This day in Commonwealth Club history: British economist William H. Beveridge spoke of "The Foundations of Security: The Beveridge Plan" in a June 18, 1943, speech to The Commonwealth Club of California.
Beveridge — later named the 1st Baron Beveridge — designed the welfare system adopted by Great Britain after the Labour Party defeated Winston Churchill in 1945.
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