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Calendar - November 1867 President's Page (Mary George) One Hundred Ninety-Six Paid Members November Ethics Units Hear Ye! Hear Ye! That Xmas Card List (Betty Tobiasson) Would You Believe - No Income Tax!!! ?? (Lucille Mundy) Speedy Service - Get Your Prospect on the Roster Preview of Things to Come - Charter Amendment Mass Transportation on Oahu New Members Balanced Program

November Ethics Units NOVEMBER EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! LEAGUE PREPARES TO DEAL ETHICS A FINISHING BLOW! ---HEY! HEY! WHAT DO YOU SAY? LET'S TAKE ETHICS ALL THE WAY ---- to CONSENSUS! GENERAL MEETING "ETHICS IN A CHANGING HAWAII" Senator Eureka Forbes and Representative Francis Wong, both principal contributors to the Hawaii State Code of Ethics, will meet with the League at a general membership meeting. WHEN: Tuesday, November 14th WHERE: Arcadia Retirement Home, 1434 Punahou Street (Park at Central Union Church and walk mauka on Punahou Street) TIME: 10:45 - Registration 11:00 - Meeting (and we mean 11:00 sharp) The meeting will be followed by a buffet luncheon in the Arcadia dining room. Stay if you can! The cost for the lunch is $1.75. -If you did not sign the reservation sheet at unit meetings, phone Barbara Furniss (745-634) or Audrey Klein (251-434) by November 9th. NOVEMBER UNIT MEETINGS: You have studied the general subject of ethics in government for two and a half years. You have agreed on the provisions which should be contained in a code of ethics for the city and county of Honolulu. You have discussed state codes of ethics and have seen a state code enacted into law. It is therefore reasonable to assume that you are ready for the question: What should be included in a code of ethics for the state of Hawaii? Before you come to the consensus unit discussion on ethics, do these things: reread your copy of the ethics law; compare it with the evaluation sheet for the state ethics regulations. Ask yourself questions like these---- Should all state officials and employees (elected and appointed) be expected to follow the same ethical practices? Should an administrative employee receiving a salary in line with his responsibility be governed by the same ethical controls as an elected representative receiving a token salary for an unpredictable amount of work? Should a member of an advisory board be expected to disclose his financial interests at the time of his appointment? Should a man's family financial interests become public information because he works for the state government? Can legislators be expected to give up the lucrative practice of appearing on behalf of clients before state or county regulatory agencies? Should a legislator who owns several dogs declare a conflict of interest when confronted with animal-control legislation? What about one dog? Should governmental officials be enjoined from owning stock in corporations which operate in Hawaii? Should the proceedings of an Ethics Commission be conducted privately or publicly? Should the records of their proceedings be open to the public? Should the commission hold open hearings? Would membership in the League of Women Voters be considered a conflict of interest on the part of a legislator voting on a lobbying control bill? Consensus from the Honolulu units will be combined with consensus from the LWV of Hawaii County to formulate State LWV position. As soon as we have consensus we will have the answers to many ethical questions including this one: IS THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS STILL TALKING ABOUT ETHICS? ANSWER: NO! WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Note: Ethics study folders will be on sale at the November 14th general meeting. Corrections for folders purchased before September will also be available.

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