

Altmeyer, and Wilbur Cohen developed the 1934 proposal for a federally funded pension plan. Political Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including Edwin Witte, known as the "Father of Social Security," Arthur J. Huey Long witnessed the popularity of the idea with Louisiana voters, and subsequently adopted it in his national platform. Leblanc proposed a monthly stipend for the elderly. In his failed 1932 campaign for governor of Louisiana, entrepreneur and politician Dudley J. 5 Dates of coverage for various workers.4 The Supreme Court and the evolution of Social Security.3.1.3 The move toward family protection.3.1.2 Creation of the Social Security Trust Fund.1.2 Debates on the constitutionality of the Act.The act also gave money to states to provide assistance to aged individuals (Title I), for unemployment insurance (Title III), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Title IV), Maternal and Child Welfare (Title V), public health services (Title VI), and the blind (Title X). Payments to current retirees are financed by a payroll tax on current workers' wages, half directly as a payroll tax and half paid by the employer (self-employed people are responsible for the entire payroll tax). The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed, and a lump-sum benefit at death. By signing this Act on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt became the first president to advocate federal assistance for the elderly. The Act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children. Roosevelt's first term by the President's Committee on Economic Security, under Frances Perkins, and passed by Congress as part of the New Deal. The Act was drafted during President Franklin D. The Social Security Act was enacted August 14, 1935. Joshua Twing Brooks (D-PA) the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins Sen. Robert Doughton ( D- NC) unknown person in shadow Sen. President Roosevelt signs Social Security Act, August 14, 1935.
