The GOP’s Tweed led ee Editorial support from the Star-Bulletin and tory’s foremost “New Republican,” Gov. Quinn, bonuses to veterans, and spending money UH 1 fine words of Gov. William Quinn to the con­ to the rock-ribbed conservatism of the champion various odds and ends. ' trary, the Republican Party of proved of the Old Guard, O. P. Soares. A plank that might have come from the pen last Saturday that it can’t make up its mind. Reading.,the platform, the inquiring voter is of the late Sen. Robert Taft condemned. “Com­ Or rather, it can make up its mind eta only one quite likely to wonder whiph extreme won out. munism,” and pledged support to the Territorial general objective — that it wants desperately There is a plank advocating the extension of un­ Commission on Subversive Activities was ap­ to get enough votes to win an election. employment compensation from' 20 to 26 weeks, plauded on the floor — undoubtedly by many But after that point, the GOP splits entirely but another would force labor unions to bare who know full well that neither that commis­ on strategy and tactics. their finances to the public; There is, of course, sion ribr anybody else has been able to prove for no plank suggesting that big business do like­ several years that there is a Communist in the The territorial convention seemed at first wise. glance' to offer considerable variety in thought, T*erritory. A former territorial attorney general, There is a very Republican-sounding plank to a Republican, and a top leader of the U.S. Com- ■speech and maybe even in thinking. The range cut taxes but there are some very unRepublican was from the liberal noises made by the Terri­ planks about increasing teachers’ pay, restoring (more on page 8)

READ: Allen on Booze HOHOtV^^teCOHD PAGE 2 The Newspaper Hawaii Needs Ariyoshi in Jail PAGE 8 VOL. 10, NO. 41 PRICE 10 CENTS THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958 Kronick Spurs Liquor Comm. After Teenagers 5TH AMENDMENT IN CLEAR REACH Ewa Youth Orates Rights, OF YOUNG WITNESSES, LAWYERS SAY By STAFF WRITER testifying to infractions, and The Liquor Commis­ therefore may exercise his rights sion, urged into action by Comis- under the Fifth Amendment of sioner Harry Kronick, ordered a the Constitution and refuse to give Seized as Cockfight Lookout drive to prosecute minors who evidence against the liquor dealer illegally purchase liquor in bars from whom he made his purchase. Five Honolulu vice ’squad offi­ officers rushed out to make their “All the people came,” said Fu­ and package stores —and in do­ Heretofore, the commission has cers who claim to have followed raid. But no one was “fighting jita, wTien Oasay shouted and he ing so may have deprived itself depended largely on the evidence game cock fighters from Aiea to cocks” that day he declared. At “couldn’t help it. I had to arrest of witnesses against errant liquor given by the teen-agers who did their rendezvous with Ewa men least he saw no sign of such ac­ the guy.” dealers. the buying. at the latters’ Korean Camp fail­ tivity. Oasay was an “innocent look­ That is the opinion of com­ An attorney in the C-C prosecu-. ed in making a raid Saturday ing, young looking boy,” and the petent lawyers both in and out tor’s office pointed out that t^iere evening — tout arrested a 19-year- HAD TO ARREST officer would have let him go if of government practice. are -.different kinds of minors, The presence of the action in those under 18 being subject to old Ewa, youth on charges of in­ He was “so innocent looking” he had not become “belligerent.” terfering with the duties of police Fujita said he and four other the minutes and the news stories action ■ in Juvenile Court, which and young, Officer ' Joe Fujita reporting it are considered ample is not criminal prosecution, and o*fficerS told the . RECORD, and he did vice squad officers did not hear Benjamin Oasay claims that he what Oasay told the men sus­ evidence for any teenager that - those over 18 being definitely in- not want to arrest Oasay. But § more' on page 7 § had gone to an open area in the Fujita explained, Oasay raised his pected of preparing for a cock he may incriminate himself by- camp from his home and was sit-, voice as he questioned him about fight. But they suspected Oasay' of ting there when the vice squad being a watchman. informing them of the vice squad’s g more on page 7 g BOSSES ROB WORKERS Quakers Defied Court To End Chiseling by T.H. Employers on Sympathy Inspired 99 "Move Out" Advice, "Crime Against Mankind Withheld Employe Taxes Increases “If I should, see a woman and court where they were on trial for Kunimoto Says a child in mortal danger, and I contempt. They did not swear,- but • Delinquencies by employers in velopes of his employes. had . a chance to warn and save they “affirmed”' what they in­ Hawaii by. withholding from the “They are trust funds, and un­ When he suggested that some them, I should not be restricted tended and what‘ they believe in UK government social security der ho circumstances should they residents’ .of Waiomao would do by a sign to keep off the grass.’.’ -answer to questions from U.S. At­ and income taxes they’ve collected have ever been considered as be­ better to move from their homes torney Louis Blissard and their than to stay and continue an That was the way William P. own attorney, Katsuro Miho, and from their employes is on the in­ longing to the employer or as Huntington, one of the four crew crease. representing funds which he could everlasting fight against, sliding they . spoke with qpiet conviction foundations. members- of the Golden Rule, ex­ to the court and the crowded In 1956, 1,047 T.H. employers divert to his own use.” pressed the reasoning by which he were delinquent to the tune of Kunimoto’s “move out” advice courtroom. ' • Treasury figures show that, in was the subject of a castigating justified sailing the ketch out of $668,000. In 1957, the figures in­ the past year, the total national Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in what creased by 15 per cent to 1,095 editorial by the Star-Bulletin “GROSSLY EVIL” delinquencies in these employment which regarded such as callous the four “affirm” frankly was a A. 3. Bigelow, a greying, stal­ and $772,000 respectively. taxes increased from $279,183,000 step toward sailing to the Eniwe- These figures are shown in the and claimed Kunimoto and the wart man who looks the rank he in 1956 to $300,678,000 in 1957, Said city are responsible because the tok atomic .testing area despite a held during World War II, lieu­ latest report by the Treasury De­ Sen. Williams: Federal Court order to' the con­ partment which was presented to city okayed the site for a sub­ tenant-commander in the U.S. "Certainly we should all be .con­ division. trary. Navy, was drawn into a verbal the Senate by Sen. John J. Wil­ cerned by the alarming trend in liams (Rep. Del.). The Senator Kunimoto believes he was giv­ To continue his analogy, Hunt­ sparring match for a, short time employment tax delinquencies, es­ ing the' residents the best and ington explained that what U.S. by Blissard, but he never attempt­ said: pecially when, as in the past six "It must be remembered, in soundest- advice he could offer. atomic tests are doing is “a- mil­ ed to- conceal that his personal years, $140 million in these de-' “I have the greatest sympathy lion times worse” that the plight intent, and that of the crew, was speaking of employment tax de­ linquencies have been written off linquencies, that we are speaking for those people,” he said this of an unprotected woman and to sail, toward the atomic danger as uncollectible items.” week, “but it is the only thing child. area in protest against “acts of income and social security Delinquencies on regular Fed- taxes which have been withheld I can think of that will save them The four, gave something of which we believe to be grossly by the employer from the pay en- 8 more on page 6 § g more on page S i 'their credo in Judge Jon Wiig’s g more on page 7 8 PAGE 2 HONOLULU RECORD MAY 8, 1958 HISTORICAL ECHO AIRCRAFT, MISSILES FRONT nAAAMAANUWAfVVVWVWlMMAAnAAAANVUWVV^ Riley Allen's Federal Mediation Chief Sees Lots WORLD EVENTS Ban on Booze Of Trouble Ahead as Strikes Loom “The next 18 .months 'promise to that have expired.” A/WVVVVVWVVVVVVVVVVVVVWVVVVVWVVVVVWVVVVVVVVVt be very turbulent” in' labor-man­ Finnegan said the most signi­ Ads in Star-Bull agement relations, Joseph F. Fin­ ficant problems are in "the West negan, director of the Federal By SPECIAL WRITER Coast plants of Lockheed, Doug­ Ike on Spot in Defense Conflict Mediation and Conciliation* Serv­ las, Convair and North American, President Eisenhower is facing his gravest political crisis as a Con­ ice, has testified before a Senate which are producing under gov­ Forty-six years ago, the gentle­ appropriations subcommittee. gressional storm gathers over his reorganization plans for the Defense men who granted liquor licenses ernment contracts in the arms Department. He has vowed he’ll “fight all the way," including radio-TV race. in Honolulu were given extra- He saw the automobile and air network appeals to the public—an attitude which conflicts with his often- judicial advice in making a ruling. craft Industries as the worst po­ stated constitutional concept that the Executive proposes and the Con­ The - advice was given' by Riley tential trouble spots. Finnegan H. (for Harris) Allen who became said: New World to Come as gress disposes. editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulle­ His attitude today is, in effect, a declaration of political war on the “All of the experts have pre­ tin (circulation 5,0tX)) on July 1, dicted the summer of 1958 will Seen by Britisher Congress. It is a denial of his statement at a Jan. 15 press conference 1912. (That was the first day of produce unprecedented labor­ that “my personal convictions, however strong, cannot be the final the Star-Bull’s existence, a pro­ A new commonwealth of the duct of the merger of the Hawai­ management unrest and contro­ answer.” versy as compared .with repent Intellect is seen by Kenneth ian Star-- and the Evening Bulle- years. ‘ ’’. (jho'rley of the Royal Institution Ike is clearly oh the spot Congress today is questioning his leader­ .tin?) ' ' 1 of Great Britain, who, in address ship more closely and openly than at any time since he took, office five In that first issue, the young “This year’s negotiations are taking place in a context without before the English - speaking years ago. The Armed Services Committees are almost solidly against editor (aged 30) published an edi­ Union, paid: torial which perhaps caused the parallel in the last decade. Union his plans. * liquor commissioners to exchange members are putting pressure on their leaders to help meet the “I suggest that such a world Committee members are uncrowned Czars who straddle vast annual knowing looks. The editorial, head­ must be shaped by a comradeship defense appropriations—this year they total $44 billion—and use them ed “LIQUOR ADVERTISING,” rising cost of living. Unemploy­ ment is up. Average weekly take- of men of intellectual' force from too often to benefit their states, political interests and industrial cronies. said: all nations. “Many questions from responsi­ home pay is down. Congress designed "unification” laws in the late 'forties to partially “It is helpful to remember, I ble sources as to the attitude of “At the same time, shrinking think, that £he Almighty when ease the crippling inter-service rivalries which continue to exist today. the Star-Bulletin on liquor ad­ profits and the cost-price squeeze sowing seeds of genius through­ Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy has ordered service brass hats vertising justify a statement at are stiffening management’s posi­ out the world did not trouble to not to oppose Ike’s plans, and to turn in their uniforms ifT hey do. The this time. tion.” note where man-made political “The Star-Bulletin’s policy is Finnegan, who asked the sub­ boundaries plight lie nor did He show down is on. The spoils are vast. Defense spending accounts for 40 that, no liquor advertising shall be per cent of the U.S. industrial economy. The Executive and Congressional committee for a $3,700,000 appro­ pay heed to the races and colors accepted. On account of contracts priation for the 1959 fiscal year,' of men. branches of the government are riddled with lobbyists with their eyes made prior to the combination of said his service “already has spent "There is no nation which-can­ on the billions. the two papers, and now existing a vast amount of time in research, not contribute to the common­ and valid, certain advertisements study and liaison” to foe prepared wealth of the intellect. will appear for the period during for any deadlock in contract nego­ “I do . not. know what shape the Costa Rica Set To Disarm < which the contracts are operative, tiations in the automobile and air­ world of the future will take but when they will cease. craft industries. I would like to speculate that, it Mario Echandi, who was elected Feb. 2, will become president of “No new advertising of this “Less publicized but, more im­ ipay be based upon a new respect Costa Rica today. Costa Rica is known as a banana and coffee-rich character will be accepted.” mediately crucial,” Finnegan said, for the resource of uncommon Central American nation of 23,500 sq. miles (almost four times larger - In a few days—on July 12—this “are the negotiations in the air­ statement of policy was followed men in every land of the world than T.H.) and one million people. frame and missile industry which and a drawing together of the by another editorial headed now is operating under contracts After today, Costa Rica may become better known because, ac­ “SALOONS ENOUGH” which de­ ablest meh of our time.” cording to a recent statement by Echandi, it “intends to become the plored the petition to be made first country in the world to goyern itself without armaments. We will that very day “for a new saloon TAP PHONES, SHADOW REPORTERS on Hotel St. between Nuuanu and offer our arms to those who sold them to us. We will ‘purchase agri­ Maunakea Sts.” cultural Implements with the proceeds.” Editor Allen laid it on the line This disarmament move was adopted in Costa Rica’s constitution for the liquor commissioners. He U.S. Super-Snoopers Under Fire; in 1949 when the army was abolished as a permanent institution, (ftie declared: “There is not one good reason arfny right along has been trained by a U.S. Army mission and armed for opening another saloon in this Evidence Against Them Increases with U.S.-made weapons. neighborhood. There are a dozen good reasons against it. Cyrus S. Eaton, multi-million­ he claimed "there are no com­ “The neighborhood is already aire Industrialist of Cleveland, munists in America to speak of giving trouble enough to the po­ Ohio, has charged that “Amer­ except In the minds of those on U.S. vs.. U.S.S.R, in South America lice. A* large percentage of the icans are snooping on each other the payroll of the FBI”—draws crime of the city can be' traced, with a spy. network more exten­ attention to the reception given On his current glad-hand tour of efght South American nations. and has been traced, right back sive than Adolph Hitler’s Nazi by the U.S. press to FBI Direc­ Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon is being feted by government Gestapo." tor J. Edgar Hoover’s new book, to drinking-places in this sec­ “Masters of Deceit.” tion . ” He asserted that "the FBI is and business leaders — and booed by students: “Go home, Nixon! We just one of the scores of agencies The New York Post (Max. 19) are not for sale!” The next day, a news item buried inside the Star-Bull, noted. that engaged in creeping up on people. pointed out that Hoover is a sacred The Nixon tour underlines the fast-developing economic rivalry It has gene to an extent ‘here that ■cow, far more sacred than either the . liquor commissioners had President 'Eisenhower or Mickey between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. “quickly and politely” refused a I think is very alarming.” Eaton’s charges were made in Mantle. The Republican press, said On Nov. 7, 1957, Nikita Khrushchev said to UJS. diplomats in'Mos­ permit for the projected saloon. the Post, has turned on Eisenhow­ There was no editorial comment. cooperation with the Fund for the cow: “We declare war upon you — excuse me for using "such an ex­ Republic which is financed by the er, and Mantle has been booed pression — in? the peaceful field of trade . . .'We are relentless in this Ford Foundation. Earlier, in from,the stands. But Hoover has and it will prove the superiority of our system.” March, the New York Times com­ a “unique eminence.” Most U.S. Citizens plained about the super-snoopers. John Oakes, a member of the The Soviets sent a high-powered economic delegation to cover the Said the Times, "The Eisenhow­ editorial board of the New York same ground as Nixon. Meantime, Allen W. Dulles, chief of the UJS. er administration’s. practice of Times, wrote that the, “commu­ Central Intelligence Agency, said in Washington that the Soviet “in­ Normal, I.Q. Shows having gumshoes shadow report­ nist issue” had collapsed-on Hoov­ dustrial and trade progress threatens to outstrip the' UA and poses The U. S. Office of Education ers to detect their sources for er while he was writing fils'book, delicate news stories continues un­ and Leslie Hanscom of the N.Y. the most serious challenge ever faced by the UJS. in time of peace." ', which illustrates how the UjB. has .issued the following table abated in Washington. World-Telegram and Sun' said Nixon, ^s accompanied by the president of the Export-Import Bank population Stands on an intelli­ “It. has become standard prac­ that Hoover’s theme bored him. and the diractor of the International Cooperation Administration, gent quotient . basis, using the. tice, wh?n the administration is But, by and large; the US. press which handles UH. economic assistance. Stanford-Binet tests. particularly annoyed at seeing hailed the Hoover book as a strong one of its secrets In print, to force defense of the UJ3. "free, enter­ Washington In the competition has extensive fence-mending to do, I.Q. of 150 or above, near genius: 0.1 per cent of the population. underlings to sign affidavits swear­ prise” system. whereas Moscow attacks with a clean slate — and lower prices and 130-149, very superior: 3 per cent. ing 'they did not leak, the story. While feeling that* the FBI loan terms. Several states already have economic missions placing 115-129, superior: 14 per cent. “In some cases telephones are should not~”go out of business," orders in the Soviet Union. 85-114, normal: 86 per cent. tapped both within and without Eaton thinks, jhat it should “con­ 70-84, dull: 14 per cent. the. government, and bureaucratic fine itself to legitimate police 60-69, borderline: 2 per cent hawkshaws are assigned to report work. . 59 and .below, moron, imbecile, on reporters' movements. One cor­ “I think its importance is enorm­ Tiny Maldives Snub Mighty Britain idiot: 1 per cent. ’ respondent in Washington, who ously. exaggerated and that it has also covered Moscow, reports’ makes no contribution to the up­ The tiny Maldive Islands (area 115 sq. miles—one fifth the size The last category can be broken dojwn still further as follows: that he is getting the full treat­ building of this country and its" of Oahu) lie In the Indian Ocean 400 miles to the south-west of Ceylon. 40-59, moron; 20r39, imbecile; and ment. respect’ abroad that its literature In 1953, the Islanders, following in the shoes of India and Ceylon, won “Moscow taught him to spot a and those who support th? pub­ 0-19, idiot. licity suggest." , independence as u British protectorate. • Of 179,000 individuals Inducted policeman in all his shapes, but it was never. as bad as covering At first the Islands had a republican form of government, but into the. armed services during 1957,’ approximately 63,300 were in Washington, he contends." in 1954, by popular decision, they became a sultanate, and the Maldive the dull-borderline category. Significantly, the recent annual HONOLULU BEeORB assembly elected Mohamed Farid Didi to be the first sultan. meeting of the American Society Published Every Thursday The coronation of the sultan will take place late this year antT of Newspaper Editors plugged for br Winston Churchill,, who should Congressional action on less se­ the islanders have Invited Ceylon's prime minister Solomon Bandara- Honolulu Record Publishing know, said that the quality most crecy in government. A Congres­ Company. Ltd. naike to be guest of honor. London is put out by this snub to British essential in a politician Is “the sional committee currently is hold­ 811 Sheridan Bt., Honolulu 14, TH. royalty. The spirited Islanders are hostile to Britain, because the Brit­ ability to foretell what will hap­ ing "extensive’ hearings on com­ Entered as second-class matter ish air force has built a leased base which meant emptying islahders pen tomorrow, next month and plaints.” May 10, 1949, at the Post Office from their homes. ’ ’ ' r ■ next year—and to explain after­ Eaton’s lambasting of the FBI at Honolulu,- Hawaii, under ‘ the ward why It did not happen.” and other government agencies —. Act pf March S- 1872 MAY 8, 1958 HONOLULU RECORD FACE 3

Louisiana Sugar Workers ALERT STRIKERS CHECK IRRIGATION REPORT Win 20c Hourly Pay Hike 2,000 Hr Yearly Guarantee Louisiana sugar workers won a Boston, and Balti­ UPW’s Moseley । said that the 20-cent an hour package increase more. union is concerned over wage dif­ in pay at the American Sugar Moseley said “The motivation ferential among competing refin­ Company’s Chalmette Refinery. behind the. drive for guaranteed eries in Louisiana. The differen­ • The history-making contract employment was the same as that tial is as much .as 37 cents an hour provides 2,000-hour .yearly which brought the guarantee to in places, “greater than that ex­ guarantee of work or pay during eastern sugar workers in 1951; isting between, the Chalmette Re­ * the contract year, and is'the first frequent lay-offs in key depart- finery and the eastern refineries,” such agreement won in the South. JiheHts, snBrt work-weeks, and the' he said. . ' ... , “This great achievement can be increasing impact of automation This problem,’ heJ indicated, set down as historic, for it breaks on jobs spelling increasing inse­ would be resolved .by a militant the employment pattern in the curity.” program and militant member­ cane sugar industry seven years At another refinery in Louisi­ ship. after guaranteed wages were es­ ana Local 1127 of UPW announced tablished in the Eastern refin­ that it has signed a contract eries,” declared Emerson Moseley, whose provisions “top the Chal­ 10-YEAR PROGRESS A REPORT THAT irrigation water was flowing in McBryde Sugar Co. United Packing Workers of Amer­ mette contract.” Details were not ditch immediately brought strikers to the scene for an on the spot available. This was the former ica sugar director who led the investigation. The strikers found out that the water had been released union negotiators. Godchaux refinery which fought Cane Sugar Workers • The contract also reduces the the sugar workers a few years by mistake by pineapple irrigators. The union investigators are Santiago geographical (North-South) wage ago, saying it will be forced to go Trailed Beet Workers Malco; Stephen Ferreira, Unit 74 publicity chairman; Sebastian Torres;' differential by four cents per hour. out of business if it granted any Thomas Rodrigues, picket captain. Vigilant strikers throughout the wage ’ increase. The workers then The UPW has cut the differential 10c an Hr.; Now Ahead Terriorty keep close watch so that sugar management will abide by from 41 cents four years ago to were after parity with northern their word that they will not perform work normally done by- the the present 28 cents. Now the sugar workers. “Ten years ago average hourly highest paid refinery in the After a bitter strike the refinery earnings of cane sugar refinery strikers. , . South is 28 cents an hour behind was bought by the National Sug­ workers were 10 cents an hour sugar refineries of New York, ar Refining Co. behind beet sugar refinery .work­ ers. Today the cane sugar refinery worker is more than 25 cents an IVVVVVVVVIMWVVVUWVUVUVMAMVMMMRMMNVUVWUVW hour ahead of the beet sugar re­ Sugar Workers Modify 25c finery worker,” Vice-President A. T. Stephens of the California Sugar Beet Council recently told Sugar Briefs members of his organization at Demand in Bargaining Offer Los Angeles. IVVVUVVVVUMMMNVVVUUVUVVWVVUUVVVVVVWUVVVUVUVUVI The change resulted from Tn secret balloting Monday and headquarters in which delegates united action under a parent Tuesday, rank and file sugar work­ reported that after three months LUCIANO GUERPO, chairman THE PIONEER MUI Co., Ltd., union and better union program, ers rejected the employers "15 of strike the ranks are strong and of ILWU Unit 12, Honokaa, says Lahaina, Maui, at a record meet­ Stephens explained. cent package” proposal for a two determined to win this fight in Manager Richard: M. Frazer of ing with the union refused to He spoke at the meeting where year agreement by a smashing whi_ c_h_ the.y have already- invested Honokaa Sugar Co. was talking agree not to scab or cause provo­ representatives .of 11 AFL-CIO 11,060 to 624. ' to iriuch work and sacrifice. through his hat when he inform­ cation. Manager Karl Berg, when federally chartered union locals Then from a position of strength, ■ PROVES UNION INTEND ed stockholders of the company asked for his position on this mat­ in the sugar, beet Industry — that ILWU sugar workers notified em- .The action clearly to put the at their annual meeting that the ter, said, “You can’t get it from belong to. the California Sugar ployers on Wednesday that they union in an even stronger fight- had trimmed' their wage demand ing position than the one which strikers are cooperating and me.” The rank and file members Beet Council — met, to discuss j ■ , has seryetj u so wey for Qi,, pgtst say, “How can a guy like Karl and urged immediate negotiations. warming up the firm's engines. affiliating with an international In a letter delivered to the Em­ This Information was published apply good sound industrial rela- union, rather than operating 96 days. tlons." p_l_o_y_e_r_s _la st ni_g ht,. over the si_g na- lb is a further proof-by-action in this column, April 10. separately as locals under AFL- ture of Negotiating- Committee 'that the union is trying to reach a Guerpb says that his unit is CIO federal charters. Officers of Chairman^Mitsuo^ Shimizu^ 'the1 settlement, and Is Willing to make warming up no equipment at ☆ * the United Packinghouse Workers union withdrew Its demand for of America spoke to council dele­ - '“-J ' every reasonable effort. Honokaa. TO ECONOMIZE 6n transpor­ YS cent^-fora’ohe year agreement. It puts the employers on notice tation expense and time, the gates. Told employers plTheir proposal that the union has got itself in- Membership Service Committee of The California Sugar Beet had been rejected.;;.' to the best possible fighting posi- WITH A PLANTATION asking Unit 3, Olaa, Hawaii, designated Council represents over 3,000" West "1. The 15 cents was rejected. tion to maintain its solidarity, if Coast beet refinery workers, They for police patrol to guard against, Hisao “Gabby” Oda to do daily “2. O-.u r de. m... an..d... for .a twenty- - they refuse to bargai.n .fu.rth er and. cane fires, the Wailuku, ; Maui, errands, in Hilo for the entire have remained unaffiliated. .. five 'cent* over-the-board increase - a union-busting ■ or a Unit 31- Bulletin, editorialized on membership. He pays the tele­ Stephens told them that affilia- bor one year is hereby withdrawn. starVe-out campaign. : the problem as follows: phone, electric and other bills and ‘ tion with an international union - *)3.-JVe Offer instead a new.um,on . The employers so-called 15 cents “This Union has always respect­ takes care of other business in would result in winning more .wage proposal, for .settlement of package would have taken 2 bents . ed the property of ■others,- — town. benefits. Such benefits are, he the strike: ~ , away from the lo^dfet four labor whether the property owners be said, “guaranteed annual wage, (a) Sixteen cehtS per hour over- gra(je§ tn ordef-td1 glvfbig in- ☆ ☆ pensions, complete hospitalization the-board increase effective on. re- creases — as much as 29 cents companies or individuals. We ex­ and increased vacations.” pect others to respect our prop- HARD WORKING picket mem­ turn, to work and. an . additional_ hour to a few^r^efs In the The council delegates . decided seven cents, per hour on February’ top grades. It was designed to split -iWt»o:rights. We, therefore, pub- bers of Unit 31, Wailuku Sugar to refer the affiliation question to • diete .'Condemn that individual or Co., are being dispatched to vari­ 1, 1959 for an agreement expiring the members. But it didn’t work. the membership for immediate January'3I, 1960. EVen the high grade workers re- -individuals who deliberately • or ous Kula farms. Their effort, in consideration. .carelessly cause the destruction of tilling the soil, cultivating, weed­ . (b)'Application of the one.-ha)f-. jccted It, realizing that unity of the portions of HC&S Co. cane ing, fertilizing, spraying and har­ milliop.. doUara ($500,000), offered for all. fields by fire. We believe that the tire huee unit is' ‘doing 'dailv • - ”ftie>mpl6yera for classifies- all workers is the key to progress vesting is being rewarded with : , tldn‘ adjustments prior to the vvottid SATISFY MANY individual or individuals who tons of vegetables farmers con- - Another ha,Ifl-XP.rklpg.group.in L;Kbrlke.i.tbi,taeet the demands of. WOULD SATISFY MANI caused the cane fires are this tribute to the strike soup kitchens. • The union proposal by ■ contrast that office,: -.compriges^ Finance t। he union covering s.k..i.l.l.e..d. em-. strengthens that unitjpAy guaran- Union’s enemies who are trying-to This method of. labor exchange Chairman Zenichl Arakawa, and sabotage our sugar strike program for fresh produce is becoming very committee medibers .Masao O~ no tip '■ '»»2+A teeing, all -workers anrfftW>ss the by casting suspicions upon us. popular throughout the striking and Kafsuto' Toyama.. ' - board increase which" would..total “Our Union is determined to resume' coIKctiv&Tfb-rgainlng with "23 cents form two year period. At sugar units in the Territory. This you and-^poses.-a^ mating t^-.- the same time-n de8igned' to win this sugar strike on the also creates good relationship with ' - . .☆ ... ft'. '- morrow. We hope you are ready correct the inequity of- low wages merits. We will conduct. ourselves the independent local farmers. to make a count.er-proposal to our as true trade unionists and use STRIKERS . AT LAHAINA con- by comparison with wages paid tacted' Pioneer- Mill " Co. supervi­ new wage position at such meet- every honest trade union measures ☆ ☆ for' similar jobs in the outside available to us .to win this strike." sors, department heads and office The rapid nie^actlM,wastak'en ’ community.'. It ’ piropdses yto give PICKET CHAIRMAN Robert personnel for donation .to the sug­ these workers an aadrtloife.1 claS- Nishijo’s wife Lorraine Is a big ☆ ☆ ar strike. According 'to Unit 32 ... slficati.on adjustment to meet this help in the Unit 30 strike head­ Bulletin, response, was favorable. — problem. It'demands "that :the em- THE GARDEN Committee of quarters at Puunene, where she Immediately after the bumming " ' ployers make good ori .the^ $500,000 Unit 7, Hakalau, headed by T. Sa­ checks membershihp lists to de­ crew made its round, some pro­ “Are th^> tupeWisors'- 'bound- day - which they originally offered kata, was taken on a recent ob­ termine who is entitled to meal company supervisors tipped off and night, at home and away. (an(j ]aterwithdrew) forthispur- servation tour of the Volcano area tickets. Dui-ing the Easter vaca­ the management that the strik­ from..wdrk.,fe -^n^gral ..part of' pose, in addition to the across the farms through the courtesy of tion, her second daughter Gayl, a ers were contacting supervisors. , management?1' Aye they not per- bpprd increase for all workers, Jerry Tanigawa, a representative second grader, stayed in the office The management—soon issued : mlttedtb liv'd' a$ they wish 'Wheh' '-1 The action of the Negotiating of the Pacific Chemical Co. The with her and helped. Lorraine is a directive, saying -"supervisors not at work'With-management and. - committee was unanimous. committee members have gained a striker herself. She works in are considered an integral part • •not peianittedr! to . .spend ; tH^|r ■, ILWU President Harry Bridges valuable informations on plant­ the HC&S mill laboratory; of management”' and "should any honest well earned money as indicated the offer would be ing procedures, the application of Husband Bob is a machine donation be given” by them ’ to they see fit?"/ ' ““ffininaal”l” arid declared, "I am in fertilizers and uses of insecticides. operator in the field. At present the strikers, the management will by the full negotiating committee, complete agreement with the ne- They will apply the information he works on cards and lists which fake appropriate action against with representatives from' each gotlating commlttee. Further gained in raising vegetables .for give information, for example, as them. striking plantation, after a day of modifications are out of the their dally soup'kitchen needs. to what every single member of The Unit 32 Bulletin declared: d..e..l.i.b..e..r.a..t.i on at' H” ono"l u’l u 'I LWU" questnon.” PAGE 4 HONOLULU RECORD MAY 8, 1958 Pacheco Turns Down Chance to Hold Fights At Civic Auditorium Ralph Yempuku confirmed a. report this week that Promoter Sport Shorts Bill (The Knee) Pacheco has re­ jected two offers made to allow him to stage fights in the Civic Auditorium because he didn’t like the conditions. In both cases, the promoter would be required to pay the auditorium $350 or 16 percent, Boxing Needs Another Chinen whichever was greater—the same arrangement under which Boxing By SKINNY Enterprises, Ltd. operates. , Andy Mitsukado of the ’Tiser had a fine column Sunday giving But- Pacheco would have been credit to various unheralded sports enthusiasts who have done much required under the first offer to to revive, or keep alive certain sports, foremost among them being Dr. stage two fights a, month. He re­ Richard You, and others including Bob Sawtelle, who sparked the re­ fused that offer and Yempuku vival of rowing, and Sam Saffery for keeping interest alive in tennis,.. then offered a more lenient deal Maybe Andy didn’t'give enough credit to Dr. You, though he told by which Paheco would be re­ the story of how the sports-minded physician brought back distance quired to stage three fights with­ ronning and how he gave inspiration and backing for local weight- in every two month period. lifters, most recently by importing Tommy Kono. But he didn’t mention The Knee rejected that one al­ ILWU SUGAR STRIKERS from Ewa, Waipahu and Kahuku are here the doctor’s efforts to build boxing on both amateur and professional so. * helping in the construction of the new $30,000 building at the Brother­ levels, perhaps because Dr. You’s own enthusiasm in that field seems hood of the Kewalo Holy Ghost, 815 S. Queen St. Men on picket duty to have waned a bit in the past year. Yempuku and Sad Sam Ichi­ volunteered to help the Brotherhood which will use the two-story build­ No one can blame the doctor for that. He entered into his project, nose, chief promoter of Boxing with the great enthusiasm he carries into everything he does, spent Enterprises, Ltd., believe Pacheco’s ing for recreation, social center for teenagers and adults, and Holy thousands of dollars, went to bat for individual fighters, relieved the refusal indicates a lack of desire Ghost affairs. Manuel Cabral, Sr., president of the Brotherhood, says if financial distress of some, got others out of the toils of the law, en­ to build up boxing with a program the project were let out on contract, total cost would be $30,000. Because couraged promising amateurs, promoted, managed and in general did of steady shows, and a very strong the building is constructed by volunteers and with donations, the as much as any one man could possibly do, and much more financially desire to grab off the big attrac­ than most could do. tions, the money-makers, and Brotherhood has been able to move ahead with the building program. But boxing is a complex sport because it involved a great deal more nothing else. Twenty-two Ewa strikers volunteered for three days. Five from Wai­ than two men fighting with their fists. The amateur and professional pahu worked four days and four from distant Kahuku volunteered one games are inextricably intertwined and they constitute a maze of rela­ NEVER BROUGHT PRELIMS day. tionships that reach from millionaires into the underworld, though the difference is often not so great as one might think. Most American "The commission made a mis­ amateurs start boxing because they hope some day to make some money, take to grant him a license,” says Big Money, and to win a professional championship. Th'ey seek the pot Ichinose. “He said he would bring of gold at the end of the rainbow, and for hundreds of them the Big in preliminary fighters and stage No Quick Change in Stadium Status Money and the championship are every bit as elusive as that pot of regular shows. He has not brought gold. Cynical promoters, gangsters, middlemen and sharp characters a single preliminary fighter into more often split the pots of gold among themselves. the Territory.” Seen; Francis Brown Said Interested The frame of mind of the amateur boxer is therefore different from that of the distance runner, or the weight lifters, few of whom Ichinose says the program Box­ “There are no immediate plans” But there is nothing definite expect to capitalize heavily on their sport. In foreign countries, there ing Enterprises, Ltd. had sched­ for converting the site of the Ho­ about the idea. are amateur boxers who never expect to turn professional, but the uled for the past winter was nolulu Stadium into an area for residential subdivision says Chinn Stadium stock is not quoted at American amateur is almost'always a hungry kid with a willingness wrecked by competition offered by a high rate, $16' per share being to pay out a lot of blood, sweat and tears for a chance at the Big Money. Pacheco, especially since there Ho, president of the Stadium’s board of directors. the price named at present. But The Big Money has dwindled conspicuously, or perhaps it has be­ weren’t enough preliminary fight­ just the same nobody wants to come more centralized, with the advent of TV. There are no more small ers to fill both promoters’ cards to But Ho said it is true the board sell any, though varying reasons clubs where boxers can learn their trade. The impact on amateur boxing satisfaction. always keep in mind the possible are given for such reluctance. has inevitably been great. Here in Hawaii the situation of the amateurs The offer to Pacheco suggests “highest and best use” for the Chinn Ho, who holds 10 per is probably the worst It’s been In years. If Maxie Fontes, Augie Dias land if and when the University and the others can't pull It out and restore interest, it may get even another situation — that man­ cent of the stock, frankly views agement of the Civic Auditorium of Hawaii should build its own the future of the area as one of worse. * stadium. That is a project seen From somewhere, the game had better produce a backer with the by Yempuku and Earl Finch is high economic potential. having Its troubles keeping the big as an eventuality by sports fans Alice Wakaki, veteran ticket unselfish Interest and energy of a Richard Ohlnen, who understands inside and outside the university the complex character of the game and can push It with his eyes wide hall’s dates filled. taker at the Stadium who holds group, but no one has a definite another 10 per cent, is reported open to all its faults and fallings. idea about when it might happen. ☆ ☆ ☆ to be holding onto her shares for The university owns 70 per cent "sentimental reasons.” THE SHORT LEFT FIELD FENCE (250 ft.) of the L.A. Dodgers’ of the stock in the Honolulu Sta­ Coliseum is ‘ on the way to becoming a national issue in politics as One change in management of Ford to Offer dium and thus far has refused to the Stadium in the past year was well as sport, and with home runs being sprayed over the wall daily, sell any part of it, stating that if you can expect some Congressman to ask for an investigation. Last the installation of Mackey Yani- and when its stock goes on sale, gasawa, promoter Of the Hula Friday’s was the first game out of 13 in which somebody didn't hit Small German the whole chunk will go together. a homer over “O’Malley’s Screen,’’ the 40-ft. obstacle put on top of Bowl, as “assistant to the pres­ the wall to make home runs a little harder. National League President ident,” the president of the board FRANCIS BROWN being Chinn Ho. Theodore (Pump) Ford Frick says the baseball writers “overexaggerate" the absurdity Auto in U.S. RUMORED INTERESTED of the situatioh, but ’some ballplayers, including Duke Snider of ■ the Searle, who directed affairs at the ' Dodgers, agree with the writers that there’s danger of -“O’Malley’s Six' models of the Taunus, Stadium for many years, is now manufactured in the Ford Com­ . Latest rumored potential pur­ manager in charge of promotions. Folly” making a travesty of the national pastime. One reason Duke’s chaser is Francis li Brown. There unhappy is that he Kits lefthanded and the right field is so deep pany’s German plant, will go on Yanigasawa has won the respect sale in the U.S. this month. is a story that he would like to of all promoters, professional >and you can drive a ball 440 ft. and stip get caught out. Meanwhile, the perpetuate the name of the li Dodgers have ordered 50 per cent more baseballs than they usually do. At first, distribution will be amateur, by the manner in which family and has considered the idea he has built the Hula Bowl into ☆ ☆ ☆ limited to selected Lincoln, Mer­ cury and Edsel dealerships, ac­ of buying the stadium and re­ one of -the Islands’ most important LES KEITER, who used to recreate baseball games for Honolulu naming it li Memorial Stadium. radio audiences, is now doing the same job in New York for Giants cording to James L. Nance, Ford’s annual sports events, while gain­ fans wSro want to follow "their” team even though it’s moved to San general manager of Imports. ing recognition for the eVent across Francisco. Sports Illustrated interviewed him last week and he said Ford already, is selling 14 models the Mainland as well. But this he wears sturdy corduroy pants to work because, “I found I was wear­ of the English Ford through Ford KONA-TV Winners Get promotion is his own private en­ ing my pants out because I slide around the chair so much.” The big dealers. In 1957, 17,062 were sold terprise and has nothing directly problem is to keep talking all the time, and Keiter figures it’s a lot in the U.S. Trips But Not Money to do with his job on the Stadium easier to broadcast “live,” than to recreate. The Taunus,' Nance said, will staff. “ .- Back in the days when Keiter was here, who’d have ever thought probably sell for just over $2,000 Regard'less of what kind of Athletic authorities at the uni­ the New York fans would ever be listening to recreated baseball? with some models higher. rumors you hear, the last winners versity have in the past expressed ☆ ☆ ☆ The models to. be offered include on the recent, variety show at the view that it would toe desiraible DAN SANTIAGO, fighter who has had his ups and. downs In local de luxe and standard versions of KONA-TV will get their trip to to have a stadium in •which uni­ rings, was being asked the reasons behind his unprofessional, extremely two-door and four-door sedans Japan an advertised. versity and^schdol events were gentlemanly conduct in £he extremely ungentlemanly business of box­ and a two-dbor station wagon. So says George Tanaka who ran held. Like sqpje secondary school ing for money. Danny is apt to pick up a fallen opponent, and he has Their four-cylinder ' engine de­ the show at the radio-TV station. authorities, they hold that the been known to pass up shots at an opponent’s jaw when he felt the velops 67 _ horsepower. Ford says The trips are arranged through atmosphere of professionalism opponent was unfairly at a disadvantage. ' , test runs over U.S. roads showed Toshi Kameda, salesman for the that necessarily surrounds the Ho­ They say T’m a sucker,” said Danny, "but I figure boxing is a sport, average fuel consumption of 35.3 Erdman Travel Agency, but Ka­ nolulu Stadiiim, the only sizable a contest in the .art of self-defense. You take most of the fighters here miles to .a gallop. meda is presently in Japan. . / outdoor athletic theater in the today—they are gentlemen. Stan Harrington, Lem Miller, Kalingo. It The wheelbase of the Taunus is Rumors have been heard that vicinity, jnakes it undesirable for" il> better to feel like that. They tell me ...... Would not have lOj.5 inches; overall length 172.2 one winner, a girl, didn’t get her school sports. picked me up if I’d got knocked down. Maybe not, but I don’t care inches; and height 57.7 inches. trip. The. truth, says Tanaka, is what he wuld do. I pick him up because I feel like it and that is the that the girl delayed and delayed way I am.” even after tickets had been made Plenty of Mainland-style fight managers would agree‘such an at­ out for her, and finally wanted to U.S. Slump Hits Ships titude is that of a "sucker," but locally no one will argue with Dan Japanese Wages Up get money instead of the trip. Santiago that it is right for him because to us "that is the'way he is.” But neither agency nor TV sta­ Greek-owned ships laid up as It is not a bad way to be. Danny has won a lot of well deserved aloha The Japanese Labor Ministry tion were in a position to make a result of the world freight set­ among fight fans for his sportsmanship in a gam'e that has on occasion reports that the average, wage for such a deal, so Tanaka" says, “I back number 410 or 2,700,000 gross become so scrummy it verged on being a racket. He will probably never workers during 1957 ‘amounted to finally told Toshi; I was washing tons. Of these; 199 are in Greek win any championships, or get into the Big Money, but win or lose, the equivalent of $54.92 per my hands of her.”. ports. The shipping decline, the a lot of fans in his home town will always be pulling for him -And' month, a six per cent gain on The l^st two- winners are sched­ New York Times reports, is at­ tributed to the U.S. recession. that’s where it counts. . 1956. uled to leave in June and July, Thrcugh A Woman's Eyes | tyu(abcut । Go Home, Mr. Play tex ■hHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIBIBIW By Amy Clarke sports, dancing or walking will develop strong abdominal muscles that will be healthier than IRENE WONG has had so many in the U.S. came back with “Buy The wonderful friendliness and hospitality of the flabby muscles of women who" have always brickbats of one sort and another American.” Pretty soon the thing relied on stiff girdles to hold them up. tossed her way, it seems time to had degenerated into various local Hawaii’s people is famed the world over. hand out a bouquet. A plumber slogans like “Buy Texan,” etc., and There are some exceptions, of course. During was speaking of C-C Engineer by that time the slogan-makers It is the thing longest remembered by tourists pregnancy most obstetricians recommend the wear­ Kunimoto’s top assistant when were sorry they ever started it. and marveled over long after they have forgotten ing of a fitted maternity corset, and for a while both she and her boss used to They realized that without lively just what the view from the Pali was. after childbirth a braissiere helps to keep the be down in the department of trade among localities and nations, breasts firm. buildings. He said he got into a the economy couldn’t get well. If But you have to draw the line somewhere; and dispute with Miss Wong about Americans didn’t buy British and I am against girdles because they are restrictive, some technical points of plumb­ Franch and all the rest, buyers I would like to draw it right around the gentle­ man at the SurfRider Hotel who has come to uncomfortable, and they make a woman appear ing. of American goods in those coun­ stiff and stilted. “What was this wahine doing tries would become even fewer and Hawaii for the purpose of stuffing otir wahines in­ to girdles his company makes. ' arguing with me about plumbing,” farther between — because they / I asked myself, “but it turned out ■wouldn’t have anything to buy Do they really help fat women? I don’t think she was right and t was wrong. I with. So you might make an argu­ Ordinarily one would discount the statements we are fooled for a minute; a size 20 dress is a had no idea she could have learn­ ment that-you’re a better Amer­ made by the representative of any industry about size 20, whether the skin underneath is trussed up ed so much about plumbing.” ican citizen because you buy a for­ his product, because whatever the facts of the or relaxed. And another man- who does a eign car. You’d never make Amer­ case, his opinions are naturally colored by his lot of business with the engineer’s ican car manufacturers under-, knowledge that the higher the company’s Sales go, The girdle representative claims that a wom­ office says the minute Irene got stand it, though. the more his own share will be. an is less tired after a day’s work if she has worn a -girdle. on the job after being transferred ☆ ☆ ☆ there, the piled-up work got re­ But for some reason the Star-Bulletin decided JUST Why Consolidated Amuse­ duced. He figures she must be an ment denied the story in the to feature “Mr. Play tex” on the front page and This would be extremely hard to prove. This I excellent expediter. dailies that it’s going to convert dignify what was actually a sales spiel with the know, however: when a girdled working gal comes ☆ ☆ ☆ Liberty Theater into another use format of a formal interview. home after a day at the typewriter, the very first MAYOR BLAISDELL set out is a puzzle to those in the know, thing she does is to peel off that “second skin” for a speaking engagement at a who still believe such a develop­ In the course of this “interview,” the girdle with a sigh of relief. Kiwanis Club last week figuring ment is in the cards. Then, wasn’t company representative made a number of state­ probably he’d have a lot of ques­ there an advertisement in the pa­ ments which might carry more weight with some What about the sheath dress and tight skirts? tions to answer. He knew there pers about theater chairs for'sale? people than if they had been set off in a more I think these were designed for girls with slim were going to be a lot of Dem­ Of course, they’re probably from obvious advertisement. figures, and there isn’t much you can do about ocrats in his audience. He’d spent one of the other theaters. it if you’re mot that type. about as much time, in fact, pre­ There is an increasing tendency for newspapers paring answers for questions as to do this, and' we have to be on our • guard to If you want to wear them badly enough to case he did on his speech. After he’d GEORGE COOKE made an ex­ cellent deal, says an old Molokai spot which articles are really informative news and yourself into a rigid harness, the girdle might finished the speech, he asked for those that are nothing but cleverly hidden “ads.” help a little in pushing the fat into a slightly dif­ questions and, to his surprise, hand, leasing out a lot of his land for sandrgathering purposes The home and food sections, particularly, are full ferent position — but it’s still there. didn’t get a single one. of these cheaters. Afterward, a couple of Kiwanis at $500,000. In view of our inform­ diners were heard talking to one ant, wide stretches of the land If you feel you are too heavy to wear clothes to another as they left the place. aren’t worth more than $10 an But to go back to “Mr. Playtex,” I don’t sup­ advantage, you might try a sensible reducing diet "That’s the kind of man you’re acre. Cooke needed the money, pose very many of my readers wear girdles, but (not these fad foods and drinks). proud to call mayor of Honolulu,” though, if what one hears on the some of you may have felt guilty when you read said one. “A man that looks right’ Friendly Island is true. It’s re­ that “Mr. Playtex” said every mother should teach If you like yourself the way you are, you can in his clothes and makes a good ported his cowboys were told her teen-age daughter to wear a girdle. always find clothes styled to suit your figure with­ appearance.” there wouldn't be money for their out the need of corseting. "Yep, yep,” replied the other, usual luau last holiday season, but I do hope none of you rushed out to buy your perhaps a bit biliously. maybe now there'll be one at the girls a rubber harness, because it just ain’t so. end of this year. And for those of you who are really fat, there It had been, after all, a very is always the muumuu, which covers everything, heavy meal. ☆ ☆ ☆ Most doctors will tell you that there is no bless it! ... . ☆ ☆ ☆ KINI POPO must be as dis­ medical reason why women should wear girdles THE CREW OF THE GOLDEN couraged as the KHVH-TV own­ (or brassieres, either, in most cases). Mr. Playtex, Hawaii’s women are smiling and RULE asked for and received ers must be encouraged by the happy because they’re not confined in girdles. Why Bibles to read In the 0-0 Jail. And answers the KGU-TV comedian Good posture and exercise such as you get In don’t you give up? that brings . up another- old law, gets on his shadow-and-telephone almost forgotten today like laws stunt. He shows a shadow on the on flags reported in this column screen, then calls a number ardson in contempt and fined him those who had followed the hear­ a week or so ago. Not so many chosen at random from the phone for not allowing local courts to ings. John Botelho, lone commis­ U.S. State of years ago, jailors here' were re­ book, and asks the person who operate.. “Howlin’ Mad” has a lot sioner who favored granting quired to furnish, at any prison­ answers what he thinks the shad­ more uncomplimentary . things to Equitable the license, Used, the er’s request, a copy of the. New ow is. If the recipient of the call say about him then Judge Metz­ same argument Charley Kendall Mind Shown by Testament free- of charge. We un­ identifies the shadowy object, he ger ever did. of the HGEA had used. He said derstand that’s one of the laws gets some money ($26 at latest ☆ ☆ he didn't believe granting the dropped from the books when the hearing). But quite often of late, license would hurt the liquor deal­ National Survey the person who answered the THE BINGO BOOM is getting ers and recalled how the big com­ laws were recodified and brought ready to burst in full bloom on A coast-to-coast survey of up to date a couple of legislative phone explained he was watching panies had raised an outcry Mainland public opinion, and. at­ Channel 13. the town (RECORD two weeks ago) against the coming of Kress, Sears sessions ago. It sounds like a law but there’s one thing that charac­ titudes by correspondents of that probably originated among ☆ ☆ ☆ ' and others. Chairman M. B. Car­ Newsweek magazine has come up terizes it. That’s haste.-The opera­ on, on the other hand said the the missionaries, and what finally A LOT OF SERVICEMEN, es­ tors figure it’s only a matter of with what the editors call "frank happened to it sounds aS though pecially Marines, will get plenty time until police take some case "preponderance” of evidence pre­ conclusions.” present-day ministers weren’t on of kicks out of tbe book “Coral into. court and get a decision sented showed liquor, dealers would Arpong the sharp portraits of their toes. and Brass” by General H. M. against the game, quiz or no quiz, suffer. But Carson’s main ob­ the U.S. character, which News­ ☆ ☆ -ft “Howlin’ Mad” Smith, now pub­ at which time whatever gold that jection to the license at GEM week called “Our State of Mind, SIGNS OF RECESSION IN lished in pocketsize and available may be flowing now will cease’. So was that GEM would exercise too Mid-Spring 1958,” are the follow­ OUR MIDST include some of the on your newstand for the first it’s of the essence to the operators strong control over' the licensee. ing: most contradictory staterftnts you time. The .book isn’t, new, having • We rarely admit that we our­ to move quickly and reap a quick . ☆ ☆ can imagine. The big pitch about been written in 1948, but it’s doubt­ harvest while the reaping’s good.' selves want something for noth­ how “You Auto Buy Now,” ful It was ever read by many serv­ ing, but we see plenty of people ☆ ☆ NOVEL REASONS for things echoed by Riley Allen who has icemen, what with being published are run-of-the-mill at the liquor around us who do. an eye out for ads, is in direct only in hard cover. “Howlin’ Mad” IS THERE A WOMAN in Ho­ commission, but the proprietor of • By and large, we concede that contradiction to American princi­ pulls no punches when it comes to nolulu bright enough to do what the Tolani Tavern, Wahiawa, came we don’t work very hard, certain­ ples of thrift pounded into our writing of the brass. In fact, the Mrs. Betty .Adams does over up with a somewhat different ly not as hard) as our fathers did. people from Ben Franklin on. title comes from a crack in which WJAR-TV in Providence, R.I.? twist Monday-as a reason for want­ Moreover, we think they worked When, do you suppose Riley will he indicates the high brass was Mrs. Adams, a widow- with two ing a music . permit for his es­ harder than we would like to. write an editorial on the theme,. less help to the war against Im­ children, -runs a half-hour-. TV tablishment. It’s patronized main­ • For a vast number of us, the. “A penny saved is a penny earn­ perial Japan than the coral of the show weekday mornings called ly by servicemen; he explained, raises, we get are no. longer deter­ ed?” islands. His fight against the high "The World Around Us.”-6he pre­ and what with the big problem- mined ' by what we produce ..but Then there’s the recurrence of brass seems to have engaged his sents a wide vaHety of subjects the • Defense Department’s having by the rise in. the cost of living.- the old “buy local” theme. A guest efforts just as much as his fight like instructions in prenatal care, about servicemen not wanting to Though we make more money speaker on KHVH the other morn­ against the enemy. Local people a tango lesson, .beauty hints by stay in the service, it’s the .duty than we used, to, after we pay the ing lit into people who buy for­ will enjoy references to Lieut. couturiere Lily Dache, a talk oh of people like himself to provide bills we don’t seem to be an'y bet­ eign cars saying they are “not Gen. Robert C. “Nellie” Richard­ the Incas by a Peruvian diplomat, as much entertainment as pos­ ter off. good American' citizens” because son, military governor of Hawaii, book reviews, word and picture sible for them. The neighbors com­ . • The recession is improving our the money they spend goes out of such as ", . . he decorated mem­ essays on foreign countries, etc. plain about the noise, an inspec­ attitudes as' workers and as job the Territory and even out of the bers of his staff with the Legion Mrs. Adams does her own re­ tor reported, but the proprietor had applicants. country. Of course, any money of Merit for what he termed the search and stars on her own show . an answer for that one. He was • We believe the Federal gov­ you spend for a new car goes 'massive planning’ of the Makin which is a big hit with daytime on the location before the neigh­ ernment not Only owes us our largely out of the Territory since operation. All of the approved viewers. , “ bors were — and besides, most of present social-security and un­ there are no automobile factories ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ them were transient service per­ employment benefits, but more here, but there’s more wrong with plans for Makin cams out of my THE 4-1 LINEUP of liquor com­ sonnel who wouldn’t stay very and more of us are beginning to the idea than that. Back in the office.” missioners that killed the appli­ long. He got his permit, which think that the government should Great Depression of the '30’s, the Honolulu people will' remember cation of’ Equitable Distributors proves that there are times when look out for us more generously British began with a slogan of how Delbert E. Metzger, then Fed­ (the company that wanted to sell you can have your cake and eat in our old age and during our “Buy British,” and manufacturers eral jud^e, found "Nellie" Rich- at GEM) was not surprising to it. serious illnesses. PAGE 6 HONOLULU RECORD MAY 8, 1958 Kunimoto's "Move Out" Advice to 111111111111111111111111111111^ Down Movie Palolo People Motivated by Sympathy Lane § from page 1 § ficult to do. It came long before In Our Dailies he was chief engineer, but he from losing their homes and go­ has learned that no question iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiB^ ing bankrupt.” about the ’firmness of the soil, “THE LONG, HOT SUMMER” ■ The city has already spent believed to include a certain RACIAL BIAS appears to gov- there, as he made .here,; he will is a compelling two-hour movie thousands of dollars to halt the amount of shale from an old era the way in which the dailies surely increase the- confusion in that’s loaded with steamy sex and slide and stabilize "the situation, rockcrusher, was ever raised. run their report on local social the minds of listeners- apd readers but so far nothing has worked. laced with violence and bawdy The RECORD confirmed that activities. In the Advertiser, the as to the real worth of, statements humor. It couldn’t be much else, “We have written to Dr. Peck, main social column is called “On made by Washington,.-brass hats the soil expert called in on the view by contacting officials who woven as it is from three stories Wilson Tunnel,” says Kunimoto, checked the subdivision at the the Party Line” and in the Star- on tour. j;,. .■ by William Faulkner, a writer who time. Bull it’s called “People and Par­ ☆ ☆ has always been fascinated with “and asked him to come out and ties.” make tests. But we can’t tell what FACED AS IT IS with decreas­ the decadence of Southern “aris­ he may find.” - Engineer Kunimoto also feels A check of these social columns ed advertising revenue, the Adver­ tocracy” and the rise of a red­ he has been given too much cred­ for the entire month of. April The engineer says with the tiser lately has been making eco­ neck commercial class. problem of slides apparently in­ it, and uncomplimentary credit shows that the ’Tiser ran a total nomical changes in it&, presenta­ at that, for suggesting a new in­ of 80 items and the Star-Bull ran tion of news and daily features “Summer,” in effect, is a kind soluble, he would like to see the of “Peyton Place” (Jerry Wald city buy the area for a park or cinerator foe located in Koko Head 106. which enable the paper to give some project that does not re­ Park. The suggestion did not " A breakdown of the ‘ content of an impression of compactness. produced -’both) ■ except that it originate with him, the engineer these items shows that, with the An interesting change: is the deals ' with- some, hotter-blooded quire buildings. citizens of Mississippi. There’s points out, but with Harland, exception of five, all the ’Tiser’s elimination of the date from the ASKED AID FOR RESIDENTS Bartholomew & Associates, metro­ items dealt with the social doings Tiser’s United Press .teletyped Orson Welles, a gargantuan politan planners hired by the of haole families in the Big Five Mainland and international stories. character who has reduced the As for the residents, Kunimoto Bishop Estate. Six other spots sug­ orbit or accepted in its fringes. This idea means that the ’User’s -town he owns and operates to a says he has approached other sub­ gested by the planners would all Likewise with the Star-Bull’s 106 desk men have to edit the mes­ snivelling peonage. dividers and they have agreed be closer to residential areas than items which included only six sages so that when the word to­ He has a son (Anthony Fran- to sell the Waiomao residents the one chosen, Kunimoto says. which dealt with non-haoles. day appears in them, they change ciosa) who, to “escape” his father’s building sites and include them “My name must help sell pa­ it to read yesterday and change in package plans at cost. pers,” says the engineer, "because ☆ ☆ ☆ ruthlessness, seeks solace with his tomorrow into today. While prac­ cute wife XLee Remick). Welles al­ As for placing the blame for When something happens, it’s Ku­ THE RACIAL BARRIER, a tically all the news the "User prints so has a daughter (Joanne Wood­ the original granting of approval, nimoto says this or’ does that, no breakdown of the exceptions to actually originates yesterday, the ward — the “Three Faces of Eve” Kunimoto feels that is very dif­ matter who started it.” the social rule of the dailies shows, use of the word today has an up- Academy Award winner) who, be­ was broken when non-haoles in to-the-minute psychological ef­ cause of her father’s dominance, consular and artistic circles were fect, which evidently, the Tiser is fast becoming icily frustrated. entertained by non-haoles with considers worth the effort. Royal Beer Hires Top Expert; prominent haoles as their guests. That's the setup when Paul For example, Mrs. C. H. Min of ☆ ☆ ☆ Newman (in real life, he’s Miss 1641 Anapuni St. was given space BOARD OF WATER Supply Woodward’s husband) blows into Brew Made by Union Workers by both the dailies in their “ex­ poured hundreds of taxpayer dol­ town with a cracker slouch and clusive” social columns when she lars' into the dailies’ cash regis­ the reputation of being a revenge­ One of the nation’s top beer ex­ Since 1941 he has been with gave a reception for Dr. Eaktay ters for a series of display ad­ ful barn-burner, etc. Welles takes perts is here as a special consult­ Schwartz Laboratories which he Ahn, the Korean composer and vertisements which told of mov­ a shine to Newman and soon ant for the American Brewery Co., joined as brewing technologist and conductor, upon his arrival here, ing into its palatial new office they’re matching wits in the vil­ which produces Royal, beer. consultant. and three weeks later, when Mrs. building on So. Beretania St. lainy and connivance at which Royal foeer which Kresser will Min gave a farewell party for Dr. Mayor Blaisdell has been clam­ Author Faulkner excels. Herbert J. Kresser started work­ taste and smell in testing it is Ahn, both dallies carried items oring for economy in City-County The melodrama becomes frank ing in a brewery in 1911 as ap­ union-made. The workers at Royal about it. activities, but the independent and unashamed, at times pre­ prentice under his father who was joined the ILWU recently and Like Mrs. Min, Mrs. Mee Chow .water board’s ads, which in­ posterous but never dull. Fran- brewmaster. Since then he has they are in Unit 115 of the Gen­ Doo of 1035 Klnau St. broke the cidentally spoke of the board’s ciosa attempts to kill Welles and worked in U.S. and Canadian eral Trades grouping. The unit, racial social barrier of both dailies “desire to reduce operating costs,” Newman is blamed and almost breweries. He is a graduate of the like all ILWU non-sugar groups, by giving receptions for Wei-ping were a windfall for the dailies— lynched;, the hectic Franciosa- United States Brewing Academy is giving support to the 13,700 Tsai, the new consul-general of just one of the reasons why the Remick marriage is almost shat­ in . ; •iking sugar workers. " - Nationalist China. Mrs. Doo click­ dailies are solid for the board’s in­ tered; Welles is contrived into ed again — but only in the Tiser dependence of operation. marrying his long-time mistress ATOMIC SENATOR ACCUSES —when she gave a lunch for the ☆ ☆ ☆, (Angela Lansbury); and New­ Rod Cross drive. THE DAILIES, after feasting man finally thaws Miss Wood­ on hoopla advertisements for It, ward's reserve. U.S. Military Want Dirtier Bombs; ☆ ☆ ☆ haven’t given any figures on ac­ Director Martin Rltt slams the EMPEROR HIROHITO'S birth­ tual sales made on last week's action at full-throttle and day caused ahother break in the "Auto Buy Now” hurdy-gurdy. cameraman Joseph LaShelle cap­ Nuclear Tests Should Be Stopped barrier when consul-general Hi- They have dealt, instead, in gen­ tures the authentic flavor of Faulk­ saji Hattori announced that an eralizations. / ’ ■ 8 ' ’’" B - ner’s South — it was shot in US. military leaders are de­ don’t agree it is dangerous to stop official reception would be held The Star-Bull (which got most Louisiana — which increases the manding dirty nuclear bombs — the nuclear tests," explained that to celebxate it, but this social note of the ads) briefly reported that reality of the movie. and the dirtier, the better — be­ the State and Defense Depart­ appeared only in the Star-Bull. Aloha Motors^’had drawn free- Miss Woodward and Newman cause “cleaner bombs aren’t des­ ments are “in a fight about the Perhaps because the Watumull lookers tp its special neighborhood are standouts. (Friends from New tructive enough.” tests.” interests are such . steady-adver­ demonstrations of- Chevrolets. No York stage days, they were mar­ ried- on completion of “Summer.”) “Under the mounting pressure tisers, both papers ran items that word about sales made, if any. . This assertion was made by Sen. of world opinion^ Mr. Dulles is the G. J. Waturnulls, who are If a dead whale is put on view, it Miss Remick is a typical lil Clinton P. Anderson (Dem. N.M.), Southern belle full of squeals and retreating,” said the Senator, “but .prominent in cultural dlrcles too, will draw gazers, too. ' ranking Senator on the Joint Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, AEG •soon w^uld ^e ^having a bigwig An Advertiser • reader wrote that wiggles. Orson Welles, as always, Congressional Atomic Energy Com­ hits his lines with handsome as­ chairman, ..is adamant that the ■from India APfcl his wife as house “of all the high pressure tech­ mittee, on “Meet the Press” (KGU testa--cqntiuue.” • , guests. niques used by car salesmen, 'the surance. Franciosa plays hisf piti­ Sunday). He added: ‘il;; - auto buy campaign is by far the ful role wth conviction, especially Senator Anderson said the U.S. ☆ ☆ ☆ most outrageous.” a memorable scene with Welles “Generals, like the Air Force’s should, agree with the Soviet OUT ^UF APRIL’S 30 days, the The “Buy Now” razzle-dazzle is near the end. Curtis LeMay come before our Union (which has halted nuclear Tiser, which is trimming space being -varied • on the Mainland. A "Summer” is a full-bodied, full­ committee and put on a big show , tests) to set up seismograph sta­ •and overhead because of its dif­ maker: of . women’s electric shav­ blown study, of white class rela­ in support of dirtier bombs. They tions which would detect nuclear ficulty in selling advertising, skip­ ers has launched a ’SLegorama" (to tionships- that makes a kamaiana want them the most effective for explosions. ped its “On the Party Line” find the girl with the prettiest viewer think " back' to the days destruction. The military are mak­ "We respect for Am­ pulled out the leg froth'Its'caught asked for and received a reduction ly at their own establishments.) protest because “what is being erican government, court and position. Fujita declared the youth of bail from $50 to $26. When the commission agreed done in that area is a contemptu­ laws, “when they are in conflict” had stuck his leg there to resist Sgt. Larry Mehau, who headed that police and prosecutor should, ous crime against mankind," with the laws of God, -he felt the officers’, effort to take him to the gambling squad on last Sat­ be notified of its desire, Commis-~ compelled to obey the latter. their car. urday’s raid, said he usually sets sione'r Kronick seemed pleased. He Asked what facts supported that When Fujita and Officer Lay- bail at $50 for persons charged has pushed this project before, belief, Bigelow cited data gather­ Orion Sherwood, lone Methodist ton Yasuhara held the youth’s with being lookouts for gambling. Chairman Carson was less ed by scientists at Columbia Uni­ in the gtoup, said “I think the left and right arms and were tak­ The gambling detail had follow­ sanguine. He commented, "I don’t versity. They have found that over order of this court (the restrain­ ing him to their car, they passed ed the group it suspected of be­ know that we’ve accomplished a a period of three years the bones ing order) should be- carefully ex- Alfred Corpuz who was' cleaning ing about to stage a cockfight all great deal.”- of all hlimans have acquired 33 aminc^”jtotdetermlne .whether' the his car. the way from Aiea to Ewa, Sgt. Then Commissioner Robert Ko­ per cent'more Strontium 90, that demoerw^and religions .rights of Oasay asked Fujita, "Is that the Mehau said. jima brought up the subject that children have acquired 50 per cent the four'-'Were not being, violated. guy you mean?" Oasay says Fu­ “We know them well,” he said. had set off the. fireworks in the more and ' children under four jita did not reply. According to “They have a fight almost every first place — that of whether or have acquired '60 per cent more. This brought a query or two Oasay both he and Corpuz were week.” not Crown Liquors should be from Judge yHig and Sherwood wearing identical blue T-shirts But while they were observing, penalized. Strontium 90 is the by-product' added that he felt no personal and Corpuz apparently had left and shortly after they got a signal The proprietor, Mrs. Benny of atomic tests .-scientists say is animosity toward the judge. his area. from an informer, Sgt. Mehau Heau, got'her license not so long deadly to human genes. Fujita says there could not have said, young Ben was seen to walk after her .husband, ‘ Benny Heau, At .the end of the trial, which been a mistaken. Identity for Cor­ behind the group and speak to had lost, the license for selling But equally important in his. lasted leas than a day, Judge puz was wearing trunks while them, after which they took' flight. liquor to minors. The name of mind, said Bigelow, is the position Wiig found the four guilty of- Oasay wore blue trousers, and Mehau did not see all this, him- thb establishment was changed of our country in the “undeniable criminal contempt, sentenced Oasay was the man who allegedly self, he said, since he was at an­ and the I'., nse .given Mrs. Heau conflict," in which he said "We them to 60 days in jail, and then did the informing. other spot, but was told it by only a short time ago after the are (the Ud3.) debasing- ourselves. suspended the, sentence on con­ Sabas Corpuz, the father, claims other officers when they conferred couple pleaded that they had no We are not leading the world. We dition of good behavior for a that as he was walking with three on possible charges. other means of making a liveli­ are lagging ‘ behind. We have be­ year. vice squad officers toward their hood. come the thing we fear.” car, one of them mentioned that Commissioner Kojima at that AEC "Untrustworthy" , Judge Wiig also told Attorneys the youth was still’ cleaning his Every day there are born in the time cast the sole vote against - Katsuro Miho and A. L. Wirin, car, UJS. 300 children .who are destined granting the license. NoW what He called -the Atomic Energy who have represented the four Young Oasay says that Fujita to be mentally retarded. On the was the commission golhg to do, Commission an . "untrustworthy that he will ask the Bar. Assn, stopped on a trail before reaching basis of every 100,000 of popula­ he asked. agency,” and said that when of Hawaii and the Federal Court his car with Oasay and told him tion, 3,000 children suffer from “You wouldn’t want to condemn Judge Wiig put the four in a posi­ to- investigate lawyer-client rela­ to "Hit me.” Oasay says he told the mental retardation; 700 from a person without hearing his side, tion where “we had to decide tionship in the case. He said the officer, "You wanted to rough me rheumatic heart; 350 from cerebral would you?” asked Commissioner whether-we .would obey the law of cannon of ethics demands that, up down there. You hit me. And palsy; 300 from polio of the per­ Kronick. court or the law of God ” ;they de­ when a client persists in wrong­ I’m going to bring charges against manent variety; and 200 from con­ Crown Liquors received a cita­ cided quickly on the- latter course doing, the lawyer Should with­ you.” He says Fujita twisted his genital blindness. tion. and took the vessel to sea. draw from the case. Subterfuge on Elected Governor THE GOP'S TWEEDLEDEE The Disgraceful Brig at Iwilei (from page 1) Although election of a governor is a for­ By KOJI ARIYOSHI ward step for Hawaii, hesitancy prevails munist Party, Eugene Dennis, have said there are no Com­ among many islanders in publicly advo­ munists in the Territory. Last night I pulled out my notes which I kept cating it. There is no “right-to-work” law (or “right-to-scab” •white, an occupant of a cell in the Honolulu Jail about two and a half years ago. law as unions call it) and behind that absence lay the story Many who feel that immediate state­ What made me do this? hood is out of the question maintain of conflict. There were some among the Republicans who silence on the issue of an elected gover­ sought a plank denouncing the “right-to-work” law theory, The dilapidated Honolulu Jail, the eyesore of nor. Among them are many articulate and, and they were beaten before the convention. The Old Iwelei Road, has suddenly attracted world atten­ Guard sought the “right-to-work” law and it was beaten at tion. Four crew^ members of the Golden Rule, not a few, influential members of both nuclear protest yacht, are held prisoners behind political parties. the convention by “New Republicans” who hope to lure labor the wall of rusting sheets of corrugated roofing- votes. iron that hides the eyesore from pineapple can­ They remain behind this curtain of Whether this absence gains more than a frown from nery and can company workers who pass by daily silence because forceful advocates of the Sen. William Knowland, whom Hawaii Republicans consider and tourists who visit, the fruit canneries. Big Five line have repeated time and again their friend and a friend of statehood remains to be seen. RECALL WARM MEMORIES that if Congress agrees to an elected gov­ But Sen. Knowland is running for governor of California ernor, it would shove immediate statehood using the “right-to-work” as a principal issue, and local Re­ When I saw a newspaper photograph of the Golden Rule crew marching through the door in far out of the reach of Hawaiian residents, publicans who feel close to him are shaking their heads the corrugated iron wall, I thought how exactly probably forever. In the past the Star-' sadly. alike the place looked on Independence Day, 1955, Bulletin, while calling for statehood, re­ Bill Quinn did speak some sound truth and the inquir­ when six of us were taken there after Smith Act jected and discouraged moves for an elect­ ing voter should thank him for that. Certainly it is true conviction — which has since been reversed. ed governor. Today, the Advertiser is hold­ that neither Big Business nor Big Labor confines its efforts My notes bring back warm memories. On our ing up the banner of statehood and it de­ to either political party. Big Business goes after profits by first Sunday in prison,, a guard told me, “Gee, this clares it is disastrous for statehood if is­ using any politicians it can. In its fight to win more wages place is' very popular because of you people. So landers were to ask for an elected gov­ and better conditions for its members, Big Labor does the many visitors. We don’t have visitorsxlike this.” ernor. same. Everybody was in a jolly mood at the prison. We But Bill Quinn didn’t tell the rest of the story — that Smith Act defendants were loaded with fruit For a long time big business squarely op­ Big Business has for years made the GOP the rock upon and food by our thoughtful and generous friends. posed statehood. Today, its key figures still We shared these with other prisoners. Some guards which to base its political machinations. It has moved into with deep feeling and concern for prisoners, know­ are against statehood, although they don’t the Democratic Party when the situation required it, but ing that we had more food than we possibly could broadcast their views. it moved with the trepidation of a little rich boy trying to be eat, told us which one of the prisoners almost These anti-statehood elements have never had visitors. We appreciated their sugges­ a good fellow among the kids who live behind the gas house. tions and passed our food along to these prisoners. played a smart game. They have opposed Big Business never felt at home except among the Repub­ the ejection of the governor, saying it licans and then only in certain solidified strata of the GOP. POOR LIGHTS would hurt Hawaiian statehood which It is also true Big Labor has found more friends among The prisoners were all friendly. We were locked they are against. They have done this be­ the Democrats in the years since the election of Franklin up tyvo to a cell—10 x 6 x 7 feet high. Three walls cause they realized long ago that Hawaii Roosevelt to the White House. But it also found double­ were concrete and the front, facing the passage­ can win congressional approval of an dealers and enemies and it has supported more than one way between the rows of cages, was a criss-cross elected governor—more easily than state­ of steel bars. Each cell had a padlock, and the Republican against such politicians. whole cell block was padlocked at both, ends of hood. In the light of the past, the Republicanism of Herbert the passageway. Big business does not want to give up Hoover, Sen. Taft, Rep? Hartley, Sen. McCarthy, Sen. Jenner, the present arrangement of having the We liked to read but lighting was poor. High up Sen. Knowland, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Charles on the back wall near the ceiling was a small governor appointed by Washington. The Wilson, the inquiring voter is likely to wonder if the liberal opening of 1x2 feet, but since the wall was'nearly political appointee is directly responsible planks constitute a sort of shiibai to get votes. a foot thick, we almost didn’t get direct light from to Washington and not to island voters. He is likely to decide there’s more of the GOP’s intent the outside down below where we were. No elec­ Big interest knows from experience that it tric bulb was in any cell. A couple of dim bulbs in planks like the one about making labor unions bare their lighted the hallway. can bend the ears of. such an appointee finances than in the one about giving bonuses to the vet­ more easily than a governor elected by erans. One Smith Act defendant waS placed in a cell the people and answerable to them. without an opening in the wall for outside light. Bill Quinn and a few “New Republicans,” it appears, He enjoyed reading. I saw him leaning against the The argument against an elected gover­ are saying some things right now for use in the fall cam­ bars of Ills tell during the day while sitting on the nor has been used effectively up to nOw, paign and they are things the Old Guard’ won’t subscribe concrete floor; holding his book at an angle to but noticeably more and more islanders to even to win elections. Otherwise, there isn’t any more dif­ catch the dim light from a distant electric bulb in the. passageway. are getting wise to this game. Soon it will ference between, the “New Republicans” and O. P. Soares’ be difficult for anti-statehood elements to Old Guard than there is between tweedledee and tweedle­ Shortly after we occupied our cell, I noticed that argue that election of a governor does not dum. the prisoners were calling for the guard to open advance Hawaii toward statehood. their cells because they wanted to use thedavatory. The guard had to open the outer gate’to enter -the cell block each time. Notice Duncan Resigns to Subscribers We learned that prisoners in this row previously Chronic Position Among our many new sub­ were not locked up in their cells dining the day. scribers, there are some whose ad­ Their cell doors were left open. -But when two When IMUA, the reactionary front of Safety Position dresses. appear to be incomplete— prisoners beat up a guard, locked him, opened all the Big Five, was exposed several months no post office box or street num­ cells and five escaped, the warden discontinued James A. W. Duncan, director ber given. This may cause a delay ago as an anti-statehood outfit, this was of education for the C-C Traffic giving prisoners the freedom of the narrow cell­ Safety Commission for the past in the delivery of their paper. block. _ new {information to a surprising number To those whose addresses are in­ of people. IMUA’s president is Lawrence 14 years, tendered his resignation Monday, to take effect May 21. complete or' erroneous, or whose GUARD KEPT BUSY . Judd, former governor of Hawaii, who He told the commission he expects names are misspelled, we ask that the correct information be sent The escapees were brought back, put in Isolation vetoed the legislature’s statehood joint to engage in' private1 business. and on cracker and water diet. One “dropped” from Before taking the position with us. resolution in 1931 and explained that a Circulation Department exhaustion and was taken to the emergency hos­ request for statehood to Congress “might the traffic safety group, Duncan pital, we were told. was a member of the Honolulu The; ’ Honolulu 'Record mar the exceedingly friendly attitude Police for seven years. 811 Sheridan St. The guard on duty is kept busy, opening the which Congress has shown towards us for In tine position of director of Honolulu 14, Hawaii cells one at a time to allow prisoners to use the many years ...” traffic safety education, Duncan only toilet for about 40 prisoners. Thd prisoners won high praise for the imagina­ test. were first curious about us. T&sy’d stop by our cell tion and initiative he put into his Duncan has been active in help­ for a minute, say: a word or .iwo, then return to job. He was largely responsible ing interest community groups in their cells. AU the guards, except one, were patient Federal Tax Exemption some years ago for the inclusion the traffic safety problem and or­ and considerate. of Hawaii 'in the National Safety ganize programs among them for One prisoner stopped in front of our cell, held Frank Lombardi, T.H. planning director,' Council's truck-fleet safety' con- 'traffic education. the bars while looking in,, and said in a friendly will visit Puerto Rico to study the island’s tone, “We are all in the same boots.” capital plan. He should come back with a (Continued from right) just .before bedtime, a guard opens Another whose turn was next to use the toilet full report on how Puerto Rico benefits one cell, at a time, lets the inmates asked us, "How many years?” When /we replied, ing or trial. They could not put up out to use the toilet and fill the he remarked, “Five years I Because they- can’t from Federal tax exemption, which primes bail, to remain outside and pre­ bottom of the bucket with water. shoot the breeze, their conversation is short and its economic development. pare for their trial. A disinfectant is added to the to the point. . Some had been locked up in the water. At night prisoners are to Another with a 'blank- look smiled, said, “Hello,, cells for 10 to 11 months, without use the buckets. comrades.” He and others had heard that we were being let outside in the yard for Smith Act defendants. ■IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH air and sun bath. The cells are When I went into Honolulu Jail so small, two occupants cannot I ■ had read the experiences of LOCKED IN 11 MONTHS Honolulu Record Publishing Co., Ltd. stand and . stretch at the same the leaders of the 1909 Japanese 811 Sheridan Street, Honolulu, T.H. time without bumping each other. sugar strike who were imprison­ He was friendly. When we looked at him with­ PHONE 96445 One has to sit or sleep on the ed at Iwelei. Forty-six years later, out answering, he seemed embarrassed. He said, Mainlalnd $5.00; Philippines $7.00 double-bunk while the other moves conditions were almost alike. The “Gee, there’s no justice." and exercises iri the narrow space Golden Rule crew members are Most of those in the cells were waiting a hear- Oahu $5.00; other islands $6.00 airmail; beside the bunk. probably experiencing similar con­ KOJI ARIYOSHI—EDITOR Every cell has a bucket. At night, ditions in the relic of a jail. Continued at Left