Let me point out to you that of the nearly half million people in the islands. 87 percent are nativeborn and are American citizens. Yes. 99.2 percent of all school children of the territory are nativeborn American citizens. I hope we may have little talk about the pigment in some ones skin. This great country of ours was made up of many. many immigrants coming from foreign countries. We ought not to indulge in the questionable approach of denying statehood to people who are Americans but have a little different pigment in the skin than you and I have who occupy this floor. REVENUES There are a few who hesitate to admit the new State. thinking it cannot be selfsupporting.
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