Nisei Flower Growers Give to ADC

KIT 34; NO. 9
PACIFIC
CITIZEN
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1952
Nisei Flower Growers Give to ADC
Price: Ten cents
House Group's Report on
Omnibus Bill Notes Removal
Of Race Bars to Citizenship
—
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The
House Judiciary Committee report
on the Walter omnibus immigration and naturalization bill features
its JACL ADC endorsed provisions
for equality in immigration and
naturalization, the Washington office of the JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee reported last week.
"One of the significant provisions of (the Walter omnibus immigration and naturalization bill)
is the elimination of race as a bar
to naturalization and immigration,"
the House document says. "The removal1 of racial bars in our immigration and nationality statutes has
been a piecemeal proposition and
the result is that some races designated by the ethnologists as 'yellow' or 'brown' remain barred
while other people of similar races
have been granted eligibility to
immigrate and to obtain citizen-
"There remain at the present
time only the Japanese, the Koreans, the Burmese, the Indonesians, the Maoris, the Polynesians,
the Samoans, the Siamese, etc., who
are racially ineligible to become
citizens of the United States. Of
these people, the Japanese compose
by far the largest class numerically. There are residing in the United States and Hawaii approximately 88,000 aliens who because of
race are not eligibleto become natturalized. Of this group, approximately 85,000 are Japanese.
"The House of Representatives, on three separate occasions, approvedbills which would
permit the naturalization of racial ineligibles lawfully residing
in the United States and otherwise eligibly to be admitted into
the United States.
"In the 80th Congress, extensive
ship.
hearings were held on H. R. 5004,
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introduced by Rep. Walter H. Judd,
"This bill would make all persons, regardless of race, eligible of Minnesota, and in the 81st Congress, H. R. 199, by the same
for naturalization, and would set author,
passed the House but failup minimum quotas for aliens
now barred for racial reasons. ed to pass in the Senate.
"Rep. Francis E. Walter, of
Thus, persons of Japanese, Korean; Indonesian, etc., ancestry Pennsylvania, introduced in the
LOS ANGELES—Setting the pace for the 1952 JACL's "1000" club, was reelected last month as
could be admitted and naturalized 81st and in the 82nd Congresses
JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee fund drive in president of the SCFG.
as any other qualified alien. No measures designed to permit the
area,
the Southern California Flower Growers,
Inagaki explained the contribution, the fourth
the
doubt this will have a favorable naturalization of the same group,
Iik,. an all-Nisei organization of more than 150 of such amount from the floral group, was a demeffect on our international rela- but neither of them reached the
members, presented a check for $1,000 to the JACL onstration of their confidence in the JACL and an
tions, particularly in the iFar enactment stage.
expression of support for the JACL's services on
last week.
East.
American exclusion policy
"In the 82nd Congress, H. R.
presentation
by
George
behalf of persons of Japanese ancestry.
(above) was made
The
has long been resented there and, 403, providing the privilege of be(Callahan) Inagaki, president of the flower growMukaeda announced that JACL ADC drives
in the eyes of qualified observers, coming a natualized citizen of the
ers group, to Katsuma Mukaeda, Issei chairman would begin at once in thirty-five communities in
was an important factor in the United States to all aliens having
of the ADC drive in Southern California. Inagaki, Southern California. The goal for the area is
anti-American feeling in Japan a legal right to permanent resi$25,145.—Ph0t0
also prominent as chairman of the National
by Toyo Miyatake.
prior to the last World War.
dence, introduced by Mr. Walter,
"Minimum quotas of 100 (185 for passed the House on February 19,
Japan) would be set up for the in- 1951.
dependent far-eastern countries. "The committee strongly feels
Kushihashi Enters
Persons half of whose ancestry that the remaining racial exclusion
West Coast Nisei
stemmed from such countries would clauses of our immigration and natbe chargeable, regardless of birth- uralization laws should be repealed
Trophy Air Race
place, to these minimum quotas. and it has repeatedly indicated its
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Deis
to
have
presumed
explainHe
This formula is similar to the one belief that such repeal is long
■purtnicnt of Justice informed the ed 'that several thousand claimants
LOS ANGELES—AIbert Kunow applicable to immigrants of overdue.
comprowhose
have
been
claims
Platte,
shihashi
of
Neb.,
North
■Washington office of the JACL
mised and settled and for whom winner of the 1950 Jlenry Ohye Chinese and East Indian descent.
"In addition, the committee feels
The oriental spouse and child of an that those who are permanent res■Anti-Discrimination Comm ill c c awards have been approved are Trophy air race from Los An■that Holmes Baldridge, assistant now waiting payment of claims geles to
American citizen would be given idents of the United States should
San Francisco, was an■attorney general in charge of the by
the same right to nonquota status be placed in, a position to assume
government. And, at the
the
nounced
this
week
as
the
first
■claims division, testified before a present rate of processing by the "official entry
now held' by an American citizen's the responsibilities of citizenship
Henry
in the 1952
Blouse Appropriations committee Departmeat,
spouse and child of nonoriental an- while permitted to enjoy the opmay have expresOhye- sponsored competition cestry."
■for the payment of compromise sed the hope he
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portunities and privileges which
that all of the smallfrom Los Angeles to San Fran■settlement evacuation claims.
Reporting on immigration quotas, living here bestows. In the opinion
er claims subject to the comprocisco via Fresno.
the report declares: "The proposed of the committee, it is sound pubI The House subcommittee deals mise procedure will be processed
The air race will be held in
effects substantial lic policy that all aliens perma■with appropriations for the State, and paid by the end of the calenJune in conjunction with the legislation
■Justice and Commerce Departments dar year, the great majority of 12th biennial National JACL changes in the quota system with- nently residing in the United
out increasing the quota total by States should be encouraged to be■and the Federal Judiciary. Chair- them before the end of the fiscal convention in 'San Francisco.
more than 480 numbers. Racial bars come naturalized citizens }f able
man of the subcommittee is Rep. year in June.
to immigration are removed and to meet the individual tests of citi■John J. Rooney (Dem., N.Y.). To encourage evacuees to subquota numbers will be available to zenship, and that all barriers to
■Other members are Prince H. mit their compromise offers, the
all nationalities. Moreover ythe naturalization, based on race,
■Preston (Ga.), Daniel J. Flood Department of Justice has set an
existing inequalities in the treat- should be removed."
(Pa.), Fred Marshall (Minn.),-and
deadline of March
ment of the sexes under the la.w
■Cliff Clevenger (0.), and Fred G. administrative
for the submission of all comThe Walter omnibus immigra15th
are removed so that both sexes will
■Aandahl (N. D.), Reps.
promise claims.
the same consideration tion and naturalization, bill also
be
accorded
It was revealed that Baldridge Mike Masaoka, national JACL
!■pointed
in the determination of the elig- attempts to bring separated famout that the Department ADC legislative director, announcibility for quota numbers as well ilies together.
■of Justice had already more than ed that his organization would TOKYO
A Nisei Army first es in the application of other proviOn this subject, the report says:
■exceeded by several times the either file a statement or testify lieutenant was awarded the Dis- sions of the bill. (Another section "(The
bill) implements the under■♦500,000 which Congress appropri- endorsing the 15 million dollar re- tinguished Flying Cross this week of the Report says: "It is to be lying intention
our immigration
■ated for the payment of evacua- quest of the Department of Jus- for heroic achievement in aerial noted that alien husbands of Unit- laws regarding of
the preservation of
■tion claims awards for the 1952 tice for supplemental funds to pay flight over Korea.
ed States citizens are accorded the the family unit. An American citisea* year, which ends June 30, compromise settlement claims withLt. Henry J. Nagao, Mountain same treatment as alien wives of zen will have the right to bring his
■1952, and that his division hoped to in the next ten days. He expressed View, Calif., attached to the 48th United States citizens, whereas Uien spouse (husband or wife) as
■process
up to about 15 millions in optimism that the House Appro- Field Artillery Battalion, 7th In- under existing law such husbands a nonquota immigrant. Similarly,
■compromise settlements alone un- priations Sub-committeewould au- fantry Division, received the are entitled to nonquota status
lie will be able to bring his alien
■Oer the JACL ADC endorsed thorize sizable appropriations for award for a flight near Paekhyorini only if the marrieges occurred minor child as a nonquota immi■amendment of last August.
prior to January 1, 1948.")
on Nov. 23, 1951.
grant. A uniformly operated prefthis purpose.
After flying as an observer over Commenting on eligibilityto nat- erence is provided for alien spouses
an enemy artillery target in an uralization, the report, after re- (wife or husband) of aliens adunarmed L-19, Lt. Nagao was ad- viewing" the history of the natural- mitted for permanent residence,
vised by his base that he might ization laws, explains:
(Continued on page 2)
return because of bad weather.
However, although ice formed on
plane, forcing him to fly at
Ensign Joe Akagi, the first Nisei the Navy under the old V-5 pro- his
low altitude in range of enemy
pilot
N.avy
to see
in the i gram. After two years at Texas anti-aircraft guns, he remained
Korean theater, will action
make
his
first A & M he was enrolled in the over the target making artillery advisit soon to his father's homeNaval Flight School, Pensacola, justments.
land, according to press dispatches Fla.
TOKYO
Criticism has been provost marshal for general headthis week.
wings in
his
Akagi
Navy
by
Japanese press and quarters of the Par East command,
won
leveled
the
h
°ld aviator, one of Oct., 1950 and was assigned to a Wyoming Girl Named
fi
members of the Imperial Diet for answered the criticism regarding
men
of
Japanese
ances- San Diego fleet squadron for furtry ♦
alleged crimes committed by U.S. crinic-s by occupation soldiers by
I to mwin a commission as an ther "finishing." Two months To Student Body Post
occupation forces in Japan as an ■noting vthat American troops in
officer
the U.S. Navy, is now a later he joinedlhis present squadaftermath to the recent bold day- Japan have committed amazingly
School
At
Denver
110* in Fighter Squad- ron and the Naval Air Station, Alalight robbery of a Tokyo bank by few major crimes and "I doubt that
,«
board the aircraft ear- meda, Calif.
TTc*?
of
two men identified as Caucasian our record can be matched by that
Ujifusa
Agnes
ner USS Valley Forge. He is planDENVER
Worland, Wyo., a sophomore maj- Americans and two_ others believed of any other major military octo visit his father's relatives
ing
'ft Japan when his ship
oring in secretarial sciences, has to be Nisei, according to an Asso- cupation in history."
leaves the Dies Suddenly
Chaplin said records show the
been selected secretary of the As- ciated Press report.
A-orean operating area and returns
w> a Japanese port.
Women Students of the
A wide-scale hunt has been vast majority of offenses involving
sociated
ANGELES—Miss
Yemiko
LOS
University of Denver.
launched for the bank robbers and allied personnel have been minor.
Ensign Akagi's relatives live in Chuman
died suddenly on Feb. 23
officials expressed the belief the Of all crimes reported in Japan
Uluyama prefecture.
Mr.
daughter
of
Ujifusa,
Miss
at her home here.
men
may be AWOL U.S. military in January, 1952 involving occupaa
Y.
is
Ujifusa,
Harry
ei
and
younger
Mrs.
was born in Miss Chuman was the
sv.lij
tion personnel, only 28 could be
Sheldon, Teoc.,Pa<>t
the son of Mr. and sister of Frank Chuman, nation- graduate of Washakie County High personnel.
Justice Official Asks Funds
For Compromise Payments
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Nisei Officer
Awarded Army
Flying Cross
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Hi
.
First Nisei Navy Pilot Sees
I
Action With Fleet in Korea
Believe Two Nisei Involved
In Bold Tokyo Bank Holdup
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ti/
rt i^V
NJs
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Mrs. Torata Akagi. He entered al first vice-president of the JACL. school in Worland.
Meanwhile, Col. R. T. Chaplin, called serious, to said.
Gardena Acts
To Streamline
Unit Structure
NISEI MEDIC GETS
$4500 GRANT FOR
HEART RESEARCH
lined chapter structure of the Gardena Valley JACL has resulted
from its recent reorganization, according1 to Henry Ishida, past
president.
Eliminating the elected officers
and cabinet, the activities of the
chapter will be directed by a board
of directors under the initial chairmanship of Ryo Komae, local druggist.
"This streamlined version of the
JACL is intended to give maximum
support for the national JACL
ADC program and enable the Nisei
in this area to support it through
membership in our chapter," it
was explained. "Although the social activities of the chapter will
be considerably curtailed, the JACL
will continue its public service as
well as serve as watchdog after the
"interests of the Japanese residents
in Gardena Valley."
Assisting Komae on the board
will be Yo Minami, treasurer and
Shiz Yanaga, secretary. Other
board members are Henry Ishida,
Ray Fujimoto, Marlene Fujita,
Paul Shinoda, Sally Tanaka, Masako Minami, Toshiko Minami, Harold Kobata, Bob Ueda, Calvin
Ueda, Dr. John Koyama, George
Kobayashi and Tom Tsukamoto.
Double Tragedy
Strikes Home of
Alameda Family
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A double
tragedy struck the home of an
elderly Issei woman last week
when her husband and son died on
consecutive days.
Mrs. Kikuno Tawa's husband and
son died' on 'consecutive days.
Mrs. Kikuno Tawa's husband,
Kuniichi, 81, died on Feb. 21 after
a long illness.
Her son, Harry Hiroshi, 47, sole
supporter of the family as a manufacturer of a patent medicine,
died of illness the next day.
Combined funeral services were
held on Feb. 26.
Mrs. Tawa has another son who
is living in Japan.
Yasui Speaks to
Sedgwick Rotary
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DENVER, Colo.
Mm Yasui,
JACL regional representative, talk-
ed to the Sedgwick, Colo., Rotary
Club Feb. 21 on problems affecting
the Nisei and Issei.
.He discussed the citizenship
status of Japanese resident aliens
and asked for support of legislation to grant them naturalization
rights.
Yasui spoke at the invitation of
Kish Otsuka, Rotary member and
prominent Nisei farmer in Northeastern Colorado.
1952!
Nisei Leader
Chinese American Family Wins Speaks
at Meet
Moral Victory But Southwood On Corruption
Remains White Community
Chica*!
associate director of the
■
Dr. David T. Masuoka of Los
Angeles was named last week as
recipient of a $4500 grant from
the Bank of America's Giannini
Foundation to continue medical
research in the field of heart
diseases.
Dr. Masuoka, 31, received his
doctorate in pharmacology at the
University of California last year
and since then has been engaged
in work as a research associate
at USC.—Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio.
Los Angeles Names
Nisei as Analyst
In City Bureau
LOS ANGELES—A Nisei grad-
uate of the
University of Cali-
fornia was appointed recently to
the Los Angeles city administrative office as an administrative an-
alyst.
Tug Tamaru is believed to be the
first Nisei tot hold such a position
in the local city government.
During World War II Tamaru
served as a liaison officer for the
U.S. Eighth Army in war crimes
trials in Japan.
Invite Denver Nisei
To Attend "Brunch"
DENVER—Nisei in the Denver
area have been extended an invitation to attend a "brunch" on
March 16 at the Albany Hotel at
which the Denver chapter of B'nai
B'rith will honor 0.. A. (Jack)
Knight, president of tne Oil Workers International Union, CIO, and
a vice-president of the National
CIO for his' "consistent record of
achievements and efforts in the
field of human relations."
Mass Evacuation "Senseless,"
Says Pearl Buck in Review
NEW YORK ClTY—Time has
proved that the mass evacuation of
Japanese Americans in 1942 was
an "inexplicable, unreasonable and
senseless act," author Pearl Buck
said Feb. 24 in a review of "Beauty
Behind Barbed Wire" by Allen H.
Eaton.
The book, a story of the arts of
■the Japanese in WRA camps, was
published this week by Harper &
& Brothers.
"Some people thus imprisoned
wouldhave collapsedinto anger and
despair," Miss Buck wrote. "Some
people would have quarreled and
fought and cursed each other anA
their captors; they would have slept
too long- and wastedtheir plenteous
time in gambling and idleness. But
the Japanese are a people long
civilized. They have known for
hundreds of years that civilized
people, whatever their circumstances, try to create a little beauty
as best they can, for life without
the creation of beauty is meaningless. And for the first time they
had plenty of time, and with this
time they began to do what they
were able to do; they created
beauty. They took the barren roots
and brush of the desert, the stones
and the rocks and the sand, which
no man ever heeded, and with these
March 1,
CHICAGO—Mrs. Chizu liyam,
Resettlers Committee, spoke befor,
SAN FRANCISCO—The Sing Shengs have won a moral vic- "the Committee of 19 investigatjm
subdivision
in
tory but will not be able to live in the Southwood
crime in Chicago politics on ?Jt
22nd at the La Salfe Hotel.
South San Francisco.
NaMrs. liyama stressed the im.
ex-Chinese
issue
whether
the
revote
on
the
A move to
portance of all good government
tionalist intelligence officer and his family would be accepted as forces uniting
regardless of po.
neighbors by the residents of the Southwood area appears to have litical affiliation in supportim
collapsed. The Sing Shenge were originally told by a vote of 174 honest candidates, and in nmnini
independent candidates whore noi*
to 28 they were not wanted.
existed. She pointed out the im.
The residents of the South San bors from their own race?"
portance of citizens participatinj
which
itself
prided
tract,
said
the
Southwood
Francisco
Williams
on a block level, and the
on the fact that it was for whites owners were not intolerant but a positive program which need for
the averonly, learned last week that it has wanted to preserve their property age citizen can
understand and
not been all-white since 1946 when values.
support.
Belmar B. Shepley, a disabled war
Portions of Mrs. liyama's speech
himslf
a
veteran who described
as
were televised for the Chicagoland
Paper
San
Francisco
'happa-haol — a half-Hawaiian,"
telecast.
and his full-blooded Hawaiian, wife Gets 266 Letters for
purchased a home in Southwood.
Area
GARDENA, Calif. —A stream-
made objects of beauty for
their own comfort and spiritual
growth. The days of their imprisonment, so unjust and so needless that if they had wasted their
they
Shepley introduced himself at a
meeting of 200 persons called on
Feb. 22 to discuss whether a new
vote would be taken and whether
an apology from the tract's residents would be made to Sing
Sheng. He told the residents he
had lived in Southwood for nearly
a year before moving to Colma and
still owned the Southwood home.
"I still own Southwood—a little
portion of it—pay my taxes,"
Shepley said. "Why all this about
a non-Caucasian.
"I like it here. That's why I invested my money. The property
values have not deflated, have
they?"
Although a number of the 174
who originally voted against the
Chinese American family indicated they would be willing to change
their vote if a new ballot was taken., it was apparent that the majority of the tract's homeowners were
still opposed to having a person
not of the white race as a neighbor. No new vote was taken at the
meeting.
As a personal answer to racial
oratory,said his $17,000 house has
pensive home in the Southwood
tract announced at the meeting he
was putting his house up for saie
because he "doesn't want to live
with a bunch of bigots."
Roger Roussile, owner of a laboratory, said this $17,000 house has
been put on the market.
'I want to be out of here as fast
as possible," Roussile said. "I'm an
American by choice. I studied the
Bill of Rights in France, before
I came here. These principles are
at stake. I want to defend them."
Roussille said his house would be
sold to any person who wanted it,
regardless of race, creed or coior.
He said he was a Catholic and that
his wife is Jewish.
He said that since real estate
agents posted a "for sale" sign on
the property "nobody in the neighborhood will talk to me anymore."
He said he wasn't worried about
an anonymous letter threatening a
law suit if he sold to a non-Caucasian.
George W. Williams, president
of American Homes Development
Co. of Burlingame, developers of
Southwood, issued a statement defending the race restrictions of the
neighborhood on the grounds that
"the real issue is .' should the
members of any race be permitted
to select their friends and neigh-
. .
time in brooding they might have
gone mad with its weight, became
Hays of enlargement for their
minds amd strength for their
spirits, and their eyes were lifted
up to the skies as they made
gardens around the barracks in
the desert.
"Something of this emanates
from the pages of this book. Allen
Eaton, one of the thinking and WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bill to
sensitive Americans, made the book, provide drastic penalties, including
and the rest of us should be grateful to him, for while we look at death, for vandalism resulting from
the pictures and read the text a "racial or religious prejudice" was
strange comfort steals over us. introduced in the House by Rep.
Nothing, perhaps nothing, could re- Louis B. Heller (Dem., N.Y.), the
veal to western eyes the true depth Washington Office of the JACL
and grace of an ancient eastern Anti-Discrimination Committee repeople as this book does. The whole ported last week.
story is here, a simple story in
Where vandals commit property
the telling but how profound in its damage of more than $1,000, the
revelation, how humbling to the ar- maximum penalty wouldbe $10,000
rogant and the ignorant, unless in- fine or 20 years in jail, or both.
deed they are too arrogant and The minimum penalty would be
too ignorant even to be taught.
$1,000 fine and a year in jail.
"Surely there are many who ,can
In cases where the victims suffer
be taught, and to these the book bodily harm or death, the death
will bring that rare pleasure a penalty could be imposed.
book can bring; beauty for the In introducinghis legislation, the
eye; meaning for the mind and a New York congressman said that
materials, never discovered before, torch for the spirit."
the Federal government must step
I'San
Saturday,
PACIFIC CITIZEN
2
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16 in Opposition
SAN FRANCISCO—The Chronicle reported on Feb. 24 it has
Group
Chicago
Urges Political Action
received more letters on the Sing
CHICAGO—The residents of the
Sheng: affair than on any other Oakland-Kenwood area turned out
single issue in many months.
to a well attended meeting 01
The Chronicle said it has reMonday evening, February 25th to
ceiyed 266 letters to date from begin block organization,
and to
people who feel the Chinese discuss the importance of registraAmerican, "as a member of a tion and voting in the primaries.
minority race, has a right to
The interracial gathering inbuy a house and move into it cluded Japanese Americans, Newithout being challenged or groes and others named as block
heckled."
captains responsible for organizing
Sixteen letters were received their neighbors into units to soht
from persons who felt Southw>ood neighborhoodproblems.
had the right to reject Sing
Sponsored by the Oakland KenSheng.
wood Planning Association, the
The Chronicle said people have group listened to Joseph Minsky of
written from throughout the nathe Independent Voters of Illinoii
tion and that the Sing Shengs speak on participation in the
have received more letters than primaries to insure good candr
the Chronicle. All of these let- dates for the November elections,
ters, except one which was unand Mrs. Virginia Kemiey of th
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community
signed, were sympathetic
Conference.
Several Nisei including Joanne
SouthwoodChildren
Kawaguchi, Mrs. Marianne Suzuki,
Fred Yamaguchi, Taro Kimura,
Withdrawn
and Mrs. Chizu liyama were selected as block captains and helpSunday School
in their streets.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
A ers
Methodist pastor who defended the
right of a Chinese American fam- Cleveland Chapter
ily to live in the Southwood tract
said this week parent* have with- Holds Program on
drawn all Southwood district chilBrotherhood Theme
dren from his Sunday school.
Ten or twelve children were
for
withdrawn, the Rev. Romain Swed- a CLEVELAND—"Brotherhood
Better World," a gala event inenburg said, because the parents cluding skits,
dancing, music and
"didn't like our stand" which op- exhibits was held on Saturday eveposed the exclusion of the Sing ning, Feb. 23, at the Eudaf
Sheng family from Southwood.
Avenue Baptist Church at Euclid
The minister is pastor of the and E. 18th Street. |
Buri-Buri Community Methodist This inter-cultural program
Church which serves the residen- which climaxed the National
tial tracts of Buri and Southwood. Brotherhood Week observance here
The Rev. Swedenburg said he had was co-sponsoredby an inter-group
issued a statement supporting Sing council which consisted of repreSheng's right to purchase a South- sentatives of more than 12 different
wood home. Later he arranged for nationalities in Cleveland. The
Sing Sheng to buy a home in Buri. Cleveland JACL through its Public
Relations Committee took part in
the program by presenting a colorUno Will Head
ful kimono ceremony. The lecture
demonstration was presented by
Coordinating Group
Mrs. Thomas Sashihara. Modeli
LOS ANGELES
Edison Uno, included the following: Sakae
president of the East Los
Angeles
Iwata, Kiich
chapter, was named this year's Yoshimura, Margaret
Nakashige, Betty Nakao, Sachi
chairman of the Los Angeles JACL Fujimoto.
Arrangements were
Coordinating Council at the council's meeting held here on Feb. 17. made by Mickey Fujimoto.
Chapter members of this Los Angeles Coordinating body include House Report Favors
Downtown Los Angeles, East Los
Angeles, Southwest Los Angeles, Oinniltus
Venice, and West Los Angeles.
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Proposal
Bill Seeks Drastic Penalties
For Acts of Vandalism
in on
situations such as the 'recent bombings and vandalism
against Negroes, Jews, and Catholics in Florida, and vandalism in
Philadelphia "where a Hitlerlike
youth grpup desecrated several
Jewish synagogues."
Representative Heller added that
the problem "touches every American citizen and every American
home, since racial tension unfortunately is found in many communities throughout the country."
Mike Masaoka, national JACL
director, observed that had such
legislation been on the books and
enforced many of the "incidents
and attacks" against persons of
Japanese ancestry and their homes
after- the Exclusion Orders were
lifted in 1945 might have been
prevented.
while the existing law discrimin-
ates between men and women in
granting such preferential status.
In general, the Omnibus bill follows the national origins formula
of the 1024 Quota Act in allocating quotas among the various independent countries of the world.
The Walter bill also takes
vantage of the experiences gained
since the enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Act*
1950 and provides for many improvements in the language of *»
statute, the report says. It broadens the scope in recognizing W"1
involuntary membership in. totalitarian organizations and bona-fl*
defections from the ranks of suet
groups and organizations, a con-
ad-
siderable liberalization.
The measure alsorevises and «"
cilitates the adjustment of the in>"
migration status of aliens ''legally
jii tc"
or temporarily in the U
States. At the same time,, deportation procedures are strengthen^
to discontinue lax practices an(l
to discourage abuses.
Francisco Promises a Great 'Homecoming/June 26-30,1952"
Saturday, March 1, 1952
PACIFIC CITIZEN
Mayor, Police Chief Express
Regrets to Mrs. Kumasaka
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
WILL REIGN OVER
COUNTY FAIR FETE
3
Senate Group Would Suspend
Deportation for 30 Aliens
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Senate Judiciary Committee in-
sure. I know his symptoms after
formed the Washington office of the JACL Anti-Discrimination
the accident were the same as
and
Police
Chief
vin of Seattle
Committee that it had approved 30 more alien Japanese now subthose of intoxication, but Akira
George D. Eastman last week both didn't drink. ,He had
ject to deportation for suspension of such proceedings.
workbeen
called on Mrs. Sayo Kumasaka, ingl double shift lately, because oi
This action was taken under the provision of a JACL ADC
who the baby coming. That's what
widow of Akira Kumasaka
sponsored law of July, 1948, which authorized the Attorney Gena
heart
attack
caused his stroke."
died on Feb. 18 of
eral to recommend the suspension of deportation proceedings in
held at Mrs. Kumasaka expects the child
and pneumonia after being
the case of deserving aliens, regardless of race, to Congress. If
city jail on a mistaken charge of in August.
"He was always a good breadboth the House and1 Senate concur
intoxication.
in the recommendations, the aliens
Mrs. Kumasaka was assured by winner," she continued. "We've
have their individual status adthe- city officials there would be always had enough money. Akira
justed to that of permanent resichanges in city jail medical pro- worked hard. During the war, he
dents.
cedures, changes which might have didn't went to live in the relocation camp because or the children.
Those listed as beneficiaries of
spared her husband's life.
the Senate action are:
"Mayor Devin was so gracious," He took a job in a garage and
Hisako Aoki or Jiisa Aoki, Akira
said Mrs. Kumasaka. "I told him did other things—anything to keep
Chiba, Ai Chikaki (Nee Tamura),
about Akira; I wanted him to know from the government rolls.
The Tadashi iHamamo, Kamejiro HaWASHINGTON, D. C.
what kind of a man Akira had "After the evacuation, we came
House Judiciary Committee favor- mano, Hatsuno Higuchi, Toshitaro
been. Mayor Devin was here 45 back. All the greenhouses had to
ably reported four private bills for Ishikawa, Romano Ota Ishikawa,
minutes and we had a fine talk. be repaired. Now the wholesale
the relief of persons of Japanese Raizo Kawaguchi, Gogi Kubota or
flower business is all right, and
He was very gracious."
ancestry, the Washington Office of George Kobe or George Kubota or
first
family—our
—in
the
said
he
e
Akira
could
a
vaca«\\r
take
the JACL Anti
Discrimination Kenzo Kubota, Sannosuke Mudnconcern was to get Akira's name tion. And then
this."
reported last week.
Committee
koro, Koshiro Muira, Huruko
Robert
HeilFinal
rites were held for Akira
cleared," she later told
Rep. Bernard W. Kearney (Rep., Muira or Haruko Masuda, Takeshi
man of the Seattle Times. "I hope Kumasaka on Feb. 23 in the First
N.Y.) is author of the legislation Nishikawa or Phillip Nishikawa,
Baptist Church. Burial was at
that has been done."
to permit Fumiko iHjga, adopted Rikiye Oshita or Kiyono Mukai,
She held no bitterness, even in Resthaven Cemetery, Washelli.
Japanese child of Mr. and Mrs. Shigematsu Oshita or Naozo Mureferring to the Police Department,
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Richard J. Gibbons of Scotia, New kai,
Sayo Kumasaka; two daughters,
Heilman noted.
York, to enter this country.
Ichiro Suzuki, Hide Yamuguchi
"In any big organization, there Beatrice and Noreen; a son, Stuart;
Rep. Leroy Johnson (Rep., or Hide Tokunaga, Shinichi Yoshiare some bunglers," the widow said. his mother, Mrs. Matsumi Kuma|Calif.)
mura or Henry Yoshimura, Yoshintroduced the bill to au"You can't get ride of them all." saka; three sisters, Mrs. Mitsuko
thorize Mrs. Michi Masaoka, iko Akasaki or Yoshito Akasaki,
"He hadn't had a drink in four Furuyama, Vale, Ore., Mrs. May
motherof eight American citizen Isoko Akasaki or Isoko Ishimuro,
years," she recalled. "Before that, Fujioka, Chicago, and Mrs. Mariko iorMac Fumiko Nakamoto, a senat Calexico, Calif., High
children, four of whom served in Shizuko Akiyama (nee Shizuko
he used! to take a drink now and Hanami, Rexburg, Ida.; and two
School reigned as queen on "Japthe Armed Forces during World Tada), Hanori Akume or Roy
then, but never enough to get 'that brothers, Haruo Kumasaka, Chianese Day" at the Imperial CounWar II and one of whom was Akume, Tadaichi Hiraoka or
way.' He had high blood pres- cago, and Roland Kumasaka.
ty Fair in El Centro. Miss Nakilled with the 442nd Regimental George Hiraoka or George Yoshikamoto is the second daughter Com'hat Team in Franco, to re- moto or Seigaku Yoshimoto, Masof Mr. and Mrs. George K. Naturn to the United- States after eru Michael Machida, Satoshi
kamoto of Calexico. Susan Yabeing stranded in Japan during Oishi, Yei Oishi or Ei Oishi, Jiso
mashita of El Centro was queen the war. Her family resides in Sasajima or Henry Jiro Sasajima,
at last year's fair. T. H. M omita,
and Tokio Tamotsu or Tokio Sumi
Penryn, California.
El Centro druggist, was chairRep. Chester B. McMullen or Jackie T. Tamotsu.
SEATTLE—PoIice Chief George police. We are concerned about man of the "Japanese Day" fes(Dem., Fla.) sponsored the- measD. Eastman said on Feb. 20 his the 'jail policy' of not notifying tivities.
ure for Mrs. Aiko Eijima Phillips,
investigation into the death of the families of adults who are arJapanese wife of Roscoe H.
Akira Kumasaka, 39, indicates that rested in unconscious condition on
Phillips, a civilian electronic radio IN
FOR
Brother
the Nisei businessman and church our city's streets.
engineer in Japan with a civil serleader had not been drinking when
"Let those who guide the public
vice rating in Japan. Mr. Phillips
In
he was jailed on an intoxication life of our city take real action to
was awarded the Certificate of
charge after a traffic mishap on change such negligent procedure, Regular Army
Yoshie Fujiwara,
Achievement, which is one of the CHICAGO
Feb. 15.
so thatthe regretful passing of our
nation's highest awardsfor civilian the star and director of the largest
Kumasaka, owner of a nursery brother Akira might not be entireWASHINGTON, D. C—Timothy employees for service in connec- opera company in Japan, will make
Chicago appearance under the
business, died in Doctors Hospital ,lyi in vain."
Osato, brother of ballet star Sono tion with the military effort of this a
auspices of the Chicago Chapter,
of a stroke and pneumonia about
The letter was signed by Law- Osato, has been nominated to be country.
Rep. Hugh B. Mitchell (Dem., JACL, announced Abe Hagdwara,
48 hours after his release from rence Anderson, chairman of the a First Lieutenant in the Regular
this week.
city jail on $260 bail.
board of trustees; Mrs. Lee R. Army, the Washington Office of Wash.), introduced the bill for president,
Konishi Shimada, minor The Chicago Japanese American
"We in the Police Department Grubic, secretary of the board, and the JACL Anti Discrimination Toshiaki
Committee announced last week. son of Masako Shimada by a prev- Music Club is assisting the Chivery much regret that our officers the Rev. John L. Ross, pastor.
Chapter in promoting Fujimisread the pathological symptoms
One of the original volunteers of ious marriage. Mrs. Shimada re- cago
wara's appearance in this city.
Washington.
sides
in
Seattle,
Chief
Kumasaka,"
exhibited by Mr.
the 442nd. Regimental Combat Mike Masaoka, national JACL The benefit program, which is
Team, he served with the famous
Eastman said.
"Our incoming Truck
Down
to aid the Chicago 1952
screening process was established
Nisei infantry in Italy and in ADC director, said that the bills intended
would be considered on ADC Fund Drive, will be held at
several years ago to assist our men Cousin
France. He was a memberof Can- probably
Chicago
Institute's Fullerton
in such cases."
non Company. As a member of March 4th, when the House will Hall on Art
Saturday March 8, at 8
consider
private
its
next
calendar.
in
Florin
nd,
the 442
he was awarded the
Kumasaka was driving a truck
p.m.
Presidential Distinguished Unit
that struck an automobile on the
Long acclaimed as the leading
SAN
DIEGO
Marene
Masaye
Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster, Elect Harry Fujita
evening of Feb. 15. He lapsed into
Japanese tenor, Mr. Fujiwara is in
old
of
daughter
Matsubara,
4-year
the
Combat
Infantryman's
Badge,
uficdnsciousness immediately after
this country to muster support for
James Matsubara, and the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf To Head
in
the accident. His physician later Mr. and Mrs.to_death
opera in Japan.
i
19,
was
crushed
on
Feb.
Cluster.
stated he believed Kumasaka sufDowntown
L.
three
young
the
after
her
day
fered a stroke, causing him to lose
cousins were killed in a fire near
Name
control of the truck.
LOS ANGELES—ResuIts of the
Return from Korea
Police, believinghim intoxicated, Florin, Calif.
mail
ballot
election
of
the
DownTo Housing Board
booked him at the city jail. An The Matsubara child was run
Angeles JACL Chapter
town
Los
truck
which
was
Southern
CaliSEATTLE—Two
Army physician later examined him over by a delivery
revealed Harry M. Fujita as its
CHICAGO —The Housing Conin a jail cell and "assumed he was backing up the driveway of her fornia Nisei were among 2,676 president for the 1952 term. Other
ference of" Chicago announced that
troops who returned from Far
home.
drunk," Eastman said.
officers are: Henry Murayama, Ist it had elected Richard Akagi, Mid"In this instance, the doctor was
Her parents were preparing to East duty on Feb. 21 aboard the v.p.; Fred Matsumoto, 2nd v.p.; west Regional
Representative, to
Adder.
transport
Marine
U.S.
called as soon as he came on duty leave for Sacramento to attend the
Roy Hoshizaki, 3rd v.p.; Henry Ida, its Executive Board.
at 8:15 p.m. His decision in such funeral of the three children of
They are Cpl. Yoshihiro Kawasec;
treas.; Grace Morinaga, rec.
The Housing Conference of Chimatters must, of" course, be accept- Matsubara's sister, Mrs. Tom uchi, Long Beach, and Pfc. A. G. June Maruya, corres. sec.; John cago is
the largest civic organizaMasuda, Los Angeles.
ed by us and continued detention is Takohara.
Also, auditor; Harry Honda, pub. tion in Chicago concerned with
contingent on the results of his exdir.
public housing issues,
amination.
"Each officer concerned acted as
a reasonable man could end in his
own best judgment.
"We extend our deepest sympathy to the family and are very
sorry for the implications of the
unfortunate publicity given Mr. WASHINGTON, IXC.— Ernest (Dem., Nev.), author of the legislaNEW YORK
The Mayor's housing1 apartments to be built
Kumasaka. Renewed efforts will W. McFarland (Dem., Ariz.), Sen- tion and chairman of the Senate Committee
on Slum Clearance alongside the co-op, it was said,
Judiciary Committee, moved that
be made to provide immediate adeand nine institutions in the will offer only 1536 units for the
quate medical attention to all per- ate Majority Leader, promised Mike his Omnibus Bill be "passed over" Plans
Momingside Heights section of
sons in need of treatment."
Masaoka, national JACL ADC leg- during1 Senate consideration of its Manhattan, including Columbia 3600 families now in the area.
"The Japanese families here fall
he would urge so-called unanimous consent calen- University, were charged this week mostly
Kumasaka was taken in an am- islative director, thatMcCarran
into the middle income
Omdar.
on
the
early
bulance to the hospital on Feb. 16
action
/
with fostering a situation th^t will group who earn too
much to be
NaturalizaMcOarrjm
after his release from jail on nibus Immigration and
pointed out that force persons of Japanese ances- eligible for public housing,
Sen.
but
$250bail, furnished by his family. tion Bill, the Washington office of- the Omnibus Bill was a lengthy try living in the Manhattanville earn too little to
afford the highRepercussions of the Kumasaka fice of the JACL Anti-Discrimin- and comprehensive measure that area to "again face evacuationfrom rent cooperatives," the statement
case indicated' this week that ation Committee announced this merited full Senate debate. He ex- their homes," the Hokubei Shimpo added.
\
pressed his hope that it would be reported.
changes were in the offing to in- week.
The statement: declared there is
sure adequate medical care at the In a letter to Masaoka, the ma- possible for the Senate to consider The Shimpo said the charge was no assurance of acceptance in the
city jail.
his measure soon.
made by the Committee to Save co-op even for "such Japanese who
jority leader declared:
jln connection with the incident 'I shall take this matter up with Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (Dem., Our Homes, a tenants' group or- might be able to afford the rents."
and
the board of trustees of Calvary the Majority Policy Committee
N. V.) declared that he objected to ganized last October to counter cityThe committee charged that the
Baptist Church made public a let- recommend
that (the McCarran consideration of the Omnibus Bill. backed plans for a "high rent" co- private financial backers of the
ter which was sent to Mayor Wilbe scheduled for de- He asked that the Record show operative housing project in the cooperative housing plan
Omnibus Bill)
nine
liam Devin and Police Chief East- bate
his objection even though the bill's area.
at an early date."
educational and religious instituman.
"The real issue is discrimination, tions in Morningside Heights
me take this opportunity author had asked that it be "pass"We, the board of trustees of to "Let
as it was in 1942 when the Japa- were using "slum clearance" as an
I am very proud ed over."
that
you
assure
Cavalry Baptist Church, on the ocrecord and great Sen. Lehman is sponsor of a sub- nese were moved from the Pacific excuse to rid the area of low-incasion of the tragic death of our of the wonderful
by
so many of our stitute measure for the McCarran Coast," an announcement from the come minority race group families.
made
Christian brother and fellow board sacrifices
Americans of Japanese de- Omnibus Bill and his office inform- tenants group said.
The statement by. the tenants
member, Akira Kumasaka, feel it young during
the last war," Sen. ed the JACL ADC that the New It was estimated the project will group concluded:
to be our duty and privilege to de- scent
to
a
replying
York Democrat expected to intro- force the displacement of 2,000
"Why, then, was the high-rent
our own complete faith in McParland wrote in
Is it because Colthe Christian character and life of request from the JACL ADC that duce his version of an Omnibus Im- families, mostly of Negro, Puerto proposal made
migration and Naturalization Bill Rican, Japanese and Chinese an- umbia University wants to protect
Mr. Kumasaka, who has been for he use his good offices to schedule
measure for early soon, possibly in a week or so. cestry.
its property values? Are Neyears our close
in the the Omnibus
cause of Christ. co-worker
floor consideration before appro- Sen. Lehmam's office explained The tenants group said apart- groes, Puerto Ricans and Japanese
considered unfit neighbors for the
Akira Kumasaka is now dead priations, defense and foreign aid that the former Empire State gov- ments in- the proposed cooperative
month big educational and religious inand our concern is for his family legislation crowd the Senate legis- ernor was not opposed to the would cost $19 per room per
other sections of the proposed re- and would require down payments stitutions of Morningside
and for others in danger of such lative docket.
of $550 per room. Low rent public Heights?"
vision.
Pat
McCarran
Meanwhile,
treatment at the hands of our
Sen.
SEATTLE—Mayor William
De-
'
Issei Gold Star
Mother Seeks
Return to U. S.
—
'
-
.. .
Probe Shows Kumasaka Ill,
Not Intoxicated, When Jailed
TENORTOSING
CHICAGO
ADC BENEFIT
Ballet Star's
Gets Promotion
—
-
Runs
of Children
Killed
Fire
—
JACL
A.
Promise Early Senate Group
Action on Omnibus Proposal
JACL's Akagi
Charge N. Y. Nisei Tenants
Face Second "Evacuation"
—
—
«.ar~
...
—
Saturday, March 1,
PACIFIC CITIZEN
\M
4
PACIFIC^CITIZEN
Official Publication of the
Japanese American Citizens League
nisei USA
Vagaries
Songbird
'ffl?
. ..
LARRY TAJIRI
What About Race Stereotypes!
by
Tomi Kanazawa, Nisei soprano
who recently appeared on radio and
TV in the Metropolitan Opera auNational Headquarters: 413-15 Beason Building, 25 East Second
ditions over ABC, sang on' the Kate
South street, Salt Lake City 1, Utah.
Smith afternoon show on Feb. 21
5-6501.
Bld«.,
415
Beason
Phone
and
Business
Office:
Editorial
over NBC-TV. She appeared with
So long as race discrimination tion for his popular fiction aly.|
Other National JACL Offices in Washington, D. C, Chicago, New
Davis Cunningham in thelove duet remains an evil with which per- the Japanese schoolboy,
York, Denver, San Fransicso and Los Angeles.
from "Madame Butterfly."
sons of Japanese ancestry in the Togo. First published in Coiy
Subscription Rates: JACL members, $3.00 per year. Non-memMitsuko Kimura, the 19-year old United States must contend, the in 1907, these letters long enjojJ
Tokyo model who had only minor projection of racial stereotypes and considerable popularity on »
bers, $3.50 per year.
West Coast. In them the 'JD I
roles in Japanese films until she the perpetuation of race myths stereotype
Entered as second class matter in the post office at Salt Lake
was clearly
made the cover of Life Magazine's are matters of serious concern to
City, Utah. Published weekly, under the act of March 8,1879.
the buck-toothed,
bespectadS
special Asia issue on Dec. 81, was every Japanese American.
tricky, wordy, arrogant, dishoiJ
leading
signed
subject
stereotypes
for
the
of
recently
race
This
BDITOR
LARRY TAJIRI
femme role in the picture which has acquired a certain pertinence figure of the comic strips and id
Paul Sloane, well known Holly- at the present time because of pro- magazines. It was Mr. Irwfci
wood director, is making in Tokyo tests levied by the Twin Cities invented the stereotyped speech J
for Daiei for foreign release.
chapter of the JACL and the Mid- the Japanese-Americanor 'Jap,'
Now that U.S. occupation troops west JACL ADC office at the pro- was Mr. Irwin who coined all {I
are going home from Japan, one fessional activities of George Oka- funny parodies on the use of J«9
of the biggest GI song hits is the mura whose trade name is "The nese honorificSy such es
"Sayonara Boogie," written by Great Togo." Mr. Okamura is a Sir,' and the 'so sorry, plea*!
The unfortunate Sing Sheng case of Southwood in South San Capt. Charles J. Milazzo, a U.S. wrestler who has developed a Thereafter people saw not the J
a knack of purveying villainy in the panese immigrants, but the stem!
Francisco appears to be over. Hundreds of individuals made Army officer who has authored
number of other popular songs ring and is the embodiment of the type 'Jap.'"
known their protest over the exclusion of Sing Sheng and his while in Japan. Capt. Milazzo also unfavorable race stereotypes which Hashimura Togo and his hisjkl
family from the "all-white" Southwood tract. Editorials from turned out a scenario for Daiei, pro- the West Coast racists used in brethren never existed, except»l
ducers of the prize-winning "Rash- their campaigns to provoke hatred the minds of the Yellow P«jl
coast to coast condemned the prejudicial attitude of Southwood omon," entitled "Murder of the against the resident population of crowd. But Hashimura Togo
residents. And public officials of California, including Gov. Earl Seven Good Luck Gods." Capt. Japanese descent. Mr. Okamura, to symbolize, to a whole genenl
Milazzo has turned over all pro- who is said to have studied phil- tion of Americans, the immigratl
Warren and the South San Francisco city council, added their ceeds
from his. songs and his film osophy at, the University of Ore- of Japanese ancestry. It *)■
play to Japanese charities.
protest.
gon at one time, plays the role of against Hashimura Togo
* *
the untrustworthy Japanese to gross in 1924 passed the amesM
rßut all of this was to no avail. The original "no" vote of New Faces
perfection and usually winds up ments to the Immigration Arl
with the audience crying for his which was popularly known as
174 property owners held, and the Chinese American was kept
This is awards time in filmdom
"Japanese Exclusion Act." It wul
Mood.
out of Southwood. Perhaps the, hundreds of letters' and calls ex- and two Nisei actors are mentionThe impact of the Great Togo's Hashimura Togo who was ordeml
ed in the citations published in
pressing their sympathy and friendship offered some consolation March's Family Circle magazine. performance in the Middle West to evacuate from the Pacific Coal
cannot be appreciated on the coast in 1942 but it was the immigrul
"Welcome New where
to Sing Sheng, whose concept of American democracy suffered The category
wrestling audiences are a Issei and their Nisei children, vkl
lists
"the
heart-warming
Faces"
little more sophisticated, having tims of a vicious rase myth, whtl
under the stress of the Southwood incident. And possibly in some performances of Henry Nakamura been
exposed to the Yellow Peril lost their homes and businesses a*l
Nakano in 'Go for campaigns
measure democracy was served in the process during which the and Lane
of the pre-war Hearst went off to desertrelocation camp,!
Broke!' their first appearance be- press and the Native
Sons, regardWithout the wide acceptancerfl
vicious face of prejudice was bared.
fore a movie camera, offering un- ing portrayals of Japanese
villainy. unfavorable Japanese race stewl
deniable proof that personality is The fact that several of the
Great types by the American people, &■
A few tag end? still remain. A minister who protested the more valuable than film expe- Togo's
were widely tele- racists and the economic interest!
matches
Southwood stand has reported that Southwood residents have rience."
vised provoked the protest by the who wanted mass evacuation woiilil
Twin Cities JACL in Minnesota. not have been able to get avail
taken their children out of his Sunday School. A Southwood resiAlthough the activities of Nisei with this act of complete repu&l
New
Novel
dent who did not go along with the majority on the rejection of
Pearl Buck's new novel is the wrestlers cast aa "dirty Japs" has ti<m of American democratic prii-l
Sing Sheng has offered his hquse for sale as an expression of love story of an American GI and been a matter of considerable con- ciples and would not have Deal
a Japanese girl. It's being serial- cern to the JACL and to other able to sell it to the military ill
his protest.
ized in Woman's Home Companion. groups interested in favorable the name of security.
Sueo Serisawa is one of a public relations for the Nisei, no
Sing
Sheng
apparently
go
But
and his wife have
decided to
was made to censure them,
The racial characteristics K-l
number of prominent Southwest ar- attempt
along with their original decision that if their neighbors-to-be tists who have contributed paint- in the belief that these wrestlers tributed to persons of JapanesesiM
ings to the Tracy J. Putnam Foun- had a right to earn a living, even cestry in the campaigns of prej-B
rejected them, they would seek a home elsewhere.
§
dation, a nonprofit organization in such a hazardous occupation. udice more than a generational
action of the Twin Cities have become so much a part c:1
To all intents and purposes, it would appear that the incident for medical and social research. The
group last December was inspired our national culture that most el
will
paintings
The
be
and
exhibited
closed.
is
sold to raise funds.
Shu Ta- by the conviction that the televising the "Japanese" characters in liter*
guchi,
a
movie
camera- of these performances to millions ture. the legitimate drama and tk
Japanese
But this might be a good time for re-examination of this man who was
in the U.S. at the of Midwest homes was creating motion pictures have been men
country's thinking on housing restrictions. For Southwood is not
time of Pearl Harbor and return- discriminatory attitudes in areas projections of these stereotype!
the only neighborhood of its kind in this country.
ed to Japan in 1942 aboard the ex- where little or none had existed Delineation of a Japanese who (Si
change ship Gripsholm, has made previously toward Japanese Am- not act or speak in the "so soni
There are thousands of Southwoods all over the United States a new film called "I Was a Prison- ericans.
please" manner of Hashimura Top
In the lexicon of the Pacific Coast may have made the character a—clean, pleasant communities whose residents would declare fer- er in Siberia" which will be excertain racial charac- recognizable to the audience. The
vently their belief in the tenets of democracy. But a Sing Sheng ported to the United States. Si- hatemonger
berian scenes were taker) on loca- teristics were attributed to persons writers, playwrights and the screa
case, repeated in their communities, might well arouse again the tion in Hokkaido.
Newsweek of Japanese descent. The effect of scenarist played it safe and made
same ugly prejudices so blatantly exposed in Southwood.
Magazine predicted this week that these stereotypes on the lives of cardboard comic Valentines »■
the omnibus immigration bill, those of Japanese ancestry on the sneaky villains of their Japanexl
The Sing Sheng case was not alone the case of Southwood in which contains the JACL ADC en- Pacific Coast was noted by Carey characters.
South San Francisco. It was the case of Southwood, USA.
dorsed provision for equality in McWilliams in his book, "Prejudice The anti-Nisei and anti-JapaneseI
naturalization, will be one of the —Japanese Americans; Symbol of films which were made in Holly- si
few pieces of legislation which will Racial Intolerance." Discussing wood after Pearl Harbor reW|
be passed by Congress this session. the early race hatred campaigns heavily on these stock types. Tho
against the Japanese in California, motion pictures like "Go forßroke!"
Mr. McWilliams said:
and "Japanese War Bride" are of
"Not only had a firm ideological more than ordinary
The effectiveness of FEP legislation is again demonstrated
interest ail
basis been laid for anti-Japanese importance in destroying a radii
in Washington, where the State Board Against Discrimination in
feeling by 1909, but malicious stereotype which has done un»
Employment is currently in its third year of work.
stereotypes were being created countable damage. Similarly i»
which tended to solidify anti-Japa- radio, wartime programs like Arch
As has been the case elsewhere, this group has not once had
nese sentiment. From the school Oboler's "The Family Nagashi"
to resort to the courts to enforce its rulings. In every instance
board incident in San Francisco, and Millard Lampell's "Boy fro»
Wallace Irwin received the inspira- Nebraska" were important in thil
where discrimination has been shown, mediation and persuasion Read It
And weep for the ICC.
their Nisei characters did not Bpe«k
have proved sufficient to effect a change in policy and eliminate
The Interstate Commerce Com- show, the Milton Berle
like
Eddie Holden's buck-tootW
the discrimination. Amicable settlements have been made in stores mission was asked to decide
Texaco
Watanabe," the radio cr»
and businesses which appeared to be adamantly opposed to any "whether dining car seating rules of show and Eddie Cantor's Comedy "Frank
Hour program. The Maugham tion who could have been Hashithe Southern Railway were dis- show, especially,
change.
mura Togo's brother. In Obolert
criminatory. The ICC said "No." using Negro actorswas cited for "Nagashi" the Nisei 442nd yeterat
without
racial
The rules in question are:
Here as elsewhere, it appears that the value of FEP lies
who returned to his California how
identification of their roles.
"When entering singly, women
largely in the fact it is on the books. Its enforcement powers
to find his family the,victims «
be seated with women, men
hoodlum-inspired violence w»i
exist, to be resorted to if necessary- It is a credit to the tact and will
Who's
Fussy?
with men, young people
young
played straight by Elliot Le««
diplomacy of the people on the board that not once has this been people, elderly persons with
with elderAs long as it's money, we'll take (Frankie Remley of the Phil Hern)
required.
ly persons, white' persons with it. That, at least, appears to be show). Most Nisei were impresw
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white persons and Negroes with the attitude of Piedmont College as much by the fact that the Nise
The Washington board, however, makes an interested revel- Negroes.
in Atlanta, Ga., where a good- hero "sounded just like any other
"Following the above illustra- sized rhubarb has been brewing of American" as by the drama's me*
ation on the discrimination picture in Washington.
tions, stewards will bear in mind late over the college's acceptance sage of goodwill.
In that state, the board says, job discrimination is more (occupied space permitting), white of funds from the Texas Education As a result of a campaign by ra«
pronounced against persons of Japanese and Chinese ancestry passengers should be seated from Association.
groups, including
the buffet
kitchen end of the The association is supported by relations
JACL, against racial stereotype*
than against Negroes. Nisei who have taken some wry consola- dining car or
and Negroes from the George
who, it will be there has been a conscious effort*
tion from the belief they were at least not the most discriminated opposite end (from the ends to- recalled,Armstrong,
was
snubbed
by
screen, radio and teleward the middle.) No passenger Jefferson Military Collegelittle the stage,portray
against group will have to reorient their thinking.
in
vision
to
members of n":
shall be refused such service Natchez, Miss., some three years. nority groups
as individuals
when
there
is
a
Nor would it be amiss, perhaps, to point out again that the
vacant seat in the At that time Armstrong offered not as just another projection «
that school a 50 million dollar en- a group stereotype. For example
elimination of discrimination in employment through government diner."
dowment for teaching white su- the Nisei hero of the "Mr. Moto
agencies depends largely upon the initiative of the group sufferpremacy.
detective
series broading the discrimination. In most cases a complaint of discrimina- TV Talk
Now Armstrong's money has cast over adventure
the
NBC
network
You
and
I
probably
watch
TV
tion must be entered before a board is empowered to act.
been dangled
no strings at- summer sounded like an old sou**
shows just to be entertained. The tached" before"with
Piedmont College, Englishman, if anything, although
Television Authority, AFL union and the school just
In Washington only 84 formal complaints have been filed in representing
couldn't find it Mr. Moto, as played on the serf*
performers in tele- in its'
the past two and one-half years It would appear to be a rather vision, looks for more
heart to say "no."
by Peter Lorre in the late 19S»
than
just enMeanwhile Armstrong is qAill on was Hashimura
small number.
Togo come to lu<tertainment.
as advocating white suRacial
cannot be d*
Recently, looking for shows record
stereotypes
limiting the vote to missed lightly by members of «W
A , The initiative in fighting job discrimination lies with the which integrate Negro artists on premacy,
Americans," banishing all minority. They have touched tn
religious and racial groups, for whom the machinery to tlfeir programs, the Television Au- white
communists and aliens" since lives of every person of Japan*
thority
up
came
■fight has been established.
with and com- World War I and confiscating their
ancestry in the United States tomended the Somerset Maugham property.
day.
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■Saturday, March 1, 1952
PACIFIC CITIZEN
5
FROM THE FRYING PAN
Bill Hosokawa:
Note to the JACL Bowlers
Denver, Colo.
I see by the papers that we're Having a JACL
bowling tournament in Denver this week. Well,
it so happens that I'm one of the very few American adults who's never rolled that big black ball
down a wooden gangway in an effort to knock down
a bunch of Indian clubs at the other end. So I
probably won't get to see you fine bowling folks at
Elitch's. But I hope you'll have a good time, and
that Denver treats you right.
With any sort of breaks, we'll have one of our
beautiful late winter weekends for you, with the
sun baking the crispne&s out of the morning a.9.
The trees haven't started to bud yet, but there'll
be a strong hint of approaching spring. If the
weatherman doesn't cross us up (he often does)
you ought to have a right enjoyable time.
* * *
Nisei Occupation Workers
Sagebrush arrangement at Minidoka, Ida.
I Book Review:
"Beauty Behind Barbed Wire"
The Arts of the JapaBEAUTY BEHIND BARBED
nese in Our War Relocation Campus, by Allen H. Eaton. About
100 illustrations, four in full color.Foreword by, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Harper & Brothers. $6.
♦
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"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."
With this Biblical text Allen H. Eaton begins a remarkable
document—the story of the arts produced by the Japanese banished to the WRA camps during World War 11.
But "Beauty Behind Barbed Wire" was not meant solely to
be an evaluation of artistic ability and technical skills; a mere
picture book of art works.
As he explains in his book, Mr. were utilitarian objects, some were
,
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Eaton planned originally to send
an exhibit of art objects representative of America's many cultural
groups into the relocation centers.
He thought that such an exhibit
would encourage an interest in
handicrafts and suggest the multiethnic background of the United
States, giving the evacuees a feeling that they were not totally isolated from the rest of the country.
But the evacuees, as Mr. Eaton
soon discovered, had already
turned to the arts. In the desertbound camps they looked for,
found and created beauty. A
stone, polished till it shone, became an object to delight the
eye. Painted, it became a character in a folk legend. A piece
of gnarled wood, a bit of sagebrush, a cactus plant, a young
plant—these were the ingredients for the beauty the evacuees
created.
Neither the indignity nor humiliation of the mass evacuation could
keep them from finding pleasure
in, simple things, from making a
work of art from %what others harl
termed ugly and useless. Perhaps
it was because they were suddenly thrust into the midst of emptiness that they could see what had
always before gone unrecognized—
the beauty of a gnarled limb or
the perfection of line in a branch
of young red oak.
They brought ingenuity into the
making of this beauty. Old pack-
cases became beautiful handcrafted boxes. Gunny sacks were
npped apart and dyed to
become
rugs. Corrugated paper, painted
in
gold and scarlet, became a suit of
armor for use in a traditional drama.
Ine desert bloomed. Cactus
gardens covered the black tarwalls of the barracks at
PaferRock
gardens grew at MinJ^ila.
idoka. Even mrild birds became
tame and sang for the evacuees.
ix> many qualities of the mind
were exhibited in this mass,
instinctive turn to beauty. Patience, humor, ingenuity—these the evacuees
in abundance, and they were
J»a qualities
the
needed for survival.
a testament to the
sHiA6 i"k k human
spirit
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vn*»the most adversetocondia tribute t0 the reliance of*2_
the human heart.
mSelves> few of
Ejects
«Picted are works of toe
art. They
were never intended
to be. Some
ing
2t
&'
der^f
made solely for the maker's pleasure. But all of them show the
evacuee's unerring instinct for
beauty. Save for those few photographs which show the terrible pathos of the evacuation, the photos
are examples of evacuee art and
handicraft. Any one of them would
evoke pleasant surprise as evidence
of a single individual's ingenuity or
talent. But as page follows page,
the accumulative evidence makes
it clear that here was a group of
people whose spirit rose above the
confines of barbed wire and saw
across the desert and sagebrush
that cut them off from their fellow men.
Mr. Eaton's accompanying captions and the text give an account
of the evacuation, explaining the
background of the unprecedented
mass movement and telling what
happened during the relocation
and resettlement periods. He
gives due credit to the War Relocation Authority for its humanitarian handling of an inhumane
action.
But it is in the captions, perhaps, that the author does his
greatest service. Mr. Eaton does
not restrict himself to a description
of the object pictured.
In a caption for a bird carved
out of wood, Mr. Eaton notes how
the evacuees overcome the problem of finding wire to form the
Letters from the far side of the Pacific reveal
a growing concern about the future among Nisei
employedby the occupation forces. The occupation
is coming to an end, and that means occupationaires are losing their privileges, one byf one. Soon'
their jobs will be no more, and they'll have to come
home. The alternative'is finding work in Japan
with traders, branch offices of foreign concerns, or
going into Dusiness for themselves.
The Nisei are finding that non-government employment provided few opportunities even though
they are the most employable of occupation personnel because they are bi-lingual. Japanese firms
cannot afford to pay them the kind of money
they need. Traders can hire only a limited number of the thousands available. Most of them
will be coining home, and that's what worries
them.
They're worried about the high cost of living
here in America, and whether they can find jobs
that provide the sort of salaries they've become
used to. Many of the Nisei haven't been back home
■in a decade—they went into the army, took their
discharges in Japan and went right into the occupa-
tion as civilians. They realize that great changes
have taken place in the United States during those
ten years, and frankly they're frightened about
their ability to make adjustments.
Of course the problem isn't going to be miywhere near as big as it has grown in the minds
of some Nisei occupationaires. But from this distance it is obvious there will be difficulties.
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May
Ex-Coasters
Cover War
Other letters from Tokyo say a couple of former West Coasters are due to head for Korea as
war correspondents. One is T. John Pujii, prominent in Nisei newspaper circles in the 'thirties, and
now employed by the Associated Press in Tokyo.
He. is reportedly scheduled to join the AP team in
Korea. The other is Kay Tateishi, former Angeleno,
now of the Tokyo Time-Life bureau. jTateishi is
still awaiting accreditation, but probably will go
over to cover the exchange of war prisoners—if and
when an agreement is reached. Tateishi has been
helping Life Correspondent Frank Gibney collect
material for a book.
George Somekawa, formerly of Portland but now
a member of the Nippon Times staff, was one of
the first to visit Korea after the United Nations
command began to accredit Japanese correspondents. One of the first correspondents into
Korea after fighting started on June 25, 1950, was
Ken Inouye, a newsreel cameraman for International News. Inouye was born in New York, taken
to Japan by his parents after Pearl Harbor, and
had his American citizenship restored after the
surrender. He was killed in an airplane accident
while on his way to the front after a rest period in
Tokyo.
Box-Score on Race Relations:
Japanese Cultural
Program Presented
On Television Show
CHICAGO—A program of Japanese dances and flower arrangement was featured on the Beulah
Carney Show on Feb. 25th over
WENR-TV at 2 p.m. Arranged by
the Chicago Resettlers Committee,
the program started with a Japanese dance number by Misses
Keiko and Hisayo Harada and Judy
Murakami, dressed in colorful Japanese costume.
Miss Mary Takahashi, well
known teacher of flower arrangement demonstrated a modern, vertical arrangment, explaining the
significance of each placement.
Miss Carney interviewed Mrs.
Chizu liyama of the Chicago Resettlers about the Japanese in Chicago, and the Girls Festival in
A Program for Group Action
KLast
ethnic
By ELMER R. SMITH
week in this column we attempted to outline some of
c basic conclusions discovered about race and
group relations. This outline presented us with certain things to keep in
mind when setting up a program of action to fight against group
conflicts and tensions. Another series of principles revolve around
the kinds of people and groups who unite for action against race
ethnic conflicts.
Surveys conducted on interracial action groups tend to show
it at least three basic types exist. These may for brevity's sake
quately the carry over is to other
be listed as (1) the pleaders, (2) relationships.
Intensive research
the educators, and (3) the fightprograms are at work on this
ers.
problem.
The "pleaders" seem to be the
The third groups, the "fightmost numerous as well as the most ers,"
are subdivided into the
active. Preaching- or the verbaliza"negotiator" type and the "miliof
racial
and
tion
facts
about
ethJapan.
tant." The negotiator fe a
nic groups in terms of the prinmiddle-of-the-roader
in the sense
of
American
ciples
democracy
and
legs and feet. For a photograph the democratic way
that he Attempts to maintain the
of
life
is
this
of a flower arrangement he will group's activity. This group uses status quo by "patching things
relate the importance of the tra- the public platform, the radio, up" by and through negotiation.
A true solution to the problem
cap- newspapers and even
ditional art in Japan. In otherbiogadvertising
tions he will include a bit of
and the movies an their attack upon confronting him in the fields of
raphy about the artist whose work the problem of race conflict and raw and ethnic relations are
secondary. The negotiator is
is pictured.
tensions. However, all these medThrough these captions the iums of pleading and exhorting the more often successful in "fixevacuees become real, their cre- public to cease being prejudiced ing things" than other groups
ations become symbolic of their has within itself not changed the suggesting other methods, but
spirit, which refused to wither picture of prejudice and ■tension the Approach is a compromise
in strange and stifling circum- very much. This approach seems and thus reaches into the realm
of appeasement.
stances. Thus the author sees to be ineffective in changing prejThe militant type demands that
the art objects not as works of udices because it is naive and psyart only but as a means of inchologically unsound. Preaching is "Action, not Words" be the order
terpreting a whole group of peoineffective; it reaches only the of the day. A solution to a probple to the rest of the country. It "saved"; it evades conflicts; it lem in race and ethnic relations
is the author's own sense of husalves the conscience. "Good will" should be arrived at by direct acmanity and compassion that meetings reassure men of good will; tion if necessary. This approach
makes "Beauty Behind Barbed "Lhey may activate the "neutral." can lead to serious results such
Wire" an intensely moving and The prejudiced will be little in- as riots or even revolution. The
danger in this attack is that acdramatic book.
fluenced if at all.
tion will be taken before sufficient
Mr. Eaton has been an educator
Many people maintain that prejand writer in the arts, with em- udice and race hatred can be con- information on the problem has
phasis on folk arts, for many years. trolled by education. These are the been attained, and may create poHe is the author of "Immigrant "educator" groups. This group tential trouble for a later date*
Research into these two types of
Gifts to American Life," "Handi- maintains that the spreading o
crafts of the Southern Highlands" knowledge about race, other cul action programs" suggest that
■and "Handicrafts of New Eng- tures, and other sets of values wil an important element in the use of
tend to make people more toler these methods depends upon the
land."—M. O. T.
knowledge of the situation and to
ant. This attitude has brough;
about a great development of in be able to discover when to use
terracial and intercultural educa the co-operative or negotiator aption programs in our public schools proach and when to use the "get
and universities. However, with tough" technique. It appears to
the facts must go a program in be a mistake to follow either line
understanding. The facts do no exclusively,especially when ignorand will not speak for themselves. ance of fundamental facts in the
It is in this last realm that much case under consideration would
the effectiveness of either
more work will have to be done destroy
approach.
before we can honestly say tha
The type of approach to be used
the "education for brotherhood" is
successful. We may support the in terms of the above cannot be
statement made by Dr. Goodwin evaluated unless oneknows the type
Watson in his recent book, "Action of people involved. The kind of
one wants to influence will
For Unity": "The judgment i people
a large degree dictate the methfavorable (for education). Com to
munication of scientific and factua ods to be used. Next week we will
fmd'ngs does help to sustain the turn to a brief analysis of this
confidence of minorities, to rein question.
force the good will of the liberals
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Spring of 1942 on our Pacific Coast.
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and slowly to disintegrate the de
fenses of the prejudiced." How
ever, at the same time we must emphasize the point that we are no
sure just how far and effective the
present
educational program
| really change attitudes about racia
and cultural groups and how ade
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Cited for Bravery
STOCKTON, Calif.—Cpl. Iwao
Tanaka, son of Mr. and Mrs. Megumi Tanaka, was cited for
bravery in action in Korea an Oct.
10, 1951, only seven months after
his Army induction in March.
Saturday,
PACIFIC CITIZEN
6
PACIFIC
CITIZEN
Sports
Yellowstone JACL Wins Cage Tourney
The Rexburg, Ida., team which won the annual Idaho Falls JACL
Intermountain basketball tournament on Feb. 16 was sponsored by
the Yellowstohe chapter of the JACL. The Rexburg team defeated
the Corrine, Ut ,h, YBA, 54 to 50, and the Idaho Falls JACL, 25 to 24,
before winning the finals from the Salt Lake Centaurs, 35 to 28. The
Rexburg team was coached by Dr.- Eugene Peterson arid managed by
Kaz Sakota. Tat Shiratori of Rexburg won the inspirational trophy..
The Twin Cities Nisei basketball team is enjoying a successful season.
One of their most recent victories was a 60 to 32 triumph over the
Headed by Ricky K'umagai, president of the
Incarnation team
Washington, D.C, chapter, two men's and two women's teams from
the capital city rolled a series of matches last week against New York
Nisei competition.. The San Francisco Chinese Saints, probably the
best Oriental American basketball team in the country, roared past
■their first opponent in the annual Pacific Athletic Association tournament in San Francisco, defeating the Salesian Club, 81 to 52. The
Saints are minus the services this year of their, great star, Willie
(Woo Wit»o) Wong, who is now performing for trie Oakland, Calif.,
Engineers, one of the top amateur clubs in Northern California. It's
not known definitely whether Willie Wong will accompany the Chinese Saints to the Salt Lake JACL's tournament later this month.
...
Rocky Ford Mat man Wins State Title
Tom Shiraishi of Rocky Ford won the Colorado State high school
wrestling championship in the 95-pound division by pinning Ed Lucero
of Fort Collins last week. Frank Yamada of Brighton lost his consolation round match to Van Slyke of Greeley in the 154-pound bracket.
Some of the top Nisei cagers in California participated in the
Western Young Buddhists League tournament last week in San
Jose. The Los Angeles YBA had Dick Nagai, 5 foot 11 sharpshooter for Roosevelt High in Los Angeles who had high games of
34 and 2777 points this season, as well as Hiro Kuhoi of El Camino
College. The Sacramento YBA team's raster included George Goto,
named the outstanding junior college basketball player in California two years ago, and Vie Nakamoto of this year's Placer College team. Goto played for Stanford U. last season... Gil Inaba
of Washington State lost by a TKO to Chuck Adkins of San Jose
State in a 139-pound bout last week... Graf Shintaku, 132-pound
boxer for Cal Poly, was TKO'd by Charles Stenhouse of UCLA
on Feb. 21.
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Seven Nisei Place in Stockton Pinfest
Although they failed to share in the big money, seven bowlers
from Northern California Nisei leagues won $25 apiece in the
annual $5,000 El Dorado Singles Classic in Stockton, Calif. They
were Tad Sako, who wasn't far out of the top bracket with 1712,
and Stan Wiom'g of San Francisco; Tom Hatakeda and Tak
Shiba, San Leandro, and Gene Gee, Isamu Hironaka and Ben
Horn, Sacramento... Ken Kimura's 12 points helped Southern Oregon
to a 68 to 44 win over Humbolt State of California and kept the
Oregon team in the running for a berth in the state regional NAIB
tournament... Jim Sato, top-ranking Nisei tennis player on the coast,
ranks sixth in the junior veterans division rankings released by the
Southern California Tennis Association last week... Sayo Togami's
233 game is the season's high in the San Jose Nisei women's bowling league... Among the teams rolling in the Metropolitan Oakland Bowling Championships is the San Lorenzo Tire team of the
Hayward, Calif., 850 League which has Tom Hatakeda, Tak Shiba
and Toe Yorihioka on its roster... Morrie Yamaguchi and Bob.
Ostrander were in second place with 1,266 in the doubles event of the
annual Seattle City Association tournament... Joe Yoshioka and Rush
Stewart with 1,236 were in the money in the Oakland, Calif., city
bowling tourney... Mitsu Okuda's victory over Roy Kuboyama of
the University of Hawaii in the feature bout of a recent amateur
card at Honolulu Stadium was rated as something of an upset since
Kuboyama is regarded as the classiest 112-pounder in Hawaiian amateur ranks... Home runs by Bob Kagamida and Joe Kuroda led the
University of Hawaii to a 5 to 3 victory over Tripler Army Base on
Feb. 18. S. Kinoshita hurled for the collegians.
Ishikawa Sets Weightlifting Record
Emerick lshikawa, four-time national weightlifting champion and
a member of the 1948 Olympic team, set a new Hawaiian record last
week and gave notice that he will be one of the leading contenders
for a berth on the 1952 Olympic squad. lshikawa, former U. S. champion at 123 pounds, pressed 230 pounds to better the Hawaiian mark
of 220 held, by Dynamite Nakasone. Ishikawa's 230, incidentally, was
only nine pounds less than the world record. Present indications are
that lshikawa, George Yoshioka (present U.S. champion at 132-pounds), Richard Tomita, also a member of the 1948 team, and Tommy
Kono of Sacramento, all have good chances of making the U. S. team.
Takai Misses
"300" by One Pin
In Coast Tourney
—
Yulene
STOCKTON, Calif.
Takai, Sacramento Nisei bowling star, came within a single
pin of bowling's hall of fame at
the El Dorado Bowl Singles
Classic which ended here last
week.
Takai rolled eleven consecutive strikes. Then with the entire house watching him, he laid
the twelfth ball right into the
1-3 pocket.
The five-prn never quivered.
Takai settled for a "299"
award from the American
Bowling Congress.
Nagai Leads
Dots
to Bussei
Cage Victory
SAN JOSE —With young Dick
Nagai leading the way with 19
points, the West Xkjs Angeles
Lucky Doks tripped the Oakland
YBA, 69 to 63, on Feb. 23 to win
the Western Young Buddhists
League basketball tournament at
the Civic Auditorium.
The top-seeded Southern Californians stacked up a 44 to 25 halftime lead and held on to win the
championship.
Hiro Kubo, Dok guard, fired in
17 points. Yun Akinaga and Sat
Harada each scored 12 points for
the Oaklanders.
In a preliminary game the San
Jose Alphas upset the highly-touted Sacramento Saints, 48 to 46, in
overtime. Alice Nishijima made
26 points for the winners but Lai
Fong took high scoring honors with
31 points for Sacramento.
More than 3,000 persons watched
the two-day tournament.
The West Los Angeles team
reached the finals at Spartan Gym
by whipping the San Jose Zebras,
64 to 60. Nagai again paced the
Doks with 22 points while Danny
Fukushima hit 20 for San Jose.
Oakland defeated the Sacramento YBA, 45 to 40, in their first
round tilt. Gengo Miyahara was
high with ten points for Oakland.
Nagai was named the tournament's "most outstanding player."
Chisato Kubo of the Doks was
chosen "most valuable."
A tournament all-star team was
picked, comprised of Miyahara,
Hiro Kubo, Fukushima, Tom Hosokawa of Sacramento and Tobe Yamamoto of San Jose.
March
1,
Jj I
Denver Plays Host to 300
At JACL National Tourney
DENVER - The b=
j,l
athletic event the history of 9
ggeit
Tennis Meet
Will Feature
JACL Confab
SAN FRANCISCO—At a meeting held last week, the JACL Convention Tennis Committee drew up
in
Rocky Mountain area got J|
way on Feb. 29 when the first scJ
took to the new Elitch's laj«
the 6th annual National
bowling tournament.
More than 300 individual
ers, including members of 44 mM
and 16 women's teams, were mtj
ed in the ABC and WIBC-sanctjJ
ed tournament which has drawnj
tries from as far east as ClevnJ
and from west coast cities.
The tournament will condtjl
Sunday afternoon, March 2, a
will be followed by an awards
ncr dance in the Cathedral lul
of the New Albany Hotel.
Denver has 14 of the 44 n*gl
teams and one-half of the 16 t|
men's teems.
Salt Lake City, with a
of six men's and three wometa
teams, has the largest
representation.
Los Angeles and Chicago
sent three men's teams, as well9
two women's squads from Los Am
geles and one from the MidwejH
metropolis.
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plans for the coming tournament,
to be held on June 28th and 29th
as one of the special events for the
12th biennial National JACL convention here.
Francis Itaya, chairman of the
tennis committee, announced that
only men's singles and doubles will
be held. No women's events are
scheduled because of the time limit.
The tennis courts at Golden Gate
Park have been obtained for the
tournament.
"Some well known tennis players have already expressed their
desire to enter the tournament,"
says Itaya.
The entry fee for the tournament
communities representdl
has been set at $2 for the singles in Othertournament
the
are San Frufl
event and $3 per team for the cisco,
home of the defending cha&H
be
doubles event. All entries must
pions, Sequoia Nursery, San Jotl
in by June Bth.
Seattle, Clearfidil
Those wishing to enter the tennis Sacramento,
Utah, Ogden, Pocatello, IAM
tournament are asked to contact Falls, Minneapolis,
Monti
Francis T. Itaya, 2031 Bush Street, Cheyenne, and RockyHardin,
Ford, Greelq|
San Francisco 15, Calif.
Working with Itayaon the tennis Platteville and Fort Luptonj|
committee are Hisao Kawabata, Colorado.
San Francisco and Sacramentoil
Gus Fujimoto and Paul Fukami.
JACL chapters heve authori»|
bowling representatives to nuk|
Denver
Has
definite bids for the 1953 touro|
ment. The decision will be mail|
Successful Benefit
at a meeting of team and leagi|
representative on March 2.
dbl
contingj
out-of-tnl
boil
JACL
DENVER, Colo.—Approximately
200 persons attended a JACL-ADC
benefit Saturday, Feb. 23, at the
Adams City Junior High gym.
The benefit netted several hundred dollars for the ADC, according to Sam Matsumoto, financial
chairman, who said exact figures
will be released by Treasurer Robert M. Horiuchi at a later date.
JACL Pres. Roy H. Mayeda and
Matsumoto expressed their thanks
to the Brighton Nisei Women's
Club, the Brighton JAA, the Cornelians and the Tri-State Buddhist Church for their cooperation.
Among those assisting in the
benefit were Mary Murakami,
Katherine Sakaguchi, Mary Sakata, May Murata, Agnes Nakagawa, Sumi Imatani, Ruby Nikaido,
Hideko Nakayama, Dolly Sato,
May i and Jenny Kitagawa, Bess
Shiyomura, Rui Taniguchi, Haruno Tanaka, Miyako Mayeda and
Wyoming Chapter
Installs Cabinet
WORLAND, Wyo. —Installafaß
of newly-elected officers of thil
Northern Wyoming JACL was hdiß
Feb. 9 at the Masonic Hall.
Taking oath of office were foM
Nakamura, president; Mrs. Hankl
Shimogaki, first vice-presidatß
Tom Morioka, second vice-p»H
ident; Mrs. Tom Ujifusa, recordii(B
secretary; Mrs. Kay NakamunHj
corresponding secretary; TomUjM
fusa, treasurer. Mrs. Kaz Uriu,fe|j
torian; Dr. Minol Ota,
Kaz Uriu, alternate delegate; dM
I
Mrs. Minol Ota, reporter.
Eighty persons attended thei»H
Out-of-statiH
stallation dinner.
guests were Mrs. Kanda and MnH
Tosaya, Tao Win
Kushihashi, North Platte, MM
Mrs.
Sam
Matsumoto.
Mr. and Mrs. Kameno, Leocingtaß
Honors in Cleveland
Work crews who assisted in- Neb.; the Rev. Y. Tamai, Denver;■
cluded George Fujimoto, Harry and Mr. and Mrs. N. Mizunagiß
Bowling Tourney
Sakata, Kay Sakaguchi, Bill Sato, Brighton, Colo.
■
Horiuchi, Kenji Kobayashi,
Harry Ujifusa entertained »■
CLEVELAND, O.—Tosh Tosaya Robert Imatani,
George Masunaga, group with movies of his ««*■
and K. Tao won a major share of James
the honors in the Denver booster Roy Mayeda and Sam Matsumoto. trip to the south.
handicap tournament held on Feb.
22 to support the entry of the New
China Restaurant team of Cleveland in the National JACL tour-
Smog-Lites:
nament.
Tosaya won the handicap singles
with a 716 total, while Tao teamed with S. Yano to win the doubles
with 696-578—1274. Tao also won
the all-events with 1317, nosing out
Tosaya's 1304.
Others in the money in singles,
with scores ranging from 651 to
614 were, J. Furukawa, B. Sakai,
G. Sakai, T. Makimoto, K. Tao, M.
Funo, H. Tashima, H. Taketa and
B. Nakagawa.
J. Furukawa and J. Akjba placed
second in doubles with 1242. Others
in the money were A. Sugimoto
and M. Ishige, B. Sakai and H.
Oshiro, A. Tatsuno and K. Kunugi, T. Tosaya and M. Funo, F.
Kawahara and M. Kimura and K.
Nadaoka and R. Yoshioka.
Mr. Moto and Great Togo
By SHIRO
MATSUMOTO
lers from his wrestling exhibitioa
a certain city. Some defends
Los Angeles. in
tho
If Mr. Moto and the Great Togo the wrestlers, some opposed
others didn't even give «
and
had foreseen all the discussion that situation a serious thought, «■
had taken place from certain parts in tho process, *it seems as thoop
of the Japanese press in this coun- words were put into one another'
try, because of their conduct in mouths.
another, i
■the wrestling ring, I think that For some reason or attempt»
they would have quit their pro- wrote something in an
Kawanos Get Busy as Ball Clubs Train
fession a long time ago. The be- humor (which I signed), usingtm
Now that spring is in the offing, the Kaw"an»s are pretty busy.
ginnings of this controversy, as situation as a subject. How sur
Yosh Kawano, clubhouse boy for the Chicago Cubs has to look out
best as I can recall, came when cessful I was in my efforts,
for the equipment for more than two score trainees while Nab Kawano
Mr. Moto was first introduced in really don't know.
has a similar job at Anaheim with the Hollywood Stars of the PaMaybe we human beings nafl
Southern California a few years
cific Coast League, yosh Kawano, incidentally, carded an 84-15—69
ago with quite a favorable fan- marvelous powers of reasoning
to take fourth place in the inactive division in the annual Southern
fare. After viewing his initial per- cause et times we have an abiut
California Baseball Players' gold tournament at Fox Hills
Basketformances on the television screen, to bring in the most irrelevaß
ball shares the spotlight with bowling in Denver this weekend. In
the reaction among some Japanese reasons in an argument, just i«
addition to the 6th annual National JACL bowling meet, which has Denver Mothers
and others was definitely sour, and the sole purpose Of supportingo»
drawn more than 300 entries, the Denver JACL is sposoring an init took form in an editorial in one own views. Some person got t»
vitational series of games, involving Denver all-star Nisei cage teams Plan Easter Dance
of the local Japanese papers. impression, somewhere along t»
and the Utah JAAU All-Stars and the Western Nebraska YMA team.
After that, there were a variety of line of the "Moto and Togo cotYosh Terada, of the University of Oregon, is expected to be the
DENVER—The Denver Mothers accounts concerning Mr. Moto and troversy that a distasteful aw
top-seeded entrant in the medley event at the Far Western AAU Club will hold their annual Easter his counter-part, the Great Togo, tude was taken in the effort
championships which will be held on March 1 and 2 in Portland... dance on Saturday, April 12.
printed in many of the Japanese striving toward human dignity*"
Ed Sato of the University of California lost a decision to Frank
The Mothers Club will sponsor vernacular papers. The situation truth. No one, in my opmuj
Lopez of Idaho State in the 119 pound division in a dual boxing meet a community-wide Orietal Food finally jellednot too long ago, when takes that sort of view of s«J
on Feb. 23 in Pooatello.
Bazaar in May for the benefit of a formal effort was made to oust basic things. I, as an indiviau*
the National JACL ADC campaign. one of the above mentioned wrest- admire those who have honesw
taken up in the past and pre*"i»
Newlywed Leaves
Japan Pro Season
national tournament in Honolulu on March 14 and 15 They are Emer and will take in. the probabletno*
for
ture,
Newlywed Wally Yonamine left for Japan on Feb. 20 with Mrs. ick Ishikawa, 148 pounds; George Yoshioka,
National 132-pound cham- rights.a positive stand
»
Yonamine for his second season of Japanese pro baseball with the pion; Richard Tom, 123; Richard Tomita, 123, and Kiyoyuki Yamad
If Mr. Moto happened to
Tokyo Yomiuri Giants. Also aboard the plane was Jyun Hirota, former shita, 165 pounds... Hawaii sports scribes
have spotted a new Nisei pear
he
d
w"
now,
University of Hawaii star catcher, who will also play for the Giants. prospect who may one day join such Hawaiian
on the scene
groats as Keo ably exclaim,
"wha' hoppen!
i Evelyn Kawamoto dominated the distaff section of the annual Nakama, Halo mrose and Ford Konn* He is Nisei
15-year old Ronald
! I
k Hawaii Swim Club aquatic meet test week in Honolulu, winning the Honda, a sophomore at Honolulu's R<)osevelt High
***
and a wrotwwrf (I would like
Mrs. M*|
to
thank
Ifour events she entered Five Hawaiian weightlifters,four of them
101111010
H<>nda fa
ta "wer for having let me write in «°|
were selected last week to meet a team from Japan in an intercolumn this week.)
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Bturday, March 1, 1952
PACIFIC CITIZEN
Vital Statistics
Inter mountain Nisei
Kami a boy, Andrew Kiyoshi,
on
Feb.
14 m Los Angeles.
Joe
Kobayashi
BTo Mr. and Mrs.in
To
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hirokichi
FujiSeattle.
boy on Feb. 15
nami aboy, Ronnie Hiroshi, on Feb
Akito Maehara 9 mi Los Angeles.
■To Mr. and Mrs.
boy, Chris Shigeki, on Feb. 1
To Mr. and Mrs. George Izumi
Los Angeles.
a boy, Grayson George, on Feb.
■Toi Mr. and Mrs. George Masu- 11 in Los Angeles.
■ige a boy, Terry Kenichi, on To Mr. and Mrs. Allan Yoki a
boy om Feb. 20 in Seattle.
En. 27 in Los Angeles.Shigeo
To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohnoki a
YaMr. and Mrs.
■To
■ana, West Los Angjeles, a girl, boy on Feb. 17 in Auburn, Calif
To Mr. and Mrs. James Nobu■athlcen Kanako, on Jan. 25.
Kaoru yama, Renton, Wash., a boy on
■To Mr. and Mrs. Fred
a boy, Ronald Hiroshi, on
To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Sue28 in Los Angeles.
naga a boy on Feb. 10 in San
Chozaburo Francisco.
■To Mr. and Mrs.
a girl, Linda Yukiko, on Feb.
I in Los Angeles. Sammy
DEATHS
Sadamu
Mrs.
ITo Mr. andgirl,
Joe
K.
Okimoto,
65, on Feb. 8
Lynn
on
Kazue,
■umtomi, a
in Seattle.
■eb 3 in Los Angeles.
Kuniichi Tawa, 81, Alameda,
■To Mr. and Mrs. Etau Hisamoto Calif.,
Feb. 21.
I girl in Denver. Kei Hori a HarryonHiroshi
Tawa, 47, on Feb.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
■To
in Alameda, Calif.
■oy on Feb. 4 in San Francisco. 22Tami
(Mrs. Tetsuichi
■
To Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Nishi Yasuda),Yasuda
77, Platteville, Colo., on
I trirl in Florin, Calif.
23.
■To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Miya- Feb.
Masaye Matsubara, 4,
Marene
Jan.
24
Leslie,
Dona
on
girl,
a
KkiMinneapolis, Minn.
on
Feb.
19
in San Diego, Calif.
X
Hanwanmon Natsumeda, 65, on
(To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Ma- Feb.
19 in Los Angeles.
■eda a boy, Glenn Davis, on Jan. Saiki
Endo, 64, on Feb. 17 in
in Minneapolis.
| To Mr. and Mrs. Gen Ogata a Los Angeles.
■oy, Don Curtis, on Jan. 28 in
MARRIAGES
Minneapolis.
| To Lieut, and Mrs. Albert Ko- Frances Sadako Hara to Norman
Biatsu, Minneapolis, a boy, Carl, E. Sexauer on Jan. 27 in Champaign, 111.
Jan. 20.
(To Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Ogata, Sakako Iwamuro, San Jose, to
Minneapolis, a boy, Harley Michael, John Tanimura on Feb. 17 in Watsonville, Calif.
Jan. 10.
Yamada -to Noboru KuI To Mr. and Mrs. James Taka-;i Yoshiko
Busa Kojima, Cupertino, Calif., bota on Feb. 17 in Denver.
Julie Yoshioka to Capt. Samuel
Boy, Ronald, on Feb. 12.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Ichigaro Ta- Peck on' Feb. 9 in Chicago.
Biika, Rodwood City, Calif., a boy, Katheline Hurphane to Herbert
Uyeda on Feb. 9 in Chicago.
Klen Shinichi, on Feb. 10.
WTo Mr. and Mrs. Masao Ha 1 Lorin Kiba to Tokuji Kajita on
Morgan Hill, Calif., a Feb. 16 in Chicago.
Junne Koike, San Francisco, to
Kirl, Nancy iHaruko, on Feb. 2.
Hirai, Nyssa, Ore., on Feb.
■ To Mr. Ond Mrs. George Hiro- Daizo
Biaka a boy on Feb. 18 in Ontario, 8 in Ontario, Ore.
Lillian Yoshiko Morinaga to
To Mr. and Mrs. George Mori- George Masato Kitamura on Feb.
I
Baki a boy on Feb. 9 in Seattle. 10 in Ontario.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daihachi
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Banifiuchi a boy on Jan. 31 in Judy
Shigeko Mayeda, 20, Berk■Yesno.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Masaharu Jack eley, Calif., and Naoyuki Takasugi,
!l K'r' (m J{inin Fresno. 29, Oxnard, in Alameda County.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Takagaki Rose V. Nakamura, 22, and Karl
girl, Linda Ellen, on Feb. 15 in Kinaca, 2,1, in San Jose.
s Angeles.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Sam I. Take- Veledas Install
Bshita, San Diego, Calif., a boy on
BIRTHS
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Htkeuchi
Kn.
liki
B>
■n
■n
BaniP'chi.
B'uJ'i
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I To Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Miyamoto,
>asa(lt'na, Calif., a boy on Feb.
Cabinet Officers
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Veledas
B
held an installation dinner Feb.
and Mrs. Charles Nishi' a 12 at the Three Star Restaurant
I To Mr.
Carolyn Lumiko, cm Feb. 9 under the co-chairmanship of Kimi
B'1'
1'
In San Francisco.
Kusunose and Shiz Hinatsu.
I
I
To Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kamiya a
"n Feb. 22 in San F,rancisco.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Tsuyoshi
ta a K'r'> Amy Emiko, on Feb.
m '<os Angeles.
I To Mr. and Mrs. Sadao Suzuotx)' Gardena, Calif., a girl, YoshBki> Carolyn, on Feb. 10.
To Mr. and Mrs. Terry Teruo
■■Katnyama
a boy, Robert Alan, on
4in Los Angeles.
el)I To Mr. and Mrs. Shigeo Matsu■Kllm;l -l boy, Gerald Conrad, on Jan.
Toastmistress Emi Somekawa installed Kaory Yoshitomi, president;
Sumi Murakami, vice-president;
Martha Osaki, program chairman;
Marjorie Nishijima, secretary; Mac
Saito, treasurer; and Taka Mizote,
historian.
The group's next meeting on
March 11 at the YWCA will feature demonstrations in accident
prevention and first aid in the
home by a Red Cross representative. Plans are also underway for
bazaar with the Nisei VetTo Mr. and Mrs. Shigeo Mura- a jointCommittee.
erans
All married women are invited
to attend the Veleda meetings,
which are held the seond Tuesday
of each month.
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Other new officers include Rosy
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LUBRICATION
WASHINGTON, D. C—The De-
Takuichi Yamguchi, Riverside,
Justice revealed the Calif.; Yoshimatsu Yamamoto,Palo
names of 200 more evacuees who Alto, Calif.; Kaoru Ikitake, Middletown, Conn..
Sameshima,
have been awarded compromise set- James FukashiAsaka
Takaki,
tlements of- their evacuationclaims Wada, Tsuru Kato, Kishiyo, Ishii,
as the Washington Office of the Yasutaro Frank Takahashi, MiyoJACL Anti Discrimination Com- kichi Kido, c|o Saburo Kido, MineShimakon, Charles Shimamittee warned all evacuees with kichi
moto, Los Angeles; Matsuji Frank
smaller claims to remember to sub- Nikaido, Dupont, Colo.;
mit their compromise offers to the Kaichiro Kihara, Oakland,
Calif.;
government before the March 15th Shikanosuke
F. Dote, Yuba City,
administrative deadline.
Calif.; Masao Yamaguchi, Sanger,
Although awards have been made Calif.; Yeiji Masaki, Norwalk,
in these cases, no checks have been Calif.; Shikano Nagatani, Delano,
sent to the claimants since all funds Calif.; Otokichi Satoda, Hanford,
partment of
-
appropriated for the payment of
claims for the fiscal year 1952 have
been exhausted. At the present
time, the Department of Justice is
requesting Congress to appropriate
15 million dollars in supplemental
group; and Tats Yamamoto, trans- funds
to pay these compromise
portation.
The JACL ADC
Registration will be held from claims.
is supporting this Departmental
II a.m. till 2 p.m. on March 1.
Registration fees have been set request.
Adequate supplemental funds to
at $3.50, or $2.00 for a single day.
High school and college students pay all awarded claims is assured
because Congress in enacting the
will be registered for $2.50.
The conference will open with an JACL ADC sponsored bill in July,
1948, wrote into the law enabling
afternoon session following regis- legislation
for necessary funds to
tration. A song fest will be held
at 3 p.m. The conference theme administer the program and to pay
will be under discussion from 3:30 all claims under $2500.
until 6 p.m.
Names' of those whose claims
The conferencebanquet will start have been compromised and settled
at 7 p.m. Saturday evening, fol- to the satisfaction of both the
lowed by a talent show and mixer claimant and the government but
who have not yet been paid are:
at 9.
Scheduled for Sunday are a
Frank Kusunoki, Pallon, Nevada.
breakfast for board members, Benji Takahashi, Loom is, Calif.;
morning worship, a luncheon and Teruko Enseki, Sangoro Mayeda,
closing service.
Venice, Calif.; Frank Tadaki Morita, Glendale, Calif.. Katsumi Nakano, Fresno, Calif.; Kazumi Uyeda,
Portland Groups
To Hold Bazaar
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Veleda
Club and the Portland Nisei Vets
will holdtheirsecond annual Bazaar
at the Nichiren Church Sunday,
March 30, with Mrs. Takae Okazaki, George Masumoto and Nobi
Sumida as general chairman and
Kaneda,
Kunitsune,
Stockton,
Calif.; Yasutaro Sugiyama, John
K. Matsuhiro, Takechi Takeda, Nenichi Doi, San Francisco; Katsumi
Ishihara, Glendale, Calif.; Hatsutaro Tomita, Fukunosuke Masuda,
Kichiji Soyejima, Kumao Sasamoto,
Riota Ekeda, Sakadi Mizuno, Rokutaro Yajima, Carl Kurihara, Ybshitsugu Fujino, Mary Yano Matsunaga, Masaichi Kawahata, Los An-
co-chairmen respectively.
A number of prizes will be geles;
awarded ticket holders. Prizes inRichi Tokunaga, Harry Yoshiclude a four-piece chrome dinette nori Ikeda, Yukiko Ebisu, Shigeru
set, a mixmasterand a hassock.
Sakuma Hieshima, Kanjiro Doi,
Takeshi Ozima, Frank Morishige,
Yoneko Yamashiro, Yusaka HaraSectional Chrisian
kawa, Sanzushi Tanaka, George
Conference Will Be
Noboru Yamasaki, Chicago; Shinshichi Kawamoto, Hiroshi Kubota,
Held in Dinuba
San Diego; Perry Shigeru Matsuura, Kaichiro Kihara, Oakland,
FRESNO, Calif.—The annual Ja- Calif.; Kokichi Kowase, Arlington,
panese Young Peoples Sectional Calif.; Niketaro Yamada, Torrance,
Christian Conference will be held Calif.; Zensuke Shiba, Ben Chimato
in Dinuba this year on March 9. Oshita, Michio Aoki, Salt Lake
Morning sessions will be at £he City;
Japanese Methodist Church and the
Tetsuji Omura, Santa Maria,
afternoon meeting will be at the Calif.. Mrs. Fuki Yamaoka, MinFirst Methodist Church.
oru Masuda, Xii Mprikyo, Shokichi
Last year's conference was held Nakagawa, Seattle; Yoshio Tokuat the Ist Presbyterian Church in shige, Ted Isami Ikeda, San Jose;
Fresno.
Genkichi Kato, Menlo Park, Calif.;
The Rev. Lloyd Wake of the Pine Toyoshige Oka, Pierce, Wash.;
Methodist Church in San Francisco Hidejiro Yamamoto, Willow Brook,
will be the main speaker.
Calif.; Masaichi Kawahata, Shizuyo
Theme of the conference is Nakatani, Jusuke Goto, Tokuichi
"Jesus' Way, Our Way."
Muro, Kingo Okawauchi, Yosajiro
Discussion chairmen and lead- Doi, Masajiro Kamachi, Yoichi
and
ers will be: Jo Ann Hirasuna
Yoshitake, John Tokichi Oyakawa,
Chiaki Renge, high school age Kozo Kataoka, Tomosuke Kishaba,
group, Jane Kurokawa and Mm Tokuhei Ishimine, Yuko Imamura,
Okubo, college, and Seichi Mikami Takeshi and Yuriko Kazahaya, Mrs.
and Isosuke Kawai, adult.
Ayako Kazahaya, Los Angeles;
Ronald Kooda of Reedley is Tokuzo Nagihara, Toshio Kinochairman of the conference cab- shita, New York City; Matsuyo
inet. Others on the committeeare Furukawa, Akira Nishimoto, West
Cherry Ogawa, Ruth Ogawa, Bar- Los Angeles,
Mitsuo lino, Kenneth
bara Toshiyuki, Pauline Mayeda, Hiroshi
ShigeyaKihara, MonSato,
xakaKurokawa
and
Michio
Jane
terey, Calif.; Nobuo Kamigaki,
Fresno;
Watari,
Yuri
Reedhashi,
Utah; George T. Horiley; Art Shoji and Paul Okuye, Clearfield,
uchi,
Calif.; Yotaro Okuno,
Selma,
Livingston; Asaka Miyake, Cortez; Ann Arbor, Mich.;
George Hisaka,
Nobu Imai, Dinuba, and Mas Ko- Stockton, Calif.; Ruth Hiroko Tanatsu, Orosi.
gami, San Pedro, Calif.. Tsuyako
Hanada, Orosi, Calif.; Kameya
"Ingist on the Finest"
Ishii, Fresno;
A
Calif.; George
Tomisaburo Nagao,
Glendale, Ariz.; Masaru Masumoto,
Puyallup, Wash.; Enkichi Nozaki,
Portland, Ore.; Roy Masateugu
Ozawa, Mt. View, Calif.; Shokichi
Nakagawa, Seattle, Wash.;
James Y. Tagawa, Kichitaro Okamoto, Hatsuichi Kodama, Kiyoshi,
Katsuyoshi Ogata, Joseph Junichi
Yamada, Koshiyo Matsushima, Saikichi Sato, Motoko Doi, Ikuhei
Nakahara, Fujiye Fujikawa, Harushige Tsutsumiuchi, Hirokichi Koyama, Tom Shuji Matsuda, Los Angeles; Shigetaro Hagihara, Fowler,
Calif.; Ichiro Amatake, Tooele,
Utah; Yoshinobu Imazu, Fusakichi
Harry Seki, New York City. George
Tani, Ft. Holabird, Md..
George Y. Hayami, Ikujiro Kitamura, Cheryl Fujimoto, Kichiji
Tomiyama, Mura Terusaki, George
K. Ikeda, Grace M. Nakano, Teruzo
Morikawa, Chicago; Kazutoshi
Suzuki, Palo Alto, Calif.; Masaru
Tamiguchi, Yonejuro Wada, Harry
Yutaka Kishimoto, Teru Hayasaka, Seattle; Seiichi Murakami,
Stockton, Calif.; Masao Narasaki,
Garden Grove, Calif.; Joe Matsumcto, Bakerfield, Calif.;
Hideo Higashi, San Diego; Henry
Imada, Shosaku Fukayama, Ichiji
Kuniyoshi, Yoshiyuki Morimoto,
Denver; Chitikichi Ito, Tsurukichi
Goto, Walnut Grove, Calif.; Catherine Katsuko Murata, Yuichi Yokota, Gardena, Calif.; Ito Matsumura, Santa Monica, Calif.; John
Waichi Maekawa, Frank S. Tanaka, Seiichi Kohaya, Sacramento;
Kotoe Kawaguchi, Lomita, Calif.;
Shuhei Watanabe, Sanemon Suematsu, Parlier, Calif.; Sanichi Ishikawa, Glendale, Ariz.; James K.
Hattori, Hartford, Wise;
Yasue Ota, Minae Hayashi,
Jirozo Ohara, Salt Lake City.
Hirokichi Koyama, Tom Shuji
Matsuda, Otsumatsu Maye, Yuku
Nakano Morioka, Ikuo Serisawa,
Iku Arima, Uzu Ito, Takeshi Sato,
Tetsujiro Nakamura, Inosuke Hiraoka, Haruko Ozeki, Los Angeles.
Mine Miyahara, San Francisco;
Iwao Tamura, Madera, Calif.; Ichiyemon Ando, Ripon, Calif.; Mozo
Hiratsuka, Byron, Calif.; Fui
Fujii, Detroit; George Kawamoto,
Hardin, Montana; Shiroku Hachisuka, Bi-ngham Canyon, Utah; Tokiichi Sato, Bingham City, Utah;
George Gisuke Sato, Shigeo
Okada, Fresno, Calif.; Misayosh:
Nakaji, Taichiro Mishima, San
Jose; Shigeru Nakaji, Long Beach,
Calilf.; Tamotsu Furukawa, Portland, Oreg.; Suyematsu Koisumi,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Kiyomatsu
Kasamatsu, Clovis, Calif.; Masaji
Sakai Riverside, Calif.; Kani Fukushima, Watsonville, Calif.; Eiji
Hayakawa, Nobutaro Kishiue, Hanford, Calif.. Jirozo Ohara, Salt Lake
City;
Kunisuke Ko, Yonkers, N.Y.;
Richard Tanaka, Davidson, Mich.;
Mosaku Mori, Reedley, Calif.; Kiyono Shimizu, Pacoima, Calif.;
Chiyeko Ota, Los Angeles, Calif.;
Masaji A. Maruyama, Mitao Doi,
San Pedro, Calif.; Iwakichi Ikebuchi, San Fernando, Calif.; Yonokichi
Fukushima,
Watsonville,
Calif.; Frank F. Nakamura, Marysville, Calif.
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I and 2 at the First Methodist
Church.
The program committee headed
by Pres. Sanaye Yamauchi announced that the theme will be discussed as it relates to the church,
the home, the community and nation. The subject "Courtship and
Marriage" will also be under discuss-on by conference-goers.
Mrs. Yamauchi will be assisted
by George Sato and Sanji Tsukamoto, publicity and reservations;
Miki Morimoto and Ayako Konma,
registration; Ida Hanaki, luncheon;
Natsuyo Yamada, talent; Kinuko
Sato, banquet; Yaeko Sumida and
Ruby Ichimura, ICYC mixer; Clara
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PACIFIC CITIZEN
8
"Ten Tall Nisei"
Girls Volunteer
For Fashion Show
\Jk I
Two JACL Members to Serve
On OPS Advisory Committee
—
Two Nisei
LOS ANGELES
members of the JACL have been Install Shig
appointed to serve on the Con- In Presidency
Fashion show event for the Nasumer Advisory Committee of the
tional JACL Convention, expres- Office of
Price Stabilization in Los Detroit Chapter
sed gratification at the immediate and numerous responses Angeles, it was learned this week.
DETROIT, Mich.
The Detr*.
to her calls for ten tall Nisei
Named to the committee were JACL held its installation
models.
Regional Director Tats Kushida dance at the Stockholm
restaurm
At a meeting of the Fashion
alternate, Mrs. Marvel Mi- on the eveningl of Feb. 23.
Chow committee Tuesday night, and his
Shig
Ochi was installed as tin
Miss Hori announced that not yata, an officer of the East Los 1952 president
of the chapter
only have girls personally apAngeles chapter. The committee
Others in the cabinet are Geor»
plied for modelling, but many
from
of
representatives
consists
Ishimaru, Ist v.p.; James
letters have also been sent in 30 community agencies.
2nd v.p.; Aiko Nakatani, rec s».
from various out-of-town places,
At its initial meeting held on Frances Kamaji, corres. sec; R,J
recommending friends for modFeb. 21, Arthur Garstens of the Leong, treas.; Janice Kodair hit
UCLA faculty was elected chair- torian; Louis Furukawa and Seta
At the next meeting of the man
while Mrs. Sumner Spaulding, Fujioka, delegates.
Fashion Show committee schedprominent YWCA leader, was
Installation rites were
uled for March 9, all of the
elected vice-chairman and Albert cdt by Richard Akagi, conduct
model applicants and the comMidweg
secretary-treasurer
Lunceford,
T.
mittee members will meet. The of the Greater Los Angeles CIO regional director of JACL ADC
tryouts for the models will be
Guest speaker was Mrs. Philh
Council, was elected secretary.
held by the advisors.
Gentile, special delegate to
of
objectives
Educational
this United Nations assembly,
The Fashion Show committee
wj,
members are. Mary Hidekawa, committee, in developing an under- spoke on "You and the Changinj
that
price,
part
of
the
standing
Hideshima,
Tetsukio
Aiko Hirostabilization plays in national denaka, Sadako Nogudii and FranPeter Fujioka was toastmaster.
fense, are to encourage individual
ces Ogihara.
Wallace
Kagawa, outgoing pni
of
consumers to develop a program
understanding of price stabilization ident, was presented with the JACL
in their communities, bring to- President's pin by Roy Kaneko.
The Rev. Philip Gentile offered
gether community leaders interested in price stabilization to jointly the invocation.
develop a program to further the
overall policy, and to provide a
Hold Sixth
channel for passing constructive
recommendations for price stabil- Valentine Dance
ization to the OPS to acquaint the
LOS ANGELES—A "great num- agency of local consumer thinkCHICAGO
The Jolene gir|i
ber" of evacuee claimants took ad- ing.
club of Chicago held its sixth anvantage of the free service renderlargest
Angeles
Los
is the
of nual "Cupid's Hop" Saturday,
ed by the East Los Angeles JACL
the ben cities selected in this pro- 9 with Marji Kikuchi and Fd
iij
to help them meet the March" 15th gram.
Selection of Los Angeles Yoshimoto as chairmen.
deadline for the filing of com- was based
upon the fact that depromise settlement offers, Chapter
Highlight of the event was the
spending effects are felt
President Edison Uno reported this fense
selection of Fuku Sakuma and Did
in
this
area
has
mostly
which
week.
jumped from fourth position to Hirasutia as the traditional "cutat
The claimants came not only second in the national defense ef- couple."
from the metropolitan Los An- fort, and because of the diversificaThe Jolenes, organized in Jangeles area but from Anaheim, tion here of industry and agricul- uary, 1947, held a Valentine dan«
Gardena, Van Nuys, Clearwater ture.
as their first social event and han
and Long Beach. Most of those
repeated their "Cupid's Hop" a
requesting assistance were Issei
an annual event.
who were unable to handle the Three 6-Year Olds
Louise Ogawa, Nancy Yautab
English
language
adequately
and
Lil Nitahara were on the daExpress
Views
on
enough to file their claims.
orating committee while Matj
Legal aid was given by Ke i
Jane Yamamoto,' Mary Yasutab
Brotherhood Week
Uchima, local Nisei attorney.
and Irene Okuda served on tin
Others assisting in'the East Los
CHICAGO
Three children, a refreshment committee.
Angeles JACL's community service Nisei,
Jew and Negro, demona
project were Sam Furuta Tashiro, strated the six-year old a«t's conGeorge Akasaka, Ritsuko Kawa- cept of
Nisei Coed Reigns
brotherhood on Feb. 15.
kami and,Tut Yata, as well as Asis
to
be
friends
and
"Brotherhood
As Campus Snow
sociate National Director Sam Ishikawa and Regional Director Tats not to fight, to play with everybody every morning and afterKushida of the JACL.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. Tomi
noon," offered smiling Doris Tafce- Hirama
of Granada, Colo., recentnouchi.
ly was chosen "Queen of the SnowTogami Heads
"And to love everybody even if ball" and reigned over the biggest
they have white hair and don't campus dance of the winter.
Albuquerque
know our language," said Linda
Miss Hirama, a senior, is pr«Feldman.
ident of the AA U W cooperatiit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Arthur Sue
"Ah, I don't know why we have residence for women student!.
Togami is the new president of
the Albuquerque chapter of the Brotherhood Week. God says everybody should love everybody everyJACL,
Other new officers are James Sa- day," added Rex Gaunty.
ASK FOR
kato, Ist v.p.; Hiroshi Morimoto, The three first graders from
'CHERRY
2nd v.p.; Setsuko Matsumoto, sec; Kozminski School laid a wreath on
George Washington's statue at the
and Helene Saeda, treas.
MUTUAL SUPPLY CO.
Chicago Art Institute entrance as
200 Davis St.
city-wide
observance of
part of the
San Francisco
WAIVTADS
—
Kiku
SAN FRANCISCO
Mori, chairman of the JACL
Ochi
of
-
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MatnJ
th'
ELA Chapter
Aids Claimants
Jolenes
On Compromise
HAYWARD, Calif.—Giichi Yoshioka, first vice-chairman of the
Northern California-Western Nevada JACL district council, is shown
welcoming Masuji Fujii, council chairman, to the recent district
meeting held in Hayward on Feb. 10.
—Photo courtesy of Hayward Review.
Fork, Chopsticks
Duel Staged at
Brotherhood Fete
Salt Lake Chapter
To Present Check
To ADC Campaign
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—A fork
versus chopsticks contest was a
feature of the National Brotherhood Week dinner sponsored last
A check for $700 for tha JACLADC will be turned over to Masao
Satow, JACL director, by the Salt
week at Plymouth Congregational
Church.
The Rev. Leonard Soroka, pastor
of St. Mary's Russian Orthodox
Greek Catholic Church, used the
chopsticks while the Rev. Martin
Simmons, pastor of St. Peter's
AME Church used the fork.
The timer was Chester Pujino,
chairman of the board of managers
of the Japanese American Community Center.
The result—it was pretty much a
-
Lake Chapter at its next meeting
on March 14.
The check represents funds derived from a JACL-ADC benefit
movie shown Feb. 15 and 16 at the
Buddhist Church.
The chapter has already turned
in $100 toward its ADC quota of
$1200.
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Besides Kosakura, Pan American
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Mrs. Takako Suzuki Ishizaki is
employed in the San Francisco
office while Tamio Horiye works for
the line at San Francisco International airport.
... ...
—
Queen
—
Nisei Heads Japan
Traffic Bureau
Of Pacific Airline
tie.
Nisei attending the dinner joined
SAN FRANCISCO
Albert
with Negro, Jewish and American Shigeru Kosakura, former Berkrepresentatives
present
Indian
to
eley insurance man, was named
songs and skits.
manager of the new Japan traffic
department of Pan American World
Star Coffee Shop
& Pool Hall
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JACL
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Brotherhood Week.
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Vacant.—Lex R Cox, owner, 702
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Calif.
PERSONAL—Whereabouts of Mr.
N#M>ru Kunimoto formerly of
239 Capitol St., Ogdem, Utah is
sought by Mr. C. C. Patterson,
Eccles Building, Ogden, Utah.
Would appreciate any information anyone may have on Mr.
Kunimoto's present address. Matter concerns Evacuation Claims.
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