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PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL 27; NO. 22 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1948 Prce: Seven cent*. RKO Says It Is Not Mang Moton Pcture BasedUpon Kawata Treason Case FortcongPcture, "Clay Pgeon," HasJapanese Vllan But CarresSequence-Hglgtng Loylaty of Japanese AercanCroup HOLLYWOOD —T e RKO studo declared ts wee tatt snot productng a oton pcture on teTooya Kawata trea- son case. A letter by HaroldMelner, drector of publc relatons at RKO, was sent to te JapaneseA ercan Ctzens League,to varous Aercan Frends Servce Co ttee groups and to oter organzatonswc ad protestedareport tat RKO was conteplatng producng a ove on Kawata. Mr Melner sadtat R"KO copleted and wlldstrbute a oton pcture enttled "Clay Pg- eon," wel as a P lppnes bac- pound and asavllan ofJapa- nese ancestry. "Te story s not a bograpy of Kawata,"' e declared. "Itsa fctonal, roantc, post war elo- draa and one paseoft deals wt llegalactvtes engaged*n ontly by an A ercan andaJap- anese, and wt ter beng brougt to ustce. "Tssngle Japanese caracter- zatonwll not, we are confdent, affect te good standng of te anyworty andreputableJapa- nese Aercans n tscountry. Tsconfdence sfortfed by te fact, andts deserves specal e- pass, tat tspcture as n t an portant, sgnfcantsequence wc caracterzes te loyal Jap- aneseA ercan ctzen andsolder n an un staable fraewor of onor and dgnty. "Pert e tosuggesttat we ereare not unndful of tetra- dtonal respect and far treatent due fro all A ercans to any - norty group and we are certan tat ourpcture swolly wtn tat tradton." (Te protestsfro teSoutern CalfornaJACL ADC, te Aer- can FrendsServce Co ttee, te Nse Veterans Assocaton of Los Angelesand s lar groupswere nspredby a colun, "RKO and To oyaKawata" wc appear- ed n teOct. 2 ssue of te Pa- cfcCtzen.Ints colun,te wrter reportedtat Ka long, a Cneseactor, ad been tested for teroleof To oya Kawata n a fortco ng RKO pcture.) Aercan Frends Servce GroupSendsProtestsOver ProposedKawata Move PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Te Race Relatonsco ttee of te Aer- can Frends ServceCo ttee cr- cularzed all of teorganzaton's regonal offces recently wt a eorandu advsng protests "ganst te producton of a pcture onTooya Kawatabyte RKO studos n Hollywood. G. JaesFleng,secretaryof teco ttee, notedtat attenton to teproposedfl wascalledby «n Oct. 2 colun n te Pacfc Ct- zen. "In addton." Mr. Fleng stat- ed,"we ave ceced enoug to ow tat tere s defnte nten- ton toproduce ts pcture" "You ay recall tat To oya Kawata, Aercan-born, sac- «sed of streatng Aercan sol- ders n Japanese prson ca ps; Balancng tsact,owever,ste perforance of tousandsof Japa- nese and Japanese A ercans n we unfor of te Unted States "y. Its our opnon,and I Jope you can agree, tat an RKO Plarupof te Kawata ncdent s neatlyout ofproporton to te contrbutons ofoter Japanese, " tat tsprobable purpose, tat <* ang oney, wll be to ncte new Hwll aganst Japanese, espe- "a»y on te west coast andwere wey are now tryngto start new «un! rougout te naton. tfl J" en you ave read teat- Z? " Story and Peraps ade E7u nvestgatonfor yourself, I "P« tat you wll be nterested n *"n* RKO and regsterng your Z n\ t0 te Planned explota- »" "f te Kawata ncdent. I tt, -I ebers of your co- *«» be nterestedenoug to »* toRKO '" S y0U1" reg °n Gve Party for New I grants aS FRANCISCO - Japanese nS 0?.? 8 gave apartyfor new So natS grouPs " San Fran- nS. t Nov. 23 aapart of a pro- & + Offer an understandngof cty l grant groups n te Insfc° re, dby te Internatonal pSVf Francsco, teJa- ffanceT enCanspresented s<*s KEN UCHIDA WILL ATTEND NATIONAL AMVETS MEETING OGDEN, Uta - Ken Ucda, alternate natonalco tteean fro Uta forAvets (Aer- can Veteransof World WarII) wll attend te eetng ofte natonalexecutve co ttee of te organzatononDee. 3 and4 at LttleRoc, Ar. Ucda, wo s car an of te Interountan Dstrct Councl of te JACL and presdent of te Ogdencapter, s expected topre- sent probles of Nse veterans to te eetng. He was naed last wee by Dr. Fran Jonas, regonal drector of A vets, torepresent testate of Uta at te Lttle Roc eetng. Co pany C Veterans Hold Reunon n Los Angeles LOS ANGELES—A reunon of forer ebers ofCo pany C, 442 nd Cobat Tea , wo arenow- resdng n Soutern Calforna, was eld on Nov. 20 n Los An- geles. J yMano acted as aster of cereones,asssted by Non Seno and Jerry Sga. Moves of te Fft Ary n Italy weresown. Ceetery Offers Desred Plot for Bural of Nse GI Masuda Faly Infored Graveste Avalable for Hero Of 442 nd Co bat Tea SANTA ANA, Calf.—Te West nster Me oral cee- tery, wc last wee deneda bural plot totefa ly of Sgt KazuoMasuda, Nse war ero, onTuesday of ts wee reported tat t wouldlet te Masudafa ly avete plott desred for tebural of ter son. Te ce etery ad earler reported tat "restrctve covenants" prevented tebural of te Nse war ero. Its decson ad aroused uc publc protest. Sgt. Maauda, wo ad been post-' uously awarded te Dstngus- ed Servce Cross, wasan outstand- ng Nse ero ofte 442 nd co bat tea. Hs DSC was awarded s fa ly by General Josep Stlwelln a cpreonynDec, 1945, acereony tat was wdelyreportedby te press and rado. Hsbodywasreturned to ts country earler ts ont aboard te LawrenceVctory.Hs fa ly adapproaced offcalsof West- nster Me oral par n an effort to ave s body bured n te ceeterytere, wc sa sort dstance fro teMasuda oe. Te ceetery refused upon grounds of "restrctve covenants" and declared tat Sgt. Masuda's bodycould not be bured nany "desrable" locaton. Te ntercesson of General Mar Clar, co andng general of te 6t Ary wt eadquartersat te Presdo of San Francsco, was requestedbyJoeGrant Masaoa, regonal JACLADC drector, wo soug t to aete desredbural plot avalabletoteMasudas. In sletter to Gen. Clar, Mas- aoaponted out tat t was"n- consstent for one to ave gven slfe andtenbedened a plot n te land e dedtodefendfor fnal bural." Taas Masuda, broter of te GIero, reported tat a represen- tatve of te West nster cee- tery called at te oelast wee »nddeclared tat a plot, prevously dened te Masudas because ofa racally restrctve covenant, was avalable. Fnal rtes for Sgt. Masuda arc now beng planned wt arrange- ents nte ands of an Orange County Nse Ctzens co ttee, of wc HenryKanagae s car- an. Followng te orgnal actonof ceetery offcals n denyng a plot to te Masudafa ly, te atter was referred tolocal veteransor- ganzatons, ncludng te Veter- ansof Foregn Wars. (Sa Is awa,Pacfc Sout- westregonal drector ofJACL AI>C, sadtat te atter of ra- cal dscr naton n ceetery plots was ageneral one on te Pa- cfc coast. He noted tat Joe GrantMasaoa, west coast JACL ADCdrector,ad broug t te at- terbefore te conventon of te Calforna Ceetery Assocaton last wee nSan Francsco. (Reports to te Pacfc Ct&n ts wee fro C cago andoter Mdwestern areas ndcated . tat ceeteresnagood any r^ons ofte country use "restrctve covenants" to lt bural to per- sonsof "wte" ancestry. (Reports ndcated tatn te statesof Illnosand Mnnesota, tsalost " possble" for a Nse or Isse tofnda bural plot n a prvate ceetery. (One report ndcatedtat n- sters ofJapanese descent ave "cooperated" wt oter nsters bynot rasnganssue over ten- aDlty of personsof Japanese an- cestryto be bured nteprvate ceeteres of Illnos and Mnne- sota. Persons of Japanese an- cestryn tesestates,t wassad, aveco pled wt te restrctons by avng ebers of ter fa les createdupon deat,or avng ter bodes sent elsewere for bural. Ts practce asbeen an acceptedfor of bural for anyyears, t was. reported.) NISEI SIGNS TO FILM STORY OF SEMINOLES NEW YORK - Toge Fuara lastwee 'sgned a contract wt Alan Slnproductons to fl a oton pcture on te Senole Indansfor a aor cgarette co- pany. Producton of te Senole fl, wc wll startnJanuary, 1949, wll be te frst na seres of Aercana educatonal pctures wc wll be sponsored by te copany. Fuara was approaced to be tecaeraanonte fl onte bassof s recent otonpcture on te Olaoa Indans, "Te Great Sprt of te Plans," wc was produced forte Metodst Board of Mssons. Federal Court To Hear Plea In TreasonCase Hearng Wll Be Resued Dec. 13 n Judge Roce's Court . SAN FRANCISCO—LegaI argu- ents nteattept of Mrs. Iva Togurd'Aquno toescape tral on treason carges wll be resued n U.S.dstrct court on Dec. 13. Federal JudgeMcael J. Roce set tedateat terequest of De- fenseAttorney WayneCollns wo contended te treason ndct ent sould bedsssed because t fal- ed toctean overt act. Tedefendant sat wtbent ead bln ngnervously, as er attor- ney opened a full scalelegal attac on * te ndctent cargng er wt treasonfor allegedwarte broadcasts over RadoToyo. Collns fled s otons last wee and cae before JudgeKooe on Nov. 22 to arguete . .He ased ds ssal on te groundof lac of ursdcton, for abll of partculars on te carges and to ave te evdence and records openedtotedefense. L. A. GROUP WILL SPONSOR XMAS BASKETS LOS ANGELES Te Sout- west Los Angeles JACL capter last wee approprated te su of $100 to beused tosupply "Crst- as ceer" to needy Japanese A ercanfales nte Los An- geles area. Te capterwll wor n co- operaton wt te Los Angeles County Bureau of Publc Assstance ntsproect. Te Quxotcs, a bacelors' group, were te guests ofte Soutwest Los Angeles capter at teNoveber eetng. Te eetng also featured an "Iprove Your Ballroo Dancng'- 1 sesson led byFu o Kawabata, Nse star of Japan's stage, screen and rado beforetewar. Sen. Douglas Supports Bll For Isse Naturalzaton CHICAGO. 111.—Paul ,H. Douglas (D) Unted States Senator-dect fro' Illnos, ts wee assured representatves of te JA'CL-AUO tat ewll support te passageof te naturalzaton bll n te 81st Congress. Sen. Douglas not only expressed s sypaty for te prncple of ts legslaton, but stated tat te Nse G.l.s "ave certanlyearned t-" Sen. DouglastoldMe Masaoa, Natonal Legslatve Drector,and Tats Kus da, Mdwest Regonal Representatve, tate was proud of te fg tng record of a own FrstMarne Dvson to wc were attaced anuber of Nse Intellgence en. Headded, owever: "But I tae y at off to teNse G.l.s and Iave often sad publcly tat te 422 Cobat Tea was te greatest fg tng untn our Ary. Report JapaneseAercans Dened Bural Plots n Ceeteres n CcagoArea CHlCAGO—Aercan solder dead of Japanese ancestry and oterJapanese A rcans are bengrefused buralplots n C cago ce eteres, te Mdwest regonal offce JACL ADC reported ts wee. Untl recentlyalted nu berof plots avebeen avalable at Montrose ceeterywere te Mutual Ad Socety, an Isse welfareorganzaton, as a ausoleu. Now owever, accordng to teRev. Jtsuo Morawa, pastor ofte Frst Baptst curc, fales ofdeceased persons of Japanese ancestry ave no alter- natvebut to request creaton. It was ndcatedtat a dscr- natory practce, barrng te bural of non-Causasans, s generaln C cagoceeteres. Tats Kus da,Mdwest regonal representatve ofte JACL, an- nounced ts wee tat teC cago JACLcapter,n cooperatonwt te C cago Co ssonon Hu- an relatons and te C cago Councl AganstRacal and Relg- ousDscr naton,s underta- nga ca pagnto fgt ts ds- cr natory practce. Kusda recald tat s lar dscr natory practcesexsted n ost Pacfc coast ctes beforete war but tat teJapanese Aer- can co untes ad facltes to provde for tebural of deceased persons.No suc facltes are avalable nC cago, e declared. Rep. Sabat Wll Bac Legslaton For Isse Ctzens p CHICAGO —Congress an Adolp J. Sabat (D.), representatve fro te st Congressonal Ds- trct ofIllnos, snot only nter- ested nte passageof legslaton grantngnaturalzaton prvleges toIsse and terepeal ofteEx- clusonLaw of1024, but wll do everytng ecan tc support t, e assured Tats Kus da, Mdwest Regonal Representatve of JACL- ADC n a recent ntervew. Accordng to House of Repre- sentatve senorty rules,te 82- -year-old Congress an,wo as served contnuously n Congress "nce 1907,wll be caran of te powerful House rulesco t- tee.

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Page 1: pacificcitizen.org · 2000-08-31 · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL27;NO. 22 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1948 Price:Sevencent*. RKOSaysItIsNotMaking MotionPictureBasedUpon KawakitaTreasonCase

PACIFIC CITIZENVOL27;NO.22 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 27,1948 Pri ce:Sevencent*.

RKOSaysItIsNotMak i ngMotionPictureBasedUponKawak i taTreasonCaseForth comi ngPicture,"ClayPigeon,"HasJapaneseVillai nButCarriesSequence-High li gh ti ngLoylatyofJapaneseAmericanCroup

HOLLYWOOD—Th eRKOstudiodeclaredth i sweek th ati ti snotproductingamotionpi ctureonth eTomoyaKawak i tatrea-soncase.AletterbyHaroldMelni k er,directorofpublicrelationsat

RKO,was senttoth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague,tovarious American Fri endsService Committee groupsand tooth erorganizati onswh i ch h adprotestedareportth atRKOwascontemplatingproducing a movieonKawak i ta.MrMelni k ersaidth atR"KO h a«completed andwilldistri bute amotionpictureentitled"ClayPig-eon,"wh i eli h asaPh i li ppi nesback -poundandh asavillai nofJapa-neseancestry."Th estory i snotabiograph yofKawak i ta,"'h edeclared."Iti saficti onal,romantic,postwarmelo-dramaandoneph aseofi tdealswith i llegalactivi ti esengaged*inj oi ntlybyanAmericanandaJap-anese,andwith th ei rbeingbrough tto j usti ce."Th i ssingleJapanesech aracter-i zati onwillnot,weareconfident,affectth egood standingofth emanyworth yandreputableJapa-nese Americans i n th i scountry.Th i sconfidence i sfortifi edbyth efact,andth i sdeservesspecialem-ph asi s,th atth i spictureh as i ni tani mportant,signi fi cantsequencewh i ch ch aracterizesth eloyalJap-

aneseAmericanciti zenandsoldieri nanunmistak ableframework ofh onoranddigni ty."Permitmetosuggestth atweh erearenotunmindfulofth etra-diti onalrespectandfai rtreatmentduefromallAmericanstoanymi-noritygroupandwearecertainth atourpicture i swh ollywith i nth attraditi on."(Th eprotestsfromth eSouth ernCaliforniaJACLADC,th eAmeri-canFriendsServiceCommittee,th eNisei VeteransAssociati onofLosAngelesandsi mi largroupswerei nspi redbyacolumn,"RKOandTomoyaKawak i ta"wh i ch appear-edi nth eOct.2i ssueofth ePa-ci fi cCi ti zen.Inth i scolumn,th ewri terreportedth atKam long,aCh i neseactor,h adbeentestedforth eroleofTomoyaKawak i tai naforth comi ngRKOpicture.)

AmericanFriendsServiceGroupSendsProtestsOverProposedKawak i taMoviePHILADELPHIA,Pa.—Th eRaceRelationscommitteeofth eAmeri-canFriendsServiceCommitteecir-cularizedallofth eorganizati on'sregionaloffices recentlywi th amemorandum advisi ng protests"gainstth eproductionofapictureonTomoyaKawak i tabyth eRKOstudios i nHollywood.G.JamesFleming,secretaryofth ecommittee,notedth atattentiontoth eproposedfilmwascalledby«nOct.2column i nth ePacifi cCi ti -zen."Inadditi on."Mr.Flemingstat-ed,"we h avech eck ed enough tomowth atth ere i sdefini te i nten-tiontoproduceth i spicture""Youmayrecallth atTomoyaKawak i ta, American-born, i sac-«isedofmistreatingAmericansol-ders i nJapaneseprisoncamps;Balancingth i sact,h owever,i sth eperformanceofth ousandsofJapa-neseand JapaneseAmericans i nweuniform ofth eUni tedStates"iy.Iti souropini on,andIJopeyoucanagree,th atanRKOPlajrupofth eKawak i tai nci denti sneatlyoutofproportiontoth econtributi ons ofoth erJapanese,"th ati tsprobablepurpose,th at<*mak i ngmoney,willbetoi nci tenew Hiwi llagainstJapanese,espe-"a»yonth ewestcoastandwh ereweyarenowtryingtostartnew«un!rough outth enation.tflJ"enyou h ave readth eat-Z?"StoryandPerh aps madeE7unvestigati onforyourself,I"P«th atyouwillbei nterestedi n*"n*RKO andregisteringyourZ*°n\

t0th ePlannedexploita-»""fth eKawak i ta i nci dent.Imitt, -Imembersofyourcom-*«»bei nterestedenough to

»*toRKO'"S y0U1"regi°n*°GivePartyfor

NewImmigrantsaSFRANCISCO-JapanesenS0?.?8 gaveapartyfornewSonah tSgrouPs"San Fran-nS.tNov.23aapartofapro-&+Offeranunderstandingofcity lmmigrantgroupsi nth e

Insfc°re,dby th eInternationalpSVf Francisco,th eJa-ffianceTenCanspresenteds<m*s

KENUCHIDAWILLATTENDNATIONALAMVETSMEETINGOGDEN,Utah -Ken Uch i da,

alternatenationalcommitteemanfrom Utah forAmvets (Ameri-can VeteransofWorld WarII)willattend th e meetingofth enationalexecutivecommittee ofth eorganizati ononDee.3and4atLittleRock ,Ark .Uch i da,wh oi sch ai rmanofth e

IntermountainDistri ctCouncilofth e JACLand presidentofth eOgdench apter,i sexpectedtopre-sentproblemsofNisei veteranstoth emeeting.Hewasnamedlastweek byDr.

Frank Jonas,regionaldirectorofAmvets,torepresentth estateofUtah atth eLi ttleRock meeting.

CompanyC VeteransHoldReunion i nLosAngelesLOS ANGELES—AreunionofformermembersofCompanyC,442ndCombatTeam,wh oarenow-residi ng i n South ernCalifornia,was h eldonNov.20 i nLosAn-geles.Ji mmyMak i noactedasmasterofceremonies,assisted by NonSek i noandJerrySh i gak i .Movi esofth eFifth Army i nItalyweresh own.

CemeteryOffersDesiredPlotforBurialofNisei GI

MasudaFamilyInformedGravesiteAvailableforHeroOf442ndCombatTeam

SANTA ANA,Calif.—Th e WestminsterMemorialceme-tery,wh i ch lastweek deniedaburialplottoth efamilyofSgtKazuoMasuda,Nisei warh ero,onTuesdayofth i sweek reportedth ati twouldletth eMasudafamilyh aveth eploti tdesiredforth eburialofth ei rson.Th ecemeteryh adearlierreportedth at"restricti vecovenants"

preventedth eburialofth eNisei warh ero.Itsdecisi on h adarousedmuch publicprotest.

Sgt.Maauda,wh oh adbeenpost-'h umouslyawardedth eDisti ngui sh -edServiceCross,wasanoutstand-i ngNisei h eroofth e442ndcombatteam.HisDSCwasawardedh i sfamilybyGeneralJoseph Stilwelli nacpremonyi nDec,1945,aceremonyth atwaswidelyreportedbyth epress andradio.Hi sbodywasreturnedtoth i scountryearlierth i smonth aboardth eLawrenceVictory.Hisfamilyh adapproach edoffici alsofWest-mi nsterMemorialpark i naneffortto h ave h i sbodyburied i nth ecemeteryth ere,wh i ch i sa sh ortdistancefromth eMasudah ome.Th e cemetery refused upongroundsof"restricti vecovenants"anddeclaredth atSgt.Masuda'sbodycouldnotbeburied i nany"desirable"location.Th ei ntercessionofGeneralMarkClark ,commandinggeneralofth e6th Armywith h eadquartersatth ePresidi oofSanFrancisco,wasrequestedbyJoeGrantMasaok a,regionalJACLADCdirector,wh osough ttomak eth edesiredburialplotavailabletoth eMasudas.Inh i slettertoGen.Clark ,Mas-

aok apointedoutth ati twas"in-consistentforoneto h avegivenh i sli feandth enbedeniedaploti nth elandh edi edtodefendforfinalburial."Tak ash i Masuda,broth erofth eGIh ero,reportedth atarepresen-tativeofth e Westminsterceme-terycalledatth eh omelastweek»nddeclaredth ataplot,previouslydeniedth eMasudasbecause ofaraciallyrestricti ve covenant,wasavailable.Finalri tesforSgt.Masudaarcnowbeingplannedwith arrange-mentsi nth e h andsofanOrangeCountyNisei Ci ti zenscommittee,

ofwh i ch HenryKanagae i sch ai r-man.Followingth eorigi nalactionof

cemeteryoffici alsi ndenyingaplottoth eMasudafamily,th ematterwasreferredtolocalveteransor-ganizati ons,including th eVeter-ansofForeignWars.(Sam Ish i k awa,Pacifi cSouth -

westregionaldirectorofJACLAI>C,saidth atth ematterofra-cial di scri mi nati on i n cemeteryplotswasageneraloneonth ePa-ci fi c coast. He noted th atJoeGrantMasaok a,westcoastJACLADCdirector,h adbrough tth emat-terbeforeth econventionofth eCalifornia Cemetery Associati onlastweek i nSanFrancisco.(Reportstoth ePacifi cCiti &n

th i sweek from Ch i cagoandoth erMi dwestern areas i ndi cated.th atcemeteriesi nagoodmanyri onsofth e countryuse "restricti vecovenants"tolimi tburialtoper-sonsof"wh i te"ancestry.(Reports i ndi catedth ati nth e

statesofIllinoi sand Minnesota,i ti salmost"impossible"foraNisei orIssei tofindaburialploti naprivatecemetery.(Onereporti ndi catedth atmin-i stersofJapanesedescenth ave"cooperated"with oth ermi ni stersbynotraisi ngani ssueoverth ei n-aDi li tyofpersonsofJapanesean-cestrytobeburied i nth eprivatecemeteriesofIllinoi sandMinne-sota. Persons ofJapanesean-cestryi nth esestates,i twassaid,h avecompliedwith th erestricti onsby h avi ng members of th ei rfamili escrematedupondeath ,orh avi ngth ei rbodiessentelsewh ereforburial.Th i spractice h asbeenanacceptedform ofburialformanyyears,i twas.reported.)

NISEISIGNSTO FILM STORYOFSEMINOLESNEW YORK-TogeFuj i h aralastweek 'signedacontractwi thAlanSh i li nproductionstofilm amotionpicture on th e SeminoleIndiansforamajorcigarettecom-pany.Productionofth eSeminolefilm,wh i ch willstartinJanuary,1949,willbeth efi rst i na seriesofAmericana educational pictureswh i ch willbesponsoredbyth ecompany.Fuj i h arawasapproach edtobeth ecameramanonth efi lmonth ebasisofh i srecentmotionpictureonth e Ok lah oma Indians,"Th eGreatSpiri tofth ePlains,"wh i chwasproducedforth eMeth odi stBoardofMissi ons.

FederalCourtToHearPleaInTreasonCaseHearingWillBeResumedDec.13 i nJudgeRoch e'sCourt

.SANFRANCISCO—LegaIargu-mentsi nth eattemptofMrs.IvaToguri d'Aquinotoescapetri alontreasonch argeswi llberesumedi nU.S.di stri ctcourtonDec.13.FederalJudgeMich aelJ.Roch esetth edateatth erequestofDe-fenseAttorneyWayneCollinswh ocontendedth etreason i ndi ctmentsh ouldbedismi ssedbecausei tfail-edtociteanovertact.Th edefendantsatwith benth eadblink i ngnervously,as h erattor-neyopenedafullscalelegalattackon*th e i ndi ctmentch argi ng h erwith treasonforallegedwartimebroadcastsoverRadioTok yo.Collinsfiled h i s moti onslastweek andcamebeforeJudgeKooh eonNov.22toargueth em..He ask ed di smi ssalon th egroundoflack ofj uri sdi cti on,forabillofparticularsonth ech argesand to h ave th e evidence andrecordsopenedtoth edefense.

L.A.GROUPWILLSPONSORXMASBASKETSLOS ANGELES— Th eSouth -westLosAngelesJACLch apterlastweek appropriatedth esumof$100tobeusedtosupply"Ch ri st-mas ch eer"to needyJapaneseAmericanfamili es i nth eLosAn-gelesarea.Th e ch apterwillwork i n co-operationwi th th e LosAngelesCountyBureauofPublicAssistancei nth i sproject.Th e Quixoti cs, a bach elors'group,were th e guestsofth eSouth westLosAngelesch apteratth eNovembermeeting.Th e meetingalsofeatured an"ImproveYourBallroomDancing'-1

sessionledbyFumi k oKawabata,Nisei starofJapan'sstage,screenandradiobeforeth ewar.

Sen.DouglasSupportsBillForIssei Naturalizati onCHICAGO.111.—Paul,H.Douglas(D)UnitedStates Senator-dectfrom'Illinoi s,th i sweek assuredrepresentativesofth eJA'CL-AUOth ath ewillsupportth epassageofth enaturalizati onbi lli nth e81stCongress. Sen.Douglasnotonlyexpressed h i ssympath yforth eprinci ple ofth i slegislation,butstatedth atth eNi sei G.l.s"h avecertainlyearned i t-"Sen.DouglastoldMi k eMasaok a,

NationalLegislativeDirector,andTatsKush i da,MidwestRegionalRepresentative,th ath ewasproudofth efi gh ti ngrecordofh i aownFirstMarine Divi si on to wh i chwereattach edanumberofNiseiIntelligencemen.Headded,h owever:"ButItak emy h atofftoth eNi sei G.l.sandIh aveoftensaidpubliclyth atth e422CombatTeamwasth egreatestfigh ti nguni ti nourArmy.

ReportJapaneseAmericansDeniedBurialPlotsi nCemeteriesi nCh i cagoArea

CHlCAGO—AmericansoldierdeadofJapaneseancestryandoth erJapaneseAimri cans are beingrefused burialplots i nCh i cagocemeteries,th e Mi dwestregionaloffice JACL ADCreportedth i sweek .Unti lrecentlyalimi tednumberofplots h avebeenavailable

atMontrosecemeterywh ereth eMutualAidSociety,anIsseiwelfareorganizati on,h asamausoleum.Now h owever,accordingtoth eRev.Ji tsuoMori k awa,pastorofth eFi rstBaptistch urch ,

famili es ofdeceasedpersonsofJapaneseancestry h avenoalter-nativebuttorequestcremation.Itwasi ndi catedth ata discri m-i natorypractice,barringth eburialofnon-Causasians,i sgenerali nCh i cagocemeteries.TatsKush i da,Midwestregionalrepresentative ofth eJACL, an-nouncedth i sweek th atth eCh i cagoJACLch apter,incooperationwithth e Ch i cagoCommissi onon Hu-man relationsand th eCh i cagoCouncilAgainstRacialandRelig-i ousDsicri mi nati on,i s undertak -i nga campaigntofigh tth i sdis-crimi natorypractice.Kush i da recalk d th atsimi lardiscri mi natorypracticesexistedi nmostPacifi ccoastciti esbeforeth ewarbutth atth eJapaneseAmer-i cancommuniti es h adfaci li ti estoprovideforth eburialofdeceasedpersons.No such faci li ti es areavailable i nCh i cago,h edeclared.

Rep.Sabath WillBack LegislationForIssei Citi zensh i pCHICAiGO—CongressmanAdolphJ. Sabath (D.), representativefrom th esth CongressionalDis-tri ctofIllinoi s,i snotonly i nter-estedi nth epassageoflegislationgrantingnaturalizati on privi legestoIssei andth erepealofth eEx-clusionLawof1024,butwilldoeveryth i ngh ecantcsupporti t,h eassured Tats Kush i da,MidwestRegionalRepresentativeofJACL-ADC i narecenti nterview.AccordingtoHouse ofRepre-sentativeseniori tyrules,th e82--year-old Congressman,wh o h asserved continuously i n Congress"ince 1907,willbech ai rmanofth epowerfulHouserulescommit-tee.

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GILanguageProgramTrained6,000Nisei forWartime,OccupationWork i nPacifi c

MONTEREY,Calif.—Th eArmyLanguage sch ool,wh i chtrainedmoreth an 6,000 JapaneseAmericansoldiersforwar-timeandoccupationservice i nth ePacifi carea,willbemergedwith th eNavyLanguageTraini ngsch oolaboutJuly1,1949.

Th emerger,underwh i ch anenlargedtraini ngcenterwi llbesetupatth ePresidi oofMontereywh ereth eArmysch oolnowi slocated,i spartofaprogramofconsolidati onofservicesnowbeingcarriedonbyth eDefenseDepartment.Th eJapaneselanguagewillbe

'oneofth emanyforeignlanguageswh i ch willbetaugh ttostudentsatth ecombinedsch ool.Th eJapaneselanguageprogram,i ni ti atedby th emili tary i ntel-ligence service i n 1941wh en apick ed group ofNisei studentswereenrolled i naspecialclassatth ePresidi oofSanPYancisco,i s credited with h avi ng h elpedsh ortenth ewari nth ePacifi candto h ave playedamajorrole i nsupplyinglanguagespeciali stsforth eoccupationofJapan.Fifty-eigh tofth e60 origi nal

students atth e San FranciscoPresidi o language sch ool wereJapaneseAmericans.Followingth emassevacuation

■ofpersonsofJapaneseancestryi n1942,th e sch oolwas movedtoCampSavage,Minn.Lateri twastransferred to Fort Snelling,Minn.,wh eremostofth eJapaneseAmericansweretrained.Nisei Glsfrom MISLS servedi neveryph aseofth ewari nth ePacifi c. Amongth ecampaigns i nwh i ch th eseJapaneseAmericanspartici pated were Guadalcanal,Buna,New Georgia,Myitk yi na,Attu, Munda, Peleliu,Tarawa,IwoJima,LeyteandOk i nawa.Th ese Japanese Americanstranslated from Japanese toEnglish enemy i nformationcon-cerningtacticaldecisi onsanddis-positi ons."Th i si nformationgreatlyassist-edourcommanders i n th e fieldi n mak i ng decisi ons,conductingeffectivemaneuversandavoidi ngsurprise,"an Army Languagesch oolpublicati ononce reported."Neverbefore i n h i storydidonearmyk now so much concerningth eenemypriortoactualengage-mentasdid th eAmericanarmyduringmostofth ePacifi c cam-paign."JapaneseAmericangraduatesofMISLstranslatedth eentireJapa-nesebattleplansforth enavalbattleofPacifi candcontributedgreatlytoth e i ntelligenceeffortwh i ch aided i nth ecompletean-ni h i lati onofJapanesenavalforcesi nth eBattleofth ePh i li ppi nes-ManyNisei Glsfrom MISLS

were"loaned"toth eNavyandMarinesand wentash ore withcombattroopson Pacifi c beach -h eads. Oth erswere"loaned"toBriti sh andAustralianforcesandwereso effectiveth atLordLouisMountbatten i ni ti atedarequestwh i ch resulted i nth etraini ngof

approximately200JapaneseCan-adiansforsimi larwork .Ni sei graduates from MISLS

served i nth eIndia,BurmaanJCh i nath eatersandwereassignedtoOWIpropagandawork .Oth ersservedasliai sonpersonneli nsi deCh i na.Severalwerewith Merrill'sMarauders i nBurmaand oth ersmannedadvancelisteningpj stsonth econtinentofAsia.OnV-JdayJapaneseAmerican

language speciali sts partici patedi nsurrenderceremoniesandlaterengagedi ntranslatingandcom-pili ng materialwh i ch h as beenusedi nwartrialsi nJapanand i nth ePh i li ppi nes.Nisei graduatesofMISLS also

h ave engaged in counteri ntel-ligencework i nth ePacifi cth eater,particularlyinJapan.MISLS wereamong th e per-sonnelengagedforth etrialsofex-PremierHidek i Tojoandoth ermajor Japanese war crimi nalsuspects and also engaged i ntranslatingth erecentlong andmassivedecisi on.Inadditi onoth erNi sei trai neesfrom MISLS h aveassistedi nth earmy'sAtomicBombSurvey. Incivi laffairsth eyh avecontributedmuch "toaid i nth e h uge j obofdemocratisi ngJapan."

ProvoCouncilElectsHirabayash iPROVO,Utah — JamesHira-bayash i waselectedtoth eboardofdirectorsofth eProvoch apterofth eCouncilforCivi cUnitywh i chwasorganizedh erelastweek .Th eRev.EdwinF.Irwinofth eFi rstCommunitych urch waselect-edpresident,wh i leDr.ArielS.Ballif,ch ai rman ofth eBrigh amYoung universitysociology de-partment,was namedfirstvicepresident.Dr.Ballifwasonth estaffofth eSaltLak eregionalofficeofth e War Relocation Auth ori tyduringth ewar.

ConventionPicsAllpersonswh o h avepaid»forbutnotyetreceived th ei r40thbienni alJACLconventionpicturesareask edtowritetoBenTera-sh i ma, 66 EastFourth Southstreet,SaltLak eCi ty,ortoCh i yoArita,412-15Beasonbldg., SaltLak eCity.

MINEOKUBOPh otoPortrait:

Aline Ok uborecentlywasannouncedasoneofth eprizewinnersi nth e12th annualSanFran-ciscoartassociati onwatercolorsh ow.MissOk ubo,wh oi sth eauth orofth ebook ,

"Citi zen13660,"publish ed i n 1947byth eMIversityofColumbiaTress,i ssh ownh ere i nh erINew York studiowith h erpainti ng,"CbwnamiIHorse."—Ph oto byTogeFuj i h i ra.

L.A.SupervisorEndorses"B"Buddh i stsDriveArmyDepartment'sRecogniti onofReligi onSough t

LOS ANGELES—Th e "B"forBuddh i stsdrive,i nwh i ch youngBuddh i storganizati onsareseek i ngArmyDepartmentrecogniti onofth e Buddh i streligi on, wasen-dorsed h erelastweek byRaymondV.Darby,ch ai rman;ofth eLosAngelesCountyBoardofSuper-visors."Iti sonlynaturalth atanyoneofBuddh i stfaith willwanttobek nownassuch ,"SupervisorDarby,formermayorofInglewood,de-clared."Inendorsingyourresolu-ti onIfeelcertainth atSecretaryofDefense JamesForrestalwillconsideryourrequest."Th e delegationto see Super-

visorDarbywasledbyth eRev.Daitetsu Hayash i ma and th reeNisei leaders,Dr.RyoMunek ata.ElsoItoandMrs.GraceHarada.

Japan-BornBroth erEnlistsAsNisei GI'sBodyReturnedSEATTLE — Oneoffate's

strange quirk s made a youngSeattleNisei mi ssth efuneralofh i swar-h erobroth eronNov.20,th eTi mesreportedlastweek .Th ebodyofRobertT.Endo,sonofMrs.Kamek oEndo,wh owask i lledi nFrancei nactionwith th e442ndCombatTeam,arrivedi nth eUni ted Statesrecentlyforfinalburial.Th eri teswere h eldonNov.litatth eBuddh i stch urch butatth attimeRobert'sk i dbroth er,Watson,23,wasonboardatrainboundforFortOrd,Calif.,tobeginanarmycareerofh i sown.Watson Endo,wh oresided i nSaltLak e Ci tywith h i s moth erduringth ewar,enteredth earmyasoneof12Ki ngCountymenwh owere i nducted i n th epeacetimedraft.Watson and Roberttried tovolunteertogeth erwh enth eywerei nth eMini dok arelocationcenter.Th e armytook Robertwh owasborn i nSeattle. Buti trefusedWatsonwh o h appenedtobebqr;n

i nJapan wh en h i smoth er«■th ereon -i visi t.Heh adlived!i nth eUni tedStatesfromth etk i Hh ewas18month soldbuth ew»consideredon"enemyalien."RobertEndo,aprivatefirstdai nth efamousNisei combatteaa,fough ti nItalyandFranceaidwonth eBronzeStarandaPurpteHeartbefore h ewas k i lledbymortarfire i nth eVosgesmoun-tainsonNov.2,1944.Watsontried'toenlistwh entk awarwasoverandth efamilycoicomeback toSeattle.Each ti meh ewasturneddown.OnlyWweek di dth eNaturalizati onSff-vi cefi nallysayh ecouldvolunteer.Wh en wordcameth atRoberfi

bodywasarrivi ng,Watsontalk edto h i smoth er-aboutask i ngth ath i s i nductionbepostponed.Togeth erth eydecidednottoaskforadelay.Watsonh adquittoj obasadeliveryman,andh eh sdbeenwaiti ngtojoi nth earmyf«along,longtime.Instead,WatsonwenttoButter-worth 'sch apelonNov. 18mpaid h i s lastrespects totobroth er. Mewassureth atw»»h avebeenallrigh twith Robert

DriverHurtasFruitTruck HitsInterurbanTrainBERKELEY,Calif.-Wi»■Sei j i Yamash i ta,53,wasPf*""i nj uredonNov.19wh endie»■truck h ewasdrivi ngcollided«■■San Francisco-boundKeysyw"

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NewCaliforniaGroupWillJoin

NationalJACLIWabonvilleCiti zensIWillAffili atewithINationalBody■WATSONVILLE,Calif.—Affili a-„wj th th eNationalJapaneseLjri can Citi zens League was

L>dunanimouslyatameetingofofth e Watsonville

■jti zensLeagueonNov.18.

Efc-aew constituti on,conformingIth atofth eNationalJACLwasBooted and aslateofofficers»■nded'byIsa°Fuk ubaaspres-Ej i t,waselected.■ftedNittalepjrtedonth eBlue■roesh ospi tali zati onplanandpar-■cinati onwasvotedbyth eniem-CJh i p Underth eplanIssei willLj h i etoj oi nth ei nsurancepro-Earnasassociatemembersofth eKtsonville league.

AlemedaJACLWillAidi nFili ngEvacueeClaims■ALAMEDA,Calif.—Anomina-■jon committeeofth eAlameda■ACLwasselectedati tsgeneralKeeting lastweek atth e localBuddh i stch urch .■Th ecommitteewh i ch willrecum-Bendofficersforth e1949ternratBeDettmbermeetingofth ech ap-Brwillconsistoffive membersKith Kay Hattori asch ai rman.Hith ermembers; i nclude NellieKak cdu, Haru Yamash i ta,HobRizoguch i andTaizoImura.Wh k eepi ng wi th th e decisi onBadeatth enationalconventioni nBaitLak eCity,th ech apterwi llKsistAlamedaresidentsi nfili ngBacuationclaims,i twasdecided.■Th e committee wh i ch willbeBh osenata laterdatewillbeBeadedbySh i roNak aso.IMasak o AbewasappointedtoHtudygroupmedicaland h ospi talBansforth elocalorganizati on.■Reportsofth erecentNorth ernBalifornia-WesternNevadadi stri ctBouncilmeetingatMontereywereBivenbyCh i zuKandaandMrs.

IJoh nTowata,president,was i nBh argeofth emeeting.

DudleyYatabetoBeSoloistwith HighSch oolSymph onyCHICAGO,111.—DudleyYatabe,slented17yearoldNisei piani st,lillbesoloistwith th eMarsh all%h Sch oolSymph onyOrch estrai ti tsconcerttobegivenonWed-lesday, Dec.Sth ,atth e h i ghch oolaudi tori um at8p.m.Th eyoungartist'sselectionwill«Rach mani noff's Piano Con-certoNo.2inCMi nor.Th eMar-sh all High Sch oolOrch estra i sconsidered tobe outstandingi nCh i cago, h avi ng won nationalccogniti on under i tsconductor,Ralph Lewis.Alimi tednumberoftick etsareavailable th rough Marsh allHighSch oolstudents.

NewBillofRigh tsUrgedAtCh i cagoIntergroupMeet■CHICAGO—"Th etime i sripe■'orth ewriti ngof-a newBillofKigh tsforth eAmericanpeople,"■WaredA.AbbotRosen,former■U»efofth eCivi lRigh tsDivi si on,■departmentofJustice,i nanad-■""«deliveredbeforeth eSecond■rtiomalConferenceonIntergroup■relationsonNov.19.Rosen,wh o■isnowdirectorofth eCh i cagoEx-■OTiti veOfficesofth eAnti-Defa-■mationLeague,continuedtosay,■h 11? cPartiesreceivi ngth eWsa°1th evoteonNovember2Imfr*th emselves,toth eenact-mentofcivi lrigh tslegislation.Th e■oppositi ontoth eCivi lRigh tspro-Xm"sbeenreducedto i tsreal■Proportions.■tf,"Tk cPresidentsh ouldbeurgedESn■<earlyi nth enextsessionElrf:ess> billsalreadydraftedXth «DepartmentofJusticeand■2ownexecutiveoffices,toim-■WMientth eCi vi lRigh tsproposalsEk ? i n h i sten-pointcivi l■"WtsmessageoflastFebruary.IZ./i dent's i mpri maturon'PWincbUlsmigh tverywellprove■L°eth edifferencebetween i n-ponandpassage."

Mr.Rosen'saddresswasdeliver-ed beforedelegatesfrom th i rtystates,th e federalgovernment,Canada,andth eUnitedNationsSecretariat,wh oareassembled i nCh i cagoforth ei rsecondannualconference. Th i smeeting,spon-soredbyth eNationalAssociati onofIntergroupRelationsOffici alsi n,cooperationwi th th eAmericanCouncilonRaceRelationsandth eNationalCiti zens'CouncilonCivi lRigh ts,was h eldatInternationalHouseonth eUniversityofCh i -cagocampus.Oth erspeak ersatth eth ree-day

conference i ncludedJoh nB.Sul-livan,directorofpublicrelations.New York State Commissi onAgainstDiscri mi nati on;E.Frank -linFrazier,notedauth orandpres-i dentofth eAmericanSociologicalSociety;Mi k e Masaok a,nationallegislativedirectorofth eJapaneselegislativeCiti zensLeague;JamesC Evans,Civi li an Ai de toth eSecretaryofDefense;andGeorgeSch ermer,presidentofth eNation-alAssociati onofIntergroupRela-ti onsOffici alsanddirectorofth eDetroitInterracialCommittee.

Positi veNeedforContinui ngActivi ti esofADCNoted

ByI.H.GORDON

Wash i ngtonLetter:

Answersh avebeennumerous,Varyingfromflatnegativeor

Actually,th erei samoredefini tenndclearcutneedforananswe-toth equestionatth i stimeth anm:mymayrealize,for,consciouslyor subconsciously,wh ateverlaplannedforth efutureaffects,i nsomedegree,th eth i nk i ngofth oseactivei nJACL.Ifth efuture i sfuzzy,th i s,ofnecessity,createsacertaindegreeoffuzzinessi ndeal-i ngwi th problemswh i ch extendbeyondtomorrow i ntoth eunfore-seen and unpredictable yearsah ead.Asfarasth i swri terisafbletoview th eproblem,th erecanbeonlyoneanswertoth eques-tionofa needforJACLandADC'i nth efuture.Th erei sapositi veneedforth eorganiza-tion.Howactiveth elegislativefunc-ti onsofJACLsh ouldbeonceth emajorobjecti vesareach i evedisanoth ermatter.Butletusnot,astoomanyarei ncli nedatth emo-mentto do, h i de ourh eads i nostrich -li k estupidi tyandmumble:"Wh at'sallth eexcitementabout?1 can'tsee anyth i ng."Or,puti nanoth erway,simplyi gnoringaproblem,orth e possi-bili ti esi nh erenti nth esituationofaminori tygroupwith i nth eUni tedStates i sby nomeansprovidi ngasolutiontoeith erwh atexistsormayexist.Prejudi ceand i ntoleranceare

peculiartwinsth atbreedrapid-lyi ntroubledtimes,aswellasi ni gnorance.Onlyoncebefore,i nth eh i story

ofth i scountry,h avepersonsofJapanese ancestry or Japaneseth emselvesbeensowellreceived.Th atperiodwaswh en Japanesefirstarrived i nHawai i andth ewestcoastaslaborers.Th eyweretreatedasfine work erswh oac-cepted gratefullywh ateverpiti -fullysmallsalaryth eyweregiven,and work edlong h ours wi th outquestion.Th eacceptanceth en,ofcourse,wasaneconomicwelcome.Itwasnot,as now,a generalwelcomefrom peopleofallclasseswith i ntli i scountry.Asth oselaborersbegantoaskmereadequatepayforth ei rwork ;as th eyconquered sub-marginallandandturnedbarrenacresi ntofruitful farms, th ey suddenlyfoundth emselvesobjectsoffear,discri mi nati onandprejudi ce.Ittook th eSecondWorldWar

andth edeath sofsomemigh tyfineyoungmenbeforeth emyth sof h atred were exploited anddestroyed. Today,AmericansofJapaneseancestryoccupyaposi-tionwh i ch i sdisti nctlygood i nth eUni tedStates.True,th erearcstilldiscri m-

i natorystatutesonth ebook s.True,th erestillevxistssomeprejudi ce.But,onth ewh ole,th esi tuation

i s excellent. Jobsareplentiful.Nisei andIssei arewelcomed i n;h ops,officesandfactorieswh ereonceth eywerebanned.YoungerNisei ,i tmustbe ad-mitted,emergedfrom th ecri ti caldaysofevacuationwi th outth edamagingeffectth ati twouldh avebeennaturalforWarRelocationcampstoproduce.Nowth eyareacceptedbymost

educational i nsti tuti ons th rough -outth ecountry;th ey h ave dis-coveredth atth ei rplacei nAmericai sseeminglysecureforevermore."Wh atnonsense,"more th an

oneyoungNisei h asproclaimed,"th atwesh ouldk eepaliveJACLandADCafterth ebig j obsarcaccomplish ed."

Wh atsuch personsareactuallysaying,th ough ,i sentirelyanoth ermatter.Interpreted i n terms ofself,th ei vwordsmeanonly:"IfIpre-tendI'm reallynoti nterestedi nth eproblemsofmygroup;i f1pretendnoproblemsnowexistorwillexist,perh apseveryonewillforgetmyJapaneseancestryandacceptmeonlyforwh atIam.Agoodciti zeni nth i sland. Wh ycreateanattitudeth atconstantlysays:'Look .I'mofJapanesean-cestry,andI'vegotaproblem.'"Itwouldbemagnifi centi fsuch

anattitudecouldbetranslateds.>si mply i ntoreality.Ineventofanoth erdepression,i tmaybecomeamatterofsig-nifi cantconcerntosecureaj ob—anyj ob.Andi twouldbepeculiar,i ndeed,i fraci alandreligi ousprob-lemsdi dn'trearup i naperiodofeconomiccri si s.Th e future h oldspromise ofeveryth i ng—goodandbad.Wecannotk i dourselves. To-morrow'ssunrisemaybefair,to-morrow'ssunsetaperiodofstorm.Th ereisonlyoneadequatede-fenseagainstth estormswh i ch cananddobesetminori tygroupsfromtimetotime— th ei rabili tytofunctionasagroup,tofi gh tone'sown cause,toenlistth e ai dofone'sfnends.Th i scannotsucceedwi th outor-ganizati on.Interms;ofnationaldefense,th i snati onmayneveragainneedi tsarmedforces,yetmust,aslongasth epossibi li tyofwarexists,maintai nanorganizati onofsomedegreeofstrength capableofpro-tectingusagainstaggression.Japanese Americans mayj

neveragain,onceth emai nobjec-tivesofth epresentareaccom-plish ed,needtouseth estrengthofJACL and ADC,butth eymustalwaysmaintai nanorgan-i zati oncapableofactingwh en-evernecessary.Onceth erai nbeginstofall, i ti stoolatetobeginrepairi ngth eroof.JACLmay,i ntime,becomeonly

asocialgroup,buta lesson h asbeenlearned i nth eh ardestofallpossible fash i ons. Itwouldbeutterfollytocompletelydestroyeveryweaponbecauseonebattleh aSbeenwon.

Mari k oMuk ai WillGotoJapantoJoinGIHusbandSEATTLE— Mari k oMuk ai ,Nisei concertsinger,willleaveSeattle i nDecemberto j oi n h erh usband,Lieut.Tomomi Andoofth eU.S.Army.MissMuk ai made h erdebuti nNewYork CityatTownHalli n1947andgaveh erfi rstconcerti nSeattlerecently.Sh e h asmade conceitappear-

ances i nmanypartsofth ecoun-tryandexpectsto singbeforeaudiencesi nJapan.Sh eandLieut.Andoweremar-riedi nSept.,1947. HeisanativeofTexas.

AssociatedPressSaysJuddBill'sProspectsBrigh ti nComingSessionofCongressWASHINGTON,D.('.—Prospectsappearbrigh tfor re-

movalbyth enextCongressofracialdi scri mi nati on i nlawsonadmitti ngaliens to United States citi zensh i p,th e AssociatedPressreportedonNov.23.Underpresentlaws,aliensofseveralAsiati c-Pacifi craces,

princi pallyJapanese,arebarredfrom becomingUnited Statesciti zens.

Elimi nati onofth eracialdi scri mi nati on asapartofagen-eralsimpli fi cati onofth ei mmi gra-tionandnaturalizati onlawsh asbipartisan support i n Congress,and i sapartofth eci vi lrigh tsprogvamofPresidentTruman,th eA.P.noted.Legislation to remove racial

bans and to set i mmi grationquotasforJapanese,Siamese,In-donesiansandPolynesianswillbeplacedbeforeth e81stCongressbyRep.WalterJudd,R.,Minn.,andpossiblybyRep.GeorgeMiller,D.,Galif.Th e AssociatedPresssaidth e

problem was given a th oroughstudy th i s yearby th e House■Judici ary subcommittee h andli ngi mmi grationmatters and addedth atth esubcommitteeunanimous-lyfavoredth eprinci plesembodiedi n Rep.Judd'sbill,butitsactioncametoolatetoobtainfurth erac-tioni nth e80th Congress.Th eJuddbill,i nth emain,would

dotwoth i ngs:"1.Itwouldpermitth e85,000to ;i2,000 so-called 'ineli gi blealiens'alreadyi nth ecountrytoapplyforUnited Statesciti zen-sh i pi fth eymeetth eusualliteracyandfinancialqualifi cati ons."2.Itwouldsetupquotasof100i mmi grantsayearforeach ofth e i ndependentrecognized coun-triesi nanAsia-Pacifi cgeograph i caltriangleembracingth elandsoforigi nofallth epresent'ineli gi blealiens.'Th eentiretriangleareawouldh aveanoth eroverallquotaof100ayearforpersonsofmixedracialextractionwh ocannottrace50percentormoreofth ei ran-cestrytoasinglecountryorna-tionality."Th eA.P.reportnotedth ati nth e1940censusth ere'werealmost90,000personsi nth ecountrywh owere legally admitted to th eUni tedStatesforpermanentresi-dencepriorto1924butare,racial-lyi neli gi bleunderpresentlawstobecomenaturalizedciti zens.About55,000ofth em are ofJapaneseorigi n.Wh i leth esealiensmaynotunderth epresentlaw,becomeciti zens,th ei rch i ldrenborni nth i scountryareciti zensofth eUnitedStates.Judd'sbi llwouldremoveth eracialbarrierto naturalizati onofth eolderaliens."Tometh i si samatterofsimplej usti ce,"Juddtoldth eHouse i m-migrationsubcommitteelastApril.(Th eHousesubcommitteeh ear-

i ngslastAprilwerearrangedbyth e JA'CL Anti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteewh i ch h asbeen lead-i ngth ecampaignforpassageofth eequalityi nnaturalizati onbill.)"Th esepeopleareh ere,"Judd

said."Th eyar? legallyh ere.Th eyarcentitledtostay h ereth erestofth ei rli ves.Th ei raverageago

i sabove.50. From th estandpointofourownbodypoliti c i twouldbebetterto h ave th emfully i n-corporatedusciti zensth anasalienresidents. Th eypaytaxes;th eyaye goodlaw-abidi ngmembersofth ei rcommuniti es. Th ey h aveproved th rough th ei r conductduring th e war,and especiallyth rough th econductofth ei rch i l-drenwh oservedwith h eroi sm,dis-ti ncti onandvalori noutarmedforces,th atth eyareloyaltoth eUnitedStatesandfullyworth yofAmericanciti lensh i p."Juddalso attach edmajori m-

poitance toth epsych ologicalef-fectofremo\ i ngracialbansonciti zensh i pforpeoplesteeteringbetweenth edemocraticandtotal-i tari ansystemsofgovernment."Idonotbelieveanybodycan

"o\erestimateth ebenefici aleffectsi nJapan,wh ereafiercestrugglei s going on forth e h earts andmindsofth eJapanesepeople,fromanactionby th eUni ted Stateswh i ch willdemonstrateth ati tbe-li eves i n wh ati tprofessesbybringi ng i tsactionsi nto h armonywith i tswords."Congress repealedth eCh i neseExclusionActi n1943,andi n1946maderesidentsofth ePh i li ppi neIslandseligi bleforciti zensh i pandi mmi gration. Enactmentofth <;Judd bill,th e AssociatedPressadded,wouldbeth efi nalstepi nremovingracialbarrierstociti zen-sh i p.

JuddandStateDepartment.offi-cialsestimateth atth ebillwouldpermitnomoreth an1,000addi-ti onalalienstoenterth ecountryannually,wi th only an outsidech anceth atallth equotaswouldbefi lled.Current i mmi gration quotastotalingabout153,000ayearwouldbereducedaboutone-h alfofonepercenttosimpli fyi mmi grationadmini strativeproceduresandatth esametimetooffsetth enewquotastobe establish edforth enew Asiati c-Pacifi cpeoples.Th eJuddbi llh asth esupportof

th eStateandJusticedepartments.Nooppositi onappearedafth econ-gressional h eari ngth i syear,th eA.P.said.

Yasutak e HeadsCh i cagoResettlersCHICAGO—Th eappointmentof

Jack K.Yasutak easexecutivedi-rectorofth eCh i cago ResettlersCommitteewasannouncedh erere-cently.

Initi ateOrganizati onalDriveAtMountainPlainsMeetingDelegatesfrom 20Communiti esAttendDenverConference

DENVER,Colo—Afull-fledgedorganizati onaldriveforth eJapa-nese American Citi zens Leaguew;is i ni ti atedatth efirstmeetingof th e Mountain Plains JACLdistri ctcouncilonNov.20and21i nDenver.Delegatesfrom 20communiti esi nColorado,Wyoming,Nebrask a,Texasr.ndNew Mexico,manyofwh i ch elreadyh aveJACLcommit-tees,attendedth emeetingandi n-dicatedth ataneffortwillbemadei ncoming month stoqualifyasch apters i n th eMountainPlainsdi stri ctcouncil.Th eDenverandFortLupton,

Colo.,ch apterswererepresented.Arepresentativefromth eOmah a,Neb.,ch apterwasunabletoar-rive i ntimeforth emeetingbe-cause ofth e severe snowstormwh i ch lastweek brough ttrans-portation across Nebrask a andeasternColoradotoastandstill.Among th eJACLcommittees

representedatth emeetingwere:Rock SpringsandWorland,Wyo.;Scottsbluff, Neb.; Albuquerque,

N.M.andSouth ernNewMexico-West Texas;and Brigh ton,Greeley,La Jara-Alamosa,andSedgwirk ,Colo.Th edelegates,h eard areportfrom HitoOk ada,nationalpres-i dentofth eJACL,andMasaoW.Satow,nationalexecutivedirector,onth eJACLorganizati on.Mi k eM.Masaok a,nationallegis-lativedi rectorofth eJACLAnti-Discri mi nati onCommittee,report-edonth eprospectsoffavorablelegislation i nWash i ngton.Th eopeningsessionatth eTri-StateBuddh i stch urch i nDenverwasch ai redbyBessieMatsudaofth eDenverJACL. Followingalunch eon,servedbyth e DenverNisei Moth ers Club, a JACLclini cwash eldwith RoyInouyeofLaJaraasch ai rman.Aconferencedi nnerwash eldatth eD-Xcafewith MitsuSuganoasch ai rmanand Sam Ok amotoastoastmaster. Amongth e guestswere ex-governorRalph L.CarrandMrs.Carr,CongressmanJoh nA.CarrollofDenverandMrs.Carroll,F.Perk i nsofth eStateTaxCommissi onwh orepresentedGov.W.Lee Knous and FredMazzulla.

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EDITORIALS:Segregationtoth eGrave

Th eMasudai nci dentisclosed.Th ebodyofSgt.Kazuo Masuda,winnerofth e Di sti n-

guish edServiceCross,willbeburied i nWestminstermemorialpark ,th ecemeterywh i ch lastweek declared th at"restricti vecovenants"preventedth e burialofth eNi sei warh ero i n oneofi ts"desirable"plots.

Th ecemetery h asaccededtoth eMasudafamily'srequestforaplotandtoth epressureofopini on,wh i ch decri edth e i n-digni tysh ownth i sAmericanwh odiedwh i leamemberofth eU.S.Army.

Wh atprecedenth asbeensetbyth i scasewedonotk now.Iti stobe h opedth atth eWestminstermemorialpark cemeterywill i n th efutureguaranteeli k e treatmenttoanyJapaneseAmericansoldierandalsotoanyJapaneseAmerican.

Th eMasuda i nci dent,i n i tself,i sclosed.Th ecase,h owever,h asservedto h i gh li gh tasituationth at

h asexi stedformanyyears.Itremainsafactth ati nh undredsofcemeteriesth rough out

th ecountry,th esame"restricti vecovenants"wh i ch deni edSgt.Masudaafinalburialplotareoperatingtok eepoth erJapaneseAmericanwarh eroesfromburiali ncemeterygrounds.Th eWest-mi nsterpark wasnotalonei n i tsuseofcovenants.

Reportsfrom oth erci ti esth i sweek i ndi catedth ati ti sal-most"impossible"i nmanyareastoburyJapaneseAmericans i nanyprivatecemetery.ManyCaliforniaciti es,i ti s k nown,aredisti ngui sh edbyth ei rseparate "Japanesesections"adjoi ni ngregularcemeterysites.Sgt.'Masudawas onlyone Nisei warh erotobedeniedburial,and i tappearsth atourracisth abi tswouldtrytoseparateAmericansi ndeath ,evenasi nlife.

Th i srestricti on h as,i nmostcases,beenpassivelyacceptedbyth osepersonsofJapnaeseancestrywh odesiredplotsformembersofth ei rfamili es.Th econditi oni sash ock i ngreflectionupondiscri mi nati on andth eacceptanceofitsdictates.

Livi ngWarMemorialsMovementsareunderwayatth epresenttimefh manyCali-

forniacommuniti esto*raisefundsformemorialstoNisei warh eroesofWorldWar11.Th i scommendable cause deservesth e wi desupport i ti s

getting.ManyCaliforniacommuniti es h avealreadysubscribedlargesumsofmoneyforth eproject.Iti saprojectwh i ch h asth e i nterestofeveryNisei andeveryJapaneseAmericanfamily.Iti s h oped,h owever,th ati nth ecreationofth ememorials,th atth ose i nch argeofth eprojects—andi ndeed,th eth ousandsofpersonswh oh avemadefi nancialcontributi ons—willconsiderth epossibi li tyoferectinglivi ngmemorialsforth edead.A stone sh aft—a sculpturedmonument—th ese expensive

monumentstoth edeadtend,i ntime,tobecomeforgottenmonu-ments.Butlivi ngmemorials—inth eform ofplaygrounds,recrea-

tionalfacili ti es,libraries,sch olarsh i ps— th esearememorialswh i ch notonlyperpetuateth ememoryofth edeadbutcontributetoth ewelfareofth eli vi ng.

Th eNi sei soldierasafigh terwascastinan h eroi cmold.Hi sconceptionofduty,wassh arpenedby h i ssenseofresponsi-bi li ty.Itwasasenseofresponsibi li tynotonlytoth enationbutalsototh eJapaneseAmericanmi nori ty.Th eNi sei soldierfough tto i ncreaseth eprideand h onorofth eNi sei andIssei.Becauseth eJapaneseAmericanswereagroupth atk new discri mi nati on,th eNi sei soldierfough tdoublyh ard.Iti sourbeliefth atth esesoldierswouldbeth efi rsttoask

forlivi ngmemorialsth atwouldcontinueth ework forwh i ch th eydied—th eerasureofdiscri mi nati on,th ewelfareofth ecom-muniti esfromwh i ch th eycame,th eeducationofth epeoplei nth ewaysofdemocracy.

RKOandth eKawak i taFilmAmericansofJapaneseancestryh avereasontobewaryofHollywoodch aracterizati onsofNisei .Duri ngWorldWarIIHolly-

woodproducedanumberoffilms,ofwh i ch "AirForce"and"Li ttleTok yo,USA"aretwoexamples,wh i ch spreadth evi ci ousmyth ofNisei di sloyalty.Recentlyth ePacifi cCiti zenlearnedth atRKO h adtestedaCh i neseAmericanactorforarole saidtobe th atofTomoyaKawak i ta,recentlyconvictedandsentencedtodeath fortreas-onablebrutality i n aJapaneseprisoncamp.Asadirectresultofth ePCarticle,protests h aveflooded RKOagainstth epor-

trayalofaNisei trai tor.Th eprotests h aveplayedan i mportantparti ndemonstrat-i ngtoRKOandth eJoh nsonofficeth atth erearemanyAmericanswh ocareaboutth escreen'sportrayalofNisei .Iti sundoubtedly

th eresultofth eproteststh atth estudioi sstressingth efactth at"iti snotunmindfulofth etraditi onalrespectandfai rtreatment"duetoallAmericans.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRINotesonth eForty-Ninth StateTh ereelection,ofPresidentTru-man h asenh ancedth epossibi li tyth atHawai i willwini tsfigh ttorstateh oodatth enextsessionofCongress.Th eTrumansweepatth epollscarriedwith i tDemocraticmajor-i ti esi nth eHouseandSenate.Th eDemocratsatth ei rPh i ladelph i aconventionadoptedan"immediatescateh old"plank ,wh i ch th eRepub-licansdi dnoth ave i nth ei rplat-form. Th i s plank was push edth rough byth estrenuouseffortsofCh uck Mauwh o i nvok ed th ememoryofth e442ndCombatTeamandwonth esupportofth eTexasdelegation,alth ough South erncon-servativesgenerallywereopposedtoth eresolution.Stateh oodforHawai i andAlask aalso is advocatedasoneofth epointsofPresidentTruman'scivi lrigh ts program. Togeth erwi thth eequalityi nnaturalizati onpro-posal,i tconstitutesth eleastcon-troversialportionofth eTrumanci vi lrigh tsproposal.Perh apsth emajorreason foroptimi smregardingHawai i 'sstate-h ood bi d i s th e factth atth eDemocraticvictoryi nth eSenatemoansth atSen.,Hugh Butler,th eToryRepublicanfrom Nebrask a,willloseh i sch ai rmansh i pofth eSenatePublicLandscommittee.ItwasSen.Butler,moreth ananyoth eri ndi vi dual,wh oblock edSen-ateactiononHawai i anstateh oodi n th e80th Congressafterth eFarringtonbillh adbeenpassedbyth eHouse.Sen.Butlerwasvisi ti ngi nHa-wai i ,on th emostrecentofth eCongressional j unk etsoccasionedbyth estateh oodquestion,atth eti meofth eNov.2elections.Infact,h ewasabletodoalittlesubtleelertioneering,h i nti ngth ataRepublicanvi ctoryi nHawai iwouldbeafavorablefactori nth ediscussiononth estateh ood ques-ti oni nth enextCongress.Hawai idi dgoRepublican,asfaras i tsterritori allegislaturei sconcerned,andawok eonWednesdaymornirogtofind i th ad j oi nedth ewrongteam.Ina Democratic Senate,Sen.Butler,a notoriousopponentofprogressandch ange,stepsdowntoth epostofrank i ngmi nori tymemberofth eSenatePublicLandsCommitteeand th ech ai rmansh i psh i ftstoSen.Joseph O'Mah oney,agoodfriendofHawai i anstate-h ood.Despiteth e factth atHawai ivotedoverwh elmi nglyforth ere-election ofDelegate Joseph R.Farrington,aRepublican,th ere-turnofth eHonoluluStar-Bulletinpublish erwillbegenerallywel-comedonboth si desofth eai slei n'Congressandsh ouldnoth amperHawai i 's fortunes despite th eDemocratic complexion of th eHouse. Joe Farrington h as aliberalrecord,particularlyonracerelations,andi twasi ndi catedth ath e h ad considerable Democraticsupportatth elastelection.Infact,Farringtonreceivedth eHawai i an CIO-PAC endorsementback i n1946andth i sh asled i n-di rectlytoth epresentsch i sm i nth eDemooraticparty i nHawai i .GovernorIngram Stainback op-posedth eCIOendorsementofFar-ringtoni noppositi ontoth eDemo-craticcandidateasath reatto h i sown politi calfortunes i nHawai i .AsaresultGov.Stainback h aswagedarunningbattlewith th eCIO andmainlywith th eInterna-tionalLongsh oremen'sand Ware-h ousemen's Union,wh ose 30,000membersmak ei tHawai i 'sbiggesttradeunion.Th emajorweaponi nGov Stainback 'sarsenalh asbeenth eCommunisti ssuewh i ch h eh asraisedateveryoportunity.Iti sapparentth ath eh asusedth i si ssueto embarrass progressive tradeunion leadersandliberalDemo-craticpartynemberswh oarenotCommunists.Sh ortlyafterth eelectionsth eDemocraticparty'sleadersh i p i nHonolulu sentPresidentTrumanamessageask i ngh i mtooustGovT wH andt0apP°intMayornw <rlS?nof'Hon«lulu i n h i sfwVi. n8Openbreak i deatestnatth eDemocraticpartyi nHa-

XHbf8adn"nistrationandh asask edforash owdown.Newsreportsi ndi cateth atth i smove h asth esupportofth eDemocratswh oSL"*«W»th elastelation!such men as Rep

Mi tsuyuk i Kido and SupervisorRich ardKageyama.In h i svendettawith th eCIO

andwith th eprogressiveelementsi nth eHawai i DemocraticpartyStainback h as*beenaidedbyIch i roIzuk a,aformermemberofth eCommunistpartyofHawai i .Izuk ai sth eauth orofapamph letwh i chwasreprinted i nth eCongression-alRecordbyopponentsofHawai-i anstateh oodandwh i ch purportstotellth enamesofactivi ti esofHawai i an Communists. Izuk a'spamph let,wh i ch wasgh ost-writtenbyEdwardBerman,apoliti calas-sociateofGov.Stainback ,h asbeenusedbyi ndustriali nterestsi nHa-wai i i na h olywaragainstCom-munismaswellas i n an i ntra-UTrion struggle i nwh i ch anun-successfuleffortwas made toch ange th e leadersh i p ofth eILWIf.AccordingtoIzuk a,manymem-

beisofth eCommunistparty i nHawai i h avebeenJapanese"Ameri-cans, i ncludingseveralwh oareprominenti nunionleadersh i p.Th efalsei mpressioncreatedbyIzuk a,th atth ereareadisportionatenum-berofJapaneseAmericansi nHa-wai i ,h asbeen seizedonbyth efew vocalopponentsofHawai i anstateh ood i nasubtlecampaigntodiscreditboth stateh ood andth eJapanese Ameri can group.Previously,'opponents ofstate-h oodli k eAli ceKamok i la Camp-bellh adusedth e"Japanesei ssue"asth emainreasonfordelayingstateh ood. Th i srace i ssue, h ow-ever,wasexplodedbyth estar-spangledloyaltyofHawai i 'sJapa-neseAmericans i nWorldWar11.Nowth eCommunisti ssue,asSen.Butlerseesi t,i sth emajorques-ti onaffectingHawai i anstateh ood.Actuallyth e Communist i ssueappears to be a smok escreenraisedboth byopponentsofstate-h oodandopponentsofth epresentleadersh i p"ofth e'GIO-ILWU. Itwas h i gh li gh ted last summerduringspecialh eari ngswh i ch wereh eldfollowingth esuspensionofDr.Joh nReineck eand h i sNiseiwife,Ai k o Reineck e,from th esch oolsystemforallegedCommu-nist beli efs. Th e suspen-si onwasrecentlyuph eldbyth eterritori alsch oolboardand i twasi ndi catedth atth eRei neck esmigh ttak eth ei rcasetoth ecourts.Onei ndi rectresultofth e Rei neck eh eari ngs,atwh i ch Ich i roIzuk atestifi ed,wasth atCh arlesK.Fuj i -moto,research ch emi statth eUni-versityofHawai i wh osenamewasbrough tupatth e h eari ngs,an-nouncedth ath ewas.resigni ngfromth esch ooltotak eoverfulltimework as secretaryofth e Com-munistpartyi nHawai i .Fuj i moto'saction,reportedwidelyi nth emain-landpressandcommentedonbyth e ri gh t-wi ng laborcolumnist,VictorReisel,h as addedfurth erfueltoth ewh i spersth atth eCom-munistquestionandth e "Japa-nese i ssue"i nHawai i arerelated.Gov. Stainback ch arged i n aspeech lastsummerbefore th eYoung Buddh i sts convention i nHawai i th ataconsiderable per-centageofth emembers ofth eCommunistparty i nHawai i wereofJapaneseancestry.Heamend-edh i sstatementbynotingth atth epercentagewasnotlargerbyratioth anth atofHawai i 'soth erracialgroups.Itwas probablyth i ssortoftactic,i n wh i ch Gov.Stainbackh asengaged,wh i ch h asresultedi nth erequestforh i souster.Al-th ough h e h asgivenlip-servicetostateh ood, h i sraisi ngofth eCommunist i ssue h as h elpedth eopponentsofstateh ood.Inaddi-tion,.Hawai i Democrats ch argeth ath edi dnotpartici patei nth eelection campaign. Gov.Stain-back ,opposed,byth eCIO,i ssup-portedbyth eHonoluluAFLandby asection-ofth eterritory'sDemocraticleadersh i p.Gov. Stainback 's acti on i nsingli ngoutth eJapaneseAmeri-cansaspartofth eCommunistmovementi nHawai i i napublicspeech i sth esortofsubtleracismwh i ch h asch aracterizedth epres-entoppositi ontostateh ood.Th ewh olei ssueappearstobeoverstressedandth eactivi ti esofa few personaliti es overem-ph asi zed.Th ereportofth eSenatecommittee wh i ch vi si tedHawai iearlyi nNovemberprobablywillsnow th eCommunisti ssue i n i tsproperperspective.Alth ough Sen.BtitleT di dnotpubliclyadvocate

stateh oodafterh i sHawai i an_flrth edidi ndi cateth at"th efacts

a«allfavorabletostateh ood.*jButlerseemed surprised k i ««th atth erewerepe«°"»?jraces i nboth th eDemocratc»"RepublicanpartiesfH&K.Th eannouncementbyCbW*.Fuj i moto i deatesatleastoneavowedComm"Hawai i butth eCommirortpwasagroupprobably«g-oflittle i nfluence i nth e:«wth eterritoryasdo»"J*ftmunistgi upsi nth e48«"ch argeth atth erei saW"l.movementamongJapan**cansi nHawai i i stooaw*"quirerefutation.

MINORITYWEEK

YaleVs.HarvardYaleuniversityonNov»nouncedelectionofa£„VJack son,ascaptainofi tfr'team,th efirstNegVotoJ°°tballtoth atpositi on, todone,Harvardon*nouncedth eselectionftZJeg,footba.,manag

* ""Brides.Cath ayPost385ofSan*F\,nCisco,AmericanLegionbi.tntGIbrideactDast-i t. 'expirati ondateDec 2?Cath ayPosth asask edth atafa,wives and ch i ldren ofcfiAmerican servicemenbeaS2tocontinuetocomei ntofflftStryasnon-quotai mmi grant2outundergoing th efedw J"quiredofoth erimmi grants

th ath undredsofwivesandS-diencfth eseveteransh avebedpreYentodfrom comingoverSCh i nadunngth epaattwomonSd.u<?,t» th ewestcoastsh i ppJstnk e,andth atth edelay2fTa\th eKy b«unabletoth ei rh usbandsandfath ersUrnth esch eduledexpirati ondate.

Quick Quote"ProbablyMr.JusticeJack sonwasrigh t.Itlook sasth ough Imaybeanoldwomanbefore1becomealawyer."— AdaLouSilMi el,Negrolawstudentwh o

i sseek i ngadmissi ontoth eUni-v«mtyofOk lah oma sch ooloflaw.

« « *AndAnoth er"Th eycandowh atth eywant,butI'm certainlynotgoingtobeth efi rstonetobreak th ecustom.Wh eni tcomestomixi ngth eraces,I'm notfori t."— MayorAlfredCallagh anofSanAntonio,refer-ringtoaneffortbyNegrogolfersto usemunici palgolfcoursesattimesoth erth anon"specialNepodays."

LETTER-BOXToth eEditor:

MasudaIncidentEditor,Pacifi cCi ti zen:Th i ssoemstobeth eseasonfor"redfaces,"buti tappearstometh at th e "IncidentofKazuoMasuda,"requiresmore,th ana"redface."Iarti notfamili arwith Califor-

nia "restricti onsandregulations"butasIrecallth ereareLOUDsoundingPRAISESofth ei rState,evenclaimi ngtobeapartofourGREATUNITEDSTATES.AsanAmericanCiti zenofmanygenerations,Idesiretooffersym-path ytoth eparents andmem-bers'ofth efamily,i nth elossofafineson,and, i nHUMILITYtosubmitanapologyinth erestric-ti ons i mposeduponyou.KazuoMasudamadesacredtie

BOilofCALIFORNIAandALLth eUNITEDSTATESwh enh i sblooddrench edth esoi lofItaly,m h i sHEROIC defenseofMY COUN-TRY.Herewith Iack nowledgemyobligati onforh i sservice.Please k now th ere areoth erStatesi nth i sCountry,andman?personswh oappreciateth esacri-ficemadebyyourson,andregmth e unwarranted treatmentWh avesuffered.Verysincerely ,

Ogtlen,Dal

WdNovberJ,14

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1Th esh arpi esalong42ndStreetandth ecurbstonecounselorscon-H«ratinKaroundTimes Square canwelltak eafew lessonsfrom■frcreolecousinsdown i nNewOrleans.VNow th atth eseasonatth eFairGrounds h asstarted,with th e■.jarBowlfestivi ti es j ustafewweek saway,and,th eMardi GrasEaroundth ebend i n1949,th elocalanyth i ng-for-a-buck boys areEtW th ei rsigh tsonth e i ncomi ngtouristcrowd.■ Th ese h awk -eyed,quick -sh i fti ngladsloungearoundbussta-■tionsandrailroadUrminals j ustwaiti ngtosh eari h nocentlambs■ofth ei rbank roll.ITh eywork i nteamsanddivi deth e"tak e"aftereach transaction.Ltth ere i sth esteerer.His j ob i stostri k eupanacquaintanceEh awell-h eeledprospectandguideh i m i ntoanearbybar.ITh en th e floormanswings i ntoaction.Hebuysth cclientc■wdrink s andtlunsuggestsa"friendly"game i nth eback withH"boys."Th efloormanrequeststh estrangernottogambleandHrelywatch h i splay.Th e oth erpartnersaroundth e greentableKto i tth atth efloormanwinsmoreth anh i ssh areandth e i nno-K,tbystanderbeginstogeti nterested.ISeveralminuteslaterth efloormangetsa"ph onecall'andh eHisth evi si tortoplay h i s h andanduseth ech i psath i sdi scretion.Hedealerseesto i tth atth esuck ergetsexcellentcards;th enth eHtingstartstogetbig.Th esupplyofth efloorman'sch i ps i s soon■h austedandnaturallyth evicti m beginstobetalittleofh i sown'■oney.Wh ateverisbet,anoth er"player"raisesth ewageruntilth eHstandernow h astossedi nh i swh olebank roll.Usually,th esuck eri sHoveledth reeac;.s i nastudpok ergame.Wh enth ecardsareallHppedover,i tdevelopsth atsomeoth erplayerturns overa lowHraigh toradink yflush .

Sometimesth eboysletth evicti m winafew h andsth en■york upt:> th e k nock -outh and.One ortwoch umps aday i s■enough tok eepth eladsi noystersand.beerforth eweek .

Th eFreeZooRack etIJusttomak esureth atnoneofth etouristsslipoutofth ei rHasp,th eboys h avefixedameth odwh trebytosnagth evisi torsHiotravelbyauto.IUsuallyatapointfrom tentoth i rtymilesaway,onth emainHlwayi th esyndicateplastersh ugesignsandplacardsadvertisi ng■"'FreeExh i bi t."IAh undredsignsormoremeetth emotorist'seyeas h espeedsonHeh i gh way.Exerywh ereth eycapitali zeth e word"FREE"and■iph asi wth efactth atth erei snoch arge.Th enth erearepromisesof■gi i nti cdisplays ofsnak es,turtles,lions,monk eys,lizards,tigersHdalmostevery sort«fferociousanimal.

Soth e motoriststopsforalook -see.Hewillfinda h i gh■barricadestructureand,wi th i n,afewscrawnysamplesofj ungleITh enah ordeof"guides"getbusywork i ngonth eprospects.■h eyi nformoneandallth atth erei sa"gameroom" i nth erear■h eredrink sandfoodareservedandalsogamesofch ance.Th e■sitorusuallyti ptoes i ntoth eback room andbeforeth evi si ti s■erh e i sdeftlyseparatedfromalargewadoffoldingmoney.

Soth atth ewomenfolk swillh avesometh i ngtodowh i leth e■game i sgoingon,th erei susuallyalongbatteryofslot-mach i nes■onth esi deofth eroom topick "upth eloosech angeofth e■tourist.Onth eOth erExtremeH Th eoth erdayIh adoccasiontodropi natacafenearTulane■Diversity,.ri gh tbyAudubonPark .It'son««£th osefamily-operated■uMish mentswh ereth efath erdoesth ecook i ng,th ewifesuper-■&esi th eserving,andth edaugh teri sth ecash i er.■Youorderwh atyouwish andno.tallyorrecord i s madeofany■oer.Th ecustomeri son h i s"h onor"toreportwh ath e ateandHen

Ppay.as neleaves th erestaurant.

ICateringas h edoestoalargecollegeclientele,th ebosstoldme■atth e h onorsystem was work i ngoutok ayand th ath esuffers■rynttlelossfromgypsters.■ Th ecash i eri squiteapsych ologist.Sh ewatch esyoureyesas■orecite th ei temsyouorderedandsh ecantelli fyouaretelling■"'truth .■"fi«algentlemencan betrusted,"i sth eproprietor'smottoand■><»i th atassumption h e h asbui ltawonderfulfollowing.* ♦ *■Please donotletth efi rsttwostories i nth i scolumnfrigh tenyou.■«yareonlyapplicabletoth osegullibleenough tofallforsuch

■~;"Worn stuntsandtrick s.Anyonewh oh asli vedwith i nth epre-cisorManh attancanspotph oneysamileaway.Ij ustli k eto■toonth ei rtech ni quetosave youallth e trouble.Hk w c?ntrasttoth efastpaceofManh attan,th etempo i s muchVerdown h ere.People h ave ti meto exch ange greetingsandWrller'quiteunli k eth ei ndi fferenceofNewYork ers.■nnok i ,°')Servedth atyoucanseemoresmilesonpeople'sfaces«'«mock onCanalStreetth analongonemileofFifth Avenue.

MiscellaneousNewOrleansNotes■During th epastweek Ih adoccasion tovisi ttwoNisei wh oKirnHm!"gm th esubu»'bs.Th ey h aveh admoreth anth ei rsh areofTch W- Sduetoth ech angi ngweath erandth egreatdifferencelerow i1

ons> One i s*xperimentingwith celeryand h opes■panoTVVaccropnextyear.Th e oth eroldsteriswork i ngwithEveIn Bat°-imo"andis h arvesting h i s secondcrop.Both menKnr.tg»angePlansi nmindandbelieveth atth ereisafarming■ £rN'sei i nth i sstate.land °-

Japanesefamili esarestarting i nth enurserybusinessHularri T£Smallvegetableplantsandfruittrees.Th i spartic-ITwn*i beenli ttledevelopedi nth i scity.Heion in7i.c,"ted Nisei musici ans,both formerlyfrom th e Bay

Hth estr uah fornia,areplayingwi th th e NewOrleansSymph onyHdMao vcforth e20-week seasonareTom Tsuj i ,th etympanist,Bnanrt Yosh i da> th evioli ni st.Both men h avewon th eadmi ra-IDuri app£eciati onofth emusic-lovingpopulaceofth i scity.HwOr week i nCovington,wh i ch i saboutfi ftymilesfromHit&lti, 'Jomi k oKanazawa,th ebri lli antlyricsopranogaveaHleanan"Tomi k o h as appearedseveraltimeswith th e NewIIal» J"aeroi nleadin«ros.Wilea?>?aV€anoteth atth ree JapaneseAmericanfamili es i nBeyod«.f '

areen.«a«ed i nth ecamellia and azaleabusiness,fccnlal*-i j Omeofth elargestnurseries i nth ecountryi nth ei rHi h i led1ed,and h ay«wonnationalh onorswith th eflowers.SomeIwfct0mabletomak eth etripth ereandwriteastoryabout(f««camellia k i ng,

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:

Th eDayAfterTh ank sgi vi ngn , Denver,Colo.Uneofth emi nortragediesofTh ank sgi vi ng i sth e speedwith wh i ch King Turk eyfalls from

lavor.Ih edaybeforeth elastTh ursdayofNovem-u v

turk ey i sanoblebi rd i ndeed,broadacrosstnebriastandh eavyofdrumstick .Onth egreatday h e i s turnedagloriousbrown i nth eoven'sh eat,andwh enatlasth emak esh i sgrandentryatopaplatter,h e i strulyak i nglysigh t.Beforeth ecarver'ssk i ll,greatth i ck sli ces

otunblemish ed wh i temeatslideoffth e k ni feand th ecavernous i nteri oryields a mineofstuffing.Trulyafouldesignedforth ebanquettable.Th esecond day'smealsofcoldturk eyslices

garnish ed with oth erleftoversfrom th e Th ank s-givi ngdinnerstillretainabitofth e h oli laygla-mour.Butbyth eth i rdday.th i ngsaredifferent.Someh ow th esucuk ntwh i temeat h as turned

dryandmealy.Itlack sth eflavorandch aracterofth emorecommonplacech i ck en.Ith asnoneofth erich nessofph easant,orth edark andoilygoodness01 duck .Iti s j ustwh i temeat.Byth eendofth eth i rdday,th esk eletonofth e

oncemigh tybirdliesstark lyonth eplatter,look -i ngforallth eworldli k eth eremainsofaderelictsh i pcastash oretoweath erandcrumble.Th elastofth emeatscrapsandstuffingh avegonei ntoth ei nevi table h ash ,andeventh ebones—ifth e h ouse-wi feisfrugal—willberippedapartandconsignedtoth esouppot.Th ereth eywi llsimmerwith car-rotsandonions,andperh apsevenpotatoes,filli ngth ?k i tch enwith afaintlynostalgicturk eysmell.Byth enyou'veh adyourcrawfullofturk eyand

you'd#be h appynottoseeoneforanoth eryear.

Th at,someh ow,seemstobean i gnobleand un-deservedfate.Th eturk deservesbetter.

* * *Nisei HaveTwoCulinaryCulturesLi k eth eturk ey,wh i ch i stoomuch ofagood

th i ng,anyfoodcanpalli fyougetanexcessofi t.Varietyi sth espiceofeatingaswellasofli fe.

Th elNisei ,ch i ldrenoftwoculinarycultures,

areusuallyfortunateon th i sscore.Th ey canalternatericeandpotatoes,fish andmeat,suk i -j ak i andgoulash .Tak e h amburger,orasth ebutch er i nsi stsoncalling i t,groundbeef.Weeatagooddealofi t,th esedays,mainlybecauseth ebudgetwon'tbalancewi th outi t.Onenigh twe h aveboi ledspudsand h amburger

patties.Acouple«fnigh tslaterwemigh th averi ce plusground beef scatter-fried with slicedonions.Try i tsometime.Th e secreti stodropsmallbitsofh amburgeri ntoa h otsk i lletalittleatatime,sh ovi ngth emeataroundvigorouslywithafork allth ewh i leso i twi llscatteri nsteadoflumping up.Flavorwith th eusualamountofsalt,addalittle

soysauce i fyouli k e.It'snoth i ngfancy,buti tbeatseatingh amburgerpattiestwonigh tsrunning.

♦ * *Fish PopularizedbyEvacueesGettingback tofish ,th ei nfluxoflarge num-

bersofJapaneseAmericansi ntoth e i ntermoun-taincountryprovedtobeaboontofish -loversandCath oli cs.With th eevacueescamefish mark ets,andth esemark etsbrough tmanyvarieti esoffresh oceanfish i ntoth i scountryforth efi rsttime.Manyi nlandersh adbeenbrough tuptobelieve

fish wastasteless.Byth eti me i treach ed th eseparts i th adlostallitsoceantangandwaslittlebetterth an catfood.Perh apsth ataccountsforth epredominanceofcreamedfi sh recipesi nwh i chth eobvi ouslack offlavorisdisgui sedbyquanti-tiesofpaste-li k ecream sauce.Nomatterh owprovinci alapeople,th ereseems

tobj an i nh erentdesireforproductsofth esea.In ourtravelsamongi nlandciti esweh aveyettocometoatownofanysize i nwh i ch th eleadingrestaurantdidnotadvertiseseafoodasi tsspecialty.Obviouslyseafood i nKansasi sh ardlyth esameasth atserved i nSeattleorSanFrancisco,eith eri nfresh nessorpreparation.Buti t'sanoveltyandi tgetsgoodprices.Now,i fsomeenterprisi ngNisei wouldarrange

toflyi nfresh -caugh tseafoodsandserveth emala SanFrancisco...

THEFIVE-DOLLARBILL

ByDEN MOREY

ASh ortStory:

Th eLook th eOldManGaveHimMadeUpHisMi nd

Itwasth reedays since MasatoUyeda h as beenth rownoutofh i s h otelroom;twodayssince h eh adh adh i slastmealAndtomorrowwasTh ank sgi vi ngDay.Hesatonth ebench be-neath th e park 'sonlyevergreentree,wh ere h e h adsough tsh elterfrom th emi stli k erai nth atwasblowingi n from th elak e.Ith ad noth elped;th ewh i rli ngmist-rain h adalreadyseepedth rough h i s outergarmentsand wasnowch i lli ngh i sundernourish edbody.Around h i m wh i rledgayandcarefreepeople,nodoubtenth usi -asti c overth ecoming Th ank s-givi ngDayweek -end.Manycar-riedlargesh oppi ngbags,stuffedwith h oli day goodies. Oth ersj ok edandlaugh edunconcernedforth edrizzle. None,h owever,paidmuch attentiontoMasatoUyeda.Toth em,h ewasj ustanoth erdull,h opeless soulamong th ecity'smanysuch dullandh opelesssoul«.However,i ti sn'tfairtoMasato

andmenli k e h i m tolabelth emdulland h opeless j usttodismi ssth em. ForMasato'sonlycrimewasbeingtooold. Hewas 81.Th reeweek sagoh eh adbeenfi redfrom h i s lastj ob,potwash i ng.Sinceth enh eh adnotbeenabletolocateanoth er j ob,alth ough h ewasonaconstantsearch .Masato— friendless,h omeless,

.mdpenniless—sawnoreasontoliveanylonger.Hewassobusycontemplatingth e

mosteffectivewaytodoawaywith h i smiserablelifeth ath edi dnotseeth eyoungmancomeuntilh estoodbeforeh i m."Hello,"th eyoung mansaid,andth enwith awk wardJapanese,h e added. "Badweath er,i s i tnot? Wh ath ash appenedtoyou?iH-aveyounoplacetostay?"Th eyoungmanwasobviouslyaNisei .Andperh aps,onth emorecommon ground one could h aveeasilymistak en h i m forth e oldman'sson.Heworeath i ncoat,tigh tlybuttoned atth e collar.Underh i sarm.h ecarriedapaper-wrappedpack age.From outofi tprotrudedturk eylegs.<;Haveyounoplacetostay?'th eyoungmamrepeated.Tears quick lyformed i n h i stirpdoldeyes.Masatosh ook li bh atlessh ead."Iamterriblysorry,"th eyoungman said. Th en h e satbesideMasato,unconcernedforth ewetbench orth ecuriousonlook ers.Hi slongarm someh owfoundi tsway around th e old man'ssh ouldersi naprotectivegesture.Th eyoungman'sactionsti rredMasatodeeply.Itbrough tabouth i sbreak down. Inash ortti meh esobbedouth i sstory—atypical

Issei story. Itwasa.storyofh opefuldreamsandsome accom-plish ments. But i twasalso astoryofprejudi ces,h ardsh i ps,andfailures.Wh enMasatofini sh edh i sstory

th eyoungmanblewh i snose.Th enh etoreapieceofpaperfrom th epack age beside- andwrote:Joh nSadash i Uyeno,1493Ch erryStreet,Apartmentone.Heh and-tfi th epapertoMasato."Mynameandaddress,"h eex-plained. "Tomorrow you comeovertoth i saddressandIsh alltrytoh aveaj oblinedupforyou.Eveni fnot,Iam sureIwillbeableto-ftudonebyMonday.Any-way,be suretocomeoverto-morrowforaTh ank sgi vi ngDaydinner. Do-notforget."With th osewords,Joh nSadash i

Uyeno gath eredup h i spack age,stoodup,andreadiedh i mselftodo-part. However,wh en h i semptyh and F.ubonciously dropped i ntoh i spock et,i tstalledh i slegs.Hish and fumbledwith somecoins;th enth esinglebill;th enagain,th ecoi ns.Th eywereth epartofch ange h e received from th etwenty-dollarbillh egavetoth ebutch eratth eopen-doormark etwh en h ebough tth eturk ey,bs-cause h e h ad h eardth atth i ngsweremuch ch eaperatth eopen-doormark et. Besides,Ch ri stmaswasonlyamonth away,andh eneededth emoney.Itwasth e look th atth eoldmangaveh i m—th atofunquestion-i ngdevotionto h i m—th atquicklybrough tabouth i sdeci si on.Hi sh andfish edoutth ebill,afive-dollarbill."Here," h e said,extending i t

out.Th eoldman h esi tated. "No,I

cannottak ei t.""Iti aallrigh t." ,He droppedth ebillon Masato'slap. "Be-sides,youcannotsleeph erei nth epark .Th erei saniceh otelacrossth estreet.Youough ttogoth ereforth enigh t."Beforeth eoldmancouldanswerh i m,Joh nSadash i Uyenodisap-peared i ntoth emilli ngcrowd.MasatoUyedacouldnolongercry.Lifewasbecomingbrigh ter.

Th i ng?nowmovednotonlyaroundh i m butwith i n h i m. Hiseyessuddenlyfoundth eflash esformingth e h otel'sneonligh tacrossth estreet. "PalaceHotel,"i tblink -ed, i nvi ti ngly.MasatoUyedacol-lectedh i mselffromth ebench andh eadedfori t.

* * "Sundaydawnedcoldandcrispoverth ecity. However,with i nth e Uyeno's modestapartment-h ome,i twaswarm andcomfort-able. Th e morning paperh adcome,andth eUyeno'sth reech i l-drenwereenjoyi ngth efunnies.Joh nUyenowasreadingth esportsseetinn;h i swife,Kiyok o,closelystudiedth elocalnews."Joh n,"Kiyok o suddenlycalledout,"wh atwasth enameofth eIssei you i nvi tedforth eTh ank s-givi ngDaydinner—youk now,th oonewh odi dn'tcome.""Huh — oh ,Masato— uh — Ma-sato—""MasatoUyeda?""Yeah ,MasatoUyeda,th atwasi t. Wh y?""Well,h e h anged h i mself i nj ai l.""Hanged h i mself? Wh y th edumbman—firstfaili ngtocomeforth edinner,th enth i s. Andafterallth etroubleIwentth roughtogeth i m a j ob. Someguysdon'tappreciateanyth i ng. Wh y,Ievengaveh i m—oh ,Ididn'ttellyouth i sbefore,butIevengaveh i m afive-dollarbill.""Afive-dollarbill?""Yeah ,afive-dollarbill.Wh y?Wh at'sth ematter,Kiyo? Wh at'sth ematter."SilentlyKiyok o h anded h i m th enewspapersh ewasreading.Underch e smallh ead,"JapAlienKillsSelf"th etwolinenewsreportreadth us:MasatoUyeda,anelderlyJapa-

nesealien,committedsuici debyh angi ng-i nth ectty j ai lyesterday.Hewasarrestedbyth epoliceatth ePalaceHotelWednesday onth enigh tclerk 'scomplaintth ath epassed a counterfeitfi ve-dollarbillwh enh erentedth eroom.

Book sh elf"American Me,"byBeatriceGriffi th . Hough ton Miffli n,$3.50.Foragoodlook atth e i mpactofraceprejudi ce uponanoth erminori tygroup,read-"AmericanMe,"aHough tonMiffli nFellow-sh i pawardbook ."AmericanMe"tellsth estoryofMexican Americans wh o h avefaced th e same k i nd ofsocialostracism,rejecti onand discri m-i nati onk nownbyoth erAmericanminori ty groups. Someofth i sdiscri mrni ati onspilledoveri ntoth emuch -h eadlined"zootsuitri ots"ofafewyearsago,aconditi onth atwasabe'tedby an i rresponsiblepress. Th e facts i n"AmericanMe,"andth emanyrealpersonalh i stori esi ni t,willgiveth ereadernewi nsi gh ti ntoth ewh oleproblemofrace.

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VagariesBattleround...DoreSch ary'sMGM production,'"Battleground," i s th e develop-mentofani deabyHenryAnatoleGrunwald,oneofth eassociateedi-tors ofTime Magazine. Mr.Grunwald received$5,000forh i si deaforth efi lm wh i ch i ncludesth ech aracterofaNisei GI...Alth ough i twasbelievedatth etime"Battleground"wasfirstan-nouncedbySeh arylastSpringth atth epublicwouldnotbei nterestedi nawarfilm,Hollywoodobserversseearevivedi nteresti nsuch films,probablyasaresultofth ei nter-nationalsituation.

"" *SonoOsato..."Th eKissi ngBandit,"th efi lmi nwh i ch SonoOsato-mak es h ercinematic debut,was finallyre-leased lastweek i n New Yorkafterbeingonth esh elfforayear.Itwillprobablybescreen-ed around) th e country aboutCh ri stmas ti me. Actually "Th eKissi ngBandit"wasreadyforre-leaseayearagobutMGM de-murred.Th ereasonwasobviouslastweek wh enallofth e NewYork fi lm criti cswerecoolto-wardth e Tech ni colorproductionwh i ch stars Frank Si natra andKath ryn Grayson. Sono Osato,playingth erole ofBianca,adancer,i nastorywh i ch i slaidi nSpanish California,i sapplaud-ed1forh eronedancenumberbutcriti cs generallyagreedsh e didnoth aveanopportunitytosh owth etalentswh i ch wonh erBroad-waystardom i n"Onth eTown"and"OneTouch ofVenus."ManyofMissOsato'sbestscenesprob-ablywoundup onth ecuttmgroomfloor.

* * *Politi cal...Duringth epastelectionFrank -linCh i no,oneofth eleadingNiseiGOPers,wentas h i gh asHerbert

Brownell,GovernorDewey'scam-1paignmanager,i nanefforttogstGovernorWarrentotak eback h i swartimerace-baiti ngcommentsonJapaneseAmericans. Ch i no be-li evesth atWarren'ssilencemadei tdiffi culttogetNisei supportforth eRepublicantick et...FormerCongresswoman FlorenceTragKalin,wh odi edi nSanFran-ciscolastweek atth eageof81,aided i n th e Congressionalpassageofth eCableActamend-mentunderwh i ch Nisei girlswh omarried"aliensi neli gi ble tociti -zensh i p"h avebeenabletoregainth ei rciti zensh i pri gh ts th roughcourtaction.. .Th eCableActamendment,passedback i n1932,wasth efi rstsuccessfullegislativeactivi tybyth eJACL.MissSumaSugi wentto Wash i ngtononbe-h alfofth eJACLtoh elpobtainpassageofth eamendment.

* " ♦

Actress...KinouyoTanak a/oneofJapan'stopactresses,willvisi tHollywoodnextspringasth eguestofMono-gramstudios...Anoth erJapa-nesefilm actress.Mitsuk oMiura,nowth ewifeofLieut.GeorgeGodaofth eU.S.army,arrivedi nCali-fornialastweek fromJapan.HerNisei h usband, h owever,wasun-abletoaccompanyh eratth elastminute but willreturn inFebruary.

Wash i ngtonADCAnswersQuestionsonClaimsFormsTh i si sanoth eri naseriesofquestionsandanswersonth eevacuationclaimslawpreparedbyEdwardJ.Ennis,JACLAnti-Discri mi nati onCommittee spe-cialcounsel,andreleasedbyth eWash i ngtonOfficeofth eJACLADC asapublicservice. Th i sseri esi sbasedonactualques-tionsask edofth i soffi ce.Anyreaderwh oh asgeneral

questionsrelatingtoth elawi t-selfortoproceduralmattersi ii nvi tedtoaddressaletterwitha stamped,self-addressed r»-turnenvelopetoth eWash i ngtonOffice, JACL Anti-Di scri mi na-tion Committee, EvacuationClaimsSection,300Fi fth StreetNorth east,Wash i ngton 2,D.C.Questions,ofgenerali nterestmaybereproducedinth i sserieswith outpersonali denti fi cati on.No questions i nvolving th elegality orvalue ofspecifi cclaimscanbeanswered.1.Q.Isi tpossibletogetacross-

section ofth e community andestablish anormalh oldi ng andaverageloss? Fori nstance, i nPetalumath eJapaneseareallgen-erallych i ck enrai sers. Or,i nSanMateo,th eJapanesearegenerallylandscapegiardners.Byestablish -i ngnormallossorth evalueofanaverageh oldi ng,i tmaybeth atmanywh o'migh tpossiblybe un-certainandreluctantaboutclaim-i ngsh ouldbeguidedbyth eaver-ageloss i nth ei rcommuniti es.A.Indetermini ngth eamountofth eclaim ofanyonech i ck enrai seri nacommunity,generalfac-torsofvalue,no doubt,willbefoundwh i ch willbeapplicabletooth erch i ck enrai sersi nth esamecommunity. Wh enth eclaims i nmorespecifi ccasesaredetermined,average factors of losses ap-

plicableto oth ercasesmayde-velop.Iti snotperceived h owa"normalh oldi ng"can be deter-mined,becauseclaimsmustbepre-paredonth eactualh oldi ngofeacnparticularcase.2 Q.Th ere are i nstancesot

abuseofpowerofattorney be-causeofth egeneralfeelingevac-ueesmigh tnotbeabletoreturnfora considerableperiod. Is i tpossibletorecoverfrom th i slawforsuch unwarranted and un-auth ori zedabusesofpowerofat-torney?\Th elawallowsrecoveryfor

losseswh i ch areth ereasonableconsequenceofth eevacuation.Aloss,duetoanabuseofapowerofattorneygivenbecauseofth eevacuationmayverywellbecon-sideredtobeareasonable con-sequenceofth eevacuationandre-coverableunderth i sstatutei fth eclai mantsh owsth ath e i snottorecoverfrom th e h olderofth epowerofattorney. Wh ere,h ow-ever,agoodcase existsagainstth e h olderofth epowerofat-torney,th eGovernmentmigh tre-quireth atth i sprivateremedybeexh austedbefore i twi lldetermineth atth eloss i spayable byth eGovernmentasareasonablecon-S3quenceofth eevacuationandnotdue toth eclaimant'sfailuretoattempttocollectfrom th eprivatepersonwh oabusedth epowerofattorney.,$. Q.Rentalofmy ranch ,

equippedwi th toolswasarrangedfor$10,000ayear.Mytenantgoti ntodiffi cultiesand 1offeredtosettlei fh ewouldpayme$2,500.He neverpaidmeand laterh ewentbank rupt.Wh atamountcanIclaim?A.If$10,000ayearwasafairrentali tappearsth atyourlossmaybecalculated oh th i sbasiswith outreferencetoth esum of$2,500forwh i ch youofferedtosettlebutwh i ch yourbank rupttenantneverpaid.4.Q.Ih adpatentedacertainstrainofch rysanth emumsandh adbui ltupmystock from 1939.With -outmak i nganysalesIh adcare-fullyi ncreasedandpropagatedmystock with th ei ntentionofsellingi ti n1942.Becauseofth eevacua-tionIdidnotwantmypatentedch rysanth emum stock tofallintooth erh ands.Becauseofth efearofoth erscapitali zi ngonmyde-velopment,Idestroyedmylargestock andretainedonlya.fewbed-dingplants.CanIclaimforth eplantsIh addestroyed?A. Th i s raises th e questionwh eth erth emeansyou usedtoprotectyourtradesecretwasareasonablemeanssoth atth elosswasareasonableconsequenceofth eevacuation.Ifth etradesecretcouldbepreserved,bylessdrasticmeasures,th evi ewmigh tbetak enth atth elosswasnotduetoevac-uationbuttoth eclaimant'ssepa-ratei ndependentaction.Inordertoreceiveadeterminati onbyth e(lovernmenti twi llbenecessarytofileaclaim wh i ch sh ould i ncludeanexplanationastowh ydestruc-tionwasth eonlysafewaytopre-serveth i sstock .5.Q. My peach orch ardandstrawberry patch wh i ch Ih adnursedalong h ad j ustreach edth ebearingstatewh enIwasevac-

uated. Th e best h arvest yearswereduringmy,absence. CanIclaim forth ecropsh arvestedbymytenant? IfIwerepermittedtoremain,Icouldh averealizedth eentireproceeds. Th erentalwasverynominalanddi dnotre-flect th e i ncome wh i ch wasrealizedfromth eh arvest.A.Itappearsth atyou h aveagoodclaimatleastforth edif-ferencebetweenafail-rentalforth epropertyandth enominalrentth atyoureceived.Buti f,h owever,yourclaim i snotforfairrentalvalue,butth eactualproceedsre-ceivedforth eh arvestedcrops,leasexpenses of h arvesting, th erearisessomeproblemwh eth erprof-i tsfrom futurecropsmigh tbeconsidered asantici patedprofitsandnotallowableunderth elaw.Inaparticularcase,th atmigh tbeallowed i fyoucouldsh owth atth ese h arvestswerenotspecula-tive.Inoth erwords,youh aveaclearclaim forth efai rrentalvaluebutasomewh atlessclearclaim forth eprofits from th eh arvests. Perh aps th e safestcoursewouldbetofileyourclaimi nth ealternative.

PlantationVillageDedicatesPooltoNisei Killed i nWarMANA,Kauai — Inth i slittle

plantation vi llagea communityswimmi ngpool,builtwith th elaborofvolunteerciti zen*,was dedi-cated recently to a localboy.Sei k i ch i Ganek o,wh owask i lled i naction with th e 442nd CombatTeam i nItalyonJune26,1944.Anh onorrollplaquewasdedi-

catedduringaceremonyi nh onor

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ToHoldElectionsI/)SANGELES— Th reecandi-eswere suggestedth i sweekpresidentofth eSouth westLos

AnVelesJACLbyth enominati ngXmitteeh eadecj byHenryOh ye.Th eyareDr.RoyNish i k awa,i n-cnmbei i t.Dr.Joh nKoyamaandHidetak a Nak ak i .Oth ernomineesare:MrsMabelOta,SusumuKoj i ma

~ndMinoru Tomiya,firstvice--bs"Sadao Minami de,secondL-pres.;Mack Hamaguch i andPeterYano,th i rdvice-pres.;BessieMatsuzawa and MardieYasuda,corres sec.;Yosh i k o Hosoi andYuri Nemoto,rec. sec;Ok i raMinami de,Mac Ish i daandAmyMotodani,treas.;andBeanTak edaandMick yMi yamoto,auditor.

Pink -BlueSh owerONTARIO,Ore.— Mrs.GeorgeHash i tani wasth eguestonNov.18atapink -and-folue sh oweratth eh omeofMrs.Th omasItami onOregonSlope.

Mrs.JamesKanetomi was co-h ostess.Refresh mentswereservedfromabeautifullydecoratedtable,withacenterpieceofamusicalcradlefilled,with pi nk andbluech rysan-th emums.Among th ose presentwereMesdamesTomOgura,TomNish i -tani,GeorgeSugai,Roy Hash i -tani,HowardFuj i i ,HarryMori-k awa,Frank Sak ata,Joe Saito,AbeSaito,TedNak amura,HarryMasto,MasYano,Tom Watanabe,Kish Amano,Ich i roYamaguch i ,JamesWatanabeai i dMissBuelahSh i genc.

Th ank sgi vi ngDanceFRESNO,Calif.—Elle'sth i rdan-nualTh ank sgi vi ngdancewash eldonNov.25atth eMarigoldball-room.Misa Asak awa was generalch ai rmanofth eeventwh i ch fea-turedth e musi c ofDick Alex-ander'sorch estra.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

niJ0*?*"*?dMrs-HajrryHirosh iOk amotoaboy,Gerald,onNov.6i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.JoeMasamiKuramotoaboy,Mich ael,onNov.10i nPasadena,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Kenj i Sak auye,

419ArrnitageAye,Ch i cago,aboyKenneth Mark ,onNov.6.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoWadaaboy,Marsh all,onOct.30 i nWapato,Wash .ToMr.andMrs.JunieTsuj i sak aagirlonNov.11 i nSanFran-

cisco.ToMr.andMrs.Sei k oArak ak iaboyonNov. 19 i nSaltLak eCi ty.

TTo Mr.and Mrs.Alvin EizoUch i yamaagirl,CarolynMiyek oonNov.13 i nSanJose,Calif.To Mr.and Mrs.George HOmaeh i agirlonOct.29 i nFresno!Calif.ToMr.andMrs.MasaruSasak iaboyon,Oct.22i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i mi Hira-

ak oagirlonOct.26 i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Teraok aagirlonNov.6i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Masao Tani-zak i ,Reedley,Calif,agirlonNov.

ToMr.and Mrs.SadaoYoritaaboyonNov.14i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.HideoMori-

sawa,YubaCity,Calif,aboyonNov.14.To Mr. and Mrs.GeorgeK.Ok asak i aboyonNov.11i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andMrs.Sak aeYamash i taagirlonNov.4i nSanger,Calif.To Mr.and Mrs.RobertH.MatsumotoagirlonNov.16 i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh i oAndoagirlonNov.14i nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.Tei Taoaboy,MarlinKatsunobu,onNov.18 i nSanFrancisco.ToDr.andMrs.KazuoYana-gisawa(neeDr.EugeniaFuj i ta)agirl,EugeniaAnn,onNov.15i nNewYork Ci ty.ToMr.andMrs.Joh nKenich iToyaaboy,Frank ,onNov.7 i n

LosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh i yuk i Tak e-sh i ta agirl,TeresaTamaye,onOct.28 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raKatsu-muraaboy,Kimi h i ro,onNov.2i nIjCBAngeles.To Mr.andMrs.GeorgeRyozoKimuraagirl,LucilleCh i yomi ,on-Nov.3 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Kenich i Mori -sh i taagirl,Jil]Penelope,onNov4i nLosAngeles.__ To Mr.and Mrs.TsunesadaSak amotoaboy,GeneNoboru,onNov.3 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oSh i bataagirl,Kei k oKath y,onNov.f.i nIosAngeles.To Mr.andMrs.PeterMiya-sh i roaboy,RonaldYosh i o,onOct.23 i nLos Angeles.ToMr.andMrs.Yuk i oWadaa

boy,BrianDouglas,onNov.7 i nBerk eley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.HaroldTash i ma

agirl,GailCh i ek o,onOct.6 i nCleveland,0.ToMr.andMrs.KoroYatsua

boy,GeoffreyWayne,onSept.2Gi nCleveland.To Mr.and Mrs.Mich i masu

Kinosh i ta a girl,GraceTetsumi.onSept.29 i nCleveland.

DEATHSEntaFuruk awaonNov.10 i nPortland,Ore.■Sah ei Masuda,72,onNov.19 i n

Seattle.Infantdaugh terofMr.andMrs.Ei j i MatsumuraonNov.17 i nDimi ba,Calif.TatsuzoTaguch i ,68,onNov.15i nLosAngeles.Mrs.Kuni Ish i noMiyagi sh i ma,

46,onNov.23 i ndeal-field,Utah .Mrs.Ch oyoOk azak i onNov.14i nCh i cago.

MARRIAGESGraceSh i rai sh i toMasateruM.JioofWapato,Wash .,onNov.6i nOntario,Ore.Hattie Miyamoto to GeorgeTerai onNov.6 i nSeattle.Pusae Tok umototoYosh i k i yoSak aguch i ofOrosi onNov.14i nHanford,Calif.Helen Ch i yek o Obayash i toRuich i TeiazawaonNov.20i nSanFrancisco.AliceIwatak i toRalph IwataonNov.14 i nLosAngeles.JeanKaoruOtani ofSanFran-

ciscotoDr.Jack sonKazuoEtoonOct.17 i nSt.Louis.IreneMotok oHi rosetoTatsuoCh arlesKanzawaofCh i cago onNov.18i nSanFrancisco.MacHosh i notoHenryMasuda

onNov.14i nSeattle.Yonek oTak atatoMinoruHi rota

onNov.21 i nPenryn,Calif.Kath eri neK.Yamasak i toFred

S.Yok oyamaonNov.20 i nLosAingeles.Kimi k o Ok abayash i to NamioKitaok a on Nov.20 i nLosAn-geles.Alice Mari k o Iguch i toKarlYutak a Oto onNov.21 i nLosAngeles.Mitsuk oFuj i k awatoJoh nMasaoMatsuda onNov.21 i nLos An-geles.

MARRIAGELICENSESHaiuk oKoba,25,andFredM.

Kido,25,Weiser,Idah o,i nSeattle.BettyTak ani sh i ,20. Reedley,Calif.,andSh i geni Murata,2fi,LasVepras,Nev.i nFresno.MaryMiyuk i Ish i zak i ,20,and

JamesTak ak i ,23,MountainView,i nSanJose.Ch i yok oSonoda.21,andTsugioHirayama,24,both ufLindsay,Calif.,i nVisali a.Sh i zue Mary Misoguch i ,and

Sam Masash i Hisani oto, 24. i nSacramento.'

UnanimousVoteNamesKenUch i datoSecondTerm asPresidentOGDEN,Utah — KenUch i da

was unanimouslyreelectedpres-i dentofth eOgdenJAGLatanelectionmeetingth i sweek atth eAmericanLegionh all.Twoballots wererequiredtoelectth ech apter'svicepresident.MitsEndo ofClearficldwonamajori tyonth esecondballot.Jak eKogaofRoy,Utah ,was

nameddistri ctch ai rmanforWebercounty.RussellTanak aofHonay-villewasnamedch ai rmanforBoxEldercountyandKazuoMiyawaselectedch ai rmanforDaviscounty.Yuri MiyaandMrs.Esth erTuk a-h ash i wereelectedcorrespondingsecretaries. Ch arles Tsuk amotowasnamedtreasurer.Ch oYama-guch i andEdith Odawillbesocialcoch ai rmen,wh i leTosh i Yanowilltak eth epostofpublicrelationsch ai rman.Followingth eelectionsasocial

wash eldunderth ecoch ai rmansh i p'.ifToyoandMiyeIto.Th e"doorprize"ofalargeturk eywaswonbyMr.andMrs.AlAok i ofOg-den.Th ech aptervotedtoenterabidforth e1949IDCannualconven-tion.Th ebi dwillbeconsideredatth eIDC meetingNov.27 i nPocatello.Th epresidentwasi nstructedtonamebowlerstorepresentth eOg-dench apteri nth eIDC bowlingtournamentNov.26and27,tobeh eld i nPocatello.

SaltLak eCh apterMak esPlansforNewYear'sDanceSettinganewpolicy,th eSaltLak eJACLth i sweek announcedi ts 1949NewYeardancewillbeopentoth epublicwith outch arge.AllNisei are i nvi ted to j oi nth eJACLi ncelebratingth eh oli -dayatth edance.Installation services forth ech apter'snewofficerswillbeh eldduringi ntermissi on.Inch argeofth eaffairareAlice

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FreeCh owMeinONTARIO,Ore.— Freech owmem wasservedto h undredsofOntarioci ti zensbyGeorge andDonSugai,operatorsofth eCastSidecafewh enth eyreopenedth erestaurantlastweek .Th ecafewasth esceneofafirelastmonth wh i ch guttedth e i n-terior.

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FiveNi sei VeteransBuriedInArlingtonNationalCemeteryWASHINGTON,D.C.—Funeral

servicesh avebeenh eldi nArling-ton NationalCemetery forfivemoreNisei veteransofth efamed442ndRegimentalCombatTeami nrecentdays.Th eywere:Pvt.FredHirosh iNagano,Pingree, Idah o; StaffSgt.WataruNak ash i maandPvt.RaiteNak ash i ma,broth ers,Poca-tello,Idah o;Pfc.Vi ctorKatsuHada,SanBenito,Tex.;andPfcSh i ch i zoToyota,'Cleveland,0.Speak i ngatth e services forPvts.HadaandToyota,IraSh i ma-sak i ofth e JapaneseAmericanCiti zens.League'sArlingtonCeme-terycommitteesaid:"Th eAmericawh i ch welovewasmoresecurebyth eh eroi sm andcourageofth esemen.Th eydiedi nglory—onth efield ofbattleagainstth eenemyoffreemen.Pfc.Hada wasborn July22,1921atFt.Lawton,Colo.,asonofKarok uHada.Hewasgraduated

from Watsonville, Calif., h i ghsch ool,and j oi nedth earmy i n1944asamemberofth e 442nd.Hefough ti nFranceandItaly,wh ere h e was k i lled April5,1945.Hi sfath ernowresides i nSanBenito,Tex.Pfc.ToyotawasbornatModesto,Calif.,Nov.10,1919,andat'end-edsch oolatGilroy,Calif.Oneofth efi rstNisei tovolunteerforth earmy,h e wasacceptedearlyi n 1943 and was sentoverseasMay1,1944. Hewask i lledJuly13,1944,i nItaly.Hismoth er,Mrs.Ch uj i ro To-yotaresidesat10523MassieAye..Cleveland.S/Sgt.W.Nak ash i mawasborni n1923,and h i sbroth er,Pvt.R.Nak ash i mawasbom i n1925,bothi nIdah oFalls.Th ey both were graduatesofPocatello h i gh sch ool,and j oi nedth earmedforces,Aug.28,194.OnAprilfi,1945,h ewask i lledi ncombati nItaly.Pvt.NaganowasbornNov.30,1922,i nKommerer,Wyo. i HewasastudentatIdah oStateCollegewh en h e j oi nedth earmedforces,Aug.28,1944. OnApril6,1945,h ewask i lledi ncombati nItaly.

Turk eyRollHeldByUtah BowlersA turk eyrollh i gh li gh tedplayi nth eSaltLak eJACLmen'sbowl-ling leaguealth eTemplealleysonNov.22.Winnersofth eturk eys wereTosh i Igatawith a607 h andi capseries,Hito Ok adawith a SGBscratch seri esandKayKanoofOp;denwith a517 h andi capseriesi nth eCdi vi si on.Ok adaInsurancewith ateamseries of2665 wh i tewash edth eSeagullCleanerstomaintai nth ei rleaguelead,wh i leModernGarage"droppedbeh i ndasth eylostth reepointstoth ePacifi cCi ti zeni nacbst;match .Inoth ermatch esTuxedoCafe

sh atteredOKCafe,wh i leHibbardDrugtook th reepointsfrom Og-den"and New Sunrise mark etblank edDawnNoodle.Terash i maStudioandAloh aFountainsplit,wh i leCi tyCafetook th reepointsfrom MetroMotors.

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GeorgeKoboHits"300"GameInLosAngelesLOSANGELES— George

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Americanonth emainlandtoh i taperfect"300"gamei nbowl-i ngonNov.20.Kobo'sfeatwascomplicated

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ofSaltLak eCityrolled th efi rst"300"toberecordedbyamainlandNisei overfourlanesatth eTemplealleys.WailyTowataofHawai i i s

beli evedtobeth efi rstJapaneseAmericantorolla"300"game.

Snak eRiverJACLPAYETTE,Idah o—Th emonth ly

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TacomaWeddingTACOMA,Wash .—Mi ssMasayeYaguch i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.T.Yaguch i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.T.Yaguch i ofFife, Wash .,wasmarriedon Nov.14toKazYamane,sonofMr.M.Yamane,atth eTacoma Buddh i stch urch .LuwanaUedawasmaidofh on-or,wh i le Fusak o Uedawasth ebri desmaid.

PCSPORTSUnbeatenSunImpsCoach BillKaj i k awaofth eAri-zonaStatefrosh SunImps h asth edisti ncti onofbeingth ecoach ofoneofth enation'sh andfulofun-beaten,untiedfootballteams.Th eTempefresh mendefeatedPepper-dine i na h ai r-rai si ng27 to 25gametomaintai nth ei runblemish -edrecord. Oth ervi cti msofth eSun Impsi ncludeRedlands,Uni-versityofArizona,FlagstaffStateandGilaJC...Coach Kaj i k awa,wh owas i nSaltLak eCi tylastweek toscoutth eBrigh amYoung-Wyominggame,i salsoh eadcoachqf th e Ari zona State varsitybask etballteam wh i ch opens i tsstason nextweek againstSanDiego State,LoyolaandPepper-dine...BillKaj i k awa,wh ousedtogototh eMaryk noi lsch ooli nLos Angs-les,wasa LittleAll-Americabark fteldstarforArizona-Stateback i n1937. Heserved i nItaly,FranceandGermanywithth e 522nd FieldArtilleryofth e442ndCombatTeam.

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