House Oks Social Security Overhaul
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MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEARS DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 90, NO. 38 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1967 10c PER COPY PAGE ONE House OKs Social Security Overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) - The ed to toughen federally aided less welfare recipients into work could wipe out welfare altogether ' those earning $7,600 or more an- taxable base or tax hike in the rupt its proceedings and han- House has passed overwhelming- state welfare programs. or jnb training and-limiting the unless limits were imposed. nually — to begin next year. meantime. dlers of the measure said they ly a massive Social Security "We're rough in this bill — proportion of children receiving He said the measure ultimate- That would come by expanding The measure also would raise have no hope of a Senate vote overhaul that would raise bene- make no mistake about that — welfare. ly should result in pushing 300,- the taxable base from $6,600 to the amount of money a Social Se- earlier than mid-October. fits, hike taxes and crack down but we don't mean to be inhu- Aid Is Limited 000 adult recipients off the wel- $7,600. Employers of such work- curity recipient could earn with- If the Senate materially on Idle state welfare recipients. man," said Chairman Wilbur D. Under <he measure, states fare rolls and into jobs. ers al6O would feel the added tax out reduction of benefits and changes the measure, the result- But it probably will be months Mills, D-Ark., of the House Ways could aid no more children than The bill the House approved bite. lower to SO the age at which dis- ing conference with the House before the extra money is flow- and Means Committee, during the proportion of children receiv- 415 to 3 yesterday provides a And it eventually would raise abled widows could draw bene- may be protracted and difficult ing to some 24.2 million current yesterday's debate on the mea- ing aid in January 1967. The minimum MVz per cent raise for the current 4.4 per cent Social fits from a deceased worker's ac- There is strong sentiment in the sure. number could rise, but not their beneficiaries because the Senate Social Security beneficiaries. Security tax to 5.9 per cent in count. Senate for relaxing the strict wel- Mills' reference was to provi- total proportion to the over-all Staged Increases ' Hearings Scheduled fare limitations and some sup- isn't ready to coasider the leg- 1987. That would mean a maxi- islation at once. sions imposing income limitations child population of the state. It also calls for staged in- The Senate Finance Committee port for a higher level of Social mum jump of $158 for the work- Moreover, a Senate conflict is on persons eligible for federally "We are not penalizing any creases in the payroll tax that fi- has scheduled hearings beginning Security benefits. brewing over those provisions of backed state medicaid programs, child," Mills told the House. But nances the program, with a first- er earning $7,600 — provided Tuesday on the bill. However, a Mills said during the debate the House-passed measure intend- requiring states to channel job- he warned taxpayers' revolt step maximum $44 jump — for there were no expansions of the long Labor Day recess will inter- (See HOUSE, Pg. 3, Col. 1) Senate Chops Foreign Aid WASHINGTON (AP) — The [a foreign-aid authorization bill jCongressional approval. And it lations Committee said after fi- lalloting $3.5 billion in fiscal 1968- Senate and House again are $837 million below the $3.4 bil- would prohibit aid to'any coun nal passage of the measure he 69 to foreign aid, while the Senate charting a collision course over lion sought by Johnson. It also •try that has broken diplomatic would let the aid legislation lan- jdecided against authorizing funds foreign aid. was $537 million below the $3.1 relations with the United States. guish indefinitely rather than a year in advance. The ban is aimed specifically give in to the House. And this time the Senate in- billion recommended last week After the House acts, repre- at Arab-bloc countries that broke sists it won't back down from by the. House Foreign Affairs The House Foreign Affairs sentatives of both chambers will with the United States in the ts decisions to curb the John- Committee. Committee has approved an aid have to iron out the many dif- Middle East crisis. son administration's overseas as- The Senate-passed measure bill much along the lines—both ferences before a final bill can sistance program. also carries a provision to abol- Won't Give In in money and in presidential be sent to the President. House The Senate passed 60 to 26 yes- ish the President's power to add Chairman J. W. Fulbright, D- prerogatives — recommended by debate begins Monday. terday after four days of debate countries to the aid list without Ark., of the Senate Foreign Re- the administration. It calls for Fulbright told the Senate, "We will not give in to the House" Kavalek Wants Marine Complaints Against State whep-the time for a conference came. In Committee Most of the cuts in authoriza- tions and presidential authority Asks Code Enforcement in the Senate bill were made in SUMMER SESSIONS OVER — Mrs. Mary Schaad, director of a Middletown Town- Fulbright's committee, which ln- By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON The mayor said that the clerk 'There is no criticism of the,parent that between the Mon- eludes several sharp critics of ihip public school summer schooling program, shares apparent mixed sympathies yes- MIDDLETOWN — Mayor Er- might be "faulted" for the let- clerk's getting information abo-itjday" inspection and last night Johnson's foreign policy in addi- terday at the end of tho coursa with Lisa Reynolds, 4, of Middletown, and Eddie nest G. Kavalek said last night ter. the marina for the committee. But|some "frantic" but minor im- tion to the chairman. Courier, 4, Port Monmouth. Mora than 75 youngsters took part in the federally sup- he is asking' police and local Mr. Burke, who is retiring bringing it to the committee's provement had been made. He Before approving the bill, the code inspectors to file complaints from the committee this year attention and of taking individual said: Senate rejected moves on behalf ported schedule that was directed by Everett S. Curry, assistant principal. Among against the State of New Jer- after a three year-term, has an- action without the committee's "It was obvious that fill dirt more than 100 adults who joined the children for a closing luncheon at the high school sey for whatever violations ofmounced support of Mr. Conrad's knowledge." has been stuffed into some holes of the administration to restore cafeteria was Ernest Jackson, chairman of.ihs Middletown Neighborhood Council. township ordinances exist at the Republican primary foe, Mrs. I Mayor Kavalek said that what in the asphalt adjacent to the $72 million to the Alliance for Jean Ralston, and has called the he observed' at the marina con bulkheading. And the fire ex- (Register Staff Photo by Don Lordi) Leonardo state marina. Progress authorizations and $33 The mayor made the disclosure incumbent an arm of the town- firmed reports that were revealed tinguishers carried fresh inspec- million to the funds for techni- ship Republican leader, Assem- in an exclusive Daily Register re- tion tags." after a Township Committee cau- cal assistance. cus at which he and Committee- blyman Joseph Azzolina. port Tuesday. The mayor said he saw no 1 man Douglas R. Burke discussed Said Mr. Burkp: I Mayor Kavalek said it was ap- (See KAVALEK, Pg. 3, Col. 2) The members voted instead 48 observations they made at the to 43. to cut the bill $100 mil- Community Center marina earlier in the night. Terms Cut to Five Years lion in addition to the deletions The two were escorted about made in committee. the 200-berth state facility, which Earlier, the Senate stood with Trenton authorities acknowledge the Fulbright committee and to be in a state of decay and Pope Revamps Curia against the administration in vot- Urged in Westside needing a $750,000 rehabilitation, ing to abolish the system under by Kenneth Meinkein. VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope five years, renewable at the which the Defense Department RED BANK — Spokesmen for Department of Housing and Ur "town hall" meeting co-ordinated Mr. Meinkein is a member of Paul VI today shook loose four Pope's direction. All Curia car- guarantees loans the Export-Im- the Red Bank Area Branch, Na- ban Development told The Daily by the NAACP youth group and the township's Compton's Creek centuries of iron control by the dinals, the document stipulates, port Bank makes to underdevel- tional Association for the Ad- Register that federal grants are held last week. Mayor John Ar- Harbor Commission and a di- Roman Curia in governing the automatically lose their posts on oped countries for purchases of vancement of Colored People, available under the Neighborhood none and four borough council- rector of the Leonardo Party Roman Catholic Church by reduc- a pontiff's death. The incoming rms. and the branch's Youth Council Facilities Program for up to two- men attended the meeting, at Boat and Pleasure Boatmen's As- ing Curia terms from lifetime to Pope then can chose his own last night called upon the borough thirds the cost of developing com- which Westside residents de- sociation.