1965 SSA Reorganization

Commissioner Ball Announcing the Reorganization

Note: All files are in RealAudio format.

On July 26, 1965, Commissioner Bob Ball called a meeting at SSA Headquarters in Baltimore to announce a reorganization of SSA. This was a massive restructing of the Agency, and would shape SSA for many years to come. Ball spoke for an hour-and-a-quarter and went into considerable detail as to the changes and their underlying rationale.

1965 Reorganization Speech, Part 1
(32 min./3.9 meg. RealAudio file)

1965 Reorganization Speech, Part 2
(32 min./3.9 meg. RealAudio file)

1965 Reorganization Speech, Part 3
(11 min./1.3 meg. RealAudio file)