Beeland Wholesale Co. v. Kaufman

(specially concurring).

The last amendatory Act 1936, Ex.Sess., p. 228, provides: “That in the event the Supreme Court of the United States shall hold the Federal ‘Social Security Act’ approved by the President August 14th, 1935, unconstitutional or inoperative for any reason whatsoever, then this Act shall become void, inoperative and of no effect.”

It is evident that the state does not wish to embark in the “social security” business except in co-operation with the federal government. It is also manifest that the life of the Alabama act is dependent on what the United States Supreme Court may…