PACIFIC CITIZEN VOL. 17; NO. 7. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1943. Price: Five Cents War Department Announces It's "Go forBroke",Say Japanese Ameri cans Japanese American Sergeant Wounded i n Southwest Pacific Sgt. Komoto's Family Five San Diegans Is at Gila River, Casualty Report Discloses Organize Group, "No Japs, Inc." WASHINGTON Th e War Department announced— on Aug- SACRAMENTO Seeki ng to ust 15 that a Japanese American prevent the return—of American V soldier, Sgt. Kazuo Komoto, h ad citizens of Japanese ancestry bwn wounded i n action i n the to California, five San Diego southwest Pacific. men filed i ncorporation papers According to the War De- on August 16 with Secretary partment announcement, Sgt. of State Frank M. Jordan for Komoto's nearest of k i n i s h i s "No Japs, Inc." moth«r, Mrs. Hisano Komoto, Directors i ncluded Joh n R. 9-8-A, Gila River relocation cen- Curry, president and general ter. Rivers, Arizona. manager; S. J. Curry, Earl Dee Sgt. Komoto's family was eva- Duncan, Walter G. Morris and cuated to Gila River from Cal- Frank W. Brock, all of San i fornia. Diego. He i s the first JapaneseAmer- i can to be reported as a casualty i n recent months i n action i n the southwest Pacific. WACs Start A "substantial number" of Japanese American soldiers of Recruiting of the United States army are be- lieved to be participating i n Nisei Women front-line action i n the Pacific area at the present time. Six Japanese American Girls Volunteer For Expect Substantial Service at Salt Lake Number May Receive Wi th a goal of 500 Japanese War Work Approval American girls set as i ts first quota, the Women's Army Corps RIVERS, Ariz. Certification (WAC) i ndicated that a general by the Joint Japanese— American recruiting program will be under- two shortly i n the war Wi th "Go for Broke" ai their Board of h undred to three taken relo- motto, Japanese Americans from h undred applications for work i n cation centers. the and Hawaii Meanwh i le, Mary mainland are vital war plants may be expected Captain training duty at Five Nisei Servicemen Given during August, September and House, -r*eruitk-.g< for combat Louise officer Camp Sh oH», i liss. Th e "Go October, according to Wi lliam Hu- i n the Salt Lake office of the for Broke" slogan, signifying Soldier's Medals for Heroism so, employment h ead at the Gila WACs, reported that six Japanese "shoot the works" and "all or River relocation center, according American girls h ad applied for i n- nothi ng," was brough t to Camp to the Newß-Courier. duction i nto the service i n the Sh elby by the nisei volunteers At Camp Sh elby Presentation first few days since enlistent i n from Hawaii . In thi s Army Gila Initiates the WACs was opened to the ni- Signal Corps ph oto Company E 100th Infantry Panes sei. Th e majority of the enlist- of the First Battalion of the Officers of Ch i nese, Co-op Education ments, h owever, are expected to Infantry a In Review Before centers 442nd marches down come from the relocation road at Camp Sh elby. Ancestry Decorated Soldier* Program i n Center wh ere a large number of girls i n- Japanese dicated their willingness to volun- the during the Train i n Georgia CAMP SHELBY, Miss. Five RIVERS, Ariz. —An education teer for service of the —Infan- general registrations last Kenny Creates nisei soldiers 100th program to acquaint Gila River of Feb- try were uary and March. LOS ANGELES A Ch i nese Battalion last week residents with the Gila Co-op and awarded Soldier's Medals for h ero- began last week un- Th e new WAC regulation fo* Ali en Land Unit American officer and—one of Japa- "»J(M>peratives recruiting Japanese Ameri- i sm beyond the call of duty i n "**(ftter the Gila News-Courier. the of nese descent are training together saving. Cpl. Torn cans became effective i n the Salt Cali fornia Orik asa from aix rection leaders h ave been In i n "foreign legion" company drowning last March 12. chosen from Butte. Th ey are Joe Lake area on August 9. the are expected to at Fort Benning, Georgia, to figh t Th e soldiers, all from Hawaii , Sh i ezune, Ben Tsudama, Ak i ra WAC officers Wi ll Ch eck Alleged are Sgt. Sada&h i Higashi , Sgt. Kurih ara, George Aratani and visit WRA centers shortly to car- together against the Axis, the Los Yoji the recruiting progam. Evasions of State's Yasui, Cpl. Ch arles K. Mizo- Tosh Kawai. ry on An,geles Times reported on Aug- guah i , Cpl. Sumio Ito and Pvt. Laws by Evacuees ust 12. Nobuyoshi Furukawa. Th e Times published an Army Th e medals were awarded by Legion, Poli ce Block Portland SACRAMENTO Calif.—Declar- ph otograph of First Lieutenant Col. H. McE. Pendleton, command- i ng that h e believes many Japan- Sam G. Lew of Los Angeles, a i ng officer, first h eadquarters, Group Cleaning Cemetery ese i n the relocation centers are graduate of UCLA, shaki ng h ands special troops of the thi rd army. from transferring title y, Miss., wh o are receiving addi- urday, as Martin T. Pratt their organization) was pro-Japa- ed the Salinas RIVERS, Ariz. — A conference Sh eriff nese, pro-Buddh i st or pro-appease- It was reported that the state tional training at Fort Benning. of co-cp officials i n the ten re- ordered the graveyard "closed for i neligible the duratidh " to any group or i n- ment. law proh i bits aliens to location centers may be h eld i n dividual. Th ough tempers often flared citizenshi pfrom owning or leasing Segregation Wi ll September i f all the centers ap- deputies city and voices rose, only once did vio- agricultural land. Th e act permits prove the proposal, i t was report- Sh eriff's and po- guardians to supervise properties following lice patrolled the area all after- lence materialize wh en a Le- Start September 10, ed h ere thi s week a vis- American gionnaire seized —Wi llits by the of their "wards" but does not i t to Gila River by Gerald Rich- noon. Together with allow them to share i n prof- Legionnaires, wearing overseas arm and ordered h i m to "Co the Says WRA Director ardson, WRA national chi ef of caps, they completely outnum- downthe road!" He was stop- i ts. business enterprises. bered the h andful of Fellowshi p ped by deputies and fellow vet- . Th e moves made at the Sacra- A proposal, made h ere recently erans, i t was reported. mento meeting last week were CHICAGO Work of segre- buyers of Reconciliation members wh o . gating 15,000—to 18,000 that from the relocation associates, the taken i n conformity with a recent- evacuees showed up for the announced af- Wi llits and h i s ancestry i n center co-ops be sent on purchas- United said, finally conceded ly enacted statute giving District of Japanese the reloca- i ng York City ternoon of grass cutting and Press tion camp at Tule Lake, Calif., missions to New trimming. that, wh i le their project was only Attorneys and the Attorney Gen- would be considered i f such a con- shrubbery power to gather i nfor- will be i nitiated on September 10, meant as "a gesture of good will eral more Myer, ference i s h eld. Initial opposition was voiced last and fellowshi p" to fellow Ameri- mation on such guardianshi ps. Dillon S. director of the week by James R. Young i n Port- Japanese ancestry War Relocation Authority, an- cans of i t Tuesday land to the FOR group's plan for migh t h ave been better carried—out nounced wh en h e paused State Representative "Negroes and wh i tes, Jews, Cath- by them as i ndividuals. Nisei Soldiers Wi ll i n Ch i cago en route to Washi ng- of olics. Protestants and Americans Th e group's Sunday plans to place ton. Asks Ousting of Ch i nese ancestry" to spend an "bon matsuri" wreaths, bough t Visit Salinas Area It will be necessary to move Disloyal Elements afternoon beautifying the cemetery by residents of Portland evacuat- 9,000 persons out of Tule Lake to a> a gesture of friendshi p to thou- ed to the Minidoka center, appear- SALINAS, makeroom for those to be brough t Repre- loyal JapaneseAmericans. Calif. — Th e sher- SACRAMENTO, Calif. sands of ed to h ave been stopped by the i ffs office and police h eadquar- i n from nine other relocation sentative Leroy Joh nson—of the Young, former Hearst newspaper sheriff's order, i t was stated. ters h ave been notified by mili- camps, Myer added. California Th i rd congressional dis- correspondent i n Tokyo, was i n s Joseph Deboest, commander of tary authorities of several groups He declared that the segregation trict urged that all aliens and Portland to assist i n the exploita- Portimad Post No. 1, said: "Th e of Japanese American soldiers program was "proceeding well." j citizensof Japaneseancestry found tion of h i s film, "Beh i nd the Ris- American- Legion i s not going to wh o will be on furlough visits to Myer was returning to Wash- disloyalbe sent to Japan after the i ng Sun," i t was reported. stand for thta, It's a bunch of Monterey county areas during the i ngton after a tour of the WRA war i n a meeting before the Sac- Th e United Press declared that monkey business." month of August. centers i n the west. ,ramento Rotary club last week. 2 PACIFIC CITIZEN Saturday, August 21, 1943. Japanese American Members Minnesota Veterans Oppose ,WRA Frowns Of Army's Enli sted Reserves On Relocation Legion Poli cy On U.S. In Denver Recalled to Niesi Area Active Service Asks Support h as ever Th e i ssue i s Letter world seen. Further Influx Into Stand of Fair clear. Sh all we as i ndividuals and Group Had Been Given Honorable Discharges Of Play Posts of the American Legion al- Colorado Discouraged From Army After Pearl Harbor; Majority Wi ll For Japanese Americans low our National Organisation to disseminate propaganda i n direct By Relocation Officials Serve Wi th 442nd Combat Team, Is Report NORTHFIELD, Minn. — North- opposition to our purposes as an - I field Post No. 84 of the American organization and our duty as citi- DENVER, Colo. Harold S. Japanese American members of Legion, wh i ch i n June protested zens ? Ch oate, relocation —supervisor of the U. S. Army's enlisted reserves 25 Evocuees the use of the American Legion "Our sons are fi,gh ting on battle the War Relocation Authority i n are being recalled to active duty magazine as an i nstrument to fronts all over the earth and dying the Denver area, said last week by the War department, i t was Relocated i n "foster race h atred i n violation of i n solemn sacrificial protest .he h ad i nstructed directors of re- reported thi s week. our own constitution and the Con- against the Nazi-Fascist concen- location centers to discourage any It i s believed that these sold- New England stitution of the United States" h as tration camp methods of dealing further i nflux of evacuees of Jap- i ers will be assigned to the Japa- now i ssued an appeal to all legion with racial minorities among their anese ancestry i n the Denver area nese American combat team now posts to support their stand i n a citizens. Sh all we let these noble "at present." i n training at Camp Sh elby, Miss. Five Take Over Farm letter addressed to other mem- men die for a principle wh i ch we Ch oate said the action was tak- Reports from war relocation Near Worcester, WRA bers. condemn i n others, yet embrace i n en because there i s no great labor centers i ndicated that recall or- Th e original Northfield protest our own land. If democracy i s shortage i n the Denver area now, ders h aye been received/py evac- Official Reports was directed at an article, "Japs to continue i n America, we must and h ousing facilities are limited. uee members of the,. camp were recruited "For six bits to $1.25 you can Miss Tsuyama, wh o i s 18 and ling problem .i dealistic, Th e resolution calls for substi- Provo labor the i n an from the Topaz relocation center. h ave your picture taken with little, i s aiding the war effort theoretical way. Th e army tution of the army for the War any h ug way i n addition would Relocation Authority; employment settling ofthe labor or all of them and a i n still another h andle i t ih a practical manner," Following girl besides,' bolstering the i n the war effort of all i mpound- rate two weeks ago, there was pretty Joh nston to h er work of Waring said. added, noting that "thi s latter morale of the men ofthe Pa- ed property previously owned by some complaint from the evacuee i nducement city Sh e i s buying war Addressing 3,000 delegates i n Japanese, i ncluding farm equip- workers, wh o asked 70 cents per i s no small i n a cific forces. 25th annual assembly i n wh i ch the armed forces out- bonds. Sh e can do thi s with- the. state on ment and automobiles; and the h our and 15 cents a bushel for to Monday, Waring denounced "glo- meeting number the girls 150 to one, out h ardshi p, according the use of Japanese farm labor under the work. Th e Monday writer, because bal i dealism" wh i le Leon Happell army supervision. for purpose to and wh ere i f one picture i s United Press was the of coming girls average, of Stockton, commander of the also advocates deportation of a understanding worth a thousand— words one the i n addition Legion's It definite on the h ug h arder come by— than salaries of a week, from California department, all disloyal Japanese and those price of labor. i s to $50 called for a "mailed fist" policy 1000 pictures.' $25 to $60 a day i n tips, "wh i ch wh o by act or writing h ave shown Farmers pointed out that they Th e Matilda them the h i gh est paid with the "150,000 persons" of treason h elped the enemy, and two Roses and makes Japanese i n the and must pay a fee of 10 cents per work for Frank Anderson, an young women west and pos- ancestry country. i t advocates that these persons be day for each laborer from the entertainment entrepreneur from sibly north, south, and— east Happell i n h i s speech concen- h eld without bail for ultimate de- camp, to aid i n maintenance of Los Angeles wh oalso operates Hollywood, i n wh i ch, by the— trated on the "Japanese problem" portation. expenses of the camp, i n addition to three or four h undred pinball way, they h ave no i nterest. and pleaded with the convention to Also i ncluded i n the resolution of transporting the workers to and machi nes, a shooting gallery, a Th i s cavalier attitude, Joh n- send a warning to Washi ngton was a petition to Congress for from the camp. In view of these swing band and a Hawaii an or- ston believes, i s based on the against "any type of pussyfoot- an i nvestigation to determine a added services, i t was stated that chestra. However h i s ph oto theory that trading the 150 i ng" on the disposition of persons policy for postwar action regard- the farmers felt the rate was studio, wh ere servicemen can figh ting men per day wh i ch the of Japanese ancestry i n the west- i ng persons of Japanese descent h igh enough . get their pictures taken with a girls average for one 4-F lead- ern states. i n thi s country. pretty girl i n a h ula ski rt or a i ng man i s no business at all. "We must look at thi s problem sarong, i s the most popular of "Such a though t," says Miss as of 100 years from now," Hap- Gila Monument h i s enterprises. Tsuyama, "is seely." pell said, "wh en 150,000 Japa- Cincinnati WRA nese will h ave multiplied and To Honor Nisei multiplied." OfficialFlays In Armed Forces Conduct of 300 Nisei Evacuees Legion's Acti on In Cleveland Wi ns Praise Legion Program On RIVERS, Ariz.—Concrete mon- Area Japanese Americans Oh i o Resolution Not uments listing the names of all Outlined by Ch aillaux American Gila River youths serving i n the Ch airman of Resettlement Navy ordered the evacuation of In Best armed forces will be erected by Committee Lands Beh avior persons of Japanese ancestry Tradition, Says Booth both the Gila river camps, Canal from the Pacific coast. CANON CITY, Colo. A de- and Butte, according to the Gila Of Relocated Group "I went out to visit those mand that war relocation—centers be placed under the "control of CINCINNA/tl, Oh i o G. Ray- News-Courier. camps," Trundle said. "I h ad all mond Booth/ director of— the Cin- a CLEVELAND, Oh i o High the normal feelings and prejud- military authorities was voiced Plans are being drawn for by Homer L. Ch aitlaux of Indian- cincinnati WRA officer, last week blue-tinted concrete monument, on praise of the conduct of—300 nisei i ces everybody h ad after Pearl flayed action ofthe Oh i o de- will placed i n I looked at the camps, apolis, national American director Legion wh i ch the names be wh o h ave been relocated the Harbor. of the Legion, at the partment of the American i n raised letters. greater Cleveland area was ex- talked with these people and con- American i n demanding return of relocated pressed on August 6 by George cluded i t was a shame they were Colorado Legion department con- Japanese A reflecting pool will be placed T. vention Sunday. to WRA centers. directly Trundle Jr., veteran engineer con- locked up." Th e Legion i n front of the monument speaker the American resolution to accent the blue tint of the con- sultant wh o i s chairman of the Th e variety of occupations Ch aillaux, main at was passed Aug. 10 i n Cincinnati crete. Lawns, flowers and trees Cleveland committee for the Re- wh i ch Cleveland nisei are filling convention criticized wh at h e at a conference h eld by the Oh i o will be planted around the monu- settlement of Americans of Japa- ably i s a testimony of their val- termed "coddling" of evacuees by department. Only one dissenting ment and pool. nese ancestry, according to an i n- ue as American citizens, the the War Relocation Authority. vote was cast against tire resolu- terview published i n the Cleve- News described Trundle as Bay- He advocated that the following tion, wh i ch condemned the practice land News. i ng. program be adopted with refer- of releasing loyal citizens and Ch urches More Kindly "We h ave h ad no trouble wh at- Here i s a list of some of the ence to relocation centers: aliens from the relocation camps. Th an Coast Public soever—not a single case," Trundle j obs Trundle said they were per- 1. Only those evacuees wh o h ave "To classify any group of Amer- said. "Th ey are doing a splendid forming i n Cleveland, the News signed loyalty oaths should be giv- i can citizens as un-American on Toward Evacuees j ob." noted: en temporary work releases. the basis of racial or national ori- not cautioned stenograph er, civil 2. Th ose refusing to sign oaths gin, i s, to say the least, i n Trundle Clevelanders Printer, en- best American democratic tra- NEW YORK Feeling on the wh o h ave h ad no dealings with gineer, draftsman, h ousekeeper, should be segregated, and disloy- the west coast toward Japanese Am- the city's newly-adopted nisei to operator, be deported Im- dition," said Booth. — foundry worker, lathe al aliens should "My statement goes for Japan- ericans i s more k i ndly and gen- thi nk twice before questioning shoe repairmen, electrical repair- mediately following the war. ese,' Ch i nese, Negro, Jewish, Eng- erous i n churches than among the their presence i n Cleveland. man, farmer, ph armacist, dental 8. Only American-born Japanese public i n general, Albert D. technician, worker, yulcan- j i sh, German, Italian or Hottentot, Dr. "Don't give snap j udgment," txtile should be eligible for release. i f any. Furthermore, to deny to Stauffacher, Minister of the Mis- was Trundle's advice. "Th ese peo- i zer body and fender man, me- relocation centers should Council of the Congrega- chanic, driver, tool maker, 4. War America, both i n i ts armed forces sions ple are h uman beings, they're i n- truck be placed under control of mili- or i n civilian production, the ser- tional Ch urches, believes. telligent and as basket maker, plastic worker, i ndustrious can yard tary .authorities. vices of trained and loyal persons, It i s being generally accepted be.Mh ey're clean and, above all, chromium plater, lumber i s from exerting the and model airplane part to refrain by church groups, Dr. Stauffach- they are Americans." worker miximum pressure against our er observed h ere recently, that Trundle credited Dr. D. R. maker. Oh i o American Legion Axis enemies." Japanese Americans will be al- Max L. Franzen and Mi- Booth that 115 h omes Sh arve, Scores Release of revealed about lowed to return to their chi o Kunitani^ of the Cleveland "Mother" Murph y residents of centers h ave been re- and churches after the war. In Baptist- Association and Rev. 0. Nisei From Centers located i n Cincinnati. Th i s num- the meantime empty Japanese M. Walton of the Cleveland Succumbs i n Seattle ber represents about one-thi rd of churches are being used i n some Ch urch Federation with doing a the total evacuees i n the entire cases as dormitories for sold- CINCINNATI Th e Oh i o de- fine j ob of assisting the War Wash. Mrs. Nora Le- state. i ers and defense workers to re- Relocation Authority i n finding a SEATTLE, partment of the—American h ousing short- Murph y, wife of the—Rev. U. G. gion, wh i ch concluded a three-day lieve the critical h aven i n Cleveland for the new years as age, i n some cases as store- Murph y, and k nown for war convention on August 10, ad- Roh wer Workers and arrivals, uprooted from their Murph y" to h undreds of condemning the h ouses for Japanese property. h omes by war. "Mother opted resolutions Japanese Americans i n and near release of Amerian-born Japanese Leave to Aid i n One west coast church, Dr. He also branded as "though t- August 15 believes, i s being us- Seattle, passed away on from "internment camps" as det- Stauffacher less gossip" a of tales at the age of 72. Colorado Harvest ed to h ouse a precious doll ex- number' rimental to civilian morale. being circulated to the effect that Murph y was born i n Vienna, h i bit. Another church was turn- "fifth Mrs. ROCK, congrega- the nisei were columnists." Maryland. Sh e taugh t school for LITTLE Ark.—A total ed over to a Ch i nese a Urge of 72 Japanese American workers without their own Trundle, enthusiastic about several years. Following h er mar- Utah Lions tion wh i ch was Japanese couple Murph y on Aug. left the Roh wer relocation center church. American em- riage to the Rev. Closer on Saturday Grand Junction, ployed at h i s h ome, said they 3, 1893, the couple went i mmedi- Ch eck for longed for the bombing of Tokyo ately Japan, they served Colo., wh ere they will h elp h ar- to wh ere Japanese Americans vest peaches tomatoes, Ray Nisei Soldier Held as much as did any other Am- as missionaries of the Methodist! and 1908. D. Joh nson, project director at On Return to Home erican. Protestant church until A resolution appealing to feder- Roh wer, announced. Th e h usband at the Trundle Two chi ldren born i n Japan died al authorities to check more close- Th e men were recruited by the h ome, about 40, i s a graduate i n wh i le quite young. Th ree ly loyal Japanese Americans i n On West Coast from still United States Bureau of Labor mechanical engineering the chi ldren and h er h usband survive the Utah region was adopted by were granted leaves. University of Michi gan. and seasonal liagima Mrs. Murph y. the Utah Lions clubs at their dis- It was stated that the War Re- SUMNER, Wash. "But, unfortunately, week i n Salt Ok ura, PFC, of Camp— Robinson, the near- Mrs. Murph y was proficient i n trict convention last location Authority h opes the men by est h e ever came to practical en- the use of Japanese, and she was Lake City. will find permanent employment Ark. was detained Sumner, firing boiler," Waah ., police last week until h » gineering was a loved not only by the many nisei "If these Japanese are loyal en- i n wh i ch case they will be granted by the F.8.1. Trtmdle said. wh o k new h er but also by many ough to attend our universities, i ndefinite leave and will be j oined release was ordered wh om leave Camp More Nisei per capita h ave ob- older Japanese women to they should be engaged i n some by their families. Ok ura waß on from college than she activities," explain- seasonal h ave been Robinson to Coleville, Idah o. He tained educations was counsellor. ph ase of war No leaves h e h ad 20 any gsher American nationality Sh e was visibly affected by the ed W. E. Featherson, Salt Lake granted for work i n Arkansas, told authorities that friends appoint Joh nston said. Workers from Roh - acres of land at Algona, wh ere group, Trundle said. evacuation of h er many club president, wh o was as a from and their leaving for ed chairman of the state Lions wer h ave gone i nto the northwest the federal government h ad taken Trundle served consult- Seattle, Colorado, Montana, over recently, and that h e was i n ant for the War Relocation Auth- relocation centers was a great military and war service commit- central states, Sumner to conclude the transfer. ority shortly after the Army and blow to h er. tee. North Dakota and South Dakota. " ■ Saturday, August 21, 1948. 4 PACIFIC CITIZEN

the use of the Legion's official magazine as medium for the expression of views reparding native-born Americans of Japanese"ancestry wh i ch were "in direct violation of our con- PAci nc^cmzEN stitutional guarantees" and asked for a re- Official Publication of the <<^> traction of thi s policy "to foster race h atred." ni sei USA JapaneseAmerican Citizens League Th e Northfield post h as followed up thi s I by lARRY TAJIW National Headquarters: 413-15 Beason Build- protest with an "open letter," wh i ch expresses Villains i ng, 25 East Second South Street, Salt Lake wh at we believe i s the true spirit of the men Hollywood's Oriental City, Utah . fough t last war against of America wh o i n the atftjut It would be far better i f wartime and Business Office: 415 Beason that day. Th e "open Unless somethi ng i s done Editorial the anti-democrats of soon, Hollywoodmay suc- films made an h onest effort to Building. Ph one 5-6501 Legion posts i t pretty the nature of letter," callingfor and members ceed i n dealing a considerable i n- understand the en- Other National JACL Offices i n Ch i cago, oppose organization's national policy j ustice our allies and emies we figh t and the nature of to the to Oriental create St. Paul and Denver. regarding Japanese Americans, closes with to Americans of Ch i nese and Fil- the conditions wh i ch war. members, $2.00year. i pino ancestry through i ts usual Pure unadulterated h ate would Subscription Rates: JACL these words: us fi,gh t blindly wh i le un- Non-members, $2.50 year. i ndivid- carelessness with facts and i ts ac- make "Th e i ssue i s clear. Sh all we as ceptance of expediency. derstanding may prepare us to the post Legion advantage. Th ere Entered as second class matter i n uals and Posts of the American allow Hollywood's present attitude to- figh t to better office at Salt Lake City, Utah . Published National Organization to disseminate maypay mis- are many Japanese American act- weekly, act of March 3, 1879. our ward Orientals off i n wh o gladly cooperate i n under the i n direct opposition to our pur- directed dividends of h ate Against ors would propaganda the production of motion pictures poses an organization and our duty as all persons of Asiatic origin. Th e LARRT TAJIRI EDITOR as casual moviegoer may not h ave no- of such serious i ntent. citizens? ticed i t but most of the villainous Hollywood must share the re- "Our sons are figh ting on battle fronts all "Japs" i n recent cinematic repro- sponsibility for a national misun- EDITORIALS: over the-earth and dying i n solemn sacrificial ductions of the Pacific war h ave derstanding of Japanese Ameri- protest against the NazT-Fasei&t concentration been portrayed by actors with Ch i - cans. Although there i s no record of activity, Legion camp methods of dealing with racial minor- nese, Korean and Filipino faces. such subversive three Th e American Hollywood seems to be figh ting i ts Hollywood productions since Pearl i ties among their citizens. Sh all we let these own race war and the-thesis of Harbor h ave portrayed Japanese One of the basic principles of the Ameri- noble men die for a principle wh i ch we con- movie casting directors seems to Americans as ''fifth columnists." "Air Force," can Legion i s tolerance for all creeds and demn i n others, yet embrace i n our own land? be that any Oriental actor wh o can Such films as "Across If democracy i s to continue i n America we fill a Japanese uniform i s thereby the Pacific," and "Little Tokyo, races. a treacherous "Jap." If recent U. S. A." detail alleged i nstances At i ts national convention i n 1942 the na- must not be guilty of the i ntolerance wh i ch i s films are any criterion, tile typical of nisei disloyalty,not one of wh i ch tional Legion bulwarked that principle by de- a basic characteristic of our enemy dictator- "^ap" i s a man of Ch i nese and h as been corroborated. claring: "We condemn religious shi ps. We owe i t to our figh ting and dying Filipino mien. Hollywood needs a new deal i n national antagonisms as weapons of men 'to uph old and defend the Constitution Hollywood's short-sigh ted policy i ts relations with Oriental peo- racial or may establish the subcon- ples. Th e picture compan- our enemies." of the United States' now, more than ever be- well i n motion h i story." scious of the moviegoer's mind the i es can revise i ts attitude toward During the past year, h owever, .the na- fore i n our i mpression thatall Orientals are Orientals by treating Ch i nese, Fil- tional leadershi p and the California depart- alik e and that all Orientals are i pinos, and others of Asiatic an- .treacherous. In "Beh i nd cestry flesh blood beings. ment of the American Legion h ave i ndicated the Ris- as and concepts of Victory Over the Dead i ng Sun," the Japanese militarists that they consider the democratic wh o torture an American prisoner well as the Constitution the organization, as i s the dead figh t. are played by Ch i nese Americans, as empty words. It not we wh i le the Japanese marines of the United States, mere figh t living upon wh o Legion and We men wh o feed terror rushed the beaches of "Wake Is- th e For the national leaders of the figh t department organization and blood and destruction. We the lead- land" were Filipinos. Th e con- the California of that trast i s sharpenedby fact that degraded themselves with an all-out cam- ers, the satellites and their men i n arms wh o the copy desk h ave carry mandates of destruction. the h eroes and h eroines are usual- paign h atred parallels i n- out the'dread ly of racial wh i ch i n Legion- wh i tes, played by wh i te actors. tensity anti-Semitic scream- On Sunday of thi s week American Wh en a sympathetic Oriental char- the pornograph i c patrol. quarter century Small Fry i ng Streicher, Hitler's i nfamous naires were on A of a acter i s i nvolved, lik e the h eroine of Julius ago men, sincerity i n part i s taken i n the laundry- deputy. these with the same and "Ch i na Girl," the Overheard purpose today, fough t by a Gene Tierney with almond- room. Ch aracters: Six-year-old Listening h ysteria of the American i n arms to the anti-democratic righ t free life. i zed eyes. and five-year-old, both boys. Legion leaders, we h ave often been for the of man to live a "Wh attuyu going wh en of these Twenty-five years ago they groped i n muddy Th e crux of the problem appears to be tempted to cry out: "Gentlemen, the waf i s to be that Hollywood i s anxious you grow up?" trenches, they men against Japanese military k i lled and saw theirfellow to produce films wh i ch will get "Me? said the h alf-decade-er. the nation and i ts only by blinding Th eUnited States i s not at war die on battlefields lit the American audiences h opping mad "'l'm going to be i n the coal overlordsr gunfire. Surely the i ntervening at all persons and thi ngs Japa- crew, and get a wh ole dumptruck against Americans of Japaneseancestry." flash of i n quarter century these men h ave learned to love nese. But the films will contribute j ust lik e Franny. Wh at about If we were to believe the statements of the little the war i f a h op- you?" and treasure the precepts of democracy for to effort national leadershi p of the American Legion ping mad theatergoer walks; out you a they fough t. Surely thi s, their "Oh h ave to take as the expression of i ts million or more mem- wh i ch once i n of the Bij ou and h auls off on the shower every day, then. I'm second world war, they are as anxious serve first or Filipino Bees, bers, we would lose faith i n the ultimate demo- to Ch i nese h e going to be a soldier i n the their country with all their energy and their j ust because i nnocent victim i s a United Army. cratic destiny our States. For States Aren't of United the time and their wisdom as once they served on virtual double for the dirty "Jap" you going to figh t for your coun- Legion, file, are the h e h as j ust seen, on screen. men of the i tsrank and the battlefield. the try?" men wh o generation ago Hollywood, of course, h as of America men a But on Sunday last these men were on i ts "Sure wh o says I wasn't?" offered their lives— to America that the i deal difficulties. Since all of America's Bis j aw..shot. out. "Later I'm patrol. Th ey lonelycemetery major film located i n democracy migh t live. We believe watched a wh ere studios are going to transfer from the coal of cannot graas grew the evacuated belt, the military men can endorse the dangerous the h i gh , wh ere weeds and un- crew, and run over the bad guys, that these tended shrubbery dimmed^.the graves of the evacuation of all persons of Japan- and use my dump truck to dump that i s spouted i n their name by the ese ancestry cleared the movie cap- nonsense dead. Th e American Legionnaires, overseas out the bodies.' From "Ran- national leaders of the American Legion. i tal of i ts reservoir of Japanese dom Wh i rligig," —i n the Minidoka caps on their h eads, together with sheriff's and types. to faces Irrigator. It would be preferable believe that the deputies and city police, patrolled a Portland Th e American motion picture i n- national leadershi p of the American Legion Japanese dustry, Hollywood, cemetery to prevent the entry of a represented by Almost every" "ph ase" of evacua- h as been captured by professional patriots and group of persons wh o wanted only to beautify h as borne the wh i te man's burden for a long time, ever since D. W. tion h as brough t i nto being new political reactionaries, that i ts policies i n re- the cemetery, to cut back the climbing grass, words for the evacuee's vocabu- gard to of Japanese Americans Griffiths' "Birth of a Nation." In the treatment to trim the spreadingbushes. period, representing lary. Greatest stickler, h owever, are being determined by h ysterical crackpots that the adol- i s a word for the resident wh o will Th e cemetery i s now "closed for the dura- escence and maturity of the film camp and by men wh ose perspectives are distorted art, i t h as consistently to enter the segregation at tion," upon order of the sheriff, by wh atrigh t failed ac- Tule Lake. Center papers, unable by h ate and economic greed. It i s difficult we graves cept non-wh i te races as ordinary, do not k now. Th e will not be everyday beings. to agree on any one word, h ave to believe that these actions are those of rea- beautified. But the Legionnaires of Portland h uman Th e Ne- come up with the following: sonable men. gro i s always shown as a menial or segrant, segregant. Post No. 1 h ave won their victory, thi s year a buffoon. Until the Mexican gov. segregee, Reports of the resolutions adopted at re- of 1943, over the dead. ernment got tough about i t, the " cent state conventions i n California and Oh i o Mexican was pictured as a "dirty "Older residents* " h ere will re- a legal pogrom greaser*".... Th e. Ch i nese was either member the first World War, i ndicate that the demand for will h amburgers against persecu- a pig-tailed comic or an evildoer remember the Japanese Americans, for the Th e "Beloved Bums" filled with deviltry i ncompreh en- that changed to liberty steaks, tion of the group because of racial ancestry, sible to the Occidental mind. the masterpieces of musicians h as become national policy. Th e speeches of Th ose "beloved Bums," the Brooklyn Dodg- It may be that i t i s a necessary Beethoven, Brah ms, Wagner and Roane Waring, the Legion's national com- ers, took a h ealthy swat at racial discrimina- adjunct to the waging of a war other great German composers wh i ch i gnored, colleges mander, i ndicate thi s. Commander Waring, tion recently by i nviting relocation center to produce atrocity pictures to stir were the the folks at h ome. During the last that discontinued the teachi ng of wh ose forte h as h eretofore been that of baseball players to try out for berths i n their war Hollywood made i ts contri- the German language, and the grumbling against bungling bureaucrats and widespread baseball organization. "Th e fact bution toward the campaign to h ate general castigation, abandon- of anti-administration carping i n general, no that these boys are American boys i s good the Huns with such films as "Th e ment, and denial of anythi ng doubt believes a racial campaign against Jap- enough for the Brooklyn club. Wh ether they Beast of Berlin," wh i le Wi lliam German. Americans will prove a safe and pop- of Japanese, English Polish ancestry Randolph Hearst crystallized h i s "Wi tness thi s war. Many of anese are or "yellow peril" mania i n 1915 i nto us h ave eaten h amburgers since ular policy. But Commander Waring i s mis- makes no difference," Branch Rickey Jr. wrote a serial film of the i nvasion of Cal- our advent h ere. Many of us taken i f h e h as taken such a distorted esti- a WRA camp athletic director. i fornia by the Japanese. Th i s film, h ave h eard the German masters mate of the American people. For h e will It must not be forgotten, h owever, that or- called "Patria," and starring Mrs. played over the air by our best learn, all anti-democrats someday ganized baseball i s guilty of fault wh i ch i s, Vernon Castle, generated public symph onic orchestras In as will a feeling against persons of Japa- San (West Coast!)...an k now, that still burn fact, national disgrace. Francisco the fires of democracy i n a Th i s i s i ts color nese ancestry i n America, although evacuee artist, Ok ubo, won a brigh tly i n the h earts of America. Th e Amer- line against the Negro one-tenth of our popu- the Japan of that day was an al- coveted prize. In New York a i can dream lives and countless Americans, i n lation. Baseball's Jim Crow policy i s every lied power. "Patria," the produc- Japanese national, Kuniyoshi , i s organized groups and as i ndividuals, will not bit as firm and determined as the segregation tion wh i ch was fondly recalled by respected and recognized as one Hearst (papers recently, drew a of America's foremost artists let i t die. laws of the deepestsouth. Although the major simple personal protest from President " ..Th ese examples, and Th ere i s no better i llustration of thi s than leagues are crying thi s year for want of i fl'an- Wi lson. * obvious that they are, show that i n the action of the post of the American power, some of the ablest players i n America, Atrocity films, by the countless i n the last quarter century, Legion at Northfield, Minn, vigorously pro- stars lik e Josh Gibson or Satchel Paige, are repetition of h orror, often defeat America h as learned more of testing against the Legion national policy on forced to perform outside the pale of organiz- their purposes by dulling the mind tolerance, j ustice and democ- to h orror. Th i s i s not to say that racy. Th ey are symbols of a Japanese Americans. Th e clear, courageous ed baseball. Discrimination based on race i s such atrocities do not h ave their maturing nation and people, voices of the Northfield Legionnairesring out somethi ng wh i ch affects us all, wh ether or >ases i n fact, although i t may be i t i s an i ndication that thi s sharply against all the demogogic ranting of not we are directly touched by i t. And dis- h at the i ncidents themselves may war i s not as nationalistic as Legion. every >c beyond the compreh ension of wars h ave been i n the past, and the national leaders of the American crimination on the baseball diamond i s primary principles play Th e Legion the rational mind. Such films, that a Northfield American post bit as ugly as racial bans i n a restaurant or clumsily h andled, tend to stir ra- greater part."—From the Gila adopted a resolution i n Juneprotesting against on a street car. cial antipathi es at h ome. News-Courier. Saturday, August 21, 1943. PACIFIC CITIZEN 5 Vagari es Nisei and Publi c Relations: From the Frying Pan Japanese Ameri cans Nave a By BILL HOSOKAWA Ball Players .... Nisei Problem Is Only One of Many Th e Brooklyn Dodgers of the Job to Do i n Recti fying National League h ave i nvited Jap- , Every once i n a wh i le i t i s well to remind ourselves that our anese American baseball players particular problems as a racial minority are but an i nfinitesimal at the Roh wer relocation centerto Distorti ons i n Publi c Atti tudes^part of the problems of the nation. First, of course, there, i s a try out for a spot i n professional baseball the Dodger organi- saying i s, "Be a Nisei global war to be won, and i n.^conjunction with thi s greatest of with By ELMER SMITH common staggering problems production zation. Several nisei h ave played It i s the nature of all men that blitzkrieg We're i nclined to thi nk h ave ou,gh t to twice as h ard at fallen for thi s strategy, con- an attempt to authorize such con- fashi on thefront of racial discrim- work to very k eeping neat on trains and buses, Letter-Box sidering the number, wh o are- finement would be h ard to i nation h as been pointed to the j ust be residents of the Tule Lake Re- reconcile with the constitutional because i t's twice as h ard any- segregation righ ts sector of the Japanese Americans way. Most of the work, h owever, location Center after of citizens." takes place. the chauvinistic forces h ave centers i n anticipating your needs Mr. Myer also quoted Mr. Jus- wh ere FROM OUR Th e year or so after evacuation tice Douglas wh o stated: "Deten- achi eved a break-through . Th i s and necessities beforeh and — lik e packi ng plenty of cleansing cream, h as been trying for all. Grave tion for reasonable cause i s one envelopment oftheposition of Jap- tissues and a mild astringent, lik e READERS doubts about the, future caused thi ng. Detention on account of anese Americans h as resulted i n wearing fabrics that don't mess mental anguish. It brough t about ancestry i s another ... Obedience the military thi ng. the capture by grasping i nterests easily and colors that don't show bitterness. Faith i n ultimate j us- to orders i s one wh at h elped to re- Wh ether an i ndividual of of an stake along the i rt. Any gal that gets on a train Nisei Relations tice alone was member economic wearing rayon tain the loyalty ofthe large ma- a .group must be afforded at some some a frilly dress and Th e coastal areas, estimated at utout sandals deserves to look the following excerpt from a j ority to the UnitedStates. Even stage an opportunity to show that, $400,000,000. she probably will on letter from Roger W. Axford of wh o h ad legal training h ad >eing loyal, h e should be reclassi- mess be get- Ch i cago those Wi th thi s war-born i mmunity, i ng off. gives an enligh tening pic- lost their convictions about their fied i s a wh olly different question ture of nisei relations: righ ts. i f i t were plain let not those of Ch i nese and Fili- However, thi s column wasn't constitutional Once we be- .. But thaf'no I wanted you to k now of thi s lieved that the nisei could not be machi nery was available wh ereby pino ancestry be lulled i nto a false meant to be on traveling, but and you may use i t ;he ather, on wear you i ncident, discriminated against on racial i ndividual could demonstrate security. Th e wh i ch wh at to once i f you thi nk i t could be of h elp h i s lpyalty i nterests h ave get off. grounds. It was with the attitude as a citizen i n order tasted blood and reaped the re- to someone. I was teachi ng and that "it can't h appen h ere" thatall co be reclassified, questions of a* wards of their race-baiting i ncen- Let's say, for i nstance, that speaki ng at the Methodist Youth i t more serious character would be you're going to look for a j ob. Any- nisei viewed thi s question. Once diarism may at an opportune mo- Institute i n Lewiston, Illinois. lad h appened, everyoneh ad become presented." way, you're all set for the grand One boys my ment strik e also at their position. of the i n class h ad cynical and believed that "anythi ng Basically, racial prejudice i s i n- entrance, suitcase packed, i ndef- made the statement that "If a consequence, i nite leave i n your purse. can h appen." As a Aim to Take Away divisible, especially wh en i t i s dif- Japanese came i nto camp, h e unpleasant news i n the papers ficult to even distinguish between Now i f, four years ago, you were would strangle h i mI"~l~ asked was read with grave uncertainties. Citizenshi p Righ ts those of Japanese,Ch i nese and Fil- ntering Ch i cago for the first time h i m i f h e h ad ever k nown an Th e unfortunate thi ng wh i ch i n- i pino ancestry. s a j obh unter, you'dcertainly h ave American of Japanese ancestry, Th e bills wh i ch may be worrying creased the fears was that most the nisei most lik ely those rumors wh i spered the reeted the city with your pretti- and h e said that h e h ad not. are Scare i n couple of the evacuees read the Pacific wh i ch aim to take away citizenshi p ear of labor are that the Japanese st h at, your best suit and nicest A of days later Paul Coast papers wh i ch were more or smile. Th ough today there's more Seto, a Canadian born Japanese, righ ts away_^from those declared are buying themselves i nto j obs, less on the band wagon with the to be "dlsloyaT^-or 4o deport k i cki ng, back part of their pay- urgency, perhaps, and more neces- came to our camp. After living agitators. _all_ sity i n going to a strange city, with us and talki ng and playing, Japanese, aliens and citizens alik e, checks to the boss, and by consci- On my recent visit to the East, after the" war. Th e Sh eppard and entious work so gain their employ- there's still some of the old "thrill thi s young man wh o h ad made of traveling, wartime notwith- such a vicious statement i n re- I mentioned the fact that the nisei Joh nson bills, both Congressmen er's favor that other Japanese will on the wh ole were very much per- being from are along be takenon to the consequent oust- standing. gard to those of Japanese an- California, cestry asked for permission turbed the various bills i n thi s line. i ng of wh i te workers. City to city, of course, there are to Congress for by sligh t speak to the group. Wi th tears and the movement A learned article written Statements such as these wh en some differences i n dress. constitutional amendment to de- Judge Frederick C. Fisher, for- San Francisco, for i nstance, i s i n h i s eyes, h e asked forgive- prive citizenshi p. circulated among workers alarm ness of i n camp and them of Our merly of the Supreme Court of the and wh i p them up i nto discrimin- probably the most "dressed up" those the friends were rather amused at the ofPaul for maki ng such a Ph i lippines, was carried by the atory frigh ts. Th ese scare-crow city i n the world. In Los Angeles, forebodings I h ad expressed. Th ey San Francisco recently on the other h and, most anythi ng statement as h e h ad made. He Recorder straw men stories are effective be- said stated that California was not the discussing the legal aspects of H. they strik e at the only thi ng goes. that h e "never k new that cause a fellow could be as swell as United States and that the nation R. Bill 3012, i ntroduced by Con- a workman h as h i s j ob. Wh en It's also true, these days, that as a wh i le would not stand for an gressman Leroy Joh nson. Th e — i t's not unusual to see slacks on Paul i s." you take that away from h i m, you Roger amendment wh i ch would make a purpose i s to create a commission take away everythi ng h e h as i n many city streets. War workers, W. Axford mockery the noble ex- naturally, Ch i cago, Illinois of i deals to i nvestigate disloyal activities of order to make a living. h ave chosen the costume pressed i n the Constitution and Japanese nationals and citizens of best suited for their work. *** the of Independence. Japanese Prejudiced minds wh ether re- you go Declaration descent. Anyone found But wh en to New York U. Th e abortive attempt of the Na- to (a) given or sulting from war-timeh ates or j ob or Ch i cago for time, you S. Fascists ' h ave aid comfort or the first tive Sons of the Golden West to any enemy the S. i n the fears yellow menace frigh ts are want to look your best. Employ- Your fine editorial, Th e Am- to of U. easy prey to every newspaper story h ave a reversal of the Wong Kirn present war; (b) advocated or ers are still i mpressed by the neat- erican Fascists, i n the July 31 case and thereby deprive the on those of Japanese ancestry. A ly-dressed office i ssue served i n a measure to Ark taugh t the overthrow by force or newspaper story worker. And nisei of their citizenshi p status and of government the of a nisei soldier wh en you're j ob, you answer a wish h ave for violence the of on furlough digging up cam- lookj j M for a I h eld the expressedby the vari- S., or (c) k nowingly and i n- h i s want to look youybest. some time and h ad though t of U. era wh i le visiting h i s former h ome writing you ous j ustices i n the Yasui and Hira- tentionally expressed by word or Don't thi nk that the bigger the to mention. I be- bayashi to i n the evacuated area was read at good strategy test cases h ave restored deed, orally or i n writing loyalty meeting example city, the more dressed up you h ave lieve i t and wh ole- our confidence once more i n our foreign will be deported a union as an of some i f you can tactfully en- a state, Jap espionage. An old-time labor to be. In fact, don't make the status as American citizens. Th e to Japan or any other place out- mistake of overdressing. Wear courage your readers of Japa- Native Sons themselves leader h ad to recall to them h ow by to h ave come side the Western Hemisph ere days j ust about wh at you would at h ome nebe ancestry little little to realize that their attack on the wh i ch the Attorney General may i n the old wh enever the un- appreciate the fact that there i ons talked of strik i ng, the news- wh en you went downtown to shop Fourteenth Amendment of the designate. a suit, h at, simple shoes with arc other minority groups i n i s a papers always found sticks of dy- — America deserving considera- United States Constitution Judge Fisher stated i n the ar- namite on union premises. perhaps the addition of gloves. futile gesture. Th i s will explain ticle: If you're j ob-huntingthese warm tion. the reason for their changing their "It i s open to very serious Wh en a west coast warning was Eubanks Carsner read that the Japanese are wait- days, you migh t wear a tailored tactics. Instead of trying to deny doubt wh ether Congress can con- rayon suit, perhaps Kiverside, Calif. citizenshi p righ ts persons empower i ng for an opportune moment to a bengaline » to "all stitutionally an ad- become fifth columnists, thi s leader one. Or you migh t wear a simply- * " of Japanese parentage" or "chi l- ministrative board to exercise countered with the story of Am- cut sport dress. Don't wear some- Plea for Tolerance dren of those i neligible to citizen- an authority wh i ch i s i ntrinsical- bassador Gerrard i n the first World thi ng that will muss up wh i le you shi p" born i n thi s country, they ly j udicial power. In i ts essence ride the subway. Th e following letter i s written are now going to try to "deny citi- the proposed act proh i bits the War. Just before America's en- by a former missionary to Japan, try i nto that war, Gerrard, the A wh i te collar and cuffs, be- zenshi p to chi ldren of alien par- doing of certain acts and i m- cause they give that i mpeccable, Mrs. Frank Cary. Sh e i s at pres- entage. Th en since of Japa- poses upon violators wh o are na- U. S. Ambassador to Germany, living i n Idah o those was crisp look, are always nice. Or ent Falls, Idah o. nese extraction are "ineligible to tionals the double penalty of for- i n conference with h igh Ger- you Her letter enclosed a "bit of green man officials. Wh en Gerrard em- migh t wear your pearls, or citizenshi p," the chi ldren will not feiture of citizenshi p and depor- ph asized perhaps you'll wear your "fanci- paper t« >elp on your good work." become citizens simply by birth i f tation. Can Congress authorise the possibility of war, a Your paper I really believe colonel flipped a bullet to Gerrard ness" i n your h at. You want to the amendment should be adopted. the i nfliction upon a citizen of look trim, efficient and neat, but grows better with every num- Th e stumbling block willbe thefact the penalties of loss of national- and threatened that i n case of h os- To those of you wish tilities Germany h ad 200,000 Amer- not sturdily so. ber! wh o that all chi ldren of Asiatic par- i ty and banishment for life for to k now wh at the younger gen- entage, i ncluding Ch i nese, Fili- of statutory form of i can citizens of German descent Don't wearfancy shoes, for you'll Japanese violation a too eration of Americans pinos, Hindus and so forth will be conduct by the of a non- wh owould i nstantly spring to arms become easily tired tramping thi nki ng doing decision around the are and i n the excluded. body as to facts? and wreck America's economy. streets. Settle for present crisis, i t i s i ndispens- Judicial the calmly pointed that somethi ng simple and sensible It i s at least open to doubt." Gerrard out pumps able. Th ank you for i t. there were 200,000 lamp posts i n street or oxfords. — I enclose a copy of a letter Nisei Perturbed By the States and 120 mil- Never overdress. Frilly clothes Clarification of Nisei United that weren't meant for wh i ch appeared i n a Twin Kills i n Congress lion people be ready to h ang offices or day- I would time city streets. And don't wear alls (Idah o) paper of last Citizenshi p Status up such traitors. month. Now lots of fussy j ewelry. One clever let us see wh at the anti- Th e Nationality Actof 1940 h as Wh en thetreacherous nature of piece on your suit lapel i s enough . Cordially yours, Japanese bloc i n Congress i s con- the Japanese militarists i ndi- the following provisions on the was Go easy on lipstick and rouge, Rosemond B. Cary cocting. Th ere i s the Stewart Bill Nationality." cated by theexecution of the Amer- wh i ch give authority question of "Loss of too. And particularly these sum- Th e enclosed letter i s as fol- will the to Section 401 states: "A person wh o i can aviators wh o h ad bombed To- mer days, go easy on powder. lows: place all persons of Japanese an- k yo, wise old leader reminded i s a national of the United States, thi s Runny makeup looks lik e the dick- Tothe Editor, Twin Falls cestry i n concentration camps. wh ether by birth or naturalization, the union that i t was needless to ens. Th at goes, too, for liquid Times-News: Even i f passed, i t i s clear that i t go so far away from Not will be shall lose h i s nationality by: h ome. stocki ng make-up. Wh i le you're Look, tellow Idah oans, we aren't declared unconstitutional. (b) Taki ng an oath or maki ng too long ago, wh en the coal min- j ob-hunting and particularly wh en fiph ting those poor h elpless peo- dec- ers of southern Colorado were on an affirmation or other formal you're going about meeting peo- ple i n Hunt center. Aren't we for- descent. And i ncidentally h ow laration of allegiance to a foreign strik e the "Ludlow Massacre" be- ple, seeing people and being i nter- getting ourselves j ust a little? many generations of American cit- state; or came h i story. viewed, wear stocki ngs, even It's not the American way to per- i zenshi p h ave you yourself beh i nd (g) Deserting the military or Th i s i s the way i t goes In many though you're down to your last secute the h elpless, to lord i t over you? naval service of the United States i nstances. First, i t's h ostility to nylon. (Incidentally, the celanese people j ust because we h ave them We are going to win thi s war. i n time of war, provided h e i s con- ward any i ntroduction of Japanese rayons seem to give good wear, at our mercy. We must. But we must be worthy victed thereof by a court martial; Americans. Th en as realization i f they're carefully h andled. In stirring up race h atred to- to win i n the eyes of God. If or that they are h uman beings begins Th ey're also much sheerer and ward these Japanese we are vio- we stoop to low practices—if we (h) Committing any act of to dawn, there are overtures of more elastic than the former ray- lating the fundamental principles lower our standards to those of treason against, or attempting by friendah i p. Finally, as the com- ons.) As we were about to say, of democracy. Th ose people of the our enemies, we then are no bet- force to overthrow or bearing arms munity learns that those of the liquid stocki ngs are apt to "run" Japanese race wh o are citizens of ter than they, and thus do not against the United States, pro- Japanese race are maki ng equal wh en you're riding about i n h ot thi s country h ave j ust as much deserve to win. }. vided h e i s convicted thereof by sacrifices i n the war and are equal subways and streetcars. Better not righ t to own land h ere as you We -are Americans—we do not a court martial or'by a court of participants on the production to take any chances. and I h ave. As the German folks h i t below the belt. Or do we? competent j urisdiction." front, then comes acceptance as Never, even for one day, let h ave—we are at war there too, (Signed) J. T. Smith, Section 408 states: "(a) Except co-citizens and fellow neigh bors. yourself fall i nto any careless remember? And these of Italian Buh l, Route 4 I (Continued on page 8). Saturday, August ?1, 1943. PACIFIC CITIZEN 7 A Relocation Center Comment: VitalStatistics FullReportofLA.Ch urch WRA's Segregati on Poli cy BIRTHS To Mrs. Toki Murakami (35-10- Federati on Discloses Plea of F, Topaz) a girl on July 22. Calls forSeri ous Th i nki ng To Mrs. Eddie Imazu, a girl on FairPlay July 26 at Jerome. forEvacuee Group To Mrs. James Kinoshi ta (16-7- LOS ANGELES Th e Ch urch are organized groups engaged i n Regarding Its Ramifi cati ons A, Minidoka) a girl on July 27. — Federation of Los Angeles i ssued fostering i ll will. We believe such To Mrs. Hiroshi Sasaki , a girl agitation can Ed. Note: Th e following ar- A subjective analysis of under- i n July a report to the Con- cause a wasteful was on July 28 at Jerome. Dies diversion of public attention from ticle written by a former lying motivations appears prudent gressional posi- member of a community analyst as To Mrs.Dick Kanaya (19-7-A, committee on i ts the more i mportant business of well as necessary. Letthei regarding staff i n one of the War Reloca- WRA official i magine h i mself Minidoka) a boy on July 29. tion Japanese Ameri- winning the war. tion Authority centers, and will wearing the evacuee's abrasive, i ll- To Mrs. Katsuyuki Asah i (8-7- cans and evacuation. Th e report "Fifth, we believe there should prove of i nterest to all those con- fitting new shoes called "reloca- F, Jerome) a boy on July 30. was published, i n abridged form, be no pampering of our American cerned with major the problems tion." Th en only can h e recapture To Mrs. Kumeo Yoshi nari (31-8- by the Los Angeles Times on Japanese people for they must of segregation. somethi ng of the con- the h ardshi ps of war along turmoil, the A, Minidoka) a girl, Sandra Kay, July 30. Th e Times reported that bear flict and the perplexities of the on July 31. with all the rest but we do not mental processes the Ch urch Federation opposed believe the under Segregation of evacuees of that finally To Mrs. Masayo (9-9- that conditions settled i nto the decision for Mochi da return of evacuees to Calif- wh i ch most of them now live can questionable loyalty at the Tule re- CD, Topaz) a boy on Au,g. 1. the patriation. Th en only can h e re- ornia and favorably commented on be considered by any stretch of Lake relocation center will com- the j To Mrs. Yasuku Endo (3-7-B, the i magination as pampering. We alize that evacuees were told that position i n an editorial on mence i n September, i t h as been to choose between the relocation a boy on Aug. 1. believe that any other policy announced. way of life for the duration, and To Mrs. Sansaku Sugiyama (17- July 31. wh i ch "migh t be based upon ani- an early escape to the Japanese -2-F, Minidoka) a girl on Aug. 2. It i s reported that the Ch urch mosity, unnecessary, h arshness, or Th ere remains less than a month way of life. To Mrs. Ch i ye Saito (33-4-E, Federation, through i ts executive abridgment of civil righ ts wh ere i n wh i ch to do some fast and seri- Th e feeling of deep suspicion Topaz); a boy on Aug. 2. secretary, Rev. E. C. Farnh am, there i s no military . necessity ous thi nki ng. Th i s applies both to toward signers vanishes as felt that i ts be means a disappointing denial of the powers that be WRA these To Mrs. Tsuneh i sa Kageyama stand would sub- — offi- h e realizes that: (26-1-D, Minidoka) a girl on Aug. j ect to misinterpretation through American principles and a deplor- cials, project directors and others the abridged of the Los able failure to apply Ch ristian wh o h ave 1. Signing for repatriation sig- 2. nature will a h and i n directing not Angeles Times summary and re- and American standards i n- be- the process, and the evacuees nifies an aversion to the Am- To Mrs. Kameichi Ichi h o (23-12- of erican way of but to the re- A, Roh wer) a boy on Aug. 3. quested that the Times print the h alf of a constructive solution themselves, wh o will h ave to un- life, an unh appy location way of life, to being To Mrs. Keik o Ak agi (40-11-F, full report. situation. dergo the consequences of wh at- our privi- ever bungling coralled with strangers i n sub- Topaz) a boy on Aug. 3. Declaring that "it h ad no de- "Sixth, i t h as been they allow by their lege to k now many of the.Japa- | i ndifference, apathy and garage quarters, to i nadequate To Mrs. Fukuji sire" to\reate misunderstanding, attitude Sasaki (9-7-A, the Times published the full re- nese wh o are now under evacua- of fatalistic resignation —"shi k a- subsistence, h ealth and education- Jerome) a boy on Aug. 4. al facilities. port of the Ch urch Federation of tion. Many of them h ave been taganai." Mrs. Nagao Fuji ta (47-7-B, 2. It signifies a es- To Los Angeles on Japanese Ameri- members of our Ch ristian church- Officials, h owever well i nten- desire to Gila) a boy on Aug. 4. be cape thi s relocation way of life, to cans i n i ts i ssue of August 12. es. We k now their desire to tioned, h ave only partly real- salvage To Mrs. Toraji Suwa (3919-E, Th at report stated, i n full: worthy citizens of the United i zed the significance of evacuation, years of deterioration un- der these conditions. Tule Lake) a girl on Aug. 4. "Wh i le we, as churchmen, work- States, evenon the part of those for they h ave only earned a living Mrs. Kaoru Sakoda (17-5-A, during times of peace wh o were denied citizenshi p be- by h elping the 3. It signifies a desire for ec- To ed h ard the evacuees. Th ey Roh wer) a girl on Aug. 4. to secure an i nternational order cause^ of our laws. We. believe h ave not experienced the pangs onomic gain. can be 4. Signing for expatriation by To Mrs. Kaichi Sakamoto (13-2- wh i ch could preserve the pescs. we that distinctions made and pathos of mass uprooting, nor D, Poston) a boy on Aug. 5. recognize the fact of war and the (withi n the requirements of nation- h ave they h ad to live the conse- the nisei signifies the feeling of the loyal futility regarding their i n To Mrs. Minoru Terada (7003-E, military necessities i ncident there- al safety) between and quences of their own official grop- future Tule Lake) a boy Aug. 5. for the disloyal. believe a i ngs. Amerca, and not a preference for oh to and are concerned the We that It therefore i s natural that To Mrs. Roy Yoshi aki Iwasa quickest success of those efforts policy of confinement ofthe sus- these men seem not to h ave com- the Japanese way of life. Th i s futility by (11K-SA, Granada) a girl on Aug. by wh i ch war may cease. pected disloyali s proper; and that preh ended the motivations under- h as been fed several the loyal ones, especially Am- factors^abrogation of civil righ ts BJ "Second, regarding the evacuat- the lying the signing for repatriation To Mrs. Wi lliam Hiroshi ma ed Japanese, not seek nor erican-born wh o are products of and expatriation, the~designa- i n forced citizen evacuation, doubt we do and to the meaning American (3916-B, Tule Lake) a boy on Aug. do we k now of any sizable group our American school system, tion of "no" on Question 28. ||icy as of 6. of should be encouraged and aided i n regard 'democracy for the colored of people wh o seek the return the would-be expatriates raceifr- To Mrs. Yoshi o Sh i geno (38-7-B, the Japanese to the Pacific Const finding places i n civilian or mil- and the "no-no" group as people How then can we account for Minidoka) a girl Aug. under i tary by to advance the on 6. - during the war. Wh i le the life wh i ch wh o h ave "frankly declared their large number wh o h ave not To Mrs. Ichi ro Takeuchi (36-1-B, American Constitution except for their Americanism. We believe sympathy for Japan or their lack retracted their desire for repatria- Jerome) a boy on, Aug. military" retiuiret, that a policy tion 6. martial law and such constructive of allegiance to the U. S since the opening of settle- To Mrs. Lteo Fuji ta (32-10-C, ments the American-born Japa- wflT reveal that, these people h ave wh ose i nterests are not i n h armony ment possibilities? True thi s change Jerome) a girl on Aug. nese probably h ave legal righ t to somethi ng of value to contribute with i n policy 6: the U. S." brough t a wave of sat- To Mrs. Th omas Kamik awa (29- return, we h old that i t would be to our nationcl life and that such It i s the purpose of the writer i sfaction. But these people.. h ad -7-C, Jerome) a girl.on Aug. 6. most unwise for them to do so. treatment will prove an encour- to compare WRA reasoning, wh i ch oriented themselves i nto thi nki ng To Mrs. Ch i nomi Nakamura "Th i rd, we h old no particular agement"to peaceful i nternational crystalized the segregation policy that there was no future i n Amer- (4204-D, Tule Lake) aboy on Aug. brief for the War Relocation Au- relations i n the future wh ereas with the evacuee motivations. It i ca. Th en as the possibilities i n 6. thority as such, certainly nof as a policy of h atred and h arshness resettlement became greater, the i s h oped that i t will h ave the effect To Mrs. Roy Harada (7211-E, a political football; but we h ave will generate bitterness and be a of clarifying segregation criteria. flare of anti-Japanese sentiment Tule Lake) a girl on Aug. 6. been i mpressed that i ts leaders cause- for i nternational i ll will and It i s felt that the WRA h as con- burned out their h ope of success- To Mrs. Sh i ro (2615-D, h ave undertaken to do a construc- future wars. sistently ful resettlement. Th i s sentiment Sh i nsaku failed to tap the greatest Tule Lake) a boy on Aug. 6. tive j ob by wh i ch to save and '"Seventh, we h ave h ad i mpres- source for i n the suc- was i ntensified by various events: To Mrs. Isamu (3013-C, encourage that i nitiative i ndignation of Nishi de the Americanism sive evidence of a strong antiwar cessful planning of by over theexecution Tule Lake) a boy on Aug. 7. existed among the Japanese. We relocation the flyers i n Tokyo; party, i n Japan prior to the war, i gnoring the evacuee viewpoint i n American the To Mrs. Taro Matsushi ta (35-10- believe that h onest evaluation people; and maki ng Ph oenix anti-race antagonism, cul- led by Ch ristian that i ts blueprints and that to E, Minidoka) a boy on Aug. 7. should be made of those policies these; people praying for the thi s failure may minating i n the 3-day anti-trading are be traced many besmirchi ng To Mrs. Kazuo Sakamoto (33-5- and procedures and that wh en termination of the war and the of the attendant miseries that law; the back-firing B, Gila River) a girl on Aug. 7. found to be good they should not were wh olly of the evacuees by disgruntled establishment of an i nternational preventable and un- To Mrs. Hideo Nakata (47-11-A, be disrupted for political or ul- relation based upon good will and necessary. former WRA employees; the race River) a girl on Aug. terior reasons. Particularly, do we and Gila 7. cooperation. We believe that un- " riots i n Detroit; the Dies To Mrs. (29-16- or on Th e writer therefore recom- Committee distortions. Ch arles Hirata believe that criticism attack founded agitation i s shortsigh ted mends that evacuee planning be E, Heart Mountain) a girl on Aug. the WRA should not be for the and to pres- i ncorporated perpetrating detrimental both the i n the Tule Lake All these i ncidents h ad the 7. " purpose of undis- ent and the future well-being of plan, and that the future residents cumulative effect of stifling ris- To Mrs. Clarence Nishi zu (22- criminating severity of treatment our country and to our i nterna- work out the details for their i ng h opes, of crystalizing see- -10-A, Heart Mountain) a girl on upon Japanese wh o may be de- tional relations. resignation Aug. proving themselves to community wh i le still at their sawing doubts to a 8. sirous of "Eigh th, we believe that now i s present centers. to try to make the best of life To Mrs. Iwao Nishi zaki (5106-A, be good Americans. ap- there Tule Lake) a boy Aug. agi- the time for sanity i n our It i s also to be h oped that i n i n Japan, for seemed to on 8. "Fourth, we fear that the proach to thi s matter. We be- the of the new be no future i n America. Th i s To Mrs. Etaro Na,gatsugu (5103- tation regarding the American- re-orientation Tule Lake) lieve that the government should group i nto Tule Lake, the lessons i s certainly not a decision of C, a girl on Aug. 8. Japanese i s much i n excess of the be diligent i n ferreting out dis- learned from the experiences sympathy for Japan. To Mrs. Frank Awamura (3-10- facts: that too much of i t arises of A, Poston) loyalty; but we believe that t*ta the ten centers signers, a boy on Aug. 9. from a spirit of h atred and ra- persistently relocation can be Th e majority of these To Mrs. Kaizo Nishi (38-12-C, process should go on utilized: WRA-designated as disloyal, are cial animosity wh i ch i s un-Gh ris- and quietly without agitation Poston) a boy on Aug. 9. tian and un-American and directly and 1. Provision for privacy. Th e then, i n the main, Americans at To Mrs. T. Yoneyama thi ng of the public with false i ssues to previous h eart and very much Americans (30-12- i n k i nd with the sort of detriment of wartime i ndus- worst mistake i n h ous- CD, Minidoka) a girl on Aug. 9. attempting to curb the i ng procedure was the failure to i n though t. How can we separate wh i ch we are try andsocial well-beji i p. Let us minority To Mrs. Sh oichi Nakaiye (15- on the part of the Axis nations. j ob. recognize the evacuees as beings these from the small -11-F, Heart Mountain) get on with the main with wh ose loyalties pulsate with Ja- a girl on We h ave suggested, as i ndicated h uman sensitivities. Aug. 9. by documents, that there "Ninth, we believe that the 2. for social pan? Th e listing of the non-Am- To attached question of the location i n Proivision needs. tourists Mrs. Seii chi Nomura (45-8- wh ether Adequate provisions must be made erican residents, such as B, Poston) a boy on California or elsewh ere of the and students, etc., i s simple. Aug. 10. ton) Aug. 8. for the social needs of the resi- To Mrs. Tom Ono (29-19-A, on American-Japanese should be set dents. Segregation as a basic policy i s Heart Mountain) a boy on Aug. Kiyoshi Nishi moto, 43, (308-13- aside until war Is over and tem- 10. Poston) Aug. 9. 3. Preservation of social ties. sound. It ser,ves to further the To Mrs. George Ok i moto (2606- H, on pers h ave cooled. It i s quit* nos- national i nterest as well as the (903-A, question larg- occupy B, Tule Lake) a boy on Aug. 11. Yoneo Nishi moto, 50, sible that the will Wh o are to Tule Lake? i nterest. It facilitates ev- Aug. 10. ely i tself. We k now many of Th e re- evacuee To Mrs. Frank Onofuku (11-6- Tule L^ke) on solve writer recommends a acuee acceptance i nto new com- Roh wer) these people realized after i t was examination of the WRA thesis C, a boy on Aug. 12. Sh i nnosuke Morishi ge (3-10-A, munities, and thereby accelerates Roh wer) on Aug. 10. too late that they should not h ave upon wh i ch segregation i s based. the reh abilitation of evacuee life settled as a group. We believe An over-all superficial and er- and morale. Meanwh i le the i nca- DEATHS that a dispersal will take place roneous presumption will lead to pacity of a group of older i ssei Kando MARRIAGES naturally with each succeeding many mistakes bung- Mori, 68, (1-6-A, Jerome) further and and the very young nisei to reset- on July 23. Aik o Tagawa to Jiro Sh i romi on generation. We believe that an un- ling. Tothe thousands wh o, de- tle should be recognized. More- derstanding poKey, marked by co- nied American citizenshi p, still Katsunosuke Matsui, 62, (40-10- July 30 at Gila River. over, we must discourage their D, Jerome) on July 28. Kiyo Tsunashi ma to PFC Harry operation and appreciation, will preferred American residence and living too closely with persons produce solution that be American the signing for Gonshi ro Harada, 57, (43-9-F, Kuroiwa on Aug. 1 at Jerome. a will i deals, wh ose sufferings h ave been too Jerome) July Ak i ra Honda sound, valuable h appy. repatriation was not and i s not a on 30. Ayako Mukai to and great, or wh ose disillusionment so Kamitaro Kusaka (1-11-A, Jer- on Aug. 3 at Gila River. "We urge though tful delibera- "frank declaration of sympathy extreme as to make their resent- for Japan and lack of allegiance ome) on July 31. Mary Torigoe to Hatsuichi Pu- tion on these propositions by our ments demoralizing to those wh o Toichi J3h i rakawa (21-2-5, Man- j i wara' on Aug. 4 at Twin Falls, fellow citizens. Inflamed passion to the U. S." Had that been the come i n contact with them. zanar) case, so many thousands would not on Aug. 1. Idoh a. should not be permitted to lead us caugh t h ere i n the Th e segregation of these peo- Toyoko Kitagawa, 23 months, Margaritn Rose Kurokawa to i nto acts wh i ch, later, we will re- h ave been wake ple, appears to be the spe- (13-10-CD. Aug. of war with farms, businesses, then, Roh wer) on Aug. 3. Tsutomu Waki moto on 7 at gret. We deny that the Japanese h omes and grown-up nisei chi l- cific task confronting the WRA. Mrs. Sakuyo Isbmoto, on Aug. 3 Gila River. race i s i ncapable of civilization. dren. Th e wisdom of moving the entire at Poston. June Ishi h ara to Masami George Any shortcoming; may b« our group of those wh o h ave designed Infant son of Mr.'and Mrs. Tom Takemoto on Aug. .8 at GilaRiver. failure to exercise sound relations To many nisei the signing for a desire for expatriation or re- Nakaji , (5-7-D, Jerome) Yamamoto Ka- Ultimately they must expatriation "no" on 28 does on Aug. 7. Saki yo to Jiro with them. and patriation should be te-considered. Mrs. Taki no Hosaka, 51, (25- waah i ma on Aug. 8 at Granada. take their place among the Unit- not mean aversion to the Ameri- Mothers k now the psychological Heart Mountain) on Aug. 6. Sh i geno to Toshi o Ichi - or be permanent out- way of -21-F, Maeda ed Nations can life. effect of labeling a chi ld a "bad Mrs. Sh i zue Momii , el, (12-17- k awa on Aug. 8 at Tule Lakp. casts and the standing cause of Th en wh at did they mean? boy." Th e WRA ough t not des- A, Heart Mountain) on Aug. 7. Miyeko Tanaka to George Taka- war. We urge that, even wh i le Wh at i s the significance of the i gnate as "disloyal" the entire Tflune Baiah i k i , 62, (24-10-C, ok» on Au«r. 9 »t Ponton. waging war, we employ those pro- many new sign-ups following an- group of- expatriates and repat- by *■ Roh wer) on Aug. 7. Kate Kobashi to Ralph Murata cesses wh i ch to sneed sound nouncement of segregation? riates. Toyoku Sh lbe, 67, (2-3-B, Pos- at Columbus, Oh i o. ■ relations, good will and peace." 8 PACIFIC CITIZEN Saturday, 21, 1943. Japanese American Combat Brooklyn Dodgers Invite Nisei Timely Team Stages First Parade BaseballPlayers forTryouts Topics Observers Comment On fantry Regiment and the Field Ar- Racial Ancestry Makes courtesy respect," By SABU.RO KIDO Crack Appearance of tillery Battalion, participated i n est and the review. Th e 442nd Combat No Difference, Says Branch Rickey, Jr., director of Nisei Military Unit Team Band led the marchi ng ther'Dodgers' minor league farm, (Continued page 6). Rickey i n Letter i n h i s letter. from groups. \ system, said as provided i n subsections (g) and Observers favorably Brooklyn organization, CAMP SHELBY, Miss. Newsi commented Th e (h) of Section 401, no national can the Japanese American— on the crack appearance of the ROHWER, Ark. — Th e Brook- wh i ch operates minor league clubs notes from excep- expatriate or expatri- Combat Team i n training h ere: nisei soldiers asbespeaki ng lyn Dodgers of the National i n professional baseball leagues h i mself, be "I'd take these men i nto war," tional aptitude and excellent pro- League are i nterested i n nisei through out the country, i ncluding ated, under thi s section wh i le with- was the terse summation of Col. gress since their arrival last Ap- baseball players from the war re- Montreal i n the International i n the United States or any of i ts W. C. Pence, Commanding Officer ril. Th e press representatives ex- location centers. League, i s conducting several outlying possessions, et cetera. themselves "deeply i m- In according to a letter of the 442nd Combat Team, to a pressed as. fact, baseball camps through out the (b) No national eigh teen visiting newspapermen pressed i nspired" by the seri- to Ira Holland of the ph ysical country with the purpose under group of and avowed years of age can expatriate h i m- and i nvited guests Tuesday after- ous attitude and h igh purpose of education department at Roh wer, of uncovering young baseball tal- and the Japanese Americans i n the the Brooklyn Dodgers h old that self under subsections (b) to (g) noon, as h e expressed pride ent both for i mmediate and post- 401. confidence i n the Japanese Amer- Combat Team. the fact that these nisei ball play- war purposes. Caimps are being i nclusive of Section i cans i n h i s unit. Prior to the review, the news- ers are "American boys i s good h eld thi s month i n Ok lah oma, As thenKw exists today, citizen- Staging their first formal parade papermen were taken on a tour of enough for the Brooklyn ball- Dcs Moines and Omah a, with the shi p cannot be taken away from as the feature of an open h ouse day the regimental area wh ere they club." possibility that one may be h eld even those nisei wh o answered for national, Hawaii an, and local saw the men participating i n vari- "Wh ether they are of Japa- i n Little Rock at a later date. "No" to Question 28 of the now press representatives and i nvited ous ph ases of their regular train- nese, English, or of Polish an- famous WRA questionnaire. To guests, the Japanese American i ng schedule, wh i ch i ncluded mass cestry makes no difference to attain thi s purpose, a new act must Combat Team marched i n review calisthenics, bayonet exercises, us and I k now that these boys Branch Rickey, Jr., thi s week be passed, maki ng i t one of the before their Commanding Officer, rifle drills, demonstrations of fire would be treated with the great- announced that a tryout camp for conditions for losing citizenshi p i f Col. Pence. Lt. Col. Virgil R. Mil- direction control by the Field Ar- young baseball players would be a citizen refuses to swear loyalty ler, Executive Officer, commanded tillery, camouflage operations by conducted by the Brooklyn Dod- to the United States wh i le residing the troops. Th e Infantry Regi- the Engineers, communications IDC gers at Joh n Affleck Park i n Og- i n thi s country. ment, the Field Artillery Battalion exhi bitions, and obstacle course Leaders den, Utah , from August 80 It should be fairly obvious to the and the Company of Combat En- running by the Infantrymen. Th ey through September 1. Nisei as a wh ole that the clouds gineers, together with the Medical also i nspected the men's quarters, Discuss Future Boys 16 years or older are i n- wh i ch were, h overing over their Detachments attached to the In- dayrooms, and k i tchens. vited to report at the Ogden dia- citizenshi p status resulting from JACL Policy mond for trials, Rickey said. To the mass evacuation and war h ys- Japanese American receive tryouts they need only to teria i s clearing. Th e Supreme IDAHO FALLS, Idah o — An present themselves at the field at Court- j ustices h ave stated that agriculture committee, aimed to 9 o'clock on the morning of Aug- even the grounds of "military CombatTeam News h elp farmers with i nformation on ust 30, bringing their baseball necessity" must be withi n reason. farm cooperatives, shi pping asso- shoes, gloves and uniforms. No Every nisei must frankly face ciations and labor problems, will fee i s charged, Rickey added, al- thefuture i f h e i s expecting to re- Hideo Kaichi , all were promoted to, be formed by the Intermountain though players living outside of main i n thi s country after the war. Members of 442nd be corporals. District Council, i t was decided Ogden must finance their own Th ere i b^o denying that a new Infantry Unit Get Pvt. Abrah am T. Toki oka, Pvt. h ere at the last regular' meeting trips to Ogden and pay their own start must be made sooner or later. Clarence Y. Hamaishi , Pfc. Minoru of the IDC, h eld i n Idah o Falls living expenses. A new life i n a new place and en- Promotions i n Rank Gushi k en, and Pvt. Andre A. on Sunday, August 15. In view of Rickey's letter to vironment i s bound to h ave i ts dif- Ak i ta, all were promoted to be Th e possibility that an expert Japanese American baseball play- ficulties. But the i ssei came to ofthe Technicians, fifth grade. on shi pping be sent to the various ers at Roh wer, i t was believed America under more adverse con- Twenty-five enlisted men ditions the Japanese American Combat Team * » " farm localities of thi s area was that h e would welcome any aspir- —without k nowledge_of promoted lately. We are expressed by the national h ead- ants from the Topaz or Minidoka English language, without "money, h ave been Field Artillery without Now temporary promotions. quarters of the JACL.. relocation centers at the tryouts and friends. that Approximately twenty-five per- i n Ogden. Th e Minidoka team re- there i s no necessity of worrying T/4 Frank K. Sakamoto was Battalion Host To cently competed i n the citizenshi p status or about promoted staff sergeant. sons, representing all but one of Idah o about to be 100 Nisei Girls the chapters i n the IDC, attended semi-pro championshi ps, losing deportation after the war, every T/4 Takeshi Miyoko, Cpl. Henry the meeting. only to the strong Idah o Falls nisei must thi nk of resettlement S. Yamane, Pfc. George D. Nazoe, Main speaker at the conference Merchants. Th e Minidoka nine since thi s i s the only road to sal- Gimei Takeasu, T/5 Matsume Th e Field Artillery Battalion of games for the large majority T/5 American Combat was Larry Taji ri, editor ofthe i s undefeated i n seven vation wh o Mik ami, Pvt. Hisaji B. Hamamoto, the Japanese against semi-pro clubs i n h ave no property on the Pacific Team was h ost to 100 visiting Pacific Citizen, wh o discussed the south- T/4 George Tanaka, Cpl. Yuki o recent Dies committee i nvestiga- central Idah o. Coast. Tamura, and Cpl. S. Han- nisei girls from the Jerome and Richard Ar- tion of relocation centers and the aumi, all were promoted.to be ser- Roh wer relocation centers i n k ansas last weekend. nisei. Taji fi explained the role geants. played by JACL leaders- i n de- NOW AVAILABLE: HANDY POCKET-SIZE Pfc. George S. Eto, Pfc. Ken- Th e "Cannoneers' Hop" i n h oji or feating thecommittee's expressed neth N. Yoshi da, Pfc. Sam M. Nak- of the visiting girls Saturdaynigh t i ntent of exposing un-American- DICTIONARIES 3 IN. BY 6 IN. at the service club featured the - amura, Ak i ra Imoto, T/5 Sh i - i sm among nisei. T/5 weekend program. Th e all nisei the Sanseido's New Concise Japanese-EnglishDictionary. guare S. Suzuki , and T/5 Goro Several resolutions and sugges- (Postage Prepaid) $3.50 Tanamachi , all were promoted to dance orchestra, composed entirely tions were adopted at the confer- be Technicians, fourth grade. of Combat Team members, made ence. Delegates passed by unani- Sanseido's New Concise English-Japanese Dictionary. i ts debut underthe direction of (Postage Prepaid) $3.50 T/5 Joh n S. Sh i rakawa, T/5 mous vote a resolution expressing - Master Sergeant Jun Yamamoto. gratitude for the work of three Off the press July 31; orders being taken now Frank S. Yamasaki , Pfc. Tetsuo Pvt. Harry and h i s Sh el- Toki ta, Pfc. George S. Sh i rai, Pvt. Hamada former JACL leaders now serving KENKYUSHA English-Japanese Dictionary. (Mailing by Hawaii ans entertained the party i n armed Masa- charge, 50c) , $8.00 Paul Yamamoto, Pfc. Yutaka M. during with music the forces, Mik e i ntermission the oka, and George Japanese-English- Dictionary. (Maying- Yoshi da, Pfc. Wi llard Y. Matsu- and dances of the Pvt. Joe Kanazawa KENKYUSHA moto, Pfc. Takeo Nedani, and Pfc. Islands. Inagaki . Also passed by unani- charge, 50c) _ $5.00 Paul Bannai served as master of mous was a of ~ - ceremonies. Th e guests received vote resolution FUZAMBO English-Japanese Dictionary. (Mailing- Godfrey Lowell thanks to Cabot charge, 50c) » $5.00 WANTED: Th ree Japanese gardenia "black-out" corsages as of Boston, wh o recently donated American (citizen or non-citi- favors. Th e souvenir program fea- large righ ts ELEMENTARY Japanese Textbooks For Self-Study. Artillery a sum to the civil charge zen) girls. One to care for i n- tured terms applicableto fund of the JACL. Grammar, vocabularies and notes. (Mailing valid. One for cooki ng. One the occasion. Attending delegates recommend- 25c.) A set of two books $4.50 for h ousework. Liberal wages Sunday morning, the visitors at- e,d a special h oliday edition of Naganuma Reader, Vol. I. (Postage prepaid) $1.60 and good living quarters. Ph one tended special church services con- Citizen be Reference Book of Notes, Vocabulary- and 4-5641. Lake City. the Pacific i ssued thi s Grammar for Salt ducted by Ch aplain Th omas E. giving a resume of the Naganuma Reader, Vol I. (Postage prepaid) $1.60 open Ch ristmas West i n the air chapel "under league's work during the past Naganuma Reader, Vol. 11. (Postage prepaid) $1.60 the pines." In groups of twenty, voted support such year, and to (Postage prepaid) $1.10 the girls were luncheon guests at an edition. Lessons i n Sosho. » - Dr. Michael M. Horii messhalls i n the battalion area. A portion of the meeting was Please Remit Wi th Order to: to Announce the Open- Sunday afternoon's Tea Dance i n given oveiv to business matters, Wi shes the service club the i ng of An Office for thePractice concluded wh i le genwal evacuee problems JOZO SUGIHARA schedule of events. Ph one: of were also discussed. 1775 Xenia Street Bast 4928 Th e girls were h oused at the Th e meeting was called by Bill DENVER 7, COLO. DENTISTRY CivilWar Housing projects and Yamauchi of Springville, Utah , At 336 Vj 25th Street the service clubs. Th ey arrived chairman of the council. Greet- Ogden, Utah Teleph one: 6140 by bus Saturday afternoon for i ngs to the delegates were ex- respective 9 to p. m. Daily their centers. pressed by Yuki o Inouye, presi- Hours a. m. 5 All arrangements were made by Except Sunday and Th ursday dent ofthe Idah o Falls chapter. 2nd Lt. Paul Brandeis, special serv- National .leaders attending the i ce officer for the Field Artillery conference were Saburo Kido, unit. Lt. Col. Baya M. Harrison, president of the national JACL; Jr., i s the Commanding Officer of Hito Ok ada. national treasurer; TYPEWRITERS the Field Artillery Battalion. Masaoka, ADDING MACHINES Larrv Taji ri; and Joe * JACL representative i n Denver. CASH REGISTERS Salt Lake City delegates were HANASONO Jun Kurumada, president of the REPAIRED Salt Lake chapter, and Jerry YARNS Kata- Hand Knitting PHOTO STUDIO yamai, secretary. for GRIFFIN TYPEWRITER Ph oto Copies, Enlargement*. SERVICE In conjunction with the TDC All Types All Qualities Kodak Finishi ng meeting, — Aye. the national leaders h eld 571 4th Ph one5-6798 2163 Larimer Street several speaki ng engagements i n Free Knitting Book on Request | Salt Lake City, Utah DENVER, COLORADO Pocatello and Idah o Fallß the same weekend. Over one h undred persona at- J EWELRY tended a meetinsr h eld Sunday WATCHES WEDDING RINGS DIAMONDS OPENING AUGUST 21, 1943 evening at the Methodist church i n Idah o Falls, at wh i ch time Hand-made Specialty Saburo Kido spoke. He described JACL activities and h i s trip to the east during the Dies h earings AOYAGI COMPANY NOBLE'S CAFE i n Washi ngton. Y. Terada, Propr. 25th Street -, OGDEN, Utah Saburo Kido, Hito Ok ada, Larry 47-15 7 West Street 245 Taji ri and Joe Masaoka spoke on, J 42nd Monday eveniner at the district New York City Fuji ta and Terao, Props. courthouse i n Idah o Falls before RELIABLE a large group composed lareelv HOUSE OF QUALITY E«t. 1923 the Falls Prompt Sh i pments Mail Orders SPECIALIZING IN JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MENUS of members of Idah o All chanter. Joe Masaoka discussed " Personal Attention Any Other Purchases AccomoiUti'Mii Far Parties problems facing the nisei and the JACL at the present time. "