The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-22
Allies Fighting to Stem Red SUeep in East
Missionary Theories Are Used for Alaska Statehood
 Declares Minority Report

stated the report, aside from mil itary and naval personnel, between 30,0O0 and 35,000 are natives who are non- producing and who there fore contribute little revenue to the Territorial Government, so that the effect would be to increase the tax burden on that segment of the population which does produce.
 The five senators who signed the report concluded that ito grant statehood at this time would be to fail utterly in our obligation to guard the welfare of those who have ventured to the Territory to make their homes and who are striving bravely to lead normal lives there in the face of a harsh combination of climatic and geo. graphical handicaps."
 Failure of Alaska to develop more rapidly is attributed by the minority report to a gigantic of stifling regula- tions and restrictions upon the use of it's resources by various bureaus of the Federal Government"
 "The nature of these restrictions and their paralyzing effects upon Alaskan progress were discussed in detail in the minority views in Senate Report 1929 on the state hood legislation which was before the 81st Congress. The present bill has been amended to some extent to meet some of the objections to H. R. 331, the measure which was before the Senate last year, but it has not been changed in such a way as to solve she basic problems which were not voted in the earlier lepolt."
 Coyrsctivs Measures
 According to the signers of the minority rcpcrt, Congress best can sid A.aska b, undertaking thor ougil ...q;liry l.,-o the many econ- omic problems, acd restrictive poll icies now hampering tfe Territory, and by adopting corrective meas ures based on logic and reason"
 Such move would be, according to the senators, a departure from the emotional and highly colored approach to this matter which has marked all previous attempts to force the bill through the Congress. It would also be an act of simple justice and common sense toward these United States citizens who are the most concerned, namely the Alaskans themselves"
 Changes accepted as amendments to statehood legislation in virtual ly every case came after the need for them was pointed out by the opponents of immediate statehood, the minority pointed out.
 : "lhose who found flaws in the proposed measures and had the temerity to say so were subjected to sharp criticism by the propon- ents, being denounced as obstruc- tionists and worse," stated the re- port, which continues:
 Tn a number of cases, public hearings were grudgingly allowed. Authors and supporters of the bills claimed them to be perfect and in- weighed against any delays in their passage, even where necessary to carry out the most ordinary demo- cratic processes of government. Yet, when the hearings were held and the failures of the bills were pointed out, tine proponents has, tened to adopt the suggested am- endments.'
 Also stressed were the facts that nearly three years have passed since any hearings on statehood have been held in Alaska nearly five years have passed since the people of the Territory have had chance to express themselves on statehood at the polls; and that no public hearings have been held on the bill now before the Senate.
 The people of Alaska, as a whole, should be permitted to ex- press themselves on whether they want statehood under the terms of this bill," said the minority. "As the discussion of this question has proceeded, more and more people in the Territory have come to real lze the terrific financial burdens that the measure automatically would impose on them. There is no precedent for forcing them to re- man mute, thousands of miles from the national capital where this legislation is being considered. while handful of political oppor- tunists appear before congressional committees in support of a legisla- tive step which will benefit them. and them alone.''
 Ruinous Dept. Int.