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Show National News Summary Average Income The Census Bureau reports that the average income of the nation's families was $3,000 in 1947. It was distributed among the country's 37.000,000 families as follows: 4,000,000 had under $1,000; 6,000,000, $1,000 to $2,-000; $2,-000; 8,000,000, $2,000 to $3,000; 8,000,000 had $3,000 to $4,000: 4,000,000 had $4,000 to $5,000; 3 000,000 had $5,000 to- $6,000; 3,000,000 had $6,000 to $10,000; and 1,000,000 had $10,000 or more. European Recovery Congress has been asked by the Administration for $5,650,-000,000 $5,650,-000,000 for European recovery in the 15 months ending June 30, 1950. Approximately $4,400,000,-000,000 $4,400,000,-000,000 was sought for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. and $1,250,000,000 for the 3 months prior to July 1. The new requests show that Marshal' Plan costs, as predicted, are dropping. Congress appropriated $5,055,000,000 for the programs the first 15 months and $4,491,-497,000 $4,491,-497,000 had been spent as of February 4. Rural Phones Forty-five per cent of the nation's na-tion's farms now have telephones, tele-phones, compared with 25 per cent in 1940. The Bell system of the American Telephone and Telegraph company alone ha-added ha-added more than 1,050,000 telephones tele-phones in rural areas since th: end of the war, to bring thr system's total of rural telephone-to telephone-to about 2,370,000. Wages In the period from 1939 to 1947, gains in wages and salaries sala-ries were recorded in all industries, indus-tries, with farm wage-workers scoring the greatest relative gain, from an average of $300 in 1939 to $900 in 1948. Federal Payroll The number of persons on the federal payroll at the close of 1948 stood at 2.104,000 compared with 1,595,000 a year earlier, according to Senator Harry F. Byrd. chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-Essential Non-Essential Federal Expenditures. The estimated rate of increase throughout the year was 297 persons per day. |