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Sweeping the country in epidemic proportions, a new old-age pension fever has suddenly loomed as a prime political issue. Since it has already decided several crucial elections, and since it undoubtedly will decide several more, there is small wonder that demagogues have seized upon it as the most likely fertilizer for a bumper crop of votes. Both camps are guilty of rosy promises, but most striking is their use by New Deal enemies, who on the one hand assert their conservatism and curse the Administration for extravagance, on the other back the most ultra-radical ideas and advocate...
...passing judgment, two salient facts must be kept in mind. First is the fact that most vote-seeking pension advocates fully realize the hare-brained qualities, the financial impossibilities of their schemes. They have seen the Colorado fiasco. They have heard the grave warnings of most reputable economists. Still they wave the pension banners, keeping strangely silent on the question of paying the bill...
...garish light of these two facts shows up the majority of pension promises as cheap electoral bribes. Only thus can the action of Massachusetts Republicans be interpreted, whatever the righteousness of their cause against Curley. Moreover, a unique feature--the arousal of false hopes in the hearts of many old men and women, the ugly delusion involved--makes such a bribe doubly reprehensible. Principles of humanity are at stake...
WASHINGTON--Administration, leaders tonight gave the "quick action" signal to a program to amend and liberalize the Social Security Act early in the forthcoming session of Congress to combat the rapid growth of more sweeping old-age pension schemes. Chairman Robert Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee, said his group will begin a thorough study of "liberalization" proposals as soon as Congress convenes and that such legislation would take precedence over the administration's tax program...
...Last month, Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board threatened to cut off Federal contributions to Ohio's 112,000 aged pensioners unless Governor Martin Luther Davey ceased playing politics with the pension rolls. The Governor dared him to. Last week after a hot political word war. Chairman Altmeyer took the dare, cut off $2,576,000 of October payments, sternly warned that Governor Davey must clean up and improve his State's social security administration before November...