CONTENTS Bulgo, Hon. Joseph E., councilman, county of Maui, Hawaii__. Erskine, Fred, chairman, Board of Agriculture, State of Hawaii, rep- resenting the Honorable George Ariyoshi, Acting Governor of Fasi, Hon. Frank F., mayor, city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii.... Fong, Hon. Hiram L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii___ Griffin, Helen, member, Citizens for Hawaii___ Hitch, Thomas K., senior vice president and chairman, research divi- sion, First Hawaiian Bank, representing the Chamber of Commerce Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii___. Kahihikolo, Mrs. Katherine, in behalf of the Honolulu Community Action Program and the Kalihi-Palama Recipient Advisory Council_ Kimura, Hon. Shunichi, mayor, county of Hawaii, Hawaii_. Mason, George, chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Uninterrupted Ship- ping, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and chairman, STOP (Shipping Tieups Over Permanently) – Matsunaga, Hon. Spark M., a Representative in Congress from the Rutledge, Arthur A., president and business manager, Joint Council of Teamsters and Hotel Workers, as read by Congresswoman Patsy Tamura, Fred, president-elect, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Com- Won Pat, Hon. Antonio B., a Delegate to Congress from the territory Additional material submitted for the record by- Ad Hoc Committee on Uninterrupted Shipping, Chamber of Com- merce of Hawaii, and STOP (Shipping Tieups Over Permanently), 218 21 A survey of the cost of carrying extra inventory as a hedge against strike induced shipping interruptions to Hawaii___ Speech by C. W. Shafer, president, Shafer Rabbett & Knopf, Inc., dba C. W. Shafer Distribution Co. to the annual Home Eco- nomics Teacher's Seminar, September 14, 1974---- Reopening and expiration dates of Hawaii, West Coast, and East and Gulf Coast contracts affecting Hawaii shipping_. State of Hawaii, rate of unemployment 1971-74--- AFL-CIO Maritime Committee, Talmage E. Simpkins, executive direc- Burns, John A., Governor, State of Hawaii, statement.. Camacho, Hon. Carlos G., Governor of Guam, statement submitted by Eugene L. Stewart, special counsel for the Governor of Guam_--- Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Ray Milici, chairman of the board, 259 183 Additional material submitted for the record by-continued. First Hawaiian Bank and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, brochure entitled, "Hawaii-The Most Vulnerable State in the NationA Case Study”-- Hawaii Employers Council, Robert R. Grunsky, president, statement Testimony before the Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Sen- Report entitled, "The Impact of Shipping Interruptions on International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Patrick Exhibit I-Volume of goods imported and exported through Exhibit II-Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency's monitoring of Page 168 232 234 254 34 44 Exhibit III-Department of Research and Development surveys Exhibit IV-Letters indicating county assistance in the State Exhibit V-Letters from a cross-section of organizations which Ludlow Corp., T. R. Peary, senior vice president, letter dated Septem- 114 118 253 McCall, Bruce. Mayor, county of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, letter dated 251 McClung, David C., letter dated June 4, 1973, to Hon. Spark M. Matson Navigation Co., John R. Kuykendall, vice president, letter dated September 27, 1974, to Chairman Jarman___ 255 Mink, Hon. Patsy T., a Representative in Congress from the State of National Federation of Independent Business, E. Neel Edwards, gov- National Industrial Traffic League, A. E. Leitherer, president, letter 192 252 251 248 250 Letter from F. T. Ramirez, speaker, Guam Legislature to Chair- 21 Letter dated September 26, 1974, from Mr. Won Pat to Chairman 205 HAWAII AND WESTERN ISLANDS SURFACE COMMERCE PROTECTION ACT TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE OF TRANSPORTATION AND AERONAUTICS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John Jarman [chairman] presiding. Mr. JARMAN. The subcommittee will please be in order. This morning we will commence a hearing on H.R. 7189 which would amend the Railway Labor Act to provide for the normal flow of ocean_commerce between Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the west coast. This legislation was introduced by our colleague, the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga, a Member of Congress from Hawaii, and I understand it was co-sponsored by the Honorable Patsy Mink of Hawaii and the Honorable A. B. Won Pat, the delegate to Congress from Guam We will be pleased to hear their testimony on this bill, and I understand that other officials from the Pacific area are also with us. At this point in the record, without objection, we will place the text of the bill, H.R. 7189. [The text of H.R. 7189 follows:] (1) 93D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 7189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 18, 1973 Mr. MATSUNAGA (for himself, Mrs. MINK, and Mr. Wox PAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce A BILL To amend title II of the Railway Labor Act to provide for the normal flow of ocean commerce between Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the west coast, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Hawaii and Western 4 Islands Surface Commerce Protection Act of 1973". 5 SEC. 2. Title II of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 6 181-188) is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol7 lowing: 8 "SEC. 209. (a) (1) No strike or lockout in the long 9 shore or maritime industry in the States of Washington, Ore I 2 1 gon, or California (hereinafter in this section such States 2 are referred to as the 'west coast') shall be permitted to 3 interrupt normal shipping from any port on the west coast 4 5 to Hawaii, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, or American Samoa (hereinafter in this section any such 6 territory shall be individually referred to as 'any United 7 States Pacific island') or from Hawaii or any United States 8 Pacific island to any port on the west coast for a period of 9 one hundred and sixty days beginning on the first day of 10 such strike or lockout. 11 12 16 "(2) An employer or labor organization who is a party to a strike or lockout described in paragraph (1), the 13 Governor of Hawaii, Guam, or American Samoa, or the 14 High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 15 Islands, or the designated representative of any such Governor or of such Commissioner (if such a strike or lockout 17 interrupts normal shipping of Hawaii or any United States 18 Pacific island where such Governor or High Commissioner 19 is the executive) may petition any United States district court having jurisdiction to issue an injunction or temporary 21 restraining order to enforce the provisions of paragraph (1). 22 Any such injunction and temporary restraining order shall 23 in the aggregate remain in effect until the end of the onehundred-and-sixty-day period provided by paragraph (1). Such injunction may not be requested while an injunction 20 24 25 |