Hawaiis growing importance as the center of Pacific commerce is evident in her geographic position and in the cultural and business ties of Hawaiis people with the countries of the Pacific and the Far East. In fact. Hawaiis ethnic and cultural ties with the Far East offer a challenge beyond that of commerce and trade. The balance of power between the two philosophies of democracy and totalitarianism may ultimately be decided in the Orient. the home of over half the worlds population. In Hawaii. approximately twothirds of the States citizens are of Asiatic origin. Their living. working example of the tolerance and brotherhood that can flower in the sunny climate of freedom offers a ray of hope for mankind and a lesson for men everywhere. Mr.