Speech #670199566

Now. what is happening in Hawaii. the most strategic poilt on the Pacific. where every vessel operating between Almerica and Asia orAnierica and Australia iiust stop for coal? The distances .are such tit if a vessel carried its own coal too little space wonl be left for cargo or passengers. Hawaii is a territory of the United States. like Alaska. and has its own local governiient and legisltture. Of tile 263.666 people in Hawaii. according to the last census. 159.900.are Asiatics. and of these Asiatics 1.09.269 are Japanese. Every Japanese child born in Hawaii is kill American citizen. with all the rights of citizenship under our Constitution and laws. The United States Commissioner of Education made a survey of Hawaii in 1919.