The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-20
Authorshipof MemoriaIHas
 Senate Upset
Glory Grabbing Charged in Dispute = Three
 Bills Also Passed


 The Alaska Senate this morning fell off from yesterdays legislative pace, but did succeed in passing three bills and one memorial, as well as killing off another memor ial
 Passage of Senate Joint Memorial 10, by Senators Coffey and E. B. Collins, followed a round of per sonality-filled pickering as to whom should go the glory. No. 10 was the first introduced of two mem orials on the same subject receiv ed by the Senate yesterday. It urges Federal appropriations for an immediate program of rehabili- tation of the Alaska Railroad The same prayer is expressed in S. J. M. II. co-authored by Senators Victor c. Rivers and Gunnard Engebreth. No II followed No 10 into the hop per by approximately five minutes.
 Upon introduction yesterday, need for haste was expressed due to the fact that a congressional sub committee on appropriations is now dealing with the matter No 10 was referred to the Transporta- tion Committee with instructions to report it back to the floor to- day-an instruction later expanded to direct that s. J. M II be con sidered by the committee jointly with No 10. The Committee to- day reported out No. 10 with a-
 do pass" tag and No. II without recommendation Committee Chair man William Munz explained that his group had thought it only fair to give it's blessing to the prior measure and to withhold opinion on No. II because the committee could hardly recommend passage of both
 Immediately the report on No. 10 was read, co-author Coffey thank ed the committee for it's prompt action. then moved that the mea- sure come before the body in sec ond reading right away
 Wants Haines Added
 Following an expression by Sena- tor Engebreth, Rivers moved for in- clusion of his own and Engebreth's names as joint authors of No. 10. Coffey and Collins objected.
 Senator Don Carlos Brownell mildly questioned such action as setting bad precedent; but Sena- tor N. R. Walkers verbal attack upon the motion was far from mild Walker viewed the move as an at tempt to climb up on the band wagon of a measure that is pop ularly favored He inferred that the authors of s. J. M. II had rushed introduction of their mea- sure as soon as they saw the prior memorial appear Walker held that Senators Coffey and Collins ob- jected with good cause to shar- ing credit with the authors of No. H. The authors of the first memorial deserve the credit, he maintained.
 Walkers attack led Senator Engebreth to ask privilege" in which he denied publicity seeking. He declared that his name appears on only one measure yet intro duced whereas Walkers is upon ap- proximately 50 percent of measures introduced this session. "Is Sena- tor Walker concerned with the people back home?" he queried, and received a prompt affirmative from Walker. Very much so,' said the Ketchikan senator.
 Motion Withdrawn
 Senator Rivers then rose to with draw his motion, but first threw back at Walker the issue of good taste" which Walker had tossed at him some days ago regarding an- other matter Rivers stated that mo doubt the two memorials were being typed at the same time; it was mere chance that had brought No. Il to the Senate in second place He said he could recall several similar occasions in the past when the names of authors of like measures had been joined on a single bill.
 President Nerland put an end to the wrangling after Senator Coch ran had expressed probably the most pointed comment of the morning: This body met at l0l o'clock; it is now II o'clock" the Nome Senator said.
 President Nerland declared that he had known the day previously that Senators Engebreth and Rivers were drafting their memorial. How ever. he stated it should Ee Suf-