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PACIFIC CITIZEN V0L.33; NO. 8 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY.SEPTEMBER 1,1951 Prce: Ten cents Report Hawa Nse Leaders Oppose Co unst Attept To Infltrate Deocratc Party Four Persons of Japanese AncestryReported A ong Seven Terrtoral Co unst Party Offcals Arrested by FBI n Honolulu HONOLULU— Several outstandng terrtoral Nse poltcal fgures ave been n te forefront of an underground capagn wc as been fg tng anallegedattept by Co unstsand Co unst sy patzers to nfltrate te Deocratcparty, t wasdsclosed ereas FBI agents arrested seven suspected Co- unst-leaders, ncludng four Nse. Leader of teant-Co unstgroup, dentfed wt te lb- eral wngofte Deocratc party, a Rep. Mtsuyu Kdo of Oau, aforer scool teacer wo as ade an pressverecord as a Legslator. Rep. Kdo recentlywas naed by Jac Kawano,forer ILWU offcal and te an woorganzed te Honolulu waterfront, asoneof agroup wc was nfluentaln leadng "to tedeter naton to brea yteswt te Co- unst Party." . Kawano's 25,000wordtest ony before teHouseUn-Aercan Ac- tvtes Co ttee nWas ngton, D.C., on July 6 was released n Hawa tree wees ago and created a vrtual sensaton. In s testonyKawano detaled Co- unst actvtes n Hawa and dentfed 53 Hawaan resdents, 29 of te of Japanese ancestry, as Co unsts, forer Co u- nsts and Co unst sy patzers. Te Kawano dsclosures were followed tswee by te arrest of sevenalleged Co unst Party leaders n Hawa, four of te of Japanese ancestry. FBI agents on te ornngof Aug. 28 arrested te followng on orders fro Drector J. Edgar Hoover and AttorneyGabrel J. Howard McGrat: Ko Aryos, 37, Aea, Oau, edtor of teHonoluluRecord,a weely newspaper,and descrbed as a eber ofte Co unst Party'sHawaanexecutve board. Dwgt Jaes Free an, 39, Honolulu, terrtoral organzer. CarlesKazuyu Fu oto, 31, Honolulu,secretary of te Co- unst Party nHawa. Eleen Tos o Fu oto, 31, (Mrs. Carles Fu oto), Hono- lulu, eber of te executve board. Jac WayneHall, 36, Hawaan leader of teInternatonal Long- soreen's and Wareouseen's Unon. Jac Denc K oto, 45,dent- fy ! as teWorld War II car an ofte Co unst Party n Ha- wa, and at present aneploye of te crculaton departent of te Honolulu Record. Jon Ernest Renece,47,for- er scoolteacer wo asserved as terrtoral treasurer ofte party. Bot Hall and Rereceare ar- red to Nse. Te Severn persons arrestedby we FBI wereaongte53naed by Kawano. Aryos served n World War H as leutenantn U.S. Ary n- Wgence and woredas a lason ocerbetween U.S. ntellgence and te Cnese Co unsts be nd Ja- panese lnes n Cna. Hewason we anlandattendng ascool of Journals n Georga at te te »f Pearl Harbor. He went toCal- wrna and was evacuated to te *ar relocaton center at Manzanar, UM. Hewas oneof te frst to go out on beet sugarwor. He *nteeredfor A ry ntellgence 1943and wastraned at Cap wage, Mnn. He resded n New ,' " afterte war untl e left "Honolulu n 1948 to beco e 9t^ ,^ to wasa researc worer S Z- Unversty of Hawa untl JL 1?*" cd. W'1948 to becoe sec- X? tfle Co unstParty. toffS" 0 declared n s House S'f tat te Co- SdT^dersp n Hawa de- SSL" -19*? "tae over"te f% Party- Henotedtat non f\T Orts were ben& ressted by Sv fl?^ St lberals w*nt* "l» **£ on 3* tHe StrUggle WSS *»** cted Rep. Kdo as te leader of te Deocratcgroup on Oau wc consstsof "pro-labor people, sy patetc to labor but strong ant-Co unsts." Rep. Kdowasone of two cand- dateswo wereput up earler ts year for teoffce of caran of tne Deocratc CentralCo t- teeon Oau. Te oter canddate was Vncent Esposto. Te elec- ton eetng ended wtout a de- cson andteOau Deocratsdo not ave a caran at te pres- ent te. Kawano also descrbed self asa eber of te "fgtngnu- cleus" wtn te Deocratc Party wc s opposng te alleged Co- unst nfltraton progra. In s testony e also noted tat JudgeCuc Mau, a Cnese A- ercan and te frstFederaludge of Orentalancestry n Hawa; Dr. ErnestMura,and Jon A. Burns, a Deocratc leaderon Oau, ad nfluenced s decson togve s testony to te House co ttee. Anoter DeocratcParty lead- er wo asbeen nfluentalnKa- wano's repudaton of s Co- unst bacground s Supervsor SaaeTaaas of Honolulu. Ta- aas, forer deputy cty-county attorney, was a co bat veteran of te faous 100 t Infantry Bat- talon and forerly was presdent of te 100 t Infantry Club of Hon- olulu. Two oter pro nent Nse vet- erans also ave nfluenced Kawano. Tey are Danel Ao, forer pres- dent of te442 ndVeteransClub, and DanelInouye, forer secre- taryof teDeocratcPartyon Oau. TeKawano case also recalled teaffar n1950 nvolvngSuper- vsor Rcard Kageyaa, frst Nse tobeelected to te.Honolulu Board of Supervsors.Kageyaa, anAry veteran n World War 11, adtted ntest onybefore te HouseUn-Aercan Actvtes sub- co ttee tat e ad forerly belongedto teCo unst Party. Kageya a, wo ad beenelected as a Deocrat, dd not run for re- electon n 1950. In tat electon two oter Nse were elected to te Honolulu board, Taaas and Sa uel (Sad Sa)Icnose. NISEI VETERAN DIES IN STOCKTON OF CRASH HURTS STOCKTON,Calf.—Masao Ka- ta, 32, ded on Aug.25 ofn- ures receved wen sauto ov- erturned wledrvng over a g- way overpass n Stocton on Aug.22. Kata succubed atSan Joa- qun General Hosptal after doc- tors attepted adelcate branop- eraton to save slfe. Autortes reported Kataap- parently lost ■-control of s ca- wc noc«-Vover alap, post, urtled^ ralngand plunged35 feet over aneban ent. , Henever reganedconscousness after te cras. "--.-.■ Kata served wt te occupa- ton ary n Japan. He was tran- edasan Ary lngust at te l- tary language scool at te Pre- sdo of Monterey. Fnal rtes were eld for te vc- t on Aug. 29' VFW to Co end MGM for Fl On Nse Unt NEW YORK-Te52nd na- tonal enca p ent ofte Veter- ans ofForegnWarswas ex- pected ts w«e to adopta resoluton co endng Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer for ang"Go for Bne!"fl storyof te 442 nd Cobat Tea. To Hayas , natonal vce- presdent of te JACL and a New Yor attorney, and Wl- son Maabe, Lansdale,Pa.,a veteran of te 442 nd, conferred tswee wt te Calforna delegaton on teresoluton. Hayas sad te Calforna delegaton adagreed to spon- sor te resoluton. TeJACL offcal sad e was actng for Me M.Masaoa, natonal legslatve drectorof JACL ADC andaVFW e- ber,wowas unable toattend te encapent. Report 2Nse Solders Hurt In KoreanArea WASHINGTON, D.C.—One an- land andoneHawaanNse were lsteda oung A ercan casual- tes nte Korean area for te past wee byte DefenseDepart- ent. WOUNDED: Sergeant Jaes K ura, son of Mrs. SueK ura, 163West Oa St., C cago. PrvateFrst ClassHaroldY. Ns awa, broter of Mss Else Y. ftsluawa, 2012 Baer Ct- ron Street, Honolulu, Oau, Ter- rtory<>l Hawa. LousanaSenator Obectsto Passage Of Stateood Bll WASHINGTON,DC.— Senator AllenJ. Ellender (De., La.), ob- ected topassage oftebll pro- vdng stateood for teTerrtory ofHawa wente Senate con- sderedt onts unan ous consent calendar onAug. 27. As a soutern senator obected toconsderatonofte Stateood easurefor tefourt tets year, Senator Josep C. O'Maoney (De., Wyo.), car an ofte Interor andInsular AffarsCo- ttee, expressed te opetat te SenateDeocratc Polcy Co t- tee would beabletoscedule te bllfor debateand avote eter laterts sesson orearly next sesson. Two Ary Veterans Returnfro Korea SEATTLE —Latest Nse co bat veteransto return fro Koreaon te Ary'srotaton progra are Sgt.Ist Cl.HarleyT. Hguras , Los Angeles, and Sgt. IstCl. Hros Ns ubo, Vence,Calf., wo returned on te transport MarnePoenx wc doced on Aug. 25. Eastern Buddst Leaders toHold Meetng n Detrot CHICAGO Tenewly-elected executve board of teEastern YoungBudd st League wll eet n Detrot on Sept. 2 and3 to ae plansfor te pleentaton of decsons reaced atte annual conventon wc was eld nC- cagolate n June. -. Yos Futan, presdent of te EYBL, wll eet wt ebers of s cabnet, ncludng Mtsu Ya- suda, Lucy Naagawa, J An a, Krn Yoota, Art Hayas, Betty Watanabe, Su Hraoto and Ala Kursu, as well as wtcap- ter representatves. Te EYBL ascaptersn New Yor, Cleveland, Seabroo Far s, Pladelpa, Mnnesota's Twn Ctes, Toronto and C cago, Masaoa May Request JACL To Lead Natonal Ca pagn Aganst Ceetery Race Bans WASHINGTON, D. C.Asnatonalndgnaton ounted over te denal ofburalspace fora W nnebagoIndan cas- ualty of teKoreanwarn Soux Cty'sMe oral Par,Me Masaoa, natonal legslatve drectorof te JACL Ant-Ds- cr naton Co ttee, sad ts wee tat e ayrequest te JACL to lead a natonal ca pagntooutlawracallyrestrctve covenants n ceeteres. Masaoasadtat te JACL as been ang an nforal surveyof dscrnatorypractces n ceeteres. He ndcated tat ewould dscuss te atter wt oter JACL offcals on s trp ts wee to Seattle to attend te Nortwest JACL dstrct conven- ton. "Tete as coe," Masaoa sad, "wen tepreudces of te lvng sould not nfluence te dead. Segregaton sanctfed n lawtroug racal restrctve cove- nants nceeteres *s as uncon- sttutonal and aganst publc polcy as s lar racal restrctve covenants n ousng." Masaoa stressed tat any ceeteres, ncludng one n te Dstrct of Coluba, dscr nate aganstpersons of Japanesean- In a letter addressed toteed- torof te "Was ngton Post," wosefront-page, eadlnedstory caused Presdent Truan tooffer bural n Arlngton Natonal Cee- tery toteA ercanIndan ero, Masaoa ponted out tat te news account "s not wtout ts parallel rgt ere n Was ngon,D. C, wereteFort Lncoln Ceetery recentlyrefused toaccept for n- terent A ercanctzensof Ja- panese ancestry." TeMasaoa letter contnued: "A ercan solders ofJapa- nese ancestrywofoug t and dedwt te 112 l Reg ental Cobat Tea n Italy and France and wo rescued te 'Lost Battalon' ofte 36t Texas Dvson n 1944 avebeen lad to rest n ArlngtonNatonal Ce etery, alongwt oter na- tonal eroes of every raceand cre«d,but tey were not con- sdered 'good enoug ' to be bured nte ceetery wc de- faes tenaeof te Great Eancpator. "Ps s not a stuatonunque to Was ngton, owever, .for troug out our natontere are any ceetereswc restrct ter gravesto ebers of te Caucasanrace. "If ctzens of all races and creeds are 'good enoug ' to fgt and de for tscountry, t .seesstrangely un-A ercan and unusttat our ero dead cannot le togeter ndeat as tey foug t togeter n lfe. "Enforced racal segregaton, especally n deat, aes a ocery of wat our solders foug tand ded for n World War11. It aes atravesty of wat tey .are fg tng and dyng for today n Korea. Te pros- pects of nury and deat n battlearenot regulatedby te color of a an's anor s an- cestry,or were e aybe bured. A bullet aesno ds- tncton between te Caucasan, teIndan, te Negro, teNse, or .any oter ctzen wearng te Aercan unfor. "If n, te defense of our coun- try color and race are not qual- fcatons, wy sould t be a pro- bton awayfro te battle- feldaganst free en bengn- terred togetern onored glory nter last bvouac? "We agree wt Presdent Truan's stateent tat naton- al apprecatonof patrotcser- vce soulcK ot be ltedby race, color, or*t*e%d." Red Tape Slows Progra To Expedte Clas Pay ents Tecncal Dffcultes Slow Up Plan to Mal Letters WASHINGTON, D. C—Te n- evtable govern ent red tape caugt upwt te Depart ent of Justce's recentlyannounced plans tor expedtng te evacuaton clasprogra under te JAGL ADCsponsoredcoprosesettle- ent law, teWas ngton offce of te JACL Ant-Dscr naton Co ttee wasnfored ts wee. Because of tecncal troubles n reproducton andsupples, te De- partent of Justce wll not oe able to al letters explanng te latestprocedures to all 24,000 claants n all parts of te coun- try wtn tenext two weesas prevously announced,MeMasa- oa,natonal legslatve drector, dsclosed followng a conference wt te departent offcals. "Tey wll, owever, al ex- panatory letters, nstructon seets, and te neeessar^Wrs to soe 10,000 of te saller claants," Masaoasad. Tese10,000 letters wll be dstrbuted on a naton- wde bass and not restrcted to te Los Angeesand San Fran- csco areas werelocal feld off- ces are antaned. TeDepart ent opestat te reanng 14,000 claants wll receve ter ntal letters wtn a ont. "Claantswo donot recevs ter letters wtn te next few wees souldnot wrte to teDe- part entofJustceabout ter clas," Masaoae paszed. "Te offcals ncarge of teevacua- ton clas progra are notto blae* for tsdelay. Oter agen- ces wt ter own proects and oterwor loads are responsble. Wrtrg to te JustceDepartent wll onlyslow up te progra oreby ncreasng tenuber of lettes tey wll ave to answer." Even wt ts slowdown, Ma- saoa sad te Depart ent s worng uc faster tfangovern- entagences usuallydo n - plnentng a new law. He sad tat teapproprate fors for de- talngnfor aton onte varous nds of losses andte nstructon seets ave been prepared but tat te prntngand reproducngfa- cltes of tegovern ent areun- "able to taecareof ts specal proect at ts te. In order tat te nu a ount of te wll be lost, te Depart ent of Justce proposes to eograp te for.3, Masa- oa explaned, asone eans of n- dcatngtat te Depart ent s proceedng as rapdlyaspossble n gettng te alngsout to all teclaants. Reans of Fve Nse Solders Returned to Hawa HONOLULU —T e reans of fve Nse solders fro Hawa, lled n actonnteKorean war, were returned oerecently. Tebodeswere a ong toseof 19Hawa solders wc were re- turned fro Korea. Te Nsesolders were dentfed as:Pfc. Osau Iwa, Kaulu, Mau; Pfc. RcardM.Watanabe, Sgt.Ist Cl. DavdT. Kanesro, Pvt. Jon S. Es a and Pfc ToasN. Otaguro, Honolulu/

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Page 1: PACIFIC CITIZEN · 2000-08-31 · sidered'good enough'tobe buriedinthecemeterywhichde-famesthenameoftheGreat Emancipator. "Phisisnotasituationunique to Washington,however,.for throughoutournationthereare

PACIFIC CITIZENV0L.33;NO.8 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY.SEPTEMBER 1,1951 Pri ce:Tencents

ReportHawai i Ni sei LeadersOpposeCommunistAttemptToInfiltrateDemocraticParty

FourPersonsofJapaneseAncestryReportedAmongSevenTerritori alCommunistPartyOffici alsArrestedbyFBIi nHonolulu

HONOLULU—Severaloutstandingterritori alNisei politi calfigures h avebeen i nth eforefrontofanundergroundcampaignwh i ch h asbeenfigh ti nganallegedattemptbyCommunistsandCommunistsympath i zers to i nfi ltrateth eDemocraticparty,i twasdisclosed h ereasFBIagentsarrestedsevensuspectedCom-munist-leaders, i ncludingfourNisei .Leaderofth eanti-Communistgroup,i denti fi edwith th elib-

eralwingofth eDemocraticparty,i aRep.Mi tsuyuk i Ki doofOah u,aformersch oolteach erwh oh asmadeani mpressiverecordasaLegislator.Rep.KidorecentlywasnamedbyJack Kawano,formerILWUoffici alandth emanwh oorganizedth eHonoluluwaterfront,asoneofagroupwh i ch was i nfluentiali nleading h i m "toth edeterminati ontobreak mytieswith th eCom-munistParty." .Kawano's25,000wordtestimonybeforeth eHouseUn-AmericanAc-tivi ti esCommittee i nWash i ngton,D.C.,onJuly6 wasreleased i nHawai i th ree week s ago andcreatedavirtualsensation.Inh i stestimonyKawanodetailed Com-munistacti vi ti es i nHawai i andidentifi ed 53 Hawai i anresidents,29ofth em ofJapaneseancestry,asCommunists,formerCommu-nistsandCommunistsympath i zers.Th eKawano disclosures werefollowed th i sweek byth earrestofsevenallegedCommunistPartyleadersi nHawai i ,fourofth emofJapaneseancestry.FBIagentsonth emorningofAug.28arrestedth efollowingonordersfrom Di rectorJ.EdgarHooverandAttorneyGabrielJ.HowardMcGrath :Koj i Ari yosh i ,37,Ai ea,Oah u,editorofth eHonoluluRecord,aweek lynewspaper,and describedas amemberofth eCommunistParty'sHawai i anexecutiveboard.Dwigh t James Freeman,39,Honolulu,territori alorganizer.Ch arlesKazuyuk i Fuj i moto,31,Honolulu,secretaryofth eCom-munistPartyi nHawai i .Ei leen Tosh i k o Fuj i moto,31,(Mrs.Ch arles Fuj i moto),Hono-lulu,memberofth e executiveboard.Jack WayneHall,36,Hawai i an

leaderofth eInternationalLong-sh oremen's and Wareh ousemen'sUnion.Jack Denich i Kimoto,45,i denti -

fy!asth eWorldWarIIch ai rmanofth eCommunistParty i nHa-wai i ,andatpresentanemployeofth ecirculationdepartmentofth eHonoluluRecord.Joh nErnestReineck e,47,for-mersch oolteach erwh oh asservedas territori altreasurerofth eparty.Both HallandReiri eck earemar-

riedtoNisei .Th eSevernpersonsarrestedbyweFBIwereamongth e53namedbyKawano.Ariyosh i served i nWorldWar

Haslieutenanti nU.S.Armyin-Wh genceandwork edasaliai sonomcerbetweenU.S.i ntelligenceandth eCh i neseCommunistsbeh i ndJa-paneselines i nCh i na.Hewasonwemainlandattendingasch oolofJournalism i nGeorgiaatth eti me»fPearlHarbor.HewenttoCali-wrnia andwasevacuatedtoth e*arrelocationcenteratManzanar,UM.Hewasoneofth efi rsttogooutonbeetsugarwork .He*nteeredforArmyi ntelligence'»1943andwastrainedatCampwage,Minn.Heresidedi nNew,'"afterth ewaruntilh eleft"Honolulu i n 1948to become

9ti m,towasaresearch work erS Z-UniversityofHawai i unti lJL1?*"cd.W'1948tobecomesec-X? tfleCommunistParty.toffS"0declared i n h i s HouseS'f th atth eCom-SdTdersh i p i nHawai i de-SSL"-19*? "tak eover"th efi%Party-Henotedth atnonf\TOrtswerebein&resistedbySvfl?Stliberalsw*h i nth *"li»**£on3*tHe StrUggleWSS*»**citedRep.Ki doasth e

leaderofth eDemocraticgrouponOah uwh i ch consistsof"pro-laborpeople,sympath eti ctolaborbutstronganti-Communists."Rep.Kidowasoneoftwocandi-dateswh owereputupearlierth i syearforth eofficeofch ai rmanoftne Democratic CentralCommit-teeonOah u.Th eoth ercandidatewasVincentEsposito. Th eelec-ti onmeetingendedwi th outade-cisi onandth eOah uDemocratsdonoth aveach ai rmanatth epres-enttime.Kawano alsodescribed h i mselfasamemberofth e"figh ti ngnu-

cleus"with i nth eDemocraticPartywh i ch i sopposingth eallegedCom-muni st i nfi ltration program. Inh i stestimony h ealsonotedth atJudgeCh uck Mau,aCh i neseAm-ericanandth efirstFederalj udgeofOrientalancestry i nHawai i ;Dr.ErnestMurai,and Joh nA.Burns, a Democratic leaderonOah u,h ad i nfluencedh i sdeci si ontogiveh i stestimonytoth eHousecommittee.Anoth erDemocraticPartylead-erwh oh asbeen i nfluentiali nKa-wano'srepudiati on of h i s Com-muni stback ground i sSupervisorSak aeTak ah ash i ofHonolulu.Ta-k ah ash i ,formerdeputycity-countyattorney,wasacombatveteranofth e famous 100th InfantryBat-talionandformerlywaspresidentofth e100th InfantryClubofHon-olulu.

Twooth erprominentNisei vet-eransalsoh avei nfluencedKawano.Th eyareDanielAok i ,formerpres-i dentofth e442ndVeteransClub,andDanielInouye,formersecre-taryofth eDemocraticPartyonOah u.Th eKawanocasealsorecalled

th eaffairi n1950i nvolvingSuper-visor Rich ard Kageyama,firstNisei tobeelectedtoth e.HonoluluBoardofSupervisors.Kageyama,anArmyveterani nWorldWar11,admittedi ntestimonybeforeth eHouseUn-AmericanActivi ti essub-committeeth ath e h adformerlybelongedtoth eCommunistParty.Kageyama,wh o h adbeenelectedasaDemocrat,didnotrunforre-electioni n1950.Inth atelectiontwooth erNi sei wereelectedtoth eHonolulu board, Tak ah ash i andSamuel(Sad Sam)Ich i nose.

NISEIVETERANDIESINSTOCKTONOFCRASHHURTSSTOCKTON,Calif.—MasaoKa-j i ta,32,died on Aug.25 ofi n-j uri esreceived wh en h i sautoov-erturnedwh i ledrivi ngoverah i gh -way overpass i n Stock ton onAug.22.Kaj i ta succumbedatSan Joa-quinGeneralHospitalafterdoc-torsattemptedadelicatebrainop-erationtosave h i sli fe.Auth ori ti esreportedKaj i taap-parentlylost■-controlofh i s caj-

wh i ch k nock «-Voveralamp,post,h urtled raili ngandplunged35feetoveranembank ment.,Heneverregainedconsciousnessafterth ecrash . "--.-.■

Kaj i taservedwith th eoccupa-ti onarmyi nJapan.Hewastrain-edasanArmylingui statth emil-i tarylanguagesch oolatth ePre-sidi oofMonterey.Finalriteswere h eldforth evic-timonAug.29'

VFW toCommendMGMforFilmOnNisei UnitNEW YORK-Th e52nd na-tionalencampmentofth eVeter-ansofForeignWarswasex-

pected th i sw«ek toadoptaresolution commendingMetro-Goldwyn-Mayerformak i ng"GoforBnj k e!"film storyofth e442ndCombatTeam.Tom Hayash i ,nationalvice-presidentofth eJACLandaNewYork attorney,and Wil-sonMak abe,Lansdale,Pa.,aveteranofth e442nd,conferredth i sweek with th eCaliforniadelegationonth eresolution.Hayash i saidth eCaliforniadelegationh adagreedtospon-sorth eresolution.Th eJACLoffici alsaidh ewasacting i forMi k eM.Masaok a,nationallegislativedirectorofJACLADC andaVFW mem-ber,wh owasunabletoattendth eencampment.

Report2NiseiSoldiersHurtInKoreanAreaWASHINGTON,D.C.—Onemain-landandoneHawai i anNi sei werelistedamoung American casual-ti es i nth e Korean areaforth epastweek byth eDefenseDepart-ment.WOUNDED:SergeantJamesKimura,sonofMrs.SueKimura,163WestOakSt.,Ch i cago.PrivateFi rstClassHaroldY.Nish i k awa,broth erofMissElsieY.ftisluk awa, 2012Bak erCit-ronStreet,Honolulu,Oah u,Ter-ritory<>lHawai i .

Louisi anaSenatorObjectstoPassageOfStateh oodBillWASHINGTON,DC.—SenatorAllenJ.Ellender(Dem.,La.),ob-j ectedtopassageofth ebi llpro-vidi ngstateh oodforth eTerritoryofHawai i wh enth eSenatecon-sideredi toni tsunanimousconsentcalendaronAug.27.Asasouth ernsenatorobjectedtoconsiderationofth eStateh oodmeasureforth efourth ti meth i syear,SenatorJoseph C.O'Mah oney(Dem.,Wyo.),ch ai rman ofth eInteriorandInsularAffairsCom-mittee,expressedth eh opeth atth eSenateDemocraticPolicyCommit-teewouldbeabletosch eduleth ebi llfordebateandavoteeith erlaterth i ssessionorearlynextsession.

TwoArmyVeteransReturnfromKoreaSEATTLE—LatestNisei combat

veteranstoreturnfrom Koreaonth eArmy'srotationprogram areSgt.IstCl.HarleyT.Hi gurash i ,Los Angeles,and Sgt.IstCl.Hirosh i Nish i k ubo,Venice,Calif.,wh oreturned on th e transportMarinePh oeni xwh i ch dock edonAug.25.

EasternBuddh i stLeaderstoHoldMeetingi nDetroitCHICAGO — Th enewly-electedexecutiveboardofth eEasternYoungBuddh i stLeaguewillmeetinDetroitonSept.2and3tomak eplansforth e i mplementationofdecisi onsreach ed atth eannualconventionwh i ch wash eldi nCh i -cagolatei nJune.-.Yosh i Fuj i tani ,presidentofth eEYBL,willmeetwi th membersofh i scabinet,i ncluding MitsuYa-suda,LucyNak agawa,JimAnma,KirnYok ota,ArtHayash i ,BettyWatanabe,Sumi HiramotoandAlmaKurisu,aswellaswith ch ap-terrepresentatives.Th eEYBLh asch aptersi nNewYork ,Cleveland,Seabrook Farms,Ph i ladelph i a, Minnesota's TwinCiti es,TorontoandCh i cago,

Masaok aMayRequestJACLToLeadNationalCampaignAgainstCemeteryRaceBans

WASHINGTON,D.C.— Asnationali ndi gnationmountedoverth e denialofburialspaceforaWinnebagoIndian cas-ualtyofth eKoreanwari n SiouxCity'sMemorialPark ,Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirectorofth eJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati onCommittee,said th i sweek th ath emayrequestth eJACLtoleadanationalcampaigntooutlawraciallyrestricti vecovenantsi ncemeteries.

Masaok asai dth atth eJACLh asbeenmak i ngan i nformalsurveyofdiscri mi natorypracticesi ncemeteries. He i ndi catedth ath ewoulddiscussth ematterwithoth erJACLoffici alsonh i stripth i sweek to Seattletoattendth eNorth westJACLdistri ctconven-tion."Th etimeh ascome,"Masaok a

said,"wh enth eprejudi cesofth elivi ngsh ouldnoti nfluenceth edead. Segregation sanctifi ed i nlawth rough racialrestricti vecove-nantsi ncemeteries*is asuncon-stituti onal and against publicpolicyassimi larracialrestricti vecovenantsi nh ousi ng."Masaok a stressed th atmanycemeteries,i ncludingone i nth eDi stri ctofColumbia,discri mi nateagainstpersonsofJapanesean-

Inaletteraddressedtoth eedi-torofth e"Wash i ngtonPost,"wh osefront-page,h eadlinedstorycausedPresidentTrumantoofferburiali nArli ngtonNationalCeme-terytoth eAmericanIndianh ero,Masaok apointedoutth atth enewsaccount"isnotwith outi tsparallelrigh th ere i nWash i ngon,D.C,wh ereth eFortLincolnCemeteryrecentlyrefusedtoacceptfori n-termentAmericanci ti zensofJa-paneseancestry."Th eMasaok alettercontinued:"AmericansoldiersofJapa-

neseancestrywh ofough tanddiedwith th e112mlRegimentalCombat Team i n Italy andFrance andwh orescued th e'LostBattalion'ofth e36thTexasDivi si oni n1944h avebeenlaidtoresti nArlingtonNationalCemetery,alongwith oth erna-tionalh eroesofeveryraceandcre«d,butth eywerenotcon-

sidered 'good enough 'to beburiedi nth ecemeterywh i ch de-famesth enameofth eGreatEmancipator."Ph i si snotasituationuniqueto Wash i ngton, h owever,.forth rough outournationth erearemanycemeterieswh i ch restrictth ei rgravestomembersofth eCaucasianrace."Ifciti zensofallracesand

creeds are 'good enough 'tofigh tanddi eforth i scountry,i t.seemsstrangelyun-Americanandunjustth atourh erodeadcannotlietogeth eri ndeath asth eyfough ttogeth eri nlife."Enforcedracialsegregation,

especially i n death ,mak esamock eryofwh atoursoldiersfough tanddiedfor i nWorldWar11.Itmak esatravestyofwh atth ey.arefigh ti nganddyingfortodayi nKorea.Th epros-pects ofi nj ury anddeath i nbattlearenotregulatedbyth ecolorofaman'sak i norh i san-cestry,orwh ere h emaybeburied.Abulletmak esnodis-ti ncti onbetweenth eCaucasian,th eIndian,th eNegro,th eNisei ,or.anyoth erciti zenwearingth eAmericanuniform."Ifi n,th edefenseofourcoun-trycolorandracearenotquali-ficati ons,wh ysh ouldi tbeapro-h i bi ti onawayfrom th ebattle-fieldagainstfreemenbeingin-terredtogeth eri nh onoredgloryinth ei rlastbivouac?"We agree with President

Truman'sstatementth atnation-alappreciati onofpatrioti cser-vice sh oulcKj i otbe li mi tedbyrace,color,or*t*e%d."

RedTapeSlowsProgramToExpediteClaimsPaymentsTech ni calDiffi cultiesSlowUpPlantoMailLetters

WASHINGTON, D.C—Th e i n-evitable governmentred tapecaugh tupwith th eDepartmentofJustice'srecentlyannouncedplanstor expediti ng th e evacuationclaimsprogramunderth eJAGLADCsponsoredcompromisesettle-mentlaw,th eWash i ngtonofficeofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteewasi nformedth i sweek .Becauseoftech ni caltroubles i nreproductionandsupplies,th eDe-partmentofJusticewillnotoeabletomaillettersexplaini ngth elatestprocedures to all 24,000claimantsi nallpartsofth ecoun-trywith i nth enexttwoweek saspreviouslyannounced,Mi k eMasa-ok a,nationallegislativedirector,disclosedfollowinga conferencewith th e departmentoffici als."Th ey will,h owever,mailex-panatoryletters,i nstructionsh eets,andth eneeessarj Wrmstosome10,000ofth esmallerclaimants,"Masaok asai d.Th ese10,000letterswillbe distri butedonanation-wi debasis andnotrestricted toth e Los AngejesandSan Fran-cisco areaswh erelocalfi eldoffi-cesaremaintai ned.Th eDepartmenth opesth atth e

remaini ng 14,000claimants willreceiveth ei ri ni ti alletterswith i namonth ."Claimantswh odonotreceivsth ei rletterswith i nth enextfewweek ssh ouldnotwritetoth eDe-partmentofJusticeaboutth ei rclaims,"Masaok aemph asi zed."Th eoffici als i nch argeofth eevacua-tionclaims program arenottoblame*forth i sdelay.Oth eragen-cieswith th ei rown projectsand

oth erwork loadsareresponsible.Writi rgtoth eJusticeDepartmentwi llonlyslow up th e programmoreby i ncreasingth enumberofletteisth eywi llh avetoanswer."Evenwith th i sslowdown,Ma-saok a said th e Department i swork i ngmuch fasterth fangovern-mentagenciesusuallydo i n i m-plnmentinga new law.Hesaidth atth eappropriateformsforde-taili ngi nformationonth evariousk i ndsoflossesandth ei nstructionsh eetsh avebeenpreparedbutth atth eprinti ngandreproducingfa-cili ti esofth egovernmentareun-"abletotak ecareofth i sspecialprojectatth i stime.In orderth atth e mi ni mum

amountoftimewillbelost,th eDepartmentofJustice proposestomimeograph th e form.3,Masa-ok aexplained,asonemeansofi n-di cati ngth atth e Department i sproceedingasrapidlyaspossiblei ngettingth emaili ngsouttoallth eclaimants.

RemainsofFiveNisei SoldiersReturnedtoHawai iHONOLULU—Th eremainsoffiveNi sei soldiersfrom Hawai i ,k i lled i nactioni nth eKoreanwar,werereturnedh omerecently.Th ebodieswereamongth oseof19Hawai i soldi erswh i ch werere-turnedfromKorea.Th eNi sei soldierswerei denti fi edas:Pfc.Osamu Iwami,Kah ului ,Maui;Pfc.Rich ardM.Watanabe,Sgt.IstCl.DavidT.Kanesh i ro,Pvt.Joh n S.Esh i maand PfcTh omasN.Otaguro,Honolulu/

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Eigh tNisei WinSch olarsh i psatCoastSch oolLOSANGELES—Th enamesofeigh tNisei wereannouncedth i sweek among198studentsatUCLAwh oh avebeenawardedsch olar-sh i psforth e1951-52academicyear.Th ograntsrangefrom $100to$500with th eaverageawardabout$200.Th eNi sei receivi ngth eawardsare:Yovieo Joh nKubota,Gardena;

Henry Yosh i moto,Long Beach ;Mitsui Sak ayeda,Palm Springs,andRobertTosh i oMiddo,WestLosAngeles.Tosh i k oHonj i ,TommyTak ash iMaeda,Katsumi TawaandMisak oToyota,LosAngeles.

Issei Wh oSavedBoyfrom DrowningDiesi nOak landOAKLAND, Calif.— Kak ui ch iSadamune,63,localgrocerwh oh eroi callysavedth eli feofa6-yearoldboyi naLak eMerrittculvertlastyear,diedath i sOak landh omeonAug.24.Mr.Sadamunewasoneofth efi rstIssei evacueesfromth eOak -landareatoreturnh omeafterth elifti ngofth eArmybani n1945.OnAug.7oflastyearh esaw

asmallboyfallintoth ewaterwh i le fish i ng near10th street.Racingtoapoint100feetawaywh ereth eculvertemptiedatmill-racespeed,Mr.Sadamunedivedi nandgrabbedth eboy,BillyWard,andsupportedh i msuccessfully i nth e14-footdepth .For16yearsMr.Sadamunewasforemanofa sugarplantationi nHawai i beforecoming-toOak land30yearsagotoopenth egrocerywh i ch adjoi nedh i sh ome.He is survivedby h i swidow,

Mrs.ClaraMaySadamune;th reesons, Alfred, Raymond andClarence,and a daugh ter,Mrs.FrancesGunter,andagrandson.

Nisei WillPresentProgram atHollywoodUSO-YWCACenterHOLLYWOOD,Calif.—Th ecur-rentseriesofweek ly"PatioPar-ti es"sponsoredbyth eUSO-YW'CAwillfeatureaNisei program onSeptember23underth edi rectionofth eJACLClubServiceBureau,SueTak i moto,CBS director,an-nouncedth i sweek .Hundredsofsei-vi cemenareen-tertainedweek lyatth esei nterna-tionallyflavoredpartieswith var-i ous nationality groups tak i ngch argeonsuccessive Sundays,i twasrevealed.Th eyareh eldatth eHollywoodYWCA.Todate,"PatioParties"h ave beenarrangedbyMexican American,Scandinavi an,Fili pi noandoth ergroups.Heading:th eCSBcommitteefor

th e\September23 program i sDoroth yKi k uch i ,generalch ai r-man.Assisti ng h eri nch argeofvariouscommitteesareMiyoIsh i -gami,program;Yosh i Hi no,decora-tions;TatsKush i da,refresh ments;TutYata,transportation;Yuk i eSato,danceprogram.Ligh trefresh ments ofsush i ,sembei andteawi llbeservedbyfifteen k i mono-clad CSB volun-teers.

JACLtoCooperateInFeteHonoringTreatyDelegatesSAN FRANCISCO—Th eJACLwillcooperate i nplansto h onorJapanesedelegates toth etreatyconference i nth i scityata din-nerSept.5 i nth eGoldRoom ofth eFai rmontHotel.K.KodaandM.Nak ash i maareco-ch ai rmenforth ereceptioncom-mittee.DinnerplansweremadeAug.9atameetingof46Issei andNiseirepresentativesfrom 16commun-i ti es.

Ch angei nIllinoi sPensionActMayAidIssei ApplicantsCHICAGO — An i mportantch angei nth eciti zensh i pandresi-dencerequirementsi nth eIlli noi soldagepensionlawwillmak e i teasierforIssei applicantstoob-tai nwelfareassistance,accordingto Joh n Yosh i no ofth eIlli noi sPublicAi dCommissi onth i sweek .Mr.Yosh i nonotedth ati nth e

pastIssei applicantsh avefoundi textremelydiffi cultto.secureproofof25-yearresidence i nth eUni tedStateswh i ch wasarequirementi nlieuofciti zensh i p.Th e67th GeneralAssemblyof

th eStateofIllinoi srecentlypass-edanamendmenttoth eeligi bi li typrovisi onsforoldagepensions.Th enewrequirementprovidesth atth eapplicantmusth ave "resided"inth eState(Illinoi s)continuously

foroneyeari mmedi atelypreced-i ng h i sapplicati on." Gov.AdlaiStevensonsignedth ebi lli ntolawonAug.6,1951.Mr.Yosh i no noted th atIssei

h ave h ad dfcfculty i nproducingproofof25-yearresidencebecauseduringth eevacuationperiodwh enonlyamini mum amountofper-sonalbelongingswerepermittedtobetak entoassemblycenters,mostevacueesdiscarded oldbills,taxreceiptsandoth ermaterialwh i chcouldbeusedtoestablish proofofresidence."Th enewlawwillsimpli fypro-

cedure i n th i srespect," h e de-clared.ApplicantsforIllinoi soldage

pensionpaymentsmustbe65yearsofageandi nneedofassistance.

Th estoryofaJapanesegirlwh omarriesanAmericanArmyofficerandcomestoth eUni tedStatestolive i nth eSalinasValleyofCalifornia i stoldi nth eJoseph Bernh ardproduction,"EastIsEast,"wh i ch 20th Cen-turyFoxwillrelease.Th epicture,co-producedbyAnson Bond and di rectedbyKing Vidor,starsJapan'sYo-sh i k oYamaguch i asTaeandDonTaylorasJim.(Above,left)Tae,wh o h asvolunteered h erservicesasanurse'saidi naJapaneseh osp-i tal,meetsJim,anAmericanArmy officerwh o h as beenwoundedi nKorea.(Above,ri gh t)InAmerica,Tae meets a Nisei farmer,Sh i ro,wh i legath eri ngmush -rooms.(Lower,righ t)TaeandJim

receive a wedding gi ftfromth ei rNi sei neigh bors,EmmaHasegawa(MayTak asugi)andh erbroth erSh i ro (Lane Na-k ano).See page 4 for"And th eTwainSh allMeet."

"Homecoming"WillBeTh emeOf1952JACLConventionSAN FRANClSCO—"Homecom-i ng"willbeth eth emeofth e12thbienni alNationalJACLconventioni nSanFranciscoJune26to30ofnextyear,Dr.Tok uj i Hedani,ch ai rman,saidth i sweek .Th oconventionwillmark th ere-turnofth eJACLnationalcounciltoth oPacifi cCoastforth efi rsttimesinceth eoutbreak ofWorldWar11.Manyconventiondelegateswi ll

alsobevisi ti ngth ewestcoas*forth efi rstti mesinceth ei revacua-tion i n1942,Dr.Hedani said.Th afour-daymeetingwi llh aveh eadquartersatth eSt.FrancisHotel.Dr.Hedani recalled th atSanFrancisco was th e scene ofanemergencymeetingofth enationalcouncili n th e summerof1942,wh i ch ended i nestablish mentofth eofficeofpaidexecutivesecre-taryforth efirsttimeandth esubsequentadoptionofth eJACL'sDeclaration ofPolicy" i n war-time.Th e'52conventionwillalsomarkth efirsti nth i scitysince 1934,wh en th eth i rdbi enni almeetingofaD,TUTdwth e ch ai rmansh i po- Hayash i .bixassociatech ai rmenwillas-sistDr.Hedani i nmak i ngcon-

ventionplans.Th eyareDr.CarlHirota,SusumuTogasak i ,Tei k oI.Kuroiwa,MasYonemura,Willi amEnomotoandGi i ch i Yosh i ok a.Dr.WilfredHiuraandTomSak ai willserveastreasurers,withYosh i ak i Moriwak i as financech ai rman.Vi ctorAbewillbe i nch argeof

th eprogram,wh i leClem Oyamawilldirectspecialevents.KayeC Uyedawi llassistas socialch ai rman.Publicrelationswillbeh andledbyMasYonemura,with generalarrangementsunderRich ardSei k i .Oth ersonth econventionboardareYasuoW.Abi k o,president,SanFrancisco JACL;BobTak ah ash i ,ch ai rman, North ern California-Western Nevadadistri ctcouncil;HaruoIsh i maru,North ernCalifor-ni aregionaldirector,wh owillactasadvisor;andVi olaNak ano,con-ventionsecretary.Committee ch ai rmanwerealso

announcedasfollowsbyDr.He-dani:Tom Hosh i yama,conventionball;Fred Hosh i yama,banquet;Yuk i o Wada,publici ty;Rich ardArimoto,convention outing;andJack Hirose and Jutaro Sh i ota,auditi ng._ High li gh tsofth econventionwilli nclude aPioneerNigh tobserv-

ance,aTh ousand<JbSayonaraBallatth efvHotel,aconventionou'ngemPeninsula anda JNisel

service.

SteeringCommitteeFor'52ConventionIsDissolvedSANFRANCISCO-Th econven-tionsteeringcommitteeofth e&»FranciscoJACL,h ostch apterlorth e 1952 NationalJACLcona-tion,dissolvedth i sweek with t*mationofaconventionboard.

Th e steering committee«h eaded by Dr.Tok nj i Hed*ch ai rman,andVictorAbeanAJ*k i oWada,pastch apterP»Ith asmetmonth lysince i UjmationlastSeptembertomaP0*aprogramforth econvention.Th e newconventionboard"

be h eadedbyDr.HedaiM *»

also namedgeneralch ai rmanth e1952meeting.,

(Committee members,most"

wh om willalso serveon ne

board,wereSimJosak .,STsudi i ya,Tom Hosh ywna.,Hosh i yama,KayeC.U3»JMIJeyKuroiVa,Te.k oKnnn»«.Wilfred Hiura,Dr.Can

n■YasuoW.Abi k o,Dr.VodtaJ"Sasak i ,Dick Arimoto,Mas,mura,Sam Ish i k awa andIsh i maru. .

Saturday,SeptemberU!){i IPACIFIC CITIZEN2

43Week s 111tbeJACLNATIONALCONVENTIONatth eST.FRANCISHOTEL,Sani C"«,J"26-29,M

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Issei Naturalizati onProposalIncludedi nRevisedVersionOfMcCarran'sOmnibusBillWASHINGTON,D.C—SenatorPatMcCarran(Dem.,Nev.),

h asi ntroducedarevisedversionofh i somni busi mmi grationandnaturalizati onbill,th eWash i ngtonOfficeofth eJACLAnti-njscri mi nati on Committee was i nformed onAug.29.DesignatedS.2055,th eNevadaDemocrat,ch ai rmanofth e

j udi ci ary'CommitteeandofitsSubcommitteeonImmigrationandNaturalizati on,announcedth atth i srevisedbi llisrefinementofh i searlieromnibusi mmi grationandnaturalizati onmeasuresHislatestbi llcontinuesto in-corporateth eJACLADCsponsor-edprovisi onsforth enaturaliza-tionoflegallyadmittedalienJap-aneseandth erepealofth eJapa-nese ExclusionLaw of1924 byextendingannualquotas to th epeopleofJapon."Staffmembers h avei nformed

usth atth esesectionsforracialequality i ni mmi grationand nat-uralizati onlawsare notexpectedtobe th esubjectofmuch contro-versyeith er i ncommittee oronth eSenatefloor,"Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirector,de-clared.Incommentingupoi h i sbill,Sen-atorMcCarranreminded th eSen-

ateth ataftertwo and a h alfyears ofi ntensive i nvestigati onandstudybyh i ssubcommitteeonImmigration and Naturalizati on,h e h adi ntroduced h i sfi rstomni-bus i mmi grationand naturaliza-tionbillonApril20,1950.Henot-edth atafteri tsi ntroductionth egovernmentandnongovernmentalagenciesforanalysesandsugges-tions.Th ereafter,i nth eligh tofth evariousanalysesand suggestions,h esaidth atth ebi llwasfurth errefined andonJan.29,1951,wasi ntroducedasS.716,successorbilltoth eone i ntroduced i nth e 81stCongress.Sh ortly afterwards, Congress-men Francis.E. Walter(Dem.,Pa.),ch ai rmanofth eHouse Ju-dici arySubcommitteeonImmigra-tionandNaturalizati on,andEman-uelCeller(Dem.,N.Y.),ch ai rmanofth eHouse Judici ary Commit-tee,i ntroducedcompanionbillsi nth eHouse.Beginni ngonMarch 6th ofth i syear,a j oi ntsubcommitteeconsist-i yofsevenmemberseach fromth e Senateand House Judici aryCommittee h eld extensivepublich arui gs on th e th reebills.Th eJACLADCandth eCommitteeforEquality i n Naturalizati on werei mongth osewh otestifi edatth attime.Afterth ej oi nth eari ngswerecon-tluded,SenatorMcOarranexplain-dth atextensiveconferenceswereleld overth e course ofmany»eek ?,duringwh i ch allofth enu-neroussuggestionsandcommentswh i ch we.re madeatth epubliclearings,wereconsidered.Hislatestbi lli sth eresultofi llth i sconsultationandresearch .Heannounced th atsoon afterth e House reconvenes Sept. 12CongressmanWalterwilli ntroduceacompanionmeasuretoh i slatestomnibus i mmi grationandnatural-izationbill."Iam h opefulth ati nviewofth eexceedingcare andextensivestudyrepresented i nth esebills,"leymaypromptlyreceiveth eop-Provai ofth etwoHousesofCon-eresstoth e endth atwe sh all

sh ortlyestablish acompreh ensi veandsoundi mmi grationandnatural-i zati on'system forourcountry,"SenatorMcCarransaid.Inviewofth econgressionalh op-?to adjournbyOctober,Masaok adeclaredth atch ancesforHouseandSenateconsiderationth i sses-sionwereverysligh t.But,th eseomnibusbi llssh ouldbereadyforearlyactionwh enCongress con-venesforitsSecondSessionnextJanuary,h esaid.

Sh ellExplosionKillsNisei atSeattleYardSEATTLE—EarIHarveyKano,us,was i denti fi edasoneofth reework menwh owerek i lledonAug

24wh ena"deactivated"WorldWarIIanti-tank sh ellblewupi nth ei rfacesduringsalvageoperationsonHarborIsland.Rudolph Prince,35,andEarlCampbell,33,diedi nstantly.KanosuccumbedatKingCountyHospitalwh ereh ewastak enafterth eexplosion.Hediedwh i leun-dergoingsurgery.Th eth reemenwerepartofa

crewusingapropanetorch toburnresidualTNTfrom th esh ells,i twasreported.

Mich i k oSunah araLeavesNewYorkSoonforParis.NEW YORK— Mich i k oSuna-

h ara,primadonnaofth eFuj i waraOperacompanyofTok yo,arrivedi nNewYork lastweek fromCh i -cagowh eresh egaveabenefitcon-certforth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi na-ti onCommitteefinancialdrive.MissSunah araalsogaveacon-certinLosAngelesforJACLADC.Th eJapanesesopranowillleavesh ortlyforPariswh eresh ewillcontinue h erstudies. HertripfromJapanwassponsoredbyMr.andMrs.Joseph RobinsonofNewYork City.Th e Robinsonsbecame interest-ed i nMissSunah arawh enth eyh eardh eri nTok yoi n 1948wh enMr.Robinsonwas i n Japanasch ai rmanofth eDeconcentrationReview Board.Mrs.Robinson i sth edaugh terofa famousoperasinger.

Killed i nAccidentSAN FRANCISCO—Tsunetaro

Yasuda,believedtobeabout70yearsofage,diedonAug.25ofi nj uri essustained wh en h ewasstruck byatruck .

Nish i yamasAwaitSenateActionOnBilltoAdmitDaugh terBERKELEY,Calif.—lt's'upto

"*U.S.Senatenowwh eth erth e»-yearolddaugh terofMrs.HelenNish i yamaofBerk eleywillbeal-lowedto j oi nh erparents i nth i swuntry. >"Ourh ope i sth atsh ewillbe»ith usbyCh ri stmas,"saidMrs.ftish i yama,wh o h asn'tseenth eCI»W fornearlytwoyears.abilltopermittinyRh odaS*»yamatoenterth e Uni tedrSJrom Japanasapermanentwifcntwaspassedbyth eHousel"epres«itati vesonAug.21.Th eSAn33 i ntroducedbyRep.mLi1len-R-Calif-motCa,Wasborn i nJapan.HerTR mfgh terofMr-andMrs-ttiLtj HUok aofBerk eleywasSandfr°m ?erk eleyH'Sh i n%m 1940 "2Stanford Univer-weittnt"

Abacteriologist,sh eui Wj ;i tostudyfeprosyi nofCiT]d,notreturnbecause"«outbreak ofwar.

Th ech i ld'sfath er,RobertNish i -yamu,i sa nativeofJapanandwastrainedasa"Kami k aze"pilotbyth eJapaneseNavy.,He i snowstudyingatLafayetteCollege,i nEaston,Pa.Nish i yamacametoth eUni tedStatesi n1948asth efi rstwinnerofamemorialsch olarsh i psetupbyth eparentsofan Americansoldierk i lled i nth ePacifi c. Th ecoupleusedth e$10,000 i n i nsur-ancepaidforth edeath ofth ei rson,RobertJoh nstoneofDown-i ngton,Pa.,forth eprojecth eh adsuggestedbeforeh i sdeath i n1945.Nish i yamaexpectstobegrad-

uated i nJune,1952.Hi swi fefollowed h i m toth i scountryi n1949and.sinceth enth etwo h ave beenwork i ngtogainentryforth ei rsmalldaugh terwh owasleftwith relatives i nCh i ba,

Xwi tlook sasi fRh odawillbeonh and i ntimetosee h erfath ergeth i sdiploma.

CANADAAIRLINEMAYHIRE NISEIAIRHOSTESSESTORONTO,Ont.-Antici pati ngani ncrease i nairtravelbetween

JapanandCanadaafterth esign-i ngofth epeacetreaty,Canadianpacifi c Airli nes may h i re someCanadiangirlsofJapaneseances-tryasairh ostesses,accordingtoth eNew Canadian.CanadianPacifi cAirli nealready

h asseveralCh i neseCanadiangirlsonth ei rregularfligh tstoth eOr-i entbecauseofth elargenumberofCh i nesepassengersaboard.Th efligh tsgenerallycarrytwo ste-wardesses,oneofCh i nese ances-tryandth eoth erCaucasian.Itwasreportedth atCanadianPacifi c would h i re Nisei girlsrath erth anth osefromJapanbe-causeofth eli ne'sexperiencewithCh i nesegirls.Origi nallyCPAtriedtorecruitth ei rstewardesses i nCh i nabutth eyprovedunsatisfac-toryandwerereplacedwith Ca-nadi angirlsofCh i nesedescent.

SenateStaysDeportationof22JapaneseWASHINGTON,D.C.— Th e

Senate Judici aryCommittee ap-proved22morealienJapaneseforsuspension of deportation, th eWash i ngtonOfficeofth eJACLAnti -Discri mi nati on Committeewasi nformedth i sweek .Ifth efullSenateapprovesth e

recommendationsofi tsJudici aryCommittee,probably i nSeptem-ber,th eli sti ssenttoth eHousewh ere i tmustalsobe approvedunderth eprovisi onsofaJACLADC sponsoredlawof1948th atauth ori zesth eAttorneyGeneraltorecommendmeritori ouscases i n-volvingJapanesealiensto Con-gress. Ifboth HousesofCon-gressapproveth eAttorneyGen-eral'srecommendations,deporta-tionproceedingsarecancelledandth ealiensi nvolvedh aveth ei rsta-tusch angedtoth atofpermanentresidents.

£,Th oseapprovedbyth eJudici ary"Committeei ni tslatestrecommen-dationsareKow Watanabe Ha-yano,Mi h oHara,Inosuk e Hi ra-ok aorSadanobuUenoorUyenoorYamamoto,Soich i roInada,Sh i n-k i ch i Kinj o,HaruyeMatsubayash iorHarumi orJeanMatsubayash i(neeOk ada),Koich i Matsubayash iorHarryMatsubayash i ,Tomi j iMatsuda,HiroMiyagi sh i ma,Sh i ge-nori Tsurudome,Sh i nobu Hama-guch i .Sanrak uKawasak i ,KiyoKawa-

sak i ,Yasuk i ch i Koyanagi,Asa-k i ch i Kusada,Tok i saburoMuk aiorTh omasT.Muk ai ,Hifuk uMu-k ai (nee .Hifuk uWada),Genj i roSak i h ara,orHai h i ch i ro Tamak i ,Ich i matsuSatomi,Saneo'Tak ata,Tei k i ch i Tobo,andNaoak i raYama-guch i orNowak adaYamaguch i orTarnsTamaguch i .

HouseApprovalWinsStayofDeportationFor11JapaneseWASHINGTON,D.C.— Th e

Houseapprovedth enamesof11morealienJapaneseforsuspensionofdeportationbefore i trecesseduntilSeptember12th ,th eWash i ng-tonOfficeofth eJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati on Committeeannouncedth i sweek .Si nce Houseactionwasona

SenateConcurrentResolution,th eAttorneyGeneralwillcancelth edeportation proceedings againstth ese11alionJapaneseandch angeth ei rstatustoth atofpermanentresidents.Th i sremedialprocedurei sauth ori zedbyaJACLsponsoredlawof1048.Th ebenefitti ngJapanese-aliensareHideoFuk u.sh i maaliasEddieFuk ush i ma,YasutaroIk uta,Ik anolk uta(nee Oish i Ik eno),Kiyok oKatoorKazuoSewak i ,Yosh i mi tsuNak amura,SadaoNak amsh i aliasSh ui ch i Nak ani sh i ,Kaoru NimonorRich ardKaoruNimori .

__Mok i ch i OnoorFrank OnoorIch i zaemonSuwa,NobutoTak e-mura orNobuyaTak emura,Ta-

dash i Tsuk i moto, and MatsucWak i motoorMatsueKi mura.

Teach erAssignedHNFORD,Calif.— Hisak oFu-k uda, 1951 graduateofFresnoStateCollege,willteach th i sfallatth eHamiltongrammarsch ooli nHartford.

ReportGuatemalaRefusesToGrantTravelVisatoNisei onRacialGrounds

LOSANGELES—Th eRepublicofGuatemalah asrefusedtograntatravelvisatoanAmericanofJapaneseancestryonracialgrounds,AttorneyFrank F.Cbumandeclared h ereth i sweek .Mr.Ch umani scounselforKazuk oNak amura,alaboratory

tech ni ci anatth eCedarsofLebanonHospital,wh owasrefusedth evi sabyth eGuatemalanconsuli nLosAngeles.Th eattorneysaidth atMiesNak amurah asbeenplanninga

triptoMexicoandCentralAmerica,i ncluding th eRepublicofGuatemala,forseveralyears.Sh eplannedth i syeartomak eth etripforth ree,week sstartingth efi rstweek ofAugust.Mr.Ch umansaidth atwh enMi ssNak amura presented h erselftoth eConsulofGuatemala,sh ewassummarilyrefusedavisabyth eattach eandbyth econsul.,"Ipersonally i nvestigatedth i ssituationatth erequestofMissNak amuraandwasreferredto aGuatemalan lawwh i ch h adbeenenactedmanyyearsago,to th eeffectth atnopersonofth eNe-groidorMongoloidracewouldbei ssuedatravelvisa,"h esai d."Ifeelth atth i s di scri mi nati onby th e Republic of Guatemalaagainstapersonbecauseofth atperson'sracei snoti nk eepi ngwithth espiri tandth e letterofth eCh arterofth eUni tedNationsofwh i ch th eRepublicofGuatemala

i soneofth esignatorymembers,"h esai d.'"IeUnited Nations Ch arterenunciatesth ei dealofth erealiza-ti onofh umanrigh tsand funda-mentalfreedomsforallwith outdisti ncti on torace,color,sexorreligi on,"h eadded."Ibelieveth osefundamentalfreedoms,bywh i chGuatemala agreed to abide, i n-cludesth erigh tofciti zensofonecountryto traveli noth ercoun-tries."He notedth atMiss Nak amura

h asbeen "embarrassedand sur-prisedby th i s discri mi nati onagainsth er."Mr.Ch umansaidh eh aswri ttento th e Guatemalan consul, th eAmericanEmbassy i nGuatemala,th eUni tedNationsand to th eJACLADCregardingth i si nstanceofdiscri mi nati onagainstaNisei .

JapanSumoMenPlanExh i bi ti onAtCh i cagoPicni cCHICAGO — Moreth an2,000

personsareexpectedtoattendacommunitypicni csponsoredbyth eCh i cago ResettlersCommittee,onSept.3atDanRyanWoods.Afeatureofth epicni cwi llbeanexh i bi ti onby th efourbarn-stormingJapanesesumowrestlers— Onoumi,Yak atayama,Fuj i ta-yamaandMacdayama.Aexh i bi ti onSoftballgamewill

beh eldbetweenth eleague-leadingSh amrock softh eCh i cago Niseileague,coach edbyYasHara,andth e runnerup American Carbonsquad,managedbyMasKawano.Squaredancingwillbeafeatureofth eafternoon'sfestivi ti es.TomCravenofth eCh i cagoPark Di s-tri ctwillcallandteach andwillbringagrouptodemonstratevar-i oussteps. Membersofth eCity-WideRecreationCouncilofth eRe-settlerswillassistMr.Craven.Moreth an100Issei arepartici -pating i nplanningth epicni c.Ch ri sNak amaisgeneralch ai r-manforth eNi sei .He i sbeingassistedbySmok ySak urada,Sh i gMurao,Kaye Miyamoto,HetenSasak i ,Yuri Tash i ma,HannahTani,PaulOtak e,JamesEzak i ,HarrySabusawa,GeorgeHidak a,Frank Seto,KiyoYosh i muraandCh i yoTomi h i ro.

MarineSergeantReturnsfrom KoreaLOSANGELES—MarineStaffSgt.Frank S.Tak eyama,23,wh owaswounded i naction i nKoreawith th eFi rstMarineDivi si on,re-turnedfromcombatdutyonAug.27aboardth etransportGen.Wil-liamM.Black wh i ch arri vedi nSaflDiego.

ADCOffici alMournsDeathOfCongressmanfromMaineWASHINGTON,D.C.—Anoth erlong-timecongressionalfriendofth e Japanesei nAmerica passedawaywh en Rep.Frank Fellows(Rep.,Maine)diedath i sBangor,Maine, h ome, th e Wash i ngtonOfficeofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi n-ati onCommitteereported.Th edeanofMaine'sth ree-mandelegationtoth eHouse,th e61--yearoldrepresentativewasfirstelectedtoth e77th Congress i n1940andh asservedconsecutivelysinceth atti me.Hewasth erank -i ng Republicanmemberofth e.HouseJudici aryCommitteeandi tsSubcommitteeonImmigrationandNaturalizati on, wh i ch consi derspracticallyallofth elegislationre-latingtopersonsofJapanesean-cestry i ntroduced i ntoth eCon-gress.

Inth eRepublicancontrolled80thCongress,h ewasch ai rmanofth eSubcommitteeonImmigrationandNaturalizati on."Alth ough h e h adnoNisei con-stituents.and h adneverseenaNisei before,h e wasamongth e

veryfirstafterth eendofth ewartorecognizeth e i nequi ti esi nouri mmi gration and naturalizati onlawsasfaraspersonsofJapaneseancestrywere concerned," Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedi-rector,recalled."Hewasalwaysreadytocon-

sideranybi llswesuggested,forh efeltth atwe h adbeenunder-dogstoolong i nsofarasfriendsi nCongresswereconcerned,"Mas-aok asai d.Wh en h ewasch ai rmanofth e

SubcommitteeonImmigrationandNaturalizati on,Congressforth efi rsttimei nh i storyapprovedspe-ci fi clegislationdi rectlydesignedtoaidpersonsofJapaneseances-try.Th esei ncludedmanyprivatebillsandtwoprecedent-sh atteringmajormeasures.Oneofth emajorlawsprevents

th edeportationofsome2000ali enJapanese,mostofwh om enteredth i scountrylegallybutwh osesta-tuswasch angedbyth ewar.His"suspensionofdeportation"actauth ori zesth eAttorneyGeneraltorecommendth esuspensionofde-portationproceedingsagainstde-servingJapanese.IfCongressap-provesth eAttorneyGeneral'srec-ommendations, th e deportationproceedingsarecancelledandth eali ensh aveth ei rstatusch angedtoth atofpermanentresidents."Th esigni fi canceofth i smeas-ure,"according to Masaok a,"isth ati trepresentsth efi rsttimei nAmericanlawth atOrientali mmi -grantswereconsideredonth esamebasisasth osefromEurope."Th e oth erpubliclawprovidedth atth eJapaneseandoth erracial-ly i neli gi ble wives ofAmericanveteransandservicemenbeadmit-tedi ntoth i scountryforpermanentresidencefora30dayperiod.Sinceth attime,th i slawh asbeenamend-edtwicetoextendth eseprivi legestoFebruary,1952."Th i s so-called SoldierBridesActbreach edforth efi rsttimeth eJapaneseExclusionLawof1924andopenedth ewayforth elegalentryofJapanesenationalsintoth e Uni tedStatesforpermanentresidence,"Masaok anoted."Itwasalsounderh i sch ai rman-sh i pth atJACLADC'slongcam-paignforequalityi ni mmi grationandnaturalizati onbegan.""Congressman Fellows was agreatfriendandch ampi onofth eJapanesei nAmerica.Few h avecontributedmoretocorrectingth elegislative i nj usti cesagainstper-sonsofJapaneseancestry i nth eUni tedStates.Andwesh allmissh i sadvocacyofourlegislationforequalityi n i mmi grationandnat-uralizati on,forh ewas i tsch i efsponsoramongth eRepublicansi nth e Subcommitteeand th e fullJudici ary Committee," Masaok asai d.Intelegraph i ngcondolencesto

h :swi dowi nBangor,Maine,Mas-aok adeclaredth at"inh i sun-timelydeath ,th eStateofMaineandth enationh eservedsolonglostaconscienti ousandablepublicservant."

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EDITORIALS:Discri mi nati on i nSiouxCity

Byth i sti memostpeopleh avelearnedofth edeplorable i n-cidenti nSiouxCity,la.,i nwh i ch acemetery h altedth eburialofasoldierk i lled i nKoreabecause h ewasofAmericanIndianancestry. *.

Forfiveh oursth ebodyofSgt.Joh nRi celaybesideh i si ntendedgravesite,h i sfi nalcommitmenttoearth stoppedbyMemorialPark cemeteryoffici alsbecauseSgt.Ricewas,i nlife,amanofless favoredbi rth th anth emenandwomen amongwh om h ewastobeburied.Th enation h as tri edtomak e amends toth ewi dowand

familyofSgt.Rice.Pres.Truman,speak i ngforth ecountry,offeredth eserviceofth eArmyandburialatArlingtonNationalCemeterywith fullmili taryh onors.Th eofferh asbeenacceptedbyMrs.Rice.Butth eburialofSgt.RiceatArlingtonwillnotwipeout

th ewidow'sgrieforth ememoryofth ei nsultsufferedi nSiouxCity.Itwillnoteraseth estainofracism from th ecity.Andth ebelatedapologyofferedbyoffici alsofMemorialPark willnot,weareafraid,ch angeth epolicyofth atburialground.

Cemeterydiscri mi nati on i snotnew.Th eSgt.Ricei nci denth asbeenrepeatedtimeandagain,eversinceth atdaywh enth efi rstcemeteryoffici aldecidedth ataman'scolorsh ouldserveaspassporttoburial.Iti s astoryrepeateddayafterdayi nalmosteverymajorci tyofth i snati on.Once i nawh i le,th e i r-rationality and uglinessofsuch discri mi nati onrubsupon th epublicconscience,andwemak eoutcryagainsti t.

Someday,possibly,wesh allti reofh avi ngtoprotestagainandagain.Somedaywesh allti reofth eseonslaugh tsuponourbeliefi n j usti ce.Andth en,perh aps,wewi lldecreeth atth ecausesofth ese i nj usti cesbeelimi nated,th atunnecessarygriefandsufferingsh allnotbecausedbywi llfulprejudi ce

Th eRigh tofTravelANisei girlh asbeendeniedatravelpermitbyGuatemalabecauseofh erJapaneseancestry.Th atcountry, i tappears,re-fusestoallowanypersonofNegroidorMongoliodracetotravelth rough i t.Guatemala'sactioni sash ock i ngdi splayofracism.Th eclosing

ofh erborderstoallbutpersonsofspecifi c,favoredgroupsde-notesanugly,unabash edavowalofth epri nci pleofracesuper-i ori tyand i nferi ori ty.Aprotesth asbeenlodgedwith th eGuatemalancounsul,th eAmericanembassyi n Guatemalaandth eUni tedNationsWe trust,h owever,th atth e U.S.State Departmentwillprobeth esi tuationasa h i gh ly discri mi natoryactagainstanAmericanciti zen,racialancestrynotwith standing.Th erigh tofth i sci ti zentotravelmustnotbeabridgedbecauseofrace Itbeh ooves th eState Departmenttoprotecth errigh teandpriv--1legCS»

FormalPeaceWi th JapanBringsObligati ontoNisei

Th eTreatyConference:

(Eld.note:Th efollowingcom-m«ntoneffectofth eJapanesepeacetreatyonpersonsofJa-paneseancestryi nth eUni tedStateswaswrittenforth ePa-cifi c Ci ti zenbyaWash i ngtoncorrespondentwh oh aswri ttenextensivelyonth eFarEast.)

WASHINGTON— Th ereseemslittle li k eli h oodatth i smoment,atleast,th atRussiai sgoingtobeabletodisruptth eSanFranciscopeacetreatyconferencenextweek .Th e Uni tedStatesandBritai narefirm i nth ei rdesiretogetapeacetreatywith Japansigned.So,i nspiteofth eKremlin—and

Neh ru'smysticabstention,with i tsresultantconfusionanddistasteformalpeacebetweenth eU.S.andJapansh ouldbearealitybynextweek .Toth eIssei andth eNisei ofAmerica,signi ngofapeacetreatywill,ofcourse,beaneventofsig-nifi cance. Wh eth erth eytak eapersonali nteresti nth etreaty,orwh eth eri ti sasi mpersonalamat-teras,sayapeacetreatywithGermany,i twi llh ave i tseffectvponth ei rli ves.

ForJapan,i tself,stillisatech -ni calenemy. Andth eIssei andNi sei aretoooftenconfusedwithth ei rh i stori c h omenottoescapeth ewh ateverth eprevaili ngfeeling,towardsNipponi s.Witnatleastaformalpeace,th erecanbelittledoubtth atevery

effortwi bemade i nth eU.S.toi nsureth atJapanremainsawill-i ng memberofth e democraticbloc.Th everyback wash ofth i seffortwillbetocreateani ncreasingcon-

sciousness amongth i nk i ng Am-ericansofth ei mportanceofJapan."nvSei= andNisei'

willynilly.wi llbenefitfromth i s.Yetsuch aneffectwillbeanega-tiveresult,ach i evedwi th outanyconsciouseffortonth ei rpart.~Jh enIs»ei and th eNisei h aveliterallycomeofage.Th eyh ave«'£iere"~aZldth ey h ave bene-fited.Th eyh avefough ti nAmer-i ?ft5,4ail'ffTyed i ni tsfactories,tilledi tsfields,andcampaignedi ni tsdomesticpoliti cs.Nowan i ntegralandpermanentsegmentofAmerica,th eNisei andth ei rparentsare i nth eunique

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

Andth eTwainSh allMeetTh erewasatime,i nHollywoodandonth elegiti matestage,wh enRudyardKipli ng'stiredlmesaboutth eeastbeing th eeastandth ewestbeingth ewestandneverth etwainsh allmeetsuppliedth eepi-loguetoeverystoryofan i nter-racialromance i nvolving an Oc-cidentalandanOriental. Inth emanydramaswovenofth eth readsofi nterracialloveth euh appypairi nvari ably h urtled toward pre-destinedtragedy.Th ewh i temawreturned to h i sown civi li zati onandth enativegirlwaslefttoweepalone.Th emenwh owroteth edramas,notunli k eth epoetKipli ng,werei nfectedwith th ediseaseofcol-oniali sm. Th eycarriedth ewh i teman'sburdenontoth estageandi ntomotionpictures. Wh eneverth eywroteofan i nterraciallovestory,anunwritten code deter-minedth atth eloversmustparti nth eend—justasallHollywoodcrime stories always sh ow th ecrimi nal punish ed i n th e finalreel.Wh i leth escriptwritersandth edramatists k ept rewriti ng th eMadame Butterfly legend,th eworldwasgrowingup.Th ewh i temanputdownh i sburdeni nAsia.New situationscalledfornewattitudes.Inrecentyears,partiallybe-

causeofth ei nfluenceofsuch pro-ducersasDarrylZanuck andDoreSch ary,Hollywoodh asmaturedi ni tsattitude towardsocialprob-lems.Itrecognizedth efact_ofraceandreligi ousdiscri mi nati oni nAmerica i nfilmsli k e"Cross-fire," "Gentleman's Agreement"and"NoWayOut."Zanuck pro-duced,with di gni typreviouslyun-commontoth escreen,th elovestoiyofaNegrogirlandawh i tedoctori n"Pink y."Now an i ndependentproducer,Joseph Bernh ard,h asmadeapic-tureaboutaJapanesegirlnamedTaeSh i mi zuwh omarriesaman.namedJi mSterlingandcrossesth ePacifi c tolivewith h erh usbandi nth eSalinasValleyofCalifornia.Alth ough th epicture'stitle,"EastIsEast,"undoubtedlyi s i nspi redbyth eKipli ngrh yme,th escriptbyCath eri neTurneyandIrvingSch ulmansaysth atth etwainsh allmeetandpresumablyliveh appi lyeverafteri nth etraditi onalman-nerofHollywoodmovies.Th erearetrialswh i ch besetth e youngloversbeforeth efinalfadeoutbutth eproblems,both th eemotionalonesandth osei mposedbyth eso-cial.attitudesofth ecommunityi nwh i ch TaeandJi mSterlingmak eth ei rh ome,arerealandvalid."EastIsEast"origi nallywasannounced forproduction twoyearsagobyAnson Bond,th enh eadofani ndependentoutfitcalledEmerald Filmswh i ch wasasso-ciatedwith Fi lmClassics.Atth attimeth estorywastobeth atofanoccupationsoldierandaJapanesegi rl.Later,with th eoutbreak ofwari nKorea,th estorylinewasbrough tuptodate.Inth emean-ti me,Film Classicswasabsorbedi ntoEaglesLionwh i ch i snow apartofUnitedArtistsandMr.Bondh adbecomeassociatedwithMr.Bernh ard,ani ndependentpro-ducerwh o i smak i ngpi cturesforreleaseby20th CenturyFox.KingVidor,adirectorwh o h ask epth i s cinematic i ntegrity i nth reedecadesoffilmmak i ngandamanwh osecredits i nclude suchclassicsas"Th eCrowd"and"OurDailyBread,"wasobtainedtodi-rectth efi lm. DonTaylor,freshfrom playing Elizabeth Taylor'sh usband i nth efilm "Fath erofth etfride, and i tsrecenti nevi tablesequel,wascastasth eAmericanofficer.MlSsYamaguch i ,wh o h adcometoth eUnitedStatestostarm aBroadwaymusicalbasedonDormByrne's"MesserMarcoPolo"

ManeWindsor,wh orevels i nth eZ"XPfdrt.<*th e oth erwoman!

PillIK!

Harborperiodandafterandth ewri tersof"EastIsEast"h avenotsidestepped th e back ground ofracialantagonism.Th eresultisth atth escripth asstrength andvalidi ty."EastIsEast"isprimari lyth estoryofth efi rstyearofth emar-riageofTaeandJimbutth efi lmi s given dramatic counterpointth rough th ech aracterofSh i ro,th eNisei farmer.Iti sfrom Sh i roth atTaelearnsofth eproblemsfacedbyth eNi sei duringth ewar,ofth emassevacuationandth erelocationcampsandofth ebi tter-nessth atisth eresidueofth atwartimeexperiencei nth eh eartsofsomeofth eevacueeswh oh avereturnedtoth eSalinasValley.Li k eMGM'ssuccessful"GoforBrok e!""EastIsEast"h assometh i ngstosayaboutracerelationsandth eworld i nwh i ch welivebutmanagestogetth epointacrosswith i nth edramaticframework ofth estory.Unli k e"GoforBrok e!"h oweve*,"EastIsEast"isnotleavenedwith comedy. Th escripti sstraigh tdrama,tautlywritten.Noreleasedateh asbeensetasyetfor"EastIsEast"and i ti sprobableth ati twi llnotbesh ownuntil1952. Camerawork onth epicturewascompletedi nJulyatth eMotionPi ctureCenteri nHolly-woodafterth ecompany h adre-turnedfrom location i n Salinas.Th efi lm i snowbeingeditedandscoreaand'sh ouldbereadysoonforapreviewsh owi ng.Iti stobeh opedth atth epic-turewi llbesuccessfulasenter-tainmentandwillreach awideaudience."EastIsEast"is i m-portanti nth ati tsperspectivei napproach i ngaproblem i nracere-lationsi sanaffirmativeone.Itsyoungloversarenotforedoomedtotragedy. TaeSterling,unli k eth e tragic Ch o-Ch o-San of"MadameButterfly,"doesnoth avetodietosolveh erproblem.In"EastIsEast"th etwaindoes

imeet.

MINORITYWEEK

OperationJoh nnyHere's a nice h

Evanston,11.,wanted£NotreDame.Heh adi enSM!as a student,butddTWenough money. 'wtWh enVinzant'sclass*,"learned abouti t,th eyITc''"OperationJoh nny,"I"*»*to i nsureVinsant'sftgi ng.Th eyraised$500atabeSfKF h lm> h aveKl>eduKlh nctrh .b6nefltf°T th «

Princi pleResidentsofournation'scam-talarentgoingtosee"DieFI«Wmaus,"th eMetropolitanOpen*

comedy success,unless th eynoutoftownfori t.Th eMetcancelledi tsdatewh wth eCapitolTh eaterrefusedtolifti tsbanonadmitti ngNegroesAc-

«t.?J>,s.,ailui ty>wh i ch rePfeBentBth eFledermaus"cast,proh i bi tspeformaneesi nsegregatedth eaters.AnEquityoffici alsaidth e»i onh ad h opedth at"Fledermaia"could prove"th e th i nwedgeagainstdiscri mi nati on i n Wash -i ngton."Anoth erroadsh owof"DieFle-dermaus"i ssti lldick eri ngfori

Wash i ngtondate,buth asmadei tcleari twillnotplayth ecapitalcityunless i t,too,cangetagut-antee from Constituti on Hallagainstdiscri mi nati ondirectedi teith erplayersorpatronsofNegroancestry.Constituti onHall,i twi llbere-

membered,i sth eth eaterownedbyth e American Daugh tersofth eRevolution,wh ooncebannedM«t-i anAndersonfrom itsstage.

Th eJACL'sAnniversaryByJOHNKITASAKO

Th eSeattleConvention:

Seattle.Iti saproposth atth ePacifi cNorth westDistri ctJapaneseAm-ericanCiti zensLeagueConventioni stobe h eld i nSeattle. JACLch apters and distri ct councilseverywh ereareutili zi ngandwillutili ze th eJACL's21stbirth dayformeetingth emesandslogans.Butnowh erewillth eth emebeassigni fi cantand i nspi rati onalas i twi llbeatth i sforth comi ngconfer-enceoverth eLaborDayweek end.Forth i si sth ecitywh ereth eJACLmovementwasgenerated21yearsago.Delegatestoth econventionwillno doubtbefi lledwith adeepsense ofprideandevenwonder-mentasth eylook back overth eyearsandcogitateonth egrowthofth eJACLfrom a h andfulofpluck y,far-sigh tedi ndi vi dualsi ntoth epowerfulorganizati oni ti sto-day.Th espiri tualback groundforth i sconventioncanbesaidtobewellnigh perfect.Th i si sth eyearJACLcomesof

age—wh en i tattainsi tsch rono-logicalmaturity,sotospeak .Ac-tually,h owever,th eJACLwasafullygrownandmatureorganiza-tionlongbefore1951.Itsdevelop-mentwas acceleratedbyth eex-i genci esofWorldWar11.Back i nth eturbulentdaysofth eSecondWorldWar,th eJACLh adi tsbacktoth ewalls,besetbyproblemsnooth ergroup i nAmerican h i storyh adeverfaced,andburdenedwithth e tremendousresponsibi li tyofch arti ngth ecourseforth ousandsofbewilderedIssei andNisei .Th eJACL,h owever,came upwith aleadersh i pth atleftnoquestionastoi tsabili tytomeetanych allenge.Ini tsbattletocombath ysteriaand h atredswh i ppedupbymal-i ci ousracemongersandtosecureforIssei andNisei th ei rj ustrigh tsas residentsandciti zens ofth eUni tedStatesunderwartimecon-diti ons,th eJACLleadersh i pdem-onstratedi tscourage,wisdomandstrength .Th eseareth ech aracter-i sti csofmaturity—th emanifesta-tionsth atth eJACLh adcomeofage.

0!116*o!th emenwh owasavitalpartofth atvigorouswartimelead*

ersh i pwi llbeth ek eynotespeak eratth econventiondinneronSept1. AndaJACLleaderwh o,aipresidentofth eNationalJACL,vcontinui ngtocanyoutth epolici esofth e JACLon th esame h i ghlevel—Randolph Sak ada—willtak eparti nth econference.Th ePa-ci fi cNorth westDistri cth asi ndeeddonewelli nsecuringth esetwosal-iwarts.. Th ei rpresencewillgoa|longwaytowardmak i ngth ecob-;ventionasuccess.Th ei rcontributi ons to discus-si onswillbeofi nesti mablevalue,andth ei rdrawingpowerasbig-timeJACLerswillcertainlyh elptoboostconferenceattendance.Asidefrom personaliti es,h ow-:

ever,th ereareatleastseveraloth erreasonswh yth econventionsh ouldgooverbig.Foroneth i ng,th eprogramh asbeenmappedoutwisely,with aneye,i tseems,to-wardach i evi ngah appybalancebe-tweenbusinessandpleasure.Many,iconventionsh avefloppedbecauseth eprogramsweretoocramin*Iti sfarmoresensibletoget"fewth i ngsdonewellth anto»Ith rough anoverloadedagenda«slipsh odfash i on.Toomuch bus-

nessandnotenough V\?anyconferencedull.Inth i s«jspect,i ti sencouragingtonotemth efi neli stofspecialevents*suresvisi ti ngdelegatesplenty«opportunityforfunandrelaxat*Th en,too,localleadersh i p£teamspiri tarenotlack i ng.»)JACLdemonstratedat;teemJapaneseTradeFairth at11«*mak easuccess-toth ettj jsome800dollars-outofaP*Faboutwh i ch someoutside"

wsk epti cal. Th ewnderftMW«work manifestedbyallth osew-cernedwith th eoperation«booth atth eFair,i nduf*non-members,wasP[00l.,7:Dili tth atth elocalch apterh asth esanddrivetogetth i ngsdwe.gatescan certainlylook g".toawell-managed,worth wh i le'ference. t.nbser«Th erei snobetterwayto»wth e21stbirth dayofth e-)AUbyattendingth ePacifi cNortDistri ctconvention. A«la'.encemeritsth esupport

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EconomicFactorImportantInMigrationsofPeoples

ByELMERR.SMITH

■fox-ScoreonRaceRelations:

Th efactorsmak i ngpossibleth eeigh tk i ndsofmigrationsi rtvi ously discussedare extremelycomplex.Forth esak e of,revityatleastfoursuch factors

maybementioned.Th eeco-i omi cfactoriscertainlyofgreati mportancei nstimulatingmi--ration.Anth ropologists aswellas h i stori ansare ableto rec-Li i zeth evarioustypesofeconomicpressureforcingpopulationsj migratetoamorepositi veeconomicclimate.Economicfactorsi avebeen ofextreme

i mportancei nth eexpansionofEuropenH i nth edevelopmentofth ere-Stingconflicts betweenth eso-

ldnativeraces andth eEuro--1Th i sfactoris ofextremeportance,aswitnessth estrug-eatth e presenttime forth eLtrolofeconomicfactorsi nre-vivepartsofth eworld.Religi ouspersecutionh asbeen

an i mportantfactori nth emi-

grationofpeoplesfrom someofh eearliesth i stori ctimestoth epresent.Th ebestexamplesofh i sfactorareth ef6rced mi-

grations,ofJews,th emigration

ofearly settlersto th eNewWorldsuch asth eQuak ersandPuritans,and th emigration of

th eHugenotsfrom France.Somecomparablemi grationsh avetak -enplace i n th eAfrican and

Asiati c continentsamong non-Moh ammedans andoth ers.Th i sisespeciallytruei npartsofIn-

Socialand politi calconditi onsayeplayedandarestillplaying„importantparti nth emigration[peoples.Inequaliti esand dis-rimi nati ons i nth esocialand po-ticalsph ereofh umanactivi ti esveled againstvarious groupsi th i na given countryorareai mulated i ndi vi dual,group,andren i nsome i nstances,massmi-rations tooth erparts ofth eorldortodifferentregionswith -i agivencountryornation.Th eowofi mmi grantstoth c Newforldfrom Europewas greatlyi mulatedbyth esocialandpoll-

tieali nequaliti esanddiscri mi na-ti onsassociatedwith th erevolu-tionarymovementsi nvariousEu-ropeancountries.Stimuli artifi ci allyi nduced h ave

alsoplayedan i mportantparti nth emigrationofpeoplesfrom oneareatoanoth er.Oneofth emostoutstandingexamplesof*-th i swasth ework oflaborrecruiti ngagentswork i ngi nEuropeandAsia,es-peciallyi nCh i naandJapan.Th eseagents,work i ngata h i gh profittoth emselves,planted th e i deaanddesiretomigratetoAmericai nth emi ndsofth epeasantclass.Th i stypeofactivi tywasespecial-lywellk nownduringth elastpartofth e nineteenth and th efirstdecadeofth etwentieth century.Anoth erformofartifi ci alstimuluswasth e i mmi grantsth emselves.Letterswrittentofriendsandrel-ativessuggestingth epositi veas-pectsoflivi nginanew countryrecruitedmanyoth ermigrants.Ourdiscussionsofarh as un-doubtedlysuggestedtoth ereaderth ei nfi ni tevarietyofh uman ex-periences wh i ch enter i ntorela-ti onsbetweenracialand eth ni cgroups.Th ey seem to i ncludefriendlycooperationtoovertandvi ci ousconflict.Th emotivesbring-i ngpeople togeth errange fromselfish toaltruisti c,from loveoffreedom tosh eeradventure.Outofth i srange ofh umanexperien-

Th eFi gureonth eBeachBy JACK MATSUYE

mVignette;

With adullroarth ebreak erspoundedth esandandcame■taperingup,wh -o-i sh ,toTosh wh ostoodth eregazingoutoverHietumblingwavesatth eblue h ori zon,h azyi nth eearlymorn-i ng.Hetook adeepbreath ofai randrelish edwith k eendeligh t■tiegustofwind,th esh arp,cuttingseabreezeflungath i m.

Arich ,powerfulfeelingcoursedth rough h i sblood,and h eBantedtoleap,j ump,runanddance,sh outi ngatth etopofh i sBoice.Buth esmi led sh eepi sh lyandth ough t,"Atmyage,h owBwliah ."He turnedand walk ed■owlyalong th esh ore,listening■th eboom ofth esurf,to th enofawonderingseagulli n"arch offood,andth eslush ,slush■h i sfeetsink i ngi ntoth emoi st

i Th erewasnooneonth ewi de-■readbeach , notasolitaryfig-Be.Only h e,walk i ngslowly,with■ough tsmany,butvague,fli tti ng■rough h i smi ndli k eth edancing■fitterofabutterfly.Suddenly■th ough tstook fli gh t,andh e■aginedth ath ewaslook i ngdown■onh i mselffrom agreath ei gh t.■"tasmalland punycreature■wasonth efarflungbeach ,th e■Oeexpanseofth esh i mmeri ng■a>andth e i nfi ni telyspacious■uesk y.Wh atwere h i sdesires,■problems; h e,an i nsi gni fi cant■omofh umani ty.■°eep i nth ough t, h eadbowed,E1\edslowlyalon&th ewe*■laystlore-Hiseyescaugh tsigh t■tMCTInalobjectsstrewnalongt"ny*tlMSrecedinetide;sea-■*<".j ellyfish ,-anddriftwoodcast■,byPass'ng sh i ps.Itwasth en■jf,footprintsi nth es-and.HeRwndedth ath ewasanexplorer■th i swas asign<h atth ere**Jivi ngmen h ere i n th i sW*&'and.Ah ,RobinsonCrusoe.m?lmtli nth esand...He■membered,th en,fiveyearsago■dml3Tc i llw"rd urging h et\TVh eseat0commune■tofd'C°nfScd'h urt> anddis"Ii wfseT,!,WaSWeagah 1'■sh IJSerandmoreatpeace.lHer!daTpU'dreality-l"nZltcw fiVe

>««"Bomaeood k iag°lh i 9fri end8'XtIT,J<storeturntoth e

■i h i ,F."n"*".Howpre-ISvPoSltlrh adbeen-nowW i HeV*ah °me-wellestab"V'th ough h fa good j ob-and«gn h ewasreconciledto

h i s situation,h e wasstillverymuch discouraged.Th i s h omecoming h ad been ach allengeforh i m.Th ough h esaidth atSanFranciscowash ome,th atth e cli mate i n Ch i cagodi dnotagree with h i m, and recountedqth ersuch tri vi aldetails,h ereal-ly h adcometoface h i sformerfriends,toregain h i sproperty,andJiveasanAmerican.Heh addoneexactlyth at,yet...

Tosh sh ook h i sh eadandfollowedth efootprints i nth esand.Ith adbeenavitalch allengebuth eh adfailed. On meeting h i s formerfriendsh e h udmerelysaidawordofgreetingandh urri edon.Heh adnottriedtorenew th ei rfri end-sh i p.Hefeltself-conscious,k eptth i nk i ngth atth eyweresorryforh i m,piti edh i m. Tosh grimacedatth eth ough tevennow.Hewant-edth emtoaccepth i masanequalbutpityh ecouldnotface.Insteadh e h ad sough toutNisei friends,andtriedtoforgetth eoth ers.Infrequently h i s path would

crossth ei rs.Th erewouldbean;o--mentarysilence,th enastutteringofgreetingasrecogniti ondawnedi n th ei reyes;againanembarras-singsilence,brok enbyth eusual,trivi alconversationaboutone'sh ealth ,aboutth eweath er,andformeri ntereststh atusedtoh oldth ei rattention.Intermittentlysi-lencepok edh oles i nth econversa-tion.Andallth rough outTosh couldfeelth atth eywantedtok now h owh ereallyfelt,wh ati twasli k etobelock edup,andh ecouldfeei th epityi nth ei reyes.Insideh i sprideburnedh otandh ecouldnot,wouldnottak epity.Perplexed,Tosh continuedtofol-lowth efootprintsi nth esandth atseemedtoextendfar i ntotime,beyondth edistancewh ereth ebluumountainswerebeginni ngtoligh tupwith th emorningsun.

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:

Discri mi nati onIsIndivi si blenn.*-XT- ■ Denver,Colo.Wh atNisei readofSiou*City'ssh amewi th outasurgeofi ndi gnation,anger,andsympath yforth ewarwidow wh ose h ero h usbandwasdenied

buriali nacemeterybecauseofh i sIndi anextrac-tion. i h eNisei h aveexperiencedj ustsuch di s-cri mi nati on.Iti snaturalth atth eysh ouldreafetquick lyandsensiti vely.Th i s i nci denti llustratesonce moreth eun-deniabletruth :Th atdi scri mi nati on againstone

minori tyi sdiscri mi nati onagainstallminori ti es.i h espeedandvigorwith wh i ch publicoffici als

i rom PresidentTrumandown,th epressandoth ers£Yep,roteste<lth i si nsulttoth ememoryofared-sk i nnedAmerican i sencouragingevidenceofth eprogressth atth i snati on h as made i nth elastdecade.Howmuch attentiondoyouth i nk asitua-tionli k eth i swouldh avebeengivenback i n1940?Undoubtedly,th etri alsth atAmericansofJa-panese descentunderwentduringWorld WarIIh elpedfocusnationalattentiononth egreatprob-

lemofracialandreligi ousbias.Undoubtedly,th esacrifi ces.ofth eevacueesandth ei rfi gh ti ngmenh ave h elpedtoremove much senseless,undemo-cratic,h armfulbiasfromth eAmericanwayoflife.Butth e Sioux City i nci dentpoints up once

againth efactth atfoolish andvici ouscustoms,h abi tsandregulationsstillclutterupth ecountry'slives—anddeath s.

* * *A Talk wi th MasSatowWespentamostenligh teni ngtwo h ourswith

MasSatowofth enationalJACLstaffafewdaysago. Wegainedanew i nsi gh ti ntoth eproblemsth enati onalmustsolve,th edecisi onsth atmustbemade,th eneedforcontinui ngtosupportth eor-ganizati onfinanciallyandmorallywith member-sh i prenewals.

Iwish everyNisei could h ave h eardSatow,eventh ough i twasan i nformalch atoverapro-longedlunch .Th ebigbattlesforNisei acceptance—asA-l,full-fledged,100 percentciti zens—inth ei rnativelandh avebeenwon. Butth emi norsk i rmi sh escontinue,andwillcontinueforalongtime.Afterh eari ngth estoryofwh atth enational

JACLisdoingeveni nth eserelativelystabletimes,aNisei wouldn'th avetosearch h i sconscienceverydeeplybeforeh e'dk i ck i nth efewdollarsneededforamembersh i p.

♦ " "Ideologies,NotRaceNewsNote:Fiveth ousandCaucasianCommu-

ni sttroops,i nadditi ontoa"volunteer"unitofCom-munistCzech s,Hungarians,Romaniansandoth erEuropeans,arereportedlyreadytoenterth eKoreanconflict.Herei sanoth erreminderth atth ewari nKorea

isoneofi deologies,notof-race.Th i ai safact'tooeasilyforgotten wh en reading h eadli nes aboutYank sandCh i neselock ed i nbattle.Th i s i saUnitedNationswaragainstCommunistaggres-sion,andweareonlyoneofth eUnitedNations.NewsNote:SeveralNisei areamongth eseven

alleged Communists arraigned i n Honolulu onch argesofplottingtoadvocateth evi olentover-th rowofth eUni tedStatesgovernment.Nisei politi calviewsareprettymuch across-sectionofth eentiregamutofAmericanpoliti calviews.You'llfindrock -ri bbedRepublicans,Social-i sts,Democrats,andevenafewh ewerstoth eCom-muni stpartyline. From th i swri ter'spointofview,i t'sh ardtoseewh atanyAmerican—regard-lessofh i sraci alextraction—finds i nth eKremlin-i nterpretedversionofMarxismth ati smoreattrac-tiveth anth ei mperfect-but-progressingAmericanformofdemocracy.

DRESS REHEARSALBy MARY OYAMA

Smog-Lites:

Troupers'LessonNo.1

LobAngeles"Comeon aDressReh earsal,PressPreview"wetoldeverybody,h i suncleandaunt. Andpeopleli k eourfriends:Judy,Mary,Masa-mori and h i spartyoffriends.Amongth elatterwereach arm-i ngyoungcouplefrom Tok yo—andDr.RobertKlein from Ger-many,friendandassociateofsuch■notablesasMaxReinh ardt,GabrielPascal,andth elateG.B.Sh aw.Naturally,wewereexcitedandi nadith erofantici pati onth atevery-th i ngsh ouldgosmooth ly.Natural-ly,as wedid NOT antici pate,everyth i ngwentwrong.Director,Hiroannounced7p.m.

sh arp,sofriendMascutsh ortadinnerengagementwh i ch h ewash osti ngat6:30,andappearedatth ereh earsalpromptlyat7:30,asalsoJudyandMaryat7p.m.onth edot.Li ttledidwek nowwh enwedash edoveri nacabat9afteraruggeddayofcompany,belatedsupper,k i dsandlatedish es,th atwe'dbump i ntoMaryandJudydescending th e stai rswith longfaces. "Wh a'h oppen?"weask eduneasily"—wh ereISeverybody?"Noth i ng h ad h appened,th etwogirlsassuredusgloomily,nodi-rector—h alfth ecastmissi ng,nodressreh earsal. Mas came,gottiredofwaiti ng,took h i sguestssigh tseeingi nLi lTok i o,returned,stillnoth i ng h appening. So h ewentoutasecondti metak i ng h i sgueststoMexicantownonOlverastreet— "Oh , h ereth ey comeagain"explainedJudy;and welistenedwith asink i ngfeelingaswe madeourwaytoth eemptyroom.Everybodyembarrassedallaround,everybodyfeeling frus-trated.Ah woe!Mi k i ofth ecast,wh oh adbeen

h auledi ntoh eractingch oreswith -i n24 h oursafterh errecentar-rivalfrom NewYork ,look eddis-tressed;especiallyaboutDr.Kleinth e h onoredguest.Th i swasth efi rsttime,someth i ngli k eth i sh adeverh appened,Hirowasalwaysastick lerforstartingth i ngs onti me;allofwh i ch migh th avesoundedli k eanalibi butwasac-tuallynoth i ngbutGod'struth .Tocomplicatemattersoneofth eprin-ci palactors,Hirosh i ,wasmissi ngandwebeganh avi ngdirevisi onsofh i m laidoutcold i nah ospi talfrom anautoaccidentorpossiblycooling h i s h eels i n j ai lfrom atraffic offense, h eld i ncommuni-cado.Th e lastsomebody h ad h eard,Hirosh i h ad lefti nsearch ofatruck wh enh earrivedatreh earsaltodiscoverth atth eall-importantsectionalpiecesofth eJapanese-stylestage h adnotbeen h auledovernorevensetup. Dr.Kleini nqui red,"Hasn'th egotanunder-study?"No,weanswered,almostlaugh i ngatth e i nadvertanti ronyofth i sremark .,(No understudyforth e mam

actor, playwrigh t,truck -dri ver,prop-boy,stage-h and,and oc-casionalunwilli ngPressandPub-lici tyAgentwh enh i si nnatemod-estydidnotrequireh i sownh orn-tooting.) But*WHERE wasHirosh i ?Glumlyph i losoph i c,Masdecidedtoleave:"Wemigh taswellcallth i sawastedevening."Th elastseenofh i m,h e wasretreatingdownth eh allmuttering,"Wh at-h ellk i ndapreview i sth i s?!"Andweh ardlyblamedh i m.Onourpartwefeltth ath e,Judy,MaryandCo.,were"mad"atusforeverformessingupth ei revening.Hadwebeenyoungerwemigh th avedis-solvedi ntears. Wh atanutterlygh astlynigh t—Th ensomeonecalledout,"Arewestillgoingtoreh earse?"Andi twas10p.m.Actorsrush i ngi ntocostume,th e h arrassedDirectorHiroappearing,finallyalsoth emissi ngHirosh i with th emissi ngstage—butwouldth elargesection-alpiecesfiti ntoth etinyeleva-tor? Th ank goodnessth eydid.Wesigh edi nnervousrelief.Bang,th ump,bump.Th esh owmustgoonnomatterwh ath appened.Wecouldeasilyh avesh ovedth e

blameontoHiroandgoneh omei na h uffbutourbetterwisdomcautionedagainstsuch unsports-manli k econduct. Afterall,th esnafu wasnooneperson'sfaultbutrath eranunfortunatesetofcircumstances. Hiroh adtroublesofh i sownwith h i smultiplerolesofactor,director,coach ,stage-h and,electrici an,j ani tor,etc.Wh owerewetocarryonli k eaprimadonna? Greaterligh tsli k eCornellorLawrenceorBeinh ardtnodoubth adfacedfarworsecrises.Ifth eycouldcarryon,weaNobodyandth efledgling Nisei ExperimentalGroupcoulddonoless.At11p.m.Hi roleftoffh i sh ammeringafteracourierfromth emanagementi nformedth at"atth i sh oursomepeoplei nth i sh otelaresleeping—ortryingto—"Andfinally,finallyaftera h urri edde-ci si onnottouse th eunfini sh edstage(inasmuch asi twouldh avetobedisassembledafteruseth atverynigh tforth eroom h adtobei nperfectorderforth emorrow'sEnglish classes),th etroupescur-ried i ntoreadiness. Toacluck -i ngsympath i zer,onemembermur-muredanasideth atth e Grouph adpreviously k nownmorerug-gedh oursth anth i s,2a.m.fori n-stance.Two cute teen-aged members

wh oh adalternatedstudyingandsleepyyawnswith ch atteraboutAnth ony Curtis and th e No.1song-h i t""ComeOnaMyHouse"duck edi ntoth edressing-room..Asth eligh tsdimmedHiroordered,"Keepth ewi ndowsh uteveni fi t'sh ot,people h aftasleepatth i sh our. Novoicestodisturbth em,sh utth ath alldoor. Keep yourvoices down. Ok ay,let's go!"(Wh atanigh t,Wh ata mad-

h ouse). We fanned ourselvesfeebly.Th en onwentth eligh ts andth erewasth eSuyeish :boytrans-formedbyth egorgeousbluerobesofa"daimi yo"i ntoafeudallordofOldNippon,ath ri lli ngspectacletobeh oldas h epronouncedth eopening lines,i n English ,ofaclassicKyogen play"Sumi-Nuri-Onna' or "Th e Paint-SmearedLady.""Iam anancientfeudallord—"Th eteen-agerswerenowbeauti-fulsoph i sti catedladies,glamor-ous i nth ei reye-k nock i ngJapa-nese k i monos,wh i ch would h avebewitch edDr.Kleinnoend.Wh atapityh eh adtomissth i smoment.Allourmisgi vi ngsaboutth eplaysvanish edforcertainlyth esigh t-and-sound wasworth remaini ngfor,snafuornosnafu.Soth ri lledandench antedwestayedtoth eend,weamereoutsiderandnon-member,fallenunderth espellofTh espi s.Fortunatelyourfriendsforgave

everybody,Judycametoh elponth elasttwoimportantnigh tsofth eperformances,Mash eardth eNEG projectwasasuccess,andth enear-fiascoreh earsalwasdulyforgotten.Somedaywestillh aveh opesofmak i ngamendstoDr.Klein.

VagariesTeaGarden...Oneofth efirstoffici alactsofMayorElmerRobinson ofSanFranciscoonceth eJapanesepeacetreaty i ssigned,sealed andde-li veredmaybetorenameth eteagarden i nGoldenGatePark th e"Japanese Tea Garden." SincePearlHarborth earea h asbeenk nown as th e "Oriental TeaGarden." MayorRobinsonwasurgedtomak eth ech angesometimeagobutmaintai nedi twouldbeprematureuntilth epeacetreatywassigned ...Signi ngofth epeacepactalsowillmeanth atth eGolden Gate language sch ool(KinmonGak uen)buildi ngi nSanFranciscowillbereturnedtosch ooloffici alsbyth eBook erT.Wash -i ngton CommunityCenterwh i chh asoccupied i tsinceth eti meofth eevacuation.Th ebuildi ngwasth elocaleofth eJACL'semerg-encynationalconventioni nMarch ,1942.

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TreatyMeet...BillHosok awa,editorofth eDenverPost'sEmpiremagazine,i sexpectedto coverth eJapaneseTreatyConference i nSan Fran-ci scoforth ePost...Rep.FrankFellows,R.,Me.,wh o diedlastweek i naBangorh ospi talatth eageof61,wasagoodfriendofth eJACLADC'slegislativeprogram.

Th eU.S.ArmyrecentlyreturnedaGermanwarbridetoh erh ome-landfrom Hawai i . Th ereason:HerNisei soldierh usbandwask i ll-edi naction i nKorea.

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cesas i ncorporatedi nracialmeth ni crelations,manypersons"*attemptedtofindsome type«uniformity.A numberofs»ofrace relations,after*«peoplesalloverth ewor,"Jsuggestedcertaincycles&"formiti estendingtoemerge**contactsbetweenpeople&*tures.We willattemptta>Jsomeof th esefeteWg«such cyclesanduniform**Th e basic th esi sofW^th atph enomenatemftobeoj jandth atli k ecircumstancesituationstendtoconformenpatterns.Areth en»JJters in th e f.eto < aC

nti»eth ni crelations? Carwpologist,sociologistarmLdevidencesofcyclesformiti es i nth efieUamJandracialcontracts? Wtoth esequestionsare

« 0i mportancotodayf*"j *si onsdevelopingoutofmatecontacts amongw rofth eworld.fi Jsorf*th estageforeith ersuccesureofouri ndustnalanoi calcivi li sati on.We£«» j ,

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SportsFordKonnoSlatedforOh i oStateCampusIt'sprettydefini tebynowth atFordKonnowillbeafresh man

onth eOh i oStateUniversitycampuslaterth i smonth .Konno,th ebiggestprize i nU.S.swimcircles,h adbeensough tbymoreth anadozencolleges.Konnowroteh i scoach ,Yosh i toSegawaofHonolulu,th ath e h adfinallymadeup h i smi nd.Segawapromptlywired,th egoodnewstoCoach Mi k ePeppeatOh i oState...Someofth eAAUmoguls i nSanFranciscoaresoreatKonnobecauseth eyoungNiseistardidn'tsh owup i nth eGoldenStatecitylastweek endforth eFarWesternAAU swimmi ng ch ampi onsh i ps.Actually, i tappearsth atnodefini tearrangementsweremadewith Konnotoappear.Th eAAU offici alsh eardth atth eNi sei starwouldbepassingth roughth ecityaboutth atti me(en routeto Honolulu)andpresumed h ewouldcompete.Considerablenewspaperpublici tywasgiventoKonnowh owastobeth e h eadli nerofth emeet,alongwith Coach Soi ch iSak amotoand h i sHawai i Swi m Clubaggregationwh oareminusEvelynKawamotoandTh elmaKalamawh owenttoJapantocom-petei nth eJapanesech ampi onsh i ps...Itmigh tbeth atth eAAUoffici alsassumedth atKonnowasamemberofCoach Sak amoto'steam.Actually,th eex-McKinleyh i gh sch oolstarh asnevercompetedforth eHawai i Swi m Club.Forth epasttwo yearsh e h asbeenswimmi ng underth ecolor'softh eNuuanuYMCAofHonoluluandth ecoach i ngofCoach Segawawh omak esh i slivi ngwork i ngforth eAloh aAi rli ne.

" * *Don'tFearWater,SaysCoach Sak amoto

Coach Sak amoto,i nci dentally,h asnevergottenth erecogniti on h edeserves.Hl3teamsfromHawai i h uvewontournationalAALJmen'sch ampi onsh i psand:twowomen'scrowns.ButfewAmericans,outsideth eswimmi ngworld,wouldbe abletoplace h i snamealth ough h eh asbeenth esubjectofsomemagazinearticlesi nrecentyears.Inh i sAug.25columnforth eSanFranciscoExaminer,Sports

EditorCurleyGrievenoted th attwo men—Sak amotoandCh arli eSavaofSanFrancisco—h avedominatedth eswimmi ngpicturei nth eUni tedStatesforth elastdecade.Savawoneigh tsuccessivenationalch ampi onsh i ps.Yetneith erSavanorSak amotoexpectstobenamedascoach onth e1952Olympicteam.Th ereason,th etwocoach essay,i s"politi cs."Herearesomeparagraph s,from GrievescolumnonSak amoto:"Assooftenh appens i nth eworldofsport,i twasfaterath er

th andesignth atcastth edi eforSak amotoi nth edi rectionofaqu-ati cs.Hewassch oolteach eronMaui andscoutmasteruswell.Hevol-unteeredto k eepth ek i dsbusyth rough ath leti cactivi ty."Hecoach edallsports.

"'Butswimmi ngprovedth emostsuccessfulbecauseIcouldi n-tructoneoragroupeffici ently,'h eexplained.'Mostoth ersportsrequireorganizedteamsandextensiveequipment.'

"SoSak amotoconcentratedon i noculatingh i s basesi npaddlingfinesse i nadirty,th reefootdeep,plantationi rri gati onditch .Buti fh i scareerwaslaunch edi nh umblesurroundings,h i spublicdebuti n1937atHonoluluwasdramatic.KeoNak ama,14,andHaloHirose,13,neith erofwh om weigh ed120pounds,outstripped th epowerfulWai k i k i beach boys'inth e moststunningHawai i anch ampi onsh i psinceth edaysofDuk eKah anamok u."

Coach Sak amotoh assomei deasforpeoplewh oareafraidofth ewater:

"Manisbynatureaswimmer.Everyonepastth eageoffivesh ouldk now h owtoswim.Keepingmanfrom h i saquatich eri tagei safearofwaterwh i ch h ascomewith civi li zati on."Toovercome;th i sfearissimple.Gototh esh allowpartof

th epool, h oldyourbreath andduck your h ead underwater.Keepyoureyesopenandlook around.Ittak esonlyafewsuchplungestoovercomeanytimi di ty."Wh enyou h avedrownedyourfears,firstlearntofloaton

yourback .Youwadeoutwaist-deep,squatuntilyoursh ouldersareimmersed,h oldyourarmsoveryourh eadandslowlyleanback unti lth ewatermak esapillowforyourh ead.Th enpushfrom th e.bottom.Yourfeetwillriselami youwilldriftalongassi i KKi th lyasa swan."Onceconfidentyoucanfloatonboth back andfront,you

canswim.Swimmi ng i smerelywork i ngarmsandlegstospeedfloating."

FresnoBeatsDrumsforFibberHirayamaFresnoStateCollege'ssportsstaffbelievesth atSatosh i (Fi bber)

Hirayama,fivefeetfiveand140pounds,i sth ebestath lete pound-for-poundonth e Pacifi cCoast.Hirayama,wh o j ustgotth roughstarringforth eBulldogs i nbaseballandi snowj nWich i tawith th eAtwaterPack ers,willbe i nstalledatoneofth e h alfback postsonth eFresnoStatefootballteam th i sfall.

Th eBulldogpublici tydepartmentsays,th atHirayamai s"greatforh i ssize"i nfootball,buti nbaseballh ei sgreat,period.

"Playingagainstteamsth ati nvari ablyou(mannedth eBull-dogs(i n1950),numericallyandi nbeef,th i slittleguymanagedtoduck andsquirm th rough h olesth atwouldnoth ave existedforanordinarysizedplayer.He gaveLoyola'sh ugelinemenaparticularly,badafternoon."Th eBulldogsrecalledHirayama'sspeedonth ebasesth i syear,

,th eNisei centerfielderstealing36times,i ncludingh omeplateth reetimes.Hirayama'sath leti cfeatswon h i m th etitleof"CampusKi ng"

lastspring.Th i s fallHirayamawillbefi lli ngth evacancy leftby Joh n

Morseatlefth alfback and Morsewasratedth etopplayeronth eteam lastseason.Lastweek Hirayamawas i nleftfieldasth eCaliforniasemi-pro

ch ampi ons,th eAtwaterPack ers,advanced i ntoth eth i rdroundofth eNationalBaseballCongressatWich i ta with a4 to1vi ctoryoverSuperior,Neb.

Nisei KeglersVieforPocatelloHonorTh reeNisei k eglersareanumgth etopfligh tei gh ti nth eBarneyGoldberg Match Gamech ampi onsh i psnowbeingrolled

i nPocatello,Ida.Th ecurrentleaderi sDonTriggwi th 3795pinsbutGeorgeSatoi sclose.beh i ndwith 3747.AceMori i sth i rdwith3703andSh i nKawamuraisfourth .Th ewi nnerofth etourna-mentwi llwinth etitleof"Pocatello'sNo.1Bowler."♦ ♦ ♦

FutnioKasai Plays i nUtah GolfOpenFumioKasai,th eformerFife,Wash .,ath letewh oh asestablish ed

h i mselfi nth epastyearasoneofth etopNisei golfersi nth ecoun-try,becameth efi rstNisei toplay i nth eUtah Opengolftourna-

mentwh i ch wash eldlastweek atth eSaltLak eCountryClub.Kasaih adroundsof77and79beforedroppingout.Th etournamentwaswonbySmileyQuick .Kasai,starofth eSaltLak e Harlem bask et-ballteam,planstoenteranumberofIntermountaintournamentsnextyear...One ofth enation'soutstandinggolfersi sHonolulu'sSuk eyosh i Kush i ,th e442ndveteranwh oi sth enon-paidcoach ofth eUniversityofHawai i 'sli nk ssquad.Kush i ,th eterritori alpubliclink sch ampi oni n1950,cardeda304towinth eannual72-h oleTerritori alAJAamateurgolftournamentwh i ch was h eldonth eHiloli nk sre-cently.Kush i , i nci dentally,wonth eHawai i anNisei golfCfov/n i n1941.ArtFuj i ta,th e16-yearoldsh otmak erwh omaybeth e terri-tory'sbestgolferi nafewyears,placedfifth i nth eAJAtournament.

TsugawaAidsStateWini nAll-StarGameJimmyTsugawa,starofth eBeaverton,Ore.,footballteamforth epastth reeyears,saw actionath alfback asth eStateteam de-featedth ePortlandeleven,20to13,i nOregon'sannualall-starh i ghsch oolfootballcontest.Tsugawareportsth i scomingweek forgridpracticewith th eLewis& Clark Pi oneers i n Portland...Wonder

vi.'T-n'lSi a)i°4a'T2TS?-P°und tack le atModestoJClastyear,willenroll?...Th eUniversityofHawai i alwayscomesupwithanumberofNisei gridderson i tsvarsity.Probablyth efi rstplayerofJapaneseancestrytoperformforHawai i ,accordingtoth eHonoluluStar-BulletinsCarlMach ado,wasah alfback namedMaruich i Kuwa-ZZi ni0*!1yel°n>th CfirB£footballs&dfieldedbyth esch ool!tPr-'rS moreth anaoorv*ri nDbinlI"?°\TT"i n£cNorth ernColoradoNisei Base-DallLeaguetobarth eDenverNisei from th eannualLaborDaytournament.Reasonforth eaction i sbeli evedlto*b?th atth eoth er

th eSSffl\tltiSUtieSi n<tAl3Ta> Cola'MerCh antS°fth eall-starteampick ed ft"&*"£?**",f°rSeCOn<lbaseonCongresstournamentAlamo,,i fU*6?v.°°JoradoNationalBaseballasto1scoreSaZtAt,"l cfirstroundtoPueblobynament'sKtw teamA /°JAlamoBa«*" th etour-reportsth ath ei avt"T£f°,Uryears-Th eColoradoTimesand h elpedcoach th ePort*jL figh .ti ne i nWorldWa"teamsi n1945and 1946 Minn.,baseballandbask etball

SamMinami WinsNi sei WeekFestival'sGolfTournamentLOS ANGELES—Sam Minamiwonth e3rdannualNisei WeekFestivalgolftournamentwith a68netscoreoverth eFoxHUlpcourseonAug.26i nth efinaleventofth eweek -longannualcelebra-ti on. _

~ .'.Mmami tiedwith MmYosh i zak :,th etournament'slow h andi capen-try,forlow gross h onors,bothposting i denti calone-over-par37--37scoresoverth eh i lly6,501yardcourse.An18-h oleplayoffissch ed-uled i ntwoweek sforth etwogolfersoverth esamecourse.Minami took th ecup becauseofh i s6 h andi cap,wh i leYosnizak ih asonly3strok es.Ti edforsecond place beh :ndMinami i nth ech ampi onsh i pfligh twerePaulSh i rak i andJoeKish i ,

both turningi nnetscoresof70.Both h ave9h andi caps.Yosh i zak i tiedwith th reeoth ers.HideÜba,GeorgeIsh i zuk a andHenrySasak i with h i snet71.Fourtiedforeigh th place:JoeIto,HarleyIto,YasTatsumi andHarry Hank awa,all with netscoresof72,wh i leSh i gFuk uyama,Ch i ck HinagaandJimYamamotocame h omewith 735.Hank awa's78wonth i rdplacei nth elowgrosstotals.Bob Matoi wonth eA fligh ttroph ywith a40-40(13)67.HenryMi k awa,Yuk Ok amoto,KazHoriandWi lburTak i guch i tiedforsec-ondwith netscoresof69.JuniorSagarawonth eBfligh twith h i s87(21)—66.GeorgeWadawassecondwith 87(20)—€7.

Abo's5HitsAidZebraWinOverFresnansFRESNO,Calif.—Th eSanJoseZebras,ledbyGeorge(Tak )Abo,wona13to7slugfestfrom th eFresnoNisei All-Starsi nth efi rstofth etwogameh ome-and-h omeseriesonAug.25.Abo,formerFresnoStateCol-legestar,ledallth ebatterswithfiveforsix,i ncludingtwotriples.Th estock yrigh tfi elderwh otriedoutwith th eSanJoseRedSoxth i sseasonbatted i nsixrunsandscoredth reeoth ers.Joh nnyHoriotook th ewinfor

SanJosealth ough h eneededh elpfrom HenryHonda i nth eninth .LeftyNish i j i mastartedforFresnoandwasrelievedi nth efourth byJoh nnyNi i zawawh enth eZebrastalliedfourtimes. Kenso Zeni-muracame i nforNi i zawai nth enith .Fresnoplayedwith outth eser-

vicesofi tsstar,FibberHirayama,nowwith th eAtwaterPack ers i nth eNati onalSemi-protournamentinWich i ta,Kans.Hirayamai sex-pectedtopitch forFresnowh enth eteamsmeeti nSanJosei ntwoweek s.

JuliaMurak ami WinsMedleyEventatCoastSwimmi ngMeetSAN FRANCISCO — Coach

Soich i Sak amoto's Hawai i SwimClub,weak enedbyth eabsenceofi tstwofemini ne stars,EvelynKawamotoandTh elmaKalama,placedth i rd i nth eteam divi si onofth e seniorwomen'sFarWestswimmi ngch ampi onsh i psonAug.26 i nth eFleish h ack erpool.Both Mi ssesKawamotoandKa-lamaarenow i nJapanwh ereth eyaregivi ngexh i bi ti ons.Th ewomen'steamtitlewaswonby th eBerk eley Women'sCi ty

Clubwh i ch nosedoutth eMultno-mah Ath leti cClubofPortland.Inth efi rstdayofth eswimmi ngmeetnoneofth eHawai i anwom-en'sentriescould winanevent,alth ough Julia Murak ami wasaclose sc'ondto Ph ebe CramerofBerk eleyi nth e 100-meterback -strok e.Miss Murak ami ,Jane Ogata,AudreyCh arandKayLum fini sh -edth i rdi nth ewomen's800-meterfreestylerelay.JuliaMurak ami won th e 300-

-meteri ndi vi dualmedleyi n4:45.65,defeatingMarionOlsonofSanFrancisco. JaneOgataofHawai iwasth i rd.Wini fredNumazuofHawai i wasdefeatedbyLovillaTaylorofPort-landi nth ewomen's100meterfree-style. Sh ealsoplacedfourth be-h i ndDeliaMeulenk ampofSanFrancisco i nth e400-meterfree-style.MissMurak ami alsotook th i rdplace i n th e 200-meterbreast-strok e.Th eonlymainlandNi sei entrant,Tak Iseri,captainofth eCaliforniaAggiesswimmi ngteam,placedsec-ondi nth emen's100-meterbreast-strok ewh i ch waswonbyWilli amRossofLosAngeles.

NationalNisei GolfLOS ANGELES— Th eSecondannualNationalNisei GolfTour-namentwi llbesponsoredbyth eSouth ernCaliforniaNi sei GolfAs-sociati onatth e FoxHi lls andBaldwin.HillscoursesonSept.25,26,27and28.Th eentrydeadlinei sSept.8forth e72-h oletournament.Th efirstnationalNisei tourna-mentwas h eld i nCh i cago lastyear.■Competiti onwi llbe h eldi nth ech ampi onsh i pfligh ta«d i nAandBnigh ts.

Nish i taWin,Th reeGamesOnJapanTour

Red Sox,ch ampi onsofettHa»«wananBaseballLeague wtewonth reeofth ei rfirstVvagainstleadingJaan n.0"-Profeasi onalTeamsMl1*Nish i ta h as -accounted i .th reeofth evictories 'Afterpitch i ngth eallN;.■„SoxtoanBto2winoS'aUnivermty,ch ampi onsIftSixUni versityLeague j "I"".6 hAug 19.Ni sh i ta£endT&Soxtnumph overRi k k yofilsitybya4to2manrinJ.T25.Th eRed SoxZftgametoKeiostolonaVJAfterth eHawai i h ad i lpedth ei rsecondgame4tn7;th eKyush uAl.-StersVJi jNish i ta came back topitch (2Nisei toa 13to3 triumph JS^rma'11-"Inth eRi k k yogameth eA

gians h elda2to1leaduntilIkninth wh en th e vi si tors scoridtWice.Nish i ta-th en h eld Ri k k yoscorelesstorack upanoth er»tory.

Nisei BoxersLoseMatch estoJapanAmateurStarsHONOLULU-Th evisi ti ngJapanamateurboxingall-starsde-featedHawai i ,7to3,onAug.23i nth efirstofaseriesoffourJapuvs.Hawai i match esatth eCi i kAuditori um.Ofth esi xNisei boxerswh owen

amongth etenrepresentingHawai ii nth ematch es,onlyone,Bantam-weigh tWalterSawamura,scoredivictory. He defeatedNippon'iSh ozoFuk umoto.Rich ardOda,Hawai i ,wasTObyAk i oYanai ofJapanin tk tsecondround i nabantamweigh tcontest.Inth eflyweigh tdivi si onYosh i -taro Nagata, Japan,decisi on*!Henry Maemori,Hawai i ,wh i leManzoIdeh ara,Japan,toolth tverdictoverMinoruOk uda.Feath erweigh tHenryKaj i AHawai i wasdefeatedbySei j i NayiofJapanwh i leCyrilOk amotoo!Hawai i lostth edecisi ontoMh i toIsh i maruofJapani nanoth erfeath erweigh tbattle.

GuestSingerJoinsCastofEastBaySh owBERKELEY,Calif.-TomStribe,popularsinger,h asbeenobtawasaguestartistforth eEastrajJACL's"Sh ow ofSh ows"wh i dwillbeh eldonOct.6,accordingIt■TadHirota,ch ai rman.Th esh owwillbeh eldatth enetLittleTh eaterofBerk eleyWSch ool.

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positi onofbeingth eonepeoplei nth i slandwh ocan ach i eveth emosti nth ei dealpost-wargoalsofth eU.S.AsAmericansofItalianancestry

h elpedswingth e-ti de i nItalyto-wardsdemocracy,th eNi sei can,i na differentmeasure,h elpJapan.Th eyareth eAmericansmostli k elytotravelfrequentlytoJapani nth efuture. Andwh oi s i nabetterpositi ontocarrybetweenth etwocountriesth emostvigor-ousconceptsofdemocracy?Here,ath ome,th eysurelymusttak eth eleadi nth eunendingef-fortofth osewh oserootsgobacktoonecountryofi nterpreting i ttoth ei rcompatriotsi nAmerica.Peacewith Japanwi llbrutganobligati ontoth eNisei ,th ei ?par-entsandth ei rch i ldren.Forth ey,aboveall,h aveth emeansofpro-vidi ngth e k ey link betweenamutualunderstandingofJapanandth eU.S.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

IToMr.andMrs.Yoich i Oi k awai GraceOgata)agjr,Jeannei rok o onAug.4 i nCinci nnati,

ToMrandMrs.Tak i oKataok aSri"MargaretJill,on Aug.2Milwauk ee,Wis.TnMr.andMrs.Sh i roIwanaaJAug.24i nSeattleTnMrandMrs.Kaz Sak umaEyonAug.24m Seattle.TnMrandMrs.Rich ardNak a-JraaboyonAug.23 i nSaltak cCity.TnMrand Mrs-KitaoSak ai »fountainView,Calif.,a

boy,Burt,

"Vo'MrandMrs.MasaoOk umotoboyi nBerlrley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.RayR.Otsuk aeirli nBerk eley.ToMr.andMrs.PiusK.Yanagi,;anMateo,Calif.,aboyonAug.inOak land.ToMrandMrs.Hi tosh i InababoyonAug.10 i nFresno.ToMr.a«d Mrs.H:roj i Hon,(organHill,Calif.,aboy,BruceKctsuo,onJuly30.IToMr.andMrs.Mich ael.Hirao■cirlonAug.21 i nSeattle.■ToMr.andMrs.MasaoKami-■anaagirlonAug.18i nSacra-■neTn°Mr.andMrs.Ch arlesM.Hansak uaboyonAug.8 i nSan

■ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oSh i madaftboyonAug.9 i nSanFrancisco.■ToMr.andMrs.FredK.Yama-■notoagirlonAug.15 i nSanHrancisco.IToMr.andMrs.UsaburoAmi-■notoaboy,JerryJunj i ,onAug.■li nLosAngeles.■ToMr.andMrs.PaulTak osh :■rh i noagirl,Joyce Haruyo,onHi i ?.9i nLosAngeles.■ToMr.andMrs.IsamuMunesato■boy,GlennKei,onAug.9 i nKi i sAngeles.(toMr.andMrs.KayYosh i h i roHlak ash i ma a boy,MaryYosh i o,HnAug.13 i nLosAngeles.■ToMr.andMrs.Yuk i oYamak aHgirl,LilyYuri k o,onAug.12i nHosAngeles.■ToMr.andMrs.IsaoYasudaaHoy,Rich ardHideo,onAug.12i nHosAngeles.■ToMr.and Mrs.FredMorioHasuk och i aboy,Dennis,onAug.Hi i nLosAngeles.■ToMr.andMrs.Frank Sh uni ch iHizuk aagirl,Ch ri sti neMich i k o,HnAug.14i nLosAngeles.IToMr.andMrs.GeorgeWak anoHi ri rl,JudyKei k o,onAug.11i nB-1Angeles.IToMr.andMrs.MasaruAk uta-Hawaagirl,Sh aronDale,onAug.Hi nLosAngeles.IToMr.andMrs.GlennJosephHimi (neeAliceEmi k oKawamura,Hboy,RobertJames,onAug.15Hi LosAngeles.

ToMr.andMrs.TsutomuOk a-Zl°1%£''JT"ne,Mich i k °-onAug.15:nLosAngeles.

rT°Mr;andMrs-RobertWeslevC°'well"<rTygh Tayek o)aboy,Angeles

y>°nAug>3inLorZ0. M.and Mrs. MasamoriGeorge.Miyagi ,Anah ei m,Calif,agirl,JaniceSh i zue,onAug.17..ToMr.a-ndMrs.Willi am Mitsu-tosh i Tak ei aboy,MasaruEdwardonAug.16i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.JoeKamiyaaboyonAug.1i nBerk eley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.JamesMasudaLivi ngston Calif., a boy,Ch ri s-toph erTodd,onAug.22.ToMr.a-ndMrs.HideoSh i nk awaaboyonJuly22i nFresno.To Mr.and Mrs.Tom Ki k uj i

Ok ano,Madera,Calif.,agirlonJuly21.ToMr.andMrs.Ralph Y.Kono

onAug.26 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Enomotoaboyi nWatsonvillo,Calif.

DEATHSTsunetaroYasuda,70,onAug.

24i nSanFrancisco.Kak ui ch i Sadamune,63,onAug

24i nOak land,Calif.Sannosuk eMuk ai ,69,onAug

21 i nFlorin,Calif.Kameich i Tak ak i ,71,onAug.23i nLongBeach ,Calif.EarlHarveyKano,28,onAug.

24i nSeattle.LyndaMidori Sugitach i i n Se-attle.Ch osh i roTamak i onAug.26 i n

Berk eley,Calif.

MARRIAGESSh i zuYosh i -rtotoFuk ash i Hori

onAug.19i nSeattle.Yosh i SatotoGeorgeMizonoon

Aug.12i nSanFrancisco.LouiseHayash i toGilbertKino-sh i taonAug.19 i nDenver.Kei k oKitayamatoSumioTak ionAug.19 i nSeattle.MargaretKoyama to Yosh i o

Satow on Aug.i 9i nMonterey,Calif.

MARRIAGELICENSESHi rok oTak eta,26,Guadalupe,Calif.,andTomioKifune,33,i nSanJose.Misak oTsuruda,26,andEdgar

Jones,31,h i SanFrancisco.Hatsumi Katayama,18,andRayWak atsuk i ,22,i nSanJose.

HarborSquadWinsFestivalBallFeatureLOSANGELES-Th eHarborF&tr£?h retW Nisei Weekfestivalbaseballch ampi onsh i pbyturningback th ech allengingLosgTofn YBAtEam>sto°.**Ev«-TeeOk ura,pitch i ngforth eSk i p-nli A,

dtbeg,ameundercont"lallth eway.allowingth eopposi-r?Vniy,!OUrTh lts'twoofth e"toCenterfielderJoh nEndow.HerbieIsonoalsopitch edgoodballforth eYBAteambutsevenwalk s,plusacoupleoferrors,ac-countedforth efirstth reeSk i ppertallies.

Dr.Mark KondoMovestoSpok aneSPOKANE,Wash .—Dr.Mark M.

Kondo,formerpresidentofth eDetroit JACL, h as moved toSpok aneandh asopenedadentalofficeatN.13BernardSt.Dr.Kondo didh i spre-dentalwork atth eUniversityofIdah o

andth eUniversityofOregonandgraduatedfrom th eUniversityofDetroit i n 1943. He h as donepostgraduatework atOh i oStatea-ndSt.Vi ncent'sHospitali nCleve-land.Heservedtwoyearsasacaptaini nth eU.S.ArmyDentalCorpsandh asbeeni npracticei nDetroitforth epastfiveyears.Wh i lei nDetroitDr.Kondowas

a memberofth eMr.andMrs.Club,th e MotorCityGolfClub,InternationalInstitute,YMCA,De-troi tDi stri ctDentalSociety,Mich -i ganStateDentalSocietyandth eAmericanDentalAssociati on.Heservedas'vice-presidentofth eDetroitJACLch apterin1949andwaspresidenti n1950.

GardenaCh apterSetsSquareDanceGARDENA,Calif.— A square

dancesessionwillfeatureth efirstJACLactivi tytobe h eldatth enewly-renovatedGardenaCommun-i ty Center,according to HenryIsh i da,ch apterpresident.Th eeventwi llbeh eld Friday,Sept21,andwillbeth efi rsti naseriesofsimi laractivi ti esplan-nrdbyth eGardenaValleyJACL.YoMinami willbe i nch arge,as-sistedbyseveralcommittees.Th epublic i si nvi ted.Th ecom-munitycenter,formerlyth eMone-taGak uen,i satMark et(160th )andGramercyPlace.

HarryOsak i 'sSi lverWinsFirstPrizeAtCaliforniaFairSACRAMENTO — HarryA.

Osak i ofPasadenawonfirstprizeformetalwork i nth eartsandcraftsdivi si on atth e CaliforniaStateFairi nSacramentoonAug.25. 'Osak i recei vedacash awardof$95forh i sentry,asetofflatsilver.Apainti ngtitled"Japanese-Boy"wona$750sch olarsh i pandacashawardof$125forJack ZajacofScrippsCollegeSa th eoi lpoint-i ng1divi si on.Osak i 'ssi lverspoonandfork forsalad servingboth measure 13i nch esapieceandh aveacontem-porarydesign.

WidespreadAdultEducationProgram PlannedbyCenterCHICAGO—Th e AdultEduca-tionprogram ofth eEllis Com-munityCenterwasannouncedth i swt-ek forth efallseason:Th eAmericani zati onclasses,undertutorageofMissHenriettaPope,will h old classes Tuesday andTh ursdayeveningsat7p.m.Th i si ssponsoredbyth eCh i cagoBoardofEducationandwillbeh eldreg-ularlyduring th e publicsch oolyear.

Th e CeramicsClub,wh i ch willbe organized on Tuesdayeven-i ng,Sept.18,willmeetregularlyth ereafteronTuesdayevenings.Th eywi llmeetwith outani nstruc-tortocreateth ei rown ceramicpieces.Memberswillbe ask edtoh elp i nabeginnersclass,wh i chi stobeh eldonTh ursdayevenings,startingSept.20foranine-week speriod.Th i scourse,wh i ch i ncludesth emolding,designi ng,bak i ngandglazingofclay i ntopottery,i sopentoth ecommunity.ConversationalJapanese,classesforbeginnersandadvancedstu-dentswillbepresentedbyNaoyeSuzuk i .Th eclass foradvancedstudentswillmeeteveryTuesdayevening,from 7 p.m.fortenweek sstartingSept.18.A$5tui-ti onfeewillbech arged.Th e be-ginnersclasswillbeh eldonWed-nesdayeveningsat7p.m.fortenweek sstartingonSept.19.Tuiti onwillh e $3.50.Emph asi sonbothclasseswillbeplacedonth eabil-i tytospeak th elanguage.Sk etch i ng,andpainti ngforbe-ginnersandadvancedstudentsarenew classesbeing i ntroducedforth efi rsttimei nth eAdultEduca-ti onprogram ofth ecenter.Mrs.Brach i a Gordon,ofth eSouth si deArtCenter,willserveas i nstruc-tor.Th e8-week beginnerscoursewillbeginon Oct.9 at1p.m.Tuiti onfeeof$4willbech arged.Th ecoursewilli ncludesk etch i ngandwatercolorwork .Th e ad-vanced artclass willmeetonTuesdaymorningsbeginni ngOct.9from9:30a.m.Tuiti on feeof$8forth e8-week classwillnoti ncludepainti ng materialsormodel.Oth er classes being planned,

wh i ch willbe announced atalatertime,i ncludeth eJapanesecook i ngclass,th eCh i nesecook i ngclass,pianoclassesandBiblestudy.Month lyforumsarebeingplannedbyHarryNak anoonvitalandi n-terestingtopicso£th edayAmu-sica.preciati ongroupisalsobeingplannedasaSundayeveninggroupeach month .Coj i tractbridge foradvancedstudentswillbestartedunderth eleadersh i pofHenryUsh i ok aeveryWednesdayni gh tfrom 7:30p.m.,starting Sept.26.Problemswillbepresentedfordiscussionduringth o8-week course.Th eAdultEducationprogram is

a non-profitattemptto providecreativeand i nteresting activi tyforth ecommunity.Iti ssponsored

byth eEllisCommunityCenterandi sunderth edirectionofth eCom-munityActivi ti esCommittee,Mr.Nak ano,ch ai rman.Allclassesareopentoth epub-lic.

* * *Th e Elli s Community Center

nurserysch ooli sacceptingappli-cationsforitsfallsemesterwh i chwillbegin onTuesday,Sept.4.Underth edi rectionofMrs.Mari-anneCoh en,th enurserysch oolh asplannedth reeh alf-daygroupsandoneall-daygroupwith h erstaffoftrainednurserywork ers,wh i chi ncludes Mrs.Marjori e Jenk i ns,Mrs.FayLangstonandtwopart-time h elpers.Th enurserysch ooli s a non-profitprogramtoprovideeduca-tional,socialandrecreationalop-portuniti estopre-sch oolch i ldren,2-5yearsofage,andalsotoac-commodatea limi ted numberofch i ldren i n an all-dayprogramforwork i ngmoth ers.Th etwosessionswillbeh eldi nth emorningfrom 9a.m.tonoon,forch i ldren2-4;aclassforolderch i ldren i sh eld i nth eafternoonfrom 1-4p.m.Tuiti onfeesare$2.50perweekforh alf-daystudentsand $7forth eall-dayprogram.Transporta-tionch argesareseparate.

* * *Appreciati onWeek i sbeingob-served atth e Ellis CommunityCenterduringth e last.week ofAugust.Auxili arygroupswillmeetni gh tlytoh elpi nth eredecorationprogram ofth eCenterbuildi ng.Underth edi rectionofMm Oga-sawara,buildi ngcommitteech ai r-man,th e MarriedCouplesClubwillmeeton Tuesday evening,Aug.28,topaintth eoffices;mem-bersofth enewlyorganizedEllisCommunityCenterGolfClubwillpaintth e,nurseryroomonth efol-lowingni gh t;th e Work campersClubwillj oi non Fridayeveningtofini sh th eth i rdfloor;th eYouthFellowsh i pi stocareforth ebase-mentceramicsroom.Th eAppreciati onWeek i sanan-

nualeventbringi ngtogeth erallth eauxili aryclubsofth ei nsti tu-ti onto h elp"appreciate"th ebuild-i ngfacili ti es i j i atmay h avede-preciatedfrom useduringth epastyear.

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L-A.YBAmi ar b i tJoh nEndow,cf , n »SatMitsui ,lb 3 0 0GeorgeEndo,c 4Ben Yosh i wara,rf 3 0 nTosh Asano,3b 4 0 0StoggieKanogawa,2b 4 0 1

led Yosh i wara,rf 2 0 0GeorgeTamura, ss 2 0 0HerbieIsono,p 3 0 0

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SenateApprovalGivenBudgetOf$725,000forEvacuationClaimsPaymentProgram

WASHINGTON,D.C—Th eSenateh asapprovedanappro-priati onof$725,000forth eDepartmentofJustice'sevacuationclaimsprogramforth e1952fi scalyear,accordingtoth eWash -i ngtonOfficeofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati on Committeeth i sweek .Halfamilli on dollarswas designatedforth epaymentof

claimslessth an$2500and $225,000wasallocatedforadmini s-trativepurposes.Th i s i sth esame amountasapprovedbyth eHouseaboutamonth ago.

-Th eappropriati onsforth eyearendingJune30,1952comparewith$1,300,000 appropriatedforth eyearj ustended.Ofth i stotal,$1,--050,000 wasforth epaymentofclaimsand$250,000foradmini stra-ti vepurposes.Th eseappropriati onsforevacua-tionclaimsareapartofth emoreth anabilli ondollarsforth eDe-partmentsofState,Justice,andCommerceandth eFederalJudi-ciary. Th eSenateappropriati ons■nowgoi ntoConferencetoi ronoutdifferenceswith th eHouse. Th eSenateappropriated$1,045,452,836forth esefouragencieswh i leth eHouseappropriated$1,045,940,115.Th eHouseandSenatebi llsdifferon some 30 separate i temsbyamountsranginguptoaboutsevenmilli ondollars.Onei temofdifferencei sforth e

Office ofAlien Property. Th eHouseapproved$3,600,000butth eSenatereducedth i samountto$3,--000,000onth egroundsth atth e187attorneysi nth eOfficeweretoomany.

Since th e House i s i nrecessuntilSeptember12th ,th esediffer-encescannotbereconciledatleastuntilth atti me.Th eHouseandSenateconfereesarenotexpectedto h avemuch di ffi culty i nagree-i ngonaconferencebill,h owever,accordingtoSenateAppropriati onsCommitteesources.Th e amount for evacuationclaimsi snotexpectedtobetouch -ed.Wh i leregrettingth ecuti nap-propriati onsforevacuationclaims,Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirector,explainedth ati nth eligh tofperformancebyth eDe-partmentofJusticeth i sreduction

ofalmosth alfamilli ondollarsi sunderstandable."Butth ecuti nadmini strativeexpensesi sparticularly h ardtotak e,"Masaok asaid,"sinceCon-gressh asapprovedth ecompromisesettlementamendmenttoth ebasiclawrecentlywh i ch sh ouldenableth eDepartmentofJusticetopro-cessandpaymanymoreclaimsth aneverbefore."Eventh ough admini strativeex-

penses h avebeencutth i sfiscalyear,th eDepartmentsh ould beabletoprocessso manyclaims'underth enewcompromisesettle-mentformulath atCongresswillapprovesubstantiali ncreasesnextyearforboth admi ni strativeandclaimspaymentpurposes,"Mas-aok asai d.Commenting on th e Office ofAlien Property appropriati ons,Masaok adeclaredth atevenwith187attorneysth eOfficei sfarbe-h i ndi ni tswork with severalth ou-sand claims i nvolving Issei andNi sei sti lltoberesolved."As slow as th e evacuationclaimsprogram may h ave pro-gressed,th eali enpropertypro-gram i sevenslower. Wh i le i tse«msclearth atth eevacuationclaimsprogramwillbemateriallyspeededupth i syear,such pros-pectsforth eOfficeofAlienProp-ertyarenotdiscernible."

IDCAnnouncesSept.9MeetingAtYellowstoneTh e Intermountain Distri ct

Councilofth eJACLwillh oldi tsth i rdquarterlymeetingSun-day,Sept.9,atMack s Inn,YellowstonePark ,GeorgeMoch i -zuk i ,Istvice-ch ai rman,saidth i sweek . .„,Th eYellowstoneJACLwillbeh ostch apter.Th ecouncilwillconveneat1

p.m.forabusinesssession,wh i chwilli ncludediscussionofth enext distri ct convention andawardstoJACLleadersofth eIntermountain area forth ei rwartimeservices1.

Nak agi ri Fami lyMovestoBurbankFrom Milwauk eeMILWAUKEE,Wise—KayNa-k agi ri ,design engineer,wi lltak eanewpositi onsoon i n Burbank ,Calif.,andwillleave h eresh ortlyforth atcitywith h i swifeandson.Nak agi ri wasemployedasade-

sign engineer i n th e companyownedby'JuliusHeil,formergov-ernorofWisconsin.Heh asbeen i n th e AmericanSociety ofMech ani calEngineersandth eSocietyofAutomotiveEn-gineersandwasapastofficeri nth eMi lwauk eeJACL.Hiswife,Mick i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.K.Sasak i ofofOntario,Ore.,h asbeenh eadteach eratth eCh i ldCare Centers,Inc.,adaynursery.Sh eplanstotak easim-i larpositi oni nLosAngeles.Mrs.Sasak i h asbeen a ch ai r-

man i nth eMi lwauk eeAssociati onofNurseryEducationandwasonth eplanningcommitteeforth eMidwestconventionofth eNation-alAssociati onforNurseryEduca-tion,tobe h eldi n1952.Sh ewasalso a memberofth elocalch aptersofth eAuxili aryofth eAmericanSocietyofMech an-i calEngineersandth eYoungCol-legeWoman'sClub.

JapaneseGovernmentAgencyNotes506Nisei RenouncedNipponTiesDuring1941Renunciati onsWereProcessedBeforeOutbreak ofWarSANFRANCISCO— Alistof

506Ni sei wh oappliedi n1941forth eremovalofth ei rname* fromfamilyrecords i n Japanwasre-leasedlastwefck byth eJapaneseGovernmentOverseasAgency i nSanFrancisco.Th eseNisei ,wh oappliedtoJa-

panese consular auth ori ti es be-tweenMarch andNovember,1941,forth erenunciati onofth ei rJapa-neseregistration,h adbeenregis-teredbyth eparentsatth etimeofth ei rbirth with th eJapanesegovernment,acustom wh i ch wasfollowedmth e19205.Th eserenunciati onrequestsh ad

beenprocessedbyth eTok yogov-ernmentbutbecause ofth e dis-ruptionofcommunicati onsi n1941between Japan and th e UnitedStates,followedbyth eoutbreak ofwar,Japan'sconsularoffici als i nth eUnitedStateswereunabletoi nformth eNi sei th atth ei rnames

h adbeenclearednft- "~*i stration. Of

«»**r*Recently th eJapanUmentsenti tsOverseaa gOVt»cials i nth eUni tedS,,*'*namesofth ose Wh £?"'«<tionsh adbeenproceSSPH "?*SinceallbutafevMrfr"""■sonsh avech angedth ei r»S*

Agencyh asbeenunableto!?th esepersons i ndi vi dually0Th eSanFranciscoofficenf*.Overseas Agency »Zi "*ceivedalistSf4 J,*renunciati ons h adCSNBei Ti mesMdtft:a

with $3toth eagencyXjch ants Exch ange Bui i di ng,«CaliforniaSt.,SanFranciscot

JapaneseCanadiansGotOnlyPittanceforClaims,SaysObataJapanese Canadians realized

about15centsonth edollarfromth esettlementofth ei revacuationclaims,RogerObata,firstnation-alpresidentofth eJapaneseCan-adi an Ci ti zens Associati on,saidth i sweek i nSaltLak eCity.Obata,accompaniedby h i swife,Mary,andson,Bobby,19month s,visi tedatth eh omeofh i swi fe'sparents,Mr.andMrs.Th omasT.OgataofSaltLak eCi ty.Th eformerJCCA offici alsaidth atCanadianNi sei filedfornear-lysevenmilli ondollars i nclaims,butweregrantedaboutoneandaquartermilli oni nsettlement,or15centsonth edollar. He alsopointedoutth elowerbuyingpowerofth e15centsatth epresenttime,ascomparedto i tsbuyingpoweratth eti meofth eloss.Incontrasttoth eAmericanre-paymentplan,h owever,h epointedoutth atCanadah asfini sh edwithi tsevacuationclaimsprogram.Obata,nowanelectricalengi-

neeri nToronto,saidth atCanada'sNisei and Issei,wh owererelo-cated i n th eEastafterth ewarbegan,h avenotmovedback toth ewestcoast,as h ave somanyJa-paneseAmericans.,He attributedth i stoth efactth atth eNi sei i nCanadalostallth ei rproperty, i ncluding h omesandbusinesses,th rough confisca-ti on andresale by th e govern-ment.Th eonlysinglegroupth ath asreturnedwesti nanynumberisth efish ermengroup,andofth esemanygotoBriti sh Columbiaonlyduringth efish i ngseason,Obatasaid.HesaidCanada'sJapaneseh avefoundwi deremploymentopportu-niti es i nth eEastth anth eyeverh ad i nBriti sh Columbia,wh eremostofth em livedpriortoth ewar.NUjei girlsarebeingused i nofficerclericalandsecretarialj obs,

andalsofindemploymentasdmdesignersand i noth ernewfidiMenh avealsofoundopportunityi n numerousfieldsneverbetaopentoth em.Obatapraisedth ework oftoJapaneseCanadianCiti zensAwciati onandsaidth atith asalrea*

accomplish edth egreaterpartdfi tsorigi nalpoliti calaims,i nttti ngth esettlementofevacturk iclai ms and securing ofvotuirigh tsi nBriti sh Columbiaforpn-sonsofOrientalancestry.Amongth eJCCA'srecentacth i -ti eswas h elpi nginsecuringofifairemploymentpracticeslaw■Ontario.Obata praised th e work ol

GeorgeTanak a,executiveseat-taryofth eJCCA.Obata se¥ved i nth e CanadaArmy.Hewasstationedi nWak -i ngton,D.C.,with th eAlliedTram-latorandInterpreterSectionofIkU.S.WarDepartment.Hemeth i swi femWash i ng

wh eresh e wasalsoaWarft-partmemtemploye.Th eywereunt-ried i n1946andmak eth ei rh osti nToronto.Obatasaidth ei rsonBobby j i

probablya"dualciti zen"ofCo-adaandth e UnitedStatesviresultofth eAmericanciti zenst?ofh i smoth erandh i sfath er'sCttadi anciti zensh i p.Th e Obataswillvisi tGrdCanyonbeforereturningtoI*onto.

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