RegisterNow forSept.2 6 JACL Conventi on PACIFIC CITIZEN N V01.39 0.7 August 13, 1954 Los Angeles, Calif. 10c per copy WestCoastclai ms h eari ngsstartAug.30 SENATE PASSES Two days forSan Francisco, th ree i n Los Angeles scheduled $113,000 FOR Washi ngton ver, and Salt Lake City, i n addi- Public h earings on the Hill- tion to those from Central and i ngs Amendment to the evacua- Southern California and Ari- CLAIMS PAYMENT zona. Washi ngton tion claims law will be h eld i n California during the week of "By h aving of $113,154.51 for witnesses from Th e sum Aug. 30, Rep. Patrick J. Hillings all over the country testify, the payment of evacuation claims (R., Calif.) i nformed the Washi - Subcommittee should be able was i ncluded i n a supplemental ngton Office of the Japanese appropriation to see the complete nationalpic- deficiency bill American Citizens League. ture on program the Senate last week, thi s and passed by the Th e author of the JACL- urgent necessity for the pas- reported Mik e Masaoka, Wash- sage Representativeof the Ja- sponsored amendment to expe- of the Hillings Amend- i ngton dite the determination of the ment," Masaoka said. panese American Citizens Lea- remaining larger gue. evacuation "Th ese h earings should also claims made the announcement the a con- enable larger claimants and Th e measure, wh i ch i s following conferences with Rep. their attorneys to present the solidation of several similar Edgar A. Jonas, chairman of various' aspects of their res- bills recently i ntroduced, i n- the House Judiciary Subcom- pective claims," Masaoka stated. cludes the appropriation of mittee on Claims; wh i ch will funds to pay 23 claimants of conduct the h earings. adjudicated evacuation claims Th e h earings will'open i n awarded under the JACL-spon- San Francisco Monday morning Senate passes over sored 1948 JapaneseEvacuation Aug. 30 and will continue Claims Act. through that day and the next. Previously, the amounts to Th e h earings will then be billto return pay the 23 claimants were re- concluded i n Los Angeles, be- ported Washi ngton Gracious h osts at the Town Hubs garden party last Sunday at Herb from the were ginning Wednesday afternoon, JACL Office i n two separate Murayama's residence i n Southwest Los Angeles Dr. Toru lura Sept. 1, and ending Friday eve- vested property measures, wh i ch h avenow been, (left), chairman of the JACL Convention Mixer Committee, and Herb ning, Sept. 3. PC Bureau Special: combined. Murayama, (extreme righ t) by the buffet table. Th e young ladies are very popular i n the Southland today—Janet Fukuda, Miss National Open to Public Washi ngton Awards Consolidated JACL of 1554, andber two ladies-in-waiting, Mary Enomoto and Both the San Francisco and Th e Senate last Wednesday Th e $113,154.51 i ncludes pay- Janet Ok i moto. —George Waki Ph oto. Los Angeles h earings will prob- passed over the so-called ment of $38,359.63 for evacua- ably be h eld i n the Federal buildings and open Dirksen Return Bill wh en "tion claims awarded early i n Courthouse George Smathers (D., Fla.), June and $74,785.88 for 14 to the public. lone objection April In addition to the chairman, raised the similar awards made i n placed and May of thi s year. SUBSTITUTE MEASURE OFFERED Congressman Jonas, the follow- Th e bill was on the i ng members of the Claims Sub- unanimous consent calendar "Consolidation of"the supple- for action and a single dis- deficiency appropriation VESTED PROPERTY committee will participate: mental FOR RETURN OF Usher L. Burdick (R., N.D.); Wi l- " sent was sufficient for pre- measures was made i n an all- Washi ngton i nh eritancesand other small as- liam E. Miller (R., N.Y.); Th omas venting passage. out effort to secure congres- sets i n to their former J. Lane (D., Mass.); and Peter W. Offering a substitute measure full value Rodino (D.. N.J.). Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, sional approval of the money- to the so-called Dirksen Return owners. Walter Lee, legislative assis- chairman of the Senate Judi- paying bills before adjourn- (D., Bill, Sen. Earle C. Clements Masaoka further proposed tant, and Cyril Brickfield, coun- ciary Subcommittee on the ment," c x plained Masaoka. Ky.) i ntroduced a bill to return the larger assets participate Propetry, Congress approves that business sel, will also i n the Office of Alien h ad "Unless thi s all vested Japaneseand German ;bereturned i n full value to their h earings. i ntroduced the measure to bill prior to i ts new tentative property to their former owners former the return Japanese adjournment owners as soon as JACL to Cooperate all and Ger- date of Aug. 14, with a maximumreturn of $10,- technical and administrative man vested property to their the 23 Japanese claimants will -000, according to Mik e Masa- can be solved for Because the JACL h as been former owners. not difficulties more i ntimately connected with receive payment until some- oka, Washi ngton Representa- their return. time i n 1955." Japanese American the program than any other or- sup- tive of the JACL h as been Th e JACL h as supported Citizens League. ganization, the Five plemental deficiency appropri- Th e Clements substitute bill objects i nvited by the Subcommittee U.S. delegates named ation bills i n Congress i n order a matter of Sen. Hendrickson to cooperate i n the California would give "as h earings, Mik e Masaoka, Wash- for world Buddh i st confab that the Japaneserecipients of grace" the wartime vested pro- to Return the evacuation program Dirksen Bill i ngton representative, declared San Francisco claims perty back to their former Ja- Washi ngton would be assured of payment owners i n after conference with Ch airman Five delegatesfrom the Bud- panese and German Objecting to return of Japa- legislative assistant Lee, dh i st Ch urches of America will for their wartime losses i n eva- full value up to a $10,000 limit. Jonas, cuation. nese and German wartime and counsel Brickfield. be present at the thi rd World For property and assets i n ex- vested property, Sen. Robert C. Buddh i st All evacuation claims awards limit, the Masaoka i ndicated that Conference i n Ran- cess of the $10,000 Hendrickson (R., N.J.) sub- for the Pacific goon Nov. 10-13, i t was an- i n excess of $2,500 are consid- former owners would receive spokesmen ered i n these separate supple- mitted a Senate Subcommittee Northwest will be h eard i n nounced by Hitoshi Tsufura of the maximumreturn amount of minority report i n direct oppo- Francisco, along with those the BCA h eadquarters h ere. mental deficiency appropriation as a complete return. San measures. $10,000 sition to the so-called Dirksen for Northern California. Th e Rev. KenryoKumata; Ni- 92% Affected Return Bill. Convention Delegates sei priest at Los Angeles Nishi recently Everett sen, According to figures Sen. M. Dirk Because of the National JACL Hongwanji , h eads the delega- WEST FRESNO AREA disclosed by the Office of Alien chairman of the Senate Judici- Convention i n Los Angeles be- tion, wh i ch i s leaving thi s week Property, custodians of the ary Subcommittee on the Office Masaoka said for Japan. Other members of Clements i ntro- ginning Sept. 2, MAY BE RE-ZONED vested property, the of Alien Property, h ad that the Subcommittee would the group are: substitute measure would re- duced a bill to return all Japa- h ear from Rev. Ch onen Terakaw, formerly Fresno prop- be able to witnesses City; Eji tsu Hoji , turn almost 92 per cent ofthe nese and German vested New City, Ch i cago, Den- Salt Lake Rev. Recent reports from city value owners. York Stockton; and Rev. Bunph y Kawa- i ndividual accounts i n full erty to their former tsuki , Senshi n Angeles; and officials h ave designated the owners. Th e Los WestFresno area to their former Mik e Masaoka, Washi ngton Laverne Sasaki . betweenthe other 8 per cent of the former the newfreeway under construc- Representative of Japanese Sasaki , son of Rev. and Mrs. owners, h aving claims i n excess Citizens League, testi- Senshow Sasaki of Sacramento, tion along D St and the only American 90-year-oldpioneer Southern of $10,000 would h ave a fied before the Dirksen Sub- i s now studying Buddh i sm at Pacific railroad return b ythe bill. of re- yards as an i ndustrial zone. partial committeei n support the the Tokyo University and will As thi s move will affect Since a few of the large Ger- turn measure. gets naturali zed return to Tokyo on the culmina- many Issei man claims comprise more than Executive Endorsement tion of the conference, butthe and Nisei i n the No Oakland way area, a mass meeting was 50 per cent of the total value of Declaring oppo- other four will return by assets vested, about 25 per "unalterable GentaroKotashi ro, 89, among of Europe. called thi s week to discuss the sition" to the Dirksen Return the pioneers wh o thi s proposal. cent of the assets would be re- few Issei Th e BCA was represented at Bill, Sen. Hendrickson particu- came to America over 60 years Th e same area i s being eyed turned by the Clements substi- written re- the previous World Buddh i st by larly stressed the ago, recently naturalized a citi- the railroads as a site for tute bill. ports from the Bureau of the Conference i n Japan i n 1952 by a Masaoka, wh o h ad testified zen and was i n San Francisco tn two new union depot. Budget, the State Department a expatriationwith Central California Bussei before Congress for the return file noticeof lay leaders, Dr. Kik uo Taira of property, and the Justice Department i n the JapaneseConsulate General. of all Japanesevested arguments. Fresno and Manabu Fukuda of requested that the return h i s Bom Feb. 3, 1865, i n Iwate Miss Japan h ad agencies : Clovis. may study be based on thefull value of the All of the executive prefecture, h e arrived h ere i n the wartime endorsed the principle of re- 1890 and spent most of h i s life modelling i n S.F. school assets seized i n bui Government action. turn ofthe vested property farming i n Wi nters, Calif. He , San Francisco 'withh eld specific endorsement an acre for Mistake costs h ouse Mieko... Small Scale Return recalled paying $20 Kondo, Japan's candi- of the Dirksen Return Bill. wooded mountain land that h e Livingston Qate i n the JACL Representativeh ad verse recent Miss Uni- Th e In h i s minority report Sena- cleared h i mself for a farm i n Wh en a farmh and mistakenly contest, i s planning to en- also suggested that the return i ndicated that Th i rty years later, i t was poured gasoline i nstead of ter a on a small tor Hendrickson 1904. charm school h ere for a program be i nitiated Attorney General h ad some 108 acres, butthe de- k e r osene i n an oil-burning month or Congress could not en- the two i n order to do scale i f vested German and Japanese pression wiped h i m out. stove, end then ligh ting i t, an modelling i n Japan. act legislation to return all of prior Sh e at property totaling approximately In San Francisco tr uncontrollable fire ensued to i s staying at the h ome of the property at full value dollars i n val- evacuation, 'he returned after bum down completely theh ome ncr aunt scale pro- one-half billion h ere. Sh e concluded a thi s-time. His small ue, now i n the custody of the the war and became sextonat of Atsushi Hamaguchi h ere last week s tour of Central Califor- gram proposal was to return Property. "Much West 10th Methodist week. Th e fire department maki ng bequests, Officeof Alien the was nia, appearances i n i nsurance benefits, Turn to Page 3 Ch urch 'here called but to no avail. *resno and Bakersfield. bank accounts, trusts, annuities, * Topics PACIFIC CITIZEN Tokyo ...by Tamotsu Murayama August 13, 1954 PERU-JAPANESE 2 A day alSeabrook WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER REFUGEE STATUS farms (Tamotsu Murayama, touring the United \tati completing h i s studies at Boy Scouts of American a^ NEAR APPROVAL training camp near New York, i s scheduled to visit fie Northwest and come southward i n thi nmeT'oci" AdjournmentDelay PC Bureau Special: time to be nr Washi ngton the National JACL Convention, Sept. 2-6 at i osn .Atni*t —Editor.) An»«Ie«.) A lone objection raised by MIKE MASAOKA Term.), Sen. Albert Gore (D., Seabrook, N.J. farm. objector for the Dem- Seabrook and h i s «, Last weekend, as the House i mpatiently waited to adjpurn*official Th ere i s no other place i n the sons, wh o manage the h ree ocrats i n the Senate, was suf- publishes a j ournal h ? for the year, extensive debatedroned on i n the Senate on the Wednesday to world that eration, long^*^ legislative logjam that ficient last for i ts employees i s five differ- ability of Japanese controversial farm program. Beh i nd the Senate pass over for" the was building up, Majority Leader Knowland's target date of h ave the ent languages except h ere at their diligence the measure to amend the Seabrook Farms, wh ere the Aug. 14 for adjournment appeared doomed. Refugee Relief Act to i nclude i ^S? strictly record", for Seabrook Villager i s printed i n Th e day 126 Japanese Discussion on the farm bill was "for the Peruvian Japanese i n the English, Japanese, Polish, Ger- their wl not to a single ,* the "folks back h ome", and was expected change "adjustment of status" sec- man Estonian. .naturalization^ vote. It consuming legislators and yearinJune.itcomm^Jd3sl was time but not a filibuster, as the tion. It should be added that there tional attention. tried to build up their record for the coming November elections. Many 7? J. are also Ch i nese, Indians, Ira- Japanese pioneers taki ng Th e Conference Report on the atomic energy bill that pro- " " Washi" ngton qis, Danes, Norwegians, Itali- legiance to the J? voked a record Senate debateand several subversive control bills Another step along the long ans, Jamaicans and Japanese were past their 70thUnitedT that the Administration wantedmay prove to be substantialroad- permanent residence for Peru worki ng at the '" road to from At the time. the M?n*j blocks to adjournment thi s weekend. Peruvian Japanesewas achi eved Farm, side by side, and living i n And, lik e the sword of Damocles, the proposal to censure Sen- last week wh en the Senate Ju- wc 11-built s c m i -permanent »"»"££}. ator McCarthy h angs over the Senate. diciary Committee approved a h ousing. as? Once the legislative work i s completed, wh ether i t be thi s bill to amend the Refugee Re- Seabrook Farm covers some the Peruvian week or i n several weeks, i n order to allow House members to lief Act to i nclude 50,000 acres. It was founded by community during the Japanese i n i ts remedial pro- i n our h i story da?kf „ return h ome to campaign, i t i s expected that unprecedented ar- Ch arles F. Seabrook and said and with a 12 rangements would be worked out to permit the House to adjourn visions. to be the largest farming-freez- war raging on two fronts. fi_ sine die wh i le the Senate recesses for a month or more to await Mik e Masaoka, Nisei lobbyist i ng operation i n the world. Over not easy for these i ntern^ the recommendationsof the special six-man on the i n Washi ngton, wh o h as been i n 3,000 workers are engaged dur- assume their committee workers duties Turl McCarthy censure resolution, under the proposed special ar- consultation with Committee i ng peak seasons, manning farm at Seabrook under 1 members, noted that thi s favor- equipment and packi ng ma- 5 wh i ch rangements with the House, i t cannot consider any legislative pro- Judiciary Commit- PreVailed at tte posal. Wh en thi s matter completed, then able Senate chi nes around the clock 24 Sir i s the Senate will ad- tee the way for "Yet, i t j ourn sine die next January, action clears h ours. must be said that until wh en the 84th Congress consideration. many Japanese they were convenes. full Senate As as 2,000 treated, for the Z Peruvian Japanese i n the Los Americans were employed at part with respect by the ★ Angeles and Seabrook (N.J.) theFarm back i n 1946, thepeak despite the war and S areas requested the Nisei lobby- yeari n term of employment for went on and the J a afffi Aug. 8, panes As of wh en thi s Newsletter was written, h ere's the i st to prevent their deportation families leaving relocation cen- showed such outstanding trait, way congressional law-abiding the docket shapes up: to Japan—a country wh i ch ters. Today there are some 200 as residents, the many of them h ave never families for a total of 900 men, littletensions seem to FARM BlLL—Acting GOP Leader Saltonstall predicted women and chi ldren. Th ere was even mmmm Senate passage by Monday nigh t k nown. admiration but Democrats though t that i t Due Senate Action Among the well-known lead- .expressedat the excellent h ab- would extend through Tuesday. Th en, i n order to reconcile dif- Th e remedial legislation, ers are Vernon Ichi saka, 42, and i2,500 H" 311^. «» about ferences betweenthe House and Senate versions, a Conference George 43. | m■number. Th eir chi ldren x-jould h ave to again wh i ch h as now been scheduled Sakamoto, made fine be h eld and then both Houses would h ave for Senate debate and vote Ichi saka, a pre-war Califor- I students and capable to vote on the final measure. athletes. Th e parents withi n the next few days, nia chemist and soil expert, i s I steady, were would enable several h undred a devoted scouter and i s scout- ■ i ndustrious. "CONSENT CALENDAR"—Th ere are more than 600 minor master of Troop 47 h ere—out- "Th at was the start of a solid bills on the so-called unanimous Peruvian Japaneseto remain i n Ifoundation of "consent calendar" to be called the United States as permanent standing for i ts i nternational excellent Japa- Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on wh en the farm bill i s nese-American relationshi p residents and cancel their out- make-up. He i s also a JACLer Bridgeton m passed. Although a single objection i s sufficient to block any of deportation the founding days. | and Seabrook. After istanding orders, from the war, some these bills, i t will take at least a day to debate those wh i ch es- Masaoka explained. Sakamoto h ails from Placer | of our Japanese cape neigh bors departed for objection. During World War 11, the County, Calif., wh ere h e was their once JACL h omes on the West Coast, but United States Government ac- chapter president, still many SOCIAL SECURITY—Th e Senate h as not yet passed House- and spearheaded the movement remained to work at approvedbills to expand both old-age cepted these Japanese from Seabrook Farms and to the retirement and the un- Peru for i nternment "for the out of relocation camps to thi s raise employment compensation systems. Undoubtedly, thi s measure their families h ere. duration", but the Peruvian "Th eir record to will also h ave to go to Conference before final enactment. IGovernment h as re- continues re- steadfastly flect the h i gh est type of citizen- DEBT LIMIT—Th e Senate must pass fused to permit them to return shi p. i the six billion dollar prop- temporaryi ncrease i n the debt limit by i ts lto theirformer h omes and Murayama talk s 1 "Th e obstacles by recommended Finance erty i n Peru. , to overcome Committeeand send i t to Conference with the House, wh i ch voted our Japanese neigh bors consti- Last year wh en the tute an example a year ago for a permanent 15 billion dollari ncrease up to a $290 House group of steadfast- billion debt ceiling. Judiciary Committee was con- i n Denver ness and determination. Now sidering ajmending the "ad- Denver 126 nationals h ave become FOREIGN AlD—Both Houses must act on a Conference Re- j ustment of status" section of Tamotsu Murayama. city edi- American citizensandno doubt, port on ar\ enabling act, after wh i ch the Senate will h ave to take the Refugee Relief Act, Masa- tor of the Nippon Times was they will enjoy the privilege up separate foreign ioka i ntervened and requested h onored la^t Saturday nigh t, and respect of laws of freedom the aid appropriations bill. Another House- Japanese at Senate to compromise .that Peruvian refugees a attended by some 30 as fully a» they did without Conference the differences i n appropria- be i ncluded. dinner tions i s expected. Issei and Nisei at the Cathay h aving the real benefits." Measure Amended Post. S. Nomura, former co- * * * RIVER, HARBOR. AND FLOOD CONTROL—Th e House h as Th e House Committee ac- worker on the San Francisco Fukuji Sasaki i s generally called passed an omnibus billion dollar authorization bill wh i ch the jcepted Masaoka's recommend- Hokubei Asah i of pre-w a r "Mayor" h ere. He i s Senate h as yet toact upon. Th e usual Conference on ations and the House passed the years, acted as toastmaster. over 70 years of age but still House and Following Senate differences on amounts and projects i s anticipated. jamendatory legislation. the dinner, Mura- assumes active leadershi u i n Wh i le yama spoke to about 100 people various undertaki ngs at the " approving the same at the Buddh i st Farm. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS—Both Houses must bill, the Senate Judiciary Com- Ch urch, relat- act on a Conference Report on nearly two billion dollars j ust mittee i ng h i s experiences during the Mary Kubota, formerly of for further amended the war, about every Government agency. Democrats charge that the GOP measure, but k ept i ntact and discussing the un- Salinas,Calif., a chemist at the those satisfactory effect deliberately scaled down their fiscal budget estimates i n order sections relating to Peruvian of women i n laboratory h ere, i s but one ot politics i n Japan, the many to make an economy record wh en i n actuality they were h olding Japanese.Full Senate consider- i nfluence the Nisei worki ng at the ation anticipated of communism i n labor unions Farm a.s secretaries, chemists, back on needed administrative funds to h i de them i n supplemen- i s i n the near youth tary requests. future. and movements, the bare soil experts and section fore- subsistence levels of i ndustries men. i n Japan, and i mportance of Th ey are playing an i mpor- GOVERNMENT SALARIES—Pay i ncrease bills for postal maintaining and classified employees are ready for Japan as a bulwark tant role h ere i n midst of some consideration i n both IN HONOR OF aeain^ the Red menace i n the 1,400 displaced persons—mostly Houses, with Administration leaders trying to tack on a postal Pacific. fate i ncrease rider on any pay given Estonian and German—wh o raises to be to government Besides h av:n? q nin^ec- workers. Dr. Fuji o Matsuda, wh o par- been fled during wartimeto establish ticipated i n the 1951 Eniwetok Turn to Page 3 * their first h omes i n America. ATOMIC ENERGY BlLL—Opponents of the Conference Re- and 1952 Nevada atomic bomb port on wh at may be the most controversial ofthe ses- tests, i s vacationing with h i s measure family h ere Very Truly Yours by Harry Honda sion.will try to send i t back to Conference for further revision of before leaving i n ... . September the provisions relating to government control ; to assure a research over private post patents for peace-time use of energy. assistant's at the,Univ. of atomic Th ough another Illinois. "filibuster" i s not anticipated, a day or He recently received h i s Mmm-burgundy beef more of extensive dis- rirK?torate i n civil cussion i s expected. engineering at A majority of our PC col- ligh t-eaters at the table did Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. umnists h ave commented on not refuse second h elpings of SUBVERSIVE CONTROLS-Six bills to control subversive a very savory subject—food burgundy beef And chef activities are on the docket. Tayeko Nakagawa, 1953 —at one time or another. Katada was on vacation at Th e House and Senate h ave passed Ph oenix Union High School Th i s week, i t's my different versions of a graduate, turn after that. ... was being bill to authorize congressional committees to grant witnesses i m- announced as the guest on two occasions munity under Arizona JACL for the recently An and certain conditions. A Conference i s trying to i ron Pvt. nominee ... old gram- Recently-wed R^o out the differences. Ben Frank Masaoka Mem- mar-school chum, now of Henry Suzuki of Pasadena orial Scholarshi p. Sh e Ch i cago, A Senate committee i s considering House passed legislation was a treated h i s cronies h ad some prime ribs the member of the National Honor to one of h i s exotic nigh t been to to provide Congress and i ts committeesto cite witnesses for con- Society, B-Square dinners other I've tempt directly to club, and last week .. Frank Katada many eating h ouses alon? the courts. served on various student-body . J manned the k i tchen all af- Ch arcoal Row (once called Th e same Senate committee i s also considering another !posts. ternoon ... to prepare a specialty Row or La Ci- House passed bill wh i ch would permit the of Restaurant use wiretap evi- of h i s: burgundy beef—man- enaga Blvd. i n Beverly Hills), dence i n treason, esoionage, and related trials i n Federal Courts size the Under chunks of beef stewed but Ryo's touch with certain conditions. for several h ours over a slow can match any Th e Senatemay NOTICES new stove consider a House approved measure to make fire i n a pot with two bottle- of the slices you'd get on La peacetime espionage punishable by death. fulls of burgundy wine, still HELP Cienaga ... I can taste Th e Senate may also consider a House passed act to revoke WANTED mushrooms, onions and these two deligh tful meals. the citizenshi p persons, spices of native-born or naturalized, convicted Nisei ... As a starter, fresh of conspiring to overthrow the government by force" or violence Management pineapple and g rap c fruit Wh i le on thi s delectable Th e Senate may act upon i ts bill to cocktail flavored with crushed require registration of Trainee mint topic, the JACL convention Communist-infiltrated labor unions and other organizations Excellent leaves and a dash of such Th e opportunity i n Northern gin evoked a conrunittee reports dishes House h as not acted on any similar bills. ?„°" to learn branch opera- round of supreme Reynolds Metals, "mmrn's" that didn't quit as breast of chi cken SpecialtySbSfi ?J Division; mc till the and fications: basic quali- last drop of Kona au j ambon de Virginie married, bondable car coffee put away at we n st«dy was with prime ribs are entrees record,y' 'work i ce two THE BANK OF TOKYO reoc oerd 3J'S£»'months trainine nerinri cream topped with deli- banauets Th ere are OF CALIFORNIA earnings: build cious . . ai &'i\,$934.52 per to 419 Mto strawberries luncheons and two meals month; apply i n net- Th ere's a new tyoe of outing i ncluded i n tne ISO Sutter St 120 s. San Pedno St lettuce the . on the market that's crispy $30 package deal for de*: Fr"C., I** Angele. v and tastyfor W" YUk on 2-5305"° Mtlt-U 23M the mixed green gates and boosters . ! " salad we h ad garnished by a delicious meal,■ i n special the next wine and vinegar oon- afraid food won't be men- «*tion . ... Even *hek nown tioned i n -lis comer- Pick-up truck PACIFIC CITIZEN overturned, August 13, two riders h urt as 1954 3 HonoluluNewsletter colliders flee afoot . , Fresno Adjournmentmay Younger A pick-up truck driven by doom billi n LAWRENCE Tadao.Masuda, 547 F St., over- NAKATSUKA turned on i ts righ t side after Senate;passed unanimously by House being struck Aug. 4 by another veh i cle at Kern and Washi ngton to distant out-of-state markets, that Hawaii h as been rebuffed again H St. Unanimously endorsing Now i n i ts Mrs. Masuda suffered minor the wh i ch could not otherwise re- campaign for stateh ood, will there be any shi ft i n next abrasions, and their son Takuo principle of non-discrimination ceive the perishable commodi- received serious i njuries i n the air shi pment of Califor- ties. strategy? to h i s nia Remedial year's righ t h and as a result of the flowers i n i nterstate com- Legislation Th e answer apparently i s no. Th ose most directly accident. merce, the House of Represent- Th e Younger Bill received Th e sedan atives approved the so-called JACL support through the re- with stateh ood strategy wh i ch struck the Younger connected advocate pushi ng pickup continued 160 feet east Bill without a single quest of many chapters wh oee i n Congress as before, for reasons wh i ch on H St. before dissenting objection, reported members and supporters are di- ah ead they con- the driver Mik e to be based on sound logic and sense. stopped and h e and h i s two Masaoka, Washi ngton rectly affected by the remedial sider companions abandoned the ve- Representative of the Japanese legislation. Th e answer assumes that the people of Hawaii , or h i cle and fled on foot. Th e pol- American Citizens League. Th e Consolidated Flowers "Th i s clear-cut action by the Sh i pments, Inc.-Bay Area (San a majority of them, still want stateh ood and i ce are seeki ng the occupants of at least are the h i t and run car. House demonstrates con gres- Francisco) and theFlower Con- willing to work toward that goal. To be sure, there i s sional i ntent that California solidators of Southern Califor- disappointment and flowers and decorative greens nia (Los Angeles) requested much frustration expressed h ere shall receive the same consid- Masaoka to support the meas- over failure of thi s Congress to pass the stateh ood bill. Dirk sen bill- eration i n air transportation as ure on their beh alf. In a way, i t can be said that the * From Front Page i s now granted by several sta- Immediately after the House Hawaii an Stateh ood tutes regulating the same com- gave i ts unanimous approval already been approved of the property h as been liqui- to Congressman bill h as by both the Senate and dated modities i n surface transporta- the bill, Representatives. and converted i nto cash, tion," Masaoka declared. Younger personally expedited the House of Th e House passed the $210 million of wh i ch h as been paid Th e House-approvedbill, i n- the formalities necessary to the Hawaii bill i n the spring of 1953, and the Senate did over to the war claims troduced by Rep. J. Arthur bill to the Senatefor Senate ap- on April 1 thi s year fund," h e said. Younger (R., [San Mateo] proval i n the current session. lik ewise but with Alaska tied to Retaliation Possible Th i s linki ng action Calif.) provides that flower Hearings Necessary Hawaii . i n effect snuffed the life Th e Senator from New Jersey growers and shi ppers can Th ough not opposed to thi e of Hawaii an stateh ood because, with Alaska then added that Section 29 of h andle their own products Younger Bill, Sen. Joh n W. out attached, the through stateh ood bill became unacceptable Trading with the Enemy cooperative efforts i n Bricker, chairman of the Sen- the j oint to the Wh i te Act provides "that no vested air transportation. Th e savings ate Interstate and Foreign Com- House and the House leadershi p. Th ey are adamantly op- property or i nterest of Germany i n thi s self-operation enables mer c c Committee, i ndicated posed to Alaska stateh ood, period. or Japanor their nationalsshall California flowers to be shi pped that Committee rules require be returned to the former own- that h earings be conducted on Senate Majority Leader Wi lliam Knowland gave up ers and that the United States the measure. the figh t first, wh en h e said time was running shall not pay compensation for Because of the rapidly ap- out for any such property or i nterest 7 proachi ng adjournment date. the Senate to consider stateh oodbecause of the filibuster therein. Holli sterarea Ch airman Bricker stated that over the atomic energy bill recently. Th en the "Th e Bonn Convention of sufficient time may not be coup de 1952 entered i nto between thi s iavailable to conduct h earings grace was delivered by the House Rules and Issei naturali zed a Committee wh en Government West Germany Hollister and secure Committee vote i t decided i n executive session not to take up a reaffirmed thi s principle and on the measure thi s session. resolution was acceptedby West Germany. Seven more Issei of San Beni- to send the stateh ood bill to a Senate-House Th e Japanese Treaty to County were naturalized conference. also rec- Aug. group 20, ognizes our righ t to the reten- 9 i nthe of wh i ch court attaches said was prob- are ** * tion of thi s property." Wh y the stateh ood leaders.at h ome convinced Recalling ably the largest naturalization Murayama that the United - way to class i n the h i story of the From Page that the attain stateh ood i s to pursue the old States i s encouraging private county. 2 i nvestments to *JACL leader i n California dur- course of action? abroad bolster Conducted before Superior the economics of free nations, i ng the late 19205, Murayama Gov. Samuel Wi lder King, the leading champion Masaoka noted that the Hend- Court Judge Th omas P. Q'Don- h as become an i nternational nell with Earl C. Bray of the Boy Scout leader i n Japan. He of the stateh ood figh t, pointed out that rickson report, i f followed by San Francisco I&NSoffice as actually Hawaii Congress would i nvite other i s now recognized as one of the h as conducted an active campaign to the 49th to examiner and Edwin Matsu- outstanding Nisei figures i n become nations confiscate American ura as i nterprteer, the seven state only since 1935, property abroad. Japan. even though Hawaii h as been an Japanese were: Among Nisei wh o attended Moto ichi Nakamoto, Kazulchi Murayama American Territory since 1900. Tsuchi moto, Taroku Kusumoto, Hol- the dinner for were: Nevertheless, 25,000 Japanese to lose lister; Sh uichi Nishi ta, Tadao Ya- Robert Horiuchi , Bill Hosokawa the Governor said, Hawaii h as made manashi , Sh i geo Numata, and Asayo of Th e Denver Post, George Oh ash, j ob with U.S. garrison Yamanishi , San Juan Bautista. Mrs. Bernice Oh ashi , Mrs. Y. Miya- tremendous progress i n that short period toward achi ev- uchi of Glendale Ariz., Dr. M. Una. Tokyo Y. Terasaki . Oski Taniwaki , Bob i ng stateh ood. Th e Territory came closer to i ts goal As many as 25,000 Japanese Uyeda representing Nisei Boy REMEMBER THK JACL Scouts, Mm Yasui for the JACL, Lt. thi s time than i n any previous session of Congress. workerswill losetheir j obs with Col. Frank M. Ikuno of Fitzsimona the U.S. garrison forces through ENDOWMENT FUND Army Hospital. "We should try the normal approach at ■ least for the withdrawalof troopsfrom Hok- :: , 1. next Congress," the Governor said. "If we h aven't suc- k aido and a cut i n the Army ' ceeded i n that time, then else budget, i t was reported by the somethi ng migh t be done." Nippon Times. No withdrawal Several members of the Hawaii Stateh ood Commis- date was revealed, but Far sion—the agency created by the Territorial Legislature East Commander Gen. Joh n E. Hull h as announced the First :j L^lfej^" to promote stateh ood—agreed with the Governor's view Cavalry Division would be FLY 6 at a meeting last week. No one took an opposite stand, moved to Kyushu. " " but one the commissioner offers suggestion (not h i s ** Mitsuo Ono, statistics stu- : 3 own) that since Hawaii was being denied stateh ood, the dent from Hawaii at Columbia NORTHWEST University, was chosen New people of the Territory should be exempted from pay- York YBA president. DOUBLE-DECK i ng STRATOCRUISERS I Federal taxes lik e Puerto Rico, until Congress grants (via connecting to Seattle) stateh ood. airline Former Gov. Oren E. Long, wh o was i nvited to the FASTEST TO meeting, called the i dea a "very doubtful strategy." ROYSATOW % | SELLS «" "Th e tide i s running with us (on stateh ood) on the mainland," Long said i n reporting on h i s observations FORD o„„$650 during a Mainland trip from wh i ch h e h as j ust returned. i JAPAN | TRUCKS AND He remarked that "anythi ng that i sdrastic or radical plus tax wh ere applicable 9 migh t - AUTOMOBILES be the wrong thi ng" i n view of the favorable pub- AT lic opinion LES BACON & SONS Th rough fare to Tokyo towards stateh ood on the Mainland generally, 1200 Pacific Coast Hwy. particularly i t Hermosa Beach. Calif. as i s reflected i n newspaper editorials. —OReg 8-8300 from Angeles, San Francisco, 2 FRntr 4-8991 Los " Arthur Woolaway, of the Stateh ood Commission, # Portland or Seattle called the suggestion a "negative approach" and there- # fore not to be recommended. Th e proposal was criticized also by C. Nils Tavares, S NORTHWEST f chairman of the Stateh ood Commission. "It would be AIRLINES 2 i nterpreted by our enemies i n Congress that we are using Onto* stateh ood merely as a blind for avoiding payment of Ph one: TRinity 3233 W " or contact your travel agent 9> taxes," h e asserted. Th e tax-exemption proposal i s being strenuously eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee promotedby a small minority wh o believe'Hawaii should seek Commonwealth status lik e Puerto Rico, and abandon "the, stateh ood figh t. i nclude Commonwealth advocates Mrs. Helen Hale, wh o was defeated as a candidate for Delegate to Congress by Mrs. Betty Farrington i n a spe- HjgJHJgJli 'HOTPOINT' cial election on July 31; former Gov. Ingram M. Stain- h ack, and a and so convenient. Your Honolulu attorney named J. Harold Hugh es, bank i s as near as your mail ||_®§ Househ old Appliances box. Pay all your bills BY claiming to h ave support of unnamed businessmen. CHECK." Although the Commonwealth proposal i s being ad- Ask us now for free i nformation vanced as a means of avoiding payment of Federal taxes, i llpl Tamura n<> Commonwealth advocate h asmade i t clear yet AND CO. BANK Wh ether (1) such a tax-remission plan i s constitutional THE SUMITOMO Appliances (CALIFORNIA) Television Furniture for an i ncorporated territory lik e Hawaii , as contrasted 2724 W. Jefferson Blvd., —Los Angeles — RE 3-0480 101 So. San Pedro with a possession lik e Puerto Rico, and (2) wh ether there Los Angeles MI 4911 Furniture Department any - 2200 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles SB 3-1701 assurance Congress would grant such a privilege to 440 Montgomery" " " St. — — San Francisco—EX 2-1960 *Hawaii i f i t became a Commonwealth. PACIFIC CITIZEN 4 August 13, 1954 34 C.L.CHAPTERS Th ousand NAME OFFICIALS Offi cialConventi on Delegates Club Notes Following delegates and their alternates to the Na- FOR CONVENTION Angeles h ave been San Francisco tional JACL Convention Sept. 2-6 at Los i n- GORDON, as noted by National Th i rty-four chapters h ave HAROLD Nat'l named by the respective chapters, JACL Head- Ch airm« JACL Headquarters. Some chapters may h ave designated formed National Mas Satow, 1759 quarters the names of official their representatives, but National Director to the Sutter St., San Francisco, h as not been i nformed.—Editor. and alternate delegates 1,000 One Th ousanders by Convention Time 13th biennial National Conven- h eld Sept. 2-6 at the July 1 July 15 Aug 1 Aug a,.,. tion to be 891 907 15 **1 Pacific Northwest District Council Los Angeles Statler. lOOOers 891 wh i ch h ave not yet l Gresham-Troutdale—Henry T. Kato. Ch apters Siened Up *2 designated their representatives 891 907 928 Portland—Joh n M. Hada and Dr. Mitsuo Nakata. Satow, lotal.. Mizukami. were urged by Masao Angeles Puyallup Valley—Tom Takemura and Bob Director, to send i n MEMO to the DowntownLos and Ch i cago Ch anter Seattle—Miss Miyo Nakatsu and George Kashi wagi. National chapters are engaged i n a 1000 Club these names so that delegates Since" these moabttS, contest, National JACL Headquarters h as advised the No. Calif.-Western Nevada District Council could be given i nformational Los Angeles Z on matters to be dis- thi s week shows Downtown leading 53-44. Berkeley—George Yasukochi and Al Kosakura. Alt: Mas Yone- material cussed at the National Council mura 3nd Mas Fuji i . Fuji i and Tok Hironaka. Alt: Taki k o sessions. Eden Townshi p—Kenji Th e schedule of sessions i s: Sh i noda and Rose Kurotori. Sept. 2 (Th u.)—9 a.m. to 12 18 CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR 1954 Gilroy—Kimik o Ok awa. noon; 2-5:30 p.m. Meeting of Marysville—Frank N. Ok i moto. National Committees, official Oakland—Paul T. Nomura. delegates to as members MASAOKA SCHOLARSHIP Co.—Koichi Uyeno, Roy Yoshi da. Alt: James Maki moto, serve PVT.BEN Placer of national committees. San Francisco one recipient for the Martha Iwasaki . a.m. to 12 h igh award Sept. 3 (Fri.)—9 Eigh teen outstanding Director Satow i ndicated that Eeno—Oscar Fuji i . 2-5:30 p.m. been the winner will - Kowaki and Sh oso Nakamoto. noon; school graduates h ave be namedwithi n San Benito Co.—Glenn Sept. 4 (Sat.)— a.m. to 12 by respective the next week and at San Francisco—Jerry Enomoto, Kei Hori and Kaye Uyeda. 9 nominated their the same noon; 3-6 p.m. chapters for the 1954 time the names of the j udges Sequoia—Joh n Enomoto and Harry Higaki . a.m. to 12 JACL County—Frank Sept. 6 (Mon.)—9 Pvt. Ben Frank Masaoka Mem- will also be announced. Sonoma Oda. 1:30-5 pjn. Stockton—Miss Yuki Sh i noda and Miss Louise Baba. noon; orial Scholarshi p, according to Th e candidates nominated by JACL National Headquarters the various chapters are: Central California District Council wh i ch administers the scholar- Richard Arakawa Reedley; CALENDAR Haruye Masaoka, Carol Sanger—Robert K. Kanagawa and George Nishi mura. shi p for Mrs. Doi, Omah a; Edna Masuda, Salt i ts donor. Lake City; Arthur Endo,Hollywood- Fresno—Mik e Iwatsubo. Aug. 14 (Saturday) National Ken Fuji i , booster According to JACL Reno; Ada Jane HashU PASADENA: Convention thi s i s moto, Albuquerque; Frank M. Hira- Pacific Southwest District Council meeting. Cleveland Aud., 8 p.m., Director Masao Satow, se. Mt. Olympus; Irene Kadani, Roy spkr. candi- Angeles—David and Uchi ma. Alt: Dr. Nishi k awa, the largest number of Santa Maria Valley; Tayeko Naka- Downtown Los Yokozeki Kei Aug. (Sunday) i n any one gawa Ph oenix; Haruve Maruya. 15 dates nominated Nakamun George SAN FRANCISCO: Fun Nigh t, Buch- year since the scholarshi p was Kirby, Wyo.; May Nimura, Placet East Los Angeles—Wi lbur Sato and Lucille Ok ada. anan YM-YWCA. 6:30 p.m. I ago. County; Carole Oishi , Oakland Hironaka. DAYTON: Ch apter picnic, Polo i nstituted nine years George Ok amoto, Portland; Joh n San Diego—Hiomi Nakamura and Masaaki Park, 3 p.m. candidates Osugi, Salinas; Mitsunaga Obispo—Saburo View, Hills and Dales I Th e records of the Hatsumi San Luis Ikeda. Aug. 20 (Friday) over to a Salt Lake City; Yoshi o Setoguchi l Joh n ANGELES: Ch apter 'have been turned West Los Angeles; Tsutomu Uchi da, Santa Barbara—Mik e Hide and Suzuki . EAST LOS j udges, now h ave Long meeting. "Operation Ivy" (H- panel of wh o Beach; and David Yamakawa! Ventura Co.—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Uno. task of selecting San Francisco. West Angeles—Sh o Komai and Steve Vagi. Bomb film), International Insti- the difficult Los tute, 8 p.m. Lan Th eirmann, spkr.; Aug. 21 (Saturday) Mountain Plains District Council FRESNO: Family Nigh t, Interna- Albuquerque—Mrs. Ruth Y. Hashi moto. tional Institute. 6:30 p.m. try spli tgroup Arkansas Valley—Henry Hirose. Aug. 22 (Sunday) Tri -Villes Miyah ara. SAN FRANCISCO: Auxiliary fash- Denver—Sam Matsumoto and Ben i on-tea, Buchanan YM-YWCA. 2 Northern Wyoming—Kaz Uriu. p.m. Redwood City \ Other j unior group officer) Omah a—Miss Emik o Watanabe. Aug. 23 (Monday) An experiment i n Jr. JACL are: SLC-OGDEN-MT. OLYMPUS: La- programming will be tested for Janis Nakanishi , v.p.; Dorothy Midwest District Council goon Family Nigh t. Kaji k awa, rec. sec; Arlene Yoshi da, Aug. 26 (Th ursday) the coming year as the Tri- cor. sec; Joy Yasumoto,treai.; Yo- Ch i cago—Sh i g Wakamatsu, Kumeo Yoshi nari. Alt: Abe Hagi- SAN MATEO-SEQUOIA:Joint meet- Villes, affiliated with the Se- shi mi Sato,ath.; Jane Kuwano,par. wara, Joh n Yoshi no. i ng. Sturge Presbyterian church quoia JACL, will be divided Membershi p i s composed o( Twin Cities-George Yoshi no. h all. i nto a senior and j unior group. girls from Palo Alto, Menlo Aug. 29 (Sunday) City. SEQUOIA: Beach outing, Table Last week at an i nstallation Park and Redwood Mrs. Eastern District Council Beach. dinner h ere, Terry Kuwada, Joh n Enomoto i s adviser. Th e Ph i ladelph i a—Dr. H. T. Tamaki . Alt: Miss Mary Toda. Sept. 2-6 outgoing president, presented first event under the new cabi- Washi ngton, Katsu, Tsuda. Alt: Kathleen LOS ANGELES: Nat'l JACL Con- Midory net will be a j ointly-sponsored DC—Joh n Miss Carol vention, Statler Hotel. two gavels: one to Ka- Iseri. nazawa, senior group president; "Fun Nigh t' with the two vice- and one to Sumik o Sakaguchi , presidents as co-chairmen. Dance festival j unior group. Janis Nakanishi Guest columnist Joh n Y. New London, Conn. chairman ofthe commit- CHAPTER MEMO Yoshi no was pinch-hi tting to- was representative " Yurik o, Nisei i nterpretive tee that h elped organize the WYBL day for Smoky Sakurada, dancer, will be guest artist at club. San Francisco Arizona JACL: Fourteen regular conductor of "Ch i - division of the the seventh American Dance senior group officers Th e Western Young Buddh i st more members were signed by cago Corner". Because of Other represented at Nakamura, membershi p Festival at Connecticut Col- are: League will be Sto convention i tems, Yoshi no's lege Aug. 19-22. Sh e will convention of the .Hawaii committee chairman, to boost article "Employment h ere v.p.; 21st on i n present a new work set to the Tami Mori, Masako Saka- Federation of YBA, Aug. 19-22, the chapter total to 132, sur- Ch i cago" will appear i n the guchi . rec. sec: Mary Kawakami, 1953 roll. music of Bartok and revive h er cor. sec; Janet Tao. treas.; Tomoye by Hitoshi Tsufura, National passing i ts near future.—Editor. 'Tamura, ath.; Nancy Sato, par. * "Tale of Seizure." YBA director. D.C. JACL:"Signing " up seven more members,the Washi ngton, D.C, chapterboasts a record to- tal of 167 ... Prints ofthe ph otograph s taken at the June 27 recognition banquet are ob- tainable at the Washi ngton JACL office, 1737 H St. NW, ph one NAtional 8-8584 . Joh n Katsu, chapter president, and Carol Tsuda are official.. delegates to the National JACL Convention; Kathleen Iseri will be alternate. « « Salt Lake" City JACL: Tamo- tsu Murayama, h aving finished h i s six weeks' studies on scout- i ng i n New Jersey, i s to speak h ere Aug. 13. 8 p.m., at the Ja- panese Ch ristian Ch urch. (Last week, h e addressed a group i n Denver.) * San Francisco" JACL:" Car- toons for the youngsters, door prizes and games for adults are on the "Fun Nigh t" agenda thi s Sunday at the Buchanan YM- YWCA. Frank Dobashi and Taxy Hironaka are co-chair- men. Vi Nakano i s i n charge of refreshments. New York" JACL:" "Th e chap- ter launched i ts 1954 Fund Ap- peal with a goal of $3,000 set. Sam Kai, chapter president and general chairman of the fund drive, stated the amount i s needed to meet local and na- tional obligations for 1953-54- -55. Th e steering committee, composed of past chapter pre- sidents, i s: Alfred Funabashi . Th omas T. Ha- yashi , Ak i ra Hayashi , Frank Ok a- Eaki , Woodrow W. Asai. Also on committee are: Tomio Enochty, treas.: Rickl Su- Buki , Ch i zuko Ikeda. Marie Kuri- h ara, sec; Yoshi take Imai. Tosh Miyazaki . Suye Takami, aud.: Yu- k ik o Matsuo, George I. Nakamura, Sh unya Nishi zaki , Joe Oyama. Ina Sugih ara, Mik e Suzuki and Mitsu Yasuda, gen. comm. should be ad- Contributions weekend at a garden righ t: top r0W"~^ dressed to JACL, New York party. From left to Alj y Mao*,.-- nami, Judy Sugita, Yae-Marumoto middle—Fudge Kik uchi , Ch apter; P.O. Box. 134, Plane- lanaka, ■W'-^Su tarium Station, O Four weeks ago, some 50 Nisei netters began battling i n the TATS first postwar Southern California Japanesetennis championshi ps; South eastAsia KUSHIDA Washi ngton "I to Take a Japanese thi s weekendthe list h as been wh i ttled down to semi-finalists Lee of the U.S. Dared Bride" was the eve with championshi p matches slated Aug. 22 at Solano Canyon Maj. Samuel title to an article appearing i n last Sunday's ! Army Medical Carps, twice Americanlb y courts, Los Angeles ... Two upsets were scored i n the quarter- champion and magazine, therotogravure supplement tuckedi n tho finals last Sunday. ALVA Caltech varsity, bested veteran Olympic diving papers. with ue lUnnia YANO, recent recipient of the Sullivan i n the Hearst * TED SASAKI 7-5,6-1; JERRY KOJO and Yano teamed to win In reading thi s two-page spread, we noted the 3-5, 6-4, 13-11 over SEKIZO YOSHIKAWA and ASATO NAKA- Award as America's outstand- author athlete, i s on a three-month Don Tennyson, maki ng reference to h ave written 01 "NO. Yoshi k awa, top-seeded entrant, once vied for the Pacific i ng as our off*" goodwilltour of Southeast Asia Los Angeles, i nquiring to the procedure to h ave a privat Coast Jr. championshi ps i n 1917 ... JIM SATO, wh o excluded of the Congress to bring V" h i mself and regarded as the under j oint sponsorshi p i ntroduced i n h i s wife to thi s country from the men's singles and doubles Athletic Union of the of the JACL-sponsored Th i S top Nisei racquet-man i n the United States, i s playing with h i s Amateur before the enactment soldier brid United States and the Interna- maki ng possible the entry of legally *" wife KIMI i n the mixed doubles. Th ey meet SUMI KAMACHI Exchange amendment married ? and TED SASAKI at Solano thi s Sunday i n the Aye mixed tional Educational wives of American servicemen i nto the ofthe Dept. of State. nese United State doubles semi ... GEORGE ISHIMOTO bested JIM HOSAKI, Service We don't recall exactly our reply of more than 6-4, a best doc- see h e four» 6-8,6-2, six-footer from Ventura JC varsity and the Th e Fresno-bornKorean ago but reading on, we h ad prevailed upon h i s coner Sansei prospect i n years. Ishi moto was a member ofthe 1940 tor will visit Ceylon, India, Harry Sh eppard, to i ntroduce a bill Viet-Nam, man, ReD. for h i m It 25 UCLA frosh. squad ... HENRY YAMADA, on the USC frosh Paki stan, Indonesia, h owever, that h e ultimately received aid from the squad thi s year, faces TOM KEIMI i n the men's Bee singles thi s Hong Kong and Korea. provision^ " Burma, the JACL bill wh i ch made piecemeal private legislation,, Sunday at Rancho. Keimi i s a 1 seeded player HELEN No. ... He i s now on duty at Seoul. necessary. We're glad they're a h appily WATANABE and BESSY IGARASHI, seeded 1 and 2 respectively settled family in s" After graduation from Occiden- Fernando Valley now. i n the women's single, were successful last week i n their semi- tal College i n Los Angeles and °" finals and.go i nto the finals Aug. 22 .. . SANDY SUNAGO i s i nternshi p at Orange County the only seeded player i n the women Bees remaining on the Hospital, h e specialized ★ and General slate. Others are ALICE IBARAKI, CHIYEKO MIYAO i n the study of ear, nose and No more Lt. Pinkerton types KITTY YAMAUCHI.. . throat diseases at Le'terman h ospital. All of wh i ch brings to mind the great variety of Toronto Nisei netters took,a close 17-15 tournament victory Army on many written .over h ost Cleveland Aug. 1. Women doubles provided the margin Th e Dept, of the Army co- i nquiries we h avereceived matters during our past ft» .of" victory as wqn contests. Cleveland operatedwith the StateDepart- years with the Ellay office. No small part of them the Canadians their team concerned netters proved superior i n the men's singles. MITCH HASHI- ment i n releasing Major Lee similar problems of Japanesewar brides of Nisei and so that h e other "personal" non-Ni«i GUCHI took EDZY TSUJIMOTO h andily and SHIG OKADA from h i s duties servicemen. We recall i nquiries from Gls ask. bested Toronto's ROY SHIN. SHIG FURUKI defeated BEN KU- couldparticipate i n events dem- i ng us to translate their correspondence from girl prowess friends i n* NIHIRO, but YOZY YASUI took the first Toronto win over ROY onstrating h i s athletic Japan. Wh i le we h ad to send out to experts for the translations KOYAMA. FUZ FUJIWARA and FRANK MATSUI (of Canada) as well as visit medical i nstall- h elp learning of a number of these with pro- we couldn't remote-control lost to SHIRO SHIOZAWA and SHIGE YAMAGATA, respec- ation and consult romances. tively EVA HASHIGUCHI, KIMI SHIOSAWA won for fessional colleagues. ... As far back as 1947, we were convinced that the days of Cleveland but KERLENE SUMIDA and MARY YOSHIDA lost i n Butterfly a-la-Puccini the the women singles FRANK WATANABE, prewar Nisei net- real-life Madame were over. Th ese were . . . and loyal swains, and the ter i n Seattle and now of Mineapolis, was also present. i ndeed ardent not Lt. Pinkerton type. FRANK HATTORI, former national JACL golf k i ng, shot a Miss triple swim ★ gross 77 to win the thi rd annual Lotus Sangh a tournament at "Seattle's Jackson Park Aug. 1. His net was 68 .. MIN YOSHI- Mastering conversational English ZAKI of Los Angeles shot one under par (70) at crown by fi ngernail Rio Hondo to Japanese war brides, j udging from many we win the annual Top Notch-Top Fligh t i nterclub 36-hole. tourna- Indianapolis h ave met and spoken apparently experienced ment recently. A five-handicap ace, h e shot 72 for one under par Ford Konno, Nisei Olympic to, h ave but little difficulty i n the previous week at Fox Hills. GEORGE SHIMAZU (20) netted swimming champion, lost out i n mastering conversational English. To us, i t seems their problem 133 for second-place. h i sbid for a triple win i n the i s considerably less than that of the Nisei wh o h opes to visit Hurling a 'no'hi t-no run game, RONNIE MATSUURA of National AAU outdoor cham- Japan and be able to speak correctly., Fairmont Cleaners won fame last week i n the Sacramento Muni- pionshi p by a fingernail last At least i n English, there are no h onorifics or styles of cipal" Nigh t Softball League. He allowed one walk. Th e victory weekend. Bill Woolsey caugh t rpeech. You would use pretty much the same language i n address- replaced their victims, Elverta Merchants, as league leaders. fellow Hawaii an Konno i n the i ng the mayor of your town as you would i n talki ng to your PETER and JOE OSUGA sponsor the team .wh i ch i s entered i n 400 meter freestyle to avenge neigh borhood barber. '.the NAU Softball tournament to be h eld Aug. 21-22 at Berkeley. an earlier loss by about the In Japan, as we understand i t, each social stratum h as i ts Some 3,000 fans packed City Park Stadium i n Denver last same margin i n the 300 meter cwn manner of speaki ng. So the guy i n a h i gh er event. level of society week" to applaud NANCY ITO, wh o played shortstop with the pulls rank on you and speaks to you as an i nferior, much as you Granada Fish team i n an exhi bition match with Reese House. Konno i s with threeother expected to use cruder language U.S. participating are i n addressing those below Wh i le the latter won 4-2, she registered the first h i t by rapping mermen i n your station. short center single i n the fjrst i nning. In ap- the Japanese national meet i n .a the fifth, she Even the simple word "you" can be expressed i n a peared at the plate with the bases.bulging. STANLEY NISHI- Tokyo thi s weekend and at number MOTO was on through an error, RUPERT ARAI singled and Osaka, Aug. 18-19. Summaries: of ways. Th ose we are acquainted with, rough ly i n the order of GEORGE NAGAI was walked to.fill the bases. Trailing 3-0 with 400-meters—Won by Woolsey, 4m.- being polite down to the vulgar, being anata-sama, j ust plain away, Nancy -42.25; Ford Konno, 2nd, 4m 42.55. anata, nanji (archaeic poetic), omae, (among two surprised with a bunt down the thi rd base-line 200-meters—Won by Ford Konno, or k imi i ntimate '*nd was put out at first, the squeeze play thus failing. Last season, 2m.10.65. friends), k i sama (often i n anger or to an i nferior) and term (aj she played i n girl's league Ch i cago. 1,500-meters—Won by Ford Konno, the Softball at 19m.7.15. (New AAU record). vulgar as we can find). Wh en a man calls h i s wife (an i nferior), "Hey, you!", h e simply says Oi! Japanese i s a language that must be h i gh ly susceptible to Nisei Week golf draws puns for the written language migh t h ave two or more ways of NEW AIR CONDITIONING! record field of 217 speaki ng i t. Th us, i f a man points to the door and says "oshi mt k udasai", h e could mean either "Pleaseshut (the door)" or Los Angeles "Please give me a diaper". By the same token, the traditional A record field of 217 golfers are New Year dish, 20-ni, migh t mean cooked eleph ant. Pursuing vying on five local links for 'hi s logic Island of NEW COMFORT! "Nisei Week h onors (?) further, Anatah an, the famed Pacific thi s Sun- day. Th e So. Calif. Nisei Golf Japanese navy h oldouts, could be translated you-and-a-half. \ S.S. PRESIDENT WILSON " U. 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Ist St., Los Angeles 12 FRANCISCO 4 LOS ANGELES 14 MA 6-8153 228 East Ml 2075 First Street " Los Angeles - PACIFIC CITIZEN Los Angeles August 13, 1954 ' 7 the California Daily News; two weeklies, the Larry Pacific Citizen and Crossroads, and a gossip v Taii ri -- r> *r sheet called Th e Town Crier. Continued Burd concludes Newsletter from Back Page that these newspapers no longer exert the so- a Ph i lanthropic cial control they once did. And as the Issei MORI gesture. Th ere was a competi- HENRY tive factor, as well. population drops, the Japanese weekly may replace daily. weekly In h i s study the Th e English-lang- ofthe Japanese American uage tabloid will probably survive, public press i n Los Angeles h e be- j t Th e so-called vote for the California Sun, lieves. But the ph ysical passage ofLittle Tokyo an- Gene Burd for five finalists i n the 14th found three dailies—the Rafu portends a change i n the Japanese Festival queen bh i mpo, New Japanese American nual Nisei Week American News and press of today and of the past h alf-century. contest ended Th ursday nigh t IBM week with a h i story-break- stubs i ng total of 773,792 cast Th e Elliott Brothers and their 17- VITAL STATISTICS foi- 10 candidates. -piece orchestra will play at the tonigh t gala National At a buffet dinner i n JACL Convention MAYEKAWA—June boy queen Sayonara Births 20, a Don- NAKAMURA—JuIy 19, a boy How- Brentwood, the will be Ball, Sept. 6, at the Los ald Sh i zuo to the Joseph Maye- ard Tsugio to the Teruo Naka- Angeles ABE-July 13. a boy to the George' k awas (Yoshi k o Ito), Angeles. selected from the five: Florence Statler. Abes, Marysville se Los muras, Lodi. Aochi , Michi Masu- ADANIYA-June MIURA—June 20, a girl Adrienne NAKAMURA—June 24, a girl to tha Ochi ,June 8, a boy Henry Al- Miyo to the Toshi o Anthony Mi- Donald Nakamuras, Sanger. Baba, fred to the Wallace Sh i geru uras (Ruri boy fcawa, Tomik o and Ta- (Yosnik ° Ada- Janice Ishi gami), Los OKUDA—JuIy 8. a to the Masa- Yamada. Judges will be all gelet Adah i j i K Los An- Angeles. to Ok udas, Mountain View. k ako MIYAKE-^Tune 17, a girl to the SAKAGUCHI—JuIy 15, a boy to tha Caucasians. ALrA'ISUMA—JuIy 11, a girl Ch ris- George Miyakes, Anah eim. Taylor Sakaguchi s, Kingsburg. tine Keik o to the MORl—July However, no one will k now days tsumas, Rev.■ Takeo Aea- 25, a girl Susan Suzuko queen—not Two devoted Denver to the Masao Moris (Grace Fuji k o the i dentity of the AMIMOTO-June a boy Eugene Takah ashi ), girls—until Sunday Yoneo 14, Los Angeles. Twin even the to the Usaburo Amimotos MORISAKI—JuIy 10, a boy to the i nfants die Uyeda). Angeles. Henry evening wh en the coronation to processing of Ai Y°?e Los K. Morisaki s. Lodi ASAMOTO—June 25, a girl Th ea MURAKAMI—JuIy a girl to h all i s h eld at the Hollywood Jean to the Sam Asamotos 17, Dale Day-old twin daugh ters, Di- Yamamoto), (Maria the Yoshi take Murakamis, New- Palladium. DOAMI—JuIy Cleveland ark, Calit. ane Ak emi and Jo Ann Mi- Th e traditional ceremony will Issei citi zens-to-be 18. a girl to the Tom MURATA—JuIy 8, a girl Sh aron Ki- dori, of Mr. and Mrs. Masuwo Doamis (Fusako Tsumura), San k uko to the Ross Muratas, Camp- i nclude civic officials as well Francisco. Ok uh ara, 113 S. Stockton St., picture and television Los Angeles bell. as motion Nearly 300 FUJISAKI-^une 13, a boy Robert NAKAGAWA—JuIy a boy to died last week. Funeral services Issei petitioners Kenji to the Tom Wataru Fuji - 17, the celebrities. for (Sumi Tom Nakagawas, Fowler. were h eld Th ursday. tally on the queen naturalization were sum- saki s Sakata), Los Angeles Th e final moned for oral examinations FUJITSUBCWune 21. a girl Lani race showed Takako Yamada during days Ch arlene to the Wi lliam Sadao 194,854, Tomik o Baba, two thi s week de- Fuji tsubos (Sylvia Sh i geh ara), Los with and voted only to Issei Angeles. 181,122, maki ng i t an almost requiring i nterpreter HAMAGUCHI—June 5, girl Lyn rim-away show with Florence assistance. a day to the Toru Anthony Hamaguchi s j 4 Ochi beh i nd with 111,394 votes. All Th ursday, Aug. 12 (Toshi k o Ono), Los Angeles. Secme'pufyvtc Aochi , a favorite with and Friday morning, Aug. 13, HAYASE—June 14, a girl Stacie ■ June wereset by Dawn to the George Hayases (Isa- Miss Ochi to gain the 1954 aside the Los An- Vera w°ng), geles office of rr^eJi? Los Angeles. crown, was i n fourth spot with the Immigration HIOKI—JuIy 8, a girl Patricia May *)k a and Naturalization Service for to the Albert Hioki s, San Jose. rTftyti Paying pot 75,904; wh i le Michi Masukawa HIRASUNA—JuIy girl last-minutepush thi s project. 17, a to the Weathered the James Hirasunas, Fresno. ▲A▲ ▲ A from sixth and seventh place Eigh teen examiners with the HIRAYAMA—JuIy 14, a boy Duane to the Art Hirayamas (Kiyomi contenders to stay i n the finals. assistance of i nterpreters pro- Saneto), * EARN FROM by Cleveland. ■ S « Sh e h ad 71,874 votes. vided the JACL Regional Of- HOSOKAWA—JuIy 24, a girl to the -■ $200 TO $600 A WEEK read-'em-and-weep fice processed petitioners M. Hosokawas, Seattle. To *E r Th e lone- Issei * fa I© some five, out of race, were at the rate of 200 a day. Th ose IDE—June 18, a boy Jon Th omas to tt | f the Joubu Ides (Fumik o Fuku- * EVERY GRADUATE EMPLOYED Evelyft Yamato, 55,421; Marlene wh i ch the I&NSoffice are un- yama), Los Angeles. G -c B 1 Hada, 47,091; Ch eri Iwata, 37,- able to complete during thi s IGARASHI—June 5, a boy Keith ** .} MORE SEXORS URGENTLY NEEDED period will be Katsumi to the Katsumi Igarashi s t 8 % -061; Toshi k o Oda, 13,202; and called i n the fol- (Etsuko f VETERAN APPROVED Patsy Ak i yama, 5,869. lowing week, according Hashi ma), Los Angeles. f|J| to'in- IKEGAMI—June 26, a h gy to the * LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS As i t was, the voting end of' formation received by JACL Toshi k a zv Ikegamis, Rlountain J ■J the contest turned i nto a two- Regional Director Tats Kushi da. View. & *ft OLDEST AND LARGEST SCHOOL candidate affair ISHIKAWA—JuIy 17, a boy Joh n I A and wh i le i t Volunteer i nterpreters assist- Moffett to the Moffett Ishi k awas, * * recorded the most ballots to i ng thi s service i nclude: San Jose. R ■ Write For Free Catalogue Today to ISHIMINE— July 10, a girl to the " date, i t failed arouse general Ted Ak ah oshi , Frank F. Ch uman, Hideo * i nterest. Frank Hiroh ata. Ch oyei Kondo. Ar- Ishi mines, Long Beach. thur K. Kamiya, ISHIZAWA—June 13, a girl Lori Kamii , Saburo Dawn to the Noboru Ishi zawas ■jr Henry Kido, Nisuke Mitsumori. Katsuma (Catherine Sakaye Motooka), Th e thi rd biennial Mukaeda." Gongoro Nakamura, Ted Los Oh ye troph y air race, sponsored Ok umoto, Kenneth T. Sato. Faul Angeles. Ta- IWASA—JuIy 20, a boy to the Dr. by the Nisei Fliers of America, k eda, Takao Takekoshi , Takeo Ta- George Ore. nino, Kei Uchi ma. Elmer Yamamoto Iwasas, Ontario. drew a blank as far as Nisei and David Yokozeki . IWATA—June 17, a boy Burton Ta- winners were dao to the Richard Hiroshi Iwatas concerned. Issei petitioners (Vicki e Hata), An- to wh o were Katsuko Los I Th e Fullerton San Jose sworn i n yesterday may geles. round, trip derby be h eld last registered to vote i n the Novem- KATAOKA—JuIy 4, a boy to the weekend entrants, Ichi ro Kataokas, Selma. found 31 of general by calling boy wh i ch three were Japanese ber elections KAWABATA—JuIy 17, a to the at the JACL Regional Office be- Hisao Kawabatas, San Francisco. Americans. But the best for tween Sept. 7-9. Blanche Sh i o- KAWAHARA—JuIy 5. a girl to tha them was a ninth place by K. Kawah aras, Long Beach. saki , office secretary, h as been KAWAHARA—June 11, a boy Paul Th omas Takemura of Puyallup, Yuki o to Toshi yuki Kawah aras authorized as a deputy registrar the ■^ki - y Wz&aFh V&BBKt ■-* SmA Wash., wh o was first i n the (Mitsuko Iwamoto), Los Angeles. mrtf ;. , %sBr>><:**.-.i-tamm i tezmmam of voters. KIKKAWA^TuIy a girl to the test biennial h op wh i ch covered 11, M\ Los Angeles Hiroshi Kik k awas, Pasadena. 200 LINE STREET A*f\ to Fresno and San KOBAYASHI—June 21, a boy to the LANSDALE, PENNA. M A W i !rancisco. Hideo Kobayashi s, San Diego. Branch School: M S MAMf%mm
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