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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal government committee
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advisory body → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States federal government
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| appointedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| contributedTo |
creation of the U.S. Social Security system
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development of federal unemployment insurance in the United States → establishment of old-age benefits in the United States → |
| country |
United States of America
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| createdBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
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| dissolved |
1935
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| fieldOfWork |
economic policy
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labor policy → social policy → |
| formedByInstrument |
presidential executive order
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| hasChairperson |
Frances Perkins
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| hasKeyPerson |
Arthur J. Altmeyer
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Edwin E. Witte → Wilbur J. Cohen → |
| hasLanguage |
English
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| hasMember |
Attorney General Homer Cummings
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Frances Perkins → Harold Ickes → Harry Hopkins → Henry Morgenthau Jr. → |
| hasPurpose |
to design a comprehensive program of economic security for the United States
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to develop proposals for federal social insurance and welfare programs → |
| hasShortName |
CES
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| historicalContext |
Great Depression
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New Deal → |
| inception |
1934
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| influenced |
U.S. welfare state development
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later expansions of Social Security → |
| jurisdiction |
federal social welfare policy
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| legislativeOutcome |
Social Security Act of 1935
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| locatedIn |
Washington, D.C.
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| mainSubject |
child welfare
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health insurance → old-age insurance → public assistance → social insurance → unemployment insurance → |
| namedAfter |
economic security
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| partOf |
United States federal government
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| producedDocument |
Report of the Committee on Economic Security
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| reportsTo |
President of the United States
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| workPeriod |
New Deal era
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Social Security Board
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precededBy |
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Committee on Economic Security
("Report of the Committee on Economic Security")
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producedDocument |