It has seemed to me that the meeting of the Assembly tomorrow. as well as the advance of the United Nations forces in Korea under the leadership of General MacArthur with a vast preponderance of American fighting men. makes this the psychological time for the Senate to complete action on these bills to enable Alaska and Hawaii to become States. Alaska and Hawaii are American outposts in the Pacific. What we in Congress do now with respect to statehood for these two Territories will have an immediate effect throughout the world. and particularly throughout the Asiatic areas. To make completely successful the present struggle in the Pacific. the peoples of Asia must be convinced that the United States does not seek to establish colonial imperialism. contrary to the accusations of Russian propaganda. Immediate statehood for Alaska and Hawaii will be the most convincing argument we can now make that military success against communistic aggression in Korea means freedom and selfgovernment for all Asiatic peoples. and not colonial subordination. In Alaska. 26 percent of the population is composed of Eskimos. Indians. and Aleuts.