The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-02
SPEAKER LANDER PUTS OVER NEW
 RULES IN HOUSE

Speaker of the House Jesse D. Lander today celebrated the near closing of the legislature by scrap ping Roberts Rules of Order in favor of an original rule of his own whereby "the speaker must protect tn: majority"
 The ruling came shortly after House Resolution 2, due for second reading today, was reported back from the Committee on Engross- ment and Enrolment and up for third reading and final passage. The controversial resolution describes Gov Ernest Gruening as the greatest governor in the history of the Territory" lists his reported achievements, and is designed to offset the effects of Senate Mem orial 1, which asks for the gover- nor's removal.
 According to the scrapped rules. action on the measure should re- sume where it left off at adjourn ment yesterday; specifically, it should be on the calendar for sec ond reading today. and, as this is closing day, in all probability the resolution would not have passed the House and the adverse Senate would have headed for Washington, D. O., unaccompanied by a softening influence.
 According to the formerly-appli- cable rules a two-third majority Gin this case 16 "yea'so is requir- ed to suspend rules and advance bill to final passage instead of put ting it though the customary three readings. A motion by the anti Gruenings to suspend rules yester- day, made in the almost certain knowledge that the pro-Gruenings could raise only IA votes was blocked by pro-Gruening move to adjourn (adjournment takes precedence over other business).
 ChaT Challenged
 Discovery this morning that the motion to advance the bill, which lacked 8 two-thirds majority vote yesterday, had been carried out provoked the follow ing challenges directed at the Chair:
 Rep. Curtis Shattuck: MT. Speak or, you ordered that bill to com- mittee without advising the House. When I made a motion to advance the bill yesterday it was blocked before it could come to & vote, yet you acted without a vote. I've fought for adherence to rules throughout this session and MT Speaker, say you had no right to advance that bill after adjourn ment!n
 Rep Amer J. Petsrson MT. Speaker. you can't do thatl'
 Rep Alaska Linck: T move the speaker be overruled and ask for q roll call vote"
 At this point Lander announced his new, substitute ruling.
 Rules Gro Bump --
 Put to a vote Roberts Rules went down, sucking the anti Gruening minority under with it, and Landers ruling was upheld, 14-9. Voting against the Chair were Reps. Oscar s. Gill; Robert Hoopes, Maurice T. Johnson, Mrs. Linck, Peterson, Wallace Porter, Shattuck, Steve Vukovich and M J. Walsh.
 The resolution is up for final passage today as a result of Lam der's rulings. A majority of the House membership u3 in this easel is all that is needed to pass the measure.
 Also today the House passed Sem ate Bill 26 with an emergency clause. thereby paving the way for purchase of floating clinic for the Public Health Department and authorizing sale of the Hygiene"
 Also passed was S.B. Is, prescrib- ing qualifications of police officers in cities of the first class.
 Senate Joint Memorial 3, asking that the Whittier railroad cutoff be opened as a means of reducing 4. {. -<s. <s. ,s. <. {. .a 4 s