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VOL. LXI No. 33 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1959 _Per Copy—15<g
Hawaii Statehood i
Bill Signed By Ike
WASHINGTON, \m — President
Eisenhower today signed the bill
to make Hawaii the 50th state.
With the bill’s signing, Hawaii
could, by taking fast action, get
officially into the union by next
July. This would be in time to
send members to the present ses
sion of Congress. October is more
likely, however. It took six months
to add Alaska’s 59th star to the
flag.
Territorial Governor William
Quinn has 30 days after formal
notification of the President’s ap
proval in which to issue a pro
clamation of elections.
A primary must be held no less
than 60 nor more than 90 days
after the proclamation. General
election must come no later than
40 days after the primary.
Eisenhower’s proclamation mak
ing Hawaii the 50th state will
come after the election results are
officially certified.
In addition to electing a Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor,
state legislators and one House
member in Congress, Hawaii must
vote on three propositions:
1. Shall Hawaii immediately be
admitted into the union as a
state?
2. Does Hawaii consent to the
exclusion of Palmyra Island from
the boundary of the new state?
8. Does Hawaii accept statehood
under all other conditions speci
fied in the statehood bill, includ
ing land grants and reservations,
and one House member instead
of two?
There will be a second repre
sentative after the 1960 census
reapportionment.
Session Extension
Seen Likely for 1st
State Legislature
JUNEAU, (fl) — Alaska’s legis
lators made preparations Monday
for the abnormally long session
that seems inevitable for the first
State Legislature.
The Senate amended a previous
ly-passed House resolution ex
tending the time for transmittal
of bills between the two houses.
Legislative rules limit this time
to 50 days and Monday was the
50th day of the session.
The House suggested extending
the period to 55 days and the Sen
ate amendment tacked five more
days to that.
However, the embargo on in
troduction of other than commit
tee bills apparently will stand.
The deadline for the introduction
of bills by individuals passed last
Wednesday.
The Democratic leadership in
the Legislature has set no target
date for the close of business and
the session appears certain to last
another 20 days.
It’s possible that adjournment
won’t be reached until about
April 11.
Territorial laws called for a 60
day bi-annual legislative session.
However, under statehood the
Legislature is to meet annually
for whatever length of time the
lawmakers deem necessary.
School Asked for Nome
JUNEAU. UP)—Establishment of
a technical school at Nome, similar
to the Mount Edgecumbe Native
School at Sitka, was urged in a
memorial to Congress introduced
in the House recently.
Forums, Parties, j
Socials Planned for
Bela Sigma Phis
An interesting program has been
planned for the Beta Sigma Phi
Alaska Convention, meeting here
this week.
Registration is planned for''
Thursday at the North Stpr and
the Polaris Hotels, followed by
informal cocktail party at the
Polaris Hotel, from 7 to 8 p.m.
On Friday morning at 10 o’clock
a forum will be held in the court
room of the Federal Building, fol
lowed by a luncheon at 1 p.m.,
at the North Star.
2:30 until 4 o’clock Friday, a
forum will be held at the North
Star Dining Room.
A buffet supper is planned at
the Bering Sea Club at 8 p.m. on
Friday, followed by a Gay Nine
ties Party.
On Saturday, there will be a
forum at 10 a.m. in the Federal
Court Room; from 2 until 4 p.m..
the Home Arts Club will hostess
a tea honoring the visitors. At
8 p.m., the group will have a for
mal banquet at the North Star
Dining Room.
On Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
there will be a Brunch and Clos
ing Ritual at the North Star Din
ing Room, with sightseeing at the
afternoon Dog Races, which are
sponsored by the Arctic Club.
New Army Chief of Staff
Named to Succeed Taylor
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower today nominated Gen.
'Lyman L. Lemnitzer to be the
new chief of staff of the Army in
succession to Gen. Maxwell D.
laylor.
Lemnitzer has been vice chief
of staff since July, 1957. The White
House said Taylor had requested
that he not be renamed to another
term. His present term expires
June 30.
The President reappointed the
other top members of the joint
chiefs as follows:
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
His present two-year term expires
August 15.
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, chief
of Naval operations for a third
term of two years ending in Aug
ust, 1961.
Gen. Thomas D. White, chief of
staff of the Air Force for two
years beyond next June 30.
Gruening Asks
‘Alaskans - First’
,
Hiring Provisions
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senator
Ernest Gruening has asked the
Interior Department to give Alas
kans first chance at jobs at a
proposed Alaska Railroad right
of-way relocation project.
In a letter to Secretary Seaton,
Gruening asked that the “Alas
kans first” provision be written
into a contract soon to be let for
work in the Clear missile site
area. _
The senator recalled a contract
for railroad repair work let last
summer for which the contractor
imported Mexican laborers even
though numerous Alaskans were
unemployed at the time.
“I certainly hope you agree
with me,” Gruening said, “that
resident Alaskans should enjoy
first chance at jobs on the rail
road in our state, that some of the
many unemployed American citi
zens elsewhere in the nation
should have second choice, and
that only when no workmen are
available from the'se classes
should we turn to foreign na
tions for laborers’.”
Governor Names
6 to Appear At
Fisheries Hearing
JUNEAU, UP) — Six legislators
have been giver the job of preT
paring Alaska’s case on the criti
cal Bristol Bay fisheries situation
to present to a Congressional hear
ing here two weeks hence.
Named by acting Governor
Hugh Wade yesterday to a Gov
ernor’s committee were:
Senators Irene Ryan of An
chorage, B. J. Logan of Cordova,
and Jack Weise of Bethel, and
Representatives Jay Hammond of
Naknek, Harold Hansen of Cor
dova and Peter Deveau of Kodiak.
iU. S. Senator Bob Bartlett will
be chairman of the Congressional
subcommittee which will meet
here April 1 and 2. A session will
be held in Seattle April 3.
The hearing will take up the
bill before Congress to prohibit
U. S. imports of packed salmon
caught on the high seas. Its spon
sors are Senators Bartlett und
Gruening, and Warren G. Magnu
i son fD-Wash).
Salmon Packers Demand Boycott of
Japan Fish Products Imported to U. S.
SEATTLE, UP) — An American
boycott of all canned fish coming
from Japan was demanded by
Aalska’s Bristol Bay salmon pack
ers yesterday.
Major packers met here to dis
cuss Interior Secretary Seaton’s
order last week closing Bristol
Bay to United States salmon fish
ermen this summer.
“The Japanese are unwilling to
participate in any program fo.'
the conservation and protection of
Bristol Bay fish and are deter
mined to continue unrestricted
fishing until the last salmon is
gone,” W. C. Arnold, managing
director of the Alaska Salm.n
Industry, Inc., said after the
meeting.
“They (Japanese fishermen) ex
pect to catch American-spawned
salmon as long as there are any
left and to export their catch to
the United States. This is carry
ing mattcis too far.”
A packers’ joint statement said:
“The Japanese ought to be de
nied access to the American mar
ket not only as to salmon taken
on the high seas in violation of
the spirit and intent of their sol
emn treaty obligation, but also as
to other canned fishe’-y products.
It seems that only in ’his way can
they be induced to cooperate in
conserving North American sal
mon.”
Imports of Japanese canned sal
mon the past two years have ex
ceeded the total U. S. Bristol Bay
production, the packers said. The
Japanese catch on the high seas
was described as having increased
from 700,000 fish in 1952 to 19
million in 1957, with last sum
mer’s total unreported.
Senate Delays Gasoline Tax Revenue
Bill Providing Extra 2nd Div. Fjinds
JUNEAU, Uft — Action has been
put off by the Senate on a bill
to divide gasoline tax revenues
equally among Alaska’s four ma
jor districts. It would send con
siderable new revenue into the
Northwestern District at the ex
pense of the more populated sec
tions.
The measure, by Senators John
McNees of Nome and Eben Hop
son of Barrow, supported by Sen.
George McNabb of Fairbanks,
was held in second reading on
McNees’ motion and there was no
indication when it will be brought
up again.
It would change the present set
up of’expenditures from the state
gasoline tax fund. The Senate Ju
diciary Committee recommended
“do not pass” Monday and said an
Attorney General’s opinion stated
that dedicated funds, now on the
statute books, cannot be altered.
Senate floor action was also held
up yesterday on the bill to pro
vide a new womkmen’s compen
sation law for Alaska. Two com
mittees were in conflict over tech
nical amendments.
The $9,575 appropriation bill to
cover legislators’ travel expenses
to Juneau completed its legisla
tive journey with unanimous Sen
ate endorsement. It provides funds
to pay for one round-trip fare
between Juneau and a legislator’s
home, plus added funds to cover
50 pounds of excess baggage
charges if needed. A bill author
izing the travel and baggage al
lowance has already been enacted.
A bill introduced in the House
would jump the maximum month
ly public assistance for one de
pendent child from $60 to $80. The
allowance for each additional de
pendent child would remain at
$30.
Another bill introduced in the
lower branch would appropriate
$25,000 to set up a University of
Alaska marine biological station.
The station would provide train
ing in fisheries for students who
have completed a basic science
course.
Three-In-One
Vanguard Will Test
Space Friction
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States is planning some
thing new in satellites—a three
in-one job. It will be part of the
Vanguard series and will include
a balloon to study friction in
space.
Dr. John P. Hagen announced
plans for it Tuesday and said it
will be launched soon from Cape
Canaveral.
In effect, Hagen said, the new
Vanguard will provide three sep
arate satellites:
1. The empty case of the laun
ching vehicle’s third stage rocket,
a metal tube weighing about 52
pounds.
2. A 13-inch plastic sphere with
an arm extending about two feet.
There will be a magnetometer at
the end of the arm to measure the
earth’s magnetic fields. This sat
ellite will weigh about 22 pounds.
3. A 30-inch expandable balloon
weighing IV2. to 2 pounds.
Before launching, the balloon
will be folded into a small tray at
the base of the plastic sphere.
When the vehicle separates from
the final stage rocket, a gas cart
ridge will inflate the balloon — if
all goes as planned.
The balloon, because of its lar
ger area and lighter weight, will
slow down more rapidly than the
two companion satellites, and
thus provide a more precise meas
urement of drag and friction in
space.
59ers Expected To Reach
Whitehorse, Y.T., Today
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., UP) — The
Michigan ’59ers, a caravan of 37
city-bred, Alaska-bound emi
grants, were expected to reach
this storied Yukon Territory town
today.
The motorized group left Fort
Nelson, B. C., yesterday, heading
into the Yukon up the 1,500-mile
Alaska Highway.
Wen the modern-day pioneers
arrive here they will toe only
about 600 miles from Fairbanks,
the northern terminus of the
highway. They are en route to
Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula to take
up homesteads.
‘Best Location’
Study to be Made
For Alaska Capitol
JUNEAU, UP — Juneau business
leaders were aroused today over
what to do about the proposed
legislative study as to the “best”
location for Alaska’s oapitol.
J. S. Mackinnon Jr., president
of the Chamber ot Commerce,
called a chamber executive board
meeting. He said the resolution
passed by the House of Represen
tatvies yesterday contained noth
ing new and was only part of the
“continual sniping action” at the
Southeastern Alaska location of
the capitol.
But he also added that he hoped
the resolution would be amended
in the Senate to spell out just
what kind of a study would be
made. He also said that the un
certainty created discourages in
vestment in Juneau, Alaska’s cap
itol nearly half a century.
In the House yesterday, Rep.
John Hellenthal of Anchorage said
it would bankrupt the state to
move the Capitol. Rep. John Rader
said the resolution proposed a
study which would clarify the sit
uation and that Juneau would
probably come out on top any
way in such a study. The resolu
tion was passed, however, 20-13.
It would direct the Legislative
Council to hold a series of hear
ings around the state and report
to the 1960 Legislature. It does
not say, however, what aspects
of the problem would be studied
or what standards would be used
to determine the “best” location.
Joe Louis Marries
For Third Time
LOS ANGELES, UP — Joe Louis
has taken his third bride — a
prosperous Los Angeles criminal
lawyer.
Mrs. Martha M. Jefferson and
the former heavyweight champion
of the world were married secret
ly a week ago today in Winter
haven, Calif., across the Colorado
River from Yuma, Ariz. She is 46,
Louis 45.
It was her fourth marriage.
Louis has two children by the
former Marva Trotter of Detroit.
His second wife was Rose Mor
gan, New York City cosmetics
(manufacturer.