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Evening star., 1951-10-27
Joseph P. Gilmore,
Retired Railroad Man
And AzaIea Grower

/ Joseph P, Gilmore, 81. widely
known azalea grower, died Wed
nesday at his home, 25l0 Seven
teenth street NE.
Mr.. Gilmore began growing
azaleas more than 80 years ago
first as hobby Working nights
for the Pennsylvania Railroad, he
would tend his azalea garden be-
hind his home during the day.
He shared !. his interest and
knowledge Of the plant with many
home gardeners. Soon he was
known to hundreds of azalea
growers throughout the Washing
ton area. Last spring at the Bet
ter Home Show at the National
Guard Armory he had l4O varie-
ties on display.
Mr.. Gilmore made his hobby
a profitable one. Though working
as a pipe filter, he still found
time to be one Of the leading retail
and wholesale azalea distributors
in this area. A heart ailment
forced his retirement from the
Pennsylvania line two years ago
He was born in Piedmont, w
Va. and had lived in WASHINGTON
since a boy. In World War / he
served overseas with the Army
He was member of St. Francis
De Sales Catholic Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Evelyn Anna Gilmore: a brother
John T. Gilmore of 603 F street
NE. and two sisters, Mrs. Edna
M. Bloxton Of 1900 De Witt ave-
nue, Alexandria. and Mrs. Cath
crime Ann Rupp, a civilian en-
ploye for the Army in Yokohama,
Japan.
Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Monday in st. Francis De
Sales Church. Twentieth street
and Rhode Island avenue NE.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Lee B. Robertson Rites
Today in Arlington

Funeral services for Lee B. Rob-
ertson. retired Government Print
ing Office employe, who died un-
expectedly Thursday. were to be
| held at 3:45 pm. today in the
Ives funeral home, 2847 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington. Burial will
be in Columbia Gardens Cemetery
Mr.. Robertson, an Arlington
resident since 1920, had moved tc
Clearwater, Fla, three years ago
He had returned to Arlington to
visit his children a few weeks ago
Mr.. Robertson first moved tC
Washington from Atlanta, Ga, in
1916 and became a pattern
maker at the Naval Gun Factory
After 13 years there, he trans
ferred to the GPO, where he re-
mained for II years until his re-
tirement in 1916.
A member of the Naval Lodge
No. 4, Mr.. Robertson, became a
32nd degree Mason at the Virginia
Consistory, Valley of Virginia, in
Alexandria. He was a past patron
of the Eastern Star and had been
a trustee of the Clarendon Metho-
dist Church for many years.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. DeLana Robertson, a men,
ber Of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, the Eastern Star
and a leader in Arlington Red
Cross activities during World
War II; son, Lunquest Robert
son of Arlington: two daughters,
Mrs. George E. Keckler of Airing
ton and Mrs. ESchol Mallory of
Havelock, N. c., and three grand
children.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Judge Briee cIagett
Dies Of Heart Attack;
ID. T.. Jurist Since AZ

| Judge Brice Clagett, 81. of the
Municipal Court of Appeals died
iof heart attack last night at his
home, l343 Twenty-seventh street
NV.
Judge Clagett. one-time
Washington newspaperman and
law professor who also served as
an aide to former Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo. was ap-
pointed to the Court of Appeals
in March, 1916.
He was appointed by President
Truman to fill the vacancy left
by Judge Nathan Cayton, who
became chief judge of the tri-
bunal. Prior to that. Judge Clag-
Iett had served on the Municipal
Court bench for four years.
The jurist's death came unex-
Ipectedly. He was in court yester-
day and in fine spirits, colleagues
said. He had suffered from high
blood pressure for some time.
Confirmed for Post i'm 2 Minutes.
Judge Clagett was friendly,
Iaftable man. who had practiced
law for more than quarter of
a century. A Senate judiciary
subcommittee approved his nomi-
nation to the Court of Appeals in
less than two minutes. At the
time it was said to be the short
est hearing ever held on a local
judicial appointment.
Judge Andrew M. Hood of the
Court OF Appeals said today that
his associate was a very able.
conscientious jurist who will be
missed very much by his fellow
judges"
Judge Clagett was born In
Washington and was graduated
from Central High School. While
at Central he was cadet colonel
and starred in track.
He later went to Lafayette Col
lege where he competed against
the great Indian athlete Jim
Thorpe. who was attending Car
Isle. He ran and jumped against
the big Indian and it was often
Thorpe first and Clagett second"
his family recalled.
Then. for several years he
Evening star., 1951-10-27

worked for local newspapers. HI
was a reporter for The Star anr
Washington Post and later Gov
cred the White House for thu
Associated Press.
McAdOO'S Secretary.
In 1917 he became secretary tt
his father-in-law, the late William
Gibbs McAdoo, then Secretary oi
the Treasury. After World War
he was named assistant to the
director general of railroads anc
afterWard went to Europe as as.
siStant arbitrator of river shipping
Judge Clagett later went to Los
Angeles where he studied law in
night school. In 1925 he Joined
the California bar and practiced
in Mr.. McAdoo's law firm.
Returning here in the early
1930s, he practiced law in Wash
ington and Baltimore until his
appointment to Municipal Court
He taught law at National Uni
versity and received an honorary
doctor of laws degree there in
1887.
Judge Clagtet for a time lived
in Landover, Mr., in World War
II was chairman of the Prince
Georges County division of the
Community War Fund. He also
headed one of the county'S draft
boards.
Christ Church Vestryman.
He was member of the Ameri-
can Bar and District Bar Associa-
tions and the Society of Natives.
He was a vestryman Of Christ
Episcopal Church in Georgetown
and was chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Holton-Arms
School.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Sally McAdoo Clagett, and three
sons, Brice McAdoo Clagett, a
Princeton University student:
Marshall Clagett, a professor at
Wisconsin University. and Man
ming Clagett of 2122 Decatur place
NV, associate director of infor-
nation for the Motion Picture AS
sociation Of America.
He also leaves five grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be held at
noon Monday in Christ Episcopal
Church, Thirty first and o streets
NV. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Theodore Roosevelt Letters
Cite Reaction to PupuI Envoy

church to enter into an arrange
ment which would be for its own
financial interest and for the IN
terest of its Catholic parishioners,"
wrote President Roosevelt to MIR.
Taft. "The church has refused
and our position has been so mis-
understood as to cause great bitter
ness among the Catholics here"
To another acquaintance, Maj.
John Crane, President Roosevelt
wrote I'VE not only acted upon the
request of Archbishop Ireland but
with the cordial approval of Cardi-
nal Gibbons. We thought that
Taft's going to Rome might arouse
,anti-Catholic hostility. 1t never
entered our heads that we would
encounter Catholic hostility"
Met Winston Churchill.
Written from 1901 to 1905. the
letters are portion of thousands
being made available to the pub
lie in an eight-volume series
half of which is now published
Mr.. Roosevelt wrote to friend
of his mixed reactions upon meet
ing Great Britain'S (then young)
Winston Churchill:
Il saw the Englishman. VIM
ston Churchill, and although he
is not an attractive fellow. l was
interested in some of the things
he said"
Mr.. Roosevelt. who came to
the White House from a back
ground of inherited wealth. from
family rooted in the beginnings
of white civilization in America
wrote, in 1904. Il believe in labor
unions If I were a wageWorker
l would certainly join one" But
he denied there was any right
to indulge in rioting and vio-
lence. or behave wrongfully either
to a capitalist or to another la
borer OF to the general public"
He viewed some Government
corruption as inevitable but in
1904 wrote, The vital point -
the energy, the fearlessness and
the efficiency with which such
corruption is cut out and the cor
ruptionlsts punished"
In 1901, he was concerned that
England is on the doWngrade."
He saw Russia rising toward ul-
innate dominance in Asia, but
IN 1904 saw:
Nothing of permanent good
that can come to Russia either
for herself or the rest of the
world, until her people begin to
tread the path of orderly free
dom and some measure Of
self government"
"Russia's day is yet far off,"
he commented to an English
friend in 1901. Il think the
10th century will still be the CEN
tury of the men who speak Eng
lliSh"
Evening star., 1951-10-27
By the Assoeioted Press

| CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 27-A
President of the United States
sent an envoy to the Vatican
just 49 years ago-and as a result
found himself taken aback by
the violent attack made upon us
by the Catholics"
The President was Theodore
Roosevelt and the envoy was Will
liam Howard Taft Zone day to be-
come President.) Mr.. Taft was
sent to the Vatican to negotiate
for settlement of problems involv-
ing Catholics friars and 1000
acres of lands they held in the
Philippines.
Writing to Mr.. Taft, then civil
governor of the Philippine Islands
Mr.. Roosevelt said, II was pre-
pared to be attacked by the ex-
treme anti-Catholic people fol
your going there" but, he added
"A curious feature of the Situa-
ton is that the anti-Ireland Cath
olics are now strenuously insist
ing that it was an outrage for the
United States to depart from its
traditional policy and try to open
negotiations with the Vatican"
| Mr.. RooSevelt's "anti- Ireland
reference was to Archbishop John
Ireland, who had agreed to the
discussions.
Successor To Mckinley.
: These and other private
thoughts of the young President
who less than a year earlier had
succeeded the assassinated Presi-
dent William Mckinley. are re-
vealed in Volumes III and w of
The Letters of Theodore Roose-
velt." Edited by Historian Elting
E. Morrison, of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, the two
books containing more than 1,7OO
letters. are published by the Har-
ward University Press today.
1t was in 1901 that the accumu-
lated problems arising from Ameri-
can acquisition oY the Philippines
caused Mr.. Roosevelt to send a
representative to the Vatican. In
footnotes to the letters. Professor
Morrison said the problem of the
friarS and their lands, leased tc
more than 10000 tenants, arose
in part from anticlerical feeling
among Philippine natives. This
he said, eliminated with the 1898
announcement of Philippine Lead
er Emilio Aguinaldo of confsca-
ton of the land.
Taft Cordially Received.
The United States by treaty
however, had guaranteed property
rights. An American commission
decided to avert agrarian revolt by
buying the lands and recon-
mended that American born
priests replace Spanish priests
But it was felt these issues re-
tquired the consent of Rome. Mr..
Taft was cordially received" but
complications, which included
Philippine school problems, pre-
vented settlement at the time.
/ I'VE have tried to persuade the
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Bishop Oman Attacks
Envoy 10 Vatican Move
BY the Assoeiatsd Pres.

AKRON. Ohio. Oct. 27.-Bishor
G. Bromley Oman declared in a
speech last night President Tru-
man reversed himself in nominal
ing an Ambassador to the Vatican
The bishop of the Methodist
lChurch's New York area said "he
told one religious leader last sum-
mer that the issue of an Ambas-
sador to the Vatican was dead.
HE told another that as long
as he was President there would
never be a Ambassador to the
Vatican"
Sharply criticizing the nomina-
ton, Bishop Oman asserted the
move may well determine the
1852 election"
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Garh nf Tha1tka

AING; ERNEST s. The wife and children
Of the late ERNEST s. KING wish Il
tnank the many relatives and friends
Hno nave contributed so much durins
the time of bereavement
Mrs. ELEANOR KING. 81
ElCkENS. WALLACE =. The family o.
the late Mr.. WALLACE F. NICKENS
gratefully acknowledges the floral trib-
utes, donations OF blood. cards, tele.
grams, sits and other expressions o1
thoughttulness and sympathy in its be.
reavement. THE FANNY 2S
VANCE. JERRY NJ. wish to thank on
many friends and relatives for theiI
KIND EXPRESSIONS OF sympathy during
the recent bereavement of the family
OF JERRY NJ, VANCE
BY MRS. JERRY M. VANCE.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Artlr Thnught

APlt1 UHnl1ght
New Thought Center
so8 18th St. NV.
Ex. 3o9e
FLORENCE E. FRlsBlE
Sum-, Oct. 28-5 :oO pm.
Book Review
FLEURETTE JOFFRIE
THE Mosie Of Believing"
(BristoI)
WEEKLY MEETINGS
Sum-, 5 pm. Book Review
Sum-, 7::3O pm. Bible Forum
metaphysical interpretation
Mon.. 7:45 pm. Dr.. Richard Price
oNToLoGY
Tues. AS pm. Florence E. Frisbie
CREATIVE MIND m ACTION
Wed. 200 pm. Study Group
Lessons Of Emma c. Hopkins
Wed. 7:45 pm. FIeurette Joffrie
PROGRESSIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
Thurs, 6;l5 pm. Half Hour
PRAYER AND TREATMENT
Thurs, 7::45 pm.
Or. Scott Wilkerson
NEW THOUGHT AND you
FRI, 6:l5 pm. SeIf-Expression
Dolly at Noen-Healins Ministry
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Dr.. Burqun to Speak

DR.. Harry w. Burgan, executive
secretary of the Methodist Union,
will be guest speaker at an II am.
service tomorrow in Ryland Meth
odist Church, Branch avenue and
SAstreet Sc.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Anuriliun

CHEsED SHEL EMMES. Mass unwilling
Sunday, October rs. 1851, at i pm
sharp; 4slO Ga ave. NV Free buses
10 take y9p and 70 and from the cemetery
sSHWARTZ, ROSE. dwelling Sunday,
October 2S, 1851 at p'n. al the
DStrlct of Columbia Lodge Cemetery,
All friends and relatives invited 3S
Evening star., 1951-10-27
Dratha

LEATHERS; GEORGE ARTHUR. On Fri.
gay, october 26, 1881, at his residence
4RH6R EAT Seoyed Md hSsssnda
Minnie Hsrrell Leathers and father Of
Ge9rge A.; III; Jimmie and Anne Leather;
snd Eat Williams Friends may cali g.
where services will be held on Monday
October -, at am. Relatives ant
Gfm.tsrI f5iends invited Interment Fort LinssIr
LgEBKERT. ROsINA A, Suddenly. or
LuEBKERT lnee Bakersmith> of 100 Pop.
pleton St, Baltimore, Md, the beloved
mother Of Louis, Malcolm and Timm
oby Han,oR resting at thf TIN
ave. at Randolph st. NV Notice o.
funeral later,
MARCUS. JOHN WADE. On Friday. oc.
Msodb"e,rf sober Is, 1921. at his residence. 9of
MabE MaRcU g. sa1eS husband xa oHA
Lucy Ball Marcus. father Of Harry Wade
Kenneth Ailiiam, Hugh Clinton, Donald
Wade and Jackie Lee Marcus, Mrs. Cath
Marcus and Miss Patricia Marcus. He
also survived by one brother, Mr.
"a Ssmes I6we, Mansus Ueo,S Ue sister, Mrs P9ra
Katie Furr' Mrs Maude Hindman and
Mrs; Bertie Jenkins. Friends may call
sst the Ives Funeral Home, .:S41 Wilson
blkd. tdSdd.. AZ Arlington, Va, until Monday, .oc-
burn Presbyterian Church Ashhurri. va.
where funeral services will be held at z
pm Ant@rment church cemetery. 2s
MATHEWS, MARY ANN. On Thursday
en5s SGSsF ys a. NARY a ANN msTHEM asE Tsssense be-
loved wife of the late Stacey A. Mathews
mother Of Kathryn, Barber Of Mclean
" va vshne Hazel y. y AND Kenneth A Mathews
funeral home of Money & King. Vienna
va, where services will be held on
SasIfdss Sent Nstioa 0ctopeI Me,a ~ At ] pm Inter
Falls Church, Va.
MATTiA' THEODORE. Of Philadelphia
renee, renee and Frances Matte, brother OF
PRAYERS at Chambers Funeral Home. I4OG
Chaplin st. NV, on Monday. October %
catSoe chnrcb s Mass snd at sseEed Heart
sams,.rs :! am, inierment Mount oIiyet
MILLER. WILLIAM, of I415 Chapin ST.
Mary Mar oR oitHeer nee 3 le5 II RHfRsnd
Msrilyn 5. and Richard Richard "Pdifenef " Miier Re. Rel
mans mans at Chambers, Funeral M Home; loo
al S st. NV seTveeI er FTddy aa oT4oeef
Woodside. Long Island, N. Y. ~
MOYER. WILLIAM T. Suddenly, on Fri
day; October 26 1851, WILLIAM T.
M9YER MG bs,o1.d Of dsG st. EImS aye Bethesds
Meyer. father OF Charles and Norma
Jean Meyer. son of George d. and the
late Anna g. Moyer. brother of Harriet
Layton. Ethel Bowman. John S., Carl.
Stanley and GEORGE l.. MoyeB Remains
resting at the Bethesda Chevy Chase Fi-
neral Home of Robert A Pumphrey.
Bethesda, Md, where services will De
held on Monday, October ~ at 2 pm.
1nterment Wasn,nston Memorial Park
Cemetery. 2S
MOYER. WILLIAM T. Members of Bright
n wood Lodge No. 30. l. o. o. F.,
Nm will meet at Pumphreys Funeral
Home, Bethesda, Md, at pm.
N Sunday. October IS, 1851, where
M lodge services will be held for our
NJ late brother, WILLIAM T. MOYER.
W Funeral services on Monday, Oc-
tourr -, at pm.
Evening star., 1951-10-27

our dear friend, HARVEY II H. RoBiNsoS seasiSHs Z
who departed this life one year ago
October II. 1850.
Although our hearts are sad on thi
We know our lcved one is happy IL
Gods eternal way;
What God has done must be for the best
Fer Fer soon ,Ssr. we; e. too; shall be at rest,
Well walk together, hand in hand.
FROM THE REMAINING FOUR HORSE
GEoRGh MF oGaAT GhATNlNd hNb G9FLER MF 6sEPf ME
HARVEY. ' "'1'' fi
RUBLE. WILBERT In loving memory o
a dear husband and father. WILBER7
RUBLE, WHO departed this life fou
years ago today, october 27. l947.
Let us think of him today.
Sleeping, resting, just away;
Resting, where no shadows fall.
His n peTISeS sESP Peace W1hs hs sMslts pl II Us al
Ai DEERIED kTREE ANp Mh5E ch1EbREk MES REEkkizABErf
TgoKER y a.ysIss .EsrMa ma0. In Syi9s
today, October. 81 l94s.
r1S$EsSe SHSeE bSudaFER fA6Lfsf q fsS'D II
WALKER; GEORGIANNA AMERICA JAS
mother; .GEoRGIANNA AMERICA JAS
PER WALKER who passed away nv
years ago today October ~, 1916.
Never shall we cease to love her,
Never shall her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts forever lnger
Around the grave where the flower
gently wave.
In perfect peace she awaits us all.
THE CHILDREN, DUMONT. VAN DYKE
ALMA. WINNIE AND GENEVA.
WELLS. ELIZABETH: In memory Of M
mother. ELIZABETH WELLS who die
one year ago today. October 81, 1856
HOWARD L. WELLS.
WILLETT. ANNA MARIE In lovin
memory Of my devoted mother. ANN!
f MARIE WILLETT, who departed thi
life three years ago today, October ~
194S.
+ God gave me a wonderful mother.
She was one who never grew old:
God made her smile as the sunshine
He made her heart of pure gold.
My thoughts of her will never fade,
And when the years have flown.
Will always light my home
HER VING DAUGHTER, THELMA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-26

even though the booklet doesn't amount to whole lot.
 A year ago the taxpayers were nicked for $8.O00 to pay Randolph Feltus, a Washington lobbyist who had been hired by the Statehood Committee. And for that money, so far as has ever been made known, the Alaska taxpayers got precisely nothing.
 Young Dan Sullivan of Seattle recently outpitched nearly 1l,50C l other Seattle schoolboys to win the championship of the area. As a re- ward for his skill, he will get trip to Alaska by steamer.
 In addition to seeing Alaska and matching his skill against any nor thern hurlers who may come forth to oppose him, he has another mis- sion in the North. He told the Se- attle Times, which is sponsoring his trip, that he will look for a very special pair of Alaska moccasins, to present to a certain young lady on his return.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-26
TENDER HEART E
 UNAppRE(lATED
 BY GRIZZLY BEAR

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 2S - R- Mark Fuller learned the most painful lesson of his 65 years yes terday: Don't be tender-hearted to- ward a grizzly bear.
 The severly injured Alaska Road Commission employe was in a hos pital here today with wounds all over his body.
 The incident of the misplaced kindness started when Fuller found the bear in a trap, which had been set out after the grizzly repeatedly raided the road camp messhaH.
 Instead of killing it, Fuller coaxed it into an improvised cage. Then he drove 30 miles from camp and re- leased the animal near Mount Me Kinley park.
 The bear promptly attacked him. Doctors said more. than 100 stitches were needed to close his wounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-26
14O CARRIED ON
 ALA5KA COASTAL
 MONDAY FLIGHTS

1 Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a total of 140 passengers on Monday flights with 13 on interport, T de- parting and 51 arriving.
 Departing for Ketchikan: Vincent A. Bcgucki, It. Lewis w. Tibbits, 'Jr., w. A. Wood, It. Comdr. Ham, lett I. Allen, It. John L Rice, Hell en Keenan; for Petersburg: Arthur Hedges; for Wrangell Dorothy Far irell.
 For Sitka: H. B. Crewson, Blund Ballard, Mickey Glenn, w. L. Le- Marte, E. Nicholson, R. H. Lawton, Lois Wheeler, Anna Markuson, Mrs. Jack Delaney, M. J. Weeks, Loren Makela, MT and Mrs. Makela, Pet 1 CT Dalgard, Candace Swenson, Ann Swenson, Sonia Maley, Mrs. Elm mitt Soldin.
 For Chatham Lyle R. Olson Frank Tabacco, Richard Neil; for Chichagoff: R. L. Johnston; for ITulsequah: L. Golf, R. Specs, N. D. Chandler; for Olivers Inlet: J. J. Leonard, Mir and Mrs. T. L. Rob- hins; for Lake Hasselborg: William Fromholz, Ann Parson, Ron Mayo. William Ritter, Rod Williams, Jack Warner. George Hartman, Charles Binger, John Dawson.
 For Hoonah: Richard Grimes, Mrs. J. Young and two children for Ex cursion Inlet: Ansel Wright; for Pelican: Vincent Esmino, Matthew Esmino, Frank Anisco. D. Thomas, George Hini, Joe Fulgencio, Luis Castro. Freddie Fulgencio, F. c. Cabuco, F. Cabaneiia, J. s. Rem onda, c. Blanco, P. N. Perez. R. w. Thompson, Henry Roden.
 |, For Hawk Inlet: Jack Angel: for Hood Bay: Mrs. Grover; for Haines: o. Loosli, L. Loosli, Sharon Loosli; for Skagway: c. G. Jones. | Arriving from Haines: J. Thomp- son, Mrs. Charles Hepler, Mrs. D. M. Whitaker, Mrs. Ora Whitaker, c. G. Battles. E. R. McChesney, E. A. Larson, Collins Patterson, MT and Mrs Wesley Patterson, Mrs, Stoney, Mrs. Cointine, D. Clayton; from Hood Bay: Harry Pedersen.
 From Todd: Jack Peterson, Wal ter Cavanaugh, Fred Ecker; from Pelican: Tom Whit; from Port Althorp: Elwin Scott; from Lake Hasselborg: Jack Warner, George Hartman, Charles Binger, J. Daw- son; from Taku Lodge: Carl Weid- erman.
 From Olivers Inlet: Mrs. T. L. Robbins, J. J. Leonard; from Tul- sequah: William Mitchell, Alexan- der Mcleod, Robert Armstrong, c. Richardson; from Sitka: 0. zuboff, Mable Tilson, H. Bradshaw, M. Leonty, Bishop Zlobin, Dorothy Bilbo, R. Wheeler, Mis- Dasiewicz, Bertha Bloomer, Gertrude Wetzel Barbara Capjohn, Ralph Capjohn, Marion Soldin, O. Finney, c. Had don; from Chatham: John Likness, Frank Wagner, Hans Jensen, En- inert Hansen, John Root; from Tenakee: J. Amundson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-26

Almanac and list of members of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and of the House Committee on Public Lands.
 A membership list of the National Statehood Committee This is the same list that appears on the let terhead of that purely letterhead organization. The Alaska Commit tee, incidentally, paid for the printing of the National Commit tees letterhead, and had the print ing done outside Alaska;
 A list of state governors and of newspapers that are said to have endorsed statehood for Alaska;
 Quotations from newspaper edi- torials and from the statements of persons who appeared at last years statehood hearings in Washington. At least one of the latter is mis- quoted ill this report" and the statements of others are taken out of context.
 Only two Alaskans are quoted on statehood, and both of them are members of the Statehood Com mittee. It is also perhaps signifi- cant that while every one of the quotations supports the general proposition of statehood for Alas ka, not a single one of them sup ports the particular bill that was under consideration by Congress.
 Many of the persons who are quoted on statehood in the Com mittee's report" admitted, either in their voluntary statements or under examination, that they had never been to Alaska and had no first hand knowledge of the Terri tory or its problems.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-26
HOPEFUL FOR FILA
 HOUSING KODIAK

Kodiak Mayor Lee Bettinger ex- eects to leave for Kodiak Wednes- day after two and one-half months in Washington, DC. where he was ironing out difficulties in Federal housing for Kodiak. He is hopeful that construction on about 400 units can get underway this fall un- der the Federal Housing Administra- tion.
 Work is going forward on the en- gineering for an improved water and sewer system under the Alaska Pub lie Works program which is esti- mated to cost approximately $5l0,0Oo.
 The Housing and Home Financing agency has appropriated $24,60O for planning of new ll-classroom school there.
 Bettinger feels that all this adds up to the permanency of the Naval base at Kodiak.