The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT "RIGHTS" BILL TOPS HURDLE, UPPER HOUSE Senate Detrééses Viola- tion Penalty-Whaley Amendment Lost Equal been One Right bones of col n in both hou of t T lature terday f d one step ment The posed la withdrawn L O: D. Coc n Senate to center House ready lower ¢ ed one measure, violation to the it was regular until those Sel have made their The fireworks ate Bill author permit tion had al- by the adopt- House Fi pro- Senator the on con te to the the penalty wed the bill along sage ge, where left reappear the calendar; probably not ators going to Sitka return which have been touched off at each previous con- sideration of the “Equal Rights law, were much in evidence again at the session yesterday afte The spark provided by an am ment proposed by Senator F Wi ey, was intended, according to his remarks, a precaution concerned mainly. with health as- pects Those Senators who were up behind the bill in its original form, however, decried his amend- ment as an attempt at “hedging,” a “joker” and an effort to “sabo- tage” the legislation. Senator Coch- ran took the lead in the attacks on the amendment and was well launched on a spirited oration when he was brought up sharply by Senator Rogge’s rising to point of order, which was not sus- tained. Supporting Cochran's view were Senators Andy Gunde Don Carlos Brownell, N. R. Walker and Frank Gordon. The Senate was split five on the amendment when it was brought to a vote, with Sen- aters Rogge, Tolbert Scott, Gren- old Collins and Allen Shattuck backing Whaley. The move to lessen the penalty was proposed in an amendment by Senator Shattuck. He asked that 30 days in jail, $50 fine, or be set instead of the and $250 fine called f as it passed the House Cochran oppose the final pa to on as lined nine to Senator Shattuck s Hanford, | amendment pleading f | “court consideration” in the matter [An amendment to the amendment | proposed by Senator Walker, wa | adopted. It changed the penalty tc not more than days in jail not more than $250 fine, or both In that Bill No ed se in the '5DAYS LOPPED - OFF LIMIT FOR ENTERING BILLS Joint Rules Adopted fo 1945 Session in Joint Meeting Yesterday also, I ate r the Terri- ot around of pro- The two chambers of torial Legislature finally to adopting “Joint Rules cedure, yesterday, when they met together briefly at 2:15 o'clock in the afternoon. The joint rules of the 1943 session were approved to govern the 1945 session, with but three amendments The three amendments resulted in two principal in the rules 1—It s one of the adopted changes now mandatory that three members appointed from each house to a conference committee shall be selected from those legislators voting on the mi- nority side on the issue. 2—The fortieth day of the, ses- sion, in place of the forty-fifth day, is now the last day on which bills may be introduced in either house without suspension of rules; ALASKA AIRLINES IN FROM WEST YESTERDAY An Alaska Airlines plane brought tne following passengers from An- chorage late yesterday afternoon: Pearl Gibson, John R. Dodge, J. E. Cooper, Col. F. J. Leary, Eugene Smith, Lee Swift, Michael Griffiths, Michael Gulyas. Gustavus to Juneau — CIiff. Leaving this morning for Anchor- age were the following: R. J. Som- mers, Willard McAllister James Smith, Clifford Benzel, O. C. Bob- bitt, Martha McCormick, Mrs. Hulett. Mrs. Roy i E MRS. HANF HERE G ford, Representative Fred Mayor of Wrangell rived in Juneau on the North to join her husband for the mainder of the legislative session. Mrs. Fred Territorial re- % g and SEEE what arrived on this BOAT ® Phone 16 or 24 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE- -JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1945 SENATE SPEEDS RESOLUTIONON i SEA LIONLAWS Sen- Loaded Cafirdar Tackled in Long Session on Wednesday ! While the ual Rights” issue and a joint session with the House were the feature bits of business {transacted by the Alaska Senate yes- terday afternoon, that body also |got in several other good licks to- ward clearing up its over-burdened | calendar. Senate Bill No. 8, the land egistration measure introduced by Senator N. R. Walker, was amended to require advertising both for sale at public auction and for lease, of 1ds that may be acquired by the Territory under its provisions. bill was then voted on to reading. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. by Senator Andy Gunder- lsen, was speeded along under sus- pended rules, and, without amend- ment, was given final passage. There {were no dissenting votes. The res- olution asks lifting of present pro- hib s on hunting and killing sea lions in Territorial waters, and pro- vides for the appointment of a com- mittee from the two houses of the Legislature to attend the coming |meeting of the Alaska Game Com- | mission to secure the recommenda- |tion of that body that present regu- lations be lifted. As the meeing of the Alaska Game {Commission was scheduled to open !in Juneau today, the resolution was| | considered by the Senate to be of lan emergency character. i | Senate Biil No. 11, and Senate| nt Memorial No. 1 were con- tinued in second reading until to- morrow. The Education Commimx\; reported out Senate Bill No. 16| without recommendation, and ‘he! Judiciary Committee gave a “do| pass” to Senate Bill No. 13. 'SENATE PASSES " CAPTIVELANDS' - ACT; 15-1 VOTE Sen. Cochran Opposes on Ground There Is No Need for Law af Present After being put on today’s calen- dar at flie request nator N. R Waiker, Senate Bill No. 8, providing for registration of lands, was ap- T d by the Territorial Senate this morning by a 15 to 1 vote. Only Senator O. D. Cocl spoke and voted against the bill, while Senators Don Carlos Brownell, | Frank Whaley and Walker entered {remarks favoring its passage. | Senator Cochran declared’that he thought the provisions of the act, as amended, were not objectional, ex-| cept that he saw no need for it at| all, and that it might necessitate| 73 offere | |a the expenditures of large sums Of|stood by his guns all the way dOWN | {ors are Mrs. Almer Peterson, Mrs. money by some land owners in order|the line in a battle over “]imng”‘ M. J. Walsh, F ¢ The! third| | Liquor Bill Emasculated House Passes Measure 1o Get AppealsInto U, S. District Court ‘ House session in this| I 3 s meeting of the Legisla- ture was marked by the passing of one bill, the emasculating of another | and a preview of oratory to come on| the Teachers' Retirement bill. { Passed under suspension of rules| was Rep. Stanley McCutcheon's le- gal bill Number 39, which would| meke it possible to appeal judgments| |He stingingly rebuked the usurpa- | | tion, e ™ Gt your Einance come| Channel Coast Still jare not going to be allowed lo; porting by committees came in for discussion when a statement by Senator Cochran was challenged by Senator N. R. Walker. Lashes Out President Coffey then took the loor to lash out verbally at what he termed, the manner in which the upper chamber has rushed im- portant measures along without consideration of proper procedure. DUNKERQUE " BLASTED BY ARTILLERY f b or in some instances, negli- ] gence, concerning committee func- tions. {Besieged Port on French “Throw out your Finance Com- | committees,” he exploded, if they H . eld by Nazis perform their duties as they should. | y | Referring to the tax bill, he de- | et clared it “probably the most im.| DOVER, Feb. 8—Allled troops be- | portant of the entire session,” and |Si€8ing the French Channel port ¢¥4 stated that he, as'a member of the |Dunduerque started an artillery | Finance Committee, wanted to be PArrase at 2 o'clock today. Sounds able to familiarize himself with its |Of the shelling still rumbled across | on pleas of guilty in justice courts to the district court. | Emasculated was Rep. Taylor's; and Representative Johnson's liquor license change bill, S. H. Bill 5. The bill had contained a section requir- ing City Council to demand written | evidence on moral unfitness accusa- | ions against denied license aspir-| Yesterday this matter was| struck by amendment, 13 to 11, but} leration of vote from ss Cross, a new vote was held | today with the result unchanged. In! the light of other amendments, not | much remains from the original bill | which now comes up for third I'(‘:ld-i ing on tomorrow’s calendar. i With the amendment stage battle | over on the liquor license bill, Rep-| resentatives tock up for amendment| Rep. Peterson’s Teachers' Retire-!| ment bill | Representative Mike Walsh from | Nome, long a member of the Terri-{ torial Board of Education, sounde the keynote for the proponents of the new measure when he declared, | “This is something we owe our, teachers. They get no Buarantee for their old age and yet they are content to work for the common| good at salaries far below those earned by waitresses who might not | need more than a seventh grade educaticn. This bill is lcng over- due.” With second reading just be-| gun, the House recessed at noon un-| til 2 o'clock this afternoon. | In yesterday afternoon’'s session, Representatives passed three legal measures to the Senate, all by Rep. Maurice Johnson, numbers H. B.| 32, 33 and 34, The bills refer, re- spectively, to receiving of stolen property, serving of process on for- eign corporations, and adjudication of estates worth less than $1,000. | LAY 5% SRR COFFEY AFIRE | AT SLIGHTING OF PROCEDURE | |Senate President Profests | Usurpation of Com- | mittee Functions While his felrow Finance Com- mittee members stood back end washed their hands of responsi- bility Senate President Fdward D. Coffey this morning in the Senate| | | | | | | | text before facing a tax cxpert‘me stormy waters three hours| whose purpose is to “sell” the bill |/Ater 5 o et to the Territory. | The German garrison, estimated | President Coffey's scathing casti- |2t 12,000, gomnmndcd by hard_-‘ gation brought most of the Sen-|ldWed Prusslan Vice-Admiral Fri-| ators to their feet, but a motion to| S5 has held Dunquerque against| adjourn, by Senator Walker, a1 | British, French and Czechoslovak | though it lost, quelled most pro-|tF09PS since it was by-passed in | September. | tests. The question was called for on| OMI 500 civilians are believed ' |left in the ruined city. a revised motion, which will leave | \ HQNE AN CHEESE Philadelphia Cream - Kristofferson's Cottage Roquefort - Borden's Spreads in Roka, Sharp, Smokey, Pimento, Relish, Olive Pimento . . . Velveeta Special-2 pound loal e FULL STOCKS FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15.A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 Ber CASH GROCE the bill in pbssession of the Finance | Committee, but will lay it before | a Committee of the Whole Senate, | with the hearing set for 2 o'clock | this afternoon; when Prof. Harsch will be called to the stand. | President Coffey was deserted by | Senator Cochran, and was left| with the only “no” vote at call of | the roll, on both the “Previous Question” and the motion. ———.——— 16 LEGISLATOR ON ROSTER FOR SITKA JOURNEY' Brownell S@esis Health Officers Be Taken on Investigation sAnnouncement au the opening of this morning’s Senate meeting that Legislators going to Sitka on the trip to investigate the Pioneers’ Home would leave this evening, brought about considerable discus- sion on the adviseability of the par- 's being accompanied by a health and sanitation officer. Senator Don Carlos Brownell brought up the suggestion with the ke ation that he had heard “ru- mors” of unsatisfactory conditions, and said he thought the Senators should be informed by competent cpinion if there is need for any measures to prevent the “pioneers| keing eaten by bugs.” President Edward D, Coffey agreed that all such rumors should | be investigated and if found to have no foundation, should be “layed.” These who plan to make the trip {are, Senators Andrew Nerland, H. H. | McCutcheon, O. D. Cochran, Joe | Green; Representatives E. Anderson, Harry Badger, Joe Diamond, Oscar Gill, Robert Hoopes, Andrew Hope, ‘Walter Huntley, Alaska Linck, Al- mer Peterson, C. A. Pollard, Wallace Porter and M. J. Walsh. Wives dccompanying the legisla- ec Z=moasm - o and Mrs, Robert| to register their properties, without!the proposed 102-page Income Tax Hoopes, who will act as Secretary| adding anything to the validity of their titles. “I have heard express-| ed no instance of need for the law,’ he said. e ,———— | Arriving to attend the annual 'meeting of the Alaska Game Com- | mission, Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Ohmer, of Petersburg; Mr. and | Mrs. Hosea Sarber, Petersburg; and | Gordon Springbett of Fairbanks, | arrived today. They are guests at Hotel Juneau. — .- Empire Want-ags bring results! including TANGERINES, BANANAS, TEXAS PINK GRAPE- FRUIT, BRUSSEL SPROUTS, LEEKS, GREEN ONIONS, RADISHES AND MANY OTHERS Juneau Deliveries 2P Douglas Deliv . A Boat Orders Delivered Anyiim measure from committee. Senator Coffey’s ire was roused by a suggestion by Senator Frank Gordon, sponser of Senate Bill No. 12, that the Finance Committee be asked to report the bill' out, without recommendation, in order that it might be placed before a Committee of the Whole. Reason for his request he gave as the possibility that Alfred Harsch, tax corsultant who had framed the measure, might be forced to return to Seattle before those Senators who are to leave turned. It is desirable, Senator Gordon declared, that the full Senate hear an explanation of the bill by Prof. Harsch, as it Jis an “involved measure.” Senator Allen Shattuck, Chair- man of the Finance Committee, declared his willingness to yield the bill, and was later joined by his committee colleagues, Senators Frank Whaley and Leo W. Rogge. The three Senators all stated that they would prefer that Prof. Harsch be called on to explain the bill ,rather than that they should have to answer the questions of the Senate. Shattuck’s Views Senator Shattuck had previously stated that his committee intended to hold the bill until next week in order to give it full study over the intervening weekend. Senator O. D. Cochran was the first to rise in protest over the assumption of committee duties by the body as a whole. He held out |for the benefits to be derived from |“orderly procedure” and declared that he did not believe himself or his fellow-Senators were in a | proper position to ask questions of the tax expert until they had been afforded more time to look into the lengthy bill. “Who Is Harsch?” Senator Cochran asked: “Who is Dr. Harsch; is he a citizen of the Territory?” Does he have the right to come before this body with a bill that will effect all Alaskans? Senator Cochran also declared his belief that the Taxation Com- mittee had “passed .the buck” to the Finance Committee by report- ing back the bill after only brief consideration. 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