The Kusko times., 1937-04-16
TELLS WORKINGS
 OF THE FEDERAL
 SECURITY LAW
(Continued from last week.

security?
 ANSWER: It gives him security in the sense that he can face the loss Of a job without fear of total loss of income. The dismissal slip does not cast him adrift in the sea of economic uncertainty. He knows that under Q system of unemploy- ment compensation he will be able to bridge the period of unemploy- nent with the small weekly income that will be paid to him as his right, not as relief or charity.
 QUESTION: What is this weekly income How long does 1t last?
 ANSWER: That depends upon the particular state or territorial law, which in each instance must be ap- proved by the Social Security Board Geureally speaking, laws enacted to date provide that an unemployed worker, after specified waiting period, will receive 50 per cent of his weekly wage, with about Sl5 as 8 maximum for about Is weeks a year. Paying benefits Is only one side of the picture Of the uneRploy- ment compensation system. The other side lies in the function of finding jobs for every man who reg q most efficient system of -unemploy meFat compensation is not the one that nays the most benefits. but the one which finds the most jobs for the uneuployed. Most peoule would rather have a joh than be idle. even if they draw money during the in- terirn.
 QUESTION: What does unem- ployment compensation cost the. worker?
 ANSWER e That 5s dependent upon the particular state or territor- .al legislation Some state plans al ready approved Eprovile fOr--5eint contributions by the employer and employee and others provide fer con- tribu5ions by thez emslsyer alone Tn 5his eonectlon it. may be said that an unemployment compensation bill In- troduced iH-the regular session Of the Alaska LeglslatErs provided the tax would be assessed against the employer onl y--
 QUESTION: How does typical state plan -wcrkE
 ANSWER: Let us take New HaHapshipe for ar example. them pioxmeut benefits thera are payable beginning -Jauuary | 1888. Every plan has 2 provision where 5y time IS given for reSErYes>te accumulate be- fore benefits become payable. Lets say 2 New Hampshire worker who has been earning S24 week during 1885 and 1857 loses a iebsTE LFebfH< ary, 1888. After waiting period of three weeksa hes will be entitled to. SIP a week for the maximum dura- ton of 16 weeks His contribution 70 the enpleymens fund -KaS 'sne- half of one per cent Of his weekly wage for 1936 and ane per cent Of his weekly wage for 1887 and for that part of 1888 during (which he was employed.
 QUESTION:: What does. that mean. in dollars and cents.
 ANSWER: II means the worker paid 12 cents q week oHt sf his wag- es Sn 1887 and in the four weeks of. embl0yusert :n 1888. If he was reg ularly employed through this entire period, he contributed total of $19.6s. The total amount 5f benefits he may draw during 1888 Is $192,. or nearly ten times the amount of his contribution
 QUESTION: What about the farm laborer and the domestic servant They are excluded under the proyi- siofs' sf the Social Security Act and the State laws.
 ANSWER: Yes, certain forms of labor are excluded, among them ag- ricalturai labor, domestic servants in g private home, certain maritime employment, Government service, and a few others involving relatively small groups. The Social Security Acs. however, through its unemploy- nnent compensation provisions, bene- fits all classes of society-labor, cap Ital, agriculture, and the public in general.
 QUESTION:: How IS that
 ANSWER: In receiving unemploy- ment compensation the unemployed worker helps the ranks Of employed labor by continuing to be consum- CT. His income Is decreased, but 1t s not eliminated, and his credit is not destroyed. Not the least cause of the last depression was the al most simultaneous stoppage of all the wheels of industry. By maintain mg consumption, the payment of un- employment compensation retards thss stoppage and makes 1t possible for production to continue, even though at slower pace