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O OO O co o o o - o o o O C O o O WO MTSrCBB (CBtGOK) nation's Capital Awaiting Three ongress Br a. p.oazm smith Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The netion'f cSh'itet i awaitir.f the arrival of three rewl elected members of Confess for .whom there are no seats rjwo ""senator" and one "representative" from Alaa ka. All thr.e wrt (July elected by Alaskan in tl.err October general elec tion. Two o? them are now winding their 4yL 1 Alcan highway rw Bobt k; toward the Pa cific Northwest In trip that is to Tie cre!ftiraad enroute at Seattle, PortiendV Sacramento. 00 -M A " 1 and mny state capit.U- and prominent citiee enroute to Vvastt ngw-O. D C. The third mem ber vjjll join hif colleagues in q Seattle when Wiey are due there Mngriay or Tuesiay. o O Inthe new .Alaskan congres sional delegation are "Senators" O Ernest ?7. Gruening, gwernor of ct(ie territory from"l93S through 1352, and Wilfiam A. Efan, who vas president of the" Alaska constitutional convention which Sft at Fairbanks a year ajo; snrfc 'ReiWssrttitatives" d Ralph Rivers, former- attorney general O of Alaska. Theyo'are all Dem oq(at.? o 'Whit Aulomobilet String white automobiles epeciallv inscribed "Alaska Tbe 4!)th Slpte" the thre. men hnd, O thT)- wives Qwillo transit 'the country from Seattle toWash ingtf via the jfate capitols of all th states which ccessfully used thiiTsamej-, political strateg em Ih their fights for statehood Oregon. Califonnia,0 Iowa,' Kansas, gfichigarioand Tennes see. In each case, not many months after hese states elected congresslon;1 delegafions and dispatched then to Washington to lobby for statehood, bills were passed to admib thm to the liion. Like th(& successful predecee aors, the Alaskans hope to dram atize the overwhelming desire of Alaskans for admissftn to the Union so the can vote fofpresi- Qdent. far governor, for their members of House and Senate,1 O Q O 1 - i 00 i o? o O r n o o 0 O o ? o " JI H o o ii 1 o I V o 1 O o I O c?o o3 II It I o o hi o - If You Heed Furniture. You Better n O O o o o C MAIL TRIBUNE Members From Alaska and manage their own affairs of state. Statehood Bills Statehood bills have been in troduced in Congress since 1918, but only in theUast decade j has the statehood drive had any real chance of success. On dif I ferent occasions, both House and 'Senate have passed bills to ad- mit both Alaska and Hawaii j but one tactic or another by the opponents of the idea has successfully prevented a state hood bill from ever reaching the president's desk. " President Truman was the first chief executive to endorse statehood for both territories. President Eisenhower has asked for Hawaiian statehood, but his opposition to Alaskan statehood in the past four years has re sulted in a blockade in Congress against approval of either ter ritory. Secretary of Interior Fred A. Seaton recently claimed that the administration will present Congress with an Alaskan state hood bill which the president will approve if passed so Alaskans are reaching a new zenith of optimism that this may be their year. Case for Statehood To make the case for state hood as strong as possible. Alaskans drafted and ratified a constitution during the past year. Their overwhelming approval of it in the spring primary put to rests all 'arguments that may be Alaska didn't really want statehood.- Population of the territory now approximates that of Ne vada, about 210,000, and is growing at thr fastest rate in the U.S. "Sen." Gruening. auth or of the recent book "The State of Alaska," believes it is Alaska's destiny to be developed just as completely as Scandinavia because-of the similarity in clim ate, topography and resources. Scandanavia has a population of some 18 million. Most potent opposition to statehood comes from Seattle based interests, mainly fishing and shipping, who benefit from what Gruening calls ."colonial treatment" of Alaska. Intractable Congress Th only intractabte opposition in Cojigress comes from the Southern Democrats, with only PON T Jundsy. December 18, 1951 I several exceptions, who as a bloc fear the loss of power in the Senate that four new senators would bring. Their main con cern is being out-voted on mo tions to stop a filibuster, a move which now takes a vote of 64 senators out of 96. Generally, a majority of north ern Democrats and Republicans has favored statehood for both territories but the opposition on military grounds of the presi dent threw most Republicans against Alaska the past several years. Democrats retaliated by blocking Hawaii, which was then considered a Republican ter ritory. But in the recent election, both territories went Democratic in the main, both electing Dem ocrats as their non-voting dele gates to Congress and installing a majority of Democrats in their territorial legislatures. Whether this will cool the ardor of the GOP for Hawaii, and make Democrats more attracted to it, remains to be seen. Uncertain Factor One other uncertain factor now is that the Senate Internal Security committee has just con cluded hearings in Honolulu in in a search for Communist ac tivities in the Island. Chairman Eastland of Mississippi, a foe of statehood, concluded by say ing the committee had turned up evidence of a "conspiracy to further Soviet purposes on these Islands." The evidence pertained to wit nesses who are officials or mem bers of Harry Bridges' Interna tional Longshoremen's and Ware housemen's Union, which was tossed out of the CIO on charges of being Communist-dominated. Statehood opponents frequently argue that it would not be sound policy to admit Hawaii because of the control the ILWU exerts over the island economy by virtue of being able to tie up shipping. Statehood backers say the best way to diminish the union's power would be to give Hawaii the authority of state hood. New York's Commerce De partment in 1955 played a part in locating nine firms in the state with 3,490 potential jobs and annual payrolls totaling an estimated $11,275,000. MISS This Great rticle HUNDREDS ALREADY . . NO MARK UPS TO TRY NO DOUBT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS ON FURNITURE OFFERED THIS YEAR Is That So? Want to discover, describe and the zoological list of mammals? It's not as impossible as you might think. In the past 50 years, eight animals from Africa have been "discovered" and added to the scientifically -known list. Most unusual, seven of these were Grange Phoenix Grange met Tuesday eve, Dec. 11. j Preceding the regular meeting, ! the newly-elected officers of Phoenix, Roxy Ann and Griffin Creek Granges were installed by Jackson Co. Pomona installing team. State Overseer William Howes was the installing officer, and state steward, Roscoe Roberts, acted as marshal. Following installation Dee Hendrickson, the newly installed master, declared a short recess, after which he called regular Grange meeting to order. All business except the most Urgent wag dispensed with. The charter was draped in memory of Sister Dorothy Lof fer. During the brief memorial service Vaughn Quackenbush sang "Abide With Me." HEC chairman, Velma John son announced the next HEC meeting would be at the home of Mrs. Frank Perl and would be a covered dish dinner and gift ex change, Wednesday, Dec. 19. Master Hendrickson announced the names of those appointed to serve on the various committees, and requested all officers and committee members to be pres ent at an officers meeting Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Grange hall. He said any in terested members would be wel come. A letter from a friend of Mrs. Hazel Fish was read. Mrs. Fish is a long-time member, of Phoenix Grange, and the letter stated she was better and would appreciate Christmas cards from her old friends and Grange members. A card addressed to Mrs. Hazel Fish, Good Samaritan Hospital, Oroville, Calif., will reach her. Grange adjourned and lecturer Mable Carr, assisted by Myrtle Hixon, had those present form a grand march to the dining room, where sandwiches, cookies and coffee were served by members of Phoenix Grange. The next regular meeting would fall on Christmas and, be cause of that, the meeting will not be held until Tuesday, Jan. 8. Gertrude E. Lewin. h OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO . AND THEY HAVE BOUGHT o Because They Found the Prices Were Right.; Because They Found It Was Just as We Said It Was. ..An Old Fashioned HONEST SALE! H HI WAY 99 NEAR By EUGENE BURNS Rjnger-Naturalist large animals, including an ante lope, the pygmy and hippopota mus, the giant forest hog, the king cheetah, and the Cottoni race of white rhinoceros, which, after the elephant, is the largest mammal in all Africa. And not to be overlooked, the beautiful Okapi, standing as high as a quarterbred horse. Who knows, but from any one of the cointir.ents a new mammal may be found: there are ac counts of a tiger cat in Austra lia; a snowman in Asia; a boar in Africa; a giant sloth in South America. . . About the abominable Snow man, his footprints have been photographed. Most are agreed that he is dark-skinned, with long shaggy hair, giant-sized, and capable of making terrify ing roars. A few say he is ape like; others, more bear-like. Or if you prefer South Amer ica, it is possible that an 18-foot giant sloth weighing some tons may still be roaming the wilds of little-explored Patagonia. Well preserved remains of this crea ture have been found. And in South America, with many huge tracts of jungle still unexplored, there may be other beasts. 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Giant Kangaroo If Australia is your dish, re ports from the westland claim there is a giant species of kanga roo in existence. From North Queensland, come reports of a large tiger cat. Aborigines are not at all uncertain about its de scription: as big as a dog, face round like a cat, long tail, body striped from the ribs under the belly with yellow and black. Or Africa. Judging from many scattered reports, it is quite like ly that a great bear merely $20 Investments made by the 10th of the month earn dividends as of the first 29 North NEY SAVING ILL V 13 Is OUR STORE ... THE PEOPLE! MONEY SAVING IN SO. OREGON t awaits the final 'capture. Natives call it the chm.iset, whites the Nandi bear. Fossil remains Of re cent origin have been found. 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