Mrs. St. John 

 Will Enter Race 

 For Legislature 



Mrs. Harold St. John, past presi- 

 dent of the Hawaii Congress of 

 Parents and Teachers, is planning 

 to run as a Republican candidate 

 for the legislature this, year in 

 Oahu's 4th Representative District. 



Although confirming reports of 

 her intentions, Mrs. St. John em- 

 phasized that she will not make 

 a formal announcement until later. 



"I am going to the territorial 

 convention of the Parent-Teachers 

 Association in Hilo next month," 

 she said. "After that I shall resign 

 from the PTA and announce my 

 candidacy." 



Mrs. St. John said that since the 

 PTA is a non-partisan organization, 

 she does not want to become a can- 

 didate formally until after she has 

 severed her connections with it. 

 She is now on its board of mana- 

 gers and is chairman of its coop- 

 eration with colleges committee. 



REVERSES APPjROACH 



The decision represents a re- 

 verse of approach on public school 

 affairs for the veteran PTA leader. 



She has long been at the fore- 

 front of the PTA's efforts to win 

 increased appropriations and im- 

 proved facilities for the public 

 school system from the legislature. 



"I have stood on the sidelines 

 and often been distressed at what 

 the Legislature does for so long that 

 I have decided I would like to be 

 in it and find out some of the prob- 

 lems they have to face too," she 

 said. 



She is the mother of four chil- 

 dren and wife of Dr. Harold SY. 

 John, professor of botany and 

 chairman of the department of 

 botany of the University of Hawaii. 



