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Thursday. January 15, 1959
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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
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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-
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