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Presidential Statement Signing The Social Security Act
This social security measure gives at least some protection to thirty millions of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old-age pensions and through increased services for the protection of children and the prevention of ill health....
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Title: Presidential Statement Signing The Social Security Act
Creator: Franklin D. Roosevelt (author)
Date: August 14, 1935
Format: Government Document
Source: Social Security Online History Page
Keywords: Aging; Economics; Employment; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Government; Government Agencies; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Laws & Regulation; Legislation; New Deal; Pension; Policy; Politics; Public Health & Welfare; Social Welfare & Communities; U.S. Congress
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Social Movements & Advocacy