The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-01-24

ritorial Police. This department would be under a Superintendent of Territorial Police who would be ap- pointed by the Attorney General and receive a salary of $7,200 a year.
 The Superintendent of Police would appoint a police force which would have general police powers in the Territory. Property and equip ment of the present Territorial 1 Highway Patrol would be turned over to the new organization.
 Members of the Territorial Police would be prohibited from taking an active part, directly or indirectly, in any political contest or election
 H.B. 5, by Rep. Conright, would permit the Attorney General to re- i allocate the funds appropriated by | the last Legislature for his office Rep. Conright failed to get the sus- | pension of the rules necessary for moving the bill into second reading, the majority of the members feel | ing that more consideration should be given it.
 At noon the House recessed until p.m., today.
 Parliamentary Snarl
 The first parliamentary snarl of the session came in the House dur ing the afternoon session yesterday It followed a motion by Rep. Jack ScaVenius of Anchorage to create a new standing committee to be named Committee on Statehood and Defense. The motion was sec onded by Rep Wendell Kay, also of Anchorage.
 Rep Doris Barnes of Wrangell protested that although there is presently great interest in both statehood and defense, the two should not be mixed together in one committee because they are two entirely different things.
 Rep Barnes suggested that state hood matters can be handled by the Alaska Statehood Committee, ere ated by the Legislature two years ago, and that defense matters can be handled by one of the standing committees of the House or by the House as a Committee of the Whole.
 Taiya Project Cited
 Rep. Wendell Kay thought the two were very closely connected. He cited the Taiya Project to build an aluminium plant at Skagway and said the project may have been turned down by the War Materials Board on the grounds that the plant would be located in an inde- fensible area.
 This would not happen, Rep. Kay said, if Alaska had two Senators in Washington.
 When there is so much emphasis on national defense, he added, the House should have a special com mittee to handle defense problems.
 Rep. Glen D. Franklin of Fair banks moved to lay the matter on the table until today and, after this had been debated at some length, Rep. Jack Conright of Anchorage moved the previous question.
 This motion brought on the snarl, which Speaker Egan referred to the Rules Committee.
 Committee Reversed
 Inc Rules Committee reported back that a vote should be taken / as to whether the previous question should be called.
 Speaker Bill Egan reversed this , decision by announcing that since motion to lay on the table was undebatable, he would call for a vote on that motion. The motion carried 16-6, with two absent. Reps. Carlson, Gundersen Kay Metcalfe, Scavenius and the Speaker voted against the motion and the question was tabled until this morning.
 Permanent chairmen of several i Standing Committees were an- nounced during yesterdays session as follows:
 Rep. Vern Metcalfe, Committee on Veterans Legislation. Rep c. A. Pollard, Committee on Agriculture.
 Rep Waino .Hendrickson, Commit