One day this week, if he can draw up his specifications in time, Franklin Roosevelt will send a message to the Capitol asking Congress to make one of the wildest, brightest New Deal dreams come true. He will ask for a law to pour all Social Security payments in one big Federal pool, also to extend its benefits to some 27,000,000 household servants, farm laborers and migratory workers who are not now covered.
Immediate purpose of the President's plan: to help check inflation, by draining off a few more billions from workers' payrolls, cutting...
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