PACIFICCITIZENVol.40 No.22 Friday,June3,1955 LosAngeles,California 10centspercopy

VagariesBYLARRY TAJIRI

PERFORMERS-DISTRIBUTORS-PRODUCERSDenver

Asth eNewYork Ti mesnotedth eoth erday,th eopeningofth enewJapanesefilm,Hirosh i ma,ataManh attanth eateronMay 17mark edth ereturn*toth eentertainmentworldforOttoandMi aYamaok a,both ofwh om h aveh adlongcareers

asmotionpictureperformers.Th eYama-ok asaredistri buti ngHirosh i ma i n th eUnitedStatesandarealsoplanningth ei rfi rstmotionpictureproduction.Th i spic-ture,accordingtoth eTimes,willbeabio-graph i calfeaturebased"onMr.Yamaok asgrandfath er,Tessh u,wh omth eydescribedas'oneofth emostfamous'samurai duringEmperorMei j i 'scolorfulreign.'"Th eYamaok ash opetomak eth epicture

th i syearasco-producerswith oneofth ebigJapanesefilmmak ers.Th eyalso h aveplansforafuturefi lm onth ecareerof

KoKicni lvi i Kunoi u, th eJapanesepearlk i ng,wh odi edlastyearatth eageof96.Th eTi mesquotedMrs.Yamaok aassayingth eyh opedto h aveth eaward-winni ngHollywoodcinemato-graph er,JamesWongHowe,affili atedwith th em.Th eTi mesreportrecallsth atMi aYamaok a,borni nHiro-

sh i ma,cametoAmericawith h erparentsatth eageof4.Herscreencreditsi ncludeStreetsofSh angh ai ,wh ensh ewasonly9,AdventuresofMarcoPoloandth eEddieCantorpicture,FortyLittleMoth ers.MiaYamaok awroteth eEnglish sub-titlesandnarrationforHirosh i ma.OttoYamaok a,alsok nownprofessionallyasOttoHah n,

h asbeeni nmoreth antwoscoreHollywoodfilms.Hetoldth eTimesreporterh ewasacourti nterpreteri nLosAngeleswh enh ewasask edtoappearasth eJapaneseassistanttoWarnerOland i noneofth efi rstCh arli eCh anpictures.Th eBlackComet.Ottorecalls,h ewas"th eJapaneseassistanttoCh arli eCh an,th eonewh oalwayscameupwith th ewrongclues."HisfinalHollywood.filmwasth atofaJapanesevillai ni nTh reeCameHome,th estoryofcivi li anwarprisonersi nth eFarEastwh i ch starredClaudetteColbert.Sinceth enth eYamaok ash avebeeni nNewYork wh ereth eyoperateanexport-importbusi-ness.Th eYamaok asbecamefi lmdistri butorsbych ancewh en

afriendi nJapansentth emaprintofHirosh i ma.

'HIROSHIMA'NOTPERIODPIECEHirosh i ma,madei n1953byth eJapaneseTeach ersUnion,

wasdirectedby,HideoSek i gawa.Timemagazinerecalled i ni tsMay23reviewofth efi lmth atHirosh i ma"origi nallycon-tainedsomanygruesomeh orrorsandsoanti-Americanalineth atJapan'sEducationMini stryprotested."About15minutesh avebeencutfrom th efi lmforU.S.

distri buti onbyth eYamaok asandTime'sverdicti sth atth efi lm i s"wellworth seeing",despiteth efacti t"isamateurish ly

VeryTrulyYoursBTHARRYHONDA

THISPROSPECT OFAUTOMATIONTotalautomationi ssti lladazzlingdream i nth eeyesof

scienti sts,butweh adabrush with i tth eoth ernigh tbowlingatah ousewh ereautomaticpin-settersareemployed...Th eysayautomation i nsureswealth andnewleisure,buti tk ept

merollingatan"unleisurely"pace.With -outh esi tati on,th etenpinswereautomatic-allyrack ed.Weweretoeingth ealleysasi fmagneticallydrawn...Asforth ewealth angle,i tmigh tbesuggestedfromth efactth atyoudon'th avetotipauto-maticpinsetters...Ourfi rstawarenessofautomationcame i nth e 1954electionnigh twh enUNIVACwasemployedtocom-putetrends.Sinceth attime,weh avecon-tinuallynotedth estridesmadebyma-ch i nesreplacingmanpower...Actually,automationi snoth i ngnew.Moderntech -

nologists h avecoinedth i swordforpopularusagetoday.Itsimplystandsforsubstituti onofmach i neryforh umanlabor■".Sinceprimi ti vetimes,manh assough ttoi mproveh i ssta-tus.Hefirstemployedanimalpower(beastsofburden),th enj amewindpower(windmi llsandsaili ngsh i ps),steam,elec-tric,gasolineandnowatomicpower.Each advancemademan-Powermorevaluable...Each stepmadeh umanlabormoredigni fi ed.

* " "Aform ofautomationwillcometoth ePacifi cCiti zeni n■coupleofweek s...Anelectronically-controlledautomaticune-settingmach i newillbe i nstalledatth eNew JapaneseAmericanNewsplantwh ereweh aveth ePCpublish ed.Iti scapableofproducingtwiceasmuch typei nth esameamountj >"time,wh i ch meansoneofth eproblemsofproductionwi llIfmini mi zed...Knownasth eteletypesetter,i twi llbefedoyperforatedpapertapecutbytypists...Th ePacifi cCiti zenj si ndeedfortunatetobeassociatedwith afirmth atbelieves"th emiraclewh i ch h asni adeAmericath eprosperousnation«istoday.

OVER7,000ISSEINATURALIZEDINFIRST 18MONTHSAFTERLAW CHANGED;UNOFFICIALESTIMATESFIGURETEN-THOUSAND(Wash i ngton) Over7,000IsseiwerenaturalizedAmericanciti -zensbyth eendofth e1954fi scalyear(June30,1954),i swasre-portedth i sweek byth eWash i ng-tonOfficeofth eJapaneseAmeri-canCiti zensLeague.ImmigrationandNaturalizati onServicestatisti cssh ow th at7,424nativeJapaneseacquiredAmeri-canciti zensh i pduringth etwofiscalyearsof1953and1954.Gov-ernmentdataforth epast11month sarenotyetcompiled.Wh i leth eImmigrationandNa-tionalityActof1952(Walter-Mc-CarranAct)waspassedonJune27,1952,th elawitselfdidnotbe-comeeffectiveuntilDec.24ofth esameyear.Th eeffectivedateofth elawwasth efi rsttimei nUnit-edStates h i storyth atJapaneseresidentnationalscouldbecomeAmericanciti zensth rough natur-alizati on.Todate,th eunoffici alestimateofth eWash i ngtonJACLofficei sth atover10,000Issei arenowAm-ericanciti zens,basedonnewspa-peraccountsandreportsofIsseinaturalizati on services receivedfromHawai i andmainlandUnitedStates.Duringth elastfullfiscalyearofavailabledata,th e 12month swh i ch endedJune30,1954,atotalof6,750Issei successfullypassedth ei rexaminati onsandreceivedciti zensh i ppapers.Th efi scal1954figuredoesnoti ncludeth e1,600Issei naturalizedduringmasscer-emoniesth rough outth enationlastNov.11,VeteransDay.Duringth esi xmonth safterth eeffectivedateofth enaturalizati onlaw,June30,1953,674Issei ob-tai nedth ei rciti zensh i punderth enewstatute.Priortoth eImmigrationandNationalityActandduringth eprecedingei gh tyears,atotalof310 JapanesenationalsbecameAmericanciti zens.Th eseJapanesereceivedth ei rAmericanciti zen-sh i pth rough servicei nth eUni tedStatesarmedforcesduringWorldWarIIorunderth eso-calledCa-bleAct,wh i ch wasth efi rstsuc-cessfulJACL legislative effort,passedi nth eearly1930senablingNisei toregainAmericanciti zen-sh i plostth rough marriagetoanIssei.Onlyafewofth e6,750 Isseinaturalizedi nfiscal1954arerec-entarrivalstoth eUni tedStates,i ndi cati ngth atth eso-calledJap-anese"soldier-brides"donotcom-prisealargepercentageofth eJapanesenaturalized.Ofth eJapanesenaturalizedi nfiscal1954,only5arrivedi nth eUni tedStatesi n1954;18i n1953;

179i n1952,and11i n1950.Duringth e20yearsbetween1930and1950,241 Issei arri vedh erewh owerenaturalizedi nth elastfiscalyear.Mostofth eseJap-aneseweretreatymerch ants,th ei rfamili esandstudents,strandedi nth eUni tedStatesduringWorldWar11.Immediatelyafterth eces-sationofh osti li ti eswith Japanth eyweresubjectto i mmedi atedeportationto Japan.Howeverth eyremainedi nth eUni tedStateswith th epassageofth e JACLsponsoredStayofDeportationActof1948.Comparedtooth ernationalori-ginciti zensnaturalized i nfiscal

1954,th eJapaneseh avegonetonaturalizati onclassesandbecomeAmericanciti zensbyalargerper-centageth ananyoth ergroupdur-i ngsuch ash ortperiodafterth ei religi bi li ty.Basedonactualnumbernatur-alizedi nfiscal1954,th eJapaneseareexceededonlybyfiveoth ernationaliti es:Germans,12,483;It-alians,10,776;Polish ,8,989;Eng-lish ,7,295,andCanadians,13,233.Duringth esameperiodoftime,oth erAsiannationaliti eswerenat-uralizedi nth efollowingnumbers:Ch i nese,2,054;Indians,137;Fili -pinos,1,886,andalloth erAsians,2,021.

FrozenassetsofPeruvian-Japanesei nU.S.availableforrestituti on(LosAngeles)PeruvianJapa-

nesei nth i scountrymaynowap-plyforrestituti onoffrozenpro-perties,th ePacifi cCi ti zenlearn-edfrom th elocalJapaneseCon-sulateGeneral.Th e PeruviangovernmentlastMar.25 promulgatedrestituti onprocedures.Ch i effeatureaffect-i ng non-residentbenefici ari eswouldrequireapplicati onofaformtobefi ledth rough adele-gatedresidenti nPeruwith th eletterofdelegationtobefi ledwith

aPeruvianconsulate i nth eUni tedStates.Acommitteeh eadedbySh oi ch iMi sh i mai nLimawillassistnon-residents i nfili ngth ei rapplica-tionsforrestituti on,i twaslearn-ed.Frozenpropertyi ncludescash ,bank deposits,securiti es,reales-tateandpersonalpropertynowundercustodyofth ePeruvianmini stryoffinance&commerce.

Deer,autocrash ;3h urt(Sacramento) Th reelocalresi-

dentswereth rownoutofth ei rcarwh enth ei rcarcrash edi ntoadeerwh i ch wasdartingacrossU.S.Hwy.40nearSierrasummitlastweek .Th eNobuich i Yosh i dasandMrs.HenryNak atomi wereh urledoutofth espeedingauto-mobileuponi mpact.

WHITEHOUSEAIDSOUGHTBYJACL,COJAECTO URGESUPPORTOFHILLINGSBILLAMENDINGEVACUATIONCLAIMLAW(Wash i ngton) Th e Wh i te

Housewasrequestedtoendorseandurge i mmediateadmini stra-ti veactiononth eHilli ngsbilltoamendth eEvacuationClaimsActallowing expediti ousdetermina-ti onofremaini ngclaimsbyMi k eMasaok a,actingforboth th eCom-mi 11cc onJapaneseAmericanEvacuationClaimsandJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeague.Pointi ngtoth efactth atRep.Pat,Hilli ngs,(R.,Calif.) h ad i n-troducedh i s,billtoliberalizeandexpediteth epaymentofremain-i ngevacuationclaimsearlyi nMarch ,Masaok a declared th atsinceth atti meth eDept.ofJusticeandoth erFederalagenciestowh i ch th i slegislationwasreferredforcommenth avefai ledtomak eth ei rreporttoth eHouseJudici arysubcommitteeonClaims.UnderusualCongressionalpro-cedure,unlessreportsfrom exec-utivegovernmentagencies con-cernedarereceived,subcommit-teescannotproceedtoactuponbillsreferredtoit.Inth i sway,aneffective"stalling"devicetopre-ventactiononanylegislation i stoh oldupreportsaslongaspos-sible,Masaok asai d.Th eNi sei lobbyistconferredlastweek with offici alsi nth eBureauofth eBudgetwh i ch mustapprovealldepartmentalreports before|th eyaresubmittedtoCongress.He'pointedoutth atwith twoorth reeexceptions,th eHilli ngsBillcon-tainedth erecommendationsofth especialHouseJudici arysubcom-mi tteeonClaimswh i ch h eldpub-lich eari ngsi nCalifornialastsum-mer.Inh i smemorandumtoth eWh i te

House,Masaok arevealedth atoneofth ereasonsfordepartmentalexceptionstoth elegislationi sth ati tgivesa "betterbreak "toth elarger,remaini ngclaimantsth anth esmallerclaimantswh oh aveal-readybeenpaid,receivedbylib-eralizi ngi nterpretationsregardingi ngth edefini ti onofnoncompen-sableitems.Wh i leadmitti ngth atth i si strue,Masaok adeclaredth ati ti si nth enatureofth elegislativeprocessth atasexperiencedictates,amend-mentsareproposedtomak eforbetterlaw.Torefusetoamendastatutesimplybecauseprospectivebenefici ari esmayfarebetterth anth osealreadyservedistorejectprogressandpasth i story,h esai d.Stressingth elatenessofth c

Congressional session, Masaok astatedth atunlesssomeremediallegislationi senactedi ntolawth i syearbeforeanexpectedAug.1adjournmentth ewh oleevacuationclaimsprogramwillbestalematedasth eremaini ngclaimantswillre-questpostponementsofth ei rcasesi nordertotak eadvantageofth eli beralizati onsproposed i n th eHilli ngsBill.

Calif,pensionforIssei passes70-0(Sacramento)Oldage assist-

anceforIssei unableto obtainciti zensh i p becauseofage i sastepclosertorealityasth eStateAssemblylastFridaypassed70-0th eMasternbi llAB2255.JudgeMastersonofRich mond,i nh i spresentationofth ebill,arguedth atth elegislationwasre-mediali ni ntentandwouldrenderj usti cetoagroupofloyalresi-dents,wh obecauseofdiscri mi na-torynaturalizati onlawspriortoDec.24,1952,wereunabletoqualifyforoldageassistance.HaruoIsh i maru,stateJACL

lobbyist,saidth i swas a mosth opefulsignforsuch abi ll,wh i chh adbeen k i lledi ncommitteeatth e 1951and 1953sessions.Th enewbillisbeingreferredtoth eSenatesocialwelfareandfinancecommittees.

* " "(SanFrancisco) JACLch aptersi nCaliforniawerebeingurgedbyHaruoIsh i marutowriteth ei rres-pectivestatesenatorstoactfavor-ablyonAB2255,th eMastersonoldageassistancebi ll.ItsurgencywasstressedbyIsh i maruwh opointedoutth atth elegislature h asnomoreth anaweek leftbeforeadjournment.

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Fromth eFryingPanBYBILLHOSUKAWA

JAPANESERESTAURANTSHORTAGEDenver

EversinceGeorgeFuruta,th eexpansiveanderstwh i leMayorofLarimerStreetleftth i sfai rcityforLosAngeles,th ereh asbeenadiscouragingsh ortageofrestaurants h ere-aboutswh ereonecouldtak eguestsforaJapanesedinner.Fu-rutaandHelenUmezawah eldforth atarestaurantcalledth e

Manch uGrill, aplacewh i ch laterwasgivenaTah i ti typedecorandrenamedth eClubSevenSeas.Th en,afewyearsagowh enFurutath ough th esaw th eh and-writi ngoftelevisi ononth ebamboowall,h esoldout.He h eadedquick lyforLosAngeleswh ere,weh ear,h e'sdoingri gh twellwith anoth ersuk i yak i emporium.Noneoth erth anGen.Douglas MacArth ur,wereadnotlongago,wasamongh i sguests.Th edepartureofFurutaleftasizeable

vacuum i nDenver'sgustatorialworld.Th ereareplentyofch opsueyh ouseswh ere

youcangoforaspotofch owmem orpork noodles,butth eavailabi li tyofJapanesefood i slimi tedtoacoupleofsmallerplaces.Th eselatterarefineforth efamilytrade—th eIch i yoTei,forone,i s quitesatisfactory—butsomeh ow th eyaren'tquiteli k eth eClubSevenSeasforentertaini ngvi si ti ngfiremenwith ayenforTok yostylech ow.Manytimesaroundtownwe'veh eardpeopleremark th at

.itwasash amewedidn'th aveagoodsuk i yak i h ouse.Th ere'saneedforone,th eysaid,andi twouldbeasuremoney-mak er.Butnooneh adth egumptiontoscratch th emoneytogeth erandgetsuch anenterpriseunderway.

ComesnowoneGeorgeFuk uma,norestaurateurbutamanofideasanda certaincourage,tomak eabidforth e,patronageofth osewh oh ungerforJapanesefood.Heh as i m-plementedth ebi dwith anewLarimerStreetrestaurantcalledth eOri entalGarden.GeorgeFuruta'sbroth er,Ben,i smajordomoofth ek i tch en.

Fuk uma i sbyprofessionagrocer.Inmiddleage,h e'scon-vincedth atth erei safuturei nasuk i yak i restaurant,andeveni nlandlock edDenverth erei sasizeableOrient-interestedpo-pulationtodrawon.Fi rst,h epointstosometh i ngli k e2,000or2,500Issei,Nisei andSansei i nDenverandnorth ernColo-rado.Th enth ereareth eservicemenfromlocalai rforce,armyandnavalairstations,alargepercentageofwh omarevet-eransofth eJapaneseoccupation,andcanbeexpectedtoh aveacquiredatasteforth i ngsJapanese.Afterth atcomeanun-k nownnumberofex-servicemenandoth erci vi li answh oh avespentsometimei nJapan.A"ndnotleast,th ereareanestimated100Japanesewarbrideswh o,Fuk umah opes,h aveagnawingdesiretostowawayfoolli k emamausedtomak eback h ome.Nowi feach ofth osenamedabovebringsonefriend..."Th ereisaneedforarestaurantli k eth i s,"Fuk umai n-

sists.AllIh avetodoisletth emk nowth atwearei nbusi-ness.Weh avesuk i yak i maderigh tatth etable.Wecanputelectrich otplatei neverybooth .Alsotempura,donburi,sush i ,tendon,nabeyak i udon,sash i meandlotsofoth erth i ngs."

Wh i leLarimerStreetfallssomewh atsh ortofbeingth ebestaddressi ntown,Fuk umah opesth epromiseofgoodfoodwilldrawa*clientelefromalloverth eregion.Inawayi t'sash ameth atFuk umacouldnoth aveestablish edarealOri-entalGarden,with Orientaldecorandagardenatmosph ere.Perh aps h e'llgetaroundto i tsomeday.Meanwh i le,h ede-servesalotofcredit.Th etrendonLarimerStreeth asbeenlorbusinessmentocloseupsh opandh eadforsunnyCalifor-ni a.Fuk uma,toth econtrary,h asboth th efai th andth e h opeth ath ecanmak esometh i ngofaventurewh i ch everyonesaidwasfine,butnoonewantedtotack le.

Minori tyWeek

Th eCaliforniaSenateLaborCommitteelastweek k i lled■th reebi llsdealingforfairemploymentpractices,twoofth embi llsintroducedbyAssemblymenRumfordandHawk i ns,wereapprovedbyth eAssembly.Th eRumfordbi llprovidedafive-memberFEPcommissi on.Th eHawk i nsbi llprovidedcivi ldamagesagainstemployersorlaborunionsfordiscri mi nati onTh etwoAssemblybills,approvedbyth elowerh ouse h adgonefurth erth ananyearlierCaliforniaFEPC legislation.Th eSupremeCourtlastMondaydirectedth atpublicsch oolsegregationofwh i teandNegrostudentsbeendedassoonasfeasible,tak i nglocalconditi onsi ntoaccount.Ch i efJusticeWarren,announcingth ecourt'sdecisi on,saidth elowercourtssh oulddecidewh eth erapromptandreasonablestarttoward'lullcompliancewasbeingmadebylocalsch oolauth ori ti esTh eSupremeCourtonMay17,1954,unanimouslydeclared

racialsegregationi nth esch oolswasunconstituti onal.Th eIlli noi sNAACPbranch esareorganizi ngamasslobbyi nsupportofFEPCandEqualJobOpportuniti esbillnowbe-foreth estatesenate.Th eywillassemblei nSpringfi eldJune

15;toconferwith respectivesenators.RobertBirch man mem-berofth eCh i cagoJACLandpublici ty-rsearch directorforth eIllinoi sNAACP, i sdirectingacampaigntosecure 100000signaturespetiti oni ngth eGovernorandmembersofth estatelegislatureforitspassage.

20,000WARBRIDESINAMERICABYTAMOTSUMURAYAMATOKYOTOPICS

Tok yo

Oneofth ecauses ofth elastPacifi cwarh asbeenpinnedonth e

JapaneseExclusionActof1924.wh i ch stoppedJapaneseemigra-tiontoth eUnited States.How-ever,th eWalter-McCarranActo11952h asreopenedi mmi grationonth equotabasisof185Japanesenationalseach year.But,moresigni fi cantisth edi s-closurerecentlymadebyU.S.ConsulGeneralLaurenceTayloratTok yoth atover20.000 visash avebeengiventoJapanesewarbrides,wh o h ave j oi nedth ei rAmericanservicemen-h usbandstolivei nth eUni tedStatesasper-manentresidents.Over4,000warbrideswentth i spastyear.

Addedtoth i snumberareth eh undreds ofwarorph answh oh avemadeAmerica th ei rpermanenth ome— allona non-quotabasis.Th en,th ereareth enumeroustem-poraryJapa-

nesevisi torsand students wh oh avebeengrantedtravelvisasbyh i soffice.Many i nJapanneverk newsomanyJapanesewarbrideswerebeing admittedi ntoth e Uni tedStates.Instead,th eyonlyreadofcases i nth enewspaperswh i chplayedupth etragedyofinter-racialmarriages,wh i ch appeartobeth eexceptiontoth erule.Th eyalsoh eardofclergymenwh odis-couragemarriageofAmericanGlsandJapanesewomen.Regardlessofsuch discouragingreportsi nth epressandadvicetoJapanesewomennotto i nter-marry,naturei stak i ngh ercourse.Loveconquersall.Japanesegirlsarebeingaccepted.EvenacertainAmericanadmiralwith a Japa-nesewife,remark ed:"Letth eh ot-h eadedguyssh outallth ei rnon-sense.Ith i nk th eJapanesegirlsarereallywonderful."

Warbride'ssch oolTh eAmericanRedCross h as

beenconducting abrides'sch ooli nTok yoandYok oh amaforth ebenefitofth oseJapanesegirlswh oaretobeadmittedi ntoth eUni tedStates.Th epurposeofth esch ooli stoassistth em i nbecom-i nggoodAmericanwives.Th esch oolwasstartedi n1943.

Classesmeetfivedaysa week ,

touch manyaspectsofAmericancommunitylifesuch as h omemak -i ng.religi on,ch i ldcare,h i story,geograph y,culture,customsandmanners.Anewcoursei nexplain-i ngth elegalstatusofwomenandth erolesh eplaysi nch urch acti -vi ti esh asbeenadded.

Oneofth efi rstth i ngsaJapa-nesewarbride i staugh ti snottoch ewgum i npublic.Sincemanyofth ebri desth i nk i ttobeveryAmericani zi ngandup-to-date,th eyareavidgum-ch ewers.

"Pictureh opefulTosayth eleast,th erei severyreasontobeh opefulonboth si desofth ePacifi c.Ni sei i nJapanareh avi ngth ei rU.S.citi zensh i pre-

i nstated.Famili es separated h »wararebeingrejoi nedTh efi rstgroupof57 Japanesebeingadmittedtoth eUniteHStatesunderth e1953RefugeeRe!liefActweregiventh ei rvi saslastApr.22.Itwasth efi rstconclusiveresultforJapaneserefugeessometh i ngMi k eMasaok a-fough tforsolongi nWash i ngton.Inth emeantime,th eJapanesegovernmenti sdesperatelynego-tiati ngtoassistmorei mmi grantstoBrazilandoth erSouth Ameri-cancountries.Th eForeignOfficeh asbeenstymied byalack offundstopush th i sproject.Iti salsoplanningtoremodeltwofreigh tersforth epurposeofsend-i ngJapaneseemigrantstoBrazilandconstructmoresh i pstoex-peditemigration.

Ok i nawadoubleamputeegrantedpermanentstatus(Denver) Ch ok i ch i Irah a,doubleamputeerecoveringfromtuberculosi s contractedwh i lework i ngforth eU.S.ArmyEngi-neersatOk i nawa,wasgrantedapermanentresidentstatusbyCon-gress.Th eprivatebill,co-sponsor-edbySenatorsMi lli k enandAllottwassenttoth eWh i teHouseforsignaturelastweek .Th eSenate-passedbillwenttoth eHouse i nearlyAprilasRep.ByronG.RogersofColoradowasi nstrumentali nh avi ng i treportedoutofth eJudici aryCommitteetoth efloor.

SanJoseVFWch i ef(SanJose) Joh nSumidawaselectedcommanderofth eSanaS"Vk WvNisei Mem°rialPost9970,wh i ch willh ostth e1956Ni-sei statewideVFW convention.

U.S.flagflownovernation'sCapitoltobepresentedtoJapanBoyScouts(Tok yo)An American Flag,wh i ch flewoverth eCapitolofth eUnitedStates,i sawaiti ngoffi-ci alpresentationtoth eBoyScoutsofJapan.Effortsarebeingmadetosecurecooperationofth eAmer-i canLegion,th eSh ri ners andoth erci vi cgroupstopartici patei nth eceremonies.Th eflag,i nth emeantime,i si nth eh andsofth eU.S.Embassyh ere.Iti s h opedth atAmbassadorAllisonmaybeabletopresenti ti nbeh alfofRep.SidneyR.Yates(D.,111.),wh osecuredth eflag.CongressmanYates,inh i smes-

sagetoth eJapaneseBoyScoutsaccompanyingth eflag,declared:"Th eAmericanflagpresentedtoyouth i sday h asrecentlyflownh i gh overth eCapitolofth eUni tedStatesi nWash i ngton,D.C.May i tnowserveasaconstantremindertoth eBoyScouts ofJapanofth efriendsh i pandes-teem ofth ei rfri endsacross th eoceani nth elandwh encei tcame."LastDecemberwh enMi k eMa-saok awas i nJapan,i twasTa-motsuMurayamawh osuggestedanAmericanflagbesecuredforth eBoyScoutsofJapanHead-quartersasatok enofworldbro-th erh oodofBoyScouts.OnMa-

saok a'sreturn,h erequestedCon-gressmanYatestosecureaflagth ath adflownoverth eCapitolforth eJapaneseBoyScoutsh ead-quarters.RevealedMasaok ai nth emes-sageaccompanyingth eAmericanflagtoth escouts:"Th i srequestwasmadeofCongressmanYatesformanyreasons.HerepresentsmanypersonsofJapaneseances-tryi nh i sdistri ct;h eh asdemon-strated i nth eCongressofth ech ampi onsofyouth developmentprogram i nth i scountry;h e h i m-selfisaformerBoyScout,asaremostmembersofCongress."'VTh e flagwillsymbolize th eh i stori cfriendsh i pbetweenJapanandth eUni tedStatesaswellasth ebondsofbroth erh oodandscoutingforth eBoyScoutsofJa-panandth eBoyScoutsofAmeri-ca,"Masaok aadded.

Federalgrandjuror(Denver) Mrs.MaryY.Ik u-

ma,operatorofCh ampaGrocerywas i mpanelledlastweek among11womenand12mentoserveonth efederalgrandj uryforth enext18month sbyU.S.Di stri ctJudgeW.LeeKnous.

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Honolulu NewsletterBYLARKY NARATSUKA

FRESHMEN LEGISLATORS DISAPPOINTINGNisei generallyth rough outth eTerritoryaresh ak l"ih eadsi namazementanddisappointmentoverth eDerf"

ofmostofth eNi sei legislators,particularlyth efresh menHui ngth erecentsession. "»nmai, aur-Iti sdi ffi culttodescribeth efeelingsofth enuMfe

laturemth e54yearssinceHaw i beca"anAmericanterritory. tdme

Th eDemocratsh adbeenbuildi nguptoa«-»* rfore,i n1946th eDemocratsh adsh owngreatstrength byput-ting i ntooffice15membersofth eHouseofRepresentativesTh eRepublicansweretiedwith 15membersalso butafteraprolongeddeadlock emergedwinneri nretaini ngcontroloflllG j i OUSG.

Th atwasth eclosestth eDemocrats h adgottentotak i ngovereith erch amberofth eLegislature. g

Th encameth esweepingvictorylastNovemberTh eDe-mocratscapturedth eSenate9to6,andth eHouse 22to8Th eoutstandingsurprisewasth eelectionofnumerousfresh men i nth eHouse,mostofth emNi sei Th ey h adcampaignedvigorouslyandadroitly,promisi ngbiggerandbetter♦lungsforth e"poorman."Th eypledgedth emselvestoover-tews*Jt*economy'th etaxstruc*ure,th elandsystem,th elaborj arenU i de3S i dCalS' th eV°terSHk edth em'ap"

REFORM PLATFORM FIZZLESWith greatenergyandpublici ty,th eyembark edonth ei rlegislativemissi ontoreformandresh apeHawai i toth ei rh i gh -flownspecifi cati ons.Immediatelyafterth eelectionsth ey

StrormisesUildi ng legislativePro*ramaroundth ecarnpSgnFinallycametimetocarryoutth esebigplans.

«nJTh e ni alsessionconvenedlastFebruaryforitsusual60days.Th eyoung h opefulstossedth ei rpartybillsintoth e

latibnf> ° committeemeetingstowork overth elegis-

i TyfuUdth emselvesconfrontedwith practicalprob-lemsth eyh adneverdreamtof.Witnessesappearingbeforetbem-far-wiserand;more,experiencedi nth epracticalwork -i ngspfth ei rspecialfields—calledattentiontoth eh armfulconsequencesofth ei dealisti cbillsi fth eybecamelaw Th eypointedtosomeunrealisti cfeaturesofth ebi llsandgradually

SnefrTarti i Toi m.*"?*"*fc .Te.frh mentoleratedth ei rleadersolongth atth eywerepack edtoth ewallwh enadjournmenttimeloomedupTh eytriedtorevoltbutback edawayfrom anopen-break .Lack i ngleadersh i p,courageandpoliti calk now-h ow with i nth ei rownrank s,th eyoungh opefulssufferedh umi li ati ngsetback sti me

OVERTIMESESSIONENDEDWh enth e60th dayarrived,th eLegislaturewasfarfromdonewith i tstask s.Th ebigbillsstillremainedun-passed,

Alth ough th eDemocratsatalltimemaintai nedaclearandoverwh elmi ngmaj ori tyi nboth h ouses.Th eRepublicansfough tback asaneffectiveminori ty,especiallyi nth eSenatewh eretlieysucceededi nsustaini ngth eRepublicanGovernor'svetoesonseveralk eymeasures.Roundandaroundth efigh tswirled,firstononebigbill,th enonanoth er.Alth ough th e60th dayh adarrived,th eDemo-cratsstoppedth eclock sandk eptth eLegislaturegoing.With each "overtime"day,th epublicgrewmoreh osti le

i °»tl?e4,maJ°ritylegislators.Dayafterday,th eh eadlinesre-i dtedth esamestoryofmorebick eri ngandmorestalling.Th elegalityofstoppingth elegislativeclock ssolongbecameamorepressingquestion.Finally,onFriday,May27th —28 dayspastth enormal

adjournmenttime—th eLegislaturegroundtoastop.Byth at«me,th epublich adth rownup i tsh andsi ndisgustandfrus-tration.Manydidn'tcarewh ath appenedi nortoth eLegis-lature.Th eyj ustwantedth elawmak erstogoh omeandstayth ere. J

Toaddi nsulttoth ei nj uryalreadydone,th eyoungh ope-,.U;i SePTrasideth ei rfeudingonth efi naldayandmadepeacewanth eHouseSpeak er.Th eycloth edth emselveswith acyni-calpoliti cal"maturity"toburyth eh atch etandcloseth ebadlyspatpartyrank s.Th epublicwaspastth epointofbeing i mpressed.

Fiveof10Eisenh owerproposalstoliberalizeRefugeeRelief I]LawapplicabletoJapan,JACLstudysh ows:twoi noperation,i Waetyngtqm) Fiveoftenre-commendations urgedbyth lPresidenttofullyach i eveth epur-posesofth e1953RefugeeReliefActaredirectlyapplicabletoJa-pan,th e Wash i ngton Office ofth eJapaneseAmericanCiti zensLeaguesaidfollowingastudyofth eWh i teHousemessageCongresslastFridayonth esubjectofre-visi ngth elaw.Twooth erch angesh ave i ndi rectapplicati on,i twasnoted.Ingeneral,th esefi verecommen-dationsaresubstantiallyth osesug-gestedtoth eRefugeeReliefAd-

mini stration by Mi k e Masaok a,Wash i ngtonJACLrepresentative,afterh i sreturnfromasurveytriptoJapanlastDecemberandJan-uary,th eWash i ngtonOfficesaid.Twoofth ePresident'srecom-mendationsweresubjectsofliber-alizati onsi nth ei nterpretationsofth eActwh i ch werepromulgatedlastFebruary,mak i ng eli gi blemanyJapaneserefugeeswh owereformerly disqualifi ed; i .e., th emorerealisti cdefini ti onsofth eterms"firmlyresettled"and"usualplaceofabode."Th ePresidentwouldelimi nateentirelyboth th esequalifi cati ons.Inrecommendingth ewith draw-alofth e"firmlyresettled"limi -tation,th emessagedeclaredth at"experienceh as sh ownth atth i sprovisi ontendstoexcludeth eh ardwork i ngandth eadjustable,th everypeoplewewantmostasnewciti zens.Moreover,i tappearsth at'resettlement'issuch avaguetermastocreateconflictsi ni nter-preationsanddelayi nclearingap-plicati ons."Asforth edefini ti on"usualplaceofabode,"th ePresidentsaidth at"th erequirementth ata'ref-ugee'belivi ngawayfrom h i stra-diti onalh omeh asexcludedmanytragicvicti msofdisasterwh omIamsureth eCongress i ntendedtoadmit."Th ough th eJapanesewerenotmentionedspecifi callyi nth emes-sage,probablybecauseth eFarEastallocationwh i ch i ncludesJa-pan i ssosmall,beinglimi tedto3,000forall'Asia,th esetworec-ommendationswouldenablemanywh oweredisqualifi edi nJapantorenewth ei rapplicati onsforspeciali mmi grationvisasoutsideth ereg-ularquotas.Th eoth erth reePresidential

proposalswith directapplicati ontoJapanare:1.Th eeli mi nati onofth e"se-

curitych eck "forth etwoyearsi mmedi atelypriortoth eapplica-tionforavi sa;2.Th erepealofth esectionprovidi ngth atth een-tirefamilymustbeadmittedi ntoth i scountryatth esametimebyprovidi ngth atfamilymembersmayfollowth ebreadwinneri ntoth eUni tedStatesatalaterdate,and3.Th erevisi onofth e"h ealthstandards"toallowfamilymem-berswith such di seasesastuberc-ulosistoenterth ecountryunderpropersafeguards.Th etworecommendationsth ati ndi rectlyaffectJapanare:1.Touseunusednationality

(quotasforsuch worldwidepur-!posesastoauth ori zeth eadmissi on!oforph ansoverth epresent4,000iorph ans,and2.Toallowrespon-'siblevoluntaryagenciestopro-videgroupassurancesofh ousi ng,employment,etc.,i nsteadofi n-divi dualassurancesforindi vi dualrefugees.Th eremaini ngth reesuggestionsrelategenerallytoprospectiveref-ugeesfromEurope.Billsto i mplementth ePresi-dent's10pointprogramtoliberal-izeth emuch -cri ti ci zedadmini s-trationofth eRefugeeReliefAct,areexpectedtobei ntroducedth i sweek .Sen.Arth urV.Watk i ns,(R.,Ut.,),auth orofth ebasic1953lawwh enh ewasch ai rmanofth eGOPcontrolledSenateJudici arysub-committeeon ImmigrationandNaturalizati on,declaredth atth ePresident'srecommendationscouldbeapprovedbyth i sCongress,Bay-i ngth atth eywereessentiallyth eprovisi onsth atwereelimi natedfromth e1953acti nordertose-cureSenateapproval.Hewarnedh i scolleagues,h owever,th atat-temptstoaddevenmoreliberalamendmentswouldk i llth ech anc-

Frank Ch uman,nationalJACLlegalcounsel,ofLosAngeleswasth erecipi entofth eJACLsapph i repi natarecentDown-townLosAngelesJACLlunch -eonmeeting.Th epini sawardedtoJACLersfor10yearsormorefaith fulservicetoth enationalorganiazti on.

—Sh i nNi ch i Bei Ph oto.

NISEIWAR DEAD CITEDASMEN WHOREMOVED2dCLASSCITIZENSHIP(LosAngeles) Munici palCourt

JudgeJoh nAiso,princi palspeak -eratth eEvergreenCemeterywh erecommunitymemorialserv-i cessponsoredbyth eNi sei Vet-erans'Coordinati ng'Councilwereh eldMay30, h onoredth eNi seiwardeadasth e"menwh ofreedusfromth efettersofsecond-classciti zensh i p"."OutofWorldWarIIcameSa-

daoMunemori,ourfirstCongres-sionalMedalofHonorwinner.AndoutofKoreacameHirosh iMiyamura,.ouronlylivi ngCMHh older.Th eyandth eoth ersprovedth atKipli ngwaswrong,''th ej udgedeclaredbeforeacrowdof2,000."Westcanmeeteastandassimi lateth eeast.Aman'sde-votiontocountryi samatterofh eartandmindandnotofracialancestry".Hesaidth ework wasstillun-fini sh edforth elivi ng."Wh ydowe h oldth i sservicei nEvergreenandnoti nForestLawncemetery?How doesourJapaneseHospitalstack upagainstCedarsofLeban-onandMt.Sinai ?(And)h asanyJapaneseAmericandirectedth eactivi ti esofth eNewYork Ti mesorth eBank ofAmerica?"Ninety-th reeNisei wardeadarei nterredatth especialmili taryplot.

* " *(RedondoBeach ) Membersofth eGardenaNisei VFW postcon-ductedcommunityritesfor22GoldStarparents h ereMondayatPacifi cCrestcemetery.Dr.NormanKobayash i wasch ai rman.

* * *(SaltLak eCity) AcommunityMemorialDayservice was h eldMay30atth eNi sei WarMemoriali nth elocalcemeterywith HowellUj i fusa,Istvice-presidentofth eSaltLak eJACL,presidi ng.Guestspeak ers i ncludedSaltLak eMayorGlade,th eRev.S.Aoyagi ofth eNi ch i renBuddh i stCh urch andpastNationalJACLPresidentHi toOk ada.

» " "(Denver) Cath ayAmericanLegionPost185andMi le-Hi JACLsponsoredth eannualJapanesecommunityMemorialDayservicesatth eTri -StateBuddh i stCh urchlastMonday.Irving Matsuda,Mile-Hi JACLvice-president,wasi nch argeofth eprogram.Th eRev.N.Tsunodadeliveredth eprinci paladdress.Th omasHi-k i da,ch ai rman,wasassistedbyJack Ish i da,Cath ayPost'com-mander,andJimOk i ta.

Maryk nollcarnival(Los Angeles)Maryk noll

Sch oolh olds i tsannualbenefitcarnivalJune10-12ati tscenter,222S.HewittSt.

IN HONOR OF

DavidT.Imagawa,Ph .D.,wasamongfourUCLA scienti stsre-ceivi ngayear-extensiongrantfrom th eUni tedCerebralPalsyAssociati ontostudy"placenta!transmissi onsofvi ralinfectious".Dr.Imagawa i swith th eUCLAMedicalCenter.MayM.Iwamoto,daugh terofMr.andMrs.Ryoh ei Iwamoto,LosAngeleswasawardedth e$500MabelWilsonRich ardsfoundationsch olarsh i patth eUni v.ofRed-lands.

Rev.Hirosei nstalledatSaltLak eCitych urch(SaltLak eCity) Th e Rev.

GeorgeM.Hirose,SanFrancisco-bornNisei mini ster,wasi nstalledlastSundaybyth eUtah Presby-teryaspastorofth eJapaneseCh urch ofCh ri st,succeedingth eRev.TetsuoSaitonow i nCalifor-nia.Rev.Hirosei sagraduateofHuron.(S.D.)College,h oldsabach elor'sdegreei ndivi ni tyfromUniv.ofDubuqueSeminaryandamaster'sdegreei nth eologyfromPrincetonTh eologicalSeminary.

Moth erj udgedi nsanefork i lli ngowngirl(LosAngeles) Mrs.DaisyTa-

k ata,24,wh osh oth eryear-olddaugh tertodeath ,woundeda4-year-oldsonandth enattemptedsuici delastMar.28,wasfoundguiltyofmurderandassaultwithi ntentto k i ll,butalsoinsaneattimes.SuperiorCourtJudgeNyelastweek orderedh ercommittedtoPattonStateHospitalafterth reepsych i atri stsfoundh ermedicallyi nsaneatth eti meofsh ooti ng.

Urgepayboostforallfederalgov't,postalwork ers(Wash i ngton) Becausemoreth an5,000Nisei are i nvolved,th eWash i ngton,D.C.,ch apterofth eJapanese AmericanCi ti zensLeagueunanimouslywentonrec-ordlastweek urgingCongresstoenactbillsprovidi ngpayi ncreasesforpostalandclassifi edfederalgovernmentemployees.Immediatelyfollowingth eSen-ate'sactioni nuph oldi ngth ePres-i dent'svetoofth eso-called8.8%postalpaybill,th eJACLch apteracteduponaresolutioncallingup-onCongresstoapproveth i syear,beforeadjournment,payi ncreasesbillsforboth postalandclassi-fi edwork ersth atwillprovideth eh i gh estpossible percentage i n-creasesth atth ePresidentwillsign.Th emembersofCongresswh oh avej ustvotedth emselvesa50%payi ncreasewh i ch th ePresidentapprovedcertainlysh ouldnotal-lowpoliti calconsiderationstopre-ventth emfrompassingpay-in-creasebillsth i syearth atth ePres-i dentwillsign,th eJACLerssaidi napprovingth eresolution.Itsh ouldbeleftuptoth eFed-eralemployeesth emselvestoas-sessth eblame,i fany,forth evetoofth eorigi nalpaybillandanyefforttopostponeactionth i s.ses-siononth egroundsth atth i sques-tionofpayraisesi sacampaigni ssuefornextyearsh ouldbeex-posedforth esh abbypoliti caltrickth ati ti s,th eWash i ngtonch aptermembersdeclared.Th ereasonth atallgovernmentemployeesare i nterested i n th efateofth ebi llto i ncreasepostal]work erssalariesi sth ati twill]serveasth eprecedentforth esub-jsequentmeasureto i ncreaseth e

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"Th elargestsum everawardedi nth e58-yearh i storyofth eannualexh i bi ti onatth eArtInstitutetolocalartistswasgivento22Winners.Ittotalled57,850...Amongth ewi nnerswereJoseph Goto,29,Hawai i an-bornresidenth eresinceat-tendingth eInstitutei n 1947,forh i sweldedsteelsculpture,some14ft.h i gh titled"Struggle".Hewasawarded51,500forh i sentryrepresentingtremendousi nsectsi nbattle...9tsu-t-h i Ki k uch i .37.Seattle-borngraduateofth eInstitute,sub-mi ttedawatercolorti tled"CityAlley",winni ngS5O.

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"Th eCh i cagoJACL1000ClubWh i ngDi ngpromisestobeagalaaffair.wi th Harold"Tok uzo"Gordon,pastNational1000

Clubch ai rman,wieldi ngth etoastmasterduties.Featuring abuffetsupper,i twillbeh eldJune 11,7:30p.m..atth eCrystalRoom,North Park Hotel,1931Li ncolnParkWest...Th eeventi sopentoalllOOOers,th ei rwives,h usbandsordatesat$3.50perplate.Th osej oi ni ngth e1000ClubbetweenMay1andJune11,ofcourse,willbeguestsofth ech apter.Reservationsarebeingac-ceptedbyth eMidwestJACLOffice,MO-h awk 4-4382.

"Th e Ch i cagoJACLwillh onorNistigraduatesfrom th elocalh i gh sch ools,col-.legesanduniversiti esatth e"NewHori-

zons"danceonSaturday,June18,8p.m.atth eMcCormickYWCA,1001N.DearbornSt.JimDak es'orch estrawillplay..HelenHori i si nch arge.Th ech aptersocialcommitteeisan-xioustogetth enamesandaddressesofgraduates.Notifyth eMi dwestJACLOffice.

"Th etenth annualconventionofth eEasternDi stri ctYoungBuddh i stLeaguemetforth reedaysoverth eMemorialDayweek endatth eMi dwestBuddh i stCh urch h ere.

"Th elocalJapaneseAmericancommunitymemorialserv-i ceswereh eldatth eMontroseCemeterylastMondaymorn-i ng.Cork yKawasak i was i nch arge.

"Th efourJapaneseProtestantorganizati ons,Ch ri stCon-gregational,Ch urch ofCh ri st,ArmitageMeth odi standKen-wood-EllisCommunitych urch es,co-sponsorth eJune17-19conferenceatBowenCountryClubnearWauk egan.

LARRYTAJIRISVISITMIDWEST

"Th eLarryTaj i ri s,1810S.NewtonSt.,Denver,wereonth ei rvacation,motoringtoCh i cagolastweek tovisi tfriendsandrelatives i nth eMidwest.Larryvisi tedh i smoth er,Mrs.FuyoTaj i ri ,6322So.UniversityAye.Hisbroth ers,Vincent,Th omas,andsisterMrs.Yosh i k oRoberts,arealsoh ere.Oth erbroth ersarei nEurope—George i nParisandLt.James i nGermany...Duringth ei rstayh ere,th eyvisi tedDr,Ran-dolph Sak ada,Fath erJoeKitagawaandTogoTanak a...Th eyleftforMadison,Wise,wh ereGuyo'sbroth er,Dr.HenryOk agak i ,i swith th eUni v.ofWisconsinHospital,"beforeh ead-i ngforh omeviaMinneapolis...Larry,wh oedi tedth ePacifi cCiti zenbetween1942and1952,attendedsch oolsi nLosAngeles,wasEnglish editorofth eoldKash uMai ni ch i between1931-34,English editorofth eSanFranciscoNi ch i bei between1934-40andservedasTok yoAsah i foreigncorrespondenti nNewYorkfromsummer1940untilPearlHarborDay...Hei snowpro-ductionch i efofth eSundayDenverPostmagazine,"Empire",tliatisedi tedbyBillHosok awa.Th eTaj i ri sweremarriedi nMay1937i nSanJose.

Amongth e82Issei ci ti zensrecentlyh onoredbyth eSanDiegoJACL

i £eHizuUvej i .37,(secondfromleft)asth eyoungestbe.ngcon-gratulatedfayMayorCh arlesC.Vai l(left);andKi j i roSumi 75,(th i rdfromleft)asth eoldestnew-citi zenpresentby

JudgeArth urMundo JACLRegionalDirectorTatsKush i da(fourth from left)andGeorgeKodama,ch apterpresident,look on

—Sh i nNich i Bei Ph oto.

ReedleyCLfetesnewIssei ci ti zens(Reedley) JudgePh i li pConleyofth eFresnoCountlSuperiorCourtwasth eguestspeak eratabank ueth eldi nReedleylastweekh onori ng newly-naturalizedciti -zens i nth i sarea.Approximately100 Issei h eardJudgeConleypraiseth eJapaneseforcountless h ardsh i ps,andforth ei rcourage anddeterminati ontoproveth ei rloyaltytoth ei radoptedcountry.PresidentCh arlesIwasak i ofth e

ReedleyJACL,wh i ch sponsoredth ebanquet,welcomedth enewciti zens.Dr.Ak i raTaj i ri ,toast-master,i ntroducedReedleyMay-orM.S.Gaede;J.S.Hemmer,naturalizati onoffici al;Command-erWalterGrawanofth elocalAmericanLegion Post35,andBerth a Stark ey, a well-k nownMeth odi stmissi onary,wh oeachextendedwordsofcongratulationtoth enewciti zens.Acongratulatorytelegram re-

ceivedfromMi k eMasaok a,Wash -i ngton JACLrepresentativewasalsoread.Oth erguestsi ncluded:F.Campbell,naturalizati onoffici al:PaulGoodwin.Reedley Union HighSch oolprini cpal;EdTejeri an,Ch am-berofCommerce:EagenHofer,Dinu-baradio stationWRDU; andJamesFairweath er, ReedleyExponent.BenNak agawaspok ei nbeh alfofth enewciti zensandth ank edth especialguestsforth ei rpartsi nmak i ngciti zensh i ppossibleforth elocalIssei.Each newciti zenreceivedacopyofth eJapaneseAmericanCreed,writtenbyMasa-ok aandfirstreadbeforeth eUni t-edStatesSenateandprinted i nth eCongressionalRecordonMay9,1941.

Cath ayAmericanLegionposth oldsannualdinner(Denver)Emcccd by past

commanderRupertArai,Cath ayPostAmericanLegionPosth eldi tsannualdinneratth eGoldenNuggetatnearbyGoldenMay23.CommanderJack Ish i daandh i scabi netmemberswerei ntroduced.Joh nNoguch i ,postbloodbank

ch ai rman,reported12pintsh avebencreditedatth eBonfilsBloodBank .Si xpints h adbeenwith -drawnforusebypostmembers.

Heurgedmemberstobuildupth ebank again.

Nat'lJACLendowmentfundboostedto$83,000(SanFrancisco) NationalJA-CLHeadquartersannouncedlastweek th atadditi onalcontributi onsh avebeenreceivedforth eNa-ti onalJACL EndowmentFundFundduring th epastseveralmonth stotaling$1,954,boostingth etotalamount$83,606.01 with$80,000 i ntrust.Recentcontributi onsi ncludeach eck for$1,000from EdwardJ.EnnisofNew York City,legalcounselforth eWash i ngtonJACLOffice.Includedalsoarecontributi onsi nmemoryofbelovedfamilymembersfrom:Kish i , Suzuk i .LosAngeles$25:H.Y.

Minami , Guadalupe$100:andNozawaFamily,SanFrancisco$100.h ascontinuedasth elargestandOth ercontributorsare:

(CALIFORNIA)Baldwin Park —Kaneo Yok oe $104:Gardena—F.H.Higuch i $25;Ki ngs-burg—N.Ando$75;Lath rop—Joh nK.Yamaguch i $100;Loomis—George A.Tak ah ash i $100:Marysville—Frank Na-k amura $50;San Francisco—Yuk i ch iSak ai $200.

(ILLINOIS)Rock ford—Mr.andMrs.YazoIsh i -zak i $50.

(OREGON)Ontario—RoyK.andDr.RoyJ.Kon-do$25.

SalinasCLpreparesforAug.7DCmeet(Salinas) Acordiali nvi tati ontoallJACLerswasextendedbyth eSalinasValleych apter,h ostsforth eth i rdquarterlysessionofth eNC-WNDC onSunday,Aug.7,atHotelCominos.Adancefol-lowsatth eKnigh ts ofPyth i asHall.Th esecondannualNC-WNDCgolftournamentwi llbeh eld i nconjunctionwith th emeetingatth eSalinasmunici palcourse.Ch apterpresidentJamesTan-

daannouncedTorn"Lefty"Miya-nagawillbe generalch ai rman.Ch i ck AbeandHarrySh i rach iwillco-ch ai rth egolftournament.Oth ercommitteemenwillbeap-pointed.Attendingth efirstplanningmeetingwere:JamesTanda,HenryTanda.KenSa-to,Kiyo Hirano, TonyItani, JamesAbe.Roberta Urabe,Tom Miyanaga.OscarItani.Joh nTerak awa.DrHarryKita, HarrySh i rach i ,andSumi Iwa-snige,GeorgeNish i taandHaruoIsh i -maru.

'1000'CLUBNOTES

(SanFrancisco)Newmeml*.sh i pandrenewals i nth e j aptI1000 ClubreceivedatNa£Headquartersh ereforth emSofMayi ncludeth efollowing"r.,r-SEUVENTHY£ARFrank F.Ch uman.LosAngeles-sDyo,Pasadena;RoyInouyeLa,X"Colo.; GeorgeS.Moch i zuk i ,'Made??1

SIXTHYEAR I4>Joh nsonKebo,SangerKm,,,,v

mi,Gardena;HiraoISak urada»cago; PaulSh i noda.Torran"-i JYoritomo, Blanca.Colo'FIFTH YEARMack Y.Hamaguch i Losa*, iTetsuo Iwasak i ,Palmyra,Nj .

FOURTH YEARCh arles Hayash i da. Blanca r«u.Sam Ish i k awa,NewYork ;Henry$rayamaLosAngeles;MissMarPsata!"awa.Ch i cago;AlTanouye,fi,*£

THIRD YEAR "Yuk usInouye,Leh i , Utah -Notm"Ish i tani ,Los Angeles;Sh i gek i uSJMurray,Utah ;David Yok ozek i HiAngeles;ClarenceYosh i da,Alamos,SECONDYEAR

HatsuroAizawa.SanFrancisco'Har.ryHayash i ,St.Louis; MissKah i mIseri, Wash i ngton,D.C.;JamesmSgak i ,LosAngeles;RoyT.Kanek o,Al.lenPark , Mi ch .; RobertX KatoDrSh ok i ch i Kato, LosAngeles;DrHenriH.Kazato,Fresno:DavidMcKibbi i tLosAngeles;Mi k eMi zok ami ,Blanca!Colo.; Frank Nak amura,MarysviU?Asaj i roNish i moto, Sei i ch i Oguch i LoiAngeles;GeorgeOk amoto,YubaCits-Willi am Sadatak i , Cleveland;Lincol!Sh i mi dzu, Ch i cago: HarrySumida.Blanca, Colo.; Dr.Ki k uoH.Taia"Fresno; Jim Ush i o.Murray,Utah ,

FIRST YEARMissAnnabelle Ak i ta, LosAngeles!JamesEdmiston,PaloAlto;Sh i gezumlHayash i ,Capac,Mich .;Mrs.HelenHthri ,Ch i cago;Jack Fuk uzawa,Joh ntGlynn,Albuquerque;RoyT.Hosh i a.k i , LosAngeles;RoyIk eda,Detroit!GeorgeH.Inouye,YubaCity;Haj i miJoseph Inouye,Dr.Hirak uIsh i da.LcjAngeles;JoeKatano.Delano;Ch estefI.Katayama,KenK.Katayama,LotAngeles;PaulKawasak i , Tom Kawata.k i ,Delno; Tom Kimura,Gallup;JameiLeonard, Ch arli e S. Matsubara,MiaSetsuk o Matfumoto,AlbuquerquilJamesS.Mafsura,Detroit;Hirosh i Miyamura.Gallup;Dr.Ry|Munek ata,Dr.Kenneth Nagamoto,LmAngeles;DanNish i ta.YubaCity;LarrlT. Nitta, Los Angeles;Arth urOJLHenryOj i ,Yuba City;MinoruSait*Fresno:James T.Sh i moura, DetroitMissHelene Saeda,JamesH.Sak ato,Albuquerque:WalterSh i bata,Gallup;GeorgeSuzuk i , Cleveland:FredM.Ta«da,Tom T.Taira.LosAngeles;Fran*M.Tak ah ash i ,Hi rosh i Tamura,Mil,EvelynH.Togami.Albuquerque;HewryJ.Tsurutani, Los Angeles;GeorglUsh i j i ma,Alameda: Jack M.Wada,LosAngeles;SadawoYonak i ,Delant)Mi k eM.Yonemoto, Albuquerque.

CHAPTER MEMOS

Mile-Hi JACL:Attendingth ldinnerpresidedbyDenverMayorNewtonatwh i ch th e1955InventtoryofHumanRelationswasan«nouncedbyth ecitycommissi onon h umanrelationswereth efol«lowingJACLers:Mr.andMrs.Y.Terasak i , Joh nS»

k ayama,Dick Yanase, Mr.andMl*MmYasui.

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Oursecondweek end i nJapanwasanexciti ngandfullmeOnSundaymorningweleftFutami tovisi tth efabulousMi k i motopeari Island,reach edbyferry.Th eculturedpearli ndustrywasstarted i nJapanunderth esh rewddirectionofth eeccentricK.Mi k i moto.Ourtourpartywasgivenadivi ngdemonstrationbyyoungwomenwh otook th ei rli ttlebuck etsanddoveforoysters.Th eenti reprocess

ofcreatingapearlneck lacewassh own,beginni ngwith th ei nsertionofani rri tantintoth eyoungoysterwh i ch i sth enplacedback i nth eoceantobereh arvestedth reetofiveyearslater.Pearlsareextractedbyni mble-fingeredgirls,sortedi ntogrades,colorsandsizes,polish edandmark edforh oles.Specialpainsaretak en i ndrilli ngh olestosaveth emostbeautifulsurfacesofth epearltobeexposedonth eneck -lace.Sometimesminuteflawsarecoveredbyth i drilli ngprocess.Fini sh edproducts,such asneck laces,

earring.■»■— och es,werebeingsoldonth espot;h owever,th emosti ntri gui ngwasalittlestandwh erefor300yenonerick edoutanoysterfrom a h ugetub.Th eoysterwasopenedforth ecustomerwh ok eptwh atpearlswerefoundi ni t.Some-timesasmanyasfourorfivefairlygood-look i ngpearlsrolledout.Oth ertimesone'sluck wasnotquiteasgood,alth oughth eyguaranteedatleastonesmallpearli neach oyster.AfterleavingPearlIsland,we h eadedforOsak a,visi ti ng

anoth erofth esh ri neswh i ch seemtodotJapan,th eIseGrandSh ri ne.

DAYWITHSUMITOMOOneofth efi rstproblemsth atconfrontsanytouristi n

Japani sth enecessityofexch angi ngh i sdollarsintoyen.Iti spracticallyi mpossibletomak eapurch asei nJapanwith Ameri-cancurrency,evenatU.S.ArmyPXs.Oftenwediscoveredth ati nmanyofth esmallertownsth erewerenofacili ti esforconversion.Beforeleavingonourtour,welearnedth atoneofth e

easiestwaysto h andleourfinances i nJapanwastomak eadepositi nth eSumitomoBank i nSanFranciscowh i ch wouldpresentuswith aletterofcreditenablingustodrawuponourarcountsatanyofth enumerousSumitomoBank branch esalloverJapan.Th i si sprobablynotonlyth emostconvenientbutth esafestwaytotravelbecauseth erei snonecessitytocarrylargeamountsi ncash ortraveler'sch eck swh i ch maybelostorstolen.Asth etouristgoesfromonecitytoanoth er,allh eh astodoistowith drawwh ateverisneeded.Weweregreatlyi ndebtedtoSh i geoUranoandKazuoIsh i i ofth eSanFranciscoSumitomoBank formak i ngth i sarrangement.InOsak aweweretreatedroyallybyth eSumitomoBank

wh i ch h asi tsmainoffice i nth i s h uge i ndustrialcapitalofmodernJapan.Ani nterestingsi deli gh tIobservedwasth atatmostofth eSumitomoBank sth ere,atleastonetellerspeak ssomeEnglish .Adeligh tfuli nci dentoccurredatoneofth esmallerOsak a

branch eswh ereIh adtowith drawafewyen.GenerallyIask edforsomeonewh ocouldspeak English asmyJapaneseIsquitelimi ted.Sinceth i swasasmallbranch i nanon-touristsectionoftown,averych armi ngyoungladyledusi ntoasmallofficewh i ch seemedtobeareceptionroom.Wh i lewaiti ngforouri nterpretersh egraciouslyservedusteaandmoch i gash i .Imaginegoi ngtoabank i nAmericaandbeingservedcoffee?nddough nutswh i lewaiti ngforateller!Ourdaywith Sumitomobeganwh enmembersofourparty,

almost60strong,ledbyTosh i Kataok ao*fth eAk i TravelBu-reau,werei nvi tedtolunch atth emai nofficebuildi ngofSumi-tomo.Followingth edelici ousrepast,th eBank providedtwobusestotak eustoth eglamorousTak arazuk awh erewewereth ei rguests.Tak arazuk ai sactuallyasmallsuburbofOsak a.Alth ough th eTak arazuk aRevuei sth emai nattraction,th ereare h ugefairandplaygroundswith numerousexh i bi th alls,azooandbotanicalgardens.SinceOsak ai sagTeatcommercialcenter,many i mportandexporti temswereondisplayi nth eexh i bi th alls.

TAKARAZUKALIVES UPTOFAMETh eTak arazuk ash owtrulyliveduptoi tsnameof"grand

revue."Th erewereeigh teenscenes i nwh i ch werepresentedEnarrayofJapanese,AmericanandLatinAmericandances.Th i swasliterallyanall-girlsh owtoendall-girlsh ows.Eventh epartsofmaleactorsweretak enbygirls.Th eactswerediversifi ed;wesawglimpses i ntoJapaneseh i story i nascenefrom th eTalesofGenj i ,apresentationofaportionfromPuc-tini 'sMadameButterfly,aballetbi tadaptedfromTch ai k ow-sk y'sSleepingBeautyWaltz,"RomanHoliday"featuring"MamboItaliano"anddepicti ngtwoJapanesetouristsi nItaly,.Carnivali nRiodeJaneiro,"—alldeligh ti ngth eeyeandeari nrapidsuccession.Itseemedth atth eremusth avebeenclosetoah undredgirlstak i ngparti nth erevue.Mostofth emwereattractiveandsh apely;h owever,afewh adlegsri vallingmine.Itwasalreadydark wh enweleftth eth eatreandreturned

toOsak a.Tocapth i sdaywith Sumitomo,Yosh i k oandIwerei nvi tedtodinnerbyth reeBank offici als,Messrs.Arima,HiranoandSato,Isuspectatth esuggestionofourSumitomoBankmendsi nSanFrancisco.Weexpectedasimpledinnerandwerereallyoverwh elmedatth esumptuousbanquetAlmosteveryk i ndofdish wasplacedbeforeus:Osush i ,tempura,slices«lroastduck ,sash i mi .friedch i ck en,etc....Byth etimea h ugesteak appearedweweresofilledth at,atnough i twasararetreati nJapan,weh adtopass i tby."h enIsh i marupassesupasteak ,i ti spracticallyh i story-«fc uglTh efi nalcoursewasmiso-sh i ruandoch azuk e,by«"uch timewerewere"filledtoth egills."AJapanesedinner,,such asth i sone,i snotonlyforeating

outalsoforentertainment,andth erewereabouttenwaitressescoveringoverusi ncludingth reeorfourgeish awh oplayedth e

anddancedforus.Ith i nk Ideligh tedourh ostsby?yadePt(?)performanceofth e"tank obush i "and"yak yu-n-iri "vf

h lch i nvari ablycameupatth eseparties.Itwasafter■'anigh twh enwetook leaveofourgeneroush osts,th ank i ngBantuOtonlyforth ecourtesiesextendedbyth eSumitomo*nXbutforavery memorableday.

'56NAT'LJACLCONVENTIONBYMASAOSATOWTHENATIONAi;DIRECTORREPORTS:

San FranciscoIti snowdefini teth atNational

Headquartersh asth eresponsibi -lityofputtingonth e1956NationalConventioni nSanFranciscooverth eLaborDayweek end.Rath eri roni cth atourch apters

h avedonesuch aterrifi cj obsth elastseveralconventionstoscareoutoth erch aptersfrom biddi ng.

Happily,th cSanFranciscoCh apterBoardh aspledged i tssupportandco-operation.SanFrancisconeverloses i tsappealforout-of-towners, butwesuspectth atth eBayareapeop1c would

prefertotravelforanationalcon-fab.Historically,th e14th BieYi ni alNationalConventionmark s th etenth anniversaryofth efi rstpost-warbienni alatDenverwh i chspelledoutourambiti ousnationallegislativeprogram,andwh erewesetouttorebuildournationalorganizati on.Itwillalsobeth efi rstbienni alofJACL'ssecondquartercentury.

"Newnat'lboardmembersSinceth e j oi ntEDC-MDC ga-th eri ng i nWash i ngtonD.C.wassowellcovered,wedidnotaddourcomments,buti ti sproperth atth enewDC ch ai rmensh ouldbewelcomedtomembersh i ponth eNationalBoard.MidwestDCCh ai rmanAbeHa-giwaraofCh i cagobringsto h i sJACLvolunteerservicesawealthofprofessionalgroupwork ex-perience,with th eYMCA i nCleveland,th eCh i cagoResettlersCommittee,andnowOlivetInsti-tute.PersonableAbeh elpedtogetth eClevelandCh apterstartedandservedas i tsfi rstPresident,alsoh ash eadedth eCh i cagoCh apter.Hesucceeds442vetandVet-erans Admini strationattorneyHarryTak agi .Harrystartedwithth eSeattleCh apterandbecamei tsPresident.Histerm asCh ai r-manofth ePacifi cNorth westDis-tri ctCouncilwas i nterruptedbyth eVAsh i fti ng h i m toMinne-apolis,and i twasn'tlongbeforeth eMi dwestCh apters,saw h i sworth andelected h i m MDCCh ai rman.EasternDi stri ctCouncilCh ai r-

manBillSasagawash ouldbe arealassettoth eorganizati onsinceplanning i sh i scareer.Hisprofes-sionalexperiences i ncludepostswith th eCityPlanningCommis-si onsofKansasCity,Cinci nnatiandPh i ladelph i a.HispredecessorIraSh i masak iofWash i ngton,D.C,i salsoa442vetwh oseJACLaffili ati onsdateprewarfrom CentralCalifornia.We h aveseenIrareallydevelopunderh i sresponsibi li ti esasPresi-dentofth eWash i ngtonCh apterandDCCh ai rman.HiswifeGHdyswasourWash i ngtonOfficesecre-tarywh en i tfirstopened,andevennow wh enadditi onalpro-fessionalsecretarialh elpi sneed-edunderth epressureofwork ,sh evoluntarilypitch es i n.OutgoingPSW Ch ai rmanKen

Dyoi soneofourmostloyalJA-CLers.Hefi lledth eunexpiredterm ofDr.RoyNish i k awasomeyearsback wh enth elatterbe-cameNationalTreasurerso h asactuallyservedtwiceasDCCh ai r-man,butth esecondti mei n h i sownrigh t.Inbetweenth esetwostints,h eputth ePasadenaCh ap-teroni tsfeetasPresident.DaveYok ozek i addsth eDCCh ai rmansh i ptoh i sJACLloadofLA Coordinati ngCouncilCh ai r-man,DowntownCh apterPrexyandCh ai rmanofourNationalConstituti onCommittee.Hisi nspi -rationplusFrank Suzuk i da'sh ustleh asresultedi nth eDown-

townLosAngelesCh apterenroli-]i ng 137OneTKousand.Clubbers,wh i ch "i spracticallyon h undredpercentofth emembersh i p.

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1000Clubsh i nesTh e OneTh ousandClubspot-1ligh tth i smonth sh i nesonth e.Al-buquerqueCh apterwith creditstoRuth Hash i motoandformerArizonaJACLerJoh nGlynn.In-cluded i n th e fi fteenmembers,iexactlyfifteen more th an lastyear,i sourmodestCongressionalMedalofHonorwinnerandNisei :ofth eBi enni umHersh eyMi yamu-'ra.Ourappreciati onto1000Club-JberDave Tatsuno and broth erTutofth eNBDepartmentStoresofSanJose,SanMateoandSanFrancisco,andth ank stoTadHo-rita,th eSanFranciscostoreman-'agerforallowingustok oj i k i th ei rcartonboxestoprovidecardboardback i ng i nmaili ngoutour1000Clubcertifi cates.Th e delugeof1000Clubmembersh i p h asmadeth eregularsupplyfrom TaiyoTradingCo.i nadequate.

"Moreh onorch aptersInspiri ngperformancesfromth eFresno,Hollywood,LongBeachandDaytonCh aptersh aveboost-edtoth i rtyoneth enumberofch apters wh i ch h ave surpassedth ei rlastyear'smembersh i pto-lals.

"Newstaff-manneededWearenow i nth eprocessoflook i ngforaNorth ernCalifornia-WesternNevadaRegionalDirectortoreplaceHaruoIsh i maruwh oh astenderedh i sresignation ef-fectiveth eendofJuly.Forsometimenowh eh asask edtoberelievedofth eresponsibi li -ty,butgraciouslystayedtoworkonth eCalifornialegislativepro-gram.AsofnowonourCaliforniaprogram,th eStatelegislatureh asvotedtoreferth eeli mi nati onofth e1920Ali enLandfrom th estatestatutestoth eelectoratei n1956,andth i spastweek th eAs-semblypassedth ebi llprovidi ngoldagegrantstoagedIssei wh owillnoth aveacquiredciti zensh i p.Th i slatterbi llnowrequiresSen-ateapproval.Incooperationwith th eImmi-grationandNaturalizati onServ-i ce,Haruopioneeredth emassna-turalizati onexaminati onswh i chsetth epatternforoth erareas,andduring h i sfouryearsonth eGoldenGatesceneth eNorth ernCalifornia-WesternNevadaareah ascontiuuedasth elargestandmostvigorousofourdistri ctcoun-ci ls,numberingalmostoneth i rd

ofourtotalnational'membersh i p.

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Sch olarsh i psNominati onsfrom th ech aptersarenowbeingreceivedforth ePvtBenFrank Masaok aMemorial"Sch olarsh i pAgai n i twi llbemexacting j obforth e j udge?topick asinglewinnerfrom a h i ghcalibergroupofgraduates.Weare*

gladtoseeth atth eNisei andSan-sei arewinni ngth ei r.sh areofoth eravailablesch olarsh i ps.Plauditstoth eMarysvilleCh ap-terforpresentingasch olarsh i ptoYubaCollegewh i ch i snotcon-finedtoaNi sei ,andalsototh ePlacerCountyCh apterwh i ch h asj ustannounced i tssch olarsh i pwinnersonth esamebasis.Weun-derstandth eFresnoCh apteralsoh asanannualsuch awardforFresnoStateCollege.

*.OurGeorgeTogasak iItwasnicetorenewacquaint-ancewith Dr.GeorgeTogasak i ,our1952Conventionspeak er,atan i nformalsuppergath eri ngofh i sfri endsand"JACLersunderth eauspicesofth eSanFranciscoCh apter.Th e publish erofth eNipponTimesisundoubtedlyth emosteffectivegoodwillambassa-dorforunderstandingbetweenth epeoplesofJapanandAmerica.Smallwonderth ati nspiteofh i s busy speak i ngsch edule, h esh ouldtak eti metomeetwi thJACLers,forDr.GeorgeTogasak iwasoneofth esmallgroupwh ometi nSanFrancisco i n 1939tosetupth e 1930 JACLNationalConventionoutofwh i ch cameournationalorganizati on.Littledidh edreamth atonedayJACLwouldbecometh eorganizati oni tnow i sas h ewentoutonJACLdeputa-tionswith SabKido,Dr.T.T.Ha«yash i andDocYatabe.Uponsupperch ai rmanDr.CarlHirota'ssuggestion,h etoldth emovingstoryofth eback groundofth eHirosh i mamaidensprojectandbelittledth e i mportantroleh eplayed.Weareproudto h aveaNisei ofsuch staturebutofdeeph umi li tyandCh ri sti anmotivati on.

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esforth ePresident's"reasonablerequests."Onth eoth erh and,Rep.Francis

E.Walter,PennsylvaniaDemocratwh oi sch ai rmanofth eHouseJu-dici arysubcommitteeonImmigra-tionandNaturalizati onandwh oopposedth epassageofth eRefugeeReliefActi n1953asanefforttocircumventth equotarestricti onsofth eImmigrationandNationalityActof1952wh i ch h eco-auth ored,expressedh i sopini onth atnoac-tionwouldbetak enth i ssession.Th ePresidenti nh i smessagere-questedenactmentpriortoad-j ournmentth i syear.NewYork "li berals"Sen.Herb-ertLeh manandRep.EmanuelCeller,ch ai rmanofth eHouseJu-dici aryCommittee,ch arged th atth ePresidentdidnotgofarenough ,wh i leconservativeSen.Wi lli am JennerofIndianaques-tionedth eeli mi nati onofth etwo-yearback groundch eck .Severalvoicedsomecriti ci smofth esuggestiontowaiveth eh ealthstandards.Bu|th ereappearedtobegeneralbipartisanwilli ngnesstostudyth ese10Presidentialpro-posalsaimedatliberalizi ng th etwo-year-oldstatutewh i ch wouldi nth ePresident'swords,"againreaffirmth atth egreattraditi onofsanctuarylivesoni nAmerica."

wagesofclassifi edwork ers. IMeanwh i le,th eSenateCivflService Committee unani i rnJreportedanoth erbi lldesigned!meetmostofth ePresident'sMj ecti onstoth erecentlyvetotlmeasure.Th eSenateunanimouslypigflWednesdayan 8.1% payb»Bforsomeh alfmi lli onpostalwoSers.Th ebi llnowgoestoth elfaSwh erei ti sexpectedtobetiflupnextweek .PromptenaciraJßi spredicted.Th ebillreplacesi wi slati on—vetoedbyth ePresdafl—wh i ch calledforan8.8% ;igHforth epostalwork ers.

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RestaurateurAlObayash i 'sMi yak oCafeon4th Aye.,SanPiego'sanswertoEllay'sImperialGardens,th eGi nzaandKawafuk u, wassewedupforth eni teofth e25th (seepici nusualspot,page4).Th eEsdeech apter'ssecondsh i k uga-k ai ,atestimoni alh onori ngsomeeigh tynewIssei citi zens,wasasnappytwoh ourprogramcontrivedbyprexyGeorgeKodama,anh ourandah alfofwh i ch wasspenti neating,aswasappro-

priateforth eexoticnine-course Ch i na-mesh i conjuredupbyAl'si mportedcoci-nero.Ourbi-li ngualo-iwai oratorywas,as

grammariansandsemantici stsagree,forth ebirds.Butasoneguyputi t,"Ididn'tsavvyyourNi h ongosoI'msureth eIsseidi d."Towh i ch weadd"!".Oyez,SamSu-gita,MasHi ronak aandoth erswork h orsedth edeal.With timeonourh andsandatth ei n-

sistenceofourth ree h i tch h i k ers—ELAprezJimHigash i ,fi zth erapistRoyYama-deraandSh i nNi ch i Bei ph otogBobKish i -

ta—wedetouredsouth ofth ebordertoseei fTi j uanah adany-th i ngworth k evi butsu-ing.Th atlastword,toexplaintoth e"unini ti ated,doesn'tmeanwh ati tsoundsli k e.It'sj ustplain,h onestslumming.Ofwh i ch th erewasn'tmuch .Butyoucanh aggleforash arppairofsterlingcufflink sforch eap,wh i chwedid.

Smuggling wetback smustbe aprecariouspursuit.Wewerequestionedtwice,onceatth eborderandagainnorth ofSDasweweresingi ngth eth emesongofSWLAprexyDocTorulura'sKabooch i Troupe,"Kanch oGrande".Th i ssameToru(neutergenderforToro,Spanish formale

cow)presenteduslastweek with an h onorarymembersh i p i nh i sch apter,cardNo.1363.Wefi ndnoh i ddenmeaningi nth osenumbersbutwish i twas5439sowecouldsay,"Gosh i ,san-k yoo".

Uponourarrival,i nonepiece,toSmogCity,wej oi nedth eDowntownLAch apter'smonth lyk ai topresentFrank F.(forfecund)Ch uman,JACI.Nat'llegalcounsel,with th ecovetedaward,th eJACLSapph i rePin.Th erundownofh i soutstandingJACLrecord:1946,firstpostwarLAch apterprexy;1946-47,PSW di stri ctch ai rman;1948-50,2ndnat'lveep;1950--52,Istnat'lveep;1953-55Elcee;alsoch mnnat'llegis-legalandevacclaimscommittees.Frank i eBoy,awh eelatSt.Mary'sEpiscopalCh urch ,wasapre-warbirdwatch erforth eAudubonSociety.He'sback i n

h arnessonlyth i stime,h e'swatch i ngforth estork ,sch eduledtomak eh i sfi rstvisi ttospouseRuby i nAugust.Wh i ch willmak ei toffspringNo.6forth efirm,Ch uman,McKibbi nandCydek off—amigh tylegalfortress.Bail,anyone?

* * "Th eGardenaValleyJACLwillspoltligh tJune9foritstestimoni al-i nstallationdinnerwh en180naturalizedIssei willbeh onoredguestsatth eWesternClub i nGardena,localeforoccasionalnefariousundertak i ngsnoti nth emortuarysense.SanLorenzoNursery'sPaulSh i nodawillemceeandMunici palJudgeJoh nAisowillspeech i fy.Installingth enewofficerswillbeth enat'lJACLk ai ch o(notbeconfusedwith k anch o),Cal<-lah anInagak i .Th enewch apterprezisFrank Kui daofth efertili zerKuidas.

ASEDOMESTICAAnaversiontobecomingh oli daystatisti csk eptus h ome

overth eMemorialweek end,completingourfrontlawnreno-vationwith anenforcedassistfromSWLAerandco-Anch ovy-i teGeorgeTadawh oh addaredtoi nvadeourdomesticsweat-sh op.Earlierth i syearwh enourreardich ondra(anallegedlawngrass)gottoLook li k eabriarpatch leg,weyank edi toutandth rewi n3,000brick s,practicallyallofi tmortaredi nbyourbrick layi ng k anai .Th eSou'westerwasneveranygreatsh uck satth i slayingbusiness.Stuccoredeck i sournextproj-ectassoonaswefindsomestripedpaint—orangeandpurple.Meanwh i le,asanappreciati ongifttoourgoodreaderswh osendstampedreplyenvelopes,weofferafive-graincapsuleofoxalisseedsguaranteedtoover-runyourlawni ntwomonth s.

PACKAGED CORNRecognizi ngourloveforgags,agroupofAngelenosover-nigh ti ngatBigBearLak esentusalittlesouvenirpack age

with acoverpictureofayoungcouple i nanavidembraceandentitled"Ol1ReliableDeodorant;or,Don'tbeh alf-sure."(Weresentth ei nsi nati onbecausewetak ech loroph yll.)Oth ercome-onssaid:Notaliqui d,notapowder,notacream notaspray;sure,safe,simple.Th epunch line i s"Guaranteedyouvon'tsmell".Th econtents:onewoodencloth espi nonacard-boardnose.

Remindsusofth egagwe,undergradth en,weresuck -eredi ntoatburley-Q i nOak landwh enourcombinati oncoath angerandcigaretteligh terturnedouttobeaneatlyboxednailandmatch .We'vetak entowatch i ng"Rack etSquad"ontvsowewon'tbemaneuveredi ntobuyingcontraptionsli k eth eoneth atcountsgeigers,frinstance.

" " *Visi torsth i sweek :Ak i Endo,conscienti ouspastprezofth eSantaBarbarach apterwh oi ni ti atedth enaturalizati onprogram forIssei th ere;Rev.HarryKomuro,superintendentofth eHawai i Mi ssi onofth eMeth odi stCh urch ,enroutetoth eMeth odi stconference i nRedlandsandspeak i ngengagementsi nth edeepsouth ,i ncludingNewOrleans,h i swi fe'sh ome-KenAmamoto,1954prezofth eVenicech apter,ash ort3 month safterj oi ni ngth eballandch ai nfraternity,h i swi febeingth eformerYuri k oMiyak eofWestL.A

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150-poundwinner,wonoverBenTak ah ash i ofHollywood,th e 130poundch amp,i nth eoth erelimi -nati on. ■ ,_,HEAVYWEIGHT-GeneLeßell(Hol-lywood)-2.Frank Leszczynsk i (Ch i ca-go);3.Sh uzoKato(Seattle).180POUNDS—Joh nOsaKO(Ch i cago).

2.Vi nceTamura(Ch i cago);3.Tok uj iHirata(Hawai i ).150—POUNDS—Kenj i Yamada(Seat-tle);;2.Edward Malley(AirForce,Baltimore);3.TatsKoj i ma(Seattle.130—POUNDS—BenTak ah ash i (Hol-lywood;2.JoeFuj i moto(LosAngeles);3.MasKumamoto(Gardena).Team Scoring:Hollywood12,Ch i ca-go11 Seattle8,Omah a,(StrategicAirCommand)3,Seinan(LosAngeles)3,Hawai i 1,Gardena1.

Automobilei nsuranceratesloweredforCalifornians(LosAngeles)Loweredauto

i nsuranceratesth rough outCalifor-ni aforbodilyi nj uryandpropertydamageli abi li tyasannouncedbyth eNat'lBureauofCasualtyUn-derwritersandth eNat'lAutoUn-derwritersAss'nwerereportedtoth ePacifi cCi ti zenbyth eL.A.Ja-paneseCasualtyInsuranceAss'n.Th enew rateswh i ch concernprivatepassengercarsareeffec-ti veJune1andwillreduceth estatewideratelevelfrom $1to$13wh i leth ecompreh ensi vefire,th eftandcollisi onreductioni sre-portedtoaverage 14.6% overall.Specialreductionswerealsomadeforwomenoperatorsunder25wh oarenotth eprinci paloperatorsorownerofveh i cles.

SPORTSCOPEHarleyItoofLosAngelestour-edth eMeadowlark coursenear.SantaAna i npar71towi nlowgrossh onorsSundayatth efourthannualOrangeCountyInvitati on-algolftournament.JoeKi sh i ofWestLos Angeles waslownetwinnerat73-8-65.Itoscoredah ole-i n-oneatth eGri ffi th ParkHardinglink sMay30onth e140--yd.fifth h oleusingan8-iron.

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ed i nfullforcetotennistourna-mentplay i nth eNorth Holly-woodmatch es,wh ere h e wasedged i nth efi nalsbyEdCotten6-1,4-6,9-7,lastSunday.Th eveteranNisei ne11crh asbeenplayingformore th antwode-cades.

" " "Tak Yamaguch i ,Caldwell,Ida-h o,rolleda706seriesi ncludinga278gamei nasummerleagueaf-fai rrecently.

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RECEIVESGOLDWYNWRITINGAWARDSLosAngeles

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CULTURALCENTERDREAM BUSTSAGAINILastFebruaryweannouncedth atYaemitsuSugimach i ,■inci palofth eJapaneseLanguageSch oolCooperative,wasRouttoventurei ntoa h ugeprojectwith an i ntenttoestab-■h anOrientalCulturalCenteri nLosAngelesatth ecostof

IOurh umbleth i nk i ngth enwasth atanundertak i ngbyHmorbyanyoth ercommunityleader(ororganizati on)wasKitpossiblei nth e"ligh tofourpresent"gh ettoclannish ness."Hark ourword,th eytellusth i spettinessalsoexistsamong■h ergroupsofracialminori ti es.But,peculiarly,weseemto■useth i strai tmoreamongth eOri entals.Basically,weth i nk■lgi mach i couldh avepreesntedaclearerpictureofwh at, was■tendedwh enth efi nancialcampaignbeganrolling.CoupledBth th ei ndi fferencesh ownby someofh i sso-called"sup-Brters,"th ei deawasdismi ssedentirelybyth epromoter.ITh etragicpartofth i srejecti on i sth ati tleavesasenseHfrustrationforth emanywh omigh th adth ough tacenterof■atk i ndcouldbepossible.Weth i nk th ewh olei dea i s i m-Bactical.Andsofarwe h aven'tmetanyonebigenough toHdertak esuch anenterprise.

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VITAL STATISTICSBirth s

LOSANGELESAIHARA—May5,boyDeanD.toLuisAi h aras(Yaek oKanogawa).AKAMINE—May1,girlMarleneKtmi-k otoSadak i ch i Ak ami nes(MildredKono).BAN—May3.girlJudi Mi satoGeorgeBans(Ryok oYano). SEDDOW—May3,boyGaryM.toSh i gWdows(Yasuk oKaj i h ara). gFUJIMOTO-May4-S'rlTer"MitsuetoMitsusuk eFuj i motos(MarianFu-

G?Y£~Apr-M-boyDennisTsutomuHi CMfS££?oyas'MargaretYogi).HAMLETT—May 3,girlElizabeth F.toPeterHamletts(Marth aAk i mo-to).

ICHIKAWA-Mar.29,girlto C.M.Ich i k awas,LongBeachIMAMURA—Apr.28,boy Jon H.to.JUImamuras(MacEgueh i ).IRIYE—Apr.10,girltoKoi i IriyesLongBeach .ISHIBASHI—May5,boySetsuoD toHirosh i Ish i bash i s(Midori Yash i mo-to).KANE—May2,girltoGeorgpKanes(Ruth Ozak i ),Torrance.

KIGUCHI—Apr.26,girlLaurietoSamKiguch i s(MaryKumagai).KISHIYAMA—Mar. 29,girlto KenKish i yamas,ParamountKOBAYASHI—Apr.23,boytoG HKobayash i s,Artesia.KOBAYASHI—May5,girlRena toGeraldKobayash i s (Ch i yok o Nish i -mura).KUWAHARA—Apr.12,girltoN.SKuwah aras,Compton.MATOI—Mar.31,boytoKanameMa-toi s.LongBeach .MURAKAMI—May5,girlCandieeTo-sh i yetpMasatosh i Murak ami s(AmyYosh i da).MURANAKA—Apr.13,boytoSh i geruMuranak as,Lomita.MURAYAMA—May 6,girlLinda Mi-wak o toIsami Murayamas(KzuyoKusak a).NAGAISHI—Apr.26,boyEugene No-boru to Kenj i Nagaish i s (Yak eKoYamash i ta).NISHIMURA—Apr.25,boyYuk i oGarytoHaroldNish i muras(BettyMiura)NODA—Apr.6,girltoArth ui Nodas,LongBeach .OKAMURA—May7,girlDiane MoritoYoich i Ok amuras(RoseMatsuba-ra).OYAMA—May2,boyKenneth toYa-i ch i ro Oyamas(Yonek oMurak ami ).PAYNE—May 4,boyHoward A.toRich ardPaynes,Tami k oNak amura).SAKAKURA—May 5,boyRich ardT.toJoeSak ak uras(Mich i k oSak ak u-ra).SAKAI—May 1,boy Rich ard Jr.toRich ardSak ai s(Ch eri Iwata).SAKITA—Apr.19,girlMarcia A.toGeorgeSak i tas(JeanIwasak i ).SATO—Apr.26,girlNaomi W.toWil-burSatos(RossYosh i da).SCOTT—May 1,girlLydia J.toRi-ch ardScotts(Tosh i k oOk a).SHINTAKU—May1,boyRandallG.toMinoruSh i ntak us(Sei k oFuruya).TAKAHAMA—Apr.2,girltoDonTa-k ah amas, Wilmi ngton.TAKETA—Apr.28,boyRonaldM.toHarryTak etas(Kuni k oHi gash i da).TANAKA—Mar.25,girltoFrank Y.Tanak as, LongBeach .TANAKA—Apr.2,boytoTadash i Ta-nak as,-LongBeach .TANAKA—May3,boyJonath anTak eotoYasuoTanak as(Yuri Tak enak a),South Pasadena.TANIGUCHI—May5,girlCh aryn toMrtsuoTaniguch i s(Yuri k oTanimo-to).TSUCHIYAMA—Apr.21,boyBrianYuj i toGeorgeTsueh i yamas(Sumi-k oKato).YAMADA—Apr.26,girlSusan A.toFred Yamadas (Ema Oh no),Mon-tereyPark .YAMAMOTO—Apr.23,boyTh omasR.toKunioYamamotos (FrancesTa-k ech i ).YAMANI—Apr.28,boyAlantoYuk i oYamanis(Mich i k oNomura).YASUNAGA—May4,girlSusanM.toTadao Yasunagas(SallyMizok ami ).

SAN DIEGOINOUYE—Apr.1,boytoJoh nW.Ino-uyes.SHINOHARA—Mar.24,girltoJamesJ.Sh i noh aras.

FRESNOHASHIMOTO—May 3,boy toAk i raHash i motos, Reedley.KAWAMOTO—Apr.23,boytoKiyosh iKawamotos, Fowler.MIURA—May6,girltoSh i getoMiuras.NAGATA—May2,boytoTom Naga-tas.TAKANISHI—May 6,boy toYutak aTak ani sh i s, Reedley.YAMAKAWA—Apr.28,girltoToyoj iYamak awas, Reedley.

STOCKTONHIRAGA—May 1,girltoTom T.Hi-ragas,Tracy.NISHIDA—Apr.29,girlto JamesT.Nish i das.Manteca.YABUMOTO—Apr.30,boytoNaoYa-bumotos.YAMASAKI—Apr.23,boytoClarenceK.Yamasak i s.

SAN JOSEARII—May 11,girlMary Sak ae toMum Ari i s, Cupertino.ETO—May14,boyTerrytoTh omasT.Etos,Campbell.FUKUI—May5,girlCynth i a Ki mi yetoGeorgeFuk ui s, Warm Springs.HIGASHI—May5,boySteven SusumutoJoeHigash i s,Gi lroy.KANZAKI—May11,girlDebbieC.toJoh nKanzak i s, Cupertino.KUNIMURA—May 12,girlSusanM.toHirosh i Kuni muras.SHIGO—May 19,girlMargaretA.toGeorgeSi h gos,SantaClara.SUYEISHI—May6,boyCraigTami toSh i geruSuyeish i s.YAMAOKA—May 5,boy GregoryE.toEdwardM.Yamaok as, SantaCla-

YAMASHITA—May11,girlJudyHi-rumi to George Yamash i tas, Sara-toga.

WATSONVILLEMATSUE—May14.girltoTommyMa-tsues(VioletMatsuok a).MlNO—May21,boytoTadash i Mi nos(BarbaraKuramoto).WADA—May9,girltoGeorgeWadas.

SAN-FRANCISCOSAKO—May8,girltoJoeA.Sak os.TAKAGAWA—Apr.29,boytoLeslieK.Tak sfeawas.YAMASAKI—May5,boytoAllenH.Yamasak i s.YONEMOTO—May4, girlto KazuoYonemotos(LoisTabuch i ).YOSHIDA—May4.boyto HarryY.Yosh i das(JeannieIto).

SANTAROSAOTANI—GirltoYosh i no Otanis, So-n°ma- SACRAMENTOARITA—May8,boytoTadash i Ari tasHAMAMCTO—May3,boytoYutak aHamamotos. .._MATSUURA—May9,girltoRonaldT.Matsuuras.

NISHI—May15,girlJudith Fumi k otoCh arlesK.Nish i s.YAMADA—May10,girltoKayK.Ya-madas.YAMAKAWA—May j j ,girltoGeorgeK.Yamak awas.

AUBURNYOSHIKAWA—Apr.29,boytoSh i zuoYosh i k awas.

ONTARIO, ORE.KODA—May 9,girlto BillKodas,Vale.SAITO—May 16,girltoJamesSaitos.

SEATTIF1FUJIKADO—May18,girltoKei Fuj i -k ados.KAMIHARA—May 19,girltoKazuoKami h aras.OHMURA—May11,boytoJamesOmu-ras,Maltby.TANINO—May12,boytoRyomi Ta-ni nos.

DENVERMITANI—May13,boytoBobMitani s,Greeley.NAKAMURA—GirItoMasayuk i Nak a-muras.NISHIMOTO—BoytoH.M.Nish i mo-tos.NISHIMOTO—BoytoSh i geruNish i mo-tos.SAKAGUCHI—BoytoH.Sak aguoh i s.SUMIKAWA—GirItoHenryT.Sumi-k awas(SetsIok a),Aurora.TANABE—BoytoBenjami nTanabes,WeldCo.

CHICAGOITO—Apr.26,girlKerryFuj i ye toTom Itos.MARUYAMA—Mar.18,boyKelvinK.toGeorgeMaruyamas.NAKAMA—Apr.28,girlAnneMiyuk itoRoy Nak amas.SASAMOTO—Apr.27,boyAlenTak e-mi toTadSasamotos.SASAMOTO—Apr.30,girlKath eri neYuri toDr.GeorgeSasamotos.

EngagementsBETSUIN-KAMIFUJI—Misak otoTomofLos Angeles,May14.UNO-KANEKO — Kay,LosAngeles,toEdwinT.,SanFrancisco.

MarriageLicensesIssuedHOSHINO-MITSUI— Edward,27,Sacramento; Sumito,21,Seattle.MATSUI-MATSUSHITA— Tsugio,SanDiego;Marian, Seattle.NAKAO-KONO — Joh nS..Th ornton;GraceMich i ye,Sacramento.NAKOTANI-OKIHARA— RoyE.,Ha-rueofSeattle.THIEL-KONO — Ph i li p,Midori ofBerk eley.

WeddingsHAYASHI-NAGASHIKI— May 22,Sh i nroandFumi ofLosAngeles.HORIUCHI-KUSHINO— May14,Hen-ry andYayek oofCh i cago.IMAGAWA-ENDOW — May 21,Dr.Rich ard, SanFrancisco; Nori k o,JOFUKU-KOBATA — May 28,KazandYonek oofFresno.KOGA-OTANI— May22,Tosh i oandLouiseofSonoma.KUBOTA-WATANABE— May22,To-yoak i ,Gardena; MaryHaruye,LosAngeles. .MIYAUCHI-URANO — May29,HiroandMaryofDenver.NAKAGAWA-NAKASHIMA — May20,Ak i ra, Fresno; Sh i zuk o, Seattle.ODOI-ABE— May22,MasandFran-cesofCh i cago.TANI-SUNADA — May 22,Yuk i o,Clovis; Mi dori , Fresno.UTSUMI-TERAZAWA— May21,BabeandHelenofSanFrancisco.YANAGIHARA-MAYEDA — May 21,Rev.Higaru,Osak a;Kaworu; NewYork .

Death sISHIOKA,Kuni, 49:WestLosAngeles,May26,survivedbyh usbandRi i ch i ,sonsHisao, Kunio Sh i sh i do, daugh -tersMiek o Sh i sh i doand Mrs.To-sh i yeSogata.

KIMURA, Mach i , 71:LosAngeels,sur-vivedbyh usbandGuntaro.

KURATANI, Ak i matsu, 81:Los An-geles,May25,survivedbysonsKa-zuo,Tsutomu, daugh tersFumi, Mrs.Ki k ueSaitoMrs, MarySuenaga,Mrs.Haruk oMurata.KUWAHARA, Hirosh i , 35: Ch i cago,May5.

MORIZAWA, Bunj i ro,72: Denver,(formerlyofSanFrancisco),May10.MURAKAMI.Sh i zuyo,60:LosAngeles,survivedbysonsKiyosh i ,Yuk i o,daugh tersKimi k o,Taek o, Mrs.Ch i -yok oNish i mura,Mrs.Teruk oHori.

SUGAWARA, Fuyo,72:LosAngeles,survivedbydaugh terMrs.Sak aeSu-gawara, grandch i ldrenLouie, George,BillandMrs.MaryFurush i ro.

DECADE AGO

June2,1945

Fi rstarrestmadeoncoastter-roragainstNisei ;Parliermanconfessesgunattack againstCh arles Iwasak i h ome,receivessuspendedsentence...Gunmanattack s h omeofKaudyMimuraofOrosi ...Fresnosh eri ffsmeetwi th G2menoverterrorraids.

" " "Reportdeath offi rstNisei GI(T/3EddieFuk ui ofTacoma)onOk i nawa.

" " "100th InfantryBattalionmostdecorateduniti nU.S.Army'sh i s-tory,saysarticlei nAmericanMer-cury...WarDepartmentsaysNisei combatteamratedasoneofbestfigh ti ngunitsi nArmy.

" " ""Vastmajori ty"ofCaliforniansacceptreturning Nisei ,reportsCh ri sti anScienceMonitorcorres-pondent.

" " "ArizonaDailyStar(Tucson)be-li evesArmysh ouldprotecteva-cuees;h onor,reputationofArmyatstak e,sayseditori al.

" " *Gov."Wallgrenexplainsh i spro-testagainstreturnofevacueestoWash i ngtonbecauseofth e"pres-enceofJapanesefreeballoonsoverwesternU.S.andCanada".

" * »CleteRoberts (Blue Networkcorrespondenti nRome)saysGlspuzzled by anti-Ni sei i nci dents;troopswh ofough talongsideNiseiwillopposedi scri mi nati on.

SOCIALNOTES

(WestLosAngeles) DorisKa-waguch i was i nstalledas presi-dentofth eWLABuddh i stCh urchLadi esGui ldatafamilypotluckdinnerMay22.Oth erofficersare:Mmes.HelenFuj i moto,Ayak oYa\

buta, v.p.;Masaye Maruyama,SallyOsh i nomi , sec;RubyMatsumoto, Ml-ch i Tak euch i , treas.;Virgi ni aTomina-ga,pub.;Nancy Ok u, h i st.; Tomtk oIwamoto,Sh i zue Naramura, membs.-at-lrg.*

* " *(Sacramento) Park vi ew Pres-byterianWomen'sGuildh oldsabenefitcak esaleJune4;Mrs.Yo-sh i Nak agawa i sch ai rman.Pro-ceedsgoforth ech urch picni c i nJuly.

" " "(Los Angeles) Nisei Musi cGuild h eld i tsfi rstanniversarydinneratCoveRestaurantMay21with TomSh i masak i astoast-master.Ayak oMatsumoto,wh ofoundedth eorganizati on,wascitedforh erleadersh i pandef-forts.Esth erKi nosh i tai sth enewpresident.MasuoMi tamuraspok eonth einternationalaspectsofmusic.

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ph otograph ed,badlyeditedandstuffedwith propaganda."AdifferentviewofHirosh i mai stak enbyArth urKnigh t,

criti cforth eSaturdayReview.Inth eMay21 i ssueKnigh tnotesth ati fHirosh i mai satallindi cati ve"th ecurrentrenais-sanceofJapan'sfilmi ndustryi snotconfinedexclusivelytoth efdai-gek i ,th eperiodpieces."Rath erth ananti-American,Knigh tfindsth epicture's"solenoteofovertcriti ci sm i sdi-rectedagainstth eJapanesemili tary,firstforitsbrutaldisci -plineofcivi li ans,andth enforitsrefusaltoadopteffectiveanti-radiati onmeasuresforfearofalarmingth epopulace."Knigh tcommentsth efi lm'stellingofth edayth eA-bomb

dropped"istolddispassionately,with outprotest,with outsen-sationalism,with outch eapappealsforpity."

" " *Speak i ngofth eJapanesefilmmak ersi nteresti nj i dai -gek i ,peri oddramas,twoofJapan'slatestentriesweresh ownth i spastmonth atth eCannesInternationalfi lmfestival.Unli k etwoofth ei rpredecessors,Rash omon,andGateofHell,th e1955entriesfai ledtowi nanyofth emajorawards.Ch i k amatsuMonogatari,aDaiei production,i saslow-movingtaleofth ei lli ci tloveofawork erandth ewi feofh i semployeri nth efeudalism of17th centuryNippon.Th eCannescriti csli k edth epicture,butth erewasnodancingi nth estreets.Th eoth erpicturewasPrincessSen,seti nth eJapanofth eTok ugawadynasty.Th eJapanesealsoenteredamodernfilm,DiaryofV/omen,th estoryoffivesistersandth ei rmarriages.

* * "Th ebox-officesuccessesofRash onum andGateofHell,th elatternow i ni ts25th week atth eGui ldth eateri nNew'York City,i nsureth atAmericanaudienceswillh aveanoppor-tunitytoseeth ebestoffilmsfromJapanesestudios.

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10,000ISSEINATURALIZEDUnoffici alestimatesfrom th eWash i ngtonJACL

Officesh ow 10,000Issei areAmericanciti zenstoday.Governmentstatisti csforJune30,1954,sh ow 7,424h avebeennaturalized. ' "i-***Comparedwith oth ernationaliti esi nth esamepe-riod,th eJapaneseh aveattendedAmericani zati onclassesandbecomeU.S.citi zensbyalargerpercentageth ananyoth ergroupduringsuch ash ortperiodofeligi bi li ty—sinceDecember,1952.

Th i si sonetimewegladlytootth eh ornforagroupofpeoplewh ofacedgreatoddsuponarrivi ngonth esesh ores,sufferedwith th ei rch i ldrenth epligh tofevacu-ationandh adtowaitnearlyalifeti meforach ancetoswearallegiancetoOurFlag.

SCHOOLSEGREGATIONLastMonday,th eUnitedStatesSupremeCourt

againspok eonth ei ssueofsegregationi nsch ools.Lastyear,th ecourtunanimouslydeclaredi ttobeunconsti-tuti onal.Tak i ngamiddlecourse,th elatestdecisi onre-turnedth e i ssueback toth elocalcourtstoseei fa"promptandreasonablestarttowardfullcompliance"wasbeingmade.

Th edecisi oni soneofequity.Itdidnotbendtoth eargumentsofth eproponentswh owantedadeadlineofoneyearforcompliance.Nordidi tbendtoth eques-ti onsofth edefendantswh owantedtok now h owandwh eni tsh ouldbedone."Th esch oolauth ori ti esh aveth eprimaryresponsibi li tyforelucidati ng,assessingandsolv-i ngth eseproblems,"th edecisi oncontinued."Th ecourtswi llh avetoconsiderwh eth erth eaction.ofth esch oolauth ori ti esconstitutesgoodfaith i mplementationofth egoverningconstituti onalprinci ples".

Webelieveth esolutionwillnotbeasdiffi cultasi tappearstoday.Itwilldependuponth eattitudeofth e17stateswh eresch oolsegregationexists.

Wecanpointtoth ech angeofh earti nCalifornia,wh erediscri mi nati onwas k eenagainstOrientalsandNegroesaslateasadecadeago.Th ech angeth ath astak enplace i nth elastfewyearssh owswh atcanbedonei fth epeoplewanti t."

MEMORIALDAYSERVICESOurWash i ngtonNewsletterwriterth i sweek h arps

onth ei ndi fferenceofth eJapaneseAmericancommuni-tytowardth ememoryofth eNisei wardead.Acrossth econtinenti nLosAngeles,aNisei j udgeeloquentlyde-clared"th eseh eroesweh onorwouldbeth efirsttore-mindus,forgetnotWash i ngtononh i sk neesatValleyForgenorYank eesatCh ateauTh i erry.Th eywereth eonesth atmade i tpossibleforusNisei Americans i nturntoplayoursmallpart...Mayweresolveanewtoorderandliveourdailylivessensiti vetoth egreatdebtweowetoallourh onoreddeadformak i ngi tpos-si bleforustotak eparti nth egreatAmericanadven-ture.Th atonlyistruegratitudeandreverencewh i chtranslates i ntodeedsth espiri tofselflessnesswh i chcarriedth eseh onoredh eroestoth ei runtimelyrendez-vouswi th death ."Eith erwayi t'sstudied,Issei andNisei Americans

h aveth eleastexcusetoforget.Weowesomuch toourfallen h eroes.

HaveWeForgottenSoSoon?BYMIKEMASAOKAWASHINGTONNEWSLETTER:

MemorialDay,1955Wash i ngton

LastMonday,May30,wasMe-mori alDay. »„ i UTenyearsago,Mminus23,th ewarendedi nEurope.Adecadeago,M plus105,Ja-pansurrendered.Twodayslater,Mplus107,ex-clusionorderswererescindedandonceagainIssei andNi sei Ameri-canswerefreetoreturntoth eh omesandassociati onsfromwh i chth eyh adbeensosummarilyeva-cuatedth reeanda h alfyearsearlier.Inth osedaysofnewfounddig-ni ty,andforth enextseveralyearstofollow,personsofJapa-neseancestryi nth eUni tedStatesweregrateful,andrigh tlyso,toth eNi sei GI,livi nganddead,wh obyth ei rh eroi cgallantryonallth efar-flungfrontsofWorldWar11,h aveearnedforallAmericansofJapaneseancestry,alienandciti zenali k e,th emantleofgen-eralacceptancebyth ei rnationandbyth ei rneigh bors.

" " "Inth osedaystenyearsago,i twasrecognizedandack nowledgedth ath adi tnotbeenforth eunpre-cedenteddemonstrationofloyaltyanddevotionofth eNi sei GI,par-ticularlyth eorigi nalvolunteersforboth th e442ndRegimentalCombat-Teamandmili taryi ntelli-gencei nth ePacifi c,Issei andNi-sei Americanswouldcontinuetobea"suspectminori ty",with th e"relocationcamps"perh apsbe-comingpermanentcentersformuch ofth e"Japanese"popula-tion.Th ebrigh t,newdawnforth atgreatopportunitywh i ch mostper-sonsofJapaneseancestryi nth i scountryh avedi scoveredsinceth atti mewasmadepossibleonlybe-causeofth esacrifi cesofth eNi seiservicemenwh o,byth ei rsh eernobili ty i ncombat,sweptawayth ecloudsofh atredandsuspici onth ath ad h overedoverth i sli ttlek nownminori tywh o h ad,i nth elanguageofth eSupremeCourtofth eUni tedStates,a "racialaf-fini tytoth eenemy".Th i sMemorialDay,1955,i nna-tionalcemeteriesand i npublicandprivateobservancesth rough -outth eland,th oseIssei andNi seiwh orememberedgath eredtopayh umblerespectstoth ememoryofth osewh ogave"th ei rlastfullmeasureofdevotion"th atallper-sonsofJapaneseancestryi nth i snati onmigh tenj oya"newbirthoffreedom".True,th ese h eroi cNi sei deadgaveth ei rli vesforth ei rcountry,buti nsodoingalsogaveth ei rli vesforth ei rfath ersandmo-th ers,th ei rbroth ersandsisters,th ei rfri endsandoth ersofJapa-neseancestry,th atth eymi gh tatlonglastbeacceptedasworth ypartners i nth egreatAmericandreamof"onenationunderGodi ndi vi si ble,with li bertyand j us-ticeforall".

"Wash i ngtontraditi onHere,i nth eNation'sCapital

k eepi ngatraditi on th atbegansevenyearsago,wh en50nationalveteransandpatrioti corganiza-tionsth atannuallypresentwreath satth eTombofth eUn-k nownSoldierandh oldmemorialservicesi nth emarbleamph i th e-ateronMay30 i nvi tedth eJACLto j oi nwith th em i nth esesolemnrites,membersofth eWash i ngtonD.C.,JACLch aptergath eredearlylastMondaymorning i nArli ng-tonNationalCemetery.Underth edirectionofIraSh i -masak i ,h i mselfaveteranofWorldWarIIwh oh asabroth er-i n-law i nterredamongth enation'swardead,th eli ttlebandofJACL-

ersfirstmetandconducted i n-formalritesatth egravesitesofSaburoTanar-.ach i andFumitak eNagato,th efi rstNisei evertobelai dtoresti nArlington.Bothweremembersofth e442ndCom-batTeam andboth were k i lledi nth eactionleadingtoth eres-cueofth eLostTexasBattalionmth eVosgesMountainsofNorth -easternFrance i nOctober,1944Th ereafter,th egraveofeveryoneofth e20Nisei deadi nArli ngtonwasi ndi vi duallydecoratedAllofth eNisei deadweremem-

bersofth e442nd.Later,Ruth Kuroish i ,onbeh alfofth eNationalJACLandofallpersonsofJapaneseancestryeverywh erei nth eworldwh oh avegainedsomemeasureofdig-ni tybecauseofth eNisei GI,laidawreath atth eTombofth eUn-

k nownSoldier,alongside th atofVicePresi-dentNi xonwh opresentcd awreath onbe-h alfofallth epeopleofth eUnitedStatesand for th ePresident.Th ePresidenth i m-selftook part

i nth eobservanceofGettysburg,th c Pennsylvania battleground

from wh i ch th eorigi nali nspi ra-tioncameforMemorialDay.Later,membersofth eJACLpartici patedi nth eservicesi nth eamph i th eaterwh ereth eVi cePresident,h i mselfaveteranofth eNavy i nWorldWar11,wasmainspeak er.Th ecrowdofIssei andNisei i nth c Wash i ngtonareawh otookparti nth edecoratingth egravesofth ei ndi vi dualNisei wardeadseemedsmallerth i syearth anlast,and lastyear'sseemedsmallerth anth atofth eyearbefore.Andach eck with IraSh i masak idi sclosedth atth i syearonlysevenfamili esofth etwentywh oh avesonsorbroth ersorh usbands i n-terredi nth i sh allowedgroundsentflowersorwreath stobelaidatth egravesitesofth ei rowndead.Andtwoofth esewerelocali nth atth efamili esreside i nth i sdi stri ct.

"Manyfailtosh owupManyofth eveteranswh oserv-

edalongsideth ei rfallencomradesorwh osawdutyi nth ePacifi cal-sofailedtosh owuptopayh omagetoth edeparted.Wh eth erwh ath appenedandish appening i nWash i ngton i stypi-calofwh atistak i ngplaceelse-wh ere ispurelyconjecturalbutth eguessi sth ati ti s.Ni sei veteransgroupsandlocalJACLch aptersmaysponsorspe-cialservicesbutwh atpercentageofwh atsh ouldbeagratefulcom-munityofpersonsofJapanesean-cestrycooperatei nth eseobserv-ancestoth eNi sei wardead?Forth atmatter,h owmanyNisei vet-eransth emselvessh owuptopayrespectstoth ei rown?

" " "Th eexcusesarelegion.Th eIssei aretoooldtobeabletogooutonth ei rowntotak eparti nth esecemeteryservices.Th eNi sei aretoobusy—toobusyearningalivi ng,buyinga h ome,raisi ngafamily.Besides,th erearesomanyoth erth i ngstodo.Golfing,fish i ng,pic-ni ck i ng,sleeping,watch i ngtele-visi on,orj ustplainloafing.Th ewarh asbeenoverfortenyearsandpeoplesimplycan'tj ustlivei nth epast.Th eevacuationi sli k ea baddream,anigh tmareth atisbestforgotten.Th eworldisi ncrisi sandnoonek nowswh attomorrowmaybring,so—wh ybo-th eraboutMemorialDay.

"ComplacencyrappedIssei andNisei Americanscannotbesocomplacentaboutth ei robligati onsonMemorialDaybe-cause th eNisei GI,particularlyth eoneswh owerek i lledi nbattle,madepossibleth ei rwelcomeac-ceptancei n th c mainstream ofUnitedStatesli fe.Ifth eNisei GIh adnotpaidth e

pricetoredeem th ei rallegianceandgoodname,th esesameIsseiandNisei Americanswh otodayaretoobusyforMemorialDaywouldnotbeabletoenjoyth eluxuriesoflivi ngasth eydo,forth egoodlivi ngth ati sth ei rsto-daywasnotsometh i ngth atwaspurch ased i nth ebargainbase-ment.Itwaspaidfori nth ebloodandlivesofth esons,th ebroth ers,th eh usbands,th efriendsandre-ativeswh oare i nterred i nna-tionalandoth ercemeteriesacross£v adlandandoverseas.Wh enpersonsofJapanesean-

cestrych oosetoignoreth ei r.vwardead,letth em 100 aJ*th ebarbedwirefen"ot*"concentrationcamps"toItth eywereremovedbecause?loyaltywasquestionedonl,»yearsago.Th ememoryOfVmaybesh ort,buti tcan'twsh ortth atth oseofJapaneseIcestrycanforgetth eh umi li ati "th e h eartbreak ,th esufSSevacuation. 6■jAnd wh owas i tth atopenedwideth egatesofth esecamps2th eh eartsofallAmericaby\Z

anddyingasbravelyasanyAim?i can h aseverdonefrom Bunk wHilltoth eraggedpeak sofllrea?Wh owas i twh omadepossibleiasecureandpromisi ngfuturefatth eIssei andth eNisei ,andth ei rch i ldrenandch i ldren'sch i ldrenforallth eagesth atth eseUnitedStatesofAmericash allexist?

"ConstanttributeurgedItwas,and i s,th eseNisei wardeadwh oough ttobeh onorednotj ustonceayear,onMemorialDay,buteveryday i neveryweek i neveryyears—solongasAmericansofJapaneseancestrylivei nanAmericamadegreatbecauseolth esupremesacrifi ceofth osewh oput"countrybeforeself.Forallth atpersonsofJapaneseancestryi nth eUni tedStatesh ave,forallth atth efutureh oldsforth em andth ei rposterity,th eyolallAmericanssh ouldbeproudotth ei rsoldierdead— proudandgratefulenough tocommemorateMemorialDay notonMay30alonebuteverylivi ngdayofth ei rli vesmadelivablebecauseotth osewh osememorymustbeen-sh ri nedi nth ei rh earts.

Wins4-yr.collegegrant(NewYork ) Doroth yKawach i ,daugh terofMr.andMrs.Yosh i oKawach i ,220E.53rdSt.,success-fullycompetedwith 22,700prepstudentsth rough outth estatetowinafour-yearstipendfromth estateboardofregentstobeappliedatanystatecbllege.Sh ei sgraduatingth i smonth fromHunterCollegeHigh Sch ool.

CALENDARJune3 (Friday)

Ph i ladelph i a— Meeting,InternattaulInstitute.8p.m.;Dr.JamesDannen-berg,spk r.,"Wh atDoYouKnmAboutDentistry?"

June4(Saturday)Marysville—Parents'Day,Gak uetBldg.SaltLak eCity—Graduates'ball,New-h ouseHotel, 9p.m.;semi-formal.

JuneS(Sunday)Rich mond-ElCerrito—Parents'dinner,MemorialYouth Center, 3230 Ma-donaldAye.,6p.m.

D.C.—Ch apterouting,Boyce's,AM-andria, Va.WestLosAngeles—Communitypicni c,LaderaPark .

__SanFrancisco—JACLOlympics,KeaiStadium.

June9(Th ursday)GardenaValley—lssei Testimoni aldin-ner.Western Club, 15516S.WesternAye.;;JudgeJoh nAiso,spk r.EastLosAngeles—"Marriagedime,Soto-Mich i gan Center, 8pjn.

June11(Saturday)Ch i cago—loooClubWh i ng-Dmg,NornPark Hotel,7:30p.m..SanFrancisco—SummerInforma'dance.SurfClub, 9p.m.Jim h h >orch .

June 12(Sunday) ,Marysville—Graduates' outing,»»■wellBar, Oroville. v..HuDetroit—Community picni c, *"oa"RougePark .

June14(Tuesday) feSeattle—Generalmeeting,1«*weiwSt.;GeorgeInagak i ,spk r. .»

Marysville—AuxUiarymeeting,-n"-"Office,8p.m.

June17(Friday)South westL.A.—Airporttour.

June18(Saturday) .Ch i cago—Graduates'Dance, »<""micfcYWCA.

June19,(Sunday) ffrf<TwinCiti es—Communitypicni c"berPark way.

June25-2« mx,WestLosAngeles—Communityu»val,JapaneseInstitute.

June25(Saturday)Cinci nnati—Communitypicni c.

June26 (Sunday) 0.LosAngeles—Nisei Relays,RlMM*enegaStadium. .. oi cnfc,SanFrancisco — Commun VGoldenGatePark Speedway

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July3(Sunday)Sonoma County—CommunityDoran'sStatePark , Bodeg""SanDiego—Communitypicnw.StrandStatePark .,ffeHCleveland—Community P'cm-gand'sLak e.

July10(Sunday) r,jRich mond-ElCerritc—PicnW.»Creek ,SpringsPark .

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