Committee on Economic Security

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The Committee on Economic Security was a U.S. government body established during the New Deal to design comprehensive social welfare and insurance programs that led to the creation of Social Security.

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instanceOf United States federal government committee ⓘ
advisory body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
contributedTo creation of the U.S. Social Security system ⓘ
development of federal unemployment insurance in the United States ⓘ
establishment of old-age benefits in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Franklin D. Roosevelt administration ⓘ
dissolved 1935 ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic policy ⓘ
labor policy ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
formedByInstrument presidential executive order ⓘ
hasChairperson Frances Perkins ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Arthur J. Altmeyer ⓘ
Edwin E. Witte ⓘ
Wilbur J. Cohen ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMember Attorney General Homer Cummings ⓘ
Frances Perkins ⓘ
Harold Ickes ⓘ
linked to: Harold L. Ickes

Harry Hopkins ⓘ
Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
hasPurpose to design a comprehensive program of economic security for the United States ⓘ
to develop proposals for federal social insurance and welfare programs ⓘ
hasShortName CES ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
New Deal ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
influenced U.S. welfare state development ⓘ
later expansions of Social Security ⓘ
jurisdiction federal social welfare policy ⓘ
legislativeOutcome Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject child welfare ⓘ
health insurance ⓘ
old-age insurance ⓘ
public assistance ⓘ
social insurance ⓘ
unemployment insurance ⓘ
namedAfter economic security ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
producedDocument Report of the Committee on Economic Security ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
workPeriod New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal

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Social Security Board → precededBy → Committee on Economic Security ⓘ
Committee on Economic Security → producedDocument → Report of the Committee on Economic Security ⓘ
linked to: Committee on Economic Security
Arthur J. Altmeyer → memberOf → U.S. Committee on Economic Security ⓘ
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linked to: Committee on Economic Security