Show i Old-Age Old Pension Bill Loo Loon Looms Declaring that tho the United States richest of nations na- na I lons stands with such backward countries as China India and Mexico as ono of or the few fow civilized governments soy gov to continue to l ignore nore tho fate of or Its Us aged ased citizens in need needy circumstances Representative HamIlton HamIton Ham- Ham Iton Ilton Fish Jr of or New Now York outlines in the tho current North American Review tho the old old-a old ago o pension plan which he will iii reintroduce before the present con con- gross gress Mr Ir Fish offers frers figures to show that 70 per cent nt centor of or every ry dollar now spent for maintenance of or lUblIc alm almshouses houses goes for admission and operation while only 30 per cent is devoted to the needs of or the In Inmates Inmates Inmates In- In mates themselves Three times as man many aged poor could be mainlined main main- tamed lined at home lionie on 20 a a. month as in a a. country almshouse alms- alms house houst where they are thrown with minded feeble-minded drunken and diseased inmates he ho asserts With the continued industrialization of tho tim country country coun coun- try y and the tho discarding of or men past middle ago age as wage wase earners tho the status of or the aged Is becoming the major social problem In America Mr Fish points out His Us plan calls for a n. federal appropriation ot of third one-third the tho hc necessary funds for maintenance of tho the needy aged where state and count county or elt city will share hare equally equal- equal ly y In the tho project And ho lie points out ten states tatES al alread already already al- al read ready ha have vo taken tho initiative b by adopting old age plans |