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PACIFIC CITIZEN 11, 24; NO. 10 SALTLAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 15,1947 Prce: SevenCents L. A. Mayor Greets Nse Gls LOS ANGELES—Two Nse solders wt outstandng co bat Hecords were welcoed bac totecty byMayor Bowronat Cty Hall on Marc 10. Teyare Cef Warrant Offcer Ernest Hra ■left) andMaster Sgt. Fran Kuraoto. Te Nse Gls vsted ■Mayor Bowron wt Col. W.L.Jefferson, cef of 11. S.Ary Hecrutng nSouternCalforna. Te JapaneseA ercanstoldMayor Bowron tey ave been ■ssgned byteAry to LosAngeles to. ad n encouragng Nse Ho enlstn te ltary ntellgence servcelanguage scool for Huturc duty as specalstsn occupedJapan. Hra, wo saw acton nte Sout Pacfcand nte Pllp- Bnes,s agraduate of Hollywood g scool, LosAngelesCty BollegeandteUnversty of Calforna and as served n te ■Ar ysnce June,1941. Kuraoto, a graduateof Lncoln g, Served nte P lppnes. Loyalty of Japanese A ercan Group n Warte Prased By Adral N tz at Hearng Cef of Naval Operatons Says NoSabotage Co tted byGroup; Has NoObectons To Hawa's Desre for Stateood Rgts I WASHINGTON —T e loyaltyof A ercans of Japanese an- try to teUntedStates durng World War II was prasedby set Adral Cester W. N tz, cef of navaloperaton, n tony beforete House Publc Lands co ttee onMarc 10. b Navy cef declared e new of nocases of sabotage nvolv- Nse nWorldWar 11. Declarng e couldsee"no obecton fro a ltary or naval Jdpont to te Hawaan Islands ac evng stateood," Adral ntznotedtatJe ad "enter- led soe doubt before World | II as tote loyalty of Aer- b ofJapaneseancestry n te |t of war wt Japan." Fro yobservatonsdurng Wd War11,I no longer ave t doubt." dral N tz added: Durng y servce asco and- n-cef of te Pacfc Ocean a (Dec,1941, to Nov., 1945, n tfa), I ad anopportuntyto ervete people of te Hawaan ds and I avegreat adra- andapprecaton of te wole- rted cooperatonteygaveto war effort. "Te ctzens of te slands rtcpated actvelynte ar- servces n World War II and rved wt dstncton. Tat n- des any of Japanese ances- swerng questons, Adral ntz sad, "I now of nocases of Btage or subversve actvtes Ing yentreservce asco- der-n-cef of te Pacfc ftn Area.?' |ep. FredCrawford,R.,Mc., Bd wat was te necesstyof ftal law nte slands. Te stuaton n Dec., 1941 was ucal one," N tz repled. "And ared every safeguard tat d be nsttutedto advancese- Ity. Hndsgt gt ndcate t t was not necessary." Igan referrng toaquestonn- ng Hawa's resdent popula- te of Japanese ancestry, Adral ltz declared: Terewere anyopportun- st forsabotage and esponage I-to te best of y nowledge | nforaton nuroustoour rest passed out of teslands. I do not now even of nor pents suc as te cuttng of telepone wres wc were strung all ever te slands." Delegate Bartlett, D., Alasa, ased f tere was any reason wy stateood would par defense. "I souldn't tn so,"N tz repled. Tead ral sadte secrecyof te Japanese g co and n plannngte Pearl Harbor attac was so strct tat "I don't tn te Japanese consul-general n Honolulu adany dea of te na- ture of te attac and te te t wasto coe." "Tere sno doubt tat soe Japanese n te slands were sy patetc to te Japanese na- tonal govern ent but tat dd notextend to actve sabotage and subverson afterte war started," Ad ral N tz added. Rep. Peden,D., Ola., ased weterIt ad* any dfference fro a tactcal ordefense vew weter Hawa wasa stateor a terrtory. "I donot tn t does," N tz repled. "Hawa wll stll be our an base n te Pacfc wetert sastateor aterrtory." N tz sad sstateent con- taned only s"personal vews." Prevously te Navy Depart ent as toldte co ttee tas no obecton tote enactent of leg- slaton beng consdered by te group to ae Hawa te 49t7! state. Gen. Carles B.Herron, retred, Ary co ander n Hawa fro 1937to1941, testfed tat "cvlan leaderspwas toroug ly patr- otc" durng streeyearstere and"te ltary was not obstruct- ed nanyway." ' Four House ebers wo ntro- duced Hawaan stateood blls also testfed. Rep. Hale, R., Me., sadte xedracal strans n Hawa "sould bean argu ent for stateoodratertan aganst." Uta Legslature Repeals State's Alen Property Law House Votes 48 to 2 to Erase Warte Statute A ed at Farers of Japanese Descent TeUta House of Representatves repealed testate's Alen Landlaw, aedat alens of Japanese ancestry, byavoteof 48 to 2on Marc 11. Te actonof teUta Housewas accopaned by praseby ebers of tebodyfor te wartecontrbutonsof Japanese andJapanese A ercanfarers n te state. Prevously te Uta Senate ad unan ouslypassed te Alen Landlawrepeal bll, SB 122. Te legslaton wassponsored by ' Sen. Newell Kngt, R., Salt Lae, and oter senators as part of a progra of legslaton supported byUta veteransgroups. House ebers,ncludngRep. DavdHolter, R., Weber, too te floornsupport of te repeal bll. after Rep. Toas M.Rees,D., Salt Lae, ad voced soppos- ton, declarng tat terepeal of te landlaw wouldgve "alens" anopportunty totae testate's far lands. Housesupport of te repeal ove wasvocedbyanu ber of e- bers ncludngtwoveteranswt overseas servce. Tey eaped prase on Uta farers of Japa- nese ancestryforter warte producton record and upon te sacrfces of Uta Nse as e- bersof tearedforces. Passage of teAlenLand law, patterned on tepresent Calfornalaw, n 1943 was condened by House ebersas a "bad exa ple of war ystera." Tebll wasput to vote e- dately after te debate andwas passedbya argnof 48 to 2. Ten representatves were absent or werenot recorded. Teonly oter voteaganst te bll, besdeRep. Rees, wastat of Rep. Wlford J. Huprey,R., Eery. "If we tae awayrestrctons, foregnerswll own our best land nsteadof leasng or rentng t as teydonow," Rep. Rees added. GlenTo pson, senor vce-co- ander of te Veterans of Foregn Wars nUta, sad tat te Uta VFW organzaton ad voted to support te repeal oveas atrb- ute toter buddes of Japanese an- cestrynteU. S. Ary. He co- ended telegslature's acton as- astrngexa pleof deocratc acton. Hto Oada, natonal presdent of teJACL, sadtat Uta waste frst western state torepeal fe "undeocratc" Alen Land law w c, esad, was aedat res- dentalensofJapaneseancestry butalso penalfzed te Aercan cldrenof tesealen parents. Te AlenLand law repeal bll was part of a progra of veterans legslaton sponsoredby teVet- eransLegslatve Councl of Uta, coposedof teVFW,A ercan Legon, Dsabled A ercan Veter- ans, Avets and te Spans- A ercanWarVeterans. Te re- peal easurealso was supported byteSalt LaeFederaton of La- bor, AFL. Nse Veteran Trans for Post on L. A. Polce Force LOS ANGELES Stanley Uno, Nse war veteranof te Pacfc teater,s oneof101 canddates see ng obsasreg- ular ebers of teLos Ange- les polceforce. He ste frst Nse to see a post asacty polce an. A forer e ber of co bat ntellgence nte war aganst Japan,Uno recently was ap- ponted a te porary deputy serff nLosAngeles County. He s now brusng up on ars anspandoter tests to qualfy as a polce offcer. KrugStresses Nse Record In Test ony Interor Depart ent Head Supports HawaanStateood WASHINGTON Teloyalty record of Hawa's resdents of Japanese ancestry wasstressed by Secretary of Interor Julus Krug on Marc 7wen eappear- ed beforete HousePublc Lands Co ttee tosupport Hawa's re- quest for stateood. Declarng1tat te loyalty of Hawa's xed racalgroups s unquestoned, Krug stated tere was no ustfcaton of reportsof subversve actvtes by persons of Japanese ancestry, now 32per cent of Hawa's populaton, at te teof te attac on Pearl Harbor. "Te Ary and Navy ntell- genceoffcesconceded tat not a sngleactof esponageorsabo- tagewasco tted by anyper- sonof Japanese ancestry, alen or ctzen, eterprorto or subse- quent toDec.7,1941," teInter- or Secretarysad. "I do not care watstandard you apply—w etert spopula- ton, devoton to A ercan deals, te effect upontenaton nfor- egn affars, wealt,ablty for self-governent, loyalty, cope- tanee nbusness or govern ent, or socal conscousness—Hawa passes te test," Krug epasz- ed. Teporary Suspenson Announced by Nse Papern NewYor NEW YORK Teporary sus- pensonof te Nse Weeender, weely newspaper publsed byte Japanese A ercan NewsCorpor- aton,Inc., was announced ts wee. Productonprobles, ncludng te sortageofnewsprnt, was gvenastereason for te dec- son tosuspend publcaton. At te saete te publsers announcedtat plans we^ under way toexpand teWeeender nto anegt-page paper. Nse Student Wns Oratory Honors REDLANDS, Calf.-^Joe Iegu- c, eberof teUnversty of Redlands forenscsquad, won frst prze noratoryat teP Kappa Delta western states tourna ent at Lnfeldcollege, Oregon. Te Unversty of Redlandssquad of tree en, Ieguc, Culver Nel- son and Randy Jens, ade te best score of any scool on te west coast for upper dvsonspeaers, tang two frst placeawards, one second,one trd and a fourt placeaward. Ieguc,a senor, s student body treasurer at Redlands. He s a veteran of teCBI teater. He won frst place onors noratory at a western states speec contest n Deceber,1946. VFW Councl In Sacraento Bacs Nse Passes Resoluton For Aendent of Alen Land Law SACRAMENTO Te Sacra- entoCounty Councl of te Vet- erans of Foregn Wars tswee passed resolutons urgng te a end ent of te Calforna Alfft Landlaw toprotect tergts of A ercan ctzens to old prop- erty andurgngte aendent of present racalrestrctons n te Federal law to provde forte naturalzaton of alens ona bass of ndvdual acceptablty. Teresolutons were presented to teCounty VFW by te newly- foredNse Post No. 8985. Kennet Ns ura recently was selectedas legslatve car- an of teNse veterans' group. Resolutonsandlettersfor leg- slatve acton onproblesaffect- ng Japanese Aercan veterans arebengsent out byte Nse VFW post to oter VFW unts. Wrn, Saburo Kdo To UrgeCtzens p For Isse Japanese LOS ANGELES—Saburo Kdo, forernatonal presdent of te JACL, and A. L. Wrv noted cvl rgts attorneyandlegal counsel for te JACL, wll urgectzens p for alens of Japanese descent na rado foru over KMPConSunday, Marc 23. . Hector Bada, forer presdent of te NatveSonsof te Golden West,and Jaes McLaug ln, at- torney, wll opposete adsson of Japanese alens toctzens p. Denver Nse Hurt InHgway Accdent DENVER,Colo.—JaesSyo- ura, 18, was serously nured wen te otorcycle e was rdng collded wt an autooble on U. S.Hg way85 near Hender- sonon Marc 9. Nse Colonel Says Japan's Destny Now Lned Wt U. S. LOS ANGELES Returnng fro servce nToyowt Gen- eral Mac Artur's eadquarters, Leut. Col. Jon F. Aso, forer d- rector of acade c tranng at te Mltary Intellgence Language scool, declared n LosAngeles on Marc 10tat Japan now beleves ts destnys lned wt te Unt- edStates. p Col.Aso, one of a andful of Nse to attan te ran n te U. S. Ar y, also s beleved to be one of a few nteAry wo as rsen fro buc prvateto leu- tenant colonel durngWorld War 11.Aso, aLos Angelesattorney, enlsted as a prvaten Aprl, 1941. "Gen. Mac Artur s dong anad- rable ob," Aso sad. "But t wll taea long te tofully deocra- tze Japan, at least 20years, te enoug forteeducaton of one coplete generaton, wll be re- qured. "TeJapaneseteselveswant A ercan occupatontroops to re- an aslongas possble." Aso, wo wears teAry Co- endaton Rbbonwt Oa Leaf Cluster for-Wswor at te ntell- gencescool and nToyo, plans to returnto lawpractce n Los Angeles. Col. Aso, tenan enlsted an, elped organze tefrst Japanese language tranng progra for te ltaryntellgence servceat te Presdo n San Francsco. After te evacuaton teMIS language scool was ovedto Cap Savage andlater to Fort Snellng nMn- nesota were Aso servedas drec- tor of acadec tranng. He super- vsed te ndoctrnaton and tran- ng«of nearly 6000 en, te aor- ty wo wereNse.

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Page 1: PACIFIC CITIZEN · 2000. 8. 31. · PACIFIC CITIZEN 11,24;NO.10 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,MARCH15,1947 Price:SevenCents L.A.MayorGreetsNiseiGls LOSANGELES—TwoNiseisoldierswithoutstandingcombat

PACIFIC CITIZEN11,24;NO.10 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,MARCH 15,1947 Pri ce:SevenCents

L.A.MayorGreetsNisei Gls

LOSANGELES—TwoNisei soldierswith outstandingcombatHecordswerewelcomedback toth ecitybyMayorBowronatCityHallonMarch 10.Th eyareCh i efWarrantOfficerErnestHirai■left)andMasterSgt.Frank Kuramoto.Th eNisei Glsvisi ted■MayorBowronwith Col.W.L.Jefferson,ch i efof11.S.ArmyHecruiti ng i nSouth ernCalifornia.

Th eJapaneseAmericanstoldMayorBowronth eyh avebeen■ssignedbyth eArmytoLosAngelesto.aidi nencouragingNiseiHoenlisti nth emili taryintelligenceservicelanguagesch oolforHuturcdutyasspeciali stsi noccupiedJapan.

Hirai ,wh osawactioni nth eSouth Pacifi candi nth ePh i lli p-Bines,i sagraduateofHollywood h i gh sch ool,LosAngelesCityBollegeandth eUniversityofCaliforniaandh asserved i nth e■ArmysinceJune,1941.Kuramoto,agraduateofLincoln h i gh ,Served i nth ePh i li ppi nes.

LoyaltyofJapaneseAmericanGroupi nWartimePraisedByAdmiralNimi tzatHearingCh i efofNavalOperationsSaysNoSabotageCommittedbyGroup;HasNoObjecti onsToHawai i 'sDesireforStateh oodRigh ts

IWASHINGTON—Th eloyaltyofAmericansofJapanesean-trytoth eUni tedStatesduringWorldWarIIwaspraisedbysetAdmiralCh esterW.Nimi tz,ch i efofnavaloperation,i ntimonybeforeth eHousePublicLandscommitteeonMarch 10.bNavych i efdeclaredh ek newofnocasesofsabotagei nvolv-■ Nisei i nWorldWar11.

Declaringh ecouldsee"noobjecti onfrom amili taryornavalJidpoi nttoth eHawai i anIslandsach i evi ngstateh ood,"Admiral

nitznotedth atJi eh ad"enter-led somedoubtbefore World|IIastoth eloyaltyofAmeri-bofJapaneseancestry i nth e|itofwarwith Japan."From myobservationsduringWdWar11,Inolonger h avetdoubt."k dmi ralNimi tzadded:Duringmyserviceascommand-i n-ch i efofth ePacifi c Oceani a(Dec,1941,toNov.,1945,i ntfai i ),Ih adanopportunitytoerveth epeopleofth eHawai i anmdsandIh avegreatadmira-i andappreciati onofth ewh ole-rtedcooperationth eygavetowareffort."Th eci ti zensofth e i slandsrtici patedactivelyi nth earm-servicesi nWorldWarIIandrvedwith disti ncti on.Th ati n-i desmanyofJapaneseances-

msweringquestions, Admiralnitzsaid,"Ik nowofnocasesofBtage orsubversiveactivi ti esIngmyentireserviceascom-i i der-i n-ch i ef of th e Pacifi cftnArea.?'|ep.FredCrawford,R.,Mi ch .,Bd wh atwasth enecessityofftiallaw i nth ei slands.Th esi tuationi nDec.,1941wasucialone,"Nimi tzreplied."Andaired every safeguard th atdbe i nsti tutedtoadvancese-Ity.Hindsi gh tmigh t i ndi cateti twasnotnecessary."Igainreferringtoaquestioni n-k i ng Hawai i 'sresidentpopula-teofJapaneseancestry,Admirallitzdeclared:Th ereweremanyopportuni-stforsabotageandespionageI-toth ebestofmyk nowledge|i nformation i nj uri oustoour

k restpassedoutofth ei slands.Idonotk nowevenofminorpentssuch asth ecuttingof

teleph onewireswh i ch werestrungalleverth e i slands."DelegateBartlett,D.,Alask a,ask edi fth erewasanyreasonwh ystateh oodwouldi mpai rdefense."Ish ouldn'tth i nk so,"Nimi tz

replied.Th eadmi ralsaidth esecrecyofth e Japanese h i gh command i nplanningth ePearlHarborattackwassostrictth at"Idon'tth i nkth e Japanese consul-generali nHonoluluh adanyi deaofth ena-tureofth eattack andth eti mei twastocome.""Th erei snodoubtth atsome

Japanese i n th e i slands weresympath eti ctoth eJapanesena-tionalgovernmentbutth atdidnotextendto active sabotageand subversionafterth ewarstarted,"AdmiralNimi tzadded.Rep.Peden,D.,Ok la., ask edwh eth erItmad*any differencefrom atacticalordefenseviewwh eth erHawai i wasastateoraterritory."Idonotth i nk i tdoes,"Nimi tz

replied."Hawai i willstillbeourmainbase i nth ePacifi cwh eth eri ti sastateoraterritory."Nimi tzsaidh i sstatementcon-tainedonlyh i s"personalviews."Previouslyth eNavyDepartment

h astoldth ecommittee i th asnoobjecti ontoth eenactmentofleg-i slati onbeing consideredby th egrouptomak eHawai i th e49t7!state.Gen.Ch arlesB.Herron,retired,Armycommanderi nHawai i from1937to1941,testifi edth at"civi li anleadersh i pwasth orough lypatri-otic"during h i sth reeyearsth ereand"th emili tarywasnotobstruct-ed i nanyway."

'FourHousememberswh oi ntro-duced Hawai i an stateh ood bi llsalsotestifi ed.Rep.Hale,R.,Me.,saidth e mi xedracialstrains i nHawai i "sh ouldbeanargumentforstateh oodrath erth anagainst."

Utah LegislatureRepealsState'sAlienPropertyLaw

HouseVotes48to2toEraseWartimeStatuteAimedatFarmersofJapaneseDescent

Th eUtah HouseofRepresentativesrepealedth estate'sAlienLandlaw,aimedataliensofJapaneseancestry,byavoteof48to2onMarch 11.Th eactionofth eUtah Housewasaccompaniedbypraiseby

membersofth ebodyforth ewartimecontributi onsofJapaneseandJapaneseAmericanfarmers i nth estate.Previously th eUtah Senate h ad unanimouslypassedth e

Ali enLandlawrepealbill,SB122.Th elegislationwassponsoredby'Sen.NewellKnigh t,R.,SaltLak e,andoth ersenatorsaspartofaprogram oflegislationsupportedbyUtah veteransgroups.House members,i ncludingRep.

DavidHolth er,R.,Weber,took th efloori nsupportofth erepealbill.afterRep.Th omas M.Rees,D.,SaltLak e,h advoi cedh i sopposi-tion,declaringth atth erepealofth elandlawwouldgive"aliens"anopportunitytotak eth estate'sfarmlands.Housesupportofth erepealmovewasvoicedbyanumberofmem-bers i ncludingtwoveteranswi thoverseas service. Th ey h eapedpraiseonUtah farmersofJapa-neseancestryforth ei rwartimeproduction recordandupon th esacrifi cesofUtah Ni sei asmem-bersofth earmedforces.Passageofth eAli enLandlaw,patternedonth epresentCalifornialaw,i n1943 was condemned by Housemembersas a"badexampleofwarh ysteria."Th ebi llwasputtovotei mme-diatelyafterth edebateandwaspassedbyamarginof48to2.Tenrepresentatives were absentorwerenotrecorded.Th eonlyoth ervoteagainstth ebill,besideRep.Rees,wasth atofRep.Wilford J.Humph rey,R.,Emery."Ifwetak eawayrestricti ons,

foreignerswillownourbestlandi nsteadofleasingorrentingi tasth eydonow,"Rep.Reesadded.GlenTh ompson,seniorvice-com-manderofth eVeteransofForeignWarsi nUtah ,saidth atth eUtahVFW organizati onh advotedtosupportth erepealmoveasatrib-utetoth ei rbuddiesofJapanesean-cestryi nth eU.S.Army.Hecom-mendedth elegislature'sactionas-astri k i ngexampleofdemocraticaction.Hi toOk ada,nationalpresidentof

th eJACL,saidth atUtah wasth efirstwesternstatetorepealfh e"undemocratic" AlienLand lawwh i ch ,h esaid,wasaimedatresi-dentaliensofJapaneseancestrybutalso penalfzed th eAmericanch i ldrenofth esealienparents.Th eAlienLandlawrepealbillwaspartofaprogramofveteranslegislationsponsoredbyth eVet-eransLegislativeCouncilofUtah ,composedofth eVFW,AmericanLegion,DisabledAmericanVeter-ans, Amvets and th eSpanish -AmericanWarVeterans.Th ere-pealmeasurealsowassupportedbyth eSaltLak eFederationofLa-bor,AFL.

Nisei VeteranTrainsforPostonL.A.PoliceForceLOS ANGELES — StanleyUno,Nisei warveteranofth ePacifi cth eater,i soneof101candidatesseek i ngj obsasreg-ularmembersofth eLosAnge-lespoliceforce.Hei sth efi rstNisei toseekapostasacitypoliceman.Aformermemberofcombati ntelligence i nth ewaragainstJapan,Unorecently was ap-pointed a temporary deputysh eri ffi nLosAngelesCounty.He i snowbrush i ngup onmark smansh i pandoth erteststoqualifyasapoliceofficer.

KrugStressesNisei RecordInTestimonyInteriorDepartmentHeadSupportsHawai i anStateh oodWASHINGTON — Th eloyalty

record ofHawai i 'sresidents ofJapaneseancestrywasstressedbySecretaryofInteriorJuliusKrugonMarch 7wh enh eappear-edbeforeth eHousePublicLandsCommitteetosupportHawai i 'sre-questforstateh ood.Declaring1th atth eloyaltyofHawai i 'smi xedracialgroupsisunquestioned,Krug stated th erewasno j usti fi cati onofreportsofsubversive activi ti esby personsofJapaneseancestry,now32percentofHawai i 'spopulation,atth etimeofth eattack onPearlHarbor."Th eArmyand Navy i ntelli-

genceofficesconcededth atnotasingleactofespionageorsabo-tagewascommittedbyanyper-sonofJapaneseancestry,alienorciti zen,eith erpriortoorsubse-quenttoDec.7,1941,"th eInter-i orSecretarysaid."Idonotcarewh atstandard

youapply—wh eth eri ti spopula-tion,devotiontoAmericani deals,th eeffectuponth enationi nfor-eign affairs,wealth ,abili tyforself-government,loyalty,compe-taneei nbusinessorgovernment,orsocialconsciousness—Hawai ipassesth etest,"Krugemph asi z-ed.

TemporarySuspensionAnnouncedbyNiseiPaperi nNewYorkNEW YORK— Temporarysus-pensionofth eNisei Week ender,

week lynewspaperpublish edbyth eJapaneseAmericanNewsCorpor-ation,Inc.,was announced th i sweek .Productionproblems, i ncludingth esh ortageofnewsprint,wasgivenasth ereasonforth edeci-siontosuspendpublicati on.Atth esametimeth epublish ersannouncedth atplanswei^underwaytoexpandth eWeek enderi ntoaneigh t-pagepaper.

Nisei StudentWinsOratoryHonorsREDLANDS,Calif.-JoeIk egu-ch i ,memberofth eUniversityofRedlandsforensicsquad,wonfirstprizei noratoryatth ePi KappaDeltawesternstatestournamentatLinfi eldcollege,Oregon.Th eUniversityofRedlandssquadofth reemen,Ik eguch i ,CulverNel-sonandRandyJenk s,madeth ebestscoreofanysch oolonth ewestcoastforupperdivi si onspeak ers,tak i ngtwofirstplaceawards,onesecond,oneth i rdand afourthplaceaward.Ik eguch i ,a senior, i s student

bodytreasureratRedlands.Hei saveteranofth eCBIth eater.Hewonfirstplaceh onorsi noratoryatawesternstatesspeech contesti nDecember,1946.

VFWCouncilInSacramentoBack sNiseiPassesResolutionForAmendmentofAlienLandLawSACRAMENTO— Th e Sacra-mentoCountyCouncilofth eVet-eransofForeignWarsth i sweekpassed resolutions urging th eamendmentofth eCaliforniaAli fi ftLandlawtoprotectth erigh tsofAmericanciti zensto h oldprop-ertyandurgingth eamendmentofpresentracialrestricti ons i nth eFederallawtoprovideforth enaturalizati onofaliensonabasisofindi vi dualacceptabili ty.Th eresolutionswerepresentedtoth eCountyVFW byth enewly-formedNisei PostNo.8985.Kenneth Ni sh i mura recently

wasselectedaslegislativech ai r-manofth eNisei veterans'group.Resolutionsandlettersforleg-i slati veactiononproblemsaffect-i ngJapaneseAmerican veteransarebeingsentoutbyth eNi seiVFWposttooth erVFW units.

Wiri n,SaburoKidoToUrgeCiti zensh i pForIssei JapaneseLOS ANGELES—SaburoKido,formernationalpresidentofth eJACL,andA.L.Wiri i vnotedcivi lrigh tsattorneyandlegalcounselforth eJACL,willurgeciti zensh i pforaliensofJapanesedescenti naradioforumoverKMPConSunday,March 23..HectorBaida,formerpresidentofth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,andJamesMcLaugh li n,at-torney,willopposeth eadmissi onofJapanesealienstociti zensh i p.

DenverNisei HurtInHigh wayAccidentDENVER,Colo.—JamesSh i yo-mura,18,was seriously i nj uredwh enth emotorcycleh ewasridi ngcollidedwith an automobile onU.S.High way85nearHender-sononMarch 9.

Nisei ColonelSaysJapan'sDestinyNowLink edWith U.S.LOS ANGELES — Returningfrom service i nTok yowi th Gen-eral MacArth ur's h eadquarters,Lieut.Col.Joh nF.Aiso,formerdi-rectorofacademictraini ngatth eMili tary Intelligence Languagesch ool,declared i nLosAngelesonMarch 10th atJapannowbelievesi tsdestinyi sli nk edwith th eUnit-edStates.p Col.Aiso,oneofa h andfulofNisei to attainth erank i nth eU.S.Army,alsoi sbelievedtobeoneofafewi nth eArmywh oh asrisenfrom buck privateto lieu-tenantcolonelduringWorldWar11.Aiso,aLosAngelesattorney,enlistedasaprivatei nApril,1941."Gen.MacArth uri sdoinganad-mirable j ob,"Aisosaid."Buti twi lltak ealongtimetofullydemocra-ti zeJapan,atleast20years,timeenough forth eeducationofone

completegeneration,willbere-quired."Th eJapaneseth emselveswantAmericanoccupationtroopstore-mainaslongaspossible."Aiso,wh owearsth eArmyCom-mendationRibbonwith Oak LeafClusterfor-Wswork atth ei ntelli-gencesch oolandi nTok yo,planstoreturntolawpracticei nLosAngeles.Col.Aiso,th enanenlistedman,h elpedorganizeth efi rstJapaneselanguagetraini ngprogramforth emili taryintelligenceserviceatth ePresidi o i n SanFrancisco.Afterth eevacuationth eMISlanguagesch oolwasmovedtoCampSavageandlatertoFortSnellingi nMi n-nesotawh ereAisoservedasdirec-torofacademictraini ng.Hesuper-visedth ei ndoctrinati onandtrain-i ng«ofnearly6000men,th emajor-i tywh omwereNisei .

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Masaok aLearnsNewCongressPolicyonDeportationMayNotAffectJapaneseAlienGroup

PrivateBillsIntroducedtoSuspendDeportationOfJapaneseGroupDoNotFalli n"Rack et"Category,ADCOffici alTellsCongressmen

WASHINGTON—MostJapanesealiensforwh omprivatebillsh avebeeni ntroducedwillnotbeaffectedbyth erecentdecisi onofth eHouseJudici aryCommitteetoauth ori zeth eImmigrationand Naturaliza-tionServiceto proceed with th edeportationofcertainalienseventh ough pri vatebillsh adbeeni n-troducedi nth ei rbeh alf,Mi k eMa-aok a,nationallegislativedirectorofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,announcedth i sweek ,followingaseriesofconferenceswith JusticeDepartmentandHouseJudici aryDepartmentandHouseJudici aryCommitteemembers.Pointi ngoutth atmostJapanesenationals subjectto deportationareeith erth evi cti msofcircum-stancesoraredenied th e samerigh tsasoth ers,Masaok aurgedth atth e"courtesy"ofsuspendingth edeportationofth oseJapaneseforwh omprivatebillsh adbeeni n-troducedbyfriendlycongressmenbecontinued. Hestatedth atasfarasth eJACL-ADC wascon-cernedth epracticeofh avi ngpri-vatebillsintroducedtosuspendde-portationswasnota"rack et"andth atasfarash ek newnotasin-gleJapanesedeporteewasa"crim-i nal"i nth esenseofh avi ngvio-latedanyseriouscrimi nallaws."Unlessth edeportationofde-

servingJapanesenationalsi spre-vented,eith erbycourtactionorbyth ei ntroductionofprivatebills,manycasesofgrossi nj usti cemayoccur,".Masaok asai d."Japanesenationalswh omateriallycontribut-edtoourwareffortbyassumingth emosti mportantandh azardousduties,certainly,sh ouldnotbesentback as"traitors"toJapanwh ere

th eymayfacegraveconsequences.Andth osei nth eso-calledtreatymerch antcategorysh ouldnotbetreatedonth esamebasisas i llegalentrants,forth eyenteredunderth etermsofacommercialtreaty.Wh enanoth ersuch treatyi ssignedwith Japan,"assurelyth erewillbe,"Masaok asaid,th ei rformerstatuswillbe automaticallyre-stored.ForJapanese nationals wh ose

deportationwouldresulti n h ard-sh i ptoAmericanciti zenfamili es,Masaok adeclaredth atth eysh ouldbegiventh esame privi legesasoth erdeporteesi nth esamesitua-tion,namely'th at th e AttorneyGeneral h ave th e discretionarypowerstosuspendandcancelsuchdeportations."Th i sCongressh asnowbeforei tseveralbi llswh i ch wouldcor-recti h ese i nequi ti esand i nj us-tices,"Masaok adeclared,"anduntilCongressah sdecidedwh atsh ouldbedone,nonesh ouldbedeported.Foronceth eyareonth eh i gh seasorback toJapan,acongressionalactcorrectingth esi tuationth atforcedth ei rdepor-tationwouldh avenovaluewh at-soever."ToJusticeDepartmentoffici als,mitteedidnoti nanywayaffectMasaok apointedoutth atth eau-th ori zati onsofth eJudici aryCom-th epreviouspledge ofAttorneyGeneralOlark th atno Japanesedeportee i n eith erth e "treatymerch antorh ardsh i p"casewouldbedeportedpendingadecisi oni nth ecourts oncases testingth econstituti onalityofth edi scri mi na-toryfeaturesofouri mmi grationanddeportationlawsandregula-tions.

JapaneseAmericansatWRACampHelpedDevelopNewGuayuleRubberProcesses

LOS ANGELES,Calif.—A new processofcuringguayulerubber,wh i ch JapaneseAmericanvolunteerwork ersh elpedde-velopi nawartimeprojectatth eManzanarrelocationcenter,th i sweek promisedtopointth ewaytoan i ndustrywh i ch mayevent-uallyproduceasubstantialsh areofAmerica'snaturalrubberneeds.Today1150acresofsh ortgrayguayulesh rubs,allth atre-

mainofa$45,000,000wartimeFederalexperiment,h oldth efu-tureofguayulerubberi nAmerica. ——With anewextractiontech ni quedevelopedbyaCaliforniaInstituteofTech nologyplant-biologyteam,underDr.'RobertEmerson,formerCaLtech biologistandnowatth eUniversity ofIllinoi s,aprivategroupk nownasth e-DesertRubbM*Companyi sabouttoh arvest1,000--000 pounds ofguayule rubberwh i ch willbeputth rough th ecur-i ngprocesswh i ch i sth eresultofexperiments at th e ManzonarWRAcamp.Dr.Emerson i scredited with

stumbling uponth enew process,wh i ch wrings95percentofth epo-tentialrubbercontentfrom th egrayguayulebrush ,wh enh e ob-served a k i tch en-sizedautomaticfrui tj ui ceseparatoratwork .Heand h i sNi sei andIssei JapaneseassociatesatManzanartriedth edeviceonafewsprigsofguayule.Itgaveup104percentofth erub-berbelievedcontainedi nasampleearlieranalyzedbyach emi st.Th e1150acresofguayuleatth ePh i lli psranch represents aboutone-th i rdofth eacreageplantedbyth esh ort-livedEmergencyRubberProject.If*th eproductionofrub-berfrom th eguayulemeetsth eexpectationsofth eDesertRubberCompany,wh i ch bough tth ePh i l-lipsRanch lastApril,th edevelop-mentmayleadtoth eopeningofmoreth an4,000,000acresofsemi-desertland i nth e South westtoguayuleculture.Th eDesertRubberCompanyi sh eadedbyHugh Anderson,35-year-oldStanfordgraduateandformergovernmentauditor.Interested i nth eevacuationofpersonsofJapa-neseancestryfrom th eWestCoasti n1942fromth estandpointofcivi lrigh ts,Mr.Andersonwasaforth -righ tadvocate ofth erigh ts ofJapaneseAmericans.Atone timeduringth ewas h ewas i nterestedi nth erelocationofagroupofJapanese American evacuee famili esonaproposedguayuleagriculturalprojectInArizona.Curtailmentof

th egovernment'sexperiments i nguayule i sbeli evedto h aveled,toth eabandonmentofth eproposalsforanewcommunityofevacuees.Andersonh asappliedth eprocessdevelopedatManzanartolarge-scale operations,usingawood-pulpingmach i ne to extractth eguayulerubberfrom th eplants.Andersondeclaresth atguayule,

wh oseusebyth eAztecsdatesbackatleastfivecenturies,i sth e"rub-berofth efuture"HecitesCal-tech experimentsto prove th atguayulerubbertests300poundspersquare i nch strongeronaten-silebasisth antree-rubber.JamesBassettofth eLosAnge-

lesTimesquotedAndersonasde-claringth atguayuleh astree-rub-berbadlybeatenfromastandpointofeconomiccompetiti on.Ittak es40man-h ourstoproduceaunitofrubberwh i ch a modern guayuleplantation,usingmeth odsdevelop-ed atCaltech andby JapaneseAmericansatth eManzanarreloca-ti oncamp,couldturnout i nasingleh our.Bassettnoted th atNisei andIssei evacueesatManzanarfoundth atguayulecouldbegrownfromcuttingsandth atth i smeth odpre-servedth ech romosome"purity"ofth erich strainwh i ch migh tbeweak enedbyseedplanting.Cut-tingsfrom th eBeaumontprojectwi llbeusedi nplantc.ultureexpe-ri mentalwork onguayuleatStan-forduniversityunderth eNavalResearch Office.

KitoLeavesforNewU.S.Posti nJapanCHICAGO—Frank E.Kito,for-merLoa Angeles attorney,leftlastweek byplaneforth eWestCoast,enroutetoTok yo,wh ereh ewillj oi nth estaffofth eU.S.Eco-nomicMi ssi oni nJapan.Kitoh asbeenonth estaffofth eOPA i nCh i cago.

JACLConductsCampaignToIncreaseMembersh i p

ByJOHNKITASAKO

Wash i ngtonNews-Letter

Th P TACLiscurrentlyconductinganationalmembersh i p

campaignwh k h comestoanendonMar.15.AconcerteddrivetorXNisei toth ebannersofth eJACLi snecessarybecauseth i s

Lth eti mewh enth eJACLneedsalargemembersh i pto h elpsupporti tsi ntensivelegislativecampaign. wantstoAsizeablemembersh i pi s i mperative i fth eJACL

wa»tsto

back upi tsdemandsforlegislationto""***"*h £i saidcri mi nateagainstNi sei andth ei rparents.Mi k eMasaok ah assai dth atwh en h egoestoseeacon-gressmanoragovernmentoffici aland i sask edh owmanymembersh erepresents,h e i sembarrased.Hewouldli k etosay25,000or40,000members.Buth ecannot,forth enumberofNisei onJACL'sregis-tryi saround6,000.Wedaresayth atonlyMi k e's

aggressivenessandpersuasive-nesspreventh i m from gettingth ebrush -offfrom some con-gressmen wh oare i ncli ned nottopiddlewi th smallpotatoes.RogerBaldwin,nationaldirec-torofth eAmericanCivi lLibertiesUnion, h as said th atdespite i tscomparativelysmallmembersh i p,th e JACLh as i n h i sestimati on)sh ownmoreabili tyandunderstand-i ngi nfigh ti n,gforcivi lrigh tsth ananyoth erminori tygroup.Th i si sboth atributetoth eleadersh i pofth eJACLandach allengetoallNisei tosupportanorganizati onwh i ch alreadyh asproveni tsabil-i ayandsincerity.Actuallyth e JACLsh ould not

h avetoask Nisei toj oi ni tsrank s.Th eNi sei sh ouldbeawareofth egreatbattleth eJACLi swagingtosecurefundamentalrigh tsforNisei andIssei,andth eysh ouldbewilli ngto j oi nth e organizati onvoluntarily,with outbenefitofsalestalk .Iti samostpeculiarandatth e

sametimeregrettablesituationwh enabodyli k eth e JACLsh ouldfi nd i tnecessarytoh avetosolici tmembersh i pfromth osei ti sseek i ngto h elp.AnyNisei wh odemandsth eJA-CLtotellh i m wh yh esh ouldsup-portth eJACLsh ouldh avecausetobeash amedofh i mself.Noth i ngi smorenauseatinganddeflatingtoaJACLcampaignerto h ave h i sappealformembersh i pmetwi thth i staunt:"Wh ysh ouldIj oi nth eJACLanyh ow?Oppositi ontoth eJACLisnot

active.Ith assi mmereddowncon-siderablysincePearlHarbordays.Th eargumentsagainstth eJACLi nth epre-warperioddonotnowh oldwater.Somech aptersi nth edaysbeforeth ewarwereguiltyofadolescentleadersh i p,butth eJACLsbri lli antrecordduringth ewarandpost-waryearsh avemoreth anwipedoutwh ateverderelic-tionsth epre-warJACLwasch arg-edwith .Th oseNi sei wh osti llh arboragrudgeagainstth eJACLaretaint-edwith prejudi ce,aprejudi ceth ati si ndi cati veofastubbornnessnottorenderasoberappraisalofth eaggressiveandcourageouspolici esofth eJACLi nrecentyears.AJACLcampaignerrecently

ask edaNisei tojoi nth eJACL."ButIdon'tli k ei tspolici es,"h ecountered.Th ecampaignerask edwh ath edidn'tapproveofaboutth epolici es."Idon'tk now,h ereplied h alti ngly,"Ij ustdon'tli k e i tspolici es."Afterbeingpressed furth er, h e admitted,"Well,IguessIreallydon'tk nowwh yIdon'tli k eth eJACL."ManyNisei arevague i nth ei r

oppositi ontoth eJACL,maybebe-cause ofpersonaliti es,orbecausesometrivi alactth eJACLch apteroncecommittedi nth ei rh ometown.Andsoth eyarecontenttogoonh ati ngth eJACL.SomeNisei areplainlyi ndi ffeienttoth eJACLprogram.Th eseareth oseNi sei wh oh avegainedafairdegreeofsecurityandwh owouldprefertoassociatestrictlywith Caucasians i nanefforttoloseth ei rraciali denti ty,rath erth an getting i nvolved i n "Niseiproblems.**"Wh ydoyouWanttoform aJACLch apteranyh ow,"th eyar-gue."Allyoudoi sfocusatten-tiononyourselves,andyoutendtosegregateth eNisei from th erestofth ecommunity.Allyou'retryingtodoi splayonth epub-lic'ssympath yandtrytogetth ei rsupport."Nowth atth ey'rewellestablish -ed,th eseNi sei arenotwilli ngtotak eparti nth eunfini sh edfigh tfordecencyand j usti ceforoth erNisei .Th i si si ndeedapiti fulcom-mentaryonth eselfish brandofciti zensbredbymovementsi nre-centyearstopromotebroth erh oodanddemocracy.Stilloth erNisei ,particularly

some i n governmentservice,are

afraidtoj oi nth eJACL.Afraidofwh at?Th eJACLi sapoliti calout-fit,th eyclaim,andth e.governmentforbidspoliti calactivi tybycivi lServiceemployees.Th eJACLi snotapoliti calorgaizati on;i ti sapub-licrelationsandeducationalbody,andmembersh i pi ni tdoesnoti m-plypoliti calactivi ty.Furth ermore,th eJACLi sh eldi nh i gh regard i ngovernmentandcongressionalcircles.Itspolici esh avestoodupunderth emostvi-cious i nnuendoesandattack s,andi tcanch allengeanyefforttobrandi tquestionable,subversive,oroth -erwise.Nisei wh oclaim th eydonotwantto j eopardizeth ei rpositi onby j oi ni ngth eJACLaremerelyusingi tasanexcusenottoj oi n.Th e j obofsellingth eJACLtoNisei sh ouldbyordinarystandardsbeasmipletask .Buti ti smadedi ffi cultbyth efai lureofmany-Nisei todevelopaconsciousnessofth ei rresponsibi li ti esi nourover-allsociety.Membersh i p-resistancei san unfortunatereflection ofth ei rattitudenotonlytowardNiseii ssuesbuttoth oseofoth erminor-i ti es,wh i ch areallcloselyboundtogeth er.Th i sattitude i soutofstepwithth etrendofaffairsi nadaywh enth edi fferentracialgroupsare i n-ti matelyi nterwinedandwh enth ebroth erh oodofmani softh eutmosti mportance i nsolvingsomeofth ebasicproblemsoftoday.

Nisei Ex-NewsmanDiesi nHonoluluHONOLULU—Th omas Sh i nk at-

suKuri h ara,39,formerHonoluluNisei newspapermanandj uni orad-mi ni strativeassistantT>fth ecityandcountybuildi ngdepartment,diedi nHonoluluonFeb.16afteraprolongedi llness.Kuri h arawasonth eeditori alstaffsofth eHawai i Ti mesandth eStar-Bulletinbeforetak i ngaposti nth ecityandcountyadmini stra-tion.Hewasformerlyamemberofth eRepublicanterritori alcentralcommittee.

Nisei VeteranGetsPosti nDAVWASHINGTON—AIbertY.Ok i ,

woundedwarveteranfromHonolu-lu,now i sbeingemployedasana-tionalserviceofficeratth eh ead-quartersofDisabled AmericanVeteransi nWash i ngton.Ok i receivedth epositi onuponh i sgraduationfrom Americanuni-versity.HeexpectstoreturntoHawai ilaterth i syearandwillbeemploy-edbyth eDisabledAmericanVet-erans i nth eterritory.

NewYork GroupPlansLectureForumSeriesAriyosh i Sch eduledToDiscussPresentConditi onsi nCh i naNEW YORK-Th e j uj

AmericanCommitteeforDeowracyth i sweek announcedaJlloffourlecturesandforum damsionswh i ch willfeature k mnotedNisei personaliti es.Koj i Ari yosh i ,formerlonmulmanand a memberofaArmyliai songroup to(wlnistCh i naduring th e wari rtlspeak onth ecurrentsituationh iCh i naonApril18.Ariyosh i i stk lauth orofabook onCh i na,wtelwillbepublish ed i n New YoJth i syear.Aforum discussion on"ftlArtistToday"onMay16willfoltureSonoOsatoElmaleh ,Bn*|waystarof"Onth eTown,"'Qt|Touch ofVenus"andoth erprofeltions;IsamuNoguch i ,notedtcok ltorandstagedesigner;andSh iMatsuda,WestCoastartistvMvice-presidentofth eJACD.Th eseries willbe opened«BMarch 21byHerbertG.Birdi ,9structorofpsych ologyatN«lYork university,wh owillgpei k i ß'Th e Psych ology of MlncJGroups."Th efourth lectureon JuneAwillbeonth equestion,"WillMday'sPrices Bring TomorrwHDepression?"Th eseriesi sunderth esponsorß

sh i pofth eEducationsubcommitßteeofth eJAGLandalloftk fleventswi llbe h eldatth eJAMClubroom,72West52ndStreetI

Mrs.Hirok oIk edaSuccumbsi nHawai iHONOLULU—iMrs.Hirok oJ

da,56,oneofth efi rstJapanalAmericanstograduatefrom h i msch ooli nth eTerritoryofHawnHdiedofillnessi nHonoluluonFilruary25.Mrs.Ik edawasborn i nHi k flHawai i onJan.23,1891,toMr.uflMrs.Tai i ch i Miyah ara.A graduateofHonoluluh i gfl

sch oolandth eTerritori alNormßsch ool,sh ewasoneofth efinJapaneseAmericanstoteach i ntIHterritory.Sh e i ssurvivedby h erh usbui lGeorgeS.Ik eda,andason,Frtflcrick Tosh i ro.

CaliforniaSoldierPromotedi nJapanTOKYO,Japan—Sam J.Nommof604 Brook s Avenue,Veni*Calif.,h asbeenpromotedtotingradeofStaffSergeant,i twasi *centlyannouncedatGeneralM*Arth ur'sHeadquartersinTok ytbyth eGeneralHeadquartersSptcialNewsService.SergeantNomura'sassigni ngi swith aSpecialUnitofGenetiHeadquarters.Hisdutiescons*ofactingas i nterpreterand*terviewi ngJaDanese citi zensftth epurposeofgath eri ngpertinenti nformationforoffici alrecords.SergeantNomura'smoth er,Mil

Mizuk oNomura,mak esh er«denceat12822% Sh ermanWUN.Hollywood,Calif.,

StudyofCh i cagoRelocationStartedUnderSpecialGrantMrs.Nish i ,CaudillBeginInterviewsofJapaneseAmericansCHICAGO — A compreh ensi vestudyofth erelocationofNisei andJapanesealienevacueesi nth eCh i -cagoareawas i ni ti atedth i sweekbySetsuk oMatsunagaNish i andW.A.Caudillatth eUniversityofCh i cago undera rsearch grantprovidedbyth eJuliusRosenwaldFund.Th estartofth eresearch projectwas h ai ledth i sweek byCh i cagoresettlersasa"valuableandnec-essarycontributi on"toth eunder-standingofJapaneseAmericanswh oh averelocatedtoth eMidwest.Mrs.Nish i ,asociologistandMr.Caudill,ananth ropologist,j oi ntlyaregath eri ngmaterialwh i ch th eybelievewillh ave manypracticalusestobusinessandprofessionalpersonsamongth eJapaneseAmer-i cansaswellastoprovidesourcematerialforsocialscienti sts.Th e cooperationofth e 15,000

JapaneseAmericansi nth eCh i caMareah asbeenurgedbypr°n"J?lresettlers,i ncludingth efollow*!Cork yT.Kawasak i ,evecutiye*!rectorofth eCh i cagoResett.e»|Committee;Noboru Honda,P"presidentofth eJACL;Th oajMasuda,attorney;TogoW.l«£lk a,columnistforseveralNiseiFlpers;th eRev.Joseph KitspJMth eRev.GyodoKonoofth e»«twestBuddh i stch urch ;th e»GyomayKubose ofth eCh i OfBuddh i stch urch andJisei *w"|ofth eJapaneseMutualAid»MClfitv"Th i sstudywillprovideth eMj j lessaryi nformation,th e<JocU,me"uJstatisti cs,th atwillbeof«'■i nplanningactivi ti eson a ■munitylevel,"TogoTanak a»■clared. ,

tu|Fath erKitagawabelieved»J|th eNish i -Caudillstudywillpro'JJBneededi nformationfora"8"LaMderstandingofJapaneseAmenoi nCh i cagoandh elpi nth ei rsou«|adjustment

Saturday,March 15.yMPACIFICCITIZEN2

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Nisei Singer'sNewYork DebutIsPostponed

IReportMari k oMuk aiSufferingFromLaryngiti s

INEW YORK—Mari k o Muk ai 's

ownHalldebutonMarch 16h as>enpostponed untilSaturday,pril26,th eSilverBayAssocia-on,sponsorstfth econcertbyth ei sei ooloraturosporano.Itwasannouncedth atMissMv-i i h asbeensufferingfromacoldadlaryngiti sandh adnotrecov-red suffici entlytoproceedwithi ncertplans.Anearselloutoftick etsforth emcertwasreportedbyth eColum-aconcertagency.Alargeblocof"k etswastak enbyfriendsofMissuk ai i nSeattle,Wash .,andar-i ngementsh avebeenmadetogiveemtoselectedmusicstudentsi newYork .

YoungPeopleHoldCh ri sti anConference

InSpok aneISPOKANE,Wash .—Th efirsti n-HerracialYouncvPeople'sCh ri sti an■onferenee,h eld i nSpok aneFeb.Xand23,wasattendedbyrepre-sentativesof25ch urch es,i twas■miouncedth i sweek byth eSpo-HaneNisei Ch ri sti ans,sponsors.IOver150persons Were regis-Beredforeach session.Ni sei dele-Batesfrom Seattle,TacomaandHyapato i n Wash i ngtonandfrom■Vtlandand Ontario, Ore.,at-Hended.IDr.T.H.Kennedy,Wash i ngton■totecollegesociologist,gavea■alk on"Youth forTomorrow"atHieconferencebanquetonSatur-■ayevening."Th eh opeofauni-Hiedworld,"Dr.Kennedytoldh i s■udience,"dependsnotuponth e■Idbutth eyoung."|Dr. H.E. Baah or, Spok ane■leth odi stdistri ctsuperintendent,■ayeth eSundaymorningsermon■n"Ch ri sti sth eAnswer/IFullsupportwasgiventh econ-■erencebyyoungadultgroupsand■Jegroch urch es i nSpok ane.

FresnoGroupMak esPlansforYPCC

SectionalMeeting

IFRESNO,Calif.—FinalplansforleFresnosectionalYPCC,tobeeldSunday,March 23,weremadetadinnermeeting h eldh erebyfficersofth econference.Morningandeveningsessionsofi econferencewillh eh eldatth etesnoMemorialauditori um.Aft-rnoonactivi ti eswillbe h eldati eFirstMeth odi stch urch .Th eregistrationfee h as beenh angedto$2.75,i twasannounced,uetoh i gh erfoodcosts.

IntoIni ti atedIntoHonorGroup

I,MINNEAPOLIS,Minn—Marianugiyama.studentatth e Uni-ersityofMinnesota,wasrecentlyntiatedi ntoRh och apterofOmi-ronNu,nationalh omeeconomicsonorarysociety.Studentsconsid-redforth i ssocietymust h avelaintai nedh i gh academicstandingndsh owpromiseofleadersh i pandesearch i nth efi eld.MissSugiyamai salsoaffili ated'ith Alph ach apterofPh i Upsilon'micron,nationalprofessionalandonorarysociety.

UrbanLeagueOffici alwillSpeak atNext

ICHlCAGO—"CooperationAmonglinonties"willbeth esubjectth atndneyWilli ams,newCh i cagoUr-anLeaguesecretary,willspeakn wh en h eappearsbeforeth elo"lmeetingofth eCh i cago!v>'

Th ursday,March 20,atth e'ah ai Center,116South Mich i gan,cop.m.Willi ams,wh ocomestoCh i cagorom Cleveland,welcomedth e i n--I.t*«ont*«ontoappearbeforeth elocalaclch apter.Duringh i ssi xyearssdirectorofUrbanLeagueworki Cleveland,Willi ams h adamplePPortunitytowork closelywi thvacueeleaders i nth ei nterestofesettlers.Heservedasaconsul-*ntOIJJobopportuniti esandh ous-both ofwh i ch wereveryscarce,c i ndi cated.Th epublici si nvi tedtoattend.

BradfordSmith SaysCh i cagoResettlementSuccessful

CHICAGO—"Ibelieve Ch i cagoi sth emostsuccessfulexampleofresettlement,"BradfordSmith ,au-th orandformerCh i efofth ecen-tralPacifi c operationsforOWI(Saipan),said last week afterh avi ngspenta.week i nCh i cago.Smith ,wh ostopped i nCh i cagoonth elastlegofafieldtripi nwh i ch h e i sgath eri ngi nformationforabook onJapaneseAmericans,visi tedth eofficeofJACL.Amem-berofJACL h i mself, h e was

givenafirst-h andpictureofreset-tlementi nCh i cagobymembersofth elocalch apter."Th eyCameFrom Japan,"i sth etitleofth ebook Smith h asbeencommissi onedto writeforLippi ncott i n th e Peoples ofAmerica serieseditedbyLouisAdamic.Incommentingonresettlementi nCh i cago,Smith was pleased"th atth ere i snoNi h onmach i i nth e obvious pattern ofLittleTok yo."

CHlCAGO—BradfordSmith ,well-k nownauth orwh o i snowwriti ngabook onJapaneseAmericansforth e"NationofNations"series, i nterviewedmanyrepresentativeJapaneseAmericansdur-i ngavisi ttoCh i cagolastweek .HereMr.Smith i ssh ownwithi -?r*~and,n re# VlctorIzui-Mr-I"»i saveteranofth e442ndCombatTeamandh oldsaSilverStar.Henowi sstudyingdentistry.Mrs.Izui i saregisterednurse.ArticlesbyBradford Smith onth eproblemsofJapanese

Americansh aveappearedrecentlyi nCommonGroundandTh i sMonth magazines.Duringth ewarMr.Smith h eldan i mportantpostwith th eOfficeofWarInformation.—Ph otobyVincentTaj i ri .

DiscloseWartimeStudyMadeInHawai i ofConductofJapaneseAmericanGroupDr.LindHailsWi sdomOfDemocraticWartimePolicyi nIslandsHONOLULU, T.,H.—ltwould

h avebeenvirtuallyi mpossibletoestablish awarrelocationprojecti nHawai i duringth ewar,accord-i ngtoHerbertB.Nich ols,staffwriterofth e Ch ri sti an ScienceMonitor,i nth eMarch 8 i ssueofth atnewspaper.Instead,Hawai i ansofJapaneseancestryi nHawai i li vedunderth eeyeofth eArmywith nobreak i ngupofh omesorforcedliqui dati onofbusiness establish ments,nosabotage orfifth -columnactivi -ti esoccurred,andth erewaswh ole-h eartedsupportofth ewareffort.Sociologicalproblems arisi ngfrom th elargepopulationofJa-panesedescentwasstudiedbyth eSociolology departmentof th eUniversityofHawai i underDr.AndrewW.Lind,h ead,andJoh nA.Rademak er,wh ok eptuparun-ningresearch th rough outth ewaronth ewh oleproblemofislandi n-terracialrelations."Th ewi sdomoffollowingdem-ocraticprinci plesoffairplayvandi ndi vi dualj usti cecertainlypaidusbigdivi dends h ere,"accordingtoDr.Lind."Youcan'tgetloyalsupporti fyoupersecute,doubtand mis-trust,"h e sai d. "Th ewarh asprovedth atAmerican democracydoeswork ."Th e University ofHawai i ,uniquelysituated atth e Pacifi ccrossroadsamongatrulycosmo-politanpopulation,i sbuildi ngaworldreputationasa centerforth esch olarly i nterpellationofth eeasttoth ewestandth ewesttoth eeast,saysNich ols.Hawai i ansch oolfiguresindi cate

th e i nterracialpopulation:Japa-nese,44,774;part-Hawai i an,8948;Ch i nese,6668;Portuguese,5682;Fili pi no,4686; oth er Caucasian,3273;pureHawai i an,2926;Ko-rean,2033;Puerto Rican,1456;Spanish , 250;and all oth ers,1209. „ ~According to Dr. Gregg M.Sinclair,presidentofth euni ver-sity,Hawai i i s"th eonlyplace i nth eworldwh eresuch amixedpopulationh asfound i tpossibletoh oldmutualrespectandapprecia-

tion for culturalback groundsoth erth anan i ndi vi dual'sown."An i mmedi ateproblem facing

th euniversityi sth erebuildi ngandstrength eni ngofth e i nstructionalstaff,wh i ch suffered casualtiesduringth ewar,wh entoalargeextentth euniversitywasgivenovertoth enation'smili taryneeds..Nearlyalldepartments devotedth ei rmajorefforts to assisti ngth eArmyandNavy.Th eextensiveJapaneseandCh i -

nesesectionsofth elibrary,withh undredsofvolumestobefoundnowh ereelsei nth ewesternworld,wereparticularlyvaluabletomili -tary i ntelligence.Languageclasseswerefilled quick ly withmili tarymenandexpandedmanytimes.AWarResearch laboratorywas

establish edbyth e university toassistth eArmyinsamplingopin-i onandi nsolvingth emultitudeofproblemsboundtoarisei nsuch amixedpopulation.Onth ewh ole,Nich olssays,Ha-wai i 's"moralediary"sh ows amuch betteroverallwarpictureth ancanbe claimed formanyareasi ncontinentalUnitedStates.Th elaboratoryh elpedto h andle

such i mportanti ssuesas h ousi ng,Civi li anVolunteercorps,foodsup-plies,i ncludingsugarandpine-appleproduction, i nterracialdat-i ng,th edraft,Japanese-Hawai i ansoldiers,WACs,rumors,crisi sbe-h avi or,laborproblems,andsociol-ogicalproblemsarisi ngfrom th elarge Japanesepopulation. Th elasttask wassoi mportantth ati tbecameth emajorandconstantef-fortofth esociologydepartment.Th e department's accomplish -ments i nuncoveringrumorsandpubliclyai ri ngfalsitytodeny i tanylonglifeundercoverdidmuchtopreventmass h ysteria,accord-i ngtoNich ols."Th eArmywasextremelyap-

preh ensi veofsubversiveactivi tyonth epartofth eIslandJapa-nese,"accordingtoPresidentSin-clair,"butfiarmoretroublearosefrom anentirelydifferentsource.Wh i tetroopsfrom th emainlandtendedtobringwi th th emoldan-tagonismsagainstth eNegro,andth ereweremanyrepercussions.Byth eendofth ewar,.h owever,th edi ffi cultieslargelywere i ronedout.

"Itwasfearedth atanylargei nfluxofh aoles (wh i tes)woulddisruptth e economyandbreakdownth eexisti ngpatternofracerelations.Idon't believe th ath appenedatall.Th ereh avebeenmodifi cati ons,butth efundamentalpatternstillexists.Here i nth eIslandsisAmerica'strue'meltingpot,'wi th everysortofrace,creedandcolorrepresented i n smallquarters. ""Iti strueth at'th eh aolesgetsth ecream,'buti ti slesstrueto-dayth aneverbefore. Certainlyth ematterofancestryplays asmallerparth ereth an i tdoesonth emainland,"Sinclairsai d.

Masaok aWillGiveTestimonyToHouseCommitteeonADCStandonIssei Citi zensh i p

JACL-ADCLegislativeOffici alExpectedtoBackFarringtonBilltoRemoveRaceRestricti onsFromNaturalizati onatMarch 19Hearing

WASHINGTON—Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirector,nasbeeni nvi tedtotestifyataspecialprelimi naryh eari ngofth eStandingSub-CommitteeonImmigrationandNaturalizati onofth eHouseJudici aryCommitteeonWednesdaymorning,March19,th eWash i ngtonofficeofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCom-mi tteereportedth i sweek .

Th ei nvi tati ontoappearandexplainth evi ewsofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati on Committee on variouslegislativeproposals

'affectingpersonsofJapanesean-cestryi nth efi eldofi mmi grationandnaturalizati onwas extendedbyRepresentativeFrank Fellows(R)ofMaine,ch ai rmanofth eHouseSub-Committee.Someofth ebi llsnowundercon-

siderationofth eSub-Committeewh i ch Masaok ai sexpectedtoen-dorsei nprinci plei ncludeth eFar-ringtonmeasuretoremoveth ere-maini ngracialbarstonaturaliza-ti onand i mmi gration,th eJudd,MillerandEberh arter effortstoequalizedeportation proceedings,aj i d th e various'privatebillstopermitth e entry ofJapanesewivesofAmericanservicemenandveterans.Hei sexpectedtourgeamendmentstoi ncludeth osenowi neli gi bleto citi zensh i pto billsextending specialnaturalizati onandoth errigh ts toparentsofAmericanveteransandtoalienswh oh averesided i n th eUni tedStatescontinuouslyfor25ormoreyears.

"Wearemostgratefulforth i sunusualopportunitytooutlineourth i nk i ngandturreasonsforva-riouslegislative suggestions tomembersofth eCommittee,"Ma-saok adeclared.Heexpectstoask forextendedpublic h eari ngs as soonaspos-si bleonbillsextendingnaturali-zationandi mmi grationprivi legestoallpeoplesnow deniedth em,providedth atth e h eari ngsi ndi -cateth atth emembersofth eSub-Committeearesympath eti ctoth eliberalizati onofth elaws.Prelimi nary h eari ngsare h eld

bycongressionalcommittees i norderth atth ei rrespective mem-bersmaybecomeacquaintedwithth evariousproblemsunderconsid-eration. Th eyaregenerallyin-formali nnatureandth eonlywit-nessesare th osespeciallymvitedbyth ech ai rmen.Congressmen WalterH.Judd(R)ofMinnesota,GeorgeP.Mil-ler(D)ofCalifornia,and Her-manP.Eberh arter(D)ofPenn-sylvaniaandDelegateJoseph R.FarringtonofHawai i h avealsobeen i nvi tedto appear andtoquestion Masaok a i fth eywish ,th eADCofficeannounced.BesidesMr.Fellows,Republican

membersofth e Sub-CommitteeareJoh nRobisonofKentuck yandLouis E.Grah am ofPennsylva-nia. Democratic members areEmanueliCeller ofNew York ,Frank L.Ch elfofKentuck y,andEdGossettofTexas.

JACLWillBeRepresentedatUNESCOMeetTh eNationalJapaneseAmeri-can Citi zensLeaguewillberep-resentedbytwoobserversatth emeetingofth e UnitedNationsEducational,Scienti fi c and Cul-turalOrganizati on meeting i nPh i ladelph i afromMarch 24to26.Actinguponan i nvi tati onfromUNESCO,Hito Ok ada, nationalpresidentofth eJACL,announcedth atMi k eMasaok a,nationalsec-retaryonleavetoJACL-ADC i nWash i ngton,andarepresentativeoxth ePh i ladelph i aJACLch apterwouldattend.MiltonS.'Eisenh ower,ch ai rmanofth eU.S.NationalCommissi onforUNESCOandfi rstdirectorofth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty,wi llpreside. (Sectionmeetingsofth eUNESCO

conferencewlldiscussproblemsofeducationalreconstruction, i nter-nationalunderstanding,necessaryrevisi onoftextbook sand oth erteach i ngmaterials,socialtensionsandth eartsandUNESCO.

FresnoVeteransGroupInterestedInParents'Righ tsFRESNO, Calif.— Assuranceth atth eClasonbi ll(HR4S),wh i chwouldpermit naturalizati on ofparentsofU.S.servicemen,willbeamendedto i ncludeparentsofJapanesenationalityh asbeengiv-enth eUni tedVeteransofFres-no i naletterfrom th ebi ll'sau-th or,Rep.Ch arlesClasonofMas-sach usetts.Rep.'Clason'sletterwasreadatth elastmeetingof th eUnitedVeterans,aNisei ex-servicemen'sorganizati on.Th eorigi nalbillmadenopro-vi si onforpersonsofOrientalpar-entage, i twas stated,becauseth erearenoJapanesenationalsi nth eMassach usettsdi stri ctofwh i chClasoni sth erepresentative.Th eUni ted Veteransdiscussedth epossibi li tyofh oldi ngaban-quettoh onorGeneralMark Clark .Dr.GeorgeNisHi o,optometrist,

wasnamedpublici tych ai rmanforth egroup.

SisterTestifi esAliceIbaHadNoCh emi stryExperienceLOS ANGELES—Th e si sterofaNisei girlwork erwh owasblowntobits i nth eO'Connorelectro-platingplantexplosioni nLosAn-gelesonFeb.20testifi edatani n-questonMarch 11th atth egirl,AliceIba,21,h adnospecialtrain-ui £ i nch emi cals.MissTok i aIbasaidh ersi sterfi rstwasemployedasan"ordinaryfloorwork er"andlaterwasassign-edto h elpRobertM.Magee,ch i efch emi stofth eO'Connorfirm.Both MageeandMissIbasti i laremissi ngi nth eblastwh i ch lev-eledacityblock ,k i lledatleast17personsandi nj ured153oth ers,and

destroyedordamaged116build-i ngs.MissIbatoldth enine-mancoro-

ner'sj uryth ath ersister,Alice,h adsai dth atth e"ch emi calswouldburnyou"buti ndi catedth atsh eh adnotbelievedth em tobeexplosivei nnature.Th eexplosion k i lledtwoNiseigirls,MissIbaandAk i oOtoma,2&,and i nj uredfouroth eremployees■ofJapaneseancestry.Mrs.Fusak oSh i buya,wh owaspainfullyi nj uredi nth eexplosion,saidth atMissIba h adtold h erth at"th eprocessdi dn'tseemtobework i ngrigh t,"butth atsh e"di dn'twantto sayanyth i ngtoMagee."

DudleyYatabeWi llPlayi nRecitalCHICAGO—DudIeyYatabe,16-

-year-oldpianovirtuosoandsonofDr.andMrs.Th omasYatabe,willbeamongth estudentsofWilburRoyer,noted i nstructoronpianoatth eAmericanConservatoryofMusic,wh owillappeari narecitalatKimballHall,Wabash atJack -son,at3p.m.onSunday,March16.Dr.Yatabe,firstnationalpresi-dentofth eJACL,i snowpractic-i ngdentistryi nCh i cago.

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EDITORIALS:Utah 'sActionUtah th i sweek becameth efi rststateto

repudiateth eAli enLandlaw,aimedatper-sonsofJapaneseancestry,wh enth e StateSenateunanimouslypassedabilltorepealth e1943law andth eHouseofRepresentativesconcurredbyavoteof48to2.Utah 'sAli enLandlawwaspassedundera

siegeofwar-induced h ysteriai n 1943. AsAlonzoF.Hopk i n,presidentofth esenateandth esponsorofth elaw,declaredonFeb.21wh enh eannouncedth ath ewasvotingforitsrepeal:"Th i sbi llwas i ntroducedspecifi -callytok eepJapanesefrom owningland i nUtah .However,i tnowseemsastfth i slawi snolongerneeded.IvoteYesforItsrepeal."Th eactionofth eUtah legislaturepre-

sentsach allengetooth erwesternstateswh ereAlienLandlaws,astatutoryremnantofanti-Japaneseracism,arestilli nforce.Atatimewh enUtah h asrepealedi tsAli enLandlaw,California's'legislature i sconsideri ngabilltoappropriate$200,000forenforcementofi tslawaimedatpersonsofJapaneseancestry.AttorneyGeneralFrederick HowserofCali-fornia,wh owasavigorousopponentofth ereturnofJapaneseAmericanstoth estateandwh o h as i ndulged i nracistpoliti csonth eevacuee i ssue h as i ndi catedth ath ei ntendstocontinuetoprosecuteJapaneseAmericansunderth e1920law.Moreth an75suitsal-readyh avebeenfi led i nCaliforniaforcon-fiscationoffarmproperty,ownedbyAmeri-canciti zensofJapanesedescent,i nwh i ch th estateallegesth atJapanesealiens h ave ani nterest.Th eAli enLandlawisastatutorydevice

wh i ch wasspecifi callydesignedbyanti-Japa-neseracists i nCaliforniatoexpropriateth eagriculturalh oldi ngsofpersonsofJapaneseancesrty.Ith asbeenenforcedonlyagainstJapaneseAmericansandth ei rali enparentswh o,becauseth eyareconsidered"i neli gi bletociti zensh i p"underth epresentnaturaliza-ti onlaw,cannotownrealpropertyi nth estate.Th eeffortsofAttorneyGeneralHowseri n

CaliforniatoconfiscateJapaneseAmericanfarm propertyunderth eAli enLandlawcanbe i nterpretedasactivi ty i ndefianceofth emajori tywillofth estate'sciti zenswh odefeat-edPropositi on 15,ameasurewh i ch proposedtotigh tenandstrength enth eAli enLandlaw,byamajori tyofmoreth an300,000atth elastelections. Propositi on15wasatestofth eAli enLandlaw i tselfandwasconsideredassuch byi tsproponents.Th eAlienLandlawsareaperpetuationof

arecordofracistactivi tyofwh i ch westernstatescannotbeproud. Th epeopleofUtah ,th rough i tselectedrepresentatives,h avere-pudiatedth atrecord.

PrivateBi llsUntillastweek i twascustomarypractice

forth eDeparmentofJusticetodelaydepor-tationproceedings wh en privatebillsforaliens i n questionwere i ntroduced i n th eHouseorSenate.Lastweek ,h owever,Congress movedto

stopth e practice,explaini ngth ati nlateyearsi th asbecomea"rack et"anddelayedth eJusticedepartmenti ni tsprogramofde-portingundesirablealiencrimi nals.Itwasrevealedth atunderacourtesyarrangement

1work edoutwith th eJusticedepartment,manyyearsago,alienswerenotdeportedsolongasprivatebillstograntth emlegalresidencei n th ecountrywerepending i neith erth eHouseorSenate.Th epracticegrew,with th eresultth at

manycrimi nalswh omth edepartmentdesiredtodeportwerek epton i nth i scountryfor

manyyears,merelybyth eprocessofh av-i ngprivatebills i nth ei rbeh alfi ntroducedeach year.Noactionwaseversough tonth esebills;i nfact,actionwasnotdesired.

Itwasth i spracticewh i ch lastweek ledto

th edi sruptionofth ecustom asRep.Mich -ener,ch ai rmanofth eHouseJudici arycom-mittee,notifi edU.S.AttorneyTom Clarkth atunlessth ecommitteeask s h i m todelaydeportationaction,h emay"feelfreetodis-regardth epracticeofstayingproceedings.

Inadditi onth esubcommitteeon i mmi gra-ti onh eadedbyRep.FellowsofMaineorderedth atmembers h avi ngsuch pri vatebillsmustseek h eari ngsonth em.Ifth ei ni ti alh eari ngsarenotsough t,th enaturalizati onand i mmi -grationserviceofth eJusticedepartmentwillbefreetoact.Inth eti me sinceth i s}rule wasmade

effective,only 16ofmore th an100repre-sentativeswith such bi llspendingh aveask edtoappearonbeh alfofth esealiens.Itth usappearsevidentth atmanyJapa-

nesenationalsforwh om pri vatebills h avebeeni ntroducedwith th ebesti ntentionsonth epartofboth th elegi slatorandth eali enwillbeforcedtosufferasaresult.Innocase h asabillbeeni ntroducedfor

aJapanesenationalwith acrimi nalrecord.Th eali ens i nquestion h aveformanyyearsbeenlaw-abidi ngresidents ofth eUni tedStates. Someofth em aretreaty-traders,wh oselegalstatusinth i scountrywasupsetbyth eabandoningoftreatytradeagreementsbetweeenth i s,countryand Japani n 1940.Manyofth esepersonsaremarriedtoJapa-nese Americansand h aveAmericanciti zench i ldren.Iti sth eseAmericanfamili espri-marilywh owillsufferfromth eeffectofde-portationofth eali enfamilyh ead.Iti salsotrueth ati nallth esecasesim-

mediateCongressionalactiononth ei rbi llsisdesired.Assurancesh avebeengi venth eAnti-Di s-

cri mi nati onCommitteeofth eJACLi nWash -i ngtonth atth i slatestactionwillnotaffectmostofth eJapanesenationalsforwh ombi llsh avebeeni ntroduced.

CommunityActionTh esh ock ofth eevacuation—ourgreatest

wartimeblunder—movedmanyCaliforniaci tizens i ntospontaneousactionresulting i nth *formationoftwoscoreciti zens'groupsforracialequality.Todayth esegroupsfunctionnotprimari ly

i ndefenseofth erigh tsofJapaneseAmeri-cans. Insteadth ei ractivi ti esh aveexpandedtowork i nbeh alfofAmericansofallances-triesandreligi ouscreeds.Lastweek ,i nLosAltos,California,an-

oth eri nci dentofdangerousracialimpli ca-ti onresulted i nth eformationofaFairPlayCdmmittee i nth atcity. Th ei nci dentbeganwh eni twasrelatedth rough outth etownth atagroupofNegrocultistsplannedtopurch asealargeestate.Agroupofciti zens,i nflamedbyth erumor,counteredbyattemptingtoraise$150,000,purch asepriceofth eestate,topreventi tsgoing i ntoth e h andsofaNegrogroup. >Th ecasewasadiffi cultone. AfewLos

Altosciti zens,h owever,protestedmak i ng aracialissueofth ecase.Th ei nci dentsoonsimmereddown. Th e

proposeddealdidnotgoth rough ,and th eh ouseandlandarestillforsale.Buttodayth eci ti zenswh ofi rstdaredto

tak eastandagainstth erace-baiti ngareor-ganizedi ntoth eLosAltosFairPlayCom-mi tteewith 93members.Itsstandwasannouncedasfollows:"Feelingadeepconcernforth enecessity

topromoteracialandreligi ousunderstandingi nth eLosAltosarea,th eundersignedh ere-with announceth atth eyh avej oi nedtogeth ertoform acommitteetocombatracialandre-ligi ous i ntolerance wh ereverth eymay befound i nth i scommunity."Wearestronglyopposedtoundemocratic

prejudi ceagainstminori tygroups. Webe-li eveth atallpersons,regardlessofcolororcreed, h aveequalrigh ts towork and li vewh ereth eydesire,andwewi llexerteveryefforttoseeth atth eserigh tsaremaintai nedi nth eLosAltosarea. Wewillopposeanyoth erstepsi nth eformoflegalsubterfugeorcoerciontocurtailth eserigh ts."Th us againasingle i nci dentdirected

againstoneminori tygrouph asresulted i nagrouporganizedtofigh tallactionsagainstanymi nori tygroup.More and more th erealizati on comes

th ateach singleactofdiscri mi nati on i sani ndi cati onofareservoirofprejudi ceth atoverflowsnow h ere,nowth ere,andth atth esamereservoirprovidesth eh ateforeachapparentlyunrelatedcaseofracialterrorism.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

EvacueePropertyLossesInth efinalweek ofth e79th Con-gresslastsummeranobjecti onbyaCalifornia congressman,ClairEngle,h altedunanimousHouseac-tiontopassabillalreadyapprovedbyth eSenate,wh i ch wouldh avesetupanevacuationclaimscom-missi onwh i ch wouldh avebeenau-th ori zedtopayevacueesofJapa-neseancestryaccountablebusinessandpropertylossesresultingfromth emassevacuation i n1942andth esubsequentth ree-yearlongex-clusionfromth ePacifi ccoast.Th eevacueoclaimsbill,origi -nallypreparedbyth eWarReloca-tionAuth ori tyandth eBureauofth eBudgetandsponsoredbyth eInteriorDepartment,h asnotbeenreintroducedtodate i n th e80thCongress.Th ebi llh adbeenpre-paredsh ortlyDeforeth edi ssolutionofth eWRAlastyearandh adbeenpresentedtoCongresswith aspe-ci alletterfromPresidentTrumanurgingi tspassage.Itwasstalled,alongwith oth erlegislation,byth econgressionaldeadlock overOPAandth edebateonth eBriti sh loananddidnotreach th efloorofth eSenateuntilth efi naldaysofth esession,wh en unanimous ap-provalwasnecessaryforpassage.Such approvalwasgrantedafterconsiderabledebate andth ebi llwassligh tlyrewrittentomeetth eobjecti onsofRepublicansHomerFergusonofMich i ganandWilli amLangerofNorth Dak ota,alth oughnoneofth ebasic,provisi onswerealtered.Th ebi llth enwenttoth eHouse,wh ereRep.Engle'sopposi-tioncancelledallnopeofimmediatepassageatth atsession.Paymentofaccountable busi-

nessandproperty losses wh i chresulted from mass evacua-tioni sanobligati onwh i ch Presi-dentTruman,InteriorSecretaryKrugandoth eradmini strationof-fici alsh ave ack nowledgedandi nwh i ch SenateGOPleadersh i p,i n-cludingTaftofOh i o,concurredatth elastsession.Th ebillproposednolumpsumpaymentstoevacuees,butrath erconfinedth eli mi tsofgovernment liabi li ty to th oseph ysi callossesforwh i ch th eevac-ueeownerscould presentan ac-counting.Iti sexpectedth atanyevacueeclaimsmeasure wh i ch i spresentedi nth i s session willbesubstantiallyth esameasth eonewh i ch th e Senateapprovedlastyear.Areportbyth eWarRelocationAuth ori tyonevacueeproperty,re-centlypublish ed i n Wash i ngton,givesan i nsi gh ti ntoth eextentoflossanddamagesufferedbyWestCoastevacueesasadirectresultofth e evacuation. Th i sWRAreporti sth efi rsttopresentanauth ori tati veandoverallrec-ordofevacueepropertylosses."Th eneglectanddestructionofevacuee propertyby substituteoperatorsduringth eperiodofth eowners'exclusionfrom th eWestCoastfartranscendsth eordinarycarelessnessoftenants,"th eWRAreportcomments. "Th efactth atprejudi ce againstth e JapaneseAmericanmi nori tywassostrongonth eWestCoastduringacon-siderablepartofth ewarperiodth atth epublic conscience was■h i gh ly i nsensiti vetopilferingandvandalism committed againstth estoredpossessionsorbuildi ngsofth eexiledpeople,encouragedth elawlessto commit i ncreasinglyboldactsatth eexpenseofth eabsentowners,"RussellRobinson,WRAch i efofevacueepropertyi n1942,estimat-

S?ts!£rtlyaiterth e evacuationth atth eJapaneseand JapaneseAmericansTiadleftbeh i ndth emabout$200,000,000worth ofreal,personalandcommercialproperty."Iti s k nown th atth e lossesh aveamountedtomanymilli onsofdollars,"th eWRAreportde-clares. "Many (evacuees) lostth ei rch anceofi ncomeandsecur-i tyi nth ei roldageth rough i na-bili tytok eepuppaymentsoni n-surancepolici es. Oth ersh avelostpropertyth rough i nabi li tytopaytaxes.Indivi duallosses vary i namountfrom afew h undredtomanyth ousanddollars."Such losseswerei nadditi ontopropertystolen ordamaged byvandals,milk edth rough di sh onestoperationori nth ecasesofsomeh omesi nCaliforniaandWash i ng-ton,burnedtoth egroundbyh ood-lums.Th ewh ole storyofevacuee

propertylosses i s an ug|yo«lEwh i ch castslittlecrediton i *Wonofth eCoast'spopulationISupon some localpoliceofficXwh osei nabi li tytolocateandmilecuteth ecrimi nalsresponsiblefalootingand arsonreflectedtillgeneralapath yregardingth e«.tiresituation. Itwasnotmldecisi veactionwastak enbytidWRA,th eWarDepartmentandW X'AttorneyGeneralRobertKamiagainst continued depredatiwlth atth esi tuationi mproved.Th e WRA's reportconUk ß misome case h i stori esofevactml Wlosseswh i ch are typicaloftinIvandalism and mismanagemoilwh i ch dissi patedevacuee assrtlanddestroyedth ei rproperty.Oneofth ecasescitedbytl»|wWRA i nvolvedth emisappropr»Htionofth eCaliforniaproperty«||aNisei drugstoreoperator,tmanofsomeprominence i nth tflneigh borh oodi n wh i ch th edmIstorewaslocated h adcalledoilth eevacueeatth eSantaAnitai >|semblycenterandofferedtoaraHh i m i nsellingh i sstoreequipment!andh i scarandofferedtotak ecanßofth eevacuee'sh ouseh oldfuni-ltureandgoods.Th eevacueegrate-1fullyacceptedth eoffer.Afewweek slaterth emanvjtli tedSantaAnita again and i t-1formed th e evacuee th atlulapartmentfurniture andgooilh adbeenstolen.Th eself-appointIedcustodiansaidth ath ebelievedIh ek newwh oh adstolenth eprop-Herty,butwith outpowerofattor-lneytoacti nth eevacuee'sname,Ih ewaspowerlesstoact.Th eNi-1sei gaveh i m th epowerofattar-1ney.Th emanwentawayandforHsomeweek sth eNi sei waitedforIsomewordofh i sproperty.HiIwroteandrequestedanaccount-1i ng,butdidnotreceiveareply.IFinallyth ecasewasturnedovertolth eWRA andWRA propertyof-■ficersconductedath orough i nvetfltigati onofth emani nvolvedwh o,Iaccordingtoth egovernmentre-1port,"aboutth i stimewasmideflcommanderofanAmericanLegion■postforth eyear1944."Th eWRAreportadds:"Th e i nvestigati on revealedIth at(th emani nquestion)h admlassetswh i ch couldbereach edby■attach ment,th ath ewasdefini telyIguiltyofmisappropriati onanilmisrepresentation—notonlyinre-1gardto(th edrugstoreoperator),!butalso with regard to oBevacuees. Th e facts-assembledIwerepresented to th eLosAn-1gelesdistri ctattorney'soffice,but■th atofficestatedth ati twasnotIi nerestedi nfili ngch argesagainst■h i m."(FredN.Howser,th entorItrictattorneyofLosAngeles,no*■i sattorneygeneralofCalifornia)-■Inanoth ercase i nGuadalupe.■Calif.,WRArepresentativesmv*■tigatedth e wh olesalelootingof■propertystored i n anevacuee-1ownedbuildi ng.Duringth ei ri n-1vestigati on th e WRA offiath ifoundth atareporth adbeenmadeItoth esh eri ff'aoffice,14month s■before,byaGuadaluperesident■th atth ebuildi ngh adbeenbrok e"■i nto."Th ereportdid not i n*Icate,"th eWRAnoted,"th atth e■sh eri ff'sofficeh admadeanyJ:|tempt,i nth e14-month peri odbe-■tweenth edateofth ereportmmth eWRAdiscoveryofth esitus-■tion,tocommunicateeith er,wrt"aviewtoendingsuch actsofaeP"Iredation," t,-lTh etwocasespresentapictuniofnegligenceand disi nteresto»Ith epartoflocalpoliceoffici alson 1

mattersconcerningevacueepwrlerty.Italsomaybenotedtw»-«i nth emanycasesofarsonrepoj^edi nwh i ch evacueepropertywwdamagedordestroyed,th erew»beenonlyone i nstance i nwnic»th eperpetratorswerecaugh t»wereconvicted. Th i soneexcerItionwason Vash on Island "IWash i ngton,wh ereth eh ome<»■twoNisei Glswasburnedtov>ground.Inoth ercasesofaw»Iandattempted arson i nrw*<IFresno,SantaClaraandLos*»Igelescountiesth ereh avebeen ■convicti ons. Ofth e h undreds»1cases i nvolvingtflieftandvan®'■i sm ofstoredpropertyth eren»*Ibeennocrimi nalconvicti ons. |Th equestionofevacueeV"V*ZI

lossesi soneofth eunfini sh edprw■lemsofth eevacuation.c°n?XIsionalpassageofproposedi *®rjItionauth ori zi ngth epay"l6"l!accountablelosseswillbean*ofsimple j usti celongdelayer

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Inquisti on...■reasonsbestk nowntoh i m-Bh ep.J.ParnellTh omas,NewBRepublican,i scredited i nKjngtonwith h avi ng i nsti gat-■eDiesCommittee's i nqui si -BfJapaneseAmericansi n1943.IBas,th enj ustoneofth ecom-B'smembersnowh asgraduat-B>th eroleofch ai rmanofth e■i nvestigati vegroup. . .

i■Kbia'smelodramaofth ei nter-«■Baldrugtraffic, "AssignedtoBury,"i sth efi rstfilm produc-■sinceth eevacuationtocast

"'1 Ii n Japaneseroles.DickHi andSigneHassoarestar-I..Sh angyTsuk ano,442nd■atTeamveteranwh owonth eB'smiddleweigh tboxi ngch am-Hi i pi nth eMediterraneanth ea-■owi satopfligh tprofessionalKri nHawai i .

Arch i tect...11BeFebruaryi ssueofArch i tec-i Forumfeaturesth edesigns■trch i tecturaldatawh i ch MmBfamasak i ,NewYork arch i tect■woassociatesh avesubmittedBestateofMich i ganforadop-Bjnth econstructionofapro-■newcapitalbuildi ng...Ap-BmatelyadozenNisei combatHansofth ePacifi cth eaterwh o■tillservingi nth eoccupation■i nJapanrecentlywonfield■lissi ons.

♦ ♦ "covenants...■nationwi demovementtoout-■th e h ousi ngcovenantswh i ch■i ctNegroesandoth erminoi -■feroupmembersfrom occupy-■ropertyi nspecifi edareasnow■ngpush edbyth eNationalAs-■tionforth eAdvancementof■■edPeople.Th eultimate ob-■veofth eNAACPdrivewillbe■inaSupremeCourtdecisi on■ngsuch restricti vepractices.I.Recentrestricti ve h ousi ng■)>nCaliforniah ave i nvolved■ricansofJapanese,Ch i nese,■o,MexicanandAmericanIn-■ancestry...Lastweek Ch i ef■dercloudwh oplaysth erole■ontoonth eLoneRangerra-■>ro,grom was i nformedth ata■bi nwh i ch h ei ntendedtolive■dbebarredtoh i mbecauseh e■notaCaucasian.

""«Hawai i Notes...Bt>rth efi rsttimesinceth ewar,■tneselanguageprogramsnow■beingh eardon Honolulura-■tations.KPOA's"Ch erryBlos-■Melodies"andanewsh owon■IBarebeingdirectedtoth e■ncrofJapaneseancestry.Th e■ramsaresponsoredbyHono-■commercialfi rms...Harold■ta,Hawai i 's181-poundweigh t-Xch ampi on,i sregardedasaPKcontenderforaplaceonth e■AmericanOlympicteam ...■k i eYanagi h arai sresumingh i s■bbottomedboatbusiness i n■eoh eBay.Th eKaneoh ecoralHenswereafavoritewith tour-■beforeth ewar.

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Veterans...Pielastofth eapproximately■uuNisei wh osawmili taryser-i .i nItalyareexpectedtoreturntn90daysafterth eratifi cati on■c/"anpe£etrea*ywh enth em (Blue Devil)divi si onconies■cfrom Venezia-Gi uli a.Many■i Crlsweretransferredtoth e■divi si onwh enth e442ndCom-■Teamwenth omelastsummer.■■HieAutomobileClubofSouth -■California now i saccepting■wieseAmericansi ntoi tsmem-■h i ponabasisof"goodch ar-B*..h l?h BpcJalstandingandper-Pj 9<3m Th eAutoClub-w*>ich■*,W0personsofJapanesean-WY m i tsmembersh i patth e■orth eoutbreak ofwar,cancel-Pllmembersh i psandinsurance}oypersonsofJapanesean-Pfy-Recently cluboffici alspndecidedtoopenth emember-P>rollstoNisei .

Faculty...IJ-

Jitsuuh i Masuok a,anative"wan,i samemberofth ema-.c>alfacultyofFisk Uni ver-'"Nash vi lle,Term.Dr.M«bu-nasbeen assistantprofessorsociologyatPisk si nce 1942.[ogoTanak anotesth atNorth -ernUniversityi nIllinoi swaslastmajorsch ooltodrop i tsj *gainstNisei studentsduringwar...Th eUni versityofHa-JLne*graduatemanageris«niroYamate,notYamamoto«V""r«l»rte4Heisawarranwith anArmySilverStar.

Repudiati onoffAlienLandLawAtLastElectionDi sclosesCh angei nCaliforniaAttitude

Th eStoryofPropositi on15:

"Intwenty-sixyearsCaliforniah adsoalteredi tsemotionalbias towardJapaneseAmericansth ati tspeopledeclaredbyover-wh elmi ng'majori tyth attye1920Ali enLandLaw,conceivedasi th adbeeni nafitofracism,h adnoplacei nth estateconsti-tuti on."

SowritesGraceCableKeroh er,assistantdi rectorofpublici nformationforth eCh urch FederationofLosAngeles,i nadis-cussionofPropositi on 15,California'salienlandlawproposal,i nth espring,1947,i ssueof"Com- —monGroundmagazine."Proudandprejudi cedCalifor-

nia,focalpointofanti-Ori ental-i smformore th an ninetyyears,lastfallswunga h ardpunch atth eracialh atredinh erenti n h erAli enLandLaw,"th eauth orsays.Alth ough th epropositi on'sdefeatdidnoti nvali dateth elawi tself,i tunderscoredth e extenttowh i chpublic,opi ni oni n California h asch anged i nregard to JapaneseAmericans,sh esays.Discussingth estate's"longh i s-toryofracialantagonism,"th eauth orpointsoutth atth erootsofracialanimosi tyi nCaliforniaareembedded i nth e socialuph eavalandeconomictensionsofth eGoldRush days.Resentmentagainst"foreign"

minerswasfirstdirectedagainstth eIndians and Mexicans,sh ewrites,butwassoonfocuseduponth eCh i neseelement.'"Drivenfrom th emines,exclud-

edfromregularemploymentprac-ticallyeverywh ere,th e Ch i nesewereadespisedmi nori tywh en,i nth elate'60s,th eyflock edtoth eagriculturaldistri ctsatatimewh enth atrapidlyexpandingin-dustrywasbeginni ngtodemandasupplyofch eaplabor.""Wh ath adbeen i ll-feelingto-

wardth eCh i nese i n 1852culmi-nated i n deep prejudi ce,"saysGraceCableKeroh er."Pettyeco-nomic,ch argesagainsti ndi vi dualsresolvedth emselvesi ntoi nsi di ousculturalandbiologicalargumentsagainstth ewh olerace. Localagi-tationforrestricti onbredastate-widemovement,with i tsslogan,'Th eCh i nesemustgo.'"InWash i ngton i twas Califor-

nia'scongressmenwh o led th eclamorth atresulted i nth ena-tionalExclusion Actof 1882,wh i ch suspendedi mmi grationfor10years,andalso maintai nedaproh i bi ti onagainst th e righ ttonaturalizati on.A decade laterCongress,uponth e prodding ofwestern and south ern states,passedth eGearyact,wh i ch con-tinuedth e i mmi grationproh i bi -tionforanoth er10years,deniedbai ltoCh i nese i n h abeascorpusproceedingsand requiredcertifi -catesofresidence. In1902stillfurth errestricti ons were placedapon i mmi grationandnaturaliza-ti on.Th epeopleofCaliforniah admi ssedth eboat,th eauth orsays."Wh atcouldh avebeenani nter-estingadventure—th e i ntegra-tionofth eCh i nesei ntoAmeri-can life—degenerated i nto aracestruggle.Th i rty.years ofbattlingth eCh i nese h ad leftitsmark i nth eformofadeepanti-Ori entalprejudi ce—aprej-udicewh i ch mani festedi tselfi navici ouscycle ofh ate'cam-paignsth atplaguedth estate'spoliti callife,clouded th e na-tionalvisi onandmuddied th ewatersofi nternational diplo-macy."Proh i bi ti onagainstCh i nese i m-mi grationcreateda gap i n th estate'slaborsupply,wh i ch wassoonsupplantedbylargenumbersofJapaneselaborers."Atfirst,i nth efaceofi ndus-trialnecessity, racialprejudi cewassh elvedandth eJapanesewereactuallywelcomedbyth epress,"th eauth orwrites."Experiencedfarmers,th e Japanesewentdi-rectlytoth efields,wh ereth eynotonyfilledth eneedforch eaplabor,butadaptedth emselvesreadilytoCalifornia'spatternofi ndustrialfarming.Sk i llfulandi ndustrious,th eysoonmovedfromth elaboringclass i ntoth e land-owningclassandmadeth ei rowncontributi ontoCaliforniaagriculture.Pioneer-i ngi nth eproductionofmanynewcrops,th eytransformedth ousandsofacresofworth lessland intofertilefields, successfulorch ardsandvineyards.Alth ough welcomeaslaborers,i twasanoth erstorywh enlie"agjpressiye"Japanesewantedfarmsofth ei rown.Th us i twas th atprejudi ceth at formerly was directedagainstth eCh i nesenow cen-teredonth eJapanese..Th eanti-Jiapaneaecampaigni n i tsout-

linesfollowed th e samebasicpattern as th e anti-Ch i nesemovementofearlierdays.Among'th eorganizati onsprom-i nenti n th eanti-Ori entalcam-paignwasth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,according to th eauth or."Byth e clever use ofth e

strongsentiment againstth eJapanese,th eNativeSonsbuiltupaclose-k ni tpoliti calorgani-zation,"says th e auth or."Infact,duringth eyearsfrom 1907to1924,many state offici als,legislators, judges and Con-gressmenowed th ei rsupportandelectiontoth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest" s.Asearlyas 1909"Californiawassetto'legislateth eJapa-neseoutofth estate,'"saysth ewri ter."Inth atyearseven-teenanti-Japanesebillswerei n-troduced i ntoth estatelegisla-ture,amongth emanalienlandact,wh i ch wasdefeatedwh en i twassuggestedth ati tbeamend-edtoi ncludeallaliens."In1913th eAlienLand Act,

baseduponth eph rase"aliensi n-eli gi bletociti zensh i p"was i ntro-duced. PresidentWoodroowWil-sonsenth i s secretaryofstate,Willi am JenningsBryan,to Sac-ramentoto urgeagainstenact-mentofth e bills,but i twaspromptlypassed.ItwassignedbyGovernorJoh nson,wh oannouncedth ati tspurposewasto"mak eth epeopleofth eBastunderstandth efeelingsofth epeopleofth eCoasttowardsOrientals."Th e 1913Ali enLandLawwas

amended i n1920,1923,1&27and1943toelimi nateallpossibleloop-h olestoth elaw. Amendmentsincludedth osewh i ch putproofofciti zensh i puponth eali ensi nques-tionandmadeguardiansh i psani n-cationotattempttoevadeth elawunless th e guardians couldproveth atallbenefitsfromprop-ertywenttoth ewards,wh owereusuallyth ech i ldrenofth eguar-dians.Th efirsttestcaseoccurred i n

1922,wh enth ecourt.h eld th atTak oa Ozawawasnota "freewh i teperson"andwasth erefore"ineli gi ble to citi zensh i p." Nosoonerh adth edecisi onbeenh and-eddownth anth eproponentsofanti-Ori entallegislationbegantowork for an i mmi gration billwh i ch wouldbarallaliens"ineli gi -bletociti zensh i p.""Asi nth ecaseofth eanti-Ch i -

nesemovement,"th ewriterde-clares, "agitati on against th eJapaneseended i nnationalexclu-sion." Th ebi ll'spassagequietedth eanti-Japanesemovementforatime.Th ealienlandactwasgen-erallyconsidereda"deadletterlaw,"and no enforcementwasmade.Buti n th erace-baiti ngth at

followedPearlHarbor,th eAlienLandLaw wasdraggedoutandputtowork .Th elegis-laturesetaside$200,000forth e.useofth estateattorney gen-eral'soffice i nth eprosecutionofesch eatproceedings,andth elegislaturealsoauth ori zedth estatetosplitth e proceedsofconfiscatedlandswith th ecoun-tiesi nvolved."Spurredbyth eprofitmotive,moreth an60esch eatcases i h avenowbeenfiled,with moreth anamilli ondollarsworth o,ffarmlandi nvolved."Allproperjty h eld bych i ldrenof'aliensi neli gi bletocit-i zensh i p"h asbeenplacedi njeop-ardy.Infact,mostofth e 60prosecutionsundertak enbyth estateagainstpersonsofJapaneseancestryfor violations ofth eAlienLandLawconcernpropertypurch asedbyalienparents i nth enameofth ei rciti zench i ldren.Ni-sei veteransandsomeservicemenstilloverseasareamongth evic-ti msofesch eatproceedings.Manyreturnees,i mpoverish ed byevac-uation,findth ei rreh abi li tati onef-fortsblock edbyprovisi onsofth eAli enLandLaw."In1946th estatelegislatureputPropositi on15beforeth estate's]voters.Itproposedtoamendth e

stateconstituti onby i ncorporatingi ntoi tth eentireAlienLandLawof 1920 and i ts subsequentamendments. Th i swasproposedbecauseof.th edoubtfelti nsomequartersastoth elegalityoflegis-lative amendments to i nti ati veactspassedbyth evoteofth eelec-torate."Th ereh adalwaysbeengroupsoffair-mi ndedpeoplew.h oh adnotbeen i nsympath ywi th th eanti-Japanesemovement,"th e auth orsays. "Th ewh olesaleevacuationofth e JapaneseAmericansfromth eWestCoasth adbrough th ometoth em,more clearlyth anany-th i ngelsecouldh avedone,th ei n-j usti ceofracediscri mi nati on.Suchgroupsh adextended h elp i ri tJi econfusingdays"of'evacuationandwerealreadyactivelyatwork aid-i ngth ereturnedevacueesi nth ei rproblemsofreh abi li tati on."Now th eyswung i ntoactionagainstPropositi on15."Amongth emwereth eCommis-si ononCh ri sti anDemocracyofth eCongregationalCh urch , th eCouncilofProtestantCh urch es,th eCh urch Federation,th eAmer-i can Civi lLibertriesUnion,th eCouncilforUnity,laborunions,and th e California CouncilforCivi lUnity. Dr.Clark P.Gar-man,executivesecretaryofth eColorado"CommitteeonFairPlay,cametoCaliforniafromDenvertoh elp.Allgroupsmetwi th th eJACL

andoutlined strategy so th erewouldbenowastemotion. Meth -ods ofth e campaign weresimple. Th ey i ncluded speak i ngtours,i ssui ngofpamph lets,useofradioplugs,newspaperadvertis-i ng,anddoor-to-doorcanvassing.Citedforth ei rwork i nth ecam-

paignaretwoJACLleaders,Mi k eMasaok aandEi j i Tanabe.Importantatth i sti mewasth eOyamacase,underreviewbyth eStateSupremeCourt. Onlyfivedaysbeforeth eelectionth ecourtuph eldalowercourtrulingi nth ecase, a decisi on againstth eOyamas,and i twasstronglyfeltth at*h edecisi onwastimedtoin-flenceth evoting.Th eresultsofth epropositi on,

797,067for,and1,143,780against,sh owed th e sentimentofth epeople. - i j"Neverth eless,"saysth e au-

th or,"th eAli enLandLawsti llremains«n th estatutebook s,andth eprosecutionofth ees-ch eatcasesi sproceeding. Th edecisi onofth eStateSupremeCourti sofgraveconcern i nth ati tapparentlyreversesth edecisi onh anded down i n th eearlierYanoandFuj i tacases,wh i ch uph eldth erigh tofpar-entsi neli gi bletociti zensh i ptopurch asepropertyforth ei rci ti -zench i ldren. Th ere stillre-mainsth eh ope,h owever,th ati nth efuture,'courtdecisi onwillconsiderth evoi ceofth epeople/Th eOyamacasewillbe ap-pealedtoth eUni tedStatesSu-preme Court. Ifth e h i gh estcourtofth elandconsentstoh earth ecase,i twillh aveanop-portunitytoreviewth eentiresubjectoflegislation dealingwith 'aliensi neli gi bletociti zen-sh i p'andto decideuponth econstituti onalityofth eAlienLandLaw i nth eligh tofth efactth ati th asbeenrejectedbyth esovereignpeople."

Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

AdmiralNimi tzDiscussesth eNi seiDenver,Colorado.

ItwasAdmiralNimi tzspeak i ng.Th ech i efofnavalopera-tionswastestifyi ngbeforeth e h ousepubliclandscommittee i nWash i ngtonandh ewassupportingstateh oodforHawai i ."BeforeWorldWarII,"h ewassaying,"Ientertainedsome

doubtastoth eloyaltyofAmericanciti zensofJapaneseancestryi nth eeventofwarwith Japan.From myobservationsduringWorldWar11,Inolongerh aveth atdoubt."Th erewereoth ervoices i nth eroom,faintand gh ostlyso

th atoneh adtocloseone'seyes —andgropeback i ntoth epastto■h earth em. Buteven i nth edis-tanceonecouldmak eoutth ean-gry,h ystericalnotewh en th osevoiceswh i spered."Wh ataboutPearlHarbor?Wh ataboutth osemysteriousar-rowsth atappeared i n th ecanefields,th eflash i ngsignalligh ts,th eNisei 'smilk wagonth atsud-denlybecameanarsenalonwh eelssh ooti ngdownth e defenders atHick amfield?"Andacongressman,almostasi fh eh adth osevoices,firedaques-ti onandth eadmiralreplied:"Ik nowofnocasesofsabo-tageor subversive activi ti esduringmyentireserviceascom-mantfer-in-ch i efofth ePacifi coceanurea."Nowth evoicesagain,eerieand

h ollowoutofth edeadpast:

"Butsurelyth eremusth avebeensome j usti fi cati onforth emartiallaw th atwasdeclaredto k eep th ose American Japsi nch eck ."Nimi tzwas speak i ng again:"Th esi tuationi nDecember,1941,wasacriti caloneandrequiredev-erysafeguardth atcouldbei nsti -tutedtoadvancesecurity. Hind-sigh tmi gh ti ndi cateth ati twasnotnecessary."Th e g.h ostly voiceswh i speredoncemore,sigh i ngli k eth ewi ndi nth ewintertrees:"Butsurelyth eJapsi nHawai i k new th eattackwascoming.'Wh ydidn'toneofth em,j ustoneofth em,speak upi nwarning?"Nimi tzwastellingth econgress-

menth esecrecyofth eJapaneseh i gh command i nplanningth eat-tack wassostrictth at"Idon'tth i nk th eJapaneseconsulgenerali n(Honolulu h adany'i deaofth enatureofth eattack andth eti mei twasto4=ome." Hedi dn'tsay,but h emigh th ave added,th atnavali ntelligence h adcrack edJa-pan'ssecretcode,butwascaugh tnappingnoneth eless.

** "Fiveyearsafterth eevent,AdmiralNimi tzadmitscandidlyth at"h i ndsi gh tmigh ti ndi cate"th e i mposi ti on ofmartiallawoverth eHawai i ani slands"wasnotnecessary."Hasanyoneh eardth edough tyLt.Gen.Joh nL.DeWittfevenh i ntth atperh apsth emassevacuationfrom th ewestcoastwasan i llad-visedmeasure?No,i ti sli k elyth atth e"black -estspoton th e Americanwarrecord"willbedefendedtoth eendbyDeWittandh i slieutenantswh oconceivedandexecutedth euproot-i ngofanentirepeopleonaracialbasislongmonth safterth ePearlHarbordisaster.Nimi tz,afterdirectingth epro-digi ousAmericanseaoffensive,h asgoneontoth eh i gh estpostth enavyh astooffer.DeWitti sstillanobscure ar.d undisti ngui sh edgeneralamongscoresofgenerals.Perh aps th e ch aracteristi cs offrank nessandi ntellectualh onesty—wh i ch one h asand th eoth erh asn't—h avesometh i ngtodowithth ei rpresent professional sta-tuses.

"* *Little by littleth efacts arebecoming k nownaboutth epres-surestowh i ch th eJapanesesub-j ectedNisei wh o fellintoth ei rh andswith th eoutbreak ofwar."Th osewh otech ni callydidnoth aveJapaneseciti zensh i pw|ereorderedtofilenaturalizati onpa-personan"orelse"basis,re-portsi ndi cate.One Nisei ,RayUyej i ma,wh o

refusedtorenounce h i sAmericanbirth ri gh tspent35daysi nSh ang-h ai 'snotoriousBridgeHousepri-son i nawindowlesscellh ardlyh i gh enough forh i m tostandup-righ t. Th emontonyofconfine-mentwasbrok enonlybyendlessh oursofalternate grilli ngandslapping.Onadietofabowlofricefla-voredwith saltandwatertwicedaily,h edroppedfromarugged165poundsto110andcameoutanerve-wrack edsh ellofh i mself.Bystandingfirmlyby h i scon-victi onsth i s Ni sei wasprovingh i s Americani sm i n anOrientaldungeon j ustas much as anyNisei wh oscornedth e j eersotrelocationcamp latrineproph etsandvolunteeredformili taryser-vice.

Forth eRecordTwolineswere i nadvertantlydroppedfrom BillHonok awa'scolumnlastweek ,givi ngth ei m-pressionth atMr.Hosok awah adstatedth ath eh advoted'againstSen.Bourk eHick enlooper'g"ul-traconsiervatism,"wh i leh ewasaresidentoflowa.Th e1fullandcorrectstatementsh ouldh avereadth ath eh advotedagainstSenatorGuy Gillette's ultra-conservatism i nfavorofSen.Hick enlooper'srelative liberal-i sm.

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HiroseWinsBigNineSwimCh ampi onsh i pOh i oState'sHillBreak sKeoNak ama's440YasdRecordCOLUMBUS,o.—Tak ash i (Ha-lo)Hirose,Oh i oStatestar,wonth e 100-yardfree-style eventi nth eBigNineswimi ngch ampi on-sh i psonMarch 8.Hi roseswamth edi stancei n51.8

seconds,settinganewBig Ninerecord.Th e442ndCombatTeamveteran

alsowasamemberofth eOh i oState team,wh i ch i ncluded BillSmith ofHawai i ,wh i ch wonth e400-yardrelayi nth enewrecordtimeof3:315.Both Smi th andHi rosearepro-tegesofCoach Soi ch i Sak amoto,now th eswimmi ngcoach atth eUniversityofHawai i .Kiyosh i (Keo)Nak ama'sBig

record of4:47s i nth e440-yardfree-stylewasbrok ej nbyJack HillofOh i oStatewh ocompletedth edistancei n4:46.15.

JACLEmblemDecalsPresentedtoLosAngelesCh apterLOS ANGELES — Some2300elaboratedecals patternedafterth enationalJACLemblem h avebeenpresentedtoth eLosAngelesch apterbyHugh C.Wadell,Jr.,owner,andHarlenCh i n,superin-tendentofth e Angelus Pacifi cDecalmaniaTransferCo.,712So.Grandview,LosAngeles.Th edecalsaredesignedforuse

asstick ersforautosandwindows.Th eywi llbedistri butedtoch aptermembers.Arrangementsforth e.gi ftwere

madebyHenryOh ye.

Tomorrow'sHeirs

BySach i L.WadaMinneapolis,Minn.

THELITTLETHINGS...Todaywasagreatday,forth elittle,h umani nci dentswh i ch madei tso.Halfwayi ntoth eloop,th estreetcarstoppedatan i ntersec-tion.Th emotormangotout,peo-plegrumbled...Th eywondered,'■Wh at'sth ematter...stallingalongth eway."Andth en,someofth emenwh oweresmok i ngi nth erearofth ecarlook edoutandsaid,"He'sh elpi ngth atblindmanacross th e street."Peering out,wecouldseeh i mleadingth emanwith th e wh i te cane acrosstwocrossings,andth enleadingh i m uptoth edoorofth eBlindIndustries,ush eri ngh i m i n,andth enrunningback ...Th epeople i nth e carth ough ti twas"prettyniceofth efellow."Noonemindedth esligh tpause,andwerode on i nto th eloop.Itwasmoreth analotofpeoplewouldh avedone.Itwasalsosome-th i ngtorememberwh enwepassth atparticulari ntersection.Th enth enwasth atli ttletotof

aboutth reeonth esamecarwh ok eptstaringback . Heh adacu-rious,i ntentlook on h i sface...th enth ewomanwh omusth avebeenh i smoth ergavemeanem-barrassedsmile.Iguessth atwasth efirsttimeth eyoungsterh adseenanOriental.Ismiledbackandth ensettleddowntoreadingmymorningmail.Th eloopwascrowded,morecrowdedth anusual.Knowingth atth emoreexclusivesmallsh opscateredtofewerpeo-ple,Ih eadedforth em,andmadeaten-minutepurch ase,wh i ch wash i gh lysuccessful.Ih eaderh ome,feelingatpeacewith th eworldbe-causeofth eli ttleth i ngswh i chmade i tso.OFTHEBRUINS...Recently,I'vebeen h eari ngviamai lofacertainstudentgrouponth eUCLAcampus labeled th eBruin'sClub.Iunderstand i t'squiteanancientNi sei traditi ontoh ave th i s organizati on. Th enamesofsomeofitsleadersandmembersareh otstrange,forwewereoncepartofan i nsti tuti oncalled Butte High Sch ool. Wework edforalotofth i ngstogeth er,wegriped,wecompeted...andremember,we h ad ourwagons.h i tch edtoa h i gh star...astarwh i ch di dn'tendwith ourcoastallines,with ourcolororourbeliefs...th eywereexpansive.Maybeyou'veforgotten,butyouaren'tth ek i ndofpeoplewh owouldfor-get.Digback i ntoyourmemories,or

betterstillintoablack book calledth e"Year'sFligh t"...andreadth eparagraph si nsertedh ereandth ere.Iwroteth ose,andremem-ber,weallth ough tth eywerepret-tycornyforaplainoldyearbook .Anyh ow,some ofth ose th i ngswereth eth i ngsweallbelievedi n..."Wesh allconquer..."Here i nth eUnitedStates,'we

rubelbowswith alotofpeopleandwedon'tsegregateourselvesaccordingtoth ecountriesfromwh i oh ourgrandparentscome ...maybeyoudoback th erei nCali-fornia. Th ewh oleofth eUni tedStatesmayconsistonlyofonestatetosomeofyou...becausemaybeyoumaturealittlesloweroutth ereonth ecoast.Yoush ouldgrowup,growbig.Iremembersomeofyourfacesveryclearly,th oseIwillnotfor-get,especiallywh enyouworeth attaut,angered look .Remember,youdidn'twanttoforgivesomeofth eolderNisei and th eIsseiforsomeofth ei r sh ortcomings.Doyoufora minuteth i nk th atposteritywi llforgetorforgiveyou? 6

A degree i sacommon th i ngnow,butcampuslife i ssometh i ngwh i ch willprepare youforliferealisti c. Iti ath eguidi ngpointatwh i ch youlearntounderstand

andtoacceptpeople.Iti sth eti mewh enyoulearntominglt.Ofcourse,i th urtsnotto h aveaso-cialfeetingpointforyourcrowd,anddon'tth i nk Ican'tunderstand,because Ido. I've seen utterdesolationand loneliness onth efacesofyoung k i ds outh ere i nth emidwest,wh oh aven'tquitead-j ustedth emselves.ButIadmireth em forth ei rguts,andasforyou...Loseth at"Japifi ed"smugness...th eworldyoulive i ntoday

doesnotrevolve around li ttleTok yo's...orCottageGroves...orArmeniansections.Idonoti ntendtosoundh arsh

orcondemning,butIjustwantedtoremindagainofth atstarwh i chi ssti llth ere ..andofth atworldmaybefive h undredyears fromnow,wh erek i ds willask th ei rfolk s,"Wh atwas a mongoloid,wh atwasanegroid?"Catch ?

Nisei MormonsTellOfWarExperiencesMembers ofth eLDS StudyGroup,aNisei organizati on,toldofth ei rwartimeexperiencesatth eeveningch urch servicesofth e27th Wardi nSaltLak eCityonSunday,March 9.Speak ersi ncludedSh i gek i Ush i o,Prisci llaYasudaandCh i Terazawa.Ush i o di scussedth eevacuation

aifdth ewar,tellingofh i spersonalexperiencesduringth ewarperiod.MissYasuda,wh oservedasasergeanti nth eWAC i nth eEuro-peanth eater,toldofh erexperi-ences i nmeetingoth erLDSmem-bers i nGermany,SwitzerlandamiBelgium.MissTerazawaspok eofh erwork wh i leservingoni nLDSmissi ontoHawai i . \Th eStudyGroup h assponsoredperiodi cmeetingswith oth erLDSgroups i nth ecityforth epastth reeyears.

AdultFellowsh i pInstallsCabinetOAKLAND,Calif.— PresidentAsaFuj i eandh i scabinetwere i n-stalledbyth eRev.Yamash i taandWilli amlino,pastpresident,atarecentmeetingofth eYoungAdultFellowsh i p.Oth ercabinetmembersareDavidlino,vicech ai rman;NobuNa-k ayama, socialch ai rman;DeneSh i rai sh i ,secretary;TomioKitano,treasurer;Yumi Tsugawa,mem-bersh i pandreception;andCalvinYamash i ta,transportation.

Buddh i stCh urchToHoldDanceCHICAGO—Underth eauspicesofth eMidwestBuddh i stch urch ,agalaHanaMatsuri dancewillbeh eldSaturday,April5,from 8:30p.m.atth eCentralMasonicTem-ple,912No.LaSallestreet.Th edancewillmark th ereturn

engagement,bypopulardemand,ofJoh nnyEdwards«nd h i s 10-pieceorch estra.Th epublic i scordiallyinvi tedtoattend,accordingtoBenYamanak a,generalch ai rman.

CanadaNiseiProtestBanOnMovementFish i nglicenses E>AlsoRestrictedby I;GovernmentOHer BTORONTO,Ont.-Th eJJCanadianCommitteeforM Lracyth i sweek protestedttJItinued denialoffreemmjandfish i nglicensesto21ofJapaneseorigi n.Ina resolution addreJmembersofParliament,Sldeclaredth atth econtinullrestricti onsonJanaeseCaT"iscontrarytoth epi 3Canadianci ti zensh i p." WBTh eJOGDsaidi ts'membmH"grave concern"regaZ"!possibi li tyth at th e govenji ntendstocontinueth eDreadstri cti onsonfreemoveiWlfish i ngafterMarch 31,wulpresentwarpowerswillenj"Th epreceptsofCanaduSzen&h i pdonotsanctionamiuationwh ereby Japanese>'■dianabeforcedtosh are\uuMwith th ei rfellowciti zensoilraces,th efullrigh tsandprivflofciti zensh i p," th e JCCDIclared. "Restricti onson{Mcanonlybelook eduponai i lnialofth efundamentalri«Canadianci ti zens todoJwork ."Th estatementaddedth atflth ewidespreadresettlementflevacueesnowach i eved,th ere!no j usti fi cati onforproh i bi ti nj j Hmovementi nanypartof(jlandth eresh ouldbe norestrk jareas i nCanada.

Nak amuraNamedOnAll-StarTeamSAN JOSE,i Cali f.-JimJmurawasnamedonth efirsttSofth e Mercury Herald's■All-SantaClaraValleyh i gh sflbask etballteam lastwedlaguardpositi on.Nak amura,a left-h ander,Uth eleague'ssecondh i gh estuflgetting98pointsforWash i afHh i gh duringth eseason.Th eFremont h i gh placedi Hmenonth esecondteamofth tflstarselections i n th e 130-hleague.Th eyareHenryNoseflbertSasao,MmAndoandEiflSwanson.

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Hizi Koyk eReturnstoOperaAfterSilenceofWarYears

InFRANCISCO—Th ere was

bsic.forHizi Koyk e,notedfyerofPuccini 's "Madamep-fly,"duringth ewaryears,ding to CarolynAnspach er,i nterviewedth epetiteopera|nSan Francisco for th ebicle.6world'smostcelebratedBut-[closed h erpiano,lock edh er[tic scores and,i nh erownL, took i nventory. Instead[ging,th etinyprimadonnaof-LnCarloOperaCompanydi-|h ertimebetweenh erNewapartmentandasmallJapa-Meth odi stch urch ,far,"sh e said,"isaterriblej , Iti sadisease,afflicti ngIneperson,butth ewh oleh u-race. And i tleavesascar,m th efi gh tersalone,buton'one.atforme—itwasgood."i ngsh adbeengoingalongtooforh er,sh etoldh erreviewer,h adbeen i n opera for20i . Ih adbeensuccessful.Immunetopain.Itook every-

lifei tself—forgrant-Mywh oleconcept,oflivi ngbuiltonstandardsofarti-fry- ,

*"Th encameth ebreak betweenth ecountryIlefti n1923andth elandIcalledh ome."Th ememory ofth oseyearsneverwillbecomedryorparch ed,

sometimesmemorycanmak ech ar-acterbi gandIli k eto h opemyown ch aractergrewandbecamestrong."Myh usband(EdwardM.Gallo,generalmanagerofth eSanCarlo

OperaCompany) went i nto th eArmy—asaprivate.Iprobablywasoneofth efew enemyaliensi nth eUnitedStatestowh omUn-cleSam gave$60amonth ."Mario—we always call h i m

Mario—worriedaboutme.Buth esh ouldnoth ave."AsItook i nventory,Isawfargreatertragedyallaroundme.Iwantedtoh elpoth ers,butth erewaslittleIcoulddo.Ih adacon-nectionwith th eJapaneseMeth o-di stch urch .Iwasborn,yousee,i ntoaCh ri sti anfamilyandwaseducated i nTok i oatth ei CanadianMeth odi stch urch th ere."Today,th esingersaid,"Iamquiteadifferentperson. TodayIwouldrath erh avesympath yth anapplause.TodayIam notgreat—butsosmall."

Nisei InstructorPromotesInteresti nJudoi nWash i ngton

lIASHINGTON— Interest i n

lisbeingpromotedonalargeIi nth eWash i ngton,D.C,areaMinoraOk amoto,wh owasre-lyappointedi nstructorofj udoh eUniversityofMaryland.En-i asmforj udoi swidespreadatCollegePark campusi nnear-Rlai viand,andoth ercolleges,[dingGeorgeWash i ngtonuni-i tyandCath oli cuniversityi n[h i ngton,areplanningto or-ze j udoclubs,k amoto,wh oi sk odok anyodan,Ink edamongth etopth reej udo,i nAmericatoday.Beforeth eh eoperatedseveralj udoclubslanFrancisco,andduringth eh e wasactivei nj udocirclesh ePostoncenter.k amoto i slook i ngforasuit-location i n Wash i ngton toeash eadquartersforh i sownclub,Heh asalso i nterestedWash i ngtonpolicedepartmentth eFBIinh i s j udoactivi ti es.rentually,Ok amoto h opes tolgamate th e various j udoi psi nAmericaunderacentral.nizati onwh i ch will"award:sto j udopartici pantsi nth i s'tryandth usbecomei ndepend-ofth e j udo h eadquartersi ni n.

Masaok aWi llSpeak atMeetingInNewYorkWASHINGTON—Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirector,willpartici pateonth ePeoplesCongressprogram nextTuesdayafternoon,March 18,atth eTownHallAudi-torium i n New York Ci ty,th eWash i ngtonOffice ofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteean-nouncedth i sweek .Hewillopenth ediscussionon"Pacifi cPeoples"ofth e "Colorand Democracy atHome andAbroad"seriesofth eweek lystudygroupssponsoredbyth eEastandWestAssociati on andth eTownHallWork sh ops.Masaok awillsh areth eplatformwith Hernando Abaya,Fili pi noj ournalistandauth orof"Betray-ali nth ePh i li ppi nes."Th i s i sth esixth annualsessionofth ePeoplesCongress,aseriesoftenweek lymeetingseach wi nterandspring.Th egeneralth emeofth i sseason'sCongressi s"Mi nor-i ty Peoples and Problems—A-WorldView." (

Ch i cagoJACLSeek s400NewMembersCHICAGO—Th e local JA'CL'sdrivefor400newmemberswasextendedth rough Apri l7,accord-i ngtoanannouncementmadebyWileyHiguch i ,,campaignch ai r-man,atarecentrallyofteamcaptains.Indicati onsareth atth edrivei sgaini ngmomentum with apro-posed door-to-door campai gnsch eduledtoopenth i sweek .Higu-ch i expressedoptimi sm as cam-paignwork ersreportednewgainsonth emembresh i pfront.Indivi dualsolici torsare i ncom-petiti onforprizesbeingofferedi nth edrive.Foeeach newmember-sh i p,th esolici torwillbegiventwopoints,onepointforeach re-newal.Team captains and committeememberspresentatth erallyatth eh omeofMarvelMaedawere:Jim andYoFuruta,Mi k eHagi-wara, Wiley Higuch i ,Doroth yKawash i ma,RoseKok ubu,MarvelandAliceMaeda,Jack Nak agawa,JoboNak amura,TootsNak amura,AriyeOda,Doroth ySak on,Eure-k aSato,Hannah Tani andKumeoYosh i nari . Membersrotpresenti ncludeDr.Willi am Hiura,Dr.CliffordFuj i moto, Mrs.Doroth yKitow and Hiroah i Kanek oandoth ers.

Ok adasWinJACLBowlingCh ampi onsh i pInSaltLak eCityTh eOk adaInsuranceteamwonth e ch ampi onsh i p ofth e SaltLak eCityJA'CLwi nterbowlingleagueonMarch 10,lastnigh tofregularplay,atth edownstairsTemplealleys,wi th afinalstand-i ngof64wi nsand24losses.Th eOgdenVetssquadtiedfor

secondplacewith DawnNoodle,with both h avi ng49wi nsand39losses.OKCafe,coming-i nfourth ,h ad47winsand41losses.Asingles sweepstak eswillberolledonMarch 17,andan i nfor-maltournamentwi llbe h eldMarch 22.Th ebigpost-seasoneventforth e league,th e nationalNiseibowlingtournament,willfollowonMarch 29and.30atth eupstairsTemplealleys.Atleasttwentyteams,i ncludingtopnotch squads from Denver.Ch i cagoandLosAngelesh avei n-dicatedth eywi llattendth etour-nament.Twosquadswillberolledi neach event,rollingontwelveorfourteenalleys.More th an 150 i ndi vi dualen-triesareexpectedi nth e men'sevents,andprizemoneyi sexpect-edtototalmoreth an$1000.Inadditi onnumeroustroph i esdonat-edbySaltLak eCi tyfi rmsandi n-divi dualswillbeoffered.Inadditi ontoprizesi neach di -

visi on,squadprizeswi llbeoffered,accordingtoBi llHonda,ch ai rman/Entryfeeforth emen'ssingles,

doublesandteam eventswillbe$4pereventandwilli ncludeth epriceofbowling. Women'sandmixeddoubles events wi llcost$2.50perperson.Th e womenistournamentwi llbeh eld i ncon-j uncti onwith th emen'stourney.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.Mi k aKitanoaboy,MiltonHirosh i ,onFeb.21i nDenver,Colo.ToMr.andMrs.FredKanameOta,3660CimarronSt.,LosAnge-les,agirl,'CandiceKiyok o,onFeb.ToMr.andMrs.TomIseri,POBox817,Ontario,Ore.,agirlonFeb.12.ToMr.andMrs.Keisuk eOk u-ma,SEanDiego,Oalif.,agirlonFeb.li.ToMr.andMrs.MasatoMori-sh i ma(Sanger,Calif.,agirlonFeb.21.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeY.Ito-gawa,Fresno,Calif,a girlonFeb.18.ToMr.andMrs.Joh nTatsumi agirlonFeb.14i nFresnoToMrandMrs.Rich ardK.Ha-mada,Loomis,Calif,agirlonFeb.23.ToMr.andMrs.RarryM.Ta-

nak aaboyonFeb.23 i nSacra-mentoTo Mr. and Mrs.Fumina

Nak ah ara,agirlon March BinLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.KarlH.Nak a-

zawaagirl,JMancyKath ryn,onFeb.16i nBuffalo.N.Y.ToMr.andMrs.KarlAk i yaaboyonFeb20 i nNewYork Ci ty.ToMr.andMrs.JuneousObaa

boy,Rich ardJuneous,onFeb.28.ToMr.andMrs.TomKasah ara,OregonCity,Ore.,agirl.ToStaffSgt.andMrs.NoburaMorio,Pasadena, Calif.,aboy,Th omasJames,onFeb.28.ToMr.andMrs.EarleT.Yusaagirl,Ruth ana,onMarch 5 i nCh i cago

DEATHSMrs.Fuj i Kawak ami ,70,onMarch 2i nSanJose,Calif.HatsutaroMoritaonFarch 4i nWalnutGrove,Calif.Sh i gei ch i Kubo,50,onMarch 2i nPenryn,Calif.Yak uroOsh i ma,73,onMarch 4i nSanFrancisco.KosueKoyama.45,onMarch 6i nDenver.Mrs.K.Kumagai i nMi nneapo-lis,Minn.J.Sak amotoonFeb.24i nNewYork Ci tyDenzoNak ah i ro,64,onMarch 5i nSeattle.Zensh i ro Ki k osh i ma, 59, onMarch 6i nSeattle.

MARRIAGESRose Sh i zue Yok omi zo toTo-sh i ak i InouyeonMarch 8i nSedg'-wick ,Colo.Mi tsuk o Tanigui ch i to TomEh ara on March 7 i nOak land,Calif.Arlene Ih ara to Tosh i h aruNak ash i k i on March 8 i nSanJose.Miyuk i Hisatomi toFumioKa-nemotoon March 1i nStock ton,■Calif.TeeruuoItotoSh i gKimuraonFeb.23 i nCh i cago.>HimeyoMuk ai toTh omas T.Kariyai nOgden,Utah .

Utah LegislatorSeek sStayforEvacueeFamilyTh reeBill,OfferedToRecordPermanentAdmissi onofMembersWASHINGTON—.Th reebi llsto

recordth epermanentadmissi ontoth eUni tedStatedforlawfulresi-denceofaSaltLak eCi tyfamilyofJapaneseancestrywere i ntro-ducedi nth eHouseofRepresenta-tivesonFeb.24byRep.Willi amDawson,R.,Utah .Th ebi llsareforth ereli efof

SusumuInrai,Mrs.Fuj i Imai,th eformerMrs.Fuj i Aok i ,andh erch i ldren,Mich i o Aok i , Yoah i k oAok i ,Hisak o Aok i and Kiyok oAok i .Itwasnotedth atth eenforce-

mentofpendingdeportationor-dersagainstth emembersofth efamilywouldresulti n h ardsh i pforoth erAmericanci ti zenmem-bers.Membersofth efamilyh adre-

sided i nth eUni tedStatesunderatreatytraderstatus and th ech i ldrenh avebeenwh ollyeducat-edi nAmericansch ools.Th ebi llswere referredtoth eJudici aryCommittee.Acourtcase i nvolvingmembersofth efamilyandch allengingth edeportationorders h as beenap-pealed to th e Federal Circui tcourtatDenver,Colo.

Misak aWi llPlayWith Utah Team i nNewYork TourneyWatMisak n,starting:forward

onth eUniversityofUtah 'sbas-k etballteam,wh i ch wonsecondplacei nth eBigSevenconference,leftwith th eUtesonMarch 13forNewYork Ci ty.Utah i ssch eduledtomeetDu-

quesne university i n th e firstroundofth eNationalInvitati onTournamentst Madison SquareGardenonMarch 17. »Misak awasamemberof,th e

1944Utah team wh i ch wonth eNCAAch ampi onsh i p. Appearingi nMadison SquareGardenwithth eUtah team i nth e1944series,h ereceivedarousingovationfromManh attanfans.Hewasgivenh onorablementiononth eSaltLak eTri bune'sall-BigSeventeamth i sweek .

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JapanLandReform ProgramHi tsPropertyOwnedByIsseiDENVER,Colo.—Condemnationproceedingsarebeingtak enbyth eJapanesegovernmentonagricul-turalpropertyi nJapanwh i ch i sownedbyJapaneseresidi ngi nth eUni ted Statesandoth erforeigncountries,MinoruYasui,Tri-Stateregionalrepresentativeofth eJA-CL,reportedh ereth i sweek .Th eJACLoffici alsaidth ath eh admadeani nqui ryi ntoth esi tua-ti ononbeh alfofaJapanesena-tionalwh oh adbeeni nformedth ath i spropertyi nJapanh adbeencon-demned i nlinewith Japan'snewlandreformprogram.Yasui was i nformedbyEdward

M.Martin,ch i efofth edivi si onofJapaneseandKoreaneconomicaf-fairsi nth eStateDepartmentatWash i ngtonth atth eprocedurewasbeingundertak enbyth eJapanesegovernmentunderth enewlandre-formlawwh i ch callsforth epur-ch asebyth egovernment,forre-saletotenants,ofalllandh eldbyabsenteelandlords.

Snak eRiverJACLInstallsCabinetONTARIO, Ore.— PresidentJamesWatanabeandh i scabinetwerei nstalledasnewoffici alsofth eSnak eRi verJACLatameetingh eldTh ursday,Feb.27,atth eWomen'sclubh all.Watanabewillbeassistedduring

h i stermbySmith Morimoto,vice-president;Tom Itami,treasurer;KatieHash i tani ,recordingsecre-tary;Bobbie Watanabe, corre-spondingsecretary;MamaroWak a-sugi andGeorgeSugai,offici aldel-egates;Masak oSugai,h i stori an-reporter;Beulah Sh i genoandMunIseri,socialch ai rmen;DonSugai,sergeant-at-arms;Ik eyWak asugi,PaulTak euch i andSmith Morimo-to,offici alph otograph ers.Installation was made byJoeSaito,vice-ch ai rmanofth eIDC.Newcommitteeh eadsappointedbyPresidentWatanabe were asfollows:Joe Saito,membersh i p;MamaroWak asugi,Anti-Di scri m-i nati onCommittee;GeorgeSugaiandTomItami,finance;AbeSaito,alienlandlaw;MasKido,natural-i zati on;andTomNish i tani ,activ-i ti es.

SealsDefeatMauiAll-StarBallClubKAHULI,Maui,T.H.—Th eSanFranciscoSealsdefeatedth eJap-aneseAmericanAll-Stars,6to3,i nth ei rfi nalgameonMaui onMarch 10.Th e coastLeague ch ampi onsmadesi xrunsandtwelveh i tsoffth epitch i ngof-fourNisei h urlers,Kaya,Tak ah ash i ,HasegawaandEbisu.Th eth reerunsbyth eMaui team

wasscoredoffofBobCh esneswh orelievedCli ffMeltoni nth esixth

SatowtoConferWith Ch i cagoJACLMasao Satow,acting national

secretaryofth e JACL,leftSaltLak eCityTh ursday,March 13,toconferwith JACLoffici alsi nCh i -cago,i ncludingTatsuoKush i da,re-centlyappointedmidwestdirector.Th eywilldiscussplansforaMidwestdistri ctcouncilmeetingi nApril.Satowwillstopi nDenveronh i s

returntoattendth eTri-StateJA-CLconferenceMarch 22and23.

CCYBAPlansProgramForComingYearFRESNO,Calif.—Th e1947cal-

endarofeventsforth eCentralCaliforniaYoungBuddh i stsAsso-ciati onwasannouncedth i sweekfollowingameetingofth eboardofdirectorsandch apterrepresenta-tivesonFriday,March 7 atth eFresnoBuddh i stch urch .AlmaKurisu,editorofth eBus-

sei Review,submitted h erresigna-tion.RobertKimuraofFresnowasnamedtoth epost.Representativesatth emeeting

urgedsupportforth eInstituteofBuddh i stTech nology,,wh i ch wasrecentlyorganizedtopromoteth etranslationofBuddh i stmateriali ntoEnglish .Th ecalendarofeventswasan-

nouncedasfollows:Oh i ganservice,March 23,DelReyYBAi nch arge;2ndannualCCYBAcarnival,July26-27;CCYBAconference,Nov.8;NewYeardance,Dec.31.

LosAngelesJACLWillSponsorTeamLOS ANGELES--Sawtelle Ga-

rage,leadingteam i nth eLosAn-gelesNisei bowlingleague,wasselectedth i sweek torepresentth eLosAngeles-JAiGLch apteratth enationalNisei bowlingtournamenti nSaltLak eCi ty on March 29and30.Th reeofth e Sawtelle team's

bowlers,Paul,Tok andNobIsh i -zawa,willmak eth ttripalongwi th two oth erleadingbowlersfrom th eleague,PaulQuonandBowmanCh ung.Anall-starteamfrom LosAn-gelesalsoi sexpectedtoenterth etournament.Sawtelle Garage h as h i ta

scratch seriesof2860,h i gh estre-cordedbyaNisei teamth i syear,i nregularleagueplay.Th eteamaveragesaround2600.

Sk ati ngParlyFLORIN,Calif.— Th eFlorinYouth Fellowsh i p h as i nvi tedth eFlorinYoungBuddh i stgrouptoask ati ngpartyonMarch 21,accord-i ngto Florence Wak i ta,corre-spondingsecretary.Th efellowsh i precently h elda

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JapaneseAncestryBURBANK,Calif.—Japanese

Amercansi nth eHawai i anpop-ulation"aregoodAmericancit-i zensli k eanybodyelse,"Gov.Ingram S.Stainback ofHawai itoldnewsmen h ereonMarch 7upon h i sarri valbyplanefromHonolulu.Enroute toWash i ngtontotestifybeforeaHousesubcom-mitteeonth eHawai i anstate-h oodquestion,Gov.Stainbackwasask ed bynewsreporterswh eth erh efeltth erewouldbeoppositi ontostateh ood.becauseofth elargeJapanesepopulationi nth e i slands."We h ave severalJapaneseAmericansi nofficenow,oneofth em a Territori alSenator,"Gov.Stainback answered."Weth i nk th eyaregoodAmericanciti zensli k eanybodyelse."

Hosh i noSeek sComeback i nHawai i Figh tsHONOLULU — HalHosh i no,

h ard-punch i ngNisei feath erweigh tfrom Pendleton,Ore.,arrived i nHawai i recentlytostarth i scome-back i nth ering.Hosh i no h asnotfough tsi nce h elosttoJimmyFloritaatOlympicAuditori um sh ortlybeforePearlHarbor.Th eOregonNisei ,now31yearsofage,h opestomeetDavidKuiKongYoung,oneofth ering'stop-rank i ng feath erweigh ts, i n h i sfi rstmatch i n Hawai i . Hosh i nok nock ed outYoungonDec.21,1940."Everyoneclaimed i twasaluck ypunch th atk nock edoutYoung."Hosh i nodeclared."I'm anxioustomeeth i magai ntoprovei twasnofluk e."Hosh i no also k nock ed outCrisCrispi n,th enth eHawai i anfeath er-weigh tch ampi on,andCleverHen-'ryandBlack Joeduringh i sHawai-i onvi si ti ni 940.Hosh i noownsau-acrefarm i n

Oregon.Heh asbeenleach i ngbox-i ngtoPendletonbusinessmendur-i ngh i slayofffromth ering.

VictoryDanceToHonorWinnersOfCageTourneyWinners ofth e IntermountainNisei bask etballtournament,beingh eldi nSaltLak eCityonMarch 26,27and28,willbeh onoredatavic-torydance i mmedi atelyfollowingth ech ampi onsh i pgameatth ePio-neerstak egym,accordingtoth etournamentcommittee.Troph i eswillbeawardedtowin-ni ngteamsandplayersduringth ei ntermissi onperiodofth edance.

Kanesh i ro,StarNisei Jock erWillRide i nTanforanRacesSANBRUNO,Calif.— Tommy

Kanesh i ro,35-year-old -JapaneseAmerican j ock eyfrom Hawai i ,willmak e h i s i ni ti albi dforna-tionalridi ngh onorsth i sweek asTanforanrace track reopensforth efi rsttimesince i twasturnedi ntoanassemblycenterforevac-ueesofJapaneseancestryi n1942.Kanesh i roi sth eleadingri deri nth eHawai i anIslands,winni ngsomanyracesatth e Oah u Jock eyclubth ath e h asbeencalledth e"TodSloan"ofHawai i .Si nceKanesh i roneverh asri d-denonarecognizedtrack ,i ti sbe-li evedth ath emayh aveth ead-vantageatth eTanforanmeetingofstartingoutwith anapprenticeallowance.HeisundercontracttoCh arli eHartwell,wh oh asbrough tanum-berofh orsestoCaliforniafromHawai i 'sfamous Park erranch .Th ebestperformerofth egroupisMak ai ,wh i ch didwelli nal-lowanceracesatth erecentSantaAnitameetingand wh i ch Kane-sh i roi sexpectedtoride.Kanesh i ro willnotfind th ecompetiti on easy atTanforan.Among th e j ock eys alreadyonh andatth eSanBrunotrack i sJoh nnyLongden,leadingri derofth eSantaAnitaseason.

Husk i esTrounceMarush otoWinCh i cagoCageCrownCHICAGO— Th e Husk i eswonth ech ampi onsh i pofth eCh i cagoNi sei Ath leti cAssociati on'sbas-k etballleagueby defeatingth eMarush oteam,59to41,atOlivetInstituteonMarch 9.T.Hiyamah i tth ebask etfor20pointstotak etopscoringh onors,wh i leJ.Ok abeledMarush owith 13digi ts.Th eCourierZeph yrs defeatedth eMi dwestBuddh i st"A"squad,41to24,towinth i rdplace.Th tMidwestGirlsdefeatedth eCh i Sigs,21to14,i nth eopener.BillAdach i ,ch ai rmanofCNAA

bask etball,announced th atth eCNAA Invitati onalTournament'sperpetualtroph yh asbeendonatedbyth e42h dWardDemocraticOr-ganizati on.StateSenatorWilli amJ.Connorsmadeth epresentationforth eDemocraticgroup.

BernardTailorsWi nJACLCageTourneyInSpok ane.SPOKANE,Wash .—Th e ch arti -pionsh i ptroph yofth eth i rdan-nualSpok ane JACL bask etballtournamentwasawardedth eBer-nardTailorsteamfollowingath reedaymeetMarch 6to8atth eLewisandClark andGonzagagymnasi-ums.Th ePi oneerDrugsquintetre-

ceivedth erunners-uptroph y,wh i leaconsolationtroph ywasgiventh eBeaconCleanersteam.Ik eyMinataofBernardTailorswasgivenan i nspi rati onalaward.Awardsforanall-starteamweregiventoHank Ito,Murph yIga,andMinata,allofBernardTailors;SadaoKuroiwaofBeaconCleaners;andHiromuKurose,MissQteam.Amixer-danceatth eGonzagacanteenfollowedth ech ampi onsh i pgame.FloydYamamotowasch ai r-manforth etournament.

AnitaSh eph erdsonToBeHonoredInMemorialServiceLOSANGELES— i »Jserviceforth elateerdson,teach erandh mMadvisor,willbeh eldonIhat7p.m.atth eNi sei(v3ch urcn,2032Pennsylva&w f£s a Sh ePl«rtiSlmorialtobepresentedtoTtertoni nsti tuti onwh ere Jh avebeenmadebyacoSIformermembersofth eMlJapaneseclub,wh ometKJm th eh omeofSh i zueaiuh flNish i mura. "i mFriendsmaysendcontJtoFredNish i o,Route 1SFullerton,Calif.'*■TwinCiti esBusseiToHoldFirstAnniversaryDanceMINNEAPOLIS,Minn..1TwinCiti esBuddh i ßtOrgaJwillsponsorananniver«an«i ncelebrationofitssuccegsfMyearonApril19 i nth eh MRoomofth eHotelDyclmm,|KenKingsbuix6-piece<sk Mwillbefeatured.Dancecommitteeundertbtflmansh i pofSusumuHindiSaburoOk i motoandMacEdtick ets;Eni i Tak ato,ch edMay Matsuzak i , refrestjMollyHamaguch i andAmyMpublici ty;TedSugano,miJceremonies.PatronsandpatroneuetinMrs.H.Terak awa,Mr.dflFrank Yanari,Mr.endMmMOno,Mr.andMrs.EdKitflandth eRev.andMrs.KosoTl

HairdressersGroupElectsNisei toBoardDENVER,Colo.—George<Mownerandproprietorofi Bflbeautysalon,h asbeeneleaHmemberofth eboardofdinflofth eColoradoStateHairdnlAssociati on.Oh ash i i s th efi rstJim

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