The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-26
BARNS BECOME
 MAJOR SENATE
 ISSUE THIS A. M.
Two House Measures De. feated as Solons Clear
 Calendar Today

| US AlWO-nouf session lnlS HlOrnlllB, then adjourned until the usual 10I , o'clock starting time tomorrow Proceedings loped along until the
 last two bills came up op the dock | et Those measures-H. B. 2l and
 H. B. IA precipitated considerable i discussion.
 1 H. B. IA, the "A and B Barns
 measure" by Rep. Heinie Snider, i was passed by the Senators only after the author had been called ! over from the House, the Commits 1 sioner of Health had been heard ! from and number of letters to 1 various members had been read. ! After it was passed-by an Il to 5 i count-Senator N. R. Walker im-
 mediately gave notice of intention , to ask reconsideration. A move by Senator William Munz, for immed-
 late reconsideration was voted { down leaving the ultimate fate of | the bill a matter for tomorrw.
 Senator Walker, protesting the i interest of the Health Department, brought out. by questioning Health Commissioner Albrecht, that trans !, fer of the function of decreeing minimum standards of construction /, for dairy barns-the purpose of ! the bill-to the Agriculture De- ! partment would require | h a t , agency to demand additional per 1 scnnel to oversee the program and
 a $5,000 or $6,000 addition to it's ! appropriation: whereas the Health 1 Department already has sanitarians | that can continue to administer barn regulations as part of their ; duties.
 "B" Barn Preferred
 1 Author Snider pleaded that the l Health Department, which his bill { would not disturb in control over ! purity of milk. has been pressing 1 farmers to construct costly con
 crete-floored barns Many of the ! dairymen prefer the other type 0, barn recognized by the national 1 code-the so-called B" barn, or ! lounging shed
 Not only is that type of barn { less expensive, hut the cows have l more freedom in it, are more con- 1 tented and healthier, Snider main- 1 tained
 The position of milk consumers was upheld by Senator Don Carlos BroWnell, in pointing out that they l do not complain of present condi-
 tions. Senator Munz identified him l self with the farmers, as one who had spent twenty years on farm ] and had selected agriculture as a major study
 l When the bill finally came to
 passage, negative votes were re- coded by Senators Brownell, Coch-
 ran, Collins, Rogge and Nerland, Also Disputed
 The other disputed bill Rep. /, Lawrence Meath's H. B. 2l, to ex- tend bid requirements to service | contracts, came before the Senate with Judiciary Committee amend ! ment to strike the second section; . tagged useless. That section would i have imposed additional reporting duties upon administrative off i. cers. Two other amendments were | adopted of them seriously i'm pairing the language of the 1889 statute which the bill would amend. , Though the bill passed today. it is 1 likely to be redoctored tomorrow. ] Chief objector to passage of H.
 B. 21 was Senator Edward D. Golf
 fey, who held against exclusion of . professional services from call for ! bid requirements Discussion point
 ed to the Alaska Development ; Boards employing an attorney at 1 a high fee
 ! Senator Gunnard Engebreth, sup
 ported by Brownell, argued that
 certain wording was obscure, but
 motion to refer back for com
 mittee revision did not carry. Final passage of the amended bill was
 carried, Ills, with the emergency { clause being adopted, 13-3. Valdez Not Center There was some argument also ! on House Joint Memorial 10, by Rep. Pollard, which asks two dis
 trict Court judges for the Third 1 Division. Two amendments were written in; one of them indicating Senate disbelief in Rep. William Egans contention that Valdez is the most centrally y-located muni- cipality of the Third Division. On
 Senator Victor c. Rivers motion,
 the memorial was restored to its
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