The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-05-27
ARGUMENT or LAWYER FOR CLIENT

ARGUMENT OF LAWYER FOR CLIENT.
 Arguing before the Chamber of Commerce last Thursday H L. Faulkner. Chairman of the Legisla- tive Committee of that organization and member of it's Board of Directors in opposing endorsement by the Chamber Of the Dimond bill to authorize the Alaska Legislature instead of Congress to control the fisheries sought to prove it might be dangerous to make such @ transfer of power. Among other things he asserted Congress might also turn over to the Territory the duty of providing funds for the schools now maintained by the Federal Government. These are the educational institutions owned and operated by the Office of Indian Affairs.
 The answer to that is obvious. The Federal Gov ernment holds itself responsible for the education of the Indians of the entire county-the States as well as Alaska. Where it does not maintain Indian schools it pays tuition to the county or State in which the Indian pupils are enrolled The Federal Government does not pretend to have regulatory authority over the fisheries resources in the waters of any State Its jurisdiction over such resources is limited to Alaska. When Congress passes laws relating to Alaskan fisheries it is acting as a Territorial Legislature and for the Territory Such laws are special as distinguished from general statutes applicable to the entire nation. Clearly there is no parallel between the schools and the fisheries.
 Roads, too, were mentioned by MT. Faulkner.
 
 of Indian Schools and the administration of the fisheries also exists between the latter function and Federal appropriations for roads. There is no par allel in either instance.
 Expressing doubt as to the ability of the Terri tory to economze in the regulation of the fisheries MT Faulkner compared the cost to the Territory of it's own school system in 1917 and 1883 The Territorial school system such was not established until 1917. Naturally, at the outset the money ,sOF accurate budgeting It took few years to get the system organized and operating. Increased ap- preparations of the past few years caused by increasing enrolment better facilities for education and not by augmented administrative overhead. Per capita costs of education in the system have been lowered the years -have elapsed rather than increased
 The same line of argument pursued by MT Faulkner with relation to the Treasury and the Territorial Secretary, now the Auditor He used figures for 1915 and 1883 for comparison, The Treasury in its infancy in 1915 No one knew just how extensive its tasks would be what sort of force would be required to take care of them Costs there have remained virtually stationary for many years now, The Secretarys office fee office in 1915 It didn't change from that status for several years. When it did naturally appropriations were larger And part of the administrative costs of the Secretarys office met by Federal appro- priatons which is not the case with the Auditors office
 The opposition argument claimed that the present system of fisheries control is ideal Why MT Faulkner said, Tt is an ideal arrangement The Federal Government pays all the expenses and the Territory gets all the money"
 vast majority of the electors of Alaska dis agree with that view. Last November after he had made Home Rule the cardinal principle of his paign as it was in the platform of his party, and specifically declaring he would make every effort to obtain Territorial control of fisheries, fur and game, Anthony J. Dimond was elected Delegate to Congress by the biggest popular majority given candidate for office in the Territory Undoubtedly that partly due to the great landslide for the Democratic Party but it due most of all to the confidence that the voters had in MT Dmonds sincerity his honesty of purpose and his ability If there is any one quality that is pre-eminent his makeup, it is sincerity. That is recognized by his foes well his friends. If Delegate Dmond had not been convinced local control of the fish cries, fur and game for the best interests of the Territory he would not have pledged himself to try to obtain it even though he had known it would have cost him the election
 MT. Faulkners talk before the Chamber of Com merce sounded like legal argument of Attorney Faulkner for client trial before jury not like the fine public spirited Herbert L Faulkner, civic leader and broad-minded citizen. addressing fellow members of the Chamber of Commerce