Letter from the Oklahoma State Association for the Blind to Congressman George B. Schwabe Regarding Improving Conditions for the Blind, 1946
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_047_1_7_3_0013
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Letter from the Oklahoma State Association for the Blind to Congressman George B. Schwabe Regarding Improving Conditions for the Blind, 1946
- Date Created:
- 1946-10-22
- EDTF:
- 1946-10-22
- Creator:
- Schwabe, George Blaine, 1886-1952
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- George B. Schwabe Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/37
- Description:
- The document is a letter from the Oklahoma State Association for the Blind to George B. Schwabe, urging him to support a program to provide basic security and opportunity for the blind. The document outlines eight questions regarding aid to the blind, including advocating for more adequate relief, exempting earnings and income, removing means test abuses, allowing states to adopt their own interpretation of need, increasing federal contribution to poorer states, erasing responsibility of relatives, and prohibiting property transfer requirements. The association requests a response by November 1st and threatens to announce if no reply is received.
- Topic:
- Social Security, Retirement
- Congress:
- 79th (1945-1947)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_47_1_0000, Box 7, Folder 3, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 3 Pages
