Committee on Economic Security (CES)

Volume VIII. Committee Activities

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Volume eight of the unpublished CES studies is basically a collection of miscellaneous items regarding the activities of the Committee. Perhaps the most important pieces, from the perspective of historical research, are the minutes of the meetings of the Committee and the Chronological Summary. Also of interest are some of the speeches made by various persons in support of the work of the committee.

PART 1

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE


EXECUTIVE ORDER

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE

ADVISORY COUNCIL
Minutes of Meetings
Suggestions for a Long-Time and an Immediate Program for Economic Security--Edwin E. Witte
Report to the Committee on Economic Security
Advisory Council Conference (Conference on Economic Security Nov. 14, 1934)




PART 2

TECHNICAL BOARD
Minutes of Meetings

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT--Wilbur J. Cohen

SPEECHES DELIVERED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
Address of the Unites States at the Opening of Congress (74th session)
Message of the President Recommending Legislation on Economic Security (January 17, 1935)
Security--Roosevelt, Perkins, Hopkins, Graham, Roper, Butler
The Way of Security--Frances Perkins
Social Insurance for U.S.--Frances Perkins
Toward Economic Security--Hopkins, Altmeyer, Latimer, Lenroot, Falk
The Social Act and the Business Men--Edwin E. Witte
President Roosevelt's Economic Security Program--Alex G. Nordholm

STATE BILLS AND LAWS
Unemployment Compensation (See Index Tabs)
Old Age Security (see Index Tabs)