‘Turn Back' Pay
Allowance Bill
Reaches Governor
JUNEAU, i/P — The Legislative
pay bill lay on Acting Governor
Hugh Wade’s desk Thursday and
another bill which would permit
any lav/maker to turn back any
part of his salary or expenses he
wishes also appeared headed for
quick legislative approval.
The “turn back” measure was
hustled through the Senate in one
day, and passed by an 18 to 2 vote.
Govenor Wade has 15 days in
which to sign, veto or let it be
come law without his signature.
He has not indicated what ac
tion he will take, but has prom
ised a quick decision. Under Alas
ka’s new Constitution, the Gov
ernor has authority to strike or
reduce items on appropriation
bills.
The House took the afternoon
off Wednesday after finishing its
calendar in the forenoon. The late
former Representative Ken C.
Johnson of Anchorage, who died
last year, was eulogized.
Protests were made to the “turn
back” bill by Senators John
McNees and W. O. Smith, saying
that the bill was unnecessary.
They said there was nothing to
prevent any lawmaker from refus
ing to claim his pay if he didn’t
want it.
Smith asked if the cost of a bill
which “has so little purpose” was
considered by the Rules Commit
tee. Senator Ralph Moody said he
didn’t know the cost of sending a
bill through the legislative pro
cess but added that “if there is a
return of money by one legislator,
that should pay for the bill.”
Committee Chairman J. Earl
Cooper said the bill had value and
that it would serve notice on the
public that a legislator could take
a vacation from his duties between
sessions and do so without pay.
During the debate, Senator R.
J. McNealy said he saw no par
ticular objection to the bill but
announced he planned to reduce i
the per diem allowance he will
collect from $40 to $30. Senator
Logan, one of the two who voted
against the bill, also said he would
claim only $30 a day.
The other opponent on final
passage, Senator Nolan, said later
he still favored a salary of $1 a
year for legislators, with per diem
somewhere near $50. In the past,
he said, he. has not collected ex
pense allowances and he saw noth
ing new in the bill for any law
maker who didn’t need authorized
expenses.
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Alaska Senators Hope To
Purchase New Seating
JUNEAU, un — The State Sen
ate set out Wednesday to get new
desks and chairs for its 20 mem
bers. And the move disclosed a
little known fact about Alaska’s
legislative process.
The upper chamber of the State
Legislature is meeting in cham
bers crowded by its old, man
sized wooden desks that have ab
sorbed punishment through many
territorial lawmaking sessions.
Down the hall, at the other end
of a short capitol building corri
dor, the 40 members of the House
likewise are crowded into a cham
ber designed for fewer lawmakers
in years gone by.
But 39 of the representatives
work at new metal desks, small
in size but with a green finish that
contrasts with the padded, red
upholstery of new swivel chairs.
The only House member who
lacks a new desk is Speaker War
ren Taylor. He works from an
old wooden desk, on a raised plat
form overlooking the House.
The Senate furniture proposal
came up in the form of a bill to
appropriate $3,000 for the pur
chase of desks and chairs. Senator
Lester Bronson of Nome, Chairman
of the Engrossment and Enroll
ment Committee, introduced the
bill.
The bill appeared to be some
thing new7 in appropriation pro
cedures.
Senator Ralph Moody, chairman
of the Judiciary Committee, rose
to question whether the Senate
could initiate arr appropriation
measure.
Bronson said he had asked the
same question of the Legislative
Council staff. The answer wras
there was no prohibition in Alas
ka against the Senate introducing
an appropriation bill.
Only by custom, agreed some
lawmakers, had such a plan been
followed in past Territorial Legis
latures.
Representative Earl Hillstrand,
chairman of the House Finance
Committee, commented later that
it was a custom he favored being
retained.
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Lower Yukon DC-4
Airstrip Bills Up
In Both Houses
JUNEAU, UP) — Resolutions
were introduced in the Senate and
House Wednesday- calling for a
new landing strip between St.
Mary’s and Mountain Village in
the lower Yukon area of far West
ern Alaska. _
The identical resolutions said a
landing strip big enough to handle
DC-4 aircraft was needed to serve
villages of the region.
If approved, the resolutions
would direct the state’s Aviation
Agency to “take all possible
steps” to get the new landing field
built as soon as possible.
Senator John McNees of Nome,
and Representative Axel Johnson
of Kwiguk, sponsored the meas
ures. They said the population of
the area is now about 5,000, and
air service is limited to small car
riers. Freight dates are high, and
mail service poor, and there are
frequent delays because of wea
er, the resolution said.
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Writers’ Conference
The Alaska Writers of Anchor
age will hold its Fifth Annual
Conference in Anchorage on Feb
bruary 27, 28, and March 1.
A contest will be the highlight
of the Conference, and prizes will
be given in the short fiction, non
fiction, poetry, and juvenile cate
gories. Writers throughout the
State of Alaska may enter their
manuscripts. The deadline for en
try is midnight, February 15. For
further information, contest rules
and application blanks write:
CONTEST, The League of Alaska
Writers, Box 2038, Anchorage.
The Conference program will
feature speakers, exhibits, social
get-togethers, and a gala banquet
as a finale. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
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