The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-15
May Get Alaskan Partici- patton in National Ap- propriation for Voca-
 tiOnaf Education.
PUTS IN RESOLUTION
Delegate to Congress h. trOduCeS Measure to Ex- tend Smith-HugheS
 Act to Alaska.

|i WASHINGTON, June 2.-In Con- gress, resolution has been intro duced by Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer, Del egate from Alaska, wherein he seeks to have extended to the Territory of Alaska the same rights and priv ileges as are accorded the several States under the act of February 23, 1917, providing for the promo tion of vocational education. This law is commonly known as the Smith-Hughes Act. If the Delegate succeeds in having the resolution adopted, the Territory of Alaska will be paid by the Federal Govern ment not less than $15,O00 annual ly up to, and including, the fiscal year 1923, and not less than $3O,- 900 per year thereafter. The Smith-Hughes Act, which was passed but few weeks before MT. SulZer took his seat in Con gress, applies to every State ln the | Union. but does not extend to Alas ka. The Delegate believes and will attempt to prove to Congress that Alaska, more than any States, is II need of, and deserving of, the rlght' and privileges of this act, owint to climatic, transportation, agricul' turial and industrial conditions in the North.
 AS the present session of Congress
 is drawing to close, and because the majority and minority leaders have indicated that no business will be considered except the approprla tion measures and the new Reve nue bill. there is some doubt as tc whether or not it will be possible to secure favorable action on this resolution at this time. The Dele gate is confident, however, that Ii he is not successful in the attemp at this session that he will be shortly after Congress convenes in December
 The Smith Hughes Act. The Smith Hughes Act is entitled "An Act to Provide for the pro
 motion of vocational education
 to provide for cooperation with
 the States in the promotion
 such education in agriculture
 and the trades and industries;
 to provide for cooperation with
 the States in the preparation
 teachers of vocational subjects
 and to appropriate money ant regulate it's expenditure.
 Section one of the act provides "That there is hereby annually ap propriated, out of any money Il the Treasury not otherwise appro priated, the sums provided in sec tions two, three and four Of thi act. to be paid to the resepctiv States for the purpose of coopera tion with the States in paying tho salaries of teachers, supervisors, ant directors of agricultul Al subjects and teachers of trade, home eco monies, and industrial subjects, anf in the preparation of teachers oi agriculture, trade industrial, anc home economic subjects" etc.
 Agriculture.
 Section two of the Act provldes for the appropriations of money, covering period of years, "foi the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries o1 teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects" And after setting forth the sev- eral amounts that are appropriated for the years to come. the section reads:
 Said sums shall be allotted tf the States in the proportion whicf their rural population bears to the total rural population in the United States, not including the outlying possession, according to the last preceding United States census, Pro yided. that the allotment of funds to any State shall be not les than q minimum of $5,000 for any ifs ] fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1923 cal year prior to and including the not less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter.
 Thus, under this section, if the resolution introduced by Delegate Sulzer is adopted, Alaskas will re- ceive annually, for the furtheranct Ot thS SNAA' of $5 1000 and after 1923 it will re- ceive for that purpose $10,OOO an- nually.
 Trade, Home Economies and ln- dustrial Subjects. Section Three of the Act pro vides:
 That for the purpose of CO., operating with the States in pay ing the salaries of teachels Of trade, home economies and indus trial subjects there is hereby ap- propriated for the use of the States" certain sums of money. which are to be divided among States in the same manner and proportion as the money appropriat- ed in the previous sections for ag- ricultural education.
 So. also. under this section. the Territory of Alaska would receive not less than $5.000 for the pur- poses stated until 1923 and after that year the amount would be doubled. Of this appropriation. not