Evening star., 1934-06-24
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SOCIAL INSURANCE.

SOCIAL INSURANCE.
The interest in group hospitaliza-
ton, old-age pensions, unemployment
insurance and other forms of social
insurance Is evidenced by measures
before Congress and movements to Sc
cure the benefits of these forms Of
economic security for the residents Of
the District. The Public Library pre-
sents a short list Of recent books and
magazine articles on the subject.
Books.
Irsuring the Essentials: Minimum
Wage, Plus Social insurance.
Living Wage Program, by B. N.
Armstrong. 1882. IIS.Ar5.
Includes chapters on workmen's
compensation, social health insurance,
old age and invalidity insurance, sur
vivors' insurance and unemployment
insurance"
Insecurity, Challenge to America; a
Study of Social Insurance in the
United States and Abroad, by
Abraham Epstein. 1888. lis Ep8.
"a comprehensive volume on social
insurance dealing with conditions in
the United States and experience in
other countries, and pointing out the
need of compulsory social insurance" !"
Job Insurance, by j. B. Ewing. 1888.
lis Ew5.
The argument for prevention VS.. re-
lief. based upon the Wisconsin move
ment for unemployment insurance.
Unemployment Insurance, by M. B.
ellison. public Policy Pamphlets,
No. 81 1888. uS.G42.
The author seems peculiarly quail
fed to present the case for unemploy-
ment insurance because Of her unique
combination of wide experience in in
dustry and authorship of the most
comprehensive study of British ex-
pedience in this field"
The Development of Social Insurance
and Minimum Wage Legislation in
Great Britain; a Study of British
Social Legislation in Relation to a
Minimum Standard of Living, by
H. F. Holman. 1888. IISH68.
Miss Hohman's study is primarily
concerned with postwar developments
in social attitudes concerning these
matters as developed through legisla-
ton and administration.
Social Insurance, ed. by C. A. Kulp.
(American academy of Political
and Social Science Annals. ITO,
November, 1882 IIS-Am37.
Unemployment insurance or COM
pensation, old-age pensions and health
insurance are discussed in this SYM
postum by experts in the field.
Social Insurance Legislation; Original
and Present Provisions Of the Un-
employment, Health and Pension
Systems in Six European Coun-
tries, published by the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Co. 1882.
1S.M57.
Summaries from a survey made by
commission sent out by the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co., which
welcomes visits of interested persons
at its home Office in New York, where
investigators may make detailed stud
les of social insurance"
The Quest for Security, by I. M. Ru-
binow. 1884. IIS.R824q.
Accidents. illness, old age and the
loss of job are the four horsemen
that ride roughshod over the lives of
millions of men and women in Amer
ica's industrial scheme. How these
horsemen can be controlled and
eventually conquered is the theme of
the volume. Briefly, the remedies are
State insurance for accidents. for
health, for old age and for unem-
ployment. Rose C. Field.
The Social Cost of Industrial Insur-
ance, by Maurice Taylor. 1888.
IIS.T216.
The Purchase of Medical Care Through
Fixed Periodic Payment, by Pierce
Williams. 1882. QW67.
A report based on the results of a
survey aimed to throw light on the
extent to which the people of the
United States make use of the prin-
ciple of insurance in order to secure
medical and hospital care"
Magazine Articles.
New Federal Plan for Unemploy-
ment Compensation Legislation In
American Labor Legislation Re-
view, PIP. 7-8, March, 1884.
"a striking feature of the Federal
bill is that it does not die
tate to the States what manner of
laws they should pass"
Change Comes to the Doctor, by M. M.
Davis. In Survey Graphic, %:
1896, April, 1884.
In formulating policy of sickness
insurance, the American consumer de-
mands system of paying for medi-
cal service which will develop the
maximum paying power from his in
come and remove the hazard of unex-
pected sickness bills occurring at a
time when his paying power is usually
least"
New Unemployment Bill, by R. C.
Dawson. In Contemporary Re-
view, las: 41-46, January, 1894.
"It nationalizes for the first time
the relief of poverty, the poverty, on
present figures, of some 5000, 900 per-
sons, including dependents, in the
course of a year."
Unemployment Bill, by C. Harris. In
10th Century, lis: 38-49, January,
1884.
How England proposes to care for
her unemployed, her aged and her un-
occupied youth.
Social Insurance in Denmark, by S.
Hertzberg. In Current History, So:
627, August, 1888.
"In the future all social service will
be grouped under three main laws,
covering workmen's> compensation,
general insurance and poor relief. The
new legislation replaces SO previous
statutes"
Mutualizing Medical Costs, by J. A.
Kingsbury. In Survey Graphic,
%: 1856, June, 1894.
"Our studies show that it Is pos
sible for a system Of compulsory in
surance to keep the costs Of medical
service within the means Of the pub