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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Louisiana Senator Allen Ellender opposes statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, arguing their interests and people differ from the continental US, and Hawaii has communist influences in its shipping industry controlled by the International Longshoremen's Union. Bills have passed the House and await Senate action.
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WASHINGTON. (AP)- Senator Ellender (D-La.) says he will vote against statehood for Hawaii and Alaska.
"I do not think that either Alaska or Hawaii should become states," Ellender asserted in a speech recorded for broadcast in New Orleans last night.
"Their interests are not common to ours and their people, especially in the case of Hawaii, are quite different from our people.
"Such difficulties may be overcome, but I am not yet convinced that these two territories, hundreds of miles away from the continental limits of our country, have reached a state of political maturity sufficient to merit our adding a 49th or 50th star to our flag."
Bills to admit Hawaii and Alaska to statehood have passed the House and are awaiting action by the senate insular affairs committee.
Ellender said that in Hawaii "recent difficulties with communists highlighted the great gap between the island and the American continent."
"The economy of Hawaii is to a large extent controlled by its shipping industry,"
he continued.
"And its shipping industry is controlled by the international longshoremen's union, notorious for its communist affiliations."
"When Hawaii has been purged of these elements it will be in a far better position to seek statehood."
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Senator Ellender asserted in a speech recorded for broadcast in New Orleans that he will vote against statehood for Hawaii and Alaska, citing differing interests and people, lack of political maturity, and communist influences in Hawaii's shipping industry controlled by the International Longshoremen's Union. Bills have passed the House and await Senate action.