Mr. Speaker. on April 3. 1960. the community of Honolulu joined with the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the dedication of its recently completed building and cultural hall. This was a doubly auspicious occasion. first. for the reason that this event occurred on the 75th anniversary of the coming to Hawaii of the first Japanese contract immigrants. and. secondly. for the reason that the building so dedicated symbolically represents a further affirmation of the greatness of our American way of life in its fulfillment of the aspirations. not only of one segment of Hawaiis cosmopolitan population. but of all Hawaiis people. The keynote speaker for this occasion was Mr. George Chaplin. editor of the Honolulu Advertiser. whose message.
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