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PACIFIC CITIZEN gfsgf SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, JULY 12,1947 Prce: SevenCents UNKNOWN 40 Persons Strcen Wt Arsenc Posonng Fro Soy Sauce n Los Angeles Followng recent cases o ooaposonng, beleved to ave ■en caused by adulterated soy sauce, t was reportedonJune 11 ■at te "Hanaurosa" brand ad been quarantned by cty Kt nsepctors n Los Angeles. [nSalt Lae Cty, state ealt nspectors were nspectng I sauce usedby fales wo ave reportedfoodposonng. In- ■ectors also obtaned saples ofsoy bean sauce n Salt He stores. X was reportedtat Los Angeles Kt departent offcals ad te nforaton tat Kebatces of a brand ofSoy Kcc ad contaned traces of Kenc. Tesauce s anufactured Los Angeles. It was stated by He Food Inspector Mlton Duffy Xt arsenc ad been found n ■fnal contaners n wc te He for te sauce was s pped K Illnos. San Jose, were 125 cases of posonng were reported Kyer ts wee, offcalsndcated possblty tat te 50-gal!on Krelsn wc tesoysaucewas Bppr ad prevously been used ■a contaner for ce cals. B; wasreported nSanJose tat X contanated soy sauop ad H spped fro a Los Angeles Bnufacturer n te50-gallonbar- H wt tesuggeston tatt be Bottledand branded. Bos ANGELES—In te second ■brea of ass arsenc posonng ■a wee n Calforna, 40persons ancestry ndowntown H Angeles were taen ll ts Be as cty ealt nspectors Bed to seze"5,000 gallons of B sauce, ■red Raseyof tecty ealt Hartent declared tat testsds- H^ed tepresence of arsenc n H soy sauce. ■sezureswere ade n twelve Holesale and obbers establs- Htnts. Boneof tepersons taen ll n B Angeles wore n aserous con- Bon, Rasey sad. UNKNOWN Posonng UNKNOWN Reported UNKNOWN Salt Lae Cty Eber of cases of foodpos- Uta as been reported st two wees and possbly connectedto tesoy sauce ?s n Calforna, accordng t Lae doctor, reparted tat a nuber es n Salt Lae and Davs nave been treated for food { Lae Cty Dr. S. Oa andDr.Tos o Toyotareported recent cases of food posonng. Dr. Oa ndcated tat several patents e adtreated durng te past wee were sufferngfro ar- senc posonng probably nduced by adulterated soy sauce. 25 PERSONS ILL OF POISONING IN SAN JOSEAREA SAN JOSE,Calf. A tree- pronged nvestgatonwas under way ts wee nto te arsenc posonng*of 25 personsofJapa- nese ancestry lvngalong Berry Aye. between MadroneandCoyote durng te past two wees. Mebers of several faleswere strcenafter eatngfro anew sp ent of soy sauce, accordngto Dr. Jaes J. Hguc wo treated ost of te sc. Several of tose posoned were serouslyll for fro twotofour daysbut ost of te caseswere ld,e sad. Laboratory analyses overte weeend revealed "ore tan a trace of arsenc" nte 50-gallon dru ofsauce usedco only by several fa les, Dr Dwgt M. Bssell,San Jose ealt offcer, sad onJuly 7. Dr. W. Elwyn Turner, county ealt offcer, was notfed and launced an nvestgatonalost edately. Also due to nvest- gate tecase s an offcal ofte StateBureauof FoodandDrugs. None of te nvestgatorswas preparedto azardaguessas to ow tearsencgot nto te sauce. Treepossblteswereadvanced byCtyHealt departent offc- als: (1) tearsenc ay ave been n tedru wc orgnally was beleved to ave contanedce - cals, (2) teposon ay ave been n te sauce wen prepared and (3) tearsenc ay avebeenput ntesaucewt crnal ntent. It was defntely deterned tat tesaucewas orgnally put nte dru by te anufacturer, Dr. Hguc ndcated Hesad s pa- tentsordnarly boug tter soy sauce none-gallon ugs but re- cently purcased te50-gallonlot wt te dea of dvdng t aong te several fa les. UNKNOWN Federal Court Verdct UNKNOWN n Language Scool Case ■"OS ANGELES-Te legalty of Terrtory of Hawa's warte P" wc restrcts te actv- W of foregn language scools, I '"f teacng C nese Japanese, s now beng consd- BtftL*. tree-udge Federal Kn«t? 1* te Presentaton of S f fw ? woe' A- L- W rn, XT les attorney, declaredts W upon 's return fro Hono- ■anlan 1 Case agan st te Ha- ■' n language scool law, passed 1 .,^ nto, l lesslature n I" *. en ,br "«Kt byC nese MMHt? oI Kroups n Hawa. ■Mr W°r? erS T eve represented Kof.1" andbyW V"Car I n a v o v o ePOI Tf' (1 tat te case :,n v language X « n fe" *c were dosld ■Muc ofT C ave not re °Pen- fcane lv ')rnne'-tes of tese Wb& ools already ave been |t?n, lp-lan?Uagescool I stated Wltna oll^. t I n WtneV lso appeared n Ha- B*>4tf aas"s. Zl. erancase "^ te Plantff, an Aer- canctzen,s seeng$500,000 da ages fro ltary and cvlan offcals on te cargetat e was prsonedand eld wtoutear- ng for eretan a year. Becausebot of te Federal court urgesn Hawa, D. E.Metzger and J. Fran McLaug ln, prevous- ly ad crtczed te warte actv- tes of ltary offcals n ter treatent of te cvlan populaton n Hawa, teydeeed teselves to bedsqualfed fro earng te case and Federal Judge Paul J. Mc- Corc of Los Angeles was as- sgned. Nuerous otons onte part ot Frtz Wener of te offce of te solctor-general n Was ngton, legal counsel for te governent and ltary defendants, to dsss e casewere overruled by Judge McCorc wo drected te de- fendants, ncludng ex - Governor Pondexter and Generals Walter C.Sort, Delos E ons andR. C. Rcardson, to fle an answer to tat tecase ay proceedto tral. Mr. Wrn declaredtat te Z - er an case ay affect oter cases of persons of Caucasan and Japanese ancestry wo s larly were nternedwtout earng by ltary autortes n Hawa. House Approves Ctzens p For Purple Heart Parents Passes Bll to Per t Stays Of Deportaton for Alens Inelgble to Naturalzaton Bll to Gve Rgts to Parents of Nse War DeadBroadened; Evacuee ClasBll "Passed Over" at HouseConsent Sesson WASHINGTON—CI axng ore tan two years'ntensve legslatve effort, two out oftree aor blls affectngpersons of Japaneseancestry passed te House of Representatveson July 7 and avebeen sent to teSenate for consderaton, te JACL Ant-Dscr naton Co ttee reported. Legslaton for teNaturazaton of Isse parentsof Purple Heart veterans andstayof deportatonof alens nelgble to ct- zens p passed te Houseafter acloselyargueddebate, te ADC offce reported. ' " TeEvacuaton Clas bll,ow- ever, waspassedover wtout pre- udce. "Tsacton on teEvacuaton Clasbll, H. R. 3999, eans a teporary delay," Me Masaoa, natonal ADC legslatvedrector explaned. Tebll ssceduledtocoe upagan on tenext HouseCon- sent Calendaron July 21,al- toug we opetoget t out on a rule wtn te next two wees and ave t debated byte House before adpournent," e added. Pontng out tat teHouseac- ton onH.R.3999 was alost a foregone concluson," Masaoa ex- planed tat tecongressan wo asedtat te bll bepassedover wtout preudce wasoneof tree offcal Republcan obectors. He was actng under a House rule tat probts passageon teCon- sent Calendar of any bll wc wouldnvolve ore tan $1,000,000, andH. R. 3999 calls for te expen- dtureof oretan $10,000,000, Masaoa added. Aclosecontest ared te pas- sageofbot te naturalzaton and deportaton stayng blls, te Was ngton ADC offcereported. Orgnallypassed over wtout preudce early n te day,te naturalzaton bll, H. R.3555, wc provdes fftr te naturalz- atonof Gold Star parentsonly, was later reconsdered by te Houseuponterequest of Con- gress an Francs Walter of Pen- nsylvana, D. On terecall actonte bll-was passed byte House after ncorpor- atngan ADC-sug,gested aend- ent to ncrease te nu ber of per- sons wo would beelgble tonat- uralzaton under te provsonsof tebll. Congressan Walter proposed teaendent to nclude te par- ens of all Purple Heart veterans n te bl. By ts actonte nu ber of per- sons ade elgbleto naturalza- tonprvleges was ncreased fro areported 1000 to between15000 and20,000, te ADCoffceponted out. Story debate featured te pas- sage of te deportaton, stayng bll, H R. 3566,accordngto te Was ngtonADC offce. Questons by Congress an Carl Hnsaw of Calforna, R.,on an aendent regardng prvate blls and te ntroducton of a new aendent nvolvng te contro- versal ssue of gratonquotas by CongressanJacob K. Javts of NewYor, R., broug t abouteat- ed dscusson, Masaoa revealed. Ts was claxed, eadded, by te proposal of Congress anJon E.Ran n, Msssspp, D., to re- co t te bll to teHouseJud- cary co ttee, wc would ave "lled" tebllfor ts sesson. Proponents of te bll forestalled ts ove, owever, bycallng for avoce vote, Masaoaadded,and H.R. 3566passed by a narrow ar- gn. Ts bll nvolves oretan 2000 Japanese n countrywo are subect todeportaton. Under ts provsons te attorney general wouldbeextendeddscre- tonarypowers to cancel te de- porton of alens regardlessof race ornad ssbltynto te Unted States. "Te portant feature of H.R. 3566 stat t stresout te n- ad ssblty - because - of - race re- strctons nour deportaton laws, a bgsteptoward te ultate nat- uralzaton of alltose now de- ned tese prvlegesbecause of race,"Masaoa declared. Outgrowt of a two-year ca- pagnof teADC to placepros- pectve deportees of teJapanese race on te sae bass as de- porteesof oter countres, H. R. 3566 s a redraft of four prevously ntroduced blls. Appont Masaoa To Represent Uta VFW n Captal Appontent of Me M. Masa- oaasUta State VFW legslatve representatve nWasngtonwas announced ts wee by GlenE. To pson, state co ander of te Uta VFW. Masaoa, aveteran ofte 442 nd Cobat Tea and legslatved- rector ofte JACL's Ant-Dscr - naton Co ttee, sa eber of teAtocPost, Veterans of for- egnWars,nSalt LaeCty.He wll beadelegate to te natonal enca p ent ofte VFW next ont n Cleveland. Masaoawll carry to te VFW natonal enca p ent a resoluton, passed unanouslyby te Uta State VFW enca p ent recently at Provo, wc supports natural- zatonfor resdent alens of Japa- neseancestry. Truan Sgns Prvate Bll For Mrs. Turn RecordsLegal Entry Of Japanese Woan Into Unted States WASHINGTON Enactng nto law tefrst prvate bll affectng aperson of Japanese ancestry snce teend of te war, Presdent Harry Truan as sgnedH.R. 1318, te Wasngton offce ofte JACL Ant - Dscr naton Co ttee learned ts wte. Ts bll perts te lawful ad- sson to te Unted Statesfor per anent resdenceof Mrs. Fuu KuroawaTurn. A Japanese natonal wo ar- red an A ercan engneern 1905, Mrs.Turn entered te Unted Statesn1937 ona vstor's per t so tater son gt coplete s engneerng tranng. Se was sceduled for deporta- ton as an alen but, because of te specal act ofCongress, ay now becoe a peranent resdent of ts country. Aresdent of Pladelpa, Mrs. Turnwas actve n varous volun- teer defense groups durng te war and asbeenan actve supporter of tePladelpaJACL capter. Tepassageof H. R.1318 ended a two-year effort to secure per- anent statusfor Mrs. Turn. A bll n er bealf wasstaleated n co ttee durng te last sesson of Congress. Co entng on te "relatvely quc acton" of Congress on te bll, wc was ntroduced onJan- uary23,1947, Me Masaoa, na- tonal legslatve drector of Ant-Dscrnaton Co ttee, de- clared: "Tsaugurs well for our oter prvate legslaton. We ope ts eanstat te oter prvateblls wll also bepassed." Data on Eployent Of Nse Copled In Mnneapols MINNEAPOLIS, Mnn. for- aton oneployent condtons affectngJapanese Aercans wo ave resettled n te Mnneapols area s beng sougt byteCo- unty Self-Survey, accordng to Jon Hope, consultant to te ndus- try and labor secton of te survey, teNortwest Nse News report- ed recently. . ~ Tesurvey's eager to secure full nforaton onNse eployent condtons to nclude n a report to Mayor Huprey, Mr.Hopede- c\ rod It was stressed tat all nfor- aton receved fro Nse would not be analyzedn Mnneapols but would be sent to Fs Unversty Nasvlle, Ter. Sge Uso Naed C aran Of Natonal JACL Conventon Salt Lae, Mr. Olypus Capters Wll Be Hosts n 1948 Prel nary plansfor te 10t bennal natonal conventon of te Japanese A ercan Ctzens League,sceduled for Salt Lae Cty n 1948,were outlned ts wee asSge Uso of Murray, Uta, present car anof teIn- terountan Dstrct Councl, was naed conventoncaran. Conventon plans were dscussed ts wee at a ont eetng of te cabnets of tetwo ost capters, Salt Lae Cty and Mount Olypus. Delegatesand boosters fro te oretan 50capters of te JACL areexpected toattend teconven- ton. In acceptng te carans p of te contenton, Sge Uso de- clared : "W t our rapdly growng strengt and sgnfcant natonal progra, weloo forwardto a- ngte 10t bennal natonal con- venton of te JACL te fnest ever eld. We are assuredof te utost cooperaton of all our Inter- ountan dstrctcapters and ebers." Hesad tat te conventon ad been set for August. 26and30and tat te eadquarterswould be establsedat teHotel Uta. Innotng Sge Uso's selec- ton ascony^ton car an, Hto Oada,natonal presdent of te JACL, declared: "Hes te logcal an to lead te natonal conventonbecause of s untrngeffortson bealf of te JACL andbecauseof sablty to carry out teprogra. I cannot saytoo uc of tegrand way n wc te JACL capters of te In- terountan area gaveter oral andfnancalsupportto te na- tonal organzaton durng tewar yearswen captersand dstrct councls noter areaswere ds- rupted by evacuaton and oter warte condtons. "If t ad not been for te grand support gvente Natonal JACL fro te capters n Salt Lae Cty, Mount Olypus, Ogden, Po- catello, Bose Valley, Idao Falls, Magc Valley and Yellowstoneds- trcts, terewould be no natonal organzaton today."

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Page 1: PACIFICCITIZEN · InnotingShigekiUshio'sselec-tionascony^itionchairman,Hito Okada,nationalpresidentofthe JACL,declared: "Heisthelogicalmantoleadthe nationalconventionbecauseofhis

PACIFIC CITIZENgfsgf

SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,JULY12,1947 Price:SevenCentsUNKNOWN 40 Persons Strick enWith Arsenic Poisoni ng

From SoySauce i nLosAngelesFollowingrecentcasesoi i ooapoisoni ng,believedto h ave

■encausedbyadulteratedsoysauce,i twasreportedonJune11■atth e"Hanamurosak i "brand h adbeenquarantinedbycityKith i nsepctors i nLosAngeles.[inSaltLak eCity,state h ealth i nspectorswere i nspectingIsauceusedbyfamili eswh oh avereportedfoodpoisoni ng.In-■ectors also obtained samples ofsoy bean sauce i n SaltHk estores.Xwasreportedth atLosAngeles

Kith departmentoffici als h adth e i nformation th at

Kiebatch esofabrandofSoy

Kcc h ad contained traces ofKenic.Th esaucei smanufactured■Los Angeles.ItwasstatedbyHeFoodInspectorMiltonDuffyXtarsenic h ad beenfound i n■finalcontainers i nwh i ch th eHeforth e sauce wassh i ppedKmIllinoi s.

San Jose,wh ere 125casesofpoisoni ng were reported

Kyi i erth i sweek ,offici alsi ndi cated■possibi li tyth atth e50-gal!onKrelsi nwh i ch th esoysaucewasBppri i h adpreviouslybeenused■acontainerforch emi cals.B;wasreportedi nSanJoseth atXcontaminated soy sauop h adHi sh i ppedfrom aLosAngelesBnufactureri nth e50-gallonbar-Hwith th esuggestionth ati tbeBottledandbranded.

BosANGELES—Inth esecond■break ofmassarsenicpoisoni ng■aweek i nCalifornia,40persons

ancestry i ndowntownHi Angelesweretak en i llth i sBek as city h ealth i nspectorsBedto seize"5,000 gallonsofBsauce,■redRamseyofth ecityh ealthHartmentdeclaredth attestsdis-Hedth epresenceofarsenic i nHsoysauce.■seizuresweremade i ntwelveHolesale and j obbersestablish -Htnts.Boneofth epersonstak en i llinBAngelesworei naseriouscon-Bon,Ramseysaid.

UNKNOWN Poisoni ng

UNKNOWN Reported

UNKNOWN Salt Lak e City

Eiberofcasesoffoodpois-i Utah h asbeenreported

i sttwoweek sandpossiblyconnectedtoth esoysauce?s i nCalifornia,accordingtLak edoctor,i repartedth atanumberi es i nSaltLak eandDavisnavebeentreatedforfood{

Lak eCityDr.S.Ok ami

andDr.Tosh i k oToyotareportedrecentcasesoffoodpoisoni ng.Dr.Ok ami i ndi catedth atseveralpatientsh e h adtreatedduringth epastweek weresufferingfromar-senicpoisoni ngprobablyi nducedbyadulteratedsoysauce.

25PERSONSILLOFPOISONINGINSANJOSEAREASAN JOSE,Calif.— Ath ree-pronged investigati onwasunder

wayth i sweek i nto th earsenicpoisoni ng*of25personsofJapa-neseancestryli vi ngalongBerryAye.betweenMadroneandCoyoteduringth epasttwoweek s.Membersofseveralfamili eswerestrick enaftereatingfrom anewsh i pmentofsoysauce,accordingtoDr.JamesJ.Higuch i wh otreatedmostofth esi ck .Severalofth osepoisonedwereseriouslyi llforfromtwotofourdaysbutmostofth ecasesweremild,h esaid.Laboratoryanalyses overth eweek endrevealed"moreth anatraceofarsenic"i nth e50-gallondrum ofsauceusedcommonlybyseveralfamili es,DrDwigh tM.Bissell,San Jose h ealth officer,saidonJuly7.Dr.W.Elwyn Turner,countyh ealth officer, wasnotifi ed andlaunch edan i nvestigati onalmosti mmedi ately.Alsodueto i nvesti-gateth ecasei sanoffici alofth eStateBureauofFoodandDrugs.Noneofth e i nvestigatorswaspreparedto h azardaguessastoh owth earsenicgoti ntoth esauce.Th reepossibi li ti eswereadvancedbyCityHealth departmentoffici -als:(1)th earsenicmayh avebeeni nth edrumwh i ch origi nallywasbelievedto h avecontainedch emi -cals,(2)th epoisonmayh avebeeni n th esaucewh enpreparedand(3)th earsenicmayh avebeenputi nth esaucewith crimi nali ntent.Itwasdefini telydeterminedth at

th esaucewasorigi nallyputi nth edrum byth e manufacturer, Dr.Higuch i i ndi catedHesaid h i spa-ti entsordinari lybough tth ei rsoysauce i none-gallon jugsbutre-centlypurch asedth e50-gallonlotwith th ei deaofdivi di ng i tamongth eseveralfamili es.

UNKNOWN Federal Court Verdict

UNKNOWN i nLanguage Sch ool Case

■"OSANGELES-Th elegalityof■TerritoryofHawai i 'swartimeP"wh i ch restricts th eactiv-W offoreignlanguagesch ools,Ij '"f teach i ngCh i nese■Japanese,i snowbeingconsid-BtftL*.th ree-judge FederalKn«t?1*th ePresentationof■Sffw?woek 'A-L-Wiri n,XTlesattorney,declaredth i sW upon h 'sreturnfrom Hono-

■ianlan1Caseagainstth eHa-■'nlanguagesch oollaw,passed

1h .,nto,mllesislature i nI"*.en,br"«Kh tbyCh i neseMMHt? oIKroups i nHawai i .■MrW°r?erSTeve representedKofi.1"andbyW V"Ch ar

Ii navoi voePOITf'(1 th atth e case■:,nv languageX«nfe"*h i ch weredosld■Much ofTh Ch h avenotre°Pen-fcanelvi ')rnne'-tiesofth eseWb& h oolsalreadyh avebeen|t?i i n,lh p-lanj?Uagesch oolIstated Wlth i namoll.i t

Ii nWtneVlsoappearedi nHa-B*>4th faas"s.Zl.mmermancase"th ePlainti ff,anAmeri-

canciti zen,i sseek i ng$500,000mdamagesfrommili taryandcivi li anoffici alsonth ech argeth ath ewasi mpri sonedandh eldwith outh ear-i ngformereth anayear.Becauseboth ofth eFederalcourtjurgesi nHawai i ,D.E.MetzgerandJ.Frank McLaugh li n,previous-lyh adcri ti ci zedth ewartimeactiv-i ti esofmili taryoffici als i nth ei rtreatmentofth eci vi li anpopulationi nHawai i ,th eydeemedth emselvestobedisqualifi edfrom h eari ngth ecaseandFederalJudgePaulJ.Mc-Cormick ofLosAngeleswasas-signed.Numerousmotionsonth epartotFritzWienerofth eofficeofth esolici tor-generalin Wash i ngton,legalcounselforth egovernmentandmili tarydefendants,todismi ssi h ecasewereoverruledbyJudgeMcCormick wh odirectedth e de-fendants, i ncludingex-GovernorPoindexterand Generals WalterC.Sh ort,DelosEmmonsandR.C.Rich ardson,tofileananswertoth atth ecasemayproceedtotrial.Mr.Wi ri ndeclaredth atth eZim-mermancase mayaffectoth ercasesofpersonsofCaucasianandJapaneseancestrywh osimi larlywerei nternedwith outh eari ngbymili taryauth ori ti esi nHawai i .

HouseApprovesCiti zensh i pForPurpleHeartParents

PassesBilltoPermitStaysOfDeportationforAliensIneligi bletoNaturalizati on

BilltoGiveRigh tstoParentsofNiseiWarDeadBroadened;EvacueeClaimsBill"PassedOver"atHouseConsentSessionWASHINGTON—CIimaxi ngmoreth antwoyears'i ntensive

legislativeeffort,twooutofth reemajorbillsaffectingpersonsofJapaneseancestrypassedth eHouseofRepresentativesonJuly7andh avebeensenttoth eSenateforconsideration,th eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteereported.Legislationforth eNiaturaizati onofIssei parentsofPurple

Heartveteransandstayofdeportationofaliensi neli gi bletociti -zensh i ppassedth eHouseafteracloselyargueddebate,th eADCofficereported.'" ■Th eEvacuationClaimsbill,h ow-ever,waspassedoverwith outpre-j udi ce."Th i sacti ononth eEvacuation

Claimsbill,H.R.3999,meansatemporarydelay,"Mi k eMasaok a,nationalADC legislativedirectorexplained.Th ebi llissch eduledtocome

upagainonth enextHouseCon-sentCalendaronJuly21,al-th ough weh opetogeti toutonarulewith i nth enexttwoweek sandh avei tdebatedbyth eHousebeforeadpournment,"h e added.Pointi ngoutth atth eHouseac-tiononH.R.3999wasalmostaforegoneconclusion,"Masaok aex-plainedth atth econgressmanwh oask edth atth ebi llbepassedoverwith outprejudi cewasoneofth reeoffici alRepublicanobjectors.HewasactingunderaHouseruleth atproh i bi tspassageonth eCon-sentCalendarofanybillwh i chwouldinvolvemoreth an$1,000,000,andH.R.3999callsforth eexpen-di tureofmoreth an $10,000,000,Masaok aadded.Aclosecontestmark edth epas-

sageofboth th enaturalizati onanddeportation staying bills, th eWash i ngtonADC officereported.Origi nallypassedoverwith outprejudi ceearly i nth eday,th enaturalizati onbill,H.R.3555,wh i ch providesfftrth enaturaliz-ationofGoldStarparentsonly,waslaterreconsideredby th eHouseuponth erequestofCon-gressmanFrancisWalterofPen-nsylvania,D.Onth erecallactionth ebi ll-was

passedbyth eHouseafteri ncorpor-atingan ADC-sug,gested amend-menttoi ncreaseth enumberofper-sonswh owouldbeeligi bletonat-uralizati onunderth eprovisi onsofth ebi ll.Congressman Walterproposedth eamendmenttoi ncludeth epar-ensofallPurpleHeartveteransinth ebi l.Byth i sacti onth enumberofper-

sonsmadeeligi bletonaturaliza-ti onprivi legeswasi ncreasedfromareported1000tobetween15000and20,000,th eADCofficepointedout.Stormydebatefeaturedth epas-sageofth edeportation,stayingbill,HR.3566,accordingtoth eWash i ngtonADCoffice.QuestionsbyCongressmanCarlHinsh awofCalifornia, R.,onanamendmentregardingpri vatebillsand th e i ntroducton ofa newamendment i nvolving th econtro-versialissueofi mmi grationquotasbyCongressmanJacobK.JavitsofNewYork ,R.,brough tabouth eat-eddiscussion,Masaok arevealed.Th i swasclimaxed,h eadded,byth eproposalofCongressmanJoh nE.Rank i n,Missi ssi ppi ,D.,tore-committh ebi lltoth eHouseJudi-ciarycommittee,wh i ch wouldh ave"k i lled"th ebi llforth i ssession.Proponentsofth ebi llforestalledth i smove,h owever,bycallingforavoicevote,Masaok aadded,andH.R.3566passedbyanarrowmar-gin.Th i sbi llinvolvesmoreth an2000Japanesei nth i »countrywh oaresubjecttodeportation.Underi tsprovisi onsth eattorneygeneralwouldbeextendeddiscre-tionarypowerstocancelth e de-portionofaliensregardlessofraceori nadmi ssi bi li tyi ntoth eUni tedStates."Th ei mportantfeatureofH.R.

3566 i sth ati tstri k esoutth e i n-admissi bi li ty-because-of-racere-stricti ons i nourdeportationlaws,abigsteptowardth eultimatenat-uralizati on ofallth osenow de-ni edth eseprivi legesbecause ofrace,"Masaok adeclared.Outgrowth ofatwo-yearcam-paignofth eADCtoplacepros-pectivedeporteesofth eJapaneseraceonth esame basis as de-porteesofoth ercountries,H.R.3566i saredraftoffourpreviouslyi ntroducedbills.

AppointMasaok aToRepresentUtahVFW i nCapitalAppointmentofMi k eM.Masa-ok aasUtah StateVFW legislative

representativei nWash i ngtonwasannouncedth i sweek byGlenE.Th ompson,statecommanderofth eUtah VFW.Masaok a,aveteranofth e442nd

CombatTeam andlegislativedi-rectorofth eJACL'sAnti-Di scri m-i nati onCommittee,i samemberofth eAtomicPost,Veteransoffor-eignWars,i nSaltLak eCity.Hewillbeadelegatetoth enationalencampmentofth e VFW nextmonth i nCleveland.Masaok awillcarrytoth eVFWnationalencampmentaresolution,passedunanimouslybyth eUtahStateVFW encampmentrecentlyatProvo,wh i ch supportsnaturali-zationforresidentaliensofJapa-neseancestry.

TrumanSignsPrivateBillForMrs.Th urnRecordsLegalEntryOfJapaneseWomanIntoUnitedStates

WASHINGTON—Enacting i ntolawth efi rstprivatebillaffectingapersonofJapaneseancestrysinceth eendofth ewar,PresidentHarryTrumanh assignedH.R.1318,th eWash i ngtonofficeofth eJACLAnti -Discri mi nati on Committeelearnedth i swtek .Th i sbillpermitsth elawfulad-mi ssi ontoth e Uni tedStatesforpermanentresidenceofMrs.Fuk uKurok awaTh urn.AJapanesenationalwh omar-riedanAmericanengineeri n1905,Mrs.Th urn enteredth e UnitedStatesi n1937onavisi tor'spermitsoth ath ersonmigh tcompleteh i sengineeringtraini ng.Sh ewassch eduledfordeporta-tionasanalienbut,becauseofth especialactofCongress,maynowbecomeapermanentresidentofth i scountry.AresidentofPh i ladelph i a,Mrs.Th urnwasactivei nvariousvolun-teerdefensegroupsduringth ewarandh asbeenanactivesupporterofth ePh i ladelph i aJACLch apter.Th epassageofH.R.1318ended

a two-yeareffortto secure per-manentstatusforMrs.Th urn.Abilli nh erbej i alfwasstalematedi ncommittee duringth elastsessionofCongress.Commenting onth e "relativelyquick action"ofCongressonth ebill,wh i ch wasi ntroducedonJan-uary23,1947,Mi k eMasaok a,na-tionallegislativedirectorofth »Anti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,de-clared:"Th i saugurswellforouroth erprivatelegislation.We h opeth i smeansth atth eoth erprivatebillswillalsobepassed."

DataonEmployment

OfNisei CompiledInMinneapolisMINNEAPOLIS,Minn.—for-mationonemploymentconditi onsaffectingJapaneseAmericanswh oh averesettled i nth eMinneapolisareai sbeingsough tbyth eCom-munity Self-Survey,accordingtoJoh nHope,consultanttoth ei ndus-tryandlaborsectionofth esurvey,th eNorth westNisei Newsreport-edrecently. .~Th esurvey'seagertosecurefulli nformationonNisei employmentconditi onstoi ncludei nareporttoMayorHumph rey,Mr.Hopede-

c\i rodItwasstressedth atallinfor-mationreceivedfromNisei wouldnotbeanalyzedi nMi nneapolisbutwouldbesenttoFisk UniversitymNash vi lle,Term.

Sh i gek i Ush i oNamedCh ai rmanOfNationalJACLConventionSaltLak e,Mr.OlympusCh aptersWillBeHostsi n1948Prelimi naryplansforth e10th

bienni alnationalconventionofth eJapanese American Ci ti zensLeague,sch eduledforSaltLak eCityi n 1948,wereoutlinedth i sweek asSh i gek i Ush i oofMurray,Utah ,presentch ai rmanofth eIn-termountainDistri ctCouncil,wasnamedconventionch ai rman.Conventionplanswerediscussedth i sweek ata j oi ntmeetingofth ecabinetsofth etwoh ostch apters,SaltLak eCityandMountOlympus.Delegatesandboostersfrom th emoreth an50ch aptersofth eJACLareexpectedtoattendth econven-tion.Inacceptingth ech ai rmansh i pof

th econtention,Sh i gek i Ush i o de-clared:"W i th ourrapidly growingstrength andsigni fi cantnationalprogram,welook forwardtomak -i ngth e10th bienni alnationalcon-ventionofth eJACLth efi nesteverh eld.Weareassuredofth eutmostcooperationofallourInter-

mountain di stri ctch apters andmembers."Hesaidth atth econventionh adbeensetforAugust.26and30andth atth e h eadquarterswouldbeestablish edatth eHotelUtah .InnotingSh i gek i Ush i o'sselec-ti onasconyi ti onch ai rman,HitoOk ada,nationalpresidentofth eJACL,declared:"Heisth elogicalmantoleadth enationalconventionbecauseofh i suntiri ngeffortsonbeh alfofth eJACLandbecauseofh i sabili tytocarryoutth eprogram.Icannotsaytoomuch ofth egrandwayi nwh i ch th eJACLch aptersofth eIn-termountainareagaveth ei rmoralandfinancialsupporttoth e na-tionalorganizati onduringth ewaryearswh ench aptersanddistri ctcouncils i noth erareasweredis-ruptedby evacuationandoth erwartimeconditi ons."Ifi th adnotbeenforth egrandsupportgiventh eNationalJACLfrom th ech apters i nSaltLak eCity,MountOlympus,Ogden,Po-catello,BoiseValley,Idah oFalls,MagicValleyandYellowstonedis-tricts,th erewouldbenonationalorganizati ontoday."

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JusticeDepartmentSeek sReconsiderationofVerdictOnTuieLak eRenunciants

SANFRANCESCO—Preparingth ewayforaneventualap-pealtoth eUni tedStatesSupremeCourt, i fnecessary,th eJus-

ti cedepartmentonJuly8filedamotionforreconsiderationofa

wri ti ssuedJune30preventingth edeportationofapproximately

" 1800personsofJapaneseancestrywh orenounced th ei rUnited

Statesciti zensh i patth eTuleLak esegregationcenter.Directlyinvolvedare325renunciantswh oareatth eCrystal

City,Tex.,campofth eJusticedepartmentandatSeabrook Farms,N.J.,andwh oh avepetiti onedth ecourtsforth ecancellationofth ei rrenunciati ons onth ech argeth atth egovernmentprocedure underwh i ch th erenunciati onswerecar-riedoutwasunconstituti onal,A,nadditi onal1,500renunciantsareatliberty.JudgeLouisE.Goodmanofth e

Federaldi stri ctcourti nSanFran-cisco,i ngrantingawritofh abeascorpustofreeth edetainees,declar-ed th atth erenunciants"arenotalienenemieswith i nth eprovisi onofth eEnemyAlienActof1798andh encemaynotbedetainedforremovalordeportationfrom th eUnitedStates.RobertB.McMillan,assistantUnitedStatesattorney,i nfili ngth egovernmentmotionforrecon-sideration,contendedth atJudgeGoodmanh aderredbecauseth ere-nunciantsweredualciti zens.McMillanarguedth atth erenun-

ciantsautomaticallybecameciti -zensofJapanonceth eyrenouncedth ei rAmerican citi zensh i pandth erebycameunderth escopeofth eEnemyAlienAct.

Ik uoOyamaFetedByLocalResidentsInSanFranciscoSANFRANCISCO—Ik uoOyamaJapan'smostnotedpoliti calrefu-gee,wash onoredbySanFranciscoresidentsatadinnerMondayeve-ningatth eSh angh ai Low.Oyama,wh oh asbeenteach i ngatNorth westernuniversity,statedth atth erewasa back groundfordemocracyinJapanandth atallbarrierspreventingth ecompletedemocratizati on ofth atcountrysh ouldberemoved.Headdedth atmanymisconcep-tionsaboutJapanarisefrom th efactth atwesternwritersandnews-menfailto i nterviewth eaverageJapanese,and instead i nterviewonlywellk nownpoliti calfigures.Mr.S.Asanoofth eNi ch i -beiTi mesactedastoastmasterforth edinnerOyamai ssch eduledtoreturntoJapanAugust8"from San Fran-ci sco.Hewillvisi tHawai i andre-turntoSanFranciscobeforeleav-i ngforJapan.

CanadianCompanyRefusestoHireNisei InPlantTORONTO,Ont.—Refusalofth eCoulterCopperandBrasscompanytoh i reaCanadianofJapanesean-cestrybecauseofh i sraci alorigi nwasch argedbyth eAFL-CIOJointLaborCommitteetoCombatIntol-erancelastweek ."We h aveaclause i npurcon-tractspecifi callyoutlawing dis-crimi nati on because ofraceorcolor,"declaredMrs.BridaGray,stewardessofth eCoulterCopperand Brass localofth e UnitedSteelWork ersofAmerica,CIO.A.R.W.Urens,personnelmana-gerofth efirm,saidth atth eunionwasnotconsultedi nth ecompany'srefusaltoh i reth eJapaneseCana-.dian."Wedon'tfeeli ti snecessarilyaunionmatter,"th ecompanyof-fici alsaid.

Ch i cagoCh apterGroupAidsFriendsReliefProgramCHICAGO,111.—Membersofth eCh i cagoch apterofJACLwereonh andatth eAmericanFriendsServ-i ceCommitteereliefwareh ouseat159N.Mich i ganonJuly7th tomend,sort,pack and baleusedcloth i ngfordistri buti onto war-torncountries.AccordingtoAi k oNak anewh osuperyiseswork atth ewareh ouse,fiftypercentofth ecloth i ngbaledwillbesenttoJapan.Sh eaddedth atRuth Dross,director,wouldli k etoemployasecretary-recep-tioni stat$160.00permonth .Presentfromth eCh i cagoJACLwereWileyHiguch i ,RoyIwata,Kiyosh i Kasai ,Doroth yKitow,TatsKush i da,MarvelMaeda,HarryMl-zuno,EuniceMoh ri ,JaneNish i no,MasaoW.Satow,RoxieTak eh ara,Ai k oWatanabe,TadYemotoandKumeoYosh i nari .

SupremeCourtAsk edtoRuleOnDeWSttCaseHomerWilcoxFilesWritAsk i ngReviewOfExclusionAction

LOSANGELES—With th efi l-i ngofapetiti onforwritofcertior-ai i i nth eUnitedStatesSupremeCourtlastweek byHomerGlenWilcox,th ecourtwillbegivenanopportunity-todecidewh eth erLt.Gen.J.L.DeWitt,i spersonallyliableforenforcing amili taryexclusionorderagainstanAmeri-canciti zen.Wilcox,anassociateofMank i ndUnited,aCalTforniarelig-i ous organizati on,was orderedevacuatedbecauseofsuspectedloy-altybyGen.DeWittandwasre-movedbyasquadofsoldiersfromh i sh omei nSanDiegotoNevada.Inh i ssui tfordamages,i nwh i chh e consentedtotak eanominalj udgmentof$100,filedi nth ef«d-eralcourtatLosAnglees,JudgePeirsonM.Hallruledth atWilcox'sevacuationviolatedconstituti onalrigh t;andth atGeneralDeWittwasliablei ndamages.Th eappealfrom th atdecisi on

byGeneralDeWitttoth eNinthCiruci tCourtofAppealsresultedi nanordersettingasideJudgeHall's j udgment.Now Wilcoxh astak en h i scase toth e SupremeCourt.Becauseth e SupremeCourtis

now i ni tssummersession,norul-i nguponth epetiti onbyWilcoxcanbe h aduntilth eSupremeCourtreconvenes i nSeptember.Th ecase i s sponsoredby th eAmericanCi vi lLi breties Union.Th eAmericanCi vi lLibertiesUn-i on'scounsel,A.L.Wiri n, i sat-torneyforWilcox.Th epetiti on i nth eSupremeCourtiscountersign-edbyArth urGarfieldHays,Os-mondK.Fraenk el,NanetteDem-bitz,MarionP.AmesandWalterGellh ornofth eNew York Bar.Counselforth enationalofficeofth eAmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnion,FredOk rand,south ernCaliforniaACLUcounselandCh arlesA.Hors-k y,Wash i ngton,D C,ACLUcoun-sel.Mr.Wi ri n i ndi cated th e sui t

againstDeWitti sofinteresttopersons ofJapanesedescent,be-causeth ecase i nvolvesth elegal-i tyofanarmyevacuationorder.Sh ouldWi lcoxwini nth eSupremeCourt,aprecedentwi llbeestab-lish ed,uponwh i ch sui tsbyper-sonsofJapanesedescent,forbothth eevacuationanddetention,maybefiledagainstGen.DeWitt,i twasstated.

LosAngelesYBAPlansObonFestivalLOS ANGELES—Th eLos An-

gelesYBA i splanningto h oldi tsannual"obon"festivalandcarnivalonJuly19and20atKudo'sautopark .Generalch ai rmenforth eaffairareDr.Ryo Munek ata,SammyKuratomi andBillKitayama.

Assembly'sFi gh tAgainstLandLawCitedbyLegislatorSANFRANCISCO-Th efigh ti nth eCaliforniaassemblyagainstth eAlienLandlawwasdescribedasth e "mostsigni fi cant-action

on

questionsaffectingracialminori -tiesatth erecentlegislativeses-sion by Assemblyman Georgev.Collins,D.,San Francisco,atth eStatewide Legislative Congress

h erelastweek .ColliM.aleaderofth eassemblysliberalbloc,alsocitedth elegisla-ture'spassageofabillrepealingth esectionofth eCaliforniaedu-cati oncode wh i ch permitted th eestablish mentofsegregatedsch oolsforch i ldren ofIndian,Japanese,Ch i neseandMongolianancestry.

Collinsdeclaredth ath ewouldtak efh elead i nfigh ti ngth eAli enLandlawi fanoth erappropriati onbilltoenforceth elawissubmittedtoth enextsessionofth elegisla-ture.EdwardHowden,directorofth eSan Francisco CouncilforCivi cUnity,describedth efigh tagainstth eAli enLandlawappropriati oni nSacramentoandnotedth atth ecampaigncame"with i nanaceofvictory"untilAttorneyGeneralHowserpersonallyintervened.

AlienProperlyClaimWonbyFilmCompany$75,000AlsotobeReturnedi nHash i motoCompanyCaseLOS ANGELES—Th eOfficeofAlienPropertyCustodian h asal-lowed i nfullth e claimsofth eNi ch i bei Ki nemacompanyandKa-zui ch i Hash i moto,doingbusinessasth eHash i motocompany,i twasreported h erebyA.L.Wiri nandFredOk rand,LosAngelesattor-neys.Th esecasesareth efi rsti nwh i ch

contestedclaimsfiledbypersonsofJapaneseancestryagainstth eodersofth eAli enPropertyCus-todianh avebeenallowedTh eclaimofth eNi ch i bei Ki nemacompanywasforth ereturnofalargenumberofJapanesemotionpicturefilms,valuedat$250,000.Th e clai m fi ledbyth ecompany,wh i ch di stri butesmotionpicturesforentertainmenti nth eUnitedStatesandHawai i ,wasallowedafterh eari ngsi nWash i ngtonwh i 'cKwe'reattendedbyKatsuma Mu-k aedaandSh unsuk eKumamoto,of-fi ci alsofth efi rm.Kazuich i Hash i motowasengag-edbeforeth ewari nth ewh olesaleh ardwareandfish ermen'ssuppliesbusiness i nTerminalIsland.Hewasseizedbyth eAli enPropertyCustodian and th e business wasliqui dated.Th epropertynowreturnedcon-sistsof$75,000 i ncash andalargenumberofaccountsreceivable.

Nisei Youth DrownsInSacramentoRiverSACRAMENTO,Calif.—Sh i gek iHarano,18,tumbledto h i sdeathi nth eSacramentoriverleveenearWalnutGroveMondaywh enth eriverbank onwh i ch h ewasplay-i nggaveway.His youngerbroth er,Masak i ,wh ofelli ntoth ewaterwith Sh i -gek i managedtograbsomereedsatth ewaterlineandwasrescuedbyanearbybridgetender.Th ebodyofth edeadyouth wasfoundaboutth reeh ours.laterbysearch ersfrom Sacramento

Nisei MustConsiderOth erMinori ti es,SaysNegroWriterByHISAYEYAMAMOTOLOS ANGELES—Nisei \vi llnotcomeofageuntilth eysh ow asmuch i nteresti nth eproblemsofoth ermi nori ti es-asth eynowsh owi nth ei rown,i nth eopini onofBa-yardRustin,auth or-lecturerandmemberofth eFellowsh i pofRec-oncili ati on'snationalracialan/1i ndustrialsection,Mr.Rustin,speak i ngh ereearlierth i sweek toagroupofNisei andth ei rfriends,said h ebelievedth eprogressofaminori tycould h egaugedby i tsactive i nteresti noth erminori ti es,andadded th ath eh adfoundth i si nterestalmosttotallylack i ngi nth eaverageNisei.Hepointedoutth atth eJapa-nese American Citi zensLeague,wh i lebecomingencouraginglyac-

tive i n th epostwarperiod,wasconcentratingwh ollyonproblemsi mmedi ateto th e Japanese.Tocounteractth i snarrowness h psueRestedsupportofsuch organiza-tionsasth eAmericanCi vi lLi ber-tiesUnion,wh i ch h assofarcometoth eai dofeveryminori ty—ra-cial,religi ous and politi cal-intimesofpersecution.Wh enaNisei givesadollar,leth i mseeth atsomeofi tgoestostopterrorism and discri mi naHnr,againstNegroes,some toft

ffaSor,alS?lep1epl°redth eself-segre-wtionofJapaneseAmericans i nh i s own town,New York City

Edtot'SSa-d> Nirh avecluster-edtogeth eri nsmallcolonies,wh ent£Wh h ec"ywh erei nth ecityth atth eych oose."tionwr'w871ainr«commenda-wnrtT th -ata"AmericansnowSiW rBaldi»«"«nent,aswm i h labo.r-manajfementstriferwrideai i ibyth epossibi i i tyobSJLT'"Wasaconscienti ousobjectorduringth elatewarandSrlC«HcnlnW"*Negro-Wh i teeralnrl« nat,Ash land<Ky.)Fed-eralprison,wh ere h ewascommit-'

tedatonetime.Mo««g«wasoneofagmPJNegromensentsouth W tlapacifi storßanizati on,i jsuitsofth eSupremeWAsegregation.ini ntersttWHewas i n so*"*"tfaMth i sweek asal«tuwr"a

InstituteofIntemafSrjsponsoredyearly.atWBj,j |legebyth eAmericani j «vicecommittee,ne ,j ofgMasanauth ori tyi nth e Mviolentsolutionsto so

HouseActionDescribedasCredittoADC'sActivi ty

ByESTHER L'ECLUSE

TensiononCapitolHill:

Tensionand k nottedstomach musclesch aractered!"1'"'■mosph erei nth eh i stori coldHouseofRepresentativesIt""■afternoonforth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague **%Aftersomanymonth sofpainstak i ngpreparation j

break i ngdelays,th i swasth epay-offday.Th reemajorh "i i mupforpassagebyth eHouse—andth erewasacnan<T!i!Bslim,th atth eymi gh tgoth rough . ce'Nfl

Outi nforcei nth egallerywereth eWash i ngtonstaffJbersofth eAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteetense,ali tMried,butoptimi sti c.'"«iMTh eyh adneedofth ei roptimi sm earlyforth eday„*.1a.badstart. uaUotoB|Firstupforpassagebyth eHousewasth enaturalist1M—andi twaspromptlyrejected. W"Passed'overwith outprejudi ce"wasth eoffi ci alternJi tmeantadelayoftwoweek s—adelaywh i ch wouldbri 1billperiouslyclosetoth eendofth eCongressionalsession ■Oneofth eoffici alRepublicanobjectorsh adask edwh atJJusticedepartmenth adtosayonth esubjectandth ereh JUnoonetoanswerh i m. MI*BCh ai rmanFrank Fellowsofth eSubcommitteewasillJCongressmanEdGossett,wh osebi lli twas,wasnotpresent1So,despiteth eweek sofpreparation,forlack ofan ofJanswer,th enaturalizatonbi llwasdoomed.Th eycameth edeportationstayingbill—andupuntilth eJmomentth eprognosisonth at,too,wasdefini telynegative IDebatewasstormy,th eHousewasgettingunrulyJm

th egalleryth eADCstomach muscleswerealittlerigi dAtfirsti th adlook edgood.Wh enth ebi llwasread,anJ

eyesfromth egalleryscannedth efloortosee i fanyonemitfe]risi ngtoobject.Noonedid.Butwh enth eamendmentwasread,unsmili ngCarlHinJ

ofCaliforniaobj ectedonth egroundth ath i sprivatebillswjbe j eopardized.

(Th eamendmentprovidesth atnoprivatebillcouldbei nJducedunlessth eAttorneyGeneralcertifi edi nwriti ngth atno]mini strativeremediesremained.)

Hemovedth atth eentirebi llbe"passedoverwith outpjdice"untilh ecouldbereassuredonh i sprivatebills.Th i swasanunlook ed-forobstacle,butonth efloorConJ

manFrancisWalterofPennsylvaniacametoth erescue.Heflj ectedandask edforavoicevoteonth eamendment.Onlyafew"no's"soundedandth eamendmentwaspaafl

Th estaffmembers i nth egallerydrewacollectivedeepbretflButnotforlong.ForCongressmenJavitsofNewYork ptl

posedanewamendment—andth erebyi nterj ectedasubjectJlyh andledonlywith th efi nestk i dglovesorth elongest10-Jefl

Hebrough ti ntoth ediscussionth e,h i gh lycontroversial\sMofi mmi grationquotasandsetoffastormydebateth atth reataflmomentarilytoengulfth eentirebi ll.(Hisamendmentwouldallowth eAttorneyGeneraltocb»

acancelleddeportationtoth equotaofth eyeari nwh i «h th ei Henteredth eUni tedStatessoth atpresentquotaswouldnotMreduced.)

Severalminuteslaterth esi tuationbecamedesperatewh entßstormypetrelofth eHouse,RepresentativeRank i nofMissi si flßsh outedoutarequesttorecommitth ebi lltoth eJudici ary(Mmitteesinceth erewassomuch debateoni t.Th i swouldh avek i lledth ebi llforth i ssession.ButagainCongressmanWaltersavedth eday.Heandfl

eraloth ercongressmenobjectedtoth eRank i nsuggestionHcalledforavoicevote.

Th eygoti t.And i twasclose.Th espeak ercautiouslyruled,"Inmyopini on,"th eAyesM

i t,"andth usth edeportationstayingbillpassed.Th encameanagonizi ngwai tforth eevacuationclaims■

Wh enactiondi dcomeonth i s,i twasswift.Oneofth eoffifljRepublicanobjectorsask edth ati tbepassedoverwith outpRHdiceandth atwasallth atwasneeded.Th ebi llwasrejected.JItwasarath erdish eartenedADCstaffth atfiledslowly"ofth egalleryth en.Butth eyh adn'tgivenup. 1

Asalastresortth eycalledCongressmanWalteroffth eMtoseei fh emigh tbeabletoresurrectth eevacuationclaimsWItwash e,th en,wh oprovidedth ecli maxofth eday. ■Delayed sometime i nansweringth eADC call,h efi »

burstth rough th edoorexcitedlyandexclaimed:"Oh ,you«mi t.Ij ustcalledback th enaturalizati onbi llforreconsiders*andaddedanamendmenttocoverparentsofPurpleHeart«1eransandboth passedunanimously!"Hebeameddeligh tedlyatth eelationh ebrough t. MTh edayforth eJapaneseAmericanswassummed upw

byWalterBesterman,clerk ofth eHouseJurici aryConunn«|atth eendofth eafternoonwh enh esai d: JkItwasarealtriumph forth eAnti-Di scri mi nati onlopjtee.Forth efirsttimesince1790Congress h aselimi natedIrom i mmi grationanddeportationlaw." M

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■aYFRANCISCO — Th efi rstEwndedNisei toreturnfrom■laarrived i nSanFranciscoRy3onth eGeneralMeiKS.Eon board were 40 oth erKrwh o h adbeen cleared byEldStatesauth ori ti esi nJapan■returntoAmerican h omesfol-Egth ecertifi cati on ofth ei r

KfOk i nawareturneewasHi -M,Osh i ro,25,ofLosAngeles.■nty-sixoth erNisei returneesXOk i nawa di sembark ed at

ELOsh i ro declaredth ath er■h erandsisterwerek i lleddur-W-th ewar i nOk i nawaandre-Bdh erexperiencesduringth eKingandh eavyfigh ti ngonth e

■!sei passengers aboard th e■era!Meigsandth ei rdestina-

W CALIFORNIA■imi k oTani,17,MargaretSh i -■n,i,28,SanFrancisco;MaryKuyeOk i moto,22,JoeYosh i -Ku,29Knigh tsLanding;MineyoKo,18,LosGatos;Joseph Gen-Kmura,32,PaloAlto;Sh uzoBph Kono;26,Auburn;BetteHi k oMi k ami ,26,andTsuyak oX,18,and Mari k oJaneKa-Ho,16,Stock ton.■azuye,28,Tsugiye,26,andKuyeTak eda,25,Sacramento;HenceNaoMiyagi ,37,Bak ers-H;Sonoe Tobo,32,Frank li nX13,andRooseveltTatsuyaKk i ,14,Haruo Hamano,17,■Konya,19;MasaoKawanami,HsaoSak ai ,18,TsutomuHar-■22,andHi dek oOsh i ro,25,LosBch i k oUch i yama,18,SanFer-Bo;Fusak oKawata,18,Puen-■Sh i zuk oKoyanagi,Gardena;H.MisaoTak agak i Inouye,40,■Noreen,15,Ali ce,14,andCar-■K.Inouye,9,Pasadena.

UTAHlivi dYosh i roKimura,32,Og-

COLORADOHeruk oHirak i ,22,LaJunta.

ILLINOIS■tmaKasai,23;AlbertYama-Ho,20;Yosh i oSak aue,29,andHk oNak amura,18,Ch i cago.

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WASHINGTON■dak oYamaguch i ,22,Seattle.

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-11 meJonMatsuocase., i n-LdiSACrimi nati on againstase American veteran i n«.wasdiscussed i naradiovn?wasPresentedth i sW°f~aseries,"Neith ernrnfqUal> overWOOO-Programs,wri ttenbyRalphJandRalph Andrist,WC-rh vw1W€responsoredristi i 6Na«onalConference"faansandJews,GovernorLJ°Kdah l's i nterracial£10onfSh epUrban Leagueth ew- PaulandMinnea-Pa,,rnnesotaJew«nCoun-,,j ELS"?onHumanRe-i yorHubertHumph rey's01Minneapolis,andth e

MinneapolisCommunitySelf-Sur-vey.Th eMatsuooase,wh i ch concern-

edth erefusalofarealestatefirmtopermitth eNi sei veterantobuildah omei naveteransh ousi ngproj-ectbecauseofaracecovenantre-stricti ngoccupancytopersonsotth eCaucasianrace,wasdramatizedtopointupth eprejudi cesfacedbyminori tygroupsi nh ousi ng.Asaresultofth ecasei n1940,th eAFLbuildi ngtradesunionstook apositi on condemningracediscri mi nati on i n h ousi ng andMayorHumph reyandth eMinne-apolisCityCouncilwentonrecordagainstapprovingh ousi ngprojectswh i ch discri mi natedagainstten-ants and occupaints on racialgrounds.

JACLAnti-Bi asGroupSeek sElimi nati onofExitPermitsForIssei TravelingtoHawai iWASHINGTON-Elimi nati onofexitpermitrequirementsbetweenHawai i and continentalUnitedStatesforJapanesenationalswh oarepermanentresidentsofth i scountrywillbeurgedbyth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee i nani nformaldiscussionwith officalsofth e Justicedepartmentearly*nextweek ,th e Wash i ngtonADCofficeannouncedtoday.Th eAttorneyGeneralh asbeen

sak edbyth eStatedepartmenttoconcuri nth egrantingofageneralwaiverofexitpermitrequirements,th tADCofficewasi nformed.Immediateactiononth ematteri sbeingsough tbyth eADCsincenegotiati onswerebegunearlyth i sspring,Mi k e Masaok a,nationalADC legislativedirector,reported."Pointi ngoutth atHawai i i sani ntegralpartofth eUni tedStates,we urged th e StatedepartmentlastApriltoexemptJapanesena-tionalswh o are permanentresi-

dentsofth eUni tedStatesfrom th enecessityofobtaini ngexitpermftsi nordertoreturntoorvisi tth eTerritory ofHawai i "Maeaok a"Wetoldoffici alsatth attimeth atsinceth eJapanesenationalsareactuallynationalsofth eUni t-edStates,i nth atth eyh aveli vedrh ereforalongtimeandh avebeenth orough lyi nvestigated,th eneces-sityforexitpermits h ascausedgreati nconvenienceandh ardsh i p,"

h eadded."Manytimesth esepersonsh aveh adtocancelairplaneorsteamsh i p

reservationsatth everylastmo-mentbecauseexitpermitswerenoti ssuedi ntime.Th i sh asresultedi nseriouslossand h ardsh i ptobusi-nessmenaswellasoth ers."Inanswertoth eADCrequest,

th eStatedepartmenth asagreedtowaiveth erequirement,Masaok are-vealed,butoffici alsh averequestedconcurrenceofth eAttorneyGen-eral. J

ArmyPolicyonGlMarriagesWith JapaneseDiscussedByMasaok aatWarDepartmentWASHINGTON—WarDepartmentpolicyregardingth emar-

riagesbetweenUnitedStatessoldiersandJapanesewomenwasbrough tupfordiscussionth i sweek byMi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirectorofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,wh enh econtactedth eofficeofHowardC.Petersen,assistantsecretaryofwar,th eWash i ngtonADCofficereportedtoday.

Masaok atalk edwith ColonelF.P.Munson,executiveofficer,th eADC said.ColonelMunsonisfamili arwithth erecordofNisei Glsi nth ePa-cifi c, h avi ngbeen i n ch arge ofmanyG2troopswith AdmiralHal-sey'scommandduringth ewar.Th elegislativedirectorstartedactiononth epolicymatteraftermoreth an150American soldiersnow onoccupationdutyi nJapantelegraph ed arequestth atth eAnti -Di scri mi nati onCommitteecon-tactth eWarDepartmentwith th evi ewofsuspendingorrescindi ngadirectiveproh i bi ti ngth emarriageofAmericansoldiersandJapanesewomen.Th edi rectivewas i ssuedbyth egeneralh eadquartersofth eFarEasternCommand.Th eWash i ngtonofficealsore-ceivedatelegramonth i smatterfrom CalSak amoto,formerlyofLoomis,Calif.,andnow i nJapan,th eADCofficeadded.Requestsforrescindi ngth emar-riageproh i bti onapparentlyresult-edfromth enewspaperaccountsofth eHouseofRepresentatives'pass-i ngofth eSoldierBridesamend-ment,Masaok aexplained."Wh enth eHousepassedH.R.

3149onJune 16,th ePacifi cedi-ti onofth eStarsandStripesandseveralJapanesenewspapersap-parentlycarriedastoryofth i sac-tion,"h eadded."Sinceth eAnti-Discri mi nati onCommitteei ni ti atedth i sk i ndoflegislation,th e i nqui r-i esweresenttous."Primarycauseforconcerntoth esoldiers i n Japan i sth e 30-dayclause i nH.R.3149,th elegisla-tivedi rectordeclared.Onlysoldierswh oweremarriedpriortoorwith i n80daysofth eenactmentofth eSoldierBridesamendmentwouldbeeligi bleunderth eAct,accordingtoth i sclause."Becauseofth eth eaterdirec-ti veGls i nJapancannotmarryJapanesegirlsnow,andth eyareafraidth e30-daytimelimi twillbetoosh orttoenableth em toover-comemili tary'redtape',"Masao-k asaid.

SummerActivi ti esOutlinedforCh i cagoJACLMembersCHICAGO, 111.—Alth ough th enextregularjneetingofth eCh i -cagoJACLch apterwi llnotbeh elduntilSeptember,anactivesummerprogramforth emembersh i pwi lli ncludeoutings,i nformaldiscussiongroupsand specialmeetings,ac-cordingtoareviewofth eproposedsummerprogram byMari Sabu-sawa,vice-presidentandprogramch ai rman."Th emembersh i pwi llbek epti n-

formed ofallsummeractivi ti esth rough th eJACL-er,amonth lych apternewsletter",sh estated.Aweenie-bak ewillbe h eldonSaturday,July19th at6:30P.M.atth e55th Streetpromontory,ac-cordingtoth esocialch ai rmenYoFuruta,RoyIwataandHarryMi-zuno,wh oassureanenjoyabletimeforeveryone.Membersandfriendsofth eCh i cagoch apterarerequest-edtoph onei nth ei rreservationsnolaterth anJuly16th toth eJACLofficeatFRAnk li n8840. Th erewillbeach argeof75cperperson.Anouting i sbeingplannedforAugust,th eyannounced.

SanDiegoResidentsGivetoJACL-ADCLOSANGELES—Th eSanDiegoJACLlastweek submittedadona-tion of$689.50,to be divi dedequallybetweenth e JACLAnti-Discri mi nati onCommitteeandth eJACL'sLegalDefense Fund ofSouth ernCalifornia.Accordingto FredKatsumata,treasurerofth eSanDiegoch ap-ter,th emoneywascollected byformer members ofth e Ci vi lRigh tsDefenseUnioni nth earea.

150RegisterforLak eTah oeRetreatFRESNO,-Calif.— One h undredandfortypersonsh averegisteredforth eLak eTah oeretreatofth eNorth ernCaliforniaYoungPeoplesCh ri sti an Conferencewh i ch willbeh eldatZeph yrPointonJuly17

tOLeUa~dW speak ersatth eretreatwilli ncludeCh aplainGeorgeHallofStanford,th eRev.HowardTh urmanofSan Francisco andHaroldJowofHawai i .Amongth ecommitteech ai rmenforth eYPCCretreatareSadaoNak ash i ma,Tosh i k oTek ewa,AliceSh i gezumi,VelmaYemoto,Hisash iHoriya,PaulTani,CalvinYama-sh i ta,Motok o Hi roseandElinorUmezawa.

FamousNisei CombatUnitsWillBeReactivatedbyArmyGroupi nHawai i anIslandsHONOLULU—Armyh eadquartersatFortSh afterannounced

recentlyth atth efamous442ndInfantryRegimentCombatTeamwouldbereactivatedsoonasanOrganizedReservecomponentofth eArmyofth eUni tedStates.Th eequally-famous100th InfantryBattalionalsowillbere-

activatedasth efi rstbattalionofth e442ndRegiment.ComposedofNisei enli stedpersonnelfrom Hawai i andth e

mai nlandUnitedStates,th e442nd CombatTeam became th emostdecorateduniti nth eUni tedStatesarmyduring i tsservice i nItalyandFrancei n1944and1945.Th e 100th Battalion,th efi rstall-JapaneseAmericanunittobecommittedtobattle,wenti ntoth eli neaboveSalerno i nItalyi nSep-tember,1944.Itjoi nedupwith th e442ndCombatTeamnearRomei nJune,1946andbecameth efirstbattalionofth eJapaneseAmeri-canunit.Th e442ndCombatTeamandth e100th Battalion received sevenPresidentialcitati ons.Announcementofth ereactivati onofth euni tswasmadenearlyayearafterth ereturningofth e442ndfromoccupationservicei nnorth ernItaly,1946 and th e subsequentparadeofth ereturningmenofth e442nddownConstituti onavenuei nWash i ngton.Th e Ni sei regimentwasreviewedand decoratedbyPresidentTruman.Th euni toffici allywasdeactivat-

ed i nceremoniesi nHawai i i nAu-gust1946Th ecolorsofth e442ndandth e100th Battalonstillarei nHawai i .Itwasunderstoodth ati ni tsre-activati onstatusth e442nd Com-batTeamwouldnotbeanall-Jap-aneseAmericanoutfitbutth ati tsrank swouldbeopentoallAmeri-cansoldiers.Th earmyannouncementstatedth atformerofficersofth e442ndRegimentandth e100th Battalionwouldbeusedasfaraspossiblei nofficeri ngth ereactivatedunits.Fi naldetailsofth ereactivati onofth eseuni tswillbeannouncedatalaterdate.Itwasannouncedth atth e442ndi nfantryregimenti ncluding th e100th battalion,willbereactivatedi ni ti allyasaClassC unit,com-posedonlyofofficers.Noenlistedmenarei ncludedi nth emak eupofaClassCuni tItwasexplainedth atallorgan-i zedreserveunitsarei ni ti allyac-tivatedasClassC.Wh enorganiza-tioni scompletedasClass C,acadreofnon-commissi onedofficerscanbeaddedandth eunitcanth enapply forClass B recogniti on.Afteraunith asbeenrecognizedasClassB,i tcanth enaddenlistedmenuptoabouth alfoffinalandfullstrength andapplytoth eWarDepartmentasClassA.

FinalServicesHeldforNiseiHeroofWarKenj i KatoHeadedSanMateoJACL,Activei nAVCSAN MATEO, Calif.—Funeral

servicesforKenj i K.Kato,Niseiwarh eroandpopularcivi cleaderwh opassedawayonJuly4,wereh eldh ereTuesdayafternoon.Death cametoth eformerNiseisergeantatth eOak KnollNavalh ospi tali nOak land.Heh adbeeni lllorth epasttwomonth swithcomplicati onsofawar-contractedi llness,butdeath wasduetoaweak enedh eart.HeenteredOakKnollh ospi talonJune28.Mr.Kato was decoratedfi vetimeswh i leservingasan i nter-preteri n th e Pacifi c with th eArmy,Navy,Marinesand th eRAAF.Injuri esreceivedonLeytei slandi nth ePh i li ppi neswh enatwoseaterplanei nwh i ch h ewasreturning from a reconnaisancefligh tcrash ed,resultedi nh i sdi s-ch argefrom th eserviceafterh ewassenttoanofficers'traini ngsch ooli nAustralia.Hewasanactivememberofth eCouncilforCivi cUnity,ch ai rmanofth eSanMateocountych apterofth eJACL,aformermemberofth estateexecutivecommitteeofth eAmericanVeteransCommitteeandoneofth efoundersandanofficeri nth eSanMateo-Burlin-gamech apterofth eAVC.Hewasborn i nSanFranciscoonDecember12,1919.Hegradu-atedfromSanMateoh i gh sch ool,wh ere h ewasamemberofth eh onorsociety,studentleaderandath leti cmanager.Hei ssurvivedby h i sparents,Mr.andMrs.JinzoKato,andasisterMary,allofSanMateo.An-oth ersister,Mrs.Kimi k oTak a-h ash i ,alsopassedawaysuddenlyamonth agoafterah eartattackduringapicni c.

UYEDAGETS2NDINBROADJUMPATJUNIORAAULINCOLN,Neb.—With aleapof

24feet1 i nch ,GeorgeUyedaofth eCi tywi deA.C,Honoluluplac-ed second i nth e NationalAAUj uni ordivi si ontrack andfi eldmeetonJuly4.Uyeda,wh oi soneofth e"fewtrack meni nth eUnitedStateswh o

h aveclearedmoreth an25feetth i syear,i sastudentatth eUniversityofHawai i .He j umped23feet3andl-Bth

i nch estoplacefifth i nth eNationalAAU senior di vi si on meetonJuly5.

HaroldSak ataWinsAAUWeigh tli fti ngTitleatDallasDALLAS, Tex.—HaroldT.Sa-k ata,Nisei wei gh tli fti ngstarfromHawai i ,wonth eNationalAAUj uni orweigh t-li fti ngti tleh erere-centlywith anaggregatescoreof800.Sak atasweptth reeevents.Rich ardTom ofHonolulu,Sa-

k ata'steammate,wonth enational123-poundtitle.Tomequaledth eNationalAAUrecordof185poundsi nth epresswh i ch i sh eldbyEmerick Ish i k awaofYork ,Pa.Ish i k awa,aformerresidentofHa-wai i ,setth erecordi n1944.

NewYork Issei HearTsuch i yaTalk onJACL-ADCProgramNEWYORK—loj i B.Sek i ne,oneofth eleadingIssei pioneersi nth eNewYork Japanesecommunityandpresidentofth eI.Sek i neCo.,serv-ed asch ai rmanataNewYorkcity-widemeetingonJuly2,wh i chfeatured th e 13-reel Japanesemovie,"Sh i nanoYoru,"plusnews-reelsandseveralsh orttalk s.Nearly250persons.h eardScottyTsuch i ya,specialnationalJACLrepresentative,wh osh ared spot-ligh tbi lli ngonth eprogramwithth eJapaneseclassicalmovie.Mr.Sek i ne,afterwelcomingallth osepresent,spok e ofth ei mportantplaceth eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeagueoccupiesi nth eJapa-nesecommunityand i nth edailylivesofallJapaneseAmericans.Th ech ai rman i ntroducedMasterSgt.Frank KufamotoandLt.Rey-noldMuranak awh oarerepresent-i ngth eMontereyMili taryIntel-ligenceServiceLanguage Sch ool

i nth eMetropolitanAreaduringth e Army'scurrentnation-widedrivetosecurequalifi edreplace-menttroopsforcriti calassign-ments i nJapanandKorea.Mr.Tsuch i yareemph asi zedth e

i mportanceofeveryJapanesecom-munity'ssupportofth eJACLandth eADC statingth atth epeoplecouldnotk nowwh ensuch anor-ganizati onwouldbesorelyneededbyth emlocallyeventh ough resi-dentsh erearefortunatelyreliev-edofmanyofth eWestCoasth ard-sh i ps.Citi ngexamplesofth eworkth eregionalJACL offices h avedone,th espeak erdeclaredth atsuch accomplish mentswerepos-si bleprimari lybecauseJA'CLh aswonrecogniti onas agreatna-tionalJapaneseAmericanorgani-zation.Th emeetingwassponsoredbyth eNewYork JACLCh apteri nconjunctionwith i ts1947JACLFundAppealCampaign.

PACIFICCITIZEN■turdsy,JulyJi i ^8

Page 4: PACIFICCITIZEN · InnotingShigekiUshio'sselec-tionascony^itionchairman,Hito Okada,nationalpresidentofthe JACL,declared: "Heisthelogicalmantoleadthe nationalconventionbecauseofhis

EDITORIALS:Civi lServiceRacismTh eCi vi lServiceCommissi onapparentlyi s

th erepositoryofresidualwartimeprejudi ceagainstJapaneseAmericans i n governmentservice.Th ecommissi onwascaugh toffbaserecentlybyMi k eM.Masaok a,legislativedi-rectorofth eADC,andbyTogoTanak a,col-umnistforth eColoradoTimes,wh oh avepro-tested th euse ofth eracialclassifi cati on,"Japanese,"asdescripti veofpotentialdis-loyalty.Th ecommissi on h asreportedth atfi ve

governmentemployesh avebeenfi redbecauseth eyweresuspectedofbeing"Japanese,"wh ateverth atmeans.Th eoth ertwoclassifi -cati ons underwh i ch governmentwork ersh avebeenreleasedandapplicantsh avebeendeniedpositi onsunderth enew loyaltypro-cedureare"Fascist"and"Communist."Th eseclassifi cati onspertaintopoliti calideologiesandmayconstitute groundsunderth enewsecuritysystembutth ereh asbeennoauth or-i tygiventh eCi vi lServiceCommissi on toterminateth eemploymentofFederalperson-nelbecauseofrace.Duringth ewarth eCi vi lServiceCommis-

sion,oratleastth ei rregionaloffices i nth ewest,gaveunduecredencetoth edi stortionsofth eDi esCommitteei nth ei rapproach toJap-aneseAmericans.A h andbook wh i ch waspro-videdtoCivi lServiceCommissi onagentstoassistth em i ni nvestigati ngNisei applicantsi srepletewith th esuspici onsandfalsifi ca-ti onsofth eYellowPerilmongers.Th i s h and-book i si ndeedanamazingdocumentwh i ch h asas i tspremiseth evi ewth atnoAmericanofJapaneseancestrycanbetrustedsinceh ei sapotentialsubjectofth eJapaneseemperor.Indicati veofth eCi vi lServiceCommis-

si on'sattitudeisth ecaseofaNisei warvet-eranwith fouryearsservice i n th earmy.Th i sex-GIwh oh asbeenawardedth eSi lverStarforgallantryinactioni nth ewaragainstJapanwasturneddownwh enh eappliedforaU.S.governmentcivi lservice j obi nJapanonth egroundth ath ewaspotentiallydisloyal.Oneofth efi vepersonsofJapaneseances-

try,reportedlyreleasedfrom governmentci-vi li anserviceonth ech argeth atth eyweresuspectedofbeing"Japanese,"alreadyh asbeenacceptedbyth earmywh i ch h assh ownth ati tdoesnotsubscribetoth esortofra-cistnonsence typifi edbyth eCi vi lServiceCommissi on.Th earmyundoubtedlybelievesth atth i si ndi vi dual,wh odi dvaluableservicefori mportantagencyduringth ewar,i sloyalenough towearth euni form ofth eUni tedStates.Itmigh tbenotedi npassingth at,ofth e33,000JapaneseAmericanswh oh avewornth atuniform,notoneh asdisgracedi t.

TreasonCaseSomefearswereexpressedwh enth earrest

ofTomoyaKawak i ta,ch argedwith treasonforth emi streatmentofAmericanprisonersofwari naJapaneseprisoncamp,wasmadepublicth atth ecasewouldresulti nanexh i bi -ti onofyellowjournalismsuch asth atwh i chaccompaniedth eTuleLak ei nci denti n1943.Th e exh i bi ti on of j ournalisti cpyrotech ni cswh i ch followedth eTuleLak edemonstrationundoubtedlydelayedth ereturnofth eevac-ueestoth ewestcoastforsomemonth ssi nce i tservedtoagitateaconsiderableportionofpublicsentimentagainstth erecissi onofth eexclusionorders.Sofarth eKawak i tacase i sbei ngtreated

i ni tsproperperspective,asoneofanumberofcases i nwh i ch Ameri cansofmanyances-

triesh avebeenaccusedoftreasonaWeactiti es i nwartime.EzraPound,Robert

Best,

DouglasCh andler,FredKaltenbach and a

numberofoth erAmericansh avebeenaccusedortriedtodatefortreason.Th ech argeagainst

TomoyaKawak i ta i sonewh i ch i nvolves a

crimewh i ch i sfarmorerepreh ensi bleth anth atofth e i ntellectualtreasonwith wh i ch a

manli k eEzraPound,one ofth eforemost

figures i nAmericanliterature,wasaccused.

Kawak i tai saccusedofmistreatingAmericanprisonersandth i si nci dentisparalleledonly

byth ech argeswh i ch h avebeenmadeagainst

atleasttwoAmericanPOWswh oh avebeench argedwith th emistreatmentoffellowpris-oners.Kawak i ta'sguiltori nnocenceonth etrea-

sonch argewillbedeterminedbyaFederalcourtinLosAngeles.Wh ateverth eresultof

th attrial,TomoyaKawak i ta,i fi ti sestab-li sh edth ath eservedth eJapanesegovernmenti nacivi li ancapacityduringth ewar,i sgui ltyofacallousdisregardofh i sfellow men.Ifth efactsofh i swartimeserviceareestab-lish ed,i tmustbeconcludedth ath eh asfalsi-fi edorh i ddenth atrecord i nordertoobtainclearancetoreturntoth eUni tedStates.Insodoing,h eh as j eopardizedth esecurityandwelfareofmanyth ousandsofNisei i nJapanwh odeserveth eri gh ttoreturntoth ei rfam-i li esandh omes.Th erecordofwartimeach i evementofth e

Ni sei i nth eUni tedStatesisonewh i ch i snottobeligh tly j eopardized,forth i srecord isoneforwh i ch moreth an 600AmericansofJapaneseancestrygaveth ei rli vestoach i eve.

JapaneseBrazili ansAH ofth esoldiersofJapaneseancestry

wh ofough tandbled i nItalywerenotmem-bersofth e442ndCombatTeam oroth erUnitedStatesarmyunits.Th erewereafew,severalscore,i nItalywh oweremembersofth eBrazili anBrigade,th eonlyexpediti onaryforcefrom South Americatoseecombatac-tion i nEurope.Severalofth eseJapaneseBrazili answere

woundedseriouslyandwere h ospi tali zed i nth eUni tedStates.Oneofth em,Sadayuk iHino,anamputeecase,wastreatedatBush -nellgeneralh ospi tali nUtah .Th eseJapaneseBrazili answereth erep-

resentativesofth elargestgroupofpersonsofJapaneseancestry i nth ewestern h emi s-ph ere.Th eywereapartofBrazil'snearly300,000residentsofJapaneseancestry,mostofwh om arefarmersandsmallmerch antsi nSaoPaolostate.Brazil'sJapanesewerenotevacuatedal-

th ough ,beingalateri mmi grantgroup,th eyh admaintai nedclosertiesth anJapanesena-tionals i n th eUni tedStatestoJapan.Onereasonforth elack ofrestricti onsonth egroupwasth atBrazildi dnotdeclarewaragainstJapanafterPearlHarborwasattack edbutmerelybrok e offdiplomatic relations.Areasonforth i smaybeth atanoutrigh tdec-larationofwarmayh aveimposedaseriousproblemonth egovernmenti nth ataconsid-erablenumberofth enearly300,000wouldh avebecome"enemyaliens."Th i sweek i twasreportedfrom RiodeJaneiroth atth eBrazili angovernmenti stak -

i ngactivemeasuresto"assimi late"i tslargepopulationofJapanese ancestry.Th ere i sli ttlei nth ewayofaracialproblem,assuchsinceBrazil,with alargemestizopopulation'i soneofth eleastrace-consciousrfations i nth ewesternh emi sph ere.Oneofth efi rststepsi nth e assimi lati on"policyi sth edeportationof81personsaccusedofleadingrecentriotsamong th e Japanesepopulation.Th ese81leadersaremembersofth ei nfamousSh i ndoRenmei,apro-fascistbandwh i ch h ascarriedonacampaignofterroragainstth erecogniz-edleadersofBrazil'sJapanese.Anumberofleaderswh oopposedth eSh i ndoRenmTwerek i lledorwoundedbyth eterrorists.Alargepercentageofth eseBrazili anJao-aneseh vem i solatedvillageswh ereth eyh avefallenpreytoth epropagandaofth eSh i ndoRenmei andh aveli ved i nfearofth eterror-i sts.Wh enBraili an auth ori ti esstepped i n"th eyfoundth atonereasonforth campaignU7TWatth atSh i ndoBenmeiTSdSh opedtoconfiscate th efarmsofi gnorantcolonistswh ofledi nfearofth eterroristInadditi onto j ai li nganddeportingth eeadersofth eterroristgroupanderaXtn*h ei rpro-Japan i nfluence,Brazilh asu7derak enasystematiccampaignofeducationofth eyoungBrazil-bornciti zensoft"""11011of

provedi t.y'alrea<ty h ave

niseiUSAbyLARRYTAJIRINisei andth e49th StateOneofth eby-productsofWorldWarIIi sth ech angedattitudeorCalliforniapoliti ci anstowardJapa-neseAmericans.Th e34votesi nth eCaliforniaassemblyagainstth eanti-Japaneseland law enforce-mentappropriati onwasevidenceofth i s.Andlastweek ,i nth eHouseofRepresentatives,Californiacon-gressmentook th eleadi ndefend-i ngth eloyaltyofth eNi sei groupi nth edebateonHawai i anstate-h ood.Th ediscussiononNisei loyaltywastouch ed offby acrack byGeorgia'sPrince i H.Prestonth atHawai i ans ofJapaneseancestrywere"descendantsofth eEmperorofJapan."He wasfirstch allengedbyJ.

LeroyJoh nsonofStock ton,Calif.,aRepublicanwh o,atth ewar'sout-set,i ntroducedanumberofbillswh i ch ,i fpassed,wouldh avere-strictedth e wartimefreedom ofAmericansofJapaneseancestry,both onth emainlandand i nHa-wai i .One ofh i sproposalswasth ecreationofaloyaltycommis-siontoi nvestigateJapaneseAmer-i cansandtodeportanywh owerefoundtobedisloyal.Rep.Joh nson,obviouslyamanofsomeprejudi cesbutonewh oi snotunwilli ngtolearn,stoodup*tobearh i stestimony.Hesaidth attwentyyearsago h eh adbecomeamemberofV.S.McClatch y'sJointImmigrationCommittee,onceth emostpowerfulanti-Ori entalorgan-i zati oni nCalifornia,asarepresen-tativeofth eAmericanLegion,th enapartici panti nanti-Japanesepoli-ticsalongwi th th eNativeSons,th e California AFL and th eGrange."Fortenyearsfollowingmyen-tryonth i scommittee,i twasmyfirm convicti onfrom mystudiesandobservationsth atHawai i wasaJapaneseoutpost.Iwork edonth epremiseth atHawai i wasanoutpostofJapan."Th eCaliforniansaidth atduringth epasttenyears h egraduallyh adcometoth e conclusion.th aiHawai i was American and th atth i sconvicti onwasborneoutdur-i ngavisi ttoHawai i lastsummerAsamatterofrecord,Rep.Joh n-sonwroteanarticleforth eMc-Clatch yBeenewspaperslastyearfromHawai i i nwh i ch h eexpressedth i ssameconvicti on.Rep. Joh nson answered Con-gressmanPreston'sfearth ataHawai i anstatewouldsendmentoCongress wh owould speak for"180,000Japanese"i nth esewords:"Th eobservationth atth egen-tlemanmadeth atth erepresenta-tivesth atHawai i wouldsendtoCongress,i fi tbecameastate,andv/h o wouldrepresent180,000ofth emwh oareofJapaneseextrac-tion,aregoingtospeak forJapan,fallsof i tsown weigh tbecauseth osemen,regardlessofth ecolorofth ei rsk i n,are j ustasloyalasth epeoplei nHawai i wh oh aveawh i te,sk i n."Th eyareAmericans,notJapa-

nese.Hispremisei sfallacious.Th erepresentativeswilli nfactrepre-sentrealAmericans."Rep.Joh nson i ndi catedth ath ewasnotcompletelysh ornofh i sprejudi ceswh en h edeclaredth atth e Japanesei nHawai i ,j udgedbyth ei rrecord underfire i nth emosttryingcircumstances,weremore loyal,were more devoted,gavebetterservicetoth eUni tedbtatesth andi dth eJapanesefromth emai nland."Itmigh tdotoremindRep.Joh n-sonth atCalifornia's 100,000per-sonsofJapaneseancestrywerepreventedbymassevacuationfrompartici pati ng toalargerdegree

'"*cwareffortbutth at17,000ofth e33,000JapaneseAmericansWnlifwedTi nth eU-S-Arrayi ntI/nweremainlanders.

«f♦ i h e.HousedebateonHawai i anstateh oodanumberofcongressmenh aveassumed,forsaleofargu-r«£L?S?bably'th atth e 442ndCombatTeamwasanallHawai i anunit.Itwouldnotbemerecarp-i ng,sinceprejudi cesstillexisti nmanymainland,areas,toremindth econgressmenth atone-h alfofT»Lmen ofth e442nd Combat&Ttt6-«««>«itsofth econ-tinentalUnitedStates.Hawlr o*o"ProponentforSw,Ia.n_stateh ood i sRep.Clairpass~f'({

Ifbrniawh oblock edth e

«o« i ?Ti° cevacu*ei ndemnifi ca-mOBt i n1",19462ndWh oWMth eNwei bri gadei nth e79th Congress

wh enth ereturnofth e«.toj h ewestcoastwas\SJwefeoUtpl"90percent"otsd%**Mnese ancestry i n h Z3American citi zens,th TrJSmember h avi ng ntmlstateh oodwould*"SWj-h i ponalienJapanese **■Th eonlyJapanesei n h »Jwh oarenotAmericandSiS!th eoneswh ocame inWfclmany,manyyearsago"LSgledeclared.'Kep*■Th e so-called "Japanese"Jtionwasarock onwh VsL!leffortstoobtainstateddfaJwanh adfoundered i xi Z 1InapreviousdiscussionofHmlan stateh ood Missi ssi ppi 'sT3Rank i nh adsh outedth atJSmeanseatinga"Jap"jna,.Th ewar,h owever,h adJSSwh ateverdoubtsmost"Hlbersmayh aveh adaboutfe9JapaneseAmericansandth »3was th eHouse'spassage 0(3Farnngtonbilllastweek ! 1Argumentsby some~-Jbigots, i ncluding Georgia'sWCox th atstateh oodsh ouldk lnied becauseofHawai i 'srMcompositi onreceivedsh ortionth eHousefloor.Mostoh ioppositi ontostateh oodcameMsouth ern Democrats andai tfnorth ernreactionariesofth ei dofNewYork 'sF.R.CoudertHi twasLouisana'sHenryD.\Mcadewh oputi ntoth erecoi i llstatementregardingth ewatiflloyaltyofHawai i 'sJapaneseAnl

i canpopulation.Rep.Larcade,h eadofth ebflsubcommitteewh i ch h eld h ear*!i n lastyear,declared:!"We h adbeforeusrepreseifltivesofth eFBIwh otestifi ednotwith standingth ereport)tmth epropagandath atwasspread!

regardtosabotageandespioafli nHawai i byciti zensofJapujßancestry,before,duringandi flth ewar,th ei ri nvestigati onsflclosedth atth erewasnosuch aflpionageorsabotageonth eputAanyciti zensofJapaneseawtfßoranyoth erciti zensofth eTailtoryofHawai i ."Rep. Larcade's statementMNisei loyaltywassecondedbytbfloth erCalifornians,i nadditi ontflReps.Joh nson andEngle.IhGeorgeMillerandGordonM;D*Baugh gavecogentargument!aBRep.NorrisI'oulson,wh oh asi ai Hcatedth ath ewasmisi nform!■h i swartimeoppositi ontoti i elflgroup,alsosupportedstateh ooiI"Onth erecordofth ei rbeh i nd

andth ei rpartici pati oni nth emkAmericanciti zensofJapanesenMcestrycanbeli ttlecriti ci zed,"tt|HMcDonaugh stated."Such eridsjofblocvotingaaexistsart!AmericansofJapaneseancesti j ßnotli k elytoassumeseriousglportions,becauseth ey,li k etMpeoples,aredivi dedamongstth flflselvesbydifferences,politi cal,cialandeconomic.GeorgeMiller,oneofth eM

i Cali forniacongressmenstillh lflfi cewh omaintai ned h i ssemtflfai rplayonth equestionrflevacueesduringth ewar,Mmconductofth e100Battalion■th e442ndCombatTeamadlover-subscribedwarbonddnni j jpowerfulargumentsforHawai istateh ood. yjOnth ebasisofHouseoMth e"Japaneseciuestion"i stodWstrongfactorfavoringfla»"Jstateh ood. Th eracistargiffljonceusedbyth eRank i nsmmCoxes h ave with eredbefo«JproofandrecordofNisei W%andservice.Th emainland«mwh o h elpedmak eth atrecortjwartimeserviceonwh i ch tM«|neseAmericangroup«""1are j udged,canbeprom«3contributi ontowardth ereaiwflofHawai i 'sdreamofstatem»|n

JACLDeputationToHoldMeetingInSanJuanSAN.FRANCISCO;J»J

organizi ngaJACLi n« Mi nth eSanJuanBauti&*£Mbediscussedi nth atcityyTjmJuly12,by Joe.regionalJACLdirector,ABflmgawara,MitsuzoUyed««"TiraHn .MmmPossibi li tyoffonnm?ch apteri nth atare.discussedwith localM*

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aNiseii nManh attan

byRok uSugah araUNKNOWN i nSummertime

I,mljnow h ow th eydo i t,butth enativeNisei NewYork er«survivesth eh ecti csummer.Ifind i tatough situation,even"}!rmerNewOrleanian./.th e h umi di ty,constantly i n th e80s,th atmak es i trough ,wwith i tastick y h eatnotunli k eth esultrinessofth edeepPL.th esteamingElCentro,Calif.,h eatof115degreesi nth eseemsmild i ncomparison.uresi gnth atsummeri sh erei sth eappearanceofth eswarmsh t-seeingguidesandexcursiontick etsellersonnearlyeverybetweenRadio CityandTimesSquare.Th evisi ti ngfiremen,th eh i nterlands,mustbe i nfullforcebecauseeventh eCh i natownarefilledtoth egills,h eatornoh eat.

UNKNOWN Th rong Everywh ere

Verywh ereth erei scrowd.tth eth eaters,park s,ballfields,andzoo;i nsubways,elevators,|andtrains,i t'salwaysonebigmassofh umani tych argi ngat

tth ebeach ,sandspace i salwaysatapremiumandyouusuallyupwitn j ustenough spacetositonth eConeyIslandbeach ,butlough room topark yourwh olebody,letaloneyourlunch andili a.Th enwalk i ngtoth esurfandfindi ngth ewateri sanoth erone-process. .....,"*.j oth eramazingth i ngaboutth i scity i sth estaggeringnumberasth atfli tanddarteverywh ere.Th erearemorecabs i nNewth anmanytownsh avecars.Wh ateverdirectionyou mayturn,verbeth eh our,acabwillbecomingby.Waveh ellotoafriendi th estreetandadozencabswillcometoasqueak i ngh alt.

♦ * *UNKNOWN New York ers Put Up With

[eatorno h eat,th eaverageManh attaniteli k estoappearwell-i d,Th erei snoneofth atsh i rt-sleeveorsport-sh i rtedi nformalityi nth ewest.AtieandcoatarestrictlySOPeveni n100degree.*r.Ofcourse,th erules i nBrook lynandth eBronxdi ffer.Th eyth ei rowngroundrules.Homing i salsoatough nuttocrack .Intown,th emodernrtmentsli k eyouseei nth emovies,runfrom $300amonth up,i tlyup.Th erearesuitableh omesi nth esuburbs,butth atmeansngcommutingridebytrainsSo,th estrugglingNisei usuallydaup i nafurnish edroom ortwoinupperManh attan.Th esevrungenerallyatriflelargerth anasardinecan.Renti si li tedonasquarefootbasisandnotsomuch onth enumber■ooms.h en,wh ydoth eyallputupwith th i srush andcongestion?Ml,th eysomeday h opeto h i tth e j ack -potofth ei rdreams,lisei NewYork erandoth ersofth eeigh tmilli on,calculateongth ei rstrideand"arrive"i nth ei rspecialline.Unboundedam-anddewey-eyedoptimi smobscureseventh eh i gh estbarriersandestsh ort-comings.

UNKNOWN Ch i natown

Th ere i saCh i natown,adjoi ni ng th eBowery,and i n th edotsofth eTh i rdStreetElandth eManh attanbridge.Iti ssmallcomparedwith SanFrancisco'sGrantavenueandfsh abbyand drabalongsideLos Angeles's modernCh i naage.Th erei reth eusualwindi ngstreets,with ch opsueyparlorscuriostorespredominati ng.Mostofth eCh i neseh ereareconcentratedi nth elaundryand"wantbusinesses,wh ereasth eJapanesearescattered i nal-teverylineofendeavor.

♦ " *UNKNOWN toJapan Opens

mcoastIssei andNi sei arefloodingWash i ngtonwi th appli-estotravelandvisi tJapan.I'mafraidth atth oseboyswillnot"7farasyet.h efirstgroupofAmerican businessmen are sch eduled toi orJapani nmid-August.Th eworldquotaforcommercialtrad-ri an,atth ePresenttime i ssetat400amonth .Ofth i s"'State 8

'th elargestforai,ynation» i sreservedforth e

In0rlh wmstAirli nes,i ti snow ameretwo-day j auntfrom"poi j stoTok yo.■tth i srata,i twi llbequitealongtimebeforewestcoastNiseimapplicati onsareevenconsidered.Itseemsth atalotofh i ghZllec°nomicandpoliti calfieldsh avemuch h i gh erpriortyweoth erh opefuls.

UNKNOWN Situation Muddled

situation i n Japantodayi srath erconfusedanduncertain,ablixh/de[miterush -ofwell-moneyedandweil-placedpersonssh ores tEbe?cn-h eadsonJapan'spotentiallylucrativeforeigntiedath > c drawback i sth atJapan'sproductioni sveryi afv«„«\?re?enttimeandsh eh asbarelyenough rawmaterialsfew i n*"basicneedsoth erpeople.i lui M...-Fltemsli k esilk goods,cottonyardage,toysandoth er,1 i l""arecomingi nsmalldribblesviath eU.S.Com-tewnotySetPlbutth ePresenttotalexportstoth i scountrynproximateafractionofth eprewarfigures.

* * *UNKNOWN Conditi ons i nJapan

treading lnJaP*n*ndalsoth eNisei civi li anwork ersi k ewalk fai*aarrowandstraigh tline.Everystepofth ewayan»nl„g.onapath ofeggs.Th erei saregulationandproh i -Adefi veveryth i ng.'h eOft*-ch .f.Bm'forsomereason,existsbetweenth eClsh ei ri oL civi llanwork ers.Iguessboth feelalittlei nsecurer»ti o autt,ewarylestth eoth ertak esoverth ewh olecbombed-outnativeJapanese,too,areh avi ngth ei rh ands

andscarciti esexi stedback i nth e19305,th ey1«Se«r»»many.andasaggravatedtoday.Pick outanypageh ose i tenu . k catalogandyou'llbesureth atalmostall8arelack i ngandverymuch neededi nJapan.

UNKNOWN Monetary Structure

Fdth eW ng'mflationarytacticsofth eyen h ascompletely.iti snfr?«:conomy.Wh ereonceth eyenwas4to1before°"iei allypeggedat50to1today.Inth ewidelypreva-

lentblack mark et,th eyeni saslowas 150to1.Manyafortuneh as

beenwipedoutbyth espirali ngmovementofth emonetarysystem.Asidefrom th eviolentgymnasticsofth eyen th ere h asBeena

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:HowWideth eSaltLak eStreets

o?lido"y Tare-Th eygiveth ecityalookTok Kfandan,a'rof"""-being.EvenLi'lairth P,Zh Cle,anandPresentable i nth edesertfsn'ttLI S-Jessgnmy-Andeveni fth edistri cti sntth ebest,i t'sawelcomech angefromth eteatfL*HflumareaSmwh i ch th eJapaneseusuallyarei orcedtocongregate.wei*i nfi llViei iri J?uBUmmerof1943th atwelastnmn SrTHereWaS Unresti nth eWRAfffli tln,PleS Was on th ewarpath .Joh n2b,7wallowing i nself-createdgloryasth eresultofh i sso-calledexposesofWRAandJACL.„'"framedfalsTredish i nSouth alf-truth stoh eadli nes sPlash edth em underi nflamatory

"RVundth _cJACLwere triedandcon-yictedwith outh eari ngi nth epress.Accordingtoth esech argesth eJACLwassettinggovernmentpolicy i nleaguewith Japanesefascists,guiltyofCommunistleanings.Look i ngback ,th eh ysteriaofth osetimesseemsfunnyButi n1943i twasseriousbusiness.Th eJACLandth ePacifi cCiti zen,wh i ch i ntruth wereth eonlyvoiceofJapaneseAmericans,werebeingth reat-

enedwith extincti on.Th eri,gh tofapeopletospeakouti nth ei rowndefensewasbeingch allengedi nth enameofnationalsecurity

Th osewererough times,andfadingmemoriesofth edaysweresh arpenedanewbyourvisi t.

* * *Th ePC'sInnerSanctumSofaraswe k now,nooneh astri edtodescribeth eofficesofTh ePacifi cCiti zen.Itusedtobea

favoritepastimeofaspiri ng j ournalists—includingNisei English sectioneditors—towaxph i losoph i cali nth ei rcolumnswriti ngaboutth edingyenviron-menti nwh i ch th eylabored.But,i tseems,th ePCh asbeentoobusycrusading,h oldi ngaloftth enobletorch andpointi ngth ej ournalisti cfingerwith alarm(wh i ch i s entirelywith i n i tsprovince) to h avemuch ti meforph i losoph y.Asamatteroffactth ePC'seditori alsanctum

i sh ardlyconductivetoph i losoph y.Th erei snoth i ngofth eback alleygarretabouti t,nogroaningandclank i ngofpresses.norfumesfromanarici entlino-typemach i ne.Th ePC'sofficeadjoi nsth atofth eJACLonth e

fourth floorofth eBeasonbuildi ng,asomewh atelderlybuteminentlyrespectable-look i ngstructurei ndowntownSaltLak eCi ty.Inmorerigoroustimesth ePC'sone-roomeditori alh i deoutusedtobepiledh i gh wi th newspapers—stack softh emfromvirtuallyeveryvillageandh amleti nth ecoastalandmoun-tainstatesplusmetropolitan j ournalsfrom th elength andbretdth ofth eland.Th esenewspaperswereth egristforth ePC's

editori almill;th eyprovidedth erawmaterial(inth eabsenceofregularcorrespondents)wh i ch wassh apedi ntoth ematterforth enewscolumns.Itwastediouswork ,buti twaseffective.Th esepilesofnewspapersgainedi nstatureeach

ti meth emai lmanstaggeredi n Sinceth e j ani torneverdumpedanyth i ngunlessh e was told—forfearofth rowi ngawayth ewrongpileoftrash —th epapersgainedmountainousproportionsuntilsomeonei ndesperationstartedash ort-livedclean-upcampaign.Strangeth i ngswereli k elytobefoundunderth ese

stack s:amissi ngletter,notesgalore,old h ats,h alf-eatensandwich essomewh atdeh ydrated,stainedmilk bottlesusedtobringupcoffeeduringni gh tsessionstosustainEdi torLarryTaj i ri 'sflaggingenergy.Butsomeh owth erewasorderi nwh atappeared

tobeutterconfusion.Th ecopyfoundi tswaytoth eprintersseveralblock sawayandth ePCnevermissedan i ssue.Th ePCtodayi ssti lloperatingonash ortstaff.

Nonewsmaybe.goodnewstosomebutth esi lenceofth eoldtimepersecutorsandth epeaceth atreignsi nth eonetimeh otbedsofanti-Japfervori smak i ng.itmorediffi culttoph rasea h eadli ne.Th ePC h asservednoblyth rough adiffi cultperiod.

CityBustleswith TouristsSaltLak eCity i sbustlingwi th touristactiv-

i ty,an i ndustryth at'sboomingth i syearth ank stoth eMormonCentennial.It'sdiffi culttospreadamadri grasatmosph ereth rough outawh olesum,merbuti fbrigh tli gh tsareanyh elp,Utah nswilldo i t.Wh atach angeth erei si nth ecitysincewefirst

saw i ti nNovember,1942wh enth eJACLcalledanemergencyconferenceofrepresentativesfromeachofth eWRAcenters Th ,erewaslittleelsebutgloomth eny-andsolemnityanddeterminati onandgrim-ness.Butth i stime,well—perh apsth edifferencei si n

ourpersonaloutlook .

VagariesMovies...AlNozak i ,oneofParamount*artdirectors,i snow work i ngonth esettingsforth elatestfilmver-sionofMark Twain's"ConnecticutYank ee"wh i ch willstarBingCrosby....NineyearsagoEddieImadzu,artdirectoratMGM,work edon"Th eCrowdRoars,"apicturewh i ch starredRobertTay-lor.MGM isremak i ngth efi lmwitsMick eyRooneyi nth etoproleandEddi eImadzu isagain th e art

Heroine...Oneofficti on'snewesth eroi ne

i saJapanesegirlnamedHanak owh oselovestorywith agroundedBriti sh pilot,Mich aelQuinn, i nwartimeIndiai stoldbyRich ardMasoni nh i snewnovel,"Th eWi ndCannotRead,"wh i ch recentlywaspublish edbyPutnam's.Hanak oi si nBritai natth eoutsetofth ewarand,tak i ngth eCh i nesenameofMissWei,goestoIndiatoteachJapanesetoBriti sh armyofficers.

JudoStar...Kenneth Kuniyuk i ofSeattle,Wash .,wh o h oldsafifth degreerating i nj udo,taugh tJamesCag-neyj udotech ni quesforth elatter'srolei n"Bloodonth eSun."Kuni-yuk i nowwork sforCagneyasbutler,h andyman and j udopart-ner...Cagneyalso h adaNiseibutleri nascreenrolesomeyearsago i nth e film, "Someth i ng toSingAbout."Cagney,aprogres-sive i npoli ti csandamanwh o i sopposedtoracialstereotypes,pre-sentedth eNisei ch aracterasani ndi vi dualandnoti nth etraditi on-al"Japanesebutler"manner.

Politi cs...Th ere'sapparentlyconsiderablepro-Wallacesentimentamongth eNisei .SonoOsato i sch ai rmanofth ewomen'sdivi si onofPCA(Pro-gressiveCiti zensofAmerica)i nNew York City. Fusaye Ik edafromNebrask ai sh eadofth eyouthdivi si onofPCA i nSaltLak eCity.SeveralNisei alsoareactive i nADA (AmericansforDemocratic

Action)wh oseleadersh i pi ncludesMrs.EleanorRoosevelt,LeonHen-dersonandoth ers...OneNiseiRepublicanleaderi nCaliforniaal-readyi sonth eStassenbandwagon.Th ere'slittlevoctflDeweysenti-ment,probablyduetoth eNewYork governor'saction i nduck i ngth e evacuee i ssue i n th e 1944campaign.

"* *"AsiaCalling,"ach i ldren'smag-

azinepublish edi nSantaMonica,i snowpreparingmaterialforani s-suedevotedtoJapanandappear-i ng i nNovember.Th e edi tori sMaryEllenHawk Saunders,Sh angh ai -bornwifeofJ.R.Saun-ders,areturnedmissi onaryfromCh i na.Th emagazinei spublish edbyth eAmerican-OrientalFriend-sh i pAssociati on,Inc.

Tribute...ASanMateoradiostationpaidtributetoKenj i Kato,formerser-geantandpresidentofth e SanMateoch apterofth eJACL, i nanews broadcast announcing th edeath ofth eNi sei leader.HewascalledoneofCalifornia's"greatestwarh eroes"i nth ebroadcast.

Civi lServiceCommissi onUsesRacialClassifi cati on

ByTogoW.Tanak a

Prejudi ce i nGovernment:

(From th eColoradoTimes)Th eU.S.Ci vi lServiceCommis-

sionh asreportedtoCongressth ati th asalreadypluck edtwodozenundersirablesoffth efederalpay-roll.Between January1,1946,andMarch 31,1947,th eCommissi onsaysth at24"di sloyal"civi lserviceemployeesresignedorwerefired.Th eCommissi ondenied j obsto42oth ersafterch eck i ngth ei rrec-ords.Latestboxscore—66.Wh owereth esesubversivesixty-six?Th eCommissi onenligh tenedCongressbylisti ngth esepersonanongrataunderfourmainh ead-i ngs,towi t:Communist

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Nazis 3Fascists * 3Japanese 5Th e Associated Press carried

th esestatisti cs.Wequoteourref-erencebecausesomebody i sgoingtoask us,h owcome?Somebodywh oi s"Japanese"butneith eraCommunistnoraFascistnoraNazi willk nowwh eth eryoucangetk i ck edoutoffederalem-ploymentforbeinga"Japanese."Wedoubti t,butwedon'tk now.Toreadth e Ci vi lService Com-missi on'slisti ngofth esubversive66,wewonderi fth eCommissi oni tselfk nows.Oncenotlongago,youcouldloseyourfederalj obj ustbeing"Japa-nese"i nori gi n.Alloth erth i ngsaboutyoucountedforless.Ifyouwere"Japanese"youweremark edforpurgei nth epost-PearlHarbormonth s.Butduringth ewar,th atsitua-ti onch anged,andth efederalgov-ernmenth i redh undredsof"Japa-nese,"aliensandciti zensali k e,forcivi li anj obsi nvolvingwarwork .Onth ewh oleth ei mpressiongot

aroundtousth atth esepeopledidacreditable j ob,wini ngoutth eearlystigmaattach edtoth efactofth ei rbeingJapanese.Butnowcomesth i slatestcom-muniquetosh ak eusoutofoursmugcomplacency.Wereth efi veJaDanesefiredorrejectedbecauseth eywere"Com-munists"or"Fascists"or"Nazis"Orbecauseth eywere"Japanese"?Ifth eywereundesirablebecauseth eyfittedtoosnuglyi ntoanyofth efi rstth reeh eadi ngs,th ei rrec-ordscouldneatlyh avebeentuck edi ntoth oseclassifi cati onsandprop-eilyburiedwh ereth eybelong.Wh ateverth epracticesmaybe,

wedonotbelieveth eCi vi lServiceCommissi onoperatesonth eprin-cipleth atyouk i ck amanoutoffederalemploymentbecauseofh i sraceorreligi on.Rejecteesarenotclassifi ed as Jews,Cath oli cs orNegroes.Somemigh tsayth atth ewar

againstJapanexcludedpeopleofJapanesedescentfromeach th ero-reticali mmuni ty.Butth eperiodcoveredi nth elatestCivi lServiceCommissi onreportstartsseveralmonth safterV-Jday.Th eU.S.Ci vi lServiceCommis-si onough ttomak ei tcelarwh eth -eranemployeecangetfiredfromh i sgovernmentj obtodayforbeinga"Japanese."Ifth i si snotth ecase,th eCom-missi oncanavoidmi sunderstand-i ngabouti tspolici esbyrevisi ngfuturereportstoCongresstoth eextentofstri k i ngoutreferencestoth eracialorigi nsofitspurgees.

PACIFICCITIZENi lJuly12,19475

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NewJerseyResettlementAidCouncilVotestoDisbandReport2300NowRelocatedi nState;1800atSeabrookBRIDGETON,N.J.—Byunani-

mousvoterecentlyth eNewJersey

Councilon JapaneseAmericans,wh i ch assisted i nth erelocationof2300evacueesi nth estate,votedtodiscontinuei tswork asagroupbuttocontinueassisti ngth erelocatedJapanese.Americansasi ndi vi duals.Beforedisbanding,th ecouncili n-

dorsedpendinglegislationi nCon-gresstosetupanevacuationclaimscommissi onandtogiveth eattor-neygeneraldiscretionarypowerstostayth edeportationofJapa-nesealiens.Th esecretarywas i n-structed tonotifyRep.CliffordCh ase,R.,N.J.,amemberofth eHouseJudici arycommittee,ofth eresolutions.Mrs Steph enJ.FranciscoofLit-tleFalls,retiri ngpresidentofth eNew JerseyStateFederationofWomen'sClubsandamemberofth e councilsi ncei ts i nceptioni nJanuary,1946,congratulatedth ech ai rman,Miss Marian Glaeser,studentcounselloratNewJerseyCollegeforWomen,forth ei rsuc-cess i nassi sti ngth oseofth e2300evacueesi nNewJerseywh osough th elpafterth e disbandingofth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty.Itwas noted th atSeabrookFarmsh asth elargestnumberofpersonsofJapaneseancestryi nth estatewith 1800,ofwh om 700arech i ldren.Itwasnotedth atth erearenursery sch ools and playgroundfacili ti esatSeabrook Farms,wh i leth eolderch i ldrenattendBridge-tonh i gh sch ool.Mrs. Ellen Nak amura,Niseimemberofth ecouncil,h asservedasliai sonofficerbetweenth eJap-anese Americans and th e Sea-brook s.Mrs. Nak amura th ank ed th e

councilforitswork andsaid"itwasaverystrength eni ngth i ngtok now th atth ecouncilwasbeh i ndus."Allfurth eri nqui ri esbyJapaneseAmericansi nnorth ernNewJerseymaybeaddressedtoth eNewYorkInternationalInstitute,wh i leth osei nth esouth ernpartofth estatemaysendth ei rqueriestoth ePh i l-adelph i aInternationalInstitute.

SanJoseIsseiApplyforFirstCiti zensh i pPapersSANJOSE,Calif.—Anewpost-wari nteresti nUnitedStatescit-i zensh i pi sbeingsh ownbyresidentaliensofJapaneseancestryi nSan-taClaraCounty.Inrecentweek s 18 Japanese

aliens h aveappliedforfirstnat-uralizati onpapersatth ecountyclerk 'soffice.For$3,anyonecanfilepapersbutunderth epresentnaturalizati onlawaliensof-Japa-neseancestryarenoteligi bleforth efinalciti zensh i ppapers.Japanesealiensexplainth atth ey

arefili ngpaperstosigni fybothi ntentanddesiretotak eoutAmer-i canciti zensh i p.

SANJOSETEAMSPLITSSERIESWITHALL-STARSSANJOSE,Calif.—Th eSanJose

Zebrasandth eCentralCaliforniaAll-Starssplitatwo-dayseriesatMunici palstadium overth tFourthofJulyweek end.Th eZebras,undefeated i nth ecurrentNotrh ernCaliforniaNiseibaseballleague,wonth efi rstgame5to3butdroppedth esecondtilt10to9.SterlingdefensiveplaybyCh iAk i zuk i ,centerfielder,andCh estyOk agak i ,secondbaseman,ofth eZebrasfeaturedth efi rsttilti nwh i ch th eSanJoseteamcollectedsixh i tsoffth epitch i ngofGeorgeFuj i ok a,formerSangerh i gh ace,andsqueezedoutfiveruns.Joh nHorio h eldth eAll-Starstofivescatteredbingles.'Fuj i ok acameback th enextlaytoturni nabrilli antreliefpitch -i ng j obto h oldth eZebras,wh i leTak Abo,formerFresnoStatestar,h adabrilli antdayatth eplatewi th fiveforfive.

BelieveDelgadilloRulingMayAffectMadok oroCaseLOS ANGELES—Th eactionofth eUni tedStatesSupremeCourtrecentlyi ngrantawritofcerti-orari toJoseAudonSalazarDel-gadilloi nadeportationcasemayh ave"far-reach i ngeffects"onth ecase ofSannosuk e Madok oro, i twas i ndi catedrecentlybyA.L.Wiri nandFred Ok rand,counselforboth men.Wiri nnotedth atth ecasesand

th eprinci plesi nvolved i nth etwoactionsweresimi lar.Delgadillo,anativeofMexico,h asbeenservedwith adeportationorderonth eth eoryth atwh enh i ssh i pwastorpedoedwh i le h ewasi nth eserviceofth eU.S.Mer-ch antMarine,h ewasrescuedbyanAmerican sh i pand tak entoCuba from wh ere h e wasflownto Miami .ImmigrationServicecontendedth atth i sconstitutedanewentry i ntoth i scountryforwh i ch Delgadillowasnoteligi blebecauseh edi dnotpossessanun-expiredi mmi grationvisa.Th ecase ofSannosuk e Mado-k oro,i nwh i ch beh alfapetiti onforwritofcertiorari i sbeingpresentforpresentationtoth e SupremeCourt,i nvolvesanalienwh o h asli ved i n th eUni ted Statesformanyyearsbutwh o nowfacesdeportationordersbecauseh een-teredMexicoforafew h ours i nth e course ofbusiness i n 1926Immigrationoffici alsdeclaredth atMadok oro'sre-entryafterh i sfewh ours visi ti nMexicoconstitutedanewentry,forwh i ch h ewasnoteligi blesinceth eJapaneseExclu-sionActh adbeenpassed i n1924

Lieut.HottaWillLeaveforJapanPRESIDIO OF MONTEREY,CaM.-MasterSergeantYosh i oHotta,ani nstructoratth eMili tarySendee. Language sch ool, waslh ?ZlA aS,aAfcondlie«tenanti nth eMedicalAdrmnistrationcorps,AUS onJune17byColonelElliotMlJq°rPTe; £°"lmandantofth eEfLSTHottawillbetrans-ferredtoJapani nth enearfutureforservicewith th eIntelligentJX asatranslatorandfnter-OM yHT1Vifutenant»anativeofOak land and a graduateofth eUniversityofCaliforniafromuh i chh ereceived,th edegreeofBach elorofSciencei n1940.Heenteredth earmysh ortlyafterPearlHarborandservedasatranslatorandi nonenaifyears,reach i ngth erankseaTaScrth ergAar\HeS"ved°v"seas i nth eAlask an th eaterforaboutsixmonth s. r

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Japani nth enearfuture P'*m

Ich i noseCh argesPatersonUnabletoMak eTitleWeighNisei Figh tersRefusedPermissi onToFigh ti nBritai nGLASGOW,Scotland—SamIch i -

nose,Nisei managerofDadoMa-rino,flyweigh tch allengerfromHonolulu,ch argedth i sweek th atJack i ePaterson,world'sch ampi oni nth e112-pounddivi si on,i sunabletomak eth eweigh tforth esch ed-uledti tleboutwith Marino.Th eboutwaspostponedforth e

secondtimeth i sweek andisnowsch eduledforJuly 16. Ittwasorigi nallysetforJune11butwasmovedtoJuly9wh enPatersondeclaredth ath eh adabloodinfec-tion.Th esecondpostponementwasallowedwh enPatersonbrok eouiwith boilsonh i sh and.Ich i nose,wh oh asbeenh erewithMarinosinceMay5,declaredth ath ewas"disgusted"wi th th epost-ponements."Patersoncan'tmak e th eweigh t,"Ich i nose said."Westillh aveno guaranteeth atPatersonwillstepi ntoth eringonJuly16andIamask i ngth ath eputupasubstantialpersonalbond."PromoterCh arlesBlack saidh e

consentedtoth esecondpostpone-mentonlybecauseh ealreadyh adsold $80,000worth oftick etsforth efi gh t,and,asfaras h ewasconcerned,"th i si sPaterson'sslastch ance."Meanwh i le,Ich i noseannouncedth ath e wouldclaim th eworld'sflyweigh tch ampi onsh i pforMarinoi fth erewasanyfurth erdelayi nth eplansforth ebout.Sch eduledboutsforRobertTak e-sh i ta,BaldwinOk amotoandTommyBlondin,wh oaccompaniedMarinofromHawai i ,werecalledoffwh enth eBriti sh boxingboardofcontrolrefusedtosanctionth eproposedmatch es,declaringth atth efi gh t-erswerenotof"internationalre-pute."Tak esh i ta,winnerof16straigh tfigh ts i nHawai i si nceturningprofessionallastyear,h adbeenmatch edwith Jack Marsh all,Briti sh ligh twei gh tch ampi on.Tak e-sh i taalready h asreturned h ometoHawai i .Th emostrecentsparringpartnertoj oi nth eMarinocampandanoth -erprotegeofIch i nosei sTsunesh iMaruo,-1946NationalAAU ban-tamweigh tch ampi onandaveteranofth e442nd CombatTeam,wh oarrivedfrom Honolululastmonth .Ich i nose i ndi cated th ath e al-ready h adreceivedoffersforMa-rinotofigh ti nParis,Manila,Bel-fastandBrussels,i fh ewi nsth eflyweigh tch ampi onsh i p.

VictorFuj i uLeavesClevelandPostCLEVELAND,O.—Victor Fu-j i u,wh o h asbeenactive i nwork

amongth eNi sei i nClevelandfor

th reeyearsandh asbeeni ndaofth e Sunday EveningMsh i pgroup,h asleftfortie*i tysch oolatth eUniverstjCh i cago.Heformerlywaspresidentt\seminaryunionstudentbodrOberlincollege.

PCSPORTSForty-NinerWallaceYonamim.UJNisei h alfback **)££§Ninersi ntMLjJSfJconferenceseasonYn,Atflteam with CLS'*lEsh mont,Norn?£dftIForty-Ninerstars. eailll<lß

* "ProBallTwoyearsbeforeth ei JIJack i eRobinson,Rof&fißand oth er NegrostaTlBrook lynDodgeUatVJ

management i ssued aJ3statementofi tspolicyof«3crimi nati on.Hack i nm MbaseballplayerwroteBrariSeytoask wh eth erh ewjJtoratryoutwith th eDoSanswer wh i ch was31Barnch Ri ck eyJr.,wh offJofth eDodgerfarm opeaSwe,lc?

tmedth eNi seirook i elj laforth ri gh tdeclarationofi lganizati on'sattitude.Incj fcJwillKaj i k awa, varsity|»

coach atArizonaStatecoClh elpedconductth eBrook lvßi l*erbaseballsch ooli nArilth eDasttwoyears.

"" »AnumberofNisei h aveJi norganizedbaseballbutaonjlanyparticulardegreeof..JJimmyHorio,stillplaying!]balli nHawai i ,andKensoxJofStock tongotth eclosest*th eyplayedayearwith th es9mentoSenatorsofth ePacili tflJleague.SammyTak ah ash i i flClassB ballforTacomaJlWesternInternationalmany]flago.Size,andnotth emytk lVisei cannot h i tacurve'MMwh atk eepsmanygoodNisei Msraoutofproball.Th eMsMS'isei playerswasdemonstrauiHlawai i duringth ewarwtalnumberofJapaneseAnwi i gfl.sh owedupwelli nawartimeli Bwh i ch i ncludedsuch major1mstarsasJoe(Jordon,PeeweeißWaltJudnich ,HobOilli ni flWaltMasterson.

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IvrRANCISCO—AnareaofW h lock si nth ecenterof■CSe San Francisco'sIdistricti snow th ecen-fcSSSstive h ousi ngsur-■a

beingconductedunderdi-W:/th ecity'sattorneygen-LratinK i nth esurveyarefcenGate ch apterofth eWeJapaneseAmericanCiti -■rjue-th e SanFra"cisf°■h f*cNAACP and th e[purposeofth esurvey,ac-1,toth eattorneygeneralsBVtosee wh atactioncanKento i mprovelivi ngcondi-■i nth edi stri ct.H,i mmedi atetestarea i ncludes■ok sonLangunaandßuch an-Eeetsfrom California to

E'imately700 h ousi ngunitsIth esix-block areaandth e■riewersh opetomak eatleastIpersonali nterviewsforth e■v Th ough th e area was,

■'toth eevacuation,populatedHtwh ollybypersonsofJapa-■ancestry,th eresidentstoday■fJapanese,Negro,Latin-Am-X,Ch i nese,Fili pi noandwh i te■nostth eentirewesternaddi-■wh i ch i ncludes allofban■cisco's "Japanesetown,"h as■declaredaslum area. Th eHugsurveywillgiveexactdataBusingfacili ti es.■erviewsarebeingcarriedon80-manteamswh ovolunteer■services.Atth epresenttime■arebeingmadeth reeeven-Beverytwoweek s.■Jestionsask edrelatetonum-Kfrooms i neach familyunit,Heoffamilymembers,rentalKs,facili ti esprovidedi ncludedKgand bath room facili ti esHepairsmadebyoccupants.HAVC questionnaire alsoHssocialconditi onsregardingHymentand h ousi ng.SpecialRons h avebeenmade outtoHuti fth epersonsi nterviewedHiadepreviouseffortstofindHigoutsideofth eFi llmoreMis-■andwh atobstaclesh adbeenHntered.HeAVCquestionnairealsoask sHyj obdiscri mi nati on h asbeenBfnteredandi fth epersons i n-Hwedi semployed i nth etradeHh i ch h eh asbeentrained.HongNisei i nterviewersnowHnK°nth esurveyareKen■andYori Wadaofth eAVC.

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ICAGO—AppointmentofJack

i roYasutak etoth epostofistrativeassistanti nch arge(Issei recreationalprogram

nnouncedth i sweek byCork ywasak i ,executivedirectoroffagoResettlersCommittee.Yasutak e,anativeofJapan,lyfiledh i sfi rstpapersforcan citi zensh i p. He i s56ofageand h e and Mrs.»k eareth eparentsofth reenoadaugh ter.

PORTLAND VETSWIN NORTHWESTBASEBALLTITLESEATTLE,Wash .—Th ePo-landNisei Veteransteamwonth e

North westFourth ofJulyi nvi ta-ti onaltournamentwh enth ey de-featedth eSeattleNisei Veterans4to2,atColumbiafi eld.Th econsolationtroph ywastak enbyth eValleyAll-Starswh odefeat-edSpok ane,14to7.Bi llWak ayamalimi tedth eSe-attleex-Glstofive h i tsto h urlPortlandtovictory,wh i leh i smatesweregettingnineblowsoffth epitch esofMasNak ami ch i .Th e Western Giants,Ontario,

HoodRiverandth eLotusM'swereth eoth erteamsi nth etournament.

CanadaHouseWillInvestigateEvacueeClaimsLossesResultingFromMassRemovalWillBeConsideredOTTAWA,Canada—Proposalto

establish acommissi onto i nvesti-gateth eevacuationlossclaimsofJapaneseCanadianswasapprovedunanimouslyi nth eHouseofCom-monsonJune27.Th erecommendationconfinesth epowersofth ecommissi onto i n-vestigati onofclaimsforlossesasaresultofth emassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfromBriti sh Columbia'scoastalareai n1942.Th epresentcommissi onwillnot

h aveth epowertoinvestigatelanddeals i nwh i ch th epropertiesofJapaenseCanadiansallegedlyweresoldatlowfigures.Th ecommis-si onalsowillnotbeempoweredtoi nvestigateth eadmini strationofth eVeteransLandActwh i ch ledtoth esaleoffarmpropertyownedbyevacueesofJapanesedescent.

Eigh tTeamsEnterClevelandLeagueCLEVELAND, 0.— A Softballleague,sponsoredbyth eClevelandNisei Ath leti cAssn.,i sunderwayh ere.Composedofeigh tteams,th eleaguei senteredaspartofth ecityrecreationprogramandgamesaresch eduledeverySundayafter-noonat30th and'Euclidaye.Managersofth e teams are:Sportsmen,LarrySh i mamura;WestSideAth leti cclub,HowardTash i ma; Aces,Harry Tak eta;Sh amrock s,Ben Fuduk awa;Re-Bops,HarrySak ak i and FrankSugimoto;Bargers,TomIgusaandJoh nBoris;Dusters,Tak Kuni -moto,andMustangs,WaltNuibe.Th egoverningboardofth eCN-AA i s h eadedbyJoeSh i gezane,president;Abe Hagiwara,secre-tary,andTosh Yamada,publici tymanager.Team managersofvar-i ous sportsarealsopartofth eboard.Plansforsoftballinter-sectional

gameswith oth erci ti esarebeingmadebyth eassociati on.Arrange-mentsforplaying i nter-sectionalgamesagainstaClevelandNiseiteam maybe h adbywriti ngtoTosh Yamada,6105BelvidereAye.,Cleveland3,Oh i o.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToDr.andMrs.GeorgeNish i naT°yMnJu¥i6 i nFrefno,Calf.'ToMr.andMrs.JamesMeraaboycmJune26 i nLosAngelesToMr.andMrs.KaoruVagi,aboyonJune28i nLosAngelefToMr.andMrs.Tadayosh iHash i moto,aboyonJune28 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.RoyHattori,agirlonJune20 i nMonterey,CalifToMr.andMrs.S.BoeHama-Ret'Calf:1°nJulyli nSanLuisToMrandMrs.Dick Ri k i oYo-Utah 'a °nJune6inOgden

'ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeT.Sugi-llTi i 'a °nJune9inOgden

'ToMr.andMrs.MontyUrak ami ,aboyonJune28 i nLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.RyuUyedaagirlonJuly3 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i zuyoIriyeaboyonJune30 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i zuoMori agirlonJuly2i nLodi,CalifToMr.andMrs.R.R.Tanak aofPeryn,Calif.,aboyonJune29i nAuburn.To Mr.andMrs.Joh nKasu-buch i ,Draper,Utah ,a boyonJuly8.To Mr.andMrs.HarryNish i -k awa,633Eaststh South St.,agirlonJuly8 i nSaltLak eCity.To Mr.andMrs.Sh i gHash i -moto,5531KenwoodSt.,.Ch i cago,agirlonJune29.

DEATHSSeiuemonNi i zawaonJuly1i n

Stock ton,Calif.Osami Aso,11,onJuly1i nSanJose,Calif.Yasuk i ch i Sugiyama,78,onJulyIinHelped,Utah .GarySh i gTeraj i ,i nfant,onJuly

5 i nDenver,Colo.Jisak uMuk ai ,71,onJune25i nSeabrook ,N.J.Ch i saTak ase,64,onJune30 i n

Seattle.Kenj i K.Kato,27,onJuly4 i nOak land,Calif.Mrs.UmenoSak ata,51,onJune

29 i nGardena,Calif.Masak i ch i HamadaonJune28i nLosAnireles.

MARRIAGESLucyHiyamatoYosh i nobuOdaonJune28i nCh i cago.Sadak oNak ash i getoHiromuNi-

sh i onJune29i nCh i cago.Hisak oKami k awa,LosAngeles,

toMich i masaNak ah araofSelma,Calif.,onJune28.Fuj i ye Ni nomi yaofFresno to-\k ash i Sh i rak awaofCh i cagoonJune30.Tomi k oSugi mototoRayR.Ya-k uraonJune28 i nLosAngeles.Ki yok oImazutoJamesTanak aonJune29i nLosAngeles.

MARRIAGELICENSESRoseKitagawa,20,andJosephFrederick Nunnally,36,both ofBerk eley,Calif., i n"Seattle,Wash .Joseph i neA.Search ,26,Rich -

mond,Calif.,andWilli amK.Yosh i -h ata,27,Berk eley,i nSeattle,Wash .

BowlingLeagueWATSONVILLE. Calif.— A

bowlingleaguewillbe formed i nth enearfutureunderth esponsor-sh i pofth e WatsonvilleCiti zensLeague.LocalNisei groups i nter-estedi nenteringteamswereask edtocontactBi llMine,i nch argeofath leti cs.

Leadersh i pWork sh opPlannedByMidwestDistri ctCouncilCHICAGO,111.—Anewch apteri nJACLh i storywi llbe wri ttenwh enawork sh op,,rath erth anadistri ctconvention,willtak eplaceth eweek endofOctober11th ,1947,accordingtoMari Sabusawa,ch ai r-manofth eMidwestDistri ctCoun-ci l(MDC)ofJACL.Th i sexperi-menti si naccordancewith th ede-ci si onofth eJACLch aptersrepre-sentedatth eorganizati onalmeet-i ngofth eMDConApril26th and27th ,th i syear.Th eprelimi naryplanningcom-mitteemetatth econferenceroomofth eAmericanCouncilonRaceRelations i nCh i cagoonJuly7thtomapoutth egeneralwork sh opprogramandtoexploreareasofdiscussionforth eevent.Primari lyaleadersh i ptrai ni ngprogram,th ework sh opwi llbedesignedtode-velopth eprogramsofth esevenMidwestJACLch apters,particu-larlyi nrelationtoth ei rcommuni-ti es.Presentatth emeetingwereMissSabusawa,MasaoW.Satow,na-tionalJACLsecretary;Dr.R.MasSak ada,secondnationalvice-presi-dent;Abe Hagiwara,firstvice-ch ai rmanofth eMDC;Eurek aSa-tow,recording secretaryofth eMDC;Doroth ySak on,correspond-i ngsecretaryofth eMDC;TatsKush i da,Midwestregionalrepre-sentative;HowardBennett,GladysIsh i da,MarvelMaeda,Jack Nak a-gawa,Willi am Simms andEi k oYosh i h ash i . Mi ss Sabusawa ap-pointedaprogramplanning com-mitteewh i ch willsetupnecessarysubcommittees."Representationfrom ch apters

outsideth edi stri ctwillbe wel-comed",said Mas Satow. "Weh opeth atth i swork sh opwillcon-tributetoth efundofi nformationavailable.toallJACLch apters,"h eadded.

TomNak ash i maHeadsLivi ngstonCabinetLIVINGSTON,Calif.—Tom Na-

k ash i ma h eadsth ecabinetofth eLivi ngstonYPCFwh i ch was i n-stalledrecently. Oth ers i ncludeSaraOk uye,vicepres.;AnnKa-wana,sec.-treas.;MarySh oj i ,cor-res.sec;JoyceKash i wase,musicch ai rman;PaulOk uyeandPatSu-zuk i ,socialch ai rmen;andAnnOh k i ,h i stori an.

Fili pi noAmericanWinsNisei TourneySEATTLE—Sam TamayoofSe-attle,Fili pi no American bowingstar,won th e North westNiseibowlingtournamentatMainBowllastweek with a779seriesforfourgames.HeroNish i motowassecondwith

769. *

Mid-ColumbiaJACLSetsFish i ngDerbyHOOD RIVER,Ore.—Th eMi d-

Columbiach apterofth eJACLi ssponsoringafish i ngderbyforitsmembersandth ei rfriends, i twasannounced.Th efish i ngderbywi llcontinueuntilSept.1,i twasstated.Th efollowingmembersare i nch argeofth eproject:Ray Sato,Park dale;Bob Kageyama,Dee;GeneAsai,Oak Grove;NedTak a-sumi,Odell,andTom Toda,Th eDalles.Th eentryfeeforJACLmembersi s$1.00and$2.00fornon-members.Prizeswillbeawarded i nfourdivi si ons:Trout,steelh eads,bassandcrappies.Portlandmerch antsh avedonatedprizesforth ederby.

EelectCabinetBlueCrossPlanAdoptedbyUCLSANJOSE,Calif.—Th eUni tedCiti zensLeague h asadoptedth eBlue Crossplanofh ospi talandmedicalbenefitsand i scurrentlyconductingacampaigntoenlisti tsmembersi nth atservice,accordingtoPh i lMatsumura,executivesec-retary.Th eleaguevotedi tsapprovaj ofth eprojectonJune12afteratalkbyC.R.Doyle,fieldrepresenta-tive.

WillTerminateJapaneseProjectSANFRANCISCO— Th eboardofnationalmissi onsofth ePresby-terianch urch willterminateitsJapanese project under GordonCh apmanonJune30.Mr.Ch apmanwi lltak easix-month furlough ,afterwh i ch h ewillgotoJapantocarryonPresbyter-i anwork i nth atcountry.

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Page 8: PACIFICCITIZEN · InnotingShigekiUshio'sselec-tionascony^itionchairman,Hito Okada,nationalpresidentofthe JACL,declared: "Heisthelogicalmantoleadthe nationalconventionbecauseofhis

BurgoynesHonoredBeforeDeparturefrom HoodRiverHOOD RIVER,Ore.—Th eRev.

W.Sh ermanBurgoyneandMrs.Burgoynewereh onoredatafare-wellpartybyth eMid-Columbiach apterofth eJACLandbyth ei rmanyoth erfriendsatth eAvonSuttonh omei nPark dalerecently.Th e Rev.Mr.Burgoyne wasgiventh eTh omasJeffersonawardi nNewYork Cityrecentlybyth eCouncilAgainstIntolerance i n

Americaforh i scampaignagainstraceprejudi ceduringth ewari nth eHoodRi vervalley.Itwasnotedth atth eRev.Bur-goyneh adbeenth epastorofth eAsbury Meth odi st ch urch since1942andth at,,h ewasleavingsoononanewassignment.Th efarewellpartyatth ebuttonh omewasi nth eformofapot-lucksupperandaweini eroast.Eigh typersonswerepresent.Mam Noj i ,presidentofth eJACLch apter,presentedeach ofth eBurgoyneswith apenandpen-ci lsetasatok enofappreciati onfrom th ei rmanyfriends i nth eHoodRivervalley.Itwasnotedth atth eRev.Bur-

goyne h ad beenaleaderi nth esuccessfulfigh ttoplaceth enamesofNisei servicemenback on th eHoodRivercounty h onorroll.Inadditi ontomembersofth e

Mid-Columbia JACL, th e oth erguestsi ncludedMr.andMrs.PatCosner,Mr.andMrs.Ch arlesFio-retti,Mr.andMrs.W.Smullin,Mr.andMrs.GlenMiller,Mr.andMrs.HarrisHiggi ns,Mr.andMrs.AvonSutton,Mr.andMrs.C.W.Linvi lle,Mrs.MaxMoore,Mr.andMrs.Fred Taylor,Mr.Rich ardHiggi nsandMr.Ralph Borst.

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th edeceased,wasdrivi ngth etruckatth eti meofth ecrash .

NoteProgressInJACLFundDrivei nHawai iLargestSum ComesFromli h ueDistri ctInLatestReports

SANFRANCISCO— Hawai i ancontributi onstoth eJACL-ADCfi-nancialdri vepassed th e $25,000mark th i sweek with aremittanceof$4870from Seinosuk e Tsuk i -yama,co-ch ai rman andtreasurerofth eSupporters'CommitteeforEquality i n Naturalizati on andCiti zensh i p.Th elargestsumcamefrom th e

Li h uedistri ct,wh i ch contributed$2,107.50forth edrive.Oth erdis-trictscontributedasfollows:Kapaa,$1,288;Hanapepe,$640;Kalah eo-Lawai i ,$33.50;Hanak ei ,$81.50;andWah i awa,$89.50.Specialcreditforth eHanapepecampaignwasgiventoCh arlesS.Ish i i ,generalch ai rmani nKauai,wh osupervised a h ouse-to-h ousecanvassofresidentsofJapaneseancestry.Communityresponsetoth eJACL-ADCdrivewas h earti lylauded.

SetFinalDateForBussei QueenContestEntriesFRESNO,Calif.—Offici aldead-lineforth eBussei queencontestsponsoredbyth eCentralCalifor-ni aDi stri ctYBA h asbeendefi-nitelysetforMondayevening,July21,accordingtoKiyoKawamotoofth eReedleyYBA.Allballotsmustbe i natth ecentralballotboxlocated i nth e Fresno Buddh i stCh urch by6p.m.onJuly21.Th e deadlineh as been moved

ah eadtoth atdatetogiveth ecom-mitteeenough timetotabulateallvotesanddetermineth efi veh i gh -estcontestantswh owillbeeligi bletopartici pate i nth efi nalround,MissKawamotosaid.Th efi vefi nali stswillbe h on-

oredataQueen'sTeatobeh eldonth eeveningofJuly23 i nth ePersianroomofth eHotelSequoia.Carnivalcommitteemembersanddi stri ctcabinetarebeing i nvi tedtoattendth eaffair.Finalj udgi ngwi lltak eplaceatth i stime,and,th eresultswillbepubliclyan-nouncedatth eCoronationBall.

Hawai i anResponsetoJACLFinancialDriveHailedbyKidoLOSANGELES,Calif.— Moreth an$30,000 i sbeingcontributedbyth epeopleofHawai i toth ,ework ofth eNationalJACLandi i m Anti-Di scri mi nati on Commit-tee,Saburo Kido,pastnationalpresidentofth eJACL,declaredh erelastweek .Mr.Kido,now i n th epracticeoflaw i nLosAngelesandSaltLak eCity,returnedtoLosAngelesrecentlyafterasixweek svi si ti nHawai i wh ereh eassistedSim To-gasak i i nth eJACLfinancialcam-paign."ImustgivecredittoSim Toga-

sak i forh i sperseverenceandun-tiri ngefforts i ntryi ngtobringh omeneededfundsforth eworkonth emainland,"h e sai d."Th epeopleofHawai i h avebeengi vi ngh i m everypossibleassistanceandsupport."Th epeopleofHawai i h avebeenmostgenerous,"Mr.Kidocontin-ued.Even i nth ecityofHilowh i chh adadisastroustidalwavelastyear,th edonationsexceededth etotalquotawh i ch h adbeensetforth ewh olei sland."Mr.Kidodescribed.h i strip,th efi rstvisi ttoHawai i si nce h eleftth eterrtory26yearsago,asa"wonderfulexperience."Headdedth ath ebeli evedth epresentJACLcampaigni nHawai iwouldresulti nacloserrelation-sh i pbetweenJapaneseAmericansonth emai nlandandth epeoplei nth ei slands."Abetterappreciati onandun-derstandingofourcommon prob-lemsh asbeencreated,"h e sai d."Ourproblemsarei nseparable."Hesaidth atdesiretoestablish

closerrelationsh i psbetweenJapa-neseAmericansonth emai nlandand i nHawai i wasexpressedbymanypersonsduring h i srecentvisi tasameansbywh i ch cooper-ationcanbeattained i nth e ap-proach toth ecommonproblemsfacingth etwogroups.

OrangeCountyJACLEntersParadeFloatsNisei Contributi on,I*WarDepictedi tHuntingtonBeachGARDEN GROVErjlfloatenteredbyth erw*Mch apterofth /SJftlCiti zensLeaguewM7f2th eOrange County«vi 3rade"atHuntingtonBe*JSTh e JACLfloat,wJth eme,"BetterAmer2GreaterAmerica,"<uENisei contributi onstoyk JTh reeNisei veterani «picti ngabranch ofth en3onth edecoratedveh i cleTfcMi tsNittaofth e 442ndflTeam,Ch arlesIsh i i of%*ArtilleryBattalionandMzusawaofmili taryi nttlKnSfloatwasdrivenbyKo13aveteranofth earmytn3tioncorps..HenryKanegaewasch i ulth efloatcommittee.

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