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  • PACIFIC CITIZEN.mm;no.H SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER15,1945 Price:SevenCents

    FourWoundedVeteransGive442nd'sContributi ontoFDRMemorialtoPresidentTruman

    "MoneyRaised i nItalyByVoluntaryDonationsFrom Nisei Soldiers

    WASHINGTON-Th esum of$4300,raisedbetweenbattles i nItalybymenofth e442nd(Japa-nese American) OombatTeam,waspresentedbyfourNisei warveteranstoPresidentTruman i nth eWh i teHouseonSept.10forusetowardth eerectionofamem-orialtoth elatePresidentFrank -linD.Roosevelt.Th e fourJapanese Americanveteranswh omade th epresenta-tion i naceremonyatth eWh i teHousewerePfc.JesseHirata,26,ofHonoaunau,T.H.,h olderofth e Disti ngui sh ed Service Crossforextraordinary.h eroi sm i nItaly;Sgt.Yeich i Kuwayama,25,LongIsland,N.~ h olderofth eSi lverStar;Pfc.Terumi Kato,20,ofHonolulu,wh olosti h i srigh tlegi nth eItaliancampaign;and,Pfc.GeorgeTsuj i moto,25,ofTracy,Calif.,wh owaswoundedi nItaly.Th epresentationbyth eNi seisoldierswas made i nbeh alfofth e442ndCombatTeamwh i ch i ssti lli nth eMediterraneanth eaterofoperations.Th efourveteranswereaccom-

    paniedbyInteriorSecretaryIck es,WRADirectorDillonS.MyerandEarlM. Finch ofHattiesburg,Miss.Sgt.Kuwayama,spok esmanforth egroup,toldPresidentTrumanth emoneywascontributed spon-taneouslyi nmemoryofPresidentRoosevelt'si dealth at"American-i smi snotamatterofancestrybutofth emi ndandh eart."Th esoldiers ask ed PresidentTrumantouseth emoneyanywayh eseesfiti ncommemorationofAmerica'slatewarpresident.

    EvacueeFamili esFindHomesi nRich mondUnitsRICHMOND, Calif.— Tenfamili esofJapaneseancestry,Iwith men i n th e service,loved i ntouni tsofth eRich -i eHousing Auth ori ty onSflit.8. ...fljefamili eswereplaced i nBousing Auth ori ty dwellings

    MWallAvenueand1South 18thStreet Th eyweremovedtoRich mond byth eWarReloca-tionAuth ori tyandth eFederalpTblic Housing"Auth ori tyfol-lowingth ei rreturnfrom awarrelocation center.

    TwoEvacueesFromPostonDie i nWreckTwoNi sei SoldiersAmongTh oseInj uredInSantaFeCrash

    POSTON,Ariz.—Two men ofJapaneseancestryk i lledi natrainwßck atArcadia,Calif.,onSept.t,vei*from th eColoradoRiverrelocationcenter,i twasreportedh ere.'Several Japanese Americans"were i nj ured i nth ecrash ofth e(jstboundSantaFelimi ted, ac-cordingtoateletypemessagetoPostalfromth eLosAnglesWRA.IVdeadwereNobuoItanoandYmej i Yasutomi of27-6-Cand11-U-Am Poston,both pre-evacua-ionresidentsofLaHabra,Calif.Itanowasreturningtoth ecenterliterh avi ngmade h ousi ng ar-mamentsforh i sfami ly.Amongth osei nj uredi nth etrai nundentwereTech .Sgt.JamesS.Yodi i nobu,47-yearoldNisei yet-naofth ei nvasi onofIwoJimawh osuffered minor lacerationsudasprainedank le;Pvt.DickKini k a,wh osefamilyresidesat19+A,Poston,wh owastreatedformi nori nj uri es;andKami Ya-mah a"wh osuffered,minqr.h eadudstomach brui ses.

    Seek toExtraditeTok yoRoseforTrialLOS ANGELES — U.S.At-torneyCh arlesH.Carrsaid onSept,13h ewouldseek extraditi on>f'Tok yoRose"totry h eri nLoswelesonach argeoftreason.wToguri,wh o i s beli evedtowebeen one ofth e "Tok yowes"onRadioTok yo,i sbeli ev-»toh ave been born i n Los%!esi n 1916.

    MessHallReportedDestroyedbyFire

    NEWELL,Calif.—A mess h allservingevacueesofJapaneseah -cestryatth eTuleLak ecenter-wasdestroyedbyfireofunk nownori-ginon-Sept.11.Promptactionbyth e centersfire departmentprevented th eblazefrom spreading to oth erbuildi ngs. ■FirstNisei WACAssignedtoDutyInPacifi cAreaHONOLULU,T.H.—Pvt.RuthFuj i i ,firstofHawai i 's59WACstoreturn h omeaftercompletingh ertraini ngi nth eUnitedStates,i snowenrouteto"forwardareas"i nth ePacifi c,sh erevealedsh ort-lyaftersh earrivedonanArmytransportplaneatHick am FieldonAug.26.

    JudgeRefusesNisei Woman'sBidforReturnofCiti zensh i pF«ler«IJusticeBalk sAtGrantingRigh tsUnderCableAct

    IteSW?'Ore-~Declaringtat UnitedStatesgovern

    Ssh towen"loyal"and"dis-BtLffiV*Japanese an-

  • NotedU.S.Publish erSaysJapaneseAmericansFacedDoubleHazardi nPacifi cDESMOINES,la.—AmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestry

    i nPacifi careas"frequentlyweresh otbyoth erAmericantroopswh omi stook th em forenemies,"Joh nCowles,vicepresidentofth eDcsMoinesRegisterandTribuneandpublish erofth eMin-neapolisStar-JournalandTribune,declared i naspecialarticleh erelastweek upon h i sreturnfrom atourofAmericanbasesandi nstallations i nth ePacifi c.

    Cowlescitedan i nci dentonOk i nawa i nwh i ch h e"sai dtwoNisei soldierswerek i lled."Amongth ebravestmen i nth eAmericanArmyseemedtometobe th e Nisei ,th ose unfortunateindi vi dualsborn i n th e UnitedStates ofJapanese parents,againstwh om afewofourciti -zensh ave sh ownsomuch i gnor-antprejudi ce,"Cowlessaid."Th eNi sei regularlyvolunteer-

    edforth emostdangerousmis-si ons.Frequentlyth eyweresh otby oth erAmerican troops wh omi stook th em forenemies."OnedayonOk i nawa,forex-

    ample two AmericanNisei h adth eassignmentofbringi ng backtoth eprisoncamp 30Japswh omth eyh adroundedup i nth e j ungleandpersuadedtosurrender.Allth e Americanforces i nth atvi-cini ty h ad been cautionedastowh atwas h appening.Accidental-ly,h owever,alaborbattalionth ath adnotbeennotifi eddrovedowna road j ustas th e two Niseiemerged from th e j ungle withth ei rcaptiveand k i lledall,Niseiandenemyali k e."

    CANADIANISSEISERVESFIVEYEARSINEUROPEANWARCALGARY,Alta.—A JapaneseCanadiansergeant,veteranoffiveyearsofactiveservicei nth eCan-adi anArmy,duringwh i ch ti meh efough twith Canadian uni ts i nEurope,wasborni nJapanbut,h i sspeech andth ough tsareth oseofa'Canadian-bornciti zenofJapa-neseancestry.Sgt.WalterSenmatsu Nish i -

    k awareturnedrecentlyfromItalyandFrance.Now i n h i slatefor-ties,Sgt.Nish i k awacametoCan-adawh enh ewasquiteyoungandh asli ved i nth eprairi eprovincesformostofth etime,findi ngworki nWinnepegandlaterat Banff.Beforeh eenlistedi nEdmontoni n3939,h e h elda j obas h eadbellboyatCalgary'sHotelPalliser.Sgt.Nish i k awawentoverseasi nDec.1939,j ustafew month safterth estartofth ewari nEur-ope,andreturnedonJune9,1945.

    Mili taryPoliceDetach mentsWith drawnfrom Centers9th ServiceCommandEndsControlofEvacueeGroup

    FORTDOUGLAS, Utah —Mi li -tarycontrolofcivi li ansi nwarre-locationcentersfor persons ofJapaneseancestryi n th eNinthServiceCommand endedatmid-nigh tonSept.4,Armyh eadquar-tersannouncedlastweek .Th esi multaneousproclamations

    i ssuedbyMaj.Gen.HC.Pratt,commanderofth e Western De-fenseCommand,andSecretaryofWarStimsononSept.3removedallmili tarycurbsonpersonsofJapaneseancestry.Underspecial,wartime regula-tionsmili tarypoliceh adbeensta-tionedateach ofth ewar'reloca-ti oncenterstocontrolegressandi ngressofcivi li ansresidi ngi nth eWRAcamps.Membersofmili tarypoliceun-i tswh i ch h avebeenassigned to

    warrelocationcampswillbereas-signedtonewduties,accordingtoNinth ServiceCommandh eadquar-ters.Th eproclamationsbyGen.PrattandSecretary Stimson removedallmili tarycontrols i mposed oncivi li ansofJapaneseancestryasaresultofth eevacuationandex-clusionprogram.Th efi rstresultofth eproclamationswasth eabol-i sh mentofmili tarypoliceguardsatth erelocationcenters.

    TopazFamili esRaiseJACLFundTh esum of$1,006.96 h asbeen

    raisedby571famili esatth eCen-tralUtah warrelocationcenteratTopaztosupportth eactivi ti esandprogramofnationalh eadquar-tersofth e Japanese AmericanCiti zensLeague,accordingtoanannouncementlastweek byHitoOk ada,nationaltreasurer.

    Nisei SoldierWith U.S.Unit|nJapanSendsImpressions

    Letterfrom Yok oh ama:

    Pn,irr!oll°TB lsth e,fir»tr̂orttobereceivedby th eUh h lh C"C't;uen̂f!:Om anAmerirth eU"itS

    Nisei AwardedSilverStar

    WITH THEFIFTH ARMY,ITALY—Awardedth eSilverStarMedalforgallantryi naction,Pfc.Masami S.Iwatak i ofNewh ope,California,i sdecoratedbyCol.V.R.Miller,command-i ngofficerofth e442nd(JapaneseAmerican)CombatTeam dur-i ngrecentceremonies i nItaly.—SignalCorpsph otofrom FifthArmy. ■.TuleLak eAdmini strationNotCh angedbyActionofArmyMili taryPoliceNowActingasAgentsofJusticeDepartment

    NEWELL,Calif.—Removal by.th eWesternDefenseCommandofmili taryrestricti ons,with th emili -tarypoliceatth eTuleLak e cen-ternow actingonly as specialagentsofth eDepartmentofJust-i le/fordetentionofpersonsdesig-natedbyth eJusticeDepartmentdoesnotch angeth e admini stra-ti onofth ecenterbyth eWarRe-locationAuth ori ty,Harry Black ,actingprojectdirector,declaredth i sweek .Black sai dth atth erescindi ngofmili taryexcludeeandsegregeeorderswillenableWRAtoassistmanymorepeopletowardresettle-ment."Wh i leth eDepartmentofJust-

    i cenow i sth esoleauth ori tyfordeterminati onofwh omaynotatth i sti meleaveth ecenter,TuleLak eremainsaWRAcenter,ad-mi ni steredsolelybyth eWRA,"Black sai d.Henotedth atth ere willbe"someminorch angesi nproced-ures,"owingtoth efactth atth eWRA vyilltak eoversomefunc-ti onwh i ch h avebeenperformedi nti h epastbyth eArmy.Black sai dth epresentsystemofpasses and work badgeswi llbecontinued foradmini strativepurposes."Th epassesandbadgesarenowunderth ej uri sdi cti onofth eWRAi nsteadofth eArmy,andWRApersonneli nsteadofArmy per-sonnelnow i sondutyatallofth ecolonygates.

    ReturnedEvacueeFloristsDonateRosesToNavalHospitalMT.EDEN,Calif.—Largesup-

    pliesofrosesfrom th eMt.EdenNursery,operatedbyth eSh i batafamily,gotwiceaweek toth eNavy'sCamp Sh oemak er."Th eNavysendsatruck over,"Mrs.Jinj i roSh i batadeclares,"wearegladtogiveth emflowersbe-causei tmak esth eboysi nth e,h os-pital(h appy.Itmak esus h appy,Th eSh i batash avefoursons i nth eArmy,onesomewh ereonNew

    Guinea.Th eSh i bataswereevacuatedtoTi i leLak e i n1942andrelocatedto

    Ch i cago.Th eyreturnedtoMountk densh ortlyafterth erevocation■ofth emassexclusionorderslastDecember.

    EvacueeFamili esHousedatRentonSEATTLE-TwelveJapaneseAmericanfamili esrecentlyfoundh ousi ngaceomodationsi nth eRen-ton High lands Federal publich ousi ngproject,th eSeattleWRAofficereportedonSept.11Amongth efi rstevacuee"fami-listomovei ntoth eh ousi ngproj-ectwereMr.andMrs.Tak eoMi-yak eandth ei rdaugh ter,Carol18month s old,and th e Ich i k awasyi i ßi i uaIch i k awa'B.h usbandSgt

    CANADIANNISEITROOPSWILLSEEJAPANSERIYICEVANCOUVER,B.C—Th eVan-couverProvincereportedonAug.27th at150CanadiansoldiersofJapaneseancestry,manyofth emfrom th eevacuatedareaofBrit-i sh Columbia,willh elpth eAlliesi nliai sonwork i nth eoccupationofJapan."Asmembers ofth eCanadianIntelligenceCorps,th eywillassisti nth eoccupationofth eJapaneseh omeland,"th eProvincedeclared."Th erecruiti ng h asbeen i neast-ernCanada,andno trouble h asbeenexperiencedi ngettingth ere-quirednumberofrecruits.""Th efirstgroup,twenty-oneformerBriti sh Columbians, wasi nductedatNo.2 Distri ctDepot,Toronto,i nMarch .Th eyweregiv-enph ysi calandmentaltests,andi twasreportedth atth eexaminersweresurprisedatth e h i gh aver-agemadebyth eNi sei i n th ei rmentalscores,"th eProvincecon-cluded.Itwasbelievedth atth e Can-adi anNisei soldierswillbe at-tach edtoBriti sh andAustralianArmyunits,since i twasatth erequestofth osegovernmentsth atth eNisei wererecruitedearlierth i syear.TwogroupsofJapaneseCana-

    dians,alreadyarereportedover-seas.Th efirstgroupis i nIndiawh i leanoth eri si nAustralia.Oneplatoon h asbeenreceivi ngspecial-i zedtraini ngi n Vancouver, th efi rstiCanadiansofJapanesean-cestrytoreturntoth eevacuatedarea.

    CaliforniaFilesEsch eatSuitsForFarm LandsViolationofAlienLâLawCh argedi nLatestCasesi nTulareCourtVISALIA,Calif.-Twomore«.ch eatnutsi i naseriesdesignedseizeforth eStatelandsw&legedlywereacquiredbypeiSofJapaneseancestryi nVSofth eCaliforniaA'i enUndu"werefiled i n SuperiorCourtSept8byDeputyAttorneylneralEverettW.MattoonandDktnctAttorneyWalterC.BafetaTh e sui tsaredirected3.Kich i saburoSh i baandh i sS|th etwoprinci paldefendantsTUBinvolvetworanch es i nth eSevilldi stri ct. "l8Th efi rstranch wasacouinwi JTok utaroKawamuraan7Mi n November,1925,and th ettstilli si nth enameofth eKaramuraswh oareUnitedStatescitizens.Th eoth erwaspurch ased i .September,1940,by"a?̂from Ki k uo Matsuniotoandtitlwasvestedi n th e Sh i bas'„.Willi am Sh i ba,aciti zenTh eStateallegesth atth ougfcth eti tlesarei nth enamesof£.wamuraandWilli am Sh i ba tine'derSh i bas,wh oarealiens,arflth eactualownersandpossessors*Byth asui tsth eStateseek stilobtainti tletoth elands,todisposflsessth eSh i basandtoforceth enfltomak eanaccountingofallcropfltak enfrom th etworanch esTh JKawamurasandWilli am Sh i baailmadeco-defendants i none suitlwh i leWilli am Sh i baand C.flReaganandMr.andMrs.DaviflHoferarenamedco-defendantsi 9th eoth ersuitbecauseofatnislfldeedexecutedbyth e Sh i bas

  • LargestGroupOfEvacueesBack i nTulareINeW Arrival*MetByFriends,RelaUves,S.y,WRA Officer

    tta flili f—Eigh ty-th reel̂'largestsingle'oontin-■r&eestoreturntoth efernMareC(>untyal|a>tarfiKjbvspecialtrainonSept.6j gglocationcenteratPos-f̂th anascoreofth epersonsIHfZipwereformerresi-X;fVisali a,wh i leasimi larfcrfomeSresided i nLind-Keremainderwereannounc-■?.beingfrom scatteredpartsf£.county,i ncluding Dmuba.Ef(Kr,Woodlak eandIvan-■mnrth em Tu'.are h asbeen th e■irf̂ti vi ti esforth eIvan-PCiti zensAssociati on,ananti-WLm grouporganizedtopre-Sth ereturnofpersonsofJapa-E!ancestrytoTulareCounty.)llbertM Cullum, h eadofth eKTofficeatVisali a,saidmostXtienewarrivalsweremetbyWLLorrelativeswh oprovidedC,with livi ng (luarters,butIZ«rebeingcaredfori nth eEnlist Gl»urch wh i ch h asbeenEverted i ntoa temporaryh os-■Someofth ereturnees,CullumLexpecttoreturntoth eei rInfarms,wh i ch th eyrelinqui sh -Ewh en th ey were evacuated,Kileoth ersplantofindtempor-fcemploymentasfarm laborers.Xortwoofth egroupwere i nKnessbeforebeingevacuated.■Mr,Cullum estimated th atsoHi about400evacuees ofJapa-Keancestryh ave i -eturnedtoh i sKrictwh i ch i ncludesKern,Tv-X,Kings,Inyo MonoandAl-

    UNKNOWNEvacuee Famili esGgetCaliforniaState

    UNKNOWNDaringJulySACRAMENTO—Th eStateDe-rtmentofSocialWelfare re-ttedonAug.27th at44fami-lofJapaneseancestry,return-evacuaesfrom warre'ocationtas,h adreceivedresettlementistance i nJuly.i noffici alofth eStatewelfarepuizati oncommentedth atth eimberrequestingassistanceh asIbeennearlyasgreatas.h adnexpected.

    UNKNOWNNiseiUNKNOWNElectCouncil

    UNKNOWNComingPicni c

    IStGTON,D. C.— Th enNisei willelectfi ve

    'orth eCouncilforth etoatapicni conSept.cnic,towh i ch th eIsseii muni tyarei nvi ted,will;St. Paul's EpiscopalrapoundsonRock Creek

    faactivi ti eswillstartsoftballgamebetweenteams,h orsesh oepitch -pong,croquet,andoth ert«rsupper,th erewillbewth ebusi nessmeeting,1-befollowedbyatalkming'sspeak er,■menforth epicni carewaandTom Sato.Gom-mberei ncludeTosh Koi-ttmane,AnneKurimoto,sunobu,Ray Hash i tani ,Tak esh i ta,RoyToda,Al-»">to,Tad Sunoh ara,!̂i ,Sach i ye Nish i o,■»,BobIk i ,JoyTak e:MyMenda,Fumi Tak a-utaSek i ,Bob Sato,Tos-JYuk i Tanak a, Yosh ira2rwa'Sumi Haj i >

    UNKNOWNPartici pateUNKNOWNInterracialMeet

    ■nuS (f"Constructive«it?m,oô BetweenbetZ.matarecentlleet-"Cri Negroesand Japa-*w&fttPilgri m House-entatua-apost-graduate»temnn,,a?iVard Univeraity

    servedtL "*Middleton,

    DanceTimeforNisei GIs

    (Above)—Look i ngdownonagroupofNisei GlsandWash -i ngton h ostessesatth eregularSaturdayeveningdancegivenatth eWash i ngtonNisei USO.Th i sclub,calledth e"Ni sei USO,"i sanoffici almemberofth eWash i ngtonDistri ctUSO.(Lower)—Agroupatth eUSOpartypick soutrecordsto,be

    playedforth eevening'sdances.Th eyare(lefttorigh t)pfc.PaulY.HosodaofIdah o,PurpleHeartveteranofth eETO;MaryOgawa,Lava,Idah o,anemployeeofth eWarDepartment;Fuk i Sek i ,Seattle.Wash .,anemployeeofUNRRA;Yuk i yeTanak a,Livi ngston,Calif.,anemployeeofth eUSDA;and,Cpl.Jack K.Furuya,LosAngeles,ofth eMobileIntelligenceTrain-i ngUnit.Allth reeofth egirlsareUSO j uni orh ostesses.

    Nisei USOServesSoldiersVisi ti ng i nNation'sCapitalWASHINGTON, I>. C—Wash -i ngton'sNisei USO continuestopack th em i n every Saturdaynigh t,V-JDayornot.Goodmusic,tastyrefresh mentsandwh olesomefellowsh i pprovidedbyNisei andCaucasianJunior Hostesses areth ereasonswh y.Iti sestimatedth atsince i tsoffici alorganiza-tionmoreth aneigh tmonth sago,th elocalUSO h as entertainedmoreth an6,000Gl'sandcivi li ansfrom allpointsi nth eU.S.andHawai i .Back i nth eearlydaysofth ewar,wh enth e 100th Battalionwentacrossandth e 442nd fol-lowed,h urry-uppartieswerear-rangedforth eboysbylocalNi-sei i ncooperationwi th membersofth eWash i ngtonCiti zensCom-mi tteeandlaterbyth elocalNi-sei Council.However,asth eearlytrick leofreplacements for th e442ndswelledi ntoafloodtidewithth erisi ng tempoofth ewar,th enumberofNisei Gl's awaiti ngsh i ppi ngoutordersatth eArmyGroundForcesReplacementDepotatnearbyPortMeadctotaledasmuch as2,500ati tspeak .Fromboth afunctionalandfin-ancialstandpoint,th esteady i n-fluxofNisei replacementsbecametoomuch forth eCounciltoh andle.Andi twasatth i spointth atMrs.Willi amKerrandth eRev.NelsonSoWegelofth eCiti zens'Commit;teetog-eth erwith th elocalNiseiCouncil.securedth esupportandsponsorsh i pofth eDistri ctofCo-lumbiaUSO,wh i ch was h eadedatth attimebyMiss MabelCook ,nowexecutivedi rectorofth eDi st-rictYWCA.Arrangements v-eremadetoplaceallactivi ti esforNi-sei servicemenunderth edirectionofth eYWOAUSO Club,biggestuniti nth eDistri ctand pioneerclubi nth i sarea.MissGretch enFei k er, YWCA

    USO Director,and Miss HeleneJoh nson,assistant,k eepth e Vi>u

    goingatasteadypaceeach Sat-urdaynigh tatSt.Joh n'sParishHall,"816Kith StreetNW,oneblock from th eWh i teHouse.Th eNi sei HostessPlanningCommitteeconsistsofCh ai rmanKenk o No-gak i ,Secretary-TreasurerYuk i yeTanak a,andYvonneNoguch i ,Fu-k i Sek i ,andSaah i yeNi sh i o.Th eyareassistedby30 Ni sei JuniorHostesses,.allofwh om h avetak enth eregulartraini ng course re-quiredofUSO h ostesses.A variedprogram ofactivi ti es

    h asbeenconducted i nth e past,i ncludingpicni cs,buffetsuppers,andspecialpartynigh ts.Th eendof.h osti li ti esi nEurope

    and i nth ePacifi cliasmadeonlyasligh tdenti nth eattendanceatth esocials,for th ere are stillmanyNisei i nspecialservicessta-tioned|.tWarrenton and CampLee i nVi rgi ni a,CampRitch i e i nMaryland,andBoeingFieldandth ePentagoni nth eDistri ct,pluswoundedveterans from VValterReed.HospitalandWoodrowWil-sonHospitali nVi rgi ni a.

    Ch i cagoJACLWillSponsorDiscussionOnResettlementGHIdAGO—Th eCh i cagoJACL

    ch apterwillsponsorapanel̂di s-cussionon"Oh i cagoorCaWorniaonFridaynigh t,Sept. 21,at8pm i nth eBlue Room of th eHydePark YMCA,1400East53rdStrictMembersofth epanelwi ll i n-

    cludeTogoTanak a,Joh nBrenton,

    MrsD Kitow,Th omas MasudaandDrT.T.Yatabe.DrErnestTnk ah ash i willactasmoderator

    S£.̂rvs1asand i nth eMidwest.

    VFW Posti nSpok aneRejectsSgt.Koyama,WoundedVeteranOfPacifi cWarAgainstJapan

    VFWOffici alsSay"SmallMinori ty"Responsible;Applicati onsofRejectedJapaneseAmericansAcceptedbyMili taryOrderofPurpleHeart

    SPOKANE,Wash .—StaffSgt.SpadyKoyama,awoundedveteranofth ePacifi cwar,wasdeniedmembersh i pbyVeter-ansofForeignWarspostNo.51onSept.5.Th eSpok aneVFWpostpreviouslyh adrejectedth eapplicati onsoftwooth erJapa-neseAmericans,Pfc.Rich ardNaitoandPfc.Th omasImai,ongroundsofancestry.Th eVeteransCommitteeforEqualRigh ts,organizedby

    458combatveteransat-BaxterGeneralHospitali nSpok anetoprotestth erejecti onofPfc.Naito'"andPfc.Imai,i ndi catedth atth erejecti on ofth e th ree JapaneseAmericanswasth eresultofth eoppositi onofa smallminori tywith i nth eVFW post.(AccordingtoVFW rulesanapplicati onmaybe rejected i fth ere are th reeblack balls.)Simultaneously,i twasannounc-

    ed th atSgt.Koyama andPfc.Naitoh adbeenelectedtoth eSpo-k anech apterofth eMili taryOr-derofth ePurpleHeart. Com-manderJack L.Hamillofth ePur-pleHeartgroupsaidth atmem-bersofPostNo.208votedunan-i mouslytoacceptth etwoJapa-neseAmericanveterans.(Itwasalsoreportedth atmanymembersofth eSpok aneVFW postwh i chrejectedth eth reeNi sei alsoaremembersofth ePurpleHeartor-der.)SgtKoyama,anativeofeasternWash i ngton, i s a graduate ofLewisandClark h i gh sch ooli nSpok ane.Heservedwith GeneralMacArth ur'sh eadquartersi nAus-traliaand laterwasondetach edservicewith th eSi xth ArmyinNewGuineaandth eDutch EastIndies. ,He waswoundedduringlandingoperationsonLeytebyapieceofsh rapnelfroma500-poundbombdroppedbyanenemydive-bomber.HeandPfc.Naito,wh owasseriouslywounded i nItaly,arepatientsatBaxterh ospi tal.Applicati onformembersh i pi n

    PostNo.51,VFW,wasmadeonSept.1bySgt.KoyamaandSgt.EugeneNationofSanFrancisco,aveteranofNorth AfricaandItaly."Weweretoldth atourappli-

    cationswouldbeactedonatth emeetingofth eposttobeh eldth efollowing Wednesday," Nationsaid."OnTh ursdayIcalledth eofficeofPost51toask i factionh adbeentak en.Iwastoldth atmyapplicati onh adbeenapproved,butnoreportcouldbe given onSgt.Koyama's.""Wh ysh ouldVFW Post51sh owprejudi ceagainstoneofmycom-rades-in-arms?"Sgt.Nationask -ed."Weboth fough tth esamefigh tagainstprejudi ceanddiscri mi na-ti on."

    NewsofSgtKoyama'srejecti onbyPost51 spreadrapidlyamongh i sfellowpatientsandsoldiersatmili taryposts i n th e Spok anearea.EdwardSalsioh ,ch ai rman,ofth e

    Veterans CommitteeforEqualRigh ts wh i ch now h as membersamong-servicemenatoth ermili -tary i nstallationsbeside Baxterh ospi tal,declared:"Iti sourviewth atth eadmis-si onbyunanimousvoteofDickNai toandSpadyKoyama,twofineAmericansoldiers,i ntoth eOrderofth ePurpleHeart,emph asi zesagain th e undemocratic positi ontak enbyafew membersofth eVFW PostNo.51 i nconsistentlyblack ballingapplicantsofJapa-nese ancestrywh o h ave servedth ei rcountry."HaroldR.Sch org, senior vi cecommanderofth e Purple Heartch apter,declared:"Weadmitted th ese Japanese

    Americanstomembersh i pwith outadissentingvote.Menwoundedi nactiononth ebattlefieldh aveadeepfeelingofcomradesh i pforallmenwh o,li k e th emselves, h avesh edbloodforAmerica.Th i sfeel-i ngi saboveraceorcreedorcolor.We'reallAmericans,andweallfough tforth esameth i ngs."Salsich explainedth atth eViCERwassetupbypresentandformermembersofth earmedforcestocombaatandexposecasesofdis-cri mi nati onandprejudi cebecauseof"race,color,creedorextrac-tion i nvolvingpresentorformermembersofth earmedforcesandth emerch antmarine."Lastweek th eVi CER forward-edaletterofprotesttoSecretaryofWarStimsonagainstth ebeat-i ngofth reeNegro WAOs bywh i tepolicemen i nKentuck y.Offici alsofth eVFW posth avestatedth atonlyasmallminori tycastth e negativevotesagainstPfc.NaitoandPfc.Imai andth atth emembersh i pasawh olewasfreefrom prejudi ce.JeanBrun-ner,nationalcommanderofth eVFW,h asapologizedtoth eJapa-neseAmericansforth e"stupid-i ty"ofth eSpok anepost.

    "Nisei "GirlTellsExperiencesOfWartimeExistencei nJapanCHICAGO—Th e wartimeexpe-

    ri ences i nTok yoofa"Nisei "girli stold i naSept.6reportfromTok yobyGeorgeWellerofth eCh i cago Daily News ForeignService.Th e girl,accordingtoWeller,wasaNisei "th eoth erway"—th ati s,agirl,young,prettyandpro-nouncedly"American"i nappear-ance,yetofpartlyJapaneseblood.Th egirl'smoth erwasaCinci n-nati womanwh o h admarriedaJapanesenationalwh o h adcometoth eUni tedStatestostudy.Sh ecametoJapanwith i h erh usbandandsoonfoundth atNipponwasnotalandofch erryblossomsanddollsbutofpolicei nvestigati ons■and Spartanlivi ng.Th e moth erli adseparatedfroim h erh usbandand h adearnedalivi ngforh er-selfand h ertwodaugh tetrsbywork i ng i nanAmericanoi lcom-panyofficebeforePearlHarbor."EverytimeB-29s cameover,moth erusedtosay.'Wh ydon'tyou h urryupandrescueus.'Itseemedsoterriblylong,"th egirltoldreporters.Sh e h ad been approach edby

    newspapermenassh estoodonanelevated trainplatform i n th eGi nzadistri ctofdowntownTok yobecausesh elook ed"American.""Noth i ngaboutth egirlonth e

    elevated platform wasJapaneseexceptatracei nth ecornersofh ereyesandflash i ngwh i teteeth .Heraccent,..h erfrank ness, h erquick laugh terwereallAmeri-can,"Wellerreported."Butalmosteveryoth ersentencesh espok eh adword'police'i ni t."Before th e correspondents

    spok eto h er,both sh e andth eyweresimplymembersofacrowd,with outbeingparticularobjectsofattention.Th e momentth eyap-proach ed h er,agawk i ngand"h otparticularlyfriendly crowd i nrai ny-dayclogsandmili tarycapesgath eredaround."'I'm suresomeonewilTseemetalk i ngwith youandreportme,'

    sh e said.'Th erearealwayssev-eralpolicespiesaround.'"Th egirl-explainedth atsh eh ad

    madeth etripfrom h ersuburban.h ome i nordertogetacopyofth eNipponTimes,Tok yo'sEng-li sh -languagenewspaper." „Th egirltoldWellerth at"forweek s"sh eandmembersofh erfamilyh adbeentoofrigh tenedtogoi ntotowntoseewh atwasi h ap-pendng."Allwedoi swork i ngutgar-

    denandh opeforth eAmericanstocome,"sh esai d."We'vebeenverysh ortofmoneysinceIlostmyj obi naFrench bank ,i nApri l."Sh e sai d th atgovernmentof-fi ci alsh adtri edtogeth ertoworkonTok yoRadioasak i ndofas-sistantto"Tok yoRose.""Iwenttoth estudiooneday,"

    sh ewenton."IsawmanyAmer-i canprisonersdoingbroadcasting.Itseemedasth ough Icould,i fth eydid.Weneededmoneybadly.ButIdecidedIcouldnotdoi tandfeelrigh t. SoIj ustletpoliceth i nk wh ateverth eywantedandstayedh ome."Th ecorrespondentstook h ertoYok oh amaandintroducedh ertoLieut.Gen.RobertJ.Eich elberger,commanderofth eEigh th Armywh oi si nch argeofth eoccupationi nth eTok yoarea.

    L̂j ganto15,1945 PACIFICCITIZEN3

  • EDITORIALS:Wash i ngtonWitch h untItappearsth atpersonsofJapanesean-

    cestry i nth eUni tedStatesarenotth roughwith Congressional i nvestigati onsalth oughi ti snowsomedayssinceV-JDay.Certainmembersofth eformerDiesCommittee,nowunderth ech ai rmansh i pofRep.Wood ofGeorgia,h aveannouoi i £d»̂o th epressth atth eyaregoingtoconductan i nvestigati onof,th e "Black DragonSociety" i n th eUnited̂States.Th epurportedexistenceofanAmer-i canwingofJapan'snotorious terroristi csecretsocietywasoneofth edeadcatstossedbyth eDi esCommitteewh enRep.Dies h i nV-.selfwasatth econtrolsofth eHouse inves-tigati nggroup.Th eDi esCommitteedidnotturnupanyevidenceth atsuch anorganiza-tionactuallyexistedamongpersonsofJapa-neseancestryi nAmericaandth euseofth eBlack DragonSocietysmearmustbeli k enedtoth eperiodi cwitch h untsandRedscaresdreamedupbysuch CongressmenasRep.Rank i nofMissi ssi ppi andRep.J.ParnellTh omasofNew Jersey.Iti snomerecoin-ci denceth atReps.Rank i nandTh omasareth etwogentlemenwh o h avepromisedth eforth comi ng i nvestigati on.Rep.Rank i n, wh ose prejudi ces against

    Negroes,Jews,laborunionsandsocialprog-ressaretoowellk nowntoneedamplifi ca-tion,once i nsertedaletteri nth eCongres-sionalRecordwh i ch ch argedth atoneofth ereasonswh yAmericansofJapaneseancestrywere volunteeringforth e Uni ted StatesArmywasth atth eycouldgetaboardU.S.warsh i ps,wh i lebeingtransportedtoover-seasduty,andcouldth usdestroyth eAmer-i canfleet.Rep.Rank i nwasalsoth eHousesponsorforabillauth ori zi ng th e Sec-retaryofWartoplaceAmericanciti zensofJapaneseancestry i nconcentrationcampsforth ereasonofancestryalone.Rep.Th omasmade h i mselfsomewh atri-

    diculous i nMayof1943wh en h eappearedi nLosAngelestolaunch aDiesCommitteei nvestigati onofJapaneseAmericansandbe-gan i ssui ngstatementsregardingconditi onsi nth ewarrelocationcentersbeforeh eh advi si ted anyofth ecamps.Hech argedatth at,timeth atan i nfantrybattalionofmenofJapaneseancestry,apartofth eImper-i alJapaneseArmy,waslocatedonTerminalIsland i nLosAngelesHarborpriortoth ewar.Th eti messinceth enh aveproventh atRep.Th omas'statementswere made withmalice, i nsupportofth erace-baiti ngcam-paignofth ose WestCoasti nterestswh oh ave unsuccessfullysough ttoexclude th eevacueesfrom th ecoastalareaforth edur-ati onandafter.Th e k i nd oflegislative i nqui si ti on i n

    wh i ch both Reps.Rank i nandTh omasspe-ciali ze i sasortofactivi tywh i ch decentCongressmenwouldnottouch with th epro-verbialten-footpole.

    MenofGood-WillOnereasonth esh amefulandundemocrat-

    i ccampaignofPacifi c Coastanti-evacueegroupsh asfai ledto h altth ereturnofth eevacuees toth ei rh omeareas i sth atth ereh avebeenmen i npubliclife,aswellaspri-vateciti zens,wh owi lli nglyh ave j eopardizedth ei rpositi onsandmaterialbenefitstofigh tforth epreservationofth eAmerican i dealoffairplay.Such aman i sCarlRoch et,co-publish er

    ofth eRenton,Wash .,NewsRecord.Inaneditori ali n h i snewspaperonAug.23Mr.Roch etobservedth ath emaymak eenemiesbytryingtocombatprejudi ceand h emay

    become an objectofscornbyP"£"£th erigh tsofracialmi nori ti es but

    h ewas

    goingtoproclaim th emeritsof500»famh e

    ofJapaneseancestry"turningtoWash i ng

    ton'sKingCounty.Mr.R°ch e*dfI"̂̂th osewh odonowsh owrespecttoth em

    are

    ofth eNazi class andwillbeconsideredpoorciti zensbyth emaj ori tyofth eAmeri-

    canpeople.Itsh ouldberecalled th atMr.Roch et'snewspaperi spublish ed i nth e h omegroundsoftwoofth emostactiveanti-evac-ueeorganizati ons,th eRememberPearlHar-borLeague and th e Japanese ExclusionLeague.Even i nsuch centersofanti-evacueeac-

    tivi tyasKentandAuburn i nWash i ngton,

    th eHoodRi vervalleyandth eGresh am areai nOregonand i nMontereyandSantaBar-baracounties and th elowerSan Joaquinvalley i nCalifornia,manymen h avestoodupagainstprevaili ngcommunitysentimenttopi tth ei rpri nci plesagainstth earmamentofeconomic i nterests.Th ereh avebeenbusi-nessmenwh o h avedaredboycotts,newspa-permenwh oh aveleveledth ei redi tori alba-zook as againstcommunityprejudi ces andmi ni sterswh oh avei nterpretedth ei rCh ri st-i an teach i ngson th epracticalgroundofh umanrelationsh i ps.Th ereh avebeenmanyCarlRoch ets. ■■ ■

    Restricti veCovenants/ Th eenforcementbyStatecourtsofrac-i allyrestricti vecovenants i npropertydeedsh asbeendescribedas"unconstituti onal"byDudleyMcGovney,professoroflawatth eUniversityofCalifornia. Writi ng i n th eCaliforniaLawReview,Prof.McGovneyup-h oldsth eequalityofraces as"arigh tgi ven

    byth e14th Amendmenttoth eCon-sti tuti on.Hiscomment i sespeciallyperti-nentatatimewh enth eoperationofre-stricti vecovenantsi nresidentialareastendstoenforceth esegregationofpersonsnotofCaucasianancestry i ntocongestedurbanareas,creatingLrttle Harlems and Li ttleTok yos."Alth ough manyAmericans i nearlydays

    h adstrongracialprejudi ces i nth ei rprivatesocialrelations,th eydeterminedth ati nth esph ereofStategovernmentalaction th eresh ould be no racialdiscri mi nati on,"Prof.McGovney comments."Undoubtedly,th erearemanyAmericanswh o wouldendorseareactionarymovement.Enforcementofra-cialresidentialrestricti onsbyth ecourtsofadozenStates isnotth eonlyevidenceofth at.But,untilreactiongainsenough ad-h erents toamend th eConstituti on by oneofth eauth ori zedprocesses,th eregimeofracialequalityi n legalrigh ts and Stategovernmentactionremainsth esupremelawofth eland."

    Tok yoRoseAsAlliedforcesbroadenth eoccupation

    ofth eJapanese h omeland some American-born Japanesecollaborationi sts areturningup.Th enumber,sofar,h asnotbeenmany,alth ough "Tok yoRose" h as received con-siderablepublici ty,mainlybecauseth ereh asbeen i ntensei nteresti n h er i denti ty,par-ticularlyamongGls i nth ePacifi c.Alth oughi tseemsth atonlyafewofth eNi sei wh owerecaugh tbyth ewarinJapanappeartoh ave collaborated activelywith th eTok yogovernment,andalth ough th atcollaborationconsistedmainlyofbeingth evariousEng-lish -languagevoicesofRadioTok yoandoth -erJapanesepropagandastations,i ti stoberegrettedth ateventh esefewtook th eeasywayoutand became th e English -speak i ngpawnsofJapaneseFascism.Iti s signi fi cantth atth e reactionary

    Hearstpresswh i ch h asmi ni mi zed th erec-ordsofAmericansofJapaneseancestry i nth eUni tedStatesArmy h as sh ownconsid-erablymore i nteresti nth efewTok yoRosesth an i nth eth ousandsofJapaneseAmeri-cans i nUnitedStatesk h ak i wh owillplayamajorrole i n th e AmericanoccupationAnAmericanlaboreditor,touringoccupiedareas i nJapanasaguestofth eAmericanArmy,h asreportedth at"Tok yoRose"h assigned acontractwith a Hearstpublica-tion togive h erstoryto th e people ofAmericaexclusivelyviaHearst.Ifth estoryi strueand i tsh ouldberecalledth atHearstatone time also publish edsi gned articlesbyth atAxiswarcrimi nal,Mussolini ,Tok yoRosesmaybeutili zedaspartofth eNi sei -bai ti ngprogramofth eHearstpublicati onsSuch aperformancewouldbeconsistentwithth erace-baiti ng role ofth eHearstpressduringth ewar.Atth everyleastth ewh oleaffai rsmack s ofquestionable j ournalisti c

    niseiUSAbyLARRYTAJIRIOfRace,CreedandColorTh eproblemsofAmerica'srac-i alandreligi ousminori ti esarei n-divi si ble. Prejudi ce generatedagainstonegroupoftenaffectoth -ers.Th epatternsofpublicconductwh i ch wereestablish ed i nth ese-gregationofaracial minori tyh averemainedtoaffectoth ers.■Uongth eWestCoastth e re-

    stricti ve residential covenantswh i ch forcemembersofminori tygroupstolive"onth eoth ersi deofth etrack s"affectallnon-Oau-casiangroupsequally.Th eanti-Ori entalism,wh i ch wasdevelopedasapoliti calandecon-omicweaponbyth enativesonsofCaliforniaagainstth eOh i nese i nth elaterdecadesofth eNineteenthcentury,wastransferredforuseagainstth eJapanesei nth eState.Th eviolentanti-Japanese cam-paignsi nth eSanJoaqui i nvalleyi nth epost-waryears followingWorldWarIspilledovertoaffectth eArmeniangroupsas welli nth eFresnoarea.Manyofth eprac-ti cesofracistbeh avi orwh i ch op-erateto i nti mi date members ofminori tygroups were perfectedi nth eDeepSouth againstth eNe-gro.Th epointi sth at i n figh ti ng

    againstdiscri mi natory activi ti esagainstJapanese Americans wemustbeawareth atth evirusofh atemust be attack ed at i tssource.Th erecanbenoeasyfu-tureforth eNi sei i foth erracialminori ti esarenotaccordedsimi -larequalityoftreatment,j ustasth erecannotbeanyrealpeaceforournationi foppressionstilllivessomewh ereonth i s planet.Th erampantcellsofth eFascistcan-cercanagainmultiplyi fth esur-geryisnotcleanandcomplete.Th esuggestion h asbeenmadetousonmanyoccasions,oftenbywell-meaningpersons,th atth eNd-sei canbeassuredofacceptanceandsecurityi fli ewillonlydivorce.h i sproblemfromth atofoth erAmericanminori ti es,particularlyth eNegro.Th ei nti mati oni sth atth eJapaneseAmericans,numeri-callyoneofth esmallestofminor-i tygroupsi nth i scountry,willbeacceptedas"h onorable Aryans"i fth eywi llnotalignth ei rpres-entpredicamentwi th wh ati si n-terpretedto beth egeneralraceproblem i nth eUni tedStates,th equestionofth eAmericanNegro.Th ech oi ce,ofcourse,i snotforth eNisei .Th eJapaneseAmericanscannotmak eth ei rpeacewith th eracistsbyacceptingth eattitudesofth eracesupremacists towardoth erminori tygroups,alth oughsomeNisei h avetried, j ustassomemembersofoth erminori tygroupsh avepartici pated i n th erace-baiti ngofth eNisei by th eNativeSonsandth ei rfellow trav-elers, iTh eproblemofth eNegroone-tenth ofournationi soneofth emostfundamentalwh i ch facesourAmericanpostwargeneration.Ifth atproblem cannotbesatisfact-orilyresolvedagainst th e per-spectiveofourconstituti onalgu-arantees1toeveryciti zen,th ende-mocracyi samisnomer and th eobjecti vesofth eAmericanRevolu-tion,th at"allmenwerecreatedequal"amdh ave"certain i nali en-ablerigh ts"among wh i ch arelife,libertyandth epursuitofh appi ness,"remainunfulfilled.Wh i leth epractices ofracial

    prejudi ce,such asrestricti verac-i allegislationandresidentialcov-enants,are permitted to exist,th erei snoescapefromdiscri mi n-ationforanyminori ty.Th e ci r-cumstancesofwarandth eh eart-feltAmericansympath yforth ePeopleofCh i naforth ei rvaliantstruggleagainstth ei r Japaneseoppressorsh averesulted i nadef-i ni telyfavorableatmosph ere forCh i neseAmericanson th e WestCoast.YetyoungAmericans ofCh i neseancestrycontinuetomeetwith discri mi nati on,as i nth ere-centi nci denti nSanFrancisco i nwh i ch aCh i nese American warveteranwasrefusedi h i srigh ttopurch aseabusinessandtoldth ath ewouldnotbewelcome i n th eneigh borh oodbecauseofh i srace.Membersofminori tygroupstoooftenh aveacceptedcommunityat-titudes and prejudi ces againstoth erminori ti es.Iti sdistressingtolearnfrom Willard S.Town-send,,i nternationalpresidentofth eUnitedTransportServiceEm-ployeesofAmerica,CIO,th atayoung Japanese American h aabeenpublici zedasaidi ngandabet-

    ting;i n discri mi natory Dr&fti IagainstaNegro j obapp&!|Ch i cagoTh i sNisei ,aXk tllargeCh i cagobak erych ai n j ,„■portedtoh avetoldth eN«Jo j Siseek erth atth erewere no,9open,alth ough th ecompanydbeenadvertisi ngfordriver-sawlmenTh eNisei ,ofcourse,;■merelycarryingoutcompanyIMi cybuth e was th e i nYtrLlth rough wh i ch th ecô «■abletoenforceth atpolicyMrTownsend,wh oh appens■beofNegroancestryandis11onlyNegropresidentofamailCIO i nternationalunion,h asJlftivli nxr-th ^figh tfor*&Plalforth eNi sei sinceth e timeMPearlHarborand h e i sWAtMstandablyconcerned by rennrHth atsomepersonsofJapanesea9cestry h ave j oi nedwith reacti jarywh i tesi nth e MidwestaiflEastonsuch mattersasrestrSßi vecovenants and employmei i i ß"Asminori typeople i nth i scouitfltry, h ewrites,"wecani llaffoJßto i solateourselves,onefromtilloth er;wecan i llafford tofeelth atth eproblemofdiscri mi nafoilbig-otryand i ntolerancei speci i i i altoanyonegroup."Simi larobservationsweremad|recentlybyHoraceCayton,wili ng i nth ePittsburgh Courier.ITh eminori tygroups,andtiu|i ncludes th e Nisei ,wh o h avlk nownth esh arpedgeofdiscri nHi nati on,sh ouldloadth efi gh ttilabolish i t.Andth ereseemsnobeHterplacetostartth antoreexan|meourownracialand religi ci Mprejudi ces.

    EDITORIAL

    DIGESTPITTSBURGHPRESSWh ereIsOurTolerance?

    Th ePittsburgh PressonAufl20cri ti ci zedth eattemptsoftflTwenty-Sixth WardCiti zensConfli ni tteei nPi ttsburgh topreventtifluseofth eGusk yOrph anageasIh ostelforrelocating JapamsßAmericans.Th ePresssaidth atth e i ssoHwasnotforacourtoflaw."Iti smoreani ssueofnatioi fl

    obligati on,"th epaperadded,""■obligati onowedth eNi sei bytflpeopleofAmerica.Inth i sconn"AmericansareAmericans-̂and■h ellwith ancestry."

    ♦ " ♦

    WASHINGTONPOSTNisei Righ ts

    Stressingth atAmericani smh Mnoth i ngtodowith ancestry,tHWash i ngtonPostonAug.13h op

  • VagariesMyNews...u.,vKitano i s th efirstNiaeiUnlovedbyCi tyNewsSer-tôi nemi i Angeles.CNSservicesvl*i Jetesare*newspaperswith.Th eWRA h asre-""rfifttoUnitedPresstocor-qUflnerroneousstatementcar-SSSlybyth eUP i nath erevocationofroaastexclusion orderslasttk w°UPstX)ry«s°rtod***}

    «Misei 'were k i lled i narmedSi andth etome,ofsev-£ Japanese Americans wh oSlh tSi th fi UnitedStatesarmed°Swrebumed."Th erei snoŜ anyNisei being k i lledfoundedbyWestOoart.terror-i On th eoth erh and,aKUoino',reportedly mistak enforfCaofJapaneseancestry,Lseriouslybeaten i nanargu-BHtonV-JDayi nSanFrancisco.ACh i neseengineer,mistak enfor,pereonofJapaneseancestryac-JLgtoth estorytoldbyth reeBenincourt,wasseverelymeatenOh i o. Th eth reemenreceived j ai lsentences ofsixmonth seach . ,,FDRMemorial...Th e $4300givento PresidentTruman th i sweek byfoursol-diersrepresentingth e442ndCom-batT«am i searmark edforusetowardamemorialforFDR.Iti sbelieved th atPresidentTrumanwillturnth emoneyovertoth eRoosevelt Memorial Committee,h eadedbyFDR'slifelongfriend,BasilO'Connor. Th e Kooseveltmemorialgrouph eldi tsfi rstmeet-i ngatth eWh i teHouselastweektodecideona"livi ngmemorial"toh onorth elatePresident...It'sreported th atDyk eMiyagawaoiJoeOyamawilleditth eEnglishsectionofanew-bi-li ngualnews-pgpernowbeingorganizedi nNewfork City.Accordingtoplans,th enewspaperwillbeasemi-week ly.Th eJapanesesectionwillbeedit-edbyth epresentstaffofth eNewYork Ji j i . ,,,Anti-Evacuee...

    Marriages...

    Arecentadi nth eVi sali aTi mesadvertisi ngameeting sponsoredbyth eIvanh oeCi ti zensCommitteetoprotestth ereturnofevacueesofJapaneseancestry to Tularecounty,notedth atJoh nR.Lech -nerwouldbeth e mai n speak er.Th eadcarriedth enamesofStateSenatorJack B.Tenney,Willi amMayGarland,LosAngelesrealt-or;C.J.Haggerty,presidentofth e Cali fornia AFL; ReginaldDennyandHerbertCornish assponsors of th e anti-JapaneseAmericanmeeting...Asanaft-ermath toth erecentMiyamai nci -dent, i twas reported th atoneMunici palrai lwaybus repairmaninSanFranciscoresignedi npro-testagainstth eh i ri ngofth eNi-sei butMiyamawasacceptedbyth erestofth ecrew. Th e sh opforemanreportedth at,onth edayafterth ework stoppageprotest-i n?th eh i ri ngofMiyama,fourofh i sfellow work ersi nvi tedh i m tolunch .

    " * *Th eLosAngielesCollegian,stu-dent-editednewspaperatLosAn-glesCityCollege,lastweek tooktoHearstHerald-Expresstotaskfori tsi nsi nuationsth atwarvet-«"isareunabletofind h omesi ntoeLosAngelesareabecauseofreturningevacueesofJapanesean-wry.Th eth emeh asbeenafav-°nteonewi th th eHearstpress.

    Accordingto Time magazine,American"servicemen stationed

    married112gi rlsofJap-w!Se,?cestryduring th e past%""Marriageswi th Nisei wereapproximatelyone-tenth ofth eJWof1,213marriagesofU.S.1C7̂nHawai i """AnAr--2"51*1Corparaddoph otoofth e*n*nderofGeneral Yamash i ta*Niffo/nth ePh i li ppi nessh owsi JĤBldleramon* watoh -teuml+81831mgofth esurrenderDocuments... Partici pati ng i nsL̂,*wareffort h ave been2VTof**»famili esofTuZ? i ndustriali sts.XKI**1**"*"'wh owere i nth eSSL?*}1*atth etimef**S,!.P.S h ave ownth ei rbyZX" mili tari sm/*acnmgth eJapaneselanguage*v-S.servicemen.«k S»n?mt?.Beaale>r'wi>o *>*dA«n?d°f.Pvbl>crelationsforth e«£L«n gtIW 1942WeßtCoaStonS,̂1Snowwriti ngabook..Hnw€v̂uaitlon «or Harper's■HowardDevree,artcriti cfor

    th eNewYork Times,commentedrecentlyon th e "two poig-nsurth eads and aflowerpiece by(Sueo)Serisawa."ArtistSensawa.nowlivi ng i nNew York Cty,movedth erefrom Los Angeles,viaDenver,duringth eevacuation.

    GIsUrgedCBSCorrespondentToTellU.S.ofNisei HeroesByHARRYW.FLANNERY

    VeteransCondemnPrejudi ce:

    Coastnetwork oftAuĝSbvHarrv̂?̂ °n th eCBSPacifi crespondentand commentatorfZV "JJT'T**«!"rcor-System.) '"meniatorforth e Columbia Broadcasting

    andArnoldVa'son,th eAFLrep- "resentatives,toldMiyamath ath i scontinuanceatwork wouldmeanoth erwork erswouldrefusetoco-operate,and h e wouldbe dis-ch arged as i ncompetent. Ch i efRadio Tech ni ci an Harold Stone,wh owonth eSi lverStarforgal-antry i nfigh ti ngth eJapanesei nth ePacifi c,enteredth eargumenttosay:"Ididnotgoouttofigh ti nth ePacifi csopeoplewith dif-ferentcoloredsk i nswouldbedis-crimi nated againstwh en Ieoth ome."Th i s i tth e opini onofeveryservicemanwi h o h asfough twithth e JapaneseAmericanson th ewarfronts,i nsofarasIh avebeenabletotalk with such men.Ifirstbrough tupth esubjectonth i spro-gram becauseIwasask edtodosobywarveteransfromth ePaci-fic and European tieaterwitnwh omItalk ed atBirmi ngh amGeneralHospitalatVan Nuys,California.Sinceth enIh avetalk -edwith moreservicemen i nEu>ropeandi nth eCBIth eater.Youdon'th avetobringupth e

    subjectwi th th esemen.Assoonasth eylearnyou'rearadioornewspaperman,th eybegintotellyouaboutth ewayth eJapaneseAmericans h avefough t."Alotofpeople i nth eUni tedStatesgetJapanese AmeriacnsandJapanesemixed,"oneenlistedmantoldmeatth e h eadquartersofth e Fi fth Army i nnorth ernItaly."Th ey don'trealize," h esaid, "Th at we are figh ti ngagainstth eJapanese,butth atth eJapaneseAmericansarefigh ti ngwith us.And," h e added,"younewspapermensh ouldn'tcallth emJapaneseAmericans. Th ey'reasAmericanasyouand me.Th eywereborn i nth e UnitedStates,andth eyareproudofth ei rcoun-try,andfigh ti ngfori twi th ev-eryth i ngi nth em."Everyone i nth e Fi fth Armywith wh omItalk edfromLt.Gen.Lucian Truscottdown tellsyouth e JapaneseAmericanbattalionandth e442ndregiment h asoneofth ebestrecords i nbattleofanyAmericanunit.Th estoryh asbeentoldoften,butsomeofi ti sworth repeating.Th e442nd,fori nstance,h adanormalcomple-mentof4200men,buth adcas-ualties th attotaled twice th atnumber,9230.Ofth ese,4,000wonpurpleh earts.Youseemenofth e442nd i nItalywith twoorth reepurpleh eartsbecauseth eyrecov-eredfromth ei rwoundsandwentback i nagai n.Iwastoldth estoryofaman

    namedAoyamaofLosAngelesamemberof442nd. Th emanwh otoldmeabouth i m,atGardone,Italy,could notrememberh i sfirstname,buth ek newth estory.Aoyama h adboth legssh otoff,andwascarriedtoth erear.Th efi gh ti ngwasstillonandth erecouldbenoligh ts. Medicalmenmovedfromonetoanoth erofth ei nj ured.OnecametoAoyama."Areyoubadly h urt?"h eask -

    ed.Aoyamagrittedh i steeth ."I'm allrigh t,"h e said.Th edoctormovedontoth enext

    man.Aoyamadied.Th ereare18oth ersuch cases,th emenofth eFifth toldme,eachawardedasilverstorposth umous-ly.With i nlessth anayear1017i n-

    divi dualsoutofth e4000receivedcombaatdecorations,43th edis-tingui sh edserviceeross—th eh i gh -estawardi nth epowerofourgov-ernment—249wonsilverstars,601bronzestars,andth ereh avebeenth ree Presidentialunitcitati on,oneforBelvedere,Cassertaand

    Cassino;anoth erforth efi gh ti ngi nth eVosgesmountainsi nPranceandoneforspear-h eadi ngth efi nalvictorydriveofth eFifth ArmyltStJ?nBing-Th eassignmentsofth e 442nd h avebeentough butth eywantedth atk i nd,toproveth atth ey,born i nAmerica,areworth yofbeingcalledAmericans.Mi k e Masaok a,30 years old,

    i rom SanFrancisco,toldmeth emottoofth e442nd,h asbeen"goforbrok e."Heexplainedth at."It'scrap-sl̂ootingslang,"h esai d."It'sth esameas"sh ootth ewrk s,"riskeveryth i ngononeth row.'"Mi k e i snationalsecretaryandfi eldexecutive ofth e JapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague,devot-edtoraisi ngth egeneralpoliti calconsciousnessand democraticre-sponsibi li tyofAmericansofJapa-neseancestry,andtoh elpi ngth emestablish th emselves i nth e com-munity.Anobjecti venowi stode-fendth erigh tsofth eserviceman.SofarasIk now,Mi k e i s sti llwith h i sregimenti nItaly.Th ecreedofth eleaguebegins:"Iamproudth atIamanAmeri-canciti zenofJapaneseancestry,formyveryback groundmak esmeappreciatemorefullyth ewonder-fuladvantagesofth ei rnation.Ibelieve i nh eri nsti tuti ons,i dealsandtraditi ons;Igloryi nh erh er-i tage;Iboastofh erh i story;Itrustinh erfuture.Sh eh asgrant-edmelibertiesandopportuniti essuch asno i ndi vi dualofmyoth ercountryenjoysi nth i sworldtoday.Sh e h as given meaneducationbefitti ng k i ngs.Sh e h asentrust-edmewith th eresponsibi li ti esofth efranch i se. Sh eh aspermittedmetobuildah ome,toearnalive-li h ood,toworsh i p,th i nk ,speakandactasIplease—asafreemanequaltoeveryoth erman."Th ecreedgoeson:"Alth ough

    somei ndi vi dualsmaydiscri mi nateagainstfe,Ish allneverbecomebi tterorlosefaith ,forIk nowth atsuch personsoarenotrepre-sentativeofth emajori tyofth eAmericanpeople.True,Ish alldoalli nmypowertodiscouragesuchpractices,butIsh alldoi i ti nth eAmericanway:above-board,i nth eopen,th rough courtsoflaw,byeducation,byprovingmyselftobeworth yofequaltreatmentandconsideration.Iamfirm i nmybe-li efth atAmericansportsmansh i pandattitudeoffairplaywi lljudgeciti zensh i pandpatrioti smonth ebasisofactionandach i evement,andnotonth ebasisofph ysi calch aracteristi cs."BecauseIbelieve i nAmerica,andItrustsh ebelievesi nme,"I'mstillquoting,"andbecause,Ih avereceeived i nnumerablebene-fi tsfrom h er.Ipledgemyselftodoh onorto h eratalltimesandi nallplaces,tosupport,h ercon-sti tuti on;toobeyh erlaws;tore-spect h erflag;to defend h eragainstallenemies,foreignordo-mestic;toactivelyassumemydu-ti esandobligati onsasaciti zen,ch eerfullyandwi th outanyreser-vationswh atsoeveri nth e h opeth atImaybecomeabetterAmeri-can i nagreaterAmerica."Th at'sth ecreed:Oneofth elastth i ngsth atGen-eralTruscotttoldmeasItalk edwith h i m i nh i s h eadquartersonLak eGarda i nItaly,wastosayawordforth eJapaneseAmeri-cans. "Alotofmenwh oh avefough talongsideth eseboysaregoingback andspeak i nnouncer-taintermsaboutun-Americanac-ti ons,"h esaid."Th eyaregoingtoremindusth atmenh avefough tanddiedtok i llfascism andth eydon'twanti tath ome.Th ey h avebattled overh erefor Americanprinci plesofj usti ce,fairplayandequalopportunityforallAmeri-cansandallmen." Th egeneralh adanafterth ough t."Anawh enyouwriteJapaneseAmerican, h esaid,"don'th yph enatei t.Th esemenarenoth yph enated Ameri-cans,butfullAmericanswh oh aveprovedth atwith th ei rblood."...

    Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

    WriterPredictsSwingi nCoastSentimentTh ereisagoodfriendofours,awriterofnationalrepute,

    wh oalwaysh asmai ntai nedth atth eWestCoast'ssh amefultreat-mentofJapaneseAmericanswillbefollowedbyaswingi nsenti-menttoth eoth erextreme.Iti stoosoonafterVJ-Daytotesth i spredicti on.Butcer-

    tainlyth ereare i ndi cati onsalreadyth atforallbutth e i ncorrigi -bleracists andprofessionalagitatorsth ereturnofpeace h asremovedth esh arpedgeofwartimesuspici onand h atreds.Th i swriterbasesh i spredicti oni —onth e h i storyofth enation'sat-titudetowardGenman Americansi nWorldWarI.He points outth atoncewar'sh ysteriah asvan-i sh ed and more facts becomek nownaboutourown sh ortcom-i ngs,aswella® th ewartimecon-tributi onofJapaneseAmericans,amorerationalviewi s.tak en.Th efi rststepsi nth i sdi rectioni nWorldWarIIh avebeentak enalready.Th e government'srecentPearlHarborreportstates th atth eUni tedStates,eith erbybreak -i ngJapan'®codeorh avi ngaccesstoatraitori nTok yo's h i gh coun-cils,k new beforeh and wh atJa-pan'swarplanswere.Furth er,th ereportsaysth atth eUni tedStatessough ti toforceJapantomak eth efi rstovertmove,wh i ch i tdid i nth eattack atPearlHarbor.Th atth enation'®naval,mili taryanddiplomaticbranch eswerenotcoordinatedandpreparedtomeetth i sattack wasoneofth egreattragediesofth ewar.Atth esametimeth everyfactth atth eUni tedStatessufferedsuch adisastrousdefeati nth e.h ands ofa forcestri k i ngbystealth servedtouniteth enationasnoth i ngelsecouldh avedone.Th eJapaneseAmericans wereth e h aplesspawnscaugh ti nth i sgreat,sweeping i nterplayoffor-ces.Th efewvoicesth atwererais-edi nth ei rbeh alf,demandingfairplayandsanity,werebutpipi ngsi nth estormofwar.Andth egov-ernment,th rough th earmy'spol-i cyofmassevacuationofanentirepeoplej gavetacitconfirmationtoth efearth atallth oseofJapanesedescentwerepotentialsaboteursandstabbers-in-th e-back .Ith asbeenalong",h ardroad

    back .Ith ascostth egovernmentmilli onsofdollars,th rough th ewarrelocationauth ori ty,wi th th esupportofoth eragenciessuch asth eofficeofwari nformation,todo j usti cetoth esepeopleandtogetth etruth to th e Americanpublic.Th atroad h asasmilepoststh egravemark ersofscoresofNiseiboyswh ovolunteeredtoprovebydeath ,i fnecessary,th ei rrigh tandth erigh tofth ei rfamili es and

    friendstoberecognizedasAmeri-cans.Now,littlebylittle,morei sbe-i ngtoldofth ewartimeroleofJapaneseAmericans.Inth ePaci-fi cth eyh aveseenth ewarth roughfrom itsopeningmomentstofJiefi naltriumph .Th erewere Niseicasualti esand Nisei h eroes atPearlHarbor.ItwasaNisei wh obroadcastGen. Jonath an Wain-wrig.h t's bittersurrenderfromOorregidortoth e overwh elmi ngJaph ordes.Butonth eroadback th eNi seiwerei nth eforefrontofeverynewlandingi nth ei sland-h oppi ngroadfrom Melbourneto Tok yo. Andaftervictoryth ereweretwoNi-sei officers i nth epartyth atmetJapan'ssurrenderdelegation i nManila.Th erewereNisei i nterpre-tersi nth epersonnelofspecialprisonerofwarprocessingteamsth atlandedwith th efi rsttroopsatAtsugi airfi eldnearTok yo.Th earmyand navy officers

    ch osento admini sterci vi laffairsi noccupiedJapanweredili gentlytrainedbyJapaneseAmericansatYale,Harvard,th eUniversityofMich i ganandelsewh ere.Tonameafew oth erstrictlywartimerolesplayedbyJapaneseAmericans,th ereh avebeenU.S.government translators,propa-gandistsbyradioand pamph let,radiomonitors.Perh apsth e fullstoryofth i svi tali fnon-combat-antcontributi onofNisei—andth eforeign-bornaswell—canbetoldsoon.LarryTaj i ri h as related th estoryofatleastone Nisei wnowork edi nanatomicbombplant,i nth esuper-secretprogram underwh i ch th eatomicbotrbwasdevel-oped.Th erealsoi si i h estory,toldonlyi nafragmentarymanner,ofth eguayuleprojectatManzanari nwh i ch JapaneseAmericanssough ttocrack th eraturalrubbersh ort-age.ForeveryTok yoRose,th ereare

    h undredsofloyalJapaneseAmer-i canswh o

  • tablish mentofapermanentFairEmploymentPractice Committee.Th i si safollow-upofth eappealTrumanmadetoCongressi nJune,butwh i ch wasblock edi ncommit-teeby reactionary elements...SenatorElbertTh omasandRep-resentativeMi k eMansfield,i narecentNBCUniversityofth eAirprogrambroadcastfromWash i ng-tonandproducedbySeldenMene-fee,both praisedth ecombatrec-ordofNisei Gl'sandurgedth euseofNisei i nth eoccupationandreconstructionofpostwarJapan.Two Nisei servicemen h avepainti ngsonexh i bi ti nth earmed

    forcesartsh ow atth e NationalArtGallery.Th eyPvt.NobuKita-gak i ,formerlyofSnelling,nowatFortMeade,andSgt.TomOk amo-to,ofSnelling...Dick Otagak irank ed number one i n DentalSch oolgraduationlastweek atWash i ngton'sHowardUniversity,oneofth eforemostNegro i nsti -tuti onsi nth enation...MorrisDannah i rsch , from th e HeartMountainsocialwelfare divi si on,i sth enew relocationofficerforth eWash i ngtonD.C.area,replac-i ngEmoryFast,wh owastrans-ferredtoth eSanFranciscoWRAoffice.

    Th reeMedalsFinallyCatch UpWith PortlandNisei OfficerLieut.KanayaLiberatedFrom Nazi Pri sonCampBeforeV-EDay

    STARKGENERALHOSPITAL,Ch arleston,S.C.— Lieut.JamesKanayaofPortland,Ore.,finallyh as received th ree medalsforwh i ch h ewascitedsometimeago.Li eut.Kanaya,wh oreceived h i scommissi onwh i lefigh ti ngwith ti h efamous 442nd CombatTeam olJapaneseAmericansi nFranceandweowascapturedby th eNazis,waspresentedbyCol.HenryW.Grady, commanding officeratStark ,with th eSi lverStar,th eBronzeStarandth ePurpleHeartonAug.17.Lieut.Kanayawascapturedbyth eNazisi nth eVosgesmontainsonOct.23andwasliberatedsixmonth slaterfollowingth ebattleofNuremberg.Hei satpresenti nth eStark Medi calDepartmentRe-placementPool.Inacceptingth e medalsfrom

    Col.Grady,Lieut.Kanayaexpress-ed h i spleasureatbeing ao h on-oredandmoreparticu'arlywithth egreatbattleperformanceofth eJapaneseAmericans i n th eArmy.Th e Si lverand Bronze Starswereawardedtoth eNi sei offi cerforactionsduringth edri veofth eNi sei uni tupth e Italian coastagainstth e"leaningtower"cityofPisa.OnJuly5,1944,abat-taliontowh i ch Li eut.Kanayawasattach edasmedicalai dman,wassubjectedtoan i ntenseartilleryandmortarbarrage.Beforeth ecurtainofligh tlift-

    ed,ninemenfromoneofth ecom-paniesh adbeenseriouslywound-ed.Th eNazisth enlai ddownaconcentrationofmach i ne-gunfire.With utterdisregardforh i sownsafety,Lieut.Kanaya crawledth rough th esplatterofmach i ne-gunfiretoh i swoundedcomrades.Fortwoanda h alfh oursh ead-mi ni steredquick effectiveai dtoti h esorelywoundedmen.Hedidn'tleave untileveryone h ad beencaredfor.Forth i si ntrepiddisplayofdevotion.Li eut.Kanaya wascitedwith th eSi lverStar.Lessth antwoweek slater,foracon-tinui ngactionwh i ch took placenearLuciana,Italy,onJuly16,17and18,h ewasawardedth eBronzeStar.Laterti h e442ndwastransferredto th e Seventh Armyfront i nItaly.Th eFrench Fi rstArmywasfigh ti ngupfromth esouth toforceth egapcityofBelforti n th eVosges mountain®. On Oct.23Li eut.Kanayawascapturedasth eNi sei uni tundertook acomplemen-tarydrivesouth onth e St.Di esector.Th ebattlelinesi nth esec-toratth atti mewere extremelyfluid.Lieut.KanayawascapturedbyaGermancompanyash ewasonh i swayback toAmericanlineswith woundedmenwh oh adear-lierbeencutoff.Hewas i mpri s-oned i nOflag64about60mi lesfromDanzigi nth eoldPolish .Cor-ridor.Th eRedArmy'sapproachi n th ei rgreatwinteroffensiveforcedth eNazistoevacuateth ecamponJan.21.Th e Japanese American wasamongth epolyglotgroupofpris-onerswh o,i nth edeadofwinter,madea375-miletrek towh atth eNazisth ough twassafetyfromliberationby th e Alli es. Li eutKianayawasliberatedonApril17followingth ereductionofth eNaziprizeoityofNuremberg.

    THELETTERBOXToth eEdi tor

    GISays"LittleTok yo"LabelUnpleasantEditor,Th ePacifi cCi ti zen:Afterafew week souti nth efieldIh avefinallygottenaroundtocatch i nguponseverali ssuesofth ePacifi cCiti zenwh i ch h adac-cumulatedduringmyabsence,vi sbeyonddoubtth atyournews-paper.h asdoneadmirablyi nguid-i ngboth JapaneseAmericansandJapanesenationalsand i npresent-i ngtousaclearpicture ofourtriumph sandourdffnculties.However,i ti swith deepregretth atIreadBill,Hoaok awas En-couragementforRelocating ls-seis."Noonecandoubtth emanyproblemsandi ts solutions th atmanyIssei willh avetoface.Writ-erHosok awah asclearlypresent-edth eactualpicture wath no'punch espulled'for th ose Isseiwh oselotwillnotbeeasy, cutth erei soneremark th atwases-peciallyrepugnanttome.Isth ereanyneed i n referringtoth esmallJapanesecommuniti eswh i ch h avesprungup i n a fewciti esasnew"LittleTok yos?"Isincerelybelieveth atth ewri terdidnotmeantoi nferanyth i ngde-rogatory. However, th e verysoundofth ewordseemsominous.Yourpaperh asnodoubtalargecirculationoutsideofth e Ni seiandIssei readers.Toth emandtous"LittleTok yo"recallsth eun-pleasantpre-warJapanese com-muniti es i nLosAngelesandSanFranciscoandmanyoth ercoastal

    citi es.Italsobringstomindourpurposeofendeavoringtobanish"Li ttleTok yos"outofourlives.Idonotmeantodenyth atsuch

    a situationdoesexistandyeti tmustbeborne i nmind th at i nsome i nstancesi nevi table.Letusface th ecoldfacts.Allh umanbeingsaregregariousbynatureandth eytendtobesoes-peciallyamongth ei rownk i nd.Werealizeth ati nourcase i th ascausedmanywildandmisledsus-pici onstobecastuponus.How-everi tcertainlywasnotacrimetoestablish ourowncommuniti es.Inth eligh tofth epresentsitua-ti onandforamorecomplete.un-derstandingofAmericansofJap-aneseancestry,i ti spreferablenotto.h avesuch ,communiti es.Butnomatterh ownobleouri dealsmaybewemustberealisti c.Wecannotdenyth efactth ati nnumerousi n-stancesonlycertaindistri ctsi nagivencitywouldacceptusasten-ants.Furth ermore,giventh eop-portunitytoobtain h ousi ngelse-wh ereoureconomicandfinancialsituationh avenotallowedustotak eadvantageofth eopportunity.Th ei nevi tableresultth enwasth atmanyaredrivennotbych oi cebutbyexisti ng conditi ons to formth esecommuniti es.Th erefore,letusnotstigmatizeth oselivi ng i nth esecommuniti esbycallingth em"Li ttleTok yos."

    SincerelyStaffSgt.Joh nI.Morozumi

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    WRAReportsFresnoDistri ctReturneesNear2000MarkEigh tyPersonsArriveInSpecialCarsfromColoradoRiverCenter

    FRESNO,Calif.—Th earrivalofeigh typersonsi nspecialoarsfromth eColoradoRiverrelocationcen-teratPoston,Ariz.,on Sept.6brough ttoanapproximate1900th enumberofevacueesofJapa-neseancestrywh oh avereturnedtoFresnoi Countyi nth eLastfewmonth s,accordingtoCecilMor-gan,Fresnodi stri ctrelocationof-fi cerforth eWRA.One group-amongth eeigh tyleftth eSentaFetrainatReedleywh ereth eyaretobe sh elteredtemporarilyi nalaborcamp un-tilsomeareabletoreoccupyfor-merh omesi nth eSangerandSel-maareas..Oth ersamonĝth eeigh -

    ty madeth ei rh omes i nFresnoandClovisbeforeth eevacuation.Th osewi th outi mmedi ate trans-portationorwith outh omesarebe-i ngh ousedtemporarilyi nh ostelsestablish edatth eBuddh i stTem-ple and th eJapaneseMeth odi stch urch .Th eodoreLewis,assistantWRAofficeri nth eFresnoarea,express-ed th eopini onth atlastweek 'scancellationofth eArmyexclusionorderswouJdresulti nth ereturnof"onlyafew h undredmore"toth eFresnodistri ct.Lewispointedoutth atalargenumberofper-sonsofJapaneseancestryevac-uatedfrom Fresnoalreadyh averesettled i nth eMi ddleWestandandEast.Fiveth ousandpersonsofJapaneseancestrywere evacu-atedfromFresno.Lewisreportedth at200 evac-

    ueesh ave returned to Maderacounty.

    CALLINGAllCh apters!

    ByHitoOk ada

    Wewi sh toack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi onsth atwerereoeivedduringth emonth ofAug.ustandto-date:WillardP.Smith$2.,Brook s;Sue Ok amura $2.RedwoodCity;J.K.Sh i ntak u$25*SantaAna;A.Crestoni $i.,gac'ramento;LouiseB.Wallace $5Mrs.A.Torossian 1, LeonardWalk er$1.,andJoeKamiyaSIsnofBerk eley;Mrs.MariePautz$5Los Angeles;FlorenceTominaVi$2.,Concord;G.Suyeyasuo i fandMr.andMrs.K.Haraguch i $£from ourSan Francisco OffWMrs.F.E.Kilbourne, Sr $1Ojai ;HelenMyers$2.,SanDiego'Ch arlesdeY.Elk us$2.50andMrs'MarianRyono$1.50ofSanFrancisoo;needlesstosayallfromCallfornia.Fromoth erpartsofth ecountry

    wegratefullyack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi ons:Atsuk oSh i -gematsu$1.50,Cambridge,Mass■Mr.andMrs.DanSak ah ara$3.'JeffersonBarrack s, Mo.; R.g'Joh nson$10.,Newberg,Oregon:Mrs.MetaCh andler$2.,GoldHillColorado;Tomoich i Tah ara $1'Keota,Colorado;AlbertKawasa-k i $1.50,Ordway,Colorado;A.DBonus$1.andClarenceTh ri vi ng$5.ofSeattle;MissFumiyeTa-k amoto$2,Rock ford,Illinoi s;An-onymous$1.,Evanston, Illinoi s'Mrs.F.E.Fender$2aj i dClareVoder$1.,Ch i cago,Illinoi s;K.Harada$1.,Warrensville, Oh i o;Eifco Yosh i h ash i $3., Columbus,Oh i o; Mrs. Geo. Ik uta $1.50,Cleveland,Oh i o;Mrs.HelenQuan$1.,Greenwood,Conn.;HelenHa-yaah i da$2.,HubertReynolds$2.,DoraH.Cook $2.,andHenryNa-k ah ara$2.,Detroit,Mich i gan.From aG.I.inth eOk i nawas

    wereceivedapleasantsurprisei ntlieformofaremittancefor$50tobolsterourtreasury.Ourfriendsi nHawai i arestill

    rememberingus i nth email,asweth ank ClaraHigaandH.Ma-ruyamaof(Honolulu forth ei r$5.and$3.ch eck srespectively.Gettingback toth eStates,weth ank th efollowingpersonsforth ei rcontributi ons:DavidC.Moore$3.,Ph oeni x,Ari zona;CanalLi-braryc/oH.C. Koj i ma,Treas.,$50.,RiversArizona;Mrs.AmyNish i mura $2., Nampa,Idah o;MagicValleyCh apter$4.,Rupert,Idah o;LawrenceC.Lock ley$5,,Folcroft,Pa.,andUsaburoNira-sawa $5.* Ph i ladelph i a;NettieCaldwell$1., Maynesboro,Va.;MaryOgawa$5.,Arlington,Va.;Howard Kobayash i $2., Miami ,Florida;LouisPHsk i n $3.,JerseyCity,N.J.;andWalterHirasawa$5.,Rosebud,Montana.

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    WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,ITALY-̂ColonelV.R.MillerofWimi ecoi ui e,Wisconsin,command-Lofficerofth e422ndJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam,SergeantRobertM. Yuk i tomo,Honolulu,Hawai i ,andPrivateFi rstClassMasaoKoizumi ,alsoofHawan,recentlywere awardedth eOoi xdeGuerrebyth eFrench Govern-

    Th eywerecitedforvalorouscon-ductandmeritori ousach i evementi nFrancebeforeth ei runi tre-lumedtopartici patei nth efi nalFifth Armycampaigni nItaly.Miller,w,h o was commissi onedfrom th eUnitedStatesMili taryAcademy,received th eCroixde-Guerrewith goldstarfor"excep-tioi alservicesrendered on th efront,firstas executive officeraj i dsubsequentlyas commandingofficerofth e 442nd RegmentalCombatTeam.ColonelMi llerdis-playedgreatcompetenceandwis-dom,and,underh i sexcellentdir-ection,th eresultsach i evedi byh i sunitwereofexceptionalvalueto

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  • Princi palsi nFirstCaliforniaAnti-EvacueeIncidenttoFaceFederalCourti nOctoberBroth ersEnterPleaOfNotGuiltyofExplosivesCh arge

    SACRAMENTO— Th eWatsonbroth ers,JamesandClaude,ofAuburn,PlacerCounty,willfaceaFederalcourtonOct.2toan-swertoch argesofviolationofth e FederalExplosivesAct, i n-cludingth e i llegalpossessionofdynamite andconspiracy i nth eattempteddymiami i ti ngofth efarmpropertyofSumioDoi,anAmeri-canciti zenofJapaneseancestry,onth enigh tsofJan.18and19.Th e dateoftrialwassetbyJudgeWelsh onAug.31afterbothofth eWatsonsenteredpleasofnotguilty.Th ecase,th efi rstreportedactofviolenceagainstreturnedevac-ueesofJapaneseancestry,alsoi sth efi rsttobetried i naFederalcourt.Ani ndi ctmentagainstth eWat-

    sonswasreturnedbyaFederalGrandJuryatSacramentolastmonth .Th eWatsonbroth ersandArmyPvts.AlvdnandElmerJoh n-son wereacquittedbyaPlacerCountycourtofth eattempteddy-nami ti ngch argesonth epleaofth edefenseattorneyth at"th i si sawh i teman'scountry."Th eJoh nsonbroth ers,wh owereAWOLatth etimeofth eraidsagainstth e Doi ranch ,faceanArmycourt-martial.Adepositi onbyElmerJoh nsoni sreportedtobepartofth eFederalcaseagainstth eWatsons.

    Attorneysforth eState i nth etriali nth ePlacerCountycourt-room lastAprilpresentedevidenceestablish i ngth epartici pati ngofth eJoh nsonsand JamesWatsons i nth eraids.JudgeWelsh setth etri aldateoverth eobjecti onofth edefenseattorneywh oask edformoretime.DeputyDistri ctAttorney Sea-wellprotestedanydelayandurgedth eOctoberdate,declaring th atth eUni tedStatesAttorneyGen-eralwasi nterestedi nth ecaseandfavoredpromptprosecution.

    Nisei Fellowsh i pToHoldRetreat

    CLEVELAND,Oh i o—Th eCleve-landNisei Ch ri sti anFellowsh i pwi llh oldatwo-dayretreatonSept.15and16atth eCentervilleMills,aYMOACamp.Th e Rev.Vi ctorFuj i u,pastorofth eFellowsh i p,wi lli ntroduceth e th eme,"Th e Ch allenge ofCh ri st."Speak ersanddiscussionleadersincludeth eRev.PaulNagano,pas-torofth eMinneapolisNisei Ch ri s-ti an Fellowsh i p;Dr. Paul S.Mayer,fieldsecretaryofth eMis-sionarySocietyofth eEvangelicch urch es i n Cleveland;andth eRev.DonaldToriumi .Ruth i Hi j i k dta,Don Iwah ash i ,StaffSgt.Willi am Yenari andYuk i oWadawillserveasworsh i pservicech ai rmen

    StandingOvationGi venNiseiVeteranbyHomeTownRotaryTORRANCE,Calif.—AstandingovationgreetedStaffSgt.JamesYosh dnobuwh en h ereturnedtoh i sh ometownof Torrance onAug.3oandspok ebeforeth e Ro-taryClub. ln .Yosh i nobu,wh o's47yearsofageandaveteranofWorldWarIwasamemberofRotarybe-fore h eandoth erpersonsofJap-aneseancestrywereevacuatedtoassemblycentersi n1942.Alth ough th efath erofth reech i ldren,Yosh i nobu volunteeredforth eArmyfrom arelocationcampandservedfortenmonth sonSaipanand i nth ei nvasionotIwoJima.Hewasassignedatvar-i ousti mestoth eNavy,th eArmyand th efamousFourth Marineswith wh om h epartici pated i nth elandingonIwoJima.Before th e evacuation bgt.Yosh i naburesided with h i swi feand ch i ldren i n WestTorrancewh ereh ewasengagedi nlarge-seal©strawberrygrowing.Hesaidh e h opedtoreturntoTorrancewh enh ei sdisch argedfrom serv-i ce.However,h enotedth atal-

    th ough h ewas47 yearsofageh edidnotexpecttobereleasedandbelievedth ath ewouldbeqf-signedtomili tarytask si nth eoc-cupationofJapan.SgtYosh i nobualsowaspresi-dentofth eGardenaValleych ap-terofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeaguewh aleresidi ngi nTor-rance.

    FormerSacramentoResidentFearsU.S.PublicReactionARIA,Japan—Tosh i oMach i da,aformerresidentofSocramento,wantstogoback toth eUni tedStatesbuth efearsth ereactionth eretopersonsofJapanesean-cestry"won'tbegoodforth enexttenyears." .Mach i daturnedup i nAnaasacivi li ani nterpreterfromth eMisu-sh i maprisonerofwarcamp,fromwh i ch 306 Allied i nternees*wereevacuated.

    EvacueeFamilyStaysi nHostelDespiteProtest,PITTSBURGH,Pa.-Th eHtt,burgh BureauofBuildi ng iM'tionrecentlyrefused tooustfamily ofJapanese America,evacueesfrom th eGusk yOrph an

    age,temporaryh ostelforevacueesrelocatingi nth ePittsburgh areadespiteth eprotestsofth eTwenty'Sixth Ward .Citi zensCofi&th atzoninglawsarebeingvioli t!MiTh e Twenty-Sixth Ward own-mittee,describedasrepresent"onlyasmallminori tyofresided*i nth earea,h asbeen i nth eleadi nacampaigntopreventth econversionofth eunusedbuildi ngi nto

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