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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT The Symbol of Bear Creek (Continued has now been three years. from preceding paying page) benefits for the past It is expected that many thousands of dollars will be paid to the widows and children, or in some cases to dependent parents, for the next several years. known ceased The total will be only when all the claims of miners have been processed. the de- To speed up the work the Social Security Field officials communicated by telegraph with the central office in Baltimore where the complete account for each of the millions of workers in covered employment in the country is kept. Aided by the company and the union, our officials handled the claims and obtained proofs of age, birth, wedding certificates and other forms of necessary evidence as required by law. Within a very short time monthly payments should begin. Children of the deceased Miners who are insured may receive a monthly benefit until they are 18 years old provided they continue in school. If they leave school the benefits continue to age 16. Widows with children under 18 may receive monthly payments and widows who are 65 or over may qualify to receive monthly benefits. Lump sum death benefits may be paid to widows without young children and when these widows reach age 65, they may become eligible for the monthly insurance payments. This tragic disaster brings forcibly to our attention the need for such programs which can aid widows and orphans and help to keep families intact even after the breadwinner dies. Hundreds of persons will be kept from destitution as a result of Social Security benefits in this one emergency. Millions of workers now covered by the Social Security Board insurance are afforded a protection which formerly was beyond their reach. It is important that every worker make certain he has fully safeguarded his Social Security rights with the Government to protect his family in event of his death or when he becomes too old to remain in active occupations. The Social Security lessons at Bear Creek will not be lost on the wage earners of the Nation. ‘They will see in the material benefits now flowing from that type of legislation the fulfillment of their early hopes and dreams. The older men and women will recall the days when disaster for the breadwinner meant a life of hardship and want for his survivors. They will marvel at the wonderful changes that have taken place in the last decade. Unemployment insurance, compensation insurance, job security, collective bargaining, improved standards of employment, old age and disability pensions, assistance for the maimed, the blind, the undernourished ,and the underprivileged have come to the rescue of the wage earner and his family. And, looming on the legislative horizon, is a new and vastly expanded social security system that, when enacted into law, promises to safeguard living and educational needs of American citizens from the cradle to the grave. No land wonder have that the common people implicit faith in the of the wisdom and splendid vision of the National Administration as well as an abiding affection for Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Who Owns (she Deseret News ?” The above query was asked rather apprehensively by the News in a five-column advertisement on March 29th when that old-fashioned dame appeared on the streets in expensive finery and a nifty fur coat. But she’s It’s hard to tell who owns her. been seen rather frequently on several floors of the Kearns Building, particularly on the seventh floor. And that wonderful building houses many secrets. But it isn’t so important careass. It’s the soul News ever had a soul. cation’s that a answer news. News stain. news who owns the that matters—if the Judging by the publ- and editorial policy we opine gentleman named Doug may know the to the riddle, and to the inquiry of the All we know is that the soul of the loves to decorate itself with Copper |