The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1949, Page 1

» » ‘HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949 By BOB DeARMOND | council to administer it, which had ~Guard Bill Passes e 5207 |scrutiny from the Serutors this the halfway mark of its regular ses- | gram. With income and general prop- tive of the U. S. Department of es to come despite the apparent cation, all appeared before the fuels tax increase. ihour session. tax program is the uniform license son was on the stand, in the cost come over $20.000. {up the Department of Labor. Where chairman Victor Rivers says;Senator Barr asked twice and, af- The Senate Democratic leader em-|an additional appointment was uriiform rate now paid by many. Why A Council? la “ e Collis K- not be effective until Congress re- ' - qouncll.t L BEDREDT: COTING A called “hodge-podge” tax schedule| "y o senator then dragged in an cent-a-pack cigarette tax and pos-|geo o noking its nese into tents. He cays the increased salmon pack ' ,so. Colins remarked to Benson. section separate from the raw fish ,. 0 jnoreases your bureau; it it 1an ex-officio member of the legis- vich, who presided at the Special o Goes not particularly care what bills. 1is authorized. MAY REENACT TAX BILL |~ Benson estimated that the cost income tax enacted by the Special;Short time later the Senators learn- guard against probable legal chal- ' Will cost the Department of Edu- could npt be maintained success-" ; set up to provide training for measure pro:ably will be reenacted h 3 )apprentices in the Territory at Sour amendments are like- A DRTGES SAY. Lava i they actually learn little it it in Seattle Fhasaied 8 ‘eountasil o i Both Benson and Evans admit- ‘The House passed a bill creaungl!he sy S ol i e g bers contend Russia would make | SBiP training is successfully car- (Continued on Page 2) where weather conditions are.fully ticeships in the Territory so far, By DREW'PEARSON a Federal and a Territorial man to be a harmless medicant foriBoard of Education, which gener- found in ordinary benzedrine in-nossible to carry out more than dope from inhalers smuggled into ameng *the yeung people. It wasi Cardinal's Case of benzedrine inhalers at Kllbyl VOL. LXXIL, ND. 11,125 2l I B |I'I(0me TGX May Be Re' The bill to create an apprentice- Iship training program and & enacted as Safeguard !a somewhat stormy career in the House, underwent some criticat By JIM HUTCHESON _morning as they heard three wit- The Alaska Legislature moves to|nesses regarding the proposed pro- sion this week with emphasis still Henry Benson, Commissioner of on taxation measures. i Labor; Leonard Evans, representa- erty taxes already enacted, the Labor, and Dr. James C. Ryan, legislative leaders predict more tax- | Territorial Commissioner of Edu- stiffening of Senate resistance, as!Senate this morning and their tes- -shown by the defeat of the motor timony occupied most of the two- The only remaining mehsure of | The Senators were especlaily in- the Governor’s three-pronged basic terested, while Commissiorter Ben- tax bill calling for a basic $25 license | of the proposed program and to and one-half percent of gross in-|what extent it would tend to build It passe¢ the House and Is nowi ipes. fhI8 ORI GEESEE VR Tew, in the Senate Taxation Committee, deputy Commissioner of Labor? the rate will be reduced to one- ter a trip and a half around the quarter percent above $100,000. |barn, Benson admitted that such phasized the measure is to bring all{contemplated if the bili was en- business and professions under the | acted. ¢ “Doesn’t this bill create another CONGRESS MUST ACT ~ lyoard? Then why do you call it The law, if passed however, would h: h his peals the Act under which the so—:ecg”zs;:;plzm?::‘e;m 1o e is now collected. v Rivers predicts passage of a three- Pld oumel that has Do wasnder sibly & 10 percent admissions tax; —wppiq looks to me like the camel bills along with the tusiness tax. | getting its nose in the tent,” Sen- tax is also likely but the taxation .. % It places more authority in your committee probably would make that p.. b\ ety il Hhat AR tax bill in which 1t was included by " ~ tkeeps up we'll have to make you the House. Eotes p v g e s Senate President Gunnard Enge-j,t..e» breth and Senator Frank Peratro-| gommissioner Benson said that Session, also predict passage of the'genartment the apprenticeship pro- business license and cigarette taX: oram is placed under, so long as it The House approved liquor tax! increase bill apparently is doomed.; Cest $25,000 Another taxation development of!0f the program would be about the weekend is an indication the|$25,000 for the next biennium. A Session may be reenacted to safe-from Dr. Ryan that the program lenge of its validity, though Demo—jcgfi"“ an additional crati> leaders insist the challenge|$25,000. fully. Reliable legislative sources say the!ap::":::“n?:gflymfio t:s:):er;trwes.ome ‘e S longed ;stig:tiz‘;regu“d gEERes: Dol | present, Benson said that most of " {them are for “payroll purposes” ‘ly to be included clarifying theg status of such persons as seamen i‘f_’:“fng;';‘:d‘“des in which they against the withholding tax. { ted that the seasonal nature of MATIGHAL (QUSHD. BILL most industries is a handicap to a National ‘Guard - Saturday after| bitter debate in which some mem-]21S Pointed out that apprentice- ried out in Minnesota, Michigan, and the Scandinavian jas bad as those in Alaska. L l Push Is Lacking e as lng Onl The biggest drawback to appren- Meny_ Go _Round both men felt, has been the lack of someone to push them. Evans said he hopes that both (Copyright, 194, by Bell Syndicate, 1n¢) | can be employed on the program. Dr. Ryan said that he discussed ASHINGTON— What appears|tne proposed program with the clogged-up’ noses has started @ |any approved it. Because of lack new dope craze that is creepingof space in most high schools in across the ccuntry, The dope "‘lthe Territory, he said, it is im- halers—available for a few cents et 1t most drugstores (Continued on Page Six) Not only are inmates taking the prison, according to a prbonlpcpc Again Hi's survey, but the practice is spread- ing on the outside, particularly o"' ' Se 'e ai Jenience, firet brought to light by Alabama’s Congressman George Grant, who stumbled on to the shocking use! 8 (By The Associated Press) ison, Montgomery, Ala. lrln splte’og rlgg regulation to| PoPe Pius told 250,000 cheering Keep benzedrine inhalers out of the |\{311ans In Vatican City yesterday prison, Congressman Grant inter- enty in Communist-ruled viewed prisoners whose skin had Mindsventy " d and, who were al get nze- | -1 drine-treated paper torn out of the Sovernment. It was the pontitf's e | {ifth public condemnation of Car- (Continued , on Page Four) |dinal Mindszenty’s sentence. TAX ME PHILADELPHIA Cold Weather STRIKE ENDS; Plugs Rising PEOPLE RIDE Flood Walers PHILADELPHIA, Feb, A subway guard shouted “Watch the doors!™ A crowded bus squealed to a stop. A trolley motorman be- sought his passengers to “move to| {the rear of the car.” For Philadelphia’s commuting | | millions, those were welcome isounds today. The city's 10-day transit strike was over Rolling stock was put in order | last night a few hours after rm.k| and file CIO unionists roared ap- proval of the pay raise that ended their walkout. Although the transit tie-up was ended, the nation’s third largest | city will not soon forget the { “strike of ‘49, which cost business and industry an estimated $70,000,- + 00. 21— | !Runoff from Melting Snow Stops-Oregon Rivers Reported Falling (By The Associated Press) I A timely recurrence of cold weather has plugged rising flood waters along streams in the mid- west today as military operations continued to shrink the blizzard disaster area. ‘The freezing weather stopped the runoff from melting '~ snow with some Nebraska counties on the verge of another impending disaster, this |time from overflowing streams. The |colder weather was epected to hold { i out {hrough today, at least, allow= | The strike gained the c1o|!nE needed time for the high water i Transport workers a wage boost of |0 TOu Jownstream. eight cents an hour and 10| At the same time, Gen. Lewis A. “fringe” benefits. Chief of those |Pick, commanding sno w-removal was a provision for sick leave pay- |operations, said the emergency ap- merits. peared to have passed in six South It was a fourth round increase Dakota counties, long snowbound, | for the union, raising the workers’ jand that he had recommended de- wages 48 cents above what mey|motfl|mtlon of men and machine S0t in 1946. jpower. G R ey s e ! Some North Dakota counties still Sh h d remained to be dug out, howeyer. NEBRASKA FLOOD 1 ‘ ‘The worst Nebraska flooding oc-l eurred in the vicinity of Falls City, iwhers the Nemaha river and other| {smaller streams had inundated a! total of 23 square miles. At Agenl:y,l Mo, the Platte River was reportedj EASURE IS | CLARIFY ATLANTIC ALLIANCE Assurance éflgn Members U. S. Will Give Protec- tion in Case of Attack WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—®— The proposed North Atlantic pact will give its members strong accur- ances that the United States will not stand idly by in case of attack, it wos learned today. An official source whose name may not be used, said the military clause of the pact will not commit this country automatically to war. But he said, it will carry assurances S0 strong that none will mistake this nation’s intention to resist ag- gression. It is understood Secretary of State Acheson will negotiate with repre- sentatives of the pact making coun- tries on the basis of this new un- derstanding reached with the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee. Acheson and the Senate Commit~ tee are reported in agreement on the military commitments that are part of the pac:. Both Chairman Connally (D-Tex) and Sen. Vandenberg (Mich.), top Republican on the committee, are said to e satisfied with this new approach to the problem of giving treaty members the strong assur- ance they desire. GOES TO CONGRESS ‘Th: State Department hopes to {ing around the House for some | Flying Bale lout of its banks. Ipresent the treaty to Congress in The Willamette River and its n-u:-!".t"“t B month. T wayld ¥ ge-in- !utaries which had flooded upper’iorced by a muiti-billion dollar mil- {valley Jowlands in Oregon, also were ,itary aid proposal for participating {Inlllng substantially. { western European countries. $20,000 to! The program, Benson said, would | countries, ! SALT LAKE CITY, Fed. 21--<M| The last of the guests marooned | —Western Airlift operations claim- for six days behind 50-foot snow- | ed their second victim yesterday{drifts at Mt. Hood ski resort near' when a bale of hay dropped from a | Timberline, Ore., left for their homes | plane struck and killed a Utah|yesterday. sheepherder. { In the absence of blowing snow The victim was identified as Wii- | throuzhout most of the great plains, . lard Peacock, about 60, of Sslmn.icen, Pick reported excellent pro-: Utah. tgress cenerally over the weekend in | The first sucn fatality occurred |clearing highways and railroad | carlier this month when a Navajo{Toe TUnion Pacific Railroad’s main| woman succumbed after being struck {line in Wyoming was cleared again, by a package tossed from a plane - - carrying supplies to snowbound Ari-} o bt PAA ONWEEKEND { After making their drop observers | in one of the two C-47'S saw the! FI.IGHIS IAKES 56 H words “think man dead help, help"i hastily shoveled or stomped in the With ecellent f1ying conditions} over all of Alaska, Pan American snow. A radio call brought Ben| Hillman, manager of the Milford iflights carried 56 passengers in and |out of Juneau, with all scheduled { Airport, to the camp in a light ski- flights completed. equipped plane, ... ANTONIO POLET HERE, | GRAND IGLOO MEETIN included: From Seattle: Frank McIlhardy, jCecilia Mcllhardy, Jack Gucker, Christine Lamoreaux, A. C. Stuts- Antonio Polet, Nome merchant gaard, Robert Stevenson, F. A. Rut- and a member of the Alaska De-l velopment Board, arrived Saturday on a Pan American flight, planning| To Seattle: Helen Erskinc, Julia to be here several days. Bresline, Mildred Trafton, Joseph| He will attend tomorrow's Grand {smith, Sara Lenihan, Floyd Mor- igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska, ot[g.n, Alverd Johnson. which he is Past Grand President.: passengers on Saturday Later this week, Polet will go towere: Seattle, but he plans to stop again| From- Fairbanks: A. Polet, Ole in Juneau enroute home in about & | Grinnell,, Francis GCharados, Ray month. Woolford, Frank Glaser, Grace But- Zhirley Sholund. 2 flights Secretary of State Acheson, Can- adian and European negotiators will enter the final stage of treaty ne- gotiations this week. They plan a onference at the State Department ‘omorrow or Wednesday. The week-end brought these oth- ¢r developments: 1. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark.) doclared the Atlantic pact must carry o moral commitment that the eaty countries. He reasoned that no such thing as a legal commitment s possible. WILL FIGHT 2. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said in 1s the Atlantic pact. 3. The Washington Post said in a copyrighted article that a poll it took showed the Senate would vote overwhelmingly to fight shoula Atlantic treaty countries. Of the 51 senators replying to a question on the :subject, the Post said 50 said they would vote to repeal armed ag- gression, 37 others declined to an- not be reached. — e — WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 31; minjmum, 10. At Airport— Maximum, 25; The first three games of the Gold | Medal Tournament will be played ténigrt starting at 7 o'clock in the Juneau High School gym. The first game is Sitka AN.B. vs. Peters- burg, second game Juneau High| {Scrool vs. Kake, #nd third game is Metlakatla vs Mike's Night 0w|a.1 Tomorrow afternoon starting at 1 o'clock, the three games will be Haines Town Team vs. Columbia Lumbermen, Wrangell vs. the win- ner of tonight's first game, and Mt. Edgecumbe vs the winner of the Juneau High-Kake game. Tomorrow night’s game will begin at 7 o'clock with the losers of the first two games tonight in the first game, Second game is between the losegs of games three and four. The final game for tomorrow night is played between the winners of games four and five. ‘Tuesday afternoon’s games are the only games of the tournament to be played in the afternoon. All| night games start promptly at 7 lo'clock with the exception of Friday and Saturday night's games which start at 8 o'clock with preliminary :ames. The losers of games 16 and 17 play n an unscheduled game Saturday night a§ a preliminary to decide third and fourth place standings. Drawing for game positions were held in the Gold Room of the Bar- anof this morning at 11 o'clock with the four teams of the south drawing against the six teams of the north, Teams listed as being in the southern division are Wrangell Town Team, Kake Black.Cafs, Metlakat- la Vets and Pe‘ershurg Merchants. The northern division teams are Ju- neau High Crimson Bears, Mt. Edge- um'e Grads, Columbia Lumbermen, Sitka AN.B., Mike's Night Owls, and Haines Town Team. A. N. Eide of the Juneau High i will be official pliotographer for the ]‘nurnament. ENTERTAINMENT According to an announcement at the drawings this morning by Jack | United States will act in event of | Hazlett, recreation manager for the 'an acgression against any of the tournament players, student's rates will prevail at the thcatres and skat- ing rink upon the presentation of the complimentary tickets given to ithe players and managers. The bus company will take players |1 speech at Kenton, O., that he was | >n a tour of the city or glacier upon i*inclined to favor” some such treaty |2 two hour notice to Jack Hazlett by any group of players. Hazlett said that the costs of the tours would e met by tournament funds. An in- vitation was extended by Hazlett to visit the Territorial Legislature | Passengers on Sunday's flights [Russia attack any one of the North|now in session and the Territorial Museum. The managers of the teams voted to have no dance at the conclusion of the tournament. Harry Sperling, tournament com= iedge, Glen Kirkham, Rudy Kisul,'swer at this time and eight could|mittee chairman, said that checks | would be mailed to the teams within !three or four days after the tourna- imem to pay for the expenses of the teams attending the tournament. PLAYERS AND COLORS | Players of the teams entered are| as follows: | Juneau High Crimson Bears, with | olors white-black and red trim have Bill Sperling, Dick Hansen, Gerald Magorty, Bill Graves, Harold Sunderland, Dave Graves, Bill Mick- | | Perkins,, Raymond Nielsen, ; Worth-based B-36 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NT Gold Medal Tournament Starts Tonight, 3 Games; Heavy Sthgd__u_le Planneg_l_ | kinson, Jeff David, Charles Faw- cett, Bert Leask, Joe Hayward, Frank Hayward, Charles Buchert, coach, Alex F. Guthrie, manager. Petersburg Merchants, with col- ors white and maroon, Ernest Enge, Neis Otness, Eldor Lee, Bob Elkins, Ed Hagerman, Tom Thompson, Sam | Thomas, Bill Johnson, Palmer Ped- erson, Arvid Norheiga, H. O. Taylor, coach, Erlin W. Nicholson, mana- ger. Sitka, and white, scarlet Alfred Henry Brenson, Joe Truitt, Moses John- son, Nick Kasa, Herbert Didrickson, Roger Lang, Charles Didrickson, ANB. with colors James Walton, | Willlam Walton, coach, Jchn Hope, manager. Mike's Nighl Owis, with colors white and blue, Louis Bonnett, Herb Bonnett, Jim McCormick, Curtis Rach, Doug. Blanchard, John Ba- vard, Jim Hickey, Guy Russo, Frank Cashen, Mickey Pusich, Alvin Bloomquist, coach. Haires Town Team, with colors yellow and blue, George Williams, Joseph Hayes, Edward Koenig, Dan Berry, Charles Hayes, Carl Heif- miller, Thomas Williams, Hubert Barrer, Leo R. Albecker, coach, Jack David, manager. Metlakatla busxetball ieam - ar- rived aboard Edward Benson's boat the Theo, Sunday. Aboard the Theo were Harold C: Hudson, Charles Ryan, Coach and Mrs. Charles Buchert, Mr. and Mrs Alex Guthrie. Mr. Guthrie is com- mander and co-manager of the team, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Leask, Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Jeif Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Aknison; Mr. and Mrs. Romey At- kinson, Milne Hudson, Frank Hay- ward, Charles Fawcett, Joe Hay- ward, Raymond Booth and Wilford Nelson. The Metlakatla players will te in Juneau all week for the BB tour- nament. Metlakatla Vets, the VFW team. has lost only two games and those {by one point each this season—one | with the Globe Trotters and another with the Ketchikan All-Stars, when |after their encounter with the Globe Trotters they were either “too tired or too confident,” it is said. ArdiTT;Is For Bombers | Posl_ponedg FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 21.— (P—Arctic training flights for Fort combers must awalt study of winter arctic tests now being made with a B-36 sent from Elgin Air Base, Fla, to Alas- ka recently. Maj. Gen. Richard C. Lindsay, deputy chief of air force plans and operations, reported this today. He said: “BEven then, limited hous- ing and maintenance facilities at ithe imprisonment of Josef Cardinal | STOCK QUOTATIONS [ ' From Seattle: Ira Powell, J. La- NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 88, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- Wright 9, International Harvest- er 24%, Kennecott 8%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 147%, |U. 8. Steel 71, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 560,000 shares. Averages today as as follows: | industrials 1749, ratls 4867, uti- ities 3475, ——————— . 2 . LEADBETTERS TO LIVE IN MT. PLEASANT, MICH. Mr. and Mrs. George Leadbetter, accepted positions at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., according to word received here today. Mrs. Leadbetter is the i former Dr. Berneta M. Block who |worked with the Territorial De- partment of Health here for a ! number of years. % The couple have both taken posi- {tions in the medical field at Mt. | Pleusant, but have plans to return to Juneau scmetime in August for a menth's vacation. former Juneau residents, have both | minimum, -12, FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with highest temperature near 25 degrees this afternoon. Cloudy with occasiogal light snow flur- ries tonight and Tuesday. Lowest tonight near 20 de- grees. Gusty northeasterly winds. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau City — None; since Feb. 1, 127 inches; since July 1, 90.63 inches, ! At the Airport — None; j® since Feb. 1, .92 inches; }© since July 1, 5745 inches. i® Edward Madsen, David Andrus, Nor- man Banfield, Harvey Haverstock, Sylvia Ringstad, Charles Mountjoy. To Seattle: Eric Carlson, Fred Robards, Don Hutchins, Mrs. Don Hutchins, W. H. Brown, Tommy Lee, Frank Larochelle, A. V. Mar- 'Mn, A. L. Kaye, Roy Niles, Leonard Berlin, David Drebelbis, Eq Sweeney, Robert Bunz, George E. Latipow, | Edith Loneley, Frank McConaghy. To Whitehorse: Peter Payne. To Fairbanks: Howard Dodge, Al- bert Muldoon, C. L. Jones, Dr. David !Shulman and infant. e 'DALGHTER IS BORN 10 M. J. WHITTIERS A dauhter was born to Mr. and [Mrs. M. Judson Whittier Sunday, SR morning, at 12:45 am. at St. Am’S| 1 onurd Berlin has gone outside osvital. The ntw arrival, to be, for niis two-week annual leave, most nomed Fathlcen Janet, weighed 8|uf which he plans to spend in Ta- pounds, 11 ounces. This is the Whit- coma, Wash. Berlin is regional tiers’ first child. i cadastral engineer for the Public pawrnal grandparents are Mr. Suivey Office. and Mrs. M. 8. Whittier of Juncau. Tn his absence, Daniel Mrs. A. C. Walker of Pipestone, office cadastral engineer, Minn . is the maternal grandparent. cha:ge. l".em, Sharron Lazetti, Al Zenger, s o o BERLIN ON LEAVE Ross, is n el, Rod Pegues, Milton Schultz, Gus Alaskan bases will be able to ac- Adams, Dade Nickel, coach. {commodate only a few planes at & ‘Wrangell Town Team with cnlors;“mo—nothlng 80 large as a group, green and white, Henry McCullough, | Lindsay explained. Harry Thomas, Gordon Mason, man- ' “The B-36s looked finc in their ager, coach and player, Sidney Mc- ' demonstration flight over Wash- Cyllough, Richard Rinehart, Allen ington last Tuesday,” Lindsay re- Bradley, Thomas Feller, Arvis Dail- Ported. “In fact, the more we see ey, Larry Taylor, Eq Churchill. |of them, the better they look in : Kake Black Cats with colors black | operation.” . and red, Archie Cavanaugh, Gearge! s e Martin, George Davis, Louils Aus- ms 2 SR tin, Willis Jackson, Jr., Preston Filsf Airmail in Bean, Morris Grant, Walter Wil-| liams, Jr, Harold Rose, noben;‘hSk. Flown Martin, Henry Davis, coach. | Mt. Edgecumbe Grads with col-izs Yem ‘go jors cardinal and gold, Howard | Bremner, Raymond Roberts, Gilbert| SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—#—Twenty- Truitt, Jim Austin, Roger Willlams, five years ago today Carl Ben Eiel- Dundee Atkinson, Franklin Willlams, son made a 300-mile flight between | George Miyacato, student manaser.|the first airmail in Alaska, Pan Columhiz Tumier, with colors' American Worle Airways an- green and go'd, Harry Aase, Ken'nounces. Kearney, Jack Po.quan, Tom Pow-| Efelson made the ers, Bill Schmitz. E'an Scott, Jim hours, 50 minutes. He Nielsen, Bruce Brown, John Asp,|pounds of mail. | Jim Orme, coach, Willlam A. Good-| Pan American clippers now cover ,man, manna-er ;m 2200 miles between Seattle Metlakatla Veis, with colors blue'and Nome and carry an average of and gold, Everctt Hudson, Rayla ton of mail a day, @ spokesman {Booth, Milne Hudson, Romey At-|said. trip in two carried 164 |Richard Stift, Al Lawrence, coach, Fairbanks and McGrath to deliver| PRICE TEN CENTS 2 PER CENT CITIES SALES TAX BILL IN $400 Sailboat Tax Bill Re- infroduced - Blanket Ballot Ebaled By JIM HUTCHESON A bill to clear the way for citles to impose a two per cent sales tax was introduced ur the House today. ; Rep. Doris Barnes, Wrangell Re- publican, introduced a bill with a proviso that such a tax would have to be approvgd by a city referendum vote hefore a city coun= cil could enact it. A revised version of the sail- ;driven fish boat tax came back to the House this morning as it opened debate on the proposal to eliminate cross-party voting on the blanket primary election ballot. Rep. Chester (Red) Carlson, Cor- dova Democrat, reintroduced his sailboat tax bill with the license fee cut from $500 to $400. It also eliminated the “operator” from tax liability, leaving the tax strictly up to the owner. { The $500 bill passed the House, and was killed in the Senate last week. Carlson said the intent of ithe bill was to force the federal government to allow power-driven boats to be used in Bristol Bay fishing. They are now forbidden there’ by federal regulation, al- though the Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice has récommended elimination of the rule. Carlson said all the sailboats are company-owned. Some Senate | objection to the “operator” term- inology was encountered ‘last week on the ground that it might apply to the fisherman. ' , Rep.. William Egan, Valdez Dem- {ocrat, moved to suspend the rules and rush the new sailboat bill thrcugh second reading, but the motion lost on a 14 to 9 vote. Then Rep. Alfred Owen, Jr., Anchorage Demoerat, got suspension of the rules to avoid sending the bill to ommittee, which will speed its arrival on the floor from the bot- tom of the calendar. Teachers' Salary Increase The' bill to authorize $300 sala1; increases for teachers and super- mntendents ‘{n all divisions came back from the Ways and Means Conimitte with a “do pass” recommendation, It was intro- duced by the three women mem- cers of the House—Essie Dale, Doris Barnes and Amelia Gun- dersen, To clear up its ever-lengthening calendar, the House voted to have 1 night session Wednesday. Mrs. Dale's bill to .revise the blanket primary law provoked a lively House debate, but no vote was reached prior to the noon re. cess. & Rep. Glen Pranklin, Fairbanxs Democrat, moved to strike out the section ' against cross-over voting. The bill provides that candidates of each party would be listed sep- arately with the warning that the whole ballot would be thrown out {if a voter crosses from one party to the other. Franklin argued that the 1946 referendum showed that the people ~ant to’ vote for, the candidates they favor in the primary; regard- ess of party. Blanket Balict Abuses Mrs. Dale said the blanket ballot s provided by the 1847 legislature nas developed abuses, with mem- ers of one party crossing over to vote for weak members of the oth- er in the hope of getting the weakest opposition possible for the | gencral election, Rep. Warren Taylor, also a Fairbanks Democrat, argued that the referendum mandate was only to abolish the necessity of a vot- er ceclaring what his political par- ty was when he asked for a pri- mary bdllot. He declared the cross- party voting “absolutely does away with the two-party system. It (Continued on Page 6) - -, —— Baranof from Seattle scheduied fo arrive tomorrow aftermoon or sarly evening. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah schedu'ed to ar- rive at 8 am. Wednesday and saiis south at 10 am.