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Dear C;la~rewa~saaa I'lsicchiv
Ike: Resolu~®a 235 ~ Carra~aca5on 7~
I urge yvaa to apPr~ve this i~apoara~at rc~sola~tion ~xael fea~sraed it ~ full c®unci! f®r raviev~. Thy Pesoftateoa
wall help pcatect dae ICoc~a ~ iesd~stry ~d the x~aore the 600 faa~aers plus a~or~rs wl~o drdpead
Kona cvffr.~ roi ~ci~ li~clila~d.
The l~oaan Col~f~ Coas~il ®n x~aly 12, 2134]2 iss~~ai its Policy oaa ge8aet9calty rtlOdifaed cal~ee p4aats to c
gq ~d Gouty eartaa~eats off' I~a~c+aii, to flee klaa~s+aai ~paeat of A~riculsaere, to ~e Uaivcrsi~r ofi
1(~twaraii, seed >c~ flee l~w~ii Coffer ~.ss~sc:iatio~e The ICCC imposes tl~~ in~+odt~ceios~ of G~ coffee stack
into ffie K~aa ~gio~s, ~d is ~~iatg ~ave~a~ent ufl=eclals tsa itaaposc a ran®a~arsrea~ze to fleet e~f'cc4. I~ I~olicy
aa®w ~aa ssadmrsed by tlsr l~a~~ '~arsreers ~,iliance, the ICoaaa Pacific ~aa~ae~ Cor-op~ratlve, d ilse
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;o~aat~ ~tu~a~, 'F'lee lFlawaei CQI'fec ~ssociats®n has issaaed its ®wa. statc~e~t which e~ceesnds
ilae esrea wieera a~ ~Rr! ~offec is to b~ pled to t$te ~tatire State ®f ]Flatwaii. The L7etiversity ~ ~ae~sli lam
plcd~ed eat to iat:r~ea~ G1VI. ~~ee while ~e coffee pm°oduct ~rotaps aa~ in s~ppositaou to lt,
Thy I4CG ~eprese~is more thamm I30 c~fPee faa~ers wlao depend ®~n ®a~r ~ aid historically sig~afi~t
K®~ ccr~fe~ t8~ie°livelil~asod- ffCe~a~. c®ff~ is re~cag>aized ~ o~ of the w®a~ds t~°o best c~ff~s -
i~it~duCYio~ of GJvI plapats mill c®mept ear Iieirl~rn stcscls, aid >lse it uo laaa~er the ~oaiamet P tl
p~oQl~ ha.~c cow to expect. Not alaly c®tild it debase the tlav®~ ~d gtt~lity of ®aae' coffee, lsaat ~?auld als®
~ it t~tr~thble i~ r~~y ate~s of the ~varld_ It is aasly tiais high ~altae t afllo~vs ICo~a coffee
fai~e~, with ats le~4n~i~sic high labor . be a usable sa~earis Ql: rtaa~ita~ a 1'avp~. Ifthc price ~r~ to fall,
tleeaa y l;~r~exs ~rould go oast of balsitaess seed ehe fps would be ab~ad®a~, like y h~we ®n
th® oeiseg I~?~vafia~ islands which have mower Deem able to sal[ their cotTee at sllrseiar prime to ~as~.
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over a da~de~d ye~ss $$o svdaen. in 1$$$, d~Cing l~~vid I~~tak~t~ dr~a~d that lea a~cles ~ pact c~'ee
lndat~~y in irda~rrsa'si, sew coffee celsxats woeald gat be ~dla~ved i~ the isd~rads= This P®~ t res~ee~
in ~s havaaa~ the oily 100 ~ od61 s soli peodaac~g cafFee; ill atraer e®ffee .~a~s?aaag yes ue rid~~
witty dlisc~ ~aad pests.'~e heave the ua~erdds best ttostin$ c®ffee, ~u;d the worlds heel~iest calla iris.
~1~~ ~.sk your con~~aeit~ tv held p~tecce 1Cota~ caffec.
fiincerely,
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Chzlstt~ $hepp
President - :[~oa~ wee Cou~cal
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