SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY 



PRESIDENT SEZ, cont'd. 



An increasingly important feature of 

 a worker's Social Security insurance is 

 disability protection for himself and his 

 dependents. In slightly more than ten 

 years the number of people entitled to 

 payments under this program has risen from 

 less than 150,000 to over 1,200,000. Ques- 

 tions received at the Helena office indi- 

 cate that local residents would like more 

 information on this program. Just what 

 does it mean to file for disability 

 benefits and when is the proper time to 

 file? 



I'/hy do these severely disabled workers 

 delay filing? We feel that there are 

 several reasons. One is that many workers 

 believe there is a waiting period before 

 an application can be filed. This is 

 not true. There is a waiting period of 

 six months before benefits can usiially be 

 paid but there is no waiting period be- 

 fore an application can be filed. A 

 severely disabled worker should file im- 

 mediately for benefits as soon as it ap- 

 pears that he will be unable to work for 

 at least twelve full months. Often, he 

 may be eligible for temporary benefits 

 under a state or company program while 

 his Social Security claim is being pro- 

 cessed. By prompt filing a worker can 

 insure that his Social Security disabil- 

 ity claim will have been processed and 

 ready for payment when these temporairy 

 benefits come to an end. 



DFJUl llAl^SON, Chairman of the State Soil 

 Conservation Committee is back home in 

 Gildford convalescing after having had 

 major surgery at a hospital in Seattle 

 this past month. 



Dean expresses sincere thanks for the 

 many cards and other rememberances he 

 received while in the hospital. 



In the "environmental decade" that 

 lies before us, we in '■lontana must keep 

 pace with the times. The question arises: 

 How might we do this? One way is to in- 

 tensify our working with the youth in our 

 state. We have established by law the 

 office of Conservation Coordinator in the 

 State Department of Public instruction. 

 One of our major undertakings for the 

 coming legislative year should be to get 

 this office funded. All supervisors 

 should contact their prospective legis- 

 lative candidates to get their support 

 for such funding. 



Also since cities and towns may now 

 petition into districts we must expand 

 our efforts in working with urban peo- 

 ple. Explain our program and show them 

 where we might help with some of their 

 problems. Many people seem to think that 

 the Soil and Water Conservation District 

 movement is just another v/ay to subsidize, 

 farmers. It therefore behooves us as 

 supervisors to acquaint the masses of 

 what we have been doing and how it bene- 

 fits all. All districts should expand ^t 

 their adult education program as well 

 as their youth program. Cascade Co. Sup- 

 ervisors can point with pride to Agri- 

 ecology of 1970. Ue as districts have 

 been working to better our environment. 

 Now let's "tell it like it is" and en- 

 list the aid of each and everyone to 

 get the total job done and instead of 

 one Earth Day or One week let's make 

 the rest of the 70 's all Earth Days I 

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MONTANA SOIL & WATER 

 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, INC. 



Incorporation papers have been filed 

 with Secretary of State Murray setting up 

 the Montana Soil and Water Conservation 

 Districts, Inc. 



This corporation has purchased land 

 near Bridger, Montana part of which Is 

 leased to the SCS for the operation of 

 the SCS Plant Material Center. 100 Soil 

 and Water Conservation Districts in Mont- 

 ana and Wyoming are contributing to the 

 purchase. ^^ 



