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Show Hawaii I-Iawaii I Iawaii - Eager to Become 49th StateMajority State StateMajority " - Majority IVlajority IVlajorityof Majorityof of Island People Favor Statehood St tehood ; Hawaii Havaii , ContributesLiberally Contributes ContributesLiberally ContributesLiberally Liberally Liberallyto to Support of Federal Government , Yet YetCongress YetCongress YetCongress Congress Withholds Favorable Action . By WRIGHT A . PATTERSONY PATTERSONAP PATTERSON < AP is a loyal American Amcrican citizen ivho "ho ho who " lives hvcs in Honolulu HonoluluHe HonoluluHe HonoluluHe YAP Y BAP He went to American schools . . He talks , thinks andacts and acts actsAmencan actsAmerican actsAmerican Amencan American . But t t1ere there 1ere is one American privilege he does doesnot doesnot doesnot not have , and he wants It-he It he Itheants it - he ' wants \ants ants scants \ to vote for a presi presI- presIdent presi- presi president president - - dent of the United Umtcd States That is Yap's Yaps ' reason for wanting want111g Ha- Ha Hawah Hawaii Ha Hawaii - waii wah wahadmitted admitted as the forty-ninth forty ninth - state . . Vernon Co C . Yap was born in 111 the islands of Chinese parent parent- parentage parentage parentage - age His father andmother and mother were small farmers on the island of ofMolokal ofMolokai ofMolokai Molokal Molokai . He has a Chinese wife andone and one son , . . His home is a asmall asmall acmill small smalland and unpretentious cottage , , but typically American Amencan in fur- fur furI fur - I nishings nlshings and cleanliness le"lnIlne lelnIlne " < : s Yap is is0 is0t istypical < i-tvplcal i tvplcal - t typical pical of a very large percenta percentage percentageof e eof of the second ( and lnd third generation generationof of the orientals in the Islands , an all anof allof allof of \ whom horn ' \ want scant ant to vote for a 0 . pre&i prei presi pre&ident president pre&ident preident & & dent of the United Unitcd States StatesI I went to the Islands to ascertain ascertain"hether ascertainwhetlier ascertainwhether "hether hether whetlier " or not tlic the people of IIo.wall IIowall Hawaii IIo.walldesired Hawaiidesired Hawaiidesired . desired statehood A sub committee committeeof of congre&s congres congress congr & s had done the same samethIng samething samething thIng The members of the commit commit- committee committee committee - tee had held beld sessions in IIonolulu Honolulu IIonolulu'lnd Honoluluand Honoluluand 'lnd lnd and ' listened to statements made by by105 105 residents \ who c ho wished wIcbed : to appear appearof , I Iof of whom 90 DO :1 1 : advocated vocated statehood st'ltehoo stltehoo statehoodIn ' I In its report the committee stated statedthat staledthat . that a "comfortable comfortable " majoilty majollty majority of the thepeople thepeople thepeople people of the Islands fm favor or state statehood statehood statehood hood , " that the territorial terrJtorl11 legIsh leglsla legIshture leglslature leglsiature ture since smce 1903 1003 had b'1d b1d ' repeatedl repeatedly repeatedlypassed repeatedlipassed passed resolutions favoring st'lte stlte state statehood st'lte1100d statehood ' 1100d hood , and other icasons le'1S0nS le1S0nS ieasons ' that tlIat seemedto seemed to favor a admission mIsslOn of the Islands as v _ - _ 7 r . 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LollD Loon Thurston publisher pubIlsher of theDaily the theDaih theDails Daih Dails Ad\ Ad AderU Advertiser Adsertiser \ erU < . , er , , doc docb does : , not uehe\ uehe uehee behese uehethe behesethe believethe \ e the islands Ishnds al aie ate e ready rC'1dy rC1dy ' for st'ltehood stltehood statehood statehoodat st'ltehoodat ' at this time , but lmt will ,111 111 , be \ when s hen lien the theorIent'lls theorientals theorientals orIent'lls orIentlls orientals ' fll aie ate e tlioiouglily tholOUghly thoroughly AmellC'ln AmellCln American AmellC'ln17ed Americanbed Ameiicanl7ed ' 17ed bed ' and 'lnd lnd \ wlien sshea hen tlie the dual dU11 standards standardsof of \ wages cages ages , , of hours and of In ] livinhave tsing tsinghave in ? h'lve hlve have ' been 0\ 0 \ ovcicome 0elcome oetcome % elcome He lie belle belies believpsthese , ps es psthese esthese these " will JII be accomplished \ ftltlnn ssitliin \ ltIun 1 ' 1fc afcv i ifew fc\\ fc few fcyears \ \ , yearsMr years yearsMr Mr l\lr l lr \ . Joseph .ToSE'ph .ToSEph ToSEph ' r nrnngton Farrington lrrmgton , publishciof publlshclof publtshetof publlshcl publtshet of the Daily Star Bulletin Bulletlll , Is In Inslstent insistent insistent slstent sistent that congiess congless congress grant st'lte stlte state statehood st'ltehood statehood ' hood noUnder now no\\ no \ Under the present ter ter- territorial ter- ter territorial territorial - - ritorial status lie he tie feels congre congress < : , s can canat canat canat at any time legislate leglsl1te the islands Ishnds lslands out outof outof outof of busIne buslne&s buslnes business & s brestrIctl1lg bv b\ b bs \ restricting restrIctl1lg or pro prohlbltlng prohibiting prohibiting hlbltlng hibiting exports to tho the American Americanmamland Americanmainland Americanmainland mamland mainland , as was w\s w s ' \ done In the case caseof caseof caseof of sugarlie sugar sug'lr suglr ' sugarHe populationWe populatzonWc He lle lie said "We We "Ile Ile " have the populatzon population Wc We are a lo loal loyal ) al people We haic henc June the thewealth thewealth thewealth wealth wealthand andzndustry andindustry and industry zndustry We Jr ' e pay lberal liberal lberalIy liberally liberally , Iy ly toiiard tOIard toward ( the support of 0/ 0 0the / the federal federalgOt.ernment federalgovernment federalgoiernment gOt.ernment gOternment government . , andas and as o a lo loal loyal ) al people and andtaxpayers andtaxpayers andtaxpayers taxpayers ive lVe we hat hate e a right rght , to represen represenlatlon representation represcntation " latlon tation A prominent native natne woman womnn , who whodoes whodoes whodoes does not wish to be named , agl agrees agreeswith agieesswith ee : , with Mr Thurston She fears Jap J'1p- J'1p J1p Jap- J'1panese Japanese Japanese ' - - anese domination and Japanese con control control control trol of state ofiicesDoctor olhccs ofhces ofiices olhccsDoctor Doctor Dean , former president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the University UDlversltv of Hawaii Haw111 , and lir Mr lirAtherton MrAtherton MrAtherton Atherton , , representing the tbe Indu&trial Indutrial industrial Indu&trialInterests industrialinterests IndustrialInterests & Interests , are ure as Insistent upon uponstatehood uponstatehood uponstatehood statehood as is Mr FarringtonYap Farnngton Farrington FarnngtonYap Yap 11\ 11 ] lives 11es is \ es in a modest but com corn comfortable cornfortable cornfortable fortable cottage of fh five fie e rooms IUs Ills IUssmall Illssmall Hissmall small boy bov has 11:1S 111S : shoes 5hoe bu but t he wears wearsthem \ wearbthem ear them only on stated occasions and andthen andthen andthen then under protest Earl D'lrl Dlrl ' Th'lcler Thlcler Thacker Thackerone ' , , , one of the tbe islands ' prominent citizcns cltl citi cltlzens citizens zens , lives In a beautiful be'1utIful be1utIful ' home In to Inthe tothe Inthe the Diamond II Head e 'HI HI ' district His Hischildren Hischildren Hischildren children have hnve shoe shoes < : , but they are areworn areworn worn ' \ orn only on stated occasions , nnd and nndthen andthen andthen then un under er protest . The chlldrcn children childrenof chlldrcnof of tliese these two families typify soclaJ social soclaJcondItions socialconditions socialconditions condItions in the lslandcTake Islands Islandc lslandc IslandsTake ; Take Politics Seriously . In a social , political pollUcul or cultural culturalwav culturalway culturalwav wav way there Is no race ruce problem IQ ii In . lld Ha lldVail Hawait Hdtrail HdtrailThe \Vail Vail wait \ waitThe The Island people , whether whetlIer they theybe theybe theybe be "haolis haolis "l1a01l l1a01l " & . " ( \ whites hltes ) , oilentals ollentals otientals , Poly Poly- Polynesians Poly- Poly Polynesians Polynesians - - nesians or nath native 0 HawaIIans Ihwalluns , , tal.e tale take taketheir taketheir . their politics polltlct : * berlousl bcriousli seriously . But in poll polltics pollties polltics tics ties there are no racial rachl blocs There Thereare Thereare Thereare are not more than 2 25 nogroes negroes in the theIshndS theislands theIslands IshndS islands , , but a nero negro nc . ; ro was wac ; elected clected to totho tothe tothe tho the Islands Isl'lnds Isllnds ' l lofclslatuie IPblslatUle , islatute By y far t'lr tlr ' the thehrget thelargest thelargest hrget largest ' ? < > single JD le racial : gioup tOllp are fire the theJl'lne theJapanese theJapanese Japanese Jl'lne Jllne ' ) ) ' e , , but uut never l1CHr neser ? moic mOle mono than th'1n th1n ' three threeJ J legIslature leglslature ips fps have b'lvC blvC ' been ueen memh mennh9rs mem rs oC or of the leg legslature slature Islature lslature at any an . } one time 7c 7he The 7/ 7 / c Democratic national natonnl natonnlcommIttee nationalcommittee , commIttee commItteeman committeeman committeeman man from the tslawh tland islands $ . and the tIe , pres pros prosent present prosfnt ent postmaster , John fT 11 IT ' ITilson ilson , is a mIx mIxturc mixtore mixture turc tore of Polynesian Polrncswn , Hawaiian Ilauallan llauanan , and andScotch andScotch andScotch Scotch Irish lrrsh He lIe scried seTted served servedas as maor mayor ) of ofI1onollilu ofHonolulu ofHonolulu I1onollilu Honolulu for , nine urIC ) years ears and is an ar ardent ardent ardent dent adtocate adLOcale ofstate1lOod ofstatehood of statehood state1lOod state1lOodas statehoodas as a mat matter matter matter ter of justice for the island people peoplebelicting , beltet belietinig zng they can better regulatetheir regulate regulatethe regulatetheir the their " internal llltemal llltemalaUars internalaffairs affairs aUars , than congress congre.u congreu . can cando cando cando do the job yob for themThe themThe them themThe The professor , wlio who rates as prob probably probably probnbly ably the top In higher mathematics mathematicsat at the Univeisiti Ull1\els1t Ull1 els1t Unisetsity \ of Hawaii IIa\\al1 IIa al1 \ , Is n a nClunese aChinese aChinese Clunese Chinese " woman "om'ln omln ' Teachers Te\chers Te chers ' \ of all allr'1CS allraces nilraces r'1CS r1CS races ' ( are ure to be foun found in all of the thescbool theschool theschool scbool school grades gradesJaps Japs Maintain Mamtain School Schools * . Tlie The one possible t1In flv t1\ t1 flu \ In the oint olnt ointment olntment ointment ment is tlie the Japanese langu.lge langulge language langu.lgeschools languageschools languageschools . schools They Thcy arc are maintained mamtalned by the theelder theelder theelder elder Japs , , those born in Japan J'lp'ln Jlpln ' ' Tothese To Totbese Tothese tbese these schools go the Japanese J'lpanese Jlpanese ' chil chII chit dien dlen then before or ' after 'lCter lCter regular school schoolhOUl schoolbouts schoolhouis bouts hOUl s Here liere Japanese Jap'1nlSe Jap1nlSe ' teachel teachers teacherstench teacheibteadi teath tench the Japanese language , J'lP'l JlPl Japi Japinese J'lP'lnebe Japanei ' ' nebe nese > e hlstor history ) and and Japanese Jap'lnese Japlnese ' cu&toms cutoms customs cu&tomsand customsand customsand & and and culture'rhe cultureThe culture cultureThe ' The 'rhe rhe attendance at these schools schoolsis IS dlmllll.11ln dlmllll11ln chmtnt diminishing . iing rather rapidly with withthe \ withtlie Ith I the diminishing dloHDlslllng population populaUon of ilien ilienJapanese ' ] alicuJapanese lIen . Jap.lne"e Jap.lnee Japlnee Japanese . " In 1920 1020 10 0 the total popuintion popu popuJntlOIJ popui JntlOIJ i tion of Jap J1p aells aliens ] was w\s w s ' \ 5G ' ) G 273 ny By By1030 1030 ] )30 30 ' ) the figure had h'1d h1d liid ' dropped to 47- 47 47781 477S1 47-7S1 47 7S1 , - 781 7S1 , a . .decrease decrease .decre'lse .decrelse decrelse . ' of nearl nearly 1 1000 000 a ayeah aieoi yeah ; } e11 , , ' and 'lnd lnd the ' annual 'lnnu'1l lnnu1l ' decreae decrease decreaserows decreaseprows ' ) " , ros rows ro\\ ro \ s ' larger l'lrger llrger each e'lch elch ' sear year :3 3 : e'lr elr ' Without Withoutthe Withoutthe Withoutthe the Influence of the ( lie elder Taps J1pS thE thelanguage thelanguage ' lanu'1g-e lanu'1g lanu1g e language : ' - ischools choos schools ] could not continueThe continueThe continue continueTlie Tlie The business bU"iness bUiness " of IIR\\ IIR Hawaii IIRali IIawari \ \ ali its b Is atl atlculture a ' \ ? tl tlculture ilculture culture , confined cont1l1ed conbned to thiee tlnee three commercial commer commercIl commercial cI\l cI l cial ' \ crops so far as e cxpoits pOlts potts ' aie 'lie lie ate con concerned concerned concerncd cerned They aie ale ate sugar sl1g'lr sl1glr ' , pmeapples pineapples pmeapplesand pineapplesand pineapplesand and coffee For ror local loc\l loc l ' \ consumption consumptionthere consumptionthere consumptionthere there are 11 tinck truck uck gardening g'lrdelllng glrdelllng ' , dallYIng dauying dallYIngan dauyingand danyingand an and live 11e the 11\ 11 \ e stock raising ralsmg Sugar and pineapples pll1capplcs demand large largescale largescale largescale scale operations opaatzons They arc proelLiced produced producedon proelLicedon on big b'g bg ' plantations of 01 01many ofmany many thousands thousandsof thou thousandsof al1ds al1dsof of ofacres acres on eachof each of fihich u.lllch ulllch uhich u.lllch'ou . 'ou ou you ) ' ou find findvIllages findvillages findvillages vIllages employees peopled by plantation plalltatlon platitation employ enzplo ) . hospilal hosplwI hospitai ees , , goodschools good schools , , churches c/llIrcheJ c llIrcheJ / , a hospl hospi wI tai , recreation recrpatlO1I recrpation and amI end playgroundcenters playground centersplantation centers , bigwgar plantClton plantation , stores storC3 , alldalways andahvays and alld alimys always ahvays the bg big bgsugar bigsugar , sugar mill mzll millSteady mzllSteady Steady Work for All . In the nclds belds fields you find Jnp'lncse Jnplncse Japanese Japaneseand Jnp'lncseand Japaneseand ' and rillpiiio rlllpino rllipino vvoikers woI1.ers woI1ers workers . Whites and andnative andnative andnative native Hawaiian li'lwailnn lilwailnn Ilawailans ' ; , work worL . in 1n tlie the sug sugir 1r sugirfields 1rfields fields Chinese serve &erve erve & as cloiks clel1.s clel1s clerks . 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