The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 10, 1941, Page 5

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 10,194]. REAPPORTIONMENT OF ALASKA LEGISLATURE TAKEN UP AT HEARING ne) (Continuea from Page O hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Union No. 1501, Ketchi- kan; Juneau Mine and Mill Work- Union, Local 203; Alaska Asso- ion of Women Voters, Juneau; s. R. R, Hermann, President, Al- aska Federation of Women's: Clubs. Crystal Snow Jenne, member of 15th Session of Alaska Legislature from the First Division. J. D. Lander, member of 15th Session of Alaska Legislature from the Fourth Division. William A. Egan, member of 15th Session of Alaska Legislature from the Third Division. Mrs. Milo C. Caughrean, resident of Flat, Alaska, Fourth Division. Those opposed are listed as fol- lows: Anchorage Chamber of Com- merce, Cordova Chamber of Com- merce, Bethel Chamber of Com- merce, Northwestern Alaska Cham- ber of Commerce, Nome; Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Fairbar Chamber of Commerce, Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, Nome. Brief Excerpis The following brief excerpts are taken from Mr. Dimond's oral statement to the Committee: . “In drafting the act Legislature, .it was found conveni- ent to use these four judicial di- visions as election districts, and so it was provided In' the law that each of the judicial divisions should have equal representation in the Legislature and that four members of the House and two members .f the Senate should be elected to the Legislature from each of the four divisions. So each division, ir- respective of population, has iden- tically the same representation in the Alaska Legislature, namely, two Senators and four Representatives. No provision was made in the law with respect to reapportionment which might be found desirable from changes in population. Even at that time, there was some dis~ parity among the divisions as to population, but that disparity was not sufficiently great to excite any substantial adverse comment, and the citizens of Alaska were so de- sirous of having any kind of Legis- lature that they did not argue miuch about the way in which the members of the Legislature should \ s will have a membership of five in|doubt as to whether such a modi- each house of the Legislature with fication is valid in principle or for | creation of the Alaska Territorial’ |cept bne reside in the City of Ju- neau, and all of the members of| both House and Senate of the Third Division except two reside lin the City of Anchorage. In the | second Division, all members of | the both houses reside in Nome, |and in the Fourth Division all | Members of the Legislature except | imm reside in Fairbanks. | | Arguments in Favor i . . “The self-evident slmpncl-‘ then be chosen. |ty and justice in fundamental, Authorized Selections ‘Pl'mmplr of the bill are the best i . “The bill before us pro- &rguments in its favor. It is scarce- poses that one member of the|ly necessary to urge upon any man House of Representatives and one OF woman who ‘believes in the member of the Senate shall be!soundness of the essential princi- elected from each judicial division|ples of our government that repre- for each 4,000 of the population of:entation in the Legislature should that division. Since Alaska has a be apportioned in accordance witn few hundred more than 72,000 in|population. I think all will con- people, according to the 1940 cen-|cede that this is one of the basic sus, the use of 4,000 as a unit for|principles of government in a de- the election of a member of the|mocracy, the principle that the ma- Senate and a member of the House| jority shall have the legislative and of Representatives is highly con- | executive power, subject to consti- venient. This unit also operates|tutional restrictions, and not the best to prevent any injustice to the!mlnorny. No one can really justify citizens of any division, For ex-|minority rule in Alaska, and yet ample, that unit will give to the|that is precisely what we have at First Division a membership of six|the present time. I can imagine in each house of the Legislature; cCircumstances where it might be with a surplus fraction of 1,241.[considered proper ta modify the The Second Division will have thre=|rule for the adequate protection of members in each house of the Leg-jan agricultural population as islature with a minus fraction in|against an urban population, but votes of 123. The Third Division| even in such cases there is grave a minus fraction in votes of 688.practice. In Alaska, we have no The Fourth Division will have four!condition to warrant any deviation | members in each house of the Leg-!from the principle that the peo-| islature with a surplus fraction ot ple should be represented in the| 88 votes. Geographical Districts . “There is one other pro- | Legislature, and not mere naked| land or rivers or lakes or moun-| | tains or wild animals such as bears| apprectation™ of * Mr. Dintond’s” sins cerity and fairness in this matter. I am sure that it is his desire that you will consider all of the evi- dence on both sides of this bill. “First, I would like to offer for the record a radiogram received June 21 from the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce, signed by C. G. Shattuck, President of the Cham- | ber, reading as follows: “Please appear for Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce at hearing before Committee on Territories on H. R. 4397 Chamber's report and argument and see that report made part of record of hearing and present all other arguments in opposition any amendment organic act at this time.” “I would also like to offer for the record another radiogram dated at Juneau, Alaska, June 21, from H. L. Faulkner, of Juneau, Alaska, who is an attorney representing mining and fishing corporations and who is also an old citizen of long stand- ing in the Territory. That radio- gram reads as follows: “Reports against H. R. 4397 by Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Fair- ibanks Chambers were. made after several weeks' deliberation and dis- cussion and examination of the facts. Other organizations which have endorsed bill have done so on request and without any delib- eration or examination of facts. Be- fore any consideration given any changes organic act there should be allowed full discussion in Al- aska by people and legislature.” Reads Statement Capt. Davis read to the Commit- | tee the statement of the Juneau| Chamber of Commerce and theén vision of the bill which I deem of and caribou. There are no large substantial importance and that Cities in Alaska. This bill attempts| is the provision which [to put into practice in Alaska the| authorizes | i the Legislature of Alaska to estab- | Principle to which I have referred| lish geographical legislative dis-| —that citizens and not_bare tun- ! tricts within the several judiclal dj-|9r8, OF great wealth, or enormous visions - from which members of economic power and influénce the Senate and the House of Rep-(Should be represented In the Legls- resentatives allocated as provided lature. in the bill to such several judicial| divisions may be elected, to pre- scribe the boundaries of such dis- tricts and to make necessary pro- visions with respect to the election of members of the Legislature from| such districts. Purpose of Provision “The purpose of this provision, as will be apparent, is to enable the Legislature to make adequate provisions for representation in the Legislature of all sections of the Territory. At the present time, there is a tendency to have the member- ship of the Legislature chosen| largely from a few of the cities of | Alaska. For example, in the 1941 Legislature all of the First Divis- ion members of the Legislature ex- Self-Government . ... "“The citizens of Alaska are ardently desirous for the largest possible measure of self-govern-| ment, Self-government does not! mean and has never meant govern- ment by a minority. To the extent that we have government by min-; ority in Alaska, to that same ex- tent are we deprived of the fuul measure of self-government which we can rightly enjoy under terri- torial status. Wha‘t is being sought| in this bill is a real. representative government, a government which represents the people of the Ter- ritory. That is all that is asked for, and that'is what we have a| right to demand. | Fair ‘ Proportionate . +. . “If proportionate represen- Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! HAULING OF ALL KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire Highway Delivery PHONE 374-—Juneau At the Empire Printing Company H. R. “SHORTY" WHXTFIELD,- Owner WA tation in the Alaska Legislature.is to be had at all, I suggest that no fairer method of accomplishing| that purpose can be conceived than the one embraced in this bill. Here it is sought to make the Alaska Legislature refleet as truly as is possible the will of the citizens of the Territory. There is no other practicable way to accomplish pro-, portionate representation in the Legislature. The use of 'the returns of each decennial census for real- location in- accordance with -popula- tion of representation fn the Ter- ritorial Legislature Will ' serve to keep the Legislature always respon- sive to the will of the people. It is ‘obviously impossible to make any mbre frequent reapportionments or to: base those reapportionments on any. other ground. Neither the Fed- eral Government nor the Territor- jal Government would care to take a census in’ Alaska every two years or four or every five years. As w matter of necessity, we must rely upon the national decennial census, and then follow the returns of each census for legislative representa- tion as soon as possible after the results of the cepsus are available. “Resistance to: this bill is simply and starkly resistance and opposi- tion to the principle of proportion- ate representation, No disguise, no plea for procrastination and -delay can :make anything else of it.” Davis 'at Opening Capt. Davis .opened. his statemerit by saying: “Mr.. Chairman,’ my name is James V. Davis. My, resi- dence is Juneau, Alaska., I am ap- pedring this' morning. on sbéhalf 'of the Juneau, Alaska, - Chamber of Commerce, and also jn my own in- terest as a citizen of Alaska, and as a member -of - the -Territorial Legislature House " of Representa- tives representirig ‘the Pirst Divis- 'First T would ‘like to express my THAT ISN'T. NT YOU TO continued as follows: “Since'the Chamber has request- ed me to appear here and present this argument, they have not sup- plied me. with any additional ay- gument except that which is set forth in their brief that Mr. Di- mopd submitted for the record yes- terday. That is what they have asked to be made a part of the record. I think that presents their side of the matter quite thorough- ly, and there is nothing left for me to do except to present my own opinton and views on the matter, which I think are also the views of a great many residents of the ‘Territory. “Since arriving in Washington T| have been: requested by. the Ju-| neal"Chamber of Commerce torep- resent that body at this hearing and present argument against H. R. 4397. Bince that Chamber has pre- sented 'its views in a brief submit- ted by Mr, Dimond and has not supplied me with any additional argument against the bill, I can' only state ‘my personal' views '-and those that I. know are held by many Alaskans. “So. far as the House membership is concerned, we are heartily in; favor of representation according to population, but realize that that condition will be hard to determine| because of the rapidly shifting pop- ulation. There is no doubt that the| Third Division now . has a larger| population ‘than the First andthat| it 1s. likely to. be. much more. 50| by the next election in 1942, yet this . bill weuld grant .them less representation than the First Di- vision.” /s A The statement of Capt. Davis fol- lowed in general terms the argu- ments against the bill set forth in the brief of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. He also told the Committee of the proceedings with, respect to the income tax bill con- | sidered by the last Legislature,say-! ing that as amended the bill would] have raised about $109,000 per an- num but that the tax commission necessary to conduct the work would| cost about $50,000. | To Draft New Bill It was decided by the Commit-| tee on Territories that a new bill would be drafted and introduced to provide for a Senate of 16 mem- bers, four from each of the four| | judicial ‘divisions, regardless of population, and a House of Rep-| resentatives of 24 members . elect- ed on the basis of population. The new . measure ‘will ‘embrace the clarifying amendment suggest-| ed by the Secretary of the Interior| and ‘the amendments recommend- ed by the Director of the Bureau| of the Budget, the effect of which| 1d be to have the Federal Gov-| ernment pay the salaries- and mile- age of the members for eéach regu lar blennial session, thé.#mount of which would'be approximately $52.-| 000; the Territory to bear the re- mainder ‘of the legisiative expenses whith under ordinary cirgumstan next Monday and present| RAINIERS IN ANOTHER WIN OVERBEAVERS Sacramento Given Sefback| by San Diego-Stars, Seals Victorious (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Seaitle Rainiers pushed fur- ther toward the Pacific Coast League's leading Sacramento Sol- ons when they scored a second straight victory over Portland last night, while San Diego Padres handed Sacramento a second | straight setback. Seattle got two runs in the first inning when pitcher Ad Liska walk- ed the first three men to face him Sacramento and San Diego played a close mound duel until the ninth | inning when the Padres scored| three runs. Rich held the Solons to | |six hits while the Padres got only | four off two Sacramento hurlers, agprias e G e S S Dependable Performance day after day is what makes a refrigerator thrifty and con- venient—and you get it in a G-E! Low Operating Cost means savings month after month—and you get it in a G-E! Long Life means a lasting investment—and you get it in a G-E! Of course you also get the size and the features you waat in a GE- There is a new 6.2 Cubic Ft. Model for Only $134.95 ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Prietas and Turbeville. San Francisco pounded three Oakland twirlers for 10 hits and a victory. * Hollywood went on a batting ram- | Evergreen - | GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League Seattle 7; Portland 2. Bowl Play | | Baktort j Y | and .Beattle baseball teams had to page to defeat the Angels ot Los F F | (Shinney Golf Will Again . Be Fealured - News | of Swimming Pool | Shinney golf is to again be the Pct. | feature at the field day at the 663 | Evergreen Bowl tomorrow. The golf| .551icourse is in good shape and there .5‘7|should be a large number of con- 484/ testants. There will be six prizes 483 for this event with three going to .|fl|mr boys and three to the girls. The "solevem will be open to any person 3 l}up to 16 years of age who has reg- Pet, |Istered for the event not later than ‘01.';‘1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. 632 Hollywood 8; Los Angeles 2. San Francisco 7; Qakland 3. San Diego 4; Bacramento 1. National League No games scheduled. American League No games scheduled. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost 63 32 .51 41 52 43 44 41 44 51 43 80 40 83 36 56 National League Won Lost Sacramento Seattle San Diego Hollywood San Francisco ... Los Angeles Oakland Portland fli'ooklyn St. Louis ... New York Cineinnati . Pittsburgh Chicago | Other events will fill in the after- ko (noon, making it a gala event for Juneau’s youngsters. Swimming Pool The attendance at the bowl for the past week has been exception- ally good, both in the evening by adults and in the daytime by the younger group. Many eyes have been cast anxiously at the swim- ming pool with inquiries pouring in by the hundreds. The fencing| qn the pool is finished and the two| dressing houses are rapidly neulng“ completion. A board for a spring-| board has been purchased and work | on construction will start immedi-| ately. The pool, when completed, will be the answer to one of Ju- neau's greatest needs, a place wherc‘ all, adults and children, may learn to swim under proper supervision and with competent instruction. It is hoped that the pool will be ready for use within a short time. Archery Interest Interest in archery is obviously growing with the permanent target being used almost every evening the weather permits. X Adults have been using the horse- shoe courts nights but there is still room for more and if the demand is great enough more courts will be constructed. Friday Events The following list of events will be run off tomorrow afternoon in, the order listed: 1. Shinney Golf Tournament (both boys and girls up to 16 years of age. 2. Girls' 25-yard dash, ages 4-6| years, 3. Boys' 25-yard dash, ages 4-6| years. . 4. Girls’ 25-yard double hop race, ages 7-9 years. 5. Boys' 25-yard double hop race, ages 7-9 years. 6. Girls’ 30-yard double hoprace, ages 10-13 years, 7. Boys' 30-yard double hop race, Shenskes I_BEBBEY Phfladeiphia .. American League E New York .. Cleveland .. Boston Chicago Detroit Philadelphia St,iLouis . Washington 26 ,~ fGastineau Channel Won 5 2 @ -4 SaaaSssg ua.,ggt.asssa s Mgdse ... Douglas SIGNALS OFF SEATTLE, July 10—Los Angeles | figupe on swiping a brand new set of signals when they clashed at Beattle recently. Reason: Seattle traded catcher Gilly Campbell to Ld&s Angeles for. catcher Bob “Rip” Collins, 5o both Coast League teams had to rig up new sets of signals. es would not exceed $20,000, such expenses in the past having been approximately #18,8800 for each regular session. The Territory will also pay all expenses of any spec- ial session. 'The -Committee further ordered that when the bill was drafted and approved by the Chairman, it should be reported favorably and that the Chairman of the Com- mittee would use all parliamentaty means to secure favorable consid- eration of the measure in the House. ages 10-13 years. All- testimony received at the| 8, Qirls’ 50-yard double hop race, hearings, including the complete ages 14-16 years. statements of the Delegate and of 9. Boys' 50-yard double hop race, Capt.: Davis, and the several reso- ages 14-16 years, lutions and letters and telegrams 10." Boys' and girls’ archery long presented, ‘will be printed in the range ground target shooting. (Ages record of ‘the hearings. 12-16, equipment will be furnished.) way radios ‘and sensitive altimeters ground. This caused a little easier breath- ing in those aeronautical ecircles that feared the appointment of a traffic cop for the skyways would wreck the private flying as well as the civilian pilot training program —that vast reservoir out of which the Army and Navy are drawing so many of their flying cadets.| Whether it is a complete solution| remains to be seen. It doesn’t eliminate one of the| Army's chief grouches, namely| that secreg air maneuvers are handicapped by civillan flying. A secret maneuver can't very well be secret if the Army has to notily dozehs of 'airport dispatchers just what it plans to do and when. It is believed, however, that stratification of traffic on a 30,000~ mile skyway network will simplify matters not only for the flyers but for those men who keep the radio beams buzzing in the nation’s 400 range stations. { How the whole thing started isn't posjtive, but in recent weeks a lot: of stories have been drifting into Washington about congestion as & result of military aviation, One such was that of a kitteriish Army must stay within 3,500 feet of the | a midwestern port, hit the runwcy pilot, tall man in a formation flight, had decided to practice an| Immelman turn on the tail of aj AN R I AR R DO YOU WANT MOST OF ALL IN A REFRIGERATOR? Traffic Jam on Highways Of Air Feared; Ceiling Is Temporarily | (Continued from Page One) | coss-country airliner. Apparently, | the fellow didn't come close, but Esla_blishefl it was near enough to scare the daylights out of a few passengers. Another report was that an Army pilot, given the all clear to land his high speed fighter plane on just as a student flyer was taxiing his little plane across the field. The Army pilot had to spin his plane and rip off a wing to avoid a col- lision. These stories were numer- ous and undoubtedly gave rise to the fact that something should be done. Any mention of a traffic jalm &n the highways of the air at this point, however, is especially @mus- ing in view of what Charles Stan- ton, Deputy Administrator of the Civilian Aeronautics Authority,onze told me’ $0G borobaeds 1 “Our program and our plans here are not just aimed at next week or even next year. We are looking forward to the day when the United States will have 300,- 000 to 500,000 airplanes. That's just about one plane for every 60 autps, which certainly isn't too much tc expect. On that basis, within a 25- mile radius of New York City, there would be 50,000 planes. And when that time comes, we will be ready to handle the situation with- out any complications.” ¥ 8o these are just the horse buggy days of aviation, ————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS e