Show townsend plan greatly modified the townsend old age pension plan has been changed chanced to read 50 per month instead of the formerly aske the 1 ge e minimum in the rew new bill Is understood to be 60 years even this reduction is much more than nan I 1 athe the presidents social security program r am calls for the presidents plan is that the government pay 15 a month to all over 65 years of age tills this sum to be matched by the sta stages re speaker barns sav davs the dav davs ard moans means committee will not object anyone offering the townsend alani as a Sub stute measure rne asure and that if anyone khod d seek to block a vote he be would favor a special rule to permit one representative isabella greenway of arizona A says that tile the of would provide onla about 4 for each person over 65 years ot of age in tie the united states representative martin of colorado claims that the federal government should too foot the whole cost of old age insurance for at least two ve years ars it is unlikely that all the states are in a position posit lon to match even the 15 of government money however should federal money bs be u usel sel to cover the whole expense for two or three years the plan would have a chance to become firmly established and backward states would find it possible rossi bip to adjust their budgets to neet meet 1 the new conditions within that time all eligible citizens would thus receive equal security rity regardless of what state he be lived in |