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Harriet Bouslog (2003-01-09)

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Interview with Samuel P. King, former United States Chief District Judge for the District of Hawaii & legal contemporary of Harriet Bouslog, recorded on January 9, 2003 for Biography Hawai'i: Harriet Bouslog. Topics include why people disliked Harriet; the impact, controversy & significance of the Palakiko-Majors & Smith Act cases in Hawai'i; the circumstances surrounding King's father serving as a witness during the local Smith Act trial; King's interactions with Harriet over the years; the significance for attorneys of the legal principles raised by the decision in the "In re Sawyer case;" the reasons behind Harrie't suspension by the Territorial Bar Ethics Committee; the impetus behind the large scale of the Hawai'i Smith Act trial; the relationship between union activity & communism & the Hawai'i Democratic Party's challenges in dealing with the ILWU & its communist associations.

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American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Biography Hawaiʻi, Labor and laboring classes -- Hawaii, Labor lawyers -- Hawaii, Woman lawyers -- Hawaii, Communism -- Hawaii, Labor movement -- Hawaii

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