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býet explained by speakers -familiar with its provisions, according to Min- nie Clark Webster, general district manager, womnan's division, whose address is 1824 Chicago avenue, E v- anston. Petitions are'also being.cir- culated,. asking the congress to im- mediately pass. the necessary legis- lation to, put the plan: into ýoperation. Provides Monthly Penioin Briefly, the Townsend plan ýpro- ides a pension of $200, per month ta. every. person in Amnerica of, the age of 60 years or more, who tan qualify, the pensioner to spend the money ini -the United States ithin 30 day's of rie(l couple, of 60 years $400 per month, each being eligible* ta the pension. The qualifications ta be met bN applicants, for the pensiïon are con- tained ini an. abridged draft* of the proposed. legisiation appearing on the *petition, which is 'directed to nieni- bers of con'gresý;, andl reaàds -is foi- lovs: The Petition ii n<ersi gnèd cltizens o l' the IUnited statcs request youl to f;t\4or Mn thée £ 'ojinss of the UntdStates th(, fonqi-wing hil' an(i use vour utînost ef- f ( rt t<> : <bi il tIleir1 )a ssa ge initi, la 'FIIST :A, ill Oiligati1g the gxen nment of the United States to pay evury citizenl of said gvrnetwhose recordi is free of* habituai er1inlhîalit ' aid who has aitined the age of -si\ty eas a. ninthiy p~ension of $200 unttil the end of h is life uipon the soi, condlitions that lie * î'etir-es'froin ail further business or 1r- fes-sioii for gain, amîi agrees, under; oath, *to sp)enci the entire arnouint of the pen~- sionl withln the confines of th e ý_Jnited States during the current mnonth in whieh it is received.. *."SECOND.: A bUti creating a~ Nation- wide Federal I{etaii Sales Tax cal- culated at a rate sufficiently high to produce the revenue necessary to mieet the requiremnents of Blill No. V." 8,OOO,0O Now Eligible Proponents of the Townsend plan assert that there ar'e approximately' 8,000,000 citizens now eligible for the pension, whicb mean a distribution by thc government of around $20,- 000,000,000 annually. It is contended *tha~t that bv tal<ino' al oersn over inyour commurii4' wi&A anda 7et0ear jrefomwaskday wol I r t i. I *SCfolOO convenes at Y :4 'tucloik. Roger Barrett, son of the Oliver Barretts, 623 Abbotsford road, Kenil- wôrth, is returnig today from Prince- ton, wbere he is a, sophomore.. 806 Dempster Street, Evanston Phome, University 2776 rrow Avenue, me University Sphoe