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PACIFIC CITIZEN 26; NO. 9. SALTLAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1948. Prce:Seven cents Senate Delays Hearngs on Evacuee Bll Ipect Co ttee Consder Clas 1Late nMarc ISHINGTON, D.C. Senate ttee earngsonte evacua- Jas bll, tentatvely Sced- !or te frst wee <5f Marc, >een postponeduntl te trd of Marc, accordngto te ngton offce of te JACL Dscr natonCo ttee, rngs ave been unavodably ■d, te Was ngton offce , because of te pressureof Bed bussness before te e Judcary subco ttee as n ts ands, H.R. 3909, I oter gly. portant ton. Te subco ttee, Senator Jon S eran !r, Kentucy Republcan, t ad, asyet to coplete ear- on easuresto co pensate can prsoners of war n ,- ands. Dr. Harada Heads Reactvated JACL Group n Sacraento ICRAMtfNTO Dr. Yoszo da,co anderofte Nse of te VFW n Sacraento nan ously electedpresdent e reactvated Sacraento er of teJapanese A ercan nsLeaguelast wee, ler new offcers are Mtsuru o, frst vce-presdent;May secondvce-presdent; Myoo "ecordng-secretary; A Koy- correspondng-secretary; To tawa,treasurer; Ken Kono, Bldelegate, andToo Fu, late, ne bersp drve wasntated tegroupwll alsopartc- actvely n te Red Cross See Identfcaton Of Man Klled n Auto Accdent IHWPTON, Calf. Awatng ve dentfcaton, te bodyof an, tentatvely dentfed as Seu Kurara, as been at Norland ortuarynCopton Deceber 26. e an,wo asa alf-oon over s left eye, wasfatally ed wen struc by an auto- e nLynwood n Dece ber, lvn Moreland,drector of te uary, sad tat an ncoplete fcaton sows te an was >n 1900 f and as arelatve a MsaburoS zu nJapan Jat tedeceased's last address PO Box 543, Oceansde, Calf., 'U before te evacuaton, nara s reported to ave been e Santa Anta and Manzanar rs after te evacuaton. Nse Regans U. S. Ctzensp IN JOSE, Calf.—Mrs. Msao oto of Box79, Story rd\, re- sa er U.S. ctzensp ere ftly after a naturalzaton '" 1-?!- Su Per'or court wt e Wlla F. Jaes presdng. s. Fuuoto lost er ctzen- wen se arred an Isse. )vson for reganngof ct- I'P s ade n te Cableact », wc gves Nse wo en arred nelgble alensbe- % 1922 and 1931tergt to turalzed. s- Fuuoto fled er pre- a'y fors at te Unted Ct- League (JACL) offce last b s te frst Nse woan n, 'alley tob«» restored ctzen- under te Cab\«act Oaoto Teaces JudonMaryland ILN FRANCISCO Mnoru oto, Nse udo expert, s te udo nstructor at te Un- ty «f Maryland, accordngto roter, Szuo Oa oto, cef racst at Stanford Lane os- Cte Evacuaton as Factor In Increase nRelef Cases VISALIA, Calf.—Te dslocaton causedby te ass evacuaton of persons of Japanese ancestry fro te Pacfccoastn 1942wascted eretswee asa factor n te creaton of a relef proble wc snow confrontngTulareCounty offcals. Tulare County supervsors ts w^ee dscussed terelef proble posedby Harry Isbell, superntend- ent of te county old peoples oe, woreported to te boardtat te oenow as 15elderly Japanese resdents and tat15 oters are seengadttance. Isbell sadtat te oe asno addtonal roos. SupervsorCarlesYoung sug- gested a gardenproectfor te elderly Japanese. Supervsor Roscoe L. Patterson sad soe efforts souldbe under- taento repatrate soe of te toJapan f tey arewllng to re- turntere. Pattersonponted out tat ost of tese aged Japanese ave no relatves ere and ave lost con- tact wt frends as aresultof te ass evacuaton ere n 1942. Calforna Senate Co ttee Calls on Attorney General To Explan Land Law Polcy Howser Wll Be Ased to Appear Before State LegslatveGrouptoDscuss Effect of Oyaa CaseDecsonon Applcaton of Ant AlenLaw SACRAMENTO —A full explanaton ofsacton n ds- ssngall pendng casesaganst Japaneseland olders nsttuted by testate under tealenlandlaw was asedof Attorney Gen- eral FredN. Howser on Feb. 25 byteStateSenate Co ttee on Governental Effcency. Inaletter sgned bySenator Ralp E.Swng of SanBernar- dno, car an ofteco ttee,Howser was ased to report "at your earlest convenencebut not latertante.convenngof te onco ng legslatve sesson." ' ——■ Telegslature s sceduled to con- vene ere next Monday, Marc 1. Te co ttee's acton,Swng sad, was teresultof Howser's recent announceent tat soe33 casesaganst Japanesen tepro- cessof tral todeterne weter or not tealen landlaw ad been crcuvented were to be dropped. "Assu ng te correctness of tesereports" Swngwrote n s letter, "we assu e tat teac- tonwastaen, # as a result of te decson n te caseof Oyanavs. te State of Calforna." Te U. S. Supre eCourtanded down a decson on January 19 oldngunconsttutonal te law wc would deprveOyaa of s ttle to land purcase by s fater even toug ewasa nor at te te te purcase was ade n s narne. "Te Senateco ttee onGov- ernental Effcencyand, n fact, te entre Legslature s tre- endouslynterested n ust wat te court of telast resort decded and deterned n tat decson and te effect t ay ave on te powersof teLegslaturenrela- ton to tat subect covered byte Alen landlaw," Swngstated. In see ng an explanaton of Howser's acton,e pad edesred toclarfy te presentstatus of te alenland law so tat land- owners gt now weter or not teycansell or lease toper- sons forerlytougt tobe out- lawed fro suc purcase or rentals. Hesubtted sx questons for te attorney general to answer. Asngfor a copleteanalyss of te Supre eCouct decson on wc Swng sad-te court ad wrtten fve dfferent opnons "not one of wc was n coplete agree ent wt anoter," te letter furter ased Howser's "con- clusons as to te questonsand ponts teren deterned and de- cded." Oter questons ased were: Wateffect wllte decson ave upon legslatve enactent eter restrctngor enlargng te provsonsof tealenland law? Wat oblgatons, f any, as Calforna to restorelands ereto- fore confscated, or tocopensate te owners of suc lands f te effect of te Supre e Court de- cson s to declare Calforna's alen land lawunconsttutonal and neffectve ? -Jn vewof te decson, stere, n ywropnon, any restrcton upon Japanese eter ownng, leasng or "'oterwse controllng agrcultural lanfa? Doeste decson vvour opnon reove restrctons,« any, - posed on alens otert»» Japa- nese aganst ownng, leasng or controllngland. If so, wat alens are freedfro te provsonsofte alen land law ? DelegateFarrngton To Spea to JACL Group n Captal WASHINGTON D.C. Hon. Josep R. Farrngton, Congresson- al delegate fro Hawa, wll ad- dress te local capter of te JACL on February 28.He ssceduled to spea on, "Hawa,te 49t State," descrbngn partcular te status of legslaton to enablete terrtory toaceve stateood. Te House as passed legslaton to gvestateoodto Hawa and wt te return of a Senatenvestgaton co ttee fro Hawa teUpper House s nowwatngto begn de- bate on te stateood bll. Delegate Farrngton ste frst ofa seres of speaerswcte JACL capter as sceduled to appear on tsprogra tsyear. Anatve of Was ngton, D.C., Mr. Farrngton as been delegate to Congressfro Hawa snce 1942. Before enterng poltcsn 1934, at wc te e was successful n wnnng a seatn te Terrtoral Senate, e was actve n news- paper wor on teEast Coast and n Honolulu. TeJACL eetngwll be eld at te central YWCA. TruanCvl Rgts Message Cted n Deportaton Case LOS ANGELES—Presdent Tru- an's cvl rgts essage toCon- gress n wc eurgedte adop- ton of legslaton togrant equalty nnaturalzaton to Japanese and oter alensstll nelgbleto ct- zensp stebass for a eor- andu fled ts wee nteFed- eral Dstrct Court of Appeals u Denver, Colo., byAttorneysA. L. W rn, Saburo Kdo and Fred Orand ofLos Angeles n te Senodeportaton test case. Te Federal court wasurged n te eorandu to alt tede- portaton of T. Seno and 400 oter Japanese alens untl Con- gress canact uponte legslaton favored byPresdent Truanand sponsored by te Ant-Dscrna- tonCo ttee of te Japanese Ctzens League. Te court cases nvolve Japa- nese alens wo werelegal res- dents of te Unted Stages as treaty traders untl te abrogaton of te U.S.—Japanese co ercal treaty sortlybeforeteOutbrea of warn te Pacfc. Most of te alens nvolved under te deportatonorders ssuedby te Depart ent ofJustce were descrbed by te attorneys aslong- te resdents of te Unted States. Many of te potental de- portees ave A erca n-born spouses or cldren and ter coun- sel avestressed tat te deporta- tons wll nvoe ardspsupon A ercanctzens. It was noted tat under te present lawteAttorneyGeneral of teUnted States ay stay te deportaton of alensoterwse de- portablen cases weren suc de- portaton would result n ard- sptoAercan ctzens but ts law does not applytoalens wo are nelgble toctzens p. Tepresent legslaton support- ed by Presdent Truan's cvl rgts essage and ntated by JACL-ADC would gve.te At- torney General dscretonary powersndealng wt deportaton cases affectngall alens. JACL Plaque to Perpetuate Meery of Only Nse Solder To Wn Congressonal Medal WASHINGTON, D. C. —A bronzeplaqueto perpetuate te eory of Pvt. SadaoMune or wll beplaced aboard teWlson Vctory by tenatonal JACLwenteAry cargovessel s re- naedfor teloneNse Congressonal Medal of Honor wnner, teWas ngton offceof teJACL Ant-Dscr naton Co t- tee revealed-today. A floral wreat, donatedbyte Arlngton Me oral Co ttee, asocetyof local Nse set upto onor war eroes,wll also be presented at te fedesgnatoncereones. Te splertesaresceduled to ' be eld at te Broolyn Ary Base on Marc 5. Robert Mune or, broter of te dstngused Nse ero, ean- wle nfored te Was ngton JACLADC tate wll arrve n New Yor to attend te cere- ones onbealf of s wdowed oter, Mrs. Nawa Mune or, wo s too ll to negotate te long trp. W le declnng te JACL offer todefray stransportaton expenses, e expresseddeep ap- precatonof teJACL's efforts to aeteoccasonof great sg- nfcance to all Japanese Aer- cansandter alen parents. He sad e was antcpatng wt "verygreat pleasure" s eetng wt JACL representatves wo ave been ang te arrange- ents. W le nNew Yor, Mr. Mune- or sexpectedto be teguest oftenatonal JACLand te New Yor capter. An nvtaton as alsobeenextended to tostop brefly n Was ngton en route bac to s oe nLong Beac. ColonelVrgl R.Mller, t was furter dsclosed, asbeen nvted to attend te cere ones. If e accepts, e s expectedtolayte wreat durng te cereones. He s forer co andngoffcer of tefaed442nd JapaneseAer- can Reg ental Cobat Tea , of wc te late Sadao Mune or was a eber. Te Ary sfurns ng apor- trat plaque bearng tepcture of Pvt. Mune or wc s to be'ung n apro nentpare of tesp. Te ACL plaque, wc bearsan nscrpton dedcated to te eory ofteNse solder, s ex- pected tobe ung wt tepor- trat. Tectaton of Mune or wll be turnedover to tesp's captan. RayTaetaNaed Executve Secretary Of JACL Capter SAN JOSE, .Calf.—Ray Masa Taeta as beenna edexecutve secretaryof te Unted Ctzens Leagueof SantaClaracounty. He was a resdent of Sacraento for any years pror to tewar. H:« offce ourswll be9a. . to 12 noonand 1to 5p. . Nse Strandee Case Fled In Los Angeles Attorney Wrn Sees Passport to Go to JapanonCases LOS ANGELES Anoter case n bealf ofa Nse strandee n Japanwas fled ts wee n te Federal court at LosAngelesby Attorney W rn, Kdo andOrand. Te sutwasfled n bealfof Myoo Tsunas a now n Hyogo- en. Accordng to tesut,se voted nteJapanese electon, be- cause se wasadvsed se would lose er food ratonsf se dd not. Tesut saystat se sloyal to te Unted States ands nowwor- ngfor te Uted StatesOccupa- tonsForces n Japan. Mr. Wrn explaned tat an effort wll be adeto secuKe er edatereturn to te Unted States under te provsons of te Federallaw wc allows return to teUntedStatespendng sut nvolvng Unted States naton- alty. Mr. Wrn s awatng word fro teState Depart ent wt respectto s applcaton fora passport togotoJapan were e wll nvestgateteentre strandee proble andtaenecessary legal acton. Japanese A ercans In Good Healt, Survey Reveals LOS ANGELES—Nse Aer- cans are ngood ealt, co pared topersons of oter racal groups, accordng to results of a recent survey nLosAngeles. Fndngsoftesurvey, conduct- edby te LosAngelescty ealt departent, were revealed ts wee by Dr. JonCap an,actng d- rector of tetuberculoss dvson. Out of 089total x-rays taen of Japanese A e'cans, 544 ndvdu- als werelsted as ealty. Nnecasesof actve or arrested pulonary tuberculosswere ds- closed. An addtonal 14cases were rated asof a suspcous nature, and furtercecups by te edcal staff arenecessary, Dr.Cap an reported. Egty-four x-rays sowed oter alents, of wc 54were cardac troubles. Fl dffcultes nterean- ng 38 platesprevented dagnoss, and tese personswere notfed for anoter test. Dr. Cap an ponted out tat te rateof tuberculoss waste sae as te natonal average of 1.5and slgtly belowteaveragerate n LosAngeles. Japanese A ercans were lauded byJ. Albert Torrboofte ealt departent forter response to tesurvey. O aa JACL Retans 1947 Cabnet Intact OMAHA, Neb.—Te1947 O aa JACL cabnet under Patrc Oura, presdent, wll contnueaste1948 I cabnet wtout cange, followng a'unanous request fro te cap- ter's ebers. Noelectons were eld, followng ts unusual deonstraton of con- fdence. TeO aa capterscurrently conductng a e bersp and JACL | ADC donatons ca pagn. Te organzaton eld a Valen- ; tnesocal Feb. 15 at te YWCA. Presdent Oura was .general car- en.

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Page 1: pacificcitizen.org...PACIFIC CITIZEN 26;NO.9. SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY28, 1948. Price:Sevencents Sen HearingsateDelayson EvacueeBill IpectCommittee ConsiderClaims ISH

PACIFIC CITIZEN■26;NO.9. SALTLAKE CITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,FEBRUARY28,1948. Price:Sevencents

SenateDelaysHearingsonEvacueeBill

IpectCommitteeConsiderClaims1Late i nMarch

ISHINGTON,D.C.— Senate

i tteeh eari ngsonth eevacua-Jaimsbill,tentativelySch ed-!orth e firstweek <5fMarch ,>eenpostponeduntilth eth i rdofMarch ,accordingtoth ei ngtonofficeofth eJACLDiscri mi nati onCommittee,i ri ngsh avebeenunavoidably■d, th e Wash i ngton officei ,becauseofth epressureofBh ed bussiness before th ee Judici ary subcommitteeh asi ni ts h ands,H.R.3909,Ioth er h i gh ly.i mportanti ti on. Th e subcommittee,SenatorJoh n Sh erman!r,Kentuck y Republican,i taid,h asyettocompleteh ear-on measurestocompensatei can prisoners ofwari n,- h ands.

Dr.HaradaHeadsReactivated JACLGroup i nSacramento

ICRAMtfNTO— Dr.Yosh i zo

da,commanderofth eNi seiofth eVFW i nSacramentoj nani mouslyelectedpresidenth e reactivated Sacramentoerofth eJapaneseAmericani nsLeaguelastweek ,lernewofficersareMitsuruo,firstvice-president;Maysecondvice-president;Miyok o"ecording-secretary;Ak i Koy-corresponding-secretary;Tomtawa,treasurer;KenKono,Bldelegate,andTok oFuj i i ,late,nembersh i pdrivewasi ni ti atedth egroupwillalsopartici -acti vely i nth e Red Cross

Seek Identifi cati onOfManKilledi n

AutoAcci dent

IHWPTON,Calif.— Awaiti ng

i ve i denti fi cati on,th ebodyofan, tentatively i denti fi ed asSeuk i i Kuri h ara,h asbeenatNorlandmortuaryi nComptonDecember26.eman,wh oh asa h alf-moonoverh i slefteye,wasfatallyedwh enstruck byanauto-e i nLynwoodi nDecember,lvinMoreland,directorofth euary,saidth atan i ncompletei fi cati onsh ows th emanwas>n 1900fand h as arelativeaMisaburoSh i mi zu i nJapanJiatth edeceased'slastaddressPOBox543,Oceanside,Calif.,'U beforeth eevacuation,nh arai sreportedtoh avebeeneSantaAni taandManzanarrsafterth eevacuation.

NiseiRegainsU.S. Citi zensh i p

INJOSE,Calif.—Mrs.Misao

imotoofBox79,Storyrd\,re-sa h erU.S.citi zensh i ph ereftlyafter a naturalizati on'"m1-?!- SuPer'orcourtwitheWilli amF.Jamespresidi ng.s.Fuk umotolosth erciti zen-wh ensh emarriedanIssei.)visi onforregaini ngofciti -I'P i smade i nth eCableact»,wh i ch givesNisei womenmarried i neli gi blealiensbe-% 1922and1931th erigh ttoi turalized.s-Fuk umotofiled h erpre-ai'yformsatth eUnitedCiti -League (JACL)office lastb i sth efirstNisei woman i n,'alleytob«»restoredciti zen-underth eCab\«act

Ok amotoTeach esJudoi nMaryland

ILNFRANCISCO — Minoru

j oto,Nisei j udoexpert,i sth ej udoi nstructoratth eUni-ty«fMaryland,accordingtoroth er,Sh i zuoOk amoto,ch i efracistatStanfordLaneh os-

CiteEvacuationasFactorInIncrease i nReliefCasesVISALIA,Calif.—Th edi slocation

causedbyth emassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfromth ePacifi ccoasti n1942wascitedh ereth i sweek asafactori nth ecreationofareliefproblemwh i chi snowconfrontingTulareCountyoffici als.TulareCountysupervisorsth i s

week discussedth ereli efproblemposedbyHarryIsbell,superintend-entofth ecountyoldpeoplesh ome,wh oreportedtoth eboardth atth eh omenow h as15elderlyJapaneseresidentsandth at15oth ersare

seek i ngadmittance.Isbellsaidth atth eh omeh asno

additi onalrooms.SupervisorCh arlesYoung sug-

gestedagardenprojectforth eelderlyJapanese.SupervisorRoscoeL.Patterson

saidsomeeffortssh ouldbeunder-tak entorepatriatesomeofth emtoJapani fth eyarewilli ngtore-turnth ere.Pattersonpointedoutth atmostofth eseagedJapaneseh avenorelatives h ereandh avelostcon-tactwith friends asaresultofth emassevacuation h erei n1942.

CaliforniaSenateCommitteeCallsonAttorneyGeneralToExplainLandLawPolicy

HowserWillBeAsk edtoAppearBeforeStateLegislativeGrouptoDiscussEffectofOyamaCaseDecisi ononApplicati onofAnti AlienLaw

SACRAMENTO—Afullexplanationofh i sacti on i n dis-missi ngallpendingcasesagainstJapaneselandh oldersi nsti tutedbyth estateunderth eali enlandlawwasask edofAttorneyGen-eralFredN.HowseronFeb.25byth eStateSenateCommitteeonGovernmentalEffici ency.

InalettersignedbySenatorRalph E.SwingofSanBernar-dino,ch ai rmanofth ecommittee,Howserwasask ed toreport"atyourearliestconveniencebutnotlaterth anth e.conveningofth eoncominglegislativesession."'

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Th elegislaturei ssch eduledtocon-veneh erenextMonday,March 1.Th ecommittee's action,Swingsaid,wasth eresultofHowser'srecentannouncementth atsome33casesagainstJapanesei nth epro-cessoftrialtodeterminewh eth erornotth eali enlandlaw h adbeencircumventedweretobedropped."Assuming th e correctnessof

th esereports"Swingwrotei nh i sletter,"weassumeth atth eac-tionwastak en,

#as aresultofth e

decisi on i nth ecaseofOyaniavs.th eStateofCalifornia."Th eU.S.SupremeCourth anded

downadecisi ononJanuary 19h oldi ngunconstituti onalth e lawwh i ch woulddepriveOyamaofh i sti tletolandpurch asebyh i sfath ereventh ough h ewasaminoratth etime th epurch asewasmade i nh i snarne."Th eSenatecommitteeonGov-

ernmentalEffici encyand,i nfact,th e entireLegislature i s tre-mendouslyi nterested i nj ustwh atth ecourtofth elastresortdecidedanddeterminedi nth atdecisi onandth e effecti tmayh aveon th epowersofth eLegislaturei nrela-ti ontoth atsubjectcoveredbyth eAlienlandlaw,"Swingstated.Inseek i ngan explanationof

Howser'saction,h epaidh edesiredtoclarifyth epresentstatusofth eali enlandlawsoth atland-ownersmigh tk now wh eth erornotth eycansellorleasetoper-sonsformerlyth ough ttobe out-lawed from such purch ase orrentals.Hesubmittedsixquestionsforth eattorneygeneraltoanswer.Ask i ngforacompleteanalysisofth eSupremeCouctdecisi ononwh i ch Swingsaid-th ecourth adwrittenfivedifferentopini ons"notone ofwh i ch was i ncompleteagreement with anoth er," th eletterfurth erask edHowser's"con-clusions astoth equestionsandpointsth erei ndeterminedandde-cided."Oth erquestionsask edwere:Wh ateffectwillth edecisi on

h ave upon legislativeenactmenteith errestricti ngorenlargingth eprovisi onsofth eali enlandlaw?Wh atobligati ons,i fany,h asCaliforniatorestorelandsh ereto-foreconfiscated,ortocompensateth e ownersofsuch lands i fth eeffectofth eSupremeCourtde-ci si on i stodeclare California'salienlandlawunconstituti onalandi neffective?-Jnviewofth edecisi on,i sth ere,i n ywiropini on,anyrestricti onupon Japanese eith er owning,leasing or"'oth erwi se controllingagriculturallanfia?Doesth edecisi oni i vvouropini on

remove restricti ons,«any,i m-posedonaliensoth erth »»Japa-

neseagainstowning,leasing orcontrollingland.Ifso,wh ataliensarefreedfromth eprovisi onsofth e ali enlandlaw?

DelegateFarringtonToSpeak toJACLGroupi nCapitalWASHINGTON D.C.— Hon.Joseph R.Farrington,Congression-aldelegatefrom Hawai i ,willad-dressth elocalch apterofth eJACLonFebruary 28.He i ssch eduledto speak on,"Hawai i ,th e 49thState,"describi ngi nparticularth estatusoflegislationtoenableth eterritorytoach i evestateh ood.Th eHouse h as passed legislationtogivestateh oodtoHawai i andwithth ereturnofaSenatei nvestigati oncommitteefrom Hawai i th eUpperHousei snowwaiti ngtobeginde-bate onth e stateh oodbill.DelegateFarrington i sth efirstofaseriesofspeak erswh i ch th eJACLch apter h as sch eduled toappearon i tsprogram th i syear.AnativeofWash i ngton,D.C.,Mr.Farrington h asbeen delegatetoCongressfromHawai i si nce 1942.Beforeenteringpoliti csi n1934,atwh i ch time h ewassuccessfuli nwinni ngaseati nth eTerritori alSenate,h e was active i n news-paperwork onth eEastCoastandi nHonolulu.Th eJACLmeetingwillbeh eld

atth ecentralYWCA.

TrumanCivi lRigh tsMessageCitedi nDeportationCaseLOSANGELES—PresidentTru-man'sci vi lrigh tsmessagetoCon-gressi nwh i ch h eurgedth eadop-tionoflegislationtograntequalityi nnaturalizati ontoJapaneseandoth eralienssti lli neli gi bletociti -zensh i p i sth ebasisforamemor-andumfi ledth i sweek i nth eFed-eralDistri ctCourtofAppealsuiDenver,Colo.,byAttorneysA.L.Wiri n,Saburo Kido and FredOk rand ofLos Angeles i nth eSek i nodeportationtestcase.Th eFederalcourtwasurgedi nth ememorandum to h altth ede-portationofT.Sek i noand400oth erJapanesealiensuntilCon-gresscanactuponth elegislationfavoredbyPresidentTrumanandsponsoredbyth eAnti-Di scri mi na-tionCommitteeofth eJapaneseCiti zensLeague.Th ecourtcases i nvolveJapa-

nesealienswh owerelegalresi-dentsofth e Uni ted Stages astreatytradersuntilth eabrogationofth eU.S.—Japanesecommercialtreatysh ortlybeforeth eOutbreak

ofwari nth ePacifi c.Mostofth ealiensi nvolvedunder

th edeportationorders i ssuedbyth eDepartmentofJusticeweredescribedbyth eattorneysaslong-time residents of th e UnitedStates.Manyofth epotentialde-portees h ave American-bornspousesorch i ldrenandth ei rcoun-selh avestressedth atth edeporta-tionswilli nvok e h ardsh i psuponAmericanciti zens.Itwas noted th atunderth e

presentlawth eAttorneyGeneralofth eUnitedStatesmaystayth edeportationofaliensoth erwi sede-portablei ncaseswh erei nsuch de-portationwould result i n h ard-sh i ptoAmericanciti zensbutth i slawdoesnotapplytoalienswh oarei neli gi bletociti zensh i p.Th epresentlegislationsupport-ed by PresidentTruman'scivi lrigh ts messageand i ni ti atedbyJACL-ADC would give.th e At-torneyGeneraldiscretionarypowersi ndealingwith deportationcasesaffectingallaliens.

JACLPlaquetoPerpetuateMemeryofOnlyNisei SoldierToWinCongressionalMedal

WASHINGTON,D.C.—Abronzeplaquetoperpetuateth ememoryofPvt.SadaoMunemori willbeplacedaboardth eWi lsonVictorybyth enationalJACLwh enth eArmycargovesseli sre-namedforth eloneNisei CongressionalMedalofHonorwinner,th eWash i ngtonofficeofth eJACLAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommit-teerevealed-today.Afloralwreath ,donatedbyth eArlingtonMemorialCommittee,asocietyoflocalNisei setuptoh onorwarh eroes,willalsobepresentedatth efedesignationceremonies.Th esimpleritesaresch eduledto'beh eldatth eBrook lynArmyBaseonMarch 5.RobertMunemori,broth erofth edisti ngui sh edNisei h ero,mean-wh i le i nformed th e Wash i ngtonJACLADCth ath ewillarrivei nNew York to attendth e cere-moniesonbeh alfofh i swidowedmoth er,Mrs.NawaMunemori,wh oi stooi lltonegotiateth e longtrip. Wh i ledeclini ngth eJACLoffertodefrayh i stransportationexpenses,h eexpresseddeepap-preciati onofth eJACL'seffortstomak eth eoccasionofgreatsig-nifi cancetoallJapaneseAmer-i cansandth ei rali enparents.Hesaid h e was antici pati ngwith"verygreatpleasure"h i smeetingwith JACL representativeswh oh avebeen mak i ng th e arrange-ments.Wh i lei nNewYork ,Mr.Mune-

mori i sexpectedto beth eguestofth enationalJACLandth eNewYork ch apter. An i nvi tati onh asalsobeenextendedto h i m tostopbriefly i nWash i ngton enrouteback to h i sh ome i nLongBeach .ColonelVirgi lR.Miller, i twasfurth erdisclosed,h asbeeni nvi tedtoattendth eceremonies.Ifh eaccepts,h e i sexpectedtolayth ewreath duringth eceremonies.Hei s formercommandingofficerofth efamed442ndJapaneseAmer-i canRegimentalCombatTeam,ofwh i ch th e late Sadao Munemoriwasamember.Th eArmyi sfurnish i ngapor-trai tplaquebearingth epictureofPvt.Munemori wh i ch i stobe'h ungi n aprominentpareofth esh i p.Th ei ACLplaque,wh i ch bearsani nscri pti on dedicated to th ememoryofth eNi sei soldier,i sex-pectedtobe h ung wi th th epor-trai t.Th eci tati onofMunemoriwillbeturnedovertoth esh i p'scaptain.

RayTak etaNamedExecutiveSecretaryOfJACLCh apterSANJOSE,.Calif.—RayMasamiTak eta h asbeennamedexecutivesecretaryofth e Uni tedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaracounty.HewasaresidentofSacramentoformanyyearspriortoth ewar.H:«officeh ourswillbe9a.m.to12noonand1to5p.m.

Nisei StrandeeCaseFiledInLosAngelesAttorneyWiri nSeek sPassporttoGotoJapanonCasesLOSANGELES—Anoth ercasei nbeh alfofaNisei strandee i nJapanwasfiledth i sweek i nth eFederalcourtatLosAngelesbyAttorneyWiri n,KidoandOk rand.Th e sui twasfiled i nbeh alfofMiyok oTsunash i manow i nHyogo-k en. According toth esuit,sh evotedi nth eJapaneseelection,be-cause sh ewasadvisedsh ewouldloseh erfoodrationsi fsh edi dnot.Th esui tsaysth atsh ei sloyaltoth eUnitedStatesandi snowwork -i ngforth eUmtedStatesOccupa-tionsForces i nJapan.Mr.Wiri nexplained th ataneffortwillbemadetosecuKe h eri mmediatereturn toth eUnitedStatesunderth eprovisi onsofth eFederallawwh i ch allowsreturntoth eUni tedStatespendingsuiti nvolving United States nation-ality.Mr.Wiri n i s awaiti ngwordfrom th eStateDepartmentwithrespectto h i s applicati onforapassporttogotoJapanwh ereh ewilli nvestigateth eentirestrandeeproblem andtak enecessarylegalaction.

JapaneseAmericansInGoodHealth ,SurveyRevealsLOS ANGELES—Nisei Ameri-

cansarei ngoodh ealth ,comparedtopersonsofoth erracialgroups,accordingtoresultsofarecentsurvey i nLosAngeles.Findi ngsofth esurvey,conduct-

edbyth eLosAngelesci tyh ealthdepartment,wererevealedth i sweekbyDr.Joh nCh apman,actingdi-rectorofth etuberculosisdivi si on.Outof089totalx-raystak enof

JapaneseAmei'i cans,544 i ndi vi du-alswerelistedash ealth y.Ninecasesofactiveorarrestedpulmonarytuberculosisweredis-closed.Anadditi onal14caseswereratedasofasuspici ousnature,andfurth erch eck upsby th emedicalstaffarenecessary,Dr.Ch apmanreported.Eigh ty-fourx-rayssh owedoth erailments,ofwh i ch 54werecardiactroubles.Film diffi cultiesi nth eremain-i ng38platespreventeddiagnosis,andth esepersonswerenotifi edforanoth ertest.Dr.Ch apmanpointedoutth atth erateoftuberculosiswasth esameasth enationalaverageof1.5andsligh tlybelowth eaveragerateinLosAngeles.JapaneseAmericanswerelaudedbyJ.AlbertTorribi oofth eh ealthdepartmentforth ei rresponsetoth esurvey.

Omah aJACLRetains1947CabinetIntactOMAHA,Neb.—Th e1947Omah aJACLcabinetunderPatrick Ok ura,president,willcontinueasth e1948Icabinetwi th outch ange,followinga'unanimousrequestfromth ech ap-ter'smembers.Noelectionswereh eld,followingth i sunusualdemonstrationofcon-fidence.Th eOmah ach apteri scurrently

conductingamembersh i pandJACL|ADC donationscampaign.Th eorganizati onh eldaValen-

;tinesocialFeb.15atth eYWCA.i PresidentOk urawas.generalch ai r-men.

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TenMooseJawEvacueesResumeSitdownStri k eAgainstCanadianResettlementPolicy

MOOSE JAW,Sask .-Th eten"die-h ard"sitdownstri k ersatth eDepartmentofLabor'srelocation h ostelfor

evacuees of

Japaneseancestryarestillsquatting i nth ecorridorofth ei r

quartersandreportedlyh avevowedtoremainonstri k euntilth e

Canadiangovernment'swartimeauth ori tytorestrictth emove-

mensofJapaneseCanadiansexpiresonMarch 31.Th esitdownstri k ers,wh oh averefusedtocomplywi th De-

partmentofLabororderstoleaveth ei rh utandtomove i ntooth erquarterswh ereth e35oth erresi-dentsofth eJapaneseh ostelareh oused,are h uddled on woodenbench es i n th e corridorofth eformerRoyalAirForceOfficersquarterswh i ch arebeingusedforh ostelpurposes.Th estri k estartedonFebruary

7wh entwelvepersonswh ooccupiedh utNo.5atth eMooseJawh ostelrefusedtomove i ntoth eofficersquarters.because,th ey claimed,th eywereunemployedandtroublewouldstarti fth eymoved i nwi thth eoth ers.Twoofth eorigi nalstri k ersweregirls,daugh tersof65-yearold,Hirok i ch i Isomura.CampSupervisorJack McKillopturnedoffth eligh t,h eatandwateri nh utNo.5andtook outallgov-ernmentproperties,i ncludingbedsandmattressesbutth estri k ersre-mainedput,sh i veri ng i nth ecoldh utoverth eweek end.Itwasreportedth atth etempera-turereach ed16degreesbelowzeroi n Moose Jaw during th efirstweek endofth estri k e.Onth eMondayafterth estri k eh ad started. Royal CanadianMounted Police took th e twelvestri k ersi ntoMooseJawforamedi-calexaminati onand food.Th eywereth entak entoth eofficers'quarterswh ereth eywerereported-lywelcomedbyth eoth erresidentsofth eh ostel.ProddedbyIsomura,described

asth e leaderof|h e protestinggroup,th etenmenmarch edbacktoth ecorridoroutsideth eofficeofSupervisorMcKillop andre-sumedth ei rstri k e.Th etwogirls,h owever,remained i n th eroomspreparedforth em andi twasre-portedth eywereprovidi ngmealsforth estri k ers.SupervisorMcKillop,meanwh i le,movedfrom h i soffi ceatth eh osteltoah oteli nMooseJaw.Wh en i nterviewedby anews-

paperman on February 15, a

spok esmanforth estri k ers,KunioIsomura,26,saidth eywantedJ.F.McKinnon,commissi onerofth eJapanesedivi si on i nth eDepart-mentofLabor,tocometoMooseJawsinceth eydidnotwanttodealwith Mr.McKillop.Th esi tdownstri k erswerei denti -fi edasTomisuk eAsai,57;Sh i geoHirok ada,45;Hirok i ch i Isomura,65;Kunio Isomura,26;Sh ozanNish i no,55;Toyok i ch i Ok ano,67;Masuich i Sasai,58;Kiso Yama-moto,56;Tak i j i Yosh i maru,32;andKansh i roOmoto,46.Th e MooseJaw h ostelwases-tablish edby th eDepartmentofLabori nth esummerof1946tofacili tateth edispersalofevacueesofJapaneseancestrywh owerestillconcentratedatth atti mei nBriti shColumbiai nteri orh ousi ng1centers.Oth er h ostelswere setup i nManitoba,Ontario andQuebec.Th e MooseJaw h ostelwasde-scri bed as th eleastsatisfactorybecause i twaslocated i napro-vincewh ereth erewaslimi tedoc-cupationalopportunityandsecondbecause th e government ch oseMoose Jawasth e h ome of125"uncooperative"ex-interneeswh orefusedtobecomeself-supportingi nprotestagainstth egovernment'streatmentofitsJapaneseCanadianpopulation.Th e h ostelpopulationexceeded

200atonetimeandth eJapanesedivi si ontriedmanymeanstore-locateth em,notonlybyobtaini nglocalemploymentbutbymovingth em to Albertaand Manitoba.Deadlinesforth eclosingofth eh ostelweresetseveraltimesandmessfacili ti es were discontinuedlastSeptemberand rents wereask edbut46personssti llremaini nth ecamp.Someofth efamili es,h owever,

arereportedtobe preparingtomovei nth espring.

ImmediateProblemsFacedByNisei ToldbyMasaok aLegislationProgramOutlinedbyOffici alInCh ri sti anRegisterWASHINGTON, D.C.—Th e na-tionally k nown magazine,Ch ri s-ti anRegister,publish esanappealth i smonth urgingmembersofth eUni tari an denominati on to h elpcarryth enationalJACL'sincom-pleted figh tforevacuation i n-demnifi cati on tofruiti oj i duringth i ssessionofCongress.Th eap-peal,entitled"EvacuationClaims—JusticeDelayed,"i swri ttenbyMi k e Masaok a.Iti soneofanumberofarticlesonth esubjectofbroth erh oodwh i ch th e j ournali sfeaturingi nth eFebruaryi ssue.Recallingth atch urch leaderswereamongth efi rsttorecognizeth e i nj uri esofevacuationandth efirsttodemandth eearlyrestitu-ti onoflossessufferedbyth eJa-panese Americans,Mr.Masaok aurgesCh ri sti ans"wh oareuneasyconcerning-th i stragicepisode i nournation'swartimelife"to"easeth ei rconsciences"by h elpi ngtofini sh th eNi sei 'slegislativecam;paign."Th e i ntangibledamages,dis-

ruptionoflives,lossoffreedomandth eattendant.sufferingcanneverbecompensatedfor,butth everyleastth atcan be expectedofa work i ngCh ri sti andemocracyi sth ataneffortbemadeto i n-demnifyth esepeopleforeconomicdamagessufferedbynooth erseg-mentofth eAmericanpopulation,"h esays. Hepointsoutth atth eLowerHouse-ofth e80th Congressh asalreadypassedth eevacuationclaimsbill,butcompleteactionbyth eSenatpbyth eendofth i sses-sion i s necessary i fevacuationcompensationi stobecomeare-ality.In appealing to outstanding

ch urch peopletoaidth eJA'CLatth i stime,Mr.Masaok arecallsth atduringth elasth oursofth e79thCongressi n1946,asimi larevacua-tion claims measure was k i lledwh en a California congressmanh altedunanimousHouseactionon

i tafterth emeasureh adbeenap-provedbyth eSenate."Todayth e opportunity i sat

h and to i nsureth at j usti cewi lltriumph . Delaywillonly com-poundth ei nj ury,"h easserts,add-i ngth atallinterestedCh ri sti anscan h elpbycommunicati ng im-medi atelyanddirectlywith th ei rSenatorsto i nsureth atnosuchfatewillblock th i snewbill."Alth ough th emili taryph aseofth eforcedremovalof115,000per-sons ofJapanese ancestry,,twoth i rdsofwh omwere*Americanciti -zens,arewellk nown* i th asnotbeenuntilth epastyearth atany-th i ngresemblingafullstoryofth eevacuationh asbeentold,th eyoungNi sei legislativedirectorre-veals,notingth atth e "storyofth eforcedliqui dati onofassetsandth elossordeteriorationofevacueepropertyi snotaprettyone."Th eevacuation,h easserts,h a3been described by ProfessorEugeneRostow ofYaleUniver-sityas"America'sworstwartimemistak e,"wh i leMilton S.Eisen-h ower, broth erofth e formerArmyCh i efofStaff,asth efi rstdirectorofth e WarRelocationAuth ori ty,wasmovedtodiscussth ei ni ti alph asesofth eevacua-tion i nth esewords:"Wh enth i swari soverandweconsidercalmlyth i s unprecedentedmigrationof120,000people,weasAmericansaregoingtoregretth eavoidablei nj usti cesth atoccurred."Th eevacuees,Mr.Masaok agoes

on,weregivenveryli ttletimetomovefrom th ei rh omesandth atth emajori tyofth epeopletowh omth eJapaneseentrustedth ei rprop-ertyand belongingsfeltprettysureth atth eywouldneverreturntoth eWestCoast. "Someneverdid—th eyresettled i nth eEastorMiddleWestorth eydiedonth ebattlefields i nEuropefigh ti ngforth erigh tsandlibertiesth eybe-lieved i n,"h eadds.Th e payment ofaccountablebusinessandpropertylosseswh i chresultedfrom th eevacuation,h ediscloses,i san obligati onwh i chPresidentTruman,Secretary Of

InteriorKrug,andoth erh i gh ad-mini strationoffici alsh aveoffici -allyack nowledged.Ofth eJapa-neseAmericanswh oh adanyth i ngtolose,95percentsufferedloss.Th osewh oh adli ttletolosemadeoutworstof;>.ll.Th eextentoffinancialrecovery

is"minute,"ascomparedtoth e"mi lli onsofdollarsworth ofbusi-nesslost i nth eevacuation,"h eavers. JapaneseAmericans h avecompletely lostth ei renormouspre-warbusiness i nth efrui tandvegetablemark et.Li k ewi se,th ewh olesaleflowermark etandth efish i ng i ndustryi ssti llcompletelylosttoth em.Such lossesasth ese,ofcourse,

cannotbe recovered under th eevacuationclaims measure. Fur-th er,th eclaimsbillproposesnolumpsum paymenttoevacuees;i tgivesth eDepartmentofJusticeauth ori tytosettleclaims upto$2,500 foraccountable businessandpropertylosses.Th eDepart-ment,h owever,h asauth ori tytoadjudi cate claims i n largeramounts,butsuch clai msaretobepaidi nth esamewayas j udg-ments i nth e CourtofClaims.Actuallosses,h esays,"runsintomanymilli onsofdollars."Th eappealcontainsapassagefromPresidentTruman'smessagetoth eHousei nsupportofevacua-tionlegislation,i nwh i ch h e de-clared:"Itwould,i nmyopini on,beatragicanomalyi fth eUnitedStateswere,onth eoneh and,toac-claim anddecorateth ebraveNiseitroopswh ofough tsovaliantlyandatsuch sacrifi cesoverseas,wh i leonth eoth erh and,i ti gnoredandleftunredressedth everyrealandgrievous losses wh i ch some ofth em,togeth erwith th ei ri mmedi-atefamili es,h avesufferedasare-sultofGovernmentactioni nth emi dstofth esamewar."Mr.Masaok aassertsth atonly

th rough Congressionalaction i sth ereanyh opeofredressforth ewrongsofevacuation."Itwillbeanactofj usti celongdelayed,"h esays."Weth ereforeappealtoallCh ri sti answh oareanxioustoseej usti ceandfai rplayarecarriedouttowriteth ei rSenatorsnowurgingth em toexpeditepassageofth eevacuationclaimsbi ll."Th e Ch ri sti an Registeri s th emonth lyorganofth eAmericanUnitari an Associati on. Th eFeb-ruaryi ssue,railedth eBroth erh oodNumber,containsarticlesdealingwi th th eNegroes,Jewsandoth erminori ti es.BesidesMr.Masaok a'sappeal,th erei salength ypi eceonanoth erph aseofbroth erh oodbyAssociateJusticeofth eSupremeCourtWilli am O.Douglas.

ReactivatedLegionPostPlansRitesforReturnedNisei DeadSAN FRANCISCO—Th enewly-

reactivatedTownsendHarrispostofth eAmericanLegionwillpar-tici patei nritesforNisei wardead,uponth eoccasionofth ereturnofth ebodiesofJapaneseAmericansoldierdeadtoth eSanFranciscoarea. Roy Ash i zawa,"post ad-j utant,reportedth i sweek .Th e JapaneseAmerican■postalsoplans toreactivate i tsBoyScoutdrumandbuglecorpswh i chwasafeatureofpostactivi tybe-foreth ewar.

Seabrook JACLGivesDanceProceedstoPolioCampaign

SEABROOK, N.J.-Th tlceedsfrom th e President'i*sponsoredbyth eSeabrook cbflJACL,onJan.30forth ebflofth eMarch ofDimespolioßwasoffici allypresentedlastlHJdayevening to th e CumjuHcountych apterofth eKaFoundationofInfantilePsnHSam Seno,wh o-wasth enflofceremoniesforth ebene&BJcial,presentedth ech eck anfli ngto$104.56toJoh nLmMillvi lle,ch ai rmanofth ecflMarch ofDimescommitteei Hregularciti zensh i pclassh Ath e Seabrook cafeteria.Mr.Lloydexplainedtoth eflh ow th efundcontributedb|Hpeoplei susedaswellasth t*ofth eFoundation i nSouth ■area.LouisLewisofBrigetotJch ai rmanofth ecountytflwasalsopresentandth ank s*Seabrook resi dentsforth ei rßerationi nth e1948March ofS*campaign.Th eplanningcommitteef-'lPresident'sballconsistedof*Bano,ch apterpresident,SamWGeorge Sak amoto,Miss«Ch apman,HaroldFistereandißonIch i sak a;tick etsandfj*Ch arlesNagaoandJames)u*refresh mentsanddecoration*Kunish i ma;orch estra,MissI*man;generalarrangement*Nak ayama,Toru Ik eda,C*Nagao,GeorgeSak amoto;P*JGeneNak ata;andpublici ty,*Lanning. ITh emusicwasfurnish ed■BridgetonEsquires,ex-Gls*pieceorch estraandavocal**SeniorGi rlScouts ofsmh elpedwith th erofresh m«*Jpartofth ei rcontributi on.JTh e i nterclubcouncilme*

th eoffici alsofth eLocalUn*Jofth e AFL and manv■personscooperatedwith tKWch aptermembers i nmak i M(benefitaffairsuccessful.

SEABROOK,N.J.—Cumberlandcounty'ssh areofth ef)agai nstpoliowasgivenaboostwith th epresentationofaehfor$104.56representingth eproceeds ofth eMarch ofDi ibenefitdance h eldatSeabrook ,N.J.on Jan.30.Receivi ngch eck forth e Cumberland countych apterin Joh n LloydMillvi lle(2ndfromleft),ch ai rmanofth ecountyMarch ofDi icommittee.SamSeno(3rdfromleft)presentsth ech eck onbdofth eSeabrook ch apterofJACL,sponsorsofth eaffair.(WfromleftareVernonIch i sak a;LouisA.LewisofBridgeton,i ich ai rmanofth ecounty'sch apter;RayBanoand(ieorgeSak an

Hawai i InsuranceUnderwritersWinNationalHonorsHONOLULU,T.H.—Outstanding

nationalh onorsh avebeenconferredontwoNisei i nsuranceunderwrit-ers.DeanY.Ish i i ,aformersch oolteach erturnedinsuranceseller,wastopmanofth ePrudentialInsur-anceCo.ofAmericafor1947.Herank edfi rstamongallofth e

company'sfulltimespecialagentsi nth enetvolumeofnewlife i n-surancesoldi n194THeclosedatotalof$1,282,200

business lastyear—more th an$150,000overth enextcompetitor,aNewJerseyunderwriter.Th i si sth esecondtimeMr.Ish i i

h astoppedth emilli ondollarmark ,h avi ngreach edth atmark lastyear.Wh atmak esh i srecordamazing

i sth efactth ath eoperatedonth ei slandofKauai,th esmallestofth efourmajor,i slandsofth eter-ri tory.Anoth ermi lli ondollarsellerwasSamuroIch i noseofHonolulu,wh orank edth i rd amongPrudential'sagents.

Nisei VeteranHeadsStock tonJACLSTOCKTON,Calif.—JunAgari,localNisei veteran,waselected

presidentand ch ai rman ofth eboardofdirectorsofth eStock tonJACLatth efirstmeetingsofits18directorsh eldFeb.18.Oth erofficerselectedforth ecur-rentyearareArtHisak a,vicepresident;Joseph Omach i ,secre-tary-manager; Jack Matsunaga,treasurer;andElizabeth Humbar-gar,recorder.Agari saidth atth efirsttask of

th eJACListosecurenaturaliza-tionrigh tsforIssei parentsandtoobtaincompensationforpropertylossessuffered i nth e 1942massevacuation."We h ave th e supportofth ePresident'sCivi lRigh ts Commit-

teeandan i ncreasing,numberofprominentpersons,"Agari said."Ifeelconfidentth atournationforwh i ch wefough tandbledwillnotletusdown."Agari addedth atth eStock tondriveforfinancialsupportwillbe-gin th i sweek . He ask ed th atcontributi ons'bymailbesenttoJack Matsumoto,treasurer,at36WestWash i ngtonstreeti nStock -ton.

Idah oNi sei LosesGoldenGlovesBoutCHICAGO-JerryFurf*wara of

TwinFalls,Idah o,tIKGem state'samateurwelterweigh tch ampi on,was k nock ed byBillElvidge,Moline,lII*Inafirstroundmatchi nth en»cionalGoldenGlovestour-name*th ereonFeb.26.

OutdoorLunch eonPlannedatIniti alCaliforniaYBAMeetLOS AftGELES-An«J

lunch eon i n Solano can)»

ElysianPark willbeafeawth etwo-dayconventionoftwforniaYoungBuddh i stL"*LosAngelesonMarch M«"Th elunch eonwillbeserwMarch 28 and preparationbeingmadebyacommitteeedbySadameNomi,Tomi *andEizoMasuyama.An outdoorservice i spannedbyacommitteewncudesTom Miyasak i and■"Masuyarna.Th eforth comi ngeonventi*

beth efi rststate-wideconwofvyoung Buddh i sts s'nceevacuation,

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AppointNiseiAttorneytoCountyPost

tatnuratoReturnoOrangeCounty,8DeputyCounsel

INTAANA,Calif.—Kosak u

lura, Nisei attorney,recentlyappointeddeputycountycoun-nOrangeCountyto h elpwithlegalaffairsofth atadmini stra-group.i mura, wh o h as been i nth ei ri ti esandExch angeCommis-waspersuadedtoreturntoh omecountyby JoelOgle,i tycounsel,nativeofOrangeCounty,Ta-a was born i n Huntington:h 37yearsago.HegraduatedlPomonaCollegeandth eUni-i tyofCaliforniaandwas i n.practicei nSantaAnaatth esofth eevacuation.ewasevacuatedtoth eGranda:ationcenterwh ereh eservedh elegalstaff.HeleftGranadaittendHarvardUniversity.ealsoserved i nth elegaldi->nofth eU.S.Armyand i nDepartmentof-Interiorbeforengh i spresentpositi onwith th e

LarinAmericanGroupPledgesSupportforJACLADCProgram

■ENVER— NationalexecutiveHcersofth eLeagueofUnited■dAmericanCi ti zensonFeb.■adoptedaresolutionendorsingIprogramofth eJACL'sADC■pram.■h e LULAC resolutionstatedHtth e"denialofequalityofdem-Hk ti copportuniti estoanyper-■orpersonswith i nth eseUnitedHteslowersth estandardsofde-Htracyandth erebymak esourHi positi onJesssecure."HTieresolutionendorsedth enat-Hizuti onbill,deportationamend-H>tandevacuationclaimsbills■th eADC program,■opiesofth eresolution h aveHnsenttoSenatorsDennisCh av-■andCarlHatch ,Congressman■onioM.FernandezandCon-■sswomanGeorgiaL.Lusk of■vMexico.ItwassignedbyDr.HeMaldonado,presidentgeneral,■attestedtobyDanielT.Valdes,Hretarygeneral.■toyM.Tak eno,ADCregionaldi-Htoi\said th esupportfrom th e■tinAmericangroupwas"espe-Hll.v.gratifyi ng"since i tsh owed■commonaimsofallAmericans.HTh eADClegislativeprogram h as■ei vedwidesupportfrom non-■sei groups,h esaid,becauseof■i nh erentj usti ceofth eprogramHnbecauseallAmericansrealized■atpasti nj usti cesmustbecor-H?tedbyremediallegislation.

RoyTak enoVisi tsLatinAmericanLeagueDENVER—RoyM.Tak eno,re-gionalADC director,pi-esentedabriefreportonth eJACLandth eADC atanexecutivecouncilses-sionofnationalofficersofth eLeagueforUnitedLatinAmericanCiti zens i n"SantaFe,N.M.,onFeb.15.Dr.Jose Maldonado,president

generalofLULAC,andallth ena-tionalofficerspresentunanimous-lyagreed to supportth e JACLADCprogram.Offici alresolutionsofsupportbyLULACwillbesentto Senators CarlA.Match andDennisCh avesofNewMexicoandNewMexicorepresentatives,i twasreported.

WestVirgi ni aOffici alsBackLegislationProgramofADC■WASHINGTON,D.C.— Th eWash i ngtonoffice ofth e JACL■iti -Di scri mi nati onCommitteere-■jrtedth i sweek th atSam Ish i -"wa,Eastern StatesdirectorofmeJACLADC,h asj ustconcludedIbrieftrip to Ch arleston and■untington,WestVi rgi ni a,i nan-■|"-'rofh i sregionaltourstoob-Vin supportfor th e Japanese■moiH'anCiti zensLeague'slegis-"tiveprogram.IMr. Ish i k awa called upon a■umlmrofprominentpoliti caland■vi eleadersofWestVirgi ni a,in-■uding-Democratic Governor■larcnce Watson Meadows with■h onrh e h elda h alfh ouri nter-Wpv-Th eGovernorwasreport-■dtobei ncompletesympath ywi th■h e objecti vesofth eJACLADC,■pressingth eopini onth atth eJa-■aneseAmericansh ardh i tbyth eWracuation "sh ould be paid forBiei rlosses."IWh i leMr.Ish i k awafoundcon-■derable enth usi asm forevacua-■oncompensationandnaturaliza-ti onforJapanesealiens,th eWash -i ngtonJACLADCofficereported,i anyofth epersonsh econtactedadquestionedth ewisdomofBak -u'sforlegislationtorepealim-ngrationbarriersagainstth eJa-anese. Most of th em werej mi li arwith th eh eroi cexploitsi th eJapaneseAmericancombatearnandi ndi catedfavoringlegis-"ion to i ndemnify Japaneseorcedoutofth e WestCoastbe-auseofth ewar.■BesidesGovernorMeadows,th e*ast,ernJACLADC directormet■nefollowingpeopleatCh arleston:»narles Hodges,executivesecre-

taryofth e Ch arlestonCh amberofCommerce;Dr.PaulRevercomb,presidentofth eCh arlestonMedicalAssociati onandabroth erofSen-atorCh apmanRevercomb,wh oi 3ch ai rmanofth eSenatesubcommit-teeoni mmi grationandnaturaliza-tion;Dr.LeonardRiggleman,pres-i dentofMorrisHarveyCollege;Mose Boiarsk y, prominent at-torney,andMrs.E.WyattPayne,presidentofth e WestVirgi ni aFederationofRepublicanWomen.Among religi ous and social

leadersinterestedi npromotingth ecauseoffriendlyrace relations,h econtacted:Dr.GeorgeH.Vick ,mini sterofth eFirstPresbyterianCh urch , th e largestch urch i nCh arleston;Dr.Z.B.Edworth y,executivesecretaryofth e WestVirgi ni aCouncilofCh urch es;TVlrs.WalterS.Hallanan,wifeofth epresidentofth e Plymouth OilCompany,andaprominentG.O.P.leaderi nth estate;GladysLi ttleexecutivesecretaryofth eCh arles-tonYWCA, and Rabbi LouisJ.Gash dan ofth e Virgi ni aStreetTemple.AtHuriti ngton,Mr.Ish i k awa

saw Dr.NormanBromley,legis-lativech ai rmanofth eMini sterialAssociati on,andMaryE.Kay,ex-ecutivesecretaryofth eYWCA.Wh i le i nCh arleston, h ecalledatth eh omeofDr.andMrs.GeorgeMiyagawa.Th edoctorish eadofth eorth opedicsdepartmentofbothth >3Ch arlestonGeneralandSouthCh arlestonh ospi tals.Healsoh adalength ytalk with Col.J.H.Critch fi eldofth eofficeofth eDi-rectorofIntelligence,wh o h adh i gh praiseforNisei soldiers.

U.S.AttorneyGeneralUrgesCourttoReviewTak ah ash iTestCaseonCaliforniaLawWASHINGTON,D.C.Copiesofth eAttorneyGeneral'smemoran-dum urging th e U.S. SupremeCourttoreview th e Tak ah ash ialienfi sh i ngcasewerereceivedbyth eWash i ngtonofficeofth eJACLAnti -Discri mi nati on Committeeth i sweek .Th eTak ah ash i case,th ebrief

signedbyAttorneyGeneralTomC. Clark and Solici torGeneralPh i li pB.Perlmannotes',"presentssubstantialconstituti onalissuesofnationali mportance,affectingth efundamentalcivi lrigh tsofalargenumberofpersons."Th eJusticeDepartment'smem-orandum,filed earlyth i smonthwith th eh i gh court,citesinstancesi nwh i ch th eSupremeCourth adUph eldth eeconomicrigh tsofth ealiefl;tfnderth eConstituti on.Th especifi cquestionsi nvolved i nth eTak ah ash i case,i tadds,relatetoth e constituti onalityofSection990ofth eFi sh andGameCodeofCalifornia,asamended i n1945toprovideth atcommercialfi sh i nglicensesmaybeissuedonlytoper-sonsoth erth anth ose"ineli gi bletoci ti zensh i p."Ifth e petiti onforcertiorariwh i ch th enationalJACLfiled i nJanuarysh ouldbegranted,th eAt-torneyGeneralstates,"th eGov-ernmentwillcontend,asamicuscuriae,th atth ech allengedpro-vi si onofth eFi sh andGameCodeofCaliforniacannotbereconciledwith th eprinci plesappliedbyth eSupremeCourti nth e Truaxv.Hopk i ns,supra,andoth ercases."Th eoth ercasesi ncludeth efamousYi ck Wov.Hopk i nsli ti gati onof

1885andth emorerecentOyamaalienlandlawcase.Inth eTruaxversusRaich case,

th ecourth eldth atth eConstituti onforbidsaState"todenytolawfuli nh abi tants,becauseofth ei rraceornationality,th eordinarymeansofearning a liveli h ood." Th eCourtemph asi zedth at"th erigh ttowork foralivi ngi nth ecom-monoccupationsofth ecommunityi softh everyessenceofth eper-sonalfreedom andopportunityth ati twasth epurposeofth e(Four-teenth )Amendmenttosecure."Th i scasecameupforreview i nth eU.S.SupremeCourti n1915wh enth ecourth adbefore i tanArizona statute wh i ch providedth atwh enanyoneemployedfiveormorepersons,notlessth an80percentofth em h adto be ci ti zens.Indeclaringth eactunconstitu-tional,th e courth eld th atth eAri zonastatutebesidesviolatingth eequalprotectionclauseofth e14th Amendmenth ad i ndenyingaliensth erigh ttoearna livi ngvirtuallydeniedth emth erigh ttoenterth estate,formen"cannotlivewh ereth eycannotwork ."Solici torGeneralPerlman i nforwardingcopiesofth eGovern-ment'smemorandumtoth eWash -i ngtonofficeofth eJACLADCdeclared:"We believe sincerelyth atwh atwearetryingtodoi sforth ebenefitofallth epeopleofourcountry,"addingth at"Iamgladth atyourorganizati onap-orovesofth eactionbeingtak enbyth eGovernmenttocarryouti tsresponsibi li ti esi nth eenforcementi fci vi lrigh ts."

CaliforniaCountyAttorneysMovetoDiscussLandCases

Wh olesaleActionSetToDisposeofStateEsch eatLiti gati on

SAN FRANCISCO—Allcountydistri ctattorneysi nCaliforniah avebeensentorderstoask th ecourtstodismi sspendingesch eatcasesi nsti tutedbyth estateandth ere-spectivecountiesagainstpersonsofJapaneseancestryunderth eAli enLandlaw,accordingto i n-formationreceived lastweek byJamesC.Purcell,counselforth eNorth ernCaliforniaCi vi lRigh tsDefenseUnion.Jack W.HardyofAttorneyAt-torneyGeneralFredN.Howser'soffice i nLosAngeles i ndi catedi nateleph oneconversationwith Mr.Purcellth atwh olesaleactionwasbeingundertak entodismi ssallofth ependingAlienLandlawcasesasaresultofth eSupremeCourt'sdecisi oni nth eOyamacases.HardywasrecentlyappointedbyHowsertotak e ch argeofth estate'sactivi tyi ndi smi ssi ngth ecases.Allofth ecountydistri ctat-torneysareexpectedtopresentdis-mi ssalpetiti onssignedbyHardytoth ei rrespectivecourts i nth enextfourdays.Casesunderth eAlienLandlawarependingi nFresno,Monterey,San Luis Obispo,Orange,SanDiego,LosAngeles,SanJoaquin,Stanislausandoth ercounties.Ap-proximately50casesareexpectedtobedismi ssed,i nvolvingseveralmilli onsofdollarsi nagri culturalproperty.Mr.Purcelldeclaredh ealreadyh adcontactedth edi stri ctattorneysofMonterey,San Joaquin andFresnocountiesandannouncedth atallCRDU casespendingi nth oseareaswith th eexceptionoftwowillbedismi ssedwith i nth eweek .Th etwoexceptionsare casespendingi nFederalcourts.

Wash i ngtonJACLToContinueWeek lyOpenHouseWASHINGTON,IXC.— Th e

Wash i ngtonch apterofth eJACLwillsponsorweek lyopenh ouseatth eYWCA,continui ngth eactivi tyformerlysponsoredbyth eNi seiUSO.Sessionswillbeh eldeverySat-

urdaynigh t,exceptforth efourthSaturdayofeach month ,wh i ch i sreservedforregularch aptermeet-i ngs.Tentativeplansh avebeenmad«toform speciali nterestgroups,forpersons i nterested i nbri dge,book s,pinoch le,bowlinganddanc-i ng.

FresnoJudgeDismi ssesFiveEsch eatActionsonRequestOfState,DefenseCouncil

FRESNO,Calif.—SuperiorJudgeErnestKletteonFebruary21dismi ssedfi veesch eatactionsfi ledagainstresidentJapanesealiensandNi sei ofFresnoCountyuponstipulationsentered"by"th eStateAttorneyGeneral'sofficeandcounselforth edefendantsi nviewofth erecentdecisi onofth eUnitedStatesSupremeCourti nth eOyamatestcase.Th eSupremeCourtruledth atalienJapanesemaypurch ase

landforth ei rAmerican-bornch i ldreaDuring th e 38 month sending

January31, 1948,Ralph Hagin,speciali nvestigatorfrom th e of-fi ceofAttorneyGeneralFredN.Howser,wh owork edi nth eFresnoCountyarea,reportedfourfavor-able j udgments and si x cashsettlementsi nvolving$92,415 and515acresofland.Severalcasesh avebeensuccess-fullyprosecutedi nFresnoCountyunderth eAlienLandlawagainstpersonsofJapaneseancestry,withmore th an $40,000 recovered i nsettlements,i twasstated.How-ever,i twasregardedasquestion*ablewh eth erth osewh oh avemadesettlements can legallyrecoverth ei rmoney.DeputyDistri ctAttorneyArth ur

Drew,wh o h andled th e esch eatcases i nFresnoCounty,announcedth i sweek th atonlyninecasesre-mainonth edock etandth atth esewillbedismi ssedwith i naweek ortendays.Hesaidth atofth epend-i ngcases,th reeareagainstHindus,mark i ngoneofth efew instancesi nwh i ch th eAli enLandlawh asbeeni nvok edagainstpersonsoth erth anth oseofJapanesedescent.Inh i sactiondismi ssi ngth efi ve

casesJudgeKlettedeclaredth atth eSupremeCourt,wh i lenotde-claring th e Ali enLandlaw un-constituti onal,i neffectdid j ustth atandmak esth elawanullity.Suitsdi smi ssedonFebruary21

i ncludeth efollowingdefendants:Sh unzoKurok awaandh i swife,

RyuKuruk awaandEddieHidek iKurok awa;Noriak i Moritaandh i swife,Tak ateh i Mori taandT.Ita-k ura;Kanei Kaneich i andh i swife,Rosh i oKaneich i andSumio'Kanei-ch i ;A.Sak ataandh i swife,T.L.Sak ata;R.Arak ak i and h i swife,NabeArak ak i ,andUnosuk eYama-sh i roandh i swifeandIwaoYama-sh i ro.Underth estipulationsfordis-mi ssalofth esuits,th edefendantswaivedallclaimswh i ch th eymigh th aveagainstth estateandi tsof-ficers.

PuyallupValleyReactivatesJACLTACOMA,Wash —Th ePuyallup

valleych apterofth eJACL'wasre-activated h erewith anelectionofofficersonFeb.19. i

KazYamanewaselectedpresi-dent,with oth erofficersasfol-lows:Tak eoYosh i h ara,delegateatlarge;Dai i ch i Yosh i ok a,Istvicepresident,Fife;Dr.K.Kasuga,2ndvicepresident,Tacoma;TadSasak i ,3rdvicepresident,Sumner;Mick eyFuk ui ,recordingsecretary;AmyHash i moto,corresponding secre-tary;Joh nFuj i ta,treasurer;andTomTok emuraandKini i Fuj i moto,co-socialch ai rmen.Amembersh i pdrivewillbespon-soredwith Tak eoYosh i h araascap-tai nforth eTacomadi stri ctandArtYamadacaptainofth evalleydistri ct.Nextmeetingofth ech apterwi ll

beh eldMarch 11.

Nisei InterpreterReturnsfromTok yoWarCrimesTrialsSEATTLE—ANisei wh oi soneoffourAmericanemployessuper-visi ngth e28Japanesei nterpretersandtranslatorsatth ewarcrimestri alsi nTok yo returnedtoth eUni tedStatesonFeb.17byplanefromJapanonamonth 'sleaveofabsence.LannyMiyamoto i senroutetoWash i ngton,D.Ctovisi tfri ends.Hedeclaredth atJapanesena-tionalsactingas i nterpretersatth eTok yotrialsareclingi ngpre-cariouslytoth ei rsanityasare-sultofattempting to translateLatinlegaltermsi ntoJapanese..Translationofcourtproceedingsfrom Japaneseto English andPJnglish toJapanesei sdonei nlongh and,Miyamotosaid.Atfrequenti ntervalsth e Japanese i nter-preters,racing i nlong h andtok eeppacewith th etestimony,areboggeddonebyan"ipsofacto"ora"nolocontendere"andoneofth efoursupervisorsh astotak eover,h esai d.Miyamoto,wh ostudiedi nJapan

beforeth ewar,h asbeenemployedbyth eInternationalTribunalforth eFarEastsince 1945.Beforeth at h e served with a UnitedStates strategicbombingsurveyunit i n Tok yo,Nagasak i andKumamoto.During th eearlypartofth ewarMiyamototaugh tJapanesetoArmyofficersatth e UniversityofMich i gan. Laterh eserved i nIndia.

Nisei YearbookAppears i nCh i cagoCHICAGO—Th e Ch i cago Japa-

neseAmericanYearBook for1948appearedth i sweek with alisti ngofover6,000famili esand500busi-nessfirms.Sixty-fivepagesofpicturesare

i ncluded i nth e 176pagevolume.Picturessh owmanyph asesofJap-aneseAmericanactivi tyi nCh i cago,i ncluding th e coronation ofth eNi sei queen i nCh i cago,th eNi seire,vue,sp'ortsch ampi onsandprom-i nentNisei .Th ebook waseditedbyJoeT.Komak i .

MaryKitanoNamedAsGuildDelegateLOS ANGELES—MaryKitano,

an employeofth eLosAngelesDailyNews,waselectedasoneofth e17membersofth erepresenta-tiveassemblyofth eLosAngelesch apterofth eAmericanNews-paperGuild,CIO,atarecentmeet-i ng.MissKi tonoisemployed i nth elibraryofth eDailyNews.

AttorneyPlansInsanityPleaForNisei i nIdah oMurderTomMiuraWaivesPrelimi naryHearingOnDeath ofFath erREXBURG,Ida.— TommyT.Miura,30,Rexburg,ch argedwi thth efatalstabbingofh i s72-yearoldfath er,ZenzoMiura,waivedprelimi naryh eari ngonFeb.17andwasboundovertoMadisonCountydistri ctcourtwh enarraignedbe-fore Probate Judge VernonMortenson.Miura,wh owas wounded five

timeswith th e442ndCombatTeami nItalyandFrance,i saccusedofth emurderofh i sfath eratth ei rfarm h omenearRexburgearlyonth emorningofFeb.14.Miura was remanded to th eMadisoncounty j ai l,with outbond,to await j urytriali nth enextterm ofth edistri ctcourt,sch ed-uledforOctober11.Th ecourt'sactionfollowedth everdictofth ecoroner's j ury,on

wh i ch two JapaneseAmericanawereamongth osecalledtoserve,th atth efath erdiedofastabwound i nth erigh tsideofth eth roat, "evidently i nfli cted byTommyMiura."Th eagedman'sbodywasfoundi nbedatth eMi urafarm h ouse i nButton,th reemileswestofRex-burg.Ah unti ngk ni fewith afive-i nch bladewasstilli nh i sth roat.MissMarySmith ,wh o i s em-

ployedascounselbyMiura,h asi ndi catedth edefensepleawillbebasedonaclaim ofi nsani ty.Th eonlyoth erperson i n th e

h omeatth etimeofth eslayingwasadaugh terofth eslainman,Miss Mi nak o Miura,wh owasasleepatth etime.Miuraattemptedto giveh i m-selfuptoRexburgofficersafterth eslayingbutdrove downtoIdah oFallswh enh efoundth eRex-burgsh erri f'sofficeclosedatth eearlymorningh our.Headmittedth ek i lli ngtoIdah oFallsofficers.

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EDITORIALSAnoth erTestCase

Twotestcaseswh i ch maydecideth eciti zensh i pri gh tsofsome6,000JapaneseAmericansh avebeenfiled i nLosAngelesi nrecentweek s.

Th etestsspecifi callyconcernth erigh tofEtsuk o Ari k awaand Miyok oTsunash i ma,both Nisei ,toreturntoth i scountry.Both werestranded i n Japanduringth ewarand h avesincebeenrefusedpassportstoreturn h ome.Inboth i nstancesth epassports were refused ongrounds

th atth eseNi sei voted i nJapaneseelections.Th eseNi sei arenotalone i nth ei rpeculiarsi tuation.During

th ewarth ousandsofNisei werecaugh tbyth ewari nJapanandunabletocome h ome. Someofth emmadeadesperatelastminuteattempt,andth eysailedforth eUni tedStatesonth elastboath ome. Halfwayacrossth ePacifi cth eboatturnedi tscourseandwentback toJapan.

Th eseNi sei strandeeswere,th rough outth ewar,submittedtoextremepressuresofdiscri mi nati onandsuspici on.Manyofth em werecoerced byth reats,by subtle h i nts,byth everynecessityofk eepi ngalive—i ntoactionswh i ch now k eepth emfrom comingh ome. Someofth em work edforth eJapanesegov-ernmentduringth ewar.Afewwereforcedi ntomili taryservice,th ough generallyth eywereviewedwith suspici on,afortunatecircumstancewh i ch k eptmanyoutofth earmy.Both Mi ssAri k awaandMissTsunash i mavottd i nJapa-

nese elections. MissAri k awastates th ath ervoting i n th e1946electionwasth eresultof"confusionandmisappreh ensi on"and th emistak en beliefth atNi sei Americanscould vote i nth atelection (th e firstelectionunderoccupationauth ori ti es)with out j eopardizi ngth ei rciti zensh i p. Miss Tsunash i ma'ssui tstatesth atsh e wasforcedtovoteunderth reatoflosingh erfoodrations.Th erecan,ofcourse,benosympath yorcompromisewith

Nisei wh oofth ei rownfreewillpartici pated i nth eJapanesewarofaggression.Butth emany i nnocentNisei sti lli nJapancannotberefusedth erigh ttoreturn h ome. Morespecifi cally,th eycannotbe deniedth eprivi legeofprovingth ei ri nnocence.

Since war'sendwe h ave h eardmany h eroi ctalesofJa-panese Americans wh o h eld fasttoth ei rU.S.citi zensh i p,despiteth efactth eywerelivi ng i nJapanandsubjecttoper-secutionand i ndi gni ti es. Th eseNi sei mustbe aided i nth ei rdesire andneedtocome h ome.

Th eForgottenPeopleRepudiatedby th ei rowngovernment,approximtaely300

PeruvianresidentsofJapaneseancestryarestillbeing h eldbyth eDepartmentofJustice i n"relaxedcustody" i nth eUni tedStates.Th eforgottenth reeh undredwereamongapproximately500JapanesePeruvianswh owereliterally k i dnappedbyth ei rgovernmentandturnedoverto UnitedStatesmi li taryauth or-i ti es sh ortlyafterth eoutbreak ofwarin th e Pacifi casagesture for h emi sph eri c defense. Th ey were i nterned i nPanama and latertransferred toDepartmentofJustice i n-ternmentcampsi nth eUnitedStates.Alth ough th eseJapanesePeruviansh ave beencleared of

anysuspici onth atth eymayendanger h emi sph eri csecurity—manyofth emarech i ldrenand somearei nfants—th ePeruviangovernmenth asrefusedtopermitth em to return toth ei rh omes i n Perudespitenegotiati onstoth atend wh i ch h avebeen i ni ti atedby th e StateDepartment. Th econductofth eLi magovernmenti n th esenegotiati onstendstobearoutth ech argeth atgreedandcorruptiononth epartofsomemembersofth ePeruviangovernmentare i nvolved i nth ecase. Manyofth ePeruviansnow i nternedh ere operatedlargebusinessesandh eldconsiderableproperty.Th eseh oldi ngswereappropriatedbyth ei rgovernmentatth e ti me ofth ei rdetentionand i ti sevi dentth atsh ould th esepeoplebepermitted toreturn,anaccountingwould be necessary.

Sh ortlyafterV-Jdayth eUni ted Statesgovernmenti ni ti -atedproceedingsagainstth eseJapanesePeruvians,seek i ngtodeportth em toJapanonth egroundth atth eywere i llegallyi nth eUni ted States. Th edeportation proceedingsh ave beentemporarilysuspendedth rough legalaction andadditi onalef-fortsh avebeenmade sinceth atti metoreach anagreementwith Limaforth ei rrepatriati on.Faili ngth i s,i tmustbeap-parentth atsome stepssh ould be undertak en to legalizeth eresidenceofth esedisplacedpersonsi n th eUni tedStates Th eAmericangovernment,because i tacceptedth ese personsforinternmenti n th e i nterestsofh emi sph eri csafety—alth ough th eactualreasons forth ei rdetentionbyPeruvianoffici alsmayh aveh adnoth i ngtodowith securityordefense—h avearespon-sibi li ty i nth i scasewh i ch cannotbedispatch edbyth e mereactofdeportingth em toJapan,acountrytowh i ch th eseresi-dentsofPerudonotwish togo.

RATTLING THERACIST SKELETONSByLARRYTAJIRI

Nisei USA;

/CALIFORNIA'S GovernorEarlWarren,th eLi nativeson candidateforth e Republicanpresidentialnominati on,denied on Mutual's"Meet th e Press" broadcast on Feb. 20th ath eh adbeenth e"fingerman"i nth emassevacuationof100,000 California residents ofJapaneseancestry i n 1942.Gov.Warrenside-steppedth equestionbydeclaringth atCareyMc-Willi ams,wh owascreditedonth ebroadcastwithh avi ngmadeth ech arge,wasanoldpoliti calenemy.Gov.Warrendisposedofth equestionbyde«laringth ath eh adsupportedth earrayi ni tsmassevacua-tiondecisi onandalsoh adsupportedth earmy'sde-ci si on to permitth eevacuees toreturnto th eevacuatedarea i n 1945.Both ofth esestatementsaretruebutth eydonottellth ewh olestory.Because GovernorWarren h asbeen projected

ontoth enationalpoliti calstagebecauseofh i s i n-teresti nth eGOPpresidentialnominati on,arattlingofth eracistsk eletonsi nh i spoliti calcloseth asva-lidi tyandpurpose.Iti si mportanttoth epeopleofth enationto

search th eback groundofamanwh omayonedayoccupyth eWh i teHouse.Ifth ecandidate h asbeenamemberofawh i tesupremacistorganizati onandh asmaderaciststatementssuch i nformation i sofconsiderable i nterestto approximately15,000,000non-CaucasianAmericansandtoth emembersofoth erracialandreligi ousminori ti es.GovernorEarlWarrenofCaliforniah asbeenand

i ssti llaprominentmemberofth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,anorganizati onwh i ch h asspe-ci ali zedfor40yearsi nracistagitati onagainstper-sonsofJapaneseancestry i n California.Th eNa-ti veSons,h owever,i smoreth anananti-Japanesegroup.Denyingmembersh i ptoCalifornia-borncit-i zensofJapanese,Ch i nese,Mexican and Negroparentage,i th asbeenastrongadvocateofwh i tesupremacysince i tsformationi n1875.Th eNativeSonsh avemaintai nedth atciti zensh i psh ouldbere-strictedto"native-bornCaliforniansofth ewh i terace."Ini tsbri efi natestcasewh i ch sough ttopre-

ventevacueesofJapaneseancestryfromvotingi naCaliforniaelectionwh i ledetained i nrelocationcenters,th eNativeSonsdeclaredbeforeth eNinthDistri ctCircui tCourtofAppealsth atth eConsti-tutionofth eUni tedStatesrefersto"wh i tepeopleonly."Th eNativeSonsalso h avemaintai nedth atth egrantingofciti zensh i ptoNegroeswasa"gravemistak e."Lastweek i nSanFrancisco,Joh nT.Reagan,

anoffici alofth e Native Sons,told JoeGrantMasaok a,regionaldirectorofth eJACLAnti-Di s-crimi nati on Committee,th atth eorganizati on h adnotabandonedi tsanti-Japaneseprogram.Wh i legovernorofCaliforniaEarlWarren h as

partici pated i nth eritualsofth eNativeSons.Heh asnesverrepudiatedth egroupnorth egroup'sracistph i losoph y.Inh i sappearanceonth eMutualnetwork pro-

gram lastweek ,GovernorWarrenascribed th ech arge th ath e h adbeenth e"fi ngerman"i nth emassevacuationtoth epoliti caloppositi onofCareyMcWilli ams.Th atoppcsiti oni satwo-waymatter.Mr.Warren,h owever,glossedoverth etruth

wh en h esai donth eMutualbroadcastth ath e h admerelysupportedth earmy'smassevacuationorder.On Feb.21,--1942EarlWarren,th enattorney

generalofCalifornia,appearedbeforeth eTolancommittee,th enconductingh eari ngsonth eneces-sityofmassevacuation i nSanFrancisco,andask edformassevacuation.Inalongandunusualdoc-umentfilledwith fearandsuspici onandfraugh twith racemyth s,Mr.WarrenpicturedCalifornia's100,000personsofJapaneseancestryasapossiblearmyofsatoteurswh owereawaiti ngasignaltostri k eagainsti nstallationsofmili taryimportance.Mr.Warrendevelopedanargumentth atpersonsofJapaneseancestrypurposelyh adsettledalongsidevitalmili taryandcommunicati onsi nstallations,al-th ough i nmostcases i tmustbe obviousth atth eteleph oneandpowerlines,proximi tytowh i ch i scitedasevidenceofpossibletreach ery,werenotth erewh enfarmersofJapaneseancestryfirsttookresidenceonth eland.PartsofMr.Warren'sstatementtoth eTolan

committeeareusedalmostverbatimbyGeneralDe-Wittin h i s"FinalReportofth eJapaneseEvacua-ti on"andareusedbyGeneralDeWittasareasonwh i ch j usti fi edth emassevacuationdecisi on.Th ere-fore,Mr.Warrencannotsimplydeclareth ath esupportedth eArmy'sdecisi on.GeneralDeWitt'sreporti ndi catesth atMr.Warren'sreasonsforth enecessityofmassevacuationi nfluencedth earmy'sdecisi on. .' "Th efactth atpersonsofJapaneseancestryweresettled i noneareaofSantaBarbaracountyandth atth erewereno JapaneseAmericans i n an-

wh e«rpartofth esamecountywaspointedoutbvMr.Warrenasfraugh twith signi fi cance.Th i sparagraph appeared i nMr.Warren'slonestatementtoth eTolan Committee:

'"Th rough outth e SantaMariaValleyand i n-cludingth eci ti esofSantaMariaandGuadalupeeveryutili ty,airfi eld,bridge,teleph one,andpowerlineoroth erfacili tyofi mportance i sflank edbyJapanese,andth eyevensurroundth eoi lfi elds i nth i sarea. Onlyafew milessouth ,h owever, i sth eSantaYnezValley,equallyasproductiveagri-culturallyasth eSanta Maria Valleyandwithlandsequallyavailableforpurch aseandleasebutwith outanystrategici nstallationswh atever.Th erearenoJapanesei nth eSantaYnezValley."r.Jr-i i s,Para&raPni srepeatedverbatim i n'GeneralDeWittsreportj usti fyi ngmassevacuation.Itwould,ofcourse,be i nsultingth epeopleof~Santa Ynez Valley to support Mr. Warren'sstatementth atth erearenostrategy i nstallationsi n th e SantaYnez.area. Th ereareteleph ones,powerlines,bridges/androads i nth eSantaYnezValley.Infact,i twouldbe i mpossibletocarryonmodern-dayagriculturewith outth eseandoth erfacili ti es. Asforth e oi lfields,th eyweredis-coveredi nth eSantaMariaValleylongafterper-sonsofJapaneseancestrybeganfarmingth ere.In h i stestimonybefore th eTolan Committee

Mr.Warren,ask i ngformassevacuationaMth atHwasth econsensusoflaw enforteitalficcrsth :;t"th ere i smorepotentialdanj j !»!jth egroupofJapanesewh oarebom i nth VBtryth anfrom th ealienJapaneseborni nj JßEarlWarren declaredth atmanyAmeriaJHJapanese h adbeeni ndoctrinatedi nJapan»jth erewasnowaytodetermineth eloyalu!!|sonsofJapaneseancestry. "!"Webelieveth atwh enwearedealingm!

Caucasianracewe h avemeth odsth atwillJloyaltyofth em,"Warrentoldth eTolanrJtee,"andwebelieveth atwecan,i ndealinTlth eGermansandth eItalians,arriveatsomeflsoundconclusion.sbecauseofourk nowledgemwayth eylivei nth ecommunityandh aveIJBmanyyears.Butwh enwedealwith th e j 9wearei nanentirelydifferentfieldandweJform anyoppini onth atwebelievetobeJTh ei rmeth od oflivi ng,th ei rlanguage,mawlth i sdi ffi culty. Manyofth em wh osnowJbirth certifi cate statingth eywereborn\MState,perh aps,orborn i nHonolulu,canUspeak th eEnglish languagebecause,alth ouri Hwereborn h ere,wh enth eywere 4or5yenageth eyweresentovertoJapantobeed9andth eystayedoverth ereth rough th ei rado3periodatleast,andth enth eycame back *th orough lyJapanese."Lessth antenpercentofAmericansof]■

nese ancestryi nth eUni tedStates h aveetglceivedanyeducation i nJapan.OnJune21,1943GovernorWarrenappeanfl

fore th econference ofgovernorsofth e\MStatesatColumbus,0.,andwarnedth attflleaseofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfroolrelocationrenterswouldleadtoasituationtflbynoone"willbeabletotellasaboteurfrosloth erJap.""Recentlywe h avereadofsocialexperimeB

relocationcentersandth e movementwith i nIgovernmenttoreleasemostofth em as h anfltoth esecurityofth eh omefront,"Governorflrencontinued,"butpleasedon'tbe deceived!moredangerousstepcould betak en."Th eword"Jap,"wh enusedi nreferencetoi H

i cansofJapaneseancestryi sasrepugnanttollas th e words "Nigger,""k i k e,""ch i nk ,"!"greaser"tomembersofoth erAmericangnflYetMr.Warren h asused th eword"Jap"!times i n h i slongstatementtoth eTolanflmittee i nreferencetopersonsofJapaneseafltryresidi ngi nCalifornia.GovernorWarren opposed efforts toU

mitth ereturnofJapaneseAmericanevacwHCalifornia,acceptedth earmy'sdecisi ontonflth eexclusionorderi nastatesmanli k emanner.Malso h adsupportedth eeffortsoflawenfortaflofficerstopunish th e h oodlumswh owerensflBibleduringth eearlymonth sof1945ofaaHofactsofviolenceagainstth ereturnedovmlAtth esameti me,h owever,GovernorWarrenfledth eamendmenttoth eCaliforniaFish andflCode wh i ch proh i bi ted th e i ssuanceoflulllicensestoJapanesealiensand alsosigned!amendmenttoth eAlienLandlawwh i ch facilraßi tsenforcementagainstpersonsofJapanese!cestry. Itwas underth i s amendmenttint!proximately75cases were i ni ti atedagainttlsonsofJapaneseancestry,seek i ngth econfiwHofpropertyongroundsth atalienparentsh i lli nteresti nlandsownedbyth ei rciti zench i lflSomeofth esecaseswerefiledbyth eWarrtimi ni strationagainstNisei wh o wereoverseath euniform ofth eUnitedStates.Th eWiregimealsoobtaineda$200,000appropriati on!th elegislatureforth e i nvestigati onandproti onofJapaneseAmericansunderth eAlien1/law.GovernorWarren h asbeena strongsuppi

ofth ediscri mi natoryAlienLandlawandh asi tpubliclyth atth e"CaliforniaAli enLandlawbonlystatuteavailabletolawenforcementofMtomeetth esi tuationpresentedbyth epresendßJapanesei nmanystrategiclocaliti es." 1In h i sappearancebeforeth e"Meetth en

panellastweek GevernorWarrenplacedh ai nfavoroflegislationwh i ch would providtfairemploymentregardlessofrace,colororcestry. Iti spossibleth atMr.Warren,«governorofth eStateofCalifornia, h asgw«statureandh asabandonedth eNativeSonsrowwh i ch h asch aracterizedh i searlieryearsi nPoffice.Iti stobeh opedth atth i s i struebeeMr.Warrenmaybecometh eRepublicannoni n th e eventofaTaft-Deweydeadlock «Ph i ladelph i aconvention andth eGOPnomiw1048h asagoodch anceofoccupyingth ewHouse.Iti scertainlytimeforGovernorWarren»■

pudiateh i sraci stback groundandtocutJillwith such organizati onsasth evth i tesupremeNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest.

MATTEROFTHEHEARTDenverPost

Ei i ch i ,Hatawasfatedtotastebutbtfjoflife. Hewasborn i nMontanai n"lbj[lessth anth i rtyyearslaterdiedasoldiers<W"onamuddybattlefield i nItaly.Hisbody»buriedunderalittlewh i tecrossatth e&*'i eanMili tarycemeteryneari Castelfiorentiw-Afewmonth sagoth eU.S.Eigh th arm?'

Tok yoreceivedaletterfrom Corpora1■n»parentswh omanyyearsago h adreturned?1"Montanatoth ei rnativeJapan."Ourdeclinjyearswouldbemademuch h appi er,"th epa*»wrote,"ifyourgovernmentreturnedth eb<Wourson,wh owas k i lled i nth ewarontowmsoil." J

Soon,th ebodyofCorporalHaitawill«"]th elongvoyagetoi tsfi nalrestinJapan,«"«£■trywh i ch h eneversaw.Waraffectsmanyp*sonsi ndiverseways,nori sth ereany')ette!'|3ampleth anth estoryofCorporalHaitato«HtratePresidentRoosevelt'swords;"Americani snotamatterofraceorcreed,i ti «a.n>W|ofth e h eart."

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miook Revi ew:

THEBEST IS NONE TOOGOOD'. ByRalph G.Martin.297 PP. New York . Farrar,StrausCo.$3.50.Inth eh edgerowsofNormandy,;h emudofItalyand i nth egreenfungles ofsouth Pacifi c i slands,American Glssh areda commonIream ofh ome,"ofcak eand iceBream,wh i tesh eets,h otbath sandj eauti fulwomen."In"Th eBestIsNoneTooGood,"Ralph G.Martintellsofwh ath ap-penedtoth atdreamafterth ewar[ladendedandth eGlscameh ometo becomeveterans."Iwonderedwh ath adh appenedto th e menandwomenwh o h adcome h ome,andth i s i swh atIfound,"saysRalph ,Martin."Th esei remy i mpressions,th eseareth e[>eople Italk edto.Ifth ere'samessagei nth ebook ,youfind i t."Th erei sa.juessage i nth ebookand i ti swarmandh earteningandfine. Ralph Martinranged th epontinenti nassemblingth e ma-terialforh i sbook . Hetalk edtoth eex-Glseverywh ere.Hefoundth em work i ng,-studying,buildi ng.Hefoundth emfi gh ti ngcorruptioni n politi cs,combattingracialdis-i ri mi nati on.Hefound,th em ask -i ngquestionsandwonderingwh y.He found sh arpangertoo,anddisi llusionmentbuth ealsofoundth atth eex-Glswerenotwallow-i ng i nanyslough oflost-genera-tionbitterness.Inh i sfi rstbook ,"Th eBoyfromNebrask a,"Ralph Martintoldth estoryofaNisei ,BenKurok i .Onei fth ech aptersof"Th eBestIsN'oneTooGood"i sdevotedtoth estoryofwh ath appenedonth edayBenKurok i cameback toh i sh ome

townofHersh ey,Nebrask a.Th ere i salso th estoryofa

band ofcourageous,determinedciti zensi nth etownofHoodRiver,Ore.,wh omannedth erampartsofdemocracyandgotth enamesofth esi xteenNisei Glsback onth ecounty h onorroll.Th ereareoth erstories,ofa

doctor i nHarlem,ofth eex-Glswh obrok eth etaxi trustinCh i -cago,ofth eh omelessveteransi nSaltLak eCi tywh ostartedth ei rown h ousi ng project and ofAth ens,Tennesseewh ereth ere-turnedveteransorganizedandranth ecorruptpoliti ci ansandgraftersoutoftownandgaveback th ecitygovernmenttoth epeople.Th ereare14milli onveteransof

th ewarandnearlyallofth emwillrecognizeapartofth emselvesi n th estories i nRalph Martin'snewbook .Th i s i sastoryofAmerica i ntransiti on,areportonwh ath ap-penedtosome ofth emen andwomenwh ocameback fromglobalwarduringth edaysandmonth swh enth eywerestillth ereturnedveterans.Th e book i s i nterspersedwith

vignatteswrittenbyth eauth oratwarandth esh arp,pungentpara-graph sbri ngback th esmellandfeelingofcombat.Th i si sh ow i twasandth i si swh ath appenedtoth efoxh oledream.Ralph G.Martin h asa specialfeelingforth e American i di om.Heh ascaugh tth etalk andh opeofAmerica,onth e h i gh ways,i nth ebarsandall-nigh tcafes,onth ej obandonth efarm.Th i si snotj usta book aboutveterans. Iti sabook aboutAmericatoday.—L.S.T.

THEHOUSENEXTDOORByTOSHIOMORI

■ASh ortStory:

Th eh ousestandsonth elotnexttoourssurroundedbymanyyoungfruittrees.Iti sasmallbungalow,builtsimplyandplainly—afourroom affair.From th estreeti tlook scozyandwarm ini tssmallntssandIguessth e h ousecouldbe cozy.It.iscozyenough butth i s,i tseems,i snotenough .

Wh enOldManWh i tewaslivi ng,th erewere nofruittreesandth eh ousestoodbareandugly.Hecame i nandoutofth eh ousefrom daytodayand i nspiteofh i seigh tyyearswewereassuredofh i spresencedayi nandI———-— ————■ —^—

dayout.Ifwedidnotsee h i mforseveraldaysor-aweek th atwasallrigh t.We k now h ewasth ere.Wek new th atinsi deofh i s h ouseh ewasamblingabout.OldManWh i telivedalone.Hewasafixturei nth ecommunity. We,th eneigh bors,wereprettysureofh i spresence.Wesaw h i m,wek new h i m,andwetalk edto h i m.Th eni nh i seigh ty-th i rdyearwh i ch was i n1934,h edi edandh i sson i nPaloAlto i n-h eri tedth eplace. v

Th esonplantedth etreesandth eyardwh i ch wasbareandun-touch edbecamegreenandattrac-tive.Sinceh ecouldnotmovei nbe-cause h i sbusinesswas i nPaloAlto,h erentedth e h ousetopeo-ple.Wh enth i sh appenedth eneigh -borh oodwh i ch wassmugandcom-placentwith i ni tsci rcleforsolong,i mmedi atelylostth eai rofnaive-nessandcomplacencyandbecamech argedwi th transiti onsotypicalofth eworld. >Wewatch edth eh ousewith i n-

terest.Th ewh oleneigh borh ooddid,wewh oh adseenth esamefacesoverandoveragainfortwentytoth i rty-fiveyears.Forayearorsonobodymoved i n. Th e h ousebe-came attractivewith th egrowthofyoungfrj i i ttrees.Buti tstoodwi th outcurtains,ligh tless,andh ol-lowinsi deforalongtime.Th enwith arush ,fornoreason,th i ngsh appenedatth eplace—eventafterevent.Oncei tstarted,i tseemed,th erewasnostopping.Wesaw th ecomingandgoingofth etenantsofth eh ouseonsixoccasions. Sometimesth epeoplelefti nth eevening;sometimesth epeoplemovedoutduringth eday,butalways,i mmedi ately,someonemovedi n.Wesawth ecomingandth egoingoffaces,th ei rpersonal-i ti esoftenblurredand i ndi sti nctwith time.Wh enth efrui tsonth eyoung

trees ripened,wh oever h appenedtobeli vi ngatth eti mewentoutinth eyardandpick edandateth em.Andwh enth efolk smovedoutth etreesremainedbeh i ndatth eplaceloranoth ercompanytopick th efruitswh enth eyripened.Th i swasth epastimeofeach tenantwh ocametoliveandstayedawh i le.Of

course th ereweresomewh o di dnotremain on th e place longenough toseeth efrui tsripenbutth esewerefewandeventh efewwatch edth etreesgrow,sprayednicoti nedili gently,andlook ed'asi fth eyenjoyedth estayatth eplace.Butth eydidnotremainlong.Fornoreasonorforsomeh i ddenrea-sonseach ofth etenantsmovedi nandoutandleftth eneigh borh oodatastandstillastowh oli vedi nth eh ouse.Oneofth esetenants,th eearli-

est,Icameto k now prettywell.Th eywerefromIndianaandonce,th efath ersaid,h ework edi nth enurseryback th ere.Hesaid i nIn-diana th e flower i ndustry'wasprettybig.Wetalk edofth eflowerbusinessi nIndianaandCalifornia,th eweath eri nIndiana,andth eweath eri nCalifornia.Wecameto k now each oth erprettywell..Heusedtocomeoverwh ereIwaswork i ngandtalk .Atoth erti mesIusedtoleanoverth efence andwatch h i m spray th efrui ttrees.Th efath erwasan i n-terestingtalk er;i nfact,th ewh olefamilywastalk ati veandcolorful.Th emoth er,th edaugh ter,andth eson-in-law.Th efami lyh ad j our-neyedacrossth elandonth ei roldBuick th eyearbefore.Th eyalwaystalk edaboutth e j ourney.Butbe-foreth efruitsripened,onedayoronenigh t,th eIndianafamilymov-edout.Ididnotk nowaboutth i sformanydaysuntilonemorningIsaw OldManWh i te'ssonescort-i nganagedcoupletoth eplace.Th en\k newth eh ouseh adbecomevacant.Th eagedcouplestayedti llDe-cemberofth atyear.Th eywereth eoneswh opick edth efruitsandateth em andIbelieve,cannedth emforwinter.Th eyusedtositonth eback porch andsunth em-selvesi nth ewarm autumndaysWedidnotspeak toeach oth er.Veryfewpeoplei nth eneigh bor-h oodwereawareofth ei rpresence.Onenigh ti nDecemberwh enth ecoldweath erseti nth eymovedout.Sinceth enth eplace h ask nownth eli vesoffourfamili esandth efrui tswh i ch ripenedeach yearh ave

FROM THEFRYING PAN6/7/Hook awa:

NotasFootlooseasTh eyWereDENVER,Colo.

" Th esearesideli gh tsonlife i nJapantodayasgleaned i n i temsfrom recentediti onsofNipponTimesandth eTok yo-Yok oh amaediti onofStarsandStripes:"Th ememorialgalleryinth eMei j i Sh ri necom-

pounds,recently released from GHQ control,i sopenfrom 9 to3daily. Th »gallery,dedicatedtoEmperorMei j i andh i sconsortSh ok enKotaigo,containsover80painti ngs. Admissi oni s10yen."How th eyenh asfallen."With warmweath erh ereforth etime,th ezooatUenopark sh ouldbeseenoveragain.Admissi oni sei th er5 yen oronecanofdrygrassforth eh erbi vorousanimals. Feedngofth e ani malsisencouraged—th eylovecook i esandbread." Eventh eani malsare h ungry."UniversityofPennsylvaniaalumni willmeetto-dayat7 p.m.atth eAmericanUniversityclub,Marunouch i buildi ng.Scenicandtravelfilmswil1.besh ownth rough th ecourtesyofth eJapanTravelbureau.AllPenmenandth ei rfri endsarei nvi ted."Wasth ereonceawar?Smallh eadli neon page 2:"FormerJapaneseNavyMoreTh anHalfScrapped." Wh ata h ead-li neth atwould h avemade i nth esword-rattlingdays."Black mark etpeddlersmak i nguseoftworural

linesbranch i ngoutfrom Ch i bastationwere-caugh tflat-footedanddeprivedofalargesupplyofcon-trabanditemswh enth eCh i baprefecturalpolicei nsti tutedasurpriseraidwith aforceof170men.ItemsconfiscatedatCh i bastation i ncluded 12,000k anofsweetpotatoes,riceamountingto16bales,1,000k anofglucosesyrup,250k anoffish ,4,000k anofpeanutsandoth erfoodstuffssuch assoyasauceandprocessedfish ." It'sth epoorth attak eth ebeatingi nanyblack mark et.From alinen goodsmerch ant'sadvertisement:"Ordersfrom AlliedPersonnelGivenPriori ty."Can'tyoualmosth earGeneralArak i growlingaboutsubserviencetoth eeffetewest?'Our3-year-oldSusancameh ometh eoth erday

with anangrylittlebruiseon h erk nee. Sh e'dfallendownwh i leath erplay."Didyoucry,"weask ed h erwith th e em-barrassingstupidi tyofaparent."No,"sh e mai ntai ned stoutly."Ilaugh ed.

Buti tsoundedli k eIwagcrying."* " »

Sideli gh tsanLifei nJapanTh eoth ernigh twech ancedtobe i nth elobbyofaclassy h otelatwh i ch someNisei organiza-tionwas h oldi ng adance. Ni sei menandsomeh andsome Nisei girls werestanding around i ngroups,allofi tveryproperandh ardlyconspicuous.Andth enone i ndi vi dualwith aboomingvoicebarged i nandyoucouldfeelaswellasseeandh earh i spresence."Hello,Joe,"h esai di navoiceth atcarried h alfth elength ofth elobby. "Longtimenosee,doe-k a,doe-k a?"Th eeffectwouldh avebeennodifferenti fth i sch aracterh adparadedi ntoth elobbyi naclown'sc-ostumecarryingaTieonsignth atsaid:"Lodk ,I'mdifferent.Ifeeli nferiorandth ereforeIfeeli tnecessarytoattractattentiontomyself."He h adn'tbeen drink i ng,yet,butstrangelyenough noonetold h i m to sh utup.Tak e i tfrom RestaurateurGeorgePuruta,th eNisei aren'tasfootlooseasth eywereafewyearsago.Timewas,h erecalls,wh enscoresandscoreswere goingth rough Denveronth ei rwayeast,west,north andsouth .Duringth ewaryearsth eypassedth rough onth ei rwayoutofrelocationcenters,wh i lemovingfrom towntotown,wh i leenrouteback west,orj ustplaindrifti ngaround.Andwh eneverth ey h i tDenver i twasan oc-

casionto tank upon*goodJapaneseorCh i nesefood,toth rowabigdinnerforfriendsth eyh adn't?een sincewayback wh en.Th atera's overnow,Furutasays.Th eNiseiaresettlingdownand th eyaren'tth rowi ngth epartiesth ey usedto. Th ey aren'ttravelingasmuch andth eyaren'tspendingth emoneyli k eth eydid. Th i ngsaregettingback tonormal.

VagariesNativeSons...Th emanbeh i ndth erecentstate-mentofth eNativeSonsofth eGolden West reaffirmi ngth ei ranti-Japaneseprrfgram wasStateSenatorJack B.TenneyofLosAngeleswh oreportedlycalledth especialmeetingofth eNativeSonsi nSacramentotoopposeth eJuddbillwh i ch willremoveracerestric-ti onsfrom th enaturalizati on law...ANativeSonsoffici alclaimsone-h alfofCalifornia'slegislativerepresentationi nWash i ngtonaremembersofth eNativeSonsorgan-i zati on.

* **CARE...Th e JACLwillannounce th ecompletionofitsBruyeresCAREprojectsoon.Includedamongth econtributi ons i s one from Mrs.BillySunday,wi dowofth efamedevangelist...Th eMutualBroad-castingSystem'sorigi nali ntentionofpresentingth ereportofth ePresident's Committee on Civi lRigh ts,"ToSecureTh eseRigh ts,"i na seriesoffourdramatizedbroadcastsbyArnoldPerl,oneofth enation'stopradiowriters,h asbeenabandonedandMBSi sbroad-castingth ereporti naseriesofstraigh treadings.Onereasonforth ech ange i sbelievedtobe th erevoltofDixi eDemocratsagainstth eTrumanci vi lrigh tsprogramwh i ch ,th enetwork i ndi cated,h adprojected th ecommittee'sreporti nto th e areaofpoliti calcon-troversy. Th ebroadcastswillbeonMutualonth enextth reeTues-daysat10 p.m.,EST.

* * *Radio...Speak i ng ofradio,George

Otsuk a,th eNi sei veteranofth e442ndCombatTeam wh oserigh ttofarm i nh i sh omestateofTexaswasoneofth e i nci dentsdrama-tized i nth especialbroadcastofth e CBS DocumentaryUnitonDec.30,wouldli k ei tk nownth ath e i snotmarried.Th ewri terofth ebroadcast,oneofth ebestonracerelationspresentedi nrecentmonth s,used"poeticlicense" i nwriti ng i nawifeforex-SergeantOtsuk a.

* * *Navy...Th esincerityofth eU.S.Navyi nadh eri ngtoi tsnewpolicyunderwh i ch Ameri cansofJapanesean-cestryarebeingacceptedi ntoser-viceonth esamebasisasalloth erapplicants can be seen i n th enumberofNisei i nNavyuniform.Also JapaneseAmericanpapersarenowonth emaili nglistsofth eNavy'srecruiti ng services. . "Probablyth efirstNisei girltowearaNavyuniform i sEnsignYosh i k o Tanigawa, a RegularNavynurse.

MINORITYWEEKBroth erh oodWeek

Soth i si sBroth erh oodWeek ,dedicatedtoth epreceptth atallmenarecreatedequal.

Th edaybeginsonth ebirth dayofGeorgeWash i ngton,wh osaid:"Iti snownomoreth antolerationi fspok enofas i fi twasbyth ei ndulgenceofoneclassofpeopleth atanoth erenjoyth eexerciseofth ei ri nh erentnaturalrigh ts,forh appi lyth egovernmentofth eUni ted-States,wh i ch givestobigotrynosanction,topersecutionnoassistance,requiresonlyth atth eywh oli veunderi tsprotectionsh oulddemeanth emselvesasgoodciti zensi ngivi ngi tonalloccasionth ei reffectualsupport."Andso,i nth emidstofth eh osannah sandth eedi tori alapplause,

weofferafewfactson:PUBLICOPINION:Almosth alfth epeoplei nth eUnitedStates

feelth atnoneofth eminori tygroupssh ouldgetabetterbreak th anth eyarenowgetting.Abouth alfofth epeopleth i nk th atth eCath oli cs,Jewsand/orNegroesaregettingmoreeconomicpowerth ani sgoodforth ecountry.Two-th i rdsofth ewh i tepeoplei nth eUni tedStatesth i nk th atth eNegroesaretreatedfairlyi nth i scountry.Halfofth epeoplei nth ecountry(non-Negro)th i nk th atNegroes h aveth esamech anceaswh i testomak eagoodli vi ngi nth i scountry.But,atth esameti me,90percentofth epeoplei nth ecountryadmitth atofawh i teandNegroapplicantwith th esametraini ng,th ewh i tewouldbeli k elytogetaspecifi edj ob.

* " "AdaFish erWh enAdaFish er,youngNegrostudentapplyingforadmissi on

toth eUniversityofOk lah omalawsch ool,wasback edupi nh erde-mandsbyth eSupremeCourt,sh esai dexuberantly,"Iloveth eCon-stituti on!"Th i sweek sh eprobablystilllovedth eConstituti on,butsh eprob-

ablyh adsomedoubtsastoi tsapplicati onandi nterpretation.Th eUniversityofOk lah omasetup i namatterofforty-eigh t

h oursorso,ath ree-instructor,one-studentlawsch ool.AdaFish erwentback toth eSupremecourt,ask i ngth emak esh i ftarrangementbetermed"unequalfacili ti es."Th ecourtdidnotrisetoth eoccasion.Itstatedth atth estate

courtsmustfirstruleonth equestionofequalfacili ti esandaddedstrangelyth atth i srulingdidnotrefertoth eFi sh ercase!Butasonecolumnist,HolmesAlexander,wrote:"...th ecourt

didmore i nth i sFish ercaseth anpretendth ati tdidn'tk nowth edif-ferencebetweenalawsch oolandaJim Crow car.Itallowedth eOk lah omaoffici alstoflauntitsauth ori ty.Italsododgedoneofth eh ottestissuesofourdayandage—th ei ssueofracialdi scri mi nati on.Th ere i snousepretendingth atth eFi sh ercasedidnotraiseth equestionofdiscri mi nati on.Th atwasth eonlypointi tdidraise.Ifapubliclawsch oolcanexcludeNegroes,i tcanalsoexcludeJews,Cath o-lics,HolyRollers,Proh i bi ti oni stsandnewspaperreporters.Allaretax-payingminori ti es.Th eFi sh ercasemak esonewonderwh atwillh appeninth ependingdecisi ononrestricti vecovenants."

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CosmopolitanClubDENVER—Th e Rev.TsutomuFuk uyama ofBroth erh ood h ousewasoneoftenpersonsi nDenvercitedbyth eCosmopolitanclubforoutstandingcontributi ons toth ebettermentofh umanrelations i nth i scity.Th eRev.Fuk uyama h asbeenac-tive i npromoting i nterracialandcivi caffairs.Oth eraward winners,as an-

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Terazawa,MaeAk ugi ,FusayeMat-sumiya, Amie Tamura, Edyth eHirase,Kath eri neTamura,Mich iIwata,Nobuo Mori,Tosh i Hok iFloydOk ubo andKayHarada.Th ep'ayi samysterycomedy.Th eMt.Olympusch apterpre-sented"Th eNigh tOwl"severalyearsago.

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To Mr. and Mrs.Satoru F.Yamasak i aboyi nBerk eley,Calif.To Mr.and Mrs.Melvin M.fommagaagirli nBerk eley.ToMr.andMrs.KazutoOk ada,Isleton,Calif.,aboyonFeb.8.ToMr.andMrs.Tak eoHiro-sh i ge,Sacramento,agirlonFeb.15.ToMr.andMrs.JamesH.Sugi-moto,Elk Grove,Calif.,agirlonJan.31.ToMr.andMrs.Sh oi ch i Kash i noagirlonFeb.19 i nSeattle.To Mr.andMrs.MasaoNak a-mich i aboyonFeb.18 i nSeattle.ToMr.and Mrs.Yasuo Ni k ai -tani aboyonFeb.18 i nSeattle.To Mr.and Mrs.Masao Ish i -h ara,Gi lroy,Calif.,aboy,Willi amMasato,onFeb.5 i nSanJose.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyoh aruYa-matoagirlonFeb.19i nLosAn-geles.ToMr.andMrs.MatsuoKaito,Anah ei m,Calif.,agirlonFeb.19.ToMr.andMrs.KozanuroIch i -

sh i ta,Madrone,Calif.,agirlonFeb.3.ToMr.andMrs.Hisash i Miya-

uch i agirlinBri gh ton,Colo.ToMr.andMrs.EverettItanaga

agirli nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.TatsuoHataye

agirl,DonnaSetsuk o,onFeb.12i nBerk eley.ToDr.andMrs.Rich ardHorioagirl,Kath eri neMitsue,onFeb.15 i nHonolulu.ToMr.andMrs.FredMatsuura

agirlonFeb.13 i nSanFrancisco.To Mr.andMrs.Ch i ch i roGotoagirlonFeb.21 i nMarysville,Calif.

DEATHSGeorgeTaguch i ,60,onFeb.17i nDenver.FredTamefumi Owak i onFeb.

20 i nDenver.Kaisuk i Yasuk awa,46,onFeb.10 i nSaltLak eCi ty.KodaburoFuruta i nSeattle.

MARRIAGESKi k uyeKak i uch i to Jack M.Fuj i i onFeb.8i nFresno.Mi tzi eKish i yamatoMacInouye

onFeb.14 i nFortLupton,■Colo.SuzuyeMaedatoYosh i o Hira-

k awaonFeb.14i nCh i cago.Patrici aMomoyoMizunotoFredFuj i uonFeb.22i nLosAngeles.Emi k oMori toTadaoTsush i ma

onFeb.1i nLosAngeles.Ch i ek oKanemak i to,HenryIse

onFeb.8 i nLosAngeles.LilySak amoto ofBerk eleyto

Tadash i Yosh i i ofRich mond,Calif.,onFeb.15.MasaeMoriok atoTadash i Sato

onFeb.15 i nSanFrancisco.Yuk i k o Kuwada to Masayuk iYosh i daonFeb.22 i n LosAn-gees.

MARRIAGE LICENSESKimi yo Yamamoto, 24, andToich i Doi,27,Parlier,i nFresno.Tosh i e Hamadaand Mitsuak eMurak ami i nSeattle.

SeattleMainBowlWinsOregonNiseiBowlingTournament"PORTLAND,Ore.— MainBowlofSeattlewith a2555serieswon

Miefi rstOregonNisei ClassiconFeb.14and15 i nPortland.Ontario,Ore.,wassecondwith

2501. Azumano,Portland, wasth i rdwith 2479andU.S.Cafe,Wapato,Wash .,wasfourth with2445.Th eCh i na ImportandExportteam ofSeattlewonth ewomen'steameventwi th 1941.BillTanak a,Seattle,wasth eall-

eventsch ampi onwi th 1592.Nobi Furuk awa, Portland, h i t

543towinth emen'ssingles,wh i leSueLew,Seattle,wonth ewomen')singleswi th 524.Hank TanabeofSeattleandKazYamaneofTacomawonth emen'sdoubleswith 1088.

BaptistFellowsh i pCHICAGO—Th eYoungPeople's

Fellowsh i pofth eFirstBaptistch urch willh oldanall-ch urch so-cialSaturday,March 6,underth egeneralch ai rmansh i pofMas Mi-yaj i .Twentych urch esofth ecommuni-tyh avebeen i nvi ted.Committeesforth esocialwill

be asfollows:SylviaAritaandRose Fuj i moto, tick ets;Rach el'Boynton,decorations;KayKudoandKi k unoTanabe,refresh ments;Keneralmaintenance;JoeSaito,TatsieMiyaj i ,music;BillMak i no,varietysh ow;Midori Sawada,i n-vitati ons;MinTsuch i yama,games:SabYamamoto,stagecrew;anaFredOh i ,publicrelations.

Membersh i pDi nnerWillbeSponsoredByMarysvilleJACLMARYSVILLE,Calif.— Th eMarysvilleJACLwillh oldamem-

bersh i pdrivedinnerSaturday,Feb.28,with newch aptermembersasguests.Joe Grant Masaok a,regionalADCdirector,willbeth eprinci palspeak er.Over100personsareex-pectedtoattend.

DenverSportsTobeCoordinatedDENVER—Nisei sportsi nDen-verwillbecoordinatedunderdirec-ti onofth eJACL,i twasdecidedh ereatameetingFeb.18ofth eNi sei sportscoordinati ng1commit-tee.Attendingth emeetingwereSh i gImamura,ch ai rman,OxyGoto,rep-resentingNisei bowlers,Tosh Na-k amura,Hirosh i WadaandSh i gTeraj i ,representingbask etballplayers,andGeorgeFuruta.Abask etballtournamentspon-

soredbyth elocalJACLwassch ed-uledtobeginonFeb.27.Th eJACLwillgive outawards, i ncludingcash prizes.Membersattendingth emeetingpledgedth ei rcooperation i n th eJACLprogram.

LeapYearDanceDENVER— Th eMoth ers'club

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-1947Nisei Festival-Th eCoronationofth eNisei QueenofCh i cago,andh erat-tendants.Th eStarstudded"Nisei Revue"with over50talentedperformers.Th epicturesque"Fash i onSh ow,"th eJim-j am-j i ve

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Nisei Folk SingerToPartici patei nBroth erh oodProgramCHlCAGO—SuzanneToryNara-h ara,folk singer,willpartici patei naspecialBroth erh oodweek pro-gram th i sweek endsponsoredbyth eSurburbantempleofOak Park .Rabbi Monroe Levenewillbe

ch ai rman.Th eprogram willi ncludepianoselectionsbyBernardDuffy,radiostaffartist,aopeactplay,"Talki nDark ness,"byth e StageforActionplayers,andatalk byDr.AlbertBuck nerCoe,mini sterofth eFi rstCongregationalch urch ofOak Park .

All-Nisei ConfabWillBeHeldi nBrigh amCityBRIGHAMCITY,Utah —Anall-Nisei conferencewilbeh eldunderth esponsorsh i pofth eProgressiveYoungPeoplesAssociati onofBoxElderCountyonFeb.28 atBoxElderh i gh sch ool.KolHaramoto,PYPApresident,wi llbeth ech ai rmanforth econ-ferencewh i ch expectstoattractdelegatesfromvariousUtah Ni seiorganizati ons.Discussionpanelswillbeh eldonpoliti cal,agricultural,socialandIssei problemsdurin,gth eafter-noon.

28TeamsExpectedtoTak eParti nNationalTourneyAfulllistof28 teams i sex-

pectedtobe on h andwh enth esecond annual National JACLbowling tournamentgets underwayon March 6atth eTemplealleys i nSaltLak eCi ty.Amongth eentriestodatearetwoteamsfromLosAngeles,twofrom Ch i cagoandtwofromDen-ver,i nadditi on tosquadsfromSeattle,Ontarioand Nyssa i neasternOregon,PocatelloandSaltLak eCity.Moreth an$1500i ncash prizes,i nadditi ontotroph i es,wi llbedis-tri butedduringth etournament.Bi llHonda,generalch ai rman,and Mak i Kaizumi , tournamentch ai rman, h ave announced th atth erewillbeatleasttwosquadsi n each event.Approximately200bowlersare

expected to partici pate i n th etournament.Among th e SaltLak e teamsenteringth etourneyareOk adaInsurance,wh i ch h i t2905 i naspecialteammatch atth etourneylastyearandwh owonth eNorth -westNisei tourneyi nSeattlelast

month ;HibbardDrug,wh i ch h i tth eseason'sh i gh scratch seri esof2883lastMonday;DawnNoodle,ModernGarage,Terash i maStudio,Ma'sCafe,ExcellentCleaners,Pa-ci fi cCiti zen,NewSunriseMark etandPagoda.Th efavoritesforteam h onorsi ncludeth eSawtelleGarageteam,wh i ch wonth e tournamentlastyearasth eLosAngelesJACLsquad,th eCh i cagoentryh eadedbySh orty Tanak a,Main BowlofSeattle,winnersofth e recentOregonNisei Classic,andth eDen-verAll-Starteam wi th HoochOk umuraandMoonKataok a.Th emen'stournamentwillbeh eldonth e14upstairsalleysatTemplewh i leth ewomen'stourneywillbestagedon th e 12 down-stairslanes.

SATURDAY, MARCH 61 p.m.—Specialteam match es.

3:30p.m.—Mixeddoubles. 6p.m.—Firstsquad,team match es. 7p.m.—Women'steammatch es.8:30p.m.—Secondsquad,teammatch es.

SUNDAY,MARCH 710 a.m..—Firstsquad, men's

doubles. 12noon—Second squad,men'sdoubles. 1p.m.—Women'sdoubles.2p.m.—Firstsquad,men'ssingles. 3p.m.—Women'ssingles.4 p.m.— Secondsquad,men'ssingles.Adinnerdancewillbe h eldatth eGoldenDragonfrom 8:30p.m.followingth etournament.Awardswillbegivenfrom 8:30p.m.anddancingwi llstartat9:30p.m.

HibbardBowlersScoreNewRecordHibbardDrugbowlersrolledanewseason'srecordof2883scratchMonday i nth e SaltLak e JACLbowlingleague.Th eHibbardfivebowledscratch gamesof968,993and922,tak i ngfourpointsfromDawnNoodleandreinforcingth ei rfirstplacepositi oni nleaguestand-i ngs.Indivi dualHibbardscoresforth e

2883 serieswereGSorgeKish i da,631,BobSh i ba,599,BillHonda,563,Joh nAok i 547andCh oppi eUmemoto,543.Ok adaInsurancetook fourfromU.S.cafewith aseriesth ati nclud-eda902anda915game.Ma'scafealsotook fourpoints,defeatingPagoda 2758 to 2499. ModernGaragefollowedsuitwith a4-1victoryoverMetroMotors.Pacifi c Ci ti zentook a3-1 win

from StarCoffeesh op,andNewSunrise defeated OK cafe 3-1,2599to2580.

WomenPrgpareforBowlingTourneyTh <» SaltLak eJACLwomen'sbowlingleaguemadelastminutepreparationsth i sweek forth ena-tionaltournamenttobe h eld hSaltLak eCi tyMarch 6 and7,Tenteamsareexpectedtocom-

peteforteam prizes,i twasre-ported,with th ree outofstateteamsexpectedfromLosAngelesDenverandPocatello.SaltLak eteamsi nth etourna-mentwi lli ncludeth eDawnNoodleOk ada Insurance, Sage FarmPagodaandAok i fi ves.Twooth erteamsmaymak elastminuteen-triestoboostth eentriestotenteams. tTh e SaltLak eCityleaguewill

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