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Debating Social Security: Understanding and Evaluating the Social Security Act of 1935
Karen Hodges, Academy for College & Career Exploration, Baltimore City Public School System
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  RS #01 Mrs. Zoller's Letter Petitioning the President, July 13, 1933
  RS #02 Photograph of Al Capone's Soup Kitchen
  RS #03 Photograph of Idle Men
  RS #04 Franklin Roosevelt's Message to Congress, January 17, 1935
  RS #05 Excerpt from Social Security Board's Pamphlet, "Why Social Security"
  RS #06 Excerpt from Social Security Board Comic Book
  RS #07 "Social Security" Under the New Deal
  RS #08 The Republican Opposition
  RS #09 Excerpt from 1964 History of Social Security
  RS #10 Photograph of Early Accounting Practices
  RS #11 Photograph of Early Cardpunch Operators
  RS #12 Photograph of Early Card Files
  RS #13 Photograph of Men Signing Up for Unemployment Insurance
  RS #14 Does Social Security Really Face an $11 Trillion Deficit?
  RS #15 Privatizing Social Security A Big Boost for the Poor
  RS #16 Why Social Security is Not in Crisis
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