Evening star., 1939-10-29
Age Benefits Open
To Three Groups Of
Older Workers in 1910
includes Those Now IS
Or Over and Employees
Reaching IS Next Year

Or Over and Employees
Reaching IS Next Year
Every one who has a social
security account number should
knotD how the changes made by
the last Congress in the old-age
insurance provisions OF the So
cidl Security Act apply to him.
For the benefit OF the readers OF
The Star. the District field Office
OF the Social Security Board has
prepared series OF briet articles,
each explaining one point OF the
neU proDtStons FOLLOWING is the
tUeltth OF this series.
For the first time since the old
age insurance system went into
operation, nearly three years ago.
employers are including in their
quarterly reports to the Govern
ment the names, social security ac-
count numbers, and wages of work.
ers who have reached their 65th
birthday anniversary.
Three groups of older workers will
be permitted to claim old-age in
surance benefits in 1910, if their
wage records show that they have
six quarters of coverage-those who
are IS years old, those who are
more than IS. and those who will
reach IS next year. A quarter of
coverage is any three month pc
riod, beginning on January /. April
l, July l, or October l, in which
the worker has been paid wages of
$50 or more in employment defined
in the act as covered
The Oldest Workers.
The worker who was IS before
the law went into operation on
January /, 1887, can apply for
monthly benefits as soon as he has
six quarters of coverage to his cred
it, In other words, a worker who
is now about 81 or 68 years of age,
or older. will have to earn $50 or
more in each of six different calen-
dar quarters since 1938-four quar-
ters in this year and two quarters
in 1910. The worker who was
already 65 when the law went into
effect did not pay taxes on his
wages for the years 1887 and 1888,
and neither did his employer. His
job during those years was not
covered and, therefore, his wages
for those years were not counted
toward benefits. Effective from
January /, l939 all wages he re-
ceives from a job in covered en-
ployment will count toward bene-
fits. The taxes on such wages will
date from January !, 1899 and
every employer for whom he has
worked this year should have a
record of his social security ac-
count number so that he may in
clude it in his next wage report
to the Government.
The Next Oldest Group.
The worker who reached age IS
after 1888 and before 1899 has
already received credit for the wages
earned after 1896 and before his
65th birthday anniversary. The
wages he receives during 1899 and
thereafter will also be credited to
his account. Both he and his en-
ployer paid taxes on his wages after
1886 and before he reached age IS.
He and his employer will pay taxes
on his wages for 1889 and there
after.
This worker may file claim for
monthly benefits provided he has
at least six quarters of coverage
He should count the quarters in
which he received wages Of $50 or
more after 1886 and before his
65th birthday anniversary. He
should not count the time he worked
between his 65th birthday ami
versary and the first day OF 1899
But he can count any quarter in
which he was paid $50 or more
during 1889 and thereafter.
Youngest Group of Oldish Workers.
The worker who reached age IS
during 1899 will count toward bene-
fits all wages received in 1887, 1898.
1889 and thereafter. His employer
has taken out the l per cent tax
from his wages every pay day, and
has sent 1t with his own wage tax
money to the Collector of Internal
Revenue. He will continue to do
so as long as the worker is in his
employ.
1t should be remembered that no
monthly benefits will be paid be-
fore January /. 1910. On that date,
any worker in covered employ
ment who is IS years old or more
and who has six quarters of COW
erage to his credit on the records
of the Social Security Board may
claim his monthly benefits.