FDR Signs Social Security Act into law

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into Law at the White House in Washington, D.C. on August 14, 1935. Standing behind Roosevelt, left to right: Rep. Robert Doughton, man obscured behind him, Senator Robert Wagner (with folded hands), Rep. John Dingell, Sr., unidentified man with bow tie, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, man obscured behind her, Senator Pat Harrison (with cigar), Rep. David J. Lewis. File photo by ACME Newspictures/UPI