The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 6, 1945, Page 2

does experimentation: Department of least have which the ap- federal ory with the pro- hor ‘main- would be For been two agencies to each ritory h good bet of the ral under the Bank- istance other th allocated 1es Act. average by Agriculturé to- st of such .lab- tes is $100,000, declared; besides amount of tmer 3 oy < FLEET ADM. CHESTER W. NIMITZ, left above, commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific fleet and dvance headquarters on the island of top right, shows a view of Guam as it looked just after retaken ances from Guam to Japan, Nimitz's 2 Amecricans, Pacific ocean areas, has announced th Guam, in the Mariana Photc by American forces frox Japs _eventual goal, and to the Philipp! establishment. of hi Map in lower right sho lands, now invaded by t! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ina (weed or s\'\edand type 1 & : _ colorful, brawn¥ bu 3 e ) defini\z‘\/ right at hom Ufl office of club? for care extended to Sigurd Wall- isted, an indigent. It was pointed occurred to alter the situation. Bv SE N ATORS‘mould not be left holding the bag |swung a favorable vote for the Tax Act, which was in the middle | Stands Up Under DEVELOPMENT“M that a similar measure was de- |Little Senatorial sympathy was ex- “bill. 10 to 6. lof second reading when. the Sen- Knife Atfacks ’ |feated in the legislature two years ago and that nothing had since f |tended to the doctor in the case, kut the though that a hospital | Gasoline Tax « 4+, | Senate Bill No. 35. the Gasoline $120,000 Appropriation ators took their noon recess yes- |terday, escaped without session--but rat for lack of trying. Alaska’s Senate yesterday went| The anticipated amendment pro- {all the way out for planned de-i| posed by Senator Cochran to in- clude boats under the bill, failed |velopment of the Territory. The % |Senators loosed the purse strings g m{}teuahle, 'b_‘" -Senn‘tcr ,B{;w {and stacked up their votes in nell went a few steps further when he proposed to strike tax refunds en all gas sold in the Territory, jexcept in inter-state commerce, or favor of the Alaska Development !Board Bill, complete with $120,000 in appropriations. further | |amendments during the afternoon | TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1945 ve Chris Hennings replied It was at this point that Repre- scntative Hope moved anew for in- definite postponement, but the mo- tion was ruled out of order on the same way as a similar moti Representative McCutcheon, with Representative Taylor, strongest | proponents of the bill, asked for sus- |pension of the rules and advance- ment of the measure to third read- ing, but withdrew the motion to permit amendments diccuied in ast week's committee of the wi.cle to be offered. Futile attempts by Representative Peterson to further anenc the bill | inllowed and Shattuck made his mo- ition tc lay the bill on the tatie, " his vote carried, 12 io 11 with V.kovich absent. Vour; for the .abling were Anderson, Gill, 1.00pes, At this point, spectators {gallery began to feel they were get- |ting their money’s and | the REV. ROY OLSON TELLS ROTARIANS ' OF DELINQUENCY |Coast Guard Officers and | SPARS Guests of - Club at Lunch Rotarians were told some of the causes and cures of juvenile de- linquency today by the Rev. Roy Olson, Pastor of the First Lutheran 'Church at Ketchikan. The Rev. Olscn was for a time, 13 years ago, Hope, Johnson, Krause. Poierson, chaplain of a prison and became Pollard, Shattuck, Walsh. Torter jnterested in crime prevention, es- and Linck. pecially among the youth. Guests at the meeting were Lt. Warren Caro, Captain of the Port, USCG, and the three SPAR officers gle specia\ emph “young men's y 4 to make the prcponionz breasted with asis on easY lines— The measure, Senate Bill No. 43, |authored by the Juneau Chamber ‘rf Cemmerce and sponsored by I Senators N. R. Walker and Howard }L\-ng.wnx approved without amend- ment, by a 14 to 2 count. Only Senators Allen Shattuck and Leo [W. Rogge cast their votes in op- | position. Several amendments were pro- |posed, but all were defeated, as the majority of solons determined {to go down the line for the bill ["m is." Senate President Edward D. Coffey, one of the most ardent l!;.nr-k;-xs: cf the proposal, was first !to suggest a change, asking to |strike” a provision in the measure |authorizing the Development Board for export. His amendment would worth, have brought not only water-craft| 'but also farm equipment, tractors, iunder ‘the burden of rules troubles. |draglines, power shovels and all| Taylor moved to take the bill from other types of both stationary and |the table and after "heated debate mobile pqmpmem;from the floor, he was ruled out of motor-powered under the scope of the tax. The |Order, so the Kodiak Representative only to amendment lost by voice vote. The |Mmoved for adjournment |bill was held in second roading‘“'“h‘!m“’ his motion and back an- until ‘today. | other by McCutcheon to take the |5ill from the table, McCutcheon and Personnel Officer in the DCGO, Se- Two measures passed by the | myvlor argued that “other business” | attle; Lt. (j. g.) James Towey, Dis- House were received in the Senate poq wiranspired” through the zd- |trict Personnel Officer with Alaska vesterday: House Bill No. 67, a|joumment motion, so therefore the COBSt Guard Headquarters, Ketchi- special appropriatian for an OPer-| ygtion to remove the bill from the Kan- ator of a car used to carry children |+apie was again in order. " Other guests were R. B. Atwood, lto school, was referred to the| | of the Anchorage Times, Anchorage, 'Finance Committee. House Joint! After a brief recess, proponents and Henry Hogue, Resolution No. 3, for construction jof the bill came back with three = Following lunch and before intre- expenditures for the cities of | changes in vote, Hepe. Xrause ana duction of guests, Jack Fletcher gave who are touring Alaska. They are: Cemdr. Helen B. Schleman, Assist- ant Director of the Women's Re- serve, USCG; Lt. Comdr, Teresa Crowley, former head of the SPAR training station at . Palm Springs, Florida, and the first SPAR officer assigned to the Seventeenth Naval Distriet; Lt. L. Dorothy Bevis, SPAR Speaker Jess Lander began to fidget S |to propose legislation, both f |Federal aid and for Territorial ac- most of your physiaue. . Wrangell, Ketchikan and Douglas, was referred to the Transportation Committee, to be sent on to Fin ! Pollard going with McCutekeon to'a brief report on his meeting with |take the bill from the table by ‘a vote' the Rotary re-districting committee of 14 to 9. {in Seattle. new ¢ on % sentatl mplete ne i\ tat from will be a new field for fof excuses for new bureaus. ntation by the Department Audits Bill Up i iculture, he declared, and it| Fcllowing disposal of the Wl&ex‘ is most unlikely that many agri- |Bill, the Senate took up considera- cuitural developments of vast value |tion of Senator Howard Lyng's will not be opened version of the much-embrofled mining will be gone big industries, then farming, Senator e of our ka will need alker contended. “Audits” Bill. The measure was;on the calendar for final vote, it the author’s request, was we: 5 mitted to second reading, for spe- cific amendment tomorrow. The Senate determined that it would be a good idea to include an appro- Point Raised He also answered a point raised by Senstor Grenold Collins by priation clause in the measuge— tating that his measure also did even though they did receive an T conflict with the Alaska De- opinion from Attorney - General rtment of Agriculture proposed 1 a House bill soon due for con- icn by the Senate. Senator Cellins had declared himself puzzled as to what choice to make finding himself confronted with total three separate agencies with what parallel activities. All have their points, he sajd. It financially possible to have Which to support—an ' b ricultural Experimmtal:m“ Mutual Benefit Associations n Alaska Department crganized under the laws of Alaska lture or the University |MaY insure only a.(tgr medical ex- and its agricultural ex- mination of applicants, was under verimental work? he asked. consideration when the Senators Senator Frank Whaley countered: !decided to recess for lunch, until If we want to keep adding more 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. and more bureaus, we'll soon have Mote. length " was deqd to . the Henry Roden that the allocation of money in the General Appropria- tions Bill would suffice to take care of the costs, and would per- haps be the more expiditious way of handling the appropriation, of | | One other measure, Ilcuse Bill |No. 10, was posted for third read- |ing in the Senate today. The pro- |posal to eliminate a requirement s not three ric ka {tion. Senator Coffey’s opposition to | provisions was based on fear that |it might “make for polit] in the |administration of the act. | Appropriation Affirmed | Most concerted attack was direct- fed ance. | “Committee Approvals Reported back to the Senate by the Transportation Committee were Senate Joint Memorials Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19—all authorizing expenditures for roads and airports. All were approved by at the appropriation. Senator attuck moved to reduce the meunt provided to $40,000 for the | biennium, while Senator O. D. ;Cuchl'ml wanted for a time to|turned loose Senate Joint Resolu- \strike the entire appropriation ticn No. 7, passing it along to Edu- |clause. The Nome Senator suggested [cation, Public Health and Morals that the appropriation would better| The Labor Committee said “dc ibl’ left to the General Appropria-|Pass’ to Senate Bill No. 39 and Itions Bill. He back-tracked and banded it over to the Judiciary {withdrew his amendment, however, 8roup- {when an opinion of Alaska’s At-| Judiciary reported out fcur meas |torney General was expressed that UFe€S: House Bill No. 28, House no monies could be provided from Joint Memorial No. 10 and Senate the General Appropriation unless J0int Memorial No. 9. All werc |a specific sum were first named @PProved by the committee. Senate in the Development Bill. |Joint Memorial No. 10 received no Senator Shattuck backed his récommendation. |proposal for a lesser sum by ref-' The Committee on Municipal Af- lerence to data already compiled [airs and Public Utilitics gave a by the old pre-war Alaska Planning 40 Pass” with amendments, re- |Couneil, which expired in 1941, Port to Senate Bill No. 48. He declared the great present need Substitute for House Bill No. 4, “}is, to make that information avail- the Fishermen's Relief bill, which able to those interested in Alaska. WS 'UP again on yesterday’s Senate President Coffey stepped down calendar; was put over to be the from the rostrum, to counter that {irst order cf business on Wednes- | he did not think the Alaska Plan- 98y, at the request of .Senator ning Council had ever accomplished Andy Gundersen, who said he was the purpose for which it was in- On the trail of additional informa- i tion. House Bill No. 10, Representative tended—that the old information will, no doubt, be very valuable, but, that spreading it around is far done now and in the near future, |€X2mination requirements, was the Committee. Transportation also| | Almer J. Petersen’s insurance com- | from the whole job that should be |P&Ny measuré to eliminate physical | More amendment attempts follow- ed, the only suceess being had by | Shattuck who amended the assess ment scction to substriule the {weords “as a unit” to replace the |words “going concern.” The para- igraph had read that tax would be levied on machinery and equinment with its value to be adjudged r:ot by | resale values, but by its value as a “going concern.” | As more amendment attempts fol- |lowed, Representative Taylor ac- cused Representative Peterson of “target practice.” | After several motions for ad- ! journment had been lost, and an- . other attempt to put the bill in third {reading had been voted down, the {House finally came to agreemer.t on the subject of adjournment until | morning. ' NEATLESS NOISY ROCKFORD, 1l—Henry G. Brown cleaned -out his deck, and in a little more time than it takes to broadcast a police warning that pis- tol shots had terrorized a neighbor- hood, two detectives, two traffic | officers and a motorcycle cop were at the scene. It developed that Brown had discovered and destroy- ed four dusty firecrackers. ———e————— / FROM WHITEHORSE Dorna Ann Buttner, Red Cross Field Worker, who has been sta- tioned in Whitehorse for some time, is now in Juneau on a brief vacation. While here she is a guest at the Baranof. SPACE DONATED BY AW.V.S. CABARET DANCE Saturday, Mar. 10 PHONE %5 TRIANGLE CLEANERS BENEFIT We must have men actually go?x)assed SREGUAN bpctin " Ieaqing ) out into the field and work to de- | Without amendments. for : velop the Territory, he said. To | ety L uedai i eccomplish what is needed, the MCIning at 10 o'clock. , Development Board must have suf- | e T A B l‘ E i ficient funds available to do a| " ; 7 &1 | rrulk job — not just enough for HouSE HAS | ) i § ; 2 clerk hire, | i | Looks Into Future | 4 ‘lesena’mns | Senator Lyng opined: “Some g r members of this legislature are | DAY'S WAR OVER TAXES Property Levy Measure I$ Put on Table But 'lecking backward always,” what is needed now is to look into the future. i After all amendments were voted down, the Senate suspended its | 1ules to move the measure to final ,vote, which was taken without previous discussion except a re- mark by Senator Grenold Collins, Who declared: “We don't want a ‘cheap man for this job—we'll get ;:nly what we are willing to pay or.” MAKE IT ‘ ] i i to start “doubling up” or run out STOWing Senate calendar when sev-| Following passage of No. 43, Sen- (eral additional bills were reported ator Shattuck withdrew his Senate | jout by committees, most of them Bill No. 44, which would have set Bounces Back The Property Tax ~Bill came NIMITZ ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS NOW ON GUAM | ‘ito g0 on tomorrow’s slate. » The Judiciary Committee gave no reccmmendation to Senate Bill \No. 39, but said “do pass” to three ;others: House Bill No. 38, Senate | Bill No. 38, and a Committee Sub- | stitute for Stnate Bill No. 54. | The Finance Committee put its (approval on Senate Bill No. 62, land gave a “do pass” with amend- | ments” to Senate Joint Resolution !No. 6. Senator Edward D. Coffey | did not concur in the report of the i resolution. 1 The Taxation Committee recom- mended that Senate Bill No. 61 be | turned over to the Education group |and the Territorial Offices and jlnstitutlons Committee reported ;Housc Bill No. 59 “without recom- | mendation,” asking that it be sent !along to Finance. Senator Cocrahn jurged “do not pass” on the House measure. The Senate Labor Committee "up an Alaska Information Agency, at a cost of $30,000, with limited parallel functions to the Develop- ment Board. While the -Development Bill was the main item of business of the day, the Senators yesterday after. noon got in several other good licks at their swelling calendar. Tuberculosis Fund Unanimous votes were counted for passage of House Joint Mem- orials Nos. 5 and 8, neither meas- ure being amended. No. 5 is a measure conceived by the Alaska Tuberculosis Association. It asks Congress to provied adequate funds for an effective tuberculosis con- trol program in the Territory, pointing out that the mortality' rate for the disease in Alaska is seven times greater than in the United States proper. House Joint Memorial No. 8 is addressed to {President Roosevelt, to the Secre- tary of, the Interior and to Con- gave no recommendation to House Bress, praying that Alaska be al- 'Bill No. 55; approved Senate Bill lowed to elect its own governor. No. 58; and moved Scnate Bill No,! Also passed unanimously was 41 and Senate Substitute for House, Senate Joint Resolution No. 5, by }Blu No. 11 along to Finance on Senator Jee Green, authorizing the | recommendations for passage with Territorial Department of Public amendments. (Welfare to expend $60 per month through as much trouble yesterday afternoon in the House of Repre- | sentatives as any measure yet intro- Iduced this session, barely beating indefinite postponement, being laid on the table, and being elinost as quickly taken anew to the fields of amendment debate. After reconsidered votes had been held on the exemptions granted fishing boats and farmers, and the same exemption on machinery or equipment in general that is used by the head of a family in earning 2 living, Representative Gill moved for incefinite postponement. “We've heard fiom the fisherman. |we've heard from the farmer. We've heard from the small business man,” Gill declared, moving the indefinite postponament. With Legislators wearying of their tcll on the measure, Gill's motion almost carried, losing by three votes. Vcting for indefinite postponement wers Anderson, Gill, Hanprs, Hope, Johnson, Linek, Peterson, Forter, Walsh and Shattuck. One meraber, Vukovich, was absent. Then the amending tug ai war began anew. Shattuck offered an amendnent to prevent levy on mining prcperty which had been shut down because B.P.0.ELKS re ql‘.n‘rmtg( S' NIGHT WEDNESDAY March7,145 8P.M. e A Sessidn to Honor the Long Time Members - ¥ The Territorial House of Repre- sentatives this morning landed a punch back at the Senate when Senate Bill No. 5, relating to pri- to further George Daniels, of Ju- neau, in an attempt to regain his sight. A specific appropriation measure of conditions imopsed by the war, and the amendment carried. Referring to the Alaska Juneau Mine, Shattuck declared, “It does ENTERTAINMENT and EATS by Senator Don Carlos Brownell, !mary elections filings, was turned Senate Bill No. 49, ran into some back to the senior body because it not seem fair that the AJ, if valued at ten million, should have to pay oppesition. It makes appropriations for the Seward General Hospital and a Seward physician, Dr. Ray G. Bannister, to reimburse them {was incorrectly drawn. The Senate has previously taken similar action with reference to several House {measures. (International) 2 $100,000 tax when it isn't operat-, ing.” - \ “P if we tax them a lit they might open up,” Representa- W Visiting Members Invited