SOCIAL
SECURITY
COLUMN
Alaska Office
Social Security Board
Juneau, Alaska
(For Immediate Release)
JUNEAU — Designed to give
much broader coverage in the
care of Alaska’s needy aged resi
dents, the law enacted during the
soecial session of the territorial
legislature made two fundamen
tal changes in existing legislation
dealing with what have hereto
fore been know as “pioneers’ ptn
sions”.
In the first instance the residcn
tial qualification is so altered that
instead of a continuous residence
of 25 years being required, an
application for old age assistance
may be submitted by any person
65 .veal's of age or older who can
demonstrate he or she is in need,
if residence in the Territory has
been for five of the nine years
preceding the date of application
for such assistance.
Justice At Ease
Justice Owen J. Huberts, who de
livered the majority opinion in
the Wagner Labor cases, spent a
few hours on his farm at Phoenix
ville, Pa., before returning te
Washington. This exclusive pic
ture shows him in the clothes he
likes best on the farm.
The new law provides that any
citizen of the United States quel
ified by reason of age and resi
dence is eligible for assistance.
The elTect of that provision will
be to extend the old-age assist
ance system to include the native
population of the territory.
Those changes will make it!
possible for the Territory to re
ceive from the national govern
ment financial assistance for
those of its aged residents who
no longer can earn their own
living. The federal government
will match the appropriation
made by the legislature for this
purpose dollar for dollar, the on
ly limitation being that federal
funds will not be provided in
exess of $15 for any one individ
ual. That is, if the Territory
gives assistance to John Doe n
| the amount of $30 a month, $15
! of that amount would be matched
1 by Washington, but if the assist
ance came to $35 the Territory
would have to pay $20 of that
sum.
For old-age assistance the leg
islature appropriated $553,000.
There will be added to that amo
unt an approximately equal sum
1 from the federal government.
' Administration of old-age as
stance will be under the newly
created Department of Public
Welfare, composed of the Gover
nor and one member from each
of the four judicial divisions.
Recipients of assistance will,
when the Department of Public
Welfare has started to function,
receive their checks monthly in
stead of quarterly as in the past.
The law fixed $45 as the maxi
imum monthly amount which
may be given any person. No
minimum amount was establish
ed.
Assistance will not be payable
when any aged resident is in the
Pioneers’ Home. Administration
of the Home will continue to be
under the Governor of Alaska.
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Child Health Day is to be ob-j
served in Nome on May 29. Al-;
though May 1 is proclaimed by,
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as child health dov due to de- j
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Nome. The Children’s Bureau,
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and pre-school children who are
to enter school for the first time
in September next will have a
physical examination. A pro
gram will be given in the Terri
torial school gymnasium on May
29th. Details will be given at a
later date.
Members of the Child Health
program committee are:
Chairman. Mrs. Sprenger; Pub
licity, Mrs. Rydecn, Mrs. Pool;
Program. Mrs. Hartford, and Mrs.
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I'RE-SCIIOOL CHILDREN
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ren who are to enter the territor
ial school for the first time at the
beginning of the next school term
in September. Any child who is
six years i f age before May 27th,
may enter school in September
and is eligible for a physical ex
amination by Dr. Morcom.
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entering school for the first time
next year will no doubt be glad
to know that their child is in the
best physical condition possible
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poor eyesight, impaired speech
and bad hearing are sometimes
present in a child and the parents
are not aware of this fact. If
corrections are necessary they
can be made during the summer
and thus permit the child to be
gin his first school year in better
condi' ion. It only fair that the
teacher ho ii .mud if her p ipiir
have any phy acal defects. Ad
justments ran often be made for
the individual child with a physi
cal handicap, which helps to
bring about a more successful &
happy school life.
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more definite plans for the com
ing year if they know the num
ber of beginners to be enrolled.
If your child is to enter school
for the first time next September
please call Mr. Pool’s residence
•and give name and age of child.
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