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PllIIllabad weekly. Enured as Znd class matter In post oUlce at Los Angeles, CaW Bdltorial-BusLness Office: 258 E. 1st St., Los Angeles 12, CaUf~ MAdIsoDlI-MR Vol. 44 No. 10 Los Angeles, Published Every Friday-1Oe Friday, March 8, 1957 BY THE BOARD: OVER $250,000 Challenge well worth Sah Lake bids for 19 S8 (onvention effort offered In all probability. official ac• AWARDED FOR knowledgment and announcement The Pacific Citizen is 15th Biennial may be co-sponsored by will be made from Headquarters. "supposed" to be JACL's (It was also Pacific Citizen's un• CLAIMS IN JAN. house organ, serving as Mt Olympus; dales nol yel announced derstanding that convention datr::s WASHINGTON.-Over a quarter• million dollars were awarded to SALT LAKE CITY.-Very few, if house. Rupert Hachiya, immediate would be earlier than the tradi• a medium by which the tional Labol Day weekend, if helci 140 claimants under the evacua• entire membership is anyone, had an inkling where the past president. explained details tion claims program during the 1958 national J ACL convention for staging a convention before in the Intermountain area this kept informed of nation· time.) month of January. the Washing• would be held after the successful voting on the motion made by ton Office of the Japanese Ameri• al 1956 Biennial at San Francisco. Henry Kasai, naturalized Issei George Tamura, Mt. Olympus and local JACL acti - chapter president, who Wi\S pres• can Citizens League and Commit• Over a thousand delegates wer~ member of the chapter. vities .. However, sad to ent. has agreed to bring the ques• tee on Japanese American Evacua• say, it is NOT reaching looking in all directions-Chicago. It was learned informal inquiry tion of c.o-sponsor!;hip at his next tion Claims announced this week. Washington. Seattle, Denver and was made by Hachiya ' at the San - The total amount awarded in the rank & file of the Southern California-for a possi• Francisco .convention and in sub- board meeting. Lack of a co· sponsor. however, will not deter January by the Japanese Claims membership. Hence, the bility. sequent weeks, correspondence be- Salt Lake JACL. the chapter as• Section of the Department of Jus• PC as it stands today falls The national JACL council, com• tween the chapter and National sured. tice was nearly 5247.000. The larg• posed of official delegates from Headquarters determined the ex- . This will mark the return 01 est award was for $10,000 and was short of its prime objec· chapters attending the convention, tenthere. of a convention to be held JACL delegates to a national eon- given to a claimant residing ~ tive. was unable to act and determine Sunnyvale, Calif.. while the smaJt. the site of '58 conclave for thO! vention for the second time since (Dr. Roy Nishikawa, national the end of World War II. when est was for 525 awarded to a cJa.i.. lack of a bid. Again. as ill 1954. J ACL president. of Los Angeles Salt Lake-Mt. Olympus hosted the mant residing in Hawi, Hawaii. . If JACL is to grow in the delegates referred the ·ques. told the Pacific Citizen, upon being 1948 Biennial. During the WClT Although most of the awards strength and number, its tion of a convention site to the advised of Salt Lake's bid Tues- years. with National Headquarters were made to claimants residing National JACL B0il-rd for a deci• day that " it was the only chapter located here. Salt Lake was the in California, residents of eight membership must be kept sion within six months (which was which showed interest" in staging, site of the 1942 and 1944 meetings. other states and the Territory of informed of all phases of due last Sundayl. the 1958 convention. " I am happy The last Salt Lake convention Hawaii and Japan also received Last Saturday, on the eve when I our activities and aspira• to hear it," he added. ) I was held Sept. 4-8, 1948. awards. Other states involved be• tions. To maintain con· a decision was due from J AC:' sides California were Washington, Headquarters. the members of the Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, tinued high interest in Salt Lake JACL attending their Minnesota, Oregon, Arizona. Nev• JACL by the rank & file, first generjil meeting of the yea,r ada, and Alabama. The awardee voted to extend a bid for the 15th in Japan resides in KumamotO-ken. the PC is invaluable for Biennial. • its steady flow of news These awards were made under Ichiro Doi, chapter president, the provisions of the J ACL·COJA• . and information. presided at the brief business EC sponsored amendment to the meeting prior to the Victory Mem• Such, of course, is the ·1948 Evacuation Claims Act that bership dance at the Police Cluo· authorizes compromise settlement philosophy of the PC and to all awards, whil& also recog• toward that end a great nizing the claims of internees and deal of time, effort and FLOOD DAMAGE corporations. Since these are awards only, money i$ being expend· Congress must still appropriate ed. LIGHT FOR the necessary funds with which to pay these claimants . Of EAST OREGON JACL and COJ AEC. will continue .A:n alarming fact is the their efforts to secure the needed circulation percent age ONTARIO, Ore.-Flood waters of appropriations in order that these among JACLers subscrib. the Malheur River. a tributary awardees may be paid by early . t th PC emptying in the Snake River here, mg 0 e - about struck the vicinity of Vale, 28 miles 25%, many of whom are west of here, on Sunday night Feb. our leaders. They hardly 26. L.A. race relaHons need to be inspired be. The Pacific Citizen wa~ informe? , a dozen Japanese Amencan faml' ~aused they re already 1 lies were evacuated when swollen progress in Look inspired. It is with the streams inundated the community other 75% that PC can and adjac~nt farm lands. However. A report on how better race re- . . as Operation Cleanup began two lations were developed in Los An- be of benefit. If thIS pub- days later many returned to find geles county is given in "A Race lication is to justify its damages hot as extensive. ' Justice J. Allan Crockett of the Utah Supreme Court (left) re• I\ Relations Success Story" by Sara existence, expenses and Oregon Governor Robert Holmes ceives the -400th membership card from Isamu Watanuki (center), I B~ynoff in the Mar. 19 Look mag• . . had requested Malheur county be Salt Lake JACL memberslrip chairman. This commemorates the azme. exertIon, we must frnd declared a disaster area. seeking largest membership total in the 20-year-plus history of the chap- Negro editor Loren Miller. City wayS and means to get $500,000 in federal assistance. ter.. While. th~ active drive has been concluded for 1957, president Councilman Ed Roybal and Saburo PC into hands of as many . (It w.as.recalled Japanese Amer- Ichtro DOl ~rlght) has b~ assured the final count would near Kido, Nisei lawyer, are all quoted 'bl' Ican ViCtimS of the Marysville· the 500 m:'l'k. - Terashima Photo. on how vastly enlightened the pub• JACL ers as pOSSI e-rn- Yuba City flood of Christmas 1955 ;------.------lic has become on this once explo• to hands of the 75% were aided by JACLers. The sive problem. where it can do the most Snake River Chapter, which cov· The situation as it existed dur• REPATRIATES DENIED RIGHT TO ing the tension filled postwar era good. ~rs Malheur county. has not found It necessary to make such an liO- :!~t ;~s :::~.~u~~::~ :~:r~ peal.-Editor. ) . SUE fOR VESTED PROPERTY RETURN I To date, save for a few Very few persons went to bed in WAS~NGTON. Japa~ese ~tates ~~~i~Oe~t; i~ic~;!dAp:~~::\f~~ Vale and , Jamieson that Sunday t~ - nationals in the United ~n who were instances, no real effort night expecting muddy waters tl) repatnated Japan dunng World War 2 c.annot sue the courts for Ixican descent, is president at Roos• has been made at the seep into stores in town or maroon ceturnAm0f t.~e1l" vCe~tit~d prorperty, the WI ~SledungtthiO? Office ?f the Ja,?a- evelt High School; and John Aiso nese encan I zens .eague exp am s week 10 reporting is municipal juda Th . chapter level to solicit them on their farms. But by morn• a decision rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals. of progress ... e. ese are signs ing, Red Cross officials, national readers among members. guard, sheriff's posse and indi• In the particular·tiz case .at issue, I ed Mr 0 h ed All IS' not's uccess b u t th e Ie ader- a G erman CI en was mvo v. s. e michen return to the ship me h' h No honest- to - goodness viduals were engaged in spontane• but because the circumstances fit United States, became a natural. c an.lsm as been de vel- drive has ever been at• ous rescue and salvage work. that of Japanese repatriates the ized citizen. and re-established the ~l~:;\~~ artic~e :n~udes. for fur- The Ontario Argus-Observer aid ~ss tempted. It is high time same decision would apply. the importing business. She then filed (Mis 0 10, e uture. . report one moving incident when Washington JACL office said. suit agailist the Office of Alien, inally s ~.n~ s. S~y ~~ orig- a young boy waded knee deep we got behind the pro· In a two-to-one opinion. the Ap- Property for the return of hel I"MinOr~~n ~ ~. e. KNX gram to get PC into the through flood waters to rescue the peals Court reversed a ruling made vested property, sequestrated fol· cast wh! h . po~ r~dio broad· Continued on Page 3 Nati~n ~ ~ hands of every JACLer. last April by the District Court lowing the outbreak of war. llCC mg .clted b! This is not a project that that cash and .stocks should be The. District Court found that the and Je:'s.) on erence of Christian CHAPTER TO 'VOTE ON returned to Anm H. J. E . Oehmi· Oehmlchens returned to Germany can be carried out suc· chen. of New York City. now an because of the rigors of the in· cessfully at the national OWN CORPORA liON American citizen. ternment camp and their difficul· REEDLEY JACLER PICKED level. For PC to attain its DETROIT. - ' The Detroit JACL Mrs. Oehmichen. according to ties with the pro-Nazi elements in 'MR C. OF (,' FOR 1957 chapter will vote on articles of the majority opinion, and her hus· the camp. rightful function, it is incorporation as a " non-profit or· band. Erhard. who died in Ger· The Appeals Court. however. de• REEDLEY.-Dr. James Ikemiya necessarily up to indivi· ganization" in the state of Michi• many in 1948. were German citi· cided that the Oehmichens return• has been named "Mr. Chamber of d'l\al chapte.rs. gan at its Mar. 17 potluck supper• zens who came to the United States ed to Germany "of their own free Commerce of 1957" at a recent business meeting at the Interna· in 1933. The following year they choice" and were " willing resi• dinner meeting held 10 th", high This is a tough chal· tional Institute. it was announced entered into the importing busi. dents of Germany" and, therefore school cafeteria. ness. under the Trading with the Enemy Dr. Ikemiya is a past president lenge. but one definitely by Kay Miyaya , chapter publicity cha irman. Shortly after the war broke out. Act they were enemies within the oC J ACL. board of director of Ki• worth the effort. Are Yoshio Kasai is handling gen· the Oehmichens were arrested and meaning of the law. Accordingly. wanis ClUb. and served as first YOU going to sit this one eral arrangements, while Fumi interned. After about three years. they could not sue for the recovery chairman of the dental survey they asked for repatriation to Ger· of their property in the courts. taken among elerqentary school out? Kasai and Hifumi Sunamoto are children. in charge of food arrangements. many and in January. 1945. they Attorneys for Mrs. Oehmichen Thls year he is chairman of ttlP. George Inagaki The newly-organized Teen Club went to German-held territory in announced that they would appeal l Austria. to the Supreme Court for a final Red Cross drive and member of Past President will be in char?e of c~ildren who attend the family affair. After the- death of her husb~nd, determination of her matter. the city recreatio:1 commissiOD. 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, M~ ., 1957

OffIcIal PubUcatlon: .Japanese Amertcan CtUzena Leaaue Sail L . onors tl naturalrect Issei dRzens in PACI~IC'atITII'N 5th tnhllll tesli01oo·. ; supre e c rI.ce uest sPU er ZdJtorlal - Bbmeu Offlce: 258 E. 1st St.. Los Angeles 12. CaUL BY JEANNE kONlSW Idinner held Feb. 28 at Dawn Noo- s c r a I I So which containe4' the Masao W. Satow - National Director SALT LAKE CITY.-For the fifth dle House. Pledge of Allegiance and the Ja· 1759 Sutter St., San Francisco 15, CaUl.. WEst 1-60t4 consecutive year, the Salt Lake I After welcome and introduction panese American Creed, together Mike M. Masaoka - WashIngton (D.C.) Representative JACL has honored its newly nat· 1 of honored guests by master of with red and white carnations from SuJte 1217 Hurley-Wright Bldg.. 18th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW (6) Except for Dlrector's Report. opinions expresseJ by uralized Issei who became Ameri· ceremonies Rupert Hachiya, 18 Mrs. Midori Watanuki. columnists do not necessarily reflect JACL polley. can citizens this past year at a I new citizens \\ere presented with • Honored guests were Justice J . HARRY K. HONDA ..•. Editor TATS KUSHIDA .•.. Bus. Mgr. Allan Crockett of the Utah Suo preme Court. the main speaker; Albert Fritz, Salt Lake City NAA• CP president: the Rev. Shintatsu Sanada' of the Buddhist Churcb: From the Bishop Shobo Aoyagi of the Ni• chiren Buddhist Church: the Revs. Tosuke Ota and George Hi• rose of the Church of Chi ~ t; Frying Pan Jack Griffins, chief of the Sa1t Lake immigration office: State Sen. Sol Selvin and Mme. State Sen. C. L. Jack. by Bill Hosokawa The occasion also honored the clergymen of the three churcht!s Denver, Colo. serving the Japanese community. NISEI REF-The Colorado state high school wrest• The chapter has now recognized ling tournament was held in Denver a couple of week• a total of 193 Issei who have be• come naturalized since the Walter• ends ago, and so it was natural that George Nakayama McCan-an Immigration and Na• should drop in. George is the Rocky Ford Nisei who's tionality Act of 1952 became effec• been making a name for himself in southeastern Colo• tive, permitting aliens of Japa• nese descent the privilege of nat• rado as a wrestling referee. He was one. of a dozen ref- uralization. ,', erees selected to work the tournament, and one of the Sen. Selvin (pictured above con. , seven selected to officiate in the finals, so he must be ."i. gratulating an Issei ci,tizen), him• a pretty fair hand at his business. Ulah State Sen. Sol Selvin (second from left) congratulates Kiyu• self, is a naturalized American taro Tanaka, naturalized Issei citizen, of Salt Lake City at the fifth. citizen of more than 40 years since Nakayama got interested in wrestling while at• annual Sal' Lake JACL dinner honoring new American citizens, coming to the United States as aa tending Denver University. He wrestled in the 145- while Mme. Sen. C.L. Jack (left) and Jack Griffins, immigration immigrant from Lithuania. In his service district chief, look on approvingly. - Terashima Photo. message to the Issei, he described pound class, but by his own admission he was no sensa• citizenship as of "the greatest tion. He turned to officiating while teaching at Trini• bounty" to him. dad junior high school and high school and he's still As senior senator in the Utah STEREOTYPED 'YELLOW PERI' ATTITUDE legislature, he was honored by hi" officiating even though he's no longer teaching. colleagues on Feb. 1. with a huge (Incidentally, 1 wonder what became of Sam Hokari, BlAMED FOR WAR .. TIME EVACUATION cake and party for his 79th birth• myoid friend who was a Pacific Coast Conference day. He first introduced a civil STOCKTON.-Mamoru Sakuma, II installed the new president and rights bill in 1945 and has 'been northy/est division wrestling champion a couple of de• Sacramento attorney, blamed the the other officers: Ted Karnibaya- its constant champion. cades ago. Haven't heard anything -about him since stereotyped "yellow perU" atti• shi, 1st V.p.; Ted Ishihara, 2nd While he believes a state civil before the war. Sam wasn't very big but he was as tude of Americans as the primary V.p.; Yoyo Ijuin, cor. sec.; Yukie rights bill is still not ready to be• cause of the detention of some Shinoda, rec. sec.; AI Umino, come law, he noted America's tough as an octopus.) 112,000 persons of Japanese ances• ~eart treas.: Frank Shinodar publicity: I is changing and has faith in try in relocation camps during Mrs. Mitsuye Kamimura hist .. Its passage soon. He added that he CRYING A SALE-Nakayama dropped in, not to World War II in a speech delivered . . . . ' , Ino longer receives public insults talk about wrestling, but to tell me about his latest Feb. 23 at the annual installation H. Hayashmo, Issei relations; Mrs. on the streets or over the tele- intere5t, which is Cfyin$ a ~ale. That, I learned, means dinner of the Stockton Japanes~ Continued on Page:! hones as he used to. American Citizens League. running an auctio!'}. Out in the' farming country, auc• Two-thirds of the internees were I tiOns ~re almost a way of life. Some farmer gets dis- American citizens and were d~ . couraged 'and figures he'd do better out in California. prived of their constitutional rights So he hires an auctioneer to sell his land, or if he's by their evacuation from their homes and businesses and their renting, he'll have his livestock, farm implements and de ten t ion in the centers, he even his household goods auctioned off. Or a rancher charged. wants to get rid of some range cattle, so he holds an Sakuma pointed to the advance::; alfction for farmers who are loeking for cow critters made since the war in the restora• tion of evacuation losses. citizen• to feed out during the winter. ship, immigration, the repeal of George, it seems, has been attending auctions for California's Alien Land Law, and chan~ing the franchise of Issei, but said a long time and the of the man behind the that persons of Japanese ancestry Nisei pe:rsonnel microphone fascinlted him. Also, the more he saw of still are not exempt from sharing en/oute to assist you. auctions, the more he became convinced that people in the problems created by Ameri• seemed to be gettL'1g gypped. Sometimes the fellow who can attitudes. Despite reports of the"'"Office of was getting rid of the merchandise didn't seem to get War Informa'tion and the Federal enough cash for it. And at other times buyers out of Bureau of Investigation that noc Fly ignoranc~ were paying exhorbitant prices for junk. He one act of sabotage was committed by a Japanese American in the figured he'd like to become an auctioneer and run United States or Hawaii, the idea fair sales. .. '''f'' 1."9 still persists among many Ameri• , Not long ago George put down $150 and enrolled in cans that such acts were perpe• to the Reisch American School of Auctioneering at Mason trated, Sakuma said. Lou Tsunekawa. a landscapE' City, la. There he learned to cry a sale. Now he plans contractor. was installed as presi• to take out a license and go into busines~ for himself dent of the local chapter. succeed• Hawaii as soon as he gets some experience helping out at ing Richard Yoshikawa, local pho· tographer. sales and learns a little more about land values. Municipal Judge Bill L. Dozier • LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.....lOne reason Na• kayama is interest~d in land values is that he's looking into the future. B~fore long, he figures, in maybe 15 Japan years, practically all Nisei in Colorado will be related by marriage. He'd 1ike to be in position by then to help them pool their resources to raise enough capital, buy on the world's land when a good bargain comes along, and set up a corporate' farming venture. LARGEST Tied in with this thinking is the need for coopera• OVER-OCEAN tive marketing. It's only a matter of time, he believes, until all produce will be sold by auction in wholesale AIRLINER markets through marketing associations. And he wants Only Pan American offers the extra comfort to be ready for that day. and dependability of double;..decked airliners MIGRATION TO KANSAS - Nakayama reports across the Pacific at no extra cost! Aslt us now tor tree information that a, number of southeastern Colorado Nisei farrvers Call your Travel Agent 01' locol Pan AmClf'icon o~e. ~~ have been moving across the line into Kansas. The cut• MAdison 6 8-184 SEneco 2121 AMhurst 6-0251 back in wheat acreage allotment freed some good land THE SUMITOMO BANK 6th ond Grand Ay. 1320 Fourth Av. Boston Bldg los Angeles, Cal. Denver, Colatado for other crops. And deep wells are providing irriga• (C.u.IFOKNlA.> Seattle, Wo"'. tion water on what heretofore has been dryland farms. 440 Montgomery St. EXbrook 7·UU CApital 7~7S DEarbOin 2·4900 Saa Francisco - EX 2-1980 m Stodt"" St. 512 S.W. Yamhill 30 So. Moch,ga" Av. The combination has lured Nisei farmers who are San Francisco. CAl. 1'00tland. Ote9an Chicogo, III. ne~e~ 101 S. San Pedro growing sugarbeets, melons and onions on land Los ~eles - !dl ~11 before devoted to these crops. And thus another NISeI 1400 ·4th St. frontier haS been opened. 8acftmeDto - Gl 1-4el1 WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AtftLiNE 3-PACIFIC CITI1EN I SALT LAKE JI(L - , HilS ALL-lIME VAGARIES By Lorry S. Toiiri RECORD OF 400 SALT LAKE CITY.-Tbe memoor. ship team captained by Rupert Hachiya signed up 224 memhers during the month of January• February-more than half of the '' Scramble total 409 paid-up JACLers here as of Feb. 28 to win the steak dinner Denver competition. Michiko Iseri. the Nisei dancer who teamed with Isamu Watanuki, Salt Lake JA• (Kikuchi) in the " Small House of Uncle Thomas" ballet in CL membership chairman. so an• Rodgers a nd Hammerstein's "The King and I" on Broadway nounced at the Victory Member• ahd in the 20th Fox screen version, got into the middle of a ship dance held last Saturday at hassle in Tokyo the other day. 1he 1957 officers of the Snake River Valley JACL were recently the Police Clubhouse. He added Miss Iseri, now on a trip around the world, was quizzed by ir:stalled by George Sugai, IDC chairman (back row, left), at a that at least 425 members would newspapermen about the difficulty between Joshua Logan, di• dmner-dance at the E Jst Side Cafe in Ontario, Ore. In the front row be . registered this week and saw rector of the Warner Brothers film "Sayonara", and Japanese arc (left to right) George Iseri, 1000 Club cbmn.; Dr. Kenji Yaguchi, a distinct possibility of bovsting critics who thought that Logan should have used a Japanese past PI,€S.; Gish AmaLlo, pres.; George MUa, v.p.;; Mrs. Harry Mori• the total to 500 with renewal pros• actor instead of Ricardo Montalban in the role of Nakamura, kawa, treas. Standing are Sugai, Mrs. Georg~ Saito, IDC sec.; pects. a Kabuki actor in the film. ' WIrs. Tom Dgura, social co-chmn.; Mrs. Tom ltami, sec.; and Mrs. Ichiro Doi, chapter president, It is somehow unfortunate that Logan got into an argument Bobbie W:ltanabe, ni s~. -Harano Photo. noted that current figures repre• at all. It was only because Logan's insistence on giving the sent an all-time record fa the Japanese male a break that the role of Nakamura was written chapter. mto the screen play at all. You won't find him in James Members of the winning team Michener's original novel of the Takarazuka dancer who falls in Mile-Hi spring carnival set Mar. 13, were Shiz Sakai, George Yoshi• love with an American jet pilot. moto, Amy Doi and Alice Kasai. • • • for community YleHare, JACL programs Logan, however, thought the world had been jmpr~d DENVER.-John Masunaga and Ben Furuta \ will head the Fond long enough with the desirability of the Japanese female and Buddy Uchida, co-chairmen, an• Bazaar, featuring a special chow Flood - decided tbat men should get a break, too. Japanese men, nounced the Mile-Hi JACL will mein dinner, to be served from according to Logan, are known only by their wartime stereotype hold its annual spring carnival on 4 to 8 p.m., with carrY-

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VERY TRULY YOURS By Harry K. Honda

Slogan-Conscious·

• Statistics seldom reveal the "human side" ~f the news. And I'm sure the allusion being made here isn't hobbling the internal welfare of JACL chapters seriously across the country. B~t the (act is that names and addresses of 11 chapter presidents were missing from the Pacific Citizen circulation files as of Dec. 31 , 1956 . .. SOll'\e may have been fortunate (though u~­ New officers of the Cincinnati JACL are being Seated are Mrs. and Mr. Kave Watanabe. ex-board fortunate to the PC business office) to see a copy of t~elr sworn into office by Shig Wakamatsu of Chicago member; and Rayburn Cad~allader, Withrow High' neighbor. Also, it may be their subscription expired sometime (righ·.), 1st national JACL vice-president. They are Schcd principal, a guest. James Takeuchi was the during December. A bright aspect to this picture is the added (from left) Tom Fukunaga, Roy Aka, past presi• toastmaster. Hy Sugawara and Kaye Watanabe notation that 55 presidents- were 1000 Club members, thus get- dent Mrs. Mutsu Takao who will be 1000 Club co-c!"l!lired the dinner attended by 65 persons, in• ting their PCs automatically, . chalI~an for 1957, Marvin Yoshikawa, Tak Kariya, c1ud;:1g visitors from Dayton, at the Mainliner Ray Miciek and Jim Hashimoto, new president. Rest·,'urant. Mrs. Hoshi Sugawara and Mrs. Ber• • By the end of this month, we should have a complete ~ist of nice Hashimoto were ~ostesses. 1957 cabinet officers. It is hoped that new chapter presidents Cau':o:et member Yoshio Shimizu was not present. are receiving their copy of the PC by that time ... It may not be an indispensable element to the office of chapter presidency, r but many have said it was the next thing to it. We've boosted Unusual chapter public relation s technique by Cincinnati chapter programs, personalities and public relations ... Na• tional JACL Director Mas Satow's every-other-week column invites educators, school officia Is to annual installation , [rom San Francisco keeps tab on important day-to-day activi• ties as viewed at Headquarters. Dr. Roy Nishikawa has a CINCINNATl.-Shig Wakamatsu, The Cincinnati chapter has e~­ valu8ble message in the President's Corner on our front pages. national 1st vice-pri!sident, of Chi• ployed an unusual public relations VENICE-CUlVER PLANS every other week. In between, members of the National Board cago administered the oath of of• technique at their annual installa• have their say. In other words, the PC is emphasizing its fice to the newly elected Cincinnati tion gatherings. Invited guests are BUFFET & SQUARE DANCING "house organ" capacities. You might say this was following JACL board of directors Feb. 2 composed of peopk who are in CULVER CITY.-First social ac• the first of JACL's twin motto: "Security through Unity." at Frisch's Mainliner Room. James the same field of endeavor, which tivity of the year for the Venic~­ Hashimoto, who served as chapter are rotated from year to year. In Culver JACL will be a buffet din• • The other slogan : "For better Americans in a greater president in 1947, was installed 1956, people in veteran activities ner followed by square dancing at America" is followed in the PC coverage of news each week in the same office. were invited; this year, the school the VFW Hall, 10858 Culver Blvd., of significance and interest to Japanese A~ericans ... With Wendell Pierce, assistant school people were featured with presi• on Saturday, Mar. 16, 7 p.m. interest in Washington activities at an all-time high in every• superintendent, emphasized the dent of the Cincinnati PTA, a The women members of the day life, sin~e so much of what we do each day is somehow importance of parental responsi• principal of a high school and chapter, led by Mrs. Betty Yu• rooted in policies, legislation and decisions rendered at the bilities in providing the basis of several other school officials pres• mori, are to be called to serve nation's capital, Mike Masaoka's wee~ly newsletters provide education for children. He was the ent in the audience. spaghetti, rolls and caesar salad. an insight of what's to come ... Opinions of nationally-recog• principal speaker of the evening. Mrs. Mutsu Takao, immedi.ate Lionel Hansen, who has called at nized Nisei writers in Bill Hosokawa and Larry Tajiri, both Wakamatsu, in bis message to past president having completed previous chapter affairs, will lead of the Denver Post staff, have been quoted often and delineate the chapter, elaborated on the new her successful term as first woman the square dance. a particular domain in which persons concerned with Japanese dimension added to -.J ACL organi• chapter president here, has as• Plans were made at the board American affairs find invaluable ... Oth~r columnists writing zations. "JACL must look at it• sumed another vitally important meeting called by Steve Nakaji, exclusively for PC keep the same thought in mind. The bits of self as an American organizaticn, post as 1000 Club chairman. chapter president, at the home of information ·they offer is meant to serve the idea "for better concerned with broader implica• Mr. and Mrs. Ben Yumori. Americans in a greater America". tions of being first-class Ameri• • Would it not be logical then to serve JACL's twin slogans, cans," he stated. "Nisei ought to Stockton COUNTY HOME ADVISER those entrusted each year with administering the activities of a throw off the cloak of reticence Continued from Page 2 chapter and those who belong can enhance their understaJllding and participate morel freely in com· TO ADDRESS MARYSVILLE munity affairs:" Marie de Carli and Mrs. GeorgE' of JACL's aims and overall program by faithfully reading MARYSVILLE. - Guest speaker A delegation from Dayton JACL Baba, sdcial; Ted Wakabayashi I their orgal}i)':lltion!s publication? ... This is one 'week, the PC for the March meeting of the local was also present, including past and Mas Ishihara, sgt.-at-arms, ' bUsiness office will not mind our readers from passing this JACL will be Wanda Gumpfecht. president Dr. Ruby Hirose. Fol• and Henry Kusama, 1000 ClUb. copy to a neighbor J ACL member if it can assure .a new Colusa County home adviser. ac• lowing dinner, JACL friends met Four residents who b e carp e subscriber ... While cost-of-living has been steadily rising over cording to chapter pres ide n t at the home of the new president American citizens during the pasl the years, the subscription rate ($3 a year' to JACL members) George Nakao. for an informal get together with year were introduced at the din· has remained constant for more than five years, we are glad to Miss Gumprecht was in Japan Wakamatsu. ner, held in the Hotel Clark, They point out. Whatever increases in production costs that have are Mrs. Irene Kunimori, George until recently as an exchange stu• come, the PC has absorbed over these years in the· firm belief (Wakamatsu, upon his return to Chicago, felt the Cincinnati chap· S. Hageo, Eizaburo Abe, and Mrs. dent that as many of our JACL members as well as those who are At tbe last meeting, program ter is in good hands and noted Masae Onizuka. interested in persons of Japanese ancestl'Y in America can con• and special events chairman Tom that more JACLers are beginning tinue to read this without added expense. Teesdale presented films on pro• to find more time to devote to 'Game Night' frolic opens the organization.) fessional football. '57 Sequoia CL calendar The date of May 5 was set for STRICTLY PERSONAL the Marysville community picnic, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OPENS REDWOOD CITY.-Sequoia JACL· with George Yoshimoto and Terry ers are urged to mark Mar. 22 Manji in charge. Other standing Sat Otagiri, who chaired Berkeley JACL's duplicate bridge '57 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE on their calendar when social committee appointments include chairman Dave Nakamura prom· Bill Tsuji, 1000 Club; Mabel Koma· tournaments last year, won in the open pairs with William SAN DIEGO.-The spring thaw ises a night of fun for all and a tsubara, hist.; 1sao Tokunaga, Newcomb in the second annual Bay Area sectional contract signifies the coming of balmier chance to meet old friends and athletic; George Okamoto, mem• bridge championship at the Claremont Hotel in January.-Ber• weather and your J ACL member• greet new ones at Okamura HaJJ bership; and Dan Nishita, pub. Iteley JACL News. ship recruiter, it was noted by the on Woodside Rd. reI. San Diego JACL Newsletter last At the February board meeting, A 22-man board of district rep. Ruby Katsuda of Garden Gr9ve was recently sworn into the week. resentatives was also announced $~ the new officers outlined the 1957 WACs. But that's not all. She was one of five young Southern The chapter dues here are as follows: per person, $5 for couples; $10, social program to include an Issei California women described as "ideal candidates" for the WACs. potluck dinner, vocational gui• Min Harada. Tosh Yoshimura. Mosse Such a designation is based on superior character references supporting membership; and $25 Uchida, Anthon,JI Tokuno, Roy Hata• dance for graduates and a luau. miya, Sam Kurihara. George Matsu~ and high scores on armed forces tests.-Santana Wind. for 1000 Club. moto, Ben Fukui, Henry Marubashi. While no chapter goal for 1957 The chapter is jointly sponsoring George Tanimoto, Tom Hatamiya, Yu• a ski trip with the Sr. Tri-ViUes taka Nakatani, Tom Kurihara, Bob Ko• Richard Takata, who is now a freshman at Roosevelt (Los was announced, the chapter has dama, Bob Inouye, Tom Mabumoto, annually topped the 200 mark. at Yosemite on Mar. 30·31. Mary Frank Komatsubara. Harry Fukumitsu, Angeles) High School, was awarded the American Legion Po• Kawakami is chairman. Bill Tsuji. lchiro Yoshimura, Arthur lice Post 381 medal as the outstanding A-9 boy graduate at Meantime, the membership drive Oji and Roy Hatanaka. Hollenbeck Jr. High School, where he served as student-body Dance instructions billed is still underway. Membership president. He is the younger brother of Fred, past East Los Ichairman George Yuki (LYteJJ Angeles JACL president ... Mits Maeda, editor of the ELA by two JACL ch ap t ers I 3-6091) or Hero Tsukushi fDA ven. DARUMA Mimeo Memo, is attending Univ. of Southern California for his R1CHMOND.-"Learn to tango, Iport 3-9152) may be called. doctorate; has his B.A. in History from Houghton (N.y.) Col• samba, waltz, and fox trot!" chair. CAFE lege and master's degree in Sociology from the Univ. of Chi• man Jimmy Ishida declared in cago.-ELA "Mimeo Memo". extending an open invitation to the Best in Japanese Feocl Richmond-El Cerrito J ACL get to• Beer. Wine and Sake stoek. and Bondi 011 ADD JACL TOASTMASTER: Kiyoshi Kagawa of the Venice• gether Mar. 16, 8.p.m., at the local 123 S. SAN PEDRO ST. Culver JACL was commended for an outstanding job (his first ALL EXCHANGES Memorial Youth Center, 32nd and LOS ANGELES MU 0858 time) as toastmaster at the recent joint West Los Angeles and Macdonald Ave. Venice-Culver JACL installation dinner-dance.-Venice-Culver Well-known Nisei instructor Yo• Freddie S. Funakoshi "Spotlight" . shio Ono will instruct the group Report and Studies in ballroom dancing. If -the de• Available on Request Ask for • ., • . George Tagasaki, who was president of the Nippon Times mand is sufficient, the lessons are till recently and currently chairman of the board of directors to continue, Ishida added. 'Cherry Brand' and trustees of International Christian University, addressed the Committeemen assisting are Yo )fORGAN &. CO)IPANY New York JACL at its annual installation meeting at Suyehiro 634 S. SprlB, lit. Mutual Supply Ce. Wada, Violet Kimoto, Dr, Yoshiye ZOO Davis St. Rest.aurant. He was introduhd by an old friend and JACL Togasaki, Meriko Maida and Doris Los ADceles - MA 5-1611 m~m.ber, Sail Fraaebce Roger Baldwin, chairman of the human rights com• Kami. mission of the American Civil Liberties Union.-New York JACL "Town Crier", • • • GARDENA.-The second series of ballroom dance classes, sponsored UNCLE-NEPHEW CHAPTER PRESIDENTS: Dan Sakaha• by the Gardena Valley JACL, EAGLE PRODUCE CO. t'a (01 St. Louis) is the uncle of Paul Sakabara (of Seattle). starts tonight at the local Japa• BOftded Commt&rion M e1'chcmta nese Community Center, 2000 Mar• Wholesale Fruit end Vegetabla A fine ~rtrayal of Santa Claus at the Venice-Culver Christ• ket St., with instruction from Gene mas .potluck was presented by Kiyoshi Kagawa, and the well• Parker. planned menu was ordered byMiyo Nishi, Frances Kitapwa Ed Nakamura, vice-president. * Los Angeles 15, TR 6616 was .at the piano when Jack WUamatsu, spaghetti cbef, and said the course is open to the 929.943 S. S.n Pedro St., speCIal guest from Gardena, Mrs. Mitzi YODemtn'a were coaxed public and wm cost $ll, Class to sing a duet.-Venice-Culver JACL "Spotlight'': will be from 8-9:30 p.m. Ir 6-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, March 8, 1957 SAN DIiGO C.l. HOSlS " ) $i-mUUon bowling facility under FIRST GOlF lOURNAMENT., . AT TIJU4NA MARCH 24 Nisei manaGement 10 open in la Little less than 20 years ago. scorecasters. electric doors inside THE NORTHWEST PICTURE SAN DIEGO.-The Tijuana Coun- Nisei began serious bowling in the 210x175 ft. sleek-looking house. try Club. south of the border, will Southern California with a four• Paul Uyemura. vice-president of By Elmer Ogawa be the site of the first annual San man nine-team league at Studio the newly formed Nisei Bowling Diego Nisei golf tgurnament Mar Academy on S. Vermont Ave. near Corp.. revealed ground breaking 24 , it was .announced by Bert .Td' Washington. Today. there are somt! ceremonies are due in 60 days naka, preSident of the San Dleg.,., 25 leagues in the So. Calif. Nisl'i with completion of building sched• JACL. tourney sponsors. Tee-ofts Bowling Association with a mem• uled by September. Inside fixtures Weekend Campers are scheduled from 9 to 11 a .m . r bership past 1000 bowlers. and alleys will be' ready for an Entry deadline is Mar . .11 . Green I Against this ' backdrop of en• Oct 1 opening he added Seattle fees, trophy pool and dmner are thusiastic bowlers, four' of them Other members of the corpora• TlJE WINTERS are never r eally severe around here, but included in the $7.50 entry. Akira banded to form the Nisei Bowling t~on are' Hanko Okuda, pres. ; Har• in an ar ea so thoroughly dedicated to interest in the outdoors, Takeshita will emcee the dinner. Cor-p., which this week unwrapped ley Kusumoto. sec.; and Harry eople suely can take on a "winter weary" mien and engage their plans for a $1 ,000.000 bowling Oshiro_. treas. George Ito of Mack in a multitude of activities when the days become warmer. facility near Rodeo Rd. on Cren• Hamaguchi Realty acted as agent J ust looking up and down the block, we can see that one Norm Yabe sets two shaw in southwest Los Angeles. in signing the 30-year lease of the n eigl}bor has taken his " new" year-old cruiser out of winter It'll include everything from a building and properly. Landscap• s to r age in the back yard; another has got the customary vege• nursery to automatic pinsetters for ing and architecture has been table garden all spaded up ; several spent a good part of the Skyline swim marks 36 alleys. the biggest inside the drawn by Tom Kowalski and will week-end bucking up their cars for attendance i? the wee~-end LARAMIE, Wyo.-Norman Yabe city proper. To be called Holiday be generally Oriental in motif. h ighway caravans, and the kids are playing stick ball Wlth a of Denver University set two Sky• Bowl, the blueprints show a coffe.f! The house. south of Boy's Mar• n ew vigor unhampered by winter clothing. line Conference swimming records shop for 40, a bar, six table bil• ket, will have a parking lot ac• Fishermen and golfers never did stop when the days were in the 100 and 200-yard breast• liard room , locker rooms, electric commodating 175 cars. G~~ shorter , although the Nisei community's Puget Sound Club stroke events in the eastern dh'i- h ad to postpone a February tournament because of unanticlpated sion championships here last Sat• s now conditions. urday. ~igure-skaler The clamming season is now officially open on the expan• The Denver Sansei broke the loses in world meet, s ive ocean beaches and the scores of Nisei families and groups 200-yard mark in 2m .33s. , better alre~dy who go "gunning" for the succulent razor clam have ing the old mark by 6.9s. The 100 started their pilgrimages, 130 miles or more to the coastline. but wins hearts of U.S. audience yard breaststroke is a new event COLORADO SP1;UNGS. _ While tential some day to join Sonja ANOTHER ACTIVITY, boating, has every chance to be• with Yabe's 1m.08.5s., as the con Carol Heiss, pert U.S. figure• Henie, Tenley Albright, Barbara com e the number one participation sport in this water-wacky ference record. skater, successfully defended her Ann Scott and Carol Heiss as a ar ea . Let it her e be known that one of every twenty inhabitants Yabe swam one leg 10 the 400 world championship at the Broad• champion." in this locality owns a boat. On a breakdown, official figures yd. medley won by DU in 4m.31s moor Ice Palace here last week. He revealed that T. o. and show there ar e more than 20,000 craft exceeding 16 feet in Denver University won the title the hearts of audiences were won Marion Johnston, Broadmoor pub• l ength registered in this area. with 144 points, beating Wyoming, by little Yuko Araki of Japan. I i cis t s, want to temporaril,)? The aristocr ats of the boating world are the boys and girls ' 135 ; and Colorado A&M. 57. The 12-year-old Japanese girl " adopt" the girl to give her the who m an the majestic sailing craft, and an exhiliarating sport The son of Mr. and lVIrs. Ken showed. according to some observ. benefits of America-n training. She i t is, although we know of no Nisei who belongs in this cate• Yabe, active Mile-Hi JACLers, ers, the best of the free-skating would be getting her instructions gory. Tbere ar e several who do well in the small hydroplane Norman graduated from East Nigh display in interpreting music. The from the Broadmoor pro Edi Schol• competitions. School in 1955 and participated in smallest performer on the ice, she dan, producer of many American The great majority of boat owners are primarily interested many prep swimming activities was doll-like in her pink outfit. stars, at Cheyenne M 0 u n t a j n in fi shing but never theless contribute to the overall maritime George Franco ~ executive sports School. picture. The outboard motor owners who rent boats are legion. SONOMA COT,JNTY JACL BOWLING LEADERS NAMED editor of the Denver Post, com• Little Yuko is returning to com• As boating ties in with fishing, so likewise does the week-end mented in his column last Sunday pastime of camping, and it is growing apace. Aside from the SANTA ROSA. - Empire Drug that "Yuko isn't the world's best pete in the Japanese national bowlers emerged as winners of n ational forest areas and the county parks, the State of Wash• the first half of the Sonoma County skater-yet. But it was obvioUJ cbampionships, in the meantime. ington has 49 parks of which 35 have accommodations for JACL Bowling League for the win- even to a 'rookie" figure s~ting and wait for necessary red tape <:am pers. Picnicking, sightseeing and overnight camping in 1948 ter season. On the winning team observer like that she has the po• for her return here to be cleared. accounted for 800,000 " user days." In 1956 the figure reached were Johnny Arishita, Roger To- almost 6,000,000. kunaga and Jack Otani. High game bowler for the first half was IT WOULD be a mIstake not to emphasize what the big Paul Otani with a 268 while the Placer JACL quits Placer-Nevada seJl1i-pro "timber companies are doing for the camper. On top of the list high series is shared' by Otani and are Weyerhauser and Crown-Zellerbach who collectively main• Fred Yokoyama with 617. tain some 20 parks, about evenly divided between Washington baseball league, may join Nisei loop a nd Oregon. . NICC dates set SACRAMENTO.-The Placer -JA• replace the JACL team and the In the old days the logging companies stripped the land CL baseball has dropped out of Colfax nine. 4If bare and deserted it. Now private timberland becomes a farm DENVER.-The Nisei Intermoun- the Placer-N~vada league this The report raises speculation for futUl'e use. Although " Keep Out" llotices could be legally tain Collegiate Conference is for- year, according to a report in the among Nisei baseball fans that p osted on such proper ties, the big timber companies are to be mulating plans for its 12th annual Sacramento Bee. ' the Placer club may join the commended for providing such accommodations as picnic ta• meting on Apr. 26-27. Dave Ni- The repo~t said that the league Northern California Nisei Baseball bles, r estrooms, piped water and fireplaces for the public all kaido is currently president of the is presently seeking two clubs to League this year. for fr ee. .. organization, Which was organized J ust for the sake of conjecture, were the timber compariies in 1946 to assist Nisei collegians Placer had shown interest in the to adopt the r ever se policy, expensive policing of their properties in the Rocky Mountain area to co- Protos win NC title loop when it was being organized would be necessary since there is such an overflow from the ordinate their activities and be• early in 1956. The J ACL club, how• government parks, and campers MUST find a place to stop for come better acquainted. SAN FRANCISCO.-The San Fran-' ever, remained with the Placer• the night. Strict policing would crea te some ill-will; but the cisco Protos soundly defeated the Nevada league that summer. It existing policy is most ex cellent for public relations, and ~very­ Sorority bridge-tea San Jose Zebras, 69-62, last Sun- had been in that league for the thing would be perfect if some segments of the camping public day to win the No. Calif. NAU AA past several years. would learn to be considerate guests. Committeemen for the Chi Alpha basketball title and won the right Plans are again being made for Delta scholarship bridge tea, to to represent the North in the the resumption of the N.C. NBL THIS LITTLE discourse concerns only the camping prob• be held Mar. 10, 2-5 p.m ., at St North-South Nisei series to be this summer. A general meeting lems of localities seeking to escape urban living, with only a Mary's Episc9pal Church, were played here. of the league for interested clubs wage earner's budget at their command week after week. The named at the alumnae chapter will be held this month. it was an- more luxurious accommodations which are demanded by the luncheon as follows: Marysville JACL calls nounced. ... tourist above the peasant class are available too. The Olympic Mrs. Frances Kitagawa, scholar- P eninsula is widely known as the "last frontier", but just last ship; Mrs. Marjorie Sbinno. dupli- baseball tryouts for youth w eek the papers r eport a motel sold for 250 grand. Fine wilder• cate tournament; Mrs. Sandie Oka- MARYSVILLE.-The local JACL ness hotel accom modations are available too. Just consult your Downtown travel agent who has all the books. da, hostess; Mrs. Bonnie Saka- will sponsor a baseball team this San Francisco moto, prizes; Mrs. Mabel Ota, season for teen-age boys, it was Frances Kitagawa, refreshments; announced by Isao Tokunaga, Comer Bush HAVE YOU SIG]'I,~D UP FOR 1957 JACL MEMBERSIDP? Mrs. Toshi Miyamoto, tables; Mrs. chapter athletic director. New uni• andStocktoD Kazie Higa, tickets. forms are to be obtained through U 'L TOKIO'S FINEST CHOP SUEY HOUSE donations, he added. First practice HOTEL VICTORIA Sagebrush, weeds shown sessions were to open last Sunday X. Bosaka - Ope-r. Owner SAN KWO LOW at Marysville High School dia• EXbrook 2-2540 FAMOUS CHINESE FOOD in flower arrangement mond. 228 E. First St., Los Angeles - MI 2075, MI 0529 POCATELLO.-The art ' of flower arranging was demonstrated for L.A. Japanese Casualty KA 00 ' 5 JAC Lyps, Pocatello JACL's auxi• Compl~t~ Line of Oriental l"ood8 Insurance Association Tofu. Age. Maguro & Sea B_ 27 New Deluxe Units - Kitchenettes liary, at the home of Mrs. Seiji Endow in Blackfoot with Mmes Complete Insurance Protectloa FREE DELIVERY IN CITY Free Radios - TV Available I J318 Fenkell Ave. - UN 2-0811 Midori Tsukamoto and Mae Endow~'1 assisting. The demonstration wa Aihara Ins. Agency Detroit 21, Mich. Albara-HlJooto-Kaklta SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTEL given by Mrs. S. Ochiai of Black 114 So. San Pedro MU 9041 544 W. MacArthur Blvd" Oakland, Calif. foot, who em'phasized simPliciteY_1 even in arrangement of drab sag -Conveniently Located on Highway 50- Anson T. Fujioka I "Insist on the Flaes'" brush and weeds. Room 206, 312 E. 1st st. at Approach to S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge The JAC Lyns also planned a MA 6-4393 AN 3-1109 1 MIKE & LILLIAN NAKANO Phone OLympic 5-4796 farewell party for Mrs. Leo Hoso• da, who is moving to Idaho Falls. Funakoshi Ins. A-gency I W1llle FunakosbJ - M. Masunaka Mmes. Agnes Wada and MinDle 218 So. San Pedro St. I Maruji was in charge of the Issei MA 6-5275, Res. GLadstone 4-5412 • EMPIRE PRINTING CO. Appreciation Night for March. English and Japanese Another project was the sending Hirohata Ins. Agency COMMERCIAL and SOCIAL PRINTING of one box of clothing to Korean. 354 E. 1st st. 114 Weller St. MU 7060 Los Angeles 12 children. MU 1215 AT 7-8805 Kanemasa Brand I Ask for FuJimoto's Edo HAIRDRESSER COMImTTEE Inouye Ins. Agency Miso, Prewar QaaW,. at " ~======~==~======15025 Sylvanwood Ave. TO BE HEADED BY NISEI NOl"fI'alk, Cam UNlv. 4-5'7" y our Favo~Ue 8lioppiDc liEN ADACHI DENVER.-George Ohashi will be Cen&er .. A ~~. ' ~ KAZUO IN~ 11m Cbln.D. ~ installed as president of the Colo• Tom T. Ito Ired Ga&ewood U BArley r&lra r ado Hair Fashion Committee at -L-- Geo. Nlsh1naka U9 Del Mon&e St., Pasadena FUJIMOTO & CO .. 11m Yamamoto ••,. .•• ;t Eddie Motokane the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado IIY ... 7189 BY 1 __5 .Iune Yamada 3f2.304I South 4th West Belen FuIiaU, REpublic 4-115 y~~veN~:~ Springs Mar. 31. Election took M~ ilaU Lake CiW 4, Utah 2105 W. JelfeJloD. Blvd, L.A. RO. place at the recent state Hair• Sofo Ins. Agency dressers Cosmetologists Associa• 124 80. SaD Pedro St. Tel. EMpire w:rt Ken Sato - Nix Nqaca - Mention PaoiIic Citizen to Our Advertisers _ tion convention held at Pueblo. 1 ~------~ ~------7-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday. March •• 1957 TATISTICS French (amp n • • • DEATHS CoUeen. KONNO. Sumlko: Livingston• .1an. D' holds installation HAMASAKI. Sahei. 73: San Mateo• -husband F.T. wife Kayono. four daughters Mmes KURAMO~ . Noriko H~ashi. Sayo Ezaki. Mttsu· Mn. Sono. 61: Oakllnd. ANG~ES FRENCH CAMP.-Lawrence Na· ko Koga. Satsuki Murata. Feb. 8. LOS . NEWSLinER MATSUO. Keinojo. 65: Salt Lake Ity. kano was installed president ill HIRAM-,"TSU. George H .. 54: Salt Lake City. Jan. 16 - mother Sada. two Jan. 28. By Henry Mori the French Camp J ACL Feb. 23 grandchildren. MUKAI. Selzaburo. 72: Seattle. Def:.l!i at the chapter's installation ban· IBffi,ZUE:. Kumatsuc:hl. 71 : Dinuba. -wife Sawayo. sons Henry M.. Frank Jan. 2:; - wHe Tsunayo. sonso Taka• H. and George H. (both New York). quet at Alustiza's here. shL Kiyozo. and three grandchildren daughters Mmes Lily Y. Takatsuka. Also sworn in by George Ko• IWAMOTO. ;\1,.s. Sel. 56: West Jordan. Sllizuko Toma (San Franc\sc:'o). Ma• Utah. Jan 19 - husband Masakichi. riko Ando (Dem·er). mure were: son Takeo. daughteh Mmes. Roy To· OKAZAKI. Fumlo: San Francisco. Jan. momatsu. Ike Og3ta I Salt Lake City ), 14 - wife Asano. son KOIChl (Japan). ers at Disneyland Tosh Hotta. 1st v .p. ; George dau~hters Kay Nak3mur3. live grandchildren. Sachiko. Chlyeko. Mrs. Shimasaki, 2nd V.p.; Bob Taka· K,'.JlllKUBO. ISS3ku Delhi. CaIU .. Jan. ?-'aflko Fertig ILos Angele. I. Mn. hashi, rec. sec.; Harry Ota. cor. 15. Emiko Katada (Chicago). and Mrs. WHAT IS the difference between the alljgator and the KANDA. ?-IItsugu. 68: Alameda. Jan. Yuriko Takeda. crOCOdile? The question has nothing to do with the coming sec.: Ben Watanabe, treas.; Hiro 19-wife iIoUsayo. son Hiroshi. daul(ht• TAGASHlRA. Fujiyo. 53: Compton. Shinmoto, hist.: John Fujiki. del.; ers May. Kiyoye. Mrs. Chlzo Uchida Jan. 6-husband Yujiro. son Shoo fifth biennial convention of the Pacific Southwest District Council KIMURA. Dell.. 31: Seattle. Dec. 22- daUl!hters Ayako. Mrs. Yoshiko Fu• slated at Disneyland Hotel, May 18 and 19, but for the con• Mats Murata. alt. del.; Komure. wUe. rons Wayne. Garv and dau~hter kuda. clavers who will enjoy an afternoon of sightseeing Sunday they 1000 Club, and George Ogino, pub. may try to look for an answer at the Alligator Far...m in Dr. Alonzo Baker, professor of Buena Park. political science at the College of Much of the groundwork. for the convention is being made the Pacific. was main speaker and by co·chairmen Roy Yamadera and Fred Takata of East Los gave- an informative talk on post· ,Angeles which is hosting the two-day events. war Japan and its progress. David Yokozeki, PSWDC chairman, said registration gets The installation and program underway Saturday at the Elks Lodge Hall, 423 N. Los Angeles was preceded by a pledge to the St. in Anaheim, two short miles from Disneyland Hotel. flag led by Fumio Nishida and One of the pet projects of the host chapter is their annual the presentation of the past presi• Emerald Ball-the third this year-which to date "hasn't done dent's pin by Michi Shinmoto to so well, financially," Yamadera announced that Mike Merez Komure. and his 14·piece orchestra will be on hand to provide music this Harry Ota was toastmaster. time at the Elk's on Saturday night. John Watanabe is chair• man. A convention banquet, with a speaker yet to be name'd, will precede the shindig, according to Ritsuko Kawakami, chair• SAN DIEGO CREDIT UNION man. And when the 18-chapter members complete their meetings DECLARES 2% % DIVIDEND of business and pleasure on Sunday, Mas Kakiba of "Operation SAN DIEGO.-Members of the Hawaii" will take care of one couple with a trip to the islands San Diego J ACL Federal Credit on board an Afflerican President Lines luxury ship in first• Union voted a 2Jh per cent divi· class fashion. dend at their annual meeting held On the very serious side will be the election and installa• at the Lafayette H;otel on Jan. 26. tion of biennial district officers at the convention banquet Sun• Samuel Rafter, Federal examiner, day following a morning business session. addressed the gathering. :Hi Nakamura, chairman of the THE REV. John Misao Yamazaki. general missionary at board, will be assisted by Moto St. Mary's Episcopal Church, retired Sunday after serving his Asakawa, v.c.; Art Kaihatsu, Paul church nearly 45 years. Hoshi, Mas Hironaka, ~d Urata, During the testimonial banquet held in honor of the 72-year George Muto, Shig Yamashita, old naturalized Issei minister. Frank Chuman, senior warden, George Muto, George Kodama and presented a handsome scroll to the Christian leader who. in Hedi Takeshita. 1913, became the first vicar of the little Japanese mission of St. Mary's in Los Angeles. The Yarnazakis have been in the United States more than Hospital discrimination 50 years and have four grown offsprings, one of them being the Rev. John H. M. Yamazaki, present vicar at St. Mary·s. conference set for D.C. WASHINGTON.-Ways and means ED! TANABE, head of the Far East Travel Service, has of achieving racial integration in joined Katsuma Mukaeda. Downtown L.A. chapter vice-presi• hospitals will be explored at ana· dent. and Frank Kurihara. active member of the Japanese ,tional conference here Mar. 8·9. .American Democratic Assembly, in a hearty support to retain The mee.ting has been designated FINEST Brands in Japanese FOODS Mayor Norris Poulcon for another four years in office .• the Imhotep National Conference It is the first local move by a Nisei group to actively on Hospital . Integration. participate in the April primary elections. Imhotep, who lived about 3000 Tanabe, a Democrat who predicted the presidential victory I B.C. , is the earliest historical fi· of Harry S. Truman in 1948. has not been able to explain why gure of importance in medicine. His name was chosen "as are· he switched to the Republican party since 1952. But he seem,s mindel' that a dark skin was asso• certain about Poulson's importance as a mayor. ciated with distinction in medicine Poulson, a Republican, defeated incumbent Mayor Fletcher Ibefore that of any color", it was Bowron in 1953. The latter is now a superior court judge. Doted. Poulson, who once last year announced he would bow out this I WBIrPAC BRAND July, is more than likely to serve another four years. When Visiting Los Angeles HERSH~Y ARMS HOTEl 125 Room. with Bath CHICAGO CORNER Wransient and Permanent Rate. T. Nishimura - George Furuta Ever Increasing Popularity By Smoky H. Sakurada 2610 Wilshire Blvd. Phone DUnldrk 7-1381 -SOy SAU(E- " Brief Case Burglar in conjunction* with Imperial Gardens Sukiyald " Chicago TENSION AMONG both northside and southside Chicago residents has been eased with the apprehension of an admitted narcotic addict, who was arrested last week for burglary and assault with intent to rob. Known as the " Brief Case Burglar" SAITO because he carried his tools in a brief case, Morris Washington, 25, explained to police that he broke into ' Japanese homes because they generally keep cash. REALTY His mistake was breaking into the Nagaishi residence at One of tile Lal'l:est BelectioM 10 a.m., when Satoru, 19-year-old junior college student, was East: 24311 E. 1st St, AN 9-2117 home since he had no early class that day. West: 2421 W, .Jefferson BE 1-2121

After robbing an upstair apartment. the bandit broke into .JOHN ll'Y SAITO the Nagaishi home, threatened Satoru with a gun and took a 'l'ek Ta'kilSUgJ Salem Yalawa pigey bank containing 53 .78. As the burglar fled through the Fred KaJl.kawa .James Nakarawa bal'k, Satoru rushed after him, grabbing a butcher· knife in the Pbillp l.you Emma. Ramo. kitchen. Washington tried to start his car, parked in the rear Ken Hayashi pf the building, but Satoru broke the door glass and slashed him in the face and chest. The car shot out of the alley with Satoru in pursuit. Toyo Printinp CO. On the street, the Nisei spotted a policeman on a three• whl'eler, yelling for him t<> chase the burglar. In the meantime. Offset - LetterpNla Washington ran hi'> car against a tree, where police arrested Llnotyplnc 125 E. 1st St.. Los ADgelu 12 him and ~ound a pistol . .narcolic equipment and the piggy bank. I MA 6-8153 Washmgton was arrested in 1952 after burglarizing more than 80 Japanese American homes on the southside. Only re-. ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; cently he was paroled from Statesville. In recent weeks, he renewed his prey into Japanese American homes on the north. side. The Nagaishi<: live at 1473 Rascher. ~ • WASHINGTON NEWSLEnER: by Mike Masaoka lTOY Continued from Bact< Page years. and should poor health or death remove them from the Senate. if their state is governed by a Republican, you can bet World Renowned since 1630 that the Senate will pass over into GOP hands. Thus, in many instances, only a heartbeat keeps the Republicans from con• STUDIO trolling the Senate. 318 East Flr.t Street PACtt'lC T1IADINO co... ~ But whether a Republican Senate will be more cooperative Los Angeles 12 ... f.1'Mi1.,o. L,- An .... Qt!c..,. .... , .. with their Republican President than the current reluctant MA U681 Democratic one is not so certain. 8-PACIFIC CITIZEN Frid~YI March 8, 1957 I Helicopter saves pair at .sea, Nisei Denfer clera",,_ in vain attempt.to ;escu~ teenager .refires; d.efemled - WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER SAN FRANCISCO.-A Coast Guard plore the stide the next .day-and helicopter. hovering close over the Nick got too close to the ang1'Y I rights of evacuees By Mike Masooka churning waters off treacherous sea at the foot of the cliff. Devil's Slide on the San Matro His companions. not as good DENVER.-Mr. and Mrs. Yutaka County coast, plucked a 17-year-old swimmers as he. shouted for beJ~ Terasaki; representing the Mile boy and his would-be rescuer to and Tanamachi. a member of a Hi JACL and Nisei community. safety last Sunday, while hundr~ fishing party, attempted to ('ast were among 300 paying tribute to of spectators watched from atop the struggling boy his fishing line. the Very' Rev. Paul Roberts of GOP Senale Control the slide, I.nternational News Serv- When that fail~. Tanamachi div- St. John's Episcopal Cathedral on ice reported. ed into the water. Feb. 28 at the 26th annual dinner Washington Saved from the waters some 300 A motorist driving past on High- of the Cosmopolitan Club. As the civil rights bills, aud other generaUy regarded as yards offshore was Nick Hunsper- way One at the to~ of the slide Dean Roberts. outstanding Den• • 'liberal" ' legislation, slowly make their way through committee ger. 17. who had been washed off meantime saw the predicament of ver clergyman, is retiring after procedures, there is much talk among so-called "liberal" Demo• a rock at the foot of the slide by the swimmers and called the She• 35 years of service at St. John's. crats and " modern" Republicans of the many conservative a giant wave, and Kiyoshi Tana. riff's office, which summo~ed the During the war years, he was fear• Democrats who are chairmen of powerful Senate committees. machi 30 a San Francisco man I Coast Gua.rd at San FrancISco In• less and outspoken in his defense But little has been said of the conservative Republicans who who l~ap~d into the surf to th~ ternati6na~ Airport. of Nisei and of evacuees s~king will take over these same committee chairmanships should lad's rescue but quickly found him. The helicopter. pilo(ed by Lt. refuge in Colorado. GOP regain control of the Senat~ . self in trouble. Henry Pfeiffer of San Bruno, with H~ head~ the first Commission This could happen very well on April 2 if Thad Hutcheson Tanamachi, a soil expert for au mechanics Leland Wilkey and on Human Relations under Mayor ()[ Houston is elected United States Senator from Texas. He Oakland engineer. is a board mem• Charles Anderson aboard, churned Quigg Newton, and fought for re• would succeed Democrat William Blakeley, who is serving under ber of the San Francisco JACL. down over the scene to rescue the cognition of equal rights for minot'• an interim appointment to fill the vacancy created when Sen. On the way to the hospital. he exhausted swimmers within mi- ities in Denver. He was also first Price Daniel resigned to become Governor of his State. stopped breathing and was revived nutes. president and founder of the Den• Since Hutcheson is an Eisenhower Republican, the Senate by a rescusitator. ver Unity Council, which during the vote on reor'ganization would be 48 to 48, with both parties LIVINGSTON FARMERS crucial war years for Colorado ev.a· equally divided as was the case when President Eisenhower It all started with a Saturday ELECT ASS'N OFFICERS cu~s was in the forefront in the first won election in 1952. Then as he did in the 83rd Congress, night. camping-out trip by five LIVINGSTON.-Fred Kishi wUi be defense of Nisei rights. Vice President Nixon would cast his vote with the Republicans teenagers, including young Huns• installed as president of the LiVing• Dr. Clarence F. Holmes. promi· and thus present them with the opportunity to once again perger, who lives in Daly City and ston Farmers Association Mar. 9 nent Negro leader and also a mem• control the Senate. attends' Jefferson high school. at a Modesto dinner, according to ber of the Mile-Hi JACL. presided * * • The boys spent the night in an Buddy T. Iwata, association man• at the testimonial banquet. Also This would mean that Sen. William F ,Knowland, generaUy abandoned World War II gun bun• ager. Louis Petri. president of the attending were Elvin Caldwell, <;i• regardd as a Taft Republican, would become Majority Leader. ker near Devil's Slide. and all United Vintners, will be guest ty Council president; Mrs. John Since the young Californian is said to have presidential ambi• went well until they decided to ex· speaker. R Fiore of UNESCO; and Jack E. tions, he might well use his new status to emphasize the Boyd, Denver Public Schools. difference betw~n himseU and the present Administration and to gain the mantIe as "Mr. Republican" long held by file late Ohio Senlltor, and thereby be in a better position to contest Masaoka renamed to executive committee Ore. congresswoman backs with the Vice President, who appears to be gaining the favor civil rights legislation ()f the " modern" Republicans, the 1960 White House nomination. for return of confiscated war property WASHINGTON. - Calling upon * * * . Such conservative Republicans as Styles Bridges (N.H.) WASHINGTON. - Mike Masaoka, vard Pt:ofessor William Earnest Con g res s to "eradicate civil would become chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Ho• Washington representative of the Hocking, Gordon Hunt Michler. wrongs", Rep. Edith Green (D., fil~d mer E. Capehart (Jnd. ) of the Banking and Currency Com• Japanese American Cit j zen s chairman of the United States• Ore.) in a prepared statement mittee, Edward Martin (Pa.) of the Finance Committee, Joseph League, was reelected to the exe· German Chamber of Commerce. last week with the House Judi• R . McCarthy (Wis. ) of the Government Operations Committee, cutive committee of the Commit- retired Federal Judge Clifton Ma· ciary Subcommittee hearing pro• George W. Malone (Nev. ) of the Interior and Insular Affairs tee for the Return of Confiscated thews, and Clarence Picj on ' the Interior and lperty. The advocated return would mittee is Frederick J . Libby, axe• rights and Insular Affairs Committee. Warren G. Magnuson (Wash.) on demonstrate a renewed respect for cutive secretary of the National the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Dennis Cha• private property on the part of Council for the Prevention of War. vez rN .M.) on the Public Works Committee, and Thomas C. the United States government and Vice chairman is Dr. Charles S. Detroit teen group Hennings, Jr., (Mo. ) on the Rules and Administration Com• would help re-establish a prece· Collier, Professor of Constitutional mittee. dent much needed today for the and International Law of George protection of American property Washington univ. Treasurer is Dr. pushes '57 progratn Other chairmanships• that would • pass * over to the GOP are overseas." John A. Scherzer, former chief. Among the members of this bi- European Desk, National Lutheran DETROIT. - A newly-organized .Agriculture and Forestry-Republican Grorge D. Aiken (Vt.) teen-age group sponsored by the for Democrat Allen J . Ellender ·(La. ) ; Armed Services-Lev• partisan committee, are Mrs. Elea- Council. Executive secretary is nor Roosevelt, retired Federal IJames' Finucane. Besides Masaoka Detroit J ACL has been in business erett Saltonstall (Mass. ) for Richard B . Russell (Ga.); District since November, starting with of Columbia-J. Glenn Beall (Md.) for Matthew M. Neely Judge Learned Hand, Harry J . the other member of the execut1\·€ Enk. president of the Federation committee is Conrad J. Linke, election of officers, holiday parties (W. Va. ) ; Foreign Relations-Alexander Wiley (Wis.) for Theo• and a Valentine social. dore F. Green (R.I.) ; Judiciary-Williafll Langer (N.D.) for of American Citizens of German member, Executive Council of the Descent in the United States, Har- Steuben Society of America. \ The' teen group elected Jan Islili James O. Eastland (Miss. ); Labor and Public Welfare-H. as president; Edg.ar Oshika, v.p.; Alexander Smith (N.J.) for Lister Hill (Ala.); and Post Office Rumiko Sakow, rec. sec.; Jane and Civil Service-Frank Carlson (Kan. ) for Olin D. Johnston Itami, cor. sec.; and Jay Satoh, ./ (S.C. ). 'Lincoln Yamamoto' leller serves as treas. Generally speaking, the breakdown would be eight "con• Among the successful events in servative" Republican chairmen as against seven "modern" the past thr~ months were the Republican chairmen. reminder for continuing need-of JACL New Year's Eve party, ice-skating • • • PASADENA.-A stirring challenge paign for "yes" on Prop. 13 to party in January, and the Valen• As far as JACL concerns are involved, civil rights and was issued by Dr. Roy Nishikawa. Iwriter. The re~ent statewide cam• tine social at the home of the immigration matters might be more sympathetically viewed national JACL president, in an eliminate the alien land law from Harry Matsumotos. Roy Kaneko -by North Dakota's ' independent Republican Langer than by address at the Pasadena JACL the statutes and the cutrent pro;• and Mrs. Pearl Matsumoto are Dixiecrat Eastland of Mississippi. On the other hand, Hawaii installation dinner-dance Feb. 23 ect to inform TV stations of anti• group advisers. statehood would appear to have more support from Democrat at Carpenter's Santa Anita: Nisei films point to the need of a Murray of Montana than from Nevada Re'pU:blican Malone, who Dr. Nishikawa urged Nisei not strong Citizens League to insure has been one of the more outspoken opponents of statehood. to quit because of past accomplish. the integrity of Nisei Americans. • • • ments but to continue to advance Aki Kawai was master of cere- CALENDAR_I Returning lo the Texas elections, Hutcheson is the main GOP toward greater progress. monies. Tats Kushida. regional di- candidate with the backing of Eisenhower running against 21 De• " Some have said JACL should rector, installed Harris Ozawa and Mar. , (Saturday) mocrats and another Republican. Under the· laws that will San FranCisco - 8 wk. dance starta,.. be done away with, now that our his cabinet. Mrs. Mary Ito was Park - Presidio YMCA. 360 - 18th Ave apparently govern the election. the candidate that gains major issues have been won." the banquet chairman. Past national 8:30 p.m. ., the most votes, and not necessarily the majority hf all ballots Santa Barbara - Installation ban• optometrist declared. "But. I say, president George Inagaki was also Quet, Kerry's Restaurant; Elmer Shir• cast. will be the next senator. Though Texas is normally Demo• do we do away with the fire de- an honor~ guest. Also attending rcU. spkr. cratic. it has gone for Eisenhower in both 1952 and 1956 and Mar. 10 (SUIlda,y) partment as soon as the fire is was a large group of East Los HoUywood - Installation banquet· the Republicans hope that the Democrats will split their votes out?" Angeles JACLers. Nikabob. 9th & Western. 5 p.m. ' between so many candidates that their standard bearer will Mar. 11 (Monday) emerge as the winner. Recallin~ that the veno.mous SeqUOia - Board meeting; Dave Nakamura res.. 1333 VirRinla Ave The main division in Democratic ranks. according to polit• "Lincoln Yamamoto" letter was Publisher dies Redwood City. ., ical observers. is over Ralph W. Yarborough, who almost nozed postmark~ from Pasadena and HONOLULU _Y t S 84 . Mar. 1. (8aturda,y) ublished b Ne k' . asu aro oga. - Rlchmond-EI Cerrlt~Welcome 90- out Senator Daniel for the governorship last November. Gen• P y .ws'!'ee magazme editor-publisher ~eritus of th~ cial Richmond Memorial Youth Cen• last year, Dr. Nishikawa regarded b'l' I H .. Tim di-" M ter. e raUy considered a "liberal" as far as Texas politics are con• 't . I . . I mqua awan es, o::u ar. cerned, his ch'ief opponent appears to be Rep. Martin Dies, the i as a smg e mstance of direct 3 f ll' h t tta k H Alameda - Benefit movie. Buddhlaf ~ 0 owmg a ear a c. e HaU. concern to local JACLers where I to H ... 1896 I 1919 VenIce - Culver - Bulfet-Square darling of the conservative forces and presently Ret)resentative• . . came awan m . n , t h e chapter was mstrumental m h . t od _.. th E I' h t' Dance; VFVI Hall. 10858 Culver. 7 p .m. At-Large in the Congress. b ' th· e m r uc.:u e ng IS sec lOr. PocateUo - St. Patrlck's Day Dance' Texas Democrats, in an effort to make certain that a armg e anonymity of the letter- to the Nippu Jiji (now known as Castel BaUroom. Blackfoot. 9 p.m. ' Mar. 11 (Sunday) Democrat would gain the Senate seat and thereby keep the the . Hawaii Times), said to be the Detroit - Potluck supper. Interna• Democrats in control of the Senat.e, attempted to have their HARRY OSAKI SHOW lional Institute. first of its kind in a Japanese Mar. 22 (Friday) Legislature enact a bill that would provide for a run-off between AT USC ART GALLERY newspaper anywhere in the world. Sequoia - Game Night; Okamura the two candidates receiving the most votes, if no one received ~itor­ Hall. Redwood City. The Univ. of Southern California His son Shigeo is now Mar. 23 (Saturday) a m a jority of aU votes cast. Though the Texas House approved is presenting art pieces of gOld. , publisher of the Hawaii Times. Mile-Hf - Sorlng Carnival. Tri• the bill, the Senate last week killed it. The Yarborough forces silver and enamel by Harry A. State Buddhist Church. 4 p.m.-12m. oppo s ~ the bill, while the Dies group favored it. The "libel'als" Mar. 24 (Sunday) Osaki of Pasadena at the Fisher IROY MAYEDA TO HEAD San Diego - 1st annual Nisei Gall believe that their man has the best chance to win in a single• Art Gallery, 829 Exposition Blvd., BRIGHTON AG INSTITUTE Tournament: Tijuana (B,C.) Country shot, winnel·-take-aU election. Club. 9 a .m. tee-off. rEntry deadllnp until Mar. 25. Doors are open from DENVER. - Roy May~a. pas I Mar. 11) . * • • 12:30-5 p.m . daily except Saturday Mile-Hi JACL president. will chair Mar. 29 (Friday) Though the Texas elections have focussed attention Oil the Twin Cities - General meeting. J.A. and Sunday. Osaki was designer the 1958 Brighton Agricultural In· Center. 7 :30 p.m.: Arle Haeberle, 'l'Pkr. possibility that the Republicans might recapture Senate control, and creator of the JACL silver stitute. succeeding Seiji Horiuchi. Mar. :s.-31 this is by no means their only possibility. present~ Sequoia - Ski trip at Yosemite chalice to President Ei. • Over 2,000 farmers and ranchers Nan Park Wlth Sr. Trl-VUles. Most' of the Democra tic chairmen are men well UP in their senhower at the last national oon- I attended the 1957 Institute held AprU 1 (We4nes4a7) CCDC - Spnn~ Quartftly meeiu..c. Continued on Page 7 vention. last month. (Tent.)