The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-15
SEN. SNYDER
 WALKS OUT
 ON SENATE
By JIM HUTCHINSON

Sen. Heinie Snider's one-man walkout threw the Territorial Sen ate into turmoil this morning.
 The Wasilla Republican donn<l his coat and hat and left the cham Der at II am. with an angry: I'm going home; I've had enough"
 The blowup of the doughty little Dutchman came after the Senate passed, g to ', a general salary in- crease bill for Territorial officials and employees.
 President Gunnard Engebreth shouted at Snider:
 You are not excused; you have no right to leave and you will be ordered to return"
 To which Snider retorted: Tt will take more than one to get me" Snider told a reporter later, from the home of Albert White, where he is staying, that he would be back in the Senate this aftrnoon.
 After he had eluded Sergeant-at- arms Chris Henning and his aide, Terry Pegues, in leaving the build ing, Engebreth ordered the sergeant to get the U. s. marshal and bring Snider back
 Then, upon counsel of Howard Lyng that noon-hour conference might well result in Snider's re- turn. the Senate president can celled the order.
 snider's Protest
 Snider sa:o afterward:
 T did it in protest because that bill would only raise the big ones. The little guys wouldn't get much of it. I'm elected by t.1e people, not by the office holders. And look what HER brother would get"
 He was referring to Sen. Anita Garnick's brother, Ed, deputy com- missioner of labor, who was brought into the salary increase bill con- troversy for the second straight day. Under the bill, the deputy labor commissioner would get $7,500 a year.
 Miss Garnick introduced the bill and spoke for it. Before Snider blew the final fuse, he had crossed angry words with Miss Garnick to bring his temper to the boiling point.
 The bill would increase the at torney general and commissioners of education, health and taxation to $12,000 a year and such officers as auditor, treasurer and main de- partment heads to S10,000. It calls for IS per cent increase for em- ployes getting under $500 monthly and 10 per cent for those over $4OO who are not covered by specific sal aries. The ranges in between range between the 10 and IS per cent.
 The raises for officials would be top of 50 per cent for the educa- tion commissioner and B 1/3 per cent for most department and of-
 
 flee heads, from $7,500 to S10,000.
 White -Engebreth
 Before the midday controversy simmered down = if it has - Re- publican Leader Albert White and Senate President Engebreth had joined in some side shooting = via statements to the press.
 Critics of the Garnick bill, Sen- ators Butrovich, Lyng and Nolan in particular, argued that teachers are in line for only an 8 per cent salary increase under the House Appropri- ation Bill and other increases should be on an individual office basis Nolan and Lyng insisted any in creases should be worked into the general appropriations bill, instead of being handled as separate legis- lation. They said the House ana Senate budget framing committees should iron out the matter.
 Garnick Argues
 Senator Garnick argued:
 we in Juneau realize the danger of losing many employees. They can make more elsewhere and we can't replace them"
 Steve McCutcheon supported her with the contention that the cost of living increases make salary boosts necessary to keep capable emploves to do them justice and to keep them halfway satisfied at their work.
 To Miss Garnick's statement that it would be difficult, or impossible to replace Territorial employees, Sni- der retorted after his walkout;
 we could advertise and replace lem bv the bushel - and with Just as good ones-"
 The Snider temper flared first after he protested that when ne worked for the Alaska Road Com mission, the pay increases went to