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The Kremlin’s Hawaiian Fief

The New York Times had it all figured out. “The real purpose of the Eastland Committee’s investigation of Communist activity in Hawaii, the Times editorialized a couple of days before the hearings began, “is to build up sentiment in the new Congress against another [Hawaii] statehood bill.” This “for the very simple reason” that Hawaiian representation in the Senate “would undoubtedly mean two more votes against the segregationist policy typified by Mr. Eastland and his kind.”