The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-26
WARG0E50N OVER MONEY;
 NO CUTS YET
Big Roads Appropriation Still Stands al Major
 fly Holds Firm

ity defenSes with slaShes on the pig gest appropriation bill in the Legs latures history.
 Highlights of this mornings ses- sion were battles over roads ana prospectors, S8O0,O00 for the former and s60,O00 for the latter.
 Boiled down, the arguments were held to the roll of drums under the fiagpole; for: Our boyss coming home deserve the increase in roads that will broaden the economy of the Territory and our boys coming home shall have money with which to go prospecting if they wish; against; All our boys want to come home to is the home they left in stable finan- cial condition.
 Representative Linck began the minority attack this morning with an amendment seeking to strike the '$8OOOO0 roads appropriation to $600 0O0 4
 MT. Hesse asked for $400,00o," Mrs. Linck said, "and MT. Smith said that wasn't enough, so $oO0,0oO seems fair enough" ~
 Gill Talks
 Most vigorous packer of the en- larged roads appropriation was Re-. publican Oscar Gill from Anchor age, who declared, If anybody here can think of better way to spend money, I'll yield the floor
 Gill went on to say the real req son" for the larger appropriation was to take advantage of the oppor- tunity Alaska may have to come un- der the Federal Highway Aid act, legislation for which purpose has been introduced in Washington by Delegate Bob Bartlett.
 And the volatile Representative Vukovich couldn't stand it any long CT.
 House Going Hog Wild"
 Apparently everyone in this House knows more about roads than MT. Hessel' Vukovich declared, add 1 is going hog wild!" i stE
 The Linck amendment was defeat ed. ..l8. to 6. sese
 Once again Mrs. Linck tried her often dulled knife on the appropria- tions measure when legislators reached the $6o,ooO figure requested in the bill for financing the 1927 Prospectors' Aid Act
 MT. Stewart, the Commissioner of Mines, told the committee that $3O,0O0 was ample,"s Mrs. Linck said, offering an amendment to. cut the higher figure to Chat sum.
 Said the man from the creeks, Representative Ed Anderson, many years an Alaska placer miner, If it wasn't for the prospectors we wouldn't be here. It was the pros pectors that opened this country. Let's give credit to these men, our real pioneers"
 Flag Unfurled
 It was at this point that the flag was unfurled.
 If you want to do something for the returning soldier" said Rep resentatiye Diamond, Here's your chance. At the mining short course in, Anchorage the other day, there were 375 men enrolled, mostly ser vice men"
 Representative Alaska Linck pro- nounced herself sick and tired" of using the soldiers name in vain"
 Rep. Pollard, seldom say ing a word, rose to his feet and de- clared, Here we're sitting around making more money rlan ever be- fore-our boys are dying out there on the battlefields-I tell you gentle men we're towards. Let's give ev- erything we can!"
 Soaring temperatures boiled over here and Representative Peterson called for an end to the argument. When you start waving the flag it's time to say something!" he declared. I'm sacrificing just as much as anybody else"
 Like the previous Linck amend ment, the cut attempt was killed, eighteen to six.
 Early in the mornings session. Representative Shattuck had tried again to slash University of Alaska funds. this time trying. to cut the new buildings appropriations byl $175,000, but the amendment also failed, by closer vote, IA to 10.
 During the reading of committee reports, gallery spectators accustom- ed to liberal do pass approach of House Committees, were surprised to hear four measures come out to the Clerks table with negative re- ports.
 'Do Not Pass"
 Those measures getting the do not pass" sign from committee were House Bill No. 57. for pin ball mach inc licensing. House Bill No 58, to require the Attorney Generals of flee to police the enforcement of liquor laws, House Bill No 54, ask ing $20,000 for Petersburg hospital o,,<J rTo,,eo T1;,,f Dacol,t;o,,