Evening star., 1932-02-29
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

! BY Gable TO The Star
HONOLULU, February 90 (NANAD
! Honolulu is the largest military post
! in the United States. and also one OF
the most favored pleasure resorts. The
! influx Of service men and tourists was
! followed by incidents which did not
tend to raise the respect of Hawaiians
or Orientals toward the Haole, or white
man.
DR.. Romance Adams. University of
Hawaii, leading Sociologist of the
islands, estimates that of the male pop
ulation of all races between 20 and 25
at least 40 per cent are in the military
services.
About $4,000 men of the Army and
Navy are stationed here. Nearly all
conduct themselves creditably- But
most of them are unattached. and in
the age group mentioned they come into
direct competition with the island
youths for the favors of island girls.
The problem. so far as a few are con-
cerned, is obvious.
In this indolent climate also there is
a tendency toward pleasure which
passes the bounds of good taste and
common decency, and few men in
both services, sometimes officers, have
done much, SO DR.. Adams puts it, Ito
remove the halo from the head OF the
white man"
Exceptions Are Few.
These OF course, are isolated cases,
but if there is any place in the world
where it behooves an officer in the Army
or Navy to be gentleman without the
persuasion of Congress. it is here, and
ta hn credit nf the cprNiPpS If n1lSt he
said that with few exceptions their
conduct has been exemplary.
But these exceptions have been glar-
ing. and there frequently arise differ
ences of opinion between the services
and the civilian population based on
mutual misunderstanding.
Tourists have yielded without re-
luctance to the relaxing influence OF
this semi-tropical climate, and since
the cult of sun bathing has spread,
clothing has been removed on the beach
at Waikiki to an extent that leaves little
to the imagination.
Almost every one. here agrees that
there is nothing vicious about the
beach boy" but they also agree that
he has been encouraged at times to
lower his opinion of white women.
There is little contact between the
Ro1lSS anu lIlC DCdS4l bOyS, ONS hOAAAS
Of the beach incidents probably have
percolated through gossip to the tougher
town element, and it has been easy for
the native and Oriental gangster to
generalize on such topic.
This general less of prestige by the
Haoles conceded with the growing in
crease in sex crimes, and the eventual
result was foreshadowed long before it
occurred A letter in newspaper shows
the public attitude:
Inaction Deplored.
For several years the conditions in
regard 20 sex crimes have become a
fostering, spreading disease in Honolulu,
and what is being done to curb them?
A lot of round table talk at clubs and
elsewhere among the men-a lot OF
useless panicky discussion among the
women. an investigating committee or
so among the civic organizations, and
| in the end, what? Recommendations,
mutterings, long suffering silence, until
the next outrage occurs, and in the
meantime the same crooked dealings in
| the police department, the same
avaricious advisers who would do any
thing for money the same proud boast
ing on the part of defendants that a
Jury can be so selected that they will
never be convicted, and what becomes OF