The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY A VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,131 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1949 ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Senators Ask For Pa SOLON IRKED BY EDITORIAL IN2PAPERS By JIM HUTCHESON The case of the legislative val- entine became an issue in the House today. It came up in a resolution intro. duced by Rep. Warren Taylor, Fair. banks Democrat, berating the Fair- banks Daily News-Miner and the Daily Empire for an editorial criti- cizing members of the House of Representatives about a ‘“horsey” valentine which 23 of them signed and sent to Editor Sid Charles of Ketchikan, who has been a sharp critic of House activities. The furor is an aftermath of the valentine picture of the end of a horse closest to the driver's seat, | wrong impression may be given to many voters of Alaska as to the lintent and meaning of the said comic Valentine, which impression may be very detrimental and harm- ful to the future. political careers of ;the said members of the said House of Representatives, and Whereas it is believed by the said ! House Members that the said Edi- {tors are deliberately using this bit of horse-play to damage the future political careers of said members for the reason that the voting irecord of many of the said mem- Ibers is inimical to the interests ;of that segment of Alaska indus- trialists who own and control the fore-said papers and their editors who are the mouthpieces of big business in Alaska. I Now Therefore Be It Resolved, that wide publicity be given this Resolution to the end that the vot- ers of Alaska will be fully advised as to what depths the editors of the Kept-Press in Alaska will go to accomplish the wishes of their |Industrial Bosses. An executive department reorgan- with the legend: “The minute I|iZation bill“to concentrate law en- saw this I thought of you.” Charles forcemn‘nt powers in the attorney reproduced it full size on the front |Séneral’s office was introduced in page of his newspaper. ! The News-Miner editorial, re- | printed in Saturday’s Empire, called the valentine “a new low.” Taylor's resolution said the val- entine was “in a spirit of playful- ness” and it denounced the “scath- | ing editorial” as the product of a “kept press.” Taylor’s resolution brought more criticism than support on the floor the House today. Rep. Clarence Keating, Anchorage Democrat, who introduced the bill, said it is designed to consolidate authority now scattered among oth- Ier departments, boards and com- 5. It proposes considerable shifting from both the auditor’s office and the highway department. A joint memorial also was intro- appropriation request from the Uni- PRESIDENT SAYS UNIVERSITY ABLE 10 REPAY LOANS By JIM HUTCHESON The University of Alaska has its head above the financial waters again. Dr. Charles E. Bunuell, the Uni- versity’s president, told a joint session of the Senate finance com- mittee and House ways and means committee that funds recently re- ceived from the Territory will en- able the institution to repay the final 20 per cent of private loans which enabled the school to keep its doors open. He said 80 per cent has already been repaid. The loans were re- cevied from private individuals and firms to meet payrolls and keep the University operating at a time when regular sources were dried up. Dr. Bunnell assured the legisla- tors there would ke no deficiency versity; that despite rising costs stitution had been operated within {Salary, Industrial Analyst, the appropriations made by the last | legislature, “ a small cash balance on hand at the biennium’s enc Housing rroblem Asked if the proposed $300 in- crease for school teachers might bring complications for the Untver- 8 H BUDGETFOR SMILE WHEN ADB LISTED | YOU SAY IT, FOR SENATE, MR.TRUMAN The proposed budget for the Al- aska Development Board, amount- ing to $383,2200 for the coming bi- ennium, has been detailed for the Senate Committee on Finance and Corporations, as follows: @Iumnist Drew Pearson Dampens Powder in President’s Grenade N $ 6,000 | FWASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—P—Ra- io Commentator Drew Pearson I pesn’t mind being called an S.0.B. =if it means “Servant of Brother- 24,000 | hood.” He referred in a broadcast last night (ABC) to President Truman'’s - 20,000 fyse of the three initials to meet eriticism of his military aide, Maj. 12,000 | Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. Pearson suggested the President Expenses of Board Juneau Office: Salary of General Manager, not to exceed $12,000 per annum Me TR Salary of Assistant General Manager, not to exceed $10,000 per annum ... ik Salary of Secretary, not to exceed $6,000 per annum Salary of Stenographer, not HELEN V. FRIEND " PASSES ON HERE AT FAMILY HOME Helen V. Friend, wife of Elmer A. Friend, managing editor of the Daily Alaska Empire, passed away in her sleep at her home Saturday morning. . Beloved by her many friends, who are stunned by the shock of her sudden death, she was not known num ... and other financial pressure the in- { Industrial Sectio: ot nnui He said there might actually be filnry ol Tourist Industry Section Salary of Tourist Industry Specialist, join him in forming “a new mili- Im have had any previous illness. 8,000 {tant crusading order- of Servants ot | For several years, until her resig- Brotherhood to promote better un- |nation last fall “just for a rest,” ]agmanamg between our neighbors iMx's. Friend was assistant City Clerk, Nere at home and our friends, She had been First Reader in . 16,000 { gbroad.” the Christian Science Church for President Truman, in rough old- |[many years, and her church, her soldier language that startled |family and her friends were Jher ‘Washington, declared last Tuesday |Special interests. The only organi- “Any S.O.B. who thinks he can |zation to which she belonged was Ycause any of those people (members |Ploneer Auxiliary, Igloo No. 6, and of his official family) .to be dis- [she attended the banquet for the charged by me by some smart |Grand Igloo only last Monday. to exceed $4,000 per an- to exceed $8,000 per nographer, not exceed $3,600 per an- not to exceed l ,000 per annum ........ .. 16,000 As Helen McNally, she was born . duced in the House urging that this 4 : “We want to Ie:n m‘ kn‘:ew :hk:t ':v ecmnk Federal funds be made available to Even before it was read, Rep.|2id in establishing a Cooperative Glen Pranklin suggested the whole Wildlife Research Unit at the Uni- affair had gone far enough and |VeTSity of - should be dropped. T b adinalon S - i When a motion move to it im-| mediately into second reading was made, Rep. Prank G. Johnson of| . Kake, :1‘: legislator who didn’t Jected. He said he wanted to see the resolution in print first. Mrs. Doris Barnes declared: think Sid Charles accepted it th good fun, but others apparently did not. We should drop it right now.” Rep. Marc Jensen also spoke against the resolution and Frank Angerman supported Johnson's pro- test against trying to rush it into second reading without members having copies of it. The text of the resolution: “To The Voters of Alaska. “Whereas, in a spirit of playful- ness a comic Valentine was sent by certain members of the House of Representatives of the 19th Ses- | sion of the Alaska Territorial Legis- lature recently, Charles of Ketchikan, Alaska, Edi: tor and Publisher of the Ketchikan Daily News, and ‘Whereas, Mr. Charles appears to have accepted the Valentine in the spirit in which it was intended and printed 9me on the front page of his paper, and ‘Whereas, the Cheechako Editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner seems to feel that the newspaper fraternity has been seriously dam- aged and accordingly writes and prints in the said Fairbanks Daily, News-Miner a scathing Editorial referring to the said 19th Session House Members as “low” and un- worthy of the trust reposed in them by the Voters of Alaska, and Whereas, the Editor of the Ju- neau Daily Empire has seen fit, in the issue of that paper of Feb-. ruary 26, to repeat the said scath- ing editorial, and 4 Whereas, since these papers have a wide circulation and are read by | many people, it is possible the The Washington Merry - Go- Round. By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— Quite a few people have written or wired me asking what manner of man is the famous General Harry 'Vaughn in whose defense President Truman hurled the abbreviation for an un- printable name last week. The answer is that Vaughn is a roly-poly, easygoing, sometimes blustery sort of person, who is very difficult to dislike, even if you don’t appreciate his particular brand of humor—which the President does. In fact, it is largely because of Vaughan's role as court jester plus his shaggy-dog loyalty, that the President has him around. Vaughan’s humor, which has tak- en the form of turning a pig loose in the office of J. Edgar Hoover and of berating his boss in bar- rackroo mlanguage for playing the — e (Continued on Page Four) " to one Sid D.{ It said o grant co [ been nig practicai lems of | 14 states “have i Taylor submitted a ¥ bill following defeat twice of his pro of five-year Alaska ‘withoub denital board exami- | nation. The méw B proposes ad- "ml.!s!on without examination for any war veteran who is an accredit- | ed dental school graduate and who has had two years’ practice. The House scheduled a session for 7:30 o'clock tonight. | The bill for the “Department of |the Attorney General” was drawn ;by Atty. ‘Gen. Ralph Rivers, who ) Will be leaving the office shortly. | It calls for a Law Enforcement Counsel under the attorney general, at a salary not to exceed $10,000 yyearly. It proposes the new divis- {ion take over the highway patrol and duties under the highway traf- fic act and assume broadened liquor icontrol powers. Other proposed dut- jies would include licensing and reg- ;ulation of corporations, insurance (companies and banxs. ILIONS HEAR TALK ONREORGANIZATION Proposals under the reorganiza- tion bill up for consideration by the 19th session of the legislature, was the subject of a discussion by |Attorney General Ralph Rivers at the Lions Cluh meeting Monday inoon at the Baranof Hotel. Rivers said in effect that effi- iciency and economy, with a bow to logic, are the aims of the move for administrative reorganization. Harry Sperling, Gold Medal tour- ney chairman, gave a round-up on ‘compleuon of this year’s successful Lasketball tournament, reporting that total receipts for the week were more than $1,200 over last year’s totals. Possibilities of sending next year’s winner of the tournament to com- pete in the Northwest tournament in Seattle, were discussed by Sper- ling, who said that as committee chairman he planned to write to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to get information. A suggestion that an automatic timing device be secured for basketball play at the high school gymnasium was passed on to Lions members by Sperling. Col. Joe Alexander reported that Lions donated more than $100 to the Alaska Crippled Children's As- sociation in a fund drive. President George Danner asked|brought in five k for a volunteer to attend the Ter-|ship is scheduled to leave at 5:30|Can 89%, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- ritorial Lions convention to be held | p.m. at Fairtanks for three days next week. Anchorage Lion J. Gerald Wil- liams took over tail-twisting duties at the meet. Bill Fleming of Mt. Edgecumbe, was introduced as a vis-kan, but stopping over at Juneau iting Lion. isity, if the boost is not matched there, Dr. Bunnell said it probably would cause some dissatisfaction, but that housing for faculty mem- } bers is an even greater problem. | He said. faculty members could be retained or obtained at present budget figures “if we could assure them of housing.” He placed 10 residence cottages for faculty members and employees Ust.. prior- ities: First, completion of thé Eieison cl building for laboratory space, $250,- Salary of typist, not to ex- aleck statement over the air or in ceed $3,000 per annum Transportation, Commerce and Salary of Transportation, Commerce & Business Con- sultant, not to exceed $8,000 in Savannah, Georgia, Decemter 16, 1887, and moved with her family The President did not mention |as a girl to Seattle, where she Pearson by name, but last night [and Mr. Friend were married on {Pearson said: “Last week, Brother- | December 14, 1911. ‘hood Week, the President of the; Elmer Priend, pioneer northwest - 16,000 United States threw a name in my [newspaperman, who had been in paper, he has got another think ing.” Business Section: ASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS rty Change Anti-Communist Laws Are Being Considered In Thirfeen States PROCEDURES (By The Associated Press) Thirteen states are considering public jobs. Some measures now before legisla- take loyalty oaths. Other tills are aimed at keeping Communists out of a wide range of positions. Maryland and Illinois are study- ing suggestions for outlawing the Communist party. Moves are under way states to put a crimp in the party line i one way or another. Oaths of loyalty or allegiance to the U. 8. would be required of pub- lic school teachers and college and university professors in Oklahoma, Nebraska and New Hampshire. All public officials and candidates for public office would have to do likewise in California. In Texas, all state officlals and employees, including those in schools that get money from the state, would have to swear they 'never have been members of the Communist party or other subversive group. The meaning of the bills and the reasons they are offered seem to be clear. Assemblyman Frank J. McMul- len (R-Brooklyn), sponsor of two New York bills, said: “As a nation we ha proposals to bar Communists from} tures would require people on pub-! lic payrolls, including teachers, tci in other| SENATE BILL TO REGULATE | Political P;fty Organiza- tion, Conventions, Elec- tions Provided For By BOB DeARMOND : With two important measures on {its calendar for consideration this afternoon—the wage collection bill which originated in the House and Senator Garnick's bill to create a home for women—the Senate had little to do this morning except to :reculve bills and memorials and hear the 1eading of communications. Most controversial of thebills in- troduced in the Senate this morn- ling is a purely political measure bearing the names of Senators John | Butrovich, Jr., E. B. Collins and An- |drew Nerland, all of the Fourth {Division, and Senators Charles D. jJones, and Willlam Munz of the | second Division. All five are Republicans. The bill would “provide for the organization and control of political parties by precinct caucuses, and divisional and territorial fver tions, defining their powers, provid- ing for election of divisional com- mitteemen, territorial commitbee- men, national committeemen, na- tjonal committeewoman and dele- gates and alternates to nationsl «cnventions.” | Traveling Expens“e.:i P Contingent Office expen- . 18,750 . 13,750, \direction which was not meant to ybe brotherly. “However, what he called me is Skagway at the turn of the cen- tury, came to Juneau from Seattle in 1915, to take over the manage- taken a \ § VI stand against o«:mmum%n in our} REAPPEARANCE foreign affairs and have jappropri-; Tne bill, S.B. 38, is not new.to the ated billions to fight 1. At the|leSislative chambers heré, having Sukscriptions to and membgushipe .cnl, industrial, travel, busi- ness, and promotional asso- Petlodlw-! t important . . . I am going to |ment of the Empire while John W. President, and use them-proudly in [south for his health. His famil }an entirely different way. I would |joined Mr. Friend here soon after, | foreign ideology from ations and organizations.... Publishing and distributing 000; second, expansion of the power informational and promo- plant to meet increased needs, es- { tional pecially from the projected Geo- ; physical Institute, $150,000; third the, 10 faculty cottages at $150,000; fourth, student union building, $350,000. The joint hearing on the Univer- | ;, sity budget was the only legislative | activity of Saturday afternoon. Memorial Introduced Percy Ipalook, of Wales, reported two typhoid deaths at Kotzebue in a House memorial that asks the Territorial Health Department to include the isolated town in a water and sanitation survey: The memorial t0 the Health Commissioner asks that the De- partment assist in sécuring a suit- able water supply for Kotzebue. Rep. James Nolan, Wrangell Democrat, introduced a bill to ex- empt publicly operated - utilities from the motor fuel tax. Another by Democtat Warren A, m: ial m and a tion picture depicting Al- aska's industrial, cial, business, farming, min- Assistance to Alaska com- material, including aps, pamphlets, articles documentary mo- commer- g, fishing and develop- ent opportunities ... |Fees to techincal advisers on special projects Cooperation in research on Alaska products and mater- s unities in cataloging and presenting development op- portunities Advertising - Washington Office: Salary of Manager, not to exceed $10,000 per annum Salary of Secretary, not to exceed $4,800 p er annum. Travel ... Taylor of the Fourth Division Entertainment would raise from $10,000 to $20,000 the amount of damages collectible for death for which another per- son is accountable, JOF SHOFNER 70 SPEAK ON MUSIC | O WOMAN'S CLUB| Joseph Shofner, school band in- structor, will speak on “The Value of Instrumental Music” at the Ju- neau Woman’s Club luncheon on ‘Wednesday noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof hotel. Mra. Jack Popejoy, fine arts chair- man, is in charge of the program. A trio of flutes, with Joan Wil- liamson, Fred Wyller and Marilyn Crooks, will be featured playing “The Dance of the Reed Flutes,” from “The Nutcracker Suite.” There will also be piano solos by Sue Mec- Mullen. BARANOF DOCKS AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON, I!AV_B_ AT 5:30 Arriving this afternoon at 2 o'clock Ri la; from the Westward, the Baranof|ing quotation of The [ mine stock today is 3%, Amenun' Having determined that the cable 1 Contingent office expenses, including office equipment. epresentation in other cit- ies (including Seattle, Port- nd, San Francisco, Los An- geles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, lchlcago, and New York) T 2 » ® ® 4 o 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 a.m. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 43; minimum, 34. At Airport— Maximum, 39; minimum, 34. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued cloudy with in- termittent rain tonight and Tuesday. Little change in temperature with lowest to- night near 37. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today In Juneau — .34 inches; since Feb, 1, 264 inches; since July 1, 92 inches, At Airport — .18 inches; since Feb. 1, 177 inches; since July 1, 58.30 inches. e @ & & & 5 0 & ¢ o STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—M—Clos- Alaska Juneau Wwright 9%, International Harvest- 10,000 | . 20,000 . $383,200 2,500 like to suggest that in the future ywe get away from the ugliness at- jtached to those initials and make {them mean Servants of PBrother- iheod . .. " ! H SOAP SENT TO PxrESIDENT | SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—M— Because ihe used the term “S.0.B.” a bar of 75,000 (508P and a suggestion for its time- |y other, Vincent T. McNally, Se- honored anti-profanity use was en- route today to President Truman from a Seattle woman. Mrs. Isabelle J. Anderson, presi- .. 50,000 dent of the Women’s King County Republican Club, wrote the Presi- jdent he should use it to wash his mouth out. EXAM WEEK FOR J-HIGH STUDENTS { It was back to the books again for 'Jun=zau High School students today as six weeks' exams got under way ,this morning. Students got a week of grace on examinations last week. With Gold Medal Basketball Tournament play taking up all the spare time of J-Hi's Crimson Bear squad and !moa: of the students’ time in spec- Itating, six weeks testing was post- roned a week. | e e o [ARC TO LET CONTRACT . FOR FAIRBANKS SHOP Bids for construction of an Al- ‘aska Road Commission garage and shop butlding in Fairbanks were op- ened at 10 o'clock this morning, with Slater Construction Company of that city submitting the lowest :estimate. According to Ike P. Taylor, ARC o {chief engineer, the award will be o Imade at the bid price, which was o | $367,000. o| Four other firms, one from Se- o |attle, the others in Alaska, submit- o | ted bids, i ° ——— — .! ARC MEN RETURN . o| Two Alaska Road Commission o (officials, George M. Tapley, chief e {Of the engineering division, and o (Walter Daub, chief of the division o iOf contracts, returned Saturday af- ter a brief trip to Anchorage in connection with the tank farm there. — - H WAMCAT IN PORT trouble is not at Sentinel Island, the ACS duty boat Wamcat return- | From Seward, passengers were:|er 24, Kennecott 45%, New York i ed Priday evening. Bertha Mick, Loren Peterson, Mrs.|Central 11%, Northern Pacific u%,i JAccording to Capt. S. C. Hansen, Peterson. Agnes g u. From Cordova: W. H. Kerns. Boarding at Seward for Ketchi- | is Harry, L. McElwain. itk S. Steel 71, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 740,000 shares. sector commander, the interruption to facilities doubtless is a cable Averages toaay are as follows: fault between Sentinel and here, es 34.56. industrials 173.05, rafls 47.71, utll- ACS technicians are attempting to locate it. and except for three years with the Seward Gateway, Juneau has been the family home since that time. Surviving Mrs. Friend are her husband, her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Adams, and three grandchildren, Helen Jane, Gretchen Ann and Virginia Rae Adams, her son Wil- liam Friend, serving with the U. 8. Army Signal Corps in Japan; i i | | | attle; three sisters, Jane English, Juneau; Mary ,McNally, Seattle; Mrs. Paul Logan, Chicago, and Sis- ter Mary Jane of St. Mary's Acad- emy, Medford, Oregon. Mrs. English and Mrs. Adams/ accompanied Mrs. Priend’s tody to| Seattle aboard the Baranof which sailed south today. Private Chris- tian Science services in Seattle are; being arranged by Mrs. Harry Fish-| sr, close friend and former Ju-| neauite. They will be at Bonny- Watson and will be followed by cremation. Present for the services will be; Mrs. Friend's brother and sisters. MORNING SERVICES FOR FELIX CAAWAY Puneral services were held this morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Catholic Church for Felix Caaway,| victim of an early morning shoot- ing here February 17. Pallbearers at the services were Steve De Leon, George Mamulo, Joe; Dumlao, M. D. Zamora, J. Parcon; and Sammy Zuejada. ! Interment was in Evergreen Ceme- tery. ——————— PUBLIC HEALTH MEN | HERE FROM ANCHORAGEI Three U. 8. Public Health Ser- vice officers from Anchorage ar- | rived over the weekend to take part in preliminary planning toward the | establishment of the Arctic Health | Institute which is to carry on health investigations research pro- | gram. In Juneau for the week are Dr. ;| Jack Haldeman, director of the| Field Staff for health and sanita- tion investigations; Dr. P, J. Brand- ly and Dr. Rober: Rausch. The three doctors will also attend the meetings of the Alaska Medical Association this weekend. S e o0 00 0 TIDE TABLE MARCH 1 High tide, 2:59 am., 164 ft. Low tide, 9:00 am., 10 ft. High tide, 14:59 p.m., 16.2 ft. Low tide, 21:12 p.m, -0.3 ft. same time we should bar fthese peo- in out state or munici) ments.” Pat Andrews and Ross Bishop Wed In Douglas Church Miss Noreen Patricla Andrews Le- came the bride of Cpl. Elbert Ross Bishop Friday evening, at a formal wedding in 8t. Aloysius’ Catholic Church in Douglas. The Rev. Alfred T. Brady, 8. J., officiated. Given in marriage by her father, Walter Andrews, the bride wore a beautiful white moire wedding gown, fashioned with sweetheart neckline and long square train, Her fingertip-length veil fell from a tiara and she carried a prayerbook showered with baby rosebuds. Her sister, Miss Phyllis Andrews, was her attendant, wearing an aque |taffeta gown trimmed in pink, and a matching blue veil and tiara. She carried a bouquet of pink and white carnations. The bride’s 5-year-old cousin, Es- ther Lindstrom, was flower girl, ,Wearing a pale pink taffeta frock and carrying a miniature nosegay. Master Sgt. Thomas Rudolph served as. best man, and Sergeants {Ray Voss and Ernest Inman were ushers. Before the ceremony, Mrs. Henry Harmon of Juneau sang Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” Mrs. Marcus Jensen giving the organ accompaniment, and playing the wedding marches. A wedding reception in the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs, Kath- leen Andrews, followed the cere- mony. Corporal Bishop and his tride will !be at home to their friends in the lBucklnahun Apartments, in Doug- as. The bride, a communications oper- ator on the Juneau A.CS. staff, is a graduate of Douglas High School. The bridegroom, who is the son of the present Mrs. Hazel Burke of Detroit, and Mr. E. E. Bishop, of Mission, Tex., Is an A.C.S. teletype operator. i e STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle scheduled to arrive late tomorrow afternoon. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle 5 p. m. today. Princess Norah schequled to sail from Vancouver 9 tonight. Baranof in port and scheduled to sail south about 5:30 p.m. ’ —— e — — PELICAN MAYOR HERE Fred Wetche, mayor of Pelican, registered yesterday at tRe Gastin- eau. 0.8 |Previops, ing’ posts govern- |used by the Democratic Party in ueen introduce?, and defeated, in Bt b S 1t would the procedures now {Alaska for the use of all political parties in the Territcry and is gen- erally understood to te aimed at the “White Republican” element of the party. A bill introduced by Senators Mec- {Cutcheon and Barr would require jcity councils in cities of more thah 12,000 populatign to divide the city linto “such number of voting pre- cincts as may be required to serve the convenience of the voters and expedijte the work of election offi- cials without necessitating the cast- jing of more than 500 ballots at any one polling place.” LIBRARY BOARD BILL A bill introduced by Senator R. M. MgacKenzie would establish the Alaska Library Board of five mem- bers. Its duties would be “to make application for and to receive such Federal funds as may be appropri- ated for library ald under a Public Litrary Service Demonstration Act,” and to further by all possible means the establishment and operation of puklic libraries throughout the Ter- ritory. Senator Howard Lyng of the See- lond Division introduced three me- |morials, all addressed to the High- way Engineer and the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners. They seek improvements to existing air- fields, roads and airstrips and the construction of new ones in the Second Division. Communications read this morn- ing include a telegram from the City Manager of Anchorage protest- ing the passage of any bill giving autonomy to School Boards .in the matter of taxation and one from the City Council of Amchorage asking |that independent school diatricts {be dissolved. : The Alaska Game Commission, in Iu letter to the Fish and Game Com- imittees of the two houses, recom- mending against the payment of bounties on wolves and coyotes kill- ed from planes unless the required evidence of the kill is presented. The Alaska Industrial Corpora- tion of New York, in a letter to Governor Gruening, which was read in the Senate this morning, de- scribed present and contemplated taxes in Alaska as jeopardizing chances for getting risk capital to invest in Alaska. “From our point of view, the pres- ent tax program' could not have come at a more inopportune time,” the letter stated. It went on to say that the company is not adverse to paying taxes when it becomes es- tablished in its proposed plant at Sitka. At the present time, it went ion, an Alaska pulp industry without jtaxes could barely compete with the Puget Sound area. ! - eee FROM BARANOF ISLAND Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gray of Baranof Island are registered at the Gastineau,