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4 Thursday. January 15, 1959 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 11 Strom j Ormond CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING FEARED The 86th Congress, which conven ed January 7, promises a difficult and trying two years to those of us who insist on adhering to Constitu tional principles and a sound fiscal policy. On Friday, the President deliver ed his State of the Union message to Congress. I was encouraged by his proposal of a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year, but I am far from convinced that a bal anced budget would result even if the President’s proposals were Serf- lowed. He anticipated higher spend, mg in the fields of assistance to education and urban renewal. This will only serve to encourage the Congressional Woe which is devoted to the cause of deficit spending. This bloc has already announced its intention to press vigorously for such legislation as the Area Rede velopment Bill, which the President vetoed last year, and the Omnibus Housing and Community Facilities Bills which failed passage last year. Additionally, it appears that the President’s proposal for a balanced budget is based on the hope of in creased revenue to the tune of ap proximately nine billion dollars. I hope the revenue is forthcdtntng. but it would be far better to attempt a balanced budget by reducing ex penditures, and applying any in creased revenue to our massive na tional debt. This would offset to some extent last year’s deficit of more than $12 bdfion and put some check on continuing inflation. CIVIL RIGHTS TO BE PUSHED The most dastardly note in the President's message was bis prom- ise to propose to Congress at an early date «o-caQed civil ri£rfs leg islation, nM only with respect to education hod voting, but also with respect to what be called “access to jobs,” but which is known and despised by us in the South as FEPC. It would appear that both the Administration and the radical “civil rights’’ zealots in Congress would have realized how much harm they have already caused to peaceful race rrbatons, not only in the South, but in the country as a whole. We must step up our at tempts to bring the public opinion of the entire country to bear against this subversive influence, while at the same time fighting so-called civil rights legislation. with every means at our disposal, as I cer tainly intend to continue doing. COURT BILL REJNTRODUCED While our fight on the issues of so-called “civil rights” and fiscal policy will, on the whole, be defen sive, I intend to fight offensively for legislation which will advance the cause of Constitutional Govern ment. Foremost among our offen sive weapons will be the Federal anti-pre-emption bill, of which I am a co-sponsor. This bill would pre vent the Supreme Court from strik ing down State statutes by miscon struing Congressional intent in Fed eral legislation. The anti-pre-emp tion bill, also known as the “States Rights Bill,” has already been in troduced in both the House and the Senate and is numbered HR 3 in the House and S 3 in the Senate. Since this bill passed the House last year by a substantial majority, and was defeated by the narrow margin of 41-40 in the Senate, I consider it our rn^st formidable ofensive wea pon. In facing the difficult period ahead, I have resloved to continue to fight vigorously for the sound governmental principles which have made this country so great and which are so cherished by South Carolinians. ow, widower, or chMreo entitled to benefits Under the oM taw, pay menta could not be made to a pa rent where there were such sur vivors. Disabled sons and daughters over IS years of ae who have not been getting at least one-half their sup port from a retired or deceased pa rent may now be able to qualify as dependents for the purpose of re ceiving monthly benefits based on the social security record of that parent. Disabled workers who applied for benefits or to have their social se curity earnings record frozen but were found ineligible solely because they had not worked at least a year and a half in the three years just before they became disabled should again apply for payments. These are workers who were told they met all other requirements when theyp reviously applied; also those workers who did not apply because their disability had developed grad ually and they had insufficient work in the three years just before they had to stop work entirely. Because of the liberalization of the work requirements in the disability insu rance program and the extenson of the retroactivity of applications, about 100,000 dsahled people may now qualify for benefits or to have their social security records frozen to protect future benefit rights. An additional 5,000 people may now be eehgjble for benefits as de pendents or survivors of insured workers. These include persons who could not get benefits because of marriage or remarriage. For exam ine, if a person geting benefits mar ries an old-age insurance benefit i ary or a disability insurance ben eficiary, payments to both can now continue. “Our office, and over 560 other social security offices, throughout the nation, are using all public in formation media to notify these newly eligible people about their social security insurance rights,” Miss Pressly said. OFFICE SUPPLIES < Changes In Your Social Security By MARTHA F. PRESSLY •f the Greenweed, S. C., Serial SecaiBy District Office) The number of people getting monthly old age, survivors, or dis ability insurance payments under social security increased by 1.3 mil lion during 1058. This raised the total of beneficiaries to 12.4 million as the year came to a close. Pay ments at the rate of $665 raUboa a month are now going to CJ million aged retired workers, to 2.0 minion wives and dependent husbands of retired workers, to 1.3 million wid ows and dependent parents of de ceased woskeis and their depend, ents Benefit payments for the year totaled $8.6 bMion. All of these people will receive the increase in benefit amounts pro vided by the 1658 amendments to the social security Isw, Miss Mar tha Pressly, district manager of the Greenwood Social Security Office, stated. The amended law lor a gen eral increase of about 7 per cent in each beneficiary^ monthly check. This increase is effective with chocks for January which will roach beneficiaries early in February. Beneficiaries need take no action to pet their increased Miss Pressly said. She pointed out, towever, that people to whom pay ments were made available for the first tiaan by the recent amend ments to the law must get in touch with their social security office be fore payments can stsart. She e timates that about 400,000 people nationwide who were not eligible for benefits before the law waa changed can now start getting pay ments if they apply for them. About JPO.OOO of thooe newly el igible people are dependents of per sons who wore eligible to receive die ability insurance benefits Dis ability insurance benefits have been payable to severely disabled work ers 80 to 65 years of age since July, 1957 As of Decomber, about 310, 000 disabled workers were receiv ing monthly payments Under the amended law, « disabled worker’s wife, dependent husband, and chi- dren can also bo paid benefits under the some conditions aa if the worker were 65 and <frawiag aerial security Aleo now eligible for payments lurviviag dependent parents of an insured worker who left a wid- At CHRONICLE PUB. CO. «aV* s Cam Gray Funeral Home CMutea. 8. C. 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