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"I see no reason why every child from the day he is born, shouldn't be a member of the social security system. When he begins to grow up, he should know he will have old-age benefits direct from the insurance system to which he will belong all his life. If he is out of work, he gets a benefit. If he is sick, or crippled, he gets a benefit.… Cradle to the grave—from the cradle to the grave they ought to be in a social insurance system." —President Franklin Roosevelt, speaking to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945; served 1933–45) envisioned a social security program for the people of the United States. He eagerly shared his ideas with his secretary of labor, Frances Perkins (1882–1965), as the process of developing such a program got under way in 1934. The words that open this chapter, relayed by Perkins in her 1946 book, The Roosevelt I Knew, became known as Roosevelt's "cradle to grave" statement. The words reveal the deep sense of responsibility Roosevelt felt toward all Americans, who were caught in a desperate struggle to survive the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in U.S.

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Social Security from Great Depression and New Deal Reference Library. ©2005-2006 by U•X•L. U•X•L is an imprint of Thomson Gale, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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