Mr. DOWELL. No; I think it
applies to only one.
Mr. PERKINS. Will the gen
tleman yield for me to ask that
question?
Mr. DOWELL. I yield on that
question to the gentleman from
Alaska.
Mr. PERKINS. Then I would
like to ask the gentleman from
Alaska if this does not apply to
more than one or may apply to
more than one?
Mr SUTHERLAND. The ac
tion in the court was applied to
only one individual, the secre
tary of the Territory.
Mr. DOWELL. That was in
the construction of the law.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. There
was a suit to enjoin a number of
ether cases, but the court nev
er got to render a decision on
the others for the reason that
the judge passed away while the
case was still pending. So there
has never been a decision with
regard to the others.
Mr. DOWELL. But it only ap
plies to one.
Mr. LaGUARDIA. The bill
says that—
any salaries to United States of
ficials or employees of the United
States Government in Alaska
may be paid to certain officials—
And so forth.
Mr. DOWELL. Some years
ago the chairman of the com
mittee (Mr. Curry) introduced
a bill upon which there was ex
tensive hearings by the commit
tee for the consolidation of the
work of many of the Federal de
partments of the Government in
the Territory of Alaska. There
is no doubt, it seems to me, that
there is a great need for some
consolidation of the work in that
Territory, and I am hoping that
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some of these Federal activities
in the Territory, and I believe
it can be done, I believe that the
chairman of the committee
when he returns to his work—
which I hope may be soon—will
be glad to take up that work.
Mr. RANKIN. Will the gentle
man yield?
Mr. DOWELL. I yield.
Mr. RANKIN. If you are at
tempting in the bill to relieve
one individual, why not say so
and limit it to the individual
case?
Mr. DOWELL. The Delegate
from Alaska explained the situa
tion.
Mr. RANKIN. In other words,
you will be doing this—that in
stead of relieving one man you
are throwing open the floodgates
for other fellows to creep in.
Mr. DOWELL. No; this clos
es the door.
Mr. UNDERHILL. Will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. DOWELL. Yes.
Mr. UNDERHILL. I want to
ask the gentleman why it would
not be better to clean up these
old cases than to have them
coming back here one by one.
Mr. RANKIN. Members of the
House have understood that this
was merely to relieve this indi
vidual case, but at this late peri
od in the debate it develops that
the floodgates are to be opened
to others who may want to get
in under it. I do not think the
bill ought to pass at all. It is vir
tually the same bill that Con
gress defeated a year ago.
Mr. DOWELL. No; the gen
tleman is incorrect. The bill at
the last session merely contin
ued the situation as heretofore.
Mr. RANKIN. This comes along
and wipes out the decision of
the court in favor of possibly a
great multitude of these claim
ents.
Mr. DOWELL. I think the