The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-20

 ed that one of the memorials should pass. Whats the difference, as long as it's a good mcmorial?" ke asked
 Memorial Amended
 At Senator Brownells suggestion IS. J. M 10 was then amended to include the appropriations sub committee among its addresses. It was advanced to third reading and unanimously passed. S. J. M. IL was allowed to take the normal course to the Rules Committee for future disposal.
 The three other measures pass ed by the Senate this forenoon were Senate Bill 40, sponsored by Walker; Senate Bill 27 opposed by Walker and S. B 29, which had no one excited
 s. B. 40, at Senator Engebreth's suggestion, was amended by the author to calify the type of whole Isale transaction that the measure would exempt from collection of the Veterans Tax. The purpose of the bill is to exempt Alaska whole Isalers for payment of the one-half on one percent wholesale levy on sales to retailers, so as to put Alaska wholesalers on equal foot ing with Outside firms.
 Senator Engebretn expressed him self not wholly satisfied with the amendment made, but said he would go along since he had not been present to take part in en- action of the original veterans act. He said he still thinks the wording of s. B. 40 is very poor and that the Senate will find that half of tax now collected from wholesalers will disappear. He asked if the Senators realize that the people most ale to pay the gross tax would be exempted?
 Consumer rays
 EiiStDl Slii NdS dlioNtttd uy Walker that, since the consumer pays all the tax in the end, the effect of the bill will he to relieve the consumer of paying one and one-half percent. This, Engebreth declared to be spacious reasoning"
 Brownell also objected to the bill and voiced the only vote against it's passage. He. said no che had shown him how much tax the Territory would lose by it.
 The bill was passed and the emergency clause adopted by a Is to one vote.
 Consideration of s. B. 27 found Walker strongly arguing against re- peal of his Alaska Criminal InveS- tigation Department. He cited the 1889 amended law to show that the measure now on the books could do no harm and would cost money to repeal.
 Passage of s. B. 27, he argued. would put the Territory to needless expense to repeal "a good bill" which in effect supplements sup pression of crime" No good citizen objects to being fingerprinted, he maintained
 Senator Collins who had joined Walker in the unfavorable half of split committee report, concurred with Walkers view The measure now on the statutes has merit, he said; why throw it out?
 Gestapo Law
 It was Senator O. D. Cochran, author of s. B. 27 however, who proved champion of the debate. He referred to Walkers arguments as being similar to those used to sup port the "Gestapo of the Nazis. Walkers act, now on the books, he said, would cost about S75 to re- peal and S100 to carry oyer into the new Alaska Code. How many votes would the law get if sub mitted to referendum? he asked, then concluded: No officer of the Territory has ever had sufficient sympathy with this Gestapo law to invoke it"
 Roll call on s. B. 27 showed an Il to 5 majority for passage. Vot- ing no were Senators Brownell, Collins, Dawes, Green and Walk CT
 Passed with practically no dis cussion, except Walkers question ing of one bit of verbiage, was s. B 29 which makes slight revis- ions in the qualifications of ap- plicants to the practice of law in Alaska The bill was unanimously passed.
 The measure killed off by the Senate this morning-via the in- definite postponement route-was House Joint Memorial No. g, by Rep Carl Anderson.
 In National Security
 The measure was led to slaugh- ter by the Rules Committee. In line with that groups report, Chair man Walker moved indefinite post ponement-in the interest of na- tional security.
 The memorial urged the Federal Communications Commission to act favorably on applications for li- censes for a private communica- +io Uya1Ua,