Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-04-18 | Page 1 | Townsend Plan Loses in House

TOWNSEND PLAN YLAN LOSES IN HOUSE Amendments to Security Security Security Se Se- Bill Beaten VA WASHINGTON HINGTON April 18 Ral IP-Ral- Ral Rallying lying strongly behind the administrations administrations administration's administrations administration's tion's soci social l security bill the house toda today voted down down a number of proposals proposals pro pro- 5 to liberalize e its provisions including including in in- eluding the old age pension pension pen pen- pen pen-I sion plan pian This was rejected to 56 Then the Greenway amendment to increase from 15 15 to 20 a month the federal contribution to old age pension pension pension pen pen- sion was turned down to 87 Next the Lundeen bill to 10 grant minimum federal pensions of 10 a week plus 3 for foi each dep dependent to all aU unemployed or helpless was defeated defeated de de- de- de to o 52 An organized Republican drive to toraL raL raise from 15 to 20 a month the maximum maximum federal contribution toward toward to to- ward ard old age pensions then was abrUptly abruptly ab ab- ab r pU halted to 80 The Townsend plan was rejected after 20 O minutes of debate debat Representative D. D Nev then called caned up t the Gr Greenway amendment which h woul would have appropriated ap apt pr contended the adminis bills bill's appropriation of ot 49 for the Hie first year of or old age pensions was entirely Inadequate Immediately tely after the Greenway plan lost Representative Conn Cannery Connery ry D. D Mass offeree the Lundeen undeen bill blU Representative Ford D. D Miss pr proposed pro pro- posed that the federal government pay 99 per cent of oJ pensions pensions up up to a federal maximum of oC 15 monthly monthly- and Representative Colmer Calmer D. D Miss asked that the federal government govern ment pay four Both however were defeated on voice votes No record I was possible p of the vote on the Townsend plan as members merely stood and were counted No nam names were taken