Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-03

Taking the stand that the company
could not In justice to the public and
its own stockholders grant the demand
OF the captains, the board of directors
and officials OF the company this
morning Informed special committee
OF the harbor that 1t would stand res
olute. In a formal letter addressed to
the harbor the company says:
sGentlemen:-Your letter of even
date requesting conference between
q committee from your Harbor and q
committee representing this company
was received through your committee,
and an immediate opportunity af-
forded your committee to present your
views to q full meeting OF the board
Of directors Of this compaDg
AZ that meeting, youpk Nfhfhktee
and the board discussa1 TlI1Dus
questions raised BY the committee.
The request Of the cof;5aiittee. as we
construed II after this discussion. was
that our company should not dis
charge any master or mate either be-
cause he was q member Of your Har-
Dor, or for any spite or personal i'll
will against him, or for participation
in any active way in the present
difficulty. .-S.
Has Aided Harbcr IN, the Past a
IL seems unnecessary Tor the con-
pany to say that no person in it's EN-.
ployment win be discharged simply be-
cause he is a member Of your Harbor.
Without going into details at all, your
records will show that not only has
The company not opposed the Harbor
as an organization, but has in every
way. and at times financially, assisted
you Ia upholding the legitimate OBJ
Jects Of your organization I'VE there.
for. uphesitatingly say that should any,
be attributable TO membership In your
Harbor. i
II would likewise appear unneces-
sary to say that neither employment
nor discharge of men will in any man
ner depend on favoritism or prejudice
AS outlined In our recent letter to
you, the company owes duties to both
the public and its stockholders. It's
board Of directors having this in view
would at no time countenance a policy
by which fayoritism or prejudice
would interfere with these duties.
Blames TrOublemakers.
Regarding your last proposition
concerning discharges on account of
participation in the present difficult
ties, we would state that the trouble iis
by no means Of recent origin. IT, I'M
our opinion, arises from agitations
promoted by certain employees of the
company whose objects, judged by;
lrafF oafC m hop hoora fN
barrass the company in various ways.
So far as they are concerned, the COM
pany reserves the right to either con-
tinue them in its employment or dis
charge them. Should they be dis
charged, II will be because their ac
tions have been such as to tend to
seriously interfere with the compan!
in giving the service which the public
primarily and the stockholders next
have the right to demand. Should
any of these gentlemen be discharged
neither membership in the Harbor. ia
voritism nor spitework will enter into
the matter.
"This letter must not be construed
as a departure in any degree whatso
ever from the stand of the company
taken in its letter to you of January
90, 1913. First, last and always. the
Company reserves the right to employ
and discharge men for any reason
which to the company seems suffi- !
Cient and just in any individual case !
Yours respectfully.
"INTERISLAND STEAM NAVIGA-
TION CO., LTD.
"By NORMAN P. GEDGE,
Secretary.
Its wax out or get kicked out"