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PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL. 28; NO. 21 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY,MAY 28, 1949 Prce: Ten cents Calforna Legslature Styes Move for State Co sson On Far E ploy ent Practces SACRAMENTO— Legslatontocreate a state co sson on far eployent practces sbeleved tobe dead, asfar as te present sesson of te legslature s concerned. A letal blow was struc aganst te far eployent practces easure,sponsored by Asseblyan George D.Col- lns, D.,San Francsco, wen te Assebly Co ttee on Gov- ernental EffcencyandEcono y voted11 to 8aganst report- ng outte bll on May. 11. Te vote was taen after a sort earng onte easure attended by representatves of organzatons favorng telegslaton. Votng aganst te Collnsbll were ten Republcans and one Deocrat. Eg t Deocrats voted for te bll. T eltatons prevented test- ony fro Joe Grant Masaoa, West Coast regonal drector of te JACL Ant-Dscrnaton Co- ttee, and oter norty group representatves. In a reportsent recentlytote Wasngton offce of JACL ADC, Masaoa noted Iat Aercansof Japanese, Cneseand oter nor- tygroupancestry were stll beng subectedtodscr naton n e- ployent nSan Francsco. Oter Nse wo attended te earng ncluded Henry Taeta, Sacraento attorney; Mts Nso, presdent of te Sacraento JACL; Bob Taaas,presdent ofte Frenc Cap JACL; Gn Mzu- tanand IreneBaba. AsseblyanCollns announced tate would ae an effort to wtdraw to bll fro te co- TeAsseblyco ttee wc squasedte far eployent pro- posal also r?;'ently lled te Maloney-Neouse bll,sponsored byGovernor Warren, wc would create a co sson on poltcal and econoc equalty and would study condtons nvolvng racal and relgous dscr naton n tose felds. Te co sson would ave te power to conduct earngs and loo ntote enforceent of all laws of te state relatve to dscrnaton aganst norty groups. On May 20 Gov. Warren n- dcatedtat ewasatteptng to persuade legslatorsto reconsder ter turndown of te easure. W le te assebly co ttee was llng te far eployent and racal equalty co sson easures, te State Senate'sMl- tary Affars Co tteevoted 4 to 3aganst a bll byAsseblyan Wlla Ruford, D., Bereley, wc would aveprobted segre- gatonby raceor color n te Cal- forna Natonal Guard. Te co ttee votedafterAs- seblyan Ruford,one of two Negroes n telegslature, refused to accept aendents wc would ave cangedte bll to a ere stateent of statepolcyaganst dscr naton. Te senate co ttee lled te bll, altoug nooneappeared be- fore t tooppose t and t passed teassebly by a voteof58 to 0. A easurentroduced by Asse- blyan Augustus Hawns, D., Los Angeles,te oterNegro n te legslature, w c* would repeal te Calfornaalenlandlaw wc s aed aganstpersons ofJapa- nese ancestry ntestate,san- oter ant-dscrnatonbll wc asnot coaout of co ttee. C cago Autortes See toIdentfy Sucde n Par CHICAGO —Polce autortes last wee sougt te dentty of a sucde wose body was found angngfro atree n Elwood Par. No dentfcaton papers were found on tebody. A Japanese language newspaper wasfound n s pocet. Tre a wasabout 60 years of age. He was of edu eg t and ad wte ar. Denver Nse Wll Tae Part n Me oral Day Rtes DENVER, Colo.—Meoral Day servces, onorng Nse Gls wo gave ter lves n WorldWar11, wll be eldon May 30 at teTr- State Budd st curc underte ont sponsorsp ofte Denver JACL andCatay Post No.185 of teA ercan Legon. Addresses n Japanesewll be adeby Haruo Muronaa, edtor of teRocy S po,and Kenzo Ogasawara,edtor of te Colorado T es. LousJay, fnanceoffcer of te Catay Post, wll spea nEngls. TeCatay Post color guard wll post colors. Oters partcpatng wll be Mrs. JoeAr, Dc Aoyag, Mrs. Tos Ando, Kyos Kawaata andRose Srazu. Reansof 13 Nse War Dead Returnedto U. S. for Bural WASHINGTON,D. C—Te reans of 13 Nse co bat vet- wans fro te Europeanteater ave been returned tote Unted States for renterent, teDepart ent of teAry announced on May28. Te Nse orgnallywere nterred n te porary ltary ceeteres n Italy. Te war deadandnext-of-n are: WASHINGTON: nc. Yasuo P. Funo—Taesaburo Funo, 667 Weller St.,Seattle, nc. Masa Inatsu—Mrs. Tos o M. Inatsu, Rt.2, Box365, Bellevue. T/4 GeorgeK. Sawada—S nsauSawada,115-18t St., Seattle. CALIFORNIA: Wc. Roy y. Ieda— Mrs. Taeo Ieda,1803 Laguna St., San Francsco. ?«" Taa-Nor A. Ns—Dr. Cotou Ns , 1124 Curts, Albany, rvt. Masaru Naaga —-Tsuru Naa, Rt. 2, Box577, Woodland, w T- Nsl"oto—Kutaro Ns oto, 1927 Cornt Ave., West Los Angeles. *gt- Iwao A. Taaas—-Torac Taaas , 4307 E.Goodan Aye., W tter. ILLINOIS. On*" R" Kawa^uc—Denzo Kawaguc,47 W. Superor, OREGON: v* ,T- Naeura—Se Nae ura, 168 Farvew Hoes, Troutdale. p UTAH: OgdeT T' Msu—M-S- Szu M. To naga, 127 DoxeySt. Srt TW T SJ" ozawa—Hero S ozawa, Layton. To>Sl b-„ s }gyaa—FranlynS. Sugya a, Natonal. Y„=w-y,of Pvt-R°y Ota, lled n Europe, wll be returned to gsue Ota, Agenoso-Mac , Os a-Gun, Ya aguc MILWAUKEE JACL GOES OVER TOP IN FUND DRIVE MILWAUKEE, Ws. Kazu Oura. presdent of te Mlwauee JACL, reportsts wee tat te $500goal for te state-wde ADC drve asgone over tetop bval- ost $150. Te co-caren forte drve wereMr. S noza, Isse, and Kay Naagrand Kazu Oura, Nse. A ong te ctes covered durng te drve were Madson, Mlwauee, Delavan, Nasota, Appleton and Mantowac. Te total a ount rased s $645.50. Ccago Tops Goal n ADC Fund Capagn Report $12,510 Now Rased n Cty for JACL Organzaton CHICAGO, 111. Te $12,000 goal of te recently copleted C- cagoADC fund drve wastopped by $510, accordng to an announce- ent ts wee fro Tae Matsu- naga, caran. JACL-ADC ead- quarters as already been sent $10,000,t wasrevealed. Mr. Matsunaga expressed s tans tote200 Isse andNse wo ade up over egty solctng teas n twenty-egt dstrcts. Leadng all dstrcts was No. 23on te nertsde, wt ore tan $1400 collected. Teaveragefor te dstrctswas $446.80. A total of 1,525 contrbuton:; were receved for an average of $8.20 eac, reportedte executve secretary of te ca pagn,Dr. Matsusaburo Ku,wo wll pre- pareard al toeac contrbutor te fnal report ofte drve. Te largest sngle donatonwas for $300.A ongtelarger sus were tree of$150, fourteen of ?100, two of $75, trty-sx of $50, cneof $40,treeof $35, treeof $30 andtrty-seven of $25. I peral Valley PaperSupports Judd Legslaton EL CENTRO, Calf.—An early Senate vote onte Judd bll to extend naturalzaton rgts to resdent alens of Japanese and Ko- rean ancestry wasurged on May 13 n anedtoral nteI peral ValleyPress. Te Press declared tat passage ofte Judd legslatonwould be "n te nterestsof deocracy." "We ave anypersonsof Jap- aneseancestry," te Press edtor- al declared. "Inalost every case tey aveprovedteselves tobe wortyof trust and to ave ad love and respect forts country." Te edtoral noted tatte oter of a Nse wnnerofte Congressonal Medal of Honor was dened ctzens pbecause of er ancestry. "To correct suc nustces,and because webelevetat te prnc- ple ofte bll snte sprt upon wc ourcountrywas born, we wouldle tosee passageofte Judd easure by te Senate," te edtoral sad. Rep. Judd Urges Early Senate Actonon Naturalzaton Bll PHILADELPHIA, Pa. —Urgng Senate acton on s Houre-ap- proved bll to extend naturalzaton rgts to 88,000Orentals, ost of wo areof Japanese ancestry, and to reove race restrctons fro graton laws. Rep. Walter H.Judd,R., Mnn.,told te Internatonal Insttute of Pladelpa on May 19 tat te 1924 law barrng alenOrentals fro U.S. ctzens pwas oneof tecauses wc led to te Ja- paneseattac onPearl Harbor. "It dd ore tan any oter tng to turn Japan aganst usand toward ltars,"esad. "One oftetngs. I vowed wenI saw te understandable resentent of te people of Asa aganstts totally gratutous nsult and ts bad effect for ourowncountry, was tat I would do y best toget tatnustcereoved." Judd sad tat te 1940 census sows 84,658 Japanese alens, 3139 Koreansand 135oterswo are now nelgblefor naturalza- ton woare lvnglegallyn ts country. Calforna Assebly Passes Bll to Repeal State Ban Aganst Interracal Marrage SACRAMENTO —Calforna's ant- scegenaton law, wc probts arragesbetween CaucasansandNegroes, ulattoes, MongolansandMalayans,s eadedfor te as can. Terepeal bll, sponsoredby Asseblyan Robert Condon, D.,Walnut Cree, was passed onMay24by te House and was sent to te Senate. Tebll prevously was passedwtout oppo- ston by teAssebly JudcaryCo ttee. Te Condon easurewll aete state law confor wt te decson ofte State Supre e Court n 1948 n wc t ruled tat nterarragepro bton was unconsttutonal. As a result of te court decson, countes are now ssung lcenses for nterarrages. Tefrst personof Japanese an- cestry to apply for a arrage lcenseto wedaCaucasanwasa Japanese grl fro Kobe,Japan wo caetoteUnted States to arry an Ary offcer se ad et nJapan. Te arrage wasper- foredat te Oaland Ary base. Two wees ago autortes n Nevada Cty, Calf., announced tat alcense ad been ssued to two Nevada resdents, Elzabet Robllard, 28, andRoyNsguc, 32, bot of Reno, andte arrage was perfor ed by te ustceof peace. Nevada s one of several westernstates wc probt n- terarrage. Te NevadaCty cere ony was perforedby Justce of tePeace George W. Gldesleeve onMay 10. Ralp E. Deeble,countycler, sad t wastefrst xed ar- rage lcense ssued n Nevada County snce te rulng of te Calforna Supree Court. He sad te lcenseapplcaton stated tat Nsguc s a e ber of teyellowraceand Mss Robllard swte. SuoHrano Wns Los Angeles Fnals InLegon Contest LOS ANGELES—Su oHrano, a student at Polytecnc g scool, recently was naed te wnner of te Los Angeles cty fnals ofte A ercan Legon essaycontest ontesubect "Our Prvlege and Responsbltesas FutureCtzens." Hsessay s nowentered nte Calforna state fnals of teessay co petton. Hrano,presdent ofte Cen- turons, won te dstrct fnals, con- sstngof entrants fro Poly, Bel- ont andRoosevelt g scools. Te Nse also recently was awarded teReader'sDgest vale- dctoranaward at Poly for beng te ost outstandng senornte feld ofscolarsp. LA Forges Aead In Mebersp Race Wt C cago JACL Wt an pressve total of 582 ebers,teLos Angeles JACL capters were well aead of C- cago n te e bersprace cur- rentlybeng conducted byteC- cago JACL andte four capters n Los Angeles. Los Angeles e bersp rolls were lsted as followstswee by JACL natonal eadquarters: East LosAngeles, 222; West Los Angeles,165;Soutwest LosAn- geles.: 138; and Los Angeles Downtown JACL, 57. Te C cagoJACL wascredted wt atotal of 372 ebers. "Toyo Rose" Defense to Call Fve Nse as Wtnesses Expect MoreTan FortyDepostonsfor Tral fro Far East SAN FRANCISCO —FveNse area ong '.e 17 wtnesses wo wll be subpoenaedto testfyfor te defense at te "ToyoRose" tral of Mrs. IvaTogur d'Aquno on July 5 n Federal Judge Mcael J. Roce'scourt. Te defense oton for tesub- poenaswasgranted last ont by JudgeRocebutte lst wasnot copleteduntl last wee. Meanwle, anoter defenseat- torney, Teodore Taba of Sar, Francsco, as been n te Far East obtanngdepostons fro oter wtnesses for te defense. It also was reported tat several Nse wll bea ongteprosecu- ton wtnesseswo wll arrve n San Francsco n te to testfy at tetral.Tese wtnesses were orgnally sceduledto leave Toyo n May but terdeparturewas postponed followng JudgeRoce's decsontogrant a defense oton for a delay untl July 5. Tetral crgnally was sceduledto begn onMay 16. Dscussng te depostonsnow beng obtaned byTaba,Wayne Collns, defenseattorney, sad tat between40and60 depostons wll beready wan te tral starts. Te 17 defense wtnesses wo wll besubpoenaed wore dentfed asfollows: George 11. Hensaw, Beverly Hlls; Cyeo Ito, Los Angeles; JaesF. W tten, Torrance; May E. Hagedorn, Everett, Was.; Mrs. NoranReyes,C cago; Jon E. Tunnclffe, Grants Pass, Ore.; Mar L. Strecter,Idao Falls; Jon D. Provo, Was ngton, D.C.; Wllston Cox,Knoxvlle,Tenn.; Fran Futa, Elect ra, Tex.; Sge Mazavva,C cago;Jac Wsener, Austn, Tex.; Mrs. Albert Kanza,New Yor Cty;Mlton Glazer, Dover,Idao;AyMa- suda, LosAngeles; Noran Reyes, Nasvlle, Tcnn.; and Ma. Wallace E. Ince, San Francsco. MRS. D'AQUINO LEAVES JAIL TO VISIT DENTIST SAN FRANCISCO Mrs.Iva Togur d'Aquno, now facng tral n Federal court ontecargeof warte treason,got er frst cance to leave te localcounty al forte frst te n eg t onts wen sevstedDr. Mas- ac Hga, a dentst, onMay 24. Se leftte prson underte guard ofa Justce Departent agent. Se also was acco paned by er fater, JunTogur of C cago.

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PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.28;NO.21 SALTLAKE CITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,MAY28,1949 Price:Tencents

CaliforniaLegislatureStymiesMoveforStateCommissi onOnFairEmploymentPracticesSACRAMENTO—Legislationtocreateastatecommissi onon

fairemploymentpracticesisbelievedtobedead,asfarasth epresentsessionofth elegislaturei sconcerned.A leth alblow was struck againstth efai remployment

practices measure,sponsoredby AssemblymanGeorgeD.Col-lins,D.,SanFrancisco,wh enth e AssemblyCommitteeonGov-ernmentalEffici encyandEconomyvoted11to8againstreport-i ngoutth ebi llonMay.11.Th evotewastak enafterash orth eari ngonth emeasure attendedbyrepresentativesoforganizati onsfavoringth elegislation.Votingagainstth eCollinsbi llwere ten Republicans and oneDemocrat.Eigh tDemocratsvotedforth ebill.Timelimi tati onspreventedtesti-monyfrom Joe GrantMasaok a,WestCoastregionaldirectorofth eJACL Anti-Di scri mi nati on Com-mittee,andoth erminori tygrouprepresentatives.Inareportsentrecentlytoth eWash i ngton officeofJACLADC,Masaok anotedIh atAmericansofJapanese,Ch i neseandoth erminor-i tygroupancestrywerestillbeingsubjectedtodiscri mi nati on i nem-ploymenti nSanFrancisco.Oth erNisei wh o attendedth eh eari ng i ncluded HenryTak eta,Sacramentoattorney;MitsNish i o,presidentofth eSacramentoJACL;Bob Tak ah ash i ,presidentofth eFrench CampJACL;Ginj i Mi zu-tani andIreneBaba.AssemblymanCollinsannouncedth ath ewouldmak eanefforttowith drawth obi llfrom th ecom-

Th eAssemblycommitteewh i chsquash edth efai remploymentpro-posalalso r?;'ently k i lled th eMaloney-Nieh ousebill,sponsoredbyGovernorWarren,wh i ch wouldcreatea commissi on onpoliti calandeconomicequalityandwouldstudy conditi ons i nvolvingracialand religi ous discri mi nati on i nth osefields.Th ecommissi onwouldh aveth epowertoconducth eari ngsandlook i ntoth eenforcementofalllawsofth estaterelativetodiscri mi nati on againstmi nori tygroups.On May 20 Gov.Warren i n-dicatedth ath ewasattemptingtopersuadelegislatorstoreconsiderth ei rturndownofth emeasure.Wh i le th eassemblycommitteewas k i lli ngth efairemploymentand racialequality commissi onmeasures,th eStateSenate'sMili -taryAffairsCommitteevoted4to3againstabillbyAssemblymanWilli am Rumford, D.,Berk eley,wh i ch wouldh aveproh i bi tedsegre-gationbyraceorcolori nth eCali-forniaNati onalGuard.Th ecommittee votedafterAs-semblymanRumford,oneoftwoNegroesi nth elegislature,refusedtoacceptamendmentswh i ch would

h avech angedth ebilltoamerestatementofstatepolicyagainstdiscri mi nati on.Th esenatecommitteek i lledth ebill,alth ough nooneappearedbe-forei ttoopposei tandi tpassedth eassemblybyavoteof58to0.Ameasurei ntroducedbyAssem-blymanAugustusHawk i ns,D.,LosAngeles,th eoth erNegroin th elegislature,wh i ch *wouldrepealth eCaliforniaalienlandlawwh i ch i sai medagainstpersons ofJapa-neseancestryi nth estate,i san-oth eranti-di scri mi nati onbi llwh i chh asnotcomaoutofcommittee.

Ch i cagoAuth ori ti esSeek toIdentifySuici dei nParkCHICAGO—Police auth ori ti eslastweek sough tth e i denti tyofasuici de wh ose body was foundh angi ngfrom atree i nElmwoodPark .No i dentifi cati onpaperswere

found on th ebody. A Japaneselanguagenewspaperwasfound i nh i spock et.Tiremamwasabout60yearsof

age. Hewasofmedium h ei gh tandh adwh i teh ai r.

DenverNisei WillTak eParti nMemorialDayRitesDENVER,Colo.—MemorialDayservices,h onori ngNisei Glswh ogaveth ei rli vesi nWorldWar11,willbeh eldonMay30atth eTri-StateBuddh i stch urch underth ej oi ntsponsorsh i pofth eDenverJACLandCath ayPostNo.185ofth eAmericanLegion.Addresses i nJapanesewi llbe

madeby i HaruoMuronak a,editorofth eRock y Sh i mpo,andKenzoOgasawara,editorofth eColoradoTimes.LouisJay,financeofficerofth eCath ayPost,willspeak i nEnglish .Th eCath ayPostcolorguardwi llpostcolors.Oth erspartici pati ngwillbeMrs.JoeAri k i ,Dick Aoyagi,Mrs.ToshAndo,Kiyosh i Kawah ataandRoseSh i rami zu.

Remainsof13Nisei WarDeadReturnedtoU.S.forBurialWASHINGTON,D.C—Th eremainsof 13Nisei combatvet-

wansfrom th eEuropeanth eaterh avebeenreturnedtoth eUnitedStatesforreinterment,th eDepartmentofth eArmyannouncedonMay28.Th eNisei origi nallywere i nterred i ntemporarymili tarycemeteries i n Italy.Th ewardeadandnext-of-k i nare:WASHINGTON:nc.YasuoP.Fuj i no—Tak esaburoFuj i no,667WellerSt.,Seattle,nc.Masami Inatsu—Mrs.Tosh i k o M.Inatsu,Rt.2,Box365,Bellevue.T/4GeorgeK.Sawada—Sh i nsak uSawada,115-18th St.,Seattle.CALIFORNIA:Wc.Royy.Ik eda—Mrs.Tak ek oIk eda,1803Laguna St.,SanFrancisco.?«"Tak a-Nori A.Nish i —Dr.Ch otok uNish i ,1124Curtis,Albany,rvt.MasaruNak agak i —-TsuruNak a,Rt.2,Box577,Woodland,

w T-Nisl"i moto—Ki k utaroNish i moto,1927Corinth Ave.,WestLosAngeles.

*gt-IwaoA.Tak ah ash i —-Torak i ch i Tak ah ash i ,4307 E.GoodmanAye.,Wh i tti er.ILLINOIS.On*"R"Kawauch i —DenzoKawaguch i ,47 W.Superior,

OREGON:v*,T-Naemura—Sek i Naemura,168 Fairvi ew Homes,Troutdale.

pUTAH:OgdeTT'Misumi —Mj -S-Sh i zumi M.Tominaga,127DoxeySt.

SrtTW Ti SJ"i ozawa—iHei j i roSh i ozawa,Layton.Th o>Slb-„s}igi yama—Frank lynS.Sugiyama,National.Y„=w-y,ofPvt-R°yOta,k i lledi nEurope,willbereturnedtogh i suk e Ota,Agenosh o-Mach i ,Osh i ma-Gun,Yamaguch i

MILWAUKEE JACLGOESOVERTOPINFUNDDRIVEMILWAUKEE,Wis.— KazumiOura.presidentofth eMilwauk eeJACL,reportsth i sweek th atth e$500goalforth estate-wideADCdriveh asgoneoverth etopbval-most$150.Th e co-ch ai rmen forth edri ve

wereMr.Sh i nozak i ,Issei,andKayNak agi ri andKazumi Oura,Nisei .Amongth eciti escoveredduringth edri vewereMadison,Milwauk ee,Delavan,Nasotah ,AppletonandManitowac. Th e totalamountraisedis$645.50.

Ch i cagoTopsGoali nADCFundCampaignReport$12,510NowRaised i nCityforJACLOrganizati on

CHICAGO,111.— Th e$12,000goalofth erecentlycompletedCh i -cagoADCfunddrivewastoppedby$510,accordingtoanannounce-mentth i sweek fromTah ei Matsu-naga,ch ai rman.JACL-ADCh ead-quarters h as already been sent$10,000,i twasrevealed.Mr.Matsunaga expressed h i sth ank stoth e200Issei andNi seiwh omadeupovereigh tysolici ti ngteams i n twenty-eigh tdistri cts.Leadingalldistri ctswasNo.23onth e nerth si de,with more th an$1400collected.Th eaverageforth edistri ctswas$446.80.A totalof1,525contributi on:;werereceivedforanaverageof$8.20each ,reportedth eexecutivesecretaryofth e campaign,Dr.MatsusaburoKuk i ,wh owillpre-parearidmai ltoeach contributorth efinalreportofth edrive.Th elargestsingledonationwasfor$300.Amongth elargersumswereth reeof$150,fourteenof?100,twoof$75,th i rty-sixof$50,cneof$40,th reeof$35,th reeof$30andth i rty-sevenof$25.

ImperialValleyPaperSupportsJuddLegislationELCENTRO,Calif.—AnearlySenate voteonth eJuddbi lltoextendnaturalizati on righ ts toresidentaliensofJapaneseandKo-reanancestrywasurgedonMay13 i naneditori ali nth eImperialValleyPress.Th ePressdeclaredth atpassageofth eJudd legislationwouldbe"inth ei nterestsofdemocracy.""Weh avemanypersonsofJap-aneseancestry,"th ePress editor-i aldeclared."Inalmosteverycaseth ey h aveprovedth emselvestobeworth yoftrustandto h ave h adloveandrespectforth i scountry."Th e edi tori alnoted th atth emoth erofaNisei winnerofth eCongressionalMedalofHonorwasdeniedciti zensh i pbecause ofh erancestry."Tocorrectsuch i nj usti ces,and

becausewebelieveth atth eprinci -pleofth ebi llisi nth espiri tuponwh i ch ourcountrywasborn,wewouldli k etoseepassageofth eJuddmeasurebyth eSenate,"th eedi tori alsaid.

Rep.JuddUrgesEarlySenateActiononNaturalizati onBillPHILADELPHIA,Pa.—Urging

Senate action on h i s Houre-ap-provedbilltoextendnaturalizati onrigh tsto88,000Orientals,mostofwh om areofJapaneseancestry,andtoremove racerestricti onsfrom i mmi gration laws. Rep.

WalterH.Judd,R.,Mi nn.,toldth e International Institute ofPh i ladelph i aonMay19th atth e1924lawbarring alienOrientalsfromU.S.citi zensh i pwasoneofth ecauseswh i ch ledtoth eJa-paneseattack onPearlHarbor."Itdidmore th an anyoth er

th i ngtoturnJapanagainstusandtowardmili tari sm,"h esaid."Oneofth eth i ngs.Ivowedwh enIsawth eunderstandableresentmentofth e peopleofAsiaagainstth i stotallygratuitous i nsultand itsbad effectforourowncountry,wasth atIwoulddomybesttogetth ati nj usti ceremoved."Juddsaidth atth e1940census

sh ows 84,658 Japanese aliens,3139Koreansand135oth erswh oarenow i neli gi blefornaturaliza-ti onwh oarelivi nglegallyinth i scountry.

CaliforniaAssemblyPassesBilltoRepealStateBanAgainstInterracialMarriage

SACRAMENTO—California'santi-mi scegenationlaw,wh i chproh i bi tsmarriagesbetweenCaucasiansandNegroes,mulattoes,MongoliansandMalayans,i s h eadedforth eash can.Th erepealbill,sponsoredbyAssemblymanRobertCondon,

D.,WalnutCreek ,waspassedonMay24byth eHouseandwassenttoth eSenate.Th ebi llpreviouslywaspassedwith outoppo-siti onby th eAssemblyJudici aryCommittee.

Th eCondonmeasurewi llmak eth estatelawconformwith th edecisi on ofth eState SupremeCourti n1948 i nwh i ch i truledth ati ntermarriageproh i bi ti onwasunconstituti onal.Asaresultofth ecourtdecisi on,countiesarenow i ssui nglicensesfori ntermarriages.Th efi rstpersonofJapanesean-cestrytoapplyforamarriagelicensetowedaCaucasianwasaJapanesegirlfrom Kobe,Japanwh ocametoth eUni tedStatestomarryanArmyofficersh eh admeti nJapan.Th emarriagewasper-formedatth eOak landArmybase.Twoweek sago auth ori ti es i nNevada City,Calif.,announcedth atalicense h adbeeni ssuedtotwoNevadaresidents,ElizabethRobillard,28,andRoyNish i guch i ,32,both ofReno,andth emarriagewasperformedbyth e j usti ceofpeace. Nevada i soneofseveralwesternstateswh i ch proh i bi ti n-termarriage.Th eNevadaCityceremonywasperformedbyJusticeofth ePeaceGeorgeW.GildesleeveonMay10.Ralph E.Deeble,countyclerk ,said i twasth efi rstmixedmar-riage license i ssued i n NevadaCounty since th eruling ofth eCalifornia Supreme Court. Hesaidth eli censeapplicati onstatedth atNish i guch i i samemberofth eyellowraceandMissRobillardiswh i te.

SumioHiranoWinsLosAngelesFinalsInLegionContestLOSANGELES—SumioHirano,a studentatPolytech ni c h i ghsch ool,recentlywas named th ewinnerofth eLosAngelescityfinals ofth e American Legionessaycontestonth esubject"OurPrivi lege and Responsibi li ti esasFutureCiti zens."Hisessayi snowenteredi nth eCaliforniastatefinalsofth eessaycompetiti on.Hirano,presidentofth eCen-

turions,wonth edistri ctfinals,con-sisti ngofentrantsfromPoly,Bel-montandRoosevelth i gh sch ools.Th e Ni sei also recently was

awardedth eReader'sDigestvale-di ctorianawardatPolyforbeingth emostoutstandingseniori nth efield ofsch olarsh i p.

LAForgesAh eadInMembersh i pRaceWi th Ch i cagoJACLWith an i mpressivetotalof582

members,th eLos AngelesJACLch apterswerewellah eadofCh i -cagoi nth emembersh i pracecur-rentlybeingconductedbyth eCh i -cagoJACLandth efourch aptersi nLosAngeles.Los Angelesmembersh i prollswerelistedasfollowsth i sweekby JACLnationalh eadquarters:

EastLosAngeles,222;WestLosAngeles,165;South westLosAn-geles.: 138; and Los AngelesDowntownJACL,57.Th eCh i cagoJACLwascreditedwith atotalof372members.

"Tok yoRose"DefensetoCallFiveNisei asWi tnessesExpectMoreTh anFortyDepositi onsforTrialfromFarEast

SANFRANCISCO—FiveNiseiareamong'.h e 17witnesseswh owillbesubpoenaedtotestifyfor

th edefenseatth e"Tok yoRose"tri alofMrs.IvaToguri d'AquinoonJuly5i nFederalJudgeMich aelJ.Roch e'scourt.Th edefensemotionforth esub-

poenaswasgrantedlastmonth byJudgeRoch ebutth eli stwasnotcompleteduntillastweek .Meanwh i le,anoth erdefenseat-torney,Th eodore Tamba ofSar,Francisco,h asbeeni nth eFarEastobtaini ngdepositi onsfrom oth erwitnessesforth edefense.Italsowasreportedth atseveralNisei willbeamongth eprosecu-tionwitnesseswh owillarrive i nSan Francisco i ntimetotestifyatth etri al.Th esewi tnesseswereorigi nallysch eduledtoleaveTok yoi nMaybutth ei rdeparturewaspostponedfollowingJudgeRoch e'sdecisi ontograntadefensemotionforadelayuntilJuly5.Th etri alcrigi nallywassch eduledtobeginonMay16.Discussingth edepositi onsnowbeingobtainedbyTamba,WayneCollins,defenseattorney,saidth atbetween40and60depositi onswillbereadywh anth etri alstarts.Th e 17defensewitnesseswh owillbesubpoenaedworei denti fi edasfollows:George 11.Hensh aw,BeverlyHills;Ch i yek oIto,LosAngeles;JamesF.Wh i tten,Torrance;MayE.Hagedorn,Everett,Wash .;Mrs.NormanReyes,Ch i cago;Joh nE.Tunnicli ffe, Grants Pass, Ore.;Mark L.Strecter,Idah o Falls;Joh nD.Provo,Wash i ngton,D.C.;Willi stonCox,Knoxville,Tenn.;Frank Fuj i ta, Electra, Tex.;Sh i gemi Mazavva,Ch i cago;JackWisener,Austin,Tex.;Mrs.AlbertKanzak i ,NewYork Ci ty;MiltonGlazier,Dover,Idah o;AmyMa-suda,LosAngeles;NormanReyes,Nash vi lle,Tcnn.;andMaj.WallaceE.Ince,SanFrancisco.

MRS.D'AQUINOLEAVESJAILTOVISITDENTISTSAN FRANCISCO— Mrs.IvaToguri d'Aquino,nowfacingtriali nFederalcourtonth ech argeofwartimetreason,got h erfi rstch ancetoleaveth elocalcountyj ai lforth efi rsttime i neigh tmonth swh ensh evi si tedDr.Mas-ai ch i Higak i ,adentist,onMay24.Sh e leftth eprisonunderth eguard ofaJusticeDepartmentagent.Sh e alsowasaccompaniedby

h erfath er,JunToguri ofCh i cago.

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MemorialDay,/949-*"LETITBE FOR ME-ONCEINGLORY"Ed Note:Th efollowingletterwas written

byGeorgeK.Sawada',aNisei volunteer,as h e leftth eMini dok arelocat.cncenterfortraini ng atCamp Sh elby,Miss.Heservedasamemberofth e442ndcombatteam,h eadquar-

terscompany,medicaldetach ment.Hewasatech ni ci an,fourthKfa

GeorgeSawadadied i nEurope i n.battle.Th efollowingletter,anexpressionofaNisei sonslove

forh i sfath erand,th rough th i s,h i sdevotionto h i scountry,i safitti ngMemorialdaytributetoallofAmericassoldierdead.

* * *April30,1943EnroutetoCampSh elby

DearDad:Ih opeyoudon'tmindmycallingyouth at.Ih aven'tcalled

youDad before,buttonigh tforsomereason oroth er,Ifind

Fath ersuch acold,formalword,especially i n Japanese,and"Dad"conveys j ustth emeaningIwant.Iti satonceanaddressofrespect,buti texpressesalsoth eclosenessofourrelationand

th edeepmutuallove andunderstanding,wh i ch mustexistbe-tweenth etwobeforea Japaneseson cancallh i sfath erDad.Ik nowth atth i s i strueofussoIh aveaddressedyou assuch .

Youareprobablywonderingwh yIh avewri ttenyouth i slettersosoonwh enwe j ustsaidgood-byeonlya few h ours ago,but1feltth atIowed i ttomyselfandyoutotellyousomeofth eth i ngsIsh ould h avesaidanddi dn'twh enth eti mecameforustopart.Idon'tk nowwh yIdidn't.Perh aps i twasbecauseIwasoverly

reticent;perh aps i twasbecauseweare Japanese,butmainlybe-cause,Ith i nk ,Iwasalittlebitself-conscious.Youareoldnow—agedsince moth erpassedawaymanyyears

agoandleftyouth reeli ttlech i ldrentoraise,butonceyouwerenotsoold.Youwereyoungwh ensh ewasalive,andIcanstillrememberwh ata h appyfamilywewereth en.

Do you rememberth etimewh enweallwentcrab-fish i ngtoWestSeattle—th atti mewh enIwasbittenbya crabandh owledsolustily?Howyougentlypried i tfrom myfingersandth en k i ssedth em,wh i ch wassuch astrangeth i ngfora Japanesetodo,andwh enyou sawmoth erlook i ng,you actedsortofgruffand turnedsh eepi sh lyaway?Butmoth erk newandlovedyoumore.

Doyourememberth atdaywh enwewentfish i ngtoSnoi|UalmieRi verandcaugh tallth oseli ttletrout,andwh enweW«eappreh endedbyth egamewarden,th ediffi cultyyou h adexplaini ngto h i m th atwe.wantedtoputth em i ntoth epooli nourgarden?Th eti mewewenth unti ngi nSewardpark with aBBgunandwerealmostarrested,andth escoldingwereceivedfrom moth erwh enwecame h ome?Doyouremember h ow h appywewerewh enmoth erwasaliveandyouwereyoung?

Th entragedystruck ourh ome.Idonotli k etorememberth emonth saftersh epassedaway.Howlonelywech i ldrenwereand h owmorelonelyyoumusth ave.been.Ik nownow h owmuch youlovedh er,moreth ananyorallofus.Sh ewasnotapicturebride.Youh admeth erwh enboth ofyouwerestudentsi nHawai i ,andyoutwoh adfallen i nlove.How h appyyou musth avebeentogeth eri nyourearlydaysofmarriage,Icanonlyimagi nefrom th e h appi nessIk new.Th enth atawfulnigh twh ensh edied,you came h omeandtold

usasgentlyasonlyyouk new h ow th atsh e h adgone away,th atwemusn'tcrybecausemoth erwouldn'twantusto.HiroandIwereJapaneseboyssowedidn'tcry,atth etimeatleast.Butourlittlesister,sh ewassuch alittleth i ng,criedi ntoth enigh t,and tiredasyouwerefrom sleeplessnigh tsofvigi l,youwalk edh ertosleep.

Youagedovernigh t.Youwouldsmileatus,buti twasnotfrom th eh eart.How sadyou.look edwh enyouth ough tweweresafelytuck ed i nbed,andyourpretensesdroppedli k ea h eavyload.OnceIsawyouweep,andIdidn'tk now wh attodo.Iti ssai dth atti mei sah eali ngbalm,butIk now th ati twas

nottimetwh i ch awak enedyoufrom th enumbnessofth i s loss.Youh adlovedmoth ermorebutyoulovedustoo.Wewere h erh eri tagetoyou,bornofh eri nh erloveofyou andnowlefti nyourcare.Th eloveyou h adforh ernowyou gavetous.Youwereafath er.Now youalsobecame amoth erandalittlesometh i ngmore,andth i nk i ngofourwelfare,youneverremarried.Th i swasallverydiffi cultforyouatfirstforweweresuch

th ough tlesslittleruffians.Howtryingwe must h avebeento alonelyfath er,Icanonly imagi ne.Butth eth ough tth atwe werewith outth eloveofamoth erconstantlytemperedyourangerandi mpati ence,andyoulovedusalittlemoreforourweak nesses.Th usi nyourloveforus,youfoundsurceasefrom sorrowandloneliness.Andsoth eyearspassed.Iwasnow i nth egrammarsch ool.Howproudyouwereofme

wh enImadeth esch ool's i ndoorballteam.Youlook edsopleasedwh enIsh owedyouth eletterIh adwon.Butalso h ow sadyoucouldappearwh enyousawmyreportcards,butrememberingyourboyh oodyouunderstood.

Aswegrewolder,youbecamemoreourcompanionth anafath er,andbusinesswaabettersoth atyoucoulddevotemoreofyourtimetoourleisures.Doyourememberth evacationwefourspenti nIdah o i nth esummerof1927,th ebeautyofth eplaceandth elak eswh i ch wereteemingwith bass,wh i ch struckyourbaitwith savagevici ousnessandfough ttoth ebi tterend?Andth ebiggestfish th atalwaysgotaway?Wefourwereal-mostash appyaswh enwewerefive.Th en cameth edepressionandovernigh twewerepoor.Yourh usi nessandeventh ecollegefundyouh adsavedformewerelosti nth edebacle.Iwantedto leavesch ooland gotoworfc,butyou

wereveh ementlyagainsti t.HowwellTrememberth ateveningwh enfindi ngyouso h aggardandcarewornIh opefullysuggestedth i spos-sibi li ty.Youslowlystraigh tenedyourtiredsh oulders,andsomeofth eh aggardnessslippedfrom yourface asa smile ofdeterminati onbrok ei tsbleak ness."No,"yousaidwith qui etdoggedness."Yoush allcontinuevoureducation. Itwasapromise.Idonotk noweventoth i sdav'h owsuch doggedcouragecould stem from so tiredandfraila*bodyouti tdid. ""'Youwork edh arder;yourh ai rbecamealittlemoregrayvourtace,alittlemorecareworn,butweweath eredth edebacle Th at1

TVnLat\-graduatefrom h i gh sch oolnearth etopofmyclassIowetoth i sselflesslofe. 'Sevenmoreyearspassed,andTwas graduatedfrom collegeYouwereproudofmeth en.Afterth egraduationceremonvwh enIgaveyouth ediplomayou h eld i tclose tovourh eartandth ereweretearsofj oyi nyoureyes.Isawyouweepagainforth esecondwereTth eveeawPZuSl"!!_*J__¥J."toth earmy-a"dw<*-**ueretlnee.We h eldafarewelldinnerm h i sh onor,anddoyouremem-berth eprayeryougaveth en:"Godk eeousandrrant„?peace'"ButGodm h i smystenouswaydidnoth eedourplea,„..,UneDecembermorn,outofth efriendlysk y,treach erystrucknwVZdaTsafterStati°n-You, P-wIS,ZVeJdXei counUofvour h tlfIT*"aS'le"t-Vourmisery-JaPanwaslounrryoryourbirth ,butAmerica,th ecountryofyourch oi ce.

From th atdayyouceasedspeak i ngofJapan.Outofth i streach erygrewourmisery.Inth espringofth efollowingyear,wewereforcedtoevac-

uatetoth erelocationcenters.Itwas abitterblow tomeIaciti zen,with a .broth eralreadyserving i nth earmy,mustevacuate,andIcouldnotunderstandwh yth eGermanandItalianalienswerenoti ncluded.Ih ad anunboundingfaith i nth ej usti ceofth i snation,butsh e i nreturn h adplacedmebei h ndbarbedwiresli k eanyenemyalien.Iwasstrick enwith bitterness,p\n;enbt,td7Scr¥imi „TtyionenUnC,at,°n°f**■t""'«th i «*„„.Th eny°u,.':omf(>**tedmeandslowlywith drewth estingofbitter-nessasyoudidmanyyearsagowh enmoth erpassedawayIcouldfaith i ni *th et[rj h JyOU sh ouk i a"e»*Pttorertoramyfaith i nth e governmentwh i ch h adnevergivenvouth eri i rh tof

Iwriteth i sUtter y°UrW°rds°fconsolati°nnowevenas

tmmmfmmV i lft*mr goodof"-fawillnolongerbebiter"TlL?'aCCCpt_M "S*and*°unessleftme Ademised«n« 1*?yrwordsandth eMtter-wh ati tmeanstoSJSAjffi cttizensh i p,yoush owedmeth i stryingperiodandemfrgedh atf""JfiS?yfaHhIowetoyourunderstanding'

a*°yalAmencanciti zen,

teya^trSw'firS'I-wasrTeady'■*faith ««tonigh tasth etraincarriesSTf.Sw"_LT volunteered.And

33atwaSa_-3S*'*,w_!h avealreadyseen yMweV£ -*S trUe~not'butJj oy,andi fth i sbetruemS% _J_s_Trow and»nce i nagain,th enDad,leti tCfori _!fdeBt,ned,th at~»mustweepth atsh all9urelybemin?Sdh i "8"k pJ,°ry*forth evict»rvth i s h appyday. ***b,essyftuDad«*ndk eepyouuntil

Yourson,* GEORGE I

PostscriptTogoTanak a

Add TallTales aboutEvacua-ti on...CHICAGO— Th elatest— and

fanciest— storyaboutwh ymas*evacuationwas j usti fi edh as j ustbeenh andedtousacrossaplateofcornedbeefandcabbage.Th erevelation,i fyouwanttocalli tth at,explodedunexpectedlyatlunch th eoth erday.AnoldfriendfromLosAngelesjabbedi tacrossth etableatus.Th efri endh asreturnedtoh i sbusi-nessi nL.A.,butth eunbuttonedex-pressionofh alf-beliefwith wh i chIgreeted h i stalesomeh ow sti lllingers.Anyway,h ere'sth estory.FromOutofth eRecentPast...We'llcall h i m Bob, becauseth at'scloseenough .Wewereclass-matesi nsch ool.Seemswek neweach oth er20yearsago.Ih adn'tBeen h i m i n13years.Th eoth erdayh eblewi ntotownforaconventionofradio partsmanufacturers. An unfamili arvoiceon th eph onetalk i ngaboutold,famili arth i ngswasth efi rsti nk li ngIh adth ath ewasstilli ncirculation.Iwasstillbefoggedwh en h e

said,"Let'sh avelunch tomorrow."Ik new h i m allrigh t. He'd

ch angedh i ssurname—sh ortenedi t.He'snowwh atmigh tbetermedabigwh eeli namedium-sizedradioandtelevisi onmanufacturingfi rmi nLosAngeles.IAt35 h e'snexti nlineforth efi rm'spresidency:h e'sanofficeri nth eYoungRepublicansofLosAngelesCounty. Hesums i tupwith satisfactionth atmaybeh e'sdoing"allrigh t."HeSaid:"Iwasonth eoth ersi de."Li k dnearlyallvisi ti ngfiremenfrom Los Angeleswh o tak eth eti metolook upaNisei fri endoracquaintance,Bobgotaroundtoth estock question:"Isth eremuchprejudi ce around h ere?"Th i s sort ofconversationalmeanderingalwaysleadsyoutoexpectsomenewi ntelligenceaboutth emassevacuation.Bobwasnoexception."Iwasonth e oth erside,"h e

began."Oh ? Wh atdovoumean,'oth erside'?""Well,Iguessyou'dcalli tth e

sideth atrecommendedmassevac-uation.""Howcome?"Th at'sh owwestumbledi ntoh i sstrangetale.MemoirsofaG-Man...Atth eti meofPearlHarbor,

Bobwasfresh outofHarvardLawSch oolandh adtak ena j obwithth eDepartmentofJustice."Wedidasurveyofth eJapa-

nesepopulationi nCalifornia," h ebegan."Wemademapsofallth earableland i nth estate,mark i ngth eseareaswith a certaincolor.Th enwemadeanoth ermapsh ow-i ngth elocationsofmili taryi nstal-lations. Th en wemade a th i rdmap,pinpoi nti ngwh ere Japaneselived."I i nterrupted h i m:"Th i s all

soundsfamili ar. Sowh at?""Well,"h esaid,"Wefoundth atallth epinssh owi ngwh ereJapa-neselivedcoinci dedwith "locationsofmili taryi nstallations,butth eydidNOTcoinci dewith th elocationsofth earableland. Th atlook edprettyfish ytome.""Sortofh ogwash th ough ,wasn'ti t?Anddidn'tth atDeWittreportmak esuch aclaim?""No,th eDeWittreportdidn't.I'veneverseenth atch argei nprintyet.ButIth i nk th at'soneofth erealreasonswh ymassevacuationwasordered—andwh yIth ough ti tcouldbe j usti fi ed."ButUncleKeptSayingNo...Iwaai nth eprocessofmessing

upaperfectlyenjoyableandso-ciablelunch with aprolongedde-bateonth ematter. »"

Th efi rstth ough twaiti ngtobeejectedatth i sNati veSontargetwas:"So,youwouldsupportth eprinci pleofpunish i ngallforth etransgressionsofth efew?" ButbeforeIcouldgetstarted,Bobtooki ton h i mselftoendth e di scus-sion."Funniestdarnth i ng,th ough ,"

h eadded,"Nomatterh ow h ardItriedtoconvincemyselfth atmassevacuationanddetentionwouldbej usti fi able,Icouldn'tgetmyuncletoagree.Hek epttellingmeth atth ewh oledamnedbusinesswasWrong.Th atwouldn'tbeth ewayh e'dh andleth i ngs.HesaidIwask nuck le-h eaded, and Isaid th esameabouth i m. Evenafterth edeedwasdone, h edisagreedandsfeidwewerenutsi nCalifornia.""Hurrayforycuruncle,"Isaid,

disposingofth edessert,"pinnmedalonh i mforme.Wh at's h i sname?""Emmons. Licutenant-General

DelosEmmons. Heranth i ngsh i swayi nHawai i ,th encameoverandlook overi nCalifornia.Now h e'slivi ngi nquietretirementi nth epeninsularareai nNorth ernCali-fornia.""Well,did h ebeli eveth e h og-

wash aboutth epinsonth emap?''"Idon'tk now. Eveni fh edid,i tmadenodifferenceto h i m."—From th eColoradoTimes.

CityWillHelpLittleTok yoTenants,SaysMayorBowronAnswersOpponent'sCh argeHeUrgedMassEvacuationLOSANGELES— Noneofth e

2,000 residents of th e "Li ttleTok yo"area,a largepercentageofwh omareofJapaneseancestry,willsufferwh enapartofth edis-trictisrazed asapartofth eCi vi c Center program, MayorFletch erBowrontoldanaudienceofJapaneseAmericansatAllPeo-ple'sCommunitych urch onMay23.MayorBowronsaidth atth ecityi splanningtoh elpfindh ousi ngforpersonswh owillloseth ei rh omeswh enth edemoliti onwork begins."We h opeto k eep th e h otels,

roomingh ousesandapartmentsi n-tactuntilth elastmoment,"h esai d. "Business establish ments

willgodownfirst,ofTZT—wewi llnotdoanyth i ng°tlh i ndercommunitylh VHedidnotsetadefini te_,1residentstomoveoutoftl,Tlwh i ch willberazedteiaMforth enewbuildi ngsTin1.MCenterproject. KS lr»th eCi HMayorBowron'saDD<»»f„Aforeth eNi sei grou?1ofh i scampaignforWelectk ßsough ttoanswerch arges111spok esmenforh .sopponet_iAldrich ,th ath eh a/affilmassevacuationofAmeria__Japaneseancestry."Ifrank lyadmitth atI>t__Gen.DeWitt'sproposalto2|allpersonsofJapanese__aftHr fcHfrK-»S3IHesaidth ath epenonb_|th atresidentsofth eWest°C_ih olda"h i gh errespect"fo,_JapaneseAmericangroupUMsuitofth ewarendevacuation.IWerealizenowwh atth eyJgone th rough duri ngth ei rjnnementi nth evariousreloa_|centers,"h esai d."Wereali j eZlth ei rpligh tandth ei rh ardsh i p!Notingth each i evementsof\«|Gls,h eadded:"Wewh o h avebeensuspiJofyourpeoplesinceth ebeginJofth econflictk nowwellwh atßmenofth e442ndCombatTeclh avedonetopreservedemoci ji nth i scountry.""Youarenolongersuspecttifl

h edeclared. "You'vedone;«■sh arei nth ewarandth eresidjofLosAngelesrecognizeand9spectyourloyaltyanddigni ty."■VeteransGroupFormedtoSupportAldrich CampaignLOSANGELES-Annour Bth ei roppositi ontoth ereek tk BofMayorFletch erBowron, i __MAmericanJapaneseVeteransCommitteeforLloydAldrich forMqiHth i sweek circulateda h andbi U4Hdaringth atNisei "sh ouldnoth ___\getBowron'soutspok ennrejofaHnowth ath eask sforth ei rvotaHTh ecityelectionwillbeh eldolTh e h andbi llquotedfromm\statementmadebyMayorBownHonFebruary12,11)42i naLincej BBirth dayaddressi nwh i ch h ea_\th atLincoln "wouldmak estaflwork ofroundingupth eJapamJandputtingth emwh ereth eynsißdono h arm."Th e h andbi lllistedth efolWi ngveteransas membersoftbHgroupsupporting Aldrich :i «_\Fuj i k awa,GeorgeIsh i k awa,¥._mKomatsu,KazuTak ayama,¥_mKuramoto,Ait1..Nagai,TimStßk ayo,M.Tanak a,T.HasepnßBennyNak agawa,TomMoruyaßBK.Komatsu,M.Kariya,J.I__\sh i ro,M.J.Hayash i ,T.MMGeorge Miya,.JuniorIguch i ,flBOh ara,MinImai andAk i oInjH

NVADisclaimsTieWi th Aldrich GroupInLA CampaignLOSANGELES—Th e x]__eran'sAssociati oni snotcona*!edi nanywaywith th eAmenawJapaneseVeterans'Commit'«**■Aldrich ,i twasannouncedth i smbyStevenSak oi ,executivemtary,andJ.B.Tietz,legalco»"|Th eNVAspok esmensaid j Morganizati onmak esnopoh ti <»l»Bdorsementsandth atconfusionresultedh erewith th enamewjbyth eAldrich group. JTh eNVA i sa

veteransgroupandi sch arterw«th estate.

JACLCh apterHearsMayoraltyCandidate*IX)SANGELES-Lo»Mf_Wmayoraltycandidates,Uo>°■drich and Fletch erBowron,»■cumbent,weresch eduledto>mmFriday,May27. {"n.a_Ji_\sponsoredby th e k ast „a_gelesJACLatth eTennk yo»■Aldrich i sacityengineer.

NamedValedictorianFRESNO,Calif.-/**"Hojßlastweek wasnamedvalfLißofth egraduatingclassatw»"|ersh i gh sch ool. ._.m\MissHosh i k owillWfJlMgraduationexercises;m"JSh e won h erblock ,Mmemberofth etennisteamaw|pearedi nth eseniorpW'

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Unk nownNamesUnk nown for EDC

Ch ai rmansh i p

i tUi ara,Hirose,

yash i ,Iwasak iIIBeCandidatesvYORKCITY—Th enamesrpersons h avebeen sub-toJACLch aptersofth endistri ctcouncilascandi-'orch ai rmanofth efcJX,.r are InaSugi h ara,Jack,Ak i raHayash i andTetsuo

slateofcandidateswillbe,ponatth eEDC convention0-12.Tom Hayash i ,ch ai r-[th enominati oncommittee,tedth eli stofcandidates.Sugi h arai sth ei ncumbenth ai rman.Sh e h asserved i nm-ofch apterpostswith th efork JACL, i ncluding th eesidency.Sh ei spublici tydi-ofth epublicrelationscom-ofth eProtestantCouncilofork Ci ty.Sh e i saffi li atedwithth e NewYork FBPC,th ePandoth erorganizati ons.t«,memberofth e Wash -,D.C,JACL,i s ch ai rman,ArlingtonNationalCeme-ommittee ofth eEDC andsei Memorialcommitteeandlanofth eorganizi ngcom-ofth eWash i ngtonch apter,amemberofth eAmericani postofHyattsville,Md.He

artdirectorwith th eI.T.advertisi ngagency.ash i i spresidentofth eNewch apterand i tspastfinan-rector.He is employedbyCeramicsIndustriesasman-i fi tsforeign department.amemberofth eboard of>rsofth eJapaneseMeth o-h urch .He graduatedfrom:ollege i nNewYork with a,i nforeign trade.sak i i sth efi rstpresidentofliladelph i ach apter.Hei sancai engineerwi th th eAtlan-ICo.'sresearch anddevelop-

department.He h asaB.S.th eCali forniaInstitute ofologyandanM.S.fromth ech usettsInstituteofTech -r.He i samemberofth ereliefcommittee,i namesweresubmittedfor

ratofvicech ai rman:Harveyi fBoston,presidentofth eEngland ch apter,and Kenmemberofth eboard and;reasurerofth eWash i ngton,

nk Ensek i ,memberofth eofSeabrook ,Farms;Tats:awa,formerrecordingsec-

'atSeabrook Farms;andMiyazawa,pastrecordingaryofth eNewYork ch ap-ereselectedascandidatesforlingsecretary.Mitsui ofSeabrook Farms,Ok azak i ofNewYork andasagawaofPh i ladelph i awerei to run forth epostofi rer.ee candidates were namedi epostofpublici tydi rector:Magi ofNewYork ,Mari k oi roofPh i ladelph i aandEllennuraofSeabrook Farms.nbersofth enominati ngcom-i areHarveyAk i ,KenIseri,

eSak amoto,IsamuUyeh araCh ai rmanHayash i .Bentcabinetmembersforth e>feMissSugi h ara,ch ai rman;mmazak i ,vicech ai rman;Hi-Uyeh ara,rec.sec.;MittyKi-treas;andAlyceMiyazawa,'tydirector.'"MaryFurutani h oldsth eoi correspondingsecretary,Pomtiveoffice

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IBATTLE,Wash .-Col.James"a*iley,wh o commanded th ebattalionofth e442ndcombat"B*action i nEurope,willbema*orspeak eri n"Memorialday"atLak evi ew cemeteryh onor-N'sei wardeadofWorldWar

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'h erW *h ,n'lm'-softh eNiseiJfoea,Wlllbeunveiled>Pfc wnr°Nak amui*a,widowf£_ft?Nak amura,wh o|wamedth eDSC,willrepre-

sentGoldStarparentsandwidowsi nth ededicati onceremony.Speak erswilli ncludeWilli amY.

Mirrobu,Yosh i teFuj i i andRich ardSetsuda.Th eRevs.M.WadaandB.Odawillgiveth ei nvocationandbenedicti on..Th eparentsofMasaoIk edawillacceptaflagforallGold Starparents.Severalh undredNisei veterans

areexpectedtotak eparti nth ecityMemorialdayparadetobeh eldfrom 10a.m.Aquotaof500h asbeensetbyth eNi sei veterans.DisabledNisei veteransandGoldStarparentsandwidowswillbei ncluded i nth eNisei contingent.Acadreof30menwillbeonh andatth eparadestagingareatoor-ganizeanddirectth eNisei march -ers.

400HiloResidentsHearTalk byJACLADCOffici al

Masaok a'sSpeechAlsoBroadcastbyLocalRadioStationByJAMESS.MAEDAHILO,TJ.L—Fourh undredHiloresidentsh eardMi k eM.Masaok a,

nationallegislativedirectorofth eJACL Anti-Di scri mi nati on Com-mittee,giveareportonCongres-si onallegislationaffectingmain-land andHawai i an residents ofJapaneseancestryatameetingonMay18wh i ch wassponsoredbyth eVeteransAJACouncilofHilo,anorganizati oncomprisedofrep-resentativesofth eClub100th ,th e442ndClub,InterpretersClubandth eEngineers.Masaok aalsodescribedth eworkofth eNationalJACLorganiza-tion.Th etalk wastranslatedforth e

benefitofth aelderpersonsofJa-paneseancestryi nth eaudience.Masaok a's cpeech also wasbroadcastovera Hiloradiosta-tionth rough th ecourtesyoflocalJapaneseAmericanfirms.Masaok aalsowasaguestona15-minuteradioprogramk nownas"Meetth ePeople."Notes:Mi k eMasaok awentHa-wai i anduringh i sone-dayvisi ttoHilo.Th eaftermath ofeatingpoi,dryfish ,lomilomi salmon,Laulauand oth erdelicaci es gave Mi k etroubleduringh i s75-minutespeechbeforeth eHi loaudiencebutth eJACLADC offici alwentonwithth esh ow.SamIsh i k awa Pacifi cSouth west

regionaldirectorofJACLADCwh oi si nHawai i toraisefundsforth eorganizati on'snationallegis-lativeprogram,canreallygoHa-wai i an.Samevenusesh i sfi ngersforth epoi and"Bach elorSam"isreallydoingfine i nallrespectsh erei nHawai i .Heevenask edth eNi sei waitressatVolcanoHouse,notedBigIsland h otel,for"ch a-zuk e"atbreak fasttime.

LargeCrowdsHearMasaok aOnIslesTourHONOLULU,T.H.— Mi k eM.Masaok a'swh i rlwi ndspeak i ngtouronbeh alfofth eJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati on Committee'sfinancialdrivei nHawai i wasmark edbyen-th usi asmandlargecrowdsi nHon-olulu,Hiloandonth e i slandsofMaui andKauai.Th enationallegislativedirectorofJACLADClefth ereonMay23forSan Francisco,enroute toWash i ngton.Hereportedth ath i saudiences i n Hawai i expressedconsiderablei nteresti nth elegisla-tiveprogramofJACLADC,par-ticularlyi nth e Waltersresolu-tionwh i ch was i ntroduced i nth eHouserecentlytoextendnatural-i zati onrigh ts toresidentaliensnow i neli gi bletociti zensh i p. Hesaid th atapproximately40,000residentaliensofJapaneseandKoreandescenti nHawai i wouldbenefitbyth elegislation.Reportingonth eprogressofleg-i slati onofi nteresttoth epeopleofHawai i , Masaok a stressed i nspeech es h ereth atth ecampaignsforHawai i anstateh oodand fornaturalizati onrigh tsforJapanesealiensareall"oneandth esamefigh t."Hedeclaredth atth eenemiesofHawai i an stateh ood r.re th eenemiesofnaturalizati on.SamIsh i k awa,Pacifi cSouth westdi rectorofJACLADCwh oaccom-paniedMasaok aon h i sspeak i ngtour,willremain i nHawai i untilmid-June.

Ish i k awaTak esLeadInSociali stPartyCampaigni nWestDENVER,Colo.-Joseph Ish i -

k awaofth eartdepartmentofth eUniversityofNebrask a i stak i ngth elead i namovementtoconsol-i datelocalsofth eSociali stPartyi nth eRock yMountainarea i ntoaregionalorganizati on,th eColo-r-ado Sociali stParty announcedth i sweek .Th e announcementsaid th atIsh i k awawas i nstrumentali nth eformationofanewSociali stPartylocalatLincoln,Neb.His suggestionforth eforma-ti onofth eregionalgroupwithh eadquarterstobe establish ed i nDenverh asalreadyreceivedfav-orablesupportfrom membersofth eSociali stPartyi nDenverandColorado.Ish i k awah asadvancedth emovei norderto"increaseth eeffective-ness"ofth epoliti calgroup.Th e i ncreasedvoteofth e So-ciali stPartyi nrecentelectionsi nWisconsinwh ereth ey h ave suc-ceeded i nwi nni ngseveralminorofficesmak esi tappearli k elyth atIsh i k awa's suggestionwill h elpstrength enth e Sociali stPartyi nth ewesternpartofth ecountry,th eannouncementadded.IfIsh i k awa'sregionalproposali sadopted,i twi llprobably i n-cludeSociali stgroupsi nNebrask a,Utah ,Colorado,NewMexico,Ari-zona,WyomingandMontana.Th eannouncementaddedth at

Joseph Ish i k awa'sprestigewith i nth eSociali stPartyh asbeengrow-i ng asaresultofh i sproposaland h ei sregardedasoneofth eparty'sleadersi nth ewest.

UyedaSistersAtCelebrationforFolk loreMagazineCHICAGO—Th eUyeda sisters,Haruk oandTomek o,willj oi ni nth eseventh anniversarycelebra-ti onofVilti s,amagazinedevotedtofamili ari zi ngth epublicwith th efolk ways andfolk lore ofdiversenationalitygroups,onSundayeve-ning,May29,atth eLith uani anauditori um.Representativesofmanynation-algroupswillpresentfolk dancesduringth eprogram.Haruk oandTomek oUyeda,wi thth ei rtwotalentedsix-year-oldpro-tegees,Mari k oAnnAk i yamaandToyok oKitah ata,willperformtwonumbers,"Menonai Ch i dori "and"MaruMaruBush i .'"Th e Uyedasistersh ave givennumerousperformancesbeforevar-i ousgroupsi nth emi dwest.Recentperformances i ncluded appearan-cesatth e United Nationsfolkfestival, h eld i nth eGoldroom ofth e Congress h otelforth e33rdannualnationalassociati onofsec-ondarysch oolprinci pals'conven-tion,wh i ch wastelecastoverSta-ti onWBKB;th e15th annualna-tionalfolk festivali nSt.Louis;andth eDetroitJACLsh ow.Th eyareformerresidents ofGardenaCalif,andstudiedunderFuj i maKansuma,recognizedasth eforemostexponentofth eJapaneseclassicaldance i nAmerica.

TributetoGoldStarMoth ersPlannedbyLosAngelesYBALOSANGELES— Th eYoungBuddh i stassociati onwillpaytrib-utetoGoldStarmoth ersatame-morialservicewh i ch willbe h eldonMay29.AllBuddh i stveterans i n th e

LosAngelesareaareexpectedtoattendth eritesi nuniform.A bronze plaque,bearing th e

names ofallBuddh i stwardeadfrom th ech urch ,willbededicatedatth eservice.Amongth eBuddh i stNisei wh o

diedi nWorldWarIIandwh owillbe h onoredatth eservicewillbeth efollowing:Cpl. Yosh i h aru Aoyama,Flc

GeorgeGush i k en,Sgt.JoeHaya-sh i ,Pfc.Tosh i oHozak i ,Cpl.Joh n-nyKanazawa,Pfc.NobuoKomoto,Pfc.SadaoMunemori.Cpl.Kiyo-sh i Nak asak i ,Cpl.Ak i ra Sh i ma-

zu,Cpl.Tayayuk iTanoujre,Pfc.

FredYasuda,PfcMitsuruYetoandPfcTatsuoYosh i zak i .

MonumenttoNisei WarDeadOfLosAngelesAreatoBeUnveiledonMemorialDay

LOS ANGELES—Th eunveili ngofa32-footwh i temarblemonumentasatributetoth ememoryofth esacrifi cesofAmer-i cansofJapaneseancestry i n th eserviceofth ei rcountry i nWorldWarIIwillfeatureth eMemorialDayceremonieswh i chwillbe h eldbyth e Ni sei VeteransAssociati on atEvergreencemetery.Th i syear'sriteswillculminateatwo-yearreintermentpro-

gramforNisei wardeadfrom th eLos Angelesarea wh i chwasundertak enbyth eNVA.Th emonument,wh i ch waspur-ch asedandcompleted i nCarrara,Italy,th ecitywh i ch wasliberatedby th e 442nd CombatTeam i nApri l,1945,willbeunveiledbyMrs.NawaMunemori,moth erofPfc.SadaoS.Munemori wh opost-h umouslyreceivedth e'Congression-alMedalofHonorforMsh eroi cdeath wh i leservingwith th e442ndCombatTeam i nItaly.Astatuebearingth eli k enessofPfc.Munemori,th eonlyJapaneseAmericantoreceiveth eMedalofHonor,standsatopth emonument.Duetoapriorcommitmentout-sideofCalifornia, Gen.Mark W.Clark ,commandinggeneralofth eSi xth Armyandth ewartimecom-manderofth eFifth Armyi nItaly,willnotbeabletoattendth ecere-monies.Inalettertoth eNisei Veterans

Associati on,GenGlark declared:"Iam sorryth at1 cannotbeth ereforth eceremony,forIh aveth egreatestrespectandprideforth eNi sei soldierswh ofough tsogallantlyforth i scountry. Th e442ndInfantryRegimentwasoneofth efi nestIh adth eprivi legetocommandi nWorldWarll.''ArepresentativeofGen.Clarkwilldeliverth emai naddressatth e MemorialDayrites. Lieut.Col.Joh nF.Aisowillactasch ai r-manatth eceremonies. FormerFirstLieut.Tak Nak ak i willcom-mandth eNVA'ah onorguardwh owillbe i nfulluniform.Manycivi cleadersareexpected

toattend,i nadditi onto50GoldStarmoth ersofNisei Glswh odi edi nWorldWarIIwh owillbeth eh onoredguests.Anaudienceof2,500i sexpected

towitnessth ededicatoryrites.Fundstoeroctth ememorialwereraisedth rough contributi onsfromresidentsofth eLosAngelesarea.Th ei nscri pti ononth ememorialleadsasfollows:

INSACREDMEMORYTh i s memoriali sreverentlyplaced h ere by th e Japanese

Americancommunity,underth eauspicesofth eSouth ernCali-forniaBurialandMemorialcom-mi ttee,i nmemoryofAmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestrywh ofough t,sufferedanddiedi nWorldWarIIth atliberty,jus-ticeandequalopportunityi nth epursuitofh appi nessmigh tcometo alldemocratic and peace-loving people everywh ere re-gardlessofrace,creed,colorornationalorigi n.Dedicated:May30,1949.

Th enamesof61Americansol-di ersofJapaneseancestryfromSouth ern Californiawh odi ed i nWorldWarIIarei nscri bedonth ememorial.Th enamesareasfol-lows: %

Yosh i h aruN.Aoyama,Frank N.Ari k awa,HirooH.Endo,Arth urM. Fuk uok a, George Gush i k en,StanleyK.Hayami,JoeH.Ha-yash i ,MinoruIsh i da,JoeY.Kado-yama,Joh nS.Kanazawa,FrankKanda,JamesS.Karatsuu,YasuoKenmotsu,Sh awKojak u,PaulT.Kitsuse,NobuoKomoto,HenryM.Kondo,HarryF.Madok oro,SadaoS.Munemori,Tom T.Nish i moto,Kiyosh i K. Muranaga,PaulT.Kimura, RobertK. Nak asak i ,KatsuOk i da,SusumuOk ura,Cal-vin T.Saito, George S.Saito,Atsush i Sak amoto,Masao Sh i ge-zane,Ak i ra R.Sh i matsu,JoeA.Sh i omi ch i , Sh i geoTabuch i ,IwaoA.Tak ah ash i ,Kei Tanah ash i ,TedTanouye,Th eodoreT.Tezuk a,HarryH.Tok ush i ma,DanielY.Tsuk a-mcto,MitsuruYeto,TatsuoYosh i -zak i ,Joh n.Ak i moto,VictorAk i -moto,GeorgeM.Sh i k ata,Joh nKato,TeruoHozak i ,Tosh i o Ho-zak i ,HenryT.Furush i ro,KazuoMasuda,Fred S.Yasuda,LloydOnouye:Joh n Ogawa,TedT.Fuj i ok a,Ben Masaok a,Tsuyosh iYamamoto, Mak oto Yosh i h ara,Togo Sugiyama,Hitosh i Yone-mura,Willi am Samonj i ,GeorgeKuwano,IsaoTsdnoandKatsumiL.Tak asugi.

LosAngelesAFLWillFigh tRaceBi asonLocalLevelEducationalProgramWillBeIniti atedAgainstIntolerance

LOSANGELES—Th eestablish -mentofcommitteesto combatraciali ntoleranceonth elocalunionlevelwasapprovedatameetingofth eCentralLaborCouncil,AFL,onMay16.Sponsorsofth erecommendation

notedth eexi stenceofdiscri mi na-ti onagainstAmericansofNegro,MexicanandOrientalancestryandstressedth eneedforexpandedac-tivi tyto h elpeducatetradeunionmembers,aswellasth egeneralpublic.Itwasannouncedth atth erecom-mendationofth e CentralLaborCouncil's executive committeei si nk eepi ngwith th enationalpolicyofth eAFL.Itwasannouncedth atth eproj-

ecttoexpandth eCentralLaborCouncil'scampaignofeducationand understandingto elimi nateraciali ntoleranceandth econdi-tionswh i ch create i twas "en-th usi asti cally adopted"by th edelegateswh orepresentmoreth an500,000AFLmembers i nth eLosAngelesarea.Inordertoobtainawiderdis-tri buti onofth e efforts ofth eCentralLaborCouncil'sCommitteetoCombatIntolerancewh i ch h asfunctioned"with i ncreasingeffec-tiveness during th e past twoyears,"th eresolutionproposedth eestablish mentofcommitteesonalllevelsofth etradeunion struc-ture.(ArecentreportbyJoeGrant

Masaok a,WestCoastregionalrep-resentativeofth eJACLAnti-Di s-cri mi nati onCommittee,notedth eexi stenceofdiscri mi natorypolici esi nsomeunionsaffili atedwith th eAFLagainstpersonsofJapanese.

Th ecouncilcommittee recog-nizedth ework ofAFLlocalgrdupstodate i ncombating i ntolerance

andpointedoutth ati ti sth epur-poseofth eresolutiontofurth eri mplementaneducationalracere-lationsprogram,usingth egreatquantityofeducationmaterialpre-paredbyth enationalAFLgroup."Th eplan i sdesignedtobringaracerelationsprogramdowntoth emembersh i pwh ere i ti smostneeded,"SusanD.Adams,memberofRetailHardwareandApplianceEmployeesUnion,Local1215,ex-plained."Th eprogram i sanedu-cationalone.Th erewillbenoi n-terferencewith th eautonomyoflocalunions. Werecognize th atth osewh ofi gh tth etradeunionmovementare th e same peoplewh ospreadth eli eaboutNegroes,Mexican Americans, Jews andoth erminori tygroups."Iti sth eywh ofough tandde-

featedFEPC.Werecognize,also,Iamsure,th eneedofi ntegratingth eeffortsofth eentirelocallabormovementto mak evictoryoverprejudi ce anddiscri mi nati on aneasiertask ."AbeF.Levy,delegateofth eIn-ternationalLadiesGarmentWork -ers'Union,commendedth e"pro-gressiveandfar-seeing"actionofth eAFLexecutivecommittee i nLosAngeles,anddeclaredth atth e"employersandch ambersofcom-mercearetryingtopitonena-tionalityaga'netth eoth erandth eyh opetobreak th elabormove-mentth atway."Laborstandsfordemocracy,"Levysaid."Iti si ncumbentuponustoeducateourmemberssoth atth ey do notfallpreyto th epoisonouspropagandaofraciali n-tolerjmce."

Th eILGWU h asanumberofNisei womenmembersi nth eLosAngelesarea,comprisedofevac-ueeswh otook j obsi nth egarmenti ndustry following th ei rreturnfiomwarrelocationcenters.Lastyearth eILGWUappointedaNiseigirltoh elporganizewomeni nth ei ndustryinLosAngeles.

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EDITORIALS:PostscriptforMemorialDay

Th i sMemorialDay,i n h undredsofcommuniti esacrossth ecountry,th epeopleofth enationpaytributetoth emenwh odied i ncombati nEuropeandAsiaduringth elastgreatwar.Amongth emournerswi llbeAmericansofeveryrace,color

andcreed,forth eprivi egeofdyingforone'scountry i snotrestricted byracialancestry.Manyofth em,i nlife,werenotaccordedth erespect,th e

h onororeventh eprivi legesdueth emasciti zensofth i scountry.Someofth em,even i ndeath ,weredeniedth esimpleri gh tofreburialbecauseofth ei rcolor.

Th esemen h avepassedbeyondth eprejudi cesandmistreat-mentanddish onorsometimessh own th em.Itbeh oovesus toremembernowth atth egreatesth onor

wecanpayth em i sbyrememberingth elivi ng,th eveteranswh osurvivedth ewar,th ewi dowsandparent*andfamili esofth ewardead.Th egreatestwecanpayth ei rmemory i sbygi vi ngth osewh osurvivedth emth erespectth eydeserveasAmericans.

MarginalEmploymentOpportuniti esTh eCalifornialegislature h asagainsmoth ered amoveto

studyand i mproveemploymentpracticeswith i nth estate.Th eAssembly committee ongovernmentaleffici encyand economyonMay11k i lledabilltocreateastatecommissononfairem-ploymentpractices.Earlierth e samecommitteek i lled anoth erproposaltostudyracialandreligi ousdiscri mi nati on,a studywh i ch would h avelaidstressonth eeconomicandemploymentdiscri mi nati on againstmi nori tygroups.

Jobdiscri mi nati oni sth ecoretominori tygroupdiscri mi na-ti oni nth eseUnitedStates.Minori tygroupsare"k epti nth ei rplace"byeconomicdis-

crimi nati on,wh i ch deni esth em th erigh ttomak ealivi ngi nj obsforwh i ch th eyaretrainedandforwh i ch th eyaresuited.Th usdelegatedtomeniallaborandservice j obs,th eyaredeniedfullpartici pati oni nth ecountry'ssocialandeconomiclife.

Many,ofcourse,riseaboveth eeconomicrestricti onsgen-erallyplaceduponth ei rgroup.Ifth erigh ttoequalityof j obopportunityweregrantedallmembers ofallminori tygroups,th estatusofallofAmerica'sminori ti eswouldriseaccordingly,aswouldth eeconomicstandardsofth ecountryasawh ole.Negro,Ch i neseandNisei Americansk now h ow di scri mi na-

ti onaffectsth ei rdailylives.Butfiguresaremoreconvinci ngth anbarestatements.InSeattle,accordingtostatisti cspreparedbyth eInstitute

ofLaborEconomicsofth eUniversityofWash i ngton,th ereai-enopersonsofJapaneseancestryemployed byindustryinmana-gerialandoffici alpositi ons.Butmanagersandoffici alsaccountfor5.35percentofallemployesofi ndustry.OfallpersonsofJapaneseancestryemployedby i ndustry,2.83areemployed i nprofessionalandsemi-professionalpositi ons.Butth epercentageofallemployesi nth atcategory i s5.78.A considerationofth e servicework ers,h owever,presents

anentirelydifferentpicture.OfallNisei andIssei employedbyi ndustry,37.73areemployedasservicework ers.Th epercentageforth ewh olegroup,h owever,i sonly10.75.Inalloth erclassifi -cationsth epicturesh owsth esameth i ng:JapaneseAmericanstendtobeemployedmostfrequentlyi nservicetradesandworkclassifi ed as"operative."Th ei rch ancesforemploymentaregreatlyh i nderedasth eyrise i n j obscallingforincreasedearn-i ngpowerandsupervisorycapaciti es.

Seattleisused h ereonlyasanexampleofemploymentdis-crimi nati on,th ough i tmigh tbenoted h ere th atth ecity i sgenerallyregardedasoneofth eciti eswh i ch h asdoneth emosttoimproveth estatusofitsminori tygroupciti zens.Employmentdiscri mi nati on i nSan Francisco,recentlyre-

portedfrom th atcitybyJoeGrantMasaok a,JACLADC di-rector,sh owed th esamepatterns ofdiscri mi nati on.Seventy-fivepercentofallemployersplacingrequestwith th eCalifor-ni astateemploymentservicespecifyth eydonotwantwork ersofOrientalancestry.

Ch i cago,sometimesregardedasameccaforNisei j obseek -ers,i si ndeedth ati nmanyrespects.Butth eAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,i nrecenttestimony

before th eHousecommittee oneducation andlabor,reportedasfollows:"Th esituation...i snotas h ealth yasi tappearsonth esurface.DemandforIssei andNisei i sprimari ly i nth esemi-sk i lled andlowerincome occupationswh ereth ei rh i gh produc-

tivi tyataveragepayscalesorlessactuallyresults i nan in-directform ofexploitati on,"| Th eseareexamplesofth epatternofj obdiscri mi nati onlAnall-outattack uponth i sform of"discri mi nati onwouldprovide|h ealth yi mpetusforth e i mprovementofracerelationsgen-erallyandforth ei mprovementofth eeconomicstatusofAmer-la'sminori ti es.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

JapanLearnsAboutth e442ndTh erearei ndi cati onsfromJapanth atth estoryofPvt.SadaoMune-mori and th e 442nd RegimentalCombatTeam i sbeingutili zedbypro-democraticgroupstoi llustrateth emeaningofdemocracy.Probablybyth i sti meth esagaofth eJapaneseAmericanregimenti sk nowntoeveryJapanese,fromEmperorHiroh i to downto th epooresttenantfarmer.Th estonesofNisei GlswerebroadcasttoJapanandAsiabyth e OfficeofWarInformationand oth erU.S.propaganda.agencieslongbeforeV-Jday.Th esestorieswereusedtocounteractth edamagingeffectsofth etalesofwartimemistreat-mentofth eJapaneseAmericanpopulation,particularlyth ewestcoastmass,evacuationanddeten-tion,wh i ch was th orough ly ex-ploitedbyth eJapanesewarlordswh o sough tto prove th atth eUnitedStateswasfigh ti ngaracewaragainstJapan.Th esestoriesofNisei GIcour-

age,latergivenfirst-h andemph asi sby th earrivalofth ousandsofNisei Glsi nJapanaspartofth eoccupationarmy, h as served todestroyth eth esi softh eNipponmili tari ststh atth ei rcausewasoneofracesurvival.Th ereisreasontobelieveth atth eseJapanesemili -taristsdidnottak ei ntoaccountth efactth atth tNisei wouldservei nth ewari nth ePacifi corth atUnitedStatesforceswoulduseJa-panese Americans,particularlyi nmili tary i ntelligence.Iti s pos-si bleth atth eybelievedth ei rownpropagandaandth ough tth atallpersonsofJapaneseancestrywerei nternedforth edurationofth ewarbeh i ndbarbedwi re.Inth i s,th eywereofth esamemindasth ePa-ci fi ceoastrace-baiterswh owerescreamingformassdetentionandTom Stewart,th ensenatorfromTennessee,and Missi ssi ppi 'sJoh nRank i nwh oauth oredaconcentra-tioncampbi lli nCongressi n1943wh i ch wouldh avegiventh eWarDepartmentauth ori tytocarryoutj ustsuch aprogram ofmass i nrternment.Th i slack ofappreciati onofth ework i ngsofademocraticstatewasonlyoneofth emanymistak esi nj udgmentwh i ch th eJapanesemili -taristsmade.Itwouldprobablyh aveseemedi nconceivable,eventomanyAmericans,th atmenwh owerelanguish i ngi ndetentioncen-tersin1942,h avi ngbeenevacuatedfrom th ei rh omes,wouldwindupth e samewarasmembersofamili taryunitwh osenamewillnotbeforgotteni nAmericanmili taryannals.Onei ndi vi dualstorywh i cnwillprobablyamazeth eJapanesei sth eoneaboutth eNisei wh owasconfinedi nManzanari n1942,laterenlistedi nth earmyandserved i nEuropeandth entook apostwar

j obasanUNRRAoffici alatacampfordisplaced persons wh ere h eutili zed h i sfirst-h and k nowledgeofh umanreactionstofencesandcamplife.Newspapersand magazinesi nJapan h avecarried manystoriesofth e442ndandofsuch i ndi vi -dualNisei asPvt.Munemori andSgt.PenKurok i .Th ereburialser-vicesfortwomenofth e442ndwh odi ed i nItalyandwh osere-mainswere3enttoJapantonextofk i nforintermentwerefullyre-portedi nth eJapanesepress.Tak esh i Kimura,awell-k nownwriterofh i stori calnovels i n,Japan,h aswri ttenabook forJa-panesereadersonth e442ndwh i chi snowbeingpublish edi nTok yo.Because ofth eevi denceofcon-siderablereaderi nteresti n th ebook ,Mr.Kimurasisplanningtowriteseveralmorevolumesonth eNi sei Glsand i salsoconsideri ngabiograph yofPvt.Munemori.Iti sexpectedth atMr.Kimura'swork sonth eNi sei Glswillbeusedtoadvanceth edemocraticreeduca-tionofth eJapanesepeopleandth atth eNi sei storywillbepre-sented i nsuch awayastoi llus-trateth e triumph ofdemocraticforcesi nth eUnitedStatesi nth ewartimetreatmentofth eJapaneseAmericanpopulation. Th e factth atth eUnitedStatesArmyh asmadeandci rculatedamotionpic-ture subjectcalled,"Th e Ni seiStory,"wh i ch sh owsth ereaccep-tanceofth eevacueesonth ePa-ci fi cccasti sevidenceth atoccupa-ti onauth ori ti es are anxious tocounteractanydamagewh i ch th emassevacuationandth eactaofi ndi vi dual h oodlums and race-baiters againstJapaneseAmeri-cansmayh avedonetoAmerica'sreputationfordemocracyi nAsia.Th erei salwaysth edangerth atth estoryofth eNisei Glswouldbepervertedbyracech auvi ni stsi nJapan. Itmay h ave been anawarenessofth i spitfallwh i ch waabeh i ndth erefusalofoccupationauth ori ti estopermitaTok yomo-tionpicturestudiotofilmamotionpictureonth e442ndCombatTeam.Th esynopsisofth eproposedplotforth i sfilm,asreportedi nadis-patch from Tok yo, h i nted toostronglyofth e"yamato-damash i i "th emeso i nh erenti nfilm subjectsproducedbyth emili tari ststh em-selves,rath erth anastoryofcit-i zensoldiersfrom th eplantationsof,Hawanandth erelocationcen-tersofth emainland. Such afilmwouldproveasoptoth eJapaneseracepridewh i ch wasbadlybatter-edbydefeatand surrender. Ifth erewasanypossibi li tyth atth eproposedfilm wouldgiveth i si m-pressiontoth eviewer,i ti sagoodtili ngth atth eprojectwascalledon.Kacech auvi ni sm h asnoplacei nademocraticsociety.

EvacuationIssuei nL.A.MayorFletch erBowronofLosAngeleswh o i srunningforre-electionagainstLloydAldrich i nth emayoraltyballotingonMay31

receivedsomeassistancefrom anunexpectedquarterth i sweek i nh i sappealforth eNi sei vote.Alth ough public circulation ofth ech argewasconfinedtoJapa-neseAmericanvotersi nLos An-geles,MayorBowron i sprobablyti i efi rstpoliti calcandidateonth elaci fi ccoastwh oh asbeenaccusedbyanopponentofadvocatingth emass evacuation of JaoaneseAmericansi n1942.South ernCali-forniaNisei willrecallth atMayorBowronwasoneofth eloudestofth eadvocatescfmassevacuationandsupportersofMr.Aldrich re-centlybestirredth atmemorywh enth Jf.y, some statementswh i ch MayorBowronmadei nFeb-ruary,1942wh en h ewantedallpersonsofJapaneseancestryre-movedposth astefrom th eCityofth eAngels.Th eNi sei votei nLosAngelesi s-h fftn*!aPPro,ximati ngprob-ably15,000i nanelectorateoftwomilli ons,butpoliti ci ansli k etoplavallth epercentages. Ina closeelection,ori nth ecaseofalfch tballot,th eNi sei votecouldbeadecisi vefactori fcastoverwh elm-i nglyforanyonecandidate.Th erei sh ttlepossibi li tyofsuch anoccurrencei nLoaAngelesnextweekAHlrinh mana«-ersforBowronandAdh i ch were notmissi ng anyTh eJapaneseAmericancommit-

te*.ellTLloydAWr'ch th rewacurvef«,,» "y&l'i n th e evacuationi ssue. Th e mayor's supportersamongth eNi sei look edaroundformaterialtocounteractth ech arge!fromu 1"-unexpectedsupport£fvoAngelenoawh oh avebeenciosetoth eevacuationstoryallth ewayfrom PearlHarbor.Th eRafaSh i mpo reportedonMay21th atCarey McWilli ams,auth ori ty on"PrejudS,0nt5h °leauth orofJft-p*?JapaneseAmeri-mTr'wPaG-,RaymondBooth ,for-__J_4-rjlo,rationofficeri nLosAngeles,h adgivenunqualifi eden-dorsementstoMayorBowronth eJanlli mpi *ci t?onfMlenceth atmth PTeAmericana h avetoomavr1-861*86t0beconfused'ondecCS*MSUeSI;Mr-McWilli amsdnfavor

Mayor"wroncameouttionto em i onandreloca-tioni n1942andth erewasnooneaidatth attime—asth eJapaneser__*Jewellk nowaPHoew-ever,msfrank adm ssion si nceth enk new th ath e waswrongSH?■*h JS .temenTsorno,pfff*V-8 almi**i stration,areAldrich lIVeth an.anyth i ngMr.everwillc Said

'orProbablvMrwLyat"y*»tnretime."aa.Booth recalledth atMavorto°XnVe,mi>letec°°P*Snwh entK Auth ori tywnen th e exclusion againstth eevacueeswaslifted i n1945Ch i eiao?rp0Wr°n,CaJled i n th eCh efandS*__th eA~i <*tantvmei andth eth reemengaveun-

qualifi edsupporttoth eJapanesereturningtoth ecoast,"Mr.Boothadded. "Furth ermore,onMayorBowron'si nstructions,aspecialde-tai lofplaincloth esmenweregivena specialorientation courseoni ssuesconnectedwith th ereturn-i ngevacuees."Afterth eorientation,th eoffi-

cerscalledonallpublicplacesofentertainment,amusementandac-commodation i nareaswh ereth eevacueesformerlyresidedtotalitoth eciti zensandurgeth emtoh oldnoprejudi ces. Asaresult,wh ereasi noth erpartsofth ePa-cifi ccoastth erewerearson,murderandi nti mi dati on,LosAngeleswufreefrom anyunfavorablemajori nci dents."Mr.Booth added th atMayorBowronwasth efi rstelectedoffici ali nth eLosAngelesareatowel-come h ack th eevacuees.Th eevacuationi ssuei satempesti nalittleTok yoteapotasfara"th ecityelectioni sconcerned.In-metropolitanpressh asnotboth er-edwith i tandevenMr.Aldncnmanagers h ave concentrated'aroundFi rstandSanPedrostreet.Adevelopmentwh i ch willh a"greatereffectonth ecity'«

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wh olei sth efactmostofth eac-tiveNisei campaigni ngi nth eelec-tionh asbeenconcentratedonivh alfofth ecandidacyofEdwawR.Roybal,aliberalwarveteran°Mexicanancestry,wh o i srunnwforth ecouncilmanicpostnown■by ParleyPark erCh ri sti anTh ewi derangeofNisei supPforRoybali sfurth er i ndi caWth atth eNisei learnedth epf*»factaoflifeasabyproductof1"wartimeexperience. N'sel.*.portersofRoybalrange

normallyconservativeprofessandbusinessleaders,such astorneyJoh nF.Aisowh owlieutenantcolonelunderben.»<*Arth urtoth epro-Wallace con-tingent. . ffWchTh e acti vecampaigni ng«h astak enplaceamongw"*LosAngelesi sproofth atth eevueesareback h omeagain.

VagariesAvatar...Isamu Noguch i 's "Avat»,"

oneofth esculpturesi nth eL*Ican sectionof"Sculpture i !?"'■national"on exh i bi ti onJ1"?'IPh i ladelph i aMuseumfit*ISept.11 ...Th efi rsti s *IScene,aneweigh t-pa,"Niwi ""*'ItorialwasPublish edf4SIth eCh i cago Publish i ngcoSI...Th ere'sanewperfumedImark etcalled"Ni SeL»T81*Ifacturedanddistri butedbyfi ICosmeticsofCh i cago.HeadSIfirm i sGeraldKak eh ash i a!2|berofth eCh i cagoJACL.'.IKanemura,abeautifulHon3■coedwh owasth equeenof5Irecent.Hawai i BaseballCongre'Iplacedth i rd i nth e MissHawaHIcontestwh i ch wash eldrecently!IFi Ck .v.th eJ?mt?ry'sreP»«enwSItoth eMiss America contest iAtlantic City Th e,£*|BettyJaneJoh nston.Last\S.IMissHawai i wasYunTauZanegirlofCh i neseancestrywh owo,|<k nPnerSOllfl,,tyu"'d'i nk i ng.I$1,000 sch olarsh i p, at AtlattkICity. I

* » *Crooner...Katsuh i k oHaida,th eHawi i i uINisei wh o i stoJapanesebobby.Isoxerswh atFrank Si natrausedtoIbetoU.S.teen-agers,i soneofflIJapaneseartistswh omademonIth an1,000,000yeni ni ncomela«Iyear...Th eTok yoRosesocietyIwh i ch i sflyi ngbloomstoSanFran-1cisco h asnoth i ngtodowith tieItreasontrialwh i ch getsawayi nIth atCaliforniacityonJuly5,,IMis3TerryHonda,formerlyofth eIWash i ngtonbureauofth eNetIYork newspaper,PM,i smowwithIth eAFL'sLaborLeagueforPo-1liti calEducation i nWash i ngton.I

Dr.Kimura'sPaperReadatMedicalMeetDETROIT,Mich .— ApaperbjIDr.EugeneT.KimuraandE.MII

Geili ng-ofth e Department&IPh armacology,Universityof("h iIcago,onth esubject,"StudiesonIRadioactive Digi toxi n,"waspre-1sentedatth e33rdannualmeetingIofth eFederationofAmericanSo-Icieti esforExperimentalBiologyi nIDetroitrecently.Paperspresentedbyth eparte-1pantsofth efederationmeetingsIwere i nth efi eldsofph ysi ology,Ibioch emi stry,ph armacology,pati-Iology,nutriti onandi mmunology. I

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aNiseii nManh attan

byRok uSuqah ara

RememberFath erIFromTimesSquaretoEvergreencemetery i nLosAngelesi saBipover3,000milesaway.Wh enMemorialDay comes upth i s■ mvth ough tsand sentimentswillbefarfrom th ebank softh e_l«n-rath er,th eywillbefocusedwestwardonth atsmallpatch■wound i nBoyleHeigh tswh ere manyapioneerIssei wearily■Hdownto h i setsrnalrest.■Ith as beenatraditi onalrituali nourfamilyto decorateth eIi i lvplotofgroundandpayseveralminutesh omagetoth osewh oBvenone beyondth e h ori zonoftime.■Myonlyconsolationth i syeari sth atoth erfriends,ch urch mem-Irsandacquaintanceawillpass bytoplacesomeflowersonth elaveandrememberth i ssanctuaryofanoth ergeneration.Inoth er_rsIrecallseeingth etear-stainedeyesofh undredsofIssei fei lk s■th eywalk edfrom tombstonetotombstone.Each yearth elegion■th eIssei deadi ncreaseandi nadecadeorsoth erewillbeonlyth e■,:toweepandmournanddecorateth efinalrestingplaceofth ei r■red ones.■ * * *

QuarterPassesQuarter

Rapidly h aveth esandsoftimeslipped by.Iti salreadya■quarterofa century since Reverend Kawash i ma uttered th e■finalritesandwetiny ch i ldren,with swolleneyesand h eavy■h earts,trudgedback toourdreary,empty,andfath erlessdwelling.(Th ough Ibeth ousandsofmilesawayfrom th atgrass-covered■tch ofgroundandth atbravewh i temarblemark er,I k nowth at■greatspanofti meandth atvastcanyonsofdistancewillnot■ittratefrom mymind'smemoryth epictureofmy,fath er.ITwenty-fiveyearsi salongtimeago—l!)2t.1was j usti ngradeIh ool.Th e i mpactofdeath di dnotstri k euswith i tsfullweigh t■i mportand meaning.Iti ssometh i ngth atth e ch i ldi sh mi nd■motfullycompreh endandunderstand,lti sonlywith th epassing■arsofmaturityth atonecomestorealize h ow much we h aveHissed.

* * *PioneerPassesITh ough h e waswith usbutbriefly,Ish allalwaysrememberHirer.IBecauseIwasalwaysmisch i evi ous-bent,1recallh i m asastern

■sk master.Li k emostIssei,h ewasarigi ddisci pli nari an.HelaidHwnth elaw,establish edrulesoforderandconduct,and h eldsway■virtueofh i sstrength .Asaresultwelearnedth erudimentsof■edience,respectforelders,andadh erencetolawsand regulations■society.

Healsoh adapassionforcleanliness.Manyatimeh etook■ussquealingch i ldrenbyth enaipeofneck andscrubbedus till■oursk i nswerelobster-red.Hetook extremepainstodressand■cloth eusbecausewh en h elefti ttoussometh i ngwasalwaysout■ofplaceorask ew.IAtth e sameti me,h ewasGod-fearing and insi stedth atwo■gularlyattendSunday sch ool.Iti s unnecessaryto sayth atwe■eicalwayson ti me,properlydressed,and quitesubservientto■ewish esofth eteach er.Alsowesaw to i tth atournewly-pressed■itsh ad th atrazor-edge crease wh enwe returnedandth atwe■notdilly-dallyonth ewayback .

Dadwasafirmbelieveri neducation.Hewasneversatisfi ed■th atweregularlyattendsch ool,but i nsi sted th ai wesh ould gel■th eh i gh estgrades.Iti satributetoh i m th ai i nourlateryearsHal!fivemembersofth efamilygraduatedfromcollege.■Th ough h ewasanexactingtask masterandstern i nh i smeth ods,■(nowth ath e h adatenderandunderstandingh eartinsi de.Hi s■esreflected h i s h appi ermomentsth ough h ewouldnotcompliment■orally.Hek eenlyfeltforeach ofh i sch i ldren,nursingusth rough■riodsofillnessandvaliantlyh elpi nguswith ourlittleproblems.■was th erealizati on ofh i s li mi tati onsas awidowerwith five■ildrenth atmust h avegivenh i m sometragic moments i nth e■elyvigi lofeach passing mi dni gh t.

* * *Unk nown Little Time

Th i rty-nine i ssuch anearlyagetodie.So i twaswith many■anIssi i ,i 'h eydiedbeforeth ei rti me.Perh aps i twasoverwork ;■moreth anli k elyi twasth elack ofstaminatoprovideadequate■supportand careforfive ch i ldren.Ith i nk dadwasoneofth efi rstIssei pioneerstocometoth i s■up'*?ewasJustateen-ageladwh en h elefth i snati veSendai,■Miyagi -k en,asonofa h umblestorek eeper,totryh i sfortune■America.Th i swas i nth elate1890swh enth eexpandingrailroad■"upaniesofth enorth westwore solici ti ngch eap laborfrom th e

IIh 'imled i nSeattleand i mmedi atelywentto work forth e_if',h eP3*/wasadollaradayandth ework wasth etiri ngBFh . m

ngti esth rough th ewildernessofth etowering Rock i es■trie WestCoast.Hundredsofoth erIssei h adto goth rough■"same ordealtomak ealiveli h ood.Andfrom th i sdollar-a-daymom,h e h adtopayforh i sfoodandcloth i ng.Ith i Tk th efruga1'h ard-work i ngIssei perseveredth rough all■roV even managedtosaveafewcentseverydayso th ey■s!n ''!,wlouSh funds tostartafarm ora littlestore i n■>eattle,TacomaorPortland.■Ineigh tyears'time,Dad h adagrocerystorei nSeattle'sJapa-■»_?<; J"ndby1908'

atth eaS°of<23'wasawardedth eNi h on-

■wasn't- i alas"th ey°unBbusinessmanmostli k elytosucceed."B»Ki;u,Kalu'l'th ath ereturnedto Japanto be marriedand■Wish eda h ome i nSeattle.■rntft-UrgeuorrapidexPansion and th elureofcmick -profitsled___i k h eavi 'y i "1Alask anventureswh i ch wereexpandingbyBooth n .ndsi nth ose days.Evidently h ewasbilk edby someBei ««TvlngProm°ters,alongwith dozens ofoth erSeattleBv'h i ,tt,t?10"'tlyth ereafterwascompelledtosellh i sbusinesstom nigobligati ons.

■leatf£ndth ere h edecidedth ateducationwasavitalnecessity.Boand „f ante<lh i sch i ldren tok now wh atth eyweregettingB»th fni i n ,1relyonth eglibspeech ofa buck et-sh opoperator.BPr-i se sh ortlyth ereafterforh i m to'launch i ntoanoth er

■mind's*i lSaUlbefore» 2"> years i s along time ago.Still,myBpassedZ.¥-lsfresh with so""«'ofth eparentaladvice h eIHet y°Ungbraod-

Br*1""andretSrd*h e i mPortanceofth efami ly;ofbeingproudofyourBh oth ert£lm,P°rtanceofth e membersofth e familyto h elpM TOves g.-wewereoften incli nedtofeeloth erwi sewh enI'tWasnnfa"-Japanesesentimentflooded California, h e told

ota h andi captobeofJapaneseancestry.Hefeltth at

th erewassometh i ng i nourracialback ground wh i ch couldbeof

somebenefittoth emeltingpotwh i ch WAS AmericaItwash i sth eoryth ateducationledtoconfidenceandth at

confidenceledtosuccess.Hefeltth ath i slack ofeducationwas

■ nrimarvfactor i n h i ssh ortcomings.Th i rtv-mneis sti llmiddleage.Perh aps h ad h eli vedlongerI

could h avebeenth atmuch wiser.Th erearemanypointsofadvice

th a th eIssei canpassontous.Th atish ow IfeelaboutDad.Ith i nk th atIambetterandwiserbecauseofh i si nfluence,th ough briefand h urri ed i twasdestinedtobe.

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:Someth i ngTh atSh ouldBeSaid

Denver,Colo.Pardonuswh i lewe geth otunderth ecollar

aboutastink i ngsituation.Th e objectofouri rei sawh i tesupremacist,oneArth urCalwell,Aus-traliasmini sterofi mmi gration.Mr.Calwellprob-ablyneverwillsecth i s,andmoreth anli k ely h ewouldntgivea h oot i fh edi d.Hestri k esusasth atsortofperson.Butth i si s someth i ngth atsh ouldbesaid,andwearesaying i t.u Mr.Calwellraised h i svoi ceth i sweek againststuntingAmericans i nTok yo"forwh ath ecalledi nterferencewith Australia's i mmi gration policy,He assertedtonewspapermenth ata"ch eapcon-sP'fac*;' h ad been h atch ed i nTok yobyAmericanetlici alstryingtogetLorenzoGamboa,aPh i li p-pines-born U.S.armysergeant,i ntoAustraliatovisi th i sAustralianwifeandth ei rtwoch i ldren.Th eAustraliangovernmentdoesn'twantGam-boa.Australia,yousee,i sa"wh i te"nation,andW,'-LnotPerlmtnon-wh i testoliveth ere.Itmak esnodifferenceth atGamboaserved h onorablyi nth eUni tedStatesarmy i n defenseofth eSouth westPacifi c,i ncludingAustralia.Itdoesn'tmatterth atGamboa i sanAmericanciti zen,th ath ewasper-mittedtomarryanAustraliangirl.Underth eexigenciesofwarAustraliaallowed h i m toenter;nowth atth eemergency i sendedth e"NoAdmit-tance sign i sback up.Itso h appensth atGamboawasbornaFili pi no.

Anyofth e h undreds ofNisei wh ofoundsuch awarm welcomeduringth ei rwartimestay i nAus-traliawould,underAustralia'spresentpolicy,getth esamecoldsh oulderasGamboa.Ni sei maybeAmericanciti zens,butth eyareth ewrongh ueforAustralia'scolor-controllaws.Fora nationth atClaimstobeademocracy,andwh i ch i saleaderi nth emoralbattleagainstSovietaggression,Aus-traliassmugracism stink s.

* * *Actually,th eUni tedStatesi sn'ti nmuch ofapositi ontolevelanaccusingfinger.Untilth ewarmadei ti mperative,werefusedtopremitAsiati cstoenterAmericaas i mmi grants.Th enwepick edCh i na,th ePh i li ppi nesandIndiaandsaid i neffect:"You'reonourside.You'renolongerundesirables;

youcan j oi nth eselectpeopleswh oweth i nk aregoodenough to enterourcountry."Butatleastwesaidth atandmeanti t,andpassedlawstoim-plementth atpolicy.

Andnowagreatmanyi nfluentialpersonsareback i ngth eJuddbilltotak eallth esillyi nequal-i ti esoutofouri mmi gration and naturalizati onlaws.Wh en th atmatteri sstraigh tenedout,wewillbeabletosay:"Yes,westillh aveJi mCrow-i sm andprejudi ceanddiscri mi nati on,butatleastouri mmi grationlawsareok ay andwe'rewagingth egoodbattletocleanupouri nternaltroubles."butasth i ngsstandnow,wecan j ustgloweratAustraliaand ch angeth esubjectwh enth econ-versationturnstoAmericanlaws.Yet,weas apeopleasdisti ngui sh edfrom th e

governmentcanpointtosometh i ngsigni fi canti nMr.Calwell'scommentonth e Gamboacase.Mr.Calwellwasoutragedth atanyonesh ouldtrytoi nfluenceoffici alAustralianpolicyand h efocusedh i sdisapprovalonanAlvaCarpenter,attach edtoGeneralMacArth ur'slegalstaff."Th erewouldh avebeennonewsofth eGamboacasebutforAlvaCarpenter,"Mr.Calwelldeclared.Inoth erwordsMr.Calwellcontends th ati f

th ecase h adbeen h ush ed,noonewouldh avebeenth ewise,th erewouldh avebeennouproar,Aus-traliawouldnoth avebeenembarrassed,andth i ngswould h avebeensweetand ro3yforeverybodyexceptGamboawh odoesn'tcountanyway.A h i gh -h andedattitude!IfGamboah adbeentryingtoenterth eUni ted

States undersi mi larcircumstances,any publicoffici alwh oh admadeastatementli k eMr.Cal-vvtll'swouldh ave beenfloodedwith protests.ACommitteetoUniteLorenzoGamboa With HisFamilywouldh avebeenfoundedwith anelaborateli stofsponsors,and a h alfdozencongressmenwouldh ave i ntroducedprivatebillspermitti ngGam-boatoenterth eUni tedStates.Veteransorganiza-tionswouldh averush edto h i ssupport.Th eGamboacase i s allth emorereason th e

Juddbillsh ouldbe passed,andquick ly.Th enth eUni ted States,with allth efervorofareformedbigot,couldpreach th e gospelofequality.Th e"ch eapconspiracy" i nth e Gamboacase, i fany,lies i nAustraliaandnoti nTok yo.

THE FIRSTBATTLEVignettesfromEurope:

AUU2VeteranRemembersTh eFuriesofCombat

ByT.TAKESHIOHYE(Ed.N,3te:Th i si s th esecondi naseriesofarticlesonth e

wari nEurope,astoldby aNisei veteranofWorldWarII).Myfitfulslumbers cametoanabruptend asIfelta

rough h andsh ak i ngme."Getup,timetogo."Th eterrorsofwarswereassembledaroundme.Th efurieswere

.stirri ngth ei rcauldronsandaddingth ei rpoisontoth ebubblingmess.Getup,ti me togo.Wh atmatterwh ere,i ti s j usttimeto go.Th ere i s a j obwai ti ng.Rollyourpack .Don'tforgetanyth i ng.Everyth i ngi spre-

cious,weh avesolittle.Ch eck yourrifle,th ;;ti syourlife.Now-let'sgo,quick lybutquietly.Iti s dark th i s nigh t. Followth ewh i tetoi letpaperi nfrontofyou. liealert.Th e mudprotestsbeneath ourfeetbutwegoon. Th osewh oleadusk now wh atwedo,th osewh oh avefeltth esplash ofbattlek nowwh atwedo.Justlisten,th en,follow, follow i n th i s muddy,muddy nigh t. Don'tfearth osesh ellsaboveourh eads;th eyarenoti ntendedforus.Follow'th atfaintwh i teah eadofyou.andbealert. Walk ,walk ,walk andbegladth atatleastforth i smomentdeath i snotsitti ngi nth edealer'sseat. Be gladth atth i si snigh tforth edawnwillbringustoth eenemy.Wewalk edth rough th atnigh t,following th ewh i tetoi letpapertiedtoth eri fleofth emanah ead.Wewalk edth rough th eank ledeepmudwith butoneth ough ti nmind:God,h elpmetostandupunderth eenemy'sfir?."Spreadoutnow,spreadout!"Th elongnigh twasendedandth etalltreeswerewrappedi nth egreymistofanOctobermorning,i wasreminded ofh ome. Homewasfarawayfrom th ese moun-tainsofFrance,butIk new h omewouldbeli k eth i sth eseOctobermornings. Wh atfun i twouldbetodriveth evalleyh i gh waysagain.Home iswh ereth eh earti s,th eysay,andmyh eartwasnestledth i sdayi nth edeepvalleysofth eWil-lamette,evenas1 ploddedth roughth emudtomyfirstbattlefront."Howneari sth eenemy?

Aveteransh rugsh i ssh oulderi nreply. Relax,th e enemy willmak e h i s presence k nown soonenough . Justrelaxandenjoyth eh otch ow. Wemigh tnotsee h otfoodforalongtime.Food? How-canIeventh i nk offoodatatimeli k eth i s. Mystomach reacts,asi fi th adfeltaviolentpunch . 1can'teat.Ican'teventalk i naneventone.Eatth ech ow,i t'sgood.B Companymess i sth ebesti nth eregiment.Don'tworry,every-th i ngwi llbeallrigh t. Justfi liyourstomach now.Eatwh enyoucam,Break fastfini sh ed,we startedourforward moveagain. Oth ercompaniesweremovingup,too.Severalofth efaceswerefamili ar;manywerebattleveterans,someofth em k nowntomefrom h appi erdays.Th eyevincedacertaincon-fidencei nth ei rmien,aneffici encyth atmusth ave comewith battleanddaysi nafoxh ole."Hi,Tak !How'si tgoing?""Hi.Rough . Goodluck !"Th ecompanymovedon.Closerandcloserweadvancedtowardth eenemyandth eactivebattlefront. Th e silence wasominous.Itwasbrok enonlyoc-casionallybyth edi stantcough ofabig gun. Slowly,slowly.wemoved th rough th e mountainsamongth etalltrees.Th eenemywasclos.ernow,th eytoldus.Djgi nandeatyourlunch .Eatagain? Mystomach h asn'trelax-edsinceth i smorning.Ican'teat.Now,oncemore...slowlynowandwatch yourflank .Th eenemy

i snear.God, h elpmestanduptinderfire.Th esearefigh ti ngmenandIwanttobe oneofth em.Don'tletmyemotionsovercomeme ...Th eLordismySh ep-h erd..."We'vemet'em!"Riflescrack ah eadyfus. Th eveteransh ave h i tth egroundandpeeri nalertfash i ontowardsth eexposedrigh tflank . Isth i sac-tuallyabattle? Th erei snoth i ngterrifyi ngaboutth i s. Wh ereareth eterrorsth ataccompanyth esesoundsofcombat.Lord,I'm not.afraid!"Hitth eground,youdamnfool!"Th ebulletssnipth eleavesaboveourh eads. Nowth emortarsarecoming i n. God.th i s i s h ell!Ih ugth e groundand yatch th eflank .God,k eepth osemortars,offth ei rmark ai nddon'tletmegetscared."Medics!"Wh ath appened?Didsomebodygeth i t?"Movenow,move! Watch th eflank s."Wemustpush th eenemyuntilth eycangonomore,th endigi nforth enigh t. It'sfivenow.Intwoh oursweh avemoved50yards.Nowdigi nandwai tformorning.Nomorebigsh ells,please;th eyscareme.Fromth egullybelowcomesth e"splut,splut"ofaxebiti ngwoodTh eenemydigsi n,too.Ni gh th ascome.>A deepquietsettlesoverth e battlefield.

"

Th e big gunscough i n.th edistance.O God,th ank sforleadingmeth rough th i sday,th i along,longday.Icanonlyvaguelyrememberth e muddytrek to th i s battleth rough th atdark nigh t. Icansee now ... j ustk eep th ebigonesaway.Nowletmesleepth rough th i srain,i nth i smud.Tomorrow ...j ustk eepth >bi gonesaway.

NewEnglandCh apterAdoptsConstituti onBOSTON,Mass.—Th econstitu-ti onofth eNewEnglandch apterofth eJACL,draftedonApril16,1948,wasfinallyratifi edonMay20.Th ech apter,nowayearold,h as

been functioni ngonth e draftedconstituti on.Severalch angesweremadebeforeratifi cati onbyacom-mittee h eadedby GeorgeInouye.He wasassisted by CarolIsh i -motoandKayKinosh i ta.Two signi fi cantch anges were

made. Th e fi scalyearwillrunfromJanuarytocoinci dewith th eNationalJACLandth e i nstalla-ti onofofficerswillbe h eld i nJanuary. Th e latterch ange im-pliesth atth e officerselected i nAprilwillassumeoffice i mmedi-atelyi nsteadofSeptember,andanelectionwillbe h eld i nDecember.

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SanJoseNiseiTeamCapturesJudoTourneyAcceptsCh allengeFrom LosAngelesTeamforDualMatch

SAN JOSE,Calif.— Th e SanJose Buddh i stch urch 's alt-Niseiteam won first place inth e fi rst San Jose StateCollege open i nvi tati onal j udctournamentonMay21i nth eSpar-tangym.Th eSh eri ff'sOfficeuni twassec-

ondandLawsJudo academyofOak land,Calif.,wasth i rd.Th i i ty-fi vcmembersfrom sevenNorth ern Californiateams tookpart.Yosh Uch i dai scoach ofth eSanJoseStatecollegeteamwh i ch wasth eh ostatth etournament.Th ewinni ngBuddh i stteam also

wascoach edby-Uch i da.Following th e tournament,Uch i daannouncedth ath eh adac-ceptedach allengeonbeh alfofth ewinni ngSanJoseteamtomeetth eSouth ernCaliforniaJudo as-sociati on i nadualmeeti nLosAngelesth i sweek end.

HANFORDNISEIWIN MID-STATEPIN TOURNEYFRESNO,Calif.—Th eHanfordNisei team,with a h andi cappedseriesof2944,wonth esecondan-nualMid-State bowling tourna-mentonMay21 and22 atth ePlaydium.Oth erteams i nth emoneywere

Ogawa Nursery,Oak land,2940;WingLeeCo.,Sacramento,2939;Mi k e&Hoy's,SanJose,2924,andSancoFurniture,Fresno,2906.Ch i neseAmericanbowlersfromSacramentowereamong th e i n-divi dualstarsofth emeetwith BenHornwinni ngth eall-eventswith1713.GeorgeFongandVirgi lYeewonth emen'sdoubleswith 1215,nosingoutMi k eSak udaandMichSh i omotoofSanJosebyonepin,Mich Sh i omotoofSanJosewonth eh andi capsingleswith 694.KiyoTateh araofSanFranciscotook th e h i gh gameawardwith ascoreof266.Gish EndoofSanFranciscowonth especialtwo-gamesweepstak eswith 424.Endoteamedwith Sach eYama-

mototowinth emi xeddoubleswithatotalof1031.BettyJoWak asaandP'uzzy Sh i madaweresecondwith 1008.Henning Ch i nn ofFresnowonth escratch h i gh seriestroph yforh i sscoreof607.

Aok i EntersRacePROVO,Utah —Ji mAok i ,oneofUtah 'stopspeedboatracers,willbeoneofth efavoritesi nth eninthannualMemorialDay races onUtah lak e.Aok i wonth eracefor225-inch

h ydroplanestwo week s ago atHaynesLak e.

Hawai i Weigh tli ftersSecond i nAAU

Th eall-Nisei wei gh tli fti ngteam from th eNuuanuYMCA i nHonolulutook secondplace i nth e NationalAAU ch ampi onsh i pson May21and22atCleveland.Allfourmembersofth eteam,sh ownh ereasth eywork edouti nSanFranciscoenroute toClevelandlastweek ,wonplaces i nth efi nals.Th e tournamenttitlewaswon by th e York ,Pa.,Barbellclubwith 13points.Hawai i scored lO'/j points.Rich ardTomitawonfirstplace i nth e 132-

-ipounddivi si on.Th emembersofth eHawai i anteam are(left

torigh t):HaroldSak ata,memberofth e1948

U.S.Olympicteam andsecondplacewinneri nth e 181pound classatLondon;Rich ardTomita,also a memberof th e 1948 Olympic squad;GeorgeYosh i ok a,132pounds;DonaldUch i mura,148pounds,andHenryKoizumi ,coach .Yosh i ok aplacedsecondtoTomitaatCleve-

land.Sak ata,afavoritei nth eh eavyweigh tdivi si on,

placedth i rdwh enh eli fted840pounds.Uch i muratook th i rdplacei n h i sdi vi si on.Starofth eAAU meetwasStan Stanczyk

ofYork wh obrok eth reeworld'srecords i ncap-turing th eligh t-h eavyweigh tch ampi onsh i p.

Ok agak i Tak esPartInTriplePlayasSpartansWinTitleSAN JOSE,Calif.— TomOk a-gak i ,secondbasf-man andleadoffmanforth eSanJoseStatenine,gottwo h i tsandfourransandpartici patedi natripleplayasth eSpartans losta close gametoFresnoState,10to11,i nadoublebi llh ereonMay21.In th esecondgame,San.JosedefeatedFresno 13to8,towinth eCaliforniaCollegiateAth leti cAsosciati onch ampi onsh i p.HowardZenimura,secondsack erforFresno State,continued h i ssluggingwith fourh i tsi nfivetoaidth eBulldogvictoryi nth efi rstgiame.

Wh enaSanJoserallyth reaten-edtotieupth efi rstgamei nth eninth i nni ng,George Abo wasrush edtoth emoundandputoutth efire.Abo rJso came i nas areliefpitch eri nth esecondgamei nth efourth i nni ng.

SanJoseZebrasDefeatFresnoFRESNO,Calif.—Th eSanJose

Zebrasdefeatedth e h i th ertounrbeatenFresnoNisei All-Stars,9to6,i nth efeaturegameofth eNorth ernCaliforniaNi sei baseballleagueonMay22.San Josescored i nonlytwo-

i nni ngs,wi th fiverunsi nth eth i rdandfourruns i nth efi fth stanzaas-Ch i Ak i zuk i andGeorgeHinagash aredbattingh onorswith th reeh i tsapiece.

BaptistCh urch i nSeattleCelebratesGoldenJubileeSEATTLE, Wash .— GoldenJubileeweek wascelebrated th eweek beginni ngMay22atth eJa-paneseBaptistch urch i ncommem-orationof50yearsofservice.Formerch urch membersfromalloverth eUni tedStatesattend-ed th e goldenanniversarycele-bration.Onlysurvivi ng memberofth e

11 persons wh o organized th ech urch on May 23, 1899, S.Hosh i da,wasgeneralch ai rman.Firstfourdaysofth eanniver-saryweek weregivenovertoNiseiprograms,h eld Sunday th roughWednesday,with aNisei reunionbanquetenWednesdayevening.Th eRev.Ji tsuoMori k awa,prom-i nentNisei mi ni sterfromCh i cago,wassch eduledtobeamajorspeak -«er.Issei programsweretobeh eld

Th ursdaytoth efollowingSunday.Th eRev.Kiyosh i Sh i rai sh i ofLosAngeleswassch eduledtoaddressmeetings on Th ursday evening,Friday,j ai dSundaymorning,May29.An Issei banquetwassch ed-uledforth eeveningofMay28.ANisei Issei service i ni ti ati ng

GoldenJubileeweek wash eldMav22.Aspeciali nvi tati ontoth eMay

25banquet, i ssuedbyfour-year-cldJenniferAok i ,wasacceptedbyMayorWilli amP.Devin.Jenniferwas .accompanied byJulianne Sato,18,Mrs.MasaruUno,andth eRev.EmeryE.An-drews,mini sterforth eyoungpeo-pleofth ech urch .

HenryAi h araTak esSecondi nBroadJumpAtModestoRelaysMODESTO,Calif.— HenryAi h ara,UniversityofSouth ernCaliforniabroad j umpstar,tooksecondplacei nth ebroad j umpatth eModestoRelaysonMay21,lessth anan inch ,beh i ndth ewinner,GayBryanofStanford.Ai h ara'sbestleapwas24feet

1 Vath i nch es. Bryan'swinni ngmark was24feet2 i nch es.Inth eh i gh sch ooldivi si onJi m

TsudacfPlacerh i gh sch ool,ClassC h i gh j umpch ampi onatth eSanJoaquin.section meetlastweek ,entered th e varsity h i gh j umpeventatModestoandtiedforsec-ondwith a j umpof5feet8 i nch es.Tsudah ascleared6feetth i ssea-son.

AboContinuesHotBattingaceSANJOSE,Calif.—GeorgeAbo,

rresno State's,outfielder-pitch er,rank ed second i nbatting i nth eCaliforniaCollegiateAth leti cAs-sociati on i naveragesreleasedonMay18.Aborappedout12 h i ts i n27tripstoth eplate i nei gh tgamesforama»-k of.444.Hewastopped i nCCAAaver-agesby h i s teammate, George

Cano,wh oh adanaverageof.450.

PCSPORTSWebifoot'sTomJoeTom,th e youngHawai i ,starofJapaneseandS*1?cestry,i soneofth eth rpPSTdid.da.tofillth e'sh oeVftUniversity of Oregon's fi-2Norm VanBrock i i nnextse 0?Following th e completionI,springtraini ng,Coach Ji m i „ofth eWebfootsdiscussedh »q_terback problem wh i ch was itenslfiedwh enVan Brock li nZcidedto playprofootballr_year. —"We're work i ng li k emadonth reequarterback sandi fone ofth em comesth rough we'llh aveagoodeleventh i sfallwith outVan"saidAi k an.He said h i squarterback swereJim Calderwood,EarlStelleandTom wh om h e described as"ash ort, 163-pound Japanesebovfrom Hawai i ."""Tom,th eJapanese,h aslack ofh ei gh tagainsth i m,"Ai k ensaid"However,h e'srigh tupth erei nth eboxscoreofpassescompletedIk eepadailych eck on passesth rown,passsscaugh t.Allth reecan run, wh i ch Van Brock li ncouldn't,andth i s h elpssome."Tom wasexpectedtoj oi nWall*Yonamine i nth eoutfieldforth eHonoluluAth leti csofth eHawai iBaseballLeaguebuth ei sn'tonth erosterannouncedbyGeneralMan-agerAllenNagatarecently.Th eAth leti cs,one ofth e twoNiseiteams i n th e Hawai i BaseballLeague,h avebeenstrength enedbyth eenforcementofth eleague'snewracialrulingwh i ch willcon-fineJapaneseAmericanplayerstoth e-Ath leti csandth eRedSox.Th eAth leti cs h aveyoungHarryKitamura,th eUniversityofHa-wai i star,wh oi sconsidered j ustaboutth ebestpitch eri n,Hawai i atth epresenttime.JoeTomwasaprepstaratFar-rington h i gh sch ooli nHonoluluandalsoplayedforth eLeileh uasofth e Seniorleague,th eteamfromwh i ch WallyYonaminemadeth ebig j umptoth eSanFrancisco49ers i n1947.

* * *Catch erDeeMoore,nowcatch i ngforth eSanDiegoPadresofth ePacifi cCoastleague,managedoneofHa-wai i 'stopNisei nines,th eRuralRedSoxofth eHawai i Baseballleague,severalyearsago...NancyIto,15-yearoldstarofth eDenveiTi voli Brewersteam,i sratedasoneofth ebestfemini nebaseballplayerstocomeupi nrecentyearsi nColorado.MissItoplayssh ort-stopon th eteam andManagerAndyHalerates h erasprobablyth ebesti nfi elderi n th eDenverWomen'sleague...Bob Haya-sh i da'scatch i ngandbattingh elp-edPlacerCollegeofAuburn,Calif.enterth eplayoffsforth eNorth ernCali fornia j uni orcollegebaseballch ampi onsh i pagainstSanMateoJC.

** *One ofth estrongestteamsinth eMontrealCityleague i sth eMontrealNisei ni newh i ch start-ed i ts season i n th e Canadianmetropolis by defeating ExcelBak eri es14to0,beforeacrowdof4,000...HisaoTanak aofLosAngeles,wrestlingunderth enameofDuk eKeomuk a,i smak i ngan-oth erswingaround th ecountry.Ch arles Sh i ranuh i , wh o teamedwith Tanak ai naseriesofboutsi nth eMi dwestearlierth i syear,nback i nHawai i .Herecentlyap-peared i nHonoluluonth esamebillwith Ok i Sh i k i nawh oi soneorth e most successful of«'«>wrestlerstoappearonth emain-

land.

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VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMrandMrs.SatoruTak e-Jto(neeCh i zuk oHayash i )agirl,JoyceT°sh i eonMay10 i nCh i '

MrandMrs.PaulS.Matsuk i

aboy,Mich aelPaul,onMay13

j nWash i ngton,D.C.ToMrandMrs.Yosh i toTak a-h ash i aboyonApril14i nClovis.Calif.To Mr and Mrs. Masayosh iGoto,Madera,Calif.,aboyonMay

s'ToMrandMrs.Billi eG.Wong(necBettieAnnMisumi )agirl,SusanWane,onApril29

.nLosAngeles.ToMrandMrs.Yosh i oYamabe,Garvey,Calif.,agirl,LindaAk emi ,onMay7.ToMrandMrs.Hei j i roNak aoaboy,StanleyTak ayuk i ,onMay9 i nLcsAngeles.To Mr.and Mrs.Ch i tosh i C.[mamui-aagirli nDenverToMrandMrs.FumioHatak e-j amaagirl,lieneAi k o,onMay9i nLosAngeles.To Mr.and Mrs.Mak i Kari -vamaaboy,GlenKensh i ,onMarch30 i nLos'Angeles.ToMr.andMrs.Ginj i Komabaagirl,KarenDeeKiyomi ,onMay8 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.HarryHirosh iMinami agirl,NancyKei k o,onMay7i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.RoyMizok amiagirl,Gvven,onMay9 i nLosAn-

ToMr.andMrs.EddieT.Uraoagirli nDenver.ToMr.andMrs.RobertAk i noaboyonMay11i nSanJose.ToMr.andMrs..Nogi S.Asa-k awa,Sandy,Ore.,agirlonMay14.ToMr.andMrs.MamoruHata-rak i ,Wi nters,Calif.,agirlonMay18.ToMr.andMrs.TsugitoIwa-raotoagirl,SusanKay,onMay2inWapato,Wash .ToMr.andMrs.BenMori k awaagirlonMay23 i nDenver.

T_Mr«SndMrs-J-Ku*ok i abovonMay22i nDenver.T.°,M'--andMrs.TomMasamoriagirlonMay21 i nDenverTo Mr.andMrs.E.Yamatoagirl,Sh aron,onMay17i nDenverTo Mr.andMrs.Koj i Urabe iboyonMay11faSanFrancisco

DEATHSFuk umatsuKo/awa,67.onMay17 i nLosAngeles.Mrs.Sana.Kuwah araonMav19i nCompton,Calif.Heish i roKobayash i m May13i nSacramento.MitsueMatsuda,24,onMay15i nMarysville,Calif.Rok usaburoIsh i gak i ,77,onMay22i nModesto,Calif.Mrs.Toyoj i Kambara, 79,onMarch 19 i nScottsbluff,NebSuej i KuboonMay24i nDen-ver.

MARRIAGESMitsi eKi ntanatoJoeMiyamotoonMay14i nCh i cago.RubyTaj i matoKiyosh i IzueonMay7 i nCh i cago.Tak ek oMaedatoAtch i eMiya-tak eonMay22i nLosAngeles."MaryMizufunctoGeorgeNaritaonMay22i nSanFrancisco.Ai k oKawaguch i toJames No-bomKyonoonMay15 i nSeattle.Katsuk oImamuratoSei j i Hori -

uch i ofBrigh ton.Colo.,onMay2i nSantaAnn,Calif.FrancesUriuofWorland,Wyo.,Mak KawanoofPowell,Wyo.,i nCh i cago.JuneHori ofNyssa,Ore.,toRoy

Nagash i maofSh ecord,Mont.,onMay15i nWorland,Wyo.Ch i yok oOsatoJoh nYamaguch ionMay21i nFresno.

MARRIAGELICENSESSh i ge Ono andSagataKuwa-

h ara,both ofSpok ane,i nSeattle.AgnesOgawa,30,Sacramento,

andKaySek i ,32,SanMateo,,i nSanFrancisco.

SororityFormedByUSCNiseiOme_ANGELES-SigmaPh i■-"mega anew sororitv,wasor-i fl"*"1th eUniversityofSouth -ernCaliforniawith anelectionofofficersonMay10.Installationserviceswillbeh eldonJune4.

MrC,h arter me"""bers are BettyWak amatsu,prog.;HelenMorita,vicepres.;JuliaTanigueh i ,sec;IdaKado,tres.;KazMatsumoto,h i stori an-publici ty;andBettyTa-nak a,Ai k oTasfi i ro,Mick eyKa-wata,Grace WadaandLily Ta-nak a.Alth ough th e membersh i p at

presenti scomprisedonlvofNisei ,th esorontyannouncedth eorgan-i zati onisopentoanywomanstu-dentatth euniversity.

SanMateoJACLToDecorateGravesOfNisei DeadSANMATEO,Calif.—Gravesof

Nisei wardeadi nth eGoldenGatecemeteryatSan Bruno willbedecoratedbymembersofth eSanMateoCountyJACLonMemorialday.

AcceptApplicati onsForMen'sDormitoryAtUC i nBerk eleyBERKELEY,Calif.-Applica-tionsarebeingacceptedforresi-denceatEuclidHall,mei'sdormi-toryforstudentsatth eUniversityofCalifornia,forth efallandspringsessions,1949-1950.accord-i ngtoSaburoIk eda,h ouse man-ager,1777EuclidAvenue,Berk -eley.Ik edasaidth atroomsarealsoavailableforth esummersessions.EuclidHallwasformerlyk nownasth eJapaneseStudentClub.

SpringFestivalCLEVELAND,0.—Th e secondannualspringfestivalyasspon-soredbvth eClevelandYBA onApril30.Repeatinglastyear'ssuccessfulprogram,th e"Gayway"with i tsvaried concessions, "Candleligh tInn"with dini ng and dancingfacili ti es,andJapanesedelicaci espreparedby th e Fuj i nk ai werepresented.Doorprizesdonatedbyth evariouslocalmerch antstop-pedth epvening'smanyrewards.Committeememberswh oassist-

ed i nth i saffairwereMi k eAsa-zawa,Sh i j rFuj i mura,Fumi Funo,ToroIsh i yamaandKim Yok ota.

Nisei Missi onaryLeavesforLuth eranPosti nJapan

LOS ANGELES—Th eRev.GeorgeF.Sh i bata,Nisei mis-sionaryofth eLuth eranch urch ,lefth ererecentlywith h i sfamilyforJapan,wh ereh ewilltak eup h i swork with Luth eranmissi ons.Rev.Sh i bata,sh own abovewith h i s wi feSach i k o, h i ssonGeorgeJr.anddaugh terMarth a,i swellk nown i nNisei ci rclesh ere.Hewasan h onorstudentandstudentbodypresidentatCaliforniaConcordiacollege i nOak landandreceived h i sdegreeatConcordiaseminary i nSt.Louis.Inrecentmonth s h e at-tendedth eUniversityofCaliforniaatBerk eley,majori ngi nth eJapaneselanguage.Before h i sdepartureh eleftamessagewith th eJapanese

AmericanCiti zensLeague,i nwh i ch h esai d:"People'sproblemsareyourconcernandmine.Wecannot

simplypassth embywith ash rugofth esh oulderorwith someemptyexpressionofsentimentalism.We'vegottodosometh i ngaboutth em."AsJapaneseAmericans,"h esaid,"wearefacingmanyprob-

lemsofapersonalaswellas generalnature.And i tredoundstoth eh i gh estpraiseandcreditofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeagueth ati th assucceededsoadmirably i ni roni ngoutsomanydiffi cultiesforouri peopleaswellas i nconsistenciesi nth epracticeofdemocracyi nourcountry."Th epeopleofourparents'nation,too,areconfronted by

graveandfar-reach i ngproblems,andonleavingforth atland,Iam h appytok now th atIamnotalonei nmyconcernforth epeopleofJapan,butth atth erearemanyNisei wh sarevitallyi nterestedand i ntenselyconcerned."

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ALAMEDA,Calif.— Lossth an48 h oursafterth edeath ofth ei ronlych i ld,Lynn,Mr.andMrs.GeorgeUsh i j i maofAlamedasuf-feredasecond blow wh en li restruck th ei rh ome i n th eearlymorningh oursofMonday,May23.Businessrecordsanddamagetoth eh omeamountingtomoreth an$3,000wasreportedbyth ecouple.Th ei rdaugh ter,only 13month sofage,diedth epreviousSaturdayatCh i ldren'sh ospi tal,followinganoperationfora tumor.Memorialserviceswere h eld i nth e h ome Saturday nigh t.andfuneralritesweresch eduledforWednesday atth e Smiley andGallagh ermortuary.Th eyoungparentswereasleepsh ortlyaftermidni gh t,Sunday,wh entwoneigh borsnoticedsmok epouringfromth eh ouse.Oneturn-ed i nth ealarm wh i leth eoth er.-.rousedth efamily.Th efrontpartofth e h ousewasamassofflamesandUsh i j i maanah i swife,Terry,aftermak i ngafutileattempttofleeth rough th efrontdoor,returnedtoth ei rbed-roomonth esecondstoryanddrop-pedfromawindow15feettoth eground.Th eywerecaugh tbyneigh borsandsufferedno i nj uri es.Th e fi re wascentered i n th ecornerofth edini ngroom usedbyUsh i j i ma as an office and th eflamesdestroyedh i sbusi nessrec-ords.Th elivi ngroomandk i tch enalsoweregutted.Ush i j i mawasawarveteranandservedwith th e i ntelligence ser-vice.Helaterservedwith th ewarcrimescommissi on i n th e Ph i l-"ipi nes.i Hei sawh olesaleproducedealer.

Ok adaHeadsFeteLOSANGELES—Frank Ok adah asbeennamedch ai rmanofth eNisei Week festivalwh i ch willbesponsoredi nAugustbyth eJACL.Ok adawasth eproducer-directorofth eTB BenefitTalentrevuewh i ch wash oldlastDecember.

Nisei AppearatClevelandTea

CLEVELAND, O.—Th reeCleveland Nisei ,AliceMori h i ro,BettyTotsuboandMarjori eNak o,attiredi n Japanesecostume,representedth eClevelandJapaneseAmerican community atateasponsoredbyth eCulturalGardensofClevelandatth epublich allrecently.Th eteawasth eopening eventi nth eUni tedNationsEdu-

cational,Scienti fi cand Culturalconference(UNESCO),wh i chwasattendedby3,000 delegatesfrom countriesth rough outth eworld.

Citi zensh i pDenialtoIsseiDeploredbySt.PaulPaperST.PAUL,Minn.— "Exilesat

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Issei tobecomenaturalizedciti -zens,th efulleditori alstated:"Th elotofJapanesei mmi grantstoth i scountrywh osesonsanddaugh tersenjoyci ti zensh i pi nth eUni tedStatesth rough birth h erobutwh oaredeniedth atrigh tth em-selvesi sonewh osei nj usti ces h asnotlack edpresentation.Manyofth esepeopleh aveli vedi nth ecoun-tryfor'closeto35years. Th eygavemoreth an33,000sonstoth earmedforcesi nth erecentwar,andi ti sproperlyarguedth atth ei rexemplary,patrioti c and law-abidi ngconducth as earnedforth em th erigh tto be completeAmericans."Th ecaseforth i sgroupi swelldatedbyoneofth oseh eroi csons,wounded i naction,decoratedforbravery i n h i snati on'sservice i n

th erecentwar.Hisargumentwasth i s:'Th epointi sth atweNiseienjoyandappreciateth e h eri tageofciti zensh i pwh i ch we obtainedpurelybyaccidentofbi rth (fori fwe h adbeenborni nMexicoorCanada,wewouldbeas i neli gi bleforciti zensh i pasourparents),butwestronglydesireth atourparentsbepermittedtosh areth i sci ti zen-sh i pwi th us._"Th eJuddbill,stillpendingi nCongress,wouldcorrectth i ssi tua-ti on.Itwouldendth eroleofexilei nth ei rownh omelandforagroupth ath asproved i tsqualifi cati onsforciti zensh i p.Itwouldfulfillth eth emeof'IAmAnAmericanDay,'observedonSundaybypermitti nganunjustlyexcludedgroupto j oi nth atavowal."

HoodRiverGirlCh osenforNationalSch olasticSocietyOORVALLIS,Ore.—LillyYuri k o

NambaofHoodRiver,Oregon,h asbeenacceptedformembersh i pi nth eOregonStatecollegech apterofPh i KappaPh i ,nationalsch olastich onorsociety.Ch osenfromaclassof1000 j uni ors,sh ewasoneoffortypledgesselectedonth ebasisofh i gh sch olarsh i p,

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ach i evementi ncampusactivi ti es,andpersonality.Sh ealsoh asreceivedh onorable

mentionforth e Lipman Wolfeawardformen andwomen,pre-sented annually to outstandingOregonStatestudentsonth ebasisofsch olarsh i p,qualiti esofman-h oodorwomanh ood with specialemph asi s on unselfish ness andk i ndness,qualiti esofleadersh i p,andcontributi on tocampuswel-fare.MissNamba.,a h omeeconomicsmajor,i streasurerofOmicronNu,h ome economics h onor society,presidentofWinston Hous«o, awoman'scooperativelivi ng h ome,andtreasurerofth eOregonStatecollegewomen's h ousepresident'scouncil.AnativeofHoodRiver,sh eat-

tendedh i gh sch oolatth eTuleLak earid HeartMountain relocationcenters.

RecreationalGroupUsesFacili ti esofEICentroCh urchELCENTRO,Calif.—Th e Jap-

aneseBuddh i stch urch ,wh i ch serv-edth ecityasanemergencysch oolduringth ewar,i snow th eh ead-quartersofanewrecreationgroupwh i ch h as been formed i n ElCentro.T.H.Momita,localbusiness-

man,* i s th esponsorofth enewgroup,k nownasth eCosmopolitanclub wh i ch i susin,gth efacili ti esof th e Buddh i stch urch .Activemembersh i pi nth ech urch i satlowebbbecauseonlyasmallpercen-tageofth eNi sei andIssei evac-ueesfromth eElCentroareah avereturned.Membersh i pi nth eCosmopolitanclubi sopentoteen-agersofMex-i can,Hi ndustani,Pak i stani ,Japa-nese,Fili pi noandOi i i neselineage.Th ecityrecreationcommissi on

recentlyvotedtodefrayexpensesforequipmentforth eclubi fth ebudgetallows.Mr.Momita sub-mi ttedalettertoth ecommissi onask i ngfor$117 forrecreationalequipment.

UnionLeagueFavorsJuddBillPassageTanak a,Kush i daDi scussLegislationBeforeClubMembersCHICAGO, 111.

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League,unexclusivemen\-_1socialandpatrioti cclubwh oseJtionalmembersh i pof3500i nclujmanyeminentAmericans,oflicj JendowedH.R. 199,th eJudd|_forequalityi nnaturalizati on!!i mmi gration,i twasdisclowriJth eMi dwestJACLADrfXIJWay20.Th ereportrevealedth atsur,Jforth eJACL-ADCsponsoMi slati onfrom th i s i nfluential?ganizati oncameasaresultofmlresentationsandappealsmadek fltwoNisei Ch i ci .goans.James E.Kidwell,prorni i »i _florist,civi cleaderandmember*!th e Ch i cagoJACL,firsth roi ark lth e Juddbilltoth eattention*!th e Uni on League racerelatinlfoi-um,asubcommitteeofwulh ei sch ai rman.AtKidwell's i nvi tati on,-I

Tanak a,wel'-k nownNisei wm\\presentee'th e JACLADC'saMbeforeth eforum,followingwli trecommended endorsement(IH.R.109toth eclub'spublicaffjcommittee.Th e forum'si econimendatnßwassupportedby unanimous»■dorsementofth eJuddbillbyfcßpublicaffairscommittee onMill6,wh enTatsKush i da,JACUDcHrepresentativewas i nvi tedtod»lcuss th ebi ll's tech ni calaspedtlTh eboardofdirectorsofth eUniaHLeagueClub,ati tsmonth lymed-Bi ngofMay19,offici allyapprwißth eforegoingactioa

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