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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-01-15
You Are Under
Social Security


farmers and ranchers who make as
much as $500 profit in one year and all
farm or ranch employees who make as
much as 500 from any one employer
in one year are under social security.
What are the benefits?
The program offers retirement in
cefne and insurance. Retirement bene-
fits can range from $50 to $1O8 SO a
month for single man and from $45
to $162.8O for man and wife, both over
IS. Insurance benefits provide up to
5000 month for widow and children
under Is in case of the mans death.
When do benefits start?
Retirement and insurance benefits
can start as soon as the farmer is SIS
years old and has been under the pro-
gram minimum of quarters. Since
there is no age limit, farmer over SIS
can qualify any time he has been under
the program the quarters or approx
mately a year and a half. A farmer
over SIS and retired could qualify by
going back into. active employment or
operation of his farm for about two
crop seasons.
What do benefits cost?
The self-employed farmer pays per
cent of his net income per year from
$500 to $4,000, or SIP to $126. The farm
worker pays per cent on each 500
he earns up to 81, 200 and this is-matched
by 2 per cent paid by his employer or
employers.
When and how are payments made?
The self-employed farmer pays his
social security tax to the Internal Rev
enue Collector at the same time that he
pays his income tax First payment
will be on the 1855 income in January
or April 1856.
The workers tax of per cent will
be deducted by the employer and turned
in by the employers along with his
matching 2 per cent to the District Di-
rector of Internal Revenue Payments
must be accompanied with the social
security number of the worker
Must 1 have a social security card?
Yes, every self-employed farmer or
rancher and every worker must have
a card and social security number. The
farmer must have his number when he
submits his first tax payments on his
1855 income and the worker must have
his number as soon as he goes to work
for any one this year. His employer
must send the number in with the tax
payment on the wages.
How do obtain social security card
and account number?
Go or write to your nearest social
security office. In Montana these Of {
fees are located in Missoula, Great
Falls, Billings, Butte and Helena. IF
you write, get an application (Form 2
SS-5) which is available at any post C
office
How much can earn after retirement g
and still receive social security pay il
nentS?
A farmer or worker under age ~ fl
IAN earn up to 81 200 a year and still a
eceive benefits. After age Y there is 81
10 limit on the amount one can earn 81
md still ho ELIGIBLE
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-01-15

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THE INDEX OF PRICES received by Montana formers for
the month ending IS stood 81 per of the 19474o
base represents decline of point the previous
month"; The higher prices paid for barley boIed hay. ombs
wholesale milk and butterfotincreon, offset by lover
prices paid for wheat beet cattle calves hogs chickens and
eggs Nationwide the po ratio stood at SO cent decline
of per cent the previous month";
HOG PRODUCTION IN MONTANA took on upward turn
during 1854 ending consecutive years of Decline Lost
years spring and fall pig crop 81 OOO increase of 6
per 1883 less than wohirds Of the 1882
average With increased of barley hog
expected foow about % 900 this spring. 5000
than in the spring of 1854
CATTLE FEEDERS WHO BUY replacement stock now noy
difficulty realizing profit the animals Present feeder
coe and feed prices likely be in line With ote spring
prices for finished stock possible might be to market
cote purchased February when fat cotte prices
expected to be about 81 higher than in late spring.
OPERATORS GETTING along yesterdays equipment
down buildings may be fighting losing bottle Increased
competition from efficient producers along With expanding
agricultural technology will make the change nodenizoon
difficult the longer the change off Farmers unable
to make the necessary changes reluctant to do have to
accept lower return.
FARMERS WISHING TO CHANGE from the cash base Of
reporting to the occuo basis do this year.
The change only consideration
you that will be your advantage
rnoke the change be obtained from the Internal
Service When changing the system
advisable TO get the assistance OF q tax expert
PRESENT PREMIUM ON EFFICIENCY of operation and
cutting to show profit every
equipped do job right 1t larger operations and
more specialization The SMALL highly diversified will
to adopt to this trend For further this subject
irrigation Department. page TO-
THE NATIONS CAPACITY to produce synthetic nitrogen
fertilizer has increased from about 100000 in l945 to
3I2 million TONS 1t estimated that only one-hird of this
capacity increase used corn production would
increased by 500 million bushels 10 per This
inv
IF nitrogen forms releasing formers from dependency
eeues and suggesting drastic changes cropping programs
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Hearing Set Today
On Drive-in Theater
Near Manor Club

The Montgomery County Board
Of Appeals today will consider a
special exception application for
a $350,000 drive-in theater on
Georgia avenue near the Manor
Country Club.
Residents Of nearby Manor
Country Club Estates this week
circulated petitions protesting
the outdoor theater. On Tues
day, both the country clubs
Board of Governors and the
Manor Country Club Community
Association voted to oppose the
theater. More than so area resi-
dents were expected to appear in
protest at the Board of Appeals
hearing today.
The applicants, Robert j. D.
johnson and Walter R. Saunders,
operators of a chain of drive-ins
in Virginia. have plans for a
l.300-car theater on SO acres at
the southeast corner of Georgia
avenue and Bel Pre- road. The
land is zoned rural-agricultural.
If approved, the theater will
be the first drive-in in the Mary
land Washington regional dis
trict Of the county. The only
other county drive-in is in Rock
vile. The theater firm also has
applied for permission to build
a 89-by-68-foot restaurant for
theater patrons at the Georgia
avenue location.
Evening star., 1955-03-03

travelling alone in a suspected
robbery area, she can rest
assured that police are in that
area.
He cited an example from last
week in which a woman an
swered a knock on her door; was
met by a man who said, This is a
stickup." She slammed the door,
locked it and called police.
Within minutes, the neigh
borhood was swarming with
police and they caught the man" "
Chief Murray said.
"It was no accident that they
were there so quickly"
About Fighting Back?
One crime expert suggested
that "a woman-any woman, has
no business fighting a thief"
Fighting back, he said, is inviting
more trouble, injury or even
death. A hurt thief, angered by
retaliation. however feeble. can
be far more dangerous than the
purse-snatcher he started out
to be.
He did speak of a commercial
device about the size Of an index
card which emits a loud. 80
second siren when a button is
pressed.
But left open was still the pos
sibility that the thief may be
more angered than frightened.
Evening star., 1955-03-03

Institution Is.t, inmates to Patuxent In
Bills Passed.
HBl62-By Luber and Schweinhaut--
~ provide for benefits on the lives Of
fraternal beneficial associations.
HB244--By Larmore and Stevens--To
make u illegal to knowingly conceal or
deiace Iesistration numbers on boats
of;state building and loan associa-
HBass-By Melvin and aughes--ro
snJ oTphansa Selt SeST,itficate approves by ne ,,hhss
ORPHANS Court and signed By the super
VISOR of assessments certifying property
q deceased has oeen transferred on
sne assessment books efore a will is
. HB3l Prince Georges delega-
tion-To. require semiannual financial
fepoIb from agencies receiving Prince
HB3i5WBy Prince Georges delega-
non-To authorize appointment OF
prlnee Georges County accounting ON
HBse4-By Prince Georges delegation
and summoninE OF jurors for this
Hss22e.-By 2y Prince GEORGES delesati2n
sc,,y,n re9n,,iemsnt that the clerk Of the
81 names appearing upon the tax books
LOT lne purpose of selecting Jurors
hb526--By Prince Georges delega-
ton TO abolish the COUNTY, depart:
OF the county treasurer.
HB330-By Prince Georges delesa-
.ion-1Lo permit the Greenbelt Voluh-
Hlsetops she s S collected from the soisss 5ssi
County.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Florida Wormup
Slated April 8 for
Capitol Hill Mines
BY The Assoeiossd Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Mar.
3.-CongreSsmen will be pitch
ing curves" for fair here April 6,
the date set yesterday for the
third annual spring training
congressional baseball game be-
tween the Democrats and the
Republicans.
The contest" Is theoretically
a training" event for the con-
gressional baseball game played
in Washington. late in the spring.
This years game is the third in
the series here which stands even
at Ill. The Democrats won the
first game, 1875. while the Re-
publicans took the second, 7-3.
Representative Sgd Herlong
will manage the Democrats this
year and will be sending out in
vitations to players" this week.
Congressman taking part and
their families, will be here April
3-8.
This years game is scheduled
about a week earlier than usual
because Congress is due to re-
cess Friday, April l.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Star STAFF Photo.

official and a former student at
the Sorbonne, applied for a full
time teaching job but was told
there wasn't any. Miss White
offered her the TV program-but
without pay. To Miss Whites
surprise, she accepted.
RehearSalS Each Monday.
Mrs. Horan rehearses for the
15-minute program each Monday
with four children from Mrs.
Elizabeth Delaney's combination
fifth and sixth grade at Oyster
School. The group goes to the
nearby WNBW studio for the
telecast at 2::30 on Wednesdays.
The weekly Spanish program,
at 2:30 on Fridays, is conducted
by Mrs. Doris Sewall of Kelly
Miller Junior High, using group
Of Kelly Miller pupils, although
like the French program it is
seen only by elementary classes.
Spanish has been particularly
popular among the city's colored
pupils. This, according to Clyde
c. McDuffie, language director
Of the former colored division, is
partly because some already
speak it.
French, however, tops it in
total number of classes. This
year, 105 teachers are instruct
ing in French. IA in Spanish and
eight in German. Last fall there
was also one Latin class.
Evening star., 1955-03-03

the focal point of the instruc-
ton. Participating classes watch
these programs, which give them
models of pronunciation and
method. and also stimulate the
interest of the children.
Entire Glasses Take Part.
The project is by no means a
small-scale affair. Entire classes
participate, and children receiv-
ing the instruction range all the
way from sixth-graders down to
kindergarteners. Even one spe-
cial class of slow-learners is TAX
ing part, and doing well, accord
ing to Miss White.
During the fall term the pro-
gram was being carried on by
1873 teachers in "a schools, with
a total of 6.751 pupils. This is
about a tenth of the elementary
enrolment. The total last year
was higher, but integration
caused temporary drop because
of pupil transfers.
All of the participating teach
ers are still volunteers-some of
them with no previous language
training. One volunteer, not a
regular teacher at all, is Mrs.
Harold E. Horan, of 1757 Har-
ward street NV, who this winter
is conducting the French tele-
vision program.
Mrs. Horan, 26-year-old wife
Of q Federal Trade Commission
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Women's Club Asks
Steps for Restoring
Normal Safety Here

The Women's City Club of
Washington last night ap-
pealed to the District Com
missioners and Congress to
restore normal safety" in
the District.
The ts peal, in the form
OF a resolution, grew from
a discussion by club mem
bers of recent yokings.
Also cited was the still-un-
solved death Of Mrs. Alma
Preinkert, who died in Feb
ruary Of 1854.
The resolution asked the
Commissioners and Con-
gress to immediately take
decisive steps to protect
men. women and children
and the homes and the
property Of District resi-
dents, so that normal safety
may be restored to the resi-
dents Of the Nations Cap
ital,"
Evening star., 1955-03-03

two afternoon sessions per class
per week.
Another teacher, Miss Vivian
Vestal Of Mcfarland Junior
High, got permission to work
with a class at Barnard School.
And Miss White discovered that
Miss Sarah Regar, teacher at
Ketcham Elementary, had begun
teaching French to her fourth
graders on her own initiative.
Results of these experiments
were so gratifying-"beyond all
expectations" according to Miss
whitehall plans then were set
afoot for a full-scale program.
Favored BY Parents.
A QUESTIONABLE to. parents
brought 22,860 replies favoring
the program, and only ITO op-
posed. Another QUESTIONABLE,
to teachers, brought about 500
volunteers-200 for French, $50
for Spanish and rs each for
German and Latin.
Instruction guides for regular
elementary teachers-for it was
clear the program could not rely
on the few language specialists
were also prepared.
The elementary language pro-
gram and a school system tele-
vision series were launched sim
ultaneously in 1852.
Weekly television lessons in
French and Spanish have become
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Eostover Merchants
Select Officers

The newly formed Eastover
Shopping Center Merchants AS
sociation have elected the follow
ing officers:
Miss Sue Ann Grossman. presi-
dent; Sam Tauber, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Woodrow Miller, Sec
retary, and Harry Breitback.
The shopping center is on
Indian Head highway, just across
the District line.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Shopping Tide 10 Shift
Back Downtown in
Time, Educator Says

Harold B. Wess, professor of
business administration, Ameri-
can University. told the Silver
Spring Board of Trade last
night that business conditions
in the downtown shopping areas
will improve in the future.
This tide will turn for the
better not only through natural
causes" he said, "but through
the realization of business lead
ers that metropolitan cities need
not decay. When they really set
to work, they will lick the down.
town problem.
Mr.. Wess said consumers.
regardless of income or social
status, have three motivations
in common: Variety, immediacy
and convenience.
"The downtown shopping CEN
ter offers a greater variety than
the regional shopping center and
the regional shopping center Of
fers more than the local shop
ping center" he said. "On the
other hand, the local shopping
center offers the greatest con-
venience and immediacy of the
three.
what does the customer want
from the metropolitan downtown
shopping center? She still wants,
as she did before. excitement.
glamour and drama. The trip to
the downtown shopping center
is more than a trip to purchase
some merchandise. It is an ad-
venture in window shopping. in
eating out. in going to the thea
ter, in meeting friends.
Have we not neglected the
modernization and glamorization
Of the downtown stores because
of our preoccupation with branch
stores and shopping centers? The
average store in regional or
local shopping center is more at
tractive. better fixtured, better
lighted and generally more ap-
pealing than the average down.
town department store"
The group, meeting in Indian
Spring Country Club. also heard
a talk by Mrs. Marion Taun-
hauser, supervisor of special edu-
cation of Montgomery County
schools.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Bill sDefeat |sVictory
For Ex-Members Of
State Roads Agency

ANNAPOL1S, MAR. "a Dlll
to prevent former State Roads
Commission members from doing
business with the commission
was killed in the House of Dele
gates after heated debate and a
Democratic split on the issue.
The House yesterday also
killed two other bills aimed at
the SRC and sponsored by Dele
gate Cannon. Democrat, of Wi
comico. One would have made
the Governors appointments to
the commission subject to con-
firmation by the Senate. The
other would have required the
SRC to award contracts only to
the low bidder.
The latter two died on voice
votes after unfavorable reports
by the Senate Finance Commit
tee were debated briefly.
The biggest fight came on Mr..
Cannon's bill to prevent the
commission from doing business
with any former member within
two years after his service.
The House leadership pre-
vailed in killing it, 67-40, when
Mr.. Cannon and others insisted
on a rollcall.
The bill grew out of an issue
in the 1854 gubernatorial cam
paign when Democrats criticized
the SRC's hiring of former mem
ber David Nichols to acquire
land for the Baltimore Harbor
tunnel project.
Delegate Boone of Baltimore
County, Ways and Means Com
mittee chairman and majority
floor leader, said he thought the
House would do better to hold
back such legislation until a
proposed legislative study of
SRC practices can be made.
Delegate Machen, Democrat,
of Prince Georges said he was
disappointed in our Democratic
leadership" in wanting to put off
such legislation.
Serious charges were made in
the campaign and should be in
vestigated," he said. But why
not do something to correct
abuses now? Why put it OFF,"
Delegates Tydings, Democrat,
of Hartford, Lee, Democrat. of
Montgomery and Murray, Demo-
crat, of Howard also joined Mr..
Cannon in the fight to save the
bill,
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Bon Jour, Madame Is New Greeting in Clossrooms
AS Schools Teach Languages to Elementary Pupils
By jones G. Deone

In many Washington grade
school classrooms this winter
children who used to greet their
teachers with the conventional
good morning" now are starting
of the day with Bon jour.
madame"
In still other classrooms, the
daily salutation is being given
in Spanish or German.
American public schools have
traditionally postponed foreign
language teaching until the
teens. But educators-hacked by
psychologists and medical spe-
cialists-have come to realize
that the best time for learning a
foreign tongue is when children
are first learning their own.
Learn Best Before 10.
Children learn languages
easiest. experts say, between the
ages of two and 10.
Washington's public schools
began putting this principle into
practice 10 years ago, and from
a modest beginning the school
systems elementary language
program has grown to attract
national attention.
Everything is spoken. rather
than written. There is no gram
mar. There aren't even any tests.
View Lessons as Play.
Instead, there are games.
songs and dances. Pupils look
forward to the lessons" as play.
They discover that learning to
speak in a new way is really
quite painless.
The intent of the schools pres
ent elementary language pro-
gram, explains Miss Emile Mar
garet White, one Of its codirec-
tors, is not to turn out accom-
plished linguists. Formal lam
guage study is still deferred until
junior and senior high.
The purpose. instead. is to give
children an exposure to spoken
language when they are most re-
ceptive. Then, when they do
come to formal study, they can
master it more easily.
Meanwhile, the child's educa-
ton is being enriched. Even if
he never seriously studies an
other language, at least he will
have learned something about
other people. This, Miss White
points out, helps create better
understanding and good will.
First Step Taken in IA.
Miss White took the first step
toward the present language pro-
gram in 1914.
Miss White asked permission
to seek is volunteers among high
school language teachers to work
with elementary children. One.
Miss Virginia Ronsaville. French
teacher at Wilson High. was
able to fit the project into her
schedule. and she started in with
two classes at Janney School,
Evening star., 1955-03-03

otherwise, had won his respect.
In conversation the host said
that he was born into very humble
home and when he began to earn a
living he had tough time, but he
made good because he felt God in
tended our difficulties to be the
source of our strength.
One guest then said he had
faced the hardship and injustice of
the Old World, and because of it he
was a more serious American. Each
of the men revealed that they all
had loving parents who were very
deYout in their varied faiths, but in
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Pair
Takes S1,174
Rent Money
a Persons Accosted:
Manager Forced
To Open Safe

Two armed bandits took ap-
proximately $1,174 in a daylight
robbery at Seat Pleasant, Md,
late yesterday while a third man
waited outside in a getaway car.
The holdup took place in the
rental offices of the Gregory Es-
tates apartment development,
7016 Greig street, shortly after
S pm. The two gunmen wore
rubber face masks.
Y In the Office were George w.
Van Sise, manager of the de-
velopment; a clerk, Miss Irene
F. Nitz. %. of Apartment STE.
6914 George Palmer highway.
and a tenant. Pablo Sanchez. jr..
20, Of Apartment Ale, 6908
George Palmer highway.
Ordered Against Wall.
The bandits pushed Mr.. San
chez aside and one walked to a
gate leading behind the counter.
according to Prince Georges
County police. They ordered all
three to stand by the wall while
they took money from cash
drawer.
Police said the bandits then
ordered Mr.. Van Sise to open
the safe. When he refused they
pulled the safety on one Of
their guns. The Office manager
finally complied.
Detective SergtS. j. p. KearnS
and Donald Forsht said the safe
contained envelopes with rent
money received during the day.
AS the two gunmen were get
ting the money, police said, a
maintenance man, Roger Ramey,
80, of 7004 Greig street, came in
to replace a light bulb. They
ordered him against the wall
with the others and then forced
all four into an adjoining lava
tory.
Flee in Car.
Police said the men then ran
to the waiting car and fled north
on Palmer highway and then
towards Washington.
Police said one of the bandits
carried a .32-caliber automatic.
The other had a .38-caliber re-
volver.
The two who entered the office
each were described as about six
feet tall wearing sport clothes.
Both were in their 20s. Police
said the other man was about IS
to 40 years old.
| Police said two unidentified
witnesses got a look at the two
gunmen without their masks on.
Evening star., 1955-03-03

SAANANEA4 SA@A0B NAoA o. = AONOSa-
ings in the Maryland Legisla-
ture yesterday included:
SENATE.
Bills introduced.
SB357-By Redden-To specify that
chambers and in the presence of only
the press and those involved in each
'a sBs5s@Bs sissfii iHon-To give the courts
discretion to suspend sentence in mar
cotics. addition cases. provided the
defendant agrees to submit to treat
Esnt IN court-appEoved institution
sB$si0by Malkus-.To extend yeter.
the armed forces at any time from
N NAY Iass istSd tJadieisrS aS 5pn' l. 1887 instead
from the sales tax PHOTOGRAPHIC and
engraving supplies printing, machinery
nS ssd ehtT n Materials Mssyind used Yps %
production Of newspapers tFinance).
SB157-By Malkus-To allow the
possession and storms. OF game meat
beyond the Today. post-season deedline
land Fish Commission director.
HOUSE.
Bills Introduced.
tion-To re-enact for purposes OF clari.
ication the laws on dockets, procedure.
is dsorses ne County s tPrincs osorsss g deiss
HB4&l-By Edwards--To prohibit g
motor vehicle dealer or salesman to
c9erce q purchaser into taking insurance
'js HB43i1By Robinson-To authorize
the Board Of Correction 10 transfer penal
Evening star., 1955-03-03

later years all had experienced the injustice and huma
ons They felt they had obtained from their hum
BILE homes an emotional security and the habit of hard
work. but every also repeated that the burdens and
even the cruelty he later faced great incentive for
doing his best
AS listened to these revealed the secret Of
our strength faith 1t is the humble loving home that
breeds the nobest The injustice they later met did
not warp them spurred them to heights. 1t led
them-each in his way-to say did Joseph in the
Scriptures "Ye meant evil against but God meant it
for good"
Tomorrow-Chuck Dresser.