Congressional Leaders Predict Fast
Action on Statehood For Territories
WASHINGTON, UPi — The Sen
ile Insular Affairs Committee
will meet Tuesday for a prelim
inaiy discussion on legislation to
make Alaska and Hawaii states.
Chairman Murray <D-Mont>
told reporters yesterday the meet
ing will determine the nature of
hearings, if any, which will be
held on the combined Alaska
Hawaii bill he has introduced
on behalf of himself and 25 other
senators.
Murray said because of new
members on the committee it
might be necessary to have “brief
hearings—a day or two on each”
of the two territories.
He said if hearings are to be
held they will be conducted by
the full Senate Insular Affairs
Committee rather than by its
Territories subcommittee.
If the committee decides next
Tuesday hearings are to be held,
he said it also will be decided
then who will be permitted to
testify.
The statehood legislation also
appears to be headed for speedy
action by the House Insular Af
fairs Committee.
Chairman Engle (D-Calif> of
the House committee yielded in
his desire for separate legisla
tion for the two territories.
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With Chairman Murray <D
Mont) and 25 co-sponsors backing
a joint bill in the Senate, Engle
told a reporter he felt that he
would be “hitting into a double
play to proceed with separate
bills in the House.
Both Engle and Murray have
predicted quick committee action
on statehood legislation.
Engle joined Delegate Farring
ton <R-Hawaii> in introducing a
separate Hawaii statehood bill on
the opening day of the new Con
gress. Today he planned to intro
duce a combined Hawaii-Alaska
measure.
. He told a reporter his change
in strategy was dictated by a de
sire to “avoid the same impasse”
as last year, when the House pass
ed a Hawaii only bill, the Sen
ate a combined Hawaii - Alaska
bill and the House Rules Commit
tee balked at sending the two
measures to conference.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Farrington an
nounced her intention to intro
duce a new Hawaii statehood bill
j ‘‘as a precaution and as a pro
tection to Hawaii.”
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Rebelling Convicts
Still Holding Out
After Four Days
BOSTON, UP) — A seven-man
committee, including two editors,
prison officials and the presidtmt
of the Boston Bar Association,
conferred early today with the
four rebel cdnvicts at Massachu
setts State Prison, in efforts to
end a four-day stalemate.
One committee member said
the group had met with the re
bellious quartet in efforts to ob
tain release of five hostage guards
and six other inmates held in a
cell block at the old prison since
eafly Tuesday.
Earlier four grim prison offi
cials went into the prison from
the warden’s office for a two-hour
stay but declined to give any de
| tails of the trip.
| The original demand of the con
victs was for a car to carry them
| to freedom. Warden O’Brien re
plied “nothing doing,” a posi
tion he still holds.
Dr. Merlin and Father Harti
gan, prison doctor and prison
chaplain, said the crief gripe of
the rebellious quartet is “their
lack of hope because of the
length of their sentences and their
inability to look forward to ever
being free men even in their old
age.” None of the men has less
than 25 years to serve.
Under an agreement with their
captors, the five officer-hostages
are being brought hot meals.
O’Brien said the meals will con
tinue as long the the prisoners get
no part of it.
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