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PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL. 19;NO. 22 SALTLAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2,1944 Prce:FveCent Eg t Japanese Aercans Klled, 46 Oters Wounded On U. S. Sevent Ary Front Eg t A ercan solders ofJapanese ancestry ave been lled and 46oters wounded n acton n France, accordng to nforaton recevedrecently bytenext of n of servceen. Te casualtesreported to te Pacfc Ctzen were tose of servceen fro Calforna, Oregon, Wasngton and oter western states. Maorty of te next of n of tesolders are n te war relocaton centers. Reportson casualtessustaned by en fro teTerrtory of Hawa nrecent actonon t ' western front arenot edate- lyavalable and wll bepublsed wen te offcalcasualty lsts sre released byte War Depart- ent. (Inforatonpublsedbe- low sunoffcal and scopled fro nfor aton receved fro relatves or reported n relocaton center publcatons.) Accordng to nforaton re- ported to date, 43 Japanese Aer- cans fro western states ave been lled, 140 wounded, and nne are ssng n acton snce teJapanese AercanRegent- l Cobat Tea went nto acton on Oct. 15onte Sevent Ary front n Prance. Klled n Acton PVT. CHESTER KENGO ABE, (Sacra ento, Calf.), son of Mr. andMrs. N. Abe, Rt. 1, Box 50,Ontaro, Ore., lled n Kton n FranceonNov. 2. Pvt. Abe, 27,volunteered nMarc, 1941, ands survved by a par- Wta andtreebroters, So- e, Kan and Yos Abe, and four ssters, Hsao Tsugawa, ToltunoOa oto, Su o Iwa- ■teandAy Abe. PFC. TERUO (TED)FUJI- OKA,19, (Lot) Angeles, Calf.), MBof Mr.andMrs.SroFu- wa, 22-14-CD, Heart Mount- ngWyo., lled n acton n France on Not. 6. SGT.PAUL KITSUSE, us- band ofMrs. MabelKtsuse, 3547 Harvey Aye., Cncnnat, 0., lled n acton nFrance. PFC. KAY K. MASAOKA, (Lod, Calf.),2-8-B, Rower, prevously reportedwounded n uton, lled n acton n France. PVT. JOHN OKADA, (Palo Alto, Calf.), Newell, Calf., lled n acton n France. PVT. SUSUMU OKURA, 21, (Wlngton, Calf.), son of Mr. and Mrs. MaotaJaes Oura, 3703 Nort 39t St., Oaa, Neb., lled nacton nFrance on Nov.2.\ PVT.SHIN SATO,25. (Bea- verton,Ore.),son of Mr. and Mrs. Yos nosue Sato, 37-5-F, Hunt,Idao, lled nacton on Nov.1 n France. PPC. MASARU TASHIMA, K, (Fresno, Calf.), broter of Kac HenryTas a, 5012-B, Newell,Calf., lled nFrance on Oct.29. Wounded nActon PFC. YASUAKI G. ABE, 27, (Marysvlle, Calf.), Newell, Calf., wounded nFrance. . PFC. JOE M. ARAKAKI, 27, (Montebello, Calf.), son of Taro Araa of 27-21-E, Ht. Mount- tn, wounded nactononNov. PFC. DAVID M. ARAO, 29, (Sacraento, Calf.), broter of Mrs. Szue Fuoa,10E-11C, Aace, Colo., wounded nac- non n FranceonOct. 17. PFC. KOYO ENDOW,brot- * of Mrs. MaryMuranaa, 32- -'■o Rower,slgtly wounded « Oct.27. PRED ISAO FUJISHIGE, "roter-n-law ofTo Naga- ?>»tsu, Rvers,Arz.,wounded »» acton nFrance on Nov. 2. PFC. FRED YOZO FURU- KAWA, (Sunnysde, Was.), *» of Kosr© Furuawa, 503 tout 14t St., Bose, Idao, wounded n acton on Oct.20 111 France. WtS. HIROMU HBYAMOTO, "".W/esa, Ore.), son of Mr. "g Mrs. AsayoHeya oto, 35- -*« ? unt ' Idao > slgtly *«">ded n acton n France on A" " ( PFC. BRIGHT HOSHIKO, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Hos o, Kersey, Colo., wounded n acton nFrance. PVT. CHARLES ISHIMARU, 26, 12G-88, A ace, Colo., wounded n acton nFranceon Oct. 28. PFC SANAI KAGETA, (Loonts,Calf.),son of Mrs. Yu o Kagetaof 7-14-7, Ht. Mountan, woundedn actonon Nov. 6. PVT.KAZUO KIYOMURA, 24,(Portland, Ore.), son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Kyo ura, 39-8-B, Hunt, Idao, wounded n acton nFrance onNov. 6. PFC. ROY KOMACHI, 23, (Portland, Ore.), sonof Mr. and Mrs. Z. Ko ac, 39-1-E, Hunt, Idao, wounded nacton n France on Nov. 6. PVT.ESd MASUDA, 22, (Artesa, Calf.), son ofMr. and Mrs. Ec Masuda, 9H-6D, Aace, Colo., wounded n ac- ton nFranceonOct.20. PFC. ROY K.MITOBE, 20, (Lvngston, Calf.),trd son of Mrs.Tou Mtobe,9H-IE, Aace, Colo., wounded nac- ton nFranceon Oct. 20. PFC. ARTHUR A. MIYAI, 30, (Sacra ento, Calf.), son of Mr.and Mrs.Kusunosue M- ya, 6F-10E, Aace, Colo., wounded n acton nFranceon Oct. 16. PFC. GEORGE MUNETOSHI HORIUCHI, (Arroyo Grande, Calf.), broter of Mrs. Y. Na- atnura of 28-6-A,HI.Mount- an, wounded on Oct. 16. PFC.HARRY T. NAKABE, 20, sonof Mr. andMrs. Jnsa- buro Naabe, 11F-4E, Aace, Colo., wounded n acton n FranceonOct.28. PFC. KARL NAKAZAWA, usband of Mrs. Florence Naa- zawa, 3547 Harvey Ave., Cncn- nat, ()., wounded nacton n France. PFC.GEORGE KIICHI NIS- HIO, 29,(LosAngeles), son of Ac Nso, 11H-9A,Aace, Colo., wounded n acton n FranceonOct.17. PFC. JUNEOUS OBA, 20, (Portland, Ore.), secondsonof Mr. and Mrs. Y. Oba, 34-6-E, Hunt, Idao,slgtly wounded n acton onOct 28 n France. CPL. KAY OMOTO, 26,son ofMr.and Mrs. Koc Oo- to, 11E-7C, Aace, Colo., wounded n acton n France on Oct. 20. PVT. MASAYOSHI ONO, 24, (LosAngeles, Calf.), broter of Mrs.Sana Yuawa, 7812- F,Newell, Calf., wounded n acton n Franceon Oct. 31. PFC. KAUN ONODERA, 25, (Seattle, Was.), second sonof Mr. and Mrs.T.Onodera, 10- -5-E, Hunt, Idao, slgtly wounded nFranceon Nov. 5. Pfc.Onodera s one of tree broters wo volunteered fro te Mndoa relocaton center last year. A broter, Pvt.Sat- oruOnodera, was lled n ac- ton n July n Italy. Anoter, Pvt. Ko Onodera, s n France. PFC. YAHACHI SAGAMI, 20, (Ffe, Was.), sonof Mr. andMrs. Fusac Saga , 12- -3-C, Hunt, Idao, slgtly wounded n acton n France on Nov. 2. Hs older broter, Pvt. Yoe Saga , was lled n ac- ton n France onOct 15. CPL. WALTER W. SAKA- MOTO, 27, (Lo01"} 8- Cal,!:?' trd son of Mr. and Mrs. Mt- su o Saa oto, 7F-3F,Aa- ce, Colo., wounded nacton n France on Oct. 20. PFC. ROY SATO, Beaver- ton, Ore.), sonof Mr.and Mrs. Yos nosue Sato, 37-5-F, Hunt, Idao, slgtlywounded n ac- ton nFranceon Oct. 30. Hs broter,Pvt. Sn Sato, was lled nactonon Nov. 1. SGT. KENNETH K.SHIBA- TA, son of Mrs.Sana Sbata, Haybro, Colo., wounded n Italy. PFC. JERRY M. SHIGAKI, 19, (Los Angeles),son of Mr. andMrs. Bunro S ga,1111- -2C, Aace, Colo., wounded n acton nFrance onOct. 20. PVT.TOSHIAKI SHOJI, 25, (Lvngston,Calf.), sonof Mr. and Mrs.Rna S o, 9H-9E, Aace, Colo., wounded nac- ton n France on Oct.21. CPL.SADATACHI, usband of Mrs. Rut Tac, 3547 Har- vey Ave., Cncnnat, 0., wound- ed n acton nFrance. STAFFSGT. NOBLE TAJI- RI, sonof Mr. K.Tar, Ker- sey, Colo., wounded nactonn France. TAKAHASHI, (Long Beac, Calf.), sonof Masac Taa- as of 4-8-E, Rower, serous- ly woundedn acton. PVT. THOMAS R.TANAKA, 19, (Lvngston,Calf.), second son of Mr. and Mrs. Iwazo Tanaa, 9H-7A. Aace, Colo., woundednactonnFranceon October 17. PFC. NAOYE TOGASHI, 25, (Modesto, Calf.),frst son of Mr. and Mrs.S.Togas ,12E- 7E,Aace, Colo., wounded n acton nFranceon Oct. 20. SGT. ROBERT Y. TOMINA- GA, broter of HarryTona- ga, Rt. 2,80x 361, Pueblo, Colo., serously wounded nFrance. PFC. KIYOSHITOMIYE, 22 (Turloc, Calf.), son of Mr. andMrs. ToyoroTo ye, 11E- 9D, Aace, Colo., wounded n acton nFrance on Oct. 17. PVT. JOE JOEZO TSUCHI- YA, 26, (Seattle, Was.), son of Mrs. M. Tsuc ya,15-6-C, Hunt, Idao, slgtly wounded nac- ton on Oct. 29 nFrance. PFC.MASAMITSU TSUDA, (Sacraento, Calf.), Newell, Calf., wounded n France. PFC. MASATSU UYEDA, (Orange Cove, Calf.), broter of Masato Uyeda, 7217-D, New- ell, Calf., wounded nacton n France onOct. 30. HOWARD UYEHARA, vol- unteer fro Hunt, Idao, n 1943, reported wounded nac- ton nFrance. PFC.BEN T. UYEMURA, (LosAngeles, Calf.), son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Uye ura, Man- zanar, Calf., wounded n acton n Nove ber n France. CPL. HIDEO UYESAKA, (SantaBarbara, Calf.), of 46- K-C, Gla Rver, slgtly wound- ed n France. PFC. MITSURU YAGURA, 25,(Sanger, Calf.), broter of Jac T. Yagura of 221-2-D, Pps- ton, slgtly wounded nacton n Franceon Oct. 28. PFC. GEORGE YAMADA, (El Grove, Calf.), sonof Mr. and Mrs. Ta ec Yaada of 8-1-E, Rower, slgtlywound- "lMMleV YAMAGUCHI, 24, (Bellevue, Was.),Colbert, Was., wounded n acton n France nNoveber. PFC. KIYOSHI YOSHII, 26, (Oaland, Calf.), son of Mr. andMrs. Yos of 20-2-F, To- paz, serously wounded n acton for te second teon Oct. 28 n France. Pfc. Yos was pre- vously wounded n Italy. McGUI Students As Unversty To Lft Nse Ban MONTREAL, Que. — A re- quest oftestudent bodytat McGllUnverstylft ts ban aganst Japanese Canadan students was tenderedte n- sttuton's Senate on Nov. 15. Te ban as been n effect sncetebegnnng of te pres- ent ter. Te students' request,nte for of a resoluton, was pass- ed unanously ata specal ass eetng of testudent socety. Te resoluton wll be con- sdered at tenext eetngof te unversty's governng body. PasadenansHonor Nse Gls An onor roll, atrbute to Pasadena, Calforna's 109Japa- nese Aercans nteU.S. ar y, was dedcatedat cereones onNov.17 at tePasadena Federated Msson. Tecereones were attendedby oretan 75 persons andweresponsored by FrcnJsof te Aercan Way. Leut. Jac Robnson, N«grofoot- ball star of Pasadena JC and UCLA,led te saluteto teflag. Inte abovepototeRev. ClareBlauvelt (left) dedcates aGold Star to Pvt.HenryKondo, frst Pasadena Nse tobe lled n acton. Wt s Ester Tae, frst Japanese Aer- canto return toPasadena, andDr. Jon W.Harbeson, prncpal of Pasadena JC. Dr. Harbeson declared at te cereones tat tescool wouldalways beopento all Aercanctzensregard- lessof race, color or relgon. War RelocatonAgency Says Evacuees Now Relocated n Forty-Seven States of Unon 29,740 CvlansHave Left WRA Caps for OutsdeResettleent WASHINGTON—JapaneseA- ercansevacuated fro te West Coast avebeen relocated n all statesexcept Sout Carolna, te War Relocaton Autorty report- edon Nov. 20. Asu ary of tedstrbuton of 29,740 cvlan evacueesrelo- catedas of Nov. 15 sowstat eac of 11states as absorbed oretan 500persons. Illnos leads te naton nre- locaton wt 8,085evacuees, wt C cagoreportng6,593. Te nuber of relocated per- sonsfor eac of te next ten states and telocalty wt te greatest nuber: Colorado 3,352 and Denver 1,- -516,Oo2,599 and Cleveland1,- -641, Uta 2,146and Salt Lae Cty878, Mcgan2,121andDe- trot 940, Idao 1,689 and Galdwel 200, Mnnesota 1,395 and Mnnea- pols 876, New Yor 1,289 and NewYor Cty 1,051, Was ngton 914 and Spoane 602, Mssour 650 and St. Lous 231, New Jer- sey555 andBrdgeton443. States near te 500 ar are Oregon 498, Nebrasa494, Ws- consn 477 and Montana468. W le noevacuees were report- ed located nSout Carolna, te WRA sad Japanese A ercans are nown to be lvng tere. Tey were not,owever, evacuated fro te Pacfc coast. All told, te WRA sad, evac- uees ave beenresettled n 267 ctes and towns, as well as n rur- al andse-rural areas. TwoBroters Hurt OnSaeDay OnFrenc Front HUNT, Idao — Two brot- ers,Pfc.JonYoneoand Pvt. Carles M. Muraa, were wounded ontesaeday, Oc- tober17,wle fg tng wt te442nd nFrance, accordng toteWar RelocatonAutor- ty. Teyare tesons of Mr. and Mrs. Sus Muraa of Brg- ar.,Uta, forerlyof Port- land, Oregon. COLORADO GROUP ASKS MILITARYTO LIFT EXCLUSION DENVER, Colo.—Te boardof drectors of teColoradoCa ber of Co erce s requestng te War Departent to lft ts restrc- tonso persons of Japaneseex- tracton, ost of te evacuated fro teWest Coast, ay return to ter oes, Donald D. Ke, secretary- anager, reported on Nov. 22. S adas Return To LosAngeles MADISON, Ws. — Recently granted exe pton certfcates by te Western Defense Co and, Mr. and Mrs. Joe S ada and ter two young daugters, Dane and Joane, forerly of Gla Rver, are leavng about Deceber 15 for Lob Angeles, were tey lved pror to te evacuaton. S ada as been eployed by Koc Motors n Mad- ron. Mrs. S ada s te forer Mss Louse To pson of Los Angeles.

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PACIFIC CITIZENVOL.19;NO.22 SALTLAKECITY,UTAH, SATURDAY,DECEMBER 2,1944 Price:Fi veCenti

Eigh tJapaneseAmericansKilled,46Oth ersWoundedOnU.S.Seventh ArmyFrontEigh tAmerican soldiers ofJapaneseancestry h avebeen

k i lledand46oth erswounded i naction i nFrance,accordingtoi nformationreceivedrecentlybyth enextofk i nofservicemen.Th ecasualtiesreportedtoth ePacifi cCi ti zenwere th ose

ofservicemenfrom California,Oregon,Wash i ngtonandoth erwesternstates.Majori tyofth enextofk i nofth esoldiersarei nth ewarrelocationcenters.Reportsoncasualtiessustainedbymenfrom th eTerritory

ofHawai i i nrecentactiononth'westernfrontarenoti mmedi ate-lyavailableandwillbepublish edwh en th e offici alcasualty listssrereleasedbyth eWarDepart-ment.(Informationpublish edbe-low i sunoffici aland i scompiledfrom i nformationreceived fromrelativesorreportedi nrelocationcenterpublicati ons.)According to i nformation re-portedtodate,43JapaneseAmer-i cansfrom western states h avebeen k i lled, 140 wounded, andnine aremissi ng i nactionsinceth eJapaneseAmericanRegiment-i lCombatTeam wenti ntoactiononOct.15onth eSeventh Armyfronti nPrance.

Killed i nActionPVT. CHESTER KENGOABE,(Sacramento,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.N.Abe,Rt.1,Box50,Ontario,Ore.,k i lled i nKtion i nFranceonNov.2.Pvt.Abe,27,volunteeredi nMarch ,1941,andi ssurvivedbyh i apar-Wtaandth reebroth ers,Sh oi -ek i ,Kanj i andYosh i mi Abe,andfour sisters,Hisak oTsugawa,ToltunoOk amoto,Sumi k oIwa-■teandAmyAbe.PFC.TERUO (TED)FUJI-OKA,19,(Lot)Angeles,Calif.),MBofMr.andMrs.Sh i roFu-j wk a,22-14-CD,HeartMount-i ngWyo.,k i lled i n action i nFranceonNot.6.SGT.PAULKITSUSE,h us-

bandofMrs. MabelKitsuse,3547 HarveyAye., Cinci nnati,0.,k i lled i naction i nFrance.PFC.KAY K. MASAOKA,(Lodi,Cali f.),2-8-B, Roh wer,previouslyreportedwoundedi nution,k i lled i n action i nFrance.PVT.JOHNOKADA, (PaloAlto, Calif.), Newell, Calif.,k i lled i nactioni nFrance.PVT.SUSUMU OKURA,21,(Wilmi ngton,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.MamotaJamesOk ura,3703 North 39th St.,Omah a,Neb.,k i lled i nactioni nFranceonNov.2.\PVT.SHINSATO,25.(Bea-verton,Ore.),sonofMr.andMrs.Yosh i nosuk eSato,37-5-F,Hunt,Idah o,k i lled i nactiononNov.1i nFrance.PPC.MASARU TASHIMA,K,(Fresno,Calif.),broth erofKaich i HenryTash i ma,5012-B,Newell,Calif.,k i lled i nFranceonOct.29.

Wounded i nActionPFC.YASUAKIG.ABE,27,(Marysville, Calif.), Newell,Calif.,woundedi nFrance..PFC.JOEM.ARAKAKI,27,(Montebello,Calif.),sonofTaroArak ak i of27-21-E,Ht.Mount-tin,woundedi nactiononNov.

PFC.DAVID M.ARAO,29,(Sacramento,Calif.),broth erofMrs.Sh i zueFuj i ok a,10E-11C,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i nac-non i nFranceonOct.17.PFC.KOYO ENDOW,broth -*ofMrs.MaryMuranak a,32--'■oi Roh wer,sligh tly wounded«Oct.27.PRED ISAO FUJISHIGE,"roth er-i n-law ofTom Naga-?>»tsu, Ri vers,Ariz.,wounded»»action i nFranceonNov.2.PFC. FRED YOZO FURU-KAWA, (Sunnyside, Wash .),*»ofKosh i r© Furuk awa,503touth 14th St.,Boise,Idah o,wounded i naction on Oct.20111France.j WtS.HIROMUHBYAMOTO,"".W/esh am,Ore.),sonofMr."gMrs.AsayoHeyamoto,35--*«j ?unt' Idah o> sligh tly

*«">dedi naction i nFranceonA" " (PFC. BRIGHT HOSHIKO,

sonofMr.andMrs.K.Hosh i k o,Kersey,Colo.,woundedi nactioni nFrance.PVT.CHARLESISHIMARU,26, 12G-88, Amach e, Colo.,woundedi nactioni nFranceonOct.28.PFC SANAI KAGETA,(Loontis,Calif.),sonofMrs.Yuk i k oKagetaof7-14-7,Ht.Mountain,woundedi nactiononNov.6.PVT.KAZUO KIYOMURA,

24,(Portland,Ore.),sonofMr.andMrs.I.Kiyomura,39-8-B,Hunt,Idah o,woundedi nactioni nFranceonNov.6.PFC.ROY KOMACHI, 23,(Portland,Ore.),sonofMr.andMrs.Z.Komach i ,39-1-E,Hunt,Idah o,wounded i naction i nFranceonNov.6.PVT.ESd MASUDA, 22,(Artesia,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.Eich i Masuda,9H-6D,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i n ac-tioni nFranceonOct.20.PFC.ROYK.MITOBE, 20,(Livi ngston,Calif.),th i rdsonofMrs.Tok u Mitobe,9H-IE,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i nac-tion i nFranceonOct.20.PFC.ARTHUR A.MIYAI,30,(Sacramento,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.Kusunosuk e Mi-yai, 6F-10E, Amach e, Colo.,woundedi naction i nFranceonOct.16.PFC.GEORGEMUNETOSHIHORIUCHI, (Arroyo Grande,Calif.),broth erofMrs.Y.Na-k atnuraof28-6-A,HI.Mount-ain,woundedonOct.16.PFC.HARRYT.NAKABE,

20,sonofMr.andMrs.Jinsa-buroNak abe,11F-4E,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i n action i nFranceonOct.28.PFC.KARL NAKAZAWA,h usbandofMrs.FlorenceNak a-zawa,3547HarveyAve.,Cinci n-nati,().,wounded i naction i nFrance.PFC.GEORGEKIICHINIS-HIO,29,(LosAngeles),sonofAich i Nish i o,11H-9A,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i n action i nFranceonOct.17.PFC.JUNEOUS OBA, 20,(Portland,Ore.),secondsonofMr.andMrs.Y.Oba,34-6-E,Hunt,Idah o,sligh tlywoundedi nactiononOct28 i nFrance.CPL.KAY OMOTO,26,sonofMr.andMrs.Kok i ch i Omo-to,11E-7C,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i n action i n FranceonOct.20.PVT.MASAYOSHIONO,24,(LosAngeles,Calif.),broth erofMrs.Sanami Yuk awa,7812-F,Newell,Calif.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.31.PFC.KAUNONODERA,25,(Seattle,Wash .),secondsonofMr.andMrs.T.Onodera,10--5-E, Hunt, Idah o, sligh tlywounded i nFranceonNov.5.Pfc.Onodera i sone ofth reebroth erswh ovolunteeredfromth eMini dok arelocationcenterlastyear.Abroth er,Pvt.Sat-oruOnodera,was k i lled i nac-tion i nJulyi nItaly.Anoth er,Pvt.KoOnodera,i si nFrance.PFC. YAHACHISAGAMI,

20,(Fife,Wash .),sonofMr.andMrs.Fusak i ch i Sagami,12--3-C,Hunt, Idah o, sligh tly

woundedi naction i nFranceonNov.2.Hisolderbroth er,Pvt.Yoh ei Sagami,wask i lledi nac-tioni nFranceonOct15.CPL.WALTER W.SAKA-MOTO, 27, (Lo01"}8- Cal,!i:?'th i rdsonofMr.andMrs.Mit-suh i k oSak amoto,7F-3F,Ama-ch e,Colo.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.20.PFC.ROY SATO, Beaver-ton,Ore.),sonofMr.andMrs.Yosh i nosuk eSato,37-5-F,Hunt,

Idah o,sligh tlywounded i nac-tioni nFranceonOct.30.Hi sbroth er,Pvt. Sh i n Sato,wask i lled i nactiononNov.1.SGT.KENNETHK.SHIBA-TA,sonofMrs.Sak i naSh i bata,Haybro,Colo.,woundedi nItaly.PFC.JERRY M.SHIGAKI,19,(LosAngeles),sonofMr.andMrs.Bunj i roSh i gak i ,1111--2C,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.20.PVT.TOSHIAKISHOJI,25,(Livi ngston,Calif.),sonofMr.and Mrs.Rinai Sh oj i ,9H-9E,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i nac-tioni nFranceonOct.21.CPL.SADATACHI,h usbandofMrs.Ruth Tach i ,3547Har-veyAve.,Cinci nnati,0.,wound-edi naction i nFrance.STAFFSGT.NOBLE TAJI-RI,sonofMr.K.Taj i ri ,Ker-sey,Colo.,woundedi nactioni nFrance.TAKAHASHI,(Long Beach ,Calif.),sonofMasak i ch i Tak a-h ash i of4-8-E,Roh wer,serious-lywoundedi naction.PVT.THOMASR.TANAKA,19,(Livi ngston,Calif.),secondson ofMr.and Mrs.IwazoTanak a,9H-7A.Amach e,Colo.,woundedi nactioni nFranceonOctober17.PFC.NAOYETOGASHI,25,

(Modesto,Calif.),firstsonofMr.andMrs.S.Togash i ,12E-7E,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.20.SGT.ROBERTY.TOMINA-

GA,broth erofHarryTomina-ga,Rt.2,80x361,Pueblo,Colo.,seriouslywoundedi nFrance.PFC.KIYOSHITOMIYE,22(Turlock ,Calif.),son ofMr.andMrs.Toyoj i roTomiye,11E-9D,Amach e,Colo.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.17.PVT.JOE JOEZO TSUCHI-YA,26,(Seattle,Wash .),sonofMrs.M.Tsuch i ya,15-6-C,Hunt,Idah o,sligh tlywoundedi nac-tiononOct.29 i nFrance.PFC.MASAMITSU TSUDA,(Sacramento,Calif.), Newell,Calif.,woundedi nFrance.PFC. MASATSU UYEDA,(OrangeCove,Calif.),broth erofMasatoUyeda,7217-D,New-ell,Calif.,wounded i naction i nFranceonOct.30.HOWARD UYEHARA, vol-unteerfrom Hunt,Idah o, i n1943,reportedwounded i nac-tioni nFrance.PFC.BEN T. UYEMURA,(LosAngeles,Calif.),son ofMr.andMrs.N.Uyemura,Man-zanar,Calif.,woundedi nactioni nNovemberi nFrance.CPL. HIDEO UYESAKA,(SantaBarbara,Calif.),of46-K-C,GilaRiver,sligh tlywound-edi nFrance.PFC.MITSURU YAGURA,

25,(Sanger,Calif.),broth erofJack T.Yaguraof221-2-D,Pps-ton,sligh tlywounded i nactioni nFranceonOct.28.PFC. GEORGE YAMADA,(Elk Grove,Calif.),sonofMr.andMrs.Tamek i ch i Yamadaof8-1-E,Roh wer,sligh tlywound-"jlMMleV YAMAGUCHI,24,(Bellevue,Wash .),Colbert,Wash ., wounded i n action i nFrance i nNovember.PFC.KIYOSHIYOSHII,26,(Oak land,Calif.),sonof Mr.andMrs.Yosh i i of20-2-F,To-paz,seriouslywoundedi nactionforth esecondtimeonOct.28i nFrance.Pfc.Yosh i i waspre-viouslywoundedi nItaly.

McGUIStudentsAsk UniversityToLiftNisei BanMONTREAL,Que.— Are-

questofth estudentbodyth atMcGillUniversityliftitsbanagainstJapaneseCanadianstudentswastenderedth e i n-stituti on'sSenateonNov.15.Th e ban h as been i neffectsinceth ebeginni ngofth epres-entterm.Th estudents'request,i nth eform ofaresolution,waspass-ed unanimouslyata specialmass meetingofth estudentsociety.Th eresolutionwillbe con-sideredatth enextmeetingofth e university'sgoverningbody.

PasadenansHonorNisei Gls

Anh onorroll,atributetoPasadena,California's109Japa-neseAmericans i nth eU.S.army,wasdedicatedatceremoniesonNov.17atth ePasadenaFederatedMissi on.Th eceremonieswereattendedbymoreth an75personsandweresponsoredbyFricnJsofth eAmericanWay.Lieut.Jack Robinson,N«grofoot-ballstarofPasadenaJCandUCLA,ledth esalutetoth eflag.Inth eaboveph ototh eRev.ClareBlauvelt(left)dedicates

aGoldStartoPvt.HenryKondo,firstPasadenaNisei tobek i lledi naction.With h i m i sEsth erTak ei ,firstJapaneseAmer-i cantoreturntoPasadena,andDr.Joh nW.Harbeson,princi palofPasadenaJC.Dr.Harbesondeclaredatth eceremoniesth atth esch oolwouldalwaysbeopentoallAmericanciti zensregard-lessofrace,colororreligi on.

WarRelocationAgencySaysEvacueesNowRelocatedi nForty-SevenStatesofUnion

29,740Civi li ansHaveLeftWRACampsforOutsideResettlement

WASHINGTON—JapaneseAm-ericansevacuatedfrom th eWestCoasth avebeenrelocated i nallstatesexceptSouth Carolina,th eWarRelocationAuth ori tyreport-edonNov.20.Asummaryofth edi stri buti onof29,740civi li anevacueesrelo-catedasofNov.15sh owsth ateach of11states h as absorbedmoreth an500persons.Illinoi sleadsth enation i nre-locationwith 8,085evacuees,withCh i cagoreporting6,593.Th enumberofrelocated per-sonsforeach ofth e nexttenstatesand th elocalitywi th th egreatestnumber:Colorado 3,352andDenver1,-

-516,Oh i o2,599andCleveland1,--641,Utah 2,146and SaltLak eCi ty878,Mich i gan2,121andDe-troi t940,Idah o1,689andGaldweil200,Minnesota1,395andMinnea-polis876,NewYork 1,289 andNewYork City1,051,Wash i ngton914andSpok ane 602, Missouri650andSt.Louis231,NewJer-sey555andBridgeton443.Statesnearth e500mark are

Oregon498,Nebrask a494, Wis-consin477andMontana468.Wh i lenoevacueeswerereport-edlocated i nSouth Carolina,th eWRAsaid Japanese Americansarek nowntobelivi ngth ere.Th eywerenot,h owever,evacuatedfromth ePacifi ccoast.Alltold,th eWRA said,evac-ueesh avebeenresettled i n 267ci ti esandtowns,aswellasi nrur-alandsemi-ruralareas.

TwoBroth ersHurtOnSameDayOnFrench FrontHUNT,Idah o— Twobroth -ers,Pfc.Joh nYoneoandPvt.Ch arles M. Murak ami ,werewoundedonth esameday,Oc-tober17,wh i lefi gh ti ngwithth e442ndi nFrance,accordingtoth eWarRelocationAuth or-i ty.Th eyareth esonsofMr.andMrs.Sh ui sh i Murak ami ofBrig-h ai r.,Utah ,formerlyofPort-land,Oregon.

COLORADOGROUPASKSMILITARYTOLIFTEXCLUSION

DENVER,Colo.—Th eboardofdirectorsofth eColoradoCh amberofCommerce i srequestingth eWarDepartmenttolifti tsrestric-ti onsopersonsofJapaneseex-traction,mostofth emevacuatedfromth eWestCoast,mayreturntoth ei rh omes,DonaldD.Keim,secretary-manager,reportedonNov.22.

Sh i madasReturnToLosAngeles

MADISON, Wis.— Recentlygrantedexemptioncertifi catesbyth e WesternDefense Command,Mr.andMrs.JoeSh i madaandth ei rtwoyoungdaugh ters,DianeandJoane,formerlyofGilaRiver,areleavingaboutDecember15forLobAngeles,wh ereth eylivedpriortoth eevacuation.Sh i mada h asbeenemployedbyKoch Motorsi nMad-

i ron.Mrs.Sh i madai sth eformerMiss Louise Th ompsonofLosAngeles.

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Wartime,Post-WarProblemsOfJapaneseAmericanGroupDiscussedatJACLConfabApproximately100RegisteratOpeningOfNationalConference

Closetoone h undreddelegatesfrom ch aptersofth e JapaneseAmerican Citi zens Leagueth rough outth enation and fromrelocationcenters registered onFriday,Dec.1,atth e JapaneseCh ri sti anch urch i nSaltLak eCityforth efirstnationalconferenceh eldsince1942.Th e th emeofth e conference,"YourPlace i nAmericaTomor-rowWillBeWh atYouMak eItToday,"willbe carred outth rough outth eth ree-daymeeti ndiscussionsandtalk sontopicsofvitali mportancetoJapaneseAmericans i npresent-dayAmer-i ca.Specialsubjectstobediscussedi ncludefarm problems,evacueeresettlementand th ereturn toth eWestCoastproh i bi tedareas.Speak ersforth e conferencewilli nclude Dr.T.T.Yatabe,Ch i cagoofficerepresentative;JoeG.Masaok a,Denveroffice rep-resentative;A.L.Wiri n,ofth eAmericanCi vi lLi bertiesunion;Mrs.Ruth Kingman,CommitteeforAmericanPrinci plesandFairPlay;Willi am C.Carr, Friendsofth eAmericanWay;RoyalH.Fish er,Denver,ch ai rmanofth eWestCoastProtestant Commis-sion;andTogoTanak a,Ameri-canFriendaService.Th econferenceopened Fridayat2p.m.with asteeringmeet-i ng,followedbyreportsfromdel-egatesand regionalrepresenta-tives.Discussionsonagriculturewereh eld,ledbyClark Allredofth eFarm Security Admini stration.Prof.D.A.Broadbentofth eUtahStateAgriculturalcollegeaddres-sedth egroupon"Th eAgricult-uralSituationofth eWest."Allreddescribedth ework ofh i sagencyi nfacili tati ngth eacquir-i ngofequipment,seedandfarmloans,andi nai di ngth eformationofcooperatives.Saturdaymeetingswilli nclude

reportsbynationalofficers; dis-cussionsonth eJACLconstituti onandbudget,and discussions oncivi lrigh ts,farm problems andevacueereestablish ment.A specialpublicmeetingwillbe h eldSaturdayat8 p.m.atth e JapaneseCh ri sti an ch urch .Mrs.Ruth Kingman,A.L.Wiri nandWilli amC.Carrwillbeguestspeak ers.On Sundaymorning delegateswi llbreak fastatth e GoldenPh easant,147South Statestreet,at10a.m.Th eYWICAFriendsh i pandSer-vice committeewillh olda re-membranceclosingdinneronSun-dayfrom 6:30p.m.atth eYWCA,322EastTh i rdSouth street.

SacramentoGroupOpposesReturnSACRAMENTO — Th eNative

Sonsofth eGoldenWestcommit-teeonlJapaneselegislationwiredPresidentRooseveltonNov.20ask i ngth ePresidenttogiveper-sonalconsiderationtoth e"dan-gers"ofpermitti ngevacueesofJapaneseancestrytoreturntoth estate.

WAR DEPARTMENTAWARDSBRONZESTARSTONISEI

WASHINGTON—Th eWarDe-partmentonNov.30announcedth eawardingofBronzeStarstotwosoldiersofJapaneseances-tryfromHawai i .Th esoldierscitedareKenneth

K.Nak amoto,Tech .Sgt.,Infantry,Wailuk u,Maui,and HideoTam-aru,Sgt.,Infantry,Hilo,Howai i .

CongressmenAsk MyertoExplainPolicyCaliforniaDelegationCallsWRA,WarDepartmentOffici als

WASHINGTON—Th eCaliforniadelegationi nth eHouseofRep-resentativesvotedonNov.28tocallDillonS.Myer,directorofth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty,andaspok esmanfromth eWarDepart-menttoexplainth epresentsit-uationregardingth epossibi li tyofareturn ofJapaneseAmericanevacueestoth eState.Itwasreportedth atth ebulk of

th eCaliforniadelegationapprovedaresolutionbyRep.Ph i lli ps,R.,Banning,toairth ewfh oleques-ti onofth ereadmissi onofevacueesto th e WestCoastareasfromwh i ch th eyweremoved.Myerandth eWarDepartmentoffici alsaresch eduledtoappearbeforeth eCaliforniadelegationonDec.4.Ph i lli psreferredtoth eevacuees

as"nationalsofanoth ernation"anddeclaredth atonepurposeforth emeetingwastopresent"Cali-fornia'ssideofth ecase."Hestressed th atth eproblem

wasnotoneofreabsorbingth eevacueesbutoneofcongestion."Th eWRA h asnotgivensuffi-cientth ough ttoth i spartofth eproblem,"Ph i lli psadded.

MercedSupervisorsReportOppositi onMERCED,Calif.— Th eMercedCountyBoardofSupervisorswentonrecordonNov.18opposingth ereturnofanypersonofJapaneseancestrytoth ecountyuntilth eendofth ewar.Th eresolution,wh i ch wasaimedatAmericanci ti zensaswellasaliensofJapaneseancestry,wasproposed by SupervisorFrankPh i ney."Iamalsoopposedtoth ei rre-turnafterth ewarbutactiononth atscorecanwaituntilth ewari sended,"Ph i neysaid.

OgdenJACLCitedInWarBondDriveOGDEN,Utah —Th eOgdenJap-

aneseAmericanCiti zensLeaguech apterwascitedbylocaloffic-i alsofth eSi xth WarLoandriveth i sweek forth ei rpartici pati oni nth ecurrentcann>aißm.

PortlandNisei Medi cCarriesWoundedSergeanttoSafetyWITH THE FIFTH ARMY,ITALY— Crossing200yardsofgroundexposedtoenemymach i ne-gunfire,StaffSergeantJimmi eKanaya,JapaneseAmericann.edi-calai dmanfrom Portland,Ore-gon,recentlycarriedawoundedplatoon sergeantto safety i nItaly.Kanayaandth ewoundedmanaremembersofth eJapaneseAm-erican442ndRegimentalCombatTeam,aunitcomposedentirelyofAmericansofJapanesedescent,wh i ch atth etimewasfigh ti ngwith th e34th "RedBull"Divi si ononth eFi fth Armyfront.Th eactiontook placewh i leth eleadingcompanyofth e442ndwaspinneadownforfourh oursbyh eavy enemyartillery,mortar,tank andsmallarmsfire.Kanayah advoluntarilyleftth erelativelysafebattalionaidstationtosu-perviselitterbearers i nevacuat-

i ngmountingcasualties.Wh en h elearnedofth ewoundedplatoonsergeant,Kanayaorderedth elit-terbearerstotak ecoverwh i leh eadvanced across unprotectedgroundfor50yards.Hetreatedth ewoundedmanandcarriedh i mtoth erear.Afewdaysbefore h eHadvol-untarilyleftth eai dstationwh ennineriflemenwerewoundedash i suni twaspinneddownbyaGer-manartilleryconcentration.Kan-ayah adexposedh i mselftoflyingsh ellfragmentswh i leh etreatedallninewoundedmenandsuper-visedth ei revacuation.Kanaya's parents,wh o camefrom Japan,and h i sbroth erandasisterformerlylivedat1809South east12th Avenue,Portland.Th eyweresenttoMini dok aRe-locationCenter,Hunt,Idah oandlaterresettled i nCh i cago,Illinoi s.Kanaya'sbroth eralsoserves i nth earmy.

Nisei GlsInvaluablei nPacifi cWar,SaysVeteranST.LOUIS,Mo.— Nisei ,or

American-bornJapanese,areperformingi nvaluableservicei nth e frontlinesofSouth westPacifi cbattleareasasi nterpre-tersandastranslatorsofcap-tured documents,StaffSgt.George B. Coleman told th ePost-Dispatch afterreturningfrom twoanda h alfyearsofservice i nth atarea.Sgt.Coleman.28,sonofMr.andMrs.Frank B.Coleman,i sa formermemberofth enewsstaffsofth ePost-Dispatch andth eDes Moines Register.Heh asseenbattleactionatBuna,Aitape,andalsoservedatFin-

sc.h h afe.ti,Hollandiaand i nAus-tralia."AtAitapeIwas h elpi ng

question Japanesewh owerecaptured,"h esaid."Th eNi seiactedas i nterpreters.We'dbelostwi th outth em.Th eyaresofew th eywork nearlyallth etime,andwecouldusemoreofth em."During th e Buna campaign,Colemanwasoneofan i nfan-tryreconnaissance unitth atwork ed i mmedi ately i nfrontoforbeh i ndenemyli nes.Duringth esi xweek sh i scompanywasi naction,i tsstrength droppedfrom 144to68becauseofdeath s,woundsori llness.

OrganizeNewAnti-EvacueeGroupatBainbri dgeIslandLive-andLet-LiveLegionWouldRelocateNisei onIslands

SEATTLE,Wash .— Becauseofth emeagerturnout,planstoor-ganizeth eanti-JapaneseAmeri-can Live-and-Let-Live-LegionatBainbri dgeIsland,pre-evacuationh omeofseveralh undredpersonsofJapaneseancestry,h avebeenpostponed,i twasreportedlastweek .AmeetingIh eldonNov.25drewlessth an40persons,accord-i ngtoLambertSch uyler,sponsorofth emovement,necessitati ngth ecallingofanoth ermeetingforor-ganizati onalpurposesonDec.8.Sch uyleri nastatementtoth eSeattlePost-Intelligencerch argedth e "oppositi on"wi th k eepi ngdownth eattendance.Atth efi rstmeetingcalledto

discussth eJapaneseAmericansseveralweek s ago 200 personswerepresent,with manyarguingth at th e Japanese Americanssh ould be allowedtoreturntoth ei rformerh omes.Sch uyler'sorganizati onopposesth ereturnofth eevacuees."Th erealissueseemstoh ave

beenside-track ed,"Soh uylersaid."Th eoppositi onh asturnedth i si ntoasmearcampaign.Th eyarecallingmeaNazi andch argi ngIam someoth erpersonth anIrep-resenttobe.Th eysaywe(Sch uy-lerandth eorganizi ngcommittee)areun-Americanrabble-rousers."Wedonotwanttrouble—we

aretryingtoavoidi t,andbelievei twouldbegoodforboth th ecom-munityandth eJapanese i fth eydidn'treturntoth ei sland."Sch uylerstressedth atth eviewsofh i sgroupdidnotcoinci dewithth e RememberPearlHarborLeague,with h eadquartersi nAu-burn,Wash .,wh i ch proposestotak eeverystepsh ortofviolencetopreventth ereturnofth eJapa-neseAmericans.Referring to th e RememberPearlHarborLeague,Sch uylersaid:"Th eywouldrevok e Japaneseciti zensh i pri gh ts—wewouldnotbe i nfavorofth at.We believeJapaneseAmericanssh ouldbeal-lowedtoliveunderth eAmericanflag,andi nth eAmericanway,butonsomePacifi ci sland."Th eRememberPearlHarborspeak erwh oplayedsuch aprom-i nentpartinth efirstmeetingh erewasnoti nvi ted.Buth e h adal-lowedmeth eprivi legeofspeak -i ngatAuburn,andIreturnedth ecourtesy."

Wash i ngtonSoldierWoundedi nActionBOISE,Ida.—Pfc.Fred YozoFuruk awa,son ofMr.Kosh i roFuruk awaof503South 14th street,Boise,Idah o,andbroth erofth reeoth ers i nth earmedforces,waswounded i nactiononOct.20 i nFrance,accordingtowordreceiv-ed h ereby h i sfami ly.Pfc.Furuk awai saformerres-i dentofSunnyside.Wash i ngton.Hisbroth ers i nth eservicearePvt.Hirosh i ,nowoverseas:StaffluTvant,Joh n Kiv°sH CampSh elby Miss.;and Pvt. Isaac,CampBlanding,Florida.

NoteOppositi onMARYSVTLLE,Calif.— Mem-bersofth eYubaCountvBoardofSupervisorsreiteratedth ei roppos-i ti on'toth ereturnofJapaneseAmericanstoCalifornia i nstate-mentsonNov.21.

JOHNSONPLANSDEPORTATIONBILLATNEXTSESSION

WASHINGTON— Rep.LeroyJoh nson,R.,Calif.,announcedh ereth ath ewilli ntroducelegislationtoprovideforth epost-wardepor-tationof"disloyal"citi zensandaliensofJapaneseancestryatth enextsessionofCongressi nJan-uary.Joh nson ch arged "mismanage-ment"ofth erelocationprogrambyth eWRA.

Roh werSoldierSuccumbstoBattleWoundsPfc.KayMasaok aWoundedi nActionRecentlyi nFrance

ROHWER,Ark .—Pfc.KayK.Masaok a ofRoh wer,previouslyreportedwounded i naction,h asbeenk i lled i naction i nFrance,ac-cordingtowordreceivedby h i srelatives,wh i leth reeoth er ser-vicemenfrom th i s center h avebeenwoundedi nrecentaction.Pfc.Masaok ai sformerlyofLo-di,California.Hi s sister-in-law,Mrs.Ch i yek oMasaok a,resides i nRoh werat2-8-B.Masak i ch i Tak ah ash i of4-8-E,

h asbeennotifi edth atoneofh i sfivesons i nservice suffered aseriouswoundduringrecent ac-tion.Th e Tak ah ash i s previouslylived i nLongBeach ,Calif.Pfc.KoyoEndow, broth erofMrs.MaryMuranak a,32-7-B,Ro-h wer,wassligh tlywoundedi nac-tiononOct.27i nFrance,accord-i ngtowordreceivedbyh i ssi ster.Sligh tlywounded i nactionwasPfc.GeorgeYamada,i twas re-portedtoh i s parents,Mr.andMrs.Tamek i ch i Yamadaof8-1-E,Rah wer.Pfc.Yamadalived i nElltGrove,Calif.,priortoevacuation.Hereceivedh i swound i nFranceonNov.8.

Pfc.Fuj i ok aGaveLifeonWorMissi onTh reeHeartMountainSoldiersReportedWounded i nFranceHEARTMOUNTAIN WvnFourcasualtiesofonedeathth reemenwoundedi naction*reportedamongHeartMouSservicemenlastweek bytifftatinel,projectnewspaper.Pfc.TeruoTedFui i ok n 10

k i lledonNov.6wh i left?'*1

lalmissi on,"accordingtoafcdepartmenttelegram*sentto£Wounded i nrecentaction,M-C

TOrd"ga*0 Sentinel,werePfc.

"etosh i Horiuch i ,broth erof£,Y.Nak amura,28-6-A;and He.'Sanai Kageta,sonofMrs.Yuk i "k o Kageta,7-14-7.Pfc.Fuj i ok awasborn i nLoBAngeles,butlivedmostofh i sWei nHollywood.Hewasamemberofth efi rstgraduatingclassfromHeartMountain h i gh sch ool.Hewasfirstpresidentofth estudentcouncilandlaterh eadedth estu-dentorganizati on.Besidesh i sparents,fourbroth -ersandfivesisterssurvive PfcFuj i ok a.Th eyareSh unro,Setsu'Peter,Ayak o,Dick ,Yosh i ro,Peg-gvKaoru,Mrs.MiyeKawai andMrs.MasaKunitomi .Pfc.Arak ak i ,27,was born i nLosAngelesand laterlived i nMontebello,Calif.He j oi ned th earmyonJuly21,1941.Hewassligh tlywoundedonNov.2.Pfc.Horiuch i ,wh owaswound-

edonOct.16,previouslyreceivedth ePurpleHeartaward.Heenteredmili taryservicebe-forePearlHarbor,andwentover-seasi nAugust,1944.Pfc.Kageta,26,formerlylivedi nLoamis,Calif.Heenteredth earmyi nAugust,1941.He wentoverseaswith th e442ndth i ssum-merandwaswoundedonNov.6i nFrance.

FresnoOPAFindsNoViolationbyReturnedEvacueeFRESNO,Calif.— Th eFresnoDistri ctOfficeofth eOPA an-nouncedlastweek i th asclosedani nvestigati onofreportsth atMrs.AlmaSak amotoCollier,JapaneseAmericanwi feofaNavyjudoin-structor,JamesCollier,h asbeendri vi ngh ercari llegallysinceh erreturntoFresnofromth ewarre-location centeratPoston,Ark ,with th efi ndi ngth atnoregula-tionsh avebeenviolated.Th eOPAfurth erdisclosedth atMrs.Collier'sreturntoFresnowasonlyfordentalwork andflatsh eexh i bi tedtoi tsi nvestigator*returntick ettoPostoni ndi cati ngsh ewasi nth ecityonlytempor-arily.Accordingto OPA spok esman,

i nvestigatorslearnedMrs.Come'h adusedh ersister-in-law'scartodrivetoandfromth edentist'sof-fi cewh i lei nFresno,andth at,th eCollier'scarh adbeenstoredforlack ofgasoline.

CaliforniaRacialRelationsRecordRappedbyEditorSanFranciscoNewsHeadDiscussesMinori tyProblems

PALO ALTO,Calif.— Califor-ni a'srecordofracerelationswasbrandedassh amefulbyFrank A.Clarvoe,editorofth eSanFran-cisco News,wh o declared th atoneofth emostpressingpost-warproblemsi sth equestionofminori ti es"i naTuesday-EveningSerieslectureon!Nov.21atStan-fordUniversity.Clarvoe was reportedbyth ePaloAltoTimesasdeclaringth atth e i nflux of each minori ty,wh eth erMexican,JapaneseorNe-gro,h asbeenencouragedbyCal-lforniansduringsuccessiveperiodsofprosperityandlaborsh ortage,put i n th e ensuing h ardtimesth esegroups h avebeenmiserablytreated.Hesaid th atCalifornia'satti-tudetowardth eproblemsofmin-oriti esh asbeenanyth i ngbutfair,th eTimessaid,andpromptedfre-

quentlyby"vanityandmistak enself-interest."......AntagonismtoracialminonWi sfrequentlybasedonth reefttfjth eSanFranciscoeditorpongout.Tlh eseareth efearth atwminori tywillassertandtryJpracticesocialequality,th attnwwill i nvaderesidential(US'"*andth ati twi llbecomenecessanforwh i testoassociatesociallywatwork with th eseminori ti es.Th i s i snotaproblemoffflth eedi toradded,butanwdiwwjone.Ifanyonedoesn'twin*work orlivenextto,someoneanoth erracialextraction,tnenh i sprivi legeeith ertoKSBwh ereelseor,i ncompany*"£■fellowemployeesorream ZMquireth ei ntrudertogoelsewh e*|h esai d. . fj an»-B■Ask ed i fth e 0*fj con«|neseAmericansi sh k elytoWw

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apoliti cali ssue,h esai d»""■quiteli k elyth atsomeunsOTf■louspeoplewith more»*«Kj.ipersonalgai h .th anth esta«fare,mayi nj ectpoliti csu»wproblem.

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WarDepartmentIdentifi esSevenKilled,Th reeWoundedWASHINGTON—Casualtylistsreleased byth eWarDe-

partmenti denti fi edsevenAmericansofJapaneseancestryk i ll-edandth reeoth erswoundedi naction i nth eEuropeanandMed-i terraneanareas.OnOct.19th eWarDepartmenti denti fi edsevensoldiersof

Japaneseancestryk i lled i naction i nth eMediterraneanarea:TATSUMI,Pvt.George—Mrs.KomaTatsumi,moth erWRA

center,Hunt,Idah o.CHINEN,Pfc Gi i ch i —Kama Ch i nen,fath er,Mala camn

Uh ai na,Maui,T.H.BJI,Sgt.Willi am X.—Mrs.Hizumi Ej i ,moth er,12Kah una

Lane.Honolulu,T.H.GOLA*J>fc*,I$aZU£T7Mrs-Mivash i r°.s'ster,103Kawanagak oaPI.,Honolulu,T.H.RAMETANI,Pfc.Sh i nobu—lsaoKametani,broth er,Waia-

k oa,Maui,T.H.KOJIMA,Pfc.Tadash i —Mrs.Sui Koj i ma,moth er,Ewa.Hon-

olulu,T.H. .FUBOYAMA,Tech .sth Gr.Mitsuh aru—Th omasKuboyama

broth er,Box176-154,Walk er,Wah i awa,Oah u,T.H.OnNov.22th eWarDepartmentannouncedth atth efollow-

i ngJapaneseAmericans h ad beenwounded i n action i n th eEuropeanarea:HATTORI, Sgt.Tak ash i —Tak ej i Hattori,fath er,Granada

WRArenter,Amach e,Colo.TOYAMA,Tech .sth Gr.Yuk i —Satosh i Toyama,broth er.

Puunene,Maui,T.H.On Nov.26 th eWarDepartmenti dentifi edth efollowing

loldieraswounded i naction i nth eEuropeanarea:MIZUSAWA, Pfc.Tsuneto—TsunematsuMizusawa,broth er,

1802EKaewai PL,Honolulu,T.H.

JapaneseAmericanTroopsBaffleGermansi nFranceUseJapanesetoConfuseNaziEavesdroppers

CAMPEDWARDS,Mass.—Am-tricansoldiersofJapaneseances-trytoldonNov.25h owth eytumi-dth ei rNipponeseh eri tage i ntooAmericanassetasth eyfough ti Italyandsouth ernFrance,th eAssociatedPressreported.Th ey i ncluded Second Lieut.Rich ardN.Hamasak i ,25,ofHon-olulu,T.Hncommissi oned i nth eUd,h olderofth ePurpleHeartwith th reeoak leafclustersandanumberofth efamous100th In-fantryBattalion."SomeofourboyscouldspeakJapanese,"Hamasak i said, i napressconferenceatth ebaseh ospi -ulwh ereh ei sgettingtreatmentlorsh rapnelwounds,"andwh en-everweth ough tth eGermansmaybetappedourteleph onelines,ledidallourtalk i ngi nJapanese."Ifth eGermanswerelisteningth eymusth avebeensurprisedatwh atth eyh eard."Anoth erwoundedJapaneseAm-erican soldierwh o j ustreach edCampEdwardsevacuation h ospi -talwasPfc.Th omasTanak a,20,wh ovolunteeredforarmyservicefrom th ewarrelocationcenteratAmach e,Colo.Hi sparentsformer-lyownedavineyardatLivi ngston,Calif. Hislegaladdressnow i sWash i ngton,D.C,wh ereh eh asabroth er and a sister.Anoth erbroth eri si nth earmyi nFrance.Hefoundanamesak e,Pfc.Ken-neth Tanak a, 19,ofHawai i ,woundednearth esamesouth ernFrench town,wh enth eyreach edi field h ospi talatth esametime.Kenneth usedtodriveatruck for>sugarplantationatKilua,Oah u,T.H,,before h ewenti ntoth earmy.AlsoatCampEdwards i sStaffSgtStanleyKobayash i ,23,wh oj sedtobeaph otograph erforh i sborne town newspaperback i nMaui,Hawai i ."Iguess i twas small-time"tuff,"h esaid,"th ereweretwo"j h b,andweusedtotak eth ePictures,developth em andth en»ourownph oto-engraving."Li k e th eoth ers,h e h opesth e"raywillsend h i m back toHa-*>i i torecoveratanarmyh os-Walth ere,so th ath ewillbenear h i sparents,th reebroth ers"ltwosisters.Th erewerefive oth ers i nth epoop ofwoundedwh o arrived5*week from th esouth ernJrance battlefield. Th ere were°WfSgt.GeorgeT.Suzuk i ofWinoi s; Sgt.Tadash i Someda,"«"Hirosh i Koh ash i ,Pfc.Robert""Maeda,andPfc.KeisoOk az-ak l>allofHawai i .

TopazGroupRaisesCivi lRigh tsFundJOPAZ,Utah —Th eTopazrelo-gooncenterh asrai sed $322sofXW48currentdrivetoraise"J*«wth eAmericanCi vi lLi b-Swek 'th eTi mes o*l

AI??1for*"»driv*h aa■*"*11200.

HAANATTACKSCHURCHPROGRAMONEVACUEESVENTURA, Calif.—Kilsoo K.

Haan,Wash i ngtonrepresentativeofth eKorean People'sLeague,declaredonNov.16,Japanesepro-paganda i nth eUnited States i sstilleffectiveduetoth e ai d ofAmerica'sch urch es.Haan,speak i ngtoth eVenturaLions Club, argued stronglyagainstpermitti ngJapaneseAm-ericanstoreturn to th e WestCoastandassertedth atAmericanch urch leadersnoware spending"tensofth ousands"ofdollarstomak eth i spossible.HaansaidJapanlongh asreli edoni tsCh ri sti anminori tytobuildupadeadlyespionagesystem i nth eUni tedStates,andparticular-lyCalifornia,th eVentura Star-FreePressreported.Th enewspapersaid Haan ac-cusedth eforeignmissi onsboardofleadingAmericanch urch esoffavoringth eJapanese and dis-crimi nati ngagainstCh i nese,Fil-i pi nos,Koreansandoth ers.

Pvt.Ok uraDiesi nActionParents i nOmah aLearnofDeath ofCaliforniaYouth

OMAHA,Neb.— Th edeath i naction ofPvt. Susumu (Babe)Ok ura,sonofMr.andMrs.Mo-motaJamesOk uraof3703North39th St.,Omah a,wasreportedbyth eWarDepartmentlastweek .Pvt.Ok ura,21,was k i lled i nFranceonNov.2Wh i leservingwith th e442ndRegimentalCom-batTeam.Hewasth eyoungestoffoursonsi nth efamily.Th eOk urasareformerresidentsofWilmi ngton,Calif.Meanwh i le,anoth erson,Tech .4th Gr.TeeOk ura,27,arrivedi nOmah aonfurlough from h i spostatCampPolk ,La.Ath i rdson,JamesM.,23,wasi nductedi ntoth earmyonNov.10.Th eeldestson,Kiyosh i Patrick ,i saresidentofOmah aandi sonth e staffofFath erFlanagansBoysTown. ...Pvt.Ok urai salsosurvivedbytwosisters,MacSh i zuk o,16,anaFrancesEtsuk o,13.Amemorialservicewash eldforPvt.Ok uraonNov.23i nOh ama.

TideLak eFamili esLeaveforTexasNEWELL,Calif.— Th eWRA

announcedonNov.22,56womenandch i ldrenofth eTuleLak eSeg-regation centerare enroutebytramtoCrystalCityTex to

be

reunitedwith h usbandsandfath erei naDepartmentofJusticecamp.Th i rteenfamili escompriseth egroup i nwh i ch th ereare33ch i ldrenbelow18yearsofage.

Non-Citi zenJapaneseMayVolunteerForU.S.Army

NotifyLocalDraftBoardsOfNewPolicyWarDepartmentWillPassonEligi bi li tyOfAllApplicants

WASHINGTON—AIiensofJap-aneseancestrylivi ngi nth eUnit-edStatesmayvolunteerforser-vicei nth eUni tedStatesarmy,th eWarDepartment announced onNov.24.Itwasspecifi edth atth eWarDepartmentwi llpassonallappli-cationstodetermine th e volun-teers'loyaltytoth ei rgovernmentandoth erfactors.Selective service h eadquartersth i sweek sent to localdraftboardsamemorandum outlini ngproceduretobefollowed.Itwasstatedth atprimaryre-

quirementsfori nductionofJapa-nesealiensareth atth ey mustvolunteerandmustbefoundac-ceptableafteri nvestigati onbyth eWarDepartment,andmustpassth eph ysi calexaminati on atanarmedforcesinductionstation.Th e WarDepartmentstatedth ati tsdecisi ontoacceptJapa-nesealienswasbasedonadesiretomak ei tpossibleforth osewh owouldwanttodosotoserve i nth eUni tedStatesarmedforces.Th eapplicant,i twassaid,mustmak eh i srequesti nwri ti ng,to-geth erwith h i spersonalh i story,toth eWarDepartmentforade-terminati onofh i sacceptabili ty.Wh en th e applicant h as beenfoundacceptablebyth eWarDe-partment,th elocalboardwillbenotifi edsoth ati tmay proceedwi th th eclassifi cati on and for-wardingforinductionofth eappli-canti namannersubstantiallyth esameasth atprescribedforoth eraliensofancestryoth er,th anJap-anesewh oseacceptabili tymustal-sobedeterminedbyth eWarDe-partment.

Ask forMili taryService

HENRYEBIHARA(righ t)becameth efi rstnon-citi zenofJapaneseancestrytovolunteerforth eUni tedStatesarmywh enth eWarDepartmentlastweek announcedi tsnewpolicyregard-i ngJapanesenationals.Ebi h ara,wh ocametoCleveland fromth eTopazrelocationcenter,h adpreviouslyvolunteeredimmed-i ately.afterPearlHarbor.RaySh i ba,formerlyofFresno,Calif.,wh oi ssh ownwith Ebi h ara,alsoask edfor i nduction i ntoth earmy.Both Ebi h araandSh i bawereborn i nTok yoandh adpre-viouslybeenconsideredi neli gi bleforAmericanmili taryservice.

HenryEbi h araReportedFirstVolunteerUnderNewRulingWantstoFigh tJapaneseFascistsInPacifi cTh eatre

CLEVELAND, o.—HenryEbi-h ara,24,becameth efi rstalienofJapaneseancestrytovolunteerforservicei nth eUni tedStatesarmyunderanewpolicyannouncedbyth eWarDepartmentlastweek .Ebi h ara,wh owasborn i nTo-k yobutwh oh aslivedi nth eUni-tedStatessinceh ewastwoyearsofage,volunteeredforth earmyi mmedi atelyafterPearlHarbor.Atth attimeh edeclaredi nalet-tertoPresidentRooseveltth ath ewanted"ach ancetofigh ttopre-serveth eprinci plesth atIh avebeenbrough tuponandwh i ch Iwillnotsacrifi ceatanycost."Atth eTopazrelocationcenteri nth espring of1943 Ebi h araagainvolunteeredwh enmili taryservicewasreopenedtociti zensofJapaneseancestry.Th i sweek Ebi h ara's long-timewish wasrealizedwh enh evolun-teered.Hedeclaredth ath e ex-pectstobecalledupsoon foraph ysi calexaminati onprelimi naryto h i s i nduction.Awarwork eri n'Clevelandfol-lowingh i sdeparturefromth eTo-pazcamp i nUtah ,Ebi h arasaid:"Iwanttogo to th e Ch i nath eatreandfigh tth e Japanesefascists."Ask edwh eth erh ewouldfi nd i tdiffi culttofigh tagainstth eJapa-nese,h eadded:"Idon'tregardth i swarasafigh tofoneraceagainstanoth er.Iti sawarofidealsandprinci -ples,ofdemocracy againstfas-ci sm.Th elattermustbewipedoutandIwanttodomypartofth atj ob."Th eyoungvolunteergrewupmNewMexico and attended th eNewMexico State College fornearlytwoyears,studyingengin-eering.Hewas onth e Pacifi ccoastatth etimeofth eevacuationofpersonsofJapanese ancestry,andwasmoved toarelocationcenterHis parents, th ree youngerbroth ersandfoursisterscametoClevelandwith h i m.Both h eandh i sfath er,Sh i ro Ebi h ara, h ave

beenproducingwarmaterialsatth eJoh nson-Jenningscompany.

Lodi LegionPostLeaderSupportsRigh tsoffNiseiLODI,Calif.—Declaringth ati ti sth eAmericanLegion'spolicytosupportth eConstituti on,andsincemanyofth eevacuatedpersonsofJapaneseancestryareAmericanciti zens,D.W.Davis,commanderofth eLodi Legionpost,declaredth ati nh i sopini onLegionnairesdonotth i nk th eyh avearigh ttoop-poseth ereturnofth eevacueestoth earea.However,representativesofth eVeteransofForeign Wars,th eNativeSons,Disabled AmericanVeterans and th e WoodbridgeGrangeexpressedanoppositeviewandopposedth ereturnofevacu-eestoth eWestCoast.

Gov.WarrenTellsDenverNewspaperOfState'sAttitudeDENVER,Colo.— Th eRock yMountainNewsreportedonNov.25th ati th adbeeni nformedbyGovernorEarlWarrenofCalifor-niath atth eStateofCaliforniawillgiveevacueesofJapanesean-cestryfullrecogniti onofth ei rcon-stituti onalrigh tswh enth eyarepermittedtoreturntoth eWestCoast.Gov.Warren indi catedtoth eNews,h owever,th ath e h adcom-municatedtoarmyoffici alsh i sOp-positi ontoth ereturnofth eevac-ueestoth eWestCoastatth epres-enttime.

RosevilleVeteransROSEVILLE,Calif.—Th eRose-vi llePostNo.1661,VeteransofForeignWars,wentonrecordlastweek opposingth ereturnofJapa-neseAmericanstoth eareaforth edurationofth ewar.

WidowAdvisedofSilverStarAwardedtoNisei OfficerLACROSSE,Wis.—Mrs.LouiseKramerEbata,215SumnerStreet,wasrecentlyadvisedbyth eOfficeofth eSecretaryofWarandth eWarDepartmentth atth ePurpleHeartandth eSilverStarh avebeen posth umouslyawarded h erh usband, Second Li eut. TetsuEbata,wh owas k i lled i nactionwith th e100th InfantryBattalioni nth eRomecampaign.Mrs.Ebatareceivedth ePur-pleHeartonOct.23,butth eSil-verStar,awardedforgallantryinaction,willbeformallypresentedh erbyanofficerselectedbyth ecommandinggeneralofth eSi xthServiceCommand.Th ecitati onforth eSi lverStar,according toalettersignedbyBrig.Gen.RobertH.Dunlop,readasfollows:"ForgallantryinactiononJuly

3,1944,i nth evici ni tyof...Italy.

Wh i lepinneddownbyenemyar-tilleryfire,Lieut.Ebataandacomradesawafellowsoldiertak ecoveri nash ed.Almostimme-diatelyanenemysh ellscoredadwectsh i tonth estructure,demol-i sh tHg-Standburyingth emenun-per th e falling debris. Li eut.Ebata,despiteth e i ntenseenemybarrage,unh esi tati nglyrantoth eai dofth eseriouslywoundedsol-dierand attemptedtoextricateh i m.Inh i sattempttorescueafellowcomrade,anoth erenemyar-tillerysh elllandednearbyandboth --menwere i nstantlyk i lled.Th eoutstandingcourageandde-terminati ondisplayedby Lieut.Ebata i ngoingtoth eaidofawoundedmanwasexemplaryandworth yofth eh i gh estpraise."Lieut.Ebata meth i swife,aWisconsingirl,wh i letraini ngwithth e100th BattalionatCampMc-Coy,Wis.Hei ssurvivedbyason,DonaldGeorge,16V*month s,be-si desh i sparentsandoth errela-tivesi nHawai i .

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Issei VolunteersInFebruaryof1943aletterwith th e

followingexcerptwassenttoPresidentRoo-seveltandSecretaryofWarStimson:

"Th elawsofth i scountrybarmefromciti zensh i p—becauseIamanOriental—be-causemysk i ni syellow.Th i si snotagoodlawandbadlawscouldbech anged."Butth i si snotwh atIwanttobring

upatth i stime.Asyouwellk now,th i si sapeople'swar.Th efateofth efreepeople"11overth eworldh angs i nabalance.Ionlyask th atIbegivenach ancetoservei nyourarmedforces."Lastweek th ewri terofth eletter,Henry

Ebi h ara,22,underanewprovisi onofth eWarDepartment,volunteeredfinallyforth eArmyofh i sch oi ce.Underth e new Armypolicy,aliensof

Japaneseancestrymayvolunteerforactiveservice and will,i ffound acceptable,bedraftedth rough th eregularch annels.Th i sgreatforwardstep i nth estatusof

Japanesenationalscomesasfurth erconfi-dence i nth eloyaltyofpersonsofJapaneseancestry i nth eUni tedStates.Th enewprogramofinductionofJapa-

nesealienswillnot,actually,resulti nmanymoresoldiersforourarmedforces.Th ereareh eretodayafewth ousandper-

sonsofJapaneseancestryand citi zensh i pwh o,savebyth eaccidentofbi rth i nJapan,arewh ollyAmerican.Th ei rpositi onh asbeenaprecariousone.Brough ttoth i scountryatanearlyage,generallywith i nth efi rsttwoorth reeyearsofth ei rlives,th ey h avere-ceivedallth ebenefitsofAmericanlivi ng—save citi zensh i p.Th ey h aveneverfeltorsh ownanyfealtytoJapan,yetth eywerebarred from American citi zensh i p,barredfrom th eU.S.Army.Th ereh avebeenmanycaseswi th i nfamili eswh enoneofth ech i l-drenwasbornanalien,th eoth ersAmeri-canciti zens.Iti stoth i sgroupmainly,sincemostof

th eIssei arefarbeyondmi li taryage,th atth enewpolicyapplies.,Th oseamongth i sgroupwh ocanbecomeactivemembersofth eU.S.Armywill,un-derlaw,beeligi bleforciti zensh i p.Th i sruli ngbringsfurth erproofofth e

Army'sdesiretoactuponth eexpressedandproven loyalty ofJapaneseAmericans.Iti sfurth eranactofconfidence i nouralienJapanese,wh oh avek eptth ei rfai th i nAmer-i can j usti ce.

Th eSoldierVoteColorado'ssoldiervotersh avebya3-to-l

margin expressedth ei rdi stasteforracialdi scri mi nati on.Itwasby th i srati o th atth eyvoted

againstadoption ofAmendmentNo.3 onth eColoradoballot,th eproposedamendmenttobanpropertyownersh i pbyJapanesealiens;'

Th esesoldierballotsth usgiveth eli etoth osepoliti ci answh o h ave,sinceth eevac-uation,spok enagainstanyactiontoguaran-teeth erigh tsofth eevacueesonth egroundsth atsoldiersmusth aveth ei rsayuponth esequestions,th atreturningsoldierswouldnotwanttoseeJapaneseevacueesowninglandand h oldi ngj obs.Th eseColoradosoldiersh avespok en,as

h avesoldiersfrom everyoth erpartofth ecountry,forth eri gh tsofallAmericans,regardlessofancestry.Th erearea h undredancestriesamong

th emembers ofourfigh ti ngforces,butth ei raimsareone.Th eybelieve i nth eth i ngsforwh i ch th eyfigh t,i nth erigh tofallmentolivewi th outtyrannyanddicta-torsh i p.Solongaswedonotback upth ei rfigh ti ngaims,wefailth em,anddestroyth eth i ngsforwh i ch th eygi veth ei rli ves.

nisei USAbyLARRYTAJIRI

WestCoastHateBundsAsth ewarmovesclosertoth e

Japanese h omelandandawayfromth ewesternsh oresofth eUnitedstates,wh ateverj usti fi cati onth eremay h avebeenfrom th estand-pointofmili tarystrategyforth ewh olesale evacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfrom th eWestCoaststatesnow dimi ni sh -es i nrelation toth econtinuedsuccessofourPacifi coperations.Th eearlyreturnofth eevacueestoth ei rh omesandfarmsappearsi nevi table,andth earmyalreadyh as i nsti tutedalimi tedpolicyofi ssui ng i ndi vi dualexemptionsfromth epresentexclusionorders.Reportsonpublicattitudesalong th e WestCoast i ndi cateth erei snolarge-scaleopposi-tiontoth ereturnofth eevac-uees,alth ough a h i gh lyvocal,well-organizedminori ty,pacedbyth eHearstnewspapers,h as em-bark edonado-or-dieattempttoforceth earmyandth eci vi lgov-ernmenttomaintai n th epresentexclusionrestricti onsforth edu-rationatleast.Inth ei rlatestcampaignth i soppositi onbloch asabandoned anypretenseofi n-teresti nth enationalsecurityandh avesh ownth emselvesi nallth ei rraci st-prejudi ce and nak ed eco-nomicself-interest.Th efascisti covertonesofth i soppositi oncam-paignh aveforcedash ow-downonth equestion,andGovernorWar-ren,togeth erwi th manyofth eleadingnewspapersofCalifornia,h avefound i tnecessaryto i ssuestatementsuph oldi ngth erigh tsofth eJapaneseAmericangroup.Th eunrelentingattitudeofsuchgroupsasth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWest,i nth efaceofam-pleevidenceofth tfloyaltyandsplendidci ti zensh i pofth eJapa-neseAmericanevacuees,h asprov-enth atth i soppositi on h asonlyatopicalrelationtoth epresentwarsituation and stems fromth ei rtraditi onalantipath ytowardallnon-Caucasian mi nori ti es i nth eState.Assuch ,th eexi stenceofth i s di eh ardoppositi on i samatterofconcern,notalonetoJapaneseAmericans,buttoallAmericansand toth e Oriental,Mexican and Negro groups i nparticular.Meanwh i le,th eRememberPearlHarborLeagueofwesternWash -i ngton,th eAmericanLeague i nSouth ern California, and oth ersi mi larorganizati onsoffarmersandwh olesaleproducedistri butorsh ayeproven,byth ei rrecentac-ti vi ti es,th atth eyarewilli ngtoj unk th eConstituti on i fth eycanpreventth ereturnofeconomiccompetitorsamongth eevacuees.Itappears,i nfact,th atth eop-positi ontoth eJapaneseAmeri-cansboils downtoracism andeconomicself-interest, afarcryfrom th e flag-wavingpatrioti smorigi nallyindulged i nbymanyofth ese.groupsi nproclaimi ngth ei rsupportofevacuationandexclu-sion.Oneofth emostregrettablede-velopmentsh asbeenth espectacleofth etwoleadingveterans'or-ganizati ons,th eAmericanLegionand th e Veterans of ForeignWars,wh oselocalposts,with afewexceptions,h avebeen i nth eforefrontofth ecampaigntok eepth e evacuees i n th e relocationcamps.Th eseorganizedveteransofWorldWarIh avech osentoignorecompletelyth eoutstandingcombatrecordofJapaneseAmer-i cans.Incontrast,h owever,Glsofth epresentwarh aveexpress-ed th emselves i n no uncertaintermsregardingth ei rsupportofth ei rJapaneseAmerican soldiercomrades,as th eVoxPop col-umnsofth eWestCoastpresswilltestify.Th epossibi li tyofanearlyre-turnofth eevacueesh asspawneda mush room cropofnew localorganizati ons dedicated to th epropositi onth atth eevacueesmustnotreturn.Readingbetweenth eli nes oflocalnewspapers,h ow-ever, i tappearsth atmanyofth eseWestCoasth atebundsaresufferingfrom lack ofpopularsupport.Th equaintly-namedLive-and-Let-LiveLegionofBrain-bridge Island,foundedbyLam-bertSch uylerwh osewriti ngsareremini scentofLoth ropStoddardofYellow Perilliterature, h asch argedth ata"smearcampaign,"conducted bysome citi zens ofBaltimore Island wh o h ave anabidi ngfaith i nth eBillofRigh ts,i s h amperingth egrowth ofth eorganizati on.Asimi larplainth as

i ssuedfrom th eRememberPearlHarborLeague wh oserecentor-ganizati onaleffortsh avebeenad-verselyaffectedby lack ofat-tendance.Th e Remember PearlHarbor

League,Inc.,represents th e ex-treme"deportth eJaps"wmgofWestCoastracism.Itsarticlesofi ncorporationwh i ch werefiled re-centlyatOlympiaadvocateth atallpersonsof—Japaneseancestrybe deprivedofth ei rciti zensh i pandth atth erigh tofciti zensh i pbedeniedtopersonsofJapaneseancestry h ereafter,and th atallth oseofJapanesedescentbe de-niedth erigh tofresidencewith -i nth eUnitedStatesori tster-ritori es.Ati ts earlymeetingsth e RememberPearlHarborLeagueboastedth eattendanceofsomeleadingciti zensandpublicoffici alsofKent,Auburn,Puyal-lupandoth ercommuniti es i nth eWh i teRi verandPuyallupvalleys,andfeaturedatalk byCommand-erMelvin McCoy ofth e U.S.Navy,but i ti s-problematicalwh eth eri twi llbeabletomain-tai n i tsmembersh i p i nview ofi ts openlyanti-democratic pro-gram.Th e organizati on'sspark -plug i sGordon (Nifty)Garrett,editorandpublish erofth evio-lently anti abor, anti-RooseyeltSumnerStandard.Insuch i lli berals as CorydonGarrett,and i nth eleadersh i pofoth ersimi laranti-evacueeorgan-i zati ons,canbenotedth etieupbetweenth esegroupsandWestCoastreactionaries.Th e appearanceofth esenewanti -evacuee ora,gnizati ons h asbeen mark ed i nmanycommuni-ti esbyth eorganizati onoffairplaygroupstosupportth erigh tofJapaneseAmericansto resi-denceonth eWestCoastonceth emili tary restricti ons h ave beenli fted.Anexample i sth ech apterofth eCommitteeforAmericanPrinci plesand FairPlaywh i chwas organized i n Burlingame,Calif.,bycivi c,religi ousanded-ucationalleadersofth ecommun-i tyi nth ewak eofanAmericanLegionpostresolutionopposingth ereturnofJapaneseAmeri-cans.Th eBurlingameLegionlatermodifi ed i tsoppositi ontoexceptNisei servicemen.Alth ough th e army's Western

Defense Command,remains th esoleauth ori tyonth ereturn ofth eevacuees,th eWarRelocationAuth ori tyh asbeenmadeth etar-getofmuch vituperationbyanti-evacueegroups,undoubtedly onth epremiseth ati ti ssti llopenseason on governmentbureaus.Th i s meth od ofattack i ng th eevacueereturn i ssueth rough th eWRA appearstobeth estrategyofth ereactionarywing ofth eWestCoastCongressionaldele-gation,i ncludingsuch lameduck sasNorrisPoulson,wh oarenowdeployedforafinaldefense ofth e Californiafrontieragainstth e h omebound evacuees. Coastreactionaries h avepromisedfire-work s i nWash i ngtonduringth ecomingweek .PresidentRoosevelt'srecent

pressconferencestatementonth eevacuee i ssue h asapparentlybe-comeallth i ngstoallmen.Th eNative Sons i mmediately siezedonth ePresident'sstatementth ath e k new ofno i mmedi ate plansforreopeningofth eWestCoastasapromiseth atth ebanwouldnotbe lifted and i mmedi atelywired th ei rappreciati onto th eWh i teHouse.Itseemsth atth eNati veSons h ave deliberatelymisi nterpreted th e President'sstatementwh i ch di d notcontainany i mpli edpromiseagainstth ereturn ofth eevacuees.Infact,th e President's tribute to th e"wonderfulcombatrecord"ofJap-aneseAmericanGlsand h i sref-erence to legalopini onagadnstth e detentionofciti zens i nrelo-cationcampstendstoreflectanopposite view.Th i sattempttoreadmeanings i ntoth ePresident'sstatementsappearstobearath -er i ll-rewarding sportatbest,since Mr.Rooseveltwas parry-i ng th epoint-blank questionsofarepresentativeofaWestCoastnewspaperwh i ch h asgoneonrec-ordopposing th ereturn ofth eevacuees.Iti s to be h oped, h owever,th ata Wh i te House statementwillbeissued i nth enearfuturewh i ch willclarifyfi nally th epresentstatusofciti zensofJap-aneseancestry.

Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA

Inth efinalsh owdown,Gov.EarlWarrennfCalifornia h asuph eldth econstituti onalrieh t.ofAmericanaiti zens.Heh asadmittedth atth *righ tsofciti zens—eventh osewh oseforefath erh appenedto h avemigratedfrom Japan—cannJ!beabridgedbyth ewh i msofastateadmitstration.GovernorWarren'sstatement,promisi ng"fullrecogniti ontoth ei r(th eJapaneseAmericans'\constituti onaland statutoryrigh ts,"once th emili taryh asagreedtoth ei rreturntoth eevacuatedzones,was i ssuedasareplytoth enro!

tests ofCalifornia pressure groups. Th esegroupsh addemandedstateactionforcontinuedexclusion. i

Ofcourseth egovernori stobecommendedforth estand h e h astak en,belatedth ough i tmaybe.Itwasth eonlypositi onapublicoffici asworntoth eprotectionofth eConstituti onpossiblycould h ave tak en,andcertainly h emusth ave k nown i tduringth elongmonth swh en h e,byh i ssilence,gavetacitapprovaltoth e campaigns ofth e exclusioni stpressuregroups.GovernorWarrenby h i sfai luretotak ean

earlierandunequivocalstandon th e i ssueh asbeenapartyto i nternaldissensionandstrifeth ath asdamagedth eAmericanwareffort.By h i s procrastinati on GovernorWarrenfailedto h altth espreadofunfoundedrumors

anddownrigh tfabricati onswh i ch arousedcon-fusion,fearandunnecessarycontroversy,allofwh i ch h amperednationalunity,retardedwarproduction,anddamagedourcauseamongna-tionsabroad.Unfortunately,GovernorWarrenattemptstoj usti fycontinuedexclusionwith wordyandsome-

wh atsh opwornarguments.Heputsmuch stressonth epossibi li tyofcivi ldi sturbancesasacon-sequenceofth eli fti ngofmili tarybans,andth uslays h i mselfopentoanoth erch arge:Muchofth epublicfeelingagainstth eevacuees i saconsequenceofth eh atecampaignsconductedbyth eexclusioni stpressuregroupsth atGovernorWarren i ndi rectlysupported.Th e governor'soth erarguments h ave an

alarmistringtoth em,areh eavyonconjectureandsh ortonfacts,andare h ardlyth esortofreasoningonewouldexpecti nanoffici alpro-nouncement.Th esearguments— sh ortageofh ousi ng,feverish warproduction,overtaxedlawenforcementmach i nery,contactwith Fi li pi nosandKoreans—arerelativelyso flimsyth ati fth eyaretobeconsideredGovernorWarren'sreasonsforadvocatingcontinuedsuspensionofci ti zens'constituti onalrigh ts,th en i tmustbeconstruedth ath eh oldsth oserigh tsli gh tlyi n-deed.Alth ough GovernorWarrenwalk si nto h i s

admi ssi on with manyaback ward glance,asingularvictoryh asbeenwon.Oneofth ebit-terestopponentstoth ereturnofevacueesh asadmitted h i s positi on i s notcompatiblewithAmerican.princi ples.

VAGARIESInth eNation'spress:EdSullivan,oneof

th eboatk nownBroadwaycolumnists,declaredi nh i s"Li ttleOldNewYork "columnofNov.15 i nth eDailyNews:"Th atletterfrom PvtGeorgeSaitoto h i sdad,aJapanesebutleri nBelmont,Mass.,j ustbeforeth eboywask i lledfnaction,sh ouldbecomepartofth eAmericanlegend...George'sbroth er,Calvin,alsowask i lledi naction,h eroi cally...I'venotedh erebefore th atMerrill's Marauders owed th ei rli vesandmuch ofth ei rsuccesstoJapaneseAmericanGlswh otappedJapaneseph onelinesi nth e j ungle,atth eri sk ofth ei rlives,andlearnedwh enth eJapswereattack i ng."...Ach aracteri nMiltonCaniff'sfamedcomicstrip,"Terryandth ePirates,"saidonNov.23:"Youh ave Japanese features, butI've h eard nowloyalAmericansofJapaneseancestryarework -i ngforth e Uni tedNations."Many JapaneseAmericanGlsh avebeenreportedi nactioni nth eCh i na-Burma-Indiawarth eatre,th elocaleof"Terryandth ePirates."

* " *Th enewsreels:Th eMGM newsreelonJapa-neseAmericans i nFrancewas sh ownduringth elastweek atth eLos AngelesNewsreelth eatre.Afriendwh oattendedaperformancereportsth atth escenesofJapaneseAmericanGlsweregreetedbyaniceroundofapplause,andth atth erewerenonegativedemonstrations.From th equestion-and-answercolumnoi tne

Sh aron,Pa.,HeraldofNov.20:Wh atAmericanoutfitmadeth efi rstcontactwith th eenemyi nth e i nvasi on ofItaly?A.—-A battalionorth e442nd regiment—allJapanese.." i anjYash i ma'sbook ,"Th eNewSun,"th estory<*aJapaneseanti-mi li tari sti snow i ni tswuruediti on.HenryHoltandCo.areth epublish ers.

* * "Th eradi o:WalterWinch ellsalutedJapan**

Americans i nth eU.S.army i nh i sSundaybroadcastofNov.26."Myh at'sofftoth em,saidWi nch ell...LosAngelesnewscastersonKNXandoth erstations h averecentlybroaocastWarDepartmentreleasesonNisei h eroi smi nItaly...

* ♦ "Th erecentelectioncampaigni nHawai i *«h i gh li gh tedbyth ebattlebetween.M"-,A''Kamok i la Campbell,Democraticterritori als«atorfromMaui,andDemocraticpartV*~£nFollowinga speech i nwh i ch Mrs.lCamP"!'dch allengedHawai i 's voters ofJapa"ese*'Ch i neseancestryofblocvoting,Hawai i anU"ocratsrefusedtoleth erspeak from th epan*platform forth eremainderofth ecam»declaring th atsh e h ad i nj ectedracialusui ntoth eelections.Democraticleadersfelt"MrsCampbell'sch argeofbloc.votuig Wanese Americans.wasespeciallyunfor*u"» eviewofth efactth atnocandidatesofJapa'ancestryh adenteredth ecampaign..■ "

PACIFIC CITIZENSaturday,December2,1944

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NationalHeadquarters:413-15BeasonBuild-i ng,25 BastSecondSouth Street,SaltLak eCi ty,Utah .

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Enteredassecondclassmatteri nth epostofficeatSaltLak eCity,Utah .Publish edweek ly,underth eactofMarch 3,1879.

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EDITORIAL

DIGESTJOURNAL-TRANSCRIPTIcl.Recogniti on

One-th i ngAmericanslearnvery"lowly i sth eloyaltyofJapaneseAmericans,saysth ePeoriaJour-*l-TranscriptofNov.14LTh ere i satendencyaboutth eNisei ,saysth atnewspaper,"justbecauseth eyk nowth eyareunderaspici on,tomak especialeffortsJ;proofofth ei rloyalty."ReferringtostatementsofPfc.Th omas Higa,th e Journal-Tran-scriptsays:"Th e battlecasual-tiesofJapaneseAmericantroops,j tdevelops,are especiallyh eavybecause ofth ei rdetermined ef-forts toproveth ei rdevotiontoth ei radoptedcountry. Assuchfacts become generally k nown,th ere i snaturallya.greaterten-dencyforolderAmericanstoac-ttptth em onequalterms."» « ♦

WASHINGTON POSTTh eNi sei Future

In a th ough tfuleditori al onth efutureofNisei Americans,th eWash i ngtonPost,alongandcon-sistentadvocateoffairplayforJapaneseAmericans,onNov.15considers someofth eproblemsbrough tup i nth ebook ,"Preju-dice,"and th epamph let,"Wh atAboutOurJapaneseAmericans?"byCareyMcWilli ams."Perh aps i ti slate i nth edaylow toargueoverth ewi sdomorth e constituti onalityofevacua-tion and detention,"saysth ePost"Butth eproblemsofwh attodowith th epersonsofJapa-nesedescentremainswith us."Agreeing:wi th McWilli amsth atDine compensationsh ouldbemadelorevacuee lossescausedbyth eevacuation,th ePostdeclaresth atlie"morepressingandvitalques-tion" i sth eoneofreturn."Welave alreadyurged upon th eAmy th atth eemergencysitua-tionwh i ch j usti fi edth eevacua-tionordertwoandah alfyearsi go i snow altogeth erch anged.lie WestCoast i s clearly nolonger i ndangerofinvasion.Th econtinued exclusionofAmericansi nracialgroundsseemsto us,th erefore,to be wh olly unwar-nnted."Th ePost,quotingMcWilli ams,aysth atth eevacuationprogrammaysh ow constructiveresultsi fbyrelocation th eJapaneseAmer-icans becomebetter-integratedudassimi lated i nto th eAmeri-cancommunityasawh ole.Itwarns,h owever,th atsuch anoutcome can be realized onlyi fwefulfillth epurposeexpress-edbyth ePresident i nh i s mea-tageto CongressofSeptember14,1943,i nwh i ch Rooseveltspok eofloyalJapaneseAmericansandWared"iti s i mportantforustomaintai na h i gh standard offair,considerateandequaltreat-mentforth epeopleofth i smin-ority,asofalloth ermi nori ti es."

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEOnJamesYamamoto

Rep.Jack Z.Anderson'sstate-mentth ath ewasnot"contacted"byth eArmyorth eWarReloca-tionAuth ori tyonth ereturnofJamesK.YamamototoCupertinobugh tforth th efollowingcom-mentbyth eSanFranciscoCh ron-i cle ofNov.16:"Wearenotawareth ati ti scustomary forth e Government,orth e Army,to'contact'con-gressmen wh en ci ti zen propertyowners i nth ei rdi stri ctleave,orreturn. Norare weaware th atj j i th i scase th eJapanese i s de-wedbyanylegalprocessex-ceptth eblank etorderwh i ch ,fortemporary security and wi th outre?ard forpersonalcircumstances,«i ndi vi dualsofJapaneseextrac-b% with drew th em from th ei rProperties...Itwouldbeodd»establish aruleth atcongress-m«i are to notifi ed aboutth ecomingandgoingofresidentsi nwardistri cts."

NewYork JACLElectsOfficersNEW YORKCITY—AIF.una-ff1 aselectedPresidentofth eJj"York Japanese AmericanNove"| agueatameetinS h eld

fni ?th erofficerawereelectedas°"?Ws>:KenFuruya,vicepresi--0« Kenj i Nogak i ,treasurer;w«*Claymen,secretary.P"°ard members are CliffordEnJ-George Sch uyler,PaulZ%MlWa°ana.StanleyOk ada""<"lornKomuro.

Nisei SistersLearnHusbandsKilled,Wounded i nFrance

Th reeJapaneseAmericansisters,residentsofCinci nnati,re-cent'ylearnedduring a singleweek th atth ei rh usbandswerebattlecasualties i nFrance.Th e h usbandofMabelKitsuse,Sgt.Kitsuse,wask i lled i naction,wh i leth eh usbandsofh ersisters,Mrs.Ruth Tach i andMrs.FlorenceNak azawa,werewounded.Th eth reesisters,wh oK.me toCinci nnati from th e Manzanarrelocationcenter,aresh owni nth eaboveph otowith Pfc.Th omasHigaandth eRev.Joh nYamazak i .Th esi sterssh areanapart-mentat3547Harveyavenuei nCinci nnati.Mrs.Kitsuse.moth erofath ree-month solddaugh ter,learnedofh erh usband'sdeathonNov.16.Mrs.Nak azawai sth emoth erofafourmonth soldson.Pfc.Higavisi tedth esi sterswh enh ewas i nCinci nnati re-centlyonanationalspeak i ng tourunderth eauspicesofth eJACL.—Ph otofromCinci nnati Post.

SuggestionstoDeportIssei"Monstrous,"SaysBurrough sWriterofFamousTarzanStoriesRapsAmericanLegionGroup

Th esuggestionmadebycertainwestcoastgroupsforth edepor-tationofnon-citi zensofJapaneseancestryafterth ewari s"mon-strous,"EdgarRice Burrough s,notedAmericanauth orandcreat-orof"Tarzan,"declaresi nth eSept.,1944,i ssueofHawai i maga-zine.Commentingonaproposalof

th eNevada departmentofth eAmericanLegionforth edeporta-tionofJapanesealiens,Mr.Burr-ough ssaidh esaw"red"th atanyAmerican sh ould suggestth at"th eparentsofmenwh o volun-teeredtofigh ti nourarmedfor-ces sh ouldbedeported,th atth eparentsofmenwh oh avefough tandarenowfigh ti ngsh ouldbedeported,andth ateventh epar-entsofmenwh oh avebeenk i lledi nactionsh ouldbedeported."Th ei deai s monstrous," h esai d."Ireallyh aveamuch fi nersug-gestiontooffer—th atwedemandnationallegislationth atwillau-tomaticallyconferci i tzensh i p onth ealienparentsofanymanwh oservedh onorablyi nth earmedfor-cesofth eUnitedStates,providedth eyqualifyi noth errespects,"h esaid."Th atwouldbeverylittletodoforany ofth em,especiallyth osewh oh avegiventh ei rsonsth atourcountrymigh tcontinuetoexistasafreenation."Mr.Burrough s,notingth at"we

non-combatants"arenotalone i ndeploringun-Americansentiments,quotedaMarinecaptainwoundedonSaipanwh odeclared:"Th epeoplei nCalifornia are

mak i ngfirstratedamnfools ofth emselves,andareputtingonawitch h untth atmak esth oseotuswh oareouth erefi gh ti ngwithth esonsofNipponmoreth analittleash amedofth e crowd onth eh omefront."MrBurrough ssaidth atth eMa-ri neCaptain,anativeofCaifornia,wasoutragedatth esuggestionofth eNevadaAmericanLegionforth edeportationofJapaneseafterth ewar.

Ph otograph sByAnselAdamsGoOnExh i bi tMANZANAR,Calif.—A pictor-i alrecordofth etManmnarrelo-cationcenterbyAnselAdamswillbeonexh i bi tatth eMiweumofModernArtinNewYork CityNov.10toDec.3,th eManzanarFreePressreports.

NewSanMateoGroupJoinsSlateBodyPlansEducationalCampaignonReturnOfJapaneseAmericans

.SAN.MATEO,Calif.—Th enewSanMateocountyunitof th eWestCoastCommitteeonAmeri-canPrinci plesandFairPlaywi llinaugurate an educationalpro-gram towardth e h andli ngofth eproblem ofreturningevacueesofJapaneseancestry ata publicmeetingtobe h eldatKlossh alli nSanMateoonDec.5.Th enucleuscommittee of 38,

composedofcivi c,religi ous andprofessionalleaders,decidedatacounty-wideorganizati onalmeet-i ngtoaffili ate with th e WestCoastcommittee.Th eSanMateocountyunitan-

nouncedth efollowing points ofpolicy:1.Toinfluence public opi ni ontowardgoodwilland understand-i ngofJapaneseAmericans.2.TopresentfactsaboutJapa-

neseAmericanswith a view ofovercomingblind prejudi ce andoffsetfalsepropaganda.3.Toencourage law enforce-mentofficersi ncarryingoutth ei rlegalandconstituti onalduties i nprotecting Japanese Americansandth ei rproperty.4.Toseek th esupportoflead-i ngandi nfluentialciti zensi nth ecommunityi ncarryingouti tspro-gram.Th eRev.SidneyBuck h am waselectedtemporarych ai rman.Th efollowingexecutiveorganizati on-alcommitteewasnamed:P. A.Oliver,Dr.Alan Benner,Prof.F.M.StangerofSanMateoJC;DonaldBogie,RedwoodCity;Mrs.ArnoldTrue,Woodside;Mrs.H.W.Kaplan,Harry Cox,Lieut.NewtonSelover,Clyde S. Cookandth eRev.SidneyH.Buck h am.

DavisJACLTopsWarFundQuotaKAYSVILLE, Utah —Th eDaviscountych apterofth eJACL re-centlytoppedth ei rquota i n th eNati onalWarFunddrive,collect-i ng$427.Th equotah adbeensetat$350. . „.Joh nNak ano,Roy Miya,Yon

Kosak u,S. J.Ki k uch i ,"Mish1

Nak ai sh i ,GeorgeFuj i k i ,HideoMiyawak e,Tadash i Yamamoto,MitsuoEndo,Ich i roEndo,KenzieKawa,GeorgeAk asak aandHenryKawaguch i were among th osepartici pati ng i nth edri ve.

BillofRigh tsAppliestoNisei ,SaysSanJosePaper

Editori alPublish edAsFirstNisei ComesBack toArea

SANJOSE,Calif.—Th eBillofRigh tsappliestoAmericanJapa-nese,th eSan JoseMercuryHer-alddeclaredi nafront-page edi-tori alonNov.15,wh i ch statedth atreturningNisei areAmeri-cans"byth erigh tandprivi legesguaranteedbyourConstituti on."Th oseJapaneseAmericanswillreturnwh o h ave giventh e au-th ori ti esnoreasontobelieveth eyareoth erth anloyalciti zens,th eMercuryHeraldsaid. "Th eyareth esametypeofAmericanJap-anesewh oh avefough tsoloyallyandbrilli antlyinth eItalianandGermancampaigns,sacrifi ci nglifeandh ealth asth ei rdutyofAmer-i canciti zensh i p."Declaringth atmanyrumorsonth epurportedtreach eryofNiseiwere circulatedatth e ti meofPearlHarbor,th eedi tori alsaid:"Manyofusbelievedth esestor-i es because wewantedto,andbecauseth eyh elpedalibi ourlackofpreparednessi nth ei ni ti albat-tleofth eJapanesewar.Sinceth en th eFederalBureauofIn-vestigati onandoth ergovernmentagencies h avedeclarednotasin-gleactofsabotagech argeabletoth eAmericanJapanesecouldeverbeproved.""AnyAmerican Japanesewh omaybereturnedtoSantaClaravalleywillh aveby h i severyactwh i le i n i nternmentproved h i m-selfentitledtoth ebenefitofanydoubtwemigh tentertainregard-i ng h i s worth i ness,"said th eMercuryHerald."Becauseofth i swemusti nallsenseof j usti ceandmoralrigh tk eepourh eadsfreefrom emotionondseetoi tth eygetanAmericanbreak i nan American democracy. Any-th i nglessmak essh amblesofth ei dealswh i ch wearefigh ti ngalloverth eworldtomaintai n."Th eedi tori alappeareddirectly

aboveastoryreportingth esch ed-uled.returnofJamesK.Yama-moto to h i sberry farm neaiCupertino.

AmericansLeagueHitsRelocationPolicyofWRALOSANGELES— Th eAmeri-cansLeagueofCaliforniach arged

onNov.23th atth eWarReloca-ti onAuth ori tywas engaged i n"brazenpropagandaoperations"i nattemptingtoweak enoppositi ontoth ereturnofpersonsofJapa-neseancestrytoth ePacifi ccoast.W.W.Gray,executivesecretary,

said th atWRA offici als were"touringth ecountry"seek i ngtoenlistsympath yforJapaneseAm-ericans.(Meanwh i le, th e Americans

Leaguewasdescribedi nLosAng-elesbyDanielMarsh all,ch ai rmanofth eCath oli cInterracialAffairscommittee, as an organizati onwh oseoffici alsweremostlymeni nth efrui tandvegetablebusiness.)

ReportsCoastViewTowardNisei BetterCivi lLibertiesExpertDescribesEvacuationActionasHysterical

SAN FRANCISCO—"Hostili tyofCalifornianstoth ereturnofloyalJapaneseAmericans seemstobeebbing,asth i sprejudi ce i sbeing-recognizedbymore peopleaspartofth eoldWestCoastan-ti-Ori entalcomplexandnotassoc-i atedwith th ewartoth eextentassumed,"RogerBaldwin,nation-aldirectorofth eAmericanCi vi lLibertiesUniondeclared i n SanFranciscoonNov.26.Mr.Baldwinexplainedth atth i s

was h i sobservationafteraweeki nCalifornia on a nation-widespeak i ng1tour.Hedeclaredth ath econsideredth emassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfromth eWestCoastas j ustabith ysterical,ac-cordingtoth eCh roni cle."Atth eti meofth eevacuationth erewasasmuch —evenmore—dangerofsabotageori nvasi ononth eeasternseaboard,"h esai d.

NativeSonsClaimCreditforPassageOfExclusionAct

SACRAMENTO — Th e "fore-sigh t"ofth eNativeSonsofth eGoldenWestandoth erorganiza-tionsi nobtaini ngth epassageofth eAsiati cExclusionActi n1924waspraisedbyRay Willi amson,grand presidentofth e NativeSons,i natalk lastweek toth eCurlyBears,th esocialauxili ary,inth eEagle th eatre.Willi amsontoldth e350native-born Californians presentth atwith outth eExclusionAct,th erewould h avebeen2,000,000to3,--000,000 Japanese i n California,rath erth an100,000atth eti meofPearlHarbor.

EvacueeSentenced

SatoruJoeNak ah i ra,23,ofTo-paz,Utah ,wassentencedtofiveyearsi naFederalreformatoryforfailuretoreportforinductioni ntoth earmyi nacourtrulingi ssuedonNov.18byFederalDistri ctJudgeTillmanD.Joh nsoni nSaltLak eCity.

WintersCommunityOrganizesGrouptoOpposeEvacueesWINTERS,Calif.— Th eAnti-JapLeagueofth eWi ntersCom-munitywasorganizedonNov.20atameetingreportedlyattendedby150persons,i nanefforttopro-testreturnofJapaneseAmericanevacueestoCalifornia.Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey,sponsoroflegislationaimedatAmericansofJapaneseancestryi nth elastsessionofth eStateLegis-lature,wasth emai nspeak er.FredBark er,employedbyautil-i ti escompany,waselectedch ai r-man,E.W.Forwick ,secretary,andElwoodMartin,treasurer.

SolanoCountyGroupsOpposeEvacueesFAIRFIELD, Calif.— SolanoCountyorganizati onsh ave goneonrecordagainstreturnofJapa-neseAmericanstoth earea,i twasannouncedlastweek .Amongth eorganizati onswh i chh avepassedresolutionstoth atef-fectareth eAmericanLegionofSuisun, Fairneld Lions Club,CountyAmericanLegionCouncil,VacavilleGrange,VacavilleCh am-berofCommerce,VallejoNativeSons,andoth ers.

StanfordDailySaysEconomicInterestsOpposeEvacueesPALO ALTO,Calif.—Th eStan-fordDaily,publicati onofth eAs-sociatedStudentsofStanforduni-versity,came outstronglyforth ereturnofJapaneseevacueesi naneditori alonNov.21,andch argedth ateconomicpressuregroupsareresisti ngth ereturn."Th eDailybelievesi tth eduty

ofth eGovernorofth i sState,andth ePresident,and th eSupremeCourt,andeverybodyelse,i nclud-i ng veterans wh o h avefough tagainstJapanesenationals,tomak ei tclearth at,constituti onal-ly,th e JapaneseAmericanciti -zensh aveeveryrigh ttolivewh ereth eyplease,"th eDailysaid.

Th eDailych argedth atpres-suregroups,"with typi caldem-ogoguery"arestirri ngup emo-tionsandgeneralstrifeoverth eproposedreturn."Th esegroupsmustberesistedwith everyeffortandwith everymeansavailabletoconscienti ousci ti zenswh orealizeth atth i swari sbeingfough ttoprotectth eprin-ci plesofth eUni tedStatesCon-stituti on,"said th eDaily."Th ereturnofth e JapanesetoCali-fornia i saconstituti onalques-tion;i ti snotaneconomicques-ti on—economicsbeing th e mai nreason ti h atpowerfulpressure'groupsareresisti ngJapanesere-turn."

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VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrs.MasatoYosh i -k awa(4404-D,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.5.ToMr.andMrs.IwaoSh i gei(7613-1,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.6.ToMr.andMrs.Arth urHatan-ak a(815-B,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.7.ToMr.andMrs.NoboruSh i rai(704-B,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.9.ToMr.andMrs.Hiroi ch i Yam-

ane(8114-G,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.9.ToMr.andMrs.Frank Furu-

k awa(1607-C,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.9.ToMr.andMrs.MinoruHay-

ash i (1919-B,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.10.ToMr.andMrs.MasatoMLna-mi (6705-B,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.10.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geoYama-moto(3506-A,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.12.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoSh i mono(4-1-F,Roh wer)agirlonNov.16.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeSh i g-eyasu(3-4-D,Roh wer)agirlonNov.16.ToMr.andMrs.Kazumi Tok u-naga(9-9-A,Roh wer)agirlonNov.17.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh i oNish i -guch i (12-10-D,Rofh wer)aboyonNov.18.ToMr.andMrs.Koich i Fuj i na-k a(326-5-D,Poston) aboy onNov.18.ToMr.andMrs..HenryI.Ma-tsumoto(227-1-B,Poston)agirlonNov.16.ToMr.andMrs.MitsuruSuk o(207-13-F,Poston)aboyonNov.16.ToMr.andMrs.Junk i ch i Ka-gawa(316-13-A,Poston)aboyonNov.16.ToMr.andMrs.Atsush i Furu-i k e(24-16-B,Ht. Mountain) aboyonNov.18.ToMr.andMrs.Hirosh i Sh i gi -

h ara(2-13-F,Ht.Mountain)aboyonNov.19.ToMr.andMrs.HarryIgawa(2-18-B,Ht.Mountain)aboyonNov.20.ToMr.andMrs. Joe Furuta

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(9K-4C,Granada)agirlonOct.31.ToMr.andMrs.Yosh i h araIsh i -h ara(10E-3D,Granada)agirlonNov.1.ToMr.andMrs.TomTamotsuHirak awa(27-12-D,GilaRiver)aboyonNov.17.ToMr.andMrs.JamesHaj i meWak i j i (36-9-D,GilaRiver)agirlonNov.21.ToMr.andMrs.Tak umeYag-ade(330-12-D,Poston)agirlonNov.22.ToMr.andMrs.TomTsutomuEnomoto(28-4-A,Poston)agirlonNov.22.ToMr.andMrs.Dick C.YanaseofDenveraboy.ToMr.andMrs.Joh nM.Fuj i iofFortLuptonaboy.ToMr.andMrs.TetsuoMizu-tani ofKeenesburg,Colo,aboy.ToMr.andMrs.YasuoWada(7H-11A,Granada)aboyonOct.19.ToMr.andMrs.KenYok oyama(7K-6C,Granada)agirlonOct.19.ToMr.andMrs.NormanKazu-mura(12E-6E,Granada)aboyonOct.21.ToMr.andMrs.SusumuIma-moto(7H-2F,Granada)agirlonOct.24.ToMr.andMrs.Sh i geruKoizu-mi (BK-7G,Granada)aboyon

Oct.24.ToJVlr.andMrs.MasaoToyama,(X¥Ranch ,Granada)aboyonOct.25.ToMr.andMrs.Mack Yama-

guch i (BG-7E,Granada)agirlonUct26.ToMr.andMrs.Naosh i Nak a-mura(25-15-E,HeartMountain)aboyonNov.9.ToMr.andMrs.TetsuoJSugi-moto(22-10-D,HeartMountain)agirlonNov.14.To Mr.andMrs.JamesMina-tani (22-4-D,HeartMountain)agirlonNov.15.ToMr.andMrs.ArataSasa-sh i ma(11E-38,Granada)agirlonOct.30.ToMr.andMrs.KamesoMiya-moto(8017-F,TuleLak e)agirlonOct.31.ToMr.andMrs.Kiyosh i Yasu-

moto(5315-C,TuleLak e)aboyonOct.31.To Mr.and Mrs.Morimi tsu

Ni sh i moto(2601-C,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.1.ToMr.andMrs.KazuoYamane(7017-A,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.2.ToMr.andMrs.Tosh i fusaOiye(6702-A,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.2.ToMr.andMrs.Ich i roYosh i -mura(4807-D,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.3.ToMr.andMrs.IcJi i j i Seino(8001-D,TuleLak e)aboyonNov.3.ToMr.andMrs.TsugioNak ano(5105-D,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.4.ToMr.andMrs.YasuoSh i n-zek i (5616-E,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.4.ToMr.andMrs.Masami Kondo(6607-A,TuleLak e)agirlonNov.4.ToMr.andMrs.H.Nomiyama(41-4-F,Hunt)aboy.ToDr.andMrs.KazutoHarada(4-4-A,Hunt)agirl.ToMr.andMrs.Kaoru Sato(40-5-E,Topaz)aboyonNov.10.ToMr.andMrs.TsugioMyor-ak u(4-2-E,Topaz)agirlonNov.15.ToMr.andMrs.Yayoi Yosh i da(20-11-A,Roh wer)aboyonNov.12.ToMr.andMrs.SadawoYonak i(34-2-D,Roh wer)agirlonNov.1.5.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoHayash i(3-8-D,RoJiwer)agirlonNov.15.ToMr.andMrs.ArataSasa-sh i ma(11E-38,Granada)agirlonOct.30.

DEATHSInosuk e Suzuk i ,53, (17-17-B,HeartMountain)onNov.11.KenOk ada,6,(1-20-D,HeartMountain)onNov.14.Mrs.Rok u Satow,73,(BG-SA,Granada)onOct.24.Eimatsu Sak amoto,64,(12F-6E,Granada)onOct.24.Infantdaugh terofMr.andMrs.WoodieMatsuda(7F-2F,Grana-da)onOct.24.IsaoSumi,11,(12K-SD,Grana-da)onOct.30.Morok uKawah ara(5412-F,TuleLak e)onNov.3.Sadak i ch i Mori h ara,34-4-B,GilaRiver,onNov.20.Nobuj i Yamamoto, 55-10-B,WaysideInn,GilaRiver,onNov.22.Nick Ki h ara, 44-3-A, ButteWard,GilaRiver,onNov.23.YasutaroFuj i i ,61,19-2-A,Pos-ton,onNov.23.YatoMaruyama,71,917-B,Tule

Lak e,onNov.6.HidesaburoTak aseugi,58,5716-AB,TuleLak e,onNov.11.Muneh i roAmemiya,60,4003-D,#TuleLak e,onNov.12.TomisaburoKub0,,,66,46-10-C,Poston,onNov.17.Tosh i yeKawase,i nfantdaugh -terofMr.andMrs.HideoKawase,7707-B,TuleLak e,onNov.14.Mrs.IsanoSh i bata,64,(26-2-F,Topaz)onNov.13.DengoroAbe,62,onNov.9atRoh wer.Umek i ch i Yamasfli i ta,72,(29-4-

F,Roh wer)onNov.10.IsaoSumi,11,12K-SD,Grana-da)on.Oct.30.

MARRIAGESNellieTsuyak oInouyetoHarrySh ugoEbisu onNov.1atTuleLak e.ElsieYagi toPanch oOtsuj i onNov.2atTuleLak e*.Yasuk oImadatoSh i zuoYosh i -

k awaonNov.4atTuleLak e.Fumi k oTak ah ash i toKazKata-yamaonNov.26 i nOgden,Utah .JeanTanak atoJamesIwami onNov.17atPoston.KazumaMurak ami to Nobuk oKobayash i onNov.11 atTuleLak e.Asak oSak atani toYosh i oYo-k omeonNov.11atTuleLak e.Yosh i k oSh i mok aj i toSei j i Mi s-ak i onNov.11atTuleLak e.Sumi k oGraceMasuda to Yu-tak aJoh nKaj i taonNov.11atTuleLak e.Fusak oTabatatoTak ash i Eno-motoonNov.11atTuleLak e.MayKubotatoGeorgeYanoi n

Cinci nnati,Oh i o.Ruth UedatoKiyosh i Sujrai i nOgden,Utah .JoanneOyabetoPfc.Sh i gWa-

tanabeonNov.11atFortSnell-i ng,Minn.HattieH.ManiwatoPaulSh oi -ch i Kash i noonOct.1 i nDenver.Masak oLi lli amKato to PaulSh i gei k ulidaonNov.24atCody,Wyo.HazelTaek oNambatoTatsuyo

AoW onOct.28 i nCleveland.MaryWatanabetoTadFuk u-h araonNov.12atTwinFalls,Idah o.MargoFuj i notoPvt.Tom Nam-bai nTwinFallsonNov.11.MARRIAGELICENSES

Tak ah i saMiyamotoandRei k oHani nDenver.Kataami YamadaandMaryYHiguch i i nDenver.Masami Nawata,Miuk i Toyo-sh i ma i nDenver.

AFLTypograph i calUnionWelcomesEvacueeLinotypistROCHESTER, N.Y.— Fullmembersj h i p i n th e Roch ester,N.Y.,LocalNo.15«fth eInter-national Typograph i cal Union,AFL,h asbeenenjoyedforth epastseveralmonth sbyHarryT.Vasuda,formerlinotypistofSan

Francisco,Honolulu, and Delta,Utah ?wh orelocatedtoRoch esterlastJunefrom th eCentralUtahRelocationCenter,fath enearfu-ture h eh opestobringEasth i swi feand7-year-old son Stanley,wh onowresideat40-4-A, Cen-

tralUtah . '. ,Th esecretaryofth eunionlo-

cal,th eLedgerPrinti ngandPub-lish i ngCo.ofRoch ester,andth eRoch ester relocation officer,

ClaudeC.Cornwall,allcooperatedi narrangingforMr.Yasudatotak eth elinotypist'sj obwh i ch h e.h ash eldi nth eprinti ngcompanysunionsh opsinceth reedaysafterh i sarrivali nRoch esterlastJunen"Everybodyi n Roch ester h as

beenswelltome,andth euni onmembers h ave been especiallyfriendly,"Mr.Yasudasaidrecent-ly"Th eytreatmeli k eoneofth eboys.Th ey'rereallyfinefellows.Idon'tk nowallth emembersper-sonally,butatourmonth lyunionmeetingsevenstrangerscomeov-ertoask me h ow I'm gettingalong.Ili k emyj obandth esh opwh ereIwork ,too.Th e peopleh aveallbeenfriendlytome."AccordingtoMrs.AugustaBi-

ben,co-ownerwi th h erh usbandofth eLedgerPrinti ngandPublish -i ngCompany,Yasuda"h asbeenth eanswertoourwarmanpowerproblem.Hei snotonlycoopera-ti veandasplendidlinotypeoper-ator,buth eseemstobeabletodoalmosteveryth i ngelsearoundth esh opwh eneverweneedsome-onetofillagapi nanemergency.Forexample,alth ough h e di dn'tk nowstereotypingwh enh e cameh ere,h elearned i tqui ck lywh enweneededsomeextrawork doneandnow i sabetterstereotyperth anh i steach er."He'sli k edbyeveryonei nth e

sh op,andusuallygoestolunchwith th eforemanandsomeofth epressmen.Wecertainlyweregladtogeth i m,especiallysincewe'vebeensostrappedforh elpbecauseouryoungermenh avebeengoingi ntoth eservice."Th eownersofth eprinti ngfirm

ask edMr.Cornwall'sh elpi nfind-i ngalinotypistlastspringwh enth eyread i nth elocalnewspaperth atWRAwasopeningareloca-ti onofficei nRoch ester.Onlearn-i ngfromth eCentralUtah reloca-ti onofficeth atMr.Yasuda.wasi nterested i nth e j ob,Mr. Corn-wallarrangedwi th th euni onsec-retaryandth eprinti ngfirmtoin-viteMr.YasudatoRoch esteronth ebasisofh i semploymentre-cord.Hearrivedth ereonaFridayandwenttowork th efollowingMondayunderatemporarypermitgrantedbyth euni onbecauseth eLedgerPrinti ng and Publish i ngCo.wasbadlyi nneedofMr.Ya-suda'sservices.Wh i leMr.Yasu-da'squalifi cati onsforpermanentunion membersh i p were beingch eck edbyth eRoch esterlocal,h eestablish ed h i scompetence i nh i snew j ob.Th eRoch esterlocal,ac-cordinglypresentedh i scredentialstoth eInternationalUnion,wh i chadmittedh i mtofullmembersh i plastAugust.

ANN NISEI'SCOLUMNMak i ngPresentsForCh ri stmasHerearemoreCh ri stmasgiftsyoucangiveawayforth emak i ng.Mostofth emcanbemaderapidly,ani mportantconsideration i fyouplantomak eanumberofth em.Wegivedirectionsfirstfora

setoftablematsmadeofh eavyrueyarn.Th esearemuch morepractical,really,th an matsofcloth ,sinceth eyaretablepro-tectors,aswell:

TABLEMATSSixballscottonrugyarn.Croch etHook ,SizeG-Mak es)4mats,12by17.Directions:Ch ai n47tomeasureabout15i nch es.Istrow:sci n3rdch from h ook ,*ch 1,sk i p1ch ,sci nnextdh .Repeatfrom *across.(23sc.)Ch 2,turn.2ndrow:sc i nnextch -1space,*ch 1,sc i nnextch -1space.Repeatfrom 'across,endingwith ch 1,sc i nturningch -2.Ch 2,turn.Repeat2ndrowuntilpiece measures 9 i nch es.Turnandwork edging:Edging:*Ch 6,sc i n3rdch from

h ook ,ch 3,si sti nnextsc.Repeatfrom*acrosswi deedge.Ch 6,sci n3rdch from h ook ,oh 3,sc i nnextrow,**ch 6,sc i n3rdch fromh ook ,ch 3,sk i p1row,sc i nnextrow.Repeatfrom **acrossnarrowedge.Work along2oth eredgestocorrespond.Break offth read.Pinout to measurements, pressth rough dampcloth tosh ape.

WOOLFASCINATOR4ouncestwo-plywoolfloss.Bonecroch eth ook ,No.8.Mak each ai n16i nch eslong.Istrow:i n7th ch from h ook mak e2tr,ch 3and2tr*sk i p5ch ,i nnext)ch mak e2tr,ch 3and2tr(sh ellstitch .)Repeatfrom'acrossuntilth ereare10sh ellsi nall,end-i ngwi th sk i p2ch ,tri nnextch .Ch 4,turn. Cutoffremaini ngch ai n.2ndrow:*innextch -3spacemak e2tr,ch 3and2tr.Repeatfrom*across,endi ngwith atrintopstofturningch ai n.Ch .4,turn.Repeatth e2ndrow untilpiecemeasures36inch es i nall.Donotbreak off.Edging:Ch 4 and,work i ngaround allouteredges,mak eash elli neach stand i neach sp.Joinwith asi sti ntopofch -4.Break off.

LetterfromaGlSomewh ere i nth e

Neth erlandsEastIndiesAnnNiseiPacifi cCi ti zenSaltLak eCity"Todayafterh avi ngreadth eJuly15th i ssueofth ePC,Iwasstruck byth egreatcontrastbe-tweenyourcolumnandth emai nth emeofth epaper.Betweenyouandme,Ann,Ili k edyourcolumnth ebest.Notforth eobviousrea-sonth atyoumigh tbeawoman,

ofcourse;Ih aveaeaaA t.* 1

th atyouare,but,wh og£hmigh tbewearinglonirtmn3"1andsmok ecigars(asaU£*!»perpeopledo.) newspa-"lli k eth eth i ngsth atr««i»jmeofth i ngspast..li k ely

cuing steak s lamb,Sen\wemersandth i ngsi nth ebackyardori fth eback yard i sm"crowdedwi h laundryyousprcloth onth elivi ngroomfloor"'h ave a simulated picni c th ereTh eseli ttlereminderspertainJtoth e/astronomicalregionspainusonfirstth ough t,butOH4,apleasantaftermath .Iw"Jforallgoodth i ngswepaywith alittle.pain;th e onlyYffi,h ere i sth atwegoth rough Zagonyfirst...yeah ,Ican;„!tasteth ath otbarbecuesauce*"Idon'treallyk nowh owto'reacttoeigh tconcentratednairesdealingwi th th everitableexploit,ofth eNi sei i nItaly,th eanu'.movementsan'allth erestofth erubbish .AmItoriseupandch eerorslumpdowntobroodforth eduration.Iwonderh owoth ersre-act?Well,Ish ouldn'tworryyourprettyh eadonsuch tripe,sh ould"Here'sh opi ngth atyou'llk eeponwriti ngaboutth i ngs'Soldiers'Interests'forth eduration.

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StateFarmBureauCondemnsPolicyofReturningEvacueesSACRAMENTO— Th eannualStateconventionofth eCaliforniaFarm BureauFederationonNov.21"emph ati callycondemned"th e"i nfi ltration process"bywh i chpersonsofJapaneseancestryarebeing1permittedtoreturntoth ei rh omesi nth ePacifi ccoaststates.Th eFarmBureauresolutionde-mandedth atnopersonsofJapa-nese ancestry,citi zenoralien,sh ouldbepermittedtoreturntoth eWestCoast

Nisei ,NegroGirlsCh osenHallProxiesAtAntioch College

YELLOW SPRINGS, 0.-Stu-dents i ntwodormitoryh allsatAntioch college h ave ch osenforth ei rh allpresidents,NinaHamil-ton,ayoungNegrostudentwh oresides i nYellow Springs,andMari Sabusawa,aJapaneseAm-ericanfromLongBeach ,Calif.Mi ssHamilton plans enteringth eeducationalfield,andMissSa-busawah opestotak euppublicre-lationswork aftergraduation.

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Offici alFinds800RelocatedOnWestCoastCiti zensMustGetFullConstituti onalRigh ts,SaysAnderson

WASHINGTON—Rep.Joh n Z.Anderson,R.,Calif.,declared onNov.21th at800personsofJapa-neseancestryexcludedfrom th eWestCoasti n1942h avebeenper-mittedtoreturn,andth ath eh aswiredth eWesternDefenseCom-mandurgingapublic announce-mentofpolicyonth i sprogram.Andersonsaidh i s i nformation

camefrom th eofficeofAssistantSecretaryofWarMcCloyandth ath ewasalsoi nformedth atrespon-sibi li tyforpermitti ngJapaneseAmericanstoreturnrestswi th th eWesternDefenseCommand.Notingth atmassexclusionor-dersarestilli neffect,Andersonsaid th atth osepermittedtore-turn"areth ose wh oh ave h adth ei r i ndi vi dualexclusionordersrescinded."Heannouncedh i soppositi ontoth ereturnofth eevacueesduringth ewaraa"dangerousboth forusandth eJapaneseth emselves,be-cause th erei sboundtobe h i ghfeelinp i nsomeareas.""Buti fth eyarereturned,th osewh oare American-born citi zensmustbe entitledto th ei rfullrigh tsunderth eConstituti on,orth eConstituti onmustbeabrogat-ed,"h esaid.

FamilyofJapaneseAncestryReturnsToPi edmontAreaSAN FRANCISCO—AnAmer-i canfami lyofJapanesedescentofeigh tpersons h asbeenpermittedtoreturn to PiedmontafteraWestern Defense Command ex-emptionfromevacuationorders,i twasreported.Th eFBIi nformedPoliceCh i efPflaumofPiedmontth efamilyislivi ngi nth eEastBaycityi nac-cordancewith armypermissi ontoreturntoth eevacuatedarea.Th emembersofth efamily"ofJapaneseancestry"werei denti fi edasJuliusHelm,57;JamesTh eo-doreHelm,53,andh i swifeBetty,51;David,23;Ruth ,19;Donald,17;Raymond,15,andLawrence,12..rl

VictoryCommitteePlanstoHoldCh ri stmasDanceTh eNi sei Vi ctory Committeewillh oldaCh ri stmas dance atth egaitLak eYWCAonFriday,November22.Admissi onwillbe $1.25 percoupleand75cents forservice-menandwomen.Th ecommitteei satpresenten-gagedi ngath eri ngth enamesandaddressesofallNisei servicemenfromUtah .Namesandaddresses maybegiventoMaryMinamoto,ph one

3-4520or7-3810,orLilyYasuda350South IstWest, SaltLak eCi ty.

Nisei BoxersEnterFinalsJapaneseAmericansWinPrelimi naryBoutsInCYOTournament

CHICAGO—FourJapaneseAm-ericanboxers,allofwh omrelocat-edi nCh i cagorecentlyfromwarrelocation centers,fough tth ei rwayi ntoth efi nalsofth e14th An-nualCh i cagoCath oli cYouth Or-ganizati on (CYO) amateurbox-i ngtournamentafterprelimi narymatch esatth eCYOcentergymonNov.22.Fiveoth erJapaneseAmericanswereelimi natedi nprelimi naryandsemi-fi nalmatch es.Ti h eCYOtournamenti soneofth e outstandingamateurboxingeventsi nth enation.Th ose toreach th e fi nalsareTony"Kim,"118-pounderi nth eopendivi si on,andHarrisYok ei ,112pounds;ToastieHirai ,118pounds,andNori Kitaok a, 135pounds.Allarefigh ti ngforth eHolyNameParish .Kitaok a,formerlyofth eJeromecenter,wasth estarofth etourna-ment,winni ngth reebouts,th row-i ng;onlytwopunch estok nock ouch i sopponenti nonebout.Kim k nock edoutJoh nTenorioofSt.Jamesi ntworoundsi nth esemi-fi nals.Inanoth ersemi-fi nalboutBobKatsUedaofHolyNamelostaclosedecisi ontoPvt.VincePellegrini ofFortSh eri dan.,Kazuo Kusada, 175, NaomiKash i waeda,160,Hank Hamada,118,andJimmySaito,112,wereelimi nated.

MARRIAGESLICENSESGeorgeJ.Higash i ,FortSnell-i ng,Minn.,and Rose M.Endo,Denver,i nDenver.

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CONTRIBUTIONSWewi sh toack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi onsreceivedoverth epastseveralweek s:Mrs.EdnaCh ung,$5.00,Denver;Mr.Frank -lynSugiyama,$9.00,Sweetmine,Utah ;Mr.AlbertD.Bonus,$4.00,Seattle;Mr.JamesOtsuk a,$2.00,NewYork City;Mr.ClemOyama,$1.00,Denver;Mr.M.Matsuno,$26.00,SaltLak eCity;Mr.B.Y.Tamura,$25.00,SaltLak eCity;Mr.Y.Tsumori $50.00,Topaz;Mr.HarryMatsuda 50c, SaltLak eCi ty;Mr. C.H.Coyle $3.20,Berwyn,Illinoi s;Anonymous,LosAngeles,$25.00;Mr.NoboruSh i g-emasa50c,AnnArbor,Mich i gan;andMr.Yosh i oNaganuma,$1.00,Weiser,Idah o.Wewish toth ank th emembersofth eSanBenitoCh apterforth ei rgenerouscontributi onof$50.00forNationalHeadquartersand$25.00forth eHolidayIssueofth ePaci-ficCi ti zen.Mr.GeorgeIwasak i ofNyssa,

Oregon,remitted$10.00,speciallyear-mark erforourCivi lRigh tsFund, i ncluding h i mselfand h i stwobroth ers,T/5Ak i raIwasak iandPvt.Arth urIwasak i as co-donors.Memorialcontributi onswerere-

ceivedfromMrs.MatsueSatofor$5.00 i n memoryofTech .Sgt.Mitsuru Miyok o andfrom Mr.Th omasT.Ogawafor$25.00i nmemoryofPfc.EdwardOgawa.Namesofcontributorsasare-sult/ofoursolici tati on programh avenotbeen i ncluded i nth esecolumns,asack nowledgementlet-tersh avebeenouttoeach i ndi vi d-ual.PLEASELOCATEPvt.RudyKobayash i 30106093,BatteryC522F.A.Bn,APO758,c|o PostmasterNew York Citywouldli k etogeti ntouch withMissErnieHirabayash i ,formerlyofBak ersfield,California,andMissFloraImada,formerlyofTa-coma,Wash .Apartywouldli k etok nowth e

addressofMissMarch aMori,liv-i ngnearIdah oFalls,Idah o.Aletterisi nourofficewaiti ng

tobeforwardedtoMissFumi k oSh i matsu,soanyonek nowi ngh erpresentadresspleasenotifyNa-tionalHeadquarters.Th eletterisfromPasadena,California.

RogerBaldwinPredictsCoastExclusionOrdertoBeRevok edLOSANGELES— "Th eorderevacuatingth eJapanesefrom th eWestCoastwasnotbasedonmili -tarynecessityandwillberevok -ed,"RogerN.Baldwin,directorofth eAmericanCivi lli bertiesUn-i on,declared i nLosAngeleslastweek ."Uponbeingfreedofmili tarycontrol,th eJapaneseAmericanswillsettleth rough outth eUnitedStatesandth eproblemnolongerwillbeaCaliforniaproblem.Allofth eStateswillh aveaparti ni tssolution,"Mr.Baldwinsai d.Wh i leuph oldi ngth erigh tofth emili tarytoremovepersonsfromawarzoneasamili tarynecessity,Mr.Baldwincontendedth atth erewasnosuch j usti fi cati onforth ewh olesaleevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryfrom Califor-ni a.Inaspeech atTownHallon

Nov.20Mr.Baldwinlaudedth ecivi llibertiesrecordofth egov-ernmenti nwartimewith th eex-ceptionofth edeportationofciti -

zensofJapaneseancestryfromth eWestCoast.Th e ACLU offici al said h eth i nk sth atth eexpulsionofJapa-nese Americansfrom Californiawillbeei th errevok edbyth emili -taryauth ori ti esordeclareduncon-stituti onalbyth eU.S.SupremeCourt."Iwaspresentwh enth etest

casewasbrough tbeforeth eSu-preme Courtrecently," h e wasquotedbyth eTi mesasdeclaring,"andIsh ouldguessbyth enatureofquestionsbyth e j usti cesth atamajori tyofth emwilldeclareth eCaliforniaevacuationunconstitu-ti onalwh enth eygetaroundtorenderingadecisi on."Healsopredictedth atth eOri-entalExclusionActwouldeventu-allybe modifi ed as i taffectsaliensofJapaneseancestry.

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ColoradoServicemenVetoAnti-Ali enLandAmendmentByDecisi ve3to1MarginDENVER,Colo.—Colorado'ssol-diersonsare h eavi lyopposedtoAmendmentNo.3,wh i ch wouldh aveproh i bi tedownersh i poflandi nth eStatebyaliensofJapaneseancestry,acountofsoldierballotsdisclosedonNov.25.Arecapitulationofunoffici alre-portsfrom60outof63countiesonth esoldiers'votedisclosed2570votesforth eanti-ali enamendmentand6834votesagainstth elegis-lation.Th i smarginofalmost3to1i noppositi ontoth eamendmentcon-trastedwith acivi li anvoteof166,--290votesforand177,624against.Anearlierreport,carriedbyth e

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DES MOINES,la.— GeorgeKita,Drak e's 165-poundregularfullback , played h i s lastcolleg-i ategamelastweek andscoredonetouch downasDrak elost13--14 to Wich i ta U.atWich i ta,Kansas.Kita,wh owasused primari ly

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SentinelEditor,Masak oKagawaWed i nBilli ngs.HEARTMOUNTAIN, Wyo.—Miss Masak oKagawa ofHeartMountainandHaruoImura,edi-torofth eHeartMountain Sen-tinel,weremarriedonNov.28byth eRev.A.C.Caton i nth epar-sonage ofth e Billi ngs, Mont.,Meth odi stch urchMrs.Imura,eldestdaugh terofMr.andMrs.Ch oi ch i KagawaofHeartMountaini saformerresi-dentofLos Altos,Calif.Th ebridegroom wasassociateEnglisheditorofth eSanFranciscoJap-anese AmericanNews.He i sagraduateofth e University ofCaliforniaandwasatonetimepresidentofth eAlameda ch ap-terofth eJACL.

SalinasLegionAsk sPermanentExclusion

SALINAS, Calif.— PermanentexclusionofallpersonsofJapa-neseancestryfrom th e Salinasvalleywasdemanded i na*resolu-ti onpassedonNov.16byth eSa-li nasPostNo.31ofth eAmericanLegion.

MarylandMini stersSupportRelocationWILMINGTON,Del.—A reso-lutioni ndorsingaprogramforre-settlementofAmericansofJapa-neseancestrywasadoptedatth eclosingsessionofth e470th statedmeetingofth ePresbyteryofNewCastleatElk ton,Md.,recently.Th emi ni stersandeldersadopt-

edaresolution protesting dis-cri mi nati on against JapaneseAmericansofprovedloyalty.Th eresolutionprotested th e disputelastspringi nSussexcounty,Del-aware,overth ei mportingofJap-aneseAjneri canfarmwork ers.

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FORTORD,Calif.— Combatveteransofth efamous100th In-fantryBattalion,nowattach edtoth e 442nd Regimental CombatTeam ofJapanese Americans,wereh onoredata"100th Batta-li onNigh t"h eldrecentlyatth eIstRegimentalRecreationHallatFortOrd.Approximately40JapaneseAm-ericans,veteransofth eItaliancampaign,wereonh andtoreceivegreetingsfrom Brig.Gen.Benja-mi nC.Lock wood,Jr.,commandinggeneralofth eArmyGroundForc-esReplacementDepotNo.2.Inamessage"toourJapaneseAmericanbroth ersi narms,"Gen.Lock woodsaid:"Offici alWarDepartmentac-

countsandnewspaperreportscov-eringoperationsofJapaneseAm-ericanunitsraised i nAmericanterritoryandtransportedoverseastofigh tagainstth eAxisforcesi nEuropeclearlysh owth atth eseJapaneseAmericanunitsandth emenwh obelongth eretoh avees-tablish edenviablerecordsasfirstclassfi gh ters.Th ei rbeh avi orun-derfire,attestedbyonesuccess-fuloperationagainstth eenemyafteranoth er,th elargenumberofdecorationswh i ch th eyas i ndi vi d-ualsh avereceivedandth ereceiptbyth ei runi tofth ePresidentialUnitCitati onconstitutearecordofwh i ch allgoodAmericanscanwellbeproud."Weofth eArmyGroundForcesReplacementDepotNo.2atFortOrd,Calif.,aregladto h aveyouwith usduringyoursh ortstaywh i leenroutetoyourh omeswith -i nAmerica.Wewi sh youth ebestofluck andfullenjoymentofth erestwh i ch youh avesowellearn-ed."Th egreatmajori tyofth e100thBattalionveterans h onored werefromHawai i .

PaloAltoGroupAffirmsRigh tsofJapaneseAmericansPALO ALTO,Calif.—Th erigh tofJapaneseAmericanstoreturntoth ei rh omesi nCaliforniafoundstaunch defendersamongth emembersofth eToastmistressdubwh odiscussedth ematteratth ei rweek lymeetingonNov.16,th ePaloAltoTimesreported.Apaneldiscussioni nwh i ch Mrs.IvanNash ,Mrs.GeraldO'Brien,Mrs.F.G.HartleyandMrs.Nor-man Braly partici pated wouldh avebeenavictoryforth eaffir-mative—th erigh tofth eNi sei tocomeback toth ei rh omes—i fth earguments h adbeenpresented i nth eformofadebate,th eclubwastoldbyDr.Vi rgi lAndersonofStanfordUniversity.Amajori tyofth osespeak i ngfrom th eflooralsoh eldth atth eciti zensh i prigh tsofJapaneseAm-ericanssh ouldnotbeabrogated.Mrs.Kenneth Palmer,modera-tor,warnedth emembersnottotransferth ei rh atredofth eJapsi nJapanto"Americanswith Japa-nesefaces."Pressuregroups,i twaspointedout,h adcreated,rath erth anre-flected,publicopi ni onagainstth ereturnofth eNisei .

ExpectMajori tyOfEvacueestoStayi nNewYork

NEW YORK—Mostofth e1,600personsofJapaneseancestryrelo-catedi nNewYork Statewillre-maini nth eEastafterth ewari fth eyfindth eycanmak ealivi ngh ere,HaroldS.Fistere,relocationsupervisorofth eWarRelocationAuth ori tyforth eMi ddleAtlanticarea,predictedlastweek ."Th at'sonlymyguess,h ow-ever,"Fisteresaid."Idon'tth i nkth epeople h ave madeupth ei rmi ndsyet."Fisteresaidth eJapaneseAmer-i cansh avemetwith "practicallynodiscri mi nati on"becauseofth ei rancestry,andth ei rch i efdiffi culty,aswith allmigratorywork ers,h asbeenth eh ousi ngsh ortage.Headdedth atmostofth erelo-

catedJapaneseAmericanslive i nManh attan,with somei nBrook lynandoth erburough sandi nWest-ch estercounty,LongIsland andNewJersey.

NewswriterJoinsWomen'sArmyCorpsAMACHE,Colo.—Tak ak oTaxi e

Kusanok i ,formerlywith th estaffofth eGranadaPioneer,h asj oi nedth eWomen'sArmyCorpsandbe-gun h erbasictraini ngatFortDcsMoines,lowa,th ePioneerre-portedrecently.

262CasualtiesReportedtoWRACenters20Nisei from CampsKilledi nActionRecentlyi nFranceWASHINGTON-Atotalof262casualtiesamongJapaneseAmS*canservicemen h asbeenreDortwi

*?"Sr*°ft>k lni n..relo«tioi i cZmth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty5nouncedonNov.22.Ofth ese 69 were k i lled,187werewoundedandsixaremissi m-Th efiguresrepresentcasualtiesi nFranceandi nItaly.Inrecenth eavyligh ti ngonth ewesternfront20Nisei werek i lledi nactionand68wounded.Di llonS.Myer,directorofth eWRA,saidth eactualtotalofbat-tlelossesamongJapanesei slarg-erth anth ecasualtynoticeswouldi ndi catesinceaboutone-th i rd0fth eorigi nalevacuees h aveleftth erelocationcampsandseveralth ou-sand Japanese-descendedciti zensneverh avebeeni nacenter.Th eWRAsaidth atamongth osereportedmissi ngi nactiononth e

westernfrontisPfc.JouOk i tsuformerstudentatBrawleyJunior'Collegei nCalifornia,wh oreceivedth ePurpleHeartandth eBronzeStarforwoundsandgallantry i nItaly.PfcOk i tsuvolunteeredforth earmyfromth ewarrelocationcenteratPoston,Ariz.

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