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PACIFIC CITIZEN . ; no. H SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1945 Prce: Seven Cents Four Wounded Veterans Gve 442nd's Contrbuton to FDR Meoral to Presdent Truan " Money Rased n Italy By Voluntary Donatons Fro Nse Solders WASHINGTON - Te su of $4300,rased between battles n Italy by en of te442 nd (Japa- nese A ercan) Oobat Tea, was presented byfour Nse war veterans to PresdentTruan n te W te Houseon Sept.10for use toward te erectonof a e- oral to telate Presdent Fran- ln D. Roosevelt. Te four Japanese Aercan veterans wo ade tepresenta- ton nacereonyat te W te House were Pfc. JesseHrata, 26, of Honoaunau,T. H., olderof te Dstngused Servce Cross for extraordnary .eros nItaly; Sgt. Yec Kuwayaa, 25,Long Island, N. ~ older of te Slver Star;Pfc. Teru Kato,20,of Honolulu, wo lost s rgt leg nteItalan ca pagn; and, Pfc. George Tsu oto, 25,of Tracy, Calf., wo waswounded n Italy. Te presentatonby te Nse solderswas ade n bealfof te442 ndCobat Tea wc s stll n te Medterraneanteater of operatons. Tefour veteranswere acco- panedby Interor Secretary Ices, WRADrectorDllonS. Myer and Earl M. Fnc of Hattesburg, Mss. Sgt. Kuwaya a, spoes an for tegroup, toldPresdent Truan te oneywas contrbuted spon- taneouslyn eoryof Presdent Roosevelt's deal tat "Aercan- s s not a atter of ancestry but of te nd and eart." Te solders ased Presdent Truan to usete oney any way e sees ft nco eoratonof Aerca'slate war presdent. Evacuee Fales Fnd Hoes n Rc ond Unts RICHMOND, Calf. Ten fales of Japanese ancestry, I wt en n te servce, loved nto unts of te Rc- e Housng Autorty on Sflt. 8. ... flefales wereplaced n Bousng Autorty dwellngs M Wall Avenue and1 Sout 18t Street Tey were oved to Rc ond by teWar Reloca- ton Autorty and te Federal pTblc Housng" Autortyfol- lowngter returnfro a war relocaton center. Two Evacuees Fro Poston De n Wrec Two Nse Solders AongTose Inured InSanta Fe Cras POSTON, Arz.—Two en of Japanese ancestry lled n atran wßc at Arcada, Calf., on Sept. t, ve* fro teColorado Rver relocaton center, t wasreported ere. 'Several Japanese Aercans" were nured ntecras of te (stbound Santa Fe lted, ac- cordngtoateletype essageto Postal fro te LosAngles WRA. IV dead were Nobuo Itano and Ye Yasuto of 27-6-C and11- U-A Poston, bot pre-evacua- on resdentsof LaHabra, Calf. Itano wasreturnngto te center lter avng ade ousng ar- aents for s faly. Aongtosenured n te tran undent were Tec. Sgt. Jaes S. Yodnobu, 47-yearoldNse yet- na of te nvasonofIwo Ja wosuffered nor laceratons ud aspraned anle; Pvt. Dc Kna, wose falyresdes at 19+A, Poston, wo was treated for nornures; and Ka Ya- aa" wosuffered, nqr. ead ud stoac bruses. See to Extradte Toyo Rose for Tral LOS ANGELES U. S. At- torney Carles H.Carr sad on Sept,13 e wouldsee extradton >f 'ToyoRose" to try ernLos weles on a carge of treason. w Togur, wo s beleved to we been one ofte "Toyo wes" on RadoToyo,sbelev- »to ave been born n Los %!es n 1916. MessHall Reported Destroyed by Fre NEWELL, Calf.—A ess all servngevacueesof Japanesea- cestry at te Tule Lae center-was destroyedby fre of unnown or- gn on- Sept.11. Proptacton by te centers fre departent prevented te blaze fro spreadng to oter buldngs. Frst NseWAC Assgnedto Duty In Pacfc Area HONOLULU, T.H.—Pvt. Rut Fu, frst of Hawa's 59 WACs to return oe after copletng er tranngnteUntedStates, s nowen route to "forward areas" ntePacfc, serevealed sort- ly after se arrved onan Ary transport planeat Hca Feld onAug. 26. Judge Refuses Nse Woan's Bd for Return of Ctzens p F«ler«I Justce Bals At Grantng Rgts Under Cable Act IteSW?' Ore- ~ Declarng tat Unted Statesgovern S s towen"loyal" and"ds- BtLffV* Japanese an- <S al tete of te West Federal Judge no r nCf last wee tate XTJ 1* to tae te respons- -411,^"""% te loyalty Ct>, "'ng Aercan-bon Jap- l?aftH 1B aPPlyn R for te re- Jud M clbMnsp n scourt. nude'TL.^*'? stateent was Kb ofW ad dened «epe- *" rtt" 3"1? Helen Tates, ■*! \Z*t n of Japanese an- wfcv* c Mnd <>a reloca- T«f rS"Tates, born n «rt«L^v apanese Parents, lost 1928by rry- ng an alen. Her petton to regan er-ctzens ptnder te Cable Act wasfled nAprl, 1942. Despte test ony fro a car- acter wtness^ Mrs. AdaE. Ewer, Grant g scool teacer as to Mrs. Tates's loyalty, and er pro ptanswers toquestons con- pernngte governent of-ts countryand er loyalty to t, Judge Feedened te petton. Statng tat e woulddo not- ng to readt suc applcants un- tl te governent deterned on apolcy nregard to suc cases, Judge Fee advsed Senor Natur- alzaton Exaner Wortngton Blac al tat e cannot be sats- fed wt te regular exanaton for ctzens p. . Mrs.Tates graduated fro Jefferson g scool n Portland andoperateda grocery store wt ,er usband untl teevacuaton was ordered. Se as two cldren and as never vstedJapan or be- longedtoJapanese socetes, sne nfored te court. Loudest Ceers For 100t Infantry In Hawa Parade HONOLULU, T. H. _ Te loudest ceers n Hawa's tree-day celebraton of vtcory over Japan were for "re- nants" of teorgnal 100 t In- fantry Battalon of Japanese Aercans fro Hawa wo ade ltary story nItaly te Assocated Press reported on Sept. 3. Men of te 100 t Battalon, any of te wounded, wear- ng te "Red Bull"soulder patc of te34t Dvson, were n te lneof arc as ore tan30,000persons, represent- ng everyrace, color andcreed nte d-Pacfc eltng pot, paraded tocelebrateteendng ofte war wc began wt te attac on Pearl Harbor nearly fouryears ago. A ong te arcers were tousandsof Aercans of Jap- anese ancestry. Men of Nse Artllery Unt WnCtatons Tree Solder'sMedals, 19Bronze Stars Gven Men n Cereony DONAUWORTH, Gerany Tree Solder's Medals and 19 Bronze Stars were presentedto enof te522 nd(JapaneseAer- can)Feld ArtlleryBattalon n cereones onAug. 24 on te Groupar strpn Donauwort. Tepresentatons were ade by Col. Jon M. Halton ofte 30t FeldArtlleryGroup. "'SoKlfter's Medals were present- ed to Pfc. ToraoNtta, Pfc.Sun- ro Noura and Pfc. .Robert Yu- taa. Bronze StarMedals gven to Pfc.Sgeru Osro andPfc. To U-yedafor eros n acton. Bronze Stars for ertorous servce were gven to Frst Sgt. Carles la, Cpl.Teruo Anza, T/5 Masato Itoza,T-5 Tadao Nagaaawa, T-5Kennet Oda, T-5 Haruo Murata, T/4 Earl Tanaa, Cpl. Rayond Ns oto, Frst Sgt. Fred No ya, Sgt. Yoso Futa, T/5 Masa C nen, Staff Sgt.Maoru Masuda, Staff Sgt. GeorgeTanaa, Sgt. Fred Os a, T/4Roy Kobayas, T-5 Jon, N- a uraand Sgt. Yuzuru Monta. Frst Leut. Albert E. Bnott, forerlyof te 522 nd, but now wt te 977 t FA, was decorated wt teSlver Star. A letter of co endaton fro Brg.Gen. Ralp C. Tobn, co- andngoffcer of te44t AAA Brgade, toPfc. Taotsu Fuuoa of te552nd's securty polce de- tac ent for Fuuoa's alertness nappreendng Frederc Kops, an escapng Nazart collector, was read durng te cere ony. Cpl. Rcard Ogataand T/5 Yo- s aru Mors a were presented wt XX corps Sw ng Meet certfcates. Ogata won te 100- -eter freestyleand te 100-eter bacstroe at te eet n Mun- c on July6and 7. Mons a placed trd n te 100-eter free- style. HONOLULU NISEI SOLDIER DIES IN OKINAWA CRASH HONOLULU, T. H-Sgt Mas- a Sog, 26, sonof A. andM». Cose on Sog, of 3412-B Paalea St., was lled n a plane cras on Aug. 13 on O nawa, were e ad been servng as an nterpreter S A^TrcL forces, accordngto a War Departent telegra re- cevedby ds faly. Nse Battalon Too Part In Fnal Battles n Gerany Co bat Recordoff Artllery Unt Dsclosed; Was Attaced To Faed U. S. Ary Dvsons DONAUWORTH, Ger any—A ercansoldersof Japanese ancestryof te 552 nd Feld Artllery Battalon partcpated n tefnal decsvebattles of tewar n soutern Ger any, t was dsclosedrecentlyuponpublcatonof te cobat record of teJapanese A ercan Battalon. In tefnal stagesof te war n Ger anyte552 nd was attaced to tefaous 101 st ArborneDvson, te eroesof Bastogne. It was also dsclosed tat a radng partyfro te Japanese A ercan unt captured Maor GeneralSten ayer ofte Ger- anAryon May 3, sortlybe- fore VJE Day. Te 552 nd was actvated at Cap Selby,Mss., nFebruary, 1943, as part ofte Japanese A ercanCobat Tea ,copos- ed ofvolunteersof Japanesean- cestry fro Hawa andte an- land. Te battalon landed at Brnds and Bar n Italy onMay 28,1944, and went ntoacton on June 26 near Suvereto, Italy,n supportofte Second Battalon ofte442 ndInfantry. Untl ter assgn ents n te Italanca pagnwere ternated on Sept. 10,1944,te Japanese A ercan artllery battalonwas attaced at varous tes to te 34t Dvson,te 85t Dvson and te 88t Dvson. Te 552 nd fougt for fve onts n France afterleavng Italy. Te unt went nto acton n teVosges Mountansas part of te36t Dvson'sartllery n support ofte offensve launced by te 442 nd (Japanese Aer- can)Cobat Tea on Oct. 15. Teartllerybattalon was later attaced to te 44t AAA Br- gadewt oter unts of te 442 nd Infantry n Nove ber, 1944, and too postonsnsupport of ade- fensve lne along te Franco- Italanborder. Tebattalon oved out ofte MarteAlpssector on Marc 9, turnng overts ssonof drect support of te 100 t Battalonof te 442 nd Reg entto te 68t AAA Gun Battalon. Separatngfro oter untsof te Japanese A ercan Cobat Tea,te 552 nd oved nto te Saarland vllage ofIpplngenon Marc 12 and wasgven te s- son of renforcng te fres of te 861 st Feld ArtlleryBattal- onofte 63rd(Blood and Fre) Infantry Dvson. It was atNeuelerof tat Battery B of te battaloncap- tured a Geran 150 owtzer and used te pece for frng on ene y postons. In te followng days tebat- talon was attaced successfully to te 45t (T underbrd) Dv- sonand te44t Infantryaste Alleddrve swept nto soutern Ger any. W le occupyng pos- tons near Dosene , te bat- talon was attaced to te 413 t Feld ArtlleryGroup for ove- ent to te 4t Infantry Dvson sector and on Aprl 7 wasplaced n drectsupport ofte 116 t Calvalry Squadron. Attac ent of te unt to te Rodwell Tas Force began on Aprl21. Te battalon oved fro St pfac to Wasseralfngen were onAprl 22 t was placedn drect support of toe 12t Infan- try Dvson.Tebattaloncross- ed te DanubeRver nort of Dl- lengen on Aprl 26 and captured te town of Morelbac on Aprl 30. A large nuber of Frenc prsoners were lberated and ap- prox ately50Gerans were cap- tured. Fro Marc 13 wen teunt frst went ntoacton nGerany untl Aprl 30 tefrer batteres of te Japanese A ercan unt fred15,019rounds. On May 3 te battalonwas detaced fro te 4t Dvson and attaced to te 101 st Ar- borne. A total of98,737 rounds were fred by te battalon n Italy, Franceand Ger any. Placer County Bars Ad to Isse Group Offcal Polcy Set BySupervsors Refuses Help to AlenEvacuees AUBURN, Calf. TePlacer' CountyBoardof Supervsors as adopted anoffcal polcy of refus- ng relef to alens of Japanese an- cestry wo returnto te county fro war relocatonca ps. Tepolcys e bodedn a res- oluton adopted by tesupervsors on Sept.4 wen arequestfor countyad for anunna edelder- ly anof Japaneseancestry was dened. Te request for ad waspresent- ed to te board by Mr& Belle Wl- son,countywelfaredrector, wo sadte case ad been referred to er by teStateDepartent of Welfare to wo tadbeen referred orgnally by teWRA. Teelderly Japanese an ad been e ployed n ranc wor n Placer countyfro 1929untl te Aryordered to evacuate n 1932. Durng s stayn a reloca- ton cap,, t was stated, e as developed a alady wc wll prevent M fro worngdurng te re ander of s lfe. Te supervsors prevouslytwo onts ago turned down a request for ad by a couple ofJapanese ancestry wo returned fro a WRA cap to terranc near Loo s. In tat case, t was stat- ed, te couplesoldter property andleft Placer county. (Auburn waste sceneof te tral of teWatsonandJonson broters last Aprl forte at- tepteddyna tngof tepac- ng ouseonte Suo Do prop- erty. ) , Report "Toyo Rose" Sgns Contract for Hearst Story SAN FRANCISCO—Te Peo- ple'sWorld onSept.11report- ed na Federated Press wre- less dspatc fro Alfred- G. Lare n Yooaa tat "Toyo Rose," Iva Togur, an Aercan- born grl of Japanesedescent, ad sgned a contract wt ; Wlla Randolp Hearst publ- caton for exclusve rgts to er story. Lare, oneof fveU. S.labor edtors now nJapanon atour sponsored by te U. S. ar ed forces, declared tat Mss To- gur ad been pro sed $2,000 fro Hearstnterests for rgts to er story. Tedspatc stated tat Mss Togur's contractwt Hearst was wt te Cosopoltan ag- azneand tatt adbeensgn- ed by a annaed Harry Hrun- dage.

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  • PACIFIC CITIZEN.mm;no.H SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER15,1945 Price:SevenCents

    FourWoundedVeteransGive442nd'sContributi ontoFDRMemorialtoPresidentTruman

    "MoneyRaised i nItalyByVoluntaryDonationsFrom Nisei Soldiers

    WASHINGTON-Th esum of$4300,raisedbetweenbattles i nItalybymenofth e442nd(Japa-nese American) OombatTeam,waspresentedbyfourNisei warveteranstoPresidentTruman i nth eWh i teHouseonSept.10forusetowardth eerectionofamem-orialtoth elatePresidentFrank -linD.Roosevelt.Th e fourJapanese Americanveteranswh omade th epresenta-tion i naceremonyatth eWh i teHousewerePfc.JesseHirata,26,ofHonoaunau,T.H.,h olderofth e Disti ngui sh ed Service Crossforextraordinary.h eroi sm i nItaly;Sgt.Yeich i Kuwayama,25,LongIsland,N.~ h olderofth eSi lverStar;Pfc.Terumi Kato,20,ofHonolulu,wh olosti h i srigh tlegi nth eItaliancampaign;and,Pfc.GeorgeTsuj i moto,25,ofTracy,Calif.,wh owaswoundedi nItaly.Th epresentationbyth eNi seisoldierswas made i nbeh alfofth e442ndCombatTeamwh i ch i ssti lli nth eMediterraneanth eaterofoperations.Th efourveteranswereaccom-

    paniedbyInteriorSecretaryIck es,WRADirectorDillonS.MyerandEarlM. Finch ofHattiesburg,Miss.Sgt.Kuwayama,spok esmanforth egroup,toldPresidentTrumanth emoneywascontributed spon-taneouslyi nmemoryofPresidentRoosevelt'si dealth at"American-i smi snotamatterofancestrybutofth emi ndandh eart."Th esoldiers ask ed PresidentTrumantouseth emoneyanywayh eseesfiti ncommemorationofAmerica'slatewarpresident.

    EvacueeFamili esFindHomesi nRich mondUnitsRICHMOND, Calif.— Tenfamili esofJapaneseancestry,Iwith men i n th e service,loved i ntouni tsofth eRich -i eHousing Auth ori ty onSflit.8. ...fljefamili eswereplaced i nBousing Auth ori ty dwellings

    MWallAvenueand1South 18thStreet Th eyweremovedtoRich mond byth eWarReloca-tionAuth ori tyandth eFederalpTblic Housing"Auth ori tyfol-lowingth ei rreturnfrom awarrelocation center.

    TwoEvacueesFromPostonDie i nWreckTwoNi sei SoldiersAmongTh oseInj uredInSantaFeCrash

    POSTON,Ariz.—Two men ofJapaneseancestryk i lledi natrainwßck atArcadia,Calif.,onSept.t,vei*from th eColoradoRiverrelocationcenter,i twasreportedh ere.'Several Japanese Americans"were i nj ured i nth ecrash ofth e(jstboundSantaFelimi ted, ac-cordingtoateletypemessagetoPostalfromth eLosAnglesWRA.IVdeadwereNobuoItanoandYmej i Yasutomi of27-6-Cand11-U-Am Poston,both pre-evacua-ionresidentsofLaHabra,Calif.Itanowasreturningtoth ecenterliterh avi ngmade h ousi ng ar-mamentsforh i sfami ly.Amongth osei nj uredi nth etrai nundentwereTech .Sgt.JamesS.Yodi i nobu,47-yearoldNisei yet-naofth ei nvasi onofIwoJimawh osuffered minor lacerationsudasprainedank le;Pvt.DickKini k a,wh osefamilyresidesat19+A,Poston,wh owastreatedformi nori nj uri es;andKami Ya-mah a"wh osuffered,minqr.h eadudstomach brui ses.

    Seek toExtraditeTok yoRoseforTrialLOS ANGELES — U.S.At-torneyCh arlesH.Carrsaid onSept,13h ewouldseek extraditi on>f'Tok yoRose"totry h eri nLoswelesonach argeoftreason.wToguri,wh o i s beli evedtowebeen one ofth e "Tok yowes"onRadioTok yo,i sbeli ev-»toh ave been born i n Los%!esi n 1916.

    MessHallReportedDestroyedbyFire

    NEWELL,Calif.—A mess h allservingevacueesofJapaneseah -cestryatth eTuleLak ecenter-wasdestroyedbyfireofunk nownori-ginon-Sept.11.Promptactionbyth e centersfire departmentprevented th eblazefrom spreading to oth erbuildi ngs. ■FirstNisei WACAssignedtoDutyInPacifi cAreaHONOLULU,T.H.—Pvt.RuthFuj i i ,firstofHawai i 's59WACstoreturn h omeaftercompletingh ertraini ngi nth eUnitedStates,i snowenrouteto"forwardareas"i nth ePacifi c,sh erevealedsh ort-lyaftersh earrivedonanArmytransportplaneatHick am FieldonAug.26.

    JudgeRefusesNisei Woman'sBidforReturnofCiti zensh i pF«ler«IJusticeBalk sAtGrantingRigh tsUnderCableAct

    IteSW?'Ore-~Declaringtat UnitedStatesgovern

    Ssh towen"loyal"and"dis-BtLffiV*Japanese an-

  • NotedU.S.Publish erSaysJapaneseAmericansFacedDoubleHazardi nPacifi cDESMOINES,la.—AmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestry

    i nPacifi careas"frequentlyweresh otbyoth erAmericantroopswh omi stook th em forenemies,"Joh nCowles,vicepresidentofth eDcsMoinesRegisterandTribuneandpublish erofth eMin-neapolisStar-JournalandTribune,declared i naspecialarticleh erelastweek upon h i sreturnfrom atourofAmericanbasesandi nstallations i nth ePacifi c.

    Cowlescitedan i nci dentonOk i nawa i nwh i ch h e"sai dtwoNisei soldierswerek i lled."Amongth ebravestmen i nth eAmericanArmyseemedtometobe th e Nisei ,th ose unfortunateindi vi dualsborn i n th e UnitedStates ofJapanese parents,againstwh om afewofourciti -zensh ave sh ownsomuch i gnor-antprejudi ce,"Cowlessaid."Th eNi sei regularlyvolunteer-

    edforth emostdangerousmis-si ons.Frequentlyth eyweresh otby oth erAmerican troops wh omi stook th em forenemies."OnedayonOk i nawa,forex-

    ample two AmericanNisei h adth eassignmentofbringi ng backtoth eprisoncamp 30Japswh omth eyh adroundedup i nth e j ungleandpersuadedtosurrender.Allth e Americanforces i nth atvi-cini ty h ad been cautionedastowh atwas h appening.Accidental-ly,h owever,alaborbattalionth ath adnotbeennotifi eddrovedowna road j ustas th e two Niseiemerged from th e j ungle withth ei rcaptiveand k i lledall,Niseiandenemyali k e."

    CANADIANISSEISERVESFIVEYEARSINEUROPEANWARCALGARY,Alta.—A JapaneseCanadiansergeant,veteranoffiveyearsofactiveservicei nth eCan-adi anArmy,duringwh i ch ti meh efough twith Canadian uni ts i nEurope,wasborni nJapanbut,h i sspeech andth ough tsareth oseofa'Canadian-bornciti zenofJapa-neseancestry.Sgt.WalterSenmatsu Nish i -

    k awareturnedrecentlyfromItalyandFrance.Now i n h i slatefor-ties,Sgt.Nish i k awacametoCan-adawh enh ewasquiteyoungandh asli ved i nth eprairi eprovincesformostofth etime,findi ngworki nWinnepegandlaterat Banff.Beforeh eenlistedi nEdmontoni n3939,h e h elda j obas h eadbellboyatCalgary'sHotelPalliser.Sgt.Nish i k awawentoverseasi nDec.1939,j ustafew month safterth estartofth ewari nEur-ope,andreturnedonJune9,1945.

    Mili taryPoliceDetach mentsWith drawnfrom Centers9th ServiceCommandEndsControlofEvacueeGroup

    FORTDOUGLAS, Utah —Mi li -tarycontrolofcivi li ansi nwarre-locationcentersfor persons ofJapaneseancestryi n th eNinthServiceCommand endedatmid-nigh tonSept.4,Armyh eadquar-tersannouncedlastweek .Th esi multaneousproclamations

    i ssuedbyMaj.Gen.HC.Pratt,commanderofth e Western De-fenseCommand,andSecretaryofWarStimsononSept.3removedallmili tarycurbsonpersonsofJapaneseancestry.Underspecial,wartime regula-tionsmili tarypoliceh adbeensta-tionedateach ofth ewar'reloca-ti oncenterstocontrolegressandi ngressofcivi li ansresidi ngi nth eWRAcamps.Membersofmili tarypoliceun-i tswh i ch h avebeenassigned to

    warrelocationcampswillbereas-signedtonewduties,accordingtoNinth ServiceCommandh eadquar-ters.Th eproclamationsbyGen.PrattandSecretary Stimson removedallmili tarycontrols i mposed oncivi li ansofJapaneseancestryasaresultofth eevacuationandex-clusionprogram.Th efi rstresultofth eproclamationswasth eabol-i sh mentofmili tarypoliceguardsatth erelocationcenters.

    TopazFamili esRaiseJACLFundTh esum of$1,006.96 h asbeen

    raisedby571famili esatth eCen-tralUtah warrelocationcenteratTopaztosupportth eactivi ti esandprogramofnationalh eadquar-tersofth e Japanese AmericanCiti zensLeague,accordingtoanannouncementlastweek byHitoOk ada,nationaltreasurer.

    Nisei SoldierWith U.S.Unit|nJapanSendsImpressions

    Letterfrom Yok oh ama:

    Pn,irr!oll°TB lsth e,fir»tr̂orttobereceivedby th eUh h lh C"C't;uen̂f!:Om anAmerirth eU"itS

    Nisei AwardedSilverStar

    WITH THEFIFTH ARMY,ITALY—Awardedth eSilverStarMedalforgallantryi naction,Pfc.Masami S.Iwatak i ofNewh ope,California,i sdecoratedbyCol.V.R.Miller,command-i ngofficerofth e442nd(JapaneseAmerican)CombatTeam dur-i ngrecentceremonies i nItaly.—SignalCorpsph otofrom FifthArmy. ■.TuleLak eAdmini strationNotCh angedbyActionofArmyMili taryPoliceNowActingasAgentsofJusticeDepartment

    NEWELL,Calif.—Removal by.th eWesternDefenseCommandofmili taryrestricti ons,with th emili -tarypoliceatth eTuleLak e cen-ternow actingonly as specialagentsofth eDepartmentofJust-i le/fordetentionofpersonsdesig-natedbyth eJusticeDepartmentdoesnotch angeth e admini stra-ti onofth ecenterbyth eWarRe-locationAuth ori ty,Harry Black ,actingprojectdirector,declaredth i sweek .Black sai dth atth erescindi ngofmili taryexcludeeandsegregeeorderswillenableWRAtoassistmanymorepeopletowardresettle-ment."Wh i leth eDepartmentofJust-

    i cenow i sth esoleauth ori tyfordeterminati onofwh omaynotatth i sti meleaveth ecenter,TuleLak eremainsaWRAcenter,ad-mi ni steredsolelybyth eWRA,"Black sai d.Henotedth atth ere willbe"someminorch angesi nproced-ures,"owingtoth efactth atth eWRA vyilltak eoversomefunc-ti onwh i ch h avebeenperformedi nti h epastbyth eArmy.Black sai dth epresentsystemofpasses and work badgeswi llbecontinued foradmini strativepurposes."Th epassesandbadgesarenowunderth ej uri sdi cti onofth eWRAi nsteadofth eArmy,andWRApersonneli nsteadofArmy per-sonnelnow i sondutyatallofth ecolonygates.

    ReturnedEvacueeFloristsDonateRosesToNavalHospitalMT.EDEN,Calif.—Largesup-

    pliesofrosesfrom th eMt.EdenNursery,operatedbyth eSh i batafamily,gotwiceaweek toth eNavy'sCamp Sh oemak er."Th eNavysendsatruck over,"Mrs.Jinj i roSh i batadeclares,"wearegladtogiveth emflowersbe-causei tmak esth eboysi nth e,h os-pital(h appy.Itmak esus h appy,Th eSh i batash avefoursons i nth eArmy,onesomewh ereonNew

    Guinea.Th eSh i bataswereevacuatedtoTi i leLak e i n1942andrelocatedto

    Ch i cago.Th eyreturnedtoMountk densh ortlyafterth erevocation■ofth emassexclusionorderslastDecember.

    EvacueeFamili esHousedatRentonSEATTLE-TwelveJapaneseAmericanfamili esrecentlyfoundh ousi ngaceomodationsi nth eRen-ton High lands Federal publich ousi ngproject,th eSeattleWRAofficereportedonSept.11Amongth efi rstevacuee"fami-listomovei ntoth eh ousi ngproj-ectwereMr.andMrs.Tak eoMi-yak eandth ei rdaugh ter,Carol18month s old,and th e Ich i k awasyi i ßi i uaIch i k awa'B.h usbandSgt

    CANADIANNISEITROOPSWILLSEEJAPANSERIYICEVANCOUVER,B.C—Th eVan-couverProvincereportedonAug.27th at150CanadiansoldiersofJapaneseancestry,manyofth emfrom th eevacuatedareaofBrit-i sh Columbia,willh elpth eAlliesi nliai sonwork i nth eoccupationofJapan."Asmembers ofth eCanadianIntelligenceCorps,th eywillassisti nth eoccupationofth eJapaneseh omeland,"th eProvincedeclared."Th erecruiti ng h asbeen i neast-ernCanada,andno trouble h asbeenexperiencedi ngettingth ere-quirednumberofrecruits.""Th efirstgroup,twenty-oneformerBriti sh Columbians, wasi nductedatNo.2 Distri ctDepot,Toronto,i nMarch .Th eyweregiv-enph ysi calandmentaltests,andi twasreportedth atth eexaminersweresurprisedatth e h i gh aver-agemadebyth eNi sei i n th ei rmentalscores,"th eProvincecon-cluded.Itwasbelievedth atth e Can-adi anNisei soldierswillbe at-tach edtoBriti sh andAustralianArmyunits,since i twasatth erequestofth osegovernmentsth atth eNisei wererecruitedearlierth i syear.TwogroupsofJapaneseCana-

    dians,alreadyarereportedover-seas.Th efirstgroupis i nIndiawh i leanoth eri si nAustralia.Oneplatoon h asbeenreceivi ngspecial-i zedtraini ngi n Vancouver, th efi rstiCanadiansofJapanesean-cestrytoreturntoth eevacuatedarea.

    CaliforniaFilesEsch eatSuitsForFarm LandsViolationofAlienLâLawCh argedi nLatestCasesi nTulareCourtVISALIA,Calif.-Twomore«.ch eatnutsi i naseriesdesignedseizeforth eStatelandsw&legedlywereacquiredbypeiSofJapaneseancestryi nVSofth eCaliforniaA'i enUndu"werefiled i n SuperiorCourtSept8byDeputyAttorneylneralEverettW.MattoonandDktnctAttorneyWalterC.BafetaTh e sui tsaredirected3.Kich i saburoSh i baandh i sS|th etwoprinci paldefendantsTUBinvolvetworanch es i nth eSevilldi stri ct. "l8Th efi rstranch wasacouinwi JTok utaroKawamuraan7Mi n November,1925,and th ettstilli si nth enameofth eKaramuraswh oareUnitedStatescitizens.Th eoth erwaspurch ased i .September,1940,by"a?̂from Ki k uo Matsuniotoandtitlwasvestedi n th e Sh i bas'„.Willi am Sh i ba,aciti zenTh eStateallegesth atth ougfcth eti tlesarei nth enamesof£.wamuraandWilli am Sh i ba tine'derSh i bas,wh oarealiens,arflth eactualownersandpossessors*Byth asui tsth eStateseek stilobtainti tletoth elands,todisposflsessth eSh i basandtoforceth enfltomak eanaccountingofallcropfltak enfrom th etworanch esTh JKawamurasandWilli am Sh i baailmadeco-defendants i none suitlwh i leWilli am Sh i baand C.flReaganandMr.andMrs.DaviflHoferarenamedco-defendantsi 9th eoth ersuitbecauseofatnislfldeedexecutedbyth e Sh i bas

  • LargestGroupOfEvacueesBack i nTulareINeW Arrival*MetByFriends,RelaUves,S.y,WRA Officer

    tta flili f—Eigh ty-th reel̂'largestsingle'oontin-■r&eestoreturntoth efernMareC(>untyal|a>tarfiKjbvspecialtrainonSept.6j gglocationcenteratPos-f̂th anascoreofth epersonsIHfZipwereformerresi-X;fVisali a,wh i leasimi larfcrfomeSresided i nLind-Keremainderwereannounc-■?.beingfrom scatteredpartsf£.county,i ncluding Dmuba.Ef(Kr,Woodlak eandIvan-■mnrth em Tu'.are h asbeen th e■irf̂ti vi ti esforth eIvan-PCiti zensAssociati on,ananti-WLm grouporganizedtopre-Sth ereturnofpersonsofJapa-E!ancestrytoTulareCounty.)llbertM Cullum, h eadofth eKTofficeatVisali a,saidmostXtienewarrivalsweremetbyWLLorrelativeswh oprovidedC,with livi ng (luarters,butIZ«rebeingcaredfori nth eEnlist Gl»urch wh i ch h asbeenEverted i ntoa temporaryh os-■Someofth ereturnees,CullumLexpecttoreturntoth eei rInfarms,wh i ch th eyrelinqui sh -Ewh en th ey were evacuated,Kileoth ersplantofindtempor-fcemploymentasfarm laborers.Xortwoofth egroupwere i nKnessbeforebeingevacuated.■Mr,Cullum estimated th atsoHi about400evacuees ofJapa-Keancestryh ave i -eturnedtoh i sKrictwh i ch i ncludesKern,Tv-X,Kings,Inyo MonoandAl-

    UNKNOWNEvacuee Famili esGgetCaliforniaState

    UNKNOWNDaringJulySACRAMENTO—Th eStateDe-rtmentofSocialWelfare re-ttedonAug.27th at44fami-lofJapaneseancestry,return-evacuaesfrom warre'ocationtas,h adreceivedresettlementistance i nJuly.i noffici alofth eStatewelfarepuizati oncommentedth atth eimberrequestingassistanceh asIbeennearlyasgreatas.h adnexpected.

    UNKNOWNNiseiUNKNOWNElectCouncil

    UNKNOWNComingPicni c

    IStGTON,D. C.— Th enNisei willelectfi ve

    'orth eCouncilforth etoatapicni conSept.cnic,towh i ch th eIsseii muni tyarei nvi ted,will;St. Paul's EpiscopalrapoundsonRock Creek

    faactivi ti eswillstartsoftballgamebetweenteams,h orsesh oepitch -pong,croquet,andoth ert«rsupper,th erewillbewth ebusi nessmeeting,1-befollowedbyatalkming'sspeak er,■menforth epicni carewaandTom Sato.Gom-mberei ncludeTosh Koi-ttmane,AnneKurimoto,sunobu,Ray Hash i tani ,Tak esh i ta,RoyToda,Al-»">to,Tad Sunoh ara,!̂i ,Sach i ye Nish i o,■»,BobIk i ,JoyTak e:MyMenda,Fumi Tak a-utaSek i ,Bob Sato,Tos-JYuk i Tanak a, Yosh ira2rwa'Sumi Haj i >

    UNKNOWNPartici pateUNKNOWNInterracialMeet

    ■nuS (f"Constructive«it?m,oô BetweenbetZ.matarecentlleet-"Cri Negroesand Japa-*w&fttPilgri m House-entatua-apost-graduate»temnn,,a?iVard Univeraity

    servedtL "*Middleton,

    DanceTimeforNisei GIs

    (Above)—Look i ngdownonagroupofNisei GlsandWash -i ngton h ostessesatth eregularSaturdayeveningdancegivenatth eWash i ngtonNisei USO.Th i sclub,calledth e"Ni sei USO,"i sanoffici almemberofth eWash i ngtonDistri ctUSO.(Lower)—Agroupatth eUSOpartypick soutrecordsto,be

    playedforth eevening'sdances.Th eyare(lefttorigh t)pfc.PaulY.HosodaofIdah o,PurpleHeartveteranofth eETO;MaryOgawa,Lava,Idah o,anemployeeofth eWarDepartment;Fuk i Sek i ,Seattle.Wash .,anemployeeofUNRRA;Yuk i yeTanak a,Livi ngston,Calif.,anemployeeofth eUSDA;and,Cpl.Jack K.Furuya,LosAngeles,ofth eMobileIntelligenceTrain-i ngUnit.Allth reeofth egirlsareUSO j uni orh ostesses.

    Nisei USOServesSoldiersVisi ti ng i nNation'sCapitalWASHINGTON, I>. C—Wash -i ngton'sNisei USO continuestopack th em i n every Saturdaynigh t,V-JDayornot.Goodmusic,tastyrefresh mentsandwh olesomefellowsh i pprovidedbyNisei andCaucasianJunior Hostesses areth ereasonswh y.Iti sestimatedth atsince i tsoffici alorganiza-tionmoreth aneigh tmonth sago,th elocalUSO h as entertainedmoreth an6,000Gl'sandcivi li ansfrom allpointsi nth eU.S.andHawai i .Back i nth eearlydaysofth ewar,wh enth e 100th Battalionwentacrossandth e 442nd fol-lowed,h urry-uppartieswerear-rangedforth eboysbylocalNi-sei i ncooperationwi th membersofth eWash i ngtonCiti zensCom-mi tteeandlaterbyth elocalNi-sei Council.However,asth eearlytrick leofreplacements for th e442ndswelledi ntoafloodtidewithth erisi ng tempoofth ewar,th enumberofNisei Gl's awaiti ngsh i ppi ngoutordersatth eArmyGroundForcesReplacementDepotatnearbyPortMeadctotaledasmuch as2,500ati tspeak .Fromboth afunctionalandfin-ancialstandpoint,th esteady i n-fluxofNisei replacementsbecametoomuch forth eCounciltoh andle.Andi twasatth i spointth atMrs.Willi amKerrandth eRev.NelsonSoWegelofth eCiti zens'Commit;teetog-eth erwith th elocalNiseiCouncil.securedth esupportandsponsorsh i pofth eDistri ctofCo-lumbiaUSO,wh i ch was h eadedatth attimebyMiss MabelCook ,nowexecutivedi rectorofth eDi st-rictYWCA.Arrangements v-eremadetoplaceallactivi ti esforNi-sei servicemenunderth edirectionofth eYWOAUSO Club,biggestuniti nth eDistri ctand pioneerclubi nth i sarea.MissGretch enFei k er, YWCA

    USO Director,and Miss HeleneJoh nson,assistant,k eepth e Vi>u

    goingatasteadypaceeach Sat-urdaynigh tatSt.Joh n'sParishHall,"816Kith StreetNW,oneblock from th eWh i teHouse.Th eNi sei HostessPlanningCommitteeconsistsofCh ai rmanKenk o No-gak i ,Secretary-TreasurerYuk i yeTanak a,andYvonneNoguch i ,Fu-k i Sek i ,andSaah i yeNi sh i o.Th eyareassistedby30 Ni sei JuniorHostesses,.allofwh om h avetak enth eregulartraini ng course re-quiredofUSO h ostesses.A variedprogram ofactivi ti es

    h asbeenconducted i nth e past,i ncludingpicni cs,buffetsuppers,andspecialpartynigh ts.Th eendof.h osti li ti esi nEurope

    and i nth ePacifi cliasmadeonlyasligh tdenti nth eattendanceatth esocials,for th ere are stillmanyNisei i nspecialservicessta-tioned|.tWarrenton and CampLee i nVi rgi ni a,CampRitch i e i nMaryland,andBoeingFieldandth ePentagoni nth eDistri ct,pluswoundedveterans from VValterReed.HospitalandWoodrowWil-sonHospitali nVi rgi ni a.

    Ch i cagoJACLWillSponsorDiscussionOnResettlementGHIdAGO—Th eCh i cagoJACL

    ch apterwillsponsorapanel̂di s-cussionon"Oh i cagoorCaWorniaonFridaynigh t,Sept. 21,at8pm i nth eBlue Room of th eHydePark YMCA,1400East53rdStrictMembersofth epanelwi ll i n-

    cludeTogoTanak a,Joh nBrenton,

    MrsD Kitow,Th omas MasudaandDrT.T.Yatabe.DrErnestTnk ah ash i willactasmoderator

    S£.̂rvs1asand i nth eMidwest.

    VFW Posti nSpok aneRejectsSgt.Koyama,WoundedVeteranOfPacifi cWarAgainstJapan

    VFWOffici alsSay"SmallMinori ty"Responsible;Applicati onsofRejectedJapaneseAmericansAcceptedbyMili taryOrderofPurpleHeart

    SPOKANE,Wash .—StaffSgt.SpadyKoyama,awoundedveteranofth ePacifi cwar,wasdeniedmembersh i pbyVeter-ansofForeignWarspostNo.51onSept.5.Th eSpok aneVFWpostpreviouslyh adrejectedth eapplicati onsoftwooth erJapa-neseAmericans,Pfc.Rich ardNaitoandPfc.Th omasImai,ongroundsofancestry.Th eVeteransCommitteeforEqualRigh ts,organizedby

    458combatveteransat-BaxterGeneralHospitali nSpok anetoprotestth erejecti onofPfc.Naito'"andPfc.Imai,i ndi catedth atth erejecti on ofth e th ree JapaneseAmericanswasth eresultofth eoppositi onofa smallminori tywith i nth eVFW post.(AccordingtoVFW rulesanapplicati onmaybe rejected i fth ere are th reeblack balls.)Simultaneously,i twasannounc-

    ed th atSgt.Koyama andPfc.Naitoh adbeenelectedtoth eSpo-k anech apterofth eMili taryOr-derofth ePurpleHeart. Com-manderJack L.Hamillofth ePur-pleHeartgroupsaidth atmem-bersofPostNo.208votedunan-i mouslytoacceptth etwoJapa-neseAmericanveterans.(Itwasalsoreportedth atmanymembersofth eSpok aneVFW postwh i chrejectedth eth reeNi sei alsoaremembersofth ePurpleHeartor-der.)SgtKoyama,anativeofeasternWash i ngton, i s a graduate ofLewisandClark h i gh sch ooli nSpok ane.Heservedwith GeneralMacArth ur'sh eadquartersi nAus-traliaand laterwasondetach edservicewith th eSi xth ArmyinNewGuineaandth eDutch EastIndies. ,He waswoundedduringlandingoperationsonLeytebyapieceofsh rapnelfroma500-poundbombdroppedbyanenemydive-bomber.HeandPfc.Naito,wh owasseriouslywounded i nItaly,arepatientsatBaxterh ospi tal.Applicati onformembersh i pi n

    PostNo.51,VFW,wasmadeonSept.1bySgt.KoyamaandSgt.EugeneNationofSanFrancisco,aveteranofNorth AfricaandItaly."Weweretoldth atourappli-

    cationswouldbeactedonatth emeetingofth eposttobeh eldth efollowing Wednesday," Nationsaid."OnTh ursdayIcalledth eofficeofPost51toask i factionh adbeentak en.Iwastoldth atmyapplicati onh adbeenapproved,butnoreportcouldbe given onSgt.Koyama's.""Wh ysh ouldVFW Post51sh owprejudi ceagainstoneofmycom-rades-in-arms?"Sgt.Nationask -ed."Weboth fough tth esamefigh tagainstprejudi ceanddiscri mi na-ti on."

    NewsofSgtKoyama'srejecti onbyPost51 spreadrapidlyamongh i sfellowpatientsandsoldiersatmili taryposts i n th e Spok anearea.EdwardSalsioh ,ch ai rman,ofth e

    Veterans CommitteeforEqualRigh ts wh i ch now h as membersamong-servicemenatoth ermili -tary i nstallationsbeside Baxterh ospi tal,declared:"Iti sourviewth atth eadmis-si onbyunanimousvoteofDickNai toandSpadyKoyama,twofineAmericansoldiers,i ntoth eOrderofth ePurpleHeart,emph asi zesagain th e undemocratic positi ontak enbyafew membersofth eVFW PostNo.51 i nconsistentlyblack ballingapplicantsofJapa-nese ancestrywh o h ave servedth ei rcountry."HaroldR.Sch org, senior vi cecommanderofth e Purple Heartch apter,declared:"Weadmitted th ese Japanese

    Americanstomembersh i pwith outadissentingvote.Menwoundedi nactiononth ebattlefieldh aveadeepfeelingofcomradesh i pforallmenwh o,li k e th emselves, h avesh edbloodforAmerica.Th i sfeel-i ngi saboveraceorcreedorcolor.We'reallAmericans,andweallfough tforth esameth i ngs."Salsich explainedth atth eViCERwassetupbypresentandformermembersofth earmedforcestocombaatandexposecasesofdis-cri mi nati onandprejudi cebecauseof"race,color,creedorextrac-tion i nvolvingpresentorformermembersofth earmedforcesandth emerch antmarine."Lastweek th eVi CER forward-edaletterofprotesttoSecretaryofWarStimsonagainstth ebeat-i ngofth reeNegro WAOs bywh i tepolicemen i nKentuck y.Offici alsofth eVFW posth avestatedth atonlyasmallminori tycastth e negativevotesagainstPfc.NaitoandPfc.Imai andth atth emembersh i pasawh olewasfreefrom prejudi ce.JeanBrun-ner,nationalcommanderofth eVFW,h asapologizedtoth eJapa-neseAmericansforth e"stupid-i ty"ofth eSpok anepost.

    "Nisei "GirlTellsExperiencesOfWartimeExistencei nJapanCHICAGO—Th e wartimeexpe-

    ri ences i nTok yoofa"Nisei "girli stold i naSept.6reportfromTok yobyGeorgeWellerofth eCh i cago Daily News ForeignService.Th e girl,accordingtoWeller,wasaNisei "th eoth erway"—th ati s,agirl,young,prettyandpro-nouncedly"American"i nappear-ance,yetofpartlyJapaneseblood.Th egirl'smoth erwasaCinci n-nati womanwh o h admarriedaJapanesenationalwh o h adcometoth eUni tedStatestostudy.Sh ecametoJapanwith i h erh usbandandsoonfoundth atNipponwasnotalandofch erryblossomsanddollsbutofpolicei nvestigati ons■and Spartanlivi ng.Th e moth erli adseparatedfroim h erh usbandand h adearnedalivi ngforh er-selfand h ertwodaugh tetrsbywork i ng i nanAmericanoi lcom-panyofficebeforePearlHarbor."EverytimeB-29s cameover,moth erusedtosay.'Wh ydon'tyou h urryupandrescueus.'Itseemedsoterriblylong,"th egirltoldreporters.Sh e h ad been approach edby

    newspapermenassh estoodonanelevated trainplatform i n th eGi nzadistri ctofdowntownTok yobecausesh elook ed"American.""Noth i ngaboutth egirlonth e

    elevated platform wasJapaneseexceptatracei nth ecornersofh ereyesandflash i ngwh i teteeth .Heraccent,..h erfrank ness, h erquick laugh terwereallAmeri-can,"Wellerreported."Butalmosteveryoth ersentencesh espok eh adword'police'i ni t."Before th e correspondents

    spok eto h er,both sh e andth eyweresimplymembersofacrowd,with outbeingparticularobjectsofattention.Th e momentth eyap-proach ed h er,agawk i ngand"h otparticularlyfriendly crowd i nrai ny-dayclogsandmili tarycapesgath eredaround."'I'm suresomeonewilTseemetalk i ngwith youandreportme,'

    sh e said.'Th erearealwayssev-eralpolicespiesaround.'"Th egirl-explainedth atsh eh ad

    madeth etripfrom h ersuburban.h ome i nordertogetacopyofth eNipponTimes,Tok yo'sEng-li sh -languagenewspaper." „Th egirltoldWellerth at"forweek s"sh eandmembersofh erfamilyh adbeentoofrigh tenedtogoi ntotowntoseewh atwasi h ap-pendng."Allwedoi swork i ngutgar-

    denandh opeforth eAmericanstocome,"sh esai d."We'vebeenverysh ortofmoneysinceIlostmyj obi naFrench bank ,i nApri l."Sh e sai d th atgovernmentof-fi ci alsh adtri edtogeth ertoworkonTok yoRadioasak i ndofas-sistantto"Tok yoRose.""Iwenttoth estudiooneday,"

    sh ewenton."IsawmanyAmer-i canprisonersdoingbroadcasting.Itseemedasth ough Icould,i fth eydid.Weneededmoneybadly.ButIdecidedIcouldnotdoi tandfeelrigh t. SoIj ustletpoliceth i nk wh ateverth eywantedandstayedh ome."Th ecorrespondentstook h ertoYok oh amaandintroducedh ertoLieut.Gen.RobertJ.Eich elberger,commanderofth eEigh th Armywh oi si nch argeofth eoccupationi nth eTok yoarea.

    L̂j ganto15,1945 PACIFICCITIZEN3

  • EDITORIALS:Wash i ngtonWitch h untItappearsth atpersonsofJapanesean-

    cestry i nth eUni tedStatesarenotth roughwith Congressional i nvestigati onsalth oughi ti snowsomedayssinceV-JDay.Certainmembersofth eformerDiesCommittee,nowunderth ech ai rmansh i pofRep.Wood ofGeorgia,h aveannouoi i £d»̂o th epressth atth eyaregoingtoconductan i nvestigati onof,th e "Black DragonSociety" i n th eUnited̂States.Th epurportedexistenceofanAmer-i canwingofJapan'snotorious terroristi csecretsocietywasoneofth edeadcatstossedbyth eDi esCommitteewh enRep.Dies h i nV-.selfwasatth econtrolsofth eHouse inves-tigati nggroup.Th eDi esCommitteedidnotturnupanyevidenceth atsuch anorganiza-tionactuallyexistedamongpersonsofJapa-neseancestryi nAmericaandth euseofth eBlack DragonSocietysmearmustbeli k enedtoth eperiodi cwitch h untsandRedscaresdreamedupbysuch CongressmenasRep.Rank i nofMissi ssi ppi andRep.J.ParnellTh omasofNew Jersey.Iti snomerecoin-ci denceth atReps.Rank i nandTh omasareth etwogentlemenwh o h avepromisedth eforth comi ng i nvestigati on.Rep.Rank i n, wh ose prejudi ces against

    Negroes,Jews,laborunionsandsocialprog-ressaretoowellk nowntoneedamplifi ca-tion,once i nsertedaletteri nth eCongres-sionalRecordwh i ch ch argedth atoneofth ereasonswh yAmericansofJapaneseancestrywere volunteeringforth e Uni ted StatesArmywasth atth eycouldgetaboardU.S.warsh i ps,wh i lebeingtransportedtoover-seasduty,andcouldth usdestroyth eAmer-i canfleet.Rep.Rank i nwasalsoth eHousesponsorforabillauth ori zi ng th e Sec-retaryofWartoplaceAmericanciti zensofJapaneseancestry i nconcentrationcampsforth ereasonofancestryalone.Rep.Th omasmade h i mselfsomewh atri-

    diculous i nMayof1943wh en h eappearedi nLosAngelestolaunch aDiesCommitteei nvestigati onofJapaneseAmericansandbe-gan i ssui ngstatementsregardingconditi onsi nth ewarrelocationcentersbeforeh eh advi si ted anyofth ecamps.Hech argedatth at,timeth atan i nfantrybattalionofmenofJapaneseancestry,apartofth eImper-i alJapaneseArmy,waslocatedonTerminalIsland i nLosAngelesHarborpriortoth ewar.Th eti messinceth enh aveproventh atRep.Th omas'statementswere made withmalice, i nsupportofth erace-baiti ngcam-paignofth ose WestCoasti nterestswh oh ave unsuccessfullysough ttoexclude th eevacueesfrom th ecoastalareaforth edur-ati onandafter.Th e k i nd oflegislative i nqui si ti on i n

    wh i ch both Reps.Rank i nandTh omasspe-ciali ze i sasortofactivi tywh i ch decentCongressmenwouldnottouch with th epro-verbialten-footpole.

    MenofGood-WillOnereasonth esh amefulandundemocrat-

    i ccampaignofPacifi c Coastanti-evacueegroupsh asfai ledto h altth ereturnofth eevacuees toth ei rh omeareas i sth atth ereh avebeenmen i npubliclife,aswellaspri-vateciti zens,wh owi lli nglyh ave j eopardizedth ei rpositi onsandmaterialbenefitstofigh tforth epreservationofth eAmerican i dealoffairplay.Such aman i sCarlRoch et,co-publish er

    ofth eRenton,Wash .,NewsRecord.Inaneditori ali n h i snewspaperonAug.23Mr.Roch etobservedth ath emaymak eenemiesbytryingtocombatprejudi ceand h emay

    become an objectofscornbyP"£"£th erigh tsofracialmi nori ti es but

    h ewas

    goingtoproclaim th emeritsof500»famh e

    ofJapaneseancestry"turningtoWash i ng

    ton'sKingCounty.Mr.R°ch e*dfI"̂̂th osewh odonowsh owrespecttoth em

    are

    ofth eNazi class andwillbeconsideredpoorciti zensbyth emaj ori tyofth eAmeri-

    canpeople.Itsh ouldberecalled th atMr.Roch et'snewspaperi spublish ed i nth e h omegroundsoftwoofth emostactiveanti-evac-ueeorganizati ons,th eRememberPearlHar-borLeague and th e Japanese ExclusionLeague.Even i nsuch centersofanti-evacueeac-

    tivi tyasKentandAuburn i nWash i ngton,

    th eHoodRi vervalleyandth eGresh am areai nOregonand i nMontereyandSantaBar-baracounties and th elowerSan Joaquinvalley i nCalifornia,manymen h avestoodupagainstprevaili ngcommunitysentimenttopi tth ei rpri nci plesagainstth earmamentofeconomic i nterests.Th ereh avebeenbusi-nessmenwh o h avedaredboycotts,newspa-permenwh oh aveleveledth ei redi tori alba-zook as againstcommunityprejudi ces andmi ni sterswh oh avei nterpretedth ei rCh ri st-i an teach i ngson th epracticalgroundofh umanrelationsh i ps.Th ereh avebeenmanyCarlRoch ets. ■■ ■

    Restricti veCovenants/ Th eenforcementbyStatecourtsofrac-i allyrestricti vecovenants i npropertydeedsh asbeendescribedas"unconstituti onal"byDudleyMcGovney,professoroflawatth eUniversityofCalifornia. Writi ng i n th eCaliforniaLawReview,Prof.McGovneyup-h oldsth eequalityofraces as"arigh tgi ven

    byth e14th Amendmenttoth eCon-sti tuti on.Hiscomment i sespeciallyperti-nentatatimewh enth eoperationofre-stricti vecovenantsi nresidentialareastendstoenforceth esegregationofpersonsnotofCaucasianancestry i ntocongestedurbanareas,creatingLrttle Harlems and Li ttleTok yos."Alth ough manyAmericans i nearlydays

    h adstrongracialprejudi ces i nth ei rprivatesocialrelations,th eydeterminedth ati nth esph ereofStategovernmentalaction th eresh ould be no racialdiscri mi nati on,"Prof.McGovney comments."Undoubtedly,th erearemanyAmericanswh o wouldendorseareactionarymovement.Enforcementofra-cialresidentialrestricti onsbyth ecourtsofadozenStates isnotth eonlyevidenceofth at.But,untilreactiongainsenough ad-h erents toamend th eConstituti on by oneofth eauth ori zedprocesses,th eregimeofracialequalityi n legalrigh ts and Stategovernmentactionremainsth esupremelawofth eland."

    Tok yoRoseAsAlliedforcesbroadenth eoccupation

    ofth eJapanese h omeland some American-born Japanesecollaborationi sts areturningup.Th enumber,sofar,h asnotbeenmany,alth ough "Tok yoRose" h as received con-siderablepublici ty,mainlybecauseth ereh asbeen i ntensei nteresti n h er i denti ty,par-ticularlyamongGls i nth ePacifi c.Alth oughi tseemsth atonlyafewofth eNi sei wh owerecaugh tbyth ewarinJapanappeartoh ave collaborated activelywith th eTok yogovernment,andalth ough th atcollaborationconsistedmainlyofbeingth evariousEng-lish -languagevoicesofRadioTok yoandoth -erJapanesepropagandastations,i ti stoberegrettedth ateventh esefewtook th eeasywayoutand became th e English -speak i ngpawnsofJapaneseFascism.Iti s signi fi cantth atth e reactionary

    Hearstpresswh i ch h asmi ni mi zed th erec-ordsofAmericansofJapaneseancestry i nth eUni tedStatesArmy h as sh ownconsid-erablymore i nteresti nth efewTok yoRosesth an i nth eth ousandsofJapaneseAmeri-cans i nUnitedStatesk h ak i wh owillplayamajorrole i n th e AmericanoccupationAnAmericanlaboreditor,touringoccupiedareas i nJapanasaguestofth eAmericanArmy,h asreportedth at"Tok yoRose"h assigned acontractwith a Hearstpublica-tion togive h erstoryto th e people ofAmericaexclusivelyviaHearst.Ifth estoryi strueand i tsh ouldberecalledth atHearstatone time also publish edsi gned articlesbyth atAxiswarcrimi nal,Mussolini ,Tok yoRosesmaybeutili zedaspartofth eNi sei -bai ti ngprogramofth eHearstpublicati onsSuch aperformancewouldbeconsistentwithth erace-baiti ng role ofth eHearstpressduringth ewar.Atth everyleastth ewh oleaffai rsmack s ofquestionable j ournalisti c

    niseiUSAbyLARRYTAJIRIOfRace,CreedandColorTh eproblemsofAmerica'srac-i alandreligi ousminori ti esarei n-divi si ble. Prejudi ce generatedagainstonegroupoftenaffectoth -ers.Th epatternsofpublicconductwh i ch wereestablish ed i nth ese-gregationofaracial minori tyh averemainedtoaffectoth ers.■Uongth eWestCoastth e re-

    stricti ve residential covenantswh i ch forcemembersofminori tygroupstolive"onth eoth ersi deofth etrack s"affectallnon-Oau-casiangroupsequally.Th eanti-Ori entalism,wh i ch wasdevelopedasapoliti calandecon-omicweaponbyth enativesonsofCaliforniaagainstth eOh i nese i nth elaterdecadesofth eNineteenthcentury,wastransferredforuseagainstth eJapanesei nth eState.Th eviolentanti-Japanese cam-paignsi nth eSanJoaqui i nvalleyi nth epost-waryears followingWorldWarIspilledovertoaffectth eArmeniangroupsas welli nth eFresnoarea.Manyofth eprac-ti cesofracistbeh avi orwh i ch op-erateto i nti mi date members ofminori tygroups were perfectedi nth eDeepSouth againstth eNe-gro.Th epointi sth at i n figh ti ng

    againstdiscri mi natory activi ti esagainstJapanese Americans wemustbeawareth atth evirusofh atemust be attack ed at i tssource.Th erecanbenoeasyfu-tureforth eNi sei i foth erracialminori ti esarenotaccordedsimi -larequalityoftreatment,j ustasth erecannotbeanyrealpeaceforournationi foppressionstilllivessomewh ereonth i s planet.Th erampantcellsofth eFascistcan-cercanagainmultiplyi fth esur-geryisnotcleanandcomplete.Th esuggestion h asbeenmadetousonmanyoccasions,oftenbywell-meaningpersons,th atth eNd-sei canbeassuredofacceptanceandsecurityi fli ewillonlydivorce.h i sproblemfromth atofoth erAmericanminori ti es,particularlyth eNegro.Th ei nti mati oni sth atth eJapaneseAmericans,numeri-callyoneofth esmallestofminor-i tygroupsi nth i scountry,willbeacceptedas"h onorable Aryans"i fth eywi llnotalignth ei rpres-entpredicamentwi th wh ati si n-terpretedto beth egeneralraceproblem i nth eUni tedStates,th equestionofth eAmericanNegro.Th ech oi ce,ofcourse,i snotforth eNisei .Th eJapaneseAmericanscannotmak eth ei rpeacewith th eracistsbyacceptingth eattitudesofth eracesupremacists towardoth erminori tygroups,alth oughsomeNisei h avetried, j ustassomemembersofoth erminori tygroupsh avepartici pated i n th erace-baiti ngofth eNisei by th eNativeSonsandth ei rfellow trav-elers, iTh eproblemofth eNegroone-tenth ofournationi soneofth emostfundamentalwh i ch facesourAmericanpostwargeneration.Ifth atproblem cannotbesatisfact-orilyresolvedagainst th e per-spectiveofourconstituti onalgu-arantees1toeveryciti zen,th ende-mocracyi samisnomer and th eobjecti vesofth eAmericanRevolu-tion,th at"allmenwerecreatedequal"amdh ave"certain i nali en-ablerigh ts"among wh i ch arelife,libertyandth epursuitofh appi ness,"remainunfulfilled.Wh i leth epractices ofracial

    prejudi ce,such asrestricti verac-i allegislationandresidentialcov-enants,are permitted to exist,th erei snoescapefromdiscri mi n-ationforanyminori ty.Th e ci r-cumstancesofwarandth eh eart-feltAmericansympath yforth ePeopleofCh i naforth ei rvaliantstruggleagainstth ei r Japaneseoppressorsh averesulted i nadef-i ni telyfavorableatmosph ere forCh i neseAmericanson th e WestCoast.YetyoungAmericans ofCh i neseancestrycontinuetomeetwith discri mi nati on,as i nth ere-centi nci denti nSanFrancisco i nwh i ch aCh i nese American warveteranwasrefusedi h i srigh ttopurch aseabusinessandtoldth ath ewouldnotbewelcome i n th eneigh borh oodbecauseofh i srace.Membersofminori tygroupstoooftenh aveacceptedcommunityat-titudes and prejudi ces againstoth erminori ti es.Iti sdistressingtolearnfrom Willard S.Town-send,,i nternationalpresidentofth eUnitedTransportServiceEm-ployeesofAmerica,CIO,th atayoung Japanese American h aabeenpublici zedasaidi ngandabet-

    ting;i n discri mi natory Dr&fti IagainstaNegro j obapp&!|Ch i cagoTh i sNisei ,aXk tllargeCh i cagobak erych ai n j ,„■portedtoh avetoldth eN«Jo j Siseek erth atth erewere no,9open,alth ough th ecompanydbeenadvertisi ngfordriver-sawlmenTh eNisei ,ofcourse,;■merelycarryingoutcompanyIMi cybuth e was th e i nYtrLlth rough wh i ch th ecô «■abletoenforceth atpolicyMrTownsend,wh oh appens■beofNegroancestryandis11onlyNegropresidentofamailCIO i nternationalunion,h asJlftivli nxr-th ^figh tfor*&Plalforth eNi sei sinceth e timeMPearlHarborand h e i sWAtMstandablyconcerned by rennrHth atsomepersonsofJapanesea9cestry h ave j oi nedwith reacti jarywh i tesi nth e MidwestaiflEastonsuch mattersasrestrSßi vecovenants and employmei i i ß"Asminori typeople i nth i scouitfltry, h ewrites,"wecani llaffoJßto i solateourselves,onefromtilloth er;wecan i llafford tofeelth atth eproblemofdiscri mi nafoilbig-otryand i ntolerancei speci i i i altoanyonegroup."Simi larobservationsweremad|recentlybyHoraceCayton,wili ng i nth ePittsburgh Courier.ITh eminori tygroups,andtiu|i ncludes th e Nisei ,wh o h avlk nownth esh arpedgeofdiscri nHi nati on,sh ouldloadth efi gh ttilabolish i t.Andth ereseemsnobeHterplacetostartth antoreexan|meourownracialand religi ci Mprejudi ces.

    EDITORIAL

    DIGESTPITTSBURGHPRESSWh ereIsOurTolerance?

    Th ePittsburgh PressonAufl20cri ti ci zedth eattemptsoftflTwenty-Sixth WardCiti zensConfli ni tteei nPi ttsburgh topreventtifluseofth eGusk yOrph anageasIh ostelforrelocating JapamsßAmericans.Th ePresssaidth atth e i ssoHwasnotforacourtoflaw."Iti smoreani ssueofnatioi fl

    obligati on,"th epaperadded,""■obligati onowedth eNi sei bytflpeopleofAmerica.Inth i sconn"AmericansareAmericans-̂and■h ellwith ancestry."

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    WASHINGTONPOSTNisei Righ ts

    Stressingth atAmericani smh Mnoth i ngtodowith ancestry,tHWash i ngtonPostonAug.13h op

  • VagariesMyNews...u.,vKitano i s th efirstNiaeiUnlovedbyCi tyNewsSer-tôi nemi i Angeles.CNSservicesvl*i Jetesare*newspaperswith.Th eWRA h asre-""rfifttoUnitedPresstocor-qUflnerroneousstatementcar-SSSlybyth eUP i nath erevocationofroaastexclusion orderslasttk w°UPstX)ry«s°rtod***}

    «Misei 'were k i lled i narmedSi andth etome,ofsev-£ Japanese Americans wh oSlh tSi th fi UnitedStatesarmed°Swrebumed."Th erei snoŜ anyNisei being k i lledfoundedbyWestOoart.terror-i On th eoth erh and,aKUoino',reportedly mistak enforfCaofJapaneseancestry,Lseriouslybeaten i nanargu-BHtonV-JDayi nSanFrancisco.ACh i neseengineer,mistak enfor,pereonofJapaneseancestryac-JLgtoth estorytoldbyth reeBenincourt,wasseverelymeatenOh i o. Th eth reemenreceived j ai lsentences ofsixmonth seach . ,,FDRMemorial...Th e $4300givento PresidentTruman th i sweek byfoursol-diersrepresentingth e442ndCom-batT«am i searmark edforusetowardamemorialforFDR.Iti sbelieved th atPresidentTrumanwillturnth emoneyovertoth eRoosevelt Memorial Committee,h eadedbyFDR'slifelongfriend,BasilO'Connor. Th e Kooseveltmemorialgrouph eldi tsfi rstmeet-i ngatth eWh i teHouselastweektodecideona"livi ngmemorial"toh onorth elatePresident...It'sreported th atDyk eMiyagawaoiJoeOyamawilleditth eEnglishsectionofanew-bi-li ngualnews-pgpernowbeingorganizedi nNewfork City.Accordingtoplans,th enewspaperwillbeasemi-week ly.Th eJapanesesectionwillbeedit-edbyth epresentstaffofth eNewYork Ji j i . ,,,Anti-Evacuee...

    Marriages...

    Arecentadi nth eVi sali aTi mesadvertisi ngameeting sponsoredbyth eIvanh oeCi ti zensCommitteetoprotestth ereturnofevacueesofJapaneseancestry to Tularecounty,notedth atJoh nR.Lech -nerwouldbeth e mai n speak er.Th eadcarriedth enamesofStateSenatorJack B.Tenney,Willi amMayGarland,LosAngelesrealt-or;C.J.Haggerty,presidentofth e Cali fornia AFL; ReginaldDennyandHerbertCornish assponsors of th e anti-JapaneseAmericanmeeting...Asanaft-ermath toth erecentMiyamai nci -dent, i twas reported th atoneMunici palrai lwaybus repairmaninSanFranciscoresignedi npro-testagainstth eh i ri ngofth eNi-sei butMiyamawasacceptedbyth erestofth ecrew. Th e sh opforemanreportedth at,onth edayafterth ework stoppageprotest-i n?th eh i ri ngofMiyama,fourofh i sfellow work ersi nvi tedh i m tolunch .

    " * *Th eLosAngielesCollegian,stu-dent-editednewspaperatLosAn-glesCityCollege,lastweek tooktoHearstHerald-Expresstotaskfori tsi nsi nuationsth atwarvet-«"isareunabletofind h omesi ntoeLosAngelesareabecauseofreturningevacueesofJapanesean-wry.Th eth emeh asbeenafav-°nteonewi th th eHearstpress.

    Accordingto Time magazine,American"servicemen stationed

    married112gi rlsofJap-w!Se,?cestryduring th e past%""Marriageswi th Nisei wereapproximatelyone-tenth ofth eJWof1,213marriagesofU.S.1C7̂nHawai i """AnAr--2"51*1Corparaddoph otoofth e*n*nderofGeneral Yamash i ta*Niffo/nth ePh i li ppi nessh owsi JĤBldleramon* watoh -teuml+81831mgofth esurrenderDocuments... Partici pati ng i nsL̂,*wareffort h ave been2VTof**»famili esofTuZ? i ndustriali sts.XKI**1**"*"'wh owere i nth eSSL?*}1*atth etimef**S,!.P.S h ave ownth ei rbyZX" mili tari sm/*acnmgth eJapaneselanguage*v-S.servicemen.«k S»n?mt?.Beaale>r'wi>o *>*dA«n?d°f.Pvbl>crelationsforth e«£L«n gtIW 1942WeßtCoaStonS,̂1Snowwriti ngabook..Hnw€v̂uaitlon «or Harper's■HowardDevree,artcriti cfor

    th eNewYork Times,commentedrecentlyon th e "two poig-nsurth eads and aflowerpiece by(Sueo)Serisawa."ArtistSensawa.nowlivi ng i nNew York Cty,movedth erefrom Los Angeles,viaDenver,duringth eevacuation.

    GIsUrgedCBSCorrespondentToTellU.S.ofNisei HeroesByHARRYW.FLANNERY

    VeteransCondemnPrejudi ce:

    Coastnetwork oftAuĝSbvHarrv̂?̂ °n th eCBSPacifi crespondentand commentatorfZV "JJT'T**«!"rcor-System.) '"meniatorforth e Columbia Broadcasting

    andArnoldVa'son,th eAFLrep- "resentatives,toldMiyamath ath i scontinuanceatwork wouldmeanoth erwork erswouldrefusetoco-operate,and h e wouldbe dis-ch arged as i ncompetent. Ch i efRadio Tech ni ci an Harold Stone,wh owonth eSi lverStarforgal-antry i nfigh ti ngth eJapanesei nth ePacifi c,enteredth eargumenttosay:"Ididnotgoouttofigh ti nth ePacifi csopeoplewith dif-ferentcoloredsk i nswouldbedis-crimi nated againstwh en Ieoth ome."Th i s i tth e opini onofeveryservicemanwi h o h asfough twithth e JapaneseAmericanson th ewarfronts,i nsofarasIh avebeenabletotalk with such men.Ifirstbrough tupth esubjectonth i spro-gram becauseIwasask edtodosobywarveteransfromth ePaci-fic and European tieaterwitnwh omItalk ed atBirmi ngh amGeneralHospitalatVan Nuys,California.Sinceth enIh avetalk -edwith moreservicemen i nEu>ropeandi nth eCBIth eater.Youdon'th avetobringupth e

    subjectwi th th esemen.Assoonasth eylearnyou'rearadioornewspaperman,th eybegintotellyouaboutth ewayth eJapaneseAmericans h avefough t."Alotofpeople i nth eUni tedStatesgetJapanese AmeriacnsandJapanesemixed,"oneenlistedmantoldmeatth e h eadquartersofth e Fi fth Army i nnorth ernItaly."Th ey don'trealize," h esaid, "Th at we are figh ti ngagainstth eJapanese,butth atth eJapaneseAmericansarefigh ti ngwith us.And," h e added,"younewspapermensh ouldn'tcallth emJapaneseAmericans. Th ey'reasAmericanasyouand me.Th eywereborn i nth e UnitedStates,andth eyareproudofth ei rcoun-try,andfigh ti ngfori twi th ev-eryth i ngi nth em."Everyone i nth e Fi fth Armywith wh omItalk edfromLt.Gen.Lucian Truscottdown tellsyouth e JapaneseAmericanbattalionandth e442ndregiment h asoneofth ebestrecords i nbattleofanyAmericanunit.Th estoryh asbeentoldoften,butsomeofi ti sworth repeating.Th e442nd,fori nstance,h adanormalcomple-mentof4200men,buth adcas-ualties th attotaled twice th atnumber,9230.Ofth ese,4,000wonpurpleh earts.Youseemenofth e442nd i nItalywith twoorth reepurpleh eartsbecauseth eyrecov-eredfromth ei rwoundsandwentback i nagai n.Iwastoldth estoryofaman

    namedAoyamaofLosAngelesamemberof442nd. Th emanwh otoldmeabouth i m,atGardone,Italy,could notrememberh i sfirstname,buth ek newth estory.Aoyama h adboth legssh otoff,andwascarriedtoth erear.Th efi gh ti ngwasstillonandth erecouldbenoligh ts. Medicalmenmovedfromonetoanoth erofth ei nj ured.OnecametoAoyama."Areyoubadly h urt?"h eask -

    ed.Aoyamagrittedh i steeth ."I'm allrigh t,"h e said.Th edoctormovedontoth enext

    man.Aoyamadied.Th ereare18oth ersuch cases,th emenofth eFifth toldme,eachawardedasilverstorposth umous-ly.With i nlessth anayear1017i n-

    divi dualsoutofth e4000receivedcombaatdecorations,43th edis-tingui sh edserviceeross—th eh i gh -estawardi nth epowerofourgov-ernment—249wonsilverstars,601bronzestars,andth ereh avebeenth ree Presidentialunitcitati on,oneforBelvedere,Cassertaand

    Cassino;anoth erforth efi gh ti ngi nth eVosgesmountainsi nPranceandoneforspear-h eadi ngth efi nalvictorydriveofth eFifth ArmyltStJ?nBing-Th eassignmentsofth e 442nd h avebeentough butth eywantedth atk i nd,toproveth atth ey,born i nAmerica,areworth yofbeingcalledAmericans.Mi k e Masaok a,30 years old,

    i rom SanFrancisco,toldmeth emottoofth e442nd,h asbeen"goforbrok e."Heexplainedth at."It'scrap-sl̂ootingslang,"h esai d."It'sth esameas"sh ootth ewrk s,"riskeveryth i ngononeth row.'"Mi k e i snationalsecretaryandfi eldexecutive ofth e JapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague,devot-edtoraisi ngth egeneralpoliti calconsciousnessand democraticre-sponsibi li tyofAmericansofJapa-neseancestry,andtoh elpi ngth emestablish th emselves i nth e com-munity.Anobjecti venowi stode-fendth erigh tsofth eserviceman.SofarasIk now,Mi k e i s sti llwith h i sregimenti nItaly.Th ecreedofth eleaguebegins:"Iamproudth atIamanAmeri-canciti zenofJapaneseancestry,formyveryback groundmak esmeappreciatemorefullyth ewonder-fuladvantagesofth ei rnation.Ibelieve i nh eri nsti tuti ons,i dealsandtraditi ons;Igloryi nh erh er-i tage;Iboastofh erh i story;Itrustinh erfuture.Sh eh asgrant-edmelibertiesandopportuniti essuch asno i ndi vi dualofmyoth ercountryenjoysi nth i sworldtoday.Sh e h as given meaneducationbefitti ng k i ngs.Sh e h asentrust-edmewith th eresponsibi li ti esofth efranch i se. Sh eh aspermittedmetobuildah ome,toearnalive-li h ood,toworsh i p,th i nk ,speakandactasIplease—asafreemanequaltoeveryoth erman."Th ecreedgoeson:"Alth ough

    somei ndi vi dualsmaydiscri mi nateagainstfe,Ish allneverbecomebi tterorlosefaith ,forIk nowth atsuch personsoarenotrepre-sentativeofth emajori tyofth eAmericanpeople.True,Ish alldoalli nmypowertodiscouragesuchpractices,butIsh alldoi i ti nth eAmericanway:above-board,i nth eopen,th rough courtsoflaw,byeducation,byprovingmyselftobeworth yofequaltreatmentandconsideration.Iamfirm i nmybe-li efth atAmericansportsmansh i pandattitudeoffairplaywi lljudgeciti zensh i pandpatrioti smonth ebasisofactionandach i evement,andnotonth ebasisofph ysi calch aracteristi cs."BecauseIbelieve i nAmerica,andItrustsh ebelievesi nme,"I'mstillquoting,"andbecause,Ih avereceeived i nnumerablebene-fi tsfrom h er.Ipledgemyselftodoh onorto h eratalltimesandi nallplaces,tosupport,h ercon-sti tuti on;toobeyh erlaws;tore-spect h erflag;to defend h eragainstallenemies,foreignordo-mestic;toactivelyassumemydu-ti esandobligati onsasaciti zen,ch eerfullyandwi th outanyreser-vationswh atsoeveri nth e h opeth atImaybecomeabetterAmeri-can i nagreaterAmerica."Th at'sth ecreed:Oneofth elastth i ngsth atGen-eralTruscotttoldmeasItalk edwith h i m i nh i s h eadquartersonLak eGarda i nItaly,wastosayawordforth eJapaneseAmeri-cans. "Alotofmenwh oh avefough talongsideth eseboysaregoingback andspeak i nnouncer-taintermsaboutun-Americanac-ti ons,"h esaid."Th eyaregoingtoremindusth atmenh avefough tanddiedtok i llfascism andth eydon'twanti tath ome.Th ey h avebattled overh erefor Americanprinci plesofj usti ce,fairplayandequalopportunityforallAmeri-cansandallmen." Th egeneralh adanafterth ough t."Anawh enyouwriteJapaneseAmerican, h esaid,"don'th yph enatei t.Th esemenarenoth yph enated Ameri-cans,butfullAmericanswh oh aveprovedth atwith th ei rblood."...

    Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

    WriterPredictsSwingi nCoastSentimentTh ereisagoodfriendofours,awriterofnationalrepute,

    wh oalwaysh asmai ntai nedth atth eWestCoast'ssh amefultreat-mentofJapaneseAmericanswillbefollowedbyaswingi nsenti-menttoth eoth erextreme.Iti stoosoonafterVJ-Daytotesth i spredicti on.Butcer-

    tainlyth ereare i ndi cati onsalreadyth atforallbutth e i ncorrigi -bleracists andprofessionalagitatorsth ereturnofpeace h asremovedth esh arpedgeofwartimesuspici onand h atreds.Th i swriterbasesh i spredicti oni —onth e h i storyofth enation'sat-titudetowardGenman Americansi nWorldWarI.He points outth atoncewar'sh ysteriah asvan-i sh ed and more facts becomek nownaboutourown sh ortcom-i ngs,aswella® th ewartimecon-tributi onofJapaneseAmericans,amorerationalviewi s.tak en.Th efi rststepsi nth i sdi rectioni nWorldWarIIh avebeentak enalready.Th e government'srecentPearlHarborreportstates th atth eUni tedStates,eith erbybreak -i ngJapan'®codeorh avi ngaccesstoatraitori nTok yo's h i gh coun-cils,k new beforeh and wh atJa-pan'swarplanswere.Furth er,th ereportsaysth atth eUni tedStatessough ti toforceJapantomak eth efi rstovertmove,wh i ch i tdid i nth eattack atPearlHarbor.Th atth enation'®naval,mili taryanddiplomaticbranch eswerenotcoordinatedandpreparedtomeetth i sattack wasoneofth egreattragediesofth ewar.Atth esametimeth everyfactth atth eUni tedStatessufferedsuch adisastrousdefeati nth e.h ands ofa forcestri k i ngbystealth servedtouniteth enationasnoth i ngelsecouldh avedone.Th eJapaneseAmericans wereth e h aplesspawnscaugh ti nth i sgreat,sweeping i nterplayoffor-ces.Th efewvoicesth atwererais-edi nth ei rbeh alf,demandingfairplayandsanity,werebutpipi ngsi nth estormofwar.Andth egov-ernment,th rough th earmy'spol-i cyofmassevacuationofanentirepeoplej gavetacitconfirmationtoth efearth atallth oseofJapanesedescentwerepotentialsaboteursandstabbers-in-th e-back .Ith asbeenalong",h ardroad

    back .Ith ascostth egovernmentmilli onsofdollars,th rough th ewarrelocationauth ori ty,wi th th esupportofoth eragenciessuch asth eofficeofwari nformation,todo j usti cetoth esepeopleandtogetth etruth to th e Americanpublic.Th atroad h asasmilepoststh egravemark ersofscoresofNiseiboyswh ovolunteeredtoprovebydeath ,i fnecessary,th ei rrigh tandth erigh tofth ei rfamili es and

    friendstoberecognizedasAmeri-cans.Now,littlebylittle,morei sbe-i ngtoldofth ewartimeroleofJapaneseAmericans.Inth ePaci-fi cth eyh aveseenth ewarth roughfrom itsopeningmomentstofJiefi naltriumph .Th erewere Niseicasualti esand Nisei h eroes atPearlHarbor.ItwasaNisei wh obroadcastGen. Jonath an Wain-wrig.h t's bittersurrenderfromOorregidortoth e overwh elmi ngJaph ordes.Butonth eroadback th eNi seiwerei nth eforefrontofeverynewlandingi nth ei sland-h oppi ngroadfrom Melbourneto Tok yo. Andaftervictoryth ereweretwoNi-sei officers i nth epartyth atmetJapan'ssurrenderdelegation i nManila.Th erewereNisei i nterpre-tersi nth epersonnelofspecialprisonerofwarprocessingteamsth atlandedwith th efi rsttroopsatAtsugi airfi eldnearTok yo.Th earmyand navy officers

    ch osento admini sterci vi laffairsi noccupiedJapanweredili gentlytrainedbyJapaneseAmericansatYale,Harvard,th eUniversityofMich i ganandelsewh ere.Tonameafew oth erstrictlywartimerolesplayedbyJapaneseAmericans,th ereh avebeenU.S.government translators,propa-gandistsbyradioand pamph let,radiomonitors.Perh apsth e fullstoryofth i svi tali fnon-combat-antcontributi onofNisei—andth eforeign-bornaswell—canbetoldsoon.LarryTaj i ri h as related th estoryofatleastone Nisei wnowork edi nanatomicbombplant,i nth esuper-secretprogram underwh i ch th eatomicbotrbwasdevel-oped.Th erealsoi si i h estory,toldonlyi nafragmentarymanner,ofth eguayuleprojectatManzanari nwh i ch JapaneseAmericanssough ttocrack th eraturalrubbersh ort-age.ForeveryTok yoRose,th ereare

    h undredsofloyalJapaneseAmer-i canswh o

  • tablish mentofapermanentFairEmploymentPractice Committee.Th i si safollow-upofth eappealTrumanmadetoCongressi nJune,butwh i ch wasblock edi ncommit-teeby reactionary elements...SenatorElbertTh omasandRep-resentativeMi k eMansfield,i narecentNBCUniversityofth eAirprogrambroadcastfromWash i ng-tonandproducedbySeldenMene-fee,both praisedth ecombatrec-ordofNisei Gl'sandurgedth euseofNisei i nth eoccupationandreconstructionofpostwarJapan.Two Nisei servicemen h avepainti ngsonexh i bi ti nth earmed

    forcesartsh ow atth e NationalArtGallery.Th eyPvt.NobuKita-gak i ,formerlyofSnelling,nowatFortMeade,andSgt.TomOk amo-to,ofSnelling...Dick Otagak irank ed number one i n DentalSch oolgraduationlastweek atWash i ngton'sHowardUniversity,oneofth eforemostNegro i nsti -tuti onsi nth enation...MorrisDannah i rsch , from th e HeartMountainsocialwelfare divi si on,i sth enew relocationofficerforth eWash i ngtonD.C.area,replac-i ngEmoryFast,wh owastrans-ferredtoth eSanFranciscoWRAoffice.

    Th reeMedalsFinallyCatch UpWith PortlandNisei OfficerLieut.KanayaLiberatedFrom Nazi Pri sonCampBeforeV-EDay

    STARKGENERALHOSPITAL,Ch arleston,S.C.— Lieut.JamesKanayaofPortland,Ore.,finallyh as received th ree medalsforwh i ch h ewascitedsometimeago.Li eut.Kanaya,wh oreceived h i scommissi onwh i lefigh ti ngwith ti h efamous 442nd CombatTeam olJapaneseAmericansi nFranceandweowascapturedby th eNazis,waspresentedbyCol.HenryW.Grady, commanding officeratStark ,with th eSi lverStar,th eBronzeStarandth ePurpleHeartonAug.17.Lieut.Kanayawascapturedbyth eNazisi nth eVosgesmontainsonOct.23andwasliberatedsixmonth slaterfollowingth ebattleofNuremberg.Hei satpresenti nth eStark Medi calDepartmentRe-placementPool.Inacceptingth e medalsfrom

    Col.Grady,Lieut.Kanayaexpress-ed h i spleasureatbeing ao h on-oredandmoreparticu'arlywithth egreatbattleperformanceofth eJapaneseAmericans i n th eArmy.Th e Si lverand Bronze Starswereawardedtoth eNi sei offi cerforactionsduringth edri veofth eNi sei uni tupth e Italian coastagainstth e"leaningtower"cityofPisa.OnJuly5,1944,abat-taliontowh i ch Li eut.Kanayawasattach edasmedicalai dman,wassubjectedtoan i ntenseartilleryandmortarbarrage.Beforeth ecurtainofligh tlift-

    ed,ninemenfromoneofth ecom-paniesh adbeenseriouslywound-ed.Th eNazisth enlai ddownaconcentrationofmach i ne-gunfire.With utterdisregardforh i sownsafety,Lieut.Kanaya crawledth rough th esplatterofmach i ne-gunfiretoh i swoundedcomrades.Fortwoanda h alfh oursh ead-mi ni steredquick effectiveai dtoti h esorelywoundedmen.Hedidn'tleave untileveryone h ad beencaredfor.Forth i si ntrepiddisplayofdevotion.Li eut.Kanaya wascitedwith th eSi lverStar.Lessth antwoweek slater,foracon-tinui ngactionwh i ch took placenearLuciana,Italy,onJuly16,17and18,h ewasawardedth eBronzeStar.Laterti h e442ndwastransferredto th e Seventh Armyfront i nItaly.Th eFrench Fi rstArmywasfigh ti ngupfromth esouth toforceth egapcityofBelforti n th eVosges mountain®. On Oct.23Li eut.Kanayawascapturedasth eNi sei uni tundertook acomplemen-tarydrivesouth onth e St.Di esector.Th ebattlelinesi nth esec-toratth atti mewere extremelyfluid.Lieut.KanayawascapturedbyaGermancompanyash ewasonh i swayback toAmericanlineswith woundedmenwh oh adear-lierbeencutoff.Hewas i mpri s-oned i nOflag64about60mi lesfromDanzigi nth eoldPolish .Cor-ridor.Th eRedArmy'sapproachi n th ei rgreatwinteroffensiveforcedth eNazistoevacuateth ecamponJan.21.Th e Japanese American wasamongth epolyglotgroupofpris-onerswh o,i nth edeadofwinter,madea375-miletrek towh atth eNazisth ough twassafetyfromliberationby th e Alli es. Li eutKianayawasliberatedonApril17followingth ereductionofth eNaziprizeoityofNuremberg.

    THELETTERBOXToth eEdi tor

    GISays"LittleTok yo"LabelUnpleasantEditor,Th ePacifi cCi ti zen:Afterafew week souti nth efieldIh avefinallygottenaroundtocatch i nguponseverali ssuesofth ePacifi cCiti zenwh i ch h adac-cumulatedduringmyabsence,vi sbeyonddoubtth atyournews-paper.h asdoneadmirablyi nguid-i ngboth JapaneseAmericansandJapanesenationalsand i npresent-i ngtousaclearpicture ofourtriumph sandourdffnculties.However,i ti swith deepregretth atIreadBill,Hoaok awas En-couragementforRelocating ls-seis."Noonecandoubtth emanyproblemsandi ts solutions th atmanyIssei willh avetoface.Writ-erHosok awah asclearlypresent-edth eactualpicture wath no'punch espulled'for th ose Isseiwh oselotwillnotbeeasy, cutth erei soneremark th atwases-peciallyrepugnanttome.Isth ereanyneed i n referringtoth esmallJapanesecommuniti eswh i ch h avesprungup i n a fewciti esasnew"LittleTok yos?"Isincerelybelieveth atth ewri terdidnotmeantoi nferanyth i ngde-rogatory. However, th e verysoundofth ewordseemsominous.Yourpaperh asnodoubtalargecirculationoutsideofth e Ni seiandIssei readers.Toth emandtous"LittleTok yo"recallsth eun-pleasantpre-warJapanese com-muniti es i nLosAngelesandSanFranciscoandmanyoth ercoastal

    citi es.Italsobringstomindourpurposeofendeavoringtobanish"Li ttleTok yos"outofourlives.Idonotmeantodenyth atsuch

    a situationdoesexistandyeti tmustbeborne i nmind th at i nsome i nstancesi nevi table.Letusface th ecoldfacts.Allh umanbeingsaregregariousbynatureandth eytendtobesoes-peciallyamongth ei rownk i nd.Werealizeth ati nourcase i th ascausedmanywildandmisledsus-pici onstobecastuponus.How-everi tcertainlywasnotacrimetoestablish ourowncommuniti es.Inth eligh tofth epresentsitua-ti onandforamorecomplete.un-derstandingofAmericansofJap-aneseancestry,i ti spreferablenotto.h avesuch ,communiti es.Butnomatterh ownobleouri dealsmaybewemustberealisti c.Wecannotdenyth efactth ati nnumerousi n-stancesonlycertaindistri ctsi nagivencitywouldacceptusasten-ants.Furth ermore,giventh eop-portunitytoobtain h ousi ngelse-wh ereoureconomicandfinancialsituationh avenotallowedustotak eadvantageofth eopportunity.Th ei nevi tableresultth enwasth atmanyaredrivennotbych oi cebutbyexisti ng conditi ons to formth esecommuniti es.Th erefore,letusnotstigmatizeth oselivi ng i nth esecommuniti esbycallingth em"Li ttleTok yos."

    SincerelyStaffSgt.Joh nI.Morozumi

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    WRAReportsFresnoDistri ctReturneesNear2000MarkEigh tyPersonsArriveInSpecialCarsfromColoradoRiverCenter

    FRESNO,Calif.—Th earrivalofeigh typersonsi nspecialoarsfromth eColoradoRiverrelocationcen-teratPoston,Ariz.,on Sept.6brough ttoanapproximate1900th enumberofevacueesofJapa-neseancestrywh oh avereturnedtoFresnoi Countyi nth eLastfewmonth s,accordingtoCecilMor-gan,Fresnodi stri ctrelocationof-fi cerforth eWRA.One group-amongth eeigh tyleftth eSentaFetrainatReedleywh ereth eyaretobe sh elteredtemporarilyi nalaborcamp un-tilsomeareabletoreoccupyfor-merh omesi nth eSangerandSel-maareas..Oth ersamonĝth eeigh -

    ty madeth ei rh omes i nFresnoandClovisbeforeth eevacuation.Th osewi th outi mmedi ate trans-portationorwith outh omesarebe-i ngh ousedtemporarilyi nh ostelsestablish edatth eBuddh i stTem-ple and th eJapaneseMeth odi stch urch .Th eodoreLewis,assistantWRAofficeri nth eFresnoarea,express-ed th eopini onth atlastweek 'scancellationofth eArmyexclusionorderswouJdresulti nth ereturnof"onlyafew h undredmore"toth eFresnodistri ct.Lewispointedoutth atalargenumberofper-sonsofJapaneseancestryevac-uatedfrom Fresnoalreadyh averesettled i nth eMi ddleWestandandEast.Fiveth ousandpersonsofJapaneseancestrywere evacu-atedfromFresno.Lewisreportedth at200 evac-

    ueesh ave returned to Maderacounty.

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    Wewi sh toack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi onsth atwerereoeivedduringth emonth ofAug.ustandto-date:WillardP.Smith$2.,Brook s;Sue Ok amura $2.RedwoodCity;J.K.Sh i ntak u$25*SantaAna;A.Crestoni $i.,gac'ramento;LouiseB.Wallace $5Mrs.A.Torossian 1, LeonardWalk er$1.,andJoeKamiyaSIsnofBerk eley;Mrs.MariePautz$5Los Angeles;FlorenceTominaVi$2.,Concord;G.Suyeyasuo i fandMr.andMrs.K.Haraguch i $£from ourSan Francisco OffWMrs.F.E.Kilbourne, Sr $1Ojai ;HelenMyers$2.,SanDiego'Ch arlesdeY.Elk us$2.50andMrs'MarianRyono$1.50ofSanFrancisoo;needlesstosayallfromCallfornia.Fromoth erpartsofth ecountry

    wegratefullyack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi ons:Atsuk oSh i -gematsu$1.50,Cambridge,Mass■Mr.andMrs.DanSak ah ara$3.'JeffersonBarrack s, Mo.; R.g'Joh nson$10.,Newberg,Oregon:Mrs.MetaCh andler$2.,GoldHillColorado;Tomoich i Tah ara $1'Keota,Colorado;AlbertKawasa-k i $1.50,Ordway,Colorado;A.DBonus$1.andClarenceTh ri vi ng$5.ofSeattle;MissFumiyeTa-k amoto$2,Rock ford,Illinoi s;An-onymous$1.,Evanston, Illinoi s'Mrs.F.E.Fender$2aj i dClareVoder$1.,Ch i cago,Illinoi s;K.Harada$1.,Warrensville, Oh i o;Eifco Yosh i h ash i $3., Columbus,Oh i o; Mrs. Geo. Ik uta $1.50,Cleveland,Oh i o;Mrs.HelenQuan$1.,Greenwood,Conn.;HelenHa-yaah i da$2.,HubertReynolds$2.,DoraH.Cook $2.,andHenryNa-k ah ara$2.,Detroit,Mich i gan.From aG.I.inth eOk i nawas

    wereceivedapleasantsurprisei ntlieformofaremittancefor$50tobolsterourtreasury.Ourfriendsi nHawai i arestill

    rememberingus i nth email,asweth ank ClaraHigaandH.Ma-ruyamaof(Honolulu forth ei r$5.and$3.ch eck srespectively.Gettingback toth eStates,weth ank th efollowingpersonsforth ei rcontributi ons:DavidC.Moore$3.,Ph oeni x,Ari zona;CanalLi-braryc/oH.C. Koj i ma,Treas.,$50.,RiversArizona;Mrs.AmyNish i mura $2., Nampa,Idah o;MagicValleyCh apter$4.,Rupert,Idah o;LawrenceC.Lock ley$5,,Folcroft,Pa.,andUsaburoNira-sawa $5.* Ph i ladelph i a;NettieCaldwell$1., Maynesboro,Va.;MaryOgawa$5.,Arlington,Va.;Howard Kobayash i $2., Miami ,Florida;LouisPHsk i n $3.,JerseyCity,N.J.;andWalterHirasawa$5.,Rosebud,Montana.

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    WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,ITALY-̂ColonelV.R.MillerofWimi ecoi ui e,Wisconsin,command-Lofficerofth e422ndJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam,SergeantRobertM. Yuk i tomo,Honolulu,Hawai i ,andPrivateFi rstClassMasaoKoizumi ,alsoofHawan,recentlywere awardedth eOoi xdeGuerrebyth eFrench Govern-

    Th eywerecitedforvalorouscon-ductandmeritori ousach i evementi nFrancebeforeth ei runi tre-lumedtopartici patei nth efi nalFifth Armycampaigni nItaly.Miller,w,h o was commissi onedfrom th eUnitedStatesMili taryAcademy,received th eCroixde-Guerrewith goldstarfor"excep-tioi alservicesrendered on th efront,firstas executive officeraj i dsubsequentlyas commandingofficerofth e 442nd RegmentalCombatTeam.ColonelMi llerdis-playedgreatcompetenceandwis-dom,and,underh i sexcellentdir-ection,th eresultsach i evedi byh i sunitwereofexceptionalvalueto

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  • Princi palsi nFirstCaliforniaAnti-EvacueeIncidenttoFaceFederalCourti nOctoberBroth ersEnterPleaOfNotGuiltyofExplosivesCh arge

    SACRAMENTO— Th eWatsonbroth ers,JamesandClaude,ofAuburn,PlacerCounty,willfaceaFederalcourtonOct.2toan-swertoch argesofviolationofth e FederalExplosivesAct, i n-cludingth e i llegalpossessionofdynamite andconspiracy i nth eattempteddymiami i ti ngofth efarmpropertyofSumioDoi,anAmeri-canciti zenofJapaneseancestry,onth enigh tsofJan.18and19.Th e dateoftrialwassetbyJudgeWelsh onAug.31afterbothofth eWatsonsenteredpleasofnotguilty.Th ecase,th efi rstreportedactofviolenceagainstreturnedevac-ueesofJapaneseancestry,alsoi sth efi rsttobetried i naFederalcourt.Ani ndi ctmentagainstth eWat-

    sonswasreturnedbyaFederalGrandJuryatSacramentolastmonth .Th eWatsonbroth ersandArmyPvts.AlvdnandElmerJoh n-son wereacquittedbyaPlacerCountycourtofth eattempteddy-nami ti ngch argesonth epleaofth edefenseattorneyth at"th i si sawh i teman'scountry."Th eJoh nsonbroth ers,wh owereAWOLatth etimeofth eraidsagainstth e Doi ranch ,faceanArmycourt-martial.Adepositi onbyElmerJoh nsoni sreportedtobepartofth eFederalcaseagainstth eWatsons.

    Attorneysforth eState i nth etriali nth ePlacerCountycourt-room lastAprilpresentedevidenceestablish i ngth epartici pati ngofth eJoh nsonsand JamesWatsons i nth eraids.JudgeWelsh setth etri aldateoverth eobjecti onofth edefenseattorneywh oask edformoretime.DeputyDistri ctAttorney Sea-wellprotestedanydelayandurgedth eOctoberdate,declaring th atth eUni tedStatesAttorneyGen-eralwasi nterestedi nth ecaseandfavoredpromptprosecution.

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    CLEVELAND,Oh i o—Th eCleve-landNisei Ch ri sti anFellowsh i pwi llh oldatwo-dayretreatonSept.15and16atth eCentervilleMills,aYMOACamp.Th e Rev.Vi ctorFuj i u,pastorofth eFellowsh i p,wi lli ntroduceth e th eme,"Th e Ch allenge ofCh ri st."Speak ersanddiscussionleadersincludeth eRev.PaulNagano,pas-torofth eMinneapolisNisei Ch ri s-ti an Fellowsh i p;Dr. Paul S.Mayer,fieldsecretaryofth eMis-sionarySocietyofth eEvangelicch urch es i n Cleveland;andth eRev.DonaldToriumi .Ruth i Hi j i k dta,Don Iwah ash i ,StaffSgt.Willi am Yenari andYuk i oWadawillserveasworsh i pservicech ai rmen

    StandingOvationGi venNiseiVeteranbyHomeTownRotaryTORRANCE,Calif.—AstandingovationgreetedStaffSgt.JamesYosh dnobuwh en h ereturnedtoh i sh ometownof Torrance onAug.3oandspok ebeforeth e Ro-taryClub. ln .Yosh i nobu,wh o's47yearsofageandaveteranofWorldWarIwasamemberofRotarybe-fore h eandoth erpersonsofJap-aneseancestrywereevacuatedtoassemblycentersi n1942.Alth ough th efath erofth reech i ldren,Yosh i nobu volunteeredforth eArmyfrom arelocationcampandservedfortenmonth sonSaipanand i nth ei nvasionotIwoJima.Hewasassignedatvar-i ousti mestoth eNavy,th eArmyand th efamousFourth Marineswith wh om h epartici pated i nth elandingonIwoJima.Before th e evacuation bgt.Yosh i naburesided with h i swi feand ch i ldren i n WestTorrancewh ereh ewasengagedi nlarge-seal©strawberrygrowing.Hesaidh e h opedtoreturntoTorrancewh enh ei sdisch argedfrom serv-i ce.However,h enotedth atal-

    th ough h ewas47 yearsofageh edidnotexpecttobereleasedandbelievedth ath ewouldbeqf-signedtomili tarytask si nth eoc-cupationofJapan.SgtYosh i nobualsowaspresi-dentofth eGardenaValleych ap-terofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeaguewh aleresidi ngi nTor-rance.

    FormerSacramentoResidentFearsU.S.PublicReactionARIA,Japan—Tosh i oMach i da,aformerresidentofSocramento,wantstogoback toth eUni tedStatesbuth efearsth ereactionth eretopersonsofJapanesean-cestry"won'tbegoodforth enexttenyears." .Mach i daturnedup i nAnaasacivi li ani nterpreterfromth eMisu-sh i maprisonerofwarcamp,fromwh i ch 306 Allied i nternees*wereevacuated.

    EvacueeFamilyStaysi nHostelDespiteProtest,PITTSBURGH,Pa.-Th eHtt,burgh BureauofBuildi ng iM'tionrecentlyrefused tooustfamily ofJapanese America,evacueesfrom th eGusk yOrph an

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