| Show Congress Puts Puls Okeh on Security Bill WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Aug 2 UP- UP U Congress gave final approval Friday Friday Fri Fri- day on a compromise compromiso social securIty security security ity bill bUl freezing freezing- the old age insurance insurance ance anco pay roll tax at 1 per cent The action subject to presidential approval will wIH prevent a 2 tax rise for employers and in 1947 1941 With this bill bUl tossed to President Truman's d desk sk a major barrier to congressional adjournment adjournment slated slated for late lato Friday was Friday was removed Both houses approved the compromise com om- compromise com com- promise social se security bill overwhelmingly overwhelmingly overwhelmingly over over- by voice votes A man 14 senate-house senate conference conference confer confer- ence committee agreed unanimously unanimous unanimous- ly last night on the compromise bill bm In addition to blocking an otherwise automatic rise of ot the pay roll levy to 25 per cent Jan 1 1 the measure makes these broad revisions in the security program 1 Larger federal grants for aged persons persona blind and dependent children children children chil chil- dren under a new formula that would be especially beneficial to low Income States tates This This will wIlf mean about additional in federal money annually for tor needy persons 2 2 Survivors' Survivors for tor families families fam fam- m of ot World War Var II n veterans for three years without charge Survivors Survivors Survivors Sur Sur- of ot a veteran who dies die within with with- in three years after alter discharge from the services would receive benefits that would accrue if It ho he had been working in covered employment at a 11 month This would amount to Lo abo about t 32 a month for tor a widow and about 16 for tor a child under 18 Total cost to the government is estimated at between now and 1959 3 3 Blanketing Blanketing- of ot 20 mari mart time workers under the unemployment meat ment m nt compensation benefits of ot the social security act This will cost the government about during the period 4 Doubling federal expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures from to for maternal health crippled children and child chUd welfare pro pro- grams The Tho legislation had been in a a. ahouse ahouse house deadlock as a group of ot Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans battled a senate provi provi- provision provision provision sion which would have haye provided proportionately larger federal I grants ants to poor states for aid to needy persons basing the federal participation on the per capita in income income In in- come in the various states The con conference t ere n c c committee scrapped the so-called so variable grants |
