The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-03

tary Of the lnSel -oT, .Il2 U. S. Marl- time Commission and to Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
 If passed, SUM would be the Legislatures answer to Bartlett's wires received last week upon which the Senate is to hold public hearing this afternoon.
 Four new bills also were intro duced in the Senate this morning:
 Senate Bill 13, by Senator N. R. Walker, would amend the Veterans Tax law passed at last years spec ial session. It would fix March 31, 1949, as the date for terminating the Veterans Tax instead of hav- ing that special tax terminate whenever the Veterans Revolving Fund reaches three and one-fourth million dollars. It was referred to the Taxation Committee. Senate Bills Il and 12 are com mittee measures submitted by the Education Committee. Both were referred to Rules for placement on the calendar. SB. II would call upon the Board of Education to suspend operation of rural schools in communities where 100 or more pupils are enrolled Notices would ! te given a community in time for it to put it's school under the terri torial refund system, either as a school in an incorporated town or as an incorporated school district.
 S.B. 12 is similar to measure already before the House. It would re-define school age to require that child being entered in the public schools will become six years of age on or before the first day of Mo- vember, next following the begin- ming of the school year. The pres ent statute sets the first day of the following February as the de- marcation date.
 s. B. 10, by Senator Frank Pera- trovich, would increase aid to de- pendent children from s25 to $50 for a first child and from $l5 to $25 for any additional child. It would also grant the Department of Pub lie Welfare entire leeway in de- termining eligibility. Reference was to the Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 5, following "do pass" report by the Judiciary Com mittee, was moved onto today's call endar for second reading on motion of Walker over objection by Sena- tor Don Carlos Brownell. Senator Victor c. Rivers first made ob- lection to the move but then with drew his objection to be succeed ed by Brownell's.
 ! However, second reading of the measure was continued until later today to allow It. Col. J. P. Will jams. Adjutant- General Of the Alaska Territorial Guard, to be heard. The bill would convert back to the general treasury all unex- pended appropriations to the Guard and would have the effect of inn mediate abolition of that agency The bill carries an emergency clause.
 Walker stated his reason for wishing the bill advance is that the Governor advised that the Guard is no longer necessary so IL would see the sooner we get rid o1 it, the better"
 Senator Walker also suggested that the Finance Committee of the Senate should immediately consult with the House Ways and Means group to see what can be done to speed enactment of the Gen. eral Appropriations measure, so that the legislators will have target to shoot at," in considering rev enue bills. He was advised by Finance Chairman Joe Green that such action is underway.
 Upon motion by Senator Gun nard M Engebreth, advising upon Veterans Affairs was included among the functions of the Com mittee on Education, Public Health and Morals, as at the special ses- sion last year
 1 The Senate then recessed until 1:55 o'clock this afternoon so that it would have time to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole for ltl,o 9 o,olociy hoo ,-;,,U