OBSERVATIONS OF A MASTER TEACHER: PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS MORE WORRIED ABOUT JOB SECURITY THAN EDUCATION PACIFIQ \~~, B, TODD ENDO both unprepared and unwil• how Question. are not import• I , ITIZEN ling to Introduce their stu• ant but I am .aying that the • M,""'"hlp 'ubIIClll.n: Japlnm Am.rlCln tlllllllS .....t. us. 'll[sft'J t, L.. ,"'o.ler, CI 90012 (2131 MA 6.4471 Cambl·ldge. Mass. dents to tho excilemenl of why questions are equally, if 'ubllshl' Weeki, Empt Lilt W"k " LII. v.lr - ~CIaJJ ...",t ,.1. aL Los Aslttla. Calif, One dAY in A discussion learning. not more. important. with two teachers Twas 2-1I1ost 01 tho t.achoro working with this summer, As a Master Teacher. , avoided sUuaLions where they Vol. 65 No. 13 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 Edit/Bus. Office: MA 6·8936 TEN CENTS we talked about an interview were not mutero 01 the .1 .... I had conducted with A stu• For 8. month Ulis summer I had the opportunily to par• room. the truth dver. dent named Fred in Boston. Thus, they stuck to ques• In describing the bny's diUi• ticipate in an experimental EDC·MDC CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS: program whose goals were to tions with clear-cut answers. tulLies. 1 rcmarked that he They wanted to know what Text of Enomoto Speech WAS totally uncomfortable motivate junior high school underachievers and to pro• body at knowledge they were with the new social studies supposed to lmpart and need• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL UPKEEP curriculum he was studying. vide in-service instruotion fo,r to EDC-MDC Convention a number at Vermont public ed to know exactly how far Fred wan led a texlbook so along they were in the task that he could know the be• school teachers. The program The U,eme oI this 7th BI• to 0 top position In govern• was sponsored by the Putney and how successful they were. OF ASIA IS JAPAN'S NEW ROLE: SHIMODA ginning and end; he want• They were reluctant to devl• ennial EDC-MDC Joint Con- ment on some level. ed everything in black alld School, a prestigious pro• In every sense we are to .. gressive private school, iso• .te from pre-set lesson plan. ventlon is "A Quarter Century CHlCAGO-Takeso Shimoda, and industrial development of white so that he could be ab• for fear of venturing Into day a "respectable" minority, warmest hospitality and found lated in the Vermont hills. After ...... It I. y" t t w'o but a minority, nevertheiess. newly-appoinled J a p • n e • " those countries. and called for new homes. Even during the solutelv sure what he was re- areas in which they were not American help in the en• 8ponsible for on a test; he My roie was that of master in total control. monlhs early to celebrate We are still visible and be• ambassador to the United unfortunate period of strain• Thanksgiving Day, but It deavor. wanted 10 know what the teacher in the social studies. How do these predispo• cause we look different, we States, said Sunday that part ed relations between the Unit• My duties we.re to supervise strikes me that there Is in• are still alien. The discord in American - Japanese friend• ed States and Japan, the citi• right answers were to every sitions affect the teaching of of his country's new role in ship often was mentioned in question lhat was asked. the teaching of the 50 junior social studies? deed much for us to be thank• the pleasant little Nisei world zens of Chicago well demon• high school students and to ful for today. The alien cli• the world will be the "eco• the speech in the Great Hall strated lbeir good will." Fred was neither inquisi• One answer would be to r described lies in the fact nomjc development and social lead discussions with the in• mates of places like Gila Riv• that our participation on the of the Pick-Congress hotel. It He said the Japanese Amer• tive nor excited about the think of how many of the stabilJzation of Asia." was Shlmoda's first visit to subject. He wanted structure service teachers. important questions worth er, Arizona; Tule Lake, Calil.; American scene is stili con• icans responded witb a "dis• "Japan is now entering A Chicago and his ftrst public and security. There was much to praise considering in a social studies Amache, Colorado; Rohwer, ditional. There are still ex• play of disciplined and dedi• in the program. The progress Arkansas and Topat, Utah. ceptions to our claim to full stage where it is actively tor• speech in the cated conduct indicative of After I had described Fred, dass have clearcut answers. since his appointment. the two teache.rs comnlcoted oI bolb lhe sludents and the are but distant memories. As acceptance, and many exam• mulating its new foreign poli• truly first-class American citi• ]' d say vel'Y tew. A teacher cies from a lresh point of zenship." that thal was a good des• teachers was astounding. Yet, who sticks to questions with our J ACL Hymn says in part, pl•• and anecdotes can be cil• Moved from West eo ..1 cription of them also. This I would like to concentrate on "Out of the war in which my ed. As our national legal view/' Shimoda said before clear-cut answers usually 750 gathered for the 7th Bi• He compllmented the JACL Economl. Ties GroWlnr was one of the surprises I my initial obserVAtions of sticks to the dull tactual brothers died ...... Our bro• counsel has said, we who both the students and t b e thers who gave up their live. think that we have it made ennial Convention of the on its activities and leader• He noted growing ties, in• received this summer. I was questions in the usually duti ship and louched on an an• very surprised to meet so teachers since these would on the alien battlefields of could well remember that Eastern and Midwest District cluding economic ones, be:• textbook. Co un c i i s of the Japanese niversary - the convention, tween Cbicago and the Mid• many teachers who were probably be more reievant \0 Another way of looking at Europe and Asia. provided us there is a notable absence of the existing realilies of pub• with the kind of legacy with Japanese AmerIcans on the American Citizens League. held Sept. 1-4, marks the west, and Japan. the effect 01 this approach is He said there is an "Asian 25th anniversary of the evac• "Within 10 years by 1975 lic school education in this to consider the view at the which we started the Ion g really top echelon of private country. road back. To them we owe industry and public liIe. D e• realization of the need to uation of perS'ons 01 Japanese midwestern exports to Jap"; IN THIS ISSUE teacher as truth giver. In this ancestry from the western My initial observations dis• more than can ever be re• peodlng upon what we want make concerled efforts to• are expected to more than GI»~ERAL -Situation the student's role is portion of the United States • NEWS turbed me immensely. paid. To the structure of to settle for, we really haven't wards the most basic objective double," he said. P ubUc school teachers worried necessarily thai of sponge shared by all Asians-tbe con• during World War II. more about job securlty than My Iirst reactions were tbat soaking up the "truths" that American democracy w j t h run the lull race. In a press conference earlier quest of poverty." "Twenty-five years ago it educaUon (by Todd Endo) 1 the students were not receiv• the teacher or textbook oUers. which it has been possible for in the day, Shlmoda, 60, said U.S. Public Health Service pro~ us to m a k e our comeback, Ollohe Shimada outlined meetings was here In Chicago and the motes Nisei to assistant surgeon ing an education mainly be• The student is encouraged to he plans to visit as many rlUlk __ ... __ ...... _ 5 cause the teachers were Dot despite the visible handicap. Against lhis backdrop, we of Asian countries initiated by midwest that many (evacuat• states as possible while 'be memorize and to parrot and J apan to strengthen economic • JACL-NATIONAL interested in giving them an is, in most cases, discouraged of race and color and to those continually struggle wllh the ed persons) r e c el v ed the is ambassador. EDC-MDC Convention Highllghts: education. If these thoughts from thinking any indepen• American. who kept taitb worn out question IIWhy Ambassador Shlmoda in first with us, we owe much. 01 public address since appoint~ are true, and my final re• dent thoughts. The student is JACL?" P el'haps it is lhe ment; .Jerel' Enomoto challenges actions were no di11erent trom encouraged to listen and take phenomenon or the ffgrass is J ACLers lor m~ning!ul 25 yea.n: Part of Amuence Enomoto challenges JACLers to strive for more to come: JACL in strong reply my initial ones, then we as notes and is, in most cases, greener in the next pasture," on rum 0 r 01 concentration parents, students, ' and in• It seems to me that the camps bemg r eope.ned __ 1 discouraged from carrying on years have treated us well. but I find the outlook of lerested citizens ought to con• meaningful discussions. JACLers away (rom the West q~een • JACL-CHAPTER By and large, Americans ot meaningful record; Cincinnati lass chosen Hollywood offers wealth ot com- sider very carelully the ques• In this situation, the truly Coast refreshing. There seems munity service ideas .. . __ .. tion, " What is education?" Japanese ancestry enjoy most open-ended question where of the fruits of our aUluent to be less tendency toward • COLUMNISTS Most of the students were there are no eslablished tunnel vision about social B1' ELLEN NAKAMURA Lynn Jonokuchi of Milwaukee Legislative Committee Chair_ Enomoto: Plentilul Harvest. soci ety. We are well repre .. CHICAGO - National JACL was judged first runner-up. Masaoka: Civil Rights Maneuvers. seleeled to participate because truths (such as, is Stokely problems, a greater ability to man Harold Gordon; Past sented in almost every pro• President Jerry Enomoto as Chairman of Mt. Plains Dis• Hosokaw3 : Ethnic Bonds. their perfonnance in school, Carmichael commi tting trea• tession. Gradually there is see 'he broader picture, a For outstanding contribu• Murayama: Joseph Heco. measured largely by grades. son and sedition or Is he flexibility about what our main luncheon speaker re• tions made toward the better• trict Council Minoru Yasul : Two-Armed Mu. evidence that we are enter• minded the delegates at the and Shigeo W a k a mats u • Hotta: The Fugitive. was far inferior to their po• merely exercising his consti• ing into civic and political ille obligations are as an organi• ment of the Japanese Amer• Matsui: AicUng the POOT. tential. I was a little anxious tutional rights ot f r e e zation. Maybe this has some• EDC-MDC Joint Convention icans in the last 25 years, Chrmn. of the Japanese HIs• He.nry: Education. on local levels. With occasion• held over Labor Day weekend Gima: Aloha from HawaU. as to the type of students they speech?) are never asked. thing to do with tbe inner se• JACL National Recognitions tory Project and past nat') Marutani : The lnscrutables. al exceptions we are able to 01 the significance of the pre~dent, were among others would be. but the first day 3-1I10st or the tea ebers, buy homes of our choice. It curity that comes with great• Committee Chairman Kumeo Ye Ed's: Executive Reorganization. tMme "Quarler C en \ u r y Yoshinari presented special recognized. proved there was no need to and pathetically. most of Ibe is not too often that. our San• er acceptance and assimila• After," and in his refiection citations to tollowing individ• worry. admlnlstrators wbo vtsited sei are exposed to the dis• tion, something which we on Susan Baba, Chrmn. of our program, measured learn• the Pacific Coast may yet be challenged the group to strive uals and representatives: Eastern District Youlb Coun• PERSPEC~ Throughout the four week criminatory practices of soro• for a record even more mean• program the students were In&' by tbe degree o( quietness rities and fraternities, every struggling witb. Turtle Wax Inc. of Chica• cil from Washington, D.C., as and orderly behavior In the ingful in the next 25 years. well as Elaine Yamada, alert, lively, active, talkative, so often a Nisei breaks througb (Continued on Page 3) The Great Hall of the Pick• go for enabling Yoshinari to .... cooperative, and very percep• classroom. give maximum leadership as Chrmn. of the Midwest Youth Congress Hotel on Michigan Jerry ~ tive. This led me to investi• Somebow they were sure national president during the Council from Chicago, were that studenls silently writing Avenue was filled lo overflow• both seated at the speaker" (!! gate the reasons for their un• ing with 560 persons at this 65-66 Biennum; W. W. Nor• • Enomoto derachievemeot. I did this by at Iheir desks were obviously ton and Co. for publishing and table. learning. 7th biennial occasion and the The Rev. Shinei Shigetull Nal'l P,"idtnl consulting their school records program proceeded smoothly promoting "America's Con• rn and by talking both with the Couldn't it be that they centration Camps" by Allan of the Midwest Bud d b i. t PLENTIFUL HARVEST were just doing busywork and with Masaru Funai serving as Church pronounced the bene• students and a few of their toastmasteI:. R. Bosworth; Capt. Bosworth their only goal was to finish hlmselt for researching and diction. On tbe eve of taking off tor teachers who were participat• The posting of colo1'3 by tbe ing the program. the assignmeot? writing-the documentary bool< Chicago, 1 was struck by the Somehow these teachers colorguard of the tamous Chi• (Continued on Page a) thought that a number of pro• cago Nisei Ambassador Drum on evacuation; to Merrill Pol• 'Underachievers' ••• and administrators were sure lack, managing ediftrot-W:-W. j ects are coming to frui tion and Bugle Corps was follow• that an orderly teacber-Ied Norton and Co., lor seeking la tely. The "Guidelines to This little research led me ed with the invocation by the recitation was inherently su• out and commisSioning Capt. Chapters" on civil rights in• to three tentative conclusions. Rev. Masaya Hibino of Churcb perior to a heated often dis• Bosworth to write the story, Inouye biog volvement was just released The students were under• of Christ-PresbYlerian of Chi• orderly discussion. and to Prudeotial Insurance by Ibe National Civil Rights cago. achievers because: Somehow they were sure Co. for f'The Twentieth Cen• Committee under Chairman Extending greetings were 1-1\Iany we.re frankly bor~ that one of the main goals of tury" documentary series tlTh. Pat Okura. Phil Hayasaka. Henry Terada, chairman ot orders delayed ed with scbool. They were in• education was to see to it Nisei-The Pride and The E xecutive Director of the the host Chicago Cbapter, dependent thinkers who were that the students raised their Shame," ably narrated by Seattle Human Rights Com• Hiro Mayeda, Midwest Dis• Because tbe publJshen haYe being stifled by tbe structure hands, did not chew gum, Walter Cronkite. not been able Ib IlI]Ipl:r ada.!• mission, had much to do with ot their various classes and never put their heads on their trict Governor. as well as The toaslroasler made 8 tional oopies 01 Senator Du• this beginning approacb to uninspired by the often banal National Director Masao Sa• desks, and never daydreamed. point to introduce during the iel K. Inouye's autobloJl'l.ph:r. grass roots endeavors b y J A• lessons presented by Ibeir In all this, what ever happen• tow of . CL cbapters. luncbeon Dr. Frank F. Saka• uJourney to WaahiDrtoD," teachers. They were not chal• ed to concern for the thinking Sapphire Pin moto, Nat'l 1000 Club Chair• since the first 01 Jnly, the Our National Director ad· lenged. In a word they had processes of the students? vises us that our long await• Recognitions early In the man" and convention general Wasbington JACL Office hu tuned out of school. been unable to man out ...pI .. ed public relallons brochure 2-Many were h yperactive Disturbing conclusion ••• program went to Retiring chairman; Kaz Horita, retir• will come off tbe press later Governor Hiro Mayeda, who ing EDC Governor; Russ Oba• as ordered. Individuals wbo bad been na, Nal'l Youth Cbrmn.; Alan this month. Availability 01 made to conform to the . It All of t hese observations was awarded the sapphire pin A new supply of the boob boil down to one disturbing Kumamoto, Yosbio Hotta, and this fresh and updated docu• straight, look forward, pay BOSWORTH BOOK - Eighteen copies of Allan Bos• by Dr. Thomas T. Yatabe, first have been promised on 01' ment will be a useful tool in conclusion. Most of these worth' s " America's Concentration Camps" were placed president of the Nat ion a I JetIrey Matsui of tbe Nation• about October 15, aHer whlcb attention, keep quiet regi• al JACL statI; Harry Honda, continuing to project our J A• mentation or the classroom. teachers and administrators by Stockton JACL in all city and school libraries of the JACL, and to 16-year old Te• the Washington Jr. JACL win CL image effectively to our seemed to be more concerned resa Muraoka, who as can• PC Editor, and William Ma• send out tbe copies. No ada.!• Unable to function well in San Joaquin Delta area. At left is George Matsumoto, rutani, Nat'l Legal Counsel. fellow Americans. such a situation, they often about their own convenience, didate from Dayton-Cincin• tional orders can be accepted. security, and status than in president, presenting a gift copy to Dr. Gaylord Nelson, The National Membership rebelled against both authori• nati, was crowned as winner Past Narl JACL President All regret the Inconvenience the education oC their stu• county school superintendent, with Richard Yoshikawa, Committee, chaired by James ty and school work. As a re• of tbe newly-added queen Patrick Okura and his wife, and trust that tho.e who bav. dents. San Joaquin Delta College board vice-chairman, as wit• contest by Washington Rep• Mt. Plains District Council placed tbelr orden under• K asaharaJ has taken its re• sult tbey became branded as (Conlinued on Page 6) sponsibility seriously enough both poor students and trou• ness. -Yoshikawa Studio Photo. resentative M ike Masaoka. Governor Lily Okura; Nat'l .tand the sltuation. to come up wit h a useful ble makers. membership drive kit. Or• 3-Many bad brilliant or ganization-wide availability of at least very successful older THE CONCENTRATION CAMP RUMOR: this kit will no doubt help siblin!fS. They had repeatedly some of our chapters in the been compared to and urged coming drive. Jeffrey Matsui to he like the successful one. was of major staff he I p to After much frustration, many Nisei urges repeal of 1952 McCarran Act to bar detention camp revival; JACL in strong reply James, and lbe guidance and just quit trying. support of National Vice Pres• SAN FRANCISCO-A Nisei authored by the late Sen. Me- Okamura Letter •• , This time, the JACL should RAY OKAMURA the Civil Division. Eoth de• ident, Dr. David Miura must In-Service teachers .. , • who charged J ACL was short- Carran, which contain! pro• be better prepared. Policy and nied that any such ''reactiva• be noted. The Okamura letter ad• In any analysis oJ public sighted for having supported visions authorizing the At• courses ot action must be The JACL Reply ••• tion" was taking place or wal the Walter-McCarran Act of torney General lo establish dressed to J ACL Headquart• planned carefully in advance, being contemplated. THANKS ... to the chap· school teaching, conclusions ers follows: August I, 1967 ters and JACLers who have one and two are the most dis• 1952 "solely" for the Issei so-called detention centers just in case these rumors are Subsequently, wben the At• naluralization r ider has ask- .for subversives and potential- July 20, 1967 true. The JACL must be Dear Mr. Okamura: torney General of the Stale been thoughtfuliy sending me turbing. Support for these You refer to If-persistent their newsletters on chapter co nclusions unfor tun ate 1 y ed for repeal of that act to Iy disloyal in times of nation- Gentlemen: I'eady to issue an immediate of Cailloma contacted our of• prevent a reactivation ot con- al emergency. There have been persistent and. strong public statement rumors tbat the conceotration fice about these firumors," we and DC levels. There is no came from my observations of camps used tor American better w ay to keep up with the in-service teachers. centration camps. "The real author of this rumors that the concentration condemning any internment again contacted the Depart• Ray Okamura, of 1150 Park particular proposal ",as tbe camps used for the American of citizens without due pro• Japanese are being reacti• ment of Justice and the At• wbat's going on in JACL. I Frankly t I was shocked and Hills Rd., Berkeley, had in- late Congressman Sam Hobbs Japanese are being l'eactivat• cess-of-law. Since the JACL vated!' And. when some un• torney General of the United will welcome any other news• dismayed by what these ex• named individual in the J A• letters that could be sent my perienced public school teach• quired if the persistent rumor of Alabama," Masaoka ex- ed. Articles to tbis effect bave js a slow moving bureaucracy, States. They prepared and that concentration cam p s plain ed, "who first drafted appeared in Time, Newsweek, these things must be prepar• CL Office gave what you con• sent a letter to the Attorney w ay. ers brought to the program. sidered an inappropriate re• Their ideas about education. were being reactivaled was the provision that Sen. Mc- and Berkeley Barb. 1 under• ed. argued and settled now, General of California to the SCOREBOARD true. He understood that Carran incorporated into bi. stand Ramparts is doing ex• before the emergency. ply to your question, you pre• effect that these "rumors" their approach to the class• sumed to tell J ACL what to room, and the Questions that Ramparts magazine was do- Internal Security Act 01 tensive investigation on this The McCarran Act must be were without foundation and The district scoreboard ing extensive investigation on 1950." subject and will break a big repealed. I understand the do. that several years ago the De• shows that we are rapidly they were interested in ex• the subject and would break JACL was opposed to the expose soon. legal basis for the new tntern• From your letter, we as .. parlroent of Justice h • d nearing our 1967 fipancial ploring were appalling. The shocks were great but a big expose soon. Okamura Internal Security Act of 1950 I called your office yester• ment will be provisions ot the sume you are not a JACL translerred ownership and commitment. In Its tradition• let me comment on what I was told the rumor was not and especially the so-called day to inquire if the JACL McCarran Act which provide member. Thus, if you are sin• jurisdiction over such land al tasbion, tbe NCWN DC, consider the three most critic• true. concentration camp section. knew anylbing about this, but for Ibe holding at suspected cerely interested in advising sites as TuJe Lake to the De• biggest in J ACL, has eclipsed As "historic victims, Ameri- As for the charge that JA- the person I spoke witb (he subversives without trial dur• the course of action that the partment of Interior. its quota. I hope tbat the final al ones: I-The teacher. were init• can Japanese have a public CL was "short-sighted," and did not identify himseiI) stat• ing periods of national emer• J ACL sbould take in this par• A check with tbe Depart• tally witi record every dis• ially stumped by quesliollA duty to prevent a revival of that 1952 Immigration and ' ed that the Justice Depart• gency, which we are in now. ticular matter, may we re• ment of thlt Interior revealed trict al 100 % of its quota. On• spectfully invite you to be• that it too had no plans for such asJ why teach hlstory, these camps," Okamura said. Nationality Act be tirectified," ment denjed that the camps I rea lize the move to repeal ly in this way can we finance how have you rone about se• "In case these rumors are Okamura was pointedly ask- are being reactivated, and the McCarran Act will be em• come a member. Then, using f'reactivating" these ceaten:. B richer program, and mem• lectin,. what Y0l-l have tauJ'bt, true, JACL must be ready ed to document his charges. that that is about ail the JA- barrassing to the JACL since the democratic procedures Since that time, several bership services, for our or• and what do you hope your to condemn internment of Empty AccusaUolll CL knew. I then asked "Isn't you so strongly supported the available to you, you can try members of Congress, includ• ganization. studenl& take away from your any citizen without due pro- the J ACL concerned?" He original passage. Many of us to persuade the local chapter, ing the Senior Senator from the district council, and the WITH DEEP 1'lIlPATHY course at it!!! conclusion? cess ot law." "We have heard So many answered "But what can we argued against the bill be• California, have asked the De• It was obvious that these Understanding thal the leg- others make similar accusa- do when they deny every• cause o[ the dangers to civil national organization that partment of Justice about the I mention the unhappy se• teachers, to a man. had never a1 basis tor new internment lions, but we have not yet thing?" rights, but unfortunately you your suggestion in thi.s re• "rumors" you mention and in quence of recent events .in thought in any serious man• would derive from the Mc- tound any who has been able I shall attempl to suggest were short-sighted and sup• gard merits serious considera• every instance the Attorn..,. which District Governors Emi ner about the objectives of Carran Act, Okamura urged to substantiate the many what you can do. First of all. ported it solely for the Issei tion and sbould be followed. General has given them .... Somekawa, Tad Hirota and their teaching. And at first JACL to work for its repeal charges against the bill when JACL and ali of us, should naturallzation rider. Now that Now, to the "persistent ru• surance that no such activity Kaz Horita have lost one of they weren't interested in "without endangering t be it was under debate in Ibe be intlmately concerned about for all peopl. mors" you mention. is taking place or is eonttm• their parents. It is small con• thinking about them. They Issei." early 1950s." Masaoka declar- the possibility the camps will is firmly established, we can Komoro Denied plated. solation, but it is nice that had come not to consider the ed. will be used again - perhaps work towards a McCarran Act JAOL'. Reply A$ for tbiI office. we are these older talks lived to see questions of why at all, but Furthennore, most 01 the lor someone else-but never• repeal without endangering When we tirst heard these keeping In touch with the De• their Nisei chlldreo, individ• only to consider the questions National JACL Headquart• organizations that s·everely theless, the American Japa• tbe Issei. I hope you are big allegations early this past partments of JUltice and at ually and collectively, mature of how. ers, replying througb its criticized the 1952 legislation nese, as the historic victims, enough to admit a mistake spring, particularly in refer• the Interior regardlng an7 de• and b ec a me participating They did not want to dis• Washington representative have admitted in public bear- bave a public duty to prevent and work toward a rectifica• ence to tbe former TuJe Lake velopments that may take members and leaders in our cuss what is lmportant to Mike Masaoka, cited the Mc• ing' in 1964-65 the Immigra- a revival 01 these camps. 1 tion. WRA Relocation Center in place in connection with the democracy. teach, but how 10 conduct a Carran Act which gave Isse,i tion and Nationality Act hope you will not take lhe I hope the rumors are not northeastern California. we so-called concentration camps. role play and how to read their citizenship should not worked out in actual practice attitude "1\ is not meant for true. but just in case they are, contacted the Department of We note that you opecl!J 6310 Lake Park Dr. aloud more effectively. be confused wilb tbe Internal much better tban they had us this time, 50 we are no\ we must be prepared to fight Justice and the Assistant At• torney General In char.. ., (Caattnued lID Pap 2) Sacramento, caru. »5831 I am not .&yinr Ibat Ib, Securil;y Act of 1950, 00- anticipated. .... orned... effectively tbiI time. F rIday . Sept. II, 1987 2-PACIIIIC CITIZIN School Front art televIIe4 Jut WMk 119_ Camp Rumor- - CALIMDAR 0' JACL MNn - KCOP. IAI An.. !e l, on • TV ,...!r"r.-l"~~ ~ Dr. II:eMeth Shibata ot Ipeelal titled: "Who's Afraid (Continued trom Pront P ...> ChI.. Monter.,. PWIIbIIaIa - By Mlk. M... ok. PhIlad.lphla-Bd Mtl OIIL IlUI7. , .. show were liThe Box," backed rrln~ lJ ~hallnohlP tho Mid-Continent Regional provided noturallzation rl.hbl ",\'t *10 lei!: U (w.... 1I4an . EdU CA tional Laboratory, wu by a Shelly Manne Jazz our Is!ei parents, is p . m~o;u:~ . l ~~Uj : . ~ . Nrp~:~ -ad M". Jlpan 1oeliW. CAPSULES Icore; "Breath", a Grand to re.. :::t°nn.. appointed director ot curricu• . ponsible lor thele campo. Collin '1:'.:,t. ,,"m'''7) 10", I. (PrllaJ) Washil1gton lum lor a tive county .chool Prlx winning essay; "Aries/' Apparently. like 10 man,y Alv... do ~1-;.. . IIft1I)' barbecul, ~~n:""-lr . , . IACL M" distric t ot Soward. York, FIU• Expo '67 silver medalist; and nlhe.. who do not take the Twin CIUeo-.lr.1ACL InJtaJIaUon. HoII YW ood-le~ e'f!'.l?i-.. more, Sa Un e and Lancalter "The Insects". 1964 British time end trouble to study the St:~~~ ~' 7 f ~C;m~lectlon, 1221 View ~;id,~ . ~a~u~cia ~ Agriculture Academy Award recipient. Newsletter . . . llta ...hlto Okada served facls, you blame the l o.. called Monterey PenlMul. - Jlpan... San rr . ne.tac.-~omln . U'cm Mt. In the light 01 recent r~­ a. director ol the Boulder The cartoonist.. have created Waltor _ McCarran Immigra- School ref\llrlUon. lACL Hall. 8 .o r am. nt~r . JACL "Blck to moval ot U.S. resh·iclion. on (Colo.) Head Start program a series of character. adver• tlon and Nationality Act 01 D I.m. '.pl. II (lun.17) :e~~~" dance. ContudUi HaD. Importation ol Japanese Un • last spring. He resume. stu• tising products on TV. 1952 tor a II manner of evU Sacnmento - InternaUona. Flett. HollYwood-Hobbl. Un lim 1 t •• Seattle arUst Paul Horiuchi ~~ ~~~Ch ~~Y,;'":r: CIVIL RIGHTS MANEUVER •.. .hu oranges to • number ol dies at the Univ. ot Colorado and injustice. I'alr. 3 p.m. .Independ ...t this lall and will teach part• was among 21 invited to par• we.lern states. Rep. Spark The tact Is that the Internal charges again. t the 1952 WaI- 81.. Pomando V~. 7 - 8quartl L ast week, aft~r we had sent out our last News• time in a Boulder VaUey tlcl pate in t he Colorado Matsuna,a Is urging the Dept. Securit y Act ol 1950. which ter-McCarran Acl which were dance·IoPI. 17 (lud.7) letter on th e subject of this Congress and civil righ ts, of Agriculture to make every school. Springs Fine Art Center'. "West of the Mi8sissippi" ex• was also co-authored by the b.sed on theory and Improp- Dv,:on - Lu. u. Eu ••n. Croth.,. in an effort to assure ihat the Senate m ight be a ble effort to Uft export restric• Ohrls l'ada Is president ol late Senator McCarran not er interpretations at t b I ann. Bellbrook. Uons ol Hawaii papayas t.o hibition thrQugh July and Au• P "' d . n ~ ~id"J~U"da7) to consider some meaningful civil rights legislation the Fresno Central Union gust. the Immll!l'ation and ' Na- meaningo at the variou•• e c- this session p rior to adjournment, Majority L eader J apan. The Japanese govern• Hig h board ol trustees . . . t1 0nallty Art. contains the UOM and which have been 8 II . · ~I.I120 (Wedn ..~, Mike Man sfield, with th e concurrence of Minority Olent currently prohibits im• Buddy T. Iwata ot Livingston Courtroom provision that authorizes the completely dl8proved 1n the " ' U~ :~c. a B'~ ..~d8 ~~ IU. "'• Leader Everett Dirksen. resorted to a seldom -used portation of papaYAS from is storting his third year II Attorney General to e.tabU sh actual operation and practice Sin JOI&-Ccundlmln Mm.ta teo- Hawaii because of the pres• ~I : ~O~ . ~ . parliamentary maneuver to make certain that the chairman ot the Merced Col• D e p u t y District Attorney so-call ed detention centers for of the statute. We are, ac- dinner. Lou'. VIlb ... once In Hawall of certain in• lege board of trustees. By pol• S enate Judiciary Committee would nol frustrate t h at Morlo Fukuto W88 the lubJect subversives and potentially cordingly. lome what irritated Sopt. U (1',lda7) Jurious trult t ly species. Ilng the largest number 01 at a lengthy article In the Aug. disloyal in ti mes of national when we hear or read the ~. n Dle, o-Bd Mt,. effort. votes two years ago, he WIS emergency. Actually. how- same old Ues against what e~~ °!l'i ; nB t! ~baU party. Plnl. On August 23, Majority Leader Mansfield asked 30 Los Angeles Times tor his Entertainment elected to head the board . .. work in success tully prosecut• ever. the real author ot this has proved to be a real ad- Sept. Zl (latur~) f or the Chair to lay before the S enate H. R. 2516, t he Reedley High School teacher 3 particular proposal was the vance in inunjgration and S8 ~ 1 ~ [a 'D ~; ~~ . l!:1. bowllnl Featured in a San Francisco Ing murder case. A line H ouse-passed civil rights bill prescribing pen alties l 'oru Ikeda is participating in late Congressman Sam Hobbs natw-alization Jaws. v enfce-culver-Board dlnn.r. Chinatown re ~ ta u ran t show drawing of Fukuto illustrated for certain acts of violence or intimidation again st the Institute tor Advanced the article by Times writer at Alabama. who first drafted We trust that you under- S'~~~~~ ;t tr~~ : J. a ~':r'hfi::~v:; are Pat Xel. daughter ot the Study In Economics at Kan• civil righ ts workers or those seeking to enjoy th eir Sam Nakashimas ot Seattle. Ron Einstos •. the provision that Senator stand and will forgive our San Jose. &:30 p.m. Tickets: SaJ- con stitutional rights, and moved that the bill b e re• sas City University this sum• McCarran incorporated jnto outburst. ly Tanouye 368·1513, .Rcz £no- and !\Ila Hara. daughter of the ~ ~ :g ll r. I - I S U. ferred to the Judiciary Committee with instructions mer. P,·ogram. funded by the his Internal Sec urity Act at MIKE MASAOKA Susl. S ...... a T. Sakamotos ot Fresno. Pat Is National Defense Education Politics that it report the legislation to the Senate with in 60 ot 1950. Washington Representative Seattle-Talent show, Mercer Jr. the vocalist, a U. W. grad• Act, is training high school Dr. Ralph Miwa, protessor Your use ot the McCarran HI,h. uate who sang with the Sky• days, or October 24. teachers at business subjectl. o( politica l sclence at the name also suggests that you B OUyw c!d~lk ~ 4b~:.n:i:~er VJew liner Dance band whleh tour• When the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 a nd 1965 were Univ. 01 Hawaii, is chairman beli eve that every law au- JAL flight. to France Garden•. 2 p.m. ed Ca1i!ornia in the 1950s. She Nobuko Tsukul. To k y o passed, in order to avoid Judiciary Committee juris• of the pre-convenllon plat• thored by the late Nevadan C'" -· ~ ;ru~ :~ ife~~~j:J . Coma recently served on the S a n graduate sludent at Univ. ot d iction which in the past h as m eant failure to report torm committee l or the com• is against liberai thought. yet TOKYO-A French-Japanese MIg. Francisco JACL Women's Nebraska. taught tour clas8es such bills during a congressional session , the Senate ing state Democratic conven• Senator McCarran Is the au - agreement was reached Aug. P"'ia mtd~:: ro ~t~a:aa~~ . ~~n: Auxiliary board. Mia. the at lirst and second year J apa• leadership had simply b yp assed the Judiciary Com• lion, according to slate chair .. thor 01 the Adminis trative 22 to authorize Japan Air S,p~ 30 (Saturd.y) exotic dancer. a Fresno State nese nt the University while Lines to fly between the Unit- Sacram en to-Jr. JACL Invitational m ittee by hav ing t he H ouse-passed measures placed man Bob Oshiro. Procedures Act, lor example, gra dual ~, received her early completing her Ph.D. studies ed States and France, and ~ ~ ': X n", ~ o a ~n a Mtic~~ . ~I . ~n~~~ directly on the Senate Calendar, subject to be called dance training in Central in EngUsh. She is expected to which enables one to .eek judicial reviewal decisions trans-Pacific IIi g h t s by a mortal Hall 10Uow•. up for consideration a t the Majority Leader's dis• California. re. ume teaching the ianguage Government s a t ~ u~ ~~~ <>;;;!~Cie~~ : :r:n bo:o~ made by the many (ederai French airline subject to ap- cretion. Oeorge Takel. who stars in in Ihe lall but probablY not prova] ot the U.S. or Cana- p.m. all lour in a slngie semester. SumJo Oto was appointed reg!'latory and other agencies. I m p lacable f oes of civil righ ts, M ississippi's James NBC-Tv's "Star Trek" as :Mr. district manager o( the new• d ian government. Silenon F~ :' ~!~:o~ ,,:"l E~pr~':C~ Sulu. will play the role ot a Vlkl Xubokawa. 15, daugh• And. you apparently are Eastland and North Carolina's S a m Ervin are chair• ly opened Social Security Ad• unaware of the fact that the Restaurant. 838 Gnnt men, respectively. of the Judicia r y Committee a nd of South Vietnamese captain In ter 01 the Joseph T. Kubo• ministration ollice at EI Ca• Ave .• 12 n. (No tickets to b. a Warner Bros.-Batjac !i1m. kawas of EI Cerrito. spent six record shows that the JACL Support Our Advertisers sold at door : call June Uyeda its Constitutiona l Rights Subcommittee. By h olding jon. 107 5 E. M,ain St. He joins was among those organiza• or Louise Koike.) "The Green Berets," starring weeks this summer in Vichy, two other Southern California lengthy hearings that never were concluded and by John Wayne. France. staying with a private ti ons that opposed th e In• failure to call ex ecutive m eetings of the Subcommittee Nisei who hold top executive ternal Security Act ot 1950. J apan has 22 million TV tamily studying the language positions with SSA: William and the Committee to pe r m it their pro-civil rights sets in the homes. ranking and customs. She was among and especially the so-cailed Yamamoto. Glendaie otfice co ncentration camps section. majorities to vote to report th e b ills ou t, for a ll in• next to the United States. lhe group ol EI Cerrito High djstrict manager, and George your ' credit union t ents and purposes ci\'il rights were "killed" in the Color sets arc also rising in students who were hopeful Nakamura. Torrance oUice Immigration Act Detended popularity. though bulk of the two clties might be at• Commit tee. assistant manager. Finall y, we note that you WILL LOAN ON YOUR SIGNATURE these sets are being manutac• fill ated. Vlki had a key to the Salinas Valiey J A C L e r charge the J ACL with being tured (or export to the U.S. ci ty 01 EI Cerrito to p r e ~ent Henry Hlbino. San Jose State "short-sighted" in our sup• $100 - 12 monthly payments of $8 .89 By 19 68. a million TV sets to Vi chy oHidals. The Mansfield motion was made and passed at a CoUege graduate with • large port of the 1952 Immigration $300 - 12 monthly payments of $26.66 time when on ly a fe w Senators were on the fl oor. are expected to co me of{ the farming opera tion on the and Nationality Act. You sug• monthly payments of None of the D ixiecrat lawmakers who traditionally assemblY lines. By the end 01 Churches northeastern outskirts 01 Sa• gest that we made a mistake $500 - 24 $23.54 i967. 3/ 4 million sets h a v e linas, was appointed Salinas $750 - 24 monthly payments of $3.5.30 . h ave opposed civil righ ts b ills w e re p resen t to ob ject. The Southern A I a m e d a and that we ougbt to work . been estimated for production. city park and recreation com• Late r that Friday a fternoon. th e S ou t hern bloc County Buddhist Church at tor its "rectification." $1000 - 24 monthly payments of $47.07 missioner. r e taliated, with Senator E astland introducing as an Bus iness Union City, which has been May we ask that you docu• $1500 - 36 monthly paymenls of $49.82 served by Japanese-speaking cent your charges? We have amendmen t w h ich he will p ropose on t h e fl oor to the 242 South 4th Ea.t St,e.t. Soli to ke City, Utoh 8411 , H ouse-passed civil rights b ill when it is u p f or Senate Nine members 01 Los An• priests for the past five years, Architect heard so many others make ut we consideration, an open h ou sing measure. geles' Wilshire Agency of Cali• was provided its first Eng\lsh• UC Medical Center's new simllar accusations, b have not yet tound any who Reca lling that t he open housing section of last fornia-Western S ta t e sLife speaking minister in Rev. school at nursing building de• Insurance Company are at• Unryu Suriyama. 41 , a grad• signed by Geor,e I\fatsumoto has been abie to substantiate y ear's Administration Bill brou ght about a filibu ster the many cbarges ma d e tending the flrm's Leading uate o( Ryokuku University of San Francisco will start that d efeated the whole civil rights package a pproved st the bill when It was Producers Club sales confer• in Kyoto a nd Ciaremont next summer. The S3 'h mil• again b y the H ouse. the Mississippian predicted that h is under debate in the early tit• ence at J ackson Lake Lodge Graduate School. B I • bOll lion building will be ready in H a n ay~ m a ties. As a matter or fact, more amendme nt would have the effect of defeating all in Grand Teton Nati onal Park, hin.ho o[ the 1970. boosting enrollment to immigration to this co untry civil righ ts legislation this session . D escrib in g the Wyoming. Sept. 6-9. Buddhist Churches o( Ameri• 525 students. Matsumoto' is has taken place under t he amendment as " a dose of m edicine which will be Attending the conterence, ca, San Francisco, also ap• also a lec turer at the UC Wa lter-McCarran Act than fatal," Senator E astland said in a prepared sta tement, with their wives, are l\Jan• pointed the Rev. Zukei Tanl· Berkeley School o( Architec• under the slatutes it codified "Nor thern people will not have anything to do with ager Harry M . Fujlts and the guchi of San Francisco to the ture. and superceded, with 1ew, if so-called civil rights laws which incorporate open following agents: Harry Aku• Alameda Buddhist Church. ne. Mac B orl. Tats Xu. hida. the Rev. Xoken Sakal to the any. ot the many t ears ex• housin g that a pplies to them. Because we successfully Tak Oglno. Frank Ohkawa. San Luis Obispo Buddhist pressed during the years 01 WAYS kept open housin g in the 1966 civil rights b ill, w e Richard Takata. Bob Tsucbl• Church. and the Rev. Yoshlhl• discussion materializing In Its sustained a successful filibuster last y ear." yama. and Bill Yamashiro. ko Fujimoto. superintendent S. America Nisei actual operations. Toshiba America In~rna ­ at the Institute at Buddhlli You may be interested to TO EARN • tional has temporary offices at Studies. Berkeley. know that in public hearings 2 meet at SaoPaulo The E astland tactic. caught b oth the Senate lead• 111 S. Burlington in Los An• in 1964 and 1965 on the MORE INTEREST ership and liberal S enators by surprise. geles. General manager Ta• Music Amendments to the Walter• S u ch liberal S enators on the J udiciary Committee kuzo Sakamoto. 44 , from the SAO PAULO. Brazll- A con• McCarran Act that became as P hilip H art of Michigan. E dward K enned y of New York office. Is seeking Barrlet Yama.sakl. the Ha• terence to probe the role at law in Oclober 1965. most at AT SUMITOMO- M assachusetts. and Joseph Tydings of M aryland . permanent quar ters. Toshiba waiian Nisei singer who piay• the Nisei in Peru, Argentina the orga nizations that severe• and Brazil was attended here Democrats. and H iram F ong of Hawaii. Rep ublican, Shibaura Electric Co.. Ltd. ed the femaie lead "Flower ly criticized the 1952 legi• 1. BY TRANS FERR IN G YOUR Drum Song" in London from earlier this month by deiega• have been working within the Committee to broad en (Tos hiba) of Japan manufac• siation admitted that it had 1959-60 because producer tions from those three South SAVING S BY THE 10lh OF the H ou se-passed civil rights protection bill to in• tures

•I EAST WIND: Williem Marutenl ...u ___ •• __o·.· ...... & ..- PACIFIC CITIZEN The Inscrutable. CLASSIFIED ADVERTIIING M.... a.t. IdI.4.. I..-FI... . u nt PI' .o,d. SI minimum Of' 25 words .,. If'I''''rtion. 3~ d'lCou.,t lot" Inse,tlon,. '.Ui ..... ,th order. H MY K. HONDA, !'dttOf Philadelphia friend. have I ...... couple!! ---- Publlsh~d wlt'klv hy the JtlPancsI AmericAn Cltlren. Luau' Among Ihe myth. that have who go through the Itilted • EMPLOYMENT • EMPLOYMENT- So. Cillf. except the 1.,1 week of the yur currency within the general ritual at calling on. another Vlml to Employm.nt Ag ..., 'Edltorlal-Bnstn".. Ortlu American population i5 that "d earu and constantly bus!i ing WANTeD-lALElMAN Jilm . 307, 12& W"lItr 5t • 1.0.1 Anle l c~. Ca. 9ool2-Ph.: ('13) MA e ~ft93 e Odrntll l! a re " in 8~ rulabl e. 1t while 11 I. quite evident that • peak I.pane•• " BnlUd Job Inqulrlts Wt lcom• Now, being very much ot an Rm. 202, 312 E. ht St., L.A. ~tr ry Enomoto. Nat'l Prt'!t. -!- Roy Uno. PC Bond Chmn. m ore love w as lost betw een :~k e e ~ ~::;;r ~ ~on n~~e ~ :r f~. ooti~ M4 4·2821 • Now Opening. DIll' Na.tlon.,1 JACL N,.ad(llJartf'u Orient,, 1 my.elf, anceRlrally them (han Ihey'li ever see month. U you like a ,ood ..IH OF INTEREST TO MEN p o rh a p ~ career. lee m~ o hn WJlcoxen. 1l'34 Post St.. San Francisco. Ca. 941115 - Phon .. : (415) WE 1-6S4t spcakinl(, - as s l'e again. And while I don't know 3.~ hJ' Dean Corbett Chry,ler-Plymouth, Order FUlu. drug co. Oh tTlel COU,n c!l llepnseQl aU"". mo.t 01 the renders 01 Ihls about you, somehow thl. di s• 1554 J S. Wu tern Ave., GardeDa, Gror. Cbecker, older o,k. to 125wk PNWDC-Kimt Tlmbar., NC·WNDC-H.omer TAKAhash i : CCD C• tel. 323-8303. Butcber Helper, ,'west 9O-IOOWk column, - a nd also h avin g play s trikes me as vulgar, not Warebou.e, ha rdware 390 Setco Hanashtro; PSWDC-Tt"ts Iwasaki; lDC-Fran k Yoshimura; known quite a few Orientals MPDC-BII1 Ho~okawa; MDC-Joe Kadowakl: .me-Leo Saaald to mention phony. Color T.V. Tech. P . Rlv. 2.50-3.00hr lor quite Ro me lime, I can and JACL Office Secretary Dellrll D,.ftrman. hyd. free open Sfl ulal Conf.IPondenu IBM Camp. Op, min 6 mos exp eoo M"waJi: AUln Stekm.n. Dick Gtm •• Japan l TAmoL"lu MUrA)'.ml I do categorically disclaim SYNONYM: "SIDBUI" _ Shorthand 80 wpm. Typln, F.C. Bkpr. opr bkpg mach 600+ In the p resent con text, come 60 wpm, OU lce machine. rou• Entered as 2nd CJu~ Mattu at Lo!' Amtelc!;, Ca. -;. Subscription lhi~ erroneOUB character iza• tlnc tulng experience: Soma OP INTEREST TO WOMEN Rites ,payable tn advance) • U.S. ${ per year. 7.150 for two YC8U tion. to th ink 01 it, classic Japanese Japanese eonveraatlonat abUI• Reel)" ,tat. typing S30 t y; Sim pl e bookkeeping: Send US. alnn"U : $10 addtUonal per )'ear. ForelJfll : $6 per yen Taking " quick gander al art Is (or once was) very In• r ' ~ ' lr~kS: ~ 0 f.~ .. b~ ~dach ~ -$2.$0 (I t JACL !\)embenhtp Duu t o r 1 ~'U f 5 u bscrlptlon- scru table: otten sparse, con• resume to J. MatSUI. 3335 Ro• Webster'!;, the word "inscruta_ wena, Los Anllele. 90027. For ~::~~ ::I~:r1§~~ l l, g~:a E.:'Io:cept (or JACL. staLl wr1t~rs, ne.ws and opinions ~xpreS5e d sisting ol a lew brush strokes, Information caU: to Ws by co\unmb,ts do not neccMarJly reflecL .TACL policy. ble" Is dcnned a. "not read 1- Bar Maid , nr Pomona 2.00hr 1;\' undcrstood; enigmatic" and symbolic. Classic J apanese art J. Matsui, MA 6·4471 Sale. ,lrl, excluB. shp. Encino 75wk d oes not "hit y ou in th e tace,n Salt' sllrl, drug sundries 10-75wll Friday, S ept. 8, 1967 g 1 v e s "mysterious" as a 6- synonym. Now, i [ the basis so to speak. And the way to CUSTODIAN • BUSINUS OPPORTUNITY 01 this characterization is enjoy s uch art is to cleanse SERVICE STATION "lack of understanding." then your mind, quietly sit and Jt i5 easy to see why the gen• medita te befor e (t, and slowly Lease Ravor the m ood and m essage eral population may lapse In- Call Mr. Hart Texaco Inc. 10 the lazy beli et thai Orient• that the artlst sought to con• Whittier. Caur vey by his delt strokes 01 the 483-5750 Resi dent & Bus. area. We.U estab• als are Inscrutable. lished. Excellent monthly net tn• brush. One does not· hold • BEELINE FASHION-have open- come. Ron Murph y 776-3396- • INSORUTABLE GOLF - cocktail in on e h and, a smok• Ing for salesladles--No experj - 325-1705 after 6:00 EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION-II On Ihis theo ry, some at the ing cigarette In the other, and ~ ~ ~~ ~ :~1~a~~v a~ c~ m ~ ~~ . t :t ~ • REAL ESTATE------while trying to hold inane Crlffin 938-7181. The Eastern District Council "action committee" reputedly finest works of art LtvELY ATTRACTIVE buslneu on executive reorganization has released the minutes in the world are· inscrutable, conversations w ith a nother corner. 4-story brick apartmentl and stores, excell ent Income ot .. of its Aug. 5 session. Attending were Kaz Horita, War• Cha nge in Diet at least to this writer. An d lor hurriedly glance at a piece 01 Opportunity for Engineers fer. large net spendable. You ren Watanabe, William Marutani of Philadelphia; Joe many years that silly game 01 will be convinced. D U 4-4561 striking a little white ba ll, art and then be swept along Broker. Ichiuji, Kaz Oshiki of Washington, D .C.; Jack Ozawa, '------, chasing it (a[ter tirst locating to the next display by the In Duarte Moonray Kojima of New York; and Mas Ooka, of il in the rough) and t h e n surgin~ mob. I thInk the clas• Support Ou r Advertisers Seabrook. The array of brain power is readily evi• smacking it again to chase it sic Japanese art and the Commercial dent. letters from Our Readers ngaln was inscrutable an d method 01 savoring it are Aircraft Without quoting verbatim too often from its near .Japan to learn Japanese - so mysterious to me as to why 2,500-word proposal, it began with the reason for re• Correction anyone would want to spend called by Ihe art buffs as Toyo Printing great was the shortage. Per• HYDRAULICS organization ("to delineate an organizational struc• Editor: haps had we had more oflic• money and waste time in such "sh ibu i." Offset • lttl.rp,." - llnot,pinI nonsensical pursuil-that is, ture which would clarify t h e lines of responsibility I'd like to apologize lor an CI'S of mixed blood, there No .. . not "inscrutable 309 S, SAN PEDRO ST, in the JACL") , and recommended an executive com• error in my last article woul d have been morc under• until J tried it and was "bil• NiseL" Ralher, "sh lbui Nisei," • Engineers Los Ang.l .. 12 - MAdison 6-81U ten by the bug." I daresay mittee within the National Board. Meeting as often (Souuding Board, Sept. 1). standing between nations - • Designers Dr. Kitano W8!ii quoted as Ihat the exciting and interest• as three times a year, it would be comprised of the and less war. I might add stating: " It is precisely the de• many of these men perform• ing gam. at lootball is mosl -Permanent Positions- 1II111111111111111111111111111~ president, president-elect and three others from velopment and maintenance inscrutable to you gals, much among the 14 other voting members of the National ed heroic acts for this coun• Enomoto-- Design and development of N k P' t' ~_-_ 01 such a structure that ap• try. which b a v e yet to b. to your chagrin when your (Continued I' om Page 3) commercial aircraft hydraulic an a r,n I"g Board. parently diUerentiates some publicized or declassilicd. si ll y husbands will again be cylinders, control valves and _ § The EDC proposes the following members to the or the morc succes (ul minori• We know 01 the well pub• glued to the TV sets on Satur• bodies. to do what we can. servo actuators, B.S.M.E. or I§ 2024 E. 1.1 51. § ~ ~ National Board: president, president-elect, 3 vice ty groups, such as the Mexi• licized Caucasian-Japanese days starting this fail. Programs such as Head Start, equivalent. LOi Angelts. Calif. cans and Negroes" (on front and other anti-poverty et- § ANgoius 8-7835 § presidents. 1000 Club Chairman, Jr. JACL president, weddings which have shown I'I.A Y IT COOL - Now. 8 district governors, and immediate past president as page). no ill ellects - such as th. lorts, increasing 01 employ- HYDRAJi.?t~f.i.S CORP. §1II11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~ ~ ~;=I' The correct quote should it cannot be gainsaid that ability t h r a u g h practical "voting" members; the treasurer, legal counsel, Na• former ambassador to Japan, Orientals, including specific• have read: u ••• some the tional Director, and PC Board chairman as four "non• or James Michener, H a r r y ally the Nisei, are not as training, development 01 jobs, 1500 Ronson Rd., Duarte ! HIRA'S AQUARIUM I m 0 r e successful minority Bridges. Pat Suzuki, Pete See• demonstra tive as perhaps the basic education, open housing phone (213) 359-9211 ! TROPIC'L FISH & SUPPLIES i voting" members. groups, such as the Jews and lights are all areas in which I ~ ger, etc., etc. general population. In what I No changes were recommended on the National Japanese, from the less suc• help is needed. An aversion An Equal Opportunity Employer Koi -Goldfish - Pond Display The ofisprings 01 mixed understand to be the curren I I i Council, which "bears ultimate responsibility ... to cessful minority groups, such m arriages are, for my money, jargon, they IIplay it cool') and to placard carrying and pa- • 4429 Fountain Ave., L.A. J meet once every two years to determine in democratic as the Mexicans and Negroes," l~:!.~d.:r. s ~p,:,,~ quite happy, normal, and have been doing so for years. rading is no handicap to con- • RENTAL sessions the direction of National J ACL policy." s tructive invo l vem~nt in ac- 78 LARGE 1 bdrm, dis- ~ JEFF MATSUI oHen surprisingly s uccessful. But I can assw'e any doubt• ~ ~~ ~~n t The National Board supports the president-elect Dr. Eugenie Clark, one 01 the luI reader that under t h a I tivities which u pgrade people $ posal. near and Sunset. _ I which after all can be done 4617 Lexington Avenue, C a ll proposal featured in this column previously. The Jr. few women oceanographers in "coo}" the Nisei is very much ." I NO 3-7003 or 283-5718. JACL president is given "voting status because of O n m ixed marriage the world, is a good example. "turned on" and attuned to 10 many ways. ~.r.r.r.r.b".r.b"AC==t:I==I:II:ID But don't forget that had It is gratllying to see trus MARUKYO the growing importance of our young people to the Dear Editor: the situation. It's just a mat• it not been lor mixed mar• convention being held here in Kimono Store JACL." The treasurer, who functions as a financial Having noticed that recent• a ter ot being able to "read" riage, our knowledge 01 J a• Chicago, a city which was so Est~;~~hed record keeper, should be appointive. The secretary ly lbe Pacific Citizen has run him but this requires an un• NIS EI pan even today would be hospilable to many of us in 101 W. II" SL is eliminated as already recommended by the Na• several articles relating to the derstanding of him. And if poor. I am referring to Lal• one fails to understand him, those days when a lot 01 doors Los Ang eles tional Board. horrors ot mixed marriages. were closed to us. I began my I thougbt I'd add my two bits cadio Hearn, who still repre• he becomes inscrutable. But The executive committee within the National sents the best interpreter oC remarks with re[erence to the TRADING (0. MA 8·5902 worth. \Vhile working five in Cact he's very easy to read. Board would be accountable to the National Board, trungs Japanese. For example, I dare say convention theme. "A quarter • APPLIANCES - TV - FURNITURE exercising such authority as delegated by the Board. years for Military Sea Trans• century after . . .". We are 348 E. FIRST ST., L.A. 12 port Service I had a chance VAUGHN M. GREENE that lew can equal tbe warm As the principal group providing direction and liai• living in a troubled time, be-MAd i,on 4-6601 12, 3. 4) to observe many war brides 137 Mullen Avenue devotion in its finest sense set by international and do- ~.b".r.r.l'.b".r.b"~~ son to the implementation of National Council man• (I imagine tbat term is get• San Francisco, Callt. that a Nisei exhibits in ways Kenny Yoshimura dates, it would be composed of five members upon that count. And this absent mestic strife. If there is any• ting a bit dated now), coming trung I would hope tor today, CORT FOX FORD majority consent of the National Board. the addiction to demonstrative IBM KEYPUNCH, to the U.S., and of course. it is that a q uarter cen tury FLEET PRICES ON '67 aIlectations at endlessly, In• COMPUTER have many :friends who are hence we will have attained FORD, MUSTANG, TRUCK Endo-- discriminately and publicly TRAINING Call for Information The EDC proposal observed that the National Di- married to Japanese girls. referring to his spouse as limy the wisdom and com passiqn On the MSTS ships about (Continued from Front Page) fo, M ... _ Wom.n NO 5-1131 rector and Washington Representative "have provided one-balf the crew was mar- dear" and constantly bussing that will make peace a reality, outstanding leadership and direction to the J ACL for ried. and of these, hall were It this criticism can be ap• one another on the cheeks. and the dignity 01 every American an established tact. Silve rlakt - Hollywood - Echo Park more than two decades, while the elected officers- married to Japanese. The plied to 'Public school educa• True, a number of Nisei Automation Institute To the extent t hat we in- fdwud Tok • ."i. Director striving to improve their economic position to provide crews themselves were usual• tors in general, and m y ex• have adopted some of these perience indicates that it cao, demonstrative habits and this dividuaUy, and collectively 451 { ~ pp ~ ~ ~ ~d L .~~ vis. ~~~d~~~ ; :US Nisei American for their families-have sacrificed much and perfonn- ly 50 percent Filipino, 25 per• then we should face s 0 m e writer, tor one does not and through JACL, can contribute Realty ed equally well in lending their know how, time and cent wbite, and 25 percent very serious questions. will not IIknock itll so long as to tbese ends, I believe the ~1I1111111t1l~11II1II1II1I1I1I1I1I1II1II1I1II1II1II1I1I~ 1 effort to strengthen the JACL." Negro. In classrooms where teach• it's genuine. second 25 years alter the 2029 SUNS ET 8lVD., L.A. 2& As the needs of that era which motivated Nisei Incidentally. there were ers are not interested in ed• However, all too otlen Evacuation will be even more DU 8·0694 to sacrifice as they did for JACL no longer seem to lew Nisei working lor MSTS a man g my non-Oriental meaningful than the tirst. i H'kawaya I Eddie E. Nagao, Realtor on ships, which I consider a ucation, what does a grade § Sweet Shop § exist an d as many Nisei have extende d t h emse Ives in pity, as it is a fine career witb of "AU mean? Does it in any WaUact N. Ban religious, fraternal, political and community activi- the Federal Government. ]( is way measure 1 ear n i n g, § 244 E. lst St., L.A . § I Viola Redondo Georgt Chey achievement, or education? § MA 8·493~ ;: '-;~~~:::;;:::;;:::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;; ties, "the inevitable result has been that the volun- my personal and biased opin• ~1II111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~ teer elected-officers of JACL have placed a greater ion from observing the chil• The answer, I believe, is 25 Years Ago r reliance on the paid professional staff for the im- dren of tbese marriages, that clearly NO! plementation of National Council policy." tbe offspring are slightly bet- Should we ask our children In the PaSific Citizen, Sept. 3, 1941 P:n~h;u~ ' and students to conform to r'- Clothes- 1 While this trend is not bad per se, the EDC pro- ter looking than the Japanese, the demands of such teachers? l3860 Crenshlw 81,d ., Suit. 230' posal notes that if JACL is to continue as a democratic slightly more homely than the Are our children getting an Sept. 10, 1942 Rowalt 01 Cinci nnati appoint• I los Ang.l" . AX 2-2511 I organization of Japanese Americans interested in Caucasian, and more intelli- education in the public Park College president Dr. ed WRA deputy director .. . gent than either. However, ','I Gardena - DA 1-6804 h I 1 scohols? William L. Young wins fight Some Nisei married to Cau• I' t e welfare of our country, its members and cu tura these differences are slight, 1601 Redondo St ach One of the largest Selections In my next article, I will to retain Nisei s tudents, ouster casians and their children al• i....-_ ~ heritage, new goals within the framework of the J A- so no brickbats, please! 2421 \Y. Jell"son, L.A. RE 1-2121 CL Constitution must be sought. The point is, however, are examine these questions in action led by mayor and war lowed to return h ome in Mili• , _. _ . tary Area No.1 •.. . Tule JOHN TY SAITO & ASSOCIATES And as JACL interests and influences broaden these marriages desirable? I Ihe light at wbat I consider veterans. i COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION' Pvt. Peter Fujiwara, 19, of Lake-grown produ ce arrives requiring appointment of more national committees, believe so for several reasons. the prevailing attitude 01 Otsigni ng .- ln stalla tion· I Seattle killed Aug. 28 in ac• at Poston ... Arizona war ~ Mamtenanct · the Headquarters staff has been required to assist For one, Japan is one 01 the Japanese Americans towards i i education and the schools. cident at Ft. Riley, Kans.; ovec board seeks evacuee labor to Lyndy's these added committees without commensurate ex- most inbred nations in the 1,000 attend military tuneral. pick cotton . . . Coast dim-out I Sam J. Umemoto 'I pansion in staff. world, and some new blood I Certificate Member of R.S.E.S. 926 S. 8mh 81. WRA and Utah state offi• affects n igh ttime activities at ~ Membtr of JapM Assn. of cD ANAHEIM, CALIF. The National Board has not been in a position to would (and is) stimulate its I cials clarify status of evacuees Fresno Assembly Center . . . Refrigeration. JA 7-5116 provide either manpower or direction to these com- society. The only nation more r eleased for farm harvest: Only U.S. citizens eligible for i Lictn sed Rtfrlgtration Contractor ! Harold GOtrtze", Murayama-- ~ Rts. Mgr. homogenous than Japan is (Continued from Page 3) n o regimentation, minimum self- gove,mment offices inside mittees. Hence, some committees have lacked staff Sweden, and they, recogniz- 1506 ~~,,~:~-:~~ l~~Ang'I " Between Disneyland and help. The predicament also forces t h e staff to be se- ing trus, have liberalized their wage, proper housing assured. relocation centers, says WRA; i Kn ott's Berry Farm P.S. J should not forget to men• Cali f. Attorney G e n era I n ew policy to for ce re-elec• ~ .; : ~O!. _I lective in determ ining priorities. Further, the nation- sex laws accordingly! I might tion that Heco Js very desirous ot L._o_ becoming an American clUzen. J Warren files briel in support tions at Manzan ar , Tule Lake a l president, an unpaid officer, cannot provid e t he add that during WW II, it applied to Judge Hoffman. who at Gen. DeWitt's militar y ex• and Poston ... North Port• replied that as he was a mlT),or. Clost to Baldwin Hll1 s·Crenshaw Aru direction demanded of the National B oard thr oughout was seriously proposed in one clusion order in F red T. Ko• land and Tulare Assembly the year. 'l;'he only alternative, says the E D C pro- army circle to force the Japa• it would be time enough when Aloha Plumbing he arrived at man's estate. He rematsu case at San Fran• Centers emptie.d . . . Post PARTS & SUPPLIES posal, "would appear to be an executive committee nese to interbreed with us, wJll be twenty In about a year. office at Gila River WR A Cen• I think. a.c.s. cisco ... ACLU demurrer to -Rtpalrs Our Sptcialty- to work with the national president in functioning after the defeat, thus forever quash charge against Kore• ter dedicated as R ivers ..• An Editor ial 1948 S. Grand. los Angelts on behali of the National Board." removing the menace of Japa- rna tsu overruled by Federal Fellowship of Reconciliation, RI 9-4371 The executive committee would relieve much of nese imperialism! AN AMERfCANIZED J A P A - Judge Martin Welch . .. Eura• New York City, publishes So long as two races co• NESE-Among others leaving f9r pamphlet on evacuees: II Ame• the pressures now on the national president and also exist side by side, there will the East on the steamer todn is sian youth, James Sugiura, 18, Minu tes to Downtown or Int'l. Ai,port ( Jos . •Heco. who goes on to Wash• 01 Seattle pleads not-guilty 01 r ican Refugees". provide the president-elect and other members of this always be a slight amount of Ington as private secretary to Sen• violating Army evacuation or• Mountain town ot J apan, ED SATO Htaltd Poo l • Elevator - TV group with invaluable experience in understandin g interbreeding. I consider this ator Cwin. This young man. now about 19 years of age, is one or der before U.S. District Judge (Graham County) N.C., to be PLUMBING AND HEATING Air Conditioned · 24 Hr. Swi tchboard the total JACL operation. desirable and natul'al, nor the party of 11 Japanese, picked at Seattle ... Fifteen alien under 50 It. of water 01 Fon• Remodtl and Repairs - Wattr NISEI OPERATED l e~s l ation up at sea by the bark Auckland Huttrs, Garbagt Disposals, This is only a first step toward clarifying the in- does it require by and brought to this port in 1850. Issei arrested by FBI in New tan a Reservoir wh en T ennes• Furnacts 4542 W. Slluson, lA, AX 5-2544 ternal problems and issues t h at have prevented the racists, for the percentage in- This party. it may be recollect• York City. see Valley Author ity com• -Servicing los Angtles• ed. were found in one of their Call: AX 3-7000 RE 3·0557 N ational Board from f ulIilling som e of its m andate s ~~ l;e?~~~~d~~~::;" b ~~~ ~ ~ ~ native junks. having suffered Shi p• "Yam ato" colony started in pletes its dam in 1944. wreck. and subsequently been 1904 by H. T. Kamiya and NIsei U.S.A.: The Migratory from the Nation al Coun cil. And a second step is a can be unique contributions drifted out over a thousand mUes t horough review of th e n ational com mittee system - to tbe societies that produced to sea. D. 1. Oishi to grow pineapples Workers. They have al1 been returned 10 in southern Florida (Boca Editorial Titles: Battle at t h ou gh it was not a part of th e ir repor t. Some com - them. If only we bad had their native land but three. who Raton) recalled by Texas P ark College; an American ~ 1 :: ~~~ mittee functions, th e EDC p roposal added, would bet- more before Pearl Harbor, are now In this city: one jn the Nisei Upholstering <> employ of Wells. Fargo & Co.: a n ewspaperman. Hero (on Pvt. Peter Fuji• ,i; ter b e handled by th e e xecutive commit tee. perhaps the war would never second in the service of a party wara) ; No Sabotage (Drew unknown to us . and the third. as Manzan ar Co-op incor por• R•• t,lIng - R.bulld lng • R.palrlng N