The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-14
ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY
WEAVER SAYS

1Sn ABOUT walking under ladderSy
Is '" "our unlucky number? II
IS? Well, cheer up - YOU too
have a lucky number!
Each month / received through
the mail an advertising circular
distributed by a large company.
In the corner of this circular
there appears number together
with the suggestion that ! look
for the following notice:
II am your lucky number.
Bring me in and collect $500"
Needless to say l look at every
illustration and read every word
printed on the circular. | wasn't
one + the lucky ones this month
- but I'll keep hoping. Each
month I'll read the circular. /
may not win $500 but who knows
maybe I'll run across a bar
gain" item I've been needing a
long time. And I'll bet 90 per cent
of all the persons receiving these
circulars examine them as faith
fully as /, hoping they will get
the lucky number.
Now ! wonder how many of
you folks realize you already
have one lucky number which
can never be taken from YOU.
Yours is the most important one
in over 100 million! Naturally. |
mean your Social Security &C
count number. How many of YOU
realize that this lucky number is
the key to Old Age and Survivors
Insurance protection for YOU and
your family? That chances are
you'll get much more than $500
from this lucky number. In fact.
1t has been estimated that the
total stake of a young family in
social security protection may run
as high as $4,000.
l know that will come as
surprise to many of you. It Ger
tainly was a surprise to a young
widow who called at my office
recently. She handed me a news
paper clipping telling of her hus-
bands death last month. He and
friend had rented a small boat
and gone fishing. They ran into
some bad weather and her hus-
band fell overheard and was
drowned. She said her husband
always carried his social security
card with him in his wallet and
it must have been lost when he
fell overheard. This young man
had more foresight than many of
US. When he first obtained his
social security number he in
structed his wife 10 put the stub
or lower portion of the card in a
safe place along with his other
insurance policies. He also told
her to be sure to take his social
security card TO the nearest social
security field office if anything
should happen TO him. This young
lady remembered her husbands
instructions. She handed me the
stub TO his card and said that
anything she was entitled 10
would help on her husbands
burial expenses, although she did
not suppose il would amount 70
very much.
told this young LADY we would
request a certified copy of her
husbands employment record
from our Records Division in
Baltimore and would notify her
regarding her eligibility for bene-
fits. A few days later I was able
TO advise her that she would re-
ceive monthly benefits Of SlO5.
for her self and aer infant son.
until he becomes 10. as well as
a lump sum payment Of $40. BY
the time her son becomes Is.
benefits may total some $50. 900,
You can imagine her surprise -
and pleasure - when she learned
that her social security benefits
will total much more than al II
her other combined assets.
This lucky number Is youyz.
and yours alone. Use !. = coz.
lose it! But if you should lose /.
be sure to apply for a duplicste
- never apply for another orig
nal number. Be sure each en-
ployer for whom you work coosex
your name and number directly
from your card. Your correct
name and number as well as the
amount of wages he has paid YOU