ol ulu . ▁Val ▁later ▁stated ▁that ▁Sl aten ▁said , ▁" You ▁don ' t ▁have ▁anything ▁to ▁lose . ▁Why ▁don ' t ▁you ▁come ▁over ." ▁Val ▁said , ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁that ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Hon ol ulu ▁to ▁carry ▁on ▁a ▁" W ar ▁on ▁U g lin ess ," ▁a ▁struggle ▁to ▁counter ▁what ▁he ▁felt ▁was ▁poor ▁architect ural ▁design ▁and ▁un rest rict ed ▁development ▁of ▁Hon ol ulu . ▁He ▁found ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁architect ▁Charles ▁W . ▁Dic key ▁and ▁assist ed ▁in ▁Dic key ' s ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁design ▁for ▁the ▁Im m igration ▁Station ▁at ▁Hon ol ulu ▁Har bor ▁which ▁was ▁constructed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 . ▁He ▁left ▁Dic key , ▁briefly ▁did ▁some ▁perspective ▁works ▁for ▁Ray ▁Morris ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁Lew ers ▁and ▁Co oke ' s ▁building ▁department , ▁and ▁then ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁The o ▁H . ▁Dav ies ▁& ▁Co . ▁Home ▁Building ▁Department ▁beginning ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 5 . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁his ▁first ▁design ▁for ▁a ▁home ▁was ▁for ▁A . ▁W . ▁Man z ▁in ▁K ā h ala ▁where ▁he ▁also ▁designed ▁several ▁other ▁homes ▁there ▁in ▁a ▁Bishop ▁Est ate ▁sub div ision ▁in ▁a ▁mod est ▁modified ▁Mon ter ey ▁style ▁because