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Answers:

  • Raised the minimum wage
  • Extended Social Security coverage and increased Social Security benefits

Further details:

President Truman outlined his Fair Deal" in a speech delivered in January, 1949.  He proposed that Congress work on:

  • - Expanding Social Security
  • - Increase minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour
  • - Implementing anti-discrimination policies in employment
  • - Addressing civil rights issues
  • - Expanding public housing
  • - Providing federal aid to education
  • - Providing federal assistance to farmers
  • - Establishing national health insurance

There were more proposals as well, but most of the proposals (including most of those noted above) did not gain any traction with Congress.  Congress did extend Social Security coverage and raise the benefits, and also did raise the minimum wage.  But other proposals did not go into effect.