Interior Group
Urged to Act for
Hawaii Statehood
WASHINGTON, UP)—Chairman
Miller (R-Neb) Thursday urged
House Interior Committee mem
bers to intercede with House
Speaker Martin for action on the
Hawaii statehood bill.
Miller told the committee the
House should not be prevented by
the House Rules Committee from
working its will on the statehood
issue.
The Rules Committee, thus far,
has declined to act on a move to
send to a Senate-House confer
ence committee the House-passed
Hawaii statehood bill and the
Senate-passed measure for both
Hawaii and Alaska.
The conference committee would
■try to work out an agreement be
tween the House and Senate on
their conflicting statehood bills.
Miller told reporters privately
there is some indication the Rules
Committee may act favorably
next week.
The House Republican leader
ship, opposed to Alaska statehood
at this time, has been seeking a
basis for sending the bills to con
ference with some assurance that
Alaska statehood will be dropped.
Miller, who returned Wednes
day night from the funeral of the
late Delegate Farrington (R-Haw
aii) in Hawaii, asked committee
members supporting Hawaii state
hood to “approach the speaker of
the House in your best diplomatic
manner.”
“Let’s get some action on it,”
Miller urged. “Perhaps some ac
tion can be taken before the House
adjourns.”
Miller made his remarks at a
committee meeting called to con
sider a resolution to permit the
governor of Hawaii to appoint a
temporary successor to Farring
ton.
The Nebraskan told the com
mittee he would not now ask for
action on the resolution because
sentiment in Hawaii is not unani
mous in support of the proposal.
Miller told committee members
the Farrington funeral Sunday
was the “most impressive funeral
I ever attended.”
Delegate Bartlett said “it was
a very moving demonstration of
the affection and esteem held by
the people of Hawaii for Joe
Farrington.”
Inventory Blanks at Nome Nugget
Administration’s
Tax Reform Bill
Assured Passage
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Any chance
for a general income tax cut in
the big tax revision bill appeared
dead Thursday after rival Demo
cratic and Republican proposals
both were beaten in a crossfire of
political maneuvering.
The twin defeats assured the
Eisenhower Administration o'f one
of its biggest victories of the 1954
congressional session—enactment
of the tax bill just about as it was
recommended to the capitol.
Democrats professed to be not
unhappy over the outcome of
Wednesday’s rapid - fire moves
over an income tax cut. They said
failure to write some general ben
efits for the average taxpayer into
the bill would give them a sure
fire issue to take into the Novem
ber congressional elections cam
paign.
Republicans disputed this, con
tending that Wednesday’s record
would show they had offered a
practical tax reduction plan but
that Democrats blocked it.
A Republican-sponsored pro
posal which would have given
each taxpayer a $20 annual cut
was defeated first, 49-46. Then the
Democratic amendment to raise
personal exemptions $100 lost by
the same 49-46 tally.
Fairbanks Chamber Gives
Suggestions to Keep
Ship Passenger Service
FAIRBANKS, UP)—The Fair
banks Chamber of Commerce has
suggested that the government
give a long-term contract to the
Alaska Steamship Company to
carry military personnel to Alas
ka. The purpose would be to save
the line’s passenger steamship
service to the territory.
Charles (Chuck) West, of the
chamber’s tourist committee, ex
plained the proposal Wednesday.
He said such a contract would
permit the steamship company to
build modern vessels with elevat
ors, side-loading facilities and
other features that could save up
to 40 percent of freight handling
costs.
100 CHINESE NATIONALISTS
KILLED IN BURMA BATTLE
RANGOON, Burma, Iff)—Reports
reaching here Thursday said
about 100 Chinese Nationalist
guerillas and seven Burmese sol
diers were killed in a 34-hcrur
battle in eastern Burma last week.
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Sparkman (D-Ala) accused Re
publicans Thursday of trying to
brand the Democrats as “traitors”
and Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) re
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