Show Your Social Security How lIow a u Worker Qualifies This Is the second in a a. series serles of articles on Federal Old-Age Old and Survivor Insurance 65 years o onge or of orage Men and women older receive retirement re re- re- re age or may If insurance benefits t they have worked on jobs covered covered covered cover cover- certain ed by tho the law during periods of time The worker must have havo been paid paid paid-in in coverd employment after aCter 1936 at least 50 in each of the certain number of ot calendar calendar calendar calen calen- dar quarters A calendar quarter quart quart- beginning beginning beginning be be- er 1 is a three-month three period ginning tho the first of January 0 April July or October of any year Quarters in which a no worker work work- er has been paid at least 50 50 are called quarters of cover coverage ge Workers may earn quarters of coverage after the age of 65 a awell as aswell well as before that ago age The worker must have havo not nol less than half as many quarters of or coverage as there thero aro are calendar quarters since January 1937 1937 or or after his birthday birthday and and before before before be be- fore the quarter in which he reaches ago age 65 No worker can qualify for benefits with less than six quarters of coverage The worker who has 40 quarters quart quart- ers ors of coverage Is qualified for for- ever This will occur for many workers in the tho fourth quarter of 1946 Tho The law became effective January 1 I 1937 Workers steadily steadily steadily stead stead- ily employed in covered employment employment employment employ employ- ment from from the first of 1937 to t the tho end of f 1946 will be permanently permanently perma porma- Insured To receive the insurance benefits benefits benefits ben ben- a person must no longer be working in covered employment employment employment employ employ- ment where he ho earns more than 1499 a month A claim must bo be filed with an officer of the Social Social Social So So- cial Security Board for a no retired worker or the kin of a deceased worker Rex A. A C. C Atwood manager of ot Salt Lake Lako City made this statement statement statement state state- ment during his recent visit |