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PACIFIC CITIZEN ■Vol. 38 No. 13 Marc 26,1954 258 E. Frst St, Los Angeles 12, Calf. 10 cents 'Abassadors n Ars', new boo on 100t Infantry to be publsed By LAWRENCE NAKATSUKA Honolulu Club 100,te veterans' or- ganzaton ofte frst Nse unt to go nto acton nWorld War 11, s advertsngfor sale te "best story of any ltary It wll be called"Abassa- dors n Ars," a boo about te llustrous 100 t Infantry Bat- talon. Te boo wll bepub- lsed ts su er by te Unv. ofHawa Press. Its autors Dr. Toas D. Murpy,a s- tory professor at UH. Te battalon was. co posed of Hawa en several onts! after Pearl Harbor and traned, at Cap McCoy, Wse. It went overseas, after tranng, to fgt nItaly. - 'Purplepeart Bn.' It fougt valantlyn soe of te btterest battles, ncludng Cassno, and suffered eavy ca- sualtes. After a wle te100 t was ncnaed te "Purple Heart Battalon." After Anzo,te 100 t was onedbyte 442 ndReg ental Cobat Tea , and te twoout- fts fougt as atea up te Italanboot, over to Soutern France,ntoteVosgesMoun- tans, tenbac toItaly for te fnal pus before V-E Day. Spar M. Matsunaga, pres- dent of Club100, assent word to ebers tat aspecal ed- ton of "Abassadorsn Ars" s bengpublsed for Club100 ebers and ter relatves and frends. Specal Edton Te specal edton wll con- tan te naes of all tose wo at anytewere ebersof te100 t. Alst of awards and edals wll alsobe ncluded. Tese features wll not be aong te contents of te regu- lar edton. Pre-publcaton orders for te specal edton are beng recev- ed, for alted teonly, by Club 100, 520 Kaou St., Ho- nolulu. Teprceof $6, s te sae asfor te regular edton. But tespecal edton wll not beprnted unlessa total order of 500 or ore copes s receved. Fve Years of Researc " 'Abassadorn Ars' s not apctoral revew put togeter n a few orts by soe enter- prsng ournalst," says Club Presdent Matsunaga. "It s te result of oretanfveyears I of pansta ng researc, wrtng, andrewrtng." ! Matsunaga says tat any facts, taen fro once top-secret fles,are relatedfor tefrst te. Te boo, eadds, wll de- scrbe te atttude of teAry andte Navy toward teJapa- nesen Hawa beforete Pearl Harbor attac, and edately , afterwards; te FBl's apprasal of teloyalty of te Nse; te 1 en responsble for te fora- ton of te 100 t, and wyt was fored; weter t was ntended as alabor battalon andwy t was ade aco bat unt. Evacuaton Queston It also answers questons about te nfluence of te100 t n tefor atonof te 442 nd Reg ent; wy teJapanese n Hawa were treated dfferently fro toseonteWest Coast; weter evacuatonof Hawa's ' Japanese adbeencontepla- ted: and te tnng a ong g govern ent and ltary offcals nHawa and Was- ngtonabout te100 t. I On te lg ter sde, te boo wll defne a "oton" as ds- tngusedfro a"buddaead," and even relate owte en of I te 100 t got along wt te sgnornen Italy. Frst all-Nse Lons Internatonal ay beorganzedby Sacraenlans Sacraento It fnally appears Sacraento I wll ave an all-Nse Lons I club. "Just as Sacraento was tefrst ctyto ave anall- Nse VFW post, ts wll ar wat sbeleved to bete frst all Nse Lons Internatonal," Eugene Oadarevealed n s recent colunpublsed n te San Francsco Hoube Ma- nc. Te wrter also reportedSan Jose s understoodto be con- sderng a s lar type of organzaton. Questonngteneedof suc anorganzaton forteco- unty, soe ponted out efforts of teJACL andVFW groups would beduplcated and cause furter fnancal stranonte co unty. Oters feel te Lons,a publc servce club, woulddo teco untygood n bot welfare and publc relatons. JACL Leaders Mu W le JACL and VFW leaders ere ave not co ented on ts ove ent, for aton of te Nse Lons scenteredaround younger Nsebusness and pro- I fessonal en not actve nany club, accordng to O ada. Te Nse arebengencour- aged tofor ter own capter byteSacraento Lons, wo recentlyadedteSacraento C nese tofor ter own Lons group. Te C nese ave et consderable success, despte ter all C neseA ercan A- ercanLegon andVFW posts, te colunst reports. Snca tey ave assurances of 20 tobe carter e bers, O ada feels organzaton sdue by te end ofte ont. A ong te ey ebers are Jac H- to, George Kato, Stan Sug- yaaandBobSofye. Sootsayer predcts stateood Honolulu Te an wo predcted Truan's "upset" vctory n 1948 and Esenower's ob n te. W teHouse n1952says te terrtoryof Hawa wll wn stateood n ts sesson 01 Congress. .He's Dowo Koda a, fa- « Japanese fortune teller, wo ade, tepredctonat "p£L request of te Hawa Tunes. Fro te words, yaa,a- nar, ago, c, tfrn andta, (translated fro Japanese: ountan, tunder, cn, eart, sy and peace), te 76- -year-old sootsayer deduced Hawa's racalproble s gone,tat wle Hawa s gettng federal ad today t would be te oter way around wense getsstate- ood,and tat Hawa wll prosper as a state. Accordng to te Hawa T es, Koda a dd notnow of Hawa'sstateoodprob- le before e ade te pre- dctpn. Hetacled an entre- ly new queston. SKETCH CHAPTERBANNER FOR SALTLAKE CITY Salt Lae Cty An appropratecapter banner sbeng desgned by teSalt LaeJACL for ds- playat foral occasons wt te A ercan flag. Mrs. Tooo Yano was ased to sub t orgnal setces. Several sowngJa- panese A ercan otfs as well as localand natonal tees werepresented. Last wee, Ted Nagata of teYout groupandMarge Ns awa were na ed to te co ttee toworfurter on detals. Nse cabbe robbed, suspect eld Cleveftaul, O. Tree Wednesdays ago,a an stopped Jac Mor tsu's cab atE. 105 t and Eucld Aye. and asedtobedrven to an E. 95t St. address. Once tere, e pulled a gun and too $10 fro te23-year-old Western Reserve Unversty dental student. Ten two detectvespass- ng by n ter cruser, suspec- tng so etng wrong, stopped to nvestgate.A an fled. .Mortsu soutedfor elp. Te detectves called on. te fleeng an to stop. He ran on and one detectve fred at wt asotgun. Te an staggered as e ran, leavng a tral .of bloodbe- nd , but got away. Inforaton leadng to te an'sappre enson was gv- entopolcebyatpster wo told te "te an sot Wednesdayng t onE.95t" wouldbefound at acertan address. Te East Sder was found lyng nbedwt-fes- terngsotgunwounds, taen fro s oe andlodgedat te CtyHosptal. Te suspectedcabrobber, Robert Catc ngs,22, as re- fusedtolet doctors re ove a bullet fro s leg because "t would leave a scar."He dened terobberyeven toug treeof te eg t re- cently robbed cab drvers dentfed Catc ngs as te gun an, wo robbed te.. Specal Nse newsfealure Bos* In a full-page feature Mar. 31, Te .Crstan Scence Montor wll brng tots world-wde au- denceof readerste storyof wat Nse areacco pls ng n te Unted States. It wll tell ow Japanese- A ercansdstngused te - selves n World War11, ow tey're fndngnew opportun- tes today n busness, n te professons,ngovern ent, and n tetrades, andwat prob- les stll confront te . "Once ated as sy bolsof a vaguebut frg tful 'yellow per- l,' " one of te artcles nte fortco ng Montorobserves, "tey'reacceptedtodayas ct- zens. Were prewar college graduates ad to cler ngreen arets grads of a decade later asebrea ng nto new, lucra- tve felds."Te wrter adds, "Andtey're tangtese s- torcstepsas quetlyas tey too ter warte and prewar reverses." Here s astory ctngteac- co pls ent of en well nown to JapaneseA ercans n te LosAngeles a#a.—rAttor- ney Fran F. Cu an, Dr. Ja- esM. Goto, JudgeJon Aso, Dr. H. Jaes Hara,for nstance. But ost of all t tells ow tou- sands of everyday Nse ctzens are gettng aead as typcal I A ercans. | "Wt te frst urdle of ac- | ceptance past,"oneartcle de- clares, "Japanese A ercan leaders plan to elp gude ter' , people out of te Lttle Toyo's tontegraton." Two Nse MDs Salt Lae Cty Te degree of Doctor of Med- cne wll be conferred upontwo Nse at specal co ence ent exercses toorrowafternoon at teUnv.ofUta Kngsbury Hall. Tetwo are LndyFuo Ku aga andElseSaae Sata, wo avecopletedter stu- des durngte 1953-54wnter quarter. PERUVIAN-JAPANESE RELIEF BILL AMENDMENTAPPROVEDBYHOUSE Was ngton Actngwt fr convcton, teHouse passed andsent to te Senatea bll a endng te Refugee Relef Act to ' nclude fro deportatonfor Peruvan Japanese. Te bll, a endng te ad- ust ent of status secton of te Refugee RelefAct of 1953, wouldprevent te deportaton of PeruvanJapanese andper- t te toapplyfor" pera- nent resdence p te Unted States. Several undred Peruvan Japanese are expected to bene- ft fro ts legslaton f t be- coeslaw, accordng to Me Masaoa, Nse lobbyst n Was ngton. Prevents Deportaton "Tsbll would prevent - edate deportaton to Japan of Japanese wo were broug t fro Peru for ntern ent nte Unted States durngWorld War 11. Tese ndvduals," Masaoa explaned, "are unable to return to Peru. Ts specal suspenson fro deportatonand adust- ent of status for PeruvanJa- panese wll not be carged aganst te185 annual gra- ton quota of Japan." Masaoa gave partcular prase for tefavorableHouse actontoRep. FrancsE. Wal- ter(D.,Pa.),wo ntroduced tea end ent to tebll to ncludetePeruvan Japanese; Rep. T. Mllet Hand(R., N.J.), wo adntroduced a Jont Res- oluton for ts saepurpose last year and wooned nts year's effortstosecure House passage of te bll; and Rep. Lous E. Graa (R., Pa.), wo, ascar an of te HouseSub- co ttee on I gratonand Natonalty,provded encour- age entand support for ' ts easure. , JACL Supports Bll JACL ssupportng tsef- fort wc provdes relef fro deportaton for Peruvan Japa- nese. Exstng law contans no provsons to satsfactorly andle ts unusual stuaton. Tese Japanesewere broug t ere fro Peru byte Unted | Statesgovern entn 1942 for I nternent. After ostltes I wereover,tePeruvan gov- -1 ernent refused te per s- son toreturn to ter forer oes n Peru. Masaoa undertoo respon- sblty to try tosolve ts prob- l le by approprate legslaton at terequest of anu ber of PeruvanJapanese n Los An- gelesand n Seabroo, N.J. HIGHEST RANKING NISEI DENTAL OFFICERIS LT. COL. MORIMOTO Texarlcana Te g estranKngNse dental offcer, Lt. Col. George G. Mor oto, s currently post dental surgeon at te Red Rver Arsenal ere. He was 1941-42presdent of teSacraento JACL, s arred to te forer Nette Futa of Stocton, and fa- ter of fvecldren. 51 babes: nforaton concernng adopton and graton Te Was ngton Offce of te Japanese A ercanCtzens League n cooperatonwt offcals ad nsterng te Refugee Relef Act of 1953released tefollowng nforaton con- cernng te adoptonand graton of orp an cldrenunder teAct. * * TeRefugeeRelef Act of 1953 provdes for te ssuance of not ore tan4,000 spe- cal non-quota- grant v- sas tocertan elgble orp ans woareunder10 years of ageat te tetevsas are ssued. T ese specal orp an vsasaretobe ssued on a world-wde bass wt no spe- cal allocaton to any country. A Unted States ctzen and s spouse (regardless of we- ter or not te spouse san alen) ay brngtoteUn- ted States one or two elgble orp ans, or oretan two f t s necessaryto prevent te separaton of broters and ssters. TreeCondtons To be elgble, teorp an ust be analen cld: (1) Wo s anorp an be- cause of te deat ords- appearanceof .at.. parents, or because of teabandon- ent or deserton by, or sep- araton orloss fro, bot parents, or wo asonlyone parent due to te deat or dsappearanceofte oter parent and te reanng par- ent s ncapableof provdng carefor te orp anand as n wrtngreleased tecld for e gratonand adopton; (2) Wo as beerrWegally adoptedabroad by a Unted Statesctzenand spouseor for wo necessary and sats- factory assurances ave been ade tatf te cld s ad- ttednto te UntedStates tey wll adopt andpro- vdeproper care; and (3) Wo s nelgblefor ad sson nto te Unted States solely because te non^ preferenceporton of te quota to wc e would .oterwse, be cargeable s oversubscrbed. Te questonof weter a Unted States ctzens qual- fedto adopt a cld s* ex- clusvelygoverned by foregn law f adopton sco pleted abroad and by state law f te clds adopted n te Unted States. Adopton Qualfcatons Te Refugee Relef Act does not affect te qualfca- tonof actzen to adopt a cld. Rater, t facltates te ad sson nto ts country of cldren wo eter ave been adoptedabroador are to be adopted nte Unted States, andfor wo necessaryas- surances ave been ade. Te Was ngton JACL Of- fce aes ts release for n-: f or atonalpurposes and reco ends tat nterested ndvduals see autortatve gudance lor furter detals-n te progra . Notonal JACL Endowent FundReport Current Total: $74,649.78 n Trust: $06,000

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Page 1: PACIFIC CITIZEN · 2000. 8. 31. · PACIFIC CITIZEN Vol.38 No. 13 March26,1954 258E.FirstSt,LosAngeles12,Calif. 10cents 'oAmbassadorn100th sinArms',newbook Infantrytobepublished ByLAWRENCENAKATSUKA

PACIFIC CITIZEN■Vol.38 No.13 March 26,1954 258E.FirstSt,LosAngeles12,Calif. 10cents

'Ambassadorsi nArms',newbookon 100th Infantrytobepublish edByLAWRENCE NAKATSUKAHonolulu

Club 100,th eveterans'or-ganizati onofth efi rstNisei unittogo i ntoactioni nWorldWar11, i sadvertisi ngforsaleth e

"besth i storyofanymili tary

Itwillbecalled"Ambassa-dorsi nArms,"abook aboutth ei llustrious 100th InfantryBat-talion.Th ebook willbepub-lish edth i ssummerbyth eUni v.ofHawai i Press.Itsauth ori sDr.Th omasD.Murph y,a h i s-toryprofessoratUH.Th ebattalion was.composedofHawai i menseveralmonth s!afterPearlHarborandtrained,atCampMcCoy,Wise.Itwentoverseas, after traini ng, tofigh ti nItaly.

- 'PurplepeartBn.'Itfough tvali antlyi nsomeofth ebi tterestbattles,i ncludingCassino,andsufferedh eavyca-sualties.Afterawh i leth e100thwas nick named th e "PurpleHeartBattalion."AfterAnzio,th e 100th wasj oi nedbyth e442ndRegimentalCombatTeam,andth etwoout-fitsfough tas ateam upth eItalianboot,overtoSouth ernFrance,i ntoth eVosgesMoun-tains,th enback toItalyforth efi nalpush beforeV-EDay.Spark M.Matsunaga,presi-dentofClub100,h assentwordtomembersth ataspecialedi-ti onof"Ambassadorsi nArms"isbeingpublish edforClub100membersandth ei rrelativesandfriends.

SpecialEditi onTh especialediti onwillcon-tainth enamesofallth osewh oatanytimeweremembersofth e100th .Alistofawardsandmedalswillalsobei ncluded.Th esefeatureswillnotbeamongth econtentsofth eregu-larediti on.

Pre-publicati onordersforth especialediti onarebeingreceiv-ed,foralimi tedtimeonly,byClub100,520Kamok uSt.,Ho-nolulu.Th epriceof$6, i sth esameasforth eregularediti on.Butth especialediti onwillnotbeprintedunlessatotalorderof500ormorecopiesi sreceived.Fi veYearsofResearch"'Ambassadori nArms'isnotapictorialreviewputtogeth eri nafewmorith sbysomeenter-prisi ng j ournalist,"saysClubPresidentMatsunaga."Iti sth eresultofmoreth anfi veyearsIofpainstak i ngresearch ,writi ng,andrewriti ng."!Matsunaga saysth atmanyfacts,tak enfromoncetop-secretfiles,arerelatedforth efi rsttime.Th ebook ,h eadds,willde-scribeth eattitudeofth eArmyandth eNavytowardth eJapa-nesei nHawai i beforeth ePearlHarborattack ,andi mmedi ately,afterwards;th eFBl'sappraisalofth eloyaltyofth eNisei ;th e1menresponsibleforth eforma-ti onofth e100th ,andwh yi twasformed;wh eth eri twasi ntendedasalaborbattalionandwh yi twasmadeacombatunit.

EvacuationQuestionItalso answers questionsaboutth ei nfluenceofth e100thi nth eformationofth e442ndRegiment;wh yth eJapanesei nHawai i weretreateddifferentlyfromth oseonth eWestCoast;wh eth erevacuationofHawai i 's

'Japaneseh adbeencontempla-ted:andth eth i nk i ng amongh i gh governmentandmili taryoffici als i nHawai i andWash -i ngtonaboutth e100th .IOnth eligh terside,th ebookwilldefinea"k otonk "asdis-tingui sh edfroma"buddah ead,"jandevenrelateh owth emenofIth e 100th gotalongwith th esignorinei nItaly.

Firstall-Nisei Li onsInternationalmaybeorganizedbySacramenlans

SacramentoItfinallyappearsSacramento

Iwillh ave anall-Nisei Li onsIclub."JustasSacramentowasth efi rstcityto h aveanall-Nisei VFW post,th i swillmarkwh ati sbeli evedtobeth efi rstallNisei Li onsInternational,"EugeneOk adarevealed i nh i srecentcolumnpublish edi nth eSan Francisco Hok ubei Mai -ni ch i .Th ewri teralsoreportedSanJosei sunderstoodtobecon-sideri nga simi lartypeoforganizati on.Questioni ngth eneedofsuchanorganizati onforth ecom-munity,somepointedouteffortsofth eJACLandVFW groupswouldbeduplicatedandcausefurth erfi nancialstrainonth ecommunity.Oth ers feelth eLions,a public serviceclub,woulddoth ecommunitygoodi n both welfareand public

relations.JACLLeadersMum

Wh i leJACLandVFW leadersi h ereh avenotcommentedonith i smovement,formationofth eNi sei Lions i scenteredaroundyoungerNisei busi nessandpro-Ifessionalmennotactivei nanyclub,accordingtoOk ada.Th eNi sei arebeingencour-agedtoformth ei rownch apterbyth eSacramentoLions,wh orecentlyaidedth eSacramentoCh i nesetoformth ei rownLionsgroup.Th eCh i nese h avemetconsiderablesuccess,despiteth ei rallCh i neseAmericanAm-ericanLegionandVFW posts,th ecolumnistreports.Sincath ey h ave assurancesof20tobech artermembers,Ok adafeelsorganizati oni sduebyth eendofth emonth .Amongth ek eymembersareJack Hi-tomi,GeorgeKato,StanSugi-yamaandBobSofye.

Sooth sayerpredictsstateh oodHonolulu

Th e man wh opredictedTruman's"upset"victoryi n1948andEisenh ower'sj obi nth e.Wh i teHousei n1952saysth eterritoryofHawai i willwinstateh oodi nth i ssession01Congress.

.He'isDowh oKodama,fam-«i Japanesefortuneteller,wh omade,th epredicti onat"p£Lrequestofth eHawai iTunes.

Fromth ewords,yama,k a-minari ,ago,ch i ,tfrnandtai,(translatedfrom Japanese:mountain,th under,ch i n,earth ,sk yandpeace),th e76--year-oldsooth sayerdeducedHawai i 'sracialproblem i sgone,th atwh i leHawai i i sgettingfederalaidtoday— i twould be th e oth erwayaroundwh ensh egetsstate-h ood,andth atHawai i willprosperasastate.According to th eHawai iTimes,Kodamadi dnotk nowofHawai i 'sstateh oodprob-lembeforeh emadeth epre-dicti pn.Hetack ledanentire-lynewquestion.

SKETCHCHAPTERBANNERFORSALTLAKECITY

SaltLak eCityAnappropriatech apterbannerisbeingdesignedbyth eSaltLak eJACLfordis-playatformaloccasionswithth eAmericanflag.Mrs. Tomok oYano wasask ed to submitorigi nalsk etch es.Severalsh owi ngJa-panese Americanmotifsaswellaslocalandnationalth emeswerepresented.Lastweek ,TedNagataofth eYouth groupandMargeNish i k awawerenamedtoth ecommitteetowork furth erondetails.

Nisei cabbierobbed,suspecth eldCleveftaul,O.

Th reeWednesdaysago,amanstoppedJack Mori mi tsu'scabatE. 105th andEuclidAye.andask edtobedriventoanE.95th St.address.Onceth ere,h epulledagunandtook $10fromth e23-year-oldWestern ReserveUniversitydentalstudent.Th entwodetectivespass-

i ngbyi nth ei rcruiser,suspec-tingsometh i ngwrong,stoppedto i nvestigate.A manfled..Morimi tsush outedforh elp.Th edetectivescalledon.th efleeingmantostop.Heranonandonedetectivefi redath i mwi th ash otgun.Th emanstaggeredash eran,leavingatrial.ofbloodbe-h i nd h i m,butgotaway.

Informationleadingtoth eman'sappreh ensi onwasgiv-entopolicebyatipsterwh otold th em "th e man sh otWednesdayni gh tonE.95th "wouldbefoundatacertainaddress.Th eEastSiderwasfoundlying i nbedwith -fes-teringsh otgunwounds,tak enfrom h i sh omeandlodgedatth eCityHospital.Th esuspectedcabrobber,

RobertCatch i ngs,22,h asre-fusedtoletdoctorsremoveabulletfrom h i slegbecause"itwouldleaveascar."Hedeniedth erobberyeventh ough th reeofth eeigh tre-cently robbed cab driversidentifi edCatch i ngs as th egunman,wh orobbedth em..

SpecialNi sei newsfealureBosk *

Inafull-pagefeatureMar.31,Th e.Ch ri sti anScienceMonitorwillbringtoi tsworld-wideau-dienceofreadersth estoryofwh atNisei areaccomplish i ngi nth eUni tedStates.Itwilltellh ow Japanese-

Americansdisti ngui sh edth em-selves i nWorldWar11, h owth ey'refindi ngnewopportuni-tiestoday i nbusiness,i nth eprofessions,i ngovernment,andi nth etrades,andwh atprob-lemssti llconfrontth em."Onceh atedassymbolsofavaguebutfrigh tful'yellowper-i l,'"oneofth earticlesi nth eforth comi ngMonitorobserves,"th ey'reacceptedtodayasciti -zens. Wh ere prewar collegegraduatesh adtoclerk i ngreenmark etsgradsofadecadelaterasebreak i ng i ntonew,lucra-ti vefields."Th ewri teradds,"Andth ey'retak i ngth eseh i s-tori cstepsasquietlyasth eytook th ei rwartimeandprewarreverses."Herei sastoryciti ngth eac-

complish ment ofmen wellk nowntoJapaneseAmericansi nth eLosAngelesaj#a.—rAttor-neyFrank F.Ch uman,Dr.Jam-esM.Goto,JudgeJoh nAiso,Dr.H.JamesHara,forinstance.Butmostofalli ttellsh owth ou-sandsofeverydayNisei ci ti zensjaregettingah ead as typicalIAmericans.|"With th efi rsth urdleofac-

|ceptancepast,"onearticlede-clares,"JapaneseAmericanileadersplanto h elpguideth ei r',peopleoutofth eLittleTok yo'stoi ntegration."

TwoNisei MDsSaltLak eCity

Th edegreeofDoctorofMedi-ci newillbeconferredupontwoNisei atspecialcommencementexercisestomorrowafternoonatth eUni v.ofUtah KingsburyHall.Th etwoareLindyFumioKumagai andElsieSak aeSata,wh oh avecompletedth ei rstu-diesduringth e1953-54wi nterquarter.

PERUVIAN-JAPANESERELIEFBILLAMENDMENTAPPROVEDBYHOUSE

Wash i ngtonActingwith firm convicti on,th eHousepassedandsenttoth eSenateabillamendingth eRefugeeReliefActto'i ncludefrom deportationforPeruvianJapanese.Th ebill,amendingth ead-j ustmentofstatussectionofth eRefugee ReliefActof 1953,wouldpreventth edeportationofPeruvianJapaneseandper-mitth emtoapplyfor"perma-nentresidence i pth eUni tedStates.

Several h undred PeruvianJapaneseareexpectedtobene-fi tfromth i slegislationi fi tbe-comeslaw,accordingtoMi k eMasaok a, Nisei lobbyist i nWash i ngton.PreventsDeportation"Th i sbi llwouldpreventi m-mediatedeportationtoJapanofJapanesewh o were■brough tfromPeruforinternmenti nth eUni tedStatesduringWorldWar11.Th esei ndi vi duals,"Masaok aexplained,"areunabletoreturntoPeru.Th i sspecialsuspensionfrom deportationandadjust-mentofstatusforPeruvianJa-panese willnotbe ch argedagainstth e185annuali mmi gra-tionquotaofJapan."Masaok agaveparticular

praiseforth efavorableHouseactiontoRep.FrancisE.Wal-ter(D.,Pa.),wh oi ntroducedth eamendmenttoth ebi lltoi ncludeth ePeruvianJapanese;Rep.T.MilletHand(R.,N.J.),wh oh adi ntroducedaJointRes-olutionforth i ssamepurposelastyearandwh oj oi nedi nth i syear'seffortstosecureHousepassageofth ebill;andRep.LouisE.Grah am(R.,Pa.),wh o,asch ai rmanofth eHouseSub-committeeonImmigrationandNationality,providedencour-agementandsupportfor'th i smeasure.,JACLSupportsBillJACLissupportingth i sef-fortwh i ch providesrelieffromdeportationforPeruvianJapa-nese.Existi nglawcontainsnoprovisi onstosatisfactorilyh andleth i sunusualsituation.Th ese Japanesewerebrough th erefromPerubyth eUnited|Statesgovernmenti n 1942forIi nternment. After h osti li ti esIwereover,th ePeruviangov--1ernmentrefusedth empermis-siontoreturntoth ei rformerh omesi nPeru.Masaok a undertook respon-sibi li tytotrytosolveth i sprob-llem byappropriatelegislationatth erequestofanumberofPeruvianJapanesei nLosAn-gelesandi nSeabrook ,N.J.

HIGHESTRANKINGNISEIDENTALOFFICERISLT.COL.MORIMOTO

TexarlcanaTh e h i gh estranKingNiseidentalofficer,Lt.Col.GeorgeG.Morimoto,i scurrentlypostdentalsurgeonatth eRedRiverArsenalh ere.Hewas 1941-42presidentofth eSacramentoJACL, i smarriedtoth eformerNettieFuj i taofStock ton,andfa-th eroffivech i ldren.

51babies:i nformationconcerningadoptionandi mmi grationTh e Wash i ngtonOfficeofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague i ncooperationwith

offici alsadmini steringth eRefugeeReliefActof1953releasedth efollowing i nformationcon-cerningth eadoptionand i mmi grationoforph anch i ldrenunderth eAct.

* ♦ *Th eRefugeeReliefActof1953providesforth ei ssuanceofnotmoreth an4,000spe-cialnon-quota-immi grantvi-sastocertaineligi bleorph answh oareunder10yearsofageatth eti meth evi sasarei ssued.Th esespecialorph anvisasaretobe issuedonaworld-widebasiswith nospe-cialallocationtoanycountry.AUnitedStatesci ti zenand

h i sspouse(regardlessofwh e-th erornotth espousei sanalien)maybringtoth eUni-tedStatesoneortwoeligi bleorph ans,ormoreth antwoi fi ti snecessarytopreventth eseparationofbroth ersandsisters.

Th reeConditi onsTobeeligi ble,th eorph anmustbeanaliench i ld:(1) Wh oi sanorph anbe-

causeofth edeath ordis-appearanceof.h ath ..parents,orbecauseofth eabandon-

mentordesertionby,orsep-arationorloss from, bothparents,orwh oh asonlyoneparentduetoth edeath ordisappearanceofth e oth erparentandth eremaini ngpar-enti si ncapableofprovidi ngcareforth eorph anandh asi nwriti ngreleasedth ech i ldforemigrationandadoption;(2) Wh o h asbeerrWegallyadoptedabroadbyaUnitedStatesci ti zenandspouseorforwh omnecessaryandsatis-factoryassurancesh avebeenmadeth ati fth ech i ldi sad-mi ttedi ntoth eUni tedStatesth eywilladopth i mandpro-videpropercare;and(3) Wh o i s i neli gi bleforadmissi on i nto th e Uni tedStatessolelybecauseth enonpreferenceportionofth equota to wh i ch h e would.oth erwi se,be ch argeable i soversubscribed.

Th equestionofwh eth eraUnitedStatesci ti zeni squali-fiedtoadoptach i ldi s*ex-clusivelygovernedbyforeignlawi fadoptioni scompletedabroadandbystatelawi fth ech i ldi sadoptedi nth eUni tedStates.AdoptionQualifi cati onsTh e Refugee ReliefActdoesnotaffectth equalifi ca-tionofaciti zentoadoptach i ld.Rath er,i tfacili tatesth eadmissi oni ntoth i scountryofch i ldrenwh oei th erh avebeenadoptedabroadoraretobeadoptedi nth eUni tedStates,andforwh omnecessaryas-surancesh avebeenmade.Th eWash i ngtonJACLOf-fi cemak esth i sreleasefori n-:formationalpurposes andrecommendsth ati nterestedi ndi vi dualsseek auth ori tati veguidancelorfurth erdetails-i nth eprogram.

NotionalJACLEndowmentFundReportCurrentTotal:$74,649.78i nTrust:$06,000

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Wash i ngtonNewsletterMIKEMASAOKA

CONFERENCE CALLONCIVILLIBERTIES..."Freedomfromfearisanobjecti vewh i ch maybeunattain-

ablei nourtime.Th erecanbeli ttleserenityandnoeasysecurityi nanatomicageofanguish engenderedbyth econtinui ngth reatofwar,bySovieti mperi ali sm abroadandby demonstrableCommunistsubversionath ome."Yetth ei deaoffreedom isth eonlysurelineofdefense

againstth etotalitari anspiri t,eith erCommunistorFascist.Andth i sdefensei sweak enedwh enwepermitourcivi lli bertiestobeundermined,ourcivi lrigh tsdenied.

"Th eloyaltyofmen'smindstoth eprinci plesofdemocracyi sessentialtoth esurvivalofdemocracyandofth eGovernmentintendedandprovidedbyth eConstituti on.Resistancetototali-tariani smsh ouldnotandneednoti nvolveusi nprogramsoffearandsuspici onwh i ch h aveasth ei rendresultth eweak eni ngoffaith i nourselvesand i neach oth er,andth eerosionofth attruefreedomwh i ch h asmadeourNationstrong."Th i sConferencecomesatatimewh endistrust,dissension

anddi vi si onarewidespread.Italsocomesatatimewh enth ereseemstobea growingawarenessth atwefacedomestic—aswellasforeign—dangers,andwh eneveryvoiceth atspeak supi nloyaltytolibertycounts."Tore-appraiseth estatusoffreedom i nourNationtoday,

andtodiscusswaysforstrength eni ngi t,we i nvi teresponsiblenationalorganizati ons—wh i ch needonlyagreeth atci vi lli ber-ti esarevitaltoth ecountry'senduringsecurity—tomeeti nconferencetogeth er."

Amongth e70nationalorganizati onsth atrespondedtoth eConferenceCalltoth eSi xth AnnualNationalConferenceonCivi lLiberties,sponsoredbytth eNationalCivi lLibertiesClear-i ngHouselastweek endi nth enation'scapital,wasth eJACL.THEPRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ...Insendingh i s"warmestgreetings"toth eConference,Presi-

dentEisenh owerwrote:"Historyatteststoth efactth attimesoftensionbringwith

th em th egreatestperilstoth eci vi lli bertiesofapeople.Butwemustconstantlyrememberth atth estruggleagainstforeigntyrannycanscarcelybewonbyanypeoplewh oligh tlyregardth ei rownfreedom."Yourroleisth ereforequiteclear:i tseemstometh ati ti ncludessupportofalleffortsto i nsureth ei ntegrityofournation,constantvigi lanceagainstabreach ofcivi lliberties,and

cvigorouscampaigntoh ei gh tenpublicawarenessofth ei mport-anceofth oseli berties.Mayyourconferenceserveto i nspi reallwh oattendi twi th renewedrecogniti onofth eneedforpre-servingourbasicconstituti onalrigh tsandofprotectingth efree-domofth ei ndi vi dual."THECONFERENCEPROGRAM ...HerbertBrownell,Jr.,AttorneyGeneralofth eUni tedStates,openedth eConferencewith areporton"Civi lRigh tsi n1954-

Ach i evementsandCh allengesonth eRoadtoEquality."SenatorsJoh nSh ermanCooper(R.,Ky.)andPaulH.Doug-

las(D.,111.),sh aredth eleadersh i pi nth edi scussionon"Con-gressionalInvestigati onCommittees:Th ei rPowers,PurposesandEffects."*HarlanCleveland,executiveedi torofth eReporterMagazine

spok eon"SecurityandFreedomforth eNationandth eIndi-vidual"andOscarCoh en,nationalprogramdirectorofth eAnti-DefamationLeagueofB'nai B'rith ,concludedth emeetingswithh i ssuggestionsfor"PromotingFreedom th rough VoluntaryOrganizati ons."Aftereach princi palspeak er,membersofaselectedpanel

composedofexperiencedwork ersi nth efi elddiscussedth esub-j ect,eith ermak i ngcommentsofth ei rownoronth espeak er'sdissertation.Th ereafter,questionsfromth efloordirectedtoth espeak erorpanelmemberswerei nvi tedandanswered.Asummaryofth eConferencewasgivenbyth eRev.Robert

E.VanDusen,Wash i ngtonSecretaryofth eNationalLuth eranCouncil.PaulSiftonpfth eUni tedAutomobileWork ers,CIO,wasth eConferenceCh ai rmanandJoh nJ.Gunth erofAmericansforDemocraticActionandDr.EarlF.Adamsofth eNationalCouncilofCh urch esservedasProgramCommitteeco-ch ai rmen.

THEATTORNEYGENERALSPEAKS...Inaddressingmembersofth eConference,AttorneyGeneralPrownellassociatedh i mselfwith th erecordofach i evementsofth egroupanddeclaredth ati twas"asplendidexampleofafreenationi naction.".Accordingtoth ech i eflawenforcementofficerofth ecountryTh eneedforfrank discussionandwidespreaddisseminati onofth ei ssuesregardingbasicfreedoms i s i mperative.Onlyth osecompletelyblindtopresentdayrealiti escanfailtorecognizeth ealarmingtendencyuponth epartoftoomanyAmericanstoassumeth at,th eremustbe someth i ng'un-American'aboutapersonorgroupth atevincesagenuine i nteresti ncivi lrigh ts"Yeti nformedpeoplek now,andth rough th eeffortsofth i 3organizati onth euninformed h aveh addemonstratedtoth emth eexactconverse.Iti s'un-American'nottobe i nterestedi nth eprotectionandextensionofcivi lrigh ts.Th edisti ngui sh i ng

j eatureofourRepublic i sth ati twasbornofastrugaletosecureth eserigh ts.With outth eassurance th atth eBillofRigh tswouldbei ncluded,ourConstituti onwouldnoth avebeenAltersummarizi ngth each i evementsandactivi ti esofth eEi senh owerAdmini strationi nth i sfield,th eAttorneyGeneralrevealedth atth eGovernmenti sseek i ngtoestablish a publicdefendersystem forourFederalCourtsto"mak eplainth atallpersons, i ncludingth epoor,areentitledtoberepresentedbycounseltoprotectth ei rci vi lrigh ts."Inadditi on,tomoreeffectivelycopewith th epresentsitu-ation,th eAttorneyGeneraldeclaredth atth eDept.ofJusticei srequestinglegislation"tograntimmunityfromprosecutionto"witnesseswh osetestimonyi sdeemedi mportanttoferretingoutcrimi nalandsubversiveconspiraci es"andto"auth ori zeth ei n-troduction i ntoFederalCourtproceedings,i ncases i nvolving

nationalsecurityork i dnapping,ofevidencesecuredbywire-tapping." J *Insummary,th eAttorneyGeneralquotedfromDr.RobertJr-USh «a",wh o,oncewrote:"Th ech i efdangeri snotth atpublicoffici alswillarrogantlyoverrideth elibertiesofapro-testingpeople,butth atah i ntolerantpublicwillnotonlypermitbutdemandth esupressionofminori tyrigh ts.Th eprofessionalpatriotsandwitch burnerssuddenlyrisetopostsofleadersh i p

Wh olecommuniti esloseth ei rcapacityforth ough tfulj udgment"h Pmreh "£*?i nt°1"«motiona»fren2ywtfarremovedfromth emobpsych ologywh i ch resultsi nlynch i ng"-„„JULrT01*?Urnof rdrilri ffh t'walnrtth i sfarmerUth e.-Mponnbtlityo/e»rn/American,"th eAttorneyGeneralch argedi n h ISconclusjon."Becausei ti s.uurfutureU*ansbelieveabovealli nth edi gni tyofman.Th eywillnever

'Mercypack age'ofrareplantleavessh i ppedBySantaBarbarantoTok yo

SantaBarbaraJapanesefish ermensustain-

i ngradiati onburnswh enth ei rboatgotwith i n80mi lesofth eBi k i ni 'h ydrogenbombexplo-sionh avesti rredinternationalconcern.Evencongressi svitallyi nterested.Inth emeantime,a Santaj

Barbaramercypack agewasbe-!i ngrush edth i sweek byairtoaid23Japanesemenstilli nth eh ospi tal.ITh e pack age contains 101

poundsofsalveand12leavesofth ealoeveraplant.Th eleaves;weigh a totalof18pounds.With th emarecompletei nstruc-;tionson h ow to use th em,th ough Dr.JamesT.Case,notedradiologist,saidth edoctorsat-tendingth efi sh ermenprobablyarefamili arwith th euseofaloevera.

AppliedDirectly

Wh enth epack agearrivesatth eh ospi tal,doctorswill"sk i n"jth eleavesmuch asafish i scleaned,loppingoffboth ends,cuttingoffth espinysidesofth ebroadleaf,andth enpeelingoffth esk i n.I«side,th eleavesareligh tyellowish -greenandmoist,with a j elly-li k econsis-<tency.Th esk i nnedleafwillbe:laiddirectlyonth edamaged,tissues with a waxedpaper"bandage."Th esalve,wh i ch contains50percentaloeveraleaf,i sused'i nth esameway,applieddi-rectlytoth e"burned"area.Th e pain-easing materialsweredonatedbyEdH.Block -i nger,generalmanagerofth eElleni CosmeticsLaboratoriesandth eCh emi calIndustriesofCalifornia, a Santa Barbaraconcern.

SawVicti msonTVItwasBlock i nger's i deatoh elpafterseeingth e\fi sh ermenvicti msonTV Th ursday lastweek .Hecontactedth eSantaBarbaraNewsPressandDr.Caseforassistance.Th enewspapermadearrange-mentswith Japaneseconsularoffici als,wh i leBlock i ngerracedtoh i sMontecitoh ome-S-th eonly

placei nth eU.S.outsideofFlor-i da,sofarash ek nows,wh ereth ealoeveraplanti sgrown—tocutadozenofth efattestleavesh ecouldfi nd.By 5 p.m.,h ewas i nSan

Franciscowith th epack ageandh andedi ttoStewardessMach i -k oAU(aofJapanAirLines.Th eleavesandproducti son-lysoldtodoctorsorh ospi talsneedingth emforth etreatmentofradiati onreaction due toX-ray.

Th reeJapanesewomenj oi nICUfoundation

NewYorkTh reeprominentNewYorkwomenrecentlyacceptedmem-bersh i p i nth ewomen'splan-ning committeeofth eJapanInternationalCh ri sti an Univ-versityFoundationto h elpde-velopco-educationi nth eFarEast.Mrs.AlfredAk amatsu,wifeofth e(JapaneseAmerican)Uni-tedCh urch ofCh ri stmini ster;Mrs.Naraich i Fuj i yama,wifeofJapaneseconsularoffici alh ere;andMrs.Hisanaga Sh i madzu,wifeofth eJapaneseconsul-

'generalh ere,j oi nacommitteeiwh i ch i sh eadedbyMrs.Harper:Sibley,formerUnitedCh urch -womanpresident.Primaryi nterestofth ecom-mitteeisto i ncreasesupport

'amongU.S.womanforICU,lo-catedatMitak a,Tok yo,i nop-erationsinceApril,1953.FourteenmajorProtestantde-nominati ons i n UnitedStatesandCanadaareraisi ngfundsforbuildi ngandendowmentofth euniversityth rough th eJa-ipanICUFoundation,44E.23rdSt.,NewYork 10.|

_"LettersfromAmericaWeek ,May17-23,willmark th ebe-jginni ngofi tsfi fth yearasaprojectutili zi ngmilli onsoflet-tersth atgoabroadasaweaponfordemocracy i n th e figh tjagainstCommunism.Bulk ofth em arewrittenbyfirstandisecondgenerationAmericanstoth ei rfriendteandrelatives.

Oilch apterbulletinsByHARRYK.HONDA

VERYTRULYYOURS:

Th i si spurelyalocalprob-lem,andby local,Imeanrigh th erei n.th eofficewh ereth ePacifi cCi ti zenh asbeenquarteredforth epasth alfyear...Severalmetropoli-tanLosAngelesch aptersh ave,beenpublish i ngth ei rnews-letterswith th eregionalofficemimeograph .Alaudableproj-ect,butevenmorelaudablewh enyouappreciateth ecom-pletepicturebeh i ndth escene...Asfarasofficesgo,i ti ssuitableforourownparticu-larpurpose—th atofediti ng,fi li ngand h andli ngPCrou-tine.Butwh enavolunteercrewconvergesi ntoth esmallroom to h elprun offth emonth lynewsletter,asardinemigh th avemoreroom i nh i sowntincan...Patiencegetsanevenrough ertrialwh enth emach i ne—well-abusedbyth evarietyoftyrooperators—decidestoactup...Th efeederj ams;th ei nk feedsun-evenly;aboltwork sloose;someth i ngelsepopsup.Despiteth esemech ani calh an-dicaps,th ecrew pursuesanewspaperman'smotto:mak eth edeadline.

Afterseveralh oursoftem-per-raisi ngwork "i nth i sof-fice,anoth erdili gentcrew i nth eregionaloffice(aboutfiveti mesmorespaciousth anth ePC office)h andlesth emai l-i ng.It'satask easiersaidth andone...Th etwopageaffairh astobefoldedproperlyand

stapled,addressedandstamp-ed.Inth emeantime,th eych eck each sh eettomak esureth erearenoblank fc Un-lessth ereaderh i mselk h asspentanigh ti nth i soffice\pn.th enewsletterproject,tbi!newsych apterbulletinmigh tberegardedligh tly...Somanyth i ngsaretak enforgrantedtoday—especiallyth enecessiti esofli fewh i ch costsolittle—wefailtoappreciateth e manh ours i nvolved tomak esuch possible...So,toth eeh aptercommitteemenvestedwith unglamorousas-signment,th i sdesk extendsbestofluck .

Asforth emimeograph op-erators,Iborrow th e i m-mortalwordsofth epoetHor-aceandsay:Nildesperandum.

PRESSFILE:COVERARTIST— Anil-lustrativecoverofAzumaIVinth eSaturdayReviewFeb.27 i ssuewasdonebyTackSh i gak i ,Nisei commercialar-tist,sonofMr.andMrs.B.Sh i gak i ofLosAngeles.HecametoNewYork eigh tyearsagoafterh eattendedLosAn-gelesArtCenterandh adstu-diedi nParisandth eArtStu-dentsLeague,NewYork !*Heh as i llustrated forHarpers,Scribner'sNation's BusinessandReporter.

BURGLARSINALMOSTDAILYRAIDOFHOMES_ . , SanFranciscoTh eburglarywavecontir!toassaultSanFrancisco'"fpanesetown.Bymid-MarchtSanFranciscopoliceesth naS75burglaries h avebeenera?mittedi nIssei andNisei h oZsinceth efirstofth eyear3only35ofth embeingrepoSaccordingtoInspectorCh arSFrescura.. nej

Severalsuspects h ave h emarrested,butnopropertyh abeenrecoveredfromth emManyofth e victi ms'h awbeendowntoth eHallofJ,,ticei nth epastweek toi demfrsomeofth esuspects,butdpflnitei denti fi cati on h asbeendiffi cultas-4nmostcasesth ewit!nessesh acr-om aglimpseatth eburglars. cMrs.LilyNak ani sh i ,m.

SteinerSt.,reDortedavaouumcleanersh elefti nth eh allwayforuse ofapartmenttenantsandatanerecorderbelongingtoIk uj i Ma«ti k i ,atenantJmissi ngSundayafternoon.Th elock ofMrs.Nak ani sh i 'sanart-mentdooronth esecondfloorh adalsobeentampered,policeweretold.*»n«»>">nrtWf*i nCh a««Mrs.Kimi Nak ah ara,1731La.

guh aSt..foundamanransack .i ng h erflat,recentlywh ensh ereturnedh omeabout5p.m.Sh eranouttocallh erh usbandSilli nh i sCoastCameraandRadiostoreonth egroundstore.Byth eti meth eyranouttoph aseh i m.th ei ntruderh adfledto-wardBush St.Mrs.Bessie Doiguch i ,2017

Bush St..foundamanonth estai rsi nsi deth edooratanearlyh our.He h ad k nock edoverasol'eri nth evestibule.Alaterch eck followedsh owedth edoortobelook ed.Dr.Sh i geruHorio'sflatat1835Buch ananSt.wasreportedbrok en i nto.Th eNi sei Dh ysi -cian.nowi nth eArmystationedi nHonolulu,h asrentedapartofh i sh ome.Severalroomswereransack ed.Motoj i Kitano,1416Websttf

St..ch asedamanoutofh i sapartmentlastSaturdaymora-i ne:Burglarsh avetwi cevisi tedh i saDartmentrecently.OneAttemptFrustratedOneattemptedburglarywaifrustratedwh enth eman,wh osough ttostealaportablesew-i ngmach i neona back porchlandi ng,found h e wasbeiniwatch edbyWillK.Ito,1901PostSt.,lastSunday.Th ema-ch i neh adbeencarriedoutfromth eapartmentoccupiedbyMr.andMrs.MotoMatsuda.Twosuspectstak eni ntocus-todyafterpolicetracedth emth rough anautomobilelicensenumbersuppliedby anIsseiwerereleasedafteranover-nigh ti nvestigati onlastweek .InspectorFrescura andEd-'wardprestonofth ebnrtfarydetailassignedtoth eUptownarea,h owever,feltth atth esetwomenareth eguiltypersons.

Ci eneralDescripti on"WeVe.h adReportsofoneortwonewcaseseverynigh tforoveramonth ,"Frescurasaid."Wednesdayni gh twh enweh adth ese'two,,,suspects i ncustody.wedidn'th aveanyburglariesi nth earea,"Oneofth epairanswerstoth «

generaldescripti onofaburglargi venbymanyvicti ms—ligh t-complexionedcoloredman,about26,5ft.6i n.,stock y-build,wearingfadedarmyj ack etandtrousers.

JudgeGoodmansignsTsui i 5-Fcasepapers

SanFranciscoFederalCourtJudeLouisE.Goodman signed Mondaylastweek th efi ndi ngsoffactandconclusionsoflaw i nth eK»-zuioh i Tsuj i caseas presentedby h i sth reecounsels.VictorAbe,WayneKanemotoandM**Y«nemuraPandalsoth e j udg-mentofgrantingUnitedStates,citi zensh i puponh i stak i ngo*oath ...Th esedocumentsweren«",th enextday.Tsuj i i sexpectedtotfk eh i sbath with oth ersi nth eh earfuture.

PACIFICCITIZEN March 26,195412

{Only23CWeek s?taJACLConventionWeek ,££s■ "".-

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MutualdefenseassistanceByTAMOTSUMURAVAMA

TOKYOTOPICS:

Tok yo

Th eMutualDefense Assist-ancetreatyandaccompanyingagreementsbased onth eU.S.MutualSecurityActwerefor-mallysignedbyJapanandth eUnitedStatesonMar.8tomarkanoth eri mportantsteptowardth ecementingofJapanese-Am-ericanrelations.U.S.SecretaryofStateJoh nFosterDullesdeclared i n'th eCongress i nMaylastyearth atth eU.S.waspreparedtoex-tendMSAai dtoJapanand i tstirredwidespeculationandar-gumenti nth i scountryastoi tssigni fi canceandvalue.Underth enewtreaty,generalweaponsforth egroundforcesalongwith navalandai requip-mentwi llbeprovidedJapanbyth eUni tedStates.Mak i ngupth efuturenavalforcesofJa-panare:Destroyers 5Submarines 2DestroyerProtectors 2Minesweepers 5Landingvessels 2DestroyerTender 1Forth eJapaneseairforceswillbe:Jetfigh ters 6Jettrainers 10Basictrainers 51Cargoplanes 11Heliocopters 26SubmarinePatrol 2ObservationPlanes 36EconomicAssistance

Japanwillalsogetvitallyneededagriculturalaswellasfinancialai dfrom America.Inorderto putvariousdefensefrontsi ntopropersh ape,eco-nomicai dwillreh abi li tateth eaviati on,arms, j etengineandpowderi ndustries.AsforJapan'sdefense,i ti sfollowingatraditi onalcustom:self-defensemustcome— nomatterwh at.On th eoth erh and,Japanese

Sociali stsandsomewomenor-ganizati ons h ave formed th eKerapoYogoRengo(Constitu-tionIndependenceLeague)i norderto k eepth epresentcon-stituti on i ncludingth erenun-ciati onofwar.Wh i leth eCom-munistsare k nowntobe i nundergroundactivi ti eswith th eSociali sts,i th asbecomeex-tremelydiffi culttodisti ngui shbetweenth etwo"progressive"elements.ManySociali stsfearbeingcalledoradmit arecommunisti c.

Non-DefenseGroupsBoth groupsadvocatenon-defenseofJapanandfurth erdesiretoj oi nh andswith th eSo-vietUnion, i n spite ofitstyranny.Wh i leth eratifi cati onofth e

Dieti samatteroftime,th econ-stituti onalityofth eMSAtreatyi squestionable.Th e Yosh i dagovernment h as appointed aspecialcommitteetoreviseth econstituti ontomeetth i sques-tion.Japanmustreviseh erwar-renouncingclausebyth etimeth etreatyi si nfull-swing.

Nixon'sStatementItwasU.S.Vice-Pres.Nixon

Wh osai d:"Th eJapaneseConstituti on

wasamistak e,andmorepeoplesh ouldfrank lybeabletoadmit>t"..IfJapanfallstoCom-munism,allAsiawillfall.Onth eoth erh and,i fth erestofAsiafallstoCommunism,Ja-panwillalsofall."Nixon'sstatementwasenoughtomak e th eJapanesepeoplefullyrealizeth ei rpositi on.JapaneseYouth Organisati oni nth i sconnection,th eJapa-n,e.se.Youth Organizati onde-« ,tO

ib°yc°ttth econstitu-

tionaldefense movementasProposedbyth eSociali stsand

womenorganizati ons.Th eyouthgroupisth elargesti nJapan.Th i srecentdecisi on i scon-sideredtobeoftremendousi m-portance.Becausemembersh i pi ncludeseverysectionofth ei slandnation,th epoliti calob-servers i nterpretJapaneseyoungpeople(outsideofradi-calgroupsi ncollegesandsch oolteach ers)aretiredofCommun-i sti cpropaganda.Th eyarefind-i ngoutwh atgoesonbeh i ndth esi lk curtainofJapaneseCom-munists.Japani sabouttoenteramosti nterestingandi mportantcrisi sofh ernationallife.

SumitomoHawai i bankdepositorsduei nterest

HonoluluInterestamountingtoabout

$100,000 h asbeenrecentlyau-th ori zedforpaymentbyAttor-neyGeneralHerbertBrownelltomoreth an6,000depositorsofth eSumitomoBank ofHawai i ,wh i ch was.seizedbyth eU.S.governmentonDec.7,1941.Arateof6% h asbeenap-provedfordepositorsandoth ercreditorswh osedepositswereunfrozenbetweenDec.7,1941,andNov.28,1942,afterfili ngclaims.Th eliqui dati onofth ebanki sunderth esupervisi onofth eIOfficeofAlienProperty.

Japanese h ouseboywilled$5,000byrich lumberman

TorontoWork i ngas h ouseboyforalumbermilli onai re,th elateEd-wardElsworth Joh nson,KazuoIch i k awa,33,ofTorontowasth e unexpected recipi entof$5,000J»yth ewillofh i slateemployerrecently.Th ewillofth eformerpresi-dentofth eGreatLak esLum-berandSh i ppi ng,Ltd.,beingsh owi ng an estate of some$3,700,000,containedabequeathof$5,000toh i sOk ayama-bornservant.Heh adbeenwork i ngonlyth reeyearsandissti llatth esameh ome.

," OneHollywoodrestaurantth i sweek beganfeaturing i nth ei rRi ck sh aw Rooma"Ch i -neseCh uck wagon."

65SantaBarbaraIsseistudyforciti zensh i p

SantaBarbaraSixty-five prospective Isseici ti zensareattendingAmerican-i zati onsch oolsponsoredbyth eJACLch apterh ere.Abanqueti nth ei rh onorwas h eldMar.20atth eSantaBarbaraHighSch ool.Includedi nth e150attendingwereoffici alsfrom th elocalboardofeducation andadulteducation department,-underwh osesupervisi onth eclassisconducted."Th edegreeofouraccept-

ance i nth ecommunitydependsonwh atwecontributetoth enation,"GeorgeInagak i ofVen-i ce, NationalJACLPresident,toldth egath eri ng.

CongratulationsSpeak i ngi nJapanesetoth eolderresidentswh oaretak i ngciti zensh i pstudiesi nadultedu-cationclasses,h econgratulatedth em fornearly 100percentturnoutandsaidth ei reffortsi nseek i ngciti zensh i pare-some-th i ngofwh i ch tobeproud."Forth efi rsttime i nourh i story,fath erandson,moth eranddaugh teraresitti ng h eretogeth erasfellowciti zensorciti zens-to-be,"Ih agak i said."Th i si sth eresultofth eworkofloyalAmericanciti zensofJapanesedescentwork i ng to-geth eri nth e88ch aptersofJA-CLsinceth ewar."Hepointedtoth erecordofth eNi sei i nWorldWarIIandKorea,i ncludingtwoCongres-sionalMedalofHonorwinners,andth eappointmentofMunici -palJudgeJudgeJoh nAi so i nLosAngelesbyGov.Warren.GeorgeInagak i ,nationalJA-

CLpresident,spok ebili ngually.Lilli anNak aj i wastoastmaster.Especiallyh onoredweresixIs-sei recentlynaturalized.Japanese,Spanish andAmer-i canfoodwasserved.Guestsi n-cluded:Mr.andMrs.GeorgeElmott,Mr.andMrs.Sam Wak e, Frank Moriandth eRev.M.Oh mura, citi zen-sh i pteach ers, andMrs.Dick i nson.ItwasrevealedIssei attend-ance atth e Class representsnearly100percentofth eIsseiph ysi callyabletoattend.

"A h oli daybannedbyGen.MacArth urwasobservedbyEmperorHiroh i toFeb.11(Ki-gensetus-National FoundationDay)wh enh eworsh i ppeda\th eImperialsanctuarieswith i nth ePalace.

Templelanterntoadornfamedch errytreesofWash i ngton,D.C.

Wash i ngtonAseven-footh i gh templelan-tern i sbeingdonatedbyth eJapanesegovernmenttoli gh tth efamedch errytreesh eregiv-entoWash i ngton42yearsago.Th enewgiftwillbeasymbolof"aspirati onandfriendsh i p"with th eUni tedStates.Th epre-sentationataspecialsundownligh ti ng ceremony,willbe ah i gh li gh tofth i syear'sch erryblossomfestival,tobeh eldMar.31-Apr.4,wh enth etreesareexpectedtobei nfullbloom.Th elanternistobeplacedbetweenth etwoorigi nalch errytreesplantedbyJapan'sambas-sadori n1912.As i nth epast,afestival

queenwillbech osenfromrep-resentativesofth e48statesbyth espinni ngofagiantwh eeloffortune.

IN HONOR OF

HenryKok ubun,h eadi ngforanaeronauticalengineeringde-gree,wasgraduatedfromCleve-land'sEastTech High with anoutstandingrecord.Hewonth eawardforexcellence i nth ecombinedcourse oftech ni calandgeneralsubjects,th eRens-selaerAward i nmath ematicsand science,top h onors i nph ysi csandaeroenginesanda$25awardforall-aroundstu-dent.HeplanstoenterPark sCollege of Aero-tech nology,EastSt.Louis,111.JeanKak utani,17,concert

mistressofParlierHigh Sch oolorch estra,h asbeeni nvi tedtoplay i nth eall-stateorch estra.Itwillbe h ersecondyeari nwh i ch sh e h asbeeni nvi tedtopartici patei nth e100-pieceor-ch estra.Sh ei sth edaugh terofMr.andMrs.JimmyS.Kak u-tani.AttorneyJinIsh i k awa,4117Kerck h offAye.,Fresno,waselectedpresidentofth eWestFresnoRotary.Born i nSacra-mento,h emovedtoFresno i n1941.Hei sagraduateofUniv.ofCaliforniaandwaspastpres-i dentofth eFresnoJACL.Tom Sh i rak awa, i nsuranceagent,announcedh ewillseekreelectiontoth eFowlerCityCouncilpost.JanetFuk ada, sch olarsh i pstudentatUniv.ofSouth ernCaliforniafromAnah ei mHigh ,waselectedvice-presidentofth eAssociatedWomenStudents.Th eprettyNisei coedh asbeenadmittedtoth estudyofden-talh ygi enenextyear.

AzumaKabuk i dancerssch edulefourciti es

NewYorkTh eAzumaKabuk i dancersandmusici answillappeari nBoston,Ph i ladelph i a,Wash i ng-tonandCh i cagofollowinganextendedrunending Mar.28h ereatth eNew CenturyTh eater.Th etroupeopens i nBostononMar.29,i nPh i ladelph i aApr.5.Datesforth eWash i ngtonandCh i cagoappearances h avenotbeenconfirmed.

Sh i li n-Fuj i h arafilmonIndiaworld-premiered

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Sh i h n Production,with TogeFuj i h ara, ph otograph er, wasgivenaworldpremiereatth eMuseum ofModernArtaudi-tori umlastweek .A28-minutefilm i ncolorwastak en i nth eMadrasareao£Indialastyear.

Traveleconomiesi nJapanNigh tseffected

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Ch i cago

CornerSMOKYSAKURADA

AroundWindyCity..."HIROSHIMIYAMURAwillbeguestofh onoratth eJ.A.Counciltestimoni altoCh i cagoareaNisei wh oservedi nth ere-centKoreancampaign.Itwillbe h eldatth eMorrisonHotelGrandBallroom,79.W.Madi-sonSt.,Apr.15,7:45p.m.Tick -etsare $1.50to h elp defrayexpenses.

" * ""DesignerCraftsmen, USA," amost compreh ensi ve exh i bi tofcontemporaryAmericanartist-craftsmencontinuesth rough Apr.26 i nth e EastWinggalleriesofth eArtInstitute...Attendanceatth eWh i stler-Sargent-MaryCas-sattexh i bi tsatth eArtInstitutetotaled87,902.

"Co-OperativeInvestorsandEnterprisersh aveth ei rbowlingduelth i sSundayatSh eri danBowl.

"Th e Rev.JITSUO MORI-KAWA wi llh oldtwoservicesEasterSundaytoaccommodateth elargecrowd,9:30and 11a.m.,ath i sFi rstBaptistCh urch. ..Ch ri stCongregationalCh urch h oldsi tsfi rstworsh i patth ei rnewedifi ce,701Buck -i ngh am PL,th i sSunday ...InternationalWesak Daywillbecelebratedunderj oi ntspon-sorsh i pofth eCh i cagoBuddh i stCh urch andIndiaAssociati onatUniv.ofCh i cago'sMandelHall,Apr.2,7:30p.m.Afterser-vi ces,nativedanceandmusicofIndia,Ch i naandJapanwillbefeatured.Publici si nvi ted...Kenwood-EllisCommunityCh urch h ostsatth econfirma-ti onconvocationof14Evangeli-calandReformedCh urch esofth eSouth si deApr.4.

"Th enextJACL meeting,Apr.16,atth eWoodrowWilsonRoom,13th floor, 116S.Mi ch i -gan,willfeaturePETERWALZ,BureauofIndianAffairs,speak -i ngonth e90AmericanIndiantribes.

"ASundayafternoon(Mar.14)h oldupbyalonegunmanatth eSouth si deFoodMark et,1215E.47th St.,wasfoiledbyMissTOSHINAKAMURA,sis-terofth eproprietorTOOTSNAKAMURA,both CLers.Ayoungmancame i ntoth estoretobuyapack ofch ewi nggum,gaveTosh i adime.Assh erangth ecash register,h epointedh i spistolfrom h i sleftside—h i d-denfrom viewfrom th eside-walk .Assh eslowlytook outth egreenback sandwasready toh and i tover,aladywalk edi n.Th egunmanh esi tated;th enTo-sh i wentscreamingtoth erearwh ereTootswaswork i ng,scar-i ng offth e gunman.Policecombedth eneigh borh ood,buttonoavail.

Bowling...Th eCornerh asbeengrantedanextracolumni nnextweek 's12-pagei ssue,soastoconcludeth i s seri esofpersonalitysk etch esofsomeofth ebowlerswh ocame.toCh i cago.

"Th etopWestCoastbowlerisFUZZYSHIMADA, (prewarSantaClaran)745FillmoreSt.,SanFrancisco.A 199-averagebowler,h ewasamemberofth eSequoiaNursery team,i sani nstructoratHigh HatBowlingLanes,fivenigh tsaweek .Dur-i ngth eday,h ei semployedbySimmonMattressCo....Rep-resentingth eBayareawereSe-quoiaNurseryandS.F.Ni seiMajors.Tenbowlerscamebyplane.GEORGEFURUYA,HIINOUYE(Sequoia)andGEORGEINAI(Majors),h ow-ever,bough tcarsand droveth emback h ome.

"Fromth eCi nci nnati-Daytonareawasth eHi GoldDentalLabsquad. STOGIE TOKI,. 706RidgewayAye.,Cincy,i sawell-k nownCLeri nth eMi dwestDis-tri ctCouncil.FormerlyofTa-coma,h e i semployedbyth eCityofCinci nnati,personneldept.Hei sth ebroth erof:»* JIM, watch repairman i nTa-coma,marriedtoMARYASAHA-RA,also ofTacoma. Ch i ldren-MARYANNandKRISTINE.w TV.drycleaning sh op em-ployee i nSanFrancisco, marriedMARYGOISHIofFlorin,Calif.£MEHRY.now Mrs.GEORGETAKEUCHIofStock ton.Fourch i ldren: GEORGIA, MARIAN,

BONNIEandCONNIE.«" AYA, nowMrs.SHIG WATA-NABE of Seattle.Oneboy:WAYNE.

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Oth ersonth esquadwereHYSUGAWARA,with th espon-sors;FRED MIYASATO,h eadaccountantforSch enley In-dustriesofliquorfame.Day-tonianswereMASYAMASAKI,ex-Florin,andJOHN TAKA-SHIGE,ex-LosAngeles.1.v"_■NewslettersReceived:Stock -ton*(Mar),Cleveland.Bulletin(Mar.),SanMated(Mar.)

Salinas JACL ch apter h eld Us 25th annuali nstallation ceremoniesJan.23atLomaLindarestaurant.Fromlefti nfront areJamesTanda,rec.sec;Joh nTerak awa, re-electedpres.;MissIck yMiyanaga,pub.;Dr.HarryKita,alt.del.; i nth eback , MissSumi Iwash i ge,cor.sec;KiyoHirano, treas.;Tom "Lefty"Miyanaga,del.;andCh arlesTandav.p.—SalinasCalifornianPh oto.

PACIFICNORTHWESTDISTRICTSETSCHAPTERCLINICSESSIONINSEATTLE

SeattleRepresentativesfromth esi xmemberch aptersofth ePacifi cNorth westDistri ctCouncilwillcombineDC business with ach apterclini cth i sSundayatth eiNi k k ei Ji nk ai Hall,1414WellerSt.Alsoattendingwillberepre-

sentatives from th e newly-organizedMosesLak ech apteraswellasobserversfromAu-burn,understoodtobeinterest-ed i nreactivati ngth eprewar.ValleyCivi cLeague.

Th emeetingwillbeopenat10a.m.Dr.Kelly*YamadaofSeattleisch apterclini cch ai r-man.Dr.Matth ewMasuok aofPortland,PNWDC ch ai rman,willpresideatth eDC businessmeeting.Ge,orgcKash i wagi ,Seattlech apterpresident,i si nch argeofarrangements. \

Clini cbySatowTh ech apterclini c i sbeingconductedbyNationalDirectorMasSatow,wh owillprovidenew officersofth ech apterswith someback groundofJACL,i tspurposesaswellasprogramh elpandleadersh i ph i nts.Th ePNWDC i sformedof:Seattle, Portland, Puyallup Val-ley,Mid-Columbia,Gresh am-Trout-daleandSpok ane.

KUNIMURA ELECTEDGILROY CL PRESIDENT

GilroyTh enewestJACLch apterofth eNorth ernCalifornia-West-ernNevadadi stri ctcouncilelec-tedHirosh i Kuni muraitsfi rstch apterpresidentatameetingatth elocalcommunityh alltwoMondaysago.Alsoonth ecabinetare:Tom Obata, Istv.p.;Joh nHana-moto,2nd v.p.;ManabeHirasak i ,3rdv.p.;Sh i gYamane, sec;MooseKunimura, cust.;Sueyo Imagawa,pub.With th emembersh i pdriveunderway,i twasdecidedregu-larmeetingswouldbeh eldonth efi rstMondayofth emonth .

ClevelandCLerspush i ngfi vecommunityevents

ClevelandFiveeventsofcommunityi n-terestarebeingplannedbyth eClevelandJACLprogramcom-mitteeh eadedbyJoh nMatsu-sh i ma,v.p.Slatedare:April—Work sh opevaluatingNisei

soci o-economicpositi onsi nth ecom-munity.July—Communitypi cni c.August—JACLch apterpicni c.SeptemberorOctober— Barndance.November—lnauguralball.Indiscussingplansforth e

work sh op,tentatively set i nApril,th ecommitteefeltth atareasofmostcommonconcerntolocalNisei wouldrelatetoch i ldren,occupation,neigh bor-h oodandcommunityresponsi-bili ti es.Conferenceswith rep-resentativesofoth erNi sei or-ganizati ons h ereweredecidedbeforemak i ngfurth erplans.Enth usi asm forth eprogramcommitteeth i syeari sattribu-tedto.memberswh oh avebeenorareactive i nvariouscom-munityactivi ti es.Onth ecom-mitteeare:Frances Ik eda, Mick eyFuj i moto.HazelTanak a,Tom Fuj i moto,MmIwasak i .Sh i g Nak ani sh i ,andMasUyesugi.

Over600memberssignedforCh i cagoJACL

Ch i cagoOver600membersh avebeensignedup,reportsDr.JoeNa-k ayama,membersh i pch ai rmanofth eCh i cagoJACL.Itwash opedth ecampaignwouldendbyApr.1asth e"biggestandbest"ch apteri nth enation.KayFuj i i ,i ntabulatingth ecount,saysCh ai rmanNak aya-mah aspersonallysignedup151members.

JIMKIMOTOHEADOFRICHMOND-ELCERRITO

Rich mond'JimKimotowaselectedpres-i dentofth eRich mond-ElCer-ri toJACLch apterataboardofgovernorsmeetinglastweek .Oth ersonth ecabinetare:MarvinUratsu, Istv.p.;EddieHi-tomi ,2ndv.p.;Sei i ch i Kami/treas.;Tei k oImaok a, sec.Th eboardofgovernorsi n-clude:GraceHata,Dr.Yosh i yeTogasak iSumi Oh ye,HideoAjari ,Tamak i Ni -r-omiya,SamSak ai ,Tosh Adach i andHeizoOsh i ma,pastpres.

"Th eSelmaJACLack now-ledgeda$5donationfromK.Arak ak i onth erecentmarriageofh i sdaugh terKimi .

SaltLak eCL i nactiveprogram

SaltLak eCityAbanneryearisth egoalofth eSaltLak eJACLch apterun-derits 1954president,RupertHach i ya,reportsAliceKasai,NationalJACLboardsecretarywh o h as been assigned th i sch apter'spublici tywork .Arefresh ercourse i sbeingorganized.MissSusieKanek o,i nch argeofarrangements,saidth enewclasswillbeginsoon.Th i rtymoreciti zensh i pbook stranslated i n Japanese h avebeenordered.Th erecentbenefitmovienet-ted $425.GeorgeYosh i moto,ch ai rman,citedth efollowingforth esuccessofth i sevent:RupertHach i ya,Susie Kanek o,GraceandAnnaImai, WarrenHa-segawa,Tomok o Yano,Rae Fuj i -!moto.Mr.B.Y.Kanek o, Mr.Naok iKqbayash i ,JosieHach i ya,MargeNi-sh i k awa, andMr.andMrs.HideoKoj i ma.IsamuWatanuk i h asbeenap-

pointedtoreplaceBillInouyeasch ai rmanofth epublicre-lationscommittee.Among h i sduti eswillbeto h andle"me-mori alwreath sandflowersforth eJapanesedeceasedofth i sarea.Memorialgiftsh avebeensentth elateMissAnneSasak iandMrs.NaoYonezu.MasSatow,nationaldirector,

spok ebefore50youth sgath eredjetth eJapaneseCh urch ofCh ri stonMar.17,despiteasnowstorm.Satowspok eonJACL h i storyand i tsaccomplish ments,th eneedforitscontinuedgrowthandorganizati on.CarlMatsuda,presidentofth ech apter'sJr.JACL,presided.

TwoAmericani zati onclassesi nSantaMaria

SantaMariaAmericani zati on classes un-dersponsorsh i pofth eSantaMariaCountyJACLandth elo-calboardofeducationstartedth i sweek atth eSantaMariaJapanesesch ooland atth eGuadalupegrammarsch ool.S.Doh i ,wh o i nstructedth eclassatArroyoGrandelastyearforth eSanLuisObispoJACL,i s i nstructingth eSantaMariagroupof60Issei.HarryMiyak e,ch apterpresi-dent,i steach i ng25atGuada-lupe.Both i nstructorsarecerti-fi ed.Classesareh eldonTues-dayandTh ursdaynigh tsfrom7to9.

JACLEndowmentFundDonorsSanFrancisco

JACLNationalHeadquartersreportedlastweek th atover2,000contributi ons h avebeenreceivedforth eNationalJACLEndowmentFund.Itwasannouncedth atatotalof$74,649.78 h asbeensenti nvoluntarilyby 2,019 persons.Th emajori tyofth esecontribu-tors h avebeengratefulrecipi -entsofevacuationclaimsch eck swh oh aveack nowledgedth ei rappreciati onbymak i ngdona-ti onstoth i sperpetualfund.Contributi onstotaling$766.03th i spastmonth werereceivedfromth epersonslistedbelow:

CALIFORNIABerk eley—Anonymous $5- LoneBeach —Mrs.SatoDotemoto15-Sa-cramento—Mrs.Kyok oli j i ma$3050-SanDiego—GeorgeKozuma£5.25:SanFrancteco-F.Y.Tonomuri?i «;San Mateo—HowardT.Mori $sa-RfczuNagasawa$5;Mrs.Yui Uch i da

uselma—K.Fuj i ok a$7,GeorgeT.Horluch i $15,AlKataok a$75,Kazu-mi Kawate$10,HenryH.Kono$25,Ch i yek oKuramoto $10,Ch ozaburoMatsui $10,RoyI.Mfsak i $5,S Na-$10,T.Noda$12rMasash imUb°l?5'MBe»nJ-Ono*20'Yosh i yeOtomo$5,M.&K.Sugimoto$5 Ma-saoTsutsul$20,Mr.Umeda$10,Ken-nyYamamoto$25-Turlock -Mrs.U.Tanak a $10,J.Yotsuya$5. *'

ILLINOISCh i cago—Mrs.Kiyok oIto$61.28.

WASHINGTONN i fattltM and Mrs-Masayosh iNak ao$10,Tsuneich i roNish i i tawa'. HAWAHHonolulu—YosoemonUyenak a$25.

CHAPTER MEMOPasadenaJACL:Totab!vantageofth eonce-a-m(ZIpagePacifi cCiti zenCMtermeetingdatewasch ai Jfromth eftrstTuesdayuMlastTuesdayofeach molli nsure completepublicTich apteractivi ti es.pi~Mth eApr 24 ch apterfi idancewillbemadesooni lch apteralsoplanstosJMacandidateforth eforth cZSJACLconventionqueenr"2lFlorenceWada,v."sJch apterdelegate.SubcommSpush i ngth eNationalconve9areh eadedby:MaryIto, pre-reg.;Tom iIOperationIch i doru;Mai FuliSMsouvenirbook let. '"I"*"

DowntownL.A.JACL:zMGoto,Li'lTok i osportsman9discussth elocalsportsi i tMpictureatth ech apterlui i cSMar.25,12:15p.m.,atSanKilLow.Aglasssalt-waterrodflbeendonatedasadoorpSi twasannouncedbyKei U<9ma,programch ai rman.|Rich mond-El Cerrito:«firstannuali nstallationdimaJdancewillbe h eldtonigh tlItalianVillagei nSanFrancisHBoardofgovernorsforth em|termtobei nstalledare:GraceHata,EddieHi tomi DrViHsh i ye Togasak i ,Sumi Oh ye j nflKimoto.Tei k oImaok a,Hideoi ,>lTamak i Ninomi ya,Sam Sak ai !!»■yinUratsuandTosh Adach i .FowlerJACL:Th ecuneßmembersh i p campaign sh onH1101reportedas membersi flweek toneari tsrecordrollfl116madelastyear.Ark ansasValleyJACL:'Mfirstsociali nLaJunta(ColnHtonigh twillbecalledth eAmk ansasValleyDustBowldasoHatth eCountryClub.Inch a:;lofth edanceare:Mrs.GeorgeNak ayama.SamftHwata,Ted Maruyama,Mrs.F-jHMiyak o, George Nak ayamadHHarrySh i monak a.JACLersofth i sregionh ;*Hfullypredictmanyactivi ti es!"th eNi sei duringth eyeariflwellassupportingprogramstiladvancementofcommunitiwelfareandaidi ng i nNation'JACLprograms.South westL.A.JACL:o-

maxingth ei r'54 membersh i idrive,th ech apterget-acquaittedsociali sbeingh eldth i sSaturdayatth eGenePark erDawStudio,3908Wi lsh i reBlvd.,beginni ngat8p.m.Sinceth edoonwillBeclosedafterareasonabklength oftime,SumioNeri*eventsch ai rman,urgesprompt-ness.A program ofgam*squaredancingwith Mori ft-botaascaller,andsocialdafrcinqi sarranged.GraceObaaalh ercommitteewillserve*fresh ments.SanFranciscoJACL:Aget-

acquaintedsocialwith nobu»nessmattertobediscussedlabeen announcedas th efWmeetingplannedby th enetcabinetth i sSaturday,7:30p*atth eBuch ananV,1530Buch -ananSt.OnarrangementsarcVINak ano,Jack Hiros*andWHironak a.

HollywoodJACL:Th eWcabinetmeetingofth ech aptJßh eldatth eh omeofArtMlpresident,recentlyconcentraaßon plans fora members!"!drive.Twoteams h eadedJNobIsh i tani and Joh nEd*willbei nactiontillApr.15.«th eteamsare: vISHITANI—Frank Funada,""Mitok awa,MiwaYanamoto,W»Abe.ArtEndo,MayGojobon,C»lesKamayatsu.ENDO—George Saito,Fuml.Sjmizu,SueAzuma, Dick Zumwinl*Sei k oIsh i maru,Sh i roSh i rai sh i ,BIto.

DetroitJACL:Togainmas-mum benefitsofMasSatowish ortstay h ereMar.15,wch aptercabinetandoth ercwnmetatBi tofSwedentoi »cussch apterprograms,P"*lems,nationalandregionalo''fices,publicrelations,supponji ngmembersh i pplanandeo-dowmentfund.Atth egen»ch aptermeetinglaterat«wnationalInstitute,some40Fsons h eard apresentation«past,presentandfuture»'""localandnationalJACLW"panelformedofMm"Togas*KayMiyayaandMasSa»»Mrs.BettyMimura «as"ch argeofrefresh ments.

PAC IFIC C 1TIZEN March 26,19J4

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Scenefrom GoldenGateHARUOISHIMARU

UnitedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaraCounty...Oneofth eproblemsconfrontingsomeofourch aptersi s

th eareawh i ch th eyh avetocover.Th eUnitedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaraCounty i sone

ofourmostsprawlingch apterswith generalsupervisi onandmembersh i poverth ecountywh i ch h asmoreJapaneseAmericansth ananyoth ercountyi nCaliforniaexceptLosAngelescounty.Becauseofth i swi despreadi th asbeendiffi culttomaintai nth i sCh apterasacloselyweldedunitandth epastfewofficersh aveseenadimi ni sh i ngofeffortbyth egeneralmembersh i p.

TOMMITSUYOSHI, th enewly-electedpresident,i sunder-tak i nga tremendous j ob i nrevitali zi ngth i svery i mportantch apter.Fortunately,h eh asah andfulofgood*JACLerswh owillbesupportingh i sprogram.Tominvi tedWAYNEKANEMOTOandmetoaritzydinneratth eVi euxCarretodiscussmeth odsofactivati ngth ech apter.BesideregularCh aptermeetings,th eyarecontemplating

aseriesofdi nnermeetings.Itseemsth atth eCh aptermaybedivi dedgeograph i callyandpossiblybyage-groupsaswell.Itv;illbeveryi nterestingtowatch th edevelopmentofoneofth emostpromisi ngCh aptersi nourNationalorganizati on.

AmericanLegionPostHonorsIssei Ci ti zens...Th eBallicaPostofth eAmericanLegion i nvi tedth eIssei

studentsofth enaturalizati onclassessponsoredbyth eCortezandth eLivi ngston-Mercedch apterstoaceremonyh onori ngnewciti zensandth esestudents.Co-operatingwereth etwoCh apters.Infact,mostofth epeopleth erewereJACLch aptermembersandth eIssei,wh ooutnumberedth eAmericanLegionmembersth emselves.Helpingonth eprogramfromth eJapaneseAmericancom-

munitywere:MRS.HELENYUGE,piani st,wh oalsoexplainedth ebonsek i (mini atureJapanesegardensi ntray),andREV.I.NAKAMURA,th ei nstructorofth eciti zensh i pclassi nCortez,vh oi ntroducedth eIssei students.

Alsofrom th etwoch apterswerespecialguestsofth eBallicaPost:ERNESTYOSHIDA,presidentofth eCortezCh ap-terandJAKEKIRIHARA,presidentofth e*Livi ngston-MercedCh apter.PastPresidentswereJACKNODA,GEORGEYUGARE,TOMNAKASHIMAandBUICHIKAJIWARA.ALBERTMORI-MOTOandFRANKSHOJI,ch ai rmenofth erespectiveCiti zensCommittee. ,Servingonth »AmericanLegionPostNaturalizati onCom-

mi tteewereJOENISHIHARAandK.YAMAGUCHI.Ourcongratulationstoth ePostandtoth eCh aptersfor

th ei rwork i nh onori ngournewciti zens.

Cal-NevaJACLCreditUnion...Th eCal-NevaCreditUni onh assh ownsignsofnewlifeat

arecentcombinedmeetingofth eboardofdirectors,super-visorycommitteeandth ecreditcommittee.Newlyelectedoffi-crsofth eseBoardofDirectorsareAKIRAHORIKOSHI, TOMSAKAI,SACHIUEDAforone-yearterm;VICTOR ABE,JU-TAROSHIOTAfortwo-yearterms;SIMTOGASAKI,ch ai rmancfth eboard,andGIICHIYOSHIOKAforth ree-yearterm.SupervisorycommitteeiscomposedofFRANKITAYA,GIN-

JIMIZUTANIandMissTOYOKOTOPPATA.CreditcommitteeiscomposedofMASUJIFUJI,HARUOISHIMARUandSCOTTYTSUCHIYA.YUKIOWADA i s*treasurer. ,_Th eregionalofficewillserveasth eeducationaldepartment

forth eCreditUni on.Th eCreditUni ondeclared2.7percentdivi dendslastyeardespitearelativelyi nacti veperiod.Ith asonh and$9,000forloansavailabletoJACLerswh oqualify.

CreditUni onloansareaboutth ebestpossibleapersoncanget.Foranyfurth eri nformation, contactth eJACLRegionalOffice.

'

CAPSULES■ ■Fred Ok rand, Los Angelesattorney,i sspendinga monthi nJapan.Heisrememberedasth eattorneywh o,with A.L.wiri n,succeeded i nre-estab-lish i ngU.S.citi zensh i pofmanystrandedNisei i nJapanduringth ewar.

♦ * "Governorsoffi vestateswi lltourKoreaandJapan,leavingth eStatesMar.29.Planningtomak eth etripareDanTh orn-ton,Colorado;AllanSh i vers,Texas;Joh nFine,Pennsylvania-Joh nston Murray,Ok lah oma;andRobertKennon,Louisi ana.

" " "Appearingi napublicforumseriessponsoredby,th eUtahStateMedicalAssociati onlastweek wasDr.EdwardI.Hash i -moto,generalpractionerofSaltLak eCity.Heandoth ermem-bersofth epanelspok eon"Colds,Influenza and Pneu-monia."

Todedicatech apeltoDr.Frank HerronSmith

Berk eleyA ch apeldedicated toDr.Frank HerronSmith i nrecog-ni ti onforh i smanyyearsofmini stryandservicetoth eJa-panesecommunityonth ePa-ci fi cCoasti sbeingbuiltbyth eBerk eleyMeth odi stUnitedCh urch ,1710CarletonSt.Dr.Smith servedasmissi on-aryi nJapan,KoreaandMan-ch uri afor22 years,receivi ngth eFourth Orderofth eRisrh gSun,beforereturning toth eStatestowork amongJapaneseMeth odi sts.During th ewaryears,h evi si tedrelocationcenters,de-fendedpersonsofJapanesean-cestryandservedsingularlyasch ai rman of th e ProtestantCommissi onforWartimeJapa-nese Serviceuntilh i s h ealthbrok edown.Ch urch offi ci alsh ereannoun-

cedanappealof$30,000 i sun-derway.Th ech apelwillcostapproximately$60,000,ofwh i chh alfi sbeingsubscribedbyth eAdvanceSpecial,Meth odi stmis-sionaryfund.~

Citi zensh i pclasses i nLA.sch oolsi nsession

LosAngelesEnrollmentissti llopentoIs-sei studentsattendingAmeri-canizati onclassesatth eHobartSch ool,980S.HobartBlvd.,i twasannouncedbyEi j i Tanabe,i nstructor.Emph asi s i sbeingplacedon

passingth enaturalizati onex-aminati oni nEnglish .Th eclass-esmeetMondayandWednes-daynigh ts,7to9:30.Th eclassesaresponsoredbyth eDowntownLosAngelesJACL.Atth eSouth westLos An-

gelesJACL-sponsoredclassesonTuesdayandTh ursdaynigh tsatDorsey High Sch ool, sound-fi lmsonciti zensh i pwillbefea-tured.Tanabei salsoi nstructorofth ese7-8p.m.classes.

RecallearlyCLh i storyatStock ton i nstallation

Stock tonTh e h i storyofth eJapaneseAmerican Citi zensLeague,wh i ch h as spreadacross th eUni tedStates since th efi rstch apterwasstartedi n1928 i nPortland,Ore.,wasreviewedh erelastweek byaformerna-tionalpresident.SaburoKido,LosAngelesat-torneywh oh eadedth eJACLduring i ts di ffi cultyearsofWorldWar11,tracedth eh i s-toryi nanaddressatj oi nti n-stallationceremoniesfornewofficersofth e Stock ton andFrench CampJACLch aptersatBrunoandLena's.Tom YegoofPenryn,Placer

County agriculturalcommjs-sionerwh owasoneofth efoun-dersofth eorganizati on,wasamongth e 140membersandfriendspresentatth edinner,programanddance.Dr.JulioBortolazzo,presi-dentofStock tonCollege,alsospok ebriefly,stressingth ei m-portanceofeducationi nassimi -lati onofth eNi sei .Munici palJudgeBillL.Do-zi eri nstalledth enewofficers,h eadedbyGeorgeK.Babaaspresidentofth eStock tonch ap-terandGeorgeMatsuok aaspresidentofth eFrench Campch apter.

Questionof5-FIssei citi zensh i pdidnoti mpelACLUtoact-Yasui

DenverTh atth eAmericanCi vi lLi-

bertiesUnionwouldnoti nter-vene i nth erecent5-F Isseinaturalizati onissuewasbrough ttoligh tlastweek byMmYasuii nh i scolumnpublish edbyth eColoradoTimes.Th eACLU, wh i ch certainly

h as sh owna k een i nteresti nnaturalizati onand i mmi grationmatters,according to Yasui,"th ough i ti sagoodandvigi -lantorganizati on,couldnotandwouldnoti ntervenei nth eMa-tobaorTsuj i casesforth edi rectbenefitofth eIssei males."Yasui th ough t"th atmigh tbeananswerformanyNisei ,wh opreach assimi lati on,andargueth atth eyough ttobecomeapartofth elargercommunity,with -outregardtospeciali zedNiseigroups.'Wh en Ch i psareDown'"Wh enth ech i psweredown,andth ei ssuewenttocourt,th eonlynationalorforth atmatterlocalorganizati onth atwenttobatonth equestionwasth eJa-panese AmericanCiti zensLeague...."Ch urch groups,laborunions,th eACLU,liberalorganizati onsandoth ersh adani nteresti nth ematter,butnotofsuch urgencyasto i mpelth em to i mmedi ateaction," th e columnist con-cluded.

JACLEffici encyWh i leth efavorabledecisi on

ofth eAttorneyGeneraltowith -drawoppositi oni nth e5-Fcasesi sexpectedtopush some300casesi nth eDenvernaturaliza-ti onoffice,-Yasui ci tedth eef-fici encyofth eNationalJACLi n

th eproblem."Certainly,no single i ndi -vi dualcoejld h aveaccomplish edth esweepingvi ctoryi nth eMa-toba and Tsuj i cases. Onlyth rough anationallycoordinated;effortwasth i sach i eved,"Ya-sui said,afterreviewi ngth ede-velopmentofth ecase.

Newciti zensBrigh am,Utah

Twenty-sixBoxEldercountyresidentswerenaturalizedU.S.citi zensMar.16 i n i mpressiveceremoniesi nth eFi rstDistri ctCourt.JudgeLewisJonespre-sided.Twenty-th reefrom Ja-panwere:Kumak i ch i Endow, Umataro Na-gao,Gi i ch i BenFuk ui , Ri i ch i Aok l,Yosh i i Horiye,MasaoSh i otani , Jin-bei Mori, HayanoMori, MatsueKa-no, Tok uk i ch i Nagasawa,SataroSh i otani , Fusae Sh i otani , MomoyeOk ada, Yosh i taro Suzuk i , GeorgeTak asugi,Kiyok o Tak asugi,Sh i ge-noTak ah ash i , Isami Tak ah ash i , Asa-noTanak a, IsonoTanak a, FusaVa-gi,JugoroVagi andFumi Sek i gawa.KolHaramotoservedasJa-panese i nterpreterforafewof.th e group unable to speakEnglish .Outofth estateandunabletotak eth eoath wasMak i noMi tamurawh oseoath willbegivenAug.10.

"Some400,000namesarebe-i ngsough tbyth eCaliforniaIn-stituteofSocialWelfare, 1031S.(irandAye.,LosAngeles,toqualify.anAidtoth eNeedyAgedpleasureforth eNov.2stateballot.Th ebi llprovidesa$20i ncreaseor$100amonth i nstatepensions.

SpecialJACLpriceforMash bi r'sbook announcedbyNat'lh eadquarters

SanFranciscoByaspecialarrangementwithth eVantagePressofNewYorkCity,JACLmembersmayob-tai nCol.Mash bi r'sIWasanAmericanSpyfor$2.75,wh i chi sadollarlessth anth eestab-li sh edbook storepriceof$3.75,NationalJACL fteadquartersadvisedi tsmembersh i p.Ofspeciali nterestisCh ap-ter13,"Th eNisei ,"wh i ch statesth emai nreasonforth ebookasth e"solemnassurance"toth eNi sei G-2menunderh i scom-mand"th atwh enth ewari soverIwillmak eeveryeffort,sofarasi ti swith i nmypower,toplaceth etruestoryofyourach i evementsbeforeth eAm-ericanpublic."

"Inordertotak eadvantageofth i sreduction,"MasSatow,nationaldirector,declared,"yourordermustcometh roughJACL NationalHeadquartersand moneyordersorch eck smustaccompanyoyourorder."Th ech eck sh ouldbemadetoNationalJACL,wh i ch i nturnwi llforwardth eordertoth epublish erswh o,th en,will'sendth ebook .

GoodforLibrariesJACLch aptersareurgedtoh aveth ebook placed i nlocallibrariesorpresenti tasgiftsto people i nth ei rrespectivecommuniti es.(A h andyordercoupon i s

printedi nth i si ssue.—Th eEdi -tor.)

NATIONALJACLHEADQUARTERSI1759SutterSt.,SanFrancisco15,Calif.

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PlacerJACLninework outsi mpressive,15-gamesch eduleopeningApr.25

ByHOMER TAKAHASHILoomis

Ani mpressivefirstwork outwas h eldbyth ePlacerJACL.ballclubtwoSundaysagowitheveryonereporting getting i nseveralroundsofswingi ngth ebat.Newly-appointedmanager

Ch uck Hayash i dawaspleasedwitb-th epowerdisplayedbyh i sch arges,evenat'th eexpenseofh avi ngseveralballspoundedouti ntoth ecreek onth eoth ersi deofth eleftandcenterfieldbarriers.Th ePlacersopenth ei r1954

campaigni nth ePlacer-NevadaLeagueonApr.25with th eNe-vadaCityAth leti csatNevadaCity.PracticeGameMar.28Pri ortoth eopenerth eJACLninewillplayseveraltune-upgames,playingh oststoth eFol-somGlobesh ereonMar.28,andtentativelybook i ngah omeandh omeserieswith th eLodi ACofth e Sacramento RuralLeague.Reporting to practice last

week werea numberofvet-erans:Bob and Jack Hayash i da,MervMatsuok a, MattMorita,Joh nnyNa_-k ao.AngelKageyama,andBobTa-k emoto.

'54 Sch eduleTh e1954sch eduleofth ePla-cerJACLasreleasedataBoardofDirectorsmeetingatRose-vi lleis:

FIRSTHALFApr.25—JACL i nNevadaCityMay 2—RosevitlevsJACLatAu-burnMay 9—GrassValleyvsJACLatAuburnMay16—JACLvsLincolnatLin-colnMay23-JACLvsCojfaxatColfaxMay30—AuburnvsJACLatAuburnJune 6—JACL vs Placerville atPlacerville

SECONDHALFJune20—NevadaCityvsJACLatAuburnJune27—JACLvsRosevilleatRose-vineJulyH-JACLvsGrassValleyatGrassValleyJuly18—LincolnvsJACLatAu-burnJuly25—ColfaxvsJACLatAuburnAug. 1—JACLvsAuburnatAu-burnAug.B—PlacervillevsJACLatAu-burn

SPORTSCOPE:

"TwomorelocaldoubleAyeNisei bask etballch ampi onsh i psweredecided i nasmanyweek s...Nisei Tradingwonth eSouth ernCaliforniaNAUti tleforth esecondconsecutiveseasonbytrouncingani nj ury-riddledSh i nNi ch i bei -53-35lastSun-dayi nth eonlycapacity-h ousegameofth eNAU seasonatCh apmanCollegegym i n.LosAngeles...CaliforniaSt.Meth o-di stCh urch clai medth eColoradoNisei titleforth esecondStraigh tyear,dumpingJoh nnyDowns39-32atManualHighgym.TAXTSUTSUI,with 23points,pacedCSMCwh i ch woundupaperfectseason.

"Notsinceth edayswh enth efi rstJapanesej ock eyi nAmeri-ca,JOEKOBUKI, rode i nth eCaliforniacountyfaircircui t,h asth erebeen,aswidean i nteresti nth ebusinessofh orse-racing i ncurredbyth e'sensationalrecordbeingmadebyGEORGETANIGUCHI,24-year-oldapprentice,wh obrough ti nth reewinnerslastSaturdayatBayMeadows.OneofTaniguch i 'sWinnerswasalorigsh otwinnerpaying$57.30for$2.Healsoscoredwith $9.50and$14.40winners.Sinceth emeetingopenedtendaysearlier,h eh advi si tedth ewinner'scircleseventimesandamongth etopfourj ock eysatth ecpurse.Th eImperialValleybornboyi sundercontracttoLarryKidd,topdeveloperofridi ngtalenti nth enation.

"Th eFenway/GolfClub,Cleveland,startsth ei rth i rdyearoforganizati on i n:Aprilwith amembersh i pof15girls,wh oplanamatch playandScotch foursomewith FairwayClubmembers.Advisedby;KIMBO YOSHITOMI,th e'54 officersareSETSUYESUGI,pres.;FUMISHIMA,sec;KAYOHMURA,tourneych mn.;TOSHIKADOWAKI,HELEN NAKAGAWA,tourneycomm.;MARYASAZAWA,treas.;SACHIFUJIMOTO,h i st.;andMARGARETRUMAGAI,social.

"Wash i ngtonStateclaimedth e'54Pacifi cCoastIntercollegiateboxingch ampi onsh i plastweek endi nSacramentowith anewteamrecordof38points.Th eCougarspick edupitswinni ngmargin i nth e132-lb.finalswh ereGILINABAretainedh i sPCIti tlewith aloudlybooeddecisi onoverJoh nJeagerofIdah oState,wh oappearedto h aveth ebetterofth egoingi nth efi nalround.Th everdictdrewoneofth eloudestroarsofdisapprovaleverh eardi nth ePCImeet.

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"Ten|yearsagospeedyWATMISAKAwasmak i ng h i mselfh eadli neswith ,th eUni v.ofUtah cagersi nth eNITandNCAAtournaments.Inrec.ent years,h e'stak enupbowling.Lastweek h epoundeda277gameanda694seriesi nth eWasatchLeagueofSaltLak eCity.He h adsevenstri k esi nth erowluatilth eeigh th frametap.

SOCIALNOTES

VVLALadiesGui ld:Dr.TomAbe,wh orecentlyopened h i soffi ce i n WestLos Angeles,spok eonCancerFactsforWo-menandafilmoncancerwassh ownatth eMarch meeting.Oth erBi i ssei 'womengroupsal-soattended.Mrs.Sh i zueNara-murai ntroducedth espeak er.SanDiegoYBA:TaroMatsui

andMasTani k azi areco-ch ai r-menofth ebenefitbazaartobeh eldMay15,3p.m.tomidni gh t,atth eSanDiegoBuddh i stCh urch .Proceedsareforth ebuildi ng i mprovementfund.Tri-Vi Ues(PaloAlto):Mrs.

Elizabeth Eisenbergwasguestspeak eratth eMar.12meetingatOk amuraHall.Sh espok eon"Wh atJobOpportuniti esAreTh ereforYoungGraduates."Th e Sequoia JACL-sponsoredgirls'groupisplanninganAprilsk atefest.ClevelandTennisClub:Th e

Easteregg h unt,Apr.18,willbepresentedagainatAddisonY.Admissi on h asbeensetattwocoloredeggsperch i ldandprizesawaitth osewith th ebest-decoratedandth osewh ofi ndth emosti nth e h unt.Sh i roSh i ozawai sch ai rman.South westL.A.JACL:Th e

ch apterwillh oldanEastereggh untonEasterSunday,Apr.18,atth eExpositi onPark picni cgrounds,announcedHisash i Ho-rita,ch apterpresident.Furth er"detailsaretobereportedsoon.

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RoleofNisei VotesEditor:Oneofth esedayswh ynotwriteonth eapath yofth eAmericanvoters i ncludingth eJapaneseAmericans,andonth eroleth atth eNi sei orSansei,etc.,votesi nth efuturewillplayi nelectionstocome.

—M.I.WestLqsAngeleS(We i ntendto—twiceayear,andmoresoi nth eevenyearswh en nationalelections areh eld.)

Jeh ovah WitnessEditor:Inreferenceto"Je-h ovah Wi tnessNisei <jntrial"item i nth eMar.5PC,SupremeCourtJudgeAlanGoldsboroughrefusedciti zensh i ptoa"Jeh o-vah Wi tness."Th eyrefusetosaluteour,FlagandstilldonotrespectourFlag.Th ey h avenorigh ttociti zensh i p.

—Mrs.J.G.FALCKOgden

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SouvenirBook letforNat'lConvention.'..Adsforth esouvenirprogrambook letforth e13th Bisn

JACLNationalConventionarebeginni ngtotrick le i nwreallyappreciateth ecooperationofch aptersanddistri ctmcilsth atrealizeth emagnitudeofth ebook letcommittee's'k "It's h elpfulforth eart-editori alstafftoreceivecopyearsoth eycanspreadth ei rwork overmanyweek srath erthconcentratei tforafewh ecti cdaysarounddeadline

Weli k eSMOKYSAKURADA'si deaofsolici ti ngpersnn,greetingsfromCh i cagoch aptermembersata"fin"perrem.i ngonly30namestofillupafullpage.Or,atth reebuck si Z'50names.Th i sweencourageoth erch apterstofollowsuit

Th ebook let,asorigi nallyplanned,willbeanoffsetInhwh i ch th ecommitteeh asassignedtoToyoPrinti ngi nLi'lTofaAtonetime,i nth ei nterestofeconomy,th ecommitteewastmtparedtoh aveth ebook letprintedbyletterpress.Howeverletterpressli mi tati onsi nartwork ,costofengravingandoth er'factonruledi nfavorofth elith ograph i cmeth od.Everyconventionwillreceiveacopyofth i sbeautiful80-pluspagebook letAGrandOpeningi nLi'lTok i o...

JOSEPHITAQAKI.amemberofth eHawai i anTerritori alSenafcwasavisi torh ereth i spastwe.ek .HeandMIKEMASAOKAweretent-mateswith th e442ndRCT i nEurope during WW2.SenatorJoeisvisi ti ng h i sbroth er, JIMMIE.wh ooperatesth eCivi cInn.th eonlyNisei -operatedbari nNi h onj i n-mach i .Jimmi e,wi th th eh elpofarch i tectKAZADACHI,h adabig"opening"lastnigh tath i sspank i ngnew"GinzaSuk i yak l"i nth ebasementofth eMiyaJto■Hotel,wh ereourofficesarelocated.Th eGinza h asunusualdecorandcan'tbebeatforJapaneseatmosph ere.Tatami mats, i ndi vi dualsteaming-moistface towels i n bask eta-la-Japan, waitresses i nk i mono, excellentJapanesecuisi neandgiftch opstick sallmak eupIwh atpromisestobeanumberonetouristattraction.Adams-Wash i ngtonFreewayHearing...LastTuesday,i nth ei nterestofanumberofNisei famili eswh oh averecentlypurch ased h omes i nLA'sSeinansecti"designatedforth econstructionofth eAdams-Wash i ngtonfw.way,wetestifi ecTata h eari ngofth eStateHigh wayCommissi onatth eStateBuildi ngth reeblock swestofouroffice.Proponentsadvancedeconomicandengineeringargumentsfavoringth eproposedrouteforaboutanh our.Th eoppositi on,princi pallyrepresentingresidentswh oseh omesli ei nth epath ofth efreeway,wasJedbyattorneyBer-nardJeffersonfollowedby an eloquentand wellprepawd

presentationbyFloydCovington,racerelationsadviserforth eFHA;oth ersi ncludedNisei realtorTVSAITOandth eSOU'WESTERandmanyprotestingresidents.Manymorenon-wh i tesli vei nth eproposedfreewaystrinth ani nanalternateroutefurth ernorth .Th eoppositi on's(ours)

positi onwasth atwh i le'i tdidnotopposeeast-westfreewayperse,i tdidopposeth eproposedroutesinceth emanyth ousandsofnon-wh i teresidentswouldfi ndgreatdiffi culti nrelocatingelsewh erebecauseofth eracialdiscri mi nati onpracticedagaiastnon-wh i tesi nth epurch aseofh omes.Tosubstantiateth i sfrom th eNisei viewpoint,wepointed

outanumberofdocumentedinstanceswh ereth epurch aseofh omeswasdeniedtoNisei veteransandth ei rfamili es i nresi-dentialcommuniti esi nandborderingth ecity.Relocationofth eNi sei resi dentsfrom th i sstrip,wesub-

mitted,"wouldconstituteasecondevacuation,"recallingtoth ecommissi onersourmassremovalof1942.JobandHousingDiscri mi nati on...Housingi sth enumberoneproblem ofth eNisei ,weh avealwayscontended.Employmentdiscri mi nati on i snotdiscerniblealth ough afewweek sago,agroupofNisei employedbyth e

Si erracinCorp.i nBurb'ank ,manufacturingplastics,firedacrewofNisei .Inth i si nstance,th erearesomeaspectstoth efiri ngwh i ch leadustobelievei twasnotbasedsolelyonracialgroundjbutwearestilli nvestigati ng,despitelack ofcooperationfromth epersonsi nvolved.Th eNLRBandth eCountyConferenceonCommunityRelations h avebeenconsulted i nth i smatter.Generally,th eNisei ,Issei too,are h oldi ngdowndecentj obs

andafewth ousandgardenersare,byandlarge,i nth atoccu-pation bych oi ceforth erearemorereturns,from push i ngalawnmowerth anpush i ngapencil(alas,h owtrue!).Butth eh ousi ngproblem—letuscitesomeofth einstanceswedugupduringourcursoryresearch forth eh eari ng.Ensign-ATSUKO EMGTO (U.S.Navy)turneddownby

CarsonPark MutualHomesnearLongBeach i nFebruary,lastyear;HENRYandMARVELMIYATAbyth eLaMiradaprojecti nAzusaaboutth esametime;i nsurancemanGEORGEONObyacooperativeh ousi nggroupconnectedwith th eUSC facultyi nBaldwinHtfls;JOHNandALICEKANDAbyBranfordManorSieSi l?,May:MARYMIYAHARAi nLaCanadai n1950;

J?HARAatJosh uaTreesnear29PalmslastAPfil;KIYOSHIKAGAWAbyPontyHomesi nSouth L.A.i n1950;J?**18y.ear.aNisei vetatatracti nBellflower;th eMASNARITAS j ustlastFebruarybyth eLak ewoodPlazai nLongBeach ;orask GEORGEUMEZAWAofth elocalSumitomoBank abouth i sexperiencewith adozennewdevelopmentsth atdidnt-wantaNisei resi dencetodiscolorth ei rcommunityall-wh i te-sanctity.Fortunately,mostofth esemanifestationsofraciali ntoler-anceweresatisfactorilywork edouttoth eadvantageoftj i e

SlSuTi »aa*?t0TePresentationsbyJACLlegalcounselFRANK*.UiUMANandamusteringofwidespreadcommunitysupportmi?ayande«uitabletreatmentforth em.Th erearesomewh osay,wh ybarge i ntoa h osti le

neigh borh ood—leave'emalone.Rath er,wegivecredittoth epluck yNisei wh ostick byth ei rgunsbynotbeingfrigh tenedoutofadealbecauseofth eprejudi cesofoneortwoanti-Ori entalpersons.Th eyfeel,righ tfully,th attogivei ntosuch prejudi ceswith outsomeefforttocombatth emwouldonlyservetoencouragemoreofth esameagainstoth erNisei . .Aninvariably(wek nowofnoexceptions),wh enth eseNifdh avemovedi ntoth ei rh omes,th eyarecompletelywelcomedandacceptedbyth ei rneigh borsasfellowAmericans.Th ebuga-dooofth eundesirableOrientalexistedonlyi nth emindof<n«salesman,ownerorfinancingcompany.

Irritati onsNo.2...Lastweek ,wecomplainedofauditoryIrritati ons.Broth er, th taintall.Forabouth alfayear,ourolfactorysenses h avebeen

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LosAngeles

NewsletterHENRYMORI

+ Mrs.MildredYounger,can-didateforth e State Senate,jfromLosAngelescounty,wasalUßcbeoaguestataNisei Vol-unteersforYoungergath eri ngi nLi 'lTok i oearlierth i sweek .Th e33-year-oldwi feofMv-\nici palCourtJudgeEvelleJ.IYoungergoesagainsti ncumbentJack B.TenneyandRich ard,Rich ards,ch ai rmanofth eL.A.!CountyDemocraticCentralCommittee.Mrs.Youngercarriesamean

politi calwallop,alth ough h erattractivenessmak esh ermorefitti ngasamoviestar.Sh ewas*J>th eth i rdwoman i nth eh i storytobeonth eNationalRepubli-canPlatform Committee, and1nominatedth eth enGov.Earl|WarrenofCaliforniaasGOPaspiranttoth eU.S.presidencyi n1952.Sh ewason'th eNationalCivi l

Righ tssubcommitteeandservedonacommitteewh i ch draftedth eHawai i Stateh oodbi ll.Sh eibecomesth efi rstwomancan-didatetorunforastatesena-torialoffice.Mrs.Younger'scampaignin-volvesabig h unk qfterritorywh eresome5milli orTpeoplere-side.Th estrongerofh ertwoopponents,ofcourse,i sTenney*wh oseveryname i sh ouseh oldi"bogie" i nmanya Japanese'Americanh ome.Tenney'sstrength liesi n h i sconstantassaultagainstminor-i tygroups,alth ough h i smeth odsi ni ntroducingcertainbi llsaf-fectingth ei rwelfarearerath ersubtle.Mostofh i sraci stmovementsh avebeenai medtoli mi tcivi lrigh ts,orbringback th eoldra-cialcovenants i dea,tostirupprejudi ceandpermitdiscri mi -nation.IHe wasalmosta one-mansh ow i nnursingand k eepi ngalive th e 3-year-old Calif.AJienLandlawuntili tsfinaldeteati nth e State SupremeCourti n1952.Oneof.Mrs.Younger'sspon-sorsi sMrs.Frank C.Pellissi er,prewarresidentofSanGabriel,wh o h eads manycommunityandph i lanth ropi cactivi ti esi nWh i tti ertoday.Mrs.Pellissi er,onerecalls,wasoneofth estrongdefendersofNisei righ tsafterPearlHar-bor,and opposed vigorouslyevacuation.Wh enafact-findi ngcommit-

teebuzzedi nth eCityHallfol-lowingth efootstepsofth en-MayorFletch erBowron wh owh i ppeduph ysteriatoremove'all.personsofJapaneseancestry,IMrs.Pellissi erask edth atacer-tainamountofmercybesh ownsoth at"parentsandth ei rch i l-dren"wouldnot.beseparatedi fth ey h adtobemovedouttocamps.

"k Someofth ebigwi gsi nLi 'lTok i oarecontemplatingfor-mationofanOptimi stClubandgettingmembersh i psfromcom-munityleadersandmerch antsonFirstandSanPedro.Th emai nactivi tyofth ei n-ternationalorganizati oni sboys'work .Th eHigh landPark Opti-mistClub,wh i ch willsponsorth elocalgroupuntil"itgets,i tselfestablish ed,"h asth reeNi-sei members:Ei j i Tanabe,Ban-Ji Hamasak a,andFredMiyak e.Optimi stClubsarefound i nallpartsofth ecountryandi nCanada,Mexico,PuertoRico,anaHawai i ,butnotinJapan.i fth eLi'lTok i oclubbecomesareality,i twi llbeth efirstsuchau-Japanese(Issei andNisei )organizati on.

*'Speak i ngofth eorganiza-k onal"firsts,"Garfield HighSch oolPTAi nEastLosAngelesj ustelectedawifeofaNiseidentisttoserve aspresidentduringth e1954-55term. .»ne i sMrs.Wi lli am M.Ka-i o,.wh oi sanactivememberando«icerofboth Garfield andavensonJuniorHigh Sch ool'Meantime,serving h ersec-°ndyearaspresidentwillbe

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VITALSTATISTICSBirth s

FUJn—Feb.15,aBoytoth eLi n-FUJIKAWA—Feb.17,agirlNancyfvEEXtoMth eM?H«ni Fuj i k awas(Yosh i k oMacOriguch i ),LosAn-HANADA—Mar.3,aboyScottGreg-Josel° °*OT Hanadas,San

Hl<*A-Feb 7,agirlAk i k oAli ce{?«,=„> tRenAyU ,Hi*as (Haruk oOwan),LosAngeles.HIRATA—Jan.24,agirltoth eHa-j i meHiratas,SeattleISHIZUE—Mar.7,agirltoth pT=>k ash i Ish i zues,Dinuba. *'PTfebo*l'aboyCliffordSh i rototh eSach i oItos(Ch i yok oTana-ra),LosAngeles.ITO—Aboytoth eKoj i Itos,Den-*WAir-Mar.6,agirltoth eGeorgeIwais,Spok ane. B

IYAMA—Mar.7,aboyKenneth Ku-Jose

Masak atsuIyamas,SanKAWASHIMA—Feb.10,aboyGary?iln,?ru \°.tneJtroKawash i maswIS&Z0MUTO)-LosAngeles.K°K£A—Mar.4,aboytoth eTomKok k as,Fresno. m

KONISHI—Mar.12,a boyJeffreySadaototh eJamesKonish i s(RoseHaruk i ),Cleveland OKOfHA-Ffb.1, a giri Ch ri sti naElainetoth eTak emi Kosh as(RoseK-Tm i 5 Sugjyama),LosAngeles.KUBOTA—Feb.2,aboytoth eTa-dash i Kubotas,ClovisKUMAGAI-Mar.13,agirltoth eIJoeKumagais,Ontario,OreKURIMURA-Mar.6,agirltoth e

b-fnATTTISUr,i inuras'sPOk ane.KURODA—Feb.13,aboytoth eMa-satosh i Kurodas,ParlierKUROKAWA-Mar.7,agirltoth eNobej i Kurok awas,Reedley.KUROSE-Feb. 14,a boyto th eJunelowKuroses,SeattleMATSUDAiRA_Mar.""a&'rlt°t"eMich aelY.Matsudairas.Seattle.NAGAKI—Mar.12,aboytoth eYo-sh i oNagak i s,Ontario,OreNAKAMUBA-Feb.M'a6irltoth ex,»Sb.ui)AV;i Jak amui 'as'u>nSBeach .NAKASAKO—Mar.8,a boyJoh nSteph entoth eFuj i oNak asak osSanJose.NAKASHIMA—Jan.29,agirltoth eRobertNak ash imas,LongBeach ,iODA—Feb.2,aboytoth eMak otoOdas,-Reedley.IOHAMA—Mar.3,agirlMarilyntoth eGeorgeOh amas, San Fran-ci sco.OHTA—Mar.3,agirltoth eJoh nOh tas,HuntingtonBeachOKAZAKI—Mar.I,aboyJonath anL.toth eMi noru M.Ok azak i sPortland.OTSUKI—Feb.13,agirltoth eMi-ch aelOtsuk i s,LongBeach

PERKOV—Feb.16.agirlPamelaDoristoth eWi lli am R.Perk ovso(Sai k oTak ayama),LosAngeles.SAKATA—Feb.24,a boyto th eGeorgeS.Sak atas,Stock ton.SUZUKI—Mar.7, a girlto th eGeorgeSuzuk i s,Fresno.TAKAYAMA—Feb.14,agirlCarolRisayu toth eSoich i Tak ayamas(Kuni k oTamura),WestLosAn-geles.TANAKA—Feb.26,a boytoth eTadabTanak as,SanFrancisco.TSUCHIDA—Feb.17,aboytoth eJack Y.Tsuch i das,Sacramento.WAKAI—Feb.27,agirltoth eCh ar-lesS.Wak ai s,Stock ton.WOODS—Feb.12,a girlMargaretGeorgina to th e Ivan DouglasWoods (Rose Mitsuk oOk i ),LosAngeles.YAMADA—Jan.12,agirltoth eYo-sh ltoYamadas,Kingsburg.YAMAMOTO—Feb.12,aboytoth eTosh i o Yamamotos (MiyoKi k u-ch i ),LosAngeles.YANO—Feb.11,aboytoth eRobertL.Yanos,Kingsburg.

EngagementsHATAKEDA-MAStfDA—Ruri k o,Vi-salla,toTosh i o, Parlier, Mar.6.KUROKI-MURAMOTO—Amy,Den-ver,toJames, Pueblo, Mar.17.MIYOSHI-KADOWAKI—BellytoCh arles, both ofCleveland.OKAMOTO-SUMIDA—Himek o,Ha-wai i ,toRoy.Visali a,_Mar.14.SHIRAMIZU-IWATA—Sumi yetoIra,both ofDenver.Mar.13.TSUBOKURA-MATSUEDA—KaytoRich ard, both ofSanMateo,Mar.14. "TSUGAWA-FUJll—Toypk o Tee toJim,both ofSacramento.

MarriageLicensesIssuedIKEDA-HOSHINO—HarryYoyoj i ,52,Alameda,andKi nMary,46,Oak land.

KAWAMOTO-SMITH—Joh nE.,andMarjori e,both ofSh eri dan, Wyo.

KOBARA-TAKEMURA-Sei j i , 29andKaruk o,both ofSeattle -SAKOI-KAMINAKA-George26c"sco °e>26>b°th °£SanFranJ

WeddingsAKIYAMA-YOKOI-Mar.21,HideoWk aItyson1vli,fendJeanYok oi 'both °fAOKI-OKUDA-Mar.12,Hutch Aok iLak eCity"°k Uda>both ofSaltHIRATA-KAWANO-Mar.13,Ak i toHi rata,Dinuba,andMasak oKa-wano,Kingsburg.IMORI-YATSU-Mar. 13. Th omascTeTela Tak eyoYatsu-b°th ofS 11?ATAn-wILSON-Mar.7,Teruoot'se'aUle"1'1 A"di eWi lson'botb-TOKUNAGeA-SASAKI-Mar.20,JoeofSeatSea"dFuj i yeSasak i -b°thYAMAMOTO-MAYEGOTO—Mar27Ak i raYamamoto,Watsonville,andNancy Yonek o Mayegoto,Ber-

Death sH"?ASHoIMA'Tsutae,48:SanJose,Mar.13,survivedbyh usbandSealsuk e, sonItsuwo,Bobby,daugh -tersAsami,Nari j i ne,Georgia Ja-nice,Mrs.Nobuk oAmamoto(SanMateo),Mrs.Sadak oKatayama(Gilroy),sistersMrs.LouiseImo-k awa Mrs.HelenAgawaandbro-th erHidemasaHSguch i .XAWATA,WatarOl:Oxnard,Mar10,survivedbywifeSuma,foursons h aj i me,Jiro,Saburo.Sh i roa"?eigh tgrandch i ldren.K'TAMORA,Masao,76:Watsonville,Mar.8.KOJIMA,Hach i h ei : Palos VerdesEstate,Mar.13,survivedbywifeSen,foursons.Tak esh i ,Joj i ,FredTom,th reedaugh ters,Mmes.Mi-yok oAndo,SumaFuk uh araandSach i k oYasuk awa.KUSAYANAGI,Yosh i o,3d:Ch i cagoMar.11,survivedbyparents,Mr.and Mrs.Yosh i zo,broth erSh J-geich i ,sistersSach i k oandCh i ek o.OGAWA,Hi k otaro, 68:SaltLak eCity,Mar.6.survived bytwodaugh tersi nJapan.OKAZAKI,Ben,31:SanJose,Mar8,survivedbyparents,Mr.andMrs.Hach i saburo Ok azak i ,seven.broth ers George,Harding,Sam,Sueo,Leo,Yosh i ro,Tom andsis-terSh i zuk o.NAKAMOTO,Yosh i tak a, 75:Wat-sonville,Mar.3,survivedbywifeFuk u, sonsFrank andMasaru.SASAKI,AnnYuk i k o, 37:SaltLak eCityd.Mar.12,survivedbypa-rents,Mr.andMrs.Koj i Sasak i ,broth erFrank X.,sistersMaryandMrs.JennieY.Matsuo(Monterey,Calif.)

SHIMOBE, Yosh i matsu: Oxnard,Mar.8.TAKAO,Inosuk e,79:Ontario,OreMar.6,survivedbysonsYanosuk e,George,daugh tersMrs.Jim Wata-nabe(Payette)andMrs.MatsumiTak ata(Jaoan),onebroth erand11grandch i ldren.

TERAMOTO,Kunzo,53: Fowler,Mar.15,survivedby.sonKeh i ch i .daugh terSumiye,broth erSawe,sistersMrs.KayoKi k udaandMrs.Tonami Arai .YOSHIDA,Dr.Ryubei,70:LosAn-geles,Mar.11,survivedbysonsKazuo, Wataruanddaugh terMrs.Yosh i Arai .YOSHIZUMI,Yonek o, 38:SanPedro,Mar.12,survivedbyh usbandHar-ryKatsumi, daugh terBettySetsu-k p,sonsPh i li pKatsumi ari dGor-donYoneo.

SanFernandomoth ergoesfull-limebreeding j umbofrogsforpublicsale

LosAngelesSevenyearsago,Mrs.MarieDoizak i andh erh usbandbough ttwosmallbusiness-sizelotsfac-i ngbusySanFernandoBlvd.i nSunValleyforafrogfarm.As|th eCaliforniaFarmer,agricul-jturalweek lypublicati on,com-jmented:"Tosee h undredsofifrogsofallsizesabouti npoolsi squiteasigh t."Th ereareeigh tpools10x30ft.each fi lledwith Louisi anaj umbofrogs.Ith asbecomea]fulltime j obfor h er, h asiwri ttenabook letonfrog-rais-li ngi n h ersparetimeandh erh usband,aLosAngelesbusi-nessman,h elpsonweek endsanddoesallth eslaugh teri ng.Th eDoi zak i stak ecareofth efoodproblem bymak i ngweek -|lytripstoth ecreek s i nth e:RosemeadandElMontesectionsiofth ecountytogath ersackloadsofcrawfish .Itwasex-plainedth atasack loadwillbedumped i ntoapoolwh ereasupplywilllastforatleastaweek as i ttak esth atlongfora breederfrogto digestonecrawfish —sh ellandall.

Hatch eryPoolsAspecialh atch erypooli sre-servedforth e spawn wh i chh atch esfrom th reeto sevendays.Constantfresh waterrunsth rough th epoolandth ewrig-glersarefedwh i teflour.Fromtadpoletofrogi safour-monthperiod,ayearlateri ti sreadyforth emark et.Abullfrog,h ow-evr,tak estwoyearstoattainfullgrowth .Since th eannualspawning

producesupto20,000eggsperfrog,i ti seasytounderstandwh yth eDoi zak i sh avenearly

amilli onfrogsonth efarm.Alotofdressedmeati sre-tailed(about$2.25apoundforlegs)fromth eh ouse.Frogsasyoungasnine-month s-oldmaybeeaten,butmanypreferwait-i nglongerforameatierspeci-men.Th eymaybeeatenuptoth eth ree-year-oldstagewh enth ebreedingperiodcommences.Somefrogsaresoldtola-

boratoriesforexperimentalpur-posesandmanygotoprivatepoolstopreyuponsnailsandoth erinsects.

North westBusseiSpok ane

JamesDemise and Mi noruTsubotawereelectedpresidentsofth eNorth westYoungBudd-h i stLeague and North westYoungAdultBuddh i stLeague,respectively,atth eseventh an-nualpostwar'regionalconven-tionh ererecently.Over500delegatesfrom th ePacifi cNorth weststatesand Canadaattended.

CALENDARMar.27 (Saturday)

WEST L.A.:Installation dinner-dance/CarolinaPines.7 p.m.WASH'N, D.C.:FamilyPot-Luck .SOUTHWESTL.A.:Get-acquaintedsocial,3906Wi lsh i reBlvd BpmSEQUOIA-SAN MATEO:Jointbowlingtournament,SanCarlosBowl.SAN FRANCISCO;Get-Acquaintedparty,Buch ananY.7:30p.m.

Mar.28(Sunday)PNWDC:DC mtg,Ch apterClini c,1414WellerSt.,Seattle.

Apr.3(Saturday)PLACERCOUNTY:Communitypic-nicdance.SAN MATEO:Dinneri nh onorofIssei pioneersandnew citi zens,SanMateoBuddh i stHall,6:30p.m.

Apr.4(Sunday)PLACER COUNTY: Communitypicni c,JACLRecreation Park ,Penryn.MARYSVILLE:Community picni c.(Ifrain, postponetoApr.11).

Apr.10(Saturday)DETROIT:Japanesemovies.

Apr.11(Sunday)SELMA:Communitypi cni c.

Apr.18(Sunday)SOUTHWESTL.A.:EasterEggHunt,Expositi onPark picni cgrounds.

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EDITORIALS

5-FIssei Vi ctorySeveralth ousandapplica-

tionsfornaturalizati onbyIssei menwerebeing h eldupth epastmonth sbecauseofth ei nterpretationofSec.315ofth e1952Immigrationarid Nationality Act.Th esame i nterpretationcompli-catedre-entryofIssei malewh owerereturningfrom avisi tofJapan.Th epersonalreliefandj oynowath andi nsomanyfamili es i s i mmeasurable.Ourfaith i nAmericanfairplayand j usti cestays un-sulliedwi th th elatestturnofeventsandlastweek 'sna-turalizati onofth efirstJa-panesealienwh oh adbeendeniedciti zensh i pbecauseofh i s5-Fdraftstatus.Yetto accomplish th i s

stateofaffairs,i trequiredh oursofresearch ,coordin-atedeffortsoflegalmindsandorganizati on.Afterth efavorable de-

ci si on i nth eTsuj i case i nSanFranciscoandth eannouncementofth eAttor-neyGeneralnottooppose5-Fnaturalizati oncasescon-cerningnon-declarantaliens,th eMatobacase i nDenverstillagitated.Mm Yasui,wh o h andledth e Matobacase-andwh oi sth eMoun-tai n-Plains regionalJACLrepresentative,wasabletosh ow Judge Knous wh oh eardth eMatobacasealet-terfromth eSolici torGener-altoEdwardEnnis,specialJACLcounsel,statingth atth eAttorneyGeneralh adwith drawnh i soppositi ontoIssei naturalizati oncases.Th eurgencyofa decisi oni nth eMatobacasewasfur-th erpointedout.Th i svictoryi sbutonei n-

stancei llustratingth eeffec-tivenessandsigni fi canceofanationalorganizati on,suchasth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague,work i ngforth ewelfareandinterestsofpersonsofJapanesedescenti nAmerica.Th atpeopledisregardth e

potentialandvalueoforgan-i zati oni sbutasignofsociali mmaturityofth ei rpart.

NewslettersSomeofourJACLch apters

are old h ands i n publish i ngnewslettersforth ei rmember-sh i p andcommunity.Buttooth erswh i ch h avebeenwon-dering h ow to start h aveasimple formulath atappearssuccessfuli nseverali nstances.Atwo-pagemimeograph af-fai rcanadequatelyreportth ecabinetmeetingandth eregu-larmeetingofth epreviousmonth ,h i gh li gh tsofWash i ng-ton activi ti esand localan-nouncements.Wh eredistri bu-tionislimi ted,th e.newslettermaybeh ectograph ed.Th e i ndi spensableness of

newsletteri nch apteractivi ti esi sh ardtodeny.Oftentimes,i tmaybeth eonlysustaini nglin|cbetween th emembersh i pandth ech apter.

Th eHappiestMani nTownbyBillHosok awaFromth e'FryingPan...

DenverBACKINTHEyear1914,a16-year-oldlad

from Ok ayamaprovincecametoth eUni tedStatestojoi nh i sfath er.Th eboy'snamewasHarryG.Matoba,andh ewastoleadth eunspectacularlifeofatypicali mmi grantun-tilth i syear.Afewweek sagoh emadelegalh i storybybecomingth efi rstIssei maletoreceiveAmericanciti zensh i poverth ei mmi -grationandnaturalizati onservice'sobjecti onsi nconnectionwith h i sWorldWarIdraftstatus.Asevery-readerofth ePacifi c Ci ti zen

k nows,Matobatook h i spleaforciti zensh i pbeforeFederalJudgeLeeKnous.Th ecasewasarguedbyAttorneysMinoruYasui andEdwardJ.Ennis,andJudgeKnousruled i neffectth atMatobash ouldbegranted h i scovetedpapers*.ItwasagreatdayforMatobawh enh e

wassworn i nasanAmericanciti zenoneafternoonrecently.Tocelebrateth eevent,Matobah eldabanquetforsomeofh i sfri endsfrom Oregon,wh ereh eh adli vedbeforeth eevacuation,andwewereamongth oseprivi -legedtoattend.Betweenmouth fulsofasump-tuousCh i nesefeast,Matobatoldus h i sli festory,andweth ough tyoumigh tbei nterestedi nh eari ngabitaboutth i sftewAmerican.

" " "LIKEMOST ISSEI,HarryMatobaisasligh t,grayingmanwith areadysmile.Un-li k emostIssei,Matobaspeak sEnglish withmach i negunrapidi ty.Hepick eduph i sk now-ledgeofth elanguage i ngradesch oolandh i gh sch ooli nPortland,Oregon,andi nbusi-nesscollege.Beforeth ewarMatobaranasmallgro-

cerystorei nPortland.Th eevacuationup-rootedh i mandh i sfi vech i ldrenanddumpedth em i nth eMi ni dok aWRAcenter.Soonh eh eadedth epayrolldepartment,puttingi nth evouch erssoth atth eresidentscouldgetth ei r$16and$19month lypaych eck s.EventuallyMatobawenttoNyssa,Ore.,

wh ere,alth ough analien,h egota j obasbook -k eeperi nth eWartimeFoodAdmini stration.Th etasteoffreedom was h eady.Hewentback toMini dok atomak eh i sleaveperma-

nentandth enh eadedforBrigh amCi ty,Utah ,wh ereh ewenttowork asbook k eeperi nafruitcanningfirm.Somefi veyearsago,wh i leoneofh i s

sonswasonoccupationduty i nJapan,th eboybecamestrick enwith anunusualdisease.Th earjny senth i m toFitzsi mons h ospi tali nDenverforwh atpromisedtobeprolongedtreatment.Matobamovedh i sfamilyfromBrigh amCi tytoDenvertobenearh i sson.Butth eyoungsoldierdied,andalittlebitofHarryMatobadiedwith h i m.

"EversinceIcametoth i scountry,"Ma-tobasays,"IlovedAmerica.ButIcametolovei tevenmoreaftermysonpassedawaywh i lea,memberofth eUni tedStatesarmy.Itmusth avebeenh i ssacrifi ceth atdeepenedmyaffectionformyadoptedcountry."

Th eMatobasdecidedtomak eDenverth ei rh ome.Heopenedwh ath ecalledaservicebureau,aplacewh ereIssei couldgoforh elpi nawidevarietyoffields.Nowfivetimesagrandfath er,Matobamak esh i sli veli h oodbyh elpi ngpeopletofillouti ncometaxreturns,applyforlicenses,bytranslatingandinter-preting.Hei satick etagentfortrans-Pacifi csteamsh i pandai rli nes.Hei saperpetuallybusylittlemani nh i sprofessionoftryingtoh elpoth ers.Wh enh i sapplicati onforciti zensh i ppapers

wasturneddownth efi rsttime,Matobawasdisappointed,ofcourse."Buti tmadenodif-ferencetomyloveforth i scountry,"h esays."Ilovedi tj ustth esame.Ik eptth i nk i ngth eoffici alswouldch angeth ei routlook ,andeven-tuallyIfcouldreach mygoalofbecomingaciti zen."

Matobanodoubtwasth eh appi estmani nDenverwh enh i s.papersfinallycameth rough .Promptly h epaid h i s duesandbecame amemberofth eJACL.Andth enh ecalledHerbWong,Wh o h i mselfh adbecomeana-turalizedciti zenafewyearsago,tomak eplansforth ecelebrationfeast.Th rough th eprecedentth atMatobaestab-

lish ed,agoodmanyoth erIssei menwillbegettingth ei rciti zensh i psoon.And i tcouldn'th appentoamoredeservingbunch offellows.

BetterKnownCh o-Ch oSanbyLarryTaj i ri\agarics,..

ITISANi roni calcommentaryonAmeri-canaudiencesth atTomiKanazawa,agirlfromLosAngeles,i sbetterk nowni nEurope,par-ticularlyi nth eScandinavi ancountries,th ansh ei si nh ernativeUnitedStates.Inh erAmericanappearancesMissKana-

zawah asbeentypedasMadameButterfly,alth ough sh e h asappearedi noth eroperas.Butwh ensh ei sabroad,th eNi sei soprano i sacceptedi nawiderangeofrolesandtwoyearsagoenjoyedatriumph alconcerttourofDenmark ,FinlandandSweden,givi nganadditi onalcommandperformanceforth eroyalfamilyi nStock h olm.Inth efourdecadessinceth ePuccini opera

wasfirstperformed,th i soperaticstapleaboutth eloveofaJapanesegirli nNagasak i foranAmericannavyofficerh asbeenplayedi nvi r-tuallyeverycountryi nth eworldandawidevarietyofsopranosh avesungofth etragedyofCh o-Ch o-san.(Atth efamousoldopera h ousetoMexico

Citysome18month sagoweh eardaMexicansopranoi nth erole.Moreth anadecadeagoi nNewYork City,wesawatabloidversionatRadioCityMusicHallwh i ch featuredaFili pi nosopranonamedGonzales.Th eNewYork CityOpera h aspresentedCamillaWil-liams,aNegro,asButterfly,wh i leth eMetro-politan'sfavoritesareLici aAlbanese,Doroth yKirstenandVi ctoriadeLosAngeles.)Tamak i Mi uratouredth eUni tedStatesfor

manyyears,singi ngButterflywith th eSanCarlooperaandh ersuccessorwith th ecom-pany,Hizi Koyk e,h asmadeth epartparticu-larlyh erown,addingdepth anddramaticdi -mensiontoth erole.Yosh i eFuj i warabrough th i sowncompanyfromTok yolastfallandperformedth eopera i nLosAngelesandSanFranciscowith considerablesuccess,andprin-ci palsofth eFuj i waratroupeflewtoMan-h attantoappeari ni twi th th eNewYork Cityopera.Butofallth eMadameButterflysi nmoreth anfourdecadesofth eopera'ssuccess,Tomi

Kanazawah asbeenseenbymorepeopleth anth erestcombined.MissKanazawa,i nasingleperformance,sungtoanaudienceofseveralmilli onswh enth eNBCOperaGuildpresented"MadameButterfly"onnetwork televisi onth reeyearsago.Th i spastWeek i nKansasCity,Tomi Ka-

nazawawasfeaturedi nth eKansasCityPh i l-h armonic'ssecondannualoperafestival.Sh eplayedth eleadi ntwoperformancesofth edurablePuccini operaonMarch 18and20.InrecentyearsMissKanazawaalsoh asap-pearedwith localoperagroups,i nSanFran-cisco,NewOrleans,Cinci nnati andmanyoth erciti es.Betweenconcerttoursandoperaticen-

gagements,wh i ch mayrangeth rough outth eUni tedStatesandfrom farScandinavi atoAlask a,Tomi:Kanazawa.Muellerlives i n

a NewYork apartment.Herh usband i samusici anwith th eMetropolitanoperacompanyandconductedth eorch estraforth eMet'stourwith DieFledermaustwoyearsago.

" " "THESALE OFScenemagazinetoJaffe

Publicati onsofLosAngelesassuresth econ-tinuedexistenceofth emonth ly,buti tmark sth eendofth efi rstrealeffortonth epartofaNisei grouptopublish apicturemagazinewith afullyprofessionalformat.Th erewasnoth i ngwrongwith th eScene

operationi nCh i cagoth atalargerpotentialaudiencewouldn'th avecured.Itsprimaryau-diencewasth eAmericanofJapaneseancestryandth erearelessth an250,000Nisei i nth econtinentalU.S.andHawai i .Allowingforfamilygroupsandlorth efactth atacon-siderablenumberoutofth e250,000areunder18,Scene'sultimatecirculationcouldnoth avebeenmoreth an25,000.Hadi tgainedth ati twouldh avedonesometh i ngsofarunprece-'dentedi nAmericanpublish i ng(evenReader'sDigesth asacirculationofnotmoreth an5percentofth eAmericanpopulation)Acir-culationof25,000alsowouldh avemeantth atScenewouldh avebeenaboveth ebreak -evenpoint,buti ti sdoubtfuli fi tscirculationaver-agedmoreth an10,000.Th eproblemfacedbyScenewasoneofmath ematics—risi ngproductioncostsononeh andandafrozenaudiencepotentialonth eoth er.Itcostsj ustasmuch toproduceamaga-

zineaimedatanaudienceof250,000asi tdoestoputoutapublicati onfor160,000,000.Sceneorigi nallywasasubsidi aryofth eGeneralMaili ngofCh i cago,abusinessstartedbyJamesNish i mura,aformerWestCoastricebrok er,afterth eevacuation.Itwasdivorcedfromth emaili ngandpack agi ngbusinesslastyear.Th enewownersi nLosAngelesh avebeensuccessfuli nth etrademagazinefield Th eyareexpectedtocontinueth emagazine'sout-look andpolici es.Th eonlymajorch angeatpresenti sexpectedtobeamech ani cal.Sceneformerlyprintedbyth eoffsetprocesswillbealetter-pressoperation. ' MDyk eMiyagawa,oneofScene'seditorswasexpectedtogotoLosAngelestoputoutth enexti ssue,buth asreceivedanextendedleaveoi absenceath i sownrequest.

"- ♦ "THEREAREAdozenperformersofJapa-neseancestryi nth eBroadwayh i tplayTea-h ouseofth eAugustMoon,wh j ch MGMeva-tuallywilltransfertocelluloid.Meanwh i le,aLondonproductioni sforth comi ngandYuk iSh i moda,dancerandch oreograph erwh oh asbeenactingasassistantstagemanagerofth eBroadwaycompany,h asflowntoEnglandtotoactastech ni calasstantoProducerRobertLewis.JerryFuj i k awa,factori nTeah ous?

i sth enewassistantstageman-agerofth eBroadwaytroupfcTh erewon'tbeanyJapant*actorsi nth eLondonproducuc*underpresentplansunlesstneBriti sh comeupwith $6n>eon«li k eMari k oNi k i wh oh astwleadingfemini nerole i ntneNewYork version.MissN*wasanactressi nTok yobeltf*sh ecame,toth eUnitedSUPwith h erAmericanarmyofficerh usband..

DECADEAGO

Mar.25,1944Navy offici alsays Cormn,MelvinMcCoy'sattack onNiseidoesnotreflectdepartment'spolici es;Batann h ero's viewth atNisei bedeportedwereon.lypersonal.

» * "FirstNisei warcasualtiesofEuropeanth eatersenttoDib-ble GeneralHospital,MenloPark ,Calif.

" " »Report28 "Kibei "i nductedbefore PearlHarborfacingcourtmartialforrefusingtosub-mittomili tarytraini ng,con.fined i nFt.McCtellan,Ala,stock ade.

» " "Nisei merch antmarinek i lledi nactionagainstGermanairraiders, h ad tak en overgunwh enNavycrewwask nock edoutofaction,letterdisclosesi dprotestagainstsomediscri mi -nationofNewJerseyandDel-awarefarmersagainstevacueework ers.

" " ""GoforBrok e"adoptedasof.fi ci almottoof442ndRCT.

" " "Sec.Ick esreports21,000re-located;3,500i nCh i cagotoleadoth erciti esi nresettlementpro-gram.

" " "New Pasadena groupurgesrestorationofci vi lrigh tsofloy-alJapaneseAmericans.

"« " "JapaneseAmericanteach ersatUniv.ofColoradoNavyJa-paneseLanguagesch oolcom.mendedbynavali ntelligence.

" " "Federalj udgesignsorderre*straini ngLaytonoffici alsfromclosingNisei 'sbusiness.

WatMisak a,Univ.ofUtahguard,playsatNationalInvi-tationalBask etballtournament,MadisonSquare,NewYork ;lose46-39toUniv.ofKentuck y.

MINORITY

Sinceth efi rstdisturbanceslastJulyatCh i cago'sTrumballPark h omes, i nvolving Negro.famili esi nresidenceatth eproj-ect,i twaspointedoutth atth ereh aveJbeen16arrests,40bussesandcarsstoned,20policestonedori nj ured,andsome$200,000i npropertydamages.

* * *Wh i leth eKnigh tsofColum-bush avearuleagainstch arter-i ngofracialgroupsassuch ,th eClevelandauxili arybish opwantsth eK.C.supremeboardtogivealocali nterracialcoun-cilasecondch anceforach ar-ter.Th ei nterracialcouncilwasformedafterth reeNegroCath -olicswererefusedmembersh i p.Twoofth emth enstartedtoor-ganizei t.Itsmembersh i pof138i s2to1Negro.Ruledth eSu-premeKnigh tLuk eHartofStLouis,th eysh ouldapply'<*membersh i pi nexisti ngcoun-cils"li k eeveryoneelse"M<vaddedth atNegroes h avebe-come k ni gh ts i nvariouspartsofth ecountry.

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