Statehood for Hawaii. H.R. 49, and Related Bills. March 3, 8, 19491949 - 77 pages |
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... Mainland sentiment , too , is overwhelmingly in favor of statehood . The reasons for this sentiment in favor of statehood for Hawaii lie in a background of close political , economic , and social ties between the people of that ...
... Mainland sentiment , too , is overwhelmingly in favor of statehood . The reasons for this sentiment in favor of statehood for Hawaii lie in a background of close political , economic , and social ties between the people of that ...
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... mainland the greater part of the products of its two major industries , sugar and pineapple . The commerce of Hawaii with the mainland exceeds that between the mainland and but a few foreign countries . Hawaii has consistently paid into ...
... mainland the greater part of the products of its two major industries , sugar and pineapple . The commerce of Hawaii with the mainland exceeds that between the mainland and but a few foreign countries . Hawaii has consistently paid into ...
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... mainland on this question , found that opinion in the continental United States in favor of statehood was in almost the same proportion as the plebiscite . As the joint committee in 1937 recommended deferment of the question until the ...
... mainland on this question , found that opinion in the continental United States in favor of statehood was in almost the same proportion as the plebiscite . As the joint committee in 1937 recommended deferment of the question until the ...
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... mainland on the 19th . Prior to and at the beginning of the hearings the committee stated that full opportunity would be given to every person who desire to appear before the com- mittee to present his or her views on the question of ...
... mainland on the 19th . Prior to and at the beginning of the hearings the committee stated that full opportunity would be given to every person who desire to appear before the com- mittee to present his or her views on the question of ...
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... mainland . 11. That such evidence of " bloc voting " as exists indicates that the practice has not assumed , and is not likely to assume , serious proportions . Members of the Territorial legislature whose ancestry is Japanese ...
... mainland . 11. That such evidence of " bloc voting " as exists indicates that the practice has not assumed , and is not likely to assume , serious proportions . Members of the Territorial legislature whose ancestry is Japanese ...
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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.