The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-28
SENATE. BILL
 TO REGULATE
 PROCEDURES
Political Party 0rgdnizd- lion, Conventions. E|ee-
 lions Provided For
By BOB DeARMoND

Dy DSD bCAKtMOND
 With two important measures on its calendar for consideration this afternoon--the wage collection bill which originated in the House and Senator Garnick's bill to create a home for women-the Senate had little to do this morning except to receive bills and memorials and hear the reading of communications.
 Most controversial of the bills irl- troduced in the Senate this morn ing is purely political measure bearing the names of Senators John Butrovich, Jr E. B. Collins and An- drew Nerland. all of the Fourth Division, and Senators Charles D. Jones, and William Munz of the Second Division.
 All five are Republicans.
 The bill would provide for the organization and control of political parties by precinct caucuses. and divisional and territorial corlven- tions, defining their powers, pfovid- ing for election of divisional com mitteemen, territorial committee men, national committeeman, na- tjonal committeewoman and dele- gates and alternates to national -cnventions.'
 REMEMBRANCE !. The bill, S.B. 38, is not new to the Legislative chambers here, having reen introduces, and defeated. in !previous sessions.
 It would adopt the procedures now used by the Democratic Party in { Alaska for the use of all political parties in the Territory and Is gen. orally understood to te aimed at the White Republican" element of che party.
 A bill introduced by Senators Mc- Cutcheon and Barr would require city councils in cities of more than 1000 population to divide the city into such number of voting pre- cincts as may be required to. serve the convenience of the voters and expedite the work of election off cials without necessitating the cast ing of more than 500 ballots at any one polling place"
 LIBRARY BOARD BILL
 A bill introduced by Senator R. M. Mackenzie would establish the Alaska Library Board of five mem- bers. Its duties would be to make application for and to receive such Federal funds as may be appropri- ated for library aid under a Public Literary Service Demonstration Act and to further by all possible means the establishment and operation of public libraries throughout the Ter .ritory.
 Senator Howard Lyng of the Sec ond Division introduced three me- morials, all addressed to the High way Engineer and the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners. They seek improvements to existing air fields, roads and airstrips and the construction of new ones in the Second Division.
 Communication read this morn- ing include a telegram from the City Manager of Anchorage protest ing the passage of any bill giving autonomy to School Boards in the matter of taxation and one from the City Council of Anchorage asking that independent school districts be dissolved.
 The Alaska Game Commission. in a letter to the Fish and Game Com mittees of the two houses, recom- mending against the payment of bounties on wolves and coyotes kill- ed from planes unless the required evidence of the kill is presented.
 The Alaska Industrial Corpora tion of New York. in a letter to Governor Gruening, which was read in the Senate this morning. de- scribed present and contemplated taxes in Alaska as jeopardizing chances for getting risk capital to invest in Alaska.
 From our point of view. the pres ent tax program could not have come at more inopportune time." the letter stated It went on to say that the company is not adverse to paying taxes when it becomes es- tablished in its proposed plant at Sitka. At the present time. it went on, an Alaska pulp industry without taxes could barely compete with the Puget Sound area.