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Southern Statehood Supporter j
Says Alaskans Delude Selves By
Believing Own Own Propaganda
WASHINGTON, (A*>—A New Or-*
leans businessman feels Alaska
statehood supporters have “done
ourselves a disservice by believ
ing our own propaganda” that
statehood is inevitable.
“Instead of inching closer to
statehood, it’s getting away from
us,” says George H. Lehleitner
who concedes he’s “rare” among
Southerners for advocacy of state
hood.
Passing through Washington en
route to a convention in Pennsyl
vania, the Louisianan eagerly
talked statehood with newsmen at
a luncheon with Delegate Bartlett.
He was reluctant, however, to dis
cuss a proposal with which he has
been connected — to inject “the
unusual” into the statehood pic
ture by having the territory elect
senators and representatives and
send them “hat in hand” to Con
gress to seek admission of Alaska
to statehood.
“That’s something that should
come from Alaska,” he declared.
“I hope to present the idea to the
constitutional convention dele
gates meeting in Alaska. The rest
is up to them.”
From his remarks, however, it
was easy to see the Louisiana
businessman is an advocate of the
direct and dramatic approach to
jar the statehood question out of
its stalemate.
He said he sees nothing in the
immediate future to offset the
hurdles which statehood must
clear. Among these, he said, are
the closely divided Congresses
which prevent either party from
putting across statehood; the fear
by members from states of static
population that the House seats
taken by Alaska or Hawaii might
come from their own state; and
the disproportionate power of the
traditional Southern opposition.
It was easy, too, to see that
Leihleitner believes statehood ad
vocates have been too passive in
their support.
“The only real fire injected into
the statehood fight,” he said, “has
been put into it by the opponents.
They don’t just object—they’re
militant in their opposition.”
Commissioner Emmons To
Take Positive Steps Curb
Alcoholism Among Indians
WASHINGTON, <J>> — Indian
Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons
said Tuesday he hopes soon to be I
able to take some positive and!
practical steps to deal with the
problem of alcoholism among
American Indians.
Emmons had been asked for
comment on criticism of the sit
uation voiced by Federal Judge
Carl Hatch in Albuquerque last
week. :
Hatch said there has been an
ever - growing number of intoxi
cated Indians since repeal of fed
eral and state bans against sale
of liquor to Indians.
School Teachers Have Right
To Use Force When It Is
"Reasonabe and Moderate"
MINEOLA, N.Y., (tf>—A teacher
has a right to wash a boy’s mouth
with soap, Dist. Atty. Frank Gu
lotta ruled yesterday.
The teacher, John Hartman, 26,
used this measure when he didn’t
like the language 10 - year - old
Johnny Argo used at a ball game.
“No cause for criminal action,”
Gulotta said after Johnny’s par
ents complained. He cited the law
giving a teacher the right to use
force when it is “reasonable in
manner and moderate in degree.”
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Sen. May Ask CAA
Be Taken From'
Commerce Dept.
WASHINGTON, UP\ — Sen.
Monroney (D-Okla) said Tuesday
he may ask Congress to take the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
from “the political control and
ground minded administration” of
Commerce Department chiefs.
Monroney specifically mention
ed in his statement Secretary of
Commerce Weeks and Undersec
retary Louis S. Rothschild. He ac
cused them Monday of forcing out
Frederick B. Lee as CAA head in
an effort to assume “czar - like
powers” to control civil aviation.
The Commerce Department de
nied that either “political consid
eration” or personal malice” was
involved in Lee’s ouster. The
statement, issued by Rothschild,
said a decision was “reluctantly
reached that someone better suit
ed in leadership, talent and team
work was required.”
Monroney, who already has an
nounced the Senate Commerce
Committee will inquire into the
Lee matter next month, said in
a statement he is “considering the
i introduction of a bill” to strip the
j Commerce Department of all con
trol over CAA.
“The vital progress of aviation
cannot be tied to the old coal
burning locomotive days Weeks
seems to live in,” Monroney said.
“We must not have political
control of such things as aviation
safety, approval of new type air
craft, regulation of our airways,
improvements in instrument land
ing for bad weather, and the dev
elopment of an adequate system
of airpoYts.”
Monroney has said he believes
Lee was fired because he sup
ported a bill to authorize federal
appropriation of 64 million dol
lars for each of the next four
years to aid in airport construc
tion. The senator said Weeks op
posed the bill.
'King' of Japanese Pickpockets
Killed By Low Bridge In Chase
TOKYO, (£> — Ken Yoshida, 37,
called the Japanese <#king of the
railway pickpockets,” died on
the job.
Police spotted him at work on
the Hiroshima Express and took
chase. He clambered to the roof
of a car to escape. A low over
head bridge got him.
His last wallet contained about
$50.
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Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGS AM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st ft 3d Monday of each month.
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Me*s 1st and 3d Thursday each month.