PACIFIC CITIZEN■Vol.38 No.9 February26,1954 258E.FirstSt.,LosAngeles12,Calif. 10cents

Victoryfor5-FIssei naturalizati oncasesRep.Wallerdi edi nexpediti ngofordertopush ci ti zensh i ppetiti ons

Wash i ngton-Th eAttorneyGeneralh asi n-structedth eImmigrationandNaturalizati on Servicetopro-ceedwith th enaturalizati onofIssei maleapplicantswh osecit-i zensh i p h ave been h eld uppending clarifi cati on ofth ei rWorldWarIdraftstatus,Rep,FrancisE.Walter(D.,Pa.)i n-formedth eWash i ngtonOfficeofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeague.In h ai li ngth i svictoryovertech ni cali tyandlegalisms,Mi k eMasabk a,Wash i ngton JACLrepresentative,paidtributetoCongressmanWalter,co-auth orofth elegislationth atextendedforth efi rsttimenaturalibati onprivi legestoresidentalienJapaatiese,forth ei rleadersh i p i nth i smatter.Masaok arecalledth atfollow-i ngth edecisi onofFederalDis-tri ctJudgeLouisE.GoodmanofSanFrancisco i nth enatural-i zati oncaseofKazuich i Tsuj i ,h ecalledonCongressmanWal-terandexplainedth atth ou-sandsofIssei maleapplicantsforciti zensh i pwerebeing h elduppendingfinalclarifi cati onofth ei rWorldWarIdraftstatus.

IntervenesforJACLOnbeh alfofth eJACL,Ma-saok aask edCongressmanWal-terto i ntervenewith th eAt-ItorneyGeneraltorequestth at!noappealbetak en i nth i sde-ci si onandth atgeneralapplica-tionofJudgeGoodman'ssweep-i ngopini onbeorderedbyth eImmigrationandNaturalizati onService.

Early i nJanuary,Congress-manWalterpersuadedCh ai r-manReedofth eJudici aryCom-mi tteetoaddressalettertoth eAttorneyGeneralstating th atth eGoodmandecisi oncorrectlyi nterpretedcongressionali ntentregarding both Section315ofth e 1952ImmigrationandNa-tionalityActandth e1940and1948SelectiveServiceActs."Th ereasoningsetforth byJudgeGoodmanonpagesseventh rough ten,inclusive,ofh i sde-ci si onseemtoi lsi rrefutableand'.veryconvinci ng,"Ch ai rmaniReedwroteth eAttorneyGen-eral.AttorneyGeneralRepliesInth eletterj ustreceivedbyCh ai rmanReed,AttorneyGen-,eralBrownellwrote:"Ih avereviewed th i scase and h avecometoth econclusionth atanappealsh ouldnotbetak enfromJudge Goodman's decisi on.Iagree with th e conclusionsreach edbyJudgeGoodman,es-peciallyi nviewofth edecisi onsofth eUni ted StatesSupremeCourti nMcGrath v.Kristen-sen,340U.S.162andMoserv.United States,341 U.S.41.Ih avenotifi edth eImmigrationandNaturalizati on Servicetodiscontinue th e oppositi ontopetiti onsfornaturalizati onofnon-declarantalienswh owereexempted from service under'th e1917and 1918Actsi fth eIonlygroundsforoppositi on i s'anallegedapplicati onforex--1emptionfrom mili taryserviceduringWorldWarI."MasYonemuraX>tOak land,VictorAbeofSanFrancisco,andWayneKanemotoofSanJosewereth eNi sei attorneyswh oasapublicservicerepre-sented Tsuj i i nth i s h i stori cmatter.EdwardJ.EnnisofNewYork City,counselforth eWash i ngtonJAtLOffice,alsopartici patedi nth eargumentsasafriendofth ecourt.NoTech ni calBarriersLeftMasaok adeclaredth atJACL'sinsi stenceth atCongressi ntend-edtoextendnaturalizati onpri-vilegestoallresidentJapanesealiens wi th outtech ni calbar-ri ersbeing i mposed,h as beenvindi cated.Heexpressed th eh opeth atth e Naturalizati onServicewouldnowexpediteth efi nalprocessing ofth e th ou-sandsofcasesth ath avebeenh elduponth i stech ni cali ty.

Grotto-buildernaturalizedfrEWCITIZENS:

LosAngelesIAbrah amLi ncolnandRyozoX*.Kado h aveafewth i ngs i nBommon,notth eleastofwh i ch■sloveofGodandcountry.[Th eGreatEmancipatorwasH>ornanAmericananAmerican;Hcado h adtowait63years—■3afterh i sarri vali nth i scoun-Kry—forth eprivi lege.Untilth e■McCarranActwaspassed,na-KivesofJapanwerebarredfrom■U.S.citi zensh i p.IOnLi ncoln'sBirth day,1954,HCado enteredFederalDistri ct■CourtaJapanesealienandleftIbfull-fledged citi zen ofth e■UnitedStates. " *\I"Iti sarealprivi lege.IamBiappytobecomeanAmerican■citi zenandai m tobeagood■American,"Kadosaid.

Venice-CulverCLersj Tak i ngth eoath ofallegiance■with h i matth esametimewas■h i swife,Hama.Standingby■th em wereth ei rtwo native-■born citi zens,th ei rch i ldren■LouisandIda,both Veni ce-

CulverJACLers.Nowth esupervisorofland-scapingforth eCath oli cceme-teriesofth eArch di ocese,Kadoisbestk nownforth e51grot-toesandsh ri nes h e h asbui ltduringth epast25years—th eexpressions i nstoneandflow-ers ofth eFai th h efound i n1929.Hebuilth i sfirstgrotto,asmallSt.Anth ony'ssh ri ne,forMrs.Ch arlesYonderAh e,i nth atyearandh i sfi rstLourdesgrottoayearlateratth eclois-teredCarmeliteconventi nAl-h ambra.Th ousandseach yearvisi th i sLourdesofth e Westi nAlta-dena,th eLourdesgrottoatIm-Imaculate Conception Ch urchandth esti llunfini sh edreplicaofLourdesatHolyCrossCeme-tery.Inrecentyearsh i slandscap-

i ngwork i nth ecemeteriesh asleftlittletimeforgrottobuild-i ng.Duringth ewaryears,th eKa-do family was evacuated toManzaOar, afterlosing th ei rnew h ome i n Santa Monicaandanurserybusinessth ath adbeenbui ltupoverth eyears.In1943,h elefttogotowork forth eMaryk nollFath ersi nNewYork .ToTourEurope i nMayIn May, th e bui lder of

Lourdesgrottoesandh i sdaugh -tertofulfillanoth erli feti medream.Th eywillmak eapil-grimagetoth eorigi nalSh ri neofOurLadyofLourdes i nFranceandth enewciti zenKa-dowillbecarryinganAmeri-canpassport.

" " *Stock tonTh i rteenJapanesealienstop-

pedth eli stof49newciti zensh erelastweek sworni nbySu-periorJudgeM.G.Woodward.Th egroupincluded:Nobuak i Wak abayash i ,Ben IsaoIwata,Sak i Sh i mak awa,Kazu Sh i -bata,SozoOmura,SadaoMorotomi,Frank MasaoOk una,Goich i Doi,Mi-saoSh i mozak i ,Ch i yok oUeda,Tosi-k o Sh i masak i ,Yosi k oMotoi k eandHayaMatsuo.

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Manwh oh elpedyouth i nAmericani smnaturalized

SeattleAmanwh oforth epastsix

years h as h elpedtrainSeattleyoungsterstobegoodAmericanciti zens becameanAmericanciti zenh i mselfFeb.15ataFed-eralCourtnaturalizati oncere-mony.HarryKurimoto,54,took h i s

oath ofallegiancealongwith 98oth ernew Americans beforeFederalJudgeWilli amJ.Lind-berg.Kurimoto,718-27th Aye.S.,i saSouth Seattleneigh borh oodcommissi onerforth eBoyScoutsofAmerica.Hebecameinter-ested i nScoutwork wh en h i si sonRobert,now 17, j oi neda;troop.Robert, a Garfield HighSch oolj uni or,wason h andforth enaturalizati onceremonyandj ustas proudas h i s fath er.YoungKurimoto i s now anEagleScoutandj uni orassistantScoutmasterofTroop252.Th erewere33Issei beingna-turalizedatth esameceremony.

Nisei j ewelersrobbedof$5,300

Ch i cagoTh reearmedyouth stiedstoreownerFrank Noda,35,andh i swife,Irene,28,i nth eback roomofth ei rj ewelrystore,1162%N.Clark St.,lastTuesdayandfledwith $5,300,mostly i nj ewelry.Th ebanditslootedth ecases,sh owwindowandcash drawers.Noda i saformerWatsonville

resident.

JAPANESETERM MAKESHEPCATS'LANGUAGE

SeattleEigh th undredcats,allrealgone and notoneagrease,crush ed i ntoUniv.ofWash -i ngtonlastweek totalk i tupfortwodaysaboutj ournal-i sm.Th eyallagreedi t'saj obtorth e h ai rlessmonk ey—notth e quietman.Butch ottoniatte,Joe.Nobodydigsallth at.Th us,teenage h i gh sch oolstudentlanguageeccentrici -ti esh avei ntroducedaJapa-nese term,"ch otto matte,"(meaning slow down) i ntoth ei rvocabulary.Zorch ,ehwot?(Translationcanbesup-pliedbyreturn mail.—Edi-tor.)

Eigh t-year-oldUtah ladsworni nasU.S.citi zen

SaltLak eCityLook i ngscrubbedandstarch -

ed i nfaultlessattire,BertDai-j i roKanek o,8,fairlybeamedlastweek wh enth ej udgesh ookh andswith Bert'smoth erand;congratluated h eronsponsor-i ngth eciti zensh i papplicati onforh erson.Bert,ath i rdgradepupilatLongfellow Sch ool,wh o li veswith h i s aprents and grand-parents,Mr.andMrs.BertY.Kanek o,at202ISt.,wasborni nCh i na.He was among th elargestgroupofforeign-bornch i ldrento-appearatonetimeforna-turalibati on i nUtah courtsonFeb.18.Inth ecaseofch i ldrenunder10,th egovernmentwaiv-edth ecustomaryoath ofal-legiance.Hismoth er,Mrs.SusieKane-

k o,i sSaltLak eCitych aptersecretary.Both ofh i sgrand-parentswereamongth efi rstIssei toreceiveciti zensh i p h eresinceth epassageofth eWalter-McCarranAct.AlsonaturalizedFeb.18be-foreJudgeRayVanCottJr.were:Sach lV.Kurisak i ,KisaoKuma-j fi ,Tosh i Inoway,Yosh i k oNak ai ,Teruk o Matsuk awa,Ch i yo OginoMatsumiya,Sh i geruTerak awa,JoeM.Ch otaroMiyagash i maandNaok iKobayash i .

"■" *SanFranciscoAnoth ergroupof28Issei and

onerepatriatedNisei wasgrant-edU.S.citi zensh i pTeb.15 i nth ecourtroomofFederalJudgeOliverCarter.

MASSATOW INFIRSTREVISITOFSALTLAKE

SaltLak eCityNationalJACLDirectorMasSatowpays h i sfi rstvisi th ereMar.2 since NationalHead-quarters,situatedh ereth epastdecade,wasmovedback toSanFranciscolastJune.He willaddress a public

meetingsponsoredbyth eMt.tianCh urch ,268W.IstSouth ,OlympusandSaltLak e Citych aptersatth eJapaneseCh ri s-nextTuesday,8p.m.Hewillspeak onth e10-pointNationalJACLlegislative program for1954.

MedicawardedBronzeStarlorh eroi sm i nKorea

SaltLak eCityASaltLak eserviceman,Sgt.Alfred H.Namba, h as beenawarded th e Bronze Starforh eroi cach i evementi nmili taryoperationsagainstth eenemyi nKorea,i twasannouncedMon-day.Sgt.Namba isasonofMr.and Mrs.MasuoNamba,660IversonSt.Amemberofamed-i caldetach ment,h eadmi ni ster-edfi rstaidand evacuatedawoundedmanfromanoutpostbunk erwith th e h elpoftwofirstaidmen.Wh i le h i spartywasdescendingth e h i lltosafe-ty,ah eavyenemymortarbar-ragewoundedth reeofth emenleftatth eoutpost.Th eactionoccurredJuly11,1953.Itwasth enth atSga.Namba,

disregarding h i spersonalsafe-ty, quick ly returned to th ebunk erto ch eck th ewoundedmen.Hefoundawoundedof-fi ceroutsideth e bunk er,andexposed h i mselftoh eavymor-tarfiretotak e h i m tosafety.Heth enadmini steredfi rstaidand provided sh elterforth ewoundedmanuntilth eycouldbeevacuated\osafety.

Ph armacyGraduateSgt.NambawasbornOct.19,

1928, i n Portland,Ore., andcametoSaltLak eCityatth ejage of14.Hewasgraduatedfrom Univ.ofUtah CollegeofPh armacy i nJune,1952,andentered th e serviceJuly 16,1952.HewentoverseasDec.22,1952.Sgt.Nambaisexpectedtore-turntoSaltLak eCityi nMarch .

'GrapesofWrath 'moviesti rsJapaneseCommies

HollywoodTentativeplansforreleaseof"Th eGrapesofWrath "i nJa-pani sli k elytobe j unk edfol-lowingsome agitati onto h aveth efi lmsh ownwasCommunist-i nspi red. _Th epropositi ontosh ow th efi lm i nJapancamefrom aTo-k yo distri buti onci rcui tas anexample ofdemocratic self-cri ti ci sm.Aforewordwastobeattach edexplaini ngth ati trep-resentedaspecialsituationandth atth efi lm wasi nstrumentali neffecting a solution.How-ever,eversinceth epicturewasmadei nth eStOjs,th eRedsHaveused i tforth ei rpurposes.

Doctordiesi nJapanTok yo

Dr.Yosh i mi ch i Kitsuda,68,Univ.ofCalifornia graduate,died ofh eartattack Feb. 15h ere.Hepracticed formanyyears with Dr.K.Kiyasu inSanFrancisco andalso prac-ticed i n Sacramento for 10yearsbeforereturning.Atth eti meofdeath ,h ewasonth eSt.Luk eHospitalstaff.

Negroch anleusetoadoptJapanese

Tok yoTwenty-month soldAk i oYa-mamotoi sgoingtobecomeanadopted son ofsinger-dancerJoseph i ne Bak er,th e Asah iSh i mbun reported lastweek .Th eJapaneseorph anwillleavewith h i sguardiannextmonthforFrance.Found i nYok oh ama h arbor,th eboywasbrough ttoth eEli-zabeth SaundersHomeforcare.Th eh omei srunbyMrs.Mi-k i Sawada,wifeofth eJapa-neseambassadortoth eUni tedNations,RenzoSawada.Sh eandMissBak erdateth ei rfriendsh i ptoth eearly 1930swh enMrs.Sawada'sh usbandwasstation-edatth eJapaneseembassyi nParis.Lastautumn,wh enth eyh ad

areunion i nParis,wh i leMrs.Sawadawasonafund-raisi ngcampaign,MissBak erexpress-edh erdesiretoadoptaJapa-neseorph an.

CoastGuardconvictsNiseidrugaddicttosixmonth s

HonoluluFrank T.Hirai ,20,stewards-manassignedtoth e14th CoastGuardDi stri cth ere,wascon-victedbyageneralcourtsmar-tialandsentencedtosixmonth sat h ard laborafterpleading.pi i i ltytoanarcoticsvi olatiorch arge,■■■"' *Th e*Honoluluyouth wasar-

restedNov.24andch argedwith'wrongfuluse ofh eroi n.Th eCoastGuardsaidh e,with th reeoth ermen,willforfeit$210 i npayduringth eperiodofcon-finement.

"Japanesebusinessmenh avesuggesteda$3-billi onpurch aseofNew Guineafrom th eAu-straliansandDutch toeaseth eJapanesepopulationproblem.

HewJapanenvoytoU.S.i nCanada

OttawaSadaoIguch i ,newly-appoin-ed Japanese ambassador toWash i ngton,arrived h ereth i sveek byairfrom Tok yo en-outetoh i snewpost.Hei sex-pectedtostayh ereuntilearlyMarch ,h opefulofsigni ngth eJapan-Canadatradepacti nne-gotiati onsincelastfall.Iguch i succeedsEi k i ch i Ara-k i ,wh oreturnedtoJapanonFeb.5before""resigni ng.'KotoMatsudaira,ForeignOf-fi ceadviser,wasnamedtosuc-ceedIguch i .

Idah oaccidentvicti mPaia.Maui

-Yok oNak amuraox i ai awask i lledmanautoaccidenti nIda-h o during th e fi rstweek ofFebruary,wh i leonh erwaytoCanada,accordingtowordre-ceivedbyh erparentsh ere.Sh eh ad successfully passed th eAmericanPh armacist'sExami-nati on aftergraduation fromth eUni v.ofColoradoSch oolofPh armacyandwastouringth enorth westatth etime.

Wash i ngtonNewsletterMIKEMASAOKA

THENFTW TAXBILL...Exceptforpossiblymi li tarysecurity,nolegislativematter

i nth ecurrentCongressmorepersonallyconcernseveryciti zenandalien i nth ecountryth anth enewtaxbill.Forth efi rsttimesinceth e1870s,Congress i sreviewi ng

th eentiretaxstructure.Ath ousandpagedraftisnowbeforeth eHouseWaysandMeansCommittee,wh i ch expectsth e j obofwadingth rough i t,i tem by i tem,totak eallofFebruary.Tech ni ci ansonth estaffofth eJoi ntCommitteeonInternalRevenueTaxationandTreasuryDepartmentexpertsh ammered'outth i sdrafti nmonth sofconcentratedeffortlastsummerandautumn.Th ough th eyreach edgeneralagreement,th erealbattleslieah ead i nth eWaysandMeansCommittee,i nth eCongress,and i nth eWh i teHouse.

Sinceth i si sanelectionyear,beforeth enewbillbe-comeslaw i twi llprobablybesubjectedtoth atbarnyardmaximbywh i ch politi ci ansh avelongtink eredwith th etax-i ngprocess:"Getth emostfeath ersforth eleastsquawk ."Butmoreth ananyoth ertaxbilli nourtime,th i sone,asi tgoestoCongress,reflectsa consistentth eoryof-4axation.THEWHITEHOUSEVIEW ...Th eRepublicanAdmini strationcame i ntoofficewith two

convicti onsabouttaxes.Both h averecentlybeenunderlinedbyPresidentEisenh ower.

1.Taxessh ouldbelower.Inh i sBudgetMessagetoCongress,th ePresidentdeclared:

"Th eobjecti vewillbetoreturntoth epeople,tospendforth em-selves i nth ei rownway,th elargestpossiblesh are ofth emoneyth atth eGovernmenth asbeenspendingforth em."

2. Taxreliefforbusinessdoesth eeconomymoregoodth anoth erk i ndsoftaxrelief.Inth esameBudgetMessage,th ePresidentdescribed h i s

objecti vesas"reducingth etaxbarrierstocontinuedeconomicIgrowth .Th eproposalswillencourageth ei ni ti ati veandinvest-mentwh i ch sti mulateproductionandproductivi tyandcreatebiggerpayrollsandbetterj obs."Inpresenting h i s25taxproposals,th ePresidenti ncludeda

numberofitemsforindi vi dualrelief."Revisi on ofth e taxsystem i sneededtomak etaxburdensfairerformilli onsofindi vi dualtaxpayers,"h esai d.Butwh erei ncentive,rath erth anequity,h asbgenth epurposeofth erevisi on,th ech angeh asIbeenmadeto"restoreconditi onswh i ch willpermittraditi onalAmericani ni ti ati veandproductiongeniustopush ontoeverh i gh erstandardsoflivi ngandemployment."Amongproposalsforindi vi dualtaxrelief,th elargesti sth atwh i ch affordspro-gressivereductionoverath reeyearperiod.Ontaxationofdivi -dendsreceived—in dollarterms—th emeasurewouldprovidereliefamountingtosome$240milli oni nth efi rstyear.

Th ebiggestofth esuggesti6nsfortaxreliefforcorporationswouldpermitfastertaxwrite-offsofth ecostofnewplantandequipment,estimatedtoreducecorporatei ncometaxesby"moreIfean$100milli on." -THEARGUMENTS...

Th eAdmini stration'stwo-pointth eoryoftaxationi snotgoingth rough Congresswith outbeing questioned.Doubtsarebeingraised,both i nCongressandwith out,aboutth esi zeand"Hiek i ndsoftaxcutsth ati ti swi setomak ei n1954.

Againstth eEi senh owerproposals,anoppositeargumentandanopposingth eoryoftaxationarebeingpressed.Sh ouldtaxesbeloweredmuch ,aslongasabigdefenseprogram isnecessary?Andi ftaxesaretobelowered,wouldn'ttaxre-lieftoth econsumersstimulateasiggi ngeconomyfasterth antaxrelict.toproducers?Here'sh owth eoppositi onputsi t:1. Wi th 68centsofeverydollarspentbyth eGovernmentearmark edfornationalsecurity,largetaxcutsmadenowriskth ecountry'ssafety.HouseMinori tyLeaderSamRayburnofTexassumsupth eDemocraticcase i nth esewords:"I'drath erbealivewith anempty"pock etbook th andeadwith afullone."SenatorStuartSymingtonofMissouri ch argesth atth eDefenseDepartmenti sfurth erpostponingth edevelopmentofourAirForceuntil1957Howdarewe,"h eask s,"postponefortwomoreyearsth eAirForceeverybodynowconsidersth emini mumrequirementforoursecurity?"Forth eAdmini stration,SecretaryofDefense Ch arlesEWilsonrepliesth ath i snewdefensebudgetgives"moreeffectivedefenseforlessmoney."Th i si sth eremark th ath asbeenfreelytranslatedas"abiggerbangforabuck ."Secretaryofth eTreasuryGeorgeM.Humph reyback suph i scolleaguewith -"Biereductions i nsecurityspendingcanonlycomefromperfecting

mo'rfey ""*"*effeCtivedefensePr°gram wh i ch costs less

nrr.Ji h nlfnre"£°Tco!umers*"m°"stimulatingtoth eecon-omyth antaxrelieffori nvestors.f Forth eaffirmative,PresidentGeorgeMeanyofth eAmeri-S£h £?£ai-n f°rS3yS:"PresentlowPersonalexemptionswith h i gh li vi ngcostscontinuetostressth eneedforsubstantialtaxrelief"forth osewith taxableneti ncomesoflessth an$2000,yearly.CongressofIndustrialOrganizati onsVicePresidentErniReevesemph asi zed:"Th ereisnopromisetodoanyth i ngaboutth egreatest i nequi tyofall-th eth orough lyi nadequate$600personali ncometaxexemption.Increasingth i sexemptionsh ouldsinJW "P"*""ltostrength enth eeconomy-Sen.J.W Fulbngh tofArk ansasremark s:"Asofth emomenti tseemstometh atweareproducingmoreth anwec"nTon-Mime,andIwouldbelook i ngformeansi mmedi atelytoi ncreaseourpurch asi ngpower."

y i ncrease

„_For negative,TreasurySecretaryHumph reyreplies-"Th egoose th atlaysth egoldenegg i sproduction-payrollsmak econsumption;stoppayrollsandyoustopconsumptionautomatically."Sen.Ralph E.FlandersofVermontrrnTnds h i sfe°llow.Republicansth at"weh adexperiencewith endeavoringtosolveth eproblem ofunemploymentbyconsumerexpendituresalon"between 1933and 1940.PresidentofGeneSKSRalph J.Cordinerconcludes:"Amajori ssueatVtaKwh eth Sornottaxch angeswillbemadewh i ch willgivegreaterstimulultoth ei nvestmentofprivatefundsi nth edevelopmentofpTants%£%s?,££*"th ataresummedupi nth e"&££&

Issei ci ti zenscitedfari ncreaseofnaturalizati on

SanFranciscoAbig.increase i nnaturaliza-ti onofaliensi nNorth ernCali-fornia i santici patedth i syearbyth eSanFranciscoImmigra-tionandNaturalizati onServicedi stri ctoffice.BruceB.Barber,distri ctdi-rector h ere,addressedalun-ch eonmeetingofth ePropellorClubofth emarine i ndustryatth eHotelSt.Francislastweek ,andpointedoutth erewereonlyabout5.000newciti zensi npast■<">ars.With th epassageofth eWalter-McCarranact,moreper-sons h avebeenmadeeligi bleand Barber estimated some18,000North ernCaliforniaali enswillbecomenaturalibedth i syear.Severalth ousandalienIsseiaresch eduledi nth efigure,sur-misedth eNi ch i bei Ti mes.LocalAreaExaminati onsLocalareanaturalizati onof-fi cesofth edi stri ctaremak i ngth ei rownarrangementstogivetests i nJapanesetoth eali enIssei,i twaslearnedfromH.J.Hart,ch i efofth enationalitysection.Th e San Francisco di stri ctoffice h ad planned to sendgroupstovariousciti estoaidlocalarea offices.Butwithfundscurrentlylack i ngtocar-ryoutth i sprogram,localar-rangementsarebeing made.Th eSacramentoofficeh asal-

readylaunch edi tsownmassex-aminati onprogram.

TOKYO SISTERACTTOJOINRINGLING CIRCUS

Tok yoFuj i k o and Haruk o Sh i ba,wh owork aswitch onth etra-diti onalunicycleandh i gh -wi reactsastopJapanesecircusstars,areU.S.-boundtoj oi nth eRing-li ngBros.Barnum andBaileycircus.Unk ycli stFuj i k omaneuversh erveh i cleth rough anobstacleoourse ofliqui d-fi lled bottleswh i leblindfolded.Heractcli-maxeswh ensh eclearsth estageofth ebottleswi th outspilli ngadrop.High -wi re artistHaruk owalk sandbouncesonth ecable,evenliesdown,balancesi npre-cariouspositi onsandevendoesa h andstandonth esuspendedwire.

Nisei aboardsh i pfindi ngalbacorenorth ofHawai i

HonoluluSeveralNisei aremembersofth eU.S.Fish andWildli fere-search vesselJoh nR.Manning,wh i ch i snow i n"watersnorthofth eterritory uncovering avastnewfish i nggroundwh erealbacoretunamaybetak en.Al-bacoreh asneverbeenfoundi nth esenorth ernwatersbefore.I.Ik eh ara,marinebiologist,

h astagged 24ofth etunatoaid i n migration pattern re-search .Oth erNisei serveaboardth esh i pascrewmembers.

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PERSONAL PIFFLFS —Wh enweadvisedHi rosh i Mi-yamura,th eMHandTOYMwinnerfrom Gallup,N.M.,th atwei ntendedtocontinueourmoralsupportofth eJA-CL,h eurgedus,"Keepi tup,"andh i sencouragementgave"usamigh tylift.—BuddFuk eiNorth westTimes.

Newera i nfranspacifi caByGEORGE INAGAKI

ABOARD JAPANAIRLINERTOTOKYO:

VeniceHomeagainanddespiteth emessofwork th ath aspileduponme,Icanlook back onth eJAL'striptoJapanonlywithth egreatestpleasure.Itwasalotoffun,everyth i ngprovedmosti nterestingandth ewh oleti mespentwasofth emostpleasant"nature.Th eabovefeeling i snotj ustmyreactionbutth atofevery-one wh opartici pated.You'veprobablyreadth ereamsofstuffth atSaburoKi doh aswri tteni nth eSh i nNi ch i bei .InSouth ernCalifornia,manyofyou h avebeenreadingArtRyon'sreporti nth eTi mesandInoticedth atPink yVaugh nh asstartedtowritei nth eL.A.Ex-aminer'stravelsection.Ih ear|th atoth erwri tersi noth erareasarereportingth etrip i nth esameglowingvein."SuccessfulPressFli-rh tAllth i saddsuptoth efactth atJapanAirLinesreallydidabang-up j obonth i spressfligh tprogram.Afterall,presspeopleareaprettycallousedlotandyoucan'tputanyth i ngoveronth em.Th eycanseeth rougharti fi ci ali tymi gh tyquick .Togetth ewonderfulreactionth atJALdidfromth esepeoplei sacredittoJAL'ssincerityandtoth etremendousefforti tputi ntoth eplanningofth ei ti ner-ary.Icouldn'th elpbutfeelveryproudofJALfordoingsuch afirstclass j obofth i spublicre-'lationsprogram.Infact,i th asgivenmenewfaith i nth eeffortsth atJapanasawh ole i sexertingtore-jestablish h erself because 11th i nk th atJALisbutoneex-ampleofh erover-allefforts.Complexiti esofProblemForth esamereason,Ith i nkth atIcanseesomeofth ecom-!plex problemsth atJapan i sfacing.Tak eJAL,forinstance.Sh ei sj umpi ngi ntoaverycom-petiti vefieldofalreadyestab-li sh edai rli nes.Nolessth anfourteenairli nescomei ntoJapanfromth eEast.Onth etranspacifi croutetoth ewest,sh emustcompetewithPanAm,North west,Ph i li ppi neALandth eCanadianAirli nes.Ontopofth i s,sh eh astocom-batth enaturalreluctance ofpassengerstorideaso-called"unproven"carrier.Th i si spe-culiarh umanpsych ologywh i chseemstoexisti nspiteofth efactth atwe k now th atth e

planesusedareDC-6BsfwbyAmericancrews ofm«th anamilli onmiles,oftram!pacifi c experience.We k m"th atth emaintenancepersonsi sth esameasth atwh i ch taizcareofUnitedAirli nepC?And,we k nowth atextratentionandcarearebeing»Vertedbecauseto h aveanacri identh appenatth i sstagewouMprovedisastroustoJAL'sne*venture.

Tough Row toHoeTh ereisnodenyingth atJALli k eth eJapanesenationitselfi sh avi ngatough row to h oeAnd,asth eJapanesenationh asourgovernment'sblessings soh asJapanAirLines,Ith i nkEveryforwardstepth atj a.panmak esi nreestablish i ngh ereconomyandJierself,somuchofRussia'saspirati ons i nth atk eycountryofAsia arere.tarded.JAL'snewoverseaspassengercarryingventure i san i m.portantexperimenti nth atcountry'seffortstoenteri ntoth eeconomicfi eldoffreena.tions.Itssuccessor.failurewillh ave a tremendous i nfluenceuponh ermorale.AsanAmerican,vitallyin.terested i nth estrength eni ngo|th i s democratic nationwh i chstandsasabulwark againstth espreadofcommunisti ci nfluenceoverth ePacifi carea,Icannoth elpbutfeelth ati tbeh oovesusto wish th i sneweffortofJapaneverysuccess i ni tsnewexpansionprogram.

JAL—Pacifi c SymbolFormypart,Iam h opi ngth atth ese "WingsofNew Japan"wi llcontinuei ndefi ni telytoflyth e Pacifi c as a symbololfriendsh i pandcooperationbe-tweenth esetwocountries.Pardonmefordeviati ngabitioutofch aracterbutIwarnedyouth atth i striptoJapanh adaprofound i nfluenceonme.Anyway,wh atIwouldli k etoseei salotofNisei goovertotak eaganderforth emselves.Tak ei tfromme(andIwouldneverfora momentth i nk o!steering you wrong), youTlreallyfind i twellworth th «timeandmoney.Andi f,bysomestrangerea-

son,you don'tfind i tworth -wh i le,I'lldomybesttoh aveJALrefundyourdough .

" " "(Nextweek ,SaburoKidowillwrite of h i s "Observations"specifi callyforth ePacifi cCiti -zen—Th eEdi tor.)

GIbabyorph ansi nJapanByHARRYK.HONDA

VERYTRULYYOURS:

Th reewritersofth reedif-ferentclimesare simultan-eouslypeggingatth esamei s-sue:GIbabyorph ans...KeyesBeech ,wh o h asbeentellingth e h uman-sideofTo-k yoforth e Ch i cago DailyNewssyndicate,recentlyre-portedU.S.consularauth ori -ti esh addisclosedth erewere13,000JapanesebridesofAm-ericanservicemensince1945Andofth ese,10,000h adgoneto America tak i ng about20,000GIbabieswith th em...Th esestatisti cscomewithoth er i nteresting data con-cerning mixedmarriagesmadei nconnectionwith are-centmeetingofth eAmericanJointCommitteeforAssisti ngJapanese-AmericanOrph ansasubjectcurrentlytreatedbySaburoKi do i nth eNewJa-paneseAmericanNews."..Onth esameproblem,JamesMich ener(longfamousforh i sTalesofth eSouth Paci fi candrecentlySayonara)stirsth econscience ofAmericansath omewith h i s-arti clei nth eMarch Reader'sDigest.

Allth reeh appi lyreportar-myregulationsh avebeenre-laxedto mak eGl-Japanesemarriagesmorerespectablei nth eeyesofAmericanmili tarybyremovingsomeofth e*red*tape. .Th erearesevertlstoriesm th epastweek re-Jatingcasesofsoldiersreturn-

i ngto Japantomak eth ei rSh i ntowedding"legal"withAmericantrimmi ngsofaUS.ci vi lceremony...Butth eh eartofth estoryliesi nth eoutcomeofGIbabyorph ans—3,289 ofmixed ancestrylivi ng i nJapan wh o h avebeenabandonedbyth ei rfa-th ers.Th i sfiguretfomesfrom th eJapaneseWel-fareMini stry...Ofth esech i ldren;482are i n i nsti tu-tions,th eremainderi ncareofmoth ers,relatives,etc....Some300 h avebeenadoptedalreadybyAmericancouplesi nJapan.Butpublic-spiri tedAmericans i nTok yo(includ-i ngSam Ish i k awa,TamotsuMurayama,MissEsth erRh oads,Fath erLeopoldTibe-sar—tonameafewk nowntoPC readers) h aveorganizedth ei rcommitteetofindh omesforth eorph ansi nAmerica.

Underth e 1953 RefugeeAct,4,000orph ansunderth eageof10maybeadmittedi nth enextfewyears.Th ecom-mittee h opestofind h omesforatleast500 Japanese-Americanch i ldren...Th ecommitteeclearlyrecognizes,andsodooth ers,th atth eseGIbabiesh aveAmericancit-'i zensh i pbyreason ofth ei rfath erh ood.Ith as alwaysjbeen'anAmerican traiti ffh elpth e"underdog"— andth eseyoungsterscertainlyqualifyforsuch attention.

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" " "MissGloriaKanemura,nowdancingi nNewYork ,represen-tedth e Hawai i an Islands asMissHonoluluduringth e,recentweek -longWinterCarnivalfes-tivali nSt.Paul-Minneapolis.

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Sh ok i Furuya,JapaneseOr-ph anyouth ,wi llenterFath erFlanagan's Boystown Hi ghSch ooli nJuneandremainforlouryears,Msgr.Nich olasWeg-ner,director,saidlastweek .Hei stouringorph anagesandch i l-dreni nsti tuti onsi nJapan.

HonoluluNewsletterLAWRENCE NAKATSUKA

Businessofracerelations...i Everynowandth enawriterorastudentofracerelationscomestotownand,i nafriendlyyetsomewh atsk epti caltone,ask sth equestion:"Isi treallytrueth atth edifferentracessetalongsowellh ere?Isn'tth eresomefricti on?"Iti snotsurprisi ng,ofcourse,th atsuch aquestioni sask ed.

Th esk epti ci sm apparentlyarisesfromth efactth atHawai i h asbeenboostedi nternationallyasa"meltingpotofraces"andth i sreputationi ssounique,i tdeservesmoreth anasurfacestudy.Asan i nterestedobservercanlearnforh i mself,th ereare

somefeaturesaboutth eracialpicture i nHawai i th atdon'tfi t.Forexample,unwrittenagreementsare saidtorestrict

certainracialgroupsfrom settlingonsomech oi ceparcelsoflandi nHonolulu.Onth eoth erh and,h owmuch ofademandisth ereamongth eexcludedgroupsforsuch lots,wh i ch areusuallyunderleaseandsellingforfancysums?Inemployment,wh ydosomebusinessesspecify,i nnews-

paperads,preferenceforapplicantsofcertainraces?And isth i si snotapracticei ndulgedi nbyemployersofallraces?Ifth erei sracialdi scri mi nati oni nj obs,wh ywon'tpublic

opi ni on i nHawai i supportafairemploymentpracticesact?(Sinceanattempttopasssuch alawfailedseveralyearsagobecauseoflack ofpublicsupport,nooneh asi ntroducedsuch abilli nth eterritori allegislature.)Wh ywasth eresuch apublicfurorewh enex-Swimmi ng

Ch ampKeoNak ama,aNisei ,wasbarredbyaWai k i k i clubfrom h avi nglunch with h i sh ostandfellowswimmerBillSmith ?Yetsocial-andbusinessgroupsorganizedalongracialli nes

continuetoflourish i nth e i slands,with outpubliccriti ci sm.Wh ydosomepeopleopposestateh oodforHawai i onaccount

ofth ei rfearof"Orientaldominati on,"yetcontinuetodobusi-nesswith Orientals.Th eseemingi ncongruityandi nconsistencyi ndi catedbysuch

Questionscanbaffleeventh elong-timeresidents.

" * *But,h avi ngexploredth esequeries,th eobserver,,wh eth eranewcomeroranoldtimeri nHawai i ,wouldbelessth anh onestandfair-mi nded i fh ecameupwith anyconclusionoth erth anth atHawai i i sdoingri gh twelli ni tsracerelations,despitesomeh andi caps.Th eobserver,i sli k elytoagree,Ith i nk ,with ex-Maj.MITSU-

YOSHIFUKtfDA,442ndCombatTeam veteran,wh oi squotedi narecentNewsweek magazinearticleonHawai i anstateh ood,asfollows:"Th ere'snoplace i nth eworldwh eresomanyracialgroups

i nterminglewi th amini mum offricti onandsegregation.It'snotperfect,'ofcourse,buti t'sgettingbetterallth eti me."

Wash i ngtonlegislatorsi nformedofL.A.bottleneck i nIssei naturalizati onprocess

LosAngelesTh eseriousbottleneck atth eImmigrationandNaturalizati onServiceoffice i nLos Angeleswasrecentlycalledtoth eat-tentionofk eymembersofCon-gress,pointi ngoutagreatde-[layi nth eprocessingofnatural-i zati onpetiti onsfiledbylocalIssei.,Inletters addressedto six

senatorsandsevencongressmen,TatsKush i da,PSW regionaldi-rector,andKenDyo,PSWDCch ai rman, describedth e di li -!genteffortsbeingmadebyh un-:dreds ofIssei wh o conscien-tiouslyprepareforth ei rnatur-!alizati on,ofth emanyAmeri-canizati onclassesorganizedby

th eJACLandoth ergroups,of|th eadvancedageofth eIssei,ofith eeigh t-month sback logatth eI&NSofficeduetobeing"Ith ort-staffedandofth eti melagbe-tweenth edateofexaminati onanddateofswearing i n.Th eyurged th atappropriati onsbepassedto i ncreaseth egovern-ment'sstaffofexaminers,i n-vestigatorsandi nterpreters.

12Month sBack logAnoffici alofth eI&NSof-fi celastweek i nformedKush i -jdath ati tsstaffofexaminers,'th rough resi gnationsandoth erreasons, h ad beenreduced tofour,with notmoreth antwoofth emassignedregularlyforna-1turalizati on examinati ons onanyparticularday,andth atal-'readyth eaccumulatedback logofpetiti onstobeprocessed i snearlytwelvemonth s.Sen.PatMcCarran(D.,Nev.),rank i ngDemocraticmemberofth eSenateJudici aryCommitteeandmemberofth eSenateAp-propriati onsCommittee,repliedth ath ei stak i ng,upth ematterwith Commissi onerofImmigra-tion,ArgyleMack ey,asdidSen.Wi lli am Langer(R.,N.Dak .),ch ai rmanofth eSenateJudici -aryCommitteeandSen.Arth urV.Watk i ns(R.,Utah ),ch ai r-manofth eSenateSubcommit-teeonImmigrationandNatur-1alizati on.Rep,Joh nJ.RooneyI(D.,N.Y.),memberofth eHouseAppropriati onsCommittee ex-pressedh i sbeli efth atth eworkgiven th e I&NS sh ould bepromptlycarriedoutbutnotedth atnextyear'sbudgetforth i sagencynowbeingconsideredi sverymuch below th ecurrentfiscalyearappropriati ons.

Inquiri esBeing:MadeWalterM.Besterman,legis-lativeassistantto th e HouseJudici aryCommittee,advisedth ati nqui ri esarebeingmade.righ tnow regarding stepstotak e i nordertoalleviateth esi tuation.Hereferredtolettersth atDyoandKush i dah adsenttomembersofth i scommittee,Reps.Ch aunceyW.Reed (R.,111.),ch ai rman,andFrancisE.Walter(D.,Pa.).Simi larlettersexpressingdis-satisfactionwith th eperform-anceofth eLosAngelesI&NSofficeweresentbyJACLch ap-terstocongressmenfromth ei rdi stri cts andto th e senatorsfromCalifornia. "

HarveyMott,assistanttoGov.PyleofArizona,receivesateasetfrom Mrs.MaureyCarlton(neeMacCh tek oKumasbiro),blindNisei"ambassadorofgoodwill,"with th egoodwish esfrom h eruncleDr.Tak ataKobayash i ofUk ayamaandth eDowntownLosAngelesJACI*ch apter.Sh e i scurrentlyunderth ecareofDr.A.E.Cruth i rdsofPh oeni x,wh oh opestorestoreagreatpercentageofh ervi si onth rough

th enew h ydrosulph osoltreatments.Wh i lei nAri zonalastweek ,sh eandh erh usband,ofth eCaliforniaReh abi li tati onforth eBli ndprogramwere h onoredbyJoh nTadanoandTom Kadomotoofth eAri zonaJACL.—cutcourtesySh i nNlch i bei .

IN HONOR OF

Mrs.BenNagai waspresen-tedan h onorarylifemember-sh i pPTApinbyth eMercediCountycouncil.Sh ewaspastj uni orpresident.Mrs.C.G.Willi ams,Turlock ,statePTAtreasurer,madeth epresenta-tion.

" * *SumiyeNerio,educationma-j oratLosAngelesStateCollege,andSouth westLosAngelesJA-CLer,wasawardeda$150grantrecentlytopursuefurth ergrad-uatestudiesi nteach i ng.

"Underanewbillrecentlyi ntroduced, Japanese sch oolteach erscanbe i mpri sonedforth reeyearsandli ned$280forpoliti calcampaigni ngormem-bersh i psolici tati on i npoliti calorganizati ons.

Nisei girlpleadsguiltytosh opli fti ngch arge

Toronto"Ifmemoryservescorrectly,th i si sth efi rsttimeaJapanesegirlh asbeenconvictedofth efti nToronto,"alocalmagistratecommentedi nsentencinga 20--year-oldNisei girlofpettyth eftlastweek .Sh epleadedguiltytoaseries

ofsnatch esfrom adepartmentstore,sh opli fti ngbook s,facelo-tionsandpanties.

WestL.A.medicoWestLosAngeles

Dr.Tom Abe,ph ysi ci anandsurgeon,wh oh aspracticedth epasteigh tyearsi nCh i cago,th i sweek opensforgeneralpracticeh ere at2019 SawtelleBlvd.Since h i sarri valh ere, h e h asbecomeamemberofth estaffofSantaMonicaHospitalandth eLosAngelesJapaneseHos-pital.

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Broth erh oodAwards...Forth ei rwork i nadvancing"betterh umanrelationson aneigh borh ood level," 24 menand women received specialawardsfromth eNationalCon-ferenceofCh ri sti anandJewsi nacityh allceremony...TwowereofJapanese ancestry:REV. JITSUO MORIKAWA,1516E.61stSt.,forputtingi nto,practicei nh i scongregation,th eFi rstBaptistCh urch ,th eBi bli -cali nj uncti on,"Loveth yneigh -bor";andtoMRS.RICHARDMIYAKI,1541N.WellsSt.,forh erbroth erh oodprogram i nh erneigh borh ood...Alsoh onoredwereMrs.DoloresPelcHaring,forh erj obofi ntegratingmem-bersofth eNegro,Ch i nese,Ja-paneseandPuertoRicanpeople;andMr.andMrs.ElmerSh i r-rellforth ei rparti nJapaneseresettlementwork .

AroundWindyCity...Sundaylectures(3p.m.)atArtInstituteFullertonHallforth ecom-i ngmonth sch eduleDr.WatsononBrazili anadventures.Mar.7-14,and."GoldenLigh tofDark estAfrica,"Mar.21-28.

"""CareeronStateSt."isth etopicofMaryLouiseFreeburg-er,memberofth eMandelBros,managementcommittee,atth enextCh i cago JACL month lymeeting.Mar.19,8:15p.m.atth eWoodrowWilsonRoom,13thfloor,116 S.Mich i ganAye.Itwillbeofspecial i nteresttocollegeandh i gh sch oolgradu-ates i nterested i nacareeronmerch andi si ng.

"" Th e Ch i cagoBuddh i stCh urch CubScoutsth i sweekcelebrated with a dinnerth e24th anniversaryofCubScout-i ng i nAmerica...Th eCh i ca-gobranch NAACPacceptedth e$5,000 quota i nth e"Figh tforFreedom"fund,anationalmil-lion-dollarcampaign to wipeoutallracialdiscri mi nati onandsegregationi nth eUni tedStatesby 1963—th e100th anni versaryofth eEmancipati onProclama-ti on...Th eMexicanAmericanCouncilunderth eleadersh i pofMartinOrtizh asbecomeaCom-munityFundAgency.

" " "With th etransferofMarcusTNeelytoElPaso,Tex.,aliensmug-glingh otspot,WALTERA.SAHLI,48,deputydistri ctdi rectorforfouryarsi nMi ami ,wi llbenewdistri ctdi rectorofth eCh i cagoImmigrationandNaturalizati onServiceoffice.

OfPeople...HARRYK.SHIGETA,Hon.

FPSA.discussedcontemporarypictorialph otograph ybeforeth eFt.Dearborn-Ch i cago CameraClubrecently...SATTAKE-MOTO,4356S.Lak ePark Aye.,h ostedth elastmonth lymeetingofth eCo-OperativeInvestors.

"Th efi rstNisei tograduatefrom North westTech nologicalInstituteaselectricalengineerwasJIMYAMASAKI,formerlyofTracy,Calif.,i nMarch ,1949.He h adattendedUniv.ofCali-forniabeforeth ewar,relocatedtoGilaRi verWRAcamp,th enwenttoUniv.ofUtah i n1943--44 on aPresbyterian ch urchsch olarsh i p...HeandCARLTOMAKI(nowi nLosAngeles)wereth efi rstNisei tobecom-missi onedsecondlieutenantsi nth eCorpsofEngineersatFt.Belvoir,Va.Afterservingwithth eCIC i nJapan,JimcametoCh i cago i n January,1947.AtNTI*h emadetwonationalen-gineering h onorsocieti es,Tau

SetaPi andEtaKappaNu...cmarriedBETTYSUYAMA,formerlyofHelena,Mont.,ayearlater.Th ey h aveoneboy,CRAIG3%...InOctober,'l9sl,th e Ynmasak i s moved to LaSalle,100mi lessouth westofCh i cagobyth eIllinoi sRiver.Hei sa memberofth eCongrega-ti onalCh urch andRotaryClubth ere.Alwaysask edto speakofth eNisei ,h e"oncereadMi k eMasaok a'sJapaneseAmericanCreedataRotarymeetingandreceivedafineovation...Aselectricalengineerforafirmmak i ngelectricalrotaryequip-ment,th eYamasak i sareth eon-lyNisei i ntown...Lastweek -end,th ey were visi ti ng h i swife'sbroth erand sisterFRANKandMARYANNSU-

YAMA,onE.62ndSt....Jim'stwosistersareMAUDE (nowMrs.KAY YAMATO) andJEAN(nowMrs.TACHUCHI-DA),wh oseh usbandsarepart-nersi n"Orch i dsofHawai i "i nNewYork City.KAYh ai lsfromHawai i ;TAGH from Brawley,Calif.Tlieyeach h aveonech i ldi nth ei rfamili es.

CHAPTER MEMO

ClevelandJACL:Mak i ng i tssi xth annualvi si ttoKaramuTh eaterFeb.14,anappreciati veaudienceenjoyedWilli am Sa-royan's play,"Time ofYourLife."ArrangementsweremadebyJoh nMatsush i ma,v.p.,as-sistedby:"Helen Nak agawa, Frank Ik uta,GeorgeOno,JimandSueDote,Hel-enAk i ya,GraceAndow,Lilli anHa-sh i ba,Mitch Hash i guch i ,FredIk e-da,JuneTak eta,Sach i eTanak aandGeorgeUch i mi ya.

Mile-Hi JACL:JudgePh i li pB.Gilli am ofth e j uveni leandfamilycourti sth emai nspeak eratth ech aptermeetingtomor-rowatth eTabernacle,20th andLawrenceSts.Th e j udgei sna-tionalpresidentofth eJuvenileJudgesAssociati onofAmericaandisanoutstandingauth ori tyofdomesticrelationsproblems.WestLosAngelesJACL:Th e1954ch aptermembersh i pdrivestartedth i sweek with adoor-to-doorcampaign under co-eh ai rmansh i pofDaveAk ash iandAk i Oh no,i twasannouncedbyElmerUch i da,ch apterpres-i dent.Milwauk eeJACL:Dr.Randy

Sak ada,past nationalJACLpresident,ofCh i cagowas i n-stallingofficerofth enewch ap-tercabineth eadedth i syearbyTak i oKataok a.PlacerCounty JACL:Th ecommunity-wide-picni c h asbeensetforApr.4(Sunday)atth e JACL Recreation Park ,Penryn.Apicni cballwillpre-cedeth eall-dayfestivi ti esth eprecedingni gh t,atwh i ch ti meth epicni cqueencandidateswillbei ntroduced.SanFranciscoJACL:Anur-

gentappealtoreplenish th ech apterbloodbank reservewasmadeth i sweek .Th ereserve i sbeingmaintai nedforusebyth eJapanesecommunityatlarge.Sincesome ofth ecalls h avebeencutforout-of-townpa-tients,th eappeali sbeingex-tendedtonon-SanFranciscans.Ark ansasValleyJACL:Ugi

Harada,ch apterpresident,saidacommunitymeeting i nRock yFord,Colo., i sbeingplannedMar.3to h earNationalJACLDirectorMasaoSatowandMmYasui.NewslettersReceived:Ch i ca-

goJACLer(Feb.);Rich mond-ElCerrito(Feb.);SanDiego(Feb.);DetroitJACL(Jan.).

GEORGEBABAELECTEDASSTOCKTONCLPRESIDENT

Stock tonElectionswere h eldth roughth emai landGeorgeBabawasrecentlych osentodirectth eac-tivi ti esofth eStock tonJACLfor1954.HesucceedsSamItaya,wh oi screditedforleadingth eorganizati ontoreceive secondplaceawardi nth e"Ch apterofth eYear'contestconductedbyth eNCWNdi stri ctcouncil.Assisti ngBabaare:FredDobana,Istv.p.;Sam Itaya,2ndv.p.;Joh nYamaguch i ,treas.;LouiseBaba,rec.sec;HiroMorita,cor.sec;Mrs.Mariedi Carli,FrankInamasu, soc;ArtHisak a, Isseirel.;Jack Sugimoto,Sid Yamada,sgts.-at-arms;Jack Matsumoto,JoeOmach i ,Yuk i Sh i noda,YoTerasita,exec.bd.

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FowlerAttorney HowardRenge,FowlerJACLch apterpresident,announcedSh i gUch i yama(treas.)willbech ai rmanofth emembersh i pdriveforth elocalch apter.Boardofgovernorswillassisti nth ecampaign.Assisti ngare:Fowler—FredHonda.GeorgeSh i -

rnoda,RoyKato;lowaDistri ct—TomT.Nak amura,Kiyosh i Tani guch iJames Morish i ge; South west—MasTsuboi,Ich i Tak eno;North east—GeorgeNak ayama,Tak Masumoto,KazHiyama;South east—JoeYosh i -mura,Frank Sak oh i ra.Ch uck Ide-ta;North west—TomMuk ai ,JoeYo-k omi ,andFrank Teraok a.

Formerstudentsofth eDetroitJACL-sponsorednaturalizati onclassrecentlypassing:th ei rexaminati oni nclude(lefttorigh t)frontrow:Mmes.Osame Sh i moda,Sh i k aye Sh i buta,MisaoOsh i k a,MasaKosai,Mach i k o Ik eda,Ich i k oHoriuch i ;backrow:EitaroNanjo,Tamesuk eSh i mok och i ,Ri h ach i Ik eda,TaizoKok ubo,Mmes.Sh i zi rMamoandTaruInouye.Notpicturedbuth avi ng-passedwereSh i ezoMiyamoto.Sueh i rdKosai,Mr.andMrs.Yasuich i Tesh i maandMrs.Sh i zuh oNak amura.

Ch apterclini cmaineventatEDCmeetingMar.13i nPh i ladelph i a

Ph i ladelph i aTh eEasternDi stri ctJACL

councilwill h old a one-daymeeting wh i ch willfeatureach apterclini cmoderatedbyTadMasaok a,abanquetwith Mi k eMasaok aasma*inspeak er,anddanceatth eHotelPenn-Sh er-

wood,39th andCh estnutSts.K.Willi am Sasagawa,gener-alch ai rman,i sbeing assistedby:AliceEndo,reg.;BettyWatanabe,h ousi ng;Nobi Kobayash i ,dance;Dr.Tom Tamak i ,program;Sim Endo,Issei recogniti on;Mrs.SusanSasa-gawa,banquet;and Mrs.GrayceUyeh ara,pub.Th eregistrationofdelegates

and boosters from th e fourch apters ofth e di stri ctNewYork ,Ph i ladelph i a, SeabrookandD.C.)willbeginat12noon.MasSatowandMi k eMasaok aandch apterrepresentativeswillpartici pate i nth ech apterclini c,tobe followed by abusinessmeetingch ai redbyIraSh i ma-sak i ,EDCch ai rman.AnotedPh i ladelph i anwillbe

guestspeak eratth ebanquet,followedbyanorch estradanceatth eh otel.

Berk eleyCL i nstallationdinner-danceplansset

Berk eleyDaneKato'ssix-pi eceorch es-tra h asbeenengagedforth ei nformaldance,Mar.5,atth eMi raVistaCountryClub i nElCerritobyth eBerk eleyJACL,wh i ch i nstallsitsnew cabinetata7p.m.dinnerprecedingth edance.Ducatsforth edi nner-danceis$4perperson.Reservationsforth eannualaffairarebeingaccepted by committee,1447AdaSt.,Berk eley.Committeeish eadedbyBobTak efulj i ,TadHirota,co-ch ai rmen,assistedby:Dr.Ei i ch i Tsuch i da,AllanAsa-k awa,BenFuk utome,MaryKam-bara,andTadNak amura.Over 75 reservations h ave

been made,according toTadHirota.Entertainmentspecial-ties i ncludeactsbyCliffSugi-moto,Sh oei Ik emi ,BillVictorand Primrose Kealak u (h uladancer).Tick etsareavailablefrom ch apter members andfrom:Bob's TV,Dane's BarberSh op,Jack 's Radio Service, Nak amuraRealty,andNomuraBros.AutoSer-vice.

URGE SPECIALNIGHTTOREGISTERISSEIVOTERS

SacramentoSpecialregistration ni gh tsfornaturalizedIssei ci ti zensasqualifi edvoterswerere-commendedtoch aptersatth erecentNCWNDi stri ctCouncilmeetingh erebyEvelynMer-son,executive secretary ofCaliforniaFederationofCivi cUnity.Th osewh oaregrantedciti -

zensh i p 90 days beforeth eelectiondateareeligi bletovoteinth atelection,sh ead-vi sed.Th osewh odi dnotvotei nth e1952generalelections,orth osewh oh avemovedorh avech anged th ei rnames,mustre-iegi stertovotei nth eforth comi ngJunestatepri-maries. /

Ch i cagoCLcredituniondeclares4%divi dend

Ch i cagoFouri ncumbentsandonenewmemberwere electedto th eCh i cago JACL CreditUni onboardrecently.Forth efi fthstraigh tyear,a4% divi dendwasdeclaredforsh areh olders.

Over300signedforearlyCh i cagoCLboost

Ch i cagoOver300membersh avebeen

signedupfor1954,reportsDr.JoeNak ayama,Ch i cagoch ap-termembersh i pch ai rman.Th ech apterbulletin,JACLer,citedJoeKozumaforth eearlystartbysigni ngmembersatSouthSi deBowling.Th ech apteri scurrentlyen-gaged i ndirectmailandtele-ph onecallcampaigns.Ah ouse-to-h ouse canvass on Sundayswas sch eduled to startth i sweek .

Recogniti onfete .Ch i cago

Ch i cagoJACLch aptersoffi-cersofth epastth reeyearswillbe h onored atarecogniti onsdinnertomorrowatNorth ParkHotel.Retiri ngpresidentswillreceiveJACLpinsandgavels.PastnationalpresidentDr.Ran-dolph Sak ada willbe toast-master.Dr.GeorgeHi urais i nch arge.

MILE-HIJACLTEAMSTOCANVASSDISTRICTFORNAT'LRED CROSSFlorence Uyeda andWi i i i flHasegawaofth eMile-Hi JAnBwereappointeddistri ct-majJbyth eDenverch apterofttjAmericanRedCross,wh i ch th !|week started itsannualCIdrive.Th etwoNisei willwork i nJeigh t-block squarefrom 19th k l24th Sts.,from Blak etoArilpah oeSts.Swingi ngi ntoactigfltobringrecogniti onofth eJilpaneseAmericancommunityJDenveristh eJACLteamcodposedof;Tak Terasak i ,Dick YanaseClnlOk i moto,TerAoyagi,Mrs.Mflzone,MarieMizoue,Mi k eKitanflDonMiyak e,IwaoNish i k awaKulHiraok a,andHarryIda.Co-majorsUyedaandHastJjgawaurgedth eJapaneseb9nessmen i nth eNMionj i nmacßsectionofDenvertoco-opera*fullyi nordertogaincommm.i tyrecogniti on i n ai di ngtl»AmericanNationalRedCr«Drive.EnviablePastRecordsInyearspast,HarryOsmjandth eDenverJACLh aveaVtamed an enviablerecord jth ei rco-operationandsupportofth eRedCrossDrive.PreidentSamMatsumotocommentedco-majorsUyedaandHa*gawaforundertak i ngth e1951drive,andurgedfullsupportsth eAmericanRedCrossCan.paign.

Mtn.-Ploins1000Clubmembersh i pnear50mark

DenverSeven 1000 Club memba-

sh i ps h avebeensignedupi ith e SanLuis Valley area4Colorado,according to JamsImatani, ch ai rman ofth eMountain-Plains 1000 Club,now49strong.Roy Inouye, pastch aptapresidentofSanLuisValley,laJara,renewed h i smembersh i iforth esi xth "consecutiveyortobeth eoldestIOOOeri nti larea.NewlOOOersare:Mi k e Mi zok ami ,Harry SumidiandRoyTanak a.Oth ermembersi nth ech aptaare: .Soj i roYoritomo(sth yr.),Ch arlaHayash i da(3rdyr.),andClarenaYosh i da(2ndyr.).

Mile-Hi JACLtopushciti zensh i pdayprogram

DenverHopeth atalarge groupinewly-naturalizedIssei willb(h onored atDenver'snextob-servancesofNationalCiti zen-sh i pDay,Sept.17,wisexpress-edth i sweek byMrs.Fumi Ya-be,JACLrepresentativeonth tcitywi deCiti zensh i pDaycom-mittee.Sh e and Sam Matsumoto,Mile-Hi JACL ch apter-presi-dent,attendedalunch eonmeet-i ngofcivi corganizati onsre-centlytoprepareforth eeventtobeh eldatCivi cauditori umth i syear.Over20Issei'were h onoredatth e1953event.

"Th e Japanese American■Center(Minneapolis)boarddomanagementnamedHenryMa-Bk i noas1954ch ai rman,succeed-Bi h gHenryOmach i . ■

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"South ,Spjn.Mar.,3—Ark ansasValleyJACL.CommunityHall,Rock yFord,Colo.M«r.4-7-Ch U»«o,Nat'lJACLBowlingTournament,HydePark

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ReintroducingRoyT.Yosh i da...ROYT.YOSHIDA,veteranfrom th ePlacerCountyJACL

Ch apter,i sasoft-spok enoldtimerwh ocanwritebiti nglyandtoth epointi nh i scolumns.Roy i saformercontributortoth i scolumnandisoneofth eactiveOldGuardsofth eJACL.Recent-lyh ewash onored,amongoth ersi nPlacerCounty,forbeingatwenty-fiveyearmemberofth eJACL.He isoneofourverygoodfriendsand i ti saprivi lege to h earfrom h i m becauseh ealways h assometh i ngworth wh i le.

'Speak i ngFreely'...REGISTER:Oneofth epointeddiscussionsgiventh orough

ai ri ngatth efirstquarterlymeetingofth eNorth ernCalifornia-WesternNevada di stri ctcouncilatSacramentoonSunday,Feb.14,wasth ematterofregisteringalleligi bleNisei andIssei voters.Importanceofth i sprogram wasstronglyvoicedfromall

sides.NotonlyasamatterofbeinggoodAmericans—butmorerealisti callybecausepoliti ci ans h aveearsonlyforvoterswh oareregistered.

NOCHAPTERcantalk turk eytoanypublicoffici alonth estrength ofch aptermembersh i porth enumberofpotentialvoterswith i ni tssph ereofinfluence.Anypoliti ci anworth h i spoliti calsaltissmartenough tok eepatabonvotingstrengthofitsconstituents.Hek nows h owmanyvotersth ereare i nvariousminori tygroups i nh i sdi stri ct.Andh etreatsth ei rrequirementsaccordingly.Alth ough noch apterapprovesoforstressesblocvoting

byth ei rmembers,nopoliti ci an—even i fi nformedofth i srigi dpolicy—willturnadeafeari fi th oldsi nfluenceoverasizeablenumberofregisteredvoters.He i swellawareth atelectionscanbewonorlostbyasmallmarginofvotes.THEREFORE,i nonesense,i tbecomesmorei mportantto

th ech apterstoseeth atNisei andnaturalizedIssei becomeregisteredvoters—wh eth erth eybecomeJACLmembersornotnotwith standing.Th i si sbecause i th asalwaysbeenJACL'spolicytomak e

allNisei (wh i ch now i ncludesIssei)goodAmericansfirst;goodJACLerssecond.AslongasaNisei i sagoodAmerican,h ei sservingtoacertainextentJACL'scause—even i fh ei snotaJACLmember.Ofcourse,i faNisei considers h i suniquepositi onwi th anydegreeofrealism,h ecanreadilyseeth ei ncompatibi li tyofbeingagoodAmericanbutnotagoodJACL-er.Andth i s i ncompatibi li tywouldseriously h amperJACL'sefforts i nsafeguarding th erigh ts ofpersonsofJapanese/ancestry.

TOMYEGO.ch ai rmanofth eNCWNdistri ctcouncil,urgedallch apterstomak easpecialeffort—eventoth eextentofgettingamemberdeputizedasaregistrar—toregisteralleligi bleNisei andIssei voters.Th i si mportantprogramsh ouldbeappliedwith equaldili gencetoJACLmembersaswellasnon-members,h eadded.Itwasalsosuggestedth atIssei wh owillbevotingforth e

fi rsttimebegiven h elpfulh i nts i nexercisi ngth ei rnewlygainedfranch i se.Fori nstance,Issei cli ni convotingprocedurepriortoth eJuneprimarywouldenableth emtocastth ei rbal-lotsmorei ntelligently—andwith greaterconfidencewh enth eyenterth epolls.

" " "NotetoCh apters—Let'sgetonth eballandpush registrationofboth Issei andNi sei NOW.RegistrationendsApril15.

MONTEREYCLTROOP47WINSPRESIDENT'SAWARDFORJUDODEMONSTRATION

Monterey jBoy ScoutTroop 47,spon-soredbyth eMontereyPenin-sulaJACL, h as added morelaurels since th ei ractivati onth reeyearsago.AtarecentScout-o-Rama h eldatth elocalfairgrounds,th etroopreceivedth ePresident'sAwardforth ei rpresentationofj udo.Class i nstructorTom Tani-motowasassistedbyBillYok o-taandSgt.Kitamura.Partici -patingwere:YoTanimoto,Joh nSanda,FredNish i guch i ,DouglasTi lly,StevePo-lanJu,MelvinYosh i da,DonaldSa-tow,RobertSuzuk i ,JimMatsuyama,Tom Hatano,Hideo Sumida andWarrenNobusada.Despitebadweath er,Scout-masterMi k e Sanda reportedover5,000guestsattendedth etwo-dayaffair.Th e scouts alsoenjoyed a

th ree-daysk i tripatYosemiterecently.

1000JapaneseCanadiansreturntoprewarfish i ngcommunitynearVancouver

Steveston,B.C.Twenty-oddmiles south of

Vancouveronth ebank softh eFraserRiverisacommunityof1,000 JapaneseCanadians,ch i eflyengaged i nfish i ng.Th erebi rth ofth i sJapanesecom-munitywaspossibleafterth ebanofJapaneseCanadianstoth ePacifi ccoastwasliftedandfish i ngpri vi legesweregrantedth em.Allbutafewofth eprewardayfish ermen h avereturnedwith th ei rfamili es,writesGe-ni ch i Oh ash i i nth eNewCan-adi an.Inth eh eartofth efi sh -i ngtown'sbusinesscenterarevarious Japanese-ownedbusi-nessenterprises.Allreside i ncomfortable h omes i nvariousneigh borh oods.As forth e people,Oh ash iadds:"Aftermanymilesoftravel,(I)h aveneverseensomanyprettyJCgirlsconcentrated i nonesmallcenterasSteveston.Perh apsforeseeingth i s,Moth erNatureh asalsoprovidedalargecropofeligi blebach elorsi nth evici ni tyof30yearsofage."Th erearenosignsofapre-warJapanese community i nVancouveri nth emak i ng i nre-centyearswith currentJapa-nesepopulation estimated at2,000—0rone-tenth ofth epre-warfigure.

" " "Vancouver,B.C.Aprettyreceptioni stforth eVancouverJapaneseconsulate,JulieSasak i ,18,was i ncom-petiti on with sixoth erCau-casianbeauties i nth e"QueenofHearts"contestsponsoredbyth eCath oli cYouth Organiza-tionrecently.Sh ewasrunner-uptoth eQueen,buti twasamemorabledayforh erandh erclubmembersofMariaStellafori tmark edth efi rsttimeaJapaneseCanadiancompetedi nth i scommunity-widepageant.

MaryMinamotoofPortland,Ore.,i snow i nTok yowith th eAmericanRed Cross.Sh e h asbeenan activeJACLwork erforth elastdecade.Sh eth i nk ssh ecanenjoyth i sstrangecoun-tryofbowing andsquatting.Sh e i soneofafewNisei girlswork i ngactivelywith th eRedCrossoutfiti nTok yo.—NipponTimesph oto.

So.Calif.'ApplianceCo.openslargernewstore

LosAngelesTh eSouth ernCaliforniaAp-pli anceCo.,i ni tsseventh yearofbusiness,th i sweek h eldopenh ouseati tsnewstoreat348E.IstSt.,welcoming h undredsofvisi tors.Frank Ninok awa,42,andKi-yomi Tak ata,40,both JACLers,areth eNi sei co-proprietorsofth i sexpandingenterprisewh i chth eybegan i nJuly,1947,onSouth SanPedroSt.,th enoper-atingforsixyearsati tsformerlocationat309E.IstSt.Th enewquartersextendover23,000sq.ft.offloorspace,al-lowingspacious displayofitslargestock ,servicedepartment,office,loadingandwareh ousi ngi nonebuildi ngadjacenttoarailroadspur.WiderSelectionsAffordedAstaffof16i spreparedtoserve i tscustomers.Th e ex-panded furniture departmentaffords a widerselection ofeastern andwestcoastgoods.Well-k nown national mer-ch andi seofh omefurnish i ng i sbeing offered i n additi on tocomplete baby and j uveni lefurniture.Someofth ebrandsinclude:Radio-TV:Magnavox,RCA,Dv-Mont, Zenith , General Electric,Mi tch ell;furniture:Kroeh ler,Joh n-son-Carver,Knob-Hall.Englander,ValentineSeaver;appliances:G.E.,Kelvinator,Maytag,Ch ambers,O'KeefeandMerritt;rugs:Alexan-derSmith andPh i ladelph i a.Ninok awaandh i swife,Kane,livewith th ei rth reech i ldreni nBoyleHeigh tsasdoTak ata,h i swi feMich i ,andtwoch i ldren.

PresbyteriansmeetStock ton

Th eRev.DonaldToriumi ofPasadenawasnamedh ead ofth ePresbyterianJapaneseWorkConference,composed of50mini sters and delegates fromth rough outth eUni teaStates.

PSWregionalofficepersonneldeputizetoregistervoters

LosAngelesTatsKush i da and Blanch e

Sh i osak i ofth ePSW JACLre-gionaloffice,258E.IstSt.,h avebeen deputizedth i sweek byth ecountyregistrarofvoterstoregisterNisei and naturalizedIssei voters.Th erei sanApr.15deadlineforregistrationofvotersforth eJune8Californiaprimari es.Naturalized Issei werecau-tionedofth e90-dayresidencerequirementpriortoth edayofelectionandmustsh ownatur-alizati onpaperswh enregister-i ngth efi rsttime.Californiaelectioncodesfurth errequireareadingk nowledgeofEnglish .

RegistrationRulesTh esi xclassesofpersonswh osh ouldregisterorre-registeri ntimeforth enextelectionare:1.Th osewh oh avech angedth ei r

addressessinceth eylastregistered.2. Th osewh oh avech angedth ei rnamessinceth eylastregistered.3. Th osewh o desireto Ch angsth ei rpoliti calaffili ati on.4. Th osewh oregistration wer«cancelledbecauseth eydidnotvoteateith erth e Di rectPrimaryorGeneralElectioni n1952,andwh oh ave notre-registered since th ecancellation.5.Th osewh oh avebecameofageand h avenotregistered.6.NewresidentsofLosAngelesCounty,wh owi llh aveth erequiredqualifi cati ons byth e dateofth eelection—oneyearresidence i nth eState,90 days'residence i n th eCountyandtwentyoneyearsofage.

APLlinertransports15,000pop-eyedaoldfish

SanFranciscoSome 15,000pop-eyed andfan-tailedJapanesegoldfish ar-rivedh ereafteravoyagefromJapani nth eluxurylinerAPI*PresidentWilson lastweek .Th eywerecarriedi ntinsh alf-fi lledwith fresh water,k epti nach i llroomwh ereth etempera-turenevervariedmoreth anonedegreefroma40°level.

'Reasonforth elowtempera-ture i stok eepfish sluggish soth eywon'tdartabouti nth ei rconfined quarters and k nockth emselvesout.

"Teleph otoservicebetweenTok yoandNewYork wasstart-edlastweek .

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"-Frank "Lefty"O'Doul,America'sbaseballambassadortoJapan,feelsJapaneseprofessionalbaseballwillbeonparwithPacifi cCoastLeagueclubsi nfiveyearswith continuedcoach i ng1byAmericanexperts.Hewas i nstrumentali norganizi ngth efi rstJapaneseproteam—th eTok yoGiants i n1934...Th ree-Hawai i anNisei ,south pawpi tch erWILLIEYAHIRO,catch erKEIJITSUKATOandth i rdbasemanTOMHIGA(wh owasamemberofth eall-starHawai i ansquadtouringJapanlastsum-mer)willj oi nth eFresnoStateCollegebaseballvarsityth i s

■season.i "Th eJapanMarath onFederationannouncedacoupleof25--year-oldrunners,KATSUONISHIDAandNOBUYOSHISADA--NAGA,willbeaccompaniedbymanagerHIROSHIITO,48,(oneofth efi rstJapanesepartici pati ng i n i nternationalmarath oncompetiti on)atth e58th BostonMarath onclassicth i syear.Th eyplaced4th andBth ,respectively,lastyear.

"Amongth esi xmenandfourwomennamedtorepresent.Japannextmonth atth ePh i li ppi netradeandfi eldch ampi on-sh i pmeeti nManilawasATSUKO NAMBUofKok aUniversityi nth e"jumps.Th eslim,attractivegirli sth edaugh terofCHU-HEINAMBU,wh owonth eh op-step-jumpOlympicch ampi on-sh i pi nth e1932LosAngelesgames.

"Oh i oState'sworldrecordh olderFORDKONNO continuestosmash swimmi ngrecords.Lastweek ,Konnobrok eth eMich i ganState440-yd.poolrecordwith 4m.80.85,th e220-yd.meetrecordwith 2m.6.55.;wh i leYOSHIOYAKAWAwonh i spetevent,th e200-yd.back strok e,i n2m.10.15.EDWARDKAWACHIKAswamth efi rstlapofth e440-yd.relaywonbyOSU.Th eBuck eyeswon55-38...Maj.SAMMYLEE,33,Fresno-bornKoreanand"two-ti meOlympicplatformdivi ngch ampi on,becameth efi rstOrien-taltowinth ecovetedJamesE.Sullivanmemorialawardfordoingth e"mosttoadvanceth ecauseofgoodsportsmansh i p i n1953."Hewasfurlough edfrom h i sSeoulposttoNewYork lastweek tobeh onored...BILLKAWAMURAofDenver'sManualHigh wonth ecityprepdivi ngch ampi onsh i pth i syear. ■"Japan'sleadingwoman j udoi st,MISSUMEKOFUKUDA,h asbeen i nth eUni tedStatesforseveralmonth stostimulatei n-terestandtopromotefemale j udo.Alth ough onlyfivefeettallandweigh i ng110lbs.,sh e h asbeen i nstructingandpractici ngj udoatKodoKwanJudoUniversityi nTok yoforth epast17years.Sh eh oldsth efifth -dandegree.,"Upwardof250personsareexpectedtoattendth egalaclimaxofth eeigh th annualNationalJACLBowHngTournamentAwardsdinner-danceatth eSh orelanjdHotel,Mar..7,6p.m.AttorneyTOM MASUDAwillbetoastmaster.MissMARJIKI&UCHI,t|UeenOfth etournament,'andh ercourt,willassisti npresentingth ebowlersth ei rprizesandtroph i esatth e'affair: ~~

TVCAMERATOCOVERNAT'LCLKEG MEET

Ch i cagoTelevisi oncoverageofth eNationalJACLbowlingtour-namenti ssch eduledtoh i gh -li gh tactivi ti estak i ngplaceonSunday,Mar.7,i ncludingth emeetingtentativelysch eduledfor9 a.m.ofth eNationalBowlingAdvisoryBoardandteamcaptains.Th ebroadcastwillbeona

closedci rcui tbetweenHydePark Bowlandtournamenth eadquartersatth eSh orelandHotel,th rough courtesyofth eh otelandth eCentralTVsys-tem. "

SanJoseanrolls715scratch game

San JoseJimmySak amoto h i taspec-tacular715.scratch gameTh urs-daynigh tlastweek toscoreoneofth eh i gh estNi sei tournamenttotalsonrecordandbreak a 19--year-oldci tytournamentmark .Rolling with h i s broth erFrank ,h e h i t230-254-231andth ei rcombinedtotalof1298nettedth em ach ampi onsh i pi nth e19th annualSanJoseMen'sCitybowlingtournament.BobUch i yamawh oledi nth e

h andi capall-eventswith a1943untilth efi naldaywasoustedby a k eglerwh o was a 115bowlerlastyear.Joh nKasano's1796ledSunday i nth escratchall-events.

12th annualWYBLconfabassemblesi nFresno

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Assisti ngth em willbesuch ableartistsareJIMHIGASHiIGEORGEFUKUDA,JOHNWATANAJgEandIVJASKATAOKAIEditori als willbe h andled by CHARLES ASAWA,btoflEastL.A.memberwh owillbeassistedbyHENRYMORISAD*IKOKAWANAMIandoth ers.Th eSOU'WESTERwillserveallcommitteech ai rmanandbusinessmanager. IMich i i sacartoonist,work i ngi nth eanimati ondepartment!

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February26,195JPACIFICCITIZEN6Offici alSch edule

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x Anoth er"first"wasrecord-ed underth e McCarranActwh en an alien Japanesewh owas naturalized underth eclauseofth e1953lawwasper-mittedtocallh i sspousefromJapanonanon-quotabasis.Kay Ki yoj i Fuk uyama ofKay's Hardware and GardenSuppliesonJeffersonBlvd.didaquick j oboftak i ng h i sexamsi nAprilof1953,th en i nJunewassworni nasaciti zenofth eUnitedStates.Fuk uyamah admarriedana-tiveJapanese i nJulyof1952i nFuk uok a during h i s sh ortvisi tth ere butwasforcedtoleaveh erbeh i ndbecauseth eactwasnoti neffectth atyearun-tilDec.24.Ei j i Tanabe,postwar'sfirst

So.Calif.JACLregionaldirec-tor,wh oi snow h eadofth eFarEastTravelService,assistedFuk uyamaprocessth enecessarypapersforh erpassage.Hervisawasclearedbyth e

U.S.Consulate i nTok yo th i smonth andsh ewasto h avear-rivedonth ePresidentWilsoni nSanFranciscolastTuesday.Beforeth ewar,Fuk uyamaal-

sooperateda h ardwarestorei nth eh eartofLi'lTok i o.

■jt Th eproblem ofrelocatingmi nori ty residents—in a citydottedwith h ousi ngdiscri mi na-tion—everytimeth estatepro-posesafreewayth rough aso-calledmixedracialgroupsareai sbecomingquiteaseriousi ssuewith th eStateHigh wayCom-mi ssi on.In December,an Eastside

forcecomprisedofcommunityleadersh eadedbyCouncilmanEdwardRoybalputatempor-aryh alttoaproposedh i gh wayth rough th e Hollenbeck Parkdi stri ctwh i ch wouldtak eawaymanyofth eresidentialh omesonCummingsSt.Th atanti-freewaycommittee

saidmanywouldh aveadiffi -culttime i nfindi ngnew h omes.Apparently th e same th i ng

h as h appened again forth enewly-planned freeway alongth eWash i ngton-Adamsdistri ctwh ere,i fapprovedbyth ecity,would destroyth e h omesoc-cupiedbyNegroes and Japa-nese,relativenewcomersi nth eneigh borh ood.Th i stime,h owever,th esen-timentofth eprotestingcom-mitteeh asbecomealittlemoreacademic.Ith asexpressedh opeth at i fth e freewaymustgoth rough th epublicwouldth enbe.k i ndenough torecognizeth epligh tofth e estimated 1,800victi msandassistth em i nopen-i ngoth erbetterh omesforth em.

*Th e27th annualSch olasticArtAwardsregionalscompeti-tion,sponsoredlocallybyBul-lock 'sDowntown,listedseveralNisei andSansei winners.Th etoprecogniti on,ofcourse,

i sth eAch i evementGoldKey,(equivalenttoblueribbon)giv-entowinners.Oth ersarerecog-nizedbybeing h andedaCer-ti fi cateofMerit.Th erewasatotalof930art

piecesselectedfrom 6,650en-tries.Th e930wentupforex-h i bi t;225ofth embeingtaggedwith ttfe Ach i evementGoldKpvth erestwi th Ceriti fi cateofMerit.Nisei scoredwith sixAGKsand16CMs,providi ngaprettynigh percentage.OnedoublewinnerwasYa-ch i yo NagamineofRoosevelt«ign Sch oolscoring i ntwotransparentwatercolor,paint-i ngs.Herwork swillsoon besenttoCarnegieInstitutei nanationalcompetiti on.

*Wesimmeredth rough th eh ottestWash i ngton'sBirth day» Weath er Bureau h i storyMondayasth emercurymount-edto87.Th eh eatbrok ea73--yearoldrecordforFeb.22—an86i n1881—butth atwaswellunderth e 92-degree all-time?io,orth em<«rth setFeb.25,Mil.Itwas90degreesTuesday.i fwegeth otter,we'llletyouwiow,dearCh i cagoans;

VITALSTATISTICSBirth s

AKAMATSU—Jan.5,agirlCarolAnnetoth eIsamuEdwardAk a-matsus (Mich i k o Inouyei LosAngeles.

ANDERSEN—Jan. 19,agirlVick in."tol£eRoVertE-Andersons(Natsuk oOno).LosAngeles

ARAKAKI—Jan.20,aboyRaytoth eJamesHi rosh i Arak ak i (No-buk oArak ak i i ,LosAngelesFUNAKOSHI-Agirltoth eSam S,rl!iIlajsosh i s>Br'gh t°n,Colo.HAYAKAWA—Feb.8.aboytoth eDanHfvak awas,Orosi.HIGASHIDA-Jan.15,agirlEileenKuni k ototh eRoyS.Higash i das(Helen Tsunek o Yamane),VanNuys.HIGASHIYAMA—Feb.13.agirltoth e Tak ash i Higash i i yamas,Seattle.INN—Feb.9,agirltoth eHarryInns,Reedley.

INOUYE—Feb.5,agirltoth eJoeN.Inouyes,SanFranciscoISOZAKI—Jan.23,a boytoth eIsamuS.Isozak i s,Stock tonIWANAGA—Feb.1,aboyUouglassLee toth eRoy Iwanagas,SanJose.KAKIUCHI-Feb.2,aboytoth eRobertKak i uch i s,Kings'bureKAWAHARA-Jan.23,agirlJuliaNori k ototh eSaburoKawah arasi Hi rok oOto).LosAngeles.

KIMOTO—Feb.6,aboytoth eRalphKimotos,SanFranciscoKIMURA—Feb.14.aboytoth eSamKimuras.Seattle.KITAGAWA—Jan.19,agirltoth eJi ck S.Kitagawas,Stock ton.

KOBAYASHI—Feb.9.aboytoth eTetsuyaKobayash i s(Funi i k o Ya-rnamoto),Watsonville.KUBOTA—Dec.23.agirltoth eKi-yosh i Kubotas,TorranceKUROMIYA—Jan.27,agirltoth eYosh i toKuromiyas,Pasadena.

KUSUDA—Dec. 28.a girltoth eMitsugi Kusudas,Garden Grove

KWAN—Jan.16,aboyJoh nYoungtoth eJoh nKwans(MineYama-moto),LosAngeles.MATSUO—Jan.6,aboyRandyMi-yosh i toth eHi romuMatsuos(Ru-byMiyok o.Wada),Sun Valley,

MrtJßA—Jan.18,agirltoth eDa-vidMi uras,LongBeach .MIYAGISHIMA—Jan.17.agirlJan-etMich i k ototh eKiyosh i Miya-gi sh i mas(Ch i yek oEndo),LosAn-geles.MIYASHITA—Jan.19,aboyAlbertHaruh i tototh eIzuoMiyash i tas(Li llyHaruk oYok ota),LosAn-geles.MIZUNO—Jan.9,agirlFloraJanetoth eErnestMizunos(Esth erHa-rumi Masuda),LosAngeles.NAKANISHI—Dec.20,agirltoth eGeorgeNak ani sh i s,Anah ei m.NAKANO—Feb. 1. a girltoth eMasah aru M.Nak anos,Berk eley.NAKANO—Feb.5,agirlNancyKi-yomi toth eFredH.Nak anos,Mt.View.NAKASHIMA—Jan.20,aboytoth eTomoyosh i Nak ash i rnas,SanDiego.NAGATA—Jan.21,a boytoth eHarryH.Nagatas,SanDiego.OKURA—Jan.7,a girlAmyGailtoth eTsuyosh i Ok uras(Cniyok oSh i ba),Wilmi ngton.OSHIMA-Jan.7,agirlCath leenMisao to th e Sh i geru Osh i mas(MaryTosh i e Nish i ok a),Escon-di do.

RYONO—Jan.13,aboyStevenMarctoth eKatsumi Ryonos(MargaretTosh i k oSh i buya),Venice.SHIOKARI—Jan.18,aboyStanleytoth e Tom Sh i ok ari s (Nobuk oSak i ok a),LosAngeles.SHIMIZU—Feb. 5,a boy toth eCarlSh i mi zus,SanJose.SHISHDO—Jan.24,aboytoth eCh uzoSh i sh i dos.Stock ton.TAKEUCHI—Jan.26,aboytoth eJi m H.Tak euch i s,SanFrancisco.TANAKA—Feb.11,a girltoth eItsuk oTanak as,Seattle.TSUJII—Feb.5,aboytoth eFrankT.Tsui i i s,Seattle.

UOMOTO—Feb.2,agirltoth eRo-bertK.Uomotos,SanFrancisco.WAKANO—Jan.13,agirlElsieSa-ch i k o to th e George Wak anos(FumieOk amoto),LosAngeles.YAMAKOSHI-Jan.22,aboyWar-renSh oi i toth eNobyYamak o-sh i s,Ch i cago.YAMAMOTO—Jan.30,agirltoth eSeich i Yamamotos,Sanger.YOSHIDA-Jan.17,aboyMich aelDeantoth eGeorgeSh oj i Yosh i das(Ai k oMaruok a),LosAngeles.

EngagementsASANUMA-SUYEHIRO — Yuriye,Fresno,toYoneo,SanFrancisco,Feb.13.HAYASHI-ARAI—Rüby,NorthPlatte,Neb.,toRupert(formerlyofSeattle),Denver,Feb.13.KAWAGUCHI-ASAWA—SaIIy, SanPedro,toVictor,Wh i ttj er.NINOMIYA-TANABE — Sach i toGeorge,both ofSeattle,Feb.14.YUGE-SAlTO—Masak o,LosAngeles,toGeorge(Oregon),Feb.14.

MarriageLicensesIssuedKAYA-TSURUMOTO — Tom 27Berk eley,andMary,27,Sebastopol'MARUYAMA-HORI&-Yosh i mi ,27andRose",23.both ofSanJose.MIZOTE-SASAKI-Harumi,21,Oak land,andSally,21,SanFran-cisco.NOGUCHI-TSUGAWA — Teru 26andFuj i ye,25,both ofSanFran-cisco.

NONAKA-TAKANO—Masah i de 26andYosh i ye.25,both ofSanFran-cisco.OCHIDA-NAKASAKI—Yosh i to,26SanJose,andAi k o,23,IrvinßtonSAWAMURA-ASAHARA— George'33,Mt.View,andKath eri ne,27,SanFrancisco.TACHIYAMA-HAYASHIDA — Ta-k ami ,37,andTosh i k o,33,both ofSeattle.

WeddingsIKEDA-YOKOYAMA—Feb.14,MasIk eda and Doroth y Yok oyama,both ofFresno.

KAWATO-FUJIMOTO—Feb.14 Fu-saoKawatoandTayok oFuj i moto,both ofLosAngeles.MATSUI-MITSUOKA — Feb 21TommyMatsui andVi oletMatsu-ok a,both ofWatsonvilleNAKABAYASHI-NAKAMURA—Feb.14,HerbertNak abayash i andGingerNak amura (formerly ofWapato,Wash .), both ofNewYork .NAKAO-SHIGEMASA—Feb.14,JamesN.Nak ao,Torrance,andHarumi Sh i gemasa,SantaAna,atLosAngeles.NAKASHIMA-SHINTAKU—Feb 14YoneoNak ash i maandAyak oSh i n-tak u.both ofLosAngeles.TAKEMOTO-TODO—Feb.14,VictorTak emoto,Bainbri dge,andLillyY.Todo,Seattle.YAMAMOTO-6HASHI—Feb.14,Lloyd Tak ash i Yamamoto andMollyMori k oOh ash i ,both ofLosAngeles.

YONEHIRO-KIDO—Feb.14,GeorgeYoneh i ro,Ch i cago, andMiyek oKido,LosAngeles.

Death sFUJITO, Asak i ch i : Ch ula Vista,Feb.10,survivedbywifeYone,sonsGeorge,Frank ,James,Juliusanddaugh terMrs.MayAlfort.FUKUHARA,Henry, 68: Seattle,Feb.7,survivedbywifeRui,sonsTadash i ,George,daugh tersMrs.Fumi k o Sh i mamoto,Mrs. JaneSei k oAk i yosh i .HASHIGUCHI,Sh i nri ch i Harry,57:Seattle.Feb.11.KURIMURA,George Yosh i ro, 67:Seattle, Feb. 15, survived bydaugh ters Mrs.Barbara Matsu-daira, Mrs..Tai k o Moriguch i(Mpls.),sonsTerry,Roy,Robert(Spok ane),andEddieK.(LosAn-geles).MATSUNAMI,Hanzo,69:Fresno,Feb.13.Ml)KITA,Mrs.Sumlk o:Berk eley,Feb.15,survivedbytwosons i nservice.NANTO,Misak u,84:Fresno,Feb.12,survivedbywifeTomi,son Ka-zumasaand th reegrandch i ldren.OBA,Masah aru,79:Los Angeles,Feb.13,survivedbywifeKura.daugh terIwao.SEKIMOTO,Katsutaro,85:LosAn-geles,Feb.13,survivedbywifeKisoye,sonMasaru,daugh tersYa-suk o,Mrs.Ch i ek oFurush i ma,Mrs.KiyomlRarada.-SHIMIZU,Tok ui Uu,76:LosAngeles,Feb.17,survivedbywifeMinoru.daugh ters Mari and Mrs.Tosh iAsh i k aga.SHIRAHAMA,Magosak u,73: LosAngeles,Feb.12,survivedbywifeHana,sonsMasami andTsutomu.TAKAHASHI,Fuk uzo,72:Seattle,Feb.6,survivedbywifeMatsuye,sonsFrank ,Dick ,daugh tersMrs.Mak i k oFuj i waraandMrs.M.T.Kamma(Japan),fivegranch i ldrenandonegreat-grandch i ld.YONEZU,Mrs.Nao,79:SaltLak eCity,Feb. 13,.survivedbysonCh arles(SanFrancisco),daugh -terMrs.YayeHiraga(LosAn-geles),sevengrandch i ldren,andsisterMrs.Hatsuno Ogino (To-k yo).

Fash i onsh owNewYork

A new twisti nconductingfash i on sh ows i splannedto-morrowwh enyonngladiesover50willpartici pate i nanama-teurpresentationatth eGraceMeth odi stauditori um,i twasannounced by Mrs.Ch osuk eMiyah i ra.

Secretsofsuccessarewh ateverybody i s always tellingeverybodyelse. ,

Japaneseyouth bewilderedpoliti cally,economically

Li h ue,KauaiHoward Haag,InternationalYMCAfraternalsecretary,speak i ngonch anges i nJapan,toldth eKauai CountyYMCAth atJapan i snowonlyrecog-nizi ngth eseverityofh erwarexperiences.Th eyouth ofJapani sbewi l-

deredboth politi callyandeco-nomically,Haagsaid.Healsoreportedth ati n1951,th eNa-ti onalStudentsAssociati onofJapaneseuniversiti eswasprac-ticallyunderCommunistdomi-nati on.Assoonas Japanre-builds h erselfph ysi cally,Haagwasconfidentth ath eryouthwouldswingtowardth ei dealsofdemocracy.

CALENDARFeb.26(Friday)

SO.ALAMEDA COUNTY:Talentsh ow,Warm Springsgrammarsch ool,7:30p.m.ORANGE COUNTY: Installationdinner,French ImperialRestau-■rant,GardenGrove.

Feb.27(Saturday)MILE-HI:Mtg,Tabernacle,20th andLawrenceSts.,8p.m.JudgeGilli -am,spk r.DETROIT:Installationdinner-dance,BelcrestHotel,7p.m.

Feb.28(Sunday)PSWDC:Cabinetclini c.WLAandVenice, h ostch apters;Ch ase Ho-tel,SantaMonica.10a.m.

Mar.1(Monday)SEQUOIA:Mtg,RedwoodBowl,7:30p.m.

Mar.2(Tuesday)MT.OLYMPUS-SALTLAKE:Jointmtg,JapaneseCh ri sti anCh urch ,268W.IstSouth ,8p.m.MasSa-tow,spk r.

Mar5(Friday)BERKELEY:Installation dinner-dance,Mi raVistaC.C.,7:30p.m.

Mar.3-7CHICAGO: Eigh th annualNaflJACLbowlingtournament,HydePark Bowl.

Mar.13(Saturday)EDC:Distri ctmeeting,Ph i ladelph i ah ostch apter.DETROIT:Japanesemovies.

Mar.19(Friday)CHICAGO:"CareeronState St.,"M.L.Freeburgh ,spk r.,WoodrowWilson Room, 116S.Mich i gan,8:15p.m.

Mar.20 (Saturday)CHICAGO:Social.MILE-HI:Family carnival,D-XClub,1800W.38th Aye.

Apr.3<Saturday)PLACERCOUNTY:Communitypic-nic-dance.'

Coffeefrommark etstolenI'FresnoFi fteencasesofcoffee,valued

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5-FCaseVictoryMany naturalizati on pe-

titi onsmadebymaleIsseiapplicantsweretemporarilysetasidependingth eclari-fi cati onofth ei rWorldWar1draftstatus.Th i ssituationh asbeenprevalentforth epastth reeorfourmonth s.Th i sweek ,th eImmigrationandNaturalizati onServiceh asgiventh e"allclear"sig-naltoproceedwith natural-i zati onofth ese so-called"5-Fcases."Wh i leallrecognizeth ei n-

valuableleadersh i prender-edbyRep.FrancisE.Wal-terofPcnnsy1vani ai nclearingth efinalobstacleand h avi ngth e AttorneyGeneralabidebyth efavor-ableopini onofFederalJudgeLouisE.Goodman,th ei ni ti ali mpetusofth reeNi-sei attorneysrepresentingKazuich i Tsuj i ofSanFran-ci sco deservesspecialac-k nowledgment.MasYonemuraofOak -

land,VictorAbe ofSanFranciscoandWayneKane-motoofSan Jose,allofwh omareactivei nth ei rre-spectiveJACLch apters,per-formedatypeofpublicser-vicewh i ch willbenefitth ou-sandsofmaleIssei.Th atcommuniti esh ave

Nisei ofsuch visi on andsh ari ngi nresponsibi li tyon-lyportraysth atNisei h avecomeofage,meriti ngararevirtue—respectfrom th ei relders.Inth esemomentsofj oyi nvictory,wefurth ercan-notforgetth epartici pati onofEdwardJ.EnnisofNewYork City,counselforth eWash i ngtonJACLoffice,wh oappearedatth e SanFranciscoargumentsath i sownexpensepractically.Wh ereamajori tyofth e

Japanese nameswasfemi-nine i nth e naturalizati onli sts h eretofore,th eywillnowbeenh ancedbyagen-erousportionofmasculinenames.

Broth erh oodWeekBeyourich orpoor,blackorwh i te,Ch ri sti anorJew,asciti zensofth i sgreatNa-tion,th ereisatacitobliga-tionforeveryonetomak eth ei rcommunitya betterplacetolive.ItwasNationalBroth erh oodWeek (Feb.21--28),sevendayssetasidetoemph asi zeth emeaningofgoodciti zensh i peverydayofth eyear.Inasimi larvein,th eJA-

CLmotto—ForBetterAm-ericansi naGreaterAmeri-ca—uph oldsth esamerichprinci ple.ApersonofJapa-neseancestry—oneofth emanyAmericanmi nori ti es—cansh owh i sneigh borh ei sofgoodh eart,work i ngtomak eh i scommunityabet-terplacetolive.Th erei sarewardingexperiencei nget-tingtok nowyourneigh bor,beh eri ch orpoor,black orwh i te,Ch ri sti anorJew.

Miseri esBefore,Misch i efAfterbyBillHosok awaFromth eFryingPan...

DenverFOR NEARLY A week ,our5-year-old

Pete was completely i rasci ble.He pick edfigh tswith h i sfri endsandh i sk i n.Hewouldn'tmind.Hisnosedrippedandh etook outh i smiseryonth osearoundh i m.Hismoth erwasj ustreadyaboutreadytodisown h i m,th rusth i m out"onth ecold,coldworld.Th en,onemorning h ewok eupwith h i s j owlsswollenuntilh i sface wasth egeneralsh apeofaJonath anapple.OurPeteh adth emumps.Th ere'ssometh i ngaboutmumpsth atseems

tostri k epeopleasawfullyfunny.Matteroffact,mumpsseem tobeanamusingsubjecttoeveryonebutth evi cti mwh o,ofcourse,cansee no h umor i nth i sunpleasantlypainfulafflicti on.WeforgavePeteh i s i llh umorandpromptlysetabouttopamperh i m.Atth i s writi ng,th e swelling h as gone

downandPetecaneatlemonpiewith usualgusto.He i sback to h i smi sch i efwh i ch i ssureproofth ath eh asrecovered. f

" " *DURINGPETE'SILLNESSweweregifted

with aBriti sh -madetoyh eli copter.Th e'cop-teri sononeendofacounterbalancedrod,andth erotor i srunbyan electricmotorpoweredbyabattery.Bypush i ngabuttonandwork i ngalittlelever,th e'coptercanbemadetoflyup,down,aroundi nacircle,ormadetoh over.Astoysgo,th i sgadgeti sboth expensiveandcomplicated.OfcoursePetegotaterrifi cbangoutof

th e'copterandworeoutapairofbatteriesash eflewoveri magi narybattlefields,rescuingi magi narycasualties.Buteventually h eti redofth etoy,andforth elastfew daysi th aslai nuntouch ed i n i tsbox.Petealsoreceivedasetofblock s—th eold

fash i onedwooden k i ndwith letterembossedon someof.th e si des andanimalpictures

stenciledonth eoth ers.Th eyweremade i nJapanand cost98 cents(you could h avebough tth esameth i ngfor39 centsbeforeth ewar).Itdidn'toccurtomeuntilsometimeafterPete h adbeguntoplaywith th emth attbiswash i sfi rstsetofblock s.Timewaswh enk i dsgotblock sasamatterofcourse,almostth esamewayth atth eygotsh oesora/(on

Well,tomak eash ortstorysh orter,Pete'sh eli coptertoyi sneglectedbuth i sblock sare"stillgetting frequentwork outs.He buildspiles,wallsand h ouses,andh eevenmak esafeeble effortatlearning h i sletters.Seemsth ere'ssome k i ndofmoralh ereabouth owth esimpleth i ngsoflifeareth e enduringth i ngs.

". " "ITUSEDTO be i nourh ouseth at90per

centofteleph onecallswereforme.Th erewerebusinessmattersandoneth i ngoran-,oth er,li k eCarlwantingtoorganizeadis-cussionsessionastoth emeritsofpayingfivebluech i psforth eprivi legeofdrawingtoani nsi destraigh t.Now,I'dsayth atperh aps25percentof

th ecallsareforme.Th egreatmajori tyofcallsi ntoourh ousearemadebyyoungmenwith quaveringtype j ust-ch angi ngvoiceswh owanttotalk toMi k e,orbyyoungladieswithpipi ngtypevoiceswantingSusan.Sofarwearen'tboth eredmuch byanex-

cessofoutgoingcalls,th eteleph onebeingavailablealmostanytimeIwanti t.Butallmycolleagueswarnth atth i si sonlyatem-porarysituationwh i ch sh ouldbeenjoyedtoth efullestwh i le i tlasts.Ik nowafellowwh opersuadedth eteleph onecompanytoi nstallapayph one i nh i sdaugh ter'sbedroom.Itnotonlydiscouragedtoofrequentcalls,butalsok epth i sownlinefrombeingtiedupforh oursatatime.Itwasworth th eexpense,h esays.

'KingandI'MissesYuri k obyLarryTaj i riVagaries...

FORTHEPASTth reeyearsonth estageofth eSt.Jamesth eateri nNewYork 'sTi mesSquareaNisei dancerh asmadearolei nth emai nballetsequenceofRogersandHammer-stein'sTh eKingandIparticularly h erown.Itwouldbedi ffi cultto i magi neanyonebutYuri k oKi k uch i dancingasElizai nth estylizedSiamesedanceversionofUncleTom'sCabinwh i ch wascalledTh eSmallHouseofUncleTh omasi nth efabulouslysuccessfulmusical.Yuri k o'sduetwith th eAngel(Mich i k oIseri)wasani nterludelimned i nth egossamerofth eatricalmagic.

Th i sweek Yuri k osai ledwith th eMarth aGrah amcompanyonth eQueenElizabeth forEngland andath ree-month Europeantourwh i ch willstartwith ath ree-week engage-mentatth eSavileth eateri nLondon.AtnativeofSanJose,Calif.,Yuri k oAme-miyawastrained i nth edisci pli neandfor-malizedritualsofth eJapaneseth eater.Sh ewas i nCaliforniaatth eti meofth emassevacuationofpersonsofJapaneseancestryi n1942andwassenttoth eGi laRi verrelocationcenteri nArizona.From th ere,sh ewentontoNewYork wh eresh egota j obsewing i nth eladiesgarmenti ndustry(DaveDubinsk y'sInternationalLadiesGarmentWork ersbeingoneofth efi rstuniongroupsto h elpplaceNisei evacuees).

Yuri k otouredth ecountrywith th eGra-dancetraini ngatnigh t.Sh eperformedforMarth aGrah am,th eh i gh priestessofth emo-dern dance,and wasaccepted almost i m-mediatelyasamemberofth ecompany,aconsiderabledisti ncti oni ni tself.Yuri i k otouredth ecountrywith th eGra-

h am company andtaugh tatth e Grah amsch ool.Inrecentyearssh eh asbeenacceptedbycriti csasoneofth eoutstanding i nterpre-tersofth eMarth aGrah am dancetech ni que.Even i nth epastth reeyearswh i lebusy i nTh eKingandIi nwh i ch sh ewasalsocaptainofdancers,Yuri k oh asmanagedtoappeari nth eGrah amproductions,appearing i nth efi rsth alfofth eGrah amprogramandth enh urryi ngovertoth eSt.James i ntimeforh ermaindancenumberi nTh eKingandI.Yuri k oi smarriedtoCh arleyKi k uch i ,wh o

usedtolivei nVallejo,Calif.,andwh owasoneofth eresearch ersonUniv.ofCalifornia'sevacuationandresettlementstudyofJapa-neseAmericanevacueesduringth ewaryears.He i snowapsych i atri csocialwork eratanarmymentalh ospi tali nth eNewYork areaTh eKi k uch i s li ve i nBrook lynwi th th ei rdaugh ter,Susan,5.Ch arleyandSusan h opetogetovertoEuropeforafamilyreuniontowardth eendofth eGrah am company'stourofEurope

probablyi nParis. '" " "

HOLLYWOOD'SLEADING portrayerofJapaneserolesth esedaysi saCh i neseAmeri-canactornamedRich ardLoo.Th eoth errrigh toneofth eDenverTVstationsputona"latesh ow"film,rifewith Orientalevildoers,call-edSecretsofCh i natown.Th eonlyi tem,ofi nteresti nth i spotboiler

aboutabravenewspapermanwh oexposes

crime i n'Ch i natown,presumablySanFran-cisco's,wasth eloveinterestsbetweenayoungCh i neseAmerican,trappedbyh i sobligati ontoh i stong,andaCh i nesegirl.Looplayedth eboywh i leth egirlwasTosh i aMori wh owasColumbiaPi ctures'candidateforstardombacki n1932.

Mi ssMori h adoneofth eleads i nFrankCapra'sfirstbigfilm,Th eBi tterTeaofGen-eralYen,amelodramaaboutManch uri awh i chstarredBarbaraStanwyck andNi lsAsth er.Tosh i aMori alsoh adth efemmeleadi nLawofth eJungle.Incidentally,th eh eadofth eCh i nesecrimesyndicate i nSecretsofCh i na-townwasportrayedbyTetsuKomai wh owasoneofHollywood'sfavoriteOrientalvillai nsformanyyears.Hewasth e"Manch ubutch er"i naderring-docalledWarCorrespondent,aCh i nese i nOilforth eLampsofCh i na,th ePh i li ppi nenativech i efi nGaryCooper'sTh eRealGloryandasuccessionofoth ervi llai nousroles i nmoreth antwoscorefilms.OneofKomai'sfew Japanese partswasth atofadetective i nParamount'sHand*Acrossth eTablewh i ch wasprobablyh i sonlyrole,i nci -dentally,creatinganydegreeofcensure.Someoffici ousJapaneseclaimedth ecomedypor-trayalwasundigni fi ed.

Sh ortlybeforePearlHarborwh en Hol-lywoodstartedproducingsomeanti-Japanesefilms,Rich ardLoobecame"typedlasaJapa-nesewh enth efi lm colony'splayersofJapa-neseancestrydeclinedtoacceptroleswh i chth eyconsideredraciallyoffensive.Loo alsoplayedNisei parts i nsomefilmsasLittleTok yo,U.S.A.,and Clay Pigeon,anRKOquick i ewh i ch was i nspi redbyth eKawak i tacase.Inth elatterh ewasaJapaneseAmeri-canwh owasabrutalprisonguard i nJapanandwh ogoth i s'comeuppancewh en h ere-turnedtoth eUni tedStates.Becauseofth estrongprotestsfromth eNationalJACL,RKOwrotea sequencei ntoth i sfi lm i nwh i ch aFili pi noactress,MaryaMarco,playedaNiseiwi dowofaveteranofth e442ndCombatTeam,asaneffortto i ntroduceth etruestoryofJapaneseAmericansi nWorldWar11.Afterplayingasuccessionofvillai ns,Loo

mendedh i scinematicwaysandh asn'ttak enanyrolesoffensivetoNisei sinceth eafter-noonh eappearedatamassmeeting i nSantaAna,Calif.,calledtoprotestdiscri mi nati oni nanearbycommunityagainstth efamilyofaNisei GIwh owask i lledi nItalyandpost-h umouslyawardedth eDisti ngui sh edServiceCross.Th i swasth emeetingatwh i ch th elateGeneralStilwellalsoappeared.LooreadMi k eMasaok a'sJapaneseAmericancreedatth emassmeeting.

Th ree yearsagoRich ardLoo played aveteranofth e442ndCombatTeam wh obe-comesaKoreanwarh eroi nani ndependent-filmproducedbySamFuller.Hislatestsap-pearancei si nth eCinemascopeHeirandHighWatermwh i ch h eplaysFuj i mori ,oneofagroupofmenofallnationaliti eswh obandto-geth ertoth wartasch emetostartth eth i rdworldwar.Inth i spicturealsoareRollinMo-riyarna,anoth erHollywoodveteran,asJotoandEdoMi taasataxi-dri ver.Edo i sth esonofSoj i h Kamiyamawh owasHollywood'sfirstCh arli eCh ani nTh eCh i neseParrot.

Inaway,i t'ssomewh at<rf*relieftok nowth atRussiaB»th eH-bomb—areliefcompa-tibletoth atexperiencedbyWmanwh oh eardth esecondsn«finallydroponth efloorabe*»

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DECADEAGos*.

Feb.26,1944Fi rstoffici alArmyreport&Nisei soldiersi nactioni nCo.tralPacifi c th eatermade h7th Divi si on commander,wh ,citessoldiersforpartici pati ngi ni nvasi onofKwajalei n

" " ".T/Sgt.BenKurok i mak esb«.lated appearance on GinmSimms program; origi nal};sch eduledtoappeara monthearli erbuti nterruptedbyNBCoffici als.

" " "Housepassesbi llpermitti njnative-bornciti zenstorenoungciti zensh i p i ntimeofwar.

" " "AttemptofAFLgrouptogj jJoeG.Masaok aatpublicmeet.i ngi nSaltLak eCitysch oolan-ditori um fails;Lech ner,AFLleadersleaveh allasNisei as.swersch argeson"Japanesei n-vasion"ofUtah ;KilsooHahfai lstosh owup.

" ■ "Utah governorto investigateracesituation,doesn'tbelievepresentsituationneedsformalstateaction.

" " "Utah CIOrefusesto j oi ni idemandofAFLtobarJapaneseAmericans i nSaltLak eCity.

" " .Prominentciti zensofUtAuph oldrigh tsofNisei group;seek fai rplayforciti zensi tSaltLak e Citydispute.NiseiAFL unionmen protestracetensionattempts.

" "."Sec.ofInteriorIck essaysJeromeWRAcentertobefirstrelocationcamptobeclosed.

MINORITY

Publiclibrariesi nth eSoufth avebeenquietlyopeningth ei rdoorstoNegroreaders.Since1941,serviceatth emai nlibraryh as become available i n61South ernciti esforatotalof82,reportsth eSouth ernRegionalCouncil,aprivateresearch bodjfinancedbyth eFordFounda-tion,ch urch esandlaborunion!.OnlyMissi ssi ppi andSouth Car-oli namaintai n100percentli-brarysegregation.

" " "Th egreatSiouxnationcoun-cils are protesting a sligh tAgainstth ei rmostfamousandcontroversialleader,Sitti ngBull,subjectofamovienowbe-i ngplannedforfilmi ngi nCin-emaScope i nMexico.Onepro-testcitedth e"completedisre-gardofth ebeautyandauth en-ti clocaleofth estateofSoutiDak ota"andth eplanstopor-trayh i masanativeofMexica

" " "Negrobusinessmenwerecall-edupontostriveforth eth ree"C's"—competence,cleanlinesandcourtesy—inth ei rbusines!dealingsbyCh i cagoAldermanCareyJr.,wh o.i nstalledoffi-cers ofth e-Ch i cago Negro

Ch amber ofCommerce las'week .

" " "Ch i cago'sPuertoRicanpopu-lati onswelling atrate of5Waweek ,rfowabout25,000.CWfaces-welfareproblem teft**j oblessmigrants.

" " "PresidentEisenh ower'smes-sageonh ousi ngtoCongressh a)beencriti ci zedbyth eNAACrasnotdefini teenough concern-i ngth euseoffederalfunds'*racially segregated h ousi ngunite.

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