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October 18, 1947
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Social workers nationwide condemn public aid systems for invading privacy through means tests, advocating for comprehensive social insurance instead, as reported by Joseph P. Anderson in New York last week.
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Social Workers Condemn Prying In Public Aid
NEW YORK- (ANP)-Systems of public and private relief that call for "prying into the private affairs of an individual and the sacrifice of most of his rights as a person," are being condemned by social workers throughout the nation, according to a report made by Joseph P. Anderson, executive secretary of the American Association of Social workers, here last week.
"Any assistance program, no matter how well administered. has a demoralizing effect on every person subject to a means test- a system that means that his relatives, insurance, savings, property are open to for inspection," Anderson said.
INSURANCE NEED
He pointed out that a more comprehensive form of social insurance for the needy would do away with present-day methods of old-age assistance, aid to dependents, to children and unemployment relief,
Declaring that these "well-meant but clumsy inquiries into an individual's private affairs just do something to him inside," Anderson said social workers who approved "the right to assistance" during depression,. later realized that it would have been better to have the protection of unemployment insurance for the client "something in which he has a right to participate because of the payments he has made to it, even if small." He viewed this system, in which employee, employer and the government took part as "sound practice in the long run."
NEW YORK- (ANP)-Systems of public and private relief that call for "prying into the private affairs of an individual and the sacrifice of most of his rights as a person," are being condemned by social workers throughout the nation, according to a report made by Joseph P. Anderson, executive secretary of the American Association of Social workers, here last week.
"Any assistance program, no matter how well administered. has a demoralizing effect on every person subject to a means test- a system that means that his relatives, insurance, savings, property are open to for inspection," Anderson said.
INSURANCE NEED
He pointed out that a more comprehensive form of social insurance for the needy would do away with present-day methods of old-age assistance, aid to dependents, to children and unemployment relief,
Declaring that these "well-meant but clumsy inquiries into an individual's private affairs just do something to him inside," Anderson said social workers who approved "the right to assistance" during depression,. later realized that it would have been better to have the protection of unemployment insurance for the client "something in which he has a right to participate because of the payments he has made to it, even if small." He viewed this system, in which employee, employer and the government took part as "sound practice in the long run."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Social Workers
Public Aid
Privacy Invasion
Means Test
Social Insurance
Unemployment Relief
What entities or persons were involved?
Joseph P. Anderson
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Joseph P. Anderson
Location
New York
Event Date
Last Week
Story Details
Joseph P. Anderson reports that social workers condemn public aid systems for prying into private affairs via means tests, which demoralize recipients. He advocates for comprehensive social insurance involving employee, employer, and government contributions to replace current methods like old-age assistance and unemployment relief.