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That America's part in the march of progress today must depend upon collective action, was the opinion given by John G. Winant, Chairman of the Social Security Board, in an interview last Sunday...
Security, as defined by Mr. Winant, is a sum of arrangements set up by society in order that those things which we cherish might be safeguarded against the forces over which we have no control. It is, then, in the picture of our everyday life. "Most people, because of the limitations of economic hazards, could not step out from their narrow sphere of life, so pressing were the obligations of the home. If we insure a man of a more reasonable tenure of office, then we shall get an increase in pride of public service...
...Conference held a few days ago, where he was a guest at Table I, Winant asserted that it was thoughtful, constructive, and "one of the best I have ever attended...
...Dear Gill. . . . After what I hope will be a short period of time I count on your returning to national public service." So wrote Franklin Roosevelt last week consenting to the retirement of John Gilbert Winant, chairman of the Social Security Board. At the same time he boosted Board Member Arthur J. Altmeyer to Mr. Winant's job, appointed Murray W. Latimer, now chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board to the vacant place on Social Security...
...Winant proceeded to mold his case with the statement, "in this spirit, then, we might well view the contribution of the Social Security Act of 1935 to the national security." Having treated the various fields of his board, such as, public assistance to people in need, unemployment compensation, and old age benefits, and proved their necessity as well as their justification, he reverted to the spirit of the Act. "It is the greatest piece of social welfare legislation which this nation has adopted in many a generation. As time goes on, we shall increasingly realize the profound importance of this...