TZI; Publ\abed weekly. beeFed .. !lid eJu8 III&tter ba post orttce at t.. All...... CIaI& . Vol. 48 No.3 Los Angeles, Calif. Published Eyery Week - TOe Friday, Jan. 16, 1959 tOLUMN LEFT: I Racial relocation Anti-Nisei housing bias to ease tension? I We don't know how I serious the senior sen• mooted by Utah civil righters ator from Georgia was that Sunday b e for e (Special to Pacific Citizen) ineligible to citizenship to reside in the State of Utah. The Japanese Christmas when he an- SALT LAl<.E CITY. - In reviewing Association of Utah fought against a nounced plans to intro. the status of Japanese Americans the bill, but in 1943 during the SO OF CALIF 'S duce a bill in this Con. in Utah for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the absence of hysteria of the Second World War. the measure was passed as the representatives from the home- 80 ASSEMBLYMEN gress to bring about more influx of evacuees settling in Utah e qua I distribution of building industry at the recent mounted. The law was repealed in whites and Negroes in fact·finding committee hearing at CO-AUTHOR FEPC the State Capitol Bldg. served as 1947, the measure being introduced by Glen F. Thompson, then na· mute testimony to an area of SACRAMENTO. - More than 50 this country in an effort tional commander of the Veterans to ease racial tensions. major di~crimination for the Nisei. of California's 80 assemblymen of Foreign Wars. , joined last week to introduce leg• The headline over the " A cross-section of the Utah Ja· Discrimination practiced by 51> /It. panese community-urban and ru- islation urged by Gov. Brown to n.tlanta news story in our ral-was present at the Ja.n. - 6 cia I fraternities and sororities at give the state its first FEPC law. the Univ. of Utah was also dis· paper had "racial reloca. meeting, presided by James W. The list of co-authors easily as• cussed. Their memberships are sured Assembly passage of the tion"-which caught our TOM KITAYAMA Quinn. member. of the Utah Civil exclusively Caucasian. It was the Uuion City Councilman Rights Commission, with Adam M. measure creating a Fair Employ• ever - scanning eyes for, Duncan, commission councilor, as- committee's contention that elimi· ment Practices Commission with nation of the anti racial and non- power to police job discrimination. Ni- sisting. stories with possible Christian membership ban on Proponents expre.sed hope the• sei angles in them. Rural Nisei indicated to the fact- campus could be eli min ate d new Democratic look would clear 1 N C I si~ce "By giving each state st o. a Ilinding committee that they enjoy through legislation these I the way for the bill in the Senate almost full acceptance from the groups are partially sustain-ed by where similar legislation has never community socially, economically I an equal share of the state tax funds. gone beyond committee. But. they race problem," Sen. Rich- NI-sel- wl-ns and racially save for scattered in· The meeting was held in the ' said, they expect no walkaway. ard Russell was quoted, cidents of prejudice. They pointed Governor's Board Room. Toshi Fifty-lour assemblymen in aa "we would have a work. to the recent election of a prom i- Odow and Mrs. Alice Kasai served signed the bill, including 11 Re• -t t nent Buddhist layman, Masaru Ya- as meeting secretaries. Participat· publicans. able means of easing rae· CI Y pOS mada. as president of the Davis ing from the Japanese community Gov. Brown hailed the proposed ial tensions and of achiev. County Young Farmers Assn .. pre· F~PC. s~tute lon~ ove~due. • dominantly comprised of Cauia- were: I as lUg a permanent and SAN LEANDRO. _ Tom Kltaya- sians. Rupert Hachiya, past Salt Lake This IS an area 10 whlch we JACL president; George Yoshimo. have lagged behind other progreso ma, 35, prominent nurseryman and Bias in Housing peaceful solution to the I to, Salt Lake JACL; Raymond sive states," he said. "The experi• problem." 1000 Club member, was the top But in the urban areas. Nisei Uno, representing Nisei teachers; fence there indicates that this leg'• The senator said his vote .getter i~ the special incor· still meet discrimination m' at• poration electIon Tuesday of two attorney Jim Mitsunaga; and Bis. islation will go a long way toward proposal would create a nearby communities, Alvarado and tempts to purchase new homes. hop S. Aoyagi, Nichiren Temple. eliminating job discrimination." The committee was informed of Named to the Japanese Ameri. ~r<:>wn: who called f~r a~ti-d!s- voluntary Racial Reloca- Decoto. which will be known as the selling code as practiced by can Sub-Committee were: cnmmation meas~res 10. hiS tn- !ion Commission to as. Union City. national and local real estate Roy Nakatani, 0 g den Buddhist augural address, IS~Ued hIS state• S· t d Kitayama will be one of the boards prohibiting realtors to sell Church; Ken Uchida. pres .. Japanese I ment after conferrmg on Jan. & IS an eneourage per- five city councilmen to be sworn homes to people considered to be Far,!,ers Assn. ; Masaru Yamada, pres .. with 15 assemblymen and 3 sena~ DaVlS County Young Farmers Assn .; sons wishing to relocate in soon. There were 15 candidates detrimental to the area by such Ichiro Doi, pres .. Salt Lake JACL. tors, all Democrats, who agreed to other states having a on the special ballot. specific terms as "race and na· and SLC Buddhist Church; Dr. Dan to introduce the bill. Onikl. Mt. Olympus J ACL; l';Un Ma- low percentage of Ne. Probably the first Northern Cali· tionality" . tsumori. pres .. Salt Lake County Vege· Meaningful BUI fornia Nisei to seek an elective Alan Brockbank. ACTION board table Growers Assn.; Joe Kurumada. The bill provides for the gov• groes and by offering post as city councilman, Kitaya· member; L.P. Roberts of the Japanese Church of Christ: and Mas Yano. chmn.. Intermountain District ernor's appointment of a five-man federal ·assistance. The rna is currently first·vice-president Apartment-House Assn. and Henry Council. Fair Employment Practices Com• same aid would be avail- of the Alameda County Farm Bu· P. Kipp of Federal Housing Ad· mission, with enforcement power. iiible to white persons liv. reau, and a past vice-president of ministration, only three out of I EX-JUDGE SUYEMATSU'S It would prohibit job discrimina• the Eden Township J ACL. eight representing the housing in· WIFE APPOINTED DEPUTY tion because of race, religious ing outside the South His younger brother, Kee, is the dustry present, noted that accept· creed, color, national origin or an• who would like to relo- newly-elected president of Eden ance of Japanese Americans in ATT'Y GENERAL IN WYO. cestry. Violators could go to jail. - cate in that region. To Township -JACL succeeding Dr. the housing field has improved The co-authors, Assemblymen " Steve Neishi. Another brother, greatly in the past 10 years and CHEYENNE. - Ellen Crowley of Cheyenne has been appointed dep• William B. Rumford m., Berkeley) accomplISh thIS reshuf· Ray. is a past president of the it could cQnceivably continue to and Augustus F. Hawkins (D .. Los fie, he estimated cost Fremont JACL. improve under the present trend uty attorney general. I Attorney Gen. Thomas O. Miller Angeles), cleared a generally simi• would not exceed the New Community shown by the general public. "Edu· lar proposal through the 1955 As• cation" rather than " force of law" announced the appointment and amount the nation now .The. new community of Union would be the advisable means to said he was "very pleased" to sembly lor the first time. Then, like a 1957 version, it met defeat spends each year in for. City In southern. Alameda county accomplish the objective in hous· have Miss Crowley serve as his in the Senate. eign aid-about $4 bil. boasts a . poPul~tion of 6,000, ve.ry ing, the fa ct·finding committee deputy during the balance of his cosmopolitan In makeup Wlth was told term of office. The sponsors apparently at'e lion. residents of Mexican, portug~lese'l Albert Fritz, local NAACP presi. Miss Crowley was the first wom· counting on the changed Senate We wonder how volun. German, Japanese and Chln:se dent, also related the problem of an assistant attorney general for complexion- 26·13 Democratic-to t descent. The threat of annex<'ltion housing and oth d' . . t Wyoming, and is the first woman break down the upper house's tra• ary would Ne~r~es. O~ by Hayward to the north and F.re· . practices agains~r oth~~cr~":~~~i~:~ deputy attorney general to serve ditional resistence to FEPC laws. Georgia or MISSISSIPPI m:ont to. the sout~ drove Umou at this time. in the State of Wyoming. As an Initiative Sen. John F. McCarthy (R., San emigrate to such states City reSidents. to Incorporate. Wh'lI e no speCifiC. . recommenda- (In private life. she is the wife of former Justice of Peace Tosh Rafael), Senate Republican leader, as North Dakota, Monta- The Kltayama Brothers . operate Itions were made, Raymond Uno, W . one. of. the largest carnation nur· a Gchoolteacher, and Duncan, fact· Suyematsu, who did not !'eek re• told a reporter, however, he is Continued on Page na,. yom 1 n g, or to i s en~s In the country. Tom being finding committee chairman, em. election.) 8 Mame, ':ermont and New ~resldent . and co:>wner of the I!'h?sized racial discrimination ex· HampshIre? The Deep firm. He IS. also dlre~tor on both Istlng against any particular mi· South has little record in the No. Calif. ~arnahon G:owers nor~ty group constituted discrimi· . A.ssn. and Amencan Carnation So- nation against al lother minorities. Univ. of Chicago Issei artist retires allowmg voluntary ac· clety. A subsequent fact-finding com• Uon by its Negroes in Tom is married to the former mittee hearing will be scheduled after 50-year association with college such matters as to the Hideko Horikawa, both Seattle- t? dis~uss possible recommenda· CHICAGO. - After more than half I He was a student at the Tokyo 'obs they may hold the born Nisei, and they have four tions In th~ ~roblem o.f housing. a century's association with the Academy in 1902 when he was J . • ' children. AntI-Mlscegenahon Univ. of Chicago, Kenji Toda, an invited to join the Univ. of Chi· educatIOn theIr children On th e rna tter 0 f th e an tl·mlS- " artist who has won international cago department of zoology. He may receive, the trans· JACLERS DONATE PIANO cegenation law, barring the mar· fame in the worlds of science and accepted. Toda said, " because I art, retired at the age of 78. Nor· thought I could earn enough money portation they .may use FOR NEW CITY BLDG. riage of Caucasians and persons d of Asian ancestry in Utah, it was mally Univ. of Chicago staff memo to study in Europe." -an m 0 s t Important I FT. LUPTON, Colo. - When Ft. the opinion of Duncan that under bers retire at 65, however, l'oda He eventually visited Europe as . over whether they may Lupton's new municipal building existing conditions, it would be was retained for 13 additional a tourist in 1933, but never got register and vote. was impressively dedicated late impossible to change the law by years under a policy of annual there as a student. A d 'f thO - t· last month, Mayor L.W. Soland legislation. He felt the best way postponement for "exceptional Toda became a U.S. citizen in nIlS mlgra 1011 publicly acknowledged the various to overcome this undesirable law akills." 1953. A bachelor, he neither drinks comes about-would it be furnishings placed in the new 560" would be to have the state courts Toda has drawn thousands of nor smokes, eats sparingly, and a peaceful solution Sen. O?O structure by local organiza- rule it invalid. works for zoology classes and text- has gone to his studio at 7 a.m. books. He is a world authority on each morning since he started at Russell speaks of, or a tions. I For sake of the records, Henry The Ft. Lupton JACL presented Kasai, chairman of the Japanese ancient Japanese art and has the University. set of new problems? a new piano, replacing the old American sub-committee for the served as advisor to museums in Toda is an authority on andent This bill was interesting relic which was in use for com- fact-finding committee, recalled Chicago and New York. His scien- Japanese art and language. He has tific drawings have ranged from cataloged and annotated such fa• to discuss and unlikely to munity activities at the old hall. the two campaigns to keep the The chapter raised nearly $500 to alien land law from becoming law the tissues of endocrine glands mous Japanese art collections as , . serve other purposes, pur c has e the new pian
~~""'>#1 •• • ",-.r- 3-PACIFIC CITIZEN Columnist in L.A. Ii.mes comments on evaqaJlen.•• HftSeJ.. have as much diligence for pti nciples .s their Nisei parenb.· ~ F.r.OIft .he S01Lthern Californians were handed anot.her slice of the 1942 evacuation picture of Japa.nese Americans /Cl$t Tuesday in the able to recover because 0: himself~ L.A. Times "Cityside" column of Gene Sherman. The popular How the Nisei stands today is a ccnunmist's recoLlection oJ the Li'l Tokio area during the war testimony to his individual ingenu• Frying Pan years may be an eye-opener to many newcomers-especially the ity, diligence and ambition, and. a m illions who now reside here and are twaware of the evacua• strong faith in America. ticm .-Editor. Word for Sansei By Bill HosQkawa • • "Hence, to hold that evacuation BY GENE SHERMAN 'This oppressive measure was not Iwas a blessing in disguise is like In a recent issue, Newsweek rE'• a military necessity but constituted saying injustice results in justice. Denver, Colo. ported on the aftermath of the a tragic failure of prinople by which is absurd on its face. We GRASS ROOTS DIPLOMATS-For several days last hysterical relocation of Japanese the executive branch in accom- cannot see how a thin" conceived Americans in 1942, the operation plishing it and the judicial power in error can become b a font ot week a team of ~ussian hockey players visited this area. that left Angeltown's Little Tokyo in sustailling it.' good things. Something else was They played two games against local college teams, win• a sheU. During the time its former "The obvious injustice of the illvolved-and that. we claim, is ning one and tieing tbe other. But the games, exciting inhabitants were absent. the coler• 1942 evacuation cannot be a seed in the Nisei himself." fuI section centering at 1st and to a good thing. Even the U.S. This must make strange reading as they were, held lesser significance than the simple San Pedro Sts. became a filthy, government recognized this error for the Sansei, or third generation. fact that some non-political Russian citizens were in IJnkempt slum. by permitting claims against it Sansei is a word that pops up our midst. The engaging Oriental shops for personal and property looses. with increasing regularity these were turned into cheap dives by The justification of the success days, the world moving on as it The arrival of the Russians had been anticipated those who bought the property at stories of the Nisei, we feel, dwells does. One may assume the Sansei. with not a few misgivings as the cliches about Iron Cur• disaster prices from the Japanese within the Nisei-not in any ra- while having no cause for personal tain types were recalled. Would they be surly? Would Americans ordered removed. It tionalization of evacuation. The bitterness, will have as much dili• was left a dingy, ugly eyesore. displaced Japanese American was gence for principle. they make political speeches? Would they grunt, gargle At war's end. when the Nisei their soup and insult their hosts? were released. about one of every As it turned out, the Russians proved to be magni• three who had lived here returned to try to pick up the traces of Affidavits of support from kin 10 be ficently conditioned athletes, friendly, polite. And once his previous life. Bit by bit, shop tJ+e strangeness wore off, not even differences of lan• by shop. block by block, Little favored by Siale Dep'l on visa issuance Tokyo was returned to its past guage remained for long as an insurmountable barrier OAKLAND. - A recent visa office sponsor, where there is no close to discussions. Sports rivalry, almost everyone con• charm and authentic flavor. It was a remarkable thing to watch over bulletin issued by the State De· relationship between the sponsor ceded, is better than an armaments race and common the passage of several years. partment illdicates there has been and the prospective immigrant. But this deals only with the out• a tightening up of the rules re• 'Moral' Obligation folks getting to know each other can do more for inter• garding affidavits of support which national understanding than all the marathon debaters ward result of the decision to The reason for this is that there banish Japanese Americans from have been required to establish was a recent decision in the State in the United Nations. the West Coast, a decision made that an alien is not likely to be• of New York to the effect that an in the heat of mortal indignation come a public charge, according affidavit of support executed by a at the bombing of Pearl Harbor. to Attorney Mas Yonemura. sponsor in behalf of a visa appli• KORI;AN VIEW-Shortly before the Russians ar• It is easy now to reflect how un• All aliens, whether applying for cant constitutes a " moral," but rived, we were visited by a perceptive young Korean sO'Jnd it was. It was easy then an immigrant or a non-immigrant not a "legal" obligation, and hence to be carried on the avenging wavE' visa are required under the Immi• is unenforceable in the courts. newspaperman, named of Hong Soon-n, also known as of hysteria. gration and Nationality Act to In implementing this new policy Hirokawa during the Japanese occupation. A reporter 'Blessillg in Disguise' show that they are not likely to the State Department has instruct• [or the Korean Times of Seoul, Hong had been selected The article makes the point that become a public charge. ed the consular officials to be by the U.S. State Department to observe American news• the evacuation was a blessing in This requirement can be met by guided, in part, by the following disguise, breaking up the "Little showing: consider a tions: paper practices and tour American cities. Some of his Tokyo ghettos," fz;eeing children 1. That he has, or will have, in "An affidavit of support ex• cQ.mments are worth noting here. from paternal feudalistic control, the United States funds of his own ecuted by a financially responsible Americans, he thinks, work extremely hard, much emancipating Japanese American sufficient to provide for his sup- sponsor who is under a legal obli• women and reducing racial preju• port; harder than Orientals despite all western civilization's gation to support the visa appli• dice. Those who were uprooted 2. That he has employment of cant such as a husband or wife la-por-saving devices. But for what purpose? Hong thinks found new opportunity and, in the a permanent nature awaiting him will, as a rule, be satisfactory most Americans do not know, and many of them would long pull, found their places as in the United States which will evidence that the applicant will American citizens. provide an adequate income; be truly baWed if they were asked that question. not be likely to become a publiC The piece caused an avalanche 3. That his relatives or friends charge. Hong thinks Americans should slow down a bit of comment in the Japanese press, in the United States will assure his support. "In the absence of legal support and spend some time thinking. About what? About such almost all of which took issue responsibilities, careful examina- with it, not on the basis of bene• In Japanese Cases tion of the motives prompting the Il1atters as why they work so hard, and what their pur• fits or contumely that accruea pose in life ought to be, and the meaning of things. "I Most of the aliens cannot meet affiant to assume the moral re-o eventually to Japanese Americans the requirements of (1) or (2) sponsibility reOected in the affi• don't say you must all be philosophers," he adds. "But who were herded into relocation above and therefore it has been davit of support will be made. If certainly your lives would be richer if you made time camps, but on principle. While the customary in most Japanese cases there exist compelling or forceful Nisei, second g'eneration Japanese, to have relatives or friends in the ties between a visa applicant and to think and converse quiet and try to understand glibly deny bitterness, they un• United States furnish in duplicate his sponsor, such as close blood things." questionably find it difficult to affidavits of support which provide relationship or friendship of long abandon all resentment. • • • • in substance that the sponsor standing, an affidavit of support There are in Los Angeles about ?uar~ntees ~hat the prospective 1will usually be favorably consider~ THt: MI:ANING OF AMERICANISM-One of the 50,000 Japanese today-40,OOO Nisei ImmIgrant will not become a pub- ed by a consular officer. On the and 10,000 Issei, or first genera• lic charge. l0ther hand, an affidavit submittE'd th~ngs that puzzled friend Hong was how Americans of tion. Some 3,000 of the latter now In many cases where the pro· by a casual friend or distant rela• diverse national origins could feel a common loyalty are naturalized. One voice of the spective immigrant's relatives in tive who has little or no personal larger group is the Pacific Citizen, to the United States. He talked to Negroes in the Deep the United States do not have knowledge of the visa applicant published here by the Japanese South and quickly learned that despite their second American Citizens League. The funds sufficient to execute thE will have limited, if any probative affidavit of support, it has been value." class citizen status they felt little if any affinity toward paper's editor, Harry K. Honda, the custom of the relatives in thE' ______. had this (in part) to say about African Negroes. "We are Americans," they told him, United States a friend of fi· the issue: to nancial means to execute the af· and somehow that seemed to explain everything. Failure of Principle fidavit of support. " We should not gloss over a I Hong questioned me about my feelings toward Ja--. Under the new policy, the Amer• pan. Did I feel any loyalty toward' Japan? Of course not. point in history that wholesale re• moval of a group of people solely ican conSUlates abroad will no I to~d longer give much weight to an I him I had a greater interest in Japan and all of because of race by government affidavit of support, regardless of Asia for that matter, than in England or Germany or a force was the. most tragic mistake the financial responsibility of the South American country. Why? Because my parents sustained by our country. Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen. George C. Doubs, were immigrants from Japan, because I understand the in his review of evacuation said: language and know a little of that nation's culture, be• ANNUAL MEETJNG cause I've been there and talked to some political and economic leaders and have studied something of their NOTICES problems. I tried to emphasize that it's all a matter of National JACL bloodlines, even though that may have more than a lit• ----TRAV~L • RESORTS---- Credit Union tle influence on the situation. INTERRACIAL travel' group, Ask us now for free Information o age 45 & up. Join Now! Meet • congenial friends. References ex• Saturday, Jan. 24, 1959 ~ THE APPEAL OF AMERICA - Hong kept going changed. For confidential infor• back to what attracted and kept the loyalty of Amer• mation write Pacific Citizen. Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane Sumitomo icans, and I had a hard time coming up with a simple Salt Lake City, Utah Bank (CALIFORNIA) '1 HELP WANTED ---- answer. had always been an American and it had never • • • 440 Montgomery St. been necessary to analyze my devotion to my country. AffiLlNE EXECUTIVE secretary .01 Francisco EX ZolOOO wanted. Neat appearance. Excellent Buffet Supper from But under Hong's gentle prodding I tried to collect my salary with free travel privileges 101 S. San Pedro throughout the Orient. If interested 7:30 p.m. Loa Angeles - MA 4-4911 please submit brief experience and tijoughts. biographical sketch and recent pho• What I finally came up with mayor may not agree to. Letter will be returned. Write Business Meeting to be 1400 - fib st. Japan Air Lines. 5520 White-Henry• Sacramento Gl a.-MU with what you think. I told him I thought we Americans Stuart Bldg., Seattle 1. Wash. followed by Dancing Jove our country because it is the closest thing to our ORIENT TOURS. INC. Specializing In 75c per Member Domestic & J'orelcn Travel By Ak iqeals that we ~now of. Most of us have found that we're O~ Sea - Laa Ve~as-Mex1eo-BawaU lqoking for here. Immigrants and natives alike, we CONTACT LENSES Reservations: onat sought freedom, liberty, opportunity, security, wealth, Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa 320 Beason Bldg. Far Ead Travel Senke comforts. And in greater or lesser measure, we have Optometrist . Salt Lake City, ELgin 5-8040 W E ..... S$.. Loa ADre1e. \Z37 W. Jefferson. LA "1 - BF t-109' l\1A 6-2584 Eiji E. Tanabe fond them. That's why. "-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday,J.n. 16, 1959 JUDY MARlJY AMA ELtCTED Community Service award PTA leader ~ OAKLAND J'R. JA,a HFAD to OAKLAND.--Succeed.iDg kaz Sato. Judy Maruyama has been elected 'from SouIhwest L.A. JAn announted president of the Oakland Jr. JACL. Inaugurating the year with a southwest Los Angeles. The SWIA Other incoming officers are: brand new board system and an chapter will award its "Commu• POINTING Russel WeHara. Jr., v .p.: Vir• equally sparkling set ot officers. nity Service Award" to Mrs. A... ginia Uno, rec. sec.; Marne Ma• the Southwest Los Angeles J ACL thur Kawabe for her CODtribu~ rubayashi. cor. sec.; Toshiko Ka• holds its annual dinner-dance thi5 to the betterment of the commu· Southwestward nazaki, treas.; Kathy Kitajima, Sunday at the Nikabob from 6 nity as a prominent PTA leadd pUb.: George Nobori. soc i a 1; p.m. and many years of active serv;ce.. Sharon Takei, hist.; Richard En• The tariff for the exciting event In addition, the chapter will do. service. is a nominal S4 per person. award the sterling sitver JACL By Fred Takata The new officers will be installed Kenny Washington, called the pin to two of its unsung stalWarts, jointly with the J ACL cabinet later greatest football player in the his· Miss Hi r 0 k 0 Kawanami and Our Waistline Will Wid e n this month. tory of UCLA. is the guest speak• George Fujita. Both witl be bonor• The Jr. JACLers most recent er. Although he has spoken before ed for their many cootributioM Once again we start the year banging out a. column, trying activity was the Christmas project hundreds of groups, the former to the chapter. to aive the low-down on the goings OIl here m the PSWDC. for the children of the Juvenile Westwood grid great stated that ~the hustle-~ustle, The occasion will also be used At beginning of the new year it's really. Delinquent Hall in San Leandro. this is the first time he will speak to introduce the members of the cleaning up the mes and trying to get acquam.ted With all Various toys, clothings, and per• before an all-Nisei group and he 1959 Boa.rd. headed by Joe Yasaki, ()f our new chapter officers. This is also the ti~e of year sonal articles were taken to the finds the occasion a challenging newly elected president. Othel' when we start on the banquet circuit via the various chap~er 'lall at which time the members one for him. members of the board are Ben installations, putting on mileage on our car as well as addmg toured the hall with a guide ex• The annual dinner-dance will Adachi, George Fujita. Maebelle more inches to the waistline. olaining general functions and fa• also be the scene of honoring one Higa, Yumiko Hori. Mark Kiguchi" :ilities available. of the outstanding individuals in Tats Minami, Kei Mochida, Viola Many chapters are starting their activities ~is month u~~er 1heir new officers such as the West L.A.-Vemce-Culver Jomt Nakano, Haruo Okino. Frank Sbi• installation on Jan. 17 at the Santa Monica Elks Club; the mazaki, Thomas Shirnazu. Cedrick Southwest L.A. dinner-
I ~PACIFIC CITIZEN Fr1.~, Jan. 16, 1959 TONY MIYASAKO ROllS .. --...... _...... :...... "_ • .., _ • f1 • '300' Itt POT CiAMi AT SALT LAKE'S STATE LANES SPOl-tsCope CALDWELL, Idabo.-Tony Miya· SAN JOSE. _ Danny Fukushima. school newspapers which have sako of Adrian, Ore.. rolled his journalism and English instruct{)r I maintained superior achievements e.t•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... first 300 game while pot-bowHng at James Lick High School as well I in journalism. according to Phil Tournament bowling opens 011 three fronts ••• with five others at State Lanes in as the school's basketball coach, IHanasaki,. a past president of the Salt Lake City over the New Year was given a teacher's award from James Lick student body and a . Sea ttle. San Fran~is;l~Van~a~~g AnJ;~~esw~~~:~d~e~~~~y~~: weekend. members of the student newspaper former staff member of the "Ob- taklOg to tournt~mge~n the' Northwest Invitational at Fred Ta· lt was the first perfect game staff during the annual Honor Day server." teams are mee ID , 132' the Northern at State since Russ Boren rolled I assembly at the scbool recently. Service to School Cited -1> i's Main Bowl, a record turnout o. m c~f tourney at San Francisco's Downtown ~o\~l an? 9~ South· his in sanctioned play t~YO years Under Fukushima's direction, The Gallup award is given to cal qua. d t the Gardena Valley Nisei InVitatIOnal at ago. Miyasako, who carnes a 175 the high school newspaper. "Ob- the newspaper with extraordinary em d sB I s a The two California affairs are scheduled average, won S~5, a plaque, bowl· server," won the International improvement. exceptional service Gar ena ow .,. . ntrants The first over two-weeks to accommodate the e . . . . ing ball and pm. First Place award for journalism to schOOl, community or nation, or major Nisei tournaments of the year, we trust ~e wI~ners A member of the Boise Valley excellence for the past six years. sustained leadersbip throughout ir wares at the forthcomlOg NatIOn. al JACL, Tony came near the per- The newspaper has also been cited the year. are encouraged t 0 t e st the d' tb JACL tournament at Holiday Bowl in Los Angeles ur~ng e 'ect game a few years ago when for the second consecutive year In addition to these awards, the first week of March. Entry deadline: by the way. IS J~n. l-te bit 298. with the George H. Gallup award. student newspaper of James Lick 25-with estimated cash prizes amounting to $9,OOO-half. gomg In addition. the school newspa- High School has received awards to tournament winners and the other half to squad wmners. "de per received an "A" Achievement from the State Press and UnioQ Bowling establishments housing Nisei leagues. thr~ughout .the 46 te ams to collt Iaward fqr commendable service league for its feature articles a~ct country have all the details-entry forms, housmg mformalion, above ordinary service in 1955-56. has place among the top ten )11 etc. at ort west eg es I The Intern~ti~nal I:Ionor aw~rd the Dati~n f~r safety promotion, N h k I I is the top citation given to high, Hanasaki said. Nisei prospects for '60 Olympics •• 3EATTLE. - Forty-six Northwest --...... -- ...... --...... ------The 1960 Olympic Games in Rome will be a goal .fo~ bowling teams are set for tourna· many amateur athletes this coming yea: a~d among the Nisei ment competition this weekend in with promise to make the trip-at thiS time-appear to be Seattle at the meeting of the 12th Sanatorium lounded lor L.A. Japa ese Olympic and world champion Tommy .~ono of Sacramento annual Invitational at Fred Taka· and Honolulu in the weightiifting competition; 17-year-old sen• gi's Main Bowl. by Maryknoll sisters becomes hospital sation Ken Nakasone and his 16-year-old teammate. Wayne Defending team champions are MONROVIA. - The new 49-bed Fuisaka, a pair of flashy Hawaiian breast~stroke .swlmmers hospital's former superintendent, a fivesome who this year are hospital building of Maryknoll who came through last summer in the Philadelphia outdo~r will stay on as superior. · . I . Seems we'll be relying on the athletic wearing the shirts of the Caldwell Sanatorium here received its first A native of Montana. Sister An• c h amplOns lipS .. , (Idaho) Bowl. They are ~ob. IShi-/ patients in time for New Year's .. prowess of the Island Nisei again. gelica was regional superior of the bashi, Harry Hamada, Selchl Ha- Two Maryknoll veterans of medl· Maryknoll Sisters on the West. AAU boxing champ decisioned • yashida, Harry Kawahara, and cal missionary work in Korea were Coast between 1946 and 1950. At Roy Kubosumi. on hand to help patients and regu· that time she made her head• While NCAA tiUes were not at stake, T .C .. license is received. State of Idaho in the 18th annual tal here. Sister Mary Mark, the Law.> BPAA All-Star Tournament at Buf• The sanatorium was founded to falo this week is Joe Sato, who care for persons of Japanese an• The 1958 changes in Federal Social Security ?ayments for won the state match game title POUL TRY BREEDING MAY cestry before the waf; then witb 'dependent parents can best be explained by usmg the case with a 200 average. evacuation of tubercular patients. of a woman whom we shall call Mrs .. Kim~ Sato (real name,s The final hour of the tournament BE COPYRIGHTED SOON it was maintained for the commu• nity-at-large. More recently, East are never revealed by Social Security w1thout the person s is being televised nationally on DAVIS. - New tecbniques of ge• Los Angeles JACL was among lo• permission l. ABC-TV this Sunday, 9:30 p.m., netic selection some day may give Our Mrs. Sato was widowed years ago and her sole sup• . EST cal organizations contributing to the poultryman a much improved the hospital building fund port was from her son, Arthur, up to three years ago when Tuffy Nelson, Pocatello 1000er chicken or turkey. This was the Arthur died. . t b S . 1 and owner of two bowling houses underlying theme of a recent Paci· Following Arthur's death, Mrs. Sato called a er OCla here, is with Sato on the trip, fic Chicken and Turkey Breeders' Blind kotoist to cB~lbut Security Office and asked about payments .for dependent par· trying to line up some of the Roundtable held at the Univ. oj ents. In accordance with the law then 10 effect, she had nation's top bowling talent for ex• California Davis campus. with L.A. philharmonic to be told that although she had been supported by Arthur, hibitions here. One of the speakers was Nobuo Blind Japanese kotoist Kimio no payments could be made to her ~s a dependent ~arent Inouye of the Poultry Husbandry Eto will make his debut with the because Arthur was survived by a Widow and two children Department at U.C. Berkeley, who Los Angeles Philharmonic Orches• who had prior benefit rights. .. , Boise Valley Judo Club reported Oil his work with trans• tra, which is celebrating its 40th THE NEW LAW gives Mrs. Sato equal ben~flt nghts wI~h hosts Intermountain meet located chromosomes, done under anniversary, at tbe Shrine auditoI'" ber daughter-in-Ia~ and grandchildren. Since Mrs. Sato. IS the director of Dr. Michael 1. ium Feb. 28. He will perform two CALDWELL, Idaho.-Victory hon• now past age 62, we will notify her to come to our office Lerner. pieces, "Haru no lim i" and "Et• ors were evenly distributed at the and file her application for dependent parent payments. . . The Berkeley group bas dis• tenraku", accompanied by the or• Boise Valley Judo Club tourna• There are many other dependent parents whose situation covered the fir s t chromosome chestra with Andre Kostelanetz as ment Jan. 3 at the College oj is similar to that of Mrs. Sato, but we do not know abo~t translocation to be found in chick· conductor. Idaho Kirkpatrick gym among par· them. Thus, these dependent parents. will ?ave. to get m ens. This translocation might be ticipants from Idaho, Utah and touch with their nearest Sodal Security Office m order to a practical means of "copyright Oregon. A Good Place to Eat obtain the benefits provided by the new law. ing" or protecting breeder's spe• Noon to l\Iidnigllle The general rules are: Cl> the parent must have been George Koyama of Boise Valley cial cross. (Closed TUe3da~) receiving at least half of bis or her support from the de• won the grand championship. On• tario Judo Club won the junior ceased son or daughter, and (2) the son or daughter must NISEI ELECTED OFFICER team title; Salt Lake City, the in• have worked under Social Security long enough to have an OF mSURANCE GROUP L EM'S CAFE termediate team title. Glen Yane• REAL CHINESE DIODES insured status. SANTA ROSA. -- Fred Yokoyama If the parent is now age 65 (or 62 for women>, cash tani was junior-intermediate win• Los Angeles - MA 4-2953 ner. of this city was elected vice presi• 320 East First Street payments have been made for this since September. If the dent of the Sonoma County Life dependent parent has not reached these ages, ~e or sh~ s?ould Underwriters Association at its re• Phone Order3 rakea file a dependency certificate as soon as pOSSible. This 1S an Women golfers elect cent annual elections. He is a extremely important provision. If the under-age 65 (62 for ~AN FRANCISCO. - Sophia Oka• member of the Lincoln National women) dependent parent of an already deceased son or moto succeeds Mrs. Michi Onuma Life Insurance Co. o "lIWat OD the PIa.... daughter fails to file the dependenc;y certificate within t:v as president of the Royal Dots years of last September, no parent's benefit can ever be pald, golf club, which holds its first and all parents benefit rights are lost. tournament of the year at Mil• PC Introductory Offer-$l for • • • pitas's Crystal Valley course this 20 Issues -- New lleaders Only (Southern California readers may can on George Na• Sunday. kamura SSA field. representative, 836 S. 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Fusa. 77: Selma. Nov. 4. Chee. Albert D. (Sumi Sakata)-girl Goto, Takeshi-6oy. Oct. 19. Sasaki. Mrs. Oteru, 74: Salt Lake Cily. By Elmer Ogawa Georgene Sumie. Dec. B. Hirano. T!l.Qmilli;-boy. Oct. 19. Nov. 26. Endo. George S. (Midori Yamagawa) Matsuoka. Shigeki-boy. Oct. M. Takada. Gunichi. '13: Fresno. No\', 15. -girl Leslie An. Nov. 25. Morl Kay K.-girl. Dec. 3. Takahashi. Mrs. Ino, 62: San FrancIS• Hashimoto. S. H.-girl. Oct. 7, Gar• SasakI. Shigeru-boy. Nov. 2. co, No\,. 9. dena. Takahashi. Mareo-boy. Oct. 29. Tamiyasu. Gunlchl, 69: Hood River. 8ayashibara. G. M.-girl, Nov. 15. Wil• Tanaka. Sumlo-boy. Nov. 20. Ore.. Nov. 20. mington. Yamamoto. Takeo-gjrJ. Dec. 10. Tsutakawa, George. 61: Seattle. Oct. Howxabout a Dish of Hangtown Fries? Ikeda. Takamlchl-boy, Oct. 9. Pasa• SACRAMENTO dena. Eto. Roy T.-boy, Dec. 15. W~Mabe. Mrs. Saki. '13: Olden. Oct. Seattle Kitayama. Talsuke (Eva Sugano)-boy Fujltani .. Donald S.-boy. Oct. 12 B (in Japan). A iew of the old diehards were working off the post John. Nov. 18. Fairfield. Yano. Hidetaro. Bl: Fresno. Nov. 3. Kumamoto. Toshio-girl. Oct. 17. Pa• Kakazu, James-girl. Nov. 13. Travis Yokohama Mrs. Ei. 64: Del Rey. Nov. holiday ennui at George Furuta and Bob Terao's establishment. sadena. AFB. 26. Having run the gamut of customary falsehoods, the paUses Kurihara. Toshimi (EUen Naganuma) Ko/laya. Jimi-girl. Nov. lB. Nortb -girl Dawn Emiko, Oct. 2B. Sacramento. in the conversation became more frequent, and between Bob Matsuda. Lawrence I. (Florence Y. Hi• Koyasako. Sueo-boy. Nov. {. FIRST TURLOCK BABY OF and yours truly, the talk, as it usually does, drifted toward gal-boy Floyd Kenji. Nov. 23. Nakamoto. aisashi-girl. Nov. 19. Grid• the subject of iood. Mita. Harry H. (Misako Yamashlro)• ley. girl Lovina J., Otc. 31. Ota, Masashi R.-girl. Nov. ~. YEAR: RUTH ANN KAJIOKA He's quite an expert in the culinary arts, as a sort of Murashima. Mitsuo (Aileen S. Akaho• Shimada. Roy-girl. Nov. 22. West Sac- TURLOCK. - Ruth Ann Kajioka. ri)-girl Sandra Mitsue. Nov. 21. hobby, and your scrivener is a do·it-yourselfer who can only ramento. as the first-born of the new year Oki. Ben (Sadako Haramoto) - boy Tahara. Shiro-boy. Dec. 17. occasionally afford the kind of restaurant chow he likes. The Mark Akira, Nov. 10. Toyama Donald K.-girl. Dec. 16. here. and her parents, the Fred question a~ose on how to make an easily prepared dish out Onitsuka. Seljl (Saeko Takemoto)• Washizu. Masaaki-boy. No\,. B. Kajiokas of Cortez, were showered girl Karen G .. Dec. 6. Yamaguchi. Joseph-boy. Dec. 16. of some oysters then reposing in our refrigerator. Suggested Rodriguez. Joaquin (Masako Kodera) Yamasaki, William-twin boys. Dec. with gifts donated by local mer• Bob: "Why not make Hangtown Fries?" -girl Victoria, Dec. 6, Sun Valley. 15. chants. Sakamoto. Paul Y. (Emy Miya)-boy Yasui Norman-girl, Nov. 2. No one else registered, so this turned out to be strictly 1. Ruth Ann, 7 Ib.-lO oz., greeted Paul S .. Nov. YUBA CITY two man conversation as we recalled that basically, the Sonoda. Michael A. (Janet 1ge)-boy the world at 5:26 a.m. on Jan. a Michael. Oct. 19. Goto. Bill-boy. Oct. 24. concoction is made up of oysters and scrambled eggs with Takahashi. James K. (Nancy Sasaki) ONTARIO, ORE. 1 at Emanuel Hospital here. She Go Jimmie-girl Nov. 17. Weiser. whatever touches of originality the chef may wish to add. -boy Derek Sadao. Oct. 31. beat another girl by 10 minutes. Terasaki. Paul I. (Hisako Sumioka)• Kawakami, Iwao-girl. Dec. 13. Weiser. But our cUriosity was aroused over the origin of the name, boy Taiji Peter. Nov. 1. Matsubu. Thomas-boy. Nov. 8 Fruit- and the conversation fortified our conviction that the dish Williams. Ted (Chizuko Yoshida)-Ted land. L .. Dec. 7. Morinaga. Kaz-boy. Nov. 3. Weiser. originated in Seattle, perhaps at Seattle's Lion Oyster House Yamaguchi. John 1. (Grace S. Koike) Morishige. Mas-boy. Nov. 8. Aulonomous localS on First Avenue some 30 to 50 years ago, or maybe at -girl Donna L.. Dec. 4. Sakahara, Yosh-girl. Nov. 19. Payette. YamaUChi. Roy (Setsuko Matsumura) Sasaki. Roy-boy. Nov. 27. Fruitland. Gerald's a block away where sports of an earlier date used -girl Debra Keiko. Nov. lB. IDAHO to congregate. Anyhow, in the interests of public relations for Yamamoto. Roland K. (Nobul{o Nogu• Kawai. William-girl, Nov. 4. Marsing. for chick sexors mil-boy Tom K .. Oct. 26. Kido. Robert-girl. Aug. 12. Parma. Seattle and the Northwest, the subject would bear a little Yokoyama. Kiyoshi H. (Kimiko Shi• Kubosumi. James - boy. June 10. research. • __ ir"talil zumura)-boy Dean Kiyoshi, Nov . Homedale. 11. Ogawa. Mas-girl. Sept. 15. Nampa. urged by Chicagoan Most Widely Accepted Version FRESNO Otani, George-boy. June H. Parma. Our good friends at the library came back with a story Fukano. Tosh-boy. Oct. 22. Ya.:e'll,:,oto Junji-girl Aug. 13. Cald- CHICAGO. _ Rather than a single Ibara. Joe-boy. Nov. 21. which is said to be the most widely accepted version of the Kobata, Akira-boy. Oct. 25. . DENVER Iu n ion local for the recently- origin of hangtown fries. Suehiro. Yoneo-boy. Sept. 11 Parlier. K~glyama. Kenzo-boy. Henderson. organized chick sexors in the Yamamoto. Noboru-boy. Nov. 19. Mlzoue. John K.-glrl. . . . At PlacerviJje, California back in the last century one Yoshimoto, Haruo-boy. Nov. 20. Fow- Osumi. Nobuo-girl Natalie R .. Nov' luruted States, formatIon of auto- 11. nomous locals wherever a group of the bad boys got a little too playful with his six-gun, was ler. Taketa, Tsutomu T.-boy . . STOCKTON Takigiku. Archie-boy. ,of prospective members reSide was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hung up by the neck. Koyama. Frank-boy. Nov. 28, Lodi. .As the day of the execution approached, he was asked what Okuhara. Maswo-boy. Nov. 2B. Lod!. CHICAGO suggested at the Dec. 26 meeting Sera. Shunso-glrl Arleen Kyoko. Oct. here. he would wish for his last meal. Ota. Harry-boy. Nov. 25. Lathroo. Ouye. Wesley-girl. Dec. 2. Acampo. 17. The sentenced man was a Little doubtful about just how Yamada Henry-girl Nov. 29. Lod!. A single local was regarded as bona fide this offer might be. and after being reassured that SAN JOSE DEATHS too unwieldy for the purpose of be could have just anything it was humanly possible to obtain, Hayashi. James M.-girl. LiSa Michiko. Arikawa. Kanichi. "H: Fresno. Nov. 25. administering the Amalgamated Oct. 13. Hamada. Masuichi. 76: Mountam View. be came up with the request. 1mai. Jame sF.-boy Steven M., Oct. Dec. 2. Poultry Sexors of America, which He was to bave a breakfast of scrambled eggs and oysters, 17. Sunnyvale. Hamanaka. Haruye. 74: Fresno. Oct. has been chartered under the Kallzaki. Tomoyuki-boy Eddie T., 31. embellished with couple strips of crisp bacon. But not just Nov. 19. Mountain View. Harada. Harry J .. 72: Chicago. Oct. 12. Amalgamated Meat Cutters and ordinary oysters. but those rare tiny delicately flavored Olym• Kato. Tom T.-boy Albert. Oct. 17 . Hashimoto. Katsuji. 73 : San Lorenzo. Butcher Workmen of North Ameri• Kinoshita. Tad-girl Phyllis H., Oct. Nov. 6. pia oysters from the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound. H. Hiwano. Sataro, 85: Berkeley. Nov. 3. ca (AFL-CIO>. Chick sexor locals, Details are not too clear on whether or not it was necessary Nakamura. Fred A.-boy Dan Shjgel'\l, Inouye. Joseph Y.. 5B: Chicago. Oct. lB. if formed, would elect their own Aug. 2B. Isozaki. Yoshimatsu. 81: Fresno. Nov. to safari across two states to fulfill the request, as Olympia Nieri. Richard K.-girl. Oct. 22. 13. officers and be represented in a oysters have been a recognized delicacy in San Francisco . Takeda. Yoshiharu-girl. Oct. 21. Kanetomi. Tsuchiichi. 76; Ontario, proposed national joint council, it since before anyone can remember. However, the execution was announced by Eddie Fukiage. date anived before the oysters. and was duly postooned. so national chairman. that the prisoner could have the last meal promised him. MinneapOlis woman graleful nexl-door Among goals announced were Then what happens -but some of the bad boy's buddies orofessibnal recognition of chick• spring him out of the calaboose, and the prisoner disappeared sexing by the poultry industry, into the hills never to be seen again. neighbor Japanese, couldn't ask for beller better working conditions, income Wben the oysters arrived. the sheriff could do naught (Tlte MinneapoLis Star coLumn in the women's section, "To• based upon cost-of·living index. re• but console himself by making up the dish as it was described. day's Star Lady", is for original articLes submitted by its women tirement plan, group health, social He found it delicious and passed some around. Soon everyone reader. Last week Mrs. Lorraine B. Anderson, 5729 S. 24th Ave., security, life and accident insur• in Placerville was talking and eating the oyster and egg conco::• whose interests incLude cooking, gardening, reading, hiking and ance. tion, and in the due course of events, someone suggested attending concerts, teLls of her Issei neighbor, Mrs. Haruko Noma Local charters are in the process the name " Hangtown Fries." , .. Mrs. CharLes Tatsuda, who caUed attention to the articie, to sexors residing in the Los An• Nearly Extinct Olympia Oysters on the Comeback says the story ties in with the recent coverage of the Oshima at• ~eles, Fresno, Salt Lake City and The records show that the old Lion Oyster House Listed tempts to buy a home in the city.-Editor.) Denver areas and in the states 26 Olympia oyster dishes on its king-size menu. This besides )f New Jersey, New York and ordinary Eastern oysters, a great variety of sea foods, steaks, Georgia. and chops. One of the items was Olympia omelet, which sug• BY LORRAINE ANDERSON and flowers. It is evident that Kingo Andow of Arcadia, Wis., gests a similarity to hangtown fries. Minneapolis she takes pride in her home. was elected Local 654 president. Olympia oyster growers are happily reporting that their From time to time there are They have been a quiet family. crops once threatened with extinction, are on the comeback '3rticles in the newspapers report· disgracing those of us noisy one~ Hawaiian selling statehood once more, and are more plentiful that at almost any time ing cases of racial minority mem• in the block. during the past thirty years. Reasons for the decline are )ers losing out on housing due Mr. and Mrs. Noma worked dilj· idea with pinetipple iuice controversial, as are the reasons given for the improved har• leighborhooj pressure. . gently to provide a college OJ 80STON. - "It needs a touch vest, namely the presence or absence of waste sulphite liquors That is why I would like to business school education for each 'Jf pineapple juice," commented from the pulp mills. During the peak of the scarcity, the ntroduce to you today a sweet of their four children. Mr. Nom. VIasaru Sumida after his first price went so high that local peopie got out of the habit lOd gentle little Japanese lady, was engaged in journalism anc taste of cranberry juice a t the of eating them. Today the price is from $30 to $35 a gallon :iaruko Noma, who has been our since his death Mrs. Noma con recent American Farm Bureau at the oyster sheds; a cocktail, $1.75. I lext-door neighbor for more than tinues to write articles of loca' Federation meeting here. The price seems dirt cheap when one visualizes an oyster ;ix years. One couldn't ask for a interest for various Japanese news With a grin as broad as the shucker opening bundreds and hundreds of average size shells Jetter neighbor! papers throughout the country. Pacific, Sumida, president of the to extract from each, an oyster about the size of a lime At the time that the Noma fam· She is civic-minded. Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, bean. Quite a contrast to the big bellied Pacific Coast oyster Iy move in, it consisted of Mr. Vegetables All Summer which bacame the 50th organiza• transplanted from Japan. IDd Mrs. Noma and a daughter The Noma family- are Christian tion member of the American So go ahead and use Bluepoints, Chesapeakes, or Willapas, ris, who at that time was un- ancl although Mrs. NOma is alone Farm Bureau, said of Hawaii':; if you can't make a down payment on a jar of Olympias. married. now she goes to church ever) ambitions to become the 50th state The bigger varieties make quite acceptable hangtown fries, Mr. Noma died nearly two years Sunday, winter or summer. in the Union: "Now our next goaJ we found out, and still leave a feller something to look for• ago after suffering a stroke. He She is most grateful for th( is Washington." ward to. lad had previous smaller stroke~ least little favor and is very gen· Hawaii Farm Bureau, formed h tVhich had affected his speech. erous in repayment. During the 1950, now has 911 members in \fter his death when we canvassed summer months she keeps our five counties. "Due to our geoJ• ~ WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER: by Mike Masaoka he block for monetary offerings family supplied with vegetables graphical position, our greatest Continued from Back Page :0 pur c has e flowers (an old· from her garden and always re• contribution may come as a link 'ashioned custom. but such a nice members us at Christmas with a between the East and the West," will apparently be frustrated again. me, I think) everyone was most gift. said Sumida. OVER ON THE House side, the expected attack of the :;ympathetic, kind and generous. Her children and gI'andchildren 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlI1I1I11I11I11IRn"nlll~ liberal bloc on the strangehold that its Rules Committee has Quiet and Industrious are devoted to her. on all legislation ~ailed to materialize. Once Speaker Sam Later, when daughter Iris W'3 S Mrs. Noma is a person of mod· Rayburn gave his assurance to the spokesman (California's married, once again several of est, diffident demeanor; yet al· Democratic Chet Holifield) for the liberal coalition that he the neighbors were pleased to ways affable and friendly. • would use his good offices to prevent the Rules Committee bring food and help at the gather• Surely anyone who calls himsel1 from pigeonholing desirable legislation, the threatened revolt ing for the immediate family and a Christian can find room in his TOY tizzled out and no official action was taken either in the friends. There had been a large, heart (or in his block) for others Democratic caucus or on the House floor to revise the mem• lovely church reception prior to of the human race (who, too, are bership of the Rules Committee or to limit its powers over this. God's children) regardless of the legislation to be considered by that body. Mrs. Noma has full-time em· color of their skin or the church STUDIO ployment at St. Mary's hospital; they attend. 318 East First Street WITH THIS NEW session only two weeks old, it is again yet despite working long days she Who knows, they may meet an· clear that the Texas leadership of Congress, Speaker Rayburn puts the rest of us who are young· other person just like Haruko Los Angeles 12 in the House and Majority Leader Johnson in the Senate, is er to shame by the time she Noma! MA 6-5681 firmly in the saddle. spends caring for her house, yard I'm surely glad I did! n111111111 111111111111111111111111111111 1II1111111111111111111111m.
. ~ ...... _ T _. ... ______~ ~ .... - ... -- or ..... T ~ .. ,.. --- .... - .. -- "T ,.. -t ,.... - ... • : !f T ~ :: ~ '7 " .. ~ ...... &-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, Jan. 16, 1959 SAN DIEGO HOSTS Puyallup Yalley Nisei 'anner mathts PSWDC CHAPIER finJ y • If rIi f DIDIO TACOl'.L-\. - Thousands of Ameri• for its rich. sandy loam, still a CLINIC FEB. 14-15 can food shoppers may be passing lot of fertilizer must be bought, Washington by Washington's incomparable hot• he says, After the rhubarb pulling SAN DIEGO. - The sixth annual house rhubarb in the markets be• is through this season, Matsumoto Pacific Southwest District Council cause they don't know what it is plans to try the method of many NEWSLETTER chapter clinic will be a tw