The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-29
HOUSE GETS BUSY
 ON MEASURES; AU
 BRANCH GETS 0KEH


 A scant three bills fingered on the calendar as the Territorial House adjourned busy morning session today.
 As first order of business fol- lowing gubernatorial appointments were confirmed:
 Mrs Louise Weaver Miller, Ketch- ikan; Harold Byrd, Fairbanks; and Edward V. Davis, Anchorage, to the Housing Authority.
 Antonio Polet, Nome, to the All aska Development Board.
 M P. Mullaney, Palmer, to the office of Tax Commissioner pr. George W. Gasser, Fairbanks to the office of Commissioner of Agriculture.
 House bill 69, to give the V, .rans southeast branch of the Unlyer- sity of Alaska, passed, l7-6, over the stubborn opposition of north- ern division members.
 Amer J. Peterson, the bills au- thor, produced letter from the Juneau Post of the American Le- gion, which met last night, urging establishment of 'the extension branch and stating that approxi- nately 200 veterans alone are ready to go to school if given a school The lettep further stated that given launching fund tPeterson's bill calls for a $150,000 appropriation the extension would pay for itself thus bearing out testimony pre- sented previously by Harry Newell Jr. of Ketchikan who has surveyed prospective students in that city
 Haines Has Site
 Rep. Fred Hanford. urging pas sage of the bill, said that the city of Haines has offered to house the proposed branch if facilities al- ready offered by Ketchikan prove not feasible.
 Rep. Stanley McCutcheon also supported the bill with the com ment: q happen to know person. ally the bill has good chance in the Senate
 Just before the vote Rep. M. J Walsh again urged that the bill he killed to allow JAS regents of whom he is one, to review at length the various great and minute de- tails connected with establishment of the branch while the education starved veterans mark time.
 Those opposing H.B. 69. consist ently since it's introduction, and voting against it today, were Reps. Robert Hoopes. Maurice T John- son, Alaska s. Linck, Wallace Por- ter, Walsh, and Curtis Shattuck (only opponent from southern AL aSka.)
 Vets Bill Conference
 The House committee on Free Conference on the Alaska World War II Veterans Act verbally re- ported agreement with the Senate committee on practically every point and promised a written re- port Monday
 The following legislation also was passed:
 Senate bill g, for vocational re- mobilization of disabled persons appropriating $2,500 and declaring an emergency.
 House Joint Memorials g. for re- pair of the Snake River Harbor project at Nome; 8, for a three year survey of fishery possibilities in the Nome area of the Boring Sea and 10, for investigation of the Federal surplus property dis poSal program in Alaska
 House Joint Resolution g. for payment of salaries to legislators arriving late at the current session.
 The House failed H.B. 67, appro- priating $50,000 for a Kodiak small boat harbor; and House Joint Memorial 4. an incendiary measure aimed at abolishment of the Ter ritorial Senate.
 The House tabled H.B. Is, regu- lating the practice of law in the Territory, and H.B. 60. to tax the fisheries to build up the veterans revolving fund
 Senate Bills 21, 28, 27, and B were received from the Senate for signature of House Speaker Jesse D. Lander prior to transmission to Gov Ernest Gruening. and the up- per body notified the House that H.B. 45 had been signed by the Senates president. Lander also signed HE. 43.
 The House adjourned until II am. tomorrow, at which time they are expected to answer roll call and adjourn again immediately in observation of the Seward Day holiday.