The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-27
 BiIIReteives
 Senate Boost
Amended Measure Calls for A,557,422 to
 Run Territory


 With calendars of both houses clear of bills, the 18th Territorial Legislature settled down to the last night of the session with little re- maining before it but agreement on terms of the general appropriation bill, which passed the Senate just before midnight last night.
 Also expected is action on a bill to meet expenses of the Alaska Ma ticnal Guard. The second version of the armory bill, calling for appro- priation of s250,OO0, met death this morning when the House refused to receive it after passage by the Sen- ate yesterday afternoon. The Sen- ate vote on the measure was six to two, with Senators O. D. Cochran ana Edward Coffey against. Senator Leroy Sullivan, one of the regular foes of the measure, voted for the bill and then gave notice of inten- ton to move reconsideration of his vote, but his notice was overruled in view of a Senate rule stating that such notice cannot be given on the day preceding the last day of the session.
 The House vote against rceiving the armory measure was 10 to 6.
 The National Guard expense bill would call for a comparatively mod est amount, probably $25,000 and was given good chance of passage.
 e Appropriation Boosted
 As passed by the Senate last night the general appropriation bill called for expenditure in the next bien- nium of $4,557 ,422. This was $61 .570 more than the amount allowed by the House when it passed the bill
 Principal amendments made by the Senate were inserting an item of $25 900 for the Alaska Planning Council, inserting $l,440 for addi- tional salary of the Secretary to the Governor, allowing $8,O00 for an Assistant Attorney General, raising the University of Alaska administra- tion appropriation from $l74,400 to $212, ,950, striking appropriations for industrial and agricultural fairs, the $5,000 emergency appropriation, and that for telephone lines, and trim ming the Department of Public Well fares administration appropriation from $50, ,405 to $6l, ,O85.
 Planning Council Surprise
 Insertion of the Alaska Planning Council item came as a surprise to several Senators, including Leroy Sullivan, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. It was put in the bill by vote of five to three, with Cochran, Sullivan and Roden against it. AS no appropriation for the Coun- cil was made by the House, this will be one of the subjects for confer ence committee to thrash out.
 The $8,000 item for industrial and agricultural fairs was stricken over the indignant protests of Senator cochran. Sullivan, his colleague from the Second Division, disagreed with him over the value of the fair at Nome, saying about all they did was to drag out the same old reindeer hide year after year" Rod en said the fair in Juneau was not worth five cents'
 Optomctry
 When the Senators came to a Board of Optometry item of s340, Senator Don Carlos Brownel1 asked What is this board and what does it do on so small an amount oi money?" A motion by him to in- crease the appropriation to $500 was not seconded.
 When the Board of Optometry was mentioned, Senator c. H. (Ala- bam) LaBoyteaux remarked: Page Betty Mccormick A colleague ex- plained to him the difference be- tween optometry and cosmetology on which board Mrs. John McCor- mick is Secretary.
 No Emergency The customary S5,000 emergency appropriation was stricken when no one present was able to answer Cochran's question: Whats it | for?"
 An item of 5000 for the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission was left in the bill over Cochrans protests, after Sup ervisor Dudley Reynolds strongly urged that the appropriation be made
 | The final vote on the bill was seven to one, with Senator Norman R. Walker against. Asked why the negative vote, Walker said the bill called for too much money.