Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-11-12
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

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try which will give about 26 million
( working people something to live or
when they are old and have stopped
working. This law, which gives
other benefits, too, was passed last
year by congress and is called the
| Social Security Act. Under this law
j the United States government will
send checks every month to retired
workers, both men and women, at
| ter they have passed the 65th birth
| day and have met few simple re-
quirements Of the law.
This means that if you work in
some factory, shop, mine, mill, store,
office, or almost any other kind OF
business or industry, you will be
earning benefits that will come to
you later on. From the time you
are 65 years old, or more, and STOP
check every month Of your life, ii
you have worked some time Cone
day or more) in each of any five
years after 1886, and have earned
during that time a total of $4,000
or more.
How much you will get when you
are IS years old will depend en-
tirely on how much you earn in
wages from your industrial or busi-
ness employment between January
/, 1887, and your 65th birthday. A
man or woman who gets good wages
and has steady job most of his or
her life can get as much as S85
a month for life after age 65. The
least you can get in monthly ben
efits, if you come under the law at
all, is $40 month.
The post office department has
agreed to cooperate with the social
security board in obtaining informa-
tion from employees and the assign
ing of social security account num-
bers to employees. Postmasters have
been instructed to cooperate in this
work with the patrons of their re-
spective offices even to the extent
of rendering assistance to employees
in filling out their blank forms. In
formation relative to employees will
be sent out Nov. 16, with instruc-
tions to be returned by Nov. 21.
Employe must answer all questions
on form No. SIS "a 5 legibly, and il he
is not able to answer question ne
should write in unknown. 1t Will
be the duty Of all postmasters to eX-
anime all papers returned by the
employees and if found illegible or
incomplete to retain same and send
the applicant new blank form, re-
'questing him to properly prepare
same and return to the postmaster.
Employees that come under the
following classifications are not in
cluded nor do the above instruc-
tions apply to them, viz: Self en-
ployed; employees Of the railroad IN
dustry who are subject to taxing act
approved Aug. 20, 1885; agricultur-
al labor; domestic service in prl-
vate home; casual labor not in the
course of the employers trade or
business; service performed on
vessel; service performed in the
employ of the United States govern
ment; service performed in the en-
ploy of state, a political subdlyls-
ion thereof, or an instrumentality
of one or more states or political
subdivisions; service performed IN
the employ of corporation, COM
munity chest, fund, or foundation,
organized and operated exclusively
for religious, charitable, scientific,
literary or educational purposes, or
for the prevention of cruelty to chill
dren or animals, no part of the net
earnings of which inures to the ben
eft of any private shareholder or in
diyidual
Again I wish to call your atten-
ton to the fact that both the en-
ployer and employees are welcome to
call at their local post office for as
sistance in making out the different
forms that are required under the
Social Security Act-H. w, Cor
don Dcctp, ctpr