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PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL. 30; NO.1 SALT-fcAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7,1950 Prce: Tencents Two Colorado Men Klled n Arzona Cras Jon Kurac, Denver JACL Leader, A ong Vcts n Tragedy BRIGHTON, Colo.Two Brgton en were ledanda trd was crtcally nured an Pec. 29 wenter car crased nto a paredtruc onU.S. gway66 near Holbroo n nortern Ar- zona. Te dead are Jon Kurac, 27, andNantaro Saata, 50. Robert Saata, 24was serouslynured. Carl Wlla s, 45, of Oortez, Colo., wo wassleepng n tne pared truc was osptalzed wt n- ternalnures. Hgwaypatrol- en sad Wllas adpulled s truc offte gwayand was sleepng wen te Brgton car crased nto t. Jon Kurac was te frst vce- presdent of te Denvercapter of te JACL for 1949 and wasa eber of te JACL^'IOOO" club. Te party was returnng to Brgtonfro LosAngeleswere tey ad seen Mr. Kurac's oter off for Japan.Mr. Saata alsoar- rangedpassagefor Japan nte near future. Mr. - Kurac, a natve of Brg ton, recentlyannounced s engage ent to M ,s s-Sara Myos. A Proceeds; fro Scool Sale Gven to JACL Group n San Jose SAN JC^^Jalf.—A cec for $529.38,net proceeds fro te Baleof te Alvso Japanese scool property, was presented to te UntedC'zensLeaguelast wee by To l^_a on bealf of te Alvsodstrct resdents. UCLTr~ surer Dr. Robert Oa- otoacce; ted te contrbuton and sadtat te oneywll beused n te league's wor for tewel- fare of persons of Japanesean- cestry nte valley. Instruental nnegotatons for sale of teproperty was a repre- sentatve co ttee of tedstrct coposedof Eza, Suyec Ta- eda,MtsOubo, Satoru Kawa- s a andTo Eza. So Endow Elected New Presdent of Md-Coluba JACL HOOD RIVER, Ore.—So En- dow,Jr. was electedpresdent of te Md-Coluba capter of te JACL at ts Deceber eetng. Endow s treasurer of te newly- actvatedNortwest! dstrct coun- cl. Hewll beassstedbyNobHa- ada, frst vce pres.; Mtsuo Asa, secondvce pres.;Vrgna Moss,rec. sec.; Mts Taasu , corr.sec; Setsu Stara,treas.; Taro Asa,board delegate; Ray Sato,alternate;and Eo Mor- ado,socal prooter. "'" Koe Ns oto andToru Hase- gawa were elected to (le all board, replacng Ray Yasu and Wat Kaneasu, wo ave served two-year ters n ts offce. Oters onte board are Ht I a, BobKageya aandTaro Asa. Tax Refuser Greeted by Frends Upon Release fro U.S. Prson ASHLAND, Ky. —A welcong party greeted Katsu Jaes Otsua, 28, on s release fro te Federal correctonal nsttuton at! Asland on Dec. 29. Otsua,wo refused to paya porton of s ncoetax because of te fact tat a part of te oney wouldbeusedfor ltar- stcpurposes,wassentenced on Sept 1 to servea ter of 90days and fned $100 byJudge Robert C Baltzell n te U.S.dstrct courtnIndanapols. Altoug te 90 dayter was copleted on Nov. 30, Qtsuawas not releasedandwas eld an ad- dtonal 30days because of sre- fusal to payte fne. Otsua, anatve of SanDego, Calf., attended Pasadena Cty Collegeand W tter College, bot |n Calforna andEarla College n Rc ond,Ind. DurngWorld War II e refused ltaryser- vceon pacfst grounds and served "" sentence n prson. Te Nse s a eber of te Socety of Frends and olds to te tradtonal ant-war convctons of tat group. Tedeonstratorsat te prson gates carred posters wt es- sageswc declared: "WeSalute Your Courage," "Keep on Re- fusng, J,We're Wt You," "You Dd Rg t n Refusng to PayTaxes for A-Bobs." Te deonstraton wasledby te Rev.Ralp Te pln, forer ssonary toInda andnowpro- fessor of socology at Wlberforce Unversty, self a tax refuser, andte Rev. Ernest Broley, Wl- ngton, Oo, car an ofte Tax Refusal Co ttee of Peace- aers wo serfeda60-day prson sentence for refusal to paywar taxesn1941. , A dnner was eld n onor of Otsua by efnbers of te ant- war taxgroup! nYellow Sprngs, AM Tatsu s Arrve n U. S. Wt Consul General Ward's Party Japanese Aercan Operated Auto Repar Busness n Muden SAN FRANCISCO—A Calfor- na-bornNse wo becae a os- tage n te cold warn teFar Eastand was prsoned for a ont n Muden was bac n San Francscots wee. Sro Tatsu , 51, accopan- ed byMrs. Tatsu and two cl- dren, returned tote Unted States on te Presdent Wlson on Jan. 3 as a e ber of tepartyof Angus Ward, forer Unted States consul generaln Muden. Tatsu, wo started atrvng autorepar busness n Muden after tang a correspondence scool course n auto ecancs, waseployed at te Unted States counsulate nMuden wen e and ConsulGeneralWard and tree oter ebers of te staff were arrested and prsoned for alleg- edly beatng a Cnese eploye. As a result of te case Tatsu andte oters werefound gulty bya Mudencourt, sentenced to prsonandordered deported. Mrs. HJanaoTatsu s a Jap- anese natonal wle ter two cldren, Harry Hayao,15,and Ao, 10,were born n Muden but are UntedStates ctzens. An- oterdaugter, Mrs.Ao Cn, arreda.captan n te C nese Natonalst ary several years ago. Tatsu sad s son-n-law left Muden wt te retreatng Natonalst forces and s prob- ably now n For osa. Mrs. Cnand er 8-onts old son are now nHros a wt Tatsu's sster,Mrs. Msao Ter- ans, wose usband, S. Teran- s, s a resdentof San Fran- csco. Te Nc-Be T es reported tat Tatsu wasborn nSacra- ento were s fater was a eweler. Tefa ly ovedto San Francsco n te to lose allof ter possessonsnte1906 eart- quae. Tatsu was sent to Japanfor awle for scoolng but reoned sfaly later nSeattle. After severalyears n Seattle durng wc e was arred and too a correspondence scool course n autorepar wor ere- turned to Japan n1927. Tatsu started sauto repar sop n Muden n 1933 andgrad- uallybultup s busness. In 1945, followng teend of te war, Russan offcalsconfscated sban account and sezed s tools and sopequpent. Wen teCnese Natonalsts returned to MudenTatsu sad eturned s busness over to s Cnese worers and preparedto leave tecountry. He went to teU.S.consulate n Mudento clear s Aercan passport and was offeredapos- tonon te staff as a ecanc. He accepted and reaned n te ctytree ore years. "I went to Muden epty-and- ed,"Tatsu sad plosopcally, "and so I cae out even." Tatsu wll vst sbroter, Henry Saburo Tatsu, wo s on tefacultyof te Unversty of Was ngton. If Tatsu electsto rean n s natve country ts beleved teState Depart entwll see eansto pert s alen-born wfe to resde ere peranently. Sro Tateu , a e ber of Consul General Angus Ward's staff at te A ercan consulate general n Muden, ssown wt sfa lyas tey arrved n Honolulu recentlywt te Wardparty, en routeto San Francsco. Wt Tatsu are s wfe, Hanao, and scldren,Hayao, 15,and A o, 10. Tatsu, a natve of San Francsco,was greeted n Honolulu by s broter, Su Tatsu ,wo e ad not seenfor 24years. Te Tatsus arrved nSan Francsco on Jan. 3 aboard tePres- dent Wlson.—Poto courtesyofHonolulu Star-Bulletn. Sug araBaby WnsWeber County Stor Derby OGDEN, Uta DeneLe- AnneSugara, daugter of Mr. and Mrs.Harry Sug ara, was te frst Weber County baby of 1950, arrvng at St. Benedct's osptal onJan. 1at 12:45 a.. Se weged 4 pounds 14'/_ ounces. Lttle "Mss Sug ara, byar- rvng aead of all te rest, wll get erself and er parentsa consderable a ount ofgoods and supples gvennte annual stor derby by Ogden er- cants. Te Sugtaras avetwo oter cldren, Marty, 2"/ 2 , and Clare, 1%. Estate Near 21,000 Clas Fled by Japanese A ercans For Losses fro Evacuaton WASHINGTON, D. C—Anunoffcal estate by teDe- partentof Justce tswee ndcatedtatbetween 20,000 and 21,000 claswere fled under teEvacuaton Clas act before teJan. 3 deadlne. Depart ent offcals sad t probably wouldbe a atter of daysbefore tey coulddeterne,n dollars, te total value of all clas. Clas ave beenfled under a specal act of Congress to ndenfy personsof Japanese an- cestry for personal and property losses suffered wen tey were evacuated fro te west coast sev- eral ontsafter teoutbrea of te war. Approxately2,000clas were receved by te Depart entof Justce Jan. 3,te fnal datefor flngunderte Evacuaton Clas act. As a publc servcetopersons of Japanese ancestry, te .Was- ngton JACL ADC offce rean- ed open untl dngt,Jan.3, flng teporary clas n bealf of dozens of persons troug out te Unted States. Me Masaoa, natonal JACL ADC legslatve drector, andEd- wardJ. Enns. ADClegal counsel, fled all clasreceved n te ADCoffce before te deadlne. Mr.Masaoa sad te Justce Depart ent sent a specal truc to te post offce nWas ngton to pc up ts al before dngt. Hesad ts ndcateda "very far effort ontepart of te Justce Departent to nsure tat clas would berecevedon te." Todate, onecla, for approx- ately $300, as beenpad tote frst claantto receve pay ent for loss under te act. Meante, sad Mr. Masaoa, te Departent of Justce as adu- dcated an addtonal 20clas and fled a report on te adudcaton wt teSpeaerof te House and Presdent of te Senate, as requred by law,altoug only clasover $2500 wll be pad by specal Congressonal approval. Toseless tan $2500 wll be pad drectly fro specal funds allo- cated to te JustceDepart ent by Congress. Currently, te Justce Depart- ent s payngclas out of a llon dollar appropraton ade durngte frst sesson ofte present Congress. Mr.Masaoasad t sould be onlva atter of wees after a cla s adudcated and subtted toCongressuntl t s pad, unless te cla' exceeds$2500. In tat case, pay ent,of course, wll de- Dend upon te speed wt wc Congress aes ndvdual appro- pratons. Fre RazesHouse KINGSBURG. Calf.—Te oe of Kane c' S o^de was razed bv flaes onDec. 23. Cause of te blazecouldnot bedeterned - edately. TwoDe, Fve Hurt nHgway Truc Accdent KINGSBURG, Calf.—Two en were lled and fveotersnured, tree serously, wenalgt truc went out of control onHg way 99 near Kngsburgon Dec. 29. Tedeadare KatsutoMano, 51, Fresno,and Toranosue Taaro, 72, Vsala. Tou Kawas a, 55, and G. Tanenaa, 57, bot of Fresno, and G.Kanenaga, Sela, were taen toKngsburgSantaru. Kawa- s a sustanedserous ead n- ures, wleKanenagasuffereda broen leg, Tanenaa sustaned a fractured soulder. Sa Kao, 60, and Kuro Funa- os,51,were treated and ds- ssed. Kanenaga, reportedly te drver of Oetruc, toldHg way Patrol- anJon Jonson eatteptedto pass an ol taner and saw e could not aet.He sad e put on te braesto slow downand pull bac over but teveclewent out of control, sddngoff te gway and ttng atree. All teoccupantsweretrown out byte pact and personal be- longngs were scattered over a 100-yardarea. Tasro was lled alost n- stantly and Mano ded sortly after reacng te osplal. Offcers sad tegroupwere on ter way to a Pxley, Calf., ranc weretey ad been engagedto " prune avneyard. See Relatves Of Cras Vct FRESNO, Calf. Relatves of Katsuto Mano,51, of 1336 Tulare Street,Fresno, wowas lled n an autoobleaccdent onDec. 29 are beng sougt by Fresno autor- tes,t was reported 'tswee by Toru Ieda, Central Calforna regonal drector of te JACL. Crusedby Tran CHICAGO Ku Harada was lled nstantlyon Dec. 22 wen eleaped nfront of atranon te Illnos Central tracsat te 18t street staton. Fnal rtes were eld on Dec. 27. Clarfy Effect of Japan Land Refor Lawson U. S. Owners WASHINGTON, D. C—Because of wdespreadnterest a ong per- sonsof Japanese ancestryregard- ng landstey ay own nJapan snce passage of tatnaton's LandRefor law, teJACL ADC last wee released te fol- lowng letter fro SCAP: "Te law," te letter sad n part, "provdes n part for te purcase and resale byteJapa- nese govern entof land owned byabsenteelandlords... Te Jap- anese governent asbeen au- torzed by te Supre eCo nnd for te Alled Powers topurcase and dspose of all agrcultural land n Japanwc s subect to teprovsonsof te Law Con- cernngSpecal Measuresfor Es- tabl's entof Owner-Farer and was regstered asownedon te date of enactent, Oct. 21, 1916, byJapanese natonalsand persons of dual natonalty, one of wc s Japanese. "Indeter nng natonalty, te Japanesegovern ent s autorzed tocons'der as Japanesenatonals persons soregstered nterec- ords of Japan. "At te present te, land ownedby natonalsof one of te UntedNatons or neutral natons wo do not,n addton, possess Japanese natonalty,s not sub- ect to tepurcasngprovsons of telaw. Ts restrcton ay be reoved n te future,at wc te all agrcultural land n Ja- panwll besubect to telaw. "All agrcultural land nJapan, regardless of te natonaltyof teowner,s subect to te Agr- cultural Land Adustentlaw wc probts transfer of ttle or any oter rgt to agrcultural landexcept wt te per sson of te governor of teprefecture n wc te land slocated." Te letter was sgned by A.J. Ree, assstantadutant general, GHQ, Toyo.

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Page 1: PACIFIC CITIZEN · PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL.30; NO.1 SALT-fcAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,JANUARY7,1950 Price:Tencents TwoColorado MenKilledin ArizonaCrash JohnKurachi,Denver JACLLeader,Among

PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.30;NO.1 SALT-fcAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,JANUARY 7,1950 Price:Tencents

TwoColoradoMenKilled i nArizonaCrashJoh nKurach i ,DenverJACLLeader,AmongVicti ms i nTragedyBRIGHTON,Colo.— TwoBrigh tonmenwerek i i ledandath i rdwascriti callyi nj uredanPec.29wh enth ei rcarcrash ed i ntoapark edtruck onU.S.h i gh way66nearHolbrook i nnorth ern Ari-zona.Th edeadareJoh nKurach i ,27,andNantaroSak ata,50. RobertSak ata,24wasseriouslyinj ured.CarlWilli ams,45,ofOortez,Colo.,wh owassleeping i n tine park edtruck was h ospi tali zedwi th i n-ternali nj uri es. High waypatrol-mensaidWilli ams h adpulledh i struck offth e h i gh wayandwassleepingwh enth eBrigh toncarcrash edi ntoi t.Joh nKurach i wasth efirstvice-

presidentofth eDenverch apterofth eJACLfor1949andwasamemberofth eJACL'IOOO"club.Th e party was returning toBrigh tonfromLosAngeleswh ereth eyh adseenMr.Kurach i 'smoth eroffforJapan.Mr.Sak ataalsoar-rangedpassageforJapan i nth enearfuture.Mr.-Kurach i , a native ofBrigh ton,recentlyannounced h i sengagement to M i ,ss-i SarahMiyosh i . A

Proceeds;fromSch oolSaleGi vento JACLGroup i nSanJoseSANJC i Jali f.—Ach eck for$529.38,netproceedsfrom th e

Baleofth eAlvisoJapanesesch oolproperty,was presented to th eUnitedCi'i zensLeaguelastweekbyTom l_ak i onbeh alfofth eAlvisodi stri ctresidents.UCLTr~■surerDr.RobertOk a-

motoacce;tedth econtributi onandsaidth atth emoneywillbeusedi nth eleague'swork forth ewel-fare ofpersonsofJapanesean-cestry i nth evalley.Instrumentali nnegotiati onsforsaleofth epropertywasarepre-sentativecommitteeofth edistri ctcomposedofEzak i ,Suyek i ch i Ta-k eda,MitsOk ubo,SatoruKawa-sh i maandTomEzak i .

Sh oEndowElectedNewPresidentofMid-Columbia JACLHOOD RIVER,Ore.—Sh oEn-

dow,Jr.waselectedpresidentofth eMid-Columbia ch apterofth eJACLati tsDecembermeeting.Endowistreasurerofth enewly-activatedNorth west!di stri ctcoun-cil.HewillbeassistedbyNobHa-

mada,firstvice pres.;Mitsuk oAsai,secondvicepres.;Virgi ni aMoss,rec.sec.;Mits Tak asumi,corr.sec;SetsuSh i tara,treas.;Taro Asai,board delegate;Ray

Sato,alternate;and Ei k o Mori-k ado,socialpromoter. "'"KoeNish i motoandToruHase-gawawere elected to (lh e h allboard,replacingRayYasui andWatKanemasu,wh oh aveservedtwo-yearterms i n th i s office.Oth ersonth eboardareHitImai,BobKageyamaandTaroAsai.

TaxRefuserGreetedbyFriendsUponReleasefromU.S.PrisonASHLAND,Ky.—Awelcomingparty greeted Katsuk i JamesOtsuk a,28,onh i sreleasefromth eFederalcorrectionali nsti tuti onat!Ash landonDec.29.Otsuk a,wh orefused topayaportionofh i si ncometaxbecauseofth efactth atapartofth emoneywouldbeusedformili tar-i sti cpurposes,wassentencedonSept1toserveatermof90daysandfined$100byJudgeRobertCBaltzell i nth e U.S.di stri ctcourti nIndianapolis.Alth ough th e90dayterm wascompletedonNov.30,Qtsuk awasnotreleasedandwash eldanad-di ti onal30daysbecauseofh i sre-fusaltopayth efine.Otsuk a,anativeofSanDiego,Calif., attended Pasadena CityCollegeandWh i tti erCollege,both|nCaliforniaandEarlh am Collegei nRich mond,Ind. DuringWorldWarIIh erefusedmili taryser-viceonpacifi stgroundsandserved

""sentence i nprison.

Th eNisei i samemberofth eSocietyofFriendsandh oldstoth etraditi onalanti-warconvicti onsofth atgroup.Th edemonstratorsatth eprisongatescarried posterswith mes-sageswh i ch declared:"WeSaluteYourCourage,""Keep on Re-fusi ng,Jim,We're With You,""YouDidRigh ti nRefusingtoPayTaxesforA-Bombs."Th edemonstrationwasledbyth eRev.Ralph Templin,formermissi onarytoIndiaandnowpro-fessorofsociologyatWilberforceUniversity,h i mselfataxrefuser,andth eRev.ErnestBromley,Wil-mi ngton,Oh i o,ch ai rman ofth eTaxRefusalCommitteeofPeace-mak erswh oserfeda60-dayprisonsentenceforrefusaltopaywartaxesi n1941.j ,Adinnerwas h eld i n h onorofOtsuk abymefnbersofth eanti-wartaxgroup!i nYellowSprings,

AM

TatsumisArrivei nU.S.WithConsulGeneralWard'sPartyJapaneseAmericanOperatedAutoRepairBusinessi nMuk denSAN FRANCISCO—A Califor-

ni a-bornNisei wh obecamea h os-tage i nth ecoldwari nth eFarEastandwas i mpri soned foramonth i nMuk denwasback i nSanFranciscoth i sweek .Sh i ro Tatsumi,51,accompan-

i edbyMrs.Tatsumi andtwoch i l-dren,returnedtoth eUni tedStateson th ePresidentWilsonon Jan.3 as a memberofth epartyofAngusWard,formerUnitedStatesconsulgenerali nMuk den.Tatsumi,wh ostartedath ri vi ngautorepairbusiness i n Muk denaftertak i ng a correspondencesch oolcourse i nauto mech ani cs,wasemployedatth eUnitedStatescounsulate i nMuk denwh enh eandConsulGeneralWard andth reeoth ermembersofth estaffwerearrestedand i mpri sonedforalleg-edlybeatingaCh i neseemploye.Asaresultofth ecaseTatsumiandth eoth erswerefoundguiltybyaMuk dencourt,sentencedtoprisonandordereddeported.Mrs.HJanak oTatsumi i saJap-

anese nationalwh i le th ei rtwoch i ldren,HarryHayao,15,andAi k o,10,wereborn i nMuk denbutareUnitedStatesciti zens.An-oth erdaugh ter,Mrs.Ai k o Ch i n,

marrieda.captaini nth eCh i neseNationalistarmy severalyearsago.Tatsumi sai d h i s son-in-lawleftMuk denwith th eretreatingNationalistforces and i s prob-ablynow i nFormosa.Mrs.Ch i nandh er8-month sold

sonarenow i nHirosh i mawithTatsumi'ssister,Mrs.MisaoTer-anish i ,wh oseh usband,S.Terani-sh i ,i saresidentofSan Fran-cisco.Th e Nich i -Bei Ti mes reportedth atTatsumi wasborn i nSacra-mentowh ere h i s fath erwas aj eweler.Th efamilymovedtoSanFrancisco i ntimetoloseallofth ei rpossessionsi nth e1906earth -quak e.Tatsumi wassenttoJapanforawh i leforsch ooli ngbutrejoi nedh i sfami lylateri nSeattle.Afterseveralyears i nSeattleduringwh i ch h ewasmarriedandtook a correspondence sch oolcoursei nautorepairwork h ere-turnedtoJapani n1927.Tatsumi startedh i sautorepairsh op i nMuk den i n1933andgrad-uallybuiltup h i s busi ness. In1945,followingth eend ofth ewar,Russianoffici alsconfiscatedh i sbank accountand seizedh i stoolsandsh opequipment.Wh enth eCh i neseNationalists

returnedtoMuk denTatsumi sai dh eturnedh i sbusi nessovertoh i sCh i nesework ersandpreparedtoleaveth ecountry.Hewenttoth eU.S.consulatei nMuk dentoclearh i s Americanpassportandwasofferedaposi-tiononth estaffasamech ani c.He acceptedandremained i nth ecityth reemoreyears."IwenttoMuk denempty-h and-ed,"Tatsumi sai dph i losoph i cally,"andsoIcameouteven."Tatsumi willvisi th i sbroth er,HenrySaburoTatsumi,wh o i sonth efacultyofth eUniversityofWash i ngton.IfTatsumi electstoremain i nh i snati vecountryi ti sbelievedth eState Departmentwillseekmeanstopermit h i s ali en-bornwi fetoreside h erepermanently.

Sh i roTateumi,amemberofConsulGeneralAngusWard'sstaffatth eAmericanconsulate generali n Muk den, i ssh ownwith h i sfamilyasth eyarrived i nHonolulurecentlywi th th eWardparty,enroutetoSanFrancisco.With Tatsumi areh i swife,Hanak o,andh i sch i ldren,Hayao,15,andAk i k o,10.Tatsumi,a nativeofSanFrancisco,wasgreeted i nHonolulu by h i sbroth er,Suk i Tatsumi,wh om h e h adnotseenfor24years.Th eTatsumisarrived i nSanFranciscoonJan.3aboard th ePresi-dentWilson.—Ph otocourtesyofHonoluluStar-Bulletin.

Sugi h araBabyWinsWeberCountyStork DerbyOGDEN,Utah — Deini eLe-

AnneSugi h ara,daugh terofMr.andMrs.HarrySugi h ara,wasth efi rstWeberCountybabyof1950,arrivi ngatSt.Benedict'sh ospi talonJan.1at12:45a.m.Sh e wei gh ed 4 pounds 14'/_ounces.Little"MissSugi h ara,byar-rivi ngah eadofallth erest,willgeth erselfandh erparentsaconsiderable amountofgoodsandsuppliesgiveni nth eannualstork derby by Ogden mer-ch ants.Th eSugth arash avetwooth er

ch i ldren,Marty,2"/2,andClaire,1%.

EstimateNear21,000ClaimsFiledbyJapaneseAmericansForLossesfromEvacuation

WASHINGTON,D.C—Anunoffici alestimatebyth eDe-partmentofJusticeth i sweek i ndi catedth atbetween 20,000and21,000claimswerefiled underth eEvacuation Claimsactbeforeth eJan.3deadline.Departmentoffici alssaid i tprobablywouldbeamatterof

daysbeforeth eycoulddetermine,i ndollars,th etotalvalueofallclaims.

Claims h avebeenfi ledunderaspecialactofCongresstoi ndemnifypersonsofJapanesean-cestryforpersonalandpropertylossessuffered wh enth eywereevacuatedfromth ewestcoastsev-eralmonth safterth eoutbreak ofth ewar.Approximately2,000claimswere

receivedby th eDepartmentofJusticeJan.3,th efi naldateforfili ngunderth eEvacuationClaimsact.AsapublicservicetopersonsofJapaneseancestry,th e.Wash -i ngtonJACLADCofficeremain-edopen untilmidni gh t,Jan.3,fili ngtemporaryclaims i nbeh alfofdozensofpersonsth rough outth eUni tedStates.Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,andEd-wardJ.Ennis.ADClegalcounsel,filedallclaimsreceived i nth eADCofficebeforeth edeadline.Mr.Masaok a saidth e JusticeDepartmentsentaspecialtrucktoth epostofficei nWash i ngtontopick up i tsmailbeforemidni gh t.Hesaidth i si ndi cateda"veryfaireffortonth epartofth eJusticeDepartmentto i nsureth atclaimswouldbereceivedontime."Todate,oneclaim,forapprox-i mately$300,h asbeenpaidtoth efirstclaimanttoreceivepaymentforlossunderth eact.Meantime,saidMr.Masaok a,th e

DepartmentofJusticeh asadju-dicatedanadditi onal20claimsandfi ledareportonth eadjudi cati onwi th th eSpeak erofth eHouseandPresidentofth eSenate,asrequiredbylaw,alth ough onlyclaimsover$2500willbepaidbyspecialCongressional approval.Th oselessth an$2500willbepaiddi rectlyfrom specialfundsallo-catedtoth eJusticeDepartmentby Congress.Currently,th e Justice Depart-ment i spayingclaimsoutofamilli on dollarappropriati onmadeduringth e fi rstsession ofth epresentCongress.Mr.Masaok asai d i tsh ouldbe

onlvamatterofweek safteraclaim i sadjudi catedandsubmittedtoCongressuntili ti spaid,unlessth ecla'm exceeds$2500.Inth atcase,payment,ofcourse,willde-Denduponth espeedwith wh i chCongressmak esi ndi vi dualappro-priati ons.

FireRazesHouseKINGSBURG.Calif.—Th e h omeofKanek i ch 'Sh i mode wasrazedbvflamesonDec.23.Causeofth eblazecouldnotbedetermined i m-mediately.

TwoDie,FiveHurti nHigh wayTruck Acci dentKINGSBURG,Calif.—Two menwerek i lledandfiveoth ersi nj ured,th reeseriously,wh enaligh ttruckwentoutofcontrolonHigh way99nearKingsburgonDec.29.Th edeadareKatsutoMano,51,Fresno,andToranosuk eTaah i ro,72,Visali a.Touj i Kawash i ma,55,and G.

Tanenak a,57,both ofFresno,andG.Kanenaga,Selma,weretak entoKingsburgSanitari um. Kawa-sh i ma sustainedserious h ead i n-j uri es,wh i leKanenagasufferedabrok enleg,Tanenak asustainedafracturedsh oulder.SamKak oi ,60,andKuroFuna-

k osh i ,51,were treatedanddis-missed.Kanenaga,reportedlyth edriverofOh etruck ,toldHigh wayPatrol-manJoh nJonsonh eattemptedtopassanoiltank erandsaw h ecouldnotmak ei t.Hesaidh eputonth ebrak estoslowdownandpullbackoverbutth eveh i clewentoutofcontrol,sk i ddi ngoffth eh i gh wayandh i tti ngatree.Allth eoccupantswereth rownoutbyth ei mpactandpersonalbe-longingswere scattered overa100-yardarea.Tash i rowas k i lledalmost i n-stantlyandManodiedsh ortlyafterreach i ngth e h ospi li al.Officerssaidth egroupwereonth ei rwaytoaPixley,Calif.,ranchwh ereth eyh adbeenengagedto

"pruneavineyard.Seek RelativesOfCrash Victi mFRESNO,Calif.— RelativesofKatsutoMano,51,of1336Tulare

Street,Fresno,wh owask i lled i nanautomobileaccidentonDec.29arebeingsough tbyFresnoauth or-i ti es,i twasreported'th i sweek byToru Ik eda,CentralCaliforniaregionaldirectorofth eJACL.

Crush edbyTrainCHICAGO— Ki j uHaradawask i lled i nstantlyonDec.22wh en

h eleapedi nfrontofatrainonth eIllinoi sCentraltrack satth e18th streetstation.Finalriteswere h eldonDec.

27.

ClarifyEffectofJapanLandReform LawsonU.S.OwnersWASHINGTON,D.C—Becauseofwidespreadi nterestamongper-sonsofJapaneseancestryregard-i nglandsth eymayowni nJapansince passage ofth atnation'sLandReformlaw,th eJACLADClast week released th e fol-lowingletterfromSCAP:"Th elaw,"th e lettersaid i npart,"providesi n partforth epurch aseandresalebyth eJapa-nesegovernmentoflandownedbyabsenteelandlords...Th eJap-anese governmenth asbeen au-th ori zedbyth eSupremeCommnndforth eAlliedPowerstopurch aseand dispose ofallagriculturallandi nJapanwh i ch i ssubjecttoth eprovisi onsofth eLaw Con-cerningSpecialMeasuresforEs-tabl'sh mentofOwner-Farmerandwas registeredasownedon th edateofenactment,Oct.21,1916,byJapanesenationalsandpersonsofdualnationality,oneofwh i chi sJapanese.

"Indetermini ngnationality,th eJapanesegovernmenti sauth ori zedtocons'derasJapanesenationalspersonssoregistered i nth erec-ordsofJapan."Atth e presenttime,landownedbynationalsofoneofth eUnitedNationsorneutralnationswh odonot,i nadditi on,possessJapanesenationality,i snotsub-j ecttoth epurch asi ngprovisi onsofth elaw.Th i srestricti onmayberemoved i n th efuture,atwh i chti meallagriculturallandi nJa-panwillbesubjecttoth elaw."Allagriculturalland i nJapan,regardlessofth enationalityofth eowner,i ssubjecttoth eAgri-cultural Land Adjustmentlawwh i ch proh i bi tstransferoftitleoranyoth errigh ttoagriculturallandexceptwith th epermissi onofth egovernorofth eprefecturei nwh i ch th elandislocated."Th eletterwas signedbyA.J.

Reh e,assistantadjutantgeneral,GHQ,Tok yo.

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CongressMayEndU.S.BiasInNaturalizati onLawsDuring1950Session,SaysMasaok a

Ch ancesforPassageofWalterResolutionDeemedFavorableIfProposalComesUpforActionBeforeMoreControversialIssuesWASHINGTON,D.C.—"With th esupportofallinterested

parties,andwith areasonableamountofluck ,1950willseeth eendofth e160yearoldracialdi scri i mri ati onpolici es i n ourfederalnaturalizati onlaws."

Th i si sth ewayMi k eMasaok a,nationalJACLADClegis-lativedirector,th i sweek vi ewedth epossibi li tyofpassageofth eWalterResolution,wh i ch wouldremoveraceasabartonatural-i zati on,duringth esecondsession ofth eEiflrh tv-firstCongress.ItbeginsJanuary3.Hepointedoutth atneverbeforei nth i scountry'sh i storyh asanylegislationelimi nati nglegaldis-cri mi nati onagainstpersonsofJa-'paneseancestrybeenbeforeth eSenateafter h avi ng passedth eHouse,Such asth eWaltermeasurei s.Th eresolutionpassedth eHouseunanimouslyJune6,1949.Itfail-edtobecomelaw i nth eclosingdaysofth efi rstsession onth eloneobjecti onofSenatorRussell,(D)Georgia.Discussing th eresolution andoth ermeasuresi nwh i ch th eADCi si nterested,Mr.Masaok asai dth eforth comi ngCongressionalsessionwillbe"politi calineverysenseofth eword."Th i smeansth atactionswillbe

determinedmorebyth ei rprobableeffectonth enextelectionsth ananyoth erconsideration."Ash esaid,1950i sanelection

year,and"crucialsince i tmaypointtotrendsaflFectingth e1952elections."Inordertoobtainvotes,Sen-

atorsandRepresentativeswi llsup-portmeasureswh i ch th eyfeelwillgainth emre-election.Th us,i ti si mportantth atweletourCon-gressmenk nowwh atweexpectofth emonk eyi ssues."Ash epointedout,oneth i rdofth eSenatorsandallRepresenta-tivesmuststandforreelection,mak i ng such persons especiallysensiti vetoth edesiresofth ei rconstituents.AmongtopSenatorsseek i ngre-

electionwillbeTaft,(R),Oh i o;Milli k en,(R),Colo.;Wiley,(R),Wise; Senate Majori ty LeaderLucas, (D),111.;Majori tyWh i pMyer,(D),Penna.;McCarran,(D)Nev.;Th omas,(D).Utah ;Donnell,(R), Mo.; Morse, (R), Ore.;Downey,(D),Calif.;Magnuson,(D),Wash .;Hayden,(D),Ariz.;Taylor,(D),andDworsh ak ,(R),Idah o,andLeh man,(D),N.Y.JACLch aptersarelocatedi nth e

h omestatesofallofth enamedSenators,Mr.Masaok asaid,andth esupportoflocalch aptersforth elegislativeprogramismorei m-portantth anever.Th elegislativedirectorsaidth eforth comi ng session sh ould becomparativelysh ort. NumerousCongressmenareexpectedtoab-sentth emselvesfrom Wash i ngtonduringth espringprimari es,wh i leth ereprobablywi llbeunitedsup-porttowindupth esession byJulyatth elatestsoth oseupforreelectionwillfindti meto cam-paigni nttiei rh omestates."Th i smeansth esecondsessioni sapttobecomequiteh ecti c,"h esaid,"andth eleadersh i pmaybeh ardput,especiallyi nth eSenate,to muster th e Constituti onalquorumof64 memberstocurbfili busterssh ouldth eyoccur."Hesaidh ewasdeeplyconcerned

wilJh wh atfili bustersmigh tdo,especiallysincePresidentTrumanh asi ndi catedh ewillpressforanearlysh owdownonFairEmploy-mentPractices and.oth erci vi lrigh tslegislation.SenatorLucasalreadyh asagreedtocallFEPearlyinth esession."Byso doing,th e Democratsh opetowingoodwill,especiallyamongminori tygroups,"h eadd-ed."Republicanonth eoth erh andh opeto'expose'th i sas'proofDemocratsarenotsinceresinceth econsensusnow i sth atFEP h asli ttlech anceandamajorfigh toveri tmayleadtosuch h eatedwrang-lingth atoth erci vi lrigh tsbillswillgetlosti nth eoverallsquabble."Meantime,i fFEP i scalledearlyandafili busterensues, i tcouldlastsolongalogjam ofmajorlegislationagainstcoulddevelop,simi lartoth elogjam wh i ch re-sultedduringth efirstsession.Sh ould th e WalterResolution

comeupforactionbeforeFEPandoth er h i gh ly controversialci vi lrigh tsmeasuresembroilCongress,passage ofth e measure seems

h i gh lyfavorable,Mr.Masaok acon-tinued.However,h eadded,i tcannotbeoverlook edth erei sadangerSen-atorRussellwillnotwith drawh i sobjecti onoflastfall,orsomeoth ersouth ernerorGOP Senatormayobject princi pally because th eWalterResolutionwasi ncludedi nth ePresident'sCivi i Righ tspro-gram.Ifth i sh appens,th emeas-urewellcouldbecometh eopeningsk i rmi sh i nth eentireCivi lRigh tscampaigni nCongress.Yetanoth erdangerto i tspas-sageexists.Inviewofth eomni-busi mmi grationandnaturalizati onbillunderpreparation,some Sen-atorswellcouldrequestth atth eresolutionbe'passedover'untilth eoth erbi lli si ntroduced.Th eomnibusbill,saidMr.Mas-

aok a,representssometh reeyearsofi nvestigati onbyaspecialSen-ateSubcommitteeunderSen.Mc-Carran,andpresumablyrepresentsacompleteoverh aul,revisi onandcodifi cati on of i mmi gration andnaturalizati onlaws.Ifeith erofth etwopreceding

objecti ondevelop,i ti sobvi ousth eWalterResolutionwillnotpassonth econsentcalendar,wh erei tmustbeapprovedwith outobjecti on.Ifth ere i sanobjecti on,th en th emeasure'sonlych anceforpassagewillbeonarollcallvote."Ifth econsentcalendari scalledearly,"Mr.Masaok asaid,"andob-j ecti onsareraised,th erewillbetimeto h aveth eresolutionplacedonth eLegislativeCalendar,wh erei tmaybedebatedandvotedupon."If,onth eoth erh and,th econ-

sentcalendardoesnotcome upuntillatei nth esessionbecauseoffili busters,anopportunitytoobtainavotemaybelost."Italsoispossiblecivi lrigh ts

figh tswillraisea"race"issuei nCongress,doomingany"racialleg-i slati on."Ifth i slasteventualitysh ouldoccur,allJACLADCeffortsi n th esecond session wouldbemark edforfailure. Butth i si saremotepossibi li ty.However,Mr.Masaok asai dth e

possibi li ti esofth eWalterresolu-tion'spassagearebynomeansbleak .Th erei severyreasontobelieveth at1950willseepassageofth i sandoth ermeasuresspon-soredbyt(h eJACLADC,h eadded."With unitedsupportofpersonsofJapaneseancestry,with untiri ngeffort,with faith i nth efuture,Iam firmlyconvincedth at,despitemanyobstacles,wewillandcansucceed," h esaid.

FourEvacueesWillGraduatefromRooseveltCollegeCHICAGO,111.— Fourformer

residentsofth ewestcoastwi llbeamongth e309studentswh owillreceive degreesfrom RooseveltCollegei nCh i cagoatth esch ool'scommencementexerciseson Jan.29.Th eyareHarryKanemasu,for-merlyofOak land,Calif.;JessieK.Kawasuna,a nativeofHawai i ;Th omas Mi noru.Taj i ri ofSanDiego,Calif.,andYuich i Tak a-h ash i ofTacoma,Wash .EdwardJ.Sparling,presidentofRoosevelt College,willconferdegreesongraduatesofth eCol-lege'sth reesch oolsofArtsandSciences, Commerce and Music.Th egraduatingclasswilli nclude125veteranstudentswith menout-numberingwomengraduatesbyaratioofth reetoone.Mr.Kanemasu,now aresidentat5472S.EllisAvenue,Ch i cago,willreceiveh i sdegreei naccount-i ng;Miss Kawasunaof603 S.Marsh fi eldAvenuei nCh i cago,ma-j oredi nEnglish ;Mr.Taj i ri ,6113DrexelAvenue,Ch i cago,willre-ceive h i sdegree i nFinanceandMr.Tak ah ash i ,1300N.LaSalleSt.,Ch i cago,i nBusinessAdmini s-tration.Th eCollege,wh i ch i si nterna-

tionallynotedfor i tsstandon"equaleducationalopportuniti esforall,"now h asanenrollmentofmoreth an5,700students.

MargaretKi k uch i TellsJACLRole i nTelevisi onInterviewHOLLYWOOD,Calif.—Th etele-

visi onaudienceofSouth ernCali-forniawasgivenan explanationofth eroleofJACLi nth eJapa-nese Americancommunity i naprogram overStationKTLA onJan.1wh enMargaretKi k uch i ,amemberofth eSouth westLosAn-gelesch apterrepresentedJACLi nani nterviewwith GilMartyn,weli-k nownannouncer.Besidesdescribi ngth eJACLor-ganizati on,MissKi k uch i pointedoutth ewartimeloyaltyofJapa-neseAmericans,th ewarrecordofth e 442nd Regimental CombatTeamandth ei mmediateobjecti veofth eJACLi nseek i ngth ere-movalofth eracialrestricti onsi nournaturalizati onlaw.Th eprogram,wh i ch wasapartofth eweek lySundayfeatureofKTLA,"Magazineofth eWeek ,"wasarrangedatth erequestofHolidaymagazinebyth eSouth ernCalifornia JACLRegionalOffice

with th ecooperationofMr.Tsuk i -ok a ofNich i bei Kinema. Th eJanuaryi ssueofHolidaymagazine,anationalpublicati on,i sdevotedtoLosAngelesandsevenph oto-graph sfeaturecommunityactivi -ti esi nLittleTok yo.Th ei ssuewasgivenspecialattentiononth etele-cast.FollowingMissKi k uch i 's i nter-view,fourNisei girls,underth ei nstructionofFuj i maKansuma,notedprofessionalclassicdancingi nstructor, performed "OmatsuHanagasa." Th eywere HarumiSh i bata,Midori Yosh i da,Mitsuk oGotandaandCh i k ayeAzek a.MissGotanda was alsobri eflyinter-viewed.Instrumentalists, students of

Ch i h ok oNak ash i ma,played"Ch i -dori"onth ek otoandsh ak uh ach i .Th ek otoplayerswereSanayeKa-gawa,Yok oKagawaandAtsuk oYamaguch i wh i leHogyok uYama-guch i andTadaoNomuraplayedth esh ak uh ach i .

FirstNisei Maryk nollPriestTeach esi nJapaneseVillagesKYOTO,Japan— Maryk noll'sfirstNisei priest.Fath erJamesS.Tok uh i sa ofLos Angeles,findsh i mselfrigh tath omeatoneofth ebusiestmissi onsi nJapan.From St.FrancisXavierCh urch

h ere,Maryk nollMissi onersandcatech i ststravelintoth ecountryto i nstructth epeoplei n20sur-roundingvi llages.With h i sex-cellentk nowledgeofth eJapaneselanguageFath erTok uh i sabeganto teach i nth ecountryvillagessh ortlyafterh earrived.He alsoassistsFath erLeoJ.Steinbach ,M.M.,with reliefactivi -ti es.Fath erSteinbach wh owasatManzanarrelocationcenterduringth ewarfoundedabranch ofth eSt.Vincentde PaulSociety i nKyoto. Besidesdistri buti ngfoodto 1,200famili eseverySaturday,th esocietyoperatesadispensarywh i ch providesfreemedicaltreat-mentforth epoor.Inadditi onth emissi onersmak eregulartripstoremotevillagesi nth ecountrytodistri butefoodandcloth i ngtoth eneedy.:IButteach i ng anddistri buti ngreliefsuppliesdo notcompleteFath erTok uh i sa'sweek lysch edule.Hecaresforth espiri tualneedsofpatientsatFuritsu Hospital,in-cludingagroupof18lepers.Andwh enh eh asafreeevening,Fath erTok uh i saattendsth emeetingsofparish groups,usuallyto sh owslidefi lmsandgiveatalk onsomeph aseofmissi onactivi ty.Fath erTok uh i sa,borni nSeattle,

Wash .,returnedtoJapanwi th h i sparentsandh ewaseducated i nsch ools i nYamaguch i .After15yearsh ereturnedtoAmericaandsettledi nLosAngeles.Aconverttoth eCath oli cfaith , h eenteredMaryk nolli n1939.Hewasordain-edlastJuneandleftsh ortlyafter-wardsforh i sassignedposti nKyoto.

Coach ellaValleyJACLHoldsAnnualCh ri stmasPartyINDIO,Calif.—Moreth an200ch i ldrenandadultsattendedth eannualCh ri stmaspartysponsoredbyth eCoach ellaValleyJACLonDec.23atth eOasisGak ueh ,i twasreportedbyCh apterPresidentTomSak ai .With H.NagataactingasSanta

Claus,agiftwaspresentedtoeachch i ld. Fruits and nuts weredonatedbyproduceh ousesofLosAngeles. Ch ai rmanforth epro-gram wasJack Izuwh i leGeorgeSh i bataservedasmasterofcere-monies.Soundfilmsprovidedbyth e South ern California JACLRegionalOfficewerealsosh own.

UCLPlansDi nnerSAN JOSE,Calif.—Th eUni tedCiti zens League i nstallation din-nerwillbeh eldTh ursdayevening,Jan.12,atDinah 'sSh ack i nPaloAlto.Th e di nnerwillbegin at6:30,accordingtoEsauSh i mi zu,ch ai rman.ReservationsmustbemadebyJan.10with Sach i yeEndo,HenryHamasak i orSh i mi zu.

EllisCommunityCentertoObserveSecondAnniversaryCHICAGO—Th esecondanniver-saryofth eElliscommunitycenterwillbeobservedonFeb.12,Sun-dayafternoonfrom 2to5.HagiTeramotoandBenTobah avebeenselectedto h eadth i s"communitybi rth dayparty"asco-ch ai rmen.Th ecommunitycenterbuildi ngat4430South Elli savenuewillbeopenduringth eafternoontoex-h i bi tnumerous displays anddemonstrations. Th evarious or-ganizati onsofth ecenterwillserveash ostsduringth eday.Th e spacious and beautifulch apelofti h eSt.JamesCh urch ,ablock away,h asbeensecuredtoh oldth ech oi rconcertwh i ch i sbeingsch eduledforth eafternoon'sprogram.Dr.HarmonBro,min-i sterofmusic,willpresentaforty-voicech oi ri naprogramofsecularandsacredmusic. Guestartistsarebeingi nvi tedforth i soccasion.Th eElli scommunitycenteri s

sponsoredbyth eEvangelicalandReformedch urch andwasopenedonFeb.15,1948underth eleader-sh i pofMissMaryMatsumotoandRev.GeorgeNish i moto. Ith asaimedtomeetth esocial,educa-tionalandrecreationalneedsofth eJapaneseAmericancommunityon th e south si de of Ch i cagoth rough i tsvariedprogramforallagegroups.Italsoconductsre-ligi ousservicesasa communitych urch forpeopleofalldenomina-tions,and maintai nsath ri vi ngSundaySch ool.

InstallTobyOtaniAsPresidentofVenturaCh aterOXNARD,Calif.—Th eVenturaCountyJACLCh apterh eldi tsan-nuali nstallationofnewlyelectedofficersatth eSaratogaRoom ofth eColonialHouse i nOxnardonDec.23.TobyOtani,1960president,andh i scabi netwere i nstalledbyTatsKush i da,South westJACLRegion-alDirector.Th eoth erofficersareMich i k oTsuda,secretary;GeorgeOk a,treasurer;Mamoru Hosak i ,audi tor;Hisash i InouyeandNori-yosh i Mori k awa,sgts.-at-arms.Th eguestspeak ersi nadditi ontoKush i dawereRev.M.Mitani ofth eNi sei Meth odi stCh urch ,Rev.T. Masunaga ofth e Buddh i stCh urch andMr.O.Ybarra. Re-tiri ngpresidentTomYetbth ank -edh i scabinet,ch apterandcom-munityforth ei rsupportandco-operationgivenh i m duri ngth epastyear. Oth erout-goingoffi-cersareTaroInouye,vicepresi-dent; Jean Mayeda,secretary;Yosh i toToyoh ara,treasurer;TeruoYosh i da and George Kanamori,sgts.-at-arms.Followingth ei nstallationdinner,sixsingersanddancersofth eJa-paneseAmericanTh eatricalGuildofLosAngeles,directedbyJoeTak euch i ,entertainedth eaudience,and were supplementedbylocaltalent.Presentweiteseveralguestsfrom th e Santa[BarbaraJACLCh apter. >

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JACLSeek sReviewofIndianPolicyProtestsFederalActioni nAcquiri ngTribalPropertiesWASHINGTON,D.C.— Th equestionsofnationalpolicyaffect-i ngIndians,th ei rgoalsandstand-ardsi nsoci ety,needtobereview-edandstudiedi nabettereffortbyth i sgovernmenttoguaranteeth erigh tsanddigni tyofth esefi rstAmericans,th e JACL Anti-Di s-crimi nati onCommitteedeclaredonJan.2.Th eJACLADCtook th i sstandi naletterofprotesttoSen.Jo-seph C.o"Mah oney,(D.,Wyo.),overth eacquisi ti onbyth egovern-mentofFortBerth old(North Da-k ota)Indianlandswh i ch willbei nundatedbyth e proposedGar-risondamonth ei rreservation.Aftercallingattentionto a

numberof"unfairanddiscri mi na-tory"sections i nth elaw com-pensatingIndiansforth elossofth ei rlands,andurgingth eSenatetorectifyth eseerrors;'Mi k eMas-aok a,nationalJACLADClegisla-tive director,wrote SenatorO'Mah oney:"... i ti soursuggestionth atth ewh olequestionofth eplaceofth eIndian i nAmerica;h i srela-tiontoth eFederalandstategov-ernments;h i srigh tsanddigni tyaspartof$iebodypoliti cofth i scountry,sh ouldbegivenafull-scalereview."In1928th eBrook i ngsi nsti tutecompletedamajorstudyofournationalInlianprograms. Th i sh adamajoreffectuponth e di-rectionandth i nk i ngwith regardstfoth eseearliestAmericans.Th atstudy h asbecomedated...Yet,i tcannotbe i gnoredth attreat-mentofth eIndianh asbeenbasedona piecemeal,often i llogi cal,frequentlyundesirable,patch workqui ltbflaws,grossexploitati onandabrogationoftreaties..."Sometribeslivei nmiserable,

ruralslums on semi-starvationdiets;oth ers h ave money overwh i ch th eyexerciseli ttlei fanycontrol.Th ewh olesituationi sanamazingstoryofdifferencesofstandards,oftreatmentand ofabili tytolivewith i nth ecomplex,i ndustrialAmericaneconomy."Th equestionsofpolicy,goals

andstandardsneedtobereviewedandstudiedandanswered—noti na mannerth atwouldmak e ascapegoatof,say,th eBureauofIndianAffairs,buti nth esamesenseoffairnessandapproach asexemplifi edbyth ePresident'sCom-mi tteeonCivi lRigh ts.."Norsh ouldanyreviewbeun-

dertak enth atwouldresulti nanypaternalisti cdecisi onsh andeddownforour'redbreth ren,'butrath eroneth atwouldutili zeth edesires,experiencesandaspirati onsofth eIndiansth emselves,"Mr.Masaok awrote."Havingbeenevicted'oncefrom

ourownh omes,andconfinedtore-locationcenters,wepersonsofJa-paneseancestryfullyrealizeti h edegradation,i ndi gni tyandterribleenervationth atresultsfrom suchtreatmentofan entire eth ni cgroup."But,h avi ngnowrecoveredourlostfreedomsand liberties andh avi ngrefoundaplacei nAmerica,wefeeli tconsistentwith th efinestprinci plesofDemocracytourgeth atth osesomepracticesandpre-ceptswh i ch restored ourrigh tssh ould andmustbe utili zedtoguaranteeth erigh tsanddigni tyofanywh osufferbecauseofrace,creedorancienttraditi ons."

AlbuquerqueElectsJACLCabinetALBUQUERQUE,N.M.— Sam

Yonemoto h asbeenelectedpresi-dentofth eAlbuquerqueJACLfor1950,accordingtoFredYosh i mo-to,retiri ngpresident.Oth ercabinetofficerswillbe

GeorgeMatsubara,firstvicepres.;BobFuk azawa,secondvi cepres.;MarieSaeda,treas.;MarieNak a-yama,corr.sec.; Mrs.LorraineMorimoto,rec. sec.GeorgeIsh i -k awa,boys ath leti cdirector;MarieYosh i moto,girlsath leti cdi-rector;Helene Saeda and FumiYamamoto,socialch ai rmen;Mrs.Sh i bataandTach i Hirak awa,mem-bersatlargefrom Gallup.Atth esametime i twas an-

nounced th atth e GreaterAlbu-querqueNisei club h asdi sbandedand socialactivi ti esand oth erfunctionssponsoredbyth atorgan-i zat'onwillbe directedbvth eJACL.

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Seek OusterOfCanadianSch oolBoardSt.GeorgeResidentsProtestDismi ssalOfNisei Teach erST.GEORGE,Onh .— Resigna-tionsofmembersofth eSt.Georgesch oolboardwere demandedonDec.28by 150residentsofth esch ooldi stri cti nth econtroversygrowingoutofth edi smi ssalofaNisei i nstructor,Rich ardTak i moto,onDec.6.A resolution ask i ng forth eresignationofsch oolboardmem-berswasadoptedatamassmeet-i ngattendedbyth e150citi zens,manyofwh om wereparentsofstudentsatSt.GeorgeContinua-tionsch oolwh ereth e26-yearoldTak i motowasan i nstructor.Studentsatth esch oolwentonstri k eforseveraldaysi nprotestoverth edi smi ssalofth eNi seiteach er.Atth emassmeetingT.O.Love-

less,oneofth etwomembersofth esch oolboardwh ovotedagainstTak i moto'souster,declared ch atth eprinci palofth esch oolmade i ti mpossibleforTak i mototoco-operateandh adstatedth at"Japa-neseCanadianssh ouldnotbeal-lowedtoteach i noursch ools."Th eonlyreasonforTak i moto'sdismi ssalwasth ath ewasnot"co-operative."Inadditi ontoi tsdemandforth e

resignationofth esch oolboard,th emajori tyofpersonsatth emeet-i ngrecommendedth atth eOntarioDepartmentofEducationsetupamoredemocraticmeth odofap-pointi ngsch ooltrustees.

Ch i cago'sJACLCreditUnionPlansGeneralMeetingCHICAGO— Th eth i rdannualgeneralmeetingofth eCh i cagoJACLcreditunionwillbeh eldatfash i onableForrest'srestaurantat1036North State st.onFridayevening,Jan.20.Invitati onswillbesentto 150

membersofth i sfastgrowingor-ganizati on,wh i ch recently an-nounceda4percenti nterestre-turnonalldeposits.Sch eduledforth eeveningarean

electionforfivememberstoth eboardofdirectors,annualcommit-teereportsandentertainment.Committee members i n ch argeofth eprogram areJack Nak a-gawa,NoboruHondaandTomMa-suda; Kurneo Yosh i nari ,Mi k eHagiwara,and Line Sh i mi dzu,entertainment;FredToguri,MariMatsumura,Dick Yamada,SumiSh i mi zu and George Nish i moto,reservations.Reservationsarebeingacceptedatth eJACLoffice,FR2-5762.Th edinnerwillbeginat7p.m.

Issei Pi oneerDiesAtPaloAltoHomePALOALTO,Calif.—TagayasuMurata,83,aresidentofth eSanFrancisco areaforth e-past60yearsandoneofth epioneerIsseii nCalifornia,diedonJan.3atth eh omeofh i sson,Koj i Murata.Murataarrivedi nSanFranciscoi n1889from Ish i k awaprefecturei nJapan.Muratapioneeredth ei mportingofJapanesegoldfish i n1911andestablish edth e Nippon Goldfishcompanywh i ch i ssti lli nbusiness.

GeorgeSugai SucceedsTh omasItami asSnak eRiverPrexyONTARIO, Ore.—GeorgeSugai

wasnamedpresidentofth eSnak eRiverJACLforth ecomingyear,succeeding Th omas Itami,wh oh eadedth eorganizati onforth epasttwoyears,MunIseri willbevi cepresident,with MaryMio andMrs.BootsHironak aasrecordingandcorre-spondingsecretaries,respectively.Oth erofficeswillbefi lledbyTomOgura,treas.;Sh i gHi ronak aandMrs. Bobbie Watanabe, socialch ai rmen;Tom Itami,offici aldele-gate;andJuliusNumata,h i stori an-reporter.

NationalJACLAffili atesWithConferenceonAlienLegislationWASHINGTON.D.C.—Th eJa-

paneseAmericanCiti zensLeagueth i sweek announced i tsaffili ati onwith th eJoi ntConferenceonAlienLegislation,aconferenceofnation-alorganizati onsi nterested i npro-motingliberallegislationdealingwith i mmi grationandnaturaliza-ti on.Hi toOk ada,nationalJACLpres-i dentsaidh ewas"h i gh lypleased"with th e i nvi tati onofth eJointConferencetoth eJACLtoaffili -atewi th i t."Th i s,"h esaid,"isi ndi cati veofth egrowth i nstatureofth eJACL

X-Oi ver(h epastfewyears."Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,saidth atwh i leth eJACLh as,i nth epast,cooperatedi nformallywith i ndi vi -dualmembersofth eJoint.Con-ference,"nowourwork with i twillbemuch moreeffective."Hesaid th eConference,withh eadquarters i nNewYork City,tak esnopublicactiononlegisla-tionasaunit.Itexistsprimari lytoexch ange i nformation,formu-latelegislativeproposals,work outcommonstrategyandpromoteco-ordinatedaction.

Allactionproposedbyth eCon-ferencemustbetak enbyi ndi vi dualmemberorganizati onsorth oseor-ganizati ons acting j oi ntly,buteach memberreserves completefreedom ofaction,Mr.Masaok asaidTh eConference h asbeen i nex-

i stencenearly20years,accordingtoReadLewis,i tsch ai rman.Iti sexpandingi tsmembersh i patth i stime,"inviewofth efactth atth i scomingyearpromisesto beofspecialsigni fi cancei nth ei mmi gra-tionandnaturalizati onfield,withboth SenateandHouseCommitteesexpectedtorecommend i mportantch anges i nexi sti nglaw."AmongConference membersare:AmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnion,AmericanFederationofInterna-ti onalInstitutes,AmericanFriendsService Committee, AmericanJewish Congress, B'nai B'rithAnti-DefamationLeague,Cath oli cCommitteeforRefugees,Ch urchWorldService,FederalCouncilofCh urch es,NationalYWCAboard,NationalTravelersAidAssociati onandUnitedServiceforNewAmer-i cans.

JACLADCPreparesforRoleInTh i rdPh aseofEvacueeClaimsCompensationProgramWASHINGTON,D.C.— Withcompletionofth efi rsttwoph asesofth eEvacuationClaimsprogram—work i ngforpassage6fth elawand assistance to th ose fili ngclaims— th eJACLAnti-Di scri m-i nati onCommitteeth i sweek pre-paredfor i tsparti nth eth i rdph ase,expediti ngth eadjudi cati onandpaymentofclaims.Th efili ngdeadlinewasmidni gh t,Jan.3,forpersonsofJapanesean-cestrywh o sufferedrealorper-sonallossesi nth eforcedevacua-tionfrom th eWestCoastseveralmonth safteroutbreak ofwar.Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,saidth i sweek th ateveryeffortwillbemadetoassistclaimantswith rapi dpro-cessingofth ei rclaims,anactionh etermed"vi tal"topreventth eclaims program from stretch i ngoutoveraperiodofyears.Hesaidth erestillare,forex-ample numerous questions i n-volved i n th e adjudi cati onofevacuee claims. Among th eseare:Wh eth erevacuee operatorsofnon-profitcorporaions,such asch urch es,andlanguagesch oolsarecoveredbyth eEvacuationClaimsact;th estatusofevacueesfromTerminali sland andJusticeDe-partmentsecurityareasremoved

priortoth egeneralarmy ex-clusionorders,aswellasi nterneesandparolees;h ow losseson i n-surance maybedetermined,andwh eth erornotexpensesi nvolvedi npreparingforth eevacuation,i t-self,maybeconsidered properlosses.Inanefforttoobtaini nterpreta-tionsofth elawasappliedtoth eseproblems,Mr.Masaok asai dth eJACLADC i si nvi ti ngattorneysi nterested i nth eclaimsprogramtosubmiti ndetailth ei ropini onsofth ecoverageofth elawaswellasmeth odsofspeedingupadjudi -cationofclaims.Inboth LosAngelesandCh i -

cago attorneys h ave organizedcommitteestocompilesuch i nfor-mation. Oth erattorneysi nterest-edh avebeenask edtocontactth eWash i ngtonoffice,JACLADC.Assuch i nformation i sreceived,i twillbecompiledi namasterbriefbyEdwardJ.Ennis,JACLADClegalcounsel,andsubmittedtoth eAttorneyGeneral'soffice.InCanada,wh ereprocessingofClaimsofCanadianJapaneseforlossessufferedi nth ei revacuationfromth atcountry'sWestCoasti svirtuallycompleted,th e JACLADC h asretainedth eservicesofRobertJ.McMaster,Vancouver,8.C.,i nanadvisorycapacity.Th e Canadianprogram differsfrom th eAmerican claims pro-gram i none signi fi cantrespect.Here,Congressalready h as ap-provedameasuretocompensateevacueesforcertain losses. InCanada,acommissi onh asadjudi -cated evacuees'claims,butpay-menth asnotyetbeenapprovedbyParliament.Mr.Masaok asai dMr.McMaster,WestCoastcounselforth eJapa-nese CanadianCiti zensAssocia-tion,willlend considerable as-sistance i nth ecurrentefforttoexpediteprocessingofAmericanJapaneseclaims.He also announced th atMr.

EnniswillleaveforLosAngelesi nmi d-Januarytoinvestigateth eoperationofth eclaimsprogramonth eWestCoast.Mr.Enniswillremainforseveral

week stomak eadetailedstudyofth eprogram,anddevisemeth odsforexpediti ngadjudi cati on andprocessingofclaims.Th eJACLADCalsoh asdecidedtoaddafull-timeassistanttoi tsstaff,mostli k elyi nth eLosAn-gelesarea wh owilldevote h i scompleteattentiontoth eEvacua-ti onClaimsprogram.Th eassistanth asnotyetbeen

selected.Hewillwork temporarilywi th Mr.Ennis i nLosAngeles,th en remainth ereto k eepth eJACLADC fullyadvisedofth eprogram ofth eclaimsprogram,fromadjudi cati ontofinalpayment.Atth erequestofJACLDistri ctCounciloffici als th rough outth ecountry,Mr.Masaok a sai d th eJACLADCwillask th eAttorneyGeneraltoopenspecialevacuationclaimsfi eldofficesi nSanFrancisco,Seattle,SaltLak eCi ty,Denver,Ch i cagoandNewYork City,i nad-di ti ontoth eonenowoperatingi nLosAngeles.Hesaidfi eldofficessh ouldma-teriallyspeedupadjudi cati onofclaims.Th elegislativedirectorsaid i t

alsoi spossibleth at,afterfurth erstudy,th eADCmayproposecer-tainamendments toth e presentEvacuationClaimslaw.'Nonewillbeproposedunlessi ti sfeltth eJusticeDepartmentcan-notfulfillth ei ntentofCongresswith outadditi onallegislation.Th i smeans,ofcourse,th atmuch willdependuponth ei nterpretationth eJusticeDepartmentgivestoth epresentlawwh eth eranyorallpossibleamendmentswillbeneces-sary.Amongsuch amendmentsare:Extensionofth efili ngdeadline;i nclusionofantici patedprofitsandwageswith i nth emeaningofth eact;aliberalized i nterpretationi nj udgi ngclaims,i nclusionofdis-ch argedNisei veteransorservice-men,andreleasedorparoledin-terneeswh osufiereddi rectori n-directlosses,and.lastly,anacttoprovideamini mumlumppay-menttoeach evacuee,plusapro-visi onforadjudi cati ngclaimsex-ceedingth elumppaymentwh ereproofoflargerloss i savai lable.

Equalityi nNaturalizati onTops1950LegislativeObjecti vesofAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee

Seek AdequateAppropriati onstoFacili tatePaymentofAwards i nJusticeDepartment'sAdmini strationofEvacueeClaimsProgramWASHINGTON,D.C—Th eWalterresolutionandth eJudd

bi llstilltopth eli stoflegislation wh i ch th evJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati onCommitteewillseek to h aveenactedi ntolawduringth esecondsessionofth e81stCongresswh i ch wasopenedonJan.3.Mi k eMasaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,said

th i sweek th eprogram h as metwith complete accordofth eNationalJACLlegislativecommitteeandboard,ch apterpresi-dents,regionalrepresentativesandIlocalADC ch ai rmen.Th e Walterresolution,wh i ch

passedth eHousei nJuneandnowi s pending i n th eSenate,pro-videsth atth erigh tofnaturaliza-ti onsh allnotbedeniedanyper-sonbecauseofrace.Presenti eg-.stationproh i bi tsnaturalizati onofallOrientalsexceptIndians,Ch i -neseandFili pi nos.Ch ancesforpassageofth e

resolutionareconsidered h i gh lyfavorable.Mr.Masoak apointedout,h ow-

ever,th atth eJudd bill,wh i chprovidesboth fornaturalizati onandli mi ted i mmi grationfrom allAsiati ccountries,stillis beingpush edbyth eADC.Th i sbi llpass-edth eHousebyth eoverwh elmi ngvoteof336 to39 on March 1,1949,butsince h as beenunderstudyofaspecialsubcommitteeofth e Senate Judici aryCommitteeInvestigati ng Immigration andNaturalizati on.Ifth eWalterresolutionsh ould

becomelawbeforeth eJuddbill.Mr.Masaok a sai dth eADC th enwillseek legislationwh i ch ,byi tself,wouldpermitlimi ted i mmi -grationfrom allAsiati candPa-ci fi cnationsandprovidefurth erfor non-quota i mmi gration foralien spouses,parentsand ch i l-drenofAmericanciti zensfromth oseareas.Oth erlegislationlistedbyth e

ADCwh i ch willbepush ed,andi tspresentstatus,i ncludes:Adequateappropriati onsforth eadmini strationofth e evacuationclaimsprogram,andani ncreasei nfundstofacili tateth epaymentofawards.Th i smustbedraftedandi ntroducedbyth eDepartmentofJusticeaspartofitsgeneralappropriati onsbillforth efiscalyear1951.Th eCh elf-McCarranbills,(H.R.4577and S.1858)forrftn-quotaimmi grationofspouses,ch i ldrenandstep-ch i ldrenofAmericanvet-eransandservicemen,i nth eOri-ent.Th esebi llsnowarependingi nth erespective Immigration andNaturalizati on subcommittees ofboth th eHouseandSenateJudi-ciaryCommittees.Th e Walterbill(H.R.3875),

amendingPublicLaw 863topro-vide th e AttorneyGeneralmaysuspendandcancelth e deporta-tion ofcertainqualifi edalienswi th outth econcurrentapprovalofCongress.Inoth erwords,abilltomak esuspensionofdepor-tationproceedingsanadmini stra-tiverath erth anlegislativepro-ce3s, asatpresent.Th i s passedth eHouseunanimouslylastApril,now i si nth especialsubcommit-teeofth eSenateJudioi aryCom-mittee i nvestigati ngImmigrationandNaturalizati on.Th e Magnusonbill,(S.1017)

amendingth eTradingwith th eEnemyact.Th i sprovidesth ati n-terneesandparoleesmayfi leforth ereturnofvestedproperty,andextendsth eti meforfili ngclaim*againstth eOfficeofAlienProp-erty.Th ebi llispendingi nth eclaims subcommittee ofth eSen-ateJudici aryCommittee.Th eFugatebill(H.R.6906),amendingth eTradingwith th eEnemyact.Th i sestablish esth e1941 rateofexch ange betweenforeignand Americancurrenciesforth epurposeofpayingvestedforeign currency accounts i nAmericandollars,andprovidesforth e payment,of i ntereston allsuch vestedaccountstoberepaid.Th i si spendingi nth eHouseCom-mitteeonInterstateandForeignCommerce.Th eFarringtonbillforHawai-i anstateh ood.Waiti ngactioni nth eHouseRulesCommittee."Fair.employmentpracticesleg-i slati on.Such bi llsarebeforeth eHouseRulesCommittee andSen-ateCalendarCommittee.

Anti-polltaxlegislation.Pass-edbyth eHouse,waiti ngactionofth eSenateJudici aryCommittee.Anti-lynoh i ng oranti-vi olencelegislation.Pendingonth eSenatecalendar.Anti-segregation and anti-di s-cri mi nati on legislation.Pendingi nth erespectiveJudici aryCommit-teesofth eHouseandSenate.Celler-McGrath ci vi lrigh tsbillsstrength eni ngfederalmach i neryforth eprotectionofcivi lrigh tsand i ncreasingth esafeguardsofindi vi dualrigh tstoliberty,secur-i tyandciti zensh i p.Pendingi nth ej udi ci arycommitteesofth eHouseandSenate.Inadditi onto th epreceding

legislationwh i ch willbeactive-lypush edbyth eJACLADC,Mr.Masaok asaidcertainlegis-lation i s underconsideration,andmaybedrafted, i ntroducedandsupportedduringth enextsession i ffoundnecessary.Amongbillsunderconsiderationare:Extension ofth e fi li ngdead-line;i nclusionof"antici patedpro-fi tsandwages"with i nth emean-i ngofth eact;liberalizi ngi nter-pretations of"proofandvalua-ti on forth epresentconceptof"accordingtolaw"wh i ch ,i nj udg-i ngclaims,actuallylimi tsadjudi ca-tionsatth epresenttime;appealsfromth eadjudi cati onofth eAttor-neyGeneraltoth ecourts,anden-largingth e scopeofth eacttoi nclude:(a)Honorablydisch argedNisei

veteransorservicemen,and re-leased orparoled i nternees ofJapaneseancestrywh osufferedeith erdi rectori ndi rectlosses i nth eevacuation;(b)Corporationsand non-pro-fi tcorporations,organizati onsandsuch associati ons as ch urch es,sch ools,civi c,fraternalclubs,etc.,wh ose stock h oldersormemberswere predominantlypersons ofJapaneseancestry;(c)PersonsofJapaneseances-tryevacuatedorexcluded,orwh oleftvoluntarily,from prescribedareas,such as Terminal i sland,undervariousmili tary,navalandDepartmentofJusticeregulations.Mr.Masaok asaidi ti »possi-

bleth eJACLADCmayseek acompleterevisi onofth eEvacua-tionClaimsacttoprovidefori ndi vi duallump sum paymentstoallevacuees,i nadditi ontoprovisi onsforadjudi cati nglargerclaimswh ereproofi savai lable.Oth erbillsbeingconsidered i n-

clude:Anamendmenttoth eTradingwi th th e EnemyActtoprovideth atth eOfficeofAlienPropertyreturnvestedpropertyi nwh i ch anativebomAmericanh asa"colorofi nterest;"Compensationfori nj uri essus-tainedi n th eJapaneseattack onHawai i ;Compensationforciti zen and

alieni nterneesofAlask aandHa-wai i releasedorparoledandwh osuffered personal orpropertylossesbecauseofth ei ri nternment;Repealofproh i bi ti onsagainstth eemploymentofMongoliansonFederalreclamation projects.Inadditi ontosponsoringlegis-lation.MrJMasaok asaidth eJACLADCwillcontinuetoopposebillsauth ori si ngth e"persecution"ofaliens,i ncludingabilldirectingth edeportationofalienswh oh avenotbecomenaturalizedafteryearsi nth eU.S.,andanybillswh i chwouldconfiscate,foronepurposeoranoth er,th eassetsof"enemyai i ens"i nth i scountry;Legislationwh i ch i s i ni mi calordetrimentaltoth ewelfareofper-sons ofJapaneseancestry,anyoth ereth ni cgroupwith i nth i sna-ti on,orth eUni tedStatesas awh ole.

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EDITORIALAYearofSocialProgress

Probablymoresigni fi cantactionforcivi lrigh tswastak eni n1949th ani nanyprecedingyeari nourcountry'sh i story.

Both i nth ecourtsandth rough legi slation,th eyeartotalledani mpressivenumberofvictoriesforcivi lrigh ts.

ForJapanese Americans th e record forth eyear wasespeciallyencouraging.Th eJuddbi llandth eWalterresolutioncameclosetopassage byCongress,so close i ndeedth atth ei rpassageth i syearseems h i gh lyprobable.Th eevacuationclaimsprogram gotunderwayandth efi rstpaymentunderth i sactwasmadebeforeth eendofth eyear.

Th erewiasamendingofoth eri nj usti cescausedbyth ewar:recogniti on byth efederalcourtsofth eAmerican citi zensh i pofTuleLak eresidentswh ounderduresscapitulatedtopro-Japaneseforces i nth ecampandrenouncedth ei rAmericanciti -zensh i p;recogniti onofth eAmericanciti zensh i pofmanyNiseiwh owerestranded i nJapanduringth ewarandwereforcedtoservei nth eJapanesearmyorwh ovoted i nth eJapanesegen-eralelections;repealbyth estateofCaliforniaofawar-bornlawexcludingJapanesealiensfrom commercialfish i ng.

Buttogaugeth eprogressofacountrybyi tstreatmentofoneminori tygroupwould besh ort-sigh ted.Itwasmosten-couragingofallth atth estatusofallminori tygroupsi mprovedduringth eyearandth atboth th rough th ecourtsandth roughlegi slation,th ecountryvastlybroadenedth epoliti cal,socialandemploymentopportuniti esofallAmericans.Th eyear1949saw fairemploymentpractices legislation

adoptedbysevenstates,passageofcivi lrigh tslaws i nCon-necticutandbroadeningofth eNewJerseycivi lrigh tsact.InCaliforniath eanti-mi scegenationlawwentoffth ebook s,

i nrecogniti onofth efactth atrestricti onofmarriagebecauseofrace wasan i mposi ti onuponan i ndi vi dual'srigh ts.Th ecountry'sarmedforcesmadeadecisi vemovetowardth e

eli mi nati onofsegregationanddiscri mi nati onth rough anorderfrom th esecretaryofdefensewh i ch ask edforactionbyth earmy,navyandai rforcetoreviseth ei rracialpolici estobringultimateracialdemocracytoth ecountry'sarmedforces.Inh ousi ngamemorablerulingfrom th eFederalHousing

Auth ori tylate i nth eyearstatedth atth eagencywould h ence-,forth refusetograntloansuponpropertycarryingraciallyre-stricti vecovenants.Th i s,followinguponth e1948decisi onofth eU.S.Supremecourtwh i ch ruledth latrestricti vecovenantsarenotenforceablebyth ecourts,foretoldanerawh i ch wouldseeth eendtodiscri mi natorypractices i n h ousi ng.Wh i lenei th erofth eserulingsWas decisi veenough toelimi nate racialre-stricti ons i nh ousi ng,th eywerepositi vestepstowardracialde-mocracy.

Ineducationanumberofgainsweremade.Numerousat-temptstoestablish th erigh tofNegroestoequaleducationop-portuniti eswerepressed th rough outth enation.Amovewasmadetoelimi nateracialrestricti veandraciali dentifi cati on i napplicati onforcollegeenrollment.Inadditi on,a numberofsororiti esandfraterniti essough ttoestablish th ei rrigh ttoelecttomembersh i ppersonsofanyracialgroup.Th etwominori tygroupsonwh i ch nati onalattentionwas

focused i n1949wereth eAmericanIndianandMexicanAmer-i cangroups.Both h avelongbeen-th evi cti msofracialperse-cutionbuth ave,becauseoflack oforganizati on,beengenerallyoverlook ed.In1949,forth efi rsttime,decisi vegainsweremadebyboth th esegroups i nasserting th ei rpoliti calandsocialrigh ts.

Inth epastyearth eAmericanIndianswere,forth efi rsttime,grantedth erigh ttovotei nNewMexicoandArizona,andth e h ugeMexicanAmericanmi nori tyofth esouth westandth ewestforth efi rsttimewasabjetomak ei tselfh eardasapo-liti calgroup.EdwardRoybal,ofMexicandescent,waselectedtoth eLosAngelescitycouncil,th efi rstmemberWth eMexicanAmericanmi nori tytobe electedtoth i solffice/C.Th eNisei ,Jewish andNegroAmericangroups,th rough out

th eyearcontinuedtomak epositi vegainsunderth ei ralreailyestablish edorganizati ons. /

Meanwh i le,numerousgroupsli k eth eCalifornia.federationforCivi cUnity,th eAmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnionandoth erorganizati onsfartoonumeroustomentioncontinuedtowork tomak edemocraticpri nci plesarealityforallofAmerica'sminor-i tymembers.

Th eyear1949brough tmuch enli gh tenedlegislation,manyencouragingcourtrulings.Th eyearbrough tproofofth eneedforandwork abi li tyofsuch soci allegislationasFEPCandci vi lri gh ts.Itbrough ti ntofocusmanyexperiments i ncivi lrigh ts.Itgavedirectiontoth ecountry;i tsh owedwh ereandh owwecanacttobringci vi lrigh tstoallth epeople. I

THENISEIASANAMERICAN

ByALBERT SAIJO

Th eAmericanQualityDominatesTh eJapaneseAttitudeButCannotOvercomeRacialIdentity

We h ave a traditi onfor i rresponsible i nterpretationofpatrioti cnecessity.—ALLEN TATE.

THEJAPANESEasAmerican,Nisei ,asubjectseldom dis-cussed i n termsofpertinentfact.GenerallyNisei h avea

gooddealofvaguefeelingabouti t.Th epoliti calNisei i ndis-cussing i tcombineth atvaguefeelingwith July4th rh etoricandneverreach i tscruxforth eresultant j am.From th eNi seij ournalistswe h avewh atth eNi sei sh ouldbeandarenotbutofth ei ractualstatelittle.Th esocialsci enti sti sh elpfulbuth i smeth odcannotutili ze i mportantpsych ologicalpoint.Th esubjecti seith erby-passedI■orneverreach ed.Th i sarticlewillattemptabriefand i nformal socio-psych ologicali nspectionofi t.Itwillattempttoarticulate,vaguefeeling.Wh en discussingasubjectin-

volv.ng i dealsth epitfalli sglossingoverofpertinentfactand con-sequenti nsi ncerity.Weare toldforinstanceth ati nAmericaevery-one i sequalregardlessofraceorcoior(th e i deal).Th e factis:America,vulgarlyexpressed, i swh i teman'scountry,andrelativetoth i s,th eNisei willbediscri m-i natedagainstaslongasth eyarerecognizablyOriental.With outdoubt,anall-embracingequality i s i mpossible i n anyh umanpostulate.Wemayh aveaneffectiveequalitybeforeth elaw,agooddegreeofequalityofoppor-tunity(fairemployment,etc.).Th eNi sei meanboth wh enth eyspeakofequality.Andth eseprelimi naryequaliti espoi ntforth em toth efinalequality,i .e.,socialequality—,i h ecompleteaboliti onofth ecolorline. Th eequalitybeyondmeretoleration.Wh i ch equality,i tmusth erebei nsi sted,Americanculturei s i ncapableofaccommodating."Iti sth e'non-wh i te'wh i ch must

beemph asi zed."H.P.Howard,NAACP.Th eph ysi calfact:color,i s th e crucialfactor involved.Culturallyth eNi sei (with reserva-tionstobediscussedbelow)areAmerican.Th ecaseofth eNegroi si nstructiveh ere;th eyarecul-turallymoreAmerican th an th eNi sei .Th eyh avebeeni nAmericaagreaterlength oftime.Ever\culturaltie (language,customsetc.)wi th th ei rmoth erci vi li zati onsh asbeenbrok enyetth eyarenotaccorded equalityby th e Cau-casian American. Perh aps th estigmaattach edtoth ei rslaveryback groundi sresponsible?— noforth erewerewh i teslavesalsoi nearlyAmericabutth eywereas-simi lated.Th esinglebariscolorRacialprejudi ce.Anexplanationforth epresentsituationmaybefound i nth eri seofWesternCh ri stendom,i tsworld,widedominati onandexploitati onofth e h eath enandth ecultural-customaryattitudesformedth ere-from.Weh aveth enth eNisei ,th e

secondgenerationofJapanesei nAmerica,Americansbyri gh tofbirth butwh oseancestrybarsth em from fullpartici pati oni nth eli feofth ei rcountry.Howbestunderstandth em?We mustfirstunderstandth e

basicambigui tyth eycontain.Anambigui tyth atth efi rstseveralgenerationsofallminori tygroupscontaintovaryingdegrees.Inth eNi sei i tfirstconsistedof

aJapanesequalityandanAmeri-canattitude j uxtaposed(attimeesubtlyj oi ned)— cloth ed i nloosefeeling.Butch angedaswesh allsee with sh i fti ngcircumstance.Th eambigui tywasfosteredbyth esocio-psych ologicalsituation th eNisei wereborn i nto.Wh atwasth atsituation? Th ei nfluence ofth eIssei (inti mateenvironment).Th eIssei wereJa-panese,th ei rcompletelyforeignattil*udenourish ednoambigui tyi nth emselves.(Th ei rswasandstilli ssimplyth edilemmaofaforeign-eri nastrangeland).Th eIsseih adnodesiretoAmericani zeth em,selvesbeyondconvenience'ssak eandth edi scri mi nati onth eyweremadetosufferstrength enedth i satti tude.Th i s i nti mate environ-mentgavetoth eNi sei th ei rJapa-nesequality(itscenter:language,customs,etc.).Th eAmericanat-titude i sareflectionofAmericaneducationandgeneralexposuretoti h eAmericanwayoflife(publicenvironment).Th e Ni sei were discri mi nated

against(externalsituation).Th e ambigui tyagainsth osti le

externalsituation gave rise toracialpride.Th i sraci alpridewemustunderstandasafreeagent

(nownationalisti c,nowpurelyde-fensive,etc.)—weigh i ngth e am-bigui tyth i swayandth at.Wesh allseeth eambigui tymani-festedbyvacillation,h ecti caction,orfrustratingmodulationtoth epitch ofth eexternalsituation.Th eapath yofth eNisei duringevacuation/detentionmaybeex-plained i n termsofth i sam-bigui ty.Th erewereofcourseo'h erpertinentreasons:deten-ti onofIssei leaders,i neptNiseileadersh i p,youth ofNisei ,th eoverwh elmi ngodds, etc. Butevacuation/detention seen asNisei li fecrisi s,th eambigui tyfiguredlargely.Uptoth etimeofPearlHarborth eelementsofth eambigui tywerefavorablyweigh ted.Th eJapanesequality gave strength to th eAmericanattitude,th e Americanattitude i nturntemperedth eJa-panese quality (as witness ex-cellentsch oolrecord,low crimerate,etc.).Racialpridegavegoodaidttoboth elements.Publicen-vironmenttempered i nti mate en-vironment.Th eNisei li k eth eIssei weredis-crimi natedagainst:th eambigui tydeveloped.But i npre-wardaysth eambigui tywassubtlymodu-lated to h ei rexernalsituation:i twaspropertoth estatusquo.Th encamePearlHarbor,warandmountingtension. Th eneatbalance—ambigui ty/externalsitua-ti on—wasupset.Intimateenviron-mentoverruledpublic/environment.As th e externalsituation grewworse th e American attitudeth ough stilli ntactbecametorpidandth eNisei perforcefellbackonandnourish edth ei rJapanesequality.Th eJapanesequalityh ademph asi zedrespectforfamilyre-lationsh i ns.Th eIssei wereJapa-nese and th e environmentth eyfurnish ed h adi nsti lledi nth eNiseiapassivesympath yforJapanandth i ngsJapanese.Th etensionmounted.Accordingtoth enewspapersth eNi sei weredangerous.Toth epoliti ci anth eywereonewith th eenemy.Th elawoffered small consolation. Itobviously discri mi nated againstth em(curfew,etc.)"sneak yJaps."Th edemandforevacuationgrew.Th eNi sei meanwh i le i ndulgedi nloosefeelingstoo:th ei rlead-ers became 'inu,'professionalh ysteriasi gni fi edwh olesale.Americanh ate,etc. 'Th e Ni sei leaders reactingstronglyagainstth ei rJapanesequality(h ecti c action manifestsambigui ty)appealedtoth eAmeri-canattitude,th entorpid,andfur-th eragitatedth eJapanesequalityofmostNisei .Th eexternalsitua-ti on'sdismi ssalofth eNi sei asJapsgoadedth ei rracialpridei ntopartiallyreawak eni ngth eAmeri-canattitudebutth i swasviti atedbyanuncomfortableparvenufeel-i ng th esame externalsituationgaveto i t.Racialpridenoneth e-lesscontinuedtosustainth eAmer-i canattitude.Itwasracialpridetooth tcaused th eNi sei i n anatmosph eresuffusedwith patriot-i sm tofeelth ei racutewantofpatrioti cpartici pati on."AJap'sa Jap."Th eNisei couldnotan-swer.Th eelementsofth eambigui ty

h adsh i fted:th eJapanesequalitydominated,th eAmericanattitudewastorpid.Racialprideabettedboth . Straigh tactionwascan-celled: sullen acquiescense ttostrongevacuationorder(vacillationmanifestsambigui ty).Th e ambigui ty th us weigh ted

modulated i tselftoth eh ei gh tenedexternalsituation.Upon i ncarceration th e Ni sei

splitandtravelled i n severaldi-rections.Camp i ntensifi ed i nti mate en-

vironment,publicenvironmentwasch eck ed.Th eh eatofth eexternalsituationwasmini mi zedbydesertandbarbedwire.Asubtlerelax-i ng:Nisei amongownrace. With -

i nth eframework ofth i sgeneralrelaxationnewfeelingswereem-ph asi zed.Confrontedbydecisi onstobe

made(registration,etc:*)th eNiseiwereforcedtoconsiderth ei ri den-tityorlack ofone.Th eambigui tyh ad alwaysfrustrated anyfinali denti ty. An i ncomplete raciali denti tywasth emostth ei rsitua-ti oneveryielded.Onegroupunderintensifi ed i n-timateenvironmentnourish edth ei rJapanese quality. Th ei rracialpridepi tch edh i gh j oi nedwith th eJapanesequalityandallbutk i ll-ed th e AmericanattiUude. Th eremoteexternalsituationbecameforth em a h odgepodgeofbadAmerica,goodJapan.Th ei rracialpride th endevisedapassionatesituation(Japan!)todefyth enre-placeth eremote externalsitua-ti on.Japanbecameth e-symbolofracial,nationali denti ty.Registra-tion,segregation,TuleLak e andfurth eri nci tementgaveth eJapa-nesequalitystrength enough tok i llth eAmericanattitude(h ec.i cac-tionmanifestsambigui ty). Dis-avowalofAmerica.Atth eoth erextremeagroupof Nisei , reacting stronglyagainsti ntensifi ed i nti mateen-vironmentrenouncedth ei rJapa-nesequality(h ecti cactionman-i festsambigui ty).Both groupsweredesperatefori denti ty.MostNisei onth eoth erh and

begantorebelagainsti ntensifi edi nti mateenvironment.Itscoreth eIssei/Ki bei element h adbeguntograte.Th eAmericanattitude(th eparvenufeelingmini mi zedbyth eremote externalsituation)wasawak enedandused againsti nti -mate environment.Strongracialpridenourish edth egaini ngAmer-i can attitude. Segregation orArmy,registrationloomed.Th eywere caugh twith outi denti ty—neith erJapanesenorAmerican.Vacillation. But h ere practicalconsiderations,genuinedesireforAmerican i denti tyandfai rsali-ents j ustth enemergingfrom th eremote externalsituation com-binedto prod vacillationtoac-quiese to governentauth ori ty.Th eseNi sei relocated,th eyweredrafted i ntoth e army.Th eambigui tyh ad i ssuedforthi nvacillation.Vacillation h ad i nturnbowedtoauth ori ty.Th eam-bigui tyagainmodulated i tselftoth e externalsituation.With resettlement mark ed

ch angesweremadepossiblebyanexternalsituationofcomparativebenevolence.Th ewar-timeexperienceofth eNi sei provedth ei rmosteffectivesocietali denti tytoberacial.Pa-tri oti cpartici pati onandth ei rcom-i ngofageserved tostrength enth i s racial i denti ty.Wh atth eNisei beforeandduringth ewarh adrecognizedfurtivelynowwasplacedaboveboard(subtlycondon-ed andencouragedbyth eexter-nalsituation).Th e Japanesequality h ad de-

clined (with th e decline ofth eIssei,\etc.)andbecomeanattitudeorless.1 Newstrongraciali denti tyboost-ed byracialpride gainedprece-dence>oyerth eJapaneseattitude.Th eAmericanattitudestrength -

enedbyaboveboaVdraciali denti tybecameaquality.Atpresent.'th eelementsofth eNi sei ambigui tystandth us:Th eAmericanqualitycompletelydom-i natesth e'Japaneseattitudebutcannotovercome racial i denti ty.Th eambigui ty i smodulated toth enowcomparativelybenevolentexternalsituation.Th eoverallsituation remainsfrustrating.Iti scertainlyambig-uous,e.g.,racial i denti tymadeth eAmericanqualityyetobstructsi tsfullexpression.Some may protestth atth e

statement"th eNi sei willbedis-cri mi natedagainstaslongasth eyarerecognizablyOriental"i stooh arsh .Wemustrememberth atth eNisei h aveoverth eyearssoi n-uredth emselvestoth ei rsadlotth atth eynolongerfeeli tsfullbrunt.Th ei rpresentsituation i scertainly an i mprovementoverth ei rprewar,situation.Th epoli-tici ansforinstanceseem to h avepurged th emselves ofanti -Japfever.Iti satanylength nolongergoodpoliti cs.Th eNisei leadersh avematuredandth eNisei h avebecome aneloquentgroup.Be-causeofth ei rrecentpatrioti cpar-tici pati onth eyarenowmorecon-fidentas citi zens andmembersofth ei rcommunity.Th eycontainmuch less ambivalent feeling.Sti llth ey are discri mi natedagainst,andaslongasth eymustbear,on top ofth e i nequaliti esconcomitantwith th eh uman con*

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THEWARORPHANS

ByMITSUYASUDA

ANisei Girli nJapan:

Th ereWasM.k e,Yuk i andOneCalled'Peanuts'

(Editori alNote:MitsuYasuda,auth orofth efollowingarticle,spentth reeyears i nJapanafterth ewarasaU.S.governmentemployee.Someofh erexperiencesweretoldi nh erarticle,"InMyFath er'sJapan,"publish edi nth e h oli dayi ssueofth i spaper).

WewenttoJapani n1946,onlyoneofh undredsofgovern-mentg\r\s.Wecame"back i n1949,th reeyearslater.Duringth attimewemetth eyoungandth eold,th eonce-

wealth yand th everypoor.Each i n h i sownwaywiastouch edbyth ewar,madeorph anbyth ecataclysm th atsweptJapani nth efi rstfiveyearsofth e1940'5.Irememberli ttleMi k e.Hewasa10-yearoldwarorph an,adoptedbvth emenofone

ofth ecavalrydivi si onsasth ei rmascot. Wh en orderswentoutth atth ereweretobe nomoremascots,oneofth eofficers tookh i m i nto h i sown h ome,fedandcloth edh i m andraised h i malongwith h i sownch i ldren.Mi k etooKto h i m someh ow andth ere wassometh i ngpiti fulinth eway h eusedtogreetuseverytimewesteppedoutofth ebusatourplaceofwork .Hewouldbestandingth ere,al-ways,saying"goodmorning,sah -j ent,'1 and"goodmorning,k yap-ten,"toeverybodygoingi ntoth ebuildi ng,butwh en h esawus,h ewouldrunup,grabourh ands,andsay,"oh ayoo,Neh san,oh ayoo."Itwask i ndofh ardtotak e,wh en

wewalk ed i ntoourofficeonedayandfoundMi k eth ere,notawel-comevisi tor,butaprisoner.Heh adbeenrobbing h i sfosterpar-ents'h omeli ttlebylittle.Wek eptlook i ngi ncredulouslyatth eevi-denceonth elieutenant'sdesk andth enatlittleMi k e,wh oh adtearsi nh i seyesandwh o k eptsh ak i ngh i s h eadateveryaccusation.We h ad done i nterpretingforgeneralofficers,attrials—atoneti me,even,wh enth ewifeofacondemnedwarcrimi nalcametopleadforth elifeofh erh usbandclaimi ngsh e h adnewevidenceofh i si nnocense—butweth i nk wedidourbesti nterpretingj obtryingtosavelittleweepingMi k e.Butth ecircumstantialevidencewasth ere,allfrom Mi k e'sownpock ets,andsadlywesenth i m toa j uveni ledelinquent'sh ome.Butth enth ere's"Peanuts,"an-oth erwarwaif.Amedicaldetach -menth ad"adopted"h i mafterth eyh ad found h i m running aroundbarefootatfilth yUenostation.Ach i ldless sergeantand h i s wi fetook h i m i n,andth edetach mentk epth i m cloth edandfed.Asfaraswek now,h e'ssti llth ere,beingch auffeuredtoandfromaCath o-licsch ooli naj eep,th eenvyofh undredsofoth erorph ans..Atneith erextreme,buti nth emiddle,we h ave Yuk i . Th ree-fourth s Japaneseand onlyone-fourth German.Yuk i 's features,h owever,areallCaucasian.Th erei snovisi bletraceofh erJapaneseblood. With th atadvantage,sh eh asbeenabletoslippastMPsandguardsatallAlliedinstalla-tions,wh i lewewereask edeverysingletimefori denti fi cati on.AgraduateofTok yo'sWomen'suni-versity,sh e h asperfectcommand

ofJapaneseandspeak slittleEng-lish .Weusedtosmilei roni callyat

each oth erwh eneverwewouldbewalk i ngdownth estreetandsomeAmericanswouldstop h erfordi-rections. Yuk i wouldn'th ave th esligh testi deawh atth eyweresay-i ng,and wh i le sh e stood th eresmili ngbri lli antlybutdumblyatth em,wewouldbabbleoutth edi-rections.Itusedtobefuddleth em.Th i swork edboth ways,ofcourse.AJapanesewouldstopusfordi-rections,-andwh i lewestoodth erestuttering"anoh anoh ",Yuk i wouldstepi nandrattleoffperfectJapa-nese.MostJapaneseh aveagraspof

English .Th eywriteflawlessandbeautifulEnglish ,butth eycan'tspeak i tbecauseofth ei runfamili -aritywith English ph oneti cs.Mr.Itoowasour60-year-oldpaymaster.Heusedtositoppo-si teourdesk across th eroom,bending h i s bald h eadoverh i sabacus,squinti ng h i seyesbeh i ndth i ck glassesas h ek eptaccountofth epayroll.Heusedtospend h ourslabori-ouslywriti ngoutnotestous.He

Th e auth or,Mitsu Yasuda,triesoutGen.Mac-Arth ur'sch ai r.Fifteenminutesbeforeth i spic-turewastak enth egeneralh adreviewedaFourth ofJulypar-adefromth i sstand.Gen.Eich el-bergersati nth ech ai ronth eleft, George Atch eson onth erigh t. Th eJapanesewerei mpressedby th e factth atafive-stargeneralh adsati nth esamek i ndofseatasacommonspectator. <

RaceRelations i nTerritoryImproveSinceEndofWar

ByLAWRENCE NAKATSUKA

Nisei i nHawai i :

Honolulu,T.HCynicscontinuetosayth latrace h armonyi sanemptycatch -

ph rasei nHawai i .Butth efactisth atracerelationsh avebeengettingbetterandbettersinceth ewar.Forth eNisei ,th i s i sparticularlytrue.Th ey h avemoved

ah eadeconomically,sociallyandpoliti cally.Th ereareth osewh owould mini mi ze th ebroad gains made i nrecentyearsandpoint i nsteadtoth e i solated instancesofdiscri mi nati onandprejudi ce.Butth esecriti cs numberonlya h andfulandth ei ri lk probablycanbefound i nevery i —community.Asanoth eryearofpostwaradjustmentwaswoundup,mostNisei i n Hawai i werelook i ngforward to continued i mprove-mentofth ei rlot.Th ebigprob-lem forsome,h owever,willbeunemploymentwh i ch h as h i tarecord h i gh .Butth eproblem i snotracial;i taffectsth eNi seinomoreorlessth anmostoth erracialgroups.Ifth eproblem were racial,

th enth eFi li pi nos h aveth emosttocomplain—th ei runemployment

rate i stwiceth atofoth erna-tionalgroups.Th eJapanese,li k eth eCh i nese,h aveanequalpro-portionofth eunemployedi ncom-parisontoth e'rtotalpopulation.Inbusinessgenerally,th eNi seiaretak i ngoveragreatersh areofresponsibi li ty,aswellaspro-fits.Asmerch ants,th eyareac-quiri ngamoreastuteapproach toeconomics th an d'd th e_Isseiwh omth eyareslowlyreplacing.Inth eprofessions,th e Nisei

h avecomeofage,verydefini tely.Doctors, dentists and lawyers

aboundamongth eJapanese.Con-sderingth eyoungageofmanyofth em,th eyappeartobe h oldi ngth ei rown,moreandmore.In politi cs,th eNisei h avesh owngreatpromise.Afterth ei rwartimewith drawalfrom elec-ti veoffices,th ey h avemadeastrongcomeback atalllevelsofgovernmentservice.Th ereappearstobe no valid

reasonwh yth eysh ouldnotbe-come evenmoreactiveandpop-ulari npoli ti cs.Th eprewarbug-aboo about Japanesedomnationofgovernmenti s j ustth at— abugaboo.Culturally,th e Ni sei are dis-

playingth ei rtalenti n broaderfields—inart,musicand litera-ture.Th eyarebeginni ngtosh owth e fruits of h i gh ereducationwh i ch h ascometoth em th roughth ei rowneffortsandth ei rpar-ents'sacrifi ces.Inailth eseadvancements,th eNi sei h ave meta negligi bleamountofracialdiscri mi nati oncomparedto,forexample,th eJapanese i nCalifornia.Th eNisei i nHawai i wh oblamesh i scolorfor h i s fai lure wouldprobablyfindh i sgreatestdraw-back i n h i sownsborWgh tednes3andh i spre-oocupationwith i mag-i nedfearsofraceprejudi ce.

FROM THEFRYING PAN> BillHosok awa:

Th eInadequaciesofMen'sWearDenver,Colo.

Th i sweek 'ssubzeroi nterlude(ith i t.14belowonemorning)wascauselorsomerueiulcogitati ngon th e i nadequaciesofmen'swear,notably h ats.Forth eoccasion,wedraggedouta 14-year-oldovercoat,stillsturdyandwarmdespiteth ewearandtearofyearsandth eonslaugh tofravenousmoth s.Weputonourth ree-year-oldglovesandanewCh ri stmasmuffler.Th atleftusfarly wellprotectedfrom th e

Arcticch i llexceptforagapbetweencollaranduac,anexpanseoroKen tuy:two h i gnly sensiti veprotuberances,namelyourears.Th ere i snowaywh ateverofpullingdownone'sh at,orh unch i ngupone'scollarfarenough toprotectone'searsade-quately.Th eresulti sacutediscomfortaftermoreth an

a.coupleblock sofexposure,followedbyaburn-i ngsensationth atpersstswellintoth emornngaltersh elter i sreach ed.Th eRussians,Manch us,Mongolsandoth ersuch coldcountrypeoplesporti "ur h eadpi eceswi th flapstopulldownoverth eaars.Th e marinesadoptedsimi larh eadgearforh ermoreclimati callyvigorousassignments.Such ,utili tari anwear,i fnotth eh ei gh tofstyle,obvious-yiswh atweneedwh enth enorth erswh i stledownfrom th eArctic. « * *A NewGenerationofWritersTh i si sth eseasonforback wardglancesaswell

as perusing th e h oli day supplementsofvariousNisei publicati ons.Inourcaseth efirstish ardlyseparablefrom th esecond.It'sh earteningtosee,yearafteryear,th eby-linesofoldtimerswh oh avebeenh ammer'ngoutcopyforgoingontwodecades.Longmayth ei rh ack neyedph raseswave.Butit'sevenmoreh earteningtoreadth eefforts

ofayoungergenerationofwriters:—ofwh omth ere

h asbeenash ortage?—andAtch th emdevelopfromyeartoyear,i ai te,fori nstance, i vi i tsu lasuda's'MyFath ersJapan,"areportondeieatedNipponpublisned i n th e h oli daynumberofth e.Pacifi cCiti zen, i t_asingularlymovingstoryth atdel-vesueep i nto h umanemotion.Yve do notk nowMisslasuda,butsh allbewatch .ngformoreofth ewriti ng i orwh i ch sh e h asanobvioustalent.Oneofth emosti nterestingpubl-sh i ngventures

nowunderway i sJamesMsh i mura'sScenemagarzneandth eGuidebook annual,both turnedoutunderth esameroofi nCh i cago.Th e1950Guide-book ,editedby Dick Tak euch i , i saslick andi ni ormation-pack ed j obth ataddstoth eprestigebuiltup byth e 1949edtionwh i ch Masamori h .o-j i maedited.Exceptforth reeGuidebook storiesunderth e

bylinewh i ch appearsatth etopofth i scolumn,th evolumei swell-filledwith goodreading.Leani-ngabouth owoth erNi sei li ve i sanant-dotetoprovinci ali sm,wh i ch i saltogeth erpossiblei nth esedaysofpreocoupat.onwith mattersoth erth anth ewell-floggedGreatNisei Problem.Onecuriouspointi sth estrongNorth westflavor

i nth eGui debook 'sstableofwriters.Tak euch i i sanex-Seattleite,li k ewseArtDirectorSh oKanek o.Dyk e Mi yagawaandEddieSh i mano,both writi ngfrom New York ,alsoareformerSeattleites.Th esame goesforTogeFuj i h i rawh otook th eph oto-graph stoi llustrateth ei rstores.PeterOh tak i fromth eTwinCiti esh a'lsfromBrainbri dgei sland,j ustacrossPugetSoundfrom th eSeattlewaterfront.BobOk azak i .wh osech attydiscourse h ad todowith Issei andNi sei i nth emovie i ndustry,1k e-wi sei saonetime Seattleite.Heroamedfar,butusuallymanagedtowindupforbr'efperiodsi nth ecityofh i llswh ereh espentalargepartofh i searlymanh ood.CertainlySeattleNisei laynoclaimtoextra-

ordinaryliteracy,and h old"nobri efforsuch acontention.Buti t'sastri k i ngpoint.

CHICAGO NEWSREELByJOBONAKAMURA

Notesfrom th eWindyCity:

Ch i cago,111CITYSCENES...Th edown-townLooph asth atworn-outi ookseenonth efacesofth emerry-mak ersasth eystaggerh omeatdawnaftera New Year'sevebinge . . . Th e morningsunstrugglesupth esideofth egrayandstatelvbuildi ngs,streak i ng.itwith th edigni tyofsilversh een...Th ei ncongruouslittleebntreesstandnudeandwrink led i nfrontofMarsh allField's departmentstore...Officework ersfaceth edrearyi mmi nenceofanoth erblueMonday...th eyduck i ntodrugstoresforh otcoffeeanddo-nutsto j oi nth ebartenders,sh owgirls,andbandsmenwh oareh avi ngth ei rmorningcupbeforeth eygoh ometosleep.Th ereareth ewell-scrubbedcol-legecoedswh oaredoinglast-min-utesh oppi ngbeforereturningtoth ecampuses...Sun-black enedNisei boysfromth evineyardsofCalifornialook forj obsi nCh i cago...Th eysiti nmatineemovieseveryday...Th ecoldi mpersonalglanceth atoneNisei givesanoth eronth estreet...Th edowntowncrowd th atdoesnot h eed th emelodicch i memusicringi ngouteach dayfromth eslenderspireof,h e Centralch urch i n th eLoop. ..Th e i mpudentscampwh otack ed ona"NoHunting"signonth ecornerlotonwh i ch Ch ri st-mastreeswerebeingsold...Th enearNorth Clark streetwash er-etteswh ere Ch i nese laundrymenbring th ei rpatrons'bundles towash i n Jieautomatic mach i nesandplaydominoswh i lewaiti ngand

th enreturnth edamp-drygarmentsback to th ei rsh opsforh and-fini sh i ng...Issei o-basansbowingtoeach oth erasth eymeetonth estreetcorner...Mrs.FredHash i -motorecentlyreceived a j arofpick led h orseradish (tak uwan)fromh ermoth eri nCalifornia.Th ej arcrack edenrouteandth epost-manwh odeliveredi tsaidgrave-ly, "Smells li k e someth i ng i sdead."ANDPERSONALITIES...Notlongagoawomanfoiledanat-temptofalate-nigh tattack erbyquick th i nk i ngandabitof j i u-j i tsu.Sh eh adreceived j udo i n-structions atProfessor MasatoTamura'sj i u-j i tsuInsi tute.Dur-i ng th e war a h eavyweigh twrestler,KarlPojello,ch allenge.;anyj udoexpertforaboutwith th epurposeofbelittli ngtbevalueofj udo.Tamuratook h i m on,al-th ough outweigh ed70pounds,andfini sh edPojellowith i noneminuteand ttwentyseconds...Asaprivatesecretaryi nalargeair-conditi oni ng and refrigerat.onplant,Yuri Tanak ah asmanyoc-casionstoattendconferencesofmanufacturersandsh eh asreturn-edwith contracts i ncludingordersforth ousandsofdollarsofequip-ment."Wetook ti meoff—with h ecompany'sblessing—andsoak edi nth esunatMiami Beach andcruisedtoth eBah amasi naprivateyach t,"sh erelated . ..Yuk i oSh i modaJwas i nfrom th eBigTownasacastmemberof"High ButtonSh oes." Sh i moda studied balleth erei nth eWindyCity...Ak i raOmach i wasappointedtoan i n-structorsh i p i nph ysi ologyatth eLoyolaUniversitymedicalsch ool.Omach i i sarecentPh .D.from th ejUniversityofMinnesota...Sh i gWak amatsuwh owasreelectedth elocalJACLpresidenti sach emi stdoingqualitycontrolwork atth esoapplantth atmak esRinso ...VeryfewNisei work i nth ede-partmentstores downtown butAnnaIsh i k awai s i nth emilli nerydepartmentatMandel's. Sh i zuSak adai satSh ay.ne's...Marsh allField,oneofth ecity'sstrongestproponentsforracialdemocracyandth epublish erofth eli beralSun-Times,h asnoth i redasingleNiseii n h i sgiganticstore...Andanon-Nisei friendDick ,wh oasagourmetby i nteresth as eateneveryth i ngfrom broiled rattle-snak etopick ledsnail,wasi nvi tedbyustotryadish ofsash i mi .WewentdowntoDen-Yaandorderedsomeslicedsea-bass.Ourfriend'sfaceturnedpositi velypalewith h i sfi rsttaste...ANisei groupre-centlyorganizedacameraclubofth ei rown i nth i scitywh ereth erearealreadymanysuch groupsatsch ools, YMCA's, and variousneigh borh oods wh o h ave Niseimembersandwouldbedeligh tedtoh avemore...Andfollow:Th eResettlers'Committee announcedproudlyth ati th asassisted i nor-ganizi ngmoreth an 110all-Niseiclubs i nth i scity.

VagariesCommissi oner...Joh n J.McCloy,h i gh commis-si onerto Germanyand longafriendofJapaneseAmericans,h asnotforgottenth oseh eth ough twellofath omedespiteth ecrush ofh i spresent,i ntr.cateduties. Re-cently Edward J.Ennis,JACLADClegalcounsel,visi tedMr.Mc-Cloy i nGermany. Th e commis-sionerpromptlybeganask .ngMr.Ennisaboutth estatusofJapa-neseAmericans,progressoflegis-lationdesignedtoremoveraciaistatutesapolicableto Japanese,and.i h ewelfareofth eJACL.

* " *MineOk ubo,auth orof"Citi zen13660,"h as.aseriesofdrawingsi llustratingh eri mpressionsoftnelifeofaWash i ngton,D.C,gov-ernmentgirli nth ecurrenti ssueofMademoiselle...It'sestimatedth atclaims h ave beenfi ledformoreth an$100,000,000 byJapa-nese American evacuees underPublicLaw886.Th ebiggestcaimi sbelievedtobeone*»r$1,400,000byKeitaroKoda,formerSouthLosPalos,Calif.,ricegrower...Recommendedreading:Bi llHoso-k awa's"Wh atBecameofJimmySak amoto?"i nth eJanuaryi ssueofScene.

» * "Sueo Serisawa,winnerofth erecent$1,000CaliforniaStateFairawardforamodernpainti ng,re-ceivedanh onorablementionawardi n h e1949i nternationalHallmarkcompetiti on...Masamori Koj.ma,formereditorofCrossroads,i snowonth estaffofaCIOnewspaperi nLosAngeles...BeatriceGrffi i h ,auth orof"AmericanMe,"i swork -i ngonanarticleonth eNisei foranationalmagazine.

Th eNisei AsAmerican(Continuedfrompage4)

diti on,th e i nequalityth ei rracealone entails th estatementwi llremaincertainlyh arsh buttrue.Th eNise.areAmericani neveryi mportantcultural-customary re-spect.Th eydonoth eedth eNi sei as-simi lati oni sts.Th eyfindth ei rnewfoundracial i denttyquite com-fortableenough .Th eNi sei areprejudi cedagainstalloth ermi nori ti es(asalloth ermi nori ti esareprejudcedagainsteach oth er)andagainstth eCau-casiantoo.Th eNsei with wh oleh eartsubscribeto th eHollywoodund i ni tsmainth eHearstan i n-terpretationoflife.Howstrangeyouare,you i di ot!Soyouth i nk becauseth erose-Isred th atyou sh allh aveth emastery?Th erose i sgreenand willbloom.Overtoppingyou,green.liv;dgreenwh enyoush allnomorespeak ,or

Taste,orevenbe.Mywh oleli feHas h ungtoolonguponapar-ti alvictory.—Willi am CarlosWilli ams.

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SportsAmyTodaEntersFirstRaceofSeasonNew Yearsports i tems:AmyToda,UniversityofUtah sk i

star, h ad h erfi rsttasteofcompetiti onsinceth esnowscame toth eWasatch rangewh ensh efini sh edeigh th i nth ewomen'ssectionofth eannualSnowcupracesatAlta,partofwh i ch wasconductedi nanear-blizzard.MissTodaracedunderth ecolorsofth eBrigh ton,Utah ,Sk i club...AccordingtoGaryOk amotoi nth eCh i cagoSh i mpo,FredYamash i rosawactionth i syearonth eUniversityofIllinoi sfrosh team.Yamash i ro,19 yearsofageand180pounds,wascaptainofth eHydePark h i gh team i nCh i cago i n1948...GeorgeMoritaofHydePark h i gh goth onorablementionth i syearonth eCh i cagoall-cityeleven,wh i leh i s teammate,GeorgeNak awatase,receivedmentiononth eall-leagueteam.Sixoth erNisei weremembersofth eHydePark team...Th eCh i cagoHusk i es,ch ampi onsofNisei Vue'sfi rstannualnationalNisei i nvi tati onaltourney,recently appearedatCh i cago Stadium i naprelimi narygametoth eCh cagoStags-Roch esterRoyalsprocagecontest.

" * *Nisei Scatback WinsLeagueLaurelsRalph Kubota,th e 135-poundsaatback ofth eCompton.Calif.,

h i gh scnoolTarDabes,wasrecentlynamedtoth eback fi eld ofth eall-coastLeagueall-tar'team.Kubota's running h ad alottodoWitaComptonslyto 13victoryoverSantaBarbara i nth eCIFfnalsatth eLosAngelesColiseumrecently.Hepiledup 70yardsfrom scrimmage i nIVcarries.ncluding runsofftand17yards....Inth eL.IFsemi-fi nalsKubotarambledtotwotouch downsinduci-ng a 63-yardsprintagainstMark Keppel.Inth e CIF quarter-finalsaga.nstCh afi ey,Kubotascoredtwiceonrunsof76and33yards,..xiemacie simlarlongruns duringth e regularseason.Kubota i sa j uni or.

" * *Tak esh i ta'sLossRatedBigUpsetAccording toCalWh orton ofth eLosAngelesTimes,Robert

(GoldenBoy)Tak esh i ta'slosstoRudyGutierrezlastOctoberwasth etopupsetofth eyeari nLosAngelesfisti cuffs.Th eboutwassup-posedtobeatuneupforTak esh i ta,lorwh omanextensivetourof.newestcoastwasplanned.JoeHerman,wh owas h andli ng Ta-k esmtaonth ecoast,h opedtosh ow th eNi se.welterweigh ti nciti esWi i h alargeJapaneseAmericanpopulation.Sixh undredNise»andIssei saw lak esh i talosetoGutierrez i nOlymp.cAuditori um.Ta-k esh ta,i nci dentally,drewagateof$54,000wh en h elosttoMaxieDocusen i nHonolulutwoyearsago.

GunnerSumidaWinsTourneyAwardHerbert(Gunner) Sumida,21-yearold guard ofth eHawai i

Nisei All-Starteam wh i ch wonth eth i rdannualnationalOr.entalbas_etbui i tournamentatSanJoseCh ri stmasweek ,wasch osenth eouisui ndngpia>er i nth etourney.Frank \osh i o_aofth eSanJoseZebras,wiunei softh econsolationtroph y,wasch osenasth e"mosti nspi rati onalplayer,"th eawardwh i ch Sumida won lastyearatSeattle.BesidesSum-dath etournamentall-starteam i scomposedofth efollowing:Eugene(Tuna) Wong,St.Mary's Ch i nese;George(Vvee).Wong, St.Mary's;Tak H.yama,Ch i cagowusKies;Sh i gxvxurao,Ch i cagoHusk i es;Joh nHonda Holi,Hawai i ;Danny Fuk u-sh .ma,Berk eleyNissei ,andEi i ch i Adach i ,SanJose...Hawai'svic-toryoverth eSt.Mary'sSaintsfrom SanFranciscoendedth etwo-yeardominati onofth etourneybyth eCh i neseAmercanteam.St.Mary'sh owever,playedwith outth ei rstar*%fth e lasttwoyears,li ttleWeeWilli eWongwh oi snowonth eUn.versityofSanFran-ci scovarstyandwh oi sprobablyth esmallestplayer,at5feet4,i nbi g-ti mecollegebask etball.

" * »

Nisei PlayforHawai i 'sRainbowsTenNisei goti ntoth eUniversityofHawai i lineupasth eRain-

bowslosttoStanford,20to74, i nth ePineappleBowlgameatHonoluluonJan:2.Ji mmyAsato,h alfback ,scoredoneofHawai i 'sth reeTDs.Hawai.'slineupi ncludedKiyosak i ,le;Doi,It;Tak ayesu,Tenno,lg.;Nak amura,re;Mamiya,qb;Asato,Kawaguch i .G.Ma-miya,h b;andTak ush i ,fb.SaburoTak ayesu,captainofth eHawai iteam,i s a442ndCombatTeam veteran...Hawai i willplaysevengameswith mainlandsch oolsi n1950.

Coach Kaj i k awaTourswith SunDevilsCoach BillKaj i k awatook h 'sArizonaStatecollegeteamonth e

firsteasterntri pundertak en i nSunDevilh storyandth eteamfromTempemadeagoodsh owi ng,alth ough th eylostamajori tyofth ei rgames.Th eydefeatedWash i ngtonuniversityofSt.Louisand-bowedtoDaytonandDuquesne.

Nisei WillLeadGardenGroveSch oolElevenGARDEN GROVE.Calif.—Tak Matsunaga,star160-poundguard ofth e Garden Groveh i gh sch oolteamforth epasttwo seasons,wasnamedcap-tainofth e1950elevenbyteammembersrecently.Th e 5 foot5 i nch li neman

wasnamedonth esecondteamofth eall-OrangeCountyleagueteamforth epasttwoyears.

SeattlePlansAnnualNiseiBowlingMeetSEATTLE—With teamsexpect-

edfromCaliforniaandth eInter-mountain area th e 4th annualNorth westNisei BowlingClassicwillbeh eldatMainBowlonJan.27,28and29.FredTak agi ,managerofMainBowl,estimated th i sweek th atcash prizestotaling$1,750willbepaidouti nth eannualcompetiti on,i nadditi ontotroph i esworth $250.Deadlineforentriesi sJan.22.Th eclassicwi bbei ni ti atedwithasix-gamesweepstak esonJan.27.Th ewomen'sdoublesandteam

eventswi llbe h eldonJan.28,aswellasth emen'steamandmen'sdoublesevents.Th emen'sdoubleswillbecon-tinuedonJan.29andmenandwomen'ssinglesalsowillbeh eld.Th etournamentdancewillstartfrom8:30p.m.onJan.29andpres-entationofawardswillbemaddat10p.m.Men'sentryfeeswillbe$5for

i ndi vi duals i nth esing.es,doublesandteam eventsand$7forth esweepstak es,i nadditi onto$1foiallevents.Aprizewillbeaward-edforeverysixth entry,i naddi-tiontosquadprizes.Women's fees are $3.50 per

event.

HolidayDanceBILLINGS,Mont.— Approxi-mately100 personsenjoyedth esemi-formalCh ri stmasdance h eldDec. 24 by th e Montana andNorth ernWyomingJACLch aptersi nLaurelatth elOOFh all.HaruoPaulKasai,wh orecentlyarrived i nGraybull,Wyo.,fromOsak awasIntroducedtoth egroupduringan i ntermissi on.Assisti ngi ndancepreparationswere th e following committee-men:Ch arles Nagash i ma,MaryKawano,Marth aFuj i oandTereSh i rasago,dancecommittee;BryanHonk awa,JoeMi k ami ,Yasuo Na-yematsu,GeorgeKawamoto,Har-ri etNagash i ma,foodcommittee;Tak Sh i rasago,YugoNayematsu,MaryFuk ado,Dave Nagash i maandDoroth yFuj i o,decorationcom-mittee.

WinBlueRibbonsOGDEN,Utah —Canariesenter-

edbyDr.M.Yosh i tak aofOgdenrecentlywonseveralblueribbonsatth eGardenCityRollerCanaryclubsh ow recently i nSanJose,Calif.Th ebi rdswonth esweepstak es,

bestyoungbird,bestyoungteamandderbycompetiti onsaswellasaspecialaward.

WallyYonamineWillReceiveSpringTryoutasOutfielderWith SanFranciscoSeals

WallyYonamine,firstNisei toplay i nbigti mefootball,willgetatryoutwith th eSanFranciscoSealsofth ePacifi cCoastleagueth i s spri ng.Yonamine,wh oplayed h alfback forth eSanFrancisco49ers

ofth eAH-Ameridanconference i n1947andwith th eHonoluluWarriors i n1948and1949, i sconsideredth ebestprobaseballprospectamongJapaneseAmericanplayers i nHawai i .Playingcenterfieldforth eHonoluluAth leti csofth eHawai i

Baseballleaguelastseason,Yo-namine h adabatt.ngaverageof.435andcaugh tth eeyeofbase-ballscouts.Itwasabaseballi n-j ury i n 1048 wh i ch costh i m ach ancetoplaywith th e49ersdur-i ngth e1948footballseason.LastyearYonaminealsowonth ebattingch ampi onsh i pofth eHawai anAJASeniorleaguewi tha.448averageandHonolulusportsexpertsbelieveh ewillbeabletoh i tCoastleaguepitch i ng.WilfredRh i nelander,columnistforth eHonoluluStar-Bulletin,de-clared i nacolumnlastyearth atYonamine i s probablyth e bestNisei prospectdevelopedforprobaseball."He i sveryfast,h asagood

arm andarealk nack forplayingth e outfieldplusbeingabetterth anaverageh i tter,"Rh i nelandersaid.Rh i nelandermanagedth e Ha-wai i anall-starteamwh i ch fi ni sh -edsixth i nth enationalamateurbaseballtournamentatWitch i ta,Kan.,i n1047.Th i steam i ncludedsuch Ni sei starsasJunMuramoto,JimmyWasa,KatsKoj i mazandJyunHirota.Th ere h ave beenno Nisei i n

CoastLeaguebaseballsinceJim-my Horio and Kenso Nush i daperformedforth eSacramentoclubi nth eearly19305.

HAWAIIANS WILLENTERUTAHCAGETOURNEYTh eHawai i AJAAll-Stars1940ch ampi ons,areexpectedtodefendth ei rcrownatth e15th annualIn-termountain Nissi i nvi tati onalbask etballtournamenton March23,24and25,i twasannouncedbyth eSaltLak eJACLbask etballas-sociati onwh i ch willsponsorth eannualaffair.\Top Nisei teamsfrom Utah ,

Idah o,Colorado,Wash i ngtonandOregonandpossiblyCaliforniaareexpectedtoenterth eannualcom-petiti on.Yosh Koj i motowillbei nch argeofth e tournamenth eadquarterswh i ch willbesetupat71 WestIstSouth St.

PlaisanceCleanersWidenLeagueLeadCHICAGO— Th ePlaisanceCleanerswidenedth ei rleadi nth eCh i cagoNi sei bowlingleaguelastweek afterth e17th week ofplayasth eydefeatedBernsStoreforMen 3 to 1,wh i lesecond-placeHydePark restaurantwasbeingdrubbed3to1bylastplace0.T.Men'sWear.Frank KeboofPlaisance,onlyNisei torolla "300"game i nCh i cago,h adgamesof224 and201 andaseries of551 toleadh i steam.HydePark meanwh i le,boweddespiteSpudTsuj i 's562.QualityCleanerspulled i ntoatiewith HydePark byblank i ngMark Twain,4to0,asR.TsuruiandM.Menda h adseriesof555and550.Th e Nisei Vues remained i ncontentionbyrollinga2710seriestodefeatMurak ami & Sons,3to1.T.Fuj i i 's620series,i ncludinggamesof226and227,forNiseiVueswasalsoth eh i gh estofth enigh t.B.Watanabewith a542led-JanJanT.toa3to 1wi noverSa-k adaOptometrists.Wah MeeLo,beh i ndF.Iwa-tsuk i 's 600 and J. Ota's 566,wh i tewash ed Coed Beauty Sh op,4to0,rollinga2762,th enlgh trstopseries.Petite Cleaners lostth reeto

TellonePeautySalondespiteT.N i ro's576.

Nish i ok aHeadsIdah oFallsJACLIDAHO FALLS, Ida.— JoeNish i ok awaselectedpresidentofth eIdah oFallsJACLfor1950atth ech apter'srecentelections.Oth ernew officers are SpeedNuk aya,vice-pres.;Ak i Sato,rec.sec.;EmmyYamasak i ,corres.sec.;Dave Ueda,treas.;KayTok i ta,Ch arlesHirai ,offici aldelegates;Sh i roDaleUeda,Ch i zuk oKamach i ,B«c'al ch ai rmen; Tom Ogawa,Hitosh i Nuk aya, sgts.-at-arms;MaryKato,FredOch i andMarch iYamasak i ,reporters.

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wouldsh uffleupsh ylytoourdesk ,standingth ererespectfullysilentuntilweack nowledged h i spres-ence.Th enh ewouldproduce h i snote.Itwouldsay,"Madam,"or"RespectedYasuda-san.Oursmall-estch i ldh asrecoveredfrom h eri llness.Iti sah appyoccasionforus.Mywifeh asmadesomeosek i -h an.Wesh allbeproudtoh aveyouea same.H Itoo.""Osek i -h an",ofcourse,i sth atspecialrice-dish preparedforallcelebrations.Gratefully,we would say ourth ank s,andtellh i myes,wewouldbedeligh tedtoh avesome.Happilyh ewouldsh uffleback toh i sdesk .Anh ourortwolater,wewould

leaveourdesk togoaboutsomebusiness.Asweh urri eddownth eh all,wewouldsuddenlybecomeconsciousofsomeonedirectlybe-h i ndus.Wewouldturnaround,andth erewouldbeItoo-san,grin-ni ng tooth lessly,h oldi ng outapack age.Ath i nlayerofth edel-i cacywouldbei ni t,ofcourse.Th i swh oledramawould tak e

placewith usdoingallth etalk -i ng,andh eblush i ng andbowingandscratch i ng h i s baldh ead.Itwas j ustth ath ewantedtospareusth eembarrassmentoftryingto understand h i m i fh e spok eJapanese.We di dn'tth i nk ourJapanesewasth atlimi ted,buti twas k i ndofh i m anyway.

* * *Wediscoveredth atth eph rase

"Japanesetime"isnotaph rasecoinedbysomei nfuri atedmeetingdirectoroflongago.Iti san i n-h eri tedcurse.We h adaterribletimeconvinc-

i ng ourwork ersth atwh en wesaidwork at8 a.m.,wemeant8 sh arp,not8:15or8:30.. .th atwe h adalreadyallowed 15--mi nutebreak si nth emorningandafternoon,andth atth eywerenot

tok eeprefilli ngth ei rteacupsallday.Wefoundth i ssituationtrueinnearlyallofficeswevisi ted,bothgovernmentand commercial, a"th ere's alwaystomorrow"atti-tude,utterdisregardfortimeandtide,clutteredofficesandfiles.We'renoteffici encyexpertsor

economicadvisers,butmayweofferth i sli ttlebitofsometh i ng?IfJapani stotak eh erplacei nani ndustrialworld,sh ewoulddowelltolearnfrom h erdawn-to-duskwork i ngfarmfolk ,sh emustlearntorespecttime,th ataneigh t-h ourwork daymeanseigh th ours'work ,andth ath erpresentstatusasadependentnationcannotaffordth e"leech -erous"luxuryofJapanesetime.And,wemigh tadd,fromth estandpointofdevelopmentandmaturation i n American livi ng,neith ercanth eNisei .

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.SumioDoi agirl,Sh aronEmi k o,onDec.29 i nAuburn,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoTak e-

uch i agirl,Nancy,onDec.16 i nPortland.To Mr.and Mrs.GeorgeK.Yamauch i aboy,Joel,onDec.18i nPortland.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeJ.Hadaaboyi nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.JanBeppuaboyonDec.29i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.TetsuoSatoagirl,Patrici a,onJan.1 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.PeteM.Mitsui ,South gate,Calif.,agirlonJan.1.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSak odaagirlonDec.8i nSanDiego.ToMr.andMrs.Tom KatoagirlonDec.26i nMarysville,Ca'if.To Mr.andMrs.Frank Yosh i -muraagirlonDec.24 i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andMrs.KazuoKi ri uaboyonDee.24i nLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Jack S.Ik uti

aboyonNov.22i nReedley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Clark K.Saito,Parlier,Calif.,aboyonNov.22.ToMr.andMrs.FusataroAok i ,Madera,Calif.,agirlonNov.24.ToMr.andMrs.NormanTaroNak anoagirlonDec.13 i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.HideoHenrySuzuk i agirlonDec.16 i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.Th omasHat-sui ch i Yamagami agirlonDec.14i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.HarryNak a-muraaboyonDec.17i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andNrs.Nath anIwasak i ,

WestSacramento,Calif.,agirlonDec.17..ToMr.andMrs.KayOk i muraagirlonDec.19 i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.Tadash i Yama-

motoaboyi nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMatsu-

monj i aboyi nEnglewood,Colo.ToMr.andMrs.PerryKumagai

aboyonDec.22 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.WalterH.Higa

aboyonDec.22i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.Hirosh i Mi toa

boyonDec.23 i nSeattle.

ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oHoriuch i ,Kent,Wash .,aboyonDec.20.ToMr.andMrs.MontyUrak amiaboyonDec.13i nLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMori-sak i agirlonDec.21i rtSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.TomTak eh araaboyonDec.12i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.LouisYadaoYago,MorganHill,Calif.,agirl,MaureenJean,onNov.30.ToMr.andMrs.AdrianTatsusoYamamoto, Cupertino,Calif.,aboy,KeeneMitsuru,onDec.13.ToMr.andMrs.HiraoHenry

Omi aboyonDec.18i nSanFran-ci sco.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i roHenry

Tak eda,SanGabriel,Calif.,agir,,Mak i yeCarolyn,onNov.23.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i genori Tak e-uch i ,Glendale,Calif.,aboy,StevenTak esh i ,onNov.25.ToMr.andMrs.AtoYamak awaaboy,David,onNov.27 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.BillSatoruItoaboy,StevenBruce,onNov.29i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Tak uj i lizuk aaboy,Rich ardKatsuo,onNov.27 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.SatoruMitsuiaboy,Joh nNoboru,onNov.29 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.FumioMutoa

boy,DennisKenj i ,onDec.2inLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.MinoruOi agirl,MarilynKiyomi ,onNov.28i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrsAk i raSh i rai sh iaboy.GaryTetsuo,onNov.30 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geto Ya-

mada,SanPedro,Calif.,aboy,GlennMinoru,onNov.27.ToMr.andMrs.Harumi Ina

sak o,Duarte,Calif.,aboy,HarryMasao,onDec.3.ToMr.andMrs.Miyoj i Kawasak i ,LongBeach ,Calif.,agiri ,HaruyoMargie,onDec.4.ToMr.andMrs.HisaoOh i ,LongBeach ,Cali f.,aboy,Rich ardYa-sush i ,onDec.3.ToMr.andMrs.TadasoSh i mi zuaboy,JamesHi h osh i ,onDec.1i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Th omasTetsuoTawaagirl,Louise,onNov.17

i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.HarrySugi-h araagirl,Deini eLeAnne,onJan.1i nOgden,Utah .ToMr.andMrs.HarryE.Hira-ok aaboyonDec.14i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.SaburoOk a-muraaboyonDec.18i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Mitsuak i IbaraagirlonDec.18i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.MasHoriuch i

agirlonDec.31 i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.HenryMasaoAotoaboy,Dirk ,onDec.7 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Saj i roFuj i ta.Torrance, Calif., a boy, CarlSaich i ,onDec.6.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Sh i otaroMiyamuraagirl,JoyceAsak o,onDec.6 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Alph aTak afiagirl,MaryJoyce,onDec.5i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geruFrankKimuraagirl,Ami k oKath eri ne,onDec.10i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Willi am Sh ui ch iTameh j roagirl,NancyHidek o,on

Dec.9 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raDean

Hosh i deaboy,Kenneth Steph enonDec.9 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyoh aruMat-sush i ta,North Hollywood,Calif.,agirl,Sh i rleyTeruk o,onDec.6.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh Kawag'aboyonDec.23 i nDenver.oMr.andMrs.BobSh oj i aboy,Robert,onDec. 16 i nPortland,Ore.

DEATHSTagayasuMurata,83,onJan.3m PaloAlto,Calif.Koh ach i Suyenaga,71,onDec.19 i nSanFrancisco.Mrs.KiyoHayash i onDec.20i nLosAngeles.Tak ech i roTani,50,onDec.22

i nCh i cago.Ki j uHaradaonDec.22 i nCh i -cago. *Kuni i ch i Tsuk amoto,70,onDec24 i nPocatello,Idah o.Tok i ch i roTani onDec.22i nCh i -cago.GlennKazuoKish i yama,4,onDec.30 i nScottsblun*,Neb.Joh nKurach i ,27,onDec.29near

Holbrook ,Ariz.NantaroSak ata,50,onDec.29nearHolbrook ,Ariz.Mrs.Ch i zuk oKi k ok awa,60,on

Dec.28 i nSaltLak eCity.Katsuto Mano,51,Fresno,onDec.29nearKingsburg,Calif.Toranosuk eTash i ro,72,Visali a.

onDec.29nearKingsburg,Ca'ifJoseph KonoonDec.21i nLos

Angeles.Kamek i ch i Yui on Dec.23 i nLongBeach ,Calif.Kich i ro Nak aj i h i a, 61, ofBerk eley,Calif.,on Dec.21 i nJapan.RobertIwagosh i ,15,onDec.27i nCh i cago.S.Tateish i ,52,SanBenito,Tex.,

onDec.23.

MARRIAGES'Mrs.KayHayash i toOliverHa-yash i onDec.31 i nGrandJunction,Colo.Eth elTaniguch i toYugoNaye-matsuonNov.27i nCh i cago.Ruth ImamuratoMinoruSewak i

onDec.26 i nDenver.Hidek oKato ofPasadena to

KosoHatamiyaonDec.18i nGar-dena,Calif.Tamak i HatamiyaofMarysvilletoletsuSugayaonDec.18i nSanFrancisco.Youk oYosh i muratoJoeYama-

sak i onJan.2 i nDenver.

MARRIAGELICENSESEdnaK.Fuj i moto,30,Stock ton,and RobertM.Yaburo,30, i nFresno.MayKawasak i ,24,andSoich :Yamada,27,SaltLak e City,i nSacramento.Joseph i neKawano,Welby,Colo.,

andJamesFuk ayei nDenver.

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Cork yKawasak i TerminatesFriendsServiceAssignmentPHILADELPHIA,Pa.— Cork yTok uyosh i Kawasak i ,admini stra-ti veassistanti nth tforeignser-vice section ofth e AmericanFriendsServiceCommittee,termi-natedh i sassignmentonDec.22ndandreturnedtoCh i cagotoj oi nh i sfami ly.Mr.Kawasak i ,wh oreceivedh i searlyeducationi nJapan,attendedth eUniversityofWash i ngtonatSeattle,wh ereh eresidedformanyyears.Hewasengagedi nforeig.iexportandfoodbusinesspriortoth ewar.Duringh i si nternmenti nseveralrelocationcentersth roughth ewar,h ewasactivei nth eco-operativemovementandservedasexecutivesecretaryofth eCentersBusiness Enterprises. Afterh i sjrelease,h ewasexecutivedirector!ofth eCh i cago ResettlersCom-mittee, an organizati on wh i chh elpedpersonsofJapaneseances-trywh oweretryingtoresettlei nth eCh i cagoarea. InMay,1948,h e j oi nedth estaffofth eAmericanFriends Service Committee andservedasliai sonbetweenth eJapa-nesecommuniti esi nth i scountry,th eServiceCommittee,andLARA(LicensedAgenciesforReliefi nAsia).Earlyth i syearh ewenttoJapanforth eAFSC,earningh i spassagebyservingascaretak erforaloadofgoatsbeingsentbyth eBreth renService Committee. Wh i le Mr.Kawasak i was i nJapan,h esur-veyedth ecurrentreliefneedsandth edistri buti onmeth odsofLARAAfterh i sreturntoth i scountryi nUh elatespring,h etouredJapa-neseAmericancommuniti estellingth em ofexisti ngneeds i nJapan.Recentyh econcludedth i sassign-mentby speak i ngto Caucasiangroupsth rough outth ecountry.Heh as h admany opportuniti estoi nterprettoch urch es,sch ools,andcolegesanduniversitygroupsth e:presentneedsofth epeopleofJapan.Iti sencouragingtonoteth eresponseofmanygroupswh oh avepledgedth ei rcontinui ngsup-porttoth eLARAprogram.Th eAmericanFriendsServiceCommittee appreciates th e ex-cellentservicesofMr.Kawasak iand i swish i ng h i m success i ni h sfuturework .

EssayWinnerHARDIN,Mont.—Lilli anKawa-moto,fifth gradestudentatHar-di n sch ool,won th eBig Horncountylibraryessay contestdur-i ngBook week .

s'h edaugh terofMr.andMrs.GeorgeKawamoto.Th econ-i es,waso,entoallch i ldreni nth ecountyfromth efi fth th rough th eeigh th grades.

Mt.OlympusJACLHoldsParentsNigh tMURRAY,Utah —Acclaimed asth eoutstandingeventoftoepastyear,th e Mt. Olympus JACLParents'Appreciati onni gh twash eldatth eAvalonballroom onDec.30.Pres.MinMatsumori openedth eprogramwith anaddressofwel-comeand i ntroducedHiroYasu-k och i ,masterofceremonies.EntertainmentwasprovidedbyTai andAi Kasuga,pianoduet;Frank Harada,George Tamuraand Hi rosh i Mitsunaga,singi ngitrio;LeoIsek i ,soloist,accompaniedonth eJapanesemandolinbyJimKido;Kiyosh i Mi tsunaga, h ar-monicasolo;MarieAk agi andMitsHok i ,duet;Tosh Iwasak i ,solo;Raymond Yasuk och i , saxaph onesolo.Sh i gek i'Ush i o and HelenSh i mi zu,tapdance;Jim Ush .o,GeorgeFuj i i ,Sh i gek i Ush i o andRoyTsuya,quartet;Jim Kido,solo;Virgi ni aSak amotoandHelenSh i mi zu,duet;KenHosh i da,FredSeoandMi tsHok i ,trio;Tosh Iwa-sak i andJi mKido,duet;Virgi ni aSak amoto,solo.LillyMatsumori,Sadak o Hok i ,AmyHarada,Fuk i k oMayedaandRubyTamura,Japanesedances;JimUsh i o,GeorgeFuj i i andSh i gek iUsh i o,songanduk ele.enumberwith RoyTsuyadancingah ula;MayAk agi ,dance;AliceKasuga,RioSugaya,Lilli anIsek i ,MamiyoAk i moto,SelmaMori,MarieAk agiandFumi Harada,song;Ji mKido,h armonica solo; and Tom andGeorgeAk i moto,j udoexh i bi ti on.

Moch i zuk i toHeadSaltLak eCh apterGeorge S.Moch i zuk i willlead

th eSaltLak eJACLduring1950,with Bi llMizuno, Mrs. HenryKasai,RodneyTomaandWallaceDoi asfirst, second,th i rd ancfourth v:ce pres:dents.RoseOdawillserveastreasur-erandGeneMoriyamaasrecord-i ngsecretary.Mitzi SerawillbecorrespondingsecretaryandRoseYafri h i stori an.Th e off'cerswere i nstalled i nofficeJan.2atth ech apter'sNewYeardinnerdanceatth e HotelU*ah .Aboardofgovernorsisyetto

be named.George Sak ash i ta h eads th e

oui goingcabinet.Th enewpresidenti salawstu-dentatth eUniversityofUtah .

"Tok yoRose"ToWriteLifeStoryinPrisonSAN FRANCISCO— Mrs.IvaToguri d'Aquino,wh o recentlystarteda10-yeartermfortreasonaslh e"Tok yoRose"ofwartimeRadioTok yo,willwriteth estoryofh erlifewh i lei npri son,h erat-torney,Wayne Collins, disclosedlastweek .InalettertoCollinsrecentlyMrs.d'Aquinosaidsh ewasaiSolearningh andi crafti nth etraini ngsh opsatth e Federalwomen'sprisonatAlderson,W.Va.Sh etoldCollinssh e i ntendedtowrite h erown storywh i le atAlderson.

Dr.UyemuraNamedNewPresidentofFortLuptonJACLFORT LUPTON,Colo.— Dr.GeorgeUyemurah asbeenelectedpresidentofth eFortLuptonch ap-terofth eJAOL,i twasannouncedrecentlyatach apterdinnerh eldatth eBuddh i stch urch .About60 membersand th ei r

ch i ldrenattendedth edi nner.RoyTak eno,regionalrepresentative,Wc.sguestofh onor.Th ech apter,oldestuniti nth eMountain Plains region,votedunanimouslytopresentpearl-stud-dedgoldJACLpinsto i tsfi vepastpresdents.Th eyareFloydKosh i o,Jack Tsuh ara,LeeMura-ta,Sam Ok amotoand Tom Ya-naga.Dr.Uyemura'scabinetwillbeasfollows:GeorgeKonsh i ,vicepres.;Kiyo Yok ooj i ,corr.sec.;ByronKawata,rec.sec;andJoh nKiyota, Frank Yamaguri,Uye-muraandOk amoto,board mem-bers.Tom Yanaga i s th eretiri ngpresident.

StudentInjuredAsCarOverturnsVENICE,Calif.—Joh nSak abu,astudentatUCLA,wasseriouslyi nj uredonDec.31wh en h i scarsk i dded,overturnedfiveti mesandpinnedh i m underarearfender.Itwasreportedth atSak abuwas

beingpursuedbyapolicecarafterallegedlygoingth rough asignalatan i ntersectionandwastravel-,i ngapproximately75milesanh ouratdieti meofth ecrash .

Violi ni stInjuredInCh i cagoFireCHICAGO—MasaoYosh i da,36.

wasoneoffivemenwh owerei n-j uredi naCh ri stmasdayfireatth eLak eSh oreh otel.Yosh i da,artsh oprepairmanandformervioli ni stwith th e NewOrleansSymph onyorch estra,wil'be h ospi tali zedforatleastsixmonth sforlegandback i nj uri es.

All-MaleCabinetForYellowstoneREXBURG, Ida.—An all-malecabineth asbeenelectedtoofficebyth eYellowstoneJACLfor1950.Xiyosh i Sak otai sth epresident,with HaruoYamasak i as h i svicepresident.Oth eroffcers are Tom Doi,treas.;TugasHanami,rec.sec;Joh nSak ota,corr.sec.;KatsMi-yasak i andTatSh i ratori,socialch ai rman;HiroMiyasak i ,offici aldelegate; Ken Ugak ;, welfarech ai rman;TomMatsuura,report-er; Tomi Ugak i , sergeantat"rms; and Eth elYoungandDr.M.F.Rigby,advisors.

MarriageCHICAGO — MissEth elTani-guch i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.M.Taniguch i ofSeattle,andYugoNayematsu,sonofMr.andMrs.Y.NayematsuofHardin,Mont.,were unted i nmarriageonNov.27atth eTh orndi k eHiltonch apelnCh i cago.Th eRev.Ji tsuoMori k awa,pas-torofth eLi rstBaptistch urch ,offici ated.Th ebri dewasattendedby h ersister,Mrs.JroYosh i -zawa,andth e groom by MakKawano.Areceptionforth enewlywedswas h eld i nHardnatth e h omeofth egroom'sparentsavDec.18.

Auxili aryDinnerTh e SaltLak eJACL women'sauxili ary h eld adinnerWednes-dayevening,Jan.4,atth e h omeofMrs.RaeFuj i moto.Th e new cabinetwas i nstalledbyMasao Satow,nationaldrec-torofth eJACL.Heading th eauxili arywi llbeMrs.LessieYamamoto,with TamaKoj i maasvicepres.,GraceKasaiassecretaryand Ch i cTerash matreasurer.Retring cabinetoffi-cersare DorisMatsuura.pres.;AmyDoi,vicepres.;MarySh i oza-k i ,sec.;andRaeFuj i moto,treas.AliceKasa reportedonth ei n-

'ermountain council conventionh eldi nOgdenrecently.

CompareNiseiPh ysi quesWithJapanNationalsTOKYO—Ph ysi calexaminati onsofAmericansofJapaneseances-tryemployedbyoccupationforcesi nJapanwereconductedh ereonDec.12and13underth esponsor-sh i pofSOAP'SPublicHealth andWelfareSectiontocompare i h ei rph ysi calch aracteristi cswith th oseofnativesofJapan.Col.HarryG.Joh nsonannouncedth atth edataonth eph ysi calch ar-acteristi csofth eNi sei willbecom-paredwith th osealreadycompiledonJapanesenationals.Hesaidh ebelievedth atth edatawouldrevealth eNisei tobelargeri n statureandstrongerduetodietaryh abi tsandenvironment.

AFLUnionOpposesStore'sPolicyonMinori tyWork ersLOS ANGELES — Th eAFLCarpentersUnion,Local634,unani-mouslywentonrecorddemandingth atth eMayCompany'sdowntownstoreendi tsdiscri mi natorypolicyi nh i ri ngandupgradingwork ersofminori tygroupancestry.Th eAFLresolutioncalledforth estoretoh i rework ersofJapa-nese,NegroandMexicanancestryi nsalesandclericalj obs.

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