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MORE DEBATE JUSTIFIED ON HAWAIIAN STATEHOOD
During the twenty years that Statehood for Hawaii has been agitated, more than, 700 witnesses have filled more than five thousand pages of printed testimony. Those urging immediate action on the bill now pending in the Senate argue that there is no need for exitended debate but an examination of the many hearings discloses the fact that more than nine-tenths of the witnesses at these hearings favored Statehood and that many of them came to Washington with all expenses paid while opponents could come only at their .own expense. It is also a fact that many in Hawaii who were opposed to Statehood have been afraid to publicly say so for fear of hurting their business or their political aspirations. This has made it difficult for Statehood opponents to get their side on the record. Also when the record against Statehood has been made it has not been widely publicized whereas $150,000 a year has been made available from Hawaiian tax funds to the Statehood Commission to advertise and otherwise promote the cause of Statehood.
Under these circumstances it is not surprising that Gallup polls seem to show a majority favoring Statehood and that Statehood has received favorable nods in {he platforms of both major political parties. It is important, therefore, that those who are opposed to Statehood now have the time and opportunity to get their views before all the people before a final vote is taken, because once taken, the action will be irrevocable*
And it is especially important, I believe, that the people of the United States be given an opportunity to evaluate the most recent testimony on the threat of Communism in Hawaii. One of the witnesses on this subject was former Governor Stainbeck of Hawaii, now a Federal Judge in the Islands. Judge Stainbeck had appeared previously as an advocate of Statehood but this year he confessed that he had been wrong, at least so far as granting immediate Statehood is concerned, although, he still looks to it as a future goal.
Judge Stainbeck’s testimony, back
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