Evening star., 1934-01-14
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Old Age Pensions.

In connection with the Copeland
Black bill to provide old-age pensions in
the District Of Columbia, the Public
Library presents the following refer
ences to material In books and recent
periodicals.
Books.
Old Age Security in the United States:
A Record Of the Fifth National Con-
ference, March 80. 1882. American
Association for Old Age Security,
1882. IGs3.AA3e.
The Care Of the Aged; Proceedings OF
the Deutsch Foundation Conference,
1880. ed by ]. M. Rubinow. Deutsch
Foundation Conference, Chicago
University. 1890. IG83.D48.
These 13 papers by eminent au-
thorities on various aspects Of the prob
lens Of old age constitute q philosophic
and practical background for any pro-
gram of old age protection"
The Challenge of the Aged. by Abraham
Epstein. 1928. HFU .Ep87c.
"The present volume Is a rich store
house of facts with respect to the con-
dition of the aged in the United States.
and source book of information on
measures. public and private, in Amer
lea and Europe which have been tested
and adopted to surround honorable old
age with moderate measure of Sc
curity. y."-R. w. Bruere.
Elements of Industrial Pension Plans.
National Industrial Conference
Board. 1881. HFU .N216e.
"The report includes discussions Of
the motives or reasons for the estab-
hshment Of pension plans. the basic
principles underlying the most recent
plans, present tendencies in pension
planning and administration, and
methods of computing the cost and of
funding the liabilities on an actuarial
basis"
Industrial Pensions in the United States
National Industrial Conference
Board. 1925. HFU.N2l6.
"The interest and importance which
attach to the problem Of pensions are
attested both by the growing movement
to deal with the problem externally to
industry in the form of public old-age
pensions, and by the extensive efforts
of employers to cope with 1t internally
through systematic private pension
plans"
The Support of the Aged: A Review of
Conditions and Proposals. National
Industrial Conference Board. 1881.
HFU .N216s.
widespread advocacy of old-age PEN
sion relief measures puts squarely be-
fore the American people two questions:
% Is there any specially urgent prob
lem Of the support of the aged? CD
Would proposed remedies offer a new
and more effective solution?"
States, by F. z. Parker. 1929.
1853 .P22.
Because Of the growing interest in
the subject Of the care Of the depend
ent aged in the United States the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics has . /" made
a survey of the various means by which
wage-earners and others are provided
for in their old age. - These various
means of care all fall under one or the
other of the two classifications-pen-
sions or homes"
Magazine Articles.
Do We Need State Old-Age Pensions?
Yes, by Charles DENLY, jr., and No,
by w. E. Odom. Annals of the
american Academy. ITO: ss-loS.
An able debate for and against the
establishment of a State system Of
pensions.
Care Of the Aged, by L. !. Dublin.
Forum, 90: 36l-66, December. 1888.
'In spite of present inadequacies, old
age provision in our country is rapidly
progressing to the point where our
people will be as we'll if not better pro-
tected than any in the world"
American State Old-Age Pension Sys-
tenn in Operation. by Abraham Ep-
ssean Seaderv Anna1s Tao Of the NnTsSsr
1888.
"A contributory system Of old age in
surance not only may be justified on
evitable as the present deadiine Of en-
ployment continues to be lowered and
more and more aged persons become
unable to earn their own living"
Prosperity Pensions, by ]. w. Roberts.
New Republic, IS: 1915, May 81,
1898.
"By prosperity pensions is meant
pensions to every man and woman who
proves a specified age and American
citizenship. regardless of income or
property or ability to work.
Pensions Instead of the Poor House
Under New Code. Literary Digest,
116: 18, July 20, 1898.
"Its advocates claim that . . It
has saved the public money-that the
cash outlay in a pension is less than
the per capita cost of maintaining the
aged in aims houses"
TOURS,