We shall be promoting peace. Furthermore. there is.the argument on the spiritual side that by admitting Alaska and Hawaii to statehood we shall be winning the minds of mankind for we shall be practicing what we preach. Let it be known throughout the Asiatic world that we are admitting to statehood these two great incorporated TerritoriesAlaska. the property of the United States for 85 years. promised statehood over and over again by the Congress. Hawaii. an independent republic which came into the United States by treaty of its own volition. and was promised statehoodthe propaganda of Russia will then fall fruitlessly on the ears of those who seek release from imperialism. O Mr.