The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-19
AMed Patrols Are Approaching 38th Parallel


 Saturday Session In morning, afternoon and eve ming sessions on Saturday, the House passed two of it's own me morials and one of it's own bills, passed 12 Senate bills and killed one Senate bill by indefinite post ponement
 It also held a joint session with the Senate and confirmed A of 46 appointments by the Governor to Territorial boards and commissions.
 During the joint session the Joint Rules were amended to permit con- sideration of bills for two additional doys-today and Tuesday. The rules had prohibited consideration of any except revenue and appropriations bills after Seth day of the session, which was yesterday.
 Earlier in the day the House had adopted the 1949 House Rules as the Permanent Rules for the 1851 session. It has previously operated under temporary rules.
 Liquor Bills For the most part, the House Rules Committee placed on Satur- days calendar only the less con- troversial Senate bills, but two bills amending the liquor laws got mixed in with the others. Both bills stirred up debate. One was amended and held for further consideration; the other was killed by indefinite post ponement.
 s. B. 86, making it a misdemeanor for minor ito solicit the purchase of or in any other way to attempt to purchase or otherwise secure any intoxicating liquors, including beer and wine"
 This bill goes much too far" asserted Rep. Wilbur Tt would punish child if the parent were to give it sip of wine or beer" q don't believe a youngster should be punished for being baited into these traps," said Rep. McCutcheon. speaking of bars and nightclubs. He offered an amendment to provide that the parents of minors attempt ing to purchase liquors would be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 The amendment was defeated but other amendments striking out the words "or otherwise secure" and making the proposed law applicable only to minors in the 19-20-age group were adopted. The bill was sent to the Engrossment Committee and will come up for final consid- l! eration at later date.
 License Petitions Indefinitely postponed by 14-1C vote was s. B. 10. The bill would eliminate the present requirement. that liquor establishments outside of incorporated towns must file pe- titions with each renewal applica- ton. The petition must be signed by majority of the persons over 21 living within two miles of the liquor establishment
 ''The present law shackles private enterprise = some of these places have to secure as many as $500 names and the cost of circulating the petitions is enormous" said Rep. Metcalfe.
 There are ways of drying up an area by local option" said Rep. Scavenius. There is no need for placing this burden on the liquor dealers"
 T am not so much concerned with tn burden on the liquor dealers as I am with the ridiculous burden 1t places on our courts" Rep. Kay said. "The dealers have to circu- late these petitions year after year, even when there is no demand for local option, and the courts spend much of their time counting the names on the petitions" Other Burdens ''The liquor industry places 8 great many burdens on the courts in other ways" contended Rep. Barnes. Perhaps if there were not so many crimes that result from liquor, the courts would have plenty of time to count names"
 Tt is difficult to get any liquor law enforcement outside of munich palities and the present law is about the only check we have" said Rep. Hendrickson.
 Said Rep. Hope: Since I came to the Legislature in 1945 we haven't passed one law to tighten liquor control. Frank Metcalf admitted that the Highway Patrol does very little along the line of liquor law enforcement. If circulating these petitions costs the dealers money, it helps create a payroll. They pass along the cost anyway" Hydrogen Bomb T don't believe in loosening any restrictions on people who sell 1iCllOrv onrcy1ppad Ear DoI1ord