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■ VoL I j No. 26 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY . January 27, 1949 <»» G-MEN QUIZ SPEIKER Negro Who Led ' Fata Methods Soak-the-Poor Group Talk Is ■ Hit By Verdict lax. System Of Questioned First 'Of Incest Jury ■ 1 erritory Hit It was a coincidence, nothing., more, says William Eubank, that “I shudder to think how many Hawaii has a “soak the poor” the FBI questioned him for ,two innocent people in the Territory tax system. Regressive, or flat and a half-hours on the afternoon may have been convicted of crimes rate taxes accounted for 94.4 per of Monday; Jan. 17, just before he because they signed confessions cent of the Territory’s tax revenue was to lead a discussion on the they didn’t comprehend.” during the past, fiscal year, ac­ situation of Negroes in Hawaii at That was the reflection of At­ cording to a study made by, the the New Era 'Church, CHA-3. •• torney Myer C. Symonds on last Joint Tax Research Committee, The discussion, was held un­ week’s case in Hilo in which he composed of 10 organizations with der the auspices of the ’Fellow­ defended Felipe Batulanon, an approximately 60,000 members. ship of Reconciliation,” a group FILIPINO LABOR LEADER STOPS HERE—Amado Hernandez, Presi- ILWU sugar worker at Olaa, In challenging the business com­ which includes a number of re­ d.ent of the Philippine Congress of Labor (C L O), is welcomed by charged with incest against his munity’s campaign to obtain pas­ ligious and academic figures, and ILWU officials as he stops at Honolulu airport for a few hours on his 15-year-old daughter, Theresa. sage of a sales tax bill in the com­ Mr. Eubank had been scheduled way back to Manila from the WFTU convention in Belgium. The trial, which began Jan. 18 and ing legislature, which would be an­ to lead the discussion. Left to right: Constantine Samson, Saburo Fujisaki, Mr. Hernandez, lasted through Jan. 22, concluded other burden on the poor, the Com­ He arrived late arid explained ■Robert McElrath, and Priscilla Tadao. with an acquittal for„Batulanon. mittee has proposed radical re­ that duties had detained him and Says He Never Confessed forms of Territorial taxes in its recently published pamphlet, “A he also said he had been, ques­ Pattern Of Civil Part of the evidence presented Study of Hawaii’s Tax System and tioned.’ that afternoon by the FBI. Uncle Sam Is Not in the court of Circuit Judge Mar­ Some Proposals." ■ ‘Tm sorry if any one got the tin Pence, came from the daughter, Sharp Increase In Income Tax impression it was the FBI ’ that Rights Struggle who testified that her father had The Committee proposes to make delayed me,” Eubank says. engaged her in sexual intercourse Related to “Loyalty Checks” A Santa Claus, on an average of twice a week the - personal net income tax the Same Here—Davis since 1943 when Batulanon’s wife cornerstone .of Hawaii’s , tax struc­ Some who attended’ the meeting had left him. The police produced ture. By sharply increasing the at_the New Era Church had under- “The pattern of the struggle for rates, while at the same time abol­ sto'od Eubank to say the FBI had Says Hernandez the rest of the evidence, a confes­ caused the delay. civil rights goes forward in much sion, signed by Batulanon, which ishing the 2 per cent compensation By KOJI ARIYOSHI the same way here in Hawaii as admitted his having had affairs tax.on salaries and making the,2 About I p. m. that day, the FBI “We are not against American oil the Mainland,” Frank Marshall with his daughter, once in 1946 and per cent tax on dividends deducti­ had first called him, Eubank says,' aid. In fact, we feel, it’s a- duty Davis, poet and associate editor of again in 1948. ble from the net income .tax, an but it was not until 4:30 that he additional $9,000,000 can be raised managed to get down to the Dil­ and responsibility of the United the Negro Associated Press, told Batulanon, on the stand, testi­ States to help small nations that', members and friends of. the Ha­ (more on page 7) lingham Building to meet the offi­ waii Civil Liberties Committee at fied that he had never confessed cial who summoned him. suffered from the last war. But and that he was not guilty. He ' we are definitely against a Mar­ the organization’s first anniversary said a policeman', a Filipino, had "I can’t really say the meeting shall Plan for the Asian coun­ celebration held Saturday night at told him: "I am here to help you. had anything to do with my being tries.” Kulamanu Studio. _ Weed Large Fund called. It was just coincidence Without raising his voice, and in At the informal reception, which (more on page 7) that it came the same-day,” says a quiet, deliberative manner,' Presi­ was later followetUby dancing, At­ Eubank. “Of course, the meeting dent Amado Hernandez of the torney Harriet Bouslog, a defense For Kindergarten vvas one of the things we talked Philippine Congress of Labor attorney for the HCLC in the WAR BONDS LOST about, but there were a lot of . (CLO), who is also a city councillor Reinecke case, and W. K. Bassett, IN TIDAL WAVE By ELEANOR AGNEW others.” of Manila, said that through years (more on page 3) Legislative action in the matter It was the first time he has of observation, he knows that REDEEMABLE of free-kindergartens, might prove ever been called, by the FBI for "Uncle Sannis not a Santa Claus, disastrous if pushed through with­ questioning, Mr. Eubank says, and wherever he goes he does not Inquiries for vacation pay . due out careful study of present needs and he thinks it might be some- go on a charitable mission.” WHO WROTE THIS? wartime laborers for USED' have and without sufficient funds allo­ (more on page 4) Mr. Hernandez, whg was return­ "... We know it is disagree­ revealed another situation in which cated to Successfully carry out an ing from the World Federation of people here may have lost money adequate program. able for some men to contem­ they can. regain. Trade Unions conference in Bel- plate the employment of labor Miss Mary Musgrove, who heads FIND THE VILLAIN HERE , gium, stopped for a few hours that cannot be handled by the Some who have inquired of Hen­ the kindergarten division of the Saturday evening at the Honolulu whip‘and spur methods of our ry Epstein, business agent of United Department of Public instruction, EBONY, pre-viewing the airport. present contract system. It was Public Workers of America, about states that though she feels that movie, “Rogue’s Regiment,” in the vacation pay, tell how they lost pressure should be exerted on the its September, ’48 issue quotes Convention Disrupted unpleasant for the planters of the South to contemplate the war bond^ in the tidal wave of House of Representatives to get a Universal-International pub­ Commenting on the secession of abolition of slave labor. We, 1946. Some say they lost .pay­ a bill on the floor of the House, licity man as saying: “The the CIO, the British Trades Union however, are not so strongly en­ checks also. parents must make, certain that Russians arc the only ones you Congress, ajid/a few others, from trenched as the Southerner.” By checking with the agents such a bill results in really con­ can make villains out of today. the .WFTU Mr. Hernandez said who sold them the bonds, they structive action. A movie plays in Germany, in some union^a-re following their should be able to identify the She cites a .case where an at­ Belgium, in India, in Japan governments’ policy on the Mar­ The first perscti who guesses bonds and have them replaced. tempt was made to set up' a, kin- ■ and the people there' protest shall Plan, which is a cold war its authorship will get a half- Epstein says, he thinks' the pay dergarten in a basement. -Dark, if their nationals are heavies. plan. He said that the British year's subscription to the HO­ checks should be even easier to damp, far from bathroom facili­ But we don’t send any pictures, union pressed for a year’s sus­ NOLULU RECORD. Send your replace. ties, pre-school children could to Russia so they’re the ones answers to 811 Sheridan St. hardly benefit from such a poorly that get the villain roles.” pension of WFTU activities and He has announced to his union CIO Secretary-Treasurer James Tip—This statement was made members' that the union will un­ planned effort. Who called that movie-pro­ B. Carey maintained a similar in Hawaii during the labor con­ dertake to help any member trace Must Keep High Levels ducer a war-monger? Or vice stand. Such a disruption prevent- tract days. ' and replace bonds or government he free kindergarten setup in versa? (more on page 7) checks he may have lost. (more on page 4) Page Two HONOLULU RECORD Thursday, Jan. 27. 1949

GE Convicted in the President’s address, is convincing proof that we ■ cannot successfully fight Foi’ General Electric to be hauled before Nai IonaI Sum mary ideas with guns. Yet the President’s only a court for monopoly practice is nothing answer is to call for more guns.” new. ■ Since 1940 the giant lamp bulb em­ President Herman Van Walsen of the from Geneva, Switzerland, that he. was Thus Henry A. Wallace charged Presi­ pire has been convicted six times. Tire last Dutch Phillips Glow Lamp Works, a mem­ withdrawing from his contract after lead­ dent Truman with pursuing a war policy, time was on January 19, when GE and ber of the cartel, threw the courtroom into ing American artists announced they would instead of a-peace policy which , he hinted eight other firms were found guilty of con-' an. uproar as he said arrogantly: ‘‘We never boycott the orchestra if Furtwaengler was last month. spiring to maintain monopoly of the in­ paid much attention to American anti­ hired, a protest demonstration in New York candescent electric lamp industry. Wallace, former presidential candidate trust laws.” Then casually, he announced forced another Nazi musician to quit his the Progressive Party, said Truman’s Said the Justice Department: ‘‘GE has that he had been charged on three such American concert tour. - inaugural address “clearly spelled eventual been cutting the life of its flashlight bulbs counts before. In front of Carnegie Hall pickets, many ' bankruptcy of our nation.” Wallace, furth­ by two-thirds, although it advertises its For lack of punitive laws, big firms get of them members of Jewish organizations, er commenting on Truman’s address, said bulbs “stay lighter and longer.” away easy in such trials as the last one on protested. German pianist Walter Giese- the President’s “statement that capitalism In 1941, GE and others were indicted incandescent lamp monopoly, although vio­ king’s appearance, because he had played and communism cannot live together in for criminal conspiracy with the Nazi Krupp lation included price-fixing to get “high, for the Nazis. When the hour for opening one world, makes war the only eventual firm in fixing the price of tungsten carbide, unreasonable and excessive profits.” Con­ the doors arrived, the hall was still dark and a vital war material. Conviction on this alternative.” J viction does not carry with it any monetary signs were posted saying that refunds would conspiracy came on October 8, 1948, when be made. The President on December 27, had ex­ a federal court fined the company and GE’s penalties or jail sentences, merely instruc­ pressed confidence. that outstanding dif­ top officials a total of $50,000. tion to desist from such practices. Tickets had been sold out to an audience which arrived to find a dark building, with ferences with Russia could be settled. “But,” GE’s war, record is impressive on the pickets marching in a drizzle. Wallace said, “today Trurrtan shattered negative side. In 1942, GE was convicted Nazi Musicians that hope. Nothing-has occurred since De- on a criminal indictment on charges of Gieseking had planned a. .tour of .the defrauding the U. S. through collusive bids Under fire for his pro-Nazi sympathies, U. S. and Canada, in which he would have cember 27, to require a change'in the posi­ at unreasonably high prices on cable for Wilhelm Furtwaengler has given up his appeared 38 times. The tour was /cancelled tion the President then took, except re­ when he boarded an Air France plane for peated statements from Russian spokesmen navy ships. engagement as guest conductor of the Chi­ Europe Tuesday morning. reiterating their desire to find the basis foi In the most recent trial, GE Board cago Symphony Orchestra. And Furt­ mutual understanding. Today the Presi­ Chairman Philip Reed, admitted that his waengler made a smart move, for his own dent gave his answer. It conies closer to company had been operating its gigantic good, at least. Ideas and Guns a declaration of . war than the inaugural lamp business under invalided patents. Four days after the German musician “The conspicuous failure of American address of any peacetime President in our Humor' was not lacking at the trial. wired the Chicago Orchestral Association policy in China and Greece, not mentioned history.”

Unprecedented Militancy" ganyika, Africa. Further evidences of slave trading and forced labor carried on by pri­ , ’’’or quite some time 1,700 Catholic vate interests under the official sanction > - >ol teachers in Montreal expended their of the British Labor Government came to rts to settle their wage dispute with the contributed to the Japanese Communists troops took Peiping and prepared for the light in a report by a special United Na­ bee provincial government. Finally, in winning 35 seats in the house. Previously final drive to take Nanking, which the gov­ tions commission that studied conditions in recedented militancy the teachers ig- the trust territory. Jd Quebec’s Premier Maurice Duplessis’ the Communists had only five seats. ernment hurriedly evacuated. t forbidding strikes as "illegal" and Although Premier Shigeru Yoshida’s con­ Way down south in Kwangtung prov­ The UN commission handed in a docu­ V walked out en masse. servative regime won a majority of the seats, ince, American-educated T. V. Soong, broth­ ment, prepared by the African Association of Arusha, that said the contractors made rhis action was a bitter personal defeat it was shaky already in view of increasing er-in-law of Chiang and governor of the tribesmen sign away their freedom on false Duplessis, who authored the anti-labor public criticism and seemed to need con­ province, fled to Hongkong .and there an­ promises. When the workers found. but padlock law which gives his government the siderable help from MacArthur to stay in nounced that he was retiring from public right to shut down and padlock all prem­ that they had been fooled, employers resort­ ises "suspected” of emanating "Communist power for even a year. life. Soong, tied Up with the “gold” and ed to flogging in order to cow them. propaganda.” Duplessis’ government threat­ Kyulchl Tokuda, top Communist leader, other financial scandals of the past, is a fat British laws in Tanganyika allow forced ened "automatic suspension" and "cancella­ who had spent 18 years in prison under the cat,’ worth several billions invested in for­ labor, although they “limit” it legally to 60 days. For using “abusive language” (and tion of pensions” to strikers and this im­ militarists, called for a “people’s front” to eign countries. mediately brought a warning from Protest­ this .also can be broadly applied) to his em­ ant school teachers who in turn threatened fight Yoshida’s "reactionary regime.” The Surrender seemed only a formality. ployer a worker can be flogged, if he is over a sympathy walkout if the pensions of the Communists, which had climbed to the na­ Chiang’s own "loyal” troops withdrew south­ 16 years of age. Anyone who quits his job Catholic teachers were Jeopardized. . tion’s fourth-ranking party, through this ward, as “personal” armies of acting; Presi­ “with no intent to return" gets three months dent Li Tseng-Jen. were brought northward, The 1,700 teachers who instruct 80,000 of election, despite MacArthur’s policy of Com­ in prison. evidently not to fight, but to maintain or­ munist suppression, were now inviting the In 1947 wages in .Tanganyika for un­ Montreal's 105,000 Catholic parochial school der while evacuation and peace overtures ; children got support from students, who or­ Social Democrats, Labor-Farmers and mi­ skilled farm laborers averaged $1 a month; went on. ganized protest parades through the city nority parties to wage a "people's welfare for skilled industrial workers, anywhere streets. Moral and material support to the revolution” in the Diet. *Last week, Anna Louise Strong’s new from $4 to $20 a month. teachers came in pledges from the Quebec book, “Tomorrow’s China,” came out British government officials and private Federation of Labor (AFL) and from the Exile and Desertion with the following Unes: "On the fa- employers told the UN commission straight Montreal Labor Council (CIO-CCL); The meus Mount Omei, where Chiang Kai- in its face: ”. . . Any raise in wages, would unprecedented militancy resulted in an un­ As Chiang Kai-shek headed for his na­ shek went for summer rest from Chung­ serve only to unsettle the labor, situation, precedented coalition. tive home at Fenghua, children and elders king, farmers revealed their rifles to an since the African has only a limited need stood on the-roadside to watch four shiny American whom they trusted, saying: for cash and would merely’ leave, his job automobiles churn dust on the countryside Japanese Elections 'When the time comes, we. are ready. earlier." highway, bum firecrackers and shout for Life is better under Chu-Mao? ” Day by day as the Communist drive-in Chiang to live a "thousand years.”* (This statement is reminiscent of a simi­ China gained momentum and snowballed Chiang rod* oh into exile, for whatever British Enslavement lar one reported by the RECORD on Oct. its way southward, the whole Far East was hopes he had of returning to Nanking were 14, regarding the teacher in British-owned influenced by developments in the country quashed. Communist leader Mao Tse-tung British-licensed labor contractors are re­ Pitcairn Island who must receive only $5 of 450 million people. again named the war criminals, with Chiang ceiving in thisi day and age, $12 to $16 for per year because the salary proposed by an Immediate effects were felt in the Japa­ heading the list, in answer to Kuomintang each worker "delivered to the place of em­ American concern would “upset the island’s nese elections, in which the China situation peace overtures. Meanwhile, Communist ployment” in the “trust territory” of Tan­ economy.”)

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Mokunui to hls and specific bearing on the case If sp, you'd better watch out for job at the Hanapepe Fire Station of Charles McEachin who is one of the city’s police sergeants. has been filed with the Kauai Civil charged with criminal trespass for To him, it’s suspicious if you hap­ Service Commission by Henry Ep- entering Civilian Housing Area 3 pen to be so fascinated by window ’ stein of the United Public Workers “without right” Attorney Harriet displays you- lag behind your com­ of America. The motion requests Bouslog argued before Judge Al­ panions—even at 10:30 ih the also that Mokunui receive all pay bert M. Cristy, Saturday, that’ the morning. he has lost since he’was fired Oct. Territorial trespass law is uncon­ That was the explanation, at 9, 1948. stitutional. least, the sergeant gave Delegate The UPWA motion contends that While arguing for a demurrer to Alfred Thibodeaux of the SS Gen­ Mokunui was fired illegally not the charges, Defense Attorney eral Meigs and Port Agent Ru­ once, but twice, because proper Bouslog said, “It is incredible that dolph Eskovitz of the Marine procedure set up by the .Civil Serv­ five years after the Supreme Court Cooks & Stewards,- when he was ice Commission was not followed. had ruled the trespass statute un­ called in by Chief Dan- Liu last , The motion alleges that Sec. 79 constitutional, a lawyer enters a week, to explain why he had of ‘the Revised Laws of Hawaii court in the Territory to argue a stopped and questioned four Ne­ was also violated in that Mokunui case arising out of this statute.” gro seamen who had just come was actually fired because he had the demurrer and set an early ashore. Chief Liu had called the refused to support Chairman Wil­ Circuit Judge Cristy over-ruled sergeant after Thibodeaux and Es­ liam Ellis of the Board of Super­ date, Friday 2 p.m., for trial, when kovitz protested the incident as visors in last year's election cam­ being'possibly motivated by preju­ Attorney Bouslog contended that dice against Negroes. paign. the. defendant runs the risk of Leong Has Three Jobs being “charged and charged again” Tire sergeant said that no, he Still another reason the dis­ for violating the criminal trespass, ■ wasn’t prejudiced against Negroes. missals are illegal, says the UPWA law. She said that McEachin was ‘He had stopped the four, ques­ ' motion, is that Chief Tai Hing- singled out of thousands who en- tioned them, chased away the Leong, who fired Mokunui, is not delegate, also a Jtegro, -aH -because .— HCLC’s BIRTHDAY CAKE—Stephen Murin (left), outgoing chairman . tered _CHA=3. one , of trie party lagged behind of thc llawaii Civil Liberties'Committee, cuts a piece of cake with • legally fire chief. Leong—holds two McEachin, the defendant, works other jobs besides that of fire on the other side df the island and the others, looked in store win- Robert Greene, newly elected chairman, who assumed his office at . dows, looked as if he thought HCLC’s first birthday ball, last Saturday night at Kulamanu Studio. chief, the motion alleges. visited CHA-3 during weekends to According to Section 6210, RLH live a normal life with his family. someone was about to arrest him, 1945, -it is illegal for a person to He was arrested twice for en­ and thus aroused the sergeant’s Pattern of Civil Rights Struggle Same hold more than one county job tering CHA-3 by navy-employed suspicions all, at 10:30 in the (From Page 1) those belonging to minority politi­ at a time. civilian police, and convicted once morning. cal parties. In this connection he He had just been carrying out administrative assistant to Mayor mentioned the case-of the 12 in- and sentenced to three months in Wilson, who were guests of honor jail. his duty as a policeman, the ser­ along with Mr. Da.vis, spoke of dieted Communist leaders. ‘Plotters’ Exposes Attorney Bouslog contended that geant said. the need of continuing the civil Education a Major Task in view of the Supreme Court de­ Thibodeaux said that there was rights struggle in the Territory. Stephen Murin, outgoing chair­ Anti-Catholic cisions, the .Territorial"' statute another incident ■ involving the HCLC Is “Making Headway” man of the HCLC, said that a ma­ “even on its face” is .void. She. same Negro seamen that night, "The Hawaii Civil Liberties Com­ jor work facing the organization cited one Supreme Court decision which strengthened their belief mittee is making headway in one during' the coming - year is the Tinge Of Mag involving trespass in an Alabama that the police have an anti-Negro of the most difficult of times,” At­ bringing of realization to Hawaii’s company town and another in a attitude. The seamen had been torney Bouslog told the gathering people of how many civil rights Along- with being- anti-Oriental, federal public housing, “similar to standing at the cornel" of Smith of 150 people. “In Hawaii, which they can win through organized anti-Semitic, anti-FEPC, and anti- CHA-3,” in Texas. The court struck and Pauahi .streets when two other, has so lately emerged from a feudal efforts. He said that 1948 was a FEfR, there is evidence that the ,down the statutes in both cases. policemen told them to'move on. system, the. civ.il rights fight is all year of “rearguard action," of National Republic, organ repre­ Judge Cristy, in answering At­ Chief. Liu explained that no one the more hard,” she added. “An fighting thought control and other sented by Fred Marsden who is torney Bouslog, said the defense is allowed to stand at that corner important role for the HCLC is to forms of reaction, while 1949 will here in Hawaii to “breed good counsel is "premature” in chal­ more than a minute because it has make the people of the Territory be a year of "counterattack,” with Americanism.” is also anti-Catho­ lenging the Territorial statute. He been the scene of a number of realize what civil rights mean.” the organization fighting for lic. added that the court must see the police incidents. Mr. Bassett, RECORD columnist, ‘something positive in our In his book. "The Plotters," facts as they come up in court. Eskovitz and Thibodeaux ex- in his speech mentioned discrimi­ John Roy Carlson points out that plained that any anti-Negro fecl- Dr. Dan Gilbert, violent Funda­ nation of Negroes in Honolulu, par­ "The fight for statehood will RELUCTANT PROGRESS ■ ing- would be. fought by all mem­ ticularly the latest instance of jim- take high pri

MANILA ALL-STARS Club of Hilo, tutored by the vet­ UPWA Program The Manila Industrial Commer­ eran Joho Shiroma, eight bouts to A six point legislative program highlighting improved working con­ cial AA All-Star basketball team five, in a recent show put on in ditions for county and territorial workers was adopted "by delegates of left this week for the Philippines the Hilo armory before a jam- the United Public Workers (CIO) at a territory-wide conference held via Philippine Air Lines, after packed gallery. January 22 and 23 at Lihue, Kauai. showing against teams in the Ho­ Susumu Tomori, outstanding' fly­ The program, which will be pushed at the coming session of the nolulu Amateur Basketball Asso­ weight prospect and Hilo's pride ■ legislature, is as follows: ciation. and joy, won an easy victory over 1. A uniform classification system for all workers-in county and The MICAAs displayed plenty of Harry Tokashiki of HYO. Shigeo territorial services; class in defeating the highly tout­ Kano, who was voted the outstand­ 2. A $48 monthly increase in base pay (incorporation of the present ed Weyenberg Shoe quintet 79-59 ing fighter on the card, earned a on Monday night. The Manila five - decisive win over rugged Isao Ta­ $25 bonus and $23 teachers’ rate) and an additional $25 bonus; outscored the National Photo Sup­ naka of Honolulu. 3. A five day week_for. all workers except those on a per diem basis; ply outfit 49-35 on Sunday night. 4. Retention of the per diem system for workers now under this The team is coached and man­ TWO SPORTSMEN HONORED system in the counties of Hawaii and Kauai; aged by Dionisio (Chito) Calvo. Two top sportsmen on the Big 5. No ban on the political activities of government workers; It arrived in Honolulu on Satur­ • Island for 1948, were honored re- 6. Raising of the present ceiling of $15,000 to $30,000 on jobs which day night after. playing several . cently. They were William (Choo- the counties may undertake. . games' on the West Coast as guests Choo) Kanuha and Walter Victor. bf the Oakland Bittners. Two In. addition to this program,, which will be pushed actively by the Kanuha, a veteran of World Union, the conference adopted a program for the stepping up of its members of the Philippines Olym- War II, who served in the ETO, . pic team are on the roster of the organizing 'campaign. won the title of the Athlete-of- New officers for the year 1949 were also installed at the two-day MICAA. They are: Lauro Mumar, the-Year, while Victor 'was voted conference. They are: 6-foot-l pivot man and Gabby Fa­ the Man Who Contributed the Most jardo, fast forward. Incidentally, Thomas Noda, president; Valentine Wessel, Hawaii division vice Toward Sports on the Big Island president; Thomas Yamashita, Maui division vicei president; Isaac Na­ Fajardo tallied 24 markers against for the year 1948. Kanuha, who the Weyenbergs and 27 digits kamichi, Oahu division vice president; George Thompson, secretary: lost one of his legs in Germany, Satoru Imai, treasurer and Henry Epstein; executive secretary. against the National Photo outfit. was honored -for his feat in the The MICAA senes in Honolulu . ‘ * * * * annual Shell golf tourney. Victor Hotel Workers Ask Raise was ■ sponsored by the Honolulu was voted the outstanding sports Filipino Civic Associates (YMCA). leader for the many positions as Pay raise of $5 to $7 per month and a favorable seniority clause coach, manager, player and what- 'are in the hew agreement negotiated; between the Culinary & Service TINY OVERTHROWS GIANT Workers (CIO) at Lihue, Kauai, and G. N. Wilcox Memorial Hospital. have-you he has held for many Forty-five workers are covered by the present agreement with the Saburo (Tweet) Kuwahara won . years now. He was ■ connected the first Athlete-of-'the-Week with almqst ever-y sport in the private hospital. award for 1949, sponsored by The books; * * * Lanai, fashionable Hilo eatery, for The two awards, the first of their Hall Returns the week 'ending Jan. 8. Young kind, will be. put out annually by Assignment of Jack W. Hall, ILWU regional director, as the union’s Kuwahara, a mere 120-pounder of The Lanai, Hilo restaurant owned ' representative in negotiations with longshore employers- was recently the tiny town of Pahoa in Puna, by Dick. Furtado, erstwhile all- SWIMS FOR HEALTH—Mermaid announced by the ILWU upon Mr. Hall's return from the mainland. won the sumo wrestling tourna­ around athlete at the ..University Terri Hanrahan of New Jersey, The union recently informed employers by letter of its desire for ment in Honolulu on Jan. 2. of Hawaii; Albert (Slim) Holt and poses for the camera after being parity in wages with west coast longshoremen, Who earn , a base rate •Ent.ared in. the beginners’ divi­ Don-Gedge. chosen Miss Florida Swim for of $1.82 per hour as compared with $1.40 for island longshoremen. sion young Kuwahara, a virtual Health. She can swim, but who Negotiations are provided for in a wage reopening clause in the- unknown to the wrestling -frater­ MOST VERSATILE ATHLETE oares? present agreement. nity, captured three championships Joe Balangitao of Puunene, * * * after going'through the toughest Maui, was selected the Valley Is­ UPWA Celebrates Third Year kind of competition seen in the land’s Most Versatile Athlete of Where Ackerman Got The_ .third, anniversary-of- the-United- Public Workers of America — mey. 1948. .Young Balangitao, a 14- (Cid) in the: territory will be celebrated this Saturday night, January - • lespite his small size, he knocked year-old student at'Baldwin High, ‘Ideals of Democracy’ 29, at 50 South Queen St., it was announced by Hepry Epstein, executive ■ zn a 250-pound giant from Oa- did practically everything in the (from page 8) secretary. He stole the show by clean- way of sports. He starred on Thurston of the Advertiser (not to The union official said that the anniversary is being held in con­ eping all top honors in his divi- Baldwin’s grid team as a. halfback, be confused with his son, Lorrin junction with the birthday celebration of the late president F. D. Roose­ i. He knocked off three op- set a new high jump record for Tj told, the legislature: velt. ■ ■ ’ ■ ' u ■ - ■ ...... ents in a row to win his first grammar school lads, and has “The world , in general-is hys­ The evening’s festivities will be highlighted by a band composed bf )hy. made good in swimming, softball, terical as a result of the recent UPWA members, parlor games with prizes and. refreshments. basketball and volleyball. He is war. And here in Hawaii we Tickets may be obtained at the pier 11 office of the union. < MORI IS EASY VICTOR currently a freshman at Baldwin. have it in our power io follow *.***■'. ' . oach Ted Kawamura’s Hawaii Joe made his senior league bas­ suit, and it would not take us Pineapple Pact Awaiting Ratification .th Organization of Honolulu, ketball debut recently and became long to become hysterical our- Expectation that the recently negotiated pineapple pact will be .. . an inter-island inter-club the youngest player to see regular selves.” signed before the end of January was indicated today by officials of amateur boxing smoker over the action in the island’s top cage cir­ So the Chamber of Commerce the pineapple union. . : green but Willing Lincoln Wreckers cuit. drafted a compromise bill, accept­ Toyomasa Oshiro, secretary-treasurer, said that a few more units able to some of the Japanese, of the local have yet to agree to the terms of the agreement, but added which became the basis of the Act that overwhelming ratification, is expected. • that was passed—and challenged If signed before February 1, the contract will be retroactive to in- the courts and declared un­ January 4, when agreement was reached on the four to nine cents constitutional. graduated increase among the 11 labor grades and' other modifications. This bill included most of the * * * * ideas of the original five bills. Classification Talks One section of it read: Indication was given today that job classification talks between “No permit to teach in a for- ILWU Local 142 and the sugar industry would wind up this'week end eign language school shall be although 37 jobs were still in dispute up to the time of tins writing. granted unless and. until the de­ David E. Thompson, union representative, indicated that as a re- , partment is satisfied that the ap­ suit of intensive meetings with the industry committee and plantation > plicant for the same is possessed level investigation of various jobs, 14 jobs of the original 85 in dispute of the ideals of democracy; knowl­ have been up-graded and 30 others dropped from discussion by the edge of American history and in­ union. - stitutions and knows how. to read, The union official said that the jobs still in dispute following the write and speak the English lan- completion of talks will be registered in an agreed upon-list to be sub­ guage.” mitted to negotiations in the next wage reopening scheduled for April of this year. And, accordingly, classes were First meeting of the joint classification group occurred on January r conducted for Japanese language 11 followed by island investigations to clear up facts in dispute, and school teachers wherein they could resumption of joint meetings on January 22. learn the fundamentals of Ameri­ The union, committee is composed of David E. Thompson, official can democracy. 'spokesman, Ikuo Hisaoka and Severin ‘Garrido from Hawaii, Sam Suma Digs Up Antiquated Laws from Maul, Takumi Akama from Kauai, Joe Morita and Tony Rania In 1927 the Supreme Court killed from Oahu, and Charles Saka and Ben Nakamura, observers. the foreign language school act, * * * * MANILA INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION ALL-STARS— and the senseis no longer had to New Officers Meet Front row, left to right: Francisco Caliban, Napoleon Santos, Lauro worry over the ideals of democ­ The first meeting of the new executive officers of ILWU local. 142 Mumar, Freddie Young, Bobby Jones. racy. The Chamber’s original Act, will take place in Honolulu on January 31 at pier 11, it was announced Baek row, left to right: Chito Calvo (Coach), Crispin Adiosa, Antonio which had been a useless duplica­ today by union headquarters. ‘ \ r Tantay, Jose Gonsales, Gabby Fajardo, Skip Quinto (athletic manager). tion of the language school Act’s Attending the meeting will be Tony Rania, president, Constantine (Photo by Philippine Air Lines) provisions, remained on the books Samson, 1st vice president, Saburo Fujisaki, secretary-treasurer; George —along with the Desha bathing, Martin, Hawaii vice president (the only new officer), and Thomas Yagi,. I suit Act, the Act making it neces­ Justo dela Cruz and Robert Kunimura, vice presidents from Maui, Oahu Pamphlet Gives Tips On Building Unions sary to teach the Hawaiian Ian- , and Kauai, respectively. . They AU Game To the Meeting courses given by Highlander teach­ guage in all high schools, the pro­ id the title of a 30-page 15-cent ers throughout the south. vision that all children must be cure for rabies; the Curies, Catho­ pamphlet which gives simple pro­ Its fundamental motivation is brought up as Christians, and all No Monopoly lics, discovered radium; Flexner, a grams for building attendance at this advice: "As a program or­ other such unused and forgotten Every country has contributed . Jew, discovered the cause of djrsen- union meetings. It does not tell ganizer and discussion leader you relics of past legislative brain­ to our civilization. When the peo­ . tery; Drew, a Negro and a Protest­ how to run education classes but must remember that- most union storms. ple of Europe were still living in ant, developed blood plasma in the members have ideas which they There it reposed forgotten until caves, Asia and the Near East had form that saved millions of lives. may want to express. All they need Attorney General Walter D-. Ack­ great civilizations. There were out­ —East Labor News It is illustrated." ( is proper encouragement. Call on erman, Jr., found it and an even standing Negro countries in Africa (AFL). AU the _sug _gestio-n-s_ a—re foutnhdee dmore timid ones.T hey won’t older and more forgotten law—that when America was still a forest. on actual_ experience in_ meeting , speak up themselves. If you don’t passed to control the Chinese se­ Every country, every people con­ Married women workers in the problems atH ighlander Folk succeed. the first time, try, try cret societies—and invoked them tributed to the growth of civiliza­ U. S. outnumber single women School which is the southern aga’i n."" both against the Reineckes. tion. An Englishman invented the workers, 8300,009 to 5300,600. In training center for CIO leaders, Copies of the pamphlet are avail­ steam engine; an Italian developed 1940 more single women were em­ and at the innumerable extension able at the Highlander Folk School, . Monteagle, Tenn. radio; a Frenchman discovered a ployed. Thursday, Jan. 27, 1949 HONOLULU RECORD Rage Seven

QUALIFIED FOR CONSUMER’S POT LUCK ‘AMERICAN WAY’ By JOHN WILLIAMS there's a special, extra 10 cents a OLEOMARGARINE vs. BUTTER . pound federal tax on colored mar­ The American Way Com­ Not to Speak of Butler vs. the garine) now have a plastic bag mittee of the local Chamber of Pocketbook with a color bulb inside. You let Commerce lias selected David Back in 1870 the French and it soften, break the bulb with your M. Cayetano, assistant person­ the Germans were engaged in a fingers and knead the bag without nel director of the Oahu Sugar war. The French emperor, Na- ever getting messy. Then you Co. as its ‘Mah Of The Week’ polctui III, called for a table fat compress it into its original pack­ for rising, from “-an Jiiimble to replace butter. So a Parisian age and cool It. start to a responsible position chemist made an excellent product An excellent idea, if you must through his own efforts, under out of oils extracted from meat have color, but several cents a The American Way Of Life." • by-products. He called it oleomar­ pound more expensive—and just Mr. Cayetano came to Ha­ garine, the -"oleo” meaning beef. to satisfy your own conditioned waii from the Philippines at Today, most oleomargarines are reflexes concerning butter and oleo. the age of 21 to become a field made from vegetable oils—increas­ In recent tests on oleomargarine worker for the Oahu Sugar Co. ingly from soy bean oil. CU found almost all brands on an and, at the same time found equal level. Some have 9,000 add­ means to study to improve The French chemist gave the ed units of vitamin A, others have himself by going without lunch American dairy industry a great 15,000—the label will tell you. for years. He slept only fright. The industry responded by Difference Is In Price three or four hours a night. rushing into our Congress and get­ Tlie chief differences found were Three years ago he was named ting on the books a series of re­ in packaging and cost. A few main office assistant personnel pressive laws designed to "protect” were, however, found to have "a director. the dairy industry from — compe­ good butter flavor” and I list them: tition. AIRLIFT ADVISER^-Charles A. Lindbergh (1) is greeted in Neubiberg, Perhaps the Oahu Sugar Co. Eatmore, Nu-Treat, Blue Bonnet, Germany, by Air Force Base Commander Col. Clarence Edwinson. feels that Mr. Cayetano should Both On Equal Footing Nucoa and Southern Gold. Lindbergh was sent to inspect the Berlin airlift and serve as special be subjected to some further Then the dairy industry went If you think you wouldn’t be adviser on technical affairs. The last “expert advise” he handed out exposure to “The American about influencing school kids and able to endure margarine, have an was back in 1941, when he said the Russians couldn’t last six weeks Way Of Life.” The American making friends for butter. Sixty honest flier at a blindfold test. against the Germans. Lindbergh, a notorious “America Firster ” still Way Committee story leaves years of this too one-sided strug­ You’ll probably be unable to tell has a Nazi medal given him by Hermann Goering. the suspicion that, in spite of gle has perhaps produced a notion any difference. his Herculean exertions, his in the minds- of most Americans The big difference of course, is salary is still not adequate for that butter tastes better, is more in price. Butter now sells at prices SOAK-THE-POOR Police Methods Hit his needs. In his spare time nutritious, is "purer” and on and ranging between- 87 cents and $1.05 TAX SYSTEM HIT By Jury Verdict he “does carpentry work, and on. It’s all nonsense. a pound. A few Honolulu stores (From Page 1) (From Page 1) works as an insurance agent.” To quote Consumers Union, but­ now have oleomargarine for as low for the Territory, the Committee If you sign the paper, you can go ter and'oleomargarine “are not on­ as 34 cents a pound (one, U-Save, estimates. ly equally digestible — the are had it 3 for a dollar last week­ back to Work.” end) . At present, because of its low Batulanon also testified that he Uncle Sam Is equally nutritious.” rates—ranging from 3 per cent did not know the meaning of the Coloring Is Simple, Cheap Just tevsay it all once more— on net income not in excess of “paper” which contained the con-. Not Santa Claus Part of the dairy campaign was why does-anyone buy butter? $5,000 up to 6 per cent on net fession. (from page 1) to keep oleo white. This has led income of $100,000 and over— Police Had Sought Culprit to the absurd. Oils used in some Pot Luck is a digest of articles ed the convening of the general oleomargarines- are naturally yel­ appearing; in Consumer Reports, this tax brings in only 2.2 per Cross-examining -the policeman assembly, he said. cent .of all revenue. In the 10 involved, Symonds brought out ad­ low. The manufacturer has to the monthly magazine published most progressive states the per­ missions that Batulanon had, in­ Mr. Hernandez quoted WFTU bleach them white. In the winter­ by Consumers Union, 38 E. First General Secretary Louis Saillant time in the states, most cows live St., New York 3, N Y., available centage ranges from 10.8 to 30 deed, denied any guilt before he as telling him: “Even if the reac- per cent. signed, the confession, though the x tionaries leave the WELL), maybe on dried feeds and turn out almost by individual subscription at $5 The Committee also recommends policeman said he . later confessed . white butter. Crazy sort of thing, a year. Product ratings are based .it would be for the better. This isn't it? on samples purchased by CU in a sharp increase in the inheritance before he signed. would weed “out the bad elements.” and estate taxes and passage of Mr. Symonds argued that the Certain margarines (uncolored; the open market. a gift tax law. He also gave Saillant’s view' that police had sought a culprit rather the CIO and the TUC are just two colonial status between the former Burden On Lower Income Groups than real evidence of guilt. The of the 69 labor bodies In various Commonwealth and the present Ask Congress To The four taxes—all regressive— girl, he held, Is an “adolescent­ countries comprising the WFTU. Republic is that the U. S. govern­ which last year brought in the romantic” who wanted an excuse Probe Wire Tapping most revenue here were, in order These two unions represent 16 mil­ ment withdrew responsibility, es­ for getting away from home so she lion laborers while the remaining pecially financial, from the Philip­ NEW YORK (FP)—A. congres­ of rank, the. gross income tax, the could have more freedom of rela­ 67 represent 70 million workers. pines, but strengthened military 2 per cent compensation and div­ tionship with several boy friends. sional inquiry into the-practice 01 Asked what position the Philip­ chains. Independence is thus a wire-tapping was proposed here idends tax, the real property tax ’After deliberating one hour, the pine Congress of Labor would take, mockery,” he said. and the fuel tax. jury brought in a verdict of "not by a special committee of the New Mr. Hernandez answered: “We will Although the general public is Flat rate taxes hit the lower guilty.” stand by and with the progressive York County Criminal Courts Bar income groups much harder than “Here,” says Symonds, “was a not cognizant of U. S. policy in the well-to-do, the study, which group, that is, with the present the Philippines, Mr. Hernandez Association. The committee sug­ man comparatively . uneducated, majority.” gested that the probe be made be­ draws upon "State and Local with little knowledge of English. said he was encouraged by the con­ Finance in the National Econ­ He said he had urged the WFTU tributions being made by the fore Congress acts, on Attorney How could he understand the sig­ - secretariat to send as soon as pos­ General Tom Clark’s request for omy" by Alvin H. Hansen and nificance of the confession? In American Veterans of the Philip­ sible a special commission to study pines Campaign in the United federal legislation to approve wire­ H. S. Perloff points out. Pro­ such cases, is there any reason why labor conditions in the Far East. gressive taxes, on the other hand, the police shouldn't call in an at­ States for the implementation of tapping. ' He said' the previous commission a full independence. . The committee said Congress shift the burden of taxation to torney who might inform a man that visited the Far East failed those who can best afford it. of his rights, and of the serious­ He went to Washington with should determine how the federal To further equalize the tax bur­ ness of his words?” because the CIO and the British 4,000 delegates of; the Civil Rights government has "been so out­ den the Committee recommends •union blocked its activities. These Congress, who converged, on the standingly successful in its crim­ that during a period of .inflation, than the revenue derived from the unions, according to Hernandez, capital to protest witch-hunts, dis­ inal prosecutions without wire­ as at present, public works should personal net income tax. Hie loss did not designate delegates to a crimination against Negroes and tapping” and whether the . present conference. planned in Calcutta, ban on wire-tapping "actually has be kept at a minimum and only to the taxable base amounted to although Russia and China did. Jews, and the trial of 12 Commu­ the most critical needs should be $47,958,000, because of home ex­ nist leaders and to seek the repeal handicapped the government in met by current taxes. Taxes Robeson Will Visit Islands espionage or other cases.” emption.” The CLO will holddts convention of the Taft-Hartley law, on Jan. should be high -in order to build a At the same time, large tax-free during the last two weeks of July 17-18. Mr-. Hernandez asked the Citing abuses of the New York capital reserve fund for future use. gains have been made through in­ of this year, Mr. Hernandez in­ delegation to support the Hukbala- law permitting the practice, which Bonds should meanwhile be retired. creased real estate prices and spec­ formed reporters. hap movement, to which the dele­ were uncovered by the committee During depression, advises the ulation. “Paul Robeson will visit the gates responded with a unanimous at hearings held here recently, the Committee, taxes should be low­ Lists Recommendations Philippines, attend our convention vote. committee proposed that the courts ered to increase the buying power The Committee’s recommenda­ and later, proceed to China. He Repeal of Trade Act require other corroborative evi­ of the masses; the Territorial and tions are: (1) Elimination of the said he will Visit Hawaii then. Del­ When the 81st Congress con­ dence if wire-tapping reports are county governments should under­ ceiling on real property taxes for egations from the ILWU, Marine venes, Mr. Hernandez stated, submitted. ~ . take large-scale public works proj­ all counties, or alternatively (2) Cooks and Stewards Union and Senator Glenn Taylor and Rep. ects, and bonds should be floated, increase of the celling of Honolulu Vito Marcantonio will introduce if necessary. ' , from farming areas of Stockton were driven underground. This City and County to $12,000,000; and Salinas, California, will come bills for the repeal of the Philip­ action was motivated by Kuomin­ Landed Estates Under-Taxed (3) elimination of home exemption; also,” said Mr. Hernandez. pine Trade Act, With regard to ‘ real property (4) a real property gains tax With Asked how the downfall of the tang officials and compradors who taxes, the study, says, the present While passing through the Kuomintang government in China induced the Philippine govern­ graduated rates from 2-16 per cent, United States, Mr. Hernandez said, ment .to persecute members of ceiling of $10,700,000 causes the The legislature, according to he discovered “a bitter truth.” He would affect the Philippines, the great landed estates to be .under- the Committee’s final recom­ labor leader said that present de­ Hua-Chi. taxed, thus throwing a heavier load mendation, should set up a tax learned that the American people velopments will have "immediate In New York, Mr. Hernandez on the consuming public. This study commission with ah ade­ know of the opposition and injus­ effect on Chinese compradors in said, he picketed Columbia Uni­ ceiling, moreover, curtails the avail­ tices committed by the Dutch in versity with members of the Com­ quate appropriation to study as Indonesia, French in Indo-China, the Philippines." Also, he added, able revenue for the counties its first project, land valuation that "victory of the people’s move­ mittee for a Democratic Far East­ which depend chiefly on this tax. British in Malaya and Burma, but ern Policy, when Ambassador and assessments. It is at pres­ they are unaware of what the U. S. ment in China will give warning The inequity of the home ex­ ent often charged that the as­ to the reactionary administration Wellington Koo spoke there. emption clauses is’ strongly em­ is doing in the Philippines. sessment policy is highly favor- • The Filipino labor leader was in the Philippines, and to such , phasized in the pamphlet. Of able te the large estates. elements as the landlords. two homes, one occupied by an especially critical of the Philippine Dr. Richard Lynch Chief credit for the study goes Trade Act which, he said; has “The peasants and workers owner and another by a tenant, to Stanley M. Miyamoto, chairman movement of the Huks in the Will Lecture both being appraised at $5 000, strangled the industrial' develop­ of the Joint Tax Research Com­ ment of theislands and has wrest­ Philippines is the same as that the former is taxed at $58.07 mittee and longtime student ■ of which is carried on by Chinese at and the latter at $165.90. In ed for W^ll Street and the Ameri­ tax problems. Mr. Miyamoto, can militarists more than 15 war masses, although smaller in scope,” MABEL SMYTH AUDITORIUM short, the tenant pays 185 per principal of Waialae School, rep­ he said. “Three years of govern­ cent more/ The poor again . bases and extra-territorial rights. Sunday, January 30.... „1J a.m. resents the Hawaii Education As­ Military .Claims Strengthened ment warfare against the Huks Sunday, February 6...... 11 a.m. shoulder the tax load here when sociation on the Committee. has failed because the Philippine we see that_on Oahu there are Among other organizations repre­ “Now, the only difference in people support the movement.”. . . at about 17,580 home owners living sented are the AFL Central Labor a widely accepted fact that if the Chinese Driven Underground Y. W. C. A. BUILDING in their own homes, of whom .Council, the ILWU-CIO and the two branches of organized labor, He said that during the Pacific Tuesday, February ■ 1„:... 8 p.m. 3,740 pay no real property tax, Hawaiian Government Employees' the two government employees' as­ war, while the Chinese compradors Friday, February 4...... 8 p'.m. and over 60,000 rental units. Association. sociations and the Parent-Teachers enriched themselves, patriotic "In terms of dollars and cents," Similar proposals by the Tax worked together, these organiza­ Chinese banded together in a Under the. auspices of the the study continues, “the Terri­ Committee have, come to naught in tions would be able to offset pres­ group called Hua-Chi and fought Unity Church of Truth ' tory in 1948 subsidized home own­ the past because affiliated organ­ sure exerted on the lawmakers by the Japanese magnificently. Two All are cordially invited ers to the extent of $1,750,000, a izations failed to 'exert political the Chamber of Commerce and years- ago, after the late President Free will offering very sizeable sum. This, is more pressure on the legislature. It is similar bodies. Roxas took office, these Chinese THE HONOLULU RECORD Koji Ariyoshi . . . Editor ► a point of view Published every Thursday at 811 Sheridan St., Honolulu By W. K. BASSETT Help For The Advertiser Phone 96445 I see that the Advertiser is offering bicycles for SUBSCRIPTION RATES: new subscriptions. I have a plan to help it get new subscribers and, which is even more important, to 1 year (Oahu) ..... $5.00 hold those which it already has. This is'the sure­ 1 year (Other Islands) ...... $6.00 fire plan and I don’t want any bicycle. --Includes Airmailing— Let me take charge of Westbrook Pegler’s 1 year (Mainland) ...... $5.00 copy when it arrives from day to day. I’ll take it and put it where it belongs instead of send­ ing it out to the composing room. Til even be willing to pay the city for the extra load on the CALLOUS sewer system. ♦ * * * * The unemployed in the Territory—if they Statehood Laid Low have not already done so—ought to bar­ A lethal blow was struck at the cause of state­ hood AND at the Amer­ rage Raymond Coll, editor of the Adver­ ican citizens of Japanese tiser, with blistering letters until his cheeks ancestry of Hawaii when Wilfred C. Tsukiyama begin burning. was elected president of We uro referring io the editorial which the Territorial Senate by eight Republicans in cau­ app ami Monday morning titled “JOB­ cus last- week. LESS VACATIONERS.” The editorial in­ Although this fact is incontrovertible it forms its readers that New York state has reflects far from any opened an unemployment insurance of­ discredit on Senator fice in Miami, where 1,500 New Yorkers re­ Tsukiyama unless it ceiving unemployment compensation are be for his tragic thoughtlessness i n spending their time on Florida beaches. permitting the selec­ Then the editorial goes on to say that tion to be made or, MR. BASSETT “Hawaii, fortunately, escapes this prab- even to be considered. ’ i. Its unemployed vacationers on com- .Betted That Senator Tsukiyama is one of the ablest lawyers in Hawaii; that of san Republican senators isation are within trolley distance of he is probably the most fitted for the position to ikiki.’’ Editor, The Honolulu Record: in order to work for the eventual This is to inform you that-in the carrying out of Dr. Sun Yat- Sen’s which he has been named; that, from where I sit ;o guessing is necessary to get the in- January 6, 1949 issue of the Hono- democratic principles from which in Honolulu Hale, he looks to be one of the best fu'Bnee. -lulu..Record, an article appeared the present regime has deviated friends of the City and County government in the which gave an entirely erroneous so far. The United States, in my Legislature and that, summing up, he is the kind of iawaii’s unemployed are in no "vacation impression of my. views of the opinion, should give no more aid typically fine citizen and. public servant that gives nd. They wait in long lines at Mani present military and political situa­ to the Kuomintang government as virtue to American democracy, there is not the : ace. They make the rounds of business tion in China. our system of democracy to use in flaunting the! ascendancy in Hawaii’s cessful legal fight carried on by the ILWU charges of Communism would have ■ because of the strong current' of political life of a man bearing the name of Tsu­ in the “Maui grand jury case,” juries must had to label the philosophy as a nationalism that animates, the na­ kiyama. form of insubordination or im- tive-born Japanese?’ (Nov. 13, now be representative of the people. The —-jnorality, or perhaps an incurable 1920.) • I am convinced that Senator Tsukiyama’s selec­ days of “boss-haole” juries are over, but disease. A special session of the legisla­ tion for president of the Hawaii Territorial Senate this resulted only after a long battle. fatally injures- the cause of 'Statehood and, too, , During and just after the First ture was called, and the language injures the Japanese-Americans on-whom he, as In New York the grand jury which in­ World War, hysterical nationalism schools were high on the list of went for broke. That was when agenda. The Honolulu Chamber a man and a statesman, reflects unquestionable dicted the Communist leaders and the the term “100 per cent American­ of Commerce decided that for all respect and honor. petit jury which is being selected to try ism” was coined. Everybody Was practical purposes these schools Can’t you see Senator Hugh Butler clutch­ the Communists, do not include workers, looking under the beds for Ger­ should be eliminated, and'drafted ing this announcement to his bosom? If I say Negroes, Jews, women and members of mi­ mans, Bolsheviks and/or Japanese five bills with that aim in view. that Kamokila Campbell has already written spies. The DPI’s publication, Ha­ The fifth bill on the list pro­ 14 letters about it to Washington, I haven’t nority political parties. waii Educational Review, came out vided that no person, shall teach missed my guess by more than three cither The jury list largely includes names pre­ with this blast: in any school. Sabbath schools way. sented by the Federal Grand Jury Associa­ “Disloyalty Taught In Schools” excepted — without a certificate In the above । paragraphs ’ I have treated the • “There can be no doubt of the to be issued by the DPI. (Until actions of the eight Republican senators as inno- • tion, a private organization of wealthy truth of the charge that disloyalty that time’, just as today, foreign cent and guileless though painfully mistaken and socialites and Wall Street financiers. The 'is being taught American language school teachers were un­ ill-advised.. If I thought this to be wholly true and government prosecutors are doing every­ schools. The ■ fine hand of the licensed.) And no certificate shall stopped there this column today would be without thing in their power to keep the list nar­ German propaganda is discernable be issued until the Department is point or purpose. It is therefore necessary for me row and unrepresentative. there as elsewhere. Germanized . satisfied that the teacher possess­ to say that I cannot-believe the action of the-Hilo ■ 'teachers are everywhere spreading es the ideals of democracy and has caucus. was either innocent or guileless. The lawj^quires that jurors be an “im- ■ the doctrines of Potsdam . . . Turn a knowledge of the English lan­ I deeply suspect that it was- intentional and partial cross-section” of the community. the Kaiser’s educational lieuten­ guage, American ■ history and premeditated; that it was engineered by the This mak^s—one question whether or. not ants out!” methods of government. Big Interests of Hawaii which control the ma­ the Justice Department is willing to give What really worried the This bill was duly introduced jority of those eight Republican senators and “best" people of Hawaii, how­ and passed. used them to further the frantic, desperate a fail- and impartial hearing. This leads ever, at that time, was neither Witch-Hunt Antagonizes Japanese battle of Merchant and Bishop streets against to another question: For whom are the Potsdam nor Moscow, but Tokyo. ■ Meanwhile, some of the cooler Hawaiian statehood with the consequent pow­ our administration trust our own people The Japanese language schools heads were' recognizing that the er it would give to the people. prosecutors fighting the case? And doesn’t in Hawaii were Public Menace Japanese community was being To do Senator • Tsukiyama the justice . he de­ No. 1. antagonized by the witch-hunting serves I believe he was an innocent, but thought­ —the workers, Negroes, Jews, women and Cried the Star-Bulletin, editorial­ atmosphere. Publisher Lorrin A. less party to what I feel certain was skullduggery - members of minority political parties? ly: (more on page 6) by opponents of Statehood..