Show social rity ikmon ils ro Iti liHI 0 I 1 med by clarnc 1 salts bella manager of the salt bait lake city social security district office office cs social security benefits are intended to replace in part loss ot of income brought about by the death disability or old age retirement of 0 the alio worker for this reason they are arc related to the average earnings of a worker ft employment or self employment covered by the social acu rity law obviously social security benefits art arc affected by changes in the lie nai nat ronAl economy since the last benefit in ili crease was put into effect in 1084 1954 wages have increased by about 43 12 percent and prices by 8 percent congress felt that adjustment in the benefit scale ecale were in order and voted an across the board increase rease in the amendments which the president signed into law on august 20 28 1058 1953 these benefits become et ef at the beginning of 1059 1050 and will be included in all benefit checks for or janu dry ary which will reach beneficiaries fici fi aries early in february As I 1 sold said in the first article in this series it is not necea iary hary to visit your sot so ial se ae carmy office to apply for or these increases they will be made automatically the benefit increases in creasea for workers amount to about 7 percent over the kv icv els provided in the old law with a minimum increase of 3 00 in the benefits payable to lo a retired worker who came on the rolls at or about age 65 slightly smaller in creases will be shown on the benefit checks of retired women workers who elected to intire at age 62 or at any age thereafter before reaching age 65 proportionate in creases will be made in benefits paid to beneficiaries who are the dependents or survivors of retired or deceased workers for retired male workers now getting benefit payments the monthly payment beginning with the payment for january will range from 33 to as compared with 30 to under the old law for women workers now getting retirement benefits the in creased checks will range from 2840 2640 to per month this slightly lower leweir minimum benefit is due to the fact that some women chose to retire before age 65 63 |