The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-20
SOCIAL SECURITY INTRODUCED. IN UPPER HOUSE.
Lengthy Document Would Provide Set-up in Line,
 National Legislation

 A bill aimed to set up Social Se- curity in the Territory of Alaska
 cooperation with the Federal
 legislation was introduced in the
 Territorial Senate today by the i
 joint committee of the two houses on Social Security. Briefly known as the Alaska Unemployment Com pensation Law, the measure pro- vides a complete set-up for unem- 1 ployment compensation in the Ter ritory similar to the national plan and provides for an Unemployment Compensation Commission of three members, to be appointed by the Governor, to administer the act, one of which shall be the actual execu- tive working on a full time salary of $6,000 a year to handle the mat ter. A bill dealing with another phase of Social Security was in- troduced earlier The new measure is AT pages in length and is com |prehensive outline of the program No action is anticipated on any of the Social Security legislation un- til the special session
 Several other bills, resolutions and memorials were introduced in the Senate this morning. A reso-l lution by Senator Roden would ap- propriate $3OOO0 for the installa- tion of radio telephones in isolated communities. A memorial by the same author asks Congress to amend the Organic Act, giving the Legis-
 lature authority to change the business and occupational license, tax laws Senator Roden also presented a bill which would appro-
 priate $2o,OOo to compensate jani-
 tors, charwomen and other work
 CTS in the Federal and Territorial
 building getting less than $15O per month.
 Patterson Measure
 Senator Patterson is the author of a memorial and bill introduced to- i, day The bill provides for rules and regulations to govern auto
 transportation companies in the Territory and provides for bond, li- cense fee and so forth. His me-
 morial urges on Congress the pas sage of the Dimond bill which
 provides prohibiting use of traps,
 weirs and pound nets for fishing fin Alaska and also limits certain types of salmon fishing to residents.
 A fish trap memorial was recently
 killed in the House.
 Two other bills made their ap- pearance, one by Senator Walker
 providing that importers of malt
 beverages pay an importers license
 and one by Senator Rivers by re- Iquest, providing an appropriation
 of $20,0OO to be set aside in an emer- gency fund to be used in aiding in times of disaster such as slides, l fires, floods, searching parties, and etc.
 Axe Swinging
 The Senate had it's axe in opera tion for a time today and three
 House measures were beheaded by it's nicely timed swings. Among those bills to lose their opportunity | to become law at this session were Nell Scott's bill to authorize incor- operation of public utility districts outside of incorporated towns. The Coffey memorial. urging the Presi- dent to extend the colonization pro- gram in Alaska, particularly to the town of Homer, also dropped into the corpse basket via the indefinite 1, postponement route. The Dan
 Green-Ross bill which would have loffered a reward for information leading to conviction of persons running wolf pelts in from Canada for bounty also was defeated.
 The Senate passed five small measures dealing with road requests land law revisions.
 It will meet Monday morning at o,p