QUEEN'S SPENDS A FORTUNE TO HOUSE FLATH “The Queen’s Hospital has spent into the Annex, the girls had to crew of maintenance men from nance meh of Queen’s had an­ stantial improvem'ents' had been a sizeable fortune to house its be moved,” a source said. “Mrs. Queen's, before Mr. Flath took a other seige. made.. $18,000 a year administrator, Carl Laura Nott Dowsett had offered Hieing to 'the Davies House Annex. ; ‘‘Why, the board of directors got It is reported that for about three The structural modification in­ I. Flath,” a source close to the the Sherman home to be used by side the Sherman House cost about talked Into making all these trans­ hospital informed the RECORD. months there were practically no actions is incomprehensible?’ ’ the the community, for a number of $22,000, with $16,000 going to the This statement was made when years. Queen’s took the offer in carpenters and painters at Queen’s RECORD was told by a person in­ the hospital’s house organ, Queen’s July 1947, and immediately began to keep up maintenance while the South Pacific Construction Co. The terested in Queen’s Hospital; ‘Tm Messenger, ’ this month reported converting it into a nurses’ dormi­ Manoa Valley house got repainted, Queen’s Hospital which has been informed the ’ Sherman house is tory.” its bathroom altered and plumb­ going through a difficult time, costing about $500 a month , and that the Sherman House, 2766 ing fixtures replaced. All this, it Nuuanu Ave., will close as nurses’ Mr. Flath at that time was operating at far short of capacity, that’s one reason why Queen’s is is reported, cost a sizeable amount sold the Thompson House on giving it up.” quarters on Dec. 5. ‘ living in Manoa Valley, in a of money. Nurses Move3 Out house the board of directors of Thurston Ave., it had bought ab “The Sherman house, where After Mr. Flath saw the Davies bargain price years ago, reportedly The Queen's Hospital acquired the hospital bought for his resi­ nurses lived for two years, is not dence for a sum in the neigh- House Annex as a suitable home to pay for the expenditure on the Queen’s property and quite a the use of the large Sherman for himself, it did not take long Sherman House. House, a gathering place for rich torhood of $38,000. bit of money went into it. The before the nurses were moved to The Thompson House, a nurses' Thompson house, ~ owned by haole social sets of tire past, just “We heard he somehow did not a house Queen’s rented on Prospect like that house,” an employe of residence, was considered a good Queen’s, is gone," another source about the time Mr. Flath was St. to house them temporarily, un­ said. planning on moving into the Da­ Queen’s said. investment at that time. In the til the Sherman house, ,was made meantime, the Man pa house vies House Annex, a nurses’ quar­ $38,000 Home Renovated ready for their residence. “And all that time Mr. Flath ters located on Keapmoku St. bought for Mr. Flath’s residence must have realized that Queen’s The Manoa Valley house was,. In order to renovaftethe Annex in the’neighborhood of $38;W0?waa is far ip.-the..red,'’ . a. .govermn®t "In order for Mr. Flath ta move however, renovated, mainly by the to suitMr.Flath, the sold: for about: $32,000 after sub­ official-said. > . ' . = the Newspaper Hawaii Needs

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Vol. II, No. 17 SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS Thursday, Nov. 24, 1949 Radio Blackout Demos Ask Probe Blown Fuse Throws Luna Gets $149 Resolutions Hit Queen’s Maintenance Pay Cut In a Day Many Officials "On November 15, I was making Dept Into Hubbub $310 a month salary. The next day I was getting $1.01 an hour or On Powder Case A blown-out fuse put a depart­ about $161.60 a month.” ment at Queen’s Hospital in dark­ Desiderio Arzaga shook his head, Governor Ingram Stairiback qnd ness for a whole night, cutting said he had worked for the Hawai­ the Democratic County Committee off even sterilizers, while the ian Pineapple Co. at Wahiawa are to be -the recipients of resolu- . superintendent o f maintenance, since 1934 and added, “They need • tions asking a full investigation the as.-istant administrator of the you they keep you. They will kick of the Kaimukl dynamite disaster hospital and a boiler room atten­ you vut any Lime, even if you as exposed exclusively in the'REC­ dant tried in vain to determine, werx all your life for them.” 4 ORD. The resolutions were passed what was wrong with the electric unanimously at the regular meet­ system. Arzaga is one of the gang lunes whose positions were elim­ ing of the Democratic club in the While Assistant Administrator inated recently. He has been 37th of the 4th. Maurice Jackson and head of luna smoe 1937 and has worked The resolution to the governor, maintenance, Harold Homer, for the company steadily. When submitted by Willie Crozier, traces sweated over the defunct system, the gang luna classification was the history of; the Kaimukl tunnel the nurse in charge of the ward combined with another super­ case and names the laws it alleges used kerosene lamps and flash­ visory position, Arzaga and about were violated. It accuses both the lights. An electrician put in a G5 others were demoted at Wa­ Attorney General ahd the City- new fuse the following morning. hiawa and on Lanai, and most County Prosecutor of having done Recent cutbacks in the main­ of the lunas were given Grade 1 nothing either toward investigat­ tenance staff at Queen's have classification which is the lowest. ing the case, or toward instituting seriously hampered function of proceedings. the hospital, the RECORD was re­ "Some became sub-luna but I mite, Dollars and Death,” was probably written there by Ralph FiMdn, liably informed. The most recent believe only for a short time” said RECORD Credited president and general manager of radio station KHON. The story be­ economy move came when Queen’s Arzaga. The resolution continues, low tells of KHON’s second blackout of a story the RECORD hoped to Arzaga said some supervisors had "Whereas, all the facts and cir­ give radio listeners. (more on page 4) been with the company for many cumstances. . . before and after Last week for the second time kin did not answer the question (more on page 5) (more on page 4) KHON refused to broadcast a pro­ directly, Greene says. Way Open for TPA gram *of the RECORD. Earlier it Instead, he replied, “Yes, the was the story of Willie Crozier’s lawyers don’t like it either.” fight against the Bank of Hawaii. When Greene consulted a law­ To Sue for $2 Million This time, the story was that of yer later with the script, they Hawaiian Airlines and Inter- Report bombasts Civil the Kaimukl dynamite disaster found only one unimportant, easily Island Steamship Co. constitute a and the recently revealed facts removable paragraph which might monopoly, Judge Delbert E. Metz­ in connection with it. be libelous. ger ruled Monday, and as a con­ Service In All Departments “Dynamite, Dollars, and Death” sequence, the legal road now lies NEEDLESS DEATHS open for Trans-Pacific Airlines to By EDWARD ROHRBOTJGH the bottom are recommendations was the title. that civil service ads be made After Ralph Fitkin, president Tuberculosis is lulling 1,000 carry out its suit against Hawaiian Expressing itself somewhat in Americans a week. This is a ‘for $2,000,000. The suit is the re­ the manner of a tough-talking, more imaginative, and that bulle­ and general manager of KHON sult of an injunction by which soft-hearted, occasionally mushy- tins be made more attractive—“in had read the script, he called Rob­ needless waste of life, because tu- the light of modern recruitment herculods can be prevented. You Hawaiian kept TPA's planes from mouthed but generally practical ert Greene, who wrote it, and said operating prior to the permit TPA top sergeant, Research Associates methods.” he "couldn’t” allow it to be broad­ ran help prevent tuberculosis by Kum’s Ideas. Seen cast at the scheduled time. buying Christmas Seals, sold by secured enabling it to schedule has told Mayor Wilson that Ho­ the National Tuberculosis Associa­ regular inter-island flights. nolulu’s civil service system had It is ’ Impossible to escape the “Why not?” Greene asked. tion and its i-’and affiliates, to The damage suit is not expected better be overhauled from, top to fact-that a number of the report’s “I don’t like it,” was Fitkin’s support the year-round TB control to reach the trial stage before bottom. recommendations coincide closely reply. program. February, 1950. At the top of the 162 recom­ with reforms energetically sought Greene says he then asked if Anti-Trust Laws Broken mendations of its report to the in recent months by Herbert Kum, the script were libelous and if In. July, American travelers in The creation of Hawaiian Alr- mayor is one that all three civil chairmpn of the commission, whose KHON’s lawyers had seen it. Fit­ England spent $12 million. (more on page 5) service commissioners resign. At (more on page 4) Page Two HONOLULU RECORD November 24, 1949 Curran Rocked trying to avoid heavy state taxes elsewhere. In a six-story building on the waterfront National Summary HAVING A READY answer for all the of New York's west side, hundreds of sea­ mild queries, Greenewalt explained about men last week kept Vice President H. N. opened the meeting, a Curran man, gave Geller and his colleagues assured Greene­ the 19 anti-trust actions brought against Warner of the National Maritime Union 2,700 for Curran and 2,200 for Keith. But walt that, "we are not gunning for duPont the duPont empire recently by the govern­ (CIO) from taking over the function of port police estimated the whole crowd was be- . or anyone else; we just want the facts.” ment; Said Greenewalt: His firm’s not con­ agent. The rank and file was disgusted and ■ tween 2,000 and 2,500. Remarks like these usually preceded testing most of the suits, and paying the steamed up by President Joseph Curran’s •After Curran and his gang left, the rank questions on the size of duPont, its rate of small fines, “does not mean we admit guilt.”' strong-arm rule. Earlier in the week they and file and their leaders remained. They profit, its control over other companies such Geller and his colleagues let the bland as­ sertion stand. had voted 1,297 to 3 against Curran’s man voted 1,854 to 4 to prefer a six-point charge as General Motors, and others which they Warner, and for New York Port Agent Da­ against Curran. apparently thought the .smooth Greenewalt Incredible Squalor vid Drummond. might consider hostile. . In the lush San Joaquin Valley of Cali­ DEFYING THE membership, Curran Fumbling Quizzers SUBCOMMITTEE members stumbled fornia the conditions of poverty and incred­ brushed aside the votes and personally ap­ Like the flatfoot in the old custard pie. over each other, trying to impress the giant ible squalor among migratory workers de­ pointed Warher and 13 patrolmen (business movie comedies who would stumble over the monopoly’s president that they packed not scribed by John Steinbeck in his "Grapes agents) to run the waterfront. body without finding it, the Geller sub­ even a water pistol. When Geller asked of Wrath” were back again. When the rank and file besieged the committee that raised such a rumpus about' 'sortie of his mild questions, Rep. Francis investigating monopolies, both among big SAID PRESIDENT H. L. Mitchell of the building, Warner and the patrolmen re­ Walter cut in a number of times with a National Farm Labor Union (AFL): The mained on the sixth floor from early morn­ business and unions, looked pretty silly last statement or counter-question to soften the migrants are living in worse conditions than ing until evening, when the police escorted week. blow. “Tobacco Road” farmers in the southeastern them out under cover of darkness. THE? PRESIDENT of I. E. duPont de Ne­ Greenewalt told Geller he did not think part of the U. S. The tent colonies lining Curran, away on a trip to Texas, flew mours, Crawford H. Greenewalt, had a field California highways he described as "worse back in a hurry to squelch his opposition. bigness in industry had a bad political ef­ day in putting his propaganda across while than I have seen in a lifetime spent in the At a meeting of the membership, seamen fect on the U. S. Good listeners, the sub­ south.” four subcommittee members and two staff cut loose with their fists and a rowdy committee members asked no questions to With winter rapidly approaching, 100,000 men seemed quite impressed by Greene- session ensued. 'bring out the fact that duPont dominates would be unemployed without a single gov­ DRUMMOND had strong supporters. One walt’s picture of duPont as a big, happy' the. tiny state of Delaware, that it keeps ernment agency to provide for them. Al­ of them, Charles Keith, ran against Cur­ family, devoted to the service of millions of in effect an unequal representation in the ready 10 infants had starved to death in ran to chair the meeting. A vote was taken consumers which had never thought of any­ state legislature, which in turn, has kept Fresno County, and malnutrition was preva­ and the count was fantastic. The man who thing but good for the country. the duPont state a haven for corporations lent.

Unusual Returns moved further south and to the southwest Elpidio Quirino was sensitive about criti­ World Summary J around Chungking, Gen. Pai Chung-hsi, cism of suppression of the press by his southeast China warlord, was the only one political party, particlarly during the recent inspectors either bribed or openly terrorized ers walked out for 24 hours to protest the remaining with a sizeable army. The 100,- election. He did not like the mention of into reporting fraudulent election results use of police and troops to load arms for 000 troops of his personal army, now rapidly "intrigue and terrorism” and asked the under pain of violent death.” the French, colonial war in Indo-China. The dwindling, were a strong lever that made press to understand his party and adminis­ FREE PRESS writers had covered the regular longshoremen had previously re­ him the new Kuomintang leader. PAI, TRYING to secure his rear as he tration better. rural areas and in article after article they fused to load the arms cargo. IN THE RURAL areas, as well as in Ma­ had reported that “children, trees, birds, THE VIET NAM war received impor­ retreated, was seeking French support from nila, election fraud was taken for granted animals voted.” In some districts the gov­ tant consideration by the French govern­ Indo-China. and Quirino’s victory was to a large extent ernors were still holding on to the election ment while the price-wage crisis shook its From Chungking,' the wartime capital, attributed to illegal practices. returns, turning the ballots in by bits, re­ foundation. In the French occupation zone Kuomintang officials flew southward to The Manila Times, in reporting election serving the rest just in case Quirino does not of Germany, a campaign to “fight unem­ Kunming and Formosa. The Communist- returns, headlined a story: “Lanao Chalks have enough votes. ployment” got started, with weekly enlist­ led forces were closing in on the city and Up Triple Zero Vote.” “Unusual returns” ment of 7,000 jobless Germans for military already hundreds of Kuomintang troops was the term it used to describe the ballot­ New Crisis service against Viet Namese people revolt­ were crossing over to Communist Lin Piao’s ing. From Paulas the returns were: For While the former government of Pre­ ing against ’’French colonialism. Already line. president: Quirino 2,228; Laurel 0; Avelino mier Henri Queuille was thrown out be­ 50,000 Germans are on active duty in Viet In the new crisis, Li Tsung-jen, acting 1. For vice president: Lopez 2,228; Briones cause it refused to raise wages to conform Nam territory. president of the Kuomintang government, 0; Francisco 1. From Madalum—For presi­ with devaluation-inflated prices, the new . left Chungking for Hong Kong, to get treat­ dent: Quirino 6,038; Laurel 0; Avelino 0. French government of Premier Georges Bi- ed for ulcers and indigestion. Li had called The Evening Chronicle in reporting re­ Ulcers and Indigestion Chiang to Chungking for consultation and turns from the town of Imugan, Northern dault shut its eyes to wages and boosted One by one the remaining warlords in Luzon, said Quirino got 300 votes, Avelino 4 prices. China who had skillfully avoided liquida­ Chiang arrived to find Li gone. Chiang and Laurel 3. But while the total votes RUMBLINGS were heard throughout, tion by Chiang Kai-shek, were having their lost face but Li had been bitter ever since cast was 307, there were only 301 voters France which only recently went through turn in occupying top posts in the deterior­ Chiang took the gold reserve and other registered. These were a few examples. the cabinet crisis. More than four million ating Kuomintang regime. Chiang, who valuables of the government to Formosa workers will go out on a 24-hour general QUIRINO RESENTED the expose of had military power in his grip, had crushed and refused to let any part of it go for . election frauds by the .Philippines Free strike Nov. 25 to enforce their demands for old military strong men like Lun Yun of wage increases. payment to the demoralized, barefoot and Press, published by an American-educated Yunnan, Marshal Feng Yu-sheng, and oth­ ill-fed Kuomintang soldiers. Shortly after the Bidault government Scotsman. One of the Free Press editorials ers whom he kicked up into high-sounding LI’S SECRETARY issued . a press re­ took office, it announced price increases for had described the Philippines election thus: positions. lease saying that the acting president world meat, sugar, coal, cooking gas and electric "Electoral precincts are unexpectedly ■ MARSHAL YEN HSI-SHEN of Shansi, return to Chungking when he got well. transferred to unknown places to prevent current. More increases on prices of other highly suspicious of Chiang, had hung on items followed. Everyone knew this was a cover-up,- for ■opposition electors from casting their votes; to his troops and thus he remained “gov­ Lin Piao’s soldiers were riding on trucks the electoral census is either destroyed or As the wage issue brought together three ernor” of the province until he was routed toward Chungking. major unions—the left-wing General Fed­ concealed until after the election. Ballot by the Communist-led forces. Yen be­ , With Chungking slipping from Kuomin­ eration of Labor, 2,500,000; its rival social boxes are stolen, forcibly opened and then- came premier of the Kuomintang govern­ tang hands, American diplomatic officers democratic Force Ouvriere Federation, 900,- contents ‘doctored’; voters coerced, intimi­ ment recently, a regime he nominally be­ packed up and flew out of the city. This 000; and the Catholic Federation of Chris­ dated. and shanghaied on election day to longed to but feared for two decades. shift left only one U. S. diplomatic post, at tian Workers, 750,000—Marseille dock work- keep them from the polling places; election Thia week as the Chinese battlefront Kunming, in all Kuomintang China.

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CAUSE OF HOARDING WORST IN RECENT HISTORY Coffee "Famine” Scare Stories Party for Arakaki Touches Off Conjured; Prices Skyrocket Week of Chicago Mob Violence By ALDEN TODD “about the same as from the 1949 CHICAGO (FP)—For more than shortly before the attack, a series WASHINGTON (FP)^ — The harvest.” a week Chicago has been in the of meetings of property owners Thus, the drought in the early throes of the worst mob violence was held in the nearby Visitation American coffee-drinking public Catholic Parish church, where is being taken in a multi-million part of the. growing season, now in the city’s recent history—cen­ relieved, is not seen by the Agri­ tered on the home of a Jewish plans were outlined to “purify” dollar confidence racket operated the neighborhood. by U. S. and Brazilian coffee in­ culture Department as. curtailing union leader. terests and the domestic coffee the IT. S. supply. In addition, the Pretext for the attack was a News Suppressed processors and food kings. They department recognizes that Brazil small gathering held in the home A nearby bank, the Chicago are using a fake coffee shortage would prefer to sell its crop in of Aaron Bindman, organizer for City Bank, long identified with scare to pull the trick. the U. S. for dollars than in other Local 208, International Long­ racist restrictive covenants, also places. In the past few weeks, shoppers shoremen’s & Warehousemen’s came into the picture openly, of­ have seen coffee prices skyrocket. Colombia Harvest Also Normal Union (CIO). Both Bindman and fering to buy the Bindman home In September the average cost was There is no stockpiling of coffee another Jewish family recently after the attack. 52.9 cents a pound for Santos No. in the U. S. Raw coffee is bought Mayor Kennelly’s Commission 4, a medium grade coffee used as on the exchange, processed and CORRECTION on Human Relations, which is a barometer of the coffee market. shipped out to retailers in a mat­ In last week’s story about the supposed to help quell such out­ By mld-November, stores were ter of a few weeks. Therefore, the Chicago racist riot that followed breaks, merely performed its us­ asking 75 and 77 cents a pound supply of coffee coming into the Yasuki Arakaki’s appearance at ual function of keeping news of for medium grades, with Sanka U. S. is just about equal to the a meeting of union stewards the rioting out of the Chicago i which requires extra processing) amount consumed. there, Mr. Arakaki’s host was press. Mounting pressure from selling above 80 cents. In addition to the 55 per cent called "Aaron Binder.” It should the people, however, finally Scare Stories Boost Prices of its supply from Brazil, the IT. S. have been “Aaron Bindman.” forced the conservative Chicago vets another'25 per cent from Co­ Daily News to speak out.Nov. 16. Shoppers who saved money by lombia, where, the Agriculture De­ retary of Interior Oscar L. Chap­ In a leading editorial headed buying an inexpensive grade un­ partment reports, "weather condi­ man got this greeting from his moved into the 2-flat- building Police Job Fumbled, the News ground, such as the Airway brand tions have been relatively favor­ 5-year-old son when he reached which they purchased in what is. declared: "The fact seems to be sold by the Safeway chain, paid able, and the 1949-50 harvest is home after his first day on the known is the Irish Catholic En­ that in this case the sympathies 39 cents in September. Now they expected to be about normal.” job. An under-secretary of the de­ glewood community. of the police were very largely pay 55 cents. partment, Chapman succeeded * A spokesman at the Agriculture Police Aid Mob with the mob. The attitude and Responsible for the price boost Department told Federated Press Julius A.o Krug, who resigned. conduct of some policemen is wide open free enterprise, using that the gradual increase of U. S. As if by a pre-arranged signal, seemed almost provocative.” a phony story that, world coffee hundreds gathered outside the demand has been in part met by house demanding: “Get those The News went on to tell of the supplies are extremely short. Be­ the coffee processors in “careful Demo Women To Act following typical occurrence: “A cause of a dry summer and early n - - - - rs out of there or we’ll blending of lower grade coffees burn the house down!” policeman explained fo one of our fall in Brazil, which sends the with standard types so that the On Roll|Call [Resolution reporters that one batch Were U. S. 55 per cent of its coffee difference in taste would not be The Bindman home was bom­ properly beaten because they were supply, the growers and exporters noticeable.” He added that this A resolution asking a roll-call at barded with rocks and anti-Seme- Communists. ‘How do you know conjured up a coffee famine scare, adulteration has been going on Democratic County Committee tic gangs roamed through the they were Communists?’ the re­ which sent the wholesale price for several years in the standard meetings will be before the Wom­ neighborhood, beating Jews and porter inquired. ’Because' they shooting up on the New York cof­ brands sold in IT. S. stores. en’s Division of the Democratic others. were Jews,’ the policeman ex­ fee exchange, origin of the U. S. The Agriculture Department’s Party for action when it meets Long after the Negro unionists plained.” supply. advice to- the public is that prices Tuesday; Nov. 29, at 7:30 p. m. at had left, hostile mobs gathered and World coffee consumption by may be brought down by a com­ . Washington Intermediate School. continued to do so nightly, reach­ importing countries has risen, the bination of these factors: Increas­ The resolution, which driginated ing as many as 3,000 . in number $200,000 DRIVE U. S. Agriculture Department says, ing adulteration with chicory and in the 6th of the 4th, was ad­ three nights later, on Nov. 11. NEW YORK (FP) — The AFL to about 32 million bags yearly, other "extenders,” consumer re­ dressed to Mrs. Thelma Monaghan, On the insistence o? several will spend $200,000 on a drive to from a pre-war 28 million. In sistance, shifting to other drinks 2nd vice chairman of the County union delegations which went to organize non-union- workers in the same period, production for and a lowering of demand because Committee. see Mayor Martin Kennelly (D), open shop restaurants and night export has gone down from 32 to of a general decline in purchasing enough police were eventually as­ clubs here. power. The purpose of the resolution is 29 million bags. This general sit­ to formally ascertain the presence signed so that the gathering of The organizing drive was an­ uation has brought a retail price There is no power in the hands or the lack of presence of a quo­ mobs in front of the house was nounced by the local joint board increase in the U. S. from 35 cents of any government agency to con­ rum. stopped. of the Hotel & Restaurant Em­ a pound in the mid-30s to more trol coffee prices or to take ef­ However, the police failed to ployes International Union, which than 50 cents in mid-1949. But fective action against the nr ice When the resolution was pre­ said half the organizing fund was sented at their meeting this past make any significant arrests. it does not justify the sudden gouge because, as an Agriculture Evidence gathered from many put up by six New York locals and jump of nearly 70 per cent in Department spokesman told HP, Tuesday, some members of the half by the international union. Women’s Division expressed sur­ innocent persons attacked in the IT. 'S. wholesale coffee prices in "we have the free enterprise sys­ area showed that the police in First target of the drive will less than eight weeks. tem.” prise that the resolution had not been sent to Chairman Jack Burns. many cases aided the mob. Some be 3,000 workers in the Automat On Sept. 26, raw coffee beans These members have also said they 50 persons were arrested. These and Schrafft chains, Toffenetti’s sold on the exchange for 30% cents feel that an unwarranted distrust were mainly unionists and sym­ restaurant, and the Stork Club, , a pound. They climbed to 51 Kimball’s Dilemma of County Committee officers is pathizers who came to aid the - Toots Shor’s and the Versailles, cents by Nov. 10. The excuse was A spool of wire recording has as implicit in the body of the reso­ Bindman family but were barred all night clubs. a coming shortage next year, be­ become one of the unseen po­ lution as in the manner of its pre­ by a police cordon. The mob- cause the current crop was pre­ litical pressures in the atmos­ sentation. sters quickly singled them out dicted as a poor one. The Brazil­ phere surrounding Richard K. and many were bludgeoned un­ Automobile Repairs ian coffee crop was saved, the Kimball and it happened this mercifully, in some cases suffer­ U. S. Agriculture Department has way: ing fractures and serious injur- ' Police Testing Station No. 37' reported, by rains in the last two / Kimball visited a disabled vet The RECORD ies. to try to win him to the right­ weeks of October. Nevertheless, The Most Talked.About The mob activities showed clear J. K. Wong Garage the exchange price was 40 cents wing faction of the Democratic signs of having been carefully or­ 55 N. KUKUI STREET on Oct. 24 and rose another 11 party. Kimball made a consid­ Honolulu Weekly ganized, operating with military GENERAL" AUTO REPAIRING cents after that date. erable pitch, much of it a dia­ preclsipn under orders from a high Brazil Coffee Harvest Normal tribe against W. K. Bassett. command. It was known that Phone 57168 After a time, the vet said: American coffee consumption Well, my spool of recording has steadily increased since the wire has run out, Mr. Kimball.” BUSINESS DIRECTORY depression, from about 14 million Kimball blew his top and called bags a year in the late' 1930s to FLORIST Liquor Stores Places To Dine 21 million in 1948. Between the names in all directions. Then he realized the spot he was in two world wars, Brazil experienced * TASTY DISHES terrible poverty in the coffee in­ and began begging. Finally the vet gave him the roll and Kim­ Corner SAIMIN - COLD DRINKS dustry. She burned 78 million ball departed, perhaps wiping FLOWERS bags of coffee beans between 1931 the sweat from his brow. Liquor Store and 1944, and followed a crop cur­ But some time later, he must Garden Flower Shop Tawata Fountainette tailment program, much as the have wondered whether or not Complete lines of popular Waipahu IT. S. did, when customers could 742 S. Beretania St. Beer—Wines—Liquors not be found for her main product. that was the ONLY roll the vet David Tawata, Prop. made. While he was in talking Phone 55372 WILFRED M. OKA Gradually, Brazilian stockpiles to Mayor Wilson, Mr. Bassett Manager of coffee have been used up. Since entered and engaged him in World War n, the Brazilian gov­ conversation. When the inevit­ 1042 Bethel St. Tel. 54815 Taxis ernment has encouraged new cof­ able argument got hot, Bassett REAL ESTATE fee plantings. The Agriculture put in a soft question. VETS LIQUORS Department here reports that the "What,” he said, "about the For Your Value in Real Estate HARBOR TAXI 1948 harvest was “relatively high wire recording?” Waipahu Depot Road for the post-war period," and that Kimball’s whole manner consult Charges frbm Point of Pickup “the^ 1949 harvest was about nor­ Phone 2-W-53 changed and his tone became UNION METER CABS mal. It added, in a statement thoroughly conciliatory toward I.EWIS K. YOGI—Broker Delivery Service By Nov. 9, that the 1950 exportable the mayor. Bus. Phone 87511 59141 PHONES 65170 coffee supply from Brazil will be The spool had its moral effect DENNIS FUROYAMA on the last meeting in the 10th Res. Phone 824182 235 N. Queen St., opp. Market PL HONOLULU RECORD of the 4th, Bassett thinks. Barbers "That spool,” ' says Bassett, Published Every Thursday NANAKULI — MAILE Prompt,. Courteous Service Termite Treating. by “was probably the reason Kim­ ball didn’t go after me harder. 1) 5,000 sq. ft. 2 bedroom home— by Honolulu Record Publishing Master Barber Girls Company, Ltd. He can’t be sure there isn’t an­ reasonable. 2) A nice home on Allied Termite other spool.” Farrington H’way on % acre lot. HONOLULU BARBER SHOP 811 Sheridan St., Honolulu, T. H. Nor can the RECORD give 14 S. Hotel St. and Contracting Co. Entered as second-class matter Mr. Kimball any assurance that KENNETH NAKANO, Broker and Free Estimate, Guaranteed Work­ May 10, 1949, at the Post Office at his remarks anent Mayor Wil­ manship. Reasonable Price. Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Act of son have not been recorded for (K. Yoshioka, Realtor) GLAMOUR BARBER SHOP - March 3, 1879. posterity. CALL 4-B-157 263 S. Hotel St. PHONE 904013 — 824745 Page Four HONOLULU RECORD November 24, 4 949 Report Hits Crvi! Service ]£iinball-K ronic/t Qadtawwi- (from page 1) and appurtenances, Mr. Sherretz’s Margin Is Cut In RICHARD K. KIMBALL, al- officer driving motorcycle No. 35 - ' pay varies from qne month to though- few.--knew.-it,. had an 05- drove onto the Beretania St. slde- . resignation the report recommends the next from as low as $403 to Turbulent Tenth the-spot coach during, the laStf' wMk’meart'Alsikea ’ Tuesday ..night along with those of Commission­ as hi^h. as $798. The researchers meeting of the DemocraticChili in -about- ;8. o’clock to, put, the ^m Harriet Bouslog. pro mi.-n ent the 10th of tlie 4th. Rep. Charles ers Mendel Borthwick and Thom­ indicate that such uncertainty is ILWU attorney, was ousted from on. a weaving Navy ' man. “I as G. S. Walker. To soften the deplorable. E. Kauhane unostentatiously eased thought,” says our informant, “the Supervisor Richard Kageyama, her post as county committeeman outside to stand by the window policeman was. going to run the punch for all three comi^sioners the only other C-C official who of the Democratic Party’s 10th nearest “Kinjie” and give him in­ man over. It’s a danger to pedes­ report offers the option has recently been vocally criti­ of the 4th precinct club m the structions through the grating. At trians, ail'd I think--there ought their jobs should be held by full cal of civil service practices, is second meeting held since .the in­ times, our agent says,, the per­ to be a law.” time specialists because part- also borne out by the report’s vasion of the Kimball-Kronick formance took the aspect of a After holding the sailor until rime lay commissioners cannot be right-wing crowd. The vote was theatrical performance, with Kim­ Sheeted to lead the way m a recommendations, insofar as his 26-17. the SPs arrived, the cop on motor­ so complicated and difficult criticisms went. The report in­ ball leaning toward the window, bike No. 35 drove down Beretania, dicates that examinations of ap­ Precinct president W. K. Bas­ muttering requests for repetitions made a U-turn at Alakea and of understanding.” plicants have been neither im­ sett, whose ouster at the last meet­ when he didn’t hear, and then came racing back to vanish in But, like Chairman Kum, the partial nor accurate, and it rec­ ing was ruled illegal by the county leaping to his feet to shout, “Mr. the general direction of Ewa. researchers are shocked to find ommends that oral interviews committee, declared from the chair Chairman!" '’< civil service qualifications, which should never be held with the that Mrs. Bouslog would have The real payoff came after the are already “dangerously low, personnel examiner sitting solely every right to appeal the club’s meeting when Rep. and Mrs. Kau­ being tossed out the window for as a “one-man interviewing decision. He pointed out that she hane went to President W. K. HCLC Thanksgiving the sake of hiring personnel de­ board.” was a legal member of the club Basselt hnd congratulated him sirable to department heads. Recognizing the manner in and that the office was therefore effusively on his excellent han­ Frolic On (Saturday Tn line with Kum’s efforts, too, which language, or lack of It, not vacant as Richard Kimball’s dling of the meeting—only a few motion had stated. Paul Robeson’s most recent rec­ the report recommends changes has been used as a bar against minutes after the Representative ord, "The Peekskill Story,” will be which would limit the authority soma local applicants for jobs Kimball was elected to the of­ had been giving his most enthu­ siastic aid and comfort ‘to Bas­ heard by a local audience for the and activity of the Personnel di­ where such facility is not impor­ fice by the, same 26-17 vote. A first time featurdiiy, TNgvz >26, at rector, presently D. Ransom Sher­ tant, the report hits at “free an­ motion made by his lieutenant sett's most bitter political enemy. the Hawaii Civil Liberties Com­ retz. Recommendation 62 would swer," or "essay" tests with the Harry Kronlck that ,the election bq, mittee’s Thanksgiving Frolic, to be require that provisional appoint­ following: declared unanimous was laughed BOB GRIMMER of CPC, unhap­ held at 50 S. Queen St, an HCLC ments be made only^with the ap “Free answer tests place a pre­ down. py about a reference to him in official has informed the RECORD. proval of the commission — not mium on verbal ability and put Rightists Challenged the "I Work for CPC” story some The famous singer, whose con­ merely that of the personnel di­ (he person with a language handi­ On these two votes as well as ■ time back, called in a well-known cert at Peekskill, N. Y. became rector and the department head. cap at a disadvantage.” on others, the right-wing faction pineapple union man and accused the occasion for the United States’- The researchers find, too, that be­ • Clarifies Own Words him by implication, of being the cause of automobile allowances had four votes less than they ex­ most widely reverberating racist In some pretty muddy language . pected. Four of their number were author. Though the answers he riot in recent years, is understood of its own, the report recommends: challenged by’ Mr. Bassett. When got were far from satisfactory, to have recorded.a number of his "Discontinue the rejection of challenged they admitted that they Grimmer can be assured by Gad­ best-known songs against a back­ otherwise qualified applicants for did not live in the precinct and about that he had the wrong man. ground similar to that made by Kum Says'Tisw city and county positions. before had no right to membership in The man he got doesn’t even know the rioters at Peekskill. examination unless the applicant the club. Among these were Sam the author. There are 50 of the records here, has- been previously convicted of Kahanamoku and Herman Solo­ the ECCLC spokesman Said, and Hostile Fo^Cause a felony and not restored to his mon. “FASCIST,” the word made they will be sold at $1 each to civil rights.” much of by a radio character cur­ those who wish them. By STAFF WRITER The latter was the sponsor of rently making the most of the Clarified admirably in the ex­ a resolution passed last month by Although the program of speak­ Herbert Kum, chairman of the panded portion of the report, this gullibility of his -wealthy sponsors, ers is not complete, Harriet Bous­ City-County _ Civil Service Com­ the right-wing majority. The reso­ is a word bandied about consider­ recommendation turns out to be lution was in praise of Judge log, local attorney who has ap­ mission, having penned a reply to a slap at the pollyanna-minded- ably and frequently misused-—but peared in a number of cases in­ the Advertiser’s editorial, ‘ How ness of the commission’s technical Medina’s conduct during the never more widely than by box­ volving civil liberties, will be one Come Mr. Kum’s Two Jobs?” pub­ course of the trial of the 11 Com­ ing promoter Leo Leavitt who used , staff (Sherretz & Co.) in rejecting munist leaders. After the meeting of the speakers, it has been as­ lished Nov. 19, told the RECORD applicants it considers “infamous to term Doc Withington’s attitude' certained. Another will be a that he feels there is more to Mr. Bassett stated that the reso- toward him “Fascist.” the Advertiser’s campaign against or notorious.” lution would have to be recon­ prominent union member. The report gets into a bit of meeting. .. Although announced as musi­ him than meets the eye. He has philosophy to explain that “one sidered at the next BROADCASTING MonSay night cians for the frolic last week. not had a good press from either man’s idea of infamous or traitor­ Tempers flared at the start their impressions of sugar negotia­ Cherry Takao and her Pineapple daily, since he came on the com­ ous or disgraceful acts by another of the evening. Declaring “I tions on the Rev. Emilio Yadao’s Serenaders'have discovered a pre­ mission, he says, and he believes may "be regarded by other persons don’t trust you with those mem­ Filipino language program were vious engagement and will not be the reason lies in the policy he as not unusual or perhaps even bership cards!” Kronick insisted T. C. Manipon, Filamon Diza, Gil able tb play at the HCLC party. follows. courageous ■. . . every person has upon sitting at the chairman’s Gallardo, Leoncio Enriquez ’and Other music , has been arranged “My entire public service,” he a right to a decent hearing on table with Bassett Aniciete Apilade, all of Kauai, and •and among the .musicians .who will told the RECORD, ‘“has been whether or not he is a fit person.” He finally took a scat among Amador del Castillo of Mairi. All donate entertainment is William devoted to the cause of the lit­ ' In the same vein, the report hits the membership after Bassett . are delegates or officers of Local “Wisey” Richards, singer of Ha­ tle people and against the spe­ at department heads who "refuse stated that the meeting would 142. waiian songs, who was extremely cial interests. I intend to follow to use employment lists because not continue until he left the popular with crowds before Pier that policy for the rest of my of some real or fancied objection table. -- RILEY ALLEN jumped quickly 11 during the recent longshore career, too. I am of the little to all remaining eligibles.” Rightists Exposed to the right side of the C-C civil strike. . people, myself.” The report chastises such Henry Kitkousky, local union service fence, editorially praising Donations of $1 per guest are Discussing the Advertiser’s edi­ heads with: “A mere shrugging official, offered a resolution de­ Research Associates’ report to expected, and dinner is to be served torial in more detail, Kum point-11- ....'off of ten or twenty persons manding that the Federated Labor Mayor Wilson, but he gave his without extra charge, beginning ed out the reference to his dis­ who have qualified for city and press be admitted to the U. S. Star-Bull a few superfluous pats St G:30 p. m. charge from the Department of county work through competi­ senate press gallery r This was on the back by crediting it with Public .Welfare, and said: “If the tion “because they keep the voted down. After the vote Kit­ bringing the news of the-report’s Advertiser had cared to go into wrong company1 is obviously un­ kousky scored the right-wingers contents “first”—and on Friday at Demos Ask Probe tiiat case fairly, it could easily fair.” for pretending to be pro-labor and that. (from page 1) have learned that I was cleared The most basic and probably voting anti-labor. The truth is—his one last edl-, said explosion and violations of nf the charges upon which I was the recommendations least likely At that point Mr. John E. tion got no better than a tie with law involved have been made a discharged. At that hearing, I to be effected very soon are those Parks, apparently realizing the the RECORD, a weekly with only matter of public record by various had three excellent witnesses who in which the researchers suggest right-wing’s vulnerability,- hastily one edition, and on THURSDAY, reports in the Honolulu Record testified for me.” that the Police Department, the moved that the resolution be re­ not Friday. in the months of October and Expert Witnesses Fire Department and the Liquor vived and considered by a com­ The probability is—if the REC­ November, 1949. . .” The three were: Gladys Goet- Commission be placed under the mittee of three. The Kimball- ORD hadn’t dug out the story, the The resolution condemns "for tling, then director of the School City and County government in­ Kronick crowd dutifully voted dailies would have still been wait­ inaction and neglect of duty” of Social Work at the’ University stead of being allowed to con­ favorably. o ing for it days later. the Office of Attorney General, of Hawaii; Harold S. Burr, Re­ tinue as almost wholly indepen­ the City-County Prosecutor, the gional Director of Social Service dent agencies, responsible only to ROGER SUSUMO ARIYOSHI, Superintendent of Public Works, Bureau, and Mayor John H. Wil­ the governor. The existing situa­ Queen’s Blown Fuse perhaps a future editor of the the City-County Engineering >1 son, who; , had. been Kum’s su­ tion is without parallel on the (from page 1) RECORD, arrived in Honolulu, t Department, and the Sewers Mainland, the report points out, weighing in at .4 pounds, 1 ounce, Division. perior. The hearing brought out and without justification here. Administrator Carl I. Flath asked the fact, Kum says, that he en­ Chief Engineer A. G. Sharkey to at St. Francis Hospital at 5:52 pm. The resolution to the • County $ joyed an efficiency rating of 95. Ohrt Special Problem resign (RECORD, Nov. 16). Shar­ on Friday, Nov. 18. His parents, as Committed asks that the commit­ . As for the Advertiser’s’ reference Recognizing the Board of Water key had been chief of . maintenance you must have guessed, are Mr. tee be advised of the case and to Kum’s separation from the DPI, Supply as a special problem; the 1 as 'well as’ engineer before Homer and Mrs. Koji Ariyoshi, and both the attendant violations of law Kum says that too, is a distortion report reiterates that Fred 'Ohrt’s was employed: are reported doing nicely—as well and that it be asked to “take since he left his job on a leave of employes are C-C employes first as young Roger. such action as is necessary to pro­ and Board of Water Supply em­ The economy move at Queen’s tect the lives and working condi­ absence to work on his degree has hit employes receiving sal­ and in fact, returned a contract ployes second, and it suggests that ERNEST BEEN, who would like tions of the working people of • I their status should be clarified by aries below $200 a month. Only to be the next mayor, was among these islands.” unsigned which would have given Sharkey received more. him a job teaching at Molokai legal opinion if anyone has any those who spoke at Tuesday night’s Before the resolutions were High School. doubt. The implication of these The monthly house organ at meeting of the 37th Demo Club passed, the members and visitors recommendations can hardly be Queen’s for November says that of the 4th. He applauded the ef­ heard Jacob Ahia, brother of Jo­ If he’s learned anything from missed—that the Board of Water after the recent cutback in the forts of Jacob Ahia, Joseph Cam- seph Burris who was killed in the the Advertiser’s hostility toward Supply is tending to set itself up maintenance department, the work bra, and Joseph Aveira to publi­ explosion, and Joseph Gambia and him, Kum says, it is this: “Now as an independent agency. force there Is one-third its former cize their case in order to eliminate Joseph Aveira, survivors now crip­ I can understand why it is diffi- . Mbst practical of all recom­ strength. The writer of the article the conditions that caused th'eir pled for life, describe the explo­ cnlt to get public spirited citi- mendations, perhaps, is one which says that the department hopes catastrophe In the Kaimuki dyna­ sions and give their views. They zens to serve on unpaid boards suggests that applicants for C-C to give faster and more efficient mite disaster. As for themselves ' further heard Jules Martin, a vet­ -and commissions.” jobs be given medical examina­ service. The writer asks the other and their future, he told them eran of mining work on many As for the, "two Jobs,” there tions AFTER ’they have otherwise departments to be patient during they will have to make up their Mainland Jobs, who was blinded never was a question, Mr. Kum qualified, and not before. Bv thia the transition period. minds whether or not they bring by an explosion in a Nevada mine. v says, since he did not draw a change (which was anticipated 2d An employe of Queen’s informed a civil suit against contractor J. M. Martin, who was attended at cent, of pay from the Territory’s reported by the RECORD months he RECORD that the cutbanks Tanaka, or choose some other form the meeting by his Seeing Eye Holdover Committee, nor did he ■ago) the researchers say omy auouu are causing an overload of work"5 of legal action. dog, ridiculed the red-baiting ever fall-in any duty to the civil 500 examinations would be re­ on the remaining employes. He hysteria which he said has been service commission. quired as compared with the 5,000 said that the economy move on “IS IT LEGAL for motorcycle ■used by all those who oppose at present. The saving' to the the one hand and “bold spending” ■policemen to ride up on the side­ . 'progress or change. -Help Stamp Out Tuberculosis— C-C government would be about on the other, for example in hous­ walk to make arrests?” asks a The meeting was presided over —Buy and Use Christmas Seals— $23,000, the report says. ing Mr. Flath, do not help morale. man calling into the office. An by Chairman Mary Correa. November 24, 1949 HONOLULU RECORD Page Five vwvwvwvwwwvvwwwvwwwwwwvwwwwv* Cab Competition Gets —Labor Roundup — Still Jobless* Ben Wait Says Sharper; fb Use Stdgahs "Ride Union Cabs P’" ' • ’ J He Knouts Others In Worse Fix VWWVWUWUVUWVWWMAfWVVWVUtAAMVMfVWWWWM , That’s the slogan which will SUGAR NEGOTIATIONS IN STALEMATE Ben Wait is biding his time while: * final disposition has been made soon meet the'eyes erf■ customers various agencies and interested of his case. Another quiet week marked labor-management relations in the Tet- in many bars,, grills, and restau­ ritory. parties ' decide what public aid Ben Wait and his wife are eating rants. The slogan and the- pro­ should be given him, if any, and • On the sugar front,, union representatives from the 26 plantations now, though irregularly, and it will gram' ,of publicity.it represents are while dailies which front-paged on the four islands began leaving for their homes yesterday. his plight decide how to..follow up be less embarrassing for the agen­ Apparently there were no new developments in sugar negotiations the latest step in the battle of or­ ganized taxi- their-original lead, , cies and the dailies if they keep to warrant their continued stay in Honolulu. Wait,' who was • discharged by on eating. Late last week these representatives reaffirmed their stand that men in Hono­ lulu to stay in the Sewers Department of the “I am not going to starve,” the union would not give in to the employers on their demand for in­ City-County Engineering Depart­ dividual job security. business says Wait. “After working for against the ment, after filing reports ,of wan­ this government for twenty­ Meanwhile, off-the-record sessions between a small union sub- ■ competi­ tonly careless handling of dyna­ eight years, I am not going to committee and industry representatives have been discontinued, with tion thrown mite on the Kaimuki tunnel job, starve under it.” no indication as to when formal talks will be resumed. into the field says he. does, indeed, suffer from Although some cautious reports of progress have been given out by by the ORAL a bad heart, as reported in the both the union and industry, there is as yet no indication as to when cabs of Ben Dillingham’s Oahu dailies. Lunas Get $149 Less any kind of agreement will be reached. Railway & Land Co. Because of his heart condition, (from page 1) it is understood that the C-C medi­ The departure for home by the majority of the union representa­ Lists of union cabs will be years and mentioned Pedro Cari­ tives is probably an indication that no imminent break in negotiations posted in places where they may cal authorities would not approve either way is expected. his medical certificate so he could aga, who has worked for Hawaiian be expected to catch the eyes be employed permanently. Pine since 1926 or 23 years. Cari­ of prospective customers. At pres­ aga, demoted like Arzaga, has four PINE UNION ASKS WAGE RE-OPENING , ent, the lists will carry the names But, Wait points out, he might children. have continued on in a probation­ While one local of the ILWU is deep in negotiations, another local of the 29 toxLstands in the city Being on the supervisory staff, 100 per cent organized. ary capacity up to six months, as of the same union, the Pineapple and Cannery Workers, has submitted many other probationary employes the lunas are out of the bargain­ Its proposals In readiness for negotiations in December. “But if you haven’t seen a have, if George Wallace, super­ ing unit of Local 152, ILWU.. Most important of the proposals is that covering a guaranteed list,” says Organizer Ralph Voss­ vising engineer, had so desired. Far "We worked hard for the com­ weekly or annual wage to combat loss of work opportunity caused by brink of the Taximen and Bus from being inefficient, Wait -was pany but because we belong to no intensive mechanization of the Industry. Drivers Unit (UPWA1, “there’s union, we have no protection. another way. Look for the label.” an effective Inspector, he believes, The proposals were made known to the seven pineapple companies ■and he points to the reports he One by one we can be demoted,” Thei union label to be used Arzaga said. in letters asking for a wage re-opening. temporarily, is a colorful stamp filed to prove it. Toyomasa Oshiro, secretary-treasurer of the union, indicated that bearing a picture of an island Plight Front-Paged He said the company eliminated further details of the proposals will be released at an initial negotiat­ with palm trees, over which is Wait became front page news the gang luna position because ing meeting between union and Industry early in December. superimposed a- pilot’s wheel. in the dailies, not because of his there are “not many men to handle.” Mechanization, he ex­ The seven companies affected are Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd.; Letters Mean Nothing reports—which pointed out a con­ dition Territorial officials said en­ plained, had cut down manpower Libby, McNeill &; Libby; California Packing Corp.; Maul Pineapple Co.; “The letters have no signifi­ and numerous laborers are unem­ Baldwin Packers; Hawaiian Canneries, Ltd., and Hawaiian Fruit Pack­ cance,” says Vossbrink, speaking dangered “half of Kaimuki”—but ers. because he was reported to the ployed. of abbreviations that appear dim­ police for asking people for money. “I am going back to the Philip­ ly in parts of the picture. “It’s At the station, Wait said he had, pines. I want to see If there is ORGANIZATION OF TAXI DRIVERS SPURRED the fact of the label that’s im­ on occasion, pilfered food from something for me there. I have Organizers Ralph Vossbrink and Henry Epstein of the United Public portant. We had this old label stores because he had nothing With been here a long time,” he said. Workers, have announced that organizing of the independent taxi drivers and we decided to use it for now. which to feed himself and his in the' city, is gaining momentum, with a large number already signed We’re going to be practical in wife. up in the union. this union and we’re not going to waste what we have. Later, *Tm not the only one in that TPA $2 Mil. Suit The two organizers say that the group, first organized after the we’ll have a more appropriate shape,” he told the RECORD. (from page 1) appearance of the Dillingham-ORAL taxis, has already looked into label with our name.” “I think there must be plenty lines, to operate over the same the various discriminatory practices against the Independent drivers, of others. I know of one man- by various private and public organizations. Vossbrink thinks that by the routes, were a. violation of the anti­ first of next week most of the used to work at Shop 63 until he trust laws, Judge Metzger said, union cabs will bear the label, was laid off—and he tCld me giving an oral decision, and he LABOR TID-BITS either on their windows or in­ neither he nor his wife had had also said he believed continuous Other brief bits of Interest: side on their dashboards. a bite to eat for two days. They operation of parallel steamship were saving everything they and airlines by the same company Seventeen Mahukona Terminals workers are still strikebound with Cards bearing, the names of could to buy milk for their baby.” no sign of am early .settlement. 100 per cent union stands have is also continuous violation. been printed’: and are, being dis­ Although he says the Advertiser It is expected that Judge Metz­ An application for vacating the award of Arbitrator Ernest B. De tributed to all bartenders, 500 union and the Star-Bulletin had advised ger's decision will tarry some Silva in the Onomea Plantation-ILWU arbitration covering supervisory committeemen and other friend­ him there are a number of jobs weight in the case against Ha­ workers not in the bargaining unit and the displacement of workers by ly organizations, establishments to be offered him, he has not been waiian and Inter-island, in which them in the unit has been filed by Bouslog and Symonds, attorneys and Individuals, Mr. Vossbrink advised of them specifically, nor the federal ’ government contends for the union, in the third circuit court in Hilo. said. has he received food he says the the two companies are in viola­ Union attorneys charge the arbitrator with alleged Imperfect execu­ newspapers advised hlin was wait­ tion of anti-trust laws. tion of his powers. ing. Trans-Pacific, which won the Mr. DeSHva had ruled in favor of the company in a hearing which Frank-ly Speaking He has, however, accepted an in­ suit, has been widely recognized as was held on Hawaii several weeks ago and which concerned the plac­ vitation for Thanksgiving Dinner the first serious attempt of small (from page 8) for himself and his wife. ing of several supervisory employes on jobs held by men represented Virginia prison camps and openly capital here to challenge the domi­ by the HWU. exposed the horrors he found Meanwhile, officials of the De­ nation of Big Five companies in there. partment of Public Welfare say the field of transportation. These are but a few instances, Buy Your RECORD at These Stands: selected at random, which show the rising tide of reaction. There H. C. L, C Dinner Dance FRANKIE’S MARKET is no satisfying this evil monster; HALE AIKANE under the slogan of "fighting com­ 1900 Dillingham Blvd. ' 1413 S. King St. munism,” it is slowly but surely McCULLY STORE BOWMAN GROCERY devouring the democratic rights of 50 South Queen St. 3636 Waialae Ave. not only the Communists but all 2002 S. King St. others who want to change the ® FURUSHO STORE BLUE & WHITE CAFE status quo. Reaction’s guns are 811 Sheridan St. trained upon trade unionists, state 139 Mokauea Street legislators, cabinet secretaries, NOVEMBER SKIPPER’S LUNCHROOM OMIYA SUNDRIES members of ’minority groups and SATURDAY, 26 Pier 15 — No. Queen St. 1205 8. King St. just plain, fair-minded white ARTESIAN STORE Americans. 9t DOLLY HOUSE CHOP SUEY 1830 S. King St. Civil rights are indivisible. If 2144 Kauhana St. we are serious about blocking the Dinner Served From LAD’S THRIFTY WAY determined drive of' reaction to 6:30 to 8:00 . CENTER DRUG, STORE 730 S. Queen St. wreck our democratic, traditions, .1047 Llhha St. we cannot , let, purselves be divid­ - ® fl. M. CHANG ed into small/ separate segments MARUYAMA’S DELICATESSEN 1374 N. King St. for leisurely liquidation. We Beretania & Isenberg Sts. AMAGURI TARO cannot buy immunity for pur­ Dancing Until Midnite CITY HALL 243 N. King St. selves by joining with reaction King & Punchbowl Sts. in its attempt to kill off any oth­ __® CORNER LIQUOR STORE er group. KALIHI CENTER 1042 Bethel St. 1708 N. King St. We cannot sit back and say: Guest Speaker: IN WAHIAWA: “Well, ,after all, it’s only the Com­ PIN HI SUNDRIES CONSUMERS’ MARKET munists they want,” for in the dic­ HARRIET BOUSLOG 427 Kapahulu Ave, tionary of reaction, anybody who IN WAIPAHU: advocates equality for minorities 4ALA PARK INN KATO SAIMIN SHOP or who wants higher wages or ' • 270 N. King St. better housing and health care or MABEL’S BARBER SHOP an end to discrimination is a 69 N. Beretania St. Communist. Entertainment Refreshments A $1.75 AD THE BOXERS INN There is no way to compromise ® 60 fl. Pauahl SU ■ THIS SIZE with reaction. MID-TOWN- DRUG CO. WILL Donation $1:00 1150 Bethel St © Win New Customers Tuberculosis takes the lives of © Remind Old Customers more young adults than any other RAINBOW CAFE disease. Help prevent these deaths (includes dinner) Smith & Queen Sts. by buying Christmas Seals. Page Six HONOLULU RECORD November 24, 1949 Dog Lovers Growl At A Castle In the Kennel By STAFF WRITER lot of the fellows weren’t satisfied There is bedlam among Hono­ with the way the Hawaiian Kennel Club^was being run. They never lulu’s bow-wows! had meetings, so the fellows could Or to be more accurate, there is never say what they thought. They bedlam among the owners of the never had shows when the mem­ ALONG BOXING BOULEVARD bow-wows, and (just to prove that bers wanted them, and when they • While the Gonsalves-Kim fight did not satisfy a number of slam, economics and politics are every­ By HAROLD J. SALEMSON did have them, they didn’t give (Federated Press) bang, drag ’em out fight fans, all in all, it was a fairly good card. Gon­ where) again it’s a story of Big notice enough so the members salves, who came here with a national reputation, did not show the Hye domination of the Territory’s could get their dogs in shape to PRODUCTION PLANS FOR U. S. class of Maxie or Bernard Docusen in his fight with the Korean Tiger, canine world. show. So we started the new FILMS ABROAD CONTINUE Philip Kim. The judges in the. fight were overawed by the aggressive* The "haves” in the local dog club.” Following completion of Give ness of Kim and the decision, a very close one at that, was given to world are represented by the Ha­ Members On Leash Us This Day, Rod (Paisan) Geiger, him. We saw the fight as a good draw, with the line of victory so thin waiian Kennel Club, the only or­ that neither Kim nor Gonsalves deserved the verdict of winner. This ganization of dog fanciers given Mr. Hee, who was a charter American independent producer, member of the HKC, says that Mr. looks like a fairly good rematch. national recognition by the all- has announced plans for several Placido Torres seems to improve with every fight. He won a unani­ authoritative American Kennel Castle ran the Board of Directors by a system of proxies which al­ new pictures to be made abroad. mous decision over fast-fading Manuel Anduha. Torres seems to be Club. lowed him to control the actions He filmed the adaptation of Christ gaining a little more confidence ’ and if the reports that he is training The power behind the HKC since and details of meetings. When the In Concrete in London and will regularly are true, then Torres will be able to give a number of boys its inception in 1925 has been, ac­ new organization was founded, Mr. make his next trio either there hereabouts a good fight and come on top as winner. cording to dog lovers, a very au­ Hee says, its members had early or on the continent. Jay Williams’ Mike Innes surprisingly fought to a draw with Bobby Ortiz. The thentic representative of the Big hopes of recognition from the new interpretation of the Robin other fight we wish to mention is the Andy Kim-Joe Bash, an aptly- Five, Harold Castle of the Castle Mainland. Hood-Little -Jolin story, The Good named bloke. Both these boys were in bad shape and neither can & Cooke Castles. "We had our sanction shows,” Yeomen, is No. 1 on his schedule take a punch or can be rated us even a mediocre fighter. Quoting Hung Rebels Blame Castle he says, “but when we got ready for production in England, to be Wai Ching, well-known realtor and former University of Hawaii athlete, The rebels or the “have-nots” are for our points, show, Mr. Castle followed by Finian's Rainbow, to who happened to be sitting near the writer at the fight: “BumsI" members of the Hawaiian Dog decided he’d better oppose us.” be made in German studios. Gali­ t « * * * X* leo, with Charles Laughton, would Fanciers Association, who are not The opposition, carried out on COACH JOE KUHARICH, U. OF SAN FRANCISCO: recognized and who blame Mr. then follow, either in Germany or the Mainland, was effective. The Italy. AMERICAN OF THE WEEK Castle and his senior organization “sanction” show doesn’t mean When Joe Kuharich took over the head coach job at the University for the aloofness of the Mainland much because it’s just a sort of Anothei- independent, George Paal, currently completing A Tale of San Francisco, he had two football players-.who were just ordinary, body. dress rehearsal, but the “points” but under his tutelage, both have now developed into top stars. Burl Says Mr. Hau Hee, president of show is the place a dog—be he a of Five Cities in five different Eu­ ropean capitals, aimounces the Toler and Ollie Matson are their names. Matson was familiar to track the HDFA: “It began because a bellowing bulldog or petit pom­ fans while Toler was an unknown. Both are Negroes. pom—gets a score that advances preparation of Goodbye, U. S. A., a similarly-built yarn, to show the Toler, a defensive back and MatsOn, an offensive back, are now his national rating. Only by win­ receiving the attention of grid followers nationally. However, there ning points can he advance to adventures of four characters de­ Prize Ring Earnings ported from the U. S. respectively was that game with Tulsa of Oklahoma coming up. And Oklahoma has higher class shows and, conceiv­ had many, many cases of Jim Crow. Prove Hard To Hold; ably, . win the titles of “best of to France, England, Germany and breed" and “best of show” from Italy. The picture will be shot in When asked at the football-writers’ luncheon what he would do if Ex-Champs Die Broke the nation’s highest muckety- those four countries as well as Tulsa, in Saturday’s game in -Oklahoma, refused to allow him to play mutts in Madison Square Garden. over here (for the American se­ his two star Negroes, Toler and Matson, Kuharich didn’t hesitate. “We’d Joe Louis is a real good golfer, quences) . turn around and go home! We wouldn't play against any outfit that but not as good as he thinks he As things stand now, Mr. Castle attempted to bar Matson and Toler. and his HKC seem to have a clear And 20th Century-Fox makes it is. That’s the trouble. A great monopoly on the shows, Mr. Hee known that Tyrone Power, just “Not that we would be necessarily afraid of being whipped with­ fighter, he can’t understand why admits,^ but he says the members back from making two pictures in out them. That wouldn’t be the reason. We wouldn’t play because he’s not also great on the links. of the HDFA have not abandoned Italy, will be shipped to Aus­ both of these kids are part of our unit—not a boy on our squad would Louis insists on playing guys who the hope of winning recognition tralia for his next one: The Land go on the field without them!” know the answer. That Joe isn’t some time in the future. Until Down Under. From its description, Kuharich, who is rapidly establishing himself as one of the top good enough for them. Since Joe then, they will be forced to con­ this sounds like a typical super- coaches in the business, has been plugging for his two Negro stars ever begs for it, they grab his dough. tinue showing the dogs in Mr. Cas­ western, to be made in the cattle since the season opened. Almost every week he has told the football And it runs into thousands a week. tle’s shows. country of the Antipodes, laid in writers that Ollie Matson is: the best back in the country today. And Louis has lost a fortune since the the early 1900s. There’s nothing Growls Unconfirmed Monday when one reporter told him that after seeing Burl Toler back golf bug bit him. That explains like finding new settings for the up the line against the powerful Santa Clara running attack: 'Tm going the exhibition scraps. And it Having heard rumors that MS*. westerns, we always say. to switch my vote from LeBaron and Celeri for All-American to Toler!” will be the answer to his "come­ Castle, not always so certain of Kauharich replied: “You’wouldn’t be far wrong.” back” title effort, if he follows his monopoly, had resorted to some BRIEFLY NOTED through the rumors—to pay his highly Irregular extra-curricular PRODUCTION NEWS golf bins. maneuvers to quell the rebellion YOU LIKE SEE POLO? Morris Ankrum plays a film di­ Gulped By Wall Street of the HDFA, the RECORD asked We see that there is a group made up.of the Dillinghams, the Walk­ Mr. Hee about it. rector in Humphrey Bogart’s In ers, and of course Richard Kimball, beating the drums for the Parks With a fighter, usually, it’s hard. "You hear a lot of stories and a Lonely Place . . . Herschel and Recreation Commission to bear the burden—with public money— come, easy go. Joe is no excep­ Daugherty, Warners’ dialogue di­ of fixing up the Waikiki grounds for the return of polo. tion. Few are the battlers who rumors like that," Mr. Hee said, rector, becomes a full-fledged meg­ are still latched to their hard- “but there's nothing you can be ger on Rock Bottom, a newspaper We like all athletics but this one is a good sleeper pulled on the earned gains. Gene Tunney entirely sure of.” yarn . . . Joan Bennett gets the public; A member of the Commission is Mrs. Walter Dillingham, earned a fortune, married another, Most popular dogs in the Ter­ mother’s role in Father of the who is very, very closely related to the Dillinghams and the Walkers, Is still grinding out profits. Demp­ ritory, Mr. Hee says, are German Bride, with Spencer Tracy and This polo deal is it. And it smells! sey, a • good businessman, is well Shepherds, Boxers, Schnauzers Elizabeth Taylor , . Stanley (Home We would like to see Ala Moana Park improved with more lockers off, too.- But the less fortunate and Cocker Spaniels, in about of the Brave) Kramer has ac­ and showers. We would like to see any park for the use of the public are legion. ■ that order. Dog shows are held quired film rights to Cyrano de improved. However, like that bowling green that was built for a select The late Benny Leonard, mar­ at branches of. the HKC on Bergerac and is said to be plan­ clientele and in use before the war, we can’t go for a polo field devel­ velous lightweight king, was rich Kauai and Maui. ning to use Jose Ferrer in the oped with taxpayers’ money for a select few—and we do mean FEW! when he quit fighting. Several “But if they hold a show on title part . . . Jane Greer will star The Dillinghams have Mokuleia Ranch. The place is spacious and years later he was broke. those islands that has a hundred in a comedy titled The Richest a beautiful polo field can be developed there. The Walkers and Dilling­ and fifty dogs,” said a barber who Girl in Jail . . . Josef von Stern­ hams have cars and chauffeurs and their crowd who like polo have cars, Paunchy and half-bald, Benny so let them all pile in them and go out there for their polo matches. was forced again to ring combat is a member of the junior organ­ berg will make a directorial come­ after six years of Idleness. He ization, “they have to bring a back on Jet Pilot, at RKO, his That’s where the ponies will be most of the time anyhow. That’s our was obliged to sell his old glory hundred of them from Honolulu. first picture in seven years. recommendation to the Parks and Recreation Commission. for a needed price. So he took Ills There isn’t much interest in dogs * * * * knockout from young Jimmy Mc- on the other islands.” CURRENT FILMS SPORTS TID-BITS FROM HERE AND THERE Larnin—also the coveted dough, Dog Fights, Too FAME IS THE) SPUR: Michael Leo Leavitt and Augie Curtis are on the spot, what with the “show his last pass at big-shot coin.’ There is some slight interest in Redgrave in a fine British film cause” action of the Boxing Commission to-why their,licenses as pro­ Leonard had lost all his vast title dog-fighting, too, in the Territory, inspired by the life of Labor poli­ moters should not be revolted. With Leavitt in the Auditorium picture days earnings in Wall Street. Ben­ both men said, the dogs used be­ tician Ramsay MacDonald. Well- and sharing in the profits of the arena along with the Royal Amuse­ ny died a few years ago. He col­ ing pit bulls—or "Staffordshires,” made story of the corruption of ment chain, -we see where the pressure will only be on Augie Curtis. If . lapsed in the ring refereeing five as the American Kennel Club calls a man who compromises to gain Curtis loses his license, we will then have the return of a boxing monop­ bouts in one night. Over-exertion them. One man who raises pit power. By all means. Important oly that was aided and abetted by the former Commission during the in a small club for $75. bulls and matches them against to you. tenure of Donovan Flint. Who’s kidding who? Champion To Peddler such opposition as he can find, is PINKY: The Negro problem Jess Willard didn’t keep much said to have a champion which brought down to a Hollywood level We have two tickets to the University of Hawaii-College of the of his cauliflower rewards. Not has grown so old he suffers more “with an accent on segregation, Pacific football game to be played on Friday, Dec. 16, donated by three long ago he was. peddling a Jack risk of death than he does defeat. which is dangerous. Three fine friends of the RECORD who want to see more people reading it. To Dempsey brand of whiskey. The “The men who raise pit bulls scenes of violence in the south, the person who sells the most RECORD subscriptions, starting as of man who gave Jess probably the aren’t much interested in show­ however, are constructive and use­ now and lasting through Dec. 10, the two tickets will be given as a most brutal beating in heavy­ ing their dogs,” says Mr. Hee. ful. Acceptable with reservations. prize to the Champion RECORD Hustler. weight history, salaried Jess at “They’re interested in another $100 a week. kind of contest.” CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ANTI-TRUST CHARGES Johnny Dundee, the old feather­ Mr. Hee, a mild-mannered man We are acting in the real spirit DECIDED SHIFT weight champ, who could lick most who "can’t stand to see dogs of Christmas when we buy Christ­ WASHINGTON (FP) — There WASHINGTON (FP) — The lightweights of his day, isn’t broke. fight,” is. much more interested in mas Seals. We are helping pro­ will be about .'the same amount of Philadelphia Gas Works & Motor. But he hasn’t the money he once the fight between the two organ­ tect ourselves and others from tu­ new construction in 1950 as there Parts Cto. has been indicted on had. Johnny met a musical com­ izations of dog fanciers. So is the berculosis when we buy these seals, was this year, but there will be a barber. decided shift from private to pub­ charges of violating anti-trust edy star. The star taught Johnny 'sole support of the tuberculosis laws, the Justice Department an­ some dance steps. He pronounced The barber says! “The two association of Hawaii in its year- lic construction; according to a ■John another Fred Astaire. The clubs try all kinds of things. round program to stamp out TB. joint estimate.. Nov. 20 by the nounced Nov. 15. The company star hinted he needed an angel There’s more democracy in the Commerce and Labor departments- was accused of fixing prices of gas for his next show. John parted new club, but it’s just like all “Self-made men are very apt to refrigerators. ; with $80,000. The show was a those other things. It’s just like usurp the prerogative of the Al­ “A cynic is a man who knows the quick flop. Also, Johnny owned the strike—a fight between capi­ mighty and overwork themselves.” price of everything and the value —Be Sure To Answer Your a race horse that was a dust-eater. tal and labor.” —Bill Nye. of nothing.”—Oscar Wilde. Christmas Seal Letter— ■h. November 24, 1949 HONOLULU RECORD Page Seven LOOKING BACKWARD J I 1' (from page 8) - vf Food Budgeting Is Important a march on us, were already there. Another discussion, with Mr. By ELEANOR AGNEW how much it costs to feed your Okabe included, was started. But the gist of the government offi­ The lower the income in the family for a month. cials’ stand was that the issue should, as far as possible, he pre­ average American family .the more After studying your food costs vented from becoming larger. So here again there was no agree­ ’ 1 of it goes for food. This 'is es­ for a paonth you may find that you ment. We broke off and withdrew, all of us burning with rage. pecially true in Hawaii where food are spending too much in propor­ The Japanese in general were greatly aroused by this incident prices are higher than on the tion to your income—or you may And they were inspirited afresh when it became known that the diagnosis Mainland. For this reason the be buying carelessly. of the America Maru bubonic plague suspect had been completely erron­ local housewife The important things to con­ eous. must plan meals sider in planning a food budget On the night of Aug. 2nd a mass meeting of Japanese residents was very carefully are: The ages of your family mem­ held on the grounds of the Japanese elementary school. Eighteen per­ and spend her bers and variations in seasonal sons addressed an audience of more than 2,000 men and women. Each, food money prices (this is especially true of swayed the audience with wholehearted, impassioned addresses. They •J thoughtfully. fruits and vegetables). Your skill organized the Hawaii Japanese Society on the spot and they decided Do you know in hunting out bargains and your to protest to the American government in its name. how much you knowledge of food values are also That night an address, in English, was given by Mrs. Imanishi. spend each week very important. If you have a Eloquently, womanly, and with perfect logic she spoke, as a member for food? If you garden, take into consideration the of her sex, and they were inspired to act. __ don’t, you would amount and kinds of home-grown The substance of the resolution, prepared beforehand and adopted Eleanor Agnew do well to begin foods you eat. that night, was that U. S. Quarantine Officer Coffin, who practiced keeping a weekly record, if this Foods preserved at home do not racial discrimination and who took it upon himself to be especially record is kept for four weeks you play a large part in planning a uncivil to women, should be immediately relieved of his office for his will have an approximate idea of food budget in the Territory usual­ illegal acts. And it was requested that his place be filled by the ly, for few fruits or vegetables appointment of a suitable person possessed of education, experience reach a low enough price at any and judgment. Copies of this resolution were sent to the President of Homeless Men Sleep time in the markets to make home the United States, to the Speakers of both the upper and lower houses canning practical. But the sharp of Congress and to the resident Japanese minister at Washington as On City Shelter Floor homemaker can manage to get ON TRIAL AGAIN—The second well. fruits and vegetables for nothing The news of this incident travelled to Japan where it also became NEW YORK (FP)—Because of perjury trial of Alger Hiss has be­ an issue. The Japanese government, through Minister Takahira a lack of beds, more than 400 or very cheap by tapping other sources occasionally (legitimately, I gun in New York. Last summer at Washington, negotiated - with the American authorities. The homeless men are forced to spend result was that the American government expressed regret at’the their nights on benches and floors hasten to add). a jury failed to reach agreement on whether he was innocent or incident, promised that such irregularities would not be repeated, in city-run shelters, the New York For instance, guava grows very and also that when inspection of women passengers was necessary Welfare Department reported re­ abundantly in our hills. This fruit guilty. His chief accuser, Whit­ a woman doctor would be entrusted with it. Quarantine Officer cently. Colder weather is expect- is an excellent source of vitamin taker Chambers, who has admitted Coffin, the man in question, was ordered transferred to a different ed to raise the number to near “C.” This is the vitamin which perjury, is taking the stand post. 1 1,000. defends our bodies against the again. “The increase in the number common cold. 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Koji Ariyoshi . . . Editor By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Published every Thursday by REACTION’S INCREASING HUNGER HONOLULU RECORD PUBLISHING CQ., LTD. You cannot compromise with reaction. 811 Sheridan Street, Honolulu, T. H. The more reaction gets, the more it wants. There is no point at which reaction will push its Phone 96445 chair from the table and say: "I’m through eat­ ing. I've had enough for now. Gorge yourselves, boys, on the rest of the food.” NEW LOCAL INDUSTRIES Look at Phil Murray and his powerful Steel Workers union. Murraj has teamed withreac- During the last regular session of the tion since the war's end legislature, a bill was introduced by a Dem­ and gone right along with the drive of Big Business ocrat, providing for the establishment of a to conquer the world. He committee to do research and survey oh has been as rabidly anti­ Communist as they come new industries for.Hawaii. and has weakened the Significantly, this bill was filed away by whole labor movement by the Republican-dominated legislature. The his anxiety to please Big Business and rid the CIO selfish short-sightedness of those who of leftist unions. He has further shown his sub­ heeded the desires of Hawaii’s big economic servience by refusing to interests is a blow below the belt to our fight for wage Increases. populace, particularly to the near 40,000 You would think that such sterling services MR. DAVIS unemployed. would be rewarded. Sure­ What Hawaii needs for the general well- ly Big Steel would be k disposed toward a labor leader who was h them make stag- being Is new industries. The new hardwood gerlng profits and secure the world for gigantic furniture industry of the Hawaiian Furni­ dividends. But when Truman’s fact-finding board ture Manufacturing Co., Ltd., is therefore passed up completely any such ideas as wage a most welcome enterprise. We need com­ raises and instead, recommended pensions to be paid for by employers—something many steel petition, also, to eliminate control of prices workers were already getting—Big Steel forgot by our economic giants. Therefore, the Murray’s trigger-man role and resisted the pen­ sion plan with all the antagonism of Hawaiian emergence and the development, of the looking backward employers resisting the wage demands of the Trans-Pacific Airlines have contributed avowedly leftist ILWU. You just can’t com- tremendously in making air travel possible — promise with reaction. Anti-Communist hysteria is today at an all- for many, with its reduced rates. It is a NOTE—This article is taken from a long series, Looking Backward time high in America. The conviction of the 11 fact that Hawaiian Airlines brought down 50 Years In Hawaii, by Yasntaro Soga, former editor of The Hawaii top Communist Party leaders is a natural follow­ up of the President’s loyalty order which grew out its passenger rates only after TPA got per­ Times. The series appeared in the Japanese language section of The Hawaii Times. of the Truman doctrine—a series of events unthink­ mission to make scheduled flights and re- able a few years ago. Theoretically, reaction should have a bellyful. It ought to be satisfied duecd its ticket prices. ANNEXATION AND CONTRACT LABOR to sit^back and relax for awhile. While new industries and new competi­ As the result of annexation Hawaii finally became an American But instead, the forces of reaction grow bolder Territory. Sanford B. Dole, former president of the Republic of Ha­ and stronger with each victory. The banner of tion are most desirable, the Honolulu waii, was appointed the first governor. With this political crisis, Ha­ anti-communism is a huge one; they all ride un­ Chamber of Commerce is now putting its waii’s industry was shaken to its foundation by the turmoil of the der its big, bright folds. "I hate Reds” is a kind abrogation of contract labor. emphasis on stepping up military estab­ of national, password; utter it and you can get In becoming a part of America, Hawaii attained secure po­ by with almost anything. lishments in the Territory, thus hoping to litical status, and sugar, the source of its industry, was given permanent tax-free entry ‘to America. But the best of things For many years the, Ku Klux Klan has been bring back the thousands of servicemen virtually inactive, . But recently the groups have are not without blemish—in becoming American territory a natural come alive. Currently, there are four of these and to create employment for civilians. result was that the American-enacted Chinese exclusion act, effec­ tive since 1888, also became applicable to Hawaii. This had been rival hate organizations seeking dominance fol­ We wonder how serious the Chamber of lowing the recent death of Imperial Wizard anticipated here and they were resigned to it. Samuel Green. They are trying at present to Commerce is, or what it hopes to accom­ At the same time a law existed prohibiting the importation of contract labor from foreign countries. Of course, the sugar planters unite ail under a single leadership with the plish in its present effort to restore Hawaii slogan of "Fight Communism to Maintain White had foreseen this and in the year of 1899 alone, they imported the un­ Supremacy.” to the military bastion which we knew precedented great number of 26,003 Japanese contract laborers. But In spite of this, they thought that even under the Territorial Tire Los. Angeles city council last month de­ during and before the war. government the validity of the three-year labor contracts would be feated a proposed city ordinance which was in­ Influential men connected with big busi­ sustained. But among the provisions of the Organic Act of Hawaii, tended to ban discrimination -in employment. In the constitution of Hawaii, there is a section that stipulates that con­ the usual doubletalk of reaction, the opposing ness are, for various reasons, demanding tract labor for specifically designated periods, concluded after Aug. 12, councilmen insisted they personally were all for that the military return to the Territory 1898, is Invalid. (The day Hawaii was annexed to America and the "absolute equality, regardless of race, color, creed or nationality,” but felt that a law banning dis­ land it now holds, and this, while talking of Stars and Stripes were hoisted above the government buildings). Accordingly, the system of contract labor that had extended crimination “would create dissension and that is the need to strengthen the military here. 15 years, from 1885 to 1900, came completely to an end. And all exactly what the Communists want.” In other We feel that the military strategists in the Japanese laborers on the plantations throughout the islands were words, to prove they are anti-Red, they decided this day of long-radge bombers and atom­ set free. For the first time they were all released from the condi­ to maintain white supremacy and jim crow. Sounds like Klan thinking, doesn’t it? ic bombs have a broad plan of their own, tions of semi-slavery. Needless to say, tills was a great blow to Hawaii’s sugar planters. Billie Holiday is America’s No. 1 song stylist. and they know what they are doing when But it is a uniquely great fact that it made a new epoch in the history In Detroit, she went with two other Negro women they pull out the army, navy and air force of the development of the Japanese in Hawaii. After this, in their and a white musician into the Old Colony bar personnel from Hawaii. way of thinking and looking at things, the people of Hawaii underwent for a drink. For thus flaunting the unwritten a complete change. rules of white supremacy, the musician was as­ The reduction in civilian employment saulted and beaten and the women threatened by the army, navy and the air force in AMERICA MARU INCIDENT with physical violence by other patrons. One of the assailants asked the musician, who had worked Hawaii gives us a realistic picture. In Au­ July 25, 1901, the TKK liner,: America Maru, arrived in port from gust 1945, the navy employed 35,652 and with Billie several years ago in Artie Shaw's band: Yokohama. Among her passengers-syas.,a...bubonic plagud suspect. The "Where do you think you are/bringing, those ..wom-» the ariny 20,523, a total of 56,175. In Jan­ so-called America Maru incident ‘tiurst iorthlfrom this evefit. en in here? In Russia?” Obviously, the Implica­ uary 1947, the navy employed 25,500, the The canse was that Dr. L E. Coffin, the post quarantine officer, tions of this question will do little to make Ne­ army 25,000, and special projects, 1,700. In upon receiving the report from the ship’s doctor, took charge of groes antagonistic to communism. examining ail the passengers of the ship. The white passengers were Even ex-Secretary of the Interior Krug, friend September 1949, the navy employed 11,500, simply made to pass in front of him. But the Oriental passengers, the army 6,078, and the air force 1,420, a of big industrialists, was too liberal to suit Rep. first, second and third class, both, men and women without excep­ John Rankin of Mississippi, one of the most power­ total of 18,998. tion, were made to strip naked, and in the course of the physical ful men in Congress. Shortly before Krug quit the examination- by the subordinate male doctors they were unneces­ To depend on the military to alleviate sarily treated in a lewd arid improper manner. cabinet, Rankin told the House that the secretary “economic dislocation”—a term Frank E. “ought to resign or be impeached” because of his Among the passengers was Eleve Consul Saburo Okabe and his non-discrimination policies. Midkiff of the Honolulu Chamber of Com­ wife, who was to succeed Eleve Consul Tokichi Tanaka, whose transfer Charged Rankin: “His order to wipe out segre­ merce is now using in Washington to de­ to another post had been decided upon. Besides this there were several other Japanese women; all received the same treatment. gation in the various playgrounds here in the scribe unemployment and depression—is a The nerves of the resident Japanese Were needle-sharp from, the District of Columbia is nothing in the world but mistake. harsh treatment they had received during the bubonic plague incident. a Communistic movement which, if carried out, is bound to stir up race trouble all over the Homesteads can be opened now for many And when, following upon the heels of this, news of this arrogant dis­ crimination got abroad, they were suddenly exasperated. country.” To reaction, any attempt to change unemployed, if big land holders do not re­ That night, without delay, a score or more influential persons as­ the status quo of discrimination is Communistic. sist such a project. The people can then sembled at the Japanese elementary school on Nuuanu St. From there It is now subversive to protest the Inhuman produce their own vegetables and meat, a line of hacks visited the uptown consulate and met and spoke with brutalities of Dixie chain gangs, according to Gov. instead of depending almost wholly on Consul General Saito. I was there among them. We devised various William Tuck of Virginia, who publicly announced remedial measures. that the FBI had requested the names of all Ne­ Mainland products brought here by Matson However, the peace-at-any-price consul general spoke as if he gro and white citizens who protested the return of ships. wanted to gloss over the matter. All were exasperated. And though Lester Tate, 31-year-old Los Angeles union leader, This will help our economy, but essen­ the night was already far advanced, we again set out and drove to the to Virginia to serve time on a trumped-up charge. Mochizuki at Waikiki Beach, where Eleve Consul Okabe and his wife Among the names turned over to the FBI, said tially, new industries are what we need. were lodged. Gov. Tuck, was that of Assemblyman Vernon Kirk­ What will the Chamber actually do,, to Consul General Saito and Eleve Consul Tanaka, who had stolen patrick of California, who had Just made a tour of help? (more on page 7) (more on page 5)