Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-04
AID Club STARTS
TENEMENT PROBE

Believing that publicity is the usti-
mate cure for the bal conditions pre-
vaient i'll the tenements OF honolulu
at present. the civic affairs committee
OF the Ad Club expressed is nten,
ton through Professor Vaughan Mac
Caughey of the College OF Hawaii Ut
the club luncheon yesterday Of deter
mining who owns the Building, the r
sites, in the Investigation now COINS
on.
The tenement problem is Z very
large one" declared Professor Mac
Caughey. The two large iii 'iSt0ns
of the problem are the houses t.len-
selves and the people who dwell
there. We are going to begin with
the houses and investigate the PEG
pie later.
Two great classes ii tenement
houses exist in Honolulu. Trose
built prior to the recent building or
dinanceS and those built since the
new law went into effect. The three
problems involved in these arc. First.
the elimination of the OIL type OF
tenement; second, the survey o. re
Gently built tenements to search tor
evasions OF the law, AMI third, in
provements in the law ami strict en-
forcement of it. Next week We will
learn who arc the owners of the sd
tenements."
Fred j. Halton, newly appointed
secretary Of the promotion Commit
tee, was the chief speaker at the
luncheon. Discussing advertising III
general, he stated that everyone III
the city should take part in COM
munity advertising, and urged that
the islands not only be more cAten-
sively advertised, but that an effort
be made to get in personal touch
with all persons who might be pros
pective tourists.
I'VE have been amiss in getting
our business for March started IN
January, and we should be preparing
this summer for next summer and
next summer for next winter"
Mr.. Halton outlined general plans
to get people to come tC Hawaii all
the year around and to get people to
make the transpacific trip from the
Orient on their way back to England
and India. He stated that there we're
100000 white people from Bombay to
Yokohama, and in India the English
officials needed but further urging to
make the trip around the World ahd
through Hawaii.
Pointing out the example pf
France, which is organizing a tourist
bureau to handle TIE travel to the
battle fields after the war already,
Mr.. Halton urged that Hawaii start
now to prepare for its post war traveL
and stated in this connection that
the committee had communicated
with several big steamship cQmpa-
MES with reference to what they
planned to do following the revision
of the shipping laws which would al,
low them to carry passengers between
American ports.
Mai Mettler' of Schofield told brief.
~ of the AID Club banquet in San
Francisco which he attended and
added that the members of the local
cluU should attend the Red Cross en-
tertainment being given by the sol
diers of Schofield on October IL, at
the barracks.
James McCandless spoke briefly,
praising the work of Mr.. Halton.
There was some discussion of how
the flag should be displayed. w A.
Horn stating that there had been
many violations of regulations con-
corning this and Gerrit Wilder point
ing out just how the flag should be
arranged when used in decorating.
Albion F. Clark gave a brief report
for the road committee; H. E. Vernon
for the civic affairs committee and Ed
Towse talked briefly on the proposed
of the tenements.