PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.31;NO.26 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,DECEMBER 30, 1950 Pri ce:Tencents

HopeFadesforPassageofWalterMeasure

ByI.H.GORDON

SeeLittleCh anceofSenateActiononHouse-PassedBillBeforeEndofSpecialSession

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Virtuallyallch ancestorpassage01th eWalterNaturalizati onbi llth i sspecialsession endedwh enth eSenateadjournedlastFridayafternoonuntilJan.2,Mi k eMasaok a,nationallegislativedirectorofth eJACLAnti-Di scri m-nation Committee,declaredon Dec.27.

Congresswasorigi nallyexpectedtoconsiderextensionofth ePresident'swarpowerlastweek ,butwh enSen.RobertA.Taft(R.,Oh i o),ch ai rmanofth eRepublicanPolicyCommittee,objectedto i tsconsiderationuntilth enew82nd CongressconvenesonJan.3,th eSenatedecidedtoadjournuntilJan.2.Tok enmeetings,h owever,willbeh eldonTuesdayandFridayi nac-cordance with th e Senaterulesth atrequiresessionstobe h eldatleasteveryth reedays.Duringth esetok enmeetingsnobusinesswillbeconducted.Th e Presidentprotemporewillsimplycallth emeetingstoorderandth enauto-maticallyrecessth em asprovidedinth eSenateagreement.OnJan.2nd,wh enth eSenatei s

.sch eduledto h old i tsfi nalexecu-tivesessionofth e81stCongress,lastFriday'sagreementbetweenth eDemocratsandRepublicanswillli mi tconsiderationonlytoconfer-encereportsonataxbill,supple-mentalappropriati onsforth efi s-calyear,andci vi li andefense."Onlyi fth eSenatefindsti me

nextTuesdayto consideri tsregularcalendarwilli tbepossi-bleto h aveth eWalternatural-i zati on bi llconsidered beforeth enew Congressmeets,"Ma-saok asai d."Eventh en,unlesswecanfindsomeway i nwh i chtopersuadeSenatorRusselltowith draw h i s objecti onstoth ebill,equality i n naturalizati onforourparentswillbepostponedatleastuntilth enew Congressmeets,"h eadded.Onth reepreviousoccasions,th elastonDec.15,SenatorRich ardB.Russell(D.,Ga.),objectedtopassageofth e WalterNatural-i zati onbi llonth eunanimouscon-sentcalendar.Alth ough h edeclar-

Ed th atth ereasonforh i sobjec-tioni sh i sfearth attreatymer-ch antsandoth ersi nth i scountryonatemporarybasiswouldbeal-lowedtobecomenaturalizedciti -zensunderth i slegislation,veteranSenateobserversbelieveth atth eGeorgia senator'srealobjecti onsaiefoundedonh i straditi onalandwell-k nown antagonism to civi lrigh ts andracialequalitymea-sures.SenatorRussell,asth eac-k nowledged leaderofth eDixi e-cratsInCongress,couldbeexpect-edtoobjecttoanyci vi lrigh tsbillwh i ch h asth ePresident'sendorse-ment,th eseobserverssay."Everyeffortwillbemadeto

h aveth i snaturalizati onbillcon-sidered andpassednextTues-day,"Masaok aannounced,"butth e ch ancesare verymuchagainstus. IfSenators Lu-cas and McCarranwillreallydemonstratesomeleadersh i p i nth i smatter,we migh th ave ach ance.Ifth eydo not,ourch ancesarepracticallynil,forth eSenatewilltrytoresistanyattempttoaddtoth eagenda,onth atfi naldayforfearofopen-i ng th eflood gatesth ath avebeen bottling up h undredsofoth erbi llsstillpendingonth eSenatecalendar."Jfth enaturalizati onbi llisnot

actedliponnextTuesday,i twi llh avetobere-introducednextses-sion i nth enew 82nd Congress,wh erei tmustbeappiovedbybothth eHoi seand Senatebefore i tcan gotvth ePresidentforh i ssignature.

ReportCh i cagoUniversityPressDi rectorLosesPostOverBook AboutEvacution

Couch LaysDismi ssaltoRefusaltoHoldUpPublicati onof"AmericansBetrayed"atRequestof'UniversityofCaliforniaOffici alsCHICAGO—Willi amT.Couch ,directorofth eUni versityof

Ch i cagoPress,said lastweek h e h adbeendismi ssedfrom h i sj obforrefusingaUniversityofCaliforniarequestto h olduppublicati on ofabook aboutth emassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfrom th ePacifi ccoasti n 1942.Ch i cagouniversityoffici als,wh i leack nowledgingth efact

th atth eUniversityofCalifornia h adrequestedth atth ebooknotbepublish ed,expresseddoubtth ati taffectedCouch 's j ob.Th e controversycenteredoverI'■AmericansBetrayed,"abook byMorton Grodzinswh i ch describesth epoliti caland economicpress-uresbeh i nd th e massevacuationi nwh i ch moreth an110,000 Japa-neseAmericanswerei nvolved i n1942.Grodzins,now assistantprofes-sorofpoliti calscienceatth eUni-versityofCh i cago,work edasaresearch assi stantonth eJapaneseAmericanwartimerelocationprob-lematth eUniversityofCaliforniafrom 1942to 1945andlaterusedth esamematerialfor h i sdoctorofph i losoph yth esi s.Couch ,one ofth enation'sout-standing figures i n universitypublish i ng,was dismi ssedfromh i spostlastmonth .Nei th erCh an-cellorRobertM.Hutch i nsorth euniversitymadeapublicstatementofth ereasonwh yCouch wasfired.JamesA.Cunningh am,vice-pres-i dentofth esch ool,saidth erea-sonswere"private."Th ePublish er'sWeek ly,,national

book trade j ournal,carriedano-ticei ndi cati ngth ebeliefofleadersi nth eprofessionth atth e i ssueofacademicfreedom wasi nvolvedi nth edi smi ssalofCouch .Itwasreportedh ereth atth eUniversityofCh i cagowasask ednottopublish th ebook atth etime i twasconsideri ngi tspub-licati on.Th erequestfrom th eUniversity ofCalifornia wasbasedonth egroundth atGro-dzins h adnoproprietaryrigh ttoth ematerialh eh adgath eredwh i lework i ngwi th th eEvacu-ation and ResettlementStudyh eaded byDr.Doroth yTh omasatth eUniversityofCalifornia.Giodzi ns reportedly counteredwith th ech argeth ath eh adentei"-ed th eCali forniaresearch projectwith th e understanding th ath ewouldwri teh i sPh .D.th esi swithth e material.Inth eensuingcontroversy,le-

Kalopini onssubstantiatedth epo-siti ontak enbyth eUniversityofCh i catroPressth rough i tsdirector

Ai k enDoubtsBook InvolvedInCouch OusterBERKELEY,Calif.—Th epresentdirectorofth eUniversityofCali-fornia'sEvacuationandResettle-mentStudyofJapaneseAmericansexpresseddoubtth i sweek th atth epublicati onof"AmericansBetray-ed"byMortonGrodzi.ns h adanyth i ngtodowith th edi smi ssalofWi lli am T.Couch asdirectorofth eUniversityofCh i cagoPress.

ProfessorCh arles Ai k en saidth eUniversityofCalifornia"ob-j ectedtoth epublicati onofGrod-zi ns'book becauseth emateriali ni twasnoth i s,butth atofalargerprivatelyendowedstudywh i ch fac-ultymembersarestillpreparingforpublicati on.""WecertainlyrequestedCh i cagonottopublish th i sbook ,"h eadd-ed. "Itwaspublish ed,h owever,butso longbefore Couch 's dis-mi ssalth atIdoubtth atth ebook 'spublicati oncould h a,ve been th ecause."Th eUCstudy h asproducedonebook to date,"Th eSpoilage,"astudyofrenunciantsatth eTuleLak esegregationcenterbyDoroth yTh omas and Rich ard Nish i moto.Asecondbook ,"Th eSalvage,"astudyofevacuees i nCh i cagoandoth erresettlementareaswassch ed-uledforpublicati onbyth eUniver-sityofCaliforniaPressi n1949buth adnotappearedtodate.

WinsSilverStarTOKYO—Th eArmy'sSilverStarforh eroi sm i nactioni nKoreah asbeenawardedtoPfc.Tak esh i Fu-j i taofKauai,T.H.Pfc.Fuj i tai snowlistedasmiss-i np i naction.

ReportNisei GlMayBeOneOfMassacredWarPrisonersLOS ANGELES—Th egrimtaleofanAmericanparatroopoutfitth atcame upon th e massacredbodiesof75AmericanPOWsnearSunch on i stoldbyCpl.OliverT.Ginoza i nalettertoth efami lyofSgt.RobertM.Sh i ndo,listedasmissi ngi nactioni nKorea,i nth eRafuSh i mpo.Cpl.Ginoza, i ntelligenceNCOwith th e7th army,waswith com-batparatroopersth atj umpednearSunch ononOct.20 i nth erecap-tureofth atcity."Wh i lewedroppedbyparach uteonth e20th at2:20p.m.,Robertwas stillalive with 100 oth erAmericanprisonersofwar,"Cpl.wnoza'slettersaid.He said th ati nterrogationofNoth Koreanprisonersdisclosedth eAmericanswere h eldprisoner"yemilesnorth ofth ecity.*_ AftercapturingSunch onabout'=20p.m.,Italk edtoGen.Kirn»ntosendingh i smentoth etunnel,welocationth atwasgivenasth e

areaofAmericanPOWs.

"Onth emorningofth e21st,th ei ntelligenceandreconnaisancemenofth e7th ROKregimentofth e6thdi vi si onfound75mensh oti ncoldblood,massacred by 14 NorthKoreanguards.Th eyallescapedtoth e mountainsaftersh ooti ngour i nnocentU.S.prisonersofwar,"Cpl.Ginozasaid.Th emajori tyofth eAmericansh adbeencapturedbetweenJuly31andAug.20andrescueoperationsbegan i nlateOctoberwh enGen.MacArth ursentmoreth an4,000paratroopersfrom Kimpoairfi eldtocutofffleeingNorth Koreanforcesnorth ofPyongyang."Amassburialceremonytook

placeonth e22ndabout2:30p.m.nearth esceneofth emassacretunnelareaoverlook i ngth e h i llsideandvalleynorth ofSunch on,"Cpl.Ginozasaid.Hi sletterenclosedpersonalef-fectsofth eone-timePresidi oofofMontereylanguagesch oolstu-dentwh orejoi nedth eserviceafterh i ssti nti nWorldWar11,th eRafuSh i mposaid.

NominateFi rstNisei NavyPilotForCommissi onWASHINGTON,D.C.—JoeL.Ak agi ,22,anativeofTexas,h asbeennominatedto be anavalaviati onensignandi sbe-lievedtobeth efi rstNisei evercommissi onedasapiloti nth enavy,th e JACLAnti-Di scri m-i nati onCommitteereportedi astweek .Ak agi i s attach edto th enavy'sPacifi cfleet.Navalpublici nformation i nWash i ngtonsaidh ewastransferredtoSanDiegoi n Octoberaftercompletingfli gh ttraini ng atPcnsacola,Fla.Hei sth esonofMr.andMrs.TorataAk agi ofSh eldon,Tex.HewasgraduatedfromJeffer-son Davis h i gh sch ool i nSh eldon and attended TexasA&Mfortwoyearswh ereh ewasamemberofth eNavyRe-serveOfficersTraini ngCorps.

ReportNiseiKilled,Th reeHurti nKoreaWASHINGTON,D.C. — One

Ni sei GIwasreported k i lled i naction i nKorea andth reeoth erswerereportedwounded i ncasual-ti es announcedduring th e pastweek byth eDefenseDepartment.

Killedi nActionPvt.SeisoNak ama,broth erofMrs.MarieMunk ,6 South 6thSt.,Fulton,N.Y.(Previouslyre-portedmissi ngi naction.)

Wounded i nActionCpl.Roy S.Sh i raga,sonofMrs.Komach i Sh i raga,418WestTrentAlley,Spok ane,Wash .Sgt.HarryHitosh i YosKiok a,broth erofMissMi dori Yosh i ok a,Spreck lesville,Maui,T.H.FirstLieut.Willi am S.Oda,

h usbandofMrs.Esth erR.Oda,986South KenmoreSt.,LosAn-geles.

NISEISERGEANTKILLEDINJAPANWHILEHUNTINGTOKYO—Sgt.Yuk i oHash i moto,

29,ofAnaleh u,Kauai,T.H.,vvasfatallywoundedrecentlyi nah unt-i ngaccidenti nMi k une,Fuk ui pre-fecture.Sgt.Hash i motowassh otwh enanoth ermemberofth e h unti ng-partystumbled,accidentallydis-ch argi ngh i ssh otgun. Th ech argeenteredSgt.Hash i moto'sback andh edi edafewh ourslater.An i nvestigati onofth eaccidenti snowunderwaybyoccupationauth ori ti es.Th eGIi ssurvivedbyasister,

Grace,i nTok yoandbyh i sparentsi nAnaleh u.

PassesStateBarSANTAPAULA,Calif.—NagaoFuj i taofSantaPaulawasamongmoreth an500personswh owerenotifi edlastweek th atth ey h adpassedth e CaliforniaStateBarexaminati onwh i ch wasgivenlastOctober.

NameNisei VeteranAsCourtBaili ffHONOLULU—RoyT. Hatak e-

nak a,30,aveteranofth e 100thInfantryBattalion,wasappointedasbaili ffofth eseconddi vi si onofth eU.S.Ci rcui tCourti nHawai irecentlyuponth erecommendationofJudgeCh uch Mau.Th efiveoth erci rcui tcourtj us-

ticesconcurredwith JudgeMau'srecommendation ofHatak enak a.

UrgeMGMtoHoldPremieresOf442ndFilm i nTwoCiti esWash i ngton,HonoluluSh owi ngsSuggestedByMi k eMasaok a

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerth i s week wasurgedto h oldsimultaneousworldpremieresofth e motionpicture"GoforBrok «,"a storyofth eNi sei Glsofth efamed442ndReg-i mentalCombatTeam,i nHonoluluandWash i ngton,D.C.Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,i nletterstoDoreSenary,MGM vicepresi-denti nch argeofproduction,andRobertPirosh ,writer-directorofth efi i m,wrote:"Ifeelth atboth ci ti eswould

bei dealforpremieres,Honolulubecausesomanyofth e442ndmencamefrom Hawai i andth eregiment i sveryclosetoth epeople ofth e territory,andWash i ngtonbecauseth emotionpicturei sabrilli antlessoni nde-mocracy,andwh erebuti nth enation'scapitalsKould such afilm h avei tsfi rstsh owi ng?"Mr.Masaok asai dh ek nowsth e

peopleofHawai i areanxioustoh aveapremiereofth efi lm th ere,andh avebeenconductinga cam-paignto h aveth i sfi rstsh owi ngi nHonolulu.Abouth alfth emenofth e442nd

were Hawai i ans,Mr. Masaok asaid.Todayth e442ndRegiment,Reserves,i slocated i nHawai i .Inadditi on,mostofth efeaturedNisei actorsi nth efi lmareactual-ly 442ndveteransfromHawai i .Th i s i sprobablyth efi rstfilmevermadewh i ch featuressomanyHawai i anactors.

"Ifeelth ateveryeffortsh ould.be madeto h ave apremieresh ewi ngi nth ei slands."Ofcourse,becausesomany

menofth e 442nd werealsofrom th e mainland,th ere i snaturallyatremendouspride i nth eoutfitamongth epeople i nth estates.Th us,Ifeeli tentire-lyappropriatetoh aveth epre-mieresi nboth places."AsIsaid,th efi lm i satre-

mendouslesson i ndemocracy.Itportraysth eNi sei asth eyreallywere,menwh oloveandli veanddieth esameasanyoth erAmer-i cans."Itwouldbemagnifi centi fa

premiereofth efi lmwereh eldi nWash i ngton, especiallywh ere somanyCongressmenand h i gh gov-ernmentoffici alswoulfj see,asi treallywas,th etruepictureofth e442nd andth emenwh o made i tup."Apremiere i nth i scitywould

h aveasalutaryeffect, too,uponth ose leadersofournation i nwh ose h ands th e futureofHa-wai i mustlie,"h eadded.Nodateh asyetbeenannouncedforreleaseofth efi lm.Onlyth e mostgeneraldetailsofth estory h avebeenannounced.Th e feature fi lm stars Van

Joh nsonandh i sexperienceswitha platoonofGlsfrom traini ngth rough combat.Th e cli maxofth estory i sth ebi tterfigh tofth e442nd i n i tsrescueofth e"LostTexasBattalion."Mr.Masaok a,wh o work edon

th efi lm asa specialconsultant,saidth estoryparallelscloselyth eh i stori calfactsofth e 442nd.

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RedTapeFrustratesHopeOfSpeedingAdjudi cati onOfClaimsforEvacueeLosses

SlowSpeedAh ead:

(Th eauth orofth i sarti cleh asbeen i nclosecontactwithth e JusticeDepartment'sadjudi cati on ofclaimsofJapaneseAmericanevacueesforlossessustained i nth emassevacuationof1942.)

Los Angeles"Toomuch talk ..Too much paper..No good..Needone

man..Signch eck ,"anold i mpati entIssei manwasreportedtoh avesaidafterh e h adath reeh ourh eari ngand h adfi lled i nnumerousgovernmentalformswh i le h avi ngh i sevacuationclaimprocessed.

Toth elaymanth eredoesseem tobeanoveremph asi son"redtape"byth egovernmentaloffici als i nch argeofth eevac-uationclaimsprogram.Iti sdi ffi cultforh i m toseewh atatre-mendousundertak i ng th eevacua-1tionclaimsprojrram i s.Eventh eexpertssuch asDillonMyer,form-erWarRelocationAuth ori tyh ead,d!ci notfullycompreh endth escopeoflosseswh i ch th eJapaneseboreattils timeofevacuation.MyerstatedbeforeaCongressionalCom-mi tteeth atth elossesofth eJap-anesewereapproximately$10mil-liondollars.Eventh ough an ex-perth emi ssedth etotalbybetterth an $100milli ondollars.

Itcan now bereportedth erewere24,409 claimsfi led

'underth eact.Th eseclaimsto-taled $131,949,176.68.Claimswerereceivedbyth eDepartmentofJusticefrom everystate i nth eImanexceptMaine,Rh odeIsland,South CarolinaandTen-nessee.Th e leading statesonth enumberofclaimsfi ledwere:California, 16,578;Wash i ngton,1,807;Illinoi s,1,1712;Oregon,698;Colorado,541;Utah ,426;NewYork ,300;Oh i »,247;NewJersey,225;Mich i gan,189,Ida-h o,178;andoth erstatesrang-i ngfromoneclaim to150.Asi defrom th estateswere33claimsfrom Alask a,43 from th eDis-tri ctofColumbia, 601 claimsfromHawai i ,onefromFormosaand 46from Japan.From th esestatisti cswecande-

duceth atalmosteveryfamilywh owasevacuated i n 1942fi ledforth ei rlosses.Actuallyfrom th esefigures i tcanbesaidth atth eas-certaini ngofth e losses i ncurredandproperadjudi cati onofth eseevacuationclaimsareasgreatorevenagreateradmini strativepro-j ectth an th eevacuationi tself.Ofth e24,409claimsfi ledunder

th eactsome720.eith erstatednodefini teamountsorwerealterna-tiveclaimsforsamelossesfi ledbyanoth ermemberofth efamily.Th ose720claimssh ouldbiedi sre-garded forstatisti calpurposes.Th eaggregateamountclaimedi nth eremaini ng23,fi89claimscomesto$131,949,176.68.Ofth ese2,413ask edforamounts

less th an$500;3,385 ask edforamountsrangingbetween$501to$1,000;8,409claimedamountsbe-tween$1,001and$2,500.and4,066claimsask edforamountsrangingfrom $2,501 to$5,000.Th ereare4,630claimswh i ch seek amountsfrom$5,001to$25,000,709claimsask i ngforawardsbetween$25,--000to$100,000,and77claimsask -i ngforamountsover$100,000.Overh alf>»f th eclaimswereunder$2,500,75 percentofth eclaimsareunder$5,000,and95percentofth eclaimsareunder$25,000.Th esmallestclaim wasforaboy'stricycleandth elarg-estclaim amountedto alittleover$1,000,000.Evenwith over$131milli ondol-larsworth ofclaimsh avi ngbeenfiled, i tstilldoesnotgiveacom-pletepictureofth eamountwh i chth eJapaneselostatth eti meofth eevacuation.Tosome expertsi fth e losses were allowed,th emini mum lossesofth e Japanesewouldbeover$350milli ondollars.Th egreatnessofth eamountth eJapaneselosti nevacuationsh ouldberememberedbyth eoffici als i nch angeofth e evacuationclaimsprocess.Ifth eydo,th enth eymayfeelmore j usti fi ed i nrenderingliberaladjudi cati ons.Even i fth efullamountofth evalueclaimedwereallowed,i twi llcompensate.th eJapaneseonlyapproximatelyoneth i rdofth elosses i ncurred.Th eJapane.seAmericanpopulaceh avebeendisgruntledaboutth ewayth eDepartmentofJusticeh ash andled th e Evacuation Claimsprogram,andrigh tlyso.Iti sawell-k nownfactth ateventh eDe-partment i snottoo h appywi thth eprogress,i fany,th ath asbeenmade.Sinceth eenactmentofth ebi ll

i nJuly,1948,about24,000claimsh avebeenfi led.Mostofth "cclaim-ants h ave receivedack nowledge-mentofth ereceiptofth ei rclaimsby th e Departmentof Justice.However,eventh ough 12month sh avepassedsinceth edeadlineofJan.3,1950,someofth eclaimantssti llh ave notreceivednoticeofreceiptofth ei rclaimsbyth eDe-partmentofJustice.Since July,1948,th ree offices

h avebeenorganized.Th eyarelo-catedi nWash i ngton,LosAngelesandSan"Francisco.Th ereareatth epresentnineattorneysi nth eLosAngelesfieldof/ice,th reeat-torneys i nth eSanFranciscofieldofficeandsevenattorneysi nth eWash i ngton office.Ten non-pro-fessionalwork ersarework i ng i nth efi eldofficeand 14more i nth eWash i ngtonofficemak i n,gatotalof24.Th e j uri sdi cti onofth eLosAn-gelesofficecoversth eStatesofArizona,TerritoryofHawai i andth esouth ernsectionofCalifornia.With i nth i sareath ereare9,121claimants.Th eSanFranciscoof-fi cecoversth eNorth ernsectionofCalifornia,andth eStatesofIda-h o, MQntana,Nevada, Oregon,Utah ,Wash i ngton,Wyomingamith eTerritoryofAlask a.Th ereare10,783claimsfromth i sarea.Alth ough th e j uri sdi cti onofth etwoWesternfi eldofficesi swi deandfarflung,th ey h avenotprocessedmany claims,outofth eci ti eswh ereth eofficesarelocated.Th ereseemstobearulebasedonadirectivefromWash -i ngtonstatingth atnoclaimsnotwith i nth evici ni ty>:>fth ei rcitysh ouldbeprocessed.Sinceth ei ni ti ati onofth eLosAngelesoffice i nJuly,1949,andth eSanFranciscofi eldofficei nFebruary,1950,th ereh asbeenrel-ativelylittleprogresstoreport.Th eonlypublish edDepartmentofJusticefiguresavailableweregiv-en byPeytonFord,assistantat-torneygeneral,onMay17,1950,toth eSenateAppropriati onsCom-mi ttee.Inh i sletterth eAssistantAttorneyGeneralwasonlyabletoreport:"AsofMay10,1950,113claims

h avebeenadjudi catedorwere i nth efi nalstagesofadjudi cati onafterh avi ngbeenreportedi nfromth efi eldoffice.Th eaverageofth eamountsclaimed i nth esecaseswas$803.62. Th e average ofth eamountsallowedorrecommendedforallowancei s$403.64orapprox-i matelyh alfofth eaverageofth eamountsclaimed."Th e Los Angelesfieldofficeafterten month s ofoperationandth eSanFranciscofieldofficeafterth reemonth sofactivi tycom-binedcouldonlyreport113casesh andled.Actually,113"proposed"adjudi cati onsweresenttoWash -i ngton,butth i sdoes notmeanth atth oseclaimswerecompleted.Ifwewereto h ave countedth efi ni sh edclaimsperh apsth efigureon May10,1950,couldnoth avebeenmoreth an50claims.Reliableestimatessh owusth atth erate ofprocessingadjudi ca-tions h avenot i mproved mater-i allyastimepassed.Th epresentrateofadjudi cati onsbyfield at-torneys i s aproximatelyfourclaimsamonth .Th i ssimplymeansth atth i snumberofclaimsi ssenton toWash i ngtonforreviewbyth eJudici alReviewofficers.FromWash i ngton th ey may be sentback forfurth erstudyandreview.Iti snotunk nownforaclaimtoberemandedfrom Wash i ngtonasmanyastwoorth reetimes.Pro-j ecti ngfourclaimsamonth adju-dicatedamonth ,with 13fi eldat-torneys i nLosAngelesandSanFrancisco,about55claimsamonth

AMessageforth eNewYearBy DR.RANDOPH M.SAKADANationalPresident,JACL

As confusionagainrei gnsoverth e world,th e New Yearh asdeepermeaningforallofus.Everyonewillbeth i nk i ngand prayingforpeacesoth atwemigh tsh aretogeth erth ebene-fi tsofdemocracyaswek now i ti nAmerica.Werecognizeth ecriti calworldsituationand

th egravedangerofWorldWar11.Inth i sstateofnationalemergency,we i n th eJACL mustagain h elptoprotectourcountryandtomak eth osesacrifi cesnecessarytoprotectth ecommongood.Notonlymustwebereadytoprotectandde-

fendourcountry,butwemustbeconstantlyonth ealerttoth osedangerstoourfreedomsandbasicrigh ts.Wemustnow,moreth anever,sup-

portourorganizati on.Th eJACLfacesanemergencysituation.We

donoth aveth enecessarymoneytodoevenamini mum j ob.Atth i spointourADCfunddrivesandourJACLmembersh i pcampaign mustbespeededup.Ourquotasmustbemet.Wemustenlistsupportfromallsources.Letusresolve i n1951towork forpeaceby

betteringrelationsh i psi nourowncommuniti es.Letuswork with enli gh tenedpatrioti sm toes-tablish moresecurelyourdemocratici dealswithth e h opeth atall(men everywh ere mayenjoyth eblessingsofth i sfreenation.Letusresolveto giveunreservedsupportto th e JACLandADC duringth i s ti meofemergency,realizi ngth atth eJACLwillbeasstrongaswearestrongandwei nturnasstrongas i sth eJACL.

Dr.Randolph M.Sak ada,nationalpresidentofth eJACL,andMrs.Sak adaaresh ownath ome

with th ei rwi re-h ai redterrier,"Major,"inth i sph otobySh i getoKenMasawa.

KageyamaCaseRunsCourse;WonBattletoRetainSeatAsSupervisori nHonolulu

ByLAWRENCE NAKATSUKAHONOLULU—Th e"Kageyamacase"ran i tscourselastweek ,

closinganepisode i nCommunism andpoliti csth atbegansensa-tionallyeigh tmonth sago.Rich ardM.Kageyama,onlyNisei onth eseven-man Hono-

lulucity-countyboardofsupervisors,wasconcededto h avewonth ebattletoretainh i sseatonth eboard.Hi sstatusasasupervisorh ad been i n j eopardysincelast

Aprilwh en h e testifi edbefore a congressionali nvestigati ngcommitteeth ath e h ad been a|Communistpartymemberfortenmonth s i n 1947.Allsortsofpressuresforh i s

resignation th en developed.Th e35-yearoldNisei ,h owever,tena-ci ouslyh eldonto h i scitypost,towh i ch h e was electedtwoyearsago.Lastweek ,fellowsupervisorsreversed th emselves and "for-gave"Kageyama.Th eyrescind-edaresolutionth eyh adadoptedlastAprilask i ngth eNisei mem-ber toresign becauseofh i sCommunistpartyadmissi on.Kageyamadefied h i scolleaguesallalon,g,byrefusingto resignandbycontinui ngtoserveonth ecityboard."Weh avefoundfromouri nves-tigati onandrulingsofh i gh courts

andlegalmindsth atth erewasnobasisforth eorigi nalresolution,"MiltonD.Beamer,th esupervisorwh o i ntroduced th e"forgiveness"resolutionsaid.ItwasBeamerwh o h adsaidlastApril:"Iwon'tsitonth esameboard with aCommunistoraformerCommunist."Th erestofth eboardunanimous-ly j oi ned h i m i nreversingth ei rearlieraction.MayorJoh nWilson,too,concur-red Sincenoch arges h avema-teriali zed,Ith i nk anyman i nsuchapositi on sh ouldbocleared,"h e

commented.Ash orttimeafo th eterritori alsupremecourtdismi ssed an im-peach mentpetiti ononth egroundth atperjuryonanoath h asneverbeenruledasreasonforremoval

oi'anelectedpublicoffici al.Kageyama h ad tak ena«v-

ernunentloyaltyoath i n 1949,swearing h e h adnever(belongedtoanysubversivegroup.Th e territori algrand j uryin-vestigatedKageyamaforperjurybutcouldnotgetan i ndi ctment,fince h i s own admissi on beforeth e h ouse unAmerican activi ti essubcommittee could notbausedagainsth i m.Moreover,th oseper-sonswh omKageyama h ad i denti-fiedasfellow Communists i n h i stestimonyapparentlyrefused totestifybeforeth egrand j ury,j ustas th eysi mi larlyrefusedbeforeth e congressional committee i nHonolululastspring.Amoveforaciti zens'i mpeach -mentalsofizzledwh enth e spon-soiscouldnotgetth esignaturesof100citi zensrequiredto i ni ti atesuch proceedings.Kageyama's ci tysalary,wh i chh adbeenwi th h eldsince h i scon-fessionofCommunistpartymem-bersh i p,waspaid i nalumpsumfinally,aftersome tegalbick er-i ngs.Th us,with th e"acquittal"ren-deredbyfellow supervisorslastweek ,Kageyamaforth efi rsttimei s"in th eclear."Butth efi nalvictorycamelate,becauseh i stwo-yeartermwi llexpireonDec.31th i syear.Hedidnotseek reelectionlastNovember.Th e end toth e "Kageyamafase wasgivenlimi tedplaybyth eHonoluludailypress,i ncon-trasttoth esensationalbuild-up

th ataccompanied h i s surpriseconfessionlastAprilandsubse-quentdevelopments.Hesaid h o quitth eparty be-

cause h ewas"disi llusioned."HadIk nownth eobjecti vesot

communism Iwouldnoth aveBe-comeamember,"h e testifi ed."Mysolepurpose (now)

_i s'

h elpsaveth eterritorybytegwh atIk now ofth e Communistmenace i nth eterritory.Kiweyama,h owever,h asnot

k ept

h i spromise.Heh asremainedcon-spicuouslysilentaboutunveili ng

Communistsecrets. ..Th ecommunityaPP'?"̂*„.i th ash adenough ofth e"Kâamacase."Nota anglecditonaorlettertoth eedi toro oth erpubliccommentfollowedt"-actwiofth e supervisorsto close

th e

caseagainstKapeyama.

SenateBillGrantsStaytoTh reeJapaneseWASHINGTON, D.C.— Th eSenateh asapprovedandsenttoth eHousearesolutionforth esus-pensionofdeportationproceedingsagainstapproximately 300aliens,i ncluding th ree Japanese,th «JACLADC reportedlastweek .Th eJapaneseweremadeeligi blefor staysofdeportation underspeciallegislation i ntroduced atth erequestofth eJACLADCtwoyearsago,forth ebenefitofJap-anesetreatymerch antscaugh ti nth i scountrybyth ewar.Th oseaprovedbyth eSenatei n-clude:Mi h ach i (Jack )Enomoto,Sadao Masuk oandMasataneMi-tani.,Th e Senate also h asapproval

twoHousebi llsforth eadmissi onofJapanesefianceesofAmericanservicemenorveterans.Onepri;vate law willadmit YamagucniMich i k o,Tok yo,andth eoth erlo-mok oYanaya,fianceeofFaui n.Vine,aveteran.

HoldsXmasPartySACRAMENTO-Th eN .'VFW posth eldth ei rannual-Wnsmaspartyforch i ldrenor.,»»atth eJapaneseeMth odi stcnur

(Continuedonpage7)

Saturday,December30,1950PACIFIC CITIZEN2

Nisei Missi ngAsBoatStruckByNavyTugSTOCKTON,Calif.— MasaoOk amoto,23,ofAcampoi smissi ngandpresumeddrownedfollowingacollisi ononth eSanJoaquinrivernearIsletonwh enth esmallboati nwh i ch h ewasfish i ngwasstruckbyanavytugonDec.20.Twooth ers i nth ecraft, ToruOk amoto, th e missi ng man'sbroth er,andTosh i oMasaok awererescued.Asearch wasstartedi mmedi ate-lyforth evi cti m'sbodybutnotracewasfound.Navyoffici alssaidth esmallboatwasstruck byoneofth reetugstowingth etransportUSSSanbornfrom SanFranciscotoStock ton.

SanFranciscansStartBloodBankSAN FRANCISCO— Th elocalJACLch apteri sstartingablood

bank ,with one-h alfofth eblooddonatedbymemberstogototh eRed CrossforKoreanwarneedsand one-h alftobe usedforth eneedsofth eSanFranciscoJapa-neseAmericancommunity.Th efi rstgroupofmembersare

sch eduledtodonateth ei rbloodonDec.30.Arrangementsarebeing madewith th e IrwinMemorialBloodBank .

ImuraNamedPrexyALAMEDA,Calif.— HaruoImurawaselectedpresidentofth eAlamedaJACLati tsDecembermeeting.Mrs.K.Hattori andDr.Roland

Kadonagswerenamedfi rstand■secondvi cepresidents.Oth eroffi-cers willbe Ruzzy Maeyama,treas.;Mrs.Haruk o Yamash i ta,rec.secy.;andTomi Hash i moto,corr.secy.Th eywillbe i nstalledSunday,Jan.21.

BoiseElectsTomTak atori asJACLPresidentNAMPA,Ida.—TomTak atori of

Parmawillserveas1951presidentforth eBoi seValleyJACL.Jim Oyama ofCaldwellwasnamedIstvice presidentatth ech apterelection h eldDec.12.KayInouyeofHomedalewillserveas2nd vi cepresident.Oth erpostswillbefi lledbyHenrySuyeh i ra,treas.;Blanch eKimura,rec.secy.;GeorgeIsh i -h ara,offici aldelegate; GeorgeNish i tani , alternate;and Mrs.TerryKawah ara,h i stori an.

LongTerm i nPrisonFacesFarmWork eri nKnifeSlayingVISALIA, Calif.— HaruoUdo,

30,th i sweek facedalongprisonsentenceasaresultofth e k ni feslayingofafellowfarm work er,HenryH.Stanley,Jr.,22.Udo,wh owaseducatedi nJapan,wasfoundguiltyofseconddegreemurderlastweek by a TulareCountySuperiorcourtj uryafteraweek 'stri al.HewillbesentencedbySuperiorJudgeFrederick E.Stone.Th e j uryoffourwomenandeigh tmenrefusedth eprosecution'sdemandofafirstdegreemurderverdictand th e death penalty.Th eyreach edadecisi onafter7h oursand35 mi nutesafterre-ceivi ngth ecaselatei nth eeven-i ngofDec.14.Th e j uryfoundth atUdostabbedStanley,aveteranofth reeyearsofarmyservice,i nanargumentoveraloan of$2.10onAug.30lastatafarm laborcampi nDinuba.Alth ough born i n th e UnitedStatesUdowaseducatedi nJapanandspeak slittleEnglish andgaveh i stestimonyi nth ecaseth roughan i nterpreter.His attorney,Joh n Maeno of

LosAngeles,ledUdoth rough th eeventswh i ch precededth e stab-bing. Th edefensecontentionwasth atUdo'smind "wasblurred"afterh ewasstruck byStanley.Speak i ng th rough th e i nter-preter,J.S.Yosh i da,aNisei armyveteran,Udosaidth ath e"intend-edtofrigh tenStanley"with th ek ni fewh enth etwomenwentout-sideth ecabintofigh t.Hetestifi edh eh aj ak ni fewi tJih i m because h ewasreturningi ttoYutak aIzuh ara,anoth erwork -

er,andh adstoppedi nth ecabinofTak i mi Ok i nak atocoolh i mself.Hedeniedh ewasangryatany-bodywh enh esatdownonth ebedi nth ecabin,butsaidh eandStan-leyweretoldtogooutside i fth eywantedtofigh t.Hesaidth atatfirsth eh esi tatedbutfollowedwh enStanleytook offh i ssh i rtandsaid"comeon."Udotestifi edth atuponsteppingoutsideth edoorStanley"attack ed"h i mand h i th i m i nth elefteye."Afterh eh i tmyeye,"h esaid,"weseparated. Th enInoticedStanleyputh i sh andsonh i sch est.SoIth ough tatth atmomentImusth avek i lledh i m,soIwalk edtomyquarters."Udodeniedh e i ntendedtouseth e k ni fe butAttorney MaenoquestionedYosh i da'si nterpretationof a Japanese word as towh eth eri tmeanttoth reatenorfrigh ten. Atth e suggestionofJudgeStoneth equestionwasre-ph rased and i twas determinedUdomeanttofrigh ten.Udotoldh owh epacedth efloorofh i scabinafterth estubbinguntilth ecampmanager,TomSuga-mura,camei n.Earlierh etestifi edh e"di dnottak e i tseriously"wh en Stanleysworeath i m i nth emessh all,butwh enh erepeatedi ti nOk i nak a'scabin,Udosaidh eask edh i mwh yandwastoldh eh adbeentreatedtoadrink ofwh i sk eybyStanleyandh adfai ledtotreatinreturn.Udorepliedh eh adnomoneyth en,butwouldtreath i mwh en h e h admoney.Atth attime,h etestifi ed,h eh adonly$2.10.Fivedefensewitnesseswerecall-

EdbyMaeno.Th eywereSuga-mura,Izuh ara,Sh i roHarada,K.Sasak i andB.Ando.Haradatestifi edh esawUdoth edayfollowingth ek ni fi ngandsaidh e h ad a black eye. Andodescribed Udo as a "peacefulman."Yosh i da'squalifi cati onsasani n-terpreterwasth esubjectofdis-cussionbetweenAssistantDistri ctAttorneyLouisLaßoeandMaeno.Stipulatingth eex-Gl'squalifi ca-tionsasani nterpreter,Maenosaid"Ik nowwh atMr.Laßosei sgoingtotrytodevelop,and i twouldprejudi ce th ecase.""Th i smanh asfi guredi nseveral

casesandth erei snoreasonwh yth estipulationcannotstand,"h eadded.Maenosaidth eNisei veteranh adserved asan i nterpreterin th eTomoyaKawak i taand Mr?.Iv~Toguri d'Aquino ''Tok yo Rose"treasontrials.Th eprosecutnncaMedOk i nak a,

Harada,SugamuraandDr.E.S.Ruminsen,■wh owaspresentwh enStanleydiedi nth eAlta h ospi tal15mi nutesafterth estabbing,andSh eri danHarriswh otestifi edre-gardingdetailsofconstructionatth elaborcamp.Th eprosecutionsough ttoestab-lish th efactth atUdoandStanleyquarreledoverth e$2.10i nwageswh i ch Udoh addrawnonth atdayandwh i ch Stanleywantelh i m touse toreturnth e dri nk h e h adbough tUdoseveraldaysbefore.

TwoNisei ParaplegicsMoveIntoNewHomesi nHonolulu

HONOLULU — TwoNiseiparaplegics— veteranswh oareparalyzedfromth ewai stdown—receivedgiftsofspeciallybuilth omeslastweek from th egov-ernment.Each h ouseandlot,costing$20,-

-000,was bough tforth eWorldWar2menoutofmatch edfundsfrom th efederaland territori algovernments.Willi am Y.Hi gaandMitsuruFuj i ok a,paralyzedi n th ei rlegsandlowerpartofth ebody be-causeofwarwounds,areth efirstbenefici ari esofsuch gi fth ouses.A th i rdparaplegic,onKauaii sland,willreceiveh i s h ome,costfreealso,i nJanuary.Th eh omesforHigaandFu-j i ok aaresituatedsidebysidei nAinallama,anewresidentialdi stri cti nHonolulu.Each i safourbedroomredwoodstructurespeciallybuiltwith th reefootwidedoors,exerciserooms,andramps i nsteadofstepstoac-commodatewh eelch ai rs.Th e h omesarefullyequippedwi th th e latest i n automatick i tch en and laundry appliances.Merch antsandarch i tectsgaveser-vicesand equipmentatreducedprices.Th e territori allegislature i ni n1949setaside$40,000tomatchfederalfundsforth ebuildi ngofh omesforparaplegicveterans.Hawai i i sbeli evedtobeth eonlystateorterritorywh i ch h asactedi nth i smannerforth ebenefitofth eparaplegics.

TwoNisei paraplegicveteransofWorldWar11,MitsuruFu-j i ofca(left)andWi lli amY.Higa(ri gh t),both ofHonolulu,aresh own receivi ng th e k eysandti tlestoth ei r:new h omesfromPalmerS.Gilbertson,loanguarantyofficerofth eveterans'ad-mini stration.Financedbyfederalandterritori alfunds,th eh omeswerespeciallydesignedforth ei ruseandarelocatedsidebysidei n a new Honolulu residentialdi stri ct.

—HonoluluStar-Bulletinph oto.

FourNisei ReceiveArmyBronzeStarsTOKYO — FourNisei GI&areamongarmypersonnelwh o h ave

beenawardedBronzeStarmedabi nKorea.Th reeofth ose h onored were

membersofth e24th Infantrj Di-visi on.Pfc.Ich i roKawamura,Eleele,was presentedwith th e BronzeStarwith a"V"deviceforcom-bataction.Bronzestarsformeri-tori ousach i evementi nKoreaweregiventoCpl.Willi am H.Tsuru-moto,Sebastopol,Calif.,andSgt.SusumuHiga,Hilo,Hawai i .Th eFi rstCalvalryDivi si onan-

nounced th eawardofa BronzeStarwith a"V"toSgt.Yosh i doKato,PearlCity,Oah u,T.H.

Issei Ki lledFORTLUPTON, Colo.—A 76-

-yearoldIssei,Hidek i ch i Sh i ma-moto,was k i lled i nstantlywh enh ewas struck onth e h i gh waynorth ofFortLuptonbyacardriven by Leigh ton Wisecarver,28,onDec.22.

JACLCh aptersWillAssistIssei RegistrationUnderLaw.

WASHINGTON,D.C.—Alienswereremindedth i sweek th efi rstannualregistrationrequiredofth em underth eMcCarranSecurityActmustbecompletedbetweenJanuary1-10,accord-i ngtoth eJACLADC.Atth esametime,th eJACLannouncedallch aptersofth e

organizati onth rough outth e Uni ted StateswillassistIssei i ncompletingth erequiredregistration.

Th eMcCarranActprovidesth ateveryalienmustreporth i s currentaddressandcertainoth eri nformationtoth eCommit-teeofImmigrationandNatural-i zati onduringth efi rsttendaysofJanuaryeveryyear.Parentsorguardiansofaliens

14yearsofageoryoungermustsubmitth eaddressreportcard.Failureofanalientoreportwill

subjecth i m toafineof$100orsixmonth s i mpri sonment,orboth .Mi k eMasoak a,nationalJACL

ADC legislative director,saidJACL ch aptersaresettingupspecialcommittees to assistIssei.Th eservicesofth esecom-mitteeswillbeofferedwith outch arge.Many ch apters already h avemadearrangementstosecureth e"AddressReportCard,"form 1-53from localpostofficesforIsseii nth ei rcommuniti es.Issei mayalsosecureth eformsth emselvesfromanypostoffice.Mr.Masaok aurgedIssei notto

confuseth enewreportformswithanyoth ertypeofregistrationcardrequiredunderpreviouslaws,suchasch angeofaddressformsorth eorigi nalregistrationform ofth eNationalityActof1940.A.R.Mack ey,actingcommis-

si onerofi mmi grationandnatu-ralizati on,saidregistration i srequired ofallaliens i nth eUnitedStatesonJan.1, 1951,

except(1)aliensadmittedonlytemporarilywh oh avenotover-stayed th ei rperiodofadmis-sion,and(2)studentswh osepe-riodofadmissi onh asnotexpir-edandwh oh avenotviolatedanyconditi onsofth ei radmissi on.Ifanalienh asanydoubtscon-

cerninglh i sstatus,besh ouldtak eth eprecautionofsubmitti ng anaddressreport,Mr.Mack eysaid.Heurgedalienstobeespecial-lycarefulwh enfili ng outth eformstoi ncludeth ei rali enregis-tration number.Alienswh oarepermanentresidentsh aveanum-berprefixedbyth eletter"A".Issei wh ofilloutth ei rown

cardssh ouldreturnth emtoanypostalclerk .Th eclerk swillfor-wardth ecardstoth eImmigra-tionandNaturalizati onService.Th ecardsareNOTtobemailed.Issei wh ogotoJACLch aptersforassistance are requested tobrin,gwith th emth ei r1940Ali enRegistrationforms.JACLch apterswillassisti nfilli ngoutth ecardsandwillreturnth emtoth eproperpostaloffici als.Many JACL ch apterswillan-

nouncelocallywith i nth enextfewdaysacentrallocationandspecialh ourswh ench aptermemberswillbeavailabletoassistIssei i nreg-i steri ng.

LosAngelesJACLOfficeWillAidIssei toRegisterLOSANGELES—Th eJACLwillassist th e approximately 15,000Issei i nth eLosAngelesareatoregisterwith th eDepartmentofJustice i n compliance wi th th etermsofth enewInternalSecurityAct,TatsKush i da,regionalJACLADCdirector,announcedth i sweek .With th eai dofacorpsofvolun-teersfrom JACL ch aptersandfromclubsaffili atedwith th eClubService Bureau i nLos Angeles,alienswillbeabetoregisteratth eMiyak oHotelconferenceroomadjoi ni ngth eregionalJACLADCofficefrom 7p.m.to9:30p.m.onJan.2,3,4,5, 8 and 9 andfrom 1to5p.m.onSaturday,Jan.6. Th eJACLADCofficealsowillassisti nregistration during i tsregularofficeh oursweek daysfrom9to5p.m.,except9to1p.m.onSaturdays.Th erewillbenoch argeforth eJACLADC service,Kush i dasaid.Itwillnotbe necessaryforth eregistrantstotak eth ei rcardstoth epostoffice. Th ecardswillbedeliveredbyJACLADC,h esai d.H.L.Landonofth eImmigra-tionandNaturalizati onBureau'sOffice i nLosAngelesandWi lli amGreenofth epostofficedepartmentexpressed th ei rappreciati on toJACLADCforth ei rcooperationi nth eregistrationprogram.Underth etermsofth enewIn-ternalSecurityActallaliensmustregisteronForm 1-53betweenJan.1toJan.10.Anewform issuedbyth eIm-mi grationandNaturalizati onSer-vi ceofth eDepartmentofJusticemustbeusedforth i sregistration.Th e form iscalled1-53andwillbeavailableatallpostofficesfromth tfirstofth eyear.Itwasreportedth atForm 1-53requiresth efollowingi nformation:Nam*,registrationnumber,nameunderwh i ch registered,presentaddress,dateofbirth ,countryofnationality,dateofsigni ng th i sformandsignature.Failuretocomplywi th th i sre-quirementwillsubjectth eIss

EDITORIALS:Beh i nd"AmericansBetrayed"

Th erecentdismi ssalofWilli am T.Couch asdirectorofth eUniversityofCh i cagoPress,forwh ateverreason,h as h adth eresultofmak i ngpublicth eattemptby auth ori ti esatth eUni-versityofCaliforniatoi nfluenceth eUniversityofCh i cagotoabandon i tsplantopublish "AmericansBetrayed,"astudybyMortonGrodzinsofth epoliti calandeconomicpressuresbeh i ndth emassevacuation ofpersonsofJapanesedescentfrom th ePacifi ccoasti n 1942.

Th ei mmediate i ssue i nvolved i nth eUni versityofCalifor-ni a'seffortwasth equestionwh eth erMr.Grodzinsh ad alegalri gh ttouseth ematerialwh i ch h eh adamassed onth eevacua-tionwh i ledoingresearch forth eEvacuationandResettlementStudyatth eBerk eleysch ool.Mr.Grodzinscontendedth ath eh ad fullrigh ttopublish th ematerialandlegalopini onap-parentlysubstantiatedh i sclai m.Asaresultth eUni versityofCh i cagoPresswentah eadandpublish edth ebook i n 1949,de-syi teth efactth atboth Ch ancellorRobertM.Hutch i ns andPresidentErnestC.ColwellatCh i cagoapparentlyopposedpub-licati on becauseofth estandtak enby th eUniversityofCal-i forni a.

Th elargeri ssue i nth i scontroversyoverth epublicati onof"AmericansBetrayed"concerns th e book i tself.Th eresultofMr.Grodzins'safari i ntoth e j ungleofraceprejudi ceandeco-nomicopportunism wh i ch surrounded th emass evacuationofJapaneseAmericansi n1942 wasth edevelopmentofh i e th esi sth atth eevacuationwasapoliti calrath erth an amili taryde-ci si on.Mr.Grodzins'conclusionth atth eevacuationwasabe-trayalofnotaloneth eNisei butofallAmericans isnotsnapj udgmentbutisbui ltonapryamidofdocumentation.Butth i sview,h oweverauth ori tati ve,i snotonewh i ch th eUni versityofCaliforniacouldavow publici tybecauseofth efactth ati twasacriti ci sm ofth ebeh avi orofth estate'spublicoffici alsaswellas i tsprivateciti zens.

MostofMr.Grodzins'materialwasavailableforpublicati oni n 1944wh en i tcouldh avebeenusedasaweaponagainstth eracistswh osough ttopreventth ereturnofth eevacueestoth ePacifi ccoast.Th efactth atth ebook wasnotpublish eduntil1949wh enth ei ssuesi nvolvedweremoreacademic th anactualisaresultofth e delayingtactics,amountingtosuppression,wh i ch wereusedagainsti t.Th eJACL,aswellasoth eri ndi vi dualsand groups i nterested i n i tspublicati on,were notunawareofth eoppositi onofth eUniversityofCalifornia'sEvacuationandResettlementStudytoth epublicati onofth ebook .Itnowappearsth atth efactth atth ebook finallydidappear

(th eJACLh elpedi nassuringi tspublicati onbyplacinganorderfor1,000copies)i satributetoMr.Couch wh oresistedth esug-gestionsfrom h i s superiorsatth eUniversityofCh i cago toabandonth eproject.

Mr.Couch ch argedlastweek th ath ewasoustedbecauseofh i s i nsi stenceonpublish i ng"AmericansBetrayed,"wh i ch h ebeli evestobea documenti nth epublici nterest.IfMr.Couchwasdismi ssedbecauseofh i sdeterminati ontopublish th i sbookaboutth e "di sastrouspoliti caldecisi on"ofmassevacuationofJapaneseAmericans,an i ssueofacademicfreedom is i nvolvedwh i ch sh ouldnotgounch allenged.

AmendedLawGivesBenefitsToHouseh oldWork ersByCHARLESH.SHREVE

YourSocialSecurity:

Managerofth eSanFranciscoSocialSecurityOffic«

SanFranciscoOneofth ei mportantfeaturesofth eamendedsocialsecuritylawisth eextensionofold-a,geandsur-vivors'insurancetoregularh ouse-h oldwork ers.Th i snewlaw i si mportanttoth eh ouseh oldwork ers—both Issei andNisei —and also th ei remployers.Th e h ouseh oldwork erregularlyemployed i noneh ouseh oldwillbe-comeeligi bletobuildtowardFed-erali nsurance benefitpayments;th eh ouseh oldemployerofsuch awork erwillh avecertainresponsi-bili ti esforth esocialsecuritytaxandreportofwagepaid to th ework e.Tomak eth i saseasyaspossibleforth epeoplei nvolved,th eOld-AgeandSurvivors'Insurance Bu-

leauandth eDepartmentofIn-ternalRevenue h ave j oi ntlyde-vi sedasimplereportslipforth i spurpose.Itprovides space forth e h ouseh oldwork er'sname andsocialsecuritynumber,andaspacoforrecordingth etotalamountofth eemployee'scash wagesduringath ree-month period.Th etaxi sth reepercentofth e

regular h ouseh old work er's cashwagesforth eth ree-month period.Halfofth i stax(1Y2%)maybedeductedfromth ework er'scashwages;th eemployerwillcontrib-uteth eoth er1%%.Nowaboutth atword"regular."A h ouseh oldwork eri sa"regular"work er,i fh eorsh ework sonatleast24differentdaysforth eoneh ouseh old employeri n a th ree-month period(acalendarquarter)andi spaidcash wagesofnotlessth an$50forth e3-month period.He is still"covered"duringth «nextth reemonth s i fh e i spaid

notlessth an$50.Inth efollowingth ree-month period h emustmeetth e24dayand$50qualifi cati ontobe covered. No reportneed bek eptonawork eremployedforanaverageoflessth antwodaysaweek becausesuch awork erwouldnotmeetth e 24-day testforwork i nth ath ouseh old.Th eterm"cash wa,ges"i sused

becausemealsandboardcannotbecounted as wages i ndetermini ngth e$50mini mumforsocialsecur-i tycoverage.Th e h ouseh old em-ployer,moreover,i snotconcernedwith anywagesth ework ermayearnelsewh ere.Onth e h ouseh oldwork er'spart,i ti si mportantth ath eorsh e h asasocialsecuritycard. BetweennowandJan.1,wh enth enewso-cialsecuritylawgoes i ntoeffoct,th oseregular h ouseh old work erswh o h avenever h ad a socialse-curitynumber,orh avelostth ei rcard,orh avech angedth ei rname,sh ouldvisi torwriteth ei rlocalSocialSecurityofficeandgetone.Ih avementionedcook sandmaidsbutbutlers,practicalnurses,gar-denerwork erforoneemployeri naprivate h ouseh oldwillalsobecon-sideredah ouseh oldwork erandel-i gi bleforold-ageandsurvivors'i n-suranceprotectionunderth enewsocialsecurity law beginni ng i nJanuary. 6Ingeneral,th oseh ouseh oldwork -erswh owork i nanumberofdif-ferenth omesduringth e month ,mustmeetth eaboverequirementstoratleastoneemployertore-ceivesocialsecuritycredits.Iti spossibleto-receive credits basedonwork formoreth anoneem-ployeri fth e24-dayand$50testi smetforeach employer«« -r°U-*/c i nterested i nmorespecifi c i nformation on wh eth erth enew provisi onsabouth ouse-h olawork ersaffectyou,writeorcallycurlocalSocialSecurityof-i nh w°rTailpecialleaflet°"«>eSSVVfrT*articleofth i sseriesIsh alldiscuss th eeffectWorld*WZlr°nSerVlCemenOf

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

"Terrifi c"Isth eWordforItTh ewordfromMGM'sJamesW.Merrick i sth at"GoforBrok e!"i s"terrifi c." " (l.Th efi lmstoryaboutth e"h eroesofth e442ndCombatTeam,"asth epicturebillsth em,wasgivena"supersneak "sh owi ngonDec.17atth ePicwoodth eateroutonWestPico i nWestLosAngeles.Commentcardswerei ssuedtoth eaudienceandnormallyatsuch pre-vi ewsfrom 200to250cardsarereturned,dependingon audienceenth usi asm. After"Go forBrok e!"wassh own385cardswerereturned,fourmoreth anth estu-dioreceivedafterth efi rstsh ow-i ngof"Battleground."AccordingtoJamesMerrick wh o

h asbeenh andli ngth epublici tyonth epicture,nearlyallofth ecardsratedth efi lm as "outstanding"and/or "excellent." Audiencecommenti ncludedpraiseforth efi lm'sth emeandforits"amateur"cast."Th eboysdidawonderfulj ob,"

saysMr.Merrick ,"completelyna-tural."It'sreportedonth eMGMlotth atboth ProducerDore Sch aryandWriter-DirectorRobertPirosh aredeligh tedwi th th eaudiencereac-tionatth e neigh borh ood h ousewh i ch wasch osenforth epreview.Th eyfeelth ati tvindi catesth ei rfai th i nth esubjectmatterasmo-tionpicturematerial.Th eyareplanningtoreleaseth epicturei ni tspresentform,runningan h ourand35minutes,with outasinglecutorretak e.Itmaybe recalled th atDoreSch ary produced "Battleground,"probablyth ebestfi lm madeaboutth eGIi nWorldWar11,from astoryby Pirosh forwh i ch th elatterreceivedanAcademyAward."Asamatteroffact,Robert

Pirosh i salsocomingi nforcon-siderablepraise,provingth atth eEuropean-made films with 'un-k nowns' h ave no monopoly forrealism,"saysMr.Merrick ."Frommyownrecollection"of'Battle-ground'Iamremindedofastate-mentbySch ary. Hewastoldatth atti meth atth epublicdidnotwant'war'pictures.Hesaidth at'story,nottopic,i swh atcounts.'Reactionto 'GoforBrok e!'th eoth ernigh tagainprovesh i spoint,th atth epublicwillgofora'war'

picture i fi th asstoryvalue,Italso proves,Ith i nk ,th ataso-called 'message'film i salso ac-ceptable—ifpresentedrigh t. Ofth e385cardsturnedi n,onlyoneunfavorablecommentwasmadeon'racialtolerance.'Th ere'sa j erki neverycommunity."JamesMerrick ,i nci dentally,al-readyh asdonemuch tomak eth efilmgoingpublicawareofth efactth atMGM i sproducingapictureaboutth eNi sei Glsofth e442ndCombatTeam. Th e New YorkTimesrecentlypublish edacompre-h ensi veaccountofth efi lmi ngofth ebattle scenes i nth epictureunderh i sbylinewh i leBobTh omas,GeneHandsak erandoth erHolly-woodreporters,aswellasLouellaandHedda,h avespreadth ewordaboutth efi lm.Th erewillbemorewh enth efilm capital'spresscorpsgetsi tsfi rstpeek atth epicture.

* ♦ ♦Th epresentemph asi sonstoryvalues underlines a decline i nHollywood's once-glittering starsystem. MGM mayonce h aveboasted th ati th ad"morestarsth anth erearei nh eaven"butto-day"th eplay'sth eth i ng."Onereasonforth ech angeofpacei nth edream factoriesofHolly-woodi sth atth eoldstarsystemh addevelopedupper-platewobble.Th efi lm i ndustrylearnedth eh ardwayth ath i tch i ngth efi lmwagontoastaroftenmeantonlyash ort-cuttoth epoorh ouse.Competiti onfromforeignfilmmak ersalsoh elp-edpointth elessonwh enpicturesli k ePowell& Pressburger's"RedSh oes,"th eFrench "Devili nth eFlesh "andsuch Italianfi lmsas"OpenCity,""BicycleTh i ef"and"Sh oeSh i ne,"noneofwh i ch h adasingle"name"star,rack edupgoodgrossesi ncompetiti oni nAmericanth eatersagainstAmericanfilms.Iti snoaccidentth atformerwritersarenow i nch argeofpro-ductionatmanyofth emajorstu-dios,i ncludingSch ai -yatMGM,Zanuck at20th -centuryFox,th eWald-KrasnaunitatRKO,RobertLordi nth eSantanasetupatCol-umbiaandoth ers.Th enextOscarforbestdirectionprobablywi llgotoawriter,BillyWilderfor"Sun-setBoulevard"orJoeMank i ewi czfor"AllAboutEve."Th etrendnow i stofindastoryandth engetth estarstofiti t,rath erth antotailorveh i clestofitth estars. Hollywoodawayswillh ave i tssh are ofglamor-pussesbutth edayi spastwh enth epersonaliti esofsuch playersasPick fordandth eseniorFair-bank s,Ch apli nandLloyd,SwansonandGarbo,Valentino andGi lbertcastth ei rsi lversh adowsacrossth eworld.

** *Th i si nteresti nth estoryh ash adah ealth yi mpactonHollywood,al-readyneuroticwith i ts fearofforeigncompetiti onandi tsglimpseofafuturebattleforsurvivalwithtelevisi on. Such recentHollywoodfilmsas"SunsetBoulevard,""AllAboutEve,""Panici nth eStreets"and"KingSolomon'sMines,"ananth ropologicalfi elddayinTech -nicoloraswellasanarmch ai rad-venturetoth efarawayplaces,wi lldomuch towooback Hollywood'slostaudience.Arecentsurveyre-portedth ataconsiderablenumberofadults h adlostth efilmgoingh abi tcompletely.Hollywood's stress on story

valuesh asledtoareexaminati onofth eworldi nwh i ch welive.Oneby-producth asbeenth eracerela-tionsandreligi ousdiscri mi nati onfi lm. Th ecyclewasseti nmotionbySch ary's"Crossfire"andZan-uck 's "Gentlemen's Agreement,"both concernedwith anti-Semiti sm.Ith asbeenfollowedbysuch pic-tures as "Pink y,""LostBound-aries,""Intruderi nth eDust"and"Homeofth eBrave,"allofwh i chtouch edonanti-Negroprejudi ce.Allweredoublysuccessful,both i nth elanguageofth emotionpictureasanartform andi nth ecoinageofth ebox-offices.Recently Hollywood's camerapeek edi ntotwomoredark cornersofprejudi ce. In"Brok enArrow"andi n"Devil'sDoorway"i tfoundth eugly story ofrace h atredagainstth eAmericanIndian. InTh eLawless"andtoalesserex-tenti n"Righ tCross"i trecordedbiasagainstMexicanAmericans.Twofilmswh i ch willbereleasedsoonh avesometh i ngstosayabout

mob violence,"Storm Warning1

and"SoundofFury."."GoforBrok e!"ofcourse,«primari lyastoryaboutsomeWji nWorldWar11.Itdoesnotri«overth e h ardfactsofanti-N«discri mi nati on.Ith i tsh ardand-asth eaudienceatth ePicwoodltiwatedemonstratedatth esneak

prew-th epunch esstri k eh ome. Accoi ngtoth epeopleofWestU»**geleswh oattendedth eprevi êi sapictureofwh i ch botn

i

andth efilm i ndustrycanbeprou

MINORITYWEEK

HeroesTh eNew York HeraldTribunepolish esoffaneditori altributetoLt.EdwardF.Drummond,JraNegroflyerandoth erNegroeswh oh aveperformedoutstandingwith nonsegregatedunitsi nKoreawith th efollowing:

nrZlTvf,i n£tancesarenotcitedasproofth atNegroesmak easgoodfigh tersasanyoth erAmericansTh osewh oh averaisedsuch ques:tionslongagoreceivedth ei ransweri nth erecordsofwarsgoneby. Butth eadditi onalopportu-niti esnow affordedby th eAirForce'snon-segregationpolicy,andth ewayth oseopportuniti esarebeingmet,offerconvinci ngproof♦

» democratic nation i sstrength enedboth i nwarandpeaceby practici ng i tsprecepts. LtDrummond i sservingh i scountryevenbeyondth epointofdutyh ek nowswh ati tmeans tobe anAmerican.Wesaluteh i m andth eoth erfi gh ti ngmen i nKoreawh osh areth atk nowledge."♦ » "

Quick Quote"My personalview i sth at

racesdonot'relate.'Peopleofgoodwillwh opromoterace-rela-tionsorganizati onsIreusuallyoutsideofth eoperationofth esystem th atproducesbadracerelations"Peoplegetrelated toeachoth erasafunctionofth eecon-omyofwh i ch th eyareapart.Th i srelationsh i pi sch angedasfunctionalpartsofth eeconomyarech anged."—ErnestE.Neal,di rector, Tusk egee Institute'sRuralLifeCouncil.

Eth i csIt'snoviolationofmedicaleth i csforadoctortorefusetotreataNegroch i ldbecauseofh i srace.Th at'sth eanswerreceivedbyFrank li n H. Willi ams ofth eNAACP regionaloffice i n SanFranciscofromDr.AllenT.Hin-man,secretary-treasurerofth eSanFranciscoCountyMedicalSo-ciety.Willi amsi nformedth esocietyh e

wouldpresentadocumentedcaseofth eallegeddiscri mi nati on,pro-videdth esocietyi ndi catedi twouldbewilli ngtocensorth eph ysi ci ani nvolved.But,counteredDr.Hinman,th esocietycouldnot"dictate"toi tsmembers.Ridi culous,saidWi lli ams.Th e

JMAACP h adn'task edth esocietytodictatetoanybody.Buti tstillbelievedth edoctor'saction h adbeen i nviolationofh i smedicaloath .

"« *PoorbutProudJeffersonMili tarycollege,th at

poorbutproudsch ooli nMissi s-sippi th atlastyearturneddownapossiblefiftymilli onbuck s,i sstillh oldi ngon.Ifyou remember,th at's th e

sch oolth atwasofferedh alfofth emi neralrigh tson 26,000 Missi s-sippi acresbyJudgeGeorgeArm-strong— with strings,ofcourse.Th e sch ool,i nexch angeforth erigh tswh i ch wereworth apoten-tial$50,000,000, h adtoagreetoexclude Negroesand Jewsfromi tsstudentbodyandteach wh i tesupremacy.JudgeArmstrongal-ready h adacouple i rons i nth esch ool'spot̂-h eh adadvanced$6,--500andendorsedasch oolnotefor$5,000. „ButJeffersonMili tarycollege

decidedth ei rrigh ttobefreeotdictationwasworth moreth an"iej udgeh adtooffer.Th etrusteessaidnix. ..Sinceth en,voluntarycontribu-torsh avesent$45,000toth esch ool,nearlyafourth ofth emoneytnetrusteesestimate i sneeded.JudgeArmstronggoth i s$fOOoack ,th$5,000notewaspaidoff. i i "n»sarelook i ngupatJefferson.

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Saturday,December30,J1950PACIFICCITIZEN

PAcinĉj pcmzENOffici alPublicati onofth e

JapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague 4̂ "̂

NationalHeadquarters:413-15BeasonBuildi ng,25EastSecondSouth street,SaltLak e City,Utah .

Edi tori alandBusinessOffice:415BeasonBldg.,Ph one 5-6501.Oth erNationalJACL Offices i nWash i ngton,D.C,Ch i cago,NewYork ,Denver,SanFranciscoandLosAngeles.

Subscripti onRates:JACLmembers,$3.00peryear.Non-mem-bers,$3.50year.""Enteredassecond.classmatterinth epostofficeatSaltLak eCity,Utah .Publish edweek ly,underth eactofMarch 3,1879.

LARRYTAJIRI * EDITOR

aniseii nManh attan

byRok uSugah ara

FarewelltoFiftyTh i s i sgoingtobeaverysolemn1951.Th ewardrumsareech oi ngdownth rough th e i cyvalleys of

Korea.Men i nk h ak i uniforms,i ncludingmanyNisei Gls,areagainansweringth ecalltoth ecolors.Th e.listofth edead,th emissi ng,andth ewounded i smountingwith each day'spassage.Th eai ri sfilledwith sad farewells,tearsand h eartach es.Austerity i sagainth e k eyno.te,from CaliforniatoNewYork .

Pricecontrolsaremak i ngth ei rappearance.Freezingofwagescalesis j ustaroundth ecorner.Th enationi sagainonawarfootingandth ough tsarefarawayfrom peaceandquiet.Th eyearsofpeace—a baresk i mpyfiveyears—werefewand

sh ort-lived.Th emonth sofrosyantici pati onsh aveturnedi ntogrimdaysofstark reality.Here i nNewYork ,th eCi vi li anDefenseunitsareactive.Sch ool

ch i ldrenarepractici ng atom-bomb drillsandth eci vi li ansare i n-structedwh attodo i fandwh enth emysteriousmissi leeverfallsdownonManh attan.Pricesofcommoditi esare h i gh .Th ecostoflivi ng i satarecordpeak .Th erei san elementoftenseness anduncertaintyasth enewyeardawns.

" * ♦Wh atDoesi tMeantoth eNisei ?Inth efirstplace,alargesegmentofouryoungboyswi llbe

servingi nth earmedforceson manyfronts.Onth e h omefrontmanywillbeengaged i nwork atdefense

plants,turningoutth ematerielforwar.Housewivesmayrun i ntorationi ng.Businessmenwillsurelyconfrontallsortsofcontrolsand regulations.

Th erewillbenoevacuationorrelocation.Wesh allh aveourown h ome-frontrolestoplayi nourrespectivecommuniti es.Wesh allseeandexperienceh owvariouslocaliti esoperateunderawartimeregime.Wesh allh aveto sh are i n i tssorrows,labor,andregrets.Iam afraidth atmanyofth ose fond h opesforanexpanded

foreign-tradesetupwillberelayed.Th eemph asi swillbeonwinni ngth efi gh tfordemocracyandth ealliedcause.

* * ♦Random Th ough tsfor1951Inch eck i ngovermy notesfor1950,Ifindth erearemany

itemsth at,Ich ancedtooverlook .Item 1.Th ereweretwoarticlesth atIplannedforth eannual

Holidayi ssueofth eP.C.Onewastogo i ntoth ereasonswh ymy-selfandoth erNi sei i nManh attanpreferredtoremainh ere.MostofusneverplantoreturntoCalifoni aandIwasoutlini ngth ear-gumentsforstayingh ere.Iwasgoin,gtodoan articleaboutMr.Mayedawh orunsoneofth elargestorientalsouvenirstoresi nNewYork .He h asalargesh op i nth ebasementofRadioCity.IalsowantedtodoastoryaboutformerAngelenoHick yNomawh o i snowasuccessfuloperatorofabean-sproutestablish ment.Both ofth esearticleswillbeforth comi ng.

Item 2. Ih avesomenotesaboutJapaneserestaurantoper-ators i nNew York .Ith i nk th ereareabout100 such spotsaroundManh attan.A largenumberofth emrunsubstantiales-tablish mentsi nth elargeapartmenth ouses i nupperManh attan.Manylssei operateth ree-deck ersandwich standswh i ch h avealargevolumeofbusiness.Item 3. Th ere i sth ematterofth e i nfluenceofth ewaron

th eCh i nesestoresi nNewYork .Inonebriefsentence,th ei rbusinessi sofffrom 10-25percentsinceth eCh i nes*Communistsdescendeddownfromth eManch uri anborder.Th ereareover500Ch i nesech opsueyplacesonManh attanalone.Item 4. MyCousinWi lli eh aswrittenme acoupleofletters

from Los Angelesaboutth e si tuationoutonth e westcoast.1h avebeentrying todigestth econtents andpresentsomeofth epertinentfactsofth esi tuationofmyoldstampinggroundsbutneverdid managetocompleteth e work .

Item ■5. Ialsoh ave acoupleoflettersfrom Nisei NewYork erswh oclaimth atIh avebeenpitch i ngth eaverageNiseih erealittletooh i gh .Iamtoldth atmystandardsofth eaverageManh attanNisei areover-ratedandth atImustmak esome ad-j ustmenjts.So,th ereisalittleresearch t:> do i nth i sfi eld.Re-quiressomeconferenceswith someofth oseexpertsonsociology.Item 6.Wh ataboutcolorTV.Afewofmyfriendsh avewrit-

teni ntoask i fth eysh ouldwaitbuyingaTVuntilcolor i sper-fected.Th at'seasy.Don'twait.Bettergetyoursetnowbeforeth esh ortagesseti n.ColorTV i sh ere,buti tmaybeth reetofiveyearsbefore i th i tsth eco-axialbroadcaststage.Idon'tbelieveth atpricesonth esets*willgodownmuch more.It'smerelyaquestionofbuyingnow ordoingwith outaset.

Item 7.Ih aveseveralsh ortstories i nmind,allwith lsseias th emai nch aracters.Ih opetopresentacoupleofth esestoriesi nth ecomingyeari nth i scolumn.Asth eyearspasson,noticeth atth eNisei i deologyandreactiontoth i ngsarevaryingwidelyascomparedwith th elssei.Th i sconflictpresentsfertilegroundsforsh ortstorymaterial.Item 8.Ih avebeendowntoth edock stowatch severalfreigh t

boatsfrom Japanunloadth ei rcargo.Iwasplanningtowriteanarticleonth etypeandquantityofJapanesemerch andi sebeingun-loaded i nth i sport.Iti sreallyfabulous.Ish alltak eupth i smatteri nth everynearfuture.Item 9.Th estatusofJapanesesilk i n1951.Th esaleofJapa-

nesesilk h as beensteadilylosinggroundi nth eNewYork|nth epastfiveyears.Atth esameti me,th epriceofsilk i sreach -mgarecord h i gh .Th ecompetiti onfromrayonandnylonsh asbeenterrifi c.Th equestioni s j ustwh ereJapanesesilk fi tsintoth etextilePicture i n th i s country.Item 10. Th ereturnofth eKai sh a crowStoNewYork .All

sortsofscoutsarefilteringback to Manh attan,look i ngoverth escene.Th eyarereturningtoth e h omeofficewith not-so-promisi ngreports.Itseemsi ti smerelyaquestionofnoth avi ngenough money10Payforth emountingcostsofbusinessoperation.Ith i nk th ewarwilldeferth ei rreturnforanoth erfi veyearsatleast.

Item 11.Th estatusofNisei j ournalismandNisei publish i ngj nth eU.S.How aneth eweek lynewspapers,th eEnglish sec-tionsofth edaili es,andth emonth lyperiodi calscomingout?Noth i ngph cMui mcnal.Th eyallsufferfrom lack ofrevenue.Th etargetdatesetforth eEnglish sectionoutstrippi ngth eJapanesesectionwassetfor1950,way,back i n1930wh enIwaswithKafu Sh i mpo.Now i tlook sli k e 1960willbemuch closer.Byth eni tmaybeth atallvernacularnewspaperswillbe j ustmem-ories.Inaword,publish i ngi nth elssei andNi sei field i sverytough .Th eprofitmargini sverysmall.

FROM THEFRYING PAN6/7/Hosok awa:ATimeforMemoriesandFriends

Denver,Colo.Th i s i sth emellowseason,atimeformemories

andoldfriends.Each passingyearand each succeeding day

seemstobecomeeversh orterforallth eth i ngsth ath aveto bedone.Th ere i slessti meforth eold-fash i oned neigh borliness,forth e li ttlecour-tesiesandcomradsh i pth ataddedwarmth tolivi ng.Th en,too,th eworldi ssmaller.Peoplearemorerestless,ambiti ous,daring.Oldfriendswanderofftofarcorners,andweneverseeth emagain.Th at'swh ywe'reth ank fulforth eCh ri stmas

seasonwh en,i nspiteofourselves,weslowdownfromth erat-raceroutineandleanback toenjoyk i dsaj i d th ememories.

♦ ♦ *Butduringth eweek beforeCh ri stmasi th asn't

beenli k eth atatall.Ch ri stmasi scommercial,i tsprotocaldemanding.Th erearesomanyi ndi vi dualswh omustbesentgifts,somanyoth erswh omustberecognizedwi th cards.Now,don'tgetuswrong—weenjoygivi ng.Butth eannualYuletideroutinei sasruth less andtaxingasanybusin«ssobliga-tion—oratleastmoderncustom h asmade i tth atway.

So,i nourh ouse th ere h as beenan i ntentch eck i ngoflistsandsomefrantic,sh oppi ng,andi ndeedsome ferventapreciati onth atCh ri stmascomesbutoneayear.Ofcoursealmostallth i sburdenh asfallenonourAlice,th efamilysecre-tary,purch asi ngagentandmaili ngclerk .Butw«stilldon'tli k ei t.

* * *Th erush i sovernow.Th ereremainonlyth e

ch oresth atwereleftundq.rieduri ngth epre-Ch ri st-

masrush :th elaundryand i roni ng,repairsaroundth e h ouse,ch eck stowriteandbi llsto pay.Andth enwecanappreciateth eyear-endrespiteallth emore.Th e Ch ri stmascards h avebegun tocome i n.

It'salwaysapleasuretoth umbth rough th emwh enwegeth ome i nth eevening,rememberingsome-th i ngabouteach personwh o'ssentone.Wealwayswelcome ash ortnotepennedonth eback softh ecardsbecauseofteni t'sth eonlywordwe've h adfrom th ese i ndi vi duals sinceayearaj j o.Th osenotes—evenafewwords—arewarm,personalmes-sages.Th s cardwith donor'sname i mpri nted,unsul-

li edbysomuch asapenscratch ,speak scoldlyonlyofduty,formalityand h abi t.Butanoteore\en a signatureaddstoth e ch eerofth everseand printedmessage.Th e years slipaway,th emi lesofseparationsh ri nk .Weth i nk aperson'sCh ri stmascardreflectsh i s

personality,wh eth erornoh epick si twi th th ati nh i smi nd.Th eboldandgarish ,th esh yandretir-i ng,th esentimentalperson,th econservative i n-divi dual,allseem to expressth emselves i nth ek i ndofcardh ech oses.And sometimesth ey'reunintentionallyfunny.

Oneofourregularcard-correspondent,si sacattle-manofsome i mportance.Hiscardth i syearwasadornedby th eph otograph ofa h ugebreedingbull—a newslanton th edaysetasideto com-memorateth ebi rth ofth eCh i ld i namanger.

♦ * *Ch ri stmasi sanyth i ngbutmerryforalotof

goodJoesfigh ti ngforth ei rverylives—andforourstoo—in a miserablelittleland k nown asKorea.Let'srememberth emtoday,i fevenforabriefmoment,wh i lewemak e merry,feast,enjoygiftsandmemories.

VagariesBazaarStory...HisayeYaraamotowh osestory,"Wilsh i reBus,"waspublish ed i nth e h oli day i ssueofth ePC,re-centlysoldastoryto Harper'sBazaar.MissYamamoto,wh oalsoh as astorycomingup i n th eliterarymagazine,Furioso,h ash adstoriespublish edi nth eKenyonRe-vi ewandth ePartisanReview...Sh e formerlywrote a week lycolumnforth eLosAngelesTrib-une.

** *NewRole...Becauseofh i sexpertunderplay-

i ngasSam,th emai nlandGIwithasweeth earti narelocationcamp,i n"GoforBrok e!"Sam Nak anoh aswonafeaturedrolei nanoth erMGM production,"NoQuestionsAsk ed,"amelodramawh i ch starsBarry Sullivan, Arlene Dah l,GeorgeMurph yandJeanHagen...HenryNak amura,th eUniver-sityofHawai i studentwh oplaysh i sfi rstrole i n"GoforBrok e,"i sanoth erwh omaywinadditi onalfilm rolesbecauseofh i sparti nth e442ndfi lm.

Sculptor...RobertKobayash i ofHonolulu,

asculptorwh oi snow livi ng i nNewYork Ci ty,i soneof15"un-k nowns"wh osework i snowondis-playatth eKoontzGalleries,600MadisonAye.i nNewYork .Koba-yash i ,wh o i sstudyingpainti ngatth eBrook lynMuseum,wassingledoutformentioni nth eNewYork erandth eNewYork Ti mesduringth epastweek .

Editor...Dyk eMi yagawai sth enew edi-torofth eEnglish sectionofth eHok ubei Sh i mpoi nNewYork .HesucceedsTaxieKusunok i wh oi senroute to Parisforan i ndefi ni testay...AlMiyadi recentlyquitaseditorofCrossroads i nLosAn-gelestotak eanoth erj ob.

Oppositi on...It'sreportedonCapitolHillth at

Sen.Rich ardRussell'soppositi ontoth eWalterbi llstemsfrom th esamesourceas h i soppositi ontoHawai i anstateh ood.Hei sreportedtoh avetoldanoth erDixi ecratth atpassageotth ebi llwillmak e"40,--000moreJapvoters"i nHawai i andth ati twouldnotbeconsistanttovotefromonebillandvoteagainstth eoth er...Proponentsofbothth eWalterbi llandHawai i anstate-h oodwillh aveatough erfigh ti nth enextCongressbecauseofth eNov.7 electionresultswh i ch putth eDi xi ecrats i nastrongerposi-tioni nth eSenate.

NamedSpeak erPORTLAND,Ore.—MaryMina-

moto,Red Cross employee,h asbeenappointedtomak eRedCrossfundcampaigntalk sbyReyEarly,director.Sh ewasorigi nallynamedtoth e

RedCrossspeak ersbureauth reeyearsagobyth eLeagueofWom-enVoters.

HelpsBloodCenterPORTLAND, Ore.— Minni eOyama,surgicalnurseatMatsonMemorialh ospi tali nMilwauk i e,Ore.,i savolunteerwork eratth ePortlandRedCrossregionalbloodcenter.Sh ereceivedh ertraini ngdur-i ng th ewarth rough th e CadetNursescorpsi nMadison,Wise.

DenverConventionProvedTurningPointforJACL

ByELMERR.SMITH

"DoYouKnow?"

Th eprogram i ni ti atedatth e Denverconvention ofth eJACLwasa.turningpointi nth eh i storyofth eorganizati on.Th eJACLatth i sconventiondefini tely"cameofage"asaforce-fulminori tygrouponth eAmericansocialand politi calscene.Th eprogramofactionwasdefini telycommittedtofullpartic-i pati oni nth esocialandpoliti calaffairsofth etotalAmericancommunity.Itplacedth eJACLonabasisofactivework i nth eover-allfieldsofinterracialandi nterculturalrelations.Th eex-pandedbudgetandfinancialback -i ngforth comi ngtoth eJACLmadei tpossiblefori ttofunctiononamorestablebasis.Th edelegatesi nmak i ngth ei rdecisi onsprobablydidnotrealizeth ei mpli cati onsofth ei ractsatth attime,butth efouryearsto follow defini telysh owedth egreatscopeofth ei rcommittments.Th eprogramandsupportgrow-i ngoutofth eNinth Conventionwouldh avebeeni mpossibleexceptforth epositi ontak enandmain-tai nedbyth eJACLleadersdur-i ngth ewaryears.Th erecordsofarsummarizedwillgiveth eread-erth e necessaryback groundtorealize th e i mportance ofth eJACL'spositi onduringth ecrucial"yearsofdecisi on"i nwork i ngforth epreservationofth erigh tsofNisei i nAmerica. Th e JACL'swork carriedoutincooperationwi th th eArmy,Navy,andWRAduring th ewarprovedtoth eAmerican people th e undivi dedloyaltyofpersonsofJapanesean-cestryandofth eJACLto th eAmericanwayoflife.Th e h i gh esteem bywh i ch th eAmericanpeopleh eldth eleadersofth eJACLwasdemonstratedbyth e factth atSaburoKido wasgivenspecialrecogniti onbyth eU.S.SelectiveServicewh enColonelH.A.Rich awardedMr.Kidoth eSelectiveServiceMedalandCer-ti fi cateofMeriti nbeh alfofPresi-dentTrumanandGeneralLewisB.Hersh ey.Th eawardwasmadeonJanuary1,1947.ColonelRich emph asi zedth ati n

h onori ng Mr.Kido "th egovern-mentwas h onori ngallNisei wh o

servedsogallantlyinth earmedforces."LarryTaj i ri ,editorofth ePA-CIFICCITIZEN,came i nforh i ssh areofth eh onorsbestoweduponth evariousofficersofth eJACLbyth eU.S.governmentandcivi cagencies. Th eSaltLak eJuniorCh amberofCommercepresentedth e 1945 awardforoutstandingcontributi onstoth ewelfareofper-sons ofJapanesedescent. Th i sh onorwas i nrecogniti onofth efunction performed by th e PA-CIFIC CITIZEN i nth efi eldofpublicrelations.VeteransofForeignWarsofth eUnitedStatesawardedth e PA-CIFICCITIZENacitati on i nrec-ogniti onofth eoutstandingedit-i ngdonebyMr.Taj i ri .Th eci ta-ti onread:"Inrecogniti onofandsincereappreciati onforth econsistent,wh oleh earted efforts th roughwh i ch th i s newspaperh as i n-creasedpublic i nteresti nwarveterans and community wel-fare."Th eSelectiveServiceofth eU.S.gaveMr.Taj i ri a certifi cateofmeritforh i ssupportandcoopera-ti onduringth ewaryears. Th i swasawardedafewweek safterth eonepresentedtoMr.Kido.Th e Pacifi cCiti zenduringth ewarestablish edi tselfasaveryi mportantnewspaperaswellasapublicrelationspublicati on.Itat-tainedvery h i gh rank i ngamongth epublish i ngpeopleofth ena-tion.,Rich ardL.Walsh ,editorofAsiaandAmerica,said:"Iadmirei tforitsAmerican-i sm,i tsclearloyaltytoourcoun-try.Iadmirei tforth ewi sdomandgoodtemperwith wh i ch i th as dealtwith th e treatmentgiventoourJapaneseAmericanciti zens. Itwould h ave beennaturali fnotesofbitternessh adcrepti n,butth eydonot;i nstead th e paper constantlysh owssympath eti cunderstand-i ngofth eracialprejudi cewh i chunfortunatelyexistsi nsomanyoth erwi sedecentAmericans."Mr.Willi amC.Carr,Friendsof

th eAmericanWayofPasadena,stated concerning th e PACIFICCITIZEN:"Touswh oareawayfrom

th epersonalsh ock swh i ch th eJapaneseAmericans h ave ex-perienced,i ti samarveli ni tslack ofbigotry,i tslack ofmaliceand i tsbalance i n reportingwell."

Saturday,December30,1950 PACIFICCITIZEN 5

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SportsKonno,KawamotoNisei Ath letesof1950Th eNi sei ath leteof1950undoubtedlywasHawai i 's17-yearold

FordKti i i nowh ovaultedfromobscurityto i nternationalfame bydefeatingboth Hironosh i nFuruh ash i ofJapanandJoh nMarsh allofAustraliai nmiddle-distancefreestyleswimmi ngraces.OneyearagoKonno,completelyunk nownoutsideofHawai i ,waspreparingforth eswimmi ngvictorieswh i ch pavedth ewayforh i stripto th eU.S.nationalsi nSeattle...Konno couldh ave h ada triptoNewZealandth i smonth with ateam sponsoredibyth e NationalAAUbutturneddownth e j unk eti nordertoconcentrateon h i ssch oolwork .Th e modestyoungNisei star,th eoutstanding h opeofth eUnitedStatesatth epresenttimeforth e mi ddledistancesi n th e1952.Olympics,willgraduatefromHonolulu'sMcKinleyh i gh sch oolth i syearandprobablywi llenrollatamainlanduniversityi nth efall.AnumberofU.S.sch ools h aveofferedsch olarsh i psto'Konnobutexpectationsareth ath ewillturnupatOh i oState Universitywh ereHerbKobayash i ofHonolulu,anoth erproductofYosh i to Se-gaVawh ocoach esKonno,i scaptainofth i sseason'sBuck eyeswim-mingvarsity.Oh i oStatealsoh ash adanumberofoth erHawai i anaquatic,stars, i ncludingKeoandBunmei Nak ama,BillSmith ,JoseBalmoresandTak ash i Hirose.

" * *Th ere'salsoanominati onforth e"Ni sei ath leteofth eyear"h onorsonth edi staffside i nanoth erHawai i an,Honolulu'sEve-lynKawamoto,wh oh oldstwonationalch ampi onsh i ps i n sim-ming.Sh esh aresth eNationalAAU200-meterbreast-strok ecrownwith MargeHultonofAtlanticCityand h asfullclaim onth e300-metermedleydiadem.MissKawamotoi soneofth eleadingcandidatesforth eU.S.Olympicswimmi ngteam i n 1952. *

* * *YoungerYonamineStarsi nAloh aBowlWallyYonamineh asreasontobeproudofh i syoungerbroth er,

Noboru,wh oputonabrilli antexh i bi ti onof andpassingrecentlyash e ledth eKei k i Ali i team toa21to0winoverth eKei k i Jvanesbefore24,000i nth eannualAloh aBowlclassicatHon-oluluStadium.Th eyoungerYonamine,astarduring th eregularseasonforlolani sch ool,setuponetouch downonarunandpitch edfortwooth ersandth enbootedth reeplacementsforagoodnigh t'swork .Th eAloh aBowlgameisHonolulu'sannualh i gh sch oolall-starclassicand i splayedforth ebenefitofth eSh ri ner's h ospi talforcrippledch i ldren.Lak e h i solderbroth er,NoboruYonaminei sprettyh andyoutonth edi amond.Hewasoneofth etopplayersi nHonoluluintersch olasticbaseballlastseason,h oldi ngdown th i rd base forlolani...WallyYonamine,wh ose1951baseballfuture isuptoth eSanFranciscoSealsorganizati on,h asbeen k eepi ng i nsh apeplayingi nth eAJAbask etballleague i nHonolulu.L,asttimewelook ed,Wally,wh oteamswi th Ch i coMiyash i roonth eRussell'steam,h ad46pointsandwasoneofth etopscorers i nth eleague.Heh ad20fi eldgoalsand6freeth rows.Th eTomebroth ers,WallyandHarold,th ebiggestone-twopunch i n Nisei bask etball,wereleadingth escoringwi th 98 and82 pointsrespectivelyforAiea...Th eTomebroth ers,wh oarebigasNisei go,probablywouldh avebeennationalstarsh adth eyplayedforamainlandcollege...Her-bert(Gunner)Sumida,wh owasexpectedtoplayforth eUniversityofUtah th i syearbutwh oreturnedtoHawai i toawaith i sdraftcall,maybecalled i ntoservice-i nJanuary.Hewasanall-territori alh i gh sch oolstarin 1947.

KubotaIsOutstandingPrepGridderAmongNisei prepstersRalph Kubota, 137-pound h alfback

forCompton,Calif., i sprobablyth e"playerofth eyear."Kubota,all-Coastleagueh alfback forth epasttwoseasons,ledComptonto i tssecond straigh tCalifornia Intersch olastic Federation'ssouth ernch ampi onsh i ponDec.16as h i slongruns h elpedbeatFullerton,26to14.Kubota,abreak awayrunnerwith fewpeers,gotth eTarbabesoffwingi ng i nth efi rstquarterwith a46-yardrunforth ei ni ti alTD.Healsoraced71yardsforanoth ertouch -downi nth eth i rdperiodbutth escorewasnullifi edbecauseofaclippi ngpenalty.Despiteth efactth ath edidnotgetcreditforh i s71-yarddash ,Kubotawasth egame'sleadinggainerwith105yards i n 12carries.Th eyardagegaveh i matotalof1,112yards i n 142carriesth i sseasonfora7.8 average*oneofth etopsi nth enationth i syearforprepballcarries...Kubotawh oi sbui ltalongth eli nesofBuddyYoungprobablywi llenrollatComptonCollegewh en h egraduatesth i syear...Lastweek h ewonanadditi onalh onorasLosAngelesMirror's"playerofth eweek ."

GotoToursEastwith StanfordCagersSaltLak ersmaygetanopportunitytoseeGeorgeGoto,named

lastyearasth eoutstandingplayerinCalifornia j uni orcollegebas-k etballforPlacer'sSpartans,wh enStanfordUniversityplaysUtahonJan.2.Goto isamemberofth e12-manStanfordsquadwh i chi swindi ngupaquick transcontinentaltour.Heplayedafewminutesatforwardasth eIndiansdefeatedMich i gan,77to66,atAnnArboronDec.22.Healsobecameth efi rstNisei toappearatMadisonSquareGardensinceWatMisak aofUtah asStanfordsuffered i tsfi rstdefeatofth eseasontoNYU,70to84,onDec.26...KennethKintura,acclaimedasth eoutstandingath letetograduatefrom Wai-pah u,Oah uh i gh sch ool,i snowplayingforth ebask etballvarsityofSouth ernOregonNormalatAsh land.Ki muraarrivedi nOregononlylastSeptemberfrom Hawai i and i mmedi atelymadeth eRedRaiderfootballvarsity.H«was anall-leagueselection i nboth bask etballandfootballlastyearatWaipah uandalsowasratedasatopbase-ballprospect.Hescoredafieldgoallastweek asSouth ernOregondefeatedOregonTech ,63to40.

Utah TeamRespectsAsato'sRunningTh eUniversityofUtah 'sRedsk i nsreturnedfrom Honolululast

week with a h ealth yrespectforth eball-carryingabili ti esofth eUniversityofHawai i 'sHalfback JimmyAsato.Despiteth efactth atth egamewasplayedi nadrizzleonaslipperyfield,Asato'srunscoupledwith passesbyKenKah oonei andSadaoMatsuk awa'spassesalmostaddeduptoanupset.Utah h adtoexplodeforfourtouch -downsi nth elasteigh tminutesofplaytopullth egameoutofth efire,40to28—Hawai i sh owedasetofh ard-.runningNisei safetymenandscatback si nAsato,GeorgeMamiya,KenKawaguch i ,Rock ySugi i no,DaveTak ush i and GeorgeFuj i wara.Th reeNisei startersonth eRai nbowlinewereKenNak amuraattack le,andEricWatanabeandYosh i Asami atth eguardspots...AsatoandNak amurawereco-captainsforth egame.Teamcaptainofth eRai nbowsi sGuardMans-fi eldDoi wh oi soutforth eseasonwith aback i nj ury Th eHawai i ansh aveonemoregameth i sseason,th ePineappleBowlbattleagainstDen-ver'sPioneers i nHonolulu onNew Year'sday...NextyearHa-

wai i willgoeasttomeetth eUniversityofCinci nnati andprobablywi llplaytwoorth reemoregamesonth emainland.

♦ * *JimmyAsato,h onoredbyFresnoStateon i tsall-opponent

squad,h asbeentroubledallyearbyash oulderth atslipsoutofplace,accordingtoth eHonolulu Star-Bulletin's Joe Anzivi no.Wh enth e i nj uryactsup,Asatotrotsoffth efi eldandh asth eteamph ysi ci anputi tback i nplace.Th enh ecomesrigh tbacki ntoth egame.SaysCoach TommyKauluk uk i ofHawai i :"Th etroublewith Jimmy i sth ath eh astoomuch h eart."

Fuk ush i ma'sTeamReach esFinalsIn h i sfi rstseasonasacoach DannyFuk ush i ma,mentorofth e

ContraCostaEastCollegeofMartinez,Calif.,alreadyh asNorth ernCalifornia's j ayceecageworldbuzzing.Fuk ush i ma'syoungteam,th efirstevertoseecompetiti oni nth ecolorsofContraCostaCollege'sEastcampus,upsetpre-tournamentdopetoreach th efi nals ofth ej uni orcollege i nvi tati onalmeeti nSalinas lastweek .Th eylosttoth eh ostsch ool,HartnellCollege,i nth efinalsbya60 to71 mar-gin...Ik edastartedatforwardforCalPolyofSanDimas i nth eCaliforniastatecollegetournamentlastweek i nLosAngeles...Ha-mamoto i saregularguardforSacramentoState's j ayceequintet...JimmyYok otaappearsto h avecinch edaregularguardpostforPlacerCollege's Spartans.He scoredtenpointsasPlacerdefeatedSacramentoState'sJV's,47to43.Hamamototallied3forSacramento.MiyamotoalsoplayedatguardforPlacer.

Reedley'sOda,TagawaWinMentionScrapsfrom th egridi ron:TwoNisei scooters,NormanOdaandTagawaofReedleyCollege,wonh onorablementiononth eCentral

California j uni orcollegeall-conference team pick edbycoach eslastweek ...Th reeNisei from Watsonville's ligh twei gh televen wh i chwonth eCentralCoastleaguech ampi onsh i pth i sseasonmade th «annualall-starteam.Th eyareHalfback Kiyosh i Tak emoto,FullbackTeddyWadaandTack leBobK-oda...Ik uoIwanaga,wh oplayedalotondefense,wasoneof34YubaCollegegridderswh owonth ei rlettersth i syear.

SmallFryPlayi nSantaClansBowlTwosmallfryNisei gridderswereamongth osewh otook parti nth e bantaClausbowlgamelastweek i nRedwood City,Calif.Th eywereHalfback KentIk edaandGuardWayneFuj i tawh oplayedforth eSouth team inth egamebetweenth emidgetstarsofth ePopWarnerconferenceonth eS.F.peninsula.Both Ik edaandFuj i taplayedduringth eregularseasonforth ech ampi onConway& Culli-ganteam Mack ayYanagisawarecentlytook overth efranch i seof

t«L?"°\*v̂wCn°£th eHawai BaseballLeague.Th eall-Niseiteam,fromwh i ch WallyYonaminewenti ntoproball,willplayunderth ei rprewarnamenextseasonasth eHonoluluAsah i s.AllenNagata.recentlyresignedasmanagerofth eteamTh eGreatTogoIncitesaRiotM«t«?"J"h orh avfetch ed th eanticsofsuch grapplersasMr.f"»l,».- i l*?lT°g°°ntelevisi onandi npersonh aveexpressedappreh ensi onlestth eanticsofth esematmeni nci tetoriot.Itreallydid h appenrecently i nBuffalo,N.V.,accordingtoanewsagencyoreTwasWbels\Great g°(GeôeOk umVaofZdXm awr̂ti fngd̂angryfanswh o°PPosedh i svi llai nousconducti nawrestlingmatch againstDizzyDavisofAlameda Tex Wh en"̂̂ ST"**b/ ,refereewh i leentingffinth er̂s,wiTfldttoTtr°-th e7>?°PPersonspresentmadeforT°e°Jxt-P th emezzaninewith th ecrodath i s h eels Th e220-TsuZ"JŜ i T"*?*% ?°ld°ffth «-owdunu\acoZiMotoSTr̂ h i mf,ndled h i mt0th edressingroom...Bothanoth erNisdwr̂fUTlyoc,astas h eavi es...On th eoth er h andcomwtitorI*3l'H*uSâata> h asth ereputationofa"clean"Hfteftanftfv«'afm̂ erofth e1948OlympicTeamasaweigh t-

Hawai i anNiseiMak esAll-U.S.MidgetGridTeamOMAHA, Neb.— LeonardKanesh i ro of Honolulu was

namedath alfback onth efi rstannual all-American midgetfootballteam wh i ch was an-nouncedlastweek byJ.GordonRoberts,presidentofth ePopWarnerFederation.Kanesh i rowasratedasth etoppasseri nmidgetfootballi nHawai i .Allmembersofth efirstteamare13yearsofageoryoungerand range from 90 to 105pounds.Kenneth Tamash i roofHono-luluwasgiven h onorablemen-tioni nth eback fi eld.

Doi,AsatoNamedOnFresnoState'sAll-OpponentTeamFRESNO,Calif.— TwoNiseiplayersofth eUniversityofHa-wai i werenamedonth eall-op-ponentfootballteam seectedre-centlybyth eFresnoStateCollegeBulldogs.Th eyareMansfieldDoi,guard,andJimmyAsato,h alfback .

CiteSak amotoasOutstandingPlayerForSelmaBeesSELMA,Calif,—Jim Sak amoto,17-yearold j uni or,wasnamedth eoutstandingplayeronSelma h i ghsch ool's 1950ligh twei gh tfootballteam.Hewasafullback .Hei sth esonofMr.andMrs.Yosh i oSak amoto.Fiveoth erNi sei werelettermen

onth eligh twei gh ts.Th eyareJimInouye,HarryKobash i ,BobOgata,HaryeyTak i k awaandYosh i Tak i -k awa.

TwoLeadersLoseInCh i cagoNiseiBowlingLeague■CHICAGO — Th eraceforth e

Ch i cago Nisei men's bowlingleaguech ampi onsh i pwastigh tenedonDec.20asRosecoeGarageandNisei Liquors,th eteamwh i ch h aveled th eleagueforth epasttwomonth s,both suffereddefeats.Rosecoe,wh i ch recently h i ta

scratch 3021 series, h ad troublefindi ng th epins andlostth reepoints toErie Cloth i ng. HankMasaok aofEriewas h i gh wi th570.TelloneBeautySalonupsetNiseiLiquors,4to0,i naclosematchi nwh i ch th eth i rdgamewasde-cidedbyasinglepin,924to923.Tok Fuj i i ofth eLiquorswash i ghwi th 565.Louis Bar-B-Q h ad th e h i gh

seriesofth enigh twith a h andi -capped3048seriestotak efourfromTeaPotInn.Leadersforth ewinnerswereKaySunah ara585,HarryMiya568andMortFuj i 558.DespiteNobTanimoto's584th e

SuganoTouristslostth reetoth eSetos. HarryEndo toppedth ewi nnerswith 578.Wah MccLow splitwi th Nu-

StarCleaners,2to2,asBobOgiregisteredth enigh t'sh i gh wi th592,followedbySh i gNak ah i ra's555.Yuk Yawara's574 h elpedRoose-

velt-Westerntoa3to1wi noverMaruh ach i asExactCleanersde-featedPerfectionMotorsbyth csamemargin.Th epositi onroundwas h eldon

Dec. 12 wi th Rosecoe Garagescoringa4to0sh utoutoverNiseiLiquors. Th e h andi capped pi ntotalswere3111 to2974. FrankHamasak i toppedRosecoewith 576,followedbyDaveMizuno568andJamesKozumaandKiyoItoat566. JuniorGotori rolled576forth eLiquors.Tak Fuj i i h ad571andFrank Kebo550.

KubotaNamedToAll-CIFFootballTeamLOS ANGELES —LitnRalpßKubota,ball-carryin'"l*f

areprocessedbyth efi eldoffices.Onayearlybasis660 claimscanbeprocessed.With 24,000claimstoprocess i twouldtak eabout38yearsbefore th eprogram canbecompleted. Th e record becomesevenworsewh enweconsiderth atth efiguresusedareproposedad-j udi cati onsofth efi eldofficerath -erth ancompletedclaimsbyth eWash i ngtonoffice.Th erateofth eWash i ngton office i n completingth ese adjudi cati ons i sevenmoreslow.Oneofth e reasons wh y th e

claimsh avetak ensolongtopro-cess i sth elack of"rulesandregulations"asprescribedbyth eact.Th e DepartmentofJusticepromisedto h aveth ese"rulesandregulations"readyi ntimeto h elpth eclaimantstofileth ei rclaims.We h aveyettoseeth ese".rulesandregulations"promulgatedbyth e Wash i ngtonoffice.Th i slackh as h i nderedth eprogressofth eevacuationclaimsadmini strationconsiderably.Itk eepsth efi eldof-fi cesi nth edark asto h owth eysh ouldadjudi cateth ei rclaims,andth eclaimantsandth ei rattorneysare ata loss as to h ow th eysh ouldrepresentth emselvesatth eh eari ngs.Moreth an16month sh avepass-

edsince th eopeningofth efi eldoffice i nLos Angelesbutonly14precedents h avebeen set.Ofth efavorabledecisi onsmadeare(1) paymentforarticleswh i chwerelost;(2)paymentofstoragecosts;(3)losses arisi ngoutofsellingbelow mark etprice;(4)paymentoflossesduetofireorth eft,andoth erprecedentsofrel-ati ve i mportance.Th usfar,ma-j ori tyofth eprecedentssetaremerelyreiterationofth oselosseswh i ch areexpresslycovered i nth eact,ori sobvi ousbyth e legisla-tiveh i storyofth elaw.Th emanyunfavorable orad-

verseprecedentsarestilli n th etentativefi eldofficeadjudi cati onstage,butth e fewwh i ch h avebeensetgiveusani nsi gh tofth edepartment'sth i nk i ngandtrend.Amongth ei temswh i ch are de-claredasnonadmissi bletypesoflossesare:(1)rentallossesonh omes;(2)evacuationpreparationlosses; (3)pre-evacuationlivi ngexpenses;(4)re-employmentex-penses; (5)contrabandarticles;(6)lossesi ncurredtwoyearsafterrelocation;(7)replacementcosts,andoth ers.Anoth erreason wh i ch i softengivenasth ecauseofth eslownessi sth elack ofadmini strativefunds.Iti strueth atth eDepratmentofJusticeneedsagreatdealmoreofappropriati onto admini sterth ei rprogram adequately.More fieldofficesareneeded,andmoreper-sonnelfori nvestigati vepurposes,legalresearch ,andforclericalwork .However,i twould be a.crraveerrortoth i nk th atappro-priati onsalonewillspeedupth eevacuationclaimsprogram.Atth epresentrateofadjudi cati on,i ti salmosti mpossibletocomplete500claimsunderth ei rpresentappro-priati onof$250,000.Th i smeansth attoprocessoneclaim i tcoststh e government$500.From th ebestestimatesth eamountaward-edtoclaimantsh asaveragedap-nroximately$500orlessperclaim.Th e cost of admini stering th eclaims aproximatelyequals th eamountofaward.Aone h undred

percentcosti n;*lmini steringanyprogram i s overbearing.Th ead-mi ni strativecostsh ouldnotex-ceedth reetotenpercent.Th ereseemstobeaneedofre-examina-ti onofadmini strative polici estodeterminewh atcanbedonetoex-pediteth eprocessing.Perh aps,th emai ncourseofth eslownessi sth egeneralattitudeofth edepartmentofJusticei ni ts i nterpretationofth e act.Th eyh avetendedtotak e*re-stricti velegalisti capproachwh i ch i sdestroyingth ereh abi li -tati vei ntentofth eEvacuationClaimsAct.Th eph rase"accord-i ngtolaw"h asbeeni nterpretednarrowlytoth e detrimentofth etruei ntentofth eact.Th elegalisti capproach usedwillnotonlyh i nderth eprogram;butwilldestroyanygood,wh i ch wasi ntendedwh enCongresspassedth i sactasmeansto"righ tawrong."Underth eact,wh atth eDepart-mentofJusticeneedstodoi store-mindi tselfofth etruereh abi li tat-i ngandremedialnatureofth i sact,andleti tsconsciencebei tsguide.

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.ManjoMi yataaboy,DonaldMitsuru,onDec.19i nCh i cago.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geoSatoa

boyonDec.17i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.SatoruIk emotoagirlon Nov.26 i nReedley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoYama-moto,Clovis,Calif.,agirlonNov.9.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeFuj i -

k awaaboyonDec.7i nPasadena,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Satosh i KatoaboyonDec.15i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.StanleySugi-yamaagirl,Ch eryl,onDec.7i nMi nneapolis.ToMr.andMrs.Tomi TeraoagirlonDec.13i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.SamKatsuma,Jamieson,Ore.,agirlonDec.12.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyosh i Yosh i -moto,Calif.,agirlonDec.3.To Mr.andMrs.IsamuAok i agirlonDec.15i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeFuj i i agirlonDec.15i nSaltLak eCi ty.ToMr.andMrs.Frank T.Kawa-guch i ,Los Angeles,agirlonNov.21i nStock ton,Calif.To Mr.andMrs.JamesKiyo-

k azuSak amoto,SanMartin,Calif.,agirl,Jack i e,onDec.4.ToMr.andMrs.Sam Sumi h i k oNak amoto,MountainViem,Calif.,aboy,BrianSh i zuo,on Nov.26.To Mr.andMrs.WillyMoto-h i k o Imazumi agirl,'Ch ri sti neAudreyMitsuk o,onDec.2i nSanJose.ToMr.andMrs.Kaoru Wata-

nabe,MountainView,.Calif.,aboy,BobTak ash i ,onDec.2.ToMr.andMrs.AlfredSugimoto,WalnutGrove,Calif.,aboyonDec.4.ToMrandMrs.SatoruYok o-yamaagirlonDec.5.i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andMrs.KanameSasak i ,Tracy,Calif.,aboyonDec.4.To Mr.andMrs.Fred Sh ogoTak agi ,Los*Altos,Calif.,a-girl,CarolKiyok o,onNov.30.ToMr.andMrs.Ei i ch i Sak auye

agirl,CarolynMidori ,onDec.12i nSanJose.To Mr.andMrs.FredOsamuMiyah ara,WalnutCreek ,Calif.,aboy,GlennFrederick ,onDec.13.ToMrandMrs.SamuelTsugioTak ai ch i agirl,Emi Jane,onDec.14i nSanJose.ToMr.andMrs.RoyI.TsuyaagirlonDec.22i nSaltLak eCi ty.ToMr.andMrs.Tak ash i TerryMak i yamaagirl,LindaTak ak o,onNov.17i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Kenneth Ka-zumi Nak atsui agirl,GailRei k o,onDec.2i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Nobu Sh i ma-h araagirl,DebraJean,onDec.1i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Mich i oUnoaboy,Mich aelTosh i yuk i ,onDec.2i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oHamada,LongBeach ,Cali f.,twinboyandgirl,Steiven Vi ctorand Esth erKane,onDec.3.ToMr.andMrs.Arth urKameiKamiyaaboy,Arth urKamei,Jr.,onNov.28 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.RobertSuenobuYamaguch i agirl,JuliaAnn,onNov.30i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Jimmi eMasa-h aruMatsumuraagirl,EmilyMi-dori,onNov.28 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Junj i Nak ah ara

aboy,JamesHirosh i ,onNov.28i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.HaruoYosh i -k awa, SantaAna* Calif.,aboy,Satosh i James,onNov.29.ToMr.andMrs.HideoYok omi zo

aboy,RyanDennis,onDec.1i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Mack TaroFuru-muraaboy,JeffreyTad,onNov.23 i nLos Angeles.

ToMr.andMrs.MasaoFuj i -muraaboy,Mark Jeffry,onNov.27i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.NoboruHaradaaboy,Th omasKiyotak a,onDec.1i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raFrankKageyamaagirl,SandraNobu,onNov.26 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.MartinL.Ito,SanDiego,Calif.,aboyonNov.14.To Mr.and Mrs.-Th omasD.Muk ai ,SanDiego,Calif.,aboyonNov.8.ToMr.andMrs.AsaHanamotoaboyonDec.1i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeY.Tak a-h ash i aboyi nDenver.ToDr.andMrs.I.F.Kuritaa

boyonDec.17i nSaltLak eCity.ToMrandMrs.JamesT.Aok iagirlonDec. 19 i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.Sh oi ch i Yamada

aboyi nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.Th omas Ok a-motoaboyi nAlameda,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Tadash i Fuj i -motoaboy,JeffreyTaro,onDec.10 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.ItsuoFuk uda,Venice,Calif.,aboy,Dick Minoru,onDec.12.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMich i oHiraok a,VanNuys,Calif.,aboy,StevenTak ah ash i ,onDec.14.ToMr.andMrs.BenYasuda,

Altadena,Calif.,a boy,StevenRick ,onDec.11.ToMr.andMrs.MasatoJ.IdeaboyonDec.14i nSanFrancisco.To Mr.and Mrs.Henry M.Haradaagirli nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.HarryNagata,North Fresmo,Calif.,aboyonDec.18.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSak umaaboyi nSeattle.To Mr. and Mrs. Hirosh iOni tsuk a agirlon Nov.20 i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i mi Hi ra-ok aagirlonDec.2i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.BenKatoaboyonDec.15 i nSacramento.To Mr.and Mrs.HenryD.Sugai agirl,Laura,onDec.15i nPortland.

DEATHS

Marth aImagawaYosh i i (Mrs.SumioYosh i i ),26,onDec.19 i nBerk eley,Calif.Iwak i ch i WatanabeonDec.10i nTulare,Calif.HatsusaburoOdoonDec.10i n

LosAngeles.Rich ardMartinSaito,3-montholdsonofMr.andMrs.Joh nT.Saito,onDec.16i nLosAngeles.IwataroKitayama,70,onDec.

14i nRedwoodCity,Calif.Sh ok i ch i Kawasak i onDec.16i n

LosAngeles.Mrs.TsuruUmek aFuj i motoon

Dec.12i nSacramento.Asak oUyeda,49,onDec.8 i n

Seattle.Mrs.Riyo MizoteVagi,54,on

Dec.15 i nCorinne,Utah .MatataroHi