[2] The party targeted poor working class such as the stevedores and plantation workers in the Territory.
In an attempt to stop the movement the FBI launched synchronized raids in 1951, rounding up seven prominent members[3] of the party including chairman Charles Fujimoto.
Little is known about the Communist Party after it went underground, but it was still active in the successful Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954.
They had gained support from the poor and non-Caucasian workers by messages of bringing an improved lifestyle, equal rights, and expanded opportunities.
In February of 1959 it was reported that "FBI investigations, plus ... Federal court convictions, had 'crippled' the Communist apparatus in Hawaii[.