The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-27
WAYS MEANS BILL GIVEN
 NEW B005TS
Sharpe Gets ShelIdlking as House Puts PoIi-
 tiCs on Floor

leW l1SKS WlJ1 tIlc p1l HE hiiiAS, H"0 for their pains ended up the day with an appropriations measure bigger than before by over hun dred thousand dollars.
 The big boost to the money bill came during the closing minutes of yesterdays session when the SlOO,OOO sum for administration of the Board of Public Welfare was upped to s254,520.
 Cut were the figures Sl1 ,440 from the mines budget for non-existant assistant assayer at Fairbanks, the Se.oO0 salary of Commissioner of Labor Walter Sharp, tto S4,320), and $50, GOO from the appropriation for the Alaska Territorial Guard.
 In addition to the big boost, how ever, given the Department of Pup lie Welfare, another S5,0o0 boost was given the S75, 900 wolf and coyote bounty funds.
 Public Welfare head Russell May nard appeared before the House to ask the increased funds for his of- flee. The Budget Board had denied Maynard's request for a quarter of a million and had given him the s1OO. O.C00 figure in their request to the 
 Maynard declared before the House: T don't know why we were given the big cut" and said that of the additional s150,000, some thous- and dollars would be used to open three new offices at Seward, Wragell and Nome, and to replace worn cut" equipment.
 Economist Representative Alaska Linck won chance for new vote on the appropriation, however, with a notice of reconsideration wedged in just ahead of Representative Me Cutcheon's motion for adjournment.
 Sharp Controversy
 Commissioner of Labor Walter Sharpe got a healthy boot from the well organized House majority when his salary came up for discussion.
 Representative Huntley had nov ed to strike the entire salary appro- priation for Sharpe and initiated what appeared to be well consider cd political mud bath.
 Huntley declared there was mo report" forthcoming from the Labor Commissioners office and there had been several complaints.
 Representative Shattuck arose to Sharpes defense with the statement, There have been complaints in all offices. Let's abolish every office then"
 Said Rep Maurice Johnson, We have no right to abolish any office. ,
 Representative McCutcheon walk ed right out from behind the politi- cal bush and declared, We're net trying to abolish an office. This is to abolish a person.
 Krause Busy
 It was Representative Krause who offered the amendment to cut Sharpes salary from the s6,000 in the bill to $4,32o, declaring this figure 20 per cent increase in sal ary accorded all other Territorial offices.
 It was brought out on the floor by Representative Shattuck that Sharpe is the only elective official in the Territory that is not receiving the $6,0o0 base"
 When the fight arose over mo re- port" brought again to head by Rsp presentative Badger, Sharpe sup porter Representative Steve Vuko- yich angrily placed report in Bad gers hands, only to find that he had given him the Unemployment Com pensation report.
 "SabCtagei" cried Vukovich, searching his deck for the report, and adding, Tt was here before"
 Report Issued
 A recess was called after Repre- sentative Shattuck had declared Sharpe had told him supply of re- ports had been sent to the House boiler room" for distribution early in the session.
 A search of the House flies failed to uncover the missing document.
 Another Territorial office that failed to weather yesterdays storm was the Alaska Territorial Guard.
 Col J. P. Williams, commanding officer of the Alaska Territorial Guard, and Major c. F, Scheibner, military aide to the Governor, took the stand in support of the guard appropriation after Representative Oscar Gill of Anchorage had moved to cut the entire appropriation.
 Gill declared the Guard "useless waste of money"
 Col. Williams declared the Guarc should live because CD the military favored it.; (2) it performed valuable service in training of pre-inductees (3) it is a good civic organization and (4 most local guards are bet ter than the Army stationed here. Gill's amendment was lost in ; tangled maze of amendments ant | nm lraa,,te t0 tl,a z, v,o a,, dr,aayt ki,