Show THE GUNNISON VALLEY NEWS GUNNISON UTAH demands for maintenance of fertility repairs buying machinery and livestock- - and to on - all require cash and thera is often little left at tha year's end to build up a retirement fund Often when the farm operator has to quit work his family Is In difficult straits and may have to depend on public did or charity Tha tenant farmer and the farm laborer 'generally are In worse circumstances than the man who owns hit landT once they have to quit working With little or no savings the tenant and the farm hand who cannot earn anything are soon hard up Indeed They and their families suffer humiliation end want War Changes Things The war of course has made a great difference In the farmers’ situation The Incomes of many are double In some cases treble what they were before But the war— and perhaps our present prosperity— Is temporary Farm people were left out of the social Insurance program not because they were thought to be already secure The reason for excluding them was that In 1933 the program was new and the administrative hurdles looked very high But now the Social Security board Is convinced that and survivors insurance can be administered for farm people simply at low cost and without being unduly troublesome to them What would it mean to farm operators and farm hands to have this insurance? It would mean the same protection it means already to those who art under the system A couple of examples will illustrate the protection and survivors Insurance offers Back in 1936 when Harry J was nearly 60 he got himself a Job with construction company After eight years he wanted to stop working and retire to hit small place in the country He hadn't felt he could do so however because he wasn’t sure he could earn a living from farming hia few acres Upon Inquiry he found that his monthly retirement payment would be about 27 since he had earned an average of 100 a month His wife who was also past 63 would get half that much to that would make the family Income over 40 every month sufficient for their needs t Widow Got 79 a Month ' Mr' C was a newspaper linotype machine operator and had always earned high wages He hoped to give all five children a good education The two elder ones were attending the university Suddenly Mr C got pneumonia and died within a week Tha widow was left with three children still at school end no Income save what Mary and Jean could earn by leaving school and taking Jobs She went to the Social Security field office thinking that perhaps there would be a small lump sum going to her probably be no more than a couple of hundred dollars She was amazed to learn that she waa entitled to monthly payments for herself and the three She received younger children! All Difficulties of Administration Can Be Smoothed Out Wages today are high and jobs plentiful and there is a -- j ready market for all farm Dy Newt DAUKIIAGE Analyst and Services Union Trust Bulldinf Washington D C In the last days of June4 when the papers were full of stories of Germany's "secret weapon" the robot plane a scene which 1 witnessed some three decades ago returned to haunt me I stood in a large tent with a crowd of people and at a mechanical miracle we were witnessing It was In Germany Before us stood a pompous gentleman in evening clothes with ferocious mustachios He had a wand in his hand and with it directed the movement of a beautiful little dirigible about three feet long a perfect replica of th seppelins which were lust beginning to be talked about It did look rather startling The tmpressario moved hla wand to the right and the miniature dirigible started off around the top of the tent Its tiny propellers whirring He dipped his wand and the little ship nosed down and began to descend He traced a graceful circle upward and the ship ascended and reproduced his movement In the air Finally after performing all sorts of such feats It gracefully doscended and landed on a table It was an Impressive sight but afterwards an American engineer arhe had witnessed the display explained to me that it was all ''perfectly simple" He said the wand was merely a signal to a man concealed from the audience who sat before an electric switchboard and controlled the ship by radio Since then many experiments have been carried on by this type of remote control but so far as I know It has sot been used In any engines of war Naturally when I first read the news of the robots the picture of the little seppelin floated into my tnlnd Experts admit that the Ger man pilotless planes are nothing but rockets and they can be sent in only the general direction of their targets But the same experts freely idmit that there could be pilotless planes I mention’ the rocket attacks eot to much to emphasize the last hysterical gesture of the writhing Teuton but because they mark an Important milestone In the psycho ‘logical battle whose frenzy has mounted In these weeks since the Invasion The robot attack was not nearly as much of an' offensive as a defensive stroke Reports reach- ing Washington In the last days that there is a defeatist ' psychosis mounting In Germany ' That this bit of Buck Rogers fantasy was to be an antidote is clear from the tremendous play it received in German propaganda The tension in enemy countries Is understandable to any of us in Washington who have gone through the strain of that morning when the first hint Came over the air that was dawning Like many other newsmen writers and broadcasters I was routed out of my bed shortly after midnight after being on the alert for weeks and from then on' for many hours that bed was a stranger to me WNU Commentator he is a garrulous workman drinking thin beer with a group of friends perhaps he is even the fellow wearing the swastika helling Hitler with the rest Anyhow he Is described in the document I quote as the "third man" who like a dark ihadow "overhears all conversation!” "He learns" aaya a nervous Natl warning which I cannot identify further translation of which I am quoting literally "that the enemy took a village a week ago that there le only ne German soldier to every 500 meters along the eastern front (I have been told by a Colonel) that the Americana will attack with a hundred thousand aircraft steered by remote control methods (yes certainly cur charwoman’s nephew who works in the secret department in the Reich air ministry says " and to tha transao) lation runs revealing the state of Natl nerves Na wonder that when the German "secret weapons" tha pilotless bombers were sent aver London tha German propaganda fairly shrieked Its triumph from avory housetop In an effort ta tha grim news af tha invasion Unfortunately for Derr Goebbela at almost that very moment tha mast powerful air weapon aver created the was making the longest Bight an record ta itrlka at tha heart af Japan’s chief war Industry That undoubtedly had Its repercussions In Germany What Is the state of nerves in Berlin where according to a correspondent of tha Swiss Journal da Geneva "everywhere one travels there are ruins plies of rubble paper has taken tha place of windows and there are makeshift roofs with no tops on them In many quarters (ha majority of tha inhabitants art burled beneath tha ’ ruins his No Com plaint t Pleate You can Judge ta thinking what tha governabout tha attitude Berliners are taking by an article printed in tha Lokal ment which "For tha sake of your lives be careful!" it says and then begs that no complaint about their work or revelation of what they are doing be made which might reveal g to tha enemy "Talk about how well wo are fed" tha writer begs "say that the German people get more bread butter and milk than ever before that everybody still gets fresh white bread and even occasionally eggs and soma lovely apples" this ta‘ directed to a Obviously people utterly discouraged by minds equally desperate From another source which I cannot Identify Is revealed a message said to coma directly from the High Command itself calling for "strong hearts'' to meet the newa of the retreat! on Russian front which It freely fou Did the Enemy Feel? tha admits has become a "psychologiTemperatures rose and fell for cal burden" many days thereafter but the peaks J and valleys of emotion in this coun- A Remarkable Map try eould have been nothing The members of tha Nawith those of our enemies As tional many Geographic society have refet wf cannot know exactly what ceived the remarkable new map of the German pulse beat was when Japan and adjacent regions put out i our forces reached their shores after by that organization all the boasting about Hitler's "West recently This la tha first time that a deWall" or how kimonos fluttered tailed map has been eomputed with when the Japanese homeland was tha geographic heart of Tokto aa Its ruthlessly hammered by an engine center Tha National Geographic of war more terrible than any they Bulletin states that the exact spot when Ameri-- ’ Is expected exlsted-- or Toklo's central railway station can naval guns roared in the about which cluster tha imperial pali Kuriles and the Bonins almost in ace tha central post office and tha a'illrohito’a back yard Marunouchi building one of tha L? It takes some time to assay the clty'a largest official structure morale in enemy lands but thanks The map has been compiled of to certain reports which have al- entirely new base material and la ready reached the Allied capitals we being used by tha general staff and can gauge the mental state of the other government departments which opened their flies to the Napopulation in Germany ' Some of the information comes tional Geographic researchers (or 5 from secret sources which may not Its preparation be disclosed lest they give a hint Just becauss we have our eyea on to the gestapo as to whom or where western Europe at tha moment la no the sources are One such report reaaon why w should forget what ta of 'that spectre "the third going on In tha Pacific speaks Fortunately man" who Is haunting the Nazi our forces have been built up there minions everywhere they gos Per- to tha point where we can carry on is a bent old derelict sweep- - simultaneous action with the movehaps he Ing the street crossing Terhaps ments of tha armies In Europe BRIEFS by Baukhcge produce and manufactured goods Most people probably realize however that the present prosperity is a result of the war and that a downturn is almost certain to come with peace There may be no depression at least not for several years but the present very high level of activity is not likely to be maintained But in any case there comes a time in everyone's life when he has to slow down Whatever stage the business cycle la in those who are unable to work get no income Everyone who baa to make his own living must be somewhat concerned about the future A very large group of wage and aalary earners have found partial answer to these troublesome ques tlona They are the workers in private Industry and commerce those in "covered" employment to whom the end survivors Insurance program of the Social Security act applies These workera are building up rights to monthly Insurance payments when they grow old and retire and for thtfir families when death comes to the bread’ winner OUiers not so fortunate look upon the group that has social insurance protecUon somewhat enviously The Social Security board receive! many letters from the —professional people email bus!- - —— - f w (Left) Nurl among Italy ried and recruitment r women in occupied now applies only between the wornt-- resulting matrimonial ruh In a northern to unmaragea of 18 desperate Pillow feathers art so scarce in Hungary and tha Balkan countries that Nazi arc offering a bribe of one gallon of gas for a quantity of feather worth about 13 cent A "seat changing' signal is given at regular interval In Hi rrovulcd trains in Japan and people who have been sitting etnnd up to charge places with ti others Aa elderly woman cashes check ta Since February I her eld age Insurance New Julius Caesar would have had more water to cross today In Invading Britain— Die rlifTi of Dover have receded that much i ) i to the federal government Together with the money he sends a report of the amount of wages paid the worker to be duly entered in hit social security account in Baltimore Md On the basis of these wage records the Insurance benefits are figured Farmers Could he Protected the system be applied to farm people? Farmers are scattered over a very wide area Could the premiums be collected without the costs of administration mounting unduly high considering the small amounts paid in? “And how would farmers figure out what their premium ought to be seeing that lots of them don’t keep any books? The Sogial Security board is confident that the extension of the and turvlvora Insurance system to farm people Is now feasible Ways have been devised to overcome the difficulties As a basis tor determining farmers’ social Insurance premiums the reports they ere already making to the government for income tax and other purposes can be used For the farmer who is not required to file Income tag returns would figure his income on the basis of the estimated "market value of his services" In doing this he could guide himself by the wages received by his highest paid farm hand If he employs no labor the monthly wage rate for farm labor In his locality would serve “ ‘ Farmers could pay their premiums at times most convenient for themselves Some might find It convenient to pay a lump sum annually and others might prefer to pay In four annual quarterly installments farmers could pay their in social Insurance premiums stamps if they chose They would buy these currently end put them In a social security stamp book which could be turned In from time to time as payment toward their premiums Collections Through Stamps For farm help the stamp method might be best the board thinks The farmer could buy social Insurance stamps from any post office or rural letter carrier and Insert them in the stamp books furnished him by his workers when he paid their wages Half the cost of the stamps would be deducted from the worker'! wages as his social security premium When the' worker's book was full or et the end of its period ol validity he would bring or mail it to any office of the board so that it could be added to his record With the stamp system the "small" farmer would find It unnecessary to keep books or file reports about the wages of his paid help On the large farm the stamp method A mldweatera farmer smiles with could be "used for temporary or satisfaction aa he reada the figures casual workers not carried on the a a check received for his produce regular pay roll Wages paid in the Agricultural income Is now twa to form of room and board and the three time the 1939 level hut this like might be included In the workhappy altuatloa won't last econo- er’s total wage and the value let mists warn Unless this on them could be based on date man is fortunate however hla gathered and published from time savings will dwindle away and he to time by the department of agriwill face eld age without culture yecurity Farm people have every claim to about 79 month under the e be Included under the end end survivors insurance program! survivors insurance program Their Mrs C is one of 763000 persons— claim is all the stronger becauss workers past 63 their aged wivei many of them are already partly widows end children and dependunder the system In the wintertime ent parent— who today arc receivor in other off seasons for farm ing monthly payments on account of work many farm people work In end survivors insurance To Industry and pay on sodate the system has paid out nearly cial Insurance In premiums e lifetime their half a billion dollars payments amount to substantial The mechanics of end sur- sums And yet very few ever vivors insurance are simple Every get benefits because they people don't work pay day every worker in a covered In covered employment long enough Job pays under present rates I per cr often enough to qualify for tht cent of his wages as a premium on monthly payments The Inclusion oi hit end survivors Insurance tarrrt people under the program This is deducted from hit pay by would at once both rectify the Inhis employer who pays an equal justice to these workers and plug sum Four times a year the em- a big gap in the social aecurlty ployer aends both contributions in program Young and strong this Maryland farmer shouldn't need retirement benefit payments for many years— unless tlckneas er an accident ahould incapacitate him But tha tima will coma when ha will be toe Id ta work During his good yeara he ahould have a chance ta accumulate a retirement fund through Social Security Ilia family too should be protected under the survivor's benefit provisions Under however the preaent provision farm family in excluded from the system i nesa men gas staUon operators restaurant keepers operators of of and cleaning pressing shops beauty parlors and ao on wanting to know why they can't get protection They pay premium! tor their employees' Insurance but themselvei cannot build up rights to this discriminabenefits "Why tion?" they ask "We have no more aecurlty than our employee" Few From Farmers Very seldom among these letters Is there one from the from e farmer Yet farmers have fully ai much reason to seek social insurance protecUon as others of the The noUon that farmers are an independent and group is no longer true It la a hangover from earlier Umes when most farms were Today farmers are much more vulnerable They have to buy more and tell more operating costs art higher and falling price often mean serious losses "Then too sections differ as to agricultural prosperity North and south west and middle-weare widely unlike while In each there ere plenty of spots that preaent a quite different picture from the rest In 1939 the last year before the "war boom" nearly of the farm operators In the country had a gross annual money income yield (allowing for food consumed by the farm family) of less ‘than 600 had less than 1000 and 69 per cent had under 1300 It la difficult for farm owners to save much out of these small cash incomes Even a farmer with an average net Income of 1000 a year finds it hard to put much aside for old ege or misfortune The constant nr In old age like this sturdy Florida farmer He knows nevertheless that he will have to quit In a few years or maybe much sooner If he could anticipate a regular flow ol Social Security checks be could face the future with much less concern York bank 1949 persons aver 5 are eligible U receive the benefit f goclal Security payment even though they have worked only a abort time under the system and have contrlb utrd ilttlo 4 the fund (Right) Thla New York couple waa the lirat to apply for monthly payments to uhli h they mere entitled under the BmUI Security system The rhecko began U flow out In 1910 Could Damp clothe! well hung re ha ironed and a clean line keen clothes clean r t i a Things 1 Never Knew A splendid safeguard in the me About the White Houses Icine cabinet is to place pins crot Truly a product opjjte melting pot wise through the corks of any b Is the White House Charles ties which contain poison a Frenchman Pierre L’ Enfant pricked finger will be noticed ei James Hobana in the dark! chose the site Dublin Irishman designed and built Glass may be do White and Negroes repre"Frosting it senting 11 different countries had a easily by simply painting the gla with white lead and oil This cs hand In its construction be painted on smooth or given I It cost the gov't Just $50 the price stipple effect by twisting 1 brush of a gold medal to have the White t House designed Congress sponWhen around hg painting sored a national contest for the deThe prize switch plates or similar metal sign Hoban won It was either the $50 medal or 500 in faces coat such surfaces before beginning and I cash Hoban patriotically chose the will be easy to wipe off surpll medal In his 42 years of subsesplashes Hoban quent work in Washington never designed another building If you are baking a nunhpr No one today can tell where the pies and the last one won't qu cornerstone of the White House is fit into the oven place a sme placed Successive layers of white deep lid or tin cup in the availabj on it Th paint from which the mansion gets space and put your pie its name have effectively concealed raises the pie above the other: thus all may be baked at one tur It from sight and knowledge I Part of the money for building it saving considerable fuel came from lotteries ihelt ever B George Washington who helped supervise the construction of the White House until file week of his death always referred to it as the Federal Palace or Mansion With typical modesty which should be a lesson to some of the politicians of our day he never called the city To of Washington by that name him whether in public or private was always the Federal Washington City The nor novel strike Is neither MEXSANA' SOOTHING MEDICATED SQWDti Fish in Desert Water from wells 300 feet det have brought fish to the surface ( It is presume the Sahara desert they have traveled through unde ground streams a new ter It was tried way back crews working on the They were ordered t or move out ol the shacks on the White House grounds in which many lived with their families so these unsightly structures could be razed They refused because they had to move end staged the first sitdown strike in protest lee ela in 1800 by the White House Diplomats now consider WashIt ington the prize post wasn't e la the eld days Washington and particularly the site of the White Bouse were considered se unhealthy the British gev’t decreed Its representatives should be awarded additional It did pay for serving there not became the White Honse officially until Theodore Roesevelt moved In Be ordered that simple name engraved on hia official letterhead! after It had been almost completely rebuilt The White Boose staff has never been known te betray an Woodrow Important secret Wilson whose life is being dramatised on the screen by Darryl F Zanack under the title inadvertently made known bis decision to declars war on Germany to at least two members of tho Whit Bonse staff bat not n word leaked out In advance of the official declaration Some members of tho staff also knew of his plana to wed Edith Bolling Galt well In advance of the event but kept the secret welL F lri wo MsrtttUIUAl King's if fit i 5 ban (VillM Heralds Male Quartet r hub xlo— xoa— xoh— isn Xewspaper logs Show Other ing ath hal ms whi Staflem "N An lonmorANCKiruAtf 7 I tag SNAPPY PACTS xna gui AIOUT M1 ’of RUBBER Utost govoramont figures show that 10 pee coat of th Milos's workers travel te end from their war obs by automobile Still am Import at reason why available fir have to bo dlstribetod earn tiouily vr I P now Goodrich bat created and b beginning to product synthetic rubber tho detolis of which mud remain confidenHa I untl after war Introduction of a certoh abundant natural material Iras veloped a synthetic rubber that approaches natural rubber Is Characteristics during processing and bos proven su parlor b large track tiros Gruff old Andrew Carnegie during hla lifetime saw to it that the White House bad plenty of Scotch do mat' ter who was President He'd order it in kegs from Scotland and have it sent directly to Washington and the Chief Executive with his President Wilson compliments however refused to accept the Scotch and Carnegie discontinued the practice u a d ’f REGooflricli a ! h ! i Andrew Jackson for sentimental reasons turned the White House around by putting the formal entrance on the north side facing Pennsylvania Avenue He wanted to save his good friend E P Blair some step Blair had built his house on the opposite sidd of the venue to be near the President and Jackson reciprocated by putting the entrance that much closer for his boon friend The hnalest phone In the White nonae Is not the President’s The chief other gets many more calls because of the Innumerable dalles and function! which fail to him Pettv pllferlngt are higher at the White Honse than In any ether official bonding in the world Individuals high in pobllo life have been known to filch knives spoons and forks for souvenirs Lrurr fry will grab anything for the same purpose even to ontpplng off tasnels from draperies or cutting oat pieces of tapestry from chairs flaiv ft ft ' Bay Wr Bou j ' PO! avay! fUderar Perspirotfo S7 Oder) - f tS '£ CD I CECDCSRHT -t- ta't tiiff or CEERH1 stickyl Spreads like feet creem “b actually soothing U after shaving— will not Irrl'1 " k J heli£htpleetantcentN0'‘ smell to cUng to fi geS fobrlcfc —will net spofl drlicet V et letts in the ttophe— — prov thsl Yodore protetm"" b Me w ft Ing condition " ShKmma I laLU let a — tJ i i i A Dab a Day keeps All White packages and gift sent to ths House go automatically to the White House garage 8 block as ay to be meticulously and scientifically examined against any on the Chief Executive's life The White House ha undergone Innumerable change and modifications and has been completely rebuilt twice Tradition and circumstance have given the White House practically a living persoifalty It la constantly being In the quoted newspapers as "th Whit House sys” ft Iriycst in Liberty |