Evening star., 1947-07-01
Statehood for Hawaii
Likely 10 Go Over
Until Next Session

The Senate probably will put
off action until the next session
on the bill to make Hawaii the
49th State, which passed the
House yesterday.
Chairman Butler of the Senate
Public Lands Committee said it
would be impossible" to get the
measure to the Senate floor before
the Summer adjournment, scheduled
for the end OF the month. The
House action would hold, since the
1946 session will be a part of the
same Congress.
Meanwhile, Senator Butler sug-
gested some study be given his alter
native to make Hawaii a county of
California. In the House debate
yesterday, however, Joseph r. Far
Irington, Hawaii's nonvoting Repub-
llcan delegate, made it clear his
people want statehood and nothing
else
harrington Asks Fair Play"
Hawaii appealed to the United
States for statehood in 1897 and
her annexation as an incorporated
territory a year later carried the
implication, he said, that statehood
would follow.
He asked the House, in fair play"
to grant statehood now.
The House approved Mrs. Earring
tons bill, 1856 to 1873, with 141 Re-
publicans and SIS Democrats voting
for it and Sc Republicans and II
Democrats against.
Representative Preston, Demo-
crat, of Georgia objected to state
hood because a large percentage of
Hawaiis population is of Oriental
extraction. A third of its people,
he said, are descendants of the
Emperor of Japan"
When the debate turned to the
issue of loyalty during World War
II, Representative Engle, Democrat,
of California said there was mot
one iota of evidence of disloyaIty"
among the Hawaiians of Japanese
ancestry.
Representative johnson, Repub-
lican, of California declared they
were more loyal, more devoted and
gave better service to the United
States than the japanese of Cali
fornia."
Other Points Raised.
Mr. harrington estimated that it
would take II to Is months for Ha-
waii to become a State even if the
bill is passed by the Senate and
| signed by the President.
Scattered opposition to the bill on
other than racial grounds came from
both the Democratic and Republican
sides of the aisle.
Representative Coudert, Republican,
of New York said self-determina-
ton" for dependent peoples is all
right, but this will give Hawaii the
opportunity ito exercise two Sen
ators worth of self determination
on u.s."
I'VE are confronted here with
something that will change the
character of our country" he de-
clared.
Mr.. Coudert described Hawaii as
eight tiny volcanic islands 1000
miles, off in the wastes of the Pa
ciflc," and said he opposed giving
Hawaii one Senator for each $4,000
voters. compared With zone Senator
for each 100000 voters in New
York.
big Five" Control Charged.
Representative SABBATH, Democrat;
of Illinois objected to statehood on
the grounds that Hawaii's economy
is controlled by the big five" sugar
factors.
Five Organizations working joint
ly control that island, including the
production Of sugar and pineapples."
Mr. SABBATH asserted. Il think it is
a dangerous thing to give the big
five control of the state"
The so-called big five are Ave
companies acting as agents for the
Hawaiian sugar plantations in the
transportation and marketing of
sugar, procurement of supplies and
machinery and other matters. They
are American Factors, G. Brewer &
Co., Alexander & Baldwin, Castle
g. Cooke and Theo. H. Davis, Ltd,
In radio address in the islands
Saturday night Alexander G. Bulge,
president of Castle & Cooke, Ltd,
said: The big five is a popular
phrase used to transfer the blame
for every ones ills to business lead
ers generally. Actually, these COM
panies are owned BY thousands of