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r^r^- 4OH Libras RECORD Vol. 3, No. 41 SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS Thursday, May 10, 1951 ILWU Man Stops $4,000 Fleece Neighbors Seize T. H. Income Up, Sumida, Other Inmates Tap Fleecers After Shoemaker Says; Prison Phone, Call Outside Victim Is Warned Warns Spenders By EDDIE UJIMORI Alex Sumida, bigtime fleecer Only fast thinking by Timoteo now serving time in Oahu Pris­ By EDWARD ROHRBOUGH Battad, ILWU representative in on, and a few other inmates, in­ The war in Korea has pulled Village 3, Spreckelsville, Maui, cluding a “pet” of. the prison Hawaii’s income up by $85,000,000, kept Adriano Abaya, 61, planta­ authorities, tapped a telephone but already the Bank of Ha­ tion worker in the same village, and called friends, associates and waii’s expert economist, Vice from losing his life savings of others all over the islands, sev­ President James H. Shoemaker, $4,000 last week to three men eral months ago, the RECORD is looking for tough times in the who followed a fleecing formula learned this week. future if spending isn’t toned which has become familiar Prison authorities discovered down. That was the chief con­ throughout the Territory. that inmates were tapping tho clusion to be drawn from Shoe­ The three, two of whom were phone when an unusually large maker’s third report on Hawaii’s somewhat shaken up by Abaya’s toll charge for long distance and economy, issued this week in neighbors, have been identified overseas calls came with a bill booklet form at a press confer­ by Abaya and by Maui police.' ; from the telephone company, re­ ence held at the bank. It began, says Abaya, when liable sources said. A year ago the problem was is giving up the "practice” of two of the three came to his Reports that Sumida carried different. Mr. Shoemaker re­ home and lured him into their medicine, is not angry in this on phone conversations with par­ ported then that it was of prime picture. Instead, he is demon­ car with talk of a friend who ties in Japan were checked by importance for the Territory to “wanted to see me very badly.” strating for the RECORD -pho­ ' .' But' they drove the car . in the RECORD and found to be attract more Mainland dollars, tographer one of the four basic rumors. secure jobs for the unemployed, another direction and were hailed poses of kenpo, of which he is by a hitch-hiker carrying a bag. Alerted by the big telephone and correct the situation which a teacher. bill, the prison authorities be­ had the Territory spending $76,- Pick Up Pal gan checking the inmates. “This is not a taxi,” they told Technician for the phone tap- (more on page 7) the man by the road, but after (more on page 7) ALEX SUMIDA the hitch-hiker had given a sad story,- Abaya says he felt sym- Long Made 1 Oth Gov.; (more on page 7) Lanai Strikers To Get 2,000 Lbs. Rice Seeks Harmony In T.H. Oren E. Long, who came from Waipahu Gl Refuses From Marine Cooks & Stewards Union Kansas to teach school in Ha­ waii and who remained to serve To Shoot; Can't See Calling on the Hawaiian Pine­ Local 152 said: “We certainly as head of the Department of apple Co., “swollen with heavy . do appreciate it. Two thou­ Public Instruction and as Secre­ C. 0., Sent To Front profits,” to “cut out the double­ sand pounds will feed the strik­ tary of Hawaii, was sworn in talk and get down to brass tacks “I guess I wrote you I pro­ ers for about a month.” Tuesday to the Territory’s high­ tested my firing a weapon against and start negotiating a contract” Furuike said further: “The La­ est office—that of Governor of with the ILWU strikers on La­ the enemy. Well, it didn’t mean nai strike is fundamentally a Hawaii. a damn thing because today I nai, the Marine Cooks and stew­ very tough strike and that is ards Convention meeting in San After announcing a stand am at the front line . . .” wrote why it may be a very long one. a Waipahu GI from Korea April Francisco last week, voted unan­ I am very certain we will need all against both blind prejudice imously to send 2,000 pounds of and communism, in his inaug­ 19, to Castner ‘ Ogawa, business the help we can get from our agent for the ILWU'.Sugar Work­ rice to aid the strikers. union brothers on the West Coast ural address, Long pledged him­ NOT PRAYING, but preparing Informed of the action, Pres­ self to cooperation with the to fight, Mitose shows another of ers on Oahu. and everywhere. The-outcome of the four kenpo poses. Following ident Takeo Furuike of ILWU (more on page 7) (more on page 7) The GI, in Iris .previous letter the protests of his outraged pa­ to Ogawa (RECORD, April 12) tients in Maui, Mitose says he wrote as he approached the 38th is going to give up medicine and Parallel, that “I sure as hell stick to teaching kenpo, a form don’t want to shoot .to kill.” He HEALTH INSPECTOR CAN'T STOMACH MAL; QUITS of self-defense. had seen a post commander while George Robertson, supervising tion to make Hawaii his home. Although Robertson would moving up front and told him inspector with the . Division of Now he intends to sell his!'house not be quoted, it is believed that he did not ■ believe -foreign Sanitation in the Territorial and return with his family to his action was motivated, at troops should meddle in Korean Board of Health since 1343, has the Mainland. least in part, by the appoint­ Mitose Tdks Reform, affairs. In closing his letter he resigned because, as he told the Stilt Ou lob said he had an appointment to RECORD, he "can’t stomach the In the meantime, until some ment of Robert Lam to be s^e his company commander and situation” in the Department of action is taken on his resigna­ chief sanitary engineer at a Promises Refunds Health. he was going to tell him he re­ tion, which is understood to be rating of P-5 and a starting James A. Mitose, who used to fuses to shoot at North Korean B. J. McMorrow, director of effective at the end of the month, salary of $565 per month. and Chinese troops. the Division of Sanitation, is call himself “professor,” told the he continues on the job. RECORD this week he wants to presently absent on the Main- The position be holds carries It is said that Robertson felt “Would Look Like Coward’’ r land and since Robertson’s an IN-8 civil service rating with his seniority and qualifications start life all over again—with­ In his most recent letter the letter of resignation is ad­ a maximum salary of $468.75 should have entitled him to the out any further attempts to Waipahu AJA GI reported he dressed to him, it cannot be p?r month, which Robertson is position. “practice” medicine. "went .into a couple of battles acted upon until he returns, receiving. When he originally Those who approve the ap­ Toward that end, he says, he already and came very close to subordinates said. took the -job, it had an IN-6 rat­ pointment of Lam say, however, is asking various organizations to being, killed at least three times Although Mr. Robertson would ing. Robertson has been pro­ that he is a civil engineer while which he has donated to return or more.” And he added: “Looks not elaborate on his action, he moted one grade by examination Robertson is not. the money , so he can refund it like they gave me the run-arourid 'did say he had now changed and another when the position Lam is the first appointee to to his former patients who feel back there ... I went to see the his mind about an earlier inten­ was reclassified. the position which is new. (more on page 7) (more on page 7) Page Two HONOLULU RECORD May 10, 1951

which has been built a system of politi­ Truman-MacArthur: Hurl cal hysteria and prejudice which to­ day pervades every sector of Ameri­ Blame At Each Other Hi-lights of the Week can life.” The U. S. should go it “alone” in Said Dr. John A. Kingsbury, Chair­ bombing Chinese bases in Manchuria, man of the National Council of Amer­ using Chiang Kai-shek’s forces against though GOP leaders and Democratic ing in London. The Confederation ican-Soviet Friendship: The court had the forces of the new Chinese govern­ leaders of the bipartisan foreign policy was set up with the aid of the U. S. taken “a long overdue step toward up­ ment on the Mainland and blockading have agreed on overall strategy. The and British governments in an ef­ holding the constitutional rights of the Chinese coast, if the other UN differences were on the matter of tac­ fort to counteract and oppose the American organizations working for nations would not go along with these World Federation of Trade Unions, democracy at home and peace in in­ ideas, General MacArthur- told the tics. which, it was said was left-controlled. ternational relations.” THE PRESENT go-around in the SAID THE International Workers* Senate which MacArthur said would Order: Its fight against the listing bring forth material for the 1952 presi­ "Subversive" List: Hit was vindicated. “We are profoundly dential campaign, focused world atten­ gratified that our highest court has tion on the U. S. by showing the drive By Supreme Court ruled in defense of elementary demo­ for all-out war by forces in the coun­ The U. S. attorney general’s desig­ cratic rights of the people and their try. organizations.” nation of organizations as “subversive” The nationwide peace sentiment, While the Supreme Court hit the was called arbitrary and capricious in attorney general’s arbitrary listing of which has been suppressed by the a 5-3 decision of the U. S. Supreme administration was last week men­ organizations as “subversive,” it voted Court last week and the court ordered 4-4 on the Dorothy Bailey case and tioned by President Truman’s backers court hearings for three organizations on the Senate floor as a weapon to thus held that a government employe which challenged the legality of their may be discharged on grounds of be­ answer MacArthur. Senator Brien Mc­ being placed on the “subversive” list. Mahon (D., Conn, i made it clear that ing disloyal without due process of there was a- lack of peace sentiment UNITED PRESS reported that the law. Justice Robert H. Jackson blast­ in the U. S.. as found in other coun­ highest court “threw a legal bombshell ed his colleagues, saying that the two Senate foreign affairs and armed serv­ tries, and said: into the government’s loyalty check decisions were inconsistent. ices committees last week. program.” The Federated Press re- Said Justice Jackson: “This is the “WE’RE JUST going to talk over the pevtej that the “keystone of the gov­ AS THE OUSTED general testified entire question of how sentiment for first time this court has held rights: ernment's so-called loyalty purge sys­ of individuals subordinate and inferior Republicans accused Che Democratic peace can be built up in the country.” tem was upset.” Justice Tom Clark, administration '-e-R pursuing a war- The Senator had invited representa­ to those of organized groups. It is policy that would engulf tire nm.'om tives of leading public relations firms justice turned bottom-side up.” in a world war. The administration to a private dinner this week at the IN THE CASE of the three organiza­ this .week answered MacArthur's Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. tions and other organizations desiring it. they would have a hearing. In the charges and statements as President McMahon last year authored a reso­ Truman went on a na ional radio hook­ case of individual government em­ lution calling for an end to the world ployes. the Loyalty Review Board only up and Secretary of Defense George armament race and the creation of C. Marshall told the Senate commit­ recently requested authority to dis­ a huge rehabilitation fund to be ad­ charge any one of them on mere sus­ tees that MacArthur's proposals re­ ministered through the UN and in­ garding stepped up warfare agamsi picion and received such power from cluding the USSR. After the peace the President. Previously the test for China had been turned down by Mar­ resolution was introduced, -McMahon shall and the President when they discharge required that there be “rea­ and a number of other leaders, in­ sonable grounds” to be suspicious— were brought up by the Joint Chiefs cluding Dewey Anderson of the Pub­ of Staff. this, the board argued, was not broad lic Affairs Institute, began forming enough. Marshall said, in answering Mac- a committee of 1,000 civic leaders to Arthur's state­ work for world peace. But the Ko­ ment on bomb­ rean war had begun and the program India: Foreign Firms lapsed. The Public Affairs Institute ing of Manchu­ granted the need of adequate arming Sabotage UN Agency ria, that he and but last week it was pressing on a In India, where disease and sickness the President national scale for a peace budget that abound and where the people are en­ would prevent war. had urgently deavoring to throw off the shackles requested the al­ of foreign control, U. S. and British lied powers in MacArthur Policy: Beatup Justice Clark drug outfits have sabotaged the World the UN for "hot Health Organization’s offer to the government to establish a penicillin Of Laborers Continues former attorney general, who created pursuit” of Chi­ plant there. Under General MacArthur Japanese the list which had included the three nese aircraft in- FIRMS LIKE Merck & Co., (U. S.) police and U. S. troops were used to organizations, did not participate in t o Manchuria Secretary Marshall break strikes and suppress labor dem­ and Glaxo Co. (Britain), now making last Dec. 7 or 8 but the 13 allied na­ the finding. tremendous profits in India out of onstrations in Japan. Under MacAr­ The decision came four years after tions turned down tHe U. S. request. thur the U. S. occupation banned po­ the penicillin trade, have their in­ THE SECRETARY, as well as the the attorney general had placed the or­ fluence reaching right into India’s litical rallies in the imperial palace ganizations on his subversive list. Low­ President, this week' said that Mac- plaza. penicillin advisory committee. The er courts had refused to listen to the foreign firms plan to establish their own Arthur’s proposals would lead to World WHEN THE anti-labor measures case of the three organizations which penicillin units in India, which means War m. Marshall- told the Senate first blocked workers from bringing committees he doubted that carrying challenged the attorney general’s des­ they will have a packaging and distri­ union pressures to bear to achieve ignation. These courts stated that the bution center for foreign manufac­ the war to China as recommended better living standards, the occupa­ by MacArthur “would bring the con­ organizations could not go into court tures. In line with this, members of tional authorities and the Japanese to complain of the injury done to them. India’s penicillin advisory committee flict to a victorious end.” He said he government said the various bans on had his ideas of preventing the war In the meantime, the smearing had are not eager for India to have its labor activities were aimed at Com­ done great harm to the organizations. own penicillin plant, even with the in Korea from resulting in a stale­ munists and left-wing laborers. mate but did not discuss it further. THE ORGANIZATIONS—Interna­ World Health Organization establish­ U. S. forces would not withdraw from Last week, right-wing laborers found tional Workers’ Order, the Joint Anti- ing it. Korea, he told the Senators. that the MacArthur-instituted' bans Fascist Refugee Committee and the While the controversy over Mac- were pointed at them also, that is, if National Council of American-Soviet Puerto Rico: Growing Arthur’s dismissal remained big news, they veered from the policies laid down Friendship—said the court had vin'di-. top military authorities became jittery by the occupation and the Yoshida cated the two-year fight against the over the demands by congressmen to government. arbitrary and unconstitutional listing Demand To Recall Troops have certain classified documents re­ On Constitution Day, May 3, thou­ by the attorney general. As the high casualty rate for Puerto leased. sands of members of the right wing-led Said Dr. Mark Straus, chairman of Rican soldiers fighting in Korea kept Senator Styles Bridges (R., N. H.) of General Council of Labor Unions staged the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com­ mounting, demand for the return of the armed services committee, wanted a demonstration, defying the ban. mittee: “For us and for millions of that island's troops grew stronger. Puer­ six documents, one of them being a Japanese police used clubs, injured Americans it reestablishes the demo­ to Rican soldiers are fighting under “copy of war plans relating to Korea trade unionists and arrested 36. cratic right to be uncompromisingly U. S. command. as approved by the joint chiefs of staff The right-wing demonstrators were anti-Franco . . . Thoughtful Ameri­ THE PRESIDENT of the Indepen­ prior to the outbreak of hostilities on shouting opposition to U. S. plans for cans can hardly fail to realize the dence party, Dr. Gilberto Concepcio June 25, 1950.” Gen. Omar Bradley, a separate peace treaty, Japanese re­ enormous damage to our democracy de Gracio, at a recent meeting in san head of the joint chiefs of staff, turned armament and maintenance of Amer­ which the U. S. attorney general’s Juan, demanded the immediate recall down the request. ican. troops in Japan. Among those listing by ukase has already accom­ of Puerto Rican troops from Korea The Republicans were trying to ex­ arrested was Council Chairman Takeo plished. This device, created by Tom by President Truman and a halt to pose the administration for its re­ Muto, a delegate to last year’s Con­ Clark and adopted by his successor, recruiting Puerto Ricans for Asian bat­ sponsibility in the Korean war, al- federation of Free Trade Unions meet­ was. one of the main foundations on tle fronts. May 10, 1951 HONOLULU RECORD Page Three

Maritime Unions On EDITORIAL COMMENT Political Sidelights W. Coast In Contract Talks With Employers LOCAL LOYALTY OATH Last week the U. S. Supreme Court upset a key­ SEN. WILFRED TSUKIYAMA, filing a report. Ackerman, SAN FRANCISCO (FP)— Ne­ stone of the loyalty oath program. The so-called getting his hair cut on Mauna- Crozier said, walked away in a gotiations are now in progress kea St., asked the barber why hurry, saying all this came un­ between the Pacific Maritime “subversive” listing of the attorney general was he doesn't raise his rate to $1. der the responsibility of the sec­ Association and four of the five called “arbitrary” and illegal. In a 5-3 decision it The barber explained that the retary of Hawaii. maritime unions whose contracts ordered hearings for three organizations which had higher rate is for shops over ★ ★ expire June 15. No date has been set yet for challenged their designation as “subversive.” nearer Fort St. which cater to DEMOCRATS voted solidly “big shot” trade. Besides, the against the dock seizure bill in talks with the National Union Two justices, Hugo Black and Robert Jackson, barber.pointed out, he knew his the House last week, with the of Marine Cooks & Stewards stated that the whole loyalty oath setup was “un­ business well enough to keep exception of Rep. Steere G. Noda, because of challenges to its constitutional.” eating and to keep off welfare. whose vote so often during this jurisdiction by the Natipnal ★ ★ session and in previous sessions Maritime Union (CIO) and the Last week in the Territorial House of Repre­ NO BETTER non-partisan has been recorded with the Re­ Sailors’ Union of the Pacific sentatives, by a 28-2 vote, members passed the loy­ combination has been produced (AFL). publican votes in the “ayes” and Of the others, the Marine En­ alty oath bill. House Bill 1054 would deny individ­ by local politics than that of “noes” columns. uals jobs on “reasonable doubt” and if a person is Auditor Leonard Fong and May­ gineers Beneficial Association ★ ★ (CIO) wants a substantial raise, accused, he cannot face his accuser to clear him­ or John H. Wilson, who have THE PREVIOUS version of the combined to try to throw a last a 40-hour week for all licensed self of the allegations. Once an individuars loyalty bill rammed through the special engineers at sea, with an 8-hour block in the way of Jimmy session during the waterfront becomes suspect on “reasonable doubt,” he can be Glover’s collecting more money day, 40-hour week in port for strike was unconstitutional or the chief engineer, and an in­ denied employment wherever government funds are from the city than they think recognized as being so by the he has coming for completed crease in the employers’ con­ used. This is far-reaching and takes in much more local attorney general’s office. tribution to the welfare fund to contracts. That's the kind of The new version gets the bless­ than mere government workers. non-partisanship that’s good for establish a pension system. the taxpayers. ing of the employers and Rep. The International Longshore­ While the Supreme Court cast serious doubt ★ ★ Russell Starr, representing the men’s & Warehousemen’s Union on the attorney general’s arbitrary listing of or­ waterfront interests, took the is asking for a 15-cent hourly WHILE ED TONER and floor and spoke for the bill. ganizations as “subversive,” the Territorial loyalty Charles Kauhane were in Wash­ raise, an increased employer ★ ★ contribution to the welfare bill accepts the attorney general’s list and makes ington seeking the secretaryship of Hawaii (each for himself, of STARB EVEN voted for the fund and a pension program. association with organizations listed by the attorney course) something must have bill. Having pecuniary interest, The Marine Firemen, Oilers, general grounds for “reasonable doubt” of loyalty. happened between them. By the he should not have cast his vote. Watertenders & Wipers is de­ Certain Democrats in the House who have time they returned, a distinct _ ★ ★ manding a 25 per cent raise and spoken up for civil liberties in the past, this time coolness had developed and one DURING A STRIKE the gov­ a 40-hour week at sea. is now accusing the other of ernment would take over the The American Radio Associa­ under pressure, spoke in favor of the loyalty bill placing a political knife in. his waterfront industry and turn tion (CIO) wants $50 to $65 which denies due process of law which, as Rep. O. back?. Could you guess who? over the profits to the companies. monthly raises for radio offi­ cers to bring them on a parity Vincent Esposito declared, violates the very princi­ ★ ★ Starr and his Big Five executives ples of Anglo-Saxon law. Rep. Manuel Henriques DAVID VAN GEISON, former who have strong influence over with deck officers. candidate for supervisor and now the legislature, know the boys All the unions are demanding condemned the bill which he said would drag our head of the refrigeration de­ in the lolani Palace chambers retention and extension of the legal processes back to the Dark Ages and the In­ partment at the Kaneohe Naval come through for them on big union hiring hall and the ILWU quisition. These two were not whipped into line Base, is shocked to hear that dollars and cents measures. says it will strike if necessary, he had been accused of discrim­ to keep its hall. The NLRB by the atmosphere of hysteria. picked contract opening time to ination against Filipinos in em­ REP. MANUEL HENRIQUES Last week, also, in Pennsylvania, three univer­ ployment. ask the appellate court for an condemned the bill- as partisan, order enforcing banning of the sity presidents, including the Republican leader, “The work is very specialized,” “a bill that throws the full weight Harold Stassen, spoke up against the loyalty oath says Van Geison, “and the only hall as a violation of the Taft- of the government on the side Hartley Act. before the state legislature. _ . men I can use are those who’ve of the employers, against the had experience handling am­ working men of the Territory.” This shows that conformity is not the rule, even monia. I turned down a ma­ He also said: “By adopting this in this period of intense hysteria. The Supreme rine engineer only yesterday— bill, we as legislators, are in ef­ New Headquarters for Court decision shows this most clearly. Hawaiian, by the way—because fect, approving discrimination I didn’t think he could do the against Hawaii’s working people. Rutledge-Led Unions When the hysteria has be.en swept away, the job. But I don’t even know of In any other field except the position taken by Stassen in Pehnsylvania, and Es­ any Filipino who’s asked me for field of labor, we would be Four AFL and one indepen­ posito and Henriques in Hawaii will prove to be •a job.” throwing our full weight against dent unions, all led by Arthur The misunderstanding arose any discrimination. We would A. Rutledge, will complete mov­ sober conduct in consonance with the precepts of when a Filipino who didn't know fight discrimination against Ha­ ing their headquarters to the the Constitution. t Van Geison personally, asked a waii’s businessmen or any other former Club Blue Lei on Kala- friend to intercede and got the group. Why, then, should we kaua Ave., May 15. reply that the ex-sea captain attempt to freeze Hawaii’s steve­ The unions have been located “wasn’t hiring. Filipinos.” dores as second-class citizens, in the Kapiolani Bowl building Legislators Upped Prisoner Pay To 50c “Tell him to come see me,” with our full assistance and ap­ for two years. They now have a said Van Geison, “when we get proval?” five-year lease on the former some new equipment and start night club. The unions are: Per Day In 1949; No Money Voted Yet hiring more men.” Joint Council of Teamsters, Ho­ ★ ★ DEMOCRATS in the House tel, Restaurant Workers and Bar­ The legislature passed Act 148 They have been told in the past who voted against the dock CONTRARY to reports being tenders Union, Local 5; Dairy during the 1949 session to in­ by prison authorities that they circulated by a few disgruntled seizure bill were Reps. Dee Du- Workers Union, Local 946; Gen­ crease the maximum pay for would get up,to 50 cents a 'day Democrats, the testimonial din­ ponte, O. Vincent Esposito, Man­ eral Teamsters, Local 996, and prisoners to 50 cents a day but when the legislature appro­ ner for Gov. Oren E. Long, given uel S. Henriques, Mitsuyuki Kido, Transit Workers Union of Ha­ because it failed to appropriate priates the money. Empty Thursday night at Lau Yee Chai, Kaneo Kishimoto, William W. Y. waii, Local 946 (Independent). the money, inmates are still promises have not contributed has at least the semi-official Leong, Earl A. Nielsen and Clar­ working under the old sched­ to morale, according to sources. ence K. Seong. Nielsen in fight­ ule of 25 cents maximum. It is said that prisoners recall sanction of the Democratic Party. distributed here by American The committee is the same which ing the bill, maneuvered to send The legislature this year again that the dailies -wrote of them it back to cummittee but this Factors, Ltd. made no additional appropria­ as expressing happiness when functioned for the Jefferson- failed. ★ ★ Jackson Day dinner and some, tion for the prison and Act 148 Act 148 was passed by the legis­ ★ ★ WITH A NEW Parks and Rec­ still cannot be implemented. lature and signed ' by the gov­ at least, who were not on the reation Department in the cards committee, spread the story That WITH THE 1951 legislative “We must do as we are doing ernor in 1949. for Maui, if and when the legis­ at present in supplementing the Inmates who work on‘the Sad­ i, was a project engineered by session about over-, the taxpay­ lature decides on a budget, West Frank Fasi to push his own po­ ers still do not know how the inmates’ pay with their earnings dle road complain of inadequate Maui A.A. members would do from articles produced by them,” warm clothing, food and dirty litical fortunes. Investigation re­ House spent its session appro­ well to get on their toes and see veals that no such one-man take­ priation during the 1949-50 ses­ William P. Mottz, deputy warden, blankets which have not been that they are fairly represented said. cleaned for at least the past few over occurred. sions. The finance accounts rec­ in the setup when it becomes a ★ ★ ords have disappeared myster­ Inmates at Kulani Prison years. All the complaints are in iously and Rep. E. Percy Lyd­ reality. A few ounces of politi­ camp on the Big Island now the minutes of the prison coun­ WILLIE CROZIER has not gate, who was in charge of them cal action now could be worth receive from 3 to 20 cents a day cil, the RECORD was told,’ and reported his 1950 primary and has not produced them. pounds of cure later on. for their labor, the RECORD prisoners are hoping conditions general election expenses and ★ ★ learned from a reliable source. will be improved. says he will not do so until a No precaution has been taken IT IS RUMORED among close great many of the candidates, this session to assure that the political observers that, if the. some now in the legislature, same thing will not happen again. bill in the legislature to grant “truthfully” report their elec­ ★ ★ pensions to county officials .is tion expenses. He specifically REP. TOMMY SAKAKIBARA, approved, Maui County Auditor named Sen. William Hill and says one who’s been there, en­ Sam Alo (R), will resign from Reps. Manuel G. Paschoal and tertains plenty of people at his his elective office, giving his rear­ Julian Yates. Young Hotel room and the drinks son as poor health. Also, it is This week Crozier again asked are always Slack and White said that If Auditor Alo does re­ Attorney General Walter Acker­ Scotch which he seems able to sign, Supervisor Manuel Rodri­ man what the latter was going produce almost by the case, a gues' (D) will seek that office to do about his negligence in product, by the way, which is and most likely will get the job. Page Four HONOLULU RECORD May 10, 1951 PHILIPPINES NEWS NOTES Hotel Owner Wants “Alzate May Become Consul New York, costing $100,900, for NLRB Policy To Be Gad about = General of New York Consulate” his residential home and pala­ tial retreat. And the Philip­ said a headline in the Philippines pines government is broke, with Changed In Territory Mail, April 16, published in Sa­ “austerity” the order of the day. A Honolulu hotel owner asked SHIZUO KIDO, brother of the say, used to shoot craps with linas, California. Consul Manuel the National Labor Relations representative from the Fifth them, himself. Maybe he lost Alzate now heads the Honolulu At the end of the first week Board not to assert jurisdiction District, presently employed by too often. consulate. of the re-trial of the Trenton over hotels in general and in do­ the C-C Fire Department, was ★ ★ ★ ★ Six, Negroes accused of having ing so, in effect requested the the local man seized by Captain ATTENDANCE at last Sat­ ' MINISTER-CONSUL Emilio robbed and murdered an aged, agency to depart from a policy McCall on Guadalcanal when urday night's ILWU Ladies Aux­ Abello will be temporary consul second-hand dealer three years it has followed for the past 16 Big Neff Maiawa intervened and iliary party was somewhat low­ in New York. The Mail says ago, Prosecutor Mario H. Volpe years. told McCall, former footballer er than expected, but those who that Mr. Abello is happy to be said: “I am utterly confused.” The request came up dur­ from Texas A & M to pick on went seemed to enjoy the asy away from Washington and Am­ Alarms, it turned out, were ing a hearing before Arnold someone his own size. (See REC­ informality of the party as much bassador Mike Elizalde of the still being broadcast two days Wills, officer in charge of the ORD two weeks ago and three as the laulau and the music. Philippines whom “he hates like after the six had been arrested. local NLRB, last week. The weeks ago). Still another man Impromptu entertainers included ■ a snake.” Hotel and Restaurant Work­ here who was an employe of three longshoremen—Joe Kune- ers Local 5 is asking recogni­ Graves Registration on the is­ we, who’s got a band, Freddy tion as bargaining agent for land remembers a detail of the Kamahoahoa, who can shake GENERAL Carlos Romulo is LETTER TO EDITOR thing that started the riot after performing the duties of ambas­ employes at the Edgewater Ho­ rafters with his voice, and Bob­ Editor, Honolulu RECORD: tel and Willard Cottages and Capt. McCall had squared off by Ho, who plays it pretty on sador in Washington, which the In reading F. M. Davis' column with Big Neff in a circle sur­ Mail says makes Elizalde “very, the Islander Hotel and Apart­ the ukulele, style of circa 1928. entitled "What’s All the Shout­ ments, both owned by Roy rounded by officers. Not many people know how good, very angry, but what of it? He ing About,” my first reaction was “Neff was licking the captain,” can’t complain to anyone, for Kelley. a musician Bobby is, or that he to agree. Mr. Davis said that The hotel owner did not pre­ remembers this man, “and one and Harry Kamoku, former pres­ no one would listen. He should both Truman and MacArthur of the officers hit him over the resign, everybody says." sent his case at all but merely ident of Local 136, toured the are anxious to get on with an argued the point that since the head with a pan. That was Mainland as a duet on a vaude­ ★ ★ all-out war against the USSR, NLRB does not and has not as­ when the local boys jumped in.” ville circuit. PRESIDENT Elpidio Quirino, the sole difference being that serted jurisdiction over hotels in -A- + ★ ★ it seems, is having too much trou­ MacArthur wants to start to­ the 48 states, it should not da LOCAL READERS, following THE MYSTERY of Sgt. Chris ble himself to be bothered by morrow while Truman wants to so in the Territories of Alaska the RECORD’S two stories about Faria’s leave to the Mainland the behavior and relationship of wait a while. and Hawaii and the District of Big Neff and his fight with was intensified a little more last the Republic’s representatives in On second reading, I arrived at Columbia. Capt. McCall, wondered why Mc­ week when charges against cer­ one of the key diplomatic posts a different conclusion. I feel Richard K. Kimball, presi­ Call seized Kido in the first tain men for alleged gambling in the world. that Davis’ column overlooks a dent of the Hawaii Hotel As­ place, creating the incident that at the Waikiki Lodge of the Im­ ★ ★ very vital force in the dispute sociation, said a Hawaii Em­ made’ Big Neff intervene. The proved Benevolent and Protec­ PRESIDENT Quirino, accord­ which is now raging in Wash­ ployers Council representative night before, one worker from tive Order of Elks had to be ing to public opinion surveys, has ington, D. C. over the question advised the association to ask the group says, a certain amount nolle pressed because Faria, as only 5 per cent of the Philippines of war and peace. that Hawaii be excepted from of roasted turkey had disap­ chief witness, was not around. supporting him. Ninety-five per That force .is the mounting the present policy and be treat­ peared from the kitchen and the Wonder how many other cases cent is against him. opposition of the people to the ed like the states. local men were suspected of hav­ had to be dropped when Faria Korean adventure and a positive It is said that the Employers ing taken it. McCall seized Kido was given a leave—with a civil Council in giving the advice, is by the throat and shook him as SCHOOL TEACHERS in the opposition to extension of the suit and an assault and battery, war to China or Asia. bringing up ways to stall action a part of what he meant to be charge pending against him in Philippines have not been paid by the NLRB office here in the an investigation. for months, in many areas for Mr. Davis, while conceding the However, McCall had handle’d the courts. dangers to peace from both Tru­ matter of union recognition. Aft­ ★ ★ five months. On the other hand, er 16 years the board is not seen others with similar contempt be­ recent exposes in the Philippines man and MacArthur, does not fore and his attitude was gen­ E. W. CARDEN, president of contribute to the development likely to change its policy short Free Press, weekly magazine, re­ of the Territory becoming a state.' erally much resented. the Bank of Hawaii, is in full vealed millions of pesos spent of the stop-the-war drive pro­ ★ ★ accord with the proposal, intro­ for school supplies whch, in the gram which is being pushed on support In a Hawaiian peace WHAT YOUNG KIDO can’t duced by Sen. John Duarte and case of some items, would last the Mainland. movement. understand, nor Big Neff for inspired . by Mayor John Wilson, 100 years. Hawaii’s great union move­ In my opinion, Mr. Davis' at­ that matter, is the comment of to get the Federal government Quite a few government offi­ ment is potentially _a giant in titude of “What’s All the Shout­ “unsatisfactory” which was put to survey Molokai with a view cials became rich, helping school the move for peace. It awaits ing About?” plays down the im­ on the civil service cards of all to rehabilitating fish ponds and supply stores dump their articles the spark to start putting into portance of even beginning to do men who were sent back as a putting them in operation again. at high prices. Now the teachers action the strong Peace Resolu­ anything about the war. It result of the “riot” which fol­ It’s one of the ways, he points are waiting for IT. S. aid so that tion passed at the convention so sounds very much to me like lowed the fight between McCall out, of helping to make the they can collect their back pay. recently. Mr. Davis is overlooking the im­ and Maiawa. Tire local men Territory - self-sufficient and of Tire students at the University portance of the time element were vindicated by the investiga­ helping to correct the unfavor­ are second only to the workers tion which followed, paid in full able imbalance (see story else­ MINISTER-Ambassador Jose which he mentions exists in the where in this issue) between ex­ P. Melencio of the Philippines in- their loss if the U. S. war pro­ strategy of our leaders—time after they had first been jailed, while stationed in New York, gram is not stopped. which the people must use in and brought back to the Terri­ ports and imports of the is­ stopped here on his way to Tokyo Hawaii’s women are a third the stop-the-war drive. tory. In spite of their “unsatis­ lands. long enough to investigate so- force which could be a powerful STEPHEN MURIN. factory” ratings, they were con­ ★ ★ called financial rackets among sidered eligible ’for any Federal AN AJA WAS lured by curios­ Filipino nationals and the Re­ civil service job that came up. ity and a leaflet to attend a. public’s officials. Mr. Melencio, The men, most of them vets, meeting of IMUA in Manoa. it is said locally, can give a les­ David Hyun, 3 Other Aliens Released have .decided it was just a face­ Most of the talk, he tells us, son in spending government saving device of the army. was by Mrs.-John W. Devereux, money for one’s own use. He ★ ★ recently unseated, president pres­ bought with government money, On Bail By Order of Supreme Court SEVERAL KANOEHE con­ ident of the Parent Teachers the present Philippine Villa in tract workers, caught shooting Association, and most of the talk . LOS ANGELES—The Supreme their families—their wives, chil­ craps and disciplined, are burned was about the PTA. Court order of Monday, April dren and parents—and many up at the informer who. they “I couldn’t tell what the idea 30, 1951, to release the Terminal friends. In addition, representa­ of the organization or the meet­ Henry's too Repair Island Four (Mrs. Miriam Stev­ tives of labor organizations and cretionary power which the at­ ing was,” said rhe curious" one, enson, David Hyun, formerly of community groups who had been torney general arrogated to “so I walked, out and left.” BODY and FENDER active ip the fight, under the ★ ★ AUTO PAINTING Honolulu: Harry Carlisle and himself under the McCarrah Frank Carlson) on bail repre­ leadership of the Los Angeles Act to keep the Terminal Is­ SEVENTY DOLLARS realized 815 Sheridan Ph. 991129 sents a great victory for the Committee for Protection of For­ land Four without bail pend­ by the ILWU Women’s Auxiliary people, the Los Angeles Com­ eign Bom, to obtain their re­ ing court decision, for over six from its party Saturday night mittee for Protection of Foreign lease, were present. months. will be spent, after the return Born said May 3. The wanning of bail repre­ The winning of bail, however, of the delegate from the con­ vention on the Mainland, to Police Testing Station No. 37 Mr. Herman .Landon, Com­ sents a setback to the unconsti­ is only pending decision of the missioner of Immigration, Los tutional decision of NO BAIL, Supreme Court on the merits help pay her expenses of a tour General Auto Repairing Angeles, was ready to release made by Judge Ben Harrison, of the case of the Terminal Four. around the islands to tell the them at once, upon receipt of after their detention on October The high bail of $5,000 for each locals here what happened. The J. K. Wong Garage bail bond, but was prevented 22, 1950; which decision was re­ set by the Immigration Depart­ delegate, as yet unnamed, will from doing so by a telegraphed cently upheld by the Ninth Cir­ ment. and supplied by the Civil be from Kauai’s Local 21, which 55 N. KUKUI STREET order from Attorney General cuit Court of Appeals. Rights Congress Bah Fund, is has raised money to send her. Phone 57168 Howard J. McGrath. This ruling by the Supreme exhorbitant, the Los Angeles She will reperesent Honolulu’s Local 20 and possibly others The Terminal Island Four were Court also challenges the dis- committee said, and is used as one more method by the Immi­ which cannot afford to send a released Thursday May 3, by representative to the Mainland. 'Sympathetic, Experienced Judge Ben Harrison. gration Department to harass Service Since 1900 HONOLULU RECORD and make more difficult the Another $70 will be sent the On hand to greet them were obtaining of the freedom of the Lanai strikers from the Honolulu Published Every Thursday local’s treasury, it was decided. by foreign born, pending the out­ HOSOI Honolulu Record Publishing come of their hearings. Remember With Flowers Company, Ltd. THREE MEN have been ' sen-^ Funeral Home 811 Sheridan St., Honolulu. T. H. Matson has notified the MCS fenced to Oahu Prison’s unit for- it is ordering special washing incorrigibles for a period of nine Herman S. Hosoi KODANI FLORIST Entered as second-class matter machines, but it must make or­ months, the prison grape vine re- * 307 Keawe Street May. 10, 1949, at the Post Office ders from the East. Other com­ ports, because • of their alleged ' 1490 Nuuanu Avenue at Honolulu, Hawaii, under the PHONE 58571 Phone 5353 HILO, HAWAII panies, Matson said, had gob­ part in the disappearance of I Act of March 3, 1879. • bled up ail machines of the de­ Capt. Kyle Coiner's keys last sired make on the West Coast. week (See last week’c ' May 10, 1951 HONOLULU RECORD Page Five Kimura, Yamaguchi Out Of Kodokwan After Turning Pro

By WILFRED OKA claims judo as its heritage. and a modest amount of spend­ More than a year ago, before According to Kodokwan’s ing money. they left Japan to follow the standards, competitors might Sports fans are inclined to lure of the Yankee Dollar to receive medals and other tro­ believe this arrangement, if it Hawaii, Masahiko Kimura, best phies, but no money. is that, pays them considerably less than a share commensurate judo wrestler in the world, and The actual monetary extent to to the houses they have attracted Toshio Yamaguchi, who doesn’t which Kimura and Yamaguchi in the Territory. rate far behind him, were both have violated those standards LEGION HONORS FRANCO—Gen. Francisco Franco, Spanish dicta­ officially “unrecognized” by the See Standards Lowered tor, receives Medal of Merit from American Legion official Herman “Kodokwan,” the official judo z while here is something of a mys­ Whatever the compensation, or Luhrs as Marques DePrat (c) of Madrid’s Foreign Office looks on. organization. tery. lack of it, received by the two champions, local Kodokwan fans The presentation came as a wave of strikes hit Spain in renewed up­ Also “unrecognized” were a Fred Matsuo said Yempuku is surge of militancy by long-oppressed workers. (Federated Pictures) are opposed to their importa­ number of other judo experts in charge of the wrestlers and. tion on the grounds that the in Japan who, in imitation of “if you want to discuss that, flouting of accepted ethical American professional wrestling you’d better discuss it with Yem­ standards does the sport no good. WHO'S IN BUSINESS GOV'T practice, set up tours and went puku.” WHO BIG AND around the country taking on Kodokwan followers here (By FEDERATED PRESS) But Yempuku, according to his have also often expressed con­ all comers for high money receptionist at the Lau Yee Chai NEW YORK (FP)—The director of every single vital section of prizes which were advertised tempt for the rapidity and restaurant, of which he is part frequency with which the the U. S. government in charge of domestic mobilization and foreign extensively. Those “unrecog­ owner, is home suffering from an “American judo” group awards policy is linked with big business and Wall Street, an analysis by nized” cannot win high degrees eye ailment and unwilling to its students black belts and Labor Research Association shows. or otherwise advance their judo be interviewed. standing. degrees. It is this group which The backgrounds of 32 of these men, including the secretaries of Wrestlers Won’t Talk has sponsored the tour of the the navy, defense and air force, as well as Defense Mobilizer Charles These things the RECORD Kimura and Yamaguchi have, two Japanese champions, and E. Wilson, are given in the May issue of LRA’s Economic Notes. The learned from local judo enthusi­ themselves, been .very close­ Kodokwan followers see the United Labor Policy Committee’s charge that “big business and Wall asts as Kimura and Yamaguchi mouthed concerning their sti­ sensational promotional stunts Street bankers are dominating the (mobilization) program is abun­ took a farther step away from pends, avoiding questions: with surrounding their matches as dantly proved by the setup itself,” Economic Notes said. Its list of the amateurism of the sport in as much ease as they avoid the another evidence of moral cor­ big businessmen in government jobs included: which they won their reputation efforts of Hawaii’s black belt ruption of the sport. Charles E. Wilson, formerly president of General Electric Co. and to engage in a series of matches men to win $1,000 by throwing But whatever the objections against American professionals them. director of Guaranty Trust Co., a Morgan bank. He has powers great­ who are known better for their no one denies that Kimura and. er than any official except the President himself. histrionics than for true wres­ However, some sources be­ Yamaguchi are true champions Secretary of the Navy: Francis P. Matthews, board chairman of tling skill. lieve the two champions were in one respect, whether their Securities Acceptance Corp., Omaha; former director. Northwestern induced to come under an titles are recognized or not. No Bell Telephone Co.; director of Central National Insurance Co. of Matsuo Promotion agreement which provides, one denies that they can lick Omaha. Imported, like many other their families in Japan with anyone in the Territory with Secretary of Defense: Gen. George C. Marshall, director of Pan Japanese theatrical attractions, §175 a month, while they get such ease that real matches are by the Matsuo brothers, Fred travelling and living expenses impossible. American World Airways, a Morgan company. and Tatsuro, and by Ralph Yen­ Undersecretary of Defense: Robert A. Lovett, partner in Brown puku, the two “unrecognized” Bros., Harriman & Co., a leading New York investment house; direc­ experts first successfully flat­ tor of Union Pacific and New York Life Insurance Co. tened all local judo opposition, Director of Reconstruction Finance Corp.: W. Stuart Symington, then entered “competition” with former president of Colonial Radio Corp., Rustless Iron & Steel Co. the American professionals and president and chairman of Emerson Electric Mfg. Co. where the bouts have SEEMED Secretary of Commerce: Charles Sawyer, corporation lawyer of tougher. Cincinnati, formerly of the law firm representing Procter & Gamble The “unrecognizing” followed Co., director of American Thermos Bottle Co., Union Central Life the organization in Japan of a Insurance Co. and the Crosley Co. group which toured for money Special Assistant to Wilson: Sidney J. Weinberg, senior partner in performances contrary to the in Wall Street firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co., director of General ethics of the Kodokwan—which Electric Co., B. F. Goodrich Co., General Foods Corp., Continental Can. Co., General Cigar Co., McKesson & Robbins, Sears Roebuck & Co., National Dairy Products Corp, and other companies. Assistant to Wilson: Gen. Lucius Clay. Although Clay resigned SMART PUBLICITY on March 30 to return to his job as board chairman of Continental Trans-Pacific Airlines, Ltd., Can Co., he will still act as a consultant. Clay .is also a director of did clever advertising last Lehman Corp, and Newmont Mining Corp. (Morgan), largest copper weekend when it said in news­ mining investment company in the U. S., with large holdings in paper ads that 40,000 people African mines as .well as in Phelps-Dodge Corp, and Kennecott Cop­ travelled by family fare plan per Corp. introduced by TPA Aloha Air­ Public Relations Adviser to Wilson: W. Howard Chase, public re­ lines last year. The ads and lations director of General Foods Corp. news stories did not mention Chairman of Munitions Board: John D. Small, president of Max- Hawaiian Airlines at all, with son Food Systems and chairman of New York Board of Trade mercan­ the news release coming from tile section, former vice president of Emerson Radio & Phonograph TPA. Corporation. Some newspaper readers got Vice Chairman of Munitions Board: William T. Van Etten, vice the impression that TPA it­ president of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., and former chairman of New self. carried 40,000 passengers York Board of Trade. during the past. 12 months. The Valley Isle Chronicle May Vice Chairman of Munitions Board: Cornelius W. Middleton, 3 ran a headline thus: director of Babcock & Wilcox Co., one of the largest metal manu­ “40.000 Travel On Family facturers closely linked to GE, U. S. Steel and Republic Steel. Plan via Aloha Lines.” Deputy Chief of U. S. Delegation to United Nations: John Foster The story said 40,000 flew Dulles, director of International Nickel Co. of Canada, American Agri­ under the half-fare family cultural Chemical Co., Babcock & Wilcox Co. and American Bank plan, according to TPA. Note Co., trustee of Bank of New York and Fifth Avenue Bank, part­ The 40,000 was the total ner in Sullivan & Cromwell, Wall Street firm representing Morgan, figure for both TPA and Ha­ Rockefeller and other leading financial interests and which formerly waiian Airlines family fare represented L G. Farben. passengers. The Hawaiian partner of Brown Bros., Harriman & Co., former vice president of Airlines this week said it car­ Union Pacific and director at one time or another of Guaranty Trust ried 29,000 of the 40,000 pas­ White House Coardinator on Foreign Policy: W. . .verell Harriman sengers. Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Western Union. Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: George W. Per­ kins, vice president of Merck & Co., chemical company related to German firm of same name; former director of City Bank Farmers Trust Co., leading Wall Street bank. U. S. High Commissioner for Germany: John J. McCloy, former attorney for Chase National Bank and Rockefeller interests and a director of Union Pacific. His assistant high commissioner is Benja­ min J. Buttenwieser, a partner in Kuhn Loeb & Co.. rr”" ■ are only a few of the big business representatives holding oosts in the Truman administration. Page Six HONOLULU RECORD May 10, 1951 YMCA in New China Seeks Christian Reform; Teaches Many Productive Skills “Since liberation there has been strengthening the religious life by the Canton, Nanchang, Amoy, no radical change in staff per­ of the staff and the promotion Hangchow, Nanking, Shanghai sonnel although nearly a dozen of a Christian reform move­ and Kunming branches, Dr. secretaries have left the YMCA ment. Kiang reported, while these and to join the government. On the “No religious work among other branches circulated 60,695 SPORTS TID-BITS FROM HERE AND THERE whole, relations with local gov­ the members can be very ef­ volumes of 45 titles of Christian ernments have been good. In fective,” writes Dr. Kiang, “un­ Ricardo Balidoy of St. Anthony High in Maui, will be the center literature. Best sellers were re­ a few cities where difficulties less the workers themselves ported to be Y. T. Wu’s “Light of attraction at the coming Punahou Relays to be held this coming were encountered in the begin­ are actually living Christian and Darkness,” S. C. Chang’s Saturday, , Balidoy is the youngster who has been clearing the bars ning, relations are definitely im­ lives.” “Critiques of Religion,” and Dr. consistently at well over six feet and will be a comer by the time he proving.” In the fall of 1949 and in the Kiang’s “Christianity and Marx- That is the manner in which spring of 1950, Kiang reports, a Leninism.” gets a little more seasoning. Incidentally, the Maui team ran all over Dr. Kiang Wen-han, Associate “Christian visiting team,” con­ the University track team in a dual meet held in Maui two weeks ago. Dr. Kiang concludes his ar­ General Secretary of the China sisting of YMCA Secretaries T. ticle with the following: “The BOB TAKESHITA, the Ripper that is, is pulling a “Horatio Al­ National Committee of t he C. Tu, Y. T. Wu and Liu Liang- future of the Chinese YMCA ger” what with running his bar, managing ’a portrait firm, and play­ YMCA, describes the attitude of 'mo, covered an area containing lies in its preparedness to take ing a little politics. We don’t know how Bob is going to do it, but at the present government of China Nanchang, Changsha, Wuchang, a clear, patriotic stand with the the present time he is interested in getting a deputy sheriff’s job with toward the organization, which Hankow, Kaifeng, Tsinan, Pe­ rest of the people and its abil­ the aid and assistance of some candidates and politicians he supported is functioning in all parts of king and Sian, acting as a sort China now, he reports. His ar­ of liaison between churches and ity to serve their needs.” in the last election. The word “popularity” isn’t quite synonymous The author is American-edu­ with “deputy sheriff.” ticle is contained in the April government authorities. As a re­ issue of the China Monthly Re­ sult of this trip, 40 Christian cated, having received an M.A. AUGIE CURTIS has finally made the match that will bring view, published in Shanghai. leaders, together with Premier degree from the University of Freddie Dawson and Frankie Fernandez together for a ten-round People Generally Approve Chou En-lai, drew up a procla­ Pennsylvania in 1935 and a Ph.D. battle on May 29. Dawson, the logical challenger of Champ Ike Wil­ Four points concerning the mation for Christian reform, from Columbia University in liams, still has to fight in the heavier weight classes, as quite a num­ YMCA of the past have been calling for the support of the. 1947. ber of the top-notch lightweights refuse to fight him. made, Dr. Kiang says, by the “Common program,” liquidation new government of China and of imperialistic influences, the DAWSON WANTED to fight either Kim or Fernandez last year by the Chinese Communist Par­ hastening of self-government, on his way home from Australia but neither wanted him then. Fer­ ty. They are: self-support and self-propaga­ Policy At Brown nandez’ managers must know that something must be done pretty 1. Many things the YMCA did tion. fast to bring his rating up for national recognition and this try at in the past met with the approval More than 100,000 Chinese Dawson may be the fastest method at the present time. of the Chinese people. Christians have signed that Derby Changed; This fight is getting considerable interest from -the fans and going 2. So long as the YMCA par­ proclamation, Dr. Kiang says. outdoors may be a good idea. However, there is the matter of rain, ticipates actively in the task of Breaking down activities in and Curtis hasn’t been too lucky with the weather. The wise boys building a new China -free from different parts of China, Dr. Maybe By HASP predict a big house for Augie. The punching of both Dawson and imperialistic and feudalistic dom­ Kiang reports that the Changsha Fernandez is seen as the box office pull. ination, it will continue to have YMCA has done much of the From inside the Brown Derby the support of the people. work an employment agency came the story this week that FORD KONNO, who is expected to go to the National Outdoor 3. Insofar as the YMCA was does, finding jobs for an aver­ the Hawaiian Armed Services Swimming Championships, will rate a good chance to beat John an outgrowth of capitalistic so­ age of 300 persons per month. Police had contacted the man­ Marshall in the longer races. The Outdoor Championships will be ciety, it certainly has its limi­ Teach Productive Skills agement, following the REC­ held in a 50-meter pool and if the performance of Marshall in Japan tations and weaknesses. Hence; The Shanghai YMCA has set ORD story of Captain Hey­ in a 50-meter pool last year shows anything, it is that he can be beat­ self-examination and re-orien- up some 23 classes in produc­ wood last week, to say that if en in the longer races with a lot of pressure. Konno is the boy to give tation are necessary in order to tive skills such as the making any servicemen in uniform him just that. be of greater service under the of soy bean sauce, “anti-mos­ are barred, the place will be put out of bounds. WE UNDERSTAND Ernest Damkroger prominent sports figure New Democracy. quito incense,” the repair of on Maui for many, many years, may retire soon to go perhaps to the 4. Since religion is “officially watches, bicycles and radios; A change of policy has been Mainland. With his retirement goes another of the Springfield gang regarded as a private matter,” practical photography, embroi­ observed and a number of Ne- that pioneered a lot of the recreational and physical education pro­ the religious aspect of the YMCA dering and paper-making. gro sailors were served in the gram in the Territory. Pop Pfa^nder, Brad Robbins, Ernest Dam- “constitutes no hindrance to the In 1950 alone, the Shanghai Nuuanu Ave. cafe this week. kroger, Myron Isherwood, Ham Mountain, Larry Norrie, John Young YMCA in-its effort to serve the branch reported, 2,578 persons One Negro veteran said: “You and others have carried the Springfield program throughout the Ter­ Chinese people.” were enrolled in the classes. know HASP could do away ritory. Religious education now, Dr. Boys’ camps and special boys’ with all that discrimination in Kiang writes, is directed toward work programs were carried out bars here with one move. All ★ ★ ★ . they’d have to dp is say any­ THE OLSON-MARSHALL FIGHT one who bars servicemen of . any sort will be put out of' Lloyd Marshall, once a great fighter, made a gallant bid in the LOOKING BACKWARD bounds.” five rounds he battled Bobo Olson, but Ol’ Father Time was around to (from page 8) trip him up. When he took a hard left hook from the younger fighter, The RECORD story last week he just didn’t have the recuperative power to get up before he was Loa and shipped to Honolulu. Miss Carlson was kept under guard told how Captain Heywood, counted out. but Miss Beard was simply “under supervision.” after losing’ a foot fighting in Korea, was refused entry to The Civic was the scene of the action last Tuesday night. Died From Pain, “Came To Life Again” the Brown Derby. Marshall was a victim of being there a little too late, when most Quizzed by the passengers, Dennis stoutly insisted that he was of his best fights were a thing of the past. Marshall’s recent tour indeed Jesus Christ returned to earth. When the ramrod capped of Europe was possibly his last fling at trying to collect insurance with oily rags was shoved down his esophagus, he said, he died on his age and the probability is that he may have to retire before Against Loyalty Oaths long. from the pain, but, “owing to his miraculous attributes, he came to life again.” HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2 Marshall’s best round was the second, when he connected with a What became of the would-be Eves, the Advertiser does not (FP)—President Harold E. Stas­ hard, right on Olson’s chin and Bobo, whom we have never seen on the say. Dennis, the returned Christ, disappeared from sight as soon sen of the University of Penn­ canvas, took the safe count on his knees. While it was a hard punch. as he set foot ashore. But, said the Advertiser, the police were sylvania, and three other univer­ Olson wasn’t glassy-eyed and decided to play it safe. Olson carried sity presidents testified against the fight to Marshall thereafter. It was evident from the second looking for him, and "he will be given a quiet ‘floater.’ ” Which means that “Jesus Christ” doubtless was given a steer­ a proposed state loyalty oath bill round on that Olson was the faster and the better boxer and when at legislative hearings here. the finish came in the fifth round, the legs that had carried Marshall age ticket back to the Coast. to many a ring battle with the best, just couldn’t get the veteran fighter up. Olson was credited with a KO in the fifth round. In passing, we’d like to state that Olson’s manager knew what he was doing when he signed the veteran Marshall and now we arp beginning to understand a little better the adage that “you READ THE HONOLULU RECORD don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.” In the other ten-rounder which went only for another five, Henry Put me down for the next fifty-two issues. Davis, featherweight turned lightweight, was too good for Placido Torres, one of the best preliminary boys fighting on The Rock. One Year (Oahu)—$5.00 I’ve enclosed: Torres, ordinarily one of the best back-peddling artists, can hit One Year (Other Islands)—$6.00 CASH [ J going away, but he got tripped by a faster, more aggressive fighter Includes Airmailing CHECK [ ] in Davis. Davis slowed down Torres in the third and fourth rounds One Year (Mainland)—$5.00 and finally caught up with him in the fifth in the red corner, con­ MONEY ORDER [ ] necting with rights and lefts. Torres took the full count on his back. Regular Mail In theTirst prelim, plodding Toki Tengan won over green Dalino Matias in a lightweight scrap. In the four rounds that Tengan NAME______-— showed, evidences of slowed-down reflexes made him look bad, even against a pretty amateurish Matias. In victory, Tengan looked very ADDRESS______bad. In the second prelim, Masa Goda won over Danny Hanakahi in a If you are already a subscriber, why not fill this out and send it in for a friend? He’ll lightweight tangle and in the final prelim, Leo Tolentino won the nod appreciate the HONOLULU RECORD, too! over Peter Rosado. This was a Lau Ah Chew promotion. May 10, 1951 HONOLULU RECORD Page Seven Buying of Autos, Homes Higher Thon Alex Sumida, Other Lanai Strikers To Get 2,000 Lbs. Rice Ever; Shoemaker Says, 'Slow Down' Inmates Tap Prison From Marine Cooks & Stewards Union 022,000 more for goods from the the important elements is the Phone, Call Outside (from page 1) voted and carried out a demon­ Mainland than it receives for increased spending by individ­ (from page 1) our strike will have effect on stration against Coast Guard goods it sells there. uals for “consumer goods”— pers was Herbert Gomes, who the sugar negotiations coming up screening of seamen. Still Have Imbalance for automobiles, electricity and was one of the most trusted trus­ in August, and on the whole Speaking in favor of the reso­ This week, Mr. Shoemaker appliances, and for housing. If ties. Gomes was in charge of union picture here.” lution against red-baiting, Sec­ found that we have, largely as the trend continues at its pres­ the communication system and Contract demands on ship­ retry-Treasurer Eddie Tangen a result of the Korean war, at­ ent rate of acceleration, he he had his own room, unlike owners, the MCS convention de­ said that when Communists tracted plenty of Mainland dol­ says, we will soon be “living other trusties. termined, will be for a 25 per brought food to the strikers in lars and found jobs for much of beyond our means.” Gomes enjoyed this special cent wage increase, a 40-hour the maritime strike of 1934, "no­ our labor force, but we’re still By a series of graphs, the privilege, prisoners say, because week and other improvements. body said ‘we can’t eat it. It’s spending $31,791,000 more with report shows there are 10,000 the prison authorities liked him. commie food.’ and when the the Mainland than we’re selling. Resolutions of the conven­ more automobiles in the Ter­ Gomes has a record of stealing tion included a Peace Program cops attacked the strikers, no Our outgo, in other words, still ritory than last year, that tele­ striker said to the man beside exceeds our income, and the dif­ a prison car. Before he was which included negotiations phones have reached the 100,000 caught as the inmate making him, ‘Don’t you help me; you’re ference is up in the big figures, mark, and that there was a com­ with China and the Soviet a commie.’ ” although it has been reduced. the phone taps, informed sources Union, a cease-fire order in parable increase in the construc­ say he “had the run of the place,” Korea with the withdrawal of The resolution declares: “Any In a single year, Hawaii’s tion of housing units. On Oahu working man who uses this em­ income rose by $85,000,000, but enjoying various privileges. all foreign troops, and media­ alone, the residential consump­ “He even took meat home from tion by interested powers. The ployer weapon is a traitor to only something over $50,000,000 tion of electricity jumped 15,- his own interest.” went into altering that imbal­ the prison kitchen,” a reliable program also opposed the re­ 000.000 kilowatt ■ hours, the re­ armament of Germany and Another resolution called for ance. Why? port indicates. source said, while he (Gomes) Mr. Shoemaker thinks one of drove the prison car on authorized Japan, and proposed peaceful "enactment of federal legisla­ While warning against a con­ trade with China. tion which will give seamen the tinuation of such a rate of spend­ trips around town. Because of his special position. Delegates further voted resolu­ right to a jury trial and the right ing, Shoemaker said: “I would tions condemning red-baiting as to sue the operators for damages not like anything in the report Gomes was able to get around Waipahu GI Refuses after working hours.. Thus, he an employer , weapon and they because of accident or illness in­ to be interpreted as restricting curred while in the services of the rise in standards of living.” put in the tap and Sumida was To Qm't See able to call the outside islands the National Shipping Authority Such a rise, as indicated by an vessels.” increased number of automobiles from the prison laundry where Neighbors Seize C 0e/ Sent T© tail and improved housing is desir­ he worked. Visiting speakers to the con­ (from page 1) able, he said, but he underlined vention included ILWIT Presi­ first sergeant for permission to the words of President E. W. Fleecers After dent Harry Bridges, Paul Robe­ see tne company commander and Carden in the report’s foreword: Mitsse Tdh Reform, son and Gale Sondergaard, ac­ every time it was the same old “Let's make haste more slowly— tress who has been attacked by story of his being busy now, but and more soundly.” Promises Refolds Victim Is 'Warasd the un-American committee. ‘I’ll call you when he has time.’ ■ Trend Is Inflationary (from page 1) “So one day, early in the Speaking in terms a little more (from page 1) morning we went on a hike and blunt than those of the report. he collected from them wrong­ pathetic and asked the other two Ung Made 1 Oth G®v0; wound up on the firing line. Shoemaker said that the pres­ fully. to take him along toward Ki­ So you see I was in a spot and ent rate of spending, if contin­ As for the “practice” of medi­ hei. didn’t know what to do. If I ued, may lead to a dangerous cine, which has caused a num­ But near Kahului, the hitch­ Seeks Harmony In T.H. dropped my rifle that moment state of inflation. hiker asked to be allowed to re­ ber of Maui people to com­ lieve himself in the nearby bush­ (from page 1) and refused to go on, in my Analyzing the $85,000,000 in­ plain to the police, he had al­ legislative and judiciary buddies’ eyes I would look like crease of Hawaii’s income, es. and when he had finished, ready stopped that, he says, he brought out a roll of money branches of the government, a coward and might affect Shoemaker pointed out, both in after a conference with George asked a “give and take” from them psychologically, I thought. and .a pair of dice and suggested his report and at the press Zane of the Board of Health a game. management and labor, and “So you see I decided to stick conference, that many of the on Maui. He talked to Zane, asked encouragement for the with them through battle till we elements that went into mak­ Mitose says, after being advised “I don’t gamble,” says Abaya, “but those two men insist­ spirit of aloha. He spoke strong­ are relieved in a month,” he ing it are of a temporary na­ to do so by Harold W. Rice. ly in support of statehood. wrote. ture, and cannot Jbe consid­ “They begged me,” Mitose says ed that I gamble. I gave them 100% Not Fully Convinced ered substantial. of patients who had started tak­ $20 to gamble for me.” Emphasizing the fight against The young GI said that Since the wholesale price in­ ing his treatments. The game was over in short intolerance, he said, “the public in about two weeks or the end dex for the IT. S. is 15.7 per cent order and Abaya was given to press, the radio and each of us When he. told Zane how his .in. an individual capacity must of April the war would be over, higher than last year, Shoe­ patients begged for the potions understand that the hitch.-hiker , but in the meantime, if he were maker said, part of the increase had lost $15,000. share,” in the obligation to main­ he prepared, Mitose says, the of­ tain democracy in Hawaii. sent back for rest, he would is "illusory.” ficial told him he might pro­ Gimmick Works see the “right person” and tell In what seems a gross under­ ceed in hopeless cases. Then came the “matching” Surprise Appearence him why he is against fighting statement, the report states: gimmick. The three told Abaya Later in the week, the new in Korea. “The war in Korea had a notice­ Will Stick To Kenpo that if he could "match” what governor made a surprise ap­ In describing how much his able effect in the latter part of From now on he intends to the hitch-hiker had lost, he could pearance at a joint session of “buddies” know about what they confine himself to the teaching the legislature to ask for har­ the year.” of kenpo, a form of self-defense, have it. Abaya said he had are fighting for, the GI wrote: And it is impossible to pre­ Mitose says, an occupation at $4,000 in the bank which he mony and cooperation in the “You know as we went fight­ dict, Shoemaker said, just what would draw out the following matter of agreeing on a budget. which he was engaged before he By midweek, there was little ing through mountain after a change .of federal policies began selling “cures.” day. The four parted back at mountain and came out of would do to that part of the Spreckelsville with that under­ indication that the Legislature many tight spots you should income. Whether or not his angry standing. had taken the governor’s adjura­ hear my buddies talk—I would Recovery from a bad year is former patients will allow the At his village again, Abaya tion seriously. say 100% of them is not fully cited as another factor, though former “professor” to forget told Timoteo Battad the story the past is a moot question. Mr. Long's plea for harmony convinced of their reason for the only thing mentioned as to explain why he wasn’t go­ was being carried out to some being here and this ain’t no lie. having to be recovered from was The RECORD’S last report in­ ing to work the next day, and dicated that they intend to degree by his party, as Demo­ They sure hate MacArthur and - strikes. No comment is made on it was virtually curtains for crats of “all factions” prepared when he got kicked out how the low wages that brought on press their complaints. the fleecers. Battad told him to attend a dinner in the gov­ happy they were, boy.” the strikes, but maybe that’s too And there is still a matter of to go ahead to work and he ernor’s honor Thursday night at The GI said he was happy the much to expect, even of Mr. alleged transactions during the set about laying a trap for the Lau Yee Chai. Hawaii Civil Rights Congress ral­ Shoemaker. war with several Kailua farmers, trio. ly at Aala Park was a success and Seeing the instability of the which are said to have left the Only two of the three men mentioned that the contract ne­ present “prosperity,” both from farmers in a position to make showed up next morning and ELECTRIC APPLIANCES gotiations between the sugar a standpoint of finances and further accusations. Abaya’s neighbors told them to union and the employers would employment, the report says: come back at 4 p. m. when he’d WE SELL electric refrigerators, be coming soon and he wished "From the long range point of return. They did so and when Zenith radios, ABC washers, he were home to help “in my view, however, we face the like­ FRANK LY SPEAKING they entered the house, the electric ranges and heaters. Re­ small way.” lihood of a period of serious un­ neighbors entered after them. (from page 8) pair all makes of refrigerators. “I hope to get out of (the war) employment at some later date “My friends came into the Francis Appliance & Repair without a scratch,” the GI wrote, unless we continue to develop club. On the bridge over the house,” Abaya says, “and they Shop. Phones: Office 56873; Res. and explained again before he Hawaiian industries and thus put river, white MPs were stationed grabbed these two by the necks 522055, 550 South St., Honolulu. closed his letter why he wag ourselves in a position to deal with orders to arrest any Ne­ and made these two crooks con­ still at the front. with it.” gro soldiers who tried to leave fess what took place and what DRY CLEANING Before Recent Southern Drive "Substantial” gains, as com­ this area and go into other sec­ they were trying to do to me.” “The one big reason I forgot pared with temporary ones, Shoe­ tions of Brisbane where modern The third man, the hitch-hiker, SUPER CLEANERS—Expert dry ho mention why I chose to'risk maker told the press conference, army facilities had been estab­ stayed nearby in the background, cleaning; pickup, delivery. Ph. my life was to prove to them are represented in the increased lished for white soldiers. Abaya says, and did not attempt 968305. (buddies) and myself that refus­ production and export of prod­ This policy was put into ef­ to come into the house. ing to fight and kill was no ex­ ucts such as sugar and pine­ fect by MacArthur’s command Police, receiving the complaint FLOOR FINISHERS cuse to staying out of danger. apple. for the sole purpose of keeping of Abaya May 5, identified all I hope what I wrote above ex­ colored soldiers from Australian Answering questions, Mr Shoe­ of the would-be fleecers. The M. TAKAYAMA. Specialize in plains how I feel,” he added. maker said there have been two women. trio may be charged with at­ He wrote on April 19: “I gotta periods when the unfavorable That, in brief, is MacArthur, tempted fleecing, the RECORD floor sanding, refinishing. Phone sweat it out for about 2 weeks imbalance between imports and the fearless champion of the has learned reliably. 79544. more . . exports did not exist. One was common man, the great pro­ All this was' before the most during World War II and the ponent of democracy, the new Fukien Province in China, ac­ FUNERAL PARLORS recent southward drive by the other was during the time when idol of the people. But don’t cording to popular tradition North Koreans and the Chinese the sugar and pineapple indus­ look at his feet. They’re solid there, has the “fiercest tigers and BORTHWICK Funeral Parlors. troops, tries were just rising. clay! the gentlest people in the world.” Phone 59158. HONOLULU RECORD Koji Ariyoshi - - Editor By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Published Every Thursday by DEMOCRACY, Mac ARTHUR STYLE Honolulu Record Publishing Co., Ltd. As I have stated many times, the real 811 Sheridan Street, Honolulu, T. H. test of our democracy is the treatment of Negroes; this treatment serves as a basis Phone 96445 n for the treatment of all other minority groups. Which brings us again to the ques­ tion of Gen. MacArthur, who is being widely praised as a noble champion of the demo­ ANOTHER LEGAL LYNCHING cratic way of life. If fifteen million U. S. Negroes You might Tike to know that there is lit­ spoke against jimcrow in one voice, tle love for MacAr­ there would be no jimcrow. If fifteen thur among Ameri­ million Negroes spoke against discrim­ ca’s 15,000,000 Ne­ ination in unison, there would be no groes. In fact, he is so little liked that discrimination against Negroes and when the 71-year- all other colored people in the U. S. old general made In a deep, resounding voice Paul his famous fade­ Robeson hurled these challenges to away speech to the joint session of fifteen million Negroes in the U. S., Congress, the two and in effect, to all Americans who Negro representa­ are for equality, human decency and tives. William L. progress, in a speech to members of Dawson of Illinois and the Rev. A. the National Union of Marine Cooks Clayton Powell of MR. DAVIS and Stewards meeting in San Fran­ New York, decided to remain away from cisco for their 1951 convention. the floor. A few days after Robeson spoke, Carried Ideas of Segregation To Asia despite world-wide protest, Willie Mc­ Word comes from Korea that none of the Gee, 37-year-old Negro truck driver, Negro soldiers sang any sad songs when the news broke that MacArthur -had been was electrocuted on a rape frameup dismissed from his command. If any emo­ at Laurel, Mississippi, in a most cold­ ^looking backward - tion was shown it was a kind of quiet jubi­ blooded and inhuman manner. lation. For this noble champion of democracy It was not enough to frame up a according to the Republicans—was a white Negro in the tradition of the racist supremacist. Born in Arkansas, he never South on the word of a mentally In Kona They Tarred and Feathered got rid of that section’s racist attitudes deranged white woman who was spir­ and carried his ideas of segregation to Asia. ited away after the first trial and "Jesus Christ" It has been some time since an executive conviction of McGee six years ago. Vigilante violence isn’t, on the whole, a Hawaiian custom. Cer­ order was issued in Washington abolishing It was not enough for Mississippi au­ tainly is isn’t a Kona custom. Yet lawless violence is what “conserva­ segregation in the armed forces. But this thorities to flout the countless pro­ was largely ignored by MacArthur. Jim crow tive” people in Kona used 42 years ago, against one Dennis Gavin, alias in the armed forces, of which the Lieut. tests from throughout the world. Jesus Christ. Gilbert case was a notable example, was so In the final hours of McGee’s life, Kona is said to have a peculiar attraction for odd characters; and flagrant that the National Association for when President Truman would not surely Dennis Gavin was among the odd characters. Among religious the Advancement of Colored People sent its chief counsel, Thurgood Marshall, to Korea grant a reprieve and the U. S. Su­ fanatics in California he had learned to “speak with tongues,” and preme Court denied the seventh stay to study the problem. then somehow, he had drifted to Honolulu and thence to Kona. Jim Cro^v Signs In of execution, Mississippi’s white su- Miss Carlson Announced Herself As Eve . premacists hauled a portable electric MacArthur’s Headquarters chair into a courtroom, placed it on There he found and attached himself to two middle-aged women. After trying to convince MacArthur that the judge’s stand and had witnesses One, a Miss Beard, had been matron of the Kona Orphanage. She is his anti-Negro policies were responsible for described as “strongly religious.” The other, her constant companion, the Lieut. Gilbert case and the mounting sit in jury boxes to see him die. was a Miss Carlson. Miss Beard had some money, and that, Kona instances of courts martial aimed at Ne-' groes, Atty. Marshall returned to the IT. S. This was legal lynching—jimcrow people said, attracted Miss Carlson and Dennis Gavin to her. justice. The lynch spirit was there and in public speeches asserted that “the Dennis announced a new gospel, which he had every right to rule of segregation is most glaringly ap- ■ as white people, as though in circus do, for he was (he told his followers) Jesus Christ returned to earth. parent in the Far East command headquar­ spirit watching Nero’s pyres, saw the To prove it,' he showed the more superstitious the marks of the ters where no colored persons are assigned.” A Negro war correspondent, James L. current burn out the life of McGee, spear in his side and the nails in his feet. Skeptics said the marks husband and father of four children, Hicks, reported that Tokyo under Mac- were made with acid. Arthur had some of the earmarks of Mis­ in a courtroom. - Details of the new gospel are entirely lacking. Somewhere in it sissippi. In the deep South, jim crow Yes, IF fifteen million Negroes had there must have been a return to earth of the Garden of Eden, for Miss signs read “white” and “colored.” Accord­ ing to Hicks, even in MacArthur’s own spoken out — and all other "btdored Carlson announced herself as Eve and wanted to go about dressed people and whites also ... IF ithey had headquarters there were jim crow signs like Eve before the fall. Miss Beard was willing to follow suit but in over the toilets and waterfountains read­ added their voices to that of Mrs., a modified form. ing: “For Japanese Only” and “Allied Per­ McGee who for months has gone from sonnel Only.” state to state, from city to city, from Vigilante Committee of Upper Crust Men In addition, some army commands in town to town in appealing for na­ The sight of two middle-aged Eves among the coffee trees would Japan were allowed to set up “white” and not have aroused respectable men of Kona to vigilante action. What “colored” swimming pools for recreational tionwide support to save her hus­ probably did arouse them was (quoting the Advertiser) that “Dennis purposes. In other instances, whites used band’s life . . . McGee’s life could have had a comparatively large following of zealots”.—Hawaiians and Portu­ the pool one day and colored the next. been saved. guese—“who imagined that they were the chosen fevz and would, un­ “Democracy” In Brisbane Why other colored people and der the leadership of their new messiah, put the world to rights.” During World War II whites, also? Because jimcrow, dis­ Old-timers must have recalled an episode half a century before when Hawaiian religious fanatics, following another prophet in Kona, All this, remember, was done under the crimination and prejudice are all cut rioted and killed a deputy sheriff. leadership of MacArthur who, we are told, out of the same cloth, .“gave the Japanese their first taste of real Matters came to a head one Sunday in July. A vigilante commit­ democracy!” It was John Rankin, congressman tee was formed. Who were in it, the news story does not say, but it And if that is not enough, go back a few fiom Pdississippi, who called for the is easy to see that the “conservative” men comprising it were drawn years to the time when MacArthur com­ alliance of the congressmen of the from the white and half-white upper crust who were used to having manded' American troops stationed in Aus­ anti-Negro South and the anti-Orien­ things their own way in Kona. tralia. Go back specifically to Brisbane. ' Tarred, Feathered and Gagged In Brisbane, MacArthur’s command set tal West during the last war when aside a six-block section as the only area feeling was high against the Japanese They found “Jesus Christ” in the Abe hotel in Holualoa. “His room was entered by the committee and he was promptly gagged. A coat' in the entire city where Negro. soldiers' could residents and the Nisei who had been of tar and feathe. was then applied and a ramrod with rags on the go for recreation. This area was bounded ousted ftom their West Coast homes. end was thrust do i his throat.” on one side by the Brisbane river, on another by a string of warehouses, on the third by a The responsibility for McGee’s It is interesting, to see how nonchalantly the committee broke into railroad yard and on the fourth by the worst death does not stop with the racist the Japanese hotel room, and how the hotel keeper took their intru­ slums in the city. sion as a matter of course. Such was Kona, Hawaii, in 1909. .authorities of Mississippi. The admin­ A White Supremacist istration, which has made splendid After the committee left, Dennis “was rescued from his coat of tar and feathers by the proprietor of the hotel and some other Through and Through utterances on civil liberties, shares Japanese by means of several gallons of coal oil and much agony.” In this six-block ghetto were three houses equal responsibility, for it could have He, Miss Carlson and Miss Beard were put aboard the SS Mauna of prostitution and a “colored” Red Cross saved McGee from the modern Nero’s (more on page 6) (more on page 7) pyre.