List of Persons Attending the Signing Ceremony for the Admission of the State of Alaska

THE FOLLOWING WILL ATTEND THE CEREMONY WHEN THE PR ESIDENT WILL SIGN THE PROCLAMATION FORMALLY ADMITTING ALASKA INTO THE UNICN AS THE 49TH STATE AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DESIGNATING A NEW DESIGN FOR THE U. S. FLAG AT 12:00 NOON ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1959: The Vice President Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House Hon. Fred Seaton, Secretary of the Interior Hon. Robert Atwood, Anchorage, Alaska Hon. E. L. Bartlett, Senator-elect Hon. Exnest Gruening, Senator-elect Hon. Waino Hendrickson (Has been acting Governor) Hon. Ralph J. Rivers, Congressman-elect Hon. Michael A. Stepovich (Former Governor) Hon. David Finley, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts Maj. Gen. A. T. McNamara, Quartermaster General of the Army Brig. Gen. R. P. Evans, Jr., Deputy to the Quartermaster General Col. John Martz, Jr., Chief of Research and Engineering, Office of the Quartermaster General Lt. Col. James S. Cook, Jr., Chief of Heraldic Branch, Office of the Quartermaster General pens - State neurum -4.7 alesha neuroun tauband - - sebeam 1 Cengues - Vice President - specifically the there - to - say sector Jon transmitted To geremas mansem. alish