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PACIFIC
Vol. 39 No. 22
CITIZEN
Friday, November 26, 1954
Los Angeles, Calif.
10c per copy
BLAME JAPANESE EVACUATION ON
FDR, CONGRESS, SUPREME COURT
Berkeley
Primary responsibility for one
>f the most "sweeping and
complete deprivations of constitutional rights in the history
of the nation"—the evacuation
from the West Coast during the
war of more than 100,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry—rests with the
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt; his War Department
aides, Secretary Henry L. Stimson and Assistant Secretary
John J. McCloy; and the Congress.
Yet this flagrant breach of
the Nation's constitutional and
moral ideals could not have occurred without the support of
popular opinion in California,
the strong pressure exerted by
Intermountain District Council Chairman Jin Ibhio (left) presents the JACL Recognition
pin to Ichiro Doi, one of the charter members o the Salt Lake JACL chapter founded in
1935
and who served on many occasions the past y ar over and above expected duties of even
those elected as cabinet members, Doi chaired t <c first New Citizen's dinner, setting an exeelltnt pattern for future reference; assisted i i forming a Boy Scout troop, arid was chairman
of the past nominations committee. Mayor Ea 1 J. Glade (third from left) was presented
JACL membership pin from Hatsumi Miteuna a. The Salt Lake mayor is probably the first
mayor of a. major American ctty to become a J VCL member.
—Terashima Photo
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Sail Lake City mayor installs new
officers of Sr. Jr. JACL chapters
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CHRISTMAS CHEER NEAR
40% MARK OF $2,000
Los
Angeles
N c a r i n g the 40 percent
mark, the Christmas Cheer
Anna Imai, cor. sec; Mrs. Maurea
Salt Lake City
Newly-elected officers for the Terashima, hist.
Committee of the JACL Club
6 c Kanegae is Jr. JACL
1955 term for beth Sr. and Jr.
Service Bureau last week anJACL groups were formally innounced $784 has been retsunaga,
v.p.:
Piney
Hatsumi M i
stalled in a colorful ceremony Sonoda,
treas.; Toby Sunata, rec. ceived as of Nov. 20. A $2,000
by Mayor Earl J. Glade, Nov. sec.; Edna Masuda, cor. sec.; Yuri goal, as well as contributions
pub.; Mary Takita, Frank of canned goods, toys and
cv'iha,
19, at El Gaucho Inn.
soc. chmn.
It was the first joint-installa- Ujifusa,
must be met
,u ,c rtom
emceed. Rev. T. Japanesestaples,
tion affair in the 20-year hisby Dec. 15 deadline.
invocation.
rendered
the
tory of the local chapter. IchiTerashima headed the din._>.ii
ro Doi and Jane Sunehara, sen- Mrs.
ior and junior election commit- ner-dance committee.
tee chairmen, respectively, were
cited fox their special efforts AK-SAR-BEN
TO
to insure this successful event.
Rupert Hachiya was reWEST NEBRASKA NISEI
elected chapter president, as
Mitchell, Neb.
were:
Each year Ak-Sar-Ben preHoweU Ujlfusa, Ist v.p.; Mrs. Rae
Fujimoto, treas.; Mrs. Jean Konishi, sents its Good Neighbor
Award, for those who help
Masuo Namba is second vice- an individual
unable to work
president, newly created to because of illness or acciserve naturalized Issei interests. dent.
Other officers are:
Twenty jtwo Nisei members
of the West Nebraska Young
Men's Association and sevseaman
eral other neighbors of Frank
Kakuda, who was severely
burned operating a weedyears at San Quentin
burner, plowed and planted
San Francisco
crops of Kakuda's farm a year
Kato> **> Japanese ago last spring.
seaman,ar°,
pleaded guilty
Recently, the deed was duly
to the
"arge of manslaughter Nov. recognized with Ak-Sar-Ben
i and was
sentenced to San plaque presented to Kay Yayuentin state
for mada, YMA president, and
a term of l-iopenitentiary
years.
lapel pins to those helping.
Wakayama sailor ori<*„ ,?
y
aded not ellll^ to a
for
mitfder charge when
the case $24,000
st amt to
14,
court
Oct.
but
to,
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"aUand was granted
San Jos*'
permisto change the plk to
A $24,000 home for aged Isy
on the
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s offlcc told dis^ict
church-owned lot on N. sth St..
the
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the
o
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Buddhist Temple. Plans
Irawn by Roy Watanabe, San
led Shigeru R. Masawllll a kitchen -Yancisco Nisei architect, have
tafr ?' Lodi- brawl
here on aeen approved.
ato
was
a
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memIt marks the start of a $170,ber n#
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tenker n A Canadian
when When the home is completed, it
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will enable church officials to
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now occupy an
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:he military, and the acquiescence of the U.S. Supreme
Court.
As for local politicians and
pressure groups, which have
hitherto borne most of the
blame for the course of events,
they did not so much lead as
follow popular sentiment.
These are some of the findings of "Prejudice, War, and
the Constitution", the first detailed analysis of the historical
origins, political characteristics
and constitutional consequences
of the wartime evacuation—
published last Monday by the
Univ. of California Press ($5).
(Frank Chuman, national
JACL legal counsel, will review this book in a subsequent
issue of the Pacific Citizen.)
On the basis of exhaustive
study of much previously untapped source material, the authors—Jacobus tenßroek, Edward N. Barnhart and Floyd W.
Matson of the Univ. of California, Berkeley— conclude that
"the Japanese American episode
of World War II looms as a
great and evil blotch upon our
national history". To substantiate this charge, they offer a
wide range of evidence which
demonstrates that:
,
1. Military necessity did not
justify the program of removal anri imprisonment. The
American high command correctly appraised the significance of the Battle of Midway
at the time—yet the relocation
program was
undertaken after
that battle had removed any
possibility of invasion.
2. From the standpoint of internal security, there was no
justification at any time for
treating Japanese aliens differently from other enemy aliens*
3. The responsibility for this
discriminatory program of uprooting and imprisonment of
aliens and American citizens of
Japanese ancestry must be
>orne by the following indiyidlals and agencies: by "the genTnls." who initiated it; by "the
civilian heads of the War Department," who advised it, ordered and supervised it; by "the
President," who authorized it;
by "the Congress," which implemented it; by "the Supreme
Court," which approved it; and,
not least, by "the people," who
demanded and supported it.
Behind these unprecedented
conclusions of "Prejudice, War,
and the Constitution" lie not
only the first systematic analysis of traditional West Coast
stereotypes concerning the Oriental, but also an entirely new
appraisal of the forces constituting the anti-Japanese movement in our Western states.
(The Associated Press in,
Washington reported Chief Justice Earl Warren, cited as
among those favoring evacuation when he was attorney general of California, had no comment. Gen. DeWitt, who issued
the military orders for evacuation, said he hadn't seen the
book, "so I haven't got anything to say about it")
The book is a part of longrange study of various aspects
of the evacuation, financed by
grants from various foundations.
Masaoka to visit Japan, to investigate operations of
refugee relief act, immigration and slrandee citizenship
Los Angeles
Mike M. Masaoka is departing
Dec. 6 for a month's trip in
Japan, including a short stopover in Hawaii, to investigatae
operations of several laws he
was instrumental in having
Congress approve.
The Washington Nisei lobbyist will also attend to several
private business matters as
well as the situation relating to
wartime vested property and
yen debt claims against the Office of Alien Property.
Masaoka said that he is particularly interested in immigration and citizenship matters.
As the Washington JACL
Representative, he is credited
with securing enactment of the
so-called Asian provisions of
in Whitehorse never seemed
expensive unt i! the same
drink was bought in Edmonton at the cost of only seven
cents, the Continental Times
learned from a Yukon Territory Japanese resident.
Saburo Tahara, who has
been in Whitehorse, Yukon,
since 1929 and who visited in
Toronto said that the trip
from Whitehorse to Edmonton on the new highway took
him five days on the bus. It
was in Edmonton that he was
surprised to find the seven
cent soft drink.
Whitehorse, which has a
low of 40 degrees in winter
and a high of 100 degrees in
summer, has boomed into a
fairly large city since the
building of the Alcan Highway. Compared to this, Dawson City, which is much
nese.
Operation of Law
Two years ago, following enactment of the statute over
President Truman's veto, he
visited Japan for the first time.
He now plans to investigate
just how'that law is working
and whether any amendments
necessary to make it a betcolder that Whitehorse, i s are
tr
law.
near desertion.
Masaoka is also interested in
In Dawson City there are
approximately 10 Japanese, the Refugee Relief Act of 1953.
including children. It also He was responsible for having
boasts a Japanese restaurant Japanese included in that legisoperated by a Mr. Nakano.
Turn to Page 2 *
He is assisted by his wife and
children. Mrs. Nakano, besides the restaurant to look
BYU dean of students
after, has a barber shop and a
beauty salon.
to head Japan study
In Whitehorse where TahaSaltLake City
ra is a restaurant cook, there
Dr. Wesley P. Lloyd, deary of
is a popular Nisei dentist, son
students at Brigham Young
of Ippei Nishio.
University, will head a team of
While the Japanese in Canas
ada and the United States three American specialists
training
were interned in evacuation leaders of an advancepersonnel
centers in the interior, the institute in student
Japanese in the north were work at the Univ. of Tokyo in
March, 1955.
not.
The training institute, spon"We couldn't carry weapons or firearms and we had sored by Rockefeller Foundto report when we moved to ation, will be devotedto student
another address or city but counseling techniques aand adoutside of that there were no ministration of student persontttatf'M&vOa,' -aid Tahara.
nel work.
ONE JAPANESE GROUP THAT MISSED
WARTIME EVACUATION REVEALED
Toronto
A twenty-cent soft drink
th Immigration and Nationality
Act (McCarran-Walter) of 1952
which provided, among other
things, for repeal of the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924 by
extending annual quotas to Japan and of naturalization privileges for resident alien Japa-
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2—Nov. 26, 1954
'PACIFIC||CITIZEH
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
VERY TRULY
YOURS
By HARRY HONDA
By
Mike Masaoka
On Thanksgiving
Comparing Prejudices
Thanksgiving is the most American 01
for the Pilgrim
Mention the word, "race holidays; it is also the oldest,
conceived this great tradition long
fathers
prejudice", among N i sei before this Republic was established.
circles and thoughts of disProbably no Thanksgiving in history is a
appropriate one than this in which
crimination because of color more
Americans should give thanks to the Alall
and creed pop up. In all mighty for the many blessings which only we
probability, the American as Americans enjoy today.
In a world where freedom is under conIndian is not included
restant attack, we are still a free people,
And no wonder, so many Nias
free
we
are
entitled
ceiving that to which
...
...
know.
men.
In a world where governments grow
wealthy while the people starve, we are a
rich people, enjoying the highest standards
of living ever known to man.
Though this is a troubled time and the
"cold war" rages unabated, we can give
thanks that no where in the world today are
Americans daily facing the horror of shot and
shell.
Though we have just experienced a bitter
and hard-fought election, we can be thankful that in our land the victor and the vanquished will join in a common effort for a
just and durable peace in a more prosperous
world.
★
Last week in Omaha, the
National Congress of American Indians met and got a
frank 1c cture from
one of its
A
own.
Sioux leader was talking about
racial prejudice—nol
the white
man's prejudice against the
Indian, but about the prejudice of the Indians against
the white man. "We've got
to get it out of our heads
that we are a different kind
of American citizen," he declared . . . The message can
be applied to the American
family who also feels he's
different and better because
his ancestors were aboard
the Mayflower, or fought in
the American Revolutionary
War or were original white
settlers of Texas, California
and what have you.
★
Greatness that has been
America's is is not vested in
the prestige of the past generations, but what its children have been able to con-
tribute to the future . . .
While it may be proper to
remember and be proud of
the past, a person who rests
on laurels (be they inherited
or personally gained) ceases
to insure the future . . .
The same principle might
apply to our own level. Certainly a man who quits because he says he's done his
"share" cannot be said to be
",%„
MAdison 5.447,"P 1
National Headcmartw*
1759 Sutter
Telephone:
Thanksgiving, 1954
sei have yet to meet an
American Indian, let alone
live in a community where
the white man's prejudice
against the American Indian
The Nisei is
prevails
like the white man back east
who knew no Japanese and
bore no hatred for him. It's a
case of not being able to hate
(nor love) someone you don't
Editorial, Business n«i»
258 E First St.. Los Angeles
For aliens of Japanese ancestry, this
Thanksgiving means a time for rejoicing, for
naturalized
at long last thousands of them are
citizens of the land of their adoption. For
these new Americans especially, Thanksgiving, 1954 has special significance.
For Americans of Japanese ancestry, this
Thanksgiving marks another anniversary in
the struggle for better status. With the
shackles of legal discrimination that have
bound and restricted our development for
half a century voided, we can face the future
with even greater confidence and optimism.
As persons of Japaneseancestry, as Americans all, we can be grateful that we are privileged to live in this land of opportunity
and plenty.
Should we ever lose sight of our many
benefits for which we must always be grateful, this Thanksgiving and every other day of
every year, we need only look across the
seas to other lands in order once again to
appreciate the beneficence of these United
States, not only in the material things of life
but also in the spiritual and human aspects
.
that often mean more than even the material
things.
As Americans of Japanese ancestry, who
have lived through the tragedy of evacuation
and resettlement, probably better than other
Americans, we know the meaning of Thanksgiving, 1954.
So let us' give thanks to the Divine Svirit
that guides us and our nation, and resolve
that in our lives and in our living we shall
ever live and work in a spirit of humble
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Telephone: WEst
be slanted
The Spoilage, which appeared to
the authors.
to present the specific bias of
of Tfie
As a matter of fact, publicati6n
conhampered
documentary
Spoilage as a
siderably the legislative efforts in Washington
to secure enactment of the evacuation claim
naturallaw of 1948 and the immigration and
1952
McCarran-Walof
the
provision
ization
ter Act, for it presented a distorted and unrealistic picture of what happened to a segment of evacuees.
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Moreover, both previous books,
TOKYO
TOPICS
to this
writer's prejudice, overlooked either deliberately or otherwise the significant role that the
JACL played in the whole evacuation program.
events of
the evacuation and resettlement were largely
influenced by the JACL and its dedicated
leadership. This vital role played by the only
then existing responsible organization of
American citizens of Japanese ancestry is not
hdden away in musty documents for researchers; it is etched in the minds and memories of
those hardy few who labored so long arid hard
for their fellow persons of Japanese ancestry
that they had no time to write memoranda or
notes on their experiences for future edification.
While it is hoped that this latest publication by the University of California Press,
Prejudice, War, and the Constitution, will be
more cognizant not only of the role of the
JACL in the program but also of the human
elements involved, it is this writer's view
that only a Nisei, and one connected with
the hard core leadership of the JACL, can
really write the "Story of Evacuation".
This is a documentary that must be written
and soon, before memories of meetings and
events are dulled and distorted by the inexorable passage of time, for it will be a thrilling epic of faith and vision even in the darkest hour.
Historians and sociologists, attorneys and
civil libertarians, can write of their special
concerns as cold-blooded,, hard-hearted social scientists. But evacuation was essentially a human emotion, packed with drama
and personal sagas, that only those who
themselves experienced that mass movement
can really chronicle. For the sake of posterity, and of democracy itself, the "Evacuation Story" should be a must am6ng JACL's
To my mind, the great and historic
projects.
OPINIONS
Bastion in the East
(Seattle Post-Inteeligencer)
gratefulness.
By
TAMOTSU MURAYAMA
'Nameless White Book'
Tokyo
Iwao Tomimoto, former San
Francisco newspaperman, was
the central figure in a celebration of his 70th birthday and
publication of his book, "Mumei no Hakusho" (Nameless
White Book), in which many
outstanding Nisei leaders in
America are introduced and
# with a discussion on how to oppose anti-Americanism in Japan.
Among
those introduced are
Mike Masaoka, Medal
of Honor
winner Hiroshi Miyamuand Judge
ohn Aiso.
Also significant is the
loreword by U.S. Vice-Pres.
Richard M. Nixon. This 300-page book is extremely interesting in the presentation of Nisei
problems by a former California
resident to his reading public in
fi
Japan.
Tomimoto was also instrumental in paving the way for a
grand welcome that was tendered Masaoka and Saburo Kido
on their previous visits here.
After Tomimoto (whose pen
name is Yoneyama Bokuson)
returned to Japan, he was angaged in various activities but
stood out i n political circles
without becoming a politician.
His wide influence never breaks
the surface. He has always advocated the Nisei cause, continuously studying Nisei activities in America in Order to
present the proper picture to
the Japanese public.
A vigorous advocate of Japanese-American relations, he
presented a priceless Buddhist
scroll to Gen. Douglas MacArthur before he was recalled.
never
Of course, MacArthur
acknowledged it in writingprobably never realizing the
tremendous value of such a
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida of Japan
warned the American people (at New York)
not be deceived by the communist "peace ofThe University of California Press has fensive" in Asia.
just released another "documentary" on the
All Southeast Asia, he said, is a major
evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry target, and a vulnerable one, of communism,
that took place 12 years ago.
and Japan is the "ultimate prize."
Entitled Prejudice, War, and the ConTo lose Japan would be a catastrophe of
stitution, it is authored by three members terrible consequences. While the United States
of the Speech Department.
is not likely to be deceived by a communist painting.
According to newspaper announcements, it phony peace drive, the question is what meaAlthough 70 years old, he apis a sweeping denunciation of President sures can be taken to keep Japan economipears to be a man of 60, Nobody
Roosevelt, the Army, then Attorney General cally, militarily and emotionally strong?
thought he was that old until
of California but now Chief Justice of the
Senator Wiley, chairman of the Foreign this celebrataion—that of "KoJapanese
United States Warren, the Supreme Court, Relations Committee, who spoke at the
same ki no Iwai" because
and even the American people themselves dinner with Mr. Yoshida, came up with some consider it rare for a* man to
for allowing this arbitrary mass internment concrete suggestions.
reach this age.
of 110,000 human beings, two-thirds of whom
Boiled down, his recommendations were
were American citizens.
that we continue defense allocations, open the
The writer has not had an opportunity to way for increased trade, support the applicaDefense of Nisei
study this latest release, but he hopes that it
tions of Japan, Korea, Laos, Cambodia and
Getting back to the book,
will be considerably better than the first two Vietnam for "membership in
the United Naon
books issued by the University of California tions, and aid all free Asian states on basis there must be many books
Japanese
a
in
published
Nisei
the
Press on the subject of evacuation.
of cooperation among equals.
gives the proper perspecThe Spoilage and The Salvage, both reJapan is an island of 87 million people that
tive. So many Japanese Here
leased several years ago in that order, purme
squeezed into an area the size of California. It
have
a distorted notion ol
ported to be scientific, sociological studies of must trade
to live. Hard reality demands that worth of a Nisei. Your corres-o,
phases of that wartime movement.
we do what we can to keep her a strong and pendent has even thought 01
In this writer's opinion, neither were truly
vigorous bastion against the communist drive
writing a book in the defense
objective nor impartial. Particularly so was for the East.
the Nisei
Another Book on Evacuation
concerned with the future.
. . The future requires constant attention of the preovneHitimi.;
naturalization of terested parties have
stranded Nisei who voted in the him on a private basisretained
sent. TTie present of jtoday is
to rep- Master of ceremonies
post-war elections i n Japan resent
them in these matters.
but an iota of the past when * From Front Page
formerly
the
period
durin?
of the AmeriHe departs via Japan Air
Seiichi Sagitani,
lation and is oui*e concerned can Occupation.
a new day breaks . . . When with
Lines from San Francisco, ar- with the San Francisco Nichiits alleged shortcomings.
Vested Property
riving in Honolulu the evening
Rome began looking at its He expects to confer with both The Nisei
master of ceremon**
lobbyist declared of Dec. 6.
Tetsuo Oi, executive bei, was celebration. Sagitani
United
States
Japanese
and
of- that he will also look into
past glories, it started to
-the secretary of- the
ficials regarding its implemen- probems of those
Ja- at the
name) must
whose prop- panese Chamber Honolulu
crumble. That lesson in his- tation in Japan.
of Commerce, (Nankyo is his pen
erties in the United States were is in charge
of Masaoka's pro- be over 70 years of age, »
Nisei citizenship matters will vested by the
tory should serve as suffiOffice of Alien gram while in Hawaii.
also demand his attention, par- Property during
He de- His lively handling at the neaa
wartime and parts
Masaoka—
cient notice.
.
.Instead,the
ticularly the problems
"
Dec. 8 and arrives
of those those whose yen deposits prein TocelebraDec. 10. Dr. Kiyoshi G. table lit up the wholein Hiw
beneficiaries of war Japanese banks inin this kyo
past should better prepare who are the
Togasaki,
Nippon
tion
at
Matsumoto-Ro
helped
pass
presithe bill he
to
Times
this country were also seised by the dent,
us for the future.
will arrange his Japan Park. A few Nisei were preseSi
summer that would allow the Government. A number
of ia- itinerary.
up the gathering.
to
cheer
November 26,1954
HONOLULU NEWSLETTER
ACIF 'C
r
t
T I Z E N
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Foreign Aid Training
LAWRENCE
NAKATSUKA
Significant attention on an international scale
has been
given Hawaii's foreign aid trainee program and its Nisei rti
rec tor, Y. Buron Goto.
The program was cited as bne of two recent developments
in U.S. territories in the social and educational fields Tho
report was given by C. D.
Jackson, U S representative in the United Nations, in a
sneeoh
before the UN Committee on
m
n
from non-self-governing
territories
Mr. Jackson said he felt the
two develoDc
Tients—the
other being the Virgin
Islands'
orogram for improvement of
teaching—would
be a "source of inspiration and practical val
ue to other peoples."
The idea that Hawaii would be an
ex:ellent place for training Americans
to «o
abroad and people from other countries coming to the United States is not
new.
But this idea did not get translated into a coordinated program until the people of Hawaii organized themselves for the
purpose of increasing their capacity to promote cooperation and
understanding in the field of international relations.
In"or S
Mr. Jackson noted carefully that the director of the Hawaii program, Mr. Goto, is of Japanese origin; its deputy director
is of Chinese origin, and its secretary is Caucasian.
He also pointed out the multi-racial composition of the population as a whole—Hawaiian, part Hawaiian, Puerto Rican,
races.'
Chinese,Japanese, Caucasian, Korean, Filipino and other
He said the Caucasian percentage of the total population is
"only 15.3 per
cent."
"
Hawaii: an inspiring example
"We believe that Hawaii presents to people on the Ameri-
can mainland as well as those from abroad an inspiring example
of how peoples of different ethnic origins can learn to live
and work happily together; of how social understanding can be
enhanced as social prejudices are removed.
Some o%the JACLers of the Pacific Northwest attending the first official reception of the new
consul from Japan, Shigezo Yoshikawa, at
.'cattle include (left to right) Mrs. Toru Sakanara, Mrs. James Matsuoka, James Matsuoka, Mrs. George S. Kashiwagi, George S. Kashiwagi (Seattle JACL president),
Consul Vosh kawa, Bob Mizukami (Puyallup Valley JACI*
president), Mrs. Yoshikawa, Paul Kashino and Mrs. Kashino and Toru Sakahara.
—Elmer Ogawa Photo.
Naturalization court goes to bedside of dying Turlock
Issei; wife sworn in same day at Merced County court
"In this respect, we believe that Hawaii has a significant
Merced
contribution to make to international understanding because
The dying wish of a 77-yearof the nearness of its people in culture, thought and ancestry to old rural Turlock man for citizenship in the country which he
peoples oj many other countries."
has resided in and loved for 45
Hawaii, he emphasized, has launched "a very sound invest- years was granted Wednesday,
last week.
ment in the great cause for which the United Nations was established."
Merced County Superior
The Hawaii program got its real start when Gov. Samuel Judge Gregory P. Maushart,
Wilder King appointed a Foreign Aid Trainee Program Commit- Naturalization Examiner J. S.
tee, composed of representatives of the Territorial-government, Hemmer, and Deputy County
Clerk Helen Damos drove to the
the Univ. of Hawaii and the business community.
Cortez District farm
of
With the assistance of an Interior Department official, Hachizo Kajioka to home
bestow
the Committee developed a program in conjunction with the American citizenship upon him.
Foreign Operations Administration, the Federal agency under
Kajioka was to have been the
Harold E. Stassen.
61st member of one of the
The program, financed with Federal and Territorial funds, largest groups ever to be
was put under management of Y. Baron Goto, formerly Associate naturalized in this county at a
Director of the Univ. of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service. single ceremony that day.
Last summer he had attended
Goto had initial experience with Asians seeking technical
in Turlock
assistance when they stopped over in Hawaii, often unexpectedly, naturalizationclasses
and, after hard study, had been
and called upon the University to "show them around" local pronounced qualified for citifarms and plantations.
zenship by Hemmer.
Because there was no formal arrangement in the early days,
But Kajioka is suffering from
the visitors were a burden upon local specialists like Goto, cancer. Twice in recent weeks
who dropped their routine duties in or?ler to assist the visitors. ■
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Now the training program has been formalized, with Goto
IN HONOR OF
and his small staff giving full attention to the visiting Asians.
International
Cooperation Center
Under the name of the International Cooperation Center,
the program enables Asians to study our language and to be
briefed on such matters as American customs, money, transportation, foods, living conditions, etc., while visiting territorial
fnd municipal offices, court sessions, trade union headquarters,
sugar plantations, canning factories, and city and farm homes.
Long-term training and observation programs are contemplated, utilizing the excellent training facilities available in Hawaii in the fields of health, education, agriculture, including
agricultural extension and plantation health and management,
public administration, business and vocational education.
In the four months period from June through September,
the International Cooperation Center served 305 individuals
from 18 countries who altogether spent 1,590 man-days in Hawaii under the auspices of the Center.
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Mr. Jackson's accolade is stated as follows:
"Knowledge oj worthwhile action of this sort should became increasingly wide-spread
there is a very real opportunity to exchange information and to gain an appreciation
of constructive developments which are taking place in many
countries. Such developments demonstrate the important principles of cooperatioon and good-neighborlincss
."
Airman 1/c Jimmy T. Izu,
native of Honolulu, was' cited
as "Distinguished Airman of
the Month" at Wright Patterson
AFB, Dayton. A member of the
2750 Hospital Sq., he was re-,
garded as "asset to the Air
Force and the physiological
training unit, not only for his
knowledge of the work itself,
but also for his quick thinking
(he was credited with saving
the life of a fellow airman)."
He and his wife are Dayton
JACLers.
he has undergone major surgery creased his determination to beand he is now bedfast.
come a citizen of his beloved
United States before his limited
Crestfallen
Relatives said the dying man time on earth elapsed.
Kajioka was born in Fukui
was crestfallen when he learned prefecture,
Japan.
that he would be unable to
But the son said that since
make the trip to Merced for
Wednesday's naturalization cer- coming to this country his father
never returned to his native
emonies.
even for a visit.
But when Hammer informed land—not
"He always thought of himJudge Maushart of the situation,
and he
the judge readily agreed to | self as an American, country
loved
this
wonderful
to
trip
Kajioka's
make the
very much," the son added.
Cortez District home.
His Wife, Too
Said a son: "My father was
The 6 0 other foreign-born
very pleased when he learned
that the judge and naturalization i Merced County residents who
officials would be so very kind I became citizens of the United
Kajioka's wife,
as to come all the way to his States included
home to make him an American ! Riu, and many of his Cortez
District friends and neighbors
citizen."
The naturalization rites were of Japanese ancestry.
conducted in the bedroom of the
The 60 heard short talks from
Judge Maushart and State Sen.Cortez fruit-grower.
Elect James A. Cobey, a past
Race With Death
district commander of the
for
Kajioka,
And
the attain- American Legion, on
the obment of his goal was a victory
and rights of Ameriin a grim race with death. ligations
cans citizens.
Doctors have informed the
Cobey did not make the trip
family that the elderly man
the Kajioka home to speak
cannot survive the cancer and to
to the dying man.
they give him only a few weeks
He explained: "From what I
—possibly a month—to live.
know of Mr. Kajioka, he doe3
Members of the family sa*y not need any lectures from me
that Kajioka has been aware of or anyone else on the true
the seriousness of his condition meaning of democracy and
and that this knowledge in- Americanism. He knows."
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Often
Prospects of the 1956 National JACL Convention at
Sun Valley, Idaho, outside of
winter season, are being considered by a special committee which will report at the
IDC meeting here Nov. 28.
Jimmy Ushio, IDC chair-
Corner
SAKURADA
man last week announced
"It is to Chicago's credit that the committee was comthat always—no matter where posed of Bill Yamauchi (Pothey came from—immigrants catello), Alice Kasai (Salt
within two or three genera- Lake City), and Ken Uchida
tions were accepted into the (Ogden). If approved, the
community as full-fledged convention will be sponsored
Americans," declared Univ. of jointly by the eight chapters
of the Intermountain District.
Chicago soChairman Ushio states that
ciologist Phithe entire facilities of Sun
lip .M. HauValley would be available
se r at ato put on the convention. Sun
meeting of Valley offers the utmost with
clergym c n reasonable cost. Special constudying in-
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lations
Racing
story
10
groes as
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.
.regarded
optimistically.
10th anniversary
...
A large crowd attended
Chicago JACL's 10th anniversary dinner-dance last Saturday at the Shoreland Hotel. Dr.
"
Homer Jack, minister of the
Evanston Unitarian Church, and
guest speaker, pointed out the
evils of internment of Japanese
Americans in 1942, "but there
was some good out of evil such
as the relocation of Japanese
Americans to Chicago".
Rev. Jitsuo Morikawa of the
First Baptist Church was
awarded the silver JACL medallion for "distinguished community leadership" by Dr. Randoplh M. Sakada, past National
JACL President and chairman
of the National JACL Recognitions Committee in charge
of the Nisei of the Biennium
commendations.
Noboru Honda and Dr.
George Hiura were presented
JACL sapphire pins for loyal
Special chapter serservice
vice awards were given to
Harry Mizuno, Mas Nakagawa,
Louise Suski and Smoky Sa-
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"
Harold Gordon, past na-
tional 1000 Club chairman, presented his skit: "This Is Your
Life—Chicago JACL" with Fumiko Iwatsuki, who was 1950
chapter queen. Singing songs
in the skit were Abe and Mike
Hagiwara, Lincoln Shimidzu
and Gordon
Dr. Sakada
emceed the dinner. Kumeo Yoshinari, chapter president; Harry K. Shifeta, noted Issei photographer; and Tahei Matsunaga,
ADC leader, spoke
Dr.
Benedict Mayers emceed at the
dance intermission which featured the "Three Tunes" (Jennie Knutson, Sandy Olrich, Pat
Lydill) from suburban Blue
Island and Vernon Duncan and
his dancing troupe
Dr. T.
T. Yatabe installed the 1955
officers (see Nov. 19 PC), witnessed by many community
leaders. Abe Hagiwara and his
committee are to be congratulated for the gigantic affair.
...
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..
MDC meeting
.
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kagi, Midwest District Coun-
cil chairman held an executive session with Fred Ohno,
Stamie Kumagrai. Dr. Ike Ijima
(Twin Cities), Dr. Mas Omoto
(St. Louis), Bob FujHa (Cleveland), Mary Oura (Milwaukee),
Mm Togasaki (Detroit), Joe
Mori (Dayton) and Dr. James
Takao (Cincinnati).
About people
...
James Ofata, only Nisei
photographic supplier here, has
opened new quarters for Triangle Camera, 3445 N. Broad-
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Los Angeles. Wife is former
Jennie Hirakawa, Gallup, N.M.
They have three children: Evelyn, Michaei'and Ka therine.■"■
children in the supervisor's
care throughout the day at
no charge. "Sitters" are available for childrens care in the
evening at 75 cents an hour.
Facilities to hold the National Council sessions, luncheons, banquets, dances and
barbecues, are more than sufficient. Recreational facilities
cannot be surpassed. For golfers a nine-hole course with 18
tees is available. Six modern
bowling alleys are conveniently located in the Sun Valley Lodge. Swimming, horseback riding, trout fishing and
ice skating are available.
Ideal Locale
Ushio states that he feels
that the location of Sun Valley—almost 800 miles from
San Francisco, Seattle and
to
hold a
tion The National r
mifely not be
sticks in '56" if thp to llw
Yention is held at
National Director■ a v*
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Satow of San
attend the IDC
tow has notified
Su^V °n
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chairman that bidsX'S
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after
Los Angeles
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The National Board
JACL will consider of th.
and was empoweredaIU
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National Council to make h
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thClSlOn*
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Idaho Falls to fele
cabinet, citizens
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Idaho Falls
naturalized citizen*
and 1955 Idaho
jS
chapter officers areFalls
to be honored at the Nov. 30 banquet at
Jack's Chicken Inn.
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The chapter, which sponsored citizenship classes since
last February, will honor 35
who were part of some 50
sworn in Nov. 19 at dramatic
rites held at the local Civic
Auditorium. Thirty-three are
Issei parents of local JACLers
the other two are warbrides'
Judge Henry S. Martin pre J
sided.
George Tokita is the new
chapter president.
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Nov. 27-28: IDC meeting, Ben !«"
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Dec. 5: CCDC meeting. Hacienda
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Detroit
the
scene of the annual Washwill
head
the
Sud Kimoto
ington, D.C., chapter installaof
the
Detroit
cabinet
1955
Masonic
last week at the
Myke
the election tion dinner-danceDec. 11.
Temple. Toko Fujii was chair- JACL, following
Kosobayashi and Sab HasegaNojj. 13 at Inheld
meeting
man of the preparation comit was wa, co-chairmen, are being asternational Jnstftute,
mittee; Dean Itano, m.c.
s jQtoH iw:
Wally
Kagawa,
by
announced
Ruth Kuroishi,- dinner; Emi KaSelma JACL: George Abe's election chairman.
tickets;
macni. net.; Ben Nakao,
28 lb.-9>& oz. catch was the best "Assisting him are:
Irene Iwata, treas.; ana Shin Inofishing
chapter
uye,
pub.
catch at the
Mrs. Miyo O'Neill, Ist v.p.; Dr.
derby Nov. 17 at Frank's Tract. Ted Kokubo, 2nd v.p.; Mrs. Betty
Dinner starts at 6:15 p.m.;
Mimura, 3rd v.p.; Wilson Yamauchi,
Parlier JACL: Jerry Ogata's treas.; Mrs. Toshi Shimoura, rec. dancing, 9 p.m. Admission will
Helen Kubota, cor. sec.; Mrs. be $4 per person for both din26 lb.-% oz. striped bass was sec
Mary Seriguchi, hist.; Kay Miayay, ner and dance, $2.50 per person
No. 1 in ithe chapter fishing pub.
dir.; Mrs. R. Ikeda, Yo Kasai,
derby at Frank's Tract last Mac Miyagawa, Kay Takata, memb.- for the dance only. Reservations
are being accepted by Betty
at-lrg.
week.
meeting was concluded Murata (OLiver 2-8426), JACL
The
San Francisco JACL: The
box lunches. office (NAtional 8-8584) during
women's auxiliary Christmas with dancing and
Hatate
was in the day, and Miss Kosobayashi
Mrs.
Irene
party will be held Dec. 4, 8
(T Ay lor 9-2965).
charge.
p.m., at the American Friends
Los Americanos with vocalist
1830
it
was
Center,
Sutter St.,
Blair has been engaged to
Sally
by
announced
Sumi Utsumi and BURGLAR BREAKS IN
play.
Music will not be Latin
Fukumori,
Sawae
co-chairmen.
American as the name might
All are invited to enjoy card HOUSE AS SALESMAN
imply, but will incude a variegames, singing, folk and social
ty of the best in dance music.
Denver
dancing. Daisy Uyeda is in
Posing as a real estate
charge of games and entertainsalesman, a burglar gained
New Auxiliary ofment
Mile-Hi photographer
ficers are to be elected Dec. 9, entry into the home of Mrs.
Denver
Zenyemon
7:30 p.m., at Booker T. WashSato, 2221 Lawrence, followed her into the
Tom T. Masamori, official
ington Center.
Detroit JACL: Various acti- house then wrapped a bed photographer for the Mile-Hi
vities being sponsored by the spread over her head. Passing JACL, announced that group
chapter of late include a bridge out with fright, she regained pictures of the Issei honored "^it
the JACL dinner on Oct. 29 are
group meeting on the second consciousness later to disand fourth Thursdays of each co ye r jewelry and cash on display at the local JACL
month at InternationalInstitute, amounting to $700were miss- office, 1225-20th St., and are
available for sale.
8-11 p.m., with Bob Seriguchi ing.
chairing and assisted by Mrs.
Mary Seriguchi
Taizo Kokubo and Mrs. Kenji Horiuchi
6 MONTHS: ONLY $14
AUTO RATES
assisting will teach another citizenship class be ginning this
8.1. $5/10,000 and P.D. $5,000 (Territory 8)
Sunday, 1 p.m. at International
JOHNSON CHINN
Institute
A Japanese booth
20 Bridge St., Watsonville, Calif.
was sponsored at the Old
World Market, held annually
at the International Institute,
Nov. 18-21. Tom Tagami and
Setsu Fujioka were co-chairBEN ADACHI
KAZUO INOUYE
men.
oshlde
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Harley Taix»
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Fort Lupton JACL: John Bill
Chirm
G*°- NUhiaakk
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Ted Gatewood
Eddie Motokane
Fujii, treasurer, recently reported that $300.73 was sent to
REpiibllC
National JACL Headquarters HelMI raaMUa- Mft
11110
170. W. Je«««» M,
toward its 1954 budget of $540
for chapter. As the oldest
chapter in the Mountain Plains
JACL district, the Fort Lupton
LI'L TOKIO CENTER FOR JAPANESE CONFECTIONERY
Chapter through its president
Sam Koshio, and other leaders
including Frank Yamaguchi,
John Kiyota, Jack Tsuhara,
"Always Fresh"
Floyd Koshio, and other have
244 E. Ist St., Los Angeles
X, Hashimoto
wholeheartedly supported the
MU 493S
JACL program.
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C I T I Z E N
SudKimolo to head
Detroit chapter
CHAPTER MEMO
of
"When you slow up, it is easier
to catch your breath and face
some of your problems squarely. Among these problems for
Chicago are slums, blight and
intergroup relations," he said.
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vention rates would be available. Within the valley the
and hotel facilirecreational
ties are arranged compactly
with all activities and conveniences within easy access
to the convention locale.
Family Vacationland
at
Sun Valley is located the
and
6 000 feet altitude
ciimate is dry,Hayexhilarating
fever sufand healthful.
ferers find the air remarkably free from irritating pollens, Ushio continued.
Sun Valley lends itself for
entire families to attend the
convention. A children's playground including slides, merry-go-rounds, swings, and
pile, with an experienced supervisor in charge is available.
Parents may leave their
foreign-bor n
Sacramento JACL: A potluck
knmigratio n
citine named the Ne- supper honored new Isseivalley
zens of the Sacramento
the "modern substitute for foreign-born immigrants". He predicted up to
800,000 Negroes in Chicago by
1960, and that Los Angeles may
nose out Chicago as the second largest American city by
Slow-up in growth
then
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DEC. 5 BANQUET
Fair Employment
HARUO ISHIMARU
At the invitation of the California Federation for Civic
attended the state-wide meeting to consider California
Practices legislation for 1955. Representatives
Employment
Fair
civil rights and labor organizations met
group,
minority
of
at
the American Friends Service Center in San Francisco with
president
of the CFCU presiding.
IRVING ROSENBLATT,
unanimously
agreed
that there be a coordinated ef
It was
fort towards the establishment of FEP legislation in
committee has been appointed to begin
A state-wide executive
immediately upon planning the strategy towards a successful
legislativeendeavor. One of the highlighting items on the overall program will be a mobilization to be held in Sacramento by
the CFCU and the associated organizations.
The Nisei and the Issei have been enjoying greater prosperity than ever before in their history and they have tended to
deerr\phasize the necessity for FEP concern, and indeed, it is a
,
Fresno
p: Parian Hagen (D.,
f.
Re
m r S5l P-elect B. F. Sisk
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ra
Unity, I
CaW.) will be main speak-
forthcoming Central
California District Council
conference banquet, Sunday, Dec
o at the Hacienda
Motel
Dr. George Miyake, conference chairman, added the
final
p 3 rf
California"
committee
meeting preparing
event will be
annual
f^the
held Nov. 30.
Cabinet officers of
chapters of the CCDCthe eight
to
be jointly installed at theare
ban,
quet.
Conference sessions begin in
the early afternoon, closing with
a dance after the banquet. Issei
have been invited to attend.
controversial subject.
Nominees for the CCDC cabiplea
However, the
for equality in employment cannot be net,
as announced by Jin Ishipurpose
is
and
it
the
the
of
JACL
to
debated
help to create kawa of Fresno, are as followsHiro Mayeda (Dinuba), Seiiehi Mi0 speedy establishment of these rights for ourselves and for kami
(Fresno), chmn.; George Abe
group
minority
people.
(Slema),
Other
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Ist v.p.;
Mike Iwatsubo (Fresno)
Kaz Komoto (Parlier), Joe
Among the 150 Pasadena area Issei citizens and citizens-toWe commend -the CFCU for calling our attention to this Katano (Delano), Toru Ikeda (Reedley), 2nd v.p.; Tom Nagamatsu (Del
be recently honored by the Pasadena JACL, dinner were
necessary item of legislation.
Rey), Keny Yamamoto (Selma),
treas.; Toshi Koda, hist.; Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Kanegoro Suzuki, 84 and 77 years of age,
pub-; Toy Hoshiko, Michi respectively. The oldest couple present that evening, the KaT!? yima^Ethel
Ikeda,
Otomo. sec.
nagawa-born pioneer came to America in 1897, lived in San
gas
lonely
on
a
highway
Out of
Francisco before moving south to Pasadena in 1918. His wife
came in 1908. They worked as cook and maid in private
At the invitation of the Richfield Oil Co., we attended a
homes and at chop suey restaurants until they retired in
dinner meeting where we were impressed with the necessity for
1950. During the war years, they were evacuated to Gila
conserving oil, not only in California, but nationally. In this
guess
merely
I
we
River
WRA Center. They are parents of five sons and two
age,
take for granted that gasoline
machine
daughters. The eldest son, a Cal-tech graduate, is a Mitsuand oil for our automobilesare inexhaustible. However, we were
bishi representative in Pittsburgh; another son is president
made aware that unless intelligent mining practices are devof a girls' school in Tokyo; their daughters are married and
eloped and enforced, we may lose as much as 60 per cent of our
reside
in New York and Chicago. —Shin Nichi Bei Photo.
potential reserves. This problem is a serious one and especially
Sacramento
trudged
when
one
had
a
A
gun
couple
fight
Monday
imderstandable
of miles for gas
night last
week has one Takeo Matsumoto 17 Issei naturalized
on some lonely highway.
Issei among new citizens
in a critical condition. The
naturalized in St. Louis
Sacramento Bee described the at Portland ceremonies
scuffle as a "tangled story of
Portland
St Louis, Mo.
vengeance, climaxed by.a
San Francisco CL mixer
New citizens who came from
Twelve Issei were among 300
murder plot and a life-and- 32 different nations—including new citizens sworn in during
The San Francisco Chapter sponsored a combined business death gun fight."
a group of 17 Japanese-bom— Veterans Day naturalization
meeting and a mixer last Friday night under the chairmanship
George Hiroyoshi Tsuda, were hailed following naturali- ceremonies here. It marked the
of FRED HOSHIYAMAV I was invited to join in the festivities manager of the Nisei Club with zation ceremonies on Veterans end of several months of classes
offices at 75 Japan Alley, was Day in the court of U.S. District sponsored by the St. Louis
by leading songs.
taking a large amount of money Judge Claude McColloch.
JACL.
session presided over by prexy, from the club to his office next Rev. Arthur M. Collins of The newly naturalized were:
i| Following the short business
Dr. M. Honda,
Mrs. T. Ema.
JERRY ENOMOTO, the meeting was given over to relaxation door when he was accosted by Hood River served as interpret- Mrs.
Mitori,
Mrs. Y. Carpenter.
Matsumoto, a former partner. er for the Japanese during the Mre. K.
end enjoyment with dancing, games and refreshments.
Spencer.
K.
Mrs. A. Arlmura.
Detectives were told by Tsuda Oath of Allegiance.
Fred Miyasaka, Mrs. R. Miyasaki. T.
Inouye, Mrs. M. Kawanishi,
that he was ordered by MatsuT. SakaThe new citizens include:
and Mrs. Tsuchiya.
moto to count out $2,000 and Yoshio Joe Inouye, Hood Sadaji guchi
Assisting
preparations
i
n
Shioji,
Teruo Jimmie Kondo, YasuIssei banquet at Sacramento
write a suicide note as directed. haru Osuga,
William Minoru Koida,
While dictating, he put the gun Takashi James Osaki George Kosuke were:
Paul Maruyama. Jean Kawanishi.
Our congratulations to the Sacramento Chapter for their in his pocket. Tsuda then asked Ito, Aya Nishino, Hikoichi John George
Hasegawa and Dan SakaMasajiro Tom Sasaki, Nobanquet last Saturday honoring new Issei citizens. The SacraKatada,
hara.
go
if he could
to the restroom buyoshi Kay Toyooka Edna Etsu
mento Chapter has done an exceptionally good job working on and Matsumoto consented.
Abe. Shigeji Ohashi, Saya Kuroda.
the citizenship program, not only for Sacramento, but also in
Urata. Suye Hara,- Giichi
As Tsuda brushed past, he Masuji
13 Cleveland Issei
Tsuji. Waki Nigo. Umeyo Uno. Yoestablishing rapport with the Sacramento Office of Immigragrabbed for the gun with one shika Maeda, Omoto Minami. ShiTsuruyo
Aoki,
Aoki, Masaru
naturalized en masse
tion and Naturalization for the benefit of the Issei in the many hand and hit Matsumoto' arm
feru
akurai, Fukiye Naito, Kame Urata,
Communities in that general area.
with the other. The gun bounced Kuni
Kitayama, Masue Oba. YoshiCleveland
across the floor, Tsuda related. suke Oba, Tamiyo Ochiai and JuA throng of 2,043 immigrants
The
but
kichi
Kawano.
largest
it,
of
and
most
imBoth
dived
for
Tsuda
Chapter
Sacramento
is one
our
—including 13 from Japan—"
1
portant because of its location in our State Capitol. Our thanks got there first. Without
burst into applause at becomup
m,
to
ai
straightening
to TOKO FUJII, chapter prexy, to BILL MATSUMOTO and
ing American citizens at imArizona JACL to honor
a pospressive Veterans Day cereGUNJI MIZUTANI, who are recent executive board members ants said Matsumoto has leg
but Issei citizens Dec. 3
monies at the Public Music
of our District Council, and other officers and members of the shot struck Matsumoto's
he did not fall. Two more shots
Hall.
Chapter for keeping things hopping in Sacramento.
Glendale, Ariz.
were fired and he fell. Tsuda
They began clapping as Fedwas made last
then bashed him on the head Announcement
by John Tadano and Tom eral Judge Emerich B. Freed
week
gun.
Hospital
attendwith the
co-chairmen, of the pronounced them citizens. The
ants said Matsumoto has a poss- Kadomoto,
Nevada's lone JACL outpost: Reno
long planned banquet to honor Cleveland JACL reported the
ible skull fracture.
new Issei citizens Dec. 3, 6:30 following Issei were naturalAccompanied by GEORGE NISHITA, past chairman of our
Detectives identified Matsu- p.m., at the JACL Hall here.
ized:
Ainosuke Ichida, K. Kitahata. T.
District Council, I visited our most distant chapter in Reno, moto as a former employee of
Konishi,
Kei Matsuo McMillin,
K.
Nevada. Under the arrangement of FRED AOYAMA, chapter the benevolent society, quitting
Sakamoto,
Yoneko K. Satow, Mary
K. Sutnii Frank T. Tanaka, Makiko
president, we met with over forty Issei and Nisei leaders at a two months ago. On Wednesday
Tanaka, Mitsuo Tanjl, Toyo Yatnanight, the robbery suspect died.
very delightful dinner. NisMta extended greetings and conmotoo, Frank K. Yatsu and W. T.
A full deathbed confession
Yamazaki.
gratulations in Japanese to the new Issei citizens. I had the
pleasure of addressing a few remarks to our members in Reno, was made by Matsumoto, admitting his intentions of killing
many of whom I met for the first time.
Naturalization exams
his intended victim, before he
tril
police
said.
Denver
Wednesday,
Reno is not only the most distant chapter (from San Fran- died
Syril I. Shraiberg, chief exCisco), but jt is also one of our smaller chapters. According
aminer for the Denver office of
STUDIO
to the 1950 U.S. Census, there are less than 400 Japanese Amerithe Immigration and Naturalicans scattered in the whole state of Nevada with about 150 in
zation Service, called 8 more
118
East
First
Straat
and around Reno. Despite its small size, population-wise, our
Issei for final processing of
Angelas
12
Reno Chapter is one of our most important ones in terms of our
Los
their naturalization petitions
TRUCK 8c FLEET MGR.
last week.
national program since it is the only chapter in the State of
MA
6-5681
Volunteer interpreters obNevada. It is necessary for them to be our legislative watchdogs
tained to assist the giving of exto the State for both national and local problems. We have
aminations and in interviews
51 chapters in California to work on various congressmen. In
I can make you
were Sus Matsumoto and Fred
Nevada there is only one and although it may be true that they
a better deal
I. Kaihara.
fire fewer congressmen overall; nevertheless, they have two senThe local JACL office, which
No Commissions
ators just as California.
has assisted in the coordination
AT
of interpreters, noted that local
LES BACON & SONS
In fact, the greatest champion of the Japanese American in
Pacific Coast Hwy.
volunteers have given many
1200
«ne Congress of the United States was the late Snator Pat Me
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
hundreds of hours of free
—OHeg
8-8300
FRntr 4-8991
Canon of Nevada, co-author of the law that made it possible
service to assist the Issei obtain
for Issei to receive their well-deserved citizenship and which
citizenship in the Denver area,
and particularly noted that Fred
*rt-up an immigration quota for Japanesefor the first time in
On* «f the Urreit selection*
I. Kaihara, publisher of The
Angeles
American history.
In Lot
Colorado Times, not only has
St.
Insurance
E.
Ist
AN
9-2111
East: 24M
citizenship classes,
J This year OSCAR FUJII has been elected to the District
West: 2421 W. Jefferson RE 1-Zl2l conducted
Life
Anto Flr«
but since acquiring U.S. citizenCouncil executive board and-between Oscar and Fred, we have
Ty
Takuagi
lohn
Saito
Cek
St.
M9Del Monte
ship has been very active in as8»lem Y»t»w»
Maintained our contacts with; this very important little chapter.
Pasadena, Calif.
Chick H. Foray*
sisting in the naturalization proRYan l-«p»
Choy
Peter
BYcamore 4-71 M
gram.
Assisting in planning the dinner besides Fred and Oscar
*«eMAS BABA, EUNICE OSHIMA, TUFFY YASUDA, HENHATTORI, and MABLE DATE. Two Issei, M. NISHIGUCHI
:
ASK FOR...
"nd I. OSHIMA, spoke in behalf of the Issei and thanked the
jocal chapter as well as our national organization for our con—■INC■ I » 1
" Buued efforts in behalf of all Japanese Americans.
Mutual Supply C*.
200 Davit St.
Our thanks to the Reno chapter and its members and espeMA 6-5825
I
707 Tvriwr St., Los Angeles
Sm Francisco
ySHy to FRED AOYAMA for a very pleasant trip and for their
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attempt to rob
$2,000 in Sac'to
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SPORTSCOPE
Ty Saito's suggestion for Olympic
benefit grid game counter-proposed TheBaseball appears,
San Francisco ilege students, why couldn't ALL
Iwao Kawakami, columnist U.S. colleges be asked to raise
for the San Francisco Nichibei Olympic funds by having beneTimes, last week scored John fit games, dances and entertainTy Saito's suggestion of a col- | ments? Surely, that is a better
legiate football game for the method than asking persons like
benefit of the 1956 U.S. Olym- Bing Crosby and Bob Hope to
do the lion's share of fund raispic fund.
public."
UCLA alumnus Saito had ing by appealing to the
wired the President to suggest
a game between UCLA and i
Oklahoma in mid-December to j
raise money for the American I
Olympic team. Writes Kawakami:
"Although it may seem odd to
Ogden
ask professional athletes to
help the amateurs, Saito's sug- j Approximately 30 teams from
gestion might have a better
and Utah are exchance of succeeding if he Oregon, Idaho
enter
the three-day
professional
pected
get
footto
could
the
ball league to donate a share of Intermountain District JACL
the gate of one of the top games bowling tournamentt here Nov.
for this altogether worthy pur- 26-28 at the Paramount Alleys.
pose. After all, all the pro grid- Toyse Kato, Ben Lomond
ders were amateurs at one time (Ogden) JACL chapter presiand they might not be hostile dent, is tournament chairman.
to the idea of helping out the ■" Jointly sponsored by the
Olympic team.
JACL and Ogden Nisei Bowling
"What's wrong with asking League, competition is open to
Commissioner Bert Bell of the both men and women in singles,
National Professional Football J doubles, all-events and teams.
league if a portion of the cham- j Up to $2,000 in prizes and tropionship game (which would be phies are being offered.
a definite sell-out) between the Ace Morimoto, 1953 all-events
Eastern and Western division champion from Pocatello, heads
winners could not be set aside the lineup of bowlers. The 1953
for this purpose?
championship teams, the men's
"Another thing, since most of team from Pocatello and the
the Olympic athletes are col- j women's squad from Salt Lake
City, are also entered, according
NISEI GRIDDER NAMED to Kato.
The tournament is under
of the
ALL-ALAMEDA ALL-STAR moral-support sanctions
ABC and WIBC, making manBerkeley
Sei Sugiyama, El Cerrito datory membership in the
High guard, was named by JACL. "
Awards are to be made at the
Walt Roessing of the Berkeley
Daily Gazette to the startling dinner-dance to be held Saturleft guard slot of the mythical day evening at the Crystal Ballall-ACAL prep grid team last room in the Ben Lomond
week.
Hotel.
30 teams vying for
IDC bowling prizes
/\^Ja\ Fi"©st Japanese Foods
are
Chicago Cubs, it
set for 1955. Last week
■SS^J
THE SOU'WESTER
Old Age Pension
the
TATS
ottice
baseball commissionersKavva.no,
announced that Yosh
Angeles, the
KUSHIDA
Now that naturalized Issei are eligible for state (r
formerly of Los
signed
Cub's property man, had year. old age pensions, non-citizenship barring them Un
might expect them to apply for this source of
his contract for the next
J'°»
*
Such, we believe, will not be the case.
ndr°ves.
Football
The Japanese, our parent generation at any r t '
ate a
Following the end of the proud group. When they emigrated to these shores
foremost pledges was never
season, the teammates ot haltto
den to their newly adopted
back Mitsuo Yokota of Orphir
They f
of
captain
strongly
honorary
about
ts
this
that
fleeted him
it was
School
High
stigma
personal
to become a nUb Ha
the Placer Union
ihat's why pre-war (WW2) record ti,
junior varsity team.
out the country will show that
Bowling
the lowest percentage of any groun
ad
public assistance. In many
Chiyo Tashima, leading Nisei
weren't any on the relief rolls.
thert
woman bowler in the country,
Their wartime
finished in sixth place in the
,
"S
inconJ° "T
2
iWr!
land!conl **
?,"'"
°
Jatn?£*T
cornS?
'"X?**
evacuation and
match game championships and
residence in relocation camps gaveinvnW,
game
half
by
a
qualify
expereience
failed to
first
of becoming: hoy?
for one of the five spots in the
wards. Little did they realize then
team
comSouthern California
nomic hardships that awaited
ul
peting in the Chicago nationals, when the camps were closed.
wetn
Jan. 14-23.
The pre-war absence of Japanese receiving public aw'
due to the ability of friends and relatives to look aftPt?
The now-enfeebled Issei bachelor was then still
needy.
derby
fishing
4-day
v
prime of life and constituted a vigorous source of labor tmr
larms
planned by Placer JACL and mines.
This self-ecenomy of the Japanesecommunities shattered i»
Loomis
evacuation,
has nevex been and probably never will be rp t
JACL's
annual
County
Placer
With relocation camps closed, many aged Japanese
fishing derby, Nov. 25-28, is
being limited to striped bass the indigent, particularly those .with large families for the fin*
this year, caught anywhere with time in their lives found themselves without means of suddo
Reluctantly, and with varying degrees of
rod & reel, it was stated by Mac
embarrassment
and shame, the needy Japanese accepted the assistance
Makishima, derby chairman.
Daily weigh-in services will them by county bureaus of public assistance. There was no oth
be provided by Jiggs Naito at recourse. Notwithstanding the fact that these indigent folks are
his Penryn Pastime until 9 just as entitled to public assistance as anyone else there has
p.m. each day. With ten grand been some feeling of guilt in accepting it.
In some respects, this is a highly commendable attitude.
prize offered, biggest haul of
each of the four-day derby will From the standpoint of eligibility, it is an unfounded one
Until recently, this attitude prevailed even concerning
also win. Open to both men and
woment, participants must pay cial Security old age insurance benefits. Fortunately, most So.
Issei
a $2 entry fee.
by now recognize that social security payments are'not simply
federal government relief' subsidies but rather a return for
something for which they had actually made payment out of
their earnings—insurance, no less.
What concerns the Sou'wester is that Issei citizens might
Iransfer this reluctance and sense of guilt over to receiving old
age pension benefits. We hope not, for the old age pension is definitely not public assistance in any manneror means. It is a form
of support income to which they are justly entitled as are other
citizens.
Of course California, as do other states, has a law which
Ontario, Ore
requires responsible relatives such as adult children to contriA multiple automobile acci- bute to the support of those in need. This law may of kelp
dent at the junction of U.S. to some of the aged Issei for the Japanese virtue be pietj
of filial
Hwys. 30 and 95 north of here
hasn't rubbed off onto all Nisei.
of^
manofr
'
5
tS
offenS
Spectacular car
accident severs
telephone services
recently
disrupted
telephone
An even larger concern is that, It seems to us at least,
community.
the majority, of the Issei who need old ape pensions to suoGeorge Hironaka was driving
sist may remain disqualified because of their non-citt:m
a truck hauling sugar beets
status. Illness, infirmity or other circumstances prevent
south on Hwy. 30, followed by
many oldsters from attending Americani-atkmclasses to prean automobile driven by Joe pare for their naturalization exams. A relaxation 0/ the
Mitsunaga of Salt Lake City.
citizenship requirement in the lawwould extend deserved
Apparently attempting to pass
benefits to thiq group.
Mitsunaga
sideswiped
truck,
the
this week with Robert Kruger who used to be
the truck at the turn of the withWe had a talk department
the welfare
at Manzanar Relocation Center,
highway, according to Oregon
He
is
now
with
the
Calif.
Dept.
of Social Welfare. He gave us
state police reports.
relate to old a«e pensions so we pass it on to
After sideswiping the truck, some info which
the car swerved to the left, those who might make use of it.
In addition to being American citizens, recipients of old age
knocking down a telephonepole,
loosening a cable that was pensions must have resided in California for five out of the
caught by on an oncoming semi- past nine years including the full years immediately preceding
truck trailer. Another auto- the date of application. Payments begin from age 65. The maximobile tangled with the cable. mum monthly payment under the law is $80. If there are other
inPortions of the telephone pole sources of income support such as Social Security old age
they
surance
are
deducted
from
the
benefits,
$80.
flew into the air and struck
Recipients are permitted to possess up to $3,500 county asgasoline pumps at the intersessed value in real property while personal property including
section service station.
Mitsunaga's car, after hitting cash cannot exceed $1,200 per person or $2,000 per couple. Special
the pole, collided with a parked cases such as unusual medical needs will be met.
service in the Oregon Slope
\JJauruzw ]
H
Modern Import Co., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo
While this is a state-financed program, it is administered
car and then rolled over three
times landing right side up. He by the various counties, in Los Angeles by the county's Bureau
was treated for cracked ribs at of Public Assistance at whose offices applicationsare to be made.
Holy Rosary hospital and released the following morning.
ISSEI ROBBED TWICE
BY SAME MAN IN WEEK
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h gallon can
4.75 gallon tub I
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16 ounce bottle
8 ounce botlle
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Robbed for the second time
week,
in a
Keitsu Kono, 72,
gave up $1 to a gunman who
tied him up in his home two
weeks ago.
Kono, a Japanese who is
studying for his American
citizenship, told police the
same man took a purse containing $60 from his house
Nov. 5.
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The recent JACL benefit movie sponsored by the Gardena
Valley chapter was a .financial as well as entertaining success,
reports YO MIJSTAMI, president. The local community center
hall was packed both evenings last weekend. In typical Isa
style, names of contributors and amounts donated were written
in Japanese with sumi-brush on large paper sheets and promnently displayed on the walls, a device that seemed to nap
augment
the coffers.
More Issei shimin
"
The chapters of the L.A. coordinating council under_ch!^
man Mack Hamaguchi this past Monday assisted nearly .ou»»
w
file their N-400 petitions for naturalization. We'll credit
v
permits
volunteers helpers in this column when space
week.
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VITAL
Bedside Swear-In
STATISTICS
Engagements
|ISHIDA-KOMURA
-
Births
RFT>p,nc
LOS
ANGELES
—
Un
ot Chicago.
,'
Washington
A 2Vfe-year-o Id JapaneseMarriage Licenses Issued
American baby living in Salt
FECHNER-YAMANE
- William and Lake City will not have to face
Miyako both of Denver
deportation proceedings until
HOSHIKO-KISHIYAMA
- Kenneth Congress
Los Angeles; and
study
has a chance to
Hnramis (Hideko Kamatanij YenCarole V., Denhis plight.
ISO-YAMAZAKI
Masami,
36, San
HONGO—Sept. 12 a boy Ravmoond
Rep. William A. Dawson re,-Jo^, and Tomiko, 30, Oakland.
the E3S H°^S
KAMITA-KAMITA-Kazuo
and
Hi- ceived a letterlast week from J.
oth of Acampo. at Reno.
IN
gid Susan Emi"
of the
- Frank M. Swing, commissioner
X oshito RaIP" Inabasj KUWABARA-YAMASAKI
and Naturaliza£.. 29, Cupertino; and Sumako, 22, Immigration
-JMiyoko %Sakaguchi).
Sunnyvale.
tion Service, saying that "no
INADOMI—Sept. 17, a boy Kenneth
Anthony steps will be taken by this serth« Yoshiharu Inadomis LARAMIE-MIYASHIRO
1°
,JRuth Kimiko Fukuto).
vice looking toward separation
INOUVTE-Sept.
22, a boy David
33, Campbell; and Tokiye, 26, Gil- of this child from his parents."
Alan to the Harry
Matsuichi InoFrances Nomura), MIT AMURA-TSUTSUMI
Dawson had written the ImAlbert
Venice
and Mitsuko both of Denver
migration Service after a news
Srept
a gjrl J"»e
MIYAHARA MEKATA
Kaiumi story protested the injustice beC\
lshidas »Cniyoko MiBuck, 23, San Jose, and Mary
Kei- ing contemplated against little
ko,
20,
Gilroy.
I
KAMAI—Sept. 29, a boy Steven Ta- MURAKAMI KIMURA
Guy Robert Gordon, who was
Noboru
tsuo to the Susumu Kamais (Ki27, and Ayako, 26, both of San born
yoko Horii), Pacoima.
in Japan and entered the
Francisco.
Sept- 222> a Eirl Toni Lei to NAKAMOTO-UYEDA Bob, Grid- United States on an immigratne Larry Kiong Ho Kirns (Harriley, and Alice. Penngrove.
tion visa.
et Teruko Isa).
- Joseph M Guy's father, William Perry
KOBAYASHI-Sept. 10, a boy Mark I OGAWA-KAWASAKI
Davis,
Calif.,
and Margie, PortSeiji to the Kenge Kobayashisl land.
Gordon, was serving with the
iSekiko Sato).
Kiyoshi, 32, Army in Japan, where he met
KODAMA—Sept. 21, a girl Gloria OKA-IWAMOTO
and Lillian K. 21, both of StockAnn to the Robert Yoshio Koand married a Japanese girl.
ton.
damas (Ann Haru Ito).
SHIJO-KIUCHI
Shortly after Guy was born the
Susumu,
North
girl
1,
KUBOTA—Oct.
a
Jean MiSacram«j*p, and Tomiko, San family returned to the United
sako
(Satoto
the
Toshi
Francisco^;
Kubotas
In a very rare setup, working through Ray Griffin, Los Anko Uchiyama).
TOMOTOSHI-YOSHIMURA
Ma- States.
sao, 36, Hayward; and Mary Mari199, a girl Karen
It was then learned that begeles chief of Nationality Section, Immigration and Naturaliza- MATSUNO—Sept.
Aiko
to
the
Takatow
to
S.
Matsunos
ko,
31,
Alameda.
"move" the Federal court
cause of his father's residence
(June Okada).
tion Service,Mitsumori was able
in Japan the child required a
-Judge Hall and his staff—for an hour to the home of Mr. MATSUURA—Sept. 25, a girl Karan
Weddings
Ayako to the Kiyoshi Matsuuras
different type of visa and it was
(Yoko Hoshizaki).
and Mrs. Omatsu for a bedside naturalization ceremony".
FUJIOKA-M AYE D A
Nov. 11,
George and Nobuko. both of Reed- announced that he must be reWitnesses included the Omatsu brothers Frank, George, NAKAGUCHI—Oct.
3, a girl Peggy
Lynn to the Hidetake Nakaguchis
ley.
turned to Japan to await a secHoover, and sister Grace. Paul, who is a teacher at Pacoima
(Shizuye Muragishi).
HARADA-YAGI
Nov. 7. Ted and ond entry into the U.S.
to
15, a boy James HiMasako. both of Los Angeles
Junior High School, was not able leave his classes for the NAKAKI—Sept.
Now, however, as a result of
deo to the Hideo Nakakis (Atsu IKEDA-HIDEKAWA Nov. 6, Jack,
rites.
Tanaka), West Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, and Hoshiko,
San the story and Dawso^'s proNAKAT-A—Oct. 3, a boy Crßig Brian' Francisco.
test to the Immigration Service,
i
to the Fred John Nakatas (Tomo- ISHIBASHI-SHIMANE
jf It says here in small print that 32 hungry males bid for 29
Nov. 7, the commissioner wrote Dawko Inouye).
Toshiharu,
Los Angeles, and Nel- son
attractively-ribboned box lunches during an East Los Angeles
"the office at San Francisco
NAKATA—Sept. 11, a boy Marvin lie Midori, Gardena.
JACL auction social last Saturday night at the International Roy to the Kay Kaoru Nakatas, ISHIMOTO-OKUDA
Nov. 6, Nor- has been instructed to with(Kathleen Chieko Nakamoto).
man Masao and Sadae Sady, both hold the commencement of any
Institute, to raise $173 for the Christmas Cheer project. That's
22, a girl Leslie' of Los Angeles.
"5.10 dinner per couple. The girls donated the food and their NISHIMI—Sept.
Noreen to the Kiyoshi Nishimis MATSUMOTO SHIMADA
Nov. formal proceedings until at least
(May Sumiko Ashizawa).
14, Stanley Shigure and Hisayo, March 1, 1955, to enable you to
culinary talent.
Angeles.
a
of
NOMURA—Sept.
boy
26,
Michael both
Los
introduce a private bill in the
We won't be particular about who got starved out but the
Sadao to the Raymond Kazuhiko MEIFU-WADA Nov. 7, Kazuo and
Nomuras (Mary Mariko Hatae). I Elsie Yoneko, both of Los Angeles. child's behalf."
chapter is to be commended for a splendid benefit and a sucNOZAKI—Sept. 19, a girl Joanne MIYAKAWA-KODAMA
Oct. 24,
cessful entertainment program.
Megumi to the Masao Nozakis
Mitsugi, Los Angeles, and Mutsu(Sadako Yamashita).
ko, Anaheim.
Nov.
i Dental profession in Japan, especially in the field of or- NOZAWA-Sept. 16, a girl Kath- MURAKAMI-NISHIMDTO
leen Teru to the Toru Nozawas. 7, Takewo, Brighton; and Chiyoko,
ttodontia, is far from being up to date.
Angeles.
(Midori Kajiwara).
Los
During his recent visit here, Dr. Masaru Suzuki of the NipOGINO—Sept. 22, a girl Carol Junko NAGAOKA-HIRATA—Nov. 11, Shl'Cleveland Jr. Matrons: Some
ro and Sachiko, both of Los Anto the Kazuo Oginos (Kazue Mipon^University dental college expresed his views on the matter,
geles.
tsuyasu).
20 adults and 100 children enlacking—and
pracknowledge
are
OKIDA—Sept. 20, a girl Doris Leigh NAKADAIRA-UYEDA
admitting that facilities and
Nov. 7, joyed the gala Hallowe'en party
to th c Terry T. Okidas (Yuiko
Masaru, Los Angeles, and Rose, recently
tice is at least 20 years behind time.
at the 30th and Euplid
Mary Rikimaru).
Norwalk.
Dr. George Nagamoto, orthodonist, who has his practice in OKUBO—Sept. 15, a boy Ronald NOZAKI-ODAMA
Nov. 7, Jim, First Methodist Church. Emcee
Los Angeles, and Michi Barbara, Henry Tanaka was cited for his
Yasuo to the Yasuo Okuboos (Shin
Li'l'Tokio with his son Kenneth, met Dr. Suzuki last spring.
Wilmington.
Jean Hiraizumi), Gardena.
medical
men
in
students
and
conversation,
their
dental
OSHIRO—Sept.
From
Nov. 6, manner of handling the child26, a girl Iris Masa- OHASHI-NAKAYAMA
(Fujiko
ko
to
Masao
Oshiros
Takeo, Kingsburg, and Lola, Cu- ren in group singing and inthe
Jopan have profited greatly.
pertino
at Fresno.
Kanemoto).
dividual talent. Among the per'Dr. Nagamoto, onetime faculty member at the Univ. of RAINS—Sept. 25, a girl Colleen May OKADA-OCHI Nov. 6, Kiuji, Ana- formers
were:
Hanearly
(Martha
Haruyo,
Long
USC,
five
helm,
and
Blanche
donated
to
the
Ivan
S
Rains
teaching
Kansas and now on a
staff at
Maxine Ogino tap dance: Eileen
pie Yoshlmoto).
Beach.
Assoacjears' accumulation of the Journal of American Dental
Oct. 31, Matsuoka, piano; Dick Asazawa,
RYONO—Sept. 8. a boy David Ken OKAWARA-KAWASAKI
to the Teruo Ryonos (Kei Ono),
Kenneth, Fresno, and Maki, Ta- cordion.
ciation, covering the period between January, 1950,' and NovIn charge were:
Wilmington.
tmber, 1954 for their use.
OKI-MATSUSHIMA
Nov. 6, Chris Peggy Tanjl, Mac Shirasawa, proSETSUDA—Sept. 21, a boy Michael
gram;
Angeles.
Sayo Kakehi, Marie Suzuki,
(Itsuand Yaeko, both of Los
John to the Hideo Setsudas
Kiyo Tashima. Mac
Nov. 13, refreshments;
SAKAKI-WATANABE
ko Makiyama).
i 'Blindness is no handicap for Hiromu Ishino. 26, who has SUEHIRO—Sept.
27, a boy Guy ShiRoland and Jane, both of Los Kanno, bake sale.
just been promoted as head of the X-ray unit at Kaiser FoundaAneeles.
geru to the Lloyd S. Suehiros
SHINDE-KAWAOKA
Nov. 13,
(Chizuko Shikuma).
tion Hospital. Six months ago, Ishino, blind since birth, applied
Henry Satoru and Kaoru Fay, both KUBO, Sai, 76: Long Beach, Oct. 31,
a
Sept.
girl
25.
Dona
TANAKA—
lor the job of technician through theLos Angeles Rehabilitation
survived by husband Yoshisato,
Angeles.
Los
(Kyoko
of
L to the Tadao Tanakas
sons Hidemaro, Yoshio, daughters
Dr.
Keio
Los
SUNADA-MORI
Nov.
14,
Angeles.
Nishi),
Center.
West
Grace
Mrs. Fumiyo Kojima, Mrs. Yoshiand Midori, both of Gardena.
TOJO—Sept. 25, a boy Randall Ken
Today he supervises the work of five laboratory men, proko. Ujita.
Nov. 7, Henry,
Tojis (Kazuyoo Ta- TANAKA-NAGAI
Tsugio
to
the
KUSATANI,
Masuno,
50: Los Ancessing more than 500 negatives per day. But-his ambition does
Fresno, and Janet, Atwater.
kemoto).
geles, Oct. 25 (in Japan).
31, Kenjiro
Lily
Beppu, Janoto stop tJiere. He is hard at study on electronics and radio, WATANABE—Oct. 30. a boy to the YAMADA-HOSOGI—Oct.
34:
Yuri,
MASADA,
and Elsie, both of Seattle.
pan, Oct. 28, survived by mother,
X X Watanabes, Longa Beach.
his main hobbies through the only Braille periodical of its kind, YAMASHITA—
Oct. 24,
girl Ste- YAMANISHI IRINIO
Sept. 30.
(Caruthers,
Nobuye
Mrs.
Masada
Hisao and Setsuko, both of Seaphanie Jean to the George YoshiCalif.), four brothers Toshihiro,
theßraille Technical Press.
side (Monterey).
Timothy, Saburo sisters
aki Yamashitas (Furni Kuroda), YASUDA-HIRANO
Katsumi,
Nov. 6, MasaLone Beach.
Aiko and Miyoko.
mi. West Los Angeles, and Mary, MIZU6HIMA
Harry, 64: Salt Lake
YENOKI—Sept. 15, a boy George
Kyoji Jr. to the G. K. Yenokis Venice.
City, Nov. 11, survived by wife
YONEMOTO V A MABAYASHI
(Lily Yuriko Tanaka).
(all in Japan).
children
and
four
Albuquerque, |
Oct. 30. Masami,
YOSHIDA—Sept. 19, a boy Duane
ONIZUKA,
Seiichl, 77: Chicago, Oct.
Masaye, Los Angeles.
(Kiand
by
the
Masami
Yoshidas
Yuki.
to
wife
Den
31, survived
yoko Minamide).
PUNG, Dr. Clm: Chicago. Oct. 30,
BONDED COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Deaths
by
wife Katsumi (OgaSTOCKTON
survived
wa).
WHOLESALE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
72: Pasadena,
Kusu,
KIMURA—Oct. 31, a boy to the Jun FUJIKAWA,
Pfc. Michael, 21: San FranMasayuki Kimuras.
|
I Nov. 1 survived by husband Ka- SATO,
cisco, Sept. 26 (at Hakodate), sur929-943 S. San Pedro St, Los Angeles 15
OGINO—Nov. 6, a girl to the George
tsuzo son Masaru.
by mother Mrs. Masaye
vived
Angeles,
Oginos.
1HASHIOKA, Kihel, 76: Los
York,
Edbrothers
Tom,
Sato,
25.
TRinity 6686
Oct.
SAN JOSE
ward, sisters Tokuye Mrs. Florence
7 mos.:
boy TimoJoy
a
HATANAKA,
Misao,
10,
(Oakland)
Nagamoto
SUGISHITA—Nov.
and Mrs.
7, surNorth Hollywood, Nov. Mrs.
thy to the Thomas Sugishitas,
Ruby Yamasaki (Los Angeles).
Joe SHIMAJI,
vived by parents Mr. and
CoVote.
Kei:
Visalla.
Nov. 11,
Cathy
and
Hatanaka sisters Carol.
TAJII—Nov. 9, a boy Lenny Dean
three
survived by wife Chieno,
Aileen.
daughters
to the Kingo Tajiis.
Jin,
sons
Takao.
Long
Sho,
Asa, .60:
a girl Judith HIRABAVASHI,
TAKESHIMA—Nov. 1,Takeshimas.
Ebisu
Miharu
MoriMidori
by
husMmes.
Beach. Nov. 10 survived
Marie to the Eddie
moto.
son George Ichiband ShigeshiroMary
Virginia, 7: Los AnSAN FRANCISCO
SHIMATSU,
Ichiryu.
daughter
rvu
Merchant*
Bonded Commission
geles, Nov. 2, survived by parTAHARA—Nov. 7, a girl to the HlilGA, Manzo, 79: Ontario, Ore.,
Park
ents
and
Mrs. Jack Shimatsu.
Sharp
Vegetables
Fruits
Mr.
John E. Taharas.
Nov 4, survived by wife, sons
Jack Jr., John, sisters
YOSHIDA—Nov. 8. a girl to the Harold, Kunjo, (Sacramento), six brothers
Market
«4 South Central Aye
Terminal
Betty
Wholesale
Jean »nd Loren.
Masamitsu Yoshidas.
daughters Mrs. Mary Shido (PortSenpo, 65: Los Angeles,
SACRAMENTO
land) Mrs. Chiyeko Tsuji (Chi- TAIRA,
TU 4504
VA b595
survived by wife Moto,
Lo« Angeles 21. Calif.
the
Nov.
17
to
Edward
Morishita,
girl
Margaret
cago), Mrs.
ISHII—Nov. 1, a
Hajime, Tom Tamotsu,
sons
Harley
(Gresham),
Betty
,
Ishiis.
Mrs
Nishimura
K.
David Nobuo, daughter Mrs. HaFutrii Kawanami (MorSAKAMOTO—Nov. 1, a boy to the and Mrs Calif.).
ruko Ishizawa.
gan Hill.
Shigeya Sakamotos.
Shigezo, 73: Miami Beach,
ISHIDA, Mrs. Yostaino, 64: San Fran- TASHIRO,
SEATTLE
Fla , survived by wife Yaeko, sons
by
survived
husboy to the
a
Nov.
4,
11,
cisco,
MIYAKE—Nov.
Joe, daughter Mrs. Jane
Herbert,
band Shizuo. Tayeko, 56: Los AnGeorge Miyakes.
Yasuda (New York).
KAWASHIMA,
Stanley Allen,
6:
TAKAHASHI,
S4I.T LAKE CITY
geles, Nov. 1, survived by hus18, a boy to the
Soanißh Fork. Utah, Nov. 7, surMatajiro. sister Mrs. Setsuyo
MAY2DA—Nov.
band
by parents Mr. and Mrs.
vived
Mayedas.
Hideo
Northwest Orient Airlines
Frank. Takahashi brothers Gerald.
AnDENVER
KINOSHITA, Michael, 3: Los
1
Garry. Gre"g, sisters Jo Ann. Mary
survived by psrPan American Airways
MURAKAMI—A boy to the Hisaki geles. Nov. 14.Mrs.
Ellen grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Jitsup Kiand
Jay
Ints
Mr.
Murakamis.
George Takahashi. Mr. and Mrs.
.**«.-■
Philip
Japan Air Lines
«"
NAKAYAMA—A gin to the S. Nanoshita brother
N. Fujie (Oakland).
Vickie Lynn and Robyn Xi- TERAMOTO,
kayamas.
sisters
Yasutaro: Selma, Nov.
SERVICE AT AIRPORT OR PIER
ORE.
ONTARIO,
4, survived by "wjf«i Hashi, sons
Sotaro: Los Angeles, Oct.
Edboy
KODAMA,
a
to
the
KlDO—Nov. 11,
Yasuyuki Tamotsu, daughters Mrs.
Upon Request
SB
Yachiyo Mori,
ward Kidos, Nyssa.
Mrs. Umeyo KoNov. 6.
KOGA, Kurataro: Fresno.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
45:
Charles
M.,
Chicas-p.
POR RESERVATION AND
KONO
69: Chicago,
girl Sandra
(funeral Nov. 1) survived by wife TOMIHIRO Senichi,
TANAKA —Oct. 31, a Tanakas.
(funeral Nov. 1), survived by wife
parEddie
to
the
and
Louise
three
children
Hiroye.
Please Contact
CHICAGO
Satoru and daughter Chiye.
ents (Hawaii).
TOGURI—A girl to the Fred Togu-
I
I
Toshiko to
Oct.
TAKETA-POPE
Gracia,
Wash'"f}0". D.C., to John, Cincinnati.
TSURU-EZAKI - Alice to Roy, both
Klk"Sawa?,
FIT-StakF
i Ch,ly?f
tujriAKl-Sept.
12, a boy Norman
lOn
Congress to study
plight ol baby
up for deportation
Kikuyoshi, both of Riverside,
By HENRY MORI
the eve of Thanksgiving Day, a bedridden Issei whose
was to become an American citizen was aflifetime ambition
opportunity to see his dream come true.
an
forded
from Shizuoka came to the United
Ichinosuke Omatsu, 66,
and nis wife > Sato from Tokyo, have
a
He
years
B°41
States
'
four sons, all of whom served
in World Wai
11, and a daughter. More than a year ago
alien Omatsu passed his tests for naturalization. But somehow it was his wife who received her papers first. She was sworn in
July 17, 1953.
It was then 4hat the Commodore Perry
Post 525 of the American Legion, where his
sons are active members, took up the initiative to quicken the day when Omatsu could
call himself a citizen of these United States.
But soon his health failed and when his
notice to appear at the Hollywood Bowl in
conjunction with the nation-wide mass naturalization ceremony
11, his doctor forbade him to get off his
on Veterans Day, Nov.
were even made to get him there in an amArrangements
bed'
gave way to his ill health.
bulance but all efforts
Former assistant U.S. attorney James Mitsumori, now practhe situation to Federal Judge
ticing in Li'l Tokio, explained
presided
Hall
who
at the Hollywood Bowl cerepeirson M.
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KUSANO
HOTEL
Francisco, Calif.
JOrdan 7-1402
Agentt for American President Unet
1492 Ellis Street, San
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Mlno^V'
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a
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I YAMAUCHI—Nov.
than Lewis to the
uchts.
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boy Jona-
Akira Yama-
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Kenwood-Ellis: Folk
dance and singing are scheduled
for the K-E community center,
rNov. 27, 8 p.m.
English and Japanese
COMMERCIAL, and SOCIAL PRINTING
114 Weller St.
MU 7060
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MINORITY
FROM THE FRYING PAN
By Bill Hosokawa
EDITORIALS
War and Civil Rights
Another heavily-footnoted
book on the evacuation of
Japanese from the West
Coast has been published
this week by the Univ. of
California Press ($5).
The analysis of the three
authors, who are members
of the U.C. Dept. of Speech,
blames the late President
Roosevelt, his War Department aides, Congress and,
even the Supreme Court for
discrimina to r y imprisonment of aliens and American
citizens of Japanese ancestry.
In the interests of national
security, World War II introduced a flagrant breach
of constitutional and moral
ideals. There is no telling
what World War 111 will do
to civil rights as we know
them today.
If the reader of "Prejudice, War and the Constitution" learns this lesson of
World War ll—usurpation
of constitutional rights in
the name of security—he
should be steeled against a
repeat if another ajl-out war
should come. Yet, if another
waE should come (God forbid!), human nature can be
weak enough to surrender
individual liberties as a price
We Are Thankful
Denver
Of all our American holidays, the most
meaningful to me is Thanksgiving. This is an
observance that transcends race or religion,
or even nationality. It is a day to express
gratitude, which is one of the most noble of
emotions.
If you're through making a hog of yourself,
which is the traditional activity for the last
Thursday of November, sit down with me
and think a little bit about the things we have
to be thankful for.
I'm thankful, first, for health. Without
it, life cannot be enjoyed or employed to
fullest advantage. Jean Fujimoto was telling
me just the other day that in recent months
a good 30 Denver Issei and Nisei were more
or less seriously ill. Perhaps many of us Nisei i
are approaching the age when our constitutions begin to show the first major signs of
wear. All the more reason to be grateful for J
good health.
j
I'm grateful for peace, a precarious one
indeed, but the first world-wide peace most
of us have known since we reached adulthood. I've seen just enough of war to hate
it for the terrible things it does to human beings. I'm grateful to all the wonderful Joes
who gave their years, their limbs, and even
their lives, to buy this peace. And I'm grateful to the men of high station and low who
are dedicated to the discouraging, frustrating
job of trying to make peace a permanent
,
.
thing.
I'm grateful for plenty. Despite the mortthe house, and bills to meet each
month and expenses that always seem to
swallow up every last cent of the paycheck,
we haven't gone hungry. I've seen the haunting eyes of hunger, the pipestem limbs and
bellies bloated from starvation. I hope we
have the will and the means to banish hunger
gage on
..
nation a 1 (JACL) constitution
."
He is probably the first
mayor of a major American
city to become a JACLer.
Always outspoken in his
praises for the pioneer Issei
and their citizen children before other organizations, his
efforts during the hysterical
war years eased and paved
the way for JACL to function.
..
While it shouldn't be, his
was a case of proving himself first before being asked
to join our ranks. As long- as
the JACL is dedicated to
promote the welfare of
Americans of Japanese ancestry and the common good
of our Nation, faith in the
organization and an intent
to help are all that's re-
quired.
forever from Ahis globe.
I'm grateful for friends and family. With
all their shortcomings, at least they're mine.
Wouldn't this be a lonely place without anyone in whom we can confide, with whom we
can share laughter and sorrow, exchange affection, get mad at, stand up for, help and
be helped?
I'm grateful for the happy accident of
birth that made me an American. I'm grateful for the courage of my parents who crossed
an ocean to seek opportunity in this land.
Despite its. prejudices, which are waning
rapidly before the onslaught of men of good
will; despite its crooks and stupid politicians;
despite social and economic injustices and all
the scores of things wrong with these United
States, it's still the nation I want to live in.
I'm grateful for the men of vision who shaped
this nation so that its citizens have the power
to change conditions contrary to the general
welfare. Having lived for a while behind
barbed wire fences, I'm grateful for freedom
of movement. As a non-churchgoer, I'm
grateful for freedom to worship and freedom not to worship. I'm grateful for freedom
of speech and press and thought.
mSS"*
"
Supren
*
, Recent nationa^elS",
lustrate the conviclSTiS;
voting majority in the
Court last May 17
cau Se 0
Bureau director. WashlnSt<)a
In the North and West,
dates have been elected
incandi.
pla
forms
that favor rather
than
In the
Sout?
dtitt
oppose civil rights.
several candidates
who
run a race-hate platform
ak«
won: Senators
Ten
nessee, Sparkman of
and Scott of
McKe'din of Mary!
Kefauver"
Alabil*
North-c3
lannd
DECADE AGO
I'm grateful to be alive in this fascinating
of scientfic wonders, of vast medical
progress, an age when comforts and luxuries
beyond the dreams of kings are within the
reach of common people.
I'm grateful for fresh air, sunshine and
rain. I'd be more grateful if drouth-stricken
Denver would get a little more rain (I remember times back in Seattle when I'd be
terribly grateful when it stopped raining and
the sun peeked out for a while).
Above all, I'm grateful I have sense
enough to be grateful.
Thus endeth today's lesson.
Nov. 25, 1944
age
Pres.
Roosevelt
praistj
Comß
"wonderful" 442nd
cord; expresses support of relocation program, decline
statement on possible lifting of
west coast military exclusion
order.
" "says" California
Gov. Warren
will give "full recognition"
to
Nisei citizens upon return.
Berry farmer (James
R
Yamamoto) returns to San Josg
home; welcomed by neighbors
and some press,
in spite of protests from Legions, VFW posts,
Native Sons and Hearst arid
McClatchy press.
VAGARIES
By Larry Tajiri
for security. Human nature,
fortified by Divine Guidance
and inspiration, appears to
be the only salvation.
Honorary memberships
While chapters are currently placing emphasis on
paid-up memberships for
1955, it would be well to
remember honorary JACL
memberships. Such was the
case in Salt Lake City last
week, when Mayor Earl J.
Glade was enlisted in the
chapter rolls.
He became "one of us".
When he recently installed
newly-elected officers of his
chapter, the Mayor said:
may I remind you of
".
the purposes of OUR organization as stated in OUR
retired from the
"
"
One of the few larger universities at which
fraternity and sorority
discrimination has
been challenged is the University of
Colorado
at Boulder where the matter
has been a subject of considerable debate.
Earlier this year
H. Vance Austin, a Democratic
member of
the board of regents, introduced an
anti-disenmmation resolution which would have
effect of barring such racial and religious the
restrictions on the Boulder campus.
After
much
discussion the board ruled, 4 to 3, to post-
pone consideration, with Dr. Ward Darley,
the school president, casting the tie-breaking ballot.
On the board of regents, the three Republican members voted for postponement, while
the three Democrats, led by Austin, balloted
against campus discrimination. With Austin
up for re-election, the matter was catapulted
into the province of politics. There were those
who sought to defeat Austin on the basis of
his adyocacy of the anti-prejudice proposal,
but their numbers were not enough to prevent
his reelection. Austin won, but a Republican
member, also up for re-election, was defeated.
Whether the campus discrimination issue was
a major factor in the election is problematical,
but Austin's re-election did show' that adherence to a policy of anti-discrimination is not
a political liability in Colorado. ,
As a result of the recent elections the
Democrats now hold a 4 to 2 edge on the
University of Colorado's board of regents,
and Austin is expected to reopen the controversy as soon as the new board meets.
There are those who hold that fraternities
and sororities are primarily social groups—in
effect, private clubs—and their membership
should have the privilege of choosing their
associates. But the plain fact is that these
organizations have presumed a role in campus
affairs beyond that of the purely private social club. The membership rules of a majority
of these organizations perpetuate racial and *
religious distinctions which
have no place on
today's campus.
The state of New York, a leader in social
legislation under Democrat
Lehman and Republican Dewey in recent years, already
has
a law barring from the campuses of the stateoperated schools such national fraternities and
sororities and other campus organisations
which maintain arbitrary
restrictions on race
or creed. This law was challenged lately and
the ban was upheld in the lower courts
Two
weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court upheld
the legality of New York's guarantee of nondiscrimination on the campus by refusing to
review the lower court decision.
Legislation already is being prepared
in
some other states on the
of the New
lines
York law. It would be-fitting if the national
fraternities and sororities would outlaw membershup restrictions based on race or
religion
before being compelled to do so by legislation.
are,
Indications
however, that the national
campus bodies are not ready;
as yet. to accept
"
the inevitable.
"
Marshall, chairman of LA.
Catholic Interracial Council.
'Frat' Restrictions
Denver
On most U.S. campuses the right of social fraternities and sororities to discriminate
on the basis of race, color or religion has
not been challenged. In most American colleges, non-Caucasian students almost automatically are classed with the unpledged and
unorganized, except in instances where there
are eriough of them to form fraternal groups
of their own. There are a number of schools
where discrimination is not permitted, but in
the universities and larger colleges—where
national fraternities and sororities are chartered—prejudice exists.
Nisei students have not been untouched
by this contact with bias. In some west coast
schools, such as the University of California
at Berkeley where some 500 Japanese Americans were enrolled in the year before mass
evacuation scattered the Nisei population,
there are Japanese student clubs which provides some access to the extra-curricular organizational and social life of the campus. In
the case of these Nisei campus groups—at
UCLA, USC and the University of Washington, as well as at California—self-segregation
was a defensive measure.
There have been cases, of course, of Nisei
who were pledged by fraternity or sorority
groups, but generally acceptance was on an
"honorary Aryan" level, and these social
bodies still maintained their restrictions
against members of the larger
minorities
whether racial or religious.
The national fraternity and sorority groups
have not teen unaware of the
contradictions
involved in these restrictions. For the past
several years the problem has been the
major
issue considered at the national
inter-fraternity conclave, and the case for
non-discrimrnation has had staunch advocates. So far
however, the leadership of the national fraternities has been able to table, if not ignore
the issue.
"
Anti-evacuee acts prompeted
by economic fear, says Dan
G.
V &£. !*M
Joe E. Brown, movie
comedian, says JapaneseAmericans "wonderful, loyal" at New
York interview.
JACL Conference* to discus!
Nisei problems, Dec. 1-3, at
Salt Lake City.
" "
" group
" " organized
Minneapolis
to protect rights of Nisei.
CALENDAR
Nov. 27 (Saturday)
Washington. D.C.—Election of of*
cers, YWCA.
IDC—Bowling tournament dinnerdance. Hotel Ben Lomond, Ogden.
Sacramento—"Your Stars of Tomorrow" talent show.
Nov. Zl-Zt (Sat-Sua.)
Mile-Ht-JACL bowling tournament,
Nov. 28 (Sunday)
IDC—Meeting. Hotel Ben Lomond,
Ogden, 12 noon.
Nov. 29 (Monday)
Mt. Olympus—lnstallation dinner,
Nov. 30 (Tuesday)
Idaho Falls—lnstallation banquet,
Jack's Chicken Inn.
Dec. 3 (Friday)
Arizona—lssei banquet, JACL Hall,
6:30 p.m.
Glendale,
.
Berkeley—Election
meeting, 2"?
Haste St., 8 p.m.
Dec. 4 (Saturday)
San Francisco—Auxiliary Chnstnw
party, 1830 Slitter St., 8 pjn.
Livingston-Merted—Election potluci
San Ma'teo —In stallation dinnerdance.
CCDC—JACL Bowling Tournament
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(tentative).
Dec. 5 (Sunday)
CCDC—Annual conference, Hacienda Hotel. Fresno.
Dec. 9 (Thursday)
San Francisco— Auxiliary ei<*"ls
Booker T. Washington Cemn,
7:30 p.m.
Dec. 10 (Friday) ■""-"
Arizona—Election meeting,
Hall. Glendale, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 11 (Saturday)
Chicago—White Christmas P*"«
Monroe YWCA. 8 p.m.
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Hotel Windsor
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ncr-dance,
Dec. 12 (Sunday)
meeting, Tacoma.
Dec 18 (Saturday)
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Masonic Temple.
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