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PACIFIC CITIZEN l/ol 36 No. 14 Aprl 3, 1953 258E. Frst St., LosAngeles12, Calf. 10 cents 'New Horzons' tee of '54 CL confab Overall progra assung for LosAngeles Entusas began to surge a ong co tteeen of te 1954Natonal JACL conventon wc et ere Wednesday wen te tee, "New Hor- zons,"was selected. Te overall progra ofte fve-day conclave at tenew Statler Hotel ndowntown Los Angeles, Sept. 2toSept. 6, 1954 (teLabor Day oldays) was begnnng to taesape, too. Dr.Roy Ns awa, general conventoncar an, .dscussed polcy atters wellnto te ngt,but specal and socal events were ncludedsuc as fs ng, golf, bowlng, queen contest, and fason sow, opefulboosterdelegates at- tendngte 13t bennal con- venton would be fully oc- cupedwle delegates oot on te "callenge of toorrow." Te etropoltanLosAnge- les capters,Downtown, East Los Angeles, Hollywood, Sout- westLos Angeles,WestLos AngelesandVence, are osts. TeStatler asbeen nown to out-of-towners as te otel wt a TVsetn eac roo. BUDGET BUREAUTO URGE CONGRESS APPROPRIATE FULL EVACUEE AWARDS I Was ngton Drector ofte BudgetJo- ;p M. Dodge wll reco end tat Congress approprate funds ecessary to pay all co pro se racuaton cla awards ade le Depart ent of Justcefor e 1952 and 1953fscal years. Rep. SdneyR. Yates (D., I.)told te Was ngton JA- Loffceof ts decsonafter cevngaletter fro te rector ofte Budget.Soe 1,000,000 s nvolved. Me Masaoa, Was ngton "presentatve, aledte an- >unceent as eanng eva- lees wo ave ter clas ttled wll receveter cecs r su er. A suppleental request s ex- ted to be presentedto te sngress byte Budget Bureau. Ie HouseAppropratons sub- ttee consders t frst, en te full co ttee acts up- t, Masaoaexplaned. Te House ten asanopportunty toconcur, reect or odfy te a ount. Te sae process s followed n te Senate and f te a ount s dentcal wt teHouse verson, te bll s forwarded to te Presdent for sgnature. Only after te Presdent's sgnaturecan te Treasury be autorzedto ssue cecs. Te Was ngton offce as pro sed tat te JACL wll doeverytng possble toexpe- dte favorable consderaton of te supple ental appropra- atons. Fr. Murrett feted I Seattle On s way to Japan, Rev. nn C. Murrett, forer pastor Our Lady Queenof Martyrs nurc ere was onoredat a cept»n last Sunday. Hewas stor ofteMarynoll curc o 1926 to 1932. Ctzen two wees, Ccago Isse des C cago Jac Yasutae, 62, frst Isse to 'be naturalzed n C cago wen ebeca e a ctzen only twowees ago, sdead. TeC cagoResettlers Co- ttee drector dedMondayn Coo County osptal after ta- ng ll wledrvng s auto n te Loop.Fnal rtes are sceduled to orrow at St. Paul's Epscopal curc, were s son, te Rev. McaelS. Yasutae, as beenpastor. Reorganzaton of Nat'l JCCA loos, Nat'l executve sec'y Tanaa resgns I Vancouver, B.C. I Reorganzaton of te Naton- I JapaneseCanadan Ctzens Issocaton s te an te bs weeend wen te fft ptonal councl sesson scall- I to order byTedT. Ao, na- lonal presdent. [Proposals callng for reor- pnzaton and odfcaton n eNatonal JCCA ave largely le ed fro te fnancal rss were provncalcap- fcrs fnd teselves unableto feet ter budget quotas -un- prte present operaton of pergency budget of $4,800. [Most oftepresent budget | utlzed for tewor of a [v11-te natonalexecutve pcretary. [Capters n Ontaro and Mantoba ave proposed a prt-te secretary;Mantoba Mggestga budget of$2,400, ple Ontaro's est ate s POOO. Quebec suggested a Matng natonal eadquarters pa provncal bass. Canadancapters toberep- esented are: Vancouver, Ka loops. 8.C.; Let- al-' Rav"ond, Alta.; Toronto, "nnepeg and Montreal. " " » „ Toronto George Tanaa, wo as been xecutve secretary of teNa- lonal Japanese Canadan Ct- ens Assocaton for te past |x years, as tendered s re- 'gnaton,t was dsclosedlast ree. Natonalpresdent Ted T. «> was ased toconsder s equest ade last February and t ave te NatonalJCCA -ouncl accept s resgnaton * te fft natonal conference etng Is- weeend n Van- couver, B. C. Tanaa beleved tat teNa- tonal JCCAsould not gve up tswor,especally te wor nvolvedfor relatvesof Japa- nese Canadan fa les woare dened ad sson to Canada. Te JCCA sould contnueto adtesepeople, esad. "Te eart, te uan touc of te JCCA s portant." Evacuee cla ay bedsssed f address unnown Los Angeles Japanese vernaculars were nfored ts paswee byte Japanese Evacuaton Clas of- fce eretat soe25 percent of claants avefaled to n- for teDepart entof Jus- tce of ter cange n address. Frequently, notces aled to claantsto ter last-nown address avebeen returnedby te Post Offce. In teevent, acla ant can- not be located, ts possble tat tecla ay be dsss- ed on te grounds tatte cla ant as abandoned s cla because s falure to ad- vse te Depart ent of s wereabouts,Jo nston K. Waler, attorney n carge, re- cently stated. Tesecton as, fro te to te, releasedalst of persons n te Soutern Calforna area w ose present wereabouts are unnown. It saduty of eac cla ant, or s ers at law were te cla ants deceased, to eep te Dept. of Justce nfored.of any cange naddress. Sx SoutlandIsse to be naturalzedApr. 10 Los Angeles Sx Isse, te frst n ts area, wll besworn nas Unted States naturalzed ctzens .by Federal DstrctJudge Ernest A. Toln on Apr.10 ere n cereones wc wll be at- tended by X cvc,county and stateoffcals. Te sx Issewll be a ong a-group of canddates representng41 dfferent coun- tres. A celebratonlunceon o- norng te new ctzens wll be eld edately followng te nductoncere ones under co- sponsors p of te JACL and teSC Japanese C. of C. Arzona JACL puttng fnsng touces To tree-day 'funn sun' conventon Poenx Te tree-day "Fun n te Sun" Conventonof te Pacfc Soutwest Dstrct Councl, sceduled ere May 1, 2 and3, wll be teoutstandng JACL gaterng anyw ere n te country, accordng to JonTa- dano, conventoncar anand pastpresdent ofte Arzona ost capter. Conventon glgtsnclude openngcere ones onFrday, May1. Te Saturday ornng and afternoon busnesssessons wll be punctuatedbyaRecog- ntonLunceon onorng for- er Senate MaortyLeader, ErnestW. McFarland, and an outdoor western barbecuea-la- cuc wagon tat evenng. Curc servces and sgt- seeng tourswll tae up te daylg t ourson Sundaytop- pedwt aconventon banquet and ballnte evenng. A andcap bowlngtourna- ent sanctonedby teABC wll be eldon Saturdayand Sunday at Poenx Bowlng Center. Entry deadlne wll be Apr. M, accordngto Ta No- ura, tournaent car an. Asparlng44-pageConven- ton Progra ncludng 12 pages of color potograpywll beone of anysouvenrstat delegatesand boosterswll re- ceve.Westerngear wll bete rule, Tadanosad. \ Dgntareswopartcpatng nteconventon, wll beGov. Howard Pyleof Arzona, Poe- nx Mayor HoenFoster, Glen- dale Mayor Screy, CountyAt- torney Wlla P. Maoney and SuperorCourtJudges Lorna Locwood and Carles Bern- sten. Delegatesareexpectedfro all 17 e ber captersof te Pacfc SoutwestDstrct Councl predcted Tut Yata, PSWDC car an. Te cap- ters nclude: Arzona, CoaccllaValley, Down- town L.A., East L.A., GardenaVal- ley, Hollywood,Long Beac-Har- bor Dstrct, Orange County, Pas- adena, San Dego, SanLusObspo, Santa Barbara, SantaMaraValley, Soutwest L.A., Vence, Ventura CountyandWest L.A. A carteredplane s beng plannedto transport delegates fro teLos Angeles area,t was revealed. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PICK CHERRY BLOSSOM QUEEN ON CHANCE SPIN Was ngton A an wo nor ally would not be seen n te saeroo wt a ga blng devce soon wllpersonally operatea w eel of fortune. Attorney General Brownell wll anpulate agant-szed carnval w eel at te Naton- alCerry Blosso Festval Ball next Frday to deter- newowll be te 1953 CerryBlosso queen. One of te 52prncessesfro all states andterrtores wll be selected queen wen te w eel stopson tenaeof er state or terrtory. Santa Clara yout, 8, struc byautooble Santa Clara Kennet Fu, 8, of Route 1, Box 860,Santa Clara, receved nor nures T ursday last wee wen e was struc by an auto atntersecton of Scott LaneandEl Ca no Real. Dr- ver oftecarwasGusseK. Rotolz, 52, of SanJose. Poneers of Kona coffee onored by grateful Hawaan co unty By LAWRENCE NAKATSUKA Honolulu Tey ade an nsprngsg t —te25agedJapanese wo sat groupedtogeter under teot noonsun. Most were en n blac suts; about atrd were wo en n sple, dar dresses. Teywereseated ona broad atletcfeld nKona,on te slandof Hawa, wc tey ave called oe snceleavng Japan before te turn ofte century. Tese en and wo en were beng onored by a grateful co untyfor av- ngdevoted 50 or oreyears tegrowngcoffee. Tey were teponeerswo ade te nae "Kona coffee" world fa ous and wostayed on ter fars troug poverty andprosperty. About 3,000townsen ofte sleepyvllage turned out to pay trbute. Te Governor of Ha- wa, Sa uel Wlder Kng, flew fro Honolulu165 les away to onorte oldters. Te Japanese consul generalwas teretoo; so wereteP lp- pne consul,and any oter offcals. Te oldest coffee poneer was Mrs. Mna Morta, 95 yearsof agebut stll earty enoug to st troug te two our progra undera scorc ngsun. Te youngest was69years of age. Mostwere n ter 70s. A andful were unableto be present. Twooldters adeac put n62 years of labornto coffee growng—a record for te group. Tey ad coefro Japan as contract laborers n 1891and are te only survvors of tat frst group. Speaerafterspeaertoo turnat te loudspeaer tocon- gratulate te poneers. Te speaersrecalled teups and downs ofa coffee ndustry wose fate depends so uc on te fluctuatng prces n te world aret. Kona'scoffee productonlast year aounted to 7,500,000 pounds,valued at about$3,- 500,000. It representeda frac- ton of 1 per cent of te world's producton but to Kona, t eant te cef source oftat dstrct'snco e. At one te nearly all te coffeefarerswereJapanese. Today, 70 percent are Japa- nese; 25percent areFlpnos, and'fve per cent, oters. Te depressonyears of te 1930swere dsastrousfor te coffee ndustry. Te growers san eavly ntodebt but were rescuedbya group of adustors wo settled te debts tat a ounted to nearly$2,000,000. A federalcredt unon as snce been organzed to assst tefarers. Te recognton cere ony was part of a twoday festval, Mar. 28-29, tat., ncluded a paradeof floats, coronatonof a queen, presentaton ofcert- fcates to te oldte coffee growers and oter poneers n tecoffee ndustry, asuptu- ous lunceon, acarnval, base- ballga es, asquerade ball, cldren's feld day, a udoex- bton, a lanternparade, and an nternatonal progra dra- atzng glgts nKona's story. Alln all, te festval was ust aboutte ost a btous, ost successful co unty pro- ectever sponsored by te Konapeople. It was a fttngrecognton for tat ardy band of cof- fee farers wowouldnot qut even durng te leanest years. Baron Goto onored Honolulu Y. BaronGoto,assocated- rector of te agrcultural exten- son servce tepast 25 years at teUnv. of Hawa, was conferred an onorary degree of Doctor of Huantes last Sun- day. Hewasalsopresented a certfcateofrecognton fro Epslon Sg a P, natonal onorary fraternty.

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PACIFIC CITIZENl/ol36 No.14 April3,1953 258E.FirstSt.,LosAngeles12,Calif. 10cents

'NewHorizons'th emeof'54CLconfabOverallprogramassumingform

LosAngelesEnth usi asm began to surgeamong committeemenofth e1954NationalJACLconventionwh i ch met h ere Wednesdaywh enth eth eme,"NewHori-zons,"was selected.Th eoverallprogram ofth efive-dayconclaveatth enewStatlerHoteli ndowntownLosAngeles,Sept.2toSept.6,1954(th eLaborDayh oli days)wasbeginni ngtotak esh ape,too.Dr.RoyNish i k awa,generalconventionch ai rman,.discussedpolicymatters wellintoth enigh t,butspecialandsocialeventswere i ncludedsuch asfish i ng, golf,bowling,queencontest, and fash i on sh ow,h opefulboosterdelegates at-tendingth e13th bi enni alcon-vention would be fully oc-cupiedwh i ledelegatesmootonth e"ch allenge oftomorrow."Th emetropolitanLosAnge-lesch apters,Downtown,EastLosAngeles,Hollywood,South -westLos Angeles,WestLosAngelesandVenice,areh osts.Th eStatlerh asbeenk nowntoout-of-townersasth eh otelwith aTVseti neach room.

BUDGETBUREAUTOURGECONGRESSAPPROPRIATEFULLEVACUEE AWARDS

IWash i ngton

Directorofth eBudgetJo-;ph M.DodgewillrecommendtatCongressappropriatefundsecessarytopayallcompromiseracuationclaimawardsmadeleDepartmentofJusticefori e 1952and1953fi scalyears.Rep.SidneyR.Yates(D.,I.)toldth eWash i ngtonJA-Lofficeofth i sdeci si onafteri cei vi ngaletterfromth ei rectorofth eBudget.Some1,000,000i s i nvolved.Mi k e Masaok a,Wash i ngton"presentative,h ai ledth ean->uncementasmeaning eva-lees wh oh ave th ei rclaimsttledwillreceiveth ei rch eck srsummer.Asupplementalrequesti sex-i tedtobepresentedtoth esngressbyth eBudgetBureau.IeHouseAppropriati onssub-i mmi tteeconsiders i tfirst,enth efullcommitteeactsup-i i t,Masaok aexplained.Th e

Houseth enh asanopportunitytoconcur,rejectormodifyth eamount.Th e sameprocess i sfollowedi nth eSenateandi fth eamounti s i denti calwithth eHouseversion,th ebi llisforwardedtoth ePresidentforsignature.Only afterth e President'ssignaturecanth eTreasurybeauth ori zedto i ssue ch eck s.Th e Wash i ngton office h aspromisedth atth eJACLwilldoeveryth i ngpossibletoexpe-ditefavorableconsiderationofth esupplementalappropria-ations.

Fr.Murrettfeted

ISeattle

On h i swaytoJapan,Rev.i nnC.Murrett,formerpastorOurLadyQueenofMartyrsnurch h erewas h onoredatacepti»nlastSunday.Hewasi storofth eMaryk nollch urchom 1926to1932.

Citi zentwoweek s,Ch i cagoIssei di es

Ch i cagoJack Yasutak e,62,firstIsseito'benaturalized i n Ch i cagowh enh ebecameaciti zenonlytwoweek sago,i sdead.Th eCh i cagoResettlersCom-mi tteedirectordiedMondayi nCook Countyh ospi talaftertak -i ng i llwh i ledrivi ng h i sautoi n th eLoop.Finalritesaresch eduledtomorrowatSt.Paul'sEpiscopalch urch ,wh ereh i sson,th eRev.Mi ch aelS.jYasutak e,h asbeenpastor.

Reorganizati onofNat'lJCCAlooms,Nat'lexecutivesec'yTanak aresigns

IVancouver,B.C.

IReorganizati onofth eNation-IJapaneseCanadianCi ti zensIssociati oni s th emai n i tembisweek endwh en th efi fthptionalcouncilsessioni scall-ItoorderbyTedT.Aok i ,na-lonalpresident.

[Proposals callingforreor-pnizati onandmodifi cati oni nh eNationalJCCAh avelargelylemmedfrom th e fi nancialrisi swh ereprovinci alch ap-fcrsfindth emselvesunabletofeetth ei rbudgetquotas-un-prth e presentoperationofpergencybudgetof$4,800.[Mostofth epresentbudget|utili zedforth ework ofa[v11-time nationalexecutivepcretary.[Ch apters i n Ontario andManitoba h ave proposed aprt-time secretary;ManitobaMggestmgabudgetof$2,400,pi le Ontario's estimate i sPjOOO. Quebec suggested aMatingnationalh eadquarterspaprovinci albasis.Canadianch apterstoberep-esentedare:Vancouver,Kamloops.8.C.; Leth -al-'Rav"iond,Alta.;Toronto,"nnepegandMontreal.

" " »„ TorontoGeorgeTanak a,wh oh asbeenxecutivesecretaryofth eNa-lonalJapaneseCanadianCiti -ensAssociati onforth epast|xyears,h astenderedh i sre-'gnation,i twasdisclosedlastreek .NationalpresidentTed T.«>k i wasask edtoconsiderh i sequestmadelastFebruaryandth aveth eNationalJCCA-ouncilaccepth i sresignation*th efi fth nati onalconferencemetingIh i s-week endi nVan-

couver,B.C.Tanak abelievedth atth eNa-tionalJCCAsh ouldnotgiveupi tswork ,especiallyth eworki nvolvedforrelativesofJapa-neseCanadianfamili eswh oaredenied admissi onto Canada.Th eJCCA sh ouldcontinuetoaidth esepeople,h esai d."Th eh eart,th eh umantouch ofth eJCCA i si mportant."

Evacueeclaimmaybedismi ssedi faddressunk nown

LosAngelesJapanese vernaculars werei nformedth i spasi week byth eJapaneseEvacuationClaimsof-ficeh ereth atsome25percentofclaimantsh avefailedto i n-form th eDepartmentofJus-ti ceofth ei rch ange i naddress.Frequently,noticesmailedtoclaimantstoth ei rlast-k nownaddressh avebeenreturnedbyth ePostOffice.Inth eevent,aclaimantcan-notbe located,i ti spossibleth atth eclaimmaybedismi ss-ed on th e groundsth atth eclaimanth as abandoned h i sclai mbecauseh i sfai luretoad-vi se th e Departmentof h i swh ereabouts,Joh nstonK.Walk er,attorneyi nch arge,re-centlystated.Th esection h as,fromtimetotime,releasedalistofpersonsinth eSouth ernCaliforniaareawh osepresentwh ereaboutsareunk nown.Iti sadutyofeach claimant,orh i sh ei rsatlawwh ereth eclaimantisdeceased,to k eepth eDept.ofJusticei nformed.ofanych ange i naddress.

SixSouth landIsseitobenaturalizedApr.10

LosAngelesSixIssei,th efi rsti nth i sarea,willbesworn i nasUnitedStates naturalizedciti zens.byFederalDi stri ctJudgeErnestA.Tolin onApr.10 h ere i nceremonieswh i ch willbe at-tendedby

Xcivi c,county and

stateoffici als.Th esi xIssei willbeamonga-groupofcandidatesrepresenting41 differentcoun-tries.A celebrationlunch eon h o-noringth enewciti zenswillbeh eld i medi atelyfollowingth ei nductionceremoniesunderco-sponsorsh i pofth eJACLandth eSCJapaneseC.ofC.

ArizonaJACLputtingfini sh i ngtouch esToth ree-day'funi nsun'convention

Ph oeni xTh eth ree-day"Fun i nth e

Sun"Conventionofth ePacifi cSouth westDi stri ctCouncil,sch eduledh ereMay1,2and3,willbeth eoutstandingJACLgath eri ng anywh ere i n th ecountry,accordingtoJoh nTa-dano,conventionch ai rmanandpastpresidentofth eAri zonah ostch apter.Conventionh i gh li gh tsi nclude

openingceremoniesonFriday,May1.Th eSaturdaymorningandafternoonbusinesssessionswillbepunctuatedbyaRecog-niti onLunch eon h onori ngfor-merSenateMajori tyLeader,ErnestW.McFarland,andanoutdoorwesternbarbecuea-la-ch uck wagonth atevening.

Ch urch servicesandsigh t-seeing tourswilltak eupth edayligh th oursonSundaytop-pedwith aconventionbanquetandballi nth eevening.

A h andi capbowlingtourna-mentsanctionedbyth eABCwillbeh eldonSaturdayandSunday atPh oeni x BowlingCenter.EntrydeadlinewillbeApr.M,accordingtoTak No-

mura,tournamentch ai rman.Aspark li ng44-pageConven-ti onProgram including 12pagesofcolorph otograph ywillbeoneofmanysouvenirsth atdelegatesandboosterswillre-ceive.Westerngearwillbeth erule,Tadanosaid. \Digni tari eswh opartici pati ngi nth econvention,willbeGov.HowardPyleofArizona,Ph oe-nixMayorHoh enFoster,Glen-daleMayorSch rey,CountyAt-torneyWilli amP.Mah oneyandSuperiorCourtJudgesLornaLock woodandCh arlesBern-stein.Delegatesareexpectedfromall17memberch aptersofth ePacifi c South westDi stri ctCouncilpredicted TutYata,PSWDC ch ai rman.Th ech ap-ters i nclude:Arizona, Coaci i cllaValley,Down-townL.A., EastL.A., GardenaVal-ley,Hollywood,Long Beach -Har-borDistri ct, OrangeCounty,Pas-adena, SanDiego,SanLuisObispo,SantaBarbara, SantaMariaValley,South west L.A., Venice,VenturaCountyandWestL.A.

A ch arteredplane i sbeingplannedtotransportdelegatesfrom th eLosAngelesarea,i twasrevealed.

ATTORNEYGENERALTOPICKCHERRYBLOSSOMQUEENON CHANCESPIN

Wash i ngtonA manwh onormallywouldnotbe seen i n th esameroomwith agamblingdevicesoonwillpersonallyoperateawh eeloffortune.AttorneyGeneralBrownellwillmanipulateagiant-sizedcarnivalwh eelatth eNation-alCh erryBlossom FestivalBallnextFriday to deter-minewh owillbe th e 1953Ch erryBlossom queen.Oneofth e52princessesfromallstatesandterritori eswillbeselected queen wh en th ewh eelstopsonth enameofh erstateorterritory.

SantaClarayouth ,8,struck byautomobile

SantaClaraKenneth Fuj i i ,8,ofRoute1,Box860,SantaClara,receivedmi nor i nj uri es Th ursday lastweek wh enh e wasstruck byanautoati ntersectionofScottLaneandElCaminoReal.Dri-verofth ecarwasGussieK.Roth h olz,52,ofSanJose.

PioneersofKonacoffeeh onoredbygratefulHawai i ancommunity

ByLAWRENCE NAKATSUKAHonolulu

Th eymadean i nspi ri ngsi gh t—th e25agedJapanesewh osatgroupedtogeth erunderth eh otnoonsun. Mostweremen i nblack suits;aboutath i rdwerewomeni nsimple,dark dresses.Th eywereseatedonabroadath leti cfi eld i nKona,onth ei slandofHawai i ,wh i ch th eyh avecalledh omesinceleavingJapanbeforeth eturnofth ecentury.Th ese men and womenwere being h onored by agratefulcommunityforh av-i ngdevoted50ormoreyearstegrowingcoffee.Th eywereth epioneerswh omadeth ename"Konacoffee"worldfamousandwh ostayed onth ei rfarmsth rough povertyandprosperity.About3,000townsmenofth esleepyvi llageturnedouttopaytribute.Th eGovernorofHa-wai i ,SamuelWilderKing,flewfromHonolulu165mi lesawayto h onorth eoldtimers.Th eJapaneseconsulgeneralwasth eretoo;sowereth ePh i li p-pi neconsul,andmanyoth eroffici als.Th e oldestcoffeepioneerwasMrs.Mina Morita,95yearsofagebutstillh eartyenough tositth rough th etwo h ourprogram underascorch i ngsun.Th eyoungestwas69yearsof

age. Mostwere i nth ei r70s.A h andfulwereunabletobepresent.Twooldtimersh adeach puti n62yearsoflabori ntocoffeegrowing—a record forth egroup. Th ey h adcomefromJapanascontractlaborers i n1891andareth eonlysurvivorsofth atfi rstgroup.Speak erafterspeak ertookturnatth eloudspeak ertocon-gratulate th e pioneers. Th espeak ersrecalledth eupsanddowns ofa coffee i ndustrywh osefatedependssomuch onth efluctuating prices i n th eworldmark et.Kona'scoffeeproductionlastyear amounted to 7,500,000pounds,valuedatabout$3,-

500,000.Itrepresentedafrac-ti onof1percentofth eworld'sproduction buttoKona, i tmeantth ech i efsourceofth atdi stri ct'sincome.Atonetimenearlyallth ecoffeefarmerswereJapanese.Today,70 percentareJapa-nese;25percentareFili pi nos,and'fivepercent,oth ers.Th edepressionyearsofth e1930sweredisastrousforth ecoffee i ndustry. Th e growerssank h eavi lyi ntodebtbutwererescuedbyagroupofadjustorswh o settled th e debts th atamountedtonearly$2,000,000.A federalcredituni on h assi ncebeen organizedtoassistth efarmers.Th e recogniti on ceremonywaspartofatwodayfestival,Mar.28-29, th at.,i ncluded aparadeoffloats,coronationofa queen,presentationofcerti-fi cates toth e oldtimecoffeegrowersandoth erpioneersi nth ecoffeei ndustry,asumptu-ouslunch eon,acarnival,base-ballgames,masqueradeball,ch i ldren'sfieldday,a j udoex-h i bi ti on,a lanternparade,andan i nternationalprogram dra-matizi ng h i gh li gh ts i nKona'sh i story.

Allinall,th efestivalwasj ustaboutth emostambiti ous,mostsuccessfulcommunitypro-j ecteversponsored by th eKonapeople.Itwasafitti ngrecogniti onforth ath ardybandofcof-feefarmerswh owouldnotquitevenduringth eleanestyears.

BaronGoto h onoredHonolulu

Y.BaronGoto,associatedi-rectorofth eagriculturalexten-sionserviceth epast25 yearsatth eUni v.ofHawai i ,wasconferredanh onorarydegreeofDoctorofHumaniti eslastSun-day.Hewasalsopresentedacertifi cateofrecogniti onfromEpsilon Sigma Ph i ,nationalh onoraryfraternity.

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Wash i ngtonNewsletterMIKEMASAOKA

Congress i nconfusion...Th eadageth atyoucan'tteach anolddognewtrick sseemstodescribecongres-sionalactionsth usfar.Afteralmostaquartercenturyofcomparativeoblivi on,i tap-pearsas i fth eRepublicansj ustcan'tgetusedtoth ei death atth ey're i nth emajori tynow.Andth eDemocraticmi-norityi sapparentlyunawareofi tselectionfadeout.beh av-i ngasi fi tstillrunsth esh owonCapitolHill.Th i sstrangeconditi onedre-flexisapparentonalmosteverypageofth elegislativej ournalsinceth ePresidenttook offi ceJan.20.Republicans,moreoftenth annot,arewh ali ngawayatth eadmini stration as i fformerPresidentTrumanwasstilli nth eWh i teHousewh i leth eDe-mocratsareconstantlyrisi ngtoth edefenseofth enewRe-publicanch i efexecutive.Ith appenedonth efi rstma-j ordomesticbi lltocomebeforeth enewCongress—extensionofth ePresident'sreorganizati onpowers.Ith appenedagainonth efi rstforeignrelati6nsmea-sure—th eproposalEisenh owerdeclarationagainstCommunist"enslavement"polici es.In between,th e GOP-led

committees h arassed th e ad-mi ni stration with everyth i ngfrom demandstoexaminede-partmentalloyaltyfilestoat-tack son foreign i nformationprograms,fromcallingfortaxcutstoexplanationsoffarmpolici es.Th eDemocratssayth atth e

Republicansstillh ave th epsych ologyofaminori typar-ty,th atth eycan'tgetusedtoresponsibi li ty.Republicansreplyth atth eDemocratsaresousedtodefendingth ePre-si dentth atth eydosoauto-matically.Maybe wh at'sneeded i sagoodpsych i atri st,assuggestedbya"Wash i ngtonPost"writer.

★Ass'tsec.ofstate...WalterS.Robertsonh asbeennominatedtobeAssistantSe-cretaryofStateforForEasternAffairs,succeedingJoh nM.Al-lison,recentlyconfirmedasournewAmbassadortoJapan.ARich mond(Va.)i nvestmentbank erandanEisenh owerDe-mocrat,h ei saso-calledCh i naexpert.Hisappointmenti ssai dtobeaconcessiontoth osewh oarech argi ngth atth enewad-mi ni strationi stoopro-Japan,wh atwith th eSecretaryofStateandth enewambassador]soi nti matelytiedupwith post-warJapaneseh i story.

Mr.Robertson,59yearsold,h ash eldmanydiplomaticas-signments.Hewasch i efofth eUni tedStatesLend-LeaseMis-si ontoAustralia i n1943-44,economicadvisertoth eStateDepartmenti n1945,andMini s-terandCounselorforeconomicaffairsatth eAmericanEm-bassy i nCh ungk i ngi n1945-46andlaterch arged'affairs.

JlewasalsoUnitedStatesCommissi onerofth eMarsh allTruceCommissi onatPeipi ngi n1946and i n1948wasamem-berofth ePublicAdvisoryCommissi onto th eEconomicCooperation Admini stration'sCh i naai dprogram.

PerlmanandJACL...So many h ave commented

from timetotimeonJACL'sattitude.onth eWalter-McCar-ranImmigrationandNaturali-zationActth atth i sobserverwasparticularlyi nterested i nth ecommentsofPh i li pB.Perl-manonth i smatter.Speak i ngatth eFifth Na-ti onalConferenceonCivi lLi-bertiesi nWash i ngtonrecently,

th eformerSolici torGen-eralofth eUni tedStatesandch ai rmanof President;Trvm an'sCommissi oni on Immigra-tionandNa-tvralizati on3xpressed h i sopini on th atJACL's posi-ti on during

congressionaldebate$nth ele-gislation was th orough ly un-derstandableand j usti fi able.Infact,h e sai dth atunderth esamecircumstancesh ewouldh avetak enexactlyth esamepositi on.Iti salso i nterestingtonotei npassingth atnotoneofmoreth an 100representativesofah undrednationalliberal,labor,minori ti es,civi lrigh ts,racialandreligi ousorganizati onsas-sembledatth efi rstcivi lli-bertiesconferencesincelastNovember'selectiontook i ssuewith JACL'spositi ononth eActasexplainedby i tsWash -i ngtonrepresentative.

Alldid,ofcourse,expressth e h opeth atJACLwouldnow j oi nwith th em i nseek -i ngneededclarifyi ngandli-beralizi ng amendments.Allseemedpleasedth atth eJA-CLwastak i ngth econstruc-tiveapproach toth eproblembysettingupaspecialstudycommissi onandmanycom-mentedth atth ei deaofth reecommitteeswith specifi ctask satpolicymak i ng,tech ni caldrafting,andwatch dogfunc-ti onswasanexcellentone.Th eth ough twasexpresseedth ati tmigh tbetenyearsormorebeforeanyrealrevisi onsofth elawmigh tbeexpected.

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MASAOKA

GOP andcivi lrigh ts...Perh apsth eRepublicanpar-ty'si deasoncivi lrigh tscanbesummedupi nth ereportofth eprogramch ai rmanforth eFi fthNati onalConferenceonCivi lLi bertiesth atnotasingleGOPsenatororcongressmanwh owasapproach edwouldacceptan i nvi tati on toaddress th egath eri ng.Pres.Eisenh owerdid,h ow-ever,send greetings,h i sfirstcommentoncivi lrigh tssinceh i spassingmentionofth esub-j ecti n h i s i nauguraladdresslastJan.20.Anoth erreporth ad i tth atoneRepublicansenatordeclaredth atci vi lrigh ts was now a"smear"word.

JapanInterationalCh ri sti anUniversitytoopenApr.15ByTAMOTSUMURAYAMA

JapanBureau,Th ePacifi cCiti zenTok yo

Th enewlyformedJapanIn-ternationalCh ri sti anUniversity-atnearbyMitak awillopen i tsopeni tsacademicyearonApr.15toafresh manclassof199students,i twasannouncedbyDr.GeorgeK.Togasak i ,ch ai r-manofth eboardoftrustees.¥400,000sch olarsh i ps h ave

been grantedto 28 students.Amongth eh onoredisKiyosh iTagash i ra,orph anedsonofth eRev.andMrs.Ch i yok i ch i Ta-gash i ra,wh oseevangelisti cac-tivi ti esi nth eStateswerecon-centratedi nNorth ernCalifor-ni aandPortland,Ore.Unfortunately,th eRev.

1and Mrs. Tagash i ra were

k i lledbyth eatom bomb i nHirosh i ma.Th ei ronly sonh adbeenevacuatedto Ya-maguch i .Th esmallfresh manclassi si n contrastto th e si ze ofclasses i noth erJapanesecol-legeswh erefi nancialpressuresand sh ortage ofupper-levelsch oolfacili ti esmak eforh eavyenrollment.Prefecturalgovernorswereask edtorecommendoutstand-i ngsch olarsforenrollmentex-aminati ons.Five sch olarsh i pswerealsoestablish edforfiveCh i nesesch olars,Dr.Togasak isaid.Dr.Togasak i ,th eonlyNiseionth eICUstaffasch ai rman

ofth eboard oftrmt.Ipointedoutth eunivSJterpreamble: Cli«7«

i "£h ri anfri ea«lsof]JJ"***u.n StaleTJHth eDomini onofCanad■peopleelsewh ereth Z!|th eworldwh oareli Sed,believi ngth ateSSfaith andpracticeuMbasisoftruedemocrat1desiri ngtoexpresstilth Mwilltoth oseciti zelpanwh oareendeavolldevelopademocratic*!baseduponCh ri sti an3pies, h averesolvedto 9th efoundingandoCImentofan i nsti tuti taah i gh er learning in ik nown as th eInterniSCh ri sti anUniversity»wMDr. Togasak i 's ac'eotj

mentsforICUduringth e*stagesofth eOccupationsflbe h i gh lycomplimented!mer Ambassador Joseph !Grewwasalso i nstrument!th erealizati on ofth i s j nfltionofh i gh erlearning |Dr.Hach i roYuasat«Mh eadofDosh i sh aUnivenj jKyoto,i spresidentofth e!versity. Dr.MauriceTilformerlyofSyracuse\}Msity,N.Y.,andHaroldW.Bk etth avebeen named!presidents.

JapanSecurityForcesofficersarrivetobetrainedatFt,Benningarmysch ool

SanFranciscoSi xmembersofth eJapaneseNationalSecurity Force ar-rivedh erelastweek ,enrouteto Ft.Benning,Ga.,wh ereth eywillundergo U.S.Armyofficerstraini ng. Atotalof

143Japaneseofficersareex-pectedtoattendarmysch oolsh eerth i syear.Amongth egroupwasaTa-coma-bornJapanese,Inspector1/c Tak ayuk i Sak azak i .Hi srank i sequivalenttoanarmycaptain,h eexplained. ■HewassenttoJapanwh i lesti lli n j uni orh i gh sch ool,fin-i sh edsch oolsth ereandentereda navaltraini ng college i n1934.Duringth ePacifi cwar,h e served on Japan'sEigh thFleetflagsh i p*Aoba.Hisfath er, Tok utaroSak a-zak i ,was i nth i scountryuntil1946wh enh erepatriatedtoJa-panfromTuleLak e.Th e JapaneseofficersworeuniformscloselypatterenedafterU.S.Armyuniforms.

Bro.Th eoph anei nL.A._Lo»Angeles

Broth er Th eoph ane Walsh ,wh owasrecalledtoth eStatesrecentlyforsurgery,aftera'twoyearstayi nTok yo i snowrecuperatingatth eMaryk nollHouseat426S.Boyleaye.

CAPSULES

GraceKoh atsu,secretarytoRep.SidneyR.Yates(I).,111.)j oi nedth eCh i cagoJACLerpublicati onstaff.Sh etak essh orth andatth erateof225wordsperminute...'*Jetpilot2ndLt.'MelvinSatoofDenverh ascompletedtrain-i ngatth eCh andlerAirForceBaseandh asbeenreassignedtoth ewestcoastCivi lDefenseCommand.

" " "Juich i Mi k ami ,well-k nownIssei i nsuranceman i nFresno,sustainedseriousi nj uri esi nanautomobileaccidentMar.22wh enh i scaranda h i gh waypatrolcarcrash edalmosth ead-on.

" * *NewYork Buddh i stCh urch 's"ch i go" parade, th e*,secondti mei twaseverh eld,twoSundaysagoprovedtobe acamerafan'sdeligh t.Ph oto-graph ersfromth emajormet-ropolitanwereon h andtotak esh otswh i ch appeared i nsev-eralMondayediti ons.Th epa-radefi rstwash eldi n1948.

" " «Sh i roKash i wawasamong

seven Republicans approvedforindorsementbyth eHawai i -anBarassociati onfortwoac-tualandth reepotentialvacan-ciesonth e Honolulucircui tbench . ...HarryStewartwilldoh i s

Japanese ch aracter,HarryKari,onth eApr.12EddieCantorTVsh ow.

" * *Th e new $800,000Kuak i niHospitali nHonoluluwasof-fici allyopenedlastMar.15.Itconsistsof125beds,30bas-si netsaswellasmodernequip-ment. Funds were publiclysubscribed.

" » »MarineCpl.KatsuoKi k uch i ,formersports editorofth eCampPendleton(Calif.)Scout,i s now public i nformationwriteratth e PearlHarborMarineBarrack s.Hewasfor-merlyemployedbyth eHono-luluAdvertiser.

" " "Sh i geruHotok e,Kauai-borntenor,was amongsoloists i nth estagingoffirstacttoLaTraviata,finaleto,th e1952-53concertseasonofth eHonoluluSymph onyorch esraunderth ebatonofGeorgeBarati.

» " »Jim Isobe,23,son.ofMrsYosh i IsobeofWatsonville,re-centlycompletedpre-fligh tph ageofh i spilottraini ngatLack land Ai rforceBase,SanAntonio,Tex.Heentersbasicflyingtraini nguponreassign-ment.

Issei translatorsassistDetroitci ti zens-to-be

DetroitJapaneseresidents h erearej ubi lantoverth erecentenact-mentofth eWalter-McCarrani mmi grationandnationalityactwh i ch enablesth emtopetiti onforciti zensh i pforth efi rsttime.Th eDetroitJACLch apterh as organized Sunday after-noonclassesatth eInternationalInstitutewith JeanetteTennantas i nstructor.T.Kok uboandMrs.K.Horiuch i are h ertwoIssei assi stants.

Moth eroftwoUnk nown

i nh ead-oncrash Unk nownASanJoseNisei motfagltwoch i ldrenandanoth erItoristwerei nstantlyk i llej Ha h ead-oncollisi onneatflCitylastSaturday.Mrs.Miyok oTok unaga■th edri verofth eoth ercaifli nth eaccident.Herh usband,Katsumi,Bferedfaciali nj uri eswh i le■ch i ldrenPaulandPamelaflsligh tlyi nj ured.Th eywailk entoYubaCityh ospi tal!treatment.Tok unaga i sth eth i rdsaMMoh ei Tok unagaofYubalßTh eyoungerTok unagaslM

beenengagedi nberryfarflnearSanJose.Saturdayth eywereemfl

h ereforavisi tandh adplafltoattendth eannualcomiofltypicni cSunday.Th eywereonlyalcflfromth eTok unagah ome"th e accidentoccurredfl

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Tok yoTopics

TAMOTSU MURAYAMA

Iicostoflivi ng...

Tok yo

panh asbecomeoneofth eexpensivenations i nth ed i nwh i ch toliveduetoh i gh costofrawmaterialsgpurch asedfromAmericaoth ercountries.Th esi tua-isveryseriousforacoun-vith over80mi lli onpeoplei espaceaboutth esi zeoftornia.

wasth egoodold daysi wecoulddispatch lovers with 3-senstamps.'Itredalotofromance.To-1 -Jay, i tcosts

¥10tosendaetter...Th elVfe-sen post-cardofpre-A'ar days i slow ¥5...Th e 7-senstreetcarforelas boomedto¥10i nTo-'■cyo ...Andlph onecallusedtobes-sen.Youh ave

i 5notenowadays,senforh ai rcuts,now ...Th ereok yociti zenswh oüblicbath s,scrublean before dip-i sooth i ngatmos-)ttubfor3 seni n.-..Alas—iti s

question,rice i sntstaplefood i n"sh o"(aboutWii ceformerlycostwe h avetopayTh at'sa4 to1dth eoffi ci alra-i ssuffici enttoanforonlyeigh tmonth .Itmeansupon th e blackmuch ofth eri ceth eremainderof

eadandflourcantoaugmentth eyofrice,butatai loafofbreadto--50.(Th at's,abouti th eoffi ci alex-)f360:1)...Andeadonth atloafpound,milk i s¥20.Be-i twasonly5seni fMaxwellHouse0...Anick elh ewi nggum costs>arofch ocolatei sblack mark eth assupplyofAmeri-s andsweetsbutemendousprices.

%*- h ouseh old i ni suk i yak i onceati lesstoday...beefvariesfromi .e Japanesemust:ostofoccupationtata"starvationi reextremelyh i gh:onlynaturalth atorh asbeenfigh t-i usly forbetteranagement,onth eTSes i tspricestoand,oflabor.Th i sleofwagesandlesunfalteringly.>m America areapanese-madeca-sewing mach i nesth atmanufactur-h ei rproducts.Onei th atth esei tems

lyh i tth eAmeri-tas "American-score, American>gglingceaselesslyttom price,bing toth i sde-prices,manufac-ti napositi ontonandoflabor.Its futuretrouble,

i zens, th us, arebyth eh i gh costnustbeasignofi ti ontobearth i sle!

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HtJRAYAMA

Standee j oi nsWACs,staysontobelterU.S.-Japaneserelationsi nJapan

Yok oh ama,Mostli k elyeverymileanaverageAmericantraveledtoth eFarEastcarriedh i mth atmanymoremilesawayfromh omeandfamily,butaWAC'stripacrossth ePacifi cbrough th ertowith i nafew h oursofh erparents'h omeanda fewminutesfrom twosistersat-tending.college.'Sgt.Tak ak oSak a,k nownasTeddytocowork ers,h asbeeni nJapan27 month s.Sh eex-tendedh erenlistmentandtourofdutyoneyeartostayasi n-terpreter-translatori nth ela-borbranch ofth eci vi li anper-

sonneldi vi si onatHeadquarters,AFFE.Sh ewasborni nOgden,Utah ,wh ere h erfath erwas part-ownerofageneralmerch andi sestore.Herparents,wh owereborn i nJapan,metandmar-riedi nUtah andstayedabout20 years.Th eybrough tth ei rfourdaugh tersback toJapani n1939..Th esergeantfini sh ed j uni orh i gh sch ooli nOgden,andwasgraduatedfromJapanWomen'sUniversity i n Mej i ro,Tok yo,with a teach er'sdegree.Sh emajoredi nEnglish literature.Tak ak oreturnedtoth eUni-tedStates i n 1949,andafterlivi ngwith h ersi sterandbro-th er-i n-law,enlisted i n th eWomen'sArmyCorpsi nApril,1950.Sh ewaswith th eFt.LeeWAC traini ng center cadrepriorto being sentoverseasbecausesh ek newth eJapaneselanguageandwasneededth ere.Sh eextendedh erenlistment"becauseIfeelIh aveagoodopportunityto i mproveJapa-nese-Americanrelationsth rough my j ob,"sh esays."Ienjoy i tfeelIam accomplish -i ngsometh i ng.""Sh eh asth etactanddip!6-

macyweneedi nanAmericantowork with th eJapanesepeople,"said Joh nR.Mead,ch i efofth eci vi li anpersonneldivi si on.Herparentslivei nWak aya-

ma,an overnigh ttraintripfromTok yo."Iseeth emoncei nawh i le,butIoftenseemysistersattendingcollegei nTo-k yo,"sh esai d.

HonestysavesdayforJapanvisi tor

SeattleYosh i nobuYuk i ,wh oarrivedi nSeattleTuesdaylastweek ,from h i s h ome i n Tok yo,i sth ank i ngth eh onestyofayoungAmericanmanforpreventingnear-disasteron h i sfi rsttriptoth eUni tedStates.Th eAmerican,Rich ardYork ,

20,ofEnumclaw,asoph omorestudentatth eUni v.ofWash -*i ngton,was drivi ng onLak eWash i ngtonBlvd.Tuesdaywh enh enoti cedawalletlayingi nth estreet.Hestopped,pick ed i tupandfoundth ati tbelonged toth eJapanesevisi tor.York turnedth ewalletovertoh i sfath er,M.O.York ,editorofth eEnumclawCourier-Her-ald,wh o i nturnnotifi edth eJapaneseconsuli nSeattle.Yu-k i waslocatedandth ewalletwasreturned.Itwasavaluablewallet,too.Itcontained$66,Yuk i 'spass-port,abusti ck etfromSeattletoNew York Cityandoth ervaluablepapers.

WIDOW OFTEXASG.I.UNABLETO CONTINUE,HEADSFOROKINAWA

Bogota,Tex.Back i nJuly,1952,ash y,littleOk i nawangirlsteppedoffanairli neri nParis,Tex-as.Mitzuandh eryoungsonwereswepti ntoth earmsofh er American soldier-h us-band,Sgt.Ch arlesR.EvansofBogota.Butlastweek ,Mitzuwas

back atth eParisAirporttostartth elong journeybackto h erh omeland.Sgt.Evanswask i lledi na

carwreck nearWaco,onlyaboutsixsh ortweek safterMitzureach edAmerica.'Sh eremainedi nBogotaafterh erh usband'sdeath andtriedtoch ange h erOri entalways.Lastweek sh egave i tup.LarryDean, h erAmericanson,i sgoingwith h ertoge-ginanewlifeonOk i nawa.

Hawai i ansoldieri nDesertRock atomictests

CampDesertRock ,Nev.Sgt.1/cLawrenceT.Izuo,wh osewife,.Miyok o,andpar-ents,Mr.andMrs.Yosh i i ch iIzuo,liveat701 Wi nantSt.,Honolulu,wasoneofth espe-ciallyassignedarmymenwh opartici pated i n th e Mar.17AtomicManeuver.Heoccupiedaforwardfox-

h oleduringth e atomicblastandi mmedi atelyafterth eblastch argedforwardi nsk i rmi sh estomopupani magi naryenemyth eoreticallyweak enedbyth eA-bombblast.Sgt.Izuoisamemberofth eSi xth ArmyoperationalstaffforDesertRock .Aveteranofmoreth ansi x

yearsofarmyservice,Sgt.Izuoi sservingatDesertRock asaconstructionsupervisor.

Wesak observanceLosAngeles

Floralofferings and th esweetteaceremonymark th eWesak Day.observanceamongSouth landBussei th i sSundaymorning atNish i Hongwanj i .Th eLosAngelesYBA i sh ostatth especialHanamatsuri ser-rvice.

Nisei moth erh eadsh i gh sch oolPTAgroup

Livi ngstonMrs.BenNagai ofAtwater

wasnamedh eadofth eLivi ng-stonHigh Sch oolPTA lastweek .Sh ewillbei nstalledatth eMaymeeting.Sh ei sbeli evedtobeth efi rstNisei moth erto h eada-(h i ghsch oolgroup.Sh ewasalsofor-mrcountycouncilpresident.

IN HONOR OF

Marjori eNak amura,daugh -terofDr.andMrs.G.Nak a-mura,wasrecently i ni ti atedi nPh i BetaKappa,Gammach apter,ofth eUni v.ofDen-ver.MissNak amura i samemberofMortarBoard,andmajoredi nsociology.Sh ei spastpresidentofSigmaAl-ph o lota,nationalwomen'sprofessionalmusicalsorority.Sh ei sactivei nth eCaliforniaStreetMeth odi stCh urch .

* " "Yasuk oGotandarepresentedth eOntario(Oreg.)ch apterofth eFuture Homemak ers ofAmericaati tsstateconventionrecently.

* * *JudySetsuk oFuruta,seventhgraderatAromasElementarySoh ool,Watsonville,won h ersch oolspelling beech ampi on-sh i pandwillcompete i nth eMontereyCountysemi-fi nalsata dateyettobeannounced.Sh e i sth eseconddaugh terofMr.and Mrs.M.i uruta,re-centlyofCh i cago.

* " "Frank Dobash i i s th enewcommanderofth eGoldenGateNisei MemorialPost9879,VFW,succeedingYosh i ak i Moriwak i ,th epost'sfirst,commander.

MasHoriuch i ,formereditorofth eJACLReporterandJACLHeadquartersoffice manager,h asterminatedh i sservicesth i sweek aftersevenyearsi nSaltLak eCity.DeclaredMasSa-tow,nationalJACL director,"Hisresourcefulnessanddevo-ti on h avebeen i nvaluabletoournationalprogram andwewillmissh i msorely."

Naturalizati onclassi nstructorfetedbySo.AlamedaCountyIssei

CentervilleD. Brook e McKinnon, i n-structor i nth eJapaneselan-guageatth eUni v.ofCalifor-nia,wh otaugh tth eSo.Ala-medaCountyJACLch apterna-turalizati onclass,waspresent-edatok enofappreciati onbyth eIssei studentsata gradu-ation di nnerMar.20 atth eWash i ngtonUnionHigh Sch oolcafeteria.Oth erspeak ersonth epro-gramwere:J.V.Goold, h i gh sch oolsup't.:Haruo Ish i maru, N.C. regionaldirector;Gi i ch i Yosh lok a,NCWNdist.ch mn.E.Doane,eveningh i gh sch oolvice-princi pal,presented stu-dentsth ei rcertifi cates.

Apr.12'open h ouse'Seattle

Volunteercrewsarespeedinguprenovationwork th i sweektopreparefor"openh ouse"ofth eSeattleNisei VeteransCom-mi tteeclubh ouse.Th edatei stentativelysetforApr.12.

Insurersask courtrulingondeath ofSanDiegodentist

SanDiegoTh equestionofwh osh ouldreceivei nsurancebenefitswasraisedbyth eOccidentalLi feInsuranceCo.ofCalifornia i nacivi lactionlastweek byask -i ngth eSuperiorCourth eretodeterminewh eth erth edeath ofDr.GeorgeHarawassuici deormurder.Atstak eth ecompanysaidi ni tspetiti on,aretwo$10,000 i n-surancepolici es i ssuedonth eli feofDr.Hara.Th e dentistdi edofagunsh otwoundi nh i sh omelastDec.28.Ifth ecourtrulesth edeathwas a suici de,th e companysaysth enth ewidow,Mrs.Mi-yek o Hara,34, i senti tledtopaymentunderth epolici es.Ifth ecourtrules h omi ci de,th enth ecompanywantstopayanoth erbenefici ary,aminor,GregoryGeorge.-Th elateDr.Haraservedtwotermsaspresidentofth elocalJACLch apter,during i tsre-activati onperiodandwasac-tive i nallcommunityaffairs.Hispersonalrelationsh i pwith th emayorofth ecityenableedpersonsofJapaneseancestry to presentmanyofth ei rproblemstoth epublic.

IT'SBLOSSOM TIMEINSANFRANCISCO'SJAPANESETEAGARDEN

SanFranciscoTh eJapaneseTeaGardeni n

th eGoldenGatepark h erewasaflamewith blossomsth i sweek .EarlyspringfloweringofJa-

panesech errytrees,magnoliasandrh ododendronsandazaleash ascausedth erecreationandpark .commissi onto designateApril1 th eoffici alstartofblossomti meatth e60-yearoldteagarden.Th egarden,wh i ch unti l1942wasoperatedbyth eHagiwarafamily,i snow leasedbyth ecommissi on on a concessionbasistoMr.andMrs.AlanAg-'new.Inadditi onto i tsbeautifullandscaping,Orientalplantingandoneofth elargestbronze;Buddh asevertoleaveth eFarEast,th egardencontainsaMoonbridge,a many-tieredtample,amodelJapanesedwell-i ng anda terraceoverlook i ngasunk engarden.

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Ch i cago

CornerSMOKYSAKURADA

Twobillsi nth eIlli noi sStateAssemblybeingopposedbyth eCh i cagoJACLareNo.150(th eLarsonh ousi ngreferendum)billandth eNos.101and102(th e Broylesanti-subversives)bills...Lastweek ,th i sCorn-erbrieflysummedupth eLar-sonbillandpointedoutth epossibi li tyofracialandminor-i tyi ssuesbeingi nj ectedduringareferendumcampaignwh i chwouldupsetth eoverallre-developmentplanning.

" 4 "Broylesbill.. .Th eBroylesbillsareaimedagainstsubversivesby i mple-menting a commissi onof15personsappointedbyth egover-nor—fivefrom each h ouseofth e state assembly and fivefrom th egeneralpublic.Opponsntsofth ebi llh aveci tedth e1919statutesagainstsubversiveactivi ti es.Iti scom-preh ensi veandstringent. Th elawwassuccesfully i nvok edtopunish alleged conspiracy,tooverth rowth eU.S.governmentbyforce.Itwasuph eW ascon-

"stitti ti onalbyth eIllinoi ssu-premecourt.Infaceofth i s,'th eproposalsofth e Broyles billappearslegislativelyredundantandawasteofmoney,th eopponentsofth ebilladd.HistoryofapreviousBroyles

Commissi onsh owedth atmorei nnocentpeoplewereth reaten-edwh encomparedto i tsef-fici ency ofturning up andconvicti ngsubversives,i tsop-ponentsquick lypointedout.

"""i »Th eCh i cagoJACLstandswith leadingnewspapers,th eCh i cagodivi si onofth eAC-Lr.sch ools,barassociati onsandoth erci vi corganizati onsi nopposingth eBroylesbill.

" " *Remark edth eCh i cagoDailyNewslastweek i ni tsedi tori als:"Illinoi sh asampleprotectioni n i tslawsagainstcrimi nalsubversives.Th e legislaturesh ouldrejectth eproposaltowasteth emoneywh i ch Sen.Brcyles proposes to th rowdownth edrain."

Personals .;.Rev.George Ak i and h i sch urch ch oi rweresch eduledtoappearonTVch annel9,7:30p.m.,onMar.29,Apr.4and11....Hirosh i Hasegawawasoneof30 h onorstudentsfromth eSoutbside named by EmeryBalduf,deanofstudents,Roose-veltCollege...

" " "Blindfund. ..Th e Mi dwestJACL office

h as a coin-containerforth eBli ndFund,aworth ycause.Itwasrecentlycirculatedatth e'Ch i cagoJACLexecutiveboardmeeting,andi twi llcontinuetobepassedatfuture,socialsandIm<>rjth j ymeetings.

Watsonville'sJACLofficerswerei nstalledbyHaruoIsh i maru,(extremeleft)i nrecentceremonies h eldatDeerPark . Pic-turedare(lefttorigh t)BillMine,re-electedpres.;Tom Na-k ase.2ndv.p.;KenzoYosh i da,Istv.p.;JuneSugidono,cor.sec;BillFuk uba,off.del.;;Ch i yek oSh i k uma,rec.sec;TomTao,alt.del.andHarryVagi,aud. ——YVatsonvilW'Register-Pajaronianph oto.

Wh o'sWh oasCh apterPresidents

Born i n California, 39;at-tended Fowler h i gh sch ool,evacuatedtoJerome,Ark .,re-locatedtoNebrask a.Ranch er(vineyardandfruits)forpast21years.Ch apterplans:to sch eduledi fferentactivi ti eseach monthandconductmonth lymeetings;enterfloati n annualFowlerFallFestival;JACLsch olarsh i p,familyget-togeth ersandagri-culturalspeak ers.MemberofFowlerLions,FowlerSportsman,Nak ayamaSocialclub,boyscoutcommit-teeman,advisertoFowlerBud-dh i stSundaySch oolandFowl-erYBA,pastpresidentofFowlerFriendsh i pSociety.Goe,si nforfish i ng.Married:wi fe Sh i zue, sonTadanddaugh terMarlene.Res.:Rt.1Box111-A,.Fowl-er,Calif.

Born i nFresno,34;sonofMr.andMts.Maruj i Inosh i ta.Prominentvegetableandstraw-berrygrower.Ch apterplans:strength en

ch apterbyvariedsocialacti-viti es,membersh i pgoalof200(largesti nch apter'sh i story,i fattained);tomak eth ePSW-DC Convention,May1-3,th emostmemorable;andtocon-tinueth egreatpublicrelationswork started by lastyear'scabinet.

Served th reeyears i n th eCh i na-Burma-India th eaterduring World War11. Wasprominenti nYBAcirclesbe-foreth ewari nCalifornia,andpresidentofArizonaYBA.

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asth e th emeforth eDetroitJACLspringdancetobegivenApr.11atInternationalInsti-tute.AlHatatewasannouncedas masterofceremoniesbygeneralch ai rmanIreneAbe.Oth ercommitteemeni nclude:FrancesYamaj i ,Frank Lee,prog.:MarleneSato,pub.;SueandGeorgeMatsuh i ro, refresh ments;KaqTa-k ata, decorations;Ai k oNak atani,ti ck ets.Tick etsare$2.70percouple,$1.50perperson.

UNtourNewYork

Anoffici alguidedtourofUnitedNationsh eadquarterswasplannedforth eNewYorkJACLch apterlastSunday.ItwasfollowedbydinneratHel-las,aGreek restaurantonW.44th St.

Berk eleych aptersigh ts300members

Berk eleyInth ecomingweek s,Ber-k eleyJACLstartsadoor-to-doormembersh i pcanvasswithagoalof300. Wi lli amFuj i ta,i n ch arge, h as reported th epresentsignupat110,equaltoth e1952total.Th e.ch apterboardmembersrecently calendared th e re-mainderofth ei rspringpro-gramasfollows:April—lnstallationdinner-dance-Tad Nak amura, Tad Hi rota inch arge.

May—Paneldiscussion."BuyingandBuildi ngaHome;"MasYone-mura i nch arge.June 21 — Communitypicni c;Frank Yamasak i ,AlbertS.Kosa-k ura,ch mns.

CHAPTER MEMO■ ■— ■

Ch i cago JACL:More th an200h avebeensignedupi nth e1953membersh i pdrive,accord-i ng toth e Ch i cago JACLer'sMarch bulletin.BuddyIwataledth egroup.

Livi ngston-MereedJACL:Th ecommunitypicni ch asbeensch eduledforMay 3.Localeh asnotbeenannounced.

FresnoJACLAuxili ary.;Mainprojectth i syeari sth eraisi ngoffundsforth elocalJapaneseSalvation Army old people'sh ome.Mmes.EdnaYabunoandNevaSaitoareco-ch ai rmenofah otdogbooth atth eFresnoBuddh i stcarnivali nJuly.

French CampJACL:Appoint-mentsforth e 1953 standingcommitteesofth ech apterweremadebyGeorgeOginoas'fol-lows:Tosh Hotta,membersh i p;HarryItaya,Issei relations; Tamak oVa-gi,program;MollyGoto.TeruoTa-nak a, h ouse; Bob Tak ah ash i , 1000Club; PeteTak ah ash i , AlyceSh ln-moto,pub.rel.; HarryOta,Niseiveterans;Fumi Higash i yama,IreneNak ano, women'saux.;FumioKa-nemoto,Kah nYamasak i , .fin.;BobOta,leg.;AyaTsugawa,MatsMu-rata,del.;Joh nFuj i k i ,natr.comm.

DetroitJACL:Th ech apteri smidwayi ni tspopular8-week scourse i n ballroom dancing.SetsuFuj i ok aand IreneAbeh eadth ecommittee.MargaretPage,anaffili ateofArth urMurrayStudios, h asbeen i n-structor since classes beganAprillastyear.

South westLosAngelesJACL:

'Co-sponsored with th e St.Mary'sch urch ,th ech apteri si ni ti ati ngabeginner'sseriesonbridge i nstructionon Apr.7each Wednesdayni gh tatth eparish h all.Hisash i Hori tai si nstructor. —Mile-Hi JACL:Sam Matsu-motoandFlorenceUyedawerewinnersi nth elastJACLbridgeclubtournamenth eldMar.20atth eh omeofDr.T.K.Koba-yash i .

ClevelandJACL:Inconjunc-tionwith th erecentmember-sh i pdrive,canvassers h eldaspeciali nterestssurvey.Find-i ngssh owadefini tei nteresti ngolfandbridgebyboth sexes.AfinalanalysiswillbemadeIbyth eprogramcommittee.

Pastpresidentsh onoredatAlbuquerquei nstallation

AlbuquerqueNewlyelectedofficersh eadedbyCh arlesMatsubaraaspre-si dentwerei nstalledatth eAl-buquerque JACL i nstallationdinnerrecently.PastpresidentJACL pinswerebestowedtoGeorgeMa-tsubara,1950;Sam Yonemoto,1951;andArtTogami,1952.

SanFranciscostartsth i rdci ti zensh i pclass

SanFranciscoAth i rdclassforIssei stu-dentsonciti zensh i popensApr..13,i twasannouncedbyVictorAbe,ch ai rmanqfth eCommit-teeonCiti zensh i pforIssei h ere.Th esecondclasswillbecon-cludedatceremoniessch edulednextTh ursday,Apr.9,atth eFi rstEvangelicalandReformedch urch .If25 ormore sign up,aSaturday afternoon willbeopened.Yuk i oKumamotowillbe i nstructor forth e th i rdgroup.

PlacerCountyUnk nownallreadyforbigApr.12picni cMoreth an5,000areltoattendth e biggestJeventi nPlacerCounty7M12 atth eJACL&£mPark .Th e eventfcth fjannualPlacerCounty i Mch aptercommunitypicni c■RoyYosh i daofNewcastleJbeenbusyth epastmonth ,21paringforth egalafroi i c*lgardedbyth ech apterasMbiggerth an i tsannual3willbanquet.Asusual,th equeencontflh i gh li gh ts th e day'sactivSFollowingarevici ng(or\*MNancyAok i , Loomis;3mMk amoto.Penryn;Yuk i eNi i9

coin; andAmyYok ota,NewnflClimaxwillbeth ep3danceatth eLoomisMenvSHallwith musicfurnish ed*Rod McWilli am's orch jDoorsopenat9pjn.andMbeopenti ll1,accordingto(9Otani,dancech ai rman.o9committeemenare:Hi k eYego,fin.;Jamej Mi k i mlprogram;HarryOk usak o,groiSKoUyeno,concessions;andHoJTak ah ash i ,pub.

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CApitalHilllegislatorsth ank DaytonSansei fortak i ngnamesDayton,O.

ISincerewi sh esforalongandBpPYlifewerereceivedbyanRantDaytonSansei boynamedKrtwomembersofCongressBispastweek .ISenPatMcCarran(D.,Nev.)HidRep.FrancisE.Walter(D.,Ba)expressedth ei rfeelings i nBparate lettersto McCarranKalterOno,newbornson ofHrand Mrs.Frank Ono,3Ka'ddenPL,Dayton.■Th eveteranlegislatorswroteHie i nfantbornFeb 6 a dayHterreceivi ngwordh ewastoXnamed'i nth ei rh onoratKristeningservicesEasterSun-■yi nGreenmont-Oak ParkBommunityCh urch .ITh e parentssaidth ey h adHi°senInename combinati onBecause th etwomembersofBongress h ad co-auth ored a852i mmi grationandnaturali-Btionlawth atpermittedth eBoy'sgrandparentstoobtainci -Bzensh i p.(Textofth eletterfromSen.HcCarrantoth eDaytoni nfantHasasfollows:["Mydearyoung-man:I "Th ank youforsending:Bmryourpicture.Iam veryHlattered th atyourparentsKpveyoumynamewh i ch IKnow y°uwillalwaysbear■with h onor.I"Iamgladth atyourgrand-Boarentsarenowabletoob-Hamth ei rciti zensh i pandh ope■th eyMi lllivealong*timeto■enjoyth eprivi legesofAmeri-Beanciti zensh i pandourgreatH-ountrv.I "My autograph ed picture■jsenclosedandIextendtoKoumyeverygoodwish forXi long,h appyandusefullife.I "Sincerely,PatMcCarran."ITh i si sth etextofth eletterHornReP-Walter:["MydearMcCarranWal-■ter:I"Itwasarealth ri lltome■asIk nowi tmustbetoSen.BflcCanantoh avesuch afine■boynamedafterIbelievei sHasplendidlaw.I"Iam sureyou h aveth e■di sti ncti onofbeing:th ei fi rst■nfantch i ldtobenamed■McCarranWalter.Wh i leI■cannotattendyourbaptis-Hnalceremony,youmaybeKureth atth ough tswUIbe■vvith youonEasterSunday.I"MayGodblessyouwith■Health andh appi nessi nyears■unpad.

B"Sincerely,FrancisE.Wal-

ter"Hereisth etextofth eOnolettersenttoth etwolegisla-

"Mydaddyandmommyareso h appyformygrandpasand grandmaswh owillbeabletoobtainth ei rciti zen-sh i pafterallth ese years,afterbeingdeniedsuch ,th atth ey h avenamedme afteryou..."IwasbornonFeb.6,1953,

andwonderi fIam th efi rsttobenamedMcCarranWal-ter.Ifyouh appentobei nornearDaytononEasterSun-daywewillbemosth appyforyoutoattendth eservice

atGreenmont-Oak Park Com-munity Ch urch wh eremydaddyandmommywillh avemededicated."Iwouldconsider i tanh onori fyouwouldexch angeph otograph swi th me.Iamsendingyouminetak enwh enIwasth reedaysold."Mymommyand daddyareMr.andMrs.Frank Ono.Ialsoh avetwosisters,Bar-bara-LynandValde,andabroth er,Morey.MygrandpaandgrandmaAri k awali vei nOmah a,Neb.GrandmaOnoli vesi nSpok ane,Wash .,andGrandpaOnolives i nVen-i ce,Calif."

FourNisei di ei nauto-tank ercrash

|f * IndioFourLosAngelesNisei ,i n-udi ng a seven-month s-o1ddid,werek i lledwh enacarwh i ch th eywereridi ngcol-ledwith a h eavyoiltank eri U.S.Hwy.60-70-99nearsrelastSaturdaymorning.State"High wayPatrolidenti-wth edeadasTomT.Ik eda,,of2647Halldale,MitsMa-Hda,23,2647Halldale,Mrs.fryHanernotoof317% E.24th-,andh eri nfantsonTadaoiri s.Th edriverofth ecar,Jackatsumoio,23,alsoof2647alldale,wasth eonlysurvivorth ecarcrash .Hesufferedvere h ead i nj uri esandwask en to th e Casita h ospi talre.According topatrolman»rgeMcCurdy,PaulRuyss,i verofth etank ersaidMa-Jmoto'scartravelingeastap-rentlysk i ddedbroadsidei ntocpath ofth ewestboundtank -

"Ruysstoldh i mth atth ecarddenlyloomed i n frontofTh e Ni sei were enroutetoloenixtoattendth eweddingKmuyeNomuraandJames'mook a.Th efamili esofth e"lnSPartyi ndefi ni telypost-nedth eceremonyuponbeingformedofth efatalaccident.

PERRYCOMMEMORATIVELIKELYTO APPEARINJULYASFIVE-CENTER

Wash i ngtonTh eCaptMatth ew Cal-braith Perrycommemorative,wh i ch wasunexpectedlyan-nouncedby th ePostOfficeseveralweek sagobutwith -outdetailsastodateofis-sue,willprobably appearJuly14,tomark th ecenten-aryofth enegotiati onofatreatybetweenth e Uni tedStatesandJapan.Itwillbeveryli k elybeofth efi ve-centdenominati on,writesFrank li nR.Bruns,Jr..Th ePh i latelistcolumnistforth eWash i ngtonPost.

Femini ne'tamatsuk i 'ch ampi ontriessecondtimefortitleCh i cago

Untilth estartofth eth ree-cush i onbi lli ard15-daytourna-menth ereTh ursdaylastweek ,MissMasak oKatsuraandWil-lieHoppe,manytimesworldch ampi on,touredeasternciti esearlieri nth emonth asawarm-uptoth etournament.Sh e h asbeen i nth eStates

since1951and h asbeengivenh ugecoveragewith ph otos i nth eleadingmetropolitanpapers—-inboth th esportsandwo-mensections,strangeasi tmayseem.Toth ewomeneditors,th efactth atMissKatsura h aswonseveralexh i bi ti onmatch esoverHoppewasre-

gardedas"anoth erfemini netriumph ."Toth esportsedi-tors,sh ei sa"Japanesedoll."Sh escoffedatth eestablish -edmaleth eoryth atth egamei stoonerve-wrack i ngfora wo-man.InJapan,saidth edimi nuti vewinner,billi ardsi safamilyaf-fai r.Often, h usbandandwi fewillbringth ebabyalongwh enth eygoouttoplay.Sh eh er-selfh asbeen cush i oni ngth ei voryballssince sh e was 18.Nowayoung-look i ng40sh eh andlesth ecuewith completerelaxation.Sh edoesn'trevealanyfeelingofstrain i ncom-petiti veplay with th e manwh oi sk nownalloverth eworldas "th eoldmaster"ofth i sdi ffi cultgame,onewh i ch re-quiresunusualmanualdexter-i tyandstrength ,stamina,too,i sarequisi te,since tourna-ment,match esoftenlastforh ours.MissKatsura's th reesistersandonebroth erareallout-standing players,too.Atth epresenttimeh eryoungersis-ter,Nori k o,i sNati onalWo-man'sBi lli ardCh ampi onofJa-pan.

With atwink lei nh erblackeyes,MissKatsurasaid sh eenjoysth etraveling h erex-h i bi ti ontoursentail,buth ermainj obi sbeingah ousewife.Sh emarriedSgt.VernonGreen-leaf, USAF—now retired—in1950 i nJapan,cameto th i scountryayearlater.Sh efi nds h ousek eepi ngeasi-eri nth eUni tedStatesth ani n

h erowncountry.Th eonlyne-cessity i n h erSan Franciscoh ome i salivi ngroom bigenough forabilli ardtableaswellas after-dinnermatch eswith h erh usband,wh oenjoysscienti fi cstudyofvarioussh ots.Mr.Greenleafaccompaniesh eronallexh i bi ti ontrips.Lastyearsh e touredwith Welk erCoch ran,formerworld'sch am-pion,forfiveweek s.Only5feettall,MissKatsu-rawearsveryfemini neWest-erncloth es.Becausesh e i ssosmallsh elovesh i gh h eelsandwearsth em wh ensh eplays.

Twobum ch eck arti stsh i ttwoLi'lTok i ostores

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OYAKAWATURNSINWORLD'SFASTESTTIMEIN200-YARDBACKSTROKERACE

Columbus,O.iYosh i Oyak awa,Oh i oState's

Olympicback strok ech ampi on,brok e h i s,secondstraigh tre-cord i nth eNCAA swimmi ngmeetSaturdayas h ewonth e100-yd.back strok e i n56.95.toeraseth e57.35.meetrecordsetayearagobyJack TaylorofjOh i oState.Oyak awaseta.newrecordof2m.5.15.i nwinni ngth e200-yd.back strok eth epreviousnigh tatth eColumbusNatatorium.Inth e 100-yd.event,Dick

Th omanofYaleledth eOh i oStaleHawai i anatth eendof25yards,wastiedwith h i matth e50andledbyayardatth e75.ButOyak awapassed h i mwi th agreatspurtj ustbeforeth efi ni sh li ne.Th omanlastyearsetth e i n-tercollegiate record forth eeventi n56.95.NCAA offici alssaidth atth i swasprobablyth e

fi rsttimei nswimmi ngh i storyth atallsixfi nali stsh adbrok enth emi nutemark i nth eevent.Yale,pre-meetfavorites,wonth emeetwi th alopsidedaggre-gateof96M>points.Oh i oStatewassecondwith 73%,sorelymissi ng th e servicesofFordiKonno,middle-distanceswim--1mer,wh owasrecuperatingfromarecentattack ofmumps.Yosh i , wh o learned to

swim i nariveronh i snati vei slandofHawai i ,wascalledth e"greatestback strok eswimmerofalltime"by h i scoach ,Mi k ePeppe,afterh i stwodazzlingperformances.Oyak awasetth efanstoroaring h i sfi rsttimeoutingoing200yards i n2m.05.15.,wh i ch was"th efastestti meeverrecorded.Th ere is no recog-nizedworldrecordi nth i sevent,buti twas2.25.fasterth anth eexisti ngU.S.record.

Reporterturnsline-upannouncerunexpectedlyatTok yoGiant-Stargame

LosAngelesAbaseballreportercanh avemore-funth anwatch i ngagame—ifh ecanpronounceJapanesenamesand h appenstobecov-eringth eTok yoGiants.J.;asamori Koj i ma,South ern

Californiareporterfor"Scene"magazine,foundoutwh enh ewasassignedtoarecenttrain-i nggamebetweenth eTok yoGiantsandj th eHollywoodStars.Koj i manotonlycoveredth egame,butendeduppinch -h i t-tingforth epublicaddressan-nouncer.Here'sh ow i th appen-ed:Beforeth egame gotgoing,Koj i mawentdownonth efi eldtogetth elineup.Gettingth esame th i ng with an unusuallook ofanguish andworrywasth epublicaddressannouncer."Sufferingcatfish !"th elatter

moaned."Th eseJapanesenames—h owamIgoingtopronounceth em?"Koj i maofferedto h elp,satdownatth etypewriterandwroteoutth enamesph oneti-cally.Example:Yo-nah -mee-neh forYonamine,th eGi ant'sstarNisei outfielder,wh oonceplayedforth eSaltLak eCityBees.

"Nowyoucansayi t,"Koj i -masaid,confidently.Th e announcergrimly seth i mself,madeavalianttryandcameupwith "Yo-mah -nee-mee.""No,no,"Koj i ma protestedgently,"it'sYo-nah -mee-neh .Tryagain."Th e announcer did—againvaliantly—butth ebesth ecouldproduce was someth i ng li k e"Yo-mee-nah -mo."Hegaveup.Sodi dKoj i ma.Th eupsh otwasth atth e"Scene*'reporter,underah ur-ri edlast-minutearrangement,braved,th e microph one andh eardh i mselfboomingoutth enamesofth eGi antsaseach'steppeduptoth eplateforh i sfi rstswingswith th ebat.Atth at,Koj i madiscoveredi twasn'tsoeasy.Hewasread-i ngoffth eGi antslineupcold."Youcanbet,"h econfesses,"IreallysweatedonKorflatsu-buro,Minami muraandKash i -waeda."

150golferssignforNoCalclassic

FresnoOneofth ebestturnoutsi nNoith ernCaliforniaNi sei golf-dom willbattleforh onors i nth eN.C.Nisei GolfClassicApr.18and19 i na36-h olemedalplayatPebbleBeach andDelMontecoursesneatMonterey.Th eFresno-Turlock clubsofth eNo.Calif.Ni sei GolfersAs-sociati on are conducting th etournament.AtarecentboardofgovernorsmeetingatMon-terey,Frank Yosh i ok aofSanJosewith anet74 wonth epre-businesssesionroundofgolf.Delegatesattendingth emeet-i ngwere:Monterey—G.Yamajmoto,FrankSh i ngu; San Jose—Nob Arak i ,Frank Yosh i ok a;; Stock ton— Dr.James Tanak a, George Fuj i moto,MasInamasu; Watsonville— MasiOk umura,Sh i g Morimune; Sacra-mento—Tim Sasabuch i , ArtYok ota.Fresno—Fred Yosh i k awa,HarryMorofuj i ;Century Club—Dr.KayTak eok a; Turlock —Bi llNoda; Fres-no—Mi k eIwatsubo,GaryKadani;Sari Francisco—Dr.Sh ogoTak ah a-sh i .Kelly Komaru; Eastbay—Dr.HenryTak ah ash i andDr.M.Tsu-k aaui .

Army,AirForceboxers,i nall-servicetourney

SanAntonio,Tex.BayHasegawa,112,wassuc-cessfuli nth equarterfinalsofth eworldwideAirForcebox-i ng ch ampi onsh i ps h ere lastSundaynigh t.Representingth ePacifi c, h e deci si oned HayesPayton,111,ofth eEuropeanseder.

" " "* CampAtterbury,Ind.TwoNisei boxersfrom th e

Pacifi cth eaterwereoutpointedi nth esemi-fi nalsofth eAll-Army boxing ch ampi onsh i psh ere lastFridaynigh t.Th eywere:119—GeorgeDavis,2ndAr-

my,dec.GeorgeGanek o,Paci-fi c.125—Stanley Berk ley, Eu-

rope,dec.Ralph Nagasak o,Pa-ci fi c.

Tamanah awinsHawai imarath oni n2h .51m.35s.

HonoluluNormanTamanah a,45,cap-turedth efi rstannualHawai-i anAAUmarath oncrownlastSundayi n2h .51m.355.Despiteth eseverelegcrampsandwalk -i ngrh efi nal300yards,h ebet-teredby20secondsh i sfi fthpaacetime i nth eBostonrunlastyear.KenNagatani ofth eUni v.ofHawai i droppedoutwith somejaptmilesyettogobecauseofI

sduißJo3ai

Five Japanesemarath onmenarriveforBostonrun

SanFranciscoTh e-fi ve-manJapanesema-rath onteamwh i ch willrun i nth e Boston marath on nextmonth arri ved h ere MondayfromTok yoviaai renroutetoBoston.Sh i zoKanaguri,62-year-old

coach ,said h e was.confidenth i srunners wouldtak e"teamh onorsbutsaidh efearedtopi ndi vi dualh onorswouldgotoanArgentinestar.Th erunnersare:KeizoYamada,26;KatsuoNish i -

da,24;Hi deoHanamura,25;KuraoHirosh i ma,25;andKiyosh i Sh i no-zak i , 29.Nish i dah asth ebestmark at

2 h r5.27m.595.

ZenimurapacesFresno

LeftfielderHarveyZenimuragotth reeh i tsi nfivetripstoth eplate topaceh i sFresnoStateCollegenine i nanupset5to3victoryoverapowerful1OregonteamlastFridaynigh tbefore fans.

SanFranciscoSaintsk eepSaltLak eCLi nvi tati oncagetitle

SaltLak eCityTh edefendingch ampi onSanFranciscoSaints turnedbackth eMagnaHellenics,66to58,h ereatth eHellenic-WarMe-morialgymlastSaturdaynigh ttowi nth e18th annualJACLi nvi tati onal.bask etballtourna-ment.Th eMagnacrewpulleduptowi th i n5pointsofth eSai ntsatth e h alf, 36-31, i n a closelyfough ttilt.Butth eSaints,ledbyacesWong,LewandLum,quick lypulledth eSai ntstoacomfortableleadearly i nth eisecondh alt.Th eSai ntstri otank ed49ofth e66total.Pacingth eHellen-i cswasJoh nProk oposwith 25counters.Prok oposcameth rough with 11outof20ch ancesatth ech ari tystripe.50-43winoverSaltLak eNi sei50143winoverSaltLak eNi seitocopsecondh onorsleavingth eh ostteam i nth i rdspot.Consolation h onorswenttoth e North ern Utah All-Starswith awinoverPocotello,47--42.Th efavoredSaintsdefeatedPocatello,59-44 i n th efi rstroundTh ursdaynigh tandcon-tinuedwith a53-49winoverth eSaltLak eNi sei .Th eHellenicselimi natedth estrongCh i cago Nisei 74-67 i nth esemi-fi nals.Ch i cagobeatth eUtah All-Stars78-68 i nth eopeninground,wh i leth eHellenicsde-featedRexburg,Ida.,85-50.

SPORTSCOPE

Sacramento OrientalGirls'BowlingLeaguewillsponsoraMemorialHoliday h andi captournament,May29-30-31,atth eCapitolBowl.Becauseofth eantici patedh eavysch edule,girls'singlesanddoubleswillbeelimi nated.Teamandmix-eddoublesaresch eduled.AyaSatoi stourneych ai rman.

" * "SamFuk uda'sleapof20ft.10 i n.waslistedasoneofth ebestbroad j umpmark sth i searlyseasonbyNorth -ernCaliforniaprepath letes.Th eSanFranciscoPolytech -nicHigh sch oolNi sei lastyearh ada22feetplusj ump.

" " "KenZenimura,FresnoNiseibaseballcoach ,h asbeenask edbyth eHi rosh i maCarpsof.th eCentralprofessionalleague,topick outtwoNisei pitch ers.Th eJapanesewillpay $400permonth to Ken's son,Harvey,may j oi nth e Carpsafterh i sgraduationfromFres-noStateCollegeth i syear.

i . ,.PugetSoundGolfClub(Ja-

paneseAmerican)playerspar-tici pated i n th efi rstSeattlePark Department'ssweepstak estwoSundaysago. Afieldof129professionalandamateursteedoff.

" " "MissLuci lleKi k ush i ma,"Sweeth eartof1953"forth eIntermountainYoungBuddh i stLeague,presented ch ampi on-sh i pawardstoth eHoneyvilleYBAandSaltLak eCityJun-i ors,menandwomenIYBLbas-k etball.tournamentwinners,re-spectively.

" a' %

Keizo YamadaofFuk uok agaveJapaneseh opesforacre-ditablesh owi ngatth eBostonmarath onaboostbyrunninga30-k i lometercourse i n 1 h r.42m.Is.,th ebestti measyet.YamadaranforJapan i nth e1952Olympics.

■ " "Th eNi sei VeteransCommit-teeofSeattleannouncedspon-sorsh i p ofth e InternationalFigh ti ngIrish "Li ttle"footballteam lastseasoncost$268.57,wh i ch i ncludes i nsurance,equipment,vi ctorybanquetandtroph i es.j \*" "Fuzzy Sh i mada,onlyNisei

k eglerwith a200average,willprobablybeth efi rstCaliforniaNisei to partici pate i n th eAmericanBowlingCongresstournamentwh en h erolls i nCh i cagoApr.30with a teamrepresenting th e Salinas let-tuceindustry.

Tok yoGiantstrimPlacerJACLnine,windupmainland23-gameseries

SacramentoPlacerJACLwenti ntoth eh olerigh tfrom th ebeginni ngagainst th e Tok yo GiantsTh ursdaylastweek wh enth eNi sei squadlost7 to 1 i naseven-inni ngcontest.Startingpitch erSam Ik edagaveuptwo h i ts,walk edtwobattersforarun,leftth egamewith th ebasesloaded.'Reportswereh e h adwrench edh i sarmch uck i ngtoth esecondbatter.ASacramentoSolon h urler,Frick ,followedIk edaon th emoundandproceededtoforcei ntworunsbypassingth efirsttwoh efaced.Th reeh i tsandtwoerrorsac-countedforfour

"moreGiant

runsbeforeth efi rstoutwasregistered.Ash arpsingle i ntorigh tby

BobKozai k u i nth efourth i n-ning saved th e Placerninefromash utout.Hetook secondonafielder'sfumbleandad-vanced on apairofinfi eldouts.Inth enigh tcap,th eSolons

scoredtwicei nth efirsti nni ng,Ioncei nth esi xth wh i ch provedItobeth edecidi ngruntowinI3to2.Th eGiantsleftlastFridayIafternoonforaseriesi nHa-1wai i .Th eyplayedatotalofI23 games,winni ng eigh tofIth emonth emai nland.

Th eTok yoGiants,firstJapaneseballteam tovisi tth eIs,Isinceth ewar.leftSanFranciscolastFridaybyairforHonoluluIandJapan,windi ngupa40-dayvisi ti nwh i ch th eteamplayejI23games. Th esquadleftHawai i yesterdayandissch edule!Itolandi nTok yotomorrow.Headingth eteamwere (bottomIrow,lefttorigh t)T.P."Cappy"Harada,gen.mgr.;Sh oj i UM

,Iowner'srep.;Sh i geruMizuh ara,coach ;LesPowers,pub.i nIU.S.andHawai i ;Tetsuj i Kawak amlandSh i geruCh i ba,asstImgrs.

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Li'lTok i oscene...Li'lTok i o'merch ants gotash oti nth e"arm"lastweek ,sotospeak ,from Ch arlesB.Ben-nett,DirectorofCityPlanning'Commissi on,wh enh e toldanaudience composedofJACLmembersandbusinessmenth at1th edevelopmentofaNi h onma-'ch i sh ouldbeencouraged;th atri tsfutureliesi ntouristtrade.Hesaidth enorth eastsideofLi'lTok i owillbe leveledal-th ough wh enh ecouldnotsay.Buth egavedefini teassuranceth atth esouth si deofFirstStreetwillbek epti ntact.Meantime,th enorth westcor-nerofFi rstandSanPedroSts.isch angi ng.Sk eletonformsofsteelarepush i ng i tswayup.Byendof1954aPoliceAdmi-nistrationBldg.willbe com-pleted.

★Jack Tenney'svici ous"free-dom ofch oi ce"measuremayh avemeti tsdoom i n Sacra-mentobutth efigh tforFEPCi n th estate i salsolosingground.Atth e Fai rEmploymentpracticesCommissi on'sMobili -zationRallyh eldi nth eCapitolCity,resultsofth epoliti calpollwerefarfrombeingenligh ten-ing.Th i rtyoneoutof52legis-lators were contacted forth ei rvoteonFEPC.Ni neofth eassemblymensaid"no,"12werenon-committalandonly10expressed"infavorofth eprinci ple."Th eh ousi ngbilltoelimi nate

racediscri mi nati oni nth esalesofh omesto minori tygroupswasanoth erwh i ch i slosingsupport.Fifteenofth e19i nth eAssemblyJudici aryCommitteeareopposed.

★April10ceremony...SixIssei leadersofth ecom-munitywilbe*sworn i nasna-turalizedciti zensofth eUni tedStatescomeApr.10i nth eDis-tri ctFederalCourtpresidedbyJudgeErnestA.Tolin.

★BruceWong's-Ch i neseVillageonNorth Main i sattractingmanyJapaneseAmericannigh tclubbers.Th ereason:Tak Sh i n-doandh i scombo.THemusici anwh oi saccom-

panyingCh i emi Eri,"TennesseeWaltz"singerfrom Tok yoonh ersouth boundtour,h as al-ready i ntroducedMastoKara-sawaofWestLosAngeles,k nownas"Tommy,"andLilyTanak aofArtesiaasoneofh i stopsingers.Virgi ni aKo wh osingswithAfro-Cubanrh yth m i screatingquiteasensationas i sBobKi-no,formerSanFranciscoCh i na-townvocalist,wh oh adabitpart i nMr.and Mrs.Northtelevisi onserieslastweek .A drummer from Idah o,Joseph Owak i ,i sagooddraw-i ng cardforSh i ndo's combotoo.

★Babyarrives...Itmigh ti nterestsomeofourgoodfriendsback eastth atwewereblessedwith ababyboylastMonday.We'venamed h i m BennettTak ao.Howdoesi tfeeltobeecomeparentsforth efi rsttime?Lifeh asmanyexciti ngmo-ments,butwedon'tth i nk i twi lleversurpassth atfeelingyougetonth edayofyourweddingorth atdaywh enanurse tellsyouyou've j ustbecomeapapa.Bennetttipped"th e scalesat8 pounds,3 ounces,th enursesaid.Iwasdumb-founded.

VITALSTATISTICS...Birth s

ENOMOTO—Mar. 16, a daugh terKimberlytoth eJoh nEnomotos,RedwoodCity.HA.RADA—Mar.7> ab°yJoh nJi rototh eTsutomuHaradas(Emi k oKoh i gash i ),Los Angeles.HAZARD—Mar.3,agirlCarolineFrancestoth eRobertF.Hazards(Hisak oAi da),LosAngelesHIGASHI-Mar.9-ab°yAlantoth eHisash i Higash i ,Berk eleyHIRAMOTO—Mar.13,agirltoth eKinj i Hiramotos,Lodi.HIRANO—Mar.8,aboyGaryToruto th e Toru Hiranos (Masak oMasak i ),Los Angeles.IBARA—Mar.13,agirltoth eKanIbaras,Reedley.ISHIHANA—Mar.13,aboytoth eMi ch aelIsh i h anas,DelRevKADOYA—Feb. 19, a girlJaneMiyetoth eJi roHenryKadoyas(Yaek oBettySasak i ),Los An-geles.KATO—Mar.3,agirlLauraSach itoth eRalph Tosh i k i Kates(AlmaGraceBando),Los Angeles.KAWAKAMI—Mar.11,agirlSu-sanKiyo to th e Tetsuo Frank"Kawak ami s (Leslie Ei k o Wata-nabe),Los Angeles.KIDO—Mar.2,aboyKei Ch arlesto th e Ch arles Yosh i o Ki dos(FrancesFusak o Hatada),LosAngeles.

KISHI—Mar.5,aboyRussellLeetoth eYosh i h aruKi sh i s(Sh i zuk oImoto),LosAngeles.KOTO—Feb.19,aboyFredT Jrtoth eFred T.Kotos(Ei k o Yo-k ota),Atlanta,Ga.MAEKAWA—Mar.20,agirltoth eVernonMaek awas,Seattle.MATOBA—Mar.15,aboytoth eTak aoMatobas, Sanger.MATSUYAMA—Mar.1,agirlCyn-th i aHaruetoth eHenryTame-h i roMatsuyamas (FlorenceHagi-yoTsuyuk i ),Los Angeles.MAYEDA—Mar.2,agirlColeentoth e Haj i me Mayedas (Masak oZaimok u),Los Angeles.MEDINA—Feb. 22, a boyMarkRyan toth e Anth onyPh i lMe-di nas(Grace Wozumi),Los An-geles.MORI—Mar.30.aboyBennettTa-k aototh eHenryK.Moris(MaryOsh i ro),LosAngeles.MURAMOTO—Mar.5,aboyBer-tramKenj i toth eYosh i toMura-motos(Sumi k oKaneyosh i ),LosAngeles.MURAOKA—Mar.16,aboytoth eHenryMuraok as, Seattle.NAGAHIRO—Mar.2,a boyDenisMasao to th e Masao Nagah i ros(Midori Mary Monj i ),Los An-geles. (Datecorrected.)NAGAI—Mar.9,aboytoth eHisa-sh i Naagis,SanLeandro.NAKASAKI—Mar.6,aboyDannyKazuo toth eHarrySusmuNa-k asak i s(FlorenceTosh i k o Tomi -ta),LosAngeles.NIMURA—Mar.2,agirlCh ri sti netoth e Robert Tsutomu Nimuras(Kei k oKi k uch i ),Los Angeles.NISHI—Mar.23,agirlJanice Na-omi toth eCh arlesNish i s(TaniAmemiya),SanFrancisco.OKASAKI—Feb.23,agirlRobinHi-roye toth eYosh i h i roOk asak i s,PaloAlto.OMORI—Mar.14,agirltoth eYo-sh i h aruOmoris, SanFrancisco.OSAKI—Mar. 17,a girlBeverlyJeannetoth eTetsOsak i s,NewYork .SAITO—Mar.8, a girlSteph ani eAllyntoth eSh ozoSaitos(BessieKyok o Matsuzawa),LosAngeles.SAKASEGAWA—Mar.10,aboytoth eF.Sak asegawas,Fresno.SAKIMOTO—Mar.3, aboy AlanJamestoth eJimmySach i oSak i -motos (Amy Emi Mitani ),LosAngeles.

SEKIJIMA—Mar.16, agirltoth eHarutoSek i j i mas,Seattle.SHIMIZU—Mar.9.a girlKaoruGrace to th e Tadaso Sh i mi zus(MaryKawata),LosAngeles.SHIMOGUCHI—Mar.11,agirlJeanSusantoth eYasuoSh i moguch i s,SanJose.TAKEI—Mar.7,agirlDianeEmi k oto th e Wi lli am Mi tsutosh i Ta-k ei s (Katsuk o Maruyama),LosTAKUSAGAWA—Mar.15,aboytth eMi k eTak usagawa,Reedley.Angeles.TONAI—Mar.6,ngirltoth eSa-taroTonais,Sanger.

TSUJI—Mar.4,aboyPaulSatosh itoth eTh eodore Tak esh i Tsui i svifi 'JV*.0Tanabe>.LosAngeles.YAMAOKA—Mar.5, a girlJeanNaomi toth eTedYamaok as,Hol-land,Mich .

WeddingsHASHIMOTO-TERAMOTOFresno,Mar.21. Jimmy GoroHash i moto and Kay Teramoto,both ofFowler.HIGA-IWAMURALosAngeles,Mar.22.RoyHiga,SantaMonica,andItsuk o Iwa-mura,Selma.HIRATA-ISHIISeattle,Mar.22. Haj i meHirataandMich i Ish i i .

KOBAYASHI-HIRATAGardena,Mar.15. GeorgeKoba-yash i ,and Misao Hi rata,SanPedro.KUWAHARA-KAWABELos Angeles,Mar.22. TatsuyaKuwah ara,SunValley,andJuneIk uk oKawabe.MORITA-NISHIHARAPasadena,Mar.14.Ji roMoritaand Tosh i k o Ni sh i h ara.TAKI-MURAKAMISeattle,Mar.15. Kiyosh i Tak iand ElsieMurak ami .SHIMABUKURO-UYESUGICleveland,Feb.21. Joh n Sh i -mabuk uroandFumi Uyesugi.YENOKI-TANAKALos Angeles,Mar.22. GeorgeKyoj i Yenok i and LilyYuri k oTanak a.

MarriageLicensesIssuedISHIMITSU-UYETA — Sadamu,28,andVictoriaT., 18,both ofSe-attle.ISONO-ITO—Masami,31,Alameda,andTomio, 24,Berk eley.GOSHO-EDAMURA — Tatsuo, 30,andKazumi, 27,both ofSeattle.GOTO-YATABE—Joe and Grace,both ofBerk eley.MATSUMOTO-IWATA — Yutak a,26, Acampo; and Masaye 21,Stock ton.OKUNO-KUBO—Kinch i ,Palo Alto,and Masaye, San Francisco.TAMURA—UYENO — Yosh i ak iCh i cago,and Yei k o, Loomis.YAMAMOTO-KAWAHARA— Ki-yoo,27,andKazuk oKay,23,bothofSeattle.

EngagementsHAMAMOTO-HIGASHIDA — AdaMactoJoseph ,both ofSunVal-ley,Mar.21.MORITA-HIRATSUKA — MargarettoFrank , Jr.,both ofCh i cago.OKITA-SAKAMOTO—MoIIy,Ch i ca-go,toJiro.SEDOHARA-OGATA—AmytoRoy,Ch i cago.TASHIRO-MINAMI— Sh i zu,Ch i -cago,toRobert.WATANABE-KANEKO — Terry,Ch i cago,toHarry.

Death sITO,George,84Riverton, Wyo.,Mar.15;survivedbywife, eigh tch i ldren.McCROSSEN, Mrs.Mi k lSantaFe.N.M., Mar.6:survivedbyh usbandPreston,moth erMrs.Hayak awa.

OKAMOTO, Juh ei ,79Seattle, Mar.21;survivedbywife,fourdaugh ters Mmes.Natsuk oTanabe, Yosh i k oSato,Ak i k oMar,Rae Nomurafour sons,Sh i geru,Tak umi , Tosh ,Juroand19grand-ch i ldren.SUGIYAMA,Benjami nN.Detroit, Mar.11;survivedbypar-ents,Mr.andMrs. George S.,broth ersHerbertand Curt, sis-tersMabelandHelen.SUMIDA,Zennosuk e,79Stock ton, Mar.16.TAKATSUNO,George S.,67SanFrancisco, Mar.27;survivedby wife, son Joseph T., anddaugh terSisterXaveria (TerryRose).YOKOYAMA, Ginj i ,74Renton, Wash .,Mar.16i/#urvivedbywife, sonsRoyS.andFrankY.anddaugh terMrs.i VoletM.Ok ura.

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GardenaWomen'sCircle:Onh andlastweek were20mem-bersofth eWomen'sCi rcleofth eGardenaBaptistch urch toprepareEasterbask etsforSun-daySch oolch i ldren...Th egrouph oldsi tsi nstallationdin-nerfornew cabinetofficersApr.16atCh alonson Man-ch esterbetweenNormandieandWestern.New officersare:Doroth yDoh i ,pres.;MayKoga,v.p.;MerryMasunaga,sec;Kath -leen Doi, treas.;JeanMurak ami ,dcv.; Rose Kobata, wh i te crossch mn.; andMayKush i da, pub.

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StrongcomebackNo one h esi tatesto admitth ereareflawsi nanycompo-si telegislation,such asth ere-centlyenactedWalter-McCar-ranomnibusbi llth atattempt-edtocodifyandbringuptodatewh ath adbeenpassedandamendedduringth ecourseofmanyyearsregardingimmi gra-tionandnaturalizati onlaws.

PersonsofJapaneseancestrywerei nfavorofitspassagedespiteth e.i ntentionsofth ePresidenti nth elastCongresstovetoth elegislationi fpassed.Itwaspassed,)vetoedandth evetooverridden.Th eyadoptedth i satti tudetogainequalityi nnaturalizati onand i mmi gra-tion.However,civi corganizati onswh i ch usually are associatedwith th e JapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague i nth ematteroflegislationwereonth eop-positesideonth i si ssueofth eWalter-McCarranbill.

Itsh ouldbeadmittedth atth erewillbeinstancesofh ard-sh i pamongpersons ofJapa-neseancestry,nowth atth elawh asbeen i nforce sinceDec.24.Andth erearefurth erde-si rablech anges.Buth ow i m-portantandfundamentalth eseareremainstobeseen.Th eJACLh asfoundedaspe-cialcommitteetoreview andstudyth eAct;indeed,acon-structiveapproach tosuch acontroversialsubject.Th eplan h asevok edfavor-ablecomment.Th i scommitteeismadeupofth reesections:policy,tech ni caland"watch -dog".Th i sprocedurewilleli-mi nate any semblance ofah ystericaloremotionalap-proach .

Itwillbesensibletostudyth eoperationsofth enewlawto ascertain wh atch angeswouldbebenefici al.Th eth reesectionsaretocoverallph asesth rough studiesbyk eycommit-teemen i nvariouspartsofth eUni ted States, Hawai i andJapan.Onceth efindi ngsaregath er-

ed,th eoverallpicturecanbeappreciated.Th i ssh allbeth eti me wh en necessaryrecom-mendationstoCongresscanbeoffered. Iti s concededth ateveryspecial-i nterestgroupwillconcentrateoncertainpro-visi onsofparticularconcerntoth em.

Afterth efactsareascertain-ed,th enpriori ti escanbe.ar-rangedto th osesh ortcomingsandneeded i mprovementsforappropriateaction.Th atth eJACLprogram is

alsobeingconsideredbyoth ergroupsmak es i tpossibleforah i gh lydesirableunitedfronttobeformedafteramostcarefulreviewandstudyofth eentiresubject-

Studycommissi onTh estrongcomeback stai nedi ntoth e South land scenebyevacuatedJapaneseAmericansi sevi denced i n manyways.Moreandmoreare i nvestingi nh omesandrealproperty.Andth efactth attwobank s,th eBank ofTok yoandSumi-tomoBank ,h aveh adlocalresi-dentssubscribemoreth anamilli ondollarsevincessubstan-ti alsavingssinceth ei rreturntoth eWestCoast.Onth eoth erh and,th ereare

manywh oh avenotbeenabletoreap i nth i sfateeconomich arvest. Th enumberofIsseilivi ng i noldfolk s'h omesandreceivi ngpublicreliefh as i n-creased i mmeasurablysinceprewardays.

Socialwork ersusedtocom-mentoverth eabsenceofJapa-nesenamesonreliefrolls i nCalifornia.Th i si slongertrue.Ofgreath elptomanyfam-i li es,wh i ch h avebeenstrug-glingto-mak eendsmeet,canbeth eexpediti ouspaymentofevacuationclaims.Any delay i n facili tati ng

necessarypaymentofawardscanbecomeasourceofanoth eri nj usti ceandfurth erh ardsh i p.Iti struly h opedth atth e

presentCongresswilltak ei ntoconsiderationth enatureofth elossi nvolvedi nth eevacuationclaimsprogram andalleviateth eunfortunateoneswh osti llpatiently"wait."

Bak ayarobyBillHosok awaFrom,tbcFryingPan...

DenverAccording to th e news-papers,Sh i geruYosh i dai si ndangeroflosingh i s j obasJa-pan'spremierbecauseh esai dabadword.Inth eh eatoflegislativedebate,h ecalledah eck ler"bak ayaro."Th at,asmostNisei k now,

i sverynaugh tyalth ough i ntranslation i tconiesoutani nnocuous"stupidfellow,"or,asth epressdispatch es h avei t,"stupidfool."

Now th atseems tobe aprettymildepith etfordeter-mini ngth eli feordeath ofacabinet,butth eseverityof"bak ayaro"stemsfrom afactli ttlek nown amongAmer-i cans—th ati ti si mpossibletoswear i n Japanesebecauseth erearenocusswords.

EvenMr.Tak enobu'sKen-k yush aJapanese-English dic-tionary,wh i ch h asbeengath ~eri ngdustforalongtimeonmybook sh elves,h astrouble'translating bad-word Japa-nese i nto English . "Bak a,"for i nstance, i s defi nedasmeaning th e following:"afool;asimpleton;adupe;anass;a donk ey;amoon-calf;agoose;adunce;ablock h ead;adullard;adolt;aninny;anoaf;a booby;a ch ump1;ani di ot."In adjecti ve form

"bak a"becomes"foolish ,silly; dull; stupid; weak -minded;dull-witted;th i ck -h eaded;i di oti c,i mbeci li c."Ifanyonecallsyou"bak a,"

you tak eyourpick ofth eaboveandgetasangryasyouli k e—dependingofcourseon h ow bigth ename-callerh appenstobe.Inth ecaseofMr.Yosh i da,i tmigh tbe h elpfulto k nowth ath e i sa tiny,sligh tandsomewh atelderly i ndi vi dual.Isaw h i m i nSanFranciscoduringth epeaceconferenceayearand a h alfago andh ewasn'tcallinganyone"bak a-yaro"i nth osedays.Atleast,noti npublic.Th erealeffectof"bak a-yaro" i s i n th e i nflection.Sh outedbyamili taryofficeri tsoundsh alfwaybetweenapistolsh otanda wh i pcrack .Th ere's no mistak i ng th emeaningwh enanexperti nth e"bak ayaro"businessusesth eword.

Early i n my encounterswi th th eEnglish languageIdiscoveredth eword"crazy."Someonedescribedoneofourplaymates by saying: "Aw,h e'scrazy."Itsoundedli k eaprettygoodwordandsub-

seguentlyallofususedi tfre-quentlyand i ndi scri mi nately.Becausewewerea prettyCosmopolitangang,oneofth efellowsh appenedtoask meh owtosay"crazy"i nJapa-nese. "Bak a,"Itoldh i m.Itwasth eonlybadwordIk newi nJapanese.Myparents,h owever,werescandalized. Apersoncouldbe"bak a,"th eyexplainedtome,andsometimesi twasn'ttoobad.Buttobecrazy,wh yth atwas"k i ch i gai ,"and"k i -ch i gai "peoplewereputawayi nth eboobyh atch .

I'veneverforgotten th atlessoni ntrans-Pacifi cseman-tics.

SinceourSansei youngstersdon'tspeak anyJapaneseatall,th eth i ngsth eypick upsometimesarelitlesh ortofweird.Onedayth eycameback from avisi twith someblack -h ai redfriendsandoneofth em—lforgetwh i ch one—remark ed:"Dad,Ik now h owtosay

'sh utup'i nJapanese.""How?""'Yak amash i i .'Th at'swh atth emansaidwh enwewereh ollering and runningaround."

Sak uraFestivalbyHarryK.HondaVeryTrulyYours...

IfNisei Week i stocometoLosAngeles,now i sth etimetostartth i nk i ngonanactivebasis.Itsh ouldbepassedth edi scussionstages...Somanyph ysi calch anges h avebeenwrough tonLi'lTok i o,Idoubtth esameoldspiri tcanprevail.However,th i sappar-entobstaclemigh tbeth esortofach allengetoi nj ecth i gh erenth usi asm i ntoth i scommu-nityproject.

£*.Nisei Week wassuch agrandsch eme,th atth eyoungbusinessmenofHonolulube-ganpromotinga"milli ondol-lar"attractionforth epastweek s...WordcomesfromHonoluluth atwith a h ugeturnoutof72contestantsi nth eCh erryBlossom Festivalqueen contest,tally clerk sh avebeenconfusedcompletely...Th efi rstbatch ofbal-lotswerecounted th eoth erdayandth evotingpublich asth ough ti tquiteenough tomark onlyth efi rstnameofth econtestantth eywanttoseeasqueen...Th i swouldbefine,butamongth econ-testantsth ere h appenstobefivenamedJean,fournamedGraceandth esamenumberofAmysand/Bettys...Nowth etallycommittee i sask i ngth atfullnamesbewrittenandle-gibly...Th eNi sei Weekcontesth ad'evolvedtoade-greewh erecontestants h adrubberstampssuppliedtomanyofth estoreswh erebal-lotsweredistri buted...Th eHonoluluversionh asadoptedth esystem wh erebyth enum-

berofballotsacustomermaycastdependsuponth eamountofpurch ase...Th i ssystemwasruled lastyeari nLi 'lTok i obecauseofallegeddis-h onesties...Honolulucoun-tersarenotonlyplaguedbysimi lari ti esi nfirstnames,butalso i nsurnames...Th erearetffreesetsofsistersandoth erswh oselastnamesarei denti cal...Ballotingi nHo-nolulucontinuesth rough toApr.11...Th etop 15th atdaywillbefinali stsandfromth atgroupwillbeth eselec-ti onofaqueenbyapanelofj udges.Aweek later,th eco-ronationballrevealsth eluck ywinnerofafreetriptoJa-panplusoth erprizesandreignofCh erryBlossomFes-ti valWeek .

&">Sen.N.Miyak eofth e4thDistri ct,Oah u,h asplacedSen.Res.No.44 i nth eh opper,commendingandcongratulat-i ngth eHonoluluJapaneseCh amberofCommerce forsponsoring i ts fi rstannualfestivalforth eenjoymentandbenefitofth epeopleofth eTerritory...Ch erry blossoms,th eresolutionpointsout,wereselectedastrfeoccasionofce-lebrating Japanese customsandculture.

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Th e pattern of culturalsh ows,talentrevues,afetei nh onorofth eold-timers,queencontestsandth eondoparadecanfosterbetterun-derstandingbetweenfriendsofth eEastandth eWesti nany

community...Wh i lei tmaynotenh ancebusiness i neveryi nstance,someof'th e i deaswh i ch gotomak eupNiseiWeek orCh erryBlossomFes-ti valdeservesconsiderationi noth erJapaneseAmericancommuniti esli k eSanFrancis-co.Seattle,SaltLak e City,Denver,Ch i cago andpointseast

Tuck h i m away i n h i s snuglittle bed,

Afterth ewearofth eday,Gladth atth esandman, atlast,

camearoundPuttinganendtoth efray.Th enaftera wh i le, wh enyou

startto retire,Look downon th e i nnocentface—

Nodoubtyouwillwonder j usth ow and j ustwh y

Youeverwerecrosswith h i sgrace.

—LILAH WARREN(Someth i ngforth eHenryMoris,proudparentsofth ei rfi rst-born.—H.H.)

"CHLOROPHYLL—Mountingcriti ci smonch loro-ph ylloflateisworryingad-vertisers...Lastyear,some$100,000,000 was spentandh owwellwek nowwh owatchTV commercials.. .Th ech loroph yllprestige droppedwh enBri ti sh medi calauth or-i ti es tested th e grass-gTeenstuffwith foulodors,perspi-ration,ch opped onionsandgarlicandch arged i th asno"deodorant"qualiti es.. Ofcourse,Iwon'tmissth eCloretk i ssi ng commercialor th egreen-coloreddentrifi ce...Itwas gettingtoth epointwh erech loroph yllwasaddedtotobacco,toiletpaper,dog-food,and evensh oes . . .

'First'forJapanOpini onsfromOth erNewspapers...Anew i nternationalandi n-terdenominati onaluniversitynearTok yotobek nownasth e InternationalCh ri sti anUniversityi nJapan h as j ustbeengrantedach arterbyth eJapanesegovernment.

Th euniversityi ssponsoredandpartiallysupportedbyfundsfrom 14majorProtes-tantdenominati ons i n th eUni tedStatesandCanada.Afund-raisi ngcommittee col-lectedseveralth ousandas acontributi onfromlocalch urch es.Openingofth euniversityi nAprilwillculminateadreambegunmoreth an50yearsagoby Japaneseand Ch ri sti an

educators.Itsactualbuildi ngstarted i n1948wh enth eJa-panesepeopleraisedth ere-mark ablesum ofmore th an160mi lli onyen(about$450,--000)forth eestablish mentofICU.Ninety-five percentofth eJapanesecontributorswerenon-Ch ri sti ans.Th e universityrepresentsmany"first."Itwillbeth efi rstCh ri sti angraduate i nsti -tuti onofh i gh erlearning i nJapan.Itwillh avestudentdormitori esformenandwo-men(almostnoJapanesei n-stituti on h as h ousi ngfacili -ti esforstudents).ICUwilldevelopa campuscenteredlife.Th i sexperimentoffa-

culty and students sh ari ngcommunity life i nformallymay i nfluence allJapaneseeducation.Also,th euni versi-tywillh avefi vevi cepresi-dents,each i naspecialfield.Admini strationofth i sk i ndi snotpracticedbyJapanesecol-legesoruniversiti estoday.Th e Jap«anInternationalCh ri sti anUniversityFounda-tion,Inc.,with h eadquartersi nNewYork Ci ty,andwithDr.StanleyI.Stuber,execu-tivesecretary,i sresponsibleforth eestablish mentofth egraduate i nsti tuti on.Dr.Ha-ch i roYuasa,scienti standedu-cator,i spresidentofth enewuniversity.—St.Petersburg(Fla.)Times

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Racialprejudi ce IEditor:Iti s i ndeedVi!situationwh endecentJ*Mofanyracearedenialand odgingi npubli JJmerelybecauseofth ei r*!Oneladyrigh tlyasfe?llong sh e mustendur?9i nstancesofh umi li ati onWWanswer,tragicallyenoiVSch i ldren,too.sh eandulwillalwaysbevicti ms0,,■andoth erformsofracial9Inth atcase,wh atmust9orwh atcansh edoaboutlAboveallsh emustmafelth edigni ty,self-respect9self-restraintwh i ch th at3terreveals.Leth errememberth attili ndi vi dualswh osubject9to i nsultand i nj uryby9veryfactrevealth emselves!beh eri nferior.Leth erbeari nmind9racialprejudi ce i srootedfli gnorance,i na senseof9securityandnoti nfrequenSi na guiltcomplex,andJth osewh oarepoisoned9i tareth eworstvicti ms1th ei rownbigotryande9blindness.Leth erj oi nwith th eMMersofh errarei nwork i ngk lwardlegiti mategoalsoff9nessand j usti ce,andlet9rememberth ati nth i s<:Msh eandth eyh aveth edeflminedsupportofalarge9ever-increasing number§non-colored people i n9walk soflife.

—JAMESL.TAYLdfIOak land.

CarefulEditor:Allth eJapanese9scended people ofmy9quaintanceareexemplary,IAllth estoriesIh averaßi n th ePacifi cCi ti zenh 9been fi ne flavored until■dipped i ntoth eendof9onpage8 ofMarch 27th 9sue.,NowImustbecaret9HuntingtonBeach .

MINORITYWEEKActiononFi i rEmployM

"Pracaceslegi slationath rwartedi nth eArizonastillegislaturelastweek wh enHHousevotedtopostponemsi derationofth emeasurei tdefini tely.

AbilltopreventracialIreligi ous discri mi nati onI"perpetualcare"cemeteriwaspassed44-0lastmonth )th elowaSenatei namovelavertanyfurth erinci dents!di scri mi nati onsuch asth enatSiouxCitywh ereSgt.MRice,aKoreanwarcasualwasrefusedburialbecauseih i sIndi anancestry.

Th eWh i teHouselastmannouncedsegregationwl]ended i n allarmy-operaisch oolsatth eendofth ef\sentsch oolyear.Sch oolsifectedaresituatedatFt.Ba.ning,Ga„andFt.CampWKy.

Th eCIOofferedPres.Bsenh owerth efi rstand1i mportantstep i nending*gregation i nth e Distri ctColumbiaas pledgedinIcampaignwouldbeissuanofa directiveforbiddi ngigregation and discri mi natii npublicemploymentand!useofpublicfacili ti es,

A DECADE AGOPacifi cCiti zen,Apr.8,IWBCompulsorymili taryserfjforloyalNisei i nWRAcaflJJack Kawano,tradei »j jleader,appointed byJ»W\Stainbepk to Hawai i IflpowerBoard.

U.S.SupremeCourtagtffltoreviewNisei testcases■curfewandevacuation.Gov.Warrenseek sbi UMstoredagriculturalmacnßWbelongingtoJapanese.

StateofUtah tospendm000forfacili ti esttrh ouse«»Hcuee-farmwork ers.

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