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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week Business received one pleasant surprise. The Ways & Means Committee, preparing to carry out the Treasury's recommended revision of the Security laws, voted not only to freeze the old age insurance tax at 1% until 1943 but also to exempt from payroll taxes (unemployment insurance) all pay over $3,000 a year to any employe. Further, the Committee recommended that States with "adequate" unemployment insurance reserves be allowed to reduce payroll taxes for employers with "favorable" records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Undone | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...originally told Congress the building would cost $250.000. So far, after several changes of plan, it has cost $544,000. Per cubic foot it cost 43½?, compared to 20? per cubic foot for the nearby Federal Building. Of 1,049 workers on the project's pay roll, only 17.7% were Reliefers; the balance was high-paid labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Hot Pan | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...very much what happened." But the suit was not lost. St. Etienne parish acknowledged the debt, consented in court that judgment be recorded against it. Last week, while the six devout plaintiffs awaited notice of their restoration to the Church, all that remained was to find $261,939.83 to pay off the notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Dollars and Damnation | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...sickness and accident benefits. The premium is $1 a month deducted from paychecks and matched by at least an equivalent sum from the company. How much Ford will kitty in remains to be calculated by actuaries, but will probably come to some $1,200,000 a year. Employes will pay $1 a month no matter what their age, need take no physical exams. Because the average age of the entire group is expected to remain constant, the insurance is offered at a steady premium, whereas an individual taking out term insurance finds his premiums mounting sharply with age. Therefore, Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: Third Largest | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...October, to motor makers all-summer shut downs seem unavoidable and they are tempted to beat the gun on each other by putting 1940 models on the streets as early as July. This would not be good news to industry's toolmakers, for such premature previews would pay dividends to manufacturers who spent least time (and money) on getting new machinery for the new models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Buying Week | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

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