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House Passes Highway Motor Fwejg
Tax Increase of Three Cents Gallon,
Retains Earmarking of The Funds
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, (J*) — Only one dis
senting vote was cast in the Ter
ritorial House of Representatives
Wednesday as a bill was pushed
through to jump the territory’s
motor fuels tax for highway
users three cents a gallon, to five
cents. The vote was 22-1.
• The measure, sent to the Sen
ate, lifts aviation gasoline taxes
only one cent and leaves the one
on fuel for boats at the present
figure.
Four proposed amendments, to
change it from the sponsoring
House Ways and Means commit
tee version, were beaten down.
On final passage only Rep. War
ren Taylor (D-Fairbanks) was op
posed.
A bill by Rep. E. G. Bailey
(D-Anchorage) for the display of
both the United States and Alaska
flags at institutions, polling places
territorial offices and schools was
approved unanimously by the
House after slight changes.
Flags "Should" Be Displayed
As passed, it reads that such
flags “should” be displayed, ra- ■
than than “shall” be, and that!
they should be at each school, j
rather than in each classroom.,
The amendments were proposed j
by Rep. Thomas Stewart <D-Ju-\
neau) and supporters argued “you
can’t legislate patriotism.”
Speaker Wendell Kay (D-An-1
chorage', supporting the original
version, said:
“We may not be able to legis
late patriotism, but we can leg
islate an opportunity to show
patriotism.”
In the House, the major amend
ing attempt on the motor fuels
tax bill was to knock out the
earmarking of the tax moneys for
roads, airports and harbor facil
ities.
The legislators supporting that
amendment contended that the
legislature should decide each
session where the money should
go, rather than give the lump
sums to the directors of highways
and aeronautics. The amendment
was beaten on a 15 to 8 vote. Ii
was offered by Speaker Kay.
While the House was having a
stormy day, after starting out
calmly early in the morning with
a joint House-Senate session to
hear a University of Washington
economist, William J. Stanton, i
present figures on Alaska’s econ
omy as related to its unemploy
ment compensation' fund troubles,
the Senate had a quiet day.
Hot Debate Over Earmarking
In the House, there was a hot
debate over the earmarking of:
the funds collected under the j
motor fuels tax.
Kay, in opposing the earmark
ing policy, contended that if
motor fuel taxes have to be re
stricted to uses which benefit the
operators of the motors, then the
cigarette tax1 money should go to
the benefit of ailing cigarette
smokers and the whiskey tax
moneys should go for the rehab
ilitation of alcoholics.
He also protested against let
ting the directors of highways
spend the money wherever he
chooses, without legislative re
view. He tolcl the House the old
Highway Patrol rode around in
fancy new cars because the legis
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I lature couldn’t say what the
• money should be spent on.
One amendment written into
; the bill would require the direc
| tors of highways and aeronautics
j to present budgets to the legisla
I ture to show what use they plan
to make of their funds.
Two S.E. Alaska House mem
bers, Reps. Metcalfe and Riley,
said they agreed in principle with
the idea of eliminating earmarked
funds, but contended that for the
time being it was better to ear
mark them and then the boat
people would be sure a certain
amount would go for harbors.
Rep. Irene Ryan <D-Anchorage)
said she felt “alarmed to see how
legislators are tending to view
legislation from divisional view
points.” She argued that it was a
bad tendency that what hurts one
division hurts all and what bene
fited one division benefited all.
She supported the Kay proposal
against earmarking.
Rep. Ray Plummer (D-Anchor
age) cited a document that nor
mally isn’t recalled very often in
legislative chambers. It was his
party’s platform. He read from
the Democratic territorial plat
form a commitment that motor
fuels taxes should be “used ex
clusively” for roads, airports and
harbors. He said the platform was
good enough for him.
On the final roll call, the legis
lators voting against earmarking
of funds—all Democrats — were:
Buckalew, Greuel, McNabb, Ryan,
Stewart, Taylor, Young and Kay.
AVA Calls For Travel
Market Survey On Which
To Base Tourist Program
JUNEAU, UPV—The Alaska Visi
tors Assn, called Wednesday for
another travel market survey as
an “imperative need” of the terri
tory.
The last survey was made in
1952, on which tourist-luring pro
grams were based, and the AVA
proposed another should be made !
this summer.
The resolution continued:
“It is also stressed that such
data are extremely valuable in
cooperating with the Pacific
Northwest civic and public or
ganizations in the promotion of
roads parallel to the coast and
access roads to southeastern Alas
ka, roads within Alaska, and
accommodations in points of tour
ist attractions not served now by
such facilities.” 1
Rotary To Hold
Auction Feb. 24
For Boy Scouts
To commemorate the Golden
Anniversary of Rotary, the Nome
Rotary Club is making a very
special effort to put the Boy Scout
movement in Nome on a solid
foundation. To this end, every
person in Nome is being asked
to donate any usable article they
have no further use for, articles
that have been laid away and
which are taking up valuable
space. These articles in turn, will
be put up for auction on Feb.
24 in the Scout Hall at 7 p.m.
The proceeds of this auction and
your kindness will go towards
purchasing of badly needed camp
: ing equipment, etc.
Such articles as furniture,
tools, fishing gear, good clothing,
electrical appliances, housewares,
toys, and anything else that
is still usable, are wanted.
Rotary members will gladly
pick up any item donated, so just
phone any Rotarian or any of the
persons listed herewith:
Dick Benson, Bill Barber, Norm
Asbridge, Walter Borden, Ben
Young, Dr. Langsam, Dewey
Goodrich, Steve Andersen, Larry
Galvin, Jack Reed, Boyd Har
wood, Rev. Reeves Havens, Bill
Angell.
The telephone operator will
gladly direct your calls in locat
ing a Rotarian, so be sure to have
a good look around and notify
any of the above. A basket of
groceries would be of some help
if you cannot find other used
articles, or cakes, cookies, etc.
Coffee will be served in the
hall during the auction to help
you have a very enjoyable eve
ning.
Remember the date—Thursday,
February 24, at 7 p.m. at the
Scout Hall.
Nothing is too small—nothing
is too large. Be a Good Scout and
help to put this over for the
Kids, the citizens of tomorrow.
Senate Pays Tribute'
To Late Former Sen.
Ed Anderson of Nome
JUNEAU, (lf\—The Senate paid
tribute Wednesday to the late
Sen. Edward Anderson, a former
mayor of Nome.
On a resolution by Sen. Wil
liam Beltz, who served with him
in the legislature, the Senate
adopted a tribute to him and
made its Wednesday adjourn
ment in his honor.
Anderson died at Nome last
November.
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