The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-20
ts $50 tax was ten to six
 Painless, Is Claim

Rep. Amer J. Peterson of An ,horage said on the basis of re- eipts in the past six months, rev. ,nue under the bill would be S75i,- Fl 40 in the next biennium, or eX- lctlS half a million more than would be the case were the tax o continue at 50 cents.
 This is a painless way of fur lishing money to educate our children" Peterson said. "All kinds ,f propositions will come before his Legislature for income taxes md other taxes which won't be so painless. They probably won't pass, sul ul JIsslno6 YooI pue sIsouEs aq uso no6 10 quo 9I5uIs 8 Moq eas uop | s9q noG U.aIsuM u9ul pun mirror, if you don't vote for tis bill"
 Rep Charles Herbert of Fair banks rose to a heated denuncia- ton of the $50 tax proposal, say ing this was not painless taxation at all, but a tax directly upon the consumer and particularly upon the poor man.
 Anchorage Statement Herbert quoted what he said was a statement of Peterson before the Committee, that "in Anchor age half of the wage earners throw all their money away on ,liquor' and then receive unemployment compensation benefits to keep going.
 Rep. Frank Gordon said he did not consider the 200 percent tax increase provided in the bill too much. He said the tax on cigar cites in some States is proportion ately much greater and that it lays most heavily on the women which he said he considered du- bious thing.
 Rep. Allen Shattuck said he sym pathized with the poor Ways and Means Committee of two years hence when it looks around for new sources of revenue and finds this one exhausted by a $50 tax.
 SnCose in 1943?
 Rep. James w. Davis, opposing the $50 tax as unreasonable, said he supposed that two years hence some member would propose "a painless tax on snoose."
 Rep. Frank Whaley questioned the right of the Legislature to increase by 200 percent the tax on a com modity which the people had so re- gently shown by vote that it wants to enjoy.
 Rep. Crystal Snow Jenne said that she opposed placing all the respon- sibility for collecting liquor taxes on the dealer and said that If the gen. eral public wishes to enjoy this lux ury let them pay for it.
 Rep. Howard Lyng said the Legis- lature should not attempt to make up all the deficiencies in its income from the liquor business.
 Other business of the day paled beside the liquor controversy.
 Secretary Heard
 This morning John Hagmeier. Sec retary of the Alaska Tuberculosis As sociation, was granted the privilege of the floor to explain the purpose of bill to appropriate S3,0O0 for tuberculosis diagnosis.
 Representative Jenne's bill for a Women's Home was approved by the Territorial Institutions Committee and referred to Ways and Means
 Do pass recommendation was stamped by various committees on memorial to place navigation lights on Kotzebue Sound and on bills re- lating to conditional sales contracts, the bid law and employers failure to pay.
 The Judiciary Committee recom- mended that Rep. Leo Rogges bill to require applicants for medical prac- titioner licenses to be citizens of the United States do not pass, with Chairman Peterson not concurring. The House adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow.