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Social Security Board. 1937. Social security in America: The factual background of the Social Security Act as summarized from staff reports to the Committee on Economic Security. Washington, DC: Social Security Board; for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 592 pp. (Social Security Board publication no. 20)

Annotation: This report is a summary of the most important information gleaned from studies on economic security conducted by the Committee on Economic Security, created by presidential order in 1934. The report is divided into the following parts: (1) unemployment compensation, (2) old-age security, (3) security for children, (4) provisions for the blind, (5) the extension of public health services, and (6) the need for federal support of social security programs. The book includes extensive appendices, tables, and figures.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov

Keywords: Aging, Blindness, Children, Federal programs, Financing, Low income groups, Public health, Social security, Unemployment

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (1930, Section IV, The Handicapped, Committee on Physically and Mentally Handicapped). 1933. The handicapped child. New York, NY: Century, 452 pp.

Annotation: This report provides a summary of the work of the committee and discusses children with developmental disabilities under the topics of the deaf and hard of hearing, visually handicapped, children with developmental disabilities, tuberculosis, heart disease, intestinal parasites, mental health, mental retardation, and vocational adjustment.

Keywords: Blindness, Child welfare, Children with developmental disabilities, Conferences, Deafness, Heart diseases, Mental health, Mental retardation, Parasitic diseases, Tuberculosis, United States, Vocational education, Vocational rehabilitation

Speakman MT. 1927. Recreation for blind children. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 76 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 172)
   

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