Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 31, 5 November 1936 — REPUBLICAN LEADERS, STAR-BULLETIN CONSPIRE TO DUPE, DECEIVE, DEFRAUD UNSUSPECTING ELECTORATE OF TERRITORY [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN LEADERS, STAR-BULLETIN CONSPIRE TO DUPE, DECEIVE, DEFRAUD UNSUSPECTING ELECTORATE OF TERRITORY

No more cruel nor vicious 4ioax has ever been _perpetrated upon an American community in all history than was played uppn the unsuspecting, innocent voters of Hawaii last Tuesday by the combined forces of the Republican Xeri*iU>rial .Centr,al Committee, ihrpugh their paid mouthpiece, Raymond C. Brown, and the Honolulu StarBulletin, whieh established a new all-time world's record low in rank viql_ation of jourhalistic ethics. Aa the resu"lt of their performances before and during the election, Raymond C. Brown wUI go down in the histor> of the Territory with the unenviabie reputation of being the greatest unmitigated and brazen liar in Hawaii; while. th.e Star-I£ulletin from now on should replace its self-imposed title, "Hawaii's Greatest Newspaper," with the well-earned and merited phrase, "Hawaii's Greatest Journalistic Harlot." The voters of Hawaii, who now sleep in ihe same beds with the rock-bound resident 3 of standpat Maine and Vermont, are more to be pitied thaa censured £or beiievin« the downright lies that Raymond C. Brown. was bxoadfc&stiag with great frequency during the electiōn hours, and for misplacing their trust and belief in the warped and garbled stories that were bemg printed by the star-Bulletin, while it suppressed the true facts of the election on,the mainland unlil the isuance of the first extra —- AFTER THE POLLS IN HAWAII HAD BEEN CLOSEDI The Star-Bulletin's campaign of misrepresentation of the campaign facts rea6hed its height on Monday afternoon when that Journalistic prostitule blazoned an 8- eol- " ilmn banner-line, "LANDON VICTORY VVITH 320 ELECTORAL VOTES SEEN," across its front-page. No authority for that statement was given ie the headline, it was the Star-Bulletin f s headline, pure and simple. It was the headline of that inmate of a jourjaalistic bawdy-house whieh even out-Hearsts WHliam Jtandolph Hearst in the hey-day of his notorious eareerThe alleged authority for that headline was in a,story, under a hv-iine of the Associated Press. It was a preeleetion story such as never has issued from any o£fice of that forn»erly inviolate and unbiased news agency. j Star-Bull Rewrites "AP" Story! j Of course, it must be said in f airness to the Associated |Press that the story printed under the "AP" by-liue was | not the story whieh the Star-Bulletin received from the I Associated Press. The high editorial eommana oi the [Star-Bulletin took it upon themselves to rewrite the "AP" fstory and print it, not as the "AP" wrote it, but as the fStar-Bu!letin "brain trust" thought the facts ought to be. ! The first five paragraphs of that story were sokly |the predictions of the Republicaa Nalionai ChairmaA» John D.M.X.Y.Z. Hamilton, who has been reported mysteriously missing sinc e 9 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) last Tuesday. Reading the first five paragraphs one would not have known that Governor "What-s-his-name?—that-£eilow from Kansas?"—had any competitioa at all, that a» iadividual named President Franklin Delano Roosevcit existed, or that there was such an oiganizaūon as the Democratic party! Thē story was continued from the first to the niuth pa^e—way back among the want-ads—in the Bulletin. There. in the sixth paragraph of the a!legod "AP" sLory, the Bul]etin's readers found out tiia,t therc Wiis a Democratic paitj, foi the Eulleiin so fur £orgot its<rli as to inthis paragraph—on page 9: ! Farley, Democratic natlona! ehaiimaa, ;»aid President Rooseve!t would sweep thc countij aud obUia :a bigger electoral mar&in thaa in 1&32. He Republicans could not riihtfulo 'feel hopoful' oi an> «tates !«xcept Maine and Vermont." i Then the Bulletin swung back again to Mr. Haniiiioi: iand his serious 'prediction of an f, absolutc minimum oi 320 votes for Governor Landou, a total of 54 moxe than the votes needod for eleeuon-" ! If thut campaigu of misrepreseiitatioii, decepaou and outxight tiaud ,o fthe Stax-Bulloiiu upon iis readers who purchase the paper in the now faint hope that they &re receivingr "Today*s News Today;' docs not merit the UUe of "Hawaii's Greatest Journalist:c IuuIol" ior the St*rBullotin, we haye lost our power ui prostitut**s -and for classiixg the Star>Builetm with Uu v inniates of bawdy houties. we hereby tender our humbles; to unt'ortunate harlots; in some cases, ;t k entu*ek thelr fauHī lncidentally the Star-Bulletin "braiu U'uaī" stands a very good ohanoe of discovermg that it does uoi pay to ith Associated Press dispatches undcr an "AP by-line in Uie manuer in whkh that was done in their office on Monday, To th« credit of the Honolulu Adverti»«c and it4 able cditor, Raymond S. Coll, that aewspapcr, while normall> RepubUca«» by ihe highe«t oi jouraali3xn> ethics and «ave iia readei A the iruth, the whole and nothin« but the truth in & e&im. dispassioue4 durin< the «ampai^n! Tliat was cxcmpUfied In iU uwiahi*

line—- M NATION LEANS TQ ROOSEVELT" ——over stories containing the opinion of »ueh figures as David La.wrence> who has oeen a consistent and bitter critic of the administration; Raymond Clapper and others of the towering poiitical experts. Byt to retun? to *Mr/ Brown, the grcatest and brazen l!ar ih all Sawaii's history. Bro\Yn Begins Peddling His Lies! On radio timē purchased by the Republican Territorial Central Commitiee on both stations KGU and KGMB, Mr. Bro\YHt the highly-paid chief mouthpiece of that eombegan brOadcssting early Tuēsday mormng, with the following_message: "Dear friendis of radiokind, this is ths Republican Territorial Central Co]oamittee speaking e We have the on!y authentic news from the jnain!and. It U impossible for else lo get ,t|»e real authentic from the that wp are £etting, so don't believe whatever you hear from squrQes other thac the Republican Territorial Central Con\mittee. are the only ones wh,o are telling the truth, (sic) "We have just received J;he following from Republican national headquarters in Chicago: " *Voting i# extremely heavy s in important centers. Early reports now available on a eheekup in New England indicate A VOTE OF LANDSLIDE PROPORTIONS FOR LANDON." This so-called "message" was repeated by Mr. Brown at intervals—ovex, and over again—until many of his listeners knew; it by heart. . Brow?i Gets Another "Cablegram" after repeating the statement "We have the only authenti.c news from the mainland; it is impossible for anybody else to get the real autlientic news from the mainlanel th«(t we are getting, so don't "believe whatever you hear fro'm sources other. than the Republican Central Committee; we are the only ones.who are telling the truth," Mr. Brown added another "cablegram" from Republican headauarters in Chicago: "Reports from New York indicate the biggest upstate vote in histor>, WHICH INDICATES THE REPUBLICANS WILL CARRY NjEW YORK. Scattered early returns indicate New Jersey wiīl be carried by Landon and Knox by a substantial majority. The first 27 precincts in Denver, Col. show Landon leading." Meanwhile the Democratic Territorial Centr.al Committee had set up receiving stations fbr the reception of short-wave broadcasts from stations in Pittsburgh, Salt 'Lake City, Ciīicmnatti and several other mainland points. The hourly broadcasts of the Democratic organization were based upon a concensus of these br,oadcasts. X>emocrats Forecast Result at 2 P. M. At 2 p.m., tlie Democratic broadcast in Hawaii quoted the c.oiisidered opinion of mainland po]itical experts, as broadeast ovei' th'ese short-wave stations, to the effect that they estimated 4hat President Roosevelt was on his way toward establishing a new high record for electoral college votes in history, with all indications pointing to a final total of at least 500 votes, and that Pre.--ident Roosevelt's re-election was assured by the returns from New York State alone. Several minutes later Mr. Brown took his microphone in h&nd: "Dear friends of radioland; this is the Repub!ican Territorial Central Committee speaking. We have the only authentic news from the main!andf« It is impossible for anyfcody else t oget the real authentic news from the mainland that we are getting f so don't believe whatever you hear from sources other than the Republican Territoriai Centrai Committee. We are the oniy ones who are tel!ing the truth. (sic). Everybody else who is giving you infortnation is just making it upj onīy the Republicans are te!ling you tbe truth," Shortly after 3 p.m., on Eleelion Day the Star-Bulletin received an Associated Press message to the effect that the Kansas City Star, whieh "discovered" Governor Landon astd built him up with such a publicity campaign as the American people have never before witnessed # had eonceded the re-election of President Roosevelt by an overwhelming ma.jorily. Wa» that message broadcast over the radio by Raymond C. Brown ? On the basis of that message, the dying gasp of Republican hopes, did the Star-Bulletin keep the faith with its thousīvnds of readers who were looking to it for "Today & Ncws Today" and particular3> the latest word on the Preaidentiai message? Did the 3tar-BuUetin rush to the streets of Honolulu with news that President Roosevelt had been re-elected? The answer to those questions is "NO-NO—A THOUSAND TIMES NŌ!" That news was suppressed in the hope that the Hawaiian eiectorate would eonlinue to be duped, deceived an<l diefrauded into a be!ief that Governor "Wh&tVhis-»ame—that-fe!low-from-Kansas ?" had a ehanee. 0f many radio in Hawaii know, the short-wave mainland broadeasts wcre available to the Republican party,- just as they were available to the Democratic party whieh made use of them in broadcasting over KGU. 1 The Republicans had sewed up the tinie on bQth radio stations between 4:40 p.m., and 5 ;30 p.m,—the closing hour for booths in Honolulu. With all of the radio set, owners in Hawan eager and anXious to receive the latest |news ōm the mamland election—whieh \vas avuiiable at both Repubhtan hoadquarters imd in the off?oe of the Star;Bnlletin—th«it ialdo timo dk>xoted on both statious to'

the playing of transcriptions' of music that was about 40' years old. - ' - ! Owners of short-wave racfio sets in Hawaii who were in Tuesday afternoon know just exactly how | mueh 6f the "truth" Mr. Brown was broadcasting on the j RepubHcan Territorial Central Committee's Hme—and just I how mueh of the truth was being suppressed by Mr. Brow», wiUi the conivance of the Sfcar-Bulletin. Occasionally Mr. Bro\vn would hit the radio and again | wani all listeners to"disregard everything heard over the ! radio except what they received from Republican Territo- ! rial Central Committee headquarters—that office, in Mr. I Brown's words, had a "monopoly" of the t( truth" for that afternoon! ~ "Important Announcement Coming" ! "We have no more authenhc nevt i at this iime," lied Mr. Brown, "but don't beiieve anything else you hear over the radio. We expect to have an important announeement in two minutes." i And then the eāger and anxious radio li£teners, pant['lnsr for that "important announcement" about the Presifdencv, would be "entertained" hy some more ancient ean!ned music for another half-hour. i The climax in Mr. Brown's campaign of falsification i and suppression, however, eame just before the polls were i closed in Hawaii. After repeating his warning about !is- ! tening to the "lies of the other. people," he aimounced I pontifically: ;