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Show Mou Should Know Proposes Rural Social Security Minus Red tern from I . an old sheetl JNMl the confident, lape Simple Stamp Plan Evolved to Record Modest Beneficiary Payments and Avoid Complicated Bookkeeping Duties. WNU Feature!. good place to visit better place to live. A By BAUKIIAGE New Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, I). C. There are 7,148.422 specimens of wildlife In the United States not wildlife as represented by the re- cently vindicated Esquire magazine but big game animals like deer, buffalo and mountain goats. The fish and wildlife service counted them, canvassing the wide open spaces to do it. Prof. Murray R. Benedict of the University of California has been doing some counting too in the wide open spaces, or at least down on the farm, and he came up with the conclusion that In 1939 more than half th farm owners in the country raised less than $750 worth of products on their land. Consequentfarmers, and a ly these great many other farmers in only slightly higher Income brackets, find It almost Impossible to save money toward the time when they can no longer work. They are harassed by a feeling of economic Insecurity the kind of economic Insecurity which President Truman recently said was tending to break down family life In this country. Mr. Truman suggested that perhaps we ought to have a Bill of Rights for the family as well as for the Individual. Professor Benedict doesnt suggest a Bill of Rights for the farmer, but in a pamphlet entitled A Retirement System for Farmers he does suggest that the farmer be Included in the federal social security system. The farmer earning no more than $750 from the sale of products would worker be listed as a making an assumed net Income of $400. He would pay Into the social security fund 2 per cent of his income each year, and to make the yearly payments a little easier to take, the farmer would use a stamp book, buying social security stamps to paste In whenever he had some pare cash. Farmers who earn $750 or more can follow the same procedure. They are given a standard deduction based on how much they earn. For example, those farmers earning between $750 and $1,000 get a $300 deduction; there's a $400 deduction for the next highest group and so on. They take their deduction, make the simple report of net Income, and that's that. But some farmers may insist that their expenses exceed the deduction allowed them. Thats okay with Mr. Benedict. For them, he would provide a separate form so the farmer could list his actual expenses and deduct them. e d Farm Hands Also Covered this applies to But perhaps the farm owner, Jake Duncan, has a helper, r, Tom. Tom is a farm and if Mr. Benedict has his like way, farm Tom would be treated much the same as Industrial workers. Insofar as social security Is concerned. That means Jake, the employer would deduct Toms 1 per rent from his wages, add his own payment of 1 per rent to Toms 1 per rent and transat mit to the government the end of each quarter, the funds and a certified statement of wages paid. Here again, Mr. Benedict wants to save Jake, the employer, from long nights spent at the rolltop desk pouring over social security records. He suggests as one way to eliminate paper work, a stamp book system. Tom would get a stamp book from the post office. Each time Jake pays Tom off. Jake would affix and cancel the proper stamps. Thats a painless way of recording payments. Mr. Benedict doesn't think that nine million farmers and farmworkers can be brought Into the social security system overnight. Neither does he predict smooth sailing right from the start if they were brought in. It will take time and a educational program. The Idea of Including farmers under the social security plan Is net a new one. Most of the Important farm organizations have okayed the Idea; both presidential candidates en AU farm-owner- s. wage-worke- wage-worke- rs BARBS While the troubles of this world continue, our scientists insist on borrowing more., even If they have to go to the moon to do It I suppose as soon as the United Nations abolishes war, weU begin to have trouble with the Martians, and it will take another couple of millenia before we get the United Planets to sit down and talk things over peaceably. dorsed it In the last election campaign, the social security board last month broached the subject to congressional attention once again, and there is a bill which would accomplish It the Wagner - Murray - Dingeil bill. This bill was sent to the house ways and means committee on May 24, 1945, and Its still there, gathering dust. It is doubtful that the committee will take any action unless some pressure is brought to bear by Interested parties. Of course, there is opposition to the idea in some quarters. Some persons who oppose including farmers, and other workers not now insured, advance the argument. They say that as more and more persons in occupations covered by social security reach the retirement age, the amounts paid Into the trust fund arent going to be sufficient to pay them off, unless the treasury digs down and adds public funds. In 1939, the lawmakers threshed this out and came up with a plan to make the fund continuously They decided to make the contributions high enough so that the government would not have to help out. They agreed to keep the present 1 per cent from employee and 1 per cent from employer rate until 1943. After that, theyd Increase It to 2 per cent each; then to 2.5 per cent; then to 3 per cent from 1948 on. However, congress deferred the rate increase during the war, and hasnt ever gotten around to upping it. Unless rates are increased, undoubtedly the treasury will have to shell out in future years, when the system gets into full swing. And if farmers and other presently Uninsured workers are brought in undoubtedly the treasury will have to shell out more. Other Aid Now Tops Billion Consider what the government is already handing out to support aged persons not covered by social seassistcurity. The costs of ance and aid to dependent children from 1933 to 1944, to the country, added up to a tidy billion dollars. And costs will continue to go up as the average age of the population rises. All of which means the government has dispensed almost a billion dollars in charity to persons who might, had they been able to make regular social security contributions during their working years, have been able to get along without such charity. Other opponents foresee the farmer bogged down in an avalanche of government questionnaires, financial reports, lists, ledgers and statistics, should he be made a participating member of the social security system. But under Mr. Benedicts plan, the farmers duties to his government where social security Is concerned are a minimum, lie wont have to keep detailed farm records. The reports he does have to make are simple ones. As a matter of fact, If he uses the stamp plan to take care of his employees social security payments, he wont have as much paper work as industrial or professional employers have. Still another argument is advanced by people who predict gloomily that if workers are assured of a regular income from social security after retirement, they wont work; they won't save during the years they can work. Mr. Benedict thinks that argument is as ancient as the reconstructed dodo in the Smithsonian institution. Social security benefits, as set up now. will certainly not buy retiring oldsters any mink coats or Cadillac coupes. The benefits are very modest ones. Any sensible person can see heU have to have some other resources besides social security if he wants to live at any level above the barest minimum of subsistence when he reaches retirement age. Hell save money, try to accumulate property, perhaps carry private business insurance too. But if he cant save, and its not only the farmers who can't, social security benefits in later years may keep him from becoming a public charge. old-ag- e by B a u a That is Louisianas boast. It is Louisianas promise, backed by every square foot of land from the pine forests of the northern uplands to the marshes of the Mississippi delta. Louisiana is a land of incredible natural richness, in its swamps and bayous, its cane and cotton fields, its lakes and streams, its farms and Here the cities and its people. beauty and romance of an empire was formed by the alchemy of time. It was a miracle of chemical combinations that brought about the transmutation of these base metals into gold. Geologically, the chemist Nature, with pestle and mortar, mixed marine and alluvial sediments, added the acids of eons, and brought forth a wondrous combination to make the Louisiana of today. The extremely fertile top soils, producing agricultural products and valuable forests, are the states basic resources. But beneath the surface are rich deposits of salt, sulphur, petroleum and natural gas. Over all hangs a favorable climate, with sun and vain proportioned and balanced to bless the land. Racially too, Louisiana has had Its minglings and infusions. The Creole is a descendant of the French or Spanish settlers. The in spite of intermixture with other nationalities, retains much of the Spanish. The descendant of the German, almost completely absorbed by his Latin neighbors, still lives above New Orleans on the German coast. The of English Royalists resides in East and West Feliciana parishes. The Russian, as well as the Central and South American, now makes Louisiana his home. The Filipino has Manila village, and there is a Chinese settlement at Bayou Defon. It is doubtful that a Negro can be found in the state. Two centuries of linguistic intercourse have modified the French dialects of the Creole and Acadian, with words and Inflections borrowed from the English, German, Negro and Indian neighbor. There are Negroes who cannot speak English, idioms and yet early Anglo-Saxo- n expressions may be heard in their archaic purity in some sections of the state. Regardless of the dialect, in Louisiana words are and pleasant to the ear. Under Many Flags. Louisiana has known many governments and many flags. Discovered in 1528 by the Spanish explorer Narvaex, in 1682 LaSalle claimed the territory in the name of France. He later attempted great-grandchil- d soft-spoke- n y v K' ' - ... in striking distance of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson, with the Tennesseans, Kentuckians, Creoles and pie rates, won a great victory at when they turned back the tide of Red Coats. Parkenham, the English general, fell fatally wounded on the battlefield. Out of a colorful past emerges the Louisiana of today, tranquil, hospitable and progressive. The chemist is still busy there. The laboratory of the scientist and the factory of the industrialist are collaborating in a new field of development. Louisiana has within its borders the raw materials and facilities necessary for the successful operation of chemical industries. Its farms supply cotton, sugar cane, rice, corn and sweet potatoes. Its forests provide many kinds of timber. Its deposits of oil, gas, sait. sulphur, coastal shells, sand, gravel and other minerals are abundant. Wealth from Waste. Wallboard is made of once useless sugar cane pulp, rubber from petroleum and carbon black from natural gas. Chemical and scientific research has opened new fields for plastic and synthetic manufacture. using Louisianas great resources. Seven paper mills manufacture newsprint from pulpwood, salt cake and other chemicals. Cooking oil. stock feed, rayon, film, cellophane, celluloid, felts, surgical dressings and glycerine are produced from cottonseed. Sugar is made from sorghum and countless of rice are being utilChal-mett- for ring circlesca past, so ie Juit aS p0 it fine dres in ev f Fit the stretch. four-inc- n Pme ren clever sprin tuct h,De'Aat h with an grain of er ir the sketch shown, slip cover fabric slip cover directs., BOOK S, which ft ideas for the hom tions. Booklets I:, dress your request rcthIP' MRS. Bedford Hill!, Enclose 15 cec: Name mftrtable. brur t gA short hlvet.e Relieves w fini: jrf-.a- the JJving ;jer Mark Twain spoke of the pom-pan- o cooked in Louisiana as being delicious as the less criminal forms of sin." William Makepeace Thackery found New Orleans the city of the world where you can eat and drink the most and suffer the least. Irvin S. Cobb found New Orleans bouillabaisse, a fish chowder. unexcelled. The people of Louisiana set tables of luscious Creole dishes that have evolved over a period of more than two centuries and present a triumphant synthesis of the French love for delicacies and the Spanish taste for pungent seasonjng. While Creole cooking today is found at its best in the vicinity of New Orleans and in the Teche country, its excellencies may be enjoyed throughout Louisiana wherever the French influence has penetrated. In the preparation of sea food Creole cuisine is at its best. Oysters, with crabs and shrimp, are cooked in gumbo and it is said that a Creole puts everything into gumbo except the Creole! In addition to sea food, game and domestic fowl, there are varieties of roasts and other elaborate dishes. Rice is used by Louisianans as Irish potatoes are used elsewhere. Hominy grits is to breakfast what rice is to dinner. The perfect complement to a Creole meal is Creole dripped coffee although a taste for it has to be acquired since it is blacker and stronger than that used in other states. As one goes farther north in Louisiana the cooking more and more resembles that of the South in general, but there are few places where Creole methods have not had some influence. In the vicinity of Natchitoches, the Spanish influence is particularly noticeable. The Monroe area is famous for its barbecues. Usually 15 or more ingredients are used in preparing sauces for barbecued meats. A popular "country dish of this section is pot liquor and corn pone. Starch, glue and industrial cohol are manufactured from sweet potatoes. Oil from the tung tree is al- ' colonization with 280 men, who per-- ' used in making paints, varnishes, ished with him. The colonial period linoleum and waterproof materials. comprises the French domination Soy beans are converted into plasdown to 1769, Spanish domination tics. Collection of peat moss is from 1769 to 1803, when there was simple and cheap. Lime, both hya brief period of French rule again. drate and caustic, is made from The "Louisiana Purchase in 1893 oyster and clam shells. Rice hulls brought the region under the Stars make an excellent insulant. There and Stripes. Louisiana joined the are fabulous resources in the Confederacy in 1861 with other state's Gulf coastal waters, yielding southern states, and figured annual harvests of sea food. in the Civil war. Even with accelerated industrialiStatehood was granted Louisiana zation, the charm of Louisiana and as the War of 1812 began. Not the its people remains unchanged. Magleast picturesque of those who nolia trees in the moonlight, soft fought at the Battle of New Orleans voices to speak of romance, gayety was Jean Lafitte, the pirate, and and color in recreations and celehis crew. Lafitte. upon whose head brations, unparalleled beauty and a price had been set by Louisiana serenity that is Louisiana. And authorities, spurned British gold that it will remain: a good place and offered to guide warships with- - to visit a better place to live. y INDUSTRIAL LOUISIANA In sharp contrast to Louisiana's agricultural importance is its extensive industrial development. This is a section of the huge refinery of the Standard Oil company .at Baton Rouge. At the beginning of the present century, Louisiana embarked upon an era of intensity industrial growth. Discovery and development of abundant raw material resulted in the establishment over the state of refineries, chemical plants and other large industrial units. well-know- n During the senate questioning of Edwin W. Pauley (nominated for undersecretary of the navy) former Interior Secretary Ickes managed to anoint Pauley's head with oil and not in the biblical sense. i keeps on won vites restful ttef morning mostts-- J gone. No wondq VapoRub. Try I it tonight-- 1 En-dur- o: home-prove- d ... Creole Cooking Is Gourmets9 Delight ized. penetrating-oitf- e! ... . Warming, sooth relief comes rtj old Vicks Vapdf chest and biiia ... ... y I, medicinal vaporj. much-marrie- Louisiana s Famed fcroncliiiR tubes with its soottnr;Y-.s- Sounds in the Night: At the Carnival: Judging by the notices on Nellie Bly the critics didnt do At the Verright by Nell. d sailles: That playboy oughta change his name to Girl-villAt the Boulevard: Oh, Heel be around! At the Shes playing second fizzle. . . . Lou Holtz (at the Miami BeachI had a very smooth comber): trip down. Only two wrecks! . . . Leon Henderson, former OPA administrator (to a much criticized govt exec): It took me 214 years to be called the No. One It took you only 2M: weeks! In the Washington Press club: He goes around acting so obnoxious because he wants everybody to think hes' syndicated. At Reubens: She's very dull. Never knocks any JAMES HOUSTON DAVIS Governor of Louisiana "Jimmie Davis was born on a hill farm in the Beech Springs community of Jackson Parish. He is a graduate of Louisiana State university. Former school teacher, court clerk, Shreveport police commissioner and public service commissioner, he was elected governor in 1944. His hobbies are music, singing, fishing and hunting. to Penetrate to upper SIXTH Avenue! k h a ge Better Mouse Trap department: Latest invention a comb :b it sprays hair tonic as it combs Only the bald can live the simple life. I one t fcwi offen a wholf coffee-and-cak- CANAL STREET . . . With modern New Orleans on the left and ancient New Orleans on the right. orom-lnentl- se l(!nrfiwardri iold Faces About Midtown: Charles Coburn, plus his monocle, strolling s along Vth Avenue and gleefully exclaiming: Oooh, lookal Theres Jean Arthurs father! . . . Joe Cotten, the star, gabbing in the Stork with Kenneth Friede the producer who once paid him $40 per week in a play. Joseph today gets $100,000 per film. . . . Victor Moore of Nellie Bly and his bride. Dont feel sorry for Victor because of the shows sour notices. Hes down to his last million. . . . Book-writJ. Gunther and the chommlng Marina Svetlova, the premiere dansoose at the Met . . . Cesar Romero, who e used to hoof for coin, spinning Renee DeMarco in a Waltz at the Cotillion Room. . . . Helmut Dantine, the star, thrilled over becoming an American. . . . LaGuardia, who had it changed to the Avenue of the Americas, yelling at a friend: You must come up to see my new offices on xico nstoinesun tV, teen-ager- OF c.,J tta Von Ribbentrop has requested a Jewish lawyer (instead of an alienIf you see a mans disist). with a button charge dangling from it he was a prisoner of war. . . . Pat, the popular newsboy at Miami Beach, got off his best quip the day Churchill arrived Hide there. yer money!" he extra'd. The British are coming! . . . Ho, hum. Everybody on strike except the tax collectors! GULF the Champion Joe Louis In the RKO gateway quietly downing a huge beaker of milk. . . . Lt. CoL Greg he is called Boyington says or Skipper by those Gramps . . . who know him, not Pappy. The muchly decorated war hero at Reubens being told by his mother . . . to eat all his vegetables. Reaction of Cliff Mack to the paintings of W. Churchill: Well, at least theyre better than Hitlers. ARRAN SAS By EDWAIID EMERINE M righton Man About Town: ... one! Quotations of the Town: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The silver pepper of the stars. . . . Roger White: Any one discriminating against race or religion is a discriminal. . . . Tom Reddy: She was wearing a hatroci-ty- . . . . Ralph Edwards: As fleeting as babyhood to a parent. . . . H. Carten: A moth leads an awful life. He spends the summer in a fur coat and the winter in a bathing suit. . . . Clare Luce Its such a scarey feeling to see wrinkles creeping in times little mice. . . . L. Brown: You cant draw from sweet memories unless you make regular deposits. . . . B. D. Gibson: The beach displayed a wide variety of feminudity. , . , Anon: A career is all right for a woman, but she cant run her fingers through its hair. 'IfMt BETTE Bring your favork dote by eomparir; recipes TODAYS I Your name and d will bring you tty plus o copy of Th ing Book, both fir ADfl HULMAN Quotation Marksmanship: Am- brose Bierce: A scrapbook is edited by a fool. . . . Jack Elinson: Looks like America is now the Land of the Free For All . . . Allen Raymond: Editors are 3rd basemen whose legs have gone. . . . H. Davies: Funny, but the ashes of a broken heart can stir up more heat than the j c Dept. W & 11 flare of a new flame. . . . James Cannon: He talks about himself like a guy who just left the room. . Disraeli: Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. . . . Rev. R. W. Sockman: The test of courage comes when we are in the minority; the test of toler-; ance comes when we are in the majority. . . , j0hn Buchan: Little twns dumb with snow under the winter moon J. Conrad: Kisses are whats left of the language of Paradise. . . . Damon Runyon: She has an cone where her heart is supposed to be. . . . Anon: Naziism is like small-pox- . It leaves permanent scars on its victims. When you see a married couple coming down the street the one ahead is the one thats mad. ice-crea- Sallies in Our Alley: Two columnists were discussing their sons. The first said: Do you want him to become a columnist when he grows up? . . . Nh-nsaid the other. . . . "Why not? Whats wrong with becoming a columnist?" . . . "I don't want him to be another imitator! . . . George Jessels speech at the Alfred E. Smith delighted everyone. Georgie was immaculately groomed white A tie, tails, etc. warning: "Hey, Georgie, fergossakvs dont lie down or somebody'll bury you! mUSC doe to 5erS effective p'0fCl agent. ant Vi it wfcte nviir ... t c |