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HAWAII AND WESTERN ISLANDS SURFACE COMMERCE
PROTECTION ACT
FBIDAY, SEFTEKBEB 27, 1974
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES,
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND AERONAUTICS,
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,
Washington, D.C.
The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2123,
Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John D. Dingell, presiding
[Hon. John Jarman. chairman].
Mr. DiNOEix. The subcommittee will come to order.
This is a hearing on H.R. 7189, which is sponsored by our good
friends, Mr. Matsunaga, Mrs. Mink, and Mr. Won Pat. The Chair is
very pleased to conduct these hearings for our good friends and I am
sure the members of the subcommittee are particularly pleased to be of
assistance to these extremely valuable members of this body in con-
nection with the important problems which they face.
The bill, H.R. 7189, would amend title II of the Railway Labor Act
to provide for a normal flow of ocean commerce between Hawaii,
Guam, and American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands and the west coast of the United States. The committee held
1 day of hearings on this subject in the first session of this Congress.
It is hoped that the committee will be able to procure valuable addi-
tional testimony which will assist the committee in its deliberations
on this bill.
The Chair wishes to commend Mr. Matsunaga and Mrs. Mink and
Mr. Won Pat, the principal authors of this bill, for the diligent way
in which they have pushed for hearings on this matter and have
i?ought to resolve the difficulties which relate to the consideration of
H.R. 7189.
The Chair is pleased t« welcome as our first witness the Honorable
Spark M. Matsunaga, Member of Congress from Hawaii. Tlie Chair
notes that he is associated with our able friend and colleague, the Hon-
orable Patsy Mink, also a Member of Congress from Hawaii.
Mr. Matsunaga and Mrs. Mink, we are privileged to have you with
us this morning.
STATEMENT OF HON. SPARK M. MATSUNAGA, A REPHESENTATIVE
IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII
Mr. MATSUNAOA. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Con-
gressman Kuykendall, for scheduling this concluding session of hear-
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