Unemployment Benefits’
Explained by Official
A. B. Phillips, executive direc
tor of the Employment Security
Commission; of Alaska, this week
called attention to the popular
misconception concerning what j
would happen to unemployment j
insurance benefits if the Unem- j
ployment Compensation fund
should drop below $2,000,000. j
Public understanding seems to j
be that as quickly as the fund
drops below $2,000,000, benefit
payments must be automatically
cut back to a maximum of $20 i
weekly. Reference to the Law re- ,
vals that this is not true.
Section 51 -5-2(b) C1) ACLA 1949,
as amended by Chapter 11, SLA
1951, and by Chapter 99, SLA
1953, reads as follows:
“Amount of Benefits. Subject
to the other provisions of these
Act benefits shall be payable to
any eligible individual during
the benefit year in accordance
with the weekly benefits amount
and the maximum benefits poten
tially payable shown in the fol
lowing schedule for such base
period wages shown in the sch
edule as are applicable to such
individual: Provided, however,
that said weekly benefit amount
shall not exceed $20 per week,
and the said maximum benefits
potentially payable shall not ex
ceed $400, for any individual dur
ing any benefit year if the bal
ance in the fund is less than $2,
000,000 on January first of the
calendar year in which his bene
fit year begins:’’
You will note that the balance
in the fund must be less than $2,
000,000 on January 1st of the cal
endar- year in which the individ
ual’s benefit year begins. Under
the existing law, all benefit years
begin with the first full calendar
week in July, and, therefore, in
order for the automatic reduction
to $20 per week to be effective,
the balance would have had to be
fi less than $2,000,000 on January 1,
1954—if it were to be effective
j during the present benefit year.
Even if the fund balance were
to drop below $2,000,000 on Janu
ary 1, 1955, the “automatic” re
duction to $20 per week and $400
in the benefit year could not take
Place until the benefit year com
^hencing with the first full cal
endar week in July 1955.
Federal Employees to Benefit
The Territory of Alaska Em
ployment Security Commission
t?as signed an Agreement with
the Secretary of Labor, J. P. Mit
-hell, which provides for placing
-Federal unemployed civilian
workers under covered employ
ment, according to Phillips. The
agreement becomes effective
January 1, 1955 and brings a po
tential 15,000 Federal workers of
.Alaska under the rights, benefits
and responsibilities of the Alaska
agency.
> Federal workers, to become eli
gible for benefits, must comply
with all the rules and regulations
applicable to other unemployed
persons in Alaska. This will in
volve a waiting period, being able
to work and available for work,
and other determinations as re
quiied of unemployed persons in
private industry.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31
MEW YEARS EVE DANCE,
School gym.
RENEW DRIVER LICENSE,
Final day.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1
NEW YEARS DAY, 1955
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2
SLED DOG RACES, Wasilla, 1
p.m.
MONDAY, JANUARY 3
SCHOOL RESUMES
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
BETA SIGMA PHI
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4
ANNUAL GAME HEARING,
Sportsmen’s Range, 8 p.m.
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters’
Hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church, 7
p.m.
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s office,
7:30 p.m.
P-TA EXECUTIVE meeting
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5
MAT. SPORTSMEN CLUB, Club
quarters, 8 p.m.
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health Center, 2-4 p.m.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
B. P. O. ELKS, Elks lodge, 8 p.m.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS,
Eastern Star, Carpenters Hall,
8 p.m.
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HOME NURSING COURSE
TO OPEN JANUARY 31
The first class in the Civil De
fense Home Nursing course to be
sponsored in the greater Palmer
area will be held on Monday eve
ning, January 31, at 8 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Dexter Bacon on
Bailey Hll. Those planning to take
the course are requested to regis
ter with Mrs. Bacon as soon as
possible. Mrs. Bacon, a registered
nurse, will be class instructor.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY HEALTH COUN
CIL, Health Center, 7 p.m.
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BOOKLET COMPARES
ALASKA'S FRONTIER V/ITH
FAR WEST A CENTURY AGO
Development of the North
American Arctic and Subarctic
stands to gain broad financial
support from industry if the Ar
ctic Institute of North America
acheives its aims.
These aims are summarized in
a large booklet the Institute re
cently published. Joseph T. Flak-i
ne, director of the Institute’s pro
gramming, this week sent a copy
to Otto William Geist, research
associate in paleontology at the
University of Alaska, and a fel
low of the institute.
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and Subarctic stand now in much
the same relation to the rest of
the continent as did the Far West
a century ago,” the booklet states.
‘‘It is a vast frontier little known
and almost entirely undeveloped.
It has recently become assessib'e
by means of long-range aircraft
to a degree undreamed of a few
years ago.”
The booklet points out that the
resources of its lands and seas,
particularly its mineral wealth,
hold promise of economic benefits
for the entire continent. In addi
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tion, this area, covering all of
Alaska and Greenland and 80 per
cent of Canada, has become with
in the past few decades an inter
nationally significant region.
The Institute pledges its great
er support to help develop this
area. Since its founding it has
sponsored, in whole or in part,
160 separate projects. The non
profit organization is responsible
for the scientific program of the
Arctic Research Laboratory at Pt.
Barrow'.
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