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6/28/1934 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat 5. “And, finally, the third principle is to use the agencies of government to assist in the establishment of means to provide sound and adequate protection against the vicissitudes of modern life -- in other words, social insurance."
https://www.ssa.gov/history/fdrstmts.html#fireside1

6/28/1934 The National Insurance Act of Great Britain, passed by Parliament in 1911, was modified to incorporate in a consolidated unemployment insurance act which was passed on February 26, 1935. The various revisions and amendments have had reference to coverage; amounts and rates of contribution.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/ces/cesbookc2.html

6/28/1935 Canada enacted a compulsory unemployment insurance law to cover the entire dominion. https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/ces/cesbookc1.html

6/28/1946 The Social Security Board approved a change in the name of the Alaska and Hawaii offices from Territorial to Regional, and designated Alaska as Region XIII and Hawaii as Region XIV.

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6/27/1944 The Social Security Board revised its policy in connection with reopening the determinations of benefit awards.
https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-0988.htm

6/27/1944 The #Veterans Preference Act of 1944 (Public Law No. 359) is approved.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v8n2/v8n2p12.pdf

6/27/1952 #Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163), approved.
https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/comp2/F082-414.html

6/27/1964 Commissioner Robert M. Ball speaks on “The Economics of Retirement,” delivered before the Western Gerontological Conference at Fort Mason, in San Francisco, California.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/bobball.html

6/27/1967 (June 27-28, 1967) The National Conference on Medical Costs was held in Washington, D.C.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjmedicare7.html

6/27/1988 Public Trustees' Symposia on the Implications of the Social Security Trust Fund, Balcony Room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/trustees/publictrustees.html

6/27/1995 Charles I. Schottland, former Commissioner of Social Security, died.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/schott.html

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6/26/1934 The Federal Credit Union Act of 1934 was approved, making it possible to establish federally-chartered credit unions in all of the United States. The Federal Credit Union Section was established in the Farm Credit Administration.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v19n5/v19n5p10.pdf

6/26/1935 The National Youth Administration, established by Executive order. Along with the Civilian Conservation Corps, established
in 1933, the programs were designed to assist unemployed youths.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v9n2/v9n2p3.pdf

6/26/1942 The Social Security Board agreed to a Treasury Department request to shift the payment date for Social Security checks from the first of the month to the fifth. This was a war-mobilization action designed to reduce government demands on the Federal Reserve system at a time when it was trying to cope with many new demands for war-related payments.

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6/25/1938 The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted. It provided for minimum wages, child labor standards, and time and one-half for hours over 40 in a workweek, for workers coming under interstate commerce.
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Maximum Struggle for a Minimum Wage, By Jonathan Grossman. U.S. Department of Labor -
https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938

6/25/1938 The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act of 1938 established a system of benefits for unemployed railroad workers, plus a free placement service, to be financed by a payroll tax of 3 percent, payable entirely by employers.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v1n8/v1n8p12.pdf

6/25/1938 The Crosser-Wheeler Act was enacted. It was to become effective July 1, 1939. State unemployment compensation agencies were to transfer to the Railroad Retirement Board the benefit rights and contributions for workers covered by the Railroad Insurance Act.

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6/24/1937 The Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, which amended portions of the 1935 Social Security Act, was approved by the President.
https://rrb.gov/The_Railroad_Retirement_Act_of_1937_and_Later_Amendments

6/24/1948 Public Law 757 was approved. It increased certain benefits payable under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.
https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/comp2/F080-759.html

6/24/1953 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.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v26n9/v26n9p9.pdf

6/24/1964 Ways and Means Committee executive session decides to postpone action on Medicare - King-Anderson bill (S. 909 and H.R. 4222). Meanwhile, The Senate Finance Committee holds extensive hearings and executive sessions.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/corningchap4.html

6/24/1970 Elliot L. Richardson was sworn in as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/richards.html

6/24/2011 Ethiopia strengthens it laws for Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2012-2013/africa/ssptw13africa.pdf

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