The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 11, 1938, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Maybank Makes
Study Of Pensions
(iuvwruor-olect Uuruot R. Maybank
plana to make "a complete aiudy" of
the functions and duties of the dopajtment
of public welfare before be
coining governor, "la order thut
proper methods might he taken if
possible to assist the uged and needy
in this state in receiving a pension in
keeping with many other states" I
This was Indicated when the foi l
lowing correspondence between Mayor!
.Maybank and Thomas H. Daniel, siatoi
director of the department of public
welfare was made public.
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(Jovernor-Nomlnuto Maybank's LoiterI
to Mr. Daniel:
"1 would appreciate It if you would
write me at your earliest convenience
a concise statement of the duties and
functions of the department of public
welfare, particularly pertaining to the
pension system In this state.
"I am very doslrious of making a'
complete study of the situation bo j
fore I become governor In order that
proper methods might be taken If,
possible to assist the aged and needy
in this state In receiving a pension
in keeping with many other states."
Mr. Daniel's reply:
"Your letter requesting a concise
statement of the duties and functions
of the state department of public
welfare, with particular reference to
provision for the needy aged, is received,
and I am glad of this opportunity
to outline for you briefly the operation
of the department.
"Passage of the social security act
of congress made it possible for cachj
state to have Its own funds for needy
X>ersons matched by contributions
from the federal treasury, upon compliance
with the terms of the federal!
act. The first step toward securing!
federal funds Is the submission to!
the social security board of d detailed
plan outlining the proposed ad-!
ministration of the state's assistance
program. This plan, when approved1
by the social security board, becomes!
in effect a contract between that]
board and the state department of:
public welfare, and availability of,
federal funds is conditioned upon1
compliance with the terms of the
plan. Our plan was promptly ap-i
proved upon Its submission to the
social security board In July, 1937.
"I'nder the state and federal acts
the state department of public welfare
is authorized to grant assistance
from federal aud state funds to three
groups of citizens?needy persons
over 65, needy persons who are blind
and dependent children residing with
near relatives. Federal funds for the'
needy aged and the blind are provided
to match equally funds appropiated
by the state for those purposes,
while for dependent children the federal
government provides only onehalf
of the amount furnished from
state sources. Diligent Inquiry has
failed to ascertain any explanation
of ythls discriminatory federal provision
for dependent children.
"Another form of assistance administered
by the department of public
welfare is "general relief," for bandi-!
capped and unfortunate persons not!
ligible for other forms of aid provided
in. ..the act. This typo of relief,
is available in counties which ap-j
propriate from their funds a sum ofi
money for this ptlrpose, which the'
state department is authorized to
match equally. No federal funds are
available for this form of cash assistance.
"Both federal and state laws require
that disbursements of cash assistance
be based upon individual
need, established by Impartial Investigation.
No federal funds may be
used to match a fixed or flat grant
any amount. There Is, therefore j
" no provisions for pensions, since the
department's grants must be based on
need, whereas a pension Is an allowance
given In consideration of past
services. Failure of the general public
to distinguish between these two(
types of award has greatly Increased j
and impeded the work of the department.
"In undertaking the duty of determining
need, the department requested
the home economics experts of
the department of agriculture at Wlnthrop
college to prepare a budget
guide, to be used in estimating minimum
requirements for reasonable
subsistence for persons living In
South Carolina. Income and support
available to the applicant are ascertained,
and -the adequacy of this support
Is measured by the standards set
up in the budget guide.-If the amount
available to the"fcftpllcant from all j
sources la sufficient, according to thisi
standard, to meet his minimum needs,!
his application is denied. If the cal-(
dilations sh<yif Insufficient support, the
deficit Is the measure of the
amount which can he awarded, in 1
so far as available fund*, equitably j
distributed over the entire state, will i
permit. * I
"The maximum award for old age ]
assistance under the social security i
act is |30 per month, of which one- l
may be paid from federal funds. 1
" " -" V|'
| 1 he South Carolina act provides aj
| maximum of m per month Only
I "tie state, California, paya an average
j award of as much aa $30 per month
Awards tu other states during August. 1
1938. the last month for which final
figures are available, range from an
! average of $4 95 In Mississippi to
I $28 78 in Colorado. In South Carolina
the average was $7.25 granted to
131 2 per cent of population over 66;
Georgia s average payment was $9 01
[to 33 0 per cent of the state's aged!
population; in North Carolina the!
average was $027 paid to 20 3 per
[cent ..f aged population; Alabama
paid $10*?2 average awards to 13 8
| per cent of population over 65; in j
i Arkansas the average was $.s SS paid j
. to IS H per cent, of aged population;
l-<ouialana paid an average Of $9.93
to 31,2 per cent, of aged population;
Tenesoe paid average grants of $13 25
i to 15 per oenl of population over
65. In most of the states the law permits
payment of $3u per month, but
available funds are Insufficient to permit
larger awards than those stated.
In the nation as a whole, average
[awards of $19 23 are paid to 21.7 per
[cent of the aged population
"In June, 1938. our payments averaged
$10.78 to 35.6 per cent of total
aged population. Later reductions
! were made necessary because of reduced
amount of state funds available
during be current fiscal year.
"Assistance for blind persons in need
In South Carolina may not exceed
$25 per month for any one recipient.
Average awards of $9 30 are paid to
44 one-hundredths of one per cent, of
total population, while In the nation
at large average grants of $23.47 are
paid to 43 one hundredths of one per
cent, of total population.
"Aid for dependent children In
South Carolina may be granted up to
$15 per month for one child, with $10
per month for each additional child
in the same family. Average awards
of $4.89 are paid to 16 per cent, of
all children under 16, as against the
nation-wide average awards of $12.63
paid to 2.2 per cent, of all children
under 16.
"General relief, the program Jointly
financed by counties and the stato,
la being extended in all counties except
Cherokee, Edgefield, Lee, Oconee,
Pickens and Saluda. In September
this type of relief was awarded to
2,317 families, representing 4.191 persons.
the average grant being $9.50
per case, or approximately $5.30 per
person. Figures on this form of relief
are not easily comparable with
those In other states, because of different
methods of providing general
j relief.
"The department Is also administering
a special appropriation provided
In the closing days of the recent
session of the general assembly
for the relief of the needy unemployed.
"In addition tp the functions above
outlined, the department administers
a federal fund for child welfare service.
This is an exclusive service
program, as distinguished from an assistance
or relief undertaking. Its purpose
is to provide 'for the protection
and care of homeless, dependent, and
neglected children and children in danger
of becoming delinquent.' For tills
service the children's bureau of the
United States department of labor
grants to Lho state annually approximately
$35,000, upon condition that
the program be administered by a
state agency employing professionally
qualified personnel The department's
child welfare division was promptly
approved by the children s bureau
for this work, whlgh la without cost
to the state.
"The department of public welfare
also administers a program of treatment
and training of the blind and
for the prevention of blindness. This
is financed entirely by the state funds,
and does not provide for the extension
of any cash assistance or relief.
"The public welfare act authorizes
the department 'to act as the agent of
the state and to co-operate with any
federal agency for the purpose of
carrying out matters of mutual con
cern.' Under this authority the department
has been designated by the
United States labor department as Its
agency for Investigating and certifying
applicants for enrollment in the Civilian
Conservation Corps. These young
men must be carefully selected In
accordance with government regulations.
and each Is required to send
to dependents at home at least $22.50
of his $30 monthly pay. The average
amount of federal funds coming to
South Carolina dependents of CCC enrollees
is approximately $139,361
every month, not Including amount*
retained by the men or the amounts
expended by the camps In the state ,
for supplies.
"Another Important function performed
by the department is the dis- ,
iributlon of the surplus commodities. ,
These commodities are furnished by ,
the federal surplus commodities cor- ,
poratlon, which - purchases agrtcul- ,
tural surpluses as a meanr of stftbil* ,
[zing the markets. The articles so ;
purchased are then distributed by the ,
states to their needy population. The
runction of the department of public ]
welfare In this connection Is limited .
to certification of needs and supervision
of distribution. It has no control
over the types or Quantities of
commodities available, and can allot
only the quantities allowed under the
corporations regulations. A feature
of this service is the providing of
commodities for school lunches to
schools which co-operate and comply
with the regulations proscribed by
the federal surplus commodities corporation.
The distribution service also
includes the handling of clothing and
other articles produced in the WPA
sewing rooms in the various counties.
The average monthly vrflue of agricultural
commodities brought into the
state and distributed to needy persons
in thid> way is approximately $150,000
while clothing valued at about $40,000
on an average each month is distributed.
"The information given above is
of course only an outline of the functions
of the department, but win
serve as a basis for your further
study of our program, and it will be
a pleasure for the department tQ be
of any possible assistant to you.
More detailed information will be
available shortly when the department's
first annual report Is published,
covering the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1938." s
Tonight's tho night
All out for Columbia and tho gridIron
classic of tho season?Camden
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Bulldogs va, Columbia Caps.
Wo'ro stringing with tho canine end
of the argument and going out on tho
limb to predict a one goul margin for
tho Bulldogs.
Just a word of caution?you drivers.
There will be a lot of cars on the
road tonight, so be sure and drive
carefully.
it would bo a never-to-be-forgotten
tragedy If anyone got injured in u
highway accident 'when going to or
returning from a football game.
Let's all be mighty careful.
Now for 9. few social tit-bits. Emily
Post says a gentleman does not carry
packages. Emily Post or no Emily
Post, ho does as his wife says.
Elsa Maxwell Is authority for the
statement that she could make a success
of a dinner at which John L.
Lewis and William Green sat at the
same table. Wo would suggest to
Elsa that she serve something that
would not stain the walls.
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Something for nothing is politician's
halt that always catches aucker'B
votos. That's tho reason "Thirty Dol-i
lars Every Thursday" and all such
crack pot pension schemes are rolling
off politician's lips.
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Do you remember when the slogan
to catch votes was "A Chicken in
Every Pot and Two Cars in Every
Garage." And what did we get? Have
you got a chicken in your pot or a
summer sausage? Have you two cars
in your garage or ?
Have you noticed any change In
the landscape in front of the postofflee?
If not. let us call your attention
to the fact that the old wooden switch
box and the concrete Magenot lino replica
have been removed by tho water
and light department.
While we usually leave the football
chatter to Jerry, we do want to take
this time out and mention this kid,
Called Billy Mullen. Put twenty or
thirty pounds more on that laddy hoy
and you'll see one of the best hacks
in the state high school grid ranks.
He played a swell and plucky game
I when working against Newberry last
week. The kid fairly oozes confidence
and despite his light weight he puts
a lot of gimp into his drives and also
on the defense.
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Speaking of weather, the temperature
last Sunday did a Corrlgan In
that It went up instead of down as
predicted in a government weather
report. Along this line of thought we
might state that a passerby stopped
In to tell us that the coldest weather
of last winter came In November.
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Honest folks, last Sunday the temperature
rose to 80 degrees here in
Camden. And in the face of another
warning of a cold spell for Monday,
the reading was 7
This week's pet peeve?The guy
who crawled over my feet in the
Camden theater, right in the middle
of a Shirley Temple song, and spilled
a half cup of ice cold coke into my
lap. There ought to be A law against
having supper in the theater.
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Champing and gnawing on pop corn,
sucking soda through a straw are all
right anywhere excepting in a theater
or in church.
Had a nice letter from Jim Young.
sporteasler of WIS. who will describe!
tho lant quarter or so of tho CamdenI
Columbia game tonight, beginning ut|
9:30. Jim asked us to provide a "spot,
tor" for him and wu turned tho job
over to Jack Netllea.
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liats off to the tinoat train in tho
southeast?the Seaboard Orange Blossom
Special. Went to McUeo and
came down on the Special with u hau-i
(Ireih or more other C-amdenilea. U
was quite an experience and u red
j letter event.
.
1 sometimes wonder how Alva Hush
and his crew managed to untangle'
that mess of cars at the Seaboard
station and in an area extending for
half a mile oast and west.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nettles almost
took an involuntary ride to Columbia.
They wero in tho lounge car enjoying
the upholstered chairs and chatting1
with some friends when their young
nephew, Sterne Evans, let out a bellow
of dismay when he noted the train
was moving.
The train was stopped thirty yards
up tho track so Jack, ills wife and
tho kid could disembark.
"Do you know," quoth Jack, "that
train started so quietly that wo never
knew it was moving." Seaboard bulletins
please copy.
Mayor's Proclamation
Whereas, the Kershaw County Ked
Cross Chapter Inaugurated their annual
roll call today, continuing through
Thanksgiving Ikiy
I therefore, as Mayor of the city of
Camden, do urge every resident of the
city to subscribe to the roll call and
aid In making the 1938 drive the most
successful over hold In the city and
| county. F. N. McCorkle, Mayor
| Today the Kershaw County Chapter4,
of the lted Cross opens the 1938 roll
call and It Is the heartfelt desire on
the part of every Individual connected :
with this great Immune effort to make
It the most successful ever carried
through in the city and county.
Those In charge of tho drive want
to attain a goal of 1.000 members, but
they would like at III bettor, to enroll
every adult In Kershaw county ms a
member of tho county chapter. If it
could be accomplished It would mean
national recoKnttlon for this community,
for It would bo something in the
nature of a record that would be difficult
to excel
So when the workers approach you
for your membership fee, bear that
Idea of "One Hundred 1'or Cent Memi
hcrshtp In Kershaw County" In mind
and see thai every adult in your family
wears a membership button.
The Red Cross, bear In mind, Is not
an organization that carries on only'
during times of warfare. It Is over
alert In any case of need of suffering.
It Is trigger quick when emergency
calls, and the rouaon it functions so
well, with such power and expediency.
Is because millions of big-hearted
Americans recognize Its human
purpose and efflency.
Has It ever occurred .to you just
what .your membership dollar means j
to tho Hod Cross? Tho best example
I can offer la that of a forest fire. You ;
know what a tiny insignificant thing |
a match Is. you know how small tire'
flame at the end of tho wooden stick,
but scores of giant forests huvo burned
with chaotic fury Just because
someone has boon careless with a
tiny match.
. And so It Is with the Red Cross
membership. One dollar may not
mean much from u monetary standpoint,
but thousands of them, millions
of them, ono by one, mean food for
tho starving, medical aid for tho 111,
help for the unfortunate in flood or
fire disasters, and so on.
And so. may wo ask every adult in
Kershaw county to consider what
their membership foe will be "Every
Adult in Kershaw County a Red
Cross Membor."
The drive starts today, Immediately
after thg memorial services to bo
held at 1 o'clock at tho corner of* De
Kalb and Broad Btroets under the
auspices of tho American legion.
Fog wag so heavy and thick In London
for two t^ays at the bogfuning of
tho wook, that oven dogs got lost In
the city's streets. The fog blacked out
much of southern England.
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