The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 51st Year, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1954 Page: 6 of 6
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THE CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
CARROLLTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1954
CHANGES IN YOUR
SOCIAL SECURITY
By Z. E. AVERY
(Manager of the Dallas Social
Security Office)
Today I want to explain the
provisions in the 1954 amend-
ments to the social security law
that will affect agricultural em-
ployees. Farm operators will
want to know about the changes
In this part of the law If they
have hired help on their farm
or If they work for some other
farm employer for part of the
year.
Under the 1950 Amendment
to the Social Security Act, some
farm workers were brought Into
the old-age and survivors in-
surance program for the first
time. But there was a work
■ regularity test which kept many
farm workers from building so-
cial security protection for
themselves and their families.
Take the case of the young
farm worker who came to see
me recently, for an example.
After he had introduced him
self, he gave me a brief account
of his life. He’d been born and
raised on a small farm. When
he became 18, he had enlisted
In the army. He was serving
overseas when he received news
of his father’s death. His moth-
er’s next letter told him that
she was selling the family farm.
Since she needed the cash very
badly, she would have to settle
hurriedly for a price far below
the farm property’s actual val-
ue. A widow's benefits under so
•dal security might have en-
abled her to keep the farm or
at least avoid selling it on
poor market. But self-employed
farm operators were not cov-
ered by the social security law
until the amendments of 1954.
When my young friend returned
from the service, he couldn't
work on the family farm as he
had planned, of course. So he
began looking for farm work
with other farm employers. He
soon built a reputation around
the countryside as a good work
er, and the fanners were glad
to hire him when they had
work. He worked steadily
throughout the year, but large-
ly because of the nature of
farming in that area, he worked
for many different employers
in the course of a year.
This meant that he wasn’t
considered “regularly employ
ed” under the social security
provisions of 1950. The test for
being “regularly employed” re-
quired him to work for the
same farm employer for at
least five months In the year.
Since he didn’t meet this test,
his wages as a farm hand
weren't counted toward social
security.
Now the young farm worker
had come to ask me about the
new law for a very special rea-
son. He was thinking of getting
married. He hoped that the new
law would make It possible for
him to begin, earning social se-
curity credits In his work. He
realized that his earnings from
work under the social security
program would count toward
benefits when he retired But. as
a young man, he was more In-
terested in the protection which
his work could earn for his wife
In case of his death. He didn’t
want her to have the financial
difficulties that his mother had
when his father died.
I quickly told the young farm
worker about the provision In
the new law which will enable
him, and over two million other
farm employees who couldn’t
meet the “regularly employed”
test before, to have the protec-
tion of social security.
Under the new law, the work
regularity test for farm em-
ployees has . been eliminated.
Beginning Jan. 1, 1955, the
farm helper is included under
social security if he earns $100
In cash wages from any one
farm operator In a calendar
year.
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If the farm employee Is paid
from $100 up to $199.99 In cash
wages in a calendar year by
one farm employer, he will earn
one quarter of social security
credit. He will be credited with
two quarters it he earns $200 to
$299.99 In a year, and he will
receive three quarters If he
makes between $300 and $399.99
in cash from the same farmer.
For any cash earnings el $400
or more In a year from a farm
employer, the farm worker will
be credited with four quarters
of coverage or credit for the
entire year. His earnings up to
$4,200 will be reported for so-
cial security purposes. Total
cash wages of lees than $100
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paid him by any one farm op-
erator will not be credited to his
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social security account.
The farm operator will re-
port the wages that he has pa'd
to the employee and he will
send social security tax contri-
butions to the Director of Inter-
nal Revenue. A four per cent
social security tax contribution
Is made. Two per cent of this is
deducted from the farm em-
ployee’s wages and the remain-
ing two per cent Is contributed
by the farm operator.
My young friend will want to
get his social security card
since he has never had one. He
will have to show the card to
his farm employers when he
performs farm work which Is
now covered by social security.
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 51st Year, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1954, newspaper, December 31, 1954; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727219/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.