Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-12-31

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600 in monthly benefits and Lars.
gains in the social security pro,ccti1n
acquired by the nations workers
marked the l943 developments OF ,hr
Federal old-agc survivors ins,,ru 20
program. established under the Social
Security Act. II was the seventh wear.
OF the programs operation. and inc
tourth year since monthly benefits
became payable.
AlthouGh II is still in lis infancy.
the FcdcE-l nld-agc and survivors
insurance system is already one of
the vital forces bolStcring the vel
larC oi American families AID the
economic life of the Nation" said
MI. lngie, manager 0i the local social
security office in Raleigh, in - wear
end roundup Of activities.
Because OF unprecedented employ
menl opportunities in lg43. Snmr il
hillilon workers in industry and COM
nerce received w&gcS that count 10
Ward monthly benefits for themselves
ana thclr families under this Govern
mcnt insurance system. This is nm
increase oil million over the nlunbrr
who worked in jobs covered hy the
system in 1912.
The number of people rccciv;nm
old-agc survivors Insurance. mo tihIv
payments increased from 5%T .OOD -,
the beginning OF 1913 To almoS, 75n
UO0 at the end of the year. The Sl55-
OO0,0OO paid Ia these individuals WAS
S33,O0O,OOp more than was y. id d,u-
ing the preceding year. The estimated
total payments 10 retired workers in
1913 were S&3 900 900: to wives ,r
retired workers. Sl3.00O 900: 10 child
rem. S32 2.O0U.000; to widows with
you"g children. SlT.OOO. 600: 10
WIDOWS G5 and older, $1,000 900: 10
aged parents about S600OOO.
In addition To the S:35, ,GOO. 600 in
monthly benefits. about Sl8. .Onn n0n
was paid in lUmp-Sum death pay
mentS 10 lG5.0 persons, incIudinr
widows under 65 without youn. child
ren. widowcrs, children over age Ia,
or parents of tho deceased worker.
Lump sums arc payable only in cases
where an insured worker is not S,Ir-
vived by Il relative vino can qualify
for Immediate monthly benefits.
The number of retired workers rp-
cciving payments under the system
rose to much smaller extent than
the number building up rights To re-
tirement bcnfitS in the future. This
was due. Mr.. 1nglc said. To the con-
tinuing employment OF older people
who would be entitled To mothlv
benefits if they were no longer at
work. The wives of many OF these
workers would also be eligible for
payments to supplement those OF
their husbands. AT present only about
onc-ihird OF those Is and older who
have earned the right Ia monthly pay
ments for the rest of their lives. upon
retirement from regular work. re re-
ceiving them.
In the Raleigh office. as in the
other 434 offices of the old-agc and
survivors insurance system. the year
l9i3 was marked by unusually num-
erouS requests for social security
cards from boys and girls. women,
older workers. and others not Drdi-
narily employed. The Social Security
Act requires that workers in Jobs
covered by the laW-mo>t jobs in
prlNitc Industry and commerce
must obtain u social security card
This card is the key to the social
security account which is maintained
for each worker by tn Bureau of
Old-Agc and Survivors Insurance in
Baltimore. Recorded in each workers
account is the amount of wages he
has received in covered jobs. This
record is used To compute the in
Surancc benefits which 3rc payable
when the worker rctircS AT 65 Oh
later or when he dies.
Public interest in extending the
0ld-agc and survivors insurance pro-
gram To cover all persons who work
for Il living increased during 1913.
and Il number of bills which would
accomplish this were introduced into
Congress. part of this interest re-
suited from the fact that men and
women who entered the armed forces
and those who left private industry
to do civilian war work for the Gov
ernment arc now not only unable
to build up their insurance protection
under This system. but will find the
ultimate size Of their benefits re-
duced or their benefit rights lost be-
cause Of their prCsc3t "noncovcrcd"
employment.
The Social Security Board recon-
mended in its annual reports to Con-
grcSs in 1913 that military service.
rs well as farm and household work.
self-cmployment. jobs in Govern
ment organizations. and in cducati-
onal, religious and other ron-prorit
institutions be covered under this in
surance system. Spokesman for civic
organizations and organized labor
have also urged Congress To extend
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