The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-10
SCHOOL FOR METLAkATLA
 APPROVED
Senate Passes Bill 10 Pro- vide Territorial School
 al Island Community
By BOB DeARMOND


 A bill to authorize the Commis- sioner of Education to contract with the Council of Annette Island Re- serve for the maintenance and op- eration of schools at Metlakatla was received and passed by the Senate under a suspension of rules this morning.
 At the request of the Senate, A. H. ziegler of Ketchikan, attorney for the Community of Metlakatla, took the stand to answer questions. The Metlakatla school, he ex- plained, has been operated by the Alaska Native Service which is, however, closing it's school at the end of the present school year. Since the community is on a res ervation and the land is owned by the government, the situation there is unique in Alaska and special legislation is required to enable the Commissioner of Education to open a Territorial school. The people of Metlakatla want , Territorial school, ziegler said, and are willing to bear share of the cost of it's operation equal to that borne by other communities of comparable size.
 The salmon cannery at Metla- katla is now being operated by the community, Ziegler said, and last year some $16,OOO was paid to the Territorial Treasurer in lieu of pack taxes This, he pointed out, will more than cover the Territory's cost of operating the school.
 The bill, introduced by the Con- mittee on Education, passed 14-0 with two Senators absent.
 Two Others Passed Also passed unanimously by the Senate this morning was HB. B, to require prenatal blood tests, and SUM. seeking a $25,000,00O appro- priation by Congress for a customs shelter in Alaska
 Fears of some of the Senators that the blood test measure might work hardship in isolated sec- tions were allayed by Dr. c. Earl Albrecht, Territorial Commission CT of Health. who spoke briefly from the gallery
 The blood tests, Albrecht pointed out, are only required when the expectant mother is being attend ed by a physician or a registered nurse.
 A motion to eliminate Southeast Alaska as the specific location for the requested smelter was resisted by Senator Anita Garnick, but car- ried 15-1.
 Senator Garnick felt that smelter on the far side of the Gulf of Alaska would be of little help to Southeast Alaska because of the higher northbound freight tariffs, but other Senators believed that the memorial would be strengthen ed if the shelter location is left to the discretion of the Geological Survey or some other agency. With 26 measures on its calendar, the Senate was expected to be in session all afternoon c-ld possibly this evening.
 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
 The Senate galloped through it's calendar yesterday afternoon with out passing a single one of the six measures listed there, although it did advance to third reading and passage a joint memorial seeking amendment to the Organic Act to provide for the initiative, referendum and recall The memorial was intro duced by Senator Frank Peratro- Ivich.
 The National Guard bill, which drew number of interested ob- servers to the Senate galleries, was quickly recommitted. by vote of l1-5, to the Judiciary Committee for redrafting.
 Senator Munz, who made the mo- ton to recommit the bill, said that more than 20 amendments had been offered and suggested that they could be handled more expeditiously by the committee.
 This bill, in it's present form, is very crudely drawn" Senator Col lins announced. A number of the amendments, it was reported, came from Col Alexander, who has been giving the Legislature technical ad- vice on the bill.
 Also sent back to the Judiciary Committee was H.B. 61, which would set up the method by which the 200-