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Vol. 2, No. 50 i LE COPY, 10 CENTS Thursday, July 13, 1950 Maui Vets Blame Tokyo Singer Kasagi "Illness" Gallas Provisos Will H. C. & S. Cause Rite Hoarders Bring Shortage; Doubted By Vets; Still Unexecuted; County To Hold Bag If Importers Caught Flatfooted Tournahaulers Taxed? Suit Considered ’ By Special Correspondence Scare-buying since July 1 has A Wing Sing Wo. spokesman Sherretz Blamed By EDWARD ROHRBOUGH said the flurry was unexpected at WAILUKU, Maui — Supervisor reduced Honolulu’s rice supply to Of the 121 recommendations John Bulgo has been listening to Did Miss Shizuko. Kasagi, the practically nothing, a check of his company, so that, though there “Boogie Woogie Queen of Japan,” rice importers here revealed. All is a small shipment on the way to from the much-discussed Gallas the growing ’concern locally that Report adopted last winter by the the Hawaiian Commercial & .Sug­ have a nervous breakdown after wholesalers interviewed expressed; be landed' here’ next 'week, it is her initial appearance pt the Mani themselves as surprised by the the .customary small shipment and civil service commission, not a ar Co. would make Maui County single one has^ yet been actually hold the bag if the supervisors 442nd Club’s Fourth of July Carni­ flurry of buying and were there­ not adequate to cover the demand val at Wailuku? Or was she mae- fore, caught short, since they had, indicated, by the buying. put into effect, the RECORD demanded the company to pay tax learned authoritatively. on the tournahaulers because the ly dissatisfied with the stage "in not anticipated it. They also said1 Among those hit hardest by thei q, barn” upon which her act was the shortage is only a temporary The Gallas Report, which evoked giant cane haulers cross govern­ current shortage are restaurants ment roads. scheduled and the audience? thing and ithat shipments are due and cafes which bfty.their supplies considerable debate when it be­ Fred Matsuo, one of the pro­ next week. came public information, was Local observers are waiting td from week to week. . Several res­ made to determine the efficiency see what steps he will take next; moters responsible- for” bringing Some said, however, they al- taurants reported to the RECORD The tournahaulers are now run­ Miss Kasagi from Ja^an and book­ ready’have orders to cover the that they have no rice and have of personnel procedures in the city­ ing her at the carnival says: “She amount of shipments expected. county government, and it was ning on HC&S roads and are using not been able ,to get , any from government roads only for cross­ was sick. She told me she was One attributed the scare-buying their customary sources. made at the order of Mayor Wil- ' sick and it was up to me to stand to the fear that “the government son. Of its original 163 recommen­ ing. Common talk in Wailuku is that if the county demands tax by her. ■! would do the -same is going to take over everything.” dations, 121 were adopted by tha for anyone who works for me.” Of the six companies ap­ commission, 34 more, were dis­ payment from the company, thet New Shipping Line cussed and left in abeyance of HC&S will demand to use the gov- Vets Seek Action proached, none would admit hav­ crnjilent -roads. - -- —...... - - * - ... Bui. -the ? Maui-^veter ans - bejiesst., ing” any1 nee for sale- now.” • • - - final •• decision,and• 'rseven^ttrote f; Miss KaSagi had - other reasons An American Factors spokesman were rejected. The wide and heavy monsters Actually No Threat would wreck the, paved roads in than illness for failing to perform .said, the flurry .'started last Thurs­ The fact that none of the rec­ at the carnival after her first ap­ day. short order, people here say. On To Matson Business ommendations have been execu- the other hand, if the HC&S- tour­ pearance. The RECORD has "We’re out...now,” he said, “but , ted was revealed this past week, learned that the Maui 442nd dub: we’ve got"more coming im” after the RECORD learned that nahaulers were taxed, the com­ The Pacific Transport Lines, pany might demand that’the coun­ has appealed to the 442nd dub A Fred L. .Waldron, Ltd., spokes­ Inc., which the local dailies re­ commissioners’ have asked D. here for aid in representation man’ said: “There’s been an ^m- , ty pave HC&S roads if the vehi­ ported will compete with the Mat- Ransom Sherretz, civil service cles cannot use the paved high­ against the Matsuo brothers. usual demand for the last five or son Navigation Co., for Hawaii- personnel director, at least three Though Akira Fukunaga, exec­ six days.” . times to produce a civil service way. West Coast shipping, is not wor­ The Baldwin-controlled com­ utive secretary of the 442nd Club - His company has no rice, he said, rying the Matson firm at all, manual of procedure—recom­ here, says no action will be taken but “adequate stocks” are on the pany should not get away without sources on Merchant Street say. mendation No. 30 of the Gallas paying a cent. For the moment, until; further information and ad- ■ way. Matson said it has no objection Report. vice has been received from the A Theo. H. Davies man said: “We people say, the company should to the new “competitor.” Irked by Mr. Sherretz’s failure maintain the' road crossing where Maui club, i,V-is known that sev­ don’t have any now.” He said the to comply, the commission at its eral possible' actions have been frenzied buying began “about ths Walter F. Dillingham is one its tournahaulers pass, with con­ of the founders of the Pacific June 29 meeting ordered that a crete. • discussed informally. They are: turn of the. month.” ‘ Transport Lines and Dilling­ manual be written by an outside’ (a) A- legal suit against the . “I don’t know what happened,” ham’s Oahu Railway and Land agency. Sherretz has always said Matsuo brothers to recover mon-: said an official of T. Sumida. & Co. has a contract to supply ■ (more on page. 7) Korea, Focal Point ey lost as a result of Miss Kasa­ Co., “but all of a sudden every­ wharfage to Matson ships for gi’s failure to appear. body started buying rice, rice, eight more years. Page 2 (b) A letter to. General Mac-- nothing but rice.” Arthur ’.regarding_ the imports- . Asked .if IJuji Junichi Shoten, Since the Territorial wharves tion of -Japanese -artists to the Ltd., has rice for Sale, a spokes­ aren’t making money and locally, HRT Workers May U. S. and their behavior. man said: “No. We’re expect­ there might be loud complaints ■ (c) A letter to the U. S. Im- about the Dillingham dock monop- ' The Massie Case ing some but we have orders to (more on page 7) cover it.” (more on page 7) ' Face "Spotters77 Page 8 By New Finding Policy of Local Banks Restricts Two Alien Seaman Held Here 3 Months; Does : "thorough investigation” by a job security committee in­ clude its examination of company Types of Loans To Small Businesses MCS lawyer Says New Doctrine Shown spies or “spotters,” or must the to finance their merchandising By STAFF WRITER whose& entry into the country spotters’ (reports be accepted at Two ’types' of loans, procurable their face value by the committee? operations. Jose Bradshaw, Marine Cooks & would be “prejudicial to the best from Mainland banks, are not , interests of the U. S.” -Ernest B. de Silva, impartial made" available by banks in -the Boon To Small Operator Stewards seaman, is not being held chairman of the seven-mah job “Accounts receivable financing,” incommunicado by the U. *S. Im­ Praised New China security -committee set up by Ho­ Territory, it’' was learned by the. another boon to the small opera­ migration authorities—but he can’t What was the information? It nolulu Rapid Transit Co, and the RECORD, through informed, fi­ tor, involves the lending of money be interviewed by a reporter even was alleged that a Chinese-pas­ Transit Workers Union of Hawaii nancial. sources; These types are against accounts which are “his­ though he wants to be. senger aboard the Cleveland- re­ (Ind.), has settled a five-year-old “inventory financing” loans and torically” sound, but which are not “The old man doesn’t want to ported. Bradshaw to the customs dispute . by ruling that. the comi "accounts receivable financing.”’ collectable Within the period of be put in the position of holding officials' for praising the new gov- pany must bring its spotter be­ Both are important especially; to currency — 30 days. In the is­ .him incommunicado,” explained a; ernment -of China. Also, it is al­ fore the committee for examina.-' - small businessmen who must work lands, those familiar with such subordinate, “so- he’s allowed, to leged, the customs officials found tion in order to provide the) - with limited capital, and they are- finance say, there are more of see his port agent and his attor­ certain literature in Bradshaw’s "thorough investigation” - called most important to importers. these accounts proportionately ney, but. the old man thinks he locker, specifically, the Big Strike for by the union contract. than on the Mainland,' but local might get in hot water if the’pa­ by Mike Quin, a copy gf the China “Inventory financing,” . which , May Face Accuser involves loans made on goods banks do not make- loans on, such pers were to make a big story out Digest and union material. Further ...a .basis.; ■ ■ ' ■ evidence of his “undesirability”, in If the committee finds that the or merchandise, has never been of it.” spotter’s reports were in error, W. “Probably,” said one expert who The “old man,” D. W. Brewster, the eyes of the immigration bu­ instituted by banks here, it is has made a study of the situation, head of the immigration bureau’s reau is said to be the fact that he Henriques, bus driver who was believed, partly because the "it’s because the banks have is writing a manuscript entitled suspended on June 10, 1949, for banks ’have never established , office here, has held ’Bradshaw alleged “chopping” (stealing fare enough business that’s sound'and a citizen of Panama, ever since “U. S. Slaves in Panama,” telling any system' of warehousing that that they know, and they, don’t last April when'he was taken off of the exploitation of the people of money), will probably .be reinstated would adapt such Ioans to the care to get into -something they his native Panama by U. S. busi­ with back pay :for the one year present machinery of banks here. the President Cleveland here on that his case has been pending. don’t know so well.” ■ ■ what immigration officials call ness interests, there. Importers 'who buy their stock Is Pressure Answer? “confidential information.” In barring the RECORD re­ On the other hand, chairman a shipload at a time, and who( One small merchant who has As a result, Bradshaw was de­ porter from an interview which De Silva ruled on June 27, Mr. must tie up their capital in their tained as an “undesirable alien,” (more on page 7) (more, on page 7) cargoes, need this type of loan (more on page 7) Page Two HONOLULU RECORD July 13, 1950

plorable. Out of 20,101 Iddian children Korea, Bitter Fighting who attended school in 1948, only, four The encouraging news on Korea, played were in the last two years of high school. down, buried or omitted entirely by local This was like Wrenns, Georgia, locale of dallies—was the report on the attempts by Erskine Caldwell’s famous novel, “Tobacco two major, nations to settle the Korean Road," where the poor whites have sunk to conflict by peace moves. For many days worth of anti-tank' weapons, artillery and government which had stalled this demo­ a nearly rock-bottom low. reports have been current that British and, other equipment to South Korean forces. cratic process. Russian representatives have taken initial The 1947 report of the Canadian Wel­ This equipment; sufficient for 50,000 men, IF PEACE COMES, the southern peas­ steps to stop the Korean war. fare Council showed that tuberculosis hits was available to the South Koreans when ants would not forget the attractive eco­ the Indians 14 times harder than other THE FIGHTING continued at a stepped- the North Korean Communists invaded the Canadians. One in five Indian babies dies up pace with more U. S. troops thrown in south.” . nomic policy propagated in their minds. As in China, the people of Korea want change, before reaching the age of one' year; av­ to halt the advance' of the North Korean BESIDES THIS, Boyle explained, “gifts” erage life span of the Indian is 18 years; forces. U. S. bombers carried the fight­ and people burdened by corruption, graft from the U. S. included 100,000 rifles and and landlordism would not enthusiastically prisoners in penitentiaries have a far high­ ing deep into North Korea, bombing strate­ other small . arms, 40,000 Japanese rifles er diet than Indians. gic targets and supply lines. put up a strong resistance against their with ammunition, 79 vessels, including mine own people, from, other parts of their coun­ FOR THE INDIANS who lived litre this,, Daily reports of the, bombing score gave sweepers, landing craft and picket boats, try, if they promise change for the better. the'voting rights the government thought „20, 30, 40 North Korean tanks destroyed along with about $150,000 worth of spare of giving were not even a gesture. Oil lands, damaged. According to U. S. intelligence parts. Canadian Land Grab ■were more important for the tycoons in / & reports, North Koreans had a few over 100 The heavy equipment included in the high government'places and in the back­ tanks and certainly not more than 200, $110 million gift comprised more than 2,000 From the early days of the Hudson Bay ground, worth more to them than the votes R but as the fighting raged, the Northerners anti-tank bazookas with. 40,000 rounds of Co., of’ the American pioneers who traded--, they had denied the Indians for generations. 1 daily massed more than 60 tanks for the ammunition; more than 4,900 vehicles and with the Indians, Canada’s Indian- popu­ southward push. With U. S. bombers blast­ "a large number” of 37 and 57 mm. anti­ lation has been robbed, deceived and kicked Near-Starving Teachers ing away at supply lines, roads and rein­ tank guns, 105 mm. howitzers, 60 and 80 mm. ..around by the white man. In Canada, it forcements, replenishment of tanks by the mortars, with more than 700,000 rounds is now safe for a newspaper to say so and President Elpidio Quirino was furious dozens every day by the Northern forces the Canadian Tribune recently blasted what at the reports that his government was of ammunition for these weapons. crumbling. seemed impossible. A GREAT PART of these arms prob­ it saw as a move to run the Indians through THE FIGHTING neared Taejon, the ably Had fallen into North Korean hands. a wringer. “WHAT IS This talk about the collapse . provisional capital of South Korea. IT. S. THE TRIBUNE smelled something awful of this government?” he boomed as he lost With South Korean fighters not measuring his smiles. troops were the mainstay, now doing the up to earlier American expectations, the when it got'a whiff, of the ill wind aroused major fighting. Americans were trying to burden of the fighting fell more and more by the government’s sudden interest; in He was getting;-criticisms from every­ i regroiip the South Korean units as they on GIs. The concern, as'shown by Dulles, the Indians. The government indicated it where, from the U. S. and Philippines press. were routed, > but their morale was low. was that if...the U. S. carried the fighting wanted the Indians to win voting rights, be Editorialized the independent Free Press, Tn Washington, John Foster Dulles, as­ practically alone, sentiment in the Far East better citizens participating in the govern­ the largest weekly magazine in the Phil­ sistant to Secretary of State Dean Ache­ countries wpuld turn against America, for ment. ■ ' ! ippines: “it has now become generally son, spoke of the need to form a true the white man’s colonial policy has been Saad the Tribune: “The main point of known abroad as well as locally that dur­ United Nations army for the Korea fight­ and is unpopular. the government Indian program is that,lf- ing the last four years, the hidfeous dragon, ing. Thus far, Chiang Kai-shek and This'concern has been-privately ex­ the Indians by a 50 per cent vote, decide to Graft and Corruption, has fastened its President Elpidio Quirino have offered take the right to cast a ballot' in the terrifying, grip on the fair figure of Fili- pressed in Washington, according to News­ pinas.” about 30,000 troops from'their armies. The week magazine, which said that American elections;—they will lose all remaining rights THE SITUATION in the Philippines was U. S. has turned down Chiang’s offer, officials secretly fear that "some members to their lands. Today, all lands of the In­ .1 Washington was not inclined to accept of the Republic - (southern) government dian reservations’ amount to 5% million far worse than what the press pictured. Quirino’s offer for the Philippines presi­ would go over to the Communists” on the • acres (mainly rocky,-scrubby, impoverished While politicians and close associates of dent, with vast U. S. material assistance, lands bare of timber and game).” • L Quirino went gallivanting abroad on gov­ thinking of “Korea for the Koreans.” The ernment money, school teachers in many has been unable to carry out his promises of Minister of the Interior of the Syngman • THEN TOY is the government inter­ provinces had not been paid for months. '-crushing the Hukbalahaps who were grow- Rhee government has gone over to the ested in the lands? Reports in Ottawa said ing in influence and spreading on Luzon. One teacher wrote: “Since April, my -North. 7 ' __ • the “imperial oil tycoons have their eye family -has been subsisting on bananas, AS THE NORTH KOREANS maintained IN JAPAN under the occupation’s police on certain Indian reserves for oil; and-that camotes and horse-radish. “We can’t-even s othe initiative -in the fighting, Republicans surveillance, the Koreans have indicated this is behind the offer to giye the Indian - buy* fish. I feel humiliated because my franchise in return for the bit of land he in Congress blasted away at the Demo­ their leaning toward^ the northern govern­ neighbors, who are mere laborers, eat bet­ cratic administration with the “too little ment. . A recent Tokyo broadcast said that still has.” ter food than we.” .'and too late” criticism in giving U. S. arms “80 per cent of the 70,000 Koreans in Kyu­ At this stage the improvement of liveli­ The shocking information for teachers to the Southern forces. shu, Japan, are believers in the liberation hood meant more than.the voting rights just released was this: While 111,415,740 ' william M. Boyle Jr., chairman of the of Korea by North Korean armies.’’ which the government would give in hand­ pesos had, been authorized for the salaries Democratic National Committee, replied However the fighting went, the future out, manner. The Indian population has of elementary school teachers during the quickly to this charge by taking informa­ of Korean leadership would go to the'side dwindled to only 120,000 from a large popu­ fiscal year July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1950, tion from a confidential report made last that gave the vast majority of people bet­ lation, through poverty and disease. Even only 59,884,702.85 pesos, or about half; had week to the House Foreign Affairs Com­ ter livelihood. As the Northerners pushed in the peak prosperity year of 1945, the been officially released. The bureau of mittee. southward, trained political workers, re­ average annual income of a Canadian In­ public schools was broke, with no cash. Said Boyle: “When our occupation ports indicated, were propagandizing and dian was only $128. The unpaid 51,531,037,15 represented five •forces were withdrawn, the report shows carrying out land reform policies. This • SANITATION FACILITIES and educa­ months’ salaries for 86;000 teachers and the United States turned over $110 million was the strongest challenge to the Rhee tion for the Indians were shockingly de­ public school employes.

centrating'was shown by Snyder thus: The Flunkies ’upper 5 per cent of the corporations on the The red squad of Portland, Ore., could income scale are expected to receive 81 not get any redder from embarrassment, National Summary per cent of all corporate income in 1950. for one of its top union-busting agents The lower 78 per cent of the corporations, ■flunked a civil service examination. American people that there was nothing ate Finance Committee: The largest corp­ however, are expected to take only 6 per MEBBIEL BACON has been a cop since wrong in> their “bigness.” Free enterprise, orations with assets of $100 million or more, they expounded, guaranteed the right to , realized a 20 per cent profit before taxes cent of the income.- * •' 1928, starting his .red squad assignment in WITH THE POWER of big money and ,ieao. Considered pretty good at labor es- grow and keep on growing. Uhmentiohed in 1947; 26 per cent in 1948 and 23 per cent ipionage activities, Bacon flunked outright, was the fact that the first rule of free en­ in 1949. For the big firms, 1949 was a personnel to influence Congress'.through however. Walter B. Odale, head of the terprise was to knock out competition, as a better year than 1947. ( lobbying and in other ways, the. big firms •squad, scared better than Bacon but his senator recently remarked in Congress. OTHER GROUPINGS of corporations, were cheating Uncle Sam of revenues by agrades were pretty low, and so appoint­ THE BIG FIRMS were growing rapidly, all much smaller, showed a substantially tax-dodging.; While the exemptions on in­ ment is out of the question for him. while smaller ones were losing. out. and lower profit rate in 1949 than in 1947; ac­ dividual income taxes—what most people In the case of these two, labor-smash­ some were being squeezed out of the race. cording to Snyder. Tlie smallest .firms, pay—were nearly cut in half between 1939 ing assignments had put them in' a mental In the economic war were expensive lob­ with assets under $250,000, went from a 24 and 1949 the estate tax exemptions—of rut over a period of yeafs. bies that brought results and tax-dodging) per cent profit in 1947'to a 16 per cent rate benefit mainly for the rich—nearly..doubled Even a conservative administration fig­ in 1948 and 10 per . cent in 1949. Medium, ^betw^bn 1939 and 1949. Bigness ure, like Treasury Secretary John Snyder, sized corporations did a little better than ' With the daily press vying for ads from has to blast bigness sometimes to show the the smallest firms, with profit rate drop­ the big firms, -the 'giants among U. S. Big corporations, as the Union Oil com­ people that he is wide-awake to what is ping from 30 per cent in 1947 to 16 per corporations let the papers argue and fight pany was doing locally, bought lots of ad­ going on. • cent in 1949. ' for them, to delude the public that "Big­ vertising space in newspapers to tell the Said Snyder last week before the Sen­ Where the big take was going or con­ ness” is good for America. The RECORD Fearless and Independent

811 Sheridan Street Phone 96445 July 13, 1950 HONOLULU RECORD Page Three Book On Firearms Not KAUAI POLITICS Available, Man Loses Rice’s Political Machine Rifle, Gets $5 Fine Tadayoshi' Tamura of Kilauea, Kauai, arrested by Game Warden Loses [Former Power, Punch Ben Ohai for violation of tlje law covering' private, transportation of By Special Correspondence erwise, which he may have given firearms, said “maybe he was right, “The I Rice machine” was a thing to the doomed Stainbackrat seces-. but it seems a little unfair.” to inspire fear in the hearts of poli-: siotn which was, in the opinion of ticians and would-be politicians Mr. Tamura had been on his ^io had the temerity to oppose it. Kauai party members, foreor­ way to Kahili Point near Kilauea, dained for defeat before initiation a remote area much-used by local If Charley Rice "backed you up” residents for target practice, and you were right on the kinipopo, by Holt, Kauhane and company, you were in, okay; but if theMold with Charley’s brother as the un­ had proceeded to within a short man” should oppose you . ... the distance of the Point when ap­ strongest of men might blanch at fortunate motivating tool? Just prehended by 'Warden Ohai. At the thought. • _ _ what Charley or Harold may have the time of arrest, Mr. Tamura’s 30-30 rifle‘ was confiscated and he So went the reasoning a few hoped to gain by consorting with was taken by Ohai to the Hanalei years ago, and even today to a| the enemy is obscure anyway and. police station and charged with certain extent, but political as­ needs explaining. unlawfully transporting a firearm pirants now are aware of the fact With reference to labor as a to an unauthorized shooting area- that tjiough it is nice to have the group and those potential "candi­ “old man’s aloha,” it is very much Had Asked for Regulations, dates who enjoy labor’s friendship, more important to have the good, the feeling is strong that the ac­ Mr. Tamura - appeared before wishes of the labor 'group. After tions of the “Rice machine” are of Judge John D. Texeira at Hanalei all, when one group represents 60 little consequence; that with or court/ where’, though he considered per cent of an island’s population without the “Rice machine” kokua. it “a very minor offense,” Judge and the other hui has a member­ a highly successful Democratic Texeira levied a fine of $5.00 and, ship running into perhaps three campaign is scheduled for 1950.. confiscated Mr. Tamura’s rifle, val­ figures of fairly low demonina- Not intimating for a minute that ued at approximately $30. tion, the smart operator plays-ball 'the “Rice machine” is a myth . 'l . Mr. Tamura states that at the in the major league. Secondly, simply that the party doesn’t “givei time of arrest by Game Warden quite a few would-bes . are aware a damn” one way or the other. If Ohai he pointed out to the war­ that it is entirely possible to be the- “machine” intends to prove to den that when applying for his elected without the “old man’s” the public’s ‘satisfaction that it is hunting license as well as when help. . ' ■ producing quality grain and not “Steak and chicken, chicken and steak! Can’t we have any variety?” registering his firearm, he had Not the Fearful Threat chaff, it had better oil up the did requested that he -bo-given a Wliile Charley Rice is very much cogs and start “cuttin’ the buck."' book covering. gun regulations in the picture, the Rice machine is and fish' and game laws of. the not the fearful threat that it once Territory. He was informed on was; As a matter of fact, most Claim Deletions Made Political Sidelights both occasions that there were members of the voting public’ have no books available. a little trouble. trying to figure In a statement to the RECORD, just which party Charley does be­ In Lampley Beating SENATOR HERBERT LEE’S DURING THE 1920 general Mr|. Tanuma indicated that though long to. It is believed generally, sub-committee "on civil, service has strike on the sugar plantations, admitting that technically he had that he is . a Democrat; again, Probe's Transcript erred, he feels “the game warden someone intimates that he’s Re­ els school children were used by the not called in so much one mem­ and the police department are not publican, and one dopester even “Do you believe, they ever beat ber of the C-C commission, nor a employers for scabbing. Edward on the beam. They should have hazarded a guess that . the “olid people back there?” Thomas past member, it is believed. Easily Silva, chairman, of the Territorial • those, books right there for every­ man? is a “Stainback-rat.” There “Pittsburgh” Lampley asked Lieut. available would be Kenneth Olds school commissioners and-the gov­ body, otherwise how do they ex­ is a little question as to where em­ George _ O’Connor. during last and Jack King, not to mention ernor’s un-American committee, pect the people to know when they phasis should’be placed, i. e., Stains" week’s session of the police de­ arc violating the law?” ba-krat or Stainback-rat. members of the current commis- was one of the six, old-timers say, partment’s own investigation. of A, “Rough Life” That last guess is pretty bad. the beating Lampley says he got . .sion. .“Instead, tiie.„sub-cQnmiittee . who sabotaged the scabs by tom­ foolery and demoralizing activi­ The incident is not without its .Even .the more or less ill-informed; at the. .hands of- several.. officers merely sends investigators to sit ties. He was about 20 at the time. humorous side, however. It seems know that Rice and Stainback have in the bullpen May 18.? > in on. meetings of the commis- . that Warden Ohai had just ar­ been carrying on a feud ever since “I was never present' at ariy^- sion—when they might as easily REP. STEERE NODA, W h q rived at a club dinner in Lihue Rice, who was Stainback’s patron­ thing like . that,” O’Connor ani- learn everything that happens^ played up to Filipino-American when the call came from some age boss on Kauai, did what the ■swered. there by asking for the minutes."" voters during the 1948 election, zealous Kilauea citizen to the ef- governor was heard to describe as Lampley’s , question' came near Wonder if the sub-committee on sent letters in Ilocano, not Eng­ .fect that Mr. Tamura was out “stabbing me in tile back with'the the end of the .session after he efficiency in government is investi­ lish, in soliciting votes.' Some Fil- with a gun, and probably intended party.” ■ and Claude White, 'acting chair­ gating Lee’s sub-committee? ■ ipino-Americans ' quote Noda as to start, his own private war. .The governor is alleged to have man of the Hawaii Civil Liberties. saying the letters were effective. The warden had to turn concluded his remarks with “Rice Committee, had gone over the DR. ROY BROWN and NoUe While soliciting votes Noda told around, • travel 25 miles out to is a bumbling ingrate.” transcript of the previous session Smith, of the Chamber of Com­ the Filipino-Americans that he) Kahili Point and jounce back On Rice’s side, the schism is so and found, .they told the RECORD, merce tax study committee, have ■needed their votes since there again, to say nothing of detour­ deep that when Stainback made a number of important deletions, been invited before now to look would be strong competition ■ for ing five miles more to Hanalei, a trip to Kauai some time back, according to the notes they toe*. into the expenditures of the city- AJA votes. Noda’s voting record before enjoying'his dinner. Rice made no effort to show him­ Specifically, White says, state­ county government to determine in the regular, and special sessions, As one observer remarked, “it’s self as a member of the welcoming ments by Sefgeant Joseph Lee, to whether or not they feel money is sources in Filipino circles say, has a rough life.”- For whom; he delegation, nor did he attend the the-' effect .that he • entered tha spent to the best" advantage. lost him many votes in the Filipino didn’t say. And no one has ex­ dinner party held for the governor. bullpen when Lampley was ' put They have never accepted the .in­ community. . plained why the Hanalei police,1 Pulled a Princess Pupule there, are not.found in the fin­ vitation, and one conjecture made who are 25 miles and 40 minutes ished transcript. ? on both sides of the political fence The big beef seems to be that IF SOME OF THE Filipino-; closer, were not called' rather than- as Democratic patronage boss, Rice This, and other minor'deletions, is that they hesitate because they Americans aspiring for elective of­ Game Warden Ohai. ' pulled a. Princess Pupule and gave White feels, tend to make the) might have to disapprove the high fices ran in the 5th District, they away too many political papayas statements of the policemen re­ classifications in the department) to the GOPs, laying the blame for of one of their very good friends. would, tremendously improve their' Students, Pastor garding the' events of Lampley’s Guess who? . ' chances, say their supporters. Po- his “generosity” on the governor, period in the bullpen much-more tential candidates .. like Modesto- Visit Smith Street which, of course, has fostered a consistent than they actually were. Salve, the Rev. N. C. Dizon, N. C. fine spirit of aloha .between them. Final action on the investigation EUGENE SNYDER, is the man Villanueva and the Rev. E. C. Bent on finding out for them­ 'Now, to take -a broad swing in by the department has not been assigned, by the police department - Yadao, all live in the 4th District, .to help the Territorial un-Ameri-. selves the. truth about Smith St. the .opposite direction and add to . announced, " while; the majority of the Filipinos and the police, a> number of stu- the general .confusion—there is a cans of Rep. diaries Kauhane’s live in the 5th. , dents, from? the University of Ha­ prettystrong taint of collusion committee, according to report. Tn Commented ■ a Filipino who has^ waii are known to have visited the between Charley and his brother NOTHING NEW addition, two of the attorney gen­ Filipinos say that the_ police eral’s' investigators are said to be " been active in getting out votes: .section,condemned as a dangerous Harold of Maul, on the so-called “The Fil-American votes plus'-la- area by police and by the two daily “right-wing walkout?’ practice of shoving Negroes on ■assigned to the Territorial group. Smith Street for “loitering” is A fairly sizeable monthly fee, said bor votes would boost Villanueva’s I papers, between Pauahi, and Bere- Harold, of course, led. the walk? or Yadao’s chances of getting tania. . out. Charley was absent, but nothing new. During the ’30s the to have been originally set aside) elected.” One, a boy who is lame, is said once again, it is fairly common Filipinos used to get that treat­ to hire an -investigator, is.. being ment, particularly in Palama by spent for part-time “experts” and to have been ordered out of the knowledge that neither one of area by officers on duty, and the brothers takes drastic po­ the former Danceland and the informers’ “fees,” it is reported. others have reported that they litical action without the knowl­ Liberty Dance Hall. And Filipinos Governors Ask Probe got the “move on” treatment. edge and approbation of the remember that the cops used to MAUI'S COMING campaign will ■They have not found, they say, other. So there very naturally make remarks against them,which have a candidate for the board of Of Low Votes In U. S. evidence to support the “skid is considerable question in the are similar to ’ those they now di­ supervisors who will hit hard at row” appellation.given Smith St. minds of local stand-pat bour­ rect against Negroes. - government inefficiency and con­ WASHINGTON (FP) — Gov­ by a Star-Bulletin editor. bons as to ’ just where Rice trol by the big interests. : Wallace ernors of states were'asked by Rep,. Church groups, also, have been stands. Kauai doesn’t'have any E. Server, old-time Democrat, Jacob K. Javits July 5 to support impelled by the.-publicity atten­ of the “rump” variety. says:. “I will represent the citizens his. resolution calling for an .in- , ■ vestigation to get at the cklises dant to the Lampley, case,.to in­ It is hoped that he has with; of my county and tell the people vestigate conditions on Smith St. drawn any support; moral or oth- of how Maui has been run by the Of % VOtT ma; and at least one pastor of a local invisible government,, in other that AhHw preached last Sunday about words, the Chamber of Commerce that only 52 per cent of eligible, _ ... — . < . . Smith St., treating, the social prob­ Police Testing Station No. 37 . . . I will at all times point out voters came out for the 1948 Pres- < lem involved. how our elected officials fail to1 idential election. get federal benefits for the Terri­ Eleven southern states had much , Senator Harry P. Cain of Wash­ J. K. iWong Garage tory . . . In the past our county the poorest records in 1948,’ with' ington, strapped a rubber urinal General Auto Repairing government has had too much of only 14 to 39 per cent of their to his left leg and filibustered for 55 N. KUKUI STREET a Republican smell and if I get in voters turning out. Utah led the 12 hours, 8 minutes against rent Phone 57168 I won’t let the Republicans get country with 75 per cent of its control; Now we know how they close to the county building,” eligibles voting in 1948. do it. Fage Pour HOINOLU Lz U KELUKU July 13, 1950

Territorial Civil EDITORIAL COMMENT

WILLIAM THOMPSON, accord­ licity” is the only protection many Service Below ing to those who had to deal Negro people have—and many with Idin, was a tough man to talk people of all other groups who ■ Errors of Fact to when he was executive secre­ can't afford lawyers, yet still want Strength - A k i n a The first report of the House Un-American Activi­ tary of” the liquor commission. to enjoy their rights. Now that he’s selling liquor for “We have no direct responsibility ties Committee hearings held here some time ago was Hawaiian Oke, he’s considerably “kOREANS ARE KILLING Ko- according ’ to present civil service, issued this week and ttie RECORD was mentioned in more affable. The job requires \ reans,” said an old Korean lady, laws, to investigate personnel it as a “party-line newspaper.” more affability,, of course, and per­ bewailing the turn events in the turnover in a particular depart­ haps Thompson sees things differ­ Far East have' taken. She Mir ment,” Arthur Akina, Jr., said in According to newspaper accounts of. the report the ently from the other side of the calls that many Koreans have reply to questions regarding’ the RECORD has a tie-in with the Hawaii Civil Liberties fence. , died in the long struggle against reported high turnover rate in Committee, which the report called a Communist-front _ the Japanese imperialists, and she the Bureau of Sight Conservation LEAST SURPRISING headline ' fears' that the kind of war that and Work- With, the Blind, organization. Two members of the HCLC are mentioned of the week was that in Saturday’s appears to be beginning therq The director of the. Territorial as being on the board of directors of the RECORD. They ’Tiser which announced: “Police now may wipe out the Korean Civil Service Commission said, are Eileen Fujimoto and Doris Ozaki. This tie-up is . Fail To Find Evidence About Pay­ people -entirely. Said, her inter­ however, that, the normal work pointed up. • offs.” The story, in case you preter, simply: “If the U. S. hadn’t load of his department is too heavy missed it, reported how police have ■ gone in, there’d be . peace in Ko­ for his “highly inadequate staff” The investigators of the Un-American committee decided that Walter Berry’s evi­ rea now.” and. that it is impossible to get in­ could have gotten the facts from the corporation ex­ dence was accurate,when he was to the “niceties of personnel work.” “THE BIG GREEN,” as he signs hibit of the RECORD in the Territorial treasurer’s of­ talking about prostitutes and ar­ Problem Should Be Shared fice, filed annually according’to lawFNeither one of son, but not true when he was his note, writes, to say he is a sol- . The administration of the' var­ talking about police. Toward cops, dier of the 24th Division and it is ious departments has a staff mem­ these persons is a member of the board of directors, said tiie cops, Berry has a psychiat­ not a division composed largely of ber handling personnel problems, contrary to the Un-American report. This is a matter ric revenge complex. What did Negroes. Gadabout erred, he in­ he explained, and added the prob­ lie have toward' his former pals dicates, in - mistaking the news­ of public record and a slip-up by the committee on lems of. personnel turnover should such information detracts from the credence of its en- who, he said, tried to make a “fall paper reference to the “24th In­ be shared both by his department guy” out of him? , fantry” for the “24th Infantry tire report. * * ♦ * Regiment,” largely Negro. “The) and the department administra­ A LIBEL SUIT against the Big Green” is right. Gadabout re­ tion. zThe report also says that Robert Greene, past •Tiser because of an editorial on ported the comments of people Mr. Akina commented that he chairman of the HCLC, was a “city editor” of the REC­ the Smith Street situation is cur­ wiho mistook the United Press ref- * did not consider the turnover in the Bureau of Sight Conserva- - ORD. Mr. Greene worked for the RECORD for a month rently being' considered by Pitts- erence in (the same manner, The when the paper first started two years ago, but he hurgh Lampley.. The Tiser. re­ correction is. welcome. tion and Work With the Blind ferred to’ a /Smith Street' charac­ high. left the RECORD for another position. At no time was- ■ ter’.’, being tried, and' though D. RANSOM SHERRETZ, C-C Staff ’ members say that it is, he a “city editor” and the RECORD has never had such Lampley was not mentioned by personnel director,, went on his and point to the frequent change aposition. .name, his case, then current, was, vacation without filling out a va­ of auditors as an example. Com­ getting publicity in that paper as cation form, and a City. Hall wag plaints ,by members of the staff If a quick look at the report shows such .errors of i well as others. The RECORD, wonders if Messrs. Keppeler, Fongt against the administration and fact on incidental information, how much reliance can | of course, had it first and had1 it et al, have noticed that he’s AWOL personnel practices of the bureau’s. be put on the meat of the report? I right. In. spite of. editorials in in-a technical sense of the word director, Mrs. Grace C. Hamman, both, dailies, Lampley's story, as 'and not entitled to pay. have resulted in an investigation told to the RECORD, stood up in of the bureau now going on in the court and the boxing trainer was ■FISHERMEN. ALONG the Ala attorney general’s office. acquitted.' Wai Canal on the golf course side “We get concerned when the LOOKING BACKWARD ' h. ♦_ seem to have increased rather' than turnover rate is hi^h because this . (from page .8) , ' MOST SHOCKING paragraph ot, decreased since the “No Trespass­ loads our department in giving off Hawaii. Hold1 the maneuvers, advised, Admiral Stirling, but don’t ■ the week was from a UP dispatch more examinations,” Mr. Akina ing” sign went up. Maybe they grant the sailors shore leave at Honolulu. : His advice was followed. reporting the appearance of “El­ pay greens fees to go in and fish. told the RECORD. der Statesman” /Bernard Baruch, Work Load Increases _ • • “In consequence,” gloated the admiral, “the business interests before a Washington' committee,- " K LEIGH” STEVENS, director of . In showing the increase ■ of the there Iost ambunts variousIy esIimated~up to eigHt minidh'doIIars.” ~ •which ran: “Baruch said Ameri- the Territorial Employment Serv- ' workload, Mr. Akina said that in “A sad blow, but one richly deserved.” can ^ information must convince ice, reveals something of .the ser­ Soviet satellites their fate is ‘eith-, 1948, .2,807 applied for 267 dif­ ■' The Army, which kept a'level head throufehoutrallittiis. :ex6itiemehtr*- iousness with which the. army ferent kinds of jobs. In 1949, the granted leaves as usual. er death or. liberation by us?” views the Far East when he told number of applicants jumped to If that’s statesmanship, Attila and,1 how he and his assistants had 11,470 for 275 kinds of jobs offered Mrs. Fortescue received hundreds of telegrams and letters from Genghis Khan have been much worked through Saturday . and - by the Territory. prominent Americans complimenting her on the murder, and the deck abused by historians. Sunday last week implementing of the ship where she was held was banked high with flowers wired Inadequate 'personnel of the civ­ her by admirers. the employment of workers by thei il. service department has been POLICE ARE to be congratu­ air force—for jobs here on Oahu. widely known; he said. As recently, Swore Innocence Before God lated on their raid of the. Kaneo­ as 'April of this year, the Division ■ Meanwhile, Joseph Kahahawai was buried. More, than 2,000 Ha­ he American Legion to grab one- ECONOMICS 150 students at of State Merit .System Services, waiians; most of them of lowly station in life, passed before his bier armed bandits, especially if it pres- the local university will have Federal Security Agency, reported, Bges an' effort to enforce anti­ at the funeral parlor. His father rose.to speak: ? to bear down on their studies next after conducting a survey of .the "During the time from my son’s arrest until his death, he and I gambling laws on an economic fall, now that Dr. Merton K. Hawaii civil service operations fori Jewel generally higher than that talked about the charges against him often, and he always maintained Cameron has been promoted to the period of July 1, 1948 through he was innocent. • nf Filipino plantation workers and professor emeritus of economics. June 30, 1949, that the Civil Serv­ taxicab drivers. If they keep it For years .and-years Dr. Cameron ice Commission “is seriously under­ “He took an oath in front of me, saying: ‘Daddy, I swear before Tip, maybe we’ll find out whether1 rotated and , mixed : up a few sets staffed with respect to technical God that I never did anything wrong.’.” ■ all these stories we hear about of questions for Econ. 150 exam­ personnel.” ■. Then David Kama, brother of a policeman who had been killed the Elks Club in Waikiki are true. inations. Freshmen borrowed and While the federal personnel "“some years before while trying to arrest a sailor, spoke in an impas­ bought these questions from-upper staffing guide issued by the U. S. sioned voice. LIQUOR COMMISSION note: classmen who in turn had ac­ Bureau of < Budget-gives a ratio “Poor Kahahawai, these haoles murdered you in cold blood. They There was another beef in C. E. quired the answers from their of one personnel officer to 10.3 did the same thing to my poor brother. These haoles shoot and kill Kauhane’s Hotel Street bar Fri­ predecessors. New students in­ employes, the Territorial govern­ us Hawaiians. We don’t shoot any haoles, but they treat us like this. day night, just four days after the herited in like manner Econ. 150 ment is operating on one person­ But never .mind!.: The truth will come out! You are not wrong. If you ’ last, reprimand. Apparently it) lecture notes, for. Dr. Cameron said nel officer to 330 employes. were, they would not catch these murderers. That is the reason they was serious -enough for the Repre­ almost the same, thing year after sentative himself, to be called/ There are 17' Territorial Civil • were-caught. Thank God they were caught. Poor boy, God will keep year, and even the jokes, written Service Commission, staff employes you — we will do the’rest.”. ’ down on a rush trip. He stayed in his notes,-came at the proper tall closing time, about 1:30 Sat­ at present to handle personnel From the lips of the Hawaiians came a groan: “Hilihila ole keia pod moment; ■ Some students laughed, and other work of 5,125 govern­ , haole!”—“Shame on these haoles.” urday morning, and spent con­ not at the jokes, but at the tim­ ment employes. Compared to'this, siderable time peering out to see ing. There was nd excuse for any Fort Shafter has 58 on the staff of (To Be Continued) what attention might have been student struggling with-Econ. 150. the personnel offi de to take care attracted. About a decade' .ago—and the of 5,500. civilian employes. The of oleo taxes. At the same time notes were old then—Dr. Cameron ' ratio in Rhode Island is 52 civil Ewing Warns of the food, drug and cosmetic act' KAGEYAMA’S proposal to put. started giving'his lectures in the a Negro policeman on Smith service' department employes to ■was amended; to prevent substi­ new Social Science building which approximately 5,600 state civil “Butterleggers” tution of colored oleo for butter. Street gets . no encouragement has a window behind the rostrum. service workers. WASHINGTON- (FP) -Beware from the people there; Says Frank One day the wind blew and scat­ the “butterlegger,”: Federal Secu­ Gray, manager of the always tered Dr; Cameron’s lecture notes. popular, always orderly .Wonder One policeman used to stand on rity Adminstaator Oscar R.. Ewing Flowers for all occasions. . When some students and Dr. Beretania and Aala Sts. at 1 a. m. warned as new regulations on use Bar: ‘.‘If there are going to- be Cameron retrieved the loose pages Negro policemen, let them patrol when the two dance halls near of oleomargarine went into effect Makiki Florist they wer.e pretty badly mixed up. the comer closed for the night. July 1. Walter Honda, Prop. ■Waikiki just the same as they Dr. Cameron, who relied on his patrol Smith Street. There are Giving warnings and tickets to A /‘butterlegger,” according to Free delivery Phone 56070 notes; looked at the terrible mess jaywalkers developed into such the FSA publicity men who in­ 1363 S. Beretania St. plenty of 'officers who have done and dismissed his class for the day. their work- well here and had no a heavy assignment that' now two vented the term, is one who sells ' Honolulu, Hawaii trouble. Why. aren’t they put cop& frequently, stand on the colored oleo for butter and so liere again?” mauka side of the street, waiting misleads the public. for dance hall girls to dash across The answer, perhaps, was given . HONOLULU RECORD 'The new law allows oleo to be Gadabout by a policeman who has the. street to catch a cab. sold with color added already. The been on the beat and who said: Published Every Thursday public will .gain from the repeal Comer “Smith. Street is 'the toughest! by . Profits of 12 aircraft inanufac- beat in town—wait a .minute! Honolulu Record Publishing ' turers the first quarter of 1950 Liquor Store were 98 per cent higher than in ( IT you’re friendly with the peo- Company, Ltd. Remember with Flowers ple there, you, get trouble from the corresponding 1949 period. - Complete Unes of Popular the higher-ups in the department. , 811 Sheridan St, Honolulu, T. H. Beer—Wines—Liquors t- If. you’re tough "on the people, Entered as second-class matter During the first quarter of 1950 Kodani Florist they raise hell and you get a lot May 10,1949, at the Poet Office at General Motors sales jumped: 28 WILFRED M. OKA, Mgr. Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Act of 307 Keawe St. ef bad publicity.” • per' cent while profits increased 1042. Bethel St — TeL 54815 The policeman understands as March 3, 1879. 56 per cent compared with a year Ph. 4658 HILO, HAWAII well as anyone,' that the "bad pub- ago. July 13, 1950 HONOLULU RECORD Page Five Columnist Gives Pointers On How To Be Foreman; Put On zzAirszz Is Advice No "Soul of Chastity” On Kauai, ERIE, Pa. CFP)—The following to walk slowly through the shop. description of what it takes to be ‘ He pretends th^t he is thinking a foreman is reprinted from a col­ deeply. Actually, a superintendent Writer Finds, Police To Contrary umn by Cliff Taylor in the Erie Daily Times: is >so old when he gets that job By SPECIAL WRITER _ only past, but into various types “Who th’ hell cares^SBtnl^ th’ that he is afraid he’ll drop- over r Herman Moser retired from the “This island has no serious vice of iniquitous dwellings. law anyway!” dead if he hurries. He has a General Electric last week. He had problem insofar as gambling and Hundred Bucks for Nothing You roll out the door, pour your­ been a foreman' there since way gravy job and he knows it and prostitution are concerned.” - More- specifically: Gambling self into your Super Hotshot 8 and back before the flood. Not Noah’s. wants to hang onto it just as long This statement by a Kauai po­ joints, houses of prostitution and scream off around the island look­ We'attended a banquet given him as possible. lice official a short time ago would taxi-dance halls where “hostesses” ing for innocent fun and just gen­ by the people who worked with*. But a foreman must hurry every lead the casual observer, to think him meet the public, the “public” be­ erally raising hell. - 1 place he goes. If he is going some that the Garden Isle is indeed! the ing the guys with the largest What? You won’t get away We were interested in Herm’s place to loaf for a while and have very soul of law-abiding chastity. amount of green folding material with it? Nonsense! You’ve al­ remarks after the banquet on how a smoke, he should run. He hopes THE VISION BLURS . . . and . . .No green stuff, no interest, as ready blown holes in half the laws to be a foreman. There were many people will wonder what would so does Kauai’s lily-white morality far as these “finishing school” without bringing anything more younger and ambitious men there happen to the shop if he happens under close scrutiny. The li­ grads are concerned. dangerous than a shaded side­ to take advantage of his advice. to be sick a week. However, he is centious picture of nocturnal ac­ As one girl told the RECORD: glance from the minions of justice. - No White Shirt afraid to get-sick because some tivity around the island is in di­ “I go out with one of these guys Go ahead, blow the works! You’re p Clothe;s are very important to smart Alec might horn in on his rect contrast with the “well regu­ almost every night, and I get as safe! ' a forem: He shouldn’t wear a.' job. lated” monastic purity of existence much as a hundred dollars for • Pretty Smelly Deal white shirt. That would look as Must Have Loud Voice as portrayed by certain of the lo­ PRACTICALLY nothing.” She The foregoing, doesn’t read ex­ if he -didn’t intend to .work very If a guy doesn’t have a loud cal policemen, who, amazingly went on to say “two weeks up actly like a resume of the quiet, hard. Although he has no inten­ voice he should never try to be enough, seem to be able to saun­ here is a money-making prop­ rural night life pictured by Kauai’s tion of working hard he must put a foreman;- This is due to the ter nonchalantly and blindly, not osition.” defenders of the right, does it? up a front.4 So he wears a colored fact that most people think that Behind this purity, this unbe­ As a matter of Tact, it sounds shirt. Anyway, he can wear a if you shout loUd enough you smirched character, are stories like a pretty ‘ smelly deal which colored shirt for an extra day and must know . what you’re talking that go like this: You’ve just been the RECORD feels the local “gen­ keep the old lady from squawking. about. . , Observe "Don'ts given a fast shuffle out of, not darmes” should probe into with It is highly essential for a fore-' When he goes in to see the . around, one of the eastWe’s four the utmost alacrity. man to wear a vest. No coat. Just superintendent, the foreman takes Using Dynamite, -or five taxi-dance halls; you're The mere suggestion by Kauai a vest. This is to hold all his pen­ out his notebook. There is nothing a little irked and want some-kind residents who reportedly know cils and pen. He has no writing written in the book but it looks of solution to the problem. One that certain of these gendarmes to do but-it makes it look,as if he important. He thumps the table of your coinpadres says: “Let’s are not above receiving gifts on used his brains. and shouts for a few minutes. Powder Vet Says go up to that gambling joint in occasions other than Christmas, Kalaheo.” . It is always well to carry a blue­ Then he gets out before the su­ "Carelessness and lack of knowl- and for services not in accord print in his back pocket. It could perintendent' has a chance to edge of powder regulations” caused House In Keahapana with the laws of the land, should be a blueprint of the Statue of think. .the death of an “unlicensed”, pow- "Which one?” you, ask. provide very adequate grounds Liberty for all the good it does df course.there are, many.other r d■ erman on a —Kai.m....u..k..i. .p..r..o..j.e..c.t more “You mean there is more than. for a thorough investigation; by him. He never looks at it anyway. things to being a foreman. But than a year ago. and the blinding one?” says he. “Heck, yes!” you the police commission and Chief It is to impress people that he has Herm Moser covered the funda­ of a driller at the Maunalani tun­ reply. "In fact,” you go on, “as Edwin Crowell. a lot on his mind- mentals. If you can’t qualify on nel recently, an experienced pow­ long as we’re in Kapaa and it’s a If some action is not taken soon, Air of Deep Thinking- these you might better get a job derman informed the RECORD. long trip to that Kalaheo joint, Kauai may well, come into the It is .okay, for a superintendent as an efficiency man. why don’t we drop over to that territorial and national spotlight The powderman referred to the blackjack and crap house in Kea­ ABC of dynamite handling which with its own “Berry Case.” - . hapana. At least the liquor is As long as five months ago the ’ he said the Territory, city and cheaper and they don’t crook the county and the contractors must . RECORD carried a story covering ■ games." one instance of pimping by a K&- Labor Roundup • follow at all times to insure pro­ Now, let’s assume that you’ve tection to the workers. paa taxi driver (which seems to .. . completed your sojourn at the —have something' tardo- with prdsti- ’ “ Local 142 Executive Officers Vote T-H Act Compliance On the Kaimuki job, She. 4946, • 7-11 joint, having dropped a few tution) and pointed out that there At a, special meeting July 6 in Honolulu, the executive officers of Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, was bucks to the house, which, of is an odor almost as: bad in Kauai’s vocteeda two-,c,coommplly . wiwthi tchneti-- volluunttary,.pro- . - .Violated.,, JThe cQtirse, _ runs,-everything,, soaked . prostitution, game, .as .there _is..in. -: vision of the Taft-Hartley Law; The voluntary proviissiioonn, which has nhaannadulinngg adyynnaanmmitee mmuusstt bbee uli- up a half-dozen shots-of their the recent activities of several ‘of been attacked most strongly by organized labor everywhere is that which censed by the Territorial Public crummy whiskey; the fact'that it Honolulu’s more scurrilous char- .. requires that union officials “voluntarily” sigh affidavits that they are Works Department. was illegally pedaled to yon at ’acters. hot Communists, or be barred from the functions of the National Labor . Case of "■Unlicensed” Powderman a buck a shot makes little dif­ Forewarned . . \ SHOULD be Relations Board. . - In the Kaimuki powder disaster1 ference., forearmed! To explain the reversal of their stand on the matter of compliance, where a worker was killed and which the ILWU formerly opposed, President Tony Rania issued a two others crippled for life, an statement which said, in part: “unlicensed”- powderman was “We are taking this action reluctantly and we intend to'continue scraping the ground with a knife NOTICE pressing for the repeal of. the law. However, because certain enemies to locate unexploded dynamite of this union are about to launch a full-scale attack on the organiza­ charges. The misfired charge went To All Members of the Democratic Party tion; we are compelled to comply in order to strengthen our ability to off. ; resist the assault.” The Blasters’ Handbook, issued of the Island of Oahu: Explaining previous opposition to compliance,-Rania said: “First,.-the by the DuPont de Nemours com­ law offers nothing in the line of pork chpps to a union or to its mem­ pany’s, explosives department, and Efforts are being made to disrupt and to “take over” ■■ bership. - It has put the government on the employers’ side of the bar­ used by powdermen as a guide, your precinct clubs. This is being’done under the gaining table. It is a law designed to break strikes and wreck unions. . says: “. . . many of the errors in procedure that cause misfires and guise of a “reorganization” which, is instituted by a Secondly, we have opposed complying with' the voluntary provisions of splinter faction of our party under an assumed and Taft-Hartley because of principle.” partial misfires may also cause all or part of the • charge to burn. misdirected, leadership who are acting without au­ When the detonation wave is too thority or color of authority from proper and re- ' Discrimination Against Filipino Taxi-Drivers weak to explode the charge it fre­ sponsible sources'. niscriTriinatinn against'Filipino taxi-drivers of the Taxi & Busmen’s quently sets it on fire. If a burn­ Union by police giving taxi-safety tests has been charged by non­ ing cli^ge is seen or suspected, You are hereby advised that all precinct clubs which Filipino members of. the union. It was alleged by one driver, a, non­ the location should not be ap­ ' held their biennial, elections on April 6,1950; pursuant Filipino, that the automobiles of Filipino drivers being tested were proached for at least one hour, as to the official call from the undersigned committee handled in a manner that might have bten expected to cause damage such holes have been known to to both vehicles and tires. ' burn as long as 45 minutes, and . 'as authorized by the official rules of the Democratic “When they came to my car,” the driver told the RECORD, “the then explode.” Party of. Hawaii, and/or all precinct clubs whose pqlice driver got in and gave it” a little spin that didn’t amount Observe “Don’ts” delegates were registered at the Democratic Conven­ to anything.” ; ! . The experienced powderman tion of 1950 held April 30 at Kalakaua Intermediate There have been other similar allegations, Ralph Vossbrink, union who called the RECORD’S atten- School, ARE—AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE—REC­ agent said, but there have been no direct complaints by Filipino tion to the. neglect of powder regu-. drivers to the union. Vossbrink said, however, the union hah advised lations on certain jobs on Oahu, OGNIZED as the official clubs of the party—in clear \ its members to contact union-officials if their vehicles are rejected for said that the Maunalani tunnel conformity with, the rules of the Party. ’ ' any reason, and the matter will be investigated. tragedy would never have hap- . * • » • pened if one'of the "don’ts” for Any attempts to remove or replace your officers and powdermen had been observed. committeemen elected at the official April elections, UPW Workers Win Raise On Hawaii There, on a sewers project, a unless upon the grounds specified in the rules and ' A five-cent per hour increase to the wages of Hawaii County ped worker with a pneumatic drill be- _ in accordance with the procedures set forth therein, diem workers was added! to the paychecks received this week as a re­ gan boring a hole where a charge sult of the union’s representation two weeks ago to the Hawaii board had just gone off, but not entirely. and to induce you or any of you to evade or violate our of ‘ supervisors that workers in this category are not paid in propor­ long established Party rules should be ignored. tion to the salaried workers. In some instances, workers received more He referred to the 25th “don’t” than the five-cent raise, depending upon their classification. in the Blasters’ Handbook which Membership files and Party information are main­ says: “Don’t drill,- bore or pick out tained at your Party Headquarters at Room 318, 49 UPW Regional Director Henry Epstein, who was present at Hawaii a charge of explosives that has to represent the-pnion, has just returned from a protracted trip to misfired. Where required by law, South Hotel Street. Inquiries may be made at this Hawaii and Maui. ' . . _ drill and charge' another bore hole address or by calling phone 52474. at least two feet ; (editorial em­ . • DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE’OF Dairy Workers Sign Hilo Contract phasis) from the missed one. If THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU Supplementary to their main contract, Dairymen’s Association, Ltd. this is done, make careful search and the Dairy Workers Union (AFL Teamsters) signed an agreement for unexploded, material in the By John A. Burns on July 5 covering the Hilo'Branch. While the branch did not win debris . . .” ' , . . Its Chairman the union shoo and is left with maintenance of union membership, By Daniel K. Inouye wages have been raised from 5 to 37 cents an hour, depending on the Rate increases since the war job. Additional raises on April 1, 1951, will bring wages from 10 to 45 have boosted revenue raked in by Its Secretary <7 J cents above 1949 rates. Raises are retroactive to January 1, 1950, and the Bell Telephone System $360 June 20, 1950 back pay in some eases will amount- to over $1,000. million a year. Page Six HONOLULU RECORD July 13, 1950 Dockers’ Part of Chambers Sale Is 18G’s,ILWU Says Negotiations, are still under way,. officials of ILWU Local 136 say, to secure wages for the men who worked on stevedoring jobs load­ ing and unloading the SS Edward Chambers, single ship sailed'into Territorial ports by the Western SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE Forwarders Co. KEO NAKAMA SWIM MEET Longshoremen are presently. The sensaitional showing of Ford Konno, N unarm Y star and only owed a total of $18,000 in wages a youngster, started the experts comparing Konno'-with the super- and escrow after checks given them sensational Konoshin Furuhashi and Marshall of Yale. Konno did ex­ by the company proved to be ceptionally well in the 1,500 meters, considering the fact that he- was worthless. An announcement that swimming in a- 100-meter pool. the ship was sold on the West Coach Yoshito Sagawa is finally, getting the recognition he sb Coast last week brought quick rightfully deserves for the many years of coaching he has given to the action by ILWU attorneys there Y kids. Yoshito started out as a diver at the Nunanu Y and teamed who took a lien on the ship.: with Tom Tanaka, formed a formidable diving team. Tanaka and Receivers of the Western For­ Sagawa were fairly even in their diving, so it was always interesting warders, it is understood, have to see who would make the better dives. The writer had the pleasure made an offer to settle the debt of coaching both of these boys. In 1940, because of further schooling to the longshoremen for 80 cents desired on our part, we turned the team over to Sagawa.1 on the dollar, but union nego­ Sagawa has, in the past four years, produced Herbert Kobayashi, who tiators have expressed themselves was elected captain of the powerful Ohio State Swimming team and only as not satisfied with that arrange­ recently was selected on the All-College team. Of course, his pride and ment. ' joy, who has reached the top, is his protege, Ford Konno. Sagawa is on In addition to the unpaid long­ shoremen, a number of local mer­ the Mainland with Richard Cleveland and Konno, both entered in. the chants who cashed checks for them the AAU championships. A great deal is expected of Ford Konno. are also interested in the outcome Coach Soichi Sakamoto came up with a well-conditioned team of these negotiations and in the ' headed by Thelma Kalama, Evelyn Kawamoto and Catherine Klein­ eventual action of the receivers, of schmidt, and showed promise of again winning the Women’s National Western forwarders regarding title. However, the fact that Sakamoto has developed another group other debts. . ' of up and coming youngsters in Julia Murakami, Audrey Char, Jane Kanemoto, Gladys Kurisu, Winifred Numazu, Doris Kinoshita and others, shows.up the real ability of Sakamoto. Hilo came up With some youngsters who will bear watching. The “It’s time for your afternoon nap.” Object of Arrest Told team is being handled by Coach Sparky Kawamoto, who has unselfishly given his time and service to putting Hilo on the swimming map. Sparky Policemen "Feel Bad" came to town with Yoshi Oyakawa.fddie Kawachika and others and Dope Kingpin Rumored Pushed Out By Police are having a ‘dot of trou­ showed this town a thing or two about coaching methods. ‘ Hd also de­ ble” just now, over trying , to get veloped Yoshinobu Terada, the best breaststroker ahd medley man in people to move on, John Wilkes, Hawaii today. Terada swims for the university. Informer Tuctics of Competitors 1784 Ala Moana Blvd, says a man The Hilo community is trying to raise funds ito send this trio to the from the C-C prosecutor’s office Nationals. We hope the trio will have , the chance, as they are rapidly “There is a way,” said a man heroin in a capsule. Sometimes told him, and he ought to “co­ developing into top-notchers. close to Honolulu’s narcotics rack­ 'less.” _ - operate,” even though his con­ et, "of cutting a dealer out with­ He named a Mainlander whose stitutional rights might be in- ALONG BOXING BOULEVARD out using'violence.” _____ -name-has-often been-connected fringed upoh. ;_ __ ' A very bad word was usecTrecehtly_ih“a’p’resslfelease b’y“’a'group of That way, which involves steal­ with such traffic as being the Wilkes, who was arrested the ■ worst offender in “cutting" night of July 4 on Smith Street, fight managers who are Iboking with great-concern ait the proposal two ing or scaring: the . dealer's “run­ promoters are offering fighters—the: opportunity to work .under their ners,”, is .the method said to have amounts in the capsules, and ■ on a charge of being disorderly, been used on the Mainland^, re­ he said: “He'doesn’t cut it just says the attorney from the prose­ system on a percentage basis, with no guarantee after a 'biff and bang ported in the RECORD as "King­ half. He cuts it three-fourths; cutor’s office talked to him in the session. The word used by the managers was “monopoly.” This is an pin” of the narcotics racket some - or anything he can get away corridor at the police station in unsavory word and it was used in this instance by a united group who months, ago,, by his competitors to with.” what seemed to Wilkes an effort are fighting mad. to get him to plead guilty to the If this proposition gets the okay of the.commission, then it will grab his part of the traffic which Increased activity by officers, charge. ' i hai channeled large amounts of especially federal. officers, was have the setup of a little boxing .version of the Hawaii Employers money through the underworld What destroyed the Kingpin’s “You’ve got to remember, the Council, and boxers, in a. sense, will be employes of the. promoters, here. , trade, the man said, because his officer is a man just like you with the sanction of the commission. This combination or deal will are,” Wilkes says the attorney tie up the poor fighters so that in many instances, they will be fight­ “It’s done,” said the man, “by “runners” were those most closely watched, and finally ;they found told him, “and it makes him feel ing for peanuts. fingaring. of by information, bad if he tells you to move on The .united front among the promoters is composed of Leo Leavitt, mat’s what they did io him (the it impossible to operate, for fear and you don’t obey. You ought .of being arrested. Al Karasick and Augie Curtis, the latter taking a way out by stating that Kingpin) and he’s finished now. to cooperate.” he would go along provided, if and when, in due consideration, and or, ' He’s still in prostitution, but ~ Doubts Boys Used The arrest came, Wilkes says, /Others, he said, have avoided maybe;' perhaps, and. all the other superfluities used herein, that the he’s pau selling dope. He still when he was standing, entirely by boxing - commission okays such a setup. We understand that AI Lang, buys, though. He’s a user.” the: intensity of the. law’s surveil­ himself, on Smith Street, and a. lance by using ingenuity in the who recently lost his job at Schofield due to a retrenchment program, - The Kingpin was; eased . out by . policeman approached him and made a terrific pitch for this new percentage arrangement. The story manncr of transporting drugs. He told him to move on. several cliques, according to the would .not verify reports heard around Bethel Street is that-Al is bidding for a job as mutual match­ talk that follows the racket, and Moved Ten Feet maker for the prompters. at least one of those cliques is elsewhere, however, that boys of “I did move about 10 feet away,” the shoeshine, newsboy age are says Wilkes, “and he turned This week Curtis announced that he is going through with a July composed of local racketeers. An­ 18 card. We understand he if giving the fighters a square deal by pay­ other is headed by a Mainlander. sometimes used as “runners” here. around and came back to me again. “If it’s done,” he said, “it can’t When he got tough with me again, ing them a guarantee instead .of using them on a percentage basis. ■ “That’s how everything hap­ be done very often. Something I told him I’d heard that the -loiter­ We see the setup this way. It seems like a poor business propo­ pens here—by information,” said like that would be too .risky too ing law had been declared , illegal. sition to have, your brains bashed in on a percentage basis, especial­ •one man. “How do you think many different ways.” He said he could arrest me for ly if you arc only a preliminary boy and trying to make the grade. the law grabbed that big haul disorderly-conduct ancTithat’s what The advantage of the main eventer is that he has the right to of dope, on the ship.? By the he did." bargain and get the best deal. information from a competitor.” ACTIONS LOUDER Wilkes, who managed two .box- , If the managers'have a!.sincere interest-in the welfare of their 7 He left no doubt that he was Mr. HUMPHREY (Minn.): Mr. ers until recently, pleaded not guil- fighters then the organization they are. proposing to organize is. one referring to the seizure of dope President, there is one point I wish - ty to the charge and his case will of the best ideas, to hit the noggins of the managers. But we . are very which customs agents effected on to emphasize. S. 1728 is probably be heard July 20. skeptical that this will be the trend for we can readily foresee where the President Wilson. 'The elim- . ' as significant ai piece of legisla­ “I don’t know how- they can managers will sell. their filters like chattels down the proverbial ination of competition by inform­ tion- as we in the Congress of the prove. I was disorderly,” he says, river. We hope the idea to organize will be caught by the fighters them- ing is fairly common in illegal United States will have an oppor­ “when there wasn’t anyone around selveS. Like the workers in the Territory who organized:for better wages circles in the Territory, he point­ tunity to, .consider. On it'hinges me for me to talk to. Talk and conditions we hope thei boxers will organize! ed out, because-the threat of vio­ not only the true fulfillment of about the police feeling bad. lence. is generally : rather empty. our democratic heritage in Amer­ How do they think i feel when Most underworld characters ica, but the prestige of democracy they arrest me for doing, nothing SPORTS TID-BITS FROiyi HERE AND THERE here consider violence impracti­ in the world. < Discrimination in but minding my business?” The Waialee Boys School will soon be moving to its new location cal, he said, because the geo­ America on account of race,’ color, right across from the Kawaiioa Girls School .The disposition of the graphical restrictions of the religion, or national origin, is a CORRECTION school property. is1 the concern of the Territorial Land Commission. Territory make it almost impos­ cancer in our body politic. Two-, The blind man who gave up The Parks Board of the City and County comes up with an excellent sible to • commit a violent crime thirds of the people in the world his vending stand at the police idea and that is to convert the beach frontage of the Old Waialee School and escape undetected. Oc­ are colored. So long as men and station referred to in last- week’s into a public park. We kokua the idea! casional occupational violence is women and children of color are issue is Joe Kauai and not Joe called stupid by operators who discriminated against in the Kahanu as reported in the REC- - ridicule gun-carrying here as United States, so long as’they are ORD. " > The 3 to 0 win of the Japan Collegians over the Athletics of the “movie gangster stuff.” denied equal opportunities, the , The story gave the views of TTH.wn.ii League has caused raised eyebrows among the baseball ex­ colored peoples of the world have the blind people who are heart- - perts who expected locals to beat the Nippon team by a decisive margin. . - The most recent serious vio­ a right to suspect our professed ' ened by the attorney general’s lence threatened in the narcotics friendship for - them and to look investigation of the Territorial ' ’ The Augie Curias promotion of another Mario Trigo-Philip Kim racket, said the RECORD’S in­ upon our international efforts for Bureau of Sight Conservation may hit the canvas from talk we gather on Bethel St. The comments formant, came when: one clique, ■ world understanding . arid democr and Work With the Blind. • seem to be pretty well set against this rematch. However, this town is handling consoles of heroin be­ racy with suspicion r . . gan reducing- the-price from the fight hungry'at the present time and Augie might be able to draw, better Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: ■insight of a . great philosopher than fliesn -Sf generally standard $10 to $8. “The peoples of the world can­ when he reminded us that our Customer Gypped not hear what we say because . words seem empty but our-actions Joe Jay, RECORD boosted, takes his billiards very seriously. He gets “Even at that,” said the man, what we do keeps dinning in their seem to fill the atmosphere . . . —Congressional Record, May 17, in shape for his daily games down at Brunswick by taking a daily swim • “the stuff is cut now with sugar -.ears.” at-Ala. Moana. This, he says, relaxes his fingers. - so there’s no more than half of Ralph Waldo Emerson had the 1950. July 13, 1950 HONOLULU RECORD Page Seven Types of Loans To Small Businesses HRT Workers May Alien Seamen Held Here 3 Months; Policy ofLocal Banks Restricts Two Face "Spotters" MCS lawyer Says New Doctrine Shown

„ (from page 1) would force local banks to con­ (from page 1) best means of fighting for Jose sought such loans said he feels sider such loans. By New Finding Bradshaw requested, the immi­ . Bradshaw, and the union’s attor­ there may be some pressure op­ “The Bank of America,” he said, gration official said: “The Ad­ ney, Lloyd McMurray, has given posing such loans from banks “would not make unsound loans, (from page 1) vertiser and the Star-Bulletin an opinion starting that the case which are tied up with the Big but it would make some that don’t Henriques does not have the haven’t published anything and has wide implications because of Five, themselves in the importing interest banks here just now.” I’m sure they’re aware of it.”* the regulation that-the U. S. attor­ RFC Might Do It right to face his accuser, unless But in spite of the curtain which - ney general may refuse to give business and in no need of capital the job security committee finds to finance either their shipments, Ordinarily, both inventory fi­ has clanged down on Jose Brad­ a hearing if' the detention has or theh operations. Such pressure, nancing and accounts receivable that it cannot arrive at the truth shaw in the matter of telling his been carried out on confidential he feels, may be reflected in the ..financing would ' be available of the matter without bringing story, the seaman has been able information. attitude of small banks which ... through the offices of the Recon­ to get some messages out. Follow­ McMurray wrote: “In my,view, struction Finance Corporation, but the two men together. ing is one statement which would the question is not whether we must do business with the larger The job security clause in the banks and miist not run tire risk those who have applied to the seem pertinent to his "undesirabil- can win the courts, but ■of incurring their displeasure. Honolulu branch,” opened here Transit Workers’ contract was ,ity”: " whether this doctrine can be de­ The entry into local operations three months ago, have been told first written into the contract “I will fight for Amerifta more veloped and used in this.country of some large Mainland bank, that the RFC hasn’t machinery signed between Honolulu Rapid willingly than those who con­ without opposition and without such as the Bank of America, here for either type and that it Transit and Amalgamated Division demn me, any time and against any knowledge by the general one financial observer said, would all have to be handled from 1173 (AFL) after the February, any foe. Bui as long as I live public that such a doctrine has . the Mainland, causing a delay that 1941 strike. Following the sus­ within the sphere of. its borders, been imported under our law.” would make RFC assistance to lo­ pension of an employe in February, I shall combat its evils.” The alternative to a hearing, cal borrowers in those fields im­ 1945, dispute arose between the Giving something of his back- ‘ the immigration, official told the Kasagi "illness" practical. company and the union as to the ground as a laborer; Bradshaw RECORD reporter, is that a com­ Duncan B. Reynolds, RFC meaning of the section.' writes: “I talk against exploita­ mission shall- be appointed to de­ representative in charge of the tion because . no one has fought termine whether the confidential Daubted By Vets; office here, would not be quoted Company Relies On Spotters more bitterly to survive in this information is accurate or the "do­ on such phases of local financ­ HRT has always relied upon the human jungle than L I worked ing of a screwball.” ing, but he did say that the of­ reports of spotters, known only to for 26 cents an hour in a ship’s The matter, the official ex­ fice here is not equipped to han­ one or two company; officials, for* hold for eight hours consecutive- plained, is not as simple as that of Suit Considered dle Ioans of either type. putting the finger upon’ operators . ly and without lunch, day after “a Chinaman who’s trying to bring (from page 1) - The first* three months of op-, who “chop” fares. It contends day. I swung on a scaffold 75 something into the country.” migration authorities in Wash­ eration have reduced the “first that the clause was written into feet high chipping the Panama ington on the same general sub­ flush” of the crowd of potential the contract only to protect em­ Canal lock gates for 22 cents an jects. borrowers who applied shortly aft­ ployes against “frivolous, arbitrary hour. The prater was drained The anger of the Maui veterans er the RFC opening of a full- or capricious” discharge. from the locks . . . so- the men Gallas Provisos is widely reported here to be a re­ time office here, Mr. Reynolds The union protested that only who fell dropped on hard concrete , sult of their belief that Miss Ka­ said. Now, 'through the many in­ through examination of spotters and their remains had to be picked sagi merely used illnesses an ex­ terviews and through newspaper by the' job security committee up wit]} shovels. They had no Still Unexecuted; cuse for not appearing.’ Veterans publicity, Reynolds said, he - be­ could an operator be protected unions and no insurance of any who saw her after, she had plead- lieves the general public under­ against arbitrary discharge? kind.” ■ . ed sickness, are reported to have stands pretty well , what RFC can Union Aids Bradshaw Sherretz Blamed Under Business Agent Arthur A. Bradshaw’s union, the MCS, has found her in apparent good- health do. Rutledge, the Transit Workers’ (from page 1) With no sign of a breakdown. Vet­ A very high proportion of the taken steps through its port agent . Union has strongly contested the here, Wally Ho, and through its his office was too busy to write erans and. .fellow performers at interviews thus far, Reynolds said, company’s interpretation of the the manual. . - the carnival from Honolulu, say have been with businessmen who national office, to determine the job security clause of the con­ , Manual a “Musi” < ; that Miss Kasagi was reported at sought loans and who did not! tract. . . - . • Wailuku to have declared after! know, that (a) apy loan the RFC Interviewed by the RECORD, her first performance that she ' grants must already have been ■ In June, 1947,’ Judge J. Frank Chairman Herbert Kum of/ the would not perform in a “barn” rejected by a bank, and (b) the McLaughlin. Redded against the White Answers commission said, “I believe a pro- before a “hick” audience...... —type, of security—RFC_must have production of the spotter in a case cedure. manual is a ’must.’ With­ out it, continued confusion and ’ Kasagi At Hilo before it considers loans. involving bus. operator Henry O. At ‘ this period, Reynolds said, James. ■ / Un-Arn, Report misinterpretation of civil service Fred Matsuo, younger ‘of the policies by the technical, staff, thp promoting brothers, says that he no. ’ loans have been made by the Contract’s Language Clear Claude White, acting chairman - new . office,, though a number are / Refusing to accept Judge Mc­ commission and the general pub­ was" with “Mlrts ’Kasagi ’ on 'Maui, of the Hawaii Civil Liberties Com­ lic, can be expected to; continue.” that she. was sick, that she was. ■ “active,” awaiting Mainland . de­ Laughlin’s ’ruling,' "Mr" De' Silva; mittee, arid'tlie HCLC executive hospitalized and treated, and-that cisions. A few applications have has stated that the contract is board, have issued a statement on Mr. Kum further said; “It is she did hot return to work at her been rejected and a few others perfectly clear in its language, ■ the report of the Hous? Committee hard for. me to understand how, profession .until Monday night withdrawn by the applicants. and “that continued denial of a on Un-American Activities. . The. during the last 11 years, such, a . when she opened in Hilo. guarantee under an agreement or statement follows: . manual has never been written, Matsuo said he had been in repeated violation of the terms of “We noted, with some initial based on policies that have been contact with the veterans, but New Shipping Line an agreement, does not establish -surprise, that the Un-American developed’ through experience^ that no settlement of the diffi­ a bona fide claim to ‘past prac­ Committee goes on record as say­ It should have been required culty can be worked out until tice.’ ” ing, in substance, that our efforts long, long ago.” his older brother, Tatsuo Matsuo, Actually No Threat Both parties regard the Hen­ to realize civil rights, guaranteed Kum is not: alone among com­ returns from Japan Friday. He riques case as an important test under the Constitution, and our missioners who have served on. the emphasized that the importa­ To Matson Business and prepared their arguments with efforts to make use of democratic commission, it was learned, in be­ tion of Miss Kasagi and other (from page 1) great care. Union, members of the institutions tend to ‘undermine’ lieving that the lack of a procedure Japanese theatrical artists here committee were Attorney Myer C. those institutions. It is our be­ manual has caused much of the and to the U. S. Mainland is a oly, the PTL ships are expected • Symonds, ILWU research director lief that, far from undermining controversy, and subsequent un­ venture of the Matsuo brothers, to give the Territory some busi- Theodora Kreps, and Mr. Rut­ democifatic . institutions, • we are favorable 'publicity, which has and is not connected in any way ledge. Company members - were strengthening them and perpet­ marked the C-C civil service oper­ with the International Theater. In the meantime, the PTL ships Attorney Thomas Quinn and HRT uating them by demanding that ation. ■ - Queried by. the reporter1 would cut into the trade of other officials F. J. Johnson and Charles they be extended to all Americans, Another, who agrees with Kum on’ ‘Taffaire Kasagi,” Matsuo said . competitors of Matson shipping. H. Wilson. The Rapid Transit regardless of race, creed or color. and Gallas that such, a manual * he intended' to meet with local Furthermore, reports along Mer­ Co., now that the ruling has gone “If the Un-American Committee is needed, lays the blame to 442nd representatives arid . later, chant Street say, with the PTL against it, is expected to press for feels our action undermines demo- Sherretz who has become such a with representatives of the Maui entering into the Hawaii-West rewriting of the job security clause ■ cratic institutions, then it would - force in shaping actual civil serv- 442nd Club. Coast shipping the Maritime Com­ in the next contract. also consider the attitudes of Ab­ ice- procedure that, says the “But aren’t you going to the mission would be less prone to give raham Lincoln and Franklin Del­ ex-commissioner, “He is the tail Mainland next week?” he was a franchise to another company ano Roosevelt at least as danger­ that wags the dog.” asked. • • that, might want to enter the ous to those same rights arid to The failure of Sherretz • and the “Oh, not before this is settled,” field and nibble at Matson busi- UAW-CIO Wins Wage ' those same institutions. iz We say civil service staff to carry out he said. “You don’t think ■ I ‘initial surprise’ because, on re­ another Gallas recommendation, could leave with something like Increase In Kansas City flection, we realize members of regarding the elimination of the this hanging fire?” ■ that committee have historically requirement for pictures from civil 1 SHOVING FILIPINOS KANSAS CITY (FP)—A 3-day Matsuo said he realizes the Maui The Rev. Franco Manuel was : demonstrated a callousness toward service application forms, was re­ vets “are unhappy” over the fact strike by workers at the Rupert democratic institutions unequalled ported in last week’s RECORD. editor of the Philippine Chronicle Diecasting Co. ended with an that Miss Kasagi failed to appear long ago when the cops were giv­ by an official agency since the This recommendation, too, had. during the major part of the carni­ agreement calling for wage in-, Emancipation proclamation.” been accepted‘by the commission. ing the Filipinos a bad time on the creases of 5 to 15 cents an hour val; but he thinks something will sidewalk for “loitering.” One night be worked out to satisfy all par­ and improvements in vacation The steel industry now employs The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ' Manuel yelled “police[’’ because of benefits and seniority. The work­ 9 per cent fewer workers than a price index was 167.3 in April, ‘ ties. a disturbance during a boxing "After all;” he said, "Tm the ers are members of the United year ago, while , output is about! slightly higher than the 166.9 fig­ match at the Houston Arena. The Auto Workers (CIO). the same. ure.in January. one who loses. I have to pay hen cops pushed Manuel around and, whether she works or not.” took him to the station, because, * At Odds Now an old-timer says, he was a Fil­ He is a member of the 442nd ipino. Club here, Matsuo said, adding, “but right now I’m at odds with Classified Directory the organization.” really made a good thing out of Matsuo’s last words to the re­ Tanaka Kinuyo (the first star porter were: "If you print any brought by the Matsuos). .They statement from me, be sure it’s showed her. at International, and AUTO TOP SHOP FLOOR FINISHERS .REFRIGERATION that I-said she was sick.” then they had a welcome party ' Promoters who have brought ai for her at Lau .Yee Chai and DE LUXE Auto Top Shop. Spe­ M. TAKAYAMA. Specialize in floor 24 HOUR refrig, service. Commer­ number of theatrical artists from charged for that—I think it was cializing in tops, seat covers, and sanding, refinlshlng. Ph. 79554. cial, ^domestic. Ph. 975345, G. H. Japan since last November, the $3 a ticket.” general auto upholstery. 1177 Refrig. Ssv. &:General’Repair. Matsuos have evoked some criti­ ...Other Matsuo importations in- Kapiolanl Blvd. Ph.. 53052. SAND blasting, steam cleaning; cism before by their policies which elude Yoshiko Yamaguchi; “the; welding and painting. Ph. 86089. LUMBER some patrons have felt sometimes .Bette Davis of Japan.’’; the Un­ CONTRACTORS FUNERAL PARLORS border on theatrical exploitation getsu Troupe, and the Akireta USED lumber and Army houses at rather than theatrical exhibition. Boys, a comedy team which in- GEORGE Shima, Gen. Cont., De­ ■ A veteran ot the 100th Bat­ eluded two New York to the Hawaii Hochi: throw off the yoke of what they'call “white im­ tivated. ~ “The city is. aghast at the terrible picture of-conditions in Hawaii perialism.” j______j______<______presented by sensational" articles. Screaming headlines point to the « This is still another reason why we should Everyone familiar with the current ac­ existence of intense racial hatred and warn of the danger arising from have played it strictly according: to. Hoyle and tivities of the high sheriff’s office knows the presence of a mixed population roused to a frenzy against the Hand­ - let the UN ask us to send in our armed forces that it has shrunk or deteriorated into a ful of whites living in-the city of Honolulu.” along with the armed forces of-the non-white paper-serving agency. While one-of the Some typical headlines: UN member nations; Then our intervention could not have had the issue of color which we . duties of this high sheriff’s office is tp HAWAII CRATER OF RACIAL HATE. apparently are ; choosing to -ignore, but which “preserve the public peace,” and enforce MANY WHITE WOMEN ATTACKED IN HAWAII. looms as important to Asia and Africa. laws, it is a well-known fact that the RACIAL VOTE SAVES FIVE ATTACKERS. But that was not enough. We made sure that deputy high sheriffs, while the high sheriff CALL FOR WHITE RULE MADE. IN EDITORIAL. none of -the colonial peoples would separate us has been ill for months, and still is, are BAYONETS RULE HAWAII AS RACES BOIL IN KILLING. from the camp of white imperialism, by-announc­ Six whole pages of the New York Daily News were devoted to the ing additional support to the French masters in bitterly competing among themselves to their effort to stamp out the Vietnamese, inde­ make as much money as they can on a MEELTING POT PERIL! in which lust-mad natives and insolent Orien- pendence movement. This, of course, is in line commission basis by serving papers for ' tals indulged in an orgy of criminal violence. With our financial aid to the Dutch imperialists the courts and other agencies. Hearst Papers Use “Yellow Peril” Line in the same part of the world. We seem un­ Twenty Hearst papers editorialized: flinchingly committed to support of the masters Some'of the deputy high sheriffs make’ and to helping kick in the teeth of the exploited. more than a thousand dollars a month, “The situation in Hawaii is deplorable. It is an unsafe place for No matter how corrupt-and mercenary and cruel while others make a hundred or less, Re- • white women,. Outside the cities and small towns, the roads go through a government may be, let its spokesmen . say they jungles and in these-remote places, bands of dangerous natives lie in are against communism and our pocketbook flies lationship among them is not good, the ■ wait for white women driving by, Forty cases of-such outrages have RECORD has learned, and morale can occurred and nobody lias been punished; open. certainly stand improvement. . . The whole island should be put under martial law and Let UN Take Initiative . R. Several months ago the RECORD ex­ perpetrators of outrages against white women should be promptly Naturally, our unilateral move in Korea and posed this undesirable state of affairs tried by court martial and executed.” our plan of increased aid to the French imperial­ among our law enforcement officers. Has The. Hawaii situation, declared one of the Hearst papers, was the ist gets hearty applause in certain quarters,' .but., result of a Jap plot-to create an an,ti-American attitude toward the had you noticed that they are the- people 'who the attorney general corrected the situa­ whites. maintain power mainly through Yankee dollars? tion and brought dignity to the high sher­ • So screamed the yellow press. And what of the reputable papers? Withdraw-our billions and the Atlantic Fact nations iff’s office? When he does, the public will would collapse immediately. The cold truth is hear about it. Feeling Ran High — and Stupid that there may come a time when even our And while the office of the high sheriff The New York. Evening Post demanded that Governor Judd be wealth cannot save the overlords, as witness what removed, and the Army’s commanding general be. made Administrator - happened-in China. . is doing nothing.to help check-vice among for Hawaii; : ■ I wish\?te had kept our skirts clean in Korea the adult? in our community, degeneracy ' The ultra-respectable New York Times blamed Hawaii’s mongrel ■ by letting the UN take the initiative. And I.wish of morals and crime has seeped into the racial mixture for the (imaginary) outbreak of rioting. also, that we would listen to their honest striv­ activities of our juveniles. ings for human dignity and not side with-the In Congress, feeling ran just as high — and as stupid — as out- exploiters, as in China, or the imperialists, as in Only on Hawaii, particularly in Hilo, . —-side. Judge Steadman, upon the jury’s request, had told it the Vietnam. : We can’t have the moral leadership has the rate of crime among juveniles de­ meaning of “reasonable, doubt” and such like technical terms. The of the world when we behave in this fashion. ■ House committee on naval affairs called’the judge’s routine explana­ creased. Credit goes to Police Chief Paul tions “thinly veiled instructions to acquit.” I would-like to see the Korean war brought to an end and:the grievances of those involved given and the community in general. We do not. Senator Kenneth McKellar (today Governor Stainback’s Great think any of that credit should go1 to At­ full hearing^ Then, for the sake of world peace, and Good Friend) declared himself “shocked and astounded” by re­ .let. us all find ways of correcting the-just com­ torney- General Ackerman, judging from ports from Hawaii. Everywhere there was talk of commission rule for plaints of any group. -But the mere ending of the conditions in Honolulu, right in front Hawaii. hostilities without changing the conditions that of his nose. One of the intelligence services rushed into print a report that led to armed conflict would be insufficient. - it had! made four and a half years before. The report revealed that But the attorney general is the gov­ there were prostitutes in Honolulu and criticized Governor W. R. Far­ Can’t Afford Blunders ernor’s appointee. So the breakdown of ■ rington for pushing statehood. .. Already there is talk in some quarters that law and order and the so-called crime merely forcing the North- Koreans back: beyond wave are the governor’s responsibility. Admirals Sound Out Their Views the 38th parallel will riot be enough. With that / And the admirals? ‘ • I agree. But I do not' agree that North" Korea But the governor is away, and has been Admiral Pcttingill said Hawaii was unsafe for the wives of Navy must-be subdued and both sections placed under for some time, on one of his frequent trips officers. ' ■. the American-backed Rhee government, already, to the Mainland where he spends his time Admiral William V. Pratt, the day1 after Kahahawai’s lynching, notorious for its reactionary arid repressive meas­ gave it his approval by declaring that American men will not stand for ures. ■ ‘ and energy trying to get reappointed. the rape of their women under any circumstances, “and for this crime The records, however, show glaringly I say that if the end is a united Korea, it will they : have taken the matter into .their own hands. repeatedly when-7 have to be a unity built around. what the people- his omission of duty. ' y- they felt the law had failed to do justice.” : : want, not the desires of a small clique backed by This, too, is something Washington The Navy Department thought of cancelling its annual maneuvers U.'S. arms and money. We can afford no more should know. . ' (more on page 4) blunders in Asia. ;