Washington, Jan. 11.
"The Forgotten Man" will scon come into his own, if the pias which the Roosevelt Administration has made for the weak, the halt, and the aged now getting under way are brought to a successful conevusion, 'Two definite steps were taken today in that direction when certain important recommendations—ware made by President Roosevelt' Cabinet Committee on Econemle Security and a bill for drastic social legislation was brought before the House of Representatives. by Mr. Lewis Wagner.
its recommendations, mace public to-day, the Committee on Economic Security suggested the following procedure:
Maximum unemployment com= pensation of $15 a week.
Old.age pensions ranging from $15 to $60 a month.
Tt ty recommended that this cum should be financed by means of a three per cent. pay. roll tax which the several states will levy employers, or employers and employees, plus certain state and federal aid.
Tne pensions are to be minty financed through the state and federal. governments,
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