PACIFIC CITIZENVol.39 No.23 Friday,December3,1954 LosAngeles,Calif. 10cpercopy

Issei retouch i ngph olosofU.S.leaderssworn-in

Wash i ngtonInth eDepartmentalAuditor-i um h ere,onVeteransDay,Mr.andMrs.Genich i roNish i ,5852EasternAye.,N.E.,wereamongth e228ali ensfrom34di fferentcountrieswh oweresworni n.'Th ereby Nish i o,wh oas aportraitretouch erfor36yearsatHarris&Ewingstudiosh asch angedmoreworld-celebratedfacesth ananyoneelse,ch angedh i sstatustoAmericanciti zen.Nish i o,wh o came to th eUnited States i n 1905, h aswork edonth eportraitsofev-eryAmericanpresidentsinceWoodrowWi lson.Hiswife,Mi-yo,55,migratedtoth i scountryi n 1918. Th ey h ave th reedaugh ters.

" " "TulareCountyIsseiamong newciti zens

Visali aTwelveJapaneseIssei fromallpartsofTulareCountybe-cameUnitedStatesciti zens i nasimpleceremonybeforeSu-periorJudgeW.G.Mach etanzwh oadmi ni steredth eoath ofallegianceandwelcomedth emintoth ei rnewstatausNov.19.CeremonieswereconductedbyU.S.Naturalizati onofficerJ.S.HemmerofFresno.Th oseadmittedtociti zensh i p

are:Kaich i Barada.Hayash i Kuri h ara,Masaich i Tanak aofVisali a:Heich iKurok awa,Saich i Nagata,KangoTogiok aofDinuba; Jolch i Hiraba-yash i Tok uzoHirayama.Torak i ch iNanamuraofLindsay;Zensak uIch i -muraofOrosi:Sh lßcruIch i nagaofPixley;Sasaich i MiyamotoofReed-ley.

" » *150SacramentoareaIssei becomeciti zens

SacramentoSome 150Issei from manySacramento communiti eswereamongth e715personsnatucal-izedh ereNov.11atth eMem-orialAuditori um.Sacram»"T-Marysville,PlacerCountyJACLch apters,Nisei Lions,andNiseiVFWwereamongorganizati onspartici pati ngi nth eprogramfol-lowingth ecourtceremonies.Newciti zens i nclude:„.. SacramentoSh i nazo Matsumoto,Juh ei Mori .Kamek oMach i da,Teruk oMoriok a,Kazuyosh i Moriok a,Ch i yo Mlura,Mir.oruMi ura,Rok uzaemonYok o-h ama,JoeYamada,Tsuk aneYok ota.MasaoJi mNinomi ya,Hoich i Nak a-mura,Sh i geoYok ota,Rai k oNagata,Toyoich i Hamamoto.Ki i ch lIwak i ,Sh i eei ch i Sumi da.MiyonoTsush i ma,TCumao ArdenssMtt'lameIameKido-KlnuMasak i .tj h osuk eKatsumata,Kanj i roNak ao,KjnueIwasa,Mi ch i Fuj i motoNak a-yama Ri k aOh ata,Fusak i ch i Dai -Kataok a Hosok awa,TamotsuMasaoItano,Sumak oItano.Uk iNjrfi i mura Tami Tak eh ara.Sayobh i sak a,Koh ara Mi nami de.Yuk i{«ye.YuKato,-Tak aeHamada,On»rUy?s;ama. Tatsulch i Imada,°nari Wak abayash i Frank Kisoj i ,Kobayash i ^Eizo-HenryMurak ami .x£iv canematsu.Ch ozo Saito,S!j°Sh i mada,Joh nSh i nj i Sato.1M?&Jtsuo Fuj i moto,Josephtwytsh i'Masak o LouiseKo-m?n°?NoboruSh i rai ,MaryKu-jl"no

(!Ky?ta'".KumanoNish i li ma.

»fni h e)w°.,.Taya'JamesNoboruS?M-WJliam Yasusuk e,Kok o-Kivn»h ffllch i roAbe-AsaAAc.1>c.FrankSf"'Yamada,BettyTak a Sh i -R'Ok umuraNak ata.Miyo-tofugtak YOSh l°»«■»«««"

Twlf»mtai D k i eRlk i zoNak amura.i i unemasaHirota,Tak aatsuHoso-

KSEINATURALIZEDWESWEEKLATERv SacramentoKamej i Ik uma,67,oneofJLPersons naturalized ad£fnNov-v Sacramento,tth *W fk afterh eh ad*ak -Heui L ofAllegiance.f9cej lved">Sacramentosinceth TrvSnedanadoperatedg6DoarStore-at1214-4th°»i unti l1942.

An understanding j udgeofth e MercedCountySuperiorCourt,GregoryMaush art(righ t),swears i nafrailli ttleman,Hach i zoKaj i ok a,77,ofCortez,asanaturalizedAmericanciti zen.Longbedriddenanddyingofcancer,th eIssei pio-neerfarmerrealizedh i slongtimeambiti onatbedsideri tes.Inth emi ddle i s J.S.HammerofFresno;naturalizati onexaminer.Mrs.Kaj i ok awasnaturalizedi ncourtearlieri nth eday.Th eyareparentsofNobi,FredandHarryKaj i ok aofCortez,Mrs.Li lli anTak euch l,Powell,Wyo.;and Mrs.Doroth yManabe.Watsonville.

FredI.Omatsusmilesi nbed,i nspiteofi mmi nentdeathfrom anum-urableconditi on,as h e i scongratulatedbyFed-eralJudgePeirsonM.Hall,wh owenttoh i s'h ometonaturalizeh i mrecently.Mr.Omatsu'swife,Sato(middle),wassworni nlastJuly —CutCourtesy:RafuSh i mpo.

NewMexicoIssei citi zensh onored,sometaugh tbych apterpresident

AlbuquerqueFifteennaturalizedIssei ofAlbuquerquewere h onoredbyth eAlbuquerqueJACLdinneratth eHotelFranciscanonNov.11after14ofth emweremadeciti zensearlieri nth edayi nth ecourtofU.S.JudgeCarlHatch .Lt.Gov.Ti boCh avezde-li veredth emai naddresscon-gratualtingth enew citi zens.Oth ersspeak i ng i ncludedth eRev.JamesBrawn wh ode-li veredth e i nvocation;U.S.Di stri ctJudge WaldoRogers;CarrollGunderson,ex-mayorofGrants,N.M.;DanBurrows,Albuquerque Tribune editor;andPaulL.Stoops,i mmi grationofficer.RoyMizunumarespondedforth e new citi zens.Mrs.RuthHash i moto,ch apterpresident,read th eJapaneseAmericanCreed.Joh nGlynn servedasmasterofceremonies.

MiyamuraAbsent

"Mmes.TamieHori andKyok oMcWh i rterrenderedJapanese

dancesduringth eevening.Hersh eyMivamuraofGallup

wassch eduledtobepresenttoreceiveth e"Ni sei ofth eBi en-ni um"scrollbutcouldnotbepresent.

~ityNew MexicoIssemersnaturalizedNov.I

Albuquerque—GeorgeGunj i Ki k -k awa MrsAyaLee,Dai k i ch i Sh i -gSTMatsubara.Roy Yasui Mlzu-numaMr.andMrs.Kenk i ch i Mon-moTo Mr.andMrs.Yosh i taroSak a-tnMrandM-« Tomitaro Sh i ge-

mk tsTMrsSUveTogami Mr.andMrsIwaoYonemoto, Frank S.Yo-ShGanuOp-Mrs.Kaoru Sh i nto MrandMrTKaon.Sh i nto, Mi.andMrs Hiroj i Hirok awa.Sh i ro Nu-

moto.MrandMrs.Manrok uTatsu-k awa.

Taugh tClassMrs.Hash i moto i nstructedth e Albuquerque Issei groupi fteroneapplicantconfessedh avi ngdi ffi cultyataregularciti zensh i pnigh tsch oolclass."Ifiguredth ataslongasI

wasgoingtoteach oneperson,Imigh taswellh aveawh ole

class,"th e ch apterpresidentsaid.DuringWorldWar11,sh ewas a Japanese teach erforArmyofficersatth eUni v.ofMich i gan.Herclassesforth eIssei begani n November,1953,meetingtwiceaweek atth eh omeofMr.andMrs.IwaoYonemoto.Eachmeetingstartedwith th ePledgeofAllegianceandendedwithth eservingoftea.Mrs.Hash i moto,moth erofth reedaugh ters,h asth i swee'-startedanoth erclassforabout10Japanesewivesofservice-menstationedh ere.

»" Sh i geoYamada,33,Idah o-bornNisei ,wasnameddistri ctsalesmanagerforJapanAirLine'snewoffice i nCh i cago37 S.Wabash .

FORM U.S.COMMITTEETOREUNITEALIENKINFOLKFROM JAPAN

LosAngelesNaturalizedIssei andNiseianxi oustobringth ei ri mme-diatealienk i nfolk fromJapanh aveorganizedth eCommitteetoReuniteJapaneseAmericanFamili estosecureremedialle-gislationth rough Mi k eM.Ma-saok a,th ei rWash i ngtonrepre-sentative.Katsuma Muk aeda, wh oh eadsth i sgroup,pointedoutth atJapanh asanannualquotaof185,butth equota h asbeenoversubscribedformanyyearswith avisi ti nglistestimatedtobewellovertenth ousandap-plicantsforAmericanvisas.Atth i srate,fewofth eNi seiandIssei i nth ei rli feti mewillbeabletobringth ei rali enfa-th ersandmoth ers,alienbroth -ersand sisters,orth ei rali ensonsanddaugh terstoth eUni t-edStates i fover21 yearsolage.

NoQuotaCh angeMembersofth ecommittee

believed i tunli k elyth atCon-gresswouldraiseJapan'squotaorreviseth elongstandingi m-migrationprinci pleofth ena-tionalorigi nsquotasystem,nowth elaw.Speciallegislation forth e

Japanesetoovercometh epre-sentoversubscribedsi tuationi sclaimedtobeth eonlysolution.Th ecommittee,ati tsorgan-i zati onmeeting,discussedth evalueofcourtcaseswh ereciti -zensh i p,i s i ndisputebutbe-li eved th e legal approachwouldbenefitrelativelyfew.Privatebillsintroducedi nCon-gresswouldbecostlyandtimeconsumingwith noassj i ranceofpassage.Ani mmi grationfor-

mulawh i ch wouldaidalargenumberofseparated famili esseemstobeth eonlyremedyforCongresstoactupon.

QuotaBreak downUnderth epresentlaw,th eannualquotaforJapan i s 185.Halfofth i snumberh asbeensetasideforsuspensionofde-portation.Th ey area futurech argeuponth e93allowedperyeari nth equota.Consequent-ly,93ofth eannualquota i smortgaged ah eadand i snotavailable.Th eremaini ngquotanumber

is di vi dedequally i nto th reeclasses:h alfforpersonswithspecialsk i lls, abili ti es,andk nowledgeunderth efirstpri-ority;next30percentforpar-entsofciti zens,andth enth eremaini ng 20 per centforspousesandgrown-upch i ldrenofalienresidents.Ifanypartofth equotai sleft,th enbroth -ersandsistersofciti zenswillbeadmittedunderth equota.Topresenti tscaseeffectivelyi nWash i ngtonbydemonstrat-i ngth eneedforth i slegislation,Muk aedarequestedth atth osewh owantth ei rfamili esandrelativesh ere,tosendh i mth ei rnamesandaddressesandth enamesandaddressesofth oseth eywanttobring.fromJapan.Hestated th i s i nformationisdesi redearly i nview,ofth econveningofCongressonJan.3,1955.Americanciti zensandnatur-alizedIssei wh oformedth i scommitteeare:Katsuma Muk aeda, ch mn.:Susu-muTogasak i ,sec.-treas.;GongoroNak amura, ScottyTsuch i yaandJoeGrantMasaok a.

NISEISERVICEMENENTITLEDTOEVACUATIONCLAIMSINNEW RULE

Wash i ngton■*":-,-.; ■"-, -v,,, *rrT,, ForcesduringWorldWarIIareen-titledtoth ei revacuationclaimsas i fth eyh adbeenevacuated,accordingtoaprecedentdeci-si onreceivedfrom th eDept.ofJustice,reportedth eWash -i ngtonOfficeofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague.Th i squestionwasresolvedi n

anevacuationclaim(No.146--35-16597)foraNisei wh owasi nth eArmedForcesatth etimesfevacuationofh i sparents.Inmak i ng th eawardtoth eclaimant,acleardisti ncti onbe-tweenth elossesnormallysus-tained by servicemen fromth osesufferedbyNisei service-menas aresultofth emili -taryevacuationandexclusionorderswasmadebyth eJus-ti ceDepartment."Ifth i sclaimanth admerely

beencalled i ntomili taryser-vi ce,th elosses h ere i nvolvedneednoth aveoccurredbecauseh i s parents could h ave re-mainedath ometotak ecareofth eproperty.Here,h owever,

both h eandth eywerecalledto--" tetei rbmei nth ei n-terest of national defense,h ence,th epropertywaslost,"th eDepartmentsaid.PrecedentExplanationTh edecisi onnotedth atth e

exclusionorderappliedtoper-sonsofJapaneseancestrywh owerei nth eArmedForcesaswellasth osewh owerecivi l-i ans."Investigati on h asdisclosed,h owever,th atmili taryleavewasdeniedsuch persons i nth eArmedForceswh owi sh edtoreturntoevacuationareastolook afterth ei rpropertyi nter-ests,becauseth egrantingofsuch leavewouldh ave beenfutile."Wedonotk now wh eth erth e i nstantclaimantactually-appliedforsuch leavetore-turnto h i s h omewh eth eri twould h ave been feasibleto h ave doneso even i fh ecouldh aveobtainedspecialper-missi ontoreturnto h i sh ome;butweth i nk th atsuch i nforma-ti onsh ouldnotcontrolth eout-comeofth i scase..."Iti senough th atth elossresultedfromth e'exclusionofsuch personbyth eappropriatemili tarycommanderfrom amili taryarea...California.*Th erecanbenodoubt,th ere-fore,th atclaimant'slossi sex-presslycoveredbyth elanguageofth estatute."TurntoPage2 *

NO 12-PAGERNormally,th ePacifi cCi ti -zenpublish esa12-pageedi-ti ononth efi rstFridaysofth emonth .Becauseofcur-rentpreparationsforth ean-nualHolidayIssue,tobeoutDec.17,wearek eepi ngth i si ssueatth eregular8-pages"with specialmonth ly fea-turestobeapartofth eHol-i day Issue.—Editor.

k awa,Kamej i Ik uma.Toyoi i Ino-uye, Setsuk o Hosok awa, Sh i frebiIwata.Juk i ch i Ito,HarumatsuOga-wa,HaruOgata,Unosuk eFurnta.Torak i eh i Sak amotoHatsutaroKo-zono.Fumi Sh i bata.BettyYonenoYamamoto.HerbertHirosh i Hosh i k o,Frank Tei i i roYamamoto.Ki k umatsuKoyasu,TaneKimura, HatsuyeUye-rta,Sh lzutaro Utsumiya,Tatsuk oSumida.

GrldleyKunimi tsuKayYok otobi.TaneyoMarubash i , Tosa Marubash i

Yuba CityKanteh i Uyeraato.k enj i roYosh i -.k aw«, Tomoyo Ozawa, Sometoro

SZWa',>»"ansaburo Koch i - Tosh i oKoi k e.Mi ch i Ok amoto,Bunich i andIch i yoNish i da,Tamak i Tok unaga.SVmuno MaryKawamoto,HatsuoTagawa,Mantok uNak ash i ma.'" M:.rvsv!|icSeVi j oandCh fyeKuroda,Tada-yuk lYok otobl,Tak ash i Nish i j i maLiveOak

Ch lyok oHlgash i yama,NatsuNa-i ln"'HarusoKimuraandIwaeHasegawa.

v??k S.roye~Hanavc> Inouye.Ka-h el}1 Ok amoto.Katsutaro FrankNago.

Woodland—Sadami Sh i madaWestSacramento-SusaeTash i maFuk ush lma.Clark sburg—HatsuyeSak ataAcampo-Magoich lTomKusumi.I-*«i v-i ftutaroandQvSuauk iWalnutGruve—MiyaNojcustuKo.

ich i Kanegawa,SatoruKanesawa,AtKutni Oh ara,Kanek i ch i Ito,Kura-suk eHigash l.Moh eni Sak ata,AsanoNori k ane.AyanoHi i rash i ,Tok ueMaryEish ari ,Kunisah urrvIsh mak aTomio Matsuok a,MotoYosh i daPei rvn—Ys"i"m Mp*«i i roto .Ta«i-f.r4Fumi k <> Nish i o.Helen Sasak owatanabe,Tatsuno Maeda, Asak oTsuch i .Newcastle—Haruk o Masuda.IdaCtusatoOngo,FredTak aomlYok o-ta Joe SbiffruMatsumoto,SamSeisak uNish i k awa.Loomls-Hldek oYamash i ro,Puj i eTomita.Ch lyoMi h ara.Sani i roMa-yeda,Fuj i Nomura.BenYullTsue-Auburn—Hisak oHorlk awa.MlsuyeHirabayash l.Tom Suyek i ch i Fuilno.

VERYTRULY

YOURS

ByHARRY HONDA

Equalrigh tsAmerican womenfolk

h avemadegreatstridesi nth ei rbattleforequalrigh tsi nth epasth alfcentury...Th ey h aveth e vote,th eyh oldoffice,th eywork si debysidewith meni nbusinessandi ndustry,th eyswim th ech annel ... Butladies,th erei snotimeyetforcom-placency.Th ework ofSusanB. Anth ony andCarrieCh apmanCatt i sstillvn-fini sh ed.

"Amongth efew.outpostsofresistance i nth ebattleagainst discri mi nati on be-causeofsexi sth eedi ctth atladyrasslerscan'trassle i n

Californi a(andi nOre-gon,loo)..A sweetyoungth i ngcan'tdonpink ti gh tsandclimbth rough th eropes to

grappleforpaywith anop-ponentofth esamesex.Itmeansladiescan'tearnalivi ngwith lefth ook sandh eadlock s ... Wrestling,li k eoth ersports,comeun-derth eaegisofth estateath leti ccommissi on.Wh i leIh aven'twatch ed wrestlingonTVforquitesometime,lady-rasslersappearedmorenovelwh enIh appenedtocatch afilm versionwh i leflippi ngth ech annelsatran-dom ...Th e i dearaisesth ewh olequestionofwh e-th erstatecontrolofprofes-sionalwrestling bouts isreallynecessary.

"Wh en state laws weredrafted,wrestlingwasreallyacontestandeach mandidh i sbestandth egoalwasch ampi onsh i p ...Now,h owever,i ti sgenerallycon-cededtobeash ow.Apro-fessionalgrappleronare*centOmnibusTVsh owdes-cri bed h ow promoters de-ci dei nadvancewh o'stowin,and h ow th e h orri ble"h olds"used i nth eboutswouldberidi culously i nef-fective i fanopponentactu-allywantedtoescapeth em...Th ere i sconsiderablelogicbeh i ndth esuggestionth atwrestlingmatch esbe-longonth edramapage i n-steadofth esportssection.

"We h avenoth i ngagainstwrestling.Th erearemanyfans—lssei women,especial-ly—wh oreallyenjoyth em,k nowi ngfullwellth egroansandgrimacesareph ony...Th ewrestlersli k e i t,too,forth eycan continue i nth ei rtradeforyears...Itseemsadirtytrick todenyth efairsexth erigh ttotak eparti nth i samiablefraud.

SeeSligh tCh angesBy Mi k e Masaok a

WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER

JACLandth e84th Congress

With th e84th Congresssch eduledtocon-venei nafewweek s,th erei smuch specula-tionamongpersonsofJapaneseancestryand

particularlyJACLmembersastoth ei rpros-pectsforsuccess,legislativelyspeak i ng,i nth eforth comi ngDemocraticCongress.Inth i srespect,personsofJapaneseances-

tryandJACLarenodifferentfromth eth ou-sandsofspeciali nterestandminori tygroupsi nth i scountrywh oareconcernedwith th elobbyingactivi ti esofth ei rrepresentativesi nth eNation'scapitol.Th ough th elastNov.2electionsresulted

i nach angeoverfrom th eRepublicanstoth eDemocrats,th emarginofcontroli nbothHousesi ssoth i nth atforallpracticalpurposesth esamegeneralcoaliti onofSouth ernDemo-cratsandMiddle"WesternRepublicansth atdominatedth elast(83rd)Congresswillpre-vai li nth enewCongress.Th enamesofth ech ai rmenwillch ange

butth eseniormembersfromboth partiesal-mostwith outexceptionwillremainth esame,aswillth eprofessionalstaffmembers,ofj ustabouteverystandingcommittee.Sinceth eseniormembersoverth eyearsh avei mpressedth ei rph i losoph i esonth estaffmembers,wh oareth eactualwork i ngpartiesofeverycom-mittee,littlech angecanbeantici patedi nth eover-alllegislativeprogramofth enewCon-gress.Allth i smaycomeasa disappointmentto

th osewh oexpectedgreatreversals i npro-gramandpolicywith th eadventofth eDemo-craticCongressbutth epoliti calfactsofli fedictateoth erwi se,exceptforpossiblyafewnotableexceptionswh enth eDemocratsmaybeunitedonapartybasisandcangainafewRepublicanvotestoo.Asamatteroffact,th erazor-th i nmajori -

tiesi nboth Housesstrength ensth ePresident'sh and i nlegislativematters,forh i sth reatofvetooveralllegislationapprovedbyConaress,th ough anegativemeth odofcontrol,willbeapotentfactori nallcongressionaldebate.Insuch closgh /-divi dedCongresses, i ti srareth atatwo-th i rdsmajori tyi nboth Housescanbemusteredtooverrideaveto.

"Stateh oodforHawai iPerh apsnoquestioni sofgreatersigni fi -

cancetopersonsofJapaneseancestryi nth eUni tedStatesth anth eprospectsforStateh oodforth elong-deservingTerritoryofHawai i .Fromth i svantagepoint,i tmustbefrank ly

concededth atth eprospectsforStateh ooddonotlook toopromisi ngatth i sti mei nth enextCongress.Inth efi rstplace,th eclosedi vi si oni nboth

Houses,particularlyth eSenate,discouragesth eadvocatesofanycontroversialmeasure,fori ti sapoliti calaxiomth ati ti sfareasiertopreventlegislationth antoenacti t.Inth esecondplace,th osesenatorswh oi n-

sisteduponcombini ngAlask awith Hawai i i napack agedeallastyearremain i ncontrolofth eSenate.Onth eHouseside,th osewh ore-fusedtoallowth eHousetoconsiderth eSen-atecombinati onamendmentarei nastrongerpositi onth anbefore.Th i scommentrefersspe-cifi callytoSamRayburnwh obecomesSpeak -eri nJanuary.Lastsummer,asth eminori tyfloorleader,h esuccessfullyblock edalleffortstoforceth eRulesCommitteetoreportoutth eSenate-amendedStateh oodBillfordebateandvote.Inth eth i rdplace,twogreatch ampi ons,

both Republicans,ofHawai i anStateh oodwillnotbei nth enextCongress.SenatorButlerofNebrask a,ch ai rmanofth eInteriorandIn-sularAffairsCommitteeth atconsidersstate-h oodmeasures,diedearlieri nth eyear,andh i ssuccessor,SenatorCordonofOregon,wh oservedasch ai rmanofth eSubcommitteeth atfavorablyreportedth eenablingbill,wasde--feafed i nh i sbi dforre-elqction.Th erank i ngGOPmemberi nth enextsessionwillbeSena-torMaloneofNevada,i mplacablefoeofStateh oodforboth Hawai i andAlask a.Inth efourth place,th ebig i ssue i nth e

newCongressbecauseofth eelectionsmaybeth atofso-calledpublicversusprivatepower.Ifth i si sdeterminedbyth eDemocratstobeamajorcampaigni ssuefor1956,th eymaybe

sobusybuildi ngupth i scontroversyi nth e

nexttwoyearsth atth eywillbeunabletode-voteproperattentiontosuch i nci dentalmat-tersasStateh ood.With SenatorMurrayofMontanaand

RepresentativeEngleofCaliforniaslatedtobe

ch ai rmenofth erespectiveInteriorandIn-sularAffairsCommittees i nth eSenateandHouserespectively,th epowerissue

maybe.th edominati ngone,sinceboth are

publicpow-

eradvocates.Tiedi nwi th th i ssubjectmattermaybeth egeneralDemocratch argeth atth eRepublicansi ndulgedi nagreatnationalgive-awayprogramduringth epasttwoyears,aprogramth atsh ouldbei nvestigatedandre-versedi nth evi ewofmanyleadingDemocrats.Finally,th ePresidenth asnotcommitted

h i mselfonAlask aStateh ood.Untilh e does,th eDemocratsmaynotmoveonHawai i an

Stateh oodasamatterofpartyprinci plebe-causeth eyarepledgedtoStateh oodforbothTerritori es.Th eDemocratsmaynotwanttorisk avetoonAlask anStateh ood,orth eymay

putth ei ssuesquarelyuptoth eWh i teHousebyapprovingAlask aStateh oodfirstandre-fusingtoactonHawai i anStateh ooduntilth ePresidenth assignedth eAlask aBill.

Onth ecreditside,h owever,i sth efactth atforth efirsttimei nh i storyboth Territori alHousesi nHawai i ,as i nAlask a,arecontrolledbyth eDemocrats.Th i selectionresultmayremoveth estan-

dardpastDemocraticargumentth atth ead-vi i ssi onofHawai i automaticallymeanstwomoreRepublicansenatorsandaRepublicandelegationi n th eHouse.Itcannowbepointedotitth atHawai i too

h asastrongtwo-partysystem andth atth eDemocratsh arej ustasgoodach anceofwin-ningth eelectionsasth eRepublicans.

Infact,th eDemocratsmigh twellassureth emselvesoflong-timepopularityi nth atTerritorybyapprovingStateh oodi nth enextsessioni nordertobeabletopointwith pridetoth efactth ati twasth eDemocrats,andnotth eGOP,th atenabledth atareatobecomeafull-fledgedStatei nth eFederalUnion.With allduerecogniti ontoDelegateJoseph

R.Farrington'slongandactivecongressionalcampaigntogainStateh ood,i tmaywellbeth ath i swidow,Mrs.Elizabeth Farrington,with apossible"newapproach "toth eprob-lem maybesuccessfulwh ereh erlateh us-bandfailed.Atanyrate,Mrs.Farringtonsh ouldbe

giveneverysupporti nh ereffortstoaccom-plish wh atwi th outdoubtwillbeamostdif-fi culttask ,topersuadeaDemocraticCon-gresstoh elph er,aRepublicannationalleaderformanyyears,secureenactmentoflegisla-tionth ath erpartytooi spledgedtoapprove.

Wh eth erth efactth atth erewillbesomanyNisei i nth enextTerritori alLegislaturewillh elporh i nderth ecauseofStateh oodi samootquestion.Th osewh oh avei ndi catedfearofth eso-

calledJapaneseAmericanvotei nHawai i will,ofcourse,pointtoth elastNov.2electionre-sultsasvindi cati onofth ei rpositi onandi nsi stth atStateh oodforHawai i i nevi tablymeansth atNisei Americanscananddoth i nk ,speak ,NationalCongressfromth atnewState.Onth eoth erh and,th ei ssue i snow i n

th eopen,foralltosee.

"Opportunitypresented

Itseemstoth i swri terth atth i spresentsth egreatestopportunityevertodemonstrateth atNisei Americanscananddoth i nk ,speak ,andactasAmericans,strictlyforth egoodofth ei rnativelandandstateorterritory.Iti stobeh opedth atth eNi sei legislators

willwriteth ek i ndoflegislativeh i storyi nth enextTerritori al"sessionth atwillrefuteallwh odoubtandwillbecomeapotentargu-mentforStateh ood i tself.As i nWorldWar11,th eNi sei i nHawai i

areonth espot.Andi fth eygainth ek i ndofrecogniti onaslegislatorsth atth eydidi nth elastgreatwara.sservicemen,perh apsi nth elongviewofh i storyi twi llmeanmoreth aneventh egallantaccomplish mentsofth eNi seicombatGIi nWorldWarIItoth efuturewel-fareofallpersonsofJapaneseancestry.

TOKYO

TOPICS

ByTAMOTSUMURAYAMA

Prof.EmeritusObataTok yo

Ch i uraObata,professor-em-eritusofartatth e Univ.ofCaliforniaatBerk eley,andh i swi feareh eadi nganAmericantouristparty,nowvisi ti ngJa-pan.Healsosch eduledanex-h i bi tsh owi ngbeautifulscenesofCaliforniaandoth erWesternstates.Itwasth endi ffi cultfor

Japaneseartcriti cstoap-preciate th ebeautifulcol-ors of th ewesternsk y,landscapesandseash ore.Onth eoth erh and,duringth eh alf-cen-tury h e h as

spenti nAmerica,h e h asdonemuch toi ntroduceJapaneseartsth ere.Hiswi fei sanauth ori tyon Japaneseflowerarrange-mentandth eteaceremony.

Th ei reldestson,GeorgeKi-mio,i sengaged i ncommercialarti nSt.Louis,Mo.Healsoi sregardedasafencingch ampi on.

Th eObatafamilycomesfromalonglineofJapaneseartistsi nth eSendai clan.Mostnotedi sLordDatetoutstandingstates-man-warriori nJapanese h i s-tory,because h e recognizedWestern civi li zati onand dis-patch edth efi rstJapaneseCath -olic missi ontoRome almost350yearsago.

Prof.Obatawaseducatedasanartistfrom ch i ldh ood.Hei ntroducedJapanesepainti ngi nAmericaandmostappropriatelylearning.Rath erth anamereartistofbrush and i nk ,h esh ouldberegardedasatrueloverofnatureandasportsman.Hei sanexpertfish erman.

Atth erecentwelcomelunch -eon i n h i s h onorh ere,manyleaderswerepresenti ncludingTetsu Katayama,ex-premier;SupremeCourtJusticeKawa-mura,Mr.andMrs.SaburoMo-riyama,pioneerph otograph er;andJich i roYonemotoandh i smoth er,wh oi svisi ti ngfromCalifornia.

"'Oj i san'tomeWe h ave k nown h i m as"oj i san"sinceourch i ldh ooddays.Wh enmyfath erdiedsome40yearsago i nSanFrancisco,h i sash eswerescatteredi ntoth efourwindsbyth eGoldenGate.Arti stObatawasresponsiblei ncarryingoutmyfath er'swill.

Longafoeofanti-Japaneseelements i nCalifornia, h e h assucceededi nh i sfigh tofbring-i ngunderstandingth rough h i s

arts.Arefined i nterpreteroiJapanesecultureandtastes,h eh asbridgedth ePacifi cOcean.Somanyoth erpioneersh avebeenpraised-andch eeredforth ei raccomplish ments i n

America.However,verylittleh asbeensaidofth i sprominentartist,wh osemonumentalwo«sstandoutforalltime.

Th epeoplei nJapanarestillench antedby h i spainti ngsoiCaliforniascenes.Weareh appjh eandh i swi fearei nJapanath i sti me.WeareproudartisiObataisabletoputonanotmexh i bi ti nTok yo.Hisel<Kl«*»ofspeech ,coloredbyth etyp«*Sendai accent,i sgoodtoh ear.

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"Unioni zati onofplantationsButcertainlyth eovernigh tsuccessofunibni zati on i nth esugarandpineapplei ndustriescouldnoth avebeenwh ati twaswere i tnotforth ei nabi li ty,unwilli ngnessandreluctanceofi ndustryleadersgenerallyto"faceth efacts"ofth eti mes.Recallingth epastwouldh avelittlebenefitatth i sti mei fi tdidnotfurnish acontinui nglessonforth efuture.Th elessoni sth atth eattitudesofth ework ersmustbesoundedoutatalltimessoth atmanagementwillbebetteri nformed i ni tsownpolici esandpractices.Testingpublicopi ni on—wh eth erofth egeneralelectoratei napoliti calcampaignorofth erank andfi leofaunioni nalaborsituation—i sdi ffi cult.Buti tmustbedone,with th ebesttech ni quesandtech ni ci ansavailable.Back i n1922,WalterLippmanwrotecogentlyonth i ssubjecti nabook ti tled"PublicOpini on."Hisi ntroductiononth etopicof"Th eWorldOutsideandth ePicturesi nOurHeads"isfullofwisdomandi nsi gh ti ntoth ei ntri caci esof"feelingth epublicpulse."Hawai i 'si ndustrialmanagementi salerttoth eproblemsofcommunicati ons—atwo-wayprocessofk eepi ng i nformedonwh atth ework ersareth i nk i ngandofrelayingmanagement'smessagetoth ework ers.

"Past i mpressionsstilli nfluenceInth i sprocess,alargeobstaclecontinuestoh andi capman-

agement,andth euni oni zedwork ersk eepexploiti ng i t.Th eobstaclei sth esymbolor"picturei nth ework ers'h eads"ofth e"BigFive"ora"plantationmanagerwith ablack snak ewh i pi nh i sh ands." (Nomatterh owdistortedth esei mageriesmaybe i nrealli fetoday,th e i mpressionsofth epasth avea decidedi nfluenceuponth eattitudesofwork ers,andeventh ech i ldrenofth ework ers.Soth etask ofmanagementi nselling i tselftoth ework ersis

acontinualstruggleoferasingbitbybitth ei mageofth epastandcreatinganewpicture i nth ework ers'minds.Inpoliti cstoo,apartytak esonlabelsandbecomesasymbolorsymbols,i nth epeople'sminds,forbetterorworse.Th epastcanbedevilapoliti calpartyj ustasmuch asi tcananemployervh o h asfai ledtok eep h i searstunedtoth egripesofh i swork ersandone'daydiscoversatough unionh asmovedi ntoh i splant.Th us,th ementalpictureof"deepfreezersandmink coats

andfi vepercenters"canbecomeandactuallydidbecomeasdamagingforapoliti calpartyasth ei mageofa"Scotsmanona h orsewith awh i p"becameasymbolofth esugarplanters.Overcomingth i stypeofa h andi capi seasi ersaidth andone...buti tmustbedoneofanorganizati oni stosurvivei nadynamicsoi ety.

Tok yoStory'filmsignsTosh i k oYamaguch i ,reportT_ y fto<ywo»d

Sh i k n fp6,moVe3CtreSS T°-sh i k o (Ri k oran) Yamaguch inow marriedtosculptorIsamuMoguch i ofNew York i s re-portedto h avebeensignedupoyproducerFullertoplayop-positeBobStack i n"Th eTo-k yoStory,"accordingto mo-viecriti cHeddaHopper-nn,U"er*ak esoffforTok yo,oon todosome actionsh otsforth i s talewh i ch "wandersalloverJapanandnearRus-sian territory,"Miss Hopper

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LA.publish ersslateFEPconfab_" LosAngelesi x.h asonMonroe,presidentofth eAmericanCivi lLi bertiesunion,willk eynoteth eFEPCConference,wh i ch h as beencalledforSunday,Dec.12,atHolmanMeth odi stch urch byacommitteeofcommunitynews-papersofth ecity,i ncludingth ePacifi cCiti zen.Monroe h eadsalistofdis-

tingui sh edspeak ers,allfavor-i ngFEPC,i ncludingStateSen-atorRich ardRich ards,Assem-blymanAugustusF.Hawk i ns,andSupervisorKenneth Hah n.Th e sponsors h opeth atan

FEPC OrdinanceforLosAn-gelesci tyandcountywillgrowoutofth i spublicmeeting.Sponsoring publish ers i n-clude:LeonH.Wash i ngton,Jr.,publish erofth eLosAngelesSentinel; LorenMiller, CaliforniaEagle:LuciusLo-max,Los Angeles Tribune; Mrs.PatAlexander, Herald-Dispatch ;Ig-nacioLopez,ElEspectador;Ph i li pKerby,Frontier magazine; MissGeraldineLesh i n, CIO Newsletter;TatsuKush i da, Pacifi cCi ti zen. i

SingerKanazawaleavesforEuropeanconcert

SanFranciscoTomi k oKanazawa,Nisei op-eraticsoprano,returned h ereNov.18,fromasuccessfulcon-certappearance i n Los An-geles.Herh usband,LeoMuel-ler, newly-appointed ch orusdi rectorofth eSan FranciscoOperaCompany,accompaniedh er.Th e couplestayed i n San

Francisco a few daysbeforeleavingforNewYork andEu-ropeforath ree-month concerttour.

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Tempe,Ariz.An i llustratedcatalog h as

beenpublish edonth eCollectionofAmericanArtatArizona

College h ere.1 Th e catalog i ncludesmoreth an100reproductionsofallth e work sofarti n col-lection.Each picture i saccom-painedbyi nformativeandIn-terpretativecommentsbyPaulaKloster,curatorolth e col-lection.Th ecatalogrepresentsmoreth antwoyearsofwork byMissKloster.In additi on to h ej -dutiesasartprofessor,sh epre-paredth emanuscriptanddi dth eresearch ,writi ng,andedi-ting.AllpictureswerefilmedbyJk uoSerisawaofLosAngeles.

Sh opk eepersluggedbybandityouth s,grabsh usband'srifleaspairflee

SaltLak eCityTeenage banditsslugged awomansh opk eeperFridaylastweek th enfledwith outtak i nganyth i ngwh ensh egrabbed h erh usband'srifletoprotecth er-self.Treatedata h ospi talforlac-erationofth escalpwasMrs.KayJuneAok i ,31,wh owasalonei nFred'sMark et,1035E.2nd South ,wh en th e youngbanditsappeared.Sh e laterwasreleased.Th etwoteenagersh ad en-teredth e store-earlier,butmadeno attemptto starttrouble.Itwasn'tuntilth evic-ti m'sh usband,FredAok i ,leftwith membersofth efamilytoattendFridaynigh t'sCh ri stmasparadeth atth eyre-enteredth estore.

Th eygaveconflicti ngordersforstaples,th enseemedtobe-comeconfused."Hith er,"saidth eyounger

one.Th eolderyouth struck Mrs.Aok i with a h eavywrenchwrapped i nawh i tecloth .In-steadoffalling,h owever,sh erantoth eback ofth estoreandobtainedth eri fle.Th etwoi n-trudersranouttoa1949Ply-mouth anddrovenorth onMc-ClellandSt.Mrs.Aok i ,bloodstreamingfrom h ercuth ead,sough th elpfromMrs.AliceOgura,1047E.2ndSouth ,wh osummonedpol-i ce.Sh edescribedth ebanditsasbeingwell-dressed.Both weredark andforeign-look i ng,Mrs.Aok i sai d.

South easternColoradoIssei togetassistancei nnaturalizati onclass

DenverTh eRev.Ei zoSak amoto,Ar-

k ansas ValleyJACL adviser,confirmed th atciti zensh i pclasseswillbe conductedforIssei i nth eGranadaarea.Mrs.Noi Wak ak uwaofHolly,Colo.,appliedforciti zensh i p,butfoundth atwi th outexten-sivetraini ng i nciti zensh i p i twasi mpossiblefortrieagedIs-'sei i nth eGranadaareatopassnaturalizati onexaminati ons.Alth ough th eGranadaareai s|ofconsiderabledistancefrom|Rock yFord,Colo.,Rev.Sak a-'motogenerouslyagreedtomak e,th e100mi letriptoth eGranada'areaweek ly i nordertocon-ductth ree l»our citi zensh i pclassesforth ebenefitofsome14Issei i nth atarea. iItwasnotedth at61Issei i n

th eArk ansasValley h aveal-;readybecomeciti zens,andth at13oth ersh aveh adfi rsth eari ngsandareawaiti ngfinalceremon-i estobecomeciti zens.Rev. Sak amoto noted th atImoreth an50Issei votedonth eNov.2elections,notingparticu-larlyth ati nCrowleyCountyabout14Issei h elpedtoelectaCountyCommissi onerwh owonbylessth an10votes.Th esig-nifi cance ofth e JapaneseAmericanvotei semph asi zedi ncloseelectionsnotonly i nth eiArk ansasValleyareabuti nIeveryareawh ereIssei andNi-jsei h avepartici pated i nelec-ti ons.Extensivepoliti caleducationwith useofsampleballots,was|conductedi nth eArk ansasVal-leyareai nordertostimulatej

Nisei i nteresti npoliti calandcivi caffairs.Inh elpi ngtoorganizeth eAr-

k ansasValleyciti zensh i pclassesi nth eGranadaarea,pastpre-sidentHarrySh i ronak a,ofth eArk ansas Valley JACL, andHenry Hi rose,representativeforth eGranadaarea,cooper-atedwith Rev.Sak amotoandoth ersto i mplementth eci ti -zensh i pprogram i nth eArk an-sas Valleyarea.k ■

Civi ccelebration h eldforColoradonewciti zens

DenverSixty-sixIssei ci ti zensofth eBrigh ton areawere h onoredNov.12 atanelaborateban-quet,sponsoredbyth eBrigh -ton Nisei Women'sand Japa-neseAmerican Associati on,atth eBrigh tonBuddh i stCh urch .Judge Ch ri sti anD.Stoner

andMayorCh arlesMontandonextendedoffici algreetings.AlsoL-peak i ng were Mm Yasui,Mountain-PlainsJACLrepre-sentative;Mrs.Miyek oMayedaandHarrySak ata,presidentsofth esponsoringorganizati ons.Joh nT.Horie,Americani za-ti onclass i nstructor,wascitedforh i sservices.RoyH.Mayedawasemcee,JimToch i h ara i nch argeofprogram.

IN HONOR OFWataruGoish i ofFlorin,sonofMr.andMrs.Ki i ch i Goish i ,wasconferredaPh .Ddegreei natomicch emi stryfromth eUni v.ofCh i cago.Hei stobeassoci-atedwith th eLi vermoreCh em-i calCo.,Sacramento.GeorgeKuwatani ofSanFranciscoh ascompleted h i sprobationaryserviceandisnowh ousi ng i nspectorforith ecityDept.ofPublicHealth h .Kiyo Haradaofth e StoneCorral4H Club,Visali a,wonth estatewidegardencompeti-tionandwasawardedafreetriptoth eNational4H.Con-gress i nCh i cago,Nov.27-Dec.2, according to th e TulareCounty4H ClubadviserJoh nEmo.

Bassderbypartici pantgetslosti n h eavyfog

SanFranciscoTomNaruk ami ,56,1815Sut-terSt.,wentfish i ngearlySun-daymorninglastweek toparti-ci patei nth eNisei Fish i ngClubbassderby.Densefog«envelopedh i mandh ewasunabletocomeh ome.Hewasfoundth enextdayonch i llyVanSick lesIs-land.

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Th eSeattleBuddh i stTempleh asbeenelevatedtoth eBetsu-i nclass,th eth i rdofi tsk i ndamongth e50Buddh i stch urch esi nAmerica.Rev.TatsuyaIch i -k awa,i nch arge,waselevatedtoth erank ofRinban.

** AlbertS.Kosak ura,Japa-nese departmentmanageratPanAmericanWorldAirwaysi n SanFrancisco, i s on a,month s-tourofSouth Americato i nvestigate Japanesetrafficpossibi li ti esbetweenBrazilandJapan.

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rassing pol-i ceandstoreownersi nth e47th andGreenwoodarea wereorganizedbyMrs. NancyDavis,sh opowner,wh oconvertcdh erbasementi ntoa club-

room.Becausetneclubgrewso fast,sh e appealedto th eEllis Community Centerforh elp...Herclubmeetsth reetimesa-week atth ecenter,sup-portedby"oneofth estrangestch urch groups i n Ch i cago—formoreth anth reeyears,tri-racial(Negro,Japaneseandwh i te)"..."Th i ngsarealotquieteraroundh erenow,"th ecopsarenow saying.

Wh i teCh ri stmas..."Ch i cago JACL'ssocialfi-nale is th eWh i teCh ri stmaspartyonSaturday,Dec.11,8to12midni gh t,atMonroeYWCA,59E.Monroe.Socialsth i spastyearh avebeenh i gh lysuccess-fulandwellappreciated,th ank sto JeanSh i mafak i , wh otookth i s majorcommitteech ai rrmansh i pforth efi rsttime.Dr.Frank Sak amoto,ch ai ri ngth eDec. 11 mixer,i ssch edulingcaroling,dancing,entertainmentandrefresh mentswith assis-tancefrom:JeanSh i masak i , KayFuj i i ,Haru

Arita, TerryUyeda,Sach i Tak agi ,Happy Nak agawa,FutnlFuk uda,May Hi k i do, Dr.Joe Nak ayama.Fumi and BettyIwatsuk i .

AroundWindyCi ty...c NurserySch oolparentsofK-E Community CenteraresponsoringaHolidayFairth i sweek end.

"PeterPollack ,ArtInstitutepublicrelations counsel, h asbeen designated curatorofph otograph y.He h asbeen i nch argeofth epopularph oto-graph yexh i bi ti onsforth epasttwo■yearsnearth emuseum'sfrontdoor...Medievaleraplay,"Beautyandth eBeast,"h asbeenadaptedforch i ldrenandwillbepresentedi nth eGoodmanMemorialTh eaterofth eArtInstituteonDec.23,29--30, 2:30 p.m.;onSaturdays,2:30p.m.,betweenJan.8andFeb.12;onSundays,3P-in., be-tweenJan.16andFeb.13.A.10:30a.m.curtaini ssch eduledJan.29.

"Sch oolch i ldrenofCh ri stCongregationalCh urch arepre-paring gi fts-forsh ut-i nsatCook CountyCh i ldren'sHospi-tal.

Aboutpeople..."Wh i levisi ti ngSt.Louisre-cently,wecontactedoneofSt.LouisJACL'sactive leaders:JoeTanak a, 1513RidgewoodDr.,Crestwood19,Mo....Hei si nstructoratth eWash i ngtonUniversitySch oolofArch i tec-ture,anativeofSt.LouisandengineergraduateofWash i ng-tonUniversity...Heservesaspublicrelationsmanforth ech apter,h asbeenapastpre-sidentand MidwestDistri ctvi ce-ch ai rman.Ch urch -wi se, h ei s h elpi ngtoorganizea Uni-tari ancongregationth ere.Heisth ebroth erof:Ch ester:productionmanwith ,

Consumers Union; married,th reech i ldren—Joh nny5,Su-zi e 3,andDavidTimoth y 9month s.Edward:cafemanageri nSt.Louis;married,th reech i ldren—Ch ri sti ne3,Bobby 1% andSandra1month .

Hi smoth er,Mrs.Hani Ta-nak a,received h erciti zensh i ppapersearlylastspring.Sh ei ssti llattending ni gh t sch ooltwi ceaweek 'siwi yutgEnglish .Joei smarriedtoth eformer

Naomi Nak ano,Ph i ladelph i a-born girlwh owasonetimeJACLch apterpresidentth ere.Th eyh avetwoch i ldren:Mari-lyn2,andKaren 11month s.Naomi'ssister,Taru,i s mar-riedtoRich ardGraves,withAssociatedPressatHarrisburg,Pa.

Intermountaintablesproposaltobidfor14th bi enni aluntilFebruary

ByALICEKASAIOgden|

Bidforth e1956National;JACLconventionatSunValley,Idah o,wastabledlastweek byth eIntermountainDistri ctCouncilunti lth enextdistri ctmeeting i nFebruary,atwh i ch !timeth eyplantomeetatSunValleytomak efi naldetermin-;ation.,Th efi nalquarterlymeetingwas h i gh li gh ted by th ere-

electionofone-yearterm cabi-netmembers.Ji mUsh i o,ch ai r-man,servesatwo-year"termasprovided i nth e IDC by-|laws.Re-electedforth e 1955|term were:]IMas Yano (SaltLak e).Istv.-■ch mn.; GeorgeSugai (Snak eRi ver),-i2nd v.-ch mn.; Dot Muk ai (SaltLak e),sec;Speed Nuk aya(Idah oFalls),treas.

Officerswere i nstalledbyNationalJACLDirectorMasSatow,wh oassistedearlieri nth eafternoondeliberationsatBenLomondHotelh ere.In h i sbriefaddressbeforeswearingi nth eofficers,Satowremindeddi stri ctcouncildel-egates th atth e"spiri tofth eJACLbecomespartofourlivesbecausewerecognize th atweh avea j obth ath astobeIdone,th ati twi llbedone,bynobodyelseunlesswedo i tourselves."Inth esurveyofch apterre-ports,th e30 delegatesfromeigh tch apterswere surprisedoverth emanycommunity-sponsoredprojects.SaltLak e■Ch apterwascommendedfor'i tspastyear'sactivi ti esaswas!i tspresident,RupertHach i ya.,|Asaresult,th eIDC referred;a"ch apterofth eyear"award.proposaltoi tsrecogniti oncom-mittee.KenUch i dach ai redth edis-cussiononconstituti onalrevi-si ons.PastIDCch ai rmenandMasYanoaretoserveonth ecommitteetoup-dateth econ-stituti onwith MasSatowch eck -i ngtoseei ti snoti nconflictwith th eNationalconstituti on.Oth ercommitteeassignments

were:GeorgeSugai,program;MasYano,Pacifi c Citi zen; SpeedNuk aya,budgetand finance;MasHoriuch i ,recogniti ons;Joe,Saito,1000Clubdistri ctch ai r-man.

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Fresnoattorneytoh eadJACLi n'55

FresnoHugoKazato,localattorney,

was electedpresidentofth e.Fresno JACLch apterforth e1955 term.He and h i snewcabinetaretobe i nstalledatmassritesi r.conjunctionwithth eCentralCaliforniaDi stri ctCouncil,Dec.5,atth eHaciendaMotelh ere.Oth ercabinetmembersare:JamesMurash i ma, v.p.;S.G.Sa-

k amoto, Issei v.p.;Mrs.JamesMu-rash i ma, women'sv.p.;Willy Suda,treas.;Mm Saito, asst.treas.;ToyHosh i k o, cor.sec:Edna Yabuno.lrec.sec.;Nami Hirabayash i ,pub.;Alice Tak ah ash i , h i st.; Dr.HenryKazato, del.;Dr.Ki k uoTaira, alt.del.Seich i Mi k ami i sth eretiri ngpresident.Th ech apteralsocreatedanew serving th eIssei ci ti zeni nterests.Sak amotoi sapioneerFresnoresident.

HARUOISHIMARUTOUROFPACIFICNORTHWESTCHAPTERSSTARTSDEC.11

PortlandTh efi nalquarterlymeetingofth ePacifi cNorth westDis-tri ctCouncilwillbe h eldonSunday,Dec.12,atth ePoodleDogRestauranti nFife,Wash .,h ostedbyth ePuyallupValleyCh apter,i twasannouncedth i sweek byDr.Matth ew Masu-ok a,Pacifi cNorth westDistri ctCouncilCh ai rman.AccordingtoJACLNationalDirectorMasSatow, HaruoIsh i maruofth enationalstaffwillbepresentto bring th ememberssuptodateonth ena-tionalorganizati on.Inadditi on,Ish i maruwillalsovi si tth ei n-divi dualch apters i n th e Pa-ci fi cNorth westfollowingth emeeting.His sch edule i s asfollows:

SWLAboxlunch partytoaidch eercampaign

LosAngelesAuctioneerToruIvrawillopenth efourth annualSouth -westLosAngelesJACLboxlunch social,Dec.11,8p.m.,atCentenrayMeth odi stCh urch .ProceedsgotoCh ri stmasCh eer.MissGraceOba,activeSWLAJAClerandCh ri stmasCh eerCommitteestaffmember, i sgeneralch ai rman.Sk i ts,enter-tainmentanddancingconcludeth eevening.MaryEnomoto,MissSWLA,offici alh ostess,i spreparingaspecialboxtobe-auctioned.Maximumbi di sbeingplacedat$5.Arrangementsfortranspor-tationmaybemadeth roughth ech ai rman,RE 2-3561.As-sisti ng are:Haj Inouye,transp.;Hirok oKa-

wanami, pub'.

CHAPTERMEMOBerk eleyJACL:Election *sixmembersforth eeh lOtboardofdirectorsh i gh li tfinalmembersh i pmeetinl!th eyearonFridayDe

g3°P-m-.at2H7HasteSt.PooJ.ilmoviesandatraveloguewillhsh ownGeorgeYasuSj §*

tionch ai rman,i s i nch ar»"*aSciotPri by: *-"<ugeandMich i o Nak aj i ma Joh n ci ,BenPuk utome,Wai;Stoyi ff*bara,pub. "WJKan.

ArizonaJACL:JimOzasamASatTanitah avebeennornnatJforofficeofpresidento?HArizona JACL with election,slatedFirday,Dec.10,7:30pTatth eJACLHalli n.GlendaTe'Th enominati oncommitteealsoremmmenried:Mm Tak i guch i Istv.p.;GeoreaKish i yama,2nd v.p.;Hatsuv£fuch i .3rdv.p.;MuttYamamoto

Nak amura, reas.; tEvaOda S?sec.;TerryNak agawacor.sec.;'GeneNak atsu, ath .; Lynn Tak esuye,Frank Yamamoto,soc;TomTani i aNorth si de rep. lamta-i wonewofficers,sergeant,at-armsandh i storian,arealsorecommended.

Mi le-Hi JACL:BillKurok itreasurer,announcedth atseveralIssei,wh owereh onoredatth eOct.29di nnerreceptionmade donationsto th elocalJACLch apter,i nappreciati onofservicesrenderedby th eJACL i nattaini ng citi zensh i pfor th em.Contributi onsot$10.00each wereack nowledgedfrom:Mrs.Tasu Sh i yomuraK.Kato,Mrs.Tsuya Kitnura, Tetsush i aw|RanKato,allofDenver,

SelmaJACL:Recentelectionsofnewofficersforth eAuxili ai ywereannouncedbyYoKataok a,retiri ngpublici tych ai rman,asfollows:Mrs.HelenYamamotopres.;Mrs,BettyOk azak i , v.p.;BettyJoWa«k asa.rec.sec;Mrs.MaryAbe,cot,sec;andEth elOtomo,pub.

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Inarecentcolumn,Iwasveryh appyto i ntroduceEvelynMerson,executivedirectorofCaliforniaFederationlorCivi lUnity,wh owroteacolumndescribi ngth ework ofth eCFCUandi tsrelationsh i ptoourorganizati on.Th ebigannualevent(orth eCFCUandi tsaffili atedorganizati onswillbeth eannualconventiontobe h eldatAsilomarth i sweek end.So farj ACLersregisteredforth i sconventionareMASYONEMURAofBerk eley,KIMIFUJIIofEdentownsh i pandyourstrulyWeh opeth atoth erJAOLersmaybepresenttotak ei natleastpartofth econvention.Th econfabbeginswith th eopeningsessionforth egeneralmembersh i ponFriday,7:30p.m.However,th i swillbeprecededbyaprofessionalstaffmeetingofminori tygroupandci vi lrigh tsorganizati onwork ers i nth eafternoonfollowed byameetingofth eState-wideCoordinati ngCouncilonFEP.

"Forth ebenefitofoth erJACLerswh omaybeabletopart-i ci pateduringth eweek ,Iamreproducingth eprogramforth e9th AnnualCivi cUnityConvention.

FRIDAY,*DECEMBER 3

4:00p.m. Registrationandroom assignments....Admini strationBldg.6:00p.m.Di nner Crock erDini ng Hall7-30pm.Openinggeneralsession... Ch anpi h i i(Oilman:IRVING£ROSENBLATT,Jr..president,"CFCU KeynoteAddress-DR.FRANKHORNE,Assistanttoth eAdmini stratorUsHousingandHomeFinanceAgency."Implicati onsofUS SunrmiCourtDecisi ons".FRANKLIN H.WILLIAMS,RegionalSecretlyCounsel,NAACP."AmericansWh oDi dNotVanish ",ERINFORRESTpresident,CaliforniaIndians'Congress.Address:HON.EDWARD i ?BOYBAL,LosAngelesCityCouncilman. «nnua.

'SATURDAY,DECEMBER 4

900a.m.Generalsession ..; " Ch anelHallHOUSING FOR MINORITIESINCALIFORNIATODAY-Ch ai rmanNOYES COLLINSON.director,Berk eley Community Ch est "AStatementofth eProblem",W.MILLERBARBOUR,RegionalDi-rector,NationalUrbanLeague."FactorsatWork "—PanelDiscussion-C.WILSON RECORD, AssistantProfessorofSociology,Sacramento'StateCollege;JOHN I.HENNESSY,Associated HornebuildersofGreaterEastBay;STANLEYJ.YOUNG,President,Berk eley RealEstateBoard; EDGAR J.JOHNSON,Secretary-TreasurerGoldenStateMutualLife InsuranceCo.;LOREN MILLER, Ch ai rman WestCoastLegalCommittee, NAACP.

U3Op.m.Lunch eon Crock erDini ngHall1:40p.m.Work sh ops i n Housing

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Ch ai rman:GEORGETHOMAS,director,LosAngelesCountyCo"ferenceonCommunityRelations;Panel:JOSEPHHART, SanFran-ciscoRealEstateBrok er; MARTINWHITE, AmericanFriends Ser-viceCommittee;LUGILARRENTT, Economist;JEFFERSONBEAVERPresident,Trans-BayFederalSavingsandLoanAssn.;H.A MOT-CHELL,Mitch ellLandCo., andoth ers..'ll—NewPrivateHousing ScrippsPatioRoomCh ai rman:MRS.JACQUELINSMITH,SanFranciscoUrbanLeague-Panel:ROBERTPITTS, FHA; MRS.RUTH KAISER, director.Cali-forniaConference ofSocialWork ; JOSEPHWALKER, LosAngelesUrbanLeague;PHILIPBUSKIRK,AmericanFriendsServiceCom-mittee,andoth ers.

Ill—HousingandPublicAction Ch apelHallCh ai rman:EDWARDHOWDEN,director, SanFranciscoCouncilforCivi cUnity:Panel:CLARENCEJOHNSON, PHA; RT.REV.MSGR.THOMAS J.O'DWYER, Ch ai rman, StateCommissi onofHousing;PERCYSTEEEE.director, SanDiegoUrbanLeague;NATHANIELCOLLEY,NAACP, andoth ers.

4:00p.m.CFCU businesssession Ch apelHall6:00p.m.Di nner Crock erDini ngHall730p.m.GeneralSession Ch apelHallCh ai rman:DANIELE.KOSHLUND, CFCUBoardofDirectors; Re-portofHousingWork sh ops— Work sh opCh ai rmen; Address:HON.J.ERNESTWILKINS,Ass'tSecretaryofLabor, U.S.Dept.ofLabor.

>:45pjn.SocialHour..At"AngeloVFish erman's Wh arf,MontereySUNDAY,DECEMBER5

JMajn.Genera]Session Ch apelHallCh ai rman:NATHANIELCOLLEY, Vice-President, CFCU; "CSO Or-ganizesth eUnorganized,"FREDW.ROSS,WestCoastDirector, In-dustrialAreasFoundation;"Legislationi nth eSpotligh t:1955"—PanelDiscussion:"OldAgePensionforNon-Citi zens"-Panel:HARUOISHIMARU,RegionalDirector,JACL; HECTORMORENO, SANJOSECSO;"Th eMcCarran-WalterImmigrationAct"-Panel:J.CAMP-BELLBRUCE,auth or"Th eGoldenDoor"; EUGENE BLOCK, Sec-retary,BayAreaCommitteefor-Revisi onofMcCarran-WalterAct;ANTHONYP.RIOS.President, Nat'lCommunityServiceOrganiza-tion;"FEPCforCalifornia"-Panel:W.BYRONRUMFORD, Assem-;Mjaaan.lith A.D.;WILLIAMBECKER.Jewish LaborCommittee, act-,i ngSec.,CaliforniaCommitteeforFEP;TAREAHALLPITTMAN,NAACP.

UiUj ri .CFCUBusinessSession Ch apelHall~ Ch ai rman:MRS.JOSEPHTrTE'DUVENECK.PresidentEmeritus, CF-|CU;ResolutionsandVoteon1955CFCUprogram.

TomUmadepresidentofSelma JACLch apterTv i , , Se!marom Umadewaselectedtofuh eN Se'maJACLWatth eNovemberelectionmeet-s?ngnnrld aVth eJaP"«eMis-sionCh urch .Th enow cabinetwillbe i nstalledatth eDec 5

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Wash i ngtonTh eWash i ngton,D.C.,JACLCh apter,h ostforth e j oi nt1955tasternand MidwestDistri ctCouncilCovention,h asselectedi tsconventioncommitteech ai r-men,announced Joh n KatsuID.C.Ch apterpresident.Convention Ch ai rman TadMasaok a, i ndi cated th atanumberofth eConventioncom-mitteesh avebeeni noperationforth epastfewmonth s.Th eannouncementi ncludedth efollowingappointments:Tad Masaok a convention ch ai r-man;Don Komai, gen.arr.;Joh nKatsu,SavingsBondsproject;BBenNak ao,treas.;Yoh k oSumida,recep-Joh nKatsu,souvenirbook let;SabHasegawa,registrationandregis-trationandreservations:Ch i satoOh ara, h otel;Dr.GeorgeFuruk awa,pub.-promotions;Sh i nInouye,sigh t-seeing,transportation;Eth elFuk u-yama,banquet;Ruth Kuroish i , ball;HarveyIwata,lunch eon:EtsuMa-saok a,congressionalvisi tati ons; To-sh i ch i Mi toma,HaroldHoriuch i andBarry Tsuda, Issei Citi zen arr.;Mi k e Masaok a, speak ers and re-ceptions;Kobi Katsu,Program andprinti ng; Tosh Enok i da, ph oto-graph s;andIraSh i masak i , Th ou-sandClubandEDC-MDC Liai son.Atth esameti me,th eSavings

BondsProjectwasexplainedbyKatsuasameansth rough wh i chcontributi onscanbemadetoas-sistth eConvention.Awardsi nth eProjectwerelistedasth reeUnitedStatesSavingsBonds,with facevaluesof$100,$75and$25.

Albuquerqueelectionmeetingservesasnear100%renewalofmembersh i ps

AlbuquerqueMi k eYonemotoandh i s1955officersaretobe i nstalledatth eNewYear'seveparty,wh i chi sbeingch argedbyJoh nGlynn,ch apter's1000Clubch ai rman.Th e electionmeeting wash i gh li gh tedbyanear100per-centrenewali nJACLmember-sh i ps,th enew duesbeing $3perperson or$5percuple.Several1000Clubpledgeswerealsopromised.

A<si=*i ngYonemotoare:HiroTamura, Mrs.EvelynTogami.v.p.;HenryYosh i moto, ti'eas.;Setsu

Matsumoto, rec.sec.;HeleneSaeda,cor.sec,; Fred Yosh i moto.SamYonemoto, George Matsub.ua.ArtTogami,Ch arli eMatsubaraandMrs.Ruth Hash i moto,adv.bd.Th eadvisoryboard iscom-posedofpastch apterpresidentsAssisti ng Glynn on JACL\>"-Y"r'sEvepartyare:HiroTamura, GeorgeMatsubara.MaryYonemoto, TazueAk utagawa.Ch arli eMatsubara, EvelynTngAm:aim nui i i rtasnimoto.

Th ousandClubNotesSHIGWAKAMATSU,Nat'lCh mn.

DENVER:Mile-Hi JACLpresidentSAM Y.MATSUMOTOwascitedforh i sassi stancei nth e1954DenverAreaCommunityCh estcampaign,beingpresentedwith apendesk set.

"SAN FRANCISCO: Membersh i psand renewalsreceivedduringth emonth ofNovember,1954,areasfollows:SEVENTH YEAR

KenUch i da,Ogden,Utah .SIXTH YEAR

Dr.Th omasT.Yatabe, Ch i cago.FOURTH YEAR

PaulSaito, Weiser, Idah o; TogoTanak a, Ch i cago;BillZ.Tsuj j i ,YubaCity,Calif.

THIRD YEARKayTok i ta,Idah oFalls.

ISECONDYEARVictorS.Abe,SanFrancisco; Joh nM.Hada, Hillsboro, Ore.; Tak eoHaga,Idah oFalls; Toyo-j i Konno,Livi ngston;Jean Sh i masak i , Ch i -cago.

FIRST YEARGeorgeInai, San Francisco; Dr.Barrie M.Kato,Masato Tamvira,Ch i cago.

LandInvestorsByHENRYMORI

LOS ANGELES NEWSLETTER

i fAnambiti ousundertak i ngtodevelopandi mprovepropertiesownedbypersonsofJapaneseancestryi nth estatebecamearealityth i sweek with th eannouncementth atanall-Nisei landinvestmentcompanyh asbeenorganized,h eadedbyTaulWat-anabeofGardena.Th enew$200,000corporationformedbyalocalgroupofpro-

fessionalandbusinessleadersreceived i tsch arteri nmid-November."Weplantopur-ch aseundevelopedlandandlaunch a h ugei mprovementcampaignwh i ch willencompasseveryJapaneseAmericancommunityfromSeattletoSanDiego,"Watanabeexplained.Mostofth e k eyofficersarelocatedi nLosAngeles.Th ey i ncludeWatanabe,pres.;KiyoYamato,exec,sec;KayKamiya,Gardena,treas.;Y.B.Mamiya,Oak land,IstV.P.;TimSasabuch i ,Sacramento,2ndV.P.;Dr.GeorgeBaba,3rdV.P.;andDr.NormanKobayash i ,4th V.P.

Amongth efi rstinvestmentdealsisth epurch aseofa200x200cornerloti nGardenawh erea20-pumpgasstationwillbecon-structedatth ecostof$62,000.Itwillbemannedbyth eKunibeBros,ofSacramento,bigmark etch ai nownerswh oh avedecidedtopullupstak esandh eadforth esunnysouth land.Aclosedcorporation,SyndicateLand,Inc.,h asonei nduce-mentforth osewith anaverageincome.Subdivi si onh ousi ngwillsoonbemadeavailabletoIssei andNi sei fami li eswith aslittleas$1000downwith secondtrustdeedstobeh andledbyth eSyndicate.

■♦■ Hiroyosh i Igak i ,culi naryexpertwh oi ssai dtoh aveservedth eJapaneseImperialfamily,i sh ereforth e10-dayKitch enKarnivalatPanPacifi cAudi tori um.Aftermuch pompandado,th eKarnivalsetasidelastSaturdayas"JapanDay"andat-tractedch efsfrommoreth anadozencountries.Truetoth etraditi onsofoldNippon,Igak i wentth roughseveralceremonialovertures,filletingacarpwith outtouch i ngi twi th h i sh ands.Hi scolorfulrobes,wh i ch h ewearsateverysh ow,wasquiteanattraction.Fromwh atwe'veh eard,"JapanDay"failedtoprovideenough down-to-earth tempuraforth eh ungryandcuriousCaucasians.Kitch enKarnivalmeansexactlyth at—with outalittleballyh ooandatouch ofsh owmansh i p,anycook canlook prettydrab.MagnaIndustries,Inc.,wh i ch deals i nWinfi eldCh i naandi mportedFrench cutlery,goti tsli ck satth efestival,too,sh owi ngth ei rwares.Th edisplaywassupervisedbyJoeY.Sotomura,Sh ark yOgi ta,LaneNak ano,andEddieSato.

i tTh efi rstofseveralnewCivi cCenterbuildi ngswerede-dicatedMonday.Itseems i roni cth atwh i le LosAngeleswassh roudedi nh arsh smog,cityoffici alsgath eredtodedicateth e$5,038,000Health Buildi ngonFirstandMai nSts."Th i sbuildi ng standsasaguaranteeth atvXosAngelesci tygovernmenti spledgedtosafeguarding4h eh ealth ofth epeopleofLosAngeles,"wonderfulwordsas/expressedbyMayor

NorrisPoulson. ( .'*-■*.*l.Elsewh eresome 600countydoctorsexpressedfearth eth edensityofsmogi si ncreasingconstantlyandeventuallyafatalquantityofdeadlyelementswouldbereach ed.Th esituationh ascometoapointnowwh eremedicalmenand

smogoffici alsarenotsomuch fconeerned aboutelimi nati ngsmogbuttodeterminewh atpollutantsi nth ei mpureairaredeadlytoh umanbeings.Well,i fsmogdoesn'tgetyou,eith erth econstructionofanewfreewayoraredevelopmentprojectmayfindyoush ortofex-

Th ecityi splanningtolevelth e132-acreBunk erHillareaandclearth elandforredevelopment.Th ego-signonth ede-molish i ngofoldsubstandardedifi ceswon'tcometh ateasily.It'llrequirefederalandlocalfinancing.Butwh enth atti mecomes,i tmeansmoreapartmentsandh otelsownedbyJapanesei nth atdistri ctgodown,too.

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SeattleLittleLeaguegridh onorwonbyNisei Vet-sponsoredgridders

SeattleTh eFigh ti ng Irish are1954Li ttleLeaguefootballch am-pions of Greater Seattle.Sweeping th rough th eentireseason undefeated, th ey cli-maxedth ei rcampaignNov.14wi th a7-0victoryoverBallard,"wh i ch h ad simi larly playedwith outaconferenceloss.Sponsoredbyth eNi sei Vet-erans Committee, th e Inter-nationalFigh ti ngIrish repeateda1952feat,wh enth eywonth ecityandcountytitles,"th enlosti nasemi-fi nalsofth enationalplayoffs atLas Vegas,Nev.Lastyear,th esquadlosti nth ecityfinals.Th ech ampi onsh i pgameth i syearwasplayedatth eU.ofW.stadium before5,000.Th e

Uttleteamsbattledonaneven:eelth efi rsth alf,butth eIri shuddenlyexplodedi nth eth i rdluarterwh enGaryYamash i talitpaydirtona26-yardsprintm>und h i srigh tend.BruceVosh i muraplungedth rough to;onvert..~Asteadyrainfalladdedtoth enudand'mireofplay.GeorgeWilsoncoach edth ech ampi ons.

FloridaSanseisetsswimrecord

MiamiJuni orOlympicrecordsre-

leasedfromNewYork revealedth ataMiami Sansei swi mmerwasamong 13 Floridi anstogainacclaimasNationalCh am-pionsfor1954.RoyTateish i ,swimmi ngun-derth eMetropolitanMiami or-ganizati on during th estatech ampi onsh i ps h ere,crack edth e100-yaFdbutterflymark for16-year-oldboys.Tateish i wasalsorecognized

as th e nation's second-bestswimmeri ntwooth erevents—th e100yardfreestyleand i n-divi dualmedleyfor16-year-oldsbytimessubmittedafterth eracesh ere.Th e Sansei,sonofMr.andMrs.EddieM.Oh i ,Jr.,h adth eh onorasah i gh sch oolsoph o-more i nbeingplacedonth eAll-City Swimmi ngTeam i nMiami .

Ph otograph erMak abeLoomis

Assoonas h emak esgoodwith back orders,ph otograph erGeorgeMak abewillh anguph i sownsh i nglesi nth eh eartofLoomis.Hewillmovei ntoth evacated offices ofNash De-Camp.

TwoDenverilesonall-citygridteam

DenverCh arleyInagak i ,North Highsenior guard, repeated lastyear's DenverPostAll-Cityfirststringselectionlastweek .vVh i lepick i ngsforguardposi-'ionsby th evoteofcoach esvereregardedtough estonth eline,th eNi sei 195-lb.linemanwasone ofth ree unanimouscandidates.Don Furuta,ManualHighseniorguard,wasnamedtoth esecondall-cityteam.Mostprepfootballobservers

feelInagak i a cinch forall-stateh onors,th efi rsttimeaNi-sei h asbeenh andedsuch h on-orsi nColorado.Hiscoach ,DonEvans,feelsh i sspeedandrug-gednessmak eth e5ft.-lli n.Nisei a goodcollegeprospect.

BowlingEmmet,Idah o

Boi seValleyJACLwillspon-sori tssi xth annualJACLh an-dicapbowlingtournament,Dec.18,19and20atth eBoi seBowl-i ngCenter,Boise,Idah o,i twasannouncedbyHenryS.Suye-h i ra,ch apterpresident.Handicapwillbebasedontwoth i rdsof200with 30pinlimi tpergame.AveragesarebasedasofDec.1.Handicapeventswi llbeteam,singles,doubles,"six-gamesweeperandspecialeventsofh andi capopendoubles,mixeddoublesanada specialth rej e-gamescratch seri es.Th ewinni ng team willbeguaranteed$250.Prizesareex-pectedtoreach $4,000. Lastyear'stourneypai d$3,204.40plustroph i es.Allpartici pantsmustbeJACL members i ngoodstandingfor1954.Pri zeswillbe awardedatth etournamentdanceonDec.20atth eOwyh eeHotel.Th etournamentco-ch ai rmenareSteveHi rai andTodMatsumoto.Frank Tani k uni ,Rt.1,Home-dale,-Idah o,i stournamentsec-retary.AlleventsareABC sanc-tionedandmi xedeventsarealso WIBC sanctioned.

He wasth esonofMr.andMrs.Frank Tak ah ash i ,Rt.1.

SPORTSCOPE

Ki k uo Moriya,Tok yo-borndistanceruneratWh eaton(111.)college,coveredth e5,000-meterCentralAAUopencross-coun-trych ampi onsh i pslastSatur-day i n15m29.35.Th erunner-upwas25secondsbeh i nd.

" * *Argentina's PascualPerezwrested th e worldflyweigh ttitlefromJapan'sYosh i oSh i railastFridaynigh tbya unani-mousdecisi on i na 15-rounderatTok yo.

"FootballDavidKanaeandLloydYa-mada,wh opreppedatSt.LouisCollege,Honolulu,wereamongth e"greatguns"onth ePur-due fresh mangrid team th i sseason...TootsUch i da,wh opreppedatLongBeach Poly,scooteda100yardsonapuntreturn for OccidentalFroshagainstPomona-ClaremontCol-lege frosh ...Coach DutchKawasoe'sValeHigh Vi k i ngsflewpastSt.Helen,14-7,i nth efi nal20secondsofplaytotak eth eOregonA-2footballch am-pionsh i plastSaturday.Itwash i sfi rstyearatth eh elm.Jer-ryWatanabe,tack le,sawaction.Itwasalsoth efi rsttimeastatetitlewasdecided i neasternOregon..."Bask etballMasash i Watanabe, speedyguardfrom Hawai i ,i stryingoutforaberth onth eWi lli am-etteUniversityvarsityth i ssea-son.

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Th e1954HolidayIssueofth ePacifi cCi ti zenwillWMth epressand i nth emai lnextweek end.ItwillagainbeIpagetremenderch ock -fullofgreetingsandgoodwilladsi 'Mch aptersandsupportersfromnearlyeverycommunityAMth erei saJACLch apter.Andth atmeansnearlyninetyLastTuesdaywasourdeadlinebutadscontinuedtostraj j ß

i n.Mostofth emcame,aswerequested,postmark edth e30tlnlairmai lspecial.Itmustbeh umannature.Wealwaysseemßwindupwith adeadlinej am,butth ank stoth eeffici entmartJcryforprocessingsetupbyoursecretary,BLANCHESHlflSAKI,th esi tuationi swellundercontrol.EditorHondafillwith outsleepth enextseveraldaysuntilallgalleyproofs,«pageproofsarecorrected.Ourvolunteercrew i sstandingbytotack leth ebig j et■

wrappingeach copyforsubscribersandbusinessadvertise!Fath erHugh Lavery h asagaingi venuspermisi ontouseflgymnasium ofth eMaryk nollch urch forth emaili ngprojflwh i ch willtak eplacenextweek end.Speak i ngofvolunteers,i tseemsourofficeh asbeenbltJ

vith goodfortune.Th rough outth eyear,wh enevermanpowj.neededforamaili ngj oborsomeoth erJACLproject,wetiMalwaysreceivedth ewilli ng h elpofdozensofvoluntemßseems,too,th atth i sh eIp—JACLspiri taboundsamongth etfllook i nggi rls,forwerecallmanyNisei queensofoneconteJanoth eri ncludedamongth evols.'Acoupleofpopulargood-look erswh oh avereallyh eld

cutduringourpreh oli dayj amareth eKAWANAMIsisters,bHHOKOandSADAKO.Hirok oservesonth eSouth westLAdiMtor'scabinet,wh i leSadak owasth eHenryOh yeAirßaceqoßatth e12th bi enni ali nSanFranciscoi n'52.Both areprofiMstenosi nadditi ontooth erattributes.

VolunteersassistIssei peti ti oners

InourlastSou'wester,wesaidwe'dnameth evoluntMfrom th eLAch apterswh oaidedth eIssei filloutnaturaliaMpetiti onsatSt.Mary'sCh urch h ereonNov.22.Th eyare:(SIMKirok oagain,MisaTanak a,GraceOba,BerniceKomoda,Vißgini aKawasak i ,Kath ySh oda,HanaUno,AliceNish i k awa,MHi no,Mack Hamaguch i ,RoyNish i k awa,TutYata,Yosh llfindGeorgeUno;(DTLA)DaveYok ozek i ,Sumi Domoto,BlaiflSh i osak i ,ElmerYamamoto,Ted Ok umoto,BuffeyMsJTedAk ah osh i ,GeorgeMaruya,Frank Suzuk i daandTatsJrh i da;(Hollywood)ArtEndo,Miwak oYanamoto,Miwa'si jfriendwh o'snameslipsus,andMi k i Moriwak i ;(WLA'fflJeniyeandEileenUch i da;(ELA)WilburSato,JanetOtimTomi Uyetak i andLindaIto.

DocumentaryreferenceOneentiresectionofth eHolidayIssuewillbedevo'elit|«

extensivereportofth eactivi ti esandach i evementsofh efj laridth eJACL-ADCduringth epasteigh tyears.It""jth emanypositi veaccomplish mentsofJACL'sorganizedsentationsth atdirectlyori ndi rectly h avecontributedtoffi jvantageofeveryIssei andNisei i nth i scountry.Iti sanwmch roni cleofh owanorganizati on,properlysupportedzjmflirected,canattainnearmiraclesdespiteh andi caps,tru!J;.nd limi tedresources.Youwillwanttok eepi tasaaocumvreferncetosh owtoth osewh owonder"wh atsJAdoing?"

Lameexcuse—lamek neeLately,oursedentaryexistanceh asbeenl1""',!!

crouspracticeboutswith ouryoungsterswh otoroundoffth esquarecorners.Th enewlyturnedi eseemstobeabopaddictwh i leth especialtyot»} i SMi sth eflea-h op.Th eSou'wester'strick k neei salaw*begoffth esestrenuousordeals. fl

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th e 944electionswasth ath i sRepublicanoppositi onapparentlywasreadytouseany

efforttopermitth eevacueestogoback h ometh atyearasapoliti cali ssue.InApril

1944,SecretaryofInteriorHaroldIck esh adgonetoth eWestCoastasan j FDR

emissaryto

startbeatingth etomtomsforth erecissi onofth eevacuationorder.Ick esfound

public

opi ni on,stirredby activepressure groups,stillstrongagainstpersonsofJapanesean-cestryTh en,someweek slaterGovernorDew-eywh owastobeth eGOPcandidate,and

GovernorJoh nBrick er,h i srunningmate-to-

beboth touredCalifornia.Deweysidestepped

th eevacuation i ssue,butBrick ercameoutforlocaloption,i nwh i <;h each communitywould

votewh eth eri twantedth eJapaneseAmeri-cansfrom itsareatoreturn.Meanwh i le,i nsi deCalifornia,Lieut.-Gov.Frederick Houser,acandidateforU.S.Senator,waswarningth epopulaceofaNewDealplottopermitth eevacueestocome h ome.Th eWh i teHouseclutch edatpoliti calexpediencyanddecidedtoawaitamorepropiti oustime.\\Prejudi ce,Warandth eConstituti onre-

RQrtecUy contains scath i ng«.*♦" ~ «SupremeCourtforitsvalidator?*«Uevacuationonth ebasisofn th eI°t3Hi nth eYasui-Hi rabayash i andK&anc«Mcases."Th efailureofth eK?1*tSIth egreatestfailureofall ,KeCourt*ajlprovedth eprogramasconstitm,®CoUrtaP-lth i swaydidth eUnitedsS=oDal--"3stri k eablow atth elibertS *!

Th i slatestadditi ontoth ebm*ievacuationi saproductofalone !Vofvariousaspectsofth eevacuation"?'bygrantstotaling$100,000atth P t'tofCalifornia.Twooth erbook sLwr''"!UCareth ecaseh i stori esofTpanicanswh osebeliefi ndemocracysmi MmassevacuationanddetentionTh /J?*IBandofsomeofth osewh olostfa]T*MSpoilage.Th i sevacuationalreadyf'"■demicmatter-th eevacuees h aveh Slh omenowfornineyears,orrelocatedlBadjustedelsewh ere-buti tsdoSSfilofsupreme i mportance i nh elpi nlrJgu.destonesforapeople's-beh avi o?n IWtimeofcrisi s.Th estudywi llh elpHJjlarbitrarymassevacuation,basedonraf'Mcolor,willneverh appenagain. "■

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EDITORIALS

Jewish Tercentenary

Controversyoverdiscri m-i nati onbecauseofreligi onh asforcedth eNationalAs-sociati onofAttorneys-Gen-eraltomove i tsconventionfrom Ph oeni xtoWh i teSul-ph urSprings,W.Va.Itwasth esecondti meth econven-tionsiteh adbeensetasth eorigi nalmeeting i nBiloxi ,Mi ss.,wassh i ftedbecauseofadisputeoveri nvi ti ngU.S.Attorney GeneralHerbertBrownell.Hewasnottobei nvi tedbecauseofh i sparti ndesegregationofpublicsch ools.

Th eArizonameetingwassch eduledatCamelback Inn,aresortdeploredbyth eAn-ti-Defamation League ofB'nai B'rith fori tspolicyofdiscri mi nati ngagainstandaccepting only "carefullyselected"membersofth eJewish faith .Attorneygen-erals ofCalifornia,NewYork andMassach usettsh adStatedth eywouldattendbutnotbeguestsofCamelbackInn.NewYork 'sattorneygen-

eralGoldstein,referringtoth ei nn,said:"Icouldnotre-tainmyself-respectasanAmericanandasani ndi vi d-uali fIcondonedth i sap-parently h ypocriti calpoli-cy."

Massach usettsattorneygeneralFingold declared:"I'maJewandproudofi t,andIcertainlywillnotgotoaplacewh i ch h asth ei rpoli-cy."

Had th e group metatCamelback , i twould h avebeenaslapatasegmentofourpopulation now cele-bratingth e300th anniver-sary of i ts settlement i nAmerica.Oneofth ecorner-stonesofAmericandemo-cracyi sth eroleofth evari-ousreligi ousfaith s.Protest-antism,Cath oli ci smandJu-daism are i nterdependent.One cannotbe di sturbedwith outdisturbingth epat-tern.Two i mmedi ate lessonsth atcometoourattentionareth evalueoforganiza-ti onasa"watch dog",alerttoth eforcesttiatseek topitmenagainsteach oth er;andth atdi scri mi nati onbe-causeofreligi ousbeliefcanbeasrealanddevastatingasracialdifferences.

Adecade h enceAfinancierh asstatedth e

boom of1940warbabieswillcreateabuildi ngboomi nth e 19605.BusinessmencateringtoJapaneseAmeri-cansseeth esamebrigh tprospectsgleaningvitalsta-tisti csi nth ePacifi cCi ti zen.Sometimes we wonderi fJACLch aptersarelook i ngth atfarah ead.

DecemberDeligh ts

By BillHosok awa

DenverAsth i s i sbeing writtenon'aMonday

nigh t,th esnow i scomingdownsteadily.It'sth efi rstrealsnowfallofth eseason.Th estreetsareslick andth etriptoth eofficeto-morrowwillbeslipperyandh azardous.Traf-fi ci nandoutoftowni sprettywellparalyzed,Iguess,andai rli nersareeith ersk i rti ngth i sareaorflying h i gh aboveth estorm.To-morrow morning,i fIcan'tpersuade Mi k etogetth e j obdone,I'llh avetosh ovelth ewalk s.Aboutdayaftertomorrowth eth awwillseti nandwe'llbe i naseaofslush .Th ek i dswillgetwetandcomeh omei nvariousstages ofdiscomfortandwe'llh avetodryth emoutandth ei rcloth es,too.

Butit'sabeautifulsnow.Ih opei t'llk eepsnowingfora long,longtime.We'vebeenth rough ah ot,dryseasoni nDenverandth ewateri nourmountainreservoirsisalarm-i nglylow.Weh addrasticrestricti onsputonth euseofwaterfori rri gati on.Th eywork edah ardsh i pon h ouseh olders,butevenmoreseverelyh i twereth elargenumber.ofIsseiandNisei gardeners.Manyofth emcountedonextra i ncomefrom plantingandtendingnew lawns,butth e watersh ortage madenewlawnplantingallbuti mpossible. __.Someoneoncesaid th eonlyth i ng"more"

monotonousth anth reemonth sofdrouth i sth reedaysofrain.Butasofnow,th estorm'sbeautiful.

"Th ecurrentReader'sDigesth asalittleitem aboutanIndianboy,comingoutofamoviewith h i sfath er,saying:"Th atwasaswellmovie,Daddy,butdon'tweeverwin?"Wh i ch remi ndsofastoryIh eardabout

th eyoungstersi naNewMexicoIndianpueb-lowh ogath ereveryafternoontowaich th ewesternmoviesontelevisi on.Itseemsth eych eerandwh oop i tupth rough mostofth epicturewh i leth eIndiansgiveth ewh i tesallk i ndsoftrouble,andth eexcitementmountsasth ecli maxnears.Th en,i nevi tably,atth elastmomentth ecavalryridesup,orth eh eroconiesgallopingoverth eprairi eatth eh ead

FROM THEFRYING PAN

ofth erescuecolumn,andth eRedsk i nsh avetofleewith largenumbersQfth ei rbandh i t-tingth edust.Each dayth e"Indianboysdispersesadly

toth ei rh omes,andnextdayth eyreturnagainh opi ngth atth i sti me"we'llwin."

"Mostsatisfyi ngreading i nth eP.C.eachweek areth esmallitemsth attellaboutIsseii nallpartsofth ecountrybecomingnatur-alizedAmericanciti zens.Th eyareenjoyi nga well-earnedbounty long denied th emth rough nofaultofth ei rown.Formany,citi zensh i pi sth erealizati onofalongdream.Foroth ers,i ti sth efi naltriumph ofastepth atstartedwith nolittleh eartsearch i ng.Formost,citi zensh i p comesafteraprolongedstrugglewith textbook s,studying th i sna-tion'sexceedingly complicated h i storyandlaws.Amongth osewh owork edforth ech anges

enablingth eIssei tobecomeciti zens,th eremust h avebeenmanywh owondered j usth owmanywouldtak eadvantageofth i spri-vilege.Th eyneedwondernolonger.Th eIssei h averesponded i nth rongstoth i sbe-latedwelcomefrom th ei radoptedcountry,th eUni tedStates.

"Afewweek sagowesenta CAREfoodpack agetoafriendi nJapan.Th eth ank -younotecameafew daysago.Itsaid i nPart:"...everybodycamerunningi ntomyroom.Th eyallwantedth ecocoaandmilk ,soIopeneduponecaneach anddi vi dedi tup.Mygoodness,th eywereso h appy.Itreallywasatreatforme,forIh aven'th adanysinceIcame h ere.Ik eptth eoth ercanandwillnotopen i tuntilCh ri stmas.I'llbuycak eth enandgiveth epatientsatreat.My,I'mh appy.Youmade20or30 oth erpersonsh appy,i ncludingme ..."Wewh oli vei nth i slandofplentycan't

h opetounderstandth egratitudeofth eh un-gryforsolittle.Can'tth i nk ofabetterwaytospendtendollarsth anonaCAREpack age.

AFutureGuidestone

By Larry Taj i riVAGARIES

DenverTh e forcedmass evacuation of112,000

Americansandresidenti mmi grantsofJapa-neseancestryfrom th ewestcoastofth eUni tedStates i nth espringof1942willberememberedlongaftermostaspectsofWorldWarIIareforgotten.Th i suprootingofacivi l-i anpopulationonarbitrarygroundsofraceandancestrywasunprecedented i nourna-tionalh i story.Lastweek ,moreth anadozenyearsafter

th edeed,th efi rstcompreh ensi vestudyofth ewh oleevacuationstorywaspublish edbyth eUniversityofCaliforniaPress.Th ebook i sPrejudi ce,Warandth eCvnstitwti onbyProf.Jacobustenßroek ,EdwardN.Barnh artandFloydW.Matson,allofth euniversity'sde-partmentofspeech .(We h aven'tseenth ebook ,asyet,andth i scolumnisbasedonnewsreportsconcerningi tscontents.Ifth esereportsarecorrect,h owever,th eauth orsh avesetth erecordstraigh tonth emassevacuationandi tsconsequences).

""In1945,writi ngi nth eYaleReview,ProfEugeneV.RostowcondemnedwartimemassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryas"ourworstwartimemistak e."Hepredictedth atth eevacuationfiat,wh i ch brutallyover-rodeth econstituti onalrigh tsofJapaneseAmericans,would h auntth e Americanpeoplessenseofdecencyi nyearstocomeTh eauth orsofPrejudi ce,Warandth eConsti-tuti onareequallytroubledbyth eevacuationepisodewh i ch th eydenounceas"agreatandevilblotch uponournationalh i story."Th eUniversityofCaliforniaprofessorsalsoarenotafraidtopointth ei rcollectivefingeratth eperpetratorsofmassevacuation.Th eyl*T nfralJ°h nL-DeWitt> commanderofth eWesternDefenseCommand,fororder-i ngi tandPresidentRoosevelt,SecretaryofcrY£erVSUmSOnandth ei rai desforgivi ngDeWittth eauth ori ty.Th eth reeprofessortak eth eonusformassevacuationawayfrompoliti ci ansandpressuregroups,wh oh avere-ceivedmuch ofth eblame,andlayi tonth eofth emili taryandth eWh i teHouseIfth epublish edreportsonth ebook h ave

th estoryrigh t,th eauth orscontendGen»De-Wittcarriedoutth eevacuationatatime—i nJune,1942—wh enth eJapanesealready h adbeenbeatenatMidwayandth ej usti fi cati onforth emassdislocationnolongerexistedsinceaJapanesei nvasi onofth ePacifi cCoastnolongerwasexpected.i Th ech ronologyofth eevacuation,ofcourse,i sth ati twasauth ori zedonFeb.19,1942wh enFDRsignedExecutiveOrderNo.9066atth ebeh estofDeWittandStimson.Th i sorderau-th ori zedth eSecretaryofWaroranymili -tarycommanderdesignatedbyth eWarDe-partmenttoestablish ed"mili taryareas"andexclude"anyorallpersons"fromth eseareas.DefendersofFDR'srolemaycontendth ath i sconceptofth eauth ori tygrantedi nOrderNo.9066wasth edesignationofareasactuallyofastrategicnatureandalimi tedevacuationfromth eseareas.DeWitt,ofcourse,exercisedh i sauth ori tytodeclareth eentirecoastalareasofth eth reePacifi cCoaststates,con-taini ngnearly90pet.ofth eJapaneseAmeri-canpopulation,outofboundsforpersonsofJapaneseancestry.Th i sevacuationprocessalreadywaswellalongbyth eti meMidwaych angedth ecourseofwari nth ePacifi c.Wh eth erFDRwasstampededi ntoh i sori -

ginalauth ori zati on ofmass evacuation,orwh eth erGen.DeWittmadeexcessiveuseofth atauth ori ty,th eauth orsofPrejudi ce,Warandth eConstituti onareonfirmergroundi nth ei rreportedcriti ci sm ofFDRforh avi ngpersonallydirectedth ati tsterminati onbedelayeduntilafterth epresidentialelectionof1944."Politi cs,ofcourse,i satwo-waystreetandboth DemocratsandRepublicanswere i n-volvedi nth eadvocacyofmassevacuation.

Oneofth eloudestdemandsforevacuationcamefrom StateAttorneyGeneralWarren,nowch i efJusticeofth eUnitedStates,wh otoldth eTolanCongressionalCommitteei nMarch ,1942th atth eabsenceofanysabotagebypersonsofJapaneseancestryi mmedi atelyafterPearlHarborwasani ndi cati onth eJa-panesewerebidi ngth ei rtimeandgettingreadytostri k eatamoreopportunetime.OnereasonlorFDR'spurporteddecisi ontodelayth ereturnofth eevacueesuntilafter

MINORITY

SevenNegmfSSf60-NJ-offici alsoftteSe\?«u*dfederally-aided towrj eeth ereofassigSLBo-applicantstoRoSif"Nefederally-aidedW L'j ect.NegrotenaXSd??■regardlessofth SrS?th atProjecti ndi cated i ntr'Cc 0(Plicati ons,th ey*"«

aP"ati callyassignedtoH m"designatedforNeZef0051'.An i nterloeutorLunil).i ssuedrecentlybyJutw ctlollS.Haneman h asSnCamden(Nj) nedtteAuth ori tyfCfe*againstNegroesKs?ftenantsforremaini ng otunitsatPeteTfi.Va«

DECADEAGO

Dec.2,1944

(South Carolina

" ..Non-citi zen Japanesema.volunteerforU.S,Army. 7

Some 100 delegates discussr;3I."l PftwarproblematSaltLak eJACLconvention" " .

Organizenew anti-evacuee(AmericanLive&LetLive5SK} group at**"*" " "KilsooHaan"attack sch urchprogramtoaidevacuees." " ♦

Californiaracerelationsre-cordrappedbyeditor(FrankClarvoeofSanFranciscoNews)atStanfordUniversitylecture

" " "WalterWinch ellsalutesJapaneseAmericansi nArrayinSunday(Nov.26)broadcast

" " tSuggestionstodeportIssei"monstrpus,"sayswriterofTarzanstories;rapsAmericanLegionNevadadepartmentforsuch proposal.

" " "San JoseMercury-HeraldsaysBillofRigh tsappliestoNisei ;frontpageeditori alpub-lish edasfirstNisei returnstoarea.

a « iAFL Typograph i calUnion

(Roch ester,N.V.)welcomesevacueelinotyper.

" " ■

Coloradoservicemenvetoanti-ali enlandamendmentbydecisi ve3-1margin.

" " "Tojalof262warcasualtiesre-portedtoWRAcenters.

" " ■

SalinasAmericanLegionpostask spermanentexclusionofJapaneseAmericans.

■ " *TuleLak eSegregationCenterfami li esleaveforCrystalCity,Tex.,center.

CALENDAR

Dec.4(Saturday)SanFrancisco—Auxili aryCh ri sti naparty,1830Slitter St.,8pjn.LJvingston-Merced—Electionpot»dinner...._San Mateo—Installation duiMf-dance,CCDC-JACLBowlingTouraameni(tentative).

Dec.5(Sunday)CCDC—Annualconference,SacradaHotel, Fresno.

Dec.9(Th ursday)SanFrancisco—Auxili aryel«uo«Book er T. Wash i ngton Cew.

7:30p.m.Dec.10 (Friday) .„

Arizona—Electionmeeting,Jl"*Hall.Glendale, 7:30pm.

Dec.11(Saturday)Ch i cago-Wh i te Ch ri stmas par*

MonroeYWCA,8p.m.Wash i ngton,D.C.-&«sfHl)np.dXner-dance.HotelWindsoi

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Dec.12 (Sunday)PNW-Distri ctmeeting.TacoM.

Pasadenah rgPresnan-ynionC ,Detroit-Ch i ldren'sCh ri stmasP«n>

Dee.31(/r*day)SanMateo-NewYears,»»g-Sacramento—NewYears».MasonicTemple.Detroit-NewYearsEve* j *San Francisco-New V*»"dance.PalaceHoteLDenver—NewYear'sEvew»banyHotel. ttatjonputy.Albuquerque—lnsUuat'Q" i --„Experience i saw*dfL..th i n/ltenablesyojrto;ognize a mistak e-*»"mak ei tagain.ContinuedInsidePage6

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