SOLON'S FRAME
LAWS TO COVER
SECURITY ACT
Setting’ up legal machinery for
handling the social security act in
the Territory, in the special 15-day
session, five bills, two in the senate
and three in the house, originally
drafted by a joint committee, were
introduced in the legislature recently.
The senate bills provide for the
•creation of a department of public
welfare which will have charge of
the administration and also of the
unemployment compensation.
The house measures deal with the
relief of destitution, dependent chil
• dren, old age assistance or pensions.
The general appropriation bill, pas
: sed at regular session, set aside
: $403,000 for aged residents of the
' Territory, 44,00(1 for dependent chil
• dren and $9S,000 for the relief of the
• destitution.
The legislators got slightly side
tracked from the governor's admon
ition to “consider nothing but th'e se
1 curity legislation" at the special ses
: sion when one of the most important
issues before the house became a
> question of mileage.
The result was that the body sent
. a telegram to Delegate A J. Dimond
urging the payment of mileage. It
was argued by the lawmakers that
they were put to considerable ex
1 pense of staying in J uneau two
weeks between the regular session
: and the special session without their
pay of SI 5 a day, and that therefore,
to offset this expense, the legislators
should be paid mileage which totals
; about S9.000 at the rate of 15 cents
a mile.
The cost of traveling to the var
ious divisions was estimated as fol
i lows:
First, $500; Second, $5,000; Third
! $1,400; Fourth, $2,500.
Bonded Indebtedness Bill Passes
The legislature passed the two mil
lion dollar bonded indebtedness mem
< aria! to be devoted to a Territorial
development program. This is a
measure that has been urged by Del
egate Dimond in Congress, and ' has
been subject to considerable debate
• since its introduction earlier in the
: session.
New Liquor Bill Explained
Senator Rivers bill providing -for
' the removal of the sale of wines and
liquors from drug stores and other
business houses and place the sale of
the same in liquor stores under strict
: government licensing regulations
passed the house with an amendment
on the wholesaler status after a bit
ter fight that has been going on
•• since the recent passage of this
measure in the senate. The Hill was
immediately sent back to the Senate
' where the amendment was approved.
The passage of the River bill by
both branches automatically displaces
the McCutcheon high license saloon
measure formerly passed by the
house.
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PERTINENT QUESTIONS ON
SECURITY ACT EXPLAINED
How does that part of the Social j
Security Act dealing with Federal
old-age benefits differ from the “pub
lic assistance** provisions of that |
law? What are the benefits? Who (
are entitled to them ? Those are
some of the questions constantly be
ing asked with reference to the
broad program of social legislation
embraced in the Security Act.
The Alaska office of the Social Se
curity Board, located at Room 316,
Federal Building, Juneau, has pre
pared several questions and answers
pertaining to old-age benefits wh.ch
take up some of the points about
which there has been most confu
sion:
QUESTION: How do Federal old
age benefits differ from public as
sistance to the needy aged?
ANSWER: The old-age benefits
provided by the Social Security Act
differ from the old-age assistance
provisions in two ways: first, they
are to be paid by the Federal Gov
ernment directly to the individual;
and, second, payment will not be de
pendent on the establishment of
need. The amount, paid to each per
son will depend on his work and
wage record before reaching the age
of 65. The Social Security Act es
tablishes in the Federal Treasury an;
Old-Age Reserve Account, and au
thorizes appropriations to it, out of
which will be paid, beginning Jan
uary 1, 1942, a monthly income to'
qualified persons 65 years of age and
over who have earned wages in com
mercial and industrial employment.
The benefit.- uie payable when the,
vorker retires from employment in
commercial cr industial line-.
QUESTION: Does thr.t :iea
that a man vho operates a sma"
store or runs his farm or is other
wise self-employed will not receive
benefits ?
ANSWER: Not necessarily. True,
the provisions are mainly designed
for the protection of persons work
ing for others. If a person is self
employed, if he Is engaged in oper
ating his ow nfarm or: his own store,
or if he is a professional person, his
income from such employment will
cot count toward Federal Old-Age
benefits. Such a person will, howev
er, be entitled to old-age benefits if
he has earned a total of $2,000 or
more through some commercial or
industrial employment in at least
five different calendar years after
December 31, 1936, and before his
65th birthday. Wages earned in
farm labor, domestic service in a
t private home, Government employ
I ment, and employment by religious,
educational and philanthropic organ
izations are not counted in comput
ing benefits, but this does not mean
that persons who are usually engag
ed in farm labor, or shopkeeping or
Government service will be ineligi
| ble for benefits when they become 65.
! Most Americans change occupations
frequently. Many domestic servants
and farm laborers have periods of
factory or commercial work. Income
from such •employment after Decern
ber 31, 1936, and before the attain
ment of age 65, will be counted as
wages for the purpose of computing
old-age benefit^.
QUESTION:: How -much will an
individual receive as his Federal old
age retirement benefit?
ANSWER: Prom a minimum of
$10 a month to a maximum of $85
a month for life, depending entirely
upon the wages which he earns in
industrial or commercial employment
after 1936 and before the age of 65.
QUESTION: But suppose a work
er's wages are less than $2,COO, or
suppose his 05th birthday occurs be
fore he has earned wages in five dif
ferent calendar years? Will he get
anything?
ANSWER: He will get a sub
stantial benefit, but not in the form
of monthly payments. The law pro
vides that persons mho have earned
some credit toward old-age benefits,
tut cannot meet all the requirements
of the law, will be paid a lump sum
equal to 3 1-2 per cent of their to
tal wages after 1936 ^nd before
reaching the age of 65. Similarly,
for persons who die before reaching
65, the Federal Government will pay
3 1-2 per cent of the total wages
which have been credited to the
worker’s old-age benefit account.
QUESTION: How soon d these
latter benefits become payable, and
how many people arc likely bo re
ceive them?
ANSWER: It is very roughly es
timated that six million dollars will
be paid out in lump sum payments
and death benefits during 1937, the
first year m which these two forms
of benefits will be payable and that
approximately one and one-half mil
lion persons will probably receive a
total of 90 million dollars before
January 1, 1942, when the first
monthly retirement benefits will be
payable.
(To be continued next week).
ENJOY EASTER DINNER
Miss Ethyl M. Peas good was host
ess at an Easter dinner served at her
home last Sunday afternoon. The
guests were three young Takotna
bachelors: T. K. McRoberts. Times
co-publisher and reporter; T. S.
McAdams, Kusko Times chef; -and
Mike R. McRoberts.
MARSHAL BERRY VISITING
Deputy U. S. Marshal Bert Berry
arrived m Takotna with PilotBill
Knox, Tuesday from McGrath. Bert
is over on a combined business and
pleasure trip—looking up and visit
ing with old friends. He thinks Ta
kotna is a little too peaceful thus
making him hustle to find an excuse
to visit his many friends here.
TAKOTNA ~1
SCHOOL NOTES !
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Enjoj Holiday Friday—
We enjoyed cnir holiday Good' Fri
day, but some of w were, lonesome
for school.
Many Earn Stars—
Those earning the most ‘stats* last
week and were dismissed early were:
Jeaa. Arthur. Vida. Vesta ami FnW
die.
Fans Health hnpettion—
. Those who have received ‘stars’ all
week for their health inspection
tests are: Frances, Jean, Martha.
Henry. Vida, Yilma, Vesta and Fred
die.
Makes Trip to McGrath—
’We missed Adeline in school on
Monday but we were glad that she
could have surh a pleasant .trip Ur
McGrath.
Go For Hikr Monday—
.‘Spring- fewer' overtook us again
on Monday so we went out for a hike
instead of having our last recess.
Enjoy April Fools I>a>—
"We are glad that April 1st came
on:a school day this year. We like
to make ‘fools' of each other.
Try to solve Riddles—
We wrote fiddles and guessed
them, -for opening exercises Thurs
day morning. Here are two for our
McGrath school friends to guess.
I am grey. I come out of the
houses and go into the air. You
can see me when -you look out of
the window in the morning. What
am FT
Davie Miller—First Grade.
I am very strong. I ' hurry the
sailboats over the water. I am so
strong that people use a cane to hold
themselves up. I have three syl
lables. What am I?
_ Henry Miller—Sixth Grade
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