The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-01
EXP. RATING
REPEAL Bill
IS ON TABLE

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perience rating credits provisions
of the Alaska Employment Security
Law was laid on the table in the
House yesterday afternoon by a 1S-
IL vote, and appears likely to stay
there for the rest of the session.
The motion to table the bill was
made by Rep. Alden Wilbur wher
the measure came up on the cal
endar for third reading. The motion
under House rules, is unbeatable
Ten Republicans and three Demo
Gratis favored tabling the bill, tht
vote being as follows;
To table the bill: Barnes, Gas
ser, Franklin, Hendrickson, john
son, Laws, Locken, MacKinnon
Madsen, Metcalfe, Miscovich, Step
ovich, Wilbur.
Against tabling the bill: Carlson
Conright, Degnan, Gundersen, Kay
Hope, McCutcheon, Pollard, Scave-
MUS, Wells, Egan.
Rep. Conright's memorial seek
ing permission of Congress for the
Territory to bond itself for $9,000,-
600 for school construction and re-
pair, passed the House by a 20-4
vote after amendment.
The amendment provides thai
the Legislature is not to use the
bonding authorization, if it is grant
ed, unless go per cent of the voters
at referendum election favor the
proposition.
Voting against passage OF the
memorial we're Reps. Locken, Mad
sen, Miscovich and Stepovich.
The House adjourned early yes
terday afternoon to allow the Conn
mittee on Education and the Com
mittee on Ways and Means to hold
hearing on the budget for the
University of Alaska, e
Abolish ANS
A joint memorial by Reps. Kay
and johnson calls upon the Presi-
dent, Congress and the Secretary OF
the interior to abolish the Alaska
Native Service, a branch of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Reasons cited in the memorial
for this request are:
1.-The Alaska Native Service has
built up a staff of Federal en-
ployes running into the hundreds
whose salaries and expenses con-
stitute a heavy drain upon the Fed
eral treasury, including the portion
derived from Alaska taxpayers;
1.-The condition of the Native resi-
dents of Alaska has despite these
expenditures shown no material i'm
provement but on the contrary has
steadily declined; II W j7e
1.-The policies and activities of the
ANS appear to be directed more to-
ward the growth and perpetuatlon
of Federal bureaucracy than the
Improvement of the condition OF
Alaska's Native people"
Seeks Funds
The memorial asks that funds in
sums consistent with what has here
tofore been spent to maintain the
ANS be turned over to the Territory
for use in improving the condition
of Alaska's Native residents and
placing them on a plane OF absolute
and actual equality with the rest
of the citizens of Alaska.
Rep. Amelia Gundersen introduce
ed a bill to amend the Alaska Prop
erty Tax Act by fixing the assessed
valuation of unpatented mining
claims at s25 an acre instead of $500
per claim and reducing the tonnage
tax on boats from 81 to 50.
A bill by Rep. w. w. Laws would
change the date of Alaska's Gen.
eral Election to the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of November
This was the date of General Elec-
tons in Alaska from 1912 to 1882
It was changed to the second Tues
day of September, which was cleo
ton day from 1884 through 1914
The 1945 Legislature set the present
date. the second Tuesday of October
Another bill by Rep. Laws pro-
yides a fee of 81 for filing certifi-
Gates of birth or death except when
filed by doctor or nurse in the
regular course of duty.