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Show For tile fireplaces, sprinkle salt on the tiles and then rub them with half of a raw lemon. Follow this with a good scrubbing. KQfTlE J IN WASHINGTON SgJfr Social Security TJETWEEN NOW and April 30 M many thousands of farm owners and housewives in the home towns of the country must file quarterly returns and pay the 3 per cefit tax under the new provisions of the social so-cial security law. For the 81st congress made benefits bene-fits of social security apply to farm ivorkers and to domestic workers and other folks who work for hire, not covered under the original provisions pro-visions of the law. The new law, effective Jan-nary Jan-nary 1, provides that if & farm employee has worked from October Oc-tober through December, 1950, and at least 60 days for the same farmer in the three months, January, February and March, and has received a minumum of $50 in cash, then he is eligible for benefits under un-der the social security act. And he will continue to qualify so long as he works 60 days in any subsequent quarter and gets the minimum S50 in cash. So farm owners who have workers work-ers on their payrolls under these conditions must get an identification identifica-tion number from the government, and each employee must get a social so-cial security number. The farmer gets his number by filling out form SS-4A and the employee must fill out form SS-5. These forms may be obtained from the nearest tax collector, col-lector, or postoffice, or probably from your rural route carrier. The tax returns must be filed quarterly to include the 1 per cent out of the employee's pay and Vh per cent out of the farmer's pocket to make a total of 3 per cent. The farmer makes his return on form; 941 which he will receive, from the tax collector every quar ter. The treasury department has compiled a booklet which answers an-swers all questions relative to the new social security taxes called "Agricultural Employer's Social Security Tax Guide". It may be obtained free by writing writ-ing to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Treasury Department, Depart-ment, Washington 25, D.C. Housewives also must file similar simi-lar returns for their maids, laundresses, laun-dresses, , gardeners, hired hands and others who qualify under the law. Disagrees With Kline Allan Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, at a luncheon here in Washington the other day, told those present that if price controls were placed on farm produce, the American farmer would not give all-out production pro-duction of crops or animals or produce. Assuming that price controls are placed upon every other commodity, this reporter, who attended this luncheon, believes that Kline is underestimating un-derestimating the patriotism, the moral fibre and character of the American farmer. If we remember correctly, the greatest production ever attained by the farmers of America was during the last war when price controls were in effect, and granting that there has been a floor under a few major crops and hogs, since the war, the American farmer has not failed once, to give all-out production produc-tion when called upon to do so. This reporter is of the opinion, opin-ion, that even if such price ceiling were placed udou farm produce wherein farmers were not making the tremendous profits prof-its they are making today under the parity system, if called upon by their government they would respond like any other segment of the American people and give their all-out efforts toward to-ward a common cause of national na-tional security, since food is essential to this security. Kline is opposed to the imposition of price controls anywhere, or wage controls, preferring to rely upon the law of supply and demand and the imposition of sufficient taxes, curtailed credit, public debt management and other fiscal controls con-trols to meet the threat of inflation, infla-tion, and defense costs. Taft Makes His Pitch Sen. Robert A. Taft. Mr. Republican, Repub-lican, has made his pitch. He did it the first day of the new session of congress by vehemently objecting object-ing to the fact that President Truman, Tru-man, due to a stress of emergency business, and bills piled up by the lame-duck congress which adjourned ad-journed the day before, decided not to give his "State of the Union Message" Mes-sage" until Monday, January 8. Heretofore, the President has delivered the message the day following convening of congress, which would have been January 4. The irate Ohioan said this wasted the time of congress, although it could not condict business because no committees commit-tees had been named. The senator from Ohio followed that up the next day with a tirade against Mr. Truman's constitutional authority either tc send American troops to Europe or Korea without approval of congress. I |