Eisenhower: “WHEREAS the State of Alaska has this day been admitted to the Union; and WHEREAS chapter 1 of title 4 of the United…”

“WHEREAS the State of Alaska has this day been admitted to the Union; and WHEREAS chapter 1 of title 4 of the United States Code provides that a star shall be added to the union of the flag of the United States upon the admission of a new State into the Union.”