Statehood for Hawaii. H.R. 49, and Related Bills. March 3, 8, 19491949 - 77 pages |
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... desire to assume the respon- sibilities of statehood ; and since " 2. The policy of the United States Government is one of self - determination : That peoples be allowed to choose freely their form of political status ; and since " 3 ...
... desire to assume the respon- sibilities of statehood ; and since " 2. The policy of the United States Government is one of self - determination : That peoples be allowed to choose freely their form of political status ; and since " 3 ...
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... desires of Hawaii's people , and the conclusion reached by the last two congressional investigating committees . " It is my opinion , as ably expressed by Senator Cordon , that " the record of testimony and information built up around ...
... desires of Hawaii's people , and the conclusion reached by the last two congressional investigating committees . " It is my opinion , as ably expressed by Senator Cordon , that " the record of testimony and information built up around ...
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... desires copies of it , we will try to make it available to them . Now , the Interior Department has been called upon for a ... desire statehood is amply demonstrated by the fact that at a plebiscite in 1940 they voted 2 to 1 in favor of ...
... desires copies of it , we will try to make it available to them . Now , the Interior Department has been called upon for a ... desire statehood is amply demonstrated by the fact that at a plebiscite in 1940 they voted 2 to 1 in favor of ...
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... desire statehood should precede affirmative action by Congress . " A plebiscite to determine this question was authorized by the Territorial legis- lature in 1939. Of all those voting on the question at the general election of November ...
... desire statehood should precede affirmative action by Congress . " A plebiscite to determine this question was authorized by the Territorial legis- lature in 1939. Of all those voting on the question at the general election of November ...
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... desire to appear before the com- mittee to present his or her views on the question of statehood and upon any other matter relating to the welfare of the Territory . About 100 witnesses were heard and examined in minute detail by the ...
... desire to appear before the com- mittee to present his or her views on the question of statehood and upon any other matter relating to the welfare of the Territory . About 100 witnesses were heard and examined in minute detail by the ...
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acres admission of Hawaii admit Hawaii Alaska amended American annexation Big Five bill bloc voting ceded Chairman citizens Committee on Public Congress congressional consideration convention CRAWFORD delegates democratic Department District Court District of Hawaii economic enacted FARRINGTON favor of statehood Federal follows Governor of Hawaii grant Hawaii National Park Hawaii to form Hawaii to statehood Hawaiian home lands Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Organic Act Hawaiian statehood Honolulu House of Representatives industry Interior investigation January Japanese ancestry jurisdiction labor LARCADE laws legislation mainland ment Newlands resolution organized paragraph percent pineapple political subdivision population President primary election public property Puerto Rico pursuant question of statehood racial ratified recommended record REDDEN Republic of Hawaii reserves resolution Secretary Senate SILVERMAN statehood for Hawaii Subcommittee on Territories Territorial legislature Territory of Hawaii Territory's thereof tion title 28 Union United States Code United States District
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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.