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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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At Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., Wm. R. Johnson spoke on Social Security benefits for laborers, state progress benefiting Negroes, congratulated students on opportunities, and urged sharing principles with the less fortunate. Introduced by Miss Merze Tate.
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GREENSBORO, N. C.(SNS)
Last Friday morning at the regular chapel hour at Bennett College, Wm. R. Johnson, Consultant on Negro Affairs of the State Department of Public Welfare addressed the faculty and students.
Mr. Johnson spoke on Social Security. He mentioned briefly the Social Security program as it touches the laborer who secures compensation from his own earnings after he reaches the age of sixty-five; he also stated that North Carolina together with thirty-two other states is making rapid progress with its Social Security program. A large number of Negroes are receiving Social Security checks and there is a great deal yet to be done in this direction.
He congratulated the student body on their present day opportunities and urged them to carry out to those who are further down in the scale of life the high principals they are absorbing.
The speaker was introduced by Miss Merze Tate, a member of the faculty who was in charge of the service.
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Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C.
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Last Friday Morning
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Wm. R. Johnson addressed the faculty and students at Bennett College on Social Security, explaining benefits for laborers after age sixty-five and progress in North Carolina and other states, noting many Negroes receive checks with more to be done. He congratulated students on their opportunities and urged them to share high principles with those lower in life. Introduced by Miss Merze Tate.