Scattered opposition to the bill on other than racial grounds came today from both the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle.

Rep. Coudert (R-NY) said "self-determination" for dependent peoples is all right, but this will give Hawaii the opportunity "to exercise two senators worth of self-determination on us."

"We are confronted here with some thing that will change the character of our country," he declared.

Coudert described Hawaii as "eight tiny volcanic islands 2,000 miles off in the wastes of the Pacific," and said he opposed giving Hawaii one senator for each 35,000 voters compared with one senator for each 2,000,000 voters in New York.

Rep. Sabath (D-Ill) objected to statehood on the grounds that Hawaii's economy is controlled by the "big five" sugar factors.

"Five organizations working jointly control that island, including the production of sugar and pineapples," Sabath asserted. "I think it is a dangerous thing to give the big five control of the state."

The so-called big five are five companies acting as agents for the Hawaiian sugar plantations in the transportation and marketing of sugar, procurement of supplies and machinery and other matters. They are American Factors, C. Brower & Co., Alexander & Baldwin, Castle & Cooke, and Theo, H. Davis, Ltd