The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-11
ADMISSIONS
 TAX |S KILLED
 BY SENATOR'S
By BOB DeARMoND

By BOB DeARMOND
 Another tax measure went into the Senate wastepaper basket yesterday afternoon when the Admissions Tax bill designed to college $l25,000 to $l50,000 a year for the Veterans Revolving Fund, failed to pass by a 5-l0 vote.
 Originally drawn up as a general admissions tax, the bill was amend ed to cover only adult admissions, but even that change failed to con- vince majority of the senators that the tax is justified.
 Senator Steve McCutcheon, au- thor of the bill, told his colleagues that the expected revenues would approximately cover the administra- tive costs and losses connected with the Veterans Revolving Fund. and would keep that fund from eating itself up"
 This bill levies a tax on the only amusement and relaxation a great, many people find-the picture shows-and I do not believe it is justified" Senator Collins said and was echoed by Senators Jones and Peratrovich.
 Picture SHOWS are luxury and it is better to tax luxuries than ne- cessities," Senator Barr asserted.
 Tt is better for man and wife to go to the show than to stay home and quarrel, and this tax might prevent some people going to the show Senator Collins commented
 If we are going to tax family quarrels we will raise entirely too much money" Senator Barr retort- ed.
 Dangerous Practice
 Senator Butrovich attacked the bill from different angle.
 This is a nuisance tax and will be resented" he said. "It won't take care of the Veterans Fund-we are going to have to dream up about two million dollars for that fund or else scrap the Act-hut if we levy this tax most people will feel that the veterans have been taken care of by it."
 Senator Nerland felt that the ad- missions tax would be an additional burden on the people who are al- ready carrying the load of the in- come and property taxes.
 Voting for the admissions tax on final passage were Senators Barr, Huntley, Mackenzie, McCutcheon, Munz and Rivers.
 Other bills passed yesterday after noon in the Senate were:
 S.B. 46, to allow branch banking offices in the Territory under cer- tain conditions.
 S.B. 37, to create a Territorial Li- brary Board of five members Tor the purpose of administering any Fed eral library funds that may become available and otherwise assist in library development.
 S.B. 28, to allow ,:..tepcnGent and incorporated school districts to in- crease their area to 800 square miles
 S.B. B, to allow Public Utility Districts greater powers.
 A bill to amend the Teachers Re- tirement Act caused a furry and three senators changed their re commendation from do pass to do not pass" when it was discov- cred the till had been incorrectly drawn.
 As introduced, the bill would have prohibited teachers who retire un- der the Alaska retirement act from drawing their pensions if they ac- cept teaching jobs in the States Discovery that the opposite was intended and that the bill, if en- acted, would allow retired teachers to receive both the pension and a salary while teaching in the states brought immediate objection.
 If we are going to make diff ference, we ought to allow this in the Territory and prohibit it ir the states, so as to keep the money at home," Senator McCutcheon as- serted.
 The bill had not gone to vote when the Senate adjourned just before 5 pm. yesterday