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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C, Let's Face Facts Social Security Plan For Farmers CalU for Careful Consideration By BARROW LYONS — WNU Staff Corraqpondmf WASHINGTON, D. C.— Partners throughout the land to day are being asked to give thought ful consideration to a proposal that, if adopted, would spell better health for them and their families, and pro tection against many of the hazards and discomforts of old age—but fot which they would have to pay a price. Proposed amendments to the So cial Security act incorporated in the Wagner - Murray Dingell Bill would bring benefits to some 12 million people working in American agri culture, and about 3 million small business men, s e 1 f-e m- ployed profession al workers and domestic serv- Barrow Lyons ants. The monetary price to the farmer for a compre hensive system of social insurance would be equal contribution rates for employees and employers amount ing to 6 per cent on all wages up to the first $3,000 a year, a 7 per cent contribution rate for self-employed persons, with provision for Govern ment contributions to the system, presumably in 10 to 15 years, when current receipts become insufficient to meet disbursements. Taxation, which cannot be determined now, would provide the Government con tribution. Farm Groups Accept The intangible price would be the extension of a system which made the central government still more responsible for the welfare of in dividuals, and placed state govern ments in a position where Federal authorities might examine their ad ministration of social security funds, and withhold funds if abuses were discovered. Some acceptance of the program already has been gained from lead ing farm organizations. Last Novem ber, Albert S. Goss, National Mas ter of the Grange, told members in annual session at Grand Rapids, Mich., that lack of social security coverage for farming is one of the handicaps in holding good workers on the farm. For the last two years the Na tional Farmers union has supported extension of social security to the farm. At its 1942 convention in Okla homa City a resolution was adopted which called for medical care ir. addition to benefits under old-age and survivors’ insurance. Last fall the state conventions of the Farm ers union in Montana, North Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and Oklahoma adopted resolutions favoring the principles of the Wag- ner-Murray-Dingell Bill. The American farm bureau fed eration’s general counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick, is studying the question of endorsement of coverage of farmers and farm labor. At present there is no general pro gram in effect to meet the risks of illness, accident, disability, old age and premature death for America’s 6 million farm operators. The pro portion of them who carry compa rable private insurance is small. There are few indeed among the 3% to 4% million paid farm workers, and 1% to 2% million family help ers, who are adequately covered by private insurance. For the most part, when the principal breadwin ner of a farm family is stricken by long illness, old age or death, the family has only its own resources to command, and too often these are inadequate. Unlike his grandfather, the farm er of today operates with all of the risks which go with commercialized and mechanized farming. His land values are much higher and fluc tuate more than they did 50 years ago. He must sell a great deal more produce to cover his operating costs, and he is subject to much greater price and market hazards than his pioneering forefathers. Farm Health Declines There is another phase of country life that comparatively few people realize. Surveys of the health of farm families show that their health is not as good as that of city fami lies. Farm children suffer from pre ventable and correctible defects of teeth, sight and hearing more fre quently than city children. Farm women have twice as many children as city women, and the highest death rates in maternity cases are found in farming areas. Farmer se lectees for the armed services have ,een rejected because of physical ’.efects in considerably larger pro portions than city men. One bit of evidence: data on se lective service draftees between 18 and 19 years of age show the high est rate of rejections for farmers at 41.1 per cent, the lowest for crafts men at 20.4 per cent. Proposed legislation calls for a Federal system of medical and hos pitalization insurance for all persons covered under old-age and sur vivors’ insurance and for their de pendents. The Surgeon General of the United States would administer the technical and professional as pects of the program and the Social Security board, the financial phases American Prisoners of War in Rome According to the German caption with this photo, which reached the United States via a neutral source, the above men are Americans who were taken captive by the Germans at the allied bridgehead at Nettnno. The prisoners are on their way to internment camps in the rear. Double-Barreled Smash at ‘Fortress’ Europe Here is shown the boundary referred to as Hitler’s “Inner Fortress,’^ which soon may be cracUng in sev eral places. Even as the Red army pauses in preparation for a spring drive, the Russians are dt the very wall of the fortress, and are expected to hit at vital Lwow, rail gate to Warsaw and Berlin. The Allies mast crack the heavily fortified coast line and break through many divisions -if Germany’s out standing troops. Meanwhile, pre-invasion pounds from the air continue to knock out Nasi air strength, cripple rail lines and arms factories. \ Wichitans Wade in Flood Waters Don't Whistle! Wading barefoot was the order of the day as thousands of residents of Wichita, Kansas, were stranded downtown by flood waters of the Little Arkansas river. These venturesome individuals are trying to get home by fording a more shallow avenue of escape. Bill White is not a Wac, Wave or Spar. He is a member of the famous fighting Irish regiment of Canada, reminiscent of the Ladies from Hell of World War I. Here he walks down Chicago streets, ignoring the loud whistles. India’s Delegates to Labor Parley Members of the India delegation to the International Labor Organiza tion conference at Temple university in Philadelphia. Left to right: Jamnadas Mehta, India Federation of Labor; D. G. Mulherkar, All-India Organization of Industrial Employees; H. C. Prior, Indian Civil Service and Sir Samuel Runganadha, commissioner. Hero Welcomed Pittsburgh’s conquering hero, Tech. Sgt. Charles C. (Commando) Kelly, as he is welcomed home by his mother. Kelly was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for killing 40 Nazis at Salerno. By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. A REHEARSAL of Frank Sinatra’s Wednesday night air show is something to see. Outside the CBS theater the bobby sock brigade waits; even when he’s in California they wait; otherwise they’ll lose their places in line. Inside, the Voice, be-spectacled, chewing gum, has a swell time clowning with Jerry Lester. But when he rehearses his songs Sinatra settles down to busi ness, working like the conscientious professional that he is. Seeing him then, you get a new slant on this likable young man who has shot to the top in the entertainment field so rapidly. He ought to stay there—if the ardent admirers who lie in wait (or him don’t kill him first; one girl almost choked him a while ago I * Adolphe Menjou, debonair as ever, nas been dashing about New York, fust back from bond-selling in Canada. Meeting friends, he talks about that trip, and goes on to dis cuss, not the RKO picture he’s just ADOLPHE MENJOU finished with Sinatra, but the fact that he’s going to the South Pacific in November. Like other visiting stars, he was booked knee-deep for radio appearances; there’s a short age of “names” in New York. —*— - C. S. Forester, the famous author who wrote “Capjtain Horatio Horn- blower” and “The Ship,” will write the story in which Greta Garbo will return to the screen. Producer Les ter Cowan engaged him to do a story about fighting sailors, men and women, in the Norwegian merchant marine. Miss Garbo, who hasn’t liked other ideas submitted to Her, must be in favor of this one. —*— Don’t believe that Penny Single- ton is as wacky in real life as she sounds ih the title ride of the air’s “Blondie.” She was an established Broadway musical Comedy star when she was brought to Hollywood tor dramatic and singing roles; be fore that, she’d studied journalism at Columbia university. She turns out a children’s story occasionally. —*— Anita Colby returned from a nation-wide chore on behalf of “Cover Girl" with a new formula for getting a room in an over crowded hotel. "When they’d say they were all sold out,” said she, “I’d ask if they didn’t have one room that just wasn’t made up yet. They always had. And I can honestly say now that I’ve made beds in some of America’s best hotels!" * Barton Yarborough finally did it. Playing “Doc Long” in “I Love a Mystery,” by Carlton Morse, he did 260 performances without a slip of the tongue. Then, instead of saying “I never believe in sockin’ a sleepin’ man,” he said “I never be lieve in sleepin’ a sockin’ man.’’ * Bob Burns, radio’s “Arkansas Traveler,” had to go on a diet for his new picture, “Belle of the Yukon,” with Dinah Shore and Gypsy Rose Lee. “Times have changed,” remarked Bob. “Twelve years ago I had to diet because I wasn’t makin’ a picture.” * March of Time director Len Lye and cameraman Bob Navarro were in Ireland just before Great Britain imposed restriction of travel be tween the two countries. They got out in time with the thousands of feet of film they had been shooting. The result is an up-to-the-minute picture, “The Irish Question,” that shows Ireland and the Irish as they are today. It’s informative and good entertainment. * Stuart Buchanan, who now heads the Blue Network’s script depart ment, was one of the first to see “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” when it reached Broadway for a re turn engagement. 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