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HONOLUlU^Ke 0$ The Newspape Hawaii Nee c Vol. 4, No. 50 SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS .itirsday, July 10, 1952 Cop Indicted For Sodomy - . - n .t . "Resigned" Hours fajf /Hoves To Pacify Angry After interruption Dr. Mossman Loads Question of Hours, Meals At Maluhia, Union Members Say Pig Raisers on HHA Tract With 16-Year Girl At least one supervisor has in­ On April 24 the resignation of dicated he will ask the C-O board By STAFF WRITER Officer Edward Yau Sing Young, to investigate a situation regard­ Frank F. Fasi, Democratic Na­ 30, was accepted by the Honolulu ing employes’ hours and meals tional Committeeman and mm nr nd Police Department. The reason at Maluhia Home, which was the as a candidate for mayor of Ho­ given for the resignation was that subject of a meeting Monday called nolulu, is going to have to move Young wished to return to a for­ by Dr. Thomas E. Mossman, su­ fast in Kalihi or he stands a good mer job at the Pearl Harbor Navy pervising physician. chance to lose the votes of a num­ Yard. In behalf of members of his ber of pig raisers still in the area But at 12:30 that same morn­ union, Henry Epstein, regional where a new Hawaii Housing Au­ ing, Officer Young had been in­ director of the United Public thority project is to begin con­ terrupted by another police of­ Workers of America, addressed a struction August 1. ' ficer, according to official police letter to Dr. Mossman, and to the Fasi says he will do just that. ‘ reports, while allegedly engaged board some weeks ago asking that He intends to visit the pig rais­ in some activity with (a 16-year- the practice regarding meals and ers individually as soon aspossi- old girl in his own automobile, hours prior to 1949 be adopted ble and explain why he has a while parked at a filling station instead of the practice which has night watchman stationed over (more on page 7) been carried out since. - their homes. Prior to 1949, the UPW execu­ “I don’t intend to take the rap,” tive stated, meals were free for Mr. Fasi told the RECORD, “for employes and no work was, re­ some mistake some other agency quired to compensate' for them. made.” Willie Alford To Since that time, the hospital Fasi Blocks Removal has adopted a policy of re­ Here’s the situation that has Appeal Conviction quiring employes to work for DR. MOSSMAN the pig raisers angry: Ordered to their meals—whether they eat (more on page 7) MR. FASI the meals or not. To 9th Fed. Court One supervisor has expressed a hours of hospital employes shall The case of Willie L. Alford, doubt that the present practice not be increased. convicted of procuring and sen­ is legal according to Act 232, passed At the meeting of Mialuhia em­ IMUA Silent On Tax-Dodge Story; Has tenced to concurrent terms total­ by'the 1949 session of the legisla­ ployes Monday, Mossman is re- ling 25 years, will be appealed to ture, which stipulates that the (more on page 7) the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of "Non-Partisan" Stand On Statehood Appeals, his attorney, Tom Gill, “No comment” is all John T. IMUA, it could be considered said this week. Jenkins, executive director of He was convicted in February Hall Tells Sugar Industry Negotiators non-taxable, since IMUA enjoys 1951, largely on the testimony of IMUA, has to say of an editorial- tax immunity under a section of his wife, Edna Jackson Alford, in the Maui News and a broadcast the Federal code which concerns who said he forced her into pros­ "Can't Have Cake by Robert McElrath, ILWU radio “educational institutions.” titution and took $2,000 from her Discussions between representa­ spokesman, on a letter sent out McElrath pointed out in hisi over a period of some months. tives of the ILWU and 26 Hawaii­ by IMUA to newspapers showing broadcast that, under an arrange­ Alford steadfastly denied the an sugar companies in the current how papers can avoid taxes by ment of the sort suggested by charges and 'Said that he had negotiations yesterday “resulted in contributing to IMUA. IMUA, no money need change (more on page 7) no progress whatsoever,” Antonio Ezra’ Crane, editor of the Maui hands at all, but the editor could Rania, President of the ILWU Su­ News, told how he had received merely make deductions from his gar-Pine Consolidated Union, said a letter from IMUA asking for taxable income. He further point­ Cooke's Letter One of after a three hours and twenty - advertising space. IMUA would, ed out that the Advertiser has re­ five minutes session. the letter indicated, pay for the cently run advertisements for Many Protesting HHC Because management was “hob advertising but if the Maui News IMUA and wondered if such an prepared” to discuss the union’s would then donate the price to (more on page 7) wage and job security demands, "Lottery" At Waimea submitted June 24 when negotia­ A growing protest was reported tions opened, the session was con­ this week against the “lottery” fined to union proposals to ad­ "Nominal Increase" Is HRT Demand, method of selection used by the just the working hours of about Hawaiian Homes Commission on 20,000 sugar workers. Kamehameha Day to award ranch Hopes To Be Prepared PUC Man Says; Many ToAttend Hearing homesteads following George P. The Industry made no counter- ’ Cooke’s letter to a daily newspa­ proposals to the union’s demands A hearing of the Public Utilities the new HRT request as being per. Sen. Cooke, who had exper­ of 19 cents an hour increase, work Commission on the new request “for a very nominal amount to ience serving the commission, in its opportunities which would not of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. cover the additional cost rising early days, expressed surprise that permit the employers to take away for an increase of bus fares is ex­ from $280,000 extra settled upon the selection- of homesteaders jobs from union members and give pected to draw a far larger au­ in the recent wage agreements.” should be left to chance in any them to supervisors, and over­ MR. HALL dience than former similar hear­ Nominal or not, there was evi­ way. time after 40-hours the year round. ings. Time of the hearing, fol­ dence this week of a rising pro­ Following his letter, a num­ " When industry negotiators lowing numerous protests of work­ test against further increase of ber of unsuccessful applicants made clear that they were not ceed because all three of the ing people that they cannot attend the, fares which were upped only have indicated their intention of prepared to discuss the union's union’s proposals are interrelat­ in the daytime, is set at 7:30 on a few months ago. A. S. Reile, voicing their dissatisfaction in wage and job security demands, ed. Company representatives the evening of Wednesday, July secretary of the Central Labor some formal way, and of seeking Jack W. Hall, ILWU regional • agreed and talks were recessed 16, a PUC spokesman told the Council (AFL) has written Gov. to hasten the further distribu­ director and union spokesman, until 10 a. m. Friday. RECORD. Long to ask a tri-partite inves- tion of Jand. Among them is a pointed out that it would be Philip Maxwell, industry’s chief The PUC spokesman described (more on page 7) (more on page 7) impossible for bargaining to pro- (more on page 7) Page Two THE HONOLULU RECORD July 10, 1952

from independent political action—a labor party in coalition with farmers and small When Ellis Arnall businessmen. Went Shopping... Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall early in Rhee Regime: June 'this year nearly hit the ceiling. He left the mish-mash of the Washing­ ton administration and the matter of set­ Like Chiang Kai-shek's ting price ceilings on food and other items Editor David Lawrence of U. S. News behind him as he went shopping for a quart told his staff after his return from Europe of milk on his way home/ where he met with VIPs: AT A STORE, he fished out a dime from “THE KOREAN WAR, which is' an ac­ his pocket and handed it to a clerk who tual war, might be on another planet as was handing him the quart of milk he had far as they are concerned ... If the labor ordered. The clerk gave him a dirty look government had it to do over again they and seemed on the verge of calling the price never would sanction UN intervention in stabilizer a cheap skate. To the surprised Korea by military forces as in 1950 . . . The Arnall, the clerk said, fork over 18 cents .British would make a deal with Russia more ■ ■ ■ tomoi-row but for the U. S.” Ellis Arnall belongs to the select among The Yalu area bombing by U. S. planes the few, 5 per cent in the U. S., who make has raised a rumpus in allied capitals, and more than $7,500 a year, and he is one of this has followed the Koje incidents, also the privileged, who need not sit at the table criticized abroad. General Mark Clark, with his wife to figure the family budget U. S. Far East commander, faced other down to a penny every week or month. developments, and some of these rubbed What he did next should have made him the wrong way. While the general run front-page headlines in the dailies, but the of correspondents kept mum, the well- big business controlled press was not inter­ informed correspondent of the London Sun­ ested in one of the biggest stories in Wash­ day Times, Richard Hughes, reported June ington, primarily of interest to millions of 6 that Gen. Clark was considering charges consumers who are counting pennies of the of corruption against the Syngman Rhee dollar that is actually worth about 40 cents. regime “so serious as to threaten a new STABILIZER ARNALL brought ' his crisis overshadowing the (Koje) problem.” gripe to Congress and he said: “Why, the ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS INJURED IN JAPAN—This picture, CLARK’S CHARGES, which evidently last time I went shopping I paid ten cents radioed from Osaka to Tokyo, shows police checking some of the scores have been suppressed by him or higher- for milk.” of injured in Japanese anti-war1 demonstrations on the second anniver­ ups, did not deal with Rhee’s political Quipped UE News’ J. L., who does the sary of the Korean war. Police used teargas and clubs against the dem­ oligarchy and his brutality, shenanigans column “It Happened This Way”: “Here’s onstrators, arrested 150. (Federated Pictures) and maneuvering to keep himself president. hoping Mrs. Arnall sends him for a pound Among the charges, Hughes wrote, were of spuds, and right away. It would be re­ FEPC plank, which boils down to nothing. the big money boys, although there were these: freshing to have a stabilizer who was in Particularly in jim crow southern states, minor differences that kicked up some dust. ". . . under orders (^EHgir^eommand- the know.” where fair employment and civil rights CONGRESS bucked Truman on the steel ing officers, South Kor^n troopsyin the laws are most needed, and politicians from seizure and tried to make him apply the front line are stripping vital communica­ these states have strong say in both major Taft-Hartley law on the steel strikers, but tions to sell copper products in tne black Big Business Has - parties. it did nothing to restrict Truman’s author­ market; soldiers trained anT-equipped/by ity to make huge loans to big business or the UN are being employed to cut /wood grant billions of dollars in new plants as for private sale as charcoal . /'XQielargest What It Wanted Peep At the gifts to giant corporations which run U. S. South Korean banknote in circulation, 1,000 The 82nd Congress adjourned this week economy. won, is worth six cents in the free market; and wall not meet again until next January, South Korea’s price index, which stood at unless the President calls it into special Bi-Partisans... Figures of the Defense Production Ad­ ministration show that the administration ■ 100 in 1948 and 328. in 1950, had climbed 6.026 session. Among the last acts of the body Gen. Douglas MacArthur, hopeful of in mid-May . . . The picture bears an —besides boosting the total and predom­ becoming a compromise candidate in the has granted, through rapid tax amortiza­ tion warrants, $20,121,214,000 worth of new alarming resemblance to the last days of inantly military appropriations of $75,327,- event of a deadlock between Taft and Eis­ Chiang Kai-shek’s regime in China.” 183,112—was the passage of the Defense enhower, gave the keynote speech at the plants to favored corporations. This means Production Act which removes price con­ GOP convention. He blasted the Demo­ that the small wage earners will have to pay trol from 20 per cent of the food items in cratic administration and Truman for in taxes for some $20 billion worth of new a family budget. All fruits and vegetables, plunging the U. S. into the Korean war. plants which the administration is letting The Progressives: fresh, frozen and canned, are affected. U. S. Steel and such giants write off in tax MacARTHUR, who wanted to extend amortization. AS USUAL, President Truman snarled" the Korean war into China, said the ad­ Courage, Imagination at the law then signed it. ministration’s present ’’program would lead Meanwhile, public housing, schools, na­ Amidst the bankrupt bi-partisan policy Wrote John B. Stone of Federated Press; to national bankruptcy. But the Truman tional health insurance, benefits to farm­ and the sharper turn to war in the U. S., from Washington: administration, which has been preparing ers and civil rights remain ignored. because of threatening economic crises, the “At -every stage of the game, lobbyists for a -global conflict on a vaster scale— call for peace and the restoration and de­ have written and rewritten the various price with garrisons, cadres to train foreign velopment of the American democratic her­ control laws.” Truman never put on a real troops, handout of arms to dependent gov­ labor Brass Hats itage came from the Progressive Party fight and the results have always been the ernments and ah- bases scattered widely— which met in Chicago in a national con­ same: “Fair Deal administration, or no was scaring Britain, France and other al­ Stoop for Crumbs vention- during the past weekend. From Fair Deal, big business has what it wanted. lies by military provocations on the Man­ 44 states, 3,000 delegates came and theirs “IF EVERY worker took the interest In Rank and file laborers this week saw a churian border in the MacArthur fashion. shameful spectacle at Chicago where AFL’s was a splendid performance showing cour­ politics that he should, America would be­ age and iniagination in a, country stalked come a better place for the vast majority The Democrats that MacArthur blasted William Green, Autoworkers’ Walter Reu­ were whooping up in their party paper, ther and CIO Electrical Workers’ James by fear, but on the grass roots level seeking of the people who live in it, and not a hap­ peace and abundance for all. py hunting ground for the profiteers and, the Democrat, that big business had noth­ Carey buttonholed Republican convention monopolists.” ing to kick about—it was making more delegates and in effect, suggested what they DR. W. E. B. DUBOIS, outstanding schol­ money than it ever did before. Both the could do to better their platform and gamer ar and peace, advocate, in a keynote speech Republicans and Democrats were for big more votes. said that “never before in the annals of Ike. Taft: Big business and there were no two ways about THESE LABOR leaders, along with Phil mankind has a nation planned death and it. Murray and others who went along with the destruction on the scale now envisioned, THE ADMINISTRATION’S military bi-partisan war program, found themselves by those who rule the United States.” Business Candidates budget, with 75 per cent of every dollar go­ Mrs. Charlotta Bass, candidate for vice The choice in program and presidential left with an empty sack when the 82nd ing for war and war preparation profited) Congress adjourned. The Defense Produc­ president, spoke of the Progressives’ presi­ candidates offered by the two major parties the big industrialists. New York Times’ dential candidate, Vincent Hallinan, now in had practically nothing in it, long range or tion Act took away the authority of the business editor, John G. Forrest, wrote June Wage Stabilization Board to deal in labor jail for putting up a vigorous defense of short range, for the vast majority of Ameri­ 29 that “during May—usually a dull month Harry Bridges. Said Mrs. Bass: “Hallinan cans. disputes. —corporations disbursed $234,000,000, or 10 Months before, pro-edministration labor is a lawyer and labor leader who is in jail The nation’s press and the financial per cent more than in May 1951.” because today, prison is the highest decora­ journals made no secret of the fact that leaders balked when a place was not made The small wage earners were taking a tion this nation can bestow on its heroes.” both Robert Taft and Dwight Eisenhower for them in the mobilization setup. The bi- beating everywhere. In Maine, 7,000 textile were the choice of big business. Eisen­ partisans then were forced to make a con­ MRS. BASS is a Negro and it is the first ■ workers got a 7.7 per cent pay cut and there) hower is backed by Wall Street and Taft cession by creating a new WSB with labor time a Negro has ever been nominated by by Chicago financiers. Either one of them was danger that 70,000 textile workers would representation, and a provision that labor any party for either presidency or vice would serve big business. be affected. disputes could be submitted to this body. presidency. The Progressives’ civil rights plank, peace plank (“We must end the war THE DISINTEREST in the affairs of WHILE PRICE and rent controls have, at once,” etc.), -security and jobs, etc., were the common people and democratic proc-, to a large extent been lifted, Congress kept esses by GOP convention delegates was $20 Billion Gift To the lid on wages until April 30, 1953. The not^something dressed up to fool the peo­ shown by their attitude toward FEPC and bi-partisans showed labor who buttered its ple, meaningless promises and bait. They other civil rights issues. Early this week, Industrial Giants bread. And in the face of all the insults and were full of meaningful substance and food the platform committee at the Chicago The Republican and Democratic team class legislation for big business, labor brass for thought to stir the conscience of Demo­ GOP was reported set on a non-compulsory in Washington worked quite smoothly for hats like Reuther and Carey turned away cratic-minded America. July 10, 1952 THE HONOLULU RECORD Page Three

LOS ANGELES SMITH ACT CASE DEFENSE RESTS AS FIRST WITNESS IS JAILED FOR REFUSING TO INFORM ON OTHERS LOS ANGELES—The California Under government insistence as an effort to gag people in the Smith Act defendants, in a dra- that she inform on others and free arena of public discussion ■matic and sudden move, rested Judge Mathes' instruction to her to has wound up as an attempt to their case last week after defen­ do so, Mi’s. Yates explained her silence them in court. Prosecuted dant Oleta O’Connor Yates was stand that: for their beliefs they are now be­ sentenced to jail on contempt of “However many times I am ing punished for defending those court charges by Judge William asked and in however many beliefs. C. Mathes for her refusal to turn j forms to identify, I can’t bring Will Rest Case informer on the witness stand. myself to do it, because I know “We will now rest our case. But Four of the 14 defendants in the it means loss of job, I know that the democratic conscience of the nearly four months old trial who it means persecution for them nation cannot rest while every chose to refute testimonies of gov­ and their families, I know that principle embodied in the Declara­ ernment witnesses after the prose­ it opens them up to possible il­ tion of Independence and the Bill cution rested its case, announced legal violence, and I will not be of Rights is bruised and mangled their decision to cut short defense, responsible for that. I will not by the Justice Department and by presentation. do it.’’ such repressive legislation as the Government Ignores Testimony In the statement announcing Smith Act.” “For nine solid days Oleta that the four defendants wera Earlier, when the government O'Connor Yates was on direct ex­ resting their case, they said that had rested its case, 10 pf the 14 amination testifying with candor “In broad outline, the defense has defendants decided to rest their and thoroughness about the beliefs been presented in the testimony cases, stating that the government and advocacy for which supposed­ of Mrs. Yates. If we had the free, did not produce evidence against ly she is on trial," the statement: opportunity, it was our intention them beyond that of membership from Mrs. Yates and her three to fill in vital portions of that or leadership in the Communist co-defendants, William Schneider­ outline. But under the circum­ Party, membership in which or­ man, Loretta Starvus Stack and) stances, we do not propose to sub­ ganization the Justice Department Frank Carlson said. ject any more prospective wit­ says is no crime. WEIRTON WORKERS GET VACATION CHECKS—Members of an nesses to the vindictive vengeance independent steelworkers’ union leave the Weirton Steel Co. in West ‘fThe prosecution could, not The four, including Mrs. Yates, Virginia, waving pay and vacation checks. The union recently signed) meet the issues as she presented of the prosecution. said they were equally convinced “Gone Whole Hog” an agreement with the company providing a 25-cent hourly raise. them, nor shake her testimony. that charges against them were (Federated Pictures) Hence, the prosecution resorted “It was inevitable that a trial unsubstantiated, but that they to the sordid expedient of seek­ of books and ideas, of what peo­ would present their defense to re­ ing to imprison her for contempt ple think and' teach, would take fute lies and slanders against them by posing the alternatives—in­ on the full trappings of an in­ and the Communist Party. Over 1,000 In ILWU Retire On $100 Monthly form on others or go to jail. quisition. The Justice. Depart­ ment and Attorney General James SAN FRANCISCO (FP)—A total Members are eligible for retire­ “The prosecution well knew that P. McGranery have now. gone the of 1,125 longshoremen, ships clerks, ment at 65, with 25 years exper­ she would choose the same alter­ whole hog.” walking bosses and other mem­ ience- on the waterfront. Retire­ native as any American with cour­ A-BOMB AND THE ment at 68 witfh^25^years, is man­ In replying to Judge Mathes’ bers of the International Long­ age and integrity would,” the state­ comment that Mrs. Yates chose datory^ At the end of 10 years. ment continued. martyrdom, the defendants said! HUMANE SOCIETIES shoremen’s & Warehousemen’s 20 per cent ourthe entire dock Refuses "To Finger Others that was not her choice and that Union retired July 1 and drew working force on the Pacific Coast “Speaking of the bomb, the will be retired unde^/the plan. Mrs. Yates, state organizational she had made the simple choice humane societies are about to their first monthly checks of $100, secretary of the Communist Party of refusing to become an informer. which will be supplemented by so­ The retiring old-i(imers are ^eing win their point. Remember the honored with uhion banquets, of California, had for nine days of History, they said, bears out early days on Bikini when goats cial security benefits of from $60 direct examination by defense at­ the fact that martyrs do not call to $80. where they are bemg-^jr^ented and pigs were the guinea pigs? with gold life membership cards torneys, openly testified as to her forth inquisitions, but .inquisi­ “But now the headlines read: In addition to the payments, understanding of the meaning of tions create martyrs. and pins, souvenir booklets and ‘GIs and Pigs In Atom Test the retiring dockers also receive special scrolls. Marxist-Leninist principles and “The prosecutors might relish Foxholes.’ life insurance and lifetime health about her understanding of the the role of inquisitors. We do “If this progress continues, care for themselves and- their program and platform of the Com­ not choose to supply them with dependents. Retirement was If you work for a living, almost ‘martyrs,’ ” the , statement con­ they may be able to substitute munist Party but, under cross- civilians for the pigs as they under the pension plan nego­ one-third of your'working day goes examination by the government, tinued. have soldiers for the goats.’’ tiated last year by the ILWU to pay taxes, according to “Some refused to inform on others be­ “The latest turn of events in —J. L. in UE News. and the Pacific Maritime Asso­ Hidden Aspects of the T^x Sys­ sides her three co-defendants who the trial should serve to point up ciation which pays 15 cents per tem,’’ by Union Research and In­ were to take the witness stand. its true meaning. What began man hour to finance it. formation Service. .

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARGUE: /Hrs. Yates Will Not Point Finger From Witness Stand BEN MARGOLIS (Attorney for Defense) : “Here circumstances your Honor ought to say to the gov­ and the book by Mr. Justice Douglas called “The we have this situation, it seems to me, your Honor: ernment: You can probe about everything she has Black Silence of Fear” and a whole host of books This Witness testified basically, outside of two or done, go the full limit on those things. She is cer­ which we want to call to your Honor’s attention ,. . three specific instances, to questions of her under­ tainly willing to do this. This is not a person who, Certainly, it can be said that atmosphere is sucli ... standing, her analysis, her opinions with respect to by any appearance, is trying to protect herself.” that one whose name appears publicly as identi­ issues which were presented in this case, her under­ fied as a Communist may reasonably expect serious standing with respect to the meaning of these docu­ WILLIAM SCHNEIDERMAN, a defendant and hardships to befall him ... to be indicted1 as one ments. And in sb testifying, your Honor, she of Secretary of the Communist Party of California of the 3,000 which Mr. J. Edgar Hoover said the course, opened up everything that does go to her (Acting as his own attorney): “. . . The defendant Department of Justice had on a list for possible understanding, and' that really has value, that really who is on the stand is a person of strong principles. indictment . . . the loss of job. has testimonial value, that really would give weight, “Now, it does not matter whether one agrees or “And ... if a human being who is a defendant could help the government’s case with respect to disagrees with those principles. But here we have in entire good faith, and I think that appears so her understanding of these matters . . . Certainly a case where a person has not gone on the stand far as this defendant is concerned, respectfully asks ... to go into the! question of getting names for with any intent to show any defiance ... to the to be excused from pointing) a finger against per­ names’ sake, rather than to get to her understand­ court; who has searched her conscience to see sons with respect, to whom she feels a, serious harm ing, where it does not appear that the drawing out whether she is abiding by the principles to which may come ... I know your Honor will approach of this testimony from this witness is going to affect she has given her life. the matter with a certain amount of respect for az her understanding, is going to really help the gov­ "Now I submit, your Honor . . . that the issues human being that is willing to pay the price for ernment no matter what kind of an answer the can be tried fully by the asking of proper questions a principle.” government gets with respect to this, it seems to me which show the intent of each defendant who goes MARGOLIS: "The government gains nothing that the value of that cross-examination is very on the stand; and that the government is simply except a contempt proceeding. They” gain nothing limited. trying to idrag in prejudicial questions by constantly except having T£rs. Yates go to jail on account of “And for a witness who sits up there on the asking questions of names when, they know by the this, if your Honor should go along with it. They stand in a situation such as this, where she is will­ evidence already given here that it is utterly ab­ gain nothing but the bias and the impression that ing to tell everything about herself, everything horrent to a Communist, and certainly to these de­ will result from that. Those are things which I about her intent, who does not want to be respon­ fendants, to be placed in the role of an ififormer." tliihH they are not entitled to gain, your Honor.” sible, your Honor, where she in her heart knows A. L. WlKlN (Attorney for the Defense): “On a (In spite pf .these vigorous defense arguments, that these people have not done anything wrbng number of occasions, I had thought that a con­ the Court ordered Mrs. Yates held for contempt.) or. believes that they have not done anything wrong, siderable time which I took of this court from this JUDGE WILLIAM C. MATHES: “It is the judg­ where she in her heart knows that there is a real lectern in attempting to paint before you Honor ment of the court, Oleta O’Connor Yates, as to each danger that by her sitting there and saving her skin a picture, a true picture'of the nature of the pres­ contempt of which you have been found guilty, that she( is going to destroy perhaps some figure . . .it. sures . . . against persons who entertain Commu­ you be committed to the custody of the Marshal to seems to me . . . that the discretion of the court nist beliefs. Your Honor will recall a long time be by him imprisoned in a jail type institution un­ ought to take into consideration the situation and ago, in the early part of .this case, I called your til you have purged yourself of your contempt by • permit our defense to be put on without requiring Honor’s attention to the abundant literature by answering the questions ordered . . . This judg­ the giving of these names. outstanding Americans as to the.tide of public opin­ ment is imposed separately and independently as’ “And I thnk, your Honor, that under all of these ion, the book by Mr. Biddle, “Freedom From Fear," to each question you refused to answer.” Page Four THE HONOLULU RECORD July 10, 1952

CONVERSATION IN My Thoughts? KYOTO, JAPAN... “What is the average wage in Japan?” 1-asked my boys in Ha­ waii Ryo. “250 yen a day,” came the unhesitating and certain re­ For Which I Stand indicted ply. “It can’t be,” I said, "be­ XLIV. dered. and evidently the Yenan officials wondered too, how OSS cause that is only 70 cents in would go about its attempt to install a radio network in Red American money." China. The OSS was tied up in Chungking with the so-called ges- “That’s right,” they said, “and Americans Captured and Heid By Yenan tapo outfit of General Tai Li and Yenan was highly suspicious of if you multiply 250 by 7 you get Today, military strategy, planning and considerations have OSS operations. 1,750 per week. Multiply that by replaced the give-and-take diplomacy in our foreign policy. And 4 and you get 7,000—the usual The twenty tons of radio equipment was finally stored away wage in Japan.” far from our shores, U. S. military units ■are stationed to carry out hi Yenan’s hillside caves. But before all of it arrived, OSS officers policy in hot and explosive spots in the world. began negotiations. Previously, during the honeymoon period, ten­ And then I recalled a conver­ Perhaps one of the earliest posts of this kind maintained by tative discussions had taken place about OSS operations in North sation I had while visiting with the U. S. since the outbreak of the Pacific war was the U. S. China, but after Hurley’s failure in mediation, the situation had some friends. “What kind of Army Observer Section in Yenan, North Chin! , to which I was changed. breakfast do you like, American assigned from late 1944 through 1945. When it was sent into the or Japanese?” I replied: "I like> liberated and guerrilla areas under Chinese Yenan wanted assurance that no Tai Li agents would be my coffee and toast for breakfast.” Communist leadership, the perspective of U. S. brought in to work as interpreters or agents for OSS communica­ “Do you see butter on your leaders was to cooperate with Yenan’s forces tions teams. Furthermore, Yenan rejected piecemeal cooperation toast?” I was asked. I answered in defeating the Japanese militarists as quick­ of this sort where the communication network might serve as an affirmatively. ly as possible. espionage and intelligence network for the Kuomintang, to be “What does butter taste like?" capitalized on in the event of a civil war. the lady asked. Butter costs 450 Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand, was yen per pound or nearly two days’ interested in preserving Iris forces for a civil Pressure Brought To Bear On Yenan wages. No wonder the lady had war which his time-table apparently charted never tasted butter. This, in a to follow Japanese surrender. Chiang suc­ OSS negotiators said that after the war Yenan could have the cessfully blocked U. S.-Yenan cooperation on radio network. This seemed to be inadequate assurance for Yenan nutshell, is Japan’s problem. How a broad scale in the anti-Japanese war. In the and its officials insisted that all this be made part of an overall can we help better Japan’s eco­ policy talk on a high level. nomic status? This is the task we meantime, his troops, a great bulk of them, face!”—The Rev. Mineo Katagiri, were grouped far in the rear and they re­ Negotiations dragged and OSS agents brought strong pressure who is on leave from his church ceived U. S. equipment and training. Koji Ariyoshi to bear on the Chinese through Yenan’s liaison officers. And as in Maui, writing in the Valley Isle After Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley failed the situation became more hopeless for the OSS agents, they en­ Chronicle, June 12, 1952. in mediating between Chungking and Yenan, our Yenan observer gaged in arguments day in and day out in the caves with the liai­ post became a hot spot. High U. S. officers felt that it should not son officers. Toward evening and at night, with a few drinks be pulled out, for this might indicate that we were completely be­ under their belts, the OSS officers would begin sounding off. We hind Chiang in his domestic policies. Some officers of our mission could hear their loud voices all over our compound. Streetcar Fares Rise; felt that if we pulled out, Chiang might attack Yenan territory on The OSS agents charged the Communists with sabotaging the a big scale and start a civil war before Japanese defeat. • American war effort. They threatened the liaison officers that S. F. Passengers Quit Caught In the Crossfire, OSS guerrillas would fight their way into Yenan’s liberated and “A preliminary survey shows Our Mission Became Demoralized guerrilla areas to establish a radio network. that the municipal railway has "You can’t do that to us” a liaison officer was heard saying so far lost about 15 per cent of So the overall character of our mission changed. We sensed one night. the passengers it carried before strongly that we were not welcome in Yenan, for Ambassador “The hell we can’t,” said a U. S. officer. the new 15-cent fare_went-into Hurley had sided with Chiang when it was Chiang who had refused effect June 1, and 'automobile, to negotiate for peaceful settlement of internal Chinese issues. “We’re allies. We’ve got to fight the Japanese enemies,” the Chinese said. traffic downtown has^one up) We were military men, not diplomatic personnel, and were un­ about 20 per cent, the polic^ able to cope with responsibilities that required understanding of OSS Boasted About Its French Guerrillas department reported yesterday/’ politics. And our mission, caught in the crossfire, practically An OSS officer asked the Chinese if they knew how tough the —San Francisco Chronicle, deteriorated from demoralization as Yenan and Ambassador Hur­ French resistance force was. The OSS officer spoke of the June 7, 1952 / ley blasted each other in public statements. Some of our officers Maquis who helped the Americans when they landed in Western took to drinking and from morning till night they downed stagger­ Europe. ing portions of the potent Tiger Bone wine. While they had said HONOLULU RECORD , They are already in French Indo-China, giant-like, tough and Published .Every Thursday the Yenan administration was a lot better than Chiang’s regime with faces covered with beards, the OSS officer explained. Re­ in Chungking only a short while before Hurley had about faced, cruited from the French underground, they were imbued with the by they now began needling Chinese Communist liaison officers and dare-to-die spirit. One demolition team of four such OSS men, Honolulu Record Publishing criticism of Yenan became their pastime. loaded down with mortar, machinegun and light automatic pieces Company, Ltd. We Packed Our Bags, Ready To Leave could out-fight a company or even a battalion of Communist-led 811 Sheridan St., Honolulu 14, T. H. Our commanding officer was a teetotaler but he, in his own guerrillas. Entered as second-class matter way, went around to the enlisted men and officers to criticize the Such a team would be dropped in North China if Yenan would May 10, 1949, at the Post Oliiee at Yenan government. He became bitter* because the situation got not allow OSS to put in a radio network, they threatened. Honolulu, Hawaii, under tho Act of to the point where he felt he himself, was inadequate to deal with On a Dark Night a Team Is Dropped March 3, 1879. problems that required higher-level discussions. Quite a few Americans packed their bags, ready to leave Then one dark night an American aircraft took off from Sian, Yenan at a moment’s notice—either by orders to pull 'out from frontier bastion of Chiang Kai-shek facing Communist China, andj General Albert Wedemeyer’s headquarters or by request to leave winged its way northward. Then, behind Japanese- lines and over Remember With Flowers! from Yenan’s officials. In the meantime, we carried on our duties. Yenan’s guerrilla bash near Peking, four OSS agents parachuted to earth. Mao and Yeh Make Yenan’s Position Clear Following this, for about two weeks, not knowing about the KODANI FLORIST Then one day Mao Tse-tung invited two officers, who were not air drop, the OSS officers in Yenan kept pressuring the Chinese 307 Keawe Street among those who drank and needled the liaison officers, to his of­ to give the cloak-and-dagger outfit permission to establish a radio fice. Mao told the officers that Yenan would" cooperate with us network. The OSS might have to use the French guerrillas, the Phone 5353 HILO, HAWAII in our military assignments and stressed that if the observer mis­ OSS officers threatened, indicating that force is one language sion faced any obstacles, he would welcome the opportunity to dis­ which Yenan might understand. cuss the problems with members of our mission. He replied, in One morning a. liaison officer told me that Yenan’s people’s answering a query, that Yenan would not ask us to leave. The militia had captured an OSS demolition team. When? I asked. Police Testing Station No. 37 officers returned and reported this to our commanding officer— More than a week ago, he replied. He said there were four Ameri­ General Auto Repairing who had noticeably been bypassed. cans and one Chinese, who admitted after interrogation, that he Our mission worked through the office of General Yeh Chien- was a Tai Li agent. J. K. Wong Garage ying, chief of staff of the Communist-lead armies. One day Gen­ I rushed to our commanding officer and discussed the matter 55 N. KUKUI STREET eral Yeh sent me a message, asking me to his headquarters at the with him. Then I informed the OSS officers about their captured foot of a hill across the river from us. He asked me to inform the team which had been apprehended by armed peasants. Evidently Phone 57168 other members of our mission and General Wedemeyer’s head­ no shots had been fired and no one was injured. quarters that Yenan would cooperate with us in the war against) Japanese militarism, even if our goyemment’s policy exclusively We Wanted To Avoid Confusion, and Misunderstanding backed the Kuomintang. He said also that it was not necessary I immediately radioed our psychological warfare headquarters GREGORY H. IKEDA for our mission to observe their government areas and military in Chungking to stop dropping leaflets in North China, asking the! forces since overall cooperation between the U. S. and Yenan had Chinese to rescue downed American airmen, until this mess had ALL LINES OF INSURANCE been ruled out. been straightened out. If OSS continued to drop its teams, re­ Room 14, (Upstairs) I was also told that Yenan would no longer recognize our mis­ garded as hostile by the guerrillas, and we dropped our rescue ap­ sion officially as a liaison and observer outpost of U. S. Army China peal, confusion would result. We might even be accused of bad 1507 Kapiolani Blvd. Theater Headquarters. Our commanding officer, I was informed, faith. And legitimately downed pilots might suffer by being held would not be recognized by Yenan. If we desired to carry on our as prisoners. Res. Phone 913692 work in Yenan we would have to deal with its officials and agencies Following this incident, the OSS pulled out of Yenan. As far* ' Bus. Ph. 992806 or 992886 directly, and not through our commanding officer. I returned to as I know, General Wedemeyer’s headquarters did not protest the our headquarters and informed our commanding officer of what capture of the OSS men, who were held in custody by the Chinese1 General Yeh had said. until the war against Japan ended. The commanding officer told me that only- General Wede- Shortly after this, civil war broke out south of Yenan and meyer or a high-ranking officer representing him could smooth out since Yenan charged that Chiang’s forces were using U. S. equip­ Francis Appliance relations with Yenan. He said we had hit an impasse. ment against its people, American investigating officers were sent there by General Wedemeyer from Chungking and Yenan. My & Repair Shop OSS Charged Yenan Atmosphere With Suspense / commanding officer and I started out from Yenan with a radio Repair All Makes of While all this went on, all of us watched with great interest, team, and in the end I made the tour myself since the colonel fell REFRIGERATORS and the shipment by air of 20 tons of radio equipment into Yenan by off his horse and was injured. KOJI ARIYOSHI WASHING MACHINES the OSS. The atmosphere was heavy with suspense as we- won­ (To Be Continued) Ph.: Bus. 56873, Res. 522055 550 SOUTHST., Honolulu July 10, 1952 THE HONOLULU RECORD Page Five Germ Warfare, Spies, Sabotage In Hawaii Make “Jim McLain” Movie Plot By EDWARD ROHRBOUGH except the International Long­ a patron of the bar at the Royal shoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Hawaiian tell him: “Twenty years Numerous and sundry "friendly” Union, by far the largest in the is­ I been hauling Honolulu’s garbage witnesses headed by Ichiro Izuka, lands? out to sea.” Investigator McLain Richard Kageyama and Jack Ka­ manages to get himself into a wano have told all they allege Is it any wonder that Mayor to know about the Commu- - John H. Wilson commented: “If love affair with the secretary of I were a congressman and saw a Dr. Gelster, one of the principal nist Party movement in Hawaii. villains, and gets himself shot on In all those reams of testimony, it, I wouldn’t vote for state­ hood”? Or that Samuel W. enough surfboards and catamarans there has never been a hint that to satisfy the Hawaii Visitors, Bu­ any form of espionage, sabotage King, chairman of the state­ hood commission, expressed dis­ reau, and then the libel begins or force and violence of any kind in earnest. occurred or was even contemplated. pleasure with it? Or that Gov. Long was “concerned”? Or that Hollywood’s Germ Warfare Apparently, because of the stir Dr. H. I. Kurisaki, prominent The NKVD man awaits the de­ the House unAmerican Committee right wing Democrat, carried on li very of Namaka’s trunk by two made here and because of the tie- a campaign against it? local Communists, in a laboratory up with Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was Supporters of “Big Jim McLain” of a looiiyrsounding scientist who chosen as the locale for this new is infecting rats wifA bubonic INDICT TIPSTER IN, LATTIMORE CASE—Harry A. Jarvinen, second hysteria-thriller. have said it doesn’t hurt anybody from left, was indicted by a Federal grand jury in Seattle and charged but the Communists. Let’s see plague germs and germs of other with falsely Upping off the State Department that Far Eastern expert “Big Jim McLain,” according if that’s true—from the script. diseases which “will cause a great furor among the health agencies Owen Lattimbre was planning to visit Russia. As a result of the travel to the script John Wayne left Shot 1 is from a session of the agency employe’s “tip,” the State Department barred Lattimore from in Honolulu, finds Communists . . . but of course, they do have unAmerican committee where a the serums.” leaving the country. It later admitted the tip was phony, but did not who are out to sabotage naval witness is refusing to testify, withdraw ban against Lattimore. Shown with Jarvinen are his attorney operations, who breed rats to standing on his constitutional Indicating another rodent, and his wife. (Federated Pictures) spread bubonic plague and “oth­ rights, citing the Fifth Amend­ the scientist says: “But this one er and simpler contagious mala­ ment. Big Jim McLain himself, I doubt if any serum will be of dies,” who entertain a “real steps in quickly with a commen­ avail . . . Strain 194. It has a. Kremlin big shot” of the NKVD, tary on how his 11 months of resemblance, to malaria but it who murder an investigator cas­ snooping had been wasted be­ is not malaria.” —= Maui Notes - ually, and who include persons cause his witnesses “all walk out There’s Hollywood’s germ war­ By EDDIE UJIMORI and staff member, Miss Rachel of all walks of life, even a Big free.” fare. Five executive. Murder In Chinatown The public auction held by the Saiki, will be on Maui July 11 and (They tell you, remember, that The next important thing that agriculture and forestry depart­ 12. They can be contacted through Of course, pt’s all “just a story,” those committee hearings are happens is the murder of Investi­ ment at Naska attracted people your Maui correspondent. but it has more to give it a back­ not courts and! that you’re sup­ gator McLain’s partner after what who wanted to bid for a particu­ ★ ★ ground of authenticity than any posed to walk out free whether seems a surprising lack of liaison ' lar firearm, which has quite a of the anti-Japanese pictures that you answer or not.) between the two men. He is black­ reputation. The rifle was sup­ A VETERAN political observer served a similar purpose before Shot 185, at the very end of jacked in a dark hallway “any­ posed to have been put up for sale and a candidate-to-be for the first World War H. time in the coming elections, pro­ the picture, shows the committee where on the Chinatown water­ along with- other confiscated fire­ Backed By Officials room again, this time with one of front . . . W^arerisppotite a fish; arms, but it was not auctioned. poses that no elected officer to a the Hawaiian “suspects” refusing public position should occupy ths Big Jim McLain is an investi­ market with ^lodging Mouse up- It is reported that the firearm, gator for the unAmerican Activities to testify on the same grounds— stairs.” n ) was sold to a private party-prior same office for more than two the Fifth Amendment. terms in succession.J He said this Committee of the U. S. Congress; From then on, it’s hard to say to the auction. It is also said the there is. the wholehearted co­ Directions read: “He remains on who’s the lead, John/Wayne or buyer has friends in the depart­ wpuld bring new blood into politics, in time would help train more cap­ operation of U. S. Navy personnel, the scene, insolently looking at the Chief Dan Liu.("Local offenders . ment. and, of course, that of Chief of audience.” who know Dan T>iu best will be ★ ★ able and honest politicians to choose from and it would mini­ ■ Police Dan Liu, who has a high Constitution Target? surprised to see hinbseryjng cof­ IF THE police officers had the mize graft and corruption because personal role that excels that of Is the enemy the Communists fee out of his own percolator1 to> same vinegar and pepper for po­ these evils generally require time some of the Hollywood profes­ or the Fifth Amendment to the. two men picked up on an ad­ litical action to better their wel- and effort and an entrenched po­ sionals. Additionally, it has the Constitution of the United States? mittedly phony charge of sus­ . fare as they have in shoving the litical machine. Furthermore, it participation of other local fig­ You may not have known, it, picion so an illegal search can police ball tickets in the faces would stymie the efforts of the) ures such as Art Rutledge, cast but you have it from John Wayne, be made of their belongings. It of automobile drivers they would! big boys to buy out and win over as a union leader, and Red Mc­ in “AERIAL VIEW HONOLULU would be. interesting to circulate get somewhere in improving their politicians who get into offices by Queen as a newspaperman. (STOCK)’’ when he gives you the the mid-town area to find out ..status on a more permanent basis. rank and file vote. Before they Nor is there much"difficulty in commentary that “The Commies how many arrested persons have This is a wide consensus of opin­ could get enough out of oppor­ ■discovering the anti-TLWTT char­ have gone all out for years to been served coffee by Dan Liu or ion among drivers who have been tunist politicians, after buttering acter of the picture. In Shot 32, grab the Islands ... a couple of Roger Marcotte. stopped on highways. Some who them up and stuffing their pockets, Art Rutledge says: “Almost every years ago they made a fair stab But the big stuff comes at the can ill afford .to buy tickets, have the office-holders would be out of union in the islands is represented at it.” end for Dan Liu. His men solve been inconvenienced, some havef their privileged positions. (in an anti-Communist meeting) You may not have known it— the murder case quickly and in­ been embarrassed and some even What do you, think? and we will be glad to help as we but a lot of U. S. senators will sist on swooping down on a Com­ intimidated into buying tickets, can.” when this little opus is released. munist Party meeting . at Hanau- after being warned that they were One of the first things Jim Mc­ ma Bay, But the chief courteous­ speeding. ONE REPUBLICAN official who Sometime later, Shot 183 oc­ Lain and his partner investigator, ly lets Jim ’McLain make the real One driver said: “When those is quite well known on Maui was curs at the “International Union Mal Baxter do upon arriving, is pinch—a thing an unAmerican cops stopped me oh the road, I asked by the RECORD what he House” after a union leader has to go out to see the; sunken Ari-’ Investigator has no more right wondered what I had done, but thought about Gov. Oren E. Long’s been arrested. Is there any “In­ zona, Shots 27 to 31, because Mal’s doing than you or I. Jim has to when they told me to buy tickets re-appointment of E. Stanley E1-' ternational” union in these islands brother was on her. Nothing is beg a little, but Dan Liu and the! to the police ball, I was really burnt more as school commissioner for said about sabotage because old! naval officer give in fairly easily. up and I didn’t buy any.” Maui County and the appointment prentice took samples of the ques­ rumors of sabotage have been of­ Beat-Up1 Is Big Scene Some taxpayers are asking if of Albert Rego as Maui member tions back to his shop and asked ficially disclaimed—but sabotage The big scene, just like the one the bright and bold idea of stop­ of the advisory boardVof the De­ the supervisors and journeymen is an important subject in this in which “Japanese spies” were ping cars on public highways to partment of Institutions without what they thought of them. They picture. arrested in the World War II pic­ press dance tickets on car drivers precinct club, county committee only laughed, saying they, them­ Stevedore Called Saboteur ture, comes when the arrest is originated with Acting Chief of and Territorial Central Committee) selves, couldn’t answer the ques­ In Shot 33, for instance, a long­ made and the cops beat up Cie Police Andrew Freitas, or with the (Democratic) endorsement. tions. ; shoreman is being turned away "Commies.” As in “Little Tokyo, cops themselves, whose badges and by a foreman who says: “I won’t U. S. A„” the victims bring it on. This Republican said: “You ★ ★ uniforms can be used for high- have ta be a member of the Ro­ even say yeu’re a Commie. I say themselves by their own insolence. pressuring drivers. tary or Ki warn's clubs, then you’ll QUITE A FEW “so-called Demo­ you loose-loaded a sling a couple Threat Is True To Life get appointed by the governor. I’ve< crats” are reported to be unhap­ of months ago and a load, of radab The most realistic scene in the script and probably the first to THE RECORD will be four years seen that sometimes the governor py over rumors circulating that equipment was smashed.” is invited to some of the parties rank and file voters would pass There follows a scene in which be knocked out back in Hollywood, old August 7. This is quite a is one taken at the International record for an independent news­ and deals are made to appoint so them by. The RECORD asked a the foreman calls the police to and so to a certain Territorial few rank and filers, why vote for put the accused longshoreman off Samaritan Home where Mai Bax­ paper -in Hawaii and it shows ter finds Namaka and starts to that the people appreciate its Commission.” Then he added: a Republican when you are a the docks, saying: “If I belt You, "You, too, better join the Repub­ Democrat? Some replied that in you could sue toe company.” make a call to the police. hard-hitting reporting and edi­ a Republican, you know what you In shot 92A, Redd, owner of the torial comments, done in a fear­ lican Party and also join up with Bill Namaka is the subject of the Rotary or Kiwanis ■ club.” are getting and you can criticize an intensive search by the un- sanitarium, says: “Hey, Jack, we’d less manner. It doesn’t survive him by name. But it isn’t always American investigators (who carry just as soon not have any trouble. like other papers on big business so with Democrats. It doesn’t) guns and act more like cops than We’re in business, you know.” ads, but through -the support of THE APPRENTICES at the look: so good to criticize a Demo­ Mal: “Want to stay in busi­ its subscribers. they ever admit they do in real So-let’s support the anniversary HC&S Co. tractor and blacksmith cratic candidate, even if he is a life). Namak.i is desbribed in ness?” shops were finally given examina­ Republican in a. Democratic uni­ Shot 160 by ai? officer of naval Redd: “Yes, sir.” issue with ads and help make it tions two weeks ago which took Mal: “Cooperate.” bigger and better. form. • intelligence this way: “Namaka from 8 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. There Others say that the "so-called was mixed up in a sabotage deal But don’t be surprised if the were five apprentices from the Democrats” seek personal gains . . . naval vessel . . . one of thd finished product turns out a lot ALTHOUGH Supervisor Shigeru tractor shop and one from the members of the crew was a boy­ worse than the script John Wayne Miura CD) has not yet taken out and they are -not interested in the handed out here—with careful blacksmith shop. The consensus welfare of all the people, the la­ hood friend of Namaka’s. They’d nomination papers for the senate, of opinion among the apprentices sworn brotherhood in the temple. instructions about |who got to the RECORD was . told by Dr. was that the set of exams should borers, farmers and small business^__ read it. When they get through meh. We have placed the sabotage inci­ Miura that he is definitely run­ have been given to engineers dent as to time and place and, shooting the final scenes, op­ ning for the senate this coming who have degrees for their re­ Democratic office seekers, well, we’re working.” ponents of Hawaiian statehood election. spective jobs. There were be-' steeped in the tradition of Jeffer­ So is Investigator'McLain, who may be a lot happier—even though ★ + tween 15 and 20 different sets of son, Jackson and F„ D. Roosevelt, knocks around the “rooming house some of Dan Liu’s speeches wind RECORD Editor Koji Ariyoshi examination questions. One ap- are few, these voters say. district, Merchant St.,” and has up on the cutting room floor. Page Six THE HONOLULU RECORD July 10, 1952

THE GENEROUS offer of an which repotted how he came here Australian to finance the training in 1923 after being discharged of life guards hgre inspired an from the army. “Pete” was real­ interesting- suggestion from a local ly here first in 1915 when he was man. Why not, he asks, use the still in the army, and he says the offer as a means of employment old-timers from plantations at and rehabilitation for young men Waipahu and Waialua remember now serving jail sentences at Iwi- him from weekend leaves when SPORTS TID-BITS FROM HERE AND THERE lei, or even at Oahu Prison? There he used to get his impressions of Two of the men swimmers from Hawaii who made the Olympic will be many, he feels, who may plantation life first-hand. He swimming team, Yoshi Oyakawa from Hilo and Bill Woolsey from fall into a life of illegality after thinks they'll remember, too, in Honolulu, were given only outside chances of making the grade a year their release because they will the fall primary when they see ago. However, Oyakawa hit his stride in the Collegiate championships have difficulty getting employ­ his name on the ballot as candi­ and has kept on improving until his recent time of 1:05.7 for the 100- ment. Why not train them in an date for delegate to Congress. meter backstroke tabs him as great. Very few ever expected to see occupation where personnel is ★ ★ the Hilo lad come anywhere near the times recorded by the great presently lacking? Adolph Kiefer, who for years reigned as the best bacikstroker ever1 JOHN K. AKAU, JR., puzzled developed in the U. S. YoShi beat both Jack Taylor and Allen Stack, And for that matter, he says, his colleagues on the Democratic why can't they work as life guards both rated as potential Olympic champions in the backstroke. He County Committee when he sug­ now stands a good chance, along with Dick Cleveland and Ford Konno, now—those who are qualified? If gested at last Thursday’s non­ they can be employed cleaning up quorum meeting that perhaps he of winning a blue ribboiX for Uncle Sam at Helsinki. ithe parks, he says, it looks as if ought to resign from the chair­ The rapid progress of Bill Woolsey from a high school swimmer they might also be employed main­ manship. They're still wondering to a member of the Olympic squad on the 1,500-meter team has raised taining safety of the public at the about his motive. His expression his stock sky-high. While he may not place at Helsinki, the experience beaches. It’s a proposal that that he felt he might not be want­ he will gain as a team member will make him the outstanding would surely require careful con­ ed might be construed as a back- WINNER BY ONE—Sen. Pat Mc- potential champion in the U. S. today. sideration, but some advantages handed confession that he was Carran (D., Nev.) triumphantly ONE OF THE BEST boxing sessions, without managers, seconds, are immediately ■ apparent. not elected by a representative holds up one finger to show his or the official sanction of the boxing commission was a one-rounder ★ ★ group. Or it might have been an margin of victory in final adop­ tion of the McCarran-Walter im­ between Richard Silva and Rend Abellira on Bethel Street. The few BEEF RAISED in the islands, invitation for a vote of confidence who saw the "session” claim that it was too bad that more people a meat inspector tells us, does not —which was unaccepted if, indeed, migration and naturalization law. didn’t have a chance, to see these two in action. There were no ad­ have the same content of proteins it was such an invitation. Ort Only one more vote was needed in the Senate to sustain President mission charges or taxes to figure because the two fought as amateurs. that Mainland beef does. It's be­ maybe it was neither of those Reno had the edge in weight and-with thiX advantage, he carried the cause there’s no substitute for but a move to clear a path for Truman’s veto of the measure de­ nounced by labor opponents as one fight. It was terminated by people with sharply-clashing opinions corn as food, the inspector says, someone else. as to the propriety of fisticuffs without proper sandtion. Sharpies on and local ranchers prefer to fatten of the worst ever passed by Con­ gress. (Federated Pictures) Bethel Street figure if thia sort of amateurism continues, Ralph Yem- their beef on less expensive feed EMMETT LEONG, local mid_- puku and Sad Sam Ichinose will havd to put on better fights to com­ —which may add to the bulk, but town figure whom narcotics- offi­ pete with the “real McCoy.” not the quality. cers have given credit for the ★ ★ success of their sweeping raid of Rutledge Plans Trip THE FORT SHAFTER golf course has mimeographed sheets re­ six months ago, is reported to garding “slow players” and what players can do to speed up play foil LEGAL ADVICE sometimes is the betterment of the game. The controversy over Dr. Cary Middle­ among the services rendered by have disappeared and to be the To Mainland; May Go object of a search by the police, coff and his “slowness” was a hot item for golf fai5s?~We!d-Jike a bat­ the “wrecking squad” to those it tle of nerves between pro Middlecoff and Henry: “Honey”\Sato, of takes into custody. Officers Roger though reasons for the search are To Demo Convention not generally known. In recent Auditor Leonard Fong’s office. The local fans say that Sato has Marcotte and A; Mori are reported Arthur A. Rutledge, leader of a better than even chance to beat Middlecoff in time consumed play-i to have taken a couple of their trials, officers testified that Leong helped Officer Joe Carvalho make AFL teamsters and independent ing 18 holes. The only reason that “Honey” doesn’t carry-m- sextant,, arrestees aside in a raid a couple narcotics purchases to provide evi­ unions, will leave for the Mainland surveyor’s plumb, engineer’s sight, wind gauge and fa metal tdpe • is. of weeks ago to encourage them to dence for the big raid later. about July 20 and will spend about because of some kind of regulation that the Golf Asseqiation lias re­ forfeit bail. The suggestion was a month and a half attending garding the use of clubs and other equipment. declined and the case hasn’t been union conventions. He may at­ tried yet, so there’s no way of tend the National Democratic con­ “DISTANT DRUMS,” now making the rounds of the neighborhood) telling yet whether the kindness Campos Recognizes vention in Chicago as an observer, theaters, features Gary Cooper and technicolor. This movie is a-story of the cops was motivated by solici­ he said. of the Seminole Indians driven into the Everglades of Florida and tude for their interviewees or by Union; Two of Four The Western Conference of Ithe attempt of the government to “pacify” them. This is an old/ their lack of confidence in the evi­ Teamsters will be held in Seattle, “cowboy and Indian” opus with very little sympathetic treatment of dence they had. Time will tell. Big Dairies Organized Wash., on July 29. After attend­ why the Seminoles were making their last stand. This Gary Cooper ★ * ing the meetings there, Mr. Rut­ extravaganza doesn’t compare with the popular “Broken Arrow” which With the Campos Dairy Prod­ ledge said he may travel to St. gives an adult - treatment to the problems of the American- Indian. ROBERT BELT of the Terri­ ucts, Ltd., recognizing the AFL Louis, Mo., to observe Local 688, “Distant Drums” is hot stuff for the small fry . and papa and mama torial department of public works Teamsters’ ' Union as bargaining AFL Teamsters, which operates who don’t give a hoot about historical accuracy or whether the Indians has requested of the Hawaiian agent for its employes, two of the much in the'same manner as his are portrayed as;'a bunch of “hootin’ and hollerin’ savages.” Homes Commission that Contractor four major milk distributors on teamsters’ union here. Local 688 J. M. Tanaka be allowed to collect Oahu are organized. was formerly a CIO outfit, he said. THE DECISION of the Territorial AJA Baseball League officials stone free of charge from HHC After a two-hour strike early If he visits St. Louis, he said he to hold next year’s championships at Waipahu will be welcome news land at Waimanalo. The stone is Monday morning the Campos dairy would take in the Chicago Demo­ to fans, in the rural area. We predict a full house if plans materialize to be used on a job near there and agreed -to recognize the union and, to have the important series in Waipahu town. commissioners are known to be to grant a union shop. Nineteen cratic convention and on his way favorably inclined to it, though to twenty employes come under back to Hawaii will attend the con­ WHAT HAIPPENED to the Farrington High School swimming vention of the California State pool project for which a successful carnival was held? the request may not have been the bargaining unit, according to Federation of Labor, AFL, at San­ formally answered yet. If not, Arthur Rutledge, president of Ha­ ta- Barbara on August 25, as rep­ THERE IS A definite move afoot to transfer the Territorial Fair here’s a suggestion: Why not grant waii Teamsters and Allied Work­ resentative of Local 5 here. Grounds to the direct supervision of the Board of Public Parks and the request with the stipulation ers, Local 996. Recreation. There are more reasons to havq the Ala Wai golf course . that Tanaka- give homsteaders a Dairymen’s and Campos dairy under the supervision of the, city than the Territorial Fair Grounds crack at removing the stone? are unionized and Provision Com­ Commission. The commission was originally set up for something ★ ★ pany, Ltd., which distributes Rico- Dean of Canterbury: other than the supervision and operation of a golf) course. To it has WOULD THIS be a clue as to milk, and Moanalua Dairy, Ltd., fallen the job of conducting a real fair, far removed from the coml- what the "Big Jim McLain” writ­ are the two not organized. Christianity, Socialism, mercialism of “fairs” as conducted nowadays, with the midway a major ers tbink of Hawaiians? In Shots attraction and more games requiring no degree of skill milking thd 40 through 43, where Big Jim is Communism for Peace money out of suckers who havo been lured there by new approaches courting Nancy Vallon, a series Tenn. Firm To Compete to 'the art of? "con.” of HVB shots carries the follow­ Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of ing directions: “Dissolve to—Jim With Universal Motors Canterbury, told an inter-denom­ THIS IS OUTSIDE the realm of sports, but we believe that house­ and Nancy—each, on surfboard— inational group in Peking recent­ hunting can be classified as a game requiring a great amount of sports­ facing each other with native In Sale of Fords Here ly that he would never forget the manship. For those who( are house-hunting, we recommend that, you throwing fish net in background. "spiritual, psychological and great file your application with the Honolulu Property Owners Association, Dissolve to—Jim and Nancy pull­ With three officials of a newly human beauties of the New China." the secretary being Roland Chun, who claims that there Is enough, ing on fish net line: with group franchised Ford dealer in Hono­ To representatives of the Epis­ housing for one and all in this fair city of ours. The Association alsd of natives.’’ lulu preparing to open for busi­ copalian Church, the Congrega­ claims that there are 3,600 housing units available, making it unneces­ ness here, Oahu will have two tional Church, the Church .of sary for the government to declare the Territory as critical. Wonder if they’d call the extras Christ in China, Methodist Church, in a California scene “natives”? Ford agencies and observers are Incidentally, the opinion of the Property Owners Association does wondering how the sales will be Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, not necessarily reflect the opinion of all the property owners and is split between the two. the Yenching School of Religion the opinion of the spokesman for only ..the 60 or more property owners JOSEPH “PETE” PETROWSKI Last year, on Oahu, 1,830 and the Friends Mission, he said: who are members of the Association, - Sr., says that there has been some Fords were sold. Chevrolet led in “There is something born into misunderstanding about when he the new car field with 4,012 and the world which can never be BEFORE WE GO OVERBOARD on the theory versus practical side first came to Hawaii, ever since Plymouth came third with 1,538 crushed. No tanks, no guns, no of physical education we remember with fondness a Filipino bootblack the RECORD’S vignette of him, sales. atom bombs, no germs can destroy by the name of Domingo who took care of us tykes at Aala Park play­ The Universal Motor Co., sole the thing that has been born into ground without any compensation for years. Domingo hardly spoke even Ford dealer until recently, peti­ this land.” He said the “great pidgin English but we understood him by the simple motion of his hands HELP WANTED! tioned the Ford company to main­ task” of the. 800 million people or his kind eyes. ' tain the status quo. from Peking to Prague “and of Tire actual director of the park was a Mrs. Oliviera but to us who Full-Time Help with chil­ Thenew company is Hull-Dobbs us in England and America is to took little truck with a wahine at that time, Domingo was the best guy dren and light housework. Co. of Tennessee. Its officials now prevent the spread of horrible war. in the neighborhood because of his interest in us kids. We don’t re­ Pleasant room and salary. in Honolulu are Herman Theroff, Socialism, communism, Christian­ member by what scores we won or lost many of the contests we had Days off Each Week. general manager; E. R. Brown, ity: all spell world peace. It is with other parks but we do remember Domingo of Aala Park. Some­ Phone 520114 business manager and’’Ken Moore, for peace that we build up cul­ times it isn’t the degree from some fancy college but a volunteer like sales manager. tural forces and education.” Domingo that keeps a park going. July 10, 1952 THE HONOLULU RECORD Page Seven Hall Tells Sugar Industry Negotiators "Resigned" Hours Cooke's Letter One of Willie Alford To After Interruption Many Protesting HHC Appeal Conviction "Can't Have Cake and Tat It Too" "Lottery" Ai Waimea (from page 1) "You can give us an entire loaf (from page 1) spokesman and vice president of of bread, half a loaf or none at With 16-Year Girl To 9th Fed. Court the Hawaii Employers Council, said all. But you can't take a single' (from page 1) veteran who has expressed some Grom page 1) he hoped management would then crumb away from us." in Marin Lane, just behind the surprise that veterans get no priority in the choices. no knowledge of his wife’s pros­ be able to discuss all matters now Mr. Maxwell refused to accept police station. titution, which occurred some­ on the bargaining table. the union's definition of the lan­ “Parker Ranch men seem to get As a result of that incident, any priority there is,” he said times on trips to outside islands. Plead Hardship guage in the written agreement. Young was indicted June 26 on a ruefully. Attorneys regarded it as note­ When the industry spokesman On discussion of working hours charge of sodomy against a juve­ The protest recalls efforts of worthy that Alford, offered a sus­ yesterday, Mr. Maxwell repeatedly took this position, Mr. Hall sug­ nile and is at present free on Comm' .sioner Norman McGuire to pended sentence by the prosecu­ argued that the companies could1 gested the industry charge the $1,000 bond. The charge carries, have the HHC continue to screen tion in return for a' plea of guilty, not adjust working hours because union with “refusal to bargain,” upon conviction, a maximum pen­ applicants instead of holding a refused the offer and maintained “it would work a hardship on an unfair labor practice under alty of 20 years imprisonment. drawing. his innocence. the Taft-Hartley Act. them.” Girl Violated Curfew At a meeting of the commission The defense, however, was large­ While the talks were carried Wednesday’s session was thei Officers who investigated the a few weeks before the drawings, ly based on the question "of wheth­ out on a firendly basis, at one second since negotiations were case, prior to the indictment, re­ Mr. McGuire made the point that er or not- a wife may testify against point Mr. Hall accused the in­ opened last month. ported that Officer Young took it would be possible to determine, her husband. The decision of dustry of trying to “have your the girl in his car after she had who, among the fairly large eligible Judge Jon Wiig, then of the cir­ cake and eat it, too.” The union been apprehended as a curfew list, would, be “more eligible" and cuit court, and upheld last week leader made the statement when violator and after she had been should receive the ranch home­ by the Territorial Supreme Court, Mr. Maxwell said the industry More On HRT Hike questioned by a policewoman. steads. was that in some cases, such as w’anted to delete from the agree­ (from page 1) Chairman Samuel W. King at that of Mrs. Alford, such testi­ ment a clause relating to spelling The girl is alleged to have told tigating body, composed of dis­ investigators that Officer Young that time said he thought those mony is to be accepted by the out the work day for employes. who had “minimum requirements" court. The union spokesman pointed interested representatives of indus­ told her: “I want something from try, labor and the general public, you.” should get a chance in the draw­ Since that time, Alford says, he out that the agreement specifical­ ing and the matter was not car­ believes he has discovered evi­ ly requires eithei- party to sub­ to look into the allegation of the She further alleged to inves­ HRT that it needs the increase. tigators that Officer Young ried further. dence to indicate a motive for his mit proposed changes in writing wife's testimony and to refute her in advance of formal negotiations. . Ask^ Salary Probe kissed her, caressed her body and then made four partially testimony that he was responsible He further, remarked that the. Mr. Reile suggested that such for her induction into prosecution. union would refuse to consider any a body should investigate, “partic­ successful attempts to force her proposal made that would take ularly in reference to salaries paid to commit an unnatural act. MORE ON FASI anything from a worker. top executives, fees and expenses It was at this point that the re­ (from page 1) We hear that the rebuilt White Commenting on the union pro­ of a Mainland transportation sys­ lationship was interrupted by the move off the land to make way House has 21 bathrooms. That’s posal under discussion, Mr. Hall- tem” and company assets from approach of another policeman. for the HHA project, some have one way of getting clean govern­ told industry representatives that which “revenue is derived from Cop Admitted Dalliance attempted to take scraps of sheet ment.—J. L. in UE News, May 26, sources other than the operation- Officer Young denied the girl’s metal and lumber with them, only 1952. of buses.” ’ charges to investigators, but ad­ to be stopped by some agent of Mr. Reile also blasted the pro­ mitted that he had indulged in Mr. Fasi's with the warning that amorous dalliance with her, saying such things are Fasi's property, this week,” he said, “and explain MORE ON IMUA posed “gag rule” of the PUC the situation.” which would allow only" questions that he was influenced by her not theirs. At least one man had (from page 1) Having heard from extremely arrangement had been suggested! asked at the hearing which have asking earlier: “When are you his home jacked up and was ready been submitted in wilting and going to take me out?” to haul it away before he was reliable sout< iat Fasi has to the morning paper, too. stated he- win run foP> mayor, No Position On Statehood “screened” ahead of time. Although nothing of the inci­ stopped. Fasi admitted that ha Also hitting the commission and dent is referred to in Young's has a night watchman stationed the reporter questioned the young Contacted by the RECORD by to prevent removals. politician about 'this rumor. telephone, Mr. Jenkins of IMUA its procedure was Mrs. Trude M. stated reasons for his resigna­ Akau, who wrote a letter to a tion, police sources indicated he The home owner had already “Let’s keep ’em guessing a lit­ said he had no comment on that tle longer,” Fasi matter. daily charging that either the PUC may have been offered an op­ been paid $3,000 for that house, He had comment, but no posi­ is interested in furthering the portunity to resign “for the good Lee Maice, HHA director, told tion on another question the Re­ cause of the HRT, or it is incapable ■ of the department.” the RECORD, in the same ac­ publican Convention and Walter of collecting adequate Information The records indicate that on tion by which ■ the HHA con­ F. Dillingham have brought into upon which to base its decisions. April 24, the department had taken demned the rest of the land the headlines of late—Hawaiian Another union was reported, some disciplinary steps in the case, and buildings and. paid for them. CLASSIFIED statehood. through an official, to have pre­ which vas reported only that Homes built on leased property “We arc non-partisan on state­ sented the commission with a plan morning. were purchased, as well as those hood,” Jenkins said. “We are for taking over the bus system by Officer Young became a police­ on land owned outright, Mr. ADVERTISING non-partisan oh statehood as we public ownership. man. in January 1950. During more Maice said, and the price given The "nominal amount" asked by than two years on the force, he to the owner of the home—not tgBBgss'geaa are on politics.” the land owner. Wonder if the Democrats would HRT is a 13-cent straight faret, did patrol and motorcycle duty JEWELRY — DIAMONDS in the mid-town area and was The HHA gave the Hawaiian agree? an increase on school fares to 10 SILVERWARE — JADES In regards to IMUA’s statehood for 75 cents, and an increase of fairly well known to the people Dredging Cb. the contrary for1 views, it is recalled that an IMUA zone fares. An AFL representa­ there. clearing the land and demolish­ WATCHES —, OLD GOLD representative strongly supported tive said the new increase, added “AH Right If He Knew You” ing the buildings, and Frank Fasi TYPEWRITERS — RADIOS the John Wayne production, “Big to those granted since the 10-cent He is remembered as a tall, got a subcontract on the demoli­ imposing policeman who was “all tion with a view toward salvaging CAMERAS — BINOCULARS Jim McLain” which a number of general fare was abolished, would . MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS strong pro-statehood elements amount to nearly a 50 per cent right if he knew you but if he some of the lumber. strongly condemned. increase. didn't know you, he’d throw the Homes Judged Sub-Standard and anything of .value book at you.” Pig raisers have complained that No Waiting. Spot Cash Officer Young was referred to they didn’t get a chance to buy their own homes back for remov­ CENTRAL PAWN SHOP 111 a RECORD story some months LICENSED PAWNBROKERS LOOKING BACKWARD ago, though not by name, when al, but Maice says that only three he became involved in an argu­ of the homes were originally 22 N. Hotel St. Ewa of Nuuanu (from page 8) ment with an AJA businessman judged worth’’moving, by modern Open Nites. Phone 58768 wielded by the president and a cabinet of four appointed by him: Dole who insisted on giving his na­ housing standards. The HHA, he appointed the same four men who sat with him in the Executive Council. tionality as “American” for the said, preferred to demolish rather ★ TAXI SERVICE Mass of Voters Could Not “Decide Intelligently” data on a traffic ticket. than remove sub-standard hous­ Despite the fact that Young had ing, though it did not oppose the JAY’S TAXI. Union Cab. Nuuanu All the usual civil rights were guaranteed: freedom of speech and given as his reason for resigning removal of lumber and sheet metal & Vineyard. Phone 55517. the press, freedom from arbitrary arrest, etc; But—“no person shall a desire to return to work at Pearl for the building of pig pens else­ advocate by writing, printing or speaking, the restoration or establish­ Harbor, he later told former col­ where. OASIS TAXI serving Kaimuki, ment of a monarchial form of government in the Hawaiian Islands; leagues on the force that the hard) Since that time, he said, Fasi Molliili, St. Louis Hghts, Kapahu- nor advocate the, use of force for the accomplishment of any change work, there was not to his liking. has argued that three more homes lu. Union cabs. PHONE 75991. in the system or form of government hereby established.” Also, at any Although the indictment is three are also worth being moved, though time, the president could declare martial law and suspend the writ of weeks old, it has gone entirely no final determination has been FIL-AMERICAN METERED CAB. habeas corpus. unreported in the dailies, both in made on the subject. 1397 S. Beretania St., near Dairy­ Even this constitution, thought W. N. Armstrong, was “weak, police releases and court coverage. Maice attributes the misun­ men’s. Phone 994075. deficient, cumbersome, intricate and inadequate for the strong He was not arrested until June 27, derstanding of the pig raisers government of alien races.” He looked’about him at the Chinese the day after the indictment was to statements made .by- an HHA ★ DRY CLEANING and Japanese, “riot inferior races, but strong and developing races. returned. investigator who offered the We must rule them by an independent and absolute power. We opinion that he thought they whites,” Armstrong wrote, “are only a small band surrounded by would be allowed to take scrap SUPER CLEANERS—Expert dry a body of men numerically superior, hostile in race feeling and material away from the Kalihi cleaning; pickup, deliv. Ph. 968305 thought, and holding many advantages in a race struggle . . . Our More On Maluhia area to their new homes. ★ situation is like that of an armed camp, surrounded by a mass of ‘ (from page 1) “We want the pig raisers to FLOOR FINISHERS men with concealed weapons.” ported to have read Epstein’s let­ get as much as they can," Maice The new constitution wag not put to a popular vote, even of the said. M. TAKAYAMA. Specialize In floor ter aloud, then asked the employes sanding, refinishing. Phone 745554. 4,700 men who had voted for the convention delegates. The mass of in effect: Do you want to pay for Fasi Loosens Up voters, the Rev. Sereno E. Bishop kindly explained, could not “decide1 your meals or continue as you are? Fasi told the RECORD he will intelligently” on the debatable points of the constitution. They must One or two employes, identi­ now allow the pig raisers to take ★ FUNERAL PARLORS trust their delegates—even though half of them were self-appointed— fied as spokesmen of “manage­ scraps away and he said he has and Dave the decision to them. It was necessary to put the constitution ment” by union members, then already met with “leaders of the BORTHWICK Funeral , Parlors into effect at once—even though the legislature wouldn’t meet until asked for a vote. With the community” and found no serious Phone 59158. a year and a half later, and meanwhile the “Republic” was only the ■ question phrased as Mossman objections among them. Provisional Government with a new set of hats. had put it, the vote was strong­ “I want to visit every family POI ’ ~ On July 4, 1894, President Dole proclaimed the new constitution. ly in favor of “continuing as we Eighteen months before, Liliuokalani had lost her throne for attempt­ are.” explanation of that meeting as POI—For the family, and parties. ing to do exactly the same thing. The interested ^supervisor has well as the situation outlined in HIGA POI FACTORY. Phone (To Be Continued) indicated that he will ask some Epstein’s letter. Kai 4-7033. Kahaluu, T. H. HONOLULU RECORD Koji Ariyoshi . . . Editor By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS , Published Every Thursday by HONOLULU RECORD PUBLISHING CO., LTD., RACE: SCIENCE VS. MYTH 811 Sheridan Street, Honolulu, T. H. In a land of rainbow peoples, where mixtures are often a basis for boasting, it comes as a shock Phone 96445 11 to find racism riding high, particularly among those who are hurt most by false beliefs about race. ARE THEY FOR STATEHOOD? Science today divides mankind into three races— the Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negroid. No others At least Walter F. Dillingham comes are recognized. Science says further, that these out in the open and sounds off against are purely arbitrary statehood, and shows his contempt for the terms, that there is so constitutional rights of the people of Ha­ much overlapping that there are no hard and waii. fast rules for identifica­ In an interview published in the Chica­ tion. Contact between peoples leads to inter­ go Sunday Tribune, he spoke as a “repre­ mixing and an increas­ sentative of one of the pioneer families of ing confusion of classifi­ Hawaii.” It is generally known that nu­ cation. merous other come-early white families But science is one thing and politics is an- 1 enjoying economic privilege and political other. When it has and social influence resulting from it, feel benefited powerful forces equally strong against statehood, but for to toss science out the expediency are not publicly stating their window and substitute MR. DAVIS myth and superstition, views. then science has gotten the bum’s rush. At thq same time racist ideas are paraded around in the Some of these so-called pioneers came clothing of science. here in the garb of missionaries, and with Bibles in their hands, taught the Hawaiians No thinking person can truthfully deny that in the old days it was to the benefit of the economic to sing Psalms and took their land away. overlords of Hawaii to use racism as a device for keeping apart plantation workers of different na­ Walter Dillingham is a powerful eco­ tional backgrounds. It is a matter of record that nomic factor in Hawaii and the controlled strikes were lost solely because working people al­ press, particularly the two English dailies, lowed themselves Ito be led into the trap of racism thus far haven’t had the guts to pound out and thus held themselves aloof from workers of Other groups. To the ILWU must go the lion’s even one line on their typewriters, against share of the credit for breaking down these false his statement for their editorial columns. barriers and getting varied groups to work together This exposes them for what they are, for for their common interests. When this happened, they have had the temerity to yell for they started winning strikes for better pay and statehood constantly, in words meant to working conditions. influence their thousands of readers. Substituting Nationality f FORCE AND VIOLENCE IN HAWAII For Ethnic Qrigin V \ The Star-Bulletin carried the story of the Dillingham interview by the Tribune XXV. THE HAWAIIAN “REPUBLIC” But there is still plenty of racism here. Many on the front page and it had an item about Col. Z. S. Spaulding, the big Kauai sugar baron, thought highly of Hawaiians hate Japanese; many^Qhjndse feel su­ the Provisional Government. There was no nonsense about it. perior to Filipinos; many non-whites havedblind the Territorial delegation to the GOP Na­ and unreasoning hate for all naqles; there are tional convention refuting Dillingham, say­ “. . . These people are like a good many in the United States— as many panels to this picture as tn&re-m* groups better governed than governing . We have a council of fifteen, perhaps, in Hawaii. ing he does not speak for the people here. composed of the business men of Honolulu ... They go up to the pal­ ace, 'which is now the official home of the cabinet—they go up there To make matters worse, the daily papers have Anyone would expect a barrage against perhaps every day and hold a session of an hour to examine into the the completely unscientific habit of designating Dillingham in the Star-Bulletin since its business of the country, just the same as is done in a large factory or national groups as races. This hangover from the general manager, Delegate Joseph Farring­ on a farm.” paternalistic and- brutal plantation system of other ton, who is. in Chicago for the GOP con­ days helps preserve distinctions and gives support vention, has campaigned for public office A Preponderantly Haole Constitutional Convention to racism. principally on the statehood issue. But, since the United States would not have Hawaii, the 19 men I understand that even the University of Ha­ who ran our little country decided they had better make themselves waii is not averse to catering to prejudices. De­ Of course, no one expects the Advertiser look more regular in the eyes of other governments. Accordingly, they spite the generally accepted conclusion of lead­ called for the election of what the native people had demanded ever ing scientists that there are only three races, to sound off, for Dillingham is one of its since 1887, a constitutional convention. major owners. So when this big wheel efforts are being made locally to create( a fourth However, there were two little “catches” that took all the democ­ race for the convenience of Polynesians who are behind the daily makes an important anti- - racy out of the convention. First, only 18 delegates were elected, the not Caucasoid and who have been so filled with statehood statement, his own paper hasn’t other 19 being the members of the self-appointed Provisional Govern­ the poison of racism that they object to being the intestinal fortitude to print even a line. ment. Second, in order to vote, one had to take an oath of allegiance classed as Mongoloid or Negroid! Why? Because it might be seen as a policy to the Provisional Government. The convention consisted of five Hawaiians, three Portuguese and 29 haoles. This attitude is on a par with that of many dark statement and the Advertiser may lose Portuguese and Puerto Ricans who, though they good will? All Power In White, Propertied Class may be what science considers 100 per cent Negroid, insist they are not Negroes. They will assert heat­ The men who framed the constitution knew exactly what they edly that they are "Portuguese” or “Puerto Ricans,” But where, actually, does the Advertiser wanted. William N. Armstrong put it this way: stand? Currently, it plays up to the'peo- seeking to substitute nationality for ethnic origin. “It must be distinctly understood that, besides ruling themselves, There is no Portuguese or Puerto Rican race, just ple of Oriental ancestry in news columns the whites must create a form of government through which they as there is no American race. and advocates statehood in its editorial can rule natives, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese, in order to columns. Its attitude toward non-whites prevent being ‘snowed under.’ That is, we need tw.o distinct forms Should Accept Findings of Science or . . . here, however, was published in a booklet of government made up into one form; one for ourselves and one But of course, the whole thing is cock-eyed. On a few months ago—not for local people but for aliens, who outnumber us.” the basis of simple mathematics, an individual with for Mainland distribution. “The Book of Even more than the Bayonet Constitution of 1887, the one of 51 per cent white ancestry and 49 per cent Negrol 1894 placed all power in the hands of the white, propertied classes. To ancestry should be considered white, if race must Facts—Compiled and Published by The vote for senators, one must own $1,500 in real property or $3,000 in be designated, but in America, if you are 99 per Honolulu Advertiser” told Mainlanders: personal property or have a cash income of $600 a year. To vote at cent Caucasian and one per cent Negro, you are all, one must take an oath not to “encourage or assist in the restoration classed as a Negro if the facts are known. “The population is complex and pre­ or establishment of a monarchial form of government,” either directly dominantly Oriental (in Hawaii), with or indirectly. In other words, one could vote for rulers only by agreeing Further proof of our absurdity on race is the fact that something like 19 states ban marriages tastes, habits and a basic philosophy alien in advance to. vote for those already ruling. between Orientals and whites. Yet only a few to those of Caucasians.” And it said that Citizenship “Complete Barrier To the Asiatic Hordes” weeks ago, the Oklahoma attorney general re­ fused to aUow a Japanese student to enroll at “marked physical differences” tend to keep To quote Judge A. G. M. Robertson: "The provisions in regard Orientals “from becoming rapidly Ameri­ Langston University, that state’s undergraduate to citizenship and naturalization have been skillfully prepared arid are school for Negroes, on the ground that, tinder canized.” a complete barrier to the Asiatic hordes.” Even the few citizens of the state laws, a Japanese is white and must attend Chinese race were hot allowed to vote. Under the 1887 constitution, white schools! What impression did Mainlanders get hundreds of illiterate Portuguese had been given the vote to offset the from this—in regard to statehood? Hawaiians; now the vote was confined to persons who could speak, . No doubt of it, we need Ito completely revise our As for Dillingham, he says that “State­ read and write understandingly, either Hawaiian or English. approach to the matter of race. Either we must Naturally, few even of those qualified bothered to vote under accept the findings of science that race is purely hood with its two senators and one con­ ,an arbitrary term for classifying different world gressman is not the answer to the prob­ such a set-up. When Rep. L, C: Carter was killed in the 1895 up­ rising, his successor was elected by 110 votes in a district where populations, or else we should eliminate the term lems of Hawaii.” 2,000 men voted under the monarchy. A Southern poll tax state entirely. This is particularly true when a few Was a model of democracy compared with the Republic. 'As it is now misused, it serves no purpose other The constitution set up "an uncommonly strong central govern­ than as a vital means of control for a powerful few, economic royalists have their grip on Ha­ ment with very large powers in the hands of a few.” President Dole while dividing people whose' best interests can be waii and milk the vast majority. Dilling­ was appointed to office for the next six years. Executive power was served only_by Joining together on a basis of equal­ ham is one of them. (more on page 7) ity and brotherhood.