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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Hello PHD fans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Arvada Enterprise, Volume XXVIII, Number 44, March 26, 1936<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>Colorado Press Association's CAPITOL COMMENT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>by Neil West Kimball<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'>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 <b><span style='background:#FFFF77'>blind</span></b> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Peggy Chong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>