Mr. SCHAFER. Could not
that be done by employing peo
ple to do this work who are not
employed by the Federal Gov
ernment?
Mr. SUTHERLAND. Certain
ly; but, of course, the Federal
officials prefer to take the mon
ey and do the work.
Mr. SCHAFER. Is the gentle
man in favor of this bill?
Mr. SUTHERLAND. Yes; I am
in favor of it.
Mr. SCHAFER. I will say the
gentleman has always been ad
vocating before this Congress
that more power should be giv
en to the Territorial government
in Alaska, but what if Congress
should give more power, the
facts the gentleman has brought
out seem to indicate they are
disposed to give over to Feder
al officials the powers they have
already received from Congress.
Mr. LAGUARDIA. This gives
them $2,000 more power.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. I can not
make a reply to the statement of
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the gentleman from Wisconsin
under the circumstances. He is
absolutely right in what he has
just said.
Mr. PERKINS. I am almost
persuaded to vote tor anything
tor which the gentleman is in
favor, but would not the better
way to discourage such practic
v es be by defeating this bill.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. No; I do
not think so. I think the local
legislature should be given a
chance to redeem itself without
depriving the secretary of the
$4,000 he has honestly earned.
Mr. DOWEI L. As a matter of
fact, this man was employed un
der the provisions of the Legisla
ture of'Alaska, and he performed
the services, and. except for the
fact that it was learned later
that he was not legally entitled
he would have been paid. Yet
it is a fact that he earned the
money and should receive it.
Mr. SCHAFER. Did he re
ceive his pay from the Federal
Government covering the same
period of time for which he is
asking pay under the provisions
of this bill?
Mr. SUTHERLAND. Yes. He
received $3,600 a year from the
Federal Government. Former
ly he received more than that,
but when the Secretary of the
Interior learned that he re
ceived $2,000 a year from the
Territory his Federal salary was
cut to $3,600.
Mr. SCHAFER. Was all his
time occupied in the working
hours of the Federal Govern
ment?
M r. SUTHERLAND. During
the same day, possibly at differ
ent hours, these duties were per
formed.
Mr. SCHAFER. Is it not a fact
that if we pass this bill we will
send notice out to the Federal
officials in Alaska that they shall
continue in the future as in the
past and usurp the whole func
tions of the Alaska Territorial
government?
r*I:\ Sutherland. A proviso ha?
been inserted in the bill to thk
effect:
PROVIDED, That subsequent
March 31, 1929, all appropria
tions by the Alaska Territorial
Legislature shall be in conform
ity with the provisions of the
act approved August 24, 1912,
which is the enabling act for
Alaska.
Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker,
will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SUTHERLAND. Yes.
Mr. PERKINS. Why is that
necessary? This is a warning.
Let me suggest that the best
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way to warn these people up
there is not to vote the money.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. I think
they will be warned.
Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. Speaker,
I understood I was to be yielded
10 minutes by the gentleman
from Iowa. If permitted, I yield
five minutes to the gentleman
from Mississippi (Mr. Lowery).
The SPEAKER pro tempore.
Under the rules the gentleman
is not permitted to yield.
Mr. LANKFORD. Will the
gentleman give me 10 minutes?
Mr DOWELL. Mr. Speaker, the
Georgia (Mr. Langford) to be in
ranking member of the commit
tee. and it was my purpose to
give him 10 minutes to use as
he desires, if that is proper.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is
there objection? Without ob
jection, the gentleman from Io
wa (Mr. Dowell) yields 10 min
utes to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Lankford- to be in
turn yielded by him as he may
desire.
There was no objection.
Mr. LANKFORD. I yield 5
minutes to the gentleman from
Mississippi (Mr. Lowery).
The SPEAKER pro tempore.
The gentleman from Mississippi
is recognized for five'minutes.
Mr. LOWERY. Mr. Speaker, I
ask unanimous consent to speak
for five minutes, not on the bill.
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