Post #718768 by bigbrotiki on Fri, May 30, 2014 5:57 PM

Henry Kaiser wasn't liked much by Don Beach, because:

"I understood from a friend that they (the Kaisers) were going to build down at the Village a thing called the Tapa Room and had planned to proselyte my people; Alfred Apaka, Iolani and Rosalie. The key people in my show. We had already, through the Hotel Association, evidence that he was proselyting from all the hotels. In those days, we never did that. If you came to me and you had quit a hotel or bar, I wanted to know how and why. I called the manager to find out if this was true. We never went out and tried to steal somebody. He didn't mind that at all. He was a merciless old bastard.
A little later after the Tapa Room was opened down at the Village, Alfred called me one night. "I'd like to talk to you, Donn." I said, "Come over. II He said, III don't know how to tell you this, but Mr. Kaiser has offered me $750 a week." I was paying top prices of $250 a week. He said, "What'll I do?' I said, I'Alfred, go, and tell the old bastard that for $800 a week, I'll come myself. - He went over, and Kaiser tried to get Rosalie and she told him to shove it. Both she and the great artist lolani."

…but Henry J. sure got things done in Waikiki!:

http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=552