The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-17
OLD AGn INSURANCE.

@. Last year / worked in de-
partment store during the suinmeI
and then returned to college. l was
advised to obtain a social security
account number and did SO. I
should like to know whether or not
the salary earned during that brief
period was actually credited to my
social security account, and also
what l should do about my social
security account number when :
finish school and secure a job?
A. Your employer ia required by
law to make quarterly report to
the collector of Internal Revenue,
showing the amount of wages he
paid to each of his employees (un-
der age 65) during the period speci-
fed. On his report he gives the
name and account number, as we'll
as the wages paid to each employee.
Information contained in that le-
port is transmitted by the Bureau
of Internal Revenue to the Social
Security Board so that it can be
entered on the wage record which
the Board maintains for every insur-
ed worker. Your wage record bears
the same number that is shown ON
your social security account card.
The number that was given you
when you first applied for social
security card is the number that
you should keep, SO that
all the wages you receive from
employment under the Act, through
out your working years, may be
credited to your individual wage
record. This is important because
your old-age insurance benefits will
be based upon the amount Of wages
credited to your account.
@. am told that changes will be
made or have been made in the Soc
ial Security Act. hear that month";
ly old-age insurance benefits will
begin next year; and also that
monthly benefits will be extended to
the widow of covered employee in
case the husband dies. Is that rights,
Please give me some information on
this subject.
A. Some changes in the Social
Security Act have been proposed
and several bills to that effect have
been introduced in Congress. How
ever, no such bill has been passed.
An effort is being made to have
monthly old-age insurance benefits
become payable in 1910 instead Of
1912; and a bill to extend the pay
ment of old-age insurance benefits
to widows of covered employees
has been prepared. But no definite
action on amendments to the Social
Security Act has been taken by
Congress up to this time, and the
law, at present, remains unchanged.
@. have been employed in a
flour mill for a long time, and / am
still working in the mill, although
I am now SIS years old. was told
that l could draw my old-age in
sHrance money, any time after I
reached 65. My birthday was some-
time last month, SO I filed q claim
for benefits. Now L get letter tell
ing me that I have to prove that !
am SIS years old before can get my
old-age insurance. Is that necessary
What sort of proof should I give?
A. Proof of age is required OF
those who file claims for the single
cash payments made to workers now
reaching IS, provided the claim is
for more than 500. The Social Sec
urity Board must therefore know
the exact date of the workers birth.
before it approves his claim. Evi-
dence of age may be obtained from
many sources. The Social Security
Board will accept as proof: Copy of
birth certificate; copy Of an in
FAINT baptismal certificate: the signed
statements of two persons who have
personal knowledge of the date OF
birth. The Board has ruled that
when the applicant for benefits ex-
plains in writing that such evidence
cannot be obtained without great
difficulty and considerable expense.
other evidence will be considered.
Documents or copies Of documents
showing the persons age may be
submitted If indicated proior to the
signing of the Social Security Act,
which was August IA, 1885.