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6/18/1935 “The ‘Clark Amendment’ to the 1935 Social Security Act was a proposal introduced https://www.ssa.gov/history/clarkamend.html
"Of a Mr. Forster, a constituent of Senator Clark who, 'was lobbying like fury,' in favor of the amendment, Senator King ....'You can forget it forever.' https://www.ssa.gov/history/eliot2.html
Also see, Statements Giving Reasons Why Certain Groups Were Excluded From Social Security Act, https://www.ssa.gov/history/hquotes2.html

6/18/1944 "It is now 33 years since the first State workmen's compensation law became operative ... Indeed, in many jurisdictions the acts are little changed from the original laws
of 30 years ago." - Verne A. Zimmer, Director, Division of Labor Standards, U.S. Department of Labor
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v7n10/v7n10p8.pdf

6/18/1960 “... as the Open House held on June 18, 1960, progressed, it took on a new title, ‘Family Day,’ because indeed, that is what it was. Families and friends of employees had been invited to tour the building, and watch the people at work.”
OASIS August 1960, https://www.ssa.gov/history/oasis/august1960.pdf

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6/17/1916 The first legislation on insurance governing cases of accident while at work was passed in Sweden in 1901.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v12n4/v12n4p16.pdf

6/17/1980 Public Law 96-272, "Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980," enacted.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/ssir/SSI17/ssi2017.pdf

6/17/1987 House Ways & Means Committee, Memorial Tribute To Wilbur J. Cohen.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/cohentribute.html
For a short video on the life of Wilbur Cohen, including audio recorded during the memorial tribute, visit: https://social.vivaldi.net/@GuyC59/114689588839093404

6/17/2008 President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the “Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008.
https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_061708.html

6/17/2019 Andrew M. Saul was sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/saul.html

6/17/2021 The President signed S. 475, #Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which became Public Law 117-17, and requires June 19 to be a legal public holiday.
https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_061721.html

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6/16/1917 “… delegates resolved 'that the American Medical Association declares its opposition to the institution of any plan embodying the system of compulsory contributory insurance against illness, or any other plan of compulsory insurance which provides for medical service to be rendered contributors or their dependents, provided, controlled, or regulated by any state or the Federal government'.”
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/schlabach4.html

6/16/1933 National Industrial Recovery Act set up the National Recovery Administration.
https://guides.loc.gov/national-recovery-administration

6/16/1933 The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and The Public Works Administration was established.
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/franklin-delano-roosevelt-and-the-new-deal/

6/16/1933 The Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act was passed.
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass-steagall-act

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6/15/1936 Henry McCarthy was appointed the Regional Director (Chicago).

6/15/1937 The Social Security Board adopted its first regulation, Regulation No. 1, which governed disclosure of the records being created in the Social Security program.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reg1.html"

6/15/1966 LBJ reported:
"In the past year, through a massive program, we have tried to reach virtually every American over 65 years of age with news about medical care. We may not have reached every one of them. But more than 90% of them--between 17 and 18 million have signed up for elective medical benefits."
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjoper.html

6/15/1999 The Americans Discuss Social Security project of the Pew Charitable Trust gave a copy of its Final Report to Commissioner Apfel.
https://participedia.net/case/5599

6/15/2000 SSA held Hammer Award Ceremony for six SSA special teams.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/ssa2000chapter5.html

6/15/2012 The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or #DACA, policy was implemented. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/2019/III_B_amdmts.html

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Wilbur J. Cohen
(1913-1987)
Social Security Pioneer

"Wilbur J. Cohen was active in many areas of public welfare throughout his entire career. He moved to Washington after graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1934, and became Research Assistant to Executive Director Witte of President Roosevelt's cabinet-level Committee on Economic Security. This Committee drafted the original Social Security Act. In 1935 he was a member of the Committee on Public Administration of the Social Science Research Council. He headed SSA's Office of Research and Statistics. Later in his career, he served as Professor of Public Welfare Administration and as Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan; and as Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Under-Secretary, and Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare."
Source: https://lnkd.in/eM48TrPb

The attached short video touches on highlights of this important figure's life.

Additional references:
-The Under Secretary, OASIS, AUGUST 1967: https://www.ssa.gov/history/cohenoasis.html
- Social Security 25 Years Hence, by Wilbur J. Cohen: https://www.ssa.gov/history/wc25.html
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6/14/1907 Thomas Hopkinson Eliot was born, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/teliot.html

6/14/1935 "And it must not be overlooked that industry will receive its full measure of benefit ... [increasing] the productivity of the young by removing from their shoulders the uneven burden of caring for the old." - Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY) during Senate floor debate.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ret2.html

6/14/1948 President Truman vetoed H.J. Res. 296, saying that "If our Social Security program is to endure, it must be protected against these piecemeal attacks."
The same day, President Truman's veto of H.J. Res. 296 was overridden in the House by a vote of 298 to 75; and in the Senate by a vote of 65 (37-R, 28-D) to 12 (2-R, 10-D). Two pieces of 1948 legislation, H.R. 5052 and H.J. Res. 296, settled the argument of who was considered an employee for purposes of Social Security coverage.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html

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6/13/1960 "After more than 3 months of deliberation, Ways and Means Committee reports Social Security amendments (H.R. 12580), including a new program of Federal grants to the States for medical services to the 'medically indigent' elderly." From: Chronology of Significant Events Leading to Enactment of Medicare https://www.ssa.gov/history/cornignappa.html

6/13/1996 SSA announced the creation of the second Direct Service Unit (DSU II) at SSA headquarters and solicited volunteers who want to move from staff positions to direct public service.

6/13/2000 SSA announced it is partnering with CommerceNet, a nonprofit consortium, to test a variety of Internet technologies to determine if they can be used by the agency to enhance customer service.

6/13/2007 U.S.-Denmark Social Security Agreement and administrative arrangement both signed in Copenhagen.
https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/denmark.html

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6/12/1935 The Economic Security Bill President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress in January 1935 contained the following language: "No person shall receive such old-age annuity unless . . . He is not employed by another in a gainful occupation." This was the retirement earnings test (RET) provision. On this day, the Senate Finance Committee reported its bill to the Senate--with the RET provision.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ret.html

6/12/1943 International Cooperation in Achieving Social Security address by Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman, Social Security Board, at the American Labor Conference on International Affairs, New York.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/aja643.html

6/12/1950 Debate begins in the Senate the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950. https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html

6/12/1974 On January 1, 1975, Hawaii became the first State to have a mandated health insurance program in effect. https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v38n12/v38n12p16.pdf

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6/11/1946 Congress passed the Administrative Procedures Act on to provide for judicial review of the actions of administrative agencies.
https://www.gsa.gov/blog/2021/06/11/celebrating-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-administrative-procedure-act

6/11/1948 France and Great Britain sign a bi-lateral agreement on Social Insurance that became the pattern for agreements between these other Western European nations.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v13n4/v13n4p15.pdf

6/11/1997 The first payments are issued under SSA's new cycled payments procedures; the first payments went to 4,400 new beneficiaries whose birthdates are between the first and the tenth of the month.
"In order to improve service to the public ... It established several additional payment days (i.e., second, third and fourth Wednesdays) for each month."
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/ssa2000chapter5.html & https://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/cyclicalpay.html

6/11/2001 The President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security held its first meeting at the Willard Hotel, 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/pcsss/pcsss.html

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6/10/1939 The Social Security Act Amendments of 1939 passed by the House of Representatives with minor changes. When signed into law on August 10, 1939, by President Roosevelt, the 1939 amendments extended benefits to dependents and survivors of workers covered by Social Security. Dependents included an aged wife, a child under 16 (under 18 if attending school), a widowed mother caring for an eligible child, an aged widow, and a dependent aged parent if there were no eligible widow or child. Widows would receive 75% of the primary insurance amount (PIA) of the worker, and all other dependents would receive 50% of the PIA.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html

6/10/1963 The 1965 Advisory Council on Social Security begins meetings.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v26n9/v26n9p9.pdf
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/65council/65foreword.html

6/10/2014 Senators Mark Begich and Patty Murray introduce the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements Act, as part of the ongoing series of Proposals to Change the Social Security Program or the SSI Program.
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/solvency/

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6/9/1939 When the Social Security Act became law on August 14, 1935, it became a living document. “H.R. 6635, the Social Security Amendments of 1939, was signed into law on August 10, 1939, by President Roosevelt.” June of 1939 was an intense period of negotiations including several amendments considered on this day. More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html

6/9/1943 Legislation enacted permitting States to continue payments to old age assistance recipients at the rate paid in July 1943, without regard to any increase in resources from wages earned in agricultural employment.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v8n8/v8n8p6.pdf

6/9/1943 The American Medical Association created the Council on Medical Services and Public Relations to study the economic aspects of health on a national scale and to develop alternative plans to the compulsory health insurance plans being introduced into the Congress.
https://egc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2024-11/ama_main.pdf and https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n11/v11n11p3.pdf

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6/8/1934 On this momentous day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent an message to Congress calling for "some safeguard against misfortunes which cannot be wholly eliminated in this man-made world of ours," some "sound means which I can recommend to provide at once security against several of the great disturbing factors of life." This, he suggested, required a system of "interrelated" social insurance measures.
"The Program for Economic Security, President's Committee on Economic Security" - https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/ces/cesvol9program.html

6/8/1936 B.F. Ashe was appointed the Regional Director, Region VII (Birmingham).

6/8/1981 The Supreme Court held that employers did not have to include as wages FICA the value of meals and lodging.
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep452/usrep452247/usrep452247.pdf

6/8/2001 President Bush Signs The Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Of 2001. https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_060801.html

6/8/2016 Social Security won three Awards of Excellence from the National Association of Government Communications (NAGC).
https://www.ssa.gov/agency/awards/

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6/7/1934 The first copy of the Townsend Movement paper, The Modern Crusader, published in Los Angeles.
Excerpts From Francis Townsend's Autobiography https://www.ssa.gov/history/towns8.html
Westbrook Pegler, syndicated writer for the Scripps-Howard papers:

6/7/1939 The Federal Reorganization Act of 1939 was approved by the President.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/fdrindepen.html

6/7/1944 The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a beneficiary who served as a member of the executive committee of a corporation was an employee and that his benefits were subject to deductions when his wages exceeded $14.99 monthly.

6/7/1956 Dependents’ Medical Care Act provided for medical and hospital care, on a uniform basis, for the dependents of the uniformed services in service facilities and, for certain dependents of those on active duty, set up the program of “Medicare,” authorizing the use of civilian hospitals and physicians.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v20n7/v20n7p9.pdf
Source: the Military Health System.

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6/6/1913 "We in the United States now stand practically where the States of Europe stood 25 years ago when that congress as organized.” - William F. Willoughby during the First American Conference on Social Insurance," held in Chicago, June 6-7.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/schlabachbiblio.html
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41827418.pdf

6/6/1933 The Wagner-Peyser Act was enacted to establish a national employment system. It provided Federal grants to States that affiliated their employment services with the United States Employment Service. The latter was established as a separate bureau in the Labor Department to administer the Act.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/american-job-centers/wagner-peyser

6/6/1934 Congress established the U.S. Employment Service which, jointly with the States, established and maintained employment agencies.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/ces/ces5history.html

6/6/1936 Lavinia M. Engle began her federal career when she joined the Social Security Board as Chief of the Division of Field Operations. More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/engle.html

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6/4/1948 Two pieces of 1948 legislation, H.R. 5052 and H.J. Res. 296, settled the argument of who was considered an employee for purposes of Social Security coverage. On this day, H.J. Res. 296 was passed, after public assistance amendments increasing federal assistance to states were added, by a vote of 74 to 6. On June 14, 1948, President Truman vetoed H.J. Res. 296, saying that "If our Social Security program is to endure, it must be protected against these piecemeal attacks. Coverage must be permanently expanded and no employer or special group of employers should be permitted to reverse that trend by efforts to avoid the burden which millions of other employers have carried without serious inconvenience or complaint." On June 14, 1948, President Truman's veto of H.J. Res. 296 was overridden in the House by a vote of 298 to 75.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html

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6/3/1943 The first Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill was introduced. The bill provided for major changes in the Social Security Act, including disability benefits, and creation of a compulsory national health insurance program for all people. https://www.historians.org/resource/has-a-national-health-program-been-put-before-congress/

6/3/1981 Testimony on "Women and Social Security,” Commissioner Robert M. Ball before the Task Force on Social Security and Women of the Sub-Committee on Retirement Income and Employment and the Select Committee on Aging, United States House of Representatives, 97th Congress, First Session, Volume 4, Page 55-72.

6/3/1991 The US and Finland sign the treaties: Agreement on Social Security (TIAS 12105) and Administrative Arrangement for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security (TIAS 12105).
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/ssa2000chapter5ex.html

6/3/1995 Report of the Social Security Advisory Council Meetings on June 2 and 3 issued.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/adcouncil/meeting/advisory_council_060295.html

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6/2/1920 The Vocational Rehabilitation Act (commonly called the Smith-Fess Act) was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-smith-fess-act

6/2/1936 The Social Security account number, which contained no significant facts about the employee other than the State of registry, was approved by the Social Security Board.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v69n2/v69n2p55.html

6/2/1939 "...following public hearings on the proposed amendments and 6 weeks of executive sessions, the Committee on Ways and Means reported to the House H.R. 6635, embodying its recommendations for amendments to the Social Security Act. The day before, the House had debated and voted on the Townsend old-age pension bill. The Townsend plan, embodied in H.R. 6466 introduced by Mr. McGroarty (D-CA) in January 1935, was offered as a substitute for H.R. 6635 https://web.archive.org/web/20250523013105/https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/crsleghist3.html
More on the Townsend Plan Movement
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250404113148/https://www.ssa.gov/history/towns5.html

6/2/2005 President George W. Bush discusses strengthening Social Security for rural America. https://web.archive.org/web/20250523013228/https://www.ssa.gov/history/gwbushstmts5b.html#060205

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5/31/1949 The Flanders-Ives Bill providing for health needs by the use of Federal subsidies to private insurance companies was introduced in Congress. The bill would have allocated Federal funds to the States to permit State agencies to subsidize private health insurance coverage for low-income citizens.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250514133947/https://www.ssa.gov/history/corningchap3.html

5/31/1950 President Truman submitted to the Congress Reorganization Plan No. 27 of 1950, providing for the establishment of a new Department of Health, Education, and Security.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/laws-and-regulations/laws/reorganization-plan-1950

5/31/1966 Public Law 89-384 extended the deadline to this date for people 65 or over to enroll for medical insurance protection (Medicare).
"When the extended deadline was reached on May 31, 17.2 million (90 Percent) had enrolled.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20250401010435/https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjmedicare3.html

5/31/1967 The Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Task Force on Prescription Drugs was established and Mr. Robert M. Ball, Commissioner of Social Security, was appointed a member.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2690175/

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5/30/1908 "On May 30, 1908, Congress passed a limited accident compensation act to protect some Federal employees." - OASIS September 1979
https://www.ssa.gov/history/oasis/september1979.pdf

5/30/1997 The first Annual Report of the Supplemental Security Income Program was released to President Clinton and to the Congress. May 30, was established for SSA to prepare and deliver reports to the President and Congress on an annual basis.
To obtain SSI Annual Reports: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ssir/
For more information on Understanding Supplemental Security Income SSI Eligibility Requirements: https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-eligibility-ussi.htm
Image: Federal SSI Payments As A Percentage Of Gross Domestic Product, Calendar Years 1975‑2040
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5/30/1966 Commissioner of Social Security Robert M. Ball delivers, "Social Action and Social Security Health Insurance", at the National Conference on Social Welfare, in Chicago, IL.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/n/ncosw/ach8650.1966.001/255?rgn=full+text;view=image;q1=Robert+M.+Ball

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