Honolulu Record, August 2, 1951, vol. 4 no. 1, p.10
Protests against racial discrimination in Honolulu's places of entertainment were made to the liquor commission on July 26 at the commission's regular meeting. Members of the group which visited the commission included Ernest Arena, ILWU; Wallace Ho, Marine Cooks and Stewards, and Charles Lovell, Independent Taxi and Busmen's Union (UPW).
Commissioner Gilbert W. Root told the union representation that the commission is powerless to act against discrimination in the absence of a law to buttress the action.
Mr. Arena, acting as spokesman for the group, told the commission that the unions are not finished with action against the racist policies of bars and dance halls here. He said there may be picket lines around such establishments if their policies are not changed.