Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume X, Number 7, 18 Pepeluali 1937 — OAHU COUNTY COMMITTEE ASKS REREGISTRATION, "PURG" OF DEMOCRATIC RANKS IN HAWAII [ARTICLE]

OAHU COUNTY COMMITTEE ASKS REREGISTRATION, "PURG" OF DEMOCRATIC RANKS IN HAWAII

Reregisteration of all m e m b e r s of the Democratic party in Hawaii, designed to elean out t h e " w d_eadwood'' and other unsatisfactory elements, has been mliele formalIy and unanimously by the Oahu County Committee, as provided under section 5-E, Article 111, of the by-laws of the party. - . . The work will be begun as soon as the nece"tsāry forms are available. The extensive and compreliensive q,ues-tionnaii-e to be answered by prospective m*emjers of the party is to be devised by the executive commitiee. Some of the suggestions offered for consideration in the preparation of the questionnaire include(īl V°c a ti°aal q u alific:at!ons. 2. Education. v 3. Experience. 4. Polilieal affiliations, past and present. 5. Contributions to po!itical campaigns. 6. Previous or present employmerit in government aervice, 7. Service in the armed force» of the United States. ■ ■ " 8. Qualifications for jury service, 9. Marital status. T h e p 1 a n in collecting all of this infornpstion is to create eventually an employment or plaeeme'nī; agencv within the party itself. Has Many Advantages "One ean easily visualize the advantage to"lhe party and to the individual of such an agency thr<?ujgh whieh workers could be furnished to governmental,agencies as well as commercial enterprises/' said one of the sponsors of th e proposed system. "As it stands noW, nobody knows how or where to find qualified Demdipts to fill vacancies in either governmental i)ositions v or commercial enterprises. "It was because of such iaek of organizatiop that many of the evils v of the appointment of perssofi% t)emocratic administration have bitter J?arty loyalty was not even the as it shoula have been if we are to achieve any success in furthering t h e progress of the Democratic ptirty in Hawaii. "Not even the much-vaunted f efficiency > wal a factor; but it was the 'drag' or'pulP of a senator, a'representative or some other ieading' Democrat whose pronounceinent, 'Oh, he is a Democrat' that was sufficient excuse for the appointment of many individuals who were never known to have voted the Democratic ticket, to say nothing of ever having been on the firing line al the polls as a Democratic party worker or of ever having contributed financially to the support of the party. "We believe that this plan wpuld smoke out all the the *mug-wumps' and the *Democrats for revenue only,' and all their ilk—mueh to ,the improvement of party affairs generally."