Show SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM AIDS THOUSANDS IN UTAH approximately needy men women and children and industrial du and com comme mercial iclal workers in utah are now covered by the public assistance and unemployment compensation pensa tion provisions of the social security act these figures were announced by mr air allen alien T sanford state director tor for the national emergency mer iner gency council tor for utah and are based upon a of the social security doard board summarizing the progress made under the act in the eight months since it became operative utah Is now participating in every feature of the social security act administered by the social security board it has set up an unemployment compensation system which will drill protect amoo workers against loss of income during temporary periods of 0 unemployment the social security board pays the costs ot of administering the entire system the state has established public assistance plans tor for aid to the needy aged the blind and dependent children which with federal aid provide a regular income to individuals unable to provide for or themselves in september an estimated aged blind and dependent children received assistance under these plans at a total cost ot of approximately one half the cost of this aid to the aged and the blind and one third the cost of aid to dependent children was paid by the social security board since the state began cooperation with the federal government under the terms ot of the social security act a of in federal ands has come 0 utah to a aid id it I 1 in I ro viding these benefits it I 1 has is received for administration ot its unemployment compensation system tor for assistance to I 1 tile the needy aged for aid to the needy blind and fori tor aid to dependent children in their own homes federal aid has made it possible to provide much moie more adequately qua t ely or its needy citizens citizen 5 than would be possible out ot of state and local funds alone in addition to these cooperative F oderal federal state features of 0 the social security act utah citizens also come under the federal old age benefit system provided by the act aati |