The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-02-09
New Security
| Benefits

Margaret r. Bolton, mana
ger OF the Social Security
Boards Dayton Office, today
said that more adequate berle-
fits for those now insured and
insurance protection for 20,-
100000 additional workers,
not now insured, as recon-
mended by the Board in its
Annual Report made public in
Washington, would help meet
needs frequently met in the
Dayton area.
People Of this area who do
not have social security inslir-
ance protection would get it If
the Boards proposals should
become law" Miss Bolton
said. Businessmen often ex-
press their desire for cover
age similar to what their en-
ployees already have. The
fact that the self-employed
are not under social insurance
hits the professional man, the
small business man and the
farmer, because corporation
executives, as employees, al
ready have this protection.
"This desire for insurance
that will provide q retirement
income, or a family income in
ease the worker dies, cxten Is
alro to the farm people, do
racs ie workers IN private
homes, and employees of nom
profit organizations, none of
whom are covered at present, =
Miss Bolton said.
Action on the Boards
recommendation to protect
the insurance rights of men
and women in the armed
forces would re-,o-o casii
# distress arsong ,hs 'ysilia
Of service people.
"0The hardest thing we have
to do she said, rs to tell the
widow of a soldier or sa lor
t3t she and her chill can't
tf lenefts because her hus-
bonds protcc ion lapseo While
fe Was fighting for his coun-
try"
"Of course, not all the in
surance rights of all the men
nd women in the service have
lapsed, but their benefit rights
lvindle steadily and disap-
ear entirely if the period il
lie armed service exceeds the
line worked in private indus
try or commerce. In several
previous reports, the Board
has made a similar recommen-
Iation.
The Boards recommen Ia
tions to enlarge benefits to
hose covered under old-age
nd survivors insurance,
Tiss Bolton explained, "are of
% kinds. The first concerns
/ change in the method Of cal
culating insurance payments
hat would raise benefits for
loWer-paid workers. The sec
md has to do with new meth
IDS of figuring a workers
average monthly wage" On
which his benefits are basel
raising the benefits generally.
Other Board recommends
tons that would affect the
Il IL ra and survivors, laser
.nee program, Miss Bolton
said, are these:
women who have no depen-
ent children would be eligible
for benefits from 65 to 60.
This would not change the
present system Of paying
benefits to widows, regardless
of age, while they have de-
pendent children in their care.
Provide for re-fguring the
workers retirement benefit
every year when this would
result in higher benefits for
him. This would enable a re-
tired worker who goes back to
work to take advantage Of his
earnings after retirement, but
he would still give up his
benefits for any month in
which he earned more than a
specified amount.
Raise this specified amount,
which is now $14.99.
Add disability to the haz-
ards covered, on the principle
that a workers family is just
as badly off when he is dis
| abled as when he is too old
to work or when he dies.
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