Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Number 1, 1 September 1981 Edition 02 — "LŌKĀHI A KŪPA ʻA" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"LŌKĀHI A KŪPA ʻA"

— Queen Lili'uokalani-1893

"UNITE ANDBE STEADFAST"

88 YEARS LATER NHSCT0 MEETIN HAWAII JAN9-15. 1982

T M. he members of the Native Hawaiian Study Commission from Hawaii are: Winona Beamer, an educator and expert in Hawaiian culture, dance, and music. She teaches at Kamehameha Schools and heads the Hawaiian Music Resource Library. An entertainer in her own right, she is also the mother to Keola and Kapono Beamer.

H. Rodger Betts, an attorney, born on Maui, with a long record of government service under Republican administrations in Washington and locally. He has been a territorial and state deputy attorney general, district magistrate for Lana'i, Republican attorney for the 1959 Statehood Session of the State Senate, counsel to the federal Community Services Administration, and director of the Western Regional Office of Eeonomie Opportunity. He was also on the Washington staff of former U.S. SenatorHiram L. Fong from 1973-75 and minority counsel to the Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary

Committee. In 1979, Betts became Maui County finance director in the administration of Hannihal Tavares and in 1980, corporation counsel, the position he presently holds. Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i, Republican leader in the State House and a long-time political backer of President Reagan. She is a four-time State Representative from Waikiki, having first been elected in 1974. She actively lobbied with President Reagan to restore the Commission and her efforts were successful. She is the Chairperson of the Commission. The other Commissioners, who were probably selected for their connections to departments that could extract information that the Commission could use, are: Carol E. Dinkins, assistant attorney general for land and natural resources with the Department of Justice. Prior to this post, she was Principal Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston. (continue on page 4)

Ka Mo'i Wahine surrounded by her supporters and loyalists.

From left to right; G. Schleede, H.R. Betts, S. Shipley, K. Kamali'i, J. Hand\ey,D. Moralesand W. Beamer. Missing from photo, C. Dinkins.

(continued from page 1) Mrs. Dinkins was born in Texas. James C. Handley, specialist assistant secretary in the Department of Agriculture. Previously he was Assistant Director of the Office of Personnel, Governor's Office, State of Illinois. Mr. Handley is from Illinois. Diane K. Morales, deputy assistant secretary of the Territorial and International Affairs within the Department of lnterior. Previously she worked with a marketing firm in Houston, Texas. Miss Morales is also from Texas.

Glenn R. Schleede, executive associate director of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to this position, he was Senior Vice President of the National Coal Association. Mr. Schleede was born in New York. Stephen P. Shipley, executive assistant to Secretary of Interior James Watt. He is the Vice Chairman of the Commission. Prior to his appointment, he was Vice President of the Mountain States Legal Foundation. Shipley was bom in Wyoming.

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