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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1955Vol. XXV, No. 11

No Statehood

p. 51 · Read in the full issue

For Hawaii

A JOINT Bill providing for Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska was rejected in a May Washington vote.

Opponents of Statehood had forced the linking of the two Terri tories in the Bill, which some con sider might otherwise have been approved for Hawaii alone.

Opinion now seems to be that with the tailure of this latest drive in Washington for Hawaii Statehood —a struggle which has been going on since 1902—there is little possibility of the object now being achieved for many years to come —“if ever”.