Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 24, 24 September 1936 — Experience In Police Work Cited By Ellis In Shariff Campaign [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Experience In Police Work Cited By Ellis In Shariff Campaign

Wiih a background oi a wellroutided eareēr of poliee wōrk, court duties and other responsible positions in the Territory, William L. K. Eilis is running for the office of sheriff of the city aftd v county of Honolulu on the Democratic ticket. Eilis. part-Hawaiian natlve of the Territory, began his poiiee duties in Hilo under t he 1 a te Sheriff Sam Pua, one of the outstanding f i g u r e s in Hawaiian puhlie life; Leaving his position in Hilo at the eali of Frēsident Wilson whep. the United States entered the world war, ĪEllis served at Schofield Barracks until he was honorably discliarged in 1919, after the signing ol the armlsiiee. .. . Ēxperience On Kauai Following this Ellis retumed to his position in the poliee depart-

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ment at Hilo and remained until he was offered a more responsible position with the Hawaiian S«gar Cp., at Maykaweli, Kauai.

On his return to Honolul u some years ago he became associated with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Works Progress Administration as general foreman and later as an efficiency englneer, the position he resigned in order to run for the Democratic noniination for sheriff.

has served iiis country honorably during tiie war," his supporters declare. 6 ;He answered the eall for experienced aiui qualified men tō supervise the work in the and VVTA in Hawaii, is a Bempcrat lioiu his toes up, and is respected by every man who has ever served under hlm.

"He is a kamaaina thoroughly conversaant with the conditions that hAve existe4 iu our sheriff*s department for the past four years, and he offers his services to re-organize the cit y and couuty jail and the sherilf's office with a eleau cut appeal that demands the kokua of all the eieetorate of Oahu."

Ellis is married, has one child, and resides in fhe Kapalium district.

"Balancing the budget is not simple when the central government has to carry the main burden of unemployment relief and on top of that meet the special emergency of such a visit-ation as now victimtees many western states, Senator Cotizens's 'disgrist* with the grand army of Roosevelt critics is understand-able."~--Sprin£field, Mass., Ke publiran.

1 "Wp doubt that Gov. LaiKien ean expect, many labor votes on ,the strength of his vagfue reuiarisuS. You eau't teU where he stands, yet. Evcrybody kaows where Rc-oPcvelt stands. The New Deal wants īabor to have fair a show in this country as eapi-i-ai aiways Usus had."—New iork N€\V3», vlud.) i V

"Gov. Laixdon Ulks giiby about balancing the ledorui budget when he must know, if he has fany rfftmiliarity whatever wiih |toe problems that confronted th«? duriig tixe past years - thrte unfier Hoover aud tlu'ee tmder Ralseveit--that $uch a thiag out oi the Question."' 1— Sej*nt©n Tlan>s.

WILLIAM K. ELLIS