U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY

Grey River Argus, 5 June 1943, Page 5

U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY

•PLAN BEFORE CONGRESS.

(Rec. 1.5.) WASHINGTON. June 4. Congress has received a draft of proposed legislation designed to msure most of the nation’s 130 millions against all economic hazards throughout life. It is the United States counterpart of Britain’s Beveridge Plan. The Bill aims at providing public employment offices, and increased old age and survivors insurance, as well as insurance covering permanent, and temporary disability, death, unemployment, maternity care, medical and hospital benefits, and protection of servicemen’s social security rights, with unemployment allowances when they are demobilised. All workers earning three thousand dollars or less annually wilt be assessed for six per cent, employers paying an equal aniount. Senator Wagner explained that the Bill would extend the present social security benefits to fifteen millions now excluded, such as farm labourers, domestics, indepenent farmers, and small businessmen. It would provide a minimum of thirty dollars a month for an insured aged couple, and a maximum of WU dollars a month;