The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1950, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE STATEHOOD HEARINGS No. 2 By BOB DE ARMOND When the week-long hearing on Alaska statehood was held in Wash- ington, late in April more than a quarter of a million words of testi- mony were given A large part of it was devoted to the general proposition that Al- aska has the herent right to become a state that both Al- aska and the- ion will benefit if Alaska is made a state. want statehood, any kind atehood, and we want it now,” the theme of this group of statehood witnesses, which came mainly from the Anchorage aren This, under the circumstances, is an understandable point of view and will be discussed later in this article A lot of th e was general testimony on (he need and desire for statehood |be was interesting but it was not what the Senators particularly wanted to hear Particulars Wanted Senator Clinton P. Andersof summed up the viewpoint of the Senators, addressing Judge Anthony J. Dimond, who happened to be in the witness chair. Said Senator Anderson: “I thifiR our difficulty. Judge, is this: you addressed your remarks chiefly to the questions of statehood, and most of us are completely sympa- thetic to the general idea of state- hood. Our question is with ref&- ence to the particular bill in front of us. We would like to be sure that the provisions of the bill mn front of us are all right, and are not concerned so much about the general question of statehood which Iu(hm territories into states, for the jgrants of lands to those states, and [for almost everything else they thought might have a bearing on | statehood. The long recitations of precedent |most likely did not do the state- hood case any harm, but it doubtful that they greatly helped it Situation is Different Senator rcton gave his own views and perhaps the views other Senators when he said: “It seems to me that the Terri- tory of Alaska becoming a state is in a little different category than some of these other territorjes that have been admitted into the Union, and I, for one, think we have a perfect right to make variations in the manner in which Alaska might} be admitted as a state and not} feel that we are compelled to fol- low any precedent that may bel established in making some of these other territories states. I think you have a different situa- tion, and what I am primarily in- | terested in fixing it so when ypu_do become a state you will absolutely self-supportin: Over and over the Senators said that their main interest was to turn out the best possible state- hood bill. Some of them said they { did not believe that H. R. 331, as| passed by the. House, was adequote. No Tinkering, Please Pro-statehood witnesses, on the other hand, repeatedly urged the Senators not to tinker with thej house-approved bill, because to doj so might delay or defeat its pass-|* age. Edward V. Davis, among others, advanced this jargument and his| plea provoked a sharp reply from Senator Anderson, This exchange is reported as follows in the record: Mr. Davi “Gentlemen, this bill is halfway through Congress. If vou vote this bill out of the com- mittee, we folks in Alaska believ Isjc¢ fbill in order to make you happy? of | jeopardize it. |the hearing, in your opinion?” | What words, as I understand it, take the House bill, and quit and go home | Mr. Davis: “No, Mr. Anderson, I do not.” tor Anderson: “How else we interpret your testimony t that we must take the House we should not make any in it, otherwise it would Why are we holding You say changes Mr. Davis “Senator, that is not my intention.” Senator Anderson: “Well it is your plain statement. What do you consider our function to be? You are talking about statehodd. do you consider this cos mittee is here for? To rubber- stamp what the House did, or to consider it ourselves?” Admonition Unheeded Despite this admonition by Sen- ator Anderson, other witnesses, principally those from Anchorage, continued to adwocate approval oi the bill without change. Gunnard Engebreth of Anchor; age, a Territorial Senator who is making an apparently futile at- tempt for re-election on the Repub- lican ticket, saw sabotage in all efforts to secure liberalizipg am- certaiffiy | endments. “I believe H. R. 331 is satisfactory to the great majority of Alaskans,” he said. John Hellenthal, also from An- chorage, told the Senators he was amused at the opposition to stafe- hood. “I am for this bill,” he said. T have read it. I have studied it. It is not a perfect bill. Noth- ing is perfect and I submit H. R. 331 should be reported favorably by this committee.” On the whole, this was the at- titude taken by the Anchorage del- egation, which formed a major por- tion of the whole. They were in-!| terested much more in securing a couple of Senators and a Repre- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA you an!'.hn.l".. of prefer to have this committee' who live in parts o Alaska that are outside the zor: of heavy government spending, on the other hand, were mostly con- cerned with securing more in the way of natural resources for new state and in laying a found- ation upon which some economic stability can be built, Defense was gument for states of the witnesses National heavily as an hood by one gr at the hear ing it will be r article of this wed in the next series. e worked | Testimony regard- | CE PARTY URN JU rayling and rainbow ded Mrs. H. L. F wildes and N 2 vho left the Chamber of Goodwill Tour at Marsh to Juneau by Highway. sood at Kathleen e Creek and all in enjoyed good fishing. CHAMBER COMME FISHES ON RE | Plent trou Mr Ba Comme Lake returned ov he Haine | s ; ines for rent at The ing Machine Center. 52-¢ H i | scnwiINN BIK AT MADSEN'S V. F. 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The Anchorage a’ea [lives almost entirely from govern- ;ment spending. Some representa- | \tion in Congress can be expected | |to work to hold this government | spending at a high livel. TXe| we are prepared to support.’ that it will be passed by the Sen- By persistent prodding, the Sen- ate. We believe if you change the ators were able to get some opin- pill substantially, that it would - | jons from the witnesses about the most certainly result in either hav-! bill itself. Along with those Opif-|ing the bill lost in the final rush jons they had to listen to a ot of adjournment of Congress, or in of general conversation about Alas-!the defeat of the bill on the floor. ka's history and her troubles, pa3 |1f the people of Alaska do not like and present, as well as some TOsy | this bill, they can refuse to ac- and frequently entertaining meor-{cpp( any constitution that is adep- jes about what will happen to|ted under it. We are asking you Alaska when she does become fl‘lo give us a chance to fight this| Anchorage people, or at least those state. . lissue out on our own ground in-|who were at the hearing, appear Population Factor stead of fighting it out in the|to feel that bureaucratic control is The pro-statehood people made ypijted States Senate.” £ | not so bad so long as the bureaus much of Alaska’s 'population—| gengtor Anderson: “In otim"sprmd a lot of easy money in théir which they estimated at all the|._ _ e : way from 100,000 to 135000—and | asserted over and over that it 1s| a larger population than most of the territories had when they were | admitted to statehood | Their statements and estimates were not disputed, but the Ses-| ators do not seem fo have been | greatly interested in them. Nor, | apparently, were they impressed | by a showing that Alaska stacks up | pretty well with earlier territories | in density of population. 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