PACIFIC CITIZEN 23; NO. 10 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ■OL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1946 Price: Seven Cents ArmyConti nuesFigh tOn Anti -Nisei Bias Cali fornia Fails AVC Opposes Segregati on Program Seeks to Awaken i nAttempt to Gls to Problems Faced by Take GI's FArm Returning Nisei Veterans Fre»no Suit Dismissed Prejudice Against Japanese By Judge for American Rare i n Army; Declares Race Hatred Must Be If Lack of Evidence Calmed Peace Won By Group i n Battle Is to Be Maintained PBESNO, Calif.—Th e State of lifornia's attempt to confiscate TOKYO—Th e United States Army, proud of the record wh i ch ,320-acre farm of an American i ts soldiers of Japanese ancestry ancestry, i n the 442nd Combat Team and dier of Japanese Wi l- i n i ntelligence continuing for alleged violation units i n the Pacific h ave made, i s a n Sh i ba, vigorous campaign against prejudice against Japanese the Alien Land Law failed i n directed j erfor court wh en the suit was Americans at h ome and i n the armed services. by Judge Kleete on missed Information and Education officers i n U. S. Army units i n i t. 3 the i udre Kleete ordered the case Pacific area h ave recently conducted lectures and discussions missed on the ground that the as part of the Army's program of figh ting discrimination against fe lacked sufficient evidence to Japanese Americans. charge of violation of i re the Noting that "prejudice against the Nisei i s so rare among troops i anti-alien statute. that represented by Joh n h ave lived and worked among them that i t constitutes no real i h i ba was problem," the Army's program adds: eno, Los Angeles attorney. "It i s the unthi nki ng few at h ome, blinded by i gnorance and prejudice, that h ave brough t about such glaring examples of Former i njustice as pillaging and burning of Japanese h omes (in the Official, United States)." Minidoka It i s pointed out that the Army's program seeks "to awaken Sch aGetsferCoast, Post the men to the realization that the good citizen's responsibility does not end with passive good will towards an oppressed minority WASHINGTON—A former War group." Authority official, Ph i l- location Th e Aug. 19 i ssue of "TIPS," Troop Information Program Ser- Soh afer,wh o left the Minfdoka vice, published ocation center to go to Europe by the Information and Education Section, GHQ, the repatriation of 1,000,- United States Armed Forces, Pacific, devotes four of i ts eigh t pages direct to i ts feature article, "Th e II displaced persons, i s the new Nisei: Victors or Victims." eiflc Coast regional representa- Th e article i n "TIPS" described the rousing ovation given e of the Office of Vocational the 442nd Combat Team on i ts return to the United States i n h abitation. July, 1946: Hr. Schafer,former field rep- "Newspapers vied with each other i n their praise. Such superla- mtative of the Social Security tives as 'unbeatable,' 'most h eroic,' 'unexcelled,' clattered out of edi- ml i n the East, was loaned to torial typewriters to form a context reminiscent of old-fashi oned i WRA and served as assistant MARYSVILLE, Calif.—Before the Yuba-Sutter chapter of Fourth of July oratory. Even the average citizen k new that thi s was ector of the camp for Japanese the American Veterans Committee protested, the names of Amer- somethi ng special—in New York and Washi ngton h e j oined with wricans. i can servicemen of Japanese ancestry from Yuba County were thousands of h i s fellows to stage .gala; welcoming celebrations fea- His appointment to direct the segregated i n a separate list on the county's h onor roll wh i ch turing h owling sirens, martial bands, h ula dancers. To many a New i lian reh abilitation office of the i s cared for by the local post of the American Legion. On the York observer i t seemed'much lik e the 'wonderful nonsense' wh i ch deral Security Agency on the Fourth of July.members of the AVC chapter, led by Bob Worth, h ad greeted the return of the h eroes of the Jimmie Walker era est Coast and i n Hawaii was an- spent their h oliday rearranging the names i n alph abetical order Lindbergh , last by Michael J. Gertrude Ederle, Admiral Byrd. —' aneed week i n one group, ending the segregation ofNisei names on the h onor "But there was no nonsense connected with thi s reception. Th e ortly, national reh abilitation di- roll.—Ph oto by courtesy ofthe AVC Bulletin. objects rtor. of these outbursts of adulation were 500 smart, tough , figh t- i ng men wh o fough t a two-front war; one against prejudice at h ome, the other against fascist armies i n Italy. Th ey were the .vanguard FourthCanadian Pay Dispute Holds Up ofthe 442nd Regimental Combat Team—all Nisei except for a Back sprinkling of officers. Repatriation Group "As they i narched down Constitution Avenue with' h osannah s Dismissalof Disloyal Ch arges echoing i n their ears, and as they formed on the rain-drenched Wi ll Leave Soon Wh i te House lawn to watch President Truman pin the presidential WINNIPEG, Man. —Th e Cana: citationbanner to their colors, the men of the 442nd could recall n government i s carrying on i ts Against Japanese Americans with pride their reasons for being there. lortation program and thefourth "Th eirsh ad been a record wh i ch fully j ustified superlatives... Attorney Reports Wi ll Agree to Dismiss wp of repatriates of Japanese State "Glorious as h ad been their record the Niseisoldiers of the 442nd. testry will leave for Japan i n All Ch arges Against Nisei Employees; Personnel would h ave been the first to point out that they were but representa- o-September, New the Canadian Hearings Former Workers tive of all Japanese Americans i n world war 11. Th ey migh t tell you, »rted last week. Board Conducts for for example, of the i ndividual i ntelligence work performed by Nisei Th e repatriates will be taken by SACRAMENTO—Ch arges of disloyalty against 88 former soldiers i n the Far Eastern theater. Wi th Merrill's Marauders i n i n to San Francisco to board Burma, Nisei units h ad been chi efly responsible for uncovering i n- shi p. Members of depart- Japanese American civil service employees of the state of Cal- group, the formation wh i ch assured success for h i t-and-run raids. On Pacific ' according to officials, i fornia will be dismissed i f the Nisei and the state personnel battlefields a top-secret Nisei outfit operated so ski llfully that i t uj» limited to those volunteer- agreement on matter of back pay, i t learned even teleph one numbers of Japanesebillets t for deportation. board can come to an the the ... ' was i ndicated h ere last week by James C. Purcell, attorney for "Homebound Nisei troops migh t h ave been tempted to dispatch by of the suspended these sentiments to residents of certain western states with the no- Henry Tsurutani the Nisei, at a meeting attended twelve tation to 'please note.' For thi s was the big question mark i n the workers. minds of thousands of returning Japanese American figh ting men: Registrar Th e personnel board, wh i ch summarily dismissed all Japa- Would their record on the battlefield wipe out the prejudice wh i ch Named h ad victimized them and their families at h ome? InLos Angeles nese Americans on the rolls of be made "Wh at k i nd of treatment h ave the Nisei received at h ome? WS ANGELES-Henry the state civil service after Pearl certain deductions would "Certainly the treatment accorded Americans of Japanese J. Tsu- from back salaries, wh i ch i n most every of Los Angeles thi s week Harbor, h as now agreed to dismiss to a few months descent i nvited such a question. Etched deep i n Nisei mind ounced h e h as cases amount were the words wh i ch h ad warned them away from certain west " been named an all charges made against the pay. Purcell i ndicated that thi s oal deputy registrar Nisei, reinstate them and pay coast shops before they h ad gone to figh t for liberty: 'We Don't We and will would be protested. with the southern Cali- their salaries for the period be- h earings Serve Japs;' Maps Not Wanted.' All of them remembered the regional the State personnel board strong-arm terror wh i ch h ad brough t grief to many of office of the JA- tween their suspension and to be h eld Sept. 4 their -1"> register as many evacuation, were scheduled families. Nisei vot- Purcell said. i n Sacramento and on Sept. 11 i n for the elections on Th e attorney i ndicated, h ow- "Th e case of Mr. and Mrs. Kay Sakamoto was typical. Th ey h ad i M^possible arc Los Angeles. returned from a relocation center to Californiah ome only to find ever, that though the Nisei the their will board of Nisei attending Sacramento that their h ouse h ad been burned to the ground two days before. No be present at the reinstated, the state wh i ch Purcell revealed Jumtani An and Fer- probably re- meeting at matter that one of the Sakamoto sons h ad been k i lled i n action and tap Keles San equalization would proposed agreement of the S"o JAtL meetings register to any of them. the two others decorated for bravery. Stories lik e thi s—true stories—had to fuse employ state personnel board were Rose through »Pective voters. It was further declared that Matsuh ara, Janet filtered to Nisei tror>s i n the front lines. Little wonder that Takagi, Ruby they asked, as did Combat Correspondent Terry Sh i mabukuro: Nishi o, Gloria Ok amura, Harry 'Wi ll Fuji ta Mura- we, as JapaneseAmericans, come h ome to somethi ng we can call our Fuji i , Mrs. Nettie own?' moto, Helen Otow, Mary Ok i doi, depended Kubota, Sally Kawaki ta and "Th e answer on the determination of the American Resettled Evacuees Operate Ben people to assure theNisei a square deal. Th e reception i n New York Mitsuye Endow. and Washi ngton may h ave seemed to some observers conclusive evi- Washi ngton Grocery Stores dence of such an i ntent; but wh en the tumult and shouting h ad sub- 5 Canada May Close sided, wh en theNisei h ad returned to local prejudices, perhaps to greed ■WASHINGTON, D. C.-Fifteen Sh i ma, pre-war resident of Wash- Two More Projects local wh i ch coveted their property—wh at then: Could, and |«y stores already h ave i ngton. , would, the power of public opinion thwart the forces wh i ch would been reported. Nisei—and all minority groups—second All of the 15 stores are make of the class citizens? i n Washi ngton's Negro tne LEMON CREEK, B. C-Clos- "Up until the time that their allegiance United Cfpnttg8? doing- good business, most of Slocan to the States by ofthe Lemon Creek and by arms, h ope resettled evacuees of trade coming from Negro custom- i ne h ousing vnjectgrior h ad been demonstrated force of the Nisei could for ancestry reported that several ol i nterior little support from public opinion. True therewere editors and en- eag from West ers. It i s Canadian evacuees of Japanese K^ these stores did not return a profit being by the ligh tened public officials wh o viewed with shocked disapproval the a c ow but are ancestry i s planned dragnet tactics wh i ch i ndiscriminately uprooted Japanese families (1? under way for under former owners of the Labor mZLn management Japanese division average tlon of a Japanese thriving under Nisei September. and planted them i n relocation centers. But the American, KeSm^ waa opened Department i n caugh t up i n the h ysteria of war, h aunted by tales of fifth col- 7 Association i n First of these stores and i nfirm persons, wh o ■"AJSSmeeting th an "rganization- by Yamazaki at 2601 h ye Old support will be umn treachery, was far more i nclined to be cautious than I V Hitomi i s un- h ave no means of tentatively scheduled St., N. W., wh i le the latest the project at New Den- reasonable. (stf6 of Sogoio sent to "If the average a sligh tly guilty der the managftment ver All others will be transferred American h ad conscience h e n,ew stroes Nakano, formerly of Alameda, i n eastern appeased i t by protesting the more obvious outrages. Wh en the ■mZ£opened i n Jersey Aye., to 'relocation h ostels th T>w» recent months Calif., at 1626 Jfow provinces. (Continued on page 2) -aesistanc© of Jesse W, N. PACIFIC CITIZEN f^f^eptemberT, 2 Foreign-Born Japanese Plan Ben Kuroki 's Biograph er: Masaoka Sets Facts on Speaki ng Dates To Resume Operations i n Ralph Marti n Seeks In Cali fornia Fishi ng Industry Nisei GIs Cali fornia Problems Facing California i tinerary of wMsl way thi s week oy a few lines coming LOS ANGELES—Preparations were under It wasn't much of a story, really-just fjft national Japanese ancestry i n California clicked out dispassionately, JACL wh o i s now££**"■ some 800 alien-born fishermen of across the news ticker. Th e words tour of on?*! ruling wh i ch permits them paper roll. the state, wb'JJJ to act upon Judge Henry M. Wi llis' blue letters on the flimsy wh i te recently by the Stripes wh o read gional Los a^l to fish i n coastal waters. But the GI correspondent for the Stars and office two separate court a good story wh en Masaoka's directS Attorneys representing the fishermen i n story that day i n December, 1944, k new speak^'S®1 group Japanese alien fishermen the readers, tired guys figh t- ments i n thi s area acts, stated last week that a of read "it He also k new wh at h i s the wfl w8 craft to sea thi s week. h e France, be i nterested i n. i n Monterey were prepared to take their i ng the war i n southeastern would a;*» *. were scheduled to meet to out American Legion ' $| Japanese fishermen at San Pedro Th e dateline was Hood River. Oregon. Th e His other speaki nir .J discuss taki ng similar action. ' h ad announced ments will as ""■ believed, h owever, — Post on Dec. 2 follow. It was that Th e Fish and Game Commission through i ts commander, Jess j ust wh at k i nd of recep- ban Luis> Obispo, the strik e of AFL fisher- Isl-the later Guadalupe Sent 1 recent appealed'the lower court decision i ngton, that i t would erase tion they were getting at h ome. 21; Los Angtl men i n California ports may delay agreement between American Long Beach, 23; and, through an rames of 16 Japanese "I don't thi nk their resettlement 24; theaction plannedby the Japanese Attorney Robert Kenny from i ts county war as easy as people say," l.ardena 25; LogSanTfil go General sen-icemen i s being 27 Orange fishermen to to sea. Before the and the attorneys for Takah ashi , memorial. "Th ere are plenty of County, A.JJJ war the majority of the Japanese on. h e mused. geles, 28-Lai the appeal was taken directly to Th e news ticker clattered veterans getting the runaround. I Pasadena, 29 "£» i Li fishermen i n the Southern Cali- an ef- Lake City 30 and Oct. the State Supreme Court i n Th i s week i n Salt want to k now wh y. And I've also 2; fornia area were members of the expedite the j udicial pro- correspondent, Ralph G. on my i tinerary. Ph oenix, 3;u'>&J*M|1 fort to that GI ot i ncluded Texas Angeles, Indioi 4 AFL union. cesses necessary to obtain a de- Martin, now assistant editor I want to talk to the men of the 6. ''1 Th e foreign-born Japanese fish- cision from California's h i gh est the New Republic and biograph er 36th and particularly the 141st ermen were an i ntegral part ofthe of Ben Kuroki i n "Boy From Ne- I k now they remember fishi ng i ndustry before tribunal. story of the battalion. Masaoka ' California recalled the Continues In a more recent test case, Yosh- braska," the Nisei." the war. During the war, h owever, other Hood River Legion. He h as also put Hood River, Speaki ng the legislature passed, a k azu Tsuchi yama and 220 i mport- Tour of California alien Japanese were i ssued, by "I k new that was an Oregon, on h i s present schedule. California i n 1943, amended later i n 1945, Northern„_„ bill preliminary i njunc- ant story," h e said. "It was i m- He plans to do a report on the '.uiuuidig ! wh i ch proh i bited the i ssuance of Judge Wi llis, a restraining the State Fish portant because i t meant some town, two years after the Hood commercial fishi ng licenses to for- tion h ome weren't going SAN and Game Commission from i nter- people at River affair. FRANCISCO-MilMlJ eign-born Japanese and any other along with the guys wh o were Of h i s new book, "Boy From national secretary 9 "ineligible aliens." As result of fering with their righ t to go deep JALL,t'a% thi s a that figh ting the war. Nebraska," Martin would say lit- week continndl the amendment to the State Fish sea fishi ng. It i s understood i n "hoped i t would tour of thi s case also will be appealed by "But I h ad a special i nterest tle except that h e California ram", and Game Code, the Japanesefish- j ust couple months sell." with meetings scheduled to the Attorney General i n order to i t because I'd a ton, i TSi ermen h ave Been unable return existing a really big story Th e biograph er and h i s subject, Livingston-Cortez, SanH occupation since get a further test of the before finished cisco, Oakland, to their pre-was on the 442nd—the story of the Ben Kuroki , did not meet Until San Jose, Berhfl their return from war relocation laws. and h ow the Nisei afteri t was decided h e would write and San Mateo during tie J Attorneys and Maeno last 'Lost Battalion' beginning Sept. centers. Wi rin h ad gone i nto the Vosges moun- the book. 8. Crews of Japanese American week filed bond i n the sum of these guys from "I was sure glad to do i t," h e Basing h i s talks upon to the i n- tains to save thetl fishermen, composed mainly of $1,000 i n order make Texas." said. "It was somethi ng I really j ect, "Wh y the Evacuation CM returned war veterans, already j unction effective. Martin paused a bit and then wanted to do." Bill was Lost," Masaokawill h ave returned to the i ndustry and continued: During the writing of the book, to the Nisei ajd Issei of 1 several boats manned mainly by Enters "Th at 'Lost Battalion' story Martin said, Kuroki appeared ev- communities the- story of tii efl Nisei are fishi ng out of Monterey Takushi was really somethi ng. 1 i nter- ery morning at the Martin apart- feat of thi s bill during tie I Bay. Dipsea Marathon viewed a lot of those Texas guys ment for a good long talk. "We'd days of the 79th Congress. 1 In San Francisco the State Su- and the Nisei, too. j ust sit and talk," Martin said, tie will also discuss the nibl preme Court ruled on Aug. 22 that SAN FRANCISCO—Takeo Ta- "One of the men i n the 36th "until Ben was tired. We consum- i zation and deportationbills, i fl Japanese aliens, now proh i bited k ushi , Honolulu star long-distance told me h ow the wh ole thi ng ed gallons of Cokes during' these also failed of passage, anil from commercial and sports fish- runner wh o placed i n the National h ad opened up h i s eyes. He h ad talks. Wh en Ben got tired of stress the need for their ptafl i ng i n California waters, cannot AAU 5000-meter race i n San An- lived on a ranch most of h i s life talki ng, we'd quit for the day and during the next session. use a Superior Court order as a tonio, Tex., recently, h as entered and h e never h ad anythi ng to do I'd work on the notes. During Mexican any h i s month long ttna_j fishi ng license. An i nterpretation the 36th annual seven-mile Dipsea with Nisei or Negro or "I don't h ave to do work California, Masaoka will nil of the effect of thi s ruling upon marathon on Sept. 8. or anybody else wh ose ski n was on the plot—that was- all there. data for a special Now memoranda! the preparations of the Japanese Takushi was last year's 10-mile a different color from h i s. It j ust h ad to be brough t out of President Truman on the praJ alien fishermen to return to their champion of Honolulu. h e though t differently. He'd be Ben. It's Ben's story—the wh ole problems of Japanese America former occupation was being rotting i n a h ole i f i t wasn't for thi ng." these Nisei and h e said the least Masaoka's i tinerary for Sen awaited thi s week. Martin revealed that Bill Maul- to 18 h as been announced ufl Meanwh i le, A. L. Wi rin and MISLS Dance h e could do from now on was to din, most famous GI cartoonist of try to k now a gu,y before h e World War 11, h ad written the Joh n Maeno, counsel for the fish- Calif. A dance Stockton, Sept. 8, argu- SAN JOSE, — j udged h i m, no matter wh o or foreword. Stoegl ermen are maki ng ready th6 sponsored by Company "D" of the wh at Buddh i st church, 7:30 p. m.; II ments will be presented to h e was. "We were k i nd of worried about i ngston- Hearing forRenunciants Wi ll Canadian Ban West Coast CIO Members Lifted for Pledge Open i n San Francisco Court Nisei Veterans Aid to Strik ers i n WINNIPEG, Man.—Th e Ca- Hawaii an Sugar Industry nadian government's exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry SAN FRANCISCO—West Coast leaders of the CIO h ave from the coastal regions of Brit- pledged the full unity of CIO members with the 25,000 members i sh Columbia h as ,been lifted of the International Longshoremen's and Wareh ousemen's Union for Japanese Canadian veterans of wh o are now on strik e against the sugar i ndustry i n Hawaii . World War War 11, the New Messages Canadian reported last week. of support liave been sent fromPacific Coast un- Th e paper said that one Nisei i ons to the Hawaii an strik ers and CIO unionists at the California veteran, Goro Suzuki , wh o re- and sugar refinery at Crockett, Calif., h ave cently Hawaii an voted not returned from service i n to h andle any sugar from Hawaii i f strik ebreaki ng i s tried. the Southeast Asia Command, i s now worki ng as a longshoreman Pacific Coast CIO membersh ave — great i n Vancouver. Suzuki h opes to been i nformed that the ma- return to h i s pre-war occupa- j ority ofthe 25,000 now on strik e tion of fishi ng. Nisei Veterans i n Hawaii are of Japanese, Ch i - nese, Portuguese, Filipino and Ha- Group Formed waii an ancestry with only a few Caucasian workers. New Law Suit In Cali fornia Reports from Hawaii i ndicated Los Angeles Body that the territory's h uge sugar i n- Wi llCh allenge dustry was at a complete stand- Incorporates for still as a result of the strik ewh i ch Ali en Land Law Fraternal Purposes began on Sept. 1 for h i gh er wages. Th ousands of Japanese Ameri- LOS ANGELES Ch allenging LOS ANGELES—lncorporating cans, i ncluding many members of the constitutionality—of the Cali- under the name, Th e Nisei Vet- th famous 442nd Combat Team fornia Alien Land law, a motion erans Association, a group of Los wh i ch was h ailed by the territory for j udgment i n favor of Funii k o Angeles ex-servicemen thi s week i n ceremonies h eld on Aug. 14, Mitsuuchi and Roy Saki oka was formed a patriotic and fraternal marched i n the Labor day parade filed i n Los Angeles superior court organization of Japanese Ameri- of Hawaii an union members on September 4 by attorneys A. can war veterans. through downtown Honolulu. L. Wi rin and J. Marion Wrigh t. Th e new organization will co- Th e paraders gathered at the Th e case i nvolves valuable prop- operate with any and all organiza- lolani Palace grounds to h ear erty i n Los Angeles county. tions worki ng for the welfare of Henry Schmitt, San Francisco IL- Judge Alfred Paonessa will be minority groups, according to i ts WU representative, tell the Ha- the presiding j udge. 1 statement of purposes. waii ans that WestCoast CIO mem- Additional provisions i nclude a would their free employment and welfare ser- support strik e. Jack Hall, ILWU regional direc- 100th Battalion vice and the fostering of athletics i n among all Nisei. tor Hawaii , saidthe strik ewh i ch Veterans Attend Present plans of the group call h as tied up 33 i sland plantations for the organization of other chap- 'marks the opening of a struggle DAV Convention ters i n several California cities by .the little people to control their and various eastern areas. A own destinies." PORTLAND, Ore. Spark M. ladies "It marks the Matsunaga — auxiliary i s also contemplated. last chance for and Herbert W. Yam- Signers of the articles i n- i h t economic royalists to main- amoto, wounded veterans of the of corporation are Frank Ok ada, tain dictatorshi p i n the sugar i n- 100th Infantry Battalion, are two dustry," Hall said. of Hawaii 's Walter Y. Nakashi ma, Frank H. three delegatesat the Saraye, Royachi Adachi , Jack Union officials i n Hawaii claim- national convention of Disabled ed the strik e per American Wakamatsu, Arthur Sh i midzu and was 100 cent ef- Veterans i n Portland Tom T. Kasai. fective and that all plantations thi s week. Th e articles of i ncorporation were being picketed. Matsunaga i s adjutant ofthe were completed i n the office oi J. Th e Hawaii an sugar workers, Oah u post of the DAY and Yama- B. Tietz, Los Angeles attorney. organized only two years ago, are moto i s treasurer. Th e association was i nformed aski n,g a 65-cent minimum wage, Th e thi rd Hawaii an delegate i s Wednesday that the franchi se tax 40-hour week, union shop and un- Ch arles A. Wh i tcomb, Oah u post commissionerfor the state of Cal- i on-employer administration of per- commander. i fornia h as approved the NVA's quisites. One of the main i nterests of the application for franchi se tax ex- Perquisites, wh i ch i nclude h ous- .Hawaii an delegation was passage emption. i ng, medical care, fuel and water, by the DAY of a resolution sup- Announcement that the group's are considered part of wages i n porting stateh ood for Hawaii . charter h as been granted by the the sugar i ndustry. state i s expected withi n a few Workers h ave refused to budge days. i n the company-owned plantation San Fernando Nisei h ouses. Sign Petition for SAN JOSE ZEBRAS Strik ers are operating plantation water and power plants, and the JACL Ch apter SPLIT SERIES WITH IWU h as assured normal service ALL-STARS to dependent communities. Wages LO ANGELES Twenty - six L.A. paid for thi s work go i nto the San Fernando Nisei— h ave signed LOS "ANGELES — Two of the strik e fund. In areas wh ere com- a petition to reorganize the fifth strongest Nisei baseball teams on munities are dependent upon plan- southern chapter of the JACL i n the West Coast, the San Jose tation stores for supplies, pickets California, i t was announced thi s Zebras and the Los Angeles All- operate the and wait on by Angeles regional stores week the Los Stars, split a two-game series h ere customers. office. over the Labor Day weekend. Hall h as cabled the ILWU i n- Instrumental i n setting up the Th e Zebras, undefeated i n Nisei ternational h eadquarters i n San petition, according to the regional competition thi s season, defeated Francisco that the "non-plantation office, was Tom Imai, former cab- the All-Stars, 6 to 3, on Sept. 1 population" of Hawaii i s sympa- (above) 1,000 i net member of the Los Angeles i n an eleven-inning thriller be- thetic to the strik ers. Teshi ba i s one of nearly rcnunciants ,hi nd Henry ■ the Tule WRA center wh ose status i s affected i n the chapter. the six-hi t pitchi ng of "Th e morale of the strik ers, i s Lake Honda. Babe Nomura, wh o last rings wh i ch are scheduled to open on Sept. 9 before Federal Th e first meeting of the new- h i gh ," Hall said. "Th ey are out tice A. group h as been set for Tuesday, year established a _ j unior college to win thi s and are prepar- F. St. Sure i n San Francisco. Th e h earings are the re- Tor passing as strik e ofpetitions filed by Francisco, at- Sept. 24. Mik e Masaoka, national conference record i ng for a long figh t." i Wayne M. Collins of San ad- a member of the Los Angeles City Mjf for the renunciants, by wh i ch members of the group h ope secretary, will be present to regain dress the new chapter. George College Cubs, broke up the ball the citizenshi p wh i ch they repudiated wh i le i nterned at game i n the top of the eleventh 2,000 fans. Sh i g Kawai, All-Star c soldier, i s a Inagaki , national vice president, Lake. Miss Teshi ba, wh ose fiance i s a Nisei Tanabe, regional direc- wh en h e tripled with two men on left-fielder opened the game with i berof a family repatriated to Japan during the and Eiji Jimmy wh ose father also scheduled to attend. base. a h ome run. Tamura and f. Sh e and Henry Mittwer (shown i n the lower ph oto with h i s tor, are came on La- Sh ozo Hata split the h urling was reported that Henry Th e All-Stars back .Erik ) were among the principals wh o filed h abeas corpus It bor Day to win, 7 to 4, before chores for the Angelenos. i n charging i llegal de- Tsurutani, deputy registrar, will j wdingg San Francisco District Court, Nisei vot- «w and declaring that they were "coerced" under threats of be present to register IYu'Milk i yeviolence to renounce their citizenshi p wh i le at Tule Lake. ers. Th ose signing the petition, thus automatically becoming members Civili an Mission HarderTh an ofthe organizing committee, are Tom Imai, Mino Imai, Sam I. Says Ex-Sgt.Ben Kuroki GirlTours Country Muto, Ethel Y. Muto, Michi Imai, War, Fred V, Muto, Katie K. Muto, Lik e migrants to the city, Muto, WASHINGTON—Ben Kuroki ', a most George S. Muto, Marian young American from Nebraska h e h as found apartment h unting ToIntroduce Ori entalDances Toki o T. Muto, Masaki Muto, figh ting racial i n- "a rugged business." - Sanaye Endow, wh o h as been Ni sei a the age of 15 to study "kabuki ," George T. Endow, tolerance i n the United States Kuroki h as assumed new duties JNVER-Rij i ma Kansuma, "y> graceful Japanese drama, i n lo- Frank Endow. returning from 58 h eavy as executive secretary of the Ameri- classical Japanese Mit- after and tocer" i s in Denver on a k yo. Upon completing h er drama- Ayako Nakadaira, Ayako combat missions as an air gunner Washi ngton office of the East "will i nterested sui, Mitsui, Ak i k o Mitsui, the European and Pacific war West Association, a cultural or- tour to i ntroduce the tic studies, she became Satoru i n by ■J of the classical Japanese i n "odori," traditional Japanese Mas Nakadaira, Hiro Nakadaira, theaters, reported on h i s 59th mis- ganization founded and h eaded W amateurs of continued lier studies Tom Endow, Lily Endow, FranK sion thi s week. Pearl Buck to refute Kipling|s Oriental cul- dancing, and Kuwah ara, Hiro subject a classic statement that "east i s * to Dick Detweiler i n Japan"for five years. Kuwah ara, Sumi Kuroki , of forthcom- Pi Kocky stage (she Imai, and Hilda Imai. i ng book by Ralph G. Martin, re- east, and west i s west, and never Mountain News. Sh e adopted h er name meet." born Samoko Hamaguchi ) ported that h i s "59th mission" as the twain shall "» Kansuma i s on the ]ast le was was a lot tough er than Headquarters of th© organiza- two-month good-will wh en she returned to thi s country Sergeants a civilian i east tour of i s an Ex-Mess the other 58 wh i ch were flown i n tion will continue to be located at before returning to i n 1939. Her stage name Yankey, h er the of h er the flak-filled ski es of Africa, Eu- the h ome of Mrs. Grace » "> Los Angeles. adaptation of name Start Restaurant sister of Pearl Buck, wh o lives famous dancing teacher, Fuji ma rope and Japan. 7j.P^Pose of my tour," Since being discharged from the at 400 Maple Aye., Bethesda, Md. she Kanjuro, she said. , ■ In Oakland tTjB though the medium she ... Army Air Forces i n February, Kuroki commented on racial dis- Upon h er return established crimination i n capi- 2 classical dancing,. I can i n- dancing i n Los An- OAKLAND, Calif—Th ree Nisei Kuroki h as toured the country as the nation's .^me of the Japanese four schools ser- special representative of the tal. He though t i t sad that for- cul- geles. One of h er pupils, Yuki no veterans wh o served as mess a Washi ng- * prfr°Ac.a better feei- teachi ng i n Den- Savage and Fort National Japanese American Citi- eign visitors coming to "CL Ok ubo, i s now vants at Camp prac- Z,t Omental people i n Spelling Minnesota will apply zens League, telling Americans h i s ton must see Jim Crowism countrythe.after i n that "all blood ticed h ere,i and be able to read i n the war." gave h er public.per- their Army training to their new war-learned lesson .ih c first i n i n color." the papers of lynchi ngs and of tiP. danced before large at the World's Pair busmess project, a restaurant i s the same ew York Ph i ladel- formance and prey Kuroki was i nterviewed by the college quotas placed on students ?SJ? > San Francisco i n 1939 Sidney Oakland. Washi ngton Post on Aug. 30 at because of color or religion. ,Cleveland and a number of i ously for Sylvia trio, Tosh Higashi , Joe B- lik e eastern doubled h i m, Th e the Davis International House Kuroki , h i mself, would to cities. To date she i n the dance sequences ofthe and Tad Nakamura, opened college the GI bill, «w two performances for Butterfly." i i ma i n Oakland wh ere h e i s temporarily staying go to under » "Madame p the Paramount Cafe of three weeks, the but ,he said, "Wh at I am doing Denver but h opes to ar- i n the RohnWr wer with h i s bride Sh e was i nterned war former Miss Sh i ge Tanabe of now i s part of wh at I was figh t- {ot the gen- center during the «*ve a total °f 12 away." lpublP°rmance relocation there until Pocatello, Idah o. i ng for. It i s h ard to break but continued teachi ng *Thyears H&ner.of Army service. *■""»»" left America at she i cit. PACIFIC CITIZEN erio 4 of racism. If the i ssue i nvolved validation by an can be clarified i t should be defeated overwh elming vote of the people. PACIFIC^PublicationCIofTtheIZE">&*"N Official League Hawaii an Strik e by LARRY TAJIRI Japanese American Citizens wh i ch Aside from the i ndustrial i ssues ni sei USA National Headquarters: 413-15 Beason Build- i nvolve the figh t of Hawaii an workers for the Mass i ng, 25 East Second South Street, Salt the Beh i nd better worki ng and living conditions, Evacuati on Lake City, Utah . Inter- Th e forced mass evacuation of Th e tone and strik e of 25,000 members of the CIO s Japanese ancestey finality „* J 415 Beason all persons of words surprised me M, v Editorial and Business Office: Longshoremen's and Wareh ousemen s i n 1942 al- writes. " 4 Building. Ph one 5-6501. national from the West Coast "Th e President^ Union i n the Hawaii an sugar i ndustry i s an ready h as been called our worst though tful but M Other National JACLOffices i n Ch i cago, New of the growing unity wartimemistake." In h i s new book, h e under pressuresaKt York, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and i mportant manifestation Wh i te House," Coast fromTh e Jl of Hawaii . "Dinner at the members of Conned Los Angeles. of the people wh i ch was reviewed i n thi s column h e obliged to h eed LieuteW■1! Subscription Rates: JACL members, $2.00 year Th e workers on strik e i nclude thousands last week, Louis Adamic calls i t eral Joh n L. DeWi ttinW?l Non-members, year. Japanese Americans and "perhaps the Roosevelt adminis- Cisco? Th e genera $3.00 of Japanese and potential Ld^l Entered as second class matter i n the poet Ch i nese, Korean, Portu- tration's greatest specific blunder military nroh l *■ men and women of during World War II." disposed to listen office at Salt Lake City, Utah . Published and other racial groups of groups toTTJi weekly, under the act of March 3, 1879. gese, Hawaii an As the social h i storians of thi s out West wh o Uvß territory. strik e now i n progress dif- day back upon the i ng advantage of the the Th e post-war look up h ysteria. wtrni LARRY TAJIRI EDITOR fers from the great strik es i n the same i n- government's conduct i n World Had that CM that War 11, the West Coast evacuation touchedMrs. Roosevelt dustry wh i ch followed World War I i n recent visit to duriWk l unity assumes a far greater i mportance, California" wl the present dispute shows the of the exampleof racist policy er a as an and w t^° ,und, Pressure?' wj EDITORIALS: Hawaii an workers on the ground of com- for the precedent i t h as set i n the Westbrook Pegler-s continual economic i nterest. Previous strik es i n treatment of a minority group, tac^ upon ,her work i r, theOffJI mon h ave to h ave of Civilian Defense i n California the sugar i ndustry, particularly those i n the than i t may seemed affec^S Issue staged by racial groups during the confused and crowded "Th e manner i n wh i ch she early 1920's were months after Pearl Harbor was at gan thi s discussion fl Th e people of California will h ave an op- did wh olly succeed al- the was at oil of workers and not tacked. At the time the evacuation with content and tone of tS portunity at the November elections to re- though they were milestones i n the better- policy was announced by General statement with wh i ch she eLS i n Hawaii . Joh n L. DeWi tt i n the uneasy i t. At least i t seemed to ntfl pudiate a part of the racist h i story of the ment of worki ng conditions body was closing dispute, spring of 1942, the main of i t. Was i t pedal State. In the past California politicians h ave It may be said that the present liberal though t and action i n the troubling h er so much that shefl played an i mportant role i n shaping the i m- wh i ch may finally break the feudal paternal- United States was i mmobilized by not want to burden the the en- party with i t, dinsJ migration and naturalization policies of the i sm wh i ch h as been the i ndustrial pattern of the considered menace of and yet h ad notIx 3 military power. Th ere was qu t0 k ee P [t United States, particularly i n regard to Ori- sugar i ndustry, provides a emy's (l.t^uabl? to h erselfTl the Hawaii an little protest, except from the _ Th e chances are that the deal ental peoples. California's contribution to strong argument i n favor of Hawaii an state- candidates for evacuation, from sion to evacuate the Japan! race legislation i n the United States h as been h ood. It h as been argued that Hawaii h as certain Ch ristian leaders and from ■aliens and Japanese AmeriaJ i ts laws restricting the righ ts of "aliens by feudalism, sym- the American Civil Un- from the Coast—virtually to9 i n- been dominated economic them i nto eligible to citizenshi p" to own or operate social and business i on, the sincerity of wh ose belief concentration camps-B bolized by the political, i n the civil righ ts of all h as not h ad already been made." | real property and, as passed i n 1945, to fish people of Ha- power of the Big Five. Th e been tempered by the i mmediacy Mrs. Roosevelt's statement M commercially or for sport. At the time the waii today h ave declared their i ndependence of expediency. 'Japanese spies" reflected £■ Alien and laws was passed i n 1920, the re- of the i nfluences wh i ch h ave dominated them PresidentRoosevelt i s dead and general levelof i nformation, ■ may Was.hi ngton strictions against "ineligible aliens" affected i n the past. the genesis of evacuation and on the PacifiS never be recorded completely. Th e Cotst, i n January and Febniwß all aliens ofAsiatic origin, although the laws deci- of 1942, regarding were actually relationshi p of FDR to the the "Japattfl aimed at the elimination of the sion for mass evacuation, h ow- situation" on the West Coast. Itfl Japanese farmer from the state's agricul- FederalHousing ever, will continue to i nterest the story of sabotage by persons ■ tural economy. Today, with the passage of h i storians, j ust as many wonder Japanese ancestry was genenW laws wh i ch permit Ch i nese, Filipinos Recently the San Francisco Council for wh at Mr. Roosevelt's attitude accepted. Th e late SecretaryiH and would h ave been on i m- the Navy to by Unity groups i nitiated another Frank Knox bronji j ß Hindu aliens become citizens natural- Civic and other civic portant decision, wh i ch also h as back "first h and" i nformation 5M i zation, the "ineligible alien" laws actually a public campaign protesting discrimination been j ustified on the ground of Hawaii regarding such sabotan are laws wh i ch affect only Japanese aliens i n public h ousingprojects for veterans. It "military necessity." Louis Ada- there after a h urried trip to Petri! and, i ndirectly, mic writes: "One h ears people Harbor. Sabotage rumors floodefl American citizens of Japa- was shown that former members of the coun- the all ancestry. try's deliberatelyk ept out talki ng: If h e were still alive, h e Coast, Later of the storm nese armed forces were migh t not h ave dropped the of sabotage and of Japanesespin Proposition No. 15 on the California bal- of veterans' h omes—on the basis of race. A-bomb on Hiroshi ma and Naga- were proved false. But by tin lot i s an i nitiative wh i ch seeks to establish Th e project under fire concerned saki ." Both the evacuation and the time the mass evacuation alraii j fl a con- was under way. the validity of 1943 legislative tract by A-bomb decision are related i n 1923 and for 1200 units made the city with that they will be matters of con- Wh ether the evacuation dedal amendments to the Alien Cand Law. Th ese the San Francisco Housing Authority. tention long after the strictly already h ad been made on Jafl amendments were passed by the legislature On August 26 the city's board of super- military ph ases of a victorious 13 or wh ether i t was not madenl i n an effort to tigh ten the provisions of. the visors approved a non-segregation amend- war h ave been forgotten. Both til after Gen. DeWi tt's final del land law and to facilitate i ts enforcement. It may be j ustified on the basis of mand for evacuation on Feb. lfl ment for the contract. Under the amendment, military strategy but both h ave wh en h e outlined the proposal M i s under thi s piece of race legislation that applications for the h ousing units will be ac- ramifications wh i ch reflect the mass evacuation of persons' ofl more than 50 legal actions h ave been i nsti- cepted according to senority and from one moral i ssues of our time. Japanese ancestry and other etfl tuted by the State to confiscate the agricul- master waiting list, without regard to race, In h i s record of conversation at emy aliens, the Koosevelts nn properties Japanese on a Wh i te House dinner on Jan. 13, h ave acceded to i t with nun tural of Americans color or creed. Th e Council for Civic Unity's regarding i ts the charge, i n the great majority of cases, 1942, Louis Adamic offers the dis- doubts advisabilin campaign h as shown that a strong campaign turbing reflection that the evac- In describing i t as the RoosewJ that the alien parents of the Nisei h ave an for a good cause can be successful. Other uation decision may h ave been administration's greatest spedW i nterest property. blunder, Adam i n the Th ere i s no reason cities still crippled by racial and religious ftiade already by that date. A dis- wartime author for the cussion of the situation finds only thi s "weak externa* existence of thi s racist law, wh i ch bias i n veterans h ousings projects should i n- concern- the h as been copied by seventeen other States, i ng Japanese Americans occupied tion": "Perhaps evacuatn stitute similar campaigns to provide equal only a few of the 90 minutes of was consented to by the Presion other than the sheer economic greed ofi ts h ousing righ ts for the was by partly because the military on men wh o went to the dinner. It i nitiated uncertain, WB perpetrators. Th e land law i s a legislative war for thi s country. Mrs. Roosevelt wh o told h er h us- look i n 1032 was so grab and simply mainly to protect the Japan*! land h as been used i n the past and band: "Franklin, we've §ot paretW i s being used at present seize to do somethi ng about the alien Americans and their alien the time to the from the h ysteria on the Co*| agriculturalproperty values by situation. People are being h ound- created farm- Across the ed and persecuted." Mrs. Roose- Perhaps the administration, j m ers of Japanese ancestry i n California. Border velt voiced h er belief i n the loyal- sorbed with the burden of canrj Th e i ssue on Proposition 15 at Th ere i s a growing i nterest among ty of "a very great majority" of i ng on the war, felt i tself po«-| the No- Amer- against that i rrational fl*B vember elections i s not the amendments but i cans of Japanese ancestry regarding the the German, Italian and Japanese less problems faced by Japanese aliens i n the United States. Wi n- the Alien Land Law i tself, a vestigial rem- Canadians wh o ston Ch urchi ll, a guest at the din- On the basis of i nformation vm nant of a period of California h i story wh en are now i n the midst of a government-spon- ner, broke i n to outline_ the Brit- available, i t also appears that tq anti-Orientalism flourished. Interesting sored i ndividual relocation movement i sh policy of alien h earing boards Roosevelt administration «| It i s remin- grossly by the WJ| to note that reactionary forces already i scent of 1943 and 1944 the by wh i ch the "enemy alien" popu- misinformed h ave i n United States. lation was Secretary Knox and possibly « support Proposition segregated and those announced their of 15. In any comparative analysis of the disloyal on the basis of other h igh advisers regarding passage evac- considered citizens*!«« Its i n November will only serve to uation programs of the two countries, i t h as i ndividual h earings were i nterned. loyalty ofthe nation's i mplement policy expressed resident aliens of Japanesean»| a wh i ch should be repug- been agreed thatthat of the United States Mr. Adamic h i s concern ana ■! "over the h ysteria on the Pacific try. Th i s misinformation nant to all citizens. However, few men i n h as been by far the more democratic. Wh i le i nsistence of West Coast <«»■■ California politics oppose Coast directed against Japanese mass wn will dare to the the Canadian government followed our pro- i mmigrants and their American- men and lobbyists for proposal i n the fear that such opposition gram i n evacuating i ts persons of Japanese born chi ldren." uation, coupledwith ev\| may repercussions. an- i n h i s Gen.^ h ave political It will be cestry from the coast areas, i t did not follow Louis Adamic told the Wh i te demand Feb.,Hth*| House dinner guests h e probably decided the i ssue.<■*■ the duty of those wh o are willing to figh t our i n trying to rectify the monstrously that h ad asked the righ for repudiation California's un- met many Nisei on the Pacific and i Wi tt h ad to£■ the of racist h i s- j ust program. Th us wh i le Washi ngton plan- h e sure biggest ma- tern all enemy al'ens *nV„L| tory that was the the i n relation to i ts Oriental population to ned to resettle i ts Americans of Japanese j ority, i n common with the major- Japanese Americans cho.«^|w bring an- i ty "voluntary" i nternment, ■ the i ssue at stake clearly before the cestry through out the country, the Canadian of second-generation German from "1 people. government and Italian Americans, "were guard, or total exclusion was still devising means of k eep- loyal military area. i ng Americans." He expressed n»Wi t" In the i nformation booklet i ssued by the the Japanese Canadians i n i nternment h i s belief that i t would be*a "ser- Five days after <&>&»* State to registered voters, the argument i n It was only recently that the ban against i ous mistake' 'to h andle persons note reached Washmgton,^| of Japanese i ssued favorof Proposition 15 i s signed by two them was lifted from British Columbia, ancestry on the West President ExecutiveUg|i m W* and Coast any differently the No. 9066 wh i ch gave J men, State Senators Jack B. Tenny and Hugh i n thi s i nstance i t was lifted only for a from anyand all Burns, h and- way we meant to h andle the Ger- to exclude P«| M. members of the State Senate's ful of war veterans. Th e very great major- man and Italian elements on the from designated nuW gji i ty Gen. DeW" y "Little Dies" committee wh ose most recent of the Canadian evacuees are still ex- East Coast. On March 2 d | contribution to the progress of democracy i n cluded from the Believing that "the h ysterical Public Proclamation No.1» 1 coastal area. cry proposed i n California, Oregon and evacuation was ¥ tJ Caifornia i s a witchh unt of liberal Th e racists i n British Columbia, Washi ngton for Mrs. "derJ^tlata groups. On the other h and the argument op- wh o i nternment of all Roosevelt's were able to force the Canadian government people with Japanese faces" was the Gila River. "BgJJ posing Proposition 15 i s signed by Ch ester to adopt i ts h arsh policy stimulated by chauvinistic groups and h er figh t i n Ray Lyman toward i ts popula- and fair of j m Jtowell, Monroe E. Deutsch, Wi l- tion of Japanese ancestry, newspapers and,that agricul- treatment 1"« f bur, Lundberg, Lynn used the same tural i nterests sough t to eliminate American group, Alfred J. Townsend race myths and fears propagated by the policies W^Wm Wh i te, Jr., Frederick J. Koster, James K. similar competition of Pacific Coast backed the *J*&Mand racist groups i n the United States. So long Japanese farmers, Mr. Adamic location Authority, "port! Moffitt, Max Radin, Rt. Rev. Edward L. as that h ate propaganda persists though t ."it would be wrong to Roosevelt's wh oleh earted sFg| and i s per- yield Parsons, Richard E. Perki ns and Galen mitted to such a demand." of the formation h to i nfluence official policy there can Mrs. Team, aftero^h ew Fisher, men distinguished i n the affairs of be no sane or decent Roosevelt answered sharp- Combat solution of the prob- ly, according to Adamic, that fled with ds,V«r|very the State. lems wh i ch today face the Japanese some of the described as "the Canadian Japanese on the neBe f Passage of Proposition 15 will mean the group. Coast h ave been caugh t as spies j ority" of JaP« 6> of the Japanese government." (Continued on PW 7, 1946 PACIFIC ■^September CITIZEN 5 Washi ngton News-Letter Vagari es From the Frying Pan Texans Rush to Aid Nisei By BILL HOSOKAWA Movies Th e and Hollywood studio i s re- Veteran of442nd Infantry Nisei International Affairs i maior a script writer i Ttoh ave of a Nisei mm Ry JOHN KITASAKO Denver, Colo. on a film story mis week we procured %x Team A from Bob Cullum's files i n th* p„ One year ago a h andful of Nisei language specialists landed e %d Combat settlement Study °h i nthe September i ssue of office of the Department h Interior by plane and shi p on the h omeland of defeated Japan. Th ey were "Detroit's Battle o7 som" "lr£ Digest, Houston Press about Sgt. George Otsuka i nvaluable i n arranging formal surrender ceremonies with local Milk Bottles," tells of an SSgI r°m^e w"o commanders, villagers, t organi- Wh 6n h e Was Warned there ">uld be i n passing on American orders to dazed business SSSSLtrouble ifV f h e Btlfonto i s figh ting the De- moved' a Harris County farm with h i s family. i n bridging i n a thousand ways the language and psychological £T„?ch We special milk trust. Every man i n the read with i nterest the letters to the editor of barrier between the conquering armies and the native populace. Dairy Cooperative Th e Press i n the first of Th i s Eichelberger characterized the and a wave readers' opinions wh i ch were print- month, Lt. Gen. Robert JicWen's i s a veteran ed on Aug. Th ere year occupation somethi ng bordering Station on the roster 17. were six, and every single one condemned first of the as "model" and Solder. Names the i ntolerance and selfishness of on the miraculous i n view of the of America — those people wh o rTcross-seetionPolish, Italian, Rus- told Otsuka to fanatical resistance the Japanese Japan's economic re- sh Jewish, stay away. Th e way those Texans could move on to h er 45-acre farm h ad put up until the surrender. studies of „ German, Rumanian and with a fine sources. ofthe concern went to bat for h i m made our h ouse and modern A great many factors h ave en- of »nch Treasurer glow with pride equipment—all rent free until Jan- Now i ncreasing numbers American, Jimmie h eart and j oy. tered i nto the success of the oc- Nisei civilians, i ncluding many Japanese Two ofthe correspondents led uary 1, at wh i ch time a lease will cupation and not least among a veteran wh o took their army discharges tachi" much-decorated off by exclaiming that the dis- be arranged. i s the role played by the the Italian campaign. criminatory We commend for the these i n Japan, are worki ng as civil ser- act made their blood Otsuka Nisei. Th e i nvaluable work they vice specialists i n censorshi p, i m- boil, wh i ch expression,we i magine, way h e brough t h i s case before the undertook i n the first postsur- port and export control, public says a great deal since Texans bar of public opinion. He util- render days h as been enlarged Publisher by and large i zed effectively h i s record as a h ealth and a large variety .of oth- take such i mmense and extended. er fields. the New York pub- pride i n being as former soldier and the tie-in of Th e Joh n Day. k nown red-blood- the entire story h as not been Nor can the Nisei caugh t i n h ouse, h as three books on ed i ndividuals. 442nd's rescue of the Texas told, but Nisei i n uniform h ave h i ne lost battalion i n the Vosges. Th e Japan by the outbreak of war be nonese Americans tentatively Another writer, strongly com- led to the appreh ension of dissi- forgotten. Many of them h ave for publication i n the mending Th e Press for i ts set-up was i deal, and Otsuka play- dent elements, to the guidance of h eduled force- ed h i s h and masterfully. been accepted for service with the xt two years. One i s Rackh ani ful presentation of Otsuka's pre- the masses through radio and United States administration. Oth- biograph y of a Nisei ar- dicament, urged the paper Th e emph atic manner i n wh i ch press control, to the more h umane nit's to "stay the ers h ave been of unh eralded but t titled "Th e Golden Door." i n there for thi s little fellow." Texans rallied to Otsuka's operation of the occupation by h i gh ly effective i nfluence i n win- i Sther i s Toru Matsumoto's "He may be of Japanese blood," side demonstrated once again ning over Japanese civilian com- Is a Stranger," listed for h e continued, "but i s blood that the vast majority of the pliance Allied directives i n Irother wh at people everywh ere been unpleasant for the principals with tober publication. A thi rd book any way? Some would attach more believe i n directly i nvolved, they served business and every day life. a novel by a Nisei writer wh i ch i mportance to i t than i t really fair play and that they will act Di- to beat any some good purposes. Th ey point- * * " still under consideration ... deserves." down contradiction ed out dramatically the festers of gitally, Torn Matsumoto's first Th e American Veterans Com- of the American tradition of prejudice Nisei and Labor Friendshi p j ustice and equality. wh i ch would continue to ok, published by mittee of Houston warned Texans grow and defile our democracy un- Th i s year's Labor day found ess, a religious publishi ng firm, that must It h as been shown time and more Nisei withi n the of Otsuka not be deprived again less they are eradicated with dis-' fold or- going i nto i ts second edition of h i s righ ts by bigots "wh ose that wh enever any fascis- patch. ganized laboras full-fledged mem- on, Th e first edition of 3,000 only claim to ts outrage i s brough t to ligh t, ever Th e old- military distinction Th ey also challenged the i nstinc- bers than before. of the book, "Beyond Prej- i s i n the ranks of the Ku Klux there are people wh o will rise to time "Jim 'CrSw" unions wh i ch completely sold out. stamp i t out. Wh en the wounded tive fairmindedness of people. And ■"tce,"o i s Klan." that i s good for democracy. segregated Nisei i n affiliates "Victory Nisei veteran was thrown out of a Un- and gave them the privilege —of * * * i n i ts final ph ase i s the barber shop i n less i ts people are given a chance not won on the said Parker, Ari- paying dues but provided question- Unknown battlefield," zona; wh en the of to assert themselves, the spirit of able protection—is much a the AVC, "but i t i s won at names Nisei a democracy will feeble pretty Yasuda, first h ome," Gl's were removed from the h onor become thi ng of the past. Priacilla the Nisei and went on to tell the roll i n Hood River; wh en the Issei «nd forlorn. AC to i n the European people to wipe out dis- 'Nisei h ave been accepted i nto serve racial farmer was run off a farm i n New Th e spontaneous and lusty re- unions lik e the A. F. of L. car- eater, will return to Salt Lake crimination. Jersey; Ch i cago sponse wh i ch i ncidents lik e George on after nearly two years i n wh en a h ospital penters and j oiners and the Texans rushed to Otsuka's sup- refused to take i n a Nisei patient; Otsuka's evoke should be a tonic typograph ers wh i ch once were many.... Th e CIO i n Califor- port not only through vigorous and for theNisei and all minorities. It recently cancelled plans to wh en La Guardia tried to close closed preserves of the wh i te i condemnation of the bigots but up the Brooklyn h ostel—watch- i s another graph i c proof that for supremacists. i d i ts 1946 State convention i n through extending farming offers. dogs every person that pulls a raw deal ng Beach "after h otels and res- ofthe American way of life Because they were denied mem- Otsuka decided to take up the rose up i n anger and demanded i n the name of bigotry, there are bershi p i n so many unions, many i rants there refused to agree proposition of a Mrs. Paul Roco, at least a wh o will t to discriminate because of a fair deal. h undred Nisei once were i nclined to align wh o said that the Nisei veteran Wh i le these i ncidents may h ave squelch i t i n the name of j ustice themselves i deologically with the I or color against any dele- and democracy. Our democracy te." Fifteen thousand vet- employer group despite their own . seems pretty safe as long as there lunchbucket status. It was a sit- us h ave applied for h omestead are people wh o will "stay i n there (fats ..the farms, developed uation wh i ch made them vulner- to 86 Interracial Paradise: for the little fellow." able to exploitation. evacuees of Japanese ancestry tne Tule Lake WRA project, But i n the post - evacuation lith are now available under the prevent, not merely suppress, j u- years, with i ncreasing acceptance, (lamation bureau's program. Hawaii 's Minori ty Race Groups venile delinquency. the Nisei h ave taken their place » * * Th i s i s a world wide ph enom- i n unionranks with a better un- enon resulting from the war, but derstanding of the worki ngs and Hawaii -Bound Progressed Duri ng WarPeri od Honolulu, being onan i sland, can advantage of organized labor. Th e Nisei h ave made progress. Maki Ichi yasu, ot By ALBERT W. PALMER easily diagnose and cure i ts prob- former h ead i f t Japanese YWCA i n ..An-. (Dr. Palmer, a former resident of Hawaii , recently returned lem i t will. More swimming * " " Los pools needed, tes more recently reserve the territory to bead i nterim at Central Union are not more reform Nisei, and Politics and to pastor church. schools! Ktor of the YWCA i n Milwau- He i s the moderator of the General Council of Congregational Th e nation thi s fall i s going i nto e, sailed from San Francisco re- Ch ristian Ch urches of the United States. Th e following article Th e thi rd menace to good race one of i ts most i mportant off- i tly for Hawaii wh ere she will i s reprinted from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin of Aug. 23, 1946.) relations i s only i n the somewh at year elections. Th e makeup on the executive director of the V's distant background but i t should new congress will determine to a ralwork on the i sland of Oah u. In many ways, Hawaii i s an i nterracial paradise. be recognized j ust the same and large extent h ow successfully Togo Tanaka's newspaper se- Th ere i s no spirit of Jim Crow and there are no restrictive dealt with i ntelligently. It i s President Truman can carry out over-population. only son the Tokyo Club, pre-war covenants. If people divide racially i n churches or other areas One needs h i s foreign and domestic policy. "world organization i n Los to look at Porto Rico to see wh at A strong slate of veterans . of life, i s because they choose to, not because a door h as over-population bring pies wh i ch operated a number i t can do to h ave been pressing oldsters of "legitimate" enterprises i nclud- been slammed i n their faces. All churches are actually or poten- on poverty and degradation i n both parties i n local, state and the showing of motion pic- tially i nter-racial churches. an i sland situation. national races. At least 14 of : the wh o con- w, contains some of the best Manoa valley, wh i ch used to be though t of as a wh i te or Before churches wh i ch frown on. 35 senators face too tests h ave either been defeat- tumentation to date on a ph ase h as-many and Japanese birth control become strong, the pre-war life of Little To- "haole" residential section, now Ch i nese the principle of planned parent- ed i n primaries or are not seek- families but i t h as not deteriorat- h ood, with the necessary clinics i ng reelection. * > * ed. ability and loyalty. and free medical i nformation, Nisei voters are going i nto thi s recent Ch i nese, Japanese, Koreans and It was a thrilling experience to should be made a part of the folk campaign with a more mature un- visit of Honolulu's derstanding of the i ssues and "*Jrj Tominaga to Brooklyn for Hawaii ans all come to me at Cen- be i n the reviewing stand on Vet- ways of all races i n the territory. Brooklyn Against tral Union church to be married. erans Day and see the 100th and Th i s, plus a rising standard of liv- their own responsibilities than s the World ever before. n series h as stirred the i nter- Interracial marriages are sligh tly 442nd combat units march by to i ng, will prevent over-population. ■of the on the i ncrease but there i s no colors with the gov- Mainland Nisei i n comparison to Brooklyn National deposit their Tie fourth and most menacing those i n the Hawaii an i slands were i gue Dodgers i n the Nisei and stampede i n that direction. ernor of the territory. No one any threat to Hawaii 's i nterracial par- '»players at two business college the h onor and politically apathetic before the i n Hawaii . Th ere's a I spoke more can question adise i s the danger of an i ndustrial evacuation. Th ere were a few ability that the Dodgers may graduations. It was an i nspiration i ntegrity of our Japanese fellow- cleavage consciously sub- a of wh i ch or Young Democratic and Young Re- baseball school i n Hawaii . to watch these young people all citizens. consciously migh t come to be felt f According Japanese; publican clubs formed. Some Nisei to at least one races, but predominantly If stateh ood i s nearer today t4j^n as i dentical with a racial cleavage. even attended state conventions. m league scout, Tominaga they are so clean-cut and alert i n ever before i t i s largely because a smiling and well 8 Language School Veterans Urge Tour of Japan Problems Mainly Personal, to . Gives Donation By BaseballTeam from Resettlement Director Says Citizens League Hawaii b„ , Los An- HONOLULU r 11, Government Study LOS ANGELES—Th e Salinas Buddh i sts Sh eridan, D.> pa-aot;!, {*i M 442nd Combat Veteran gles Dai Ichi Gakuen »"$ of a House'mili C^^ Unit Members Hold through Miss Sh i zu Yamada 204 Hold First Meeting committee wh i ch %V street, recently turn- recently, was givenvision Denver Conference May Run for N. San Pedro the ed over the sum of $75.69to Since Evacuation by a committee ofVfWnri^S"l*i i « confronting re- Office In Hawaii Japanese American Citizens veterans that a ba Problems the SALINAS, Calif. — Headed by Hawaii , 60 per ebH WaW settlement of Japanese Americans League. .. f cent>*« HONOLULU—Joseph Itagaki , a first postwar meeting ot Sab v r o Iwamoto, newly-elected members would h e through out the country are main- At the prominent church TanL '"^mW such as veteran of the 442nd Combat Jichi -kai, the members voted president and i cans, be sent to j fe ly of a personal nature, the of their the Valley Bud- emph fication A*«l h ousing, and there are otherwise Team, i s seriously considering be- to donate the remainder member, Salinas of the church h eld i ts first meet- no major obstructions to _ their coming a Republican candidate for treasury to JACL- dh i st Arffi ?£J» relocation, according to i ng since evacuation on Saturday, SK or successful the House of Represen- H.H 11lley,k i nV veterans,wll Robert Cullum, chi ef of the De- Territorial August 31. Army captain J. partment of Interior Resettlement tatives from the fifth district. Topics discussed were the open- War II urged the"bWy,°Sfe»- wh o Santa Barbara i ts services vasion of Japan." Study. Itagaki , a restaurant owner i ng of the church and "We m"m stopped briefly i n Salt mess sergeant with and the. leasing of church prop- veterans i n Hawaii k . J Cullum served as a JACL Ch apter plan wh i ch we believe Lake City on Th ursday wh i le en the 442nd, h as been active i n the erty. Gen. h ttM route to the west coast from a will. be assisted by the MacArthur'B PnZ»'*Mi Republican party for many years. Iwamoto showing concrete conference of resettlement study Reacti vated following Fusako Miyan- exaS %W If Itagaki runs and wins the cabinet: field workers i n Denver. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. aga, secretary; Keij i Futamase and Th e three main problems of the GOP nomination, h i s opponent i n of the banta Itani, treasurers; the Rev. TXT^aio. m«*«*M thefinals may be Mitsuyuki Kido, Th e reactivation — Oscar "It i s to organize a Japanese American group as a chapter to (temporary) religious la-^M _ Emer- Barbara JACL, fourth Fuji mura, team i n Hawaii , 60 wh ole are still naturalization, i n- secretary of the Territorial reactivated i n Southern Cali- chairman; Sid Sh i ratsuki and Ak i ra wh ose per caS deporta- gency Service Committee during be reality Au- members will be JI. demnification claims, and fornia, became a on Yamashi ta, custodians; Lloyd Ura- nese blood and of? tion, the war, wh o h as announced h i s thi rty-three mem- chairman; the remaiL^B^ Cullum said. candidacy gust 29, with be, social and athletic per cent of the other Th e Denver h eld for the Democratic constituting the organizing Masui and Mitsuh i ro that ?ackl gJi conference, bers and Marian h ave blended so wellfjS August 31 - Sept. 2, was attended nomination. committee. Th e meeting was pre- Endo, publications. by Tom Sasaki , Tosh Yatsuh i ro, pared and sponsored by the i mme- Fuji mura recently "AH the ofthe local Th e Rev. re- ball players i „ Joh nDeYoung, Mr. and Mrs. Aesel diate past president Ch i cago to resume h i s team would be th S Hansen and was h eld Henry Fuji ta Hirashi ma, and Ken turned from veterans-4.*M Cullum, and JACL, Tom duties with the Salinas church. diers or ex-members of the to check upon field work done to Dyo. or marine corps." ml date. Wi ns National Tom Hirashi ma was unanimous- Japanese American " baaeln^W Mr. and Mrs. Hansen, wh o ly recommended to be the tempo- 100th Infantry stars played an i mportant S were assigned to the Santa Clara Casting Title rary Others on the com- the first post-war valley, Oxford, Oh i o, chairman. Receives season of M§ left for aft- mittee are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Naka- Veteran Hawaii baseball league f^mV er the confe*rence. Hansen i s a Ex-San Franciscan's yama, Mrs. Ritsu Yusa, Dr. and Tanaka led the league i n"|1| member ofthe faculty at Miami Mrs. Yoshi o Nakaji , May Naka- Belated Decoration with .37!) and university at Oxford. Prowess Wi th Fishi ng Koji ma, Na- Lawrence Kuoi^H nishi , Miyoko Kimi Doi, veteran of the managed the championshi T^Bi Rod Almost Legendary gata, Mrs. Misa Mori, Frank Mori, Wallace Sox team. r wM Jean Fukamaki , 100th Infantry Battalion, h as been Hirose Leaves for Taxie Koji ma, Star for bray-( INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Henry Fumi Inouye. awarded the Bronze cry i n action, i t was learned re- Fuji ta Sr. of Cleveland, a former Susie Tamura, Bill Takemoto, Swimming Tour of resident of San Francisco wh ose Yamada, cently by h i s wife, Mrs. Mary Doi Ak i mi Yamada, Tomo Salt Lake City. CLASSIFIED^SJI European Nations prowess with a fishi ng rod i s al- Nobuye Tabata, Lily Katayama, of WANTED-Maids, Janitors, M most legendary, proved h i mself Dyo, Miya Th e former soldier was recently Kitchen Helpers. Apply j |2 fly Mary Katayama, Sei NEW YORK Halo Hirose, still the master of the dry Tom Tsunoda, Joh n Suzuki , discharged from Letterman Gen- diately i n person at Holy ('3 the annual tournament Ota, Francisco. Hospital.—Salt 442nd Combat Team— veteran and casters i n Tom Ota, Tad Kanetomo. eral h ospital i n Sant Lake Qtr. ] a member of Oh i o State's nation- ofthe National Association of Th e Dois were i n Ha- and Casting Clubs on Joe Tabata, Ak i ra Endo, Frank married WANTED: Someone to do lid al collegiate championshi p swim- Angling Asakura, Ken waii i n the spring of thi s year. h ousework during day ming team, left by plane for Eu- Aug. 31. Fuji i , Mrs. Nao andU^B Dyo, and Ken Ota. Mrs. Doi i s the former Mary Mu- care of two chi ldren. Call 7-13 M rope last week to compete i n ac- Fuji ta, wh o tied all the flies be- Representatives from the Na- rakami of Salt Lake City, —Salt Lake City. quatic meets i n France, Czecho- i ng used i n the tournament, scored J slavaki a, Belgium win tional JACL and the CRDU also WANTEl):"^V^un7~iSrrt7uiß Holland, and 99 of a possible 100 points to the meeting. England. the dry fly accuracy event. attended WANTED care of 2 month old baby dui^H Hirose was runnerup to Bill Men and women casting cham- h ours of 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p.^H Smith' of Hawaii i n the sprint pions from all part of the United Purchases Hotel Single Nisei to work on $40.00 a month with room ufl various Pennsylvania Fur Farm board. Call Mrs. Collier i t races at the National AAU cham- States competed i n the Purchase of a Salt Lake h otel 4-lifl pionshi ps i n San Diego last month. events of the tournament. Must be i nterested i n learn- or 5-2729 after 3 p.m. SaltUfl property by a Nisei war veteran, i ng the trade. Experiencenot Tsutomu Mitsui, for $65,000 was necessary. Board and Room announced last week by N. A. In- $100 a month to start—One TIME and JEWELRY SHOP Havercamb ofthe Standard week vacation—Live i n with vestment Company. Nisei couple i n nice h ome. Henry Y. Ok amoto A Permanent j ob with a fu- righ t man. State GIRLS 1501 Kern Ph one 3-1591 ture for the JAPANESE age, work experience, edu- FRESNO 1, CALIFORNIA cation, and references. AMERICANS Write: WANTED . " MALE Peter Sugawara Jewelry Products PING & GEORGE MOTOR SERVICE SPRAY PAINTERS...SI.IO Hr. c/o D Genetti's Sons Inc. " 55-Hour week. Silver Fox & Mink Farm clean as- TEXACO PRODUCTS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS AUTO MECHANICS $1.73 R. D. 1. Box 21 " Ligh t — Bench Assembly $1.00 Sugar loaf. 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