Social Security Advisory Councils
+ocial Security Advisory Councils* by JAMES E. MARQUIS* A THIRTEEN-MEMBER advisory council, of the Eaton Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. representing employers, employees, self-employed Leonard Woodcock, vice president of the United Auto- persons, and the public, was convened on June 10, mobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers 1963, to begin a comprehensive review of the of America, Detroit, Mich. Nation’s old-age, survivors, and disability sys- tem. This is the second in a series of councils The study being undertaken by the 1963 ,4d- provided for under the 1956 amendments to the visory Council points up the continuing impor- Social Security A&; in 1966 and every fifth year tance tllat is attached to examination of the old- thereafter an advisory council will be appointed age, survivors, and disability insurance program to study and report on the financing of the by independent citizen groups. In the relatively program. brief history of the program, advisory councils The law gives the current council a special have contributed immensely to the planning and mission in addition to its function of considering development of old-age, survivors, and disability the financing of the program: It is directed to insurance protection. There is a long tradition study coverage, adequacy of benefits, and all dating back to 1934, before the passage of the other aspects of the program. A4 report of its Social Security Act, of seeking from representa- findings and recommendations must be submitted tive groups advice and guidance on the social to the Board of Trustees of the old-age and sur- securit,y program.
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