The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-23
EFFORT TO MAKE REPORT ON FISH
 MEMORIAL FAILS
Fight on Fish Reservation Policy Renewed This Morn
 ing Without Notice.

With no preliminary warning, the fish reservation policy scrap burst anew in the House this morn ing when Representative Grant, Chairman on Fish. Fisheries, Game and Agriculture. handed in a re- port on House Memorial No. l, in- troduced at the beginning of the session by himself. offering in the report a substitute memorial and asking that it be considered under suspended rules al once. Foster, of Cordova, member of the same committee, was on his feet protest ing against such a procedure.
 He said there had never been q meeting of the full committee en either the original memorial or its substitute; that the committee mem bers did not even have copies of the substitute. To elarify the situation a recess was taken 10 allow the committee to get together. In the committee room, Mr Grant armed with a single copy of the substi- ute memorial, asked members to read il and report on it at once. MT. Price, protesting against rail- roading tactics. suggested that the Chairman have copies prepared for all members and defer action until Saturday morning. In this he w2s joined by MT. Foster and when Mr Raelson, who had signed the report which caused the upheaval, joined in the request for more time, MT. Grants majority for making an im- mediate report was wiped out.
 Renewed on Floor.
 On reeonvcning of the House, Mr. Grant formally withdrew his mo- ton to suspend the rules. When the clerk, however. read the report recommending the adoption of the substitute bill, signed by Grant, Raeson and Callahan, Foster again renewed his protest, saying that the committee agreement provided that no report would be made until to- morrow. He moved withdrawal of the report and was spported by MT Raelson. MT. Grant said he had no objection to such withdrawal. A point of order was made against the report by Mir. Daly, but was not sus- tained by Speaker Cole, who held it was not made at the proper time.
 During the debate on the proced- ure, members stated that one of the reasons for asking immediate action by the Committee in bringing the memorial back to the floor is that Delegate Sutherland desires to he heard on it. The Grant substitute will probably be brought back into the House tomorrow morning and a motion made to suspend the rules and proceeding with the hearing.
 Staser Suggests Conference.
 Seeking to pour oil on the troubled waters, in memorial praising both Delegate Sutherland and Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Representative Staser, of Anchor age, suggested this morning that the two officials get together in a conference on the Alaska fisheries situation. It expressed the con- fidence of the Legislature in both officials and their highmindedness and genuine desire to preserve the salmon industry from destruction and said we feel sure that any differences which may have arisen or may arise must be chiefly in the promul gation of the rules and regu- 1 lations governing the fisheries re- serves recently created, which, al | though probably working good to the greatest number, may effect in- justice in certain specific instances f of which the Delegate has know ledge.
 Mir Staser asked that the mem- orial be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Federal Relations rather than the Fisheries Commit tee. Without objection from any I member, his request was granted.