The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-03-04
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Employment Security

EmptoNm NmSut ocCaAatg
 Up in Juneau the other day Art Hedges of the Employment Secur- ity Commission advised the Legis- lature that January payments from employment security fund totaled a million dollars and that there now remained in the fund $l,- 500. 0.O00. or. if payments continued at the same rate. the fund would soon be exhausted with income from payroll tax appreciably down at this season of the year.
 Meanwhile. the lawmakers con- sidering the what-to-dO angle ap- peared to be considerable distance apart on a solution. The House had a bill to raise the payroll base sub ject to the 2.7 tax by the employer from the present $3,OOO to $4,SO0 with an additional one per cent to be levied against the em- ployee. The Senate is considering a percen tax and raising the base to ss.s00 subject to tax. It turned down a s4.SO0 proposal earlier. Senate proposals also include re- stricting the number of recipients eligible to receive employment se- curity and slashing the maximum pay from the present top of $70 week to s35 with an extra $5 a week for each dependent up to three.
 Something probably will come out of it Meanwhile. there appears to he feeling among Alaska workers that restrictions are in order. People that work and live in Alaska look little askance at system that permits a worker from the Outside to come up on d job in the summer time and then go south and draw unemployment pay out of the Alaska fund at the rate Of up to SEQ.
 As one worker expressed it: You can get by nicely on $7O a week amid the palm trees"
 There's very definite feeling among Alaska workmen to limit the fund to Alaskans who live. work. and make their home in the Territory. a thought which seems to make considerable sense
 All Is Not We'll
 All is not we'll in the profes- sions. namely. the dental and mad ical profession in Alaska. Dr. Milo Fl. Fritz. recently elected Presi dent of the Alaska Medical So eiety, is irked at the dental pro- fession. says in a communication that the dentists in Alaska enjoy monopoly. demands something be done about the present Dental Practice Act.
 He declares there is a working reciprocal agreement between All aska and the States where an NJ. n licensed to practice in the States can practice in Alaska on payment of the reciprocal license Zee. Says it isn't SO with the den lists. The latter coming in from the Outside have tn take an exam ination whether they are licensed in the States or not. by a board made up of Alaska dentists who. Dr. Fritz hints. might not be too eager to admit further competi- ton.
 Says the good doctor in a lengthy piece. among other things:
 Tn my opinion. the present den- tai board and all those boards serv- ing since l came here to live in 1s4S have demonstrated utter call iousuess to the dental needs of the Alaskan community and enormous incompetence in policing their own professional sphere of activity"
 Stop the Presses
 Just got wire from a young lady who Is something under 24 hours old. Name is Joan Marie Cooniohn: says she weighs six pounds. ls ounces; is 19 inches long. has blue eyes and brown hair. Reports she and her mother. the former Susan Williams. are rrttinw along fine. but that Daddy. Johnny Cooniohn. Is suffering the usual throes of a proud father.
 Sixth grandchild. Grandma: let's gn to press