The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-28
OkAY
 } MEMORIALS
 IN QUIET DAY

session today.
 It was just warmup for "spe- cial order of business at p.m.- continuance of the hearing on ! the controversial 40-hour week sec tion of a house-approve. wages hours bill.
 The tL 'ee memorials passed unan- imously this morning were:
 SNIP (By R. M. MacKenzie), crit icizing top Federal officials for all legged failure to view Alaska's re- sources realistically and to make an effort to utilize them in the na- tional emergency. The measure cited chromite ore waste on Kenai peninsula beach and numerous in- stances in which it said Alaska lumber possibilities have been ham, pered.
 HJM7 (By Fl Locken and J. s. MacKinnon), asking Congress to exampt Alaska fishing vessels from proposed Federal act to put ves- sels of Is tons or more under the Coast Guard inspection service if they are going into offshore waters. The memorial said such action would seriously hamper Alaska fish, ing.
 HJM3 (By George Madsen), ask ing full support of the Defense Minerals Administration and the U. s. Bureau of Mines in exploration and development of Alaska's strate- gic mineral deposits.
 Three bills of wide interest came out of Senate committees with "do pass" recommendeds. Two of them are house-approved bills One would increase unemployment compensa- tion benefits from $25 to $50 week; the other would increase depend ents' allowances. Both were approv- ed by the labor committee. Both bills are by Rep. Wendell Kay.
 The taxation committee recom- mended "do pass" on Sen. Gunnard Engebreth's bill to allow independ- ent and incorporated school dis tricts to levy per cent sales tax if the people vote for them.
 Engebreth introduced a bill to create a mineral resources board to promote and develop the min- ing industry" It carries a $40,000 appropriation.
 1 Engebreth and Sen. Walter Hunt i ley introduced another bill to allow school boards more independence from city councils in handling school budgets.
 Sens. Elton Engstrom and Percy Ipalook joined on bill to reduce the hair seal bounty from $6 to $4 It also would reduce the bounty waters off western coast where Es- kimos have had much of the kill that has run the bounty fund $1s8,- 900 into the red.
 Senator Mackenzie introduced an enabling act which would open the l way for territorial or municipal or other public employees to qualify for benefits under the Federal Social Security program.
 The house-approved legislative Investigating committee bill had a close shave yesterday afternoon when it's head popped up on the Senate floor for the first time.
 Sen. R. M. Mackenzie (D-Ketch- ikan) moved to table the Glen Franklin-fathered bill. The motion failed on an 8-8 vote.
 Sen. Howard Lyng D-Nome) called attention to the fact it would take nine votes later to get the bill off the table if it once got there.
 The rollcall was:
 For tabling = Democrats Barr Beltz, Huntley, Mackenzie, McCut- cheon and Republicans Garnick Ipalook and Engebreth.
 Against tabling - Republicans Butrovich, Coble, Engstrom, Lha- man and Snider; Democrats Ander- son, Lyng, Nolan.
 Then the bill was kept in second reading until after the legislature could hear from H. Clyde Reeves who is here from the Council ot State Governments to advise or government financial problems.
 The Senate passed two bills at tho afternoon session. One would re- move the governor from the board of Public Welfare. The other woulc make annexations by cities easier.
 The vote was 13 to 3 on Senate substitute to a house-approved bil to remove the governor from thu board. The Senate also voted to GU the board from five to four afte Sen. John Butrovich argued strong ly for a one member from eacl division makeup. He said the nam ing of one at-large actually mean only that one division would hav' two members.
 Lyng, who has been a long-tim
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