The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-25
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
 FOR SENATE
By BOB DeARMOND

ate in session until nearly 5 o'clock | yesterday afternoon t tefore tht membership of the body's Is stand ing committees was established tc the satisfaction of the majority concerned.
 A reported attempt to merge the ] Senate's two major committees 1 Taxation and Revenue with Finance and Corporations-was apparently i thwarted by a deadlock vote in the Committee on Committees but to all intents the two were made v,r- tually one in the original lineup, with three senators holding mem- tership in both committees.
 Senator John Butrovich, chair man of tn e Finance Committee. made an immediate protest, cla m- ing that it would be impossible for the three to do effective work on 10th committees.
 With the number or revenue bills that are on the horizon, the Taxa ton Committee has a big ioa and 50 has the Finance Committee, with ] tremendous budget staring us in the face" Butrovich said. The du- plication of membership, he said, would make it impossible for the two committees to meet at the same time and one or the ether committee would fall down on the job 1t has to do.
 DESTRUCTION --A CHARGED
 Senator Ralph Rivers. chairman of the Taxation Committee, hurled another charge of obstructionists,' ' claiming that the Finance Commit ice had bean devised and set up for that very purpose. He said he believes the two committees should be one.
 Senator Rivers pointed out that there had been no conflict between the two committees during the spe- cial session although the situation as to duplication of membership was the same. Senator Butr1vich countered with the statement that his Finance Committee had had no function during the special session because there were no appropria- tion measures for it to consider.
 After several recesses and num- ercus conferences, the matter was settled by removing two of the Tax ation memcers from the Finance Committee, leaving only Senator Rivers as a member of 10th een- ittees, and making a few other committee changes.
 NO ADJOURNMENT Senator Rivers indicated his dis 1 pleasure at this turn of events by attempting to force an adjourn ment until Il o'clock this morning Ia half hour after Governor Gruen- ing was scheduled to start delivery of his Message to the Legislature [, but was voted down.
 One additional committee was added to the Senate list when the Committee on Fisheries, Game and Agriculture was split into Fisheries and Game and Agriculture and For csts.
 Each member of the Senate re- ceived four committee appoint ments and the Republicans and Democrats each came out with eight chairmanships.
 Membership on most committees is divided evenly between the two parties. although the Education and Transportation committees each ended with one Republican and three Democrats and the Territor- ial Offices and Institutions Com mittee consists of four Republicans.
 SENATE COMMITTEES
 The following are the senate Committees for the 60-day session, the first named on each committee being the chairman:
 1. Banks and Banking: Munz, Nerland, Dawes, McCutcheon
 ?. Education, Public Health and Morals, and Veterans Affairs: Ner- land Huntlev I,vng. Mackenzie.
 3. Elections, Election Laws, Per