The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-16
HOUSE SETS SPEED MARK
 ON BIG BILL
Record S12,445,t63 Ap- proprdifion Measure
 Is Passed Quickly
By JIM HUTCHINSON

by JIM I1O lOIlEOON
 In the record time of an hour and half, the House adopted the record $l2,445, ,163 general appropria- tions bill yesterday. The vote was IT to 6.
 Its quick passage means the legis- lature possibly may finish its work by the March "A scheduled adjourn ment date without the necessity of an extra session.
 The only major change was the doubling of the taxation depart ment's allotment to $440,000. The increase was voted in view of the departments increased load of col- lecting the new property, income and other levies. The bill usually takes from several days to week in each house.
 The bill will have rougher going in the Senate. One Republican tar get will be the Development Board appropriation. hacked by the House to $150,000, less than half the re- luested sum.
 Wrangling Eliminated
 Wrangling on the floor over con- tents of the appropriation bill was eliminated by agreement in the Ways and Means Committee, which consists of a majority of House members. The committee has been working several weeks on the bill.
 Democrats Chester Carlson. Essie R. Dale, Glen D. Franklin and AL fred A. Owen, Jr.. and Republicans George Miscovich and Frank c. Johnson voted against it.
 At least one, and possibly more, of the Democrat votes against the bill was for the politically strategic pur- pose of being eligible as mo" voter on the ultimate conference committee, to iron out differences with the Senate.
 Discussion of the bill disclosed that Miscovich had an amendment prepared to propose cutting the Development Board to Is cents, but he held it back in the face of House harmony.
 Money For U of Alaska
 The Fairbanks Republicans frus- trated intent was revealed after Mrs Dale asked that her "vigor- ous prctest'' against the slash in University of Alaska budget re- quests be incorporated in the rec- ord Other members objected.
 Franklin rose to declare that he too wanted the University to get more. He said most other mem- oers also had favorite departments they wanted to favor, but that the bill was a good compromise.
 Owen also declared. Lots of items were cut against our desires. but I would like to call attention to the fact the University is getting far more than it ever did before" The University figure is about three times what was appropriated by the last legislature.
 Rep Amelia Gundersen rose to protest sharply that if Mrs. Dale was going to get anything in the record about her complaint that she Mrs. Gundersen) also wanted to get in that she protested the cut ting of public welfare figures.
 Rep. Frank Angerman rose to suggest with wry smile that if it were called to the attention of the press table, the women's pro- tests probably would be conveyed to the public o. k
 The only proposed amendment to the appropriation bill which was re- jected was to provide $3,00O for special legislative counsel by the at torney general. It was proposed by Owen
 Proposals for amendments were stcpped by reminders from the floor that Ways and Means Committee members had agreed not to open the flccd gates by tossing in pro- posals which the committee had Tepected during it's deliberations.