"ENTIRELY A MATTER OF U.S. DOMESTIC POLICY"

JAPAN NOT ALARMED BY BUILD UP OF FORTIFICATIONS OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Tokio, Japan (JFK+50) On May 19, 1925, Associated Press reports that "a spokesman for the Japanese government today" said that Japan is "not alarmed by reported plans for further fortification of the Hawaiian Islands" by the United States*.

The spokesman added that the strengthening of American defenses in Hawaii "is entirely a matter of United States domestic policy."

At the present time, the Japanese believe "a strong naval base in the Hawaiian Islands" is "not...damaging to Japan."

JFK+50 NOTE

The spelling of Tokio (Japan) was changed in the 1920s & 1930s (obviously sometime after May 19, 1925) to Tokyo.  The official change was desired by the Japanese government which sought to standardize the name of the city. 

*By December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Empire saw Hawaii, particularly Pearl Harbor, the main U.S. base for its Pacific Fleet, as a major barrier to its plans for expansion in the Pacific.

SOURCE

"Tokio Unalarmed By Oahu Defenses," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

John White

Honolulu, Oahu

Hawaii

1981

Photo by Beverly White

JFK FARED FAR BETTER THAN TRUMP IN HAWAII

JFK SAYS ALOHA TO HAWAII

Honolulu (JFK+50) On June 9, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited the Hawaiian Islands where he addressed the US Conference of Mayors at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel.  The subject of the President's speech was the role of federal and state government in the struggle for civil rights.

JFK, who described the issue of race relations as a "national problem," called on the mayors to "look at (their) own unemployment, delinquency (and) housing indicators" with respect to race.

The President said he would work with the mayors "in every way we can," and that "the federal government, through legislative and executive action (can)...provide peaceful remedies."

President Kennedy concluded...

"It is clear...that these (civil) rights are going to be won--and...our responsibility...is to see that they are won in a peaceful and constructive manner."

JFK was fortunate to carry Hawaii in the Election of 1960.  He polled 50.03% of the Aloha State's vote compared to 49.97% for Richard M. Nixon, a difference of 0.06%.  That was far better, however, than Donald J. Trump who not only lost Hawaii in 2016 but polled only 30% of the vote.

SOURCES

"Address to U.S. Conference of Mayors, Honolulu, Hawaii, 9 June, 1963," www.jfklibrary.org/

"Hawaii residents to Trump: 'Wish you weren't here", by Jaweed Kallem, November 2, 2017, Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com/

"Isles a stopover and vacation spot for presidents," by Mary Adamski, October 22, 2003, www.archives.starbulletin.com/

Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel

Honolulu, Hawaii