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This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures.

Early Issues

  • Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice

  • Henry R. Seager's 1910 Book "Social Insurance: A Program of Social Reform"

  • Quotes Re: Universal Coverage, From 1935 Congressional Hearings

  • 1936 Social Security Board Notice to Employers Explaining the New Program

  • The Constitutionality of the Social Security Act -- 1937 Rulings

  • Regulation No. 1 (privacy) -- 1937

  • 1937 Pamphlet on the Rationale Underlying Social Security

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