Mr. Allen fought for universal public education when its merits were still being questioned. He promoted spelling bees and oratorical contests in the public schools in order that their students. the sons and daughters of immigrants from Asian nations. might grow up and achieve positions of leadership in the community. He was a true champion of American sons of immigrants in Hawaii. He encouraged the development of diversified agriculture and tourism with the knowledge that a onecrop or twocrop economy would only perpetuate the semifeudal plantation system that he saw when he first came to Hawaii. He fought for statehood when few envisioned Hawaii as a State.
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