The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 26

tOir HURON, MICH. AC THE TIMES HERALD Thursday, Nov. 23, 1972 Philippines President May Get Dictatorial Powers are operating In Manila. With the army strongly on his side, Marcos has for the present successfully crushed the most apparent threats to his power and programs. trolled dailies ure now being published in Manila and are printing little more than government announcements and some foreign news.

Three television and eight radio stations Thirteen manila newspapers have been shut most permanently along with 266 radio stations and four television networks in the country. Only three carefully con About Your Social Security 'SpukjCt tofe I Ml HI i. SPKP By FRANK JR. MANILA (AP) The Phil-1 i Constitutional Convention is expected formally to present President Ferdinand E. Marcos with unlimited powers before the end of this month to carry out his proposed revolution "to democratize wealth and property." The convention's blank check for the 55-year-old Marcos includes giving him near dictatorial powers to continue indefinitely with the now twomonth-old martial law and to rule the Philippines until he decides to call a general election for a new parliament.

Few here believe this can come before 1976 or 1978. Under a new constitution which the convention has quietly drawn up and nearly completed since martial law was proclaimed Sept. 22, Marcos will head a transition government. It will bridge the gap between the current system, under which he has served as president for the last seven years, and the new parliamentary system. Solves the Gift Puzzle for his own personal benefit.

He was sometimes referred to in the local press as "the richest man in Asia." "We have no illusions about Marcos' past," says a leading delegate to the Constitutinal Convention who is supporting Marcos, "but people would be willing to overlook the past if he does a good job now." This apparently reflects the feelings of many Filipinos who have cautiously accepted what has happened. "Martial law was welcomed," commented one diplomat, "because of the frustrations of the past." After proclaiming martial law, Marcos announced a widespread land ceform program that would redistribute almost four million acres of rice and corn land to an estimated 715,000 tenant farmers. Nearly a million firearms have been collected and for the first time in decades it has become an unusual sight to see only a soldier or policeman carrying a weapon down the street. Crackdowns on criminal gangs have been heavy. The constabulary claims a 45 per cent drop in the crime rate since martial law went into effect.

Streets around Manila are cleaner, roads ure being repaired. Rice and sugar prices have dropped. Foreign businessmen reOort they are paying fewer bribes in order to get business done. But ull this does not completely dispel apprehension about Marcos' heavy handed dealings with the press and opposition politicians. Since martial law, those apprehended and held without charges include three senators, four congressmen, 36 mayors, six Constitutional Convention delegates, three governors and 16 newsmen.

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AH this represents the beginnings of a revolution Marcos outlined last year in a small 140-page book he called "Today's Revolution: Democracy." His basic stated aim was to reduce the glaring gap between the rich and the poor. Although his critics had warned that Marcos intended to take over the government with martial law to keep himself in power beyond January 1974 when he was scheduled to step down after two terms as president, others passed it off as presidential rhetoric or perhaps wishful thinking. The Philippines has had an American style system with strong traditions of free elections, free press and individual rights. Admittedly it had been badly corroded by an oligarchic economic system that put most of the nation's wealth in the hands of a few. Flamboyant and irresponsible politics and massive corruption threatend government at all levels with anarchy.

Law and order was a national problem. Many said if revolution should come, it would be a traditional uprising from the bottom, perhaps supported by the Communists. Marcos beat them to it. Some were caught off guard because of Marcos' reputation, built up over the years, as a man who used the presidency uring each of the two benefits. Your social security payment was based on your average earnings going back to 1951 less the lowest years.

The best 15 years were used. In many years you bad credit for $4,200 and $1,800. Your son's was figured from the year he was 22 to the year he was disabled. Probably a span of eight years and the lowest five years were dropped. We used the best three years for your son and these were years be may have earned $7,800.

Q. I have received social security checks for several years. I also continued to work part-time earning just below the limit of $1,680 where I would lose some of my social security checks. A year ago the Probate Court appointed me guardian for a relative and the fees I've received for taking care of the business of the estate amount to more than $400. Do I have to count this income along with my wages to figure my total for the work rule? No, you do not have to count guardianship fees as income towards the $1,680 work rule.

The slight amount of work involved in handling a small estate as a guardian would not be considered the operation of a trade or business. Occasionally there are people who spend enough time in serving as guardian for a number of persons that they are engaged in a business and their earnings would count. (The following questions and answers are among those most frequently asked at the Port Huron office of the Social Security Administration. For answers to your specific questions about Social Security, call the local office, 882-85S3). I did not apply for medical insurance under Medicare when it was first available, to me nor during the three years following.

When I inquired about signing up early this year I was told it was too late for me to sign up for the medical insurance but that I should watch for the social security amendments. These amendments, I see, are now passed. Is there anything in die" amendments that will rtwke it possible for me to sign up for" medical insurance? The three year time limit' oil inrolling for medical insurance has been removed but y6u Dan apply only during the annual open enrollment period. The next open enrollment runs from Jan. 1, 1973 to IVfarch 31.

If you sign up during that time your medical insurance protection will start July 1, 1973. A year ago I retired at 65 and applied for social security. I received $208 a rrjonth, now $251. My youngest son applied recently for dis-ajility under social security. Even though he has worked ufjder social security for only If years, he is getting a much lager social security check than I.

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