Evening star., 1936-07-01
HAWAII STATEHOOD
DRIVE IS RENEWED.
King Reports Progress Dur
ing Last Session
of Congress.

Hawaii's campaign for statehood,
latent since last Fall, when con-
gressional committee visited the is
lands, was renewed today by Samuel
Wilder King, territorial delegate.
There was so much important news
during the recent session Of Congress
that the progress which Hawaii made
toward statehood was given COM
paratively little attention" King said.
att becomes increasingly probable,
however, that it is soon to take It's
place in the Union, and that new
star is to be added in the flag
His bill for Hawaiian statehood was
introduced year and a half ago.
The Committee on Territories held
hearings and authorized the visit
there by a subcommittee. In its re-
port the subcommittee recommended
further study, but twQof its members
were favorable to statehood and three
others were favorably inclined.
The committee accepted the report,
King said, and though definite ac-
ton is deferred Hawaii finds its as
pirations materially advanced. II
feels that it has made out its case
and established its worthiness to be-
come a member of the SiSterhood OF
States
Strong Navy Base.
Hawaii" the delegate asserted,
"provides the strongest naval base
and the strongest Army post under
the flag. 1t supplies the principal
landing place for airplanes in the
flight across the Pacific and thus Will
help control air transportation in that
quarter of the globe. 1t reigns su-
preme in the great water stretch Of
the North Pacific.
Hawaii is the Geneva OF the Pa
eific,' the meeting place and clearing
house of ideas for nations that group
themselves around the greatest OF
oceans. There East and West meet
and come the better to understand
each other. To this end Hawaii has
established its Institute Of Paclf1s Re-
lations and a forum OF Oriental cul-
ture at its university.
Politically Hawaii has been a mod
ern and progressive community 1or
many years with long historical
background of lf-government as
monarchy and a republic before 1t
was annexed by the United States and
organized as an incorporated terri
tory. Economically its development
has created prosperous community,
which pays more taxes to the Feoeral
Government than many States, and
has, in fact, done so consistently over
O long period Of years
Praises Islands Attractions.
King praised the agricultural and
economic development of avail and
its climatic and scenic attractions.
The farm population" he said,
"lives better III Hawaii than on the
mainland.
Racial strains in Hawaii lend an
element of interest to its population
Though all of the people of Hawaii
speak the same language, wear the
same sort of clothes, live in the same
sort of houses as do the people Of the
mainland. they show physical and
racial traits that are a little different.
Native Hawaiians and part HawaiianS,
Anglo-SaXons, Portuguese, Spanlards,
Chinese and Japanese, have made
their contributions to the Hawaii of
today. 1t gives the life of the COM
munity a distinctive flavor, but it
must not be forgotten that Anglo
Saxon culture, principally from Ameri-
can sources, sets the dominant stand
ard. A typically American melting
pot has functioned with the customary
result. First and second generation
descendants of immigrants have
shown the same enthusiasm for the
land of American opportunity as those
whose fathers came from the coun-
tries Of Europe. The melting pot has
given Hawaii a sturdy, thrifty, in
telligent, dependable citizenry. as good
as the best.
In the history of the Nation" King
concluded, mo territory ever applied
for statehood that was better quail
fed to take its place in the Union
than Hawaii. That community is sure
Of its readiness for the recognition it
seeks"