The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-28
BONDING OF TERRITORY
 |5DEBATED
House Passes Amendment 10 Relax Child
 Labor Act
By BOB DC ARMOND

By BOB DU ARMOND
 The issue of bonding the Territory of Alaska in order to construct and repair school facilities. previously debated in the Senate, was before the House of Representatives at the end of a three-hour session this morning and had not been conclud- ed at the time of the noon recess.
 There were indications, however, that compromise might be reached in the form of a bill providing for a referendum at the next General Election, with approval by the vot- CTS to be a petition to Congress.
 Rep. Barnes opposed the memor- ial asking for the right to bond the Territory on the grounds that 1t would adversely effect statehood.
 we have a deficit now and bond issue would add to it" Mrs. Barnes said. She favored a refer endum by the people.
 Rep. Kay, on the other hand, said he favors request for a $12,- 50O,O0O bond issue instead of the $9 900, ,000 provided in Rep. Con rights memorial.
 Our school houses are falling down and the only way we can meet our obligation is to raise a large sum of money by bonding" :" Kay asserted. Tt is not right that the Territory be denied the privilege of bonding"
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 Rep. Locken, Petersburg banker, contended that the Territory would not be able to furnish security for bond issue and that in view o1 the Territory's present financial condition it would probably be inn possible to sell the bonds if they were authorized.
 He pointed out that interest on the issue would amount to half a million dollars a year and retire. ment of the bonds to another half million.
 If we could afford bond issue we could afford to appropriate a million dollars a year for school construction" Locken said.
 Picturing schools where you can throw a cat through the cracks in the walls" Rep. McCutcheon said, Rep. Locken's suggestion that we appropriate million dollars year is the most sensible thing I've heard from Republican during this ses- Sion."
 Anybody here who has guts enough to face the issue squarely will vote for this memorial" Mo- Cutcheon said
 Tt doesn't take any guts to vote for this memorial" contended Rep. Stepovich. Tt takes guts to vote no and to face the fact that some one is going to have to pay for these bonds if we issue them. We aren't going to get this money free"
 Rep. Kay charged that it is the legislatures duty to provide school houses and other educational facil- ities. Rep. Hendrickson took ex- ception, asserting that it is unjust to infer that the legislature is not caring for school needs. The school budget this year is over nine mil lion dollars and about 75 per cent of our budget goes for education and health"
 Rep Scavenius claimed that talk of deficiencies in the Territorial budget are exaggerated. T am sure there are banks and bonding houses in the states that would be willing to take up an entire issue of Terri torial bonds," he said. Passed by the House this morning on a 19-3 vote was the Hope-Sca- venius child labor bill which would permit minors over 16 to work dur ing school vacations in certain in- dustries and under conditions pro- vided by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
 Also passed, but held over an other day on a notice of reconsid- eration, was H. B. 66 which penal izes employers who do not meet payrolls by providing that wages shall continue to accrue until paid with a limit of 30 days for the ac- crual.
 Rep. Carlson's bill to provide as sistance for sick and disabled flsh- ! ermen went through second reading and was continued until tomorrow for possible amendments. Another of Carlson's bills - tt