ʻAhahui Huakaʻi ʻAmelika Ua hoʻopuka ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Roger Dow i kēia ʻōlelo no ka hala ʻana o Richard Bates, ka hope pelekikena lōʻihi o nā ʻoihana aupuni no The Walt Disney Company:
“Ke kaʻana like nei ka hui huakaʻi a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika i ke kaumaha nui o ka poʻe he nui i ka lohe ʻana i ka hala ʻole ʻana o Richard.
"He mea hauʻoli a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka ʻike a hana pū me Richard no nā makahiki he nui. E hoʻomanaʻo kona mau hoa a me nā hoa pili iā ia ma ke ʻano he kanaka ʻoluʻolu a hoʻohiwahiwa, me ka ʻike kupaianaha āna i lawe mai ai i kāna kula Ma ke ʻano he leo alakaʻi i ko mākou mau alakaʻi i koho ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻoikaika nui ka hana a Richard i ke ola o mau tausani i loko o nā makahiki o kāna ʻoihana.
"Ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i kā mākou aloha aloha i ka wahine a Richard ʻo Rose a me kāna mau keikikāne ʻo Ricky lāua ʻo Chris, a me kāna ʻohana Disney."
