Box 27: Social Security (1954) -- Social Security (1960).
F 1: Social Security (July 1954).
Correspondence especially concerning H.R. 9366; some correspondence referring to S. 3278, re: social security for ministers. Correspondents include: National Society of Professional Engineers; Social Security Administration; American Federation of Labor; National Council of Churches; First Church of Christ, Scientist; Oklahoma Development Council; Pension Fund of Disciples of Christ; Board of Pensions of the Methodist Church; Southern Baptist Convention; Episcopal Church Pension Fund; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; Oklahoma Mothers Association.
F 2: Social Security (Aug. - Oct. 1954).
Correspondence especially concerning H.R. 9366; extension of social security to ministers as well as to farmers; typescript from Social Security Administration on social security for clergymen; resolution from the National Association of Police Associations; booklet for the Committee on Finance on old-age and survivors insurance. Correspondents include: National Council of the Churches of Christ; Southern Baptist Convention; First Church of Christ, Scientist; Oklahoma Association of the Blind.
F 3: Social Security (Jan. - June 1955).
Copy of S. 693, a bill to establish the United States Commission on Aging and the Aged; raising minimum age for social security; inclusion of more groups under social security. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Education Association.
F 4: Social Security (July 1955).
Disability benefits; several references to H.R. 7225, which among its benefits extended social security coverage to several professional groups and to disabled children; correspondence from many dentists. Correspondents include: Association of Oklahoma Mothers; Oklahoma Bar Association.
F 5: Social Security (Aug. - Dec. 1955).
Correspondence especially concerning H.R. 7225; correspondence from members of several professional groups. Correspondents include: First Church of Christ, Scientist; Oklahoma Association of the Blind; American Veterinary Medical Association; Oklahoma Academy of General Practice; Oklahoma State Medical Association; Oklahoma State Dental Association; Oklahoma Optometric Association; Social Security Administration; Oklahoma Bar Association.
F 6: Social Security, Age of Eligibility (1955).
Correspondence concerning lowering the age at which social security benefits can begin; typed memo on proposed Kerr amendment re: women and widows; press release from John F. Kennedy.
F 7: Social Security (Jan. - Feb. 1956).
Results from an apparent poll or questionnaire of various professional groups on social security coverage provided by H.R. 7225; booklet for Committee on Finance with major differences between present social security law and H.R. 7225; drafts of amendments to H.R. 7225; correspondence concerning various types of coverage provided by H.R. 7225; copy of amendment to H.R. 7225 re: age requirement for social security coverage and surplus food; schedule of witnesses for social security hearings. Correspondents include: Chamber of Commerce of the State of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association; National Grange; Herbert H. Lehman; Russell B. Long; Oklahoma Education Association; Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; Milton R. Young.
F 8: Social Security (Mar. - June 1956).
Correspondence concerning amendments to H.R. 7225; press releases from Kerr's office re: amendments to H.R. 7225; statement by George McLain, chairman of the National Institute of Social Welfare; statement of the American Osteopathic Association; correspondence concerning various types of coverage provided by H.R. 7225; copy of letter from W. Kerr Scott. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association; Paul H. Douglas; Walter Reuther of United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Luther H. Hodges (governor of North Carolina); Oklahoma State Federation of Labor; Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; Oklahoma Osteopathic Association; Russell B. Long; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; Oklahoma Education Association; Oklahoma Rehabilitation Division.
F 9: Social Security (July - Dec. 1956).
Correspondence concerning amendments to H.R. 7225; correspondence concerning various types of coverage provided by H.R. 7225; copy of a report by Wilbur J. Cohen on social security amendments of 1956 which had been sent to Lloyd Rader of Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; copy of letter from George Meany, president of AFL-CIO. Correspondents include: Charles E. Potter; Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare.
F 10: Social Security, Food Stamp Plan (Jan. - Feb. 15, 1956).
Materials concerning proposed Kerr amendment to H.R. 7225 to establish a surplus food certificate plan; legislative analysis memo from the National Farmers Union supporting government programs to improve diet and expand demand for farm products; statement by George McLain, chairman of the National Institute of Social Welfare, on surplus food; press release from Kerr. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association; Harry F. Byrd.
F 11: Social Security, Food Stamp Plan (Feb. 16 - Aug. 1956).
Materials concerning proposed Kerr amendment to H.R. 7225 to establish a surplus food certificate plan; statement by Andrew J. Biemiller of AFL-CIO; correspondence primarily to and from other members of Congress and members of other groups re: testifying at hearings. Correspondents include: AFL-CIO; William Langer; Estes Kefauver; J. Allen Frear, Jr.; Martha W. Griffiths; Stuart Symington; Milton R. Young; United States Wholesale Grocers' Association; Henry S. Reuss; Olin D. Johnston; National Candy Wholesalers Association; Oklahoma State Medical Association; Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; Oklahoma Association of the Blind; Hubert H. Humphrey..
F 12: Social Security (1957-1958).
Miscellaneous correspondence; copies of miscellaneous legislation; copy of H.R. 7238, re: distribution of funds for medical and remedial care; report on H.R. 7238; public law created from H.R. 7238; copy of H.R. 8892, re: ministers electing to have social security coverage; reports on H.R. 8892; copy of H.R. 10, which was called the Self-Employed Individuals' Retirement Act of 1958 or the Jenkins-Keogh Bill; report on H.R. 10; typescript of a telephone call between Lloyd Rader of the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare and Jay Roney, director of the Bureau of Public Assistance, re: appropriations; speech of John W. McCormack. Correspondents include: Wayne Morse; National Federation of the Blind; John W. McCormack; Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; Bureau of Public Assistance; Richard Neuberger.
F 13: Social Security (1959).
Miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondents include: Lloyd Rader of Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; Ralph W. Yarborough.
F 14: Social Security, Keogh-Simpson Bill, Correspondence (Jan. - Apr. 20, 1959).
Voluntary pension plans for the self-employed. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Bar Association; Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association; Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers; Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
F 15: Social Security, Keogh-Simpson Bill, Correspondence (Apr. 21 - Oct. 1959).
Voluntary pension plans for the self-employed. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Optometric Association; Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association; Oklahoma State Dental Association.
F 16: Social Security, Medical (1959).
Correspondence especially concerning H.R. 4700 (Forand Bill), which called for medical care for those on social security; copy of H.R. 4700. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Medical Association; Oklahoma Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
F 17: Social Security (Jan. - June 1960).
Miscellaneous correspondence on a variety of issues related to social security.
F 18: Social Security (July - Dec. 1960).
Miscellaneous correspondence on a variety of issues related to social security; copy of a letter from the Department of the Interior asking for social security compensation for the state of Hawaii.
F 19: Social Security, Age of Eligibility (1960).
Correspondence concerning lowering the age at which people can receive social security.
F 20: Social Security, H.R. 12580, Bill and Amendments (1960).
F 21: Social Security, H.R. 12580, Miscellaneous (1960).
Report of the Committee on Ways and Means; Public Law 86-778; pamphlet from Social Security Administration on the new law; booklet for the Committee on Finance outlining differences that H.R. 12580 had; copies of letters from Bureau of the Budget, Jacob Javits, and Kenneth B. Keating; typescript re: medical assistance; statement by Kerr; press release from Kerr; typescript of discussion among Kerr, Lloyd Rader of the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare, Mike Monroney, and Richard Graham of the Oklahoma State Medical Association on medical care aspects of H.R. 12580.
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