Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 25, 1 October 1936 — Whitlow Lauds Pacheco As Follower of Policies 0f President Roosevelt [ARTICLE]

Whitlow Lauds Pacheco As Follower of Policies of President Roosevelt

Concentrating their efforts upon the endeavor to elect M. C. Pacheco mayor of the city and county of Honolulu outright at Saturday's primary, the Democratic campaign committee continued its barrage over the air from radio station KGU through the week. The radio campaign will come to an end for the primary with a broadcast between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. of the Democratic rally Friday evening. Among the leading speakers on the Democratic program during the week was J. E. Whitlow, attorney, head of the Honolulu Business College and member of the Oahu county committee. He said: There is more than meets the eye in the present political campaign and I wish to describe what I consider to be a grave danger lurking in the shadows of the present campaign. This is one of the most vital and important elections in the history of Hawaii, especially is this true from the standpoint of the people's choice for the next mayor of Honolulu. Sounds Warning I wish to warn you against the spending policy which has been advocated by Mr. Wright for the next 10 years. I am sure that I speak the truth when I say we all favor constructive spending for this great metropolis of ours. But my good friends, we do not approve extravagant waste and we do not approve the spending of your money and mine for the creation of more and more new jobs for political favorites for the building of a political machine, in order that the political friends of the Mayor may draw fat salaries—salaries paid by you and me. By all the standards with which we may gauge the financial condition of this municipality, the city and county oh Honolulu is now §350,000 in debt. A great deal of this $350,000 has gone toward the payment of salaries for specially created jobs for friends and political exponents of the present mayor, and I tell you with all the force that I can summon that, if the spending orgy advocated by the present mayor and board of supervisors is carried into execution, not only will we be immersed in the shackles of heavy indebtedness but future generations will be bonded to pay for our extravagant waste. If this spending spree which has been advocated by the present mayor is carried into execution, you may look forward to the time when you will have to mortgage your home and your household furniture to pay for the increased taxes which will follow in the wake of this unwise spending. It is with a feeling of horror that we look back to the awful days of 1931 and 1932 when the sheriff was kept busy foreclosing mortgages, when our people lost their homes one after the other, until that great, born leader of men, Franklin D. Roosevelt, told the American people that the people's homes must be saved and sanctified, that the taking of homes would be discontinued and he set into motion the measures which would protect the people in the possession and the enjoyment of their homes and their property. Follows Roosevelt Mr. Manuel C. Pacheco is simply trying to do for Hawaii what the President of the United States has done for people all over the country. He is trying

protect the people irf their : rigMs to own homes and proper- ! ty. He wants to save the l'«f Hawaii from the enuāhin?"' weight of monstrous taxes and j Uu:<tensQnyi He ■wants to make Honplulu a safe plaee to live in. This grand old warrior has fought for 20 years consistehtly and stubbornly for the rights and welfare of the peopie here. HJe is a ?elf-made mv±. He knows what it means to struggle, and he does not want to se us crusTied under the to see' tis crushed under the weight and ioad of heavy taxes whien wili strip us of our hpmes hold furniture and our personal belongings. Exposes Cori!uption I urge you to go to the rallies and to listen to Mr. Paeheeo expose the corruption in our city gOTernment and expose the' unwāse spending policids of the pre&eat city administration, I wrg£ yoM to attend these and to listen to Mr. Paeheeo speak the truth. I urge you to applaud the efforts of this grand fighter and ī urge you to appiaAi4 him so that your voioes wiii reverb?rate from Qne end of this lslsnd to the other. I urge you to applaud his efforts so that your voices will resound like the voice of thunder. I urge you iet him know of youjr mighty applause that you are going to elect him outright in the primary.