Evening star., 1932-01-11
PRATT TO REVEAL FACTS.
Promises Full Information to House
Naval Committee.

Naval Committee.
The House Naval Committee Is to
receive all information the Navy has
on the disturbances in Honolulu.
Admiral william v. Pratt, chief of
Naval Operations promised the COM
mittee today he would transmit to it
this information. A few minutes be-
fore Chairman Vinson had lndorsed
Pratts orders forbidding shore leave
in the islands.
Representative McClintic Of Okla
homa, in asking for the information,
said that, if Pratt chose, some CT the
Navy dispatches could be held in conf
dence by the committee.
II will be glad to give you everything
I have" Pratt replied, explaining there
were no documents or dispatches which
he thought should be kept secret.
Protest Considered.
At the same time, the territorial rep
resentative In Congress said TO-DAY he
is considering protesting against the
attitude of naval officials, although de-
ploring the attack by five natives on
the young wife of Lieut.. Massle.
Houston said the five men who at
tackled Mrs Massie were "all plain
panesters." He added the wife of the
naval lieutenant went walking alone
late at night in region frequented by
"bootleggers, gangsters and other law
less elements" when she was attacked.
Houston said 1t was not wise for a
woman to walk alone In the region
where Mrs. Massie was captured by the
natives.
Houston expressed confidence Gov.
Judd of the islands could handle the
matter, adding, II am opposed TO the
Navy taking over the situation, for 1t
could do no better"
Moral Plane High.
The delegate said 1--WE feel that the
moral plane is decidedly high among
the Hawaiian and young Japanese" He
blamed the "gangster conditions as
reflection Of motion pictures and OF in
cidents that occur on the mainland. He
termed the entire affair horrible
mess"
Chairman Bingham Of the Senate
Territories Committee has been in al
most constant consultation with the
naval authorities on the Hawaiian in
cident. If resolutions for congressional
INQUIRY are presented Bingham intends
to urge that the investigation be turned
over to the Attorney General.
The Government Is hopeful OF per-
mitting some cooling off In public feel
ing in the island and for that reason
no immediate steps are contemplated.
There is real concern here over the
unrest in Hawaii caused by the incident.
Support for Massie.
Word was -eceived yesterday that
Massie and his companions would be
represented ny cne of the ablest lawyers
on the islands. Action by the depart
ment, it was said, viii depend on ar
rangements being made by Honolulu
naval and civil authorities.
Full support Of Massie was seen in
the prompt way the department made
public it's official files from Stirling de-
scribing vice conditions and the attacks
on more than 40 women last year. In
addition, Admiral Pratt said plainly
American men will not stand for the
violation of their women"
Admiral Pratt, aware Of the tense
feeling between Honolulu hoodlums and
Navy enlisted men, ordered the United
States fleet to remain away from that
city when the maneuvers are held of
Hawaii next month to avoid almost Ger
tain rioting and bloodshed.
In his radio message Admiral Stirling
reported that the attack on Mrs. Mas
sic had aroused great public indigna-
tion and ALARM" which had been in
creased by five recent attacks ON other
women.
Admiral Stirling reported the Homo
lulu police situation was ''intolerable"
and that the trial showed the police
department divided against itself. In
one of five recent assault cases po-
liceman was arrested for attacking
17-year-old Japanese girl
1t was only natural, Stirling said,
that there would be a feeling of in
their families"