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Show S SI1N SI1Nnd N NHEARD nd ndHEARD HEARD HEARDaround HEARDar&tnd'the HEARDar ar&tnd'the artndthe ar&tnd'theN ar around & and ' the theNATIONALCAPITAL theNXITIONIVJ NATIONALCAPITAL NXITIONIVJl N NXITIONIVJ NXITIONIVJr TION L LCAPITAL r NXITIONIVJ1VasliingtonOn CAPITAL ( l Washington Wnshln.ton Wnshlnton Wnshln.tonOn 1Vasliington-On 1Vasliington On ! . -On On - - On the outgo sideof side sideot sideof ot of the national ledger the reller relief rellerIh reliefittin relief1k Ih ittin . in m Is the most Important Import'lnt Importlnt ' sIng-Ie sIng Ie single singlef singlefictor - f ! Ictor In determining determlmng 110 how " far the thebudget thebudget thebudget budget falls fas fnlls ] ) short of ot balancing Any AnycOlJre Anycorhgreasfonal Anycongressional corhgreasfonal cOlJre ' ; sJonnl debate on relief reHer , , tlierefore there therefore therefore fore Invariably In\nrlably In nrlably \ brings brmgs In the budget budgetQuestIon budgetquestion budgetquestion QuestIon Recently the tlle senate scn'1te scn1te ' de de-- de- deb'lt debated debated - - b'lt blt bated ' < > d retlet-and retlet and relief-and relief relief - and heard hC'lrd hClrd ' about the thebudget thebudget thebudget budget , . The most se'1rchln se1rchln searching ' e amlnatlon examination examinationof amlnatlonof of the budget problem came from trom a aDemocratSenator aDemocratSenator aDemocrat Democrat-Senator Democrat Senator - Senator Byrd yrd of ot VIr VIrglnla Virginla Virginla glnla ginla , . frequent critic crltlc of New Deal Dealpocle Dealpoiicie9 Dealpolicies pocle poiicie9 ] [ l < : He brought up the qucstlon Ques Questlon question tlon tion , Why Wh } ) Is the budget sufferIng sufferIngtrom sufferingfrom sufferingfrom trom from progressively progl"essh'ely proglesshely " ' Increasing incre'1slng incre1slng ' relief reliefexpendItures reliefexpenditures reliefexpenditures expendItures when business condltions condl condltlons condltlons tlons tions are Improving ? On the basis of ot figures suppliedby supplled supplied supplledby suppliedby by the acting director of the budget budgetMr , Mr . . ' Byrd calculated that In the Us Uscal uscal liscnl cal year yenr starting stnrtIng July 1 the gov government government governmcnt ernment would spend for ordinary ordinarypurposes ordinarypurposes ordinarypurposes purposes and relief reIlef $600 600 $ GOO 000.000more 000000more 000,000 000000 000,000more 000,000more . , more than In the current year , . " "This This "Thls Thls " means , . " be he said s'lld slld ' , , ' 'that that ' we wewill wewill wewill will spend nearly ne'1rly ne1rly ' $1000,000000 1000000000 $1 1 $1000.000000more 1000.000000more 1000000000more $1000,000000more $ 000,000 000000 , . 000 000more more than tb'ln tbln ' In 1935 ID35 1035 and $3.000000000more 3.000000000more 3000000000more $3,000000000more $3,000 3000 $3,000000000 3000000000 $ $ . , 000 000 000more more than tllan In 1933 1033 ; yet conditIons conditIonstodav conditionstoday conditionstodav todav today are greatly improved Impro\e Impro e \ an and the theneed theneed theneed need for relief and governmentalexpenditures governmental goernmental , expenditures ltures Is much less than In those previous prevlQus years Yf'ars Yfars ' " In l 1937 31 , he continued the govern gOern govern- government gO\ gO government \ ern- ern ernment - ment will collect $1,600 1600 $ , 000 000 more moreIn morein morein In taxes than In 1930 1036 1030 , 'and and ' and still the thedeficit thedeficit thedeficit deficit continues in an alarming alarmingamount alarmingamount alarmingamount amount . " Similar SImlhr SimUar protests against Incre'1S Incre1S increas increasIng Incre'1SIng increosIng ' Ing taxes " were ere voiced at last hst week's weeks week'sgeneral week'sgeneral week'sgeneral weeksgeneral ' general meetln meeting of the Iron and andSteel andSteel andSteel Steel Institute in New York Re Remarking Remarking . marking that relief expenditures expendituresere expenditureswere expenditureswere \\ere ere were ' \ mounting at the same tlme time tlmetlut timethat timethat tlu\t tlu t that \ employment and payrolls paHolIs pavrolIs t\ t \ tere were weregoing weregoing ere eregoing going up , , Eugene ugene G Grace , presl press pressdent presldent president dent of the Institute , said that "the the "theonly "theonly "theonly theonly " only sure way to cure unemplo unemploy unemployment unemplovment ment and soh solve solve e a the problem of ot re- re rellet relief re relief - - lief llet Is to Increase Incre'1se Incre1se ' production " As a sidelight to all this discus discusslon discussion discussion slon sion of government go , ernment spending , , thetreasury the thetre'1sury thetreasury tre'1sury tre1sury treasury ' announced plans for our ourlargest ourlargest ourlargest largest peace time financing opera operatlon$2,0i0 operatlon$2,050 operatlon tlon-$2,0i0 tlon $2,0i0 20i0 tlon-$2,050 $2,050 2050 - $2,050000000 2050000000 $ , , : 000 000- 000 000hlch 000-w 000 w - - " which hlch bich was of offered offered offered fered on June 15 It , will \ ill increace increase increacethe increasethe increasethe ; the public pubHc debt to about $32,000,000-000 $32,000,000 32000000 000 $3 3 $ $32,600,000- $32,600,000 32600000 $32,600,000000 , , GOO,000- GOO,000 GOO000 GOO,000000 , , - 000 , the highest hlhest , ; yet v et . . All States ShareBenefits Share ShareBcnehts Bcnehts Denehts Benefits under undcr the Social Socl'll Soclll ' Securlt Security Securityact Securityact act are now shared sh'1red sh1red ' , undei undel undet one or ormore ormore ormore more of its pro\ pro prois provisions \ is IOns , , by all the the-38 the 38 48 43 - states as " well "ell ell as 11'1 111 Hawaii Hawall ' " 311 'lnd lnd and 'lndAllsl andAl ' andAl Allsl Al iska tska a , according ccordmg to a survey sur'e sure ' made madeat madeat madeat at the office ofiIce othce of the Social Securityboard SecurJt Security Securityboard board boardThe The survey revealed reve'lled revelled ' that th'1t th1t drat ' , since sinceFebruary sinceFebruary sinceFebruary February and up to the period end endIng ending ending Ing June 30 , the Social Soc1 ! . ! Secuntv Security Secuntvbo'1 Securityboard Securityboaid board bo'1 bo1 ' ! d has h'1s h1s ' approved npproed , grants In aid oradministration or oradminIstratIOn adminIstratIOn expenses totaling totalingabout totalingabout totalingabout about $ $30000000 30000000 $30 30 $ 000 000 Most of this has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been paid to those states that thnt hae have haequaHfied havequalified havequalified , quaHfied qualified under ul1emplo unemployment ment com corn compensatlon cornpensation cornpcnsation pensatlon pensation and public assistance assistancelaws assistancelaws assistancelaws laws approved appro\ed appro ed \ by the boardThe boardThe board The board also has made m'1de m1de ' 1 > payment paymentfor paymentfor a ment mentfor for expenses e.penses epenses } . of administering un unemplo unemployment unemployment emplo employment ment compensation compens'1hon compens1hon ' laws la"s las " , as aswell aswell aswell well as grants for other social serv sere sereices servIces servIces Ices carlled carried can led on under the children's childrens children'sbureau children'sbureau children'sbureau childrensbureau ' bureau of the Department of L'lbor Llbor Labor Laborthe ' , the Public Health Health seivice sel.lce sellce service . and the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of education educationScope educatlo'll educatloll educationScope ' Scope of Aid WidenedAlthough Widened Although not every state st'1te st1te ' has hasshared hasshared hasshared shared In all an the benefits of the So SochI Sochi Soclal chI Security act , the number ofstates of ofstates ofstates states submitting plans for nppro\ nppro npproal approval approvalto \ al alto to the Social Security board bO'lrd bOlrd ' Is In Increasing increasing increasing creasing : Eleven Ileten states and the Dls Dis Dlstrlct Distract DIstrict trlct tract of Columbia already have bave had hadunemplo hadunemploy hadunemployment unemplo unemploy ment compensation pillns plans pillnsapproved plansapproved plansapproved approved by the board About 1,000 1000 7,000 7000 7,000,000 7000000 , , 000 " workers "or1.ers or1.ers or1ers . , or 40 per cent of all allthose allthose allthose those eligible In the entire country countrynow , , noVo- noVo now noVoare plansIn - are co covered , ered by appro approved , ed plans plansIn plansIn In addition addltlon plans for old age as asslstance assnstance asBistance slstance snstance ( free pensions ) have been beenapproved beenapproved beerapproved approved by the board bO'1rd bO1rd ' for 32 states stateshlch stateswhich , \\hlch hlch which ' \ now have ha\"e ha "e e \ " 62S.C74 62SC74 628,674 628674 625,674 625674 . , needy aged agedon ageion , on their rolls ros ) ] Twenty one stat statlaws state statela's statelaps < laws la\'s la 's s laps \ ' covering co\erlng co erlng \ assistance assitance ' ) to more morethan morethan monthan than 20,000 20000 , blind persons have bave been beenappro beenapproved beerapprov approved appro , ed by b by , } the boardNineteen boardNineteen board boardNineteen Nineteen state plans for aid to toI tolS4SOJ to1S4SOS t(1S4.80J t1S4.80J t1S480J ( I lS4SOJ 1S4SOS havebeen , . dependent children chl1dren also hav havbeen have < been approved . . The board has made no official olliclal es estImates estimates estimates tImates paymentsbut of federal benefit payments , but an unolliclal unolncial unoilicial tally revealed these theseappro theseappro.Jmate thes thesapproximate < approximate appro.Jmate approJmate appro . matc figures fibUres for the rebru I'ebru Iebru rebruary I'ebruary Februaryjune ' ary June , 1930 1036 1030 , period . . Public Publlo Publio Dul nMlitinco aesletanco lanco . . . . tit $ U ! I 4S7193 U'7 U7 < S7 ' m 193 it 51 ! 2Vocational 29Vocational x171009Vocational 5Unemploimcnt itUnemplo 51Unemplomerit Unemplo Unemplomerit ) meet compensation compensntlon x171009 147 1147 100 ! 29 Vocational 00Publlo l-thabllltn.llon lthabllltn.llon l thabllltn.llon thabllltnllon rehablllla.tlon rehabllllatlon rehabilitation - . . til au 841 000 00 Publlo Health IIcnllh Servic Service Sorvlce * . . . . , . 3 33t 333 : 333 00 33323330Chlldrn 00Children Children * 8 a bureau . , . . . , . . . . . . 1969 110(1(2 11012 110(1(2Plans 916 ( ( 22 22Plans Y Z Plans are being made for an enumeration eavmeratlon enu enumeratlon meratlon meration of 26000000 26 20 000 000 wage-earners wage earners wageearnerswho wage-earnerswho wage earnerswho - - - , who whoHI ' \ will \\HI HI be covered co\'cred co 'cred cred \ ' on January I 1 31937 , l 1937 J7 , by the old age benefit ( cornpulsory com corn compulsory cornpulsory pulsory contributory pensions penslons ) pro provisIon provision prcvision visIon of the security ecurIty act act.Federal actFederal actFederal . . Federal Role IndirectThe IndirectThe Indirect The Social Security act delimits delimitsthe delimitsthe delimitthe g the functions of the federal andstate and andstate anstate state governments The Tbe states havethe have havethe havthe the primary task of adminlstratioof administrationot administration administrationof ot of laws enacted by them , , passing p'1sslng p1sslng ' of ofamendments ofamendments oamendments , { amendments , appointment of staff stair staffand stairand sta ; and organization organlzlltlpn organizatpn . , of unemployment unemploymentcompensation unemplo uncmploymercompensation , } ment mentcompensation compensation commIssionsThe commissions commissionsThe commissionsThe The role of the federal govern government governwent govenment i ment went is Indirect , being bein beln , ; ptImarlly primarily primarilyconcerned pilmarllconcerned < . .oncerned oncerned concerned " with "lth lth protecting protectln the statfunds state statefunds ' ) tate tatefunds funds and seeing seem ; to It that tbe the thcstatorganizations stnte state stnteor stateorganizations or organizations aDlzutlons ate me properly admln admin admlnIstered administered admitistcred admitistcredUnder Istered IsteredUnder Under the pro\ pro provisions proislons \ islons of the nct act nctthe actthe n nthe < : the federal government gOernment gO\ gO \ ernment can lnsui Insure collection of ot comparable statisticalmaterial statisticalmaterial statistIcal statistIcalmatc matc material . > rInl that thnt would othef\\ othef otherwise othefIse \ \ Ise bedithcult be bedllllcult bedillicult dllllcult dithcult " with "lth lth Interstate and federal federalstate federalstate federalstate state co-opcratlon co opcratlon cOooper'lt1on cOooperlt1on co-operation operation - - ' Since the ted fed tederal federal federal eral government Is respoD respon&lblc responlblc responsible & lble forall for forall forall all expanse expense CP " { 'n n < ' e of ot state st'lte stlte ' administrationsIt administration administrations ' ) , It is directly interested Intt'restell Inttrestell ' in the em efli emclent eflident effident clent dent expenditures of this money . . Under the public health section of ofthe ofthe ofthe the security act tlicrc there has h'lc hlc lhas ' ; resultedn resulteda resulted a n closer co ordination of health hC'1lth hC1lth ' ae- ae aeth acttwitics ac activities - th tivities ttwitics lties of federal feder'd federd ' , , . state and 10 to 10enl tocal local enl cal gO\ gO gOernmen governments \ ernmen ts , , accordmg acco-Iltug acco Iltug accorflhrg : - to Dl Di'iliomas Diiliomas . . 'lhomas lhomas ' Parran Parron , , surgeon gincral glneral general of ofI ofthe ofhe the I ( be public health henlth service erlee er\ er \ lee Befcie Before efol e theact the theact theact act only ( 510 iJO local loc'll locll ' health units were wereIn were1n werein In 1n operation out of ot n a total of 3,000counties 3,000 3000 3,000counties 3,000counties 3000counties , , counties in the United States St'1tes St1tes ' In Inthree Inthree Inthree three months 175 new local loc'll locll ' henJth health henJthunits healthunits healthunits units were \ ere added 1dded ' to this number , an anIncrease anincrease nnIncrease Increase of more than 30 perent per centEleven ( cent -ent ent centEleven - . I : Eleven Jle\en Jle en \ states stntes have set up new newunits newunits newunits units for the study of industrial Indrn.trl'11 Indrn.trl11 Indrntrl11 . ' hygiene hy- hy hygIene hy hygiene - giene , , bringing the total to sixteen sixteenGrants sixteenGrants sixteenGrants Grants from the funds under the acthave act acthave acthave have enabled California Callfornia , 1Vashing 1Vashington WashlD Washington ton , Montana and Idaho Id.lbo Idlbo . to set up upspecial upspecial upspecial special facilities faclIltles for the control ot of otbubonic ofbubonic ofbubonic bubonic Dla niague plague ue . . In the realm of special projectsAlabama projects projectslabamn projectsAlabama -\labamn labamn Alabama - \ has been assisted in ex- ex extendIng extending ex extending - tending Its efforts toward the eradizaton erad eradIcatlon eradIcatlon Icatlon izaton of hook\\ hook hookworm hookorm \ orm and Missouriand Missouri Missouriand Missouriand and Tennessee have h'lVe hlVe ' been assisted In IntheIr Intheir Intheir theIr fight against trachoma . . Link A . . T . . T . and "Wealth Wealth " " A former Harvard instructortraced instructor instructortraced Instructortraced traced for the communication cornmission's cornmissions com corn commissIon's cornmission's missIon's missIons ' Investigation In\"estlgatlon In "estlgatlon estlgatlon \ " of the Amer Amer- AmerIcan American American - ican Telephone & Telegraph com corn company cornpany cornpany pany evidence he said sho showed " ed a link linkbetween linkbetween linkbetween between the utility and Its subsld subsid subsldlarles subsldlarlcs subsidcaries larles caries and "a a " large part p'1rt p1rt ' of the totalcorporate total totalcorpd'rato |