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MR. KUNIYOSHI: Mr. Ishida, basically, all the <br /> departments are divided into two categories. One, the direct <br /> appointees of the mayor, because these are direct appointees, <br /> because they don' t have a commission form underneath. The other <br /> is the four departments under the commission form. The other one <br /> I would like to add is the department of water supply. The water <br /> commission appoints the head of the water commission except the <br /> water board is in a way semi-autonomous as compared to the rest <br /> of the departments. There are some departments who are directly <br /> under civil service like Committee on Aging. <br /> I can state that even under this system, I have not had major <br /> problems. It has been workable. Most of the time both the adjudi- <br /> cation board and the liquor commission have not interferred into <br /> the daily operations. So I didn' t have that conflict of the com- <br /> mission telling me what to do and maybe in direct orders from the <br /> mayor. Generally the commission has been well and as I said I've <br /> more or less, been given directions day to day directions under <br /> the mayor. It' s not that much of a big problem. <br /> MR. SENSANO: Mr. Chairman actually about how many <br /> employees are you concerned with? And you mentioned that you do <br /> promote temperance. I'm not quite aware of what kind of a <br /> temperance promotion program your department carries. <br /> MR. KUNIYOSHI: Our staff consists of ten. Myself, <br /> I don' t have any deputy even though the charter permits a deputy. <br /> I've just one office staff, a secretary-reporter, one supervisor, <br /> supervisor-investigator, seven investigators, five operating out <br /> of the Hilo area, coverage as far as Kohala, coverage as far as <br /> Ka'u. We have two permanent staff for the district of Kona. Both <br /> of them are stationed in Kona. <br /> As far as, as I said, Mr. Sensano, the preamble, as I said, are <br /> basically the goals of our department. The term goal, in my opinion, <br /> means it' s an ideal, and most of the time, ideals that can never <br /> be accomplished:;.: But at least you set up the goals. We have the <br /> preamble. Well, the liquor commission through the processing of <br /> bringing applicants into our business, because our business, is as <br /> I said, involves drug, they are supposed to consider applicants <br /> who are supposed to be fit and proper. That' s the term in the <br /> law. So by only issuing licenses to licensees who are fit and <br /> proper in a way you are promoting temperance because you want to <br /> bring in people into our business that are of good character. <br /> That' s 'incone way. The other way of promoting temperance is <br /> through the adoption of rules and regulations to prevent any <br /> violations that may occur. These rules are basically preventive <br /> measures, so that by preventive measures you may eliminate undesirables <br /> from coming into our business and this way, this could be indirect <br /> ways of promoting and enforcing temperance. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: Mr. Kuniyoshi, just briefly in <br /> summary. Is it my understanding, as far as you' re concerned, that <br /> you don' t really see much of any major defect on the present setup? <br /> - 12 - <br />