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HONOLULU, HAWAII, U. S. A.   THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 25,  1944
PRICE 5 CENTS
CLARIFYING STATUS OF KOREANS IN HAWAII
Editor The Advertiser:
Koreans in Hawaii feel good reason to express their happiness and renewed enthusiasm because of General Order No.
59 issued on May 6, 1944, by Lt. General Robert C. Richardson,
Jr., the Military Governor of Hawaii, which removed the hateful stigma of "enemy alien'' from all Koreans in Hawaii. It
reads:
"Title 2 General Order No. 6, Office of Military Governor,
10 March 1943, shall not include nor mean any Korean or any
person of Korean ancestry or of Korean racial extraction."
It is not necessary to review the historical background of
question to determine why Koreans are so glad that this official clarification has been made. It is sufficient to say that all
persons acquainted with the issue long realized that to classify
Koreans with Japanese simply through technical interpretation
on the basis of Japan's military occupation of Korea was serious miscalculation of loyalties. Not only was such action convenient for Japanese propaganda, but even more hampered the
patriotic activities of Koreans in the  allied cause.
Today, however, with straightforward and positive official
recognition, Koreans in Hawaii feel not only free but are inspired to redouble their work and sacrifices for complete Allied
Victory and the Independence of Korea.
May 22
SOON HYUN,  Executive Secretary,
Korean National Revolutionary
Party,   Hawaii   Branch.
1269 South Beretania Street,
Honolulu.