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THE interdepartmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services under Sir William Beveridge's chairmanship, set up to survey the existing schemes of social insurance and allied services, including workmen's compensation, and to make recommendations, the report of which is expected shortly, is dealing with a problem that closely concerns one of the great purposes of the nations now fighting for freedom and for a civilization based on respect for human personality. The idea of social security springs from the deep desire of men to free themselves from the fear of want. To realize this idea the causes of insecurity must be removed wherever possible, and the individual assured of that protection against the common risks of life which he cannot provide by his own unaided efforts.
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SOCIAL SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES. Nature 150, 585–587 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150585a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150585a0