t 17th Legislature
By Senator Howard Lyng
17th. Legislature continued- - -
For the first time in the history
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(Alaska), they have voluntarily
transferred jurisdiction of two
groups of natives to the Territory,
dependent native children and
native juvenile delinquents; these
now come under the A. D. C. and
Juvenile Code Acts, administered
by the Territorial Department of
Public Welfare.
• A great deal of credit for the
passage of this forward looking
legislation is due to Russell May
nard, Director of the Department
of Public Welfare, who negotiated
the agreements with Mr. Don Fos
ter, General Superintendent of
^ the Bureau of Indian Affairs, pre
pared the two bills which he in
troduced in the House through
Rep. Peratrovich of Klawok and
Rep. Bess Cross of Deering; and
to Senator O. D. Cochran, who as
chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee made an intensive
* stduy of all of the implications
involved in this history-making
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legislation, and recommended the
passage of these two Acts. Both
of these measures passed the Sen
ate without a dissenting vote.
One of the most popular and
meritorious pieces of legislation
enacted into law was the Anti
Discrimination Bill of Rep. Ed
ward Anderson, long time Coun
j oilman and Mayor of Nome. It
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j passed the House of Representa
, tives 19 to 5 and the Senate 11 to
5, thus meeting with the ap
proval of 30 of the 40 members of
the Legislature, only 10 dissent
j ing.
There is nothing in this act
that refers, even remotely to so
cial equality—it merely seeks to
restore to those United States citi
zens, comprising half of the Ter
ritory’s population, that portion
of their Constitutional rights that
has been taken away from them
by a small minority of the white
residents of Alaska—this was the
opinion of two-thirds of the Leg
islature.
Senator Cochran introduced a
similar bill in the Senate, which
the Senate voted upon favorably,
but when Representative Ander
son’s bill came over to the Senate,
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Senator Cochran withdrew his
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measure, for the Senate rules pro
vide that an identical bill from
the House takes precedence over
the Senate bill.
Under the United States Social
Security Act of 1935, three sub
divisions were defined: 1. Old age
assistance (pensions), 2. Old age
insurance, 3. Unemployment com
pensation. In 1937 our Legisla
ture brought the Territory within
the jurisdiction of Federal Social
Security.
Unemployment compensation is
paid solely by the employer into
a fund administered by the Un
; employment Compensation Com
mission at Juneau for the benefit
of the employee, there is now in
this fund approximately seven
million dollars. ,
As originally set up no em
ployer had to pay anything into
this fund unless he had 8 or more
j employees. This session amended
the law to read that an employer
i of 1 or more employees comes
within the provisions of the Act.
Also the maximum received was
raised from $16 to $20 per week,
and the period of weeks raised
from 16 to 20 weeks.
Two other measures that are
considered by many as both pro
gressive and constructive are: 1.
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; Reduction of voting age from 21
to 18 years. 2. Reduction of resi
dential requirement for divorce
purposes from 2 to 1 year.
These two measures differ from
the others that have been de
scribed, inasmuch as they are me
morials to Congress requesting
that Congressional action be
taken to make the necessary
j changes in the Organic Act, which
is the Act of Congress that estab
lished Alaska’s Legislature in
1912, describing its duties, pow
ers and limitations.
In this Organic Act the voting
age is placed at 21 years and the;
residential requirement for di- j
vorce is stated at 2 years. Only
Congress can change the Organic
Act, but will usually do so at the
request of the Territorial Legis
lature.
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I World’s Champ
; Sled Races To Be
Run Next January j
Under the rules of the Interna
tional Sled Dog Ass’n, with head
quarters at 3323 Michigan Blvd.,
Chicago 16, the world’s cham
pionship sled dog races will be
run Jan. 23, 1946 on a 50 mile
trail . between Milwaukee and
Chicago, with minimum cash
prizes to the winners of $500 for
first, $200 second winning team;
and $100 to the third, announced
Capt. Will Judy, president.
There will be a second race of
ten miles, the Speedburst Race
with prizes of $100, $50, $25. Ad- j
ditional prizes for the team that
finishes in best physical condi
tion; driver who shows most con
sideration for his team; and for
best equipment in harness and
sled.
Teams can consist of any num
ber of dogs from five up and can
be of any breed. Papers not
necessary. Only one driver per
team. No limits on weight or
length of sled. Any kind of hitch
acceptable.
Veterinarians will examine
dogs at starting point and finish
ing line. All dogs starting must
finish. If necessary, disabled dogs
will be carried on their team sled.
Teams will leave starting line at
three minute intervals.
Entries can be accepted from
teams in U. S., Canada and other
countries. Entry fee $25. Speed
burst race $10.
Drivers and owners of sled
dog teams are urged to do as
much training of dogs this winter
as possible while weather con
ditions permit.
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