four Years, Four Words.
Four Women, presented by the
members of Harrington Trinity
w. S. G, S., will conclude the DAVIS
program. ri
BenedictiOn will be pronounced
BY the Pastor Of Asbury Church,
Rev. Robert 2. Van Cleaf.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Northern ueht1

Sometimes aur0rsl displays are
seen as far south as the West Ia
dies
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
MACNoLA
by Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone ErgderIla 5-5I8s

Mr. Ben Hart was an overnight
quest Of Mrs Harts sister, Mrs.
Jack Burks and Mr.. Burk, near
Silver Springs. Nd. on Sunday
Monday be made a business trip to
Washington.
arr William Orvis observed his
birthday on Wednesday and was
given q surprise party BY his family
Mrs Hazel Roe recently attended
O bridge luncheon given by Mrs.
John Darby and Mrs. Joseph GeroW,
Of frederica, at the Dinner Bell
Inn At Rehoboth.
Mrs Sadie Pritchett. Conrad and
Harlan Prichett, Of Henderson. Nd.
we're guests Of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Frese, and family. on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. william Boyd, and
son spent the weekend with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Ruble.
Remember the Rally Day pro-
gram which IS being held on Sunday
beginning at 10.30. There viii be
no church service to follow this
program.
Rev. Robert ID Green, Of Mil
ford, 8 former pastor Of this charge
VIII be the speaker at the annie
VeTsary services at Barratt's Chapel
on Sunday afternoon at $3.50.
Mrs Anna Reed was taken to the
Kent General Hospital on Thurs
day Ga a serious condition. At this
time her condition remains un-
changed.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Jones Of
Linw0Od Pa spent several days
during the week with her mother.
Mrs Thomas Kennedy
Dinner guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Richards. on Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs Phillip Grant, Of near
Portsmouth. N H., Mrs. Stella
Richards and Miss Phyllis Richards.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
MiddLetOIUn Man VIII
Head Observer Corps
CONTINUED from nrst pagel

A~~@@-+--e-Ne- - eAAA A@A A9s Ees9@t
was singled out by the firm for
outstanding sales achievement"
in this area.
Mr.. Schminke also serves as legal
officer for the Delaware Wing of
the Civil Air Patrol. During World
War III, he was military police COM
mander for the State of Maryland
and still is a member of the Mary
land Police Association.
He is secretary of the Middle
town Rotary Club, a member of
WilmingtOn's Muir Temple, knights
of the Mystic Shrine. He attended
Baltimore, Maryland public schools,
studied later at Gettysburg State
College, Pa, and received a bache-
lor of law degree from the Ameri-
can School, Chicago.
A resident of MiddletOwn the past
three years, he lives at 113 East
Redding Street with his wife and
child.
The increased Importance Of the
plane spOtter in national defense
was spotlighted by The announce
ment recently that the nations ra-
dar warning network, previously
thought to be invulnerable to lam
ming, now can be blocked by a ra-
diO device.
In emphasizing this, Secretary of
the Air Force Harold p. Talbot
said, There is and may continue
to be indefinitely the known possi-
bility that radar could be blocked
out; and if such a situation should
arise, I want to emphasize strong
ly that the Ground Observer Corps
might well be the only means of
providing information of approach
ing hostile aircraft"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
ONLY TIE BASEMENT BURNING

DECATUR, III. H9 Will
you please call my husband to the
telephone, a WOman's voice asked
Howard Morgan. day desk man at
the YMCA.
'I'm sorry" said Morgan, your
husband is in a meeting and can't
be called out. Is it something Inn
portantg
well yes. said the woman,
there's smoke pouring out Of the
basement and / want him to come
home and put out the fire"
Her call was transferred to the
fire department
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Appointment Has Been
Made OF Scout Head
(eontInued LON fIrgE 80

He is member of the National
Board of the American Camping
Association, the Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Camping Association, the
Philadelphia Engineers Club, active
in P. T. A., and other civic organi-
cations.
Mr.. Hartman is married and has
two children, Diann, aged 8, a Girl
Scout Brownie, and Bob, aged IA,
an Explorer Scout. He will assume
his new position with the Del-Mar-
Va Council on October 1st.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
HEAT GETS REVENGE

LYNCHBURG. Va. II lP). = One
man suffered heat prostration here
during a recent heat wave-an en-
ployee of an air conditioning firm.