WILBUR J. COHEN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 70544
Price: $90.00
WILBUR J. COHEN
"Mr. Social Security" signs on this 3½x2 card
Signature:"Wilbur J. Cohen/Secretary of Health,/Education,
and Welfare/1968-69". 3½x2 white card. Wilbur J. Cohen (1913-1987) was an
important player in the design of American social insurance legislation from the
New Deal to the Great Society. As an employee of the new Social Security
Administration (1934), Cohen helped shape that institution. He influenced the
Eisenhower administration, the first post-New Deal Republican, to continue
support for the system. In the Johnson and Kennedy years, he was a planner at
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, rising to Secretary of the
Department (1968-1969). He also played a major role in the design of
Medicare, adopted in 1965. Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso (no show
through). Fine condition.
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