Word: statehooder
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...said the people of Hawaii have been led to believe since 1900, when the island republic became a territory of the United States, that territorial government is a stepping stone to the full citizenship of statehood...
...first Hawaiian statehood bill was introduced in Congress in 1920, but never before reached a vote in either the House or Senate...
...migrant fish and cannery workers and thousands of other laborers who took their salaries to Seattle each autumn. He deplored the fact that Alaskans could not vote for a U.S. President, could not send Senators and a Congressman to Washington to fight their battles. He argued for statehood-and the abolition...
Despite the Governor's eloquence, and other pleas for statehood which were voiced during the seven days of the hearing, the committee postponed its decision indefinitely. As all concerned were well aware, Alaskan statehood was tied up with the statehood aspirations of both...
There were other arguments over Alaskan statehood to be considered. Some cannery and mining interests in Alaska were quietly opposing it; many a member of Gruening's opposition cried that the territory would be unable to support itself...