2 THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1963 . - MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON .
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MAP SHOWS DETAIL - The nation's SOth state promises to
develop as a hub between Orient and Occident. The biggest
problem that came with statehood was consolidating the
sprawling territorial government In efficient state govern
ment. (UPI)
By
CHARLES H. WILSON JR,
Unilad Press International
Honolulu - (VPS - Statehood
has been good to Hawaii and
the people of the SOth state
think it has been good for
the United States as a whole.
In the three-and-a-half years
since Hawaii became a state,
its economy has expanded
rapidly, burgeoning new con
struction is trans forming
Honolulu into an ever more
modern city and state leaders
talk of this place of palms
and pineapples becoming the
hub of a possible "Pacific
Common Market."
For the man-in-the-street,
changes have been more
subtle. His wages have risen
but so have his costs. Mainly,
there is a sense of belonging,
of knowing that he has the
same rights and obligations as
all other Americans. There is
. pride of being able to vote
for the President, for his rep
resentatives in Congress and
in state government.
Statehood also has meant
new responsibilities and Ha
waii has accepted them cheer
fully. One can almost detect a
sense of mission as the Island
state seeks to spread its aloha
spirit around the world.
Hawaii's population has
grown from 590,000 in 1859
when it achieved statehood to
630,000. The cost of living
and prices have climbed and
business has expanded. State
hood has been a factor un
doubtedly but its an un
measurable factor.
There has been a growing
tendency of unions to seek
wage parity with the highest
west coast cities and, to a
large extent, they have been
successful. This has been a
factor in causing Hawaii's al
ready high cost of living to
move higher. Living costs
here are on a parity with the
highest cost cities on the main
land.
A house that cost $20,000 to
build in 1959 may cost as
much as $30,000 today, but
that is only partially attribu
table to the effects of state
hood.
The influx of free-spending
visitors increased at the rate
of 20 per cent a year between
1955 and 1961, then tapered
off to a five per cent increase.
The Family Council
Editor's note: Tha Family Council consist of a Judge, 'a
phychlatrlst, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor,
tech article li a luminary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by fuldance counselors and social workers. Edited by
Mrs. Alma Danny. (Copyright by General features Corp.)
Fanny R, - It's not up to
him to comfort this woman.
Otto R. - I'm the only
friend she has up North.
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Fanny R. - We've been
married a long time and have
grown children. My husband
is a traveling salesman. On
his trips he ran across an
old sweetheart of his who had
married a Southerner and was
living in Mississippi. He vis
ited them a few times, but
has been out of touch the last
few years because his terri
tory has been shifted to New
England.
Last week, out of the blue,
a letter came to him from
this woman, saying that her
husband had died a month
ago. She added that she was
in a state of shock, and Just
had to see him. Could she
come North and stay in our
home till she got her bear
ings? she asked.
This sounds ridiculous to
me. Otto thinks it's a great
idea!
Otto R. - This lady was or
ifiinally a Northerner. She
never found her niche in the
South, but she was devoted
to her husband and stuck it
out. Now that he's gone, I
con understand her urge to
got back and try to get ac
climated up here again.
She really has no one. I'm
the only one of her old crowd
who knew her husband and
she feels I'm the link between
her past and future. She's a
pathetic figure and I can't
turn her down.
Fanny should cooperate
with me in befriending her
now. I'm flattered that she
has so much confidence in
me and trusts my Judgment,
After all, she's met many
people in the years since we
were single. But she has pick'
cd me as her friend In need,
Tha Council - In a nutshell
what Fanny is saying to Otto
is, "Am I supposed to be run
ning a rest - home for your
ex sweethearts?" She's urg
ing, and so are we, a hard
search for other friends or
relatives of this lady-at-loose-
ends.
It's hard to believe that the
only friends this woman had
in the world were her hus
band and Otto. It's flattering
to Otto's ego, of course, and
the concept of himself dash
ing to her rescue may well
belong on Walter Mitty'i list
of pleasant dreams.
Look at it this way. Otto.
The widow and her husband
didn't live in isolation. They
had friends. She claims she
knows you better than she
knows anyone else. And your
wife can't see where you arc
so specially qualified to help
the bereaved lady get "her
bearings."
Unless the dear old friend
can fnd another sanctuary
up North, Otto would be wise
to advise her to stay where
she is. He can offer to come
down that way with Fanny,
during their next vacation pe
riod, to try to comfort the
lonely one. For once she burns
her southern bridges behind
her, and travels this way,
Destination Otto and Fanny,
things may never be the same
in the R. home. Suppose things
drag on and on, as with The
Man Who Came to Dinner
and stayed to make trouble?
What would the neighbors
think, if you'd like a For In
stance, when circumstances
forced Otto and his cx-swectie
to be home alone?
No, Otto. Help her all you
can from this safe distance,
but don't encourage her to
ry a new form of Freedom
Ride, right into your home.
Her proposal can let loose a
torrent of problems for you,
ana you a Detter croon, "Riv
er, stay 'way from my door!"
ut course lr, as we said
above, the lady moves closer
and shows signs of being fair
ly seii-ncipiul, then Otto and
fanny together should case
her way to a new and full
me, by being hospitable and
solicitous. But for Otto to try
10 De a l-man Rescue Mission
Is playing with emotional dynamite.
Woman Charged With
Murder in Shooting
Klamath Falls -(UPD - Zclma
Joan Ochiho, 41. was chamed
with first degree murder
Wednesday in the fatal shoot
ing of Horcncc Baker Huitt
26, in the home of a friend as
she sal on a davenport read
ing a newspaper.
Police said the woman used
the same rifle that figured in
a January trial when she was
accused of the murder of
Bruce Miller, 35. She whs
acquitted of that chRrgc.
The 1962 level was about the
same as 1961 but economists
see an increase of about 20
per cent this year.
The thing to remember is
that Hawaii was a going con
cern long before statehood,
paying the same federal taxes
as the states but, in some
cases, not getting the same
return. Under statehood, Ha
waii now gets a return on its
money from the highway de
fense act, which proved to be
the biggest monetary benefit
of statehood.
"The trend in federal funds
m
made naturally...
so naturaily it's Letter
has continued to rise. But
more important is the fact
that we have senators and
representatives in Washing
ton looking out for our inter
ests now," said Dr. Shelley
Mark, Hawaii's economic de
velopment director.
Non-military federal spend
ing rose from $55.5 million in
1959 to $128 million in 1961,
the latest figures available.
The non - declared war in
South Viet Nam and other
unrest in ' Asia has caused
military spending to rise too.
Hawaii has had no problem
of defining its destiny. Ask
the average Hawaiian what
his state's role should be in
the nation and he will point
to the example Hawaii is set'
ting for accepting individuals
of all races without violence
or friction.
He will point to the U.S.
Senate where Hawaii's two
senators, Daniel K. Inouye
and Hiram L. Fong, are the
first men of Japanese and
Chinese ancestry to sit in Con
gress. He will tell you that the
state department selected Ha
waii in 1960 as the site for
the country's first Internation
al university, the East -West
center. The center has be
come an intellectual meeting
ground for Asian scholars to
view democracy in action.
Has Problems
The biggest problem that
came with statehood was con
solidating the sprawling ter
ritorial government of 104
departments into an efficient
state government. Under Ha
waii's first elected chief ex
ecutive, Former Gov. William
F. Quinn, the administrative
structure was consolidated
into 18 departments and the
consolidation continues today
under Gov. John A. Burns.
Statehood has also had its
d i s a p p ointments. Officials
complain that the federal gov
ernment has not yet tapped
the state's reservoir of talent
for key government posts,
especially in the area of for
eign relations. And they feel
the government is delaying on
its promise to return surplus
federal lands to the state.
It is a source of indignation
here when strangers occasion
ally imply that Hawaii is still
a mystic foreign land.
Television performer Jack
Paar learned this the hard
way sometime ago when he
taped several shows here and
referred to the continental
United States as "the states."
He was reminded quite force
fully in newspapers that Ha
waii and "the states" are one
and the same.
Hawaiians are dismayed to
hear occasionally of main
landers asking what language
is spoken in Hawaii or what
currency is used.
But this sensitivity will
pass as the newness of state
hood wears off.
To mainlanders who envis
ion the lush tropical Hawaiian
isles becoming more like
typical Main St., U.S.A., Hono
lulu banker Thomas Hitch has
this reminder:
"Hawaii is not what it used
to be, but then it never was.'1
What he means that the
islands always have been .
about 50 years ahead of what
the mainlanders think them
to be.
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