Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 3, p. 1

Libby Co. Suppresses Leaflets

Libby cannery executives and supervisory staff members were quick to suppress a leaflet distributed by the Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee.

Outside the cannery two Mondays ago HCLC members were passing out leaflets which explained the proceedings in the Reinecke hearing. As fast as the employees entered the plant, offi­cials strategically placed at entrances took away leaflets from the workers' hands.

HCLC members complained against "thought control" but the officials turned deaf ears to this.

Last Saturday the HCLC distributed leaflets in greater quantities. This time they caught cannery workers as they came off their shifts at the various pineapple plants. According to an HCLC offi­cial, there weren't enough leaflets to go around, although thousands had been printed.