The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1949, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,128 . Senate Committee Kills Liquor Tax Increases NINETRAPS ARE CLOSED THIS SEASON Mainland Sh~oré of Eastern District Closed fo Fish- ing Except Trolling By VERN HAUGLAND WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(P— Alaskans who voted last year for the gradual elimination of fish traps from Territorial waters will realize a part of their goal next summer. The Fish and Wildlife Service said today that for local conserva- tion reasons nine traps along the mainland in the Eastern District— where the salmon runs have been most seriously depleted—will be closed. All other types of fishing in thej same waters, except trolling, are likewise prohibited in order that; the runs may be rebuilt. Gradual elimination of fish traps was approved by an 8-to-1 majority of Alaskan voters in a territorial referendum. S8eton Thompson, chief of Alaskan[ fisheries for the Fish and Wildlife!: Service, said in announcing 1949 Al- askan commercial fishing regula- tions that an act of congress would be Lecessary to complete such ac-; tion. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) | has introduced legislation for their{ elimination. ! Several major changes have beenl incorporated into the regulations} i | for Southeast Alaska, Thompson said. The general trap and seine sea- sons were set for Aug. 22-Sept. 3 in the Icy Strait, Western and Eastern Districts, and for Aug. 15-8ept. 3, in the Sumner Strait, Clarence Strait, ARMISTICE IS SIGNED BY EGYPT Great Victory for New Jew- ish State-Middle East Peace Assured (By The Associated Press) Egypt signed a general armistice today with Israel on terms giving the new Jewish state a great vic- tory and an estabiished place in the Middle East. The six other Arab states, which have warred sporadically against the Jews since last May, began dropping quickly in line, despite their loud avowals last spring to destroy the new country. A lasting peace seemed near between the Jews and Arabs in the strategic area. The Jews kept most of their gains in fighting of October and Decem- ber including Arab Beersheba. They got nearly all the Negev Desert in Southern Palestine, for which they have ambitious colony plans. Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok ‘of Israel said the armistice would be a “momentous event in the life of the Middle East.” It was diffi- cult for Jewish officials to contain their jubilation. The armistice was a considerable achievement for the United Nations. | CHAMBER SEES SLIDES TAKEN ON JUNEAU ICE CAP Pictures of a great snow ktowl JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS WOMAN WRITER, RUSS DEPORTED, Anna louisg?rong Met by FBI Agents-Is Served with El@poena NEW YORK, Feb. 24—(P— An American woman writer, Anna Lou- use Strong, deported from Russia on espicnage charges, has arrived here. Field from Paris this morning. Two FBI agents met her at the field and handed her a federal before a grand jury investigating Communism. No date for her ap- pearance was specified. The Nebraska-born journalist told newsmen she was not guilty of Russia’s charge. She said the charges were the result of war hysteria which she blamed mostly on the American press. Miss Strong was examined 45 minutes by immigration authorities, then the FBI agents questioned her for half an hour. toms inspectors examined her for 30 minutes. Then protesting that she was be- ing forced to do so by pressure of newsmen, Miss Strong turned a haggard face toward a battery of cameras, lights and microphones. Said she: 1 “I have not done anything aganst the security of the Soviet state or any other state, either by espionage or sabotage.” She continued: “I was very ener- getically searching for information which I considered part of my Jjournalistic task, and if the Soviet government chose to consider this espicnage, there is nothing I can’do (about it.” LANDED IN U. §.! She landed at La Guardia ! subpoena requiring her fippernnceL After that cus- | DEPARTMENT | OF FISHERIES BILL PASSES House Also Approves Sitka| Home Bill at Night Sessign By JIM HUTCHESOXN 1 A bill to establish a Territorial | Department of Fisheries with broad | regulatory Yowers passed the Terri- torial House with a unanimous vote last night. 4 carries a $250,000 appropriation cn? provision for a $12,000 a year ldirector to be selected by four jooard members named by the gov- lemor. The director would sit as }a voting member of the board. i The department would work with . Federal agencies but in the event of statehood would assume powers ! now exercised by the Fish and | Wildlife Service. The House, passed, 19-2, a bill to jestablish a Pioneers’ Home Com- jmission and provide a home for ag- ed or incapacitated women at Sit- ka. It carries a $200,000 appropria- Drew Fearsou, coiumnist and;tion. | | | | | l AEI' House Debafes Putfing "Heat” Under Regents Charge Mad_efllhai Board Lagging on Successor to C. E. Bunnell By JIM HUTCHESON A memorial to “urge, request and demand” that the Board of Re- gents promptly select a new Uni- versity President stirred up 2 con- troversy in the House this miorr- ing. The memorial cited the imminent retirement of Dr. Charles E. Bun- nell, and, in effect, tells the Board to “get on the ball.” Rep. Warren Taylor, Fairbanks 1 {Democrat, started the controversy with the declaration: “It is an insult to the intelli- gence of the Board of Regents and Ithe Governor to tell them we are going to be without a University President pretty soon. ‘I know they are working hard to get a qualified replacement, play.” Rep. Glen Franklin, also a Fair- bnks Democrat, responded: radio commentator, had criticized; The House also passed three Sen- Mr. Truman’s army aide, Maj. Gen.|ate bills (1) tightening the law for Harry H. Vaughan, for accepting fliregistraucn of professional nurses, decoration from President Peron of|(2) permitting banks to institute Argentina. ya five-day week, and (3) eliminat- The Marshall Plan comment was|ing an anti-discrimination law pro- called forth by questions about yes.ivision that each day a discrimina- WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(®—A number of taxpayers in Alaska re=- Truman Ul'geS European ceived federal refunds of $500 or H H more in the 12-month period ended Re(ovefy Ald Unhl AS' last June 30. Ha The list of such refunds was made sured—Address Tonlgh' public today by the House Expendi- RPN s tures Committee as required by| WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—(P— law. The Internal Revenue Bureau|President Truman declared today is required to report all refunds of {that the Marshall Plan should be $500 or more to Congress. pushed forward until European re- The refunds were not necessarily jcovery is assured—the full four years for overpayments in the same year. |if necessary, but with due recogni- Some, because of delayed audits,|tion that it may take less time. represent overpayment in prior| He expressed pleasure over ‘i years. Some of the refunds are|Isracl-Egypt armistice. handled as credits against other{ And he tola a news conZference staxes owed. that he isn't taking back a word— Here are refunds of $500 or more; JOF a letter—of his denunciation of Alaska Pacific :Ain- teritics of his official family. ing, $13,720 and $36,523 \exuul When reporters askea wnat re- profits) ; Alaska Pacific Salmon Co. Jaction had been received to his | Seattle $145,200; Alaska Red Salmon"l‘m‘sdny night speech declaring thati !Packers, Seattle $20,541; Alaska|no “S.O.B."” was going to tell him Steamship Co., Seattle $130,050jwhom to hire or fire in the govern- i (excess profits) ; Archie B. and Peg-|ment, Mr. Truman grinned. gy Betts, Juneau, $11,431; Burnett| The reactions, he said, were very Inlet Salmon Co., Seattle, $17,364;|satisfactory to him. Columtia Lumber Company of Alns-' ka, Juneau, $3,457 and $16,078 (ex- cess profits) ; Juneau Logging Com- |pany. Juneau $5,676 (excess profits) ; =Ketchikan Packing Co., Ketchikan, 1$11,959 (excess profits); Seward ! Trading Co., Seward, $11,928 (excess profits) . e SRS N B iterday’'s statement from a British 1 I (lpokesmnn in the United Nations, to | a ge a e the effect that Britain has reached Against Pope the point of ceasing to be concerned with recovery and is now interested \p long-range concerns of the Unit- & Kingdom, When Mr. Truman wds asked whether he felt the United States tory sign remains posted by a hotel | or cafe would constitute a separate ' Ipumshl\ble offense. 1 i A unanimous vote carried Sen.| JEd Anderson’s memorial to Feder- al authorities and the Alaska Road lCommlulnn for action next sum- mer toward bullding a 700-mile, | Rampart-to-Council roau between | ' ‘ | “I happen to know Mr. Taylor is all wet. The Regents didn't meet are getting disturbed. One member has resigned. The selection is very If no action is taken, we are going to end up with a substitute. This is no insult, to any- one. . To date the board has done nothing.” important, In response to Rep. Ameiia Gun- more tactful to ask for a confer- ence with the Regents, Franklin This looks like child’s | Southern and South Prince of Wales (Surrounded by craggy peaks rising districts. fup to a mile above the snow fields | were shown on the screen to Cham- SOFIA, Feb. 24—(P—A Bulgar- should curtail foreign aid accord-|Fairbanks and Nome. ! said: ingly, he replied seriously that hej i “We can’t meet with them when was very happy over the British' Cross-Party Voting SHORT SEASON NECESSARY “Drastically short though these; seasons appear when compared to ber of Commerce members this noon at the Baranof Hotel. ‘The bowl of snow which slopes past years, they are nevertheless,down from the sides of the jagged necessary to conserve and rebuild.outeroppings of rock was found by the severely depleted pink salmonimembers of an American Geographic resources in the Southeastern Alas-iSociety expedition which went into ka area,” Thompson said. “Addi~jthe high reaches between Twin tional fishing time will be granted|Glacier Lake and Devils Paw, late wherever an abundance of pinkilast summer. salmon occurs in excess of spawn- ing requirements.” The use of power in gill-net boats As a side issue of a geological re- .search trip, the expedition investi- in Bristol Bay again is prohibxced,lzated possibilities for year-round The agency also ruled that all skiing in the ice cap area above the Alaskan fishing boats, excepting|end of Taku Inlet. those fishing exclusively for halibut,; The Chamber has been especially must be registered with the Fish and interested in the possibilities of a Wildlife Service before each sea-|development of the area for tourist son. ' atfraction. Power boats must display mexr' Dr. R. H. Williams, program name or number on top for idmn.lchalrman for the meet, introduced fication by airplanes. Thomas, who was an expedition ’member. (Continued on Page Five) i Business was whisked through in . STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Feb. 24,—(P—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau quick order by President Fred Eas- taugh and with the reading of sev- eral communications iy Secretary Herb Rowland, the meeting was turned over to the program. Rowland read a letter to be sent Grounded Barge Is Still Hanging on Reef, Three Aboard CORDOVA, Feb. 24.—(M—The tug to renew efforts to pull the 105-foot Flats, where it has been grounded since Monday, with three aboard. Leonard Hbleman, the vessel's engineer, hiked 30 miles through waist-deep snows and sloughs to re- port the grounding. Copper Flats is 40 miles southeast of here. Still aboard are Mr, and Mrs. Fred Howard and their son-in-law Rob- ert Zentmire. erations yesterday. Mahalo awaited high tide today| power barge off a reef on Copperl Shallow water foiled refloating op- | |ian cabinet member has accused the |Vatican of helping to stir up an- {other war. The charge was made by |Bulgaria’s foreign minister Vassil il(olnrov before the Bulgarian par- jliament. He said that the Vatican iwas joined with what he called the | “dark forces” and that it “does not conceal its aiins.” Bulgaria's parliament is consider- ing a measure which would make lv.he Greek Orthodox Church the only “People’s Church” in the Com- munist-controlled country. -, — DIST. ENGINEER FOR GEO. SURVEY NCW IN JUNEAU Transferred from Bismarck, N. D., where he was district engineer for | t | i i i i progress toward recovery. But he said he could not answer jeliminate cross-party voting from ithe primary ballot. ' to Seattle.” Franklin said that if members the question whether aid should be} "y "a1c5 pagsed unanimously and iof the House Education Committee continued. In general, he went on, win,ut debate a bill to raise by 'Were hesitant about having it ride the Marshall Plan should be con- $300 the salary range for teachers through as a committee memorial, tinued until recovery Is assured. | o4 guperintendents and passed for (he would gladly allow substitution He indicated the administration . ce.ond time a bill providing a 'of his name on it because of his is pressing hard for early Passage; poayy tax on fishing saflboats m!szrong feelings. of a new three-year extension of:g, ¢tfort to bring pressure on Fed- i Franklin added: “If we hadn't reciprocal trade agreements act. The o) aythorities to allow power ;bad a man of Dr. Bunnell's caliber, White House is anxious to have it'p,.¢s iy Bristol Bay. The vote was | We wouldn't have a University to- approved by Congress by March 5'518—4. !day. If we don't get a capable if possible. : Praise For Jackson Successor, we are liable to lose the Work is being pressed also, he in-! o ynanimous resolution was University. I don't like the idea of dicated, on his plan for compulsory ! aqopted by the House last night jbeing an alumnus of ‘a university health insurance. Within two O praising Rep. Henry Jackson oqlhat isn't there.’” three weeks, the President sald, a’iyaghington for supporting Alaska | Get On The Ball detailed message will be sent to | Interests in Congress, citing partic- { Speaker Stan McCutcheon added the Capitol. jularly his efforts on behalf of Al-|the admonition that “the board had ‘aska shipping. It previously pass- {better get on the ball. They haven't President Truman has two sneak-[ed the Senate unanimously. :l'eally canvassed the field yet.” He ng dates for tonight. He'll talk at A gecond- unanimous resolution ,cautioned that the danger of select- two Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners thanked the Oregon House for itsiNg @ temporary substitute was that in Washington—but he’s expected t0| consideration of a bill to relieve [Such a selection frequently was eat at only one of them. Alaskans of non-resident tuition in |continued in the office. Prexdent Truman's address Rep. Essie Dale, another Fair- mine stock today is 3%, American |hy the Chamber to NLRB asking for Can 88, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss-la quick decision in the Juneau Wright 8%, International Harvest--spryce Corp.-Int’l Longshoremen's er 23%, Kennecott 47%, New. YOrk | gispute. Central 10%, Northern Pacific 14%, The letter sights the economic U. S. Steel 70%, Pound $4.03%. dependency of the people of Ju- Sales today were 880,000 shares.|neyy on the mill’s operation, and Averages today are as follows: lthe jogs of money to all concerned, industrials 17148, rails 46.34, util- surging the board to hand down a ities 34.54. {Perishables Landed By Truck in Interior North Dakota and South Dakota, Ralph E. Marsh arrived in Juneau on the Baranof. Marsh will be district engineer of |the Water Resources Division of the {Geological Survey with offices in Juneau. The sub-office is in Palm- . In Good Condition ' ‘er for south central and interior GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 24— ! Alaska. (—The first scheduled truck ship- ment of perishables from Great| Principal work of the district en- Falls ta Fairbanks, Alaska, reach- |8ineer's office at the present time is ed there in good condition after an | the establishing of water gauging 11-day journey. stations on streams in south-central, A spokesman for the Alaska truck |southeastern and interior Alaska, | t0. Oregon colleges. The resolution also the Jefferson-Jackson Day bnnquets’manked Sen. Richard Neuberger, will be broadcast by station KINYsporor of the measure. (lief “the University faces a crisis. from the lines of the Columbia: The resolution was whipped ;It 18 at the crossroads. Action must Broadcasting System at 9:30 p.m.|through three readings In five min- |be taken to decide whether it be- Ihank.s Democrat, expressed the be- The Washington| Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— The old -physi- cal axiom that two bodies can’t oc- cupy the same space has stymied vitally important legislation in the House Interstate and Foreign Com- merce Committee. It's quite a joke on Capitol Hill; but not for the public. H decision at the first possible mo- ment. The Chamber further pointed out that it was making no attempt to define the merits of the case from either viewpoint, but was merely asking for haste in dispensing a decision to avoid a possible suspen- sion of entire operations by the gompany. A letter from Haines asking for cooperation in development of tour- ist trade routed through the Haines cutoff via barge was read. House of Representatives also sent a “bread and butter” letter to the Chamber with hearty thanks for the organization’s hospitality in in- {viting all house members to last eek’s luncheon. lines announced the truck reached the Alaskan City Saturday after a three-day delay at Dawson Creek caused by blizzard-plugged high- ways. The truck line said it had re- ceived inquiries from firms in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Cal- gary, Canada, asking a report on the success of the temperature- controlled truck haul. BARTLETT AS LARGE SUM FOR said Marsh. Several of the present stations have been operated off and on for years by the Forest Service “During the past two years, old stations have been reestablished and new ones put in. As soon as weather permits, all water gauging stations will be visited. There are approxi- mately 37 and most of them are in south central and southeastern Al- aska,” continued Matsh. i | “proposed work is the building of stilling wells to house recording gauges. These gauges record the water level of a stream. Along with ithe recording gauges, a current imeter is used to tell the speed of |the current flow. Using the two fig- Juneau time. ,utes after the House was told the A jGovernor had received a letter ® ® ®» ¢« ¢ 0 0 0 0 0 0, Neuberger that Alaska legis- WEATHER REPORT ® lative action on behalf of the mea- (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU o !sure was desirable. This data is for 24-hour pe- ®: U. Alaska Appointment riod ending 6:30 am. PST. ! The House Education Committee In Juneau— Maximum, 28; ® introduced a memorial asking the minimum, 23. ® | Territorial Legislature to “urge and At Afrport— Maximum, 27; demand” that the Board of ,Re- minimum, 22. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with snow and rain showers tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight near freezing. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .12 inches; since Feb. 1, 1.39 inches; since July 1, 90.75 inches. At Airport — .15 inches; since Feb. 1, 109 inches; since July 1, 57.62 inches. L4 ® |gents meet promptly and consider ® iappointment of a president of the ® \ University of Alaska. ®| The memorial said that with the ® retirement date of President Charles ® E, Bunnell approaching, “we are ® deeply concerned over the apparent ®/lack of ‘effort by the regents to ® iselect a new president” of hlgh‘ ® | caliber. ® | The Department of Fisheries blll. ® iwas introduced bq Rep. Alfred A. ® /Owen, Jr., Democrat and Cook In- ® let (AFL) Fishermen’s Union. agent. ® -He told the House such a bill long ® jhad been desired by fishermen and e would be of great potential’ value to them. { . . . . . . . . . . L] . . . . . . . ° . L] ° . . . ® o 2 L] — e BOATS AT NCCO BASIN comes one of the outstanding in- stitutions of North America or slips backward.” The House defeated an amend- ment by Taylor to strike out the “‘urge, request and demand” sectior.. As the noon recess arrived, a new amendment was submitted to modi- fy the language, but a vote was not taken on it. Road Construction The House passed unanimously Mrs. Dale's memorial for the Road Commission. to continue road con- struction through cities instead of stopping at the limits. She said citles eannot maintain streets un- der heavy military and defense con- structjon traffic. The House reconsidered its ap- proval of yesterday to the mem- orial for early action for a Ram- | part-Council highway to complete A land link between Nome and Pairbanks. Taylor opened fire on it-as a “foolish gesture.” He said there were no present road links between Faiybanks and Rampart or between “The bodies,” in this care are two i" quite animate Congressmen—Demo- | CGuests today-included Rep. Doris crat Bob Crosser of Ohio and Re- lBlmes of) | Wrangell, Tony Polet, publican Charles Wolverton of New of Nome, Glen B. Walker of Fair- Jersey, both of whom want to ogcu- banks, A. E. Glover of Portland, py the same office. Royal O'Reilly of Taku Lodge. This office—next to the Interstate 505 g R Commerce Committee’s meeting FROM SITKA room—has always been the private sanctum of the Committee Chair- man. However, outgoing Chairman ‘Wolverton, Republican, has refused | Henry Moy of Sitka has register- |ed at the Gastineau as a guest. —— ures. the amount of water past the lgive') point can be arrived at and ican be converted into acrefeet. ' “The water gauging stations are VESSEL FOR ANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(P— Party Line Vote In at the Northern Commercial! mThe yote on the bill to eliminate Nome and Council “so you would Co. shop ‘for engine tune-ups and |cyoss-party voting from the primary _hlV! 700 miles of road hanging at minor repairs are the following |paliot was mainly on party lines as | POth ends out there.” He recom- boats: Fern II, John Lowell, own-|five Republicans and two Demo- | menced revising of the memorial, to pack up and leave, so Crosser, ! new -Demeocratic” Chairman, can move in. Meantime, the white-" put AR DTSRy WOt el (Continued on Page Four) Although uranium-containing ores ed, it is ftself rated almost as scarce as gold—and hard to ox- |the South Pole and its nearly 20 Vrooman are tract, Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) today asked the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide $700,000 to outfit a new steamship for the Al- aska Native Service. The 5,000-ton vessel was acquired last year from navy surplus to re- place the 1000-ton North Star, 'are plentiful and widely scatter- | which, Bartlett said, has been badly battered in war service, a trip to years service in the Arctic, {to determine the water flow of the|er; Baranof, Earl Benitz of Peters- Andrew Hope lndl !various streams for power studies|burg, owner; Patricia Mae of Sitka, voted against the and for domestic supply. The figures | John Young, fisherman for the might later be used for irrigation|Pyramid Fisheries, owner. At the and flood control. The Bureau of|same shop, Jim Dugakua has his I Reclamation would use the figures|boat, New Russler, in for the in- |for irrigation work,” said May.h. |stallation of a new Caterpillar crats, Reps. James Nolan, measure. Proponents of Rep. Mrs. Essie R. Dale’s bill argued that the pres- ent blanket ballot with a “jumbled | mess’ of names is breaking down | AR <. L 04 FROM GUSTAVUS Richard M. Cross and Jim R. registered at the Baranof from Gustavus, diesel marine engine. the two-party system; Republicans argued the people showed in a 1946 referendum they wanted a free (Continued on Page “Five) - e —— IN FROM ANCHORAGE A. L. Prench is registered at the Gastineau from Aunchorage, and the House held it over until tomorrow for further study. o STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska scheduled to sail from | Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail fram Vacouver Monday. Baranof from west southbound Monday, scheduled PRICE TEN CENTS WOLF, SEAL BOUNTIES ARE UPPED Predator Confrol Measures Passed by Senate—Coy- ote Stock Takes Slump By BOB DeARMOND The wolf and hatr seal markets showed healthy gains this morning but coyote stock was in a bad slump as the Senate passed two bounty bills, both of which origin- iated in the House. Both passed the Senate unanimously, although the wolf-coyote bounty bill was amended and will have to be re- japproved by the House. Committee Substitute for H.B. 6, as passed by the Senate, increases wolf bounties by $10, making them $50 on each wolf. The bounty on coyotes, however, is dropped to $20, which is $5 below the previous rate and $10 below the rate approved by the House. Substitute H.B. 12, making the bourty on hair seals $6 instead of $3, was passed by the Senate with- !out change. The bill also extends bounty-hunting for hair seals to 1200 miles of Arctic coastline, from ,When they were scheduled to meet | Norton Sound to Demarcation 1and some of the younger members Point, an area where bounties were not previously ' allowed. Although the bills were discuss- ed at some length before passage by the Senate, the only point in issue was the amount of bounty to be placed on coyotes. Aiter the Finance Committee amendment setting the coyote bounty at: ' had- been adopted, «dersen’s suggestion that it might be | genator o 2 o Frank Barr tried unsuc- cessfully to have it increased to $25. QOverran Country Several years ago, 8enator Collins Earlier the House voted 15-7 to jthey are strung out from Fairbanks said, coyotes moved in from Canada iand “overran the Interior of Al- aska.” During the past few years, the Senator continued, they seemed to have disappeared. “I haven't seen a coyote in the last three years, and I have been in the woods a lot. I don't know where they have gone, but I haven‘t seen them.” “The question,” Senator Barr an- nounced, “is not where the coyotes ihave gone, but where Senator Col- lins has been.” Senator Barr said that he has noted no great decrease in coyotes in the Interior, “I think we owe it to the Natives and the other trappers of that re- gion to keep the bounty at least at the present level,” he said. “Coy- otes are very destructive to fur- bearing animals and small game and reducing the bounty may tend to allow them to increase and will also reduce the income of the trap- rs.” Sideline Only | Most of the Senators felt, ap- !pnrently, that coyote hunting is & lsldeline to other trapping and to Iwoll hunting and that reduction in the bounty will make little dif- ference in the number of claims presented. Asked about hunting wolves from a plane, Senator William Munz said he doesn't believe it would be pro- fitable at a $100 bounty or even, perhaps, at $1,000 apiece, but admit- ted that it is good sport. “I crack- ed up one plane hunting wolves,” he said. gt Senator Butrovich estimated that bounty claims, at the $50 and $20 rates, will require approximately $100,000 during the coming bien- nium. During the past biennium boun- (ty claims were paid for 1446 | coyotes and 1536 wolves. He estimated also that a $75,000 appropriation will cover seal boun- ty clalms at the $6 rate. Senators MacKenzie and Munz doubted that i this would be sufficient. Senator MacKenzie pointed out that there will probably be more intensive hunting with the increas- ed bounty as an incentive; Senator Munz mentioned the large number of seals in the Arctic area now op- ened for the first time to bounty hunting. “We can go over that more thoroughly when the appropriation bill comes before us, since this bill does not carry an appropria- W‘!fim reminded /Taxation Committee