The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-21
ARMY SEEKING A. B. HALL FOR PERSONNEL
 WHILE TAKING LEAVE
Extension of Small Boat Harbor Brought Up at
 City Council Meet

The City Council of Juneau. meeting last night in the final re- eular session of the year, heard a proposal frc,n the Commanding General of Alaska through Col. Harold K. Simmons that the Army be granted the use of the A. B. Ial. for one year as a personnel leave center.
 Attornev Norman Banfield re- resented John Pasquan in his re- llest to the Council for reconsider
 ticn of last weeks action in which pascuan's restaurant-hquor license application was denied.
 Other Council business included an application made by MT. Jack Jackson for approval of the North >rn Hotel as a center for colored people. whom he said have no other rlace in Jureau to which they can feel free to patronize. This was re- ierred to committee for further study.
 The Council last night also nov ed that application be made for a permit tc construct a new small boat harbor from beyond the North ern Commercial Company to Nor way Point, distance of 2,200 feet; passed motion providing for the printing of a new City Building Code and heard brief report from Mayor Hendrickson on the Juneau Airport, on which no further pro- gress can be made until K s. Perry, superintendent Of the Airports Branch. CAA, oemes to Juneau in January.
 Juneau For Recreation
 Concerning the proposal made by Col. Simmons, representing the AL aska Command of the U. S. Army, it was explaired by the Colonel that the Army had decided after sur vey of various localities that Ju- neau would be the spot most suit able fer a leave center for soldiers n the territory.
 Col. Simmons asked the city last night for the use of the A. B. Hall as a temporary structure to house as many as an estimated 200 sol- diers at one time. This would be On a trial basis for a period of one year: if it were successful, and the Army wished to continue the pro- iect, permanent housing arrange nents would be made.
 Col Simmons explained that the leave center would be financed by funds belonging to the soldiers but administered by the Army. These funds come from the profits made from Post Exchanges and motion pictures.
 The City Properties committee, which consists of Councilmen Sully, Larsen and Jnrgensen was schedul- ed to meet with Col Simmons and James Huston, Support Superin- sandent, this morning to discuss var,ous problems in connection with 9ianting use of the building to the Army.
 One difficulty is the previous ar rangemert made to establish a skating rink in the hall. Another is to find a slitable location for the several offices of the Fish and Wildlife Service, which are now boused in the A. B. Hall.
 The Council refused to take any further action toward approval of any sort of license for John and Katherine Pasquan, proprietors of ohe Imperial Bar and Fountain. Banfield asked first for reconsider ation of las. weeks denial and when that was refused, he made erhal application for approval of a liquor dispensing license.
 There was considerable discus sion, which accomplished very little. Banfield will have Pasquan make application through the office of the Clerk of the Court to the Dis trict Judge. and leave the granting CT refusal of the license up to Judge Kehoe. The Council explain cd that it could grant no new liquor licenses, Without reversing past ,.ecisicn/ Thee was no motion of ,evers2l
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