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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1959 By INEZ ROBB If United States Senatorial investigations sometimes fill the voter with skepti cism, with a feeling that they are staged mainly to focus attention on Senators rather than on grave na-t i a 1 ho Running Hawaii? Inez Robb 4The World's Gettiii2 Smaller. I Every Day' problems, well, that's the way some investigations are conducted. It is too early to judge the value of the Senate subcommittee hearings on the problems of the aged and aging, presided over by Sen. Pat McNamara and his band. But this is one hearing that I hope will not trail off in pious fulmina-tions, and nothing more.

EVER SINCE I wrote a column last April quesion-ing the wisdom of putting "oldsters" on the shelf, when they're still full of bounce and beans, my mail has been filled with anguished, indignant and despairing letters from "senior citizens" who despise that term as much as I. The most shocking aspect of this mail is the number of men and women who write that at age 43 they are "too old" to qualify for jobs, either white or Kaiser's office about the nature of the agreement between Kaiser and the Estate, this was the reply: "We do not have a policy of mak- ing public the details of many thousands of private contracts we are engaged in We have no reason to change this policy." No one asked about "details of thousands of private contracts." What was wanted and still is was a clear idea of what Kaiser and the Estate have in mind at Koko Head. And there very definitely is good reason for Kaiser to change his policy. We suggest a policy of respect for the public interest. BISHOP ESTATE says it really doesn't know what Kaiser's plans are in detail, that things are proceeding on a basis of "mutual confidence." "Mutual confidence" may be all right for the Estate but the public and the government require something more tangible.

The Highway Department is planning a new highway to serve the development. But it doesn't know what form the project will take, hence can't figure out where the road will have to go. THE DEVELOPMENT will require State and City action in other areas in the futuresewers, lighting, police protection, to name a few. Plans for such can't be pulled out of the air. The State has a clear and definite responsibility.

That is to get responsive answers from Kaiser and the Bishop Estate and get them quickly. Until this is done, the public would be justified in wondering just who is running Hawaii the government or Henry Kaiser. Henry Kaiser is a helpful and healthy stimulant to Hawaii. He thinks big, works big, sleeps little. He conceives large plans, discards them for even larger plans.

He wants to do the impossible and he wants to do it before sundown. His single purpose to get done what Henry Kaiser wants done has, on balance, stepped up Hawaii's tempo and contributed to Hawaii's dynamic advance. BUT self-centeredness, no matter how imaginative, gives rise to problems. And Henry Kaiser has such a problem with his handling of the Koko Head development. The fact he is pushing a multi-million development there does not entitle him to ignore legitimate public questions, lie is not entitled to treat such questions as if they were designed merely to harass him.

The questions about the Koko Head project deserve answers and it's about time Kaiser, the Bishop Estate and the State government came up with them. A NUMBER of families on Ku-apa Pond causeway are rightly concerned about what will happen to their leaseholds and homes as the Koko Head development progresses. They want to know whether a new highway will go through their proper- ty and dispossess them. For weeks, they say, they've been trying to find out from Kaiser, the Governor's office and the Bishop Estate. So far, they contend that all they've gotten is the royal run-around.

Both the State and the Bishop Estate profess not to know what Kaiser's plans are. A Kaiser spokesman says questions about leases should be answered by the Estate. WHEN THIS newspaper asked Helping lland for Korean Orphans Editor, The Advertiser: Here in Taegu, Korea there is a small community of, Americans. Most, of us are members of the U.S. Forces and their dependents.

Others include civilians who work for the U.S. Government in one capacity or' another-and missionaries of various faiths. We are jointly sponsoring OPERATION HELPING HAND. Through this effort we are seeking to help the thousands of Korean orphans in this area. A big circus has been planned for Christmas.

It is but one of the many charitable activities financed throughout the year by this worthy project. Other support for Korean orphans is given in the form of vitamins, serum, baby food, milk and vocational training. From now until January 1, 1960, we are conducting a drive for funds. The goal is $3,300. We thought there may be some of your readers who', might want to help.

Contributions, no matter how small, will be appreciated. Donations should be sent to: Captain Blair H. Dewey Det KMAG, APO 18 San Francisco, California BLAIR H. DEWEY Captain, QMC Defends Pele Editor, The Advertiser: Re "Non-Superstitious Hawaiian" of Dec. 14, last, who denies the existence of Pele: All spirits are created free and equal and are endowed by the cosmos with the divine right to the pursuit of happiness.

The Hawaiian Goddess Mile. Pele has as much right to reappear, "all decked out in a red holoku" as has the haole God Emmanuel to disappear, all decked out in a white holoku. JOHN SAMUEL SABEY DOWN TO CASES llownrd D. Case Editor, The Advertiser: Well, your newspaper is doing it again! Thank you for your coverage of the situation with respect to the Kuapa Causeway leaseholders. Mr.

Johnson has done an excellent job of factual reporting in Sunday's Advertiser, Page A-15, and Mr. Umeda's picture shows up beautifully the landscape view we who live here prize so highly and consider a large part of the worth of our efforts and holdings. We certainly are not just waiting to see how we are to be dislodged. We intend to fight with every means at our disposal for our right to stay out our leases here. Why should the Highway Department wait indefinitely on Mr.

Kaiser's final plans? Aren't the facts sufficient to warrant recommendation by them of the most economical route now on their boards? We have been told once a month for about six months now that they would be ready with a recommendation in four weeks time. Then just the other day a member of our association was told that it may be another six months from now before they know comparative costs of alternate routes. With homesites going in along the mauka route recommended by us (the shortest and least costly route, too, we understand) it surely seems that the Highway Department's delay is to someone's advantage and it could be not ours nor the taxpayers, in general. We hope you will look into this aspect of the matter. MRS.

VIVIEN K. GILBERT Unhappy Householders Editor, The Advertiser:" Your newspaper is to be commended for bringing attention at last to the unhappy lot of the leaseholders on the Kalanianaole causeway which figures so prominently in Mr. Kaiser's 'published plans for his Hawaii Kai development. Mrs. Gilbert's reference to Mr.

Kaiser as "inconsiderate" Is something of at) understatement of the year. When one of his business associates can call that causeway, "A No Man's and admit "No one knows what Mr. Kaiser will do, it's all in his mind," any thoughtful person is aroused. Even apart from the dirt, noise, and nuisance, it is indeed a sorry situation in our community when one man's uncertain wishes can ride roughshod over vested leasehold rights, which include quiet enjoyment and peace of mind. With respect to these 30 families.

Why should they have been put in this dilemma in the first place? It seems to me Bishop Estate ought to have prevented that. How long is Mr. Kaiser to be allowed to keep the State Highway Department uninformed? Ii the $195,000 appropriated by the Legislature for this study being spent efficiently, under such conditions? Why does the Highway Department not push the alignment along the mountains which the military and Bartholomew Associates are said to have already approved and get the study done, instead of temporizing while Mr. Kaiser keeps building along that formerly unimproved route, and the cost to the State of the property there increases? This is hardly fair to the rest of us. AINA HAINA RESIDENT Questions Leasehold System Editor, The Advertiser: As a member of the Kuapa Community Association, I'm glad The Sunday Advertiser gave our plight such a fine spread.

Every one of us appreciates all that Mrs. Vivien K. Gilbert has done and is now doing in our behalf, especially helping us to express ourselves. We are fully behind her in every way. Let's hope that your article will bring some answers from the "Powers That Be." By the phrase "Powers That Be" I mean Bishop Estate.

So far they haven't told us anything. And we as leaseholders feel that we have a right to know: What's going to happen to our holdings? I wonder if the Trustees of the Bishop Estate realize that by their silence on this matter, and their actions or inaction, they are placing the entire institution of leaseholds on trial! So far this lease system has worked well on Oahu. But this silent treatment we are now getting from the Bishop Estate makes me wonder about the future of the system. The Bishop Estate appears to be willing to accept condemnation for a highway to discharge their responsibility to their leaseholders, if such action dovetails with the plans of the developer. However, our contention is that it's the duty of the Bishop Estate to protect us from just such a maneuver to oust us.

Every one of us will fight to staywhere we are for the full period of our leases let there be no doubt about this we will fight to stay just where we arel Family of 4 Registered Voters-Who 'Disgraceful Conduct On National Hookup Editor, The Advertiser: In reference to Eddie Sherman's "Backstage" column of Dec. 11, in which he criticised Jack Paar's handling of a very drunk Mickey Rooney on the program, which was shown here on Dec. 8, I beg to differ with him (Mr. Sherman). Although I like Mr.

Paar's program, I'm no particular fan of Mr. Paar himself; however, I do not see anything wrong with the way he dealt with Mr. Rooney. For a man of Mr. Rooney'g standing to appear in such a condition on a nationwide hookup, is disgraceful.

Not only was he quite insulting as time passed but he was completely incoherent. In my opinion, he was allowed to stay on the program far longer than he should have. In fact, I don't believe he should have appeared at all and made such a fool of himself. I think a performer should be obliged to stay in a reasonable state of sobriety when appearing before such a large audience. I found Mr.

Paar was quite patient, far more than most would have been and his statements were completely warranted. Unlike most people my age, I can remember Mr. Rooney and was a fan of his in my very, very young days and I agree with Mr. Paar, "He was a great talent" (although a somewhat conceited one). ELAINE SANDERS i McNAMARA AW? of I the coconut hat a To EDMUND M.

LAU, new president of the Lung Kong Kung Shaw Society. To SUPERVISOR TOM TAGAWA of Maui on the dedication of a bridge named after him. To POSTMASTER GEORGE T. HARA and staff for their efficient handling of the Christmas mail. To LEONG of Hanape- pe, Kauai, cited for outstanding per-formance in the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.

'Friend? Franco President Eisenhower yesterday visited Francisco Franco who has governed Spain under an iron dictatorship for 20 years. The President has been criticized for going to Spain. The critics say the visit implies endorsement of a brutal regime. THE CONTROLLED Spanish press has been saying much the same. Spanish government propaganda which calls the country an "organic democracy" has been saying the visit means Franco is vindicated, that he hasn't-changed but that the democracies have in their attitude toward him.

The critics, like the Spanish propaganda experts, are wrong. The U.S. maintains strategic air bases in Spain. They are necessary for survival. They have nothing to do with whether we like Franco.

In this world you must deal with all sorts of people and all sorts of Nations. The President's trip to Madrid should be regarded in that light. It does not affect official U.S. awareness that Spain is a dictatorship so severe that the police must be consulted and a permit secured when a citizen wants to have a party. (Police warn that there may be an increase in burglary, attempts during the Yule season.

News item.) If 'neath my Christmas i( Tree you burgle, 1 Please overlook the Gifts that gurgle. H.L. (Circa 1950). Kamaaina advises that many a child has learned that sitting on Santa's knee Is not nearly as rewarding as whispering in Grandma's ear. The Man With the Red Mustache thinks his wife is trying to get rid of him because he knows she has bought him for Christmas a shaving kit in a traveling case.

Here it Is Dec. 22, Kimo reports, and no one has wrlt-i ten about the Scotsman who is sending his friends homing pigeons Friday. Your Hokum for Today: "Stay tuned to this channel for The Big Western WHICH FOLLOWS IMMEDIATE-. LY." History From Our Files blue collar, in an ever-larger segment of American industry. This ii especially true for women.

The fact that science has increased the life span amazingly in the past 50 years and the fact that the number of older citizens in our society is rapidly increasing is not nearly as problematic as the undeniable fact that the threshold of age" is constantly being lowered. "OLD AGE," a purely arbitrary boundary, is beginning earlier and earlier in our society that worships, youth and regards the teen ager as the summit of creation. I hope that Senator McNamara will give careful thought to the fact that 45 is now the thin edge of old age in our industrial order. It is no longer 65 or 70, as it was in my salad days. If the letters I receive are any criterion, what older American men and women want more than anything in the world is to be useful.

They do not want to be regarded as "finished" or as a "problem" to be pensioned off, or, more cruelly, to be swept under the civic rug. If there is bitter resentment by older men and women over their classification as "senior citizens," there is wild despair that they are denied the right to earn more than $1,200 annually, if they are drawing Social Security payments. I hope devoutly that Senator McNamara will recommend that this silly proviso be stricken from the law of the land. fmmmmmmmmmmw So They Say I'm not saying what I did was right, nor am I saying it was wrong. I'm saying it was part of the business.

I never told a person he had to pay me to get his record played. They asked me to take the money. Were they wrong or were they good businessmen? Detroit disc jockey Tom fired because of "payola." rated from Luke Field, Ford Island, soon, now that flare lights for lighting the field have been Hundred Years Ago-1859 We learn that a new schooner called the Emma Rooke sailed from New London for Honolulu via Talcahuano, October 29. She is 158 tons burthen, extremely sharp and is expected to surpass in sailing qualities everything we have now on route. Thirty Years Ago1929 Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford will arrive in Honolulu Friday aboard the new N.Y.K.

liner. Pertinent Point Representative Daniel K. Inouye made a pertinent point in summing up his impressions after his 20-day Asian trip. Communications between the U.S. and Asia need improving, he said.

He added that this is a two-way street, that the Asians are just as obliged to understand our point of view as we are to understand theirs. THAT MAY BE obvious, but it. often is overlooked in all the hand-wringing about how we're doing in the Far East. Generally, Rep. Inouye said his trip has convinced him the U.S.

is making out very well in the Asian countries. As for improving communications, Rep. Inouye himself is a good example of that idea in action. His tour, and that of Sen. Hiram L.

Fong, ought to do much toward helping Asians understand America better. Beyond that, both men are now much better equipped to deal with Asian problems which will come before them in Congress. Because they are of Asian descent, their colleagues will expect much of them in this sphere, and they have a special obligation to know what they are talking about. Now we hope they'll be able to relax and enjoy the holiday season until Congress reconvenes in January. Twenty Years Ago 199 An earthquake of unusual force was recorded by the University of Hawaii seismograph at 9:12 a.m.

yes-' terday. A preliminary check, showed the quake center near Kamchatka. From Here to Eternity (6) Eighty Years Ago 1879 Many of our citizens have apparently accepted as correct the theory put forth by us that too much foliage is a breeder of malaria as during this week we have noticed a good deal of trimming of trees going on in the city. Sixty Years Ago 1899 What this place wants, and will patronize to the limit of.capacity when they come, are such automobile cars as are running on Fifth avenue. New York, on a five cent fare IF -rr 1 t- mi JZ Ten Years Ago 1949 Information from usually reliable sources said Wednesday that the vacancy in the Hawaii Supreme Court created by the death' of Judge Albert M.

Chris-' ty would be filled, probably about Jan. 1, with the appointment of Circuit Judge Willson Moore. Governor Stainback, it was asserted by the same source, will be reappointed as Chief Executive of the' territory. I NO LEFT TURN But this character is making one against all reason. Fatal accidents often occur in these circumstances.

Be alive for '60. Forty Years Ago 1919 Night flying with Army airplanes may be inaugu- FUEHRER, NEW STYLE.