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Nisei CombatUnitDri vesonLivornoPortReport442ndCombatTeamEngagedi nIniti alTesti nAlliedCampaignforItaly

Crack 100th InfantrySpearh eadsAttack asNisei Engagedi nViolentFigh ti ngonPlainsBelowStrategicCi ty;CitedbyFifth Army

ROME—Th eFi fth Arrayannouncedoffici allyonJuly10th atth e442ndRegimentalCombatTeam,composedentirelyofAmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestry,i spartici pati ng i n th eFi fth Army'sattack salongth ewestcoastsectorofItalyto-wardth estrategicportofLivorno(Legh orn).AnAlliedspok esmansaidth atth i sJapaneseAmericanforce

with tank supportsmash ed i ntoenemypositi onsonJuly9 i nth efaceofdeterminedGermanresistance.Th eoffici alreportdeclaredth e

100th InfantryBattalion,th enow-famousunitofJapaneseAmeri-canswh i ch wasrecentlyi ncorpor-atedi ntoth e442ndCombatTeam,was spearh eadi ngth eassaultofth eJapaneseAmericangroup.Th e spok esmansaid th atth e100th InfantryBattalionh ad"per-formedbrilli antlyth rough outth eentireItaliancampaign."(Th e UnitedPressreportedfrom RomeonJuly10th atth e100th InfantryBattalionofth e442ndRegimentalCombatTeam"smash ed i ntoenemypositi onswith tank supportSundaytowinstrategicpoints."Advanceunitsofth eJapaneseAmericangroupwerereportedlessth anten.milesfromLivorno,k eyportonth eLiguri ansea.AIT.P.dis-patch onJuly12declaredth atAmericanadvanceunits i nth i ssectorh adcapturedCastigli ocel-l<>,break i ngaweek 'sstalemateonth eTyrrh eni ancoastalroad,andh admovedforwardtowardLivorno.(AradiobroadcastonJuly12,reportingdispatch esfrom th eItalianfront,declaredth atth eJapaneseAmerican unith as"smash ed th rough "aGermantrapi nth efi gh ti ngbelowLivor-no.Inanoth erbroadcastEleanorPack ard,notedcorrespondentofth eUnitedPress,wasquoteddescribi ng th e "garden boys"from California and th e menfrom Hawai i wh owerefigh ti ngi nth eJapaneseAmericanCom-bat,Teamonth eItalianfront.)(Press dispatch es from th efronti nrecentmonth sh avecred-i tedth e100th InfantryBattalionwith partici pati oni nbattlesatBenevento,Santa MariaOliveto,th ecrossingofth eVenefroandth ei ni ti alassaultonCassino. Th e100th i sreportedtoh avecapturedSan Mi ch ele i nanigh tattack .Afterlongweek si nth elinesfac-i ngCassino,th euni twastrans-ferredto th e Anzio beach h eadwh ereth eytook parti nth edri veonRome.Th e442ndRegimentalCombatTeam wasorganizedi nth espringof1943with volunteersfrom Hawai i andth econtinentalUnitedStates,i ncludingapproxi-mately1200from warrelocationcenters.Th ereportonJuly10i sth e firstoffici alannouncementth atth eCombatTeam i si n ac-tion.)Th eAssociatedPress i nRomereportedonJuly11th atth eJapa-neseAmericanswereengagedi n"violentfigh ti ngonrelativelyflatgroundth reemileswestofPom-aja"andwerereported"mak i ngsomeprogress."Th eGermangar-ri sonatPomajawasbeingth reat-enedontwosides,i twasreported.(Press dispatch es i ndi catedonJuly11th atth eJapaneseAmeri-canunits i nItalywereengagedi ncarryingoutth ei rpartofth eFi fth Army's encircli ng tacticsagainststubbornlydefendedandh eavi lyfortifi ed German strong-h olds.Americantroopsi nth e'sec-torinwh i ch th eJapaneseAmeri-canswerereportedfigh ti ngwereengaged i n work i ngth ei rwaysteadilynorth wardi nabroaden-velopingmovementaimedatLiv-orno.Th eFifth Armyoperationre-sultedi nth eby-passingofPoma-j a,abouteigh tmilesi nlandfromth eItalianwestcoastandappirox-

i matelymidwaybetweenLajaci toandth ecoastaltownofCastig-liocello.) <

HuntLeadsWRACentersInRelocationgifaoj ,ReceivedlargestNumberofEncwes i nApril

WASHINGTON — Th edepar-

tsof1,517evacueesfrom war

station centers on i ndefi ni teInvegduringth emonth ending

April30,1944,werereportedth i sweek byth erelocationplanning

ftuk m ofth e WarRelocationAuth ori ty.Dlinoi sledth estatesi nrelo-

cationwith 354.Mini dok aledth ecatersi nrelocationwith 260.Th efiguresforoth ercenters i ncludoGilaRiver,238;HeartMountain,

204-ColoradoRiver,196;Roh wer,163-CentralUtah ,130;Jerome.108;'Granada,107;Manzanar,106;andMeLak e,5.Evacueesresettled i nth efollow-i ngstatesduringApril:Ark ansas,5;California,5;Colo-

rado,152;Connecticut,1;Distri ctofColumbia,6;Florida,1;Idah o,130;Illi noi s,354;Indiana,20;lowa,24;Kentuck y,2;Maryland,1;Massach usetts,5;Mich i gan,74;Minnesota,67;Mi ssouri,33;Mon-tana,25;Nebrask a,44;Nevada,10;NewJersey,15;NewMexico,5;NewYork ,69;Oh i o,127;Ok -lah oma,1;Oregon,29;Pennsyl-Tini a,27;Texas,11;Utah ,103;Vermont,4;Virgi ni a,1;Wash i ng-ton,67:Wisconsin,18;Wyoming,70;and,Hawai i ,11.Itwasreportedth atth etotalofi ndefi ni teleavesi ssuedbetweenMa;1,1943,andApril30,1944.was18,114.

L.A.NEWSPAPERBACKSBILLTODEPORTGROUPLOS ANGELES— Th eTi mesannouncedi tssupportofth eMc-Farland-Joh nsonbillforth ede-portationofallaliensand "dis-loyal"citi zens ofJapanesean-cestrywith aneditori alonJuly9.Wh enCongressreconvenes,ev-

eryeffortsh ouldbemadetopassweMcFarland-Jolinson Japanesedeportationbill,to amend th e*w exclusion measure wh i chsippedth rough Congress i nth eWangdayswith outdebate and"asbeensjgnedbyth ePresident»ll>eTimessai d.h «?£portation bUIsupported«*«cTimesh asbeeni ntroducedL/1?88 by SenatorMcFar-■wofArizonaandRep.J.Le-"*Joh nsonofCalifornia.Amach eCo-opBuys$10,000WarBond

IHimW'Col°--Residentsoftk .i r arelocationcenterdidfew»X"\Lth eFi fth WarLoanJMflto6*bough ta$10,000SSvf°Ugh th e<=°na>Ws

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It»lv!«:.Americ*nsoldiersi n*»■£1 """Priwdi n"Pi i w. k 1earth -accordingto2.V?ClaBSlMmuNak a-Cai j *Kaunak ak ai ,Molok ai ,

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JapaneseAmericans from th eTerritoryofHawai i ,h as seenconsiderableaction i nth eItal-i ancampaign,anddisti ngui sh edi tselfonanumberofoccasions.Nak asatowas i ncombatatSalerno,andlater,nearVenafro,h ewaswoundedandwontnePurpleHeart.Hisplatoon,th enattach edto th e34th InfantryDivi si on,h adk nock edoutaGer-manobservationpostonth etopofah i llandth reeGermanssur-rendered.However,Germanar-tilleryopenedupandNak asatowasstruck bysh ellfragments.

JapaneseAmericansWipeOutGermanSniperNest

Storyofth eWeek

WITH THEFIFTH ARMYINITALY—Anoutfitofengin-eers,attach edtoth eJapaneseAmericanunitnow i n actionagainstth e Germans on th eFi fth ArmyfrontbelowLivor-no,wh i ch swi tch ed from th ebusinessofrepairi ngroadsandbridgesandwipedoutsomeGer-mansnipers,wasth etalk ofawh ole di vi si on of Americandough boyslastSaturday.AnAssociated Presscorres-

pondentreported th atLi eut.WalterMatsumotoofHonolulu,Cpl.Tadash i Fuj i ok aofSeattle,Wash .,andasergeantwereonreconnaissance wh ena sniperopeneduponth em,k i lli ngth esergeant. Th eli eutenantandcorporalcalledforaidfrom aplatoon h eadedbySgt.HaroldTsuk unoofSeattle.Th eplatoontook offi ntoth ewoods,wipedoutth reesnipersandcapturedth reeoth ers.

Nisei Dough boyKills18GermansonOne-ManRampageInItaly;HeroGetsDSC

StarsandStripesCitesPvt.Hayash i 'sActionInCh argi ngEnemyMach i neGunNest;ForcesFourOth erstoSurrenderDuringAssault

ALGIERS—A JapaneseAmerican dough boywh o k i lledeigh teenGermans i n a "one-manattack "onenemypositi onsduringaflank assaultofth e100th InfantryBattalion i nItalyh asbeen awarded a Disti ngui sh edServiceCross,Th e StarsandStripes,offici alU.S.Armynewspaperpublish ed i nth eNorth Afri canTh eatreofOperations,reported i n i ts"RollofHonor"i n i tsweek lyediti onofJune3.Th eJapaneseAmerican isPvt.Sh i zuyaHayash i ofOah u,

Hawai i .Besides k i lli ng eigh teenGermans, Hayash i forced fouroth erstosurrenderanddroveth eremainderoffastrategich i ll."Amongth e menwh o h ave

fough ti nItaly,th ebraveryandfi gh ti ng sk i llofa JapaneseAmericanbattalion ofi nfantryh as never been questioned/Th eStarsandStripessaid."Andnowh ere i sth erea betterer.ampleofth i ssk i llandcourageth anth eactwh i ch wonSh i zuyaHayash i ,Oah u,Hawai i ,th eDis-tingui sh edServiceCross."Itwas lastNovemberth atPvt.Hayash i madeh i sone-manattack during aflank assaulton h i gh ground h eld by th eenemy.Blazing awaywith h i sautomatic rifle, Pvt.Hayash ich argedanenemymach i negunnest,k i lli ng sevenmen i nth epositi on and two oth erswh otri edto escape.Th en,as th eplatoon advanced from th ere,aGermananti-ai rcraftpositi onopenedfireatcloserange.Pvt.Hayash i 'sreturnfirek i llednineofth eGermans,convincedfouroth ersth ey sh ould sur-renderanddroveth eremainderoffth eh i ll."Th e h eadli neofth eStarsandStripessaid: ."JapaneseAmerican SoldierWinsDSCforHisRampagewithBAR (Browning Automatic Ri-fle.)"Aone-coiumn sk etch ofanisei soldierwith a BAR ac-companiedth estory. __

ReportSh owsNoSabotagebyCanadaNiseiPoliceOffici alRapsRacistsforFomentingHatredofEvacuees

VANCOUVER,B.C.— Th ereh avebeennoactsorattemptsofsabotagebypersonsofJapaneseancestryi nBriti sh Columbiasi nceth eoutbreak ofh osti li ti esbetweenth eBri ti sh empireandJapan,DeputyCommissi onerJoh nA,Sh i r-rasofth eProvinci alPolicedeclar-edatth eannualmeetingofth ePacifi cCoastInternationalAsso-ci ati onofLaw Enforcement i nVancouverlastweek .Th eDeputyCommissi onerrappedraceprejudi ceagi tatorswh owerefomenting h atred ofJapaneseCanadiansandurgedatolerantattitude i nth e h andli ngofprob-lemsconcerningpersonsofJapaneseancestry. ..He declared th atth e Bri ti shColumbiapublic h asbeenunnec-essarily i nflamedbyracists,andcriti ci zedstatementsmade i nth epres*,andfrom publicplatforms.Hepointedoutth atmanyofth erecommendationsforrestricti onsagainstJapaneseCanadianscamefrom peoplewh o k newnoth i ngofth ematter.

NEWYORKNISEIWOUNDEDDURINGANZIO FIGHTINGSPRINGVALLEY,N.Y.— APurpleHeartmedalforwoundssufferedonth eAnzioBeach h eadh asbeenawardedtoPvt.HenryTasak a,20,anAmerican soldierofJapaneseancestry,wh owasformerlyawardofFivePointsHouse,aProtestantmissi on h ere,i twasdisclosedlastweek .Th emedalwasreceivedbyDr.Willi am H.Mandrey,superintend-entofth emi ssi on.Henryandh i sbroth er,also i nth earmy,wererearedatth emissi onfrom baby-

h ood.

Nisei SergeantAllAlone i nItalianTownWITH THEFIFTH ARMYINITALY—Sgt.AlfredTomitaofBuh l,Idah o,wasoutmak i ngbypassesrecently,enablingtank destroyerstodetourdem-oli ti ons.Sgt.Tomita,a Japa-neseAmerican,gotsofari nfrontofth e tank destroyersth ath efoundh i mselfallalonei natown wh i ch th eenemyh adj ustevacuated.Sgt.Tomitaspentth eti mewaiti ngforth eoth erstocomeupby cleaning mp rubble i nth estreets. ;

ReportHawai iNi sei ProvingGoodCiti zensAidtoWarEffortToldbyGovernmentManpowerOffici al

WASHINGTON—Americans ofJapaneseancestryareprovingtobe"goodciti zens i nth ewaref-fort"i nHawai i ,NewtonR.Hol-comb,territori aldirectorofth eWarManpowerCommissi on,com-mentedonJuly8 i nareporttoWMCCh ai rmanPaulV.McNutt."Th eyare allemployedandWork i ngasgoodAmericans,"Hol-comb'sreportsaid.Hi sreportreviewed th eman-powersituation i n Hawai i andnotedth econtributi onsofJapa-neseAmericanstowarproduction.

EvacueeVolunteersFigh tRangeFireSHOSHONE,Idah o— Arangefire,startedbyli gh teni ngonJuly7,swepttowith i nablock ofth etownofSh osh onebefore i twasbrough tundercontrolonJuly8byafire-figh ti ngcrew,wh i ch i n-cluded20menfromSh osh oneand60evacueesofJapaneseancestryfromth eMi ni dok arelocationcen-teratHunt.

FinalRitesHeldForYouth DrownedInIrrigati onCanalHEARTMOUNTAIN, Wyo.—Finalri teswere h eldonJuly8forTornSh i bata,13,wh odrownedonJuly1,wh i leswimmi ng:i nth eGarlandcanalnorth westofth ecenter.Th ebodywasrecoveredonJuly

2about450yardsfromwh ere i twaslastseen.He i ssurvivedbyh i sparents,Mr.andMrs.Ei Sh i bata,andabroth er,Kaoru,formerlyofSac-ramento,Calif.

FourJapaneseAmericansReportedWoundedi nActionRecentlyonItalianFront

WASHINGTON—FourAmericansoldiersofJapanesean-cestrywerereportedwounded i naction i ncasualtyli sti ngsre-leasedth i sweek byth eWarDepartment.Iti spresumedth esoldiers,twofrom th ewesternUnited

States,andtwofrom Hawai i ,werewounded i nactionwith th e100th InfantryBattalion i nItaly.

OnJuly15th eWarDepartmentlistedaswounded i naction:SAWADA,PfcHirosh i F.—Frank S.Sawada,fath er,6-6-F,

Mini dok arelocationcenter,Hunt,Idah o.OnJuly11th eWarDepartmentannouncedaswounded i n

action:FURUKAWA,I'vt.Tatsumi—Mrs.EdgarFuruk awa,moth er,

Rt.1,Box27,Concord,Calif.FUJIMORI,StaffSgt.Iwao—MissHatsuk oFuj i mori ,sister,

Box35,Kaunak ak ai ,Molok ai ,Maui.KOBAYASHI, PfcHaroldM. Yutak aKobayash i ,broth er,

Waiak eaMill,Camp4,Hi lo,Hawai i .

Cook sWith Nisei BattalionAnxiousforCombatActionUnitSubsistsonXRationsWh enCook sKilled,Wounded

WASHINGTON—JapaneseAmericancook s,assignedtounitsofth e100th InfantryBattalioni nItaly,weresoanxioustogeti ntocombatagainstth eGermansth atonecompany h adtorelyon"C"rationsforsometimeafteractionatCassi.nobecauseallitscook swerek i lledorwoundedi naction,Sgt.ElmoOk i do,ofHonamu.Ha-wai i ,declared'onh i sreturnrecent-lytoth eUni tedStatesfromth eMediterraneanarea."Wh enth ebattalionwenti ntoaction,"Sgt.Ok i dowasquotedassaying,"th e cook sand driverswentupfront,too.Th oseofuswh oweren'triflemenservedaswiremenandlitterbearersandammuniti oncarriers."AWarDepartmentreleasei den-ti fi edth e 100th InfantryBatta-li onas h avi ngbeenattach edtoth e34th Di vi si on i nearlyfigh t-i ngi nItaly."Itfough twith si ngulardisti nc-ti onatBenevento,wh erei tblastedarescuepath wayth rough crackNazi troopswh o h adcutoffan-oth eroutfit,"th eWarDepartmentsaid.Sgt.Ok i dowasquotedasde-

claring:"Th eoth erdough boysaccepted

usascomradesandfough talong-sideusi nawayth atmadeusgladweh adcomeallth ewayfromHa-wai i toth emountainsofItaly."Ith i nk th atalmost75percentofourbattalionsufferedfrom'trench foot'atonetimeoran-oth erduringth emountainfi gh t-i ng.Butnoneofuswantedtogiveup."

SevenToledoNiseiInductedIntoArmyTOLEDO,Oh i o— SevenJapa-

neseAmericanswh oresettledi nToledofromwarrelocationcentersarebeingi nductedi ntoth earmy,th eToledoBladereportedrecent-ly-Th e JapaneseAmericanswerelistedas George Taok a,JamesUyeh ara,JimmyMi k ai ni ,Tak atoMayeda,Seico Hanash i ro,Sh i gJofuk uandRank i nKimura.

Nisei UnitLi vesUptoName,SaysArmyNewspaperCAMPSHELBY,Miss.—"Th e2ndand3rdBattalionsoftfie442ndCombatTeam,nowattach edtoth e34th Divi si on,arenowseeingac-tion i n Italy,""GoforBrok e,"week lypublicati onofth eIstBat-talion,ofth e442ndInfantry,nowtraini ngatCampSh elby,report-edth i sweek ."Livi ng1uptoi tsname,th erug-ged442ndtook ononeofth eh eav-i estbattles,spearh eadi ngth eat-tack upth esh orelineonth ewestcoastofItalytoapointfourmilesnorth ofCecina,"th epapersaid.Th e442ndCombatTeam i smadeupofvolunteersofJapanesean-cestry.Th eIstBattalion'spaperre-portedth atth e2ndand3rdBat-talionsofth e 442nd Infantrymovedoutofi GampSh elbyabouttwomonth sagoforoverseasduty."Wh i leh erei nSh elby,th eywith

th eIstBattalionprovedth emsel-vesworth yoftak i nganyth i ngth atth eenemycouldputoutaswellasdish i ng i tout.Th us after15month softough trai ni ngth eywerecalledforactiveduty.Th eyarenowwith th efamous100th In-fantryBattalion."Give i tto th em,boys,"th epaperadded.

Brook lynCh urchFederationLeaderVisi tsTopazCamp

Dr.J.HenryCarpenter,secre-taryofth eBrook lynCh urch Fed-eration,visi ted'th eCentralUtahrelocationcenteratTopazonJuly13.Dr.Carpenter,wh oi senroutetoCalifornia,willalsovisi tth eManzanartenteri nCalifornia.Dr.Carpenterwas a leading

fi gure i nth efi gh tforth eh ostelforJapaneseAmericanevacueesi nBrook lyn.Hereportedth atapproximately

one h undredJapaneseAmericansh adalreadyutili zedth efacili ti esofth eBrook lyn h ostelwh i ch i soperatedbyth eBreth renCh urchi n cooperationwith th eBaptistHomeMissi onSociety.

NoviceBoxingTourneyHeldByJapaneseAmericanTroopsHATTIES'BURG, Miss.— Acrowdof500 persons witnessedtenslam-bangbouts i nth efi rstNoviceBoxingtournamentspon-soredbyth eFirstBattalionofth e442nd Infantry on Wednesday,July5.Inth emai neventofth eevening

Pvt.Otani ofHq.Co.fough tCpl.SatoofCo.Aandh adnotroublei ngaini ngadecisi on. Cpl.Satoputupagoodfigh t,butOtaniprovedtobetooexperiencedafigh ter.Inth esemi-fi nals Cpl.Isobe,

Hq.Co.,wonanunanimousdeci-sionoverPvt.Sh i nozawaofCoBResultsofth eoth erboutswereasfollows:-p/f'Ibat?'Hq-Co'declsionedT/5Ch menalsoofHq.Co.;S/Sgt.Tak ek awadecisi onedS/Sgt.Yo-

k ooj i ofCo.B.;T/Sgt.Nak ak oofCo.BwonoverPvt.Kagawa,Co.A i nth eth i rdroundbyaTKO;Cpl.Matsunami,Hq.Co.,decisi onedPvt.UnoofCo.C;Pvt.MuraoofCo.Adecisi onedPvt.Hash i mura,Hq.Co.;S/Sgt.Horio,Co.D,decisi onedPfc.Hash i moto;and Pvt. Yanagi h ara decisi on-ed Pvt.Mak ach i , i nffie bestboutofth eevening.Th e tournamentwasarrangedbyS/Sgt.HenryOsh lro.one-timeHawai i anAAUandCYO boxingch ampi on. S/Sgt.Osh i rostartedh i sboxingcareer i n1938and i n1940representedth eHawai i anIs-landsi nth enationalAAUtourna-ment,advancingtoth esemi-fi nals.Beforeth eboutsandduringth ei ntermissi onsth eSh elbyHawai i anSerenadersgavei nterpretationsofoldandnewHawai i anmelodies.

Th eFi gh ti ng100th InfantryHeldth eHillforth eMajor

ByPVT.KUNGO IWAI

Fromth eFoxh olesofItaly:

WITHTHE 100TH INFANTRYBATTALIONIN ITALY—(Delayed)—We h ad j ustreturnedforafewdaysrestafterourfirstattack onth estrategictownofCassinowh enth ewordwentaroundth at"th eMajori sback ."Th eMajorh adtriedmanytimesbeforetorejoi nth e100th Infantryalth oughh ewasnotth orough lyrecovered.Butth i sti me h ewasback .

Th eboys h adsomeh oworoth erreferredtoMajorJamesLovell,th encommandingth e100th ,th ebattalioncomposedofAmericansofJapaneseancestry,as j ust"Th eMajor"andIguess i tstuck .Pri vatesandsergeantsfrom allcompaniescould talk to h i m wi th easeandwh en h ecameback th eyvoluntarilyand h appi lysaluted h i m and sh ook th e Major'sh andtowelcomeh i m"h ome."Herewasmorale i n i tspurest,truestandmostsincere

aspect.Iti sn'tth espasmodick i ndth atwegetth rough lettersfrom h omeorsteak sforlunch .Itwasth emoraleofth eunit,expressed i nlove,confidence andrespecttowardth eMajorbyth ementh emselves.Th efew daystocleanupandresth adgonebyandth i sti meth eMajorwasleadingth eattackonth e h i llcommandingth etownofCassino.Th i s h i lli tselfwascommandedbyth eh i stori cabbeyofMonteCassino,perch -edproudlyonMonasteryh i ll.Inth eboldattack Th eMajorwas h i tandth e i mpulseth atmadeSgt.GaryHisaok arushunderenemyfiretorescueth ewoundedcommanderwasnotonlyth ecourageandfortitudeofth esergeantbuth i slovetowardTh eMajorandh i soutfit,th e100th InfantryBattalion.(Sgt.Hisaok a,wh oi salsocreditedwith h avi ng-savedth elivesofoth ermembersofth euni tunderfire,waslaterk i lled i naction.) '"Justasth ewordsh adstruck h ometh at"Th eMajorwasback ,"li k ewi seth ewords,"Th eMajori sh i t,"i mmedi atelycir-culatedth rough th ebattalion.Li k elaugh i ngth rough acomedyandleavingi ti nsilence,th etonicofth eMajor'sreturnwh i ch.h adsoboostedmoralewasnowbeingreplacedbyaserious-nesswh i ch spok eofth econcernofth emenforth eMajor.However,th emenremainedtooccupyth e h i ll.lyingi n

damp,coldfoxh olesalldayandallnigh t.Th eperfectobser-vationth atth eenemyh adonth emenmade i textremelydangerousforth em tomoveaboutortostick th ei rh eadsoutofth ei rfoxh oles.Rations,ammuniti on,andlittercasesh adtobecarriedunderenemyfire,alongtortuoustrailsi lluminedbyabrigh tmoon.Th ei rcloth esandth ei rsh oeswerewetandcold—butth eyh eldth eh i llforTh eMajor.

KaltenbornHailsNi sei RoleInWarAgainstJapaneseNotedCommentatorSendsCh eck toHelpProvideSch olarsh i p

MADISON,Wis.— Benj ami nH.Bull,Madisonattorneywh o h asbeenactive i nassi sti ngth ereset-tlementofJapanese Americanevacuees, h as received aletterfromH.V.Kaltenbom,nationallyk nown NBC radio commentator,enclosingMr.Kaltenbom'sch eckfor$100toh elpprovideasch olar-sh i pforayoungstudentofJapa-neseancestryatWaylandacad-emy,BeaverDam,Wis.,th eCapi-talTimesreportedonJune27.Inaletteraccompanyingth e

ch eck ,Mr.Kaltenborndeclared:"Asonewh oh aspersonalcon-tactwith th emagnifi centcontrib-utionbeingmadebyyoungAmer-i cansofJapaneseancestrytoourwarefforti nth eSouth andSouth -westPacifi c,Iam h appytoh aveanopportunitytomak eth i scontributi on.Ifeelth atIperson-allyowesometh i ngtomyfellowAmericansofJapaneseancestrytomak eupforth esometimesun-*fairandsometimesunintelligenttreatmentth eyh avereceived."Youareatlibertytopublici ze

both th i scontributi on and th i sstatementi fyoufeeli twillserveth ecauseoffairplaytoourfel-

lowAmericansofJapaneseances-trywh i ch weboth h aveath eart."Th eCapitalTimesaddedth atAttorneyBull"h asbeenactiveformanymonth s i nbeh alfofAmeri-canciti zensofJapanesedescenti nh elpi ngth em tofindemploymentandach ancetoassisti nourwareffort."

WFAWillPayFareforInducteesBack toCentersTh eSaltLak eCi tyregionalof-fi ce ofth eWarRelocation Au-th ori tyreportedth i sweek th atth eWar Food Admini stration h asagreedtoreleaseevacueesnowonseasonalagriculturalwork wh oh avebeenorderedtoreportfori nduction.Th eWFAwillprovidetransportationback toth ecenter,but i srequestingdefini teproofth atth ei nductionorderh asbeenreceived,i twasstated.Inmak i ng th eannouncement,OttisPeterson,relocation super-visorforth ePacifi ci ntermountainarea,saidterminati onwillbear-rangedonpresentationofth ei n-ductionnoticebyth eevacueeoratelegraph i cnotifi cati onfrom th eprojectdirectorth atth ei nductionnoticei satth ecenter.Lettersortelegramsfromfriendswith i nth eprojectwillnotbeacceptableevi-dence,Mr.Petersonsaid.

CanadaHouseWillDebateAnti-Ni sei BillMovetoStri k eOutDisfranch i sementProvisi onDefeated

OTTAWA,Canada—Furth erd*batei sexpectedi nth e.HouseofCommons on th eElectionsActamendmentwh i ch willdepriveCanadianci ti zensofJapanesean-cestryofth erigh toffranch i seforth edurationofth ewar,i twasstatedh ere.Amovei nth eDomini onSenate

tostri k eoutth econtroversialsec-tionfrom th eElectionsBillwannarrowlydefeatedbya 13to9voteonJuneSO.Th eamendmenttostri k e out

th esectionbarringth erigh ttopartici patei nfederalelectionstociti zensofJapaneseancestrywasi ntroducedbySenatorJ.J.BenchofOntario,andsecondedbySena-torNormanLambert,anoth erOn-tarioLi beral.SenatorBench ,andth osewh o

supportedh i samendment,declar-edth atth eclausei nquestionwas"racialdiscri mi nati on"and con-trarytodemocraticprinci ples.Ei gh tLiberalsandoneProgreg.

sive Conservativesupportedth eamendment. SenatorBench ,th eyoungestmemberofth e UpperHouseat39,spok eforth edemo-craticrigh tsofJapaneseCana-di ansbefore an audience wh i chi ncluded Prime Mi ni ster PeterFraserofNewZealandandPrimeMini sterMack enzi eKing.

SevenPaloAltoNisei InductedIntoArmedForcesPALO ALTO,Calif.— Seven

moreJapaneseAmericans,sixofwh om.wereatth eHeartMountainrelocationcenter,went i nto th earmywith th elastgroupofmensentbyth ePaloAltoselectiveserviceboard,i twasreportedh «relastweek .Th eNi sei wh owerereportedlyi nducted are.Hideo Tach i bana,Ralph HisatoTak ayama,Suyek iKayYosh i naga,Th omasTamoh raSuek i ,Th omasUk i oOk umura,andTadash i Spencer Sato, HeartMountain;andKaoruCarlTak -ano,Cleveland,O.

Soldiersof100th DreamOfHawai i i nMuddyItaly

With th eNi sei i n

WITHTHEFIFTHABMYINITALY—Inth esandbaggedfarm-h ouse th atservedas commandpostfora JapaneseAmericanunit,softHawai i anmusicch antedfrom th ek i tch enwasmixedwithth esmelloffresh lymadecoffee.Eveningwascomingonandth emen—mostofth emresidentsofHawai i —werepreparingforth enigh t's,work .Occasionallyash ellwh i zzedoverh ead,andadullboomtoldth ati t.h adlandedfaroff.Lt.Col.GordonSingless,Den-ver,commandingth eoutfit,h adj ustfini sh ed presentingSilverStarstotwoofh i smen,andth eywerestandingaroundread-i ngth ecitati ons.Twentyth reeyearoldTech ni calSergeantMelvinTsuda,Honolulu,won h i saboutth etimeofth efourth crossingofth eVolturno.Abattalionwi rech i ef,h ewasleadingh i smenwh entwoenemy

mach i ne guns fatallywoundedth reeofth em.Inth efaceofGermanfi re h e

push edah eadwith th eremainderofh i screwtoestablish communi-cati onwith forwardelements.Th esecondman,PrivateFirstClassKazunobuYamamoto,27,fromHilo,Hawai i ,waswoundedatPozilli lastNovemberbutstayedath i s60mm.and k eptpumpingawaywith h i smortarsuntilth eGermansweresh ovedback .Th eseawardsbrough tto36th enumberofSilverStarsgiventh i sunitsince i tarrivedi nItalylastSeptember.Th reeDSC'sarealsoonth eli st.Wh enth eJapaneseAmericans

nrstcame i ntocombat,th ei rap-pearancemademanyJerriesrubth ei reyes i ndisbelief.Butth osedaysareover."Th eGermansrecognizeusbynow,"explainedLt.YvungO.

Kirn,LogAngeles,S-2ofth eunit."Mostofth emrealizewe'reh ereandth eyarenolongersur-prised,asth eywereearlyi nth ecampaign.SallyevenplaysHa-wai i anmusic,alth ough wedon'tk nowwh eth eri t'sforusornot."PrivateFi rstClassWallaceSh i -getani,Honolulu,came i nfromth ek i tch entosh owoffabeautifullei th atoneofth eboysh adstrungtogeth erfrom yellow flowengrowingi nth efi eld.ItwasmadeonMay1,wh i ch i nHawai i i sLeiDay.PrivateSh i getani took outh i tHawai i ansongbook toh umafewofth etunesth atth esoldiersh adstng.Mostofth em h adeith er"lei "or"aloh a"i nth etitle.Oneh adth eromanticnameofKuuIpoAloh alaNei."Kuumeanssweeth eart,"ex-plainedPrivateSh i getani,"andth eti tlesaysth atyouaresend-i ngyourth ough tsback toh er."Lastsongi nth ebook wasth etauntinglyfamili arAloh aOe.Noneofth eseHawai i ansth i nkth atsunnyItalycan comparei "anywaywith tropicalHawai i ."Th eymay h avegrasssh ack saround h ere,"pointedoutCaptAlex McKenzie,Honolulu,"butth ey'refulloffleas."Asforth erecenteruptionofVesuvius,th eysayth ei rcraterofKi lauea canspoutj ustasmuchwi th outh alftrying.Wh enth esoldierstalk of"th ei slands,"th ei reyesligh tupnos-talgically.Youcanalmostseere-flected i n th em gracefulpatatreesonfoamsweptwh i tebeach tfisarongedmaidensswayingi n*slow h ula,andth eorangemoo»dippi ngbeneath MaunaLoa.—(From th eItalyediti onofth eArmynewspaper,Th eStarsawStripes.).

PACIFIC CITIZEN Saturday,July15,19442

Nisei VeteranLi k esNews

With Alliedarmiesgaini ngagainstth eGermanenemyonth reefronts i nEurope,PFC.THOMAS HIGAofHonolulu,wound-edwh i lefigh ti ngwith th e100th InfantryBattalion i nItaly,li k esth ewarnewsth esedays.Pfc.Higai ssh ownh ereash estop-pedbriefly i nDenver,wh i leenroutetoCampWh i te,Ore.Herecentlyspok etoaudiences i nTopaz,HeartMountainandth eGranadarelocationcampsandi nSaltLak eCityonh i sexperiencesi nItaly.Higawaswoundedbysh rapneli nth eback duri ngoneofth ei ni ti alattack sonCassino.Nowrecovered,h ewantsan-oth ercrack atth efascistenemy.

WoundedVeteranof100thInfantryWantsMoreActionPfc.Th omasHigaWouldFigh tAnyEnemiesofAmerica

IPORTLAND,Ore.—Th eOregonJournalranafront-pagepictureandstoryonPfc.Th omasHiga,awounded American soldierofJapaneseancestryonJuly6.AJournalreporteri nterviewedPfc.Higawh i leth elatterstoppedbrieflyatth eUnionStationUSOwh i leenroutetoth ei nfantryre-assignmentcenteratCampWh i te,

"Iam j ustanAmericanfigh ti ngformycountryandth at'sth ewayeveryoneelseseemstofeelaboutth esituation,"th eJournalquoted

Herecipi entofaPurpleHeartforash rapnelwound i nth ebackath ebattleforCassino,Higa,amemberofth efamous100th In-j ntryBattalion,h asbeenback i nth e Uni ted States for th ree

Imonth s.Hi gawasbornonafarm i nHonoluluand,with h i ssi xbroth -ersandsisters,work edlongh oursfth efi elds.He j oi nedth earmyj f/earsagoandwasstationed«bch ofleldBarrack si nHawai i attietimeofth eJapaneseattack onrearlHarbor."Iwasj ustasmadatth eJapa-"J*\asanyone i nth ebarrack s"%."MclPrice,Journalstaff*"wquotedHigaassaying."IW"M j ustassoonfigh ti nth ej aancasi nEurope,i tmak esno"cc.tome,aslongasth ey-««nemiesofAmericaTth .n never80tcloßeenough toomW"tD8foranyh and-to-h andXh erecalled."EverytimeeHf*th atcloseth eyran."SrltnL gh edas h etoldofth e"?Germanprisonerh emet.h owl Ju.Btc°uldntunderstandSbuf°UVdbefigh ti n?forA«ier--3«*wh enIexplainedtoh i mbeeant ?LAmer'canciti zenh e°egantogetth ei dea."tA*"nvemonth s i nth e

h omeLPresentth euso«myth eU<&/uy(ine i s80m'cetomei n»vailaKuy lBpendmostotmySriLt'meth ere,"h esai d.bei k ,8?d-a.h °P*th a*h eat2.aabet0visi tandtospeakWh UeLT?,relocationcenters.th egh fl£lou«h Higavi si tedlToPat«nte rtMountain*nd

DraftEvadersSenttoPrisonInWash i ngtonSpecialRai lPrisonCarTak esEvacueesToMcNeilIsland

i GHEYENNE,Wyo.—AspecialrailroadprisoncarleftCh eyenneJuly8carrying30nisei convictedofviolationofth eselectiveserviceacttoMcNeilIsland,Wash i ngton,wh ereth eywi llbeginservingth ei rth ree-yearsentences.Onth epreviousdayU.S.Mar-

sh alA.A.SandersleftCh eyenneforMcNeilwith th reeofth esixty-th reeyouth ssentencedi nth emasstrialwh i ch endedi nth ei rconvic-tion.Th eremaini ngth i rtymenweretransportedearliertoth efederalpenitentiaryatLeavenworth ,Kan.Allth eyouth sh avefi lednoticesofappealbutelectedto beginservingth ei rsentencespendingoutcomeofth eappeals.

WRAReportsAll'sQuietatTuleLak eSegregationCenter

SANFRANCISCO— Arepre-sentativeofth eWarRelocationAuth ori tyi ndi catedth i sweek th at"alli squiet"atth eTuleLak esegregationcenteratNewell.Th eTuleLak e campwasth e

scenelastweek ofth emurderofYaozoHitomi ,managerofcom-munityenterprisesatth ecamp.RayBest,campdirector,i ssued

an orderconfini ngYosh i oMiya-gawa,44,asegregee,wh owasar-restedfollowingan i nvestigati oni ntoth emurderofHitomi .Miya-gawawasch argedwi th mak i ngandsellingk ni ves.Bestnoted,h owever,th atMiya-gawawasnotconcernedwith Hi t-omi'sdeath .Itwasreportedth atWRAof-fi ci alsh addeclaredth atcommun-i tyenterprisesh adbeenreopenedatTuleLak e,andalsoth at"sev-eralresidents i nth ecamph avereceivedth reats,"and h avebeenmovedtosaferquarters.Todateno arrests h avebeenmadei nth eHi tomi case.

FamedMerrill'sMaraudersBack Righ tsofU.S.Nisei

LetterFromBurmaFrontCitesCourageofNiseiMemberofJungleFigh ters

BraveryofJapaneseAmericansServingonBurma-IndiaFrontTold;"HorizontalHank "SavedLi feofPlatooni nBattlewith Japanese

JapaneseAmericansoldiersarefigh ti ngwith Merrill'sMa-rauders i nBurma,th ePacifi cCi ti zenwas i nformedth i sweeki n aletterfrom asergeanti nth efamed Americanfigh ti ngforcewh i ch h ash ack edi tswaybeh i ndJapaneselines i nBurma.

"We,ofth eMerrill'sMarauders(oroth erwi sek nown asth eBurmaRaiders)wish toboastofth eJapaneseAmericansfigh ti ngi nouroutfitandth eswellj obth atth eyputup.EveryMarauderk nowsth eseboysbyname i fth eydon'tk now ours—

th ati sduetoth ecourageandbraverysh ownbyth em,"th elet-tersaid."Oneofourplatoonsowesth ei rli vestoSgt.HenryG.,aJapaneseAmericanofSeattle,Wash .Hank (wecallh i m Hori-zontalHank because h e'sbeeit.pinneddownsomanytimesbyJapmach i ne-gunfire)guidedth emach i ne-gunfireonoursidewh i ch k i lledeveryJaponth atside.Th e boys wh o fough talongsideofHank agreeth atth ey h aveneverseenamorecalm,coolandcollectedmanun-derfire.Hewasalwayssoeagertobewh ereh ecouldbeofth emostuseandeffectivenessandth atwasmostalwaysth eh otspot.Weask edHank i nth eh os-pital,beingh i sfi rsttimei nbat-tle,i fh ewasscaredornot.Heanswered,'You'redarnrigh tsIwasscared.'Th at'sHorizontalHank allover,alwaysh umorousanda.smileforeveryguy.Andyetwh i leth eoth erboysboastofth enumberofJapsth eygot,h edoesn'ttalk verymuch aboutth eth reeh eh astoh i saccount.Heusuallych angesth esubjectbysaying,'Honorableancestorsmuch regretmeetingMerrill'sMarauders,'"th elettercontin-ued."Ih opeIh aven'tgiventh ei m-pressionth atI'mtryingtoglor-i fyh i m,"th esergeantsaid."Manyofth eboys,andmyselfespecially,neverk newaJapaneseAmericanorwh atone'was li k e—nowwek nowandth eMarauderswantyoutok nowth atth eyareback i ngth eNi sei 100percent.Itmak es£h eboysandmyselfragingmadtoread aboutmovements againstJapanese Americans by th ose4-F'ersback h ome.Wewoulddareth emtosayth i ngsli k eth eyh avei nfrontofus."Atonetimeduringbattlewh enourplatoonwasassignedtoth eCh i nese,Sgt.HenryG.wasal-wayssurroundedbyth eCh i nesewh oi nsi stedh ewasCh i neseandnotJapanese.Manya h umoroustaleistoldbyHorizontalHankonth atpoint—th eboysth en j uststepi nandpointi ngto h i mwouldsay,'He'sanAmerican!'Andnotruerwordswerespok en."Th esergeantwroteth ath eh ad

ch anpedtocomeacrossani ssueofth ePacifi cCiti zen,i naRedCrossrecreationroomonth eBurma-In-di afront."Ith ough tth epaperwasverygoodandth eboys h ereseemtoth i nk th esame—th eysuggestedth ati tbedistri butedmorewide-ly,"h ewrote.

SonoOsatoCitedAsBestDancerofBroadwaySeasonNEW YORK—Th efirstan-nualDonaldsonAwardsforout-standing ach i evement i n th eth eaterduringth epastseason,

setupbyth esh owbusinessmagazine, Billboard, namedbonoOsato,JapaneseAmericandancer,for th e outstandingdancingofth eBroadwaysea-son.MissOsatowasfeatured i nth emusicalcomedy,"OneTouchofVenus,"wh i ch starredMaryMartinandKennyBak er.Sh ewasformerlyafeaturedartistwith th eBalletRusse.PaulRobesonwasnamedth eoutstandingactorforh i sper-formance i n"Oth ello."

2,100GRADUATEHIGHSCHOOLSINRELOCATION CAMPSSANFRANCISCO— Th eWar

RelocationAuth ori tyreportedonJuly6 th at2,100 seniorsweregraduatedfrom i tsh i gh sch oolsi nth etenwarrelocation campsduringJune.Th eWRAreportedth atmanyofth eboygraduateswerebeingin-ductedi ntoth eU.S.Army.Manzanargraduated181,wh i le

121weregraduatedfromth eh i ghsch oolatth eTuleLak esegrega-ti oncenter.

HeartMountainYouth LeavesforASTPTraini ng

HEARTMOUNTAIN,Wyo.—Believedth efirstrelocationcentercandidatetoleaveforASTPtrain-i ngunderth earmy'snew collegetraini ngprogram,Frank SutoofHeartMountainleftforFt.Logan,Colo.,forprocessingonJuly2,th eSentinelreported.Sutowillattendth eUniversityofMissouri.

Ch urch GroupBack sRigh tsOfEvacueesHUNTINGDON,Pa.—Th erigh tofJapaneseAmericanstoreturntowestcoasth omes"atanearlydate"wassupportedi naresolu-tionpassedonJune10atth ean-nualconferenceofth eCh urch ofth eBreth reni nHuntingdon.Th eresolutionalsorecommend-edwith respecttoJapaneseAmer-i cansth atBreth ren,ch urch es"wel-come i ntoth ei rservicesandfel-lowsh i pth ose(evacuees)wh oareresettling i nth ei rcommuniti es."Th e Ch urch ofth e Breth rensponsoredth eBreth renh ostelforJapaneseAmericanevacuees i nCh i cagoandi snowsponsoringth erelocation h ostelat168 ClintonStreeti nBrook lyn,NewYork .

Tei k oIsh i daVi si tsMi lwauk eeCouncilMILWAUKEE,Wis.—JßnroutetoMinneapolis,MissTei k oIsh i da,secretaryofth eNewYork officeofth eJAIGL,wasabriefvi si tori nMilwauk eeonJuly6,th eMil-wauk eeNi sei Councilreported.

GIWriterTellsStoryofNisei Nursesi nU.S.ArmyHARTFORD,Conn.—"Wh enth eh i storyofth i swari swritten,leti tberecorded i n goldenlettersth atth ousandsofAmerican-bornpersonsofJapaneseancestrywereloyaltoth eUni tedStates,fough tanddiedfori t,nursedth eAmeri-cansick andwoundedandespousedth eprinci plesofdemocracyandfreedom with allth estrength i nth ei rpatrioti csouls."Sowri tesCorp.RoyC.Fleisch -

er,nowapatientatth eFitzsi m-monsGeneralHospitali nDenver,Colo.,i nth e Hartford (Conn.)DailyCourant,i ntellingth estoryofa JapaneseAmericanarmynurse,LieutenantYaek oSuyama,wh ocaredforth earmywoundedatFitzsi mmons.SaysFleisch er:"Wh enCorporalEdwardC.Col-byofRoxbury,Mass.,returnedfrom th efigh ti ngatGuadalcanalandwash ospi tali zedh ereandpurunderth e care ofLieutenantYaek oSuyama....h ewasatfirstsligh tlyappreh ensi ve.Butnow,amonth later,h e declares:'Ith i nksh e'sagoodegg.Sh edoesevery-th i ngsh ecanforth eboysandseemstofeelth ei rpainsasmuchasth eydo....'SergeantArth urL.Derouin,gunner,ofWaterbury,anoth erpatienti nh erch arge,as-serts:'SJie's0.K.byme.'"LieutenantSuyama,li k eoth erJapaneseAmericans,i sproudofth ecomplimentsandgladth atsh eh aswonth efaith ofth esoldiers."Th erei ssomuch wri ttenagainstus/sh esays,'th atIdoh opeyou'llwrite someth i ng i n ourfavor.We'resensiti ve towh atpeopleth i nk .Inmy h eart,I'm wh ollyAmerican.I've never been toJapan.Th i si smyh ome.Ifweweresh i ppedtoJapan,wewouldprobablybeputi nconcentrationcampsforbeingloyaltoth eUnit-edStates....'WeJapaneseAmer-i canswanttosoconductourselves

duringth i swarth atwesh allwinth econfidenceofourfellow citi -zensandneveragainbeunjustlysuspectedofdisloyalty.Wewantallth erigh tsofAmericanciti zensandarewilli ngtogiveourlivesforth i scountry.'"'Iwanttoserve overseas,'

LieutenantSuyamadeclares.'It'srisk ybusiness.Butsomeone h astotak eth ech ance.I'dli k etogooverwith th eJapaneseAmericancombatteamfromCampSh elby.'"Andwh enLieutenantSuyama

says i ti s'risk ybusiness,'sh ek nowswh atah e i stalk i ngabout.Sh ek nowsth ataplatoonofJapa-neseAmericanswentonasuici demi ssi ontosecureavitalroad j unc-tionforth eFifth Armyfrontandonly11cameback alive.Sh e h ash eard aboutth e Nisei i n th eAmericanArmywh o h avebeenwounded.Th erewas,fori nstance,Pfc.Hisami Fuj i ta,PrivateKazuoSak ai ,StaffSergeantKazuoKo-moto."Yes,i ti srisk ybusiness. ButLieutenantSuyamai swilli ngtotak each ance.Sh ewantstonurseth ewoundedonth ebattlefront."LieutenantSuyama,wh oh asa

bach elorofscience degreefromth eUniversityofCaliforniaandi saCh ri sti an, i sopposedtoth etotalitari anleaderswh oplayraceagainstrace.Th eUni tedStates,sh ebelieves,i sth eh opeofcivi li -zati onandth ei ntellectualcenterwh erepersonsofallraces andcreedsmaylearntolivetogeth er,understandingeach oth eras i ndi -viduals."(Ed.Note:Sinceth eprinti ngof

Corp.Fleish er'sstorymth eCour-ant,LieutenantSuyamaand h erroommate,Li eutenantMargueriteUgai h avebeeni nservicei nEng-land.Lieut.Ugai i sanativeofNebrask a,wh i le Li eut.Suyamawas evacuated from Monterey,Calif.)

EvacueeWork erKi lled i nAccidentKENOSHA,Wis.— Injuri esin-flictedbyatractorwh i ch ranoverh i mprovedfataltoMasaich iKurata,43,anAmericanofJapa-neseancestryfrom Hawai i ,wh owasoneofagroupwh ocametoKenosh afrom aWarrelocationcentertowork i nafactory.

HelenNak agawaOrdainedSisterInNewYork CityHUNT,Idah o— HelenNak a-gawa,daugh terofMr.andMrs.P.Nak agawaofDetroit,wasor-dainedaMaryk nollsisteronJune30,i nNewYork Ci ty,accordingtoth eMi ni dok aIrri gator.

eituri ay,July15,1944 PACIFIC CITIZEN3

EDITORIALS:GoforBrok e!AnAlliedspok esmanannounced i nRome

onJuly10th atth e442ndRegimentalCom-batTeamofth eArmyofth eUni tedStateswaspartici pati ngi n th eFi fth Army'sof-fensivebelow Li vorno (Legh orn),th e k eyItalianport,wh i ch i sth e i mmediateobjec-tiveofth eAllieddriveupth ewestcoastofItaly.Th eannouncement,long-awaited,h eldspecialmeaningforJapaneseAmeri-canseverywh ere,forth e442ndInfantryi samili taryorganizati onwh oseenlistedper-sonneli scomposedentirelyofvolunteersofJapaneseancestryfrom th ewarrelocationcampsandth eci ti esandfarmsofth eAmer-i canmainland,andfrom th ewarm,friendlyi slandsofHawai i .Th e442ndCombatTeam,andth e100th

InfantryBattalion,th ecrack uni tofJapa-nese Americans from Hawai i wh i ch h asmarch edwith th e34th Di vi si onfrom Saler-notoRomeandbeyond,andwh oserecordofstar-spangledcouragei salreadyapartofAmerica'smi li tary h eri tage,are figh t-i ngsymbolsofth eloyaltyanddevotionofth e American ofJapaneseancestry.Andth efactth atth eseuni tsaretodaybearingth ei rsh areofth eAlliedcampaign i nItalyi savictoryoverth ei ntolerantandbigotedwh o would h ave denied to th e JapaneseAmericanth erigh tofassisti ng i n th ede-fenseofh i scountry.Sh ortlyafterth e outbreak ofwarth e

i nduction ofJapaneseAmericans th roughselective servicech annelswas h alted,andwasnottoberesumeduntilJanuary,1944,wh enth e100th ,InfantryBattalion h adal-readybeen i ncombat.Th eJapaneseAmer-i canCombatTeam wasorganizedafterth ei nductionofvolunteersofJapaneseances-trywas auth ori zed on January28, 1943.Tenth ousandansweredth ecallforvolun-teers i nHawai i ,and2600ofth esemenar-rivedatCampSh elby,Miss.,i nApri),Th eywere j oi nedby1200from beh i ndth ebarb-ed-wiresofth ewarrelocation camps,andbyoth erswh o h ad volunteeredfrom out-sideth eWRAcampsonth emai nland.Th e JapaneseAmerican CombatTeam

trained i nth epine-clad-red clay h i llsofMissi ssi ppi foralmostayear,andquick lyestablish edareputationasa h ard-figh ti ngoutfitwh i ch li ved up to i ts regimentalmotto,"GoforBrok e,"aph rasewh i ch th evolunteersfrom Hawai i brough twith th emandwh i ch bestdescribedth ei rattitudeof"sh ootth ework s."Sh ortlybeforeth eyweretogooverseas,th eCombatTeam wasre-viewedbyGeneralGeorgeMarsh all,Ch i efofStaffofth eUni tedStatesArmy,andbyAssistantSecretaryofWarJoh n McCloywh osepersonalfaith i n th eloyaltyofth eJapaneseAmericans h asbeen already re-deemed i n th eperformancesofth e Japa-neseAmericanunitsi nbattle.Onlytwosh ortyearsagomanyofth ese

JapaneseAmericanswerebeingmovedfromth ei rh omesandfarmsundermi li taryordersandwerebeingtransportedi ntrainsguard-ed bymi li tarypolicetodetention i n as-semblyandrelocationcenters.Th atth eywereabletosurviveth ebi tternessofevacuationtovolunteerformili taryservicei satributetoth ei rabi di ngfai th i nth eultimatej usti ceofdemocracy.Herearemenwh oh avek nownth esh ameofmassevacuationandth eh ard-sh i psofbarrack li fei nth erelocationcampsandwh o,scantmonth slater,arefigh ti ngonaliensoilforth ei rcountry.Itmustneverbeforgottenth atth eyareAmericans,normusti tbeforgotten-th atth eyfigh tth atallAmericansofJapaneseancestrymi gh tlive i nfreedom i nth ei rnativeland.Inth efaceofth ei rsacrifi ces,th ej usti ceth ati s

due allloyalAmericans cannotlong bedenied.Lastweek acommuniqueofth eFi fth

Armycited th e100th InfantryBattalionas"performingbrilli antly"i nth eItaliancam-paign,onth eoccasionofth eannouncementofth ei ncorporationofth e100th i ntoth e442ndRegimentalCombatTeam.Th i sweekdispatch esfromItalyreportth atth e442nd,spearh eadedbyth eveteran 100th Battalion,i sengagedi nviolentfigh ti ngonflatcountrybelowLivorno.Front-linecorrespondentsre-portth atth emenfrom th eplantationsofHawai i andth edesertrelocationcampsareprovingth eli eofAdolfHitler'sboastofth e"masterrace,"asoth ermenoffreena-tionsh aveprovenonth eh ard-woninvasioncoastofFranceandonth eeasternfront.

Th emenofth e442ndCombatTeam,andallsoldiersofJapaneseancestryi nth eUnit-edStatesarmyoneverymajorbattlefront,facetwofoeswh enth eymove i ntobattle.One enemywears th euni forms ofJapanand Germany and th ei rsatellite nations.Th eoth eri snotaseasilyi denti fi able.Heisth eenemyath ome,th enativefascistswh omai ntai n i nAmericath epri nci plesofracesupremacyandth epersecutionofmin-oritygroupswh i ch are ch aracteristi cs offoreignfascism.Andvictorywillnotbecompleteuntilth efascistsabroadand th eanti-democratic forces ath ome are van-quish ed.Th eseJapaneseAmericansfromth eciti es,

villagesandfarmsofth eAmericannationareexperienci ngth e h ardli feth atisth elotofth edough boywarrior,th efootsol-di erwh o i sth eultimatefactoreven i naTwentieth Centuryglobalwar.Th ei rs i sanexpressionoffaith i nafuturefreefromth eanguish ofracetensionsandth eh eart-ach es ofth emarginalciti zen i nAmerica.Th ei rs i s afaith wh i ch look sbeyond th etemporarybarrack sh eltersofth erelocationcamps,beyondth e contradicti ons ofourpresentdemocracy.Iti sforth eJapaneseAmerican,andforallAmericansath ome,toproveth atth i sfai th forwh i ch th eyfigh twillnotwantoffulfillment.JapaneseAmericanscanbeproudofth ei r

broth ers i nuniform.GoforBrok e!

CanadianContrastTh epresentfigh tofJapaneseCanadians

toretain th ei rrigh toffederalfranch i sesh ows mostclearlyth e di fference i n th ewartimetreatmentofciti zensofJapaneseancestrybyth atcountryand th e Uni tedStates.Th ough i nbroadoutlineth epolici esof

th etwocountriesaresimi lar,c.g.,i nth eevacuation,relocation andresettlement,nev-erth elessth efactth atth erearecertainverysh arp and very i mportantdifferences i sbrough toutbyDr.ForrestE.LaViolette,associate professorofsociologyofMcGilluniversity,andformercommunityanalystatHeartMountain,wh o i satth epresenttimemak i ngastudyofth eCanadianevac-uationforth eCanadianInstituteofInter-nationalAffairs.Inth eUni ted Statesth ereh asbeena

conscious attempttopreserveth e ci ti zen-sh i pri gh tsofJapaneseAmericans,LaVio-lettepointsout,with franch i seandpropertyrigh tsfullyprotected.InCanadapropertyh eldbyevacueeswastak enoverbyth egov-ernmentand sold,amovesh owi ngcallousdisregardon th epartofth atgovernmentforth eeconomicwelfareofth i sportionofitsci ti zenry.Inth eUni tedStatesciti zensh i prespon-

sibi li ti es,too,h avebeenobserved,saysLa-Violette,th rough th edraftingofJapaneseAmericans.Wh i leJapaneseCanadiansh avemadek nownth ei rdesiretofigh t,th eyarestillconsidered i neli gi bleforarmyservice.Andth ough some90,000personsstillre-

main i nth eseclusionofWRA camps,th eWarRelocationAuth ori tystillh asas i tsmainpurposeth epermanentresettlementofeveryevacuee.Iti sth erelocationprogramonwh i ch th eagencyi sconcentrating.JapaneseAmericanswillfindth eroad

back ash orterroad th anth eoneJapaneseCanadiansmusttravelatwar'send.Forourrigh toffranch i se i ssti lli ntact,

and despiteattempts bysome torestrictourpropertyrigh ts,th oserigh tsare stillwh olo.Important,too,i nth epostwarfutureof

th eNisei ,willbeth eproudservicerecordofourmenandwomeni nuniform.Andth ePurpleHeartsandth ebronzestarsofniseisoldierswillservetoremind th enation,lest i tforget,th ati ts Japanese Ameri-canswerepartofth ewarforfreedom.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRIFigh ti ngth eRace-BaitersAsth ewari nth ePacifi cmovesclosertoth eh omei slandsofNip-ponandfarth erawayfrom th ewestcoastofth eUnitedStates,th erei sanoticeableeasingi nracetensions i nvolving evacuees ofJapaneseancestry.Th i strendto-wardth equieti ngofth e h ysteri-calpublicattitudewh i ch acceptedth e unprecedentedactofmassevacuationvirtuallywith outques-tion,i sgivenemph asi si nrecentresolutionssponsoredby severalCalifornia organizati ons wh i churgeth eearlyreturnofth eevac-uated group.Th efailure ofth eeffortofth eJapaneseExclusionAssociati onandth eNative Sonstoobtain th enecessary 179,000signatureson petiti onsforani ni ti ati vemeasure,back edbyth enigh tsh i rtfringeofCaliforniare-action,tobarth eownersh i poflandandwatercrafttopersonsofJapaneseancestry,wasablowtoracistsandth ebusiness i nterestswh o are trying desperatelytok eep th e "Japanese problem"alive.Th erace-baiters,th ough nodoubtcynicalenough torecognizeth eunconstituti onalityofth epro-posedi ni ti ati vemeasure,h ad h op-edtouse i tasadeviceto k eepth equestionofJapaneseAmeri-cansonacontroversialplane.Th eHearstpress,with i tscir-

culation ofnearly amilli onth rough i tsfi ve daili es i n LosAngeles,SanFranciscoandOak -land,h asrecentlybeenclutch i ngatstraws i nanefforttoblockwh atth eyconsidertobeth e i m-pending return ofth e evacueegroup.RayRich ards,Hearstspec-i ali sti nanti -JapaneseAmericancorrespondence,h asbeenviewi ngwi th alarmsoconstantlyth ath i sfearsh avebecomerepetiti ous.Hislatestj ournalisti cbilloffarefea-tures th erevelation th at"th i scountry'sJapanesepopulation i sh atch i ng- a sch eme to demandh uge i ndemnityfrom th eUni tedStatesforth ewestcoastevacua-tion."Rich ardsdevelopsh i sth esi sfromth ebarefactth atani nj unc-tionsuith asbeenfi led i nLosAngeles to enjoi n th e mili taryfrom preventingth e return ofth reeciti zensofJapaneseances-trytoth eevacuatedarea.Rich -ards,ofcourse,h asastableofcongressmen i nWash i ngtonwh oareeagertobequotedonmattersrelatingto JapaneseAmericans.HecorraledLeroyJoh nsonandJoh n M.Costellolastweek andth edeadcatsbegantofly.Joh n-son,wh oi ssti llpursuingth efic-ti onof"massdisloyalty"onth epartofth e JapaneseAmericanpopulation,h i ntedth atth eth reatofviolencemigh tk eepth eevac-ueesawayfrom th ei rwestcoasth omes.Costello,alameduck ,de-claredth at"th i sboldattemptbyrepresentativesofanenemyracetosetasideoneofourmili tarysecurity measures could be ex-tremelydisturbing."Costello be-lievedth atth eevacuees,oncere-establish ed onth e coast,wouldpromptly startsending i nforma-tiontoTok yo."Icannotunder-standwh yth ere i ssuch persis-tenteffortbysomeofourownpeopletomak e i teasyforth eJapstogeti nformationtoTok yo."Costello,i tmayberemembered,servedforth epastyearasch ai r-man ofth e Dies subcommitteewh i ch i nvestigatedJapaneseAmer-i cans.Hi s i nvestigatorsdid notturnupanyevidenceofsabotageortreasonableactivi ti eson th epartofJapaneseAmericans.Hissubcommittee,h owever,servedasafactoryformisleadingh eadli nesandscarestoriesforth eHearstpress.One ofCostello's scoopswas h i ssei zureofth eWash i ng-ton.filesofth eJapaneseAmeri-cani dti zensLeague.Th econtentsofth esefileswereturnedoverbyh i s Di es subcommittee to th eHearstpressandwereusedforaseriesofsmeararticlesbyRayRich ards wh i ch appearedbeforeth eDiessubcommittee h adeveni ntroducedth em i napublich ear-i ngorpublish edth em i nareport.Th atacorrespondentofth eHearstsyndicatecouldh avesucheasyaccesstoth eprivaterecordsofacongressionalcommittee i scertainlyareflectiononth e i n-tegrityofMr.Costello as i tsch ai rman.Th i swi lli ngness ofth e Di esCommitteetobeusedasan i n-

strumentofi lli beralaction wasrepeatedrecentlyi ni tssubponenaofth eteleph onerecordsofth eCIO Politi calAction Committee

andth esubsequentuseofth eserecordsby th ereactionary col-umnist,Westbrook Pegler,beforeth esubpoenaedmaterialh adbeenmadepublicbyth e i nvestigati ngcommittee.Th eCIO h asdemandedani nvestigati onofth eDi esCom-mittee'saction i nth i s i nstance,ch argi ng"agrossabuseofcon!gressionalauth ori ty."Such di s-regardoflegislativemoralityj sofli ttlesurprisetoth ose wh oh avefollowedth evariousi nves-tigati onsconductedonmattersre-lating to Japanese Americans.Costello'sstarch amberh eari ngsi nLosAngelesandth ek angaroocourtproceduresofth e GannonDonnellyandTenneycommitteesofth e California legislaturealli llustrateth epoint.Allofth eseso-called i nvestigati onsfeaturedstarwitnesseswh owere permit-tedtomak eth ewildestrumorsandsuspici onsapartofth erec-ord ofalegislativecommittee.Severalofth esewitnesseswenlaterdiscredited,butth ei rblindprejudi ceremainsapartofth erecordand i suti li zedbyth eracemongersandsuch radi ocommen-tatorsasLarrySmith wh opassonth esmears,crediti ngth emtoth erecordsoflegislativei nvesti-gations.Th eprocedure i sarev-elationi nth emeth odofobtaini nganauraofquasi-offici alrecogni-tionforalie manufactured todiscreditaracialminori ty.Th eprocessh asbeenusedagainstla-bor,againstliberalsandagainstoth erracialgroups.Th everynatureofth econtinu-i ngattack sagainstJapaneseAmericansbyrace-baiti ngpoliti -cians,organizati onsandnewspa-persi si ndi cati veofth ei rdesper-ate attemptstok eep aliveth efi cti onofth eJapaneseAmericanmenacetonationalsecurity.Th ei ri mmedi ateeffortsarepointedto-wardth epreventionofth ereturnofth eevacueesth rough th emili -tary'srelaxationofth epresentrestricti ons.Th e armyexclusionorder,wh i ch operatesonlyagainstcivi li ansofJapaneseancestry,i ipredi cated,h owever,onmili tarynecessity.Iti sobvious,ofcourse,th atwh atevermili tarynecessitycompelledth e i ssuanceofth eori-ginalordernolongerexists.Th equestiontoday i s h owlongth emili taryauth ori ti es can j usti fyth ei rpresentpolici es.Th erace-baitersmustbefough tbecause th ei rposion wi lldelayth edayofth efi nalreacceptanceofth eJapaneseAmerican.Inth eend)ofcourse,th eracistscannotwi n.Th ei rfi naldefeatwillbebased,h owever,notaloneonth oseconstituti onalsafeguards wh i choperateforusall,butalsoonth epositi verecord ofth e JapaneseAmerican i nth ewar."Th ereareJapanesenamesonth ecrossesi nAmericancemeteries i nth ebitterItalianh i lls,"alieutenantwroterecently. And th ose Japanesenames—alongside th e names ofth emenofallofAmerica'svig-orousracialh eri tage—provideth eargumentth atth e race-baitencannotanswer.

th ecopydeskVeteranSpeak s"Frank lyspeak i ng,weweresiunh appygroupofsoldiersth edayweembark edfrom Honoluluh ar-borand h eadedstraigh tfortwmainlandi nsteadofi nth eoppofri tedirection. Onlyth endid«"trulyrealizeth atwewouldnevebesenttoth eSouth Paci fi caMfigh tth eJapanesearmy,alth oughdeep i nsi deus,wefeltth attMfinaltestofourloyaltywastfigh tth e enemywh o possessedsimi larph ysi calfeaturesli k eours,such ascolorofsk i nandsh apofeyes."Neverth eless,wewere deter-

minedtocontributeoursh are»th eliberationofth eworldfto«Fascistruleandtoproveth eWaltyandpatrioti sm ofJapanewAmericanswh i ch h avebeenqueti onedafterth etreach erous&tack ofPearlHarborbyJapan*Dec.7,1941."—T01dbyLt.SWgeruTsubota,woundedveter*nJ:th e100th Infantry,nowatMoMGeneral h ospi tali n SwannanoN.C,i nth eSentinel.

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VagariesNewsph oto...One ofth e greatnewspaperDh otograph sofalltimewastak ensJapanesewh ocametoth e

UnitedStatesatth eageof14.HesJunFuj i ta,cameramanforth elidCh i cago EveningPost. BodCagey wh owrote"TorpedoJunc-j on"and"Such InterestingPeo-ple"toldi nth elatterbook ,acol-lectionofremini scencesofalife-time i nnewspaperwork ,aboutFuj i ta,wh owasanengineeringstudentatArmourTech wh en h elearnedwh i ch endofacameratoaim with andpromptlygoth i m-selfa j obwith th ePost.Caseyre-called:"Fuj i tamayh aveh adonlyonelessonbuth edidn'th eedtwo.Hemadeoneroutinepictureofash ock edpolicemancarryingalit-tlegirl'sbodyoutofth eEastlandth atstillratesasoneofth egreat-estnewspaperph otograph sofalltime.".""Casey'smentionofFu-j i tai n"Such InterestingPeople"h asbeencommentedonpreviouslyinth esecolumns. .However,lastmonth i nCh i cagoanewspaper-man,EmeryHutch i sonwh owri tes"Storiesofth eDay"i nth eCh i -cagoDailyNewswas i ntri gued1with Casey'staglineonh i sFuj i tastory:"One naturallywonderswh atbecameofh i m."

*""Hutch i son look ed i nth eph one'

book and i mmedi atelydiscoveredth atFuj i tawasstilli nCh i cago,operatinga commercialph otog-raph ystudionamedPh otoCraftwh i ch h e h ad startedafterth eEveningPostwentunderi n1932.TlieDailyNewscolumnistwei.tovertoi nterviewFuj i ta.Hefounda"wellbuiltandnftyish "man.Fuj i ta remembered th e ph oto-graph ."Th atwasperh apsmybig-gestsuccess i nnewspaperwork ,"besaid,"andi twasach i evedquiteunconsciously.Ididn'trealize Ih adcaugh tanunusualpictureun-tilItook i ttoth ecityeditor,andallth eoth eredi torsbegangath er-i ngaround.Itwasreprintedi npapersalloverth ecountry."Hutch i sonfoundoutth atFuj i ta

wasapoetand h adpublish edavolumeofpoetry i nth e"tank a"form.Th rough th e1920'sh ewasaregularcontributorto "Poetry"magazine.Besidesh i sesth eti ci n-terests h e h asalsobeenarabidoutboardmotorboatfan,and h aswonmanycups.Duringth eCh i -cagoWorld'sFairh ewasth eCh i -cagocorrespondentforMotorboat-i ngMagazine....Casey,i nci dent-airy,i soneofth ebest-k nowncor-respondentsofWorldWar11.Heisalso th efi rstmainlandnews-mantoi nvestigateth evariousru-morsofJapaneseAmericansabo-tageatPearlHarbor.Caseych eck -edsuch storiesasth eoneaboutth eJapaneseairmenwearingMc-Kinley h i gh sch oolandOregonStaterings,JapaneseAmericansblock i ng Hawai i an h i gh waysandcommitti ng sabotageatHick amfieldandfoundnotoneth readofsubstantiati on i nanyofth eru-mors.,He latervisi tedth ePostonrelocationcenteranddidastoryonth eevacueesforth eCh i cagoDailyNews.

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Elections...Primari es:Maj.LouisWasmer,th eonlymajorcandidatetoraiseth eJapaneseAmerican evacueei ssue i nth eWash i ngtonstatepri-maries,wasdefeatedbya1to4marginbyth e i ncumbent,Gover-norArth urLanglie,forth eRe-publicannominati on.Wasmer,wh oconducted a vigorouscampaign,barged Langlie wi th allowingevacuees toresettle i n easternWash i ngton. Wasmer,wh o wasconsidered a strongercandidatetnanelectionreturnsrevealed,de-clared i ncampaignpublici tyth at"c h admai ntai ned"alien"Japa-nesemustnotbeallowedto"in-,,ra,te'*cstateofWash i ngton,andh adpledgedi mmedi ateprose-cutionofallegedlandownersh i p»yaliensofJapaneseancestryi nci dentally, th e Major Harry,\.Tl'mayorofTacoma,onleavemth earmedforces,wonth eRe-publicannominati onforU.S.Sen-i nv"

ajorCain» now wi th 'th en«i

narmyi nEurope,wasth eonlymayorofamajorwestcoasti «,«

todisplayanon-h ysterical,attitudetowardJap-

-2"Be.,Americans i nh eari ngsbe-i °reth eTolancongressionalcom-mittee.MayorCaintestifi edth atL?*f-P°SBiwetoseparateloyalan",f

oyalPersonsofJapaneseSSf7i He selective,rath erth anmass,evacuation.

Th ereIsNoSubstituteForCompleteIntegration

ByGEORGESMEDLEYSMITH

"Th eProblemsofMinori ti es:"

I,nm»Th oßwconcefnedwith wh atFrancisBi ddleterms"th etrouble-someproblemsofminori ti es"deplorei tonth egroundofCh ri s-ti aneth i cs and democracy.Th atCh ri sti ani tyanddemocracyIten?V SUCh "Proble""th ereisnodoubt.Butwh ytteysh ouldbech osenasth eonlytwobasesofreferenceisnotcfeaTDoesBuddh i sm countenanceth e i ll-treatmentofh umanbeings?Dosects despisedbyus,wh oare sotenderofli feandfree-nZrtttr7 nOttrCadUP°n i nsects?Evenonetem-porarytotalitari angovernment,Russia:wh atare i tstenetsastoth erigh ts,th edigni ti esand th ei mportance ofitsmi norracialgroups?For"eventh ewell-intentionedtomak edemocracyandCh ri s-tiani tyth eonlytwoframesofreferenceofth eracialproblem

i s,asfaras h umanvaluesareconcerned,tomissth ebus th etoatandth estratoliner.Th eframesofreferencewnich migh tbesuggestedare"intelligence"and"commondecency,"twobrigh tsunswh oseraysareuniversalandwh i ch ,unli k edemocracyandCh ri sti ani tymaynotleavea h emi sph erei neclipseTh etruth ofth e"troublesomeproblem"ofminori ti esi sth ati ti saproblem ofth emajori ty.Byth emajori tyi twascreatedorallowedtobecreated,andonlybyth ecollective h eartandmindofth emajori tywilli tbesolved.Th egoodpeopleofourmajori tyarebeginni ngtorealizeth atwh i leth eburdenofth eh ardsh i psfalluponth eminori ti es,th eburdenofth edisgracefallsuponth ewh olegroup.Fordemocracytodamnracialprejudi ceabroadandtocondone

i tath ome i satbestanadventure i nasti gmatism,reducing th e-Categoricalannouncementsofth e"freedoms"toadialecticofde-lusi on.Th eh i storyofeverynationh asstartedwith th eappearanceofth atIntruder,th eImmigrant.Noone i nalandofImmigrantssh ouldeverdespairofh i sblood.Andwh i lei nvi di ouscomparisonsarebeingmet,leti tberememberedth ati fth ere i sanyth i ngtoth edoctrineofProgress,evenacontemporaryAmerican cannotlayciai m tobeingNature'sultimate creation.Certainlynoonewithh i stori calperspectivewouldfi x h i m asth eend-productofman'smilleniums.Ifh each i evestogreatnessi nth elargerworldopeningbeforeh i m,i twi llbeperh apsbecauseh eh ascaugh tsigh tofanAmerica"withi tsfragmentsofalleth ni cgroups livi ngi n h armony,stretch i ng

awaybefore h i masth epotentialproving-groundofawork ablenewi nternationalism,perpetuatingth efreedoms.Th ough tformilli onsofAmericanswh otodayfeelth atth eydo

notbelong!II

Ifi ti strue,asonesch oolofpsych i atryclaims,th ateveryone'sestimateofselfisso i mportantastobeth edeterminantofh i sli fe-line,th en anyoneafflictedwith grosslyunfairconsiderations ofmassreactionsmustbecarefulth ath i sself-opini onbenotdistorted.Hemustclearlyunderstandh i mselfaswellasth egroupsabouth i m.Especiallymusth emak esureofh i sown".values."Tobedrench edi nendlesswavesof"inferiori ty"with occasional

colddouch esof"tolerance"i ssometh i ngnoh umanbeingcouldstandagainst,unless i nsulatedwith greati nner,personalstrength .Th ati nnerstrength canderive,i nth ecaseofth eNisei ,froma

simpleawareness.Th e Ni sei mustunderstandth atfarfrom being"inferior"th eyare i nreality,orcaneasilybe,very"superior"citi zens.Wh y?becausei nadditi ontoth ei rownveryexcellenttraditi ons

ofbeh avi or,th eycanmeasuretoabreadth ofmind,ascopeofun-derstandingth ati snotparoch i alornarrow.Th ei rscanbeapene-trationwh i ch entersi ntoth esouloftwo h emi sph eres,twowidelydifferingarts,cultures,psych ologies,tongues.Th eypossessofcanpossessbasesofcomparisonnotdemandedofth ementallyh emi sph eri c.An i ndi vi dualwh o standsbetweentwogreatcivi li zati onsi s

fortunatelycircumstancedi ntellectuallyi fh ewillbutopen h i seyesto see h i sopportuniti es.Contemporaneously,h i seyes canmirrorboth th eadvantageoussocialtrends,th etech nologicalach i evements,andth oseexclusivelymaterialadvantageswh i ch somepoormindsh ereconfusewith ultimatevalues,aswellasth efi neresth eti csense,th esurperiorapproach estoartandth atrareappreciati onoflivi ngwh i ch h asch aracterizedth eEastandwh oselack sometimesleavesth eWestbewilderedwith i tsownostentationsandunrefine-ments.

Educationmaybedefinedasalearningtolook with i n,h av-i ngmadecertainbeforeh andth atth erewillbesometh i ngth eretosee.Th ek nowledgeofoth erpeoplesandoth erculturesi sonegoalofallth etrulyeducated.Itbringsenrich mentofunderstanding,wisdom,sensibi li ty.Ofcourse i tmak esnoappealtoth e i gnorantwh oalwaysclingtoth eobviousanddigni fyth eclose-to-h omewithexceptionalvirtue.Butspaee-andti me-destroyingdevicesh avewi lledth atth evalues

ofth ecomingagesh allbeuniversal.Inth e h i gh estsense,anedu.cationrepresentativeoftwocivi li zati ons,th eEasternandth eWest-ern,i sasuperiorone,andaperson,CaucasionorOriental,i ndoc-trinatedwith anappreciati onoftwoh emi sph eresstandsi nth eligh tofaplus i ndi vi dual.Ifnomore,h epossessestwolanguagesandaglobalperspective.Such equipmenth asusei nth eworldoftodaywithi tsbank ruptnationalisms.

Th edoctrineof"inferiori ty"h asbeenth ematrixofavariedbroodofevils,allrecognizable,byth ecommonmark ofprejudi ce.Denialofciti zensh i p,denialofth erigh ttovoteandh oldprop-ertydenialofth erigh ttoi nter-marrywith th esacrosanctaresomeofth enaturaloffspringofanorigi nalpairi ngofi gnoranceand i ll-wi ll.Wh ath asbeen th ewarrantforth i sdoctrine?Ifi tbefalse

i nwh atligh tsh allth eAmericansstand i nth elargeworldwh oseaffairsweproposeto i nfluence i nth edaysofpeaceah ead?Willourrecipesforth efreedomsofth e"oppressed"respondtoth esamelitmusth ath asfai ledourpersuasionsath ome?Examined i nth eligh tofth e h i stori calfact,th edoctrinecol-

lapses.Th eroleofAsia i nth eworldfamilyofnationsh asbeensovastth ati sremainsunch allengedexceptforth edisavowalsofi gnoranceorth epostulatesofsh eernationalism.

Th efactisth atth eWesth asneverfullyi nventoried i tsdebttoth eEast.Inth erich realmsofspiri t,i towes i tallth egreatreligi ons- i tsverycath edralmonumentsoweth ei rstructuretoth eStecturalprinci pleswh i ch th eCrusadersbrough tback with th emfrSSEast.Oursch olarsforth emostparth avecontentedth em-feveS (andus)with tracingth eorigi nsofourculturetoGreece.Th eworldawatsth emigh tyrenaissanceofth ough tth atwilltracettecuKureri Greeceto i tsorigi nsand i nfluence.Rens h aveal-readyappeared i nth econvenientcanopyof"inscrutabili ty"wh i ch

From th eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

Th e"GoforBrok e"BoysGoIntoActionTh efi rstindi cati onth atth e"GoForBrok e"boysofth e

442ndwere i nactionwasasentenceortwoinanAssociatedPressdispatch from Rome.Th e442ndInfantryRegimentCombatTeam attach edtoth e

34th Divi si on,th edispatch said,h ad been i n h eavyfigh ti ngafew milessouth ofth ek eyci tyofLivorno (Legh orn)asGermanresistancestiffenedallalongth eItalianfront.Andth ewarwas suddenlyclosertoth ousandsofh omes

h ereoj i th emainland and i nth eHawai i ani slands.Th e442ndi sbutoneregimentamongth ousandsofregiments,at-tach edtoonedivi si onamongh un-dreds,assignedtoonearmyofscoresfigh ti ngunderth eUni tedNationscolors.Butbecauseth eyare"our"boys—fellowswegrewupwith ,th esonsandh usbandsandfath ersofpersonswek now—our h eartsgoouttoth emalittlemoreperson-allyth antooth erfi gh ti ngmenofth eAlliedforces.Th i swarh asbeenth eparticu-larconcern ofevery JapaneseAmericanfrom th emomentth atPearl.Harborwasbombed.Iti snotth ei rfaultth atth eycouldnotplaymoreactive,morespectacu-larrolesi ni tsprosecution.Forth eh azardsandglamourofth eai rforcesh avebeendeniedth enisei with asingleexception,andth enavyli k ewi seh asnotseenfitto acceptJapanese Americansamongi tsfi gh ti ngmen.Instead,manyloyalnisei al-

readyi narmyuniformandach i ngforvengeanceagainstPearlHar-bor'sperfidyweredemobili zedi ntoanenlistedreserve.Oth ereligi blenisei wereclassifi ed4-C,aselec-ti veserviceclassifi cati onforalienenemies.AndallJapaneseAmeri-cansonth ePacifi ccoastweretoldi neffectth atth ei rwartimerolewas peacefuland co-operativeevacuationfrom th ei rh omestoth e i solationofinlandcamps.Th atth eyplayedth i s i gnoblerolewellisamatterofrecord.Andi twasi nevi tableth atth efulli mpactofth enation'swareffortsh ouldh avebeenlostuponth esepeopleh erded i nto i solation.Th erewerenisei i nservice,yea,butmostoftenath omefrontpostswh ereth eywereassignedtorou-tinetask softh epermanentgarri-son.Ofth eni sei playingvitalbutanonymousroles i n th e Pacifi cth eater,mili tarysecuritynecessi-tatedth atth ei rfeatsgounsung.Itwasonlyini solateddispatch esth atth epublicgetani nk li ngofwh atJapaneseAmericanspecial-i stsweredoingth ere.Ith astak ensometh i ngspecta-cularanddramaticli k eawh olefi gh ti ngforceofJapaneseAmeri-canstocaptureth epublicatten-tion'andth ei magi nati onofJapa-neseAmericancivi li ans.Fi rsti twasth e100th InfantryBattalion,andnowth e442ndInfantryRegi-ment—wh i ch willh avefartogotoequalth erecordofth e100th —th atpersonalizedth erealizati onth atth i si sourwar.Th e k nowledgeth atourown

boysarei nth efi gh ti nggivesspe-ci almeaningtoth e h omefrontrolesth atwecivi li ansmustplay.Ourpart,wh eth eratth efrontorath ome,i snolongerpassive.Th emenatth efrontssufferth eprivati ons,faceth edangers,andek eoutwh atli ttlegloryth erei si nwar.Somewillwinwell-de-served medals,mere tok ensofwh atth eyreallydeserve,andper-h apsoth ersequallyasdeservingwi llremainunnoticed.Most,weh ope,wi llreturnsoundofbodyandmindandunembitter-edbywh atth eyh aveseenandex-perienced.Butth emeni nuniformrealize betterth anwedo th atmanywillnotcomeback ,andth atoth erswillh ave leftapartofth emselvesonth ebattlefields.Wh enth esemenreturnth eywi llnotsaywh atmanyofth em maywanttosay.Wh atth eyh avegoneth rough willmak eth em toobi gtoask ofcivi li ans: *"Wh atdidyou dotowinth ewarwh i lewewereaway? Wh atdidyoudotodeserveth atwh i chwewentth rough h elltosafeguardandperpetuate?"Th osewillbe h ardquestionsto

answer,unlesswecivi li ans h avedoneeveryth i ngpossibletoh elpwi nth ewarandtodefendth eprinci plesforwh i ch ourmenarefigh ti ng.Yes,th i si sanoldstory,oneth ath asbeenrepeatedcountlesstimessinceth estartofth ewari neditori alB,advertisements,warbondappealsandbylaborrecruiters.Andi tsrealmeaningcannow

beunderstood,forwari snolong-eradistantth i ng.

EDITORIAL

DIGESTRacism i nNebrask aGrandIslandi ndependentRecentlyi nGrandIsland,Neb.,acommunityofsome22,000per-sons,th ecitycouncilundertookacti onto"evacuate"ah andfulofJapaneseAmericanevacueeswh oh adsettledi nth ecity.Th ecitycouncil'sattemptwasmetbyor-ganizedactionbyreligi ousgroupswh i ch strongly,protestedth ecoun-cil'sstand.Inaneditori alonMay12th eGrandIslandIndependentdeclar-edth atth ecouncilwould"dowelltore-studyth eentiresi tuationandseei fi twouldnotbewi setorescindth eactioni th astak en.""Th eseverallettersth ath ave

beensenttoth eIndependentforpublicati on i nregardtoth eat-tempttoexcludefromGrandIs-landth eh andfulofJapaneseAm-ericansth atarenow h ere,andth eactiontak enbyclergymenofth ecity,i ndi catesentimentwh i chth e city council sh ould notignore,"th e Independentsaid."Th eseletterwritersandmini s-ters h avenoaxetogrind.Th eyareactingsi mplyputofasenseofj usti ceandCh ri sti anspiri t."Itlook sasi fa'problem'h ad

beencreatedwh eni nrealityth erei snone."

"■"■'""TIDINGSOnLloydC.Douglas

Tidi ngs,Cath oli cweek lypub-lish edi nLosAngeles,lastweekcondemnedi naneditori alcolumn,"ElRodeo,"aspeech made bynovelistLloydC.Douglasatth ebaccalaureate exercises of th eUniversityofNebrask arecently,wh erei nth eauth ormadecertainall-i nclusive,raciststatementsaboutpersonsofJapaneseances-try.SaidTidi ngs:"Herewe h avea

manwh oleftth epulpittoach i evei nth efi eldofpopularwriti nganaudienceh enevercouldh aveh op-edforasapreach er.Th atlargeaudience h as onlyi ncreased h i sobligati onto observe Ch ri sti anch ari ty....Th eJapanesepeopleh ave been maneuveredby th ei rleaders j ustastrulyas h aveth eGermanandItalianpeople.Andth ere are h eavy h earts i n th ecrowdedciti es'ofJapan j ustastrulyasth erear,e i nItalyandGermany."Itmigh tbewellforMr.Doug-

lasi fh ewoulddrawapartfrom,th ebusyworldforawh i leandmeditateuponh i sowngreatsuc-cess.Heseemsto h aveyieldedagreatdealofth atspiri tualqual-i tywh i ch mak esaman'sch aracterbeautiful."

"""THEMILWAUKEE JOURNALIsTh i sth eAmericanWay?

Onth ewestcoast,manyoth er-wise respectable organizati ons—including th e AmericanLegion,wh i ch sh ouldstandforth efi nestk i ndofAmericani sm—h avebeenengagingi nabitterh ate cam-paignagainstth eJapaneseAmer-i cans.Th eyh avesough ttodirectth e enmity forJapan againstth ese ci ti zens.Th e westcoastpress h asalsoplayedadisgrace-fulrole i nth i sattack .Wh atk i ndofAmericani sm i si tforth ecityofGardenatoomitfrom its h onorrollofciti zensth enamesof17JapaneseAmeri-cansi nth eserviceofourcommoncountry? Wh atk i nd ofAmeri-canism i s i tforth e AmericanLegiontorevok eth ech artersoftwopostsmadeupofJapaneseAmericanveteransofth efirstWorldwar?Wh atk i ndofAmeri-canism i s i tforth eLegion i nPortland,Ore.,toprotestth eef-fortsoflocalciti zenstoprovidesomevolunteercareforaJapa-nesecemetery?Th eattitudeexpressedi nth eseactions i s a dish earteningsignth atweh avealongwaytogotoach i eveth ek i ndoftoleranceanddemocracywefigh tfor.

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timeth atth eSansk ri tIndianwasi npossessionofasuperbgrammarth ath asi nspi redourcontemporaryscienceofcomparativelanguages.Itcomesasasurprisetolearnth atourparlimentarianpracticesofdemocracywereantici patedcenturiesagobyth erulesofth econ-ductofth eIndiantownsandvillages.Th ebeginni ngofourvauntedscience,i tsverynumbersandapplicati on,wasnotaWestern i n-vention.Everyentry i nabank -book ,everyalph abeticalch aracteri na Westernch i ld'ssch ool-book announces i nfundamentals th ei mmensityofourdebttoAsia.Locally,wh atdowefind i nth econductofth eJapanese-Ameri-cansto.supportth ei rbeingbrandedbyth e i gnomi ni ousmark ofi nferi ori ty? Sh allwesayth ei rsuccess i noursch ools,th ei rgood

beh avi orboth i nth ecommunityandi nth eli ttleTok yospostedwithth eensignsofourprejudi ce? Sh allweaddth ei rwilli ngnesstofigh tforademocracywh i ch h as deniedth em afullpartnersh i pwh i ch committedanunwarrantedandmurderousassaultuponth ei rsoulsbyaderacinati ontodust-bowl?Democracy stands self-indi cted by i tsattitude towards th esecondandeventh efi rstgenerationJapaneseh ere.Oneofourfirsttask s i nth epeace-time,beforewegrantth eworldth ebnefitofourlargesympath i es,willbetoundosomeofth eh arm we h avefoi steduponth eseforeign-bornandth ei rdescendantciti zens.Iti samel-anch olystench wh i ch we h avecreated.Wesh allnotbe abletoblow i tawaybyth eburningofprettypaperwords.Wesh allh avetocleanawayth ewh olemess.First,beforeevenanyconsiderationofth erigh tstoberestor-

fc ?j ?rsedSrati onciti zensourobligati onstoth eIsseish ouldbeconsidered Th oseIssei wh osegoodfaith h asbeendem-? £Ilngoodcltlzensl»Pwith outi tsnameandfulladvantagessh ouldbegranted i tstitlewith th esolerequirementofth lsi Sformsofallegianceuponoath . "pieAsforth eNisei ,th eFederalGovernmentmustbedependedupontoch allengeth esuperstiti onsofth osestateswh i ch ch al-lengeth erigh tsofminori ti es.Topass lawsforbiddi ngcertaingroupsofi tsciti zensto i ntermarryandth entocite enforcedaloofnessasaproofofnon.assimi labi li ty i sbutoneofth eprac-ti ceswh i ch mustbecalledtoaccount.Such prejudi cesarebutextensionsofth eorigi nalprejudi ceandth eymustgo.Th ere i sno substitute forth erigh tofCOMPLETE i ntegration AAmerica*settingforth asamoralCrusaderofaworldwouldberidi culous i fi tleftitsownminori ti estobefedth e"free-doms"bi tbybit,li k eni bblesonaricecak e.Th e world i sawase,,'tnewordClt»*enh as«nerich meaning—equalrieh tswith all—notpartialprivi legesprudentlybestowed.

AnnNisei 'sColumnBarbecueHintsForSummerDaysTh esearebarbecuedays,picni cdays.Come evening,wh en th esun'sfinallygonedownandth eai rpick supabreezeortwo,i t'stimetogooutdoors,toteaseanout-doorfire i ntoslow embers,andbringonth emeat.You'llbedoublygrateful,too,th atmostmeatsareoffrationth esedays,andi t'snotnecessarytoh avesteak sforabarbecuesup-per.Lambmak essomeofth emostfuriousofbarbecuedmeats,wh i lech i ck eni salmosttoogoodtobetrue.Th enth ere'salwaysweiners,forth eh otdogh asalwaysbeenfi rstch oi ceatapicni c.It'snotnecessarytogetawayfrom h omeforapicni cth esedays.Tryabarbecuei nyourback yard,andi fyoucan'tarrangeth at,fixapicni clunch ath omeandeatonyourporch ori nyouryard.Andasalastresort,i fyoulivei nasmallapartment, spread yourcloth onyourlivi ngroom floor,usepaperplatesandcupsandservecolddrink sfromth ebottle.You'llappreciatenoth avi ngtodoapanfulofdish es,even"th oughyou'renotgettingth efulleffectofanoutdoor,party.Along with your barbecued

meat,serveasalad—potatosaladoracrispgreensalad,milk orbottleddrink s,rolls,and.fruit.Keepyourmenusimple,andyou'Jlk eepyourwork downtoamini -mum.Herearesomerecipesyoucantry:

HAM-LAMBKABOB3lbs.lamb

IMslbs.smok edh amSaltandpepperButterorsh orteningCutlambi nto1% i nch squares,

% i nch th i ck .Cuth ami nto1-inchsquares. Seasonlambwith saltandpepper. Slip h am andlambalternately,ontometalsk ewers,brush with melted sh ortening.Broil20-25minutes,oruntildone,turningwh enbrownononeside.

PIGSINBLANKETSTh i s i sanewwayto h andleweiners.Prepareaquantityofbis-cui tmix,usingldouble-actionbak -i ngpowder,rollth i nandcuti ntosquaresj ustlargeenough tocoveraweiner.Tak etopicni cwrappedi nwaxedpaper.Roastweinersonstick asus-

ual,th enwrapwith biscui tdoughsquareandbrownovercoals.Keepturningconstantly.

CHICKENCh i ck eni sbestwi th outsauceor

dressingofanyk i nd.Usefryers,cutupforserving.Saltwell.Roastovercoalsuntildone.- BarbecueSauce

1cupoi l1cupvinegar2mincedonions1clovegarlic1tbsp.salth i cupk etch updash ofsoysauce

Putall i ngredients i nto j ar,sh ak ewell.Marinatemeati nth i ssaucefor2h ours.Swabwith ad-di ti onalsaucewh i lecook i ng.Th i ssaucei sgoodforlamborsteak s.HOTBARBECUESAUCE% cupbutter1% cups h ot-water2tablespoonsvi negarh i teaspoonsaltdash ofblack pepperdash ofredpepper

h i teaspoonpapri k ah i teaspoonch i li powder1teaspoonsugar2teaspoonspreparedmustardh i teaspoonWorcestersh i resaucefewdropstabasco

1teaspoonch oppedonioncloveofgarlic.

Mixi ngredients,h eattoboili ngpoint.Removegarlic.Usetomar-i natemeatbeforebroili ngorusetobaste.

"""BARBECUECORNHusk corn.Wrapeach earwith

1sliceleanbacon,securingbaconwith tooth pi ck s.Spearontostickandroastveryslowlyovercoals,turningfrequently.Broiltillbaconi scrisp.|

Nisei WAC Seek sRecruitsatCenterHEARTMOUNTAIN,Wyo.—Pvt.Ch i zuk oSh i nagawaofth e

WACwasavisi tortoHeartMoun-tai nth i sweek torecruitrelocationcentergirlsformili taryservice.

JapaneseAmericanEvacueesSh ouldBeGoodNeigh bors

JoeGrantMasaok a'sColumn:

Unique i nresettlementproce-dure was th e evacueepurch aserecentlyofaone h undredsixtyacre i slandi nth emi ddleofth eSnak e Ri verfornine th ousanddollars.Th i slandwasformerlypastureandbeing h i gh outofth ewateri sfreefrom dangerofflooding.Th e i sland i sconnectedto th esh orebymeansofanoldcablepulleyalongwh i ch th eferrywash auled.Naturallytransportationproblemswouldarisefrom pro-ducegrownonth i sfertileland.Th i sproblem wassolvedbyth eevacueefarmergoing i nto seedproductionforwh i ch th ecli matei sfavorable.Seeds,beingofh i ghvalueandlittlebulk ,madeferrytransportationasimplematter.Anoth erevacueemadeh i scen-terlifepay off. Formerlyafarmeri nth ecenter,h elearnedth eartoftofu-mak i ng.Reloca-tingtoIdah o,h ewenti ntoth ebusinessandnow i sdoingwelli nh i snew location.Relocatingi ncertainareaswasdiffi cult.Even more so was i tdiffi culttoobtainseasonalwork -ers i n 1942 i ncertaindi stri cts.Rumors currenti n th e centerspictured i tas dangeroustogoout.Onerumorwh i ch k eptevac-ueeseasonalwork ersfrom goingtoacertainsectionofIdah owasth e story th ath osti le farmerswerelurk i ng i nth ebush esandwouldsh ootatth emasth eywork -ed.Only wh en'certain friendswroteback toth ecamptellingth em th ere wasnoth i ngto th estorywasagroupofaboutoneh undredfi ftyfarmersprevailedupontofillamuch needed de-mandforh arvestwork .Much ofth esuspici onagainstJapanese Americans current i nth eruralareas i sanoutgrowthofch argesmadeagainstJapanesetwo decades ago. Todaywh enmanyMexicannationals,arework -i ngonfarms th esamech argesth atJapanese'once experiencedarenowbeingleveledi ncriti ci smsagainstth e Mexican nationals,th ough such criti ci sm i sbeingtemperedbyth eneedforman-power.«Areasi nIdah oarestilldeemedcold towardth e i nfluxofJapa-nese relocatees.Vale,Caldwell,Nyssa,andOntariodisplayacer-taincoldness.Onefri end♦relatesth atth e signannouncing "En-tering Ontario" h as th e nameOntario obliteratedand substi-tutedwith Tok yquInaclassroom i nVale i twas

assertedth atJapanese students

satononesideofth esch oolroomwh i le oth erswere k ept i nth eoth erside.Atonetimeth erewasapetiti ontorefuseJapaneseth euseofth esch ool.Th i smatterwasquash edbyth emayor.Th esi tuationofaKibei ,twen-tyyearsold,wh owantedtoat-tendh i gh sch ooli nordertolearnEnglish ,was distressing.Wh enh ebecameembroiled i nacoupleoffi stfigh ts h i sassailantswereso much smallerand youngerth an h eth ath e j uststood andtook th ei rblowswith outretalia-ting.Being h usk i erh e coulddonoth i ng i n reprisaland h ad totak eth ei ri nsults.True,such asituation i sunusualand existsonly i ncommuniti es wh erefeel-i ng i sh osti le.Th erealestateboom,currenteverywh ere,h asalreadytouch eda numberofNisei .One Niseifarmer i n western Idah o wh obough tafarm i n 1943forsixth ousanddollarsandwh osetotali mprovementsoni th eclaimedtobetenth ousanddollarswasof-fered sixteen th ousand dollars.Th eNi sei feltth atwh i leh e h adach ancetomak eagoodlyprofit,h ewasupagainstth i sproblem:i fh esold h ewouldh avetobuyanoth erfarm,andprofitrealizedi nth esalewouldh avetobede-claredth rough i ncometax,so h edecidedagainstsale.Wh ereNi sei farmersh ave be-

comefriendlywith th ei rCauca-si anneigh borssomeofth ei rnew-foundfriends h avedeclaredth atth e Ni sei h ave i mproved agri-culturalmeth ods by means ofsh owi ngth eworth ofvegetablerowcrops.ManyCaucasianfarm-erarefindi ngth atth ere i sgoodmoneyi nlettuceandcertainoth ertruck crops.InsomecountiesofIdah owh i ch

experienceda sudden i nfluxofevacueesi n1942arbitrarycurfewswere establish ed forJapanese.Sh eri ffswh obelievedth i stobean i nj usti ce h aveask edth e co-operationofth eJapanesetoabidet>y th i sregulation wh i ch com-munitypressure h adsetup.Againstth e h ysteriaofth oseearlydayssanityandunderstand-i ng i sbecomingmoreprevalent,especiallywh en evacuees'th em-selvestak eth e i ni ti ati vei nbe-comingfriendsandgivi ngliter-atureonth erelocationofJapa-neseAmericans.Fori nth i smat-terofi ntegration i ti sneedfulth atJapaneseAmericansengagenotonlyintendingtoth ei rownplowingbutbecomingi npracticegoodneigh bors.

TIMELYTOPICSBySABUROKIDO

NBCCommentatorContinuesAttack sMr.Larry Smith ,th e "emin-entauth ori ty"ofth e NationalBroadcastingCompany,h asbeencontinui ng h i s attack s on th eNisei .Onedaywe h eard h i mcom-mentingaboutth efactth atapersonofJapaneseancestryfileda divorce complainti n"-a San

Francisco court.From th ath econcludedth atMr.HaroldIck eswasi nvolvedi nadark plottore-turnth eJapstoth ePacifi ccoast.Mr. Smith evidently became"eminent"onFarEasternaffairsth rough longyearsofresidencei nth eOrientbuti nth emean-timeh aslosttouch with domes-ti c affairs.For h i s benefit, i tsh ouldbe stated th atth ose i nth e relocation centersare stillconsideredresidentsofth eplaceswh enceth eywereevacuated.Suchbeingth ecase,th eyh avetofiledivorcecomplaintsi nth ecountyofth ei rresidence.Ifth eevacuees i nth ereloca-ti oncenterswerepermittedtore-quirenewresidencesatth eplacewh ere th eyarenow livi ng,i twouldpresentmany i nterestingproblems.Fori nstance,i fallth eciti zensatTuleLak ewereper-mi ttedto become residents ofModoccounty,th e Congressmanrepresenting th atdi stri ctwoulddependuponth evotesofth eTuleLak ers. Arizona would presentanoth ercasewh ereth ebalanceofpowerwouldbeh eldbyth eNi seiresi dents.Yumacounty i nparti-cularwouldbedominatedbyth ePostonresidents.Topazcenteri nUtah wouldbeanoth ercase i npoi nt.So,Mr. Smith , neith er Mr.

Ick esnorth eWarRelocationAu-th ori ty i s i nvolved i nanycon-spiracytoreturnth eevacueestoth ePacifi ccoast.Wewouldli k eatestcasetodecidewh eth ernewresidencecanbeacquiredornot,Butth eWRA'slegalmindsh avetak enth eview th atth i scannotbedone.

"""LarrySmith 'sTwistedTh i nk i ngMr.Smith statedth atth eloy-altyofaNisei can be provenonly i fh e volunteerstofigh tagainstJapan.Th i s i sastrangedoctrinetobepropoundedbyaneminentbroadcasterto say th eleast.Ifwesh ould follow th esamelineofreasoning,th enallpersonsofGermanandItalianex-tractionssh ouldh aveth ei rloyaltyquestionedi fth eyonlyfough ti nth ePacifi c.Th eymustmeetth etestoffigh ti ngagainstGermansorItaliansonth eEuropeanfront.Wewonderi fMr.Smith th i nk sth atdyingonth eEuropeanfronti sdi fferentfrom dyingi n th ePacifi c.Touslaymen,i tseemsas i fdying i sth esame every-wh ere.Everysoldiermak es th esamesacrifi cei fk i lledorwound-edi naction.Furth ermore,i ti snofaultofth eNi sei th ath ecannotfigh ti nth ePacifi cagainstJa-pan.Th eWarDepartmenth asan-nouncedth i sas i tspolicy.Mr.Smith i salsocreditedwithh avi ngmadeth estatementth ataSh i nto sh ri ne can be found i neveryJapaneseh ome.IbelieveIam ofJapaneseextraction,andmyparentswerenotCh ri sti ans,butIcantak easwornoath th atIdidnotseeany i nmy h ome.AndIh avevi si tedth ousandsofJapanese h omes i nth i scountry,both priortoth eoutbreak ofwarandsince evacuation,butIcancountth e h omes with Sh i ntosh ri nes upon myfingers. Mr.Smith maysay th atwh en th eJapaneseh eardth atIwascom-i ng,th eyconcealed th esh ri nes.Th eWRAsh ouldsendareporton th ereligi ousbeliefsofth ecenterresidentspreparedafteranexh austivestudybyth ecommuni-tyanalystsection.Ik now Mr.Smith won'tbelieye i tbutunbias-edpersonswill.Itbearsoutth estatementwemadei nSanFran-cisco priorto evacuation th atSh i ntoi sm doesnotplayan i m-portantparti nth elifeofth eJapanesei nth i scountry.Th i s i sparticularlytrueofStateSh i n-toismwh i ch i sth ebasisforem-perorworsh i p.How can i tbewh en th e Ni sei wouldnotsub-scribetoth ebeliefth atth eem-perori sdescendedfrom th esungoddess,Amaterasu0Mi k ami .Mr.LarrySmith usedtomak e

i ntelligentcomments wh en h efirststartedtomak eh i sbroad-casts.Buth e h asbecomemoreandmorerabid i nh i sstatements.Itwon'tbelongnowbefore h emak es h i mselfridi culous withsensationalstatements.Mildcon-coctionswillnotsatisfyandrep-eti ti onwillnotappealto h i m.Iti stoobadth atMr.Smith i streadingth ewayofallh i spred-ecessorsamongth e race-baiters.

Nisei Citi zensAndth eElectionsWe wonder h ow many Nisei

h ave registered to vote.Somemay h ave refrainedfrom doingso becauseth eydesiretoretainrth ei rresidence i nCalifornia.Butforth osewh oh averesettled,oneofth ebestmeanstobecameapartofth enew community i stogototh epollsandth erebypar-tici pate i n th e electionofth e,publicoffici als.Th e race-baiters'ofth eweat

coastareprimedtomak easu-premeefforttopassunfavorablelegislationagainstpersonsofJap-anese parentagemoth i scountry.Th erecentenactmentbyCongresswh i ch willpermitNisei to re-nounce th ei rAmerican citi zen-sh i pwh i le i nth i scountryduringwartimei sbeingconsideredasmild.Effortisgoingtobemadetotigh tenth i slaw soth atth e"no"answerswillserveasanactofexpatriati on.We areofth ebeliefth atsuch drasticretroactivelegislation i snotvalid;butj ustth e same, considerable pres-sure i sgoingtobeexerted.An-oth ermeasure i sgoingtobeth edeportationofallalienJapanesefromth i scountryafterth ewar.We h ave confidence th atth elargemajori tyofth eCongress-menaregoingtobefair-mi nded.Iti sgoinertobediffi culttocon-ceive ofany lawwh i ch woulddeportanyparentofloyalNiseisoldierswh oh asevi dencedh i spre-ferenceforth i scountry.Butth efactsmustbepresentedi nordertoreceivea j udgment.Iti sgoingtobe th e j obofeveryNisei tosh owth atth erace-baitereareso i mbuedwith h atredth atth ei r j udgment i s warped.Th i s i sabig j ob.Itmeansth atallourfriends mustunite i ncombatingalltypesofdiscri mi na-torylegislation.EveryNisei mustsh ow morei nteresti nth eelectionsandmak efri ends i norderth atth eymaybeabletodeliverth emessage andappealforfairplay.

CHRISTIANCHURCHLEADERSPLANNATIONALGROUPDENVER,Colo.— Groundworkfora nationalorganizati onofJapaneseCh ri sti an ch urch eswaslaidatopeningsessions ofani nterdenominati onal ch urch con-ference h eldJuly4to6atth eTrini tyMeth odi stch urch i nDen-yerandattendedbyseventymin-i stersfrom-th erelocationcentersandoth erareas.Incooperationwith th eProte»-tantCh urch Commissi onforJapa-neseService,th econferencemadeplansforreligi ouseducation i ncommuniti es wh ere considerablenumbersofJapanese Americansh averesettled.Th eRev.J.W.Yamazak i ,Epis-copalianmini sterfrom Ch i cago,wasch osen generalch ai rman ofth econference,replacingRev.K.UnouraofRock yFord.Th e i ntegration ofJapaneseAmericansi ntomembersh i pofth eCaucasianch urch esi sth eultimatei deal,accordingtoastatementofpolicyofth eHomeMissi onCoun-cil,andwh ereseparateJapanesech urch esareorganized,th eysh ouldoperateonani nterdenominati onalbasis,i twaadeclared.

Hawai i StudentWinsResearch PrizeHONOLULU,T.H.—.Th eDeanprizeforundergraduateresearchatth eUniversityofHawai i wasawardedth i s yeartoHaruyuk iKamemoto,seniori nth edepart-mentofagriculture.Kamemoto carried outa re-search projectwi th th eai mofpro-ducinganematode-resistantto-mato.

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MidwestHostelSponsoredByMeth odi stYouth GroupsCHICAGO,111.—Establish mentofa h ostelforJapaneseAmeri-«nsfromwarrelocationcentersinth efarm beltofth eMi ddleVesth asbeen madepossiblebycontributi ons from Meth odi styouth ,th e Ch ri sti an Advocate,Meth odi stweek ly,reportedh ere.Th econtributi ons h avebeenre-

ceivedsinceanappealwasi ssuedonApril14lastbySarah Steph en-son,Dallas,Tex.,ch ai rmanofth eCommitteeonth eJapaneseAmer-icanFundofth eNationalConfer-enceofth eMeth odi stYouth Fel-lowsh i p.AnnualConferenceyouth organ-

w»-i '■*»*«Btu*sntmovements,S"?-!Ioundation».distri ctandsubdistnct groups and local«S*B TJ>SCnti nmore «*«>$1,200 i npledgesandcash uptoJune1 wi th additi onalcontribi i rtionsbeingreceived dailysinceth en.Hopewas expressedth atth eh ostelcouldbe i noperationfor

th e startofth e h eavysummerfarmingseason.Th eh ostelplan,i twaspointedout,h asbeendescribedbyauth or-i ti esasoneofth ebestmeans"ofresettling Japanese Americansfromrelocationcamps.

Nisei atCaliforniaHospitalWillBeMovedtoWRACampSAN JOSE,Calif.— Tettero"Teddy".Hidak a, Gilroy-bornyouth ofJapaneseparentage,wh oh asbeenatth eSantaClaracoun-tyh ospi talsincebeforeth ePearlHarborattack ,willbeonh i swaytoth eHeartMountainrelocationcenteri nWyomingwith i nth enexttwoweek saccordingtoaletterreadtoth eBoardofSupervisorsonJuly5byCh ai rmanJoseph M.McKinnon.McKinnon h asbeen waginga

one-mancampaignforth eexpul-sionofHidak awh om h ech argedwaslivi ngi nan"apartment,"offth e"fatofth eland."Th e letterread by McKinnonwasfrom Vi ctorL.Furth ,deputyassistantdi rectorofth eWarRelo-cationAuth ori ty.Furth 'sletter,i nresponsetoonefromMcKinnondemandingremov-alofHidak a,said"wewouldh avebeengladtoconsiderth eremoval"ofHidak abutforarequestfromDr.Ch arlesL.lanne,formerh os-pitalstaffmember,th ath ebeper-mittedtoremain.McKinnonalsotook exceptionto

apublish edstatementofDr.Scar-borough ,presentch i efofth etu-berculosissection,th atth efeder-algovernment'spaymentoft>s3.7sforHidak a'smaintenanceatth eh ospi tali smoreth anth ecounty'scost McKinnondeclaredth ati t

coststh ecounty$5.16perdaytomaintai napatient.Atth e h ospi -tal,h owever,i twaspointedoutth atHidak a i snotapatient,andh asnotbeenforsometime.Th eonlycosth asbeenforh i sboard,andth esupervisor'ssalaryordin-anceset$45amonth asth ecostofh ospi talattach e'sboard,asumwh i ch i seasilymetbyth e$3.75dailypaidforHidak a'smainten-ancebyth efederalgovernment.Inadditi on,i twasstatedatth e

h ospi talth atHidak ah asnotbeenpaidforh i swork asa"laboratoryapprentice"andth ati th asbeenofconsiderablevaluei nsavi ngth etimeofth eregularlyappointedlaboratorytech ni ci an.

BoiseValleyWinsBaseballTournamentAtJACLBazaarNAMPA,Idah o—Th eBoiseVal-leyAll-Starbaseballteam wona tournamenth eld July4 i nconjunctionwith th eJACLFourthofJulyBazaarh eldatth eCald-wellWFAcamp.Teamspartici pati ngi nth etour-namentwereth e AdrianFSA,CaldwellWFAandth eAll-Stars.Th e All-Stars wereawardedaplaque.Tournamentch ai rmanwasBun-nyNak agawaofth eWFAcamp.Approximately1200personsat-tendedth ebazaar,wh i ch wasanall-dayaffair,accordingto th ech ai rman,SoyaSagami.Committeech ai rmanforth eba-zaarwereRinaFuk uda,Jim Fu-k uda,BunnyNak agawa,Kiyosh iOk umotoandManabuYamada.Halfofth eproceedsofth econ-

cessionswereturnedovertoth eWFAcampsch oolfund.

198AcceptedforArmyInductionatCentralUtah CampTOPAZ,Utah —AsofJune30,198outof263Topazresidentscalled forpreinduction ph ysi calexaminati ons were accepted formili taryservice,th eTimesreport-edrecently.Twenty-oneofth emenh aveal-

readybeencalledforactiveduty,wh i leforty-sixmore h avebeenorderedtoreportforinduction.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToM?-andMrs.Iwah ash i (9--1OtA»Rlvers)»boyonJune30.loMr.andMrs.Iguch i (20-7-B,Rivers)aboyonJuly1.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyomi Nish i -ok a (21-7-F,HeartMountain)agirlonJuly2.ToMr.andMrs.MitsuoNak a-mura (1-9-E,HeartMountain)aboyonJuly3.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i gej i roSak a-guch i (20-4-D,HeartMountain)agirlonJuly4.ToMr.andMrs.Masayuk i Ta-maya(20-21-A,HeartMountain)aboyonJuly4.ToMr.andMrs.Motoj i Wak a-sa(8-9-D,HeartMountain)agirlonJuly5.ToMr.and Mrs.MinoruOk a-

moto(11-6-D,Poston)agirlonJune21.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeFuj i -wara(46-6-A,Poston)agirlonJune22.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSada-

yosh i Fuj i i (27-13-D,Poston)aboyonJune25.ToMr.andMrs.Tak useHagio(44-10-B,Poston)agirlonJune

To Mr.andMrs.FredMatsu-moto(3818-F,TuleLak e)aboyonJune26.ToMr.andMrs.NobuoKawa-moto(1704-A,TuleLak e)aboyonJune27.ToMr.andMrs.Masayosh i Ot-

suk a(5905-AB,TuleLak e)aboyonJune27.ToMr.andMrs.RobertIk egami(3614-C,TuleLak e)aboy onJune28.To Mr.and Mrs.BunzaburoKoyama (1794-A,TuleLak e)agirlonJune28.ToMr.andMrs.Saimatsu No-mura(2706-D,TuleLak e)agirlonJune28.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i k oOk a-moto(5817-A,TuleLak e)aboyonJune28.ToMr.andMrs.KazumaTak a-ta(3117-D,TuleLak e)aboyonJune29.ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raYasuda(7703-1, TuleLak e)agirlonJuly1.loMr.andMrs.Masamori Ueda(2503-B,TuleLak e)aboyonJuly2.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Sak i ta

(2607-C,Tule Lak e)aboyonJuly2.ToMr.andMrs.Hisatosh i Ta-mari buch i (1114-D,TuleLak e)aboyonJuly2.To Mr.andMrs.TadaoRayHara(309-4-B,Poston)agirlonJune30.ToMr.aridMrs.Joh nHayash i(208-13-A,Poston)aboyonJune27.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i ngoroTsuda(54-3-D,Poston)aboyonJune27.ToMr.andMrs.SusumuGus

Kinosh i ta (326-13-F, Poston) agirlonJune27.ToMr.andMrs.Teruj i Uyeda(326-1-B,Poston)agirlonJune27.

DEATHSInfantdaugh terofMr.andMrs.

TatsuoTanamach i ofPostononJuly1.SentaroKato,Block 323,Poston,

onJune28.Dai taroToye,8,onJuly6 atRoh wer.HayazoSh i i ni zu,71,onJuly8atRoy,Utah .Ch ogoro Murata,63,(3713-A,TuleLak e)onJune28.YaozoHitomi ,43,(3514-A,TuleLak e)onJuly2.Kumi h ach i Yamok a,77,(9-5-A,Rivers)onJune29.Sh i ntaro Tak ash i ma (32-1-B,

Rivers)onJune21.Toru Sh i bata, 13, (22-19-C,HeartMountain)i nJuly1.Sh i gemaTh omasKato,41,(6-

-21-E,HeartMountain)onJuly6.

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Nisei VeteranHopesforCh anceToVisi tHawai iCLEVELAND,Oh i o— AJapa-neseAmerican soldier,woundedi nactionduringwinterfigh ti ngwith th ecrack 100th InfantryBat-talioni nth emountainsofItaly,i sawaiti nganoperationon h i sback atCrileGeneralHospitali nCleveland,th ePressreportedre-cently.Th ei nj uredsoldier,Pvt.RobertAok i ,26,wh oseh omei satAieanearHonolulu,h opesth eoperationwillenable h i m,with th earmy'spermissi on,togoh ometoHawai ionafurlough ."Iti sn'tth esamei nHawai i asi nCalifornia.Ourpeoplei nth ei slands h aven'tbeenplacedunderrestricti ons.Sosomeofourboysh avebeenpermittedtoflyh omeon21-dayfurlough s,"Pvt.Aok isai d.Hei sth efi rstJapaneseAmeri-cantobetreatedatCrile.Hi sstayh asbeenmademorepleasantbyJapaneseAmericanresidents i nCleveland,th ePressreported.

Mt.OlympusJACLHoldsMeetingMeetingatth eJensenh omeonJuly1,th eMt.Olympusch apterofth eJACLenjoyedaprogramofentertainment,wh i ch i ncludedabask etballmovie,musicalnum-bersandcommunitysi ngi ng."Olympia,"anewspaperpubli-

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ROHWER,Ark .—DaitaroToye,8,ofRoh werdi edh ereonJuly6sh ortlyafterh ewasrunoverbyatruck i nth efirstfataltrafficaccidentatth ecenter,accordingtoth eRoh werOutpost.Th eboyh adapparentlyclimbedontoth etruck andh ad j umpedorfallenoffasth ecarstartedtoback away,saidth eOutpost,andwasrunover.Th eunconsciousboywastak eni mmedi atelytoth e h ospi talbutdiedsoonafterofah eadi nj ury.

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BOSTON,Mass.—Aswari nth ePacifi c reach es evercloser toJapanandth epossibi li tyofat-tack onth ewestcoastgrowscon-sequentlymoreremote,th erearei ndi cati onsofalesseningofth ebitterness,suspici on and h atredonce directed atAmericansofJapanese ancestry, Rodney L.Brink ,Californiacorrespondentofth eCh ri sti anScienceMonitorde-clared i nanarticlepublish edonJuly5.Th eMonitorarticlepointedtoth eactionofth erecentencamp-mentofth e CaliforniaDepart-ment,VeteransofForeignWars,wh i ch wasfacedwith th ei ssueofaresolutionadvocatingaperman-entbanagainstth ereturntoCal-i forni a ofevacuees ofJapaneseancestry.AfterbeingremindedbyJ.R.Klawans,ch ai rmanofth estate-wideresolutionscommittee,th atmany h undredsofJapaneseAmericansarenowservingover-seas,th eencampmentturneddownth eproposalofth eLomitaVFWpostforpermanentexclusion.Mr.Brink alsocitedth erecentactionofth eSouth ernCalifornia-Arizona Meth odi st Conferencewh i ch adoptedunanimouslyareso-lutiontorestoretoloyalpersonsofJapaneseancestryth erigh ttoreturntoevacuatedareasassoonasth emili tarysituationmak essuch amovefeasible. ,"Oth erevidence ofa slowlych angi ngattitudetowardAmeri-canJapanesewh oh ave,noblotofdisloyaltyagainstth ei rrecordsi slesstangible,"Mr.Brink noted,"beingrath ernegativeth anposi-tive.Formerblastsofeditori alandpoliti calopini onwh i ch foratimewerealmostconstant,andwh i ch reach ed h eatedcrescendoswh eneveranydiffi cultyoccurredatth eJapaneserelocationcamps,aremuch lessnumerous now,muchlessvi olent."Th eMonitorcorrespondentalso

presentedlatestinformation onrelocation ofevacuees gleanedfrom atalk beforeth e InstituteonInternationalRelationsatMillsCollegerecentlybyOttisPeterson.Pacifi c i ntermountaindi rectorofth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty.

SalinasCh amberHearsReporton"JapaneseQuestion"SALINAS,Calif.—Areportonth e"Japanesequestion"byE.M.Seifert,Jr.,andDeanLaceyfea-turedameetingofth eboardofdirectorsofth eSalinasCh amberofCommercelastweek .Th eSalinasCh amberh asbeenaleadingadvocateofrestricti veactionagainstpersonsofJapaneseancestry.

FINALRITESHELDFORNISEIATCAMPSAVAGECAMPSAVAGE,Minn.— Fun-

eralserviceswere h eldonJune26forPfc.Yosh i tak aKataok aofHak alu,Hawai i ,wh o drowned i nLak eMinnetonk aduringastormonJune4.PostCh aplainWilcoxconductedth eservicei nth eauditori um.Th eri tes were attended by manyfriendsofth edeceased.Pfc.Kataok awas22yearsof

ageatth eti meofh i suntimelydeath .Hewasth esecondsonofMr.andMrs.KaunaKataok aofHak alu,Hawai i .Hedrownedwh enh edovei ntoth elak etoretrieveanoarth ath adfallenintoth ewaterwh enh eandh i sfriends,twooth erserv-i cemenfrom CampSavage,wereoutrowing.Th ough desperateat-temptsweremadeby h i sfriendstorescue h i m,th estorm wh i chcameuponth elak eatth attimemadesuch assi stance i mpossible.HisbodywasrecoveredonJune

21,17daysafterth etragedy.Afterth eservice i ncampth e

remains,accompaniedbyamili -taryh onorescort,wereremovedtoth eU.S.Armynationalceme-teryatFortSnelling,Minn.Avol-leyofsh otswerefiredasth elastritesweresaid—th epartingtrib-utetoanAmericansoldier.Pfc.Kataok ah adbeeni nductedi ntoth eU.S.ArmyonJan.31944.

CampSavageHoldsWarBondRally

CAMPSAVAGE,Minn.— Inaresponse-th atfarexceededth eex-pectations,mili taryand civi li anpersonnelatCampSavagetook upagoodsh areofth eCampSavagequotaatth eWarBondrallyonJune28 i nth eauditori um.Bob DeHaven,announcerandentertainerfromWCTN i nMinne-apolisandSt.Paul,actedasmas-terofceremoniesforth eprogramwh i ch was given i n connectionwith th eauctioni ngofvaluableprizesto warbond,purch asers.Manyprominententertainersfromth eTwinCiti estook parti nth eprogram.Afterth eprogram,i t-wasan-

nouncedth atth erallyh adresult-edli nmoreth anh alfofth ecamp'squotaofbondsbeingsold.

25Nisei CalledToActiveDuty

i CHICAGrO— Twenty-fiveJapa-neseAmericanswh owerei nductedi ntoth earmyi nMaywerecalledtoactivedutyonJuly7,reportingatFortSh eri dan,Illinoi s.Th eare:MinoruEndow,KazuoIwak i ,Kenneth H.Hirami ,TomN.Nish i moto, Sumi Ok ubo, andHarryH.Yasuk awa,Detroit;Har-oldS.Harada,IsaoHasama,La-verneM.Kurah ara,TadaoMura-k ami ,DonH.Sh i i rak i ,KazuoSh i -mizu,GeorgeJ.Sh i gasawara,At-sush i Tak ata,Kiyomi Toi,NobuoTomita,and Teruo Yamash i ta,Ch i cago:Ri ch ardY.Kimura,Ken-osh a, Wis.; Tak ao J.Koj i ma,Waterford.Mich .:RoyM.Maeda,Peoria,111.;KarlT.Nish i mura,Masaj i Sak emi ,andKenzaburoWada,Milwauk ee,Wis.;Hirosh iYak ura,Clark svi lle, Mich .;andRich ard M. Yamaok a, HarborSprings,Mich .

South ernSch oolInvitesNiseiGirlStudentsDENVER,Colo.—H.G.Willi am-

son,deanofWoodJuniorCollege,Math ewson,Missi ssi ppi ,announc-edanopen i nvi tati ontotwoniseigirlstudentstoattendth ecollegeonsch olarsh i psfrom th esch ool,accordingtowordreceivedfromRev.TaroGotoandDr.F.H.Smith . ,,.Tuiti onwouldbepaidandlivi ng

expensescouldbework edout,ac-cording to i nformation received.Th edesireofth esch ooli stoh aveth eni sei partici patei nstudiesandactivi ti esonth ecampusandi nth ecommunitytoacquaintth etowns-peoplewi th personsofJapaneseancestry. Th i scollegeofliberalartsi ssponsoredbyth ewomensdivi si onofth eMeth odi stch urch .Applicati onswi llbereceivedby

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HeartMountainFarm Work erSh otAccidentallyHEARTMOUNTAIN, Wyo.—GeorgeYamasak i ,,41,aseasonalwork erfrom .HeartMountainwh oi semployednearCowley,wasac-cidentallysh otonJuly6byJulianFrost,well-k nownBigHorncoun-tyfarmer.Frostwasonabirdh untatth etimeofth eaccident.Surgeonsperformedanemer-gencyoperationonYamasak i wh owas h i tonh i sleftsidebyabul-let.Avisi tbyFrosttoHeartMoun-tain,bringi ng-anumberofYama-sak i 'sfellow work erswith h i m,dispelledreportsth atth eevacueeh adbeensh otfromambush .Frostexplainedth e accidentto Mrs.Yamasak i and offered a bloodtransfusioni fth esurgeonth ough ti tnecessary.Frosttoldlocaloffici als h edidnotk nowh eh adwoundedanyoneuntilth eafternoonofth esh oot-i ngwh enh ewas i nCowleyandstruck upaconversationwith oneofYamasak i 'sfri ends.Frosti m-mediately contacted th e deputysh eri ffandexplainedh eh adbeensh ooti ngblack bi rdsonth emorn-i ngofJuly6andth atth erewasali k eli h oodth atash otmigh th avegoneastray.Hewasusinga.22calibrerifle, and Yamasak i wasreportedlysh otwith a.22bullet.Itwas stressedth atoffici alsandwork erswh owerewith Yama-sak i atth etimeofth esh ooti ngareconvincedth ati twasacciden-tal.

TitusNamedHeadOfCinci nnati WRACLEVELAND,O.— HarryEl-wood Titus,56-year-old formerMeth odi stpastorwh o until h ecametoWRA wasactivelyen-gagedi nreligi ous,socialandedu-cationalactivi ti esforth eDayton,Oh i o,Ch urch Federation,h asbeenappointedRelocation Officer i nch argeofth eCinci nnati di stri ctoffice,RobertM.Cullum,Cleve-landareasupervisorannounced,recently.

NISEISTUDENTNAMED"WILDBILL"ATDAKOTASCHOOL

MITCHELL, S.D.—OliverTa-k ai ch i ,an evacuee studentfromth e HeartMountain relocationcenter,was elected "Wild BillHick ok "recentlybystudentsofDak otaWesleyanforth ei ryear-book ,Th eTumbleweed.Th eselectionwasmadeonth ebasisofsch olarsh i p,personalityandpartici pati on i nsch oolactivi -ti es. . -Tak ai ch i ,aformerresidentoiSan Jose,Calff.,wassoph omoreclasspresidentandamemberofth eWesleyanbask etballteam.Hisparents,Mr.andMrs.Peter

M.Tak ai ch i ,recentlyrelocated i nSt.Paul,Minn.

HillcrestGroupPublish esMagazine"Th eTime,"asixteenpagemi-

meograph edbook let,wasrecentlypublish edbyJapaneseAmericanpatientsatth eHillcrestSanator-i umatLaCrescenta,California.Th ebook letincludesmessagesfrom th estaff,anarticleontu-berculosis,personalstoriesofth epatientsandstaff,andnewsofvisi tors.HillcrestSanatorium,previouslyaprivate h ospi tal,wasvacatedforJapaneseAmericanssufferingfromtuberculosisi nMarch ,1942,andcameundercountymanage-ment.Atpresent126patientsareatth esanatorium.

GeorgeNak amuraAwardedDegreeCHICAGO—George Nak amura,formerly ofSacramento, Cali-fornia,recentlyreceivedth e de-greeofbach elorofartsfrom Ad-raincollegei nAdrian,Mich i gan.During h i s yeari nth atinsti -tuti on h e partici pated i n manyactivi ti esandh eldanumberofi mportantpositi ons.

AliensMovedFromStock adeAtTuleLak e26SenttoEnemyAlienInternmentCampsbyWRA

WASHINGTON— SecretaryofInteriorIck esdisclosedonJuly8th at26alienswh otook parti nth edi sturbanceslastNovemberatth eTuleLak esegregationcenterh avebeentransferredduringth elastth reemonth stoenemyalien i n-ternmentcampsunderj uri sdi cti onofth eDepartmentofJustice.Allaliens h avenow been re-

movedfrom th estock adeareaatTuleLak e,alth ough agroupof25citi zensofth eUnitedStates,wh oarenoteligi blefortransfertoi nternmentcamps,sti llremain.Afterth edi sturbanceonNov.4,

atotalof111aliensand229citi -zens,suspectedofcomplici tyi nth eoutbreak ,wereremovedfromth eresidentialareaofth esegre-gationcampandconfined i nth estock ade,Ick essaid.Mostofth e"citi zens"weremen wh o wereborni nth eUni tedStates,butwh oh avereceived a majorpartofth ei rsch ooli ngi nJapan.

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