The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-15
HOUSE PASSES }
 BILLS; DEADL!NE IS
 SET FOR MEASURES

A joint rules committee of the Territorial legislature today set
 headlines of March Is, for introduc-
 tion of bills, and March 23, for in- i terchange of legislation between the
 two bodies, in a report read in the
 House today.
 The deadline may be advanced
 by suspension of rules. As they
 stand they provide for the usual 10-day period for each house to pass on the others bills observed during regular legislative sessions. Lacking new matter, the House busted itself with third and second
 reading of bills (the order was re-
 verSed by a decision of the rules
 committed and passed the follow ing:
 H.B. 28, the pinball and slot machine control measure.
 H.B. l, the Jennings -Krause un-
 employment compensation benefits
 blll
 H.B. 4, the primary blanket ball. lot referendum, which passed unan-
 imously
 Rules were suspended to permit final passage of the two latter bills. Salary Resolution Signing of House Joint Resolu-
 ton l by Speaker Jesse D. Lan- i der (the resolution provides for legislative salaries) brought brief
 applause and a suggestion from Rep. Warren Taylor that a con
 voy" be appointed immediately to deliver the resolution to the gov ernor.
 Lander also signed H.B. 20, which , provides savings and penalties
 clauses to health legislation, on its
 return from the Senate. The morning session was notable i for two speeches by Rep. Walter
 E. Huntley first against slot ma
 chimes and the second against li- quor.
 Huntley sought to block the li- censing of slot machines, provid- ed for in HB. 28, declaring that he had not seen enough slot ma 1 chimes in Fairbanks, Anchorage Juneau or Ketchikan to warrant
 the fees called for in the bill and that the measure would "sell the
 souls of the people, by seeming to i legalize the one-armed. bandit. 1 In Wrong" Place i Rep. Curtis Shattuck promptly
 replied: Apparently MT. Huntley
 has not been to the wrong places !. There are plenty of slot machines in operation and I think we should get all the money out of the op- orators that we can. A high license ! fee should act as deterrent tc the purchase of slot machines.
 The bill passed, l3-10, with the emergency clause stricken. i Huntley later urged that HB i 24, the referendum bill on the feasibility of Territorial control and
 sale of liquor, be shot to first place on the calendar. A letter signed by , the Rev Robert Treat, Methodist
 pastor here and Mrs. Harold Smith 1 President of the Juneau Women's Federation, citing the alleged evils inherent in the consumption of in- !; toxicating beverages was read ir ;, support of Huntley's motion. But i the motion failed, 12-11. , The House received a substitute version of S.B. 9, the Alaska World War II Veterans Act, which incor- porates all Senate amendments
 from the upper body.
 l On request of Alaska Linck the
 House agreed to consider H. B. 39
 the basic science law, and H.B. g which provides for a -allopathit healers' examining board, at pm i today when some of the Territorial
 doctors will appear to testify or | the legislation.
 The House members attended the
 funeral of Mrs. Joseph Green, de-
 ceased wife of Senator Green, in a
 body this afternoon. A recess was taken until 3 pm. today. |