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Show PRQVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1939 SECTION TWO PAGE TWO 10 r Wt btrwt, FrOTO, C t . ti. Entered M o4 tlui lU r mt th iMtoic tot rr. CtAis, nder t& et oi Ijum IStf. Ctlmta, HVeoi 4k RatiuaAa. N.Uonl Adert!na Nr cttiTM. New York, JTraacl, Dtrof. JBoctOM, Accls Ch I CO. - . Uemir l&iil Fra, K. 35. A. tftlo4, "Wtr F"-r, 6crlpp UtfM t Kwjpra Aadlt Bvrmt Oretilatkjn. BbrtipUo term by carrier te Ctai nt.r, M casta b mcmtb. !. for aix MODtU la adTiae; tM la kItum; by mU J ejtt7, ; tai4 otr tiM yf ka 4ruci t L&ad" Law Utrtwt 253 Hwiil vJH o urua financial cpw ta a4Trtlsmeota published iaa aaac la at faait. tt wUi raprtat tat part aaT tti tyaoa-rakioaA miataaa aocara. Social Security Depends on Congress' Mood in 1942 A private insurance company, interested in remaining solvent, would scarcely approve the United States' social security se-curity policy. It is a noble gesture to set up a system designed de-signed to bring greater security to the aged and infirm. But, unless the federal government finds a sounder financial footing, foot-ing, the whole plan is likely to be like scuttling the steamship to save a lifeboat. The regular session of Congress earlier this year revamped re-vamped the entire social security system, increasing pay-- pay-- merits genet-ally, but postponing increased payroll assessments assess-ments on employer and employe. The amendments will go into effect January 1 of next year, and during the course of 1940 it'is estimated that 900,000 persons-will collect a total of $114,000,000. Under the Security Act of 1937, the present 1 per cent payment made by th. worker and matched by his employer would have been increased in 1940 to y per cent. This increase in-crease has been cancelec by the revisions; and, instead, it will be necessary for Congress to raise the payments to 2 per cent each for the worker and employer in 1942 and to 3 per cent in 1945. . , . The big trouble is that these increases are not assured. Congress simply told the Social Security Board to come back in 1942 and the legislators would see what could be doneJ At the moment. Congress is in no mood even to discuss further tax levies, much less pass them. And 1942 isn't so far away. The argument that the beneficiaries aren't really being taxed that they are just casting their bread upon the waters falls a little flat. In these days you -never can tell which way the tide will turn. . ' If the increases in 1942 and 1945 were definite and as sured, the social security system Would pretty closely re semble sound actuarial management. The big difficulty is that practically the entire, gigantic scheme is based on these future rate increases and if they're not forthcoming, there is likely to be a financial explosion that will be distinctly heard on the planet Jupiter. At thevyery best, the U. S. treasury would have to lay in a goodly supply of bright red Ink. ' "-. -" : As Bruce Catton recently pointed out in his Washington jolumn, it is estimated that by 1944 the Social Security Board will have paid out about $2,093,000,000 to beneficiaries. This is. approximately $1,500,000,000 -more than wsVourited- on under the original act. The annual payments are expected to increase year by year until some distant date when they will finally level off. ' ' .. " . . ' - A program as tremendous as this can't simply be shelved ' after a few years if it doesn't seem to be working. And not even the United States, can operate forever, under a, steady deficit. So, it appears that the revenue will eventually have to be raised -through general-taxation; instead of through payroll taxes. .,- . . ; . v- If the federal governmentVver does this, it will also have to include everyone in the social security program -not just industrial workers because everyone will be kicking, into the kitty. Then, when the number of beneficiaries increases, the total annual payment goes up and more money, will be needed. . ; .. The whole thing might easily turn into a vicious circle that will leave economists dizzy and taxpayers broke. ew Words to' Qoina bycr 'til it's cwr cver.rf: V k ,XS-d Big productions have always used "hit tunc3M to put their shows over. , War phsychologists understand the stirring, sentimental senti-mental qualities that can be aroused by song. Thu3 a lot ofhit tunes were written during, the staging of Europe's Eu-rope's biggest production, World War No. 1. Americans have had a lot of time to think since the wai songs of 1917 and 1918 were thrust upon them. A war tune is nothing more than propaganda set to music The tune clicks and folks are swayed.' Remember: "And we're not coming back 'til its over, over there?" "It did the trick when it was sung. Like the cartoonist has illustrated above, let's change the word3 around, before be-fore it's too late, and begin singing, "And we're not going ever 'til it's over, over there." - - responsibility fee mt la Ka eolamaa. Xa . an Old fiine V -vS r-Was-.-.-. rhinking By ELSIE C. CAHHOU; I was thinking ' that one of the most thrilling' fchows one can ever hope to see' is presented daily with matinee and evening performances per-formances before the corridor in the maternity ward of a hospital. There the spectators take their places standing room only provided pro-vided with greater expectation than if they were going to witners a performance of the greatest living liv-ing actors and actresses. Though they know that the performance does, not begin until a certain time. 3:40, or. 7:40, they are there moments before, their faces beaming beam-ing with expectancy. There is a genial friendliness friendli-ness which makes them '' all loquacious, eager to tell those standing near of their parti c-. c-. ular Interest In the 6how about to be enacted. A youtn-f youtn-f ul looking matron ecnf ides to an aged, gentlemaiv who leans on his cane: " "You " know I was f ooiish enougtt to think I would hate being called Grandmother. But now I think that's the sweetest . word la the language. I can't wait until she's old enough . to. say. it.". . "Did you say this" is ' your third great-grandchild ? That must be wonderful I" A smoothfaced smooth-faced young father forgets his shyness and nod3 happily when his neighbor asks, "Your first ?" "Yep! We were surely scared. But Peggy got along fine they say. But gosh, I I don't know about another one. She's thrilled to death though. Says it wasn't half as bad as she expected. And she's crazy about' the little fellow. Yes, . a . boy." He thrusts his hands into his -pockets and straightens up ' with an air of importance he'd never. felt before. be-fore. "He's a husky little chap. We're" going to name him Franklin Frank-lin R. We both think the President's Presi-dent's just about tops and, ' well, my name happens to be - Frank and Peggy's was Richmond." , - There - is an . excited stir as some one nearest the large glass In front of the stage whispers, "I believe they're coming." The audience crowds closer, craning their hecks to get . a glimpse Of the nurses who are busying themselves them-selves with. maddening deliberation delibera-tion among the rows of ,, baskets from which corners of pink or blue blankets bob ; up . now and then as some of the performers prepare for the .coming exhibition. exhibi-tion. . , . . . ,. - The impatience of the spectators becomes acute the last few moments, but each -' tries to hide it under -. casual ' comments such as," "Yes, a , little girl. Looks just like her motner -Jong hair dark and we can tell it is going to . curl." "Oh, she had & terrt-bIe terrt-bIe time was here a day and a half. But the little fellow is worth It Aveighed " nine pounds and four ounces - . Looks like he'll be a football foot-ball player. Yes, they all, say he looks like me. My boss said he could . have picked him out of the whole j-fifty-nine In there." At last the door to the stage entrance . opens ' a wee .crack. A name Is given. The first actor appears amid oh's and ah'a of the entire audience and proud expoundings by those who have asked for -the - appearance. The tiny actor making thJs debut deigns ' not r to open an eye,' or to make a sound. ' He makes in-described in-described grimaces which cause hi3 own red color to grow darker and his wrinkles deeper, causes the spectators to exclaim' with even greater adniiration atout his darling chin, his adorable forehead, his cunning tongue-. - When . another actor appears the chorus- of . approval- is repeated. re-peated. The choice position nearest near-est the separating glass is relinquished re-linquished after each actor's exit to someone most Interested in the next baby to make, his appearance. ap-pearance. . "When the show ; Is " over, . flie audience walks reluctantly reluctant-ly down the hall toward the elevator or back ! to rooms where mothers proudly await the woiyls of praise they know their off-spring merit. One can't attend such a show without falling into profound meditation v on the subsequent acts of taose tiny actors on the great stage of life. There is also, a feeling of awe with thoughts on the mystery,; the miracle of birth the beginning " of a new life with all, its potentialities infolded in-folded in a tiny pink J body as a rose is infolded in a tightly curled bud. Birth seems to link man closely with the Creator to make man, too, divine. . -HOLY NIGHT" No Mary; no manger; y No star in the East Guiding shepherds' glad way To a shrine; No sages awaiting; " -No cross in the gloom; No herald Of coming ; A ruler divine. Just a form wracked with pain;, A face that's a prayer; A f ear-striCSen mate Who waits for the dawn. The shadow of Death Bent fleeing by Life-No Life-No night but is holy When a baby is born! CANCEL WINTEIl GAMES : ' BERLIN, Nov. 24 OIF.) The fifth , ' winter Olympic games, scheduled to be held in February at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Ger-many, were cancelled today by the German Olympic committee. OUT OUU VAY f I CAM'T UC?RJDTA ( I HOW AMYC2 CAi HM- I OTOCU ALL. AT 3 VVCULDM'T C3 ACLG f A1T "H-.' J- V " 'l ) AT TH' SAME mo,: ,0 fwhoi tew W V-2ST - 00,000 To Get; U S Old Age Insurance Benefits In 1940 .V - BY BRUCE CATTON" . Daily Herald Washington . ... . . .Correspondent - WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 A major change In the federal so--cial security program goes into effect on Jan. 1, 1940. : ) During: the coming year more than 900,000 men, women' and children will receive "approximately "approxi-mately $114,000,000 in old age insurance . benefits. They will be paid on a far more liberal scale than was planned when the act was passed in 1935. L&st session, Congress broadened the, act, both as to the people who may get benefits and the amount "of benefits. bene-fits. ; ? - - ' - Money that will flow out during dur-ing the year is only a starter. By the end of 1944, the Social , Se- These Sample Cases Show Hoy Social Security Act Works John "Smith is past 65, the retirement age If he has been working rcitarly since 1936, In one of the occupations cov- : ered by the act, at an average .wage of $100 a ' month, he can retire on $25.75 a month for life. If he has a wife, also. 65, she can get $12.88 a month. If he dies, she can get $19.31 a month for life. . BUI Jones was 25 on Jan. lf . 1937, When the - Social Security Securi-ty "Act went into effectT.If he stays on the job In a covered industry drawing $100 a montn, he can retire at 65 on $35 a month ; and his wife, at 65, can collect $17.50. Joe Brown has been working for f three years in a covered industry, at $100 a month. lie dies, leaving a wife and two small children. IBs wife . can collect three-fourths of "th monthly benefit he would have curitv Board estimates, benefits -nf ,093,000,000--will have been paid iy2 billion more, than would have been paid if the act. had not " been . amended. UIFUICTANT CHANGES SUMMARIZED . Briefly . summarized, "here are the important changes that are about to go into' effect: 1. Benefits a wage earner may receive are to ba based on his average wage rather than on his f total contribution via ' the payroll tax. This means higher benefits for older worker, and for; - lower-paid: worker. - 2. - Families': of insured workers work-ers may now draw benefits. Not only oes the insured worker begin to draw benefits when he reaches 65; benefits will also go to iis wife when she reaches 65, and there are supplementary benefits for his dependent children. chil-dren. . ' v 3. If a worker dies, his survivors sur-vivors may draw 'monthly benefits bene-fits Instead of a flat lump sum. Many workers who 'become 65 after the act went into effect, and who thereupon received a small lump sum payment and then went out of social Security coverage altogether, may now get back in and qualify for regular, reg-ular, life-time monthly - benefit payments. i -- . , Piano Reicital Is Tuecday Night Works by Liszt, Chopin, De-Bussy De-Bussy and Grieg will be included in the piano recital at Brlgham Your, j university, November 2S by students of Professor William F. Hansen. Five students will participate, par-ticipate, it has been announced. WK1 f .. . WHY MOTHERS CCT CRAY 5. Payment of benefits has been advanced two years, from 1942 to 1940. . Other sections of the act 'have been ' liberalized. . . CHANGES NECESSITATE STAFF EXPANSION ' These changes mean new work for the Social Security Board, and involve staff expansion. Before this yeaTft ends, 132 new field offices will have teen opened open-ed to supplement the 332 previously pre-viously in existence. By next June 30 some 2300 new employes will have been added. , . Congress voted an extra $1,-750,000 $1,-750,000 for administrative expenses. ex-penses. Total administrative expense ex-pense for the Board this year win probably run close td ?25,- O00.0C0. . ... . : - ' ------ - .-- been entitled to, plus an additional ad-ditional sum equal to one-half of his benefit for each minor ' child. ? in this case, his benefit bene-fit would be $25.75; his widow, then, can collect $19.31 a month, plus $12.88 fwr each . of her children. She and her ' two children, thus, would be receiving $45.07 a month. If there were no children, Mrs. Brown would get a lump sum equal to six times her ' husband's benefit - in this case, $154.50. In addition, when ' she reaches theage of 65 she may (if she has not remarried) remar-ried) draw $19.31 a month for the rest of her life. ; Suppose Joe Brown was unmarried un-married but was supporting his father and mother, both ovcr 65..: On his death tliey would get $12.83 a month t apiece for tlw rest cf their ! lives. . ' v J. Actuaries who designed the set-up estimated that 8& per cent of tax collections would be needed for administrative costs. Currently these costs are running run-ning slightly below 5 per cent. One more important change was made in the law by the last Congress a negative one, postponing post-poning a prospective increase in taxes. . TAX INCREASE CANCELED r The old age retirement -Insur ance program is financed by payroll taxes of 1 per cent on the worker and 1 per pent ; on the employer. These were to have risen to ly-t per cent each in 1940, but . that increase has been canceled at an estimated saving to the two groups of taxpayers of some $275,000,000 in. the coming' year. At the same time, the-reserve account set up under the original plan which was to have grown to a gigantic revolving fund - has been done away with, and a simple insurance trust fund has been set up in its place. NOTE: In Bruce Cation's neit column, he will explain changes in the Social Security Securi-ty program of aid to. states for local relief to the needy aged and blind. The program for the recital is as follows: Students to appear on the pro gram are Melba Hyatt, Hannah Louise Abeggr, Rulon Romney, Lucy Bluth and Barbara Hanks. Compositions to be played in cluda numbers from McDowell, Gries1, Liszt and Carreno. -,The program will be presented in College ball beginning at 8:15 IVGLL, SOU VVAO OMSCO 1M THAT CLE? CCHCCL CP- CK2- 1 INJ; AM 'Ki I rn.v, nc IF VOL! V.'V3 WTCHtM SERIAL STORY WAR AN D , CHAPTER I UTT'S queer," Linda Stora said - thoughtf ully, as she stood beside be-side Marcia King near the car that was parked on the flying field at. Pensacola. "Back home, the university ' dominates the town. Everything depends on the "university. "uni-versity. And here the air station dominates. It's a sort of university, univer-sity, tod, isn't it?" ' "I'll say it is!" Marcia answered. "The toughest air course in the world. Baby, we turn out flyers!' Pride rang in her voice. Her eyes swept skyward, to where a long line of airplanes flew across the cloud-banked sky. The roar of their motors was strong and full-throated. full-throated. "A couple of months ago, the boys up there were green as grass. But now they're on their way. And Jimmy helped put 'em where they are, and where they're going. I want to tell you, Linda, my Jimmy's the best flyer on this whole base. The best instructor! Oh, just wait till you meet him!" Linda smiled at her. Her own eyes, wide and golden, followed the clean, swift , flight of those ships overhead. But she thought, helplessly, that Marcia didn't quite understand what she meant. Marcia Mar-cia was a Navy, girl. This was thrilling, glorious, to her. But to Linda,; "who had been taught to see behind the scenes, it meant only , one thing. The same thing she always heard, shuddering, behind be-hind the strains of martial music. The same thing she always saw, sadly, behind columns of marching march-ing men. War. 4"DUT maybe I'm wrong, she murmured. "Maybe those are Daddy's ideas, cropping out in me. Daddy could be wrong." But she had never thought so before.. be-fore.. It, was confusing to find herself questioning and doubting, when Marcia was, so proud; when this whole air station was so solid and impregnable, when every officer of-ficer andl every student here rvas so sure. . . Marcia had told her how many bitterly disappointed lads were . washed out, in the first few months. Marcia Jiad explained how perfect they had to be, physically physi-cally and mentally, even to be K accepted at all. The university at home was more democratic. You could wear glasses and be knock-kneed; all they -asked was that you possess a mind capable of learning. Linda sighed. 1 be prepared for death, it seemed you had to be the best of your kind. So the crime of it would be even greater. The waste of it ;en more pathetic. pa-thetic. 1 ' '."What's the matter, Linda? You . look so queerr Marcia was saying. ,'Ts it all theXnoiPc.t I've gotten so used to it, I can sleep without the sound of airplane motors in my ears." . ' .' As , they " drove through the sunny streets, Linda looked at the palm trees and' the Spanish houses. "It's pretty here," she said uncertainly. uncer-tainly. Even peaceful away from .the field. "Just think, it's been two years since we've seen each other!" her friend prattled. "You're just the same. " Just as beautiful as ever. She giggled. "I guess I'm just the same, too. Snub nose and carrot hair and freckles. I bet you never thought I'd hogtle me a beau! But, darling, wait till you see him! Just wait! I'm pinching myself every minute to make sure it's real, because he's so perfect, Linda! ' "And I've loved him since I was knee-high to a duck. "When we were kids, our fathers served cn the same stations, you know. I've played' with .Jimmy .Cooper cn nayal stations from Norfolk to Hawaii and back." She tramped cn the brake suddesly as a truck crossed their path. "There I go, ell wrapped up ia gabbling and Following a public hearing during dur-ing which there were no protests, Utah county commissioners have approved revision of the 1939 couny budget. The revision provided for increases in-creases In four departments: $30,-000 $30,-000 in the road fund; $3,000 In the poor and indigent fund; $1200 in the courts fund, and $470 in the assessor's department. Sylvan "W. Clark, chairman of the commission, said moneys are available to cover the Increases. It will not be necessary to borrow, he said. Mr. Clark said the increase in the highway fund will enable the county to make use of noney received re-ceived from the state as the county's ' portion of automobile license fees. - MAKIC CLUB MEETING Mask cliib members at the Rrig-ham Rrig-ham Young university will participate partici-pate in a "Oommedia dell Arte," at their regular meeting In college hall Monday evening, Shirl Swen-son, Swen-son, president, announced. ' Any. member of the audience may contribute a scene or episode to the program, which is essentially essential-ly extemporaneous, Swcnson explained. ex-plained. v , Weeds indicate' the character of the soil In which they grow. Sheep sorrel grows In acid, ground, wild carrot in poor soil, and moss indl cates a need for. drainage.. A WOM AM -V;;' Linda t eyes foUorvcd the clean swift flight of those plane overly aj. To Marcia, standing there on the running board, this uKrs tlirdin glorious. To Linda, it meant only one thins WAR! J - nearly getting killed again. You'll find it's dangerous driving with me. SHE was blithely unaware ol Linda's Inattention. "Now tell me all abost your own beau, darling! dar-ling! I've had my eye on that ring ever since you stepped off the train. It's a beauty. Of course a Navy gal doesn't ralo a ring like that. Not unless . there's money lying around that isn't connected con-nected with the service, and I can assure you, Daddy may be practically prac-tically an admiral, but that doesn't buy diamonds. And Jimmy's pay . . 7 Linda roused herself. The ring on her finger glittered as she moved her hand. "Oh, my ring? George didn't earn it either, I'm afraid. Scientists don't make fortunes. for-tunes. But George's grandfather invented a simple gadget that humanity hu-manity couldn't live without, or something." "Tell me about Georgel You write such tiny letters!" "There's not much to tell, Marcia. Mar-cia. lie's sweet and serious and all wrapped up in his experiments and and " Her voice trailed oil. And he was devoting his life to fight against microbes, so that men could live longer and more useful lives. While here, hundreds of men .devoted their lives to learning learn-ing how to fly bombing planc3 so that She couldn't go on. "What's the matter with me?" she asked herself her-self irritably. She had come lcrc to be MarciaV maid of honor at the wedding two weeks away. She had come because Marcia begged hei to, and because it was summer and Daddy, freed from the classroom, class-room, had buried himself in rare books. While George, unwilling to halt work on his experiments, locked himself up In the lab. She understood both of them, and loved them for it, but she had been just a little lonely. She had promised herself two weeks of gaiety. This wa3 hardly an auspicious aus-picious start. Thai night, as Marcia flew excitedly ex-citedly from her own room to the gvcit. room . in every imaginable stele of undress, Linda shook oft tho Xrfct chill doubting. . Che had mots Through the Ancs AS I WAS WATCHING GTE MY SHEEP "As I was watching o'er my sheep, Came the. glad news on angel fect, This day is born of Mary mild In Bethlehem a lilllc Child."1 This old German Cl.ri-.v,r.--. play enrol was first cur.-; in 1C23 , by actor-shepherds in a Color, playliouse. Echoes to each line came from a chorus of anscls. 4 Shopping Days S Till Christmas ' r) PS. 2 BY BETTY WALLACE COPYRIGHT, "1839, NtA KERVICC, INC. H a new evening drc:;s, while and gauzy and beautiful us a drc;un. Looking into the mirror, the knew that she wus beautiful. As Marcia Mar-cia said, playfully envious, "You've always backed mo rirM off tho map. I shouldn't have asked you! You'll Meal my wed-, ding scene, you're to lovely." TUT downstairs, in tho room that was filled with white n;iv.d uniforms and the bare should i.s of gay Navy giils, Linda fc It out ol place. Everyone knew everyone else. Their very talk was unintelligible unin-telligible to her. "I'oor kid, it w; - thumbs down on the checkoff, ami he's Iaming it on the instructor." "Did you see tho new patrol ship? It's a honey!" "Passed over? Oh no that's not what happened. When he h ft North Inland" Marcia vnd her mother v.-ere busy receiving the guests. Marci t whimpered hastily that Jimmy lud been held up on the .station. "Ile'Jl be here later. Excuse me. ..." Alter a whilo, Linda drifted out to the porch. There were j m at white stars overhead, and the warm tropical right wa.i to l- - j-Uful j-Uful that s.he put her head i.j'.sirr t a post and stared out, dreamily, to where a palm tree swayed against the sky. "Quecnsville was never like this," she murmured, half aloud. "Oh, how lovely!" "Qucensvili?" r;;:l;cd a rnnrcu-' lino voice beside her, kt;n tlin-;ly. "Oh!" She j imped, and tumid troun quickly.. A tall man in uniff ,vas smilln;; down nt her His lean, mc-d face, rsnd the 1 : in his brown c-ycj did .'o.ncthir.:; strange to her heart. Eor a ) :. : moment they stared into ...: other's eyes, and then lie was i ing, like a man in a daze, "Who are you? I've never ecn you before. be-fore. I I've only drtamcd yet, even now, haven't I? You c; ut be real!" "'I em real," she wl.i : : "I'm Linda Storm. Who's re your And then there was a shout behind be-hind them and Marcia's voice ing, "Jimmy! Why oHfft je.t fcoma slrai:. t cn in, yea v.x.uaV" JTo Eo Ccr.t:;.-: .V |