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nation's Capital Awaiting Three
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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
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rw Bobt k; toward the Pa
cific Northwest In trip that
is to Tie cre!ftiraad enroute at
Seattle, PortiendV Sacramento.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. Gold prospectors in the
great Matto Grosso jungles have
reported footprints in soft sand
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which resembled those of a man,
but 21 inches long. (Don't smile:
remember those eight mammais
found in Africa during the past
50 years, including very large
ones.)
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
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