Show Junction Manager Tells Tolls Of Farm Benefits for Social Security Payments I Social Security payments will willbe willbe be made to at least 10 of ot the surviving surviving sur families of migrant farm fann workers killed recently in two major highway accidents In n North Carolina and Colorado The first of the two accidents occurred on June 6 0 when a truck transporting transporting transporting trans trans- porting farm fann workers collided with a trailer truck near Fayetteville Fayette- Fayette yule ville North Carolina Two days later another truck carrying tarn farm workers was hit bIt by a train near Rocky Ford Colorado In all 32 workers were killed Inaccurate records and lack of identification has delayed possible social security payments to two ty-two other victims Monthly benefits to dependent families or lump sum payments can be made only if Jt the person who died had worked long enough under social security to be Insured Leonard Smith district manager of the Grand Junction Social Security Security Security Se Se- office believes there are still many farm employers who do not fully understand their duty to report the wages they pay their farm workers It is important for I the farm worker to show his social social social so so- cial security card to his employer employ er and see lee that the tax Is deducted from his wages Not to do this may result In loss of protection I to the workers worker's family If he should die and will certainly reduce reduce reduce re re- duce the amount of his own OW monthly benefit upon retirement or complete disablement 1955 farm workers had social security protection if It they were paid or more in cash wages by one Me employer during the calendar year There was a change in the law starting In 1957 To have this protection now new the farm fann I worker must be paid cash wages of ot or more from one employer employer employer em em- in any one Me year or must work for one employers on 20 or more days in the year for forcash forcash cash pay at other than pl piece ce rates Ernest Emest Leinberger will be In Moab at the tho Employment office on September 12 from 10 a. a m. m to io 12 noon I |