The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
OLD AGE INSURANCE

filling station last summer, ] obtain
ed o social security account num-
Der, lost my card. Then In the
fall l went back to scnool and
thought no more about 1t. Now
have job In q store for the Christ
mas holidays. What should l do
about my social security account
card.
A. II you lost the account num-
Der card, you should apply at the
field Office of the Social Security
Board for a duplicate. Be sure to
tell the clerk In the field Office that
it is duplicate card you want TO
replace the one lost. Use the same
social security account number every
time you have job, even though
you work for a different employer,
or in a different town every time.
The one social security account num-
Der is all you need during your en-.
tire lifetime. Each covered employ
er you have will send to the United
States Government a statement of
the wages he pays you, and that
amount will be credited to your Soc
ial security wage record. In this
way, you will be certain that your
account is credited with all wages
you are paid in employment that
comes under the law; and when the
time comes for payment Of benefits
you will receive the full amount of
old-age insurance to which you
are entitled.
@. l was married last month
and gave up my job. I was working
in restaurant on January 1, 1887,
when the old-age insurance program
began, and continued working
there until last month. Will 1 get
anything under the old-age insur-
ance law?
A. Yes. You will receive pay
ment of benefits to which you are
entitled after you reach IS. The
amount of Federal old-age insura nee
payable to anyone depends on the
total amount of wages, large or
small, which that person received
during the time she worked in en-
ployment covered by the old-age in
surance system.
When you reach the age of IS,
you may file your claim for old-age
insurance. Should you die before
the age of IS, your estate or your
survivors can file claim for lump
sum payment under the old-age in
surance provisions Of the Social
Security Act.
@. l travel around lot and get
work in barber shop wherever !
can find it. / understand that the
Government has record of my &C.
count number and / want to know
why it is necessary for me to tell
all my employers about my social
security account number.
A. Each employer must know the
account numbers of his employees,
in order to make tax and infOrma-
ton returns (wage report) lists the
name, the account number, and the
lamount of wages he paid to each
employee. 1t is from employer re-
ports that the Social Security Board
learns the amount of wages each
worker received. That social Secur-
ity account is permanent, growing
wage record, and when the time
comes for the worker to apply for
his Old-age insurance, the amount
he receives will depend upon the
total wages recorded In the account.
Therefore, it Is to every WORKER
interest to have all his wages from
all his employers entered properly
in his account:
@. / run small printing shop.
My wife does the clerical work for
me, and a man 81 years old sets the
type for all my job printing. Is my
business affected in any way by old
age insurance provisions.
A. The worker who is past the
age of IS is not covered by old-age
insurance provisions of the Social
Security Act. II your wife Is paid a
salary as an employee in your shop
she may come under Old-sge insur.
ance provisions, but If she merely
assists you in the. capacity Of your
partner, she is not necessarily In.
cluded under the law.