Evening star., 1949-07-15

own Hawaiian corporations. Ninety per cent
OF the business of Hawaii is owned by peo-
pie who live and work there.
The Territorial Treasurer's records show
there are more than 10000 different licensed
businesses in the islands Ownership is
widely dispersed. There are no big businesses
in the islands by mainland standards. The
largest corporation owns only about 5 per
cent Of the gross assets of all corporations
in the islands.
Hawaii is basically a democratic COM
munty. It cannot function democratically,
while the HWU attempts by force to die
tate to the rest of the community.
A. G. BUDGE.
President, Castle & Cooke. Ltd, Honolulu.
Reviews Irrelevant Stuff"
In Appendix of Congressional Record
To the Editor of The Star:
The work am engaged in requires me
to examine each day the Congressional
Record which, I am inclined to believe,
is the most costly publication in the world.
On inquiry I learn that the Government
Printing Office is paid in the neighborhood
of a million and half dollars a year for
the printing and binding of the Congress
sional Record. This is more than the SAL
aries of the 96 Senators. which total $780,
600 per year. It is six times as large as
the total salaries of the nine Supreme
Court justices.
I am given to understand that the daily
press run Of the Record is 42500 copies
One Of the fragrant abuses OF the Record
which comes under my observation is the
leave to print" which puts a lot of very
weird material in the appendix of the
Record each day. I culled out some of
the subjects discussed by our legislators
during two-week period. Look at some
of these items Mr.. Editor, for which we
are paying through our taxes:
National Correct Posture Week." "Yo-
semitic Pays Its Way" "Fraternal Order of
Eagles Honors Montana War Hero's Fam
iy.' "KF1 Frost Warnings" Position of
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in
America Respecting the North Atlantic
Pact" Il Knew a Saint" "a bid for Cath
olic votes. "A Lot of Us Are Tired" land
how'll. Visit of the Minister of Exter-
nal Affairs of Ireland" "A Colony of
Spiders AN Answer to McGraw-Hill's
Full-Page Advertisement" Labor Bosses
Defended United Jewish Appeal" "a bid
Post" (Which Vito Marcantonio could not
get accepted by the New York Herald
Tribune). THE Fraternal Order of Eagles
Memorial Foundation" "Israels First An
niversary' (another bid for Jewish votes),
Election in North Ireland. "The Truth and
Agnes Smedley." I'm Picturesque West Vir-
ginia." Awards by Antidefamation League
of B'nai Birth" (still apother bid for Jew
ish votes), Geological History of Western
Colorado" "Msgr. Alfonso Arcese" (another
bid for Catholic votes. "Merry-g go-R Round Is
Now Slowing Down." "Concordia College
Choir Will Give Concert in Washington,
D. CO.: Il Flew for Israel" international
Interest Shown in do-Aquatennial
Canoe Derby" "Cahokn's Two Hundred and
I1ftfeth Anniversary" LESS Than Nothing
at ALP (Which is the most correct heading
I discovered 81, Have Cancer and I Am
Going to Die Of It, Poetry Prizes for Uni
cslsy chsmpos s'ussa5S ssade Ha . Mnad the
Your Parlor." Washington Machinists Go
All Out for CVA," Chicago Clergymen Here
Hail UN Plan" The 4A6anreSa sRetreats'
(another bid for Catholic votes, Lest We
Forget Another Contribution From the
Unof11cia1 Poet Of Congress-" Stamp Pro-
posed to Honor Lawyers" "The Princess
Pays Visit" why Labor Hates Injunc-
tions," "The Danes Know Communists
Americans Had Best Take Heed" ''Discrimi-
nation and Segregation in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing" Editorial Tributes
to Hon. Harry Flood Byrd of Virgins" )" RE
port of the House Committee on the Arch
diocese Of Boston" (still another bid for
Catholic votes).
I raise the question, Mr.. Editor whether
this is the sort of junk we ought to be re-
quired to pay for and distribute? The pages
Of the Congressional Record are loaded with
this trifling, irrelevant stuff all the time. It
creates a pitiful picture of the mental level
of our lawmakers. CARLYLE B. HAYNES.
Fable Of Pacifist and Professor
Reviewed for Its Lesson of Idealism
To the Editor Of The Star:
Edmund K Goldshorough's noble letter In
The Star Of July 13 tells of q student who
thought the atom bomb which could kill for
200 miles around was very unbeautiful. Mr..
Goldsborough thought love was much better.
How true!
But Mr. Goldsborough did not finish the
conversation between student and the pro-
fessor, as heard it. It is said the professor
asked the student: Don't you think the
United States should keep the atom bomb to
defend itself?" To which it is said the STU
dent replied mo. it is wrong to XIII or to
fight any one. no matter for what purpose.
because the Bible tells us to turn the other
cheek"
The professor, it is related, then asked:
But what If an enemy led by bad people.
should invade the United States, drop atom
bombs. kill U.S. rape our women enslave our
children, wouldn't you fight to defend US
from that?"
The student is said to have answered mo,
because If we had no defenses. and offered no
resistance, soon the enemy would repent,
would see that we loved them, and mend
their evil ways Although the professor
shook his head, murmuring: II guess to be
a good paciflst you must not only love your
enemies, but hate your friends; not only
love and aid the enemies Of your country.
but hate, despise. and hamper the defense
of your own country"
Like Mr. Goldsborough, I hope, have
this story first hand My pacifist informant
also told me that he and all other pacifists
would fight against fighting. in order to
prove to skeptics, like the Russians let us
say, that we are peaceful. My friend is very
sincere, and is anxious to hasten the day