Statehood for Hawaii. H.R. 49, and Related Bills. March 3, 8, 19491949 - 77 pages |
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... Japan and other areas of the Orient and would assist in overcoming the inroads of nondemocratic forms of govern- ment . " Admiral Nimitz , testifying as a private citizen , said that he had great admira- tion and appreciation of the ...
... Japan and other areas of the Orient and would assist in overcoming the inroads of nondemocratic forms of govern- ment . " Admiral Nimitz , testifying as a private citizen , said that he had great admira- tion and appreciation of the ...
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... Japanese .. Korean Filipino All others .. Total . Race Citizens Aliens Percent of total 10 , 650 70 , 110 2.0 13.0 9 , 820 1.8 177 , 580 2,900 33.4 28 , 180 2 , 350 5.6 144 , 640 31 , 640 32.6 5 , 570 1,750 1.4 18 , 350 35 , 290 9.9 ...
... Japanese .. Korean Filipino All others .. Total . Race Citizens Aliens Percent of total 10 , 650 70 , 110 2.0 13.0 9 , 820 1.8 177 , 580 2,900 33.4 28 , 180 2 , 350 5.6 144 , 640 31 , 640 32.6 5 , 570 1,750 1.4 18 , 350 35 , 290 9.9 ...
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... Japanese , 163,300 , or 32.5 percent ; Koreans , 7,042 or 1.4 percent ; Filipinos , 46,464 , or 9.3 percent ; all others , 1,228 , or 0.2 percent . 2. That the Hawaiians have declined from an estimated 300,000 persons in 1778 to 10,988 ...
... Japanese , 163,300 , or 32.5 percent ; Koreans , 7,042 or 1.4 percent ; Filipinos , 46,464 , or 9.3 percent ; all others , 1,228 , or 0.2 percent . 2. That the Hawaiians have declined from an estimated 300,000 persons in 1778 to 10,988 ...
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... Japanese constitute normally less than 20 percent of the total membership although 32.5 percent of the total population of the islands is of Japanese descent . 12. That in 1944 , 71,704 of 84,326 registrants , or 85.03 percent , voted ...
... Japanese constitute normally less than 20 percent of the total membership although 32.5 percent of the total population of the islands is of Japanese descent . 12. That in 1944 , 71,704 of 84,326 registrants , or 85.03 percent , voted ...
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... Japan , France , and Germany - bought more from the mainlaind than did Hawaii . In 1940 the value of the Territory's imports from the mainland totaled $ 127,539,539 , while the value of exports to the mainland was $ 102,145,130 . 26 ...
... Japan , France , and Germany - bought more from the mainlaind than did Hawaii . In 1940 the value of the Territory's imports from the mainland totaled $ 127,539,539 , while the value of exports to the mainland was $ 102,145,130 . 26 ...
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Page 62 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 58 - The constitution shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, except as to Indians not taxed, and not to be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
Page 7 - And each of the circuit, district and state courts, herein named, shall, respectively, be the successors of the supreme court of the territory, as to all such cases arising within the limits embraced within the jurisdiction of such courts respectively, with full power to proceed with the same, and award mesne or final process therein...
Page 42 - State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof...
Page 62 - That said cession is accepted ratified and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby, annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof ^ and that all and singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned are vested in the United States of America.
Page 1 - Be It Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the inhabitants of all that part of the area of the United States now constituting the territories of...
Page 63 - Bank, is hereby assumed by the Government of the United States; but the liability of the United States in this regard shall in no case exceed $4,000,000.
Page 3 - That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
Page 62 - The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; provided that all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the...
Page 63 - There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands.