These have been some of the reasons for and against statehood for Alaska. Next. we turn to Hawaii. This is a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii. 42 men and 3 women representing the almost half million citizens of the Hawaiian Islands. Speaking of Hawaiian statehood. one ranking United States Senator said this: "The rising tide of Asiatic communism will have a direct route to the floor of the Senate of the United States with two votes. It is the direct route to the committee room on foreign relations of the Senate."
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Implies that Asian people are a direct route for communism to enter the US Senate.