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l.B.M, 133631-BACK
your record for railroad retirement
l. TOTAL REPORTED TO DECEMBER 31,1S37, shows service months and wages reported as earned by you from January 1,1937, to December 31,1937.
3. TOTAL REPORTED TO DECEMBER 31,1938, shows service months and wages reported as earned by you from January 1,1937, to December 31,1938. K there were no adjustments It will be the sum of items 1 and 2. Any difference between item 3 and the sum of items 1 and 2 represents adjustments reported In 1938 by your employers to correct errors or omissions in their original reports of your 1937 senricfi months and wages. Note that item 2 is the amount you earned In 1938. It may differ from the amount you were actually oaid in 1938. For example, if in June, 1938, you had been paid $75 for time tost in April, 1937, this $75 would not be included in items 1 or 2. It would be included in item 3.	-	-
The amounts shown on this certificate are subject to additions or deductions reported hereafter by your employers to adjust their reports. If this statement dees not agree with your iwn re jrds, write to the DIRECTOR. BUREAU OF WAGE AND SERVICE RECORDS, RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., at once, giving full information.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
To qualify for benefits you must have earned in the base year 1938 a total of $150 from employment subject to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and must meet certain other requirements. Benefits are payable for each day of unemployment in excess of 7 during any period of 15 consecutive days.
You may not receive benefits for more than 80 such days within the 12 months beginning with the first period of unemployment for which you receive benefits. If you are continuously unemployed, you may draw benefits for as long as 5 months.
Except for part-time workers, the rate and maximum amount of benefits are based on total annual wages earned in the base year, as follow
Base	Daily Benefit	Maximum	Base	Daily Benefit	Maximum
Year Wages	Rate	Benefits	Year Wages	Rate	Benefits
$150-$199.99	$1.75	$140	$ 750-$1,024.99	$2.50	$200
200- 474.99	2.00	160	1,025- 1,299.99	2.75	220
475- 749.99	2.25	180	1,300- and over	3.00	240
Examples: If wages in item 2 were $613.18, benefit rate would be $2.25, maximum benefits$180. If wages in item 2 were $1,103.29, benefit rata would be $2.75, maximum benefits $220.
WHEN YOU WISH TO MAKE A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS YOUR FOREMAN, SUPERVISOR. OR EMPLOYING OFFICER WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO FILE IT.