The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-14
PROPERTY TAX REPEAL BILL PASSES HOUSE
By BOB DE ARMOND

Ulll OllC OA bIlC AllOob NOtSSA oAi AiACeNo ures of the present session, passed the House of Representative late yesterday afternoon by 14-10 vote.
 The bill failed to pass last Satur- day. On Monday the House rescind- ed this vote but the bill was held over another day by Rep. McCut- cheon's notice of intention to re- consider his vote on indefinitely postponing the bill,
 The measure now goes to the Senate, which may not receive 1t. It is expected that the two-thirds rule will be invoked there and II votes will be required to receive the bill
 Also passed by the House yeSter- day afternoon was the $18,319. .558.50 general appropriations bill, which went through without amendment.
 A motion by Rep. Miscovich to strike the S90,O00 appropriation for the Alaska Development Board lost by a 6-17 vote and another motion to reduce the appropriation to $4o,- 900 lost on voice vote.
 Rep. Metcalfe objected to a cut of $39,7O0 from the appropriation request of the National Guard, but was unsuccessful in amending the appropriation upward.
 An amendment offerd by Rep. Laws to forbid the spending of any of the Governors $6,000 entertain ment appropriation for liquor was voted down.
 Memorial Troubles
 The House spent much of its aft ernoon session generating high head of steam, as it has several times in the past, over a memorial House Memorial No. 36, asking that Congress provide for the election of the Governor of Alaska, sent the gauges soaring when an amendment was offered by Rep. Kay.
 The amendment, finally voted down 11-13, provided an additional request that Alaska be allowed to draft and amend her own consti- tuition to replace the Organic Act.
 Tt looks, I am sorry to say, as though statehood will be delayed at least two years and perhaps longer said Rep Kay. Meanwhile, Con- gress may accept the election of the governor as an adequate substitute for statehood. I think it would be a mistake not to drive as hard bar gain as we can. We should ask for a constitution, control of our lands and control of our fisheries as well as an elective governor"
 Too Many Subjects
 Rep. Franklin objected to the amendment and other proposed amendments on the grounds that the memorial would cover too many subjects.
 Rep. Stepovich, one of the au- thors of the memorial also objected 'This is not a complicated memor- ial and the amendment, which is not germane to the subject of the me morial, would only confuse the issue" he said.
 'This whole memorial is designed to confuse the issue" contendeC Rep. Scavenius Senator Buffers bill for the election of governor was sidetrack to statehood"
 we have repeatedly been ig- nored by Congress. and Senator Butler is the biggest traitor we the people of Alaska have ever had. added Rep. McCutcheon. "He has done everything possible to knife the people of Alaska in the back and he is now waiting back there to get his hands on this memorial so he can wave it around to show that Alaska will take an elective governor instead of statehood"
 Picked Side Issues
 Senator Butler, McCutcheon as- serted, had picked side issues to de- feat statehood. He took up the Palmer airport and used an hour of the valuable time of the U. s Senate to make false charges. He charged me with forging the name of Roland Snodgrass to a docu- ment when he had a written state ment from Snodgrass that refuteo the charge" McCutcheon said.
 q don't see what MT. McCut- cheon's feud with Senator Butler has to do with the subject of this amendment" broke in Rep. Misco- vich.
 q don't believe Senator Butler wrote the bill for the election of a governor" said Rep. Metcalfe. T see in it the fine hand of some oi the vested interests" He cited re- port of the Interior and InsulaI
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