12,000 Workers In HO C C 0 R D Disappearing Act Hawaii Needs i In T.H. Report BY SPECIAL WRITER - VOLUME Vin NLx.^„ -A uE COPY 10 CENTS— THURSRAY MAY 10, 1956 Where is the territorial depart­ ment of labor and industrial re­ lations putting thousands of un­ employed whom it no longer counts as jobless? Or have the unemployed van­ ished, as labor department statis­ tics indicate? ' Increase of 13,000 Secrets of Local A close study of labor depart­ ment figures from August 1955 shows that about 20,000 people are actually unemployed in. the Teri- tory today, or an increase of about 13,000 over the 9,103 listed as job­ less in Aug. 15, 1955. The 20,000 figure is given after a liberal al­ lowance of about 2,000 for out­ Wire Tapping Aired migration of high school graduates (more on page 5) Company Taps On "NOf |n Wjre Tapping Business," Says Momentum for Elective Governor It would be interesting to know (1) whether the Ad­ Request of Cops, V.P. at Hawaiian; Answers Confused vertiser convinced its employe, Oren Long, that an elective governor would be a good idea, (2) or Oren FBI, Record Told BY EDWARD ROHRBOUGH porter of “something I didn’t know “We are not in the_wire tapping until now,” .which was that all Long convinced the Advertiser, (3) or Oren Long and You have heard much of wire requests for tapping or monitor­ the Advertiser arrived at the same conclusion by some business. We do not tap and make tapping on the Mainland by the recordings. We have no device or ing must come through the Hono­ sort of simultaneous combustion. FBI and other government agen­ equipment for it.” lulu Police department, and that cies and by private agents work­ they must be in the form of "or­ Of course the idea was tossed by the Advertiser into ing for business concerns, but have Such were the unequivocal terms ders.” an editorial along with some suggestions as to how Ha­ in which Ralph p. Beck Jr., vice you heard how it's done in Hawaii? president ol the Hawaiian Tele­ That, he said in answer to a waii’s people might try working at being “more Ameri­ Did you know that Charlies K. phone Co., denied items of the question, includes the FBI or any can’’ while waiting for statehood. Whatever the source, Fujimoto was absolutely right in other agency wishing to listen in story received by the RECORD on a .conversation. the and Oren Long are to be congratulated 1948 when he complained to the concerning wire tapping activities Advertiser territorial public ' utilities com­ The reporter then went to po­ for moving further over on the side of democracy in in Honolulu. But the answer was mission that his telephone was not immediately forthcoming yp- lice headquarters to ask Assist­ Hawaii and away from the despotism by which many tapped, but wrong in his addition­ on the RECORD reporter’s visit ant Chief Leon Strauss Jr. about important governmental choices and decisions have al claim that the instrument was to the company offices. this channelling of wire tapping been kept, and are still kept out of the hands of the “bugged" to act as a microphone requests.. to pick up conversations in the Citing items of the story to F. ■ Strauss said police- ask-monitor- people. room? G. Chadwick, public relations of­ ingr-not. tapping,-only on one type ficer; the' reporter heard'general Both are to be congratulated on finally seeing the Did you know that during'World agreement on most items. Chad­ of case. That - is when a complaint light the RECORD has been holding aloft this long time. War II conversations on nearly wick confirmed, or seemed to con­ comes that, someone (often a de­ any subject were monitored local- ranged or perverted individual has And the Advertiser is to be congratulated for keeping firm that the company (1) does (more on page 4) carry out taps for agencies like been making obscene and lewd con­ the idea in the minds of its readers by asking and the Honolulu police and the FBI; versation on a telephone. In such publishing opinion of a list of local political figures, (2) that company personnel "docs cases, Strauss said, police ack the ouch work and not government phone in question be monitored for (more on page 8) Death of 7 Dogs the purpose of apprehending the agents. person making objectionable re­ Chadwick was not informed of marks. Ires Owner at facts in the Fujimoto case, he said, But Strauss flatly denied that but it was not until asked-for a requests from any other agency, 402 Firemen Asked to Give $10 Each statement of policy on wire tap­ Federal. or local, are . channelled Humane Society ping that he found it necessary through the police department, to consult a superior. From that office, the reporter To Buy Car for Smith; Some Reluctant Mrs. Helen K. Kanahele, UPW v Police Brought In ..telephoned Chadwick and was im­ Four hundred, and two Oahu voluntary, like Captain Meyer secretary treasurer, is both sad and After a call to Vice President mediately referred ' to Beck, who firemen, are being contacted to said, and I believe he is on the angry and she blames the Hawaii­ Beck, he then informed the re­ (more on page 4) donate $10 each toward the pur­ up and up. I think he is a swell an Humane Society for the situa­ chase of a Buick Roadmaster for Joe. Mayfoe others don’t say the tion. Fire Chief Harold A. Smith who same. But when you get up there "If I had any idea they were go­ is retiring July 31 on- $737 a month you gpt to take what the boys ing to gas my dogs,” she says, "I Jack Burns Seeking No Post, But pension. say, even if it’s bad about you. neyer would have let them be tak­ Fire Captain Arthur M. Meyef, We get it from the top down and en. I thought they would only find plans and training offfter of the (more on page 5) a home for them.” Name Carries Weight at Convention department, said yesterday that Last week, when Mrs. Kanahele BY STAFF WRITER available” for the important posi­ the contributions are strictly vo­ decided there were too many dogs tion he has held for six years— luntary and he is asking the per­ at her'Naale St. home, she thought The one man generally admitted that of chairman of the Democrat­ sonnel to give ‘‘from their heart.’’ it might be a good idea to "farm to carry more political power ic central committee. If they cannot give $10, he said, out” some of them. So she called among delegates to the Demo­ Tom Rumored Out cratic territorial convention than That man is, of course, John A. he has told firemen that they may the HHS and asked them to come Bums, who would be Hawaii’s de­ contribute less or nothing at all- and get two adult dogs and five any other party leader is, para­ Some Say Felt Obligated Of Race for Demo month-old puppies. doxically, one who will not be legate to Congress today If 441 vot­ He said 202 have told him they - "But if I’d had any idea seeking any post at all for himself ers had cast-their ballots the other and who has made himself “not way in the last election. In view will contribute $10. One hundred what was going to happen,” she of Bums' steady growth of strength three have told him they will give National Comm. says, "I’d never have let them go, and the ever-increasing “Bums something or try to contribute After Maui County Chairman or I’d have taken them hack.” faction,” it is of interest to examine something if they can. Only a few Eddie Tam made a flying trip to Brother Saw Bodies that growth and the reasons.be- have told him directly that they ^Honolulu Tuesday to contact vari­ She might never have found Out hind it on the eve of the conven-- are not contributing anything for ous political figures here, the ru­ except that her brother, Ferdinand personal reasons. Others who are Kamaka, an employe of the C-C tion. - mor went out- widely that Tam will Certainly it is true that Burns’ on sick leave, vacation and absent withdraw from the race for Demo­ refuse division, saw carcasses of. for various reasons have to be the dogs being unloaded at the supporters have multiplied since cratic national committeeman, he almost defeated Del. Elizabeth contacted. leaving ■ the field open for Dr. .C-C Incinerator—not long after Some firemen who said they the dogs had been turned over. Farrington after a campaign cha­ Ernest Murai, the only other can­ racterized by prodigious energy on would contribute told this weekly didate who'has filed for the race. "I feel they must have gassed that they felt obligated to pledge the dogs within a few hours,” says the .part of a few faithful-support­ a $10 contribution. Tam was reported to have told Mrs. Kanahele. "I don’t think they ers and extremely little cash. A “But is it right for the higher friends that he had entered only great many potential supporters as a compromise candidate, In an made much effort to find a home ups to come to us and ask for or them.” .did less <t^an they might have, 'as donation when Chief Smith is re­ effort to bring peace In the fight Previously, Mrs.