.~\Or1aJ.-B."DI!I. Offlc~ : !SS E. 1st St., Los An.:elea Publlsbed weekly. Bn~rHl as !Bd dan matter til post otflee at lA, AlICe1ee. ca& b Vol. 26 No. 17 Los Angeles, Calif. Published Every Week - lOc Friday, April 25, 1951

PRESIDENT'S CORNER: Nationar Director's NOMINA liONS visit of Southland OPEN FOR NAT'l slain, innocent victim During this past week and the next, national JACL OFFICES JACL director Mas Satow of teenage gang skirmish SAN FRANCISCO. - Nominations will visit most of the for seven national JACL of1ices by BY HARRY HONDA was identified by Officers R. G. shot into the crowd of battling chapters of the Pacific the eight district councils compris• Little sores of juvenile delin• McFeveney and R. T. Payan a. teenagers, hitting Sumii who was Southwest District Coun· ing the national organization must quency that have pocked the rec· the youth who admitted shooting watching the melee. • be submitted by June 21, Yasuo ord of Japanese Americans in Los the .38-ca libre pistol. Complaints of riot and gang ac• cil. Although Mas is a Abiko, national chairman of the Angeles in the past several years Police indicated that Sumii. who tivity are to be filed again. t other familiar and welcome fig· nominating committee, ]'eminded festered to an ugly tragedy last died almost instantly, was not a juveniles im'olved in the affair, tb'! ure at most of the PSW this week. Friday night when one Sansei shot member of either gangs, one bail• police stated. The J ACL constitution stipulates and killed another Sansei. ing from the eastside and the otbel -Trial as Adult district meetings, it has from the westside. His mother told tbat nominations must be made The metropolitan afternoon press Under Callfornia law. a minot' tbe Rafu Shim po that her son, been almost a decade "00 less than 60 days beIOl'e the had pictures or Richard Sum ii, 16. over the age of 16 can be tried Richard. did not even know Yama· next national council meeting". son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sumii as an adult in superior court if since he last made local The national council convenes in shiro. chapter visits in the of 3106-9th Ave., an innocent vic· the minor's previous police record Salt Lake City, Aug. 22-25. tim of a teenage gang war at the Young Sumii, an honOI' student and type of crime is of a nahUT Southland. As recommended by previous na• Kow IS:ong Youth Center, locale oJ at Dorsey High School. had biE that juvenile court would serve 01 As the top staff man, tional nominating committees, dis• a girl's dance party in New books open, his mother related, little or no value. trict councils are expected to pro• Chinatown. when three Nisei companions called The recommendation that a mi• Mas has the responsibil• vide background material of their It made Nisei parents most con· on him to join them and proceeded nor be tried in superior cow·t. h)Yi• ity of coordinating all of nominees on specially prepared scious of the problem of raising to the dance. "He seldom. if ever, ever, is made by juvenile court forms to be distributed by National the efforts of the various their teenage cbildren. went out more than once a week," after petitions from police and PI'Oo Headquarters within the next few (Read Henry Mod's column this she__ added, "and this is what hal')' regional offices, the local weeks. bation officers. week.-Ed. ) pens . .. " Several inquiries were received chapters and national Nominations are open for the Sgt. R. P . Doran of Uomicide According to Sgt. Doran, the at the J ACL Regional Office. won• headquarters. His duties office of president, three vice- revealed that a petition to juvenile' gun was first handled by Dale dering if the problem of juvenile presidents, tL'easurer, secretary to court was filed Tuesday to have Shoohoo, 17, that night and handed delinquency might be squarely and responsibilities reach the board, and 1000 Club chair- one Louis Yamasbiro, 17, of 912 it to Takeshi Masukawa, 16. Ya· dealt thi'ough its office. into almost evry facet of m a n. Valencia St., tried for murder. Ya· mashiro then allegedly took ([Ie The Japanese American commu• JACL activity. His work 1000 Club Chairman mashiro, under custody of police, gun from the latter and fired one nity was buzzing over the weekend load is so great that the Although bJ~ the constitution the at the tragedy of this single-shot . . 1000 Club chairman has been elect- teenage gang figbt that claimed NatIOnal Board 1S cur" ed by lOOOers at their convention an innocent life. "The case has rently exploring the pos· whing-ding, at the past two con• certainly made Nisei p'arents mOt'e sibility of hiring addition- ventions he was elected .at the aware of this problem." on(' prom• regular natlOnal board electlOns for inent JACLer told the Pacific Citi• al help. the practical reason that this office I zen. Despite his rugged has a bearing on the other offices. "We havE' had some ontimistIc schedule Mas n eve r .' 'We a.r: suggesting a constit~l- reports on Nisei-Sansei crime rato , tion reVISion to confOJ'm to thiS recently, but this shooting make;; seems to get tired. Inde- practice," Abiko said. "This means you wwder:' he continued. "What fatigable seems to be the I that the 1000 Club chairman will happened to Sumii can hal)pcn t') word that describes him be elec.ted . with the other officers I any kid." . so nommatlons should be submltted He was not able to provide all best. TravelIng as he for this office." answel·. but did comment tbat does, he might be called Wben the list of nominees from what has happened is "a reflection the "John Foster Dulles" district ~ouncils has been received of our materialistic civiliz1l:on·'. at Nat Ion a I Headquarters, the Editor's Note of JACL. nominating committee sends the "Vhether the publication by the We feel that the local complete slate to the distriCts. A press, mctropolitan and J apanest! chapters should take ad- breakfast meeting of the national vernacular. may have some "face• nominating committee to deter• saving" effect and help minimize vantage of Mas' visits by mine the final slate has been Three memoel's of the Salt Lake JACL Auxiliary, (from left), delinquency is still a moot que,,· exchanging as much in- scheduled for the first day of the Mrs. Josie Hachiya, Mrs. Miki Yano and Mrs. Rae Fujimoto, are tion. However. the Pacific Citizen formation as they can convention, Aug. 22, 7:30 a.m .. at busy making decorations for the tables at the National JACL Con• this week felt this incident was ot Hotel Utah. vention delegates luncheon and banquet, at the Hotel Utah. Since major importance as continued ig• about JACL - whether Fur the r nominations may be the project involves 50 papier-mache beehives, sego lilies and milk• norance of such foul play may they are local, regional added by (1) a petition bearing carton \'ases swathed in Utah copper foil. the Auxiliary has been give credence to the old line tha o r national problems. signatures of presidents of not less meeting everv week to have them ready for the Aug. 22-25 con• "it's O.K, so long as you don't than three supporting chapters, vention. - - Terashima Photo. ca\lght! " Any special problems and (21 nominations from the floor This incident sullies the remark· that the local chapters when the national council is duly able low-crime record and may have can benefit greatly convened for tlie election. which embarrass innocent parties. But, will be Monday morning. Aug. 25. Teenager, nearly blind, keeps occupied the Pacific Citizen feels that un• from the vast experience The usual custom has been to less the youth. delinquent or other· and background of our elect by individual offices separate• by tending to own bydroponic garden wise, is made aware of this, even very capable national di· ly in order, starting Witil the office greater tragedies may come. of national president. HONOLULU. - Alfred P . Maneki the art of raising plants by using rector. Serving the 1957-58 biennium are' was born here 15 years ago with only chemical solution-without the SIMPLE RULES OF PROPER One of the advantages Dr. Roy NishIkawa (Southwest L.A) defective eyesight, but he has not lISC of soil." nal'l pres.; Shig Wakamatsu (Chicago). allowed this ha lldicap to discollraae He has invented his own method -BEHAVIOR FOR LADY TOLD of having our national 1st ¥p.; Jack Noda (Cortez). :and v.p.; . '" Harry Takagi (Washington. D.C.). 31'.1 I hUTl. of pouring the solution into a box MONTREAL. _ Sachiko Nishiya- director visit local chap• v.p.; Akira Hayashi INew YOI·k, . " I can see only enough to dis- of ulack sand he has made for his rna. 22, who came to Canada two treas.; J\1rs. Lily Okura (Omaha), sec h h d .. Ali days "] strin!! beans and cucumber l»)ants ters is that appreciation to nat'l bd.; Kenji Tashiro (Tulare I'tlOgws . s a ows. re s, - years ago from Japan. hall some that they gain on the na• County)' 1000 Club chmn can't read except by Braille. Al uses an eight-gallon galva· simple rules of proper behavior for "And television? I understand nized can with a hole near the a lady. tional nature of our or• attach~ ~hD $1 f~OO Japanese sword o nlY b y h eann.. g" botlom. To this hole is "A lady i!> alwa\'s ('aim ~ "'0 ,_ ganization. At the same B u t Al . an am bI't'ous I sophomr,l'c a hose whos.e oUler end is welded will not SJ oil the delicate almL- time, these visits give to collection stolen at McKinley High School. is a to the box. phere for a man. DENVER. - Loss of seven cere• keen-witted lad who especially en· I Liquid Flows "A lady conreals hl"r arms and the national director a monial Japanese swords, valued at joys working with flowers, :Jlallts Whenever he lifts the can up her legs from the public gale be- grass-roots knowledge of $1 ,500 . was reported last week t'l and vegetables. on a nE'al bv stool, the liquid auto· cau~e th('y are not pict'lresque. the local JACL units. police by Dr. KK Miyamoto. In this respect, he is like hi~ maticaJlv rioYls into the black sand' "A lady wails at home to reo community I e a d e r bere. The father, Mitsugi Maneki. a farmN "which holds 'the roots in pbcl':' fresh her husband's spilit when h.! Both are equally import- swords were stolen from his bed- who raises vegetables on a 15· That's the sole function o[ ihe returns after a day's labor." ant in the effective func- room where he had them on dL;· acre farm near Barber's Point N3' sand. he says Miss Nishiyama is a fourth-' .It' tioning of national J ACL. play racks. val Air Station "I 'feed' the plants t""ice B arts student at Sir George Williams Mas will conclude his ---~---- Exhibit In Hydroponics day" he says, "and change 'h~. College hew. Appoint new Episcopal An ingenious lad, Alfred con· solution every six days:' ----.------Southern visits ceived the idea of displa.ving an Al says inspiration [01' work;n>:! LO ANGEr.E~ NISEI K\ RNS at the May 4 meeting of missionary for L.A. exhibit in hydroponics when a sci· on such an cxperiment came from ARl'rV lSCE. 'TIVE AWARD 'r~lk:>no, the PSWDC in Pismo SAN FRANCISCO.-The Rev. Jo~­ ence fair was announced for his his biology' teacher. l\!r;:. Je!>:;'ca TOKYO -Ki '0-1)\ on schooll\Iarch 24 and 25. W Rea. ;, public school teach .. ·, of Mr and Mrs, It_ uhei Takano, Beach. We are looking eph K Tsukamoto of the Christ Episcopal Church here has been ap• "Hydroponics" he explained, "is for 25 years. 217 E A\'cnuc 48. Los Angell", ______1 His uniqlJ[' exhibit was on oil' a Dept of Army ciVIlian worker forward to this meeting pointed general missionary in Los since it pro!,!1ises to be Angelees. according to an announ• HUNTINGTO ' BEACH. {SEI Iplay at the Hawaiian Science Fdil at Zallln US. Armv He:HiqulIrwrs, HEADS DE MOLAY GROUP April 11-13 at Fort DeRus~ey. was awardpd a 5f1 ch<'t'k and th very interesting and en- cement bv Bishop Francis Eric Bloy of the Los Angeles diocese HUNTINGTON BEACH. -b'nel\ "1 dOll't kllCJW what .rd like to Incentive Awards cerllfh'a!(, ff)r a f.'rtlC'l~ncy I joyable. And nearby Mol" Expected to begin his work by Tanigoshi, 17, senior at the local be," he said, "but ngtit now my suggestion to incr('u e ro Bay is one of Califor• May 15. he will be engaged in high school, was installed as mas- biggest intnest is agriculture," within the cvmptroll('r'. "ffcc 10 tel' councilor of the Huntington He's had four and a half year's Japan. He J n gradual" or Otl nia's most beautiIul sec• work both at St Mary's Episcopal Church and in the general Los Beach Chapter of Del\'folay. He jg training on the accordion. he says, Art In titute and the Chicago Art tions An1!eles alea with the Re\,. John the son of Mr. and l\lrs. Elmer and "when I'm not working with In<;titule and <(;'f\'('d a t/lllr in nc! - Dr. Roy ~ ·lSjk1\\\'.l. H.l'.I. Yamazaki, St. l\Iary's rector Tanigoshi of Westminster. plants I like to play the accordion" US. Army as interpret r her

~------, 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, April 25, 1958

orrlcl~1 Publication: Japane,e American Cltizebs LUlue PACII!IC.tnz~ . 1I1111111111111111111111111lIJlllllllmlmUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllln Edit. - Bus. Office: 258 E . bt .'( , 1,0' n·(' I~ . 1%. Ca Ul. - ~(.:\ 6-U71 okyo TOpICS ABUSE OF TERMS T Nat I J CL Headq uarte rs' Ma~ao W Satow. Nat"! Direc tor I7Sq Suiter S t • San Francisco 15. Ca lif.. WEst 1-66H Editor: - In the March 28 PC, M ike 1\1. Masaoka - Washington (D .C .I Representa tive Abe Hagiwara, National J A C L S ulle 1:! 17 H urley-Wright Bldg .. 18th & Pennsyh 'ania Ave .. NW (6) public relations committee chair· E xcept for D lrel'tor's Report. op in ions e xpressed b,· By Tamotsu Murayomo columnist> do net necessarily re!iect .JACL policy. man, t a kes umbrage at some reo marks made by Sun-Times colum• HARRY K HONDA •• .. Editor FRED TAKATA .. Bus. Mgr. nist, Paul Molloy. Subscription P er Yr. (paY3ble in advance) $3 memb .; $3.50 non-memb. Mr. Hagiwara says, "In talldng Teaching of Ethics to be Revived about wartime enemies Molloy ap• pa rently is lumping all Japanese TOKYO. - An instruction manual the war's end. classroom beha\'ior tween those (Japanese) who made for teachers to conduct classes in ha deteriorated to the point 'wheu great sacrifices as loyal Ameri• ethics has been published by the the need of teaching ethics a" a FrOID .he cans and those who fought against Ministry of Education. It is aimed remedy came liP for discussio:l the United States." to create a sense of patriotism in often. The emphasis is mine. the hearts of school children. Moral education will be taught LFryingPan As a srudent of this subject I However, a textbook similar to in elementary and junior high am able to see Mr. Hagiwara's the prewar "shushin" material will schools during " morals hour". point. I am inclined to believe not be available. On the subject of patriotism. the the uninitiated must completely "Shushin" -or moral edllca tion• manual says " love your country By Bill Hosoxawa misunderstand him. has been the target of the Social· with the consciousness that you are Few Nisei are Japanese. No Ja· ists, which has tagged the Educa· Japanese". But the interpretations panese is a loyal American. All tion Ministry as being "reaction· of patriotism by the Education ., Denver, Colo. sell-respecting Japanese are loyal ary" for wanting to revive the Ministry and the Japan Teachers UNWANTED AMERICANS - One of the inevi• subjects of Japan. teaching of this subject. And it Union, which includes the majority When a person designates him· shall depend upon how the school of them, are quite contrary in table byproducts of war are the children fathered by sell as Japanese is it reasonable teachers will handle this subject meaning. men of the conquering armies and borne by native to expect people to conclude that of "moral education" since many At the present time, filial piety girls. Human nature being what it is, such children will he is an American? Isn't it much of them are already opposed to and respect of the Emperor and more reasonable to expect people this program. Empress is not taught in school continue to be born, I suppose, as long as vigorous young to conclude that he is what he This course was banned by thf' And all of a sudden, the Educa• troops of one nation are garrisoned in another. Especial• says: a subject oC Japan? American Occupation, which be· tion Ministry intends to teach re• ly if the girls are attractive. No American is Japanese. No lieved the kind of patriotism It spect of elders and love of CQuntry Japanese is an American. taught was imperialistic and mili• through moral education. Whether What bring this subject up at this time is a press Americans of Japanese ancestry tant. However, it has resulted in these attributes can be instilled in release from Welcome House, the adoption agency in do themselves, and the people of the complete lack of discipline if' the children by the so-called moral Doylestown, Pa., founded by Pearl Buck, the eminent Japan, a disservice by the abuse the classrooms. The teachers nevpr education is a big question. What of these terms. care how their charges behave. makes the future dim is the fact China-born American novelist. Welcome House serves ALLAN BEEKMAN Whereas the Japanese school chil• that many school teachers :are op• in all 48 states in the placement of Children of Asian• Honolulu. dren were considered to be the posed to morals education since it ~ best behaved in the world, since has been labeled as "reactionary", American parentage. (The Pacific Citizen welcomes let• I ters. All letters must be signed and No accurate figures seem to be available on the addressed, though names may be withheld upon request or pen-names number of children born fathered by U.S. troops to used Instead. Briefer they are, the Quiellabors of Issei chemist fighting better. AU are subject to condenS3- Japanese and Korean women, but it must be in the tens tion. We aSsume no responsibility of thousands. These children, according to the Welcome for statements In letters.) cancer in New York laboratory disclosed ·lIl1l11ll11l1l11l11l1l1l1l1nlllllllHtlllnllllllllllllllllllllltllll House press release, are regarded in their native lands NEW YORK.-Contributions of an a high school here. He was living as Americans. And because those lands are overcrowd• Issei chemist, Dr. Kanematsu Su• on 58th Street near Sixth Avenue, ed and poor, the problems of finding homes for un• giura, who has quietly labored in in the home of the Harriman fa• wanted or abandoned children falls on the doorsteps Bits &Bites his laboratory for the past 40 mily physician. years testing chemicals for their Brooklyn Poly Graduate of Americans. nlll III1HIllIIllIU 1111 11111111111 IIl1n III 1II111lllllt 1111111 1111111 cancer-restraining effects, recent· Deciding to specialize in chem• 011 the recent Supreme Court de• ly came to light in the Hokubei istry, he received a bachelor 01 cisions on citizenship (see April ,I Shimpo. COLOR PROBLEM - The problem of placing these science degree at the Brooklyn PCl , the Nation this past weeJ\ Dr. Sugiura, who first came to is disturbed editorially as it asked : Polytechnic Institute in 1915 and a children is complicated by the fact that about two-thirds the United States at the age of 13 master of arts degree at Columbia of those available for adoption in Japan and Korea "And suppose Congress chooses_ to in 1892, is head of the tumor spec• extend expatriation to cover 'here· University two years later. His trum section of the Division of Ex• first job was'in a cancer research (ire p Ewing was the head of Memorial household a German-Negro girl adopted five years ag . different kinds of cancer, such as Miss Buck's sister and her husband who live in Washing• of the Constitution. We are sworn .hen. and in addition to my regu• to do no less. We cannot push cancer of the bone, lung, breast, lar work, I often helped him per· ton, D.C. are adopting a Japanese-Negro boy crippled back the limits of the Constitution etc. form autopsies at night. . "In animals," he says, "I can merely to accommodate challenged "There was a wartime shortagf' from poliO . Several Pennsylvania Mennonite couples are now cure 100 per c!!nt of some legisla tion.' " of help, and I even helped takE! adopting Japanese-Negro children, and ·American Negro types of transplanted cancer." care of the laboratory animals. families are taking in others. Natchi Matsunami, who with her Papers on Cancer The laboratory was unheated, and sis ter Mrs. Robert Nakadoi, owns He has been the author or else at night I carried them all into 20 kimonos outfitted her classmates helped write 175 papers concern· the hospital, then returned them A MATTER OF POLITICS - While the largest pro• of Omaha Central High which ing cancer problems. Here is what to the lab in the morning." blem is with Japanese-Negro orphans, most of the child• staged a Japanese dance at the the Memorial Center News has to Since the staff photographer was ren being brought to the U.S. for adoption are of white school's annual Road Show last say about his background: not always available, Dr. Sugiura month. She is the sister of Manuel Remember when a big plate of sometimes took pictures of pa• American-Asian parentage. Matsunami, past Omaha JACl. beef stew cost only a dime? And tients. He helped weigh drugs in "At best," Miss Buck says, "only a small number of president, and Joe Matsunami, when a slice of apple pie and a :he ph:lrmacy and assisted in rou• the GI orphans can be brought to America for adoption, active Sacr a mento J ACLer. cup of coffee together cost a nick· tine work in the physics depart• el'? ment. and it is important from a political as well as a human• Those whO 've missed Sessue Ha• Maybe you don't remember, Dr. Sugiura received his doctor itarian view to concern ourselves with the futures of ya ka wa's live-TV appeara nce on but those were the prevailing N e\\i of science degree in 1925 from the Kyoto Imperial university in Ja- those who will remain in Asia. For it wlll be hard for the NBC's Kra ft Theater h a ve an York prices when Dr. Kanematsu opportunity to see him on "Studio Sugiura joined the old Memorial pan. them to get education, employment and otherwise com• One" May 5 over CBS-TV with Hospital just 40 years ago. pete in countries that are poor and overcrowded. If Michi Kobi in the play, " The Ku• As a young research chemist. SOUTHLAND ~ISEI DEMOS they al e left without help and guidance, they will be the rashiki Incident" . Dr. Sugiura was paid S100 a month TO ATTE. TD L~CHEON in 1917. He recalls that Memorial Eleven Nisei Democratic leaders natural dissidents in coming years and prey to the Various community organizations nurses got 525 a month plus main- will hear Attorney Genera l P at worst Commu nist propaganda. contributed a total of S1,199 during te nance, and porters got about Brown, Democratic candidate for "Thus, even for selfish reasons, we musl assume the fi rst' quarter of 1958, Shonien '5 35 with a meal or two thrown in. governorship of California. at a Ch i 1 d Welfa re Center acknowl• Dr. Sugiura, who is now an as· luncheon tomorrow at Swaller'; )'esponsibility for these children who were fathered by edged this past week. socia te a t SKI and section head of Restaura nt. it was announced by

American soldiers and are called 'Americans' in their it III lit III 1111 III it lit Ilit II III lit illlllhi illUl1II1I1I 11111 11111 lit I the tumor spectrum section, was Kango Kunitsugu, Japanese Amen• native lands." considered a " boy wonder in fenc· can Democrati c Club presid ... nt. t• ing" when he was bro ~ l g ht to New I tending will be Frank Chuman, York from Japan in 1905 by the I Dave Yokozeki. James Mi t.sll mod , WHY? - Without meaning to be facetious about a la te E . H. Harriman, the presenl IGe ol-ge Maruya. Kei Uchida . Frank Governor's father. Kurihara, Larry Parlf, Sh i~e m ori tragic situation, it would be interesting indeed to com• Dr Sugiura was then 13. He 2n· Tamaki. Ted Okumoto, D011 Ma• pare the rate of illegitimate GI-fathered births in the rolled in P ublic School 69 . then in tsuda anral years now and back in the movies. -Pach Bros. Photo. young adult groups in the Los An- After ~everal nonde.;cript parts he has a comic role of an O\RCWTECT GRADUATE HE.U)S Ann:lmite :n the V"orld War I air story, "Lafayette Escadrille," FOR U,S, NAVY SCHOOL for Warner Brothers. Mrs. Marie de Carli loses fight to gain SAN FRANCISCO. - Gene T. Izu• • • • no, 23, son of l\lr. and Mrs. Tern Shimada, who's had a good year ill films and 011 Richard Izuno, ,,760 Sacramento TV. has olle of the leading roles in the Nacirema production, postmaster appointment at Stockton St., and graduate in architecture "Dateline Tokyo," which is scheduled for release in May. This STOCKTON. -A year-long fight 19 candidates for postmaster bj from the Univ of Illinois, has is the picture of an interracial love affair in Japan, ostensibly to gain the postmastership of Stock• the Civil Service Commission. volunteered for 40-months service inspired b,f the ff'ce!1t Girard case, with Michi Kobi playing ton was lost by Mrs. Marie de Booth, who is currently actin§ in the U.S. Navy and is attending the Japane"e girl an1 Richard Long. the Marine who is arrested Carli this p;!,st week when the postmaster; Charles A. Allen, as the Naval Officers Training School for the killmg of a Nipponese civilian, Civil Service Commission in Wash• sistant superintendent of mails, and at Newport, R.I., to study civil Shimad:...... lso is seen briefly as Clark Gable's nemesis, ington named three other candi• Stuart C. Gibbons, an insurance engineering. "Bunge Pete," thr commander of a Japanese submarine, in dates as eligible for the $7,730 pe, broker, were named eligible for Hecht-Hill-Lancaster's submarine film from the Edward Beach year post. the post Friday by the commission NISEI AUTHOR EXPLAINS novel, " Run SIlent, Run Deep." The commission did not require An active member of the Stock• 1 During the past ye:lr Shimada has done several notable per• ton JACL, Mrs. de Carli, whose written examinations but, instead REASON FOR WRITING formances in filmed TV. He played an Issei in Miami Beach, father was Japanese, and mother e val u ate d the candidates from Fla., who helps heautiiy the city in "Call Home the Heart," Spanish, was the original choice of statements in their applications BOOKS FOR CHILDREN and he wa" a Japanese fisherman with a shrewd wife, played both California senators William and on corroborative information OAKLAND. - Yoshiko U chi d a. by Loretta Yo:mg, in "The Pearl." The latter segment won Knowland- and Thomas KlIchel in obtained by the commission. Nisei author of books for young MIss Young an award last year and recently resulted in a lat" April, 1957. Mrs. de Carli last year served children, attended the fourth an• sequel, "Innocent Conspiracy," with Shimada and Miss Young The controversy began when the as chapter social chairman, and nual California Writers conference Tetreating their original roles. George Matsui and Robert Kino San Joaquin County Republican was first active in the Stockton here April 12 at Hotel Claremont. were also in " Innocent Conspiracy." Central Committee endorsed as• J ACL in 1952 when she began Some 400 writers and aspiring • • • sistant postmaster Fred J. Boo'.h teaching Americanization classes writers attended the sessions. After playing the role of Ito, the houseboy, in Lawrence to succeed George Langford, who to the Issei for two years. Miss Uchida served as a mem• and Lee's "Auntie Mame," starring , for nearly retired. ber of a panel on juvenile and two years on the l>iew York stage, Yuki Shimoda was called While such endorsement is tan• OAKLAND LASS IN LEAD junior novels. to Hollywood this past. month to put his performance on film tamount to filling the position. the The Berkeley author said that for Warner Brother". two Republican senators ignored 'TEAHOUSE' ROLE Shimoda h.ls had a number of parts on Broadway in recent she began her career with hopes it and nominated Mrs. de Carli, SAN FRANCISCO. - Judy Maru- that "through my writing I would yea!'s and al"o waf responsible for the choreography of a who has been active in GOP wom• yama, daughter of Mr. and Mrs help children to understand and Shuberts' mUSical 01 several seasons ago which didn't survive en's circles. Sen. Knowland later Iwao Maruyama, 1045-84th Ave., respect a culture different from a tryout tour. reversed his endorsement and the Oakland, has the feminine lead in theirs." With "Auntie Marne" on tour, there are two other !tos selection was 'turned over to the currently Oil the boards, in the Constance Bennett and Sylvia Civil Service Commission last Dec· the San Francisco State College She found it particularly grati• Sidney compal'ies of the comedy hit. ember. prcxluction of "Teahouse of the iying to realize that youngsters in Meanwhile, she had accepted a August Moon", which opened last Tokyo and Tennessee could read weekend. Three more perform- and enjoy the same stories. 's settings• "provide• a •starkly impending at.. post of coordinator cf volunteer service at San Joaquin COLinty ances are scheduled this weekend "Children go from sharing stor- mosohere," according to one critic, for Martha Graham's full• An art major at S.F. State, she ies to sharing ideas when they General Hospital and was one 01 lengfu dance production, "Clytemnestra," which was performed plans to continue her education in become adults," shc said. "Maybe earlier this month at thE' Adelphi in New York. Noguchi was Japan next September. in that way, they can contribute flown in from his Paris Studio - where he is working on an Nisei appointed teacher While the role of Sakini is being to the one world we want." uNESCO garnen - to de the settings for the Graham premiere. played by a Chinese American , long one of the leading dancers in the Martha Graham at school in Turkey Miss Higa-Jiga is being enacted oy NISEI APPOINTED TO company, rejoined the troupe during the recent season. She NEW YORK. - The appointment Jean Hattori of Alameda. Others MENTAL HEALTH GROUP will be seen this fall ill the new Rcxlgers and Hammerstein of Dan M. Horiuchi, 27, son of in the cast include Doris Shina• BERKELEY. -Mayor Cia u d musical with a San Francisco Chinatown background, "The Mr. and Mrs. Masataro Horiuchi, gawa, Grace Kono, Joan Yama• e Flower Drum Song." 726-16th Ave., Honolulu, as a teach• saki, Hiroshi Futaba, Her b e r t Hutchinson of Berkeley has ap• Yuriko was the le?ding dancer of R&H's "The King and I" er at the American School in Tar· Omura and Warren Komatsu. pointed Dr. Henry Takahashi to. a for several seasons on Broadway and appeared-with Michiko sus, Turkey, was announced last 54-member committee to study lseri-in the 2Cth CentUl y Fox film version as well. week by the Amreican Board of mental health needs here. The Commissioners, the overseas agen· u.s. still silent on group is expected to investigate • • • cy of the Congregational Christian the possibilities of participating in Pat Suzuki received the stamp of approval from the sbow 'T okyo Rose' deportation Churches. the state-financed mental health biz bible, Variety, last week after she performed at the Black SAN FRANCISCO. -Deportation Horiuchi, majoring in physical program for those unable to secure Orchid in Chicago. With the exception of a few TV guest shots charges against Mrs, Iva TogurJ private care. education at Kansas State Teach•

Saltl.ake City 17 Weeks 'til National JACL Convention Days August 22 - 2S S-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, April 25, 1958

VERY TRULY YOURS: Girls keen on H.- 0, An hour perusing the 'Perry Story' Nisei who have a weak· ness for history will find conference· proves successfu the April issue of Ameri· BY HARRY HONDA believed they would be eliminated time for discussion and said the stage the two-day meeting went can Heritage, with its As a pr eface to the Hi-Co Con• someday. "But I was not sure sure material, subjects and array of accumulated by the Hi-Co comDli.t• front cover featuring a fer ence story this week, it is with that I could do something about speakers were adequate. But one tee. which had sponsored a dance. Japanese artist's drawing personal regret that this writer it," she added before going home, girl honestly quipped, "It got a As already mentioned in previous was unable to be present although feeling now that she COUld. A 12th bit boring". Those who felt other· issues. several prominent profes• of Commodore Matthew an invitation had been extended by grade girl wanting to be an ac· wise suggested discussion and sional and businessmen served 0111 C. Perry and an aide reo Bert Yamasaki and Grace Okuno. countant was reticent about most round table periods should be the panel outlining the various ca. produced in color, of par· co-chairmen of the now successful questions but vocal on this one as lengthened. reers. two-day meeting at Pacific Pali· she noted: "It made me feel that On the question of whether the NICC This Weekend ticular interest. Along sades a fortnight ago. even though we are a minority in conference would have been im- And this weekend in Denver. with a portfolio of pic· However, on hand are 54 eval· race, we don't have to be in othel proved had some other topics been Nisei students will gather in a tures from the collection uation sheets with comments and things" . added to the "tips on the career" similar soir.e.e. It will be their 13th straight-forward answers to eleven Many utilized this question tc of Rev. DeWolf Perry of section, it was like a high school annual gathering and primarily luestions which were collected al comment favorably on the speech freshman to say: "I wish that 1 geared by and for college students. Charleston, S.C., great· the end of the conference. by Jean Shiny saying: " Ncit necessarily as I used about the time Per· to start a Hi-Co group in her own never feel m yself different from THE BANK OF TOKYO area. A 11th grade girl who want~, ry arrived, shows ' the other people as I go to a school or Call!ornia world divided into 12 sec· to be a veterina rian was aware of where there a re only a few J apa· racial barriers in em ployment a n.-1 160 Sutter St. (11), 'YUkon 2-5305 tions - each longitude nese." I San Francisco Conference Format 120 S. San Pedro (12), MU 2381 named after the animals Los Angeles Whittier College appoints Four out of five confer ence par· Gardena 16401 S. Western Av., DA 4-7554 of the Japanese zodiac. Nisei as alumni director Iticipant s felt there was enough The center longitude of WHITTIER - Following 'a semes· ter of study in personnel manage· this particular map is "Insist on the Finest" named "hitsuji" (sheep) ment a t the Univ. of Oregon, Asia Scene Offer to JAC[ ChaplerS William "Mo" Marumoto has r eo and lies approximately at Dear .r ACL Membp.r : turned to Whittier College this past We are making a special offer to all chapters whereby funds 180 degrees -or the inter· month, havin g been appointed full may be raised for your activities. national dateline. 0 I d time director of its alumni office. The ASIa Scene is n mortthly publication. which attractively maps have always fascin· He served as interim alumni di· presents thE' cultural background together with the modern-day rector from April to September , industrial developments of Japan. This is a "must" for every ated me. 1957. While a student, he served household cf a person of Japanese ancestry. It will bring the in• In Hal e's articles, as student body president, student Kanemasa Brand formatIOn which you will need to save yourself from embarrass• among the gifts presen· union committee chairman . presi· ment when asked about Japan during the course of your con• dent of both the Knights a nd Ask for Fujimoto', Edo tact with the '\merican public. It is something your family m em• ted to the Japanese (we Squires honorary ser vice groups Miso. Prewar Qualit.y, at bers will all ~njo y and appreciate. remember the miniture and student body yell-leader . YOIU' Favorite Shoppin, The offer made to the chapters is &,ood only to those sub• railroad , telegraph sta· The Santa Ana Nisei was one of Center scription orders postmarked by midnight. May 31, 1958. Chapters the organizers of the Orange Coun• I will be given credit for cnly those orders handled by them. tions and farm imple· ty JAYs. FUJIMOTO & CO SABURO KIDO ments) included a 100 302-306 South 4th West North American Bureau, "Asia Scene" gallons of Kentucky bour· DAYTON 1000ER's SON Salt Lake Cit,. 4. '['tala ELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT ! ------_. bon and four volumes of Tel. EM1)ire 4-Qi' I SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FOR "ASIA SCENE" DAYTON. - Da rryl Sa kada. SOl' New Japanese American News. 323 E. 2nd St., Audubon's Birds of Am· of Mr. a nd Mrs. Frank Sakada, Los An~eles 12, Calif. Ii yr.-S4, 2 yrs.-$7) erica. was elected senior class pr esident i=====:1 Enclosed pleas~ find $ ...... for ...... year1s) sub• Students of U.S.·Japan at Fairmont High School. Darryl's uncle was the late Dr. Randy Sa· KA DO'S scriptio:l for" Asia Scene". history will find the hour kada. 1950-52 national JACL presi· lomplete Line of Oriental PooCII To~~. MJlguro at Sea s.. ' arne •...... •...... •...... •.....• pent studying this issue dent. Darryl's sister, Dawn, reo J'H£I!; DELIVERY IN CITY most rewarding. cently won second-place honors in lila hDkeU Ave. - UN I-4lIIIII Address: .. " ...... City: ...... the Ohio state baton twirling COD Detroit 21, Mich. (Sample Copy o\vailable by Filling Above.-Cbeck Bere ... . -Harry K. Honda test held at Springboro. • 6-PACIFIC CITIzeN Friday, April 25. 1958 Ni$ei trackmen prime 0 in San Francisco, Los Ange ei SAN FRANCISCO. - JACL chap• The seventh annual JACL Nis('i of events. Llccordin:s t) the Ni d ters in California have been in· Relays will be held on Sunday, Relays committce. :3 uthland J.\CL vited to sponsor teams to partici· June 1. at Rancho Cienega sta· chapter are being ntacted by pate in the sixth ahnual San Fran· dium. co-chairmen Arnold Hagi· meet officials wh are rai inS cisco JACL Olympics. now set for wara and Dr. Robert Watanabe an· funds to purchase a number oj Sunday. May 25. at Kezar Stadium. nounced this week. aluminum vaultin; DIes. Ear!y Johnny Yasumolo. track meet A soccer match originally sched· response from mar.\" of the char>• ::hairman. revealed that June 6 uled that day has been postponed ter ha made it p -sible for ~he was originally selected by the com· by the city Parks and Recreation committee to inel dd the pecta· mittee but with the stadium order· Department to accommodate the cular field event on the chedule ed closed for repairs from June annual Nisei event. Open division \\ ill include the 1. an earlier date was obtained. Dr. Tak Shishino was named following event·: While the date conflicts with the chairman of the Relays queen com· The 100,220, and 4·l)·J.·ard dasbes, mnual N.C. Nisei golf tournament mittee. the SSO-yard and one-mUe run, high n Monterey. the committee de· May 19 has been set as the and low hurdles. bro d jump. hlgn :ided to ask for the May 25 date deadline for entries for the seventh jump. pole vault, shot put H2 llthough a number of track meet annual JACL Nisei Relays, meet pounds I and the 4-W and 88O-yard )fficials of previous years woulo co-chairmen Arnold Hagiwara and relays. )e competing in the golf attraction Dr. Bob Watanabe announced to• The Junior division win includ3 WHAT PRICE COl\Il\IUNITY JMPROVEl\IENT? Board and Entry blanks have been mailed day. the following events: CNPmlttee mpmbers of the jackson Street Community Coun• to chapters in the three Califorma Entry forms for the track and The 50 and 100-yard dashes. 660- cil which inl'ludes several active J ACLers, show blighted district councils. field meet are available at the yard run, low hurdles, broad jump, conditions to a comm' mity tour group composed of 29 city List of Events JACL regional office in the Miyake. high jump. pole vault. shot put \ fI o:ficiaJs and 15 (Jackson Street) council workers. Here, part As in the 1957 meet, there will hotel and at the local newspapel pounds) and the 4-W and 66O-yard of the tour g,oup is looking at unauthorized dumping at 22nd be three classifications for con· :>ffices. Entry fee is $1 per person relays. between Jackson-King to be occupied by a junior high and testants: A-unlimited; B-110-125 Competition in both Open ano Meet officials were announced playgt',Jund which will adjoin a larger area giver over to lb. (birthdate on or after Jan. 1 Tunior division is limited to tw, by the Nisei Relays co-chairmen park and .-ecrcationRI facilities. At extreme left is Andy Shiga; 1939; those born earlier automati· rack and two field events plu: as follows: cally class Aye); C-Iess than 110 relay. Contestants will not be al· ,Toe Iwanal!a. meet dlredor: Geort:" about center, and hatted, is Yukio Kuniyuki, and next to him, Yoshinaga. meet coordinator; Art Goto, Takes" i Kubota. Seattle Chapter president. At extreme right lb. and born on or after Jan. 1. 'owed to compete in both divisions starter; Edwin Hiro',o. clerk of the is Y. Philip HaY3caka, president of the Jackson Stt-eet Council, 1939. Entry fee will be $1.50 pel rhe exponent system of age, weight course: Yas Abe. Ted Niiya and Joe contestant. There are no team Uchiyama, timers: Joe Yamashita. re• who on Avril 2:lrd was installed for a second term.-Ogawa md height will be used to dete!' gistrar: Aki Nlshizawa. scorer: Mack Photo. fees. nine those eligible for the Junio! Hamaguchi. track and field crew; Dr. The list of events is as follows: iivision. Bo Sakaguchi, meet physician: YoichJ Class "A" (13 Events) Pole Vault Event Nakase and Steve Okuma. trophy and • 100. 220. 440. 880. Mlle. 180 Lows. 7(, awards: Fred Takata. awards presenta• Highs, 880 Relay. Broad Jump High After an absence of a numhcT tion ;and Dr. Tak Shishino. queen Jump Pole Vault 12-lb. Shot, Discus. )f years, the pole vault will again cummittee: Carl Hana~k •. fin.: Blanche Class "B" (9 Events) Shiosaki, sec.; and K~ng" Kunitsugu. 50. 100, 660. 120 Lows. 440 Relay make its appearance in the liGl pub. THE Northwest Broad Jump, High Jump. 8-lb. Shot < Pole Vault. Class "c" (5 Events) 50 100, 440 Relay. Broad Jump, Higl p I R E Jump. sPorts~ope C T u Entry deadline is May 12 and the By Elmer Ogawa committee was emphatic in it~ • • • . .~ warning that entries received aftel The So. Calif. Nisei Golf Asso· A A U grand championship and that date would not be accepted :iation handicap board continuc~ heavyweight title a': the sixth an· Scoring System to levy stroke penalties on indio nual championships in Chicago URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PUSHED viduals for late or non-reports this April 12-13. Other weight cham· The perpetual NC-WNDC troph) pions were John Osako of Chicago, Seattle will be presented to the winning past month. Whereas the first reo 180 lb.; Otto Chanko of Chicago, Shortly aftel' lunchtime one sunny afternoon last week, Northern California team at thE port found penalties listing two Jackson Street 's idlcrs, its merchants, and homebodies on the clubs, the April-May report sho\ls 150; and Sumikichi Nozaki of Holly• Award Dance after the meet. Tro· wood, 130. Southern California won bus that slowlv crawled up Jackson Street, and criss-crossed phies for the first and second 25 players from five clubs. the team title with 12 points, fol• side stceets were cur:ously regarding a large yellow school places in each class are to b€ (me street alter thE: other in the residential area. lowed by Chicago, 11; Strategio awarded also. The track champion· Doug Furuta and Pete Domoto Air Command, 11; r;-ew Orlpans, 3; The bus cUd n,·t contain children; but well dressed adults, ship award goes to the chapter were among the 66 prospects re· and Hawaii, 1. O\'~r 150 judoists both men and women some of whom gazed out the bus windows team with the highest aggregate porting to Cal's football coach Pete competed. in quizzical tolerant astonishment, others wore frowns as they score in all classes of competition. Elliot this past week as sprmg poi'lted out some of th!' passing sights to their bus companions. Scoring system will be 5·4-3-2-1 in training opened. Fullback Domoto Little l\iarg-aret Iwasaki, 15, d individual events, 5-3-1 for relay. Min that tour. the morning hours. last year is currently playing cen· Miyamoto representing Monterey • • • terfield for the Univ. of Wyoming. Union High was broken April 12 The Anaheim athlete is attending Organizer of the tour which got almost aU of Seattle's 32-cllley bowling alley at the King City invitational trac the school on an athletic scholar· and field meet. HoUey of Madera city officials into onf! bus load, was tireless Ray Baker, ex• with Nisei co-bwner set ship, majoring in education. On a leaped 5 ft. 10 in. in the light• ecutive secretary of the Jackson Street Community Council, STOCKTON. -Arthur K. Naka• recent road trip through Arizona, weight division to break the Nisei and assisting him was Miss Joyce Wilfley, his professional shima and Pat Keenan were grant• New Mexico and Colorado, the athlete's mark of 5 ft. 9\2 in, set assi!'tant. ed permission by the San Joaquin long-ball hitting Nisei led the Wyo· in 1933. Leading the tol!r and lending guidance on separate matters County planning commission last ming nine in runs batted in, while wp.re Y. Philip HaY3s-f.ka, president of the Council; Andy Shiga, week to establish a new bowling averaging .316 at the plate. He tour conductor; Yukio Kuniyuki, block plan chairman; and establishment on Pacific Avenue was credited with two homers and Takeshl Kubota, IlPot!.tE'l' board member of the Council who between Longview Ave. and Swain three triples. is known to JACLer:< az the Seattle Chapter president. Rd. S1ctks and Bonds 011 Purpose of the tour was to show the officials of conditions According to the new owners, Holiday Bowl has advanced its ALL EXCHANGES that nceded corr(!ction; decrepit buildings and houses unoc• the new alleys will have 32 lanes "opening day" to Friday, May 2, cupied for as long as 15 years, fire hazards; poor housing ana is expected to be in operation as its automatic pin-spotters which Freddie S. Funakoshi conditions, zoning violations in the use of empty lots, un· by Sept. 15. Cost of development, were delayed ha ve been installed autho)"ized dUmping; some of which created stagnant pools :Report and Studies to include a restaurant and bar, this Week. Plans for a "grand where it interf~rred with planned drainage~ and the condition A"allable on Request Was described at a million dollars. opening" are pending, according to of a large area tell years ago set aside for a playground Yas Nakanishi, Holiday Bowl pub· WAlSTON & COMPANY da park, adjoining the ~ite of a prospective junior high school. licist. Mnnbrrs New York As each blighted condition was spotlighted, an appropriate Cal League umpire Stctk Exchange department hpad was available to be called up, and with SAN FRANCISCO. - Henry Shi• 550 S. Spring St•• L08 Angeles George Harris, 230 pounder from Mayor, City Council, and citizens, discuss the question, "What mada of Santa Clara was among Res. PhoDe: AN 1442% Travis AFB, retained his national can we do about it?" umpires named for the California The three hours alloted for the tour did not permit time (Class C) League baseball season. for all scheduled '5tops. but in the conference that followed He joined the circuit two years in lite Jackso!l Sb'eet Council office, each situation witnessed ago and is the only Nisei arbiter was as ~ - ured immediatc attention when brought up again before in organized professional baseball. -Attkawaga the same group for further review. LI'L TOKIO CENTER FOR JAPANESE CONFECTIONERY As a result, City Hall correspondence shows that the Park Departtnent head has mstructed his engineer to confer with 244 E. lst St., L.A. - MU 4935 - K. Hashimoto the school board for the harmonious development of their aajoining properties, !;') that the planned school, its playground, and the park with its playground will be both functionally FINEST Brands in Japanese FOODS and ae.;thehcally compatible. As for the rest (>f ihe program, the following letter from tbe Mayors' office t, Phil Hayasaka will perhaps serve to One at the Largest Selection. illustrate the one time FBI-man's appraisal of the Jackson East. 2U8 E. 1st St. AN 9-2117 strel't Community Council's efforts to improve the community: West: 2421 W. Jefferson RB 1-2121 JOHN IT SAITO Dear Mr. Hayasaka: Tek ~kasucl t;aten Yagawa Fred ltaJUla",. Ed Veno I have received your courteolls letter cif April 8, in reference Philip Lyon Sho Dolwchl to tne tour t'!at we t)f the City family undertook with you Venia J)eckard. Kathryn 'hrutaDJ Continued on Page 1 ItDD BanlIIl 'WBIrPAC 7-P4'CIFIC ClTIZEN Friday, April 25, 1958 1-----* -----.' Vital Statistics ------*------~-- BIRTHS LOS ANGELES BILLER. Leslie (Sumlko Aokil Los Angeles· "'lar. 15. BLACK. Frederick M . (Sa kuno Tsu• kam otol - boy . .Tan. 30. Pacoima . FLOIU:S. Jesse A. (Eiko Izuol-boy NEWSLETTER Mar. 12 . FUJBIOTO. George (Suml Konol-bo~ II la r. 9 . GIBO. Jack (Kimie Higa l - g irl. Feb By Henry Mori 211 HAY. Frank (K yoko Sh ukuya )-boy Fcb. 18. SANSEI SLAIN IN TEENAGE WAR RIGA. George (lIIiyeko NoSltkal-glrl Mar . I ?. . You can cbalk U) April 18, 1958, as "Black Friday" in HIGA. Kiyoshl (Akiko Kaneshiro)• the annals of SanS'ei juvenile delinquency. Only this time, the boy • .Ta n. 21. HORI. Frank S. (Anna K. Higuchi)• occ:lsional gang "Jar.!: which flare between teenage groups gir l. Mar. 12. involv ing per S'ln s o f J a panese ancestry and other minority lBARA. Henry (Tsuruko Hiye)-boy Mar. 6. men-.be rs . clai'TIed one life. lKEGUCHI. Fred H. - girl. Feb. 6 Probably !:omc of us older Nisei still feel that the incidents Long Beach. of jJ venile deiinq\!E'llcy a mong the Sansei are held to a min• IWASAKI, Naomi (Sumiko Hashimoto) -bov. Mar. 13. imum .md there is 1'0 cause for alarm. However, when you KAKUDO. Masayuki (Shizuchi Yama• consider th:l t they constitute a " minority within a minority" naka) - girl. Mar . 8. KA TO. Kazuo - girl. Feb. 5. Long then it's time .. e r ii ~ ourselves out of complacency. Beach. The wild bullet that struck down Richard Shuji Sumii, KINO, Shigeru (Tadako Geneku)-boy Jan. 21. lS-year-old Dorsey High School s tudent last Friday night, could KINOSHITA. Akira - girl. Mar. 11 . be the same bullE't which might kill your son; or the deadly Wilmington. weapon which teena ger s are not permitted to carry may injure KOCHl. Tatsuo (Klmiko Nawata)-gir) Mar. 2. Mrs. Takako (Suzuki) Ishizaki, center, receives her IO-year pill or kill innocent bY'itandcr and implicate your child. KOCK~R , John V . (Mitsuye Hara• from Axel Mikkelsen, Pan American district sales manager in SaIl tani) - boy. Feb. 8. rROUBLE lUAKERS WITH ARMS KODAMA. Masayuki ' (Kuniko Mural) Francisco, with Albert Kosakura (right), Japanese deparbnent -girl, Mar. 8. manager, watching. She was the only Nisei employed at Pan Am Te~nage KOGA, Ted H. (Yoshiko Kinowakl)• troublemr kers today do not believe in fighting boy, Mar. 14. San Francisco in April, 1948, and was soon heading the entire cor• with their fists. The~ ' arm themselves with zip-guns, clubs, KOSTER, Pierre (Kayoko Takarnatsu) respondence sales section. She is the daughter of the late Koshi chains, knives. and pir tels to harrass their victims. The weapons -girl, Feb. 12. KUBO. Henry T. (Kikuye Abe)-girl Suzuki, principal of Kinmon Gakuen, and is married to Kobo Isbi• make them " i cel important." Bitter rivalry between clubs are Mar. 3. zaki, Yamato Sukiyaki owner, and mother of two boys. often settled in hO'ipltals or at the police stations. . MASAOKA, Hi~ao (Mary Ota) - girl, .Tan. 31. Gardena. The 3S-calibre pi:< tol that snuffed the life of Richard Shuji MASUO, Roland (Eiko Saito)-boy. Sumii was fi red by a Sansei, 17 , whose police record bas .Tan. 29. beeu all but commendable. But being a juvenile his punishment MATSUMOTO, Kiyoshi (Mary Murata) -~irl, California-bred Nisei 4-in. taller than ! 'Mar. 14. His action, no dOll c t, was not premeditated to the extent of MATSUNAGA Tsumeo (Eiko Hama• murder. shita ) - boy. Dec. 23 , Culver City. MATSUOKA, Yukio (Hisayo Matsu• £ousin in Tokyo of same age, study shoWl- Ont> Ni5ei jeputy sheriff, infuriated by the report of another moto) - girl, Mar. 7. Japane;;e Amcl'ican outburst of juvenile gang bloodshed, said: MATSUSHIMA, Manabu (Hideko Kita• SAN FRANCISCO. - A 14-year-old tardation of the children in Jap»o mura) -girl, Feb. 8. Nisei born and reared in California results from a less adequate diet U the citiz€-ns want this type of " protective" law where thugs MAYEKAWA. Joseph (Yoshiko Ito)• can br utally Murder another and get away with maybe two boy, Mar. 7. is four inches taller on the average and from other environmental con• y ears in foresfry camp because he is under age, then our McCRACKEN, Eugene (Kiyo Hirano) than his identically aged Tokyo ditions which are not so conducive -boy. Mar. 6, _ La Puente. h ands are tied toc. " There is no stopping," he regretted. And MEIFU. Kazuo (Yoneko Wada)-girl. co us i n, reported Dr. William to optimal growth as those exist· probably lading to T:'Iore chaos, beating and knifing. Mar. 10. Walter Greulich of Stanford Uni· ing in this country. MILLER, Ronald (Minako Kojima)• boy, Mar. 14. versity in his recently completed "These findings i n d i cat e the COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED I\IUNODA, Stanley (Hideko Hashimo• scientific study. need Cor caution in intcrpretin~ the to) - girl, Feb. 28 . Lo:; Ange1·::s )Y:llice officers who are investigating the case MOHRI, Shioaki (Mlchiko Yamasaki) A total of 898 Nisei school chilo relatively retarded growth and de• this wCek make a r ather " resigned" statement. " Had someone -~o y, Mar. 10. dren in San Francisco and the velopment of children in lcss favor• MORITA. William K. (Satsuki Yoshida) ed parts of the world as a basic s ktrmishes er upt e c~ wto a free-for-all then we could have pre• -girl, Mar. 11. East Bay area were measured and vented the death of a boy by rushing a patrol car to the MURAKAMI, Hirotada (Sally Toda)• studied during a two-year study genetic difference between them girl. Mar. 3. conducted by Dr. Greulich, his as· and our children." scene." Anyway, it w"stefuUy ended a promising career of a MURATA, Yoshiaki (Shizuye Osaki)• bright youth wbost;! life'~ ambition was to become a physicist. bov. Feb. 28. sistant, Yoshio Okumura of Menlo NAKAMURA, Tsutomu S. (Sawano Park, and others on his staff. In death there is )10 road back. Compare that with two Mat<:uo) - boy. Mar~ 4. LA. Japanese Casualty years in a tor"stry camp. We often wonder about such persons NATSUME, Mitsuo (Kiyoko Takata) The serious implication behind w ithout cOl'}sciencp., al'd the imperfection of our laws. -!!irl, Mar. 4. Dr. Greulich's study is that therE Insurance Association NISHIMI, Kiyoshi (Sumiko Ashizawa) Now that this t ragedy struck, Nisei parents will raise their -boy. Mar. 1. is no such thing as hereditary Complete Insurance ~teeUoa hands in shame and fright. They'll talk for awhile about the NISHIMOTO, Akira - boy, Feb. 23 . small race, that diet and other w~r Long Beach. dangers of a ganp and teU their offsprings to associate NISHIMURA. Richard S. (Chiyeko Ku• environmental factors are the t>s· Aihara Ins. Agency only with the decent crowd. iul - girl, Feb. 17. sentials of height and size. Amara - Omatsu - Kak1ta UC So. Sau Pedro MU 900 ano ~ her NOBUTA, Tsugio (Masayo Togawa)• But time wears off. Then we'll hear of gun-tooting boy. Jan. 9. The findings are reported in incident. May1::..e it wcon 't kill anybody but it certainly won't NODA, George S. (Tokuyo Sasaki)• "Scie!Dce," M"arch 7 issue. Anson T. Fujioka paint a good pictoJ re of the once respected group of persons gir l. Feb. 28. ()HNU, Susumu (Midori Aoyamal-. Caution Need Room 206, 312 E. 1st st. of Japanese ancertry whose names seldom blemish the police g:rl, Mar. 2. IIA 8-f393 Al'" 3·U. blotter . OKABA Y ASHI, Takateru (Yuriko Sa• "As had been anticipated," Dr. katani) - girl, Mar. 2. Greulich reported, "the California SASAKI, Ben (Yoshiko Mizusaki) - Funakoshi Ins. Agencv girl, Jan. 22. children were found to be sigo\' WUlIe Funakoshi - 1\1. Masunaa SATO, Mitsuo (Michiko Takaki)-girl, ncantly taller, heavier and more 218 So. San Pedro St. Mar. 3. advanced in their skeletal develop• MA 8·5-'15, Res. GLadstone C-HU SEKJ. Ralph T . (Jean T . Matsunaga; -girl, Jan. 25 . ment than co,mparable children lr, HirGhata Ins. Agency Chicago UEMUHA Stanley (Betty K. Nishlyo· Japan, but the magnitude of the m a l - . girl, Mar. 16. 3M B. 11& st. SHINDO, George (May Ono) - girl. observed difference had not been IIfU 1215 A'5 '·1101 Mar. 5. anticipated." SMITH, Junior R . (Ruiko Taniguchi) -gir l. Jan. 22 . The researcher also noted that Hirota Ins. Agency Corner SUYENOBU, Ben (Yaeko Aoki) -girl, there has been a steady increase 318~ E. 1st st. Mar . 7, Sepulveda. III 1-2398 MJ 0'151 SUZUKI, Yukio (Thelma Kaoru) -girl in the height and weight of Japa• M ar. 12. nese-born . chilch'en in the last 50 '1' A KAHASHI, Tadao (Teruko Kinoshi• years, possibly due to hnproving Inouye Ins. Agency By Smoky H. Sakurada ta ) - girl, Ma'l-. 14. thi~ 15029 Sylvanwood Ave. TAKETA, George (Mineko Ono) environmental conditions, but Norwalk, C&llt. UNlv. C·577. NEW ORIENTAL GALLERIES boy . Mar. 9. increase is still considerably belo"" TAKUSHI. Takeo (Miyoko Chinen) - the change wrought in California Among the educa tiona l activities of the Chicago Art Insti• boy, Mar. 13. Tom T_ Ito TSUMA, James J . (Chieko Hayase)• Dr. Greulkh concluded: "Ou: te9 Del Monte Bt., Pasadena tute for the ]958 spring series will be a gallery lecture in• g Irl. Mar. 12. BY C-'l89 RY 1-4CU troducing the new Oriental collections on April 29 of the '( AMADA, Fred T. - boy, Feb. 23 findings on the American-born Ja· Japane:;e pr int study rllom, vault and gallery, and on May 6 Long Beach. panese children do not support the view that the less advanced sk.'Je· Safo Ins. Agency of the new Chinese gallery . A new progressive view of these DEATHS III E. 1st St. MA 9·1121 colle ctIons is now un public view. ASANO, Sakuyo, 72 : Los Angeles. Apr. tal status of the children of Japar Ken Sato • Nix Na,ata 4. is attributed to some racial dif EZAKl. Otoku, 68: Los Angeles, Apr. ~ 2. fer ence b e we e n Japanese and The local H2wnilan Club social calendar finds a splash iVl lY AZAKI, Hanako, 47 : Los Angeles, Caucasians. party April 26. Ol·tiI:g at Brookfield Zoo May 24 and annual Apr. 4-(h) Kiyoshi, (s) Taneo, Yu• Diet Facwr bowling' banquet 1\la)' 31. ..Th e Society of Fine Arts will hold taka, (d ) Kiyomi, (m) Mrs. Tam i '1'0- j i. ( I? ) Jinsuke, Mamoru, Tsuguo. ( 5) its a nnual ans festival May 24-25 . ..The Chicago Buddhist Fumlko. " It seem s more probable that, Church. 1151 W. L eland Ave., has announced a special budget Tl'_ KAHASHI, Tokumatsu, 65: Los An• like the ir sm a ller avera ge s tature geleg, Apr. 2. and their rela tivel}, shoneI' leg !> fund campaIgn to m eet last year's deficit of the building fund, ,{ANA-GA, Hyakuji, 90: Gardena, Ap r . and care for i!nrl'c;iJate church needs . . . According to Kenji HI. dur ing childhood, the skeletal re- Nakane executi\'e cl il~cto ! ' of the Japanese American Ser vice Committee, the jol) S':tuation for Issei-Nisei appears to be about tlle samt> 2S in l;revious months . When in Elko ... ~ THE NORTHWEST PICTURE: by Elmer Ogawa Stop at the Friendly Stockmen's Continued from P reccding Page of J aclcson Street Community Council on April 3. CAFE - BAR - CASINO It is a world~rr ul prelude to what Urban Renewal can do for a city. particuiurly when we realize that the citizens Stockmen's, Elko, Hev within an area thern<;p!\'es become the impetus and the driving .6Ak u.s now for tree lntormatlDll force to elimmatt:: ht>/llth and fire hazards, and raise the l vel of housing. 11Dm1i~ Frankly, \\e \·.~r~ .:111 impressed by the thoroughness a nd the cal e with \, hich ~ ou addressed yourseli to community THE SUMITOMO BANK problems. EAGLE PRODUCE (C .u.JFOaNlA) In furtherance 01 mil' understa nding, may I state that Mr. Bonded Commission Merchants +4Il Montgomet7 St. Weg~ \~ill Talbot rroc/?"d immediately to coordinate this matter Wholl'sale Fruit and "e~etable!l kI1 Fr OCIb<.'O - JO( a-... on my behalf Cnci"l' slparate cover 1 will be instructing the 11)1 ~ , SaD Pedro appropriate dt>po! ' mellt h~3ds involved to ta ke action as is 929·943 S. San Pedro St. TR 6686 t.o. ~e ).,. - M1 .11 r"Pd'~ m~. indicated and to Los Angeles 15 Yours 10:- c. (.e::<·r ~ommunity a nd. in turn, a better city., 1400 - sua 8t• Gordon S. Clinton, Mayor ".-ram;mCO - GJ ...... 1 8-PACIFIC CITIZEN Fricl.y, April 25, 1958 Claimants

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NEWSLETTER (J ACL News Serviee) WASHINGTON.- A total of $474,- BY MIKE MASAOKA 311.S5 was awarded in March. 1958, to 90 $lIccessful claimants, the JalY.tncse Evacuation Claim,; The Nisei of Canada Section of the Dept. of Justice ad· \'; 'Lod the Washington Office of the OTTAWA. -- This is being written in Ottawa. Ontario, the Japanese American Citizens Lea• beautilUl national <"apital of our neighbors to the north, Canada. "ue and the Committee on Japa• PrJbab1" no other country on earth is more like the United ~E!se American Evacuation Claims. :::tate' than' Canada. and probably no other people are more The largest award was f9r S59.- like tho~e in -.lur naW'n than are the Canadians. 914 to a nursery in Los Angeles, In aren. it IS l'o11ld,'hal larger than the continental United California, and the smallest -15 to ~tate~ its popul«lion J~; about 1i millions, 01' less than a a claimant residing in Chicago, tE'ntl: (lJ ours. Illinois. The average award to the ninet\' claimants was SS.27D with nine 'awards in this group e.'(ceed• THE HlSTOR Y 0... the Issei* and the Nisei in Canada ing 510,000. almost parelle!s that of the Issei and the NIsei in the Uruted Includea. among me abOve • uc· Stat~s, cessful claimants were three cor· 'fh('re are abollt 27,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in porations, one church 'two language Canad." whic;1 is mol'.: ii' relation to the population than there schools, and one fraternal club. are of us in the United States. The: first [sse' pioneers to Canada landed about the same timE' "'~ thP Iirst Js£('~ landed in Seattle and San Francisco, Gwen Terasaki invited in t!le late nlnet.ecn~~ century. They came from about the same rural prele('!ur . in Japan and undertook about the same to revisit Japan kinds or wonk: raHt'Cl;?dlOg, Ial ming, mining, small businesses, TOKYO. -Friends of Mrs. Gwen etc. Terasaki. author of "Bridge to the ,\lll'ough l; lIbjecte~l 10 some of the prejudices and discrim• Sun". have invited the Johnson ininalio'l s that cir,'umvenled the li ves of the Issei pioneers City. Tenn .. widow to visit Japan in Ca Iitornia es;>ec:-ially under Canadian law the J apanese in May, the Mainichi newspaper we:-e eligible for nahl!'alizalion as citizens. While many took reported last week. advt.n,:lge of this pl'i','i!ege, unfol1unately many did not. It would be her first visit in Improved form nine years. Her husband, who wa~ first secretary of the Japanese Em· bassy in Washington prior to Wor1{~ 1:-; WORLD WAR II, persons* of Japanese ancestry on the War II, died in 1951 and is buried west coast of Canada too were arbitrarily uprooted and evac• ADC booster in Hawaii helps 1,200 just outside Tokyo. ualed CI'cm their hnmes ~lD d associations. And, as in the States. qual~fied Nisei werl:! accepted and served in combat intelligence NEW YORK GIRL WDiS with the Canadian AI my against the Japanese enemy. Issei achieve U.S. dtizenship NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Today, thf' ("dl:ight and · of Hilo has done more than any· They get his friendly moral sup· to, daughter of Mr. and 1\lrs. invilll1£: . one else in the Territory to ~"I­ port while attending the cla ~e~. George G. Shimamoto. 6515 Boule• courage and assist aliens to be· They learn from him how to apph \'ard East, West New York. N.J .. come American citiznes. for naturalization and what kind o~ was awarded a Woodrow Wilson BEFORE THE WAR, about* 90 per cent of the " Japanese" This is the observation of Gary requirements to expect. national fellowship for 1958-59. She in Canada lived in l3l'itish Columbia, with most of them residing Fujiwara, naturalization examiner ··Mr. Hirano has done a tremen· is a zoology majoi· at Barnard in t~1 Vancouver are". Today, there are Nisei Canadians in tho~e with the Immigration Service, woe dous job. I am sure that all College and as Woc-:irow Wilson every provlDCe in C'Imlda. including the Northwest 'l'erritory has worked with courts on every assisted by him appreciate his national fellow. she plans to do and N~w ro\lndjanrl . island. eflorts," Fujiwara said. ~raduate work in biology at Rad· Ontario has th,· gr('rotest number of "Japanese", with some Anthony S Carvalho, chief C'lerk ~liff. Hirano, president of Stationer>" Her father is an as'oriate of 8.000, tollowed by British Columbia with about 7,000, Alberta of the Third Circuit Court, said, Corporation, estimates that he ha~ Kellv & Gruzen, architect. -engi• with about 2,690, ,'VLan;1oba with about l.16D, and Quebec with " \OV e have had excellent co-opera• assisted more than 1.200 men a nd neers. about ome 1.1::5 tion from 1\lr. Hirano and other women to achieve citizenship. During the reloc-:!t" n and resettlement period, Chicago in community leaders in m a kin J ------* ------Amen,'o'z Midwest n"came the mecca for the evacuees. In He was guest of the 1950 Na· known to the various aliens on CALENDAR Canadc:, rC!orto bec-arr.e the center of the " Japanese" popula• tiona l JACL Convention in Chkago. this Island the privileges extended tion WIth perhaps 17 to 18 thousand persons of Japanese This public service, voluntE!ered to them by the l\IcCarran Act. * ------ancestry reseLlting th.:r",. and unpa id except for a few comt "My office and the court appl'l" Apr. 25 (Fri(by\ Contra. Costa - "\'elcome Socl~l. Puu· Even today, Toronk remain!' the "cap~tal" for the Canadian duties, started in 1952, when Hi· ciate \'ery much all the heli> he man School. 7:30 p.m "Japanese " with ~nrrlt' (,000 permanently resetUed there. Van· rano solicited funds to lobby fllr has given and continues to givl:! .. San Diego - Dinner meeting. SalOW viSitation. ('ouver is next, witl) some 3,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, passage of the Walter McCalTan Apr. 26 (Saturd",-) followed by M~ . ntr ea l with about 1.110 and Hamilton, 1 Ontario) Act. Pasadena - Salow "isitation. with about a tholls3no. In Ottawa, there are about 30 Nisei. NO EVIDENCE FOUND TO LI\ mgston-Melced - Cortez Joim Thus he and other Big Isle I·es· chapter bridge nll~ ht. LiVIngston idents helped bring about the l egi~ - I SUBSTANTIATE CLAIM OF Grace Methdist Church 1\ pr. 2; (Sunda V) lalion which today quaLifies orien• 100,000 Long Beach - Benefit mo\'ie, Harbor ~ 1': HAVE BF:EN told lha* t throughout Canada the Nisei tal aliens for naturalization. JEWS IN JAPAN COl1,munity Hall, 6::10 p.m. are d lng "v,:)ry weU" in every line of human activity-in TOKYO. _ Rabbi David M . Eich. Denver - Benefit movies, Tri-St:lt~ Hirano can be considered a suc· Buddhist Chur('h. the ['I <)r eSSlOn::., the trades, the arts. and in business. They are cessful salesman of citizem;hi;>. ations of the Commission of J ewisl1 Long Beach - Sa tow' l,'isitatton. re .... buyi n ~ homes and ~inking their roots deep in their respective Chaplajn~y for the National Jewish of Dr. David Miura, 8 p.m. since he persuades aliens to attenD Ff,,"no - Communit~' pieni<'. Kearney comrr·1.1ities, "intp.glatmg" themselves and their families in the the citizenship classes held by the Welfare Board of New York City, P"rk rout-nes of thl ir nC'ighborhoods. has found no evidence to subst:!n· French Camp - CClmmunilv picnIC Dr. ?8 (:\lo"",, v) In a1mos. every \\'~Y. except that of immigration, the Japane~e tiate a report that 100,000 East Los Angetes - Dinner meetml/, Canadi::l n NiseI can mal"h his United Slates associate. Canada FIRST NISEI NAMED AS Jews would migrate to Israel oy San Kwo Low. 6 p.m.; Tour oi Po• slill t[,(ally "excludes" J apanese for permanent residence under l !('e Bln~. to foHo\\,. S'ltow ,"isitatitJn FARM GROUP DIRECTOR 1968. Orange County - Joint meetm~, Sa· its Imlmgnltion statute~, thereby continuing its racial discrim• The United Press last week tnw \ isitatinn w,th East Los An· inatlVn agall1~[ tho:;e 01 Asian ancestry. SAN JOSE. -Tak Shiba, recently quoted the rabbi that he hasn't geles (see above) Anr. 29 (Tuesday) named general m anager of the found any Japanese Jews. The Is· San Fernando VaUf','-Sat.)w vtsit:ltion. Central California Beny Growl'r" I'aeli legation at Tokvo added that ~ nr. ~o C"'t't'h\f"\,;d~y) Ass'n, was elected a director of CCDC - 2nd Quarterly Session, Fresno PRIOR TO THE WAR, the *Canadian Nisei had a Japanese there \\'ere no applications from Japanese Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. Can adIan Citizens LfagUE', modelled after our JACL. Its leader• the California Grape and Trpe the Japanese for visas to viSit Wesl Los An~e)", - Satow "isit.lllOn Fruit League at the organization's !\fay t (Thur da V) ship aud its member~hip often mel with our Seattle JACL Israel. Southwest L.A. - S-,to'.\ \'Isitallon. chapter, thoen called ~he Seattle Progressive Citizens League. 22nd annual convention at Yose• May 3 (Saturday) Unfortlmalcly the (.rganization was disbanded after the mite recently. Ventura County - Sato,,' \'isitatlOn, He is the first Nisei ever ~c- TOK~O. - A ~('holar~y interest h Oxnard 'tethodi~t Chllr('h. outbreak of wa ... l\f" v 4 (Sund" y) \ corded the honor of being named Judaism bv P:'Ulce l\lJkasa ..YOu?~­ In 1947, 10 To'!"ont0. a national Nisei organization was Salt Lake City - Cherry Tree Pt-e• a director of the group, whiCh! est brother ot Empel'or Hlrohlto ""ntation. State CapJlol Grounds. 2 established. -'l&ain patterned after the JAGL, called the Japa- has set off a wa\'e of rumo,s p.m 11~se Canadian Citizens Association A national executive sec• was organized in 1920 and no ," P WDC - Spring Quarterlv' San 1.ut• boasting a membership of 4<10 about Japanese converts to Juda· Ohispo JACL host, Pismo Bedeh rns of .Jilpanl",e anl'E'stry al'e an identiiiable minority, and Pasco al'ea is the area of '·great· uage NC-WNDC - Spring Quarterly . ,. SI(.n, Sonom!) County JACI. host as long as Japan as a .overeign nation will touch upon inter· est inter-racIal len s Jon 10 the Nalm said that It was not tnle '\r.w 24 ( IlIreb") natiotwl relah.n:, £0 long will an organization of Japanl:!se state" that thousands of Japane~e were DC - Gen"ral meetlng: Dr n, y I ~. N,. slltk.. W3 and Mas 10 ,. pkr meril',l11 uc nec'~·:,lI .V to keep watch and wud over the "No. Negroes live . m KennewIck, . .. bemg convcrted to Judal. '01. I la_ Z5 (>;lIndd)') w~lfoll" and L..!stillJ n( persons of Japanese ancestt-y In the he said, "while. ix mIles away in "I know of only one man who I ~C • - C blOt! meetm-. 0 (' JAC'L Unit .. d States. Pasco 10 pCI' cent. of the poPula-/ E'xpres ed an inter st In convert- Sano': ce we belit' e that this is equally true in relation to tion is Negro, i'c~rues who work lng," Nalffi said • 'He came here I z..r t"dl '" tll .. c: II"Hi.d\ .. Jap")1('~(''' we shall hope that the efforts of to Kenlle":~ek .~uSt 0 h->m" to Ito the .Ie~ation-and I r~allY ~mk MDC _ p~eT.~ . tenll th_ :- . II.' .J('C.\ will ~e "ucce:sful. Pasco at Illght. • he \Vd. s " ~.)rt (i a fanaue ~ l 1t1' JA('l. 11' •• 1 •