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Senate Hears Bipartisan Appeal To
Accept House-Passed Statehood Bill
By Frank W. Vaille
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Sen
ate Tuesday heard new biparti- j
san appeals for acceptance with- j
out change of the House-passed
bill to\ make Alaska the 49th
state.
Sen. Henry Jackson, chairman
of the Senate Territories Sub
committee, led off Tuesday’s de
bate with this plea:
“If the Senate truly wants'
statehood for Alaska, we must
make certain that the will of the
Senate—shared by a strong
majority of the other body—shall
not be overturned by a small i
committee of the other body.”
Sc.:. Thomas H. Kuchel, rank
ing Republican on the subcom-!
mittee, cautioned against “legis-1
lative tampering” with the House
bill in a speech prepared for the j
deba.e.
And Sen. Mike Mansfield, act
ing Senate Democratic leader,
expressed hope in a pre-session
news conference that the House i
bill would be accepted by the ;
Senate without change. Mans
field predicted at least 30 Demo
crats would back Alaska’s ad
mission to the union.
Moral and Legal Obligation
Kuchel said the United States)
has “a moral and legal obligation”
to grant Alaska statehood.
“There is no doubt in my
mind,” he said “that Alaska can
and will support statehood ade
quately from her own revenues.”
“There can be little doubt that
legislative preparation for state
hood is profound and complete.
There is also excellent evidence
that the people of Alaska have
prepared—and are prepared—to
assume the obligations of state
hood.”
Any cnange in tne House lan
guage would send the bill back
to the H^iuse for concurrence in
the amendments. Normal proced
ure would require either unani
mous consent or approval by the
Rules Committee for the Senate
version to be considered by the
House.
Jackson, whose Senate subcom
mittee approved a bill differing
in several regards from the
House-passed bill, said that as
an attorney he might prefer lan
guage of the Senate bill—if no
other considerations were in
volved.
Better Bill Than Before
“But as an attorney and a
senator,” he said, “I can look at
the bill before us and say with
all honesty that it is a better bill
than has ever before been voted
on by the Senate.”
Difference between, the House
and Senate versions, he said,
“are of wording and language
rather than policy.”
The House bill would delay
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transfer to Alaska of jurisdiction
over its fish and wildlife re
sources until the Secretary of the
Interior determines that ade
quate provision has been made to
assume the responsibilities.
The Senate bill would make
the transfer automatic with the
grant of statehood, but Jackson
said the end result of both bills
would be the same.
“The only difference is one of
timing, because the intent of
both bills is clearly that Alaska
is ultimately to manage her own
resources,” he said.
Jackson took issue with con
tentions that land grants made
to the state under the bill would
constitute a giveaway of natural
resources belonging to all U. S.
citizens.
No Giveaway
He said this argument “ig
nores the fact that the federal
government has given greater pro
portions of its holdings to other
states and private companies
than it proposes to give to Alaska. I
These earlier grants were not I
called ‘giveaways’; they were j
hailed as a necessary encourage-1
ment for the future development j
of the new states.”
Opponents also question the ■
ability of Alaska’s estimated ]
210,000 population to support j
statehood and the wisdom of J
giving this population the same
Senate representation as more
populous states. Further objec
tions arise because of Alaska’s
geographic remoteness.
Sen Allen J. Ellender (D-La)
said in a radio interview Mon
day night that he was opposed
to statehood for both Alaska and
Hawaii and always has been.
“Alaska is a territory bigger,
much bigger, than Texas, and I
doubt if it will ever be able to
sustain itself as a state,” he said.
“The population is very small, and
you have to have something to
tax to maintain a state.”
Hawaii is not ready for state
hood because it is dominated by
Harry Bridges’ Longshoremen’s
Union, he said.
Principles of Democracy
Proponents contend Alaska’s
admission would represent an ex
tension of self-government prom
ised when the United States ac
quired Alaska from Russia in
1867, demonstrate the nation’s be
lief in the principles of democ
racy, bolster the territory’s econ
omy to the benefit of itself and
national defense, and remove
discriminations now suffered by
Alaskans in the fields of taxation,
transportation and military ser
vice.
Sen. Dennis Chavez (D-NM)
said he not only favors statehood
for Alaska, but for Hawaii and
Puerto Rico as well.
HOFFA ACQUITTED
ON CONSPIRACY TO
WIRETAP CHARGE
NEW YORK, UB — Teamsters
president James R. Hoffa and
two co-defendants were acquitted
Monday night of charges that
they conspired to wiretap the
union’s Detroit headquarters.
A federal jury of eight men
and four women deliberated
seven hours before returning the
verdict.
The defendants with Hoffa
were Owen B. Brennan, presi
dent of the Detroit Teamsters
Local 337, and Bernard Spin
del, a professional wiretapper.
Conviction could have brought
a maximum sentence of five years
in prison and a $10,000 fine.
A previous trial of the three on
the same charges ended in a
hung jury last December with one
juror voting for acquittal. The
second trial began May 20.
The government contended the
trio illegally conspired here to
install wiretaps in the Detroit
headquarters in 1953 so Hoffa
could eavesdrop on union sub
ordinates.
Hoffa allegedly wanted to
know what the subordinates
tell to U. S. Senate investigators
or a grand jury in Detroit dur
ing investigations of the Team
sters Union.
The defense denied installing
any wiretaps but conceded in
stalling other eavesdropping
equipment in the union’s offices.
During the trial, government
witnesses testified that Hoffa was
in Detroit July 9, 1953, where the*
operation of the wiretaps alleg
edly was explained to him.
The defense offered evidence
that Hoffa was in Seattle that day
in connection with a union con
ference. f
Faced with pictures of Hoffa in
Seattle and other testimony, Wil
liams suggested to the jury that
his own witnesses might have
mistaken the date or that Hoffa
might have flown to Detroit and
back to Seattle on that adte.
“The American people never
carry an umbrella. They pre
pare to walk in eternal sun
shine.”—Alfred E. Smith.
“I can’t see any difference, if
an American boy loses his life
in uniform, if he comes from
Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico,”
Chavez asserted.
He said he was ready to vote
now for Alaska, and at the proper
time, for statehood for Hawaii
too. The Hawaii bill is on the
Senate calendar but has not
passed the House.
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson
(D-NM) said he believes state
hood for Alaska will be achieved
before Congress adjourns.
Anderson said he also favored
a pending bill providing state
hood for Hawaii. But he added,
without elaborating, he was not
nearly as enthusiastic about
Hawaii’s admission as he once
was.
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Chamber Meeting
Notes
By RUTH McLEAN
President Manning at noon
luncheon of Chamber of Com
merce expressed the appreciation
of the Chamber to Johnnie Ste
phenson for her personal efforts
towards the first Midnight Sun
Festival and also thanked Stan
Farr for the help of his men
with the concession booths. Mrs.
Stephenson said that the Festi
val was a success because of the
combined efforts of the whole
comunity.
Dusty Rhode told the Chamber
members that a dinner was
planned for Tuesday to welcome
CAA and CAB visitors and that
the Nome CAA station will hold
open house Friday evening. The
public is invited to both affairs,
he said.
As a contribution to the 20th
anniversary of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration is cele
brating this week, President Man
ning announced that posters are
being placed in the business
house windows and on the street.
The brightly colored posters will
read “Nome Hails Your Vision—
20/20—on your 20th Birthday and
looking 20 years ahead.”
Special luncheon guests at the
Monday luncheon meeting were
Mrs. Christy Waldheim and Char
les D. Jones. They were thanked
for helping with the entertain
ment of the Anchorage Chamber
group last weeknd.
Other guests at the Monday
luncheon were, Ralph Hall, North
ern Commercial Company; Mr.
Rustigan of Olympia, Washing
ton and currently stationed at
Granite Mountain; and 11 visitors
from the states who were enjoy
ing the Wien tour through Nome.
Leader of Senate Debate
For Alaska Statehood
Gets Lucky Shamrock
WASHINGTON, UP) — A lucky
shamrock encased in a plastic
tieclasp adorns the shirtfront of
Sen. Mike Mansfield (Mont), act
ing Senate Democratic leader.
He received it Monday from
Rep. Leo O’Brien (D-NY) shortly
before calling up the House
passed Alaska statehood bill for
Senate consideration. O’Brien
wore it throughout the period he
co-managed the Alaska bill to
victory on the House floor.
The clasp came originallly
from Mrs. Neva Egan, wife of
“Sen.” William Egan of Valdez,
one ' of Alaska’s unofficial con
gressional delegation sent here to
push for the territory’s admission
as a state.
Flying Magazine Has
Article On Wien Airlines
A very interesting article on
Wien Airlines and Alaska visi
tors is in the current June i^sue
of the Flying Magazine.
Well illustrated, concise and
condensed into three paragraphs,
the article gives all the necessary
for taking a trip to northern
Alaska by plane.
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JOE AMAROK, Proprietor
Would Give Sports
Immunity From
Anti-Trust Laws
WASHINGTON, UP) — Top
professional sports officials to
day hailed the House vote to
grant sweeping immunity to base
ball and other team sports from
the nation’s antitrust laws.
The bill would enable profes
sional teams to continue long es
tablished practices such as player
drafts and baseball’s reserve
clause. It also would give clubs
more authority over television
and radio broadcasts of games.
The same standards would
cover the big four team sports—
baseball, football, basketball and
hockey.
The House passed the bill by
voice vote yesterday. The Sen
ate still must act if the measure
is to bcome law.
“The bill, if passed, is one that
all sports can live with, but it
is in no sense a license,” said
baseball commissioner Ford Frick.
“The House has expressed its
confidence in American sports.
It is now up to us to demonstrate
that the confidence is not mis
placed.
Similar praise of the legislation
was voiced by national football
commissioner Bert Bell.v minor
league commissioner George
Trautman and Clarence Camp
bell, president of the National
Hockey League.
Tattoos Prevent
19-Year-Old Girl
From Holding Job
SALTASH, England, UP)—Nine
teen-year-old Yvonne Clements
started a six-month jail sentence
today—blaming tattoos for her
troubles.
She has the word kiwi on one
hand, a skull and crossbones on
the other, a blue star on her
forehead and a floral design on
her chest. ,
But the tattoo she regrets most
is on her leg. It says: “I love
men.”
Because o£ that, she told police,
she could not get a job. Pros
pective employers invariably de
cided she wasn’t the working
type. ,
Dark-haired Yvonne was con
victed yesterday of stealing 5
pounds ($14) from her mother.
She hopes plastic surgery while
in prison will remove those dec
orations.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted—Lydia Norton, Mar
garet Oksokturak, Donald Killarz
aoc, Ethel Thomas, Greg Bayer,
Ella Weyapuk.
Discharged — Dennis Kaznao,
Tom Blackford.
Mr. And Mrs. Dominic Thomas
Are Parents Of Baby Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Thomas
are the parents of a son born
' this morning at the hospital.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight, increas
ing cloudiness tomorrow with
showers.
Low tonight 43-50, high to
morrow 60-65.
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