Then. further on. the editorial continues: We are not dealing here with colonies that came into American possession as the loot of war and whose inhabitants speak a foreign language. Hawaii and Alaska are American in language as well as in spirit. And while mainland Americans and the descendants of them are In the minority in Hawaii. 90 percent of its people are nativeborn American citizens. A large majority of Alaskans today are immigrants from the 48 States or descendants of them. For the people of Hawaii and Alaska. whose patriotism has been demonstrated in peace and war. statehood is the only answer. They have been denied It too long already.
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