The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-02
SENATE PUTS OK ON BASIC
 SCIENCE ACT
Decker and BIanton les fifty on Merits of
 Measure

Witnesses for the con" and the pro of the proposed "Basie Sciences" Act were heard yesterday by the Territorial Senate, with the pros" carrying the day. The Sen ate voted passage of the much- disputed measure by a 12 to 4 count Voting NO" were Senators Frank Gordon, Joe Green, Howard Lyng and Andrew Nerland.
 G. A. Decker, of Juneau, Secre- tary of the Chiropractic Board, ap- peared at the tail end of the higher houses morning session. to oppose the measure on behalf of the chiro- practors. pr. w. P. Blanton, of Ju neau, took the stand following the noon recess, to explain the medical practitioners support of the bill.
 The chiropractors' prircipsl 0b- lection to the act as expoInded b. their witness, is that the Board pre- posed is top-heavy with physicians who will set up examinations in tie basic sciences which will disciimin- ate against other fields O. healing than theirs s ch has been the result in many StS.es where similar laws have been put into effect, he declared.
 Chiropractors in Alaska already have examinations under their own Board, in which the basic sciences are presented to the applicant in "chiropractic i3sln." he testified. An examination expressed il. medical terminology would be unfair to chiropractors or any one else but physicians, he contended.
 Dr. Blanton outlined the nu. pose of the bill as to set up an examina- tion in the five basic sciences that would serve as prerequisite for physicians, chiropractors, osteopath., and other types of specialized plac- titioners of healing arts alike. Ar applicant woud be required to pass it first before applying to the board governing his own specially for i- cense to practice.
 The five sciences required by the bill are truly fundamentals for any {. one attempting to treat tt.e human body, he declared.
 Senator N. R. Walker was first to take the floor when the bill was put up for passage. He attacked peti- tion signed by Ketchikan residents, which had been offered in defense of a "Naturopath' in that city who had been set up on previous Senate discussion as horrible example" It has been stated that this petition is signed by 600 persons, T can count only 96 names" the Ketchi- kan Senator said, and one of the most prominent of the signers is our undertaken"
 Senator Walker then launched in- to a series of illustrations of harm that result from improperly-train- ed persons practicing healing. He was interrupted by motion from Senator Gordon to table" the bill The motion failed to receive a second"
 Senator O. D. Cochran, who earl fer had seemed to be among the measures opponents, yesterday spoke in favor of it's passage, say ing he felt the public is entitled to the protection it provides.
 Senator Grenold Collins, one of the measures sponsors, in the con- cluding argument struck at cohdi- tions in the State of California, which has been pointed out as State where a similar measure had been defeated by popular vote. Let California have the quacks and the charlatanS," he declared. Do we want to condone ignorance?"
 The emergency clause in Senate Bill No. Is was adopted by unani- nous vote, following passage of the measure.