Word: statehooder
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...their 8:30 a.m. conference with the President one day last week with smiles on their faces and a firm legislative program in their hands. The program: 1) a bill (actually passed three days earlier) giving Dwight Eisenhower the same Government reorganization powers Harry Truman had, 2) appropriations, 3) statehood for Hawaii, 4) amendment of the Taft-Hartley law, 5) limited extension of controls on defense materials and in defense areas, 6) return of tidelands to the states, 7) renewal of reciprocal trade agreements, 8) simplification of customs, 9) extension of old-age aid survivors insurance to groups now excluded...
Every young territory dreams about statehood. For Alaska, no longer young but still vigorous, the dream seemed practically a fact last summer. Both party platforms were pledged to fulfillment of her territorial longing. The Democrats were vociferous in championing her admission, and the Republicans promised an "enabling act" to prepare for early action...
Well might the northern land have considered statehood not only a patent right, but one owed her for some time. Her citizens pay in excess of twenty million dollars a year without the privilege of even sending a voting senator to represent them in Washington. Moreover, Alaska has footed the cost of most of her own internal improvements. The Federal Government has given her little but military installations, while Alaska has poured over three billion dollars of raw materials into U.S. factories...
Others opposing her statehood have said that Alaska, as a state, would require Federal aid, and could not be entirely self-supporting for several years. Of course, they overlook the fact that since the thirteen colonies, self-sufficiency has never before been an entrance requirement, and that many present states would be hard-pressed to remain solvent if denied Federal...
...more conservative than he. Even the famed "bushel of cels" pledged federal action toward the abolition of lynching. But the President contented himself with appeals to the higher moral instinct of bigots and distorters of franchise in hopes that they will stop their practices. The Republican platform promised statehood for Alaska, more rural electrification, votes for the District of Columbia, and a watchdog approach to monopolies. We hope that these were ideas the President had to shelve for lack of television time since the proper time for their enactment is long past...