The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-08

discriminates against the Third Division"
 He warned against sectionalism and said the First Division, if il gets it's pulp mills and other indus- tries, may find the other divisions "ganging up against you"
 The motion to make it a joint memorial lost, ' to IT.
 Rep. Kay then moved to amend the memorial to ask for six dele gates from the First Division, three from the Second, 10 from the Third and five from the Fourth, With seven delegates -at-large.
 This, he claimed, would be fair apportionment and the First Divis- l ion with it's big vote would have the advantage in electing delegates at-large.
 The First Division Representa- tives declined to rise to this lure and the amendment was defeated to IT.
 Rules Suspended
 A motion by Rep. Barnes to move the memorial into third reading carried 17-7, and a motion by Rep. Conright, of the Third Division, to table the memorial lost, to IT.
 Rep. McCutcheon charged that the memorial disregards the princi- ples of proportional representation, is an encroachment upon the rights of the Third Division and takes representation to that division to the enrichment of the other three divisions.
 Rep. Barnes said she felt nothing is being taken from the Third and that the memorial only asks for proportional representation for the other divisions.
 Rep. Franklin pointed to the r. representatives guaranteed the Srd Division in the memorial, as against a guarantee of only 10 in the pres ent statehood bill.
 Will Not End Here
 Rep. Kay again issued warning ci dire consequences. This matter will be carried into the constitu- tional convention and will result in denying the rights of the people in some parts of Alaska" he said. Tt will leave a mark forever on the future state," he asserted but he failed to scare off single propon- ent of the memorial.
 Speaker William Egan turned the chair over to Rep. Scavenius and took the floor to tell the House that the memorial, as written, makes 1t appear that all military personnel in Alaska are in the Third Division. He asked that this portion be stricken, but no action was taken.
 All of Alaska will suffer if the delegates at-large are omitted" '" Egan warned. He said many people might wish to run in the election for delegates -at-large who would be unable to run as divisional dele gates because of party considera- tions.
 The vote on passage of the meas ure, when it finally came, was al- most an anticlimax. It also was IT to '.
 "Rockingchair" Bills
 Two bills having to do with what has become known as "rockingchalf money unemployment coInpens- ation benefits and dependency al- lowances = were passed by House one unanimously, the other by the narrowest of margins, 13-1l.
 With no argument in opposition H. B. g, which extends dependency allowances to as long as g weeks was quickly passed.
 It was H. B. g, to increase maXl- mum weekly benefits to $50, that had narrow squeak.
 Favoring the bill, Reps. Kay, sea- venius, Metcalfe and Carlson poiat- ed to it as justified by the present status of the fund, an overdue catching up with the cost of llVlne and a guardian against a dWindAhg labor supply in Alaska.
 Rep. McCutcheon, asserting the' the fund belongs to the workers, said the fund should have been al- lowed to grow. Growth was stopped he claimed, by the experience rating credit law, enacted by the canned