THEPacifi cCi ti zenolume12 October,1940 INumber146

SIX-MONTHCLAUSEFURTHERCLARIFIED

CITIZENSHIPLOST UNDERTWO RULINGSTextsofSections401,402GivenToSolveQuestionsAftermuch worryand

anxietybecauseofth elackof i nformation,th e truemeaningandi mportofth eso-called"presumptionaftersixmonth s"h asbeenclari-fied.Inth ebeginni ng,th earticles i nth enewspaperscreatedth ei mpressionth atth atanyciti zenlivi ng i naforeigncountry formoreth ansi xmonth slosth i sci-tizensh i p.Butth i swasnotth ecase.Itmerelyraisedth epresumption th atth eci ti zenh addoneoneoftwoth i ngstoloseh i sciti zensh i p.Inordertounderstandth i s

provisi onwh i ch i stj i i own asSection402,i ti snecessarytofullyunderstand th eprovis-i onsofeSction401,/of th esameact.Itreadsasfollows:"Apersonwh oi sanationalofth eUni tedStates,wh eth erby birth or naturalizati on,sh allloseh i snationalityby:"(a)Obtaini ng naturaliza-tion i naforeignstate,eith erupon h i sownapplicati on orth rough th enaturalizati onofaparenth avi nglegalcustodyofsuch person; Provided,h owever,th atnationalitysh allnotbe lostas th eresultofth enaturalizati onofaparentunlessanduntilth e ch i ldsh allh aveattainedth eageoftwenty-th reeyears,with outac-quiri ngpermanentresidencei nth eUni tedStates:"Providedfurth er,Th ata

personwh o h asacquiredfor-eignnationality th rough th enaturalizati onofh i sparentorparents,andwh oatth esametimeisaciti zenofth eUnitedState,sh all, i fabroadandh e-h as noth eretofore expa-triated h i mselfa«anAmeri-canciti zenby h i sownvoluntaryact,bepermittedwith i ntwoyears fromth eeffectivedateofth i sActtoreturntoth eUni tedStatesandtak euppermanentresidence th erei n,and i tsh allbe th ereafterdeemedth ath e h aselectedtobeanAmericanciti zen."Failureonth epartofsuchpersontosoreturnandtak euppermanentresidencei nth eUni ted States during suchperiodsh alrbedeemedtobea determinati onon th epartofsuch person.todiscontinueh i sstatusasanAmericanci-tizen,andsuch personsh allbeforeverestoppedbysuchfailurefrom th ereafterclaim-

i ngsuch American citi zen-sh i p;or <

"(b)Tak i ng an oath ormak i nganaffirmationoroth -erformaldeclarationofalle-giancetoaforeignstate;or"(c)Entering,orserving,

i n,th earmedforcesofafor-eign-stateunlessexpresslyau-th ori zedbyth elaws'of*h eUni tddStates;i fh eh a*orac-quiresth enationalityofsuchforeignstate;or"(d)Accepting,orperfor

mingth edutiesof,anyoffice,post,ofemploymentunderth egovernmentofaforeignslate orpoliti calsubdivi si onth ereofforwh i ch -onlyna-tionalsofsuch stateare eli-gible;or"(c)Voting i napoliti cal

election i naforeignstateotpartici pati ngi nanelectionorplebisci teto determine th e,sovereigntyoverforeigntorvitory;or"(f)Mak i ng aformalre

nunciati on ofnationalitybe-forea diplomaticorconsularofficerofth eUni tedStatesi n aforeign state, i nsuchform asmaybeprescribedbyth eSecretaryofState;or"(g)Desertingth emili taryornavalserviceofth eUni tedStates i ntimeofwar,provid-edh e i sconvictedth ereofbyacourtmartial;or."(h )Committi nganyactof

LeaguesAidi nRegistrationofAliens

treason against,orattemptingbyforcetooverth roworbear-i ngarnjs_againstth eUnitedStates,providedh ei sconvict-edth ereofbyacourtmartialorbyacourt ofcompetentj uri sdi cti on."Th enSection402readsasfollows:"Anationalofth eUni ted

Stateswh owasborni nth eUni tedStatesorwh owasborn i nanyplace outsideofth e j uri sdi cti on ofth e

'UnitedStatesofaparentwh owasborni nth eUni tedStates,sh allbepresumedtoh ave expatriated h i mselfundersubsection(c)or(d)of.Section401, wh en h esh allremainforsixmonth sorlongerwith i nanyforeignstateofwh i ch h eoreith erofh i sparents sh allh avebeenanationalaccordingtoth elawsofsuch foreignstate,orwith i nanyplaceundercontrolofsuch for-eignstate, andsuch pre-sumptionsh allexistuntilovercomewh eth erornotth ei ndi vi dualh asreturnedtoth eUnitedStates."Such presumptionmay

beovercomeonth epresen-tationofsatisfactoryevid-encetoadiplomaticorcon-sularofficerofth eUni tedStates,ortoani mmi gration(ContinuedonPage10)

AscenelaminarIneveryJapanesecommunitywasth efingerprinti ngofFssei underth eAlienRegistrationAct.Instrumentali nfacili tati ngth e-processbyactingas i nter-preters,typistsandoth ercapaciti esweremembersofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeagueth rough outth enationalnetwork .(Ph oto■CourtesyNewWorld-Sun)

_i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ri Mi i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ni i i i i i

NAT'LJACLTOLAUNCH 1941DIRECTORY;PACIFIC CITIZENCIRCULATION JUMPSTO 5000Paid-Up1940Dues,Subscripti onstoDecideEligi bi li ty« ■Fiveth ousandcopies i n

October!Feeling i tsway aftera

four-month suspension,'th efour-pagePacifi cCi ti -zenwh i ch appearedi nMayh asgrowntoa10-pagepu-blicati on wh i ch willth i smonth boastofacirculationcf5,000;Th eMayi ssuewasdistri butedto3,000mem-bers.""'"Duetoth egreatdemandforth ePacifi cCi ti zen i nSe-.fei i i berandt!:clark ofsuffici entcopiestofillre-quests, five th ousandco-pies willbeprinted th i smonth i nth eh opeth atnoone,willbedisappointed.Inorcer to offerour

readers oth erspecialedi-ti onsi nwh 'ch th eymayex-pecttimelyfeatures,th ePa-ci fi cCi ti zenstaffwilli svucaCh ri stmasediti ca wh i ch

able to tak ei tsi placev*'-I'l meconvention1i ssues4Jsouvenirworth y"ch JTrwillbeadedtocooperatetosecureadvertise-cooperatetosecureadver-ti sements'forth especialCh ri stmasissueona.30percentcommissi onbasis.Quo-tasforch apterswi llbesetaccordingtomembersh i p.Th i smonth 'sedi ti oncar-

riesasplendidnewserviceforourreaders,alegalfo-rum conductedbyWalterT.Tsuk amoto,pastnation-alpresident.In succeeding editi ons

th estaffh opestodevelopspecialdepartmentstoap-pealtocertaingroups,suchasfarmers,women,etc.With th ecooperationof

th ech apters,th ePacifi cCi-ti zenisdestinedfora h ap-pyfuture.

SpecialCh ri stmasEditi on,ServicesOnPaper'sProgram

Inorderto i nduceth enewmembersto joi nandoldmembers topaypastdues,th e nationalh ead-quarterswilli ssueadirect-oryi nth espringof1941.

Onlyth enames ofth ememberswh o h ave paidth ei rduesfor1940andforwh om th ech apters h avepaidsubscripti ons forth ePacifi cCiti zen, excepti ndiecaseofmoreth anonememberofafamily,willbei ncluded i nth edirectory.Ch apterswh i ch h awfail-

edtoreportth enamesofth ei rpaid-upmembersarcask edtodoso i mmedi ately- i fth eywish tobei ncludedi nth edirectory.

Ch apterswh i ch h aveal-readyrespondedtoth ecallforcomplete membersh i plistsforth ePacifi cCiti zenwillnotberequiredtosend'"i nnewlists;alloth ercliap-„tersareremindedtosendi nth ei rli sts i mi v.edi ately.■■Am i ufcK,Jb,.".,-I'jttualCommitteeatth eNa-ti onalConvention,th efol-lowingi temswillalsobe,i n-.eluded i n die directory:Constituti on, JACLoath ,namesofdistri ctsandter-ritori es, addressesofoffi-ci alch apter h eadquarters,date,andplaces ofmeet-i ngs,songs,h i storyandac-complish mentsof1 th e JA-CL.Th eneedofah andbookofth i ssortcontaini ngallsuch i nformationneededbynotonlyofficersbutmem-bers-at-large h asbeenstress-edi ff.th epast.Th edi rect-orywillserveasfinger-tipi nformationfornew mem-bersi norder to acquaintth em with th eback groundofth eJACLataglance.Todate,newcomerstoth emovementh aveh adnomeansoflearningaboutth eleague th rough anyonesourceorwith outasearch .Th edirectory i sexpectedtonotonlyencourage100percentcooperationi nth e

"paymentofduesbutwillfilladefini teneed i nth eorganizati on.

LeaguesofSixStatesOfferServicei nDraftAck nowledgementAlreadyReceivedFrom GovernorsAgainoffering th ei rserv-

i cestoth egovernmentunderi tslatestactrequiri ngpeace-ti meconscripti on,th e50ch ap-tersofth enationalJapaneseAmerican Citi zens League,th rough th epresident,SaburoKido,offeredth ei rcoopera-tion to governors of sixstates.'"Ack nowledgements ofth e

letterspledgingsupporth avealreadybeen received fromsomeofth e slates. Lettersweresenttoth egovernorsofth estatesofCalifornia,Ore-gon,Wash i ngton,Colorado,Utah ,andArizona.Th eleagues wi llestaWVv.

specialregistrationbooth sforth oseofJapanese ancestry,both citi zensaswellasnon-citi zens,i fth ei rassistance i sask ed.

NOTESANDCOMMENTSCh aptersh aveslack eneddownconsiderably i nth ere-

mittanceofreportsforth ePacifi cCi ti zensinceth eNationalConvention.Wemustremind-,th em th atunlessch apterre-portsreach us byth etenth ofeach month ,news ofth at

"■""particulargroupwillbe omi tted. .Upuntilth efifteenth ,sh ortmeetingnoticesmaybe

senti n.However,asth ePacifi cCi ti zengoestopressonth efi fteenth ofeach ,correspondentsareremindedth atth enewsmustbei nourh andsatth attime.Perh apsoneofth ereasonsth atch aptersh avebeenslow

torespondi nsendingnewsi sth efactth atsomanyh avenotyetch osenoneparticularpersontoberesponsibleforth atduty.Th efollowingisth elistwe h aveofth ePacifi cCiti zen

correspondents:Oak land—Hatsumi Hirao;Long Beach —Yayoi Ono;UnitedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaraCounty—Taek oNoda,EdwardNak ano;WalnutGrove—Harrylida;SonomaCounty—George

Marsumop/;SanDiego—AnnaMori k awa;AmericanLoyaltyLeague—Joh nsonKebo;EdenTownsh i p—Hi rosh i Korema-tsu;Mid-Columbja—MaryMigak i ;

PlacerCounty—Yuk i eNak ata;SanFrancisco— MaryLouiseSco;TulareCounty—FaycKoga;SanBenitoCounty—Tak ci ch i Kadani;San GabrielValley—MasKawash i ma;MontereyPeninsula—KazOk a;SanMateo—T.Kash i wagi ;Arizona— Joh nHiroh ata;

SaltLak eCi ty—MaureaUsh i o;Puyallup—Tadak oTamura;andSanDiego—Tak emi tsuIto.

Th etctalnumberof20_correspondentstorepresent50ch aptersi snotaveryh i gh percentage.Th epresidentsofth edelinquentch aptersareask edtotak ecareofth i sap-pointmenti mmedi ately. ..Th osewh osenamesaremissi ngareask edtocontactth e

editori aloffice,givi ngth ei raddresses.."0000000 ...i *mInordertosetth ePacifi cCi ti zen on a financially

soundbasis,ch apters h avebeenask edforth ei rcoqi at,oni nregardstofutureassessments andsubscripti ons.! _.

"Ch aptersh avebeenask edto1remit$4.00,th eIraess-mrntat,sl.00amonth forth eremainderofth eyearafterIth econventioni nadvancei nordertomeetth ei mmediatesh ortage. m

Atth i swriti ng,17ch aptersh averespondedtoth i sre-quest.Th eyareOak landPlacerCounty,SanMateoCoun-ty,SanFrancisco,SonomaCounty,TulareCounty,Wash i ng-tonTownsh i p,Yo-Solano,Lodi,Ari zona,ElCentro,LosAn-geles,SanLuisObispo,Portland,Mid-ColumbiaSacramentoandTacoma.Also,underth etemporaryplanoffinancingth ePacifi c

Ci ti zenforth eremainderofth eyear,th esumoffivecentspercopyh asbeenset.

Th i ssumwh i ch willtotal20centspersubscripti onforth efourmonth safterth econventioni salsoremittable i nadvance.PortlandandLodi areth eonlych apters wh i chh averespondedwith th esubscripti onforth eremainderofth eyear.Underth esetwoplans,th ePacifi cCi ti zenwillbeplaced

onasoundbasisforfuturei ssues.0000000 ,

Againwemustremindch apterstosend i nth ei rsub-scripti onlistscompletewith namesandaddressesofpaid-upmembersi fth eywish toreceivecopiesofth ePacifi cCi ti zen.Delinquentch aptersi nth i sreqeustare ContraCostaCounty,Delta,Livi ngston,MontereyPeninsula,Par-lier,Rcedley,Lodi,KingsCounty,Stock ton,Wateonville,allofth eNorth ernCaliforniaDi stri ctCouncil;Arizona,BayDistri ct, Brawley,Los Angeles,

OrangeCounty,SanDiego,SanGabriel, SanPedro,ofth eSouth ernCaliforniaDi stri ctCouncil;Tacoma,ValleyCivi cLeague,Yak i maValley,ofth eNorth westDistri ct;andth eentireIntermountain Di stri ctch apters,Ogdan,SaltLak eCity,andSouth easternIdah o.

mostlypersonal

SANFRANCISCOTh ebi rth ofababysontoTadFuj i ta,memberofth eBoardofGovernors,wasth esource ofmanyfelici tati onsfrom th eciti zenleaguersofth eBaycity.Sympath yofth eentirenationalbodywent to Tei k oIsh i da,nationalh i stori anandmemberofth eSanFranciscoch apter,wh osefath erpassed-awayafteralongi llness.

OAKLANDNobuyeTani became th ebrideofTonyYok omi zoonOct.12.Beforeh ermarriage,th epopularleaderwasfetedatamiscellaneoussh owergi-venbyMrs.MineSh i gema-tsuandMissesHarueHirai ,RubyKawamoto, Sak ayeA-dach i andFumi Masuda.

SANJOSEMrs.GeorgeOno,th efor-

merAlyceMatsumuraofth eSanJosech apter,willsailth elatterpartofNovember'tomak eh erh omei nJapan.Herh usbandleftforJapantwomonth sago.

PHOENIXSh i zueIsh i k awa ofMesa,Arizona,announcedh ertrothrecently toCarlK.SatoofLosAngeles.Th ebri de-electi sth esecretaryofth eAri zonach apter. Th e weddingwi lltak eplace i nApril.

SANDIEGOTh enuptialritesofFlor-

enceUmezawa,popularCh u-'j ^^ Bi rLtoNiotoAsak a-

Fi rstCongregationalCh urch .LONGBEACH

MayNoj i ma,activemem-berwh o h asbeenconvalesc-i ng,wi llleavesoonforHa-wai i tovisi th ersi ster.SAN GABRIELVALLEYAbaby girlwasborntoMr.and Mrs.DaveNitak e,presidentofth ech apteri n1936,atth eCovinaHospital.

MID-COLUMBIATwomembersarenow at-tending sch oolout-of-town.NobuoTak asumi i sstudyingi nLos Anyeles wh i le MmAsai h asenrolledasa j uni oratth eOregonState CollegeatCorvallis,Ore.

LOSANGELESRenk oOyama, 1936Ni seiFestivalQueen, waswedtoDr.TomAbeatth eJapaneseUnionCh urch recently.Itsuk oTak euch i ,recent

Queen attendant, willex-ch angevowswith PeterFuru-taofOak landatSt.Mary'sJapaneseEpiscopalCh urch i nLosAngelesonOct.27.Th ecouplewi llmak eth ei rh omei nth enorth wh ereth egroom-electi sengagedi nbusiness i nSanFrancisco.

THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER"Th i sj obofbeingaNationalPresident i s no j ok e.

SometimesIwonderi fIh adbeenwise i nacceptingth e j obsince i ti srestricti ngmypersonalfreedom.Th efi rstth i ng-Irani ntowasth equestionastoth eproprietyofservingasth ech ai rmanforth eJapaneseWillk i eforPresidentCommitteeforNorth ernCalifornia.Itdidnotoccurtometh atImaybecreatingasituationwh erei nth eNationalJACLwouldbecomei nvolved.Onceth equestionwasraised,Jfeltth eth i ngtodowastowith draw.Th i swillundoubtedlyserveasaprecedentth ataNationalJACLPresidentcannoth oldapartisan"positi on.

Th enextquestionwh i ch arose i nmymind was th ecolumn,"TimelyTopics,"Ih adbeenrunning i nth eNewWorld-Sunforth epastseveralyears.Ifanyonewantedtoh armth eJACL,th enth eycouldsayth atth ewriti ngsofth eNationalPresidenteventh ough h ewroteasani ndi vi dualre-presentedth eJACLviewpoint.Tobeonth esafeside,1,,,ask edth eEnglish sectionedi tortodropmyi ni ti alsfrom th ecolumnandturni ti ntoth eeditori alofth epaperi tself."

0000000 ■Wh i lemanagingth eaffairsofth eNorth ernCalifornia

Distri ctCouncil,i twasnotdiffi culttofindmemberstoserveonvariouscommittees.ButIfindth atth i si soneofth emostdiffi culttask sforth eNationalPresident.Afterall,th eworkcovers50ch aptersandth ereforei snotsosimple.Idon'tblameleadersforrefusingtoserve. Atth esametime,i tmak esth elaunch i ngofprojectsth atmuch diffi cult.

Oneofth esedayswh enanyonewh owork sforth eJACLgetsfullcompensationforth etimespent,work ersmaynotbedi ffi culttofind.Untilth en,th e JACLmembersmustsacrifi cei norderth atprogressmaybepossible., 0000000 —Responsesfromth ech aptersstillseemtobeslow.Fori nstance,th ePacifi cCi ti zenmaili nglistisstilli ncomplete.Manych aptersh avenotsenti nth ei rli sttodate.

Nationalh eadquarters i sgoingtomak eacompletemembersh i plist.Specialcards arebeingprinted.Fili ngcabinetsh avebeenpurch asedtoh oldatleast7000cards.Th i smaynotbeadequatesincei tappearsas i fweh ave10,000members.

Unlessdiech apterssendi nth ei rmembersh i plist,i ti sgoingtobei mpossibletoi nstallth i ssystem.

0000000Th ePacifi cCiti zeniscomingalongnicely.Greatdeal

ofth ecreditbelongstooureditorEvelynKiri mura.Th reeth ousandcopieswere i ncreasedto 3,500forth eSeptemberi ssue.Butth i swasnotenough .lFromth i s i ssue,th enumber"h asbeen j umpedto5,000.Eventh i snumbermaynotbesuf-fi ci enti fth ech apterssetainth ei rcompletemembersh i plist.k Apublicati oni s j uddnotonlybyi tscontentsbutalsoT>y i tscirculation.Onceth «Pacifi cCi ti zenentersth e5,000copiesclass,i twi llbe i nth e"bigtime"field.EveryJACLmembercan h aproudofth ei rownoffici al

crgansince i tsh owsth ati th asawidecoverage.Itwon'tbelongnowbeforeweareabletogetrealadvertisements i n-steadofdependinguponth e"donationsofourgoodfriends.

—0000000Ch apterswh i ch h avenotcollecteddues, purch ased

nationalcardsandnot'paidth ePacifi cCi ti zensubscrip-tionsaregoingtofaceaproblem.Th e1941JACLDirect-oryistocontainonlyth enamesandaddressesofth osewh oh avemetth ei robligati onsfor1940.Th i smeansth atth ech apterofficerswillh avetogetbusytocollectth i syear'sduesandsendi nth enamesofpaid-upmembersforth ePacifi cCiti zen.'0000000Th especialXmasediti onofth ePacifi cCiti zende-servesth efullestsupportofeverymember.Th i smedi umofsendinggreetingstofellowJACLmemberssh ouldbe-comeacustom h ereafter.Itsh ouldbeeconomicalforth osewh oh avealargemaili nglist.Ifallth ech aptersgiveth ei rfullestcooperation,th eXmasi ssuesh ouldbecomeoneofth emostpopularprojects.Activech aptersmayh aveanicepresentforth emselvesfrom th ei ncometh rough th i ssource.

October,19402

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INTRODUCING...

ByWALTERT.TSUKAMOTOTh eLEGALFORUM isconducted as aserviceto

membersontopicsofgenerallegalimport.Answerswillbeprintedi nnon-tech ni callanguage.Tech ni calquestionswillnotbeansweredayth esesh ouldbereferred to an

attorney.Noquestionwi llbeconsideredunlessth enameandaddressisgiven.

0000000DearEditor:I.h ave i nmypossessionacertifi edcopyofmybirth

recordwh i ch statesth atIwasbornonFebruary2,1918,i nFresnoCountyandth atth i scertifi cate;wassignedand re-portedandfiledwith CountyRecorderofFresnoCountyonJune15,1921.Ih avebeentoldth atmybirth certifi cateisnotvalid.Isth i strue?

S.M.Fresno,California

0000000Yourbirth certifi catedoesnotmeetwith th elegalre-

quirementsi nth eStateofCalifornia.Iti svalidi nsofarasi ti sanaffidavi tordocumentofyourfath ersettingforthth ei nformationcontainedi nth ecertifi cate.InmanyJapanesecommuniti esi nCalifornia,parents

wiere i ll-advised,anderroneouslyledtobelieveth atth efi li ngofareportofbirth atanytimeaftersuch bi rth waslegal,butth elawsofCaliforniaareveryexplici t,onth i spointandrequireth atallbirth smustbereportedto1th elocalregistrarofvitalstatisti csi nth ecountyi nwh i ch th ebi rth occurredwith i nONEYEARofth eoccurrenceofbirth .Th elawsalsoprovideth ati fth i sreport i snotmadewith i noneyear,ade-creeofCourtmaybeob-tai nedestablish i ngth efactofsuch bi rth .Iti sesti mated th atth e

bi rth sofseveralth ousandNisei ,particularlyi nth eol-deragebrack ets,h avenotbeenplacedonrecordwithth eproperauth ori ti esandth ati nadditi on totlicst*.h undreds of oth erNiseili k eyourselfare i nposses-sion ofbirth certifi cateswh oselegalityi sextremelydoubtfulbecauseofth ere-gistrytak i ng place moreth anoneyearafterbirth .Isuggestth atyoutak eyourcertifi catetoyourat-torneyi nFresnoandobtainfurth eradviceonth emat-ter.(GeneralNote:Validandlegalbirth certifi catesareextremelyimportanttoanyAmericanciti zen andparticularlyso i nth ecaseofth eNisei ,andi ti ssug-gestedth atallNisei exam-i neth ei rbi rth certifi catesto determine wh eth erornotth ei rsi saclearlylegaldocument.)

DearEditor:Iwasborn i nth eCitytndCountyofSanFranciscoandwas married on M?rch 1,

1931.Myh usbandwasborni nJapan.Ih aveneverbeentoJapanandh avealwayscon-sideredmyselfandmych i ld-ren as American citi zens.Somesayth atIlostmyciti -zensh i pbyreasonofmymat-riage and th atmy ch i ldrentooarenotAmericanciti zens.

Willyou k i ndlyh elpclarifyth i smatter?

M.M000

Youwere,.unfortunately,marriedtwodaysprevioustoth eeffectivedateofanamendmenttoth eso-calledCableActofSeptember22,1922, andth erefore,lostyourciti zensh i p.HadyeabeenmarriedatanytimeonorafterMarch 3,1931,youwouldnoth ave lostyourciti zensh i p.Yourch i ldren,

"'h owever,arei nnowayaf-fected,andth eyareAme-ri canciti zens.>

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ressesofth epublish er,editor,managingeditor, andbusinessmanagers .are:Publish er:JapaneseAmerican

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Ich i sak a. »BusinessManagers:None.2.Th atth eowner i s: (If

owned bya corporation,Itsname and addrcr,:; must bestated and also i mmedi ately

th ereunderth enamesnndar'il-l-pssei i ofstock h oldersowningorh oldi ngonepercentormoreoftotalamountofstock .Ifnotowned bya corporation, th enamesandaddross"softh e i n-di vi dualownersmustbegiven.Ifowned byafirm, company,or oth er unincorporatedcori-cern,i tsnameand address,aswellasth oseofeach i ndi vi dualmember, mustbegiven.)Japanese American Citi zens

I-ieague(non-profitcorporation),162.3WebsterSt.,SanFrancisco,Calif.3.Th atth e k nown bondh old-

ers,mortgagees,and oth erse-curity h oldersowningorh old-Ing1percentormoreoftotalamountofbonda,mortgages,oroth ersecuriti esare:(Ifth erearenone,so state.)None.4.Th atth etwo paragraph snextabove,givi ngth enamesofth eowners,otock h olders andsecurityh olders, i fany,containnotonlyth eli stofstock h oldersandsecurity h olders as th eyappearupon th ebook s ofth ecompanybut also, i n caseswh ereth estock h olderorsecur-i ty h olderappears upon th e

book softh ecompany astrust-ee ori nanyoth erfiduci aryrelation,th enamesofth eper-sonorcorporation for wh o'rsuch trusteeisacting,i sp'vep-also th atth e said two para-graph scontainstatementsembracingaffjant'syfullk nowledgeandbelief asto th eci rcum-stances andconditi ons unde1wh i ch stock h oldersandsecurityh olderswh odonotappearuponth e book sof th e company a?trustees,h old stock andsecur-i ti es i na capacityoth erth anth atofabonafide owner;andth atth i saffianth asnoreasontobelievelh atanyoth erperson,associati on, orcorporation h apany i nterestdirectori ndi rectinth esaid stock , bonds,oroth ersecuriti esth anassostatedbyh er.5.Th atth eaveragenumber

ofcopiesofeach i ssue ofth :rpublicati onsoldordistri buted,th rough th emai lsoroth erwi se,topaidsubscribersduringth etwelvemonth s preceding th rdatesh ownabove i s3000.

(Stgned)EvelynKiri muraSworn toandsubscribed be-foremeth i sIstdayofOctober,1940.

SaburoKidoNotaryPublic, AlamedaCoun-ty,Calffornia.(Mycommissi onexpiresMarch11,1944.)

TOOURREADERSTh econductorofth eLe-galForum,beginni ng i nth i si ssue,h ardlyneedsani ntroductiontocurreaders.WalterT.Tsuk amoto,pastnationalpresident,h ask i nd'lyconsentedtoanswerpro-blems wh i ch perplexourreaders..Questions maybeadd-ressedtoth eLegalForum,c/oTh e Pacifi c Citi zen,1623WebsterStreet,SanFrancisco.

Th eaboveact,asamend-ed,effectiveonandafterMarch 3,1931, providesth atnoAmericanciti zenlosesh erciti zensh i pmerelybymarriagetoanalien,andalso provides th atth osewomenwh oh avelostth ei rciti zensh i pbymarriagepri-ortoMarch 3,1931,couldregainth ei rAmericanciti -zensh i p bytak i ngcertainsimpleproceduralsteps..Th i sprocedure i nvolvej

th efi li ngofaprelimi naryformforpetiti on forciti -zensh i pk nownasU.S.Go-vernmentformA-2214,to-geth erwi th two ph oto-graph s2"by2" insize.Afterth i spetiti oni sfi ledwith th eDi rectorofImmi-grationandNaturalizati on,adayandtime issetforh eari ngth epetiti on.Th epurposeofth i sh eari ngi stodetermineth rough docum-entary evidence andth estatementoftwoAmericanciti zensoroth erwitnesses,th eactualfactofAmericanbi rth . After satisfactoryproofofbirth i smadetoth e i nspectori nch arge,asimpleexaminati oni nUn-i tedStatesCivi csi sgiventh eapplicant,and i f/sh esuccessfullypassesth i sexa-minati on,adayi sappoint-edforth eadmini strationcfth eoath ofallegiancebyaj udi ci alofficer.Upontak -i ngth i soath ,acertifi cateofciti zensh i pi sconferredupon h er.Inview ofth eci rcum-

stances,Iwouldadviseyoutotak e i mmedi atestepstoregainyourAmericanciti -zensh i p.See th ePresidentofyourLeagueCh apter.

beh i ndth enewsfront

ColorfulHistoryLiesBeh i ndIstJapaneseInU.S.

ByKAYNISHIDA

We h ope someday th eJapaneseAmerican Citi zensLeaguewi llsponsorth ecom-pili ngandpublish i ng of acompreh ensi veh i storyofth eJapanesepeoplei nth eUnit-edStatesandHawai i .Alreadyabook coveringth econtinentalUnitedStatesi snowbeingpri ntedi nTok yoth rough th eeffortsofth eJa-paneseHistoricalsociety,no'»associated with th eJapaneseAssociati onofAmerica.Asi-mi larbook i nEnglish onalargerscalesh ould,be under-tak en i n th enottoo distantfuture.Wearefamili arwith th e'

exploitsofth eleadersofth eKanrinMaru,wh i ch cametoSanFranciscoportmoreth aneigh tyyearsago.Th estoryofOk ei -san i swellk nowntoallofus.Butli ttlei sk nown,fori nstance,ofth efi rstJapaneseworai to touch Hawai i ,wh osecareeri sequallyrom-anticandconstitutes oneofth emost i nterestingepisodesi nth eearlyh i storyofth atterritory.Th i swomanwasageish aofTok yo,calledKosome.Wh i leenroutetoOsak afromUra-gabywateronasigh tseeingtour,Kosome's craft metastorm i nth eEnsh unadaandwas blown farouttosea,drifti ngtoHonolulu.Sh ewasth ererescuedbyanAmericanmissi onarywh oafterwardtooktook h ertoth eUni tedStates.Touch edgreatlybyth eh i ghch aracterofth emissi onary,Kosomebecameadevoutbe-li everi nCh ri sti ani ty. Iti s

saidth atsh ek epti ncommu-nicati on with Japan untilabout1877.Kosome,asfarasrecordsgo,i sth efi rstJapanesewo-mantoarrive i nth eUni tedStates preceding our ownOlcci-sanbymanyyears.Herei s a brigh tch apter i nth eearlyh i story of Japanese-Americanrelations, wh ereasQk et-san,asfaraswe k now,was h auntedbytragicloneli-nessth rough outh erbri efre-sidenceatColrna,California,ofonesh ortyear.Th eh i storyoffriendlyre-lationsbetween Japan andHawai i maybesaidtodatebadesevencenturies.Aslongagoasth eHojoperiod,ori n 1270,a bat called th eMamaru drifted ash ore atKah ului onth ei slandofMa-ui i nth eHawai i angroup.Fourmembersofth ecrewofth i sboatmarrieddaugh tersofnatives,wh o,i ti s stated,.'gavebirth toch i ldrenwh osecolorwasnotblack ."Asth erei snoi ndi cati onofth evisi tofmembers ofawh i terace toth ePacifi c i nth osedays,and j udgi ngfromth eflowofth ecurrents,i ti ssaidth eymayh avebeenJa:oanese.'.t

Th e oldestoffici al'recordofth ebeginni ngofNipprrrP""Hawai i i anrelations i sa log-book byTsudayu,a seamanofSabusawah ama,Sendai,i nwh i ch h ementioned passingth eHawai i ansh ores i n 1804(fi rstyearofBunk a),toge-th erwith th reeoth erseamen.Hawai i anrecordsmentionth edri fti ngash ore"ofaJapanesefish i ngboatatWaimeabeach ,Oh u i sland,onDecember23,1832.Itadmitsofnodoubtth atth eJapanesewereassociatedwith Hawai i earli erth anth eSpanish andCaptainJamesCook ,th eoffi ci aldiscovererofHawai i .Th esearesomeofth eli ttlek nownch apters i nth eearlyrelationsbetweenJapanandHawai i , now a partofth e,United States,wh i ch may

provepfabsorbingi nteresttoourNisei readers.Th e glamorousch aracters

wh oplayed so i mportantapart i n th eearlyrelationswith th i scountry are alsoworth recording.Th erei sNa-k ah amaManj i ro,wh oi n1841waspick edup.onadeserti s-landofTorish i maoffJapanbyanAmericanwh ali ngcap-tai n.Hewaslatertoassisti nrh emodernizti on-ofJapani nth eearlyMei j i era.Th en th ere i s a storyofHardyNi i j i ma, founderofth eDosh i sh aUniversity ofKyoto,wh ofledtoth eUni tedStatesbeforeth eMei j i Res-toration,andwaseducatedi naNewEnglandtown.Allth esech aracterssh ou!<'

be k nownmorewidely,th ei rexploitsandromance,readbyeveryNisei i nth rscountry.Ve h opeth eJapaneseAme-rican Citi zens League wi llsomedayundertak eth ecom-pili ngofsuch a h i story.

October,19403

THEPACIFICCITIZEN

Nat'lCommitteeReportsEndowmentFund

VySUSUMUTOGASAKLS.F.Ch ai rman

OnTimeDepositCertifi catesat!-Yok oh amaSpecieBank ,Ltd.,S.F.Certifi cate.80894,DueSept.27,1940- #1,346.10

89267,DueDec.13,1940 _. 504.5689369,DueFeb.21,1941 ...181.76

OnSavings,DepositatWellsFargoBank &UnionTrustCo.,S.F.—SavingsDepositPass Book asofJune30,1940'.. 579.32

Total #2,611.74

CredentialsBySABUROKIDO

S.F.,Ch ai rman

Th e NationalTreasuryandPacifi cCiti zen prob-lemsh avebeensettledandallch apters h avebeenre-cognized.Th e committeerecommendedth atth eNa-

ti onalCouncilapproveth epresentcommitteeappoint-edtostudyth ePacifi cCi ti -zenplanforth i sConven-tion,and tocontinuetoserveduringth eperiodoftemporaryfinancing,wh i chi stoth efi rstofth eyear,1941,tocarryoutth epro-gramasproposed.

Constituti onByHENRYTAKETA

Sac'to,Ch ai rman

GENERAL

Th c outstanding accom-plish mentofth e NationalCouncilatLosAngelesNa-ti onalConventioni n1938wasth edraftingandadoptionofourpresentConstituti onandBy-laws.Th i swork h asbeenth eculminati on of sincerestudyandcooperationonth epartofagroupofmemberslongprecedingth atNational!Convention. As i th asbeen'statedpreviously, th e new'Constituti onandBylawsarenotwith outflaws.Newpro-blems,conditi onsandeventscanonlydecidewh eth eram-endmentsandadditi onsth ere-towillbenecessary. How-ever,future ch anges,i fanyaretobemade, sh ouldbestrictly forth epurposeof'furth eri ngth eaimsandpur-posesofourorganizati onandnotmerelytoserveselfish de-mandsori nterestofany i n-divi duals,groupofindi vi d-ualsorch apters.Th ework of OfficeoffCh ai rmanonConstituti on h iadvisoryandconsistspmmar-ji lyofreviewi nglocalconstitu-ti onsi nth eligh tofourna-tionaldocumentsandtobringtoth ech apters'attention ofconflicti ngarticlesorsections.Summarizi ngth ework ofmystudy,Ifindth atlocalcon-stituti onsarealmostuniformwith th eexception ofth osearticlesandprovisi onsadopt-edbych apterstofulfillth ei rspecialneeds.Suggestionsfori mprovinglocalconstituti onsh avebeenmailed to th oserespondingtomyrequeststoforwardcopies.

LocalConstituti onsTh e following_xh apters

h avefi ledth ei rlocalConsti-tuti ons with th e Ch ai rman:Alath eda,Arizona,BayDis-trict,Brawley,ContraCosta,Delta, El Centro, Florin,

Kings County,Lodi,LongBeach ,LosAngeles, Mid-Colum-

bia,Oak land,OrangeCounty,PlacerCounty,PortlandPu-yallup Valley,Reedley, Sa-cramento, SanBenito, SanDiego,SanFrancisco,SanGabriel,Seattle,Sono-

maCounty,Tulare,Wash i ng-tonTownsh i p,V.5.8.C.,andYo-Solano. <-f][

NationalConstituti onInth ematterofNationalConstituti onandBy-laws,no-tices offollowing amend-ments h avebeenbrough ttoth eattentionofth ech apters:(1)Di stri ctCouncil[BylawsVIII]IncorporationofInter-mountainDistri ctCouncilandStateofArizonatobeplacedwi th i n th e j uri sdi cti on ofSouth ernCalifornia Di stri ctCouncil;(2)Pacifi cCi ti zen[By-lawsIX],North ernCaliforniaDis-trictCouncilrecommends 40centspermembersubscripti onandsimi lar#12.00 advertise-mentch argetoeach ch apter;(3)NationalCouncilDues

[By-lawsIV]Discussionsonmak i ngduesandassessmentsprbp'ortionalwi lltak eplace;(4) Voting [Nat.Const.VII]Proportionalrepresnta-tionwillbediscussed.

FinanceTh eOfficeofCh ai rmanofConstituti onmak es th e fol-lowingfinancialreport:Appropriati onreceived

#10.00Edpenditures 9.50On h and:Stamps .33

Cash .50Th ecommittee i scomposedofth e following members:Henry Tak eta,ch r.; Dr.George'Hi vra,Sebastopol,Calif.;SamFuj i ta,Vista,Ca-lif.;Yuk i oInouye, Sh elley,Idah o;Tak eoNogak i ,Seat-tle,Wash .;Ei j i Tanabe,LosAngeles,Calif.;KazYamane,Tacoma,Wash .Addi ti onal recommenda-

PROJECTSLOUISM.OKINewcastle,Ch r.

Afterh oursofdeliberationth ecommitteecame toth efollowingconclusionsandre-commendations:Th ecommit-teefeelsth atth erearemany-worth wh i leprojtcts wh i chwouldbenefitth eNisei co.'-munityandth eJACLmovement.Buti talso feelsth atth eprojectswh i ch aretoberecommendedsh ouldbepra:ticalandi nlinewith th ere-sourcesofth etreasury.Sinceth e NationalJACL

h asnotfullycompletedpro-j ectswh i ch areabsolutelyes-sentialtoth eproperup-build-i ngofth eJACLmovementas(1)th eNationalEndow-mentFund,(2)th estabili zationandmaintenanceof:'.enationalorgan,Th ePacifi cCiti zen,(3) th e proposedpermanentpay!<-->rcutivese-

cretaryand (i)th esecondgenerationdevelopmentpro-gram.Th ecommitteestronglyre

commendsth atth eabovepro-j ectsbetak encareofduringth enexttwoyears.Th efollowing suggestions

h avebeenmade:(1)Means ofth eparti j l

financing of th e NationdConvention byeith erdire;tassessment on allch aptermembersorbyaNationalbe-nefitprogram,proceeds ofwh i ch wouldbeutili zed to-

mardfinancingth eNationalConvention.(2)Th eencourageni!atof

th edevelopmentofNi;ci ta-lenti nth emusicalandth ea-tricalfi eldbyth esponoringofth eNationalTalent!evue,wh i ch willtourth e j ctni i ntyunderth eauspicesoftlcNa-ti onalCouncil.Detailstobework edoutbyacommitteei fiadopted.(-3) Establish ment ofper-

manent JACL h eadquarterscentrallylocatedprovidedth eendowmentfund i sfullysub-scribed anda secretaryem-ployed.(4)Seek meanstoaidem-ploymentanddisseminate i n-formationi nregardstovari-ousvocations and occupa-ti ons.(5)Seek meanstoestablish

MedicalHealth centerstoaidi n th e safeguard of'Niseih ealth ..(6)CreationofaSpeak ers'

Bureau,th epurposeofwh i chi sto h ave capablespeak erswh oare tobeutili zed bych aptermembersforth epur-poseoffurth eri ng andpro-motinggoodandfriendlyrelationsh i pamongoth erAme-ri can organizati ons'in th ecommunity.(7)Sponsoringofth eNi sei

ofth e Yearunderth eaus-picesofth eNationalJACLforrecognizi ng andreward-i ng anyoutstandingaccom-plish mentsduringth eyear.Th e Projects Committee

wascomposedofth efollow-i ngmembers:LouisM.Ok i ,ch r.;OysterMiyamoto,Joh nYosh i no,Dr.GeorgeTak a-h ash i ,GeorgeEgusa,MasaruYamasak i ,KayHonda,Mi-ch i eMuk ai ,andEich i Nak a-zono.

Appropriati onsByFREDTAYAMA,L.A.

Ch ai rman

Th e Appropriati on Com-mi ttee h eld th ree meetingsand anoth ermeeting h eld

with th ecommitteeof.cPacifi cCi ti zen.Th eAp-propriati onCommitteeunani-mouslyapprovedth ecreationofapaid womansecretary,th ereforeth eBudgetfor/th enexttwoyearswasmadeas-

suming th ata paid womansecretarybeprovided.NationalIncome:Nationaldues #500.00Membersh i pcards600.00Distri ctConventions

250.00Nat'lConvention 250.00

TotalIncome#1,600.00NationalExpenses:OfficeofPres.Travelling #150.00OfficeofVice-Pres.Travelling 50.00

Exec.Sed'tyTravelling 50.00

TreasurerSuretyBond 12.50

Total #287.50MaintenanceExpense:OfficeExpense #300.00Rent(#25permonth )

300.00Teleph one

(#5permonth ) 60.00Miscellaneous. 50.00SalaryforSec'ty(#BOpermonth )960.00

Total #1,670.00TotalExpenses:#1,957.50Th etotalexpenses ofth eNationalbody i ncludingth epaidwomansecretarywillbeapproximately#2,000andth eNationalrevenue of#1,600willleaveadefici tof#400ayear.Tobeonth esafesideofth eledgerth ecommitteefeltth at#750sh ouldbeth eamounttobeassessed.Th i sassessment"beingdi vi dedi ntoDi stri ctCouncilsasfollows:North ernDistri ct(27ch ap-ters)27/50 of#750—#405;South ernDistri ct (13ch ap-ters)13/50 of#750—#195;North westDi stri ct(7ch ap-ters)7/50of#750—#105;'In-termountainDistri ct(3ch ap-ters)3/50of#750—#45.Membersofth ecommittee

wereasfollows:FredTaya-ma,ch r.;KarlTalcu, SanLuis Obispo,Calif.;VernonIch i sak a, Irvington, Calif.;OscarFuj i i , Fresno,Calif.;Ch arlesTosh i ,Kent,Wash .;ErnestFuj i moto,Brawley,Ca-lif.;MitsuoTak asumi,HoodRiver,Ore.;Kiyosh i Hi gash i ,SanPedro,Calif.;MasanobuHata,Gardena,Calif.

PROGRAMFORNEXT2YEARSByTOMYEGONewcastle,Ch r.

Th emembersofth ecom-mitteeregardedth eProgramCommittee as th emost i m-portantoneofth econventioni nth ati trecommendsactivi -ti esforth eensuingtwoyearstobefollowedbyth evariousleagues.Aftercarefully andth or-ough lyconsideri ng th epro-blemsandth eneedsofth eNi sei i nAmerica,th efollow-i ng program ofactivi ti es i srecommendedtoth i sNati onalCouncilofth eJACL ati tsSixth Bi enni alConvention.I.Pacifi cCi ti zen11.EndowmentFund111.SecondGenerationDe-

velopmentProgram.A.Research -program-ac-tion1.Vocational*a.Intelligentand i ntensive

studyofnew fieldsforth eNisei .b.Decentralizati onofNiseifromoneareac.Vocationalguidanceand

placements.d.EncourageemntofNisei

i nfieldsoftradesandcraftstoavoidcrowdedfields.2.Politi cal

a.Registrationofvotersb.Speak ersonboth si desofpoliti calcampaignsand i s-sues.3.Sociala.Lectureson h ealth ondliteratureb.Cooperatewith courtst3-curb j uveni le-delinquencyc.Membersh i pdrived.BoyScoutsc.CensustalcingofNiseiDuetoth efactth atth i s

rommittee overlapswith th atofth e Projects Committeeandth ePublicRelationsCom-mittee,th ecommitteeis en-

dorsing and recommendingth ei rreports. Th efinancingof-th eaboveprogram isre-ferredtoth eFinanceandAp-propriati onsCommittee.Th e program committee

consisted of th e followingmembers:TomYego,ch r.;S.Vagi,WalnutGrove,Calif.;Sei i ch i Kiyomoto, Reedley,Calif.;Gi i ch i Yosh i ok a,Hay-ward,Calif.;JamesAbe,Sa-linas,Calif.;JamesNak arri u-ra, ArroyoGrande, Calif.;HayaoAbe,SanDiego,Ca-lif.;Tadao Sak o,Ogden.Utah ; Tsuyosh i Nak amura,Tacoma,Wash .; andFumiUtsuk i ,SantaMonica,Calif.

PUBLICRELATIONSSUGGESTIONSByGIICHIYOSHIOKA

Hayward,Ch r.Th ePublicRelationsCom-mi ttee recommends th ateach i ndi vi dualch apterin-serti nth ei rConstituti onaprovisi onth ata,PublicRe-lati onsch ai rmanandcom-mitteebeappointedi neach

ch apterandth ata ch ai r-manbeappointedbyth epresidentofeach ch apter.Th ecommitteetobesub-divi ded i nto di edepart-mentsasfollows,andoth ersas maybe needed:(1)speak ers'bureau;(2)pub-lici tybureau; (3)contactbureau.(ContinuedonPage5)

THEPACIFICCITIZEN October,19404

tions:1.Th atth ech anges'andamendmentstoth eNational

Constituti onbe approvedbyth eNationalCouncilatth i sconvention.2.Th atth erespectivemem-

berch aptersadoptaunifornpreamblewh i ch sh allbe th epreamble-ofth e NationalConstituti onwith th e excep-ti onofth ename<ti th ech ap-i ter.3.ToamendArticleXIinth efollowing: .'Th ep*jesentprovisi on of

Section.1 toreadth esamebutaddedtoSectten2willbeth efollowing:"""Atth eendofeach bi en-nium,anyfundi nth ecurrentfund i nexcessofFiveHun-dredDollars(#500.00),over,th ebudgettobeplacedi nth e5EndowmentFund."

HIGHLIGHTS OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGSExcerptsfrom th eminutesofth eafternoonsession ofth eNationalCouncilmeetingonSaturday,August31.THEPACIFICCITIZENRevertingtoth ediscuss--_i onofth emai ntenanceofth ePacifi cCiti zen,Gi i ch iYcsh i ok amoved th atth ePacifi cCi ti zenbecontinuedasprovidedi nth eConsti-tuti on. James Nak amurasecondedth emotion.JamesSugiok amovedth atanam-endmenttoth emc:!on!irmadetoreadth atth ePao-fi cCi ti zenfeebe i ncreasedtofortycents. Dr.Hi i i rnseconded th emotion.Invotingarollcallvotewastak enandth emotionwaslost33no'sto3aye's.Arollcallvote wasth entak enonth equestion:Th aith econstituti onalplanofth ePacifi cCi ti zen be followed,paymentofeach Ch apterof

peryearplusasubscrip-tionforeverypaid memberperfamilyof25centsayear.Th emotionwascarriedwitri29aye'sand8no's.Mrs.Ki tomadea motionth atth eQuestion beopenedforreconsideration. KumeoYosh nari seconded th emo-tion.Th emotionforreconsi-deringth equestionwasde-feated i nrollcallvoting33no'sto9aye's.EXECUTIVESECRETARYFredTayamareadth eAp-propriati on,committee's re-portaswasgiveni nth emorningtoclarifyandenumerateth eplanprovidedi nth eap-propriati onsfora secretary.-

AmotionwasmadebyGi i ch iYosh i olcath atth eservicesofapart-timesecretaryorsecre-tariesbe employed forth eamountoftimerequired,re-gardlessofwh eth eri tbeforan h ouroraday.Th erewasnosecondtoth emotion.SaburoKi domadeamo-tionth atth eplansgivenbyth eAppropriati onsCom-mi tteeprovidi ng for th esecretarybeaccepted.Hen-ryMitatai seconded th emotion.Anamendmenttoth eforegoingmotion wasmadebyDr.Nak aj i to1th eeffectth atth ePresidentuse h i sdiscretioni nth ese-lection of th esecretary.Rich ard Ni sh i motosecond-"edth emotion.Th emotionwascarriedasamended.PACIFICCITIZEN.MEMBERSHIPCARDNewbusiness began wi thth ediscussion ofth ePacifi cCi ti zenassessmentof25centsbeaddedtoth emembersh i pcardso th atth ePacifi cCi ti -zencanbeassured ofth emoneyneededtobearth eex-penses ofth e publicati on.Saburo Ki do moved th atcommencingJanuary1,1941,each ch apterremit th e sumof35cents toth e NationalHeadquartersandonlyuponreceiptofsaidsum th emem-bersh i pcardandPacifi cCitizenbegiven.Joh nYosh i nosecondedth emotion.Th emotionwascarried.Excerptsfromth efi nalsessionofth eNationalCouncilmeetingonMonday,Sept.2:1942NationalConvention

Th ePresidentcalled foibi ds forth e 1942.Nationa'Convention.SaburoKido re-presenting th eNorth ern Ca-li forniaDi stri ctCouncilmadeabidforth enextNationalConvention.Nocertaincitywasnamedbutwouldbede-ci dedbyth eCouncil i fth ebi d was awarded to th eNorth ern CaliforniaDi stri ctCouncil.Th e oth erbidwasplacedbySaltLak eCi tyandth e Intermountain Di stri ctCouncilth rough th erepres-entative,Mi k eMasaok a.Afterboth bi dderspresent-

edh i srespectivelocality'sad-

'MumsDecoratePrize-Winni ngFloat

vantages, Mi k eMasaok a ofth eIntermountain Di stri ctCouncilwith drew h i sbi dforth e1942Convention;th erebyleaving North ernCaliforniaDi stri ctCouncilasth e lonebidder.Amotion wasmadeby

MasanobuHata th atth e1942 NationalConventionbeawardedtoth eNorth ernCaliforniaDi stri ctCouncil.Th emotion wassecondedbyMich i eMuk ai .Th emo-tionwascarried.

ELECTIONElection ofNationaloffi-

cers"forth ecomingbienni um

!wasth enextorder ofbusi-ness.

Saburo Kido ofSanFranciscowasnominatedforth eoffice ofPresidentbyth eNominati ngCommittee.Dr.HarryKitamovedth atth enominati onbeaccepted.-Th emotionwas secondedbyTomYego.SaburoKi dowas unanimously electedPresident.KenMatsumotoofLosAn-geleswasnominated byth eNominati ng Committee forth eofficeofVice-piesi dency.Th omasIseri ofKent,Wash -i ngton,wasnominatedfromth efloorbyKumeo Yosh i -nari.Sam Fuj i tamadeamo-tionth atth enominati onsbeclosed.Th e motion'wassec-ondedby Yosh i k i Yosh i d.i .Afterth eballotsweretabul-ated,KenMatsumotoofLosAngelesreceived th emajor-i tyand became th e Vi cepresident.JamesSugiok aofHollistcr

wasnominatedforth eofficeofExecutiveSecretarybyth eNominati ngCommittee.MaryWak amatsumoved th atth enominati onbe accepted.Ka-th eri neSasak i seconded th emotion. JamesSugiok awasunanimouslyelectedExecutiveSecretary.Hi toOk ada ofPortland

wasunopposedforth e posi-tionofTreasurer.Dr.Hiuramade amotion th atHi toOk adabeunanimouslyelmcd.Joh nYamauch i seconded "th emotion.HitoOk adawasunanimouslyelectedTreasi i r-

Th eSanMa-teoColintyJA-(I.floralexh i -bi ttook firsth onors i n th eannualcountyFloralFiestah eldrecentlyatBay MeadowH.Justlyproudi sDr.George !'.Tuk tth ash l, pre-sident of th ech apter,sh ownbeside h i s lea-gue'swork .Th eentry,

wh i ch wasdo-signedbyFre.'Och i , i sah ngoJACL i -ni li r.■made v i tch rysantliomums.Th od!»--play wftD ich arge of Jo;1

Yamada.Th e IACi.ch apterals■>partici pated i nah ugepar:u!f.(Ph otoCourt-

esyNewWo:Itl-Sun)

MoreonReportsPORTLANDLEADS IN SALESOFPINS WITH 56TOTAL

Cash received -#1,030.96Ch aptersth ath avefailed

toanswer or payforth t»rmonstrationpinsareth efol-lowing:Alameda,TimYama-sak i ;OrangeCounty,LeonardMiyawak i ;San LuisObispo,George Horiuch i ; Yak i ma,JesseNish i ;andBayDistri ct.Ph i lli pNak aok a,5.Ch apterswh i ch didnotpur-

ch aseanypinsbutreturnedth ei rdemonstration pins areDelta,Livi ngston and SanGabriel.drossreceiptsonsalesof

pins_ . #1,030.96

Expenses:David&Lich t

Jewelry #956.31Stationery,etc 1.77,Postage ..-..::.-..8.63Refunds(SanBenito—l3c)(Y.S.B.C—I6c)_...39

TotalExpenses #967.00Cash balance #63.9(

MEMBERSHIPByBILLISHIDAFresno,Ch ai rman

Inth espringof1939,th eNationalBody launch edaNationalMembersh i pDriveunder th e ch ai rmansh i pofBillIsh i da. Th e committeesentoutcertaini nstructionstodetermine th eCh apterth atincreased i tsmembersh i p toth e largest extent. PlacerCounty i ncreased i tsmember-sh i pby200percentandwasawardedth etrciph yth atwastobegiven to th ewinni ngCh apter.Th etroph ywasdo-natedbyth eCh ai rman.

AppointmentofLeagueHistoryBodySuggestedToCompleteWork BegunByTEIKOISHIDAS.F.,Ch ai rman

Th i scommitteewascreatedwith th epurposeofcompil-i ng a h i storyofth eLeaguefrom itsveryi nceptiontoth epresentday,tracingth e h i s-tori calaspectsofeach ch ap-teras i twasadmittedtoth eNationalBody,aswellasacreation ofth evariousdis-trictcouncils citi ng th erei nactivi ti esandach i evementsofi mportance th rough outth eperiodofi tsgrowth .As i th asbeenfoundIBP

possibletocompleteth i sworkwith i n th e 1939-1940periodand i norderto i nsurei tsbe-i ngcontinuedwith outdelay,th i s committee respectfullysuggeststh atth enewadmin-i stration i mmedi atelyappointaLeagueHi storyCommitteecomprisedofth efollowing:Ch ai rmanofCommittee—

newNationalPresident'sownch oi ceS.C.D.C.Hi storian—tobeappointedbyS.C.D.C.Ch ai r-manN.C.D.C.Historian—tobeappointedbyN.C.D.C.Ch ai r-man.N.W.D.C.Historian— tobeappointedby N.W.D.C.Ch ai rman .IntermountainD.C.Histor-i an—tobeappointedby In-termountainD.C.Ch ai rman.Certain recommendations

andsuggestionsastoth edv-

ti esofth esecommitteemem-

bersaretobeoutlinedbyth eCh ai rmanandincludedi nth erecords,wh i ch willbe h andedtoth enewCh ai rman.Ith asbeenth eexperienceofth ecommitteeth atoneofth efactors contributi ng to

th elack ofdespatch i ncom-pili ngth eh i storyofth eLea-gue i sth eunavailabi li tyorlossofrecords,particularlyminutesofmeetings,onth epartofth ech apters.Tore-medyth i ssituation forth efuture, th i sCommitteesug-geststh atth eNationalCoun-ci l empower th e Nati onalPresidenttoappointa com-mittee todevise ways andmeansofadoptingaUniformMinuteBook forallch apterswh i ch willensureth epreser-vationofminutesfrom yeartoyear.Alth ough th ecommitteere-

gretsth atth ecompilati onofLeagueHistoryh asnotbeencompletedduring th e bien-nium,i ti sbelievedth atth ework ofcompili ngadecadeormoreofh i story h as atleastbeencommencedand i fi ti scarriedonwith outlossoftimebyth enew admini s-tration,i tsh ouldbepossibletocompleteth eprojectwith -i nth enewterm,ornexttwobienni ums.

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October,1940 THH PACIFICCITIZEN *5

ByKAYHIRAOCh r.,Oak land

Total TotalPins CashSoldRec'v'd

Portland 56 #79.79Tulare 48 84.58Sacramento 38 57.94Seattle 37 60.29Salinas 36 59.83PlacerCounty 35'60.51SantaClaraCo. 32 45.38Watsonville 30 58.27SanPedro 29 38.44Mid-Columbia 27 33.79Tacoma 24 48.00SanFrancisco 20 33.01SanDiego 19 43.05Stock ton 18 32.75SanMateo 16 26.82SonomaCounty 16 26.82Wh i teRi ver 15 24.79SanBenito 13 16.77SantaMaria 12 15.48Y.S.B.C. 11 16.25Florin 11 17.32Fresno 11 14.19ElCentre 10 12.90Monterey 10 14.96LosAngeles' 9 15.71Reedley 9'19.83Yo-Solano 9 11.61ContraCosta 8 16.50Oak land 6 15.72Wash .Townsh i p 6 9.50

i rawley 4'uyaflup 4i denTownsh i p 1"arlier 1

9.288.001.291.29

fotalpinssold 631

Th eRi tualReportwi llbefoundonPage10.

NISEICHALLENGEByMasaruYamasak i

CONVENTION ORATOR....

No.CaliforniaDist.Council

- Downth rough th eages,man h asbeench allengedbyth elureofwealth andh appi -ness.In h i ssearch forth epromised land h e h as en-

countered untold h ardsh i psandprivati ons.Butunceas-i nglyh asman march ed on-

wards i nto th e unk nown tosatisfyh i s unquench ableth i rstandh ungerforadven-ture.Th i sch allengeforfreedomdroveasturdybandofpio-neersacrossth ebroadAf'an-tictoa strange landfilledwith danger.Alandblessedwith avastsupplyofnaturalresourcesandfertilevalleys,yet to be explored.Th i ssturdybandofpioneerstookupth ech allenge;andoutofth ewi ldernessroseth efoun-dationofagreatnationyettocome.Th i sverych allengedrove h undreds and th ou-sandsofpioneersmanyyearslateracrosswideplainsandh uge i mpassable mountainseverwestwardtoalandrichi n vastagricultural valleysandmineralwealth ..Everwestwardth eycamei nsearch ofth ei rUtopiaundergoingh ardsh i psandsuffering on th ei rlongjcurney.Manyfalteredandfellonth ewaybutever

ledth etrail.Andsoonoutofth edepth ofdespairandsufferingroseagreatnationmouldedoutofth ebloodandsweatofth emenandwomenwh ostro>vesovaliantlyto1createana-

tion,ofth epeople,byth epeople,andforth epeople.Ah dso1i twasth i svery

samech allengeth atdroveah ardy band ofpioneersacrossth ewi dePacifi ctoapromisedlandofwealthandpower.Undauntedbyth e many obstacles con-

frontingth em th esesturdyJapanesepioneerscametoth i scountrytodwellamongstrange surroundings,cus-toms,andpeople.Th ey i mmi grated i nlarge

numbersasfabuloustalesoffameandfortunetobefoundi nAmericadriftedacrossth ePacifi c.Th eycamenotwithth e i deaofmak i ngAmericath ei rpermanent h ome butwith th ough ts ofreturningh ometoJapanafteraccumu-latingafortune.Preyed*onbyth e wh i temen,.ch eated andh umi li ated,th esebrave i ssei ,pioneerswork eddoggedly*o'reach th ei rgoal.However,as,timewentonth eseJapanesepioneersgrewtoloveAmeri-ca.Th eyrealized i n Americath ei rfuture,andalldesiretoreturntoth ei rh omelandvan-i sh ed.Inspiteofracepreju-dice,di scri mi nati on,andth eh ardsh i psforcedupon th emth eywork eddili gentlytobuildth ei rh ome i nAmerica.Th ey h elpedbuildth erai l-roads,i ndustry,andtillth esoil,forAmericah admuchroomfori mprovement.Th us th eystand today

th eseIssei,oldandgnarled,,batteredbyth eelements,

andpersecutedbya h osti lepopulace,deniedth everyfiui tofth ei rlaborand i n-c'ustry—citi zensh i p.However,allth ei rsacri-fi ceswerenoti nvain.Forth ough tth eyh adbeende-ni ed citi zensh i pandth ei rri gh tfulplace underth estarsandstripesth ei roff-springth eNi sei h adbeengivenallth erigh ts,dutiesandprivi legesofciti zen-sh i p.Andsowecomeuponth eNisei ,th eAmericanciti -zensofJapaneseancestry.Th e"Ni sei h avenow comej fa-'c.Andwith th epassingofth e Issei th eNi sei mustlearn to stand upon th ei rowntwofeet.Nolongercanch eyyfallback uponth ei rpa-renfsforadviceandsympa-:!,y.Facedwith th i sdilemmath eyventureforth todayi nto-i ch aoti cworldtornbystrifeandsuffering.But th e ch allengeth at

awaits th e Ni sei i s notth esamech allengeth atdroveth epioneerstonewerfields.Iti si ch allengebuiltuponracialbarriersandfraugh twith sus-pici onand h ate.Ach allengeth atmustbe metwith th eBestth atth eNi sei maypos-th ei rloyaltyanddevotiontosess.A ch allengeto proveth ei rone andonlycountryth eUnitedStatesofAmerica.Th eresponsibi li tyth atliesuponth esh oulderofth eNi-sei i s"indeedgreat.Perh apstoth eaverageNisei th erei snoneedtoprove h i sloyaltyanddevotiontoth eUni tedStates.Joh nNisei leadsA se-

cludedandcontentedlife,i sa.law abidi ng citi zen andvotesonelectionday.How-everi nth i sch aoti cworldoftodayth ereis much unresT.

Asth eNi sei comesofageiand starts tak i ngan activeiparti nAmericansocietyth ere;h as ri sen i n th i s polyglotAmerican nation numerousgroups and i ndi vi dualswh oforreasonspoliti calandper-sonalh avetak enupth ecryof"Wolf."Ch argesofdisloyaltytoth eUni tedStatesare h urledatth eNi sei asth eystanduponth e th resh oldof.life;Accu-sationssoridi culous andyetdetrimentaltoth ewelfareof[th e.Nisei .Foremostamongth eagitatorsh asbeenth eCal-i forni aJointImmigrationCommittee,a non-offici alcommitteeyetsopowerfulastodictate i tspolicyto th estate. ■"""However,th eNiseiIsh ouldconsiderth i s com-

!mitteeandoth eragitatorsasadecidedasset.Foron-ly th rough th ei rch argesandaccusationsareth eNi-sei goaded on to proveth ei rfealityanddevotiontoth e'starsandstripes.Th eexi stenceofth eseanti-Ja-panese groups mak es i tnecessary th atth e Ni seiproveth ei rloyaltytoth ei rcountry.Th eNisei ,th ere-fore,mustmeetth i sch al-lenge—giveallth eyh avetoproveth ei rpoint—<loth ei rutmosttoberecognizedasworth yciti zens—andleavenoroomforanydoubtasto

th ei rundivi dedallegiancetoth eUnitedStatesofAmer-i ca.Ofth emany,manyprob<lemswh i ch confrontth eNiseiatth epresenttime,th ere i sonemajorone,'a problemwh i ch i svitaltoth e i nterestsandth efutureofth eci ti zensofJapaneseancestry.Th i sproblem i scausedbyth ebit-terattack softh e anti-Japa-neseelementsand i scapableofarousingth ei reand i ndi g-nation of America againstth eNisei .■Andbyth i sproblemIcanmeannoneoth erth anth atofdualciti zensh i p.Untilrecent-fy dualciti zensh i pwas notgivenmuch th ough tbyth eNisei ,butwith th epresenti n-ternationalsituationand th eturmoil with i n th e Uni tedStatesth ey,h avecometorea-lizeth atth ere i sbutoneso-lution,and th atsolution i sth rough expatriati on.Trueth eNationalbodyofth eJa-panese American Citi zens'Leagueh as"startedanaggres-sive,campaigntoabolish th epracticeofdual'citi zensh i p,andth eresultsofth edri veh avebeengratifyi ng.However,th erefre h un-

dredsofNisei yettoh efoundsti llpossessing dualciti zen-sh i p.Th eycannottolerateth i ssi tuationanylonger,forth e

accusationsh urledatth eNi-sei grow ever i ncreasingly.Ch argesareevenmadeth atth e Japanese residents ofAmerica,i ncludingth eNi seiarereserveofficersofth eJa-panese Army.Ridi culousch arges!Yes.Butnotalto-geth ergroundless.Fordoesnotdualciti zensh i pmak eth eNi sei ci ti zensofJapanandsubjecttoh erarmyconscrip-tions?ANisei possessingdualcit-

i zensh i puponenteringJapani s i mmedi atelyenlisted i nth earmy i fh e i sofage.Ifh estaysi nAmericaanddoesnotreturntoJapanh e i srequiredtonotifyth eJapaneseCon-sulasto h i s"presentstatuseveryyear.Because_,ofth esefactsth eNisei 'sallegiance i sdoubted.Th e onlysolution tore-moveanydoubtas toth ei rundivi dedloyaltytoth eUnit-ecbStatesi sth rough expatria-tion.Th espiri teddriveofth eJapanese American Citi zensLeagueandth epastactivi ti esofth eCalifornia JointIm-mi grationCommitteeliasputth eproblem i ntoth elime-ligh tandth etimei snowripeto"h i twh i leth ei ron i sh ot!"Ifnoorganizedattemptcanbemadetoebrpatriateth eNi-sei,numerousfacili ti essh ouldbe placed atth ei rdi sposal

to aid th em i n renouncingth ei rJapaneseciti zensh i p.Iti s i ndeedgratifyi ngto

k nowth ati nth emi dstofto-day's turmoiland strifewefindth etruecalibreofth eNi sei .Wefi ndtodayi nHa-wai i manyreportsemanating,nfrom h i gh auth ori tati vesourcesstatingth atth eloyaltyofth eciti zensofJapanese.an-cestry towards th e Uni tedStatesisunquestioned.InCanadawefindth atth e

Canadianciti zensofJapaneseancestryarereadytolaydownth ei rli vesforth edemocratic"i dealsofCanada.Wh enAme-rican democratic i deals areth reatened,th eNisei willUn-doubtedlybeamongth e.fi rstto defend h i s country andprove h i sloyaltytoth eStarsandStripes.Blessed with a coveted ,

and privi legedciti zensh i p,-th eNi sei arefitted i ntoasacrifi ci alpositi onas pio-neerstoblazeth etrai li ntoAmericanlife,toeffectth eproperrecogniti onofth em-selvesasgenuineAmericanciti zens,toh elpth eproperandeasierassimi lati onofth e th i rd generation i ntoAmericanlife,andalso amedium topromotebetter

MOSTLYABOUTPEOPLE

Flank edbysh otsofth eboyscouts andNisei tal-entswh opartici patedi nth enationalconventionare i n-formalsh otsbeginni ngonth etopwith acozygroi i pconsisti ngofWalterTsuk a-moto,pastnationalpresid-ent,standing onth eleft,

andConsulS.Yuk i ofPort-landonth erigh t. Seated'areth eoldestJapanesepio-neers,Mr.andMrs.Sh i n-taro Tak ak i ofPortlandwh owereamongth eh onor-edguests at th ePioneerNigh tbanquet,sh oWh i nth enextpicture.Belowth e

banquetscenei sanationalcouncilsession. ITh e two bottomsh ots

areofth ePioneer Nigh tbanquetandofoneofth enumerouslunch eoj i s given""'""i nh onorofth edelegatesduring th e courseofth econvention.

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October,1940THEPACIFICCITIZEN6

understandingbetweenth ei rcountry th eUni tedSateSofAmericaandtin-landofth ei rparents.Th ech allenge h asbeen

made!Willth eNi sei servetwomasters?No!Willth eNi sei foresak eth efounda-ti onth ath asbeenbui ltbyth eIssei?N*o'Willth eNi-

sei leaveanydoubtas to rth ei rundivi dedallegiancetcftlieUnitedStates?No1'Th cre'ore,th eNi sei must

answert'"ech allengeand"provetoth eworld"th at.th eycanbenci only*go":'citi zens,butth atth eyp'.cc1'cth ei rlioclyandICtll.to*h «landofth esta-sandttripea,AMFRICA!

'DUALSTATUS-AN ANCHOR'ByGeneHash i motoSanGabrielValley

Iwaswonderingth eoth erday,h owoftenweh avesungth atsong,"Bei teversoh um-ble,th ere i sno place li k eh ome.'*And"yet...Howmanyofusstoptoth i nk ofth emeaningofAmerica'toeach andeveryoneofus—asa"h ome"?Th i si sth elandwh erewewer/born,reared,educated,and i ti s h ereth atwewillspendth erest.ofourlives.Considerth i sfactcare-fully.Americamaybeth elandofourparents'past;buttous i tdoes—andmust—h olda fu-ture..Forourowngood,th eNi sei asagroupmaywelldevelopak eenerapprecia-tionofth i s countryandwh ati tstandsfor.Each andeveryoneofush asanob-ligati on:Tomak eourselvesbetter American citi zens.Onlyi nth i swaycanweas-sureourownwelfare,secur-i tyandprogress,i nspi teofwh ateverh andi capswemayface,becauseofracialori-gin.Th efi rststeptowardbet-terAmericani sm i samoreth orough understandingofth ei dealsofAmerica— assetforth -i nth atgreatdocu-ment— th eConstituti onofth eUnitedStates.Americanciti zensh i pi saprizedpossession,th everyh eartandli feofth i sna-tionwelove,andcertainlyi ti snosmallth i ngtobeaciti zenofth eworld'sgreat-estrepublic.How manyk nowyourrigh tsunderth econstituti on?Donotfancyyoucanplaywellth egreatgameofAmerican li fewith outk nowi ng th erulesofth e game.Study th eprinci ples;k now i t;th enwesh alllove i t.We.Americansli ve i n a

countryth atwassettled bypeoplewh opassionatelyde-siredfreedom from oppres-si on.Ourland was dearlybough t— i tWasbaptizedi nbloodandtears— th atfree-dommigh tbe,preserved.Th eresult i sth atwe,ofallth eworld,darespeak ourmindswi th outrestraint,andexpressopini onsth atmi rrorouri n-nerselves.Di ctatorisonlyagrim wordtous,fori nth eUni ted States tyrants h aveneverbeenpermittedtosur-

vive.Th eproblemofadjusti ng

ourselvestoth eAmericanli feand i deasandstillk eepth egoodwillofourparents,wh oareproductsofadifferentcul-tureandback ground i sverydiffi culttomanage.Butwecanandwewilladjustour-selveswith th e h elpandco-"operationofallth eNi sei .Notonlyforth ebenefitofourselvesbutforth eprosperi-tyandfutureofth egenera-ti onstocome.Yqusee,th eJapanesecus-tom i squite-differentfromth ato(ourcountry,America.For i nstance,i n Japattth eywalk onth eleftsideofth estreet;,th eywrite-*th ei r,ch ar-

actersfrom th erigh ttoth eleftandontopofth atdown-wards;carryingch i ldren onth ei rback s and gentlemenfirst.Soypuselfftoh atatre-mendoustask ourpatentsh adto go th rough to adjustth emselvestoth enewlifeth eyh adadaptedwh enth eycametoth i scountry.Butth ey,ourparents,h avedone'a wonderfulj obofi t,andareadmiredforth ei ri n-dustriousnessandlaw-abidi ngnature. Th us we face th eproblemsoftodaywith th i sback ground.Injobs,classrooms,every-wh ere,we h aveth eproblemof.aminori tygroup,raciallydifferent,wh i ch mustadjusti tself.Wearefrequentlydiscri mi -natedagainst,wesometimesmeetwith discouraging un-fairness.Butth i sh appenstpallindi vi dualswh omustHveamongpeoplenotofth e-sameracialorigi n.Th eoth erday,a dearlit-tlefriendofinynewentonasch oolpicni c-tocelebrate"va-cationdays."He wentwithh i gh h opes,buth i sdaywasmarredwh enh ewasrefusedadmittance to th c publicswi mmi ngpool.Beingarath ersensiti vek i d,h ewas h urtandh umi li ated before h i s littlefriends,andnaturallyresent-ful.Th i si sonlyoneexample,butIcouldgoonandtellyouofcertainresidentialdi stri ctswh ereyouwillnotbeallow-edtolivebecauseth eundesir-abili tyofyournationalityasneigh bors would lowerth evalueoftlieadjoi ni ngprop-erty.Inth evocationalfield,alth ough positi ons maybeopen,alth ough youmaybesu-periortoth eoth erapplicants,i n mostcases i fyouare amemberofth eJapaneseraceyouwillnotbeaccepted.Th equestionth ereforearis-

esamength eNi sei—Howarewetomeetth i ssituationandstillremain true citi zens ofAmerica?Th eJews,anoldand h on-

orablerace,acustomedtodis-crimi nati on,h avealwaysfol-lowedth epolicyofsilentac-ceptance—ofdisregardinganysligh tsi nth ebeliefth attodosowasunworth yofth emanddi dmore h armth angood.Ibelieveth i sth eory i saverytjoodoneforusNisei tofol-low.Nomatterwh atattitudei s tak entowarduswe mustremainpoised,tolerant,andabovepetty spite.By doingth i sweareprovingourselvesgoodciti zensofAmericaandworth ydescendantsofourJa-paneseforefath ers.Amongth eyoungeronesofoirgrouparealwaysafewwh o h aveabandonedth ebestqualiti esofth ei rownraceandtak enonth eworstqualiti esofth eAmericans.Iamproudtosayth erearenotmanyofth eseascomparedtoouryouth wh oareadjusti ngth emselvesh on-orably.Butth ereare afewandth esefew tendtoswaypublic--decisi on.Wemustre-

South ernCaliforniaDistri ct'YOU CANNOTSERVETWONATIONS'--SCDG SPEAKER

memberasaminori tygroupwe are beingwatch ed con-stantly.Th erefore i ti suptoustotryandch ari geth ewaysofth esefew.Th e transiti onperiod between one back -groundandanoth eri salwaysdiffi cult.WeNisei arei n j ustsuch apositi on.Iti snatural,th erefore,th atsomesh ouldloseth eproperbalance.Butwemusth elpth emtoth eph i -losoph y,ofdigni tyand ac-complish mentwh i ch i sth eonetruecourseforus i nth i s,ourland.Ibelievemostofus"h ave

beenfollowingth erath erun-pleasant,publici ty th e Ni seih avebeenreceivi ng i nregardtodualciti zensh i p.Isi tpos-sibleforanyi ndi vi dualofanynationalitytobeloyaltotwocountriesatth esametime?Isi tpossibleforyouandmetoovercome% deepsetprejudi ceanddiscri mi nati oncomplexofourCaucasianbroth ers,wh enwek eepth i sdualstatus?Ofcourseth i s i s an i ndi vi dualproblem.Youand youandyoumustdecidebyyourselfButmyfriends!Americanciti -zensofJapaneseextractionareonth espotsotospeak ,andourloyaltiesarebeingdoubtedbecauseofdualciti -zensh i p.It'sli k esitti ngonth ebench and watch i ngto seewh i ch sideofth ewi ndh eorsh e wouldli k etotak esi dswith .Nobodyi sgoingtotrust■such anattitude.Inordertomak ecur-

sclvesunderstood,clearlytoth e American public,wemustfirstunderstandour-selvsasAmericanciti zensand k now mutuallyourcommonstandandbenefit.Dualciti zensh i p,i sli k eananch orh oldi ngyoudowni nth edeepseaofsuspici on,andaslongasyouarenotwilli ngtodoawaywith i t,youarenotonlysmearingth egoT-dnameofth eJapa-neseAmericanciti zens,butyou.aremak i ngyourselfamanwith nocountry.Ifanyofyoustillretainth i sdualstatus,wh i ch wasnofaultofyours,Isinrerelyurge■ontnmak e'upyourmindsonewayorth eoth erfori na time li k eth i -;,you can-noth avetwot.ountries.Letusprotectard h onorourciti zensh i p r:s a sacredtrust,am!proveouralleg:-*antetoth eConstituti onofth e Uni tedStates,.forbyouracf'ons, notwords,sh all.webe j udged*Th eproblemsth atwefacr

arenotpecul'artous,butquitesimi lartoth osefacedbysecond generationsofoth ernationaliti es.Wewh oclaimtobeAmericansarealldescend-antsofsome*nationalityacrossth eteas,eveeptth eIndians,rr.idv/csh ouldbeproudofouri ancestry j ustasth elateWillj Rogers was of h i s Indi an:blood.Hesaid,"No,myan-!cestors didn'tcomeoveronth eMayflower—th eymeti t."Ofcourse,th ereare times

i n allour lives wh en weth ough tasituationh opelessor

longedforbetterth i ngs,but|now often h ave you h eardpeoplesay—"Well,I'mdoingth ebestunder th e ci rcum-!stances."Wecreateouf owt;circumstances i n th i s worldj ustasNapoleon"createdh i sownopportuniti es."Tak e,forHash i motoSpech —33

_i nance,th eJapaneseAmer-i can" Citi zens.League wh otook i tupon th emselvestofigh tandretainforth eNi serj i rlswh omarriedJapanbornboysfh ei rrigh tfulpossessionofAmericanciti zensh i p.Yes—circumstancesandopportu-niti es areoursforwh atwemak eth em.Nisei problems and th ei i

solutionsth rough activeciti -zensh i p.Th atmeans OurproblemsandOursolutionsth rough activeciti zensh i p.Isuggestweperformourdutiestoourcountry,notonlyth osemadecompulsorybylaw,butalsoth osfe i utsi deth esph ereof legalenforcement. Th etime h a*comewh encemujtlook ah eadtoourfuturewithi newvisi on,anewrespond-bili tyyandtoprotectandres-oectth osefi nervirtuesofourstreatedbeforeus.

Old,Glorywavesmoresig-nifi cantlytonigh tth anatanytime i nourh i story.Iti s asymbolofnationali ndepend-ence,ofindi vi dualliberty,ofpatrioti sm.Letusfullycon-sideri tssigni fi canceandk eepi teverbeforeusaswestrivfto"goforward."Th i s i sth ech allengeofth e future,fellow Nisei .Arcwegoingtoaccepti t?Orsh allwestandi dlyby?Certainlynot.Forwek newth atth eworth wh i leth i ngsi nlifearenottobe h adwi th out a struggle.Lifeth rough outi straini nganddeve'opingforth e h i gh erth i ngs,andouraimssh ouldnotbeanendeavorbutanaspirati onforusall.Letusrememberth atth e"righ tstobewon,areth ecryofbat-tle,"and"th erigh tstobewon,areth ecrownofvic-tory,"andth eonlywaytovictory,myfriends, i stoprovetoourfellowAmeri-cansth atth edestinyofth eNi sei i snotciti zensh i pi nth i searth lyk i ngdom,buttoServewith Sonsh i p i nth i sgreatandwonderfulk i ng-domofGod.

ONLOSSOFCITIZENSHIP

BySaburoKi doA very i nterestingcase

h asbeen reported i nth eJapanesepapersrecently.-It_4jertained toaNisei wh oh adgonetoJapanforth epurpose ofstudying,redidnoth avedualciti zen-sh i p.Consequently,h ewastoldth ath e would h avediffi culty i nentering th epublicsch oolsi fh edi dnotbecomeaJapanesesubjectandth ateveni fh edidbe-comeaJapanesesubjecth ewouldnotowemili taryob-ligati on.Th e necessarysteps were

tak en.Intwoorth reemonth s,h ewasnotifi edth ath eh adbeen grantedJapanese;citi -zensh i p.Buti magi neh i ssur-prisewh enth eAmericancon-sulnotifi edh i mth ath e h adforfeited h i s American citi -zensh i pbyh i sactandth ath esh ouldreturn h i spassport.Apparentlyi twasbelievedth ateven i fh edidbecomeaJapanesesubject, h e wouldmerelybe acquiri nga dualciti zensh i pstatus,th esameasmanywh osebi rth sh adbeenreportedtoth eJapanesegov-ernmentbyth eparents.Inth ei nstantcase,th eNi-

sei was23yearsofage.Th i si sth eunfortunatefeature.Tfh eh adbeenaminor,th ere i saquestionastowh eth erth "parentswouldh aveth erigh ttodepriveanativebornciti -zenofh i sbi rth ri gh twith outh i sconsentork nowledge.Rutsince h eh adattainedmajor-i ty,wh eth erh eacted i n i g-noranceornot,th eactconsti-tutesh i sown.UnderAmericanlaw,th ere

seemstobeli ttledoubtth atth eAmericanconsulwasrigh ri n h i sstand.Th eNi sei h advoluntarily naturalized andbecomeasubjectofaforeigncountry.Th i s i s oneofth eacts constituti ngexpatriati onofAmericanciti zensh i p.Onceh eforfeitsh i sAmeri-

canciti zensh i p,h efallsi nth ecategoryofan"alien i neli gi -bletociti zensh i p."Th i smeansth ath ewillnotbeabletore-turntoth i scountryasana-tivebornciti zen.Hemustbea temporaryvisi tororcomeunderth e oth erprovisi ons,such as an i nternationaltrader, mini ster, professor,andsoforth ,assetforth i nth e i mmi grationlaws.Th eJapaneseWorldWar

veterans were permitted tobecomenaturalizedbyaspe-cialactofCongress.Wom-enciti zenswh oh adlostth ei rAmerican citi zensh i pbyvir-tue ofth ei r-marriage to"aliens i neli gi bleto citi zen-sh i p'1 can repatriate underth epresentCableAct.Th eseareth eonlytwoexceptionswh i ch h ave been madeforalienJapanesetobecomena-turalized.

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October,.1940 THEPACIFICCITIZEN7

MOREONNISEICHALLENGE

PORTLANDGIVESITSALLTOWARDCONFABToth ePortlandch apter

wh osememberswh oleh eart-edlyboostedth econventionwith aregistration of233stronggoth eh eartyth ank softh eout-of-towndelegates.Here'sth ecompletelistof

th erecord delegation-wh i chboostedth eh ostch apter'sre-presentation::.GeorgeYamauch i ,PaulYa-mada,TsutomuMaeh ara,A-sak o Matsubu, Sumi Koba-yash i ,MasaKobayash i ,HarryNi i mi ,Ch i caloSh i osh i ,Yosh iYosh i zawa,Sak ae Niguma,MayTambara, MaryMaru-tnoto,RubyKanaya,IrvingtonYamasak i ,Mary

Hasegawa,Hirosh i Sh i sh i do,GeorgeSaito,JimmyKanaya,R.T.Nak amura,BenIsh i da,Tom Kosobayash i , Yosh i k oKosobayash i ,Dyk e Nak amu-ra, Kaneo Nak ao,Ch arlesSh i momura,JamesWatanabe,Sh i zuyeWatanabe, DaizoSaito,Mrs.Hana Yamada,T.Yamada,Smith Morimoto,TeruMorimoto,BillOda,Hito Ok ada,Tosh i Kuge.HenryTambara,Leona Iwa-k i ri ,M.R.Nak ata,IdaAn-dow,Ch i yoKato,HenryKa-to,Sh i geruItatni,GeorgeToya,MarianTa-

zav/a,EddieHonma,BenIto,Joh nIto,Midori Funatak e,Tom Tsunemitsu,KayTera-mura,Yosh i oUsui, MasaoTak euch i , Yaek o Inuzuk a,Tosh i k o Iwatsubu,pSh i geruTak euch i ,BettyYosh i tomi .TonyTak ash i ma,TomTo-

yota,Tosh i Ok i no,Mrs.Hi-toOk ada,MarySasak i ,Ha-j i meOk azak i , Frank Ok i ta,Jack Ouich i da,TadaoSh i geno,MasonFuk ai ,Tak aOk i ta,

Jack Kato,BobAndo,KazuoFuj i i ,JoeOnch i ,James Hasui k e,Tosh i o

Yoneyama,Yosh i oHasui k e,JoeKato, Alice Kawasak i ,MadelineYamane,Tak eoMorish i ta,Frank Fuk uda,Sh i nSato',GtorgcSawatarL,AidaSomek awa,Mrs.Marth aFuj i i ,FrancesNamba,CeceliaUyesugi,GeorgeI-

wasak i ,Ak i raIwasak i ,How-ardNomura, Marie Satoh ,LoisSatoh ,BobTak ami ,Ma-maroWak asugi, Bob Oga;Nobuk oTeraj i ,NancyNish i -no,Kiyok oTsuboi, GeorgeSumida,FrancesMaeda,MaryKurata,Yosh i k oMo-

rish i ta, George Morish i ta,JimmyHongo, HisaOsak i ,Yasuk oTsuboi,Koich i Inou-ye,TedTsuboi,HenryOh k a*MasaeNak amura,ArtHira-yama,TaeYosh i tomi ,Ch ar-lotteeKurata, Daniel Fuj i -wara,'Hama Matsush i ta,AmyYamanish i ,KadyYamanish i ,MaryYamaguch i ,Mi k e Sa-watari,FredKoh afa,SumiyeKogiso,FlorenceOda,Miuk iOda,GeorgeAziynano,HideoHamamura,Mak oYanagima-cUi,TaulItarh MaryYosh i -tomi,MasaKato,Nobuyuk i Su-midi ,Hirosh i Sumida,Taa-k eoTak ah ash i ,Arth urIwa-sak i ,Tak eoAk amatsu, Yo-sh i oKinosh i ta, Ak i k oTsu-boi,TommyOgura,Tosh i k oOgura,Cli i yoMinami ,TurnelTak emoto,George Tanak a,MisaoYosh i h araJamesYamada,Ch i yoYa-

mada,Emi Yada,Arth urSo-mek wa,NewtonUyesugi,Do-roth yS h i momura,HoodSh i -ogi,JiroYasutom<",Tak ak o'

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Oh ash i ,Hidek oKok ubu,TaeYamada,MacKonno,Masa-h i roKasah ara,Yosh i yuk i Fu-j iwara,GeorgeMarumoto;Sh i geruItami,GeorgeDoi,AliceUyesugi,MaryKatagi-ri,Mi k i oMori,JerryInouye,BobUyeda,Masak oEndow,Hisak oEndow,Kiyok oHa-sh i zi i meYuk i k bMizote,Ya-sumasaMoriya,GeorgeWa-tanabe,Sh i zuk oNinomura,Ben Terusak i ,FrancesKa-

natani,TomoSunamoto,Hi-rosh i Sunamoto,Yai Yama-guch i ,Tom Sasak i ,Kitni k oSaito,Tosh i oSh i mi zu,Fuj i k oSunamoto,Katsumi Sunamo-t6,SatoruSunamoto,Mich i k oSunamoto,Emo'Saito,Motok oYamada,GlennA-

k ai ,MargaretTerusak i ,FrankFuruk awa,Mrs.HowardNo-mura,KayTamiyasu,GeorgeMita,CarlSomek awa,EdithIto,Utak a,Morish i taNatsu-k oWak asugi Ch arlesYama-da,AliceToyota,Hisak oMo-riok a,JamesOk azak i ,Jack Nomi,

TedMigak i ,MaryWak asugi,.Ik eyWak asugi,Sach i k oMi-sh i ro, Beulah Sh i geno,AlIto,MaryIto,NellieArai,RaeAzumano,Harry Abe,RaeSh i moj i ma, Utak aFuj i -yama,Doroth ySh i geno,Ha-rumi Wak asugi,GeorgeSono,LarryTak ej ,MayToyota,IsamuMaeh ara,JoeIto,MiltonMaeda,JamesSasak i MasaruTak o,JamesIto,MarySak amoto, Yuk iTanida,Sak aye Yoneyama,MaryUmemoto,J.Kida,Al-i ceSono,FlorenceSak amoto,S.C.Umemoto,IseInuzuk a,Sh i zuyaMori,ElsieNomura,RoySato.

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Alameda(7)

Ch i zuKanda,TomoeYa-masli i ta, Sami k o Sh i roi sh i ,AliceIwatak i ,Frank Kawa-k ami , Joh nYosh i no, MasIwai h araAmericanLoyaltyLeague(4)OscarFuj i i ,EnaOk onogi.Joh nsonKebo,Dr.T.T.Ya-tabeContraCostaCounty(1)GeorgeToriyama

Delta(2)Kusuo Honda, Sadayosh i

EdenTownsh i p(1)Gi i ch i Yosh i ok a

Florin(1)Kath eri neSasak iMontereyPeninsula(2)Hosh i toMiyamoto,GeorgeNak aj i

Oak land(2)Dr.GraceTak ah ash i ,FrankTsuk amoto

Parlier(1)ByrdKumatak aPlacerCounty(3)

RoyYosh i da,Louis Ok i ,Th omasYego

Reedley(2)Seyich i Kiyomoto, SadaoNak ash i ma

Sacramento(6)TodMiura,SusieSak amo-

to,Sarah Iwamoto,CalSak a-moto,WalterTsuk amoto,Dr.GeorgeTak ah ash i

Sali nasValley(6)James Aibe,Mrs. James

Abe,Dr.HarryKita,GeorgeOk amoto,HarryYamamoto,Joh nUrabeSanBenitoCounty(2)JamesSugiok a,Rich ardNi-

srKmotoSanFrancisco(7)

Dr.Masak oMoriya,Tei k oIsh i da,MaryLouiseSco,To-raoIch i yasu, ErnieHiraya-ma,KiyoTanak a,SaburoKi-do-SanMateoCounty(5)RoyAdach i ,Hirosh i Ito,

Hirosuk eInouye,FredOch i ,Sak ai Yamaguch i

■SonomaCounty(3)

Jim Miyano,Dr.GeorgeHiura,Mrs..GeorgeHi ura

,Stock ton(3)AlbertKawasak i ,KarlKa-

wasak i ,Kenneth Higak iTulareCounty(3)

NatsuMisono,Ruth Tah o-h i ,Tom Sh i masak iUnitedCiti zensLeagueOfSantaClaraCounty(6)FredYonemoto,HenryMi-tarai,RoyOzawa,MitsueMi-yata, MasayeUriu,HelenAi h araWash i ngtonTownsh i p(4)HarrySak ata,TadaoFuj i -

ta,IsaoTsuno,VernonIch i -sak a

Watsonville(1)Joh nYamauch i

I.D.C.(6)Ogden(2)

Mich i k oMuk ai ,Mich i e,Sa-to

SaltLak e(3)TadaoSak o,HelenGim,

Mi k eMasaok aSouth easternIdah o(1)GeorgeAk utagawa

S.C.D.C.(46)Arizona(3)

Joh nHiroh ata,Mrs.Joh nHiroh ata,Tok oKuroiwa

BayDistri ct(4)MaryWak atnatsu,AnnWa-

k amatsu, Fumi Utsuk i ,MioUtsuk i

Brawley(3)Eich i Nak azono,HelenFu-j i moto,ErnestFuj i moto

ElCentro(2)Mrs.Doroth yKitow, Ed-

winKitowGardenaValley(4)

Mari Yamauch i ,Sh i zueO-k i ta,MasanobuHata,Kiyo-sh i Mi nami

LongBeach (2)Frank Ish i i ,Tom MinamiLosAngeles(11)

Eleanor Fuk ami , GeorgeMorey,Ei j i Tanabe,Doroth yWada,Mich i Bessh o, FredTayatna,Willi e Funak osh i ,KenMatsumoto,TomItnai,Virgi ni a Watanabe, HenryWatanabe

OrangeCounty(5)Yosh i k i Yosh i da, Hidemi

Ogawa,KazuoYamami,Ta-k eoYamada,GeorgeKoda-ma

SanDiego(2)SamFuj i ta,HayaoAbeSanGabrielValley(2)Sh i geruHash i moto,GloriaSh i nmoto

SanLuisObispo(2)JamesNak amura,KarlTa-

k uSanPedroDistri ct(2)Kiyosh i Hi gash i ,Yosh i oNak aj iSantaMariaValley(4)MasOj i ,BobHanda,KenUtsunomiya,GraceHagiya

N.W.D.C.(214)(with outPortland)

Foritsrecordout-of-towndelegationof84memebrstoth enationalconvention,th eSeattlech apteri stobecom-mended.Th ei r h ugerepres-entationdi dmuch toboostth etotalto anew h i gh .Th eentireregistrationfol-

lows:JeanneMori, Patrici aMori,FredTak agi , RobertHosok awa,Yosh i k oNogak i ,Tosh i k oFuk ano,JeanEndo,MorrisAbe,JamesSak amo-to,Tak eoNogak i ,Frank Ya-nagimach i ,HideArai,Miek o"Teraok a, Sh i gek o

Tamak i ,MisaoSak amoto,Junk oHamada,VictorKam-be,SumioNagatnatsu,FrankHattori,Mitsuo Kash i wagi ,EugeneHayash i ,HideoKo-no,Sh unj i Kash i wagi , KimiNagatani,Natsuk oFuruk awa,Fusak oMatsush i ta,Sadak oNak ata,AliceKa-

wamoto,Minni eOta,BudFu-k ei ,Tak esh i Ozima,SuyeKu-rosak a,Tak ash i Muk asa,Do-roth yMuk asa,MaryMuk asa,GeorgeMuk asa,KengoNo-gak i ,Ak i taFunai,AliceFu-nai,Willi am Yorozu,Katsuk oNak ata,Mary O-

k abe,Hannah Kinosh i ta,To-k i Nak amura,TuraNak amu-ra,JiroAok i ,Mrs.JiroAok i ,HideMorimi zu,CoraUno,Dick Kimura,MaryHirose,AgnesTanabe,Kenj i ro.Ya-(ContinuedonPage9)

THEPACIFIC CITIZEN October,19408

mada,MaryMori,Joh nFuk uyama,Mich i V.v

sumura,PaulSak ai ,Masano-ri Horiuch i ,TomKanno,Sh i -roIwana,Hirosh i Yanagi,IsamuHigurash i ,SumioMo-ch i zuk i , GeorgeSuzuk i ,Ki-yosh i Tada,Lilli anHoriuch i ,Jack Ish i i ,TeruKunitsuj u,Ak i raHosh i de,'RosemaryOsh i o, Ph ylli s Nak ash i mn.Mich i k oYasunaga,Etsu Mi-yanaga,Mi noruKanazwa,Tcruk oNak ata,Ch i yoNak ata.Arth urKuroa,AmyKanek o,Masak oWak abayash i , ToshHosh i de,Yosh i oFuruta,Ha-ch i k o,KarlNak amura. "

Mid-Columbia (57)HelenKinosh i ta,ToyoKi-

sh i ,MaryHirasawa,Riri Sh i -tara,HeideOgawa,MitsTa-k asumi , Yosh i k oYasutome,Yosh i ak i Yasutome,Tosh i k oMoriok a, Harry Moriok a.Mrs.HarryMoriok a,HughKumasawa,Lilli anSato,Ek ucKish i ,HelenTaniguch i ,MasTa

k asumi ,Mrs.MitsTak asumiYuk i eKatayama,Fumi Inu-k ai ,Masuk oTsubota,Emi Ki -yok awa,TatsuoFuj i i ,RaySato,Ruth Iwak i ri ,Joe'Saito,Mrs.KumeoYosh i nori ,KumeoYosh nari ,Minni eTak e-uch i ,Hirok oSh i ntani ,HenrySuyeh i ra,GeorgeHash i tani ,AliceHash i tani ,IsaoNamba.Ch i yeSato,Naomi Namba.TaeNorimatsu,MaryMigak i ,JuneOda,Masash i Migak i ,Mrs.MaryMigak i ,Yasuk oMigak i ;Ki yoOgawa, Mi dori Tamiyasu.Mark Sato,Margery Sato,MamoruNoj i ,SatoruNoj i ,ToroAsai,Masami,MasamiYosh i nari ,BillYamak i ,Har-ryIwatsuk i ,NobTak asumi,SetsuSh i tara,GeorgeKino-sh i ta,Doroth yMorita, Bar-baraTomita

PuyallupValley(27)GeorgeEgusa,Li lyEgusaYostuo Fuj i ta, Yosh i k azuKawabata,Kumi k otsh i bara,Tadak oTamura,Sh i gHiga-sh i ,Sh oboDoiuch i , Ayak oMarumoto,AmyMarumoto,ArtHamanish i ,FumiyeYo-sh i da,FredaSasak i ,Sh i zuk cFuj i ta, *Ed Iwata,Tom Ivata.Joh nnySasak i ,MasatoSasak i ,MiyoYosh i da,Doroth ySak amoto,Yaek oFuj i ta,Taek oSak a,h ara,MayFunai,Ha-tayo Sagami,Miyo Fuj i taSumieItami,Sungi Dogen

Tacoma(18)KazYamane,Tsuyosh i Na-k amura,HowardSak ura,Yo-sh i yeOmori,Ch i yok oTjma-k i ,KayTameda,Salem Ya-gawa,YoneoYok abe,Yosh i -k oFuj i moto,Tack oNak atmira,SeigoKugo,KatsuMogi.Bi llyKi k a,Hotosh i Tamak i .Tsuyosh i Hori k e,PaulSeto.SatoruSasak i ,IsamuKawa-motoValleyCivi cLeague(24)Th omasIseri,Ch arlesTo

sh i ,Haruk oOk ura,MacIseri.MunIseri, MasayeSumidaYasueSumida,Tosh i k pTsuj i k awa,Itsuk oTsuj i k awa,Di-xieSh i mosh i ma,Jack HoriMi k eIseri,MaxieSh i mosh i ma,GeorgrIseri,FrancesItabash i ,FrankMatsumoto,M>pyArima,To-mioItabash i ,MinoruTsubota,Frank Natsuh ara,Yosh i oNatsuh ara,MatsuoSak agami.BillM.3.ebori,M,Marutani

Yak i maValley(4)JoeInaba,KendoYasuda.HarryHonda,TazueYama

CANADA

Victoria(1)Yuk i oTak ah ash r

N.W.D.CFallActivi ti es

'HOODRIVER,Ore.—Fallactivi ti es were mappedre-cently byth eMid-ColumbiaiJACLasfollows:October—HalloweenSoSialNovember—PioneerNigh tDecember—Ch ri stmasMix-ier i

Duringth ewintermonth s|anoth erJapaneseBask etballLeaguewi llbeundertak enbyth elocalch apter.Th ebask et-ballleaguelastyear.provedmostpopular.Ch ai rmen forth evariousactivi ti eswere announcedasfollows:Halloween social, Isao

Namba;Pioneernigh t,HarryMoriok a;andCh ri stmasmix-er,Masami Yosh i mari .Anactivi tyth ath asnever

beenundertak enwillbeth e'Pioneernigh t.Allmenpio-'neersover65andallwomenpioneersover55 i nth eMi d-!Columbiaarea,willbesignal-jlyh onored. HarryMoriok a,Ich ai rman,h asalreadystarted!planstomak e i tastandout|i nth e.activi tylist.Th e Ch ri stmas mixer is

plannedwith allproceedstobedonatedtoreliefwork i nth earea.Lastyearacannedgoodsbenefitwasgivenbutnoth i ng defini te h as beenplannedasyetforth i syear.

GirlsAssistDraft

SEATTLE,Wash .— Girlsofth elocalch apterassistedi nth eregistration ofNiseimenformili taryserviceonOct. 16. Th e registrationplace i nth eJapanesecom-munitywasth efirestationatSecondandMainstreets.Th ech apteralsoassistedi nth eregistration ofaliensatth e Japanese Ch amber ofCommerce.Th osewh oaidedatth i stimewere: Joh nsonSh i mi zu,GeorgeHara andTosh i k oFuk ano.Th eSeattlemembers will

also assistth eagedandth eneedy i n getting-stateandfederalrelief.Adjudgeda completesuc-

cess, th e annualentertain-mentpresentingleaguetalentswasgivenatth eNipponKanatth ebeginni ngofOctober.

Civi cDutySh ared

FIFE,Wash .— Joini ngi ni tssh areofcivi cduties,th ePuyallupValleyJACLcom-

mittee h eadedbyLeftySasa-k i ofOrtinggave i tsassist-ance i nth eregistrationofth eJapanesealiens. Oth ersonth ecommitteewerePete Ni-sh i k awa,Mrs.Tei h oHash i -da,Tosh i k o Morimi zu,Yo-sh i oFuj i taandTadak o Ta-mura.

RedCrossFund

KENT,Wash .—Th eVall-eyCivi cLeague, th eWh i teRiverch apterofth eJACL,recentlycompleted i tsdri veforth eRedCrossWarRe-fugeeEmergencyReliefFund.Th ech apterwork ed i n con-j uncti onwith th erecent na-tionwi dedrive andcollectedcontributi onsfrom th e com-munityforth esumof .50.

Aletterof ack nowledge-mentwasreceived by th ech apterfrom th eRedCrossWash i ngtonch ai rmanofth eWarEmergencyReliefDrive,L.WendellFifi eld.Th e th ree communiti es

wh i ch fallunderth e j uri sdi c-tionofth eValleyCivi cLea-guewerei nch arge of th efollowingch ai rmen:Auburn—Geo.Yasumura,Tom Ise-ri;Th omas—Mi k eIseri;Kent—Tom Hiranak a, Ch arlesTosh i .

Remaini ngProgram

PORTLAND,Ore.— Set-Itlingdownafterabusycon-:vention.season, memberso(.!th elocalch apterdrewupaprogramforth eremainderofjth eyearasfollows: danceforSaturdayofth eTh ank s-givi ngweek end; nominati onofofficers i nNovember;andth eelectioni nDecember. i '

CONFAB GUESTS

Orators(5)

Mich i eSato,Qgden;TomOye,Portland;GraceKane-da,Stock ton; Gene Hash i -moto,San Gabriel; MasaruYamasak i ,Florin

Press(5)

Mi k i eSugimoto,Portland,CoastTimes; YasuoAbi k o,SF,JapaneseAmericanNews;Mary Matsumura,Seattle.GreatNorth ern;Frank Sai to.Portland, North AmericanTimes;EvelynKiri mura,SF,Pacifi cCiti zen,New WorldSun

PortlandBoyScouts(12)

Koj i Sono,Tak ash i Enk oj i .BunzoNak aawa,HirotoZa-k oj i ,Hirosh i Kiyoh i ro, BenSumida,GeorgeKatagiri ,Al-bertOyama,GeorgeFurush o.TedHasegawa,RensoEnk oj i:Horish i Maeh araSeattleFi rstHillDistri ctDrumandBugleCorps(36)

Drummers— Frank Sh i ge-mura,Dick Imai,JoeOwak i ,Tosh i oYasutak e,GeorgeTa-nabe,Kai j i Ch i k amura,SunaoSak amoto,Yutak aFuj i k ado,BenHara,SamSh oj i ,Tak eoYuasa,Sh i uj i Kak eh ash i ,An-dyHasegawa, JuniorKuro-sak aBuglers—JoeSh oj i ,Koh eiIk eda,Frank Tsuboi,WatsonAsaba,Yutrk aHabu,MinoruKimura, Dante Tah ara,

Yutk a,Isefuk u, Joh n'Ok a-moto,Joh nMiyah ara,Tada-sh :"Nak auch i ,Hirosh i Ni sh i -mura,NoboruSato,RaymondSasak i ,EdwinSasak i ,Masa-yuk i Yamauch i ,Yuk i oYama-uch i ,Yuk i oYmauch i ,Sh i ge-ruKozu, Frank Mori k awa,KazuoKanda,RobertHanda,PaulUno

N.C.D.C

NovelQuizRallySAN FRANCISCO,Calif—Embodyingth e"surpriseele-menti ntoapoliti calrally,t!>eNi sei Quiz tobesponsoredby th eSanFranciscoJACLch apterpromisestodrawth ewh oleNisei community onTh ursdayevening,Oct.24th ,atth elocalYMCA.Sixlocalorganizati ons,i n-cludingth eYMCA,YWCA,YMBA,YWBA,OlderScoutsandth eCath oli cYouth s,willeach berepresented by onememberonth epanelwh i chwillsolveth eproblems andiquestionsputtoth em i nan'effortto evolve a "Nisei iTh ough t"onth ecurrentpre-jsidentialcampaign.

Questionsaretobesubmit-Itedbyth eorganizati onsandith esequestionsarelimi tedi nirangetoth eeconomicstatus|ofth eJapanese,th eNi sei 'sstak e i nth ecurrentcampaign,andth epertinentcampaigni s-suesas i nterpretedbyth eNi-sei.

Astaffof"experts,"i nclu-dingWillk i eandNewDealrepresentatives,andth reeol-derNisei ,willbeon h andtoelaborate onpointsbrough tout.Moderatorforth eeveningwillbeHenryTani.Preced-[i ng th erally,th eDrum and1Buglecorpofth elocalTroop|12scoutswillparadeth roughth eJapanesecommunity,end-i ngat th e YMCA by 8

o'clock .A"communitysing"period i salsoantici pated.

Th i rdAnniversary

SANJOSE, Calif.—Plansforth eth i rdanniversarydin-nerofth eSantaClaraCoun-tych aptertobeh eldsome-

timei nDecemberwillbeth emai nbusinessatameetingonNov.13atth eJapaneseAs-sociati onbuildi ng.Reportsonth eNCDCmeetingtobe h eldi nSacramentoonOct.27wi llbegivenbyth eoffi ci aldele-gates.

TopFloralEntry

SANMATEQ,Calif.—Be-sideswinni ng th efi rstprizeforth emost unusual anduniquedisplay atth e 10thannualSan Mateo CountyFloralFiesta(pictureappearselsewh ere i nth i s i ssue), th elocalciti zensleaguewasawar-dedagoldcupforth ebestmarch i nguniti nth eparadesponsoredbyth eSanMateoJuniorCh amber of Com-merce. Th e march i ngunitwascomposedof50membersofth eJACLwith th e h ugeAmericanflag,saidtobeth elargeston th ePacifi ccoast,loanedtoth e,ch apterbyth eMontereych apter.

ComingElection

HOLLISTER,Calif.—Th eSan Benito County ch apterwi llprepare forth ecomingannualelectionata meetingonNov.12atth eSan Juangalcuenh all.Atth i sti meth enominati onboardwillmeet.

Hallowe'enDance

SEBASTOPOL, Calif.—1Th elocal JACL gave i tswh oleh eartedcooperation i nth eregistration ofJapanesealiensundertak enbyth e So-maCountyJapaneseAssocia-tion,forth ePostofficc.Th efollowingNisei ai dedi nfilli ngoutth eapplicati onforms:Frank Oda,MonaHi-rook a,MarlenoMiyano,MacMuraieami ,IsaoSh i gematsu,|Th elmaYatabe,andGeorgeMatsumoto.Th eannualSonomaCountyJACLHallowe'enDancewillbeh eldsometimei nth elatter!partofth i smonth .Co-socialch ai rmen Tayek oUyedaandGeorgeMatsumotowillbei nch argeofth eaffair.Wordwasreceivedth atth eMontereyJACL's h ugeAme-ri canflagcanbeobtainedforth eSonomaCountyArmisti ceparade.Th e entry willbemade byth e localch apter.Frank Odawillbe i nch argeofpreparations.Afinancialdrive willbeh eldth i smonth with HenrySh i mi zuasgeneralch ai rman.Th osewh oh avebeenappoint-edtocoverth ei rrespectivedistri cts are asfollow:Dr.George Hiura, Sebastopol;Jim Miyano,Petaluma;TobyOgata,SantaRosa.

Henry Sh i mi zu was ap-pointedtreasurerwh enTak a-sh i Kogavacatedth epositi ondueto h i ssuddentriptoJa-pan.Atalentrevuewillbeh eldonNov.16with Dr.GeorgeHi uraas masterofceremo-ni es,i nconjunction with araffle.Prize committeewasjselected as follows:Yostti<vSugi ok a,SabroSugawara,andMrs.Yosh i oNagase.

Politi calMeet

OAKLAND, Calif.—Localciti zenleaguersgath eredatapoliti calrallyatMcadorHallonOct.17.Acabinetmeetingi ssch eduledonOct.22atth eh omeofFredNomura.Th elocalch apterwi llassistth eOak landJapaneseAssoci-ati oni nth eCommunityCh estdrive.Th efollowingmemberswereappointedtoassisti nth edri ve:KayHirao,BettyFu-j i salci ,HarueHirai ,Kazuej lk eda,TadHirota,Nobuo|Yorich i ,AmyKaj i wara,KellyYamada,Yuk i Sh i ozawa,No-buo,Kitagak i ,RoseSh i ozawa,FredNomura,Tosh i Mi na-moto,MaryMatsui andHa-tsumi Hi rao.

Nisei Carnival

FRESNO,Calif.—Th e Ni-sei Carnivalsponsoredbyth eFresnoAmericanLoyaltyLae-gue i ssch eduled(orNov.16with preparationsforth ean-nualaffairunderth efollow-i ngcommitteech ai rmen:JoeSasak i ,gen.ch r.;Yosh i toNi i ,BobItanaga,raffle;Ena O-k onogi ,.Bi llNi k ai do,dance;Joh nsonKebo,gen.arr.;BillIsh i da, concession; MarionNak atsuma,sec'ty;OscarFu-j i i ,treasurer;Tom Nak amu-ra,Ch i ck Yamaguch i ,JACLbooth .Th efollowingmembersareassisti ng'th eJapaneseAssoci-ati on i nth e registration ofaliens:BillNi k ai db,Kivosh iTaniguch i ,Tom Macbo,FredYosh i k awaandBillIsh i da.

COMPLETE LIST OF DELEGATES

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9THEPACIFICCITIZENOctober,1940

IDCSUGGESTIONSCouncilAdopts8ProposalsAtMeetOGDEN,Utah —Th e spe-

cial'meeting of th eInter-mouj i tai nDistri ctCouncilex-ecutivecommitteewascalledtoorderat2o'clock Sundayafternoon,Oct.13,i nOgden,Utah ,byMi k eMasaok a,exe-cutivech ai rman.Becauseofth e i mportanceofth emeeting,th eboardsofgovernorstogeth er with th eleadersofth eSaltLak e,Og-denandSouth easternIdah och apters,i nadditi ontoth eoffi ci aldelegates,wererecog-nizedasaspecial body toconsiderth evariousi temsofbusiness. Th i swasdonebyunanimousconsent.Th efi rstorderofbusiness

wasadetailedreportofth eactivi ti es wh i ch werecarriedonatth enationalconventioni n Portland togeth er wi thth eobservationsandsuggest-i onsofth eoffici aldelegateswh oattendedth econventionTh e reportas submittedbyth edistri ctch ai rman wasaccepted.Th efollowingrecommend-

ationsand,suggestionstoth e

'presidentofth e NationalBoard,aswellastoth eBoardmembers,ofth eJACLwereadopted:

1.Rearrangementofth eNationalJACLsoth atonedistri ctmaynotdominateth eentirenationalbody.2.Th ecreationofanew!

electivenationalofficewh i ch sh allbeh eld byawoman. ,-X~Th erevisj onoramend-mentofth enationalCon-sti tuti onorbylawstopro-videth atatleastoneofth eoffi ci aldelegatesofeverych apter to th e nationalcouncilmeetingswh i ch areh eld i n conj unctionwi thth e bi enni al convention,sh allbeanexperiencedde-legate,unlessth eyareth edelegatesofanewlyadmit-tedch apter.4.Th esponsoringofa

Japanese section i ncon-j uncti onwi th th enationaloratoricalcontest.5.Th e nationalboard

sponsoractivi ti es i nordertoprovidetangibleevidenceofth ework ofth enationalorganizati onwh i ch j usti fi esth eexpendituresofch apterfunds.6.Adetailedexplanationofsuch nati onalprojectsasth eEndowmentFundandSecondGeneration Devel-opmentprogram.-7.Nationalmembersh i pdrivesh ouldbeconductedannuallywith appropriateprizesawardedtoth ewin-ni ngch apteranddistri ct.8.NationalBoardsh ould

sponsoractivi tycontestsforboth distri ctsandch aptersasameansofk eepi ngallch aptersanddistri ctsfunc-tioni ng.Cooperationwi th th eSouth -ernCaliforniaDi stri ctCoun-cilwaspledgedbyth eclub.Allth ech aptersagreedto

seek betterpublici ty,both asch aptersandas a distri cti nth e.."Pacifi cCi ti zen"and-i nth evarious.Japanesevernacu-larnewspapers.""'Itwasagreed th ateachch apterwould k eepa scrap-book ofactivi ti es.

S.C.D.C.NewMembersLONG BEACH, Calif.—GroupIIwillh eadprepara-tions forth ecomingJACLmeetingonNov.7at8 p.m.Th osewh oarei nch argeare:Ben Mitsuda,Tom Minami ,MaryYamagata,Wasek oKa-miya,Ruth Yosh i h ara,MayNoj i ma,GeorgeKoyama,Ma-ri k oMok uda,Sadak oHaya-sh i da,Sh i geruKiyomuraandMaryHirata.New memberswh o j oi ned

recentlyare:Kiyosh i Hirata.Sadak oHayash i da,KyoMi-yosh i ,GeorgeMori k awa,Sh i -geruKiyomura, Mick eyXiyomura,andHarryTak ah a-ma.FrancesTak ah amaiscre-ditedwith bri ngi ng i n ni nenewmembers.Th eOctobermeetingfea-turedWillJ.Sibley,i nspect-ori npoli cedepartment,speak i ngon"BuncoRack eteers."

!Nisei Week ProfitLOS ANGELES,Calif.-

Closing ofth eJACLstate-mentforth e1940Ni sei Weekrevealed anetprofitoff\f547.79.KiyoYamatowasth ech ai rmanofth eevent.

AssemblymenSpeakSANGABRIEL, Calif.—

Assemblymen LeeBaysh oreandFredrick Houseraddressedameetingofth evalleyci-ti zensrecentlyatth eElMon-teCivi cAuditori um.-

Conventici ReportsPHOENIX, Ariz— Joh n

Hiroh ataandTok oKuroiwareported on th erecentna-tionalconvention atth elastmeetingafth eMesaBuddh i sttempleonOct.4.

DemocratCh ai rmanSANDIEGO,Calif.—Th elocalDemocratic ch ai rmanwasth eguestspeak eratth emeetingofth elocalciti zensonOct.12atth eSanDiegoTrustandSavingsBank buil-ding.

6-MONTH CLAUSE CLARIFIED(ContinuedfromPage1)officerofth eUni tedStates,undersuch rulesandregu-lationsasth eDepartmentofStateand th eDepart-mentofJustice j oi ntlypre-scribe.However,nosuchpresumptionsh allarisewithrespect toanyofficeroremployee ofth eUnitedStateswh i leservingabroadassuch offi ceroremployee,norto any accompanyingmemberofh i sfami ly."Th eprovisi ons ofSection

402seem tobeself-explana-tory.Wh enanynativebornciti zenresideswith i nanyfor-eignstateofwh i ch h eorei-th erofh i sparentssh allh avebeenanationalaccordingtoth elawsofsuch foreignstateorwith i nany place undercontrolofsuch foreignstateforsixmonth sorlonger,h ei s

presumedtoh aveexpatriatedundersubsection(c)or(d)ofSection401.Th i spresumptioncanbeovercomebypresenta-tionofsatisfactoryevidence.Th equestionremaini ngi sth erulesandregulations tobedraftedbyth eDepartmentofStateandth eDepartmentofJustice.Forth oseNisei i n Japanwh oareemployedbyJapanesefirms, th e th i ng th eysh oulddowouldbetoi mme-diatelyascertain i fth e j obth eyare h oldi ngfallswith i nsubsection(d)ofSection401.Somech angesregardingth eciti zensh i p ofch i ldrenbornabroadofciti zenparentsh avebeen made. In th e nextmonth 's i ssue,th esetogeth erwith oth erprovisi ons wh i chmayi nterestth eNisei ,willbecovered.

AgendaReleasedForNCDCMeetOct.27AtSac'toSACRAMENTO,Calif.

—As released bySaburoKido,ch ai rmanofth eNor-th ern California Di stri ctCouncil,th eagendaforth ebusinesssession sch eduledfrom 10a.m.onOct.27i nSacramentoisasfollows:1.Committeereports—h i stori calsurvey,vocational

survey,sink i ngfund2.Pacifi cCiti zen3.NCDCsh areof.assess-

ment4.Electionofnominati oncommittee5.AwardingofNationalConvention6.Meth odtoraisefundtosupoprtNationalCon-ventionCity7.Awardingofprizesfor

winners.in1940member-sh i pdrivePrecedi h j f*th e bsuiness

sessiononSunday,th eh ostch apter Has sch eduledadanceonSaturdayeveningtofeteth e visi ti ng dele-gates.'

FULLREGISTRATIONINIRVINGTONAREAIRVINGTON, Calif.—

Wh enth eregistrationofth evotersclosedonSept.26,th eWash i ngton Townsh i p ch ap-terwasproud torecord41newvotersamongth eNisei .With th eexceptionofafewstudentsawayfrom h ome,andafewKibei women,allNiseii nWash i ngtonTownsh i parenoweligi bletovote.

RITUAL COMMITTEEREPORTByFRANKISHIILongBeach ,ch r.

Th eRitualsCommitteemetandofferedth efollowingre-commendations:A.Th atapermanentforce

beaddedtoth enationalset-up,h erewi th submitted.Th eorganizati on ofth i sdepartment'i ssimple.1.Th eRi tualsCommitteei s

tobeh eadedbyapermanentch ai rman.2.Assisti ng th ech ai rmanwillbeafieldforceoffivemembers.Acarefulstudyofth edistri buti onofourmem-bersh i psh owedth atth i snum-bercoulddoaneffectivej obofcontacting th e memberch apterseverywh ere.3.Membersh i pofth i scom-

mitteewassetuptorotate;notmoreth antwomembersofth etotalfivetobereplacedduringanyoneyear;notanymembertoserve moreth anth reeyears. Th ere aretwomainreasonsfordoingth i s:a.Itpermitsth ecarryingoutabroadoflongterm ob-.j ecti ve6with outabruptch an-ges i npolicy.b.'ltenablesth ecommitteeto i ni ti ateandapprovepro-gramsofvariousch apterri-tualsforth esubsequentbien-ni um.B.Th eobjecti ves ofth i scommittee were definedasfollows:1.Tofurth eraimsandto

mak eJACL franch i se morevaluabletomembers.2.Toconstantly developandtestnew i deasuntilth eyarefoolproofafter wh i chth eywouldbemadeavailabletoth eentiremembersh i p.3.Tobuilt alongrange

program forth eJACLth atwillresulti ngreateruniform-i tyofritualsth rough outourmembersh i p.C.Th efirststep i nputtingth i splani ntoaction i stose-lectgroupsofmemberch ap-tersofallsizes,large,mediumandsmallciti esi nwh i ch testsoftypesofideasandmater-i alcouldbecarriedout.SUGGESTED FORMSOFRITUALS

A.InstallationofOfficers.1.Th eoath ofi nstallationofallJACLofficerstobe

uni form. /2.Th emeth odofi nstalla-ti on:a.Th eNationalOfficersto

be i nstalledbyanypastPre-si dentavailable.b.Th eDistri ctCouncilOf-

fi cersaretobei nstalledbyamemberofth epresentorpastNationalBoard,orpastDis-tri ctCouncilCh ai rman.c.Th e Ch apter Officersaretobei nstalledbyth eDis-tri ctCouncilorbyanypastorpresentNationalOfficer.3.Th eprocedure forallJACLmeetings.Allregularandspecialmeetingssh ouldbeprecededbyasinglecere-mony.a.Musth aveth eAmerican

Flag.b.PledgeofAllegianceorNationalAnth em,orpatrio-ticsongs:StarSpangledBan-ner,GodBlessAmerica,Am-ericath eBeautiful.c.Recitati onofth eAmeri-

can Creed, orJACLPre-amble.

1T&L"SONGSA.Requeststh eacceptanceof."AToasttoJACL"JACLSTANDARDSANDBANNERS

A.AllJACLch apters ob-tainastandard size, wh i chsizetobei nk eepi ngwith th ech apter'sflag.B.Possession ofCh aptersandDistri ctbannersoptional.

JACLCOLORSA.Th eNationalcolorsto

bered,wh i teandblue.B.Distri ctCouncils'and

LocalCh apters'colorstobeoptional.JACLHANDBOOKSA.Th ematter ofh and-

book si s i mperative.B.Itwas suggested th atth efollowing i tems be i n-cluded:Constituti on,JACLoath ,namesofdistri ctsandterritori es,addressesofoffi-ci a1 ch apter h eadquarters,date,andplacesofmeetings,songs, h i story and accom-plish mentsofth eJACL.SUGGESTIONSFORFUTUREPOLICIESA.Tomak emodern, ag-

gressiveRitualaid availabletoeverymemberth rough ourcommittee.B.To h elpeverymember

i mproveth eeffici encyofh i sch apteroperations.

,PACIFICCITIZEN October,194010

WANTEDAyoungmanwith col-

legedegreei ncommerce.Areadingandwriti ng k now-ledgeofJapaneserequired.Sendi napplicati onswith

referencesto:JACL NationalHead-

quarters,1623WebsterSt.,SanFrancisco,California.

Wh en i nSanFranciscoDropi nOnUs:EAGLECAFE&BAKERY1709Buch ananSt.

MutualSupplyCo.444SansomeSt.EX.5213SanFrancisco,Calif.DISTRIBUTOROFStandardOilProducts

MessageFromNat'lExecutiveSecretaryFellowJACLMembers:

Onceagaini twasagreatgath eri ng—greatbecauseofth evastnumberi nattendance,greatbecauseofth e h i ghtypeofth eNi sei gath ered,butgreaterstillbecausefi neidealsofAMERICANISM wereuph eldandproven.Th Convention,greatas i twas,i s j ustaforetasteof

evengreaterth i ngstocome.Numerousresolutionswerepassed,each andeveryoneofth emaworth yone;and i norderth atmanmigh texist,-h emustlive,andso th oseresolutionsmustbeuph eldandmadelivi ngtomak euse-ful;andwedok nowth ateach andeveryoneofth eNiseiwh oaremembersofth eJACL h ave th atspark with i nth ei rh earts.Maynoneofuseverforgetth ath oweversmall,h ow-

everlittle,oureffortsmaybe,th esum totali sth eth i ngth atcounts.Th epastNationalOfficers,th rough th ei runselfish

efforts,h avesetah i gh rr.ai k i ncurJACLexistenceth usfar.Ourk eepi ngofth rumark ,i sgoingyeth i gh er,lieswith i nth eh andsofeach JACLmember.Livi nganddriv-i ngwith th eenth usi amofourjastConvention,letuscarryon.Asnewly-electedExecutive Secretary,Idowantto

th ank ,allofyouforth econfidenceplacedi nme..Fraternallyyours,JamesSugiok aNati onalExecutiveSecretary