The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 14, 1946, Page 2

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Collins, Green, Division vet2rans Scott, Shattuck kea” as to th , Coffey. putpos2 behind £ B. 9 tax r many of them h: now their mind Veterans, under ales tax, thz es will ha i over one million” of sailes t word. until one di He ended | 1at ke sees to raise th» money , than v“ no other tax pro- been “Foodw Taz » gross sales vined in n read a Veteran requesting vets id nds - Incom and Eenator Gundersen from the Ketchikan Foreign Wars group diatc \ ch ] Browrell then tried a new move: 3 halve the one ercent retail ¢ and double the one-hall wire af im Announcement We Are Plea sedl and Proud Qur Grumman iwin-engined flying hoai is now in service on the Ketchikan-Juneau run. We thank you for your patronage in the past and we are sure you are going to enjoy flying in this plane. There is no finer flying in the world, than in a twin-engined flying hoat over protected waters, in a plane you can see out of, and at an altitude that permits full enjoy- ment of our gorgeous Alaskan scenery. This Is the Plane that Makes You Want to Fly! % Ellis Air Lines KETCHIKAN, ALASKA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1946 wholesale tax. He was Whaley who pointed out ihat peo- to lose on both counts. ple of the State of Washington the amendment proposal must be far more cold blooded as ldid develop discussion as to who their entire veterans fund amount- !weuld pay what share of the ex- ed to only about $250 per capita 'pected return from the tax. Walk- hereas about $37.50 per capita is! er answered Lyng that the canned proposed for Alaska } | percent dcomed However, salmon industry would pay the The motion under dischu n largest share, about $250,000 per Walker's to amend the $15 |year, with gold mines and whiskey bonus to $5 per month plus $50 next in line; leaving the remainder He, however, declared himszlf much lof an expected $1,000,000 per year impressed by the arguments of Lis to come from the general public colleague Green and asksd fo; and other business sources. withdraw his amendment. Cochran! Small sales will escape the tax >d to withdraw his second,, he declared; you can't add a small ich led Walker to ask to be ex- fraction of a cent to the price ot from voting. Thz roll call a loaf of bread. After Brownell had showsd the amendment defeated, 7! accused his Senate colleagues of to 8, Walker not voting. Nays were: throwing out a one-half million Browrell, Butrovich, Gordon, Green, dollar tax on salmon at the last Gunderson, Lyng, McCutcheen and sion and was “put straight” by Nerland. . President Edward D. Coffey, Gor don set the stage for the vote by flashing one of the State of Wash inglon’s green “tax as 6, Forrible example of what to ex| month There’'s no token in this bill, E2n- me vocal in support of that sug- ator Green replied declaring t, at the $17 Proposing Ralviol bout $1,500,000 would On his amendment to halve the uired to pay the bonus. » ¢, Brownall had only also supported the $10 Senators Gordon, Lyng and M- PGiin. SN Geitong, e Cutcheon on his side. Brownell's more. generoys than any amendment to double the wholes 2 and the Tertory" 1s “farrless tax lost out, 6 to 10 to pay it. - We ¢ give our f tarans a “rubber check that's The scene was then set ior ti: Vs v to bounc2.” e warned cacond feature performance of the afterncon — the move to cut the Inttial ‘Appropriation amount of tha bonus. On that rock final “set of jamendments wys usual Senate alignments split. n offered that brokz up the Arguments for bonus reducti Ung. McCuteheon' proposed: up- were hinged on the contention ; the initial appropriation from payment of too large a bonus would 000 to. $750,000, kecause testi- jeopardize loans by taking away toc had shown that the original large @ part of the fund snd thai :TOUDt Was not enough to set up veterans had testifizd their prefer- the fund and have sufficient monzy ence Toc J6aks vailable for all the loans nesded oW Brownell questioned e w m of vithdrawing that much from the asury when it might not be , which led discussion as to much the present balance of little over a million dollars in Treasury can stand. Whaley pointed out have indicated their villingne: to cooperate, which cconded Green's argument, stat- ., uld sase the drain on the Vet- ing that the Eskimos have not bcen Fund. Coffey, Whaley and heard from on the witness stand o cochran all pointed out that the through organized veterans erot itory’s balance will - not per- and that few of them would be able it 5 $750,000 withdrawal, the {c-go into business or otherwise prcsident adding that he would go qualify for loans on more than $250,000 but Butrovich pointed out that the q,“,ao would, in his opinion, much-whittled veterans bill then g yttle” the bill by sending it's ancer consideration was not at all ;pnropriation as well as others into the measure the vets had espous<d (ne hand of the Board oi Admin- from the stand. They thought that j;:yation for pro-rating. “Let us st bill was "precty good,” .16 BBl gea] nestly with out vaterans,” “Now we have a much different . .s cochran's contribution il The majority of the Fair- canks veterans group, he continuec is on record in preference 0. bonu o loans, ol Gundersen also basked the higher tion bonus. If it's cut, there wouldn ki be enough to get veteran into civilian clotkx he com ed was ref used Compromise Whaley then offered a comprom- amendment w carried, 10 trim the konus fo $10! President Coffey Lo- lokens™ to stion, ure, ely be Bonus At $15 Foremost in the fight to keep the tonus at $15 per month were Sena- tors Green and Butrovich. Green stood for benafits to the greatest numter and held that only a small proportion of Alaska’s vets will ap- ply qualify for loans. He would tavor raising a larger fund to trim- ming the bonus, he declared. Lyng then moved to amend amendment to put That mo- McCutcheon. 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