The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-16
Senators Say
 Territory No
 Dumping Spot
Action Voted Against Mo- Quota Immigration
 of Films


 Films followed fish to fill the floor for a good share of the Sem ate's session this morning. Under discussion was House Joint Me morial No. p, opposing bill now before Congress to open Alaska to unrestricted immigration of persons | of Finnish descent who have served ,honorably in the armed forces of the United Nations, with their ! families.
 H. R. 2499, introduced in Congress by Rep. Case of South Dakota, advocates such non-quota immigra- tion to Alaska and provides that before any of the Finn migrants would be entitled to enter any of the 43 states, or any other U. s. territory or possession, they must permanently reside in Alaska for 10 years.
 The House memorial prays that the bill not be passed by Congress unless it's provisions be extended to permit non-quota immigration of such Finnish people into the United States generally. The measure was advanced to final vote without amendment, and won the approval of the Senate by 13 to I2 margin. Senator Frank Whaley was absent.
 Opposing passage of the memorial were Fairbanks Senators Frank Gordon and Andrew Nerland. Not Dumping Ground Senator o. D. Cochran voiced the principal objection to the Case Bill when he queried: Why single out Alaska as dumping ground for any aliens" The act before Congress, he declared, is "un-Am- erican in it's discriminatory nature" both against peoples from other countries and against the Territory 1 of Alaska.
 Quoting the lines on the bronze tablet at the base of the Statue of Liberty, Senator Gordon ex- pressed his conviction that the opening of Alaska to such settle ment by Finnish peoples would be mot an outrage to the Territory, but privilege extended it. Be- sides, he added, there are not enough Films in the Territory now so that one can obtain Finnish Bath whenever he wants one.
 Senator H. H.. McCutcheon then rocked the galleries with a bit of repartee, remarking: If we let in 6 lot of Films then we might find the next step is to let down the bars to Scots-then the Territory would be in hell of fix"
 Senator Nerland went into the background of the Finnish nation to establish that they would likely 1 be good residents for the Territory to have and declared there is a place for them in the development of farming in Alaska 'I'd welcome them to the Panama Valley, where I've made my home for 45 years" 1 he stated.
 Discrimination Senator N. R. Walker held to the view that the bill before Congress is discriminatory" while Senator Allen Shattuck took the realistic" attitude that such unrestricted en- trance of foreign people might result in a threat to the high standard of living of American farmers in Alaska" Also, he pointed out, they would fill the places needed to be held open for Am erican seryicemen who will want to come to Alaska.
 Senator Howard Lyng declared himself in agreement with Senator Shattuck for the third time in this session" He answered Senator Nerland's reference to the Mata- nuska re-settlement by describing that project as a military move" which was costly but justified from military necessity.
 Such special privilege as Rep. Cases bill would grant should be reserved for returning American soldiers, the Nome solon advocated. If we let down the bars and don't protest this" he continued, the next step will be another Ickes move to make Alaska haven for German-Jewish refugees. There would not be such ground for op- position, he concluded. if the Case measure were applied to the 48 states also,
 A clamor for the previous ques- tion' brought balloting on the bill, following which Senator Leo w. Eogge. speaking under special