which I will try to explain.
The gentleman from Californ
ia (Mr. Curry), who is chair
man of this committee and un
fortunately quite ill and unable
to be present, has asked me to
take up this bill in his absence
and present it to the House, and
I am presenting it on his behalf
because he is interested in its
passage and has felt that a great
injustice will be done an em
ployee unless the bill is passed.
Now, here is the situation as I
understand it: The Territory of
Alaska, by its legislature, believ
ing it had the right to do it, em
ployed some of the Government
employees there and paid them
a salary out of the funds of the
Territory. That was done in
this case, and the court held
that under the law they had no
right to do it. This man was
employed by the Government,
and his salary out of the Public
Treasury was reduced because
the Territory of Alaska was to
pay him $2,000 per year. He was
only receiving $3,600 from the
Government, because that office
had been consolidated with the
Territorial office.
The court has determined that
the Territory of Alaska had no
right to consolidate these offices,
and this man has served his
term, rendered the service, and
this bill is for the purpose of
paying this man.
Mr. UNDERHILL. Will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. DOWELL. Yes.
Mr. UNDERHILL. This has
been done repeatedly, and at al
most every Private Calendar
reading several cases of a simil
ar character are passed by the
House without an objection on
the part of anyone.
Mr. LaGUARDIA. If the gen
tleman from Massachusetts will
permit, not of similar charact
er
Mr. UNDERHILL. Well, why
not?
Mr. LaGUARDIA. I will say
that many bills of as little merit
pass the House, but not of simil
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ar character.
Mr. UNDERHILL. They are to
pay employees of the Govern
ment who are drawing one sal
ary for services rendered in
another capacity, where they
have rendered the service, de
livered the goods, and the Gov
ernment is morally bound to pay
them for services rendered.
Mr. LaGUARDIA. Yes; but
they do not involve the funda
mental principle of receiving
two salaries from two different
sources, the Territorial Govern
ment and the Federal Govern
ment.
Mr. DOWELL. As a matter of
fact, the Federal Government
received the benefit of this, and
this bill is merely to permit the
Territory of Alaska to pay what
they agreed to pay. As I un
derstand, this man’s salary was
reduced as a Federal employee.
Mr. CLAGUE. Will the gentle
man yield?
Mr. DOWELL. Yes.
Mr. CLAGUE. What was h*j
leceivinc, before his salary was
reduced?
Mr. DOWELL. I do not know
the amount.
Mr. RANKIN. Some one ought
to be able to answer that ques
ton.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. I am not
*ure of the exact amount, but
tve salary of the secretary of
the Territory of Hawaii is $5,400.
Under the system our secretary
has been working in Alaska he
was receiving $5,600, $200 more
a year, from both the Federal
Government and the Territorial
Government. I assume when
this salarv from the Territory is
shut off the Secretary of the In
terior will have to raise his sal
arv to $5,400, or somewhere near
that, to correspond with the sal
arv of the secretary of Hawaii.
The SPEAKER pro tempore.
The gentleman from Iowa has
used five minutes.
Mr. Speaker, I will yield my
self more time.