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- , as they call it?
B:
In 1952 of course we had a new preSident, and in his State of the
Union Message he said that Hawaii should have statehood and he didn't
mention Alaska.
M:
President Eisenhower? .
B:
Yes, President Eisenhower.
So this started one
- that he believed that it was
inadvisable for Congress to take up Alaska statehood legislation
without considering Hawaii statehood alsoo
He said that the two
bills were discussed at the meeting of Republican legislative
leaders with President Eisenhower