Social Security Costs Compared With Railroad Retirement
Washington compares President Truman's social security plan with the railroad retirement system. It notes tax rates, wage bases, and benefits, detailing how railroad workers already pay 12 percent total and the proposed social security would tap wages up to 400 dollars monthly with differing retirement rules and earn-while-you-work allowances. It cites experts and the Advisory Council on Social Security, led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr, and discusses potential government subsidies to cover accrued liabilities.
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Advisory Council On Social Security
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
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Atwater Kent Wills Fortune To Charities Atwater Kent Wills Fortune To Charities
A Atwater Kent died March 4 at 75 leaving 1335000 to charities and education and 2000000 to his widow Mabel Lucas Kent. He bequeathed 442000 to 73 friends including Edgar Bergen Billie Burke Greer Garson Hedda Hopper and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. Attorneys estimate the estate may exceed 4400000 in value.
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Social security plan splits unemployment and health coverage
The proposal keeps unemployment insurance as a state obligation while health coverage would be folded into the new bill. Management would cover all costs, with the split defining who funds which benefits under the revised system.
Capitol Bookie Bust Cuts Off Horse Race Wires
Washington officials led by District Attorney George Morris Fay clamp down on bookie gambling choking off horse race wire services within a 20 mile radius. Two wires targeted while Press Association signals feeding papers and radios remain active. The crackdown has yielded numerous arrests as part of a broader anti gambling drive. Arizon's copper tops the other 47 states.
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Press Association
Morris Fay
Painesville Longshoremen set April 8 strike date
AFL International Longshoremen Local 1314 rejects a 25 cent daily pay raise offer and schedules an April 8 strike at five Grand River fisheries. The union seeks 75 cents more per day and protests recent layoffs as snow muffles warning whistles and dulls sounds.
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AFL International Longshoremen’s
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