Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
SOCIAL SECURITY
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. We must settle the contingencies of unemployment and old age as well as
study carefully
universal workmen’s health insurance and social insurance. (1918, p.102)
2. We urge Congress to recognize that the duty of government is to protect its
citizens
against the inevitable hazards of life. The security bill is not adequate and
must
be amended. (1935, p. 79)
3. We believe that Social Security for employees of religious and social
welfare institutions
should be made mandatory. (1939, p. 163)
4. We express regret at the action of Congress abolishing the National
Resources Planning
Board, which produced our post-war plan for social security, and urge its
continuance.
(1943, p. 125)
5. We endorse the President’s provision for a variety of public works projects
to
employ all who can not be absorbed into private practice. We also support the
extension
of our present social security laws to a "cradle to grave” system.
(1943, p. 127)
6. In the coming conflict between reaction and enlightenment, the oppressed
groups
of our country and of the world can depend on the rabbinate of America, who
will
champion their cause until justice is established, peace reigns and the right
is
set in the earth. (1945, p.126, Credo)
7. See Individual Rights, Sec. 1 (1953) .