The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-28
SOCIAL SECURITY
 ADDS IMPORTANCE
 WITH WAR ENDING
Director H. Wade Outlines Four Programs of Ai-
 taCk on Destitusion

With the Nations Social Security Act starting it's second decade, Hugh J. Wade, Director of the Social St. culity Boards office at Juneau, to- day emphasized that social security provides programs of attack on desti- tuition, four of which are now active in Alaska. The offices from which information and assistance related to eacn of the programs can be obtain cd were also listed by MT. Wade.
 At our office in Juneau" he said, we issue social security account cards, help to straighter out any mistake that may be made in the wage records of workers es rrported to the Board, give full information about old-age and survivors insur- arce and handle claims for benefits. The Social Security BoA,a main- tsins only one office in Alaska
 Through our Juneau office seven types Uf monthly insurance bene- fits are paid. On the retirement side, monthly benefits are p9i to insured workers who are 65, their wives at 65, and to any unmarried dependent children under Is.
 'To survivors, monthly benefits are paid to widows of insured work CTS when they are 65 whether or not they have children; to widows re- gardless of age, who have unmarried dependent children under IS in their care; to the dependent children; and, in cases where no wife or child under Is survives worker, to aged depen- dent parents.
 Each month, also, there are lump sum benefit payments made to sur vivors of workers who oic without leaving relatives who are immed- lately entitled to monthly payments. Payment of a lump-sum does not affect in any way the persons right to monthly benefits when he or she becomes entitled to them.
 These payments are not automat- ic," MT. Wade explained "A claim must be filed in every instance. Also, claims are payable only when the worker has an insured status. To learn how such z. status is obtained or find out if this insurance feature of the Social Security Act applies to you, our office in Juneau" he added, will be glad to answer your questions"
 All other programs, MT. Wade ex- plained, are operated by the Terri torial Government with Federal col- Liberation. One of these is another insurance program. It provides un- employment compensation to wolk- CTS in private industry or commerce who work for establishments with one of more employees.
 This program" he said, lis run by the Alaska Unemployment Com mission. The place to go to get in formation about these benefit pay ments is the United States Employ ment Service office located in your
  city. If you are an employer and have questions regarding the pay ment of the taxes, write directly to the Unemployment Commission, at Juneau"
 The two public assistance pro- grams operated in Alaska are old age assistance and aid to dependent children. Monthly cash payments are made to persons who qualify un- der the programs strictly on basis of individual need. This is in con- trast to the insurance programs where the payments are made as a matter of right and without regard to individual need.
 l To give information and help on old-age assistance and aid to de- pendent children, the Alaska De- partment of Public Welfare operates a district office in Juneau, Ketchi- kan, Fairbanks and Anchorage. Information and services at all of these offices are free, and inquiries are welcome" MT Wade said.