6 Thursday, August 23, 1945 VERNONIA EAGLE
Huge Tax Proposed in
New Social Security Law
Note: The
following
article
deals with S. 1050 which includes
proposals for personal health
service for all social security
beneficiaries and their depend
ant». This article explains some
parts of the proposal and it has
been requested that the infor
mation contained be published
in The Eagle so Nehalem valley
people may more fully acquaint
themselves with the problem.
"On May 24th, Senator Wag
ner introduced in the United
States Senate a new bill amend
ing the Social Security act. The
bill, S.1050, is a book length
document of 185 pages covering
every phase of social insurance.
"A study of this document re
veals a remarkable admixture of
cold steel intentions expressed
with softening phrases and sheer
preachment and propaganda dis
guised as integral parts of the
proposed amendments.
"The bill levies a direct tax
of 8 per cent on all wages and
salaries of all workers in private
employment up to $3,600 of an
nual earnings and a direct tax
of 5 per cent on the earnings of
all self-employed people up to
$3,600 per year. It is estimated
that this tax would produce each
year a fund in excess of Eight
Billion Dollars. In all likelihood
this is the largest amount result
ing from any1 single tax levy ev
er made anywhere at anytime.
Yet, in all, of the 185 pages of
text, the term “tax” does not ap
pear save with reference to re
funds prior to 1946 and to make
records conform to sections of
the Internal Revenue Code. The
term “Social Security Contribu
tion” is substituted for the un
popular term “tax.”
"Approximately $3,142,000,000
of the total tax fund would be
earmarked to provide Personal
Health Services. The Surgeon
General is "authorized and di
rected to take all necessary and
practical steps to arrange for
Personal Health Service Benefits
for all Social Security benefici
aries and their dependents.”
These include general medical,
special medical, general dent»',
special dental, home nursing, la
boratory and hospitalization ben
efits. The Surgeon General is es
tablished by law as the agent to
dispense and pay for medical,
dental, nursing and hospitaliza
tion services for an estimated
110,000,000 people.
The Bill states that the meth
ods of administration shall in
sure the prompt and efficient
care of individuals, promote per
sonal relationships between phy
sician and patient, provide incen
tives for professional advance
ment and encourage high stand
ards in the quality of service.
These are worthy objectives.
They will be quoted endlessly by
proponents of this legislation and
by those who strive to establish
centralized controls in the Unit
ed States. They are nullified by
direct proposals of the Amend
ments. The sacred nature of the
physician-patient relationship is
destroyed by the introduction of
an administrator and the public
recording of symptoms and case
histories. Professional standards
are automatically and dangerous
ly lowered when political favor
takes the place of personal com
petence. The real incentive of
the doctor is forfeited when he
is made subordinate and subser
vient to the bureaucrat.
“In introducing his Bill, Sena
tor Wagner said:
“But health insurance is NOT
socialized medicine; it is not
state medicine” and I believe in
the American system of Free En
terprise.”
“It is a fact, however, that
under thq proposals the Surgeon
General of the Public Health Ser
vice, working under the Adminis
trator of the Social Security
Board, becomes the dispenser of
all health care and the final ar
biter of the mental and physical
well-being of the nation. If such
a core of collectivist control is
ever established in this country
applying to the most sacred and
vital wants of every human be-
LUMBER—Wholesale and Retail
Farm Jobs Await Jap Surrender
Is Surprise
War Workers
Several then»«».! jvb* in the
Oregon harvest await roeent in
dust rial war wvwkvra who haw
finished their war plant jobs
now that the conflict >a ever, ac
cording to JI. K tteck. alate os
tension service farm labor super
visor.
With the late summer and ear.
ly fall farm labor demands at
their peak, at least 9.000 of
these war industry worker*, es
pecially men. will be badly
needed. Increased demands are
already being felt for addition
al harvest workers for hops in
the Willamette and Umpqua val
leys, pears in the Rogue river
valley, pears and apples in the
Hood River valley, walnuts and
filberts in the Willamette valley
and potatoes in the Klamath ba
sin and central Oregon.
Mexican*
to
Be
Replaced
Harvest work for even more
will be available-if and when the
former war industry workers
apply for jobs in great enough
numbers to replace Mexican
workers who have been brought
into Oregon to assist with farm
work.
Just as fast as war workers
show a desire to take over the
jobs now being done by Mexican
nationals, these Mexicans will
be repatriated and sent back to
their homes in Mexico.
Families without trailer hous
es or other housing facilities
can be used in most of these
harvest jobs only in limited- num
bers, except for picking hops.
While cabins, wood, light and
water are available for families
at practically all of the Willam
ette valley hop yards, on-farm
living quarters are extremely
limited in the other crop areas.
Information about all harvest
jobs is available at all county
farm labor offices.
ing, it would require a miracle
for Free Enterprise in any of its
forms to survive the impact.
“Voters should write their
congressmen and their senators
voicing their protest against the
Socialism that is inherent in the
Federal Government dispensing
medical service.”
RIVERVIEW — Fred An-
drist and his sister. Mrs. Earl
Carpenter, Longview, came from
their vacationing at Seaside for
a visit with the Bert Basset
family Sun.
In order to get a look-see at
the new Crewford heir, Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Crawford, Mrs. Vir
gil Powell and Mrs. Cloice Hall
acrempanied Middleton Crawford
to Portland Tues. They saw a
fine, big boy who will go by tha
name of Dennie Stanley. This
group also helped with the V-Day
celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Combs
and Mrs. Fraler and neice of
Portland were here Thurs. for
a visit with Mr. and Mrs. T. F.
Hillyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Gibson and
family were in Portland Tues,
having dental work done when
Japan’s surrender was announced.
Well, after that they could keep
their mouths closed, at least un
til Fri. Another group who got
caught by the announcement
were Mrs. Chas. Ratkie, son,
Waldon, and grandaughter, Jo
anne Teck, who were in Vancou
ver and found everything closed.
They remained overnight at the
Harvard Malmsten home.
On Wed. Mr. and Mrs. Monty
Dewey and son, Dean, accompan
ied by Mrs. Anna Dewey and
son, Leonard, and John Wolf
of Vernonia motored to Port
land for a visit with Monty’s
aunt, and uncle and grandmother,
namely, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ba
ker and Mrs. Sarah Justice.
Jack and Davey Buell, sons of
Mrs. John Dichaut, were dis
charged from shipyard work th s
week and are now preparing for
the coming school work.
A picnic dinner was spread on
the beach at Seaside Wed. when
Mr. and Mrs. George Bell, Mrs.
Polly Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Mullen and daughter, Margaret,
and Kenna Lou Bell arrived there
and met with Mrs. Art Camp
bell and daughter, Janet Lee.
Grandma Bell says, “And did we
have a good time.”
Miss Rena Greenan of Salem
visited Sunday at the Rex Nor
mand home.
Mrs. Alice Davis of Tillamook
is here for a visit with her son,
George Davis, and family.
Mrs. Ida Condit spent the week
end in Portland with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Dave Buchanan.
Mrs. -John Wilcoxen was a
Jewel viator Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cephas De Ros-
ia of Birkenfeld spent Sun. at
the Olin Robbins home.
Miss Waneta Parker came
from Sweet Home Thurs. for <z
two-day visit with her grand
mother, Anna Parker, who with
Mrs. George Davis accompanied
her as far as Portland on her
homeward journey Sat.
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