Show Hawaii Utah Have Common Interests Senator Declares By If Sn SM Wallace Wallac F. F Bennett Passage of ot the Hawaiian state hood bill tt this s week came as a teal thrill to hundreds of thousands thou sands sand of ot our out tellow fellow Americans living in the Islands I was happy hap py y to be able to vote for It Utah I t think has much In tn common with our newest state For one thing both Utah and Hawaii had to remain in te t tonal status for fot Q a very Ion long longtime time Um 46 y years ars ro for Utah 69 M My y years ars fur for Hawaii Doth had hada b k particularly difficult time ob o ob obtaining taming the blessings of full run citizenship citizenship citizenship citi citi- with the right to vote and for that reason perhaps and s may ap appreciate ap predate the privileges of ot st statehood state te hood more than they otherwise might Utah has another strong tie with Hawaii In the the theLt Lt S church began a major missionary missionary missionary mis mis- effort in the Islands and this has resulted in many of our citizens visiting the Islands and learning to love them There are arc arenow arenow now about members of this the LU LD'S S church in Hawaii and now the only church which outnumbers outnumbers bers the Mormon church there is the Roman Catholic church Like every new state Hawaii will find it it has some new problems as a result of state state- hood But I feel sure that neither neith neith- er the nor the rest of the nation will wilt ever regret the action that has been taken in giving these people the right to rule themselves and to vote for national officials Particularly Important at this time is the effect ef ef- ef effect lect this action will wilt have on the attitudes of the Asian peoples toward the United States StatH We have demonstrated the untruth of the Communist charges that we are a colonial power ex plotting the people of ot Hawaii without giving them equal rights The actual vote on Hawaiian statehood in both the S Senate nate and the House louse surprised many poop le Ie The last time we considered the bill in 1954 1934 the debate was as long and bitter This Chis time the bill went through so 10 fast that even evert the proponents of statehood state slate hood hardly realized what had happened Ive I've heard several people speculating spec on when the star will be bo added to the flag nag Frank FranR- Frankly ly Iy nobody body knows Just lust yet Under Undera 1 a law passed several leveral years ago th U the new star is added the July following a states state's admittance admittance admit admit- tance but Hawaii has not yet been actually admitted After the President signs the bill a n primary election and a general election must be held before the I President can proclaim state state- Hood This could happen before July Tuly 4 but that would really be rushing things and most people here in Washington believe it Is quite unlikely So If youve you've ordered a n star 49 flag you are ore probably safe In assuming it will be official until July 4 1960 For that matter if it you have havea a star 48 flag nag It is perfectly proper to continue using it as long as it is Any flag which has been the official flag of the United States may be flown regardless of changes which have been made since it was manufactured |