[Colorado-Talk] If we had only had a Washington Seminar in 1936

[Peggy Chong]

Hello PHD fans.

 

Here is a timely article from 86 years ago, highlighting why the National
Federation of the Blind.  Although leaders of the United Workers for the
Blind were in contact with other states on legislative remedies such as
White Cane ordinances, rehabilitation and the like, Social Security was a
big issue that for some, hoped to be the answer to welfare and pensions for
the blind.  The early history of including the blind in the Social Security
program had several bumps in the road.  Just check out this 1936 article
from a Colorado newspaper.

 

 


The Arvada Enterprise, Volume XXVIII, Number 44, March 26, 1936


 

Colorado Press Association's CAPITOL COMMENT

by Neil West Kimball

LEGISLATURE AGAIN IN SESSION Colorado's legislative derby is on again. As in
the case of the special sessions of the past three years, the latest
extraordinary session of the Colorado legislature was made necessary because
of the action of the national Congress and official Washington. Only through
the enactment of new state statutes can Colorado take advantage of the
National Security program, which carries with it sizeable federal grants for
old age pensions, aid for the needy blind and for dependent children.
Efforts to fit present state laws into the federal program were found to be
fruitless last week. Washington representatives of the social security setup
served notice that Colorado could either change its law's to conform or go
without its share of funds for pensions and the like. After this ultimatum
the governor called the legislature into an extra session, something that
has been found necessary in a dozen states which wish to secure federal
benefits for the aged and infirm.

 

Peggy Chong

 

 

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