—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March ‘l6, 1956
16
■ Washington Notes
RIVER PROJECT
The House voted by a large
margin for the Upper Colorado
' River project, to cost $756 mil
-1 Ron. It will irngate 132,000 new
acres of land, and .supplement
existing watei for almost twice
as many more acres.
SURPLUS COTTON
The Administration will put
government-owned surplus cotton
on sale at “competitive prices” in
an effort to regain for the Unit
ed States its share of the world
cotton market, according to Agr#
culture Secretary Benson- He
acknowledged that the proposal
to dispose of some of the coun
try’s surpluses had been opposed
by the State Department.
LOBBYING INQUIRY
Eight Senators have been nam
ed to a special panel that is to
conduct an (inquiry into lobby
-1 mg, campaign contributions and
conupt .political practices. The
' gioup is evenly divided both as
to Paity and to its members’
\otes on the recently-vetoed na
tural gas bill
U. S. MOUNTAINS
New measurements by the U
S Geological Suivey show that
‘ Colorado has 54 mountains which
! jower 14,000 feet oi higher, in
stead' of 52 indicated by older
1 siirvejs. The two additions are
1 Missouri Mountain, 14,067 feet
’ above sealevel, and Huron Moun
tain. Both are in the Collegiate
Range aiea, near Bena Vista,
in central Colorado Elbert, at
14,431, is still the state’s highest
mountain
JOB RECORD
An estimated total of 75,300,-
000 Americans, held full and part
time jobs an 1955 3,500,000
more than in 1954 and the
greatest number on record since
World War II Of the 3,500,000
increase m the number of work
'd s who actually weie employed
part or all of 1955, about two
thirds were women
AVERAGE FAMILY
The following picture of the
average American family was
compiled from Government and
independent group figures; The
All Self-Employed
Required To Pay
Social Security
Social security for self-em
ployed professional groups
brought under the old-age and
survivors insurance program as
of Jan 1, 1955, is compulsory,
M S. Gleaton, district manager
of the Lancaster social security
office, said today-
He was referring to profes
sional engineers, architects, ac
countants and funeral directors
v.ho began to earn social security
insurance piotection for them
selves and their families last
year.
Nationwide, about 100,000 per
sons self-employed in these pro
fessions are now coveied by the
law
All self-employed professional
men and women whose work is
covered by social security,
whether they operate their
businesses as sole owners or in
a partnership are required to
make a report of their net
earnings and pay the social se
curity tax on their earnings for
their first taxable year after
1954, Gleaton said. *
The report and tax for social
security purposes must be filed
nlong with their Federal income
tax return which is due April
15, 1956.
The social security tax for any
self-employed person in work
covered by the law is 3 per cent
«f net earnings If net earnings
were as much as $4OO in 1955, a
report must be made and the
tax paid
Net earnings up to $4,200 in a
year are credited to a social
security account and the social
security tax on earnings up to
that afcount must be paid.
average American family now
averages ,3 5 persons and the
husband and wife are about 30
years -old The Tiusjiand was
about 24 when he married stands
5 feet, 8% (inches tall and weighs
156 pounds His wife was about
21 when married, js 5 feet, 4k ■
inches tall and tips the scales
at 133
LABOR UNION
A detailed analysis indicating
that 20 million new members can
be organized has v been mapped
by the merged AFL-CIO. White
collar workers, plus employees
in the chemical, oil, textile, pap
er, wood, furniture, shoe and
leather mdutnes, have been tag
ged as the most hopeful immedi
ate organizing targets.
ARMY STRENGTH
While the Army Chief of Staff,
General Maxwell D- Taylor, re
cently acknowledged that the
Army thought 27 or 28 divisions,
instead of the currently provided
19, would be the “optimum,” he
lefused to be drawn into any
serious questioning of the Army’s
strength.
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Luke Wenger, R 2 Manheim,
Will be president of the Lancas
ter County 4-H Ayrshire-Jersey
Club for the coming year-. He
was elected at a recent meeting
m the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Artificial Breeding Coop Build
ing
Also named were Ned Paes, R 1
Strasburg, vice president; Joyce
Kreider, R 1 Quarryville, secre
tary; Early Wenger, R 3 Manheim,
treasurer, Florence Mae Flory,
R 2 Manheim, news reporter;
Joan Paes, R 1 Strasburg, song
leader, Alva Herr, R 1 Holtwood
and James BrubaKer, R 1 Lifcitz,
game leaders.
Named club leaders were Ayr
hire Abram K. Flory, R 3 Man
heim; Milton Brubaker, R 1 Lititz,
and Everett Kreider, R 1 Quarry
ville, Junior leader, for Ayr
shires, Abram G. Flory, R 3 Man
heim, and for Jerseys, Henry
Styer, R 1 Drumore.
The Bureau 'of Labor Statistics
reported a decline of .1 per'cent
in the consumer price index from
mid-December to mid-January
Very little change in February
pnces__was forecast.
AUTO MAKERS’ PROFITS
The Ford Motor Company has
reported that its net profits for
1955 totaled a record $437 mil
lion. This compared /with profits
of $1,189 million, reported by
General Motors, and $100,063,320
by Chrysler Corporation, during
the same period-
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from one of the air holes he’s
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