The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-10-29


 have been considered and reported by the committees.
 This, he claimed, was the situa- tion when he left Washington last Summer before Congress adjourn cd. Replying to criticism that he should have remained there unti. adjournment he declared, that nc legislation was pending affecting Alaska at that time and that the interests of the Territory did not suffer.
 Garner Bill Passed
 It has been charged that the Garner Relief Bill, carrying sev- eral Alaska items, was pending when he left, he said. He denied this was true and held aloft doc- ument which he said was a copy Of the bill as passed by the House and sent to the Senate before he left the national capital.
 He pointed out that the Garner Bill failed to become law, and charged that it was a pork bar rel measure" He paid tribute to Speaker Garner as a fighter" but said he is not statesman"
 He denied he had failed to sup port the Alaska Road Commission appropriation answering anot he T charge he said had been made against him. He supported his de- nial by reading from the Congress sional Record of May IT, an &C., count of the proceedings on that item in the War Department sup ply bill.
 Cut by Committee
 The Budget estimates, the Dele gate said, had called for $656, 6,000 for the Commission The Com mi5.ae, under the economy urge, slasned it to $334,O0O. He failed to cite any appearance he made before the Committee, where he, earlier in his speech, had said work on bills had to be done, but read to the audience a motion he made On the floor of the House to re- store the original figure of $636,- GOO.
 This, he said, was beaten be- cause of the opposition of the Democratic majority Then Con- gressman McDuffie, Alabama Dem- ocrat and Chairman of the Econ omy Committee, tried to eliminate the item entirely. By hard work, he said, he had beaten that ef- fort, getting a bare majority of six votes out of 354 members of the House.
 Reasons For Transfer
 It wasn't so much because the Department of Interior wanted to take over the Alaska Road Com missions work in Alaska, but owing to the incessant activity of bump tious Thomas Blanton, Texas Dem- ocrat, that the Commission was transferred from the War to the Interior Department, declared the Delegate. Blanton made life so miserable for the former Depart ment over some 2,O00 Army off cers detailed to civil activities that it just naturally took to cover and, yielding to pressure, the Secretary initiated the motion to take the Army officers on the Commission ol,t of Alaska. He contended the Delegate, wrote to the Secretary of Interior asking him to take over the organizations duties and pow CTS The latter officer wrote to- Senator Howell and the President also approved the transfer. The Delegate didn't read the corres- pondenee, however.
 T don't know who prepared the bill. but I do know it was intro duced by Congressman Edward T. Tavlor, Democrat of Colorado" he added. He said he was asked to do it, but didn't.
 Was Present When Enacted
 He asserted positively he was in Washington when the bill was fi- naNy passed by the House and sent 10 the Senate, but didn't know just when it passed the Senate.
 He said he couldn't have pre- vented it's passage in the House because it was favored by the Democratic majority, by the Presi- dent and by the Secretaries of Interior and War.
 Reviews Early Record
 Challenging Democrats to cite any legislative achievements Of Delegates Charles A. Sulzer and George B. Grigsby. 1918 to- 1920, the elections of both of whom he successfully contested. the Dele. gate cited what he termed were his own earlier achievements in