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Show NATIONAL BUSINESS AND 2012 FEDERATION WOMEN'S' CLUBS, PROFESSIONAL MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. N. W .. INC. WASHINGTON 6. , FOR E R L (202) 298-8455 'OR IMMED ATE ' onen s was Clubs, 5 DUPONT 7-4313 - E. nG. REUS4\SE: WASHINGTON, D.C. nd emp.loyed A "',..., C. October 6, 1967 For further information cont act r Mrs, Mary Spencer Rainey and McEnoe, E' D. -- Support fpr legisltion enablig welfare mothers to be retrained advocated last week by the Nat i onaf Pede rat Lon of Business and Profess Lonal, Inc. In a statment to he Senat Committee on finanoe, the 178,OOO-member Federation epressed upport for the welfare pr-ovts i.ons of H R. l208Q .. :ous of Representatives in nd proposed several changes (the social security bill passed by the U.S. Augupt 1967 and currently before tIW Senate finance Committee), in the prsent social security syst whoh would eliminate iscrimination aga Lns t working women. In urging enactment of the welfae ill stem the ren povisions, the Fepefation pointed out that the bill growth in the number of famnes receiving aid to families with de_pendent ch LL .... (AFDC) by' restoring more families to em,ployment and self reliance. ... Noting that the present s octal. securf ty system "de'te rmfnes benef'Lt s by app.ly ing the re-conceived and often he family, tt erroneous the Federation assumption that women are the subs Id Iary wage-earners in proJ?osd several changes wh Lch would e rad i ca te df.sc r immat a on Yplacing men and women on equl f09ting and mpke sOGial qecurity benefits he contributions made by an Lnd Lv Ldua.L, 1. enefits commensurate with l11ese were; Working couples should be ermitted to pool thir socil $ecurity credits on the basis of combined incomes. and draw Cunrent.Ly working couples often zece ive smal.Le n enefits than couples with the identical income where only the husband worked. (more) |
