Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 1 | Age Assistance Change Mapped

AGE ASSISTANCE CHANGE MAPPED 1 1 Need Basis for Benefits Set Up in Bill A proposed new set-up for determining deter-mining payments to Utah old ago assistance grantees, bssed on a federal fed-eral report showing that grants have been In excess of actual needs, was headed for th ststs legislature Thursday. It was announced that proposed amendments to ths stats welfar laws, to bas old ag payment en all rssources of granteea, rather them caab. Income, would be introduced intro-duced Thursday afternoon. ' Th announcement cam from Repreaentativ H. Ray Pond D., Cache), chairman af th bous welfare wel-fare committee, and Senator Stanley Stan-ley N. Child D Salt Lake), chairman chair-man of th senate committee on welfar and relief, after they conferred con-ferred on the proposed amendments, submitted by the state welfare board at the request of th senste committee. Opposition Forms Meanwhile, the Utah State Old Ag Pension and Assistance organisation organ-isation lined up opposition to ths plsn. George J. Fox, organiser, and C. H. Cammans. member of ths executive execu-tive committee, said th group would oppose any aystem of basing payments on all resources of grant-sea, grant-sea, contending that beneficiaries are entitled to hold investments, such as savings and Insurance, which should not be considered in oomputlng their needs. Th amendment would bas aa- (OoatlnnH en Page Poor) I Column Two) AGE ASSISTANCE CHAHGEMAPPED (Oeatkme Press Pea Oae) elstanc oa grantse income aad "other rasouroas." Tha term "rasouroas" would be dsfinsd aa the "reasonable value ef any assistance actually being provided pro-vided from any source and aavlnga. Investment and property which may bo used to provide aa Income or maintenance." Meeting Scheduled The Utah State Old Age Pension and Assistance organisation will meet at 1 p. m. Friday at M3V4 South State street to discuss opposition oppo-sition to the proposals, Mr. Cam- tans sal A Tha proposed amendments were aent to the eenate committee by the welfare board coincident with release re-lease of a report by federal social security board Investigator who made a atudy la Utah laat summer. Their report oa el case la six counties Indicated that go per cent of old age asstetanee grantee are receiving monthly benefits In excoss of actual needs and that tha tl.BOO,-000 tl.BOO,-000 annual program apparently I costing 00 per cent more than needed. Tha welfare board considered the amendments and tha federal report at a meeting Tuesday afternoon, attended at-tended by Senator Child.