Steins request a hearing was then held. but the examiner determined there was no way under the law to change Mr. Steins earnings record or to pay benefits on the basis of that record as it stood. The examiners decision was reviewed by an appeals council in 1963 and was disapproved. The reason for Mrs. Steins delay in filing is important to know. Mrs. Stein was an immigrant who had been in the United States only 4 years when her husband Wolf Stein died. At the time of her husbands death she understood little English and did not speak the language. She was unaware of her rights under the Social Security Act.
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