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SUBJECT The Election Campaignof LVEURA Itichisaburo

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(The following is an account of the election caquilgn lowed by 2,1031RAKish:Wear° in Dakayana-kon during /lay 1954)

• SWIRA's Acreenerit to Beek Eloatiog

Ever since the ontbreak of the Government scandaln, certain political leadershave felt that At II011111% lachisaburo were in the House of Couneiners the politicalvrerld vould'probably turn to him for leadership. 'Men TqJq Tortuga, =Mbar.of the Upper Donee feet Wakayona-ken, passed away in *11 l9Y4mid a special Ielection was called, MUM& vas urged to rua. At tirirt he refused to cive an tanswer became the opportunity had occurred co efuldenly, but after eentinueturging by members of the frogreosive, Liberal, and Japan (Splinter) Liberal )Parties, and especially by PUMICE; Yakuhiro of the Progressfrue, VC:Mk fiillySagreed to .rOn. The news spread at once through the political and financialworld and ITY:1Flatic supporters aniokly began seeking fitnnoial aid for the cam-paign. bibo soliciting fasts the following advice vas received by LTILIAUL'arollovers from 010X1DIA Tame, precident of Daum Ceearitios Co., Ltd, ofTokyo

a. Do not try to gather money fron all torarters. Concentrate on these eouroeswhich soon moot pp:cluing. .

_b. Do not reveal that tamer navy men are Supporting 110t3URA until the emplaceleaver.

This a4vice vas considered sound by 116NURA's swarters and can follomedtbrutighout the cappeign.

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37aUA wont to 1:aLityozn on 8 ray and began tho campaign on 10 thy. For one month ,the covered every part of the prefecture from Kaplan in the north to the Uhlman-Kura= area in the south. Ile Lade his firet speech in the Kopwasa district and !

.; it azamred, to_ tire him sonoiderably. Thin vac beoruse he had to do something he-- had Saar done boYdris dot like g politician ancl

pratesoional politicians. On a truck, travelling over bumpy roads, he began hieoampaign.

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- •Thllin o"r the adantabibUb.tertiin bit thick 0...perhape the abet trifng

of ii the akiRriannai • of thi'dimplign.erld *Ought toic4 oftsig ig.t4 thM.76 ielii*kild NOMURA. The paople Oland hilm were expe. s at elections and thal.had prepared a adhednI4 based on their experience with younger candidates.'However, never during the entire campaign did he change the schedule to suW,his own convenience His supporters changed one after another, but not heHe was always calmly waving a. white end smiling atop the truck.

. His iguenbeewere always delivered in A loud clear voice which coulkbe heard tothe sod or the 411. On the Other hand his opponent, Left-wing SocialistSUZUKI Kabachiro who at first boaitedOr his youthful age of 41, towerde the

, end of the campaign developed 'severe' voice trouble'-

. NOMURA). damplipm Speech -

• Theib1144iiig $6 an outline of the speech usuallygiven . bi NOKURA.dnring the a

-,,;,.,.!;_siF-IPPYAL4kobisab4rOt , Ttblitew of the 4Oae5tiOAX4.-IMMUP .. was Urged by

despite : my old age. I propose to dedicate my efforts to the reconstructionof Japen-W, unifying the nation. Iirlab to give you in idea Or my opinionia;

,.1). I fsel : that it is good policy tO adhere to democracy'.- Hoge7er I reel

that it is important for each Pomo to exercise his individual obligationsnot only- in order to protect his individual rk gbts, but also for the bane-tit of t sound **elopeent of .democracy in Japan.'

. Japan lost, Abs Jar but it haa gained its independence. I believe that. we gnat wipe away the. feelings of defeat inde by restoring our selfrreapent.: 83 Japanese nationals, help to lead our goiernient I myself, as 'a oititenor this netion,intedd tif . cirry , 9ut ay responeibilities."-The new constitu-tion was forced upon us by a vietorioue . nation and nO akendaenta Werepermitted at the time In effect it was made im'a foreign country and;

.consequently, has bad points as well as NeOckones, An independent .Japan*et give it thorough and jUdicious-etudy.from ite Own peculiai.otardpoint,>:

Japan must .become ecoas oodcally self-aastatoteg. At tbe.ireeint time weare only able to provide food enough for 600411m or our SO millionpeople i As for oil, Japan's yearly dernands are increasing althoughdomestic Production is insignificant .- ' ,Japan is depending On preignsources for twenty end soils odd million tone of material* each year..We auat.iicresse our foreign trade and endeavor to balance. the'paYMente..At'thepresent time qur ‘ fOreige„tradele almost inactive and it ip,maidthat our poleammy it faded with aerisis. -In view:orate situation thepeople gust manifest thatr true gullitita - and overeomwthe crisis by-am:Oration,

-Ideally Jaesnahould maintain the goodwill of all. the of the world,

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particularly the,weighberinilations. " However, sine!) Japan must dependOn therres . nationslier needed materials; it is necoeeiry,to,mainteinfriendly relations with the free nations.' I believe that the direet.capee

.orthe Pacific ber yl's the economic blockade of Japan,. particularly with, regerd to petroleum LaPorte, contemplated by Other nations to opunter:out

-7' position and led be the outbreak of war. If diplomette'policies take .

these basic problems into comaideration the course or. Japan , will:become ,c1eae4,

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NOMURA t e dpponent in thivelection was SUZUKI: hahadhiro, 41 year-Old left-wingSocieliet and president Of the Wakayama-ken branch or ".tile Japan teacher). Union,-.‘

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SUZUKI an as an independent with the open support of the Japan Communist Park,and the Left-wing Socialite. Hi tried to appeal to the Ocooplio with such slogansas "Rearmament leads directly to way' "Amy the sandal-ridden conservativegovernment,* and "Don't send your children to the battle fields.* Before thestart of the campaign MORA'. weak points were bonsidered to be his foliartitle afAdmiral, hie Open advocation of rearaiment'andhis outspoken criticismof Primelnister TOSHIDA's policion and actions. Roamer, after he catipaiipestarted it was found that these things were not important. . The pnblig Iona thatNCSURA was a pacifist ands men of ameptionally'high • oharacter and they lookedat him with feedliamity and welcomed him.'

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NOMURA had tim man problems to overcome in achieving his eleotion. One waa theshaky nacre of his conservative support, comPosed'at !twee otaabers of theLiberal, Progressive and Japan (Splinter) Liberal Parties. The other'problan wasa .hotaj. of tWelu Hw,isg no srianae in po}iticn, W1(1& tad no other'chap. lemt.to. tutn to experienced leaders in the conservative camp. Re chose

-1 11111111nbiZe4agorwith the assistance of ONO Shinji, Vice.60avernor or liakvasa" assistant Secrettry-General of the Liana Party, to be .

• prelacture. TAKAOUCHI . i. an expert at electioneering, haying.been elected to •offios . 6 times hhnself. .In addition it is well known:th pt he has never violated theelection lone. COO, a sincere, Olean, is considered a pillar-of . the prefeCtUral

. world and was laid to have the support. of 34 of the Wakesame'e38 prefectural • 'aermahlran: Unfortunately, however, as the osammign programed rivalry •develand among: the Marione tictione'supportling NOMURA. Superficially . there seemedto be no' trouble %hammer, but if cos looked health the =thee it was eaertosee the rival leaders watching for an opportunity to take advantage of eackother.Thus the YAMRGU2H1 cliqtal-Wes cold to the groupahes401 brfULKATAMA.,91dieru L andKAMM Yoshio', both' of whoa anammabers of the Prov.isiW.AhalEberil,Party itself there was friction between cliquesheaded . byS0 (fon))MO Koichi Mod TABUCHI (Inn)5. The. danger Of this friction becostinggra-..,cetzrrifUe issue dr inndeameme inVolved Wai vet* peat.

Campaign chief YAMAGUCHI felt that a fund of 5 million yen wat necessary ifscmurA was to be elected by an acceptable margin. HOSHINA Zenshiso was selectedto:bead e group to raise the funds. Thanks to a 2mi1lion yarcantrilmtkm:want/Si:TA ganosuke, President Of Hasnehits,Electritel Industry Co. of •TOkii end numerous small donations it was possible to get the campaign underway.*Meth. campalLn1 was started, however, additional funds were needed in short4100r. Just when it seemed that the campaign would bog 00WD because of lack of

MA,TSUSHITA came to the rescue with 3, million more yen. .This money disappeared',later in a bcma.dx7 rice paddy.

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110010404eriad ()fib. oespalip arraredfnal5 to 25 Hey. As a result of theinternal strife and lick Of fends the RCNUBA campaign did not develop accordingt0:13Iis:aad at times it appeared that . NOMURA might be overwhelmed by his Opponent:

,On:44,44YOSsAaditoriel, the ALOE Shbabng. reported that the odds an elOKUBA:iiiti00*Iiiirikab00_4.ta.:AagainetiMPRa. A. the cam progressed it becamemore end more .vidit that the strong orgenisetion of the-(100440;a4Ttstaga. In addition to enpport from the Japan Communist Party, theSocialists had the support * the liakaymas-ken branch of the Japan Teacher'sUnit* ..a.000)",, -the'Netionel Railway Worker's Union (sow) and factory workersalionglegto'seehenloneaSSeitei, Deegan and Sonic* (55,000). Total support

..jaieCtheMaModrees slcfreetimatedat about 48,000 votes. Since each person wasbon4deral'ablelc•lnflainarthreesympathatic votes it was estimated that a total'

, cif:120010D-UA30000.:.Voteiwie already lest to the Socialists before the camiaiinhadian, aterted. The'validity-rof these figures wfs confirMsd later by the resultso the election leCisiss of this fl ttr Socialists tampeigned with, soiificiease

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while the NOMURA complete secretly worried. Since Awes apparent that thedifference of a mere 10,030 to 20,030 oaten would probably determine theoutcome of the election both camps exerted their efforts toward obtainingthese important votes airing the middle period.

7. * Establishment of a Camtdned Tactical liesdauarters

At thivpoint it became obvious that some &esti/ steps would have to be taken ifNOMURA wee to merge victorious in thvbleotion. It was decided that a =shinedtactical headquvters would . te established udder the leadership *filial:en0.PUJIMURA foshikasu and mann d nitQ coordinate and eliminateinnolin-THiTIC-gbus faetinmanr-Llideon, was maintained at all times with the .TAMA003111 and ONO groups as well am' with the Progressive and SplintortiberalParty supporters. To solve the problem of funds ROHM and MINOR* went toOsaka on 29 May where they obtained another Wall= yen frailiAMA.managing director of Masers Securities Co., Ltd.°

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After estoblishment of the combined tactical headquarters the situation changedaompIstily led the newVbegin to be favoribie. The protectoral office under theloaderehip of Vice74overisorCWO began an all out effort to Oro a large tat the poll.. Airplanes. of the Seinen Make Emmet (Tenth Air ?.dáatScc)1 wereuhmi to spread notices urging a large vote.' The Veteran's *geodetical MaineOunjin Isi)°,. the thunded.Soldier's Aseeciatice (Shoigunghlai)v smiths. •Civil Defense Organisationlkinbo *tat)" and other em.inen iina Noy grouraconducted similar ompaigne and the and of May the edventedo seamed to haveturned to N(MURA.

9. futeort of Raisions °ionisation. -En addition to the smart of veterans organisations a successfe effort was madeto enlist the sepport of religious organisations in the area.. Such graune as •Tenr1.4yoU and Moho no ?you isensioriers from their headquarterstheir Mindere to support MOMORL. Insulation TOSMINURA laraji, head priestof the Esaniehi branch of the IsumoTaisha Kyo,personally came to Wakeymn and •every single vote *ibis fellows ( a tots]. of 15,000) was east ler NOMURA. This"type of vote, including as it. did ever* strata of society, was considered very .

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In thvkait days of the campaign the 'arrival of natiooally knan paiticalligdresto campaign tar bath candidates turned the election into a ocntest of nationalsignifieano. Frem thi ranks of the oonservatived cane A.9111DA Hitdshi. 3111.9aUTSLLMsieru .1Walialensan and NAKASONE Youhiro so campaign for NO(URA,

prom Socialist make came SUZUKI Roseburg, EAWAIWII. anciALTAI__L_(fnu).tourge the election of their candidate. Both ildia'fbeght- the campaign hitterbitterend, 'but in the final stages the combined tactics of NOMURA's groan begun' to dhowits strength. The filial vote woo 254,14 for NOMURA and ; 127,851 for SUZUKI.NOMURA was the victor q a margin of over two to one.

1. NOMURA Shigeru was a member of the 1953 Diet as rePresebtative frai TanabeCitydrakeysma-ken. He now runs a fishing company: An able Oen, he has organ-ised the young people of the city.

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BO is a.member of the present !Act from ' Ito4un and Nake-gun, *karats-.ken. He is a rather able in rut was not on enthusiastic supporter of .NatURA. •

4. 30(0 is a member of tbs Splinter Liberals- and .occripies a seat in cthe .present Diet. He is well kaown for having revealed the location Ofburied treasure during the Oacupat.ion,- particularly in the Bank of japan

,vaults. ,He is a mull businessman; a good man, sincere it'd honest..

rAllUCITI is a Liberal Party member of the . present Diet. • He is a followerof SATO Eitliit11. His bone is in Shit*, Makayama4eit. He is not veryreliable. '

6. A total of about 15 million Yin was solicited during the campaign. : The• :.breakdown of sources was,.roughlY,,as.19:13.91(1.L.AMWM.,...1Contrute..... Area,

5 million am plus another million in services tugs of care,...Tina perponneretch* !ra intion yen y* .4.rilbctasi'loCally in liakaYmen4rmnand in. null.

-assienta in Tokyo from friends local' groups etc. The. HOSHINA group wasvet/ suocessfUl collecting B -Million yen in all: Iromura Securities gave • •2 million OCICO. (fau),representing the Federation of Economic -Organizations,gave 1.3 million, UENOBA -(fnu), President of the inployers a Association,.gave 1:5 million and Asahi Kase Zo., a cheninal fins, gave 2 million: •

NOMURA. is president of this organization. It is organised on a nation-widebasis, with headquarters in Tokyo, -

B. NOMA was invited to be president of the Association- but reins* because.of the press of other duties, It has 10 million members with headquartersin Tokyo.

UMBRA is president of this orgini.zation. It is nation-wide i has over100;000 *anbere with headquarters in Tokyo..

BOKURA is also president of this' organization, which is not large bat is.growing fast. Its headquarters, are in Osaka.'

Taari-kyo insisted on being paid 1r its suppo. rt, this being one of theirbasis principles. !XHOSA paid T50,000'eaoh for transportation to and fromri*CY•sail-kan of the three members of this organization who campaigned '-ibr

2. Thii sect is very wealthy and has over A roil:lion members: It was startedMoat 30 years ago.. Headquarters ere located at Harajuku, Thyogi,

' The head of the sect is l'ANICOCHI Masahiro', a gntduate of Walled& Usieetsitgi.'