The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
ARM0R|ES, INCOME TAX
 UP IN AIR
Neither Measure Yet in Sendte-Guard Bill
 Passes House

ment, two of the most controversial pieces of legislation of the session today hung precariously somewhere between the House and Senate, with the prospect that neither would ever become law.
 The income tax bill was sent over to the Senate just before noon today with half dozen other House bills and by unanimous consent was plac- ed at the bottom of the calendar for consideration of whether it would be accepted. A two-thirds vote is necessary to get the bill into the Senate at this late date.
 Armcry Reconsideration
 The bill appropriating $500,000 for armories though passed last night 10 to 6, was still in the House, wait ing for reconsideration tomorrow of Rep. Harvey J. Smiths vote on the emergency clause
 On reconsideration today of Rep. Amer J. Peterson's vote on the in- come tax bill, the final vote on the measure was 12 to 4, with the nega- tive votes being cast by Reps. James " Davis, Leo Rogge. Smith and Pet erscn. Rep. Frank Whaley, who vot- ed against the bill originally, an- nounced in the House this afternoon he had voted for it today by mistake.
 The armory bill was passed 10 to 6 at 10:30 o'clock last night in the House after three solid hours of de- bate pro and con. Voting against the bill were Davis, Peterson, Rogge, Harvey Smith, Whaley and Allen Shattuck.
 Emergency Forgotten
 Rep. Howard Lyng, one of the strong supporters of the bill, gained the recognition of the chair just as the vote was completed and moved for adjournment, to shut off any an nouncement of a move for reconsid- eration. But the emergency clause was not adopted, so the bill came up again today. When Smith announced he would move for reconsideration of his vote on the emergency clause, he was ruled out of order by Speak CT H. H. McCutcheon, but on appeal from the ruling, the House failed by and to vote to sustain the rul- ing.
 The bill will now come up again tomorrow for reconsideration of the emergency clause vote.
 Major On Stand
 Last nights session was featured by a lengthy Interrogation of Maj. Jesse E. Graham, Army instructor to the Alaska National Guard, who was on the stand for over an hour. He said the Alaska Guard was or ganized, armed and equipped be- tween August 6 and the end of 194O, setting a record The Guard was au- thoriZed for the Territory, he said, when the War Department became very much concerned last summer about what might happen in Alaska. ,
 Asked if the Guard would be with drawn from Alaska if the Legislature failed to pass the bill for. armories, Graham replied that If the Terri tory would do the best it can to provide facilities reasonably close to the regulations and specifications of the War Department, the War Department will meet the Territory half way, just as the War Depart ment expects the Territory to meet it half way
 The Major said the War Depart ment didn't want the Territory to spend "one single dime" beyond what is necessary to give the Nation al Guard a place where it can drill. He said the absolute minimum re- quirements were space for a drill hall, a little office for the company commander and proper storage fac ilities for arms and clothing.
 Asked if such armorieS could not be built for less than $10G,000 apiece, Graham said the Territory might be able to peach out on S75 5,000.'
 He said there are lot of little re- finements could be cut out of the armory plans, so that Alaska would have just plain armoyies, with no frillS' -.s--ts
 Chambers Assailed
 Lyng defended the armory plan and said that among those opposing 1t were the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce which is controlled by about 12 Republicans and the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce, which he said voted against the plan on a secret ballot, while If the vote had been taken openly the result would have been the opposite"
 Whaley said he wasn't going to vote to spend half million dollars we haven't got"
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