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Siale Democratic Much Paperwork Required
Central Committee ITo Qualify for Social Security
To Meet Feb. 9, 10
Portland Gov. Robert
Holmes and the chairmen of
both Houses pi the Oregon Leg
islature will speak at the first
1957 gieeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee in Coos
Bay this week end.
Oregon Democratic leaders,
including Legislators and other
State officials, will attend the
two-day meeting Feb. 9 at the
Hotel Tioga.
Chairman Robert A. Boyer of
Medford announced that the
principal business before the
central committee will be a
workshop Sunday morning at
which members will study pos
sible changes in Oregon elec
tion laws. Purpose of the work
shop. Boyer stated, is to fam
iliarize party leaders in the 36
rounties with the report of the
Legislative Interim Committee
on Elections and to formulate
Democratic party policy in sup
port of sound, workable election
legislation. .
Governor Holmes will be the
main speaker at a dinner Sun
day afternoon at the conclusion
of the workshop.
Speakers during the morning
session will include the Pres-1
ident of the State Senate, Boyd
Overhulse, and the Speaker of ,
the House . of Representatives,
Patrick E. Dooley. They will
report on the first three weeks
of the Legislative Session in
their respective houses. At
torney Genearl Robert Y. Thorn
ton and State Labor Commis
sioner Norman Nilsen have also
been invited to attend the meet
ing. Events scheduled for Saturday
include a reception for central
committee members and Leg
islators to be given by the Dem
ocrats of Coos county, and a
Washington IU.R! Making
out your income tax return is
child's play compared with the
rigamarole of government paper
work you'll have to go through
when you qualify for Social Se
curity benefits.
Retirement age may seem a
long way off. But you can save
yourself a lot of time and trouble
later if you start now to collect
some of the 'documents you'll
need to establish your eligibility
for a pension.
Even if you have birth certi
ficates, marriage licenses and
other "proofs," it will take an
average of about two months to
process your papers. You'll wait
another two to six weeks before
your first check arrives.
Longer delays are not uncom
mon, particularly for those who
have to rely on such "secondary
documents" as a family bible or
the sworn statements of old
friends to prove their age.
Law Requires Paperwork
The complicated paperwork
and follow - up investigation
which slow processing of retire
ment benefits are no mere bu
reaucratic whim. Most of this
is required by the intricate pro
visions of the Social Security
Law, or as a safeguard against
fraud.
Here's what you'll have to go
through when you reach retire
ment day, and a few tips on
shortcuts:
On R-day minus 60 two
months before your 65th birth
day if you're a man, or your
62nd birthday if you're a wom
an visit your district Social
Security office. Your local Post
Office can give the address of
the one serving your area.
Don't bother going sooner:
The Social Security folks won't
start processing your forms until
60 days before you're eligible,
no matter how much earlier you
apply.
If the district Social Security
office is some distance from your
home, write and ask when a
field representative will be in
your town.
Be prepared for your first in
terview by gathering together
the best proofs of (1) your age:
(2) your marriage, if you intend
to claim an extra payment for
buffet dinner. Local groups will
have an opportunity to talk with
members of the Legislature Sat
urday afternoon.
Youths Recommended
For Academy Tests
Two Medford youths have
been recommended by Rep.
Charles O. Porter to compete
for appointments to the United
State Air Force academy, ac
cording to dispatches from
Washington, D.C.
. They are David L. Espey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance V.
Espey, 619 Park st., a senior at
St. Mary's High school; and Ken
Kumasawa, a senior at Medford
High school who lives with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Kisoo Nagayama, 220 Cottage st.
They will compete with about
50 other Oregon youths for the
state's three appointments to the
academy class starting next July
1 at Colorado Springs, Colo.
MONEY FOR FRANCE
Mexico City U.R) The
French government received a
$1.60 indemnity today for the
loss of three cats. The local
'Movement for the freedom of
Algeria" sent the money as com
pensation for the fatal stoning
of the cats during a recent dem
onstration by the group at the
French embassy here.
your wife or husband; (3) your
first mate's death certificate or
your divorce papers, if you're
remarried; and (4) your discharge
papers, if you served in the
armed forces since Sept. 7, 1939.
If you lack some or all of these
papers, don't wait until you
have them to visit the Social Se
curity office. File your applica
tion and send in the "proofs"
later. It's the date of the appli
cation itself, not the date on
which the last supporting paper
is received, that determines the
priority in which your forms are
processed.
Personal Question Asked
You can expect "to be asked
some very personal questions,
and some that will sound silly.
For example:
Were you married in a church
or civil ceremony:
Are you now living with your
wife (or husband)? .
If you're separated, are you
contributing to your mate's sup
port? Voluntarily or by court
order?
Did you work for a railroad
at any time after 1936? This
question is designed to find out
whether you qualify under the
Railroad Retirement Law rath
er than Social Security.
There will also be questions
about how much part-time work
you plan to do in retirement,
what kind, and how much you
expect to earn from it.
The best way to speed up
work on your application is to
answer all questions fully and
truthfully. Some or all of your
claims will be investigated. If
any indication is found that
you're trying to pull a fast one
on Uncle Sam, your file goes
to the fraud division for a com
plete investigation.
In that case, it could be a
year or more before your
papers go through.
Number of Jobless
In Oregon Mounts
12,300 in January
Salem (U.R) The number
of unemployed workers in Ore
gon increased 12,300 during Jan
uary to reach 63,800, highest in
three years according to the
State Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission.
The total, which did not in
clude a considerable number ex
pecting an early call back to
work with regular employers,
was 12.600 more than a year ago
but 9,600 below the seasonal top
in early 1954.
Increases Reported
Additional layoffs in the west
ern Oregon timber area were re
sponsible for most of the new
unemployment but Bend, Klam
ath Falls, Hood River and some
other eastern Oregon offices re
ported heavy increases in recent
weeks.
Slightly more than one third
of the unemployed were from
the four-county Portland metro
politan area, another third from
south of Lebanon and Toledo in
western Oregon, and "the rest
from the upper Willamette val
ley and east of the mountains.
Payments to unemployed
workers during January were
close to $4,300,000, second high
est month in the history of the
commission. The January pay
ments were nearly 45 per cent
above a year ago and an increase1
of more than 70 per cent from
December, 1956.
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