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Social Security Anniversary
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View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebration of "a third of a century" of the social security bill.
August 14, 1968
Altmeyer, Arthur Joseph, 1891-1972
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Social Security Anniversary
August 14, 1968
Arthur Altmeyer and Wilbur Cohen on the set of the "Today" show, talking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill.
Cohen and Altmeyer at the 35th Anniversary of the Social Security Bill
1970
Wilbur Cohen and Arthur Altmeyer sit across the dinner table from John J. Corwin. All three men worked in U.S. Social Security Administration at different times during those thirty-five years.
Celebrants at the 20 Millionth Social Security Beneficiary Party
May 1965
Four men, all administrators at the Social Security office, celebrating at the 20 millionth beneficiary party. They are, from left to right, Arthur Altmeyer, Anthony Celebrezze, Robert M. Ball, Com...
Arthur J. Altmeyer with Three Men
October 31, 1968
Arthur J. Altmeyer, sitting, with Mr. Hendricks, Jim MacMurray and Byron E. Goetz, all Regional Commissioners of Social Security, at a meeting.
Banquet Celebrating the Third Anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act
August 15, 1938
Banquet celebrating the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. From left to right: David J. Lewis, Congressman from Maryland, and Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, co-spon...
Arthur J. Altmeyer as President of the Permanent Inter-American Committee on Social Security
1951
Arthur J. Altmeyer, President of the Permanent Inter-American Committee on Social Security, greeting Eva Peron, President of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security meeting in Buenos Aires...
