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PACIFIC CITIZEN VOLT 31;NO. 21 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1950 Prce: Ten cents Dstngused Servce Cross Gven Nse fro Kaua Wo Klled, Wounded41 n Battle Cpl. Kawaura Gets Second Hgest U.S. Mltary Decoraton A Nse GI fro Hawa as been awarded teAry's Dstngused Servce Crossfor a feat wc as establsed as oneof te great ndvdual eroes ofte warn Korea, accordngtoareport fro te24t Infantry Dvson. He sCorporal Jaes J. Kawa- ura of Eleele,Kaua, wo s servngn Korea wt testReg- ental CobatTea fro Ha- wa. He soneof te few Gls tobe awarded te DSC,wc s out- raned onlybyte Congressonal Medal of Honor, n te Korean con- flct. Accordngto a report fro Sgt. Ist Class Kennet A.Spears of Capsvlle, 111., te Japanese Aercan corporal lledor wound- ed41 NortKoreans wt s BAR (BrownngAutoatc Rfle). It appened after te cobat tea ad ust taenan portant postonfro te Nort Koreans and wasdggng nasa counter- attacng ene y force drove to- wardteposton. "I looedup to were Cpl. Kawa- ura ad sBAR postonand olleredto to begnfrngat te Co es," Sgt.Spears sad. "He opened up and te ene y too cover andbegan o.vngvery care- fullyfro tenon." Platoon Sgt.JaesH. Brown- ng, Alabaa€ty, Ala., saw te eney frng fro dtces and oter natural cover and called for ortar fre. "Ten I eardCpl. Kawaura ollerng and soutng n Japa- nese," e sad. "Wen eddte eneyroseand oved toward s poston andKawaura ladn on te." "He ept ollerng and soutng and tey ept gettng up and gong toward sposton untl te at- tacng forcewas broen." "We couldn't fgure out watt was untl tngs adqueted down," e added. "It turned out tat Kawaura ad beensoutng n Japanese for te tocoeandget t,gvng away s poston by dong so, and apparently tey cae andgott." Cpl. Kawaura'sown verson of te ncdentwas a ore od»st one: "Wen te attac frst started I wasscared, tenwen Sgt. Sears told e to start sottngI dd. Aftertat, wentey beganget- tng close, I started soutng at te. I don't now ow I dd t butanywayI ust ept ollerng and soutnguntl t wasall over." He s te son of Mr.and Mrs. JaesJ. Kawaura of Eleele. HosoawaWll Attend New Yor Conference DENVER, Colo.—Bll Hosoawa, edtor of te Denver Post's Epre agazne,wll leave on Nov. 26 to attend a tree-day conference of ounday and feature edtors at ColubaUnversty nNew Yor Cty. SLOCAN AGAIN GHOST TOWN AS EVACUEES LEAVE SLOCAN CITY, B.C. Ts g ost town nte Canadan Roc- es wc becae te warte oe of 3,000Japanese Canadans evacuatedfro oes nte Brt- s Coluba coastal arean1942 s beng gvenbac tote gosts. Eg tyears ago te nflux of evacuees ade Slogan Cty te "bggestof all of te nteror ousng centers forJapanese Ca- nadans. Today only a andful ofte 3,000JapaneseCanadansrean. Te rest averelocated n eastern Canadaor ave returned to oe areas on te Brts Coluba coast. Ts wee'scount sowed 33 fales and 21 sngle enof Jap- anese ancestry, a consderable drop fro te populaton last year. Teweater, te g cost of lvng and te lac of eployent are te aor factors for te de- csonof teJapanese Canadans to leavete deserted nng town wc becaeter warte oe. Idao NseConducts Researc Into Hal Daage of Potatoes PARMA, Idao —Researc beng conducted byFran Taator nto alda age "on potato plants s featured n te Nov. 16 ssue of te Idao Farer. Accordngto teartcle, Taa- tor utlatedplants atvarous stagesof growt, s ulatngbot lgt and eavy alstors. Ten e studed ter recovery, ter yeldandte qualty of potatoes produced. Potatogrowers and nsurance frs wc wrte al coverage are a ongte groupsnterested n Taator's researc. Te PacfcHal Conference, an organzaton ofco panes nter- estn al da age, as ade a grant to carry on te study. Trty NseArrve OnPresdent Lner SAN FRANCISCO Trty Nse, ncludng strandees and re- turnng vstors,were a ong82 personsof Japanese ancestrywo arrved n San Francsco onNov. 21aboard te Presdent Wlson of teAercan Presdent Lnes. Fve JapaneseCanadans were alsoonboard. Alce Watanabe NaedQueen by Coast Dstrct YBA SAN JOSE, Calf—Alce Wata- nabe,17-year old senor at Mon- terey g scool, was crowned queenof teCoast Dstrct Young BuddstsAssocaton onNov. 12. So Aa was elected car- an ofte YBAgroup, succeedng Ots Kadan. Kaua'sMyas ros Lose Two Sons n UN War n Korea KOLOA,Kaua—Few A ercan fales avepad as g a prce tat of Te Myas ro's to- ward te Unted Natonsvctory " Korea. Te Myas ros of Kaua ave na« one son lled nKorea, one ssng n acton and te trd s «llfgtng at te front. . M>'. Tooyos Myas ro, prev- lsted as ssng n acton a& lled n cobat, accordng to "recent DefenseDepartent conv ■awcatonto te parents.He was servng wt te st Regental Co bat Tea fro Hawa. A second son, Danel Myas ro, s lsted as ssng nacton. He was statoned onoccupaton duty nJapanbeforegong to Korea. " Te trd son,Yac ,s now wt teU.S. ar y. Tefater san eployeof a sugar co pany on Kaua. Tere are twodaugter* n. te fa ly, Mrs. Betty Kons of Eleeleand Mrs. AySarento of Kalaleo, * Nort Koreans Don't Beleve n Nse, Says GI HONOLULU Cpl. Jac C. Araawa, te 442nd Cobat Tea acne-gunner wo was te frst Hawaan G reported lled n acton n Korea, de- clared ere on s return oe tat te Nort Korean eney refused to beleve tat e was an Aercan solderofJapa- nese ancestry. "Tey tougt I was a Japa- nese solderfg tng for te Unted States," Araawasad. Cpl. Araawa returned re- turned recentlyto Hawa after e ad reoned advancng Aercan forces n Pyongyang after e and severaloter Aercans ad escaped fro ter Korean captors. Hewas greeted ere by s Italanwar brde, La, and ter two cldren, Jac and Marylou. Calforna Court Plans Hearngs In Test Cases Alen LandStatute Under Attac n Masaoa, Fu Cases SANFRANCISCO—Te Calfor- na State Supree Court sex- pected to ear arguents n te Masaoa and Fu test cases,n wc lower court decsons ave nvaldated te Calforna Alen Land law. Te state -appellatecourt's de- cson n teFu case,nwc testate's restrcton aganst te ownersp orenoy entof real property by Japaneseand oter "alens nelgbleto ctzens p" was declared nvald and n vola- ton of te guarantees of te Unted Natons Carter, as created na- tonal nterest n te case. In te Masaoa case Superor Judge TurondClare ruledtat te Alen LandAct was unconsttu- tonal because t volatedte 14t A end ent to teConsttuton. Report San Jose Buldng Offered for JACL Headquarters SAN JOSE,Calf.—Te Unted Ctzens League of Santa Clara County s offerngte useof ter buldng'asa natonal eadquarters for te Japanese A ercan Ct- zensLeague. Delegatesfro te UCL were present on Nov. 12 at te Nortern Calforna-WesternNevada JACL dstrct councl eetng nSacra- entowen tecouncl passeda resoluton asng for te early transferofte JACL natonal eadquarters fro Salt LaeCty to teSanFrancscoarea.JACL natonal eadquarters were lo- cated nSan Francsco before te evacuaton n 1942. Appont Suyera To Natonal VFW Post EMMETT,Idao—Henry Suye- ra recently was appontedna- tonal ade-de-ca p by te Na- tonal Veterans of Foregn Wars. Suyera s car an of te Bose Valley JACL's veterans co- tteeand an actve e ber of teVFW, A ercan Legon, Far Bureau and Ca ber of Co erce. Manland Nse Jons Hawa U. Researc HONOLULU—Nao Seguc, a natve of te state of Was ngton, recently was apponted to testaff of te exper ent staton of te Unversty of Hawa's collegeof agrculture tocarry on researc n tece stryand vtanvalues of tefoods used n Hawa. MsaSe guc olds a aster of scencedegreen oe econocs and foodcestryfro te Un- versty of Ccago. Walter Resoluton Passage Heads JACL ADC's Agenda for Co ng "Lae Duc" Sesson WASHINGTON,D. C—Two aor tass are g on te agenda of te JACL Ant-Dscr naton Co tteewen Con- gress reconvenesMonday. Frstste rentroducton of teWalter resoluton to el- nate race nnaturalzaton. Second s stateood for Hawa. Congress an FrancsE.Walter (D., Penn.), wo ntroduced te WalterResoluton last year,s expectedto rentroduce te sae easure n te Housedurng te frst wee of te "lae duc" sesson. ________^___ Andagan, asearler nte 81st Congress,quc and woleearted approval s expected for a bll wc would, for tefrst te n Aercan story, allow all - grants to see naturalzaton re- gardless of raceor creed. Tere s an excellent possblty te Senate wll actwt rater orespeed tan custo ary for te upper ouse n te natural- zaton easure. Sortly beforecongressadourn- ed,Sen. Pat McCarran(D., Nev.), after blocngSenate-actonon a ove to overrde a Presdental veto of a uc a ended Walter Resoluton,urged terentroduc- tonof a "clean" easuredurng tefortco ng sortsesson. Last wee e reterated s n- tentonof supportng a new Wal- ter Reoluton. Ife does, a new bll sould ovequclytroug te Senate provdng t eets no unexpected opposton. Te easurewc wll be re- ntroduced by Rep. Walter wll splystate no person sall be dened te rgt to petton for naturalzatonbecause of race or ancestry. Cefly affected wll be soe 85,000Japanese alensnteUnt- edStatesandHawa; about 3,000 Koreansand a andfulof oter souteastAsansand Pacfc s- land peoples. Te JACL ADC alsowll con- tnue ts support for Senate ap- proval of two House-passedblls grantngstateood to Hawa and Alasa. Tead nstraton as announc- ed ts ntentonsof pus ng for- favorable" acton ntelast eet- ng ofte81st Congress. Altoug Senate acton for state- ood s consdered so ewat sl, anADC spoes anprosedte organzaton"would do all n ts power to encouragete edate approval ofstateood,especally for Hawa." Heteredstateoodfor te s- lands "long overdue." Te ADC as ad afcone of ts aorobectves Hawaanstate- oodfor te past several years. Japanese A ercans A ong Vcts of Coast Area Floods FRESNO, Calf.—Many resdents of teSanJoaqun Valley suffered severe losses fro da age to crops, property and stoc as flood waters surged nto telowlands last wee. Durngtepea of te flood on Saturday andSunday, Pedra, Cen- tervlleand lowland oesalong te KngsaboveandbelowSanger were ost eavly t andundreds of persons adto fleefor selter. To datetsappears to be te onlyareawereJapanese Aer- can fales wereforced to evac- uatealtoug several nearby co- untes were alsoaffectedby te flood. Te Central Calfornan JACL offce tred to eep closecontact wt teJapanese A ercanres- dents lvng n te Sangerlow- lands va telepone durng te eg t of teflood,accordngto Toru Ieda,drector. A tour of te area was adeafter te waters subsdedand t was reported tat te JapaneseA ercan resdents wo fleddurngte flood avere- turned to teroes to see wat could besalvaged.Altoug any oes were seen floatng downte rver, noJapanese oes to date we-e reported n tat condton. Fortunately ost of te farers ad already arvested and sold ter crops earler; owever, tere are severaltruc farers wo suffered eavy losses n tat vcnty. Many persons were unableto re- turn toter oes untl te fol- lowng ornng wen traffcwas cut off fro Reedley early Sun- dayafternoon snceteHuntsan Avenuebrdgeat tesout end of townwent out. No severeda- ageswere reported ntat area. Fars Inundated In Alvarado Area ALVARADO, Calf. Farsof Japanese A ercan fa leswere a ong tose nundated by flood waters nte area onNov. 19. About 2,000acres of farland, anly n te Newar-Irvngton regon, were flooded wen a de n Petersonsloug gave way. A ong te farsaffected were toseof teFudenna brotersof Irvngton, Y. Muraa of Newar andA sagoMayeda of Alvarado. As Survey Of Losses n Coast Dsaster SAN FRANCISCO—A survey of flood da age suffered last wee by persons ofJapaneseancestry n nortern and central Calforna and western Nevada as beenstarted byte JACL. Te surveywll alsodeterne f local relef facltes andfunds ave been suffcent to eet all needsof tesepersons. If addtonal funds are needed, a relef drve wll be nsttuted - edately, accordngto JoeGrant Masaoa, regonaldrector. Te survey was ntated by Masaoa, along wt Bob Taa- as, car an of te JACL ds- trct councl for norternCalforna and western Nevada; Jonson Kebo, caran,Central Calforna ds- trct councl; andToru Ieda, area drector for central Calforna. All JACL capters nteflood area were beng contacted for fgures onpersons ade oeless by te floodor sufferngpersonal andfnancal da age. Presdents of local clubs wll becontacted n areas were no JACL capters exst. Reports to date ndcate tat nuerous personsof Japanese an- cestry suffered losses n te floods wc swept Calforna's central valleysand Nevada after a 10-day ranstor. . Upto 15,000 personsfledter oesat te eg t of te flood. Flood da age fro Sacraento sout to Baerfeld as beeneat- ated at $17,000,000. Soe 6,000 resdents east and sout of Marys- vlle n te Sacraento valley flea ter oes. Deny Parole SACRAMENTO—TeCalforna Adult Autorty tswee dened parole and postponed consderaton for oneyear n te case of Taotsu Nsda,also lsted as To Yo- sta, wo wasconvcted on frst degree burglarycarges nModoc County n 1943 and burglary n Monterey County n 1947.

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Page 1: pacificcitizen.org · 2000. 8. 31. · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOLT31;NO.21 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER25, 1950 Price:Tencents DistinguishedServiceCross GivenNiseifromKauaiWho Killed,Wounded41inBattle

PACIFIC CITIZENVOLT31;NO.21 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,NOVEMBER25,1950 Price:Tencents

Disti ngui sh edServiceCrossGivenNisei fromKauai Wh oKilled,Wounded41inBattleCpl.KawamuraGets

SecondHigh estU.S.Mili taryDecoration

ANisei GIfromHawai i h asbeenawardedth eArmy'sDisti ngui sh edServiceCrossforafeatwh i ch h asestablish ed h i masoneofth egreati ndi vi dual h eroesofth ewari nKorea,accordingtoareportfromth e24th InfantryDivi si on.Hei sCorporalJamesJ.Kawa-mura ofEleele,Kauai,wh o i sservingi nKoreawith th esth Regi-mentalCombatTeam from Ha-wai i .He i soneofth efewGlstobeawardedth eDSC,wh i ch i sout-rank edonlybyth eCongressionalMedalofHonor,i nth eKoreancon-flict.AccordingtoareportfromSgt.IstClassKenneth A.SpearsofCampsville, 111., th e JapaneseAmericancorporalk i lledorwound-ed41North Koreanswith h i sBAR(BrowningAutomaticRifle).Ith appenedafterth e combat

team h ad j usttak enan i mportantpositi onfrom th eNorth Koreansandwasdiggi ngi nasacounter-attack i ngenemyforce drove to-wardth epositi on."Ilook eduptowh ereCpl.Kawa-mura h ad h i sBAR positi onandh olleredtoh i m tobeginfiri ngatth eCommies,"Sgt.Spearssaid."Heopenedupandth eenemytookcoverandbeganmo.vingverycare-fullyfrom th enon."Platoon Sgt.JamesH.Brown-i ng,Alabama€i ty,Ala.,saw th eenemyfi ri ngfromditch esandoth ernatural cover and called formortarfire."Th enIh eardCpl.Kawamurah olleringand sh outi ng i n Japa-nese,"h esaid. "Wh enh edi dth eenemyroseandmovedtowardh i spositi onandKawamuralaidi nonth em.""Hek epth olleringandsh outi ngandth eyk eptgettingupandgoingtowardh i spositi onuntilth eat-tack i ngforcewasbrok en.""Wecouldn'tfigureoutwh ati twasuntilth i ngsh adquieteddown,"h e added. "Itturnedoutth atKawamura h adbeensh outi ng i nJapaneseforth emtocomeandgeti t,givi ngawayh i spositi onbydoingso,andapparentlyth eycameandgoti t."Cpl.Kawamura'sownversionofth ei nci dentwasamore mod»stone:"Wh enth eattack fi rststartedI

wasscared,th enwh enSgt.Searstoldme tostartsh otti ngIdid.Afterth at,wh enth eybeganget-tingclose,Istarted sh outi ngatth em. Idon'tk now h owIdid i tbutanywayIjustk epth olleringandsh outi nguntili twasallover."He i sth esonofMr.andMrs.JamesJ.KawamuraofEleele.

Hosok awaWillAttendNewYork ConferenceDENVER,Colo.—BillHosok awa,editorofth eDenverPost'sEmpiremagazine,wi llleaveonNov.26toattendath ree-dayconferenceofoundayand feature editorsatColumbiaUniversityi nNewYorkCity.

SLOCANAGAINGHOSTTOWNASEVACUEESLEAVESLOCAN CITY,B.C.— Th i sgh osttowni nth eCanadianRock -i eswh i ch became th e wartimeh omeof3,000JapaneseCanadiansevacuatedfromh omesi nth eBrit-i sh Columbiacoastalareai n1942isbeinggivenback toth egh osts.Ei gh tyearsagoth e i nfluxofevacueesmade Slogan Cityth e"biggestof allofth e i nteri orh ousi ngcentersforJapaneseCa-nadians.Today onlya h andfulofth e

3,000JapaneseCanadiansremain.Th eresth averelocated i neasternCanadaorh avereturnedto h omeareason th e Bri ti sh Columbiacoast.Th i s week 'scountsh owed 33

famili esand21si nglemenofJap-anese ancestry, a considerabledropfrom th e populationlastyear.Th eweath er,th e h i gh costoflivi ngandth elack ofemploymentareth emajorfactorsforth ede-ci si onofth eJapaneseCanadianstoleaveth edesertedmini ngtownwh i ch becameth ei rwartimeh ome.

Idah oNi sei ConductsResearch IntoHailDamageofPotatoesPARMA,Idah o—Research being

conductedbyFrank Tak atori i ntoh ai ldamage"onpotatoplants i sfeatured i nth e Nov.16i ssueofth eIdah oFarmer.Accordingtoth earticle,Tak a-tori muti latedplantsatvariousstagesofgrowth ,simulatingbothligh tand h eavy h ai lstorms.Th enh e studied th ei rrecovery,th ei ryieldandth equalityofpotatoesproduced.Potato growersand insurancefirms wh i ch wri te h ai lcoverageareamongth egroupsi nterestedi nTak atori'sresearch .Th ePacifi cHai lConference,anorganizati onofcompanies i nter-esti n h ai ldamage,h asmade agranttocarryonth estudy.

Th i rtyNisei Arri veOnPresidentLi nerSAN FRANCISCO — Th i rtyNisei ,i ncludingstrandeesandre-turningvisi tors,wereamong82personsofJapaneseancestrywh oarri vedi nSanFranciscoonNov.21aboardth ePresidentWilsonofth eAmericanPresidentLines.Fi ve JapaneseCanadianswere

alsoonboard.

AliceWatanabeNamedQueenbyCoastDistri ctYBASAN JOSE,Calif—AliceWata-nabe,17-yearoldsenioratMon-terey h i gh sch ool,was crownedqueenofth eCoastDi stri ctYoungBuddh i stsAssociati ononNov.12.Sh o Ai ak i waselected ch ai r-

manofth eYBAgroup,succeedingOtisKadani.

Kauai'sMiyash i rosLoseTwoSonsi nUNWari nKoreaKOLOA,Kauai—Few Americanfamili es h avepaidash i gh apricea» th atofTei k i Miyash i ro'sto-wardth eUni tedNationsvictory"i Korea.Th eMiyash i rosofKauai h avena«one son k i lled i nKorea,onemissi ng i n actionandth eth i rds«llfigh ti ngatth efront..M>'.Tomoyosh i Miyash i ro,prev-listedasmissi ng i nactiona&k i lled i ncombat,accordingto"recentDefenseDepartmentconv■awi i cati ontoth eparents.Hewas

servingwith th esth Regi mentalCombatTeamfromHawai i .Asecondson,DanielMiyash i ro,i slistedasmissi ngi naction. Hewasstationedonoccupationdutyi nJapanbeforegoingtoKorea."Th eth i rdson,Yaich i ,i snowwith th eU.S.army.Th efath eri sanemployeofa

sugarcompanyonKauai.Th erearetwodaugh ter*i n.th efamily,Mrs.Betty Konish i ofEleeleandMrs.AmySarmentoofKalaleo, *

North KoreansDon'tBelievei nNisei ,SaysGIHONOLULU—Cpl.Jack C.Arak awa, th e 442nd Combat

Team mach i ne-gunnerwh owasth efi rstHawai i anGi reportedk i lled i naction i nKorea, de-clared h ereon h i sreturn h ometh atth eNorth Koreanenemyrefusedtobelieveth ath ewasanAmericansoldierofJapa-neseancestry."Th eyth ough tIwasaJapa-

nesesoldierfi gh ti ng forth eUnited States,"Arak awasaid.Cpl.Arak awareturned re-turnedrecentlytoHawai i afterh e h ad rejoi ned advancingAmericanforces i nPyongyangafter h e and severaloth erAmericans h ad escaped fromth ei rKoreancaptors.Hewasgreeted h ereby h i sItalianwarbride,Li a,andth ei rtwoch i ldren,Jack andMarylou.

CaliforniaCourtPlansHearingsInTestCasesAlienLandStatuteUnderAttack i nMasaok a,Fuj i i CasesSANFRANCISCO—Th eCalifor-ni a StateSupremeCourti sex-pectedto h eararguments i nth eMasaok aandFuj i i testcases,i nwh i ch lowercourtdecisi onsh avei nvalidatedth e California AlienLandlaw.Th estate-appellatecourt'sde-ci si on i nth eFuj i i case,i nwh i chth estate'srestricti on againstth eownersh i porenjoymentofrealpropertyby Japaneseandoth er"aliens i neli gi bletociti zensh i p"wasdeclared i nvali dand i nviola-ti onofth eguaranteesofth eUni tedNationsCh arter,h ascreatedna-tionalinteresti nth ecase.In th eMasaok acaseSuperiorJudgeTh urmondClark eruledth atth eAli enLandActwasunconstitu-ti onalbecausei tviolatedth e14thAmendmenttoth eConstituti on.

ReportSanJoseBuildi ngOfferedforJACLHeadquartersSAN JOSE,Calif.—Th eUnitedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaraCountyi sofferingth euseofth ei rbuildi ng'asanationalh eadquartersforth e JapaneseAmerican Citi -zensLeague.Delegatesfrom th eUCLwerepresentonNov.12atth eNorth ernCalifornia-WesternNevadaJACLdistri ctcouncilmeeting i nSacra-mentowh enth ecouncilpassedaresolution ask i ngforth eearlytransferofth e JACL nationalh eadquartersfromSaltLak eCitytoth eSanFranciscoarea.JACLnational h eadquarterswere lo-catedi nSanFranciscobeforeth eevacuation i n1942.

AppointSuyeh i raToNationalVFW PostEMMETT,Idah o—HenrySuye-h i rarecently wasi appointedna-tionalaide-de-campby th e Na-ti onalVeteransofForeignWars.Suyeh i ra i sch ai rman ofth e

BoiseValleyJACL'sveteranscom-mitteeandanactivememberofth eVFW,AmericanLegion,FarmBureauandCh amberofCommerce.

MainlandNisei JoinsHawai i U.ResearchHONOLULU—NaoSek i guch i ,anativeofth estateofWash i ngton,recentlywasappointedtoth estaffofth eexperimentstationofth eUniversityofHawai i 'scollegeofagriculturetocarryonresearch i nth ech emi stryandvi tami nvaluesofth efoodsused i nHawai i .MisaSek i guch i h oldsamasterof

sciencedegreei n h omeeconomicsandfoodch emi stryfrom th eUni-versityofCh i cago.

WalterResolutionPassageHeadsJACLADC'sAgendaforComing"LameDuck "Session

WASHINGTON,D.C—Twomajortask sare h i gh onth eagendaofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteewh en Con-gressreconvenesMonday.Firstisth erei ntroductionofth eWalterresolutiontoelim-

i nateracei nnaturalizati on.Second i sstateh oodforHawai i .CongressmanFrancisE.Walter(D.,Penn.),wh oi ntroduced

th eWalterResolutionlastyear,isexpectedtoreintroduce th esamemeasurei nth eHouseduringth efi rstweek ofth e"lameduck "session. ___________

Andagain,asearlieri nth e81stCongress,quick and wh oleh eartedapprovali sexpected forabillwh i ch would,forth efi rsttime i nAmerican h i story,allowalli mmi -grantstoseek naturalizati onre-gardlessofraceorcreed.Th ereisanexcellentpossibi li ty

th e Senate willactwith rath ermorespeed th an customaryforth eupperh ouse i n th enatural-i zati onmeasure.Sh ortlybeforecongressadjourn-

ed,Sen.PatMcCarran(D.,Nev.),afterblock i ngSenate-actiononamove tooverridea Presidentialvetoofamuch amendedWalterResolution,urgedth erei ntroduc-ti onofa"clean"measureduringth eforth comi ng sh ortsession.Lastweek h erei teratedh i s i n-tentionofsupportinganewWal-terReolution.Ifh e does,anewbillsh ouldmovequick lyth rough th eSenateprovidi ngi tmeetsnounexpectedoppositi on.Th e measurewh i ch willbere-i ntroduced by Rep.Walterwillsimplystate noperson sh allbe

deniedth erigh tto petiti onfornaturalizati onbecause ofraceorancestry.Ch i efly affectedwillbe some

85,000Japanesealiensi nth eUni t-edStatesandHawai i ;about3,000Koreansanda h andfulofoth ersouth eastAsiansand Pacifi c i s-landpeoples.Th eJACLADC alsowillcon-tinuei tssupportforSenate ap-provaloftwoHouse-passedbillsgrantingstateh oodtoHawai i andAlask a.Th eadmini strationh asannounc-

edi ts i ntentionsofpush i ngfor-favorable"action i nth elastmeet-i ngofth e81stCongress.Alth ough Senateactionforstate-

h oodi sconsideredsomewh atslim,anADC spok esmanpromisedth eorganizati on"woulddoalli n i tspowertoencourageth ei mmedi ateapprovalofstateh ood,especiallyforHawai i ."Hetermedstateh oodforth eis-lands"longoverdue."Th eADC h ash adafconeofitsmajorobjecti vesHawai i anstate-h oodforth epastseveralyears.

JapaneseAmericansAmongVicti msofCoastAreaFloods

FRESNO,Calif.—Manyresidentsofth eSanJoaquinValleysufferedsevere losses from damagetocrops,propertyandstock asfloodwaterssurged i nto th e lowlandslastweek .Duringth epeak ofth efloodonSaturdayandSunday,Piedra,Cen-tervilleand lowlandh omesalongth eKingsaboveandbelowSangerweremosth eavi lyh i tandh undredsofpersons h adtofleeforsh elter.Todateth i sappearstobe th eonlyareawh ereJapaneseAmeri-canfamili eswereforcedtoevac-uatealth ough severalnearbycom-muniti eswerealsoaffectedbyth eflood.Th e CentralCalifornian JACLofficetri edto k eepclosecontactwith th eJapaneseAmericanresi-dentslivi ng i nth eSangerlow-lands via teleph oneduringth eh ei gh tofth eflood,accordingtoToruIk eda,director.Atourofth eareawasmadeafterth ewaterssubsidedand i twasreportedth atth eJapaneseAmericanresidentswh ofledduringth efloodh avere-turnedtoth ei rh omestoseewh atcouldbesalvaged.Alth ough manyh omeswereseenfloatingdownth eriver,noJapaneseh omestodatewei-e reported i nth atconditi on.Fortunatelymostofth efarmersh ad already h arvested andsoldth ei rcropsearlier;h owever,th ereare severaltruck farmers wh osuffered h eavy losses i n th atvici ni ty.Manypersonswereunabletore-turntoth ei rh omesuntilth efol-lowingmorningwh entrafficwascutofffrom ReedleyearlySun-dayafternoonsinceth eHuntsmanAvenuebridgeatth esouth endoftownwentout.Noseveredam-ageswerereportedi nth atarea.

FarmsInundatedInAlvaradoAreaALVARADO,Calif.—FarmsofJapaneseAmericanfamili eswere

among th ose i nundatedbyfloodwatersi nth eareaonNov.19.About2,000acresoffarmland,mainly i n th e Newark -Irvingtonregion,werefloodedwh enadi k ei nPetersonslough gaveway.Amongth efarmsaffectedwereth oseofth eFudennabroth ersofIrvington,Y.Murak ami ofNewarkandAsagoMayedaofAlvarado.

Ask SurveyOfLossesi nCoastDisasterSANFRANCISCO—Asurveyofflooddamagesufferedlastweek bypersonsofJapaneseancestry i nnorth ernandcentralCaliforniaandwesternNevadah asbeenstartedbyth eJACL.Th e surveywillalsodeterminei flocalrelieffacili ti esandfundsh avebeensuffici enttomeetallneedsofth esepersons.Ifadditi onalfundsareneeded,

areliefdrivewillbei nsti tutedi m-mediately,accordingtoJoeGrantMasaok a,regionaldirector.Th e survey was i ni ti atedbyMasaok a,alongwith Bob Tak a-h ash i ,ch ai rmanofth eJACLdis-tri ctcouncilfornorth ernCaliforniaandwesternNevada;Joh nsonKebo,ch ai rman,CentralCaliforniadis-tri ctcouncil;andToruIk eda,areadirectorforcentralCalifornia.AllJACLch aptersi nth efloodareawere being contacted forfiguresonpersonsmadeh omelessbyth efloodorsufferingpersonalandfinancialdamage.Presidentsoflocalclubswillbecontacted i nareaswh ereno JACLch aptersexist.Reportsto dateindi cateth atnumerouspersonsofJapanesean-cestrysufferedlossesi nth efloodswh i ch sweptCalifornia's centralvalleysandNevadaaftera10-dayrainstorm. .Upto15,000personsfledth ei r

h omesatth eh ei gh tofth eflood.Flooddamagefrom Sacramentosouth toBak erfi eld h asbeeneati-

matedat$17,000,000. Some6,000residentseastandsouth ofMarys-ville i nth eSacramentovalleyfleath ei rh omes.

DenyParoleSACRAMENTO—Th eCaliforniaAdultAuth ori tyth i sweek deni edparoleandpostponedconsiderationforoneyeari nth ecaseofTamotsuNish i da,alsoli stedasTom Yo-sh i ta,wh owasconvictedonfirstdegreeburglarych argesi nModocCounty i n 1943andburglary i nMontereyCounty i n1947.

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North westCouncilDiscussesReactivati onofPortlandUnitPORTLAND,Ore.—Reactivati onofth ePortlandJACLch apterandopeningofaJACLADCregionaloffice i nSeattlewereacongtop-i csdi scussedatth eNov.5meet-i ngofth ePacifi cNorth westdis-tri ctcouncil.RoyNish i mura,ch ai rman,pre-si ded.Nish i muraurgedreactivati onofth e Portland ch apter,wh i ch h admoreth an120members i n1946.Hesuggestedformationofanu-cleus committeeto begin work .Ai dofMasSatow,nationaldirector,couldbeask edi nreactivati ngth egroup,Nish i murasaid.Th ech ai rmanassureddelegatesofth eGresh am-Troutdalech apterth atth ei rstatuswouldnotbeaf-fectedwith reactivati onof th ePortland group.Furth eractionwillbetak enbyGeorge Azumano and MamoruWak asugi.Possibi li ty ofopeningaJACLADCofficei nSeattlewasdiscuss-ed,followingth ereportth at$1800forth i spurposeh asbeenallottedby th e nationalcouncilofth eJACL.HarryTak agi willdiscussth ematterfurth erwith Issei i n Se-attle.Finalaction on openingofth eofficewillbetak enbyth edis-tri ctcouncilatalaterdate.ADCFundDriveCompletionofADCfunddrives

byth esi xch aptersi nth ecouncilwasurgedbyNish i mura,wh osai dth atth e Mid-Columbia JACListh eonlyonemeeting i tsquotatodate.Th efollowingquotafiguresweregivenby Nish i mura:Seattle,$3,000;Spok ane,$750; Portland,i ncludingGresh am-.Troutdale,$1,000;andPuyallup,$500.

Longsh oreUnionOffici alWedsNiseiGirlfrom HonoluluSAN FRANCISCO—Apick et-lineromancewasculminated onNov.13wh enSumi k oOgawa,32,wasmarriedtoHenrySch mi dt,51,oneofth etopoffici alsofth eIn-ternationalLongsh oremen's andWareh ousemen'sUnion,i nMeth -odi stritesatth eh omeofAttorneyHerbertResner.HarryBridges,h eadofth eLong-sh oremen'sunion,wasbestmanwh i leJ.R.Robertson,anoth erlong-sh ore offici al, was among th eguests. Sch mi dt, Bridges andRobertsonwereconvictedi naper-j uryconspiracytrialearlierth i syeari nSanFrancisco.Sch mi dtmeth i sbride,adesign-

er i nHonolulu,wh i le i nHawai iduringalongsh oremen'sstri k e.

BlindNi sei VeteranOperatesPoultryFarm i nEasternIdah oIDAHO FALLS,Idah o—TommyMiyasak i ,aNisei veteranwh owasblindedwh i lei nth eservice,oper-atesabigch i ck enfarmonth enorthcitylimi tsofSugarCityandfeedsandcaresfor2,200laying h ens.Accordingt'oL.M.Strong,SugarCitycorrespondentofth eIdah oFallsPost-Register,feeding andcaringfor2,200h ens,upstairsanddown,i s j obenough foranyman"butwh en th i s i s done by ablindmani ti salittlesh ortofph enomenal."TommyMiyasak i 'sch oreswithh i sch i ck enstak efrom tentotwelveh oursdaily.Miyasak i i saveteranofWorldWar11.Hisbli ndnesscameuponh i mwh i le i nth e service.AtFt.SnellingnearMinneapolis,Minn.,one eye began to h emorrh age.Infectionwh i ch seti ntraveledtoth eoth ereye.Inth eh ospi tal,h e becametotallyblind i ntwoweek s.Laterh i ssigh treturnedi npartandremainedso forayear,afterwh i ch h ebecameto-tallyandpermanentlyblind.Hewassentth en toablindtraini ngsch oolatDibbleh ospi tal,PaloAlto,wh ereh estudiedtypingandth epianoviath ebrai llesys-tem.Aftersixweek softh i strai n-i ngwh eni tseemedcertainth ath ewasnottoregainh i seyesigh th ewastransferredtoTh eOldFarmconvalescent h ospi talnearHart-ford,Conn.,wh ereh eremainedforfourteenweek sstudyingleath erwork ,woodwork ,music,autome-ch ani cs,agriculture,typing andconstantlymorebraille.In 1946 h eregistered atth e

USACatLogan,Utah ,wh ereh eremainedfortwoandah alfyearsandgraduatedwith amajori ndai ryh usbandry,minoredi nch em-i stry,took considerablepoultrywork andgraduatedwith h onors.Hewaselectedtoth e h onoraryfraternityPh i KappaPh i andwasalsowinnerofafiftydollarRoloM.Rich sch olarsh i p.HemarriedMaryOgawai nRex-

burgMay10,1944.With h i swi feh ereturnedfrom collegegradua-tiontoSugarCitywh ereh epur-ch asedah omeandbeganh i sch i c-k en setupbybuildi ngaframeh ennery50by35ft.doubledeck er.Inth i splace h eput850 wh i telegh ornpullets.Th i spresentsum-merof1950h eh aserectedacinderblock buildi ngadjacenttoth eoth erbuildi ng.Th i sconstructioni s30by80 ft.andh ouses 1000h ens.Th ebuildi ngfirstconstructednowh as1200h ens i ni t.Th ebottomfloorofth enewbuildi ng i sused.forstoragepurposes,eggroom,andadoublegarage.Atpresentth eold h ensarelayingatabout70percentandth eyoungeronesatabout80percent,anextrah i gh production.Th eMiyasak i sk eepadeepsaw-dustcoveringonth efloorsofth ei rh ennery.Bystirri ngth i soccasion-allyth i slastsaboutayearasalitterandi ti sth enexch angedforfresh sawdust.Amodernwatersystemwork sautomaticallyforth e

h enstogetfresh waterasi th ey"wish i t.Th eyarefedwith strictregularity and arecalled fromth ei rroostsearlyeach morningby anautomaticelectricswi tch .Th eroostsare h i ngedonpulleysforeasyraisi ngandloweringforcleaningpurposes.Th e li tterish auledtoth efarm north eastofSugarCity,i nwh i ch Tommyandh i swi feareinterested,wh erei tbecomesafertili zerofh i gh po-tency.Mrs.Miyasak i wash esth eeggswith anuptodateapparatusbuiltforth epurpose.Wh i le h erh us-bandgoesalloverth egroundsandth rough outth ebuildi ngsaloneandwith moderatedispatch ,h esmi leswh enh esaysth ati ti squitediffi -culttofeelanyth i ngwrongwithth ei nsi deofanegg.Becauseofcannibali sm i nth eflock th eMiya-sak i sh aveh adtodebeak allth ei rh enswh i ch th eydowith anelectricmach i ne.Th ey h aveexperiencedth eusualproblemsofdisease i n-cidenttoth ei ndustry,butwith th eh elpofBruceLudlow,i nstructorofveterans,andCalvinDavenportofth eDavenportHatch eryi nth i scity,th e problems h ave beensolved.Th eMiyasak i s h avetwoch i ld-

ren,RodneyAlan,fouryearsoldwh o h elpsgath erth eeggs,andDonnaJeannine,tenmonth sold.Inspite ofh i s h andi cap h e i salwayssmili ngandth eneigh bor-h oodratesth efami lyasexcellentneigh bors.Mr.Miyasak i i sanelderi nth eLDSch urch andamemberofth ewardcommitteeforadultmembersofth eAaronicpriesth ood.Hisph i losoph yi sth atonecandoalmostanyth i ngi fh eh asamindtodoi t.InJanuary,1942,h e j oi nedth earmyandwasstationedatCampJoseph T.Robinson nearLittleRock ,Ark ansas.Later h e wastransferredtoFt.LeonardWoodnearSt.Louis,Mo.,wh ereh eactedasanMP. From th ere h e wastak ento Ft.Snelling atwh i chplaceh ewenti ntoth ei ntelligenceservice.Hi s traini ng h ere con-sistedoftranslatingJapanesei ntoEnglish andlearningh ow toin-terrogateprisonersofwar.Itwaswh i leatth i swork th ath i seyebegantoh emorrh age,caused,pos-sibly,byoverstudy.

BenefitMoviesSlatedbyJACLCENTERVILLE,Calif.— Four1Japanesefilmswill.getth ei rfi rstsh owi ngi nth i sareaDer.6and7wh enth eSouth ernAlamedaCoun-tyJACLh oldsamoviebenefit."Komadori Fuj i n,""Nodoj i man

KyoJidai ,""SugataSansh i ro"and"NagereruHosh i waIk i te i ru"willbesh ownbyS.Matsui.Yutak aHandah eadsth ebene-fi tcommittee. Servingwith h i mareSamYaman-ak a,Ch uck Sh i k anoandKazSh i k ano.Th esh owwillstartat7pan.

SeeOppositi ontoProposedCh angesi nMcCarranLaw

ByI.H.GORDONWASHINGTON,D.C.— Despite

ani ncreasingconcernth atth eMc-CarranSubversivesActposesath reatto traditi onalAmericanliberties,aridth eexpressionsoffseverallegislatorsth ati tmusteith erberepealedorgreatlymodi-fied,tfiereseemslittlepossibi li tyth atanyactionwillbetak enonth emeasureduringth esh ortses-sionofCongresswh i ch assembleslaterth i smonth .Th eJACLAnti -Discri mi nati onCommitteepointedoutth i sweekadh erentsofth ebi llareexpectedtoopposeanyactiononth etawuntilth e82ndCongressconvenes.Some congressionalspok esmen

already h avedeclaredth eActi snecessaryandsound,andth at,i fanystudyofi ti smade,i tsh ouldbeprimari lyconcernedwith th ead-mi ni strationofth emeasure.Meanwh i le,th elatestgrouptoaddi tsvoice i nprotesttoth eMc-CarranActis th e Conservativebranch ofth e Jewish ch urch .SamuelRoth stei n,NewYork ,na-tionalpresidentofth elayorgan-i zati on, United Synagogue ofAmerica,saidth eMcCarranAct"h ascrossedoverth efi neli nebe-tweenth eprotectionoflibertiesandsuppressionofliberties."Hesaidth atwh i leh i sorganiza-tionrecognizes"th eneedtocurbth e'Communistcolumn,'webelieveth ati ti s i mportantduringth i speriodofstresstopreserveth eAmerican traditi on ofpersonalfreedom baseduponth ereligi ousconceptofth edigni tyofth eh umanperson."

RaceRelationsPanelLOS ANGELES— Th eFedera-tionofCommunityCoordinati ngCouncilswillh oldi ts19th annualconferenceTh ursday,Nov.30,atth eFi rstBaptistch urch .Ten work sh opsduringth edaywilldiscusscivi ldefense,recrea-ti on, h uman relations, safety,h ealth and mentalh ygi ene,re-search -adj ustment, local councilprocedures,legislation,racerela-ti onsi nradioandTVandmotionpicturesandyouth partici pati oni ncommunityaffairs.Gov.Warreni ssch eduledtoat-tend.SamIsh i k awa,JACLresearch er,willleadth ework sh oponracere-lationsi ncommunicati ons.Subjectsfordiscussionwilli ncludenews-papereth i csanduseofstereotypesi nradio,TVandmotionpictures.Th econferencewillh oldlunch eonanddinnermeetings.Kenyon J. Scudder, superin-tendentforth eCaliforniaInstitu-ti onforMenatCh i no,willbeprin-ci palspeak eratth egeneraleven-i ngsession.

JACLSecretaryWedsi nNewYork

NEWYORKCITY-MissMayanJBh i >■eCTet«yatth eJACLofficei nNewYork City,

wasmarriedtoTosh i oHirataofNew JerseyonOct.21 atth eKiversidech apel.Th ebride i sth edaugh terofMr.andMrs.Soj i Nak ani sh i ofSanRafael,Calif.Mr.Hiratai sth esonofMr.and Mrs.IwaoHirataofRuth erford,N.J.Mrs.Hirataattendedsch oolatth eUniversityofCaliforniaandJsantaBarbaracollege,majori ngi n sociology.Th e groosni sagraduateofth eUniversityofMich i ganandth eMassach usettsInstituteofTech nology.

Admini strationMaySeek Modifi cati onOfMcCarranActWASHINGTON,D.C.—With th e

openingofth e"lameduck "sessionofth e81stCongressnearath and,th ere are i ncreasing reports

th eadmini strationwillseek somemodifi cati ons i mmedi atelyi n th eMcCarranSubversivesAct,accord-i ngtoth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi na-tionCommittee.Oneproposedmodifi cati onwould

removeth ebanonth eadmissi onofformermembersoftotalitari anor-ganizati onsi ntoth eUni tedStates.Th eImmigrationandNaturalisa-tionServicei sreportedwork i ngonanamendmenttoth elaw wh i chwouldpermitformerNazis,Fas-ci stsoroth ertotalitari antoenterth eUni tedStatesprovidi ngth eynolongerh oldtotalitari anbeliefs.Th eproposedamendmentwillnotaffectth oseprovisi onsofth eMc-CarranActwh i ch barCommunists,ex-'Communistsorth osewh oatanytimeeveradvocatedCommunismorexh i bi tedComfnunistleaningsorbelongedtoCommunistorganiza-tions.Wash i ngtonobserversconcedeth eamendmentnowbeingdraftedh asanexcellentch anceforpassageth i ssessionbecause,asth eMcCarranLawnowstandsi th asth rowni m-migration procedures i nto wide-spreadconfusion.However,th ereseemstobelittlepossibi li tyanyoth ersectionsofth elawwillbemodifi ed.Onth eoth erh and,becauseot

election results wh i ch returnedmanysupportersofastrongMc-CarranActtoCongress,th erei sth edi sti nctch anceth atth e82ndCongress,wh i ch convenes i nJan-uary,mayaddevenmorestringentprovisi onstoth elaw.

HawaSiansVoteTh reetoOneForStateh ood

83,089votesto27,6^7electiontoapproveth ecolt*tion wh i ch wasdraVpT;prospectivestateataspecialterritonalconstituti onalconvent!onTh emarginofvotesftZi.stateh oodwasbetterth an3Tg

Th econstituti on isnow bei.'.■eattoWash i ngtonfor"5sionali nspectionandsometeSlalleadersaregoingth eretom.Senateactiononth estateh oodbiwh i ch alreadyh asbeenapjwSbyth eHouse.A succession ofcongressionalcommittees,i ncludingonefromth rpresent81stCongress,h aveinves-tigatedHawai i andh eld h eari nraatwh i ch testimonyregardingth ewartimeloyaltyofth eterritory's'

residents ofJapaneseandoth erOrientalancestrywasdocumentedOfHawai i 'spopulationof527--000,th ereare272,000ofJapaneseCh i nese,Korean andFili pi nodscent,157,000Caucasians,85,000ofHawai i an-andpart-Hawai i anline-age,10,000PuertoRicansand3,000oth ers.

ReportFish ermanLosti nGaleOffBriti sh ColumbiaVANCOUVTR,B.C.-Ei i ch iMiyazabu,veteranfish erman,i sbe-li evedto h avebeendrownedwh i lefi sh i ngnearFalseBayonLassuitaIsland.Miyazabu's wreck ed gill-netterwasfoundonNov.16.Th eboatisbelievedtoh avebeenswampeddur-i ngth etwo-daygalewh i ch sweptth ewestcoastonNov.14and15.Heisth eth i rdfish ermanofJa-

paneseancestrytobelostsinceJa-paneseCanadianswerepermittedtoreturntoth efi sh i ngi ndustryi n1948.

Yosh i k oYamaguch i WinsLeadInBroadwayMusicalSh owNEW YORK—Yosh i k o(Sh i rley)

Yamaguch i ,Japanesefilmstar,willgoi ntoreh earsallatei nDecemberfor"MesserMarcoPolo,"oneofth eoutstandingmusicalproduc-tionsplannedforth e1950-51sea-sononBroadway.Afterseveralout-of-townbook -

i nsg,th emusicali snowexpectedtoopen i nNewYork Ci tyonoraboutWash i ngton'sBirth day.Miss Yamaguch i ,wh o arrivedh erefromHollywoodrecently,h asi mpressedth esh ow'sback erswithh erabili ty toplayth e leadingfemini neroleofth eCh i neseprin-cess. Th i swillbe h erfi rstpro-fessionalengagementi nth i scoun-try.Th eJapaneseactress,wh owasborn i n Manch uri a ofJapaneseparents,speak sseverallanguages,includingEnglish ,French ,Japa-seseandCh i nese.Becauseofh erManch uri anback ground mostof

h erwardrobeconsistsofCh i nesedresses.StanleyGilk eyandDonaldOen-

slagerwi llproduceth esh owwh i chwillh aveabook byRobertNath anandSigHerzig,musicandlyricsby RobertEmmettDolanandJoh nnyMercer,andi sbasedonanovelbyth nlateDonnByrne.Th eByrne novel,accordingtoLewisFunk e i n th eNewYorkTimes,setsforth th eth esi sth atMarcoPoloreallymadeh i striptoth eOrienti nsearch oflove.Vladimi rRosing,wh ostagedth e

NeW York CityOperaCompanys

successfulproductionsof_'LoveforTh reeOranges"and'£»"**willbeth edirector,wh i le1«Sh aroffwillbe i n ch arge 01

costumes. ~.j ..

Iti sreportedth atKeith Andes,lateof"KissMeKate,"mayP»th eroleofMarcoPolo oppositeMissYamaguch i . 0Th esetswillbe byMr.Oenslager.

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RemindAliensOfRegistrationUnderNewLawWASHINGTON,D.C.— Aliens

wereremindedth i sweek byth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommit-teeth atnewregistrationproceduresare i neffectforth em underth eMcCarranSubversivesAct.Th eactrequiresth atallaliens,exceptth ose h erelegallyontemporarybasis,mustreportth ei rcurrentaddresstoth eCommissi on-erofImmigrationandNaturaliza-tionbetweenJan.1andJan.10,1951. Si mi larreports mustbe-madebetweenth efirstandtenthofJanuaryeveryyearth ereafter.Th eMcCarranActalsoprovidesforafinenottoexceed$100ori m-prisonmentof30 daysforanyalien,orth eparentorlegalguardianofanyalien,wh ofai lstofileth eannualnotice.Itfurth erprovidesth atsimi larpenaltiesmaybei mposedi faresi-dentalienfai lstoreportach angeofaddresswith i nfivedaysfromth edateofsuch ch ange,areportwh i ch h asbeenrequiredofalienssince th eAli enRegistrationActof1940.

Dr.RoyNish i k awaWillJoinIntergroupPanelonCivi lRigh tsLOS ANGELES— Dr.RoyM.Nish i k awa,nationalJACLtreas-urerandrecentch ai rman ofth ePacifi cSouth westDi stri ctCouncil,willrepresentth eNi sei pointofviewonani ntergrouppanelsch ed-uledtomeetonSunday,November26,to discuss"HumanRelationsandCi vi lRigh ts." Opentoth epublic,th epaneldiscussionwillbeh eldunderth eauspicesofth e28thStreetYMCA,locatedat1106East28th Street,andwillbeginat4:30p.m.With Mrs.AndersonBarnesofth eAvalonCommunityCenterasmoderator,oth erpanelmemberswilli ncludeJack Spitzerofth eJewish CommunityRelationsCoun-cil;Mrs.MattyeB.Lewisofth eYMCA;C.Ok ek e,astudentfromAfrica;Dr.Willi am LindsayYoungofth e Nati onalConference ofCh ri sti ansandJews;Ataloa,repre-sentingth eNationalCongressofAmericanIndians;andJoh nCar-monaofth eCommunityServiceOrganizati on, representing th eMexicancommunity.Th i sprogram willbeth efirstofaseriesofforumstodiscussandanalyze community problems i nth efieldofh umanrelations.

NoteDenver'sStridesTowardEqualStatusforMinori ti esDENVER— Racialandpoliti caldiscri mi nati onsstillexisti nDen-ver,buttremendousstrides h avebeentak eni nth epastdecadeto-wardth ewinni ngofequalrigh tsforallminori tygroups.Th at,briefly,sums upresultsofasurveyoncivi llibertiescom-pletedrecentlybyth eDenverPosti ncooperationwith th eAmericanCivi lLi bertiesUnion.Th eACLUsurvey,madei nco-operation with newspapersth rough outth e country,studiedcurtailmentofracial,politi calandreligi ousgroupsi nth eexerciseofth ei rci vi lrigh ts.Denialofequalityi sfeltmostfrequentlybyracialminori ti es i nh ousi ngandemployment,th esur-veyrevealed.JapaneseAmericansareamong

th egroupsfeelingdi scri mi nati oni nth ese areas. Nisei ,NegrosandSpanish Americansstillh avediffi -cultyi ngettingh ousi ngi nmanypredominantly "wh i te'distri cts,wh i leth esamegroupsh ayecom-parableemploymenth urdles."Th ere h asbeenamark ed i m-provementi nmostph asesofracialacceptance i nth elastyears,"ac-cordingtoTedClark ,executivedi-rectorofth eDenverUnityCoun-cil.Clark creditsth ei mprovementto"voluntaryobservance"ofexist-MfflawsbyproprietorsofpublicPlacesanda"fairerattitudeonth ePartofoth ercustomerswh oh aveaccepted th e mi nori ti es i n th ePublicestablish ments."■He pointedout,h owever,th atth erearestillfield's i nwh i ch pro-gressmustbe made. Motels i nDenver,h esaid,arestill"99percentdiscri mi natory."Clark saidi tnow h asbeenprovedth attrainedandqualifi edminori tyMemberscan h andle j obsandget

alongwith oth eremployeesi fth eyh aveth eopportunity.Th eDenverJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeaguecontributedtoth esurveyth rough a j oi ntstatementi ssuedbyth eMayor'sCommitteeon Human Relations,th eAnti-Defamation League, th e UnityCouncilandth eJACL.#Th estatementsaidvasti mprove-menth asbeenmadei npublicem-ploymentofracialmi nori ti esbutth atretrogressionh asbeennotedi nprivateemployment. Atth esametimesmallgainsh avebeenmade i nboth publicandprivateh ousi ng.Departmentstores and busi-

nessesusingsalespersonnelgen-erallydiscri mi nateagainstemploy-ment of Spanish Americans,NegroesandNisei ,th ereportsaid,andmembersofth eseminori ti es,wh enemployed,arelaid offi n"di sproportionatenumbers"i nsea-sonalemployment.Th e organizati onscommendedth estateandfederalgovernmentsforth ei rrecord i n h i ri ng i ndi vi -dualsonth ebasisofqualifi cati ons,with outregardtorace,religi onornationalancestry.Th eatersandplacesofamuse-menth aveundergone"vasti m-provement"sinceth ewaryears,th ereportsaid,and"th epicture i sh ealth y"i nth efieldofsports.Membersofth eclergyandth e

FederalCouncilofCh urch eswereespeciallycitedforattemptstoex-ercisedemocraticpri nci plesi nth ei rch urch es,th ough th ereportadd-edth atth eresults"arenotyetal-togeth erapparentamongth emem-bersofth ei rch urch es.".Alsoreportedonwererestricti onsofcivi lrigh ts ofpersons i nmi nori ty politi caland religi ousgroups.

TacomaNisei GirlMayBecomeStari nU.S.Filmsi nJapanTOKYO-June Rei k o Otani,a

Tacoma, Wash ., girlwh o wasstrandedi nJapanbyth eoutbreakofwari n1941,i srapidlyon h erwaytobecomingafilmstar.MissOtani,wh oh asoneofth e

featuredroles i n"Tok yoFile212,"th efirstAmerican-producedfilmtobemadei nJapansinceV-Jday,h asbeenengagedforh ersecondleading role i n "Th e Invisi bleWorm,"aBreak ston-Stah lproduc-tion."Th e Invisi ble Worm,"wh i ch

h asas i tslocaleth eNi sh i Gi nzasectionofTok yo,i sth esecondtobesh oti nJapanbyanAmericancompany. GeorgeBreak ston,co-producerof"Tok yoFile212"wi thDurrellMacgowan,i smak i ngth e"Worm"with RayStah l.BesidesMissOtani i twi llfeatureMarth aHyer,A.Byron Mich i e,TetsuNak amura, Hei h ach i ro (Henry)Ok awa,Suisei Matsui andDek aoYok oo.Ok awaandMatsui appear-

edi nHollywoodfilms i nth eearly19305."Worm,"describedas"th estoryofah eql,"wi llbefilmed i nJapanbuteditedi nHollywood.Itwillh aveboth JapaneseandEnglishversions.Th estarsof"Tok yoFile212"wh i ch willbe given i tsworldpremieratth eErniePyleth eateri nTok yoonDec.15areFlorenceMarlyandRobertPayton. MisaOtani,Matsui andOk awawerefea-turedi nth efi lmalongwith Katsu-h i k o Haida,Hawai i -born singerwh o h adth eroleofth emenace,andSatosh i Nak amura,formerlyofVancouver,B.C.Break ston-Stah lalsoareplan-ningath i rdfi lm i nJapan,atech -ni colorproductionto be called"SwordofArima"wh i ch willdepictth ecomingofth efi rstCh ri sti anstoJapanandth ei ri nvolvementi nafeudbetweenth elordsoftwoclans.

NewAffidavi tSystemMayBeUsedtoSpeedClaimsPayments

AccelerationofEvacuationClaimsProcessingForecastSAN FRANCISCO—Th eNich i -

bei-Ti mesh asreportedth atanewsystem ofaffidavi tswillbe i nsti -tutedtospeedupevacuationclaimspaymentsbyth e San Franciscooffice ofth eDepartmentofJus-ti ce.Th eTimesquotedWilli am J.

Jacobs,attorneyi nch arge.Jacobsalsoreportedth atth e

claimsprogram h asbeensubstan-tially speededup,with largerclaimsbeingpai doffandatafasterrateth anatth estartofth eprogram.Severalpaymentsformoreth an

$1,000 h avebeen made todate,wh i leanoth erofmoreth an$2,000h asbeenrecommendedtoWash -i ngton.Decisi onsandpolici esmade i nth esepaymentswillbe usedasguides i nsettlingfutureclaims,Jacobssaid.Th e claimsdi rectorsaid th at

evacueesarenowbeingask edtosupplyaffidavi tsdescribi ngth ei rlosses i nordertospeedup h ear-i ngs.Th eplanwasfirstsuggestedbyth eJACL,h esaid,buti twasnotbelievedtobenecessary. Expe-riencetodateh assh own,h owever,th atmostclaimantsarenotpre-paredtoanswerquestionswh enth eyappearforh eari ngs.Underth elawalossmustbe

establish edandprovedtobeth ere-sultofth eevacuation.Time,place,andcostofpurch ase i srequired,Jacobssaid,anddateandamountofsale,i fany.Headvisedclaimantsi nth e"SanFranciscoareatostartprepara-ti onofth ei raffidavi ts.Ampletimei sgiventoprepareforh eari ngsandadditi onaltimei sallowedallpersonsrequestingi t.Jacobsalsopointedoutth atlegal

claimofth epersonmak i ngaclSimmustbeestablish edunderth ere-paymentact.Hesaidmanycasesh aveoccurred i nwh i ch th eprop-ertyunderquestiondidnotbelongtoth eclaimantbutto h i sorh erdeceasedparents.Inmostcourtsoflaw,suchclai mswouldbeth rownout,h esai d.Th eclaimsdi vi si onwillpro-cess andrecommendpaymentofth eseestateclaims,Jacobsadded,butactuallypaymentwi llh avetobe madeto anadmini stratorofsuch anestate.Th i sposedanadditi onalproblem,

h esaid,i nth atmostpersonsh avenotappointedadmini strators.Jacobssaidclaimantsi nth eLos

AngelesandSanFranciscoareaswith simplecasesforeasily-estab-lish edlossesarenowbeingcalledi n. Hundredsarebeingpassedoverbecauseth eylivetoofarawayorbecauseofth e i nvolvednatureofth ei rclaim.

VeteranDiesMILWAUKEE,Wis.— Tok uj iNitta,34,formgrfi rstlieutenanti nth eU.S.armyoccupationforcesi nJapan,diedataveteransh osp-i talh ereonNov.21followingah eartattack .Nitta,wh owasattendingsch ooli nMilwauk ee,wasth esonofMr.andMrs.Tok uj i roNittaofWat-sonville,Calif. Funeralritesaresch eduledtobe h eld i nWatson-vi lleonNov.27.

Eigh teenInductedInSouth Cali forniaLOSANGELES-th teenNiseiwere-amongth e35T>ersonswh oreportedforinductioni nth e IjOSAngelesarealastweek .Th eyareSh i ngoArase,HerbertMatsomoto,Joh nYamada,KiyomiMizutani,Joh n Yosh i ak i Yama-guch i andRok uroSuzuk i ,LosAn-geles;Mamoru Furuya, GeorgeKiri yama,Tom Nak ama,Ki k uoSh i ntak u,RoyTak ei ,JimmyTsu-ch i yamaand George M.Wak i j i ,Pasadena; Isamu Kurash i ge,K'ameo Watanabe and KatsuyaNak atani,Downey;Kenneth Kenj iHirano,Alh ambra;andJoh n Y.Suzuk i ,SantaBarbara.

TwoNisei GlsWinBronzeStarOustersTOKYO—Oak leafclusterstoth eArmy Bronze Star h ave beenawarded to Cpl.Hisash i Wada,Denver,andPfcKiyosh i Haimoto,Honolulu,both membersofth e24th Divi si oni nth eKoreanwar.

StrandeesRegainCi ti zensh i pDespitePartici pati oni n1946JapaneseGeneralElection

LOS ANGELES—Th reeNisei strandeeswere restoredtoAmericanciti zensh i pth i s week byFederalJudgeCh arles CCavanah .Allth reevoted i nelections i nJapani n1946and 1947and

wereconsideredto h avevi olatedth eNationalityactof1940byth eU.S.Statedepartment.Th eNisei areHarumi Sek i ,GeorgeYadaandFumi Rok ui .JudgeCavanah ruled th atMiss Rok ui wascoerced i nto

voting.Ofth eSek i andYadacasesth ej udgesaid:"Itdoesnotseem diffi cultto

determinewh atwasth estateofmindofoneatagiventime,un-lessan i nsaneperson,exceptbyth ei racts.Iti sfai rtoconcludeth atone'smind,wh en i nafor-eign countryatth eti meawarbreak soutandth atforeigncoun-tryth ereaftersurrendersanddoesnoth i ngofdisloyaltyand th engoes i ntoassistth ecountrywh i chwassuccesful,wouldbe i nastateofdesiretoretainh i sciti zensh i pi nth ecountrywh ereh ewasborn.Iti snoti naccordancewith th elawsofnaturetojnterpretetth ei rmi ndsdifferently."Judge Cavanah 'sdecisi onsarei naccordancewith previousde-ci si onsofth edi stri ctcourtatLosAngeles,Ph oeni x,SeattleandHon-olulutoth eeffectth atvoting i nth eJapanesegeneralelectionsof1946and'47doesnotviolateth eNationalityact,wh i ch statesth atAmericanciti zensvoting i nfor-eignelectionsth ereby loseth ei rAmericanciti zensh i p.Judge Cavanah ruledth atJa-pan,underth eU.S.occupation,i flnotaforeignstate.HesaidJapan i snotindepend-

entsince i ti sgovernedby andundersupremecontrolofth eUnit-edStates.Th e Ni sei wererepresentedbyA.L.Wiri nandFredOk rand.

IntermountainJACLCouncilWillMeetInCaldwellSundayNAMPA,Idah o—Th eIntermoun-tainJACLdistri ctcouncilmeetingwillbe h eldatMidwayLunch i nCaldwellfromnoononNov.26.Delegatesfromth eJACL'seigh ti ntermountain ch apters are ex-pected toattendth emeeting.Mainbusinessofth emeetingwill

betoelectnew officers.Newofficerswillbei nstalledatabanquetatth elOOFh all.

U.S.AppellateCourtStudiesKawak i taCaseLOSANGELES— Th eUnitedStates9th Di stri ctCourtofAp-peals i snow studyingth eappealofTonioyaKawak i ta,30,from h i streasonconvicti onforbrutalityto-wardAmericanprisonersofwaifatOeyama,Japan.OralargumentswerecompletedonNov.15.Kawak i ta,anativeofCalexio,Calif.,wasconvicted i nth eFed-eralcourtofJudge Willi am C.Math es i n 1948andsentencedtodeath .Th eappealbyMorrisLa-vine,Kawak i ta'scounsel,wasbasedonth econtentionth atKawak i tawasnotanAmericanciti zen.Judges AlbertLee Steph ens,HomerT.Bone andWilli amE.Orrtook th ecaseundersubmissi onafterAssistantU.S.AttorneysRayKinni son andRobertJ.Kelleh erarguedforth egovernmentth atKawak i ta was and remainsanAmericanci ti zenandth atth ej uryfoundth i stobeafacti ncon-victi ngh i m.

Last-PlaceHorsePaysOffforNiseiInCh ari tyDrawingSAN FRANCISCO — A h orsewh i ch fi ni sh edlasti nth efeatureraceonNoy.18atBayMeadowspaidoff$500forTatsIk ebeofMountain.View.Ik ebe'stick eton th e h orse,along sh otnamedGolden Glory,wasn'tth eusual$2pari-mutualtick et.Insteadh i snamewasamongeigh tdrawn i naSan Franciscoh ospi talch ari ty drawing. Th eeigh twinnerswerematch edwithth enamesofeigh th orses i nth eBayMeadowsrace. Th e wi nneri nth edrawing,wh osenamewasmatch edwith th atofStarFiddle,th eracewinner,won$10,000butIk ebegot$500eventh ough h i sh orsewaslasti nth eeigh t-h orsefield.

SelectCandidatesForOfficesofDowntownCh apterLOSANGELES—Candidatesforth e1951cabinetofth eDowntownLos AngelesJACL ch apterh avebeen selectedby th enominati onscommittee,i twasannouncedth i sweek .Th efollowingareth ecandidatesforth eni necabinetposts:presi-dent,Harry Honda;firstvice-president,Dave Nitak e;secondvice-president,Sam Ish i k awa;th i rdvice-president,Junich i Asa-k ura; corresponding secretaryl,Junk oMaruya;recordingsecretary,BarbaraKuk ush i ma;treasurer,Sh olino;auditor,George Umezawa;publicrelations,JamesMitsumori.Itwasrevealedth atballotsh ave

beenmailedtoth emembersofth ech apterwith th erequestth atth eybemailedi nbyNov.30.Spacesh avo been providedforwrite-i ncandidatesaswell,i twasrevealed.Jun Asak ura announced th at

planswereunderwayforasocialprogramforch aptermembersi nearlyDecember.

InductIdah oNiseiNAMPA,Idah o— Atsush i Ki-

uch i ofEmmettandFredGotoofNampaareth elatestNisei fromth i sareawh oaresch eduledforArmyi nduction.

EarlyResponsefrom Ch aptersReportedforHolidayIssueA gratifyi ngearlyresponsetoh i srequestforadvertisi ngforth ePacifi cCiti zen annualCh ri stmasediti onwasreportedth i sweek byHitoOk ada,h oli dayediti onbusi-nessmanager.Someofth ech apterscontacted

h avealreadysenti nadvertisi ng■amounting todouble,tripleandmoretimesth ei r1949quotas,h esai d.JACLgroupsrespondingtodate

i ncludeth eSalinasch apter,$140,as compared to $43 i n 1949;Spok ane,$68,with $10 i n 1949;Omah a,$75todate;SuntaMana-Guadalupe,$158,against$90th epreviousyear;and$26from th eGresh am-Troutdalech apter.Ch apterrepresentativesforth eaboveareJoh nTerak awa,Salinas;EdwardYamamoto,Spok ane;CecilIsh i i ,Omah a;HaroldSh i mi zuandHarry Miyak e, Santa Mana-Guadalupe; and Jack Ouch i da,

Gresh am-Troutdale.Ok adasaidth eOrosi di stri ctofth e Tulare county ch apter h adrai sed$127.50 i nadvertisi ng,ascomparedtoafigureofunder$50forth eentireareath epreviousyear.Advertisi ngi nth eOrosi di stri ct

wash andledbyKayHamada.TedMimura,treasurerofth eTularech apter,i sdirectingth ecampaigni nth earea.Ok ada,wh oendedtwotermsi n

officeasnationalpresidentofth eJACL i nOctober,volunteeredh i sservicesth i syeartoth ePacifi cCi ti zftnasbusinessmanagerfori tsh oli dayediti on.Heurged th atoth erch apters

conclude th ei radvertisi ngdrivesbyth eendofth emonth .,Heespeciallyurgedlocalgroupstosignupallch aptermembersforth enamei nsertionsectionat$2perfamily.

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EDITORIALS:Th eStrandedNisei

Th emodern-daycounterpartof"Th eManWi th outaCoun-try"can befound i nseveralth ousand iMi sei i n Japan wh oclaim ci ti zensh i p i nth eUni tedStates,wh owanttoreturn h omebutwh oarebarredbecauseth eStatedepartmentwillnotrec-ognizeth em asAmericans.

Someofth eseNi sei voted i nth eJapanesegeneralelectionsof1946and'47.Someofth em were conscriptedandserved i nth e Japanesearmy.Th ese actions,constituti ng violationsofth eU.S. Nationality act,h avedeprivedth ese Ni sei ofth ei rAmericanstatusand k eptth em from comingback h ome.Buti n recentmonth s,some signi fi cantcourt decisi ons

h ave h elpedclarifyth ei rsi tuation.HandeddownbyU-S.Dis-tri ctJudgeCh arlesCavanah ofIdah o,th eyh averecognizedth eplai nti ffNisei asAmericanciti zens.In h i srulingsJudgeCavanah recognizedth eresultoj:co-

ercionupontneyouth fulmind i nan atmosph ereofsuspici onandmi li taryaggression.Inth ecaseofNoboruKato,wh oadmittedlyh adserved i n

th eJapanesearmy,JudgeCavanah "found i nfavorofth eNi sei .JudgeCavanah wassatisfi edth atth eJapaneseAmerican h adtri edtoreturntoth eUni tedStatesbeforeth ewarbegan.Hewasconscriptedbyth earmy.

"Wh en one readsth e record,"JudgeGavanah 's decisi onsai di npart,"h ei sconvincedth atth eplai nti ffandoth eryoungAmericanborn Japanes%,beforeth ewarwasonandth ereafter,foundth emselves i nanatmosph ere i nJapanofbeingdominatedbyacrueland unjustmili tarygovernment,alth ough th ey h adonlygonetoJapantoreceiveaneducationandth ei rdesireandi ntentionwastoreturntoth eUni tedStates."Inanoth ercase,th e j udgesaid th ataNisei wh ovoted i n

th eJapaneseelectiondi dnotth erebyloseh erAmericanciti zen-sh i pbecause:1)th erewaspressureandcoercionexerteduponh ertovoteand2)solongasJapani soccupiedandcontrolledbyAmerican forces, i tcannotbeconsideredan i ndependentforeignstate.

Todate i tappearsth ateach i ndi vi dualcasemustbefough ti nth ecourts.Inviewofth esedecisi ons,h owever,i tmigh tbewellforth e Statedepartmenttoconsidersome blank etpro-ceduretorecognize,th eAmericanciti zensh i pofNisei i nsimi larcircumstances.

Obviouslyth epractice ofprovingeach i ndi vi dualcase i nacourtoflawisanexpensiveanddrawn-outprocedureforbothth estrandedNisei andth egovernment.

UnitedNationsDayAnewnationalh oli daycomes i ntobeingth i syearwith proc-

lamationofDec.10as UnitedNationsHuman Righ tsdaybyPres.HarryS Truman.

Twoyearsago,th eUNgeneralaseemblyapprovedth eUni-versalDeclarationofHumanRigh ts asa"common standardofach i evementforallpeoplesandallnations."Th e declarationconsistsof30 articles,each defini nga

righ ttowh i ch allmenareentitled,with outrestricti onbecauseofrace,sex,religi on,language,politi calopini on,propertyorbirth .

Manyofth esearticles areviolatedtoday,sanctionedbylaworbycustom,i nth eUni ted States aselsewh ere i nth eworld.Th edeclarationi snotatreatyandth ereforenotbindi nguponth esignatorynations.Oth erwi sei tmigh th aveani mme-di ateandprofoundinfluenceuponth elawsofth eworld.Lawswh i ch preventi ntermarriagewouldbenullandvoid,

forSection16wouldelimi nateanti-mi scegenationstatutes.Ar-ticle 17,wh i ch says everyone h asth erigh ttoownpropertyalone aswellas i nassociati onwith oth ers,migh th avesigni fi -cantbearinguponth eCaliforniaanti-ali enlandact.Th erestricti vecovenantmigh tbe fough twith Article 13

asaweapon:"Everyone h asth erigh ttofreedomofmovementandresidencewith i nth estate."Andunemploymentdiscri mi na-tion,both asto j obsandwagescales,migh tbeaffectedbyAr-tcle23,wh i ch states,"Everyoneh asth erigh ttowork ,tofreech oi ceofemployment...Everyone,with outanydiscri mi nati on,h asth erigh ttoequalpayforequalswork ."Andfuturemassevacuations,li k eth erelocationanddeten-

ti onofJapaneseAmericansi n1942,migh tbeforestalledbynu-merousarticleswh i ch stateth atan i ndi vi dualh asth erigh ttofreedomofmovementorresidencewith i nacountry,th ateveryonei senti tledtofairandpublic h eari ng i nth edeterminati onofh i srigh ts,th atnoonesh allbesubjectedtoarbitraryarrest,detentionorexile.

Th i sDeclarationofHumanRigh tscanbecomeameaninglessscrapofpaper,ori tcan becomeaguideforh umanaction.Rec-ogniti onofUNHumanRigh tsdaysh ouldservetofocusatten-tionuponman'scontinui ngfigh ttobringfundamentalh umanfreedomstoallmen.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

MetroMak esaPi ctureMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer,th eworld'sbiggestmotionpicturepro-ducingrompany.lastweek com-pletedeigh tweek sofsh ooti ngofitsfi lm aboutth eJapaneseAmer-i canCombatTeam,"GoforBrok e."Th eactors,i ncludingth estar,VanJoh nson,andth ecameracrewsandallofth evariouscraftsmenandtech ni ci answh oareemployed i nsh ooti ngapictureareth rough andfrom now on th eunglamonzedspeciali stsi nth elaboratoriesofth ebigstudiotak eover.Th efilmwillbecutandedited

soth ati tslength wi llfitth eusual90to100mi nutesrunningtimeofaClassAfeature.Th emanyscoreseemswh i ch weresh otmustbeassembledtofitth econtinui tyofth efi lm.Fori nstance,someofth esceneswh i ch appeartowjardth eendofth epicture,depicti ngth erescueofth e"lostbattalion" i nth e battleatBiffontaine, weretak en on location i n th e SanJacintomountainssouth eastofLosAngelesbeforeth eearlierItaliancampaignsh otswerefilmedamongth eolivetreesofCalabasas.Th e completedfilm mustbe

scoredformusic,wh i ch ,th oughusually unobtrusive, tends toh ei gh tensuspenseandsh arpenth ei mpact ofdramatic sequences.Musicalscoringofapicture,re-quiri ngth euseofafullorch estra,i snotan i nexpensivei temonth eproducer'sbudget.Itusuallyrunsabove$100,000foramajorpicture.Wh enallofth eartsandcrafts

h avebeenemployedtoach i eveth eoptimumeffectsofth ecoordinatedlaborsofproducer,writer,direc-torandcinematograph er,th epic-tureprobablywi llbetak ensome-wh ereoutsideofHollywoodfora"sneak preview."Ath eateri nasmalltown i susuallypick edforth i s"sneak preview"i nordertoguaranteeasnearlyaspossiblearepresentativeaudienceforth efi lm.Hollywoodfilmgoersareregardedastoosoph i sti catedandmaynotreacti nth esamemannerasaudi-enceslesscase-h ardenedtoth ewaysoffilm-mak i ng.Th i spreviewi sli k eanopeningnigh ti nth eleg-i ti mateth eaterandi sth enigh tonwh i ch allth oseconcerned withth emak i ngofth epicturebiteth ei rnai lstoth enub."Sneak previews"aremoreor

lessroutineforsuch i temsfromth eMGMproductionlineasaKath rynGrayson-Mario Lanza musicalwh i ch i sth esortofstock wh i chth estudioandHollpwoodh avebeensellingforyears. But"GoforBrok e,"apersonalproductionofMGM's production h ead, DoreSenary,andwrittenanddirectedbyRobertPirosh ,i sanoff-beatfilm. Ith asonlyonebig-namestari nVanJoh nsonandnoglamorgirls.With th eexceptionofLaneNak anowh oh adabitasapedicabdriveri n "Tok yoJoe,"none ofth eNi sei wh oplayth eprinci palroles i nth epicture h aseverap-peared i namotionpirture.Pro-ducerSch aryandRobertPirosh ,wh owroteth estoryanddirectedth epicture,wantedveteransofth e442ndCombatTeam toplayth ei rownrolesandwantedto avoidusing Hollywood Japanese filmfaceswh i ch migh th avebeensub-consciouslyi denti fi edbyth efilm-goerwith rolesth eymay h avepreviouslyplayedasJapanesevil-lains.DoreSch aryi saproducer,oneofafew i nth e i ndustrywh o i snotafraidofoff-beatstoriesorcontroversialsubjects.Hefiredth efirstvolleyinHollywood'scine-maticcampaignagainstrace andreligi ousdiscri mi nati on wh en h emade"Crossfire"forRKOback i n1946.Hi scurrentpersonalproduc-tioni s"Th eNextVoiceYouHear,"anoth erpicture wh i ch darestoavoid th e well-worn boy-meets-girlclich es.Because"GoforBrok e"i snotaformulaproduct,th ereactionofth epreviewaudiencerailbeparticular-lyi mportant.Afterth epreviewth epicturewillreceivei tsfinaledi-ting. Th enallh andsconnectedwith th efi lmwillbereadyfornewlabors i nth ecinematicvineyardandth esalesmanandth eexploita-tionexpertswillbecalled i n.Hollywoodmaybe th emotionpicturecapitalofth eworldbut,asfarasth eU.S.picturei ndustryi sconcerned,th efi nancialcontrolsarei nNewYork Citywh ereth efi lmexch angesh aveth ei rcentralh ead-'

quarters. Onceth efi lm isi nth ecan,th ej obofpromotionandsell-i nybegins.Th e j obofsellingwasmuch easieri nth edaysbeforeth eJusticeDepartmentconsentdecreewh enth epracticeofblock book i ngwas i neffectandth efilm com-paniescontrolledlargech ai nsofmotionpictureth eaters.Inth epre-consentdecreedaysth efilm companiescouldplaceth ei rproducts i n th ei rown th eaters.Underblock book i ngpractices,forexample,anexh i bi torwouldbere-quiredtotak eanumberofh ard-to-sellfilmstogetoneClark Gable-LanaTurnerproduction.Nowpic-turesaresold i ndi vi duallyundercompetiti vebi ddi ngpracticessoth atanyexh i bi tor,th eoreticallyatleast,h asach ancetobuyanyfilmh ewants.Apictureli k e"GoforBrok e (wh i ch ,li k e"Gentlemen'sAgreement," "LostBoundaries"and"Pink y,"break snewpath sonth ecelluloidfrontier)mustbesoldtoth eexh i bi torsi aswellastoth egeneralpublic.Th i stask i ssome-timescomplicatedbyth efactth atsomeexh i bi torsaremorei nterestedi nsellingfoodth ani deasandareaptto sh yawayfrom pictureswh i ch maymak eth eaudiencesth i nk andforgettoeat"h ot-butter-ed"popcorn.Aproblemwh i ch mayarise,once"GoforBrok e"i sreadyforre-lease,i sth emanneri nwh i ch th epicturei stobeexploited.Sh ouldth efactth atth efi lmi saboutth eJapaneseAmericanCombatTeambestressedi nadvertisi ngorsh ouldth eracialanglebeplayeddown?Onepointwh i ch willh elpi nex-ploiti ng"GoforBrok e"i sth atProducerSch aryandRobertPiroshwere responsible for "Battle-ground,"wJßjftwasboth anartisti candafinanppßccesslustyear.Ifth eusualtimetableformajorproductions i sfollowed,"GoforBrok e"probablywillnotbereadyfori tsfirstpublicpreviewfortwoorth reemonth satleastandprob-ablywillnotbereleaseduntilth emiddle of1951. Th e fi nancialh ealth ofth emotion picture in-dustrymayh avesometh i ngtodowith th etimewh enth epicture i sreleasedsincegoodbusinessmeansth atpicturescanreceiveextendedruns,permitti ngth estudiostopi leupaback logofcompletedfilms,wh i lebadbusinessresults i nth eth eaterseatingupfilmsasfastasth estudioscanproduceth em.Righ tnow,th efi lm i ndustryi scompara-tivelyh ealth yalth ough th eboomyearsofWorldWarIIarelongsincegone.Judgingfromth efinancialcosts

reportedforoth erMGM"A"filmswith comparablesh ooti ngsch ed-ules("GoforBrok e"wasi nproduc-tionnearlytwonwnth s),th estoryofth e442ndCombatTeam prob-ablycostth estudioconsiderablyi nexcessof$1,000,000.DuringWorldWarIIanumberofpictures,ofwh i ch Warner's"AirForce" and Universal's "LittfcsTok yo,USA"areexamples,pre-sentedth eNi sei astraitorsatatimewh enJapaneseAmericanGlswerefigh ti nganddyingoverseas."GoforBrok e,"onwh i ch JACLADC's Mi k e Masaok a was th especialconsultant,'willreliveth estar-spangledcombath eroi sm ofth e442ndCombatTeam andwillbeani mportantfactori ncreatingfavorablepublicopi ni ontowardth eNi sei group.Th esuccessof"GoforBrok e"willdependnotonth efactth ati ti saboutNi sei Gls,butwh eth eri ti sgoodmotionpictureentertain-ment.Ifi ti sanyth i ngli k eth atoth erSch ary-Pirosh collaboration,"Battleground,"th erecanbeli ttledoubtth ati twi llbe. Ifth epic-ture,besidesmak i ngmoneyforMGM andentertaini ngth emovie-goer,can also h elpcreategood-wi llandunderstanding,th eby-producti sonewh i ch both Holly-woodandth eworldsorelyneedsatth i sti me.

AboutTimeTh eRedCrossboardofgovern-ors h asendorsedplanstodeleteracialtagsfrom blooddonorrec-ords.Scienti stsk now,wh ateverth elaymanmayth i nk ,th atblood'sblood,wh eth eri t'sNegro,wh i teororiental.Asth eysaidi nth elastwar,i tallrunsredonth ebattle-i i eld.

Ch aptersUgedToSendArticlesForXmasEditi onArticlesonJACLch antstivi ti esforth eannuafjSediti onofth e Pacifi cr■ysh ould be mailedwith ft:nexfew daysto mak e"£Articlessh ould be confinedto discussionofmajorch antact.viti es,with specialeZsIS onprojectsth atcarryo jnationalamisofth eJACL.Ph otograph s depicti ngch atlterh i gh li gh tsforth epastyiarealsoacceptable yarMaterialsh ould besentth ePacifi cCiti zen,415BeasoBldg.,SaltLak eCity,UtT

MINORITYWEEK

Persecution?i Jfj NationalAssociati onforth eAdvancementofColoredPeopie i slook i ng i ntoch argesfromKoreath atNegroservicementh erearebeingcourt-martialedandsen-tencedtolongtermsinwh olesalelots.Th estory, i ftrue,i sabitterone.Itstartedearlierth i smonthwh enNegropublicati onsbeganto

(report large-scale arrests andcourts-martialofNegroGls.Th eCouriercarried areportonNov.11 th at"ninety-nine andnine-tenth spercentofth ementried"were Negrotroopsfrom th e24thi nfantry.Oneman h adbeensen-tencedtolifeafterath ree-h ourtrial,_th estorysaid. Th eAfro.American on Nov.4 carried astoryfrom Jack sL.Hick s,wh oreported h e h ad seen 11menofth e24th i nfantrywh o h adpeenconvictedof"misconduct beforeth eenemy"andsentencedtolongterms ofi mpri sonmentat h ardlabor.Th eNAACP reportedi twouldi nvestigateth ereportsandaddedth ati twoulddefendanyservice-men wh oapearedto h avebeenth evicti msofdiscri mi nati on.Lettersfrom i mpri sonedservice-men i mmedi atelystartedcomingi natNAACP offices.Onesoldierwrote:"Wearebe-i ngcourt-martialedandsentencedto impri sonmentforlife—notoneortwoofus,butgroupgoffour'sjandfive's."Anoth ersaid:"Idon'tth i nk I

h ad anevenbreak .Itseemsasth ough th eNegroesareth eonlyonestogetalotoftime."A20-year-oldsentencedtolife

i mpri sonment pleaded with th eNAACP:"Everyfellowi nmyout-fith asfough th ardandtriedtomak eth ebestofth i s,butsome-h ow someone seemstobetryingtomak ean exampleofus i nKo-rea.Sir,Iamwriti ngyouth i slet-terh opi ngth atyouwillunderstandh owIfeelbeingsentencedto servemynaturallife i ncon-finementafterIh avefough tonth efrontlineas h ardandasloneasfellowsi nth eoth erregiments.Allth i s i sobviouslya ch arge

th atcannotbe i gnored.Ifw*persecution i sevenpartiallywblameforth esentences,th enre-openin.frofth etrialsi sm order.Th ech argeofwh olesak :am*andsentencing i s a bitteran"vici ousone.Righ torwrong.iti

i ncumbentuponth e goivernmetomak eanopen i nvestigati on

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"Th eoutsideworld h asselect-ed th eNegroasth ebarome*ofth erealityofJf"smocracy i nth eUnitedStat«.Dr.R.O.Joh nson,MorrisBrowncollege,i n an addresstottAssociati on forth e btuoy

NegroLifeandHistory.

Th eFactsTh e HoPi Indiansare embaj

rassedbya.petiti onP«gWJsomeofth ei rgroup ask l"fraptedmembersofth etribebe

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from selective service. tsTh e Hopi tribalcouna P

outth ataminori tygroup j chth em gotup th epetiti on,*wenttoPres.Truman t.Inrefutation th ecouncilP

edout:Nearly300HoP.ssecWorldWar11,>nclud'n*Vndtwoantinth enursescorpsi n th e WACs Th e Hop. h ei r"manyh undred"awardsl.combatservice,IB wereactionandseveralh avetoasaresultofwar

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Saturday,November2S i 9504

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BETWEEN CARBONSHatingBook sh elves...'once i nawh i leforwantofadequatematerial,Igetth e"bug»,Tmy i ntellectuals,andfeelth eneedforaserious,downrigh toldsessionwith m,ySef- f

USUaI,reSult i sth atIreach upfofth eclosestbook on h aYuland j et-propelmyselfoffonaliterary*'~anowth atI'vesucceededk i ck i ngi nth eunderpinni ngsofth eroperassortmentofsyntax,permitmetotak eoffagain.

Undoubtedly,almostallofyou h aveatleasth eardofi f,tread,JamesFarrell'strilogyofayoungman h ech ose to3-lwmesayaptly—StudsLonigan.i ch oosetowriteofth i sparticularwork ofMr.Farrell'sfor"Jalreasons-th eprimaryofwh i ch i sth eunfortunatefactth atfidmajori tyofth osewh o h avereadth ebook fai ledtorealize

,»ti tisaseriouswork ,writtenwith equallyseriousi ntent—and'""eStudsLonigancontainedaraessage-amessage,byth eway,I,tof-th ereaders h adsubordinatedtosex,with outquiterealizi ngJfimpactori ts i mport.Before Idealdirectlywith Mr.Farrell'smessage,Ith i nk i t

«ouldaidgreatly i fIweretomentionverybrieflyh i sparticularPh i losoph y.Mr.Farrellbelongstoth atsch oolofth ough tmostusuallyDerredtoasRealists.Th ough closelyallied i n variati ons,Real-Li snotto beconfusedwith Naturalism.Th e Naturalistblameseveryth i ngonci rcumstance,wh ereasth eRealistlaysth eblame onman.Now,forStudsLonigan.Unfortunately,Mr.Farrellwroteth i strilogyduringth e h ei gh t

ofth edepression,and so,eventh ough Studsactuallycomesfromaclosetomiddle i ncomefamily,th e i nsecurityofth etimes,as h ewri tes i t,becomessoprimaryas to vi rtuallyobliterate adefini teperspective—i ndeedonealmostsurmisesth atStuds isa productofth eslums,andth erebyth ebook tak esonasociologicalaspect,wh ensuch i snotth ecase.

Youwillrecallth ati nStuds'family,religi onplayeda def-i ni tepart.(BeingofanIrish family,i twasquitenaturalforMr.Farrelltoportrayth em ofCath oli cfaith .)Ith i nk Iam j usti fi ed i nstatingth atIbelieveth atMr.Farrell

i nj ectedth eCath oli cfaith ,notso much because h e i s one h i mself,bitforth efactth atth efollowersofth eCath oli cch urch are,atleastoutwardly,and i nAmerica,arre>redevoutgroup.Th ei rreligi oni sth ei rli fe—andso i twaswith th eLongian/family.Mr.FarrellalsocolorsStudsli fewith agenerousportionof

Freudianconcept.Hedoessowith purpose.Howeverstrong th e i nfluenceofth e ch urch i nth e Lonigan

family,by h i si nj ecti onofsex,politi cs,Mr.Farrellinfersstronglyth atth i si nfluencewasa h ollow one.Th i si nference issubstantiated i npartbyth evigorofStuds'

j nti -Semiti sm,blaming th eJewsforeveryth i ng(and wh ere h avewe h eardth atbefore?)Th eLoniganfamilywere a h ardwork i ng.group.Th eywentto

ch urch regularly—andprayed.Andyet,th eywerea h ardbi ttenlot,ofcuriouslybittercynici sm,and h ypocrisy,and th e i nfluence ofth ech urch uponth ei rpractice6flifewassometh i ngelseagain.Inoth erwords,wh i leth eLoniganfamilywasprimari lycon-

cernedwith th epovertyofth etimes,Mr.Farrellwasequallycon-ternedwith th ei rspiri tualpoverty.Assimply,Mr.Farrellpointsoutth atth eLoniganfamily re-

gardedreligi onas merelysometh i ngtowh i ch th eypaid tribute;th eyrealized th esymbolismofGod,butnoti n,h i struth .Th eydidnotrealize th atoneturnstoGod, notmerelygoto Him.Th eyrealizeth ei rgoal.Studsdi esi nth eend,andeven i n h i s lastmoments,h eseek s

respiteandsolaceelsewh ere—ina j agofwh i sk ey.Now,th i ssortofi llustration digspainfullydeepi ntoth erealm

ofth emelodramatic,butMr.Farrellundoubtedlyfeltth eneedforRich afillupi n h i sdenouement.Now,youmigh task ,wh yallth i sadoaboutth eLoniganfamily,

Studs,andCath oli ci sm? Justth i s.Becauseth eLoniganfamilymigh twellbeanyfamily,Cath ol-

i ci sm migh tbe any religi on.Th esocietywelive i ntoday i snottoounli k eth esocietyth attFarrellattemptedtoportrayandtypifyi nStudsLonigan.Look aroundyou—re-examine yourselves*yourfriends,StudsLonigandid notdie i n 1932—h erfmuch i n evidence i ntayearof1950.

"■n.JonCh amberlain observes i nth e i ntroductionofth i strilogy:HieWagesc*Sin areDeath ."f,e.arenowonth evergeofa th i rd worldwar,th e th reatAtomicwarfareh angsh eavy—wecannotsayweh avenotearned i t.

HousesforHirosh i maStoryTold i nFloydSch moeBook letSEATTLEWash .-Th estoryof*HousesforHirosh i ma"projectpublish edh erei nabook -to*11 Jouniey."by FloydCfomH°m merk at0buiW afo»Zrosh lltlafamilytore-«oneofth eth ousandsleveledi ""??blast EventuallyKP> J,omedbyoth ervolun-CTJ?pan'completedfourC-VClt.yprojectt0ProvideEofHFViCti msof Wast.'«sedinAmerica

wh eRev-EmeryAn-StJT£-ofth e Japanese

«¥«tk = med more NiseiCCpoth erman i nth eJ£6 :\uth Jenk i ns>r€d"%TM Sch °o1teach er;andtt«L7'uyoun&Negi-osch ool

Is0*Carolina* C°UeBre i n

HeylnLBdentswh °h elpedCh eEVlvedwith th em -at«yqnarten,wh i ch wasth e**lflSiPi nedNagaregawa4SalReflv-Kiyosh i Tani -CS81. i n Joh n8 Hirosh i ma."

Local.volunteers i ncluded stu-dents-from Hirosh i maandyoung-sterswh o j oi nedth egroupdailyaftersch ool.Th i rty-eigh th undredHirosh i ma

famili es appliedforth e fourh ouses,wh i ch weretobe rentedfor700 yen, permonth (about$1.85). Th ecitywelfaresectionnarrowedth efamili esdowntoth emostneedy,andfournamesweredrawnfrom th o remaini ng few-h undred.Th e h ouses,byth encalledth e"PeaceHouses,"werededicatedmacityceremonyatth eendofth esummer.Speak i ngatth eservice,Sci i moe

said,"Wh atwefeltatth etragedyfouryearsagowecouldnotade-quatelyexpress i nwords;so wecameh ereatth efi rstopportunitytobuild h ousesforyourh omelesspeople.Th eyaddsubstancetoourfeelingandourwords."Weh avelivedandwork edwithyouth i s summer i na spiri totloveandunderstanding.Soallpeo-plesmustlearntoliveandtoworktogeth eri npeaceandunderstand-i ng Th ework wh i ch wedo De-

comesth evi si bleexpressionofourlove."

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:ALotloBeTh ank fulAbout~, r.Denver,Colo.

th i svo-,r?',\Ti yIS?alott0beth ank f«l»"*>»'toe»tAn\itOdrSftAde«J«*t«teller.'Enough

Xrttk'nd..raVUt°f*asandmomentum j usti ct,fin\lth atabol<lpush wouW h avech ased«nS i dlln't*ave,anymoney i nth ebank andth ank ful* 1K "gS'i k eaneW car-Butwe'reWh i lepluck i ng pinfeath erafrom th e turk eyIh ank sgi vi ng-eve,th e k i ds wantedto sh ow offth ei rrecentlyacquired h i stori calk nowledge."Askussomequestions,"th ey i nsi sted.Th equestioni ngandansweringwentsometh i ngli k eth i s..it.

d ColumbusdiscoverAmerica?"About400yearsafterEricth eRed."Yah ,butwh atyear?"Afteraperiodof h ead-scratch i ng:"Idunno.GuessIdidn'tlearnth at.""Itwas1492.Youcanrememberi tfrom th i sj mgle:In 1492Columbussailedth e oceanblue.""a?i 6'"

t>S a k eenwayto"memberh i story."fj Allng Now wh owasbossofColumbus'

Aftersomemoreconcentratedcogitati ng:"Heck ,

Columbuswasth eboss,wasn'th e? Wh at'reyou~i»ui i ooj 'opo}SuiXaj

Mi k e passedwith flying colorson PoncedeIeon,Balbou,DeSoto,Coronado andth e oth erearlybirdsofAmericanexploration.Hedi dok ayonJoh nSmith ,MilesStandish ,Prisci llaandPoca-h ontas,butflunk edonDanielBoone,th eGettys-burgaddressandDavyCrock ett."Yougottagetwayback i n h i story,"h e i n-

sisted. "Ih aven'tgotuptoth osemodernguysyet.".{Ofcoursemostofth i sanci enttalk passedover

Susan'sh eadandsh esoonfound i tdull."Idon'tli k eh i story,"sh esaid. "Let'ssee h owmanycarswecanname."Buick ,Pontiac,Ch evrolet,Ch rysler,Plym-

outh ..." ,Th i syoungergeneration.

♦ ♦ *One ofth eless pleasurable task s connected

with comingh omefrom Korea h asbeenth atofmeetingwith ,and explaini ngth e situationtoseveralKoreanstudentsi nth i sarea.Th estudentsth emselvesarebearing-up i nfine sh apedespiteth eabsenceofwordfrom th ei rfamili es i nplacesli k eSeoul,buti ti snofunto h avetotellth emofth eh eavydestructionwrough tonth ei rh ometowns.Onestudenth asaWifeandch i ldrenback h ome,

buth ash eardnoth i ngfrom th em sincewar'sout-break .How h e managesto continuewith h i sstudying i sh ardtounderstand.Wetalk edforawh i lei nJapanese,andh eleftfeelingalittlebetterforh avi ngairedh i sappreh ensi onsand.fears.

VagariesSupervisors...Sak ae Tak ah ash i and Samuel

(Sad Sam) Ich i nose,wh o wereelectedto th eHonoluluBoardofSupervisorsi nth eNov.7 electionwillbeth esecondandth i rdper-sonsofJapaneseancestrytoserveonth eboard.Th efi rstwasRich -ardKageyama,th eWorldWarIIveteranwh o createdth epoliti calsensationofth eyear i nHawai iwh en h e admittedto th e Houseun-AmericanAffairssubcommitteeth ath eformerlywas a memberofth eCommunistparty.Kageya-madidnotseek reelection...Tak -ah ash i ,aDemocrat,i sdeputycity-county attorney forHonolulu,wh i leRepublicanIch i nosei s th emanagerofDadoMarino,world'sflyweigh tch ampi on.SadSamwasa memberofth e territori alas-semblyduringth epasttwoyears.

Inquiry. ..Th e Senate'sKefauvercommit-tee,now i nvestigati nggamblingandvicesyndicates,won'tbe go-i ngtoHawai i butHonoluluh asatrialforgamblingcominguponDec.5i nvolvingRobertHosoi,al-legedtobeoneofth etopgamb-lers i n th eterritory...Arch i baldFuk utomi ofWailuk u,Maui re-centlywon$100forh i sph oto,"Th eSpider"inacontestsponsoredbyPopularPh otograph ymagazine.

GlobalTour...Ki i upei Sh eba,managingeditorofth eNipponTimes ofTok yoandoneofth efi rsttowriteforanEnglish sectionofa Japanesevernacularnewspaperonth e Pa-ci fi ccoast,willarrive i nNewYork on Nov.29onaround-th e-worldfligh t.Hewillspendfiveweek s i nth eU.S.,leavingSanFranciscoforHonoluluonJan.6....Sh ebawroteforth e Japanese\mencanNewsofSanFranciscoi nth elate19205.MaraMaru...Hollywood'sactorsofJapanese

ancestrywh omissedoutonMGM's"GoforBrok e"wh enth estudiowantednewfaces,aswellasvet-eransofth eNi sei CombatTeam,maygetabreak wh en Warner'sputs"MaraMuru"i ntoproduction.Th e story i s abouta Japanesefreigh ter...Amongth especta-torsatth eKawak i taappealh ear-i ng i nLosAngeleslastweek waaoneofth ecounselforIvaTogund'Acjui no("Tok yoRose")wh oseap-pealalso i sbeforeth eFederalap-pellatecourt. (t

Antigone...Joh n Yosh i no's article on th e

problemsofth e aged Issei i n

Illinoi swillbepublish ed i n th enexttoueofPublicAi di nIllinoi s.Smagazinei s th eprofessional

Work sh op production of An.„„„«th emodernizedclassic DyJeanAnouilh ,Playedh erfi rststage

roleatth eageofeigh tmonth swh ensh ewascarriedon.th estageby h erparentsduring aKabuk ith eaterperformancei nSeattle,h erh ometown. "Antigone"opensatth eHunterCollegePlayh ouse i nNewYork onNov.29andwillbegiventh rough Dec.2.

***Soprano...Th esh ow goesondept.:Th e

concert'ssponsorsandth eaudiencewereunaware ofth e factth atRubyYosh i norosefrom aNewYork h ospi talbedto goto Ch i -cagotogiveh erconcertonNov.17. Becauseth econcertwassoldoutMissYosh i noandh erh usband,RudySci i aar,didnotwanttodis-appointth e audiencebyask i ngforapostponement.

JACL'sSaltLak eConferencePlannedforFutureofNisei

ByELMERR.SMITH

"DoYouKnow?"

Th eth emeofth eeigh th nationalJACLconvention i nSaltLak eCitywas"YourPlacei nAmericaTomorrowWillBeWh atYouMak eItToday."Th egeneralspeech esmadeatth econ-vention byJACLofficersand guestspeak ersfollowed th i sth eme,andth ebusinesstransactedwasprimari lyforth epur-poseofsolayingafoundationduring1945th atsuccesswouldbeassuredforth eNi sei i nth eyearstocome.

Oneofth emostsigni fi cantstatementsmadeatth e con-ventionwassentbyMr.JamesG.Patton,nationalpresidentofth eFarmersUnion.Afterdiscussingth e i mportanceof"peaceofmind"for th e establish i ng of peaceth rough outth eworld,Mr.Pattonrecognized th e undemocratic as-pectsofracism.Hecalledforfullacceptanceofth eNi sei i ntoth etotalcommunityofAmericanlife,andrecommendedth eaboliti onofth epolltax,th eestablish mentofaFairEmploymentPracticeLaw,andth erecogniti on th atAmericawould uph old th erealizati on ofth e"fourfreedoms"ath omeandabroad.Th eprogramwork edoutbyth e

conventionlai dstressonexpand-i ngJACLch apterstocarry i ntoth e mi d-westandeasternstates.Th esenewch apterswouldbeabletomoreadequatelycarryonth enecessaryeducational,publicrela-tions,andpoliti calprogramsneed-edforth ereestablish mentofNiseiandth ei rparentswith i nth evar-i ousnew communiti es.Increasedi nterestofpersonsof

non-Japaneseancestryi nth eworkofth eJACLbrough taboutth eamendingofth econstituti ontoal-lowanyAmerican ci ti zento be-comeamemberofth eorganiza-tion.Th i samendmentmadei tpos-possible for th efi rsttime"inJACL h i storyforanyAmericanciti zenofwh atevereth ni caffini tytobe anactive memberofth eJACL.Th i s becameone ofth ei mportantsteps mark i nganewapproach toth eover-allfunctionandprogramingofth eJACL.Th enew membersh i p amendmentlaidth efoundationforanexpandedin-terestofth e JACL toproblemsoth erth an th osecentering upon

personsofJapaneseancestryalone.Italsomadei tpossibleforclosercontactswith non-Japanesegroupsbyovertlysh owi nganon-discri m-i natorypolicy i nJACLmember-sh i p.Th i spolicywastopayoffi nth enearfuturewh enth eJACLwastobeforced totak estandsuponcertaini ssues i nvolvingdis-crimi natorypractices i nemploy-ment,sports,h ousi ngandoth eraspectsofcivi lrigh tsproblems.Onemonth afterth eeigh th na-tionalconventionmeti nSaltLak eCity,th egovernmentpubliclyan-nouncedth eli fti ngofth ebanonpersonsofJapaneseancestryfromreturningandlivi ngalongth eP&-cifi ccoast. Th i s announcement,made on Jan.1, 1945,brough tmanynewproblemstoth eJACL,butth ank stoth eforesigh tofitsofficersduringth eeigh th conven-tion,someofth emach i nerywasreadytofunction.Itwasrealizedbyth eJACLandth eWarRelo-cationAuth ori tyth ataneduca-ti ona1 program needed to belaunch edonth ePacifi ccoast,th uspavingth ewayforth ereturnofth eevacueestoth ei rformerh omes.Th i scalledforcooperativeeffortonth epartofth eJACLandth ei rrepresentativeswith specifi clocalgroupsalongth ePacifi ccoastaswellaswith th evariousagenciesofth eU.S.Government.Th eeducationalandpublicrela-ti onsprogram wasnottobe lev-eledatth eCaucasiangroupsalonealongth ePacifi ccoastalregions,butalso tooth ereth ni cgroups,especiallyth eNegro,MexicanandFili pi noelements.Duringth ewarandsoonafterth eexodusofth eNi sei andth ei rparentsfromth ecoast,largenumbersofNegroes—somestatisti csgiveash i gh as100,--000—movedi ntoth eareaformer-lyoccupiedbypersons ofJapa-neseancestry.Th i s wasparticu-laolytrueofth eci ti esofLosAn-geles,SanFrancisco,PortlandandSeattle.Eventh ough th eNegroesdidmove i nto th ese"Little To-k yos,"h ousi ngforNegroes wasverypoorandi nadequate.Mexicanlaborers andFili pi nos also tookoversomeofth eareasformerlyoccupiedby th e"Japanese."Hereth enwasaseriousproblem—wh erewouldth eevacues,goi fandwh enth eyreturned,andwh atwouldbeth etypeofopini onandattitudeth eywouldmeetfrom th eseoth erminori tygroups? Itwasalsorec-ognizedth atcertainracistgroupsalong th ePacifi ccoastwereat-temptingtodevelopananti-Ni seiattitudeamongth esegroups.Th eJACLindeedh adabigpuWicre-lationsj obcutoutforitself!

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SportsExpectNisei TeamstoEnterABCMeet

SeveralNisei teams,mainlyfrom th e Midwest,areexpectedtoenterth e1951 AmericanBowling CongressatSt.Paul,Minn.,th efi rsttimeth enationaltourneyh asbeenopentoNisei k eglers...MostofHonolulu'stopNisei bowlersareamongth e100entered i nth e60-gameelimi nati ontournamentwh i ch willh elpselectHawai i 'sentryi nth eABC.Afterth e60-gametourney,th etoptenbowlerswillbowlanadditi onal40 .gameswith th e topsixmak i ngth eteam...Alth ough i t'sbeenonly since Augustth atth e ABC banagainstnonCaueasianswaslifted, Nisei bowlersare now compet-i ng i nestablish edABC leagues i nsuch areasas Seattle,Idah oFalls,Pocatello,Ontario,Ore.,BoiseValley,SaltLak eCity,Denver,SanFrancisco,SanMateo,San Jose,Los Angelesand oth ercen-ters...Tom Nak amuraofth eleague-leading Pagodateamofth eSaltLak e JACLleaguewalk edoffwith oneofth ebirds i nth eleague's"turk eysh oot"Monday wi th a657series.Twsh IgataofTuxedoCafe h ada641...Dr.JunKurumada,longoneofth etopNiaei .bowlersi nth enation,bowled600orbetteri nth ree leagueslastweek .Twowerei nth eSaltLak eMajorsandth eMajorDoublesleague.

* * *TwoNisei SeeActionasJordanWinsTitleTom Sh i mi zuand Ben Hirase,both h alfback s,sawaction as

Jordan h i gh sch oolofSandywonth eClassA Utah statefootballch ampi onsh i pbydefeatingBox ElderofBri,gh am Ci ty,13 to0,on'Nov.18 i nSaltLak eCity.Übuk i Mi k i ,anoth erh alfback ,i sth eth i rdNi sei onth eJordanteam.Allweigh i nth e1405...BobHama-tak e,line-plungingspeciali stforth eTooele,Utah ,Buffaloes,Utah 'sRegionTwoch ampi ons,receivedh onorablementiononth eall-starteamforClassB sch oolswh i ch wasannouncedlastweek by th eSalt..Lak eTri bune.Hamatak escoredseveralofTooele'sk eytouch -downsonlineplungesduringth eseason...Despitetwotouch downsbySh i ggyTak emoto,Strath more,Calif.,h i gh sch oollosttoLindsay,13to14,onNov.18...Yosh Katsurascoredth eth i rdtouch downasth e Berk eley,Calif., Yellowjack ets,rated asoneofth estrongestprepteamsi nNorth ernCalifornia,overpoweredHayward,20to0,lastweek ...Halfback BenMak i sh k na,scoringstarforth eGrantUnionligh twei gh tsofSacramento,willbeavarsitycandidatenextseason...Halfback Di ck Morofuj i scoredoneofLivi ngston's touch -downsasth eWolvesplayeda13to13ti ewith Coalinga,Calif.,h i ghsch oollastweek .TomYagi startedatcenterforLivi ngston...TobyWatanabeofSeattle'sFrank li n h adth ebestgaini ngaverageofanyregularincityprepplaywith 224 yardsi n26 carries,oran 8.2average.Watanabe,both ered byabadlegmostofth eyear, h i tpaydirtth reetimesforth eQuak ers.

ElevenNisei PlayforHawai i 'sRainbowsAlth ough CaptainMansfieldDoi wassideli nedbyanoldback

i nj ury,elevenNi sei playerstook partasth eUniversityofHawai iRainbowsroaredwith a39to7triumph overBrigh am YoungU.ofProvo,Utah ,onNov.17i nHonolulu.Th eNi sei onth eHawai i rosterwere:Nak amuraandSaito,tack les;Asami andWatanabe,guards;Matsuk awa,quarterback ;Asato,Kawaguch i ,Sugino,Fuj i wara,Ma-miya,h alfback s,andTak ush i ,fullback ...Th ereasonth enameHarryKuwah ara,starguardforSacramentoj ayceelastyear,h asn'tbeeni nth elineupsth i sseason i sth ath e i snow attendingSacramentoStatewh i ch h asnofootballteamasyet.Lastweek Kuwabarawasoneoftwostudentswh oci rculatedapetiti onask i ngforvarsityfoot-ballatth esch ool...PaulKaneyuk i succeeded i noneoftwocon-versiontri esasSanDiegoJC losttoEastLosAngelesJC,13to27,lastweek .Kaneyuk i playedrigh tendforth eBorderclub...Al-th ough h i sspeedh asbeenli mi tedbya k neei nj ury,FibberHirayamai si nth estartingri gh th alfback berth forFresnoStateCollege...BabeKarasawah adagoodnigh twi th h i stoe,splitti ngth eRoseBowluprigh tsfourtimes i narowasCaltech losttoPomonaCol-lege,28to 41.

YonamineCoach esFastBask etballTeamMainlandNisei wh omayh avewatch edWallyYonamineplaypro

footballandprobaseballmaynotrealizeth atth eHawai i anstari salsoa,goodbask etballplayer,playingonaHawai i anteamwh i ch metth eHarlemGlobetrotters.Yonaminerecentlyorganizedabask etball.squadandtook i ttoHilo,winni ngallofth ei rgamesonth eBigIsland.Th eteam,wh i ch wascoach edbyYonamine,i ncludedHerbert(Gunner)Sumida,wh oleftth eUniversityofUtah recentlyenroutetomili taryservice;JimmyMiyasato,th ebestT-quarterback i nth eIntermountain conferenceforWeberCollegelastyear,andCh i coMiyash i m andJoh nHoli wh oh avetouredth emai nlandwith Hawai iNi sei clube.Yonaminegotback i ntobaseball h arness earlierth i smonth i nHonoluluduringth eSatch elPaigeexh i bi ti on games.

" " *Fuk ush i maStartsCareerasCageMentor

DannyFuk ush i mastarts h i scareerasacollegebask etballcoachwh enh i steamfromth eMartinezcampusofContraCostaJCopensth ei rleaguesch edule nextmonth .Fuk ush i ma,agraduateofth eUniversityofCalifornia,wasoneofth estarsofth eFortSnelling,Minn.,teamwh i ch h adanumberoftopNisei stars,i ncludingWatMisak a,ofUtah fame...Th ereare17Nisei bask etballteamsi nth eDenverarea...TwoCentralCaliforniaNi sei prepstarsarenowoutforth eReedleyCollegebask etballteam.Th eyareHarryYasu-motoofSangerandIk eYamagataofReedley...HerbFurutaandPanctoNak ash i ma both h ad265 gamesatMainBowli nSeattlelastweek ...Ken Ik edaswept20 yardsfora touch downasth eConway-Culh ganCougarsvirtuallycinch edth e PopWarnerleaguech ampi onsh i plastweek i nSan Mateo,Calif.Th eConway-Culliganteam h asach ancetoplayforth enation'ssmall-fryfootballch am-pionsh i pi nBiloxi ,Mi as.,onDec.29 i ffundsareavailable

Coach HasHigh PraiseforHalfback*~AJ,e? lnJUl>y,wh lch k epth i m outofseveralgamesalso k eptTobyWatanabeofSeattle'sFrank li noffth eall-cityteam.Watanabewh omadeth esecondall-cityteam lastyearand wasconsideredoneofth etoprunningback s i nth ecity,made h onorablementiononth eSeattlePost-Intelligencerteam announced lastweek LosAngelesh i gh sch oolsB team wh i ch wonth ecity'sWesternLeaguech ampi onsh i pwas co-captainedby Fullback RobertKoyamat.suLittleModoch i gh sch ool(enrollment260) i nAlturas i nth enorth -eastcornerofCaliforniah asoneofth ebestrecordsonth ecoastTh eModocBravesrecentlyfini sh edth ei rsecondundefeateduntiedseasonandh avenowwon21straigh tgames.Coach WallyGriswoldofth eBravesrecentlytoldDonSelbyofth eSanFranciscoExam-i nerth atModoc'sfi nerecord could beattributed mainlytoth e

Kok k amadeupth reefourth !nf ?J.U Tak em°toandHenryClarenceHiurSS"/th eendsandfoL'K'Jh i le i CkMTsUTdaandrunofth egamewasan89-JaSerbvKotk JS£*tack le-Lgefltbecauseofaclippi ngpenalty RiJlfH.i K wWa.S calledbackmendationasCentralUnionof'Pr HalfJofuk u'splaywoncom-to0,onNov 18 AHh oLh pi u°J7o" defeatedKerman,26anylongruns h eaVeVatPH 4oR*'Sh Kubotadidn>tbreak awayforCalif.,TaJesmarch edtoward c"riesasth eCompton,28to13decisi onTveJ with a

Tom (sh ortforTomoyuk i ) Yamada wh ose cartoons h av*appearedi nrecenti ssuesofth ePacifi cCiti zen andJACLRe-porterpromotingth e11th bi enni alnationalJACLconventioni soneofth efewNisei toenterth e!fieldofcartooning.Atth eageofnine,Tomwasth eproudrecipi entofabrigh t

greenMick eyMousetie,th eprizegiventofirstprizewinneri nth eMick ey Mouse cartoon contesti nHawai i .Alth ough th i sspurredh i m oni nth efi eldofart,h ealsofoundtimetostudymusic. Afterplaying danceengagementswith smallcombos,Tom j oi nedth eorch estraatth eHi loYach tClub.In1943,h evolunteeredforarmydutyandwassenttoIndiaandEastCh i nawh ere,besideswork i ngwith th eOSS,h ewasaregularlyfea-turedsoloistonth eelectricSpanish guitari nth elargearmysh ows.

Tiaday,Yamada,wh odoesfreelancework andcartoonsfortrade j ournals,stillfinds timetoappearon Ch i cagotalentsh owsandonvariousentertainmentprogramsth rough outth eMi ddleWest—Ph otobyEdZobel.

SacramentoPlans3rdAnnualSpringBowlingTournament

SACRAMENTO—Th eth i rd an-nualSacramentospringbowlingtournamentwi llbeh eldunderth e"moralsanction"clause ofth eAmerican BowlingCongressandJACLmembersh i pwillberequired,th e tournament committee an-nouncedth i sweek .Th etourneywi llbeh eldonFeb.10and11atSacramentoBowl.Itwasexplainedth atth eABC'smembersh i p regulations provideth atmembersofth eABCcannotbowli nunsanctionedtournamentsor-i ntournamentswith non-ABCbowlers. However,th eABCgrants"moralsanction"totournamentsi nwh i ch allpartici pantsarebona-fi demembersofth esponsoringor-ganizati on.

Th ecommittee announcedth atallentrantsmustbecertifi edbyth ei rlocalJAGLch aptersecre-tary.Handicap team, singles and

doubleseventsaresch eduledandscratch all-eventsawardswillbemade.Lastyear30teamsenteredth etournamentand more th an 200bowlerspartici pated.Cash prizesand16troph i esworedistri buted.Handicapswillbefiguredontwo.th i rdsofth e di fferencebetweenth ebowler'saverageand190.Amaximum of80pinsperseriesi sallowed bowlers with averagesunder150.Invitati onsarebeingsenttoallNisei bowlingleaguesi nNorth ernCalifornia.

Nisei VetsBeatLak eCityi nSeattle'Bowl'SEATTLE—Th eNi sei Vetsde-

feated Lak e City, 12 to 0,onNov.19i nth eAssociatedBoys"bowl"gameatCath oli cMemorialstadium.Itwasth efi rstlossofth eyearforLak e Ci ty,ch ampi onsofSe-attle'sboysclubleague.LongrunsbyYosh Hayasak asetupboth touch downs.In th efirstquarterHayasak acaugh tapassfrom Rich i eTsuj ifora45-yardgain.Th eLak eCityline h eld forth ree downs butTsuj i th ensteppedback andtoss-adtoSamMi tsui forth etally.Inth enextperiodHayasak atookapunti nh i sown48-yardlineandracedtoth eLak eCi ty1-yardstripebeforebeingstopped.TedSh i modaplungedoverforth escore.Sh i moda'spuntingh elpedk eep

Lak eCityi nth eh ole,gettingoffonek i ck for55yardsandtwofor40.Th e Ni sei Vets h ad 12firstdownsto4forLak eCityandth ewinnersgained 150yardsonth egroundand87th rough th eair.

SetIdah oTournevBOISE,Idah o—Th eIdah oNi seiopenbowlingtournamentwillbeh eldonDec.30and31 atth eTwentieth CenturyLanes,accord-i ngtoTak eoNinomi ya,ch ai rman.

YonamineTopSFirst-YearMenInBaiti ngRaceHawai i anNiseiHas.335forSeasonalAverage

batting and was&Dlen j »leaguewith a 335°*"cordingtooffici alfirurW5th i s week byth e"h ! ltmBureauofCh fcago H°WeN«aWally'steammate onth eq*Ik eBees,OutfielderBobEman,wonth ePioneer i *battingch ampi onsh Yptaof.0003fromVh m&Suk Tcuc« ofIdah o PalTs Tlni ar;tfi i ?iuresvh adpgivei l-WSfStitle VanEman,aBostoaZSoxfarmh and, h i t.36808JSMarcucci h ad.36735..Th efleetNisei outfielderwh owasnamedtoth ePioneerU?all-starsquadrecently%scialscorers,wasnearth e1i nseveral departments. HeZ"£ndMn h i tsrwith 165to166CEddieMoore,Billi ngs'Negrostarwh o i smovingupi nth eBrook lynDodgers ch ai n. Yonamine*2fourth i nrunswith 110andtiedorfi"h i ntripleswith 10andtiedforfifth i nstolenbaseswith 26.Yonaminealsoreceived94basesonballsandstruck outonly55

«ef,'?ettineamonS th efewestKs ofanyofth eleague'sreg-ulars. *Nisei Re-electedPresidentofBask etballGroupHELPER,Utah -"Dr.Tosh i oFuruk awa was re-elected presi-dentofth eHelperBask etballAsso-ci ati onati tsfi rstmeetingth i sseason.Dr.Furuk awa,wh ocoach estwo

teams i n leagueplay,h asbeennamed"Coach ofth eYear"forth epasttwo years. He i screditedWith arousingmuch i nteresti nth esporti nth i surea.Inadditi ontobeingnamedpresi-

dent,Dr.Furuk awawaselectedtwo-yeardirectorofth eassocia-tion.

OpenOfficeBERKELEY,Cali|f,-Frank S.

Tsuk amoto&Associatesth i sweekannouncedth eopeningofgenerali nsuranceandrealestateofficesat3254 Adeline St.,i n SouthBerk eley.

FriendsGiveSh owerForBride-ElectWARM SPRINGS,Calif.-Asurprisebridalsh owerwasgiveni nh onorofMaePudenna,daugh terofMrs.H.FudennaofWarmSprings,onNov.11by23friendsofth ebride-electatth eh omeofMrs.Sach i Fudennawh owasco-h ostesswith .Hi sak oYamanak aandEmi k oYagi.MissFudennawillwedGeorgeNish i guch i ,Jr.,ofGarland,Utah ,onDec.2atth eBuddh i stch urch i nOgden,Utah .Hersister,Ak i ,milbemaidofh onoratth ewedding.

HonoluluGroupAsk sFundsforCiti zenTraini ngHONOLULU — Believi ngth atCongresswillpasslegislationi «equalityi nnaturalizati onsh ow,th eHonolulu Ch amberofCommercerecentlyvotedtoask wngTesstoassistth eterritoryvmi tsadultciti zensh i ptraini ngpn»grambyappropriati ng$50,0Wannuallyforth enextfiveyears.Passage ofth eWalterresolu-tion,orsimi larlegidati on,wjmeanth atapproximately40«JresidentaliensofKoreanancestryi nth eternOTwillbecomeeligi blefornaturali zati on. , ;-_,anofL.J.VanNostrand,ch ai rmanth ech amber'seducationcommit"*saidth atDelegateJoseph

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ringtonwillbeask edtojeW*Congressforth eaPPr°P"s°?h «eVan Nostrandestimateaare68,000 residentah ens ».territorybutth atonlyabouty0W to35,000willseek ctWPi nth enextfiveyearsDe"

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VitalStatisti csBIRTHS.urandMrs.James Sato,,»SdJV"on Nov-

!1TnnrandMrs.GeorgeR.Baba1GeorgiaCh ri sti ne,onNov.

VMrandMrs.Sh ui ch i Ogura,*&&,agirlonNov.12.andMrs.Sh i zuoDoiguch i,Jj onNov.16 i nSanFran-

dfMr and Mrs.Harold K.flj/.'prl°"N°V-BinStoCk ""iufandMrs.HideoFuruk awaIrlonNov.17i nSeattle.4KandMrs.Ch arlesVarney,1Yosh i k oAri k i )agirlonNov."iKtfa-lUunS.Nitt.'f/ifaTMrs.TomT.Masa-BfoBMr°andMrs.NoboruNak a-"»aaboyi nDenver."0Mr.andMrs.GeorgeKawa-trMrTEk ei Yama-lataaboy.KevinEi i ch i '

onNov-j lnLosAngeles.ToMrandMrs.Yosh i roYosh i da

"i ri rlonNov.2i nLosAngeles.

ToMrandMrs.IsamuSan*Mat-»Bh i maagirl,JuliaAnn,onNov.5i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.RobertMuratai boy,Steph enRobert,on»Nov.i j nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Masayuk i Satoj toy,GlennSatosh i ,onNov.5i ntoAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoUwata,boy,KenRoger,onNov.6 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geoYama-i h i taaboy,Rich ard,onNov.7i nLogAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Tak ash i geKi-k j ch i agirl,Nancy Sh i gemi ,onOrt,25 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.JamesTagawa,Hdley,Calif.,aboyonOct.26.ToMr.andMrs.Inosuk e Sak i -pmaagirlonOct.28i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oTak a-bwa.aboyonOct.9 i nBerk eley.ToMr.andMrs.KumaoYama-i h i taaboyonOct.16 i nRich -mond,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.HiroEguch i aboy,RonaldTadash i ,onNov.2i nLosAngeles.ToMr.'and Mrs.Kosak a FredEodoagirl,Sh aronYosh i k o,onOct.30 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Tatsuich i In-oujreagirl,RosanneAi k o,onNov.1i nLogAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSh i geruIth i yamaagirl,Doroth ea,onOct.i fi nLobAngeles.To Mr. and Mrs.NorimasaIraah i roa.boy,RexKen,onNov.IinLosAngeles.

To Mr.andMrs.Mich aelY

ToMr.andMrs.NormanTT";guch Fowler,Calif.,?]£*ToMr.andMrs.JamesK Sai k iagirlonNov.13i nSeattleToMr.andMrs.MasatoMiyi -mn"»S'ri i nBerk eley,CalifToMrandMrs.Joh nY.Nak a-h araaboyi nBerk eleyToMr.andMrs.IsamuNoguch iaboyonNov 9 i nSacramentoToMr.andMrs.Rich ardHongoagirlonNov5 i nSacramento.m. ;»?nLd Mrs- James Y.NoTi i ' y>Wash

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ToMr.aridMrs.JamesMasaoHirayama,PaloAlto,Calif.,QboyTimoth y-Tak eo,onNov8ToDr.andMrs.K.Osh i dari agirlBerdieKay,on Nov.17 i nStock ton,Calif.

DEATHSNuomasaTanida,71,onNov.15

i nGlendale,Ariz.Mrs.,HatsuHiragaonNov.16i nLosAngeles.Noj i SafcabeonNov.19 i nLosAngeles.Tok uj i Nitta,34,Watsonville,Cah f.,onNov.21 i nMilwauk ee,Wis.Mrs.MitsuSek i ya,00,onNov 15i nCh i cago.Mrs.TowaKuwabara,52,onNov

20 i nReedley,Calif.KazuoOmi,64,onNov.18 i nBerk eley,Calif.

MARRIAGESSumi k o Ogawa,Honolulu,toHenrySch mi dti nSanFi-ancisco.Fumi k o-Hash i datoRoyTaj i i i

on.Nov.12i nNewYork City.Satomi Ki k umura,Lodi,Calif.,to

Joe Yosh i mura on No,v. 12 i nFresno.Miyok o Moritomo to Tak eo

OnadaonNov.11i nLosAngeles.JennieMiyok oNodatoNoriyuk iKuroyamaonNov.12i nLosAn-geles.Miyuk i Iwah ash i toJoh nTak e-uch i onNov.5 i nOak land,Calif.Sach i k o Miyah ara to Kenge

Tak ah ash i onNov.5i nSanMateo,Calif.Mari k oItami toJim Ik utaon

Nov.18i nLosAngeles.Ritsu Ok umura to Hiroyosh iMori onNov.11i nLosAngeles.SadaoJoe Suzumoto,Gardena,

toCh i yek oKimura,Torrance,onNov.17i nLosAngeles.Ch i yok o UmedatoMasao To-minaguonNov.18 i nLos An-geles.Yach i yoFuk udatoTadTaguch i

onNov.18 i nLosAngeles.Mari k oMiyagawatoKenSak adaonNov.19i nCh i cago.Yonek oSanotoGeorgeEnk oj i

onNov.12i nCh i cago.Fusak oKurok awa,SanJose,to

/Masamori Matsuolraon Nov.11i nSantaMaria,Calif.Kei k o Kudo to Yosh i oYama-sh i taonNov.18i nCh i cago.Florence Harumi Yamada toStanleyS.Li onNov.19i nDen-ver.AlyceYagami toTom Sugi h ara

onNov.19 i nDenver.Yuri k oKatsuk i toNoboruTo-giok aonNov.19i nFresno.MorieHayash i toTetsuoTani-guch i on Nov.19 i nLos An-geles.

MARRIAGE LICENSESAyak o Yamah i ra,26, Isleton,Calif.,andHerbertHitosh i Hirotsu,28,WalnutGrove,i nSacramento.Ki)cue Nagao,19,Isleton,andJack Tadeo ,Hori, 24, WalnutGrove,i nSacramento.Yosh i Kitayama,24,andKen-neth Nak ata,23,both ofNiles,Oalif.,i nOak land. .Fuj i yeMori,21,Reedley,Calif.,andSetsuoOk i no,30,Parlier,i nFresno.Yuri k oKatsuk i ,25,Reedley,andNoboruTogiok a,30,Dinuba, i nFresno.JeanYosh i yeKimura,23,und

Ch ester Yasuk awa,32, both ofCupertino,Calif.,i nSanJose.Ch i yok a Tanak a and MinoruOk ano,Sh elton,Wash ., i nSeattle.Mitsuk oMorita,24,andRalphOsada,22,both ofSuisanCity,i nSolanoCounty,Calif.

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Th eph enomenalqualityandsu-periorrange"ofMissYosh i no'sImtrKt6dth Q praiseofth eHer-aldjTnbunereview,wh i ch saidsh ei s masteroffortissi moandpian-i ssi moaswellas i nterpretation."MissYosh i nowasaccompaniedbyh erh usband,Rudolph Sch aar.Audiencefavoriteswere h eri n-terpretationof"Ah ,Perfidi o,"by

Beeth oven,andh ermodernnum-bers.Foursongs,sti lli nmanuscriptform,weresungbyMissYosh i no.Ih eywere Vladimi r Duk elsk y'stourSongstoPoemsbyWilli amBlak e,""0Coolisth eValleyNow"or,"Yondei-See th e MorningBi nk bySergiusKag"and"WeWh o h aveNeverDanced"bvHer-bertHerzfield.MissYosh i nowillrepeath erCh i -cagoconcerti nNewYork Ci tyon

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LANSDALE,Pa.—Mrs.Rosario Sison Sandejas,prominenti nth e h atch eryandpoultrybusiness i nth ePh i li ppi nes,i swel-comed«nh erarrivali nLansdale,wh eresh ewillstudytech ni quesi nch i ck sexing.Wife ofth evice-presidentofth ePh i li ppi nePoultry Associati on,Mrs.Sandejaswillstudypossibleuse ofsexed ch i ck s i nth epostwarPh i li ppi ne agriculturaleconomy.Sh ewasgreetedbyS.Joh nNitta,presidentofth eAmerican

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SomeIssei i nJapanReceiveOld-AgePaymentsfrom U.S.

ByCHARLESH.SHKEVE

YourSocialSecurity:

(Th i s i sth efi rstofaseriesofarticlesexplaini ngth ebasicpro-visi ons i nth eSocialSecuritylawwith particularemph asi sonrecentch anges).

Managerofth eSan Frinci scoSocialSecurityOffice

Doyouk nowth atth ousandsofdollarsaremailedeverymonth toresidentsofJapanbyth eUnitedStates Treasury,covering SocialSecuritypayments? Th esech eck sgotomenwh oh avework ed i nth eUni tedStateson j obscoveredbySocialSecurity fora suffici enttimetobecomeeligi bleforoldagei nsurancepayments.Th eyarenowretiredandh avereturnedtoliveoutth ei rli ves i nth ei rh omeland.Th ech eck salsogo i nsomecase?towivesandch i ldrenofth eseretiredwork ersandtowidows,ch i l-dren and dependentparentsofwork erswh o h avedi ed.Fromth i s,youcan readilysee th atciti zensh i porresidencearenotrequiredwi th respecttopaymentsunderth eFederalolda,geandsurvivorsinsuranceprogram.Justh owmuch do you k now

aboutyournewsocialsecurity?Ofcourse,you k now th atCon-gress h asextendedFederalfamilyinsurancetoapproximately10,000,--000morepeople. Youk now th atth e Presidenth as signed th eamendedact.Yourealizeth ati ti snowalaw.Butdoyou k nowh ow i twi llaffectyou?Areyouamongth enewmilli onswh omayh avesocialsecurityprotectionbeLginni ngi nJanuary?Isay"may"becauseforallofth e9,700,000forwh om socialse-curity i snowmadepossible,cov-

eragei snotautomatic.Forsomegroupsi twi llbecompulsory;foroth ersi twi llbevoluntary.Forallofth enew groupsth erewillbecertain .exceptionsand qualifi -cations.Ish alldealwith eachgroupseparatelyinfollowingar-ticlesi nth i sseries. Today,h ow-ever,let'sconsiderth enewsocialsecuritylawasanentirety.Federalold-age and survivors

insurance i s j ustwh atth e titleindi cates.Iti sa meanswh erebyth ework er,i nh i syearsofproduc-tivi ty,contributesth rough h i searn-i ngstowardameasureofprotec-tionforh i mselfandh i sfamily i nh i soldage,andforh i sfami lyi fh esh oulddie.Th e work er'scontributi ons to

th esocialsecuritytaxare,i nes-sence,h i ssh areofinsurancepre-mi ums.Th atpolicy i sth eSocialSecurityLawitself.Wh atdoes h i s soci alsecurity

policy say? Justwh at-are h i srigh tsa.sapolicy h olderi nFed-eral.old-ageandsurvivors insur-ance?Inth esearticlesIsh allendeav-ortoanswerth ese andrelatedquestions.Perh apsyouareamon,gth emil-lionsnowprotectedbyth i spro-gram.Itmaybe th atyou areamongth e more th an 3,000,000now receivi ngmonth ly i nsurancepaymentsunderth i slaw.Ifyou'reamongth elatter,yourSeptemberch eck ,wh i ch reach edyouearlyi nOctober,sh owedth ei ncreasedpay-mentsgivenyouunderth e new-lyamendedsocialsecuritylaw.Howmuch wasth ei ncrease?Th ei ncreasesrangefromabout50 percentfor h i gh estbenefitgroupstoabout100percentfor

lowbenefitgroups.Forexample—th e average benefitofapproxi-mately$26amonth foraretiredinsuredwork erwas i ncreasedtoabout$46.Ifyouweregetting$40amonth i npaymentsasaretiredwork eryourSeptemberch eck wasforabout$64.Familybenefitswere i ncreased

also.Fori nstance,th epresentmax-i mum familybenefitof$85willbe $150underth e new law.Awidowwith twoch i ldrenprevious-lyreceivi ng$55month lywi llgvtabout$100underth enew law.Each ofth ese i ncreased pay-

mentstowives,parents,widowsanddependentch i ldrenwasfigured i n-di vi dually.Th e amounts ofth ei ncreasesdependlargelyonth eamountofth e i nsured retiredwork er'senlarged benefit.In nocasewillth ei ncreasedfamilybene-fi tpaymentsexceed80 percentofh i saveragemonth lywage.Allofth ei ncreasesIh avemen-tionedapplytopresentbenefici -ari es.Th enewlawmak esi teasierforwork erstoqualifyforsocialsecurityprotectionandbecomefu-ture benefici ari es underold-ageand survivors insurance.InmynextarticleIsllalldiscussth i si mportantph aseofyournew so-cialsecurity.Ifyouh aveanyquestions,geti ntouch with yflurlocalofficeofth eSocialSecurityAgency.Th ere i sanoffice i nornearevery com-munity.Ifyourteleph onedi rectorydoesnoth ave th eaddress,con-sultyourlocalpostoffice.

SantaBarbaransElectWomanasJACLPresidentSANTABARBARA,Calif.—Th e

SantaBarbaraJACLelected i tsfirstwomanpresidentatgeneralelectionsh eldNov.18.Sh e i sMrs.Lilli anNak aj i ,wh owillh eadth e1951cabinet.Th eelectionswere h eld i ncon-j uncti onwi th apot-luck dinnerandsocialatWelcomeHouse. TomHirosh i ma was masterofcere-monies.Mrs.Nak aj i reported on th eJACLnationalconvention i nCh i -cago,wh eresh e wasgiven th etitleof"Mrs.Relegate."Dr.Yosh i oNak aj i reportedonth e1000Club.Electedtoofficewith Mrs.Nak aj iwereIk eyKak i moto,vicepres.;MaryKanetomo,rec.secy.;Tomok eYamuda,corr.secy.;CaesarUye-sak a,treas.;and Beverly Wata-nabeandAk i raEndo,socialch ai r-men.Named as members-at-largewereDr.Nak aj i ,Ak i raSuruwa-tari,TedKanetomo,Th omasHira-sh i ma,Tom Kuk umura andBar-baraFuk uzawa.

VetsEnterFloatSTOCKTON,Calif.—Th eStock -

ton Nisei Veteransorganizati onWasrepresentedwi th afloati nth ecity'sArmisti ceDayparade.

Hi gh li gh tofth e"Th ank You"socialofth eCh i cagoJACLonNov.11wasth eappearanceofmemberHaroldGordoni narenditi onofth epopularJapanesesong,"Sh i naNoYoru." Pro-vidi ngh armonyforMr.GordonwereLincolnSh i mi zu,Mi k eHaei-waraandAbeHagiwara.—Ph otobyVinceTaj i ri .

Nisei WillDanceInAllNationsFeteAtSantaAnaYWCASANTA ANA,Calif.—StudentsofMisaBando,recognizedauth or-i ty and i nstructor onclassicalJapanesedancing,willperform atanopen h ouseprogramdedicati ngth e newly constructed YWCAbuildi ng,1411North Broadway,i nSantaAnaonSaturday,Dec.2,at8 p.m.Representingth e OrangeCounty JACL i n th i sprogram,wh i ch willh avean i nternationalth eme,"AllNationsFestival,"willbefourNisei girls,wh oi nth ei rcolorfulk i monoswillperform th efollowing.dances: "Komori"—Ta-

k ek oHori i k e;"Itak oDej i ma"-Tazuk o Tak asago;"Furiso<i eNin-gyo"—Ei k oTash i ro and Sh i zuk oTak asapo;"HanenoKamuro"-Ei k o Tash i ro,Sh i zuk o Tak asagoandTazuk oTak asago.

PlanCarnival-BazaarNAMPA,Idah o— Th eBoiseValleyJACL'scarnival-bazaarwillbo h eldonDec.2atth eCaldwellLaborcamp.Co-ch ai rmen Seich i Hayash i daand HarryKawah araannouncedth atafeatureofth e carnival-bazaarwillbe amotionpictureprogram,i ncludingth efilm,"Toru'sPeople,"and a full-length mys-terycomedy.

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