ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS
A RESOLUTION
NO. 2020 – 44
RECOGNIZING THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT OF 1920, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole became a member of the Republican Party in 1902; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole was Hawai‘i’s delegate to the United States Congress from his election in 1902 until his untimely passing on January 7, 1922; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole re-established the Royal Order of Kamehameha in 1903, an organization created by King Kamehameha V; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole founded the Hawaiian Civic Club movement on December 6, 1918; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole established the county districts on each island under the Territory of Hawaiʻi using traditional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole was ever concerned about his beloved people living in tenements in downtown Honolulu, he called together 200 of his closest men and created ‘Aha Hui Puʻuhonua o Na Hawaiʻi in 1911 to document and address the poor living conditions; and
WHEREAS, in 1919, the Territory of Hawaiʻi Legislature unanimously supported the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act; and
WHEREAS, in April 1920, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole introduced House Resolution (H.R.) 13500, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, for passage by the United States Congress for the betterment of his beloved Hawaiian people; and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate Committee on Territories was a bi-partisan mix of the following senators: Harry S. New (IN), Chairman; George P. McLean (CT); Key Pittman (NV); Wesley L. Jones (WA); Robert L. Owen (OK); Warren G. Harding (OH); James D. Phelan, (CA); Frederick Hale (ME); John F. Nugent (ID); William E. Borah (ID); George E. Chamberlain (OR); and, Reed Smoot (UT); and met the last time on December 24, 1920 to pass H.R. 13500 out of committee; and
WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Territories was comprised of a bipartisan mix of the following members: Charles F. Curry (CA); Albert Johnson (WA); Zebulon Weaver (NC); Cas-sius C. Dowell (IA); William C. Lankford (GA); Louis T. McFadden (PA); Edward B. Almon (AL); Edward S. Brooks (PA); James G. Strong (KS); Patrick H. Drewery (VA); Joseph McLaughlin, (PA); John E. Rankin (MS); Allen F. Moore (IL); William J. Driver (AR); Charles L. Knight (OH); Albert B. Rossdale (NY); George P. Codd (MI); J. Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (HI); and, Dan A. Sutherland (AK); and met the last time on June 11, 1921 to report out of committee H.R. 7257, instead of H.R. 6207 and H.R. 6210; and
WHEREAS, S.R. 1881 passed by voice vote in the United States Senate on June 27, 1921, and the United States House of Representatives on June 30, 1921; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act was signed on July 9, 1921, by President Warren G. Harding and fully operative on September 16, 1921; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Homes Commission held 121 regular meetings and nine special meetings from September 21, 1921, through June 30, 1924; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, as a delegate to the United States Congress, was not a voting member of that body; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole “…made a notable record and his voice was listened to with respect by his many staunch friends among the national leaders;” and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole was “royal by nature as well as by blood”; and
WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole was a “true friend of the people” and that the “adoption of the Hawaiian Homes Act will ever stand as a monument to his memory”; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at its 61st Annual Convention held online, in the malama of Makali‘i and the rising of ʻOlekūkolu, this 22nd day of November 2020, recognizing the centennial anniversary of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, members of the Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate subject matter committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House subject matter committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors.
The undersigned herby certifies that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted in the malama of Makaliʻi and the rising of ʻOlekūkolu on the 22nd day of November 2020, at the 61st Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs held online.
Hailama V.K.K. Farden, President