JAPANESE BECOMING "REAL MENACE" TO HAWAII SAYS SENATOR LENROOT
San Francisco (JFK+50) On April 11, 1923, the Evening Star reports United States Senator Irvine L. Lenroot* (R-Wisconsin) has "declared the Japanese question is becoming a real menace to the Hawaiian Islands and American interests."
The Senator, having just returned from a visit of several weeks in Honolulu, advocates "some...action by Congress to safeguard Hawaii..."
Senator Lenroot said...
"The Japanese are not now voting in large numbers, but anyone who witnessed the greatly increased Japanese population cannot but be concerned..."
*Irvine Luther Lenroot (1869-1949) was born in Superior, Wisconsin & attended Parsons Business College before reading the law. ILL served in the WI State Assembly 1901-1907, US House of Representatives 1909-1918 & US Senate 1918-1927. He was an Associate Judge on the US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals 1929-1944.
SOURCE
"Lenroot Fears Japanese Will Control Hawaii," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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Senator Irvine L. Lenroot
