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Wednesday. July 8, 195S
Approval Predicted
To Add 1,000,000
To Social Security
. Washington 0I.R) Demo
cratic sources predicted today
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee soon will approve legis
lation that could add almost
1,000.000 persons to the 7,000,
C00 now getting Social Security
checks from the government. "
To pay for the new benefits,
they predicted, the bill will ad
vance the date of future tax in
creases already scheduled for
employers, employees, and self-
employed persons covered by
Social Security.
Closed Doors
One Democratic source said
the committee probably would
agree to advance to January,
'1957, a 25 per cent boost in So
cial Security taxes now sched
uled for January, 1960.
. The forecast came as the com
mittee was called behind closed
doors to resume work on the
Democratic plan. Democratic
leaders have announced they
As We Live
By ELIZABETH HU1LOCK. PH.D.
FEARS HER MARRIAGE
MIGHT BE CHILDLESS
Only a doctor who knows the
history of a case can answer a
question that relates to a persn s
health. Speculating about the
matter will bring unhappiness
and should be avoided.
(Q) "1 am planning lo marry
young man several monlhs
from now. Ever sine he asked
me to marry him, I have been
bothered by a problem I hope
you can solve for me. About
four years ago this man had
T. B.. but he is fully reeov-
; ered now. When he was about
five years old he had some
thing the matter with his
spine I don't know the right
name for it but he recovered
from that too. What I am both
ered about is whether these
. sicknesses would have any ef
fect on our having children.
I love children and it would
make me very unhappy to
: have a childless marriage."
(A) Since you have accepted
this young man's proposal and
are planning to marry him in the
near future, I
think you owe
it to him and
to yourself to
settle any
doubts you
may have
about the pos
sibility of hav
ing children.
Unless you
Dr. Her lock know what the
future is likely to be, it may
make you so unhappy that you
will spoil your marriage.
I feel sure that your fiance
would want to clear up any ques
tions of this sort if he knew they
were bothering you. He should
arrange an appointment with
his doctor and take you 'With him.
to discuss his health and his pos
sibilities of having healfhy chil
dren in the future.
. Knowing his case history, the
doctor could tell you with rea
sonable accuracy what was in
store for your future husband.
(Copyright 1955, General
Features Corp.)
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will seek to rush the bill through
the House soon after it emerges
from committee. But the Sen
ate is not likely to act on it until
next year.
The Democratic majority of
the House committee, after re
versing itself several times dur
ing the last two weeks, was re
ported to have agreed finally
at a secret caucus late Tuesday
on this three point program for
liberalizing Social Security:
1. Lower the benefit age to
62 for women.
2. Lower the benefit age to 50
for permanently and totally dis
abled workers.
Survivor Benefits '
3. Allow physically and merfcl
tally incapacitated children of
deceased workers to draw sur
vivor benefits beyond the pres
ent cut-off age of 18.
The benefit age for men and
women now is 65.
Under the new plan working
women could retire and draw
benefits at 62. The lower benefit
age also would apply to wid
ows of workers covered by So
cial Security and to wives of
workers who, have retired be
cause they are 65 or over.
An estimated one million
women would become eligible
for benefits under the new plan,
of which possibly 700,000 could
be expected to draw benefits immediately.
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DRAGON HUNTER Noel
Rosefelt of Ventura, Cal., is
shown after recent arrival in
San Francisco aboard the SS
President Harrison with one
of a rare species of Chinese
Water Dragons he brought
back from China. Rosefelt
was captured by the Reds dur
ing his dragon hunt but later
released and allowed to take
his "catch" with him.
St. Paul Two important B
vitamins are found in eggs
thiamine as well as riboflavin.
Rising Wage Trend Seen Possible
Reason for Return of Inflation
Washington U.R) Will the
rising 1955 wage trend, settle
ments, set off enough price hikes
to reactivate that old bugaboo
inflation?
Government economists won't
say yes and they won't say no.
It may well be, they say, that
price rises that occur, including
the already definite price hike
in steel, will be absorbed be
fore they reach consumers.
Buying Power
This would mean an increase
in purchasing power of workers
with pay rises and an increase
in the standard of living instead
of inflation.
But obvious factors are present
and expected that could create
inflation, these economists said.
Both the auto industry wage
packages, valued at 20 cents an
hour in direct wage and other
indirect benefits by the CIO
auto workers, and the average
15 cents an hour direct ' wage
increase for the CIO Steelwork
ers were higher than govern
ment officials expected.
Government experts believe
the impact of these increases
will be to give a lift to the rising
wage trendy bringing settlements
over the rest of the year to be
tween 10 and 15 cents an hour
in wage hikes and fringe bene
fits. The steel price rise, averaging
$7.50 per ton, is important since
steel goes into so many products
If the price rise is carried
through to consumers it will be
multiplied. Other wage hikes in
basic industries also could set
off pyramiding price increases:
- The wage increases also work
another way. With more money
in their pockets, workers add to
Dentist To Open
Office in Medford
Dr. Richard J. Nordquist, a
recent graduate of the Univer
sity of Oregon dental school,
will open offices Friday at 832
East Main St., he announced to
day. Dr. Nordquist completed pre
dental training at the Univer
sity of Utah, Salt Lake City, and
at Westmont college, Santa Bar
bara, Calif., before enrolling at
the Oregon school.
He was in the United States
Navy for three years before en
tering college. A native of Og
den, Utah, he is married. He and
Mrs. Nordquist will make their
home at 807 Sherman st.
consumer demand and can bid
prices up, if supply lags.-
The direct effect of the auto
and steel settlements on car
prices apparently will be delay
ed, at least. The auto industry
has made no move to raise prices
yet. Industry sources have been
quoted as saying they will have
to consider the effects of their
higher labor and steel costs be
fore setting prices on -1956
models.
On the other hand, ' govern
ment economists say, last year's
steel wage and price increase
and the 1954 wage round in gen
eral had no effect on the cost
of living and no noticeable ef
fect on wholesale prices. Nor
have wage increases so far this
year, even though they have
been rising fairly steadily over
last year's general level of about
a nickel an hour plug fringe
benefits. '
The cost of living actually de
clined slightly last year and has
been steady for the past six
months.
Political Plot Seen In German Bombing
Munich, Germany U.R)
Police suspected a political plot
today in the bomb-killing of a
man they believe was a leader
of anti-Communist Czechoslavak
refugees.
Criminal authorities tentative
ly identified the victim as Matus
Cermak, 52, former Czech cul
ture minister and president of
the Slovakian National Council
in exile.
He was killed yesterday when
he picked up an explosive parcel
at a downtown post office. A by
stander was also killed and 20
other persons were injured.
Cermak was prominent in an-
ti-Comunist refugee circles here,
He was also a convicted Nazi
collaborator, police said it was
"highly, probable" he was a vic
tim of a political plot.
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