October 19, The first training course 10 days was conducted in Baltimore, Md. November 4, Seven more Social Security Board field offices, mostly in larger cities, were opened. November 5, The Department of the Treasury's Decision was approved, providing the authority both for the assignment of Social Security identification numbers to employers and account numbers to employees.
November 9, The establishment of 57 additional field offices, primarily for the administration of old-age benefits, was announced. The Baltimore office for record-keeping operations was opened with 18 persons. By the end of the month there were employees. November 16, John G. Winant accepted a temporary reappointment as Chairman of the Social Security Board. November 16, Approximately three million employer applications Form SS-4 were distributed to employers around the country and by November 24, , the larger portion of the employer forms were returned.
November 24, Applications for Social Security account numbers Forms SS-5 were distributed by the Post Office Department to persons who were working or expected to work in jobs covered by old-age insurance. November All States, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii were actively participating in the program of maternal and child health services under the Social Security Act. December 1, On Tuesday, December 1, , the Baltimore office added a night shift which went on duty at p.
The daytime work shift was a. The total work week was 39 hours. December 7, Judge George C. December 15, A three-judge Federal Court in Alabama granted a permanent injunction restraining the State from collecting the tax provided by the State Unemployment Compensation law.
January 1, Workers began to acquire credits toward old-age insurance benefits. Lump-sum payments were first made payable to eligible workers, their survivors or their estates. The Federal unemployment tax payable by employers of 8 or more was increased to two percent of payroll. January 14, Judge David J. January 21, The Department of the Treasury granted a day extension of time for first quarterly payment of payroll taxes under Title IX of the Social Security Act.
United States. The case involved an action on a war risk insurance policy under which the claimant had the burden of proving that he was permanently and totally disabled when he was mustered out of the service and that any work in which he was engaged, subsequent to the lapse of the policy, substantially aggravated his malady. The opinion no insurance against suffering became the initial approach of Social Security to "pain" cases.
He was replaced by Ewing Clague. February 12, Four new field offices of the Social Security Board were opened. February 19, President Roosevelt accepted the final resignation of John G. Altmeyer as the new Chairman. Murray W. Latimer was nominated as the third member of the Social Security Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Winant's resignation.
February 22, The Senate Finance Committee ordered a study of whether the accumulation of reserves for old-age benefits was necessary and recommended the establishment of an Advisory Council to study the problems and report to the Senate Finance Committee and the Social Security Board. The first claims were actually paid in March. He succeeded Henry P. Seidemann who resigned on February 28, March 11, The Social Security Board announced approval of eight lump-sum payments since the inauguration of the Social Security Act's old-age benefits program began on January 1.
March 30, The Social Security Board, through the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, the Department of labor and the United States Employment Service, agreed to act as a single agency in all matters affecting a State employment service.
Latimer to be a member of the Social Security Board, at Mr. Latimer's request. April 27, The Social Security Board authorized, as an aid to State administration of unemployment compensation laws, the assignment of Social Security account numbers to employees 65 years of age and over who were covered by the State unemployment compensation laws but were not covered under Title II.
April 30, Twelve new Bureau of Old-Age Benefits field offices opened during April, bringing the total number of field offices to It consisted of representatives of labor and employers' organizations, as well as actuaries and economists, to advise and report specifically on the old-age benefits program and its extension to survivors of insured workers and to groups now excluded. May 24, In three decisions, the Supreme Court validated the unemployment insurance provisions of the Social Security Act and ruled old-age pensions were constitutional, U.
Davis ; Helvering v. Davis ; and Carmichael v. Southern Coal Company. The Reg. June 24, The Railroad Retirement Act of , which amended portions of the Act, was approved by the President. The Act provided for income taxes on railroad employees and employee representatives and for excise taxes on carriers. June 30, Unemployment insurance legislation became nationwide with approved laws in all States. Illinois was the last State to pass such legislation.
July 1, The Social Security Board field offices, of which had been established, relieved the Post Office Department of the task of assigning employee account numbers. July 1, The President sent to the Senate nominations for 52 positions with the Social Security Board which required Senate confirmation. It was apparent from the beginning that the scope of the Title II program old age benefits would require considerable decentralization. The first step in this direction was the establishment of twelve regional offices attached to the Social Security Board with Regional Representatives for each program.
The Bureau of Old Age Insurance concurrently began to establish field offices in October for public contact and were in operation by February The FSA also administered the programs of the U. The U. The only administrative change was the transfer of the General Counsel and personnel functions to a central function under the FSA Administrator.
In , a Control Division was added to handle the increased claims load resulting from the amendments. Finally, a Training Section was established in the Director's Office to take over the complete training program, a part of which had previously been handled by the Social Security Board.
Because of the war-time scarcity of space in Washington and a marked increase in the benefit rolls, the central offices of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors' Insurance were moved to Baltimore in The adjudication of claims was shifted to the field offices, leaving the responsibility for claims review in the Claims Control Division and its area offices.
The President's reorganization Plan No. Several administrative functions i. Also, in , a Division of Management Planning and Services was created within the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance to address problems created as a result of tremendous growth in the size of the Bureau. April 11, Mrs. May 20, In his budget message, President Eisenhower requested a one-year postponement of the increase in the payroll tax to four percent scheduled for No action was taken on the request.
May With approval of Nevada's plan for aid to the blind, all 53 jurisdictions were administering such programs. June 24, A group of consultants on Social Security, appointed by Secretary Hobby, submitted a report on the extension of coverage of old-age and survivors insurance.
They limited their recommendations to the subject of extending the coverage of the insurance system to new groups. July 1, As of this date, the provision to institute the disability "freeze" provided for in the Amendments to the Social Security Act expired, with the failure of Congress to approve the provision. August 1, President Eisenhower submitted a special message to Congress, recommending that additional groups be covered by old-age and survivors insurance.
August 15, The President signed Public Law authorizing Wisconsin to make an agreement with the Secretary to give old-age and survivors insurance coverage to employees of the State and its political subdivisions even though such employees were covered by a State or local Government retirement plan. October 26, The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare announced that due to a lack of funds to operate ten regional offices, its Cleveland Regional Office would be closed and its functions transferred to other Regions.
November 10, John W. Tramburg was named to be the Commissioner of Social Security. He took the oath of office on November 24, January 1, Old-age and survivors insurance contribution rates increased to two percent each for employers and employees and three percent for the self-employed. January 14, The President transmitted to Congress a special message recommending important changes in the Federal old-age and survivors insurance system and the Federal program of grants-in-aid for public assistance.
January 18, President Eisenhower, with the objective of enabling private insurance companies to broaden their coverage, proposed a plan of Federal reinsurance for any private company as protection against heavy losses resulting from health insurance.
After the first five years, the program would become self-financing with funds derived from premiums paid by the insurance companies. April Robert M. June 16, The Railroad Retirement Act was amended by repealing the provision barring dual receipt of benefits under that program and under old-age and survivors insurance if service before was used in computing the railroad annuity.
July 12, Public Law was signed into law. The bill enacted portions of President Eisenhower's health program, increasing and expanding Federal aid for hospital construction to include hospitals for the chronically ill, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment facilities and rehabilitation facilities. Tramburg resigned as Commissioner Of Social Security. Charles I. Schottland was named to succeed him.
The amendment, made by Samuel N. This was intended to be a part of the process of moving the Bureau headquarters to Washington, D. August 3, The Vocational Rehabilitation Act was amended to call for cooperation of Vocational Rehabilitation agencies with State public assistance agencies, the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and other public agencies providing services related to vocational rehabilitation services.
August 3, Senator Edward J. He said some of the employees had already given up their Baltimore homes and that the transfer was an administrative decision that Congress should let stand. August 4, Thye's amendment to delete the House-approved amendment prohibiting the use of Health, Education, and Welfare funds for the transfer of Social Security employees from Baltimore, Maryland, to Washington, D.
August 5, The Commissioner of Social Security approved the recommendation for the establishment of a separate Division of Disability Operations to be responsible for the administration of the "disability freeze" provisions of the Amendments of the Social Security Act. This still had to be considered by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. August 17, The House agreed to the conference report on Supplemental Appropriation Bill but agreed by voice vote to insist on Friedel's amendment.
August 18, The Senate agreed to the conference report on the Supplemental Appropriation Bill by voice vote and accepted the House position on the amendments that had been reported in dispute by the conference committee. August 26, The Supplemental Appropriation Bill for fiscal was signed into law. August 26, Charles I. Schottland took the oath of office as the Commissioner of Social Security at a. The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act was amended to increase unemployment and sickness benefits.
September 1, The Social Security Act was amended to extend old-age and survivors insurance coverage to self-employed farmers, self-employed members of specified professions, additional farm and domestic employees; on a voluntary group basis to members of State and local Government retirement systems; and through election by individual ministers and members of religious orders, and protected the benefit rights of disabled persons through a disability freeze provision.
December 21, The House Select Committee on Survivors' Benefits released a report stating that "thousands of survivors" were receiving monthly benefit payments in excess of the deceased's active duty pay.
It added that other survivors were receiving benefits "inadequate to meet their basic minimum needs. Douglas Brown, who had been a consultant to the CES, could still write:. The system remains, basically, national, compulsory, and contributory. Benefits are a matter of right Even if time were then available, I doubt that we could have anticipated what experience has shown to be feasible in building a more adequate social security system. Altmeyer, Arthur J.
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, Brown, J. Princeton, N. Cohen, Wilbur J. Washington, D. Skip to content. This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures. Fifty Years Ago This note is the eighth in a series tracing the development of the Security Act in Congress 50 years ago.
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