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Excerpt from: Presidential Statement on Signing Some Amendments to the Social Security Act These amendments to the Act represent another tremendous step forward in providing greater security for the people of this country. This is especially true in the case of the federal old age insurance system which has now been converted into a system of old age and survivors' insurance providing life-time family security instead of only individual old age security to the workers in insured occupations.... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | Presidential Statement on Signing Some Amendments to the Social Security Act | |
| Creator: | Franklin D. Roosevelt (author) | |
| Date: | August 11, 1939 | |
| Format: | Government Document | |
| Source: | Social Security Online History Page | |
| Keywords: | Aging; Children; Economics; Employment; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Government; Government Agencies; Insurance; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Laws & Regulation; Legislation; New Deal; Pension; Policy; Politics; Public Health; Public Health & Welfare; Public Welfare; Social Security; Social Welfare & Communities; U.S. Congress | |
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