The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-12
Social Security Question Box The Democrat Will Answer Amy Ques-
 ton Relating to
 the Social Se- curity Act.

Question - I receive oeS00 c month in survivors insurance pay. tients from the Social Security Beard = s27.00 for mo, and ei0l0O for each Of my two children, have Co 90 Go work and want Go know M will lose the teS,00 if I do, Can't ' work and collect benefits at the same timer
 n Answer = If you go to work in employment covered by the law (factory, store, office, etc.) your benoht will bo suspended for any month in which you earn over ei400 in wages. However, your ohlldren's benefit payments will not Do affocts cd by your working. If you obtain Q Job ln employment not covered by the law (domestic service in Q prts vate home, agricultural labor, gov- eFnInent work, employment for . non-proflt organization such ae Q church, the Red Cross, etc,) your benefit will not be suspended for such employment regardless of the amount you earn. If you go to work in covered employment notify tho Social Security Board. If you are uncertain whether the employment is covered by the law get In touch with the nearest field office of the Board.
 Question - My husband was klll- cd in action in June, leaving mo, his widow, and his daughter, age two. He was in service since January, io43. L came across his social secur- ity card the other day and 1 wonder If anything is payable from social security, He worked steadily in Q factory from the time social secur- fly started until he went into serV. ice Does army pay count in flgur- ing payments under social security
 Answer--Slnce your husband was steadily employed in c factory from 1887 through io42, he undoubtedly had an insured status under the old. age and survivors insurance program at the time of his death. If his social security account indl- cateS that he was insured you and your daughter will be eligible to rec ceive survivors insurance payments each month until your daughter reaches l8. At age slxty.fve you would again be eligible for monthly payments provided you had not re. married.
 Pay received in the armed forces does not count in figuring old-age and survivors insurance benefits Consequently, the protection under old-age and survivors insurance which servicemen and women may have acquired before their induction will be partly or wholly used up. and the amount Of potential benefits payable to them or to their surviy- ors will diminish. The Social Sec,ir. fly Board recognizes that it is un- fair Co so jeopardize the insurance rights of ouyr service people. The Board has recommended, in itS eighth annual report to Congress, the adoption of provisions which will protect potential insurance rights developed before entrance into the armed forces and which will give wage credits based on time spent in the armed services.
 Question My sister died last month leaving her young son, age seven. Her husband deserted them six years ago and she worked in n department store ever since that time to support herself and her son. The boys father hasn't been heard from since he left and he has never so much as sent one dollar for his son. My sister paid her social secur- ity taxes every week for the past six years. Is there any return pay able to her son?
 Answer -- There is e return pay able to your sisters boy re- turn in the form of a payment every month from now until he reaches the age of eighteen. Since your sis- ter worked in covered employment for the past six years she was fully insured at the time of her death under the survivors insurance pro- visions of the Social Security Act And since her son lived with her and was supported by her all that time he is eligible for monthly sur vivors insurance until he is eighteen. The benefit payable depends on the total amount of wages earned by your sister while working in covered employment but the minimum pay- fnent will not be less than 5000 a month.
 Question - My uncle, who is 68, has lived with me for the last seven years - since his wife died. He had a breakdown after her death and he hasn't been able to work all this time. His only son died two weeks ago. During the past seven years my uncle received check for $50.00 every month from his son. He had good Job in a factory out in Detroit. He was never married so he had no home in which my uncle could live. But the $50.000 took care of my uncle's room and board and other little personal expenses. Will my uncle get a cash settlement on the money which his son paid into so- cial security?
 Answer = If your cousin was fully insured at the time of his death - and 1t appears from your letter that he probably was your uncle is eligible to receive a survivors insur- ance payment every month for the rest of his life. A check of our rec ords will reveal the amount payable. A parent Is eligible to receive monthly benefits when the wage earneF is not survived by a widow or children under eighteen provided the parent Is at least sixty-five years old and was wholly dependent upon and supported by the wage earner at the time of his death.