>My Social Security card, which I obtained ca. 1959, states the following: >"For Social Security purposes. Not for >identification."
That language was removed in 1972, after it had become clear that the SSN was now a defacto national ID number. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

