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...Statehood for an archipelago in the Pacific inevitably raised new hopes on an island in the Caribbean, but Puerto Rico's bear-like Governor, Luis Muñoz Marin, sees a future for the island that veers away from statehood and toward a well-padded autonomy from Uncle...
...thought you might want to see this radiogram," said Nancy Quinn. "It came a few minutes ago, and Cecily [aged 4] answered the door and opened the envelope. It could be important." It was; from President Dwight Eisenhower had come 1) notification that he had just signed the Hawaiian statehood bill, and 2) orders directing Quinn to proceed with appropriate plans for election of state and congressional officials...
Within 30 days of Ike's signing of the bill, there must be 1) a gubernatorial proclamation calling for a referendum to approve statehood, and 2) a primary election within 60-90 days. General elections must be held no later than 40 days after the primaries. Hawaii will then be officially proclaimed a state. Depending on how soon Governor Quinn acts. Hawaii could just get its star pinned to the flag next July 4-the date set for Alaska's big moment...
...Burns's strategy paid off. Alaska's victory softened almost all further opposition; even Sam Rayburn, long opposed to Hawaiian statehood, decided to go along. And even Virginia's stubborn Rules Committee Chairman Howard Smith had seen the handwriting on the bill, decided that he could not prevent its movement to the floor (TIME, March 16). Added to that was the momentum of the Senate's victory, planned by Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, who had even won over some Southern defectors (although not such diehards as Virginia's Harry Byrd, Mississippi's Jim Eastland...
While Hawaiians were hula whooping over statehood news, Alaska's overwhelmingly Democratic legislature was finding out that it takes a heap of lawmaking to make a territory a state. Along with weighing a balanced $26.6 million budget and passing a reorganization bill setting up a dozen executive departments to replace 100 assorted agencies, the lawmakers found themselves blizzarded by so many minor bills, chores and diversions that the Fairbanks News-Miner accused the new legislature of "doodling, dawdling and dillydallying." Full of eager novices (only eleven members out of 40 ever served in the old territorial legislature), the house...