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10 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed.; Dec. 7, 194j Fcti, Noted FIltr.Armi For S. Dokofa Govtrnorshfp creased to 21,500,000, or more than one out ol every eight per sons. The problem, he said, has be- Rising Number Of Workers Nearing 60-Year Mark .Spells Expansion Of Pension System WASHINGTON M -The government's labor statistics chief lays that pensions tor everybody seem a sure bet with "the old and the near-old" making up half the nation's voting population. Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor statistics, said many work ers between 40 and 60 are "very properly concerned about their bleak economic future once they become branded as 'too old to work'. "And these two groups the old and the near-old are a very po tent force In our society today," Clague said In a speech at the Machinery and Allied Products institute. .. ! "Between them they now ac count for half the population of voting age and their relative strength is growing each year. . "Because of their mature years and experience they exert more over a greater than proportion ate Influence In community at fairs and In the councils of labor. "In a democratic society, re sponsible to the needs of its citi zens, it is almost a truism to state that their voice will be heard, and that their Just demands will be met. So much is self evident." Life Expeotaney Upped Clague said medical science has boosted the life expectancy of a white male from 48 years in 1900 to about 66 today. There are now about 11,000,000 men and women aged 65 or over, or one out of every 13 persons, Cague said. He calculated that 50 years from now, In the year 2000,. the number will have In- SIOUX FALLS, S. D. UP Major Joe Foss, famous Marine filer In World War II, is planning on a fling in politics, his aim, the governorship of South Dako ta. The 34 -year -old Marine ace said he would be a Republican candidate for nomination at the 1950 primary, to be held June 6. Foss, winner of the Congres sional Medal for his exploit in the South Pacific, was the first flier to equal Capt. Eddie Rick enba'cker's World War I record of downing 26 enemy planes. Foss, who operates a flying service at the Soux Falls airport, is currently commander of the state's Air National Guard, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He Is married and has two small daughters. come acute with the iie of the mass production when we had a largely rural economy, older peo ple simply tapered off activities on the farm; now "much more exacting" job requirements seem to require a complete break from regular vocations. Clague said the steady growth In number of aging persons seems to leave no question of the need for a penuun system. Rather, hi said, the question Is "how best to meet wis need. 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