The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-08
MANY BILLS IN SENATE;
 APPROVED
By JIM HUTCHINSON

lfllTteell plllS llOOueu ultO biie Territorial Senate yesterday, the sessions 45th day.
 It was the deadline for introduc- ton of routine bills.
 The late rush raised the Senate total of bills to 101, compared with 79 on the 45th day in 1949. The introductions shared interest with Senate action in approving five bills, rejecting one and passing three memorials. Most of the bills were of minor nature.
 The Senate passed, IA to 1, Mac Kenzie bill to enable the Veterans Affairs board to raise the commis- sioner's salary to Sl0,000 year from the present $8.000 maximum. The bill that lost on an 8-8 dead lock proposed three years practice of law in Alaska as qualification fol the attorney general The require ment now is five. The author of the bill, Sen. Steve McCutcheon, saic it was intended to open the way for John Dimond to run for attorney general if he should so choose. McCutcheon said there was 8 possibility Attorney General Geralc Williams would not seek reelection in which case his assistant shoulc
 be able to make the race. Proponents argued that, aside from any personality involved, there were times when there have been s shortage of candidates and if ar attorney is livewire enough to get elected after only three years in ths Territory he deserves it. The op' ponents argued that anyone who k to be top legal counsel for the Terri tory should have more than tfifet years practice in it. Sen. Howaro Lyng suggested that better alter native would be for both parties to pick out old-time attorneys, wht have made their stakes and are will ing to accept the salary of the of. flee. He said young attorneys ol ability can easily make more il private practice than the present $9 ,000 salary of the office. The school bond issue controversy involved the Senate yesterday after. noon for the third time this session , It came up this time on Presiden Gunnard Engebreth's bill for a ref. erendum ballot at the next election
 on whether the public wants to have the Territory issue up to $12,50C ,00' in bonds for school buildings. The fight came over a proposa by Sen. Heinie Snider (R-Anchor age) to include on the proposed l ballot three questions:
 "If the vote for bonding is in thu affirmative, do you favor payinl
 the costs by
 Increased property tax? ] Increased income tax? ! A sales tax?
 Engebreth immediately opposet the addition of the tax questions a
 intended to cripple the bill. 1 Snider said You betcha, that
 what he wanted to do, but he didn' think the people should overlook th'
 necessity of raising the money l ! they were voting about a bond IS sue"
 His amendment proposal lost ol
 an 8-8 vote.
 The measure in final form di' not come up for final vote. A little Hatch act" was introduc ed in the Senate by Elton Engstron of Juneau. A similar one was sub mitted in the House also. The, would prohibit Territorial govern ment personnel from trying to in I fluence elections.
 The Senate Fisheries committee introduced a substitute for tn House-approved bill to remove tn governor from the Fisheries Experi mental Commission. It proposes that instead of substituting som
 one for the governor that the who'll
 thing be put into the hands of tn
 Alaska Fisheries Department. Sen. Anita Garnick of Juneau in troduced a bill for raising pay o | Territorial officials and employees. It proposes top salaries of $l2,OO for the attorney general and tn
 commissioners of health, education and taxation.
 Salaries of $10000 would be pro l vided for the auditor. treasurer , highway engineer, labor commis
 sioner, directors of the fisherie 1, board, mines, public welfare, em ployment security, veterans affair
 and to the adjutant general. l
 lists 5000 for the aeronautics al
 rector and the Alaska Development
 board manager. $7,500 for numerou