They have free elections. they are subject to our Federal laws. they are citizens of our country. and have been since Hawaii ceded its sovereignty to the United States at the turn of the century. These people have one thing in commonan abiding faith in the fairness of the United States to grant them the privilege of firstclass citizens. and to admit their Territory as a State. Fifty years ago. with the biased viewpoint of most Americans toward the Asiatic races. such a step would have been impossible. Today. with the world growing smaller. with man more dependent on his fellow man than ever before. statehood for Hawaii is not only possible but necessary. Why is it necessary?
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Biased viewpoint toward Asiatic races.