The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-02
FUNDS LACK E CAUSE OF
 LONG DELAY
Finance Chairman Is Sup- ported by Colleagues in
 Move 10 Push Check up
By BOB De ARMoND

The unstarted audit of the cooks of the various Territorial offices, for which the Legislature appropriated
 $2O,0o0 two years ago, received att tention from the Senate this morn
 ing The matter was brought to
 the floor by Senator John Butro- vich, Jr., Chairman of the Finance
 Committee, who introduced a letter
 from Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle
 1 The Auditor pointed to lack of funds as the reason the audit has not been started, reporting that there
 are still more than $206,OOO in un- paid vouchers in his office. He said also that. at the suggestion of the Governor that an Alaskan should be hired for the auditing job, he
 had contacted local accountant whose rates for such work would be $50 day and $s5 day for an assistant.
 The reason there has been no audit is that the Board of Adminis- tration decided there were no funds flor it, although there have been funds for other purposes" Senator Butrovich charged.
 I'm going to get mad about this
 is something isn't done and want led to bring 1t before the body before II get mad he continued. T think i've ought to have an audit and that ;it should be started now. otherwise i've will come back two years from
 now and there still won't ne an .audit..
 1 AUDIT MOVE SUPPORTED Several senators spoke in support iof action to get the audit startc<: and Senator Munz moved to in- struct Senator Butrovich, as Chair man of the Finance Committee. to take steps to institute the audit. Senator Nerland moved to refer the matter to the Finance Commit tee and make Senator Munz mem Der of that committee for the pur- pose of acting on the audit matter.
 Both motions were withdrawn when Senator Butrovich said that he mad merely wished to learn the sentiment of the members before I start pushing the Board of Ad- ministration to get them to start the audit.
 SELF-DEFEATING
 Senator Victor Rivers, who two years ago was one of the principal Senate opponents of a bill requiring bids for professional service con- tracts appeared to take an opposite view of this particular case.
 He said he thought the action of the Auditor in contacting only one accountant was self defeating"
 He should call for proposals from different accounting firms to see what they have to offer" he said. This audit could drag along on flat per diem basis for long time.
 The Senate this morning passed two small appropriations bills: H. B. "A to provide $l.O00 for the trans portation of Ludwig Wolf from the Pioneers Home at Sitka to the Old Soldiers Home at Washington. D. O., and $150 as refund to Carl Lottsfeldt on liquor license which was paid. twice.
 Also passed by the Senate was a asking that Congress waive the provisions of the Jones Act with respect to the port of Hyder. the most southeasterly port in AL aska, so that ore from the Riverside Mine there can be transported to the States in Canadian vessels.
 The wage collection bill was held over for another day when a mo- lion for suspension of the rules to place it in final passage was de- feated. It is expected to be on the calendar for third reading tomor- row.
 The Senate adjourned at noon and will meet again at 10 am. to- morrow.