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Show Hawaiian Plebiscite to Focus Attention AttentionOn AttentionOn AttentionOn On Forty-Year Forty Year - Struggle for Statehood By ROBERT McSHANE McSIIANE McSHANER McSIIANEReleased McSHANERfleMcd R ( ( RfleMcd Released loasecl by West Wcitern western m Newspaper Union 1111100 ) HOUGH the 48 starred starredflag starredflag starredflag THOUGH H T flag of the United Umted States Stateshas Stateshas Stateshas has remained remamed unchanged unchangedSInce unchangedsince unchangedsince SInce Arizona and New Mexi MexI- MexIco Mexico Mexico - co were admitted to the Umon Union UmonIn Unionin Unionin In 1912 , , a determined attempt attemptis 15 is being made to add another anotherstar anotherstar anotherstar star to its constellation Ha Hawanas Hawaiias Hawan wan-as wan as waii-as waii - as at least part of Its Itspo itspopulation itspopulation po population pula bon claIms-wants claIms wants claims - wants to tobecome tobecome tobecome become the forty ninth stateCulmma stateCulminating state stateCulminating Culmma Culminating hng more than thanforty thanforty thanforty forty years of effort to secure securefull securefull securefull full rights as an integral part partof partof partof of the nation nabon , the Territory of ofHawan ofHawaii ofHawaii Hawan Hawaii will hold a plebiscite plebiscitenext next November to record by popular popularvote popularvote popularvote vote the aspiration asplratlo11 of her people for forsta forstatehood torstatehood torstatehoodThe sta statehood tehood statehoodThe tehoodThe The plebiscite will wlII be included mcluded in inthe inthe Inthe the general elections in the terrItory terrItoryNovember territoryNovember territoryNovember November 5 It will have no dIrect dIrectbearmg directbearing directbearing bearmg bearing on the grant ng of state statehood statehood statehood hood other than to focus natIonal natIonalattention nationalattention nationalattention attention on the issue Its sponsors sponsorshope sponsorshope sponsorshope hope to expedite action by congress congresson on a bill providing provldmg for statehood now nowpendmg nowpending nowpending pendmg pending before the house commIttee committeeon on territories territoriesTo To many people of the islands the theissue theissue theissue issue is crucial Statehood to them themrepresents themrepresents themrepresents represents the fulfillment of a hope hopethat hopethat hopethat that was born nearly a hundred hundredyears hundredyears hundredyears years ago and has been ardently ardentlycherIshed ardentlycherished ardentlycherished cherIshed s nee nce ace Hawaii Hawan was annexed annexedin In 1898 Activated by a group of ofAmerIcan ofAmerican ofAmerican AmerIcan colonists in the islands a amove amove amove move tor for the annexation of the then thenKmgdom thenKingdom thenKingdom Kmgdom Kingdom of Hawa i was almost con consumated consumated consumated sumated in 1854 The death of Ing K I\ I \ . ng ngKamehameha ngKamehameha ngKamehameha Kamehameha III put an end to totreaty totreaty totreaty treaty negot ahons atIons that v . were ere almost almostcompleted almostcompleted almostcompleted almostcompletedSentiment completed completedSentIment Sentiment Kept AlIvefearly AliveYearly Alive Alivedearly \ dearly f\early f early Yearly a half hall century passed be before before before fore the matter again agam aro e a wIth wIthsufficient withsufficient withsufficient sufficient decisiveness to bring brmg it to toan toan toan an jssu issu issue @ But sentiment for annex annexatIon annexation annexatlon atIon was kept alive bi by b } the growmg growing growmgnumber growingnumber growingnumber number of Americans setti settl ng m in the theIslands theislands theislands Islands and by the constantly great greater greater greater er integration mtegratlOn of American Amencan mst inst tu to tubons totoons tutions bons toons into mto the body pol t cWhen cWhen c cWhen When annexat anneJ\.at anneJ.at anneJ .at at \ . on finally finaIly came cameHawan cameHawaii cameHawaii Hawan Hawaii . would v.ould vould have much preferred preferredthat preferredthat preferredthat that it be as a state Those who whoorked whoworked whoworked \\orked orked worked \ for annex annexat at on however howeverwere howeverwere howeverwere were of the opinion opmlOn that the Un ted tedStates tedStates tedStates States would w v . ould follow its estabi establ shed shedpolIcy shedpolicy shedpolicy polIcy and advance her to statehood statehoodwhen statehoodwhen statehoodwhen when she had demonstrated her fit fitness fitness fitness ness Present day advocates of ofHawaIian ofHawaiian ofHawaiian HawaIian statehood insist mSlst that it was wasupon wasupon wasupon upon this understand ng that she sur surrendered surrendered surrendered rendered her sovereignty and be became became became came a United States terrItoryNow territoryNow territory territoryNow Now Hawaii Hawan feels she has been beenkept beenkept beenkept kept waiting waltmg overlong it is just 40 rr ; ' 77-c 77 c 77cn - n F E . , r ru ri u i 1 1l l i a ai ar aq } q r " N r , q , l : ' 344 - " ' - Hopeful Hopefulcltuens Hopefulcitizens cltuens citizens : oj of Hawau Hawaii have added addeda a forty fortynmth fortyninth nmth ninth nmthstar ninthstar star to the theUmted theUnited Umted United States flag flagm flagin m in antlClpahon anticipation of o f the day when that country wdl wall wdlbe wallbe be admitted to statehood However , the extra star IS Just } Ut $ an expen expera expenment experament ment and the flag flagwon won t be wed used weduntil useduntil until the ISsue hl has ( $ been decided Japanese residents 148972 148972WIth 148 972With 972 972With With n the territory the civil and andpolitIcal andpolitical andpolitical politIcal structure closely para11e1s parallels para11e1sthat parallelsthat parallelsthat that of o1 a state The governor sec secretary secretary secretary retary of state and the higher JU lu JUdlc13ry ludiciary iudiciary dlc13ry diciary are appointed appomted by the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent of the United States The legIs legIslature legislature legislature lature and major local officers oflkcers are areelective areelective areelective elective The territory is dIvIded dividedInto dividedinto ! mto Into count es which have the same samehome samehome samehome home rule as those of a stateAs stateAs state stateAs As a territory however the par parallel parallel ! al1el allel ends there Her people can cannot cannot cannot not vote in m mtional n1t1onal national elections for forthe forthe torthe , the President and vice pre ' < ; dent dent dentand , , , and they have no senators sonators s = nators or repre representat representat representat sentat ves yes m in congress but are rep represented represented represented resented at Wash ngton only by a asmgle asingle asingle smgle single delegate who has no voteThIS voteThis vote voteThis This to the people of Hawaii Haw3n IS IScontrary iscontrary iscontrary contrary to American trad tion To Tothem Tothem Tothem them it means taxation for repre representatlon representatton representation sentatlon sentatton They point pomt out that up to tothe tothe tothe the m ddle of 1937 a total of $155 155 $ $155I 155I 858 707 had been contr buted by Ha Hawan Hawail Hawan wan wail m in federal internal revenueThe revenueThe revenue revenueThe The people of Ha van vali pay the thesame thesame thesame same federal taxes as the people of ofthe ofthe ofthe the states Tax Ta'C TaC Tae ' figures show that thatHawan thatHawaii thatHawaii Hawan Hawaii has consistently conslstcntly pa d more moremto moreinto moreinto mto into the federal treasury than have have14 14 to 19 of the statesCarnes statesCarries states statesCarries Carries Carnes State Responsibilities ResponsibilitiesShe She is subject to the same laws lawsShe lawsShe lawsShe She would be included mcluded in compulsory compulsorym m litary litany service in case of another anotherdraft anotherdraft draft , , , as she was during the first firstWorld firstWorld firstWorld World war In short , , , she carrIes carrIesthe carriesthe carriesthe the same responsib responslb 1 I 11 t es in m every everyrespect everyrespect everyrespect respect as those of a stateAs stateAs state stateAs As a a state Hawa I L i would be en entitled entitled entitled titled to two senators and one oneI I r : f r r " i Ii I f 1 1s 1t 1f 1r t s t ft f l- l r - lt lI n , t h h.Srt I .Srt Srt . ! . , I t tAlthough Although Hawan Hawaii IS better J.nolVTJ JnolVTJ known . to the layman as an Ideal IdealvacatlOTJ idealvacation vacatlOTJ vacation spot It IS J.noltTJ JnoltTJ bnovn . to military experts as one of the mo.t mot most mo.tclosely mostclosely . closely guarded guardedIsland Island groups In the world ThIS lone guard guardstandmg guardstanding standmg standing beneath tropical palms , IS symbolic of the U S Sarmy Sarmys army armys s heavily armyheavily armysheavily fortified lIaual/an lIaual an Hauauan / area years this year that formalities were werecompleted werecompleted werecompleted completed which estabi establ shed her as asa asa asa a territory territoryRacial . Racial Racia.l . Problem OverdrawnHawaIi OverdrawnHawaii Overdrawn OverdrawnHawaii Hawaii claims that the one fre frequent frequent frequent quent argument used against agamst state statehoodher statehoodher statehood hood-her hood her - her racial problem-Is problem Is problem - is one onethat onethat onethat that has been greatly mlsunder misunder mlsunderstood misunderstood misunderstood stood According Accordmg to census f fgures fguresshe fguresshe gures guresshe she has a lower percentage of al en enpopulat enpopulat enpopulat populat on than the city of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and it is decl ning nlng yearly yearlyMany yearlyMany yearlyMany Many who have visited the Islands Islandsdeclare islandsdeclare islandsdeclare declare that nowhere have cit Clt zens zenstwo zenstwo zenstwo two or three general generat ons removed removedfrom removedfrom removedfrom from imm grant ancestry developed developeda a more un ted loyalty or a stronger strongerfeelmg strongerfeeling strongerfeeling feelmg feeling of American smBased smBased sm smBased Based upon 193j 193.J 1930 . calculat caleulat ons ( and andHawau andHawaii andHawaii Hawau Hawaii s population has increased increasedconsIderably increasedconsiderably increasedconsiderably consIderably s nee nce ace that time ) ) the thedlstnbut thedistribut thedistnbut dlstnbut distribut on of population by race racewas racewas racewas was est mated to be as folIowsHawal followsHawai follows folIows followsHawal Hawal Hawai an 21 21710 710 Caucas Caueas an anHawaiian anHawaiian anHawaiian Hawaiian 18742 18 742 Asiatic Hawanan Hawaiian Hawaiian17 17236 17 230 236 Chinese Chmese 27264 27 264 Korean Korean6 6 668 Fil FII pino 54 668 Portuguese Portuguese20 20 550 Span sh 1 267 Puerto Rican Rican7 7 368 other Caucasian 50 258 and . representative in m congress with a asecond asecond asecond second representative upon the ad addltlon addition addition dltlon dition of less than 40 000 people to toher toher toher her present population ( ( Hawall Hawaii HawallclaIms Hawaiiclaims Hawaiiclaims claIms a 1940 population of 414 000 000wh 000wh ' wh ch either exceeds or compares comparesWIth compareswith compareswith 000'I 'I I WIth the population of nine states ) , Hawaii Hawan s gross assessed valuatIon valuatIonI valuationis I is more than $425 425 $ 000 000 surpassmg surpassing surpassmgthat surpassingthat surpassingthat that of o1 n ne of the states Th s fig figure figure figure ure records show exceeds the gloss glossvaluat glossvaluat glossvaluat valuat on in any state at the t me meof meof meof of its advancement from the status statusof statusof statusof of a terntorySugar territorySugar territory terntory territorySugar Sugar production is the biggest in industry industry dustry of the islands Isl3nds account ng for tor80 80 per cent of the v . world worlds orid s supply supplyVacat supplyVacat Vacat on sts and travelers annuaIly annually annuaIlysperd annuallysperd annuallysperd sperd up\ up upi upards \ ards of o1 $20 20 $ 000 000 on her hershores hershores hershores shores With completely modern modernpubhc modernpublic modernpublic pubhc public ut bt lIt ht es large 13rge financial and andcommercIal andcommercial andcommercial commercIal institut mstItut anstitut ons splendId splendIdhighway splendidhighway splendidhighway highway system inter mter island trans transportat transportat transportal portat on by water and air aII ' her herprogress herprogress herprogress progress puts her on a pir p1r par with oth 0th other 0thor othcr er or sections of o ( the United Umted States StatesPlebiscIte StatesPlebiscite StatesPlebiscite PlebiscIte Is Non PartIsanNow PartisanNow Partisan PartisanNow Now as a dramat c way of rcg reg meg s stermg stermg stermg termg her claim tor for sta statehood tehood Hawaii Hawan has chosen the plebi plebl plebe cite to tobe tobe tobe be held next November The mat mat- matter matter matter - - ter is son non partisan both the Re Republican Republican Bepublican publican and Democrat c e parties In Inthe inthe inthe the islands are sponsoring sponsormg the pleb plebIselte plebiscite plebiscite Iselte iscite and urging urgmg the people to vote voteSo voteSo voteSo So general and wholehearted is the thesupport thesupport thesupport support being given to it in the IS ISlands islands islands lands that it is freely predicted the theaffirmative theaffirmative theaffirmative affirmative votes will be vIrtually vIrtuallyunan virtuallyunan virtuallyunan unan mousOther mousOther mous mousOther Other fears for Hawaii Hawau s chances chancesof chancesof chancesof of eventual statehood center around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe the islands military mihtary Importance ImportanceHav importanceHawaii importanceHawaii Hav Hawaii . an is America s first line ot of de defense defense detense fense m in tl t1 ti e a Pacific ocean-the ocean the ocean - the bul bulwark bulwark bulwark wark v . which hlch stands between the thestates thestates thestates states of Oregon and Washmgton Washington WashmgtonWIth Washingtonwith Washingtonwith WIth their totally inadequate madequate facIll facile facIlltIes facileties facilities tIes for warding wardmg off an enemy and andmvas andmvas andmvas mvas on by the fleet and air au armada armadaof armadaof of a foreign bellIgerentArmy belligerentArmy belligerent belligerentArmy Army Navy Na.vy . OpposeHawa OpposeHawa Oppose OpposeHawa Hawa l I is a G braltar like element elementin elementm m in the nation s national defense defensescheme defensescheme defensescheme scheme and because of that a bar barrIer barrier barner rIer to its statehood arises Both Boththe Boththe Boththe the army and navy departments of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Un ted States have expressed expressedstrong expressedstrong expressedstrong strong opposition to any change m in mthe inthe inthe the islands Island form of o1 governmentUncle governmentUncle government governmentUncle Uncle Sam has spent mill ons for forthe forthe forthe the tort fort fication ficatlOn of the islands and andIndIrectly andindirectly andindirectly IndIrectly to protect the mainland mamlalld of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United States California Callforma WIth WIthextensive withextensive withextensive extensive fort fications ficatlons is cons der derably derably derably ably better equipped to fight oil off an anenemy anenemy anenemy enemy invasion mvaslOn than either of the thetwo thetwo thetwo two states to the no thPearl thPearl th thPearl Pearl Harbor United Umted States naval navalbase navalbase navalbase base situated in the island of Oahu OahueIght Oahueight Oahueight eIght or ten miles from Honolulu IS ISthe isthe isthe the center of the elaborate network networkof of defense It is the snug and secure secureanchorage secureanchorage secureanchorage anchorage where |
