The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-15
$5-$5o FISH LICENSE ACT
 UP IN HOUSE
Bill 10 Raise Fishermen $ Fees Sharply Gains
 Support
By JAMES HUTCHINSON

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 A bill to raise fishermen's hcens- es to $5 for residents and $50 for non-residents sailed along in the House this morning.
 The support it received indicated likely passage this afternoon.
 The bill as presented to the House called for licenses of $10 and $100, instead of the present $1 and $25. It was originally introduced by Rep. Marcus Jensen, Douglas Democrat.
 Rep. Warren Taylor, Fairbanks Democrat, offered the amendment to cut it to $5 and $50 and it carried by g to vote. Reps. Glen Frank lin and Amer Rydeen voted against it, in final form.
 Taylor argued that the $10 to $l00 disparity might bring legal threat to the whole bill He said the courts might hold that it was in- valid as undue discrimination against outside fishermen.
 10 TO l RATIO
 Jensen replied that the Attorney General believed the 10 to ratio under $100 and $10 original would stand up in the courts in view of the present 25 to 1 disparity He expressed the belief it would be advisable to have fees that would keep some outsiders from Alaskan waters because there is too much gear fishing in Alaska now" Rep. Andrew Hope, Sitka Demo- crat and chairman of the Fisheries Committee, sounded a conflicting note.
 "Once was agreeable to keeping outsiders out by high license rates, " : the fisherman-legislator declared. But now the season is so short that our fishermen have to go out side part of the time. We face the prospect of being cut down to 15 days. Other states are dropping dis criminatory practices, and I don't think we should offend the people in Seattle in view of the situation. think we are on the wrong track to antagonize others"
 i Rep. Alfred Owen, Jr, estimated the $5-$50 fee schedule would raise around S2O0,O0O, and "this would be one way of financing the proposed Fisheries Department"
 Rep. Abel Anderson, Juneau Dem- ocrat, expressed the opinion the orig inal $1O proposal for resident was "a bit high; some small fishermen might not have $10 for license.'
 Kills Major Amendment
 Provision that two representatives ], of the salmon industry should be on the Territorial fisheries board proposed in the bill by Rep. Alfred owen, Jr., was knocked out in the House at yesterday afternoons ses- sion.
 It was the major amendment to the measure. The only reason the House didn't pass the bill yesterday was that it carried $300,000 ap- , propriation, which requires approv- al by the Ways and Means Commit tee. After the amending had start ed on the floor, the legislators dis covered the bill had not been clear i ed through Ways and Means so it was sent to the committee after the House agreed on the contents of the measure.
 1 Cutting out the two industry rep resentative reduces the size of the proposed fisheries governing board from seven to five members.
 They would be one fisherman from the First Division, one from the Third and two members repre- senting the public, all appointed by the governor, and fifth member to be named by the other four. He would be director of the Fisheries DEDdIf IltIlJ, dI O odAoAy INV " SA7 ceed s12,OO0, under the tentative terms of the bill.
 He could be an outsider" but the other board members would have to l be Alaska residents.
 Heated Argument
 Debate over eliminating the two salmon industry representatives brought charges that they are in- terested only in exploiting the fish resources. Counter-arguments were that all sides should be represented by such a board. One point in the argument brought a heated ex- change between Rep Marcus Jensen and Speaker Stan McCutcheon.
 The vote to reduce the size o1 the board by two was l3 to II, The amendment cutting out the in-