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PACIFIC CITIZEN ■^25;N0-5_ SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST9, 1947 Prce: SevenCents Justce Depart ent Wll Halt Deportaton of Japanese Untl Senate Consders Pendng Bll WASHINGTON —Deportatonproceedngs aganst alenswo " tbe benefcally affected byH.R. 3566 wll be alted untl full 1 te consderaton of te bll next sesson, teJACL Ant-Ds- Snaton Co ttee learned ts wee. In response to an ADC-sponsoredrequest to te Attorney 1 t , e graton and Naturalzaton Servce of teDe- tent of Justce ts wee gave assurance tat tosealens o gt be benefted by te provsonsof H. R. 3566wll not ' | avedeportaton proceedngsnst- tuted aganst te untl after te Senate as afull opportuntyto consder te bll. (H. R. 3566, wc would gve te Attorney General dscreton- ary power to stay te deportaton ofnelgble alens on te sae bassas alens elgble to ctzen- sp,spgeon-oled n teSen- ate Judcary co ttee untl next sesson.) Drectves to alllocal I gra- ton feld offces are now bengsent out by te central offce n Pla- delpaof te I graton and Naturalzatonservce, te Was- ngtonADC offce wasnfored. Te drectves state tat alens wo gt be benefcares under teproposed law wll be protected nter present status andtat no acton wll be taenaganst te at present. / Assuranceson te teporary cessaton of deportaton proceed- ngs were gven to staff ebers of teSenateandHouse Judc- ary co ttees n responseto n- qury adeupon te request of te ADC, Me Masaoa, natonal ADC legslatvedrector, stated. In lettersearler tswee to Senator Cap an Revercob and Congress an Fran Fellows, car- en,respectvely, ofte Senate and House Judcary co ttees, te Ant-Dscr naton co ttee adrequestedte "nterventon of ter good offces" to stay deporta- ton proceedngs. "We are opeful tat H.R. 3566 wll be approvedbv te Senate early next year,"Masaoa sad, "wc wll ean tatapprox- ately2000 persons of Japanese ancestry wll not bosubect toau- toatcdeportatonbut ay re- an at tedscreton ofteAt- torney General." Staley Co pany Wll Act on Daage Clas I Attorney SaysSuts I Beng Prepared n I Soya Sauce Posonngs I LOS ANGELES—A representa- ■tveof te A. E. StaleyManufac- ■tarng copany ofDecatur, 111., Iproducersof soyabeansauce, wll ■rrve n Los Angeles soonto elp ■settle clas aganst te copany ■by consuers wo becae ll fro ■se of te copany's product wc lu been adulterated wt an ar- l<« copound. ■Ken Ito, LosAngeles attorney, ■ndcated tat a nuber of persons ■o were strcenbyuse- of to Itont& nated sauce, were flng ac- Itons aganst te Staley co pany. I Mr. Ito wasnfored by Paul D. ■Doolen,attorneyfor te Staley ■fr, tat te copany was re- latng teexact dates onwc ■te consuers becae ll fro use ■cf tesoya bean sauce and also Huered nforaton as tote brand |of te sauceusedand te date on wc t waspurcased. I TeStaleyco pany, one of te ■world'slargest processorsof soya ■beans, produces te saucewc s sold to ndvdual frsfor rebot- -1%, pacnganddstrbuton. I Moretan300 persons ntree ■westernstates are reported to ave ■been ade ll byuse of te tanted ce. It as beenreported tat te contanaton occurred na ■40,000 gallonsp ent, ostof ■wc was sent to LosAngeles and San Francsco,altoug a sall pent alsowas sent to Uta. Turloc Isse Get Ary's Persson To Returnto Japan SAN FRANCISCO Twoaged Isse, Mr. andMrs EsueYotsuya °f Turloc, Calf., ave receved persson fro Alledautortes Japan togo to Japan,t was "ported ere. Tey are beleved tobea ong we nrst Japanese natonals n te unted States to receve per sson to Japansnce te Mof te war. Tey aresceduled to leaveon Oct. 3 for Yooaa °" te Marne Adderfro San "ancsco. BusPassengers Hurt n Cras OGDEN, Uta .Hros Naa- ura, 45, ofClearfcld, and Mrs. Y. Kubo, 50, of Ocrden, werea onef 13passengerswo were osptal- zed followng tecras of a Ba- berger Transportaton Co. bus nto te sde of teRverdale vaduct sout of Ogdenon Aug. 4. Mr. Naaura suffered lacera- tons of bot lps and lost fve teet, wle Mrs. Kubo sustaned a aw nury. Tatsuno Elected SAN JOSE, Calf.—Davd Tatsu- no of SanFrancsco was one of two elders fro Calforna wo wereelected toteCo ttee on Socal Educaton and Acton at te 96t Annual Synod of Calforna of te Presbyteran Curc wc was convened n SanJose last ont. Nse War Veteran Held on Murder Carge n Honolulu Sec°ndDegree Carge fled After Fg t In Hotel Roo HONOLULU-A Nse war vet- te& Sa TW, eavyfttng wt Eur InfantryReg ent n tons. receved anydecora- »Z t On« of tree enwo face n t/ °}- seconddegree urder BaW « -ngto deat of Wlla On July 29 In a Honolulu otel roo "JaffT 6 T Aercanveteran B '"ratfed asHarry Matsuoto, MNuuanu Ave. Hs copan- L w rles 25, and dKrf 01* *' als° face te wof second degree urder. w "we en weregven a pre- l nary earng before Judge Harry Stener n dstrct court on sad te tree en ade a full confesson of ter part '"Tey'd polcetat Baer start- edte arguent by callng Matsu- oto "a drty Jap." Polce sad tat untl tat te Matsuoto, Caspno and Wong ad been ndngter own busness Wen te tree en repled to Baer's rears analtercaton be- gan but was broen up by ltary and a frend ten went to te otel roo and were foUowed by Matsu oto, Caspnoand Wong. A new fgt started wc Baer was lled. Nse Ensgn Statoned at San Dego Base SAN DlEGO—EnsgnNelson Kobayas ofBrgton, Colo., oneof te frstAercans of Japanese ancestry tobeaccept- ed for Navy dutysortlyafter toned nSanDego. Knsn. Kobayas was accept- ed te Navy duty sortly after te openng of naval servceto Japanese Aercans n 1945. Prevously, Japanese Aercans ad been excluded as a atter of Navy depart ent polcy al- toug any Japanese Aer- can solders were attaced to U.S. naval unts asntellgence personnel durng te Pacfc war. Co ttee Wll Pc Outstandng Nse of Year JACL Wll. Honor Notable Aceveents In VarousFelds Selecton ofa NatonalJACL recogntons co ttee was an- nouncedts wee by Hto O ada, presdent. Mn Yasu, forer Tr-State rep- resentatve, was naed caran. Hs co ttee ebers wll be YorWada, San Francsco; Ky- os Saota, Yellowstone capter; Tos Yano,Ogden;Mrs.Betty Ucya a, St. Lous; S Toga- sa, Eastbaycapter;Bll Eno- oto, San Mateo; Dr.JunKuru- ada, Salt Lae Cty; Jon Kta- sao,Dstrct of Coluba cap- ter; Harold Fstere, Seabroo; and Mrs. Fu Saano, Portland. Te co tteewll select per- sons ofJapanese ancestry wo ave ade notable contrbutons n ter partcular felds, Oada sad. Fred FertgNaed ExecutveSecretary Of LosAngeles JACL LOS ANGELES FredFertg, wo as been pronently assocat- edwt nterracal actvtesn te Los Angelesarea, wasnaed ex- ecutve secretary of teLos An- gelesJACL at a cabnet eetng last wee, accordng toFran Cu- an, presdent. Fertg wll eet wt te cabnet andte executve co ttee on Au- gust12to outlne te capter's progra for te co ngyear. Mebers ofte co tteeare Sa Mna and Masa Kunto, sports; Henry O ye,publcrela- tons;Rose Sasa a, Ryo Mune- ata, socals; Ara Hasegawa, po- ltcal educaton;Roy Mzoa, legal defense; LeonMyaza , ant- dscr naton; Helen O nc, nter- racal actvtes; Stanley Uno, socal welfare; Sue Ta otoand Dc Itanaga, publcatonof "Vanguard." Sx Nse Inured In Vacavlle Accdent VACAVILLE, Calf. Sx per- sons were nured, one serously, wenteauto n wc tey were rdng blew atreand overturned on U. S. gway 40 .near Vaca- vlle onAug. 1. Yos o Osada wastreated for crtcalead and leg nuresat Vacavlle osptal. Oters wo sustaned nures wereWlla Osada, drver of te car, Ara Is and George, Bobby andHarold Ucsba. 1,500 Evacuated fro Hawa Durng War HONOLULU - An estated 1 500 personsof Japanese ancestry wo were evacuated to anland war relocaton centers under l- tary orders durngte war ay be elgbleto fle clasunder te proposedEvacuaton Clas Co- sson legslaton f tey sustan- ed busness or property da ages as a result of te evacuaton, « was reportedts wee. JACL Offcal Fnds Racal Issue Not Involved n Dspute At Enser Ranc n Mendota 50Japanese Aercans Reportedly Eployed On Calforna Far SAN FRANCISCO—Tere s no racal ssuenvolved n te dspute at te Enser, Alexander andBar- soo ranc at Mendota, 32 les fro Fresno, Joe Grant Masaoa, Nortern Calfornaregonald- rector ofte JACL, declaredon Aug. 7. Masaoa.sad e ad offered teservcesof teJACL n te dspute n wc approx ately50 worers of Japanese ancestry were nvolved. Te JACL offcal contacted Fed- eral Conclator Jules Medoff n Fresnoandwasassured tat te "raceor natonalty" of te wor- ersat teEnser ranc wasnot at ssue n tedsputewc re- portedlynvolvesa contract wc teCIOFres Frut and Vegetable Worersunon clas s n Exst- ence wt te Enser ranc. Ranc representatves ave dsputedte exstenceof a contract. Medoff sadtat te atter was now out of s ands, followng teactonof ranc offcals n fl- nga sutn Superor court n FresnoonAug. 5 to obtan a re- stranngorder aganst te unon. Medoff declared tat te atter of te exstence of acontract wll be argued n te Superor court earng. It was reported tat pcets were reoved by te unon fro te Enser ranc on Aug. 5andpac- ngand sppng operatonsare contnung. Medoff ndcated tat te a- orty ofte worers at te Enser ranc were of Japanese ancestry. Accordng to nfor aton obtan- ed by Masaoa, te Japanese Aer- can worers were recrutedn Sac- raentoby te Enser, Alexander and Barsoon ranc wc antans large-scale farng and cannng operatons n four Calforna coun- tes. Teworerswere not aware tat adspute wt teCIO unon over exstence of a contract exsted at teranc nMendota. Gene Blac, representatve of te CIO Fres Frut and Vegetable Worers, declaredat Mendota tat ranc offcals ad srepresented te stuaton wen tey carged tat te unon was obectng tote eployentof Japanese Aer- cans. Blac sad tat te unon ad " any JapaneseA ercan" e- bersand tat teunon's concern nte dspute was te enforce- ent of a "self-renewng" contract wc e sad adbeen sgned wt ranc offcals last year andwc provded for te eployent of unon worers. NISEI VETERAN WINS SHORTHAND MEDAL IN CHICAGO CHICAGO—Lews Y. Matsuoa, 25, of New Yor andC cago, wll be presented wt te Daond edal award, gestprze n sortand, byteGreggPubls- ng Co panyts ont. Matsuoa, agraduate student at Gregg college, sa court reporter, frstJapanese A ercan n te countryto qualfy for te profes- son. He as been free-lancere- portng n .C cagoand s n tran- ng to tae teNew Yor certfed sortand reporters' exanaton ts Nove ber n NewYor. To aceve teDaond edal award, canddates ust successful- lytaesortandnotes nexcess of aspeedof 200 words a nute for aperodof fve nuteswt not oretan5per cent argn for error. Te rate of spea ng for te average person s 160-170 words per nute. Matsuoas a graduate of Long Beac unor college, were e a- ored n a pre-legal course. He won e bersp nAlpaP Epslon, natonal co ercal onoraryso- cety. Durng te wareserved nte ltary ntellgence scool lan- guageservceat Fort Snellng n court artal reportng. U.S. Fles Sut To Seze Soya Bean Sauce Contends Spent Fro Insectcde Fnn Contans Poson SACRAMENTO TeFederal govern ent oved ts wee to seze and conde n 26 cases of adulterated soyabean sauce n te possesson of te Mtsuwa co- pany, 1214 Fourt St. Tecoplant fled n te Fed- eral court byE et J. Seawell, assstant UntedStates attorney, contended tesauce contans on- ocloracetc acd, a "posonous sub- stance." Te co plantstated tat te sauce, Hoare brand, wass pped toSacraentofro Pueblo, Colo., June5 byte N.B.C.Insectcde co pany. A s lar coplant was fled last wee by te govern ent n an effort to seze 19 casesof soya bean sauce n tepossesson of te G. T. Saa co pany. CIO Offcal Denes Race Bas In Unon Stre at MendotaFar Carges Eployer Wt Rasng "P ony" Dscrnaton Issue MENDOTA, Calf.—Denal tat te ste of CIO Food, Tobacco and Agrcultural unon worers at te Mendota pacngsedsof teEn- ser, Alexander and Barsoo e- lon ranc was provoed byte r- ng of 50 Japanese Aercans was ssued ts wee by Jac Montgo - ery, regonal drector of CIO-ETA. Montgo ery carged tat H. E. Enser of te elon ranc wasat- teptng tocreatea "pony" ra- cal ssue bydeclarng tat te un- on ad deanded tatereplace te50 worers of Japanese ances- try. "Wen te ebers of te unon went toteseds to wor, Enser sad e ad no contract wt te unon and tey ad no obs," Mont- goerysad. "Ten e red non- unon elp. He stryng to ae t appear te unon sdscrnat- ng. Tefact s we aveJapanese \ercans n te unon." Enser ad statedtat s$500,- 000 elon crop was endangered by teCIO stre because enssted on s rgt to re Japanese Aer- cans. Accordng to Montgoery, Enser as refused toabdeby s con- tract wt teunon callngfor preferental rng troug te un- on wen te pac ng season opens. Conferences were eld n Fresno betweenunon andeployer rep- resentatves n te presence of Fed- eral Medator Jules Medoff. Bot teCIO andAFL representatves at te conference contended tat aself-renewng contract asbeen n effect wt te ranc and as not been ternated. Teranc co pany claedno contract sgn- edbya responsble offcer of te fr as exsted. Robert Franln, publc relatons representatve of te Assocated Farers, of wc te fr s a eber, as beenrepresentng te Enser ranc nte negotatons. Te Enser-Alexander-Barsoo co pany, operates rances nSac- raento, Yolo, Solano, Fresnoand San Joaquncountes and as a cannery n Isleton.

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Page 1: PACIFIC CITIZEN...PACIFIC CITIZEN ^25;N0-5_ SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,AUGUST9,1947 Price:SevenCents JusticeDepartmentWillHalt DeportationofJapaneseUntil SenateConsidersPendingBill

PACIFIC CITIZEN■25;N0-5_ SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,AUGUST9,1947 Price:SevenCents

JusticeDepartmentWillHaltDeportationofJapaneseUntilSenateConsidersPendingBill

WASHINGTON—Deportationproceedingsagainstalienswh o

"h tbebenefici allyaffectedbyH.R.3566willbeh alteduntilfull

1teconsiderationofth ebi llnextsession,th eJACLAnti-Di s-Si i nati onCommitteelearnedth i sweek .InresponsetoanADC-sponsored

requesttoth eAttorney1tj ,e i mmi grationandNaturalizati onServiceofth eDe-

tmentofJusticeth i sweek gaveassuranceth atth osealiensh omigh tbebenefitedbyth eprovisi onsofH.R.3566willnot

'|h avedeportationproceedingsi nsti -tutedagainstth emuntilafterth eSenate h asafullopportunitytoconsiderth ebill.(H.R.3566,wh i ch wouldgiveth eAttorneyGeneraldiscretion-arypowertostayth edeportationofi neli gi blealiensonth esamebasisasalienseligi bletociti zen-sh i p,i spigeon-h oled i nth eSen-ate Judici arycommitteeuntilnextsession.)DirectivestoalllocalImmigra-tionfieldofficesarenowbeingsentoutbyth ecentralofficei nPh i la-delph i aofth eImmigrationandNaturalizati onservice,th eWash -i ngtonADCofficewasi nformed.Th edirectivesstateth atalienswh omigh tbebenefici ari esunderth eproposedlawwillbeprotectedi nth ei rpresentstatusandth atnoactionwillbe tak enagainstth ematpresent. /Assurancesonth etemporary

cessationofdeportationproceed-i ngsweregiventostaffmembersofth eSenateandHouseJudici -arycommitteesi nresponsetoi n-qui rymadeuponth erequestofth eADC,Mi k eMasaok a,nationalADClegislativedirector,stated.Inlettersearlierth i sweek toSenatorCh apman RevercombandCongressmanFrank Fellows,ch ai r-men,respectively,ofth e SenateandHouseJudici arycommittees,th eAnti-Di scri mi nati oncommitteeh adrequestedth e"i nterventionofth ei rgoodoffices"tostaydeporta-tionproceedings."Weareh opefulth atH.R.3566willbeapprovedbvth e Senateearlynextyear,"Masaok asaid,"wh i ch willmean th atapproxi-mately2000personsofJapaneseancestrywillnotbosubjecttoau-tomaticdeportationbutmayre-mainatth edi scretionofth eAt-torneyGeneral."

StaleyCompanyWillActonDamageClaimsIAttorneySaysSuitsIBeingPrepared i nISoyaSaucePoisoni ngsILOSANGELES—A representa-■tiveofth eA.E.StaleyManufac-■taringcompanyofDecatur,111.,Iproducersofsoyabeansauce,will■irri vei nLosAngelessoontoh elp■settleclaimsagainstth ecompany■byconsumerswh obecame i llfrom■seofth ecompany'sproductwh i chlubeenadulteratedwith an ar-

l<«compound.■Kenj i Ito,LosAngelesattorney,

■indi catedth atanumberofpersons■i h owerestrick enbyuse-ofth oItont&minatedsauce,werefili ngac-Itionsagainstth eStaleycompany.IMr.Itowasi nformedbyPaulD.■Doolen,attorneyforth e Staley■firm,th atth ecompanywas re-latingth eexactdatesonwh i ch■tieconsumersbecamei llfromuse■cfth esoyabeansauceandalsoHueriedi nformationastoth ebrand|ofth esauceusedandth edateon■wh i ch i twaspurch ased.ITh eStaleycompany,oneofth e■world'slargestprocessorsofsoya■beans,producesth esaucewh i ch i s■soldto i ndi vi dualfi rmsforrebot--1%,pack i nganddi stri buti on.IMoreth an300personsi nth ree■westernstatesarereportedtoh ave■beenmade i llbyuseofth etai nted■mice.Ith asbeenreportedth at■th e contaminati on occurred i na■40,000 gallonsh i pment,mostof■wh i ch wassenttoLosAngelesand■SanFrancisco,alth ough asmall■i k i pmentalsowassenttoUtah .

Turlock Issei GetArmy'sPermissi onToReturntoJapanSANFRANCISCO— TwoagedIssei,Mr.andMrsEisuk eYotsuya°fTurlock ,Calif.,h ave receivedpermissi onfrom Alliedauth ori ti esm JapantogotoJapan,i twas"portedh ere.Th eyarebelievedtobeamongwenrstJapanesenationals i nth eunitedStatestoreceivepermissi on

toJapansinceth eMofth ewar.Th eyaresch eduledtoleaveonOct.3forYok oh ama°"th eMarine Adderfrom San"ancisco.

BusPassengersHurti nCrashOGDEN,Utah —.Hirosh i Nak a-mura,45,ofClearficld,andMrs.Y.Kubo,50,ofOcrden,wereamonef13passengerswh owere h ospi tal-i zedfollowingth ecrash ofaBam-bergerTransportationCo.busi ntoth esi deofth eRiverdaleviaductsouth ofOgdenonAug.4.Mr.Nak amurasuffered lacera-ti onsofboth lips and lostfiveteeth ,wh i le Mrs.Kubosustaineda j awi nj ury.

TatsunoElectedSANJOSE,Calif.—DavidTatsu-

noofSanFranciscowasoneoftwoeldersfrom California wh owereelectedtoth eCommitteeonSocialEducationandActionatth e96th AnnualSynodofCaliforniaofth ePresbyterianCh urch wh i ch wasconvened i nSanJoselastmonth .

Nisei WarVeteranHeldonMurderCh argei nHonoluluSec°ndDegreeCh argefiledAfterFigh tInHotelRoomHONOLULU-ANisei warvet-th e&SaTW,h eavyfitti ngwithEumr j InfantryRegimenti ntionsi . receivedmanydecora-»ZtOn«ofth reemenwh ofacei nth /k °}-seconddegreemurderBaW «-ingtodeath ofWilli amOnJuly29

InaHonoluluh otelroom

"JaiffT6 TAmericanveteran

B'"ratifi edasHarryMatsumoto,MNuuanuAve. Hi scompan-h Lwrles 25,anddKrf01**'als° faceth ewofseconddegreemurder.w"wemenweregivenapre-

limi nary h eari ng before Judge

HarrySteineri ndistri ctcourton

saidth eth reemenmadeafullconfessionofth ei rpart

'"Th ey'dpoliceth atBak erstart-edth eargumentbycallingMatsu-moto"adirtyJap."Policesaidth atuntilth atti meMatsumoto,CaspinoandWongh adbeenmindi ngth ei rownbusinessWh enth eth reemenreplied

to

Bak er'sremark sanaltercationbe-ganbutwasbrok enupbymili tary

andafriendth enwenttoth eh otelroom andwerefoUowedbyMatsumoto,CaspinoandWong.Anewfigh tstartedmwh i ch Bak erwask i lled.

Nisei EnsignStationedatSanDiegoBaseSAN DlEGO—EnsignNelson

Kobayash i ofBrigh ton,Colo.,oneofth efirstAmericansofJapaneseancestrytobeaccept-edforNavydutysh ortlyaftertionedi nSanDiego.Knsin.i i Kobayash i wasaccept-

edth eNavydutysh ortlyafterth eopeningofnavalservicetoJapaneseAmericans i n 1945.Previously,JapaneseAmericansh adbeenexcludedasamatterofNavy departmentpolicy al-th ough manyJapaneseAmeri-can soldierswereattach edtoU.S.navalunitsasi ntelligencepersonnelduring th e Pacifi cwar.

CommitteeWillPick OutstandingNisei ofYearJACLWill.HonorNotableAch i evementsInVariousFieldsSelection ofaNationalJACL

recogniti onscommitteewas an-nouncedth i sweek byHitoOk ada,president.Mi nYasui,formerTri-Staterep-

resentative,wasnamedch ai rman.HiscommitteememberswillbeYori Wada,SanFrancisco;Kiy-osh i Sak ota,Yellowstonech apter;Tosh i Yano,Ogden;Mrs.BettyUch i yama,St.Louis;Sim Toga-sak i ,Eastbaych apter;BillEno-moto,SanMateo;Dr.JunKuru-mada,SaltLak eCi ty;Joh nKi ta-sak o,Distri ctofColumbiach ap-ter;HaroldFistere,Seabrook ;andMrs.Fumi Sak ano,Portland.Th ecommitteewillselectper-

sonsofJapaneseancestrywh oh ave madenotable contributi onsi nth ei rparticularfields,Ok adasaid.

FredFertigNamedExecutiveSecretaryOfLosAngelesJACLLOSANGELES— FredFertig,wh oh asbeenprominentlyassociat-edwith i nterracialactivi ti esi nth eLosAngelesarea,wasnamedex-ecutivesecretaryofth eLosAn-gelesJACLatacabinetmeetinglastweek ,accordingtoFrank Ch u-man,president.Fertigwi llmeetwi th th ecabinet

andth eexecutivecommitteeonAu-gust12tooutlineth ech apter'sprogramforth ecomingyear.Membersofth e committeeare

SamMi nami andMasami Kunitomi ,sports;HenryOh ye,publicrela-tions;RoseSasaj i ma,RyoMune-k ata,socials;Ak i raHasegawa,po-liti caleducation;RoyMizok ami ,legaldefense;LeonMiyazak i ,anti-discri mi nati on;HelenOh ni ck ,i nter-racialactivi tes;StanleyUno,socialwelfare; SueTak i motoandDickItanaga,publicati onof"Vanguard."

SixNisei InjuredInVacavilleAccidentVACAVILLE,Calif.— Sixper-

sonswere i nj ured,oneseriously,wh enth eautoi nwh i ch th eywereridi ngblewatireandoverturnedonU.S. h i gh way40.nearVaca-vi lleonAug.1.Yosh i k oOsadawastreatedforcriti calh eadand leg i nj uri esatVacavilleh ospi tal.Oth ers wh o sustained i nj uri eswereWilli am Osada,driverofth ecar,Ak i raIsh i i andGeorge,BobbyandHaroldUch i sh i ba.

1,500EvacuatedfromHawai i DuringWarHONOLULU-Anestimated

1500personsofJapaneseancestry

wh owereevacuatedtomainlandwarrelocationcentersundermili -taryordersduringth ewarmaybeeligi bletofile claimsunderth eproposedEvacuationClaimsCom-missi onlegislationi fth eysustain-edbusinessorpropertydamagesasaresultofth eevacuation,«wasreportedth i sweek .

JACLOffici alFindsRacialIssueNotInvolvedi nDisputeAtEnsh erRanch i nMendota50JapaneseAmericansReportedlyEmployedOnCaliforniaFarmSANFRANCISCO—Th erei sno

raciali ssuei nvolvedi nth edisputeatth eEnsh er,AlexanderandBar-soomranch atMendota,32mi lesfromFresno,JoeGrantMasaok a,North ern Californiaregionaldi-rectorofth eJACL,declaredonAug.7.Masaok a.sai d h e h ad offeredth eservicesofth eJACL i n th edisputei nwh i ch approximately50work ersofJapaneseancestrywerei nvolved.Th eJACLoffici alcontactedFed-

eralConcili atorJulesMedoffi nFresnoandwasassuredth atth e"raceornationality"ofth ework -ersatth eEnsh erranch wasnotati ssue i nth edisputewh i ch re-portedlyi nvolvesacontractwh i chth eCIOFresh FruitandVegetableWork ersunionclaims i si nExist-encewith th eEnsh erranch .Ranchrepresentativesh ave disputedth eexistenceofacontract.Medoffsaidth atth ematterwasnow outofh i s h ands,followingth eactionofranch offici alsi nfil-i ngasuiti n Superiorcourti nFresnoonAug.5toobtainare-straini ngorderagainstth euni on.Medoffdeclaredth atth ematter

ofth eexistenceofacontractwi llbearguedi nth eSuperiorcourth eari ng.Itwasreportedth atpick etswere

removed byth euni onfrom th eEnsh erranch onAug.5andpack -i ngandsh i ppi ng operationsarecontinui ng.Medoffi ndi catedth atth e ma-j ori tyofth ework ersatth eEnsh erranch wereofJapaneseancestry.Accordingtoi nformationobtain-

edbyMasaok a,th eJapaneseAmer-i canwork erswererecruitedi nSac-ramentobyth eEnsh er,AlexanderandBarsoonranch wh i ch mai ntai nslarge-scalefarmingandcanningoperationsi nfouri Cali forniacoun-ties.Th ework erswerenotawareth atadisputewith th eCIOunionoverexistenceofacontractexistedatth eranch i nMendota.GeneBlack ,representativeofth eCIO Fresh FruitandVegetableWork ers,declaredatMendotath atranch offici als h admisrepresentedth esi tuationwh enth eych argedth atth euni onwasobjecti ngtoth eemploymentofJapaneseAmeri-cans.Black sai dth atth euni on h ad"manyJapaneseAmerican"mem-bersandth atth euni on'sconcerni nth edisputewasth eenforce-mentofa"self-renewing"contractwh i ch h esai dh adbeensignedwi thranch offici alslastyearandwh i chprovi dedforth eemploymentofunionwork ers.

NISEIVETERANWINS SHORTHANDMEDALINCHICAGOCHICAGO—LewisY.Matsuok a,

25,ofNewYork andCh i cago,willbe presentedwi th th e Di amondmedalaward, h i gh estprize i nsh orth and,byth eGreggPublish -i ngCompanyth i smonth .Matsuok a,agraduatestudentatGreggcollege,i sacourtreporter,firstJapaneseAmerican i n th ecountrytoqualifyforth eprofes-sion.He h asbeenfree-lancere-portingi n.Ch i cagoandi si ntrain-i ngtotak eth eNewYork certifi edsh orth andreporters'examinati onth i sNovemberi nNewYork .To ach i eveth eDi amondmedal

award,candidatesmustsuccessful-lytak esh orth andnotesi nexcessofaspeedof200wordsaminuteforaperiodoffivemi nuteswithnotmoreth an5percentmarginforerror.Th erateofspeak i ngforth e average person i s 160-170wordsperminute.Matsuok ai sagraduateofLong

Beach j uni orcollege,wh ereh ema-j oredi napre-legalcourse.Hewonmembersh i pi nAlph aPi Epsi lon,nationalcommercialh onoraryso-ciety.Duringth ewarh eservedi nth emili tary intelligencesch oollan-guageserviceatFortSnelling i ncourtmartialreporting.

U.S.FilesSuitToSeizeSoyaBeanSauceContendsSh i pmentFromInsectici deFinnContainsPoison

SACRAMENTO— Th eFederalgovernmentmovedth i sweek toseizeandcondemn26 cases ofadulteratedsoyabeansaucei nth epossessionofth eMi tsuwacom-pany,1214Fourth St.Th ecomplaintfiled i nth eFed-eralcourtbyEmmetJ.Seawell,assistantUnitedStatesattorney,contendedth esaucecontainsmon-och loraceticacid,a"poisonoussub-stance."Th ecomplaintstatedth atth e

sauce,Homarebrand,wassh i ppedtoSacramentofromPueblo,Colo.,June5byth eN.B.C.Insectici decompany.Asimi larcomplaintwasfiledlastweek byth egovernmenti nanefforttoseize19casesofsoyabeansauce i n th epossessionofth eG.T.Sak ai company.

CIOOffici alDeniesRaceBiasInUnionStri k eatMendotaFarmCh argesEmployerWith Raisi ng"Ph ony"Discri mi nati onIssueMENDOTA, Calif.—Denialth atth esti k eofCIOFood,TobaccoandAgriculturalunionwork ersatth eMendotapack i ngsh edsofth eEn-sh er,AlexanderandBarsoomme-lonranch wasprovok edbyth eh i r-i ngof50JapaneseAmericanswasi ssuedth i sweek byJack Montgom-ery,regionaldirectorofCIO-ETA.Montgomerych argedth atH.E.

Ensh erofth emelonranch wasat-temptingtocreatea"ph ony"ra-cialissuebydeclaringth atth eun-i on h addemandedth ath ereplaceth e50work ersofJapaneseances-try."Wh enth emembersofth eunionwenttoth esh edstowork ,Ensh ersaid h eh adnocontractwith th eunionandth eyh adnoj obs,"Mont-gomerysaid."Th enh eh i rednon-unionh elp.Hei stryingtomak ei tappearth euni oni sdiscri mi nat-i ng.Th efacti sweh aveJapanese\mericansi nth eunion."Ensh erh adstatedth ath i s$500,-

000meloncropwasendangeredbyth eCIOstri k ebecauseh ei nsi stedonh i srigh ttoh i reJapaneseAmer-i cans.AccordingtoMontgomery,Ensh erh asrefusedtoabideby h i scon-tractwith th euni oncallingforpreferentialh i ri ngth rough th eun-i onwh enth epack i ngseasonopens.Conferenceswereh eldi nFresnobetweenunionandemployerrep-resentativesi nth epresenceofFed-eralMediatorJulesMedoff.Bothth eCIOandAFLrepresentativesatth econferencecontendedth ataself-renewingcontracth asbeeni neffectwith th eranch andh asnotbeenterminated.Th eranchcompanyclaimednocontractsign-edbyaresponsibleofficerofth efi rm h asexisted.RobertFrank li n,publicrelationsrepresentativeofth eAssociatedFarmers,ofwh i ch th efi rm i samember,h asbeenrepresentingth eEnsh erranch i nth enegotiati ons.Th e Ensh er-Alexander-Barsoomcompany,operatesranch es i nSac-ramento,Yolo,Solano,FresnoandSanJoaquincountiesand h asacanneryi nIsleton.

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OrientalAmericanVeteransFileCourtSuitsAgainstRestricti veHousingCovenantsFigh tOccupancyBanOnNon-CaucasiansnResidentialDistri ctsLOS ANGELES—TwoOrientalAmericanveteransofWorldWarIIth i sweek fi ledproceedingsi nth e California Supreme Court,claimi ngth atrestricti ons i nh ous-i ngagreementsbarringnon-Cauca-siansfromoccupancy,areuncon-stituti onalbecauseth eydenyth e"equalprotectionofth elaw"asguaranteedin<th e 14th Amend-ment.Th eproceedingsfiledbyTomD.AmerandYinKi m seek wri tsofproh i bi ti onfromth eStateSupremeCourttorestrainth eLosAngelesCountySuperiorcourtfrom h ear-i ngi nj uncti on suitswh i ch wouldrestrain th e Ori entalAmericansfromcontinuedoccupancyofth ei rpresenth omes.Th epetiti onersarerepresented

byAttorneysA.L.Wiri n,FredOk randandLorenMiller.TomD.Amer,aveteranofth eSpecialCh i neseInfantryUnitofth eUni tedStatesArmy,i speti-tioni ngforth erigh ttolivewithh i sfamilyi nh i sh omeat127West56tStreetwh i ch allegedlylies i naresidentialdi stri ctfromwh i chpersonsnotofCaucasianancestryareexcludedth rough restricti vecovenantsenteredi ntobypropertyowners.Accordingtoth epetiti on,Amerreceivedth ePurpleHeartforacombatwoundandalsoh as

beendecoratedfor"speciallymeri-tori ousmili taryservice."Inth esecondpetiti on,Yi nKim,anAmericanciti zenofKoreandes-centwh oserved i nth e UnitedStatesArmyasacaptain,i speti-tioni ngtoreside i nh i s h omeat1201South GramercyPlacei nLosAngeles.Ki m receivedth eBronzeStarand th e Combat MedicalBadgeforoverseasactivi ty.Hei sagraduateofth eUniversityofSouth ernCaliforniaCollegeofDen-tistry. ,Accordingtoth elegalcounselalreadyareseveralcasesi nvolvingrestricti ve covenants affectingAmericansofJapaneseancestryi nth ecourts.Itwasstatedth atth eCalifornia

SupremeCourtalsoh ash adunderconsiderationanumberofsuitstestingth econstituti onalityof_ra-cialh ousi ngrestricti onsagainstnon-Caucasiansformoreth anayear.Meanwh i le,th eUnitedStatesSupremeCourth asgrantedah ear-i ngi ntwocases i nvolvingrestric-ti vecovenants,onefromMich i ganandth eoth erfromMissouri.Bothcases i nvolveapplicati onsofre-stricti onsagainstNegroes.Accordingtoth elegalcounselforAmerandKim,th eproceedingsarebeingfiled i nth eCaliforniaSupremeCourtatth i sti mesoth esewillbepresentedtoth eUni t-edStatesSupremeCourtwh enth eoth ercasesarearguedduringth efallterm ofth enation'sh i gh esttribunal.

RoseHi rataMcMah onFindsSelf"GirlWith outCountry"TuleLak eNiseiGirlUnabletoReturntoU.S.TOKYO—Th estoryofRoseHir-ataMcMah on,agirlwith outacountry,was toldth i sweek byPeterKalisch er,UPcorrespondent,i nadispatch from Tok yo.Mrs.McMah on,attractive21-

-year-oldNisei cash i eratth eTok yoofficersbillet,wantsto j oi nh erex-marine h usband i n Americaei th erasaUnitedStatesciti zenoraJapanesewarbride,butredtapeandi mmi grationlawsh avesofarpreventedh ertraveltoAmer-i ca.Rose,wh o marriedEugeneF.

McMah onofLancaster,Pa.,lastJanuaryi naceremonyatTok yo'sTsuk i j i Hongwanj i temple,presentsa k i ndofh ai r-splitti ngi mmi gra-tionproblemth atisfunforevery-bodybutth eprinci pals i nvolved,th eUPreportsaid.RosemaynotbeabletoreturntoAmericaasaU.S.ci ti zenbe-causesh ech osetoaccompanyh erparentswh enth eyrepatriatedtoJapani nJanuary,1946,from th eTuleLak ecenteranddoesnotre-callwh eth ersh erenouncedh erciti -zensh i patth eti me.Sh emaynotbeabletorejoi nMcMah on,aPurpleHeartveteranofIwoJima,underth eGIbridesact,becauseth eJapaneseauth or-i ti es,regarding th e couple asAmericans,failedtoregisterth eBudh i stmarriageceremonyatth eTok yomunici paloffice.Th eUni tedStatesconsulateatYok oh ama"doubted"th ati mmi -grationauth ori ti esconsidertemplerecordssuffici enttoadmith erun-derth erecentlyenactedlaw."IfMacwere h ere,everyth i ng

wouldbeallrigh t,"Rosesaid."Hei satempermentalIrish man,buth ewouldfixth i ngsup."Wh entoldth atMcMah onwas

blowingh i stopback i nLancasteroverth eredtapeth atisk eepi ngth em apart, Rose said,"Th atsounds j ustli k eh i m."Sh e said sh e receives lettersth reetimesweek lyfrom h erh us-band andonce week lyfrom h i sparents."Weplanto h aveacivi lcere-monyandanoth erreligi ouscere-monywh enwecan,"Roseexplain-ed."IamaPresbyterianandMaca Cath oli c,Ith i nk .Wh en Gen.Starr(Brig.Gen.R.E.Starr,h ead-quartersandservicecommander)refusedourapplicati ontogetmar-riedwh i leMacwaswork i ngasacivi li an i nth eeconomicandscien-tifi csection,h egotsomadh esaidwesh ouldmarrywith aBuddh i st

ceremony—forth eh eck ofi t.Macdoesn'tli k eofficers,youk now."Rose,wh o h adneverbeen i naBudh i sttemplebeforeth ewedding,saidth eceremonywas"veryin-teresting.""Wh enh ewas i nTok yo,Roger

N.Baldwinofth eAmericanOvilLi bertiesUnionsaidth eciti zensh i pmatterwouldnotbeclearedupth i syear,"Rosesaid.Americanconsulateoffici als i n

Yok oh amasaid i fsh edesiredtoreturnasanAmericanciti zensh ewouldh avetowaitach eck ofth eattorneygeneral'srecordstoseewh eth erornotsh eh addisqualifi edh erselfbyrenouncingh erciti zen-sh i p,th eUPsaid.Forentryasawarbrideth econ-

sulateadvisedMcMah ontosecureaformfrom th ei mmi grationandnaturalizati onservice i nPh i ladel-ph i aandmaili tto h i swi feforfili ngwith th ei mmi grationauth or-i ti es. ■Rqpesaidsh eandMacplannedto h avetwoch i ldren,butaddedth ati tlook sli k e"ak i ndoflongrangeplan."

Hitook adaTellsOfNisei Bi llsInLastCongressCongressionalactiononbillsaf-fectingpersonsofJapaneseances-trywasdiscussedbyHitoOk ada,nationalJACLpresident,i naradioforum Sundayafternoon,August3,onKALL. B

Th ebroadcast,oneofaseriessponsoredbyth eJACL,th eNA-ACP andth e CouncilforCivi cUnity,featuredth egeneralsub-j ectofCongressionalactiononleg-i slati onforminori tygroups.Oth erforummemberswereD.H.Oliverlawyer,andJudgeClarenceBak er.Th espeak ersvoicedth ei ropini onth atth epastcongressionalsessionaccomplish edlittleofvaluei nre-gardtosuch legislation.PersonsofJapaneseancestry,

Ok adasaid,favoredadoptionofth eanti-polltaxbill,th eanti-lynch lawandfairemploymentpracticesleg-i slati on.Billsprotectingth e i nter-estsofoneminori tygroup,h esaid,protectedth e i nterests ofoth ergroups.Ok ada laudedadoption ofanamendmenttoth esoldiers'bridesactbywh i ch bri desofnationalityi neli gi bletociti zensh i pwouldbepermitted to enterth i scountry.Th e JACLpresidentdiscussed

th eevacueeclaimsbillandoth erbillspertaini ngtopersonsofJap-aneseancestryand1laudedth eef-fortsofCongressmentomak eres-tituti onforlossesanddamagesre-sultingfrom th eevacuation.

BradfordSmith SaysNiseiHaveDiscoveredAmericaasResultofWartimeRelocation

InTh eAmericanMagazine:

Th estorvofnearly20,000JapaneseAmericanswh odi scov-

eredAmerica"i n i llcityofCh i cago i stoldbyBradfordSmithauth orandformerOWIch i efi nJapan,i nanarticlei nth e

August

i ssueofTh eAmericanmagazine.Afteryearsoflivi ngi nLittleTok yosalongth ecoast,th e

Ni sei h avediscoveredAmerica,saysSmith ."Th eyarenotex-cludedfromresidentialareasandpreferredtypesofemployment.

Nolongerarecollegegraduateswork i ngaserrandboys.Th ei r

sk i llsaresough tafter,th ei rabi li -tiesputtouse."Th emovetoCh i cagobegan i n

1943with atrick leofevacueesfromth erelocationcenters."Victi msofwartimeprejudi ceand h ysteria,th enof'mili tarynecessity'wh i ch droveth emfromth ei rh omes,andth enofoutrigh tth i everyand vandalism,wh enth ei rvacatedh omeswerebrok eni nto,th eywereassuspici ousofoth erAmericansasmostAmeri-cans were ofth em,"writesSmith .By th e ti meth ewarendedth ereweremoreth an12,000Niseii nth ecity.Someh avesi ncegoneback toCalifornia.Oth ers h avemovedto Ch i cagofrom oth ermidwestciti es."Andsome,"h esays,"afterascoutingtri ptoth ecoast,h avecomeback andsettleddown,with th econvicti onth atCalifornia'swarm.climatei snotsoi mportantasCh i cago'swarmwelcome."Smith tellsth e storyofSamTerao,wh obough tak osh er-styledelicatessensh op,th ough h ecouldnottellagefulltefish from mat-zoth .Businesswasslow.Th eneigh bors"didn'tquitek now wh eth erth eywantedtogetth ei rstrudelfromanOriental."OnYom Kippur,SamTeraosawth atallth eoth ersh opsaroundh i swereclosingforth eday.Hedidth esame.Afterth at,busi-nessbegantopick upremark ably."I'llnevergo back ," h e toldSmith ."It'sbetterforush ere.Th eevacuationwasablessingi ndis-guise,asfaraswe'reconcerned."Th eNi sei andth ei rparentsh avealmostcompletelyalteredth ei rpre-waremployment,th eauth orsays.Onth ecoastth eywerefarmers,producemerch ants,fish ermen,gar-denersand domesticwork ers.InCh i cago,h esays,th eyh avedesert-edth esefieldsforfactorywork ofallk i nds,andmoreth an2000or-ganizati onsemployth em.Nisei andsomeIssei,too,aresupervisi ngem-ployesofallraces,asituationprac-ticallyunh eardofi nCalifornia.Th eoldermenwh olack specialsk i llswork i nh otelsandrestaurants,butlessth an10percentarei ndomes-ticj obs.Th e onlycomplaintemployersh ave,saysSmith ,i sth atth eNi seiaretoogoodaswork ers,th atth eywantpromotionsfasterth anbetterj obsareavailable,andth atth eywi llquittogosomewh ereelsei fth eyseeach ancetoimproveth ei rsi tuation."Iti strueth atmanyNisei are

push edonbyth i ssenseofurgency— aresult,i npart,ofth egreatlossesth eysufferedfrom evacua-tionandwork i ngInth erelocationcentersfor$12or$16a month ,"BradfordSmith says."Asoneofth emosteducatedgroups i nth ecountry,(parents considered nosacrifi cestoogreattosendth ei rch i ldrentocollege),th eynaturallygoforj obswh ereth eycanuseth ei rtraini ng.Andi nCh i cagosuch j obsareopentoth em."Th emainproblemforth eNisei ,th ewritersays,i sh ousi ng,asforeveryone else.Averagemonth lyrenti s$50perfamily."Atth ebest,th eseapartments

areaverageh omesi ndecent,sligh t-ly down-at-th e-h eel middle-classneigh borh oods,"Smith says."Atth e worst,th eyare near-slumssandwich ed i nbetweenth eNegroareaandCh i cago'smostexpensiveapartment h ouses—wh atth e so-ciologistcallsanareaoftransi-ti on.Hereafamily,i ncludingsev-eralgrownch i ldren,th ei rparentsandsometimesasmallch i ldofth eth i rdgeneration,i scrowded i ntotwoorth reeroomswh erecook i nj randtoiletfacili ti es h avetobesh aredwith oth erfamili es.Dingvh alls,frayedrugs,dilapi datedfur-niture,andth eterrifi cclutterofmanypersonaleffects i nasmalltacTe6 **discouragingspec-

."Yetth eNi sei arenotcomplain-i ng,becauseth eyk now th atth ei rfai luretofindattractiveh omesi snot,asonth ecoast,owingtoracialprejudi ceTh eyareconcernedabouth eeffectonth ei rch i ldrenofliv-i ngi nareaswh eredelinquencyi s

h i gh ,forth eNi sei h adavirtuallyspotlessrecordonth ecoast.Th eywanttok eepi tth atway."Crime and delinquencyrates

h avealreadyrisen.Fourteenbabiesh avebeenbornoutofwedlock .Oneboy i sservingalifesentencefortak i ngparti na h oldup.Soth eyareanxioustomove i ntobetterareas.Meanwh i le,th eyh aveclean-edupth enearNorth Si desectionagooddeal.Ch i cagoansfamili arwithth eareasayth ati th as i mprovednoticeably since th e Japanesecame."Inspiteofth eh ousi ngsh ortageth ath asforcedmanyNisei i ntoth eundesirableareasnorth ofth eLoop,noLittleTok yoh asdeveloped,norwillth ereeverbeanyth i ngli k eth eMai n-SanPedroareaofLosAn-gelesorth eFillmoreareaofSanFrancisco,saysSmith ."Th eNi sei wh ogrewupi nth at

k i ndofsegregatedcommunitydonotwanti trepeatedforth ei rch i l-dren,"i ti sth eauth or'sbelief."Inth i srespect,asi nemployment,th eCh i cagoNi sei areah eadofth egame.Th osewh oreturnedtoth ecoasth avebeenforcedbyrestric-tivecovenants i ntoth ei rformerareasofconcentration,wh ereth eymayagainbevicti msofopenorundergroundprejudi ce.InCh i cago,despiteafewareasofh eavyset-tlement,th eNi sei arewidelydis-persed."Th etigh t,i ntegratedunit,social-lyandeconomicallycompact,h esays,h asnotbeenrecreated,andmostNisei aregladtoberi doTi t.Onth ecoasti twasj ustsuch acommunity—th eresultofprejudi ceanddiscri mi nati on—wh i ch ledtoallth e mi stak en notionsaboutth e"Japs"andth usk entupth eprej-udice."Th e westcoast communiti es

werebuiltonash ak yeconomicbase,"Smith says."Truck farmerssoldth ei rproducetoproducemer-ch antsandbough tth ei rnecessiti esfromsh opsi nLittleTok yos.Every-onewastak i ngi nsomeoneelse'swash i ng.Th ere simply was notenough moneycirculatingto k eepeveryonegoing."Ch i cago'sNisei andIssei,onth eoth erh and,arepartofth egreatcity. Th ei r stores, i nterspersedwith oth ers,catertoth egeneralpublic.Stores,ph otograph y stu-diosandbeautysh opslook li k eth oserunbyanyoth erpersons,andth eydonotcatertoth eNisei tradealone.Th eadjustmenth asbeen h ard-erforth eIssei th anth eNisei ,th ewri tersays,forresettlementh ascausedacompletech angei nth ei rli ves.Butth eyh adbeenth roughtroublesbefore,h esays,andth ei rfaith wasfixedonth esecondgen-eration.NotallNisei h avemadesuccess-fulreadjustments, h owever.Forsome th ewoundsofevacuationmadescarstoodeepforh eali ng."Somebecamebarflies,i nh abi t-i ngth e j oi ntsalon,?Clark street.Afewtook tocrime.Moresimplywith drew with i n th emselves,con-vincedth atAmericawouldneveracceptth em,nevergiveth em asquaredeal."Manywh owantednoth i ngmore

th antoliveli k eoth erAmerican!■felti llateaseamongCaucasianHTh ey th ough tth ey were beingHsneeredat.Th eyth ough tth ei rman-»nersorth ei rspeech betrayedtnem.M.Forsuch asth esesegreation""someth i ng i mposedfrom witi m h

No"sh ortcutcouldprovidetneam

with self-confirence." ■

Nisei NatatorsWillBidforOlympicPostsHawai i an*Mak eGoodSh owi ngi nNationalMeet

edbySoich i Sak amoto,proffJatth eNationalAAUmenSS?!mingch ampi onsh i pslastWe2Hth atth eywillbeamongftS|i ng.contendersforberth sn.«IUnitedStatesOlympSBunmei Nak ama,broth erofH.Iwan'sfamousKiyosh i Nak amafal"*NationalAAUch amS'nf;|th e 1500meters,placedTeJJtoNewHaven'sJimmyVfilth ei ndi vi dualstarofth emeeTIa closely-contested 800 metalfree-styleevent. McLane's3waslO:lB.ls.Th eConnecticutaSlmeralsowon th e1500and 400meterfree-styleeventsRobertKumagai ofHawai i wufifth i nth e800and1500meteraces. w

aaa*}?*9avetmn°fth442ndCombatTeamandth eMedi-terraneanareaswimmi ngch ampi oni n th emiddledistances i nMplacedsecond i nth e400 meten'andfifth i nth e200meters.Oneofth esurprisesofth emeetwasth efai lureofTak ash i (Halo)HiroseofOh i oStateandHawi itoqualifyi nth e200meters.Hire*took secondlastyeartoBillSmith ,alsoofOh i o StateandHawai iwh o repeated i n th e eventi i2:12.65.Hirosewasfourth i nth e100-

-meters free-style beh i nd WalterRisofth eUni versityoflowawh owastimedi n58.55.Smith wassec-cmd.Th e Hawai i Swi m Club wu

fourth i nth e300-metermedleyre-layMembers ofth e Hawai i Swi mCJubwh ocompetedi nth enationalch ampi onsh i psunderCoach Sail-motowere:RobertKumagai,God-freyKang,RobertIwamoto,Boo-mei Nak ama,JoseBalmores,Rich -ardTok ush i ma,RobertKang,Joh nTsuk ano,Ch arlesOda andBillNeunzig.HiroseandSmith weremembenofOh i oState'steam wh i ch woith e800meterfree-stylerelay i nth enewnationalrecordtimeof9:13.85.Oh i oStatewonteam h onorswith43points.Th eHawai i Swi mClubwasfourth with 20.

WasaHi tsHomerAsHawai i ansBeatFlintAll-StarsFLINT,Mich .— JimmyWau,lNisei second-basemanforth etoui -Bi ngAll-Hawai i Stars,poleda450-fIHh omerun i nth e seventh i nni ngHh ereasth evisi torsscoreda9V>M5vi ctoryoverth eFlintAU-Star&ITh etriumph wasth esecond i n■fivestartsforth eHawai i ans.IItwasreportedth atTsuneoWa-H

tanabe,oneofHawai i 'stopKmMboybaseballstarsandth eHawai i !anrepresentativei nth e i nterna-Btionalauditi onbaseballseriesalBBaltimore,willj oi nth eAH-HawanßStarsi ntimeforth enationalsemi-■probaseballtournamentatWicn-■i ta,Kan. Watanabe i sash ort-■stop. I

Nisei Seek stoRegainPropertyEsch eatedUnderAlienLandActNish i zuFi lesSuitInSuperiorCourtToRegainLandHOLLYWOOD,Calif.-AyoungAmerican ofJapanese ancestryWenti ntoSuperiorcourtlastweeki namovetorecoverpropertycon-fiscatedbyth eStateofCaliforniaunderth eAli enLandlaw.Th esuitwasbrough tagainstth eP*b\lY-amaoNish i zuofBu«na*?rk -Ni sh i zuclaimedth ath epur-ch asedareBi denti alloti nSanFer-nandovalleyonJan.28,1942fromMrs.IreneE.FosterofVanNuy«.'

Th epropertywaseßdwjJJjINish i zubyth estateonth e ■th ath eh adpurch ased i tm* ■tionofth eAli enLandlaw,th e Mch argingth atNwh i wJJ,Ialienparentsh adani nterest

*NUU*astated i ntt.e-j j j jIth ath ei saciti zenofth eu IStatesandpurch asedth e'

■h i sownusewith h s?*',,.!with no i ntenttoputth e

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agriculturalpurp°seS- edmHecontendedth atth eSW ICalifornia h asno i nterestw Ipropertyandask edth ecourt»determine.

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FederalOffici alAssuresADCLoyaltyInvestigati onWillNotDiscri mi nateAgainstNisei

Righ tofAppealIsj byMeloy,

LoyjtyBoardHeadmAfiHi Nfi TON—Th atNisei em-JX£federalgovernmentfit?«venth esametreatment""ben|.g'lesofoth erracialback -!S nth eloyaltych eck or-■TbyPresidentTrumanwas2ndth eJAICLAnti-Di scnmin-JcommitteeAug.6byLawr-»V Meloy,ch ai rman ofth e

andch i eflawofficer?tlicfFederalCivi lServiceCom-°Wedon'twantth e■tek todeterioratei ntoawitchff'Wnsaid."Wewilldo...rifti neDossibletoseeth atSypewn i sgivenafairth i noeanda'itf*ofappeal."Pointi ngoutth atanyCivi lSer-i teemployeech argedwith dis-nltywouldbegivenanoppor-Jtytoappeal,Meloyaddedth ati finalappealboardwouldbeDposedof26prominentAmer-tr»ndth atappellantscouldnentevidenceandcallwitness-

lieLoyalty Board ch ai rmanideth ostatementsasaresultofsoulrepresentation by th e|C legislative director,Mi k ewok a,th eWash i ngtonADCof-i reported.Masaok aurgedth eBoardtousetremecare,th orough ness,andmess i ni nvestigati ngNisei em-lyeesunderth eloyaltych eck ."Werealize h ow vulnerablei pi neseAmericansare,"Masa-i stated,"andsincerely h opei tsowitch h untwilldevelop'i tofth i s i nvestigati on."Addingth atbeforeNisei wel"etoj obsth eywerescreenedmorerough lybyth eFBIandoth ertociesth aneventh ePresident'si ltych eck proposestodo,Masa-i declared:Weareafraidth atth eloyaltyck maybeusedasanexcuseforusingNisei -arbitrarilyi norderprovide j obsforoth ers."

StudentWillStudyUnk nown-Nisei Bi asi n

Unk nown CityArea

MNVEE-Sixtysociologystu-Btsatth eUniversityofDenverBebeenassignedtoMayorQuiggyton'ssurveycommitteeonh u-■drelations,Dr.EugeneLink ,Hmanofth esociologydepart-B>t,announcedth i sweek .Bmongstudentsmak i ngth esur-■fotth i ssociologyclassi sMrs.■jak oSato,wh o i smak i nga■jyofdiscri mi natorypracticesHutJapanese Americans i n

Work i ng i nsmallgroups,onePotstudentswill"gath erfactsotDenver'sminori tydiscri mi n-■!»i nemployment,h ousi ng,rec-P»,h ealth and education.mi oth er projects, anoth ermmanalyzetreatmentofW*fuegi nth epress.

NewYork Ch urchGroupAsk sSenateToRepayEvacueesNEW YORK—Aresolutionask -i ngforth epassageofth eEvacua-tionClaimsCommissi onbilltore-payevacueesofJapaneseancestryfordamagessustainedi nth eevac-uation i n1942waspassedbyth eForum ofth eMen'sClassofth eRiversidech urch i nNewYork re-centlyandwassenttoth eUni tedStatesSenate.Th eresolutionurgedmembersofCongressfromth eNewYork areato supportth e poposedlegisla-tion.

OtaLosesCaseOnResidueofWife'sEstateEx-WrestlerMarriedNotedCaliforniaHeiressi n1928LOSANGELES— SetsuzoOta,49,formerprofessionalwrestler,

wasdeniedash are i nth e$19,960remnantofth e$463,987estateleftby h i slatewife,Mrs.LucyBan-ningOta,daugh terofGen.Ph i neasBanning,notedCaliforniapioneer,i naSuperiorcourtdecisi ononAug.4.Th e decisi on wasreturnedbyJudgeNewcombCondeei napprov-i nga currentaccountsubmittedbyJoh nS.Ch apman,wh obecameadmini stratorofMrs.Ota'sestateonth edeath ofh i sfath er,WardCh apman,formany

>yearsth elegaladvisertoMrs.Ota".Under th e accounting, Joh n

Ch apmanandh i sbroth er,I'h i lj pM.Ch apman,claimedallth eremain-i ngcash i nth eestatebyvirtueofa$40,000bequestmadeth ei rfath eri nMrs.Ota'swill.Ota,representedbyAttorneysLymanA.GarberandJoh nF.Do-lanh adfi ledanobjecti on,contend-i ngth atWardCh apmanwasnotentitledtoch argeth eestate in-terestonh i sbequest.Ota'slawyerspointedoutth atWardCh apmancould h avetak enouth i senti rebequestsoonafterMrs.Ota'sdeath buti nsteadh adpaid h i mselfonly$31,000onth eprinci palandh i ssonswereclaim-i ng$9000moreplus$30,000 i nter-est.Th ecourth eldth atth i sclai mwasvalidandth atth eCh apmansonsareentitledtopriori tytoth eremaini ngfunds.OtaandLucyBanningweremar-

ried i nSeattle i n1928.Sh ediedi nFlorence,Italy,th efollowingyearduringth ei rh oneymoon.Sinceh erdeath th eestatesh rank con-siderablyi nvalue.Itwasstatedduringth e h eari ngbefore JudgeCondeeth atOtah adrceived$122,--000underth ewill.

Tok yoRose"WillWriteBookDefenseofWarActivi ti es!Mv«ToguriD'AquinouWfo*toStayOutW PublicLimeli gh t

-He?-Mrs- i va T0 1"1■f*.one ofth e fourgirlJR"th e Alli ed soldiers'Ifcp"/°Rose>"was<luoted11 ,*cifi c.StarsandStripeson[■'Jf"y»ngth atsh eeventual--Bs returnt0th eUni ted

jK qUiu°'anativeOfCali"dK'to lh e GI sh el'IKafh erfami lv

'n°wliv-fctw*agOJand h oPestofindeIK2*rfsr*book would<IlitSSj defendin«h erwar-*R°£g{? th e Pacifi c StarsliteS ""th eBook ,s*lllFiST3ltoge>w«ld"cor-■th erp""e 8writtenBveC'ysh eclai medIfiocfellttlemore th anaKSLS1,Radi« Tok yo'sWW i*0Americanand5IBedT.1111Paci fi candh as■ dldnOtbroad"InW?"Serial.■»Mth .Jrtm«onth efence"ewarwasconcerned,"

sh etoldcorrespondentsafterh erarresttwoyearsago,"Ididn'tth i nk Iwasdoinganyth i ngdi sloyaltoAmerica'Mrs.D'Aquino,wh omarrieda

Portugesenationali nTok yo,wasarrestedaftersh e h adsignedacontractwith aHearstrepresenta-tivetogiveh erstoryas"Tok yoRose"exclusivelytoanAmericanmagazine.Afterbeing h eldi nSu-gamoprisonforayear,sh ewasreleasedbymili taryauth ori ti es.Nowa31-yearoldh ousewifewh oli vesi naone-roomflati nTok yo'sSetagayaward,Mrs.D'Aquinosaidsh espendsh ersparetimereadingh i stori calnovelsanddoingh erbesttok eepoutofth epubliceye.Sh etoldth eStarsandStripesreporterth atsh e h opestogototh eUnitedStatesandth atsh eh adclungto h erAmericanciti zensh i pth rough outth ewar"I'vecausedenough troubletomyfolk s,"sh esaid."NowIwanttoliveanormalli fe." ,Borni nLosAngelesanda1941graduateofUCLA, sh e marriedPh i li p Sisce D'Aquino i n April,1945,wh i ch gaveh erPortugeseaswellasAmericanciti zensh i p.

AttorneyAsk sU.S.With h oldLoanUntilPeruWillPermitReturnof297InterneesSANFRANCISCO-Th eFederalExport-ImportBank th i sweek wasask edbyWayneM.Collins,SanFranciscoattorney,to h oldupamulti-mi lli on dollarloantoPeruuntilth e Peruvian governmentagreestorepatriate257JapanesePeruvianswh oh avebeendetainedi nth eUnitedStatessince1943atth eDepartmentofJusticei ntern-mentcenteri nCrystalCity,Tex.,andunder"relaxedinternment"atoeabrook Farms,N.J.

""Iti samatterofpublicnotor-i etyi nPeruth atth emotiveswh i chprompted th e i llegalseizureandi mpri sonmentofth esepeoplewereofabase,local,economicnature,"Collinsdeclared.Collins i sth elegalcounselforth e297PeruvianresidentsofJapa-neseancestrywh owereseizedbyPeruvianauth ori ti es i n1943anddeliveredtoAmericanoffici alsfori nternmenti nth eUnitedStates.Collinsprivi ously h asch argedth atth eseJapanesePeruvianswere"k i dnapped"by United Statestroopsandth atth eywerebeingh eld i llegallyinth eUni tedStates.Heindi catedth atth ePeruviangovernmenth assofarrefusedtoapproveth ereturnofth egreatmajori tyofth esepersonstoPerudespite representations by th eStatedepartment."Iprotestth egrantofanyloanwh atevertoPeruuntilPeruau-th ori ti esgrantth ereturnofeach

andallofth esei nnocentvicti msofi nternationali ntri gue,"Mr.Collinssaid.Th ereareapproximately25,000

persons ofJapaneseancestry i nPeru.Followingth eoutbreak ofWorld War 11,severalh undredPeruvianJapanesewereseizedandi nternedandlaterwereturnedovertoUnitedStatesauth ori ti esonth ech argeth atth eyweredangeroustoh emi sph eresecurity.Collinssaidth atUnitedState3auth ori ti esh adfoundth esepeopletobe"guiltlessofwrongdoing"butth atth ePeruviangovernmenth asdeclinedtoreacceptth ei nternees."Iti samatterofpublicnotor-i etyi nPeruth atth emotivesth atpromptedth e i llegalseizuresandi mpri sonmentofth esepeoplewereofabaselocaleconomicnature,"Mr.Collinsdeclared."Sufficetostateth atth ewh oleaffairh asbeen anoutrageofth egrossestch aracter."Ifth egovernmentofPerude-

clinestoreadmitth esepeopletoPeru,i twi llfaili nth eperformanceofbasic legaland moraldutieswh i ch i tas"asovereignstateowestoi tsownresidentsandth erebyi n-dicatesanunworth i nesstoobtainaloanfrom th i scountry.Itwouldbeastoundingwereaforeigngov-ernmentaudaciousenough tore-questaloan i nvolvingmereprop-ertyrigh tswh i lei gnori ngth efun-damentalh umanrigh ts ofth eseunfortunates."

ProgramofJACL-ADCtoBeDiscussedatSaltLak eMeetJACLStaffSessionsWillBeOpenedbyOk adaonAug.13Firsttwodaysofth eJACLna-tionalstaffmeeting,tobe h eldAugust13to17i nSaltLak eCity,willbedevotedtodiscussionofth eAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,ac-cordingtoMasaoW.Satow,na-tionalsecretary,wh oreleasedanagendath i sweek forth efive-dayspecialconference.Th esessionswillbeginWednes-daymorningat9with PresidentHitoOk adapresidi ng.Mi k e Masaok a,ADC director,willleaddiscussionsonth eAnti-Discri mi nati onCommittee.Th e completeagendawasan-nouncedasfollows:Wednesday:—9 a.m.:Opening session andWash i ngtonreport.

2p.m.:ADC,localcommitteesandgeneralprogram.

Th ursday—9a.m.:ADiCfinancesandexec-utivemeetingplans.2p.m.:ADC.7:30p.m.:ADCandJACLlegalaffairs.

Friday—9a.m.:JACLorganizati onanddi stri ctcouncils.2p.m.:JACLregionaloffices,finances,andHawai i campaign.

7:30p.m.:JACLlegalaffairs.Saturday—9 a.m.:Issei relationsh i psandPacifi cCi ti zen.

2p.m.:1948Nationalconven-tion,i nteri mprojects,nationalcommitteesandelections.

Sunday—10a.m.:JACLi nJapan,publicrelations,andproblemsofoth -erminori ti es.

2p.m.:Finalsession.SessionsofJACLlegalaffairswillbeh eadedbySaburoKido,pastnationalpresident.Sh i gek i Ush i o,ch ai rmanofth e1948convention,willh eadadiscussionSaturdayaf-ternoononconferenceplans.Staffmembersatth emeetingwillbe HitoOk ada,GeorgeIna-gak i ,Mi k eMasaok a,SaburoKido,MasaoSatow,YurinoStarr,TatsKush i da,RoyTak eno,Ei j i Tanabe,Scotty Tsuch i ya,Mas Horiuch i ,LarryTaj i ri ,KayTerash i ma,andSh i gek i Ush i o.SamIsh i k awa,wh owillj oi nth estaffi nth efall,willalsobepresent.

FresnoFellowsh i pToMeetSundayFRESNO,Calif.— Th eFresnoCh ri sti anFellowsh i pwi llh oldi tsnextmeetingSunday,August10,atth eMemorialch apelwith MisaoUyeok aasch ai rman.VelmaYemotowillreportonth eLak eTah oeretreat,andLi lli anGotowillreportonth eLak ebe-quoiaretreat.

DenverNotablesAttendDinnerofCath ayPost185DENVER—MayorQuiggNewton

andoth erDenvernotableswerepresentJuly31 as Cath ayPost185ofth eAmericanLegionh eldi tsannualanniversaryand goodwilldinner.Guestspeak ers i ncludedMayor

Newton;Jack Foster,editorofth eRock yMountainnews;Hugh B.Terry,managerofKLZ;Th omasAbe,editorofth eColoradoTimes;GeorgeMasunaga,presidentofth eDenverJACL,andRabbi HerbertA.FriedmanofTempleEmanuel.Th eRev.LouisJ.Gorh am offer-edth ei nvocationandMaxGreen-wald,postcommander,extendedawelcometoth eguests.Oth erofficersofth epost,electedi nJune,areHarrySh i bao,seniorvicecommander;GeorgeLun,j un-i orvi cecommander;EdCh i n,ad-j utant;Henry Sai k i , ch aplain;Louis Jay,finance officer; IrisWatanabe,h i stori an;Jimmi eOk i daandRandolph Ch an,sergeants-at-arms.

Nisei IncludedAmongTradersGoingtoJapanWesleyOyamaLeavesWith Fi rstGrouptoTradewith JapaneseSANFRANCISCO— WesleyK.Oyama,SanFrancisco business-

man,i samemberofth efi rstcon-tingentofAmericanswh oarego-IngtoJapantoresumeprivatetradewith Japanesefirms.Oyama was named recently

among102Americanbusinessmenwh o h avereceivedpermissi ontomak eth etripandwh owereac-ceptedasAmerica'squotaofth e400foreignfi rm representativeswh i ch GeneralMacArth uri sper-mitti ngtoenterJapan.Th eNi sei busi nessmanwillrep-resenth i sfirm,th eModernFoodProductscompany.Hewassch ed-uledtoleaveSanFrancisco th i sweek forTok yobyair.

FiveMoreNiseiGetPermissi ontoTradei nJapanSANFRANCISCO—FivemoreNisei busi nessmen h aveobtained

permissi ontoenterJapanonorafterAug.15tocarryontradingoperations,th eNi ch i -Bei Ti mesre-portedonAug.6."Th eNi sei wh oarei ncludedi nagroupof120U.S.businessmenare:JamesTsugioOta,ValianosCo.,LosAngeles;HenryT.Tsu-gawa,United CommercialCo.,Portland;George Sh i geo Fuj i i ,Fuj i i Sh otenLtd.,Honolulu;Mat-sutaroKamiok a,StandardTradingCo.,Honolulu;Kinzo Sayegusa,Yonek uraCo.,Honolulu.

HenryHondaHurlsRich mondNinetoTwoTourneyWinsOAKLAND,Calif.—LittleHenryHondapitch edth eElCortezteamofRich mond,Calif.,toanupsetfirstroundvictoryoverth eSouth -ernPacifi cStores,4to1,i nth eannualOak landTribune tourna-mentweek .Honda,wh opitch esonSundaysforth e Rich mond team i n th eNorth ernCaliforniaNi sei league,gottwoh i ts,battedi narunandstoleabase.Hegaveth eSouth ernPacifi cteamonlyfiveh i ts.Hondaalsoplayedamajorrolei n ElCortezteam'svictoryi nth esecondround.Going i ntoth egameasareliefh urlerafterth eEmeryvilleVFW posth adscoredfourrunsi nth efifth i nni ng,Hon-dastoppedth eVFWbatscoldandwentontobeth ewinni ngpitch erasElCortezwon,7to5.

21Nisei GIsGraduateFromMili taryIntelligenceSch oolPRESIDIO OF MONTEREY,

Calif.—Th e Mili tary IntelligenceService Language Sch oolatth ePresidi oofMonterey,California,graduatedtwenty-oneNisei lin-gui stsati ts28th graduationcere-monyonSaturday,August2nd,atth ePresidi oSportsArena,i twasannouncedtodaybyMr.PaulT.Tek awa,Tech ni calDirectorandCh ai rmanofth esch ool'sJapaneseDepartment.Th emen,wh oreceiv-edth erank ofTech ni ci an4th grade(Sergeant)upongraduation,wi llbeassignedtodutyastranslatorsandi nterpretersi nJapan.Atth ecommencementexercisesTech ni ci an4th grade,losh i B.Ya-sudaspok e i nJapaneseonbeh alfofth eclass,wh i leT/3Minoru<XMatsumoto received th e awardwh i ch wasgiventoth ebeststu-dentofth eclass.Th egraduateswh o h ave j ust

completedninemonth softraini ngi nth eJapaneselanguageandtran-slationand i nterpretation tech -niqueatth elanguagesch ool,leftupon pre-embark ati on furlough si mmedi atelyafterth eexercises.FirstSergeantTeruoMiyagi sh i -

ma,aveteranofcombatservicewith th e442ndCombatTeam h assubmittedanapplicati on,wh i ch i snowbeingprocessed,foradirectcommissi onasasecondlieutenant,MinoruMatsumotoandMich i oTa-k ade,both th ree yearenlistees,

werepromotedtoTech ni ci an3rdgrade(staffsgt.)upongradua-tion.Alistofth e21 graduatesi s

asfollows:T/4 Tak esh i Kawa-sh i ma,35366th Avenue,LosAn-geles,Calif.;T/4Tosh i oKuma-moto,1330North LaSalleStreet,Ch i cago,111.;T/3MinoruC.Matsu-nioto,329South Temple,SaltLak eCi ty,Utah ;T/4DixonMiyauch i ,31166th Ave.South ,Seattle,Wash -i ngton;T/4Tok umasaNak amoto,Koh ala,Hawai i ;T/4Hisash i H.Ogush i ,535WallStreet,LosAn-geles;T/4RoyS.Ok umo,1212Hawes,SanFrancisco;T/4Masaj iB.Sh i mada,2416East4th ,LosAn-geles;T/3 Mich i oTak ade,Sea-brook ,NewJersey;T/4Kiyosh i K.Yamagish i ,Isleton,Calif.;T/4Yosh i o B.Yasuda,4620 AlgerStreet,Los Angeles;T/4Ak i raYonek ura,Ch ulaVista,Calif.;T/4TsutomuT.Ak i yama,2310SouthCottnerAve.,LosAngeles;T/4Ch arlesM.Asak ura,1722AKam4th Place,Honolulu;T/4BenH.Doh i ,ArroyoGrande,California;T/4Toyoh i saHigash i ,San Jose,Calif.;T/4Misami S.Ich i yama,156North Gi ffordAvenue,LosAn-geles;T/4KayK.Kawash i ma,1336West36th PL,LosAngeles;T/4Ich i roMish i na,Ewa,Oah i ,Hawai i ;lst/Sgt.TeruoMiyagi sh i -ma,Layton,Utah andT/4Kenich iT.Nak ani sh i ofBoysTown,Ne-brask a.

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EDITORIALS:RestrictedHousingTwoAmericanciti zens,veteransofover-

seasservice i nth ePacifi candEuropeanwarth eaters,filedsuiti nth eCaliforniaSupremeCourtth i sweek forwritsofproh i bi ti ontorestrainneigh borsfrom bringi ngrestricti vecovenantsuitsagainstth em.Oneofth eveterans,TomAmer,i saCh i -

neseAmericanveteranofMerrill'sMaraudersi nth eBurma-Indiath eater.Th eoth eri sDr.YinKim,aKoreanAmerican wh oservedth reeyearswith th eU.S.ArmyInEurope.Both ofth esemencameh ometofindth at

th ei rrigh ttooccupy h omesth atth ey h adbough tforth ei rfamili eswas j eopardizedbyth eexi stenceofraciallyrestricti vecovenantswh i ch specifyth atoccupancyofh omesi nth eareash allbeli mi tedtopersonsofth eCau-casionrace.Non-Caucasiansmaylive i nth ecovenanteddi stri ctsonly i nth ecapacityofservantsorcaretak ers.Th eproh i bi ti ononoccupancywh i ch i sle-

galizedi nth erestricti vecovenantsi savic-i ouslyundemocraticpracticewh i ch affectsnotonlyth eAmersandth eYinKimsbutallAmericanswh oarenotofCaucasianances-try.ManyNisei warveteransalsoh avebeendeniedth erigh ttolive i n h omes i nmanyciti esbecauseofrestricti vecovenants.Vi rtuallyallnew h ousi ng i nCalifornia,

aswellasi noth erstates,iscoveredbyrestric-tivecovenants,seriouslyli mi ti ngth enumberofh ousi ngunitsavailablefornon-Caucasianh omeseek ers.Inmanyareasth epracticealreadyisre-

sultingi nth ecreationofall-wh i tecommuni-ties,with minori tygroupmemberspermittedi nth edi stri ctsonlyi nmenialcapaciti es.Th eAmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnioni sone

ofth egroupswh i ch i stak i ngaseriousvi ewofth i sreactionarytrendtowardrestrictedh ousi ng.Th eACLUh asannouncedan"all-outlegaldrive"againstracerestricti vecovenants.Followingth edecisi onofth eUni tedStatesSupremeCourtonJune30toreviewtwode-ci si onsbyth eMi ssouri andMich i ganstatesupreme courts uph oldi ngth ese restricti vepractices,th eACLU declared i twouldfi lebriefs i nboth ofth esecaseswh i ch i nvolveNegroAmericans.Th eAmerandYinKi m cases h avebeen

submittedtoth eCaliforniaSupremeCourti n anefforttobringth ese h ousi ng i ssuesi nvolvingAmericansofAsiati cdescentbe-foreth eU.S.SupremeCourtatth etime i treviewsth eMich i ganandMi ssouri cases.Iti s h opedth atth efili ngofth esecases wi llgiveth ej usti cesanappreciati onofth eextentand scope ofth eanti-democratic practiceswh i ch h avebeenpermittedi n h ousi ngunderth elaw.AmericansofJapaneseancestry,wh ose

righ ttodecenth ousi ngalsoi satstak e i nth esecases,willwatch with deepi nterestth eresultofj udi ci aldeliberations i nth esecourttestsofraciallyrestricti vecovenants.

JapanesePeruviansTh esi tuationof300JapanesePeruvians

wh o are i llegally detained i n th i scountryth rough agreementbetweenourgovernmentandth atofPeruwasagaincalledtopublicat-tentionth i sweek byth ei rattorney,WayneM.CollinsofSanFrancisco,wh oask edth atacontemplatedU.S.loantoPerubedelayeduntilth estatusofth eJapanesePeruviansiscleared.Th ecaseofth esemen,womenandch i ldren

isoneofth osestrangei nci dentsbrough tonbywar.Th eywerefirstpick edup i nPerui n1943and1944byPeruvianauth ori ti es,th enturnedovertoU.S.mi li tarypolice,wh o

brough tth emtoth i scountry.Hereth eywere

senttoconcentrationcamps.Lastyearth eFederalBureauofInvesti-

gation,aftercomplete examinati onofth ei rrecords,declaredth esepersonstobeinnocent

ofanywrongdoingand ofnodangerto

h emi sph eri csecurity,th egeneralch argeupon

wh i ch th eywerefirstdetained._

Sinceth attimeth ePeruviangovernment

h asrefusedtopermitth esepersonstobere-

turnedtoth atcountry.Atth eti meofth ei ri n-

ternmentth ei rpropertywasconfiscatedby

th egovernment. , .Ith asbeenassertedbyCollinsth ati t

i sa

matterof"publicnotoriety"i nPeruth atth e

motiveswh i ch promptedth ei rseizurewasof

a"base,local,economicnature."Th ere h asbeennoevidencetorefuteth i sch arge.

Suffice i ttosayth atatth epresenttime

th erearenoch argesofanysortwh ateveragainstth ese297men,womenandch i ldren

andth atvaluablepropertybelongingtoth emwasconfiscatedbyth egovernent.Th i sprop-ertyh assincebeentak enoverbycompetitors.Wh ateverrestituti oncanbemadetoth ese

peoplemustbemadebyth egovernmentof

Peru.Itwouldappearth atth atgovernment

isnotyetpreparedtoundertak esuch resti-tuti on.Meanwh i le i ti snecessaryth atpublicpro-

testbemadenow andfrom th i spoi nton,

untilsome k i ndofjusti cecanbeobtainedforth i sh andfulofpersons.

MendotaStri k eAnattempttoraiseth e"Japissue"i nan

union-employerdispute i n Mendota,Calif.,th i sweek fi zzledwh enboth th euni onandth efederalconcili atorstateddefini telyth atth eracequestionwasnoti nvolved.Th ecasei nquestionoccurredatth eEn-

sh er,AlexanderandBarsoomranch i nMen-doto,wh i ch i snowbeingpick etedbyth eCIOfresh frui tandvegetablework ersunion.Th eemployersclaimedth atth euni onh adobj ectedto50work ersofJapaneseancestryemployedatth eranch .Th eunion,h owever,counteredth atth e

disputedidnottouch uponth eracialquestion,th atpersonsofJapaneseancestrywereamongth euni onmembersandth atth eracialques-tionwas i nj ectedbyth eemployertocreateafalseissue.Th efederalconcili ator,JulesMedoff,h as

alsostatedth atth erace i ssuewasnotunderdispute.Th esituation,h owever,recalls th edays

wh enth eraciali ssuewasused,andwith suc-cess,byboth uni onandmanagement.Iti samatterofrecordth ati nCalifornia'searlieragriculturalh i story,personsofminori tyan-cestrywere"playedoff"againstwork ersofoth erdescent.Iti salsoamatterofrecordth atamongth estrongestforces i nth eanti-Japanesemovementofth eearly1900's i nCaliforniawereth euni ons.Iti sgoodtonoteth attodayJapanese

Americansaretak i ngth ei rplacei nth ela-bormovement.Progressivelaborunionsh avelearnedwith i n th epastdecadeth atth ei rstrength i si ncreasedwh enth eyi ncludeamongth ei rnumbersth epeoplesofminori tyan-cestryth atoncewereexcluded.Th i swassh ownconclusively i nHawai i j ustth i syear,wh en.forth efi rsttimeamajorstri k esucceeded,i nth esugari ndustry.Th euni onwascomposedofallth edisparateracialelementsth atatonetimesough ttosecureth ei rlaborrigh tssep-arately.Wh ateverth emeritsofth ei ssuesatth e

Ensh er,AlexanderandBarsoom ranch , i tsh ouldbenotedth atth eattempttodrag i nth eJapaneseAericanstoconfuseth erealissueh asfai led.

NoDiscri mi nati on"Atnotimeduringth ewardiddeath sh ow

discri mi nati on amongoursoldiers,sailors,fliersormarines.Wh enth eblow struck i tdidnotdiscri mi nateastocreedorcolor.Wh enth eJapaneseAmericansofth eh eroi c442ndRegimentstormedth ei rwayupth eh i llsi desofth eNorth Apenninesi nItalynoonestop-ped i nth eh eatofbattletoth i nk aboutth ecolorofth ei rsk i ns."Today,with th eh eatofbattleover,someofussometimesforgetth ebondsofselfless-nesswh i ch forgedh eroesduringwar.More-over,afewrabblerousers h avemadevici ousattack sonsomegroups—forgettingth ateveryman,nomatterwh ath i scolororcreed isah umanbeing,andnooneh asarigh ttowoundh i m bystingi ngwordsorth ough tlessacts"—Fromth eJuly28columnof"Th eWash i ng-tonMerry-Go-Round"byDrewPearson

niseiUSAbyLARRYTAJIRIU.S.Webbandth eNativeSon]In h i sbook "Prejudi ce"CareyMcWilli ams names some ofth eleadersofanti-Japaneseagitati oni nCaliofrnia.Th elistincludesth elateHiram W.Joh nsonwh owasgovernorofCaliforniafrom 1911to1915andUintedStatesSenatorfrom 1917untilh i sdeath i n1945;JamesD.Ph elan,wh oalsowasgovernorofCaliforniaandlaterasenator;U.S.Webb,attorneygen-eralofCalifomi aformanyyears;V.S.McClateh ywh owa3 editorandpublish erofth eBeenewspa-pers i nSacramento,Fresno andModesto;J.M.Inman,Statesena-torandoncepresidentofth eCali-forniaOrientalExclusionLeague;EugeneM.Sch mi tz,mayorofSanFrancisco i n1906;AbeRuef,cor-ruptpoliti calbossofSanFranciscowh owastriedandconvictedofbriberyi n1908j andAnth onyCam-i netti ,astatesenatorwh olaterbe-cameUnitedStatesCommissi onerofImmigration.AsMr.McWilli amsh asnoted,allofth esemenwereleadersi nth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,anorganizati onwh i ch oncemain-tai nedth atCaliforniash ould re-mainwh at"ith asalwaysbeenandGodHimselfi ntended i tsh allal-waysbe—th eWh i te Man'sPara-dise."Th erewasatimewh enth elead-ersh i pofth eNativeSonsvirtuallywassynonymouswith th epoliti calleadersh i pofth estateofCalifor-nia."Scoresoflegislators,judges,state offici als,Congressmen andSenatorsreceivedth ei ri ni ti alsua-portandowedth ei relection(.orappointment)topublicoffice i nCaliforniai nth eyears1907-24toth e Natives Sonsofth e GoldenWest,"Mr.McWilli ams h as ob-served.Th eNati veSonsdiscoveredth epoliti calpotencyofanti-Japaneseagitati on and nurtured,fosteredandexploitedi t.Fortwogenera-tionsth eactivi ti esofth eNativeSonsh avebeenconditi onedbyth ei ranti-Japaneseattitudewh i ch orig-i nallywasdirectedagainstth eJap-anesei mmi grantsi nth estatebutwh i ch laterwastransferredagainstth e American-born ch i ldren ofth ese i mmi grants.Until1945th eNativeSonswereactivelyengagedi n agi tati onagainstJapaneseAmericans.Representativesofth e Native

Sonswereamongth eearlysh outersformassandcompleteevacuationofallpersonsofJapaneseancestryfrom Californiaandlaterwas i nth eleadersh i pofth eracistcam-paignonth ePacifi ccoastwh i chsough ttopreventth ereturnofth eevacuees.In1943Joh nT.Regan,onbeh alfofth eNativeSons,filedasuitwh i ch sough ttodisenfran-ch i se AmericansofJapanesean-cestrybydenying to th em th erigh tofballot.Regan'ssuitsough ttoenjoi nCameronKing,registrarofvotersi nSanFrancisco,fromcertifyi ngJapaneseAmericansasqualifi edvoters.NotonlyareNisei disqualifi edfrom membersh i p i n th eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,th eor-ganizati onalsoexcludesalloth erswh oarenotofth ewh i terace.Inabrieffiled i nFederalcourti nth esuittodisenfranch i seth eNisei ,th eNativeSonsrei teratedth ei rstanath atth eConstitui onrefersto"wh i tepeopleonly."Anorganizati onwh i ch pridesi t-selfon i tspatrioti sm,th eNativeSonsh avenotopenlyopposedth ereturnandresettlementofth eevac-uees i nCalifornia,followingth eArmy's announcementwh i ch re-scindedth eexclusion*rderonJan.2,1945.Infact, i nth epasttwoyearsth eorganizati onh asmuffleditsanti-Japaneseand anti-Ni seicampaignandh asconductedonlyrearguardactionunderth eleader-sh i pofsuch menasSeth Milli ng-ton,WalterOdemar,ElredMeyerandU.S.Webbwh ooncewere i nth eforefrontofth eNativeSons'wh i tesupremacistagitati on.Oflateth eNativeSons,andth ei rfemini necounterparts,th eNativeDaugh ters,arestick i ngmoreandmoretoth ei rfraternal-socialactivi ti esandli ttlei s h eard ofth ei ronce-powerfulcommitteeonJapaneselegislation.Ih eorganizati onstirsi tselfoncemawh i letoopposesuch measuresas legislationtorepayJapaneseAmerican evacuees forpropertyand business damages resultingi rom th eevacuationandi tslegis-lativerepresentativesstillareonrecordagainstsuch measuresasstateh oodforHawai i andamend-mentstoreviseth eraciallydis-

crimi natoryprovisi onsofth e«1uralizati onlaw. e

*"Th eNativeSonsvieornn.i'posedth eformationo?tteJneseAmericanCombatTeamM442ndInfantryregimenandth erecordofNisei Glsi /«442ndandoth erunitessu*endofth eeffectivenessofth l,Japanesemovementi nCali „°ItwasSenatorJ.H.lnman5clared,somewh atplainti velytlth e greatestmistak e wh i ch Uanti-Japanesecampaignersi n&i forni a madewas i npermitth eorganizati onofaNisei mluniti nth eUni tedStatesarrayMInman,oneofth eearlyleaden,th eNativeSons,wasresponsible i1944forth eorganizati onoftflCalifornia Preservation Assocltion,wh i ch wasformed i nanMforttoorganizestatesentimeflagainstth ereturnofth eevacueelTh e death lastweek ofu\lWebb,wh ofath eredth efi rstk \MLandlawofCaliforniai n1913wiflFrancisHeney,mark sth eendofflerai nCaliforniapoliti cs.ItwasJerai nwh i ch politi calcareers,lilth atofformerDistri ctAttaiflBurtonPittsofLosAngelestflCongressmanE.A.HayesofCiflfornia,weredevelopedinth eg9atmosph ereofracistpoliti ci Tlrecentyears,h owever,anti-Jaflneseandanti-Ni sei appealstovflersh avefallenflat,asformerRflJoh nCostello,defeatedforreek fltionafter h avi ngconducted,flDies Committee's i nqui si ti onflJapaneseAmericans i n1943,cflU.S.Webb,asattorneygennflofCalifornia,wroteth eorigi n!AlienLandlawwh i ch wasdesigtflspecifi callyforth eelimi nati on!farmersofJapaneseancestryailmajorfactori nth estate'sagrcflomy.Hedefendedth ediscri mu!torylegislationwh i ch h eh adti floredtoforcefarmersofJapanflancestryoffth elandandduriflth e36yearsh espentasattonflgeneralofth eStateofCalifonflfrom 1902to1938,i ntenstniflRepublicanadmini strations,h eflvoicedh i slawonlyagainstth eJflanese farmer, alth ough Ch i neflHindu and KoreanfarmersliHweresubjecttoi tsprovisi on!,IU.S.Webb'scareerencompaa!

th ewh ole50-yearh i storyofpoiflcalandeconomicsanctionsapplißagainstpersonsofJapaneseflcestryi nCalifornia.HewentMth eSupremeCourttodefend■i ni qui touslawandsucceeded,■th e tri bunalofJusticesButHSuth erland,McßeynoldsandYJDevanterwaseverybitasreacti jaryash e.Evenafterh eh adMpeddownfrom th eattorneyMeralsh i p,turningi toverto»)'°jfldistri ctattorneynamedEarl«■ren,U.S.Webbcontinuedh i slaHersh i pofanti-Japaneseactivi ty■■wasparticularlyactiveduri!«■earlywaryearswh enth eNaJSonscarriedonaloudandi nsutMcampaignagainstth enUfJapaneseAmericanstoCaliBHJAlth ough h ewasaleaderofHNativeSons,UlyssesSigel,«■wasnotanativeofCallf'LnllB<sMwasborni nFlemington,westi mgini ai n1864anddidnotarnvwCaliforniauntil1886 h el«beenadmittedtoth eKansasVHecameouttoCaliforniai oo«foralegalcareer«.f«"Lllth erewasapoliti calb°M""M,anti-Japaneseactivi ty.Hf;*Mth esameveinforh alfacenrnjInpoliti cs,asth eSanFra««m

Ch roni clenoted i n i ts"WMwasaconservative"stand-p««,publican.An i M fLZposedth eLeagueofNatw»«wasregardedbymany»3yearsasak i ndlyoldrm«JKlong and h onorablerecord"«publicservant.IfH h adg«th ath e was°bsei*tr*myth sandfearsregardMofJapaneseancestry,,h s*»■th estate's h i story*"*£■>questioned.For,onh efough ttenaciouslyfor«npie'si nterest. fnsee H

livedlongenough £>-■peopleofth e state«|,flrepudiateth eAlienIfndJlfosteredandh adVUMforfourdecades.'"fLeteflPropositi on15at flwh i ch would h ave.Wgfllaw'sprovisi ons.Th e"«,titudei nCalifornia,wh K»bfl»approvedth eAli enLan< tbl«i ni ti ati vevoteof3toi . ■>ed. .,t cWebb"■''lTh edeath ofU.S.W«JJ

regardedas$eJ"£mracism i nCaliform*">""

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byRok u Sugah ara

JaunttoConeyIslandWlauntW."toNewYork i scompletewith outavisi ttoConeyIsland.rffl£!i lvIwasdisappointed.WyYtoverymuch li k eth ePi k e i nLongBeach ,alittlebigger18.h utcertainlynotmorespectacularordazzling.Kk i *wereallth osemi raculousbreath -tak i ngridesli k eyouseeITries?Wh erewereth eBuck Rogers-li k eweirdcontraptionsWJZ\youth rough th eai rwith th egreatestofease?Mtaj usti sn't,th at'sall.■California'sOceanPark andVeniceneednotconcedeanyth i ngtoSHYork 'sConeyIsland,excepti nth ewayofth enumberofpeo-■nnanySaturdaynigh torSunday,amilli onpeopleorso will■nuk th elocalbeach andboardwalk .i ßrak i ne i nSteeplech asepark ,th eConeyIslandpleasurezonei si K{|ytwomileslongandaquartermilewide.

RideValue i nth eSubwayMrt/W*'

Mlwouldsayth atth eonlybargain featureaboutConeyIsland<■, j ubwayride.From QueensPlazatoConey,wh i ch i si nlower*B!k lyn i saboutth esamedistanceasLosAngelestoOceanpark .costsonlyanick le,sitti ngorstanding,mostlystanding.

flButth eboysatth eboardwalk h avefiguredouta h undreddif-Hmtwaystosh ak eth eextrach angeoutofyourpock etsth atyouviath ei nexpensivesubwayride.

■Th ey h avestrangegroundrulesouth ereonth elocalbeach es.■ncan'ttossaball,sh uffleadeck ofcards,orevensitonanews-Kror.th ebeach .Spacei stoovaluable.NoformofgymnasticsorKaties i spermittedandli k ewi sei ti s i llegaltotrudgealongIboardwalk garbedi nabath i ngsuit.Squadsofpolicemenpatrol■treawriti ngouttick etsforallviolators.Unk nown Bird Fortune-Tellers

Kenftrf Bird

I Wh ereverth erearesummerresorts,midwaysor'beach conces-Hjons,youwillalwaysbesuretofindsome Japaneseoperators.■jneyIsland i snoexceptiontoth erule.Iguessth i sstartedHadesagowh enth eorientalcuriostorewasalandmark atallKfth eseplaces.■AtConey,th eNipponese,mostlyIssei,h aveonlyonetypeofcon-Kin.Th eycalli tth e"Ori entalWonderBird."■Th eparrot-li k ebi rdtellsyourfortuneforadime.I Th egimmi ck i nth i scasei sth e"mysticOrientalbird"wh oi sHninedtograbyourdimei nh i sbeak ,dropi ti nth ecash -box,andKmsidle*uptoawoodenboxandpluck soutyour"fortune."IOfcourseth eseprintedpredicti onsonpaperh aveth esameh ok us-Htsasfound i nth ewell-k nownfortunesenbei.Atanyrate,i ts■welltrainedani malactforth esubwayset.

Unk nown Stores Still Operate

IPrank "Panch o"Sak amoto,formerfieryWanj i ballplayerandHiveBussei leaderfrom LosAngeles,i sth eassistantmanagerof■localwh olesalenoveltyconcern.

Betellsmeth atmostofth efamoussummerresortsonth eutcoagt,from MainetoFlorida,h avewell-establish edsouvenirtore*runbyth eJapanese.Veryfewofth emwerewartimecas-nh i es.toth eprewardays,manyaNisei salesmantraveledcross-countryfirmsli k eNipponDryGoodsorYamanak acompany,selling th ou-idsofJapanesedish es,toysandnoveltymerch andi se,suitablefork sorfotregularsale.Wh entradewith Japanreopens,i ti squitepossibleth atth eseminerswillagainbebeatingth eh i gh waysandbyways.Th esum-ttradeh ustlersarerunningsh oKtofth etypeofmerch andi sei ch onlyJapanseemedabletosupply.

Unk nown-Luster Rides

Gettingback toConeyIsland,th ereareonlyafew different<boftidesandattractionsth anfoundonth ewestcoast.Uney'smostspectacularride i sanattractionleftoverfrom th eorldsFair.Th i si sth ecaptured-parach uteconcession.Here,youare"tedup250feetandth ensuddenlyreleasedonawiredparach ute,,tak esmerely50secondsforth eoperationand i tcostsyouatidycentsforth epleasureoffloatingdownth rough space.Ih eoldfaith fulrollercoasterride costsastandard30cents,m arenospectaculartwistsorawesomedropstoth i smi nutelah alfride.Infact,th eVeniceversion,atth efootofth epier,i stnfasterandmoreth ri lli ng.

NoGamesofCh anceatConeyGamblinggames,i nanysh apeorform,i snotpermitted.Th ere-""-eventh eoldstandbybeach 'gameofbingo,i sconspicuously

Th enearestth i ngtoanyk i ndofaprize-winni ngcontesti sth at%wh i ch consi stsofrollingarubberballth rough th eh olesofaTi M. aspossible.Th ewi nnergetsacartonofcigarettes«tneh ousegetsadimefromeach ofth efortyplayers.■m smartboys,h oMUver,h averiggedupanewtwisttoth at"-worn guessyourweigh t"game.Here,th eyoffertoguessyour

c.J"1"name'yournativestate,orevenyourweigh t.Youwrite.ten"pieceofpaperandth eoperatorwillpurposelytry«".lh ecatch i sth atth e"prizes"usuallyconsistofatrink et'ooilcostingfarbelowth equarteror35centsth eyassess.Alot,»owmansh i pandsurprisedexpressionsgowith th epitch wh i chevery "wi nni ng"customerveryh appy.

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Foodisth eBiggestBusinessoAfar>th emostflourish i ngbusinessalon,gth eboardwalk i sth e"""cession.Ik eW T ork h aslon«beenth efavoritestampinggroundsofto, 5'frank furter.AtConeyIsland,acoupleofmilli on h ot-

tlk Tni nLlfonsun»edeveryday.Atadimeath row,th ered-h otIflk i k tdli ?oneBeller-Oneenterprisi ngmerch antoffersaweinerAch l uitlbatterf»rth epriceofath i ndime.a„°w,meinsar>dwich foradimei sapopularsellerh ere.

Wti. ?eofoth erdi fferenttypesofdimedelicaci esi sth ek i ni shItnJ}'A k »ni sh .favoredbyth eBronxcrowd i sa h eavyMLcp?UU°Uri nch essquare.Insideth edough aremash edpotatoestjli anch i es -PizZa i sli k easliceofcoffeecak e 1SF6a *""entfl!!e!,foodconcession i sth esoda-matwh ereanyoneofa'merelvH ntk lndsofs°daisservedautomaticallyi napapercup■"■Jcroppinganick lei nth eri ot

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:ReflectionsofaParentr\tt_ Denver,ColoOfth emanyreasonsforboys,notamonirth efcastmustbeth eenjoymentth eybringth drdadsSonno"??h ert0th enormalparent-ch i ldaffec-l;2Ve4ngrrfi edpersonalambiti onsth atsomeparentsprojecti ntoth ei rprogeny

mak pYvfJh i nStefd>t0th eabili tyofyoungsterslomak eth ei rparentsyoungagain,andespeciallytoh owsonscanh elpth ei rdadsenjoyboyh oodLeeHrk \°nh h °Od>contr,aryjto poets,i snotonegrandk lrp?bflremembered"i yearswith nostalgia.adT,tm»fyAUnSterWh oeßCaPesth ebewilderingadjustmentoftryingtogrowupi nanadultworla.Boyh ood i s aseriesofexperiences i npitti ngi nbornmisch i efagainstsociety'staboos(wh i ch don'tmeantoomuch toth eboy,anyway),andi ntryingtocatch upwith th efath er'sfondestimati onastobiltti es ph ysi calandmentalcapa-

Th us,eventh ough anew-bomman-ch i ld'ssolei nterestsarenursing andsleeping,h i s fath eralreadyi sbuyingfootballsandtoyracersforth eoffspring'samusement.Fath ers i nsi stontak i ngth ei rtoddlersto cir-cuses and ballgames andmoviesofanimatedch aracters andth eresulti sth atth ech i ldren-wh owouldmuch rath erstayath omeandplaywith alattleorth rowbuildi ngblock satth efurniture—becomeverybored,crossandh arrassed.Outwardly th eparent'sobjecti ve i sto sh 'owh i ssonagoodtimeWesuspect,from personalex-

perience,th atth erei sastrongi nward,orsubcon-sciousreason beh i nd h i sactions.Wesuspectth atth eparentwith outbeingawareursuit

USmg h 'SS°n t0furth erh i sownrecreational

BoredomtoIntense InterestIntense Interest

Inrecentmonth sandyearsweh avetak enourMi k e,now nearing7 yearsofage,tocircuses,movies,th e zoo,swimmi ng,amusementpark s,midgetautoraces,rodeos,th emuseum,andavarietyofoth erplaces.IHisreaction h asvariedfrom boredomtoin-tensei nterest.Hedoesn'tcaremuch forth emovies,————.—_______.

fori nstance.He'drath erplayoutside.And h ecantak eorleave h i sswimmi ng,ch i efly',webelieve,because h i soldman i nsi sts on tryingtoteachh i mth edogpaddle.Mi k eloath esgettingh i sfacewetand h avi ng

watergo up h i snose.Th at'sanaturalreactionfora6-year-old.Th osedi scomfortsare i nevi tabletoth eprocessoflearningtoswim.Nextyear,orth eyearafter,h e'llbebetteradjustedtoabsorbth ei ni ti aldiscomfortsofwatersports.Meanwh i le,wh i leMi k ei sdiggi ngcanalsi nth e

sandatth ewater'sedge—wh i ch h e'drath erdoth angeth i sface splash ed—h i soldmantak esoffforth edeepwatertoenjoyagoodswim. ,With amusementpark sMi k ei sabitmoreso-

ph i sti catedth anh i sfath erwasatth esameage.Heli k esth emerry-go-roundandtoleratesth eferriswh eel.Th eoldmancanrememberbecomingfear-fullydizzyonth emerry-go-roundasaboyandalmostfallingoffh i sgallopingsteed,and beingscaredh alftodeath wh enth eferriswh eelstoppedwith h i m atth etopofth earc.

ZoosAreaLotofFunLot of Fun

Wedoubtth atwith outth eexi stenceofourMi k e,andour3-year-oldSusantoo,weeverwouldh aveventuredouttoplacesli k eth ezooandth emu-seum,th ecircus,rodeoorautoraces.We'd h avecurledupwith agoodbook andmissedalotofth ri lls.Tak eth eautoraces.Th ey'refun.Th oseunder-

si zedcarssk i ddi ngandch asi ngeach oth eraroundth etrack swith th ey-exh auststh underingmadeyourbloodrace abit.Ifwewereabityoungerrweth ough t,we'dli k etotryoneofth em i narace.Ith asbeenalongtimesincewefeltth atway.

Zoosarefun,too,andth atgoesforrodeosandcircuses.Sometimesweh avetoputupwithh avi ngth e youngstersclamber onourback swh i lewek i ck andsquirm andmak eli k ebuck i ngbroncos,andsometimesth eroaring,racingmotorscontinuefordaysfrom th eth roatsofth ech i l-dren.Butth at'sallapartofth efun.Andwe'reglad

th ech i ldrenarearoundbecauseth eygiveus ach ancetogetoutandentertainth emwith th i ngswe'dnevergetaroundtodoingbyourselves.It'sfuntoenjoyboyh oodagain.

Masaok aCarriesonCampaignOfEducationonIssuesUntilSenateConsidersPendingBill

ByESTHERL'ECLUSE

ALobbyforJustice:

m, , Wash i ngton,D.C.Th eresafresh wi ndblowing i nCongressionallobbyingcir-

clesth esedays,th eytellus.Andth eycalli t"th atJapaneseAmericangroup"ormoreof-

fici ally,th eAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteeofth eJapaneseAmer-i canCi ti zensLeague.With noth i ngmuch moreth anafresh tech ni queandanob-

vi oussincerity,th eADC h asmanagedtosetoffici allobbyingcirclesonth ei rcollective"ear."i —Wh i leth e$1000-per-daylobbyistsweremaneuvering around back -stage,pullingstringsandapplyingpressurei nabig-businessway,th eADC ash oe-stringorganizati onwith awilltowork and noth i ngtolose—h aswoundupatth eendofth efi rstCongressionalsessionwith oneofth emostsuccessfullobbyingrecordsonth e"Hill."Th e Anti -Di scri mi nati on Com-mi tteei salittleamazedi tself.And th e oth erlobbyists arefrank lyenvious.Th eywatch edwith amusementth ebeginni ngeffortsofth i ssmallgroupi nth eearlypartofth eses-si on,with growingrespectlateri nth espring,andwith amazementi nth eClosingdaysofth esessionasspecialrulesweresecuredandspe-ci alprocedures granted—proced-uresreservedusuallyforbillsofmajori mport."Wh atgoeswith th eJapaneseAmericans— didyouseew,h atth eygotth rough today/"wasafrequentlyh eardbuzzi nth elob-byingbeeh i vesonth e"Hill"dur-i ngth oselasth arri eddaysofth esession.Alongwith th eastonish mentofth ebigleaguelobbyistswasacer-tainwondermentastoth e tech -niquesusedbyth eADC,tech ni questh atseemedtobeovercomingCon-gressionaPh urdleswith amini mumofeffort.Itwassimple.Butth at'safresh tech ni que i nlobbying,th eytellus.Th e Anti -Discri mi nati on Com-mi tteebasedi tswh olecampaignonth eeducation ofcongressmentoth eproblemsfacingpersonsofJap-aneseancestry,k nowi ngi twasth eonlywayth atmigh tbringsuccesstoalegislativeprogramnotback edbyawell-k nownorganizati onnorgreatmoniedi nterests.Th eresultsofth ecampaignarenotalli nbutth etrend so farseemstobearoutth esoundnessofth eth eoryth ateducationmigh t

provetobeagoodlobbyingtech -nique.Afterth epressuretacticsex-ertedbytraditi onaloldlobbyinggroups,congressmenreactedtoth eADCapproach astoabreathofai r.Andbecauseofth esimple j us-ticei nth eproposedbillsandth esi ncerenessofpurposeofth eADCrepresentation, k ey congressmenbecame personally i nterested i nth eprogramandbegantopush i t.Back ofth atpersonali nterestofth econgressmenh owever,i sastoryofgrowth 'ofpersonalesteem i nwh i ch th ey h oldth epersonswh oprovidedth eback groundeducation—th e ADC legislative director,Mi k eMasaok a.Competent,eloquent,unabash -

ed,Masaok aenjoysarelation-sh i pwith k eylegislatorsth ati srarei ncapitalcircles.Impressedwi th h i sk nowledgeofJapaneseAmericanproblemsanddisarmedbyh i sfri endlypersonal-i ty,congressmen callh i m "son,"j ok ewith h i m,th rowth ei rarrr.Bacrossh i ssh oulderswh i leth eytalk ,andlisteni ntentlytowh ath e h astosay."Mak enomistak eabouti t,"a

congressionalcommitteestaffmem-bersaidth eoth erday,"Mi k e'sper-sonalrelationsh i pwith certaincon-gressionalleaders h as smooth edmostofth ewayforyourlegisla-tionsofar.Th eEvacuation/Claimsbi llwouldh avebeenstucfc i nth eHouseuntilnextsessioni ffriendlycongressmenh adn'tsecuredaruleforyou.Th at'sth ewayCongressseemstowork ."Gratefulforth eluck h eh ash ad

sofari n"educating"congressmen,Masaok a i s k eepi ng h i sfi ngerscrossedforth enextsession."Th e80th Congress i ssuppos-edtobeatottgh Congresstobuck with aDemocraticpresidentandapredominantlyRepublicanlegislativebranch .Butsofari th asbeenfavorableforbillsaf-fectingpersonsofJapanesean-

cestry,andweh opei twillcon-tinuetobe,"h esays.Atanyrateh ek eepsrubbingh i sli ttlegoodluck fi guri ne."I'mnotasuperstiti ousman,youunderstand.It's j ustth atIdon'twanttoleaveanyth i ngopentobadluck ." "fl

VagariesFloridaTown...Th e BocaRaton,Fla.,airfi eldwasdeclaredsurplusbyth eArmyAirForcesth i sweek .Th e BocaRatonfieldi s locatedpartlyonth esi teofth eformerFloridaset-tlementofYamato.Th i slittlecom-munityonth eeastcoastofFloridawassettledi nth eearly1900sbyanumberoffamili esfromKobe,Japan.Alth ough th emenofth efamily h adbeenmerch antsi nJa-panth eybecamefarmersi nFlor-i da.Th ei rcropswereleveledbysuccessiveh urri canesandth ecom-munitygraduallybrok eup.Th enameofth ecommunity,"Yamato,"remainedonth emaps,h owever,untilWorldWar11.Th eremaini ngpeopleofJapaneseancestryatYamatoleftafterth eoutbreak ofth ewarwh enth eareawastak enoverforanairfi eldandsevjeralpersonseventuallywoundupi nth ewarrelocationcenters.Oth ersmov-edtoeasterncommuniti es.

"""Campaign...A full-timenationalexecutivewillbenamedsoonbyth eCommit-teeforEqualityi nNaturalizati onandth egroupwillbeginani nten-si fi edcampaignforth epassageoflegislationtoelimi nateracialre-stricti onsfrom th enaturalizati onlaws...Blanch eJi k ak u,queenofth e442ndVeteransclub'scarnivali nHonolulurecently,wi lldoah ulawith th eHawai i Tak arazuk ash owwh i ch willtourWestCoastciti esth i smonth .

* ""Ruth Sato,wh oi sprobablyth eonlyNisei girlto appearas ach orusgirlforBillyRose,i snowth eco-proprietorwith h erh usband,clarineti stBillReinh ardt,ofaDixi elandj azzclubi nCh i cago.Th enigh tclub,calledJazzLtd.,special-i zesi nth elowdownrh yth mswh i chcameoutofStoryvillei noldNewOrleans.. .Some ofth ebestwriti ngon j azz i sbeingdonebyS.L.Hayak awai nth eCh i cagoDefender.Mr.Hayak awa,ofcourse,i sth eauth orofth ebestselleronsemantics,"Languagei nAction."

WeinerBak eGARDENA,Calif.— Th eGar-

denach apterofJACLwillsponsoraweinerbak e Saturdayevening,August16,from6:30p.m.,accord-i ngto PaulSh i noda,president.HarryMasunagawi llbech ai rman.

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MasaolcaWillGiveReportOnLegislationIDCHoldsSpecialMeetingi nSaltLak eOnAugust18

Th eIntermountain Di stri ctCouncilofth eJACLwillh oldaspecialmeetingAugust18atth e

Civi c Center, 554 South Mainstreet,with th eMountOlympusch apteras h ost,i twa3announcedth i sweek bySh i gek i Ush i o,ch ai r-man.Mi k e Masaok a,ADC director,willgiveareportonactivi ti esofth e Anti-Di scri mi nati on Commit-tee.ElmerR.Smith ,assistantpro-fessorofanth ropologyatth eUni-versityofUtah ,h as alsobeensch eduledasaspecialspeak er.Th e IDCwillalso discussth efallconventiontobeh eldi nIdah oFallson Th ank sgi vi ngweek endandIDCfinances.Delegatesareexpectedfrom th eBoiseValley,Idah oFalls,Poca-tello,SaltLak eCity,Snak eRiver,Mt.Olympus,OgdenandYellow-stoneJACLch apters.

SequoiaRetreatContributestoJapanReliefWorkFRESNO,Calif.— Th eLak eSe-quoiaretreatwillsentcloth i ng,foodandoth ersuppliestoMissBerth aStark ey,missi onaryi nJa-pan,fordistri buti onamongneedypersons i nh erch arge,i twasan-nouncedh ereth i sweek .Th esupplieswi llbepurch asedwi th collectionsmadeSunday,Au-gust3,atth eretreat.HaruyeNa-k amuraandMrs.BonuitAuern-h ei merarei nch argeofpurch ases.Th econferencewasattendedby

128personsofth eCentralCali-fornia Young Peoples Ch ri sti anconferencefromcentralandsouth -ernCalifornia.BobOh k i ofLivi ngstonwasnam-

edch ai rmanofth e1948cabinet,assistedbyLoisKanagawa,Istvicech ai rman;Ch i ak i Renge,2ndvicech ai rman;Fumi Asak i ,secre-tary;MacHase,treasurer;Betty\\[ak e,publici ty;Velma Yemoto,h i stori an,andLloydWak e,campdirector.Specialspeak er anddiscussionleadersatth eSequoiaconferencei ncludedth eRev.H.H.Mitch ellofBerk eley,th eRev.Joh nMiyabeofBerk eley,Suk i Kawai ofFresnoState,LoisKanagawaofth ePa-ci fi cSch oolofReligi on,andLloydWak eofAsh burycollege.

MarriageLONG BEACH,Calif.— MissMarianSugiyama,daugh terofMrs.Kimi SugiyamaofLongBeach ,wasmarriedtoTak eoSusuk i ofVen-turaJuly20 i naceremonyreadbyth eRev.R.M.Groveatth eUni tedPresbyterianch urch .Sh ewasgiven i nmarriagebyh erbroth er,Frank Sugiyama.Th ebri dewasattendedbyMrs.AudrieFreemanWing,wh i leSh ozoSaitowasbestman.

PCSPORTSSpeedsterKobertWatanabe,anunh eraldedNisei GIfrom Sanger,Calif.,ranprobablyth efastest100metersrecordedbyaJapaneseAmericanwh enh ewonth eU.S.Army'sFarEasternch ampi onsh i ps i nTok yorecentlywith amark of10.55.Th eOlympicGamesrecord,madebyEddieTolan,i s10.3swh i leJesseOwenssh aresth eworldmark of10.2swith HaroldDavisofComp-ton,Calif.Watanabe'stimei sprob-ablyth ebestmadebyarunnerofJapaneseancestrywith th eex-ceptionofJapan'sYosh i ok awh ocompeted i nth e 1932 and 1936Olympicgames.

***YonamineOff h i s performances i n th ework outsofth e San FranciscoForty-NinersatMenloPark ,Calif.,WallyYonamineofHawai i appearsto h aveci nch edatleastasecondteamberth .Yonaminei sh i gh lyre-gardedbyCoach Buck Sh awwh oi sbuildi ngsomenew.playstoutil-i zeth eHonoluluNisei 'sleft-h and-edpassingabili ty.Yonaminealsoh asbeenreach i ng60yardsi npunt-i ng drillsand h as beenmak i ngplacek i ck sfrom th e35-yardline.Asaresulth e i sexpectedtobeusedforconversionandfi eldgoalattempts....Inonegamewithth eSch ofi eldRedlanderarmyteamin Hawai i lastyear,Yonaminescoredsi xtouch downsand th enmadesi xsuccessiveconversionsfor66points.

« * *Wh enYonaminelost12poundsi ntwoweek swh i lei ntrai ni ngwi thth eForty-Niners,Coach Sh aw i n-vestigatedandfoundth atth eNiseistarwasmissi ng h i sdailyrationofrice.Nowth erei sri cenigh tlyonth etraini ngtableforYonaminewh oseplayingweigh ti s176poundsand wh o i s5 feet9 inch es i nh ei gh t.

** *SadSamSadSam Ich i nose,managerofHonolulu'sDadoMarinowh o h asnamedth e"logicalcontender"forth eflyweigh tch ampi onsh i pofth eworld,sent h i s ch arge againstPeterKane,Briti sh bantamweigh t,i naboutatManch ester,EnglandonAug.8. Ich i noseearliertoldreportersth atth esch edulingofafigh twith Ri ntyMonagh anofIre-landforth eworld's112-poundtitlewoulddependonMarino'ssh owi ngi nth eKanefi gh t.Both th eBri ti shBoxingBoardofControl,wh i chstrippedJack i e Patersonof*th ecrownwh enth elatterfailed toweigh i nforth esch eduledti tleboutwith Marinoi nGlasgowlastmonth ,and th eNationalBoxingAssociati on i n th eUnitedStatesh avei ndi catedth atth eywouldrec-ognizeth e wi nnerofaMarino-Monagh anboutasth enewch am-pion.Ich i nose,th eJapaneseAmericanmanagerwh o h asoneofth emostpromisi ngstablesoffigh tersi nth eworld i n th eligh terdivi si ons,wiredatitleclaimtoAbeGreen,presidentofth eNBA,onbeh alfofManno.Ich i nosealsomanagedth reetop-rank Nisei fi gh tersof&"x;Th eyareRobertTak esh i ta,1946NationalAAUwelterweigh tch ampi onwh oi sundefeated i n15straigh tprofessionalfigh ts;Tsu-nesh i Maruo,1946NationalAAUbantamweigh tch ampi onwh oalsoi sundefeatedasapro,and.Bald-","oto.semi-fi nali st i nth e1946NationalAAUtourney.Tak esh i ta,MaruoandOk amotoweretak entoScotlandbyIch i noseandwerebook edforfigh tsi nth ei i 1 Isleswh lch laterwerecan-celled wh enth eBriti sh boxingboardrefusedth eNisei permissi ontoappearonth egroundth eywerepute»°XerS °f"internati°nalre-

EngagementLOS ANGBLES-Th e engage-mentofMissPeggyTsunek oTok u-yama daugh terofMr.andMrs.£.JIT?ofE1 Paso-toMrPaulFuk ush i ma,sonofth eRevgM«.J.K.Fuk uri ,i m.ofsoxn,Utah ,wasannouncedh ereataPartygivenbyMissAk i Tash i roTh ebnde-electi sagraduateof

i nBoston. Sh e i snow wi th th eJapaneseh ospi tal.

th eSanLorenzonufsery.Th eweddjngw.lltak ep,ace»Jff

MiltonMayerPosesaPatterOfBeh avi orforMinori ti es

Reviewi ngaPamph let:

THESEFEW,byMiltonMayer.HumanEventsAssociates,608S.Dearbornst.,Ch i cago5,111.1947.22pp.25c. iByHISAYEYAMAMOTOHerei sasermonwh i ch i snei th erself-righ teousnortedious.Notself-righ teous,because i tsauth orh asoftenadmittedth ath e h asfoundth epracticeofCh ri sti ani tyh arderth anth epreach i ng,nottediousbe-cause h ei sblessedwith asenseofh umor,aqualitytooseldomfoundamongmenwith aCause.Th e sermoni sdirected,i nMr.Mayer'sownwords,to"th oseper-sons,wh oregardlessofth eli vesth eylive,aresubjecttodiscri mi n-ation,segregation,oranni h i lati onbybeinglabeledask i ndsofper-sonsdifferenti nanyaccustomedwayatallfrom mostofth ei rneigh bors."Th i s means practically every-

body,i ncludingus.AsJapanese,webelongtoaracialminori ty;aspeo-ple,w«belongtooneormoreoth ermi nori ti es— politi cal,socialandreligi ous.Andwh atMr.Mayerdesperatelywantsustorealize i sth atwe,with th erestofth e h umanrace,aresh owi ngominoussignso'fslip-pingback toth eslimefromwh encewe migh t h ave come:with th eproblemsoftwoworldwarsun-solved,weareantici pati ngath i rdwh i ch willprobablydevastatewh atth erei slefttodevastate.Hisrecipeforsalvation i sanancientone,reworded tofitth etimes.Headmits"iti ssh ameless-lyandsimplyconcoctedfrom OldTestamentlawandfai th andNewTestamenth opeandlove,with anaddeddash ofth e time-h onoredpsych ologicaltech ni queofctfnque3tbyconversionandconversionbyexample,"buth i sundeniableargu-menti sth at"th eoth er,sanerreci-pes,i nvolvingargument,conform-i ty,connivance,alliance,betrayal,disgui seandviolence,h aveallbeentriedandh avefai led."Mr.Mayer'srecipe h asfouri n-gredients:One,"inth e struggleforth erigh tsofallmen—wh i chalonewillsaveth ei rsk i ni andtj i ei rsouls—th osewh obelongtominor-i ti esmustfigh tfi rstofallforth erigh tsofoth ermi nori ti esth anth ei rown;nextforth erigh tsofallmen;andlast,i fatall,forth ei rown."IfweareJapanese,th en,Mr.Mayerask sustostopseek i ngben-efi tsforJapaneseandtodevotewh ati nfluenceweh avetomak i nglifemorebeautifulforth eNegro,th eJewandwh oeverelse i ssuf-feringi ndi gni ti esforh i sraci aldif-ferencefrom th e"majori ty."(Puti ntopractice,th i swouldprobablyelimi nate JapaneseAmericanciti -zens'from th eJapaneseAmericanCiti zens League,colored p**splefrom th eNationalAssociati onfor

th eAdvancementofoB"Hewh owouldsaveh i .mI

ampleweak .Fori f?"[th eMwh i ch loveyou wh at TeHye? Donotv'en B<1»th esame?" Wbh ca«JTh en,weareask edtallmank i nd.For££*"*■mosturgentproblenT*Stodaysh ould h appentobeSBticn,th eni ti si mpli edth atBJapanese,sh ouldcontribJLßwecanafford,notonyTBbutespeciallytooth erh i■partsofth eworldW ■doingourbitth entoprZBmuch -neglectedrigh tofm .IMMr.Mayer'ssecTnVfeM"everymemberofevery.Smustf.gh toneveryfronta"!!Meaningth atwemusttlconcentrateonth edi rectLSmentofstatusforalloth ermllties,butenlargeourh ori zon*work forth epoliti cal,socialSi ous andeconomicbetterment!ourowncommunityandth ewBabettermentwh i ch would»HmaticallyaffectracerelationInth eth i rdrule,weareexh oltobepureandgoodandsweet]

">nri3tli k e,i fyouli k e,aswe]possiblymanage."Asth enioflofth emajori tygrowworse"!Mayerwrites,-'th emoralsoilminori ti esmustbe goodandImaingoodandth ereforeappeaflgrow better.Th usth eywill]th emselves,willy-nilly,i i creafllyobnoxious andstandch arßwith arrogance,separatism,mlch i smandparanoia.Th ese h arfltoo,th eymustbear,andbear]renely,alongwifh th emuck nflseriousch argesofh abi tualci i i tlality,ritualmurder,treason■raciali nferiori ty."Lastly,Mr.Mayerwarnstl

th ose wh oacceptth i sprogilmustbewilli ngtodiefori t,wfloutawh i mper.Toth osewh cch argeh i mwlbeingan i mpracticaldreamer,UMayeranswers,"...Iconflh ai Icanclaimnomoreth .'i isi>ne-tenth ofonepercentch ancel;h e work abi li tyof(myrecip|wh i leIdenyanych anceatall|h ework abi li tyofanyofth e|fth eyreplyth atone-tenth of(fl)ercenti sapoorandpessimi |'h ance,Icanclaimth ati ti so|tenth ofonepercentrich eri |brigh terth annoch ance'iftLßth eyreplyth atmineisth emmofdespair,Icanclaim th attk fli sone-tenth ofonepercentdiffflencebetweendespairanddespeiHtion,and,toth eextentth atArecipe i s th ecounselofdespenHtion,i ti sone-tenth ofoneP«mßmore h opefulth ananyofth ei nl

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Unk nownSocialEqualityMeans

i THEEDITOR:

IPacifi cCi ti zen:V' Tam anunseasonedK£fieldofrace rela-■Ironed,because ofaMLi moressiondisposedbyaI■Tried-writtenletterofi BUrSseveralweek sago.»h atsh ortnotewas

only

mftteseriousth ough t_aris-«£th eph i losoph y i nwh i ch 1EtS'rtteprejudi ce i slH"7m trying to sellII'■Lacialequality.AllofusKk j nfti ti nonewayoran-

S'brsocialequality,Imean«K,!fbasich umanrigh tsand"tacticalplanes,1 meanth evßtofopportunity. 1 meanSh .partici pati on '>'>'

allNIKIM

'aKh ordinary h umancourtesies

!fßeessentiai i nth econductof''■fairsi nmodernlife.expectourIssei besh own

'■especti nastreetcarth ati s'.■moanyone ofanoth errace.10R|,atsarcremoved i nanele-"■toawomanofonerace,th ere.■,noexceptiontomymoth er.eKh erepersons ofdi fferent''■rattier,notforth epurpose"■joyi ngth eprivatefriendsh i psTCEpublicandnecessarybusi-"iKi ch asch urch ,meetings,etc.,(°Ki i >ecourtesiesareextendedto"Bribers,regardlessofrace,re-—forsex..MMnotmeanbysocialequalityi Bi Jscri mi nate and i nti mateHgofpersonson adifferentfanplane,wh en'diff<rences.■Ktofactorsoth erth anrace.Hi recognizeth eseriousincon-

a!fci i nsuch i ndi scri mi natemix-Hlereare,wealladmit,afewb"puals demanding th e total*k dofth etraditi onalgroup"Bjtbyadvocatingalt-outmix-'■per'sons.Such anattitude i sLHonsequence ofnun-practical"°H«h are observed (h at as■advance i neducationand.■experience,th eynaturallyyBlssociati onwith personsof

wh oare(ifli k ede-Hofeducationandsocialcx-Aiftnadvanceth ecommon|B,Th ey understand th edi s-.("»WS tosocietyandtoth ej fci alofi ndi scri mi nateasso-eH(ofpersonsofunli k econ-i pfc,tastes,andh abi ts.IBi lequalityalso meansth ej ßi i ti onofth erigh ttoform'Amassociati onsaspartof

traditi on.Th ere i saoBlibertyformantoformj Brafriends.However,i tap-LHtosomeasth ough th ewayi nBooseourfriends isunjusth Bj tri mi natory.Iti sunjustand[[[■i i i natorywh ensocietysh ould,B*nspecialregulations for

i ndi vi dual matters wh i chti BKleforanyoth ergroupofj Bth esedisti ncti onsabouleo-_Mpality,wecanconsiderh ow■discussrelations.Th eycan■mptive:Wh atareth eactual■conditi ons? Th eycanbeso-■»!:Wh at factors bring

aboutth eseconditi ons?Th eycanbe h i stori cal:Towh atareth eseconditi ons due? Orth eycan bepractical:Wh atarewegoingtodoabouti t?Butsuch di scussionsdeserveabelterbasis—eth i cal:Wh atth erelationssh ouldbe.Because,i nth efirstplace,Ibe-li eveth at"Godmadeth eworld"asaCath oli cch i ldlearnsfrom h i scatech i sm andth at"mani sacrea-turecomposedofabodyandsoulandmadetoth ei mageandli k enessofGod,"th erei sabondbetweenmanandh i sCreator.Andbecauseofh i sbond, i tdetermines-ourre-ldtionswith oth ermen.Italsode-terminesourattitudetowardth ematerialgoods ofth i sworldofwh i ch wearenotabsoluteowners.Ifamanlivesandactsasth ough

h e h adnosoul,h esh ri nk s i n h u-manstature.Th econsequentdis-toi ti onofh i sownbrutepersonal-i tyresultsi nadistortioni nh i sre-lationswith oth ers.Th eybecomeforh i m meansto h i sownend.Wh enh eactsi nth enameofh u-mani tari ani sm orwh enh eacts i nth egestureofsociali mportance,h e i smini steringto h i sownItwasnotuntilCh ri stappearedth atwelearnedth elogicalorderi nth efi eldofh umanrelationsh i p.Histeach i ngsproclaimedth emoralunityofth e h uman race,baseduponmen'snaturalunityasch i l-drenbycreation.From th i smoralunity,th e positi ve lessonsweredrawnforh umanrelation.,h i psofj usti ce,mercy,ch ari ty,pardon,etc.Wh enmenloseconfidencei nth epowerofmoralprinci plestoeffectgoodi nth eworld,th e i mmedi ateresultisth atforceandviolencearecalled i ntoplaytosolveth eso-cialevi lsth atcannotbeendured.Andi fwelivetoth esestandardsofmoralsand'eth i cs,uph oldi ngth edigni tyofman,and i foth ersli vetoth esesamestandards,th erewillbenoneedofi mposi ngourselves.TRework ofracialadjustmenti s,i nafewwords,apartofth egreattask ofh armonizi ng th evariousculturesandcivi li zati ons i nsuchmannerastoach i evecooperationandunity i n essentials with outdestroyingth e h umanlibei tyandvarietyofexpressing.Wh atIfirmlybelieve i n—Ca-

th oli ci sm—with i tsdoctrineofunityamiddiversityi nth euniversalbondofch ari typointsth eway.Th eseconclusions,Ik now,willprobablymeetno resounding ac-ceptance.HoweverIwouldnottrytopersuadepeopletowalk onacertainroad.Instead,Imerelywanttosh owanoth erway.

HarryHonda,LosAngeles,Calif.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.Rich ardN.Kaiagirli nLosAngelesonJuly26ToMr.andMrs.SadaeKaj i k awa,Hawth orne,Calif.,aboyonJuly27.",3°i Mr',a,ndMrs-Kenich i KitoagirlonJuly27i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oImotoaboyonJuly27 i nLosAngelesToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oHaya-

geles°nJuly22InLosAn-

ToMr.andMrs.RobertSei i ch i roHiranoaboyonJuly24i nLflsAngeles.ToMrandMrs.Yutak aMiura,Puente,Calif.,agirlonJuly24.ToMr.andMrs.HarryMoritoNish i motoaboyonJuly25 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i ak i Mori-

BSWS.1onAug-2i nBer-ToMr.andMrs.TaroTak eh araaboyonJuly25 i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.MasatoTsuda-

-51??f!rl'DonnaMasak o-onJuly26atAlamosa,Colo.ToMr.andMrs.Arth urT.Mori-mitsutwingirls,Kath rynAnnandKarolynVi,onJune24i nCh i cago.ToMr.andMrs.TadNak amura,Suisun,Calif.,a sonSteph enohMay30.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geruIk ej i ri ,

Parh er,Calif.,adaugh terSh i rleyonJune13.ToMr.andMrs.Keich i Hayam'e,Suisun,Calif.,adaugh terPatrici aonJune20.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geruHay-

ame,Mi lwauk ee,Wise,asonRay-mondonJuly11.ToMr.andMrs.LarryM.Hi k i j iofSanger,Calif.,agirlonJuly27.ToMr.andMrs.HideoHosh i de

aboy,RobertIsamu,onAug.1i nSeattle,Wash .ToMr.andMrs.Tak Nak awat-

asetwins,aboyandgirl,onAug.1 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.NasuoHash i -

guch i agirl,LoisA.,i nPortland.

DEATHSKotaroKawaminami ,74,onJuly

30 i nLosAngeles.Sh i gemi Kimura,27,onJuly30i nLongBeach ,Calif.Otoj i roYanaseonJuly27i nLos

Angelas. j i j i

MARRIAGES

AliceTanizawatoYuk i oKudowonAug.3 i nLosAngeles.LilyYuri k oMatsuok atoHenrySh usoNak agawaonAug.3 i nLosAngeles.

SanJuanJACLAidsi nDriveForADCFundsSANJUANBAUTISTA,Calif.—With th erecentrevivalofth eSanBenitoCountyJACLch apter,th elocalfinancialdrivewasstep-pedup,andatotaltodateof$688h asbeenrealizedfrom th e SanJuan BautistaandHollisterdis-tri ct.Caucasianfri ends i nth i scom-munityh avealsomanifestedmuchi nteresti nth eADCprogramtoat-tainnaturalizati onprivi legeswith -outracerestricti onsandh avecomeouttogivefinancialsupport.Donations h ave been receivedfrom th efollowing:PeteWyk off,

$25;RenoCornagia,$20;H.DanaPearce,$10and$10from h i sfath -er,E.A.Pearce;EleanorS.Frost,$20;MarionHublit,$5;Kath leenTalbot,$5; M.Lavagnlno,$10;A.A.Hyman,$10;GeorgeGrun-nagle,$10;W.T.Freitas,$10;Wil-liamJacinto,$10;E.E.Holbrook &Co.,$10;Missi onMeatmark et,$5;PendletonFlorist,$5;W.E.Tib-bets,$5;C.H.Hellman,$5;Post-masterH.O'Brien,$5;C.K.Har-ris,$5Distri ctAttorneyRich ardStevens,$5;W.B.Saunders,$5;Willi amLust,$3,andRicoHernan-dez,$2.

SAN JOSE ZEBRASWIN FIRSTHALFBASEBALLTITLESANJOSE,Calif.—Th eSanJose

Zebraswonth efi rsth alfofth eNorth ernCaliforniaNisei baseballleagueonAug.3 wh enth eyde-featedFlorin,6to5,forth ei rninth straigh tvictory.Th esecond h alfofth eseasonwillbei nth eformofa"Sh augh -nessyplayoff"with th efourtopteamsi nth eleaguecompetingi naregularround-robin.Th eMontereyteamputth eof-

fici als i naquandarySundaywh enth eyupsetLodi,4 to3,toputth reeteams i natieforfourthplace.Beh i ndth eZebras,Rich mondA.C.fini sh ed secondandLodith i rd.Suisun,MontereyandFlorinaretiedforfourth .Inoth ergameslastweek Sui sunedgedStock ton, 10 to 9,wh i leRich monddumpedMadrone,9to3.

SoftballGameFeaturesPicni cCHICAGO—Aseveni nni ngsoft-ballgame h i gh li gh tedth e j oi ntpicni cofmembersandth ei rfam-i li esofth eEnterprisersandth e20 and 5 clubs,social-businessgroups,recentlyh eldatth eGreenLak eForestPreservesouth ofCh i -cago.Th eEnterprisers,ledonth emoundbyDr.ErnestTak ah ash i ,wonbyascoreof11to 3.TogoTanak apitch edforth e20and5.Itwasannouned th ata golfmatch betweenth etwoolubs i ssch eduledforth enearfuture.

Nisei toServeCityofDenverAsPath ologistDr.OguraFormerlyWasOnStaffofColoradoHospitalDENVER,Colo.— AppointmentofaJapaneseAmericandoctorto

replaceDr.W.W.Willi ams,citypath ologistunderth e Stapletorradmini stration,wasannouncedth i sweek byCityManagerofHealthS.S.Kauvar.Dr.Kauvarsaidth atDr.George

Ogura,employedforth epastfiveyearsi nth edepartmentofpath ol-ogyofColoradoGeneralh ospi tal,wi lltak eoverth epostonAug.15.Dr.Ogura,alth ough disch argi ngth edutiesperformedbyDr.Wil-liams,willh aveth eti tleofassist-antpath ologist,Dr.Kauvaradded.Hesaidth atth ecityeventuallyh opestocreateth epostofmedicalexaminerandelimi nateth epositi onofch i efpath ologist.

BaseballLeagueToHoldDanceInSanJoseSANJOSE,Calif.—Th enorth ernCalifornia Ni sei baseballleaguewi llsponsoranawardsdanceSep-tember1atth enewPalomarball-room.Prizestobeawardedwilli ncludeaperpetualtroph ydonatedbyDr.MortonKimuraofSanJoseandach ampi onsh i ptroph ydonatedbyth eNi ch i Bei TimesofSanFran-ci sco.

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Th reeNisei GIsWillBringCanadianBridesIntoU.S.WINNIPEG, Man.— PresidentTruman'saction i n si gni ng th eamendmenttoth eGIBridesAct,passedrecentlybyth eUni tedStat-esCongresstopermitth eentryof"raciallyi nadmi ssi ble"wivesofAmericanservicemen,i sa h appyeventforth reeNisei couples i nCanada,th eNewCanadianfeport-edth i sweek .Th ree JapaneseAmericanGls

h ave marriedCanadian girlsofJapaneseancestrybuth avebeenunabletotak eth ei rwi vestoh omesi nth eUni tedStates.Allweremar-ried i nCanada i n1946.Becauseofth ebanex-SergeantRobertKitaj i maofAlameda,Calif.,wasunabletolive i nth eUni tedStateswith h i swife,th eformerMollyEntaofWinni peg,andmov-edtoWindsor,Ont.,fromwh ereh eh asbeencommutingtoh i s j ob i nDetroit. .Ex-SergeantFrank MasaoKawa-goe ofLos Angeles,Calif., h as

beenlivi ngwi th th efamilyofh i swife,th eformerEdith Nish i k awaofVancouver,i nWestwold,B.C.Li eut.Mak otoKimura,nowonoccupationdutyi nJapan,wasabletogetpermissi onforh i swife,th eformerSei k oInamotoofVancou-ver,B.C,tojoi nh i m i nTok yobutwouldnoth avebeenabletoreturnwith h ertoth eUnitedStatesh adth eGIBridesactamendmentnotbeenpassed.Privatebillsh adbeeni ntroducedforth e-th reecouplesi nCongressth rough th eeffortsofth e JACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommitteebutactiononth especiallegislationwasdroppedwh enth eGIBridesActwasamended.

Ch i cagoJACLWillHoldOutingatTremontSandDunesCHICAGO,111.— TremontSand

Dunes i nIndiana,oncoolLak eMich i gan,wi llbeth elocaleforth eAugustoutingofth eCh i cagoch ap-terofJA'CLonSunday,August17,YoFuruta,socialch ai rman,an-nouncedth i sweek .Ach arteredbuswillbeavailableforth osewh oneedtransportation,sh esaid.AccordingtoMissFuruta,th erei ssti llspaceforafewaddi-ti onalbusreservationsat$1.75perperson,roundtrip. Th e bus i ssch eduledtoleaveClark andDivi -sionat8:00a.m.,Mich i ganandVanBurenat8:30andSouth Park -wayat43rdJjtreetat9:15prompt-ly-Th osedrivi ngdownsh ouldtak eth eSouth Sh oreDrive,Route41,turning-leftonRoute 12atth ej uncti ononth eoutsk i rtsofWh i t-i ng.Th egroupwillmeetatth ebeach h ouseatth epark i nglotat10:30a.m."Let'smak eth i safamilyaf-fair,"said Furuta."Bringyourk i ds,yourfolk sand yourownlunch es." ReservationsmaybemadebycallingFRAnk li n8840.

UCLToSponsorBowlingTourneyAndDinnerDanceSAN JOSE,Calif.-Th eUnitedCiti zensLeaguewillconclude i tssummerbowlingleaguewith atwo-dayopenNisei bowlingtournamentth i sweek endandadinner-danceatth eHotelDeAnzaonSunday,

August10,at8p.m.Winnersofteam andi ndi vi dual

h onorsforth eleagueandth etour-namentwi llbemadeduringth edinnerbyTerrySentach i ,ch ai r-man.ReservationsmustbemadebyFriday,August8,atClark 'sbarbersh op,Ballard6622.Th epublici si nvi tedtoattend.Ph i lMatsumura,executivesecre-taryofth eUni tedCiti zensLeagueofth eJACL,saidth at16fi ve-manteams,35 doublesand62singledentriesalreadyh adbeenreceivedforth etournament.Team entries i ncludetwofromSacramento,twofrom Oak land,onefrom th eEastBayareaandoneeach fromLodi,Stock ton,Mon-terey,SanFranciscoandLosAn-geles,i nadditi ontosixteamsfromth eUnitedCiti zensLeaguebowl-i ngloop.

HousingCaseRulingFavorsNiseiPropertyOwnersSeekToEvictUtsumisonCovenantClaimOAKLAND,Calif.—Afavorableprelimi naryruling on beh alfofMr.andMrs.Willi am Utsumi wash andeddownbyth eSuperiorCourtofAlamedacounty i nth e casewh i ch i nvolvedth eattempttoevictth e Utsumisfrom th ei rh omeat641 62nd St.,Oak land,onth egroundth atth epropertywascov-ered by a restricti ve covenantbarringoccupancybypersonsnotofCaucasianancestry.RussellL.VonbergandJuanitaVonberg,neigh borsofth eUtsumis,h adfi ledsuittooustth eJapaneseAmericansfrom th ei rnewly-pur-ch asedh ome.Th eUtsumis,repre-sentedby AttorneyTh omas B.Rich ardsonofOak land,filedade-murrerwh i ch wasarguedorallybeforeJudgeFrank M.Ogden.Asaresultofth ecourt'sdeci-

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JapaneseAmericanOfficersAssignedtoReactivated442ndInfantryRegimentMajorFuk udaGivenCommandofRevived100th BattalionHONOLULU — AmericanwarveteransofJapaneseancestryareamongth eofficersassignedtoth e442nd InfantryRegimentwh i chwasreactivatedatFort,Sh afteronJuly31.Th e442nd,wh i ch fough ti nItalyandFranceasth eJapaneseAmer-i canCombatTeam with enlistedpersonnelconsisti ngofAmericansofJapaneseancestryfromHawai iandth emai nland UnitedStates,willbecommandedbyLieut.Col.HarryG.Albrigh t.MajorHenryKawano h asbeen

namedexecutiveofficerforth ere-activated442ndRegiment.Th e 100th InfantryBattalion,wh i ch alsowasreactivatedasth efi rstbattalionofth enew 442nd,willbe under,sh e commandofMajor Mitsuyosh i Fuk uda wh ocommanded th euniti n th efi nalcampaigni nItaly.MajorFuk udawasth eonlyfieldofficerofJapa-neseancestryi nEurope.Oth erofficersofth e442ndReg-i mentareCapt.Jack K.Dunn,S-l;Capt.Ralph Yempuk u,S-28;Capt.BertNish i mura,S-3;Capt.Hon.C.Ch ee,S-4;Capt.GeorgeE.Goss,companycommander;Lieut.KaoruAk amatsu,gasofficer;Lieut.Ken-neth E.Y.Ch i ng,liai son;Lieut.Rich ardB.Morse,platoonleader;andLieut.Willi am M.Borth wi ck ,assistantS-3.Oth erofficersofth e100th bat-talionareLieut.ConradC.Tsuk a-yama,Lieut.Dick N.Hirano,Lieut.Tak ei ch i Miyash i roandLieut.Te-sh i mi Sodetani.Itwasstatedth atth e442ndReg-i mentandth e100th battalionwereselectedbecauseofth ei rcombatrecordtobecometh efi rstreserveunitstobeactivatedi nHawai i .Itwasstatedth atth e442ndand

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organizati on,affili atedwiSCivi lRigh tsCongress,wasffllastyearwh enasmallgrgflpropertyowners i naWestLoßgelesdistri ctsough ttoftflJapaneseAmericanfamilyolth ei rh ome(inth egroundtlrestricti vecovenantwasinfoHth edi stri ct.Th reatenedcoufltionwasdropped,Mrs.Tiflsaid,underorganizedcomiflpressure.Headquartersofth eEdulforDemocracyclubareatHWellesleyAve.

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