The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-12-31
Gains In Social
Security Hailed
ByI. 0. Head

MontreaI Que. - Recent legislative
enactments and proposals for new
legislative measures in the field Of so
cial security mark "a deepening reali-
zatiOn In the free nations that social
security for all Is one of the aims for
which the war is being fought" Ed
ward J. Phelan, Acting Director of
the international Labor Office, said in
Il statement issued here today.
Particular evidence Of the CROWN.
| recognition Of the role that social 50
| curity must play in the postwar
world was provided in the recomlnen-
datiOns Of the Beyeridge Committee
which were made public this week in
Great Britain, Mr.. Phelan said
Proposals such as those Of the Rev-
eridge report, which urged far
reaching extension of Britain's social
security system, the statement said,
must be hailed as heraIding new
worldwide advance on the social Sc
curity frOnt-a front which was com
ing to be recognized as IAN integral
part of the programs Of all the free
nations in the struggle for world III
which President Roosevelt's Four
Freedoms would be basic
| Mr.. Phelan recalled that two of the
]. l.. O's experts in the field Of social
before the Bcveridge Committee. and
added that the |. l.. o. was gratified to
have had this opportunity to play "A
part in the committees work.
Il think it as safe To say" the
statement said, that the /. l.. O., and
the things for which the /. l.. O.
stands, have been helpful in framing
the findings of the Beveridye report.
Among other evidence of the mount
| ing interest i'm social security through
out the free nations, Mr.. Phelan
pointed to the decisions of the Inter
American Conference on Social Sc
curity held in Santiago, Chile, in Sep
| tember, with the cooperation of the
| |. l.. o.: and to developments in New
Zealand, Australia and the United
States.
| The Santiago Conference, Mr..
ment among IS Latin American cOun-
tries, the United States and Canada.
on Il comprehensive program to
further social security in the Amer
icas, and on plans for permanent CO.
operation in carrying out this pro-
gram.
Delegates to the conference, Mr.
Phelan noted, agreed that it was nee
essary to take steps to bring the whole
gainfully-occupied population in each
cOuntry-wOrkers in industry, com
merce and agriculture, and the self
mployed-together with their fami-
lies, within the scope of contributOry
social insurance, and to provide them
with Il fully-equipped health service.
/ The conference also recommended, the
statement added, that representatives
of employers and workers collaborare
in the administration of social Sc
curity. An |. l.. o. pamphlet sum-
marizing the work of the conference is
now being distributed, according to
| the |. l.. O.
The other notable evidences of the
widening interest in social security to
which the |. l.. O. director pointed in
+, Guided the recent action of the New
Zealand Government in inStituting
medical service family allowances
and Il full set of cash benefits: the set
ting up by the Australian Government
of Il commonwealth Committee to
draft proposals on similar lines, and
the introduction of family allowances
and widows pensions in the Common
wealth. and the introduction of Il bill
in the United States Congress to add
disability benefits and disqualification
benefits to the existing social security
scheme.
"Ihe Santiago Conference agreed
that the health and welfare of any
one American nation was the concern
of ALL" Mr.. Phelan's statement con-
cluded. Il am confident that the re-
alization is rapidly growing that the
social security of any nation in the
world is the concern of Il! nations"