TELLS WORKINGS
OF THE FEDERAL
SECURITY LAW
So that Alaskans will be fully in
formed as to what "public assistance"
means under the provisions of the
Social Security Act, Hugh J. Wade,
in charge of the Alaska Office of the
Social Security Board, has prepared
the following explanation in question
and answer form:
QUESTION: Just exactly what is
public assistance?
ANSWER: Public assistance means
aid from the government — regular
cash payments every month — to
people who are in need and who must
have public support. 'The Social Se
curity Act sets up a cooperative
public welfare system, under which
fLc federal government will join them
u.-sist them in providing finan
: a.d to different groups 'of people
v. are unable to support them
., .3. The act provides for assis
U: .c ne dy did people 65 years of
r older, to luedy blind people,
. tj i.ndent children under 16
\..have been orphaned or deprived
of the suport of the naural bread
wimi.T <1 the family through death
or other serious disaster.
Qb Z- ’ iLN: Just how will the
T-rr.'ioi !:d and Federal Government
c< opvi ate" What part will e» h
play ?
_SWER: The Territory will real
ly play the major role. The federal
government merely says to theTerri
tory: “We art rcgidyAh hplptyouxare
for yoiiT dependent children if you
want our help. It is entirely up .o
you. If you do, then set up a plan
for aid to your needy aged, your
blind, and your dependent children,
a plan which is in effect throughout
Alaska and which meets certain min
imum . requirements outlined in the
See al Security Act. If the Social
Security Eo&rd finds that year plan
meets these minimum requirements
and approves it, then tie Federal
Government will pay a substantial
parr of whatever it takes to care, for
the people who are eligible to receive
aid unaer your plaa.”
QUESTION: Bow much would the
Territory give a nosey aged person
under this system and how much
would the Federal Government give?
ANSWER: The Federal Govern
ment does not pay any money direct
ly to individuals. Instead it would
give Alaska a lump sum of money
so that the Territory may provide
more adequately for its people. This
old-age assistance would be given on
the basis of need, as has been the
eae with the Territorial system in
the pest. Jnst as has been the case
in Alaska ever since pioneers have
beer helped, .the Territory would de
cide which of its aged people were ia
need and eligible for assistance.
Then the Territory would decide just
how much each individual applicant
should gel, basing the amount on
his or her particular needs and tak
ing into account whatever resources
the person may already have. This
amount will necessarily differ from
one person to the other and from
one Reality to anoher, depending on
varying costs of living. The same
method would be employed in the
cast, of aid to dependent children.
QUESTION: How would the
matching of Territorial and Federal
funds be acomplished?
ANSWER: The Territory, after
having an approved plan, would tell
the Social Security Board at the be
ginning of each quarter just how
manv b.("'a individuals or dependent
children it intended t', aid during the
next three months and how much
this would cost. The Federal Gov
ernment would then give the Terri
tory exactly one-half the total cost of
aid to needy persons'65 wars of age
or over, provided these persons were
not inmates of public institutions.
The Federal Government would not
contribute to that part of any indi
vidual’s allowance from the Terri
tory which amounted to more than
$30 a month. But, there wo-ld be,
of course, no limitation so far as
the Territory is concerned. In addi
tion to paying one-half of the cost
of assistance to individuals, the Fed
eral Government would also give the
Territory an additional five per cent
of the amount of its errant which1
could be used for administering the
plan or for allowance to individuals j
or for both purposes.
If the plan has to do with de
pendent children the Federal Govern
ment would pay one-third of the cost
both for assistance and for adminis
; tering the Territorial plan, up to a
I combined Federal-Territorial total of
; $18 per month for the first child and
i SI2 per month for each additional
child in the same family.
COMMUNICATION
Flat, Alaska.
Editor of The Kusko Times:
I believe it is high time for Alaska
to at least be mentioned in your ed
itorial Vox Pop.
Alaska has a great future in min
ing and fishing, but to expect much
i from other sources is futile. True,
a few things can be raised—but at
what a cost. Gold can be made by
the scientist, but the cost is prohi
| bitive and the analogy fits.
What Alaska needs is “Roads,
Roads and More Roads.-’ First, the
International Highway should be,
made a reality. Let’s quit beating
j about the bush. Why squabble about
Canada doing its share in the build
I ing of this road, when hundreds of
; millions were given to nations to
I continue a war? And the money
: wi'- yd on i t-enseiess pronan: ot
j rgiifdture in Alaska (meaning the
] Matanuska pr * c-t) could have b-eo
| used to em;.l<y 1 vndreds gr ig •• itoi
I jots instead < f the insult of i dole,
and doing something unquestionably
beneficial to Alaska’s progress and
happiness to the workers knowing
they are creating something magni
ficent.
Br saying Alaska is unfit for ag
riculture does not mean that winter
prevails 12 months of the year. While
the winters are long and the summers
are short, there is a beauty that only
1 Sidney Leurenee and other artists of
the brush and pen can capture. I
shall not attempt to describe it.
With millions of men eager to work
and plenty of money to carry this
project through, it is a pity that our
I leaders do not see the value of this
road linking Alaska to the United
States.
Perhaps gre-ed can be blamed for
thi^-slowness in Alaska’s progress, or
perhaps monopoly is the better word.
True, if a fine highway was a reality,
the steamship companies operating to
Alaska would lose, and lose heavily,
but why let a few companies hold a
country" back ? Lobbying against the
International highway must have
given the companies’ hirelings plenty
to do in Washington.
Depriving Alaska of this means
of transportation is nothing more
nor less than this: Suppose the
State of Washington and the State of
California wanted a highway and the
intervening State of Oregon said
they did not have the money for
such a project saying furthermore
that ships could carry freight and
passengers down the coast. I can
see no difference. This is a perfect
analogy; our freight and passengers
are forced to come by ship from Se
attle to Alaskan points.
And I reiterate monopoly, sense
less and vicious, is depriving Alaska
of its eventual right to statehood.
J. A. ELLISON
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BARNHILL FINDS NEW
PASS OVER MOUNTAIN
Veteran Aviation Pilot H. W.
Barnhill, who for years has been fly
ing through Rainy Pass, gateway for
most airplanes to the Interior from
Anchorage, has discovered a new
pass through the mountains, he de
clared recently.
By setting a course from Anchor-,
age sraight for Medfra, and keeping
the plane at an elevation of 1,000
feet, the summit of the pass can be
reached in about 1 hour and 35 min
utes. There is no safe landing on
the summit. The pass is a valley
about 35 miles long and half a mile
wide.
Barnhill repeated a story told by
Arthur Berry well-known trader at
Berry’s Landing. Berry, 2J years
i ago, trailed a rroose into this pass
from the Kuskokwim side and lost
the animal. Berry came against a
glacier barrier, which he could not
pass but which the moose evidently
got over.
Since then the glacier has receded
three-quarters of a mi'.e, rrak.ng it
now pas. able at low altitudes. Barn
hill felt, from observations, that safe
landing could be made at all times.
The pilot says the pass might be
called Lost Pass, but he suggests it
be named Berry Pass.
The discovery of the pass is ex
pected to add to the safety, peace
of mind and comfort of hundreds of
airplane passengers who make the
flight every year be.wcca Anchor
age and the Interior.
LOSS IN WORN COINS IS
SET AT $700,060 YEARLY
WASHINGTON — Wear and tear
on metal money represents a loss of
more than $700,000 a year.
The government stands >^he loss.
Appropriations are made each year
for the difference between the faus
value of the worn coins returned and
the amount >uch coins produce in
new coins after they have been melt
ed down and recoined.
A five-year average sh-rws a loss
of $28,000, or 5 per cent cn cents
and nickels and $678,203, nr 8.7 per
cent on dimes, quarters, halves and
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