A54 CONTENTS Abe, Hon. Kazuhisa, member of the senate, Territory of Hawaii_ Coulter, Kirkley S., Deputy Director, Office of Territories, Depart- Farrington, Mrs. Joseph, Delegate, Territory of Hawaii.. Heen, Hon. William H., president of the senate, Territory of Hawaii Kauhane, Hon. Charles E., speaker, house of representatives, Terri- Additional information: Anthony, J. Garner, former attorney general of the Territory of Hawaii, to Hon. James E. Murray, June 23, 1956_-_. Long, Hon. Oren E., former Governor of Hawaii, to Hon. James Cahill, Duke, Honolulu, Hawaii, to Hon. James E. Murray, June 20, Duarte, Hon. John G., senator, Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, Long, Hon. Oren E., vice chairman, Hawaii Statehood Commission, to Hon. James E. Murray, May 21, 1956. McLane, George H., executive vice president, Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu, to Hon. Richard M. Nixon, April 10, 1956, and en- Richardson, William S., chairman, Territorial Central Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii, to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, June 16, 1956, and enclosing resolution. Richardson, William S., chairman, Territorial Central Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii, to Hon. James E. Murray, June 18, Roberts, Harold S., University of Hawaii, to Hon. Henry M. Jackson- Sinclair, Mrs. L. E., president, California Federation of Women's Clubs, Fresno, Calif., to chairman, June 28, 1956, and enclosure... Tamashiro, Thomas M., recording secretary, International Associa- tion of Machinists, Honolulu Lodge No. 1245, AFL-CIO, to Hon. James E. Murray, May 23, 1956-- Yamamoto, James K., secretary, Democratic Party of Hawaii, to Hon. James E. Murray, June 19, 1956, and enclosing resolution.... Exhibit I. Standing Committee report No. 92, to Hon. Samuel Wilder King, president, Constitutional Convention of Hawaii of 1950---- Exhibit II. Standing Committee report No. 99, to Hon. Samuel Wilder King, president, Constitutional Convention of Hawaii of 1950--- Exhibit III. Standing Committee report No. 102, to Hon. Samuel Wilder King, president, Constitutional Convention of Hawaii of 1950-. Exhibit IV. Committee of the Whole report No. 24, to Hon. Samuel Wilder King, president, Constitutional Convention of Hawaii of 1950--- Exhibit V. The Legislature, and Legislative Apportionment,_newspaper articles by Hon. William H. Heen, president of the senate, Territory of Exhibit VI. Hawaii Education Association urges members to vote on con- stitution, Health Education Association newsflash, November 1950- Exhibit VII. ILWU analysis of a leaflet entitled, "The Hawaii State Con- stitution a report to the people of Hawaii by their elected delegates to the Constitutional Convention". Exhibit VIII. Legislative History of Constitutional Convention.. Exhibit IX. Statement of Edward C. Bryan to the Constitutional Conven- Exhibit XI. Minutes of the Hawaii Statehood Commission, May 31, 1956__ Exhibit XII. Letter of 1st Lt. William F. Warden, Jr., USMČR, to Hon. HAWAII REAPPORTIONMENT MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1956 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES AND INSULAR AFFAIRS Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:05 p. m., in room 224 Senate Office Building, Senator James E. Murray, Montana (chairman of the full committee), presiding. Present: Senators James E. Murray, Montana; Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico; William R. Laird III, West Virginia, and George W. Malone, Nevada. The CHAIRMAN. The hearing will come to order, please. I am taking the Chair here in the absence of Senator Henry M. Jackson, Chairman of the Territories Subcommittee, who is tied up on the floor of the Senate. He will be here as soon as he finishes the matter which he has on the floor. I have a statement here prepared by Senator Jackson which I will read. This is a hearing on H. R. 8837, a bill to reapportion the Territorial legislature of Hawaii. This measure was introduced by the elected Delegate from Hawaii, Delegate Farrington, and was passed by the House on May 7, 1956. I will direct that the text of H. R. 8837, and Senate Report 2031 (84th Cong., 2d sess.), appear in the record at this point. (H. R. 8837 follows:) [H. R. 8837, 84th Cong., 2d sess.] AN ACT To amend certain sections of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, relating to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 30 of the Hawaiian Organic Act (48 U. S. C. 565) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 30. SENATE; NUMBER; TERM.-The senate shall be composed of twentyfive members, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective senatorial districts for a term of four years beginning with their election and ending on the day of the second general election after their election: Provided, however, That (1) senators elected at the general election of 1954 shall continue to hold office until the expiration of their present terms and shall be deemed to have been to have been elected from the new senatorial district in which they resided at the time of their election; and (2) that at the first session of the legislature subsequent to the general election of 1956, the legislature shall so assign the senators to long or short terms, that as nearly as possible one half of them, including the holdover senators, shall hold office for two years and the remaining senators shall hold office for four years. In the event that the legislature fails to make the necessary assignments of short and long terms for senators as herein required, the Governor shall do so." SEC. 2. Section 32 of said Act (48 U. S. C. 568) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 32. SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. For the purpose of representation in the senate, the Territory is divided into the following senatorial districts, namely: 1 "First senatorial district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as Puna, Hilo and Hamakua; "Second senatorial district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as Kau, Kona, and Kohala; "Third senatorial district: The islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Kahoolawe; "Fourth senatorial district: That portion of the island of Oahu lying east and south of Nuuanu Street and Pali Road and the upper ridge of the Koolau Range from the Nuuanu Pali to Makapuu Point and all other islands not specifically enumerated; "Fifth senatorial district: That portion of the island of Oahu lying west and north of the fourth senatorial district; and "Sixth senatorial district: The islands of Kauai and Niihau." SEC. 3. Section 33 of said Act (48 U. S. C. 569) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 33. APPORTIONMENT OF SENATORS.-The electors in the said senatorial districts shall be entitled to elect senators as follows: In the first senatorial district, five; In the second senatorial district, two; In the sixth senatorial district, three." SEC. 4. Section 35 of said Act (48 U. S. C. 570) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 35. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; NUMBER. The house of representatives shall be composed of fifty-one members, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective representative districts." SEC. 5. Section 38 of said Act (48 U. S. C. 574) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 38. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.-For the purpose of representation in the house of representatives, the Territory is divided into the following representative districts: "First representative district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as Puna; "Second representative district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as South Hilo; "Third representative district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as North Hilo and Hamakua; "Fourth representative district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as Kau and South Kona and that portion of North Kona, for convenience herein referred to as Keauhou, more particularly described as follows: (1) from a point at the seashore between the lands of Holauloa 1 and 2 and Puapuaa 2 running northeasterly along the boundary of Holualoa 1 and 2 to Puu Laalaau; (2) easterly in a straight line to a point called Naohueleelua being the common corner of the lands of Puuanahulu, Kaohe and Keauhou 2d; (3) southeasterly along the common boundary between Hamakua and North Kona Districts to the summit of Mauna Loa; (4) westerly along the common boundary between Kau and North Kona Districts to the easterly boundary of South Kona District; (5) northerly and westerly along the boundary between North and South Kona Districts to the seashore; and (6) northerly along the seashore to the point of beginnin; "Fifth representative district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known as Kohala and that portion of North Kona not included in the fourth representative district; "Sixth representative district: The islands of Molokai and Lanai; "Eighth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu known as Koolaupoko and Koolauloa; "Ninth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu known as Waialua and Wahiawa; "Tenth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu known as Ewa and Waianae; "Eleventh representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu, for convenience herein referred to as Kalihi, more particulary described as follows: (1) from the intersection of Kalihi and Auiki Streets running westerly along Auiki Street to Mokauea Street; (2) southwesterly along Mokauea Street extension extended to a point on the outer edge of the reef; (3) westerly along the outer edge of the reef to a point on the Moanalua-Halawa boundary; (4) northerly and northeasterly along the Moanalua-Halawa boundary to the top of Koolau Range; (5) southeasterly along the top of Koolau Range to a place called 'Puu Lanihuli'; (6) southwesterly along the top of the ridge between the lands of Kalihi, Kapalama and Nuuanu to Kalihi Street; and (7) southwesterly along Kalihi Street to the point of beginning; "Twelfth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu, for convenience herein referred to as Upper Nuuanu, more particularly described as follows: (1) from the intersection of King and Kalihi Streets running northeasterly along Kalihi Street to the ridge between the lands of Kalihi, Kapalama and Nuuanu; (2) northeasterly along the top of said ridge to a point on the Koolau Range called Puu Lanihuli; (3) easterly along the top of said range to Pali Road at the Nuuanu Pali; (4) southwesterly along Pali Road to Nuuanu Avenue and southwesterly along Nuuanu Avenue to School Street; (5) northwesterly along School Street to the centerline of the Kapalama drainage canal (Waikiki Branch); (6) southwesterly along said canal to the centerline of the main Kapalama drainage canal; (7) southwesterly along said canal to King Street; and (8) northwesterly along King Street to the point of beginning. "Thirteenth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu for convenience herein referred to as Kapalama, more particularly described as follows: (1) from the junction of the Honolulu Harbor Channel and the reef running westerly along the outer edge of the reef to Mokauea Street extension extended; (2) northeasterly along Mokauea Street extension extended to Sand Island Road; (3) northeasterly along Mokauea Street extension to Auiki Street; (4) easterly along Auiki Street to Kalihi Street; (5) northeasterly along Kalihi Street to King Street; (6) southeasterly along King Street to the centerline of the Main Kapalama drainage canal; (7) northerly along said canal to the centerline of the Kapalama drainage canal (Waikiki Branch); (8) northeasterly along said canal to School Street; (9) southeasterly along School Street to Nuuanu Avenue; (10) southwesterly along Nuuanu Avenue to the sea, and (11) southwesterly along the middle of Honolulu Harbor and Honolulu Harbor Channel to the point of beginning. "Fourteenth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu, for convenience herein referred to as Pauoa, more particularly described as follows: (1) from the junction of the Honolulu Harbor Channel and the outer edge of the reef running northeasterly along the middle of Honolulu Harbor Channel and Honolulu Harbor to the intersection of Queen Street and Nuuanu Avenue; (2) northeasterly along Nuuanu Avenue to Pali Road and northeasterly along Pali Road to the top of Koolau Range at the Nuuanu Pali; (3) easterly and southerly along the top of the Koolau Range to a point called Puu Konahuanui; (4) southwesterly along the top of the ridge between the lands of Nuuanu, Pauoa and Manoa to a mountain peak called Puu Ohia or Tantalus; (5) southwesterly along the top of the ridge between the lands of Makiki and Kalawahine to the intersection of Nehoa Street and Lewalani Drive; (6) southerly along Lewalani Drive and Piikoi Street to Wilder Avenue; (7) easterly along Wilder Avenue to Punahou Street; (8) southerly along Punahou Street to King Street; (9) westerly along King Street to Kalakaua Avenue; (10) southerly along Kalakaua Avenue to the centerline of the Ala Wai Canal; (11) westerly along said canal and along the line of said canal extended to the outer edge of the reef; and (12) westerly along the outer edge of the reef to the point of beginning. "Fifteenth representative district: That portion of the island of Oahu, for convenience herein referred to as Manoa and Waikiki, more particularly described as follows: (1) from the intersection of Kalakaua Avenue and the center line of the Ala Wai Canal running northerly along Kalakaua Avenue to King Street; (2) easterly along King Street to Punahou Street; (3) northerly along Punahou Street to Wilder Avenue; (4) westerly along Wilder Avenue to Piikoi Street; (5) northerly along Piikoi Street to Lewalani Drive; (6) northerly along Lewalani Drive to Nehoa Street; (7) northeasterly along the top of the ridge between the lands of Makiki and Kalawahine to a mountain peak called Puu Ohia or Tantalus; (8) northeasterly along the top of the ridge between the lands of Pauoa, Manoa and Nuuanu to a point on the Koolau Range called Puu Konahuanui; (9) southeasterly along the top of said range to a place called Mountain Olympus; (10) southwesterly along the top of Waahila Ridge to the top edge of Palolo Valley; (11) southwesterly along the top edge of said valley to the forest reserve boundary; (12) southwesterly along the southeasterly boundary of Saint Louis Heights tract, series 2 (file plan 464) to the southerly boundary of said tract one hundred feet southeasterly from Alencastre Street; (3) southwesterly parallel to and one hundred feet from Alencastre Street and Saint Louis Drive to Waialae Avenue; (14) westerly along Waialae Avenue to Kapahulu Avenue extended; (15) southerly across Waialae Avenue and along Kapahulu Avenue to Kalakaua Avenue; (16) westerly along Kapahulu Avenue extended to the outer edge of the reef; (17) northwesterly along the outer edge of the reef to a point on the line extended of the |