The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-10
HOUSE MOVES TO INTER(EDE,
 SENATE FIGHT
Arbitration Is Suggested in Legislative Trouble
 Comment Made
By JAMES HUTCHINSON

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 The House of the Alaska Legis- lature voted today to try to inter cede in the Senate deadlock over the presidency.
 Without dissenting vote, it adopted a motion calling upon the Senate to allow the House to arbi- trate the dispute unless it can reach its own agreement by 3 pm today. A few minutes later it vot- ed 21 to l for critical resolution to be sent to the Senate "in a spirit of cooperation.
 The first voice vote came on a motion by Rep. Stan McCutcheon Democratic leader from Anchorage who charged "the wheels of pro- gress are being tied 70 by eight in the Senate"
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 McCutcheon said he had learned one Senator had said the special session is illegal and would sit there until the whole thing blows up." McCutcheon said, that's dam gerous."
 There was quick response from Republican Senator William Munz of Nome. who said. We can run the Senate without any help from the House"
 ENGEBRETH'S CHALLENGE
 Sen Gunnard Engebreth, Anchor age Republican, and temporary President of the Senate, challenged the House Democrats contention the eight Republican Senators are to 1lame for the deadlock.
 The responsibility lies with l6 Senators, not with eight said the Senator who boiled a minority vote for President himself through the carly balloting.
 Seventeen ballots have been talk en and NOT once has a Senator crossed a party line. It appears that party does mean something to each and every member I would put the blame on the failure of the organic act to provide for breaking tie votes and the refusal of Is Senators to compromise.
 Engebreth said, however, I'm still optimistic. A bad start often augurs a harmonious session, despite ap- pearances to the contrary"
 The House entered the Senate controversy as the deadlock con- t'nned for President with a change of faces.
 The vote III the House against the resolution to intercede in the dead lock was cast by Republican Frank Johnson of Nome who said the House shouldn't try to tell the Sem ate how to vote.
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 The resolution to he presented to the Senate proposes that if the Senate is unable to settle the Pres idency by 3 pm. today it should agree to one of two mediation plans:
 Each Senate faction to select one y0nmh1r h member, who would be elected at large, with the three having au- thority to make a decision binding on the Senate. or, 2. meet in joint session with the House to select the Senate president.
 While the Senate is divided eight eight, the Democrats have 19 of 24 seats in the House.
 Johnson was the only House mem- Ter, Republican or Democratic, to speak against the House proposal. He advised against rushing into nasty action We shouldn't try to tell the Senate how to vote. The senate's own actions will advise the public where it stands"
 SUBJECT OF RIDICULE
 Rep. Warren Taylor. Fairbanks Democrat. said the whole legislature is becoming the subject of ridicule because "a few wilful men are stop- ping the wheels of both House and Senate
 The resolution was presented to the House by Rep Clarence Keat-, ing. Anchorage Democrat and for-, mer Seward mayor. and Rep. Doris
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