DEPRESSION ERA “TOWNSEND PLAN” ARCHIVE FOR ROTATING, REVOLVING, OLD-AGE PENSION PROPOSAL WHICH INFLUENCED THE ROOSEVELT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM.

DEPRESSION ERA "TOWNSEND PLAN" ARCHIVE FOR ROTATING, REVOLVING, OLD-AGE PENSION PROPOSAL WHICH INFLUENCED THE ROOSEVELT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. A PHYSICIAN, FRANCIS EVERETT TOWNSEND, PROPOSED A PLAN THAT EVERY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 60 BE PAID $200 PER. MONTH WHICH WAS TO BE SUPPORTED BY A 2% NATIONAL SALES TAX. YOU QUALIFIED IF YOU WERE; RETIRED, FREE FROM CRIMINALITY AND YOU COMMITTED TO SPEND THE MONEY WITHIN 30 DAYS (TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY). ROOSEVELT NOTED THAT CONGRESS PASSED THE SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN DUE TO THE PRESSURE FROM THE TOWNSEND PLAN.

THE ARCHIVE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 6 PANORAMIC PHOTOS, 2 CONVENTION MEETING APPLICATIONS AND 1 HANDMADE PILLOWCASE. THE PERMITS ARE FOR A 1936 MEETING IN KINGSTON, NY AND A 1944 MEETING IN NEWBURGH, NY. THE PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE NEGATIVE AS FOLLOW;

(TWO) 1940 FIFTH NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ST. LOUIS, MO.

(TWO) 1941 SIXTH NATIONAL CONVETION IN BUFFALO, NY.

(ONE) 1944 OHIO STATE NATINOAL CONVENTION IN COLUMBUS, OH.

(ONE) 1956 SIXTEENTH NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ST. PAUL, MN.

THE LONGEST PANORAMA IS 45" X 8". THE SHORTEST PANORAMA IS 19" X 8". THE PILLOW CASE IS 17-1/2" X 15". CONDITION; PILLOW CASE IS EMPTY (IE. AND WITHOUT A PILLOW). PHOTOS ARE CURLING, WITH EDGE TEARS AND CORNER CHIPS. OCCASIONAL TAPE REPAIRS ON VERSO. LIGHT SOILING, FADING, EDGE BUMPS AND SCUFFS. ONE PERMIT IS GLUE MOUNTED TO PAPERBOARD.