STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1410

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 97

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.R. No. 97 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO HONOR "GENERAL" JOHN ROGERS FOR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Mayor and Council of the City and County of Honolulu to honor "General" John Rogers for his dedicated service to his country and Hawaii.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals.

     Your Committees find that "General" John H. Rogers, Jr., served his country and attained the rank of Army Master Sergeant.  Your Committees further find that "General" Rogers established orphanages and safe houses for American-Asian children who had been living as beggars on the streets of Vietnam.  This measure encourages the placement of a plaque on the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard, where on many mornings "General" Rogers waved a U.S. flag to remind others of the ideals and compassionate acts for which America stands.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency; and

     (2)  Changing the title accordingly to reflect these amendments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 97, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 97, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair