(Reprinted from March 1938)

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The Social Security Bulletin brings together in relief and transient care and with the monthly 1publication severalseries of data, some of which statistics previously published by the Russell Sage m&y h&e been-issued only to members of the Foundation. The Children’s Bureau has issued a staff of the Social Security Board and collaborat- summary of data in this series prior to January 1, _ ing agencies, and others of which have been more 1936: Trends in Diflerent Types of Public and Pri- I generahy available. v&e Relief in Urban Areas, 1929-55, by Emma j. The BuIIetin supersedes a processed monthly Winslow. (U. S. Children’s Bureau, Bureau Pub- ,’ / : .~ &- * desk bulletin prepared for the Social Security lication 237. United States Government Printing _’ “.\ ; I -Board in the Bureau of Research and Statistics Office, Washington, 1937. Price 15 cents.) On :: ;; : under the title Selected Current Statistics (Vol. 1, July 1, 1936, the Bureau of Research and Statis- : :_.. , i Nos. l-11, August 1936June 1937; Vol. 2, Nos. tics of the Social Security Board assumed respon- :, July-October 1937), which was continued as sibility for the collection of data in this series, L* :.- , the Soei$ Security Bulletin (Vol. 2, Nos. 5-8, which have been reported in the following proc- .I *,* November 1937-February 1938). essed monthly bulletins: Changes During . . . Public-assistance statistics have been issued by (month) . . . in Dijerent Types of Public and *h-he Board in the following monthly bulletins Private Relief in Urban Areas (for the months ..:, *_ a;rep&ed in the Division of Public Assistance July-December 1936, issued October 1936-March 3search of the Bureau of Research and Statistics: 1937), continued as: Relief in Urban Areas (Vol. 1, :_. *n* :7 ._ :, ; &&tic Assistance: Monthly Statistics for the Nos. l-l 1, January-November 1937). : j United Stades (Vol. 1, Nos. 1-12, February- On July 1, 1937, the Bureau of Research and .’ December 1936; Vol. 2, Nos. 1-8, January- Statistics of the Social Security Board assumed ,, ‘.g,/ .) .,- August 1937 (processed)) and Public Assistance: responsibility for compilation of data on relief “m St&i&ids for the United States (Vol. 2, Nos. 9, 385 selected rural and town areas, formerly issued 3. ,\ \ -10-12; Vol. 3, Nos. 1, 2, September-December by the Works Progress Administration. Data in Yb’ 1 this series had been presented by the Works Pro@ L )) 1937 (printed)). Since March 1937 these bulle- _( 3. \ zj tins have continued presentntion of statistics on ress Administration under the title Current Sta- _’; -” general relief which were issued jointly by the tistics of Relief in RUT& and Town Areas (Vol. 1, .-1.. I\ -. :. I. :‘ Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Bureau Nos. 1-12, and Vol. 2, Nos. 2-6, January 1936- of Research, Statistics, and Records, and the June 1937). The Board continued monthly re- ii 1 <’ I,- i Social Security Board, Bureau of Research and porting in Current Statistics of Relief in Rural and ‘1 .: “,. 1, i Statistics, in a bulletin entitled General Relief Town Areas (Vol. 2, No. 7, October 1937 (proc- 1 0 ( St&tics, three numbers (December 1936-January essed)), now published as Relief in Rural and ,- ,.: a<:-. I : 1937,: January-February 1937, and February- Town Areas (for August, Vol. 2, No. 8, November \(‘, ,_ I&l March 1937 (processed)). Prior to December 1937; for September, Vol. 2, No. 9, December I* ,&, -. ‘\. .,1 19% statistics of general relief were issued in 1937; for October, Vol. 2, No. 10, January 1938; . / for November, Vol. 2, No. 11, February 1938 8%. _ monthIy processed bulletins of the Federal )_* -t .*.: _* Emergency Relief Administration. (printed)). ii i <: ~: The section of this Bulletin reporting data on The Social Security Board is unable to supply rehef in urban areas continues a series originating files of back issues of the bulletins named above in the monthly collection and publication of sta- which the Board has issued. In some instances a -3 __ - tiatics of family case work and relief initiated by limited supply of a given issue is available, and in the Russ& Sage Foundation in 1926. In 1930 those cases copies will be sent in response to re ) / .,- . -the ChiIdren’s Bureau of the United States De- quests, which should be addressed to the Bureau .i;., : ,-, _- partment of Labor undertook compilation of relief of Research and Statistics, Social Security Board. : . data and in January 1932 that Bureau started pub- Persons interested in publications issued by agen- *: c,,,, L: * -“. location of a new series of bulletins representing cies other than the Social Security Board should -\ ‘. .I an amalgamation of this series with statistics on communicate with those agencies.

‘Social Security Bulletin, March 19881Vol. 51, No. 3 Commissioner’s Message

Doooooeoooooooooooooo To 1988

-50 years ago this The thousands of articles and As the Bulletin moves into month, when the first issue of tabular presentations that have its second half century of the Social Security Bulletin appeared in the Bulletin over publication, a review of the past appeared, the United States still the years reflect the steady is appropriate. Beginning this had not emerged from the advances that have taken place month and continuing throughout greatest depression in its history. in data gathering, sampling the remainder of the year, each In those austere times, the techniques, and analytic issue will contain reprints of introduction of a new publication approaches. Where once articles documenting Social was not a step to be taken policymakers and analysts had to Security’s research program. lightly. Program administrators rely, at least in part, on data of Each reprint will be accompanied nevertheless believed that a questionable validity, today they by a discussion of its current vehicle was needed to bring can turn to solid figures produced significance. together in a single source the by our administrative I hope you will find our numerous reports and statistical recordkeeping system and by celebration interesting and releases being produced by the sample surveys. Important informative. The Bulletin is to agency’s analysts, statisticians, patterns and trends to be found be congratulated on its first 50 and actuaries. in these data are regularly years. It is truly an invaluable Their faith was well-founded. In analyzed in articles and short resource for the reporting of its report to Congress on features produced by researchers research, issues, and operations during fiscal year and program-area specialists. As developments in the fields 1939, the Social Security Board the journal of record for the affecting the Social Security noted that the Bulletin “has Social Security Administration, programs. proved an economy in publication the Bulletin also reports the processes, since it has been provisions of new laws, the possible to use it increasingly to findings of advisory boards, and replace other means of the results of studies mandated distributing relevant material to by Congress. the widely scattered personnel concerned with administration of social security measures at the State or Federal level and to other organizations collaborating in the program, and to provide technical information required by legislative committees and others in need of a current record of operations in the field of social Dorcas R. Hardy security. Commissioner of Social Security

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