Hall did both jobs thoroughly and. consequently. known Communists have dominated a major fraction of Hawaiian labor for 10 years or more. Employees of Hawaiis huge sugar plantations. its numerous pineapple plantations. and its waterfront are now welded into one big union. the Hawaiian divison of Bridges International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Uniona union expelled from the CIO in 1950 because of alleged Communist domination. Most of these employees are first- and secondgeneration Japanese and Filipino laborers. some aliens but many of them naturalized American citizens with full right tovote in island elections. Jack Hall was indicted and convicted in Hawaii United States District Court in 1953 of conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the Government by force and violence. but is still out on bail pending hearing of his appeal before the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. In spite of his conviction. he is still regional director of the ILWU in Hawaii. and. as such. is chief bargaining agent for his union in all dealings with management.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that first and second generation Japanese and Filipino laborers are dominated by Communists.