PACIFIC CITIZEN 2 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, b i s; no- SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1944 Price: Five Cents Nisei CombatUni tDri vesonLi vornoPort Story Hunt Leads of the Week Report 442nd Combat Team WRA Centers Japanese Ameri cans Wi pe Engaged i n InitialTest i n In Relocati on OutGerman Sniper Alli ed Campaign for Italy gifaoj, Received Nest of 100th Infantry Spearheads as largest Number WITH THE FIFTH ARMY pondent reported that Lieut. Crack Attack Encwes i n April IN ITALY—An outfit of engin- Walter Matsumoto of Honolulu, Nisei Engaged i n Violent Figh ting on Plains eers, attached to the Japanese Cpl. Fuji oka American Tadashi of Seattle, Below Strategic City; by Fifth Army depar- unit now i n action Wash., and a sergeant were Cited Th e against the on WASHINGTON — war Germans on the reconnaissance wh en a sniper ts of 1,517 evacuees from Fifth Army front below Livor- opened up on them, k i lling the ROME—Th e Fifth Array announced officially on July 10 centers on i ndefinite no, wh i ch switched from the sergeant. Th e lieutenant and that the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed entirely of station ending business of repairing roads Inveg during the month and corporal called for aid from a American soldiers of Japanese ancestry, i s participating i n the were reported thi s bridges and wiped out some Ger- platoon h eaded by Sgt. Harold April 30,1944, man snipers, was the talk of a Fifth Army's attacks along the west coast sector of Italy to- relocation planning Tsukuno of Seattle. Th e platoon week by the wh ole division of American took off i nto the woods, wiped ward the strategic port of Livorno (Legh orn). ftukm of the War Relocation dough boys last Saturday. out three snipers and captured An Allied spokesman said that thi s Japanese American force Authority. An Associated Press corres- three others. with tank support smashed i nto enemy positions on July 9 i n Dlinois led the states i n relo- the face of determined German resistance. cation with 354. Minidoka led the Th e official report declared the catersi n relocation with 260. Th e Nisei Dough boy Kills 18 100th Infantry Battalion, the now- Japanese Sergeant figures for other centers i ncludo famous unit of Ameri- Nisei Mountain, cans wh i ch was recently i ncorpor- Gila River, 238; Heart Germans on One-Man Rampage ated i nto the 442nd Combat Team, All Alone i n 204- Colorado River, 196; Roh wer, was spearheading the assault of Italian Town 163- Central Utah , 130; Jerome. Italy; Hero the Japanese American group. 107; Manzanar, 106 In Gets DSC 108;'Granada, ;^ Th e spokesman said that the WITH THE FIFTH ARMY and Me Lake, 5. 100th Infantry Battalion h ad "per- resettled i n the follow- Stars and Stripes Cites Pvt. Hayashi 's Action IN ITALY—Sgt. Alfred Tomita Evacuees formed brilliantly through out the of Buh l, Idah o, was out maki ng i ngstates during April: Enemy entire Italian campaign." 5; 5; In Ch arging Machi ne Gun Nest; Forces bypasses recently, enabling Arkansas, California, Colo- (Th e reported destroyers Connecticut, 1; District Four Others to Surrender During United Press tank to detour dem- rado, 152; Assault from Rome on July 10 that the olitions. Sgt. Tomita, a Japa- of Columbia,6; Florida, 1; Idah o, Indiana, 20; 100th Infantry Battalion of the nese American, got so far i n 130; Illinois, 354; ALGIERS A Japanese American dough boy wh o k i lled 442nd Regimental Combat Team front of the tank destroyers lowa, 24; Kentucky, 2; Maryland, — positions Massachusetts, 5; Michi gan, 74; eigh teen Germans i n a "one-man attack" on enemy positions "smashed i nto enemy that h e found h i mself all alone 1; with tank support Sunday to i n a town the enemy Minnesota, 67; Missouri, 33; Mon- during a flank assault of the 100th Infantry Battalion i n Italy wh i ch Nevada, win strategic points." Advance h ad j ust evacuated. tana, 25; Nebraska, 44; h as been awarded a Distinguished Service Cross, Th e Stars units of the Japanese American Sgt. Tomita the time Jersey, Mexico, spent 10; New 15; New and Stripes, official U. S. Army newspaper published i n the group were reported less than waiting for theothers to come 5; New York, 69; Oh i o, 127; Ok - Livorno, k ey port up by cleaning mp rubble i n Oregon, Pennsyl- North African Th eatre of Operations, reported i n i ts "Roll of ten. miles from lah oma, 1; 29; on the Ligurian sea. A IT. P. dis- the streets. ; Tinia, 27; Texas, 11; Utah , 103; Honor" i n i ts weekly edition of June 3. patch on July 12 declared that Vermont, 4; Virginia, 1; Washi ng- Th e Japanese American i s Pvt. Sh i zuya Hayashi of Oah u, American advance units i n thi s ton, 67: Wi sconsin, 18; Wyoming, sector captured Castigliocel- 70; and, Hawaii , 11. Hawaii . Besides k i lling eigh teen h ad Report forced four l<>, breaki ng a week's stalemate Hawaii It was reported that the total Germans, Hayashi on the Tyrrhenian coastal road, of i ndefinite leaves i ssued between others to surrender and drove the Report Sh ows and h ad moved forward toward Nisei Proving Ma; 1, 1943, and April 30, 1944. off a strategic h i ll. Livorno. was 18,114. remainder Sabotage by "Among the men wh o h ave No (A radio broadcast on July 12, Good Citizens fough t i n Italy, the bravery and Canada Nisei reporting dispatches from the L. A. ski ll a Japanese Italian front, declared that the Aid to War Effort NEWSPAPER figh ting of Japanese American unit h as BACKS BILL TO American battalion of i nfantry Police Raps "smashed through " a German Told by Government questioned/ Official DEPORT GROUP h as never been Racists for Fomenting trap i n the figh ting below Livor- Manpower Official Th e Stars and Stripes said. "And no. In another broadcast Eleanor Evacuees Packard, correspondent of nowh ere i s there a better er. Hatred of noted WASHINGTON—Americans of LOS ANGELES Th e Times the United Press, was quoted ancestry proving announced i ts support ample of thi s ski ll and courage "garden boys" Japanese are to — of the Mc- B. C. Th ere describing the "good i n the war ef- Farland-Joh nson bill for the de- than the act wh i ch won Sh i zuya VANCOUVER, from California and the men be citizens or attempts— of fort" i n Hawaii , Newton R. Hol- portation of all aliens and "dis- Hawaii , the Dis- h ave been no acts from Hawaii wh o were figh ting loyal" Hayashi , Oah u, Japanese comb, territorial director of the citizens of Japanese an- sabotage by persons of i n the Japanese American Com- Manpower com- cestry with an tinguished Service Cross. bat, front.) War Commission, editorial on July 9. "It was last November that ancestry i n British Columbia since Team on the Italian mented on July 8 i n a report to Wh en Congress reconvenes, ev- (Press dispatches from the ery Pvt. Hayashi made h i s one-man the outbreak of h ostilities between WMC Ch airman Paul V. McNutt. effort should be made to pass during a flank front i n recent months h ave cred- "Th ey are all employed we attack assault the British empire and Japan, De Infantry and McFarland-Jolinson Japanese on h igh ground h eld by the i ted the 100th Battalion Worki ng as good Americans," Hol- deportation bill, to amend the puty Commissioner Joh n A, Sh i r- with participation i n battles at *w enemy. Blazing away with h i s comb's report said. exclusion measure wh i ch Hayashi ras of the Provincial Police declar- Benevento, Santa Maria Oliveto, His report reviewed the man- sipped through automatic rifle, Pvt. crossing oftheVenefro and the Congress i n the charged an enemy machi ne gun ed at the annual meeting of the the power situation i n Hawaii and Wang days without debate and i n the i nitial assault on Cassino. Th e noted the of Japa- "as sjgned » nest, k i lling seven men Pacific Coast International Asso- captured contributions been by the President and others wh o 100th i s reported to h ave nese Americans to war production. ll>e Times position two ciation of Law Enforcement i n San Michele i n a nigh t attack. said. tried to escape. Th en, as the portation bUI supported Vancouver last week. After long weeks i n the lines fac- h «?«c £ platoon advanced from there, «* Times h as been i ntroduced anti-aircraft position Th e Deputy Commissioner rapped i ng Cassino, the unit was trans- Evacuee Volunteers 88 by a German ferred to the Anzio beachh ead ■wL/of 1? Senator McFar- opened fire at close range. Pvt. race prejudice agitators wh o were Figh t Range Fire Arizona and Rep. J. Le- Hayashi 's fire k i lled fomenting h atred of Japanese wh ere they took part i n the drive Joh nson of return on Rome. Th e Regimental California. nine of the Germans, convinced Canadians and urged a tolerant at 442nd they sur- h andling of prob- Combat Team was organized i n SHOSHONE, Idah o — A range "* four others should titude i n the started by ligh teningon July the remainder lems concerning persons of Japa the spring of 1943 with volunteers fire, Co-op Buys render and drove from Hawaii and the continental 7, swept to withi n a block of the Amache off the h i ll." nese ancestry. .. i ncluding approxi- of Sh oshone before i t $10,000 of Stars and He declared that the British United States, town was War Bond Th e h eadline the mately 1200 from war relocation brough t under control on July 8 Stripes Columbia public h as been unnec- said: . by racists, and centers. Th e report on July 10 i s by a fire-figh ting crew, wh i ch i n- Col°- Residents of "Japanese American Soldier essarily i nflamed men from Sh oshone a - Rampage with statements made i n the the first official announcement cluded 20 and tk.ir relocation center did Wi ns DSC for His criticized platforms. that the Combat Team i s i n ac- 60 evacuees of Japanese ancestry the Fifth (Browning Automatic Ri- pres*, and from public few »X "\L War Loan BAR a many ofthe tion.) from the Minidoka relocation cen- to6 bough t a $10,000 fle.)" A one-coiumn sketch of He pointed out that ter at JMfl °Ugh ac- recommendations for restrictions Th e Associated Press i n Rome Hunt. the <=°na>Ws nisei soldier with a BAR reported on July 11 that the Japa- * companied the story. against Japanese Canadians came SSvf __ k new nothi ng of nese Americans were engaged i n from people wh o figh ting on relatively flat Final Rites Held IHi mW' the matter. "violent ground three miles west of Pom- For Youth Drowned aja" and were reported "maki ng Germans Surpri sed to Find NEW YORK NISEI some progress." Th e German gar- In Irrigation Canal rison at Pomaja was being threat- WOUNDED DURING sides, i t was reported. Nisei ened on two HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo. Figh ti ng i n Europe FIGHTING (Press dispatches i ndicated on Final rites were h eld on July—8 ANZIO July 11 that the Japanese Ameri- the for Torn Sh i bata, 13, wh o drowned WASHINGTON _ Japanese Americans from A can units i n Italy were engaged on July 1, swimming: i n GermTnT" h as seen SPRING VALLEY, N. Y. wh i le the c captured by Territory of Hawaii , for wounds— i n carrying out their part of the Garland canal northwest of the j i n the Ital- Purple Heart medal Army's encircling tactics Americ*n soldiers i n considerable action suffered on the Anzio Beachh ead Fifth center. It»lv !« :. i an campaign, and distinguished Pvt. Henry against stubbornly defended and Th e body was recovered on July ""Priwd i n" of occasions. h as been awarded to h eavily strong- *»■£ 1 earth- according i tself on a number 20, an American soldier fortified German 2 about 450 yards from wh ere i t Pii w. k 1 to Nakasato i n combat at Tasaka, h olds. American troops i n the' sec- was last ClaBS lMmu Naka- was of Japanese ancestry, wh o was seen. 2. V? "^ Salerno, and later, near Venafro, Five Points tor i n wh i ch the Japanese Ameri- He i s survived by h i s parents, Caij * Kaunakakai, Molokai, and won tne formerly a ward of cans were reported figh ting were h e was wounded House, Protestant mission h ere, Mr. and Mrs. Ei Sh i bata, and a Purple His platoon, then a engaged i n worki ng their way brother, Kaoru, formerly Heart. Infantry i t was disclosed last week. of Sac- attached to the 34th received by Dr. steadily northward i n a broad en- ramento, Calif. out a Ger- Th e medal was veloping movement at trailDivision, h ad k nocked H. Mandrey, superintend- aimed Liv- &?=?" man observation post on the top Wi lliam Henry h i s orno. Th e Fifth Army operationre- ent of the mission. and by-passing of Poma- i mately midway between Lajacito of a h i ll and three Germans sur- i n the army,were sulted i n the However, German ar- brother, also j a, about eigh t miles i nland from and the coastal town of Castig- rendered. at mission from baby- liocello.) tillery opened up and Nakasato reared the the Italian west coast and appirox- < 1 "**"'»"" unit, tomproed of was struck by shell fragments. h ood. Saturday, July 2 PACIFIC CITIZEN 15, 1944 Four Japanese Americans Italy: Canada House From the Foxholes of Wi llDebate Reported Wounded i n Action Figh ti ng Infantry Recently on Itali an Front Th e 100th Anti-Nisei Bill Major Move to Strik e Out WASHINGTON—Four American soldiers of Japanese an- Held th e Hillforth e cestry were reported i n casualty listings Disfranchi sement wounded action i n re- By PVT. IWAI leased thi s week by the War Department. KUNGO Provision Defeated IN It i s presumed the two from the western United WITH THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION ITALY soldiers, —(Delayed)—We h ad j ust returned for a few days rest after States, and Hawaii , OTTAWA, Canada—Further d* two from were wounded i n action with the our first attack on the strategic town of Cassino wh en the bate i s expected i n the Infantry Battalion i n Italy. Major Major .House of 100th word went around that "the i s back." Th e h ad Commons on the Elections Act On July 15 the War Department listed as wounded i n action: tried many times before to rejoin the 100th Infantry although amendment wh i ch will deprive was thorough ly But h e was SAWADA, Pfc Hiroshi F.—Frank S. Sawada,father, 6-6-F, h e not recovered. thi s time back. Canadian citizens of Japanese an- Minidoka relocation center, Hunt, Idah o. Th e boys h ad someh ow or other referred to Major James cestry of the righ t of commanding the battalion composed franchi se On July 11 the War Department announced as wounded i n Lovell, then the 100th, of for the duration of the war, i t was Americans of Japanese ancestry, as j ust "Th e Major" and I stated h ere. action: guess i t stuck. Privates and sergeants from all companies FURUKAWA, I'vt. Tatsumi—Mrs. Edgar Furukawa, mother, A move i n the Dominion Senate could talk to h i m with ease and wh en h e came back they to strik e out the Rt. 1, Box 27, Concord, Calif. voluntarily and h appily saluted h i m and shook the Major's controversial sec- FUJIMORI, Staff Sgt. Iwao—Miss Hatsuko Fuji mori, sister, tion from the Elections Bill wan h and to welcome h i m "home." narrowly defeated by a Box 35, Kaunakakai, Molokai, Maui. Here was morale i n i ts purest, truest and most sincere 13 to 9 Pfc Harold M. Yutaka Kobayashi , brother, vote on June SO. KOBAYASHI, aspect. It i sn't the spasmodic k i nd that we get through letters Th e amendment to Waiakea Mill, Camp 4, Hilo, Hawaii . from or steaks for It was themorale of the unit, strik e out h ome lunch. the section barring the righ t to expressed i n love, confidence and respect toward the Major participate by days up i n federal elections to the men themselves. Th e few to clean and rest citizens of Japanese ancestry h ad gone by and thi s time the Major was leading theattack was Cooks Wi th Nisei Battali on i ntroduced by Senator J.J. Bench on the h i ll commanding the town of Cassino. Th i s h i ll i tself of Ontario, was commanded by the h i storic abbey perch- and seconded by Sena- of Monte Cassino, tor Norman Lambert, another Anxious for Combat Action ed proudly on Monastery h i ll. In the bold attack Th e Major tario Liberal. On- was h i t and the i mpulse that made Sgt. Gary Hisaoka rush Senator Bench, and those Unit X under enemy fire to rescue the wounded commander was not wh o Subsists on only courage supported h i s amendment, declar- the and fortitude of the sergeant but h i s love ed that the clause i n question Rations Wh en Cooks Nisei Unit Lives toward Th e Major and h i s outfit, the 100th Infantry Battalion. was (Sgt. Hisaoka, wh o i s credited with h aving- "racial discrimination" and con- Killed, Wounded Up to also saved the lives trary to democratic principles. Name, Says of other members of the unit under fire, was later k i lled i n action.) ' Eigh t Liberals and one Progreg. WASHINGTON Japanese Army " sive Conservative supported the Newspaper Just as the words h ad struck h ome that "Th e Major was amendment. American cooks, assigned— to units back," lik ewise the words, "Th e Major i s h i t," i mmediately cir- Senator Bench, the 100th Infantry Battalion i n through laugh i ng through comedy youngest member of the Upper of the CAMP SHELBY, Miss.—"Th e 2nd culated the battalion. Lik e a House at spoke i nto and 3rd of and leaving i t i n silence, the tonic of Major's wh i ch 39, for the demo- Italy, were so anxious to get Battalions tfie 442nd the return cratic righ ts of Japanese Cana- combat against the Germans Combat Team, now attached to the .had so boosted morale was now being replaced by a serious- that are now ac- ness spoke concern men dians before an audience wh i ch company 34th Division, seeing wh i ch of the of the for the Major. i ncluded one h ad to rely on "C" tion i n Italy," "Go for Broke," However, the men remained to occupy the h i ll. lying i n Prime Minister Peter rations for some time after action weekly publication of the damp, all day nigh t. perfect Fraser of New Zealand and Prime Ist Bat- cold foxholes and all Th e obser- Minister King. at Cassi.no because all i ts cooks talion, of the 442nd Infantry, now vation that the enemy h ad on the men made i t extremely Mackenzie were k i lled or wounded i n action, training at Camp Sh elby, report- dangerous for them to move about or to stick their h eads Sgt. Elmo Ok i do, of Honamu. Ha- ed thi s week. out of their foxholes. Rations, ammunition, and litter cases h ad Seven Palo Alto waii , declared' on h i s return recent- "Living1up to i ts name, the rug- to be carried under enemy fire, along tortuous trails i llumined ly to the United States from the ged 442nd took on one of the h eav- by a brigh t moon. Th eir clothes and their shoes were wet Nisei Inducted Mediterranean area. i est battles, spearheading the at- and cold—but they h eld the h i ll for Th e Major. "Wh en the battalion went i nto tack up the shoreline on the west Into Armed Forces action," Sgt. Ok i do was quoted as coast of Italyto a pointfour miles saying, "the cooks and drivers north of the paper said. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Seven Cecina," more Japanese Americans, six went up front, too. Th ose of us Th e 442nd Combat Team i s made of wh o weren't riflemen served as up of volunteers of Japanese an- Kaltenborn Hails Nisei Role wh om .were at the Heart Mountain wire men and litter bearers and cestry. relocation center, went i nto the ammunition carriers." Th e Ist Battalion's paper re- In War Against Japanese army with the last group of men A War Department release i den- ported that the 2nd and 3rd Bat- sent by the Palo Alto selective service board, i t was reported h «re tified the 100th Infantry Batta- talions of the 442nd Infantry Commentator lion as h aving been attached to moved out of i Gamp Sh elby about Noted low Americans of Japanese ances- last week. the 34th Division i n early figh t- two months ago for overseas duty. Sends Ch eck to Help try wh i ch weboth h ave at h eart." Th e Nisei wh o were reportedly Th e Capital i nducted are. Tachi bana, i ng i n Italy. "Wh i le h ere i n Sh elby, they with Scholarshi p Times added that Hideo "It fough t with singular distinc- Ist Battalion proved Provide Attorney Bull "has been active for Ralph Hisato Takayama, Suyeki the themsel- many tion at Benevento,wh ere i t blasted ves worthy of taki ng anythi ng that months i n beh alf of Ameri- Kay Yoshi naga, Th omas Tamoh ra a rescue pathway through crack the enemy could put out as well as MADISON, Wi s.—^Benjamin H. can citizens of Japanese descent i n Sueki , Th omas Uk i o Ok umura, and Nazi troops wh o h ad cut off an- dishi ng i t out. Th us after 15 Bull, Madison attorney wh o h as h elping them to find employment Tadashi Spencer Sato, Heart other outfit," the War Department months of tough training they and a chance to assist i n our war Mountain; and Kaoru Carl Tak- been active i n assisting the reset- effort." ano, Cleveland, said. were called for active duty. Th ey tlement of Japanese American O. Sgt. Ok i do was quoted as de- are nowwith thefamous 100th In- claring: fantry Battalion. evacuees, h as received a letter "Th e other dough boys accepted "Give i t to them, boys," the from H. V. Kaltenbom, nationally Wi th the Nisei i n us as comrades and fough t along- paper added. k nown NBC radio commentator, side us i n a way that made us glad enclosing Mr. Kaltenbom's check we h ad come all the way from Ha- provide a scholar- waii to the mountains of Italy. Brooklyn Ch urch for $100to h elp Soldiers of100th Dream "I thi nk that almost 75 per cent shi p for a young student of Japa- of our battalion Federation Leader nese ancestry at Wayland acad- suffered from Wi s., the Capi- 'trench foot' at one time or an- Visits Topaz Camp emy, Beaver Dam, OfHawaii i n Muddy Italy other during tal Times reported on June 27. the mountain figh t- accompanying the i ng. But none of us wanted to give In a letter WITH THE FIFTH ABMY IN Kirn, Log Angeles, S-2 of the up." Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, secre- check, Mr. Kaltenborn declared: ITALY—In the sandbagged farm- unit. "Most of themrealize we're tary of the Brooklyn Ch urch Fed- "As one wh o h as personal con- as visited'the h ouse that served command h ere and they are no longer sur- eration, Central Utah tact with the magnificent contrib- post for a Japanese American prised, as they were early i n the Seven Toledo Nisei relocation center at Topaz on July ution being made by young Amer- unit, soft campaign. Sally Ha- 13. Dr. Carpenter, i s en of Japanese Hawaii an music chanted even plays Into Army wh o route i cans ancestry to our from the k i tchen was mixed with waii an music, although we don't Inducted to California, will also visit the war effort i n the South and South- the smell of i n freshly made coffee. k now wh ether i t's for us or not." Manzanar tenter California. west Pacific, I am h appy to Evening was coming on the Class TOLEDO, Oh i o Seven Japa- Dr. Carpenter was a leading an opportunity to make and Private First Wallace Sh i - nese h ave thi s men—most of them residents of getani, Honolulu, came i n from Americans wh— o resettled i n figure i n the figh t for the h ostel contribution. I feel that I person- preparing Toledo from war relocation centers for Japanese ally Hawaii —were for the the k i tchen to show off a beautiful American evacuees owe somethi ng to my fellow nigh t's, work. a shell lei one boys h ad strung are being i nducted i nto the army, i n Brooklyn. Americans of Japanese ancestry Occasionally that of the reported wh i zzed overhead, and a dull boom together from yellow flowen the Toledo Blade recent- He reported that approximately to make up for the sometimes un-* told that i t .had ly- one Japanese and landed far off. growing i n the field. It was made h undred Americans fair sometimes unintelligent Lt. Col. Gordon Singless, Den- on May Lei Th e Japanese Americans were h ad already utilized the they h ave 1, wh i ch i n Hawaii i s listed as George facilities treatment received. ver, commanding the outfit, h ad Day. Taoka, James of the Brooklyn h ostel wh i ch i s "You are at liberty to publicize j ust Uyeh ara, Jimmy Takato finished presenting Silver Private Sh i getani out h i t Mik aini, operated by the Brethren Ch urch both thi s contribution and thi s Stars to of h i s took Mayeda, Seico Hanashi ro, Sh i g i n cooperation with the statement you two men, and Hawaii an song book to h um a few Baptist i f feel i t will serve they were standing around read- Jofuku and Ranki n Kimura. Home Mission Society. the cause of fair play to our fel- i ng the of the tunes that the soldiers h ad citations. stng. Most of them h ad either Twenty three year old Technical "lei" or the One Sergeant Melvin Tsuda, Honolulu, "aloh a" i n title. WFA Wi ll Pay h i s h ad the romantic name of Kuu Ipo won about the time of the Aloh a la Nei. Novice Boxing Tourney Held fourth crossing of the Volturno. Fare for Inductees A battalion "Kuu means sweetheart," ex- wire chi ef, h e was plained "and By Japanese Ameri can Back to Centers leading h i s men wh en two enemy Private Sh i getani, Troops machi ne guns fatally wounded the title says that you are send- three of them. i ng your though ts back to h er." Th e Salt Lake City regional of- song i n the book was the HATTIES'BURG, Miss. A k ooji of Co. B.; T/Sgt. Nakako of In the face of German fire h e Last crowd of persons — fice the War Relocation Au- pushed tauntingly familiar Aloh a Oe. 500 witnessed of Co. B won over Pvt. Kagawa, thority reported thi s ah ead with the remainder ten bouts Co. A i n the thi rd round by a week that the of h i s crew to None of these Hawaii ans thi nk slam-bang i n the first War Food Administration h as establish communi- sunny compare i " Boxing TKO; Cpl. Matsunami, Hq. Co., agreed cation with forward that Italy can Novice tournament spon- to release evacuees now on elements. any way with tropical Hawaii . sored by the decisioned Pvt. Uno of Co. C; Pvt. seasonal agricultural Th e second man, Private First First Battalion of the Murao of Co. A Pvt. work wh o Class "Th ey may grass shacks 442nd Infantry on Wednesday, decisioned h ave been ordered to report for Kazunobu Yamamoto, 27, h ave July 5. Hashi mura, Hq. Co.; S/Sgt. Horio, from Hilo, Hawaii , was wounded around h ere," pointed out Capt Co. D, i nduction. Th e WFA will provide at In themain event of the evening decisioned Pfc. Hashi moto; transportation Pozilli last November but Alex McKenzie, Honolulu, "but and Pvt. Yanagih ara back to the center, stayed at h i s 60 they're full of fleas." Pvt. Otani of Hq. Co. fough t Cpl. decision- but i s requesting definite proof mm. and k ept Sato of Co. A ed Pvt. Makachi , i n ffie best pumping away with h i s mortars As for recent eruption of andh ad no trouble boutof the that the i nduction order h as been until the the i n gaining a decision. Cpl. Sato evening. received, i t was Germans were shoved Vesuvius, they say their crater of put up Th e tournament was arranged stated. back. a good figh t, but Otani by S/Sgt. In maki ng the announcement, Kilauea can spout j ust as much proved to be too experienced Henry Oshlro. one-time Ottis Peterson, Th ese awards brough t to 36 the without h alf trying. a Hawaii an AAU and boxing relocation super- number of given figh ter. CYO visor for the Pacific Silver Stars thi s Wh en the soldiers talk of "the In the champion. S/Sgt. Oshi ro started i ntermountain unit since i t arrived i n Italy up nos- semi-finals Cpl. Isobe, h i s boxing area, said termination will be ar- last i slands," their eyes ligh t Hq. Co., an career i n 1938 and i n September. Th ree DSC's talgically. You can almost re- won unanimous deci- 1940 represented ranged on presentation of the i n- on are also see sion over Pvt. Sh i nozawa of B the Hawaii an Is- duction by the the list. flected i n them graceful pata of Co lands i n the national AAU tourna- notice evacuee or a Wh en the Japanese Results the other bouts were ment, telegraph i c notification from the Americans trees on foam swept wh i te beachtfi as follows: advancing to the semi-finals. project nrst came i nto combat, their ap- saronged swaying i n Before the bouts during director that the i nduction pearance maidens -p/f^' Hq- Co declsioned and the notice i s at the center. Letters made many Jerries rub slow h ula, and the orange moo»* T/5 Ch menIbat?'also of Hq. i ntermissions the Sh elby Hawaii an telegrams or their eyes i n disbelief. But dipping Mauna Loa. 'Co.; S/Sgt. Serenaders gave i nterpretations from friends withi n the days those beneath Takekawa decisioned S/Sgt. of project will not be acceptable are over. (From the Italy edition of the Yo- old and new Hawaii an evi- "Th e recognize — Germans melodies. dence, Mr. Peterson said. now," us by Army newspaper, Th e Stars aw explained Lt. Yvung O. Stripes.). eituriay, July 15, 1944 PACIFIC CITIZEN Lik es 3 Nisei Veteran News FamedMerri ll'sMarauders Back Righ ts ofU.S.Nisei Sono Osato Cited Letter From Burma Front As Best Dancer of Broadway Season Cites Courage of Nisei NEW YORK—Th e first an- Memberof Jungle Figh ters nual Donaldson Awardsfor out- standing achi evement i n the theater during the past season, Bravery of Japanese Americans Serving on set up by the show business Burma-India Front magazine, Billboard, named Told; "Horizontal Hank" bono Osato, JapaneseAmerican Saved Life of Platoon i n Battle with Japanese dancer, for the outstanding dancing of the Broadway sea- Japanese son. American soldiers are figh ting with Merrill's Ma- Miss Osato was featured i n rauders i n Burma, the Pacific Citizen was i nformed thi s week the musical comedy, "OneTouch i n a letter from a sergeant i n the famed American figh ting of Venus," wh i ch starred Mary force wh i ch h as h acked i ts way beh i nd Japanese Martin lines i n Burma. and Kenny Baker. Sh e "We, of the Merrill's Marauders (or otherwise k nown as was formerly a featured artist the with the Ballet Russe. Burma Raiders) wish to boast of the Japanese Americans Paul Robeson was named the figh ting i n our outfit and the swell j ob that they put up. Every outstanding actor for h i s per- Marauder k nows these boys by name i f they don't k now ours— formance i n "Othello." that i s due to the courage and bravery shown by them," the let- 2,100 GRADUATE Ch urch Group ter said. "One of our platoons owes HIGH SCHOOLS IN Backs Righ ts their lives to Sgt. Henry G., a RELOCATION CAMPS Of Evacuees Japanese American of Seattle, Wash. Hank (we call h i m Hori- HUNTINGDON, Pa.—Th e righ t zontal Hank because h e's beeit. SAN FRANCISCO Th e War pinned Relocation Authority —reported on of Japanese Americans to return down so many times by July 6 Jap machi ne-gun fire) guided Wi th Allied armies gaining against that 2,100 seniors were to west coast h omes "at an early the German enemy on graduated i ts h igh schools the machi ne-gun fire on our side threefronts i n Europe, PFC. THOMAS HIGA of Honolulu, wound- from date" was supported i n a resolu- i n the ten war relocation camps wh i ch every Jap ed wh i le figh ting with the 100th Infantry Battalion i n Italy, during tion passed on June 10 at the an- k i lled on that war these days. Higai s June. conference of the of side. boys wh o fough t lik es the news Pfc. shown h ere as h e stop- Th e WRA reported that many of nual Ch urch Th e ped briefly i n Denver, wh i le en route to Camp Wh i te, Ore. He boy graduates the Brethren i n Huntingdon. alongside of Hank agree that spoke i n the were being i n- they recently to audiences Topaz, Heart Mountain and the ducted i nto the U. S. Army. Th e resolution also recommend- h ave never seen a more Granada relocation camps and i n Salt Lake City on h i s experiences ed withrespect to JapaneseAmer- calm, cool and collected man un- Manzanar graduated 181, wh i le Brethren, i n Italy. Higa was wounded by shrapnel i n the back during one were graduated i cans that churches "wel- der fire. He was always so eager i nitial on 121 from the h igh come i nto their services fel- to be wh ere h e could be of the of the attacks Cassino. Now recovered, h e wants an- school at the Tule Lake segrega- and other crack at the fascist enemy. tion center. lowshi p those (evacuees) wh o are most use and effectiveness and resettling i n their communities." that was most always the h ot Th e Ch urch of the Brethren spot. We asked Hank i n the h os- Heart Mountain sponsored the Brethren h ostel for pital, being h i s first time i n bat- Veteran of Japanese American evacuees i n tle, i f h e was scared or not. He Wounded 100th Youth Leaves for Ch i cago and i s now sponsoring the answered, 'You're darn righ ts I relocation h ostel at 168 Clinton was scared.' Th at's Horizontal Infantry Wants ASTP Training Street i n Brooklyn, New York. Hank all over, always h umorous More Acti on and a.smile for every guy. And yet wh i le the other boys boast Pfc. Th omas Higa HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo. Teik o Ishi da Visits of the number of Japs they got, Would Figh t Any Draft Evaders Believed the first relocation center— Council h e doesn't talk very much about candidate to leave for ASTP train- Milwaukee the three h e h as to h i s account. Enemies of America Sent to Prison i ng under the army's new college He usually changes the subject training program, Frank Suto of MILWAUKEE, Wi s.—Jßn route by saying, 'Honorable ancestors PORTLAND, Ore.—Th e Oregon In Washi ngton Heart Mountain leftfor Ft. Logan, to Minneapolis, Miss Teik o Ishi da, much regret meeting Merrill's Journal ran a front-page picture Colo., for processing on July 2, secretary of the New York office Marauders,'" the letter contin- and story on Pfc. Th omas Higa, the Sentinel reported. ofthe JAIGL, was a brief visitor ued. a wounded American soldier of Special Rail Prison Suto will attend the University i n Milwaukee on July 6, the Mil- "I h ope I h aven't given the i m- Japanese ancestry on July 6. Car Takes Evacuees of Missouri. waukee Nisei Council reported. pression that I'm trying to glor- A Journal reporter i nterviewed i fy h i m," the sergeant said. "Many Pfc. Higa wh i le the latter stopped To McNeil Island of the boys, and myself especially, briefly at the Union Station USO never k new a Japanese American wh i le en route to the i nfantry re- i GHEYENNE, Wyo. A special GIWri terTells Story of or wh at one' was lik e—now we assignment center at Camp Wh i te, railroad prison car left— Ch eyenne k now and theMarauders want you to k now that they are July carrying 30 nisei convicted backi ng the "I am j ust an American figh ting 8 Nisei Nurses i n U.S.Army Nisei 100 per cent. It makes £h e for my country and that's the way of violation of the selective service boys and myself raging mad to everyone Island, Washi ngton, against else seems to feel about actto McNeil HARTFORD, Conn.—"Wh en the during thi s war that we shall win read about movements the situation," the Journal quoted wh ere theywill begin serving their the confidence of our fellow citi- Japanese Americans by those h i story of thi s war i s written, let again be unjustly 4-F'ers back h ome. We would dare I three-year sentences. i t be recorded i n golden letters zens and never Herecipient of a Purple Heart suspected of disloyalty. We want them to say thi ngs lik e they h ave On the previous day U. S. Mar- that thousands of American-born for a shrapnel wound i n the back all the righ ts of American citizens i n front of us. a the battle for a shal A.A. Sanders left Ch eyenne persons of Japanese ancestry were willing to give our lives "At one time during battle wh en Cassino, Higa, loyal States, fough t and are member of the famous 100th In- for McNeil with three of the sixty- to the United for thi s country.' our platoon was assigned to the j ntry Battalion, h as i n youths sentenced i n the mass and died for i t, nursed the Ameri- overseas,' Ch i nese, Sgt. Henry G. was al- been back three can sick wounded and espoused "'I want to serve ways the United States for three trial wh i ch ended i n their convic- and Lieutenant Suyama declares. 'It's surrounded by the Ch i nese months. the principles of democracy and wh o i nsisted h e was Ch i nese and tion. with all the strength i n risky business. But someone h as Higa was on a farm i n remaining thi rty men were freedom lik e to go not Japanese. Many a h umorous born Th e their patriotic souls." to take the chance. I'd Honolulu and, with h i s six broth- transported earlier to the federal over with the Japanese American tale i s told by Horizontal Hank ers and sisters, worked long h ours penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. So writes Corp. Roy C. Fleisch- from Camp Sh elby.' on that point—the boys then j ust a patient at the combat team i n and pointing to h i m would the fields. He j oined the army All the youths h ave filed notices er, now Fitzsim- Lieutenant Suyama step f begin mons General Hospital i n Denver, "And wh en say, 'He's an American!' And no j f/ears ago and was stationed of appeal but elected to says i t i s 'risky business,' she « bchofleld Barracks i n serving their sentences pending Colo., i n the Hartford (Conn.) truer words were spoken." tie Hawaii at i n telling the story k nows wh at ah e i s talki ng about. Th e sergeant wrote h ad time of the Japanese attack on outcome of the appeals. Daily Courant, a platoon Japa- that h e rearl of a Japanese American army Sh e k nows that of chanped to come across an i ssue of IHarbor. nese Americans went on a suicide "I was nurse, Lieutenant Yaeko Suyama, the Pacific Citizen, i n a Red Cross j ust as mad at the Japa- missionto secure a vital road j unc- as anyone i n barracks WRA Reports All's wh o cared for the army wounded recreation room on the Burma-In- "J*\ the Says Fleischer: tion for the Fifth Army front and dia %." Mcl Price, Journal staff at Fitzsimmons. only 11 back alive. Sh e h as front. *"w quoted Quiet at Tule Lake Corporal Edward C. Col- came "I though t the paper was very " Higa as saying. "I "Wh en h eard about the Nisei i n the good W"M j ust as figh t i n Center by of Roxbury, Mass., returned wh o h ave been and the boys h ere seem to soon the Segregation American Army thi nk the they suggested j aanc as i n Europe, i t makes no from the figh ting at Guadalcanal wounded. Th ere was, for i nstance, same to me, as long they repre- and was h ospitalized h ere and pur that i t be distributed— more wide- "cc. as SAN FRANCISCO — A Pfc. Hisami Fuji ta, Private Kazuo ly," h e wrote. -«^«nemies of AmericaT sentative of the War Relocation under the care of Lieutenant Sakai, Staff Sergeant Kazuo Ko- never 80t cloße enough to thi s week that Yaeko Suyama. ... h e was at first moto. th. n Authority i ndicated But now, a D8for any h and-to-hand "all i s quiet" at the Tule sligh tly appreh ensive. "Yes, i t i s risky business. But Evacuee Worker omW"th e recalled. "Every time segregation center at Newell.Lake^ month later, h e declares: 'I thi nk Lieutenant Suyama i s willing to Xe that a good egg. Sh e does every- H close they ran." Th e Tule Lake camp was the she's take a chance. Sh e wants to nurse Killed i n Accident f* gh ed of thi ng she can for the boys and on the battlefront. SrltnL as h e told of the scene last week of the murder pains as much the wounded "? German prisoner h e met. Yaozo Hitomi, manager of com- seems to feel their "Lieutenant Suyama, wh o h as a KENOSHA, Wi s. Injuries i n- Bt c°uldnt camp. as they do. ... Sergeant Arthur bachelor of science degree from flicted by a tractor— wh i ch ran h owl Ju. understand munity enterprises at the Derouin, ' Waterbury, d be figh tin? for A«ier- Ray Best, camp director, i ssued L. gunner, of the University of California and over h i m proved fatal to Masaichi -3S buf° whUV en I explained Miya- another patient i n h er charge, as- i s a i s opposed to the Kurata, 43, an American of Japa- «* to h i m an order confining Yoshi o K. by Ch ristian, Amer'can citizen h e gawa, 44, a segregee, wh o was ar- serts: 'SJie's 0. me.' totalitarian leaders wh o play race nese ancestry from Hawaii , wh o beean°egan tot ? L get the i dea." rested following an i nvestigation "Lieutenant Suyama, lik e other against race. Th e United States, was one of a group wh o came to nve murder of Japanese Americans, i s proud of she believes, i s the h ope of civili- Kenosha from a War relocation tA*" months i n the i nto the Hitomi. Miya- she gawa was charged with maki ng the complimentsand glad that zation and the i ntellectual center center to work i n a factory. and sellingk nives. h as won the faith of the soldiers. wh ere persons of all races and Miya- "Th ere i s so much written against creeds may learn to live together, Best noted,h owever, that you'll Helen Nakagawa gawa was not concerned with Hit- us/ she says, 'that I do h ope understanding each other as i ndi- Present the my write somethi ng i n our favor. viduals." h ome L uso « omi's death. people printing Ordained Sister the y(ine i s 80 m'ce to me i n It was reported that WRA of- We're sensitive to wh at (Ed. Note: Since the of U<& /u l Bpend that commun- thi nk. In my h eart, I'm wh olly Corp. Fleisher's story m the Cour- In New York City »vailaKu y most ot my ficials h ad declared to t'me there," h e said. i ty enterprises h ad been reopened American. I've never been ant, Lieutenant Suyama and h er SriL d Lake, and also that "sev- Japan. Th i s i s my h ome. If we roommate, Lieutenant Marguerite HUNT, Idah o Helen Naka- beikaabe , 8? -a. h °P* tha* h e at Tule shi pped Japan, would Ugai h ave been i n service i n Eng- t0 visit and to speak eral residents i n the camp h ave were to we gawa, daugh ter of— Mr. and Mrs. at2. h ave been probably be put i n concentration land. Lieut. Ugai i s a native of P. Nakagawa of Detroit, was or- Wh Ue ,relocation centers. received threats," and loyal to Unit- Nebraska, the g^hLT? lou«h Higa visited moved to safer quarters. camps for being the wh i le Lieut. Suyama dained a Maryknoll sister on June fl£ rt h ave been ed States... 'We Japanese Amer- was evacuated from Monterey, 30, i n New York City, according Mountain *nd To date no arrests . ourselves Calif.) lToPat«nte made i n the Hitomi case. i cans want to so conduct to the Minidoka Irrigator. Saturday, July 15, PACIFIC CITIZEN 19441 4

due all loyal Americans cannot long be denied. Last week a communique of the Fifth Army cited the 100th Infantry Battalion as PACIFIC^CITIZEN "performing brilliantly" i n the Italian cam- Publication of the Official "&> paign, the occasion of the announcement Japanese American CltlMU LMfU on by LARRY TAJIRI of the i ncorporation of the 100th i nto the ni sei USA Headquarters: 41J-15 Build- 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Th i s week National Beaton nd, Figh ting the Race-Baiters i n*, 25 But Second Sooth Street, SaltLake dispatches from Italy report that the 442 City, Utah . spearheaded by the veteran 100th Battalion, i n the Pacific moves and the subsequent use of As the war by the these Editorial and Business Office: 415 Beaton i s engaged i n violent figh ting on flat country closer to the h ome i slands of Nip- records reactionary col- Building. Ph one 5-6501 correspondents re- and away from the umnist, Westbrook Pegler, below Livorno. Front-line pon farther the subpoenaed material before Ch i cago, plantations of west coast of the United States, h ad been Other National JACL Office* i n port that the men from the easing i n made public by the York and Denver. camps are there i s a noticeable race i nvestigating New Hawaii and the desert relocation i nvolving evacuees of committee. Th e CIO h as $2.ooyear. tensions i nvestigation demanded Subscription Rates: JACL members, proving the lie of Adolf Hitler's boast of Japanese ancestry. Th i s trend to- an ofthe Dies Com- year. mittee's action i n Non-members, $2.50 the "master race," as other men offree na- ward the quieting ofthe h ysteri- thi s i nstance, i nvasion wh i ch accepted charging "a gross abuse of con! Entered as second class matter i n the post tions h ave proven on the h ard-won cal public attitude gressional authority." Such Published front. the unprecedented act of mass dis- office at Salt Lake City, Utah . coast of France and on the eastern virtually ques- regard of legislative morality js weekly, under the act of March S, 1879. evacuation without little surprise Th e men of the 442nd Combat Team, and tion, i s given emph asis i n recent of to those wh o Japanese ancestry i n the Unit- sponsored by several h ave followed the various i nves- LARRY TAJIRI JBDITOB all soldiers of resolutions tigations conducted on States army on every major battlefront, California organizations wh i ch matters re- ed early return of the evac- lating to Japanese Americans. wh en they move i nto battle. urge the star face two foes uated group. Th e failure of the Costello's chamber h earings enemy wears the uniforms of Japan i n Los Angeles and the k angaroo EDITORIALS: One effort of the Japanese Exclusion procedures and Germany and their satellite nations. Association and the Native Sons court of the Gannon He necessary 179,000 Donnelly and Tenney committees Go for Th e other i s not as easily i dentifiable. to obtain the legislature Broke! fascists signatures on petitions for an ofthe California all i s the enemy at h ome, the native by the i llustrate the point. All of these principles of i nitiative measure, backed i nvestigations An Allied spokesman announced i n Rome wh o maintain i n America the nigh tshi rt fringe of California re- so-called featured race supremacy and the persecution of min- to bar the ownershi p of star witnesses wh o were permit- on July 10 that the 442nd Regimental Com- action, ted to make the wildest Army ority groups wh i ch are characteristics of land and watercraft to persons of rumors bat Team of the of the United States was a to and suspicions a part of the rec- Army's foreign fascism. And victory will not be Japanese ancestry, blow legislative was participating i n the Fifth of- racists and the business i nterests ord of a committee. Livorno (Legh orn), the k ey complete until the fascists abroad and the desperately to Several of these witnesses wen fensive below wh o are trying discredited, port, objec- anti-democratic forces at h ome are van- k eep the "Japanese problem" later but their blind Italian wh i ch i s the i mmediate prejudice remains a part of the up west quished. alive. Th e race-baiters, though no tive of the Allied drive the coast recognize record and i s utilized by the race Italy. long-awaited, Japanese Americans from thecities, doubt cynical enough to of Th e announcement, Th ese the unconstitutionalityof the pro- mongers and such radio commen- h eld special meaning for Japanese Ameri- villages and farms of the American nation h op- tators as Larry Smith wh o pass posed i nitiative measure, h ad crediting everywh ere, for the nd Infantry i s are experiencing the h ard life that i s the ed use i t as a device to k eep on the smears, them to cans 442 to the records of legislative a military organization wh ose enlisted per- lot of the dough boy warrior, the foot sol- the question of Japanese Ameri- i nvesti- a plane. gations. Th e procedure i s a rev- sonnel i s composed entirely of volunteers of dier wh o i s the ultimate factor even i n a cans on controversial elation i n the method of obtaining Century global Th eirs i s Th e Hearst press, with i ts cir- Japanese ancestry from the war relocation Twentieth war. nearly a mill i o an aura of quasi-official recogni- from culation of n tion for a lie camps and the cities and farms of the Amer- an expression of faith i n a future free through i ts five dailies i n Los manufactured to anguish h eart- Angeles, Oak- discredit a racial minority. Th e i can mainland, and from the warm, friendly the of race tensions and the San Francisco and process h as been used marginal i n America. land, h as recently been clutchi ng against la- i slands of Hawaii . aches of the citizen bor, against liberals and against wh i ch looks beyond the at straws i n an effort to block Th e 442nd Combat Team, and the 100th Th eirs i s a faith consider be the i m- other racial groups. relocation wh at they to Th e very nature of the Infantry Battalion, the crack unit of Japa- temporary barrack shelters of the pending return of the evacuee continu- camps, beyond the contradictions of our Ray Richards, spec- i ng attacks against Japanese nese Americans from Hawaii wh i ch h as group. Hearst Americans by race-baiting politi- marched with the 34th Division from Saler- present democracy. It i s for the Japanese i alist i n anti-Japanese American h ome, correspondence, h as been viewing cians, organizations and newspa- no to Rome and beyond, and wh ose record American, and for all Americans at pers i s i ndicative of their desper- prove that thi s faith for wh i ch they figh t with alarm so constantly that h i s attempts k eep alive of star-spangled courage i s already a part to fears h ave become repetitious. His ate to the h eritage, figh t- will not want of fulfillment. j ournalisticbill of fare fea- fiction of the Japanese American of America's military are latest national Japanese proud of their tures the revelation that "thi s menace to security. Th eir i ng symbols of the loyalty and devotion of Americans can be i mmediate efforts are pointed to- the American of Japanese ancestry. And brothers i n uniform. Go for Broke! country's Japanese population i s ward the prevention return h atchi ng- a scheme to demand of the the fact that these units are today bearing h uge i ndemnity from the United ofthe evacuees through the mili- their share of the Allied campaign i n Italy States for the coast tary's relaxation of the present west evacua- restrictions. Th e army exclusion i s a victory over the i ntolerant and bigoted Canadian Contrast tion." Richards develops h i s thesis only against from the bare fact that an i njunc- order, wh i ch operates wh o would h ave denied to the Japanese civilians of Japanese ancestry, ii righ t assisting Th e present figh t of Japanese Canadians tion suit h as been filed i n Los predicated, h owever, on military American the of i n the de- Angeles to enjoin the military fense of h i s country. to retain their righ t of federal franchi se from preventing the return of necessity. It i s obvious, of course, Sh ortly shows most clearly the difference i n the three of Japanese that wh atever military necessity after the outbreak of war the citizens ances- compelled the i ssuance of the ori- i nduction of Japanese Americans through wartime treatment of citizens of Japanese try to the evacuated area. Rich- ards, of course, h as a of ginal order no longer exists. Th e selective service channels was h alted, and ancestry by that country and the United stable question today i s h ow long the States. congressmen i n Washi ngton wh o j ustify was not to be resumed until January, 1944, are eager to be quoted on matters military authorities can wh en the 100th, Infantry Battalion h ad al- Th ough i n broad outline the policies of relating to Japanese Americans. their present policies. He corraled Leroy Joh nson and Th e race-baiters must be fough t ready been i n combat. Th e Japanese Amer- the two countries are similar, c. g., i n the because their posion will delay organized evacuation, relocation and resettlement, nev- Joh n M. Costello last week and i can Combat Team was after the the dead cats began to fly. Joh n- the day of the final reacceptance i nduction of volunteers of Japanese ances- ertheless the fact that there are certain very son, wh o i s still pursuing the fic- ofthe Japanese American. In the try was authorized on January 28, 1943. sharp and very i mportant differences i s tion of "mass disloyalty" on the end) of course, the racists cannot brough t out by Dr. Forrest E. LaViolette, part of the Japanese American win. Th eir final defeat will be Ten thousand answered the call for volun- based, h owever, not on those teers Hawaii , 2600 professor sociology population, h i nted that the threat alone i n and of these men ar- associate of of McGill of migh t k eep constitutional safeguards wh i ch Camp Sh elby, university, community analyst violence the evac- rived at Miss., i n Apri), Th ey and former uees away from their west coast operate for us all, but also on the were j oined by 1200 from beh i nd the barb- at Heart Mountain, wh o i s at the present h omes. Costello, a lame duck, de- positive record of the Japanese camps, maki ng study that "thi s by American i n the war. "Th ere are ed-wires of the war relocation and time a of the Canadian evac- clared bold attempt i n by uation for the Canadian representatives of an enemy race Japanese names on the crosses others wh o h ad volunteered from out- Institute of Inter- American cemeteries i n the bitter side the WRA camps national Affairs. to set aside one of our military on the mainland. security measures could be ex- Italian h i lls," a lieutenant wrote Th e Japanese American Combat Team In the United States there h as been a tremely disturbing." Costello be- recently. And those Japanese trained the pine-clad- red clay h i lls of conscious attempt preserve the citizen- lieved that the evacuees, once names—alongside the names of i n to re- the America's vig- Mississippi for almost a year, quickly shi p righ ts of Japanese established on the coast, would men of all of and Americans, LaVio- promptly sending orous racial h eritage—provide the reputation as h ard-figh ting points start i nforma- established a a lette out, with franchi se and property tion to Tokyo. "I cannot under- argument that the race-baiten outfit wh i ch lived up to i ts regimental righ ts fully protected. In Canada property stand wh y there i s such persis- cannot answer. motto, "Go for Broke," a ph rase wh i ch the h eld by evacuees was taken over by the gov- tent effort by some of our own volunteers from Hawaii brough t with them ernment and a showing people to make i t easy for the sold, move callous Japs get and wh i ch best disregard part government to i nformation to Tokyo." described their attitude of on the of that Costello, i t may be remembered, th e "shoot the works." Sh ortly before they were for the economic welfare ofthi s portion of served for the past year as chair- to go overseas, the Combat Team was re- i ts citizenry. man of the Dies subcommittee viewed by General George Marshall, Ch i ef In the United States citizenshi p respon- wh i ch i nvestigatedJapaneseAmer- copy desk of Staff of the United States Army, and by i cans. His i nvestigators did not sibilities, too, h ave been observed, says La- turn up any Assistant Secretary of War McCloy through evidence of sabotage Joh n Violette, the drafting of Japanese or treasonable activities on the wh ose personal faith i n the loyalty of the Americans. Wh i le Japanese Canadians h ave part of Japanese Americans. His Veteran Speaks Japanese Americans h as been already subcommittee, h owever, "Frankly speaki ng, we were si re- made k nown their desire to figh t, they are served as day performances Japa- a factory for misleading h eadlines unh appy group of soldiers the deemed i n the of the still considered i neligible for army service. we h ar- nese American units i n battle. and scare stories for the Hearst embarked from Honolulu And though some 90,000 persons still re- press. One of Costello's scoops bor and h eaded straigh t for tw Only two short years ago many of these main i n the seclusion of WRA camps, the was h i s seizure of the Washi ng- mainland i nstead of i n the oppofr Japanese Americans ton .files of the Japanese i te direction. Only then did were being moved from War Relocation Authority still h as as i ts Ameri- neve«" their h omes and farms under military orders permanent can i dtizens League. Th e contents truly realize that we would main purpose the resettlement of of these be sent to the Pacific aM were being transported guard- every files were turned over by South although and i n trains evacuee. It i s the relocation program h i s Dies subcommittee to the figh t the Japanese army, ed by military police to detention i n as- on wh i ch the agency i s concentrating. Hearst press and were a deep i nside us, we felt that tM used for t sembly and relocation centers. Th at they were Japanese Americans will find the road series of smear articles by Ray final test of our loyalty was able to survive the bitterness of evacuation back a shorter Richards wh i ch appeared before figh t the enemy wh o possessed road than the one Japanese the Dies subcommittee h ad even similar ph ysical features lik e ours, to volunteer for military service i s a tribute Canadians must travel at war's end. shap their abiding i ntroduced them i n a public h ear- such as color of ski n and to faith i n the ultimate j ustice For our righ t of franchi se i s still i ntact, i ng or published them i n a report. of eyes. of democracy. Hereare men wh o h ave k nown and despite attempts by some to restrict Th at a correspondent of the "Nevertheless, we were deter- the shame of mass evacuation and the h ard- our property Hearst syndicate could h ave such mined to contribute our share » righ ts, those righ ts are still easy fto« shi ps of barrack life i n the relocation camps wh olo. access to the private records the liberation of the world of a congressional committee i s Fascist rule and to prove the W and wh o, scant months later, are figh ting on Important, too, i n the postwar certainly a Japanew alien soil future of reflection on the i n- alty and patriotism of for their country. It must never the Nisei, will be the proud tegrity of Mr. Costello as i ts Americans wh i ch h ave been que be forgotten that service record & they are Americans, nor of our men and women i n uniform. And the chairman. tioned after the treacherous must i t be forgotten-that they figh t that Purple Hearts Th i s willingness of the Dies tack of Pearl Harbor by Japan and the bronze stars of nisei Committee to be used as an Dec. 7, by Lt. SW* all Americans of Japanese ancestry migh t soldiers will serve i n- 1941."—T01d live to remind the nation, strument of i lliberal action was geru Tsubota, wounded veter*nJ: i n freedom i n their native land. In the lest i t forget, that repeated recently i n i ts subponena the Infantry, now at MoM face of i ts Japanese Ameri- 100th their sacrifices, the j ustice that i s cans were part of the war for freedom. of the teleph one records of the General h ospital i n Swannano CIO Political Action Committee N. C, i n the Sentinel.

■ 15, 1944

» *&4 m!4 1i asturiay^July " 5 "Th e Problems of Minori ti es:" From the Frying Pan Vagari es By Th ere Is BILL HOSOKAWA Newsph oto No Substi tute of the.great..newspaper ForComplete Th e "Go for Broke" Boys Go Into Action One Integrati on Dh otograph s all time was taken of Th e first Broke" boys of the s Japanese wh o came to the By i ndication that the "Go For at the age of 14. He GEORGE SMEDLEY SMITH 442nd were i n action was a sentence or two i n an Associated United States for I s Jun Fuji ta, cameraman the Press dispatch from Rome. Ch i cago Evening Post. Bod ned with wh at Francis Biddle terms Infantry Regiment to lid "Torpedo Junc- some,nm»Thproblems oßw concefof "the trouble- Th e 442nd Combat Team attached the Cagey wh o wrote minorities" deplore i t on the ground of Ch ris- 34th Division, the dispatch said, h ad been i n h eavy figh ting j on" "Such Interesting Peo- tian ethi cs and and democracy. Th at Ch ristianity and democracy k ey city (Legh orn) ple told i n the latter book, a col- SUCh a few miles south of the of Livorno as " reminiscences of a life- V "Proble"" there i s no doubt. But wh y ttey German resistance stiffened all along the Italian front. lection of shouldI t^been?chosen as the only time i n newspaper work, about two bases of reference i s not And the war was suddenly closer to thousands of h omes engineering Does Buddh i sm cfeaT Fuji ta, wh o was an countenance the i ll-treatment of h uman beings? h ere oji the mainland and i n the Armour Tech wh en h e Do sects by student at despised us, wh o are so tender of life and free- Hawaii an i slands. learned wh i ch end of a camera to Th e 442nd one regiment got nOt trCad UP°n i nsects? Even EDITORIAL i s but aim with and promptly h i m- porary tt r7 one tem- among thousands of regiments, at- j ob with the Post. Casey re- nZrttotalitarian government, Russia: wh at are i ts tenets as selfa to the righ ts, dignities tached to one division among h un- called: "Fuji ta may h ave h ad only the and the i mportance ofi ts minor dreds, assigned to one army of one lesson but h e didn't h eed two. racial groups? DIGEST scores figh ting under the United one routine picture of a For He made "even the well-intentioned to make democracy and Ch ris- Nations colors. shocked policeman carrying a lit- tianity the only Racism i n Nebraska But because they are "our" boys body out of the Eastland two frames of reference of the racial problem grew tle girl's i s, as GrandIsland i ndependent —fellows we up with, the that still rates as one of the great- far as h uman values are concerned, to miss the bus the sons and h usbands and fathers of newspaper ph otograph s toat Recently i n Grand Island, Neb., est of all and the stratoliner. Th e frames of reference wnich migh t a community of some 22,000 per- persons we k now—our h earts go Casey's mention of Fu- be suggested to time." . "" are "intelligence" and "common decency," brigh t sons, the city council undertook out them a little more person- i n "Such Interesting People" suns wh ose rays two ally other figh ting men of j i ta are universal and wh i ch, unlik e democracy and action to "evacuate" a h andful of than to h as been commented on previously Ch ristianity may not h emisph ere evacuees wh o the Allied forces. .However, last leave a i n eclipse Japanese American i n these columns. Th e truth ofthe "troublesome problem" h ad settled i n the city. Th e city Th i s war h as been the particu- i n Ch i cago a newspaper- of minorities i s that concern of every Japanese month i t i s a problem of the majority. By the majority council's attempt was met by or- lar man, Emery Hutchi son wh o writes or i t was created American from the moment that allowed to be created, and only by the collective h eart and ganized action by religious groups "Stories of the Day" i n the Ch i - mind of the majority will i t be wh i ch strongly,protested the Pearl .Harbor was bombed. It i s Daily News was solved. Th e good people of our coun- not their fault that they could not cago i ntrigued1 majority are beginning to realize that wh i le cil's stand. with Casey's tagline on h i s Fuji ta h ardshi ps the burden of the May play more active, more spectacu- fall upon the minorities, the burden of the disgrace In an editorial on 12 the story: "One naturally wonders falls upon the wh ole group. Grand Island Independent declar- lar roles i n i ts prosecution. wh at became of h i m." For democracy to ed that the council would "do well For the h azards and glamour of damn racial prejudice abroad and to condone the air forces h ave been denied the * i t at h ome i s at best an adventure i n astigmatism, reducing the to re-study the entire situation " " -Categorical announcements and see i f i t would not be wise to nisei with a single exception, and looked i n the ph one' of the "freedoms" to a dialectic of de- the navy lik ewise h as not seen fit Hutchi son lusion. Th e h i story of every nation h as rescind theaction i t h as taken." book and i mmediately discovered started with the appearance to accept Japanese Americans of that Intruder, the Immigrant. No one i n a land of Immigrants "Th e several letters that h ave that Fuji ta was still i n Ch i cago, been sent Independent for among i ts figh ting men. should ever despair of h i s blood. And wh i le i nvidious comparisons are to the many al- operating a commercial ph otog- being met, let i t be publication i n regard to the at- Instead, loyal nisei studio Ph oto Craft remembered that i f there i s anythi ng to the ready i n army uniform and achi ng raph y named doctrine of Progress, even a tempt to exclude from Grand Is- wh i ch h e h ad started after the contemporary American can not lay for vengeance against Pearl Har- ciaim to being Nature's ultimate creation. Certainly no land the h andful of Japanese Am- Evening Post went under i n 1932. one with ericans are now and bor's perfidy were demobilizedi nto h i storical perspective would fix h i m as the end-product of man's that h ere, an enlisted Other eligible Tlie Daily News columnist wei.t milleniums. theaction taken by clergymen of reserve. over to i nterview Fuji ta. He found If the city, i ndicate sentiment wh i ch nisei were classified 4-C, a selec- h e achi eves to greatness i n the largerworld opening before h i m, tive service classification for alien a "well built and nftyish" man. i t will be perhaps caugh t the city council should not Fuji ta the ph oto- because h e h as sigh t of an America "with enemies. And all Japanese Ameri- remembered i ts fragments of all ethnic groups living i gnore," the Independent said. graph . "Th at was perhaps my big- i n h armony, stretchi ng "Th ese letter writers and minis- cans on the Pacific coast were told away before h i m as the potential proving-ground of a workable new i n effect that their wartime role gest success i n newspaper work," i nternationalism, perpetuating the freedoms. ters h ave no axe to grind. Th ey be said, "and i t was achi eved quite are acting simply of a sense was peaceful and co-operative Th ough t for millions of Americans wh o today feel that they do put of evacuation from their h omes to unconsciously. I didn't realize I not belong! j ustice and Ch ristian spirit. h ad caugh t an unusual picture un- "It looks as i f a 'problem' h ad the i solation of i nland camps. I took i t city II Th at they played thi s i gnoble til to the editor, and i t i s been created wh en i n reality there all the other editors began gather- If true, as one school of psychi atry claims, that everyone's i s none." role well i s a matter of record. i ng around. It was reprinted i n estimateof self i s so i mportant as to be the determinant of h i s life- ■"■'"" And i t was i nevitable that the full papers all over the country." line, then anyone afflicted with grossly unfair considerations of On Lloyd C. Douglas" i mpact of the nation's war effort Hutchi son mass reactions must be careful that h i s self-opinion be not distorted. should h ave been lost upon these found out that Fuji ta He TIDINGS people was a poet and h ad published a must clearly understand h i mself as well as the groups about h i m. h erded i nto i solation. volume of poetry i n Especially must h e make sure of h i s own ".values." Tidings, Catholic weekly pub- Th ere were nisei i n service, yea, the "tanka" To lished i n Los Angeles, last week but most often h ome form. Th rough the 1920's h e was a be drenched i n endless waves of "inferiority" with occasional at front posts cold douches of "tolerance" i s somethi ng no h uman being could stand condemned i n an editorial column, wh ere they were assigned to rou- regular contributor to "Poetry" speech by magazine. against, unless i nsulated with great i nner, personal strength. "El Rodeo," a made tine tasks of the permanent garri- Besides h i s esthetic i n- novelist Lloyd C. Douglas at the son. Of the nisei playing vital but terests h e h as also been a rabid Th at i nner strength can derive, i n the case of the Nisei, from a simple awareness. Th e Nisei must understand that far from being baccalaureate exercises of the anonymous roles i n the Pacific outboard motor boat fan, and h as University of Nebraska recently, military won many cups. During Ch i - "inferior" they are i n reality, or can easily be, very "superior" theater, security necessi- the citizens. wh erein the author made certain tated that their feats go unsung. cago World's Fair h e was the Ch i - all racist statements cago correspondent Wh y? because i n addition to their own very excellent traditions - i nclusive, It was only i n i solated dispatches for Motorboat- about persons of Japanese ances- public get an i nkling of i ng Magazine. Casey, of beh avior, they can measure to a breadth of mind, a scope of un- that the . .. i ncident- derstanding that i s not parochi al or Th eirs can be a pene- try. wh at Japanese American special- airy, i s one of the best-known cor- narrow. Said Tidings: "Here we h ave a i sts respondents tration wh i ch enters i nto the soul of two h emisph eres, two widely were doing there. of World War 11. He possess man wh o left the pulpit to achi eve h as taken somethi ng i s the first differing arts, cultures, psychologies, tongues. Th ey of can It specta- also mainland news- possess comparison mentally h emisph eric. i n the field of popular writing an cular and dramatic lik e a wh ole man to i nvestigate the ru- bases of not demandedof the various An i ndividual wh o stands between two great civilizationsi s audience h e never could h ave h op- figh ting force of Japanese Ameri- mors of Japanese American sabo- ed for as a preacher. Th at large cans capture tage fortunately circumstanced i ntellectually i f h e will but open h i s eyes to the public atten- at Pearl Harbor. Casey check- eyes audience h as only i ncreased h i s tion'and the i magination of Japa- edsuch as the one about to see h i s opportunities. Contemporaneously, h i s can mirror stories both the advantageous social trends, the technological achi evements, obligation to observe Ch ristian nese American civilians. First i t the Japanese airmen wearing Mc- charity. Th e Japanese people was the 100th Infantry Battalion, Kinley h igh and those exclusively material advantages wh i ch some poor minds ... school and Oregon well esthetic h ave been maneuveredby their and now the 442nd Infantry Regi- State rings, Japanese Americans h ere confuse with ultimate values, as as the finer sense, the surperior approaches to art and that rare appreciation of leaders j ust as truly as h ave the ment—wh i ch will h ave far to go blocki ng Hawaii an h i gh ways and German and Italian people. And to equal the of the committing living wh i ch h as characterized the East and wh ose lack sometimes record 100th— sabotage at Hickam with i ts own ostentations and there are h eavy h earts i n the that personalized the realization field and not thread leaves the West bewildered unrefine- crowded cities 'of Japan j ust that found one of ments. as thi s i s our war. substantiation i n any of the ru- truly as there ar,e i n Italy and Th e k nowledge that our ,He Education may be defined as a learning to look withi n, h av- own mors. later visited the Poston that will be somethi ng there to Germany. boys are i n the figh ting gives spe- relocation center i ng made certain beforeh and there "It migh t be for Mr. Doug- and did a story see. Th e k nowledge of other peoples and other cultures i s one goal well cial meaning to the h ome front on the evacuees for the Ch i cago understanding, las i f h e would draw apart from, roles that we civilians must play. Daily of all the truly educated. It brings enrichment of a News. sensibility. course i t makes no appeal to the i gnorant the busy world for wh i le and Our part, wh ether at the front or « wisdom, Of meditate upon h i s own great suc- at i s no * wh o always cling to the obvious and dignify the close-to-home with h ome, longer passive. " cess. He seems to h ave yielded a Th e men at the fronts suffer exceptional virtue. great deal of spiritual qual- privations, Elections spaee-and time-destroying devices h ave willed that the values that the face the dangers, ... But i ty wh i ch makes a man's character and eke out wh at little glory there age In the h i gh est sense, an edu. Maj. of the coming shall be universal. i s i n war. Some will win Primaries: Louis Wasmer, cation representative of two civilizations, the Eastern and the West- beautiful." well-de- the only major candidate to raise person, Caucasion or Oriental, i ndoc- served medals, mere tokens of the Japanese ern, i s a superior one, and a Is the American" " " Way? they really American evacuee appreciation of two h emisph eres stands i n the ligh t Th i s wh at deserve, and per- i ssue i n the Washi ngton state pri- trinated with an THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL h aps others equally as deserving maries, of a plus i ndividual. If no more, h e possesses two languages and a will was defeated by a 1 to 4 perspective. Such equipment h as use i n the world of today with On the west coast, many other- remain unnoticed. margin by the i ncumbent, Gover- global wise respectable organizations— Most, we h ope, will return sound nor Arthur Langlie, for the Re- i ts bankrupt nationalisms. i ncluding the American Legion, of body and mind and unembitter- publican ed by wh at they h ave seen nomination. Wasmer, wh o "inferiority" the a varied wh i ch should stand for the finest and ex- conducted a vigorous campaign, Th e doctrine of h as been matrix of k i nd of Americanism—h ave been perienced. But the meni n uniform evils, all recognizable ,by the common mark of prejudice. barged Langlie with allowing brood of prop- engaging i n a bitter h ate cam- realize better than we do that Denial of citizenshi p, denial of the righ t to vote and h old paign against many will not evacuees to resettle i n eastern with the sacrosanct are the Japanese Amer- come back, and that Washi ngton. erty denial of the righ t to i nter-marry i cans. Th ey h ave sough t to direct others will h ave left a part of Wasmer, wh o was offspring of an original pairing of i gnorance considered a stronger candidate some of the natural the enmity for Japan against themselves on the battlefields. tnan election returns revealed, de- and i ll-will. these citizens. Th e west coast Wh en these men return they will clared i n Wh at h as been the warrant for thi s doctrine? If i t be false press h as also played a disgrace- not say wh at many of them may campaign publicity that world wh ose want "c h ad maintained "alien" Japa- i n wh at ligh t shall the Americans stand i n the large ful role i n thi s attack. to say. Wh at they h ave gone nese must not be we propose to i nfluence i n the days of peace ah ead? Wi ll Wh at k i nd of Americanism i s through will make them too big allowed to "in- affairs "oppressed" respond to the same to ask of , ,ra,te' *c state of Washi ngton, our recipes for the freedoms of the i t for the city of Gardena to omit civilians: *^ and h ad pledged that h as failed our persuasions at h ome? from i ts h onor roll of citizens "Wh at did you do to win the i mmediate prose- litmus the doctrine col- war cution of alleged land ownershi p Examined i n the ligh t ofthe h i storical fact, th enames of 17 Japanese Ameri- wh i le we were away? Wh at »y aliens of Japanese lapses. Th e role of Asia i n the world family of nations h as been cans i n the service of our common did you do to deserve that wh i ch ancestry except for the disavowals of country? we i ncidentally, the Major Harry so vast that i s remains unchallenged Wh at k i nd of Ameri- went through h ell to safeguard mayor i gnorance or the postulates of sheer nationalism. canism i s i t for the American and perpetuate?" ,\. Tl' of Tacoma, on leave fully i ts debt Legion m the armed forces, Th e fact i s that the West h as never i nventoried to revoke the charters of Th ose will be h ard questions to publican won the Re- spirit, i t owes i t all the great posts up of Japanese answer, nomination for U. S. Sen- to the East. In the rich realms of two made unless we civilians h ave ajor religions- very cathedral monuments owe their structure to the American veterans of the first done everythi ng possible to h elp i nv Cain» now with' the i ts brough t back with them n army i n principles wh i ch the Crusaders World war? Wh at k i nd of Ameri- win the war and to defend the onlyn«i Europe, was the Stectural for most part h ave contented them- canism i s i t for the Legion principles for our men mayor of a major west coast East. Our scholars the i n wh i ch are to frSS(and us) with tracing the origins of our culture to Greece. Portland, Ore., to protest the ef- figh ting. i «,« display a non-hysterical, feveS " the migh ty renaissance of though t that will trace forts of local citizens to provide Yes, thi s i s an old story, one attitude toward Jap- Th e world awats Greece to i ts origins and i nfluence. Ren s h ave al- some volunteer care for a Japa- that h as been repeated countless Be.,Americans i n h earings be- tte cuKure ri "inscrutability" wh i ch cemetery? times -2"^i °re the Tolan ready appeared i n the convenient canopy of nese since the start of the war i n congressional com- Th e attitude expressed i n these editorialB,advertisements,war bond mittee. Mayor Cain testified that P°SBiwe actions i s a disheartening sign appeals and by labor recruiters. to separate loyal that we h ave a long way to go to And i ts real meaning now L?*f- oyal of Japanese can an", f Persons achi eve the k i nd of tolerance and be understood, for war i s no long- He selective, democracy SSf 7i 6) we figh t for. er a distant thi ng. rather than mass, evacuation. T" (Continued on page Saturday, July 15, 1944 PACIFIC CITIZEN 6 Ann Nisei's Joe Grant Masaoka's Column: TIMELY TOPICS Japanese Ameri can Evacuees By SABURO KIDO Column i ntelligent comments wh en h e NBC Commentator first started to make h i s broad- Sh ould Be Good Neigh bors casts. But h e h as become more Barbecue Hints Continues Attacks and more rabid i n h i s statements. Days Unique i n resettlement proce- sat on one side of the schoolroom It won't be long now before h e For Summer were k ept i n the Mr. Larry Smith, the "emin- dure was the evacuee purchase wh i leothers National makes h i mself ridiculous with Th ese are barbecue days, picnic recently of a one h undred sixty other side. At one time there was ent authority" of the sensational statements. Mild con- days. Come evening, wh en the acre i sland i n the middle the a petition to refuse Japanese the Broadcasting Company, h as been coctions will not satisfy rep- of was and sun's finally gone down and the air Snake River for nine thousand use of the school. Th i s matter continuing h i s attacks on the etition will not appeal to h i m. up time quashed by the mayor. picks a breeze or two, i t's dollars. One day we h eard h i m com- It i s too bad that Mr. Smith i s to go outdoors, to tease an out- Th i s land formerly pasture Th e situation of a Kibei, twen- Nisei. treading way h i s was fact that a the of all pred- door fire i nto slow embers, and and being h igh out of the water ty years old, wh o wanted to at- menting about the ecessors among the race-baiters. bring on the meat. i s free from danger of flooding. tend h igh school i n order to learn person of Japanese ancestry filed You'll be doubly grateful, too, Th e i sland i s connected to the English, was distressing. Wh en a complaint i n"- a San a couple divorce that most meats are off ration shore by means of an old cable h e became embroiled i n Francisco court. From that h e Nisei Citizens these days, and i t's not necessary pulley along wh i ch the ferry was of fist figh ts h i s assailants were Harold sup- and younger concluded that Mr. Ickes to h ave steaks for a barbecue h auled. Naturally transportation so much smaller i n a dark plot to re- And the Elections per. Lamb makessome of the most problems would arise from pro- than h e that h e j ust stood and was i nvolved turn the Japs to thePacific coast. We h ow many furious of barbecued meats, wh i le duce grown on thi s fertile land. took their blows without retalia- evidently became wonder Nisei chi cken i s too good to be by ting. Being h uski er h e could do Mr. Smith h ave registered to vote. almost Th i s problem was solved the "eminent" on Far Eastern affairs Some true. Th en there's always weiners, evacuee farmer going i nto seed nothi ng i n reprisal andh ad to may h ave refrained from doing always a through long years of residence so because they to retain for the h ot dog h as been production for wh i ch the climate take their i nsults. True, such i n the mean- desire r first choice at a picnic. and exists i n the Orient but their residence i n California. But i s favorable. Seeds, being of h igh situation i s unusual time h as lost touch with domes- It's not necessary to get away value and little bulk, made ferry only i n communities wh ere feel- i t for those wh o h ave resettled, one from h ome for picnic these days. tic affairs. For h i s benefit, ofthe means to a transportation a simple matter. i ng i s h ostile. be that those i n best became a Try a barbecue i n your backyard, Another evacuee made h i s cen- Th e real estate boom, current should stated part of the new community i s to the relocation centers are still polls thereby and i f you can't arrange that, fix ter life pay off. Formerly a everywh ere, h as already touched places go to the and par- eat One considered residents of the i n the election of the, a picnic lunch at h ome and on farmer i n the center, h e learned a number of Nisei. Nisei they ticipate your porch or i n your yard. And the art western wh o wh ence were evacuated. Such public officials. of tofu-maki ng. Reloca- farmer i n Idah o being case, they h ave to file as a last resort, i f you live i n a ting farm i n 1943 for the to Idah o, h e went i nto the bough t a six divorce complaints i n the county Th e race-baiters 'of the weat small apartment, spread your business and now i s doing well thousand dollars and wh ose total coast are primed to make a su- cloth on your living room of their residence. floor, i n h i s new location. i mprovements on i t h e claimed to the reloca- preme effort to pass unfavorable use paper plates and cups and was dollars was of- If the evacuees i n Relocating i n certain areas be ten thousand tion centers were permitted to re- legislation against persons of Jap- serve cold drinks from the bottle. difficult. Even more so was i t fered sixteen thousand dollars. parentage mo thi s country. You'll appreciate h aving do quire new residences at the place anese not to difficult to obtain seasonal work- Th e Nisei felt that wh i le h e h ad they living, i t Th e recent enactment by Congress a panful of dishes, even"though ers make a goodly profit, wh ere are now i n 1942 i n certain districts. a chance to would present many i nteresting wh i ch will permit Nisei to re- you're not getting the full effect Rumors current i n the centers h e was up against thi s problem: nounce their American citizen- of an outdoor,party. h ave buy problems. For i nstance, i f all the pictured i t as dangerous to go i f h e sold h e would to Lake were per- shi p wh i le i n thi s country during Along with your barbecued out. One rumor wh i ch k ept evac- another profit realized citizens at Tule being farm, and mitted to become residents of war time i s considered as meat, serve a salad—potato salad uee seasonal workers from going i n the sale would h ave to be de- mild. Effort i s going to be made or a crisp green salad, milk or to a certain section Idah o was clared through i ncome tax, so h e Modoc county, the Congressman of representing that district would to tigh ten thi s law so that the bottled drinks, rolls, and .fruit. the story that h ostile farmers against sale. "no" will as an your decided depend upon the votes of the Tule answers serve act Keep menu simple, and you'Jl were lurki ng i n the bushes and Wh ere Nisei farmers h ave be- of We are of the k eep your to Lakers. Arizona would present expatriation. work down a mini- would shoot at them as they work- come friendly with their Cauca- belief that such drastic retroactive mum. ed. Only wh en some their new- another case wh ere the balance of 'certain friends sian neigh bors of h eld by theNisei legislation i s not valid; but j ust Here are some recipes you can wrote back to the camp telling found h ave that power would be friends declared residents. Yuma county i n parti- the same, considerable pres- try: them there was nothi ng to the the Nisei h ave i mproved agri- sure i s going to be exerted. An- HAM-LAMB KABOB story was a group of about one cultural methods by means of cular would be dominated by the 3 lbs. lamb Poston residents. Topaz center i n other measure i s going to be the h undred fifty farmers prevailed showing the worth of vegetable deportation of all alien Japanese IMs lbs. smoked h am upon to fill a much needed de- row crops. Many Caucasian farm- Utah would be another case i n Salt and pepper point. from thi s country after the war. mand for h arvest work. er are finding that there i s good Mr. We confidence the Butter or shortening Much of the suspicion against money i n lettuce and certainother So, Mr. Smith, neither h ave that Cut lamb i nto 1% i nch squares, Japanese Ickes nor the War Relocation Au- large majority of the Congress- Americans current i n truck crops. any be fair-minded. % i nch thi ck. Cuth am i nto 1-inch the rural areas i s an outgrowth In some counties of Idah o wh i ch thority i s i nvolved i n con- men are going to squares. Season lamb with salt against Japanese spiracy to return the evacuees to It i s goiner to be difficult to con- of charges made experienced a sudden i nflux of any and pepper. Slip h am and lamb two decades ago. Today wh en evacuees i n 1942arbitrary curfews the Pacific coast. We would lik e ceive of law wh i ch would alternately, onto metal skewers, many a test case to decide wh ether new deport any parent of loyal Nisei Mexican nationals,are work- were established for Japanese. pre- brush with melted shortening. i ng on farms the same charges Sh eriffs wh o believed thi s to be residence can be acquired or not, soldiers wh o h as evidenced h i s Broil 20-25 minutes, or until done, that Japanese' once experienced i njustice asked co- But the WRA's legal minds h ave ference for thi s country. But the an h ave the facts presented i n order turning wh en brown on one side. are now being leveled i n criticisms operationof the Japanese to abide takenthe view that thi s cannot must be PIGS IN BLANKETS against the Mexican nationals, t>y thi s regulation wh i ch com- be done. to receive a j udgment. Th i s i s a new way to h andle though such criticism i s being munity pressure h ad set up. It i s going to be the j ob of weiners.Prepare a quantity of bis- tempered by the need for man- Against the h ysteria of those Larry " " " every Nisei to show that the race- cuit mix, usingl double-action bak- power. early days sanity and understand- Smith's baitere are so i mbued with h atred i ng powder, roll thi n and cut i nto « Areas i n Idah o are still deemed i ng i s becoming more prevalent, Twisted Th i nki ng that their j udgment i s warped. squares j ust large enough to cover cold toward the i nflux of Japa- especially evacuees Th i s i s a big j ob. It that a Take picnic wrapped wh en 'them- means weiner. to nese relocatees. Vale, Caldwell, selves take the i nitiative i n be- Mr. Smith stated that the loy- all our friends must unite i n i n waxed paper. Nyssa, and Ontario display a cer- coming friends and giving liter- alty of a Nisei can be proven combating all types of discrimina- Roast weiners on stick as us- tain coldness. One friend♦relates tory legislation. ual, then wrap with biscuit dough ature on the relocation of Japa- only i f h e volunteers to figh t that the sign announcing "En- nese Americans. For i n thi s mat- against Japan. Th i s i s a strange Every Nisei must show more square and brown over coals. Keep tering Ontario" h as the name i ntegration turning constantly. ter of i t i s needful doctrine to be propounded by an i nterest i n the elections and make Ontario obliterated and substi- that Japanese Americans engage eminent broadcaster to say the friends i n order that they may be CHICKEN tuted with Tokyqu not only i n tending to their own least. If we should follow the able to deliver the message and Ch i cken i s best without sauce or In a classroom i n Vale i t was plowing but becoming i n practice same line of reasoning, then all appeal for fair play. dressing of any k i nd. Use fryers, asserted that Japanese students good neigh bors. persons of German and Italianex- cut up for serving. Salt well. Roast tractions should h ave their loyalty over coals until done. questioned i f they only fough t i n CHRISTIAN CHURCH - Barbecue Sauce George Smedley Smith: the Pacific. Th ey must meet the 1 cup oil test of figh ting against Germans LEADERS PLAN 1 cup vinegar THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITIES or Italians on the European front. 2 minced onions We wonder i f Mr. Smith thi nks NATIONAL GROUP 1 clove garlic that dying on European 1 tbsp. salt (Continued from page 5) the front i s different from dying i n the DENVER, Colo. Groundwork hi cup k etchup time that the Sanskrit Indian was i n possession of a superb grammar us laymen, i t seems dash of soy sauce Pacific. To for a national organization— of that h as i nspired our contemporary science of comparative languages. as i f dying i s the same every- Japanese Ch ristian churches was Put all i ngredients i nto j ar, wh ere. shake well. Marinate i n thi s It comes as a surprise to learn that our parlimentarian practices of Every soldier makes the laid at opening sessions of an meat same sacrifice i f k i lled or wound- sauce for 2 h ours. Swab with ad- democracy were anticipated centuries ago by the rules of the con- i nterdenominational church con- ed i n action. Furthermore, i t i s no ference h eld July 4 to 6 at the ditional sauce wh i le cooki ng. Th i s duct of the Indian towns and villages. Th e beginning of our vaunted the sauce i s good for lamb or steaks. fault of Nisei that h e cannot Trinity Methodist church i n Den- science, i ts very numbers and application, not a Western i n- figh t i n the against and by min- HOT was Pacific Ja- yer attended seventy BARBECUE SAUCE vention. Every entry i n a bank-book, every alph abetical character pan. Th e War Department h as an- i sters from- the relocation centers % cup butter nounced thi s as i ts policy. and 1% cups h ot-water i n a Western chi ld's school-book announces i n fundamentals the other areas. i mmensity of our debt to Asia. Mr. Smith i s also credited with In cooperation with the Prote»- 2 tablespoons vinegar Locally, h aving made the statement a tant Japa- hi teaspoon salt wh at do we find i n the conduct of the Japanese-Ameri- that Ch urch Commission for cans to being Sh i nto shrine can be found i n nese Service, made dash of black pepper .support their branded by the i gnominious mark of every Japanese the conference i nferiority? Sh all we say their success i n our h ome. I believe I plans for religious education i n dash of red pepper schools, their good am of Japanese extraction, hi teaspoon paprik a beh avior both i n the community and i n the little Tokyos posted with and communitieswh ere considerable the ensigns of our prejudice? Sh all we my parents were not Ch ristians, numbers of Japanese Americans hi teaspoon chi li powder add their willingness to but I can take a 1 teaspoon sugar figh t for a democracy wh i ch h as denied them a partnershi p sworn oath that h ave resettled. wh i ch full I did not see any i n my h ome. Epis- 2 teaspoonsprepared mustard committed an unwarranted and murderous assault upon their Th e Rev. J. W. Yamazaki , souls by a deracination to And I h ave visited thousands of copalian minister from Ch i cago, hi teaspoon Worcestershi re dust-bowl? Japanese sauce Democracy stands self-indicted by i ts attitude towards the h omes i n thi s country, was chosen general chairman of second and even the first generation both prior to the outbreak of war the conference, replacing Rev. few drops tabasco Japanese h ere. One of our first and K. teaspoon tasks i n the peace-time, before we grant the world since evacuation, but I can Unoura of Rocky Ford. 1 chopped onion large the bnefit of our count the with clove of garlic. sympathi es, will be to undo some ofthe h arm we h ave foisted h omes Sh i nto Th e i ntegration of Japanese upon these foreign-born and their shrines upon my fingers. Mr. Americans i nto membershi p of the Mix i ngredients, h eat to boiling descendant citizens. It i s a mel- Smith may say point. Remove garlic. Use to mar- ancholy stench wh i ch we h ave created. We shall not be able that wh en the Caucasian churches i s theultimate blow i t away by the burning of to Japanese h eard that I was com- i deal, according to a of i nate meat before broiling or use pretty paper words. We shall h ave i ng, they statement to baste. to clean away thewh ole mess. concealed the shrines. policy of the Home Mission Coun- send a First, before even any consideration ofthe righ ts to be restor- Th e WRA should report cil, and wh ere separate Japanese " " " r d citizens our obligations on the religious beliefs of the churches are organized, they should BARBECUE CORN shouldfc ?j ? se^ S^ration to the Issei center residents prepared Husk corn. Wrap each ear with be considered Th ose Issei wh ose good faith h as been dem- after an operate onan i nterdenominational bacon, ln good name exhaustive study by the communi- basis, i t 1 slice lean securing bacon ? £ I cltlzensl»P without i ts and full advantages ty analyst waa declared. with toothpicks. Spear onto stick should be granted i ts title with the sole requirement of section. I k now Mr. and very forms of allegiance upon oath. thlsiSpie Smith won't belieye i t but unbias- roast slowly over coals, " ed persons turning frequently. Broil till bacon As for the Nisei, the Federal Government must be depended will. It bears out the Hawaii Student upon to challenge the superstitions statement we made i n San Fran- i s crisp. | of those states wh i ch chal- lenge the righ ts of minorities. To pass forbidding cisco prior to evacuation that Wi ns Research Prize groups laws certain Sh i ntoism does of i ts citizens to i ntermarry and then to cite enforced not play an i m- Nisei WAC Seeks aloofness as a proof of non.assimilability i s but portant part i n the life of the T. H.—.Th e Dean one of the prac- Japanese HONOLULU, tices wh i ch must be called to account. prejudices are i n thi s country. Th i s i s prize for undergraduate research Recruits at Center extensions of the Such but particularly true of State original prejudice and they must go. Th ere i s Sh i n- at the University of Hawaii was no substitute for the righ t of toism wh i ch i s the basis for em- Haruyuki HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo. COMPLETE i ntegration peror awarded thi s year to America* setting forth as a moral of A^ worshi p. How can i t be senior depart- Pvt. Ch i zuko Sh i nagawa of the— be Crusader a world would Kamemoto, i n the ridiculous i f i t left i ts own minorities to be fedthe wh en the Nisei would not sub- ment of agriculture. WAC was a visitorto Heart Moun- doms" bit by bit, "free- scribe to the belief that tain thi s week lik e nibbles on a rice cake. Th e world i s the em- Kamemoto carried out a re- to recruit relocation tne word Clt»*en h as «ne peror i s descended sun search center girls for military service. awase,, rich meaning—equal rieh ts from the project with the aim of pro- with all—not' partial privileges prudently bestowed. goddess, Amaterasu 0 Mik ami. ducing a nematode resistant to- Mr. Larry Smith used to make mato. - Saturday, J«ly 15, 19*4 PACIFIC CITIZEN 7 HostelSponsored Vital Midwest Stati sti cs CALLING Nisei Veteran By Meth odistYouth Groups BIRTHS Hopes for Ch ance To M?- and Mrs. Iwah ashi (9- AllCh apters! -1O Rlvers) » boy on June 30. CHICAGO, 111. Establishment ■*»*« Btu*snt tA»lo Mr. To Visit Hawaii for Japanese— Ameri- w»-i ' movements, and Mrs. Iguchi (20-7-B, By Hito Ok ada of a h ostel oundation». district and Rivers) a boy on July 1. from war relocation centers subdistnctS" ? -!I groups To CLEVELAND, A Japa- «ns belt of the Middle and local Mr. and Mrs. Kiyomi Nishi - Oh i o i n the farm B SCnt i n more oka (21-7-F, Heart Mountain) Called to the attention of the nese American soldier, wounded h as been made possible by $1,200 i n TJ> girl a i n — Vest «S* pledges and cash up«*«> on July Pacific Citizen circulation depart- action during winter figh ting from Methodist June 1 to 2. contributions with additional contribii r To Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuo ment i s the fact that our h alf a with the crack 100th Infantry Bat- youth, the Ch ristian Advocate, tions being daily (1-9-E, Naka- year rates are unfair to those wh o talion i n the mountains of Italy, weekly, reported received since mura Heart Mountain) a Methodist h ere. then. boy on July 3. subscribe for the h alf year per- i s awaiting an operation on h i s contributions h ave been re- Hope compared Th e was expressed that the To Mr. and Mrs. Sh i geji ro Saka- i od as to those wh o buy back at Crile General Hospital i n since an appeal was i ssued h ostel could i n guchi (20-4-D, a single copy at the five cent rate Cleveland, the reported re- ceived by Steph en- be operation for Heart Mountain) a Press on April 14 last Sarah the start of the h eavy summer girl on July 4. at the WRA Co-ops. We fully cently. son, Dallas, Tex., chairman of the farming season. To Mr. and realize thi s discrepancy, as our Th e i njured soldier, Pvt. Robert on the JapaneseAmer- Mrs. Masayuki Ta- Committee Th e h ostel plan, i t was pointed maya (20-21-A, Heart Mountain) h alf yearrate of $1.50 i s 20c h i gh - Aoki , 26, wh ose h ome i s at Aiea i can Fund of the National Confer- out, h as been described by author- a boy on July 4. er than the single copy cost of 26 near Honolulu, h opesthe operation ence of the Methodist Youth Fel- i ties as one of the best means" of To Mr. and Motoji i ssues at 5c a copy, $1.30. will enable h i m, with the army's Mrs. Waka- op- permission, to go lowshi p. resettling Japanese Americans sa (8-9-D, Heart Mountain) a girl Th e Pacific Citizen i s being h ome to Hawaii Annual Conference youth organ- from relocation camps. on July 5. erated on a non-profit basis. In on a furlough . To Mr. and Mrs. fact, the period of June, 1942 to "It i sn't the same i n Hawaii as Minoru Ok a- i n California. moto (11-6-D, Poston) a girl on Dec, 1943 showed a subsidization Our people i n the June 21. by the JACL of close to $3,000.00. i slands h aven't been placed under at To Mr. and Mrs. Our figures and estimates are restrictions. So some of our boys Nisei Cali fornia Hospital George Fuji - h ave wara (46-6-A, Poston) a girl on made on thi s basis, so that i n or- been permitted to fly h ome June 22. der to h andle a h alf-year's sub- on 21-day furlough s," Pvt. Aoki Mr. and scription we h ave found i t neces- said. Wi llBe Moved to WRA Camp To Mrs. George Sada- He i s the first Ameri- yoshi Fuji i (27-13-D, Poston) a sary to set the price of $1.50.Th i s Japanese boy on price i ncludes a cost charge to us can to be treatedat Crile. His stay JOSE, Calif. Tettero costs county per June 25. h as by SAN the $5.16 day to To and Mrs. Hagio of 10c for linotyping the name, been made more pleasant "Teddy" .Hidaka, Gilroy— born maintain a patient. the h ospi- Mr. Takuse and Japanese American i n - wh o At (44-10-B, Poston) a girl on June address, expiration date. Be- residents youth of Japanese parentage, tal, h owever, i t was pointed out sides thi s cost there are costs i n- Cleveland, the Press reported. h as been at the Santa Clara coun- that i s not a patient, and Hidaka To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matsu- cidental to i ndividual filing and ty h ospital since before the Pearl h as not been for some time. Th e h andling of subscriptions. To attack, will be on h i s way only moto (3818-F, Tule Lake) a boy the Mt. Harbor cost h as been for h i s board, on June 26. subscriber there i s the assurance Olympus JACL to the Heart Mountain relocation and the supervisor's salary of getting ordin- To Mr. and Mrs. Nobuo Kawa- the PC every week and Meeting center i n Wyoming withi n the next ance set $45 a month as the cost h aving i t delivered to the door. Holds according to a letter of moto (1704-A, Tule Lake) a boy two weeks h ospital attache's board, a sum on June 27. BULLETINS 19 & 20 read to the Board of Supervisors wh i ch i s easily met by the $3.75 Bulletins 19 and 20 are going Meeting at the Jensen h ome on July 5 by Ch airman Joseph M. daily paid To Mr. and Mrs. Masayoshi Ot- July the Mt. Olympus chapter on for Hidaka's mainten- suka (5905-AB, Tule Lake) a boy out i n the mail to the members 1, McKinnon. ance by the federal government. thi s week. Bulletin 19 the of the JACL enjoyed a program h as waging a on June 27. covers McKinnon been In addition, i t was stated at the Mrs. Robert recent bill passed i n Congress and of entertainment, wh i ch i ncluded campaign for the expul- h ospital To Mr. and Ikegami signed by a basketball movie, musical num- one-man that Hidaka h as not been (3614-C, Tule Lake) a boy on President /Roosevelt, sion of Hidaka wh om h e charged paid for h i s work as a "laboratory June 28. amending the Nationality Act of bers and community singing. living i n an "apartment," off apprentice" "Olympia," a newspaper publi- was and that i t h as been To Mr. and Mrs. Bunzaburo 1940, so that the denationalization the "fat ofthe land." of considerable value i n saving the Koyama of Americans citizens i s possible shed by the teen-age group was by (1794-A, Tule Lake) a distributed. Th e letter read McKinnon time of the regularly appointed girl on June 28. without being i n a foreign country. was from Victor L. Furth, deputy laboratory technician. To Mr. and Mrs. Th e bulletin covers the text of the Dan Onik i entertainedthegroup War Saimatsu No- with a exhi bition of char- assistant director of the Relo- mura (2706-D, Tule Lake) a girl amendment and comments. Bulle- »leyer cation Authority. tin 20' contains excerpts from coal sketchi ng. Ligh t refreshments Boise Valley Wi ns on June 28. were Furth's letter, i n response to one To Mr. and Mrs. Yoshi k o Ok a- Lechner's "Playing Wi th Dyna- served. from McKinnon demanding remov- Baseball Tournament moto (5817-A, Tule Lake) a boy mite." If you are a member of the al of Hidaka, said "we would h ave on June 28. JACL and h ave not been receiving Roh wer Youth been gladto consider the removal" At JACL Bazaar To Mr. and Mrs. Kazuma Taka- bulletins from National Headquar- of Hidaka but for a request from ta (3117-D, Tule Lake) a boy on ters, write i n giving your address Killed i n Dr. Ch arles L. lanne, former h os- NAMPA, Idah o—Th e Boise Val- June 29. and membershi p card number, so Truck Accident pital staff member, that h e be per- ley All-Star baseball team won To Mr. and Mrs. Ak i ra Yasuda that your address as we h ave i t mitted to remain. a tournament h eld July 4 i n (7703-1, Tule Lake) a girl on on file h ere can be verified. McKinnon also took exception to conjunction with the JACL Fourth July 1. CONTRIBUTIONS ROHWER, Ark.—Daitaro Toye, a published statement of Dr. Scar- of July Bazaar h eld at the Cald- lo Mr. and Mrs. Masamori Ueda We wish to acknowledge receipt 8, of Roh wer died h ere on July 6 borough , present chi ef of the tu- well WFA camp. (2503-B, Tule Lake) a boy on of the following contributions at shortly after h e was run over by berculosis section, that the feder- Teams participating i n the tour- July 2. National Headquarters: Anony- a truck i n the first fatal traffic al government's payment oft>s3.7s nament were the Adrian FSA, To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saki ta mous, Eastern Idah o, $15.00; A. accident at the center, according for maintenance at the (2607-C, Lake) on D. Bonus $1.00, Seattle; Mrs. to the Roh wer Outpost. Hidaka's Caldwell WFA and the All-Stars. Tule a boy Susie h ospital i s more than the county's Th e All-Stars were awarded a July 2. Fuji oka $1.00, Denver; and Th e boy h ad apparently climbed cost McKinnon declared that i t plaque. To Mr. and Mrs. Hisatoshi Ta- Eichi Paul Koizumi $2.00, Cleve- onto the truck andh ad j umped or Tournament chairman was Bun- maribuchi (1114-D, Tule Lake) a land. fallen off as the car started to We wish to thank Mr. J. H. back away, said the Outpost, and WANTED SECRETARY! ny Nakagawa of the WFA camp. boy on July 2. of - Approximately 1200 persons at- To Mr. and Mrs. Tadao Ray Jones San Francisco for the was run over. Hara (309-4-B, Poston) a girl on $1.00 remitted and ear-marked for Th e unconscious boy was taken l h igh school graduate wh o tended the bazaar, wh i ch was an candy for the staff. lajored i n commercial course. all-day affair, according to the June 30. Mr. A. D. i mmediately to the h ospital but Hayashi Bonus swamped us with candy last died soon after of a h ead i njury. Prefer one on h onor roll. chairman, Soya Sagami. To Mr. arid Mrs. Joh n week, showering Committee chairman for the ba- (208-13-A, Poston) a boy on June us with three Experience unnecessary 27. bags of coffee and a large bag of zaar were Rina Fukuda, Jim Fu- h ard candy. Receives Demand to MERICAN k uda, Bunny Nakagawa, Kiyoshi To Mr. and Mrs. Sh i ngoro Tsuda CHICK SEXING Poston) a boy on June 27. BUCK-A-MONTH CLUB ASSOCIATION Ok umoto and Manabu Yamada. (54-3-D, Two new members were wel- Suppress Paper Lanadale, Half of the proceeds of the con- To Mr. and Mrs. Susumu Gus Pa. (326-13-F, Poston) a comed to the Buck-a-Month Club cessions were turned over to the Kinoshi ta thi s week with remittances from OTTAWA, Can.—Justice Minis- WFA camp school fund. girl on June 27. Dr. Tokuji Hedani ter St. Laurent h as a let- To Mr. and Mrs. Teruji Uyeda and Frank Ta- received shi ma. Dr. Hedani's remarks about ter from Mayor J. W. Comett of (326-1-B, Poston) a girl on June Vancouver, B. demanding the ENLARGEMENTS 198 Accepted for 27. the trials and tribulations of a C, treasurer with limited funds are suppression of the Japanese Cana* from your negatives newspaper, Th e New Cana- Army Induction at DEATHS certainly appreciated, especially dian 5x7 glossy 25c each wh en they are backed up with dian, or i nternment of i ts pub- I Central Utah Camp Infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. lisher, i t was reported. Bxlo glossy ....._ of Poston on dollars. I 50c each Tatsuo Tanamachi JACL CREDIT UNION Th e Justice Minister h ad no of June 30, July 1. Th e comment t» make on the request, Please remit with orders TOPAZ, Utah —As Kato, Block 323, Poston, financial statement for the 198 out of 263 Topaz residents Sentaro first six months of 1944 i s now be- other than to say that the letter for preinduction ph ysical on June 28. mailed from Mayor Cornett would an- called Toye, 8, on July 6 at i ng to credit union mem- be examinations were accepted for Daitaro bers. We failed to h i t the $5,000 swered "in due course." " military service, the Times report- Roh wer. mark for paid i n as the ITOGE FUJIHIRA Hayazo Sh i i nizu, 71, on July 8 shares 90 Aye. ed recently. share account shows a total of $4,- Convent Twenty-one of the men h ave al- at Roy, Utah . for period. i s an New 27, Ch ogoro Murata, 63, (3713-A, -&24.51 the Th i s BUYER'S SERVICE York City N. Y. ready been called for active duty, average savings per member of K. Nagata forty-six more h ave been Tule Lake) on June 28. wh i le Yaozo Hitomi, 43, (3514-A, Tule $41.58. Since October, 1943, the 403 Beason Bldg. ordered to report for i nduction. h as loaned out $3,- Lake) on July 2. Credit Union Salt Lake City, Utah Yamoka, 77, (9-5-A, -150.00 of wh i ch $936.99 h as been Kumih achi paid back, leaving loan Rivers) on June 29. the out- CANDIES (32-1-B, standing account $2,168.01. All Sh i ntaro Takashi ma are " Say Rivers) June 21. loans up-to-date. Th e profit GROCERIES i twith on for the period i s $12.75, Toru Sh i bata, 13, (22-19-C, derived " SOAPS Mountain) i n July 1. from Interest Earned of $68.36, Heart less expenses of " Sh i gema Th omas Kato, 41, (6- $55.61. Th e next ELECTRIC Mountain) July three month period should show APPLIANCES FLOWERS...byWally -21-E, Heart on 6. a decided gain i n profits with i n- " DRY GOODS MARRIAGES terest from loans averaging " to Ikuya around $20.00 a month plus a "Practically Everythi ng" Original and Smartly Designed Decorations Nobuko Oniura Kurita check from the Treasury Depart- on July 1 at Topaz. Matao Sh i - ment for $12.50, wh i ch i s expect- SEND FOR OUR for Each Individual Taste Toshi k o Tanaka to ed i n August as gio i n Salt Lake Oty. i nterest on the CIRCULAR Honda $1,000.00 Series G War Bond h eld Elsie Mayeda to Henry by the Credit Union. Weddings Funerals Corsages Bouquets on June 27 i n Fillmore, Utah . - - - Yoshi k o Alice Hanase to Hiroshi Miyashi ta i n Billings. to Sh i geru Yam- at Prices Hisako Minami MITSUBA SHOKAI Finest Cut Flowers Reasonable amoto on June 24 at Tule Lake. GEORGE'S Sayoko Fukushi ma to Fred Hir- P. O. Box 2599 We shi p flowers to various centers oshi Minesaki on June 28 at Tule Denver 1, Colorado Lake. Mioh i k o Ak ubo to Hideo Eno- CAFE Real Japanese Aji nomoto moto on June 23 at Tule Lake. Japanese Foods "JUST WONDERFUL WALLACE S.TOMA Radio and Electrical Appliances Electric (used) Iron Stove Repaired FOODS" Automatic Toaster- (Th e Rose Sh op) Waffle Iron UNIVERSAL 232 25th Street DESIGNER & DECORATOR RADIO SERVICE BOBBY PINS MasTatata, Owner All Kinds Soap Ph ones: Bus. 5-7265; Res. 4-8624 1108-18th Street Ke. 3910 OGDEN 29 WEST Ist SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Denver, Colo. Mail Order Business Saturday, July 15, 1944 PACIFIC CITIZEN

8 Southern SchoolNISEI STUDENT Ali ens Moved Easing ofCoastRace Tensions NAMED "WILD BILL" From Stockade Invites Nisei SCHOOL by MonitorWri ter AT DAKOTA At Tule Lake Viewed Girl Students MITCHELL, S. D.—Oliver Ta- from 26 Sent to Enemy of Slowly DENVER, Colo.—H. G.Wi lliam- k aichi , an evacuee student Evidences FINAL RITES HELD College, Mountain relocation Alien Internment Ch anging son, dean of Wood Junior the Heart Attitude Mathewson, Mississippi, announc- center, was elected "Wi ld Bill Camps by WRA FOR NISEI AT to two nisei Cited i n Dispatch ed an open i nvitation Hickok" recently by students of CAMP SAVAGE girl students to attend the college year- WASHINGTON Secretary of scholarshi ps the school, Dakota Wesleyan for their BOSTON, Mass.—As war i n the on from Interior Ickes disclosed— on July 8 to according to word received from book, Th e Tumbleweed. tookpart i n Pacific reaches ever closer CAMP SAVAGE, Minn. Fun- H. the that 26 aliens wh o the possibility of at- h eld on June Rev. Taro Goto and Dr. F. Th e selection was made on last November at the Japan and the eral services were — scholarshi p, personality disturbances tack on the west coast grows con- 26 for Pfc. Yoshi taka Kataoka of Smith. , , basis of Tule Lake segregation center h ave remote, there are i n Tuition would be paid and living and participation i n school activi- been during the last sequently more Hakalu, Hawaii , wh o drowned out, ac- transferred i ndications of a lessening of the Lake Minnetonka during a storm expenses could be worked .ties. three months to enemy alien i n- resident. oi bitterness, suspicion and h atred on June 4. cording to i nformation received. Takaichi , a former - ternment camps under j urisdiction of Th e desire of the school i s to h ave San Jose, Calff., was soph omore Department of once directed at Americans Post Ch aplain Wi lcox conducted of of the Justice. Japanese ancestry, Rodney L. Th e the nisei participate i n studies and class president and a member All aliens h ave now been re- the service i n the auditorium. campus i n the Wesleyan team. Brink, California correspondent of rites were attended by many activities on the and the basketball moved from the stockade area at de- community to acquaint the towns- His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter although a group of the Ch ristian Science Monitor friends ofthe deceased. i n Tule Lake, clared i n an article published on Pfc. Kataoka was 22 years of people with persons of Japanese M. Takaichi , recently relocated 25 citizens of the United States, age untimely ancestry. Th i s college of liberal Paul, Minn. not eligible for July 5. at the time of h i s s St. wh o are transfer Th e Monitor article pointed to death. He was the second son of arts i s sponsored by the women to i nternment camps, still remain. encamp- of division of the Methodist church. on Nov. 4, the action of the recent Mr. and Mrs. Kauna Kataoka by Hillcrest Group After the disturbance ment of the California Depart- Hakalu, Hawaii . Applications will be received a total of 111 aliens and 229 citi- ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars, He drowned wh en h e dove i nto Rev. Taro Goto, P. 0. Box 185, Publishes Magazine zens, suspected of complicity i n wh i ch was faced with the i ssue of thelake to retrieve an oar that Ontario, Ore. the outbreak, were removed from a resolution advocating a perman- h ad fallen i nto the water wh en "Th e Time," a sixteen page mi- the residential area of the segre- ent ban against the return to Cal- h e and h i s friends, two other serv- Heart meograph ed booklet, was recently gation camp and confined i n the i fornia of evacuees of Japanese i cemen from Camp Savage, were Mountain published by Japanese American stockade, Ickes said. Most of the ancestry. After being reminded by out rowing. Th ough desperate at- Farm Worker patients at the Hillcrest Sanator- "citizens" were men wh o were J. R. Klawans, chairman of the tempts were made by h i s friends i um at La Crescenta, California. born i n the United States, but wh o state-wide resolutions committee, to rescue h i m, the storm wh i ch Sh ot Accidentally Th e booklet i ncludes messages h ave received a major part of that many h undreds of Japanese came up on thelake at that time from the staff, an article on tu- their schooling i n Japan. Americans are now serving over- made such assistance i mpossible. HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo. berculosis, personal stories of the seas, the encampment turned down His body was recovered on June George Yamasaki , ,41, a seasonal— patients and staff, and news of ofthe Lomita VFW tragedy. wh o the proposal 21, 17 days after the worker from .Heart Mountain visitors. BREWED SOY SAUCE— post for permanent exclusion. After the service i n camp the i s employed near Cowley, was ac- Hillcrest Sanatorium, previously Mr. Brink also cited the recent remains, accompanied by a mili- cidentally shot on July 6 by Julian a private h ospital, was vacated **") GALLON BOTTLES action of the Southern California- tary h onor escort, were removed Frost, well-known Big Horn coun- for Japanese Americans suffering Arizona Methodist Conference to the U. S. Army national ceme- ty farmer. from tuberculosis i n March, 1942, wh i ch adopted unanimouslya reso- tery at Fort Snelling, Minn. A vol- Frost was on a bird h unt at the and came under county manage- lution to restore to loyal persons ley of shots were fired as the last time of the accident. ment. of Japanese ancestry the righ t to rites were said—the parting trib- Surgeons performed an emer- At present 126 patients are at return to evacuated areas as soon ute to an American soldier. gency operation on Yamasaki wh o the sanatorium. as the military situation makes Pfc. Kataoka h ad been i nducted was h i t on h i s left side by a bul- such a move feasible. , i nto the U. S. Army on Jan. 3 let. "Other evidence of a slowly 1944. A visit by Frost to Heart Moun- George Nakamura changing attitude toward Ameri- tain, bringing- a number of Yama- Awarded can Japanese wh o h ave,no blot of saki 's fellow workers with h i m, Degree disloyalty against their records i s Camp Savage Holds that the noted, dispelled reports evacuee CHICAGO—George Nakamura, ""* ,od pt«***°"' mil less tangible," Mr. Brink War Bond Rally h ad been shot from ambush. Frost "being rather negative than posi- explained the accident to Mrs. formerly of Sacramento, Cali- tive. Former blasts of editorial fornia, recently received the de- SAVAGE, In a Yamasaki and offered a blood and political opinion wh i ch for a CAMP Minn. transfusion i f the surgeon though t gree of bachelor of arts from Ad- time were almost constant, and response -that far exceeded—the ex- rain college i n Adrian, Michi gan. pectations, military and civilian i t necessary. wh i ch reached h eated crescendos Frost told local officials h e did During h i s year i n that i nsti- wh eneverany difficulty occurredat personnel at Camp Savage took up tution h e participated i n many a good share of the Camp Savage not k now h e h ad wounded anyone the Japanese relocation camps, are until the afternoon of the shoot- activities and h eld a number of AGED OVER ONE YEAR less numerous now, much quota at the War Bond rally on i mportant positions. much June 28 i n the auditorium. i ng wh en h e was i n Cowley and less violent." struck up a conversation with one Monitor correspondent also Bob DeHaven, announcer and Th e entertainerfrom WCTN i n Minne- of Yamasaki 'sfriends. 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