The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-28
NATIONAL CANVASS
ORPREPAREDNESS
REACHES HONOLULU
Members Of Chamber Of Com
merce win Express Attitude
towards Countrys Defense
PROPOSITION TAKES
FORM or REFERENDUM
Chamber Of Commerce OF United
States Appeals To Seven
Hundred AuxiIiaries

How the business men of Honolulu
and of the United States generally feel
toward the subject of national defense,
will be aseertained within the next two
weeks through referendum conducted
by the Chamber of Commerce of Homo
lulu in this city and by the Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States through
out the country.
1t will be, it is said, the most thor
ouah and comprehensive effort ever
made to ascertain countrywide sentl
ment on a question so prominently be-
fore the people and congress. The re
ferendum, Just received here-the nj
teenth since the organization of the
national chamber Of ccmmerce-has
been sent TO seven hundred commercial
bodies, Including the Honolulu auxil
larry, in every state, territory and il su
lar possession in the Union, represent
ing a grand total of more than 100000
business men,. Many American cham
b~rs Of commerce abroad also will be
heard from, and all sauxiliaries. of the
rational body will be asked to vote for
or AGAINST recommendations contained
in the report of special committee.
Of which Base0m Little of Cleveland,
Ohio, is chairman.
Ret recommendations Of Committee
This committee recommends that, for
the preeervation of the peace and honor
of the United States, the national de
tense forces, both on sea and land
should be so increased and the indus
trial resources 20 co-Ordinated as .H
make fully available the military, in
dustrial and financial strength of tn"
nation. 1t is urged that body in the
nature of council of national defens"
be created by law to assist in the de
.veiopmcrt of an adequate and eOntin
uing policy for national defrn'e.
The committee recommends that q
gstaff of industrial mobilization be
forthwith created by law and so or,
panized and maintained in times of
peace as to insure the most effective
rse of the economic resources of the
rnit"d Sta'ps in case of war. 1t is al
vOeated that a program Of naval con
struction b" adopted Immediately sllfh
c;eut to rrstTrc the United States at
least to its TO mer position of see ond
naval power in tn" Atlantic, with q
surplus in the Pacific sufficient to pro
IGcI Ine 60 ISlSr ll7 I' 30 SoIOHS lIS "a"
routes, the canal 70 and adjacent ter
ritOy.
The committee asks to have created
by law general staff for the navy by
strengthening the PRESENT Ollico of
naval operations Of the navy depart
hent, or OthPrw Sc. A rec Ommendatt Ton
is made that the rPgl army be In
e-eas"d until it. t"gC Their with its
hall hn iAa n
furnish the first Inc of land defense
the armv. or hv the council of natio a
defense or similar body after 1t has
Teen created by law.
Universal Training Urged
The c'mmitt,e, recognizing the mill
taFy obligation equally with the ciYic
Cd igatiOn as "A fundamental duty OF
democratic cit:z 'nshjp in republic
ard t, establish system which W II af
feet every man alike, recommends that
universal m tarv training be adopted
as a fund mrnt ii Il mocTatic p incipl
Of our IN litrrv policy and be enforced
by law to furnish adequate land, Sc
and industrial 70 in peace and war
49,. The qucst,rn OF matt nal defense wa
brought to the cOnside: alton of tho
board of directors Of the Chamber OF
Comm, rec Of tn. Unito.l S'at,s through
reso1uti ms rr,A .ntrd bv W drly scpnr
atci o g.uizrti, MS They were the
Snokanr Chamber Of Commerce, the
EEoxvill" Boar of Tiade and the New
York Merchants Assoc alton. 1t re
Vealed the fact that business man were
actively thinking along the lines of in
dustria as well as military prepared
ness. "'"S,,f'N WIZ nhuerta%en ~ 90
n'i " pee la 'o"'nif oe a. 81 -? 10" =,
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