Amending the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937Considers S. 226 and related S. 280, S. 875, and S. 987, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Social Security Act to liberalize administration of and to increase amount of railroad retirement pensions, and to increase railroad employee pension taxes to compensate for pension payment increase. |
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... Senators Morse ( presiding ) , Clark , Case , and Cooper . Committee staff members present : Stewart E. McClure , chief clerk ; Samuel V. Merrick , special counsel to the subcommittee ; and Ray Hurley , professional staff member . Senator ...
... Senators Morse ( presiding ) , Clark , Case , and Cooper . Committee staff members present : Stewart E. McClure , chief clerk ; Samuel V. Merrick , special counsel to the subcommittee ; and Ray Hurley , professional staff member . Senator ...
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... Senator Clark ? Senator CLARK . No questions , Mr. Chairman . Senator MORSE . The next witness will be Mr. Harper . STATEMENT OF HORACE W. HARPER , MEMBER , RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Mr. HARPER . Mr. Chairman and members of the ...
... Senator Clark ? Senator CLARK . No questions , Mr. Chairman . Senator MORSE . The next witness will be Mr. Harper . STATEMENT OF HORACE W. HARPER , MEMBER , RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Mr. HARPER . Mr. Chairman and members of the ...
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... Senator MORSE . Senator Clark . Senator CLARK . Senator Morse , I would rather have you conduct the examination , because you are so much more familiar with this than I am . I was quite startled with some of the statements of Mr ...
... Senator MORSE . Senator Clark . Senator CLARK . Senator Morse , I would rather have you conduct the examination , because you are so much more familiar with this than I am . I was quite startled with some of the statements of Mr ...
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... Senator CLARK . Let me just give you an example . What is the justification for paying 863 individuals $ 556,400 unemployment com- pensation where they were intoxicated in reporting for duty ? First , is the statement correct ? And ...
... Senator CLARK . Let me just give you an example . What is the justification for paying 863 individuals $ 556,400 unemployment com- pensation where they were intoxicated in reporting for duty ? First , is the statement correct ? And ...
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... Senator MORSE . I remember that last year , but now we have Mr. Healy coming along this year and giving us statistics here in regard to the loss of money , and that disturbs me . Senator Clark has indicated that it disturbs him . Senator ...
... Senator MORSE . I remember that last year , but now we have Mr. Healy coming along this year and giving us statistics here in regard to the loss of money , and that disturbs me . Senator Clark has indicated that it disturbs him . Senator ...
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1st 8 months 86th Congress Act is amended additional American Railroads amount annuity assets Association of American average base basis beneficiaries bill brotherhoods carriers Chairman claims committee compensation paid Congress cost daily rate days of unemployment December 31 disqualification earnings effective featherbedding February 18 financed freight individual Interstate Commerce Commission January July June 30 Last 4 months LOOMIS maximum ment million monthly payable payments pension funds percent of payroll person ployment present law proposed qualified rail railroad employees railroad industry Railroad Retirement Act Railroad Retirement Board railroad retirement system Railroad Retirement Tax railroad sickness railroad system Railroad Unemployment Insurance Railway Labor Executives railway operating income registration period respect retroactive revenue SCHOENE Senator CLARK Senator MORSE sickness benefits Social Security Act spouse statement subcommittee subsection survivor tax rate tion U.S. Senate unem unemployed unemployment benefits Unemployment Insurance Act wage WAYNE MORSE week workers
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Page 24 - Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable to such State under this section.
Page 350 - South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Page 47 - A payment made by an employer to an individual through the employer's payroll shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be compensation for service rendered by such individual as an employee of the employer in the period with respect to which the payment is made. An employee shall be deemed to be paid, "for time lost...
Page 81 - Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America. Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes.
Page 48 - In a benefit year but has exhausted such rights, the benefit year in which such rights are exhausted shall be deemed not to be ended until the last day of the extended benefit period determined under the following schedule, and the maximum number of days of, and amount of payment for, unemployment...
Page 49 - December 31, 1958, of the aggregate compensation paid to said employee by all said employers with respect to such calendar month, and each employer other than a subordinate unit of a national railway-labor-organization employer...
Page 43 - ... to which an individual is entitled, until the total of such deductions equals such individual's annuity or...