The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1956 Page: 4 of 18
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PACE 4, SECTION 1
The Rusk Cherokeean, Rusk, Texas
NOVEMBER 8, 1956
Explanation Is Given Farmers On
Social Security As Applied To Them
Advisory Committee Wants To Set
Up Commission To Study Problems
Details of New Law
Optional Method of Figuring
Self-Employment Earnings
Self-employed farmers who re-
port on a ca&h basis have had an
optional method of figuring their
net earnings ever since they were
first covered by the law. The 1956
farm partnership and individual
farmers who keep books on an ac-
crual basis also to use a revised
optional method.
Under the new optional method,
for taxable years ending on or aft-
er December 31. 1956:
If your gross income from agri-
cultural self-employment is not
more than 51,800, you may count
as your net earnings from farm
self-employment either your actual
net earnings or two-thirds of your
gross farm income.
If your gross farm income is
more than $1,800 and your net'
farm earnings are less than $1,200,
you may use either yoirr actual
net earnings from farming of $1,
200.
If your gross farm income itf
more than $1,800 and your net
farm earnings are $1,200 or more,
you must use the actual amount
of your net farm earnings.
taxable years ending after 1954.
was
Your Income from Land Formed
By Someone Else
Beginning with 1955, earnings
from self-employment aa a farm
operator have countcd toward soc-
ial security benefits. Under the
old law, however, you did not get
social security credit for cash or
crop shares you received as rent
for your land.
Under the 195(¡ amendments, the,
cash or crop shares you receive
from ii tenant or share-farmer will
count for social security purposes
jf under your arrangement with
the tenant or share - farmer you
"participate materially" in the pro-
duction of the crops or livestock
or in the management of the pro-
duct ion.
In order to "participate mater-
ial!," you must take an important
part in the management decision^
or in the actual production.
Share-Farmers
II you use farmland owned by
.'onieone else and you receive a
«lian of what you produce, your
earn i m i may have been covered
by tlm social securil\ law since
the bcKiunnijj of V!).*>!>. The 1951!
amendments make it clear that is.
under an ordinary crop sharing
anaii^ement, the crops or live
stock >oii produce are divided be-
tus. ii vmi and the landlord, with
your .hale depondiiu.' on the total
amei'tM produced, then you are
considered a .ell employed farmer
t"i ueial eiurttv purposes. 'Phis
J-, true even it the landowner takes
an active part in the tarm opera-
tion I hi rule is effective for all
When Farmworkers Are Covered
if you worked for a farmer be-
fore 1957, you got social security
credit if the farmer paid you $100
or more in cash wages in the cal-
endar year.
Under the new law, beginning
with 1957 your earnings from
farmwork will count toward social
security benefits under either of
these conditions.
If a farm employer pays you
S150 or more in cash and during
the year, your cash pay from that
employer is covered by the law.
If you do farmwork for an em-
ployer on 20 or more days during
a year for cash pay figured on a
time basis (rather than on a piece-
rate basis), your cash pay for that
employer is covered by the law.
For the $150-a-year test, both'
piece-rate and time-rate cash pay
count. The total number of daytf
worked does not matter so long as
you are paid $150 in cash by tho
employer in the year.
For the 20-day test, the total
amount of your cash pay does not
matter so long as you work for
ono employer on 20 days or more
for cash pay based on some unil
of time such as an hour, a day, or
a week.
States on a temporary basis from;
any foreign country will not be
covered by the law after 1956.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
If your work was brought under j
¡social security by the 1956 amend-j The incoming Governor
I ments and you do not have a soc- j called on Friday to set up a conn
iial security card, you should go (mission to deal with the increas-
to your social security office and ing problem of elderly Texans.
' get one without delay. If there i.s i It was further suggested that a
'no social security office near you, j coordinator on the Governor's
' ask for an application blank (Form staff might profitably pull togeth-
j SS-5J at the post office, fill it out, ¡ er the efforts of several agencies
'and mail it to the nearest social ¡now handling some phase of help
1 security office. (for aged indigents.
Farm Labor Crews and
Crew Leaders
Wages paid to members of a la-
bor crew, such as those used to
pick cotton and harvest fruits and
vegetables, may Ik; covered by the
social security law, but in the past
it has sometimes not been easy to
tell whether the employer of tho
members of the crew was the far-
mer who was having the work
done or the crow leader (or "labor
contractor" or "row boss"). The
new amendments make it easier to
tell which i i the employer.
If you are a crew leader, thci
crew members you furnish and I
pay are your ei iployees unless you;|
and t.l; I vmer have entered intoj.
a written agreement which shows'11
that you are his employee.
If you are a farm operator us-|
in¡; crew workers, and you have
entered into a written atireementiil
with the crew leader which shows 11
that he i> your employee, then Uu«
;'itw members are also your em
ployees.
I hi provision is effective forjU
work performed after December
Ml. 195(1.
Foreign Agricultor,it Worker#
The 1954 law did not cover ag ||
incultura! work performed by
workers from Mexico hired under: 2$
. contract or by foreign workers lavs j
fully admitted from the Mritishl
West Indies on a temporary basis j
Under the amendments, ugricul ;
tura I work performed by foreign!
workers admitted to the United i
* After you get your card, show
it to your employer. He needs
I your social security number to re-
'port your wages properly.
! If you are self-employed, you
will need your social security card
when you make out your social
security, self-employment tax re-
port. This report is part of your
individual Federal income tax re-
turn.
If you are an employer and you
are paying or expect to pay farm-
workers taxable cash wages dur-
ing the year, and if you do not al-
ready have an employer identifi-
cation number, you should apply
for one without delay. You can get
the proper blank at your social se-
curity office or at your Internal
Kevenue Service office.
For further information about
social security cards or social se-
curity benefits, get in touch with
your social security district office.
For further information about
social security employment taxes
or self-employment taxes, get in
touch with your Internal Revenue
Service office.
If you do not know the address-
es of these offices, ask at your
post office.
o
Thomas Jefferson invented the
sliding doors used on our street
cars, over 125 years ago.
Jame b Madison agreed to de-
clare war on Great Britain in 1812,
if elected president.
The Advisory Committee to the
Board for Texas State Hospitals
and Special Schools offered the
suggestions in a meeting at the
San Antonio State Hospital.
With Dr. Robert L. Sutherland
of Austin as chairman, the citi-
zens advisory group took up two
major problems confronting the
Board:
1) Mounting population of aged
patients in State hospitals;
2) Treatment for emotionally
disturbed children.
They recommended that the
Board ask the next Legislature to
clarify and possibly enlarge finan-
cial responsibility for persons in
State mental hospitals and define
the obligation of the hospital sys-
tem toward senile patients whosei
disabilities are due more to age
than to mental illness.
Dr. James A. Rethea, Executive
Director, and Dr. Rawley E. Cham-
bers, Psychiatric Director for the
hospitals, told the committee these
aged patients present a steadily
increasing problem in state men-
tal institutions.
Tho committee asked further
study of methods to give psychia-
trist care to disturbed children
and gave the assignment to Dr.
Ivan Brace of Galveston and Ray-
mond W. Vowell, superintendent
of Austin State School.
Judge Fred B. Glass of Marlin,
Dr. J. C. Carrington, Austin, and
Mrs. A. K. Japhet, San Antonio,
were named es a nominating com-
mittee and the Advisory group set
its next meeting for December 19
at the central offices of* the Hos-
pital Board in Austin.
Raymond Russell and Joe L.
Hensley, representatives-elect and
Jesse Oppenheimer, candidate for
state senate, Bexar County Judge,
Chas. W. Anderson, accompanied
the committee on a tour of the
hospital.
Other members of the advisory
group include: Lee Sharrar, Hous-
ton; Dr. Edgar Ezell. Fort Worth;
J. E. Bridges, Austin; Joe C. Hut-
chison, San Marcos; Dr. David Mc-
Cullough, Kerrville. Alternates are
Dr. John L, Otto, Galveston and
Dr. Stephen Weisz, Dallas.
Mrs. Howard E. Butt of Corpus
Cliristi is the Hospital Board's liai-
son representative to the Commit-
tee.
o
This cover to be equipped with
lock for maximum security. Front
and sides of units shall be fitted
with sensitive safety devices to
stop quickly operation of convey-
or, and prevent injury to operator.
Units shall have available as alter-
nate equipment the following:
a. A posting unit (table) designed
for obtaining maximum effic-
iency and reducing fatigue in
operation of unit.
b. A push button selector to elec-
tronically select and position
trays at proper working level.
Bids may be mailed to the County
Judge or the County Auditor at
Rusk, Texas, at any time prior to
the opening date above mentioned.
The Court reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids received.
J. W. Summers, County Judge
Cherokee County, Texas
2-t-c-20
LEGAL
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
The Commissioners' Court of
Cherokee County, Rusk, Texas,
will meet on Monday, November
26th. 1956 at 10 00 A. M. for the
purpose of receiving and opening
bids for the purchase of the fol-
lowing equipment for the office of
the Tax Assessor-Collector of said
county:
Two Mechanized filing units, elec-
trically-powered, to house 8x5
size cards. Each unit to have ca-
pacity of approximately 16,000
cards including guides. Units may
contain trays for either cross-fil-
ing or length-wise filing, but each
or all trays must be removable for
use at other work stations. Units'
shall have a counter-balanced cov-
er which shall require only a min-
imum effort in opening or closing.
Choose the
RIGHT
REMEDY for
Acid-Upset
Stomach
Recent laboratory teit
against 3 leading brands
most often taken show
Bisma-Rex brings:
GREATER RELIEF —
neutralizes 3 times more stomach
acid than any other tested.
2. PROLONGED RELIEF-
action continues
for hours longer
than the next-best
brand tested.
3 TIMES
MORE
EFFECTIVE!
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Phone 44
Rusk, Texas
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1956, newspaper, November 8, 1956; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150157/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.