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STORY OF “JIM BLANK” AS TOLD
BY SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
[In compliance with duties imposed by the Social Security Act,
Government officials have made various studies pertaining to pro*
visions of the Act. These studies have developed the belief that cer
tain changes should be made in the Social Security Act in order to
meet the needs of American people. Because the editor of the
Charlotte Labor Journal feels that residents of this section wish to
know what changes are contemplated and because he thinks that his
readers are entitled to such information, this paper in co-operation
with the Charlotte office of the Social Security Board is presenting a
series of articles explaining the proposed revisions. Given below is
the third installment of this series.—Editor.
DISABILITY INSURANCE FOR WAGE EARNERS
Jim Blank began working in a ma
chine shop 30 years ago. Since that
time he has become an expert me
chanic. Now he is crippled and no
longer able to work. Until eight
months ago when he had a stroke of
paralysis, he worked regularly in a
job which comes under old-age and
survivors insurance provisions of the
Social Security Act. If he were now
65 years old instead of 50, he could
claim monthly payments of old-age in
surance. However, it will be 15 years
before he reaches retirement age.
Just what Jim Blank will do in the
long years ahead—he does not know,
and neither does anyone else. It may
be that he will have to enter a charit
able institution—and taxpayers will
defray his expenses.
Now suppose that in addition to'the
old-age insurance which he has car
ried since the end of 1936, he had
also had disability insurance. It
would have cost him a little more, to
be sure, but Jim made good wages;
and while it took about all he earned
to supply the wants of his family, he
could have managed a few extra pen
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nies every week to pay for disability
insurance.
There are more than a million dis
abled persons in this country between
the ages of 16 and 64 who otherwise
might be profitably employed. Around
760,000 of these men and women have
disabilities which have lasted a year
or more. Some of them are skilled
workers, and their services are badly
needed in war production. Most of
them, if they were in good health,
would be helping in some way with
the war effort.
The Social Security Board recom
mends monthly payments to every in
sured wage earner who is compelled
to quit work because he becomes dis
abled.
Two disability insurance programs
are under consideration — one for
workers who develop permanent dis
ability, the other for those who suf
| fer temporary disability. In an ordi
I nary year, over 25 per cent of all
; wage earners have one or more spells
of illness which last seven days or
longer. As far as the family income
| is concerned, temporary disability is
much like temporary unemployment.
However, an insured worker who can
claim unemployment compensation
when he is out of a job has no right
—under present laws—to benefits
when he is ill; for in order to be elig
ible for unemployment compensation
a worker must be able to work, avail
able for work, and willing to accept
any suitable job.
Twenty-eight nations provide in
surance protection to their workers
against temporary disability, and it
is believed that a similar provision
should be added to this country’s un
employment compensation program.
It is thought that permanent dis
ability insurance should operate in
conjunction with old-age and sur
vivors insurance. Coverage would be
Jthe same as that under old age and
survivors insurance — which means
that all wot kers who have the fina
ncial protection of old-age and sur
vivors insurance would be included al
so in the provision for permanent dis
ability insurance.
NEXT: “When Johnny Comes
I Marching Home—Somebody Will
Be Out of a Job.”
U. S. Casualties
To Date 105,205
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Announced casualties of the
United States Armed Forces from
the outbreak of the war to date
(whose next of kin have been
notified) total 105.205, according
to War and Nary Department re
ports. This total includes: dead,
20,104; wounded. 28,220; miss
ing, 32,905; prisoners of war,
23.970.
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Jewish New Year
Will Begin Today
The Jewish people celebrate their
New Year today—which marks the
year 5705. They date their religi
ous calendar from Abraham. Jew
ish people throughout the world
mark the day, and in Charlotte the
Jewish community will hold sere
ices at their two temples, the Or
thodox on Seventh Street and the
Reformed in the Masonic Temple
on S. Tryon.
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Lucille Tyles. The supper was in
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