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By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, the Alaska
statehood bill, after all these years
of stalling and delay, has just
passed the U.S. senate by the de
cisive vote of 64 to 20. The house
of representatives has already ap
proved it, and President Eisenhow
er is expected to sign it without
delay.
The people of Alaska are re
ported this morning to be wild with
joy, dancing in the streets, march
ing in parades and filling the sky
with fireworks. Only one Alaskan,
the teletypes tell us, is looking
a bit ruefully at his hole card.
He is Gerald Williams, the terri-
lory s attorney general. In a mo
ment of unguarded enthusiasm a
while back, he vowed that if the
statehood bill passed he would
push a peanut 120 miles from Big
Delta to Tok Junction.
He's wondering now, as so many
of us have in similar situations,
if his enthusiasm didn't maybe
run away with his judgment. At
any rate, hes congratulating him-
self that he didn't vow to push
the peanut with his nose.
Why all this delay in bringing
Alaska into the Union?
It's a long story with a short
title. The title is POLITICS.
It has been generally expected
that when Alaska elects the two
senators to which under the U.S
constitution it will be entitled when
it becomes a slate they will be
Democrats. The GOP's. in the past,
just haven't been able to bring
themselves around to the idea of
presenting Iheir political opponents
with a couple of senators.
Why did they finally come
through?
I wouldn't know but it isn't im
possible that in the landslide that
at the moment seems to be im
pending they are shrugging their
shoulders and muttering resigned
ly: "Aw, heck; what's a couple
more Democrats!
On second thought, Alaska's at
torney general (who has vowed
to push the peanut) may not be
the only one to greet Alaska's
statehood with a lingering shade
oi sadness.
There is Texas.
When Alaska comes into the Un
ion, Texas will h'e to move over,
The area of .e new Slate of
Alaska is 586.400 square miles. The
area of the State of Texas is only
267.239 square miles.
That will be a hard pill for Tex
ans to take.
But .
They can fall back on the nopu
lation figures. At the 1950 census,
Texas had 7,711,194 persons. At the
same census period, Alaska had
only 128,643.
More contrasts:
We acquired Texas by annexa
tion. When Texas came into the
Union, she was an independent
republic. We bought Alaska from
the Russians, paying $7,200,000 for
her. Secretary Seward, who con
summated the purchase, nearly
lost his political scalp for paying
out so much of the taxpayers
money for what his political op
ponents called an "icebox."
We've always had politics, you
see.
President, Wife
Fete Anniversary
WASHINGTON (UPIi Presi
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower
planned to observe the 42nd anni
versary of their wedding quietly
today with any celebration strict
ly private.
The President's schedule called
for a busy day at his desk. Mrs,
Eisenhower had no public appear
ances scheduled.
As usual, gifts exchanged by
the Eisenhowers were kept secret.
De Gaulle Back In Algiers
For Second Visit In Month
ALGIERS (API French Pre
mier de Gaulle, arriving in Al
giers today for his second visit in
less than a month, faced the pos
sibility of a showdown with
French settlers angered because
he hasn't turned out to be a rub
ber stamp for them.
De Gaulle came last, on June
4. as a conquering hero cheered
wildly by Ihe settlers and soldiers
whose defiance of the Paris gov
ernment hal recalled him to
power.
Then disenchan'-ment set in.
The military-civilian Puklic Safe
ty Committees formed after the
May 13 insiirieon nmjilatnod
De Gaulle had f.Wnd W wipe Ml
the influence ef fie coser
left-wing parties vev wie rwi
postwar France.
Although the mnd pw
claimer" that "Algeria French."
he showed no sign of emg caught
up in the settlers' movement to
integrate Algeria as a province of
metropolitan France. That would
submerge the nine million Aleer
ian Moslems among the 43 million
Frenchmen on both sides of the
Mediterranean. .
De Gaulle, who claims he had
no part in Ihe conspiracy that
resulted in the May 13 rebellion,
has acted as though, he owes Al
geria's right-wing settlers no po
litical debts. None of them has
len rewarded with a key post in
his Cabinet. He has told the Pub
lic Safety Committees they have
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls
and vicinity: Mostly cloudy through
Tuesday night, becoming generally
fair and warmer Wednesday. Low
Tuesday night 48-53; high Wednes
day 73-78.
High yesterday
.. 67
49
0
Low last night
Preclp. last 24 hours
Since Oct. 1 .. 18.58
Same period last year ... ... 15.04
Normal for period 12.32
Beirut Jets
Beat Back
Rebel Thrust
BEIRUT, Lebanon (API Gov
ernment jet fighters beat back a
rebel stab at the key Beirut In
ternational Airport yesterday, dis
lodging insurgent mountaineers
from hills overlooking the base
on Beirut's coastal plain.
The Druze followers of Socialist
Kamal Jumblatt approached with
in five miles of the airport before
they were repulsed. The attack
was not considered a major rebel
effort to reach Beirut, where oth
er rebels under Saeb Salam dom
inate the Basta Moslem quarter.
The rebels of former Premier
Rashid Karami around the north
Lebanese part of Tripoli showed
definite signs of weakning after
government forces cut one of
their main supply lines.
Jumblatt launched his attack
from the mountain area he bars
to U.N. observation teams alter
a warning that enabled the Brit
ish Middle East Center for Arab
Studies to move 24 teachers and
students out of harm's way.
Using only small arms and pack
weapons, the rebels took two
ranges of hills within sight of Bei
rut and the airport.
the thrust posed a serious
threat because the airport is the
only base from which Lebanese
jet fighters can operate. Strafing
by jets apparently has been the
government's trump card in sev
eral mountain battles so far.
This was the case again. Ma
chine-gun and rocket fire from
two jets routed the rebels from the
first range of hills. The security
forces and progovernment irregu
lars with mortar fire support
moved up, ' ; .
By lata afternoon the rebels
held only one village in the area
around Kayfoun. Security forces
said they suffered no casualties
but killed many rebels in the at
lacking force, whose size was not
given.
Rebs Ponder
Freeing Yanks
HAVANA. Cuba (AP)-U.S. dip
lomats kept up their efforts today
too obtain the release of 41 Amer
icans and three Canadians from
Fidel Castro's rebels. There was
no word on their progress.
The rehel high command re
portedly was considering whether
to give up the servicemen and
civilians seized in a series of raids
in eastern Cuba beginning last
Thursday night.
The decision was awaited by
two U.S. consuls trying to deal
with separate groups of rebels.
U.S. Embassy sources in Havana
indicated there might be some
report today.
Park Wollam, consul at Santia
go, in rebel-ridden Oriente prov
ince, was in contact with forces
of Castro's brother Raul northeast
of Santiago. Wollam was seeking
release of 10 American and two
Canadian engineers kidnaped
Thursday from a mining develop
ment at Moa. The rebels have
been quoted as saying these 12
were being well cared for and
would be released soon.
no governmental role in Algeria
As the date of tha Premier's
second trip approached, the com
mittees suppressed their grum
bling. But the war veteran groups
who took major roles in the Mav
defiance of Paris sounded their
discontent loud and clear.
They asserted their "revolution
must be fully achieved it must
grow from a regional to a national
movement or else it will remain
dangerously incomplete "
The implication was that anoth
er May 13 could be organized
this time against De Gaulle, it the
Premier does not clean house in
Paris and tie Algeria closer to
metropolitan France.
There was no indication, how-
. Ibet the general had any
inresaon of Iwuckling under to the
AAierian French. Instead, he was
rirjso him to Algiers for
mer Fvimtnt Cuy Mollel. now a
deputy pti ift tM6 Cabinet am)
hated b . A.'wwa i?!C-iia,tfttlj nf -khj lit HmrOjOmi Minn., and provide lndus-
The last tiMe TVI! mA) JfcV
cena two years eon se aij a
rage of tomatoes and aerc
Irom French veterans who fearM
he was going to give Algeria to
the Moslem rebels.
De Gaulle's tour this time was
descrihed officially as a military
inspection, taking him deep into
areas where the Moslem rebels
have been particularly active. He
returns to Paris Thursday.
TUESDAY. JULY 1, 1958
City, County Officials Call
For Indian Bill
Requested Or
The city of Klamath Falls, acting
through Mayor Lawrence Slater,
and Klamath County, acting
through County Judge Chariot
Mack, called Tuesday morning
upon the U.S. Congress to:
1. Enact Senate Bill 3051, as in
troduced by Senator Neubergcr
of Oregon, or:
2. Repeal Public Law 587.
The request to the Congress was
contained in a telegram addressed
to Senator Neuberger and Senator
Morse, Oregon s senators. Repre
sentative Al Ullman, member of
Congress from the second congres
sional district of Oregon, in which
the Klamath Reservation is locat
ed, and to Representative Haley,
of Florida, who is a member of
the House of Representatives com
mittee that has Senate Bill 30.) 1
under study. The bill has already
passed the Senate.
The telegram points out that "the
time has come for a statement
from the city of Klamath Falls and
the county of Klamath" . . .
which will be called upon to ad
minister the aftermath of what
ever legislation is enacted and
adds that "the premise that the
resources in the Klamath forests
be harvested on a sustained yield
basis is of paramount impor
tance." It expresses the opinion
of the two local governmental
bodies that private or federal pur
chase, under a sustained yield pro
gram, is the only practical method
of liquidating the Klamath Reser
vation timber inventory.
The telegram reads:
"Many statements have been
made about Public Law 587. Quite
often these remarks, statements
or resolutions, have been made by
persons or organizations far re
moved from the actual area in
volved. Unfortunately, the so called
experts have not taken into con
sideration that the most vitally af
fected governmental agencies, viz.,
the city of Klamath Falls and the
Klamath County Court, have had
little opportunity to state their po
sition in this serious matter.
"Whether chaos reigns due to
an abortive piece of legislation, or
stability of local economy
through sound liquidation of re
sources: In either event, the agen
cies of local government will be
charged with the responsibility and
the destinies of this immediate
area. Volumes have been written
or given as testimony regarding
the economic and social disaster
that will prevail if Public Law 587
is carried out as now in effect.
Rape of the timber resources at
fire sale prices and the minimum
of financial return to the princi
pals involved, viz., the Klamath
Indians, are but a few of the
problems that confront the area.
'The time has come for a state
ment from the city of Klamath
Falls through its mayor and Klam
ath County through its authorized
legal body, the Klamath County
Court. Although these agencies had
no voice in drafting or enacting
Public Law No. 587; though they
will be responsible lor administer
ing the aftermath of its debris,
it can be stated that the city of
Klamath Falls and the Klamath
County Court acting jointly feel
that the bill introduced by the
Hon. Senator Neuberger IS. 30511.
must be passed at this session of
Congress.
"The premise that the resources
in the Klamath forests be harvest
ed on a sustained yield program
is of paramount importance. Pri
vate . or federal purchase, on a
sustained yield program is the only
practical method of liquidating the
inventory. If this session cannot
agree on S. 3051. we urge repeal
of Public Law No. 587."
Cily of Klamath Falls
Lawrence E. Slater, Mayor
And
Klamath County Court
Charles H. Mack, Judge
Closed-Door
Meet Called
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep,
Orcn Harris (D-Ark) called his
House Investigating subcommittee
into a closed-door strategy ses-(
sion today, and predicted mem
bers from both parties would back
the present course
Public hearings were recessed
until tomorrow. Millionaire
Bernard Goldfine of Boston ap
pears then to reply to charges
that, as a friend of presidential
aide Sherman Adams, he received
preferential treatment from fed
eral regulatory agencies.
Harris said the subcommittee
wanted to talk over charges made
in the House yesterday by Rep,
Thomas B. Curtis IR-Mo) that the
group violated e House rule by
allowisg a witness publicly t 4a
feme oXwsn
fsirtts imiTt rttft ejt 6,
sfcnwe iemsvt tKtratf
viotontsJ, vet, vk tee ti
K w leaned that recoraj veer,
poenaed from a Washington el
confirm that both Golrtne aee
John Fox. print e;,al accuser of
Adams and Goldline. were reen
tered there on the 1955 day of a
conversation about which Fox
testified. Fox quoted Goldfine as
saying Adams was going to help
Goldfine out with the Federal
Trade Commission.
Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 160.1
Passage As
Repeal Of 587
As a further development in the
angled Klamath Reservation situ
ation. Senator Neuberger says in
telegram this morning to the
Herald and News:
I feel that the situation has now
gone so far that the Klamath In
dian resolution calling for elimina
tion of the withdrawal procedure
is impractical from both the legis
lative and the legal standpoint."
Man Shoots,
Kills Two
Detectives
PAWTUCKET. R. I. (API - A
former mental patient shot and
killed two police detectives who
stormed his house last night when
he refused for several hours to
surrender peacefully.
Police riddled the house with
machine-gun and small arms fire
and blasted tear gas through win
dows after Lt. Thomas H. Trues
dale, 58, and Detective Emil New-
berg, 56, were slain.
When no further gunfire sound
ed from the house, police entered
and found Robert Genereux. 35,
cowering in a bedroom closet.
Truesdale and Newbcrg were
among four officers who first en
tered the house in an attempt to
disarm Genereux.
He met them with blasts from
his .38-caliber pistol.
Both officers died a short while
later m a hospital.
Ihe siege began when neigh
bors of Genereux in a tenement
section complained that he was
liring shots into an unoccupied
flat adjoining the house he shared
with his mother.
Genereux refused to come out
of the house on orders of police.
Knowing he was armed, the first
officers on the scene sent for rein
forcements. For seven hours, Genereux held
siege in the house until the fatal
shooting and his surrender.
During the afternoon. Gen
ereux's mother persuaded her son'
to give up a shotgun, a rifle and
two revolvers.
She left the house and turned
Ihose over to police. She told the
officers her son refused to give
up a third pistol.
Officers surrounded the house
and then four of them assaulted
Two were felled. The other two
were forced to retreat.
Police said they would seek to
how Genereux until tomorrow be
fore bringing charges against him
Officials of the Veterans Ad
ministration hospital at Brockton,
Mass., said Genereux voluntarily
submitted to treatment there and
was released last year.
Last fall he was rocommiled
through court action, but failed to
return.
Fliers To Be
Freed Soon
PARIS AP) A French For
eign Ministry spokesman said
Tuesday the nine members of a
U.S. military plane forced down
in Soviet Armenia Saturday will
be freed soon.
The spokesman said he had re
ceived Ihe information through
diplomatic channels. He added no
date has been set for turning the
men over to U.S. authorities.
The fact the United States ad
mitted that the plane through a
navigational error violated Rus
sian airspace was a helpful factor,
he said.
The Americans were reported
safe and well treated. The plane
was forced down by Soviet air
craft. After it landed it burned
Russian reports said.
Blast Heralds Beginning
Of St. Lawrence Seaway
MASSENA. N.Y. (AP) A
thunderous blast Tuesday loosed
200 billion gallons of pent-up water
and climaxed construction of the
massive St. Lawrence Seaway and
power projects.
While thousands of dignitaries,
tourists and residents watched. 30
tons of dynamite were detonated
to shatter the walls of a cofferdam
and create a huge lake as part
of the billion-dollar development.
Gov. Averell llarriman and Pre
mier Leslie Frost of the preview
of Ontario were amesg tkene to
hear the mighty re imi ft the
dam blown ap.
The it. Lnwetrs Seaway and
.enuor ewinhvtmwst soon will pro-
unft Kivm Mips an inland route
m sue America's middle as
TOT-ttiMing power to Ontario, N'
left end Vermont.
A .'-f not-long wall of dirt and
WWeris was hurled about 500 feet
the air by the blast.
The destruction of the coffer
eeS, which held back the river
Ihile workmen scraped and
grazed its bottom, marks the end
of t U.S. section of the Cana-dian-Aeyerican
venture. The proj
ect bsan in November- 1954.
By Sis end of the week, there
42
BOB BONNEY. left,
Postponed
Because of the rain, Tues
day's noontime activities spon
sored by the Klamath Kurb
stone Kowpokes have been post
poned to Wednesday. Wednes
day noon there will be a burro
race along Main Street be
tween (he Wlllard Hotel and
Eighth Street. This will be fol
lowed at 12:30 by a tricycle
race on Eighth Street between
Main Street and Klamath Ave
nue. All kiddies 8 years of age
or less are invited to partici
pate in the tricycle race. The
Kowpokes will furnish the trikes.
East-West
Talks Begin
GENEVA (AP) East-West
technical talks on how to guard
against violations of a b a n on
atomic weapon tests open today
with the week-old threat of a
Soviet boycott apparently cleared
away.
Preparations for the conference
had been overshadowed by fear
that the Soviets would back out
because the United States refused
to agree in advance that a ban
on tests was the goal ol tne meet
ing. The United Stales contended
that the conference must be de
voted only to the technical, scien
tific questions of insuring compli
ance with a test ban. The Ameri
cans said any agreement to ban
tests must be worked out in politi
cal talks later.
The Soviet delegation finally
stated yesterday it fully intended
to take part in the talks. The out
look for the conference became
even brighter alter a meeting be
tween U. S. chief delegate James
B. Fisk and Yevgeni K. Fedorov,
head of the Soviet group.
Both delegation leaders pre
dieted success for the talks,
which they said would stay on the
technical level. This indicated that
the conference might avoid the
stumbling block of political prob
lems. I believe we will be able to
provide our governments with the
technical basis they will need for
reaching a future agreement,
Fisk said.
will be a new 35-mile lake on the
map of North America, turbines
m the Rarnhart Island power;
house will be spinning in test
runs, and shallow-draft ships will
he plying the new locks on the
American side.
When the final touches are made
next year. Ihe .TtiO-milc seaway
will be the third great man-made
waterway, the others being the
Suez and Panama Canals.
Next to the Grand Coulee Dam
powerhouse in Washington state,
the Barnhart operation will be the
largest in the world. It will pro
duce 2.100.000 horsepower.
The seaway will not be ready
until next year for ocean-going
vessels. By then, it will bo 27 feet
deep and open to deep-draft ships.
Then ore carriers, grain freight
ers, and general cargo ships will
have access to an area where 65
per cent of the United States' ex
port trade originates.
The two projects, estimated to
cost a billion dollars, consist of
seven new locks, new channels
and Ihrec new dams. The power
project costs were shared equally
by New York Stale and the prov
ince of Ontario. For the naviga
tion facilities, Canada spent twice
that spent by the United States.
I
JmMi Fight Hindis
and HARRY L. WIARD
Harry Wiard
Wins Award
In recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the community rec
reation movement in Klamath
Falls, Harry L. Wiard, benefactor
of the well known suburban Wiard
Park, was awarded a special cer
tificate of appreciation and letter
of citation yesterday from the Na
tional Recreation Association. Pres
entation of the award was made by
Bob Bonney, director of the Klam
ath Falls Park and Recreation De
partment, at an informal ceremony
at Wiard Park.
The Klamath Falls Park and Rec
reation Department, affiliated wiiii
the National Recreation Associa
tion, concurred with the national
group in making the award as part
of the June celebration of National
Recreation Month.
In citing Wiard for the award.
F. W. H. Adams, chairman of the
National Recreation Association's
Board of Directors, wrote, "On be
half of the Board of Directors of
the National Recreation Association
it is my happy privilege to send
you this letter and accompanying
certificate of appreciation in recog
nition of your outstanding service
to the recreation movement."
Wiard has been a community
leader in providing park and rec
reation services for the south sub
urban area and has worked dili
gently to make the park bearing
his name the spot of beauty and
enjoyment which it has become.
Wiard's memoirs have recently
been published in book form and
trace Ihe highlights of his career as
a cook, lawman and park develop
er. Thief Runs
Bus In Ditch
DUBUQUE. Iowa (UPI 01-
lic Wilson 19, a recently dis
charged sailor from the Bronx.
New York, might still be going
if he hadn t run his stolon 60-pas-sengcr
bus into a ditch near here.
Wilson, who has a penchant for
taking jaunts in other people's
buses, admitted Monday night he
stole the bus from New York City s
Port Authority Terminal Sunday
and drove 1.500 miles without
arousing suspicion.
The youth told authorities he
was discharged from the Navy a
week ago and decided on a trip to
Uililorma in the empty bus.
The fast-talking Wilson almost
escaped arrest, but Iowa
highway patrolman Jack Moore
decided something "didn't look
right and took him in for quest,
ioning.
Moore said he came across Wil
son and the bus in a ditch along
a country road near fancy, lowa
about 2.) miles west of here.
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Labor Advisory t'eeenitlet ei r
Oregon Centinial e mtl& 4.
Klamath Falls as eety 11
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o clock in the mnrnu ear er et
pected to last a,' M tir)
according to Jerry rttOJ fXnti-j
ath rails member.
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regional mcelincsTrtl
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labor side ,
nor has played 0 the development
ui wrcgon as a siaie.
Ike Expected To Sign Bill
By Wednesday. Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) Alaskai
stood on the edge of statehood to
dayits 42-year fight near an end.
The Senate, in an overwhelm
ing 64-20 vote accompanied by
gallery applause, completed con
gressional action last night on a
bin to admit Alaska as the na
tion's 49th state.
Only presidential approval, ex
pected tomorrow or Thursday,
and formal acceptance by Alas
kans are now required.
Sponsors predicted completion
of these preliminaries late this
fall, in time for the new state s
two senators and one representa
tive to be on hand for the opening
of a new Congress next January.
Tho action portended the first
change in boundaries of the
United States since 1912 when
statehood was extended to Arizona
and New Mexico.
For Alaskans, statehood will
mean that for the first time since
the territory's acquisition in 1867
its residents will have voting
representation in the House and
Senate, cat elect their own gover
nor and - state officials, and can
vote tor the President and vice
president.
Statehood also would give Alas
ka the right to select 103,350.000
acres of its area, including
mineral lands, as a potential tax
hase for development purposes.
This still would leave more than
two thirds of the new state in
federal ownership.
At present more than 99 per
cent of the total area of Alaska
is owned by the federal govern
ment, lust as public lands such
as the national forests are so
owned. The new state would take
over Us chosen areas "as the ac
tual owner, with the right to sell
the land, lease It or use it other
wise. For the United States, it will ex-
lend the limits of the Union with
in 55 miles of the Soviet main
land. Only three miles separate
Soviet-held Big Diomede Island in
the Bering Straight from Little
Diomede Island, which woeJd be
a part of the new state.
It will also, advocates say, pro
vide the northern area with the
stability and impetus needed to
spur development of Us economy
and attract increased population.
Completion of Senate action, aft
er six days of debate, signaled the
start ol big celebrations In Alas
ka's larger cities, and an unoffi
cial holiday was in store for many
of its residents today.
in passing the bill unchanged
from that approved by the House
May 28, Senate statehood advo
cates beat back six efforts to side
track or amend the bill.
Storms Pound
North Plains
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More rain fell in northern Mid
west areas today in the wake of
yesterday's storms but fairly
pleasant weather prevailed in
most other parts of the country.
thunderstorms pounded the
northern Plains and the upper
Mississippi valley yesterday and
during tho night. Strong winds,
heavy rain and hail swept sec
tions of the Dakolas, Nebraska,
Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Hailstones the size of golf balls
nelted Lcmmon, S. D. Winds were
clocked at 50 m.p.h. Duluth.
Minn., was doused with 2 inches
if rain.
Strong winds also whipped
areas in the central and southern
Plains and the middle Mississippi
Valley. Thundershowcrs hit west
ern Texas and southern New
Mexico and in parts of southern
Florida.
Probers Told That Luciano
May Have Set Crime Party
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate
rackets probers heard testimony
Tuesday that mobster Charles
i Lucky i Luciano, operating lrom
Italy, may have stage-manned
last November's ill-famed "crime
convention" at Apalachin, N.Y.
Martin F. Pera. undercover
agent for 'the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics, made the allegation in
testimony before the special inves
tigating committee headed by Sen.
lohn L. McClcllan IU-ArKi.
Police long have susiK'cted that
the meeting was a gathering of
an American "grand council" of
the Malia. called to try to carve
up peacefully rackets left un-
bossed hy the murder last sum
mer of racketeer Albert Anastasia,
reputed Mafia big shot. Pera
Ma teslilied he believes the gun
wk ef Anastasia was Mafia
Mel-k.
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)n by slrile in which there have
bxca 14 murders since 1955. He
ujd this presumably has caused
rrpunnwiinn in the American
fmidHrworld.
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ok Palermo H"l., which he said
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The historic entry of a new
slate into the Union the first
since that of Arizona and New
Mexico in 1912 will come only
after months of frenzied political
activity.
The statehood bill, which Pres
ident Eisenhower is expected to
certify as enacted by Thursday,
requires that Alaska Gov. Mike
Stepovich fix the dates of the
first state primary and general
elections. His proclamation must
come before Aug. 1.
Before that date. Stepovich II
expected to have to call the Ter
ritorial Legislature into special
session to appropriate funds for
the elections and to set up the ;
election machinery.
The voters must accept state
hood on three propositions includ
ed in the bill approved by Con
gress. The tnrce-way test memoes a
referendum on whether immedi
ate statehood should be granted,
whether Alaskans accept the state
boundaries outlined in the blU,
and whether they approve the na
tional defense land withdrawal
rights granted to the President by
the bill.
The vote is expected to come
during the primary, , probably in
August. Rejection of any one of
the three propositions would can
cel the prospect of statehood.
If approved, Alaskans then
would have to elect new state of
ficials at a general election, prob
ably in November. Offices to be
filled would include a governor,
a secretary, two United States
senators, a representative, 40
members of the State House of
Representatives and 20 members
of the new State Senate.
Tho. unlikely possibility that
statehood might be rejected adds
a further complication to the
Alaska political picture because
a territorial election already is
scheduled for Oct. 15.
In the final day's drive for pas
sage, the Senate turned down 62-22
a point of order raised by Sen.
James O. Eastland ID-Miss) that
a provision of Alaska's constitution
calling for election of a "short
term senator violated a consti
tutional requirement that senators
be elected for six years, 1
It also rejected 55-31 a move by
Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss) to
send the bill to the Senate Armed
Services Committee for study of
its defense implications: defeated
(17-16 a move by Sen. Strom Thur
mond (D-SC) to eliminate the
northern and western sections of
Alaska from the new state, and
rejected by voice vote a second
Thurmond proposal to require con
gressional concurrence belore the
President could make defense with
drawals permitted under the bill.
On the final vote, 31 Democrats
and 33 Republicans lined up to
support Alaska's bid for admis
sion. Thirteen Democrats and sev
en Republicans opposed the bill.
still ahead are votes by Alas
kans on accepting immediate state
hood, approving state boundaries
as set out in the bill and on pro
visions permitting the President to
make national defense withdrawals
in the northwest section of the
stale. Defeat of any one of these
nronositions would reject state
hood. Tho main controversy centers
on the defense withdrawal provi
sion, which has been questioned
on constitutional grounds.
The bill provides that the Presi
dent, at will, may pull out for
defense uses such areas as he
chooses in Ihe northern and west
ern parts of the new stale. Those
areas would go under federal
jurisdiction, much in the fashion
of an Army fort and its attached
operating grounds in the conti
nental United States. In the areas
subject to that action Alaska could
not pick lands for state ownership
without specific presidential ap
proval. lance in Italy he often sends Sorgo
to represent him at meetings with
American Mafia mobsters.
The committee has described
Bonanno as a Mafia mobster who
was at Ihe Apalachin meeting, but
did not at once give further iden
tilication of Galentc.
Pera said the Palermo meeting
was just before the gathering at
Apaiachin. "The sequence of
events is very significant" in indi
cating a relationship between the
two, he said.
Four men alleged to have at
tended the Apalachin meeting were
on hand for committee question
ing about whether the meeting
was linked to a national under
world syndicate.
The four summoned by the Sen
ale Rackets Investigating Cam
mittco were described variously
as a civic leador, a labor ututa
official, a business man mvtlves:
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gangster.
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