The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-20
TB HOSPITAL BILL TABLED
 BY SENATOR'S
Coffey Sees Insidious FIng- CT of Bureaucracy in
 Bread Bill"

Following the joint session in the House Chamber yesterday after noon, the Alaska Senate retired to it's own quarters to work over the remainder of it's calendar-with the result that two more bills were add ed to the days passed" list and one measure was laid on the table. It was House Bill l3 that went from the fire into the frying pan; evading a threat of indefinite post ponement only to wind up on the table. H. B. 13, authored by Rep. Edward Anderson, calls for S30,000 appropriation to establish tuber- culosis isolation hospital somewhere in the Arctic regions of Alaska (Second Division preferred - by Authur Anderson The bill was tagged do not pass by the Sen ates Public Health Committee. In addition, it's validity was questioned under the heading of special legis- lation'
 Senator Edward D. Coffey had suggested passing H. B. l3 along to the Finance Committee, but when the Health Committee report was read he immediately switched tac- tics and moved for indefinite post ponement. The motion lost. to g, but Coffey immediately followed it up with a move to table, which carried 10 to 5.
 Bit of Bureaucracy
 Another House measure to which Coffey took exception was H. B. 26, authored by Rep. Engstrom. The bill would set standards of vitamin and mineral content for flour and bread sold in Alaska-a seemingly innocent enough purpose. Coffey, however, viewed it as "a bit of the worst bureaucracy I've ever seen come in"
 He held that if the measure were to he enforced prorsrly the Health Department would have to put 50 inspectors in the field and likely would call for another boat, six more automobiles and most prob ably an airplane.'
 Another Third Division Senator, Gunnard Engebreth, replied to Coffey's outburst, stating that the measure is simply intended to pre- vent dumping" of inferior flour upon Alaska's unsuspecting native peoples. The measure conforms to uniform statutes adopted by a large share of the States, includ- ing Washington, Engebreth inform ed the Senate.
 Dawes Comments
 Coffey questioned if it is so im- portant to protect Alaska natives from non-enriched flour He asked Senator L. P. Dawes if, in his ex perience as a physician, he had ever known of any persons dying of bread sent into the Territory Dawes answer was monosylabic negative.
 Although the bill had already gone through second reading with out alteration, Senator Coffey main- tained that it was in need of con- siderable amendment and object ed to its being advanced for pas sage. A motion to suspend the rules failed after which there was no objection to Coffey's request that H. B. 26 be continued in amendment stage.
 The two bills passed by the Sen- ate at yesterdays afternoon ses- sion are:
 s. B. 28; carried by a 12 to 3 vote with Coffey, Brownell and Rogge opposed and Senator O. D. Cochran absent because of illness. The bill was sponsored by Cochran and is another of the measures de- signed to whip present statutes in- to shape for recodification Inci- dentally, along with striking the requirement. that the Attorney Generals expenditures be approved by the Governor, the bill would raise the salary of the Assistant Attorney General from S4.000 to $500 per year. Minor amend ments were made in the measure before it was advanced for passage.
 Veterinarians Transferred
 H. B. 15, measure by Rep. Sni- der to transfer jurisdiction over Veterinarians and Livestock In- spectors from the Governor to the Department of Agriculture along with giving broader powers to the Agriculture Department, carried by a IS to 0 vote, without amend ment Senator Don Carlos Brown