FIFTIETH STATE'S NEWS AND; PICTURE WEEKLY

VOL. I, NO. 3 10c July 2, 1959 HONOLULU, HAWAII PRIMARY WIN BY FRANK FASI RAISES EYEBROWS, INTEREST AS GENERAL ELECTION LOOMS Results of several hard fought Democra­ In 1952, two years after the 1950 “walkout” tic primaries came out about as anticipated convention in which Fasi was a walker- last Saturday, but there was one race that outer, “moderates” teamed up with right­ brought many an old politico straight up wingers to make Fasi national committee- in his seat. man over Johnny Wilson, the “stand-pat, ” That race was' the bitter fight between or “left wing” candidate. The move was territorial Sen. Frank F. Fasi and former successful because (1) ILWU Democratic territorial Sen. William H. Heen. The sur­ delegates generally stayed home and (2) prising result (actually shocking to some) an energetic manipulator'. named Albert was the first political defeat of Bill Heen's Tani from the Big Island gathered about long political career, and a thumping vic­ a hundred proxies of absentee delegates tory for Frank Fasi, a man who has en­ and threw them all to Fasi. gaged in more violent fights with other APOLOGIES FOLLOW SUCCESS' Democrats than with Republicans. The “moderate” victory won local head­ Whether or not, as one political analyst lines, but within months those responsible surmised on a radio broadcast late election for the coup were apologizing to everyone day, ' Republicans actually “jumped their who would listen. His success has inspired ticket” to help nominate Fasi, it was cer­ — Fasi to run against Wilson for the tain Fasi’s victory would be more shock­ mayoralty —-after making a "nominating” ing to some Democratic party leaders than speech for the mayor at a dinner at Wo to any Republican. And it was also certain Fat restaurant. Fasi told the press he had that ticket-jumping alone did not account made up his mind on a mainland-bound for Fasi’s victory over H een, as it did in plane when God had told him he DAVID OF PUNALUU fishes when the mood strikes him Fasi’s victory over the late John H. Wil­ make the race. The plane had turned back (pretty often) and explains the cigar is part of his nature. son in 1954. because of. bad weather, and Fasi filed For story of his life and home in the manner Of Old Hawaii But few political observers could avoid against Wilson at the last minute. see page 9. seeing the parallel between last Saturday’s Skeptics said he had placed his order -election and the 1954 primary which ended for campaign printing several weeks in ad­ the political career of Wilson, the man who vance. served as mayor of Honolulu longer than The last thing the “moderates” wanted any other. Few doubted that Fasi had again was for anyone to give old Johnny Wilson, Who Owns Lands become the instrument of ending the the highest Democratic elected official, a career of another Democratic patriarch, in bad time. Albert Tani became disillusioned this case Bill Heen, for some years the with the man he had made national com­ only Democrat in the territorial senate. mitteeman and came to Honolulu from Used by Railroad? Hilo to help the Wilson campaign. CONSTERNATION AMONG DEMOCRATS . Even with the Divine ’inspiration Fasi Although he is a Democrat, and has even By MARK WRIGHT claimed he had,. he' failed of nomination, served as national committeeman. Fasi but he threw a scare into the Wilson camp Title to many properties on No detailed study of the problem created consternation among some Demo­ Oahu now being used by corpora- has been made by territorial of­ and introduced something new to Hawai­ crats, including many followers of Dele ian politics. That was the radio talkathon, tions and individuals may b e cloud­ ficials, but one large corporation gate John A. Burns by his victory. These ed by "rev ersio n to the government has had its land holdings in ques­ and it was the real introduction of Fasi to " clauses in the original royal tion at least three times without were Democrats who had originally assured the general public as a radio personality. patent grants issued during the any conclusive opinion reached doubters it was "safe” to drop territorial Beginning on noon before election day, via rs of the Hawaiian monarchy. clarifying its status. Sen. Dan K. Inouye from the senate race Fasi took the microphone and talked, an­ With statehood approaching there That company is the Oahu Rail­ to that for the U. S. house, because either has been some wonderment if the road & Land Co., Ltd., which has swering questions the public telephoned in, Heen or territorial Sen. Oren E. Long would for 24 consecutive hours. The gimmick cap­ hooks should not be cleared and been mildly challenged in its con­ be a cinch to beat Fasi. the old land arguments Settled. tinued use of valuable downtown tured the imagination of enough voters to Honolulu property on a tax-free Ironically, these same Democrats — make the race a close one. The popularity basis. Classed as a public uti­ Burns, Kido, Takahashi, Inouye and others Fasi enjoyed seems, also, to have captured lity, the railroad escapes payment then called “moderates”—were responsible him permanently for politics, for his career JULY 4 FETE of taxes, although Its main line for starting' Fasi’s big-time political career. operation was abandoned years (Turn to Page 2) ago. It has been charged that it is principally" in the business of TO STRESS providing freight terminal facili­ '"Jumping'' Big Election Question ties. The history of the Oahu Rail­ Statehood was approver by a In another key race, that for Supporters of Del. Jack Burns STATEHOOD road & Land Co. is an interest­ sh o pping 17-1 majority, the Democrats lieutenant governor, the Democra­ were basking this week In a 20, 000 ing one of enterprise, genuine A stirring Oahu celebration of showed great strength, the tic -. total polled by four candidates edge Bums had scored over Gov. service— and big profits, it is the July 4 Independence Day holiday Republicans professed themselves dwarfed Republican James Kealo- Bill Quinn, though each ran in one of the many interlocking en­ Saturday will include an ad- encouraged, numbers of Republi­ ha’s total of more than 44, 000, his own prim ary. But no one was deavors of the Dillingham family dress by Governor William F, can and independent voters jumped -their combined total being more very much surprised. and has as present officers the .. Quinn, band m usic by the arm ed into the Dem ocratic prim ary, and than 30,000 above his. Yet no one , T erritorial Sen, Dan K. Inouye, following:. forces, raising of the 49-star flag that was the story of last Satur­ knew better man the Democratic polling more than 51, 000 votes Walter F. Dillingham, president; and zooming jet planes. day's election. winner, Sen. Mitsuyuki Kido, that against T erritorial Sen. Patsy T. Lowell S. Dillingham, vice pres­ The morning program, which The one all-im port ant question a lot of the votes scored by his Mink’s vote of less than 22, 000 ident; R. A, G inoo, vice president opens at 10 a.m. at the Waikiki for both D em ocrats and Repub­ opponents in the prim ary would go caused more surprise than the and treasurer; Benjamin F. Dil­ Shell in Kapiolani Park, has a licans cannot be answered until to the veteran Kealoha in the Bums vote. Many had seen that lingham II, vice president and three-fold purpose, according to the general election, July 28. 'That general. race for Hawaii's single seat in general manager; George R. Han­ M iss Barbara Sprickles. secretary question is —hew many jumped and sen, vice president and assistant the U. S. bouse of representatives of the Hawaii Statehood Celebra­ h ow many will stay? LONG RUNS FAST as a tight one. The third Dem­ general manager; Mrs. Ethel H. tion Committee. Trends were about as anticipated In Else race for the "B" seat ocrat in' the race,'M rs . E lizabeth Holloway, secretary and Kenneth It m arks Hawaii’s advent to by both University of Hawaii re­ of th e U. S. senate. Sen. Oren Young, ran far behind. M, Young, assistant treasu rer. statehood, pays tribute to Alaska, searchers and am ateur politicos E. Long piled up a total, of m ore A. much Closer race developed the 49th state, whose admission day GETS TRIANGLE with one notable exception. The than 60, 000 against his Republican between Territorial Sen. Mitsuyuki is July 4 and recognizes the ef­ resounding victory of Territorial oppo n e n t Sen. Wilfred Tsu- . Kido and-Rep. Spark Matsunaga, Oahu Railroad & Land Co. ac­ forts of Hawaii to become a state, Sen. Prank Fasi over the veteran- k iy a m a who got 40, 000. Both can- quired title to 11.19 acres of front men in the four-man Demo­ federal and state offices will former Territorial Sen. W illiam didates figure to draw heavily on cratic primary for lieutenant-gov­ land a: a location now in the closed on Friday in recognition Heen took everyone by surprise. the Oriental m in th e general. triangle formed by Dillingham bou­ ernor. Kido won out by about 2500 of the holiday. City offices Fasi polled 44, 000 votes and beat a s a school executive of many levard, King street, Iwilei road polling about 27, 000. F rankSerrao will follow suit with the exception Heen by 13,000. But Hiram Fong, years standing. Long has always and Kuwili street by a royal patent ran a strong third with about 20,000 of police, fire and refuse running unopposed on the Republi­ enjoyed strong teach­ grant issued by King Kalakaua in and Sup. Richard Kageyama was collection departm ents. can ticket for the same ’' A ” scat ers. 1890, under laws of 1878 and 1888, last with less than 12, 000. The Honolulu Cham ber of Commerce in the U. S. senate, polled more Tsukiyama, until the recant designed to promote the develop­ reported that retail establishments than 42, 000. Democratic was consid- ment of railways.and. stimulate DEMOCRAT CONTROL and banks will be open Noting that both Heen and Feng ered becauseunbeatable of the trade in the islands, as usual on Friday, but will be are of sim ilar background, Chi­ strong support by the AJA popu­ Political experts saw the pri­ The. grant, on record in the land closed on Saturday. Windward Oahu nese-Hawaiian ancestry, all hands laces, Butrise withofthe young maries as indicating the Demo­ commission office, has a reversion Chamber of Commerce said re­ except Fasi were- pretty sure, a AJA Lawmakers, Tsukiyama’s star crats might take both hosseb of clause which calls for return of tail establishments of Kailua and lot of Heen's vote would jump to has waned to some exte n t Oren the new state Legislature; in; the the land to The g overnm ent if the will probably follow the Fong in the general election. But Long general election, but agaln- no one (turn to Page 14) (Turn to Page 4) no one could guess how many. much it has faded until July 28. (Turn to Page 12) July 2, 19 Page 2 HAWAIIAN REPORTER Fasi Draws Top Interest in Primary (Continued from Page 1) has cost him many thousands of dollars since and paid compara­ tively little. During that 24 hours, Fasi cold listeners how he had been born of poor parents in Connecticut, was a football player a: Trinity College, then a marine in World War II, and finally a successful businessm an in surplus goods and BACK IN 1954 when Frank Fasi had just beaten the late building supplies in Hawaii and the John H. Wilson in a Democratic primary for mayor, he used husband of a Kauai Nisei girl, the above picture of Donna Leilani Wright asking for his Florence Ohama, and father of autograph. This campaign, he’s using the same picture a child. again. The Reporter visited her this week at her home, 469 When enemies called in ques­ Keopua st., to see how much she’s grown. Well, as you can tions they hoped would anger or embarrass him, Fasi adopted the see from the picture (right), Donna’s a big girl of 15 now, technique of the ''soft answer that wearing the shirt of a college friend from California State turneth wrath.” With apparent and Polytechnic, but she’s still for Fasi. So is her father, Lloyd perhaps deceptive humility, he took Wright, though he’s not so enthusiastic, what with having the tack that, ‘'I don’t know why lost his job with the city and county for being overweight. they want to ask me things like Like their neighbors, the Wrights are Hawaiian homestead­ that," and either answered or ignored the question as suited ers. But the neighbors think Fasi should send a photograph­ him best. The technique was so er around to bring Donna's picture up to date. successful he h as used it ever be a dangerous challenger for the front with a picture of him­ since. Mayor Johnny Wilson, whom Re­ self, his wife Frances (who has F asi lost in 1952, but he kept publicans had come to regard as since divorced him) and their right on campaigning for the next almost unbeatable. At the same daughter, Toni. two years. He never let the pub­ time, both Democrats and Repub­ That brochure became perhaps lic, nor his fellow Democrats, for­ licans adopted his pet gimmick— the most highly controversial piece get he was national committeeman, the radio talkathon— and it was a of propaganda used in the 195- and he bought time weekly on a good year for radio stations. campaign. Fasi had used a picture radio station and set up his own Johnny Wilson, the Democrats’ of himself talking on apparent program. His target was still city grand old man, was then over SO friendly terms with "Aunt jenny” tical that is— 20 per cent of the University of Hawaii and Harvard hall and Mayor Wilson's admin it­ and so ill he lived inMaluhia Home, Wilson, wife of the mayor he had voters would have to esc h e w all law school. He was a deputy at­ eration, and som etim es the ILWU, but he made a gallant effort against just beaten. "Aunt jenny” publicly other candidates in the primary torney in city hall under May. - a favorite whipping-bov of the Fasi, -winding it up with a vault repudiated the picture’s implica­ to insure his gening his name on Fred Wright, and he is a veter period. up onto a truck body to show tion and said. "I don’t trust that the ticket tor the general election— of World War II. His program was popular, but Palolo voters he was still all man.” he dropped it. Fong is also a veteran of In trying to be a reporter with hot man. Republicans killed Wilson’s Fasi had also used a picture of Business and domestic problems years in the territorial house: stories of expose, he made him­ hopes by taking advantage of Ha­ himself with Mitsuyuki Kido. then helped keep him out of races representatives and as speaker self new political enemies. His waii’s half-closed primary to a member of the board of super­ until 1938 when he conducted an the house three times. vice-speaker political and business activities ''hump the ticket” and vote for visors, and said that though Kido orthodox campaign to win a seat twice, he learned the art had given him entree into many Fasi by the thousands. was a Wilson man. he "is now in the territorial senate from the political slugging. After a defeat circles and now he proceeded to regarded as a strong supporter in the Democratic landslide SEE JUMP OVER fifth district. His one real poli­ embarrass figures ranging from of F asi. ” tical victory, paradoxically, was 1954, Hiram retired from politics the late former Gov. Sam Wilder Until last Saturday, that was Realizing what damage that might scored in his least flamboyant for business with Finance Factors King to Jack Burns, then chair­ the peak of Fasi’s political career. do him among the still-seething campaign while neither of his of which he is president, and it. man of the Democratic central Despite the universal finding of Wilson Democrats, Kido disavowed flashy campaigns for mayor were subsidiaries, and he has the repu­ committee, by quoting statements the press that the jump-over had the enthusiasm attributed to hint, successful, though they undoubted­ tation of being a highly success­ they would never knowingly have made him the Democratic nominee, though not so positively as has ly mace him a "public figure." ful businessman, made to a reporter. Fasi believed or pretended to be­ "Aunt Jenny.” Just the same, when 1954 ar­ lieve his following would stick GOOD SHOWMAN OPENING GUN CHANGE IS MADE rived, everyone knew Fasi woqid with him in the general election. Today. Fasi is a practiced, ef­ As the smoke from last Satur­ When Sill Heen charged Fasi He had boasted in his literature fective campaigner and such an day’s primary' cleared, Fong fire with "last minute politic tricks” that he was worth a half-million excellent showman that it seems his opening gun against ' Fran: last Saturday, old tim ers knew what dollars before the age of 30, and likely he could make a living as Fasi and showed he hasn’t for­ he was talking about. now he began to throw- chunks of a TV perform er. It does not seem gotten how to punch. He denounce But F asi’s triumphant ride after that money into the campaign t- likely his next opponent, Hiram Fasi’s tactics against Heen as the 1954 prim ary came to a rude defeat Neal Blaisdell, the Fong will underestimate him. “ masterpiece of deceit, fraud an end in the general election. Just nominee. Fong's political realism has, on m isrepresentation,” and recalled as Republicans had jumper to sup­ One of his mos t expo pub­ occasion, involved him in fights how Fasi had played the dominant port him in the primary. Wilson licity jobs was a four-man bro­ with the bigwigs of the Republican role in the last defeat of Johnny Democrats either jumped to Blais­ chure done in the style of Life party fully as hot as Chose of Fasi dell in the general election, or, Wilson. m ar nine, advertising -self as with top Democrats. In 1953, the Fong said, “ I am inclined to left the race alone. Fasi lost, but Alan to W atch. ” and covering last session of the legislature take off my gloves and go after only by a couple of thousand votes. -dominated by the GOP. the Repub­ him (Fasi) with no holds barren From that year -until Hawaii's lican hierarchy sought to depose last territorial election in 1958. He will find this Kalihi boy rough To the Voters of Hamakua Fong, who had been speaker in F asi did not run for an office, tough and ready.” the past two sessions, instead, My deepest appreciation for though he was never far from Frank Fasi was right back your wonderful support in the he formed a coalition with a Demo­ politics. At one point he seemed character, too, with a statement Primary. If re-elected, I shall cratic minority headed by Charley embittered by the continued hos­ of praise for defeated opponent, do my utmost for you and the Kauhane and Vincent Esposito, won Distributed by tility of old Wilson Democrats who. judge Heen who "will continu-, people of the 50th State. the speakership and gave the Dem­ blamed him for ending the career to serve Hawaii, the Democrat:, ocrats some committees. of their hero, and threatened to party and its candidates for pub- KOTAKE In 1943. instead of making deals . Yoshito Takamino pun as an "independent. '' But lic office,” DEMOCRAT when he discovered how im prac­ with Kauhane, Fong swapped Only a few days earlier, F a si COMPANY, LTD. punches with him. had implied in his speeches that 420 NIMITZ HWY. Candidate In 1951, For.g waged a hot fight judge Heen at 76 is beyond any PHONE 502-961 STATE HOUSE my heartfelt thanks to you. with Ben Dillingham, ' who was great ability to help Hawaii in the the voters of Ksu and Kona, then a senator, -with each using U. S. senate. THIRD DISTRICT—HAWAII for your grand support in the his house of the legislature as Primary. Your kokua in the a debating hall. General Election will be high­ It is almost impossible to sepa­ Officers of YBA ly appreciated. rate the career of Hiram, the younger Fong, from that of Leo­ Elected at Lihue Thomas Toguchi nard, the elder, who served for many years as Honolulu’s auditor REPUBLICAN LIHUE, KAUAI— Officers of the VETERANS and beat a pathway for his younger Candidate Lihue Junior Young Buddhists Association brother in GOP politics. have been named: STATE HOUSE Hiram Fong is a product of the new fiscal year. ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Kalihi-Waena school, McKinley FOURTH DISTRICT—HAWAII They include Gary Yamamoto high school. St, Louis College, the president; Colin Muranaka, vice president; M arsh aMuram oto, sec All Types of Electrical Wiring retary: Calvin Fujii, treasure and Ethel Naito and Roy T ate sergeants-at-arms. Gary Yama- Also Repairs moto; Elaine Higashi, Barbara Ta- keuchi and Spencer Tada have been appointed as representative to the United YBA Council.

FAST PROTECTION To the Voters of East Hawaii My heartiest mahalo and ap­ EFFICIENT preciation for your generous support in the Primary. May I ask for your continued SERVICE TOMMY KAULUKUKUI AGENCY - John T. Ushijima 1939 S. King McCully) DEMOCRAT 836 S. Q ueen P h o n e s: 52- 683—6S - 647 Ca n d id a te After tiGsrs: 955-624 992-904-992-905 STATE SENATE FIRST DISTRICT-EAST HAWAII J u l y 2, 1959 HAWAIIAN REPORTER Page 3

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OPEN EVENINGS TIL 9 2571 S. Beretania St. Phone July 2, 1959 Page 4 HAWAIIAN REPORTER Railroad Land Grant Ownership Examined (Continued from Page 1) to form er government lands with specific use for which it was reversion clauses cannot be grad­ granted is abandoned. ed. Territorial archives reveal that in at least three instances govern­ SENATE ACTION ment bodies have done some won­ Act 233, on Senate Bill No. 762. dering about the Oahu Railroad & which passed both houses on May Land Co. holdings to the point of 2, 1959, was signed by Gov. Wil­ possible action. liam F. Quinn on June 1, 1959. In April of 1949. a senate reso­ The act amends Section 99-43 lution requested the. senate to in­ Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1955, re­ vestigate alleged avoidance of real lating to quitclaim deeds to per­ property taxes by Oahu Railroad fect title to private lands. It pro­ & Land Co. by its classification vides that “ no quitclaim deed may as a public utility. It alleged that be issued where the titles to pri­ the company was actually in the vate lands are subject to rever­ business of providing freight ter­ sion to the territory, or to the right minal facilities. of entry for breach of condition The senate committee of the subsequent, or where titles to whole held a three and one-half lands are held for specific use hour meeting on the case and or uses.” adopted a report referring the mat­ The bill was introduced by Sen. ter to the public utilities commis­ Frank F. Fasi (D). sion, tax department and the land Much interesting history of the commission. Oahu Railroad & Land Co. is In 1952, after abandonment of on file at the T erritorial Archives regular service by the railroad, building. the public utilities commission On March S, 1889 the m inister planned a meeting to discuss pos­ of the interior acknowledged a sible action by the territory to communication from the Oahu lake possession of the company’s Railroad & Land Co. indicating property held under the royal its intention of taking possession grant. No action followed, accord­ of 22 acres of land belonging to ing to the records. the government for use of the TRUCK TRACTORS and locomotive move containerized ship-truck freight around in re­ Again in February, 1953, Demo­ company in building and maintain­ ceiving terminal of Oahu Railroad & Land Co. at King street and Iliwei road in down­ cratic minority1 house leader ing a line of railroad from Hono­ town Honolulu. Area used to be devoted to terminal facilities for company’s miles of is­ Charles Kauhane Introduced a res­ lulu to Pearl River lagoon. land rail lines, most of which have either been abandoned or sold. olution requesting the territorial First passenger train operated Ir October of 1947 the railroad Co. 's terminal facilities. There attorney general to Investigate the by the railroad went over the sion of the interstate commerce announced plans to discontinue its question of forfeiture of lands line on Sept. 4, 1889 and a Nov. commission to abandon 81 miles of. is also some shunting of cars in famed scenic rail trip on the the canneries area. given to Oahu Railroad & Land 28, 1889 newspaper story said, its tracks in October of 1946. T he Co. by the Kingdom of Hawaii in "Manager Ben Dillingham was in commission authorized the aban­ island and on Dec. 28 of that year And, there is track. Ride out hauled its last 500 sightseers and 1890 and to submit a full report his glory attending the many pas­ donment in June of 1947, either Nimitz or Kam highways. to the house. sengers in transit over the rail­ In December of 1946, a join: picknickers to Haleiwa. There is the narrow gauge track, Abandonment of main line opera­ Ben Dillingham II, then a sen­ road. ” army-navy board, worried over ef­ between the thoroughfares, It's tions became effective on Dec. 31, ator, made immediate reply to As the railroad grew and its fects ox the abandonment, orobed shiny where automobiles, and the effect that he welcomed any necessities increased.the the reasons for the move, The 1947 and ISiBssOstiu tracks cross on a ccess roads. Railroad & Land Co.'s Engine 80 investigation of the legality of nature amended, repealed and re- navy in June of 1947 announced It’s red-rusty where it winds its the then 62-year-old royal patent amended sections of the laws for intentions to acquire and operate .made its last Kahuku-Honolulu run.. lonely way between the roads. grant. the promotion of railway construc­ SI m iles of the railroad’: line Nineteen miles of the Kahuku- But, in 1952, when the public Attorney General Jack H, Mi- tion on the Island of Oahu. in June of 1947 and in January Mokule ia line were sold by the utilities commission discussed zuha, questioned last week by a Dollar-a-year leases weregrant- of 1948 took a two-year option on railroad in May of 1948. possible territorial action to sake rep o rter on whether any action ed, rights-of-way approved, a the line. in August of 1948 the railroad possession of the original royal company announced that although, had ever been taken to recover charter negotiated to the satis­ The Oahu Transport C o.Ltd. grant property of the railroad. it had abandoned regular service the lands in question, or any other faction of government, and the succeeded the Oahu Railroad ano Ben Dillingham made a statement. it would be reinstated if and when lands, said that such cases were business community praised the Land Co, in the field of Oahu’s He said the railroad would fight any internatinal emergency a- not initiated by his department and role of the railroad in transport­ general transport business with any effort to take away its Iwi- that a thorough study needed to ing the fruits of the field to pro­ motor trucks in April of 1947. The lei land (that involved in the grant) trucking company is still in opera­ be made. Beyond that point he cessing plants and piers, because the company 1 'is still run­ refused official comment. tion. Land ning a railroad. ” PROFITS MOUNT Indications are that there may be many cases in which lands Profits and dividends mounted acquired under early grants for and though the profits fluctuated Court Rules Heiress Must Pay ‘Private Eye specific uses, and which contain they were not inconsiderable. reversion to the government claus­ Newspaper stories detailed the The court of Circuit judge Ed­ bile. Some investigative work cost She told acquaintances one of the es when those uses cease, are still growth of the railroad and on gar Crumpacker last week saw an 515 an hour. Parking fees, bar operatives roughed her up, and held by individuals, companies, March 27 1926 reported its profits epilogue to the two-year-old drama bills and tips cost 570. 85 and she hired Race’s agency to water corporations and their successors. at $1 million plus. of Shirley Louise Mendel son's Race charged another 530.09 for her husband and protect her against Whether such lands are still used As in many mainland railroad spectacular disagreem ents with territorial tax. his operatives. for the specific purposes for which operations, changing times brought her husband. Dr. j. C. Macdonald. "The fees recalled charges Dr, So every night, as she sat and they were granted would require change in methods. The company Miss Mendelson, heiress to a Macdonald caused to be sired be­ enjoyed her own show at the Wai­ a painstaking search of old grants announced that it would acquire F isher Body fortune, was told by fore the liquor commission that kiki Biltmore's Top o the Isle, and a following survey of present- buses in 1929. A few years later judge Crum packer she would have his wife, then estranged, was being and its star, Haunani Kahalewai, day land use. came the announcement of tracks to pay the bill. His judgment a- mulcted of thousands of dollars an able bodied gent sat by her Complicating the situation is and in 1940 the railroad announced warded a payment of $2300 by Miss by various parties— and that even side, and she was bothered no possibility that many such lands plans to discontinue regular train Hawaiian witchcraft was being used more. have changed hands and their pres­ Mendelson to the City' Detective service on rural Oahu and to Agency and Collectors of Hawaii on her. A side angle on the story' came ent use is unknowingly in viola­ use gasoline buses to outlying for "investigative and protective when Miss Mendelson’s brother tion of the intent of the original CAN AFFGKD IT districts. service” the detectives rendered had an altercation with Dr, Mac­ grants. The company's Hickam bus ex- her in two weeks of August, 1957. Tee case at that time went up donald. Witnesses claim the broth­ The territorial legislature In The chief operative of the de­ in smoke when a commissioner er punched the doctor, but neither its most recent session took so: ham tective agency. Louis Race, had asked Miss Mendelson’s younger party would place a charge against action to insure that,outright ti brother, a treasurer in her en­ id a- presented a bill tor 52368.44. and the other. and tertainment enterprises here, he Itemized his bill, thus giving Eventually, Miss Mendelson lost “Can your sister afford to lose the court and the public some idea interest in staging Hawaiian shows tion to haul sugar from Oahu mills ten thousand dollars a month? " of how much it costs to hire a and operating Radio Station KHON, S w in g a n d to waterfront terminals. The plan " Yes,” the brother answered "private eye. ” and was reconciled with her hus­ was approved by stockholders in casually, “I think she can. ” Investigative and bodyguard work band. The couple left Hawaii for October of 1946. Dr. Macdonald hired a private cost $10 an hour, a minimum of a tour of the Orient, S w a y . . The railroad sought the permls- detective agency (no longer in $20 a day for use of an automo­ In Judge Crumpacker’s court, existence) to shadow his wife. where the memory of their al­ Have a Jolly Good Time tercations lingered on last week, at To every one of you Allen Hawkins represented Miss To the voters of South Hilo, Mendelson, Richard Mirikitani, of 3, 069 voters who sup­ thank you for your wonderful the Henry T, Hirai law firm, rep­ ported me in the Pri­ support in th e Primary. resented Louis Race, the detec­ KING mary, my heartfelt Mahalo to you all tive, and his wife, who operates Collectors of Hawaii. BALLROOM Thank You and Aloha. After witnesses were examined Toshio Serizawa and cross-examined, Judge Crum- 308 N. KING ST. DEMOCRAT packer said he was satisfied Miss ELIAS P. YADA0 Mendelson owed Race the bulk of PHONE 66-709 DEMOCRAT C and id ate the money, and made his award. STATE HOUSE But he stipulated that $15 of STATE HOUSE the total be deducted as a fine for RAYMOND DACOSCOS SECOND DISTRICT—HAWA11 AttorneyM irikitani for being 15 SECOND DISTRICT—HAWAII īi-op. minutes late to court.

MAHALO NUI KAKOU To the Voters of Kauai County My heartiest Thank You to to Windward Oahu the voters of East Hawaii for I deeply appreciate the vote of your generous support In the I am deeply grateful for your over­ confidence you have given me in Primary. May I solicit your whelming support in the Primary. the Primary Election. I am es­ kokua in the General. I humbly ask for your kokua again In the General pecially grateful to my many friends who are working so hard Nelson K. Doi for my election. HIRAM K. KAMAKA DEMOCRAT DEMOCRAT MANUEL S. HENRIQUES Candidate STATE SENATE C aru so STATE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE MONTH DISTRICT—OAHU S t a t e of Representatives - FIRST DISTRICT—EAST HAWAII July 2, 1959 HAWAIIAN REPORTER Page 5 Real Squatters Use Beach Medical Plan Stand Explained

"Closed panel medical plans, " resolution that free choice of phy­ at all. ”' Hidden by Coral Bluffs such as the Kaiser Foundation sicians was a sound principle but The Kaiser Foundation Health Health Plan, have not yet been recognized certain circumstances Plan was one of the major panel plans studied by the AMA commit­ wot far from the beach area in of the area have cleared living welcomed with open arm s by all where it was net feasible. tee which said such plans offered front of Kahala' where the Luna- areas from the brush and weeds, of Hawaii’s physicians. These ’ ‘circumstances,” accord­ good quality care and in some cases lilo Estate and property owners and built fireplaces and cam psites. Dr. Harry L, Arnold, jr ., Ha­ ing to Dr. Arnold, were an allu­ improved quality care despite the are disputing title to valuable land, Old tarpaulins, corrugated tin. waii's lone delegate to the recent sion to the plantation communities lack of a free choice of physicians. there are some real, if only occa­ cardboard and other cast-off ma­ American Medical Association where alternate medical facilities and physicians are ' not readily In a departure from previous sional, squatters on the beach. terials have been used to build convention, said he did. not expect 'the Honolulu County Medical So­ available, AMA policy, the delegates ap­ The little known beach, which of­ the lean-tos and shelters. Old proved a committee recommenda­ fers knowing users more privacy punees and m attresses have been ciety to change its stand that "free choice of physicians is desirable JUST ACCEPTED tion to seek cooperation with such than almost any in Honolulu, is lugged down the inclines to sleep Dr. Arnold said the AMA com­ panel plans. This national policy at the base of the Kuulei Cliffs, on Rickety, tables and chairs have under any circumstances, ” The position was taken two or mittee report, which spoke favor­ serves as a guide but is not bind­ the forward nose of Diamond Head. oeen constructed of discarded lum­ ably of the care offered by the ing on state or local level medical The coral bluffs drop sharply here, ber. Some of the dwellings have three years ago, prior to the for­ mation of the Kaiser plan in Ha­ closed panel plans, was merely associations, said Dr. Arnold. concealing the beach from the road. s e a t run its to Keep supplies dry waii. but the resolution has never submitted to the convention for At the heart of the "free choice” Nature lovers, including an oc­ in the rain. An occasional lan­ acceptance. Such acceptance does principle, said Dr. Arnold, is a casional discreet nude sun bather, ' tern or water jug is the extent of been altered. not constitute approval and Dr. guarantee to the patient that if frequent the spot. the equipment. The Hawaii Medical Association, A couple of weeks ago three while adopting a less firm posi­ Arnold referred to the statement he gets anything less than what The beach has no toilet facili­ sailors on leave, low on money, tion, still kept the door locked on of the new president of the AMA: he considers the best possible ties. Hidden up on the slope among spent three days* living on the the closed panel plans. in May of "Free choice to accept a closed care he is free to change physi­ the bushes is a single water tap. reach. An old.Hawaiian fireman last year the HMA declared in a panel plan is not a free choice cians. corner there to get away from HANDS OFF POLICY his wife. A rural school teacher comes there on vacations to get The beach is under the control away from children. Another Honolulu of the parks 'board, which must resident brings his entire move against the 'weekend squat­ fam ily, a sizable one, for the ters if it receives any complaints. weekend outing. The tendency is toward a "hands off" policy because beach-living STILL ISOLATED is a traditional part of island life. The Kuulei Cliffs area, which A Blackpoint beachwalker said, begins at Diamond Head lighthouse "This is probably the only beach and extends approximately 600 on this part of the island where yards Kokohead, is still relatively you can get away from the crowds. ” Isolated. It is covered by trees, A servicem an leaned on one of kiawe bushes and thorny shrubs the small trees along the narrow which, with the narrow goat-paths, pathway and looked down at the discourage descent down the steep ribbon of beach. "I don't get down slopes. The beach is narrow and here very often, but sometimes I the swimming area limited. sec the people who come here to Along the beach, back among the live on weekends while-- they fish MANOA - WAIPAHU - WAHIAWA kiawe bushes, are primitive, and skin-dive,” He said it with make-shift shelters against the a touch of envy, biting wind which blows in from " I suppose someday they'll de­ the ocean at night. The pioneers velop this beach too, ” he said.

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Top J u d o Teacher Visits, May Return Older Style

A few weeks 'ago a lady from meted his favorite, sport for 50 the mainland, who admitted she years, man and boy. "In all my Of Swimming approached the sport of judo with tim e in judo, I never saw a par­ reservations, found herself so ticipant argue with the referee." much Impressed with the sports­ There are two officials, judges, manship of participants that she who may make suggestions to the Gets Backing felt impelled- to write the news­ referee If they think they saw some papers about it. bit of action better than he. But Johnny Weissmuller, onetime swimming champ and later "Tar- In baseball, it is not unusual the referee, alone, renders the to see a player throw his cap on decision when the match is over. zan" of the movies, recently lift­ the ground in protest against an "Maybe, " says Dr. Kurisaki, ed a voice in favor of taking speed umpire’s decision—after which the "it is because in judo, there is swimming back to the good old um pire often throws him out of first emphasis on the spiritual, or days — at least in one way. He the game. In boxing, a manager moral, above the merely mental claimed the moderns might be well may sound the cry, “ We wuz and physical. I think in western are much in demand, Dr. Kurisaki advised to quit plowing the water robbed " physical culture, the physical side says, and he will teach and demon­ with their heads, breathing with But in judo, no one talks back is stressed first, " strate in Seattle, Washington, De­ every other stroke, and lift their to the referee or shows he is And there is big news in judo for troit and maybe in Denver. heads high enough to see and breathe all the time. displeased with the decision. He Hawaii's 3000 young men presently WILL SEEK STOP bows to his opponent, and his op- practicing the sport and the many The way Weissmuller figured, "W e will do our best to get ponent bows just as low to him. thousands more who retain interest The sm aller the" portion of your him to stop here for awhile or, his from youthful training, A judo body in the water, the less the "It would be unthinkable to ar­ return trip, " says the doctor, and teacher of the 5th grade, black belt water could impede your forward gue with the referee, " says Dr. since he is a member or the U. S. rank, is in the islands for a brief progress, Harry I, Kurisaki, local patriarch board of governors of the judo as­ visit and may return to give dem­ Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii’s great of judo, who has followed and pro- sociation, his request carries onstrations and instructions in Ha­ sw im m er who was cracking rec­ some weight. waii after a three months tour of ords when Weissmuller was a TIGERS DIG DEEP the mainland. Dr. Kurisaki deplores a modern youngster, agrees. He swam the Complaints of Detroit Tiger fans He is Masao Ichinoe, once judo tendency of youth to follow karate, ■same way. about the allegedly pinch-penny champion of the Japanese imperial an oriental style of fighting not “They used to say I swam so policy of the club owners seem s to navy, the first man to make the 5th unlike Chinese boxing, which high there was no w ater on my be bringing action. The Tigers bid grade as young as 42, and the first makes little pretense of being back, " Duke recalls. more than 15 other clubs for Andy man of such high rank in this sport "defensive." The next question is—if the Kosco, a high school outfielder ever to visit Hawaii, Karate is so rough that Dr. Ku- older methods were better, why from Struthers, Ohio, who hit.700 Now with judo an international ‘risaki figures it is not a snort have modern sw im m ers who plow in 11 high school games, and gave sport, recognized by the Amateur at all. the water broken the old records? him a $60,000 bonus. Athletic Union, Ichinoe’s services "It is too dangerous," he says, Duke has a logical answer for and k arate m en cannot that, too. against one another for fun. for they are bound to get hurt. So MASAO ICHINOS SUITS WITH STRAPS they have to practice on dummies "You have to remember condi­ and special posts. It is for injur­ The doctor says. "I think the kids tions were different," he says. ing people. In judo, you try no: this wang-wang-wang stuff, the "For one thing, we wore suits to hurt your opponent while -con­ you find in the old sam urai with straps over the shoulders. Mamiya Brothers quering him. " movies and in cowboy shows. In Those straps could slow a man What’s the reason for the trend shows like that, they emphasize up and cause him trouble. Today toward karate? they wear only trunks. Then they swim in pools. Here we swam in slips down at the docks. I think W ELDING SHOP under the same conditions, we’d have made times just as good as sw im m ers do today, " There's another thing—you might as well call the "Americancrawl''"’ SANZO OKUMURA of today the “Kahanamokucrawl, " Duke says,—and the record books Structural Steel W ork indicate Duke was swimming with a crawl before anyone on the main­ land. Frank G. M enke’s Encyclo­ Metal Garage Shed pedia of Sports traces the history of the crawl from the South Seas to Australia and to A m erica when Awning & House Railings Proper a couple of gifted swimmers began using the crawl to win consistently Truck Body Building in 1306. Then Menke gives the fol­ lowing paragraph: "Three years later Duke Kaha­ namoku arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu, and it was noticed he used the crawl stroke. When asked who had taught him, he said he had known no teacher; that he had learned by watching the na­ George Mamiya 995 Waimanu St, tives; that such a means of swim­ ming had been in use for many, Phone 504-362 Honolulu many generations’ in the Hawaiian 2985 Koali Road Islands. " ROLE OP THE KICK Honolulu Phone 95-330 T here’s one belief of W eissmul­ le r ’s, though, that Duke doesn’t agree with. Johnny claimed in his recently publicized interview that a sw im m er's feet don’t really add to his speed, but m erely serve to WE MAY BE YOUNG.,. BUT hold his legs up and keep them from dragging. The power and the WE’RE IN EXPERIENCED HANDS forward speed, said Weissmuller, come from the swimmer’s arms. Not so, says the Duke who be­ lieves the "kick" does, indeed, add to the speed. In fact, if there was a difference between the "A- TROPICAL MASONRY CO merican crawl” and the "Kaha­ namoku craw l" back in 1909, it was that Duke kicked better, or rather constantly. "At that time, they "Used the General. Masonry Work (T u rn to P age 11)

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with ED ROHRBOUGH STADIUM OKAY Things look black right now for Los Angeles Police Chief William H, Parker, but we’ll bet he comes out all right in FOR PRO TILT the end. Truth is so often stranger than television. Only one thing now blocks posi­ But consider the plight of Chief Parker now in the case tive confirmation of plans for an of Jackie Leonard, the boxing promoter who wound up in all-professional football game in Honolulu next Jan. 24. That is the hospital the morning of June 4, a couple of days after the approval of the Honolulu sta­ he'd told the California boxing commission Frankie Carbo dium’s board of directors of the and Blinkie Palermo had threatened him with just such date. action unless he helped them get a chunk of the ownership So says Ralph Yempuku, pro­ of Don Jordan, the welterweight champ. spective prom oter of the game and In the hospital with cerebral damage and partial paraly­ promoter of many other sporting events here in the past. sis of the right side, Leonard said he had been slugged the "I do not see, ” says Yempuku, night before by two men who mumbled to one another while '‘how they can refuse me. It will he was lying on the ground. Chief Parker at that time agreed make them $2515 and no one c an that it looked like a “blueprint” of mob action. Truman Gib­ reasonably say the pro game would son, presently top man of the International Boxing Club conflict with the Hula Bowl. ” and an acquaintance of Carbo and Palermo, admitted Leon­ Mackay Yanagisawa, Hula Bowl promoter and now stadium manag­ ard has asked him (Gibson) to get these uncouth characters er, thinks differently and has said off his neck. Gibson also denounced such strongarm tactics so. He feels another big game as having “gone out with high button shoes, ” though of scheduled anywher e close to his course he didn’t hang the rap on anyone. Gibson is a lawyer own spectacle Jan. 10 will affect who generally speaks for the defense. attendance. Since the ban of Bert NO CONFLICT with the Hula Bowl game is foreseen by Then Chief Parker threw his bombshell. Police investiga­ Bell, National Football League Ralph Yempuku, above, who wants to stage an all-profes­ .president, against pro players ap­ sional football game Jan. 24 in the Honolulu Stadium. tions showed no one at all hit Jackie Leonard, he said, and pearing in the Hula bowl, it will the promoter must have fallen on his own' head and hurt be the first Hula bowl bn many him self. seasons in which no professionals Now at first glance that might seem to be the worst thing appear. Possibly that fact adds to the chief could have said. For the first time, some suspicious the promoter's nervousness. Bell has also refused to ap­ glances may have been aimed at the police, because that prove allowing pro players to participate “fell and hurt himself” line is almost standard as an ex­ in Yempuku's game, but the planation for injuries that happen to a man on his way to promoter isn’t worried. the police station, or maybe in elevators, or in the vice "It will be entirely after their, F in a n ce squad room. season, ” he says, "and Bell really But as a student of crime on TV, we know you have to has no authority. ” Yempuku finds Yanagisawa’sat­ look a bit deeper. The obvious is seldom the answer. Con­ titude highly inconsistent. sider a moment—would a guilty person give such an ob­ "After all, two different years viously stupid explanation? It’s as trite as blaming the butler they held the team s over and played limited when old lady Gotrocks gets scragged. two Hula bowl gam es,” he says. Next it developed Leonard really does have periods of "They had just as good attendance blacking out and falling. His wife says so. She says the case for the second games as the first. fits the Leonard pattern of fainting. How can they complain if I have a game two weeks after the Hula Leonard still says he was slugged, and you might chink bowl? ” The Home of Fast Cash he ought to know.. Yempuku recalls the rule set So Chief Parker isn’t off the hook by any means. One by the stadium some years ago of the powerful forces against him is the Sports Illustrated when there was conflict betw een Mob, a powerful, combine from the East Coast which has a S hriner’s game and a game of the University of Hawaii. proved itself stronger than the IBC in some ways. It’s even "Then they said there should be said the SI mob hand-picked Floyd Patterson as its heavy­ no game six days before, or six weight champion a long time before he made the grade. days after another.” he says, "and Well, the SI mob is bucking Chief Parker all the way, re­ that’s a good rule. I only ask they Loans minding the public that the chief is an old collaborator (Turn to Page 10) with Jack Webb in creating “detective fiction, ” of all things. personal loans Just the same, we’ll bet Chief Parker comes out all right ‘The Choice of Those auto loans in the end, no matter how high the odds against him look. Who Play the Game” All you have to do is watch Dragnet, or the Naked City, or any of those shows to know that when things look blackest appliance loans' for a cop, the silver lining is about to break through. Besides, we remember what happened when Mickey Cohen furniture hum got sassy with the chief over Mike Wallace’s TV show. 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DON TALBOT, famous Australian coach who conducted a clinic at Farrington high school last Sunday under aus­ pices of the Hawaii Swim club, has a higher regard for some bits of American technique than some of the Americans. SPORTING GOODS Writing to Tommy Miles some weeks ago, the coach of the Distributed by Konrads praised the form of American swimmers he’d seen THRIFT in Australia and said Australians would have to learn from SERVICE CENTER them. He called the present Australian style something taken SPORTING GOODS from Johnny Weissmuller when old Tarzan was in his hey­ day. 172 S. HOTEL ST. PHONE 55-666 PLANS ASKS EQUAL FUND ' JE T P o w e r quiet flight Equality for athletes is a goal Quiet enough for a baby to sleep—and for of Victor Denny, president of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, your own smooth-as-velvet enjoyment of your He's quoted by Sports Illustrated Aloha Airlines F-27 Jetprop flight to ‘he 4 % 5% 6% as saying, “The tragedy is not excessive funds, but insufficient Neighbor Islands. Airline-proved Rolls-Royce m v e s h m n l One Year Five Year funds to live on properly. If a engines are your dependable. guarantee of a nation wants Its athletes to be Certificates Debentures Debentures recognized as first-class citizens, swift, comfortable trip. they should be permitted to travel first-class." For Residents of the State Only

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HAWAIIAN REPORTER NOW THE BATTLE BEGINS Published every Thursday by Hawaiian Reporter, Inc. Purely Robert Y, Oda, President; Delbert E. Metzger and William E. Miles, vice Presidents; Takeshi Kawasaki, Secretary; Eddie Lapa, Treasurer. William Friel...... Editor Politic a l SUBSCRIPTION RATES WHEN TERRITORIAL SEN, OREN 1 Year (O ah u )...... $5. 00 E. LONG, now running. for the U. S. 1 Year (Other Islands). . . $6. 00 senate, signed the bill to provide"un­ —Includes Air Mailing— employment compensation for agri­ cultural workers, he wrote an addi­ tional “with reservations’* that has The Bouslog Decision puzzled the general public ever since. The ruling by the U. S. supreme Now it can, and perhaps should be court this week overturning the sus­ told. The former governor originally pension of a Honolulu woman lawyer signed the bill without any frills. marks the end of a turbulent decade But then a representative of the in Hawaii. pineapple companies took him out It was. quite a decade nationally, to lunch. After lunch, he returned too, involving as it did the full swing to the legislature and toyed with the of the pendulum toward and away idea of taking his name off. But he from fevered fascination with loyal­ was told that would certainly lose ty matters. A sort of short history by him votes—hence the “with reserva­ selective example, an admittedly dif­ tions. ” ficult device, might serve here to give a backdrop to the local events BEHIND THE SCENES in Gover­ and place them in time. nor William Quinn’s campaign—the The decade began locally with the tacticians are getting desperate for ' trial and conviction of seven persons new ideas—possibly because they’ve on Smith Act charges. Meanwhile independence Day been campaigning for nearly three Sen. Joseph McCarthy began his months, while Jack Burns has just climb to a fearful peak of power. The Hawaii, along with the rest of the Other Editors The extremely porous nature of begun to fight. Territorial Engineer hysteria of the time had results United States, notes Independence Tim Ho, important among the tac­ Day on July 4. the U. S. embargo on trade with Red such as the loss of the services of ticians, admitted to friends that many distinguished public servants, However, unless the obviously China. . . ought not amaze or alarm the American public. opening a new headquarters for including the outstanding physicist, heightened political awareness here Quinn in Kaimuki was nothing but produces with It a better memory Embargoes, at best, are leaky af­ Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, who re­ a gimmick to put a new kick in a for history than is the case else­ fairs, and the China embargo in­ ceived a public pummeling. campaign. Yet you can find Hal where, many may not be too clear volves so many adverse considera­ To note further results parallel to Lewis (Akuhead, the disc jockey) changes in public feeling, the Smith as to exactly what is being celebrat­ tions of geography and poi: tics and ed. crass commercialism as to be- en­ over at Quinn’s Kapiolani avenue Act defendants won a higher court headquarters most any day, and reversal in 1958; Senator McCarthy's On July 4, 1776 the Continental forceable only to a minimal degree. Akuhead is one of Bill Quinn’s favor­ kingdom of pyramided lies collapsed; Congress adopted at Philadelphia one China is a vast country and a great ite idea' men. and only this month Lewis L. Strauss of the most noble documents in all market;. China maintains diploma­ failed of confirmation to a cabinet history—the Declaration of Inde­ tic and trade relations with much of “ME-TOOISM” is the charge made post in part because of reaction pendence. It was a tremendous poli­ the world; the United States boycotts behind the scenes against Gov. Bill against his persecution of Oppen­ tical event, and it was also a literary China while its friends and allies Quinn by old line. GOP politicos, af­ heimer and others., event, because the great aims were continue to trade with Red China. The charge against Mrs. Harriet stated in grand ways. Thus, as snipping men in Hong ter Quinn announced himself for Bouslog (Sawyer) was apparently The very first precept, later de­ Kong (say). it becomes a simple some measure of land reform and ‘for peripheral to the. Smith Act charges, fined in the U. S. constitution, still is matter to bring goods out of Red an inter-island ferry system in since it attacked her license to prac­ a battleground, and has been impor­ China and put them -down in the which the state will pay a chunk of tice law because of remarks she was tant everywhere that race or other United States through transship­ the costs, Not only do critics in his alleged to have made about a trial factors have or could have been used ment that renders their origin con­ own party disagree with the “so­ in progress, and because of an inter­ to say people are different politically fused and untrace able. Conversely, cialistic” trend of such a project as view with a sick trial juror. for these reasons. it- requires no great ingenuity to a state-owned ferry, they also feel But the case involved was that of That first precept, coming imme­ carry U. S. goods to Red China after “me-tooism” is poor politics in the the Smith Act defendants, in which diately after the sonorous preamble, a brief stop at the original port of current campaign. Says one, “The she was a defense lawyer and of and the words, “We hold these truths consignment. coupon-clipping Republicans, who which she claimed that a fair trial to be self evident: ” are, “That all It is reasonably estimated that the would normally be supporters of was impossible; and while the legal men are created equal. ” U. S. embargo is no more than 10 per Quinn, are likely to stay home. And action against her was entirely sep­ Much has happened since that cent effective; nine shiploads of I can’t imagine anyone who has de­ arate from the Smith Act proceed­ July 4 in 1776, the anniversary of contraband get through for every cided to vote for Burns changing his ings, she was identified with those which we mark Saturday, to imple­ one that is stopped. mind because of the things Quinn is defendants and proceeded in the ment the original scheme. The great It is seriously argued that inability saying now. ” face of the same public feeling. dream hasn't always worked. out, to obtain American goods drives Red Now the highest court has acted China into dependence upon Soviet however, neither for individuals nor EVEN A LOT OF REPUBLICANS- in the Bouslog case. Much perhaps Russia for certain merchandise —‘ for whole classes, and equality that may be surprised to learn that the could -be said of the particular deci­ does not include equal opportunity even though the Soviets, themselves, must first obtain such goods from Catholic Digest, a national publica­ sion, when study has been made of isn’t yet an operative fact. tion, gives credit to O. P. Soares, the facts which the supreme court But something big happened 136 the United States. Here enters another and curious GOP warhorse of many years activ­ majority found decisive in combina- years ago in Philadelphia, something ity, for starting Governor William tion. that has had its effect across- the aspect of the China embargo. Its ad­ vocates rely hugely upon, its ideologi Quinn on his political career. Soares Certainly, however, it can be said years and 5000 miles away in the first heard Quinn in action when cal values, citing its supposedly that the result of the decision is that 50th state of Hawaii as well as they were involved in the same case devastating effect upon the econo­ Hawaii retains the long threatened throughout the rest of the U. S. Citi­ during a trial on Maui. Quinn’s services of a leading lawyer who has zens should recall, or be reminded, mics of Communist China, In these times of Cold Was: no boycott, no client eventually withdrew, but when been in the forefront of many bat­ exactly what the event was. -Soares, as chairman of the GOP embargo, no economic warfare of tles, particularly in labor and civil central committee, had the task of this- sort is practiced against- Soviet rights matters, and whose activities choosing a speaker for a Lincoln have even brought about changes Russia where non-strategic materials are concerned. day dinner, he thought of Quinn. for the better in our laws. Uses Know-How The speech was a good oner—in fact, Mrs. Bouslog, admitted to prac­ There are grounds for argument Saving both the money and the almost two good ones, as some re­ tice in Hawaii in 1941, has had too that in rutting at the Chinese economy member its length. " busy a career to more than sum­ time that industrial research would , the embargo inflicts more than marize here. She has successfully de­ have cost, Japan has made a good a little damage at home. The Pacific fended workers threatened with thing out of the use of foreign Coast formerly had important export-import SEN. SAKAE TAKAHASHI had prison terms under a territorial unlawful patent rights ‘ and manufacturing relations with China, b e tte r do a little explaining to the assembly statute that finally licenses. the remembrance of which has h ig h ly vocal taxi drivers of Waipa­ was repealed. Her challenge of the In fact the fiscal year trade re­ caused various commercial and ship­ h u about his part, or lack of it, in racial constitution, of juries resulted port shows a 510 million dollar sur­ ping and labor organizations to call k illin g their bill in the last session. in sweeping, changes that brought plus, where only a year before there for their resumption. ' Thai was a bill to enable them to about representative grand and trial had been a 530 million deficit, ‘ Such considerations — economic, P ick u p passengers almost anywhere jury selection systems, Japan will pay about 45 million political and even military - argue w ith o u t having to observe any spe­ A fighter against any kind of in- dollars this year for foreign know­ that the embargo is useless and even cial d e p o t point and it died in the justice. she obtained stays in the how, but sales in many fields make harmful. They call unmistakably for ju d ic ia r y committee, of which Taka- Majors-Palakiko case until a third this an exceedingly good bargain. a change of policy, toward putting hashi was a member. The chairman . governor finally commuted death Some 65 per cent of Japan's tech­ Red China on the same trade basis was Sen. Kazuhisa Abe of the Big 'sentences that had seemed harsh nological assistance contracts, by the as Nationalist China. Island, but the taxi drivers aren’t When measured against other cases way, are with the United States, San Francisco Chronicle satisfied Takahashi did his level best time. And she fought for to get Abe to bring it out. These same taxi drivers contributed heavily threatened with loss of their Folks celebrating their golden to th e defeat a few years ago of for- homes, representing the " Kaloaloa Short Thoughts wedding who say they've never had neighborhood, asso- mer Sup, Mitsuo Fujishige, then an an argument- have memories con­ official of a competing bus com­ With the primary election out of siderably shorter than the span of pany, when they- felt he acted a few points in the way it's to be - hoped that the their marriage the piece surviving candidates will ease off on against their interests. occurrences here discussions- of who had how much to' A Man who has never glanced at the one last do with attaining' statehood and be- a pretty girl since his marriage Several very good reasons for not. whole remarkable series gin talking about wha t they're going skould have h a d his glasses corrected to d o W ith i t . getting a divorce are contained in y e a r s ago. the.. wedding vows.. HAWAIIAN REPORTER Page 9 David of Punaluu Likes Old Ways Older Hawaii Is Reflected In H is Home By ED ROHRBOUGH "A fter God had made the part of the world where they worked and shoved and pushed for prog­ ress, He was tired. When He came to making Hawaii, He was in a mood to rest and eat. He said, 'M r. Sun, stay here twelve months in the year. ’ That was His mood, and that was what made the Hawaiians as they were.” So says David Kaapu, better known as David of Punahou, a man who lives and has lived in the way of his ancestors for 40 years. Like his ancestors, he wears a malo and little else. Like his an­ cestors, he lives in a g rass hut— which he had to learn to build for himself because there was no one to teach him. And like his ancestors, David DAVID OF PUNALUU tells Ed Rohrbough, Hawaiian Re­ of Punaluu fishes only "-for kau­ porter writer, why fish and lobster need some protection. ban" and not m erely for the He favors some conservation, David says, but “conservation" pleasure of catching, or for com­ must mean the same thing for everyone—Hawaiian, sports mercial purposes. But he realizes there must be some protection of fisherman, and “commercial rascal” alike. And fishing laws fish and lobster today against the should be passed by the legislature, David says, not recom­ onslaught of outsiders. mended by the governor’s appointed fishing advisory com­ "A lready the -fish are wise and m ittee. frightened, " says David, "because IN ONE OF FOUR grass houses inside his compound sits they are chased and hunted so David o f Punaluu. Above him are pictures of his son, now much. They, go into little nooks a Harvard graduate, and his daughter who attends the and caves where they can be safe. Not like in my fish pond. There University of Hawaii. He holds a carving which is a sample they are tame and easy to catch, o f th e kind o f art he produces from pieces of driftwood. because 1 get one only when I When he’s in the mood, David also paints landscapes like need one to eat. ” those Beside him. Inside the enclosure that sepa­ rates David's three and a half David ana his group of fishing He has small respect for the acres of old Hawaii from the friends protested the adding of two University of Hawaii because that rest of Punaluu, mullet flirt their months to the closed season on institution fails to recognize the tails comfortably, indifferent to lobster. Formerly the season was academic value of his work. the observer. They are in danger closed through ju re , July and Aug­ " I told them I was ready" to only when the mood for that par­ ust. Now it is also closed through take their tests, " he said, "but ticular fish strikes David. September and May. they refused because I do not have "T hree months was good, ''says much education in the things they OFTEN FISHES David, "Anything else should be value." More often, you win find David, added only by the legislature— But could the people who receive an agile, muscular brown man where the voter has some power. " ordinary Ph. D, degrees tell anyone who looks 40 but is really 62, As for the suggestion that fisher­ how to build a grass shack? Or wading with a net in the edge men for moi be restricted rousing could they interpret the thinking of the sea, looking for whatever small hooks, David Kaapu doesn't of ancient Hawaiians? David thinks type of fish fortune ’ may send think it would work. not. ^ him. Fortune and "those rascals, ” "Moi is a big-mouthed fish," When does he expect to get his the commercial fishermen, keep he says. “A. small moi can take manuscript finished? his catches fewer than in the' old - a big hook. The only answer is "God alone knows, " he says, days. That’s why he brought "m y to close the season for everybody waving m uscular brown arm s in group” down to appeal the decision for awhile. " emphasis. "I have worked on it of the governor’s advisor, ’ fish when I am in the mood for forty ARTIST, STUDENT committee on extending the lobster years. If I am not in the mood, law two weeks ago. David’s interest in the life of I will not get anything done. If ‘ 'We need some protection,1' the old Hawaiians goes much I am in the mood, I can do a great says David, "but conservation deeper that merely living in a deal. This wall— if I am not in must be the same word for every­ g rass shack. He is an artist who the mood to build a wall, I cannot THE ENTRANCE to the grass house where David of Puna- one. It is not good to wake up interprets the scenes around him even lift this small stone. It is luu lives may be small, but David says that in the old days a some morning and find you cannot on canvas and in carving. And he the way of Hawaiians. That is woman of 400 pounds could enter without difficulty. In fact, catch fish you expect to eat that is still compiling a manuscript why we do not finish things we day. It should be a question for which will one day be his doctor’s start. Our mood changes." the door of this house is a little too high, David says, and the voters--not for men appointed thesis on "Hawaiian philosophy, lets in too much wind and rain. by the governor to decide." psychology and culture.” (Turn to Page 12)

IN DAVID'S FISH POND, the m u lle t flirt their tails comfortably and,swims abouti n c o m - parative safety. The fish pond is inside D a v i d ’s 3 1/4 acres of “old Hawaii, ” and he catches THIS STRUCTURE houses a family a l t a r , and it Is o n e of the fish only "for kau kau." In this picture he leans on a structure of rocks feat was trasti- four David has built In' Hawaiian. Style When tional in the early Hawaiian kingdom. Here the lookout stood and guarded the fish ponā he began building old style houses, he had to teach himself, intrusion. David says. because all the Hawaiians he knew had forgotten h®w. _... P a g e 10 HAW AIIAN REPORTER Ju ly 2, 1959 Seeks Stadium Kalaupapa Colony Is Friendly Isolated

By SOB UMPHRESS ease. The active cases receive _the beaches, without medical sup For Pro Tilt There are two things you Im­ plies, forbidden to ever return. the best drugs and treat men; made although must still pass the mediately become aware of when available by scientific research. tests, They were left there to die. you visit the isolated leper colony The colony exists under a cloak private enterprise plays a part. Food, when It was provided at Next January of Kalaupapa on Molokai. of government paternalism. Simple One family operates a chiCKen farm all, was often dumped overboard The first is the open friendli­ wooden-framed, electrified houses to supply the entire community. and left to float into shore. Many (Continued from Page 7) ness and warmth of the afflicted and dormitories are made avail­ Two vegetable farmers sell their times the undertow returned it tr­ observe It. Suppose the schools who might be expected to be with­ able rent-free to the inhabitants. produce to the general store which ibe sea. What floated ashore was should want to bring a top school drawn or to shun people. The country store and refrigerated sells it b a c k to- the inhabitants often spoiled. team to play St. Louis or som e­ The other is that the little col­ meat plant sell food below cost. below cost. On the Kalawao side of the is­ body good here. Would they re­ ony Is slowly but surely fading Gasoline sells for 21 and 23 cents The free-enterprising patients land square concrete pillars are fuse a date because of the Hula away, as modem miracle drugs a gallon. Hospitalization and re­ claim this is the area in which a reminder of the resentment of bowl?" arrest the disease in those people pairs on persona! equipment such m ere could be done. They feel the early Kalaupapa residents. The Yempuku says interest of pro­ who might other-wise seek refuge as cars and radios are provided more land could be cleared for pillars are the remains of a hos­ fessional players is so high, some here. free. farming and mere of the work done pital built by the army in 1908 contacted Dan McGuire of the San The little (12.17 square miles) In addition each patient is giver. by the rations were the govern­ to give medical aid to the pa- Francisco 49ers, acting for him peninsula on which the settlement $10 a week living expenses from, ment to adept a less benevolent tients. The hospital closed because on the mainland, after the first' is located was an afterthought of a joint federal-territorial fund. attitude and. encourage more ini­ of lack of use. stories on the game broke there, nature. It did not rise from the Patients are also encouraged to tiative, Most of the early inhabitants and sought chances to participate. sea with the steep jutting cliffs take jobs and w herever possible Administrators say private en­ were Hawaiian people, without nat­ "They ail want to come to Ha­ of Molokai; It was attached to the government has established terprise is encouraged whenever ural. immunity to the disease w aii. ’’ he says. the main island by the volcanic positions that can be filled bv possible. However physical limi­ brought in by the h ad es. Their As now planned, one team will outpourings of tiny Mt. Kahauko the patients (for instance, or. the tations and the low prices of goods banishment was the result of the be a combination of the San Fran­ which filled the channel and came acivice of m issionaries to the Ha­ cisco 49ers and the Los Angeles to rest against the base of the waiian rulers at a time when iso­ Rams, while the other will be forbidding cliffs. lation was the only known preventive drawn from the other 10 teams The isolation imposed by nature measure to the disease. In the league. Inevitably, most was followed by a much harsher, When the first missionaries went of them will be stars who play in more inhumane isolation, imposed to the colony they were subtec: the pro bowl on the West Coast by man when the area was sat to this strong resentment. Forty Jan. 17, aside for sufferers from Hansen’s years later the patients still re­ 'Except for a few- outstanding disease. fused to use the facilities avail­ able at the white m an’s hospital. stars,” Yempuku says, “we'll try LITTLE SHELTER to avoid paying transportation from Some of the older patients still any farther than the west coast.” Today Kalaupapa is criss­ speak of the "bad days, w h ich ex­ T hat’s one reason Yempuku and crossed with hundreds of the black tended up to the last couple of McGuire won’t make final selec­ c o ral and lava rock hedges which decades. tions of players until they’ve seen provide the only shelter tor the The lumber in the old two-story who gets chosen to pi ay in the first inhabitants of the settlement. hospital was used in the small pro bowl. Crumbling and out-dated, they give homes built when the settlement Just the same, Yempuku and Mc­ no hint of the suffering of the shifted to the other, warmer side Guire have some names to offer. original banished lepers as they of me island. They figure to get, among others, crouched behind the wall; for Next to the hospital sue is s Hugh McElhenny of the 49ers, Jim warmth and protection from the beach park pavilion which is used Brown of the Cleveland Browns, wind and rain. five-man police force). made available to the patients make for family picnics. Three times a Only on the eastern coast at Frank Gifford of the New York Much of the work leads to self- many venture; unprofitable. year community picnics are held Kalawao (leafy wilderness), where Giants, Alan (The Horse) Ameche sufficiency in the community. Today when you walk through the at the pavilion. the first deported lepers were put of the Baltimore Colts, joe (Jet) T here is a rock-crushing plan: dusty, sun-scorched street; of the ashore in whale boats, do you gain P e rry of the 49ers and Bobby to provide topping for the island’s tittle sertlement you note that it is Over half of the patients could some sense of their agony when Layne. Pittsburgh Pirates, limited road network. much l ike a country village any­ leave the colony today if they you feel the chill of the wind in A rehabilitation school has beet- place in the nation. liked. Occasionally some do--but the hot afternoon sun. There are cars in the yards and EDUCATION HELPS Today Kalaupapa (the leafy plain) set up to provide training in elec­ only for visits. PhysicaIIy handi­ trical and automotive repair and TV service on the roofs. There are capped, they could not hope t o Divorce rates are lowest for is a settlement of 220 patients carpentry, enabling patients to do flowering plant; in oil the yards compete for jobs. They could not women with four years of col­ and 53 no n p atien ts..About two- much of the maintenance work.. and you are impressed by the lack reach the high standard of living lege and highest for those with thirds of the patients are arrested Clerk and storehouse work of utter and discarded rubble. that is provided at KalaupapaCoy only one to three years of high patients, who through proper care assigned to patients whenever There are simple but immacu- school, according to the U. S. Of­ and medication will not again suf­ the government. possible. late churches maintained by the fice of Vital Statistics. fer the ravages of the cruel dis­ THIS IS HOME CIVIL SERVICE member of the congregations. There are four religious groups More importantly Kalaupapa; s Patients at the hospital are also in the settlement Catholic. Prot­ their life. Their friends are there, eligible for civil service positions the cured and the actively afflict­ estant Congregational, Mormon ed. They have no desire to enter and Buddhist. a society where strangers may OAHU METAL & SUPPLY, LTD. It is only in the business sec­ self-consciously avert their eyes DEAK & CO. tion that you realize government and make em barrassed effort to (HAWAII) INC. is behind the community. All vis­ avoid mentioning the affliction. Dutch Boy Paint, Hardware, Plumbing itors are required to register at The patients are perhaps more The Western Hemisphere's the health department’s administrative Materials, Cement, Lumber Largest and Most Reputable office. prepared for normal society then The extensive and e xpensive (51 society is for them. FOREIGN EXCHANGE Metals, and Junks million a year care given Ha­ Present-day science can cure offers the highest rates or. waii’s Hansen disease patients to­ the disease without disfigurement remittances to the Philippines, day is an act of conscience meant and prevent its spread. But how Japan, and almost any country to atone for the years of cruelty it is spread and how it picks its in the world RICKE K. FU JIN O v ic tim s , are questions now as thev SURE, FAST, GUARANTEED in 1865 there were no niceties. Away, have been. Pres. & Mgr. ti SER V IC E The victim; of the dread disease The important thing about Han­ Call us for fast pickup were unceremoniously dumped on sen’s disease is that it is being See us for LOANS cured. In Hawaii new patients arc 1127 N. School St. Phones: 873-405— 87-779 93 North King St., Honolulu treated at HaIe Mohalu in Pearl (For remittances a n d City., quite often or, an out-patient Tel: 54-928 BLUE & WHITE basis. 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BY MARYAN r o f f m a n How does the woman with chil­ Other places consider the wom­ dren rate as an employe? an on leave and hire only tem­ A check with downtown employ­ porary help to take her place. ers reveals that there are only This has proved to be a sound minor differences in productivity business practice, especially if between workers -with children ana the woman has worked for a com­ unmarried or childless- women. pany for several years, because Most employment applications her experience and familiarity with ask for the marital status of the the work make her more valuable applicant, but personnel managers than the newcomer who replaces profess no prejudice against moth­ her. ers as such, In spite of the calculated risks “ Or course, if a 'woman has absenteeism: and pregnancy young children, we want to know what provision she has made for leaves, employers hire married women with families because they their care,” the personnel direc­ are likely to be m ere stable than tor or one of the major banks young single girls. said. "Sooner or later, a child The job usually means more to 'will get sick; and we want to disrupt our operations as little them because they are. working for as possible.” a purpose, whereas a younger girl often changes jobs for trivial rea­ Nursery schools for pre-school sons and often freely admits t he children are not looked on with is working "only till I get mar­ too much favor by employers. Nur­ ried. " series bar children with colds How do the children feel about so as not to expose other young­ Mama 'working? sters to infection, and unless the The answer seems to vary -with mother has some other arrange­ the age of the child, the arrange­ ment, she will have to stay home ments for his care, the extent of with the child until the nursery the burden of the extra housework takes him back. on older children, and perhaps “A FUR PIECE” answers two question for the Baetrian camel: where do you come from Single girls are usually more most important, the tangiblebene- a n d willing to work overtim e when nec- what do you wear? The fur coat is definitely out of place in Hawaii's climate so the fits that the child sees result from essary. The married women are Baetrian, a native of Asia’s drier regions, simply rubs off the unwanted wrap. One of his mother's job, the least attractive, but more popular, of the Honolulu Zoo’s inhabitants, the Baetrian under pressure from their husbands “ I wish Mama wouldn’t work,” to get home on time and is noted for its ability to store up enough supplies so it can go for days without food or 10-year-old Wayne said, "She’s give the family their supper. all tired out and cross when she water. But the main problem with work­ gets home.” ing m others is absenteeism . And here the mother is really posed LONESOME TGO with a dilemma. Which comes " I t’s kind of lonesome coming Older Style of Swimming Backed first—the children or the job? home from school every day when School teachers complain that nobody’s there, ” said jean, nine. many mothers send their children "I -wash the breakfast dishes and But Records Fall to Newer Crawl to school when they should be at then I go over to the neighbors (Continued from Page 6) ney to the South Seas toward the home in bed. Other women leave to play till Mama gets home. ” trudge,'” rays Duke, "which was end of the 19th Century and ob­ a sick child at home alone because "I don’t mind,” said Lynette, a scissors and then a kick.” serve the islanders not only swim­ they feel they dare not miss a day who is 13. "I’m taking dancing The “trudge, ” or "Trudgen,” ming overhand but kicking con- ' from work. and music lessons and Mama buys goes back to the 1360's, accord­ s t a n tl y . me nice clothes, and som etim es ing to Menke, because an Eng­ CHILDREN FIRST Cavil! went back to Australia we eat out. I guess there wouldn’t lishman named Trudgen S a w an At the other extreme is the be money for that if she didn’t and became the daddy of the "Aus­ overhand style in South America tralian crawl, ” Menke says, but w ork.” mother who puts her children first and imitated it to break hitherto and stays with them when they are As children get older, working Duke and his old friend and form er existing records and revolutionize deputy. Lang Akana, explain that sick. This type is undoubtedly the mothers shift more and - more of swimming in Europe. But Trudgen better mother but she is more the housework onto them. Some, the Australians still weren’t really didn’t change his footwork much kicking the way the islanders did. likely to cause headaches for the like 16-year-old Sue, are frankly and it remained for FrederickCa- boss. resentful. "When Duke went to A ustralia." vill, another Englishman, to jour- says Akana, "the Australians were Pregnancy leaves, too, disrupt "I don’t think it’s fair. Ī have to EDWARD surprised to see the difference in an office or place of business. do practically everything. My kid his kick. They kicked--plunk— There is quite a bit of variation brother and sister aren’t much help plunk plunk. Duke kicked plunk- here. Some organizations termi­ at all. Sometimes I don’t even Graduates to Get plunk-plunk. Much faster.” nate a woman’s employment at this HAUENCHILD finish my homework because I’m time but may rehire her at the just too tired. I’d like to join . PLUNK DESCRIPTION first opening when she is ready m ore clubs, but how can I? ” $425 on Average It was the "plunk-plunk-plunk" m to resum e work. Her friend Ailene, whose mother together with a superb physique and is a waitress, is more philoso­ Starting pay for 1959 college years of swimming in Honolulu's INTERTYPE phical. graduates will average out to about harbor that carried Duke to four Chamber to Seat " I guess It doesn’t make much $425 a month according to esti­ Olympic Games in 1912,1920, 1924 LUDLOW difference, ” she said. "M y mother mates by Labor Secretary James and 1932. would make me and my sister do P. Mitchell and other independent "I missed two games, ’ ’ says MIEHLE New Officials all the housework anyhow, because. surveys. Duke, "one because of World War she believes in ‘training’ us ” However forecasts on job oppor­ I and one because of sickness. " If July Session No doubt many women work be­ tunities vary. Mitchel said the The las: time Duke competed, outlook was "generally favora­ he wen: as a m em ber of the Amer­ cause they detest housework. Many St r a t h m o r e New officers of Windward Cham­ mother - daughter antagonisms ble.” The Wall Street journal ican water polo team. ber of C om m erce will be installed grow out of the daughter’s feeling concluded that many graduates At the age of 63, with 69 com­ HAMILTON at an early meeting in July, the date that mother is taking advantage would have a tough time getting ing up in August, Duke doesn’t for which has not yet been set. of her as an unpaid servant. work in their field of interest. follow his old practice of meeting MEAD Serving with new president s. incoming ships and jumping off-to Mother’s job may solve a fami­ This year there were a record IPI J, Connell, Kailua realtor, will ly’s financial trouble, but it brings number of 400, 000 graduates giving swim back to Waikiki. be J ohn Van Osdol, m anager of along other problems in its wake. employers the chance to be very "That's a kind of conditioning the Windward City branch of the How they are handled may well selective in their hiring. Work stunt, ” he says. "When you’re H Bishop National Bank of Hawaii, determine the stability of the home chances are more plentiful for young, you do stuff like that and first vice president; Dr. Robert and the healthy adjustment of to­ graduates in the science and teach­ it doesn’t mean anything. After C. H, Chung, physician, second m orrow ’s citizens. ing fields. awhile, it gets too tiresome." HONOLULU vice president; Robert D. Y. Chang, optometrist, secretary and S. W. (Tommy) Tompkins, realtor, treasu rer. Directors are Thomas K. Bev­ eridge, executive secretary of 8 out of 10 beauty queens Windward Oahu Community Association ; Franklin W, Finlay son, manager of the Kaneohe branch eat of Bank of Hawaii; Francis Hughes, Kailua druggist; Grover A. God­ frey. jr., president of Hawaii Me­ m orial Park; P. G. jepson, ac­ countant; Ernest O. Maline, furni­ ture deader; Louis A. Rodrigues, attorney end Henry Wong of Ka­ neohe Ranch Co. Ex-officio members of the new board will be the outgoing pres­ ident, Vane W, Burnett, manager of the Windward branch of Ha­ waiian Electric Co., and liaison officers for Kaneohe Marine Air Station Capt. Robert Arsenault and Capt , Vincent Ernst. for that radiant TREASURE HUNT HOLLYWOOD--Movie produc­ glow of good health - ers are now relying heavily on television in their search for new G ood looks thrive on bread's good nutrition. Good tastes demand the finest and creative talent, says independent film-maker Aubrey quality. No wonder so many who eat bread—keep better fed on L O V E ' S ! Page 12 HAWAIIAN REPORTER July 2, 1959

David of Punaluu is Visited In Little Bit of Old Hawaji

{Continued from Page 9) Although he cherishes the old ways, David has no illusions about MANY, MANY" MOODS Hawaiians, By way of illustration, David “ They had rascals just like any­ has lifted a cabbie from 5 hand- built stone wall that must have re­ body else,” he says. "They were quired a great many moods human. To have nothing but vir­ to complete. He stands in the midst of tue would be monotonous. ” four grass houses he has built Nor is "Aloha” one of David's “ in the m ood , ” and indicates four favorite words. others which will be completed "It was a very poor word for eventually. the Hawaiians,” he says. “They Those finished are the hale-moi, said aloha to the rascally mission­ of house of sleeping, the hale aries, and the first thing they knew pea, house for women, a family their lands were gone. ” altar house,'and one unidentified Despite his low opinion of house. Still, to be completed are missionaries, David is deeply re­ the'"cook-house, storehouse, boat ligious. He has great respect for house and dining room. the Mormons and for Church Col­ “ In the old days,” says David, lege, which has recognized the "there were three general castes. merit of his thesis more clearly The aristocracy lived in eight than the university. His spiritual houses— and that is what is what thoughts are always near the sur­ I am after. The middle class lived face—as when he speaks of his in four. And the lowest class— royal blood. just above animals— lived in one. ” "Kamehameha was only an David might really be called island king, ” he says, "and I have "Prince David Kaapu Kame­ the blood of a much higher king— hameha, ” he says, because he He who made everything that has the blood of the K am eham eha. creeps, flies, crawls or walks— JAPANESE WORKERS’ housing, crowded and bare, is shown in this picture, taken re­ But he adds, “ Today money is God. That is the most royal blood cently in . a metropolitan area in Japan. Real wages are low in Japan, and workers’ living what matters. If I have money ‘ of all. ” standards suffer, and I a m a prince, everybody will say, ‘Hello, prince. ’ But I NOT A HERMIT do not have so no one pays any To consider David a hermit attention to m e. ” would be a grave e rro r. His wife, Japan Has Low Real Wages TOURISTS BOTHER once Myrtle King of Oregon, bore him two sons and a daughter. One mat thought is a considerable Conditions for working people Only transportation in major In­ except on one or two festive oc­ understatement, for tourists visit son has finished a course at Har­ in Japan and their real wages— dustrial areas—allowing workers casions during the year. David so often, he som etim es vard and a daughter presently arrived at by measuring earnings to get to and from work— is no­ This makes clothing a problem, charges for posing for pictures. attends the University of Hawaii, against basic living costs—are ticeably cheap. No w orker owns an since convention in the big cities while their mother teaches speech worse than In any industrialized, automobile, few have bicycles. requires that men wear a coat. tie. And when a conference of professors at Farrington High school and at met to lay plans for the free enterprise nation in the world, Owning one’s own shelter is most and tro u sers—not necessarily the university. planned East-West university close observation by a recent trav­ unusual except in the farming vil­ . matching. Most w orkers have jus: "Hawaiian girls wouldn't live in bridging cultures of the Orient eler there reveals. lages. one such, outfit, and are immobi­ this grass house, ” he says, "They Actual starvation appears to be lized at home during rare clean­ and the Occident, the professors thought it was a step back. But SPEND ON FOOD confined to an occasional student ings. came out in a body to see David. my wife, a haole, didn’t think so “ I told them I am very happy trying to get through school with­ With living costs so high, work­ In the cities 99 per cent of the and I respect her courage." Hawaii is to become a bridge.” out much money, in order to break ers and their families exist By men wear western dress. A bare And though he seems free as the says David, “ but I told them, too, out of the less privileged group. spending most of their income for five per cent of the women cus­ air, David Kaapu is actually a they have still left a gap. They But most of the people live in food, even then eating sparingly tomarily wear kimonos and obis— wage-earner, e-park caretaker for need something of Hawaiian extreme poverty. which are m ere expensive than the city and county. There’s even Wages for nearly all groups of philosophy and culture in the u- . western dress. a story behind that. working people run between 10 Harbor Officials In the villages, traditional dress “ It’s my beach frontage,” says and 11 per cent of U.S. wage is more common, but the farmers the man In the malo, “ It's only a rates for comparable skills and and their fam ilies seldom have Cancer Poisoned narrow strip, but 1 think it is individual production. Charged With time to wear more than working mine. Still, Bishop Estate claimed Average monthly earnings are clothes,, toiling as they dc (ex­ it was theirs and they sold it. to little m ore th a n ' $30, with many Molokai "Stink cept in winter) during ah the day­ In Newest Tests the territory for $1. The territory getting less because of under em­ DENVER—Several hospitals across gave it to the city for a, park. And KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI—The light hours. Most are tenant farm­ ployment. Only a handful of highly the country are testing a the city gave me a job as care­ board of harbor commissioners ers. skilled workers get near $100 a new medical technique for killing taker. I went to court, but I lost. have caused a "big stink” in Kau- School children, by law, wear month, and school teachers aver­ isolated careers with poison. Still, it was worth the fight.” nakakai, according to some of the simple cotton uniforms through age less than that. high -school, This no longer car­ The technique was described by Now David isn’t complaining too “old-timers.” DR. J. j. Griffitts, Miami blood HIGH FOOD COST Mrs. Sophie Judd Cooks,, chair­ ries any military implications. much, so long as he stays on the In spite of the low standard of specialist, during a recent post­ payroll, but when age forces his But food costs are alm ost "as man of the Molokai Cham ber of living and severe privation, the graduate course at the University retirement, he may have some­ high, in term s of dollars, as they Commerce’s civic committee, Japanese worker is generally well of Colorado School of Medicine. thing else tc say. are for workers in America. For wrote the county supervisors that Griffitts described the method “ Ī do not want the money, ” he example, rice (with a government an unwise piece of construction or­ educated, most having finished high this way; if a cancer or tumor says. “I’m glad for the property controlled commodity price) costs dered by the harbor commission­ school, which is equivalent to com­ pleting the first year of college to be used by the public. But a 11 cents a pound as against nine ers had resulted in an accumula­ leg or an organ, and hasn’t spread in me, U:S. man must stand up for his rights. ” cents for workers In Hawaii. Fruit tion of ‘ 'pilau limu’' along the into the system, his bicod can be And he tries desperately to pro­ and vegetables,' milk and other Kaunakakai coast-line. routed around the cancer, which vide a better way of life for his dairy products and' fish cost as The "old-timers,” said Mrs, is tree treated with a profusion children. Part of his meager earn­ much or more than in the United' Cooke, all knew that the mole of poisons -which m a y kill the ings go into savings and life in­ TONY’S States. Meat and poultry tend robe (rocky breakwater) along the coast growth. surance. a little below U. S. prices. had holes beneath it which allowed Griffitts said the potential of The worker often seeks sup­ CHARCOAL BROILER And the workers other costs are the ocean current to carry the evil­ the career treatment technique is smelling limu out to sea. plem entary employment, and will sky-high, too.-Clothing of com “great. ” on the basis of initial Best parable quality is higher in Japan Mrs. Cooke accused the harbor work any available overtime, be­ than in the U. S. and rents, es­ commissioners of having the holes cause these are his only hopes for Steak House pecially in the major cities, are, filled, thereby interfering.with the more than bare subsistence. In Lihue extremely high, even for the poor­ current, without consulting. with UNIVERSAL U DRIVE the longtime residents. Enjoy your private party est kind of shelter. :’Hawaii Rent-A-Car CALL AND MAKE The supervisors have asked the in our cool quiet Japanese harbor commissioners to correct garden. System” RESERVATIONS the situation. W$ Specific In Honolulu—Ph. 82-221 Sermon of Thanks To Make Arrangements to Have Also Chops,, 'LICORICE STICKS' CHINESE DINNERS Your U-Drive Car Waiting for You at HILO, HAWAII— A recent se r­ Chicken, Lobster BOSTON—A unique vulcaniza­ the Airport mon topic at the Hilo Community tion machine at the Irving B. Phone Kauai 22-994 Methodist church was especially Hanomaulu Cafe Moore Corp. here produces rub­ KIYOSHi SASAKI, Owner Mgr. Lihue, Kauai Phone 22-792 apt. ber tubing that looks like licorice Kauai Phone 22-511 The serm on scheduled by Rev. sticks up to 500 feet long. Harold Cary was titled “ TheMath­ ematics of Religious Faith, ” The day before it was announced - Stop in today at any of the that pledges toward the construc­ tion of a new sanctuary had ex­ the “Big Three” in Kapaa.., ceeded the $15, 000 goal by almost To the people of Kauai $5000. You are Guaranteed the biggest who so generously sup­ savings & premiums with... ported me in the Primary, my warmest Aloha. ALOHA BIG THRU COUPONS Please kokua again in the . THE BEST BECAUSE; . Higher Redemption Value B rin g the K id d ie s and No'Waiting nr Traveling for 18th DISTRICT—KAUAI E n jo y Many of Our Premiums First R un Motion Pic­ Larger Assortment to Choose From tures. ALWAYS & ALWAYS THE BEST. . . BIG 3 COUPONS YOSHIICHI (Big Mice) YOSHIDA

MATINEES Sat-Sun. — E. KOJIMA STORE • YASUDA STORE Candidate STATE HOUSE REPUBLICAN Hanapepe, Kaua i M . MIURA STORE KAPAA, KAUAI “The Interest of All the People Comes First” July 2, 1959 IAN REPORTER Page 13 FERDINAND

(Continued from Page 1) Crimes, Republican, wb guchi, Republican, and Toshio Se- seemed to have made an im pres­ could say how many voters got try at the senate on Maui, rizawa, Democrat, were success­ sion on his fellow citizens for the into the D em ocratic race and for Randolph C rossley , Republican ful in the prim ary race for the few weeks he served. He led the what reasons. who just m issed being GOP primary' for reelection to that There were some interest ins governor in 1953, stage staged an expen- seat, pushing such names as Napua notes about those who failed of sive campaign to win a try at the Stevens Poire, David King and nomination for legislative posts, who won in the GOP race for the William I. Kanakanui into the dis­ though not_ many surprises, Mrs, card. Charles E, Kauhane dropped be­ a. place in the GOP race for the ful women candidates, Mrs, Myrtle Republican jump-over tactics low the line in her first race, be­ were indicated perhaps most ing defeated in a try for the house Vincent Esposito. clearly in the three strongest Re­ in the 21th district. But her hus­ nous; from Oahu, M rs. Dorothy publican districts on Oahu, the band, Rep. Charles Kauhane, was made starts on the comeback trail, cessful comebacks in the same' Devereux, M rs. Flora K. Hayes eighth, 15th and 17th, where it nominated handily in the fifth sen­ too. T hese included form er Sen. district were Anna F . Kahanamoku and M rs. Eureka Forbes, all won appeared the strongest vote for atorial district, as was Philip Mark Norman Olds of East Ha­ and Russell K. Kono. both shoot­ their nominations, however. Edward Hitchcock, Jack Burns’ Minn, a former member of the waii, a Democrat, and Marquis ing at the state senate. both former Albert W. Evensen, a Repub­ opponent, was registered. In those house making a comeback. members of the territorial house, lican who won a special election districts, too, was the highest Another combacker to the poli­ 0 to the house from the 8th district percentage of “ NO” votes on the tical scene was Milton Beamer. BIG Ī SLAND following the death of Sam W. King, statehood question. former supervisor and once can­ Guards on Kauai didate for mayor. Beamer G ive On the Big Island, Thomas To- nomination to the house in the Republican prim ary in the 12th L IHUE. KAUAI— Police Com­ MAHALO for your generous sup- district, joe Itagaki. a former missioners on the.Garden Isle NO TRICKLE DOWN port. Please Kokua Again in the Republican senator, 'was back in have found a quick solution to a “ By and large, it seems safe General. the race, nominated in the 11th, unique problem: What to do with to say that the standard of living A would-be com ebacker who the four guards on county jail of the masses of the Philippine didn’t make it 'was Nicholas T. duty when the jail is empty. people has improved but little Teves, Republican warhorse who Police Chief Edwin K. Crowell over pre-war levels, despite the served several terms on the board said the guards receive about $1500 continuous rise in national income. of supervisors, but who ran out a mouth in salaries but sometimes Post-war increases in income, of the money Saturday bn an ef­ there just isn’t any business. even more than wealth, have been fort to get in the 4th district The commissioners voted unani­ concentrated in the hands of the REPUBLICAN senate race. mously to assign the guards to upper income groups, — Prof. Rep. Alien H. Ezell of Kauai motor patrol duty when the jail Benjamin Higgins in Far Eastern Candidate U. S. HOUSE was the only incumbent in the is empty. Survey. Nov. 1957.

We are deeply grateful for the wonderful support given to us in the primary election. We shall work together as a TEAM, and we ask your continued support for this team and the Democratic Party or Hawaii in the General Election,

FRANK F. FASI OREN E. LONG DANIEL K. INOUYE JOHN A, BURNS MITSUYUKI KIDO U, S. SENATE SEAT " A " U, S. SENATE SEAT "B" U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR IT, GOVERNOR

Keep in step with the nation! VOTE DEMOCRATIC Pāge 14 HAWAIIAN REPORTER July 2, 1959 Independence Day Celebration (Continued from Page 1) Hawaii-born tenor Charles K. L. lead Honolulu merchant in Davis and the popular Kingston closing Saturday. Trio, Miss Sprickles said that while Composer-conductor Carmen July 4 has always been recognized Cragon will be guest conductor as a holiday in Hawaii since it of the Honolulu Symphony Orches- became a territory. Saturday's tra in a program presented by the program in K apiolani park will by Symphony Society and the 50th be the: first formal, commemorative State Fair and sponsored by Dai- program to mark the -day. rymen’s Association, L td. in co— In addition to Governor Guinn's operation with the board of parks address, the celebration wiil he and recreation. marked by a 50-gun salute. Music and fireworks will be the A brilliant fireworks display main attractions of Friday night’s will conclude the patriotic pro­ independence Day celebration at gram. Tickets for the concert Waikiki Shell. are on sale at Andrade's, Sym­ Featured performers in the Honolulu phony Box Office. Waikiki Shell Symphony's 3 p.m. com­ box office from 5 p.m. until per­ memorative concert marking July 4 formance time Friday and at the and Hawaiian statehood will be state fair.

THE BALLOT BAG in the center of the pile facing this way, like a number of others, was brought to the office of Secretary of Hawaii Edward E. Johnston, open and with the ballots sticking out the end, The law requires that ballot bags be sealed at the polls af­ ter they are counted. But A. P. Medeiros, assistant to the secretary, says that unless the counters were careful, they could not get the large amount of ballots from the primary and plebiscite into bags. So polls officials were instructed to seal the bags in the secre­ tary’s office in the presence of the secretary or an assistant. Hawaii’s first state election also marks the first time’ the secretary’s office received the ballots. On neighbor islands 9the ballots were still received by county clerks, deputized to act for the secretary. School Site Foe in Move HIRAM FOUR Harold P. Westropp, Halawa said the navy now has no need sition costs. Field 84 is a less resident who has made a continuing for the property which was orig­ expensive site to develop and its tight for selection of a piece of inally territorial land given to development enhances the Parks FOR U.S. SENATOR navy property -us site for the new the army which in turn turned it Board site materially, " Aiea high school, has opened a new over to the navy. Use of the land Speaker of the House for 3 terms, vice speaker of campaign to block the board of the m ilitary was on provision PRESERVE CANE FIELD the. House for 2 terms, Hiram Pong never forgot supervisors in their intent to ac­ that it revert to the territory if On the other hand. Akinaka’s his Kalihi boyhood. Much liberal and progressive quire a site near the proposed Aiea and when it was not needed for report also urged strong consider­ education was aided by his direction including: civic center and library, defense installations. ation of the navy site because of Westropp said he had sen t a Westropp also has contended no-cost acquisition and preserving 1. The right of collective bargain for agricul­ letter to Walton M. Gordon, super­ and continues to do so, that a the cane field site for continued tural workers intendent of public instruction. survey of the two sites in ques­ . production. asking when and where the com­ tion made by a consultant, Arthur Acquisition of the cane field 2. Subsidization of hospitals missioners of public instruction Y, Akinaka, and submitted to Ralph site was estimated to cost be­ had approved the cane field s ite. S. Inouye, superintendent of build­ tween $300, 000 and $350, 000. in 3. Appropriations for vocational training. known as Oahu sugar Co. Field ings, favors the navy property. production, the field produces over No. 84. However. Akinaka’s report states $40, 000 worth of sugar and about Westropp contends that by law that both sites are adequate for $1000 in taxes annually. such approval is required and that building the new nigh school. He t he report also states that eventual he knows of no action in which lists advantages and disadvantages costs of building a high VOTE FOR HIRAM FONG the commissioners approved the of the sites, but recommended school on either site might even . . . a man of independence and courage! cane field site, most strongly the cane field site out to about the sam e figure,-be­ from the standpoint of being more cause of the necessity for much APPROVED SITE accessible and developable. more expensive site preparation '‘Field 84 (the cane field) ap­ on the naval property. The board of supervisors last pears a more popular site. Field Akinaka also stated that best FOR U. S. SENATOR week approved the sugar com­ 54 is a more accessible and de­ use of the naval property would pany's property as site for the velopable site and results in a still entail building school facili­ new high school, but also urged more acceptable and convenient ties on several levels, not con­ Campaign Committee for Hiram L. Fong for immediate steps be taken to ac­ ; its. It ma ke s it possible with sidered to be as satisfactory' as U. S. Senator. quire the navy property as furore the cooperation of the parks board a single-level facility. site for an elementary school. to utilize present park facilities In a supplemental report, made ISLAND-GRAY, President Westropp contends that the navy and thereby effect economies in June 6, 1958, Akinaka indicates that property is the logical choice for LAWRENCE B. C. LAU, Secretary-Treasurer capital outlays and maintenance integration of the high school site the high school since he believes costs in providing physical edu­ with the park site is a desirable it can be acquired at no cost. He cation facilities. Excluding acqui­ feature.

Mahalo Nui Kakou FOR YOUR GRAND SUPPORT IN THE PRIMARY We W ill Greatly Appreciate Your Continued K0KUA in the General

VINCENT ESPOSITO ERNIE KAI ANNA KAHANAMOKU RURSSELL KOHO JO H N HULTEN FOR CHARACTER AND ACTION ELECT THESE 4th DIST. SENATORIAL CANDIDATES VOLE DEM OCRATIC-"THE STATEHOOD PARTY" Ju ly 2 , 1959 HAWAIIAN REPORTER Page 15 Boat Business Big, Growing in Hawaii National Safe Boating Week, which 500-400 racing class boars in Ha­ waii, Sail-fish (surfboards with sails) can be purchased for as little as $250-275 as car the small-shell The local sale of marine crafts dinghies. The more popular racing models can be purchased for prices up to $6000. Another factor in the growing boating boom hit the islands, about (Turn to Page 16) 1700 boats have been sold, bring­ ing the number of sm all boat in local ports to 7100. This does not CLASSIFIED

GENILLA STORE (CAMP 5} Although the figures include Phone 729-581 commercial fishing and charter Puuneno, M au i boats, the great majority are MRS. EMELIA GENILLA, Prop. Groeries for your convenience; also as a hobby. Figures kept at the refreshments for the camp residents. office of the beard of harbor com­ missioners show that about 3000 or these are small, motor—striven Hale Pumehana Rooms craft under Lihue, Kauai lsiazu boar builders credit much Sueko "Yamasaki, Prop. of the boom to the development of DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS go Lorrin Thurston and Miss Nancy Butterfield, repre­ Nawiliwili Bar General Dispenser senting an estimated 10, 000 boating enthusiasts in Hawaii. Thurston, head of the boat Lihue. Kauai and engine division of McWayne marine supply, combines business with pleasure. Miss Butterfield is typical of the women who have taken to a hobby formerly reserved for men. some cracks, and rids the boat Paisano Bar In the right background is the Ala Wai Boat Works launching ramp, the only one avail­ -owner of the worries of scraping, General Dispenser able for general public use in Honolulu. tarring, painting and patching. Fi- Lihue, Kauai

GARDEN ISLAND GRILL General Dispenser Kapaa, Kauai Phone 64-231

THE WHOLE FAMILY HALE NANI SAIMIN M. KASHIMA, Prop. Lihue, Kauai boat associations, said another important factor in boating as a hobby is its suitability a s a family Repairing—Sharpening—Adjusting activity where everyone can par- Hand & Power Mowers ALEX CARREIRA Phone 26-081 Lihue, Kauai

willing to spend. The cost of a We Haul Anything VETERAN EXPRESS & boating, can be purchased for the SERVICE STATION price of a second car. A long, Lihue, Kauai luxury cr aft with ail the fittings may 'run as high as $160,000, IMADA’S USED CAR The 14-footers cost between 644 Kinoole Hilo Phone 49-815 $1500 ard $1800 including motor, We buy used cars—top prices trailer, steering apparatus, elec­ tric starter and safety equipment. BORTHWICK MORTUARY, LTD. arc are simple to operate. 1562 Nuuanu Ave. Slightly longer craft (the Cadil­ Phones: 59-158 — 52-871. lacs of boating), built for deeper water; arc greater speeds (up RED LINE TRANSFER to 55 m.p. h.) may be purchased 1334 Young St. Ph. 502-557 for up to $6000. MANUEL I. GOMES, Prop. enthusiasts go for racers arc stock cars, dyed-in- the-wool boaters go for sail boats PAINTING SERVICE Free Consultation & Estimate where skill of operation is as es­ Specialists in Residence & Apt. sential as the construction of the ■ Jerry T. Morita vessel. There are an estimated A VIEW OF Ala Wai Yacht Harbor as seen from the Kaiser Foundation Hospital gives an Phone 53-091 indication of the popularity of boating in the islands. The Ala W’ai, with Kewalo Basin and Kaneohe Bay, comprise the main small boat docking areas. The limited facilities are To the Voters of far behind the demand, created by the boom in boating over the past two years. KAUAI and NIIHAU Thank you for the vote of con­ fidence you have given me dur­ Directors Named To the Voters of Waialua-Wahiawa ing the Primary Election. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for I am especially grateful to my In Kauai Activity your vote of confidence in me. many friends who are working I solicit your continued support in the so hard for my election. KAUAi—Eleven assistant recreation General Election. directors and two hula NOBORU MIYAKE istructors are active In the sum- er recreationaI program here. ROBERT C. OSHIRO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE Hired directors include Ainsley DEMOCRAT STATE SENATE handler, Kekaha; Bert Yamamoto Waimea; Basilio Fuertes, jr., C andidate STATE HOUSE Kaumakani; Daniel Shimomura, NINTH DISTRICT—OAHU Hanapepe; Richard Sugawa, Ele- TO THE VOTERS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU le; Paul Okamura, Kalaheo; Ka- zuyoshi Kawahara. Koloa; Ralph Yoshimura, Lihue; Pete. Rayno, My deepest and most To the people of Wahiawa, Waialua & Haleiwa Hanamaulu; Antonio Bustamonte. humble appreciation for Kapaa and Mrs. Emmaline White the tremendous vote of ofAnahola. My deepest heartfelt In addition, 11 lifeguards have thanks for the tremen­ given me in the Primary been hired by the county. dous vote of confidence Section . Alfonso Florendo will be at the Mana pool, Albert Carroll at Ke- you gave to me in the Your kind consideration kaha pool and Jam es Kitamura at Primary. in the General Election the Waimea pool. At the beaches I humbly solicit your kind will he greatly appre­ ill be Gerald M iyasato at Salt support in the forth­ ciated. and Park, W allace Kam a, at Na- wiliwili, William Kane a t Hanama- coming General Election and if re-elected will do ulu, Herman Ka-ne at Wailua, Mahalo' and may God Matthew Kaluahine and George Mi- my best to serve you and M e s s y o n . guel at Kapaa. Fred M. Aki at all the people of Hawaii. Anahola and Ezra Pa at Hanalei. John C. ABEL MEDEIROS WAIPAHU LANHAM APPLIANCE , REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE 94-668 Farrington Hwy. Candidate State House of Representatives Phone 274-492 State House of Representatives 9th DISTRICT—OAHU Waipahu, Oahu Page 16 HAWAIIAN REPORTER July 2, 1959 Haole Beats Drum For Bon Dancers

Miss Barbara Smith, associate Wielding the thic k unpadded professor of music at the Uni­ drumsticks with vigor, she per­ versity of Hawaii, may soon be formed the necessary left hand, the only haole Bon dance club right hand, interval and right back m em ber in the state. hand blows prescribed by the She has been invited by the rhythms of the particular dance Hon. Fukushima Bon Dance Club group. to become a m em ber. The honor While performing these unvary­ followed her weekend appearances ing blows, the m ore expert Bon as gue st Bon dance drum m er at drummer uses the interval time the club's festival held at She- between blows to improvise in­ ridan and Rycpoft streets. tricate approach and retreat steps, M iss Smith’s continued and grow­ whirls and difficult stances from ing interest in Asian music and its which to strike the drum. traditions has taken an ever-in­ While the basic idea behind Bon creasing amount of her time. She dances is the sam e— a festival to initiated instruction in Asian music honor the spirits of deceased fam­ at the university. ily members—different dance In Hawaii for 10 years. Miss groups perform different varia­ Smith was born in Ventura. Calif., tions on the same theme, Miss received her degree in music at Smith said, Pomona State College and later studied at the noted Eastman School SPECIFIED DAYS of Music at Rochester. N, Y, She has been an instructor at And, in Japan, Niigata, lwa Ku- -the University of Hawaii during ni, Fukushima and other Bon dance the entire 10 years she has been groups perform only on specified on Oahu. days in August, the month of Bon, Wrapped in a clue and white and their routines are specific to Yukata kimono, the tall, willowy their geographical areas. professor beat the drum with a In Hawaii, m em bers of Bon dance graceful, measured rhythm as the groups attend each others’ fes­ dancers circled the temple and tivals in a season extending through its musicians. two to three months, in addition, She alternated on the drum, there are many Korean Bon dance carved from a single piece of log, celebrations during the summer. with the club's president, G. Fuku­ As in the weekend festival on naga, who is also her instructor. Sheridan street, dancers from sev­ GUEST DRUMMER Miss Barbara Smith takes her turn at the drum during, the weekend It was her first public appearance eral Bon dance clubs participate celebration by the Hon. Fukushima Bon Dance Club, at Sheridan and Rycroft streets. A 'as a Bon dance drummer, in all dances. Music of the dif­ professor of music at University of Hawaii, Miss Smith is believed to be the only haole B o n UNDERSTAND RITUALS ferent groups, however, is sep­ arate and distinct. Dance rhythms b e h in d dance drummer in the Islands. Ready for his turn at the drum and approaching Miss Smith said she wanted to peculiar to the Hon, Fukushima Miss Smith is G. Fukunaga, club president and Miss Smith's instructor. continue her studies of Asian music Bon Dance Club were recorded and to teach it to help strengthen and Niigata society musicians its traditions. present did notparticipate in play­ "And. the best way to learn it ing them. is to play it and understand its But as guest-participants, at accompanying rituals, " she stated. conclusion of recorded numbers, Because she is a beginner in they took the gaily-lanterned tem- playing the Bon drum. M iss Smith ple-bandstand to play Niigata style sate she stuck to basics at the Bon music. festival in her first appearance and did not indulge in any varia­ tions. SBA Offers New MARION'S Business Pamphlets BY THE BEACH Pamphlets on store appearance, deceptive pricing, and the services AT H A LE IW A of the Better Business Bureau are available at the Small Business Best Food in Town Administration. Cocktails The three pamphlets of the Small Catering Service Marketers Aids series can be ob­ tained upon request at the agency’s Parties for All Occasions field office in the Finance Factors building at.King and Alakea st reets. Phone 235-405 The aids are primarily designed as business guides and information sheets for small" shop owners.

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YOUNG AND OLD dancers enjoyed the Bon dance celebration. Here a group gyrates in Fruits Vegetables front of the temple-bandstand where musicians played for several hours. been formed with representation Liquors from yacht clubs and commercial boating Is Big, Busy Business boat organisations. ( Continued from Page 15) brought many problems in its wake. Even if the boom should taper 634 KILANI AVE„ WAHIAWA popularity of boating is its close Yacht harbors can hold only a off somewhat a continual increase can be' expected because of Ha­ connection with other sports. In fraction of the boats seeking space. PHONE 225-602 the course of a couple of years, T here Is a shortage of boat waii's watery surroundings and water skiing has attracted ā couple ramps, where the boats on trailers a climate favorable to year-around of hundred enthusiasts. Deep sea can be backed into the water and boating. fishing has also increased in popu­ released. All boat ramps on Oahu larity. So has aqua-lung diving and are private or club ramps. spearfishing. To help solve these problems To all the voters who supported me in the Primary, a The increase in boating has a council of boat associations has heartfelt thanks from all the MINNS.

May we count on your con­ tinued kokua in the General Election. Sea View PHILIP Inn DEMOCRAT FOR The entire Minn family says mahalo to their -thousands of at the Old Haleiwa Hotel Site supporters' who swept the two-time Territorial House mem­ SENATOR ber into the General Election. In front, left to right, are Phylies, Mike and Philip, Jr. Daughter Geraldine, Mama PHONE 234-1643 5TH DISTRICT Mi m i Papa Philip are seated, on the sofa. ' WAIALUA, OAHU, HAWAII