Committee Member Is Not Sure How
He’ll V ote; Could Decide Statehood
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Dr. Patty Tells Legislature
U. of A. Needs $3 Million
For New Construction
JUNEAU, UP)—Dr. E. N. Patty
told legislators last night that the
University . of Alaska faces the
problem of handling a share of
what educators describe as “a
great wave of students coming up
from the nation’s elementary
schools.”
The University president ap
peared before a joint meeting of
the Education Committees of the;
House and Senate and tonight
will appear before the House *
Ways and Means Committee.
He Said the University is ask- ;
ing for about three million dol- 1
lars in funds for new construc
tion in the hope of getting two
new dormitories started immedi
ately and in the hope of laying
out a plan for Alaska Public
Works financing in six buildings:
in all.
Pointing out that the APW ;
would match the territorial funds \
he declared ‘‘that is why it is so i
vital to get construction funds
because for each dollar we can
get two for construction.” He
said new building is essential for
the school because the old main
University building and men’s
dormitories are firetraps, which,
if they ever were swept by fife, \
would cause heavy losses to the i
adjacent library and other build
* ings. i
He said the University had an
enrollment of about 300 at the
time the last appropriation was,
drawn, jut now h, s :. and ne [
moderate estimate is 600 for the
end of the next two-year appro
priation period. Dr. Patty said
the enrollment is certain to keep
mounting even if the influx of
new residents to the territory
should cease.
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» WASHINGTON, Rep. Ells
worth <R-Ore>, whose vote may
be a deciding factor in whether
the House gets to consider state
hood legislation for Alaska and
Hawaii, said Thursday he “hon
estly can’t say tow Hi vote.”
Ellsworth is one of four Repub
licans on the House Rules Com
mittee which must approve the
bill before it goes to the House
for action.
Earlier this week, Rep. Colmer
<D-Miss>, another member, pre
dicted the bill would have “tough
sledding” in the committee un
less at least one of the four Re
publican members supports it. If
solid Republican opposition de
velops. Colmer predicted, a 6-6
stale mate would keep the bill in
committee.
The theory is that the four Re
publicans might vote against the
bill since the GOP leadership op
poses the dual measure. Colmer
said he would vote against it and
expects one other Democrat on
the committee to join him.
Ellsworth said although he is
undecided how he would vote, it
would take a “strong argument to
make me vote to keep the bill in
committee.”
This, he said, is because he
looks upon the Rules Committee
as a “screening” body rather than
as “a roadblock.”
He also said he is undecided
how he would vote if the com
bined Hawaii-Alaska bill reaches
the floor, but indicated his vote
in committee and on the floor
could be different.
He recalled he had once made
a list of some 20 objections ad
vanced against statehood for the
territories but, after inspection,
had decided that “none of them
stood up.”
Despite this, he said, he has a'
“feeling inside” in opposition to
statehood at this time. He said
this stemmed in part from the
lack of a recent referendum on
statehood in Alaska and the trip
by a majority of the Hawaiian
legislature to Washington last
year to advocate statehood.
“It makes me wonder whether
Hawaii is stable enough,” he said.
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I Bill Downed to
Restrict Duties of
Territorial Police
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, (A*)—A quick death
was decreed, through an over
whelming vote to “postpone in
definitely,” for the bill to restrict
activities of Alaska’s Territorial
Police inside cities.
Rep. Hubert Gilbert (D-Fair
banks), psonsor, argued unsuc
cessfully it was time to outline
police authority more clearly. He
said local police departments
should have responsibility inside
their cities. But Gilbert’s col
leagues failed to agree with him.
The same motion to “postpone
indefinitely” was made when a
bill of four Anchorage Democrats
to set up specific election district
boundaries came up. The motion
of Rep. Greuel, however insured
further consideration of the bill.
Its supporters argued that out
lying areas are entitled to choose
their own representatives so that
such situations as in the Third
Division, where all the represen
tatives are from Anchorage, and
in the Fourth, where all are from
Fairbanks, should not arise.
In opposition, opponents said
the bill has defects. Under it, they
said, a resident of Anchorage or
Fairbanks could still' run from an
outlying district if he wishes.
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