-II aatwrlal-It1IAIleJllll Orrte.. , m E. 1ft St., Los AD~ele. lZ, Calif., MAdtsoD '-«11 Published weekly. btend as hid elaw matter In post om... at LM A... 1eL .,..,. Vol. 47 No. 23 Los Angeles, Calif. Published Every Week - 10c Friday, Dec. 5, 1958 COLUMN LEFT: Final evacuation Declaration of human rights claims fo award u.s. foreign aid in Far East Next Wednesday, Dec. 10, the United Nations S1.2 million to 144 lauded, Nisei skills can help :elebrates the lOth an (JACL News Service) niversary of the aqoption WASHINGTON. - As one of its DENVER. - Nisei of the Bien• including a number of state and the United States in the Far East. - without a dissenting last official acts prior to its for• nium Bill Hosokawa received a city officials and civic leaders. Many Americans overseas, be vote--the Universal Dec• mal liquidation after ten years as warm ovation Friday, Nov. 28. as were on hand to honor the Nisei said. are not sufficiently sensitive a special section of the Depart.• he accepted a scroll attesting to award winner. to the customs, beliefs and psy• laration of Human Rights. ment of Justice, the Japanese receipt of the highest honor a ward• Hosokawa spoke on "The Chal• chology of the peoples of the Asiaa The document is brief: a Claims Section notified the Wash• ed by the J ACL. lenge in the Far East," touching countries. The Nisei, as Americans few paragraphs in the ington 0 f f ice of the Japanese Hosokawa. who is assistant man• on highlights of a recent five• of Asian ancestQ-, would be ac• American Citizens League of its aging editor of The Denver Post, week trip to major capitals of the cepted wholeheartedly. preamble and 30 articles last awards made to evacuees un• was guest of honor and main Orient. Indebted to Myer der the JACL sponsored Evacua• -"a common standard of speaker at a banquet held by the Foreign Aid Pro&"ram The Nisei of the Biennium said tion Claims Act of 1948. Mountain Plains J A C L district achievement for all peo• At the same time, the names The Nisei editor said that on he was especially indebted to Dil• council ill the Silver Glade Room lon S. Myer, head of the War ples" -to "promote re• and addresses of the awardees his trip he was impressed most of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The Relocation Authority. who "helped were transmitted to the Treasury by the American foreign aid pro• .pect for these rights and banquet was the opening event 01 keep alive our fundamental belief Department for certification to the gram in action. freedoms" through na• a two day meeting of the regional in American democracy." and Pal• Congress for the necessary appro· council. The nations of Asia-; he said, are undergoing a vigorous growth mer Hoyt, editor and publisher or tional and international Continued on Page 8 Three hundred and four persons, measures to "secure their of political nationalism, with a The Denver Post. concommittant need for economic Shig Wakamatsu. national presi• universal and effective aid. In this situation, he sai.d. the dent of the JACL. presented the ~ecognition and observ- SOUTHWEST L.A. REALTY BOARD aid program is a "sturdy bulwark scroll of honor. l11ce" . against Communism." Wakamatsu spoke briefly on the role the J ACL can play in inter• ACCUSED OF RACE DISCRIMINAliON He warned that should such aid The Declaration sets not be forthcoming from the national relations and in this con• forth four kinds of rights: - The charge of racial discrimina-. could not relX>rt regularly at the United States, it would be sought nection announced the appointment tion was hurled against the south-I office until Nov. 1. from Communist countries. whose of William Marutani of Philadel• (1) Personal - those west Realty Board of Los Angeles Apparently, her daily appear- biggest allies are hunger and want. phia as chairman of the JACL's that enable people to live by a young housewife, Mrs. Elsie ance at the office resulted in a Hosokawa said the Nisei Ameri• international relations committee_ without -unreasonable in-l Endo, who was dismissed Nov. 19 complaint being registered with cans are in a peculiarly advanta- Robert Knous. \-ictorious candi• from the O.R. Brown real estate the Southwest Realty Board. Ac- geous position to help the foreign date for the lieutenant governor• !erference from 0 the r sales staff. cording to Mrs. Endo, the board aid program. ship of Colorado; Byron Johnson, people or the govern- What was to have been a day investigated and then informed the I In addition to providing their Congressman-elect from the 2nd ment such as the free- of jubilation for having made her office manager that she should be technical skills, the Nisei, whose Congressional dis t ric t: Judge , . first big sale turned out to be dismissed because she was of Ja- Asi.an ancestry has ·been a handi- Henry E. Santo of the Municipal dom of consCIence and Ia very numb one. Mrs. Endo was panese ancestry. cap in the past, can be particular- court; and Palmer Hoyt added religion; privacy of home, allowed the finish the sale. All-White Member:;blp ly effective as representatives of short tributes to Hosokawa's work family life and personal ' Mrs. Endo, receiving her license The Southwest Realty Board is as newspaperman and citizen, in August, was employed at one understood to be composed of all-I Seiji Horiuchi was toastmaster. correspondence. of Brown's sbc branch offices at white members. O.R. Brown, a I Smog aHack alerts Also participating in the pro• (2) Economic - those I120th and Normandie since then, member of the board, is bound CL gram were Masao Satow, SaD that en a b I e people to but because of her busy schedule by realty board by-laws to employ Downtown ers to meet Francisco, national director of the ·th f . d·t· with the West Athens School PTA Continued on Page 2 John W. Mann of the Los An- JACL: Mrs. Lily Okura. secretary wor k• WI arr con 1 IOns - geles County Air Pollution Control to the national board; John 1\Ia• and pay, freedom from • I District will address the Down- sunaga, president of the Mile-Hi Slavery, to join a labor says treatment of Japanese town L.A. JACL luncheon meeting, chapter; Mrs. Ruth Ota, soprano. UN offiCial scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 12 who was accompanied by Mrs_ utuon, own property and I' ( d d' WW2 Ih US noon .t S.n Kwo Low, ;t w", Mar j 0 r i e Kawano: the Rev. George Uyemura of the California ~~ l~~l~~. a fair standard }!IP~~a_ ~ci~r!i~~mina_ worl~!a~S~as w~r~e th:n' that ~~~~;::r~df:~r.:::k OfS::hl::~ Street Methodist Church; the Rev. Noboru Tsunoda of the Tri-State (3) Socio - political tion is practiced constantly in accorded Japanese Americans. verest attacks of smog ulX>n Li'l Buddhist Church; Tak Terasaki. those that enable people Canadian social and business ac- "I am afraid there are too Tokio that provoked Suzukida to chairman of the Mountain Plains ~ t k t - g tivities, a UN official remarked many Canadians like the man schedule thl·S meeting \Vl·th a district council; and Robert Hori• LO ill last \veek at a two-day conference a e par overn- who has his conscience under speaker who has been associated uchi, general chairman. ment and vote f or repre- marking the lOth anniversary of such control he sees nothing in- with APCD the past three years. The Cathay Post 185 of the senatives; to have equal Universal Declaration of Human congruous in going to a Christian Luncheon reservations are re- American Legion posted and re• protection under the law, RiDghtS· L K I ·d d· tor church on Sunday, listening with quested and may be made with tired the colors. . r. H .. een eYSI e, lrec - approval to a sermon on human the JACL Regl·onal Offl·ce MA The more than 300 guests in• !!eneral of the UN technical as· - , and to enJoy a full cul- - brotherhood. and on M 0 n day 6-4471. The meeting is open to cluded a contingent of 50 persons. tural life in accordance sistance administraUon, told a con- blackballing an applicant for mem- the public. among them city and civic offi• ;J,Iith one's tastes and tal- ference 011 human rights that al- bership in his club because the cials, from Brighton. James Ima• ~nts. though Canada does not torture applicant is of the same racial Y M S 0 ES GN tani made arrangements for at• Iprisoners, execute enemies of the origin as Our Lord himself."' A A AKI T 0 I tendance by this delegation. (4) Basic - the all-em- state or carryon slavery-prac- He cited the cases of the secre- NEW COLLEGE CAMPUS Council Business >racing and important tices still existing in the world tary of the U.S. Treasury being ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minoru Ya- . -she has no reason to be smug. Major business session of the .'lghts that enable peoplo~ There was continuing evidence denied admittance at a Canadian I masaki, internationally-known Ni- council meeting was held Saturday club because he was a Jew and sei architect of Detroit, is plan- afternoon. Nov. 29. at the Tri• :0 of religious, racial and social dis- of Ralphe Bunche, a Negro offi- ning a "new" campus for Carleton equal opportunity in State Buddhist Church with Chair• III areas of life "without crimination in Canada. cial of the UN being refused ac- College at Northfield. man Terasaki presiding. dlS· tl·nctl·on of any kl·nd Treatment Worse 'commodation in a Montreal hotel. The coU ege recent 1y announced Delegates turned down a propo• , He said treaunent of Japanese He said another case in ,v-.int S10 illi d 1 t sal to open a J ACL office in such as race, color, sex, Canadl·ans durl·ng the Sec 0 n d >'" a -m on eve opmen program was the situation of a Negro Can a- which will include six new build- Denver under district council spon• language, religion, poli- dian in a small town who led ings and Yamasaki was appointed sorship. It was pointed out that tical or other opinion, na- I Nisei· donates 2 acres a protest against discrimination as consulting architect. Continued on Page -l fl· 1 -g' in public services, won the case ------lOna or SOCIa on m, l of rutabagas to scouts in court, but lost his job and property, birth or other DEN V E R. - Roy Mayeda of later was forced by white neigh- Chl'cago JACL warns rp.sl"de~ts of SI."Ck status" ... freedom of Brighton has donated two acres bors to leave town. - .. opmJOn and expression ~~9~~~adbe~aSa ~ni~~~ :i~~ui~l -r:c~~ CONTRA COSTA NISEI agent peddling 'cemetery lots for nothing' •.. right to education. history-to enable the troop earn enough money to make a two-week HIGH IN VOTE REGISTRY CHICAGO. - Japanese residents friends. While this declaration tour of the West Coast next sum- RICHJ\.lOND. - The Nisei in this here with low resisting power have It is evident that thi· salesman mer. been victimized by a smooth talk• repre~ents a fictitious organiza• has exerted some influ• county had a good record in votet The scouts will harvest and re• registration, according to the Con• ing sales agent who gives away tion. Those signing his papers are ence t h r 0 ugh 0 u t the ceive the profits when sold. Scout• tra Costa JACL's newsletter. "three cemetery lots for nothing. ,. obliged to pay some SlOO a mQnth world, in certain coun• master Bob Anderson feels the In the November issue, it was The local JACL offke has received for '·caretakers" of the said three project will net about S1(10. several complaints that they are lots. Failure to pay can cau_ e a tries everyone of the 30 noted that 99 per cent of the chap• ter membership contacted by a being high-powered into signing lot of misery for tho e Who sign articles presents a goal SHEILA MIGHT BE HOME chapter telephone committee in• papers for these cemetery lots, as their property and income can FOR CHRISTMAS dicated that they were registered alter which they r('aille that the be attach('d. still to be reached, pomt Since the salesman is a smooth WAILUKU.-Sheila Sakamoto·s re• voters. practically signed away any prop• out the Common Council lal1ves and friends here have heard erty they owned and thl'ir income. talker and hard to l·esbt. it is In East Contra Costa county. One representative has bee n advisable that the would be pur• lor American Unity. "And that the seven-year-old girl has the taUy was 100 per cent. this-if anything-is the ,;uccessfully recovered from an op• callin~ on many JACL member· chaser decline to sign 8!1V papen The chapter's telephone commit• He uses tbe church as an entry without the presen('"e of an attor• en heart operation and may be tee was headed by Mrs. Chizu real meaning of the 10th home for Christmas. She is recup• and says he represent· the· Pres• ney. Iiyama and included: byterian Council and is helping The JACL repre entati\·e em· anniversary of the Uni• erating at the Texas Children's Mmes. Chris Komatsu. Nellie Sakai. versal Declaration of Hu• Hospital, Houston. :>'linme Urat". Satoko Nabeta, Grace the Japanese people who find dif• phatically denied endor ing such a Her trip was financed b)' the Hata. Yo Wada. Doris Knml Betty Aka• ficulty in finding cemeteries where alesman and urged all Japanese man Rights.·' -H.H ei. Hannah Yasuda, Fumi Suglhar . -l42nd Veterans Club and friends. and S"chl Yamad.l. they can inter their relatives and to decline from slgninl an,. papers. • 2-PACfFIC CITIZEN Friday, Dec. S, 1958
orrtc1&1 Publlcatlon: Japan_ AmericaD ClttzeDJ Le.pe altor bias- Continued from Front l'age PAC I f:'1 C3CITIZ'N m e m b e r s registered with the Ult. - BUll. OUlce: 2!11 E. l>.t st.. Loa An,eJes n. Callt. - lilA '-4411 board. Nat"! JACL HeadqlL3rters: Masuo W, Salow. Nat'! Dlrect<>r W h i 1 e the Southwest Realty 1031 Post St .. S an F rancisco 15. Calif. WEat 1-66H ... Board is understood to be furious Mike M. Jl.tasaoka - Wa ~hl ngton (0 C.l Representative .-": Suite 1211 Hurley-Wright Bldg., 18th & Pennsylvania Ave .• NW (8) ...... o\'er the inCident, i\ asserts bavin, Except (or Dlrector's Report. opinIons expressed by no knowledge of the dL<:missal of colun.nlsts dll nolo necessarily reClecl JACL policy. Mrs. Endo because she was Dever Subserl, lion Per Yr. (payable in a d vance) . ;;;1.50 memb.; $4 non-memo registered. re\'ea~ BARRY K. HONDA .... Edltor FRED TAKATA .... Bus. Mgr. Mrs. Endo \hat by-laws of the board posted in member offices make no mention of racial discrimination. She also reported I that her office manager admitted Official Notices not having registered her as !"e• quired. feeling no compunction to ( TO: All JACL Chapters: do so immediately at the time of her joining the office. 1959 MEMBERSHIP CARDS: The 1959 JACL membership cards have been sent to all the chapters in the name of Local Groups Interested the current chapter president. Listing sheets for remit ling Interest in the incident has been memh('l"ships to National Headquarters are included. Additional exp1'essed by the Japanese Ameri• cards will be sent upon request. In the event that the 1959 can Citizens League. the County memLrrship drive is being left to the next year's Cabinet Commission on Human Relations or Board . please see that the supply of membership cards and the Community Relations Con• 15 Dot lo"t but placed in responsible hands. ference of Southern California I for• merly the Los Angeles County Con• All m embel's signed up now arc good for 1959. However. ference on Community RelationSl. there are some instances where the member wishes to sign \lP for 1958 membership to keep his membership record con• Mrs. Endo is now associated secuti\ p with Dai-Ichi Realty. She reports that none of the many Nisei real 1ft estate salesmen are on the SouUi• west Realty Board. whose jurisdic• 1959 I\IE~IBERSHIP CA1"'PAIGN HELPS: The National tion covers an area bounded by Membership Committee is in the process of putting OJt a Santa Barbara Ave. 0:1 the Dorth, general membership leaflet as well a - a special bulletin to Harbor Freeway to the east, Gar• all membership solicitors. It is hoped to have these ready dena to the south an!! Inglewood by the end of December. or the first paI"t of January at the to the west. latest. The Gardena and Orange County Realty Boards, it was learned. do have Japanese Americans mem• 1000 CLUB LIST" 'G: Early* in December each chapter bers. indicating that some realty will reccive a complete profile of its 1000 Club member s. boards are not all "lily-white". both current and inactive. with years of membership and Don K. Nakajima. formerly active dates of expiration. Wherever the chapter 1000 Club chairman PRESS COMMENTS: with Cleveland J ACL and a na• is knr·wn, this will bc sent to the 1000 Club Chairman, other• turalized Issei, is a member of wise to the chapter president. Each chapter should elect or the Gardena realty board. appoint a chapter 1000 Club chairman. Copies of letters of acknowledgment for 1000 Club membership or renewal from Sordid Tale of Mistreatment Headquarter s will be sent to the 1000 Club chairman so that the 1000 Club chapter profile can be kept up to date throughout , of Our Nisei Nearing an End the year. Toyo Printing Co. (JI1ilwaukee JO'UT7UJI Ed iro ria. I. Nov. 13, 1958) OOset - Letterpress Linotyping '"I'm glad it all worked out so 1958 NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP LISTiNG: Can we make quickly, with the 17th anniversary ~5 E. lst SL * well," said Atty. Gen. Rogers at a final effort for 350 more members to top our 1956 high of Pearl Harbor day a month Los Angeles - MA 6-8153 the close of a simple ceremony away. Yet all things considered, of 16.866. or at least equal the 1957 figure of 16,861 ? If your in Washington. And in this ex• chapter has not already done so, please send in the Head• things have worked out well. as 1IU1I1I1IUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIUIIIlI1I11WIIUIlIfIIIIUIIII Ipression of grateful relief. all Rogers said. quarters portion of the 1958 membership card for your CUlTent Americans c'an join. ]000 Club members so they can be properly credited to your The mass evacuation had one The ceremony marked the settle· membership total. -Mas Satow. Nat'! Director. I happy result that is tOJ often ment of case No. 26552. last of ignored. During the war some Ja• • the agreements under which the panese Americans were allowed to government is repaying Americans leave the camps and live in inland of Japanese ancestry (Nisei> for cities. More than a few liked their TOY~~i~ the financial losses they suffered new homes and stayed on. These Ye Editor's Desk in World War II. All told, the cities-Milwaukee included-thcre• government has paid indemnities by gained a number of fine, in• STUDIO of almost $37 million. Only eight dustrious and talented new resi• 318 East First Street MEMQRIES OF OUR last national convention in Salt Lake contested la wsuits remain. dents. City are still warm and are likely to be refreshed when But if everything has "worked Los Angeles 12 our Holiday Issue comes off the press in a couple of weeks out so well," it is the west coast MA 6-5681 ••• But our effervescent national treasurer Aki Hayashi of Nisei who are sincerely to be lOUIE HAYASHIDA TO HEAD "11 11lllllllllllllll1lllli1 1Ii11111111J1111111U1tm1I1H"1II1tIt1ll New York, \\'ho is general convention chairman 0 fthe 1959 thanked. With less understanding Labor Day jr..jnt EDC-MDC production, is generating some heat and forgiveness on their part, WATSONVillE CHAPTER for h is corner . . . So that .J ACLers planning (or those still troublemakers of the Communist WATSONVILLE. - San t a Cruz Ask for ••• undecided might decide now ) to attend the New York con• stripe could have turned this un• County district attorney Nick Dro• 'Cherry Brand' vention ne..xt year will not be disappointed, Aki has outlined fortunate chapter in ou!' history back installed Louie Hayashida as a procedure Io, securing tickets to the " Flower Drum Song", into a running sore of rancor. MutuaJ Supply c.. 1959 chapter president of Watson• zoo navis st. which opened this week at the St. James Theater. Already, All Ugly Chapter ville JACL last Saturday at the San Francisco the best seats for the musical starring Pat SUZUki and Miyoshi Make no mistake about it. this Aptos Beach Inn. Umeki are gone as far ahead as May, 1959 ... Aki's suggested was an unfortunate chapter-and Other cabinet members: Masato procedure: (1) Form group parties among chapter members an ugly one. In the hysteria after Ogura. 1st v.p. ; Tak Higuchi. 2nd to attend Thursday. Sept. 3, 1959 (if arriving before conven• the Pearl Harbor attack, 110,000 V.p ; Margaret Yoshida. rec. sec.; "InsIst 00 the Floeat"' tion), or Tuesday. Sept. 8 (if staying after convention>. (2) Nisei were forcibly moved from Margaret Og1.1ra. cor. sec.; Tom Make checks payable to St. James Theater anddo not date their west coast homes. Some had Saka ta, treas.; Min Hamada, dele• the check. (3) Enclose self-stamped envelope and mail order lo sell their shops, farms and gate; Tom Tao and Shig Hirano. to thcater at 246 W. 44th St., New York City 36. (4) Inform Qrofessional practices to scrupu• alternates; Helen Nit t a, hist.; Aki how many are planning to attend from each chapter. 'ous buyers. Others simply aban• Fred Nitta. pub.; Clifford Fujimo• If lucky ticket holder should want to sell, there will always doned them. They were moved to to, 1000 Club. be people interested in taking possession. "elocation centers that were. in "Let It not be said that we New Yorkers did not warn fact. concentration camps. W NS AROMAS the out-of-towners," Aki's note adds. The Tom Hayashis have The government sought to justify FUKUBA I Kanemasa Brand their tickets for a May performance. Henry Iijima and his the mass e v a c u at ion on the SCHOOL BOARD ElECTION friends are seeing the play in March. but bought tickets two grounds tha t "a Jap is a Jap" Ask lor FuJlmoto'lI £de Mlso, Prewar Quality••• months ago. People are standing in long lines buying tickets .lOd therefore an enemy. But these I WATSONVILLE. - Henry Fukuba Shop~ for next May, JUDe and even J uly, Aki advises "so JACL people were American citizens- of the Aromas school board was YolU' Favorite conventioneers will really have move now if they don't want every bit as much citizens as I elected Nov. 24 to a four-year Center to' be disappointed next September". Halian Americans and German term on the Monterey county com• If you're heading for New York and want to see bigtime Americans whose ancestral homc- i mittee on school district organiza• FUJIMOTO & CO theater-this is no New YOl k fantasy; that's how life is in lands were also at war with thc tion. 30%-308 South 4th West the bIg ci~y . . . Oh yes. the prices (includes all taxes) are United States. Only because of the Fukubn takes over the seat oc• Ialt Lake City 4, uta.II 58.05 0 ·ell.; S6.90. mezz., $5.50, 4.80, 3.60. 1st balc.; $3.45. 3.00, color of their skin and the shape cupied the last foul' years by Paul TeL EMaite 4-8Z1I 2nd bale. of their eyes was it possible to Ru.bis, president of the North Mon single out the Nisei-for persecu-, terey county school board. rcpre• ON TIlE SUBJECT of "anti-J apanese movies on TV". the tion and hate. I senting supervisorial district No local Examiner columnist Vincent Flaherty las t week tells of Even after the war. discrimina- I 1. another
}'REEWAYS READY TO TAKE OUT I\IORE DOMES With the munber of cars ever increasing in Los Angeles, traffic problems continue to mount. The vicious circle of more cars and therefore more freeways has l'esulted in the adoption of another freeway through East Los Angeles which would take away more homes occupied by persons o( Japanese ancestry. As Blanche Shiosaki, So. Calif. JACL regional office secre• tary, once commented: It just seems the state builds its freeways where minority residents have their homes. Whether such is the case or not, the new Pomana freeway through the heart of East Los Angeles will remove many Japanese Americans from their present addresses. The new Industrial Freeway has taken away Fred Takata's grocery stoJ;e on Fourth and Cummings St5. nearly two years ago. And PC ed H8l'l'Y Honda was another victim several years ago, when the Harbor Freeway was constructed. The recently adopted freeway, which is expected to be built within two years, means active JACLer, Ritsuko Kawa• kami, will have to move out. Takata, So. Calif. regional di• rector, noted that in Bella Vista where many Issei and Nisei bought homes after the war, chances are Rudy Yoshizaki, Nancy Takamatsu, J ean Sato, and 1000 Clubber Cy Yuguchi may have to move. Mr. and Mrs. Sakae Ishihara, also active JACLers in that area, paid us a compliment recently by saying that through this column Sakae "refused to purchase a home" in the ex• clusive Monterey Park district sometime ago. Thank you, sir, but it's a known fact that freeways are a forever threat to all residents in Los Angeles-regardless of race, color, creed. We arent trying to be facetious. We told Takata that the Mori Mansion is situated parallel to the adopted freeway route about five blocks south of it on the other side of Pomona Blvd. "Who wants to buy a home, cheap?" CHRffiTMAS CHEER TO DATE The dramatic picture taken by St. Paul Dispatch photographer Paul lida last June in western Wis-! consin was chosen by the American Red Cross from among hundreds taken across the nation by pro• The joint social by the East Los Angeles and Southwest fessional photographers for its 1959 campaign poster. The poster is a drawing of the photograph by J ACL chapter members on Thanksgiving eve has netted $235.50, New York artist Anthony Saris. -Courtesy: St Paul Dispatch. the proceeds being given to the 11th annual Christmas Cheer program. The donfition marks 90 per cent of the $2,000 goal for Mother's group the Christmas Cheer committee headed by George Fujita of JOINT SOUTHWEST ·EAST L.A. JACl Mrs. Irene Suga was elected Southwest L .A. JACL. Volunteers will soon be packaging food chairman of the Senshin Boy Scout items, staples and toys for the visitation of less fortunate Troop 636 Mother's Auxiliary. be• families of Japanese descent. (HRtSTMAS CHEER HOP NETS $235 lieved to be the first one of its Tentative de...... IIle for receiving of contributions and gifts The 11th annual Christmas Cheer 1less fortunate persons of Japanese kind to be organized locally. There has been set for Dec. 15. The committee will make distribu• drive has reached its 90 per cent Iancestry in Los Angeles county. are 80 active mothers to help tion lists thereafter. According to Jim Higashi, publicity chair• mark of its $2,000 goal with an- Canned goods and donations will their sons in scouting. man, who is past president of East Los Angeles JACL, there other S310.50 acknowledged this be received by the JACL Regional is already deposited in the Sumitomo Bank, $1,804.50 to go past week. The current total is Office, 258 E. 1st St, until Dec. LA. Japanese Casualty towards helping Issei indigents and families with financial $1.804.50. 15, the tentative deadline ending burdens enjoy a good holiday season. The Southwest and East Los the drive. Insurance Association Angeles JACL chapters turned The donors for the week of No\,. Complete InsuraIlee Proteetlo. NEAR-MISS ON 111A...'1KSGIVING DAY over $235.50 realized at their joint 24-29 are as follows: U for nothing else, the working people today eat quite Christmas Cheer benefit dance co CHRISTMAS CHEER DONATIONS Aihoro Ins. Agency . ed b Sh' U t k K' 'M Nov. z.t - Nov. 29 well. There seems to be an abundance of food everywhere, ch all' y Ig ye a e, el 0- $235 .50-Southwest Los Angeles and Alhara - Omatsu - Kaklta chida (SWLA) and Grace Sakurai East Los Angeles JACL. ll~ :.u. :.an Pedro MA 8-904J especially after Thanksgiving day. We had the bird four sit• CELA)' Sl5-Mrs. Takeyo Mutow. Yosh Shi- tings in a row, only because one night we had to eat out. mano. Enriching the cash contributions SlO-Ladies Guild of WLA Buddhist Anson T. Fujioka OtheI'VI'ise five. However we are not complaining. We almost Church, Chere Amis, Ray T. Kunishi• Room 2oe. S12 B. In B'- elld not have turkey as per schedule. After the bird had are the canned goods. staples and rna: S5-Mrs. Shizue Takahashi, Stan• lIlA 6-4393 AN 3-11. toys being received this past week ley J. Flis: $3-Shuyo Tamamoto: $1- been in the oven for 20 minutes, Mary discovered that the Hitoshi Yoshigai, Anonymous. oven had gone haywire. There was nothing to do but to for Cheer disbibution. Cheer chair• Cheer Fund Recapitulation Funokoshi Ins. AQency call somebody, or something-and mostly the latter. man George Fujita said the food Total Previously Reported ..... $149-1.00 Funakoshl-Manaka-Masonaka packages help bring the "spirit Total Trus Report ...... 310.50 I 218 S. San Pedro St. After a few frantic telephone calls we were advised to !\oJ.'\. 6-5212 DO 2-1406 "press a red button" on the inside of the broiler side to of the Holiday season" to the Current Total ...... $18().1.50 get the flames started again." The red button worked but Hirohoto Ins. Agency someone had to keep it pressed during the cooking. For 3M B. In Bt. three hours! V ITA L STATISTICS MA 8-1215 A'll 7-_ Our ingenious mind went to work. We picked up a garden • * spade from back of the Mori Mansion; used it as a brace DEATHS geles, Oct. 29. Hiroto Ins. Agency to keep the red button in the socket. And it worked. But, Doi, Kitaro, 76: Del Rey, Sept. Suzuki, Masaichi, 54: Melrose 318~ B. In Bt. 27. Mass.. Sept. 25. RI 1-2398 - MA • ...,51 please no more turkey-until Christmas, maybe! Fujiu, Timothy, 3 mon.: Chica• Takeuchi Shobe!. 5B : Los An• go. Oct. 20-(p) Rev. and J\oIrs. geles. Nov. B. Victor. Tashiro, Aklra. 36: Salt Lake Inouye Ins. Agency ~ Fukuhara, Ichisuke, 80: Santa City Sept. 26-lw) KiKyo, (d) 15029 Sylvanwood Ave.. WASHINGTON NEWSLETIER: by Mike Masaoka Monica. Oct. 2. Connie. Dixie; mother. Cb) Norwalk, Calli. UNIv. Hamachi, Shishitaro, 84: West• Tyra and (5) Mrs. Ki'yoko Wa• .-m. Continued from Back Page minster. Oct. 10. tanabe. Hironaka. Michael (infant): Chi• Tatelshi, Mrs. Mary. 33: Chica• The seven Republicans who will not be with the House Tom T. Ito cago. Sept. 18-(p) Mr. & Mrs. go. Sept. 23-Ch) Masayuki Nt nel Monte Bt.. Pasadeaa Judiciary Committee next session include Congressmen Ken• Robert. and Cd) Joyce, Is) Michael. 1~ Jdeislti, Shigeo. 65: West Los Toguchi, Takemitsu, 36: Chicago, ay .-7189 BY neth B. Keating, the ranking minority member, who success• Angeles, Nov. 3. Oct. 7. fully ran for the senatorship from New York State; third Jge, Tanzo, 85: Santa Monica. Une. Shlnta, 7B : Los Angeles, 6. SofO Ins. Agency ranking minority member Patrick J . HilIings of CaliIornia Nov. Oct. 6. 1M E. t.t st.. MA .. t_ Inouye, Stan T.. 1: Gardena. Watanabe, Mantaro. 83: Long who unsuccessfully ran for the post of Attorney General in Nov. 4-(p) Mr. & Mrs. Ben. Beach. Oct. 27. ILeD s.to • California; and sixth ranked minority member Usher L. Bur• (s) Sharon. Watanabe. Suekichi: Denver, . . . Kakiuehi, Dollar T., 28: Los An• Oct. 25. dick who retired in favor of his Democratic son who won geles, N"v. lB. Yamaguchi, Seiichl. 40: Los An• Minoru Nix Nagata his seat in North Dakota. Kodama, Iris T .. 72: Los Angeles. geles Oct. 12. 191 Rock Hav .. " St. ;\lont.er"y Park Oct. 25. Yalllsto. Harry T .. 5.';: Santa Cla• AS 8-99J9 The others, all defeated last November 4, are the eight. Kunisaki, Kazuye. 49 : Los An• ra. Nov. 3. ninth, 14th and 16th ranked minority members-John M. Ro':>• geles Oct. 3. Kuroda, Walaro, 77: Gardena, sion of Kentucky. DeWitt S. Hyde of Maryland, F . Jay Nimtz Oct. 12. of Indiana, and Albel·t W. Cretella of Connecticut. Kuwahara. Seige. 73 : Los An• geles, No\'. 12. Masukawa. FukUlchl. 59: Los An· geles. Nov. lB. Fukui Mortuary lI-layekawa, George T, 76 : Los ''Tltr~e Generations of E;l'periellce" Angeles. Nov. 23. S.~K,\G . \W - Cal-Vita Produce Co., Inc. Miura. Otozaell1on. 80: Garden SOlem FUKUI .IA;\IES \. Bi>nd"d CIJlnnlls:!t"n MercnlUlla Grove. Oct. 10. i()7 Turner St., Los Angeles MA 6-5m Fru1ts - Vegetables Nadaoka, Kensaku. 73' Los An• geles. Nov. 6. nt 8. Central Ave. - Wholesale Terminal Market Nakamura. Tamayo, 69: Garde• na. Oct. 25. Los Angeles MA 2-85951 MA 7-7038 1 MA 3-4504 Nat.uhara. Yoshi. 74 Los An• geles. No\,. 3. Noguchi. Shina' Denver. Oct. 25. When in Elko Ono, Myrleen Y .. 16: lIlinneapo• lis. Oct. I-(PI Mr. & Mr;. George. Ibl Alfred. (s) Phyl• Stop at the Friendly Stockmen's 'mF?~r;a' Ils. Gardens ' . SaIO. IIafuJi. 66 West Los An· geles. Oct. 7 I in Japan). CAFE - BAR - CASINO Suki' aki Restaurant $;:;"um:l. Hlmshl. 76. Los An• geles Oct. 5. 8225 Sunset Blvd. OL 6-1750 Shimoda, Sluzu, 61 Los Angeles. Stockmen's, Elko, Hey ~st: No,'. 10 Welcome JACLers-Your George Furuta, l000er Shllara, HYOS3ku. 7i: Los An- 8-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, Dec. 5, 1958 JACL URGES PRESIDENT TO CONVENE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON PROBLEMS OF BOM IMG, TERRORISM (JACL News Servicel ment will be helpful in reminding and respect for law to 'oln to• WASHINGTON. - At the direc- all of us that throughout Ameriea gether to promote equal rights aDd Washington tion of National President Shigeo especially, and the world. there equal opportunities for all Ameri• Wakamatsu of Chicago, a letter should be no racial or religiolls cans, without regard to race, color. was sent on behalf of the Japa- discrimination and terrorism," creed, national origin, or geogra· NEWSLETTER nese American Citizens League to Masaoka wrote the President. phy. Or, it might be that the President Eisenhower last week Problem of Violence various national organizations. or urging him to call a special White "It is in connection with this the religious leaders. or otheu BY MIKE MASAOKA House Conference to deal with the thought that we are writing you may be the more appropriate ones problems of bombings and teITor- to join with many of our fellow to set up such a national agency. ism throughout the nation. Americans of goodwill who have Boosts Civil lliKbts Mike Mas a 0 k a, Washington urged the calling of a special Election Notes "In any event. a White House Washington. D.C. J A C L representative, sent the White HOllse conference of distin• conference would encourage the lettel' to the President. noting that guished citizens representing all consideration and implementation Last week we commented on the changes that will take the proposed Conference was in segments of our national life to place as a result of the elections in a general way in the of such ideas and experiences and keeping with the spirit of Human consider the problems of lawles!O• perhaps strengthen the stated ot>. important major committee assignments in the next Congress Rights Week that the President ness and violence in our nation. which convenes on January 7. This week we shaU continue jectives of your Administration to himself has designated for the "All of us are aware of your seek additional civil rights legisla• this discussion of committee assignments, because their respec• period December 7 to 17. personal abhorrence of those who tive memberships determine the type of legislation that the tion in the forthcoming 86th C~ He also sh'essed that the invited foment racial and religious strife, gress", the JACL letter concluded. n""t session may be able to consider. conferees might out of their own hat red, and hoodlumism. We, experiences and that of their re- therefore, believe it most appro· Masaoka's reference to the WRA activities had to do with the com• NO DEMOCRATIC SE~ATOR who was up for re-election spective groups be able to suggest priate for you to call a national * munity Japanese American Reset· was defeated in his bid for another six year term. In the ways and means of curbing and meeting of those who may be in tlement Committees w h i c h not House, aside from the several Representatives who either re• preventing terrorism and flagrant a position to suggest ways and only carried on public education tired or ran for Senate seats. only two "sitting" Democrats disregard of the law. He mentioned means of combatting this bigotry campaigns but also found housing were defeated. One was Congressman Brooks Hays. whose the community-level activities of and vigilantism. If nothing else, and employment for the evacuees moderate approach to the segregation problem caused his the War Relocation Authority dur- such a White House conference who left the centers to return to defeat to a write-in candidate in Little Rock. Arkansas. The ing and immediately after World would dramatize the interest and the mainstream of American life. other was Mrs. Coya Knutson of Minnesota whose family War II to illustrate what organized the concern of the Federal Govern• The WRA also established em· difficulties accounted for her loss. Accordingly, there will be persons of goodwill might do lIn- ment in these most un-American ployment offices in key cities staH· few changes in the major committee assignments held ~y del' appropriate sponsorship and of activities. ed by dedicated personnel Who these hold-over members. unless they decide to exchange. theIr guidance. "It may be that out of the organized these community com• seniority on a particular committee for a more deSIrable "'idely Endorsed personal experiences of the groups mittees and also spearheaded tile committee assignment. The proposal for a While House they represent, these conferees conference was first suggested by Imay be able to suggest appropriate educational campaigns. Rabbi Joachim Prinz, national action that the Federal Govern- THE MORTALITY RATE *among the Republicans. how- president of the American Jewish ment might take to eliminate ter- Clalaml'- ever. in the last elections was higher than usual. . Therefor~. Congress, in a communication to rorism and flagrant disregard of .I the remaining GOP members may move up conslderabl! 10 the President. Since that time law and to coordinate the efforts seniority, with the few incoming freshmen slated for relatIvely such influential newspapers as the of the various private national 01'- Continued from }!'ront Page important posts and high seniority positions. New York Times and the New ganizations in this regard. Ipriations for the payment of these In the Senate, third ranking minority member Edwar~ J. York Herald-Tribune have head- Nisei Once Affected awards. 'l'hye of Minnesota on the Agriculture and Forestry CommIttee lined news stories rela ting to the .. Americans of Japanese ances- ~e last listing sent to 1:he J ACL was defeated. On the Appropriations Committee, fourth rank• endorsement of this idea by such try, as you may recall, were the I OffIce was for the perIod July in" minority member William F. Knowland of Califomia and leaders of ~th parti.es as Vice victims of unprecedent~ ~str~a~-I to No~e,?ber. A. tot~l of $1,264,: llth ranking minority member Irving M. Ives of New York President NIXon Adlai StevenSl ~ n, ment as well as preJudIce, VIgJ- 863.16 IS mvolved III the 144 awards retir~. while tenth ranking minority member Charles E. and Nelson Rockefeller. lanti;m, and threats of violence made during this final period. Th~ potter of Michigan was defeated. . . The JACL letter reminded the during and immediately after Ilargest was for $65,~ ~ a re~l On the Armed Services Committee. seventh ranked mI• President that "in your proclama- World War II. dent of Oakland, Califorma, while nority member Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming was defeat~. tion (for a Human Rights Week), "Under the War Relocation Au-I the. smallest was for $126. to a On thc Banking and Currency Committee, second ranked rru• you called 'upon citizens of the thority, a Federal Agency, how- reSIdent of Seattle, Wash.lOgton. nority member John W. Bricker of Ohio and seventh ranked United States to observe this week ever, an educational program was The average of all claIms is minority member Frederick G. Payne of Maine were defeat.ed. by reading the studying the Bill developed at the community level~ $8,786.41. On the Finance Committee. first, third, and seventh ranking of Rights in the Constitution of which aided materially in allaying 38 to Get $10,000 Up ~alph Republican memoers, Edward Martin of Pennsylvania, the United States and the Univer- u n f 0 u n de d suspicions against Nine business corporations are E. Flanders of Vermont, and William E . Jenner of Indiana, sal Declaration of Human Rights Americans of Japanese ancestry Iincluded in the list, while no non- retired. Fourth ranked minority member George Malone of lof the United Nations, that we and in encouraging publi~ accept- profit organizations were listed. Nevada was defeated. \ may all be reminded of our many ance of Japanese Amencans as Eight of the awards were to .the On the Foreign Relations Committee, the second and fifth responsibilities and privileges as a individuals and as a nationality heirs of dec e a sed claimants. ranking GOP members, H. Alexander Smith of N:w Jersey people blessed by a heritage of group. Thirty-eight of the awards were and Knowland, retit·ed. On the Government OperatIons Com• freedom and equality.' "It may well be that a Federal for $10,000 or more. mittee. fifth ranked minority member Chapman Revercomb "We are in hearty accord with Agency might be established for Awards were made to residents of West Virginia was defeated. On the Interior and Insula.r our proclamation and believe that the specific purpose of rallying of Michigan. Oregon. Illinois, New Affairs Committee, the first, second, and fifth ranking ml• designating a week for the pur- those Americans in every comm\!- Jersey, California, Hawaii, Wash• llOrity members, Malone; Arthur V. Watkins of u:tah, and poses outlined in your announcc- nity who believe in human dignity. ington, Utah, Arizona, New York, Barrett were defeated. On the Interstate and ForeIgn Com• Washington, D.C., Colorado, Con- merce 'Committee, the first, fourth, fifth, and s.Lxth ranking Republican members were defeated. They were Bncker, Potter, Didn't take customary half-year wait lor Ine~~~utja~~~:~~ a~~af!~y~:~ion, William A. Purtell of Connecticut, and Payne. whIch has been under the drrec- On the Judiciary Committee. third ranking Republican, Jenner, retired, while fourth ranking minority member, Wat• 'h I h ,., he, J tion of Enoch E. Ellison for most a ,of its decade of activities, was kins. was defeated. On the Labor and Public Welfare Com• Ia t es I U.S Ia d ua oops 0 I apan I T k h b t liquidated November 10 when At- mittee first ranking minority member Smith of New Jersey BY TAMOTSU MURAYAMA lonly a 0 yo p enomenon, thu torney General William P. Rogers and s~co nd ranking minority member Ives retired, while third Tokyo Ination-wide. The children in. e of the United States signed the ranking Republican Purtell was defeated. . The rush for hula hoops in rur.a~ ar~as. are .equal1:: eXCited, last award of sm,704 to a claimant On the Post Office and Civil Service Committee. second Japan has gone wild! All the waIting III hlle WIth their mothers residing near Seattle. Washington. for hours in front of adepartment l'anking GOP member Jenner retired, as did sixth ranking youngsters (and a d u I ts. t 00) are During its administration, the Sec- minority member Martin. On the Public Works Committee, shaking their hips, twirling the store to buy a hoop. tion settled 26,552 claims, award- first ranking minority member Martin retired and sL~ rank• hoops. Hula·hooping contests are even. a total of S36.874.240.49. ing GOP member Revercomb was defeated. When this reporter was in Ha. staged at geisha parties. rng wail returning to Japan from the (Police issued a nation-wide ban ------* ------United States last summer, the on hula hoops last week, so re- ( ALE N 0 A R IN THE HOUSE, the 38 m*ember 'Foreign Affairs Commit- craze was just getting started ports a Tokyo dispatch.' tee lost eight members, while the District of Columbia Com• * ______there. It was like wild-fire in ':' o!o to mittee lost six of its 25 members. Dec. 6 (Saturday) America, even contests were being Colored Hair-Dos St. Louis--Inaugul'aJ dinner, Ronc3ro·s. Both the 50-member Appropriations Committee and the 34-· Southwest L.A.-Hele Maj. membt:r AgricultUl'e Committee suffered seven Republican cas• staged to see who could twirl A not her American innovation Dec. 7 (Sunday) them the longest. However, when that is spreading in Japan today ualties each. Detroit-Polluck dmner-eJectinn meet• I saw hula hoops go on a ram- is the dyeing of hair by Japanese ing. International Institute. 1 :30 p.m. The Armed Services Committee lost three of its 39 mem• Dec. 13 (SUurday) bel's: the Banking and Currency Committee two of its 30 page among the kids in Japan- women. Some beauty parlors in Eden Township-Chrl~tmas p3rty. Ash• that was it! And adding to the Tokyo introduced it and now we land School Multi-Purpose Room, memb l's: the Education and Labor Committee three of is San Leandro. 7 :30 p.m. 29 members; the Government Operations Committee three of popularity of hula hoops are the see some strange e x amp 1 e s: Sonoma County-AUXiliary Chrlstrn.u its 29 members; the House Administration Committee six of local press and TV. screaming orange hues or a gray- Party. I was told Wesley Oyama first ish red hair·dos. And the girl~ Chicago-Family Christmas Part).. Mc· its 25 members; Cormick YWCA. 8 p.m. The Interior and Insular Affairs Committee lost rive of asked hoops as soon as they were feel quite natural with them and Dec. 14 (Sunday) introduced in America. The hoops walk about proudly with thdl Sto"kon-J' ACL Christmas P3rt)'. Y BA its 34 members; the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com• HaJJ. 148 W. Washington St .. 5 pm mittee seven of its 33 members; the Judiciary Committee are now being manufactured for striking dyed hair. East Los Angeles--lssel RecognitIOn YIOO and sold for Y275. While Trying to emulate their sister~ program, Tenrlkyo Hall, 2 p.m. seven of its 32 members: the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Philadelphia - Christmas Party and Committee live of its 32 members; the Post Office and Civil it's cheaper than the U.S. pnce, in America in the misguided be• Elections. International Institute. it's still big money for Japanese lief that all American women d~ '\· Dec. 15 ptonday) Scrvicl' Committee five of its 25 members; the Public WOI'ks West Los Angeles-Auxlilary meeting. \·oungsters. Wesley's b I' 0 the r. their hair. the net result here is Committee four of its 34 members; res. oC Dr. & Mrs. Sonoda. The Rules Committee lost two of its 12 members; the Clem, remarked that he never that some of the Japanese girl: Dec. 1& (Tue.da:n realized Japanese kids can spend look like ghosts now. New York-Generol meellng, J pane.e Un-American Activities Committee two of its nine members; Society Auditorium. 18 E. ~tn St. so much for hoops. D~c. and the Veterans Affairs Committee two of its 23 members. 19 (FrIday) No Need to Advertise Parlier-AUXiliary potluck, BuddhiSt Every standing House committee lost two or more mem• Nisei iournalism graduate Recreation Halt, 5:30 p.m. - bers. Since the Japanese papers and Dec. 20 (Saturday) TV did a good publicity job with Long Beach-Christmas party assists in election drive Vt"c. 21 (Sunday) hula hoops, the Oyama brothers PORTLAND. - Beti Ann l\-Iina• o C.-Christmas party. Gltmmont Re("• l:-:CE THE JUDIClAR Y Committees* not only handle most didn't have to advertise. moto, 20, assistant director of pro• rea ion Cent"r. Wheaton. 2-3 p.m. 01 DeC'. 31 (Wednesday) the work of the Congress but also most of those subjects As a rule. American fashions gram and continuity at Portland's St. Louis-New Year'. Eve d nee. III which the JACL has a special concern, such as immigration and products become popular in NBC television outlet, KPTV. was American Legion Hall, Unl>enll1 and natura1i7.ation, civil rights. claims. vested property, etc., month~, City. Japan from three to six among those who contributed to Monterey Penln,ulli- ·ew Yt"a r'~ E\~ j' i' w()rthwhile to note that in the Senate there will be But this time, hula hoops came the successful campaign of Mark dam.-e. San Carlos Hotel. ':30 p.m two R.'publican vacancies to consider and in Ule House seven to Japan about the same tirr\~ Orange County-New Year's Eve ct..n~-e, Hatfield. recently elected Repub• Huntington Beach Memorial Ha I 011 thi: kt:y committee. it was on fire in the states. The lican governor of Oregon, A June ~Ile-HI-New Year's Eve dance. eo.• Third and fomth ranking GOP Senators Jenner and Wat- surprising part of this is that the 1958 graduate of the Univ. of Ore• mopolltan Hotel. Salt Lake City-New Year'. Eve dsace, 1.:n5 \\ ill not be in the 86th Congress. one by choice and Japanese press gave it consider• gon School of Journalism, the Roae Gtar'"~" iuc othcr b~' deft-at. able play. .raIL r (FrI1IAn Nisei is understood to have written ~.Ionnd ContilluO/d a. Page 1 Tbt! eeoc-New ye...... haQ. hula hoop business is not some of the campaign speeches. BaUIbow BaJIr'oom. J'r-., ......