This project has the dual aim of presenting personal recollections about the origins and early years of social security in the United States, and of exploring the legislative history of medicare. Pioneers in the social insurance movement tell about many who were prominent in its early years, including John B. Andrews, John R. Commons, and Frances Perkins. There are descriptions of the activities and personnel of the American Association for Labor Legislation and the American Association for Social Security. Special emphasis is given to experiences with the Committee on Economic Security and the growth and organization of the Social Security Board. Recollections of early attempts to enact government health insurance, the work of the Committee on Costs of Medical Care and the Committee on Economic Security, the National Health Conference of 1938, the Wagner Bill, 1939, the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill, and the Forand Bill, 1957, provide background about the precursors of the medicare program. The bulk of the medicare recollections focus on the period 1960-65. Included are interviews of members of the Social Security Administration, the Kennedy entourage, organized labor, the National Council of Senior Citizens, the United States Senate, the insurance industry, Blue Cross, the House Ways and Means Committee, the American Hospital Association, and American Medical Association. Participants, pagination, and restrictions as noted: Arthur Altmeyer, 231; Edward Annis, 84; Barbara Armstrong, 317; Fred Arner, 51 (closed during lifetime); A. Henry Aronson, 173 (closed during lifetime); Robert M. Ball, 84 (permission required); Frank Bane, 121; Alexander Barkan, 10; Harry Becker, 40; Bernice Bernstein, 125; Andrew J. Biemiller, 49; Carter Bradley, 27; Howard Bray, 112; James Brindle and Martin Cohen, 35; J. Douglas Brown, 148; Eveline M. Burns, 180; John Byrnes, 51; Winslow Carlton, 55; Blue Carstenson, 227; Ewan Clague, 152; Wilbur J. Cohen, 57. Participants continued: Nelson Cruikshank, 506; Charles U. Daly, 27; Alvin David, 27 (closed during lifetime); Michael M. Davis, 65; Richard Donahue, 74 (closed during lifetime); Loula F. Dunn, 73; John Edelman, 99; Martha May Eliot, 115; Thomas H. Eliot, 81; Katherine Ellickson, 285; Lavinia Engle, 184; Caldwell Esselstyn, 43; Oscar Ewing, 90; Clinton Fair, 75; Isidore Falk, 289; Fedele Fauri, 59; Myer Feldman, 29 (closed during lifetime); William C. Fitch, 100; Marion B. Folsom, 297; Aime Forand, 77; Kathryn Goodwin, 80; Frank P. Graham, 24; William Haber, 78; Alvin Hansen, 28; Joseph Harris, 44; Ray Henry, 135 (closed during lifetime); Arthur Hess, 102; Jane Hoey, 102; Reinhard A. Hohaus, 141; Marjorie Hunter, 26; William Hutton, 113; Leo Irwin, 76; Jacob Javits, 12; Jarold Kieffer, 21; Arlen Large, 66; Arthur Larson, 54; Murray Latimer, 50; Katharine F. Lenroot, 173; Allen Lesser, 46; Leonard Lesser, 78; Manuel Levine, 34; Isador Lubin, 32; Dorothy McCamman, 79; Walter McNerney, 34; Mike N. Manatos, 41; Morton D. Miller, 61; William Lloyd Mitchell, 140; Raymond Moley, 19; Maurine Mulliner, 303; Robert J. Myers, 94; Robert R. Neal, 46; Ivan Nestingen, 109; Robert Novak, 46 (closed during lifetime); James C. O'Brien, 220; Charles Odell, 117; Kenneth O'Donnell, 40 (closed until Jan. 1, 2027); Michael J. O'Neill, 60; Claude D. Pepper, 61. Participants continued: Roswell Perkins, 143; Robert Perrin, 48 (certain pages closed); Jerome Pollack, 54; M. Allen Pond, 88; Jennings Randolph, 15; Paul and Elizabeth Raushenbush, 295; William Reidy, 101; William A. Reynolds, 61 (certain pages closed); Elliot L. Richardson, 57; Gerel Rubien, 41; Sidney Saperstein, 122 (closed during lifetime); Lisbeth B. Schorr and Leonard Lesser, 105; Charles Schottland, 167; Harold Sheppard, 104; Antone G. Singsen, 20; Herman M. Somers, 199; Sidney Spector, 57; Joseph Stetler, 58; Jack B. Tate, 119; R. Gordon Wagenet, 108; Elizabeth Wickenden, 211; Alanson Willcox, 140; Kenneth Williamson, 240; Edwin Winge, 48; Irwin Wolkstein, 255; Leonard Woodcock, 28.
