The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
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Brought Up to Keep FEPC Bill Off Floor Says Repub-
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 WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-tR--An early House vote on Alaska and Hawaii statehood was assured to- day.
 The House late yesterday approv- ed special resolutions making the statehood legislation in order for House action.
 Majority Leader Mccormack C Mass) announced that the bill will be programmed for future consider ation but he said 1t will not be this week. He did not indicate when they will be called up.
 When the House session opened the majority of the members ex- pected to vote on the controversial Fair Employment Practices Bill, a Ipart of the Presidents Civil Rights Program.
 Speaker Rayburn tD-Texas), however, recognized Chairman Pet erson (D-Fla) of the House Public Lands Committee, who offered a resolution calling up the Alaska statehood bill, and later one for the Hawaii bill.
 Rep. Coudert R-NY) told the House the failure to call up the FEPC legislation and the talk ing up of the Alaska and Hawaii bills was a travesty on parliament tary procedure"
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 He protested that the statehood I questions were flung in our teeth" without any advance knowledge that they would be the subject for debate.
 Tt is brought up," he said, just to keep off another bill that should be considered"
 He protested that granting state- ! hood to Alaska and Hawaii would add four more Senators who would be exercising power and influence beyond that of the entire delega- | tions from large states.
 Such action, he said, would open the door to making states of the Virgin Islands, Pacific Islands such as Guam, and other possessions. He recalled that we has pending constitutional amendment which would permit Congress to reduce the number of Senators in new state to one.
 Coudert argued that the chief reason the bills were called up was that the two territories have "at- tractive, genial and persuasive dele yates who can wrap the membership of this House around their fingers" Delegates Urgent The delegates, Bartlett. Democrat of Alaska. and, Harrington, Re- publican of Hawaii, each urged ap- proval of the rule permitting the bills to be considered. i Mccormack laughingly told Cou- dert and Rep. Halleck R-Ind) that he had promised Harrington that the Alaska and Hawaii bills would be considered in that order
 Alaska" Mccormack said, lis l good democratic community and Hawaii is a good Republican com- munity. am going, to keep my promise if the House permits me to do so."
 Reps. Crawford (R-Mich), Engell R-Ore), Jackson D-Wash), D. Ewart (R-Mont), Murdock (D-Ariz), Fulton R-Pa) and Mansfield D- Mont), supported the action to bring up the Alaska bill.
 The resolution on the Hawaiian statehood bill was debated only a few minutes and was approved by voice vote.
 Harrington related that six House committees have investigated the question of Hawaii statehood over the past 10 years and all reached she conclusion that the territory meets all the requirements for ad- mission to the Union.
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 We have the population, we have the wealth and we have the ability to manage our own affairs" he said.
 He urged, too, that statehood for Hawaii is in the national interest in view of the situation developing in the Far East"
 Supporters of the Hawaii mea- sure included Reps. Crawford, Full ton, Mansfield and Javits (R-NY). Delegate Bartlett said today he expects that Majority Leader Mc- Cormack D-Mass) will set the bills up for action at an early date"
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