The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1953, Page 2

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OPPOSITION TO PENSIONS SEEN By CHARLES F. BARRETT WASHINGTON # — Rep. Kean (RNJ) predicted today neither the Eisenhower administration sor Congress will adopt 4 key Repub- lican colleague's plan to pay social security pensions to dimost every- one over 65. Rep. Carl T. Curtis (R-Neb), chairman of a social security sub- committee of the House Ways and Means Committee, outlined the far- Bext week. x Kean, fourth-ranking Republican’ on the Ways and Means Commit- } | | By EDWIN G. HAAKINSON | WASHINGTON W®—Sen. Russell Russell Welcomes Conference With President But Doesn’t Intend To Pledge Full Support | Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 20, 1953, New “nsight Into Heredity \(D-Ga) today termed “an excel- lent idea” President Eisenhower's plan to give an advance outline ‘of his 1954 program to key Demo-| crats, but the senator made plain ibe will not pledge blanket support. And Russell, the unofficial lead- ler of a powerful group of Southern \Democrats in the Senate, noted in| “Money Sickness” Is Listed As ‘An Illness Of The Present Day | | 2 parent cell may be carried/chele efilapring. The treR was t»-! Adenauer Is Man Of Year ’ through successive generations. duced through immersing the orig-| NEW YORK un — Time magazine This finding, they told the Amer. jital cells in the sugar pollution * a5 jean Assn. for the Advancement for 2 leng penod of time—in other today chose West German Cal lof Seience, is celtrary to the eon. |™ vironmental exposure. cellor Konrad Adenauer as its 27th, 'tentions of medera geneticists win! They said their results question| annual Man of the Year. bold eat jtwe of the Dasie theories about, It said he guided the Gommase “OQ ni pioun » jiy- heredity: (1) that evolution is the “back to moral respectability 4 gyre yea aac result of accidental cha and earned himself a seat in the high- ments mals and plants—because of en- (2) that degenerative changes, like est councils of the Western Powe. with brewer's yeast pose \icamental conditions, are not \those resulting from radiation ers. questions about the validity of cer- passed on to their offspring, except ¢4Mage or poisons, are important] tain present-day concepts of hered-ior some degenerative traits like |! evolution. t ity and evolution, two Southern those induced by radiation damage} Hlinois University scientists said or certain poisons. Last Times Today | Thurs. - Fri. - east Tests Cive j BOSTON w—Some new experi- 2¢ organisms—such as man. ani- READ THE CITIZEN DAILY Mat. 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 AIR CONDITIONED Sat. today. They said they had deen able Researchers Carl C. Lindegren to induce in certain yeast cells a and David D. Pittman reported previously unpossessed ability to that tests on yeast cells have feed upon a certain kind of sugar shown that a trait that is induced —and that the cells were then able or “added” rather than inherent in to pass the acquired trait along to By FRANK CAREY AP Science Reporter have or don’t have. It comes from | Eisenhower sup-| | tee, has been an an interview that the almost equal the particular. “meaning” you porter and has taken a special i-| division of Congress in effect gives terest in social security, He said Cartis’ plan would undermine social security trust fund. Curtis called in effect for pen- i sons now for all retired over 65 years old, and for an in-) crease in the monthly minimum) social security benefit from the) present $25 to $45. He estimated this would add) some, five million new aged per-| sons, 670,000 children and 150,000 widows or orphans to the old age retirement and survivors’ insur- ance (QASI) benefit rolls, more than doubling the present number. |g Curtis said the new minimum would increase benefits for more} than 1,700,000 aged persons, 300,000 orphans and 100,000 widows al- ready on the solls. He called for tax contributions from all workers under 65, levied on all types of income. He would let the rate jump from 1% to 2 per cent in incomes up to$3,600) annually, paid by workers and em- ployers alike, as scheduled Friday. He estimated this would bring more than 10% million doctors, lawyers, farmers and others from) the present working force into the system. His universal pension plan would) end the present dual program of} Bid to the aged. The OASI pro- gram provides retirement or death benefits. based on contributions from wor)ers and employers. A separate program has provid- ed mofe than one billion dollars annually in federal welfare grants to some 2% million aged and de- pendent children, based on their) need. State and local governments} also contribute to this program and administer it locally. Since the welfare program is in-| Democrats a potential veto. pow-! BOSTON W&—Your stomach trou- er over anything the President re-|ble, headache, back pain or even uests. an irregular heart might actually “There always is politics in Con- gress during a campaign year un-jcaused by a virus. familiarly der our Democratic system,” Rus-|knowr as the dollar. sell said. “We'll have an exciting’ This new wrinkle in diagnosis session.” ocratic congressional leaders invit- Science by a Boston doctor. He House preview of his State of the| can sometimes stem from emotion- Union message Jan. 5, two days al upsets which, in turn, can be before it is presented publicly to/brozght on by “money problems” Congress. Congress convenes Jan. |pogsible among folks in all income brackets. | “I think it is an excellent idea jto discuss these issues that con- “Money-sickness,”. declared Dr. William Kaufman, is “the most |Democrats. cern everyone, Democrats and Re- publicans, with the minority par- ty,” Russell said. But Sen. McCarran (D-Nev) said the Democrats were being called ‘to the White House after the pro- gram had been set. “It reminds me of the surgeon who invited a guest in to view the remains and be at the wake,” McCarran said of the Eisenhower invitation, Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich), chair- man of the Senate GOP Policy Committee, voiced confidence that Eisenhower would make changes in his legislative program to meet any valid objections from the psychosomatic illness of time”—and yet one that is often missed by doctors in seeking the underlying cause of a physical emotional symptom. a miser to a gam- chronic bargain who are without eeting. And, besides physical symptoms headache, muscle and joint , oF stomach trouble, it can of serious emotional pees like hysterical paral- ysis, depression, anxiety states or “IT know the President will want to hear what those objections are,” Ferguson said. “It will not be too late for changes in the message. The President isn't doing this just| as a decoy or something.” Russell, however, left no doubt| he may oppose some of the things YEAR-END SPECIALS Eisenhower ‘is expected to ask Of Cocktail Chairs % $14.50) the Congress. \Grass Rugs, 3x 12s $14.95 budget, while social security trust|deal with all the matters floating “It is questionable that we CD witch Tables __ ae yen be a form of “money sickness” |in {have come to place on money— and how you have learned to use it. And it could come from “feel- ” you need more money when actually you don’t. Furthermore, it all starts back lin your childhood—and it doesn’t jwas reported today to the Ameri-|matter whether your folks were Russell is one of the top Dem-|can Assn. for the Advancement of} in the heavy chips or had to |struggle for every buck. ed by Eisenhower to hear a White said various physical symptoms) “One of life’s major disappoint- ments which almost every child | experiences,” said Kaufman, “is that his parents cannot provide him with limitless money .. . “The manner in which a child resolves his early conflicts about money will determine some of his basic and character traits, aspirations and behavior patterns.” Parental bribing of kids, substi- tution of money handouts for real love, or overcriticism of a child’s every use of money, may establish habits which, if uncorrected, may set the stage for a “money-sick- ness” candidate in later life. bry ta Shamerliger axbe- lect Egypt in 2 B. C. they part of the tribute in the form of, Egyptian glassware. STRONG ARM BRAND COFFES Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS 3 ~ BIG DAYS - 3 WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY Appearing On Our Stage IN PERSON BORIS KARLOFF and ELLEN DREW MOMRROG Mat. 3:38 Night 6:30 & 8:38 AIR COOLED Last Times Tod Thurs. - Fri, - Sat. bande woos. SOUTH FLOK fund operations are not, this would|around,” Russell said, noting that} EISNER FURNITURE Co. give a billion-dollar boost to the|been working on many controver- i Center Tel. 2-6951 STATION GOP drive to balance the regular) federal budget. Kean said in an interview ,it ‘wot be “a dishgnest approach to let the present aged population raid the social security trust fund built up by contributions from workers under the present system for their own future protection.” He said he thought the Eisen- hower administration definitely would oppose such a move and added: “I shouldn't think it would have much of a chance in Con- gress.” He termed the Curtis proposal a “baby Townsend Plan” and pre- dicted it would cost more than 23 billion dollars before all the present aged, who have made no social! security tax contributions, exhaust- ed their benefits. Okla. Considers 3 New Toll Roads OKLAHOMA CITY #—Oklahom- ans will decide in a special elec- tion Jan. 26 whether to authorize construction of three new toll roads, Gov. Johnston Murray, chief booster of the expressways in Ok- laboma, called the election yes- terday on proposed roads from Tul- sa to Joplin, Mo.; Oklahoma City north near Wichita, Kan.; and Ok- lshoma City southwest near Wichi- ta Falls, Tex. ‘The state's first pay-as-you-drive 4-lane superhighway, the Turn- er Turnpike from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, was opened last May 16. Murray has hailed the 88-mile turnpike, built only after a bitter Political battle and law suits whic! reached the U. S. Supreme Court, a8 successful even beyond expec- tations. " Opponents, however — primarily Dusinessmen and legislators along the toll road route — have de-! Rounced it as a burden to citizens and a drain on businesses because small towns are bypassed. More than half of Americans ‘Wear spectacies, STAR * BRAND ee A POUND TODAY jsial issues. He renewed notice he would op--! |Pose.statehood for Hawaii, already | passed by the House and certain to/| jeause lengthy debate) if called up| jin the Senate, as GOP leaders say | jit will be. | | The Georgian offered to support | a five-billion-dollar increase in the| present national debt limit of 275 billions if Eisenhower says it is necessary. He said he would oppose a 15-billion increase, asked at the last sessibn and stalled in the Sen- ate. Apply To Wed | The following couples have ap- |plied for marriage licenses in the! CIFELLI'S 3.°:2:7" ‘TLV. Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Guaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. Equipment FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE Francis at Truman DIAL 2-91 Your PURE OIL Dealer hearing friend or loved one. office of County Judge Raymond| R. Lord: John D, Smith, 21, PC-1263, and Shirley Ann Brady, 17, 1508 Sem- inary St. Douglas F. Shuler, 28, Fleet Son- ar School, and Helen S. Bianco, 28, 531 Margaret St. Charles F. Lewis, 24, USS. Thorn. back, and Carlene Hesseltine, 26, Key West Trailer Park. Noel H. Cooke, 47, and Gladys | |Martin, 42 both of Toronto, Can- ada. OLDEST J. P. ELYRIA, Ohio @ — Although | blind and 92 years old, Charles! |C. Lord today began another four- | jyear term as justice of the peac | Lord, in office 20 years, jhimself ““senior justice of the United States,” meaning the old-| jest J. P. in the nation, Aided by assistants, he conducts ja busy court with civil and crim- al cases running into the hun- dreds each year, He lost his eyesight about 10 jyears ago. SERVICE — SEE... DAVID CIFELLI 920 Truman Ave. (Rear) PN q SL Your Grocer SELLS That Good! | COFFEE) |AMERICAN and CUBAN BIG DANCE NEW YEAR'S EVE at CUBAN CLUB FROM 10 P. Music by No Cover the M. ‘TIL “?”" (I4-PIECE BAND) Admission: Gents NO CHARGE $2.00, Ladies $1.50 FOR TABLES TELEPHONE 2-7637 | 423 simenten $t. phi NEW YEARS EVE HERE «--00 thoughtful! 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