PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.30;NO.1 SALT-fcAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,JANUARY 7,1950 Price:Tencents

TwoColoradoMenKilled i nArizonaCrashJoh nKurach i ,DenverJACLLeader,AmongVicti ms i nTragedyBRIGHTON,Colo.— TwoBrigh tonmenwerek i i ledandath i rdwascriti callyi nj uredanPec.29wh enth ei rcarcrash ed i ntoapark edtruck onU.S.h i gh way66nearHolbrook i nnorth ern Ari-zona.Th edeadareJoh nKurach i ,27,andNantaroSak ata,50. RobertSak ata,24wasseriouslyinj ured.CarlWilli ams,45,ofOortez,Colo.,wh owassleeping i n tine park edtruck was h ospi tali zedwi th i n-ternali nj uri es. High waypatrol-mensaidWilli ams h adpulledh i struck offth e h i gh wayandwassleepingwh enth eBrigh toncarcrash edi ntoi t.Joh nKurach i wasth efirstvice-

presidentofth eDenverch apterofth eJACLfor1949andwasamemberofth eJACL'IOOO"club.Th e party was returning toBrigh tonfromLosAngeleswh ereth eyh adseenMr.Kurach i 'smoth eroffforJapan.Mr.Sak ataalsoar-rangedpassageforJapan i nth enearfuture.Mr.-Kurach i , a native ofBrigh ton,recentlyannounced h i sengagement to M i ,ss-i SarahMiyosh i . A

Proceeds;fromSch oolSaleGi vento JACLGroup i nSanJoseSANJC i Jali f.—Ach eck for$529.38,netproceedsfrom th e

Baleofth eAlvisoJapanesesch oolproperty,was presented to th eUnitedCi'i zensLeaguelastweekbyTom l_ak i onbeh alfofth eAlvisodi stri ctresidents.UCLTr~■surerDr.RobertOk a-

motoacce;tedth econtributi onandsaidth atth emoneywillbeusedi nth eleague'swork forth ewel-fare ofpersonsofJapanesean-cestry i nth evalley.Instrumentali nnegotiati onsforsaleofth epropertywasarepre-sentativecommitteeofth edistri ctcomposedofEzak i ,Suyek i ch i Ta-k eda,MitsOk ubo,SatoruKawa-sh i maandTomEzak i .

Sh oEndowElectedNewPresidentofMid-Columbia JACLHOOD RIVER,Ore.—Sh oEn-

dow,Jr.waselectedpresidentofth eMid-Columbia ch apterofth eJACLati tsDecembermeeting.Endowistreasurerofth enewly-activatedNorth west!di stri ctcoun-cil.HewillbeassistedbyNobHa-

mada,firstvice pres.;Mitsuk oAsai,secondvicepres.;Virgi ni aMoss,rec.sec.;Mits Tak asumi,corr.sec;SetsuSh i tara,treas.;Taro Asai,board delegate;Ray

Sato,alternate;and Ei k o Mori-k ado,socialpromoter. "'"KoeNish i motoandToruHase-gawawere elected to (lh e h allboard,replacingRayYasui andWatKanemasu,wh oh aveservedtwo-yearterms i n th i s office.Oth ersonth eboardareHitImai,BobKageyamaandTaroAsai.

TaxRefuserGreetedbyFriendsUponReleasefromU.S.PrisonASHLAND,Ky.—Awelcomingparty greeted Katsuk i JamesOtsuk a,28,onh i sreleasefromth eFederalcorrectionali nsti tuti onat!Ash landonDec.29.Otsuk a,wh orefused topayaportionofh i si ncometaxbecauseofth efactth atapartofth emoneywouldbeusedformili tar-i sti cpurposes,wassentencedonSept1toserveatermof90daysandfined$100byJudgeRobertCBaltzell i nth e U.S.di stri ctcourti nIndianapolis.Alth ough th e90dayterm wascompletedonNov.30,Qtsuk awasnotreleasedandwash eldanad-di ti onal30daysbecauseofh i sre-fusaltopayth efine.Otsuk a,anativeofSanDiego,Calif., attended Pasadena CityCollegeandWh i tti erCollege,both|nCaliforniaandEarlh am Collegei nRich mond,Ind. DuringWorldWarIIh erefusedmili taryser-viceonpacifi stgroundsandserved

""sentence i nprison.

Th eNisei i samemberofth eSocietyofFriendsandh oldstoth etraditi onalanti-warconvicti onsofth atgroup.Th edemonstratorsatth eprisongatescarried posterswith mes-sageswh i ch declared:"WeSaluteYourCourage,""Keep on Re-fusi ng,Jim,We're With You,""YouDidRigh ti nRefusingtoPayTaxesforA-Bombs."Th edemonstrationwasledbyth eRev.Ralph Templin,formermissi onarytoIndiaandnowpro-fessorofsociologyatWilberforceUniversity,h i mselfataxrefuser,andth eRev.ErnestBromley,Wil-mi ngton,Oh i o,ch ai rman ofth eTaxRefusalCommitteeofPeace-mak erswh oserfeda60-dayprisonsentenceforrefusaltopaywartaxesi n1941.j ,Adinnerwas h eld i n h onorofOtsuk abymefnbersofth eanti-wartaxgroup!i nYellowSprings,

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TatsumisArrivei nU.S.WithConsulGeneralWard'sPartyJapaneseAmericanOperatedAutoRepairBusinessi nMuk denSAN FRANCISCO—A Califor-

ni a-bornNisei wh obecamea h os-tage i nth ecoldwari nth eFarEastandwas i mpri soned foramonth i nMuk denwasback i nSanFranciscoth i sweek .Sh i ro Tatsumi,51,accompan-

i edbyMrs.Tatsumi andtwoch i l-dren,returnedtoth eUni tedStateson th ePresidentWilsonon Jan.3 as a memberofth epartyofAngusWard,formerUnitedStatesconsulgenerali nMuk den.Tatsumi,wh ostartedath ri vi ngautorepairbusiness i n Muk denaftertak i ng a correspondencesch oolcourse i nauto mech ani cs,wasemployedatth eUnitedStatescounsulate i nMuk denwh enh eandConsulGeneralWard andth reeoth ermembersofth estaffwerearrestedand i mpri sonedforalleg-edlybeatingaCh i neseemploye.Asaresultofth ecaseTatsumiandth eoth erswerefoundguiltybyaMuk dencourt,sentencedtoprisonandordereddeported.Mrs.HJanak oTatsumi i saJap-

anese nationalwh i le th ei rtwoch i ldren,HarryHayao,15,andAi k o,10,wereborn i nMuk denbutareUnitedStatesciti zens.An-oth erdaugh ter,Mrs.Ai k o Ch i n,

marrieda.captaini nth eCh i neseNationalistarmy severalyearsago.Tatsumi sai d h i s son-in-lawleftMuk denwith th eretreatingNationalistforces and i s prob-ablynow i nFormosa.Mrs.Ch i nandh er8-month sold

sonarenow i nHirosh i mawithTatsumi'ssister,Mrs.MisaoTer-anish i ,wh oseh usband,S.Terani-sh i ,i saresidentofSan Fran-cisco.Th e Nich i -Bei Ti mes reportedth atTatsumi wasborn i nSacra-mentowh ere h i s fath erwas aj eweler.Th efamilymovedtoSanFrancisco i ntimetoloseallofth ei rpossessionsi nth e1906earth -quak e.Tatsumi wassenttoJapanforawh i leforsch ooli ngbutrejoi nedh i sfami lylateri nSeattle.Afterseveralyears i nSeattleduringwh i ch h ewasmarriedandtook a correspondence sch oolcoursei nautorepairwork h ere-turnedtoJapani n1927.Tatsumi startedh i sautorepairsh op i nMuk den i n1933andgrad-uallybuiltup h i s busi ness. In1945,followingth eend ofth ewar,Russianoffici alsconfiscatedh i sbank accountand seizedh i stoolsandsh opequipment.Wh enth eCh i neseNationalists

returnedtoMuk denTatsumi sai dh eturnedh i sbusi nessovertoh i sCh i nesework ersandpreparedtoleaveth ecountry.Hewenttoth eU.S.consulatei nMuk dentoclearh i s Americanpassportandwasofferedaposi-tiononth estaffasamech ani c.He acceptedandremained i nth ecityth reemoreyears."IwenttoMuk denempty-h and-ed,"Tatsumi sai dph i losoph i cally,"andsoIcameouteven."Tatsumi willvisi th i sbroth er,HenrySaburoTatsumi,wh o i sonth efacultyofth eUniversityofWash i ngton.IfTatsumi electstoremain i nh i snati vecountryi ti sbelievedth eState Departmentwillseekmeanstopermit h i s ali en-bornwi fetoreside h erepermanently.

Sh i roTateumi,amemberofConsulGeneralAngusWard'sstaffatth eAmericanconsulate generali n Muk den, i ssh ownwith h i sfamilyasth eyarrived i nHonolulurecentlywi th th eWardparty,enroutetoSanFrancisco.With Tatsumi areh i swife,Hanak o,andh i sch i ldren,Hayao,15,andAk i k o,10.Tatsumi,a nativeofSanFrancisco,wasgreeted i nHonolulu by h i sbroth er,Suk i Tatsumi,wh om h e h adnotseenfor24years.Th eTatsumisarrived i nSanFranciscoonJan.3aboard th ePresi-dentWilson.—Ph otocourtesyofHonoluluStar-Bulletin.

Sugi h araBabyWinsWeberCountyStork DerbyOGDEN,Utah — Deini eLe-

AnneSugi h ara,daugh terofMr.andMrs.HarrySugi h ara,wasth efi rstWeberCountybabyof1950,arrivi ngatSt.Benedict'sh ospi talonJan.1at12:45a.m.Sh e wei gh ed 4 pounds 14'/_ounces.Little"MissSugi h ara,byar-rivi ngah eadofallth erest,willgeth erselfandh erparentsaconsiderable amountofgoodsandsuppliesgiveni nth eannualstork derby by Ogden mer-ch ants.Th eSugth arash avetwooth er

ch i ldren,Marty,2"/2,andClaire,1%.

EstimateNear21,000ClaimsFiledbyJapaneseAmericansForLossesfromEvacuation

WASHINGTON,D.C—Anunoffici alestimatebyth eDe-partmentofJusticeth i sweek i ndi catedth atbetween 20,000and21,000claimswerefiled underth eEvacuation Claimsactbeforeth eJan.3deadline.Departmentoffici alssaid i tprobablywouldbeamatterof

daysbeforeth eycoulddetermine,i ndollars,th etotalvalueofallclaims.

Claims h avebeenfi ledunderaspecialactofCongresstoi ndemnifypersonsofJapanesean-cestryforpersonalandpropertylossessuffered wh enth eywereevacuatedfromth ewestcoastsev-eralmonth safterth eoutbreak ofth ewar.Approximately2,000claimswere

receivedby th eDepartmentofJusticeJan.3,th efi naldateforfili ngunderth eEvacuationClaimsact.AsapublicservicetopersonsofJapaneseancestry,th e.Wash -i ngtonJACLADCofficeremain-edopen untilmidni gh t,Jan.3,fili ngtemporaryclaims i nbeh alfofdozensofpersonsth rough outth eUni tedStates.Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,andEd-wardJ.Ennis.ADClegalcounsel,filedallclaimsreceived i nth eADCofficebeforeth edeadline.Mr.Masaok a saidth e JusticeDepartmentsentaspecialtrucktoth epostofficei nWash i ngtontopick up i tsmailbeforemidni gh t.Hesaidth i si ndi cateda"veryfaireffortonth epartofth eJusticeDepartmentto i nsureth atclaimswouldbereceivedontime."Todate,oneclaim,forapprox-i mately$300,h asbeenpaidtoth efirstclaimanttoreceivepaymentforlossunderth eact.Meantime,saidMr.Masaok a,th e

DepartmentofJusticeh asadju-dicatedanadditi onal20claimsandfi ledareportonth eadjudi cati onwi th th eSpeak erofth eHouseandPresidentofth eSenate,asrequiredbylaw,alth ough onlyclaimsover$2500willbepaidbyspecialCongressional approval.Th oselessth an$2500willbepaiddi rectlyfrom specialfundsallo-catedtoth eJusticeDepartmentby Congress.Currently,th e Justice Depart-ment i spayingclaimsoutofamilli on dollarappropriati onmadeduringth e fi rstsession ofth epresentCongress.Mr.Masaok asai d i tsh ouldbe

onlvamatterofweek safteraclaim i sadjudi catedandsubmittedtoCongressuntili ti spaid,unlessth ecla'm exceeds$2500.Inth atcase,payment,ofcourse,willde-Denduponth espeedwith wh i chCongressmak esi ndi vi dualappro-priati ons.

FireRazesHouseKINGSBURG.Calif.—Th e h omeofKanek i ch 'Sh i mode wasrazedbvflamesonDec.23.Causeofth eblazecouldnotbedetermined i m-mediately.

TwoDie,FiveHurti nHigh wayTruck Acci dentKINGSBURG,Calif.—Two menwerek i lledandfiveoth ersi nj ured,th reeseriously,wh enaligh ttruckwentoutofcontrolonHigh way99nearKingsburgonDec.29.Th edeadareKatsutoMano,51,Fresno,andToranosuk eTaah i ro,72,Visali a.Touj i Kawash i ma,55,and G.

Tanenak a,57,both ofFresno,andG.Kanenaga,Selma,weretak entoKingsburgSanitari um. Kawa-sh i ma sustainedserious h ead i n-j uri es,wh i leKanenagasufferedabrok enleg,Tanenak asustainedafracturedsh oulder.SamKak oi ,60,andKuroFuna-

k osh i ,51,were treatedanddis-missed.Kanenaga,reportedlyth edriverofOh etruck ,toldHigh wayPatrol-manJoh nJonsonh eattemptedtopassanoiltank erandsaw h ecouldnotmak ei t.Hesaidh eputonth ebrak estoslowdownandpullbackoverbutth eveh i clewentoutofcontrol,sk i ddi ngoffth eh i gh wayandh i tti ngatree.Allth eoccupantswereth rownoutbyth ei mpactandpersonalbe-longingswere scattered overa100-yardarea.Tash i rowas k i lledalmost i n-stantlyandManodiedsh ortlyafterreach i ngth e h ospi li al.Officerssaidth egroupwereonth ei rwaytoaPixley,Calif.,ranchwh ereth eyh adbeenengagedto

"pruneavineyard.Seek RelativesOfCrash Victi mFRESNO,Calif.— RelativesofKatsutoMano,51,of1336Tulare

Street,Fresno,wh owask i lled i nanautomobileaccidentonDec.29arebeingsough tbyFresnoauth or-i ti es,i twasreported'th i sweek byToru Ik eda,CentralCaliforniaregionaldirectorofth eJACL.

Crush edbyTrainCHICAGO— Ki j uHaradawask i lled i nstantlyonDec.22wh en

h eleapedi nfrontofatrainonth eIllinoi sCentraltrack satth e18th streetstation.Finalriteswere h eldonDec.

27.

ClarifyEffectofJapanLandReform LawsonU.S.OwnersWASHINGTON,D.C—Becauseofwidespreadi nterestamongper-sonsofJapaneseancestryregard-i nglandsth eymayowni nJapansince passage ofth atnation'sLandReformlaw,th eJACLADClast week released th e fol-lowingletterfromSCAP:"Th elaw,"th e lettersaid i npart,"providesi n partforth epurch aseandresalebyth eJapa-nesegovernmentoflandownedbyabsenteelandlords...Th eJap-anese governmenth asbeen au-th ori zedbyth eSupremeCommnndforth eAlliedPowerstopurch aseand dispose ofallagriculturallandi nJapanwh i ch i ssubjecttoth eprovisi onsofth eLaw Con-cerningSpecialMeasuresforEs-tabl'sh mentofOwner-Farmerandwas registeredasownedon th edateofenactment,Oct.21,1916,byJapanesenationalsandpersonsofdualnationality,oneofwh i chi sJapanese.

"Indetermini ngnationality,th eJapanesegovernmenti sauth ori zedtocons'derasJapanesenationalspersonssoregistered i nth erec-ordsofJapan."Atth e presenttime,landownedbynationalsofoneofth eUnitedNationsorneutralnationswh odonot,i nadditi on,possessJapanesenationality,i snotsub-j ecttoth epurch asi ngprovisi onsofth elaw.Th i srestricti onmayberemoved i n th efuture,atwh i chti meallagriculturallandi nJa-panwillbesubjecttoth elaw."Allagriculturalland i nJapan,regardlessofth enationalityofth eowner,i ssubjecttoth eAgri-cultural Land Adjustmentlawwh i ch proh i bi tstransferoftitleoranyoth errigh ttoagriculturallandexceptwith th epermissi onofth egovernorofth eprefecturei nwh i ch th elandislocated."Th eletterwas signedbyA.J.

Reh e,assistantadjutantgeneral,GHQ,Tok yo.

CongressMayEndU.S.BiasInNaturalizati onLawsDuring1950Session,SaysMasaok a

Ch ancesforPassageofWalterResolutionDeemedFavorableIfProposalComesUpforActionBeforeMoreControversialIssuesWASHINGTON,D.C.—"With th esupportofallinterested

parties,andwith areasonableamountofluck ,1950willseeth eendofth e160yearoldracialdi scri i mri ati onpolici es i n ourfederalnaturalizati onlaws."

Th i si sth ewayMi k eMasaok a,nationalJACLADClegis-lativedirector,th i sweek vi ewedth epossibi li tyofpassageofth eWalterResolution,wh i ch wouldremoveraceasabartonatural-i zati on,duringth esecondsession ofth eEiflrh tv-firstCongress.ItbeginsJanuary3.Hepointedoutth atneverbeforei nth i scountry'sh i storyh asanylegislationelimi nati nglegaldis-cri mi nati onagainstpersonsofJa-'paneseancestrybeenbeforeth eSenateafter h avi ng passedth eHouse,Such asth eWaltermeasurei s.Th eresolutionpassedth eHouseunanimouslyJune6,1949.Itfail-edtobecomelaw i nth eclosingdaysofth efi rstsession onth eloneobjecti onofSenatorRussell,(D)Georgia.Discussing th eresolution andoth ermeasuresi nwh i ch th eADCi si nterested,Mr.Masaok asai dth eforth comi ngCongressionalsessionwillbe"politi calineverysenseofth eword."Th i smeansth atactionswillbe

determinedmorebyth ei rprobableeffectonth enextelectionsth ananyoth erconsideration."Ash esaid,1950i sanelection

year,and"crucialsince i tmaypointtotrendsaflFectingth e1952elections."Inordertoobtainvotes,Sen-

atorsandRepresentativeswi llsup-portmeasureswh i ch th eyfeelwillgainth emre-election.Th us,i ti si mportantth atweletourCon-gressmenk nowwh atweexpectofth emonk eyi ssues."Ash epointedout,oneth i rdofth eSenatorsandallRepresenta-tivesmuststandforreelection,mak i ng such persons especiallysensiti vetoth edesiresofth ei rconstituents.AmongtopSenatorsseek i ngre-

electionwillbeTaft,(R),Oh i o;Milli k en,(R),Colo.;Wiley,(R),Wise; Senate Majori ty LeaderLucas, (D),111.;Majori tyWh i pMyer,(D),Penna.;McCarran,(D)Nev.;Th omas,(D).Utah ;Donnell,(R), Mo.; Morse, (R), Ore.;Downey,(D),Calif.;Magnuson,(D),Wash .;Hayden,(D),Ariz.;Taylor,(D),andDworsh ak ,(R),Idah o,andLeh man,(D),N.Y.JACLch aptersarelocatedi nth e

h omestatesofallofth enamedSenators,Mr.Masaok asaid,andth esupportoflocalch aptersforth elegislativeprogramismorei m-portantth anever.Th elegislativedirectorsaidth eforth comi ng session sh ould becomparativelysh ort. NumerousCongressmenareexpectedtoab-sentth emselvesfrom Wash i ngtonduringth espringprimari es,wh i leth ereprobablywi llbeunitedsup-porttowindupth esession byJulyatth elatestsoth oseupforreelectionwillfindti meto cam-paigni nttiei rh omestates."Th i smeansth esecondsessioni sapttobecomequiteh ecti c,"h esaid,"andth eleadersh i pmaybeh ardput,especiallyi nth eSenate,to muster th e Constituti onalquorumof64 memberstocurbfili busterssh ouldth eyoccur."Hesaidh ewasdeeplyconcerned

wilJh wh atfili bustersmigh tdo,especiallysincePresidentTrumanh asi ndi catedh ewillpressforanearlysh owdownonFairEmploy-mentPractices and.oth erci vi lrigh tslegislation.SenatorLucasalreadyh asagreedtocallFEPearlyinth esession."Byso doing,th e Democratsh opetowingoodwill,especiallyamongminori tygroups,"h eadd-ed."Republicanonth eoth erh andh opeto'expose'th i sas'proofDemocratsarenotsinceresinceth econsensusnow i sth atFEP h asli ttlech anceandamajorfigh toveri tmayleadtosuch h eatedwrang-lingth atoth erci vi lrigh tsbillswillgetlosti nth eoverallsquabble."Meantime,i fFEP i scalledearlyandafili busterensues, i tcouldlastsolongalogjam ofmajorlegislationagainstcoulddevelop,simi lartoth elogjam wh i ch re-sultedduringth efirstsession.Sh ould th e WalterResolution

comeupforactionbeforeFEPandoth er h i gh ly controversialci vi lrigh tsmeasuresembroilCongress,passage ofth e measure seems

h i gh lyfavorable,Mr.Masaok acon-tinued.However,h eadded,i tcannotbeoverlook edth erei sadangerSen-atorRussellwillnotwith drawh i sobjecti onoflastfall,orsomeoth ersouth ernerorGOP Senatormayobject princi pally because th eWalterResolutionwasi ncludedi nth ePresident'sCivi i Righ tspro-gram.Ifth i sh appens,th emeas-urewellcouldbecometh eopeningsk i rmi sh i nth eentireCivi lRigh tscampaigni nCongress.Yetanoth erdangerto i tspas-sageexists.Inviewofth eomni-busi mmi grationandnaturalizati onbillunderpreparation,some Sen-atorswellcouldrequestth atth eresolutionbe'passedover'untilth eoth erbi lli si ntroduced.Th eomnibusbill,saidMr.Mas-

aok a,representssometh reeyearsofi nvestigati onbyaspecialSen-ateSubcommitteeunderSen.Mc-Carran,andpresumablyrepresentsacompleteoverh aul,revisi onandcodifi cati on of i mmi gration andnaturalizati onlaws.Ifeith erofth etwopreceding

objecti ondevelop,i ti sobvi ousth eWalterResolutionwillnotpassonth econsentcalendar,wh erei tmustbeapprovedwith outobjecti on.Ifth ere i sanobjecti on,th en th emeasure'sonlych anceforpassagewillbeonarollcallvote."Ifth econsentcalendari scalledearly,"Mr.Masaok asaid,"andob-j ecti onsareraised,th erewillbetimeto h aveth eresolutionplacedonth eLegislativeCalendar,wh erei tmaybedebatedandvotedupon."If,onth eoth erh and,th econ-

sentcalendardoesnotcome upuntillatei nth esessionbecauseoffili busters,anopportunitytoobtainavotemaybelost."Italsoispossiblecivi lrigh ts

figh tswillraisea"race"issuei nCongress,doomingany"racialleg-i slati on."Ifth i slasteventualitysh ouldoccur,allJACLADCeffortsi n th esecond session wouldbemark edforfailure. Butth i si saremotepossibi li ty.However,Mr.Masaok asai dth e

possibi li ti esofth eWalterresolu-tion'spassagearebynomeansbleak .Th erei severyreasontobelieveth at1950willseepassageofth i sandoth ermeasuresspon-soredbyt(h eJACLADC,h eadded."With unitedsupportofpersonsofJapaneseancestry,with untiri ngeffort,with faith i nth efuture,Iam firmlyconvincedth at,despitemanyobstacles,wewillandcansucceed," h esaid.

FourEvacueesWillGraduatefromRooseveltCollegeCHICAGO,111.— Fourformer

residentsofth ewestcoastwi llbeamongth e309studentswh owillreceive degreesfrom RooseveltCollegei nCh i cagoatth esch ool'scommencementexerciseson Jan.29.Th eyareHarryKanemasu,for-merlyofOak land,Calif.;JessieK.Kawasuna,a nativeofHawai i ;Th omas Mi noru.Taj i ri ofSanDiego,Calif.,andYuich i Tak a-h ash i ofTacoma,Wash .EdwardJ.Sparling,presidentofRoosevelt College,willconferdegreesongraduatesofth eCol-lege'sth reesch oolsofArtsandSciences, Commerce and Music.Th egraduatingclasswilli nclude125veteranstudentswith menout-numberingwomengraduatesbyaratioofth reetoone.Mr.Kanemasu,now aresidentat5472S.EllisAvenue,Ch i cago,willreceiveh i sdegreei naccount-i ng;Miss Kawasunaof603 S.Marsh fi eldAvenuei nCh i cago,ma-j oredi nEnglish ;Mr.Taj i ri ,6113DrexelAvenue,Ch i cago,willre-ceive h i sdegree i nFinanceandMr.Tak ah ash i ,1300N.LaSalleSt.,Ch i cago,i nBusinessAdmini s-tration.Th eCollege,wh i ch i si nterna-

tionallynotedfor i tsstandon"equaleducationalopportuniti esforall,"now h asanenrollmentofmoreth an5,700students.

MargaretKi k uch i TellsJACLRole i nTelevisi onInterviewHOLLYWOOD,Calif.—Th etele-

visi onaudienceofSouth ernCali-forniawasgivenan explanationofth eroleofJACLi nth eJapa-nese Americancommunity i naprogram overStationKTLA onJan.1wh enMargaretKi k uch i ,amemberofth eSouth westLosAn-gelesch apterrepresentedJACLi nani nterviewwith GilMartyn,weli-k nownannouncer.Besidesdescribi ngth eJACLor-ganizati on,MissKi k uch i pointedoutth ewartimeloyaltyofJapa-neseAmericans,th ewarrecordofth e 442nd Regimental CombatTeamandth ei mmediateobjecti veofth eJACLi nseek i ngth ere-movalofth eracialrestricti onsi nournaturalizati onlaw.Th eprogram,wh i ch wasapartofth eweek lySundayfeatureofKTLA,"Magazineofth eWeek ,"wasarrangedatth erequestofHolidaymagazinebyth eSouth ernCalifornia JACLRegionalOffice

with th ecooperationofMr.Tsuk i -ok a ofNich i bei Kinema. Th eJanuaryi ssueofHolidaymagazine,anationalpublicati on,i sdevotedtoLosAngelesandsevenph oto-graph sfeaturecommunityactivi -ti esi nLittleTok yo.Th ei ssuewasgivenspecialattentiononth etele-cast.FollowingMissKi k uch i 's i nter-view,fourNisei girls,underth ei nstructionofFuj i maKansuma,notedprofessionalclassicdancingi nstructor, performed "OmatsuHanagasa." Th eywere HarumiSh i bata,Midori Yosh i da,Mitsuk oGotandaandCh i k ayeAzek a.MissGotanda was alsobri eflyinter-viewed.Instrumentalists, students of

Ch i h ok oNak ash i ma,played"Ch i -dori"onth ek otoandsh ak uh ach i .Th ek otoplayerswereSanayeKa-gawa,Yok oKagawaandAtsuk oYamaguch i wh i leHogyok uYama-guch i andTadaoNomuraplayedth esh ak uh ach i .

FirstNisei Maryk nollPriestTeach esi nJapaneseVillagesKYOTO,Japan— Maryk noll'sfirstNisei priest.Fath erJamesS.Tok uh i sa ofLos Angeles,findsh i mselfrigh tath omeatoneofth ebusiestmissi onsi nJapan.From St.FrancisXavierCh urch

h ere,Maryk nollMissi onersandcatech i ststravelintoth ecountryto i nstructth epeoplei n20sur-roundingvi llages.With h i sex-cellentk nowledgeofth eJapaneselanguageFath erTok uh i sabeganto teach i nth ecountryvillagessh ortlyafterh earrived.He alsoassistsFath erLeoJ.Steinbach ,M.M.,with reliefactivi -ti es.Fath erSteinbach wh owasatManzanarrelocationcenterduringth ewarfoundedabranch ofth eSt.Vincentde PaulSociety i nKyoto. Besidesdistri buti ngfoodto 1,200famili eseverySaturday,th esocietyoperatesadispensarywh i ch providesfreemedicaltreat-mentforth epoor.Inadditi onth emissi onersmak eregulartripstoremotevillagesi nth ecountrytodistri butefoodandcloth i ngtoth eneedy.:IButteach i ng anddistri buti ngreliefsuppliesdo notcompleteFath erTok uh i sa'sweek lysch edule.Hecaresforth espiri tualneedsofpatientsatFuritsu Hospital,in-cludingagroupof18lepers.Andwh enh eh asafreeevening,Fath erTok uh i saattendsth emeetingsofparish groups,usuallyto sh owslidefi lmsandgiveatalk onsomeph aseofmissi onactivi ty.Fath erTok uh i sa,borni nSeattle,

Wash .,returnedtoJapanwi th h i sparentsandh ewaseducated i nsch ools i nYamaguch i .After15yearsh ereturnedtoAmericaandsettledi nLosAngeles.Aconverttoth eCath oli cfaith , h eenteredMaryk nolli n1939.Hewasordain-edlastJuneandleftsh ortlyafter-wardsforh i sassignedposti nKyoto.

Coach ellaValleyJACLHoldsAnnualCh ri stmasPartyINDIO,Calif.—Moreth an200ch i ldrenandadultsattendedth eannualCh ri stmaspartysponsoredbyth eCoach ellaValleyJACLonDec.23atth eOasisGak ueh ,i twasreportedbyCh apterPresidentTomSak ai .With H.NagataactingasSanta

Claus,agiftwaspresentedtoeachch i ld. Fruits and nuts weredonatedbyproduceh ousesofLosAngeles. Ch ai rmanforth epro-gram wasJack Izuwh i leGeorgeSh i bataservedasmasterofcere-monies.Soundfilmsprovidedbyth e South ern California JACLRegionalOfficewerealsosh own.

UCLPlansDi nnerSAN JOSE,Calif.—Th eUni tedCiti zens League i nstallation din-nerwillbeh eldTh ursdayevening,Jan.12,atDinah 'sSh ack i nPaloAlto.Th e di nnerwillbegin at6:30,accordingtoEsauSh i mi zu,ch ai rman.ReservationsmustbemadebyJan.10with Sach i yeEndo,HenryHamasak i orSh i mi zu.

EllisCommunityCentertoObserveSecondAnniversaryCHICAGO—Th esecondanniver-saryofth eElliscommunitycenterwillbeobservedonFeb.12,Sun-dayafternoonfrom 2to5.HagiTeramotoandBenTobah avebeenselectedto h eadth i s"communitybi rth dayparty"asco-ch ai rmen.Th ecommunitycenterbuildi ngat4430South Elli savenuewillbeopenduringth eafternoontoex-h i bi tnumerous displays anddemonstrations. Th evarious or-ganizati onsofth ecenterwillserveash ostsduringth eday.Th e spacious and beautifulch apelofti h eSt.JamesCh urch ,ablock away,h asbeensecuredtoh oldth ech oi rconcertwh i ch i sbeingsch eduledforth eafternoon'sprogram.Dr.HarmonBro,min-i sterofmusic,willpresentaforty-voicech oi ri naprogramofsecularandsacredmusic. Guestartistsarebeingi nvi tedforth i soccasion.Th eElli scommunitycenteri s

sponsoredbyth eEvangelicalandReformedch urch andwasopenedonFeb.15,1948underth eleader-sh i pofMissMaryMatsumotoandRev.GeorgeNish i moto. Ith asaimedtomeetth esocial,educa-tionalandrecreationalneedsofth eJapaneseAmericancommunityon th e south si de of Ch i cagoth rough i tsvariedprogramforallagegroups.Italsoconductsre-ligi ousservicesasa communitych urch forpeopleofalldenomina-tions,and maintai nsath ri vi ngSundaySch ool.

InstallTobyOtaniAsPresidentofVenturaCh aterOXNARD,Calif.—Th eVenturaCountyJACLCh apterh eldi tsan-nuali nstallationofnewlyelectedofficersatth eSaratogaRoom ofth eColonialHouse i nOxnardonDec.23.TobyOtani,1960president,andh i scabi netwere i nstalledbyTatsKush i da,South westJACLRegion-alDirector.Th eoth erofficersareMich i k oTsuda,secretary;GeorgeOk a,treasurer;Mamoru Hosak i ,audi tor;Hisash i InouyeandNori-yosh i Mori k awa,sgts.-at-arms.Th eguestspeak ersi nadditi ontoKush i dawereRev.M.Mitani ofth eNi sei Meth odi stCh urch ,Rev.T. Masunaga ofth e Buddh i stCh urch andMr.O.Ybarra. Re-tiri ngpresidentTomYetbth ank -edh i scabinet,ch apterandcom-munityforth ei rsupportandco-operationgivenh i m duri ngth epastyear. Oth erout-goingoffi-cersareTaroInouye,vicepresi-dent; Jean Mayeda,secretary;Yosh i toToyoh ara,treasurer;TeruoYosh i da and George Kanamori,sgts.-at-arms.Followingth ei nstallationdinner,sixsingersanddancersofth eJa-paneseAmericanTh eatricalGuildofLosAngeles,directedbyJoeTak euch i ,entertainedth eaudience,and were supplementedbylocaltalent.Presentweiteseveralguestsfrom th e Santa[BarbaraJACLCh apter. >

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JACLSeek sReviewofIndianPolicyProtestsFederalActioni nAcquiri ngTribalPropertiesWASHINGTON,D.C.— Th equestionsofnationalpolicyaffect-i ngIndians,th ei rgoalsandstand-ardsi nsoci ety,needtobereview-edandstudiedi nabettereffortbyth i sgovernmenttoguaranteeth erigh tsanddigni tyofth esefi rstAmericans,th e JACL Anti-Di s-crimi nati onCommitteedeclaredonJan.2.Th eJACLADCtook th i sstandi naletterofprotesttoSen.Jo-seph C.o"Mah oney,(D.,Wyo.),overth eacquisi ti onbyth egovern-mentofFortBerth old(North Da-k ota)Indianlandswh i ch willbei nundatedbyth e proposedGar-risondamonth ei rreservation.Aftercallingattentionto a

numberof"unfairanddiscri mi na-tory"sections i nth elaw com-pensatingIndiansforth elossofth ei rlands,andurgingth eSenatetorectifyth eseerrors;'Mi k eMas-aok a,nationalJACLADClegisla-tive director,wrote SenatorO'Mah oney:"... i ti soursuggestionth atth ewh olequestionofth eplaceofth eIndian i nAmerica;h i srela-tiontoth eFederalandstategov-ernments;h i srigh tsanddigni tyaspartof$iebodypoliti cofth i scountry,sh ouldbegivenafull-scalereview."In1928th eBrook i ngsi nsti tutecompletedamajorstudyofournationalInlianprograms. Th i sh adamajoreffectuponth e di-rectionandth i nk i ngwith regardstfoth eseearliestAmericans.Th atstudy h asbecomedated...Yet,i tcannotbe i gnoredth attreat-mentofth eIndianh asbeenbasedona piecemeal,often i llogi cal,frequentlyundesirable,patch workqui ltbflaws,grossexploitati onandabrogationoftreaties..."Sometribeslivei nmiserable,

ruralslums on semi-starvationdiets;oth ers h ave money overwh i ch th eyexerciseli ttlei fanycontrol.Th ewh olesituationi sanamazingstoryofdifferencesofstandards,oftreatmentand ofabili tytolivewith i nth ecomplex,i ndustrialAmericaneconomy."Th equestionsofpolicy,goals

andstandardsneedtobereviewedandstudiedandanswered—noti na mannerth atwouldmak e ascapegoatof,say,th eBureauofIndianAffairs,buti nth esamesenseoffairnessandapproach asexemplifi edbyth ePresident'sCom-mi tteeonCivi lRigh ts.."Norsh ouldanyreviewbeun-

dertak enth atwouldresulti nanypaternalisti cdecisi onsh andeddownforour'redbreth ren,'butrath eroneth atwouldutili zeth edesires,experiencesandaspirati onsofth eIndiansth emselves,"Mr.Masaok awrote."Havingbeenevicted'oncefrom

ourownh omes,andconfinedtore-locationcenters,wepersonsofJa-paneseancestryfullyrealizeti h edegradation,i ndi gni tyandterribleenervationth atresultsfrom suchtreatmentofan entire eth ni cgroup."But,h avi ngnowrecoveredourlostfreedomsand liberties andh avi ngrefoundaplacei nAmerica,wefeeli tconsistentwith th efinestprinci plesofDemocracytourgeth atth osesomepracticesandpre-ceptswh i ch restored ourrigh tssh ould andmustbe utili zedtoguaranteeth erigh tsanddigni tyofanywh osufferbecauseofrace,creedorancienttraditi ons."

AlbuquerqueElectsJACLCabinetALBUQUERQUE,N.M.— Sam

Yonemoto h asbeenelectedpresi-dentofth eAlbuquerqueJACLfor1950,accordingtoFredYosh i mo-to,retiri ngpresident.Oth ercabinetofficerswillbe

GeorgeMatsubara,firstvicepres.;BobFuk azawa,secondvi cepres.;MarieSaeda,treas.;MarieNak a-yama,corr.sec.; Mrs.LorraineMorimoto,rec. sec.GeorgeIsh i -k awa,boys ath leti cdirector;MarieYosh i moto,girlsath leti cdi-rector;Helene Saeda and FumiYamamoto,socialch ai rmen;Mrs.Sh i bataandTach i Hirak awa,mem-bersatlargefrom Gallup.Atth esametime i twas an-

nounced th atth e GreaterAlbu-querqueNisei club h asdi sbandedand socialactivi ti esand oth erfunctionssponsoredbyth atorgan-i zat'onwillbe directedbvth eJACL.

Saturday,January7,19502PACIFIC CITIZEN

Seek OusterOfCanadianSch oolBoardSt.GeorgeResidentsProtestDismi ssalOfNisei Teach erST.GEORGE,Onh .— Resigna-tionsofmembersofth eSt.Georgesch oolboardwere demandedonDec.28by 150residentsofth esch ooldi stri cti nth econtroversygrowingoutofth edi smi ssalofaNisei i nstructor,Rich ardTak i moto,onDec.6.A resolution ask i ng forth eresignationofsch oolboardmem-berswasadoptedatamassmeet-i ngattendedbyth e150citi zens,manyofwh om wereparentsofstudentsatSt.GeorgeContinua-tionsch oolwh ereth e26-yearoldTak i motowasan i nstructor.Studentsatth esch oolwentonstri k eforseveraldaysi nprotestoverth edi smi ssalofth eNi seiteach er.Atth emassmeetingT.O.Love-

less,oneofth etwomembersofth esch oolboardwh ovotedagainstTak i moto'souster,declared ch atth eprinci palofth esch oolmade i ti mpossibleforTak i mototoco-operateandh adstatedth at"Japa-neseCanadianssh ouldnotbeal-lowedtoteach i noursch ools."Th eonlyreasonforTak i moto'sdismi ssalwasth ath ewasnot"co-operative."Inadditi ontoi tsdemandforth e

resignationofth esch oolboard,th emajori tyofpersonsatth emeet-i ngrecommendedth atth eOntarioDepartmentofEducationsetupamoredemocraticmeth odofap-pointi ngsch ooltrustees.

Ch i cago'sJACLCreditUnionPlansGeneralMeetingCHICAGO— Th eth i rdannualgeneralmeetingofth eCh i cagoJACLcreditunionwillbeh eldatfash i onableForrest'srestaurantat1036North State st.onFridayevening,Jan.20.Invitati onswillbesentto 150

membersofth i sfastgrowingor-ganizati on,wh i ch recently an-nounceda4percenti nterestre-turnonalldeposits.Sch eduledforth eeveningarean

electionforfivememberstoth eboardofdirectors,annualcommit-teereportsandentertainment.Committee members i n ch argeofth eprogram areJack Nak a-gawa,NoboruHondaandTomMa-suda; Kurneo Yosh i nari ,Mi k eHagiwara,and Line Sh i mi dzu,entertainment;FredToguri,MariMatsumura,Dick Yamada,SumiSh i mi zu and George Nish i moto,reservations.Reservationsarebeingacceptedatth eJACLoffice,FR2-5762.Th edinnerwillbeginat7p.m.

Issei Pi oneerDiesAtPaloAltoHomePALOALTO,Calif.—TagayasuMurata,83,aresidentofth eSanFrancisco areaforth e-past60yearsandoneofth epioneerIsseii nCalifornia,diedonJan.3atth eh omeofh i sson,Koj i Murata.Murataarrivedi nSanFranciscoi n1889from Ish i k awaprefecturei nJapan.Muratapioneeredth ei mportingofJapanesegoldfish i n1911andestablish edth e Nippon Goldfishcompanywh i ch i ssti lli nbusiness.

GeorgeSugai SucceedsTh omasItami asSnak eRiverPrexyONTARIO, Ore.—GeorgeSugai

wasnamedpresidentofth eSnak eRiverJACLforth ecomingyear,succeeding Th omas Itami,wh oh eadedth eorganizati onforth epasttwoyears,MunIseri willbevi cepresident,with MaryMio andMrs.BootsHironak aasrecordingandcorre-spondingsecretaries,respectively.Oth erofficeswillbefi lledbyTomOgura,treas.;Sh i gHi ronak aandMrs. Bobbie Watanabe, socialch ai rmen;Tom Itami,offici aldele-gate;andJuliusNumata,h i stori an-reporter.

NationalJACLAffili atesWithConferenceonAlienLegislationWASHINGTON.D.C.—Th eJa-

paneseAmericanCiti zensLeagueth i sweek announced i tsaffili ati onwith th eJoi ntConferenceonAlienLegislation,aconferenceofnation-alorganizati onsi nterested i npro-motingliberallegislationdealingwith i mmi grationandnaturaliza-ti on.Hi toOk ada,nationalJACLpres-i dentsaidh ewas"h i gh lypleased"with th e i nvi tati onofth eJointConferencetoth eJACLtoaffili -atewi th i t."Th i s,"h esaid,"isi ndi cati veofth egrowth i nstatureofth eJACL

X-Oi ver(h epastfewyears."Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,saidth atwh i leth eJACLh as,i nth epast,cooperatedi nformallywith i ndi vi -dualmembersofth eJoint.Con-ference,"nowourwork with i twillbemuch moreeffective."Hesaid th eConference,withh eadquarters i nNewYork City,tak esnopublicactiononlegisla-tionasaunit.Itexistsprimari lytoexch ange i nformation,formu-latelegislativeproposals,work outcommonstrategyandpromoteco-ordinatedaction.

Allactionproposedbyth eCon-ferencemustbetak enbyi ndi vi dualmemberorganizati onsorth oseor-ganizati ons acting j oi ntly,buteach memberreserves completefreedom ofaction,Mr.Masaok asaidTh eConference h asbeen i nex-

i stencenearly20years,accordingtoReadLewis,i tsch ai rman.Iti sexpandingi tsmembersh i patth i stime,"inviewofth efactth atth i scomingyearpromisesto beofspecialsigni fi cancei nth ei mmi gra-tionandnaturalizati onfield,withboth SenateandHouseCommitteesexpectedtorecommend i mportantch anges i nexi sti nglaw."AmongConference membersare:AmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnion,AmericanFederationofInterna-ti onalInstitutes,AmericanFriendsService Committee, AmericanJewish Congress, B'nai B'rithAnti-DefamationLeague,Cath oli cCommitteeforRefugees,Ch urchWorldService,FederalCouncilofCh urch es,NationalYWCAboard,NationalTravelersAidAssociati onandUnitedServiceforNewAmer-i cans.

JACLADCPreparesforRoleInTh i rdPh aseofEvacueeClaimsCompensationProgramWASHINGTON,D.C.— Withcompletionofth efi rsttwoph asesofth eEvacuationClaimsprogram—work i ngforpassage6fth elawand assistance to th ose fili ngclaims— th eJACLAnti-Di scri m-i nati onCommitteeth i sweek pre-paredfor i tsparti nth eth i rdph ase,expediti ngth eadjudi cati onandpaymentofclaims.Th efili ngdeadlinewasmidni gh t,Jan.3,forpersonsofJapanesean-cestrywh o sufferedrealorper-sonallossesi nth eforcedevacua-tionfrom th eWestCoastseveralmonth safteroutbreak ofwar.Mi k e Masaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,saidth i sweek th ateveryeffortwillbemadetoassistclaimantswith rapi dpro-cessingofth ei rclaims,anactionh etermed"vi tal"topreventth eclaims program from stretch i ngoutoveraperiodofyears.Hesaidth erestillare,forex-ample numerous questions i n-volved i n th e adjudi cati onofevacuee claims. Among th eseare:Wh eth erevacuee operatorsofnon-profitcorporaions,such asch urch es,andlanguagesch oolsarecoveredbyth eEvacuationClaimsact;th estatusofevacueesfromTerminali sland andJusticeDe-partmentsecurityareasremoved

priortoth egeneralarmy ex-clusionorders,aswellasi nterneesandparolees;h ow losseson i n-surance maybedetermined,andwh eth erornotexpensesi nvolvedi npreparingforth eevacuation,i t-self,maybeconsidered properlosses.Inanefforttoobtaini nterpreta-tionsofth elawasappliedtoth eseproblems,Mr.Masaok asai dth eJACLADC i si nvi ti ngattorneysi nterested i nth eclaimsprogramtosubmiti ndetailth ei ropini onsofth ecoverageofth elawaswellasmeth odsofspeedingupadjudi -cationofclaims.Inboth LosAngelesandCh i -

cago attorneys h ave organizedcommitteestocompilesuch i nfor-mation. Oth erattorneysi nterest-edh avebeenask edtocontactth eWash i ngtonoffice,JACLADC.Assuch i nformation i sreceived,i twillbecompiledi namasterbriefbyEdwardJ.Ennis,JACLADClegalcounsel,andsubmittedtoth eAttorneyGeneral'soffice.InCanada,wh ereprocessingofClaimsofCanadianJapaneseforlossessufferedi nth ei revacuationfromth atcountry'sWestCoasti svirtuallycompleted,th e JACLADC h asretainedth eservicesofRobertJ.McMaster,Vancouver,8.C.,i nanadvisorycapacity.Th e Canadianprogram differsfrom th eAmerican claims pro-gram i none signi fi cantrespect.Here,Congressalready h as ap-provedameasuretocompensateevacueesforcertain losses. InCanada,acommissi onh asadjudi -cated evacuees'claims,butpay-menth asnotyetbeenapprovedbyParliament.Mr.Masaok asai dMr.McMaster,WestCoastcounselforth eJapa-nese CanadianCiti zensAssocia-tion,willlend considerable as-sistance i nth ecurrentefforttoexpediteprocessingofAmericanJapaneseclaims.He also announced th atMr.

EnniswillleaveforLosAngelesi nmi d-Januarytoinvestigateth eoperationofth eclaimsprogramonth eWestCoast.Mr.Enniswillremainforseveral

week stomak eadetailedstudyofth eprogram,anddevisemeth odsforexpediti ngadjudi cati on andprocessingofclaims.Th eJACLADCalsoh asdecidedtoaddafull-timeassistanttoi tsstaff,mostli k elyi nth eLosAn-gelesarea wh owilldevote h i scompleteattentiontoth eEvacua-ti onClaimsprogram.Th eassistanth asnotyetbeen

selected.Hewillwork temporarilywi th Mr.Ennis i nLosAngeles,th en remainth ereto k eepth eJACLADC fullyadvisedofth eprogram ofth eclaimsprogram,fromadjudi cati ontofinalpayment.Atth erequestofJACLDistri ctCounciloffici als th rough outth ecountry,Mr.Masaok a sai d th eJACLADCwillask th eAttorneyGeneraltoopenspecialevacuationclaimsfi eldofficesi nSanFrancisco,Seattle,SaltLak eCi ty,Denver,Ch i cagoandNewYork City,i nad-di ti ontoth eonenowoperatingi nLosAngeles.Hesaidfi eldofficessh ouldma-teriallyspeedupadjudi cati onofclaims.Th elegislativedirectorsaid i t

alsoi spossibleth at,afterfurth erstudy,th eADCmayproposecer-tainamendments toth e presentEvacuationClaimslaw.'Nonewillbeproposedunlessi ti sfeltth eJusticeDepartmentcan-notfulfillth ei ntentofCongresswith outadditi onallegislation.Th i smeans,ofcourse,th atmuch willdependuponth ei nterpretationth eJusticeDepartmentgivestoth epresentlawwh eth eranyorallpossibleamendmentswillbeneces-sary.Amongsuch amendmentsare:Extensionofth efili ngdeadline;i nclusionofantici patedprofitsandwageswith i nth emeaningofth eact;aliberalized i nterpretationi nj udgi ngclaims,i nclusionofdis-ch argedNisei veteransorservice-men,andreleasedorparoledin-terneeswh osufiereddi rectori n-directlosses,and.lastly,anacttoprovideamini mumlumppay-menttoeach evacuee,plusapro-visi onforadjudi cati ngclaimsex-ceedingth elumppaymentwh ereproofoflargerloss i savai lable.

Equalityi nNaturalizati onTops1950LegislativeObjecti vesofAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee

Seek AdequateAppropriati onstoFacili tatePaymentofAwards i nJusticeDepartment'sAdmini strationofEvacueeClaimsProgramWASHINGTON,D.C—Th eWalterresolutionandth eJudd

bi llstilltopth eli stoflegislation wh i ch th evJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati onCommitteewillseek to h aveenactedi ntolawduringth esecondsessionofth e81stCongresswh i ch wasopenedonJan.3.Mi k eMasaok a,nationalJACLADClegislativedirector,said

th i sweek th eprogram h as metwith complete accordofth eNationalJACLlegislativecommitteeandboard,ch apterpresi-dents,regionalrepresentativesandIlocalADC ch ai rmen.Th e Walterresolution,wh i ch

passedth eHousei nJuneandnowi s pending i n th eSenate,pro-videsth atth erigh tofnaturaliza-ti onsh allnotbedeniedanyper-sonbecauseofrace.Presenti eg-.stationproh i bi tsnaturalizati onofallOrientalsexceptIndians,Ch i -neseandFili pi nos.Ch ancesforpassageofth e

resolutionareconsidered h i gh lyfavorable.Mr.Masoak apointedout,h ow-

ever,th atth eJudd bill,wh i chprovidesboth fornaturalizati onandli mi ted i mmi grationfrom allAsiati ccountries,stillis beingpush edbyth eADC.Th i sbi llpass-edth eHousebyth eoverwh elmi ngvoteof336 to39 on March 1,1949,butsince h as beenunderstudyofaspecialsubcommitteeofth e Senate Judici aryCommitteeInvestigati ng Immigration andNaturalizati on.Ifth eWalterresolutionsh ould

becomelawbeforeth eJuddbill.Mr.Masaok a sai dth eADC th enwillseek legislationwh i ch ,byi tself,wouldpermitlimi ted i mmi -grationfrom allAsiati candPa-ci fi cnationsandprovidefurth erfor non-quota i mmi gration foralien spouses,parentsand ch i l-drenofAmericanciti zensfromth oseareas.Oth erlegislationlistedbyth e

ADCwh i ch willbepush ed,andi tspresentstatus,i ncludes:Adequateappropriati onsforth eadmini strationofth e evacuationclaimsprogram,andani ncreasei nfundstofacili tateth epaymentofawards.Th i smustbedraftedandi ntroducedbyth eDepartmentofJusticeaspartofitsgeneralappropriati onsbillforth efiscalyear1951.Th eCh elf-McCarranbills,(H.R.4577and S.1858)forrftn-quotaimmi grationofspouses,ch i ldrenandstep-ch i ldrenofAmericanvet-eransandservicemen,i nth eOri-ent.Th esebi llsnowarependingi nth erespective Immigration andNaturalizati on subcommittees ofboth th eHouseandSenateJudi-ciaryCommittees.Th e Walterbill(H.R.3875),

amendingPublicLaw 863topro-vide th e AttorneyGeneralmaysuspendandcancelth e deporta-tion ofcertainqualifi edalienswi th outth econcurrentapprovalofCongress.Inoth erwords,abilltomak esuspensionofdepor-tationproceedingsanadmini stra-tiverath erth anlegislativepro-ce3s, asatpresent.Th i s passedth eHouseunanimouslylastApril,now i si nth especialsubcommit-teeofth eSenateJudioi aryCom-mittee i nvestigati ngImmigrationandNaturalizati on.Th e Magnusonbill,(S.1017)

amendingth eTradingwith th eEnemyact.Th i sprovidesth ati n-terneesandparoleesmayfi leforth ereturnofvestedproperty,andextendsth eti meforfili ngclaim*againstth eOfficeofAlienProp-erty.Th ebi llispendingi nth eclaims subcommittee ofth eSen-ateJudici aryCommittee.Th eFugatebill(H.R.6906),amendingth eTradingwith th eEnemyact.Th i sestablish esth e1941 rateofexch ange betweenforeignand Americancurrenciesforth epurposeofpayingvestedforeign currency accounts i nAmericandollars,andprovidesforth e payment,of i ntereston allsuch vestedaccountstoberepaid.Th i si spendingi nth eHouseCom-mitteeonInterstateandForeignCommerce.Th eFarringtonbillforHawai-i anstateh ood.Waiti ngactioni nth eHouseRulesCommittee."Fair.employmentpracticesleg-i slati on.Such bi llsarebeforeth eHouseRulesCommittee andSen-ateCalendarCommittee.

Anti-polltaxlegislation.Pass-edbyth eHouse,waiti ngactionofth eSenateJudici aryCommittee.Anti-lynoh i ng oranti-vi olencelegislation.Pendingonth eSenatecalendar.Anti-segregation and anti-di s-cri mi nati on legislation.Pendingi nth erespectiveJudici aryCommit-teesofth eHouseandSenate.Celler-McGrath ci vi lrigh tsbillsstrength eni ngfederalmach i neryforth eprotectionofcivi lrigh tsand i ncreasingth esafeguardsofindi vi dualrigh tstoliberty,secur-i tyandciti zensh i p.Pendingi nth ej udi ci arycommitteesofth eHouseandSenate.Inadditi onto th epreceding

legislationwh i ch willbeactive-lypush edbyth eJACLADC,Mr.Masaok asaidcertainlegis-lation i s underconsideration,andmaybedrafted, i ntroducedandsupportedduringth enextsession i ffoundnecessary.Amongbillsunderconsiderationare:Extension ofth e fi li ngdead-line;i nclusionof"antici patedpro-fi tsandwages"with i nth emean-i ngofth eact;liberalizi ngi nter-pretations of"proofandvalua-ti on forth epresentconceptof"accordingtolaw"wh i ch ,i nj udg-i ngclaims,actuallylimi tsadjudi ca-tionsatth epresenttime;appealsfromth eadjudi cati onofth eAttor-neyGeneraltoth ecourts,anden-largingth e scopeofth eacttoi nclude:(a)Honorablydisch argedNisei

veteransorservicemen,and re-leased orparoled i nternees ofJapaneseancestrywh osufferedeith erdi rectori ndi rectlosses i nth eevacuation;(b)Corporationsand non-pro-fi tcorporations,organizati onsandsuch associati ons as ch urch es,sch ools,civi c,fraternalclubs,etc.,wh ose stock h oldersormemberswere predominantlypersons ofJapaneseancestry;(c)PersonsofJapaneseances-tryevacuatedorexcluded,orwh oleftvoluntarily,from prescribedareas,such as Terminal i sland,undervariousmili tary,navalandDepartmentofJusticeregulations.Mr.Masaok asaidi ti »possi-

bleth eJACLADCmayseek acompleterevisi onofth eEvacua-tionClaimsacttoprovidefori ndi vi duallump sum paymentstoallevacuees,i nadditi ontoprovisi onsforadjudi cati nglargerclaimswh ereproofi savai lable.Oth erbillsbeingconsidered i n-

clude:Anamendmenttoth eTradingwi th th e EnemyActtoprovideth atth eOfficeofAlienPropertyreturnvestedpropertyi nwh i ch anativebomAmericanh asa"colorofi nterest;"Compensationfori nj uri essus-tainedi n th eJapaneseattack onHawai i ;Compensationforciti zen and

alieni nterneesofAlask aandHa-wai i releasedorparoledandwh osuffered personal orpropertylossesbecauseofth ei ri nternment;Repealofproh i bi ti onsagainstth eemploymentofMongoliansonFederalreclamation projects.Inadditi ontosponsoringlegis-lation.MrJMasaok asaidth eJACLADCwillcontinuetoopposebillsauth ori si ngth e"persecution"ofaliens,i ncludingabilldirectingth edeportationofalienswh oh avenotbecomenaturalizedafteryearsi nth eU.S.,andanybillswh i chwouldconfiscate,foronepurposeoranoth er,th eassetsof"enemyai i ens"i nth i scountry;Legislationwh i ch i s i ni mi calordetrimentaltoth ewelfareofper-sons ofJapaneseancestry,anyoth ereth ni cgroupwith i nth i sna-ti on,orth eUni tedStatesas awh ole.

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"ForaGoodNewYear'sResolution--ResolvetoAttendth eJACLNationalConventioni nCh i cagoonSept.28toOct.2,1950

EDITORIALAYearofSocialProgress

Probablymoresigni fi cantactionforcivi lrigh tswastak eni n1949th ani nanyprecedingyeari nourcountry'sh i story.

Both i nth ecourtsandth rough legi slation,th eyeartotalledani mpressivenumberofvictoriesforcivi lrigh ts.

ForJapanese Americans th e record forth eyear wasespeciallyencouraging.Th eJuddbi llandth eWalterresolutioncameclosetopassage byCongress,so close i ndeedth atth ei rpassageth i syearseems h i gh lyprobable.Th eevacuationclaimsprogram gotunderwayandth efi rstpaymentunderth i sactwasmadebeforeth eendofth eyear.

Th erewiasamendingofoth eri nj usti cescausedbyth ewar:recogniti on byth efederalcourtsofth eAmerican citi zensh i pofTuleLak eresidentswh ounderduresscapitulatedtopro-Japaneseforces i nth ecampandrenouncedth ei rAmericanciti -zensh i p;recogniti onofth eAmericanciti zensh i pofmanyNiseiwh owerestranded i nJapanduringth ewarandwereforcedtoservei nth eJapanesearmyorwh ovoted i nth eJapanesegen-eralelections;repealbyth estateofCaliforniaofawar-bornlawexcludingJapanesealiensfrom commercialfish i ng.

Buttogaugeth eprogressofacountrybyi tstreatmentofoneminori tygroupwould besh ort-sigh ted.Itwasmosten-couragingofallth atth estatusofallminori tygroupsi mprovedduringth eyearandth atboth th rough th ecourtsandth roughlegi slation,th ecountryvastlybroadenedth epoliti cal,socialandemploymentopportuniti esofallAmericans.Th eyear1949saw fairemploymentpractices legislation

adoptedbysevenstates,passageofcivi lrigh tslaws i nCon-necticutandbroadeningofth eNewJerseycivi lrigh tsact.InCaliforniath eanti-mi scegenationlawwentoffth ebook s,

i nrecogniti onofth efactth atrestricti onofmarriagebecauseofrace wasan i mposi ti onuponan i ndi vi dual'srigh ts.Th ecountry'sarmedforcesmadeadecisi vemovetowardth e

eli mi nati onofsegregationanddiscri mi nati onth rough anorderfrom th esecretaryofdefensewh i ch ask edforactionbyth earmy,navyandai rforcetoreviseth ei rracialpolici estobringultimateracialdemocracytoth ecountry'sarmedforces.Inh ousi ngamemorablerulingfrom th eFederalHousing

Auth ori tylate i nth eyearstatedth atth eagencywould h ence-,forth refusetograntloansuponpropertycarryingraciallyre-stricti vecovenants.Th i s,followinguponth e1948decisi onofth eU.S.Supremecourtwh i ch ruledth latrestricti vecovenantsarenotenforceablebyth ecourts,foretoldanerawh i ch wouldseeth eendtodiscri mi natorypractices i n h ousi ng.Wh i lenei th erofth eserulingsWas decisi veenough toelimi nate racialre-stricti ons i nh ousi ng,th eywerepositi vestepstowardracialde-mocracy.

Ineducationanumberofgainsweremade.Numerousat-temptstoestablish th erigh tofNegroestoequaleducationop-portuniti eswerepressed th rough outth enation.Amovewasmadetoelimi nateracialrestricti veandraciali dentifi cati on i napplicati onforcollegeenrollment.Inadditi on,a numberofsororiti esandfraterniti essough ttoestablish th ei rrigh ttoelecttomembersh i ppersonsofanyracialgroup.Th etwominori tygroupsonwh i ch nati onalattentionwas

focused i n1949wereth eAmericanIndianandMexicanAmer-i cangroups.Both h avelongbeen-th evi cti msofracialperse-cutionbuth ave,becauseoflack oforganizati on,beengenerallyoverlook ed.In1949,forth efi rsttime,decisi vegainsweremadebyboth th esegroups i nasserting th ei rpoliti calandsocialrigh ts.

Inth epastyearth eAmericanIndianswere,forth efi rsttime,grantedth erigh ttovotei nNewMexicoandArizona,andth e h ugeMexicanAmericanmi nori tyofth esouth westandth ewestforth efi rsttimewasabjetomak ei tselfh eardasapo-liti calgroup.EdwardRoybal,ofMexicandescent,waselectedtoth eLosAngelescitycouncil,th efi rstmemberWth eMexicanAmericanmi nori tytobe electedtoth i solffice/C.Th eNisei ,Jewish andNegroAmericangroups,th rough out

th eyearcontinuedtomak epositi vegainsunderth ei ralreailyestablish edorganizati ons. /

Meanwh i le,numerousgroupsli k eth eCalifornia.federationforCivi cUnity,th eAmericanCi vi lLi bertiesUnionandoth erorganizati onsfartoonumeroustomentioncontinuedtowork tomak edemocraticpri nci plesarealityforallofAmerica'sminor-i tymembers.

Th eyear1949brough tmuch enli gh tenedlegislation,manyencouragingcourtrulings.Th eyearbrough tproofofth eneedforandwork abi li tyofsuch soci allegislationasFEPCandci vi lri gh ts.Itbrough ti ntofocusmanyexperiments i ncivi lrigh ts.Itgavedirectiontoth ecountry;i tsh owedwh ereandh owwecanacttobringci vi lrigh tstoallth epeople. I

THENISEIASANAMERICAN

ByALBERT SAIJO

Th eAmericanQualityDominatesTh eJapaneseAttitudeButCannotOvercomeRacialIdentity

We h ave a traditi onfor i rresponsible i nterpretationofpatrioti cnecessity.—ALLEN TATE.

THEJAPANESEasAmerican,Nisei ,asubjectseldom dis-cussed i n termsofpertinentfact.GenerallyNisei h avea

gooddealofvaguefeelingabouti t.Th epoliti calNisei i ndis-cussing i tcombineth atvaguefeelingwith July4th rh etoricandneverreach i tscruxforth eresultant j am.From th eNi seij ournalistswe h avewh atth eNi sei sh ouldbeandarenotbutofth ei ractualstatelittle.Th esocialsci enti sti sh elpfulbuth i smeth odcannotutili ze i mportantpsych ologicalpoint.Th esubjecti seith erby-passedI■orneverreach ed.Th i sarticlewillattemptabriefand i nformal socio-psych ologicali nspectionofi t.Itwillattempttoarticulate,vaguefeeling.Wh en discussingasubjectin-

volv.ng i dealsth epitfalli sglossingoverofpertinentfactand con-sequenti nsi ncerity.Weare toldforinstanceth ati nAmericaevery-one i sequalregardlessofraceorcoior(th e i deal).Th e factis:America,vulgarlyexpressed, i swh i teman'scountry,andrelativetoth i s,th eNisei willbediscri m-i natedagainstaslongasth eyarerecognizablyOriental.With outdoubt,anall-embracingequality i s i mpossible i n anyh umanpostulate.Wemayh aveaneffectiveequalitybeforeth elaw,agooddegreeofequalityofoppor-tunity(fairemployment,etc.).Th eNi sei meanboth wh enth eyspeakofequality.Andth eseprelimi naryequaliti espoi ntforth em toth efinalequality,i .e.,socialequality—,i h ecompleteaboliti onofth ecolorline. Th eequalitybeyondmeretoleration.Wh i ch equality,i tmusth erebei nsi sted,Americanculturei s i ncapableofaccommodating."Iti sth e'non-wh i te'wh i ch must

beemph asi zed."H.P.Howard,NAACP.Th eph ysi calfact:color,i s th e crucialfactor involved.Culturallyth eNi sei (with reserva-tionstobediscussedbelow)areAmerican.Th ecaseofth eNegroi si nstructiveh ere;th eyarecul-turallymoreAmerican th an th eNi sei .Th eyh avebeeni nAmericaagreaterlength oftime.Ever\culturaltie (language,customsetc.)wi th th ei rmoth erci vi li zati onsh asbeenbrok enyetth eyarenotaccorded equalityby th e Cau-casian American. Perh aps th estigmaattach edtoth ei rslaveryback groundi sresponsible?— noforth erewerewh i teslavesalsoi nearlyAmericabutth eywereas-simi lated.Th esinglebariscolorRacialprejudi ce.Anexplanationforth epresentsituationmaybefound i nth eri seofWesternCh ri stendom,i tsworld,widedominati onandexploitati onofth e h eath enandth ecultural-customaryattitudesformedth ere-from.Weh aveth enth eNisei ,th e

secondgenerationofJapanesei nAmerica,Americansbyri gh tofbirth butwh oseancestrybarsth em from fullpartici pati oni nth eli feofth ei rcountry.Howbestunderstandth em?We mustfirstunderstandth e

basicambigui tyth eycontain.Anambigui tyth atth efi rstseveralgenerationsofallminori tygroupscontaintovaryingdegrees.Inth eNi sei i tfirstconsistedof

aJapanesequalityandanAmeri-canattitude j uxtaposed(attimeesubtlyj oi ned)— cloth ed i nloosefeeling.Butch angedaswesh allsee with sh i fti ngcircumstance.Th eambigui tywasfosteredbyth esocio-psych ologicalsituation th eNisei wereborn i nto.Wh atwasth atsituation? Th ei nfluence ofth eIssei (inti mateenvironment).Th eIssei wereJa-panese,th ei rcompletelyforeignattil*udenourish ednoambigui tyi nth emselves.(Th ei rswasandstilli ssimplyth edilemmaofaforeign-eri nastrangeland).Th eIsseih adnodesiretoAmericani zeth em,selvesbeyondconvenience'ssak eandth edi scri mi nati onth eyweremadetosufferstrength enedth i satti tude.Th i s i nti mate environ-mentgavetoth eNi sei th ei rJapa-nesequality(itscenter:language,customs,etc.).Th eAmericanat-titude i sareflectionofAmericaneducationandgeneralexposuretoti h eAmericanwayoflife(publicenvironment).Th e Ni sei were discri mi nated

against(externalsituation).Th e ambigui tyagainsth osti le

externalsituation gave rise toracialpride.Th i sraci alpridewemustunderstandasafreeagent

(nownationalisti c,nowpurelyde-fensive,etc.)—weigh i ngth e am-bigui tyth i swayandth at.Wesh allseeth eambigui tymani-festedbyvacillation,h ecti caction,orfrustratingmodulationtoth epitch ofth eexternalsituation.Th eapath yofth eNisei duringevacuation/detentionmaybeex-plained i n termsofth i sam-bigui ty.Th erewereofcourseo'h erpertinentreasons:deten-ti onofIssei leaders,i neptNiseileadersh i p,youth ofNisei ,th eoverwh elmi ngodds, etc. Butevacuation/detention seen asNisei li fecrisi s,th eambigui tyfiguredlargely.Uptoth etimeofPearlHarborth eelementsofth eambigui tywerefavorablyweigh ted.Th eJapanesequality gave strength to th eAmericanattitude,th e Americanattitude i nturntemperedth eJa-panese quality (as witness ex-cellentsch oolrecord,low crimerate,etc.).Racialpridegavegoodaidttoboth elements.Publicen-vironmenttempered i nti mate en-vironment.Th eNisei li k eth eIssei weredis-crimi natedagainst:th eambigui tydeveloped.But i npre-wardaysth eambigui tywassubtlymodu-lated to h ei rexernalsituation:i twaspropertoth estatusquo.Th encamePearlHarbor,warandmountingtension. Th eneatbalance—ambigui ty/externalsitua-ti on—wasupset.Intimateenviron-mentoverruledpublic/environment.As th e externalsituation grewworse th e American attitudeth ough stilli ntactbecametorpidandth eNisei perforcefellbackonandnourish edth ei rJapanesequality.Th eJapanesequalityh ademph asi zedrespectforfamilyre-lationsh i ns.Th eIssei wereJapa-nese and th e environmentth eyfurnish ed h adi nsti lledi nth eNiseiapassivesympath yforJapanandth i ngsJapanese.Th etensionmounted.Accordingtoth enewspapersth eNi sei weredangerous.Toth epoliti ci anth eywereonewith th eenemy.Th elawoffered small consolation. Itobviously discri mi nated againstth em(curfew,etc.)"sneak yJaps."Th edemandforevacuationgrew.Th eNi sei meanwh i le i ndulgedi nloosefeelingstoo:th ei rlead-ers became 'inu,'professionalh ysteriasi gni fi edwh olesale.Americanh ate,etc. 'Th e Ni sei leaders reactingstronglyagainstth ei rJapanesequality(h ecti c action manifestsambigui ty)appealedtoth eAmeri-canattitude,th entorpid,andfur-th eragitatedth eJapanesequalityofmostNisei .Th eexternalsitua-ti on'sdismi ssalofth eNi sei asJapsgoadedth ei rracialpridei ntopartiallyreawak eni ngth eAmeri-canattitudebutth i swasviti atedbyanuncomfortableparvenufeel-i ng th esame externalsituationgaveto i t.Racialpridenoneth e-lesscontinuedtosustainth eAmer-i canattitude.Itwasracialpridetooth tcaused th eNi sei i n anatmosph eresuffusedwith patriot-i sm tofeelth ei racutewantofpatrioti cpartici pati on."AJap'sa Jap."Th eNisei couldnotan-swer.Th eelementsofth eambigui ty

h adsh i fted:th eJapanesequalitydominated,th eAmericanattitudewastorpid.Racialprideabettedboth . Straigh tactionwascan-celled: sullen acquiescense ttostrongevacuationorder(vacillationmanifestsambigui ty).Th e ambigui ty th us weigh ted

modulated i tselftoth eh ei gh tenedexternalsituation.Upon i ncarceration th e Ni sei

splitandtravelled i n severaldi-rections.Camp i ntensifi ed i nti mate en-

vironment,publicenvironmentwasch eck ed.Th eh eatofth eexternalsituationwasmini mi zedbydesertandbarbedwire.Asubtlerelax-i ng:Nisei amongownrace. With -

i nth eframework ofth i sgeneralrelaxationnewfeelingswereem-ph asi zed.Confrontedbydecisi onstobe

made(registration,etc:*)th eNiseiwereforcedtoconsiderth ei ri den-tityorlack ofone.Th eambigui tyh ad alwaysfrustrated anyfinali denti ty. An i ncomplete raciali denti tywasth emostth ei rsitua-ti oneveryielded.Onegroupunderintensifi ed i n-timateenvironmentnourish edth ei rJapanese quality. Th ei rracialpridepi tch edh i gh j oi nedwith th eJapanesequalityandallbutk i ll-ed th e AmericanattiUude. Th eremoteexternalsituationbecameforth em a h odgepodgeofbadAmerica,goodJapan.Th ei rracialpride th endevisedapassionatesituation(Japan!)todefyth enre-placeth eremote externalsitua-ti on.Japanbecameth e-symbolofracial,nationali denti ty.Registra-tion,segregation,TuleLak e andfurth eri nci tementgaveth eJapa-nesequalitystrength enough tok i llth eAmericanattitude(h ec.i cac-tionmanifestsambigui ty). Dis-avowalofAmerica.Atth eoth erextremeagroupof Nisei , reacting stronglyagainsti ntensifi ed i nti mateen-vironmentrenouncedth ei rJapa-nesequality(h ecti cactionman-i festsambigui ty).Both groupsweredesperatefori denti ty.MostNisei onth eoth erh and

begantorebelagainsti ntensifi edi nti mateenvironment.Itscoreth eIssei/Ki bei element h adbeguntograte.Th eAmericanattitude(th eparvenufeelingmini mi zedbyth eremote externalsituation)wasawak enedandused againsti nti -mate environment.Strongracialpridenourish edth egaini ngAmer-i can attitude. Segregation orArmy,registrationloomed.Th eywere caugh twith outi denti ty—neith erJapanesenorAmerican.Vacillation. But h ere practicalconsiderations,genuinedesireforAmerican i denti tyandfai rsali-ents j ustth enemergingfrom th eremote externalsituation com-binedto prod vacillationtoac-quiese to governentauth ori ty.Th eseNi sei relocated,th eyweredrafted i ntoth e army.Th eambigui tyh ad i ssuedforthi nvacillation.Vacillation h ad i nturnbowedtoauth ori ty.Th eam-bigui tyagainmodulated i tselftoth e externalsituation.With resettlement mark ed

ch angesweremadepossiblebyanexternalsituationofcomparativebenevolence.Th ewar-timeexperienceofth eNi sei provedth ei rmosteffectivesocietali denti tytoberacial.Pa-tri oti cpartici pati onandth ei rcom-i ngofageserved tostrength enth i s racial i denti ty.Wh atth eNisei beforeandduringth ewarh adrecognizedfurtivelynowwasplacedaboveboard(subtlycondon-ed andencouragedbyth eexter-nalsituation).Th e Japanesequality h ad de-

clined (with th e decline ofth eIssei,\etc.)andbecomeanattitudeorless.1 Newstrongraciali denti tyboost-ed byracialpride gainedprece-dence>oyerth eJapaneseattitude.Th eAmericanattitudestrength -

enedbyaboveboaVdraciali denti tybecameaquality.Atpresent.'th eelementsofth eNi sei ambigui tystandth us:Th eAmericanqualitycompletelydom-i natesth e'Japaneseattitudebutcannotovercome racial i denti ty.Th eambigui ty i smodulated toth enowcomparativelybenevolentexternalsituation.Th eoverallsituation remainsfrustrating.Iti scertainlyambig-uous,e.g.,racial i denti tymadeth eAmericanqualityyetobstructsi tsfullexpression.Some may protestth atth e

statement"th eNi sei willbedis-cri mi natedagainstaslongasth eyarerecognizablyOriental"i stooh arsh .Wemustrememberth atth eNisei h aveoverth eyearssoi n-uredth emselvestoth ei rsadlotth atth eynolongerfeeli tsfullbrunt.Th ei rpresentsituation i scertainly an i mprovementoverth ei rprewar,situation.Th epoli-tici ansforinstanceseem to h avepurged th emselves ofanti -Japfever.Iti satanylength nolongergoodpoliti cs.Th eNisei leadersh avematuredandth eNisei h avebecome aneloquentgroup.Be-causeofth ei rrecentpatrioti cpar-tici pati onth eyarenowmorecon-fidentas citi zens andmembersofth ei rcommunity.Th eycontainmuch less ambivalent feeling.Sti llth ey are discri mi natedagainst,andaslongasth eymustbear,on top ofth e i nequaliti esconcomitantwith th eh uman con*

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THEWARORPHANS

ByMITSUYASUDA

ANisei Girli nJapan:

Th ereWasM.k e,Yuk i andOneCalled'Peanuts'

(Editori alNote:MitsuYasuda,auth orofth efollowingarticle,spentth reeyears i nJapanafterth ewarasaU.S.governmentemployee.Someofh erexperiencesweretoldi nh erarticle,"InMyFath er'sJapan,"publish edi nth e h oli dayi ssueofth i spaper).

WewenttoJapani n1946,onlyoneofh undredsofgovern-mentg\r\s.Wecame"back i n1949,th reeyearslater.Duringth attimewemetth eyoungandth eold,th eonce-

wealth yand th everypoor.Each i n h i sownwaywiastouch edbyth ewar,madeorph anbyth ecataclysm th atsweptJapani nth efi rstfiveyearsofth e1940'5.Irememberli ttleMi k e.Hewasa10-yearoldwarorph an,adoptedbvth emenofone

ofth ecavalrydivi si onsasth ei rmascot. Wh en orderswentoutth atth ereweretobe nomoremascots,oneofth eofficers tookh i m i nto h i sown h ome,fedandcloth edh i m andraised h i malongwith h i sownch i ldren.Mi k etooKto h i m someh ow andth ere wassometh i ngpiti fulinth eway h eusedtogreetuseverytimewesteppedoutofth ebusatourplaceofwork .Hewouldbestandingth ere,al-ways,saying"goodmorning,sah -j ent,'1 and"goodmorning,k yap-ten,"toeverybodygoingi ntoth ebuildi ng,butwh en h esawus,h ewouldrunup,grabourh ands,andsay,"oh ayoo,Neh san,oh ayoo."Itwask i ndofh ardtotak e,wh en

wewalk ed i ntoourofficeonedayandfoundMi k eth ere,notawel-comevisi tor,butaprisoner.Heh adbeenrobbing h i sfosterpar-ents'h omeli ttlebylittle.Wek eptlook i ngi ncredulouslyatth eevi-denceonth elieutenant'sdesk andth enatlittleMi k e,wh oh adtearsi nh i seyesandwh o k eptsh ak i ngh i s h eadateveryaccusation.We h ad done i nterpretingforgeneralofficers,attrials—atoneti me,even,wh enth ewifeofacondemnedwarcrimi nalcametopleadforth elifeofh erh usbandclaimi ngsh e h adnewevidenceofh i si nnocense—butweth i nk wedidourbesti nterpretingj obtryingtosavelittleweepingMi k e.Butth ecircumstantialevidencewasth ere,allfrom Mi k e'sownpock ets,andsadlywesenth i m toa j uveni ledelinquent'sh ome.Butth enth ere's"Peanuts,"an-oth erwarwaif.Amedicaldetach -menth ad"adopted"h i mafterth eyh ad found h i m running aroundbarefootatfilth yUenostation.Ach i ldless sergeantand h i s wi fetook h i m i n,andth edetach mentk epth i m cloth edandfed.Asfaraswek now,h e'ssti llth ere,beingch auffeuredtoandfromaCath o-licsch ooli naj eep,th eenvyofh undredsofoth erorph ans..Atneith erextreme,buti nth emiddle,we h ave Yuk i . Th ree-fourth s Japaneseand onlyone-fourth German.Yuk i 's features,h owever,areallCaucasian.Th erei snovisi bletraceofh erJapaneseblood. With th atadvantage,sh eh asbeenabletoslippastMPsandguardsatallAlliedinstalla-tions,wh i lewewereask edeverysingletimefori denti fi cati on.AgraduateofTok yo'sWomen'suni-versity,sh e h asperfectcommand

ofJapaneseandspeak slittleEng-lish .Weusedtosmilei roni callyat

each oth erwh eneverwewouldbewalk i ngdownth estreetandsomeAmericanswouldstop h erfordi-rections. Yuk i wouldn'th ave th esligh testi deawh atth eyweresay-i ng,and wh i le sh e stood th eresmili ngbri lli antlybutdumblyatth em,wewouldbabbleoutth edi-rections.Itusedtobefuddleth em.Th i swork edboth ways,ofcourse.AJapanesewouldstopusfordi-rections,-andwh i lewestoodth erestuttering"anoh anoh ",Yuk i wouldstepi nandrattleoffperfectJapa-nese.MostJapaneseh aveagraspof

English .Th eywriteflawlessandbeautifulEnglish ,butth eycan'tspeak i tbecauseofth ei runfamili -aritywith English ph oneti cs.Mr.Itoowasour60-year-oldpaymaster.Heusedtositoppo-si teourdesk across th eroom,bending h i s bald h eadoverh i sabacus,squinti ng h i seyesbeh i ndth i ck glassesas h ek eptaccountofth epayroll.Heusedtospend h ourslabori-ouslywriti ngoutnotestous.He

Th e auth or,Mitsu Yasuda,triesoutGen.Mac-Arth ur'sch ai r.Fifteenminutesbeforeth i spic-turewastak enth egeneralh adreviewedaFourth ofJulypar-adefromth i sstand.Gen.Eich el-bergersati nth ech ai ronth eleft, George Atch eson onth erigh t. Th eJapanesewerei mpressedby th e factth atafive-stargeneralh adsati nth esamek i ndofseatasacommonspectator. <

RaceRelations i nTerritoryImproveSinceEndofWar

ByLAWRENCE NAKATSUKA

Nisei i nHawai i :

Honolulu,T.HCynicscontinuetosayth latrace h armonyi sanemptycatch -

ph rasei nHawai i .Butth efactisth atracerelationsh avebeengettingbetterandbettersinceth ewar.Forth eNisei ,th i s i sparticularlytrue.Th ey h avemoved

ah eadeconomically,sociallyandpoliti cally.Th ereareth osewh owould mini mi ze th ebroad gains made i nrecentyearsandpoint i nsteadtoth e i solated instancesofdiscri mi nati onandprejudi ce.Butth esecriti cs numberonlya h andfulandth ei ri lk probablycanbefound i nevery i —community.Asanoth eryearofpostwaradjustmentwaswoundup,mostNisei i n Hawai i werelook i ngforward to continued i mprove-mentofth ei rlot.Th ebigprob-lem forsome,h owever,willbeunemploymentwh i ch h as h i tarecord h i gh .Butth eproblem i snotracial;i taffectsth eNi seinomoreorlessth anmostoth erracialgroups.Ifth eproblem were racial,

th enth eFi li pi nos h aveth emosttocomplain—th ei runemployment

rate i stwiceth atofoth erna-tionalgroups.Th eJapanese,li k eth eCh i nese,h aveanequalpro-portionofth eunemployedi ncom-parisontoth e'rtotalpopulation.Inbusinessgenerally,th eNi seiaretak i ngoveragreatersh areofresponsibi li ty,aswellaspro-fits.Asmerch ants,th eyareac-quiri ngamoreastuteapproach toeconomics th an d'd th e_Isseiwh omth eyareslowlyreplacing.Inth eprofessions,th e Nisei

h avecomeofage,verydefini tely.Doctors, dentists and lawyers

aboundamongth eJapanese.Con-sderingth eyoungageofmanyofth em,th eyappeartobe h oldi ngth ei rown,moreandmore.In politi cs,th eNisei h avesh owngreatpromise.Afterth ei rwartimewith drawalfrom elec-ti veoffices,th ey h avemadeastrongcomeback atalllevelsofgovernmentservice.Th ereappearstobe no valid

reasonwh yth eysh ouldnotbe-come evenmoreactiveandpop-ulari npoli ti cs.Th eprewarbug-aboo about Japanesedomnationofgovernmenti s j ustth at— abugaboo.Culturally,th e Ni sei are dis-

playingth ei rtalenti n broaderfields—inart,musicand litera-ture.Th eyarebeginni ngtosh owth e fruits of h i gh ereducationwh i ch h ascometoth em th roughth ei rowneffortsandth ei rpar-ents'sacrifi ces.Inailth eseadvancements,th eNi sei h ave meta negligi bleamountofracialdiscri mi nati oncomparedto,forexample,th eJapanese i nCalifornia.Th eNisei i nHawai i wh oblamesh i scolorfor h i s fai lure wouldprobablyfindh i sgreatestdraw-back i n h i sownsborWgh tednes3andh i spre-oocupationwith i mag-i nedfearsofraceprejudi ce.

FROM THEFRYING PAN> BillHosok awa:

Th eInadequaciesofMen'sWearDenver,Colo.

Th i sweek 'ssubzeroi nterlude(ith i t.14belowonemorning)wascauselorsomerueiulcogitati ngon th e i nadequaciesofmen'swear,notably h ats.Forth eoccasion,wedraggedouta 14-year-oldovercoat,stillsturdyandwarmdespiteth ewearandtearofyearsandth eonslaugh tofravenousmoth s.Weputonourth ree-year-oldglovesandanewCh ri stmasmuffler.Th atleftusfarly wellprotectedfrom th e

Arcticch i llexceptforagapbetweencollaranduac,anexpanseoroKen tuy:two h i gnly sensiti veprotuberances,namelyourears.Th ere i snowaywh ateverofpullingdownone'sh at,orh unch i ngupone'scollarfarenough toprotectone'searsade-quately.Th eresulti sacutediscomfortaftermoreth an

a.coupleblock sofexposure,followedbyaburn-i ngsensationth atpersstswellintoth emornngaltersh elter i sreach ed.Th eRussians,Manch us,Mongolsandoth ersuch coldcountrypeoplesporti "ur h eadpi eceswi th flapstopulldownoverth eaars.Th e marinesadoptedsimi larh eadgearforh ermoreclimati callyvigorousassignments.Such ,utili tari anwear,i fnotth eh ei gh tofstyle,obvious-yiswh atweneedwh enth enorth erswh i stledownfrom th eArctic. « * *A NewGenerationofWritersTh i si sth eseasonforback wardglancesaswell

as perusing th e h oli day supplementsofvariousNisei publicati ons.Inourcaseth efirstish ardlyseparablefrom th esecond.It'sh earteningtosee,yearafteryear,th eby-linesofoldtimerswh oh avebeenh ammer'ngoutcopyforgoingontwodecades.Longmayth ei rh ack neyedph raseswave.Butit'sevenmoreh earteningtoreadth eefforts

ofayoungergenerationofwriters:—ofwh omth ere

h asbeenash ortage?—andAtch th emdevelopfromyeartoyear,i ai te,fori nstance, i vi i tsu lasuda's'MyFath ersJapan,"areportondeieatedNipponpublisned i n th e h oli daynumberofth e.Pacifi cCiti zen, i t_asingularlymovingstoryth atdel-vesueep i nto h umanemotion.Yve do notk nowMisslasuda,butsh allbewatch .ngformoreofth ewriti ng i orwh i ch sh e h asanobvioustalent.Oneofth emosti nterestingpubl-sh i ngventures

nowunderway i sJamesMsh i mura'sScenemagarzneandth eGuidebook annual,both turnedoutunderth esameroofi nCh i cago.Th e1950Guide-book ,editedby Dick Tak euch i , i saslick andi ni ormation-pack ed j obth ataddstoth eprestigebuiltup byth e 1949edtionwh i ch Masamori h .o-j i maedited.Exceptforth reeGuidebook storiesunderth e

bylinewh i ch appearsatth etopofth i scolumn,th evolumei swell-filledwith goodreading.Leani-ngabouth owoth erNi sei li ve i sanant-dotetoprovinci ali sm,wh i ch i saltogeth erpossiblei nth esedaysofpreocoupat.onwith mattersoth erth anth ewell-floggedGreatNisei Problem.Onecuriouspointi sth estrongNorth westflavor

i nth eGui debook 'sstableofwriters.Tak euch i i sanex-Seattleite,li k ewseArtDirectorSh oKanek o.Dyk e Mi yagawaandEddieSh i mano,both writi ngfrom New York ,alsoareformerSeattleites.Th esame goesforTogeFuj i h i rawh otook th eph oto-graph stoi llustrateth ei rstores.PeterOh tak i fromth eTwinCiti esh a'lsfromBrainbri dgei sland,j ustacrossPugetSoundfrom th eSeattlewaterfront.BobOk azak i .wh osech attydiscourse h ad todowith Issei andNi sei i nth emovie i ndustry,1k e-wi sei saonetime Seattleite.Heroamedfar,butusuallymanagedtowindupforbr'efperiodsi nth ecityofh i llswh ereh espentalargepartofh i searlymanh ood.CertainlySeattleNisei laynoclaimtoextra-

ordinaryliteracy,and h old"nobri efforsuch acontention.Buti t'sastri k i ngpoint.

CHICAGO NEWSREELByJOBONAKAMURA

Notesfrom th eWindyCity:

Ch i cago,111CITYSCENES...Th edown-townLooph asth atworn-outi ookseenonth efacesofth emerry-mak ersasth eystaggerh omeatdawnaftera New Year'sevebinge . . . Th e morningsunstrugglesupth esideofth egrayandstatelvbuildi ngs,streak i ng.itwith th edigni tyofsilversh een...Th ei ncongruouslittleebntreesstandnudeandwrink led i nfrontofMarsh allField's departmentstore...Officework ersfaceth edrearyi mmi nenceofanoth erblueMonday...th eyduck i ntodrugstoresforh otcoffeeanddo-nutsto j oi nth ebartenders,sh owgirls,andbandsmenwh oareh avi ngth ei rmorningcupbeforeth eygoh ometosleep.Th ereareth ewell-scrubbedcol-legecoedswh oaredoinglast-min-utesh oppi ngbeforereturningtoth ecampuses...Sun-black enedNisei boysfromth evineyardsofCalifornialook forj obsi nCh i cago...Th eysiti nmatineemovieseveryday...Th ecoldi mpersonalglanceth atoneNisei givesanoth eronth estreet...Th edowntowncrowd th atdoesnot h eed th emelodicch i memusicringi ngouteach dayfromth eslenderspireof,h e Centralch urch i n th eLoop. ..Th e i mpudentscampwh otack ed ona"NoHunting"signonth ecornerlotonwh i ch Ch ri st-mastreeswerebeingsold...Th enearNorth Clark streetwash er-etteswh ere Ch i nese laundrymenbring th ei rpatrons'bundles towash i n Jieautomatic mach i nesandplaydominoswh i lewaiti ngand

th enreturnth edamp-drygarmentsback to th ei rsh opsforh and-fini sh i ng...Issei o-basansbowingtoeach oth erasth eymeetonth estreetcorner...Mrs.FredHash i -motorecentlyreceived a j arofpick led h orseradish (tak uwan)fromh ermoth eri nCalifornia.Th ej arcrack edenrouteandth epost-manwh odeliveredi tsaidgrave-ly, "Smells li k e someth i ng i sdead."ANDPERSONALITIES...Notlongagoawomanfoiledanat-temptofalate-nigh tattack erbyquick th i nk i ngandabitof j i u-j i tsu.Sh eh adreceived j udo i n-structions atProfessor MasatoTamura'sj i u-j i tsuInsi tute.Dur-i ng th e war a h eavyweigh twrestler,KarlPojello,ch allenge.;anyj udoexpertforaboutwith th epurposeofbelittli ngtbevalueofj udo.Tamuratook h i m on,al-th ough outweigh ed70pounds,andfini sh edPojellowith i noneminuteand ttwentyseconds...Asaprivatesecretaryi nalargeair-conditi oni ng and refrigerat.onplant,Yuri Tanak ah asmanyoc-casionstoattendconferencesofmanufacturersandsh eh asreturn-edwith contracts i ncludingordersforth ousandsofdollarsofequip-ment."Wetook ti meoff—with h ecompany'sblessing—andsoak edi nth esunatMiami Beach andcruisedtoth eBah amasi naprivateyach t,"sh erelated . ..Yuk i oSh i modaJwas i nfrom th eBigTownasacastmemberof"High ButtonSh oes." Sh i moda studied balleth erei nth eWindyCity...Ak i raOmach i wasappointedtoan i n-structorsh i p i nph ysi ologyatth eLoyolaUniversitymedicalsch ool.Omach i i sarecentPh .D.from th ejUniversityofMinnesota...Sh i gWak amatsuwh owasreelectedth elocalJACLpresidenti sach emi stdoingqualitycontrolwork atth esoapplantth atmak esRinso ...VeryfewNisei work i nth ede-partmentstores downtown butAnnaIsh i k awai s i nth emilli nerydepartmentatMandel's. Sh i zuSak adai satSh ay.ne's...Marsh allField,oneofth ecity'sstrongestproponentsforracialdemocracyandth epublish erofth eli beralSun-Times,h asnoth i redasingleNiseii n h i sgiganticstore...Andanon-Nisei friendDick ,wh oasagourmetby i nteresth as eateneveryth i ngfrom broiled rattle-snak etopick ledsnail,wasi nvi tedbyustotryadish ofsash i mi .WewentdowntoDen-Yaandorderedsomeslicedsea-bass.Ourfriend'sfaceturnedpositi velypalewith h i sfi rsttaste...ANisei groupre-centlyorganizedacameraclubofth ei rown i nth i scitywh ereth erearealreadymanysuch groupsatsch ools, YMCA's, and variousneigh borh oods wh o h ave Niseimembersandwouldbedeligh tedtoh avemore...Andfollow:Th eResettlers'Committee announcedproudlyth ati th asassisted i nor-ganizi ngmoreth an 110all-Niseiclubs i nth i scity.

VagariesCommissi oner...Joh n J.McCloy,h i gh commis-si onerto Germanyand longafriendofJapaneseAmericans,h asnotforgottenth oseh eth ough twellofath omedespiteth ecrush ofh i spresent,i ntr.cateduties. Re-cently Edward J.Ennis,JACLADClegalcounsel,visi tedMr.Mc-Cloy i nGermany. Th e commis-sionerpromptlybeganask .ngMr.Ennisaboutth estatusofJapa-neseAmericans,progressoflegis-lationdesignedtoremoveraciaistatutesapolicableto Japanese,and.i h ewelfareofth eJACL.

* " *MineOk ubo,auth orof"Citi zen13660,"h as.aseriesofdrawingsi llustratingh eri mpressionsoftnelifeofaWash i ngton,D.C,gov-ernmentgirli nth ecurrenti ssueofMademoiselle...It'sestimatedth atclaims h ave beenfi ledformoreth an$100,000,000 byJapa-nese American evacuees underPublicLaw886.Th ebiggestcaimi sbelievedtobeone*»r$1,400,000byKeitaroKoda,formerSouthLosPalos,Calif.,ricegrower...Recommendedreading:Bi llHoso-k awa's"Wh atBecameofJimmySak amoto?"i nth eJanuaryi ssueofScene.

» * "Sueo Serisawa,winnerofth erecent$1,000CaliforniaStateFairawardforamodernpainti ng,re-ceivedanh onorablementionawardi n h e1949i nternationalHallmarkcompetiti on...Masamori Koj.ma,formereditorofCrossroads,i snowonth estaffofaCIOnewspaperi nLosAngeles...BeatriceGrffi i h ,auth orof"AmericanMe,"i swork -i ngonanarticleonth eNisei foranationalmagazine.

Th eNisei AsAmerican(Continuedfrompage4)

diti on,th e i nequalityth ei rracealone entails th estatementwi llremaincertainlyh arsh buttrue.Th eNise.areAmericani neveryi mportantcultural-customary re-spect.Th eydonoth eedth eNi sei as-simi lati oni sts.Th eyfindth ei rnewfoundracial i denttyquite com-fortableenough .Th eNi sei areprejudi cedagainstalloth ermi nori ti es(asalloth ermi nori ti esareprejudcedagainsteach oth er)andagainstth eCau-casiantoo.Th eNsei with wh oleh eartsubscribeto th eHollywoodund i ni tsmainth eHearstan i n-terpretationoflife.Howstrangeyouare,you i di ot!Soyouth i nk becauseth erose-Isred th atyou sh allh aveth emastery?Th erose i sgreenand willbloom.Overtoppingyou,green.liv;dgreenwh enyoush allnomorespeak ,or

Taste,orevenbe.Mywh oleli feHas h ungtoolonguponapar-ti alvictory.—Willi am CarlosWilli ams.

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SportsAmyTodaEntersFirstRaceofSeasonNew Yearsports i tems:AmyToda,UniversityofUtah sk i

star, h ad h erfi rsttasteofcompetiti onsinceth esnowscame toth eWasatch rangewh ensh efini sh edeigh th i nth ewomen'ssectionofth eannualSnowcupracesatAlta,partofwh i ch wasconductedi nanear-blizzard.MissTodaracedunderth ecolorsofth eBrigh ton,Utah ,Sk i club...AccordingtoGaryOk amotoi nth eCh i cagoSh i mpo,FredYamash i rosawactionth i syearonth eUniversityofIllinoi sfrosh team.Yamash i ro,19 yearsofageand180pounds,wascaptainofth eHydePark h i gh team i nCh i cago i n1948...GeorgeMoritaofHydePark h i gh goth onorablementionth i syearonth eCh i cagoall-cityeleven,wh i leh i s teammate,GeorgeNak awatase,receivedmentiononth eall-leagueteam.Sixoth erNisei weremembersofth eHydePark team...Th eCh i cagoHusk i es,ch ampi onsofNisei Vue'sfi rstannualnationalNisei i nvi tati onaltourney,recently appearedatCh i cago Stadium i naprelimi narygametoth eCh cagoStags-Roch esterRoyalsprocagecontest.

" * *Nisei Scatback WinsLeagueLaurelsRalph Kubota,th e 135-poundsaatback ofth eCompton.Calif.,

h i gh scnoolTarDabes,wasrecentlynamedtoth eback fi eld ofth eall-coastLeagueall-tar'team.Kubota's running h ad alottodoWitaComptonslyto 13victoryoverSantaBarbara i nth eCIFfnalsatth eLosAngelesColiseumrecently.Hepiledup 70yardsfrom scrimmage i nIVcarries.ncluding runsofftand17yards....Inth eL.IFsemi-fi nalsKubotarambledtotwotouch downsinduci-ng a 63-yardsprintagainstMark Keppel.Inth e CIF quarter-finalsaga.nstCh afi ey,Kubotascoredtwiceonrunsof76and33yards,..xiemacie simlarlongruns duringth e regularseason.Kubota i sa j uni or.

" * *Tak esh i ta'sLossRatedBigUpsetAccording toCalWh orton ofth eLosAngelesTimes,Robert

(GoldenBoy)Tak esh i ta'slosstoRudyGutierrezlastOctoberwasth etopupsetofth eyeari nLosAngelesfisti cuffs.Th eboutwassup-posedtobeatuneupforTak esh i ta,lorwh omanextensivetourof.newestcoastwasplanned.JoeHerman,wh owas h andli ng Ta-k esmtaonth ecoast,h opedtosh ow th eNi se.welterweigh ti nciti esWi i h alargeJapaneseAmericanpopulation.Sixh undredNise»andIssei saw lak esh i talosetoGutierrez i nOlymp.cAuditori um.Ta-k esh ta,i nci dentally,drewagateof$54,000wh en h elosttoMaxieDocusen i nHonolulutwoyearsago.

GunnerSumidaWinsTourneyAwardHerbert(Gunner) Sumida,21-yearold guard ofth eHawai i

Nisei All-Starteam wh i ch wonth eth i rdannualnationalOr.entalbas_etbui i tournamentatSanJoseCh ri stmasweek ,wasch osenth eouisui ndngpia>er i nth etourney.Frank \osh i o_aofth eSanJoseZebras,wiunei softh econsolationtroph y,wasch osenasth e"mosti nspi rati onalplayer,"th eawardwh i ch Sumida won lastyearatSeattle.BesidesSum-dath etournamentall-starteam i scomposedofth efollowing:Eugene(Tuna) Wong,St.Mary's Ch i nese;George(Vvee).Wong, St.Mary's;Tak H.yama,Ch i cagowusKies;Sh i gxvxurao,Ch i cagoHusk i es;Joh nHonda Holi,Hawai i ;Danny Fuk u-sh .ma,Berk eleyNissei ,andEi i ch i Adach i ,SanJose...Hawai'svic-toryoverth eSt.Mary'sSaintsfrom SanFranciscoendedth etwo-yeardominati onofth etourneybyth eCh i neseAmercanteam.St.Mary'sh owever,playedwith outth ei rstar*%fth e lasttwoyears,li ttleWeeWilli eWongwh oi snowonth eUn.versityofSanFran-ci scovarstyandwh oi sprobablyth esmallestplayer,at5feet4,i nbi g-ti mecollegebask etball.

" * »

Nisei PlayforHawai i 'sRainbowsTenNisei goti ntoth eUniversityofHawai i lineupasth eRain-

bowslosttoStanford,20to74, i nth ePineappleBowlgameatHonoluluonJan:2.Ji mmyAsato,h alfback ,scoredoneofHawai i 'sth reeTDs.Hawai.'slineupi ncludedKiyosak i ,le;Doi,It;Tak ayesu,Tenno,lg.;Nak amura,re;Mamiya,qb;Asato,Kawaguch i .G.Ma-miya,h b;andTak ush i ,fb.SaburoTak ayesu,captainofth eHawai iteam,i s a442ndCombatTeam veteran...Hawai i willplaysevengameswith mainlandsch oolsi n1950.

Coach Kaj i k awaTourswith SunDevilsCoach BillKaj i k awatook h 'sArizonaStatecollegeteamonth e

firsteasterntri pundertak en i nSunDevilh storyandth eteamfromTempemadeagoodsh owi ng,alth ough th eylostamajori tyofth ei rgames.Th eydefeatedWash i ngtonuniversityofSt.Louisand-bowedtoDaytonandDuquesne.

Nisei WillLeadGardenGroveSch oolElevenGARDEN GROVE.Calif.—Tak Matsunaga,star160-poundguard ofth e Garden Groveh i gh sch oolteamforth epasttwo seasons,wasnamedcap-tainofth e1950elevenbyteammembersrecently.Th e 5 foot5 i nch li neman

wasnamedonth esecondteamofth eall-OrangeCountyleagueteamforth epasttwoyears.

SeattlePlansAnnualNiseiBowlingMeetSEATTLE—With teamsexpect-

edfromCaliforniaandth eInter-mountain area th e 4th annualNorth westNisei BowlingClassicwillbeh eldatMainBowlonJan.27,28and29.FredTak agi ,managerofMainBowl,estimated th i sweek th atcash prizestotaling$1,750willbepaidouti nth eannualcompetiti on,i nadditi ontotroph i esworth $250.Deadlineforentriesi sJan.22.Th eclassicwi bbei ni ti atedwithasix-gamesweepstak esonJan.27.Th ewomen'sdoublesandteam

eventswi llbe h eldonJan.28,aswellasth emen'steamandmen'sdoublesevents.Th emen'sdoubleswillbecon-tinuedonJan.29andmenandwomen'ssinglesalsowillbeh eld.Th etournamentdancewillstartfrom8:30p.m.onJan.29andpres-entationofawardswillbemaddat10p.m.Men'sentryfeeswillbe$5for

i ndi vi duals i nth esing.es,doublesandteam eventsand$7forth esweepstak es,i nadditi onto$1foiallevents.Aprizewillbeaward-edforeverysixth entry,i naddi-tiontosquadprizes.Women's fees are $3.50 per

event.

HolidayDanceBILLINGS,Mont.— Approxi-mately100 personsenjoyedth esemi-formalCh ri stmasdance h eldDec. 24 by th e Montana andNorth ernWyomingJACLch aptersi nLaurelatth elOOFh all.HaruoPaulKasai,wh orecentlyarrived i nGraybull,Wyo.,fromOsak awasIntroducedtoth egroupduringan i ntermissi on.Assisti ngi ndancepreparationswere th e following committee-men:Ch arles Nagash i ma,MaryKawano,Marth aFuj i oandTereSh i rasago,dancecommittee;BryanHonk awa,JoeMi k ami ,Yasuo Na-yematsu,GeorgeKawamoto,Har-ri etNagash i ma,foodcommittee;Tak Sh i rasago,YugoNayematsu,MaryFuk ado,Dave Nagash i maandDoroth yFuj i o,decorationcom-mittee.

WinBlueRibbonsOGDEN,Utah —Canariesenter-

edbyDr.M.Yosh i tak aofOgdenrecentlywonseveralblueribbonsatth eGardenCityRollerCanaryclubsh ow recently i nSanJose,Calif.Th ebi rdswonth esweepstak es,

bestyoungbird,bestyoungteamandderbycompetiti onsaswellasaspecialaward.

WallyYonamineWillReceiveSpringTryoutasOutfielderWith SanFranciscoSeals

WallyYonamine,firstNisei toplay i nbigti mefootball,willgetatryoutwith th eSanFranciscoSealsofth ePacifi cCoastleagueth i s spri ng.Yonamine,wh oplayed h alfback forth eSanFrancisco49ers

ofth eAH-Ameridanconference i n1947andwith th eHonoluluWarriors i n1948and1949, i sconsideredth ebestprobaseballprospectamongJapaneseAmericanplayers i nHawai i .Playingcenterfieldforth eHonoluluAth leti csofth eHawai i

Baseballleaguelastseason,Yo-namine h adabatt.ngaverageof.435andcaugh tth eeyeofbase-ballscouts.Itwasabaseballi n-j ury i n 1048 wh i ch costh i m ach ancetoplaywith th e49ersdur-i ngth e1948footballseason.LastyearYonaminealsowonth ebattingch ampi onsh i pofth eHawai anAJASeniorleaguewi tha.448averageandHonolulusportsexpertsbelieveh ewillbeabletoh i tCoastleaguepitch i ng.WilfredRh i nelander,columnistforth eHonoluluStar-Bulletin,de-clared i nacolumnlastyearth atYonamine i s probablyth e bestNisei prospectdevelopedforprobaseball."He i sveryfast,h asagood

arm andarealk nack forplayingth e outfieldplusbeingabetterth anaverageh i tter,"Rh i nelandersaid.Rh i nelandermanagedth e Ha-wai i anall-starteamwh i ch fi ni sh -edsixth i nth enationalamateurbaseballtournamentatWitch i ta,Kan.,i n1047.Th i steam i ncludedsuch Ni sei starsasJunMuramoto,JimmyWasa,KatsKoj i mazandJyunHirota.Th ere h ave beenno Nisei i n

CoastLeaguebaseballsinceJim-my Horio and Kenso Nush i daperformedforth eSacramentoclubi nth eearly19305.

HAWAIIANS WILLENTERUTAHCAGETOURNEYTh eHawai i AJAAll-Stars1940ch ampi ons,areexpectedtodefendth ei rcrownatth e15th annualIn-termountain Nissi i nvi tati onalbask etballtournamenton March23,24and25,i twasannouncedbyth eSaltLak eJACLbask etballas-sociati onwh i ch willsponsorth eannualaffair.\Top Nisei teamsfrom Utah ,

Idah o,Colorado,Wash i ngtonandOregonandpossiblyCaliforniaareexpectedtoenterth eannualcom-petiti on.Yosh Koj i motowillbei nch argeofth e tournamenth eadquarterswh i ch willbesetupat71 WestIstSouth St.

PlaisanceCleanersWidenLeagueLeadCHICAGO— Th ePlaisanceCleanerswidenedth ei rleadi nth eCh i cagoNi sei bowlingleaguelastweek afterth e17th week ofplayasth eydefeatedBernsStoreforMen 3 to 1,wh i lesecond-placeHydePark restaurantwasbeingdrubbed3to1bylastplace0.T.Men'sWear.Frank KeboofPlaisance,onlyNisei torolla "300"game i nCh i cago,h adgamesof224 and201 andaseries of551 toleadh i steam.HydePark meanwh i le,boweddespiteSpudTsuj i 's562.QualityCleanerspulled i ntoatiewith HydePark byblank i ngMark Twain,4to0,asR.TsuruiandM.Menda h adseriesof555and550.Th e Nisei Vues remained i ncontentionbyrollinga2710seriestodefeatMurak ami & Sons,3to1.T.Fuj i i 's620series,i ncludinggamesof226and227,forNiseiVueswasalsoth eh i gh estofth enigh t.B.Watanabewith a542led-JanJanT.toa3to 1wi noverSa-k adaOptometrists.Wah MeeLo,beh i ndF.Iwa-tsuk i 's 600 and J. Ota's 566,wh i tewash ed Coed Beauty Sh op,4to0,rollinga2762,th enlgh trstopseries.Petite Cleaners lostth reeto

TellonePeautySalondespiteT.N i ro's576.

Nish i ok aHeadsIdah oFallsJACLIDAHO FALLS, Ida.— JoeNish i ok awaselectedpresidentofth eIdah oFallsJACLfor1950atth ech apter'srecentelections.Oth ernew officers are SpeedNuk aya,vice-pres.;Ak i Sato,rec.sec.;EmmyYamasak i ,corres.sec.;Dave Ueda,treas.;KayTok i ta,Ch arlesHirai ,offici aldelegates;Sh i roDaleUeda,Ch i zuk oKamach i ,B«c'al ch ai rmen; Tom Ogawa,Hitosh i Nuk aya, sgts.-at-arms;MaryKato,FredOch i andMarch iYamasak i ,reporters.

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wouldsh uffleupsh ylytoourdesk ,standingth ererespectfullysilentuntilweack nowledged h i spres-ence.Th enh ewouldproduce h i snote.Itwouldsay,"Madam,"or"RespectedYasuda-san.Oursmall-estch i ldh asrecoveredfrom h eri llness.Iti sah appyoccasionforus.Mywifeh asmadesomeosek i -h an.Wesh allbeproudtoh aveyouea same.H Itoo.""Osek i -h an",ofcourse,i sth atspecialrice-dish preparedforallcelebrations.Gratefully,we would say ourth ank s,andtellh i myes,wewouldbedeligh tedtoh avesome.Happilyh ewouldsh uffleback toh i sdesk .Anh ourortwolater,wewould

leaveourdesk togoaboutsomebusiness.Asweh urri eddownth eh all,wewouldsuddenlybecomeconsciousofsomeonedirectlybe-h i ndus.Wewouldturnaround,andth erewouldbeItoo-san,grin-ni ng tooth lessly,h oldi ng outapack age.Ath i nlayerofth edel-i cacywouldbei ni t,ofcourse.Th i swh oledramawould tak e

placewith usdoingallth etalk -i ng,andh eblush i ng andbowingandscratch i ng h i s baldh ead.Itwas j ustth ath ewantedtospareusth eembarrassmentoftryingto understand h i m i fh e spok eJapanese.We di dn'tth i nk ourJapanesewasth atlimi ted,buti twas k i ndofh i m anyway.

* * *Wediscoveredth atth eph rase

"Japanesetime"isnotaph rasecoinedbysomei nfuri atedmeetingdirectoroflongago.Iti san i n-h eri tedcurse.We h adaterribletimeconvinc-

i ng ourwork ersth atwh en wesaidwork at8 a.m.,wemeant8 sh arp,not8:15or8:30.. .th atwe h adalreadyallowed 15--mi nutebreak si nth emorningandafternoon,andth atth eywerenot

tok eeprefilli ngth ei rteacupsallday.Wefoundth i ssituationtrueinnearlyallofficeswevisi ted,bothgovernmentand commercial, a"th ere's alwaystomorrow"atti-tude,utterdisregardfortimeandtide,clutteredofficesandfiles.We'renoteffici encyexpertsor

economicadvisers,butmayweofferth i sli ttlebitofsometh i ng?IfJapani stotak eh erplacei nani ndustrialworld,sh ewoulddowelltolearnfrom h erdawn-to-duskwork i ngfarmfolk ,sh emustlearntorespecttime,th ataneigh t-h ourwork daymeanseigh th ours'work ,andth ath erpresentstatusasadependentnationcannotaffordth e"leech -erous"luxuryofJapanesetime.And,wemigh tadd,fromth estandpointofdevelopmentandmaturation i n American livi ng,neith ercanth eNisei .

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.SumioDoi agirl,Sh aronEmi k o,onDec.29 i nAuburn,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoTak e-

uch i agirl,Nancy,onDec.16 i nPortland.To Mr.and Mrs.GeorgeK.Yamauch i aboy,Joel,onDec.18i nPortland.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeJ.Hadaaboyi nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.JanBeppuaboyonDec.29i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.TetsuoSatoagirl,Patrici a,onJan.1 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.PeteM.Mitsui ,South gate,Calif.,agirlonJan.1.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSak odaagirlonDec.8i nSanDiego.ToMr.andMrs.Tom KatoagirlonDec.26i nMarysville,Ca'if.To Mr.andMrs.Frank Yosh i -muraagirlonDec.24 i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andMrs.KazuoKi ri uaboyonDee.24i nLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Jack S.Ik uti

aboyonNov.22i nReedley,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.Clark K.Saito,Parlier,Calif.,aboyonNov.22.ToMr.andMrs.FusataroAok i ,Madera,Calif.,agirlonNov.24.ToMr.andMrs.NormanTaroNak anoagirlonDec.13 i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.HideoHenrySuzuk i agirlonDec.16 i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.Th omasHat-sui ch i Yamagami agirlonDec.14i nSanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.HarryNak a-muraaboyonDec.17i nSacra-mento.ToMr.andNrs.Nath anIwasak i ,

WestSacramento,Calif.,agirlonDec.17..ToMr.andMrs.KayOk i muraagirlonDec.19 i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.Tadash i Yama-

motoaboyi nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMatsu-

monj i aboyi nEnglewood,Colo.ToMr.andMrs.PerryKumagai

aboyonDec.22 i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.WalterH.Higa

aboyonDec.22i nSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.Hirosh i Mi toa

boyonDec.23 i nSeattle.

ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i oHoriuch i ,Kent,Wash .,aboyonDec.20.ToMr.andMrs.MontyUrak amiaboyonDec.13i nLodi,Calif.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMori-sak i agirlonDec.21i rtSeattle.ToMr.andMrs.TomTak eh araaboyonDec.12i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.LouisYadaoYago,MorganHill,Calif.,agirl,MaureenJean,onNov.30.ToMr.andMrs.AdrianTatsusoYamamoto, Cupertino,Calif.,aboy,KeeneMitsuru,onDec.13.ToMr.andMrs.HiraoHenry

Omi aboyonDec.18i nSanFran-ci sco.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i roHenry

Tak eda,SanGabriel,Calif.,agir,,Mak i yeCarolyn,onNov.23.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i genori Tak e-uch i ,Glendale,Calif.,aboy,StevenTak esh i ,onNov.25.ToMr.andMrs.AtoYamak awaaboy,David,onNov.27 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.BillSatoruItoaboy,StevenBruce,onNov.29i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Tak uj i lizuk aaboy,Rich ardKatsuo,onNov.27 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.SatoruMitsuiaboy,Joh nNoboru,onNov.29 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.FumioMutoa

boy,DennisKenj i ,onDec.2inLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.MinoruOi agirl,MarilynKiyomi ,onNov.28i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrsAk i raSh i rai sh iaboy.GaryTetsuo,onNov.30 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geto Ya-

mada,SanPedro,Calif.,aboy,GlennMinoru,onNov.27.ToMr.andMrs.Harumi Ina

sak o,Duarte,Calif.,aboy,HarryMasao,onDec.3.ToMr.andMrs.Miyoj i Kawasak i ,LongBeach ,Calif.,agiri ,HaruyoMargie,onDec.4.ToMr.andMrs.HisaoOh i ,LongBeach ,Cali f.,aboy,Rich ardYa-sush i ,onDec.3.ToMr.andMrs.TadasoSh i mi zuaboy,JamesHi h osh i ,onDec.1i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Th omasTetsuoTawaagirl,Louise,onNov.17

i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.HarrySugi-h araagirl,Deini eLeAnne,onJan.1i nOgden,Utah .ToMr.andMrs.HarryE.Hira-ok aaboyonDec.14i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.SaburoOk a-muraaboyonDec.18i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.Mitsuak i IbaraagirlonDec.18i nFresno.ToMr.andMrs.MasHoriuch i

agirlonDec.31 i nSaltLak eCity.ToMr.andMrs.HenryMasaoAotoaboy,Dirk ,onDec.7 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Saj i roFuj i ta.Torrance, Calif., a boy, CarlSaich i ,onDec.6.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Sh i otaroMiyamuraagirl,JoyceAsak o,onDec.6 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Alph aTak afiagirl,MaryJoyce,onDec.5i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geruFrankKimuraagirl,Ami k oKath eri ne,onDec.10i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Willi am Sh ui ch iTameh j roagirl,NancyHidek o,on

Dec.9 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raDean

Hosh i deaboy,Kenneth Steph enonDec.9 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyoh aruMat-sush i ta,North Hollywood,Calif.,agirl,Sh i rleyTeruk o,onDec.6.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh Kawag'aboyonDec.23 i nDenver.oMr.andMrs.BobSh oj i aboy,Robert,onDec. 16 i nPortland,Ore.

DEATHSTagayasuMurata,83,onJan.3m PaloAlto,Calif.Koh ach i Suyenaga,71,onDec.19 i nSanFrancisco.Mrs.KiyoHayash i onDec.20i nLosAngeles.Tak ech i roTani,50,onDec.22

i nCh i cago.Ki j uHaradaonDec.22 i nCh i -cago. *Kuni i ch i Tsuk amoto,70,onDec24 i nPocatello,Idah o.Tok i ch i roTani onDec.22i nCh i -cago.GlennKazuoKish i yama,4,onDec.30 i nScottsblun*,Neb.Joh nKurach i ,27,onDec.29near

Holbrook ,Ariz.NantaroSak ata,50,onDec.29nearHolbrook ,Ariz.Mrs.Ch i zuk oKi k ok awa,60,on

Dec.28 i nSaltLak eCity.Katsuto Mano,51,Fresno,onDec.29nearKingsburg,Calif.Toranosuk eTash i ro,72,Visali a.

onDec.29nearKingsburg,Ca'ifJoseph KonoonDec.21i nLos

Angeles.Kamek i ch i Yui on Dec.23 i nLongBeach ,Calif.Kich i ro Nak aj i h i a, 61, ofBerk eley,Calif.,on Dec.21 i nJapan.RobertIwagosh i ,15,onDec.27i nCh i cago.S.Tateish i ,52,SanBenito,Tex.,

onDec.23.

MARRIAGES'Mrs.KayHayash i toOliverHa-yash i onDec.31 i nGrandJunction,Colo.Eth elTaniguch i toYugoNaye-matsuonNov.27i nCh i cago.Ruth ImamuratoMinoruSewak i

onDec.26 i nDenver.Hidek oKato ofPasadena to

KosoHatamiyaonDec.18i nGar-dena,Calif.Tamak i HatamiyaofMarysvilletoletsuSugayaonDec.18i nSanFrancisco.Youk oYosh i muratoJoeYama-

sak i onJan.2 i nDenver.

MARRIAGELICENSESEdnaK.Fuj i moto,30,Stock ton,and RobertM.Yaburo,30, i nFresno.MayKawasak i ,24,andSoich :Yamada,27,SaltLak e City,i nSacramento.Joseph i neKawano,Welby,Colo.,

andJamesFuk ayei nDenver.

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Cork yKawasak i TerminatesFriendsServiceAssignmentPHILADELPHIA,Pa.— Cork yTok uyosh i Kawasak i ,admini stra-ti veassistanti nth tforeignser-vice section ofth e AmericanFriendsServiceCommittee,termi-natedh i sassignmentonDec.22ndandreturnedtoCh i cagotoj oi nh i sfami ly.Mr.Kawasak i ,wh oreceivedh i searlyeducationi nJapan,attendedth eUniversityofWash i ngtonatSeattle,wh ereh eresidedformanyyears.Hewasengagedi nforeig.iexportandfoodbusinesspriortoth ewar.Duringh i si nternmenti nseveralrelocationcentersth roughth ewar,h ewasactivei nth eco-operativemovementandservedasexecutivesecretaryofth eCentersBusiness Enterprises. Afterh i sjrelease,h ewasexecutivedirector!ofth eCh i cago ResettlersCom-mittee, an organizati on wh i chh elpedpersonsofJapaneseances-trywh oweretryingtoresettlei nth eCh i cagoarea. InMay,1948,h e j oi nedth estaffofth eAmericanFriends Service Committee andservedasliai sonbetweenth eJapa-nesecommuniti esi nth i scountry,th eServiceCommittee,andLARA(LicensedAgenciesforReliefi nAsia).Earlyth i syearh ewenttoJapanforth eAFSC,earningh i spassagebyservingascaretak erforaloadofgoatsbeingsentbyth eBreth renService Committee. Wh i le Mr.Kawasak i was i nJapan,h esur-veyedth ecurrentreliefneedsandth edistri buti onmeth odsofLARAAfterh i sreturntoth i scountryi nUh elatespring,h etouredJapa-neseAmericancommuniti estellingth em ofexisti ngneeds i nJapan.Recentyh econcludedth i sassign-mentby speak i ngto Caucasiangroupsth rough outth ecountry.Heh as h admany opportuniti estoi nterprettoch urch es,sch ools,andcolegesanduniversitygroupsth e:presentneedsofth epeopleofJapan.Iti sencouragingtonoteth eresponseofmanygroupswh oh avepledgedth ei rcontinui ngsup-porttoth eLARAprogram.Th eAmericanFriendsServiceCommittee appreciates th e ex-cellentservicesofMr.Kawasak iand i swish i ng h i m success i ni h sfuturework .

EssayWinnerHARDIN,Mont.—Lilli anKawa-moto,fifth gradestudentatHar-di n sch ool,won th eBig Horncountylibraryessay contestdur-i ngBook week .

s'h edaugh terofMr.andMrs.GeorgeKawamoto.Th econ-i es,waso,entoallch i ldreni nth ecountyfromth efi fth th rough th eeigh th grades.

Mt.OlympusJACLHoldsParentsNigh tMURRAY,Utah —Acclaimed asth eoutstandingeventoftoepastyear,th e Mt. Olympus JACLParents'Appreciati onni gh twash eldatth eAvalonballroom onDec.30.Pres.MinMatsumori openedth eprogramwith anaddressofwel-comeand i ntroducedHiroYasu-k och i ,masterofceremonies.EntertainmentwasprovidedbyTai andAi Kasuga,pianoduet;Frank Harada,George Tamuraand Hi rosh i Mitsunaga,singi ngitrio;LeoIsek i ,soloist,accompaniedonth eJapanesemandolinbyJimKido;Kiyosh i Mi tsunaga, h ar-monicasolo;MarieAk agi andMitsHok i ,duet;Tosh Iwasak i ,solo;Raymond Yasuk och i , saxaph onesolo.Sh i gek i'Ush i o and HelenSh i mi zu,tapdance;Jim Ush .o,GeorgeFuj i i ,Sh i gek i Ush i o andRoyTsuya,quartet;Jim Kido,solo;Virgi ni aSak amotoandHelenSh i mi zu,duet;KenHosh i da,FredSeoandMi tsHok i ,trio;Tosh Iwa-sak i andJi mKido,duet;Virgi ni aSak amoto,solo.LillyMatsumori,Sadak o Hok i ,AmyHarada,Fuk i k oMayedaandRubyTamura,Japanesedances;JimUsh i o,GeorgeFuj i i andSh i gek iUsh i o,songanduk ele.enumberwith RoyTsuyadancingah ula;MayAk agi ,dance;AliceKasuga,RioSugaya,Lilli anIsek i ,MamiyoAk i moto,SelmaMori,MarieAk agiandFumi Harada,song;Ji mKido,h armonica solo; and Tom andGeorgeAk i moto,j udoexh i bi ti on.

Moch i zuk i toHeadSaltLak eCh apterGeorge S.Moch i zuk i willlead

th eSaltLak eJACLduring1950,with Bi llMizuno, Mrs. HenryKasai,RodneyTomaandWallaceDoi asfirst, second,th i rd ancfourth v:ce pres:dents.RoseOdawillserveastreasur-erandGeneMoriyamaasrecord-i ngsecretary.Mitzi SerawillbecorrespondingsecretaryandRoseYafri h i stori an.Th e off'cerswere i nstalled i nofficeJan.2atth ech apter'sNewYeardinnerdanceatth e HotelU*ah .Aboardofgovernorsisyetto

be named.George Sak ash i ta h eads th e

oui goingcabinet.Th enewpresidenti salawstu-dentatth eUniversityofUtah .

"Tok yoRose"ToWriteLifeStoryinPrisonSAN FRANCISCO— Mrs.IvaToguri d'Aquino,wh o recentlystarteda10-yeartermfortreasonaslh e"Tok yoRose"ofwartimeRadioTok yo,willwriteth estoryofh erlifewh i lei npri son,h erat-torney,Wayne Collins, disclosedlastweek .InalettertoCollinsrecentlyMrs.d'Aquinosaidsh ewasaiSolearningh andi crafti nth etraini ngsh opsatth e Federalwomen'sprisonatAlderson,W.Va.Sh etoldCollinssh e i ntendedtowrite h erown storywh i le atAlderson.

Dr.UyemuraNamedNewPresidentofFortLuptonJACLFORT LUPTON,Colo.— Dr.GeorgeUyemurah asbeenelectedpresidentofth eFortLuptonch ap-terofth eJAOL,i twasannouncedrecentlyatach apterdinnerh eldatth eBuddh i stch urch .About60 membersand th ei r

ch i ldrenattendedth edi nner.RoyTak eno,regionalrepresentative,Wc.sguestofh onor.Th ech apter,oldestuniti nth eMountain Plains region,votedunanimouslytopresentpearl-stud-dedgoldJACLpinsto i tsfi vepastpresdents.Th eyareFloydKosh i o,Jack Tsuh ara,LeeMura-ta,Sam Ok amotoand Tom Ya-naga.Dr.Uyemura'scabinetwillbeasfollows:GeorgeKonsh i ,vicepres.;Kiyo Yok ooj i ,corr.sec.;ByronKawata,rec.sec;andJoh nKiyota, Frank Yamaguri,Uye-muraandOk amoto,board mem-bers.Tom Yanaga i s th eretiri ngpresident.

StudentInjuredAsCarOverturnsVENICE,Calif.—Joh nSak abu,astudentatUCLA,wasseriouslyi nj uredonDec.31wh en h i scarsk i dded,overturnedfiveti mesandpinnedh i m underarearfender.Itwasreportedth atSak abuwas

beingpursuedbyapolicecarafterallegedlygoingth rough asignalatan i ntersectionandwastravel-,i ngapproximately75milesanh ouratdieti meofth ecrash .

Violi ni stInjuredInCh i cagoFireCHICAGO—MasaoYosh i da,36.

wasoneoffivemenwh owerei n-j uredi naCh ri stmasdayfireatth eLak eSh oreh otel.Yosh i da,artsh oprepairmanandformervioli ni stwith th e NewOrleansSymph onyorch estra,wil'be h ospi tali zedforatleastsixmonth sforlegandback i nj uri es.

All-MaleCabinetForYellowstoneREXBURG, Ida.—An all-malecabineth asbeenelectedtoofficebyth eYellowstoneJACLfor1950.Xiyosh i Sak otai sth epresident,with HaruoYamasak i as h i svicepresident.Oth eroffcers are Tom Doi,treas.;TugasHanami,rec.sec;Joh nSak ota,corr.sec.;KatsMi-yasak i andTatSh i ratori,socialch ai rman;HiroMiyasak i ,offici aldelegate; Ken Ugak ;, welfarech ai rman;TomMatsuura,report-er; Tomi Ugak i , sergeantat"rms; and Eth elYoungandDr.M.F.Rigby,advisors.

MarriageCHICAGO — MissEth elTani-guch i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.M.Taniguch i ofSeattle,andYugoNayematsu,sonofMr.andMrs.Y.NayematsuofHardin,Mont.,were unted i nmarriageonNov.27atth eTh orndi k eHiltonch apelnCh i cago.Th eRev.Ji tsuoMori k awa,pas-torofth eLi rstBaptistch urch ,offici ated.Th ebri dewasattendedby h ersister,Mrs.JroYosh i -zawa,andth e groom by MakKawano.Areceptionforth enewlywedswas h eld i nHardnatth e h omeofth egroom'sparentsavDec.18.

Auxili aryDinnerTh e SaltLak eJACL women'sauxili ary h eld adinnerWednes-dayevening,Jan.4,atth e h omeofMrs.RaeFuj i moto.Th e new cabinetwas i nstalledbyMasao Satow,nationaldrec-torofth eJACL.Heading th eauxili arywi llbeMrs.LessieYamamoto,with TamaKoj i maasvicepres.,GraceKasaiassecretaryand Ch i cTerash matreasurer.Retring cabinetoffi-cersare DorisMatsuura.pres.;AmyDoi,vicepres.;MarySh i oza-k i ,sec.;andRaeFuj i moto,treas.AliceKasa reportedonth ei n-

'ermountain council conventionh eldi nOgdenrecently.

CompareNiseiPh ysi quesWithJapanNationalsTOKYO—Ph ysi calexaminati onsofAmericansofJapaneseances-tryemployedbyoccupationforcesi nJapanwereconductedh ereonDec.12and13underth esponsor-sh i pofSOAP'SPublicHealth andWelfareSectiontocompare i h ei rph ysi calch aracteristi cswith th oseofnativesofJapan.Col.HarryG.Joh nsonannouncedth atth edataonth eph ysi calch ar-acteristi csofth eNi sei willbecom-paredwith th osealreadycompiledonJapanesenationals.Hesaidh ebelievedth atth edatawouldrevealth eNisei tobelargeri n statureandstrongerduetodietaryh abi tsandenvironment.

AFLUnionOpposesStore'sPolicyonMinori tyWork ersLOS ANGELES — Th eAFLCarpentersUnion,Local634,unani-mouslywentonrecorddemandingth atth eMayCompany'sdowntownstoreendi tsdiscri mi natorypolicyi nh i ri ngandupgradingwork ersofminori tygroupancestry.Th eAFLresolutioncalledforth estoretoh i rework ersofJapa-nese,NegroandMexicanancestryi nsalesandclericalj obs.

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UNITEDCHICKSEXINGASS'N.3106LincolnWay

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HITO OKADA -InsuranceOFALLKINDS

406 BeasonBldg.-SaltLak ePh one5-8040

NEW LOW PRICESMerck BrandSTREPTOMYON-IMh ydro20-1gram — $17.0040-1gram 82.0050-1gram _

38.50100-1gram 76.006-5grams 22.808-6grams»__ 29.0010-5grama ...1 83.5020-5grams „ _...65.00Merck BrandPENICILLIN,Procaine-oil1-3,000,000units $5.003-3,000,000units 13.60

VITAMINS100Multi-vi tami ns $1.951000Multi-vi tami ns....17.50100Th erapeuticVitami ns 6.95

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TAKAHASHITRADINGCOMPANY1661PostSt.-SanFrancisco

WOOLENSFORMENandWOMEN'SWEAR— for—Suits.Coats,Slack s,Sk i rts,Dresses.Robes,etc

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