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PACIFIC CITIZEN.mm;no.H SALTLAKECITY,UTAH,
SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER15,1945 Price:SevenCents
FourWoundedVeteransGive442nd'sContributi
ontoFDRMemorialtoPresidentTruman
"MoneyRaised i nItalyByVoluntaryDonationsFrom Nisei Soldiers
WASHINGTON-Th esum of$4300,raisedbetweenbattles i
nItalybymenofth e442nd(Japa-nese American)
OombatTeam,waspresentedbyfourNisei warveteranstoPresidentTruman i
nth eWh i teHouseonSept.10forusetowardth eerectionofamem-orialtoth
elatePresidentFrank -linD.Roosevelt.Th e fourJapanese
Americanveteranswh omade th epresenta-tion i naceremonyatth eWh i
teHousewerePfc.JesseHirata,26,ofHonoaunau,T.H.,h olderofth e Disti
ngui sh ed Service Crossforextraordinary.h eroi sm i
nItaly;Sgt.Yeich i Kuwayama,25,LongIsland,N.~ h olderofth eSi
lverStar;Pfc.Terumi Kato,20,ofHonolulu,wh olosti h i srigh tlegi
nth eItaliancampaign;and,Pfc.GeorgeTsuj i moto,25,ofTracy,Calif.,wh
owaswoundedi nItaly.Th epresentationbyth eNi seisoldierswas made i
nbeh alfofth e442ndCombatTeamwh i ch i ssti lli nth
eMediterraneanth eaterofoperations.Th efourveteranswereaccom-
paniedbyInteriorSecretaryIck es,WRADirectorDillonS.MyerandEarlM.
Finch ofHattiesburg,Miss.Sgt.Kuwayama,spok esmanforth
egroup,toldPresidentTrumanth emoneywascontributed spon-taneouslyi
nmemoryofPresidentRoosevelt'si dealth at"American-i smi
snotamatterofancestrybutofth emi ndandh eart."Th esoldiers ask ed
PresidentTrumantouseth emoneyanywayh eseesfiti
ncommemorationofAmerica'slatewarpresident.
EvacueeFamili esFindHomesi nRich mondUnitsRICHMOND, Calif.—
Tenfamili esofJapaneseancestry,Iwith men i n th e service,loved i
ntouni tsofth eRich -i eHousing Auth ori ty onSflit.8.
...fljefamili eswereplaced i nBousing Auth ori ty dwellings
MWallAvenueand1South 18thStreet Th eyweremovedtoRich mond byth
eWarReloca-tionAuth ori tyandth eFederalpTblic Housing"Auth ori
tyfol-lowingth ei rreturnfrom awarrelocation center.
TwoEvacueesFromPostonDie i nWreckTwoNi sei SoldiersAmongTh
oseInj uredInSantaFeCrash
POSTON,Ariz.—Two men ofJapaneseancestryk i lledi natrainwßck
atArcadia,Calif.,onSept.t,vei*from th
eColoradoRiverrelocationcenter,i twasreportedh ere.'Several
Japanese Americans"were i nj ured i nth ecrash ofth
e(jstboundSantaFelimi ted,
ac-cordingtoateletypemessagetoPostalfromth
eLosAnglesWRA.IVdeadwereNobuoItanoandYmej i Yasutomi
of27-6-Cand11-U-Am Poston,both
pre-evacua-ionresidentsofLaHabra,Calif.Itanowasreturningtoth
ecenterliterh avi ngmade h ousi ng ar-mamentsforh i sfami
ly.Amongth osei nj uredi nth etrai nundentwereTech .Sgt.JamesS.Yodi
i nobu,47-yearoldNisei yet-naofth ei nvasi onofIwoJimawh osuffered
minor lacerationsudasprainedank le;Pvt.DickKini k a,wh
osefamilyresidesat19+A,Poston,wh owastreatedformi nori nj uri
es;andKami Ya-mah a"wh osuffered,minqr.h eadudstomach brui ses.
Seek toExtraditeTok yoRoseforTrialLOS ANGELES — U.S.At-torneyCh
arlesH.Carrsaid onSept,13h ewouldseek extraditi on>f'Tok
yoRose"totry h eri nLoswelesonach argeoftreason.wToguri,wh o i s
beli evedtowebeen one ofth e "Tok yowes"onRadioTok yo,i sbeli
ev-»toh ave been born i n Los%!esi n 1916.
MessHallReportedDestroyedbyFire
NEWELL,Calif.—A mess h allservingevacueesofJapaneseah
-cestryatth eTuleLak ecenter-wasdestroyedbyfireofunk
nownori-ginon-Sept.11.Promptactionbyth e centersfire
departmentprevented th eblazefrom spreading to oth erbuildi ngs.
■FirstNisei WACAssignedtoDutyInPacifi
cAreaHONOLULU,T.H.—Pvt.RuthFuj i i ,firstofHawai i 's59WACstoreturn
h omeaftercompletingh ertraini ngi nth eUnitedStates,i
snowenrouteto"forwardareas"i nth ePacifi c,sh erevealedsh
ort-lyaftersh earrivedonanArmytransportplaneatHick am
FieldonAug.26.
JudgeRefusesNisei Woman'sBidforReturnofCiti zensh i
pF«ler«IJusticeBalk sAtGrantingRigh tsUnderCableAct
IteSW?'Ore-~Declaringtat UnitedStatesgovern
Ssh towen"loyal"and"dis-BtLffiV*Japanese an-
-
NotedU.S.Publish erSaysJapaneseAmericansFacedDoubleHazardi
nPacifi cDESMOINES,la.—AmericansoldiersofJapaneseancestry
i nPacifi careas"frequentlyweresh otbyoth erAmericantroopswh omi
stook th em forenemies,"Joh nCowles,vicepresidentofth
eDcsMoinesRegisterandTribuneandpublish erofth
eMin-neapolisStar-JournalandTribune,declared i naspecialarticleh
erelastweek upon h i sreturnfrom atourofAmericanbasesandi
nstallations i nth ePacifi c.
Cowlescitedan i nci dentonOk i nawa i nwh i ch h e"sai dtwoNisei
soldierswerek i lled."Amongth ebravestmen i nth
eAmericanArmyseemedtometobe th e Nisei ,th ose unfortunateindi vi
dualsborn i n th e UnitedStates ofJapanese parents,againstwh om
afewofourciti -zensh ave sh ownsomuch i gnor-antprejudi
ce,"Cowlessaid."Th eNi sei regularlyvolunteer-
edforth emostdangerousmis-si ons.Frequentlyth eyweresh otby oth
erAmerican troops wh omi stook th em forenemies."OnedayonOk i
nawa,forex-
ample two AmericanNisei h adth eassignmentofbringi ng backtoth
eprisoncamp 30Japswh omth eyh adroundedup i nth e j
ungleandpersuadedtosurrender.Allth e Americanforces i nth atvi-cini
ty h ad been cautionedastowh atwas h appening.Accidental-ly,h
owever,alaborbattalionth ath adnotbeennotifi eddrovedowna road j
ustas th e two Niseiemerged from th e j ungle withth ei rcaptiveand
k i lledall,Niseiandenemyali k e."
CANADIANISSEISERVESFIVEYEARSINEUROPEANWARCALGARY,Alta.—A
JapaneseCanadiansergeant,veteranoffiveyearsofactiveservicei nth
eCan-adi anArmy,duringwh i ch ti meh efough twith Canadian uni ts i
nEurope,wasborni nJapanbut,h i sspeech andth ough tsareth
oseofa'Canadian-bornciti zenofJapa-neseancestry.Sgt.WalterSenmatsu
Nish i -
k awareturnedrecentlyfromItalyandFrance.Now i n h i
slatefor-ties,Sgt.Nish i k awacametoCan-adawh enh
ewasquiteyoungandh asli ved i nth eprairi eprovincesformostofth
etime,findi ngworki nWinnepegandlaterat Banff.Beforeh eenlistedi
nEdmontoni n3939,h e h elda j obas h
eadbellboyatCalgary'sHotelPalliser.Sgt.Nish i k awawentoverseasi
nDec.1939,j ustafew month safterth estartofth ewari
nEur-ope,andreturnedonJune9,1945.
Mili taryPoliceDetach mentsWith drawnfrom Centers9th
ServiceCommandEndsControlofEvacueeGroup
FORTDOUGLAS, Utah —Mi li -tarycontrolofcivi li ansi
nwarre-locationcentersfor persons ofJapaneseancestryi n th
eNinthServiceCommand endedatmid-nigh tonSept.4,Armyh
eadquar-tersannouncedlastweek .Th esi multaneousproclamations
i ssuedbyMaj.Gen.HC.Pratt,commanderofth e Western
De-fenseCommand,andSecretaryofWarStimsononSept.3removedallmili
tarycurbsonpersonsofJapaneseancestry.Underspecial,wartime
regula-tionsmili tarypoliceh adbeensta-tionedateach ofth
ewar'reloca-ti oncenterstocontrolegressandi ngressofcivi li
ansresidi ngi nth eWRAcamps.Membersofmili tarypoliceun-i tswh i ch
h avebeenassigned to
warrelocationcampswillbereas-signedtonewduties,accordingtoNinth
ServiceCommandh eadquar-ters.Th
eproclamationsbyGen.PrattandSecretary Stimson removedallmili
tarycontrols i mposed oncivi li ansofJapaneseancestryasaresultofth
eevacuationandex-clusionprogram.Th efi rstresultofth
eproclamationswasth eabol-i sh mentofmili tarypoliceguardsatth
erelocationcenters.
TopazFamili esRaiseJACLFundTh esum of$1,006.96 h asbeen
raisedby571famili esatth eCen-tralUtah
warrelocationcenteratTopaztosupportth eactivi ti
esandprogramofnationalh eadquar-tersofth e Japanese AmericanCiti
zensLeague,accordingtoanannouncementlastweek byHitoOk
ada,nationaltreasurer.
Nisei SoldierWith U.S.Unit|nJapanSendsImpressions
Letterfrom Yok oh ama:
Pn,irr!oll°TB lsth e,fir»tr̂orttobereceivedby th eUh h lh
C"C't;uen̂f!:Om anAmerirth eU"itS
Nisei AwardedSilverStar
WITH THEFIFTH ARMY,ITALY—Awardedth eSilverStarMedalforgallantryi
naction,Pfc.Masami S.Iwatak i ofNewh ope,California,i
sdecoratedbyCol.V.R.Miller,command-i ngofficerofth
e442nd(JapaneseAmerican)CombatTeam dur-i ngrecentceremonies i
nItaly.—SignalCorpsph otofrom FifthArmy. ■.TuleLak eAdmini
strationNotCh angedbyActionofArmyMili
taryPoliceNowActingasAgentsofJusticeDepartment
NEWELL,Calif.—Removal by.th eWesternDefenseCommandofmili
taryrestricti ons,with th emili -tarypoliceatth eTuleLak e
cen-ternow actingonly as specialagentsofth eDepartmentofJust-i
le/fordetentionofpersonsdesig-natedbyth eJusticeDepartmentdoesnotch
angeth e admini stra-ti onofth ecenterbyth eWarRe-locationAuth ori
ty,Harry Black ,actingprojectdirector,declaredth i sweek .Black sai
dth atth erescindi ngofmili
taryexcludeeandsegregeeorderswillenableWRAtoassistmanymorepeopletowardresettle-ment."Wh
i leth eDepartmentofJust-
i cenow i sth esoleauth ori tyfordeterminati onofwh omaynotatth
i sti meleaveth ecenter,TuleLak eremainsaWRAcenter,ad-mi ni
steredsolelybyth eWRA,"Black sai d.Henotedth atth ere
willbe"someminorch angesi nproced-ures,"owingtoth efactth atth eWRA
vyilltak eoversomefunc-ti onwh i ch h avebeenperformedi nti h
epastbyth eArmy.Black sai dth epresentsystemofpasses and work
badgeswi llbecontinued foradmini strativepurposes."Th
epassesandbadgesarenowunderth ej uri sdi cti onofth eWRAi
nsteadofth eArmy,andWRApersonneli nsteadofArmy per-sonnelnow i
sondutyatallofth ecolonygates.
ReturnedEvacueeFloristsDonateRosesToNavalHospitalMT.EDEN,Calif.—Largesup-
pliesofrosesfrom th eMt.EdenNursery,operatedbyth eSh i
batafamily,gotwiceaweek toth eNavy'sCamp Sh oemak er."Th
eNavysendsatruck over,"Mrs.Jinj i roSh i
batadeclares,"wearegladtogiveth emflowersbe-causei tmak esth eboysi
nth e,h os-pital(h appy.Itmak esus h appy,Th eSh i batash
avefoursons i nth eArmy,onesomewh ereonNew
Guinea.Th eSh i bataswereevacuatedtoTi i leLak e i
n1942andrelocatedto
Ch i cago.Th eyreturnedtoMountk densh ortlyafterth
erevocation■ofth emassexclusionorderslastDecember.
EvacueeFamili
esHousedatRentonSEATTLE-TwelveJapaneseAmericanfamili
esrecentlyfoundh ousi ngaceomodationsi nth eRen-ton High lands
Federal publich ousi ngproject,th
eSeattleWRAofficereportedonSept.11Amongth efi
rstevacuee"fami-listomovei ntoth eh ousi
ngproj-ectwereMr.andMrs.Tak eoMi-yak eandth ei rdaugh
ter,Carol18month s old,and th e Ich i k awasyi i ßi i uaIch i k
awa'B.h usbandSgt
CANADIANNISEITROOPSWILLSEEJAPANSERIYICEVANCOUVER,B.C—Th
eVan-couverProvincereportedonAug.27th
at150CanadiansoldiersofJapaneseancestry,manyofth emfrom th
eevacuatedareaofBrit-i sh Columbia,willh elpth eAlliesi nliai
sonwork i nth eoccupationofJapan."Asmembers ofth
eCanadianIntelligenceCorps,th eywillassisti nth eoccupationofth
eJapaneseh omeland,"th eProvincedeclared."Th erecruiti ng h asbeen
i neast-ernCanada,andno trouble h asbeenexperiencedi ngettingth
ere-quirednumberofrecruits.""Th efirstgroup,twenty-oneformerBriti
sh Columbians, wasi nductedatNo.2 Distri ctDepot,Toronto,i nMarch
.Th eyweregiv-enph ysi calandmentaltests,andi twasreportedth atth
eexaminersweresurprisedatth e h i gh aver-agemadebyth eNi sei i n
th ei rmentalscores,"th eProvincecon-cluded.Itwasbelievedth atth e
Can-adi anNisei soldierswillbe at-tach edtoBriti sh
andAustralianArmyunits,since i twasatth erequestofth
osegovernmentsth atth eNisei wererecruitedearlierth i
syear.TwogroupsofJapaneseCana-
dians,alreadyarereportedover-seas.Th efirstgroupis i nIndiawh i
leanoth eri si nAustralia.Oneplatoon h asbeenreceivi ngspecial-i
zedtraini ngi n Vancouver, th efi
rstiCanadiansofJapanesean-cestrytoreturntoth eevacuatedarea.
CaliforniaFilesEsch eatSuitsForFarm
LandsViolationofAlienLâLawCh argedi nLatestCasesi
nTulareCourtVISALIA,Calif.-Twomore«.ch eatnutsi i
naseriesdesignedseizeforth
eStatelandsw&legedlywereacquiredbypeiSofJapaneseancestryi
nVSofth eCaliforniaA'i enUndu"werefiled i n
SuperiorCourtSept8byDeputyAttorneylneralEverettW.MattoonandDktnctAttorneyWalterC.BafetaTh
e sui tsaredirected3.Kich i saburoSh i baandh i sS|th etwoprinci
paldefendantsTUBinvolvetworanch es i nth eSevilldi stri ct. "l8Th
efi rstranch wasacouinwi JTok utaroKawamuraan7Mi n
November,1925,and th ettstilli si nth enameofth eKaramuraswh
oareUnitedStatescitizens.Th eoth erwaspurch ased i
.September,1940,by"a?̂from Ki k uo Matsuniotoandtitlwasvestedi n th
e Sh i bas'„.Willi am Sh i ba,aciti zenTh eStateallegesth atth
ougfcth eti tlesarei nth enamesof£.wamuraandWilli am Sh i ba
tine'derSh i bas,wh oarealiens,arflth
eactualownersandpossessors*Byth asui tsth eStateseek stilobtainti
tletoth elands,todisposflsessth eSh i basandtoforceth enfltomak
eanaccountingofallcropfltak enfrom th etworanch esTh
JKawamurasandWilli am Sh i baailmadeco-defendants i none suitlwh i
leWilli am Sh i baand
C.flReaganandMr.andMrs.DaviflHoferarenamedco-defendantsi 9th eoth
ersuitbecauseofatnislfldeedexecutedbyth e Sh i bas
-
LargestGroupOfEvacueesBack i nTulareINeW
Arrival*MetByFriends,RelaUves,S.y,WRA Officer
tta flili f—Eigh ty-th
reel̂'largestsingle'oontin-■r&eestoreturntoth
efernMareC(>untyal|a>tarfiKjbvspecialtrainonSept.6j
gglocationcenteratPos-f̂th anascoreofth
epersonsIHfZipwereformerresi-X;fVisali a,wh i leasimi
larfcrfomeSresided i nLind-Keremainderwereannounc-■?.beingfrom
scatteredpartsf£.county,i ncluding Dmuba.Ef(Kr,Woodlak
eandIvan-■mnrth em Tu'.are h asbeen th e■irf̂ti vi ti esforth
eIvan-PCiti zensAssociati on,ananti-WLm grouporganizedtopre-Sth
ereturnofpersonsofJapa-E!ancestrytoTulareCounty.)llbertM Cullum, h
eadofth eKTofficeatVisali
a,saidmostXtienewarrivalsweremetbyWLLorrelativeswh oprovidedC,with
livi ng (luarters,butIZ«rebeingcaredfori nth eEnlist Gl»urch wh i
ch h asbeenEverted i ntoa temporaryh os-■Someofth
ereturnees,CullumLexpecttoreturntoth eei rInfarms,wh i ch th
eyrelinqui sh -Ewh en th ey were evacuated,Kileoth
ersplantofindtempor-fcemploymentasfarm laborers.Xortwoofth
egroupwere i nKnessbeforebeingevacuated.■Mr,Cullum estimated th
atsoHi about400evacuees ofJapa-Keancestryh ave i -eturnedtoh i
sKrictwh i ch i ncludesKern,Tv-X,Kings,Inyo MonoandAl-
UNKNOWNEvacuee Famili esGgetCaliforniaState
UNKNOWNDaringJulySACRAMENTO—Th eStateDe-rtmentofSocialWelfare
re-ttedonAug.27th at44fami-lofJapaneseancestry,return-evacuaesfrom
warre'ocationtas,h adreceivedresettlementistance i nJuly.i noffici
alofth eStatewelfarepuizati oncommentedth atth
eimberrequestingassistanceh asIbeennearlyasgreatas.h
adnexpected.
UNKNOWNNiseiUNKNOWNElectCouncil
UNKNOWNComingPicni c
IStGTON,D. C.— Th enNisei willelectfi ve
'orth eCouncilforth etoatapicni conSept.cnic,towh i ch th
eIsseii muni tyarei nvi ted,will;St. Paul's EpiscopalrapoundsonRock
Creek
faactivi ti eswillstartsoftballgamebetweenteams,h orsesh oepitch
-pong,croquet,andoth ert«rsupper,th erewillbewth ebusi
nessmeeting,1-befollowedbyatalkming'sspeak er,■menforth epicni
carewaandTom Sato.Gom-mberei ncludeTosh
Koi-ttmane,AnneKurimoto,sunobu,Ray Hash i tani ,Tak esh i
ta,RoyToda,Al-»">to,Tad Sunoh ara,!̂i ,Sach i ye Nish i
o,■»,BobIk i ,JoyTak e:MyMenda,Fumi Tak a-utaSek i ,Bob
Sato,Tos-JYuk i Tanak a, Yosh ira2rwa'Sumi Haj i >
UNKNOWNPartici pateUNKNOWNInterracialMeet
■nuS (f"Constructive«it?m,oô BetweenbetZ.matarecentlleet-"Cri
Negroesand Japa-*w&fttPilgri m
House-entatua-apost-graduate»temnn,,a?iVard Univeraity
servedtL "*Middleton,
DanceTimeforNisei GIs
(Above)—Look i ngdownonagroupofNisei GlsandWash -i ngton h
ostessesatth eregularSaturdayeveningdancegivenatth eWash i
ngtonNisei USO.Th i sclub,calledth e"Ni sei USO,"i sanoffici
almemberofth eWash i ngtonDistri ctUSO.(Lower)—Agroupatth
eUSOpartypick soutrecordsto,be
playedforth eevening'sdances.Th eyare(lefttorigh
t)pfc.PaulY.HosodaofIdah o,PurpleHeartveteranofth
eETO;MaryOgawa,Lava,Idah o,anemployeeofth eWarDepartment;Fuk i Sek
i ,Seattle.Wash .,anemployeeofUNRRA;Yuk i yeTanak a,Livi
ngston,Calif.,anemployeeofth eUSDA;and,Cpl.Jack
K.Furuya,LosAngeles,ofth eMobileIntelligenceTrain-i ngUnit.Allth
reeofth egirlsareUSO j uni orh ostesses.
Nisei USOServesSoldiersVisi ti ng i nNation'sCapitalWASHINGTON,
I>. C—Wash -i ngton'sNisei USO continuestopack th em i n every
Saturdaynigh t,V-JDayornot.Goodmusic,tastyrefresh mentsandwh
olesomefellowsh i pprovidedbyNisei andCaucasianJunior Hostesses
areth ereasonswh y.Iti sestimatedth atsince i tsoffici
alorganiza-tionmoreth aneigh tmonth sago,th elocalUSO h as
entertainedmoreth an6,000Gl'sandcivi li ansfrom allpointsi nth
eU.S.andHawai i .Back i nth eearlydaysofth ewar,wh enth e 100th
Battalionwentacrossandth e 442nd fol-lowed,h
urry-uppartieswerear-rangedforth eboysbylocalNi-sei i
ncooperationwi th membersofth eWash i ngtonCiti zensCom-mi
tteeandlaterbyth elocalNi-sei Council.However,asth eearlytrick
leofreplacements for th e442ndswelledi ntoafloodtidewithth erisi ng
tempoofth ewar,th enumberofNisei Gl's awaiti ngsh i ppi
ngoutordersatth
eArmyGroundForcesReplacementDepotatnearbyPortMeadctotaledasmuch
as2,500ati tspeak .Fromboth afunctionalandfin-ancialstandpoint,th
esteady i n-fluxofNisei replacementsbecametoomuch forth eCounciltoh
andle.Andi twasatth i spointth atMrs.Willi amKerrandth
eRev.NelsonSoWegelofth eCiti zens'Commit;teetog-eth erwith th
elocalNiseiCouncil.securedth esupportandsponsorsh i pofth eDistri
ctofCo-lumbiaUSO,wh i ch was h eadedatth attimebyMiss MabelCook
,nowexecutivedi rectorofth eDi st-rictYWCA.Arrangements
v-eremadetoplaceallactivi ti esforNi-sei servicemenunderth
edirectionofth eYWOAUSO Club,biggestuniti nth eDistri ctand
pioneerclubi nth i sarea.MissGretch enFei k er, YWCA
USO Director,and Miss HeleneJoh nson,assistant,k eepth e
Vi>u
goingatasteadypaceeach Sat-urdaynigh tatSt.Joh
n'sParishHall,"816Kith StreetNW,oneblock from th eWh i teHouse.Th
eNi sei HostessPlanningCommitteeconsistsofCh ai rmanKenk o No-gak i
,Secretary-TreasurerYuk i yeTanak a,andYvonneNoguch i ,Fu-k i Sek i
,andSaah i yeNi sh i o.Th eyareassistedby30 Ni sei
JuniorHostesses,.allofwh om h avetak enth eregulartraini ng course
re-quiredofUSO h ostesses.A variedprogram ofactivi ti es
h asbeenconducted i nth e past,i ncludingpicni
cs,buffetsuppers,andspecialpartynigh ts.Th eendof.h osti li ti esi
nEurope
and i nth ePacifi cliasmadeonlyasligh tdenti nth eattendanceatth
esocials,for th ere are stillmanyNisei i
nspecialservicessta-tioned|.tWarrenton and CampLee i nVi rgi ni
a,CampRitch i e i nMaryland,andBoeingFieldandth ePentagoni nth
eDistri ct,pluswoundedveterans from
VValterReed.HospitalandWoodrowWil-sonHospitali nVi rgi ni a.
Ch i cagoJACLWillSponsorDiscussionOnResettlementGHIdAGO—Th eCh i
cagoJACL
ch apterwillsponsorapanel̂di s-cussionon"Oh i
cagoorCaWorniaonFridaynigh t,Sept. 21,at8pm i nth eBlue Room of th
eHydePark YMCA,1400East53rdStrictMembersofth epanelwi ll i n-
cludeTogoTanak a,Joh nBrenton,
MrsD Kitow,Th omas MasudaandDrT.T.Yatabe.DrErnestTnk ah ash i
willactasmoderator
S£.̂rvs1asand i nth eMidwest.
VFW Posti nSpok aneRejectsSgt.Koyama,WoundedVeteranOfPacifi
cWarAgainstJapan
VFWOffici alsSay"SmallMinori ty"Responsible;Applicati
onsofRejectedJapaneseAmericansAcceptedbyMili
taryOrderofPurpleHeart
SPOKANE,Wash .—StaffSgt.SpadyKoyama,awoundedveteranofth ePacifi
cwar,wasdeniedmembersh i
pbyVeter-ansofForeignWarspostNo.51onSept.5.Th eSpok
aneVFWpostpreviouslyh adrejectedth eapplicati onsoftwooth
erJapa-neseAmericans,Pfc.Rich ardNaitoandPfc.Th
omasImai,ongroundsofancestry.Th eVeteransCommitteeforEqualRigh
ts,organizedby
458combatveteransat-BaxterGeneralHospitali nSpok anetoprotestth
erejecti onofPfc.Naito'"andPfc.Imai,i ndi catedth atth erejecti on
ofth e th ree JapaneseAmericanswasth eresultofth eoppositi onofa
smallminori tywith i nth eVFW post.(AccordingtoVFW rulesanapplicati
onmaybe rejected i fth ere are th reeblack balls.)Simultaneously,i
twasannounc-
ed th atSgt.Koyama andPfc.Naitoh adbeenelectedtoth eSpo-k anech
apterofth eMili taryOr-derofth ePurpleHeart. Com-manderJack
L.Hamillofth ePur-pleHeartgroupsaidth
atmem-bersofPostNo.208votedunan-i mouslytoacceptth
etwoJapa-neseAmericanveterans.(Itwasalsoreportedth
atmanymembersofth eSpok aneVFW postwh i chrejectedth eth reeNi sei
alsoaremembersofth
ePurpleHeartor-der.)SgtKoyama,anativeofeasternWash i ngton, i s a
graduate ofLewisandClark h i gh sch ooli nSpok ane.Heservedwith
GeneralMacArth ur'sh eadquartersi nAus-traliaand laterwasondetach
edservicewith th eSi xth ArmyinNewGuineaandth eDutch EastIndies.
,He waswoundedduringlandingoperationsonLeytebyapieceofsh
rapnelfroma500-poundbombdroppedbyanenemydive-bomber.HeandPfc.Naito,wh
owasseriouslywounded i nItaly,arepatientsatBaxterh ospi
tal.Applicati onformembersh i pi n
PostNo.51,VFW,wasmadeonSept.1bySgt.KoyamaandSgt.EugeneNationofSanFrancisco,aveteranofNorth
AfricaandItaly."Weweretoldth atourappli-
cationswouldbeactedonatth emeetingofth eposttobeh eldth
efollowing Wednesday," Nationsaid."OnTh ursdayIcalledth
eofficeofPost51toask i factionh adbeentak en.Iwastoldth
atmyapplicati onh adbeenapproved,butnoreportcouldbe given
onSgt.Koyama's.""Wh ysh ouldVFW Post51sh owprejudi
ceagainstoneofmycom-rades-in-arms?"Sgt.Nationask -ed."Weboth fough
tth esamefigh tagainstprejudi ceanddiscri mi na-ti on."
NewsofSgtKoyama'srejecti onbyPost51 spreadrapidlyamongh i
sfellowpatientsandsoldiersatmili taryposts i n th e Spok
anearea.EdwardSalsioh ,ch ai rman,ofth e
Veterans CommitteeforEqualRigh ts wh i ch now h as
membersamong-servicemenatoth ermili -tary i nstallationsbeside
Baxterh ospi tal,declared:"Iti sourviewth atth eadmis-si
onbyunanimousvoteofDickNai
toandSpadyKoyama,twofineAmericansoldiers,i ntoth eOrderofth
ePurpleHeart,emph asi zesagain th e undemocratic positi ontak
enbyafew membersofth eVFW PostNo.51 i nconsistentlyblack
ballingapplicantsofJapa-nese ancestrywh o h ave servedth ei
rcountry."HaroldR.Sch org, senior vi cecommanderofth e Purple
Heartch apter,declared:"Weadmitted th ese Japanese
Americanstomembersh i pwith outadissentingvote.Menwoundedi
nactiononth ebattlefieldh aveadeepfeelingofcomradesh i pforallmenwh
o,li k e th emselves, h avesh edbloodforAmerica.Th i sfeel-i ngi
saboveraceorcreedorcolor.We'reallAmericans,andweallfough tforth
esameth i ngs."Salsich explainedth atth
eViCERwassetupbypresentandformermembersofth
earmedforcestocombaatandexposecasesofdis-cri mi nati onandprejudi
cebecauseof"race,color,creedorextrac-tion i
nvolvingpresentorformermembersofth earmedforcesandth emerch
antmarine."Lastweek th eVi CER
forward-edaletterofprotesttoSecretaryofWarStimsonagainstth ebeat-i
ngofth reeNegro WAOs bywh i tepolicemen i nKentuck y.Offici alsofth
eVFW posth avestatedth atonlyasmallminori tycastth e
negativevotesagainstPfc.NaitoandPfc.Imai andth atth emembersh i
pasawh olewasfreefrom prejudi ce.JeanBrun-ner,nationalcommanderofth
eVFW,h asapologizedtoth eJapa-neseAmericansforth e"stupid-i ty"ofth
eSpok anepost.
"Nisei "GirlTellsExperiencesOfWartimeExistencei nJapanCHICAGO—Th
e wartimeexpe-
ri ences i nTok yoofa"Nisei "girli stold i naSept.6reportfromTok
yobyGeorgeWellerofth eCh i cago Daily News ForeignService.Th e
girl,accordingtoWeller,wasaNisei "th eoth erway"—th ati
s,agirl,young,prettyandpro-nouncedly"American"i
nappear-ance,yetofpartlyJapaneseblood.Th egirl'smoth erwasaCinci
n-nati womanwh o h admarriedaJapanesenationalwh o h adcometoth eUni
tedStatestostudy.Sh ecametoJapanwith i h erh usbandandsoonfoundth
atNipponwasnotalandofch erryblossomsanddollsbutofpolicei nvestigati
ons■and Spartanlivi ng.Th e moth erli adseparatedfroim h erh
usbandand h adearnedalivi ngforh er-selfand h ertwodaugh
tetrsbywork i ng i nanAmericanoi
lcom-panyofficebeforePearlHarbor."EverytimeB-29s cameover,moth
erusedtosay.'Wh ydon'tyou h
urryupandrescueus.'Itseemedsoterriblylong,"th egirltoldreporters.Sh
e h ad been approach edby
newspapermenassh estoodonanelevated trainplatform i n th eGi
nzadistri ctofdowntownTok yobecausesh elook ed"American.""Noth i
ngaboutth egirlonth e
elevated platform wasJapaneseexceptatracei nth ecornersofh
ereyesandflash i ngwh i teteeth .Heraccent,..h erfrank ness, h
erquick laugh
terwereallAmeri-can,"Wellerreported."Butalmosteveryoth ersentencesh
espok eh adword'police'i ni t."Before th e correspondents
spok eto h er,both sh e andth eyweresimplymembersofacrowd,with
outbeingparticularobjectsofattention.Th e momentth eyap-proach ed h
er,agawk i ngand"h otparticularlyfriendly crowd i nrai
ny-dayclogsandmili tarycapesgath eredaround."'I'm
suresomeonewilTseemetalk i ngwith youandreportme,'
sh e said.'Th erearealwayssev-eralpolicespiesaround.'"Th
egirl-explainedth atsh eh ad
madeth etripfrom h ersuburban.h ome i nordertogetacopyofth
eNipponTimes,Tok yo'sEng-li sh -languagenewspaper." „Th
egirltoldWellerth at"forweek s"sh eandmembersofh erfamilyh
adbeentoofrigh tenedtogoi ntotowntoseewh atwasi h
ap-pendng."Allwedoi swork i ngutgar-
denandh opeforth eAmericanstocome,"sh esai d."We'vebeenverysh
ortofmoneysinceIlostmyj obi naFrench bank ,i nApri l."Sh e sai d th
atgovernmentof-fi ci alsh adtri edtogeth ertoworkonTok yoRadioasak
i ndofas-sistantto"Tok yoRose.""Iwenttoth estudiooneday,"
sh ewenton."IsawmanyAmer-i
canprisonersdoingbroadcasting.Itseemedasth ough Icould,i fth
eydid.Weneededmoneybadly.ButIdecidedIcouldnotdoi tandfeelrigh t.
SoIj ustletpoliceth i nk wh ateverth eywantedandstayedh ome."Th
ecorrespondentstook h ertoYok oh amaandintroducedh
ertoLieut.Gen.RobertJ.Eich elberger,commanderofth eEigh th Armywh
oi si nch argeofth eoccupationi nth eTok yoarea.
L̂j ganto15,1945 PACIFICCITIZEN3
-
EDITORIALS:Wash i ngtonWitch h untItappearsth
atpersonsofJapanesean-
cestry i nth eUni tedStatesarenotth roughwith Congressional i
nvestigati onsalth oughi ti
snowsomedayssinceV-JDay.Certainmembersofth
eformerDiesCommittee,nowunderth ech ai rmansh i pofRep.Wood
ofGeorgia,h aveannouoi i £d»̂o th epressth atth
eyaregoingtoconductan i nvestigati onof,th e "Black DragonSociety"
i n th eUnited̂States.Th epurportedexistenceofanAmer-i
canwingofJapan'snotorious terroristi csecretsocietywasoneofth
edeadcatstossedbyth eDi esCommitteewh enRep.Dies h i
nV-.selfwasatth econtrolsofth eHouse inves-tigati nggroup.Th eDi
esCommitteedidnotturnupanyevidenceth atsuch
anorganiza-tionactuallyexistedamongpersonsofJapa-neseancestryi
nAmericaandth euseofth eBlack DragonSocietysmearmustbeli k enedtoth
eperiodi cwitch h untsandRedscaresdreamedupbysuch
CongressmenasRep.Rank i nofMissi ssi ppi andRep.J.ParnellTh
omasofNew Jersey.Iti snomerecoin-ci denceth atReps.Rank i nandTh
omasareth etwogentlemenwh o h avepromisedth eforth comi ng i
nvestigati on.Rep.Rank i n, wh ose prejudi ces against
Negroes,Jews,laborunionsandsocialprog-ressaretoowellk
nowntoneedamplifi ca-tion,once i nsertedaletteri nth
eCongres-sionalRecordwh i ch ch argedth atoneofth ereasonswh
yAmericansofJapaneseancestrywere volunteeringforth e Uni ted
StatesArmywasth atth eycouldgetaboardU.S.warsh i ps,wh i
lebeingtransportedtoover-seasduty,andcouldth usdestroyth eAmer-i
canfleet.Rep.Rank i nwasalsoth eHousesponsorforabillauth ori zi ng
th e Sec-retaryofWartoplaceAmericanciti zensofJapaneseancestry i
nconcentrationcampsforth ereasonofancestryalone.Rep.Th omasmade h i
mselfsomewh atri-
diculous i nMayof1943wh en h eappearedi nLosAngelestolaunch
aDiesCommitteei nvestigati onofJapaneseAmericansandbe-gan i ssui
ngstatementsregardingconditi onsi nth ewarrelocationcentersbeforeh
eh advi si ted anyofth ecamps.Hech argedatth at,timeth atan i
nfantrybattalionofmenofJapaneseancestry,apartofth eImper-i
alJapaneseArmy,waslocatedonTerminalIsland i
nLosAngelesHarborpriortoth ewar.Th eti messinceth enh aveproventh
atRep.Th omas'statementswere made withmalice, i nsupportofth
erace-baiti ngcam-paignofth ose WestCoasti nterestswh oh ave
unsuccessfullysough ttoexclude th eevacueesfrom th
ecoastalareaforth edur-ati onandafter.Th e k i nd oflegislative i
nqui si ti on i n
wh i ch both Reps.Rank i nandTh omasspe-ciali ze i
sasortofactivi tywh i ch decentCongressmenwouldnottouch with th
epro-verbialten-footpole.
MenofGood-WillOnereasonth esh amefulandundemocrat-
i ccampaignofPacifi c Coastanti-evacueegroupsh asfai ledto h
altth ereturnofth eevacuees toth ei rh omeareas i sth atth ereh
avebeenmen i npubliclife,aswellaspri-vateciti zens,wh owi lli nglyh
ave j eopardizedth ei rpositi onsandmaterialbenefitstofigh tforth
epreservationofth eAmerican i dealoffairplay.Such aman i sCarlRoch
et,co-publish er
ofth eRenton,Wash .,NewsRecord.Inaneditori ali n h i
snewspaperonAug.23Mr.Roch etobservedth ath emaymak
eenemiesbytryingtocombatprejudi ceand h emay
become an objectofscornbyP"£"£th erigh tsofracialmi nori ti es
but
h ewas
goingtoproclaim th emeritsof500»famh e
ofJapaneseancestry"turningtoWash i ng
ton'sKingCounty.Mr.R°ch e*dfI"̂̂th osewh odonowsh owrespecttoth
em
are
ofth eNazi class andwillbeconsideredpoorciti zensbyth emaj ori
tyofth eAmeri-
canpeople.Itsh ouldberecalled th atMr.Roch et'snewspaperi
spublish ed i nth e h omegroundsoftwoofth
emostactiveanti-evac-ueeorganizati ons,th
eRememberPearlHar-borLeague and th e Japanese ExclusionLeague.Even
i nsuch centersofanti-evacueeac-
tivi tyasKentandAuburn i nWash i ngton,
th eHoodRi vervalleyandth eGresh am areai nOregonand i
nMontereyandSantaBar-baracounties and th elowerSan Joaquinvalley i
nCalifornia,manymen h avestoodupagainstprevaili
ngcommunitysentimenttopi tth ei rpri nci plesagainstth
earmamentofeconomic i nterests.Th ereh avebeenbusi-nessmenwh o h
avedaredboycotts,newspa-permenwh oh aveleveledth ei redi tori
alba-zook as againstcommunityprejudi ces andmi ni sterswh oh avei
nterpretedth ei rCh ri st-i an teach i ngson th epracticalgroundofh
umanrelationsh i ps.Th ereh avebeenmanyCarlRoch ets. ■■ ■
Restricti veCovenants/ Th eenforcementbyStatecourtsofrac-i
allyrestricti vecovenants i npropertydeedsh
asbeendescribedas"unconstituti
onal"byDudleyMcGovney,professoroflawatth eUniversityofCalifornia.
Writi ng i n th eCaliforniaLawReview,Prof.McGovneyup-h oldsth
eequalityofraces as"arigh tgi ven
byth e14th Amendmenttoth eCon-sti tuti on.Hiscomment i
sespeciallyperti-nentatatimewh enth eoperationofre-stricti
vecovenantsi nresidentialareastendstoenforceth
esegregationofpersonsnotofCaucasianancestry i
ntocongestedurbanareas,creatingLrttle Harlems and Li ttleTok
yos."Alth ough manyAmericans i nearlydays
h adstrongracialprejudi ces i nth ei rprivatesocialrelations,th
eydeterminedth ati nth esph ereofStategovernmentalaction th eresh
ould be no racialdiscri mi nati on,"Prof.McGovney
comments."Undoubtedly,th erearemanyAmericanswh o
wouldendorseareactionarymovement.Enforcementofra-cialresidentialrestricti
onsbyth ecourtsofadozenStates isnotth eonlyevidenceofth
at.But,untilreactiongainsenough ad-h erents toamend th eConstituti
on by oneofth eauth ori zedprocesses,th eregimeofracialequalityi n
legalrigh ts and Stategovernmentactionremainsth esupremelawofth
eland."
Tok yoRoseAsAlliedforcesbroadenth eoccupation
ofth eJapanese h omeland some American-born
Japanesecollaborationi sts areturningup.Th enumber,sofar,h
asnotbeenmany,alth ough "Tok yoRose" h as received
con-siderablepublici ty,mainlybecauseth ereh asbeen i ntensei
nteresti n h er i denti ty,par-ticularlyamongGls i nth ePacifi
c.Alth oughi tseemsth atonlyafewofth eNi sei wh owerecaugh tbyth
ewarinJapanappeartoh ave collaborated activelywith th eTok
yogovernment,andalth ough th
atcollaborationconsistedmainlyofbeingth evariousEng-lish
-languagevoicesofRadioTok yoandoth -erJapanesepropagandastations,i
ti stoberegrettedth ateventh esefewtook th eeasywayoutand became th
e English -speak i ngpawnsofJapaneseFascism.Iti s signi fi cantth
atth e reactionary
Hearstpresswh i ch h asmi ni mi zed th
erec-ordsofAmericansofJapaneseancestry i nth eUni tedStatesArmy h
as sh ownconsid-erablymore i nteresti nth efewTok yoRosesth an i
nth eth ousandsofJapaneseAmeri-cans i nUnitedStatesk h ak i wh
owillplayamajorrole i n th e
AmericanoccupationAnAmericanlaboreditor,touringoccupiedareas i
nJapanasaguestofth eAmericanArmy,h asreportedth at"Tok yoRose"h
assigned acontractwith a Hearstpublica-tion togive h erstoryto th e
people ofAmericaexclusivelyviaHearst.Ifth estoryi strueand i tsh
ouldberecalledth atHearstatone time also publish edsi gned
articlesbyth atAxiswarcrimi nal,Mussolini ,Tok yoRosesmaybeutili
zedaspartofth eNi sei -bai ti ngprogramofth eHearstpublicati
onsSuch aperformancewouldbeconsistentwithth erace-baiti ng role
ofth eHearstpressduringth ewar.Atth everyleastth ewh oleaffai
rsmack s ofquestionable j ournalisti c
niseiUSAbyLARRYTAJIRIOfRace,CreedandColorTh
eproblemsofAmerica'srac-i alandreligi ousminori ti esarei n-divi si
ble. Prejudi ce generatedagainstonegroupoftenaffectoth -ers.Th
epatternsofpublicconductwh i ch wereestablish ed i nth
ese-gregationofaracial minori tyh averemainedtoaffectoth
ers.■Uongth eWestCoastth e re-
stricti ve residential covenantswh i ch forcemembersofminori
tygroupstolive"onth eoth ersi deofth etrack
s"affectallnon-Oau-casiangroupsequally.Th eanti-Ori entalism,wh i
ch wasdevelopedasapoliti calandecon-omicweaponbyth
enativesonsofCaliforniaagainstth eOh i nese i nth elaterdecadesofth
eNineteenthcentury,wastransferredforuseagainstth eJapanesei nth
eState.Th eviolentanti-Japanese cam-paignsi nth eSanJoaqui i
nvalleyi nth epost-waryears followingWorldWarIspilledovertoaffectth
eArmeniangroupsas welli nth eFresnoarea.Manyofth eprac-ti
cesofracistbeh avi orwh i ch op-erateto i nti mi date members
ofminori tygroups were perfectedi nth eDeepSouth againstth
eNe-gro.Th epointi sth at i n figh ti ng
againstdiscri mi natory activi ti esagainstJapanese Americans
wemustbeawareth atth evirusofh atemust be attack ed at i
tssource.Th erecanbenoeasyfu-tureforth eNi sei i foth
erracialminori ti esarenotaccordedsimi -larequalityoftreatment,j
ustasth erecannotbeanyrealpeaceforournationi
foppressionstilllivessomewh ereonth i s planet.Th erampantcellsofth
eFascistcan-cercanagainmultiplyi fth
esur-geryisnotcleanandcomplete.Th esuggestion h
asbeenmadetousonmanyoccasions,oftenbywell-meaningpersons,th atth
eNd-sei canbeassuredofacceptanceandsecurityi fli ewillonlydivorce.h
i sproblemfromth atofoth erAmericanminori ti es,particularlyth
eNegro.Th ei nti mati oni sth atth
eJapaneseAmericans,numeri-callyoneofth esmallestofminor-i tygroupsi
nth i scountry,willbeacceptedas"h onorable Aryans"i fth eywi
llnotalignth ei rpres-entpredicamentwi th wh ati si n-terpretedto
beth egeneralraceproblem i nth eUni tedStates,th equestionofth
eAmericanNegro.Th ech oi ce,ofcourse,i snotforth eNisei .Th
eJapaneseAmericanscannotmak eth ei rpeacewith th
eracistsbyacceptingth eattitudesofth eracesupremacists towardoth
erminori tygroups,alth oughsomeNisei h avetried, j
ustassomemembersofoth erminori tygroupsh avepartici pated i n th
erace-baiti ngofth eNisei by th eNativeSonsandth ei rfellow
trav-elers, iTh eproblemofth eNegroone-tenth ofournationi soneofth
emostfundamentalwh i ch facesourAmericanpostwargeneration.Ifth
atproblem cannotbesatisfact-orilyresolvedagainst th e
per-spectiveofourconstituti onalgu-arantees1toeveryciti zen,th
ende-mocracyi samisnomer and th eobjecti vesofth
eAmericanRevolu-tion,th at"allmenwerecreatedequal"amdh ave"certain
i nali en-ablerigh ts"among wh i ch arelife,libertyandth
epursuitofh appi ness,"remainunfulfilled.Wh i leth epractices
ofracial
prejudi ce,such asrestricti verac-i
allegislationandresidentialcov-enants,are permitted to exist,th
erei snoescapefromdiscri mi n-ationforanyminori ty.Th e ci
r-cumstancesofwarandth eh eart-feltAmericansympath yforth
ePeopleofCh i naforth ei rvaliantstruggleagainstth ei r
Japaneseoppressorsh averesulted i nadef-i ni telyfavorableatmosph
ere forCh i neseAmericanson th e WestCoast.YetyoungAmericans ofCh i
neseancestrycontinuetomeetwith discri mi nati on,as i nth ere-centi
nci denti nSanFrancisco i nwh i ch aCh i nese American
warveteranwasrefusedi h i srigh ttopurch aseabusinessandtoldth ath
ewouldnotbewelcome i n th eneigh borh oodbecauseofh i
srace.Membersofminori tygroupstoooftenh
aveacceptedcommunityat-titudes and prejudi ces againstoth erminori
ti es.Iti sdistressingtolearnfrom Willard S.Town-send,,i
nternationalpresidentofth
eUnitedTransportServiceEm-ployeesofAmerica,CIO,th atayoung Japanese
American h aabeenpublici zedasaidi ngandabet-
ting;i n discri mi natory Dr&fti IagainstaNegro j
obapp&!|Ch i cagoTh i sNisei ,aXk tllargeCh i cagobak erych ai
n j ,„■portedtoh avetoldth eN«Jo j Siseek erth atth erewere
no,9open,alth ough th ecompanydbeenadvertisi ngfordriver-sawlmenTh
eNisei ,ofcourse,;■merelycarryingoutcompanyIMi cybuth e was th e i
nYtrLlth rough wh i ch th ecô «■abletoenforceth
atpolicyMrTownsend,wh oh
appens■beofNegroancestryandis11onlyNegropresidentofamailCIO i
nternationalunion,h asJlftivli nxr-th ^figh tfor*&Plalforth eNi
sei sinceth e timeMPearlHarborand h e i sWAtMstandablyconcerned by
rennrHth atsomepersonsofJapanesea9cestry h ave j oi nedwith reacti
jarywh i tesi nth e MidwestaiflEastonsuch mattersasrestrSßi
vecovenants and employmei i i ß"Asminori typeople i nth i
scouitfltry, h ewrites,"wecani llaffoJßto i
solateourselves,onefromtilloth er;wecan i llafford tofeelth atth
eproblemofdiscri mi nafoilbig-otryand i ntolerancei speci i i i
altoanyonegroup."Simi
larobservationsweremad|recentlybyHoraceCayton,wili ng i nth
ePittsburgh Courier.ITh eminori tygroups,andtiu|i ncludes th e
Nisei ,wh o h avlk nownth esh arpedgeofdiscri nHi nati on,sh
ouldloadth efi gh ttilabolish i t.Andth
ereseemsnobeHterplacetostartth antoreexan|meourownracialand religi
ci Mprejudi ces.
EDITORIAL
DIGESTPITTSBURGHPRESSWh ereIsOurTolerance?
Th ePittsburgh PressonAufl20cri ti ci zedth
eattemptsoftflTwenty-Sixth WardCiti zensConfli ni tteei nPi
ttsburgh topreventtifluseofth eGusk yOrph anageasIh
ostelforrelocating JapamsßAmericans.Th ePresssaidth atth e i
ssoHwasnotforacourtoflaw."Iti smoreani ssueofnatioi fl
obligati on,"th epaperadded,""■obligati onowedth eNi sei
bytflpeopleofAmerica.Inth i sconn"AmericansareAmericans-̂and■h
ellwith ancestry."
♦ " ♦
WASHINGTONPOSTNisei Righ ts
Stressingth atAmericani smh Mnoth i ngtodowith ancestry,tHWash i
ngtonPostonAug.13h op
-
VagariesMyNews...u.,vKitano i s th efirstNiaeiUnlovedbyCi
tyNewsSer-tôi nemi i Angeles.CNSservicesvl*i
Jetesare*newspaperswith.Th eWRA h
asre-""rfifttoUnitedPresstocor-qUflnerroneousstatementcar-SSSlybyth
eUP i nath erevocationofroaastexclusion orderslasttk
w°UPstX)ry«s°rtod***}
«Misei 'were k i lled i narmedSi andth etome,ofsev-£ Japanese
Americans wh oSlh tSi th fi UnitedStatesarmed°Swrebumed."Th erei
snoŜ anyNisei being k i lledfoundedbyWestOoart.terror-i On th eoth
erh and,aKUoino',reportedly mistak
enforfCaofJapaneseancestry,Lseriouslybeaten i nanargu-BHtonV-JDayi
nSanFrancisco.ACh i neseengineer,mistak
enfor,pereonofJapaneseancestryac-JLgtoth estorytoldbyth
reeBenincourt,wasseverelymeatenOh i o. Th eth reemenreceived j ai
lsentences ofsixmonth seach . ,,FDRMemorial...Th e $4300givento
PresidentTruman th i sweek byfoursol-diersrepresentingth
e442ndCom-batT«am i searmark edforusetowardamemorialforFDR.Iti
sbelieved th atPresidentTrumanwillturnth emoneyovertoth eRoosevelt
Memorial Committee,h eadedbyFDR'slifelongfriend,BasilO'Connor. Th e
Kooseveltmemorialgrouph eldi tsfi rstmeet-i ngatth eWh i
teHouselastweektodecideona"livi ngmemorial"toh onorth
elatePresident...It'sreported th atDyk
eMiyagawaoiJoeOyamawilleditth eEnglishsectionofanew-bi-li
ngualnews-pgpernowbeingorganizedi nNewfork City.Accordingtoplans,th
enewspaperwillbeasemi-week ly.Th eJapanesesectionwillbeedit-edbyth
epresentstaffofth eNewYork Ji j i . ,,,Anti-Evacuee...
Marriages...
Arecentadi nth eVi sali aTi mesadvertisi ngameeting
sponsoredbyth eIvanh oeCi ti zensCommitteetoprotestth
ereturnofevacueesofJapaneseancestry to Tularecounty,notedth atJoh
nR.Lech -nerwouldbeth e mai n speak er.Th eadcarriedth
enamesofStateSenatorJack B.Tenney,Willi
amMayGarland,LosAngelesrealt-or;C.J.Haggerty,presidentofth e Cali
fornia AFL; ReginaldDennyandHerbertCornish assponsors of th e
anti-JapaneseAmericanmeeting...Asanaft-ermath toth erecentMiyamai
nci -dent, i twas reported th atoneMunici palrai lwaybus
repairmaninSanFranciscoresignedi npro-testagainstth eh i ri ngofth
eNi-sei butMiyamawasacceptedbyth erestofth ecrew. Th e sh
opforemanreportedth at,onth edayafterth ework stoppageprotest-i
n?th eh i ri ngofMiyama,fourofh i sfellow work ersi nvi tedh i m
tolunch .
" * *Th
eLosAngielesCollegian,stu-dent-editednewspaperatLosAn-glesCityCollege,lastweek
tooktoHearstHerald-Expresstotaskfori tsi nsi nuationsth
atwarvet-«"isareunabletofind h omesi
ntoeLosAngelesareabecauseofreturningevacueesofJapanesean-wry.Th eth
emeh asbeenafav-°nteonewi th th eHearstpress.
Accordingto Time magazine,American"servicemen stationed
married112gi rlsofJap-w!Se,?cestryduring th e past%""Marriageswi
th Nisei wereapproximatelyone-tenth ofth
eJWof1,213marriagesofU.S.1C7̂nHawai i """AnAr--2"51*1Corparaddoph
otoofth e*n*nderofGeneral Yamash i ta*Niffo/nth ePh i li ppi nessh
owsi JĤBldleramon* watoh -teuml+81831mgofth esurrenderDocuments...
Partici pati ng i nsL̂,*wareffort h ave been2VTof**»famili esofTuZ?
i ndustriali sts.XKI**1**"*"'wh owere i nth eSSL?*}1*atth
etimef**S,!.P.S h ave ownth ei rbyZX" mili tari sm/*acnmgth
eJapaneselanguage*v-S.servicemen.«k S»n?mt?.Beaale>r'wi>o
*>*dA«n?d°f.Pvbl>crelationsforth e«£L«n gtIW
1942WeßtCoaStonS,̂1Snowwriti ngabook..Hnw€v̂uaitlon «or
Harper's■HowardDevree,artcriti cfor
th eNewYork Times,commentedrecentlyon th e "two poig-nsurth eads
and aflowerpiece by(Sueo)Serisawa."ArtistSensawa.nowlivi ng i nNew
York Cty,movedth erefrom Los Angeles,viaDenver,duringth
eevacuation.
GIsUrgedCBSCorrespondentToTellU.S.ofNisei
HeroesByHARRYW.FLANNERY
VeteransCondemnPrejudi ce:
Coastnetwork oftAuĝSbvHarrv̂?̂ °n th eCBSPacifi crespondentand
commentatorfZV "JJT'T**«!"rcor-System.) '"meniatorforth e Columbia
Broadcasting
andArnoldVa'son,th eAFLrep- "resentatives,toldMiyamath ath i
scontinuanceatwork wouldmeanoth erwork
erswouldrefusetoco-operate,and h e wouldbe dis-ch arged as i
ncompetent. Ch i efRadio Tech ni ci an Harold Stone,wh owonth eSi
lverStarforgal-antry i nfigh ti ngth eJapanesei nth ePacifi
c,enteredth eargumenttosay:"Ididnotgoouttofigh ti nth ePacifi
csopeoplewith dif-ferentcoloredsk i nswouldbedis-crimi nated
againstwh en Ieoth ome."Th i s i tth e opini onofeveryservicemanwi
h o h asfough twithth e JapaneseAmericanson th ewarfronts,i
nsofarasIh avebeenabletotalk with such men.Ifirstbrough tupth
esubjectonth i spro-gram becauseIwasask edtodosobywarveteransfromth
ePaci-fic and European tieaterwitnwh omItalk ed atBirmi ngh
amGeneralHospitalatVan Nuys,California.Sinceth enIh avetalk -edwith
moreservicemen i nEu>ropeandi nth eCBIth eater.Youdon'th
avetobringupth e
subjectwi th th esemen.Assoonasth
eylearnyou'rearadioornewspaperman,th eybegintotellyouaboutth ewayth
eJapaneseAmericans h avefough t."Alotofpeople i nth eUni
tedStatesgetJapanese
AmeriacnsandJapanesemixed,"oneenlistedmantoldmeatth e h
eadquartersofth e Fi fth Army i nnorth ernItaly."Th ey
don'trealize," h esaid, "Th at we are figh ti ngagainstth
eJapanese,butth atth eJapaneseAmericansarefigh ti ngwith us.And," h
e added,"younewspapermensh ouldn'tcallth emJapaneseAmericans. Th
ey'reasAmericanasyouand me.Th eywereborn i nth e UnitedStates,andth
eyareproudofth ei rcoun-try,andfigh ti ngfori twi th ev-eryth i ngi
nth em."Everyone i nth e Fi fth Armywith wh omItalk
edfromLt.Gen.Lucian Truscottdown tellsyouth e
JapaneseAmericanbattalionandth e442ndregiment h asoneofth
ebestrecords i nbattleofanyAmericanunit.Th estoryh
asbeentoldoften,butsomeofi ti sworth repeating.Th e442nd,fori
nstance,h adanormalcomple-mentof4200men,buth adcas-ualties th
attotaled twice th atnumber,9230.Ofth ese,4,000wonpurpleh
earts.Youseemenofth e442nd i nItalywith twoorth reepurpleh
eartsbecauseth eyrecov-eredfromth ei rwoundsandwentback i nagai
n.Iwastoldth estoryofaman
namedAoyamaofLosAngelesamemberof442nd. Th emanwh otoldmeabouth i
m,atGardone,Italy,could notrememberh i sfirstname,buth ek newth
estory.Aoyama h adboth legssh otoff,andwascarriedtoth erear.Th efi
gh ti ngwasstillonandth erecouldbenoligh ts.
Medicalmenmovedfromonetoanoth erofth ei nj
ured.OnecametoAoyama."Areyoubadly h urt?"h eask -
ed.Aoyamagrittedh i steeth ."I'm allrigh t,"h e said.Th
edoctormovedontoth enext
man.Aoyamadied.Th ereare18oth ersuch cases,th emenofth eFifth
toldme,eachawardedasilverstorposth umous-ly.With i nlessth
anayear1017i n-
divi dualsoutofth e4000receivedcombaatdecorations,43th
edis-tingui sh edserviceeross—th eh i gh -estawardi nth
epowerofourgov-ernment—249wonsilverstars,601bronzestars,andth ereh
avebeenth ree Presidentialunitcitati
on,oneforBelvedere,Cassertaand
Cassino;anoth erforth efi gh ti ngi nth eVosgesmountainsi
nPranceandoneforspear-h eadi ngth efi nalvictorydriveofth eFifth
ArmyltStJ?nBing-Th eassignmentsofth e 442nd h avebeentough butth
eywantedth atk i nd,toproveth atth ey,born i nAmerica,areworth
yofbeingcalledAmericans.Mi k e Masaok a,30 years old,
i rom SanFrancisco,toldmeth emottoofth e442nd,h asbeen"goforbrok
e."Heexplainedth at."It'scrap-sl̂ootingslang,"h esai d."It'sth
esameas"sh ootth ewrk s,"riskeveryth i ngononeth row.'"Mi k e i
snationalsecretaryandfi eldexecutive ofth e JapaneseAmericanCiti
zensLeague,devot-edtoraisi ngth egeneralpoliti calconsciousnessand
democraticre-sponsibi li tyofAmericansofJapa-neseancestry,andtoh
elpi ngth emestablish th emselves i nth e com-munity.Anobjecti
venowi stode-fendth erigh tsofth eserviceman.SofarasIk now,Mi k e i
s sti llwith h i sregimenti nItaly.Th ecreedofth
eleaguebegins:"Iamproudth atIamanAmeri-canciti
zenofJapaneseancestry,formyveryback groundmak
esmeappreciatemorefullyth ewonder-fuladvantagesofth ei
rnation.Ibelieve i nh eri nsti tuti ons,i dealsandtraditi
ons;Igloryi nh erh er-i tage;Iboastofh erh i story;Itrustinh
erfuture.Sh eh asgrant-edmelibertiesandopportuniti essuch asno i
ndi vi dualofmyoth ercountryenjoysi nth i sworldtoday.Sh e h as
given meaneducationbefitti ng k i ngs.Sh e h asentrust-edmewith th
eresponsibi li ti esofth efranch i se. Sh eh aspermittedmetobuildah
ome,toearnalive-li h ood,toworsh i p,th i nk
,speakandactasIplease—asafreemanequaltoeveryoth erman."Th
ecreedgoeson:"Alth ough
somei ndi vi dualsmaydiscri mi nateagainstfe,Ish
allneverbecomebi tterorlosefaith ,forIk nowth atsuch
personsoarenotrepre-sentativeofth emajori tyofth
eAmericanpeople.True,Ish alldoalli
nmypowertodiscouragesuchpractices,butIsh alldoi i ti nth
eAmericanway:above-board,i nth eopen,th rough
courtsoflaw,byeducation,byprovingmyselftobeworth
yofequaltreatmentandconsideration.Iamfirm i nmybe-li efth
atAmericansportsmansh i pandattitudeoffairplaywi lljudgeciti zensh
i pandpatrioti smonth ebasisofactionandach i evement,andnotonth
ebasisofph ysi calch aracteristi cs."BecauseIbelieve i
nAmerica,andItrustsh ebelievesi nme,"I'mstillquoting,"andbecause,Ih
avereceeived i nnumerablebene-fi tsfrom h er.Ipledgemyselftodoh
onorto h eratalltimesandi nallplaces,tosupport,h ercon-sti tuti
on;toobeyh erlaws;tore-spect h erflag;to defend h
eragainstallenemies,foreignordo-mestic;toactivelyassumemydu-ti
esandobligati onsasaciti zen,ch eerfullyandwi th
outanyreser-vationswh atsoeveri nth e h opeth
atImaybecomeabetterAmeri-can i nagreaterAmerica."Th at'sth
ecreed:Oneofth elastth i ngsth atGen-eralTruscotttoldmeasItalk
edwith h i m i nh i s h eadquartersonLak eGarda i
nItaly,wastosayawordforth eJapaneseAmeri-cans. "Alotofmenwh oh
avefough talongsideth eseboysaregoingback andspeak i
nnouncer-taintermsaboutun-Americanac-ti ons,"h esaid."Th
eyaregoingtoremindusth atmenh avefough tanddiedtok i llfascism
andth eydon'twanti tath ome.Th ey h avebattled overh erefor
Americanprinci plesofj usti
ce,fairplayandequalopportunityforallAmeri-cansandallmen." Th
egeneralh adanafterth ough t."Anawh enyouwriteJapaneseAmerican, h
esaid,"don'th yph enatei t.Th esemenarenoth yph enated
Ameri-cans,butfullAmericanswh oh aveprovedth atwith th ei
rblood."...
Fromth eFryingPanByBILLHOSOKAWA
WriterPredictsSwingi nCoastSentimentTh
ereisagoodfriendofours,awriterofnationalrepute,
wh oalwaysh asmai ntai nedth atth eWestCoast'ssh
amefultreat-mentofJapaneseAmericanswillbefollowedbyaswingi
nsenti-menttoth eoth erextreme.Iti stoosoonafterVJ-Daytotesth i
spredicti on.Butcer-
tainlyth ereare i ndi cati onsalreadyth atforallbutth e i
ncorrigi -bleracists andprofessionalagitatorsth ereturnofpeace h
asremovedth esh arpedgeofwartimesuspici onand h atreds.Th i
swriterbasesh i spredicti oni —onth e h i storyofth
enation'sat-titudetowardGenman Americansi nWorldWarI.He points
outth atoncewar'sh ysteriah asvan-i sh ed and more facts becomek
nownaboutourown sh ortcom-i ngs,aswella® th ewartimecon-tributi
onofJapaneseAmericans,amorerationalviewi s.tak en.Th efi rststepsi
nth i sdi rectioni nWorldWarIIh avebeentak enalready.Th e
government'srecentPearlHarborreportstates th atth eUni
tedStates,eith erbybreak -i ngJapan'®codeorh avi
ngaccesstoatraitori nTok yo's h i gh coun-cils,k new beforeh and wh
atJa-pan'swarplanswere.Furth er,th ereportsaysth atth eUni
tedStatessough ti toforceJapantomak eth efi rstovertmove,wh i ch i
tdid i nth eattack atPearlHarbor.Th atth enation'®naval,mili
taryanddiplomaticbranch eswerenotcoordinatedandpreparedtomeetth i
sattack wasoneofth egreattragediesofth ewar.Atth esametimeth
everyfactth atth eUni tedStatessufferedsuch adisastrousdefeati nth
e.h ands ofa forcestri k i ngbystealth servedtouniteth
enationasnoth i ngelsecouldh avedone.Th eJapaneseAmericans wereth e
h aplesspawnscaugh ti nth i sgreat,sweeping i nterplayoffor-ces.Th
efewvoicesth atwererais-edi nth ei rbeh
alf,demandingfairplayandsanity,werebutpipi ngsi nth
estormofwar.Andth egov-ernment,th rough th earmy'spol-i
cyofmassevacuationofanentirepeoplej gavetacitconfirmationtoth
efearth atallth
oseofJapanesedescentwerepotentialsaboteursandstabbers-in-th e-back
.Ith asbeenalong",h ardroad
back .Ith ascostth egovernmentmilli onsofdollars,th rough th
ewarrelocationauth ori ty,wi th th esupportofoth eragenciessuch
asth eofficeofwari nformation,todo j usti cetoth
esepeopleandtogetth etruth to th e Americanpublic.Th atroad h
asasmilepoststh egravemark ersofscoresofNiseiboyswh
ovolunteeredtoprovebydeath ,i fnecessary,th ei rrigh tandth erigh
tofth ei rfamili es and
friendstoberecognizedasAmeri-cans.Now,littlebylittle,morei sbe-i
ngtoldofth ewartimeroleofJapaneseAmericans.Inth ePaci-fi cth eyh
aveseenth ewarth roughfrom itsopeningmomentstofJiefi naltriumph .Th
erewere Niseicasualti esand Nisei h eroes atPearlHarbor.ItwasaNisei
wh obroadcastGen. Jonath an Wain-wrig.h t's
bittersurrenderfromOorregidortoth e overwh elmi ngJaph
ordes.Butonth eroadback th eNi seiwerei nth
eforefrontofeverynewlandingi nth ei sland-h oppi ngroadfrom
Melbourneto Tok yo. Andaftervictoryth ereweretwoNi-sei officers i
nth epartyth atmetJapan'ssurrenderdelegation i nManila.Th
erewereNisei i nterpre-tersi nth
epersonnelofspecialprisonerofwarprocessingteamsth atlandedwith th
efi rsttroopsatAtsugi airfi eldnearTok yo.Th earmyand navy
officers
ch osento admini sterci vi laffairsi noccupiedJapanweredili
gentlytrainedbyJapaneseAmericansatYale,Harvard,th eUniversityofMich
i ganandelsewh ere.Tonameafew oth
erstrictlywartimerolesplayedbyJapaneseAmericans,th ereh
avebeenU.S.government translators,propa-gandistsbyradioand pamph
let,radiomonitors.Perh apsth e fullstoryofth i svi tali
fnon-combat-antcontributi onofNisei—andth
eforeign-bornaswell—canbetoldsoon.LarryTaj i ri h as related th
estoryofatleastone Nisei wnowork edi nanatomicbombplant,i nth
esuper-secretprogram underwh i ch th eatomicbotrbwasdevel-oped.Th
erealsoi si i h estory,toldonlyi nafragmentarymanner,ofth
eguayuleprojectatManzanari nwh i ch JapaneseAmericanssough ttocrack
th eraturalrubbersh ort-age.ForeveryTok yoRose,th ereare
h undredsofloyalJapaneseAmer-i canswh o
-
tablish mentofapermanentFairEmploymentPractice Committee.Th i si
safollow-upofth eappealTrumanmadetoCongressi nJune,butwh i ch
wasblock edi ncommit-teeby reactionary elements...SenatorElbertTh
omasandRep-resentativeMi k eMansfield,i narecentNBCUniversityofth
eAirprogrambroadcastfromWash i
ng-tonandproducedbySeldenMene-fee,both praisedth
ecombatrec-ordofNisei Gl'sandurgedth euseofNisei i nth
eoccupationandreconstructionofpostwarJapan.Two Nisei servicemen h
avepainti ngsonexh i bi ti nth earmed
forcesartsh ow atth e NationalArtGallery.Th eyPvt.NobuKita-gak i
,formerlyofSnelling,nowatFortMeade,andSgt.TomOk
amo-to,ofSnelling...Dick Otagak irank ed number one i n DentalSch
oolgraduationlastweek atWash i ngton'sHowardUniversity,oneofth
eforemostNegro i nsti -tuti onsi nth enation...MorrisDannah i rsch
, from th e HeartMountainsocialwelfare divi si on,i sth enew
relocationofficerforth eWash i ngtonD.C.area,replac-i
ngEmoryFast,wh owastrans-ferredtoth eSanFranciscoWRAoffice.
Th reeMedalsFinallyCatch UpWith PortlandNisei
OfficerLieut.KanayaLiberatedFrom Nazi Pri sonCampBeforeV-EDay
STARKGENERALHOSPITAL,Ch arleston,S.C.—
Lieut.JamesKanayaofPortland,Ore.,finallyh as received th ree
medalsforwh i ch h ewascitedsometimeago.Li eut.Kanaya,wh oreceived
h i scommissi onwh i lefigh ti ngwith ti h efamous 442nd CombatTeam
olJapaneseAmericansi nFranceandweowascapturedby th
eNazis,waspresentedbyCol.HenryW.Grady, commanding officeratStark
,with th eSi lverStar,th eBronzeStarandth
ePurpleHeartonAug.17.Lieut.Kanayawascapturedbyth eNazisi nth
eVosgesmontainsonOct.23andwasliberatedsixmonth slaterfollowingth
ebattleofNuremberg.Hei satpresenti nth eStark Medi
calDepartmentRe-placementPool.Inacceptingth e medalsfrom
Col.Grady,Lieut.Kanayaexpress-ed h i spleasureatbeing ao h
on-oredandmoreparticu'arlywithth egreatbattleperformanceofth
eJapaneseAmericans i n th eArmy.Th e Si lverand Bronze
Starswereawardedtoth eNi sei offi cerforactionsduringth edri veofth
eNi sei uni tupth e Italian coastagainstth
e"leaningtower"cityofPisa.OnJuly5,1944,abat-taliontowh i ch Li
eut.Kanayawasattach edasmedicalai dman,wassubjectedtoan i
ntenseartilleryandmortarbarrage.Beforeth ecurtainofligh tlift-
ed,ninemenfromoneofth ecom-paniesh adbeenseriouslywound-ed.Th
eNazisth enlai ddownaconcentrationofmach i ne-gunfire.With
utterdisregardforh i sownsafety,Lieut.Kanaya crawledth rough th
esplatterofmach i ne-gunfiretoh i swoundedcomrades.Fortwoanda h
alfh oursh ead-mi ni steredquick effectiveai dtoti h
esorelywoundedmen.Hedidn'tleave untileveryone h ad
beencaredfor.Forth i si ntrepiddisplayofdevotion.Li eut.Kanaya
wascitedwith th eSi lverStar.Lessth antwoweek slater,foracon-tinui
ngactionwh i ch took placenearLuciana,Italy,onJuly16,17and18,h
ewasawardedth eBronzeStar.Laterti h e442ndwastransferredto th e
Seventh Armyfront i nItaly.Th eFrench Fi rstArmywasfigh ti
ngupfromth esouth toforceth egapcityofBelforti n th eVosges
mountain®. On Oct.23Li eut.Kanayawascapturedasth eNi sei uni
tundertook acomplemen-tarydrivesouth onth e St.Di esector.Th
ebattlelinesi nth esec-toratth atti mewere
extremelyfluid.Lieut.KanayawascapturedbyaGermancompanyash ewasonh i
swayback toAmericanlineswith woundedmenwh oh
adear-lierbeencutoff.Hewas i mpri s-oned i nOflag64about60mi
lesfromDanzigi nth eoldPolish .Cor-ridor.Th eRedArmy'sapproachi n
th ei rgreatwinteroffensiveforcedth eNazistoevacuateth
ecamponJan.21.Th e Japanese American wasamongth
epolyglotgroupofpris-onerswh o,i nth
edeadofwinter,madea375-miletrek towh atth eNazisth ough
twassafetyfromliberationby th e Alli es. Li
eutKianayawasliberatedonApril17followingth ereductionofth
eNaziprizeoityofNuremberg.
THELETTERBOXToth eEdi tor
GISays"LittleTok yo"LabelUnpleasantEditor,Th ePacifi cCi ti
zen:Afterafew week souti nth efieldIh avefinallygottenaroundtocatch
i nguponseverali ssuesofth ePacifi cCiti zenwh i ch h
adac-cumulatedduringmyabsence,vi sbeyonddoubtth atyournews-paper.h
asdoneadmirablyi nguid-i ngboth
JapaneseAmericansandJapanesenationalsand i npresent-i
ngtousaclearpicture ofourtriumph sandourdffnculties.However,i ti
swith deepregretth atIreadBill,Hoaok awas
En-couragementforRelocating ls-seis."Noonecandoubtth
emanyproblemsandi ts solutions th atmanyIssei willh
avetoface.Writ-erHosok awah asclearlypresent-edth eactualpicture
wath no'punch espulled'for th ose Isseiwh oselotwillnotbeeasy,
cutth erei soneremark th atwases-peciallyrepugnanttome.Isth
ereanyneed i n referringtoth esmallJapanesecommuniti eswh i ch h
avesprungup i n a fewciti esasnew"LittleTok
yos?"Isincerelybelieveth atth ewri terdidnotmeantoi nferanyth i
ngde-rogatory. However, th e verysoundofth
ewordseemsominous.Yourpaperh asnodoubtalargecirculationoutsideofth
e Ni seiandIssei readers.Toth emandtous"LittleTok yo"recallsth
eun-pleasantpre-warJapanese com-muniti es i
nLosAngelesandSanFranciscoandmanyoth ercoastal
citi es.Italsobringstomindourpurposeofendeavoringtobanish"Li
ttleTok yos"outofourlives.Idonotmeantodenyth atsuch
a situationdoesexistandyeti tmustbeborne i nmind th at i nsome i
nstancesi nevi table.Letusface th ecoldfacts.Allh
umanbeingsaregregariousbynatureandth eytendtobesoes-peciallyamongth
ei rownk i nd.Werealizeth ati nourcase i th
ascausedmanywildandmisledsus-pici onstobecastuponus.How-everi
tcertainlywasnotacrimetoestablish ourowncommuniti es.Inth eligh
tofth epresentsitua-ti
onandforamorecomplete.un-derstandingofAmericansofJap-aneseancestry,i
ti spreferablenotto.h avesuch ,communiti es.Butnomatterh
ownobleouri dealsmaybewemustberealisti c.Wecannotdenyth efactth ati
nnumerousi n-stancesonlycertaindistri ctsi
nagivencitywouldacceptusasten-ants.Furth ermore,giventh
eop-portunitytoobtain h ousi ngelse-wh
ereoureconomicandfinancialsituationh avenotallowedustotak
eadvantageofth eopportunity.Th ei nevi tableresultth enwasth
atmanyaredrivennotbych oi cebutbyexisti ng conditi ons to formth
esecommuniti es.Th erefore,letusnotstigmatizeth oselivi ng i nth
esecommuniti esbycallingth em"Li ttleTok yos."
SincerelyStaffSgt.Joh nI.Morozumi
Somewh erei nCh i na
WRAReportsFresnoDistri ctReturneesNear2000MarkEigh
tyPersonsArriveInSpecialCarsfromColoradoRiverCenter
FRESNO,Calif.—Th earrivalofeigh typersonsi nspecialoarsfromth
eColoradoRiverrelocationcen-teratPoston,Ariz.,on Sept.6brough
ttoanapproximate1900th enumberofevacueesofJapa-neseancestrywh oh
avereturnedtoFresnoi Countyi nth eLastfewmonth
s,accordingtoCecilMor-gan,Fresnodi stri ctrelocationof-fi cerforth
eWRA.One group-amongth eeigh tyleftth eSentaFetrainatReedleywh
ereth eyaretobe sh elteredtemporarilyi nalaborcamp
un-tilsomeareabletoreoccupyfor-merh omesi nth
eSangerandSel-maareas..Oth ersamonĝth eeigh -
ty madeth ei rh omes i nFresnoandClovisbeforeth eevacuation.Th
osewi th outi mmedi ate trans-portationorwith outh omesarebe-i ngh
ousedtemporarilyi nh ostelsestablish edatth eBuddh i stTem-ple and
th eJapaneseMeth odi stch urch .Th eodoreLewis,assistantWRAofficeri
nth eFresnoarea,express-ed th eopini onth atlastweek
'scancellationofth eArmyexclusionorderswouJdresulti nth
ereturnof"onlyafew h undredmore"toth eFresnodistri
ct.Lewispointedoutth
atalargenumberofper-sonsofJapaneseancestryevac-uatedfrom
Fresnoalreadyh averesettled i nth eMi ddleWestandandEast.Fiveth
ousandpersonsofJapaneseancestrywere
evacu-atedfromFresno.Lewisreportedth at200 evac-
ueesh ave returned to Maderacounty.
CALLINGAllCh apters!
ByHitoOk ada
Wewi sh toack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi onsth
atwerereoeivedduringth emonth
ofAug.ustandto-date:WillardP.Smith$2.,Brook s;Sue Ok amura
$2.RedwoodCity;J.K.Sh i ntak u$25*SantaAna;A.Crestoni
$i.,gac'ramento;LouiseB.Wallace $5Mrs.A.Torossian 1, LeonardWalk
er$1.,andJoeKamiyaSIsnofBerk eley;Mrs.MariePautz$5Los
Angeles;FlorenceTominaVi$2.,Concord;G.Suyeyasuo i
fandMr.andMrs.K.Haraguch i $£from ourSan Francisco
OffWMrs.F.E.Kilbourne, Sr $1Ojai ;HelenMyers$2.,SanDiego'Ch
arlesdeY.Elk
us$2.50andMrs'MarianRyono$1.50ofSanFrancisoo;needlesstosayallfromCallfornia.Fromoth
erpartsofth ecountry
wegratefullyack nowledgeth efol-lowingcontributi ons:Atsuk oSh i
-gematsu$1.50,Cambridge,Mass■Mr.andMrs.DanSak ah
ara$3.'JeffersonBarrack s, Mo.; R.g'Joh
nson$10.,Newberg,Oregon:Mrs.MetaCh
andler$2.,GoldHillColorado;Tomoich i Tah ara
$1'Keota,Colorado;AlbertKawasa-k i
$1.50,Ordway,Colorado;A.DBonus$1.andClarenceTh ri vi
ng$5.ofSeattle;MissFumiyeTa-k amoto$2,Rock ford,Illinoi
s;An-onymous$1.,Evanston, Illinoi s'Mrs.F.E.Fender$2aj i
dClareVoder$1.,Ch i cago,Illinoi s;K.Harada$1.,Warrensville, Oh i
o;Eifco Yosh i h ash i $3., Columbus,Oh i o; Mrs. Geo. Ik uta
$1.50,Cleveland,Oh i
o;Mrs.HelenQuan$1.,Greenwood,Conn.;HelenHa-yaah i
da$2.,HubertReynolds$2.,DoraH.Cook $2.,andHenryNa-k ah
ara$2.,Detroit,Mich i gan.From aG.I.inth eOk i nawas
wereceivedapleasantsurprisei
ntlieformofaremittancefor$50tobolsterourtreasury.Ourfriendsi nHawai
i arestill
rememberingus i nth email,asweth ank
ClaraHigaandH.Ma-ruyamaof(Honolulu forth ei r$5.and$3.ch eck
srespectively.Gettingback toth eStates,weth ank th
efollowingpersonsforth ei rcontributi ons:DavidC.Moore$3.,Ph oeni
x,Ari zona;CanalLi-braryc/oH.C. Koj i
ma,Treas.,$50.,RiversArizona;Mrs.AmyNish i mura $2., Nampa,Idah
o;MagicValleyCh apter$4.,Rupert,Idah o;LawrenceC.Lock
ley$5,,Folcroft,Pa.,andUsaburoNira-sawa $5.* Ph i ladelph i
a;NettieCaldwell$1.,
Maynesboro,Va.;MaryOgawa$5.,Arlington,Va.;Howard Kobayash i $2.,
Miami ,Florida;LouisPHsk i n
$3.,JerseyCity,N.J.;andWalterHirasawa$5.,Rosebud,Montana.
KITASAKO:Wash i ngton Newsletter
(Continuedfrom page5)
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Commander,TwoMenofNiseiRegimentHonoredbyFrenchParisGovernmentAwardsCroixdeGuerreToCol.Miller
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,ITALY-̂ColonelV.R.MillerofWimi ecoi ui
e,Wisconsin,command-Lofficerofth
e422ndJapaneseAmericanCombatTeam,SergeantRobertM. Yuk i
tomo,Honolulu,Hawai i ,andPrivateFi rstClassMasaoKoizumi
,alsoofHawan,recentlywere awardedth eOoi xdeGuerrebyth eFrench
Govern-
Th eywerecitedforvalorouscon-ductandmeritori ousach i evementi
nFrancebeforeth ei runi tre-lumedtopartici patei nth efi nalFifth
Armycampaigni nItaly.Miller,w,h o was commissi onedfrom th
eUnitedStatesMili taryAcademy,received th eCroixde-Guerrewith
goldstarfor"excep-tioi alservicesrendered on th efront,firstas
executive officeraj i dsubsequentlyas commandingofficerofth e 442nd
RegmentalCombatTeam.ColonelMi
llerdis-playedgreatcompetenceandwis-dom,and,underh i
sexcellentdir-ection,th eresultsach i evedi byh i
sunitwereofexceptionalvalueto
th earmy,andpenetrationbyth eenemy made wh olly
impossiblealongan i mportantsector."Yuk i moto,previously awardedth
eBronzeStar,wasawardedth eCrodxdeGuerrewith
goldstarforvalorousconductwh en "h e
wassentoutonareconnaissancemis-si ontoth evici ni
tyofCollaLungatoascertainwh eth erth e h ousesth ereh
adbeencleared.Havingac-complish edth i sduty,h evoluntar-i
lyadvanced1,000metresi ntoen-emyterritoryandcameback withth e i
mportanti nformationth ata.h osti lecommandpostwaslocatedi noneofth
eh ouses i nth eenemyoccupiedtownofPiena..."Koizumi ,wh o
previously h adbeenawardedth e Bronze Starwith Oak LeafCluster,
receivedth eCroixdeGuerrewith SilverStarfor"anactof courage i
ncombat,wh enh ewenti
ntoamine-fieldexposedtoenemyobservationtorescuetwo ofh i s
comradeswoundedby th e explosion ofamine.Afteradmini stering
firstaid,th efirstcasualtywassafelyevacuated.PrivateKoizumi h
elpedtocarryth esecondwoundedmanover700 metersofminedandmountainous
terrain untilth eyreach edth efootofa h i ll,wh ereli
tter-bearerscameuptoevacuateth ecasualtytoanaidstation..."TedAk i
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nFirstCaliforniaAnti-EvacueeIncidenttoFaceFederalCourti
nOctoberBroth ersEnterPleaOfNotGuiltyofExplosivesCh arge
SACRAMENTO— Th eWatsonbroth
ers,JamesandClaude,ofAuburn,PlacerCounty,willfaceaFederalcourtonOct.2toan-swertoch
argesofviolationofth e FederalExplosivesAct, i n-cludingth e i
llegalpossessionofdynamite andconspiracy i nth eattempteddymiami i
ti ngofth efarmpropertyofSumioDoi,anAmeri-canciti
zenofJapaneseancestry,onth enigh tsofJan.18and19.Th e
dateoftrialwassetbyJudgeWelsh onAug.31afterbothofth
eWatsonsenteredpleasofnotguilty.Th ecase,th efi
rstreportedactofviolenceagainstreturnedevac-ueesofJapaneseancestry,alsoi
sth efi rsttobetried i naFederalcourt.Ani ndi ctmentagainstth
eWat-
sonswasreturnedbyaFederalGrandJuryatSacramentolastmonth .Th
eWatsonbroth ersandArmyPvts.AlvdnandElmerJoh n-son
wereacquittedbyaPlacerCountycourtofth eattempteddy-nami ti ngch
argesonth epleaofth edefenseattorneyth at"th i si sawh i
teman'scountry."Th eJoh nsonbroth ers,wh owereAWOLatth etimeofth
eraidsagainstth e Doi ranch ,faceanArmycourt-martial.Adepositi
onbyElmerJoh nsoni sreportedtobepartofth eFederalcaseagainstth
eWatsons.
Attorneysforth eState i nth etriali nth ePlacerCountycourt-room
lastAprilpresentedevidenceestablish i ngth epartici pati ngofth
eJoh nsonsand JamesWatsons i nth eraids.JudgeWelsh setth etri
aldateoverth eobjecti onofth edefenseattorneywh oask
edformoretime.DeputyDistri ctAttorney
Sea-wellprotestedanydelayandurgedth eOctoberdate,declaring th atth
eUni tedStatesAttorneyGen-eralwasi nterestedi nth
ecaseandfavoredpromptprosecution.
Nisei Fellowsh i pToHoldRetreat
CLEVELAND,Oh i o—Th eCleve-landNisei Ch ri sti anFellowsh i pwi
llh oldatwo-dayretreatonSept.15and16atth
eCentervilleMills,aYMOACamp.Th e Rev.Vi ctorFuj i u,pastorofth
eFellowsh i p,wi lli ntroduceth e th eme,"Th e Ch allenge ofCh ri
st."Speak ersanddiscussionleadersincludeth
eRev.PaulNagano,pas-torofth eMinneapolisNisei Ch ri s-ti an
Fellowsh i p;Dr. Paul S.Mayer,fieldsecretaryofth
eMis-sionarySocietyofth eEvangelicch urch es i n Cleveland;andth
eRev.DonaldToriumi .Ruth i Hi j i k dta,Don Iwah ash i
,StaffSgt.Willi am Yenari andYuk i oWadawillserveasworsh i
pservicech ai rmen
StandingOvationGi
venNiseiVeteranbyHomeTownRotaryTORRANCE,Calif.—AstandingovationgreetedStaffSgt.JamesYosh
dnobuwh en h ereturnedtoh i sh ometownof Torrance onAug.3oandspok
ebeforeth e Ro-taryClub. ln .Yosh i nobu,wh
o's47yearsofageandaveteranofWorldWarIwasamemberofRotarybe-fore h
eandoth erpersonsofJap-aneseancestrywereevacuatedtoassemblycentersi
n1942.Alth ough th efath erofth reech i ldren,Yosh i nobu
volunteeredforth eArmyfrom arelocationcampandservedfortenmonth
sonSaipanand i nth ei nvasionotIwoJima.Hewasassignedatvar-i ousti
mestoth eNavy,th eArmyand th efamousFourth Marineswith wh om h
epartici pated i nth elandingonIwoJima.Before th e evacuation
bgt.Yosh i naburesided with h i swi feand ch i ldren i n
WestTorrancewh ereh ewasengagedi
nlarge-seal©strawberrygrowing.Hesaidh e h opedtoreturntoTorrancewh
enh ei sdisch argedfrom serv-i ce.However,h enotedth atal-
th ough h ewas47 yearsofageh
edidnotexpecttobereleasedandbelievedth ath ewouldbeqf-signedtomili
tarytask si nth eoc-cupationofJapan.SgtYosh i
nobualsowaspresi-dentofth eGardenaValleych ap-terofth
eJapaneseAmericanCiti -zensLeaguewh aleresidi ngi nTor-rance.
FormerSacramentoResidentFearsU.S.PublicReactionARIA,Japan—Tosh i
oMach i da,aformerresidentofSocramento,wantstogoback toth eUni
tedStatesbuth efearsth ereactionth
eretopersonsofJapanesean-cestry"won'tbegoodforth enexttenyears."
.Mach i daturnedup i nAnaasacivi li ani nterpreterfromth eMisu-sh i
maprisonerofwarcamp,fromwh i ch 306 Allied i
nternees*wereevacuated.
EvacueeFamilyStaysi nHostelDespiteProtest,PITTSBURGH,Pa.-Th
eHtt,burgh BureauofBuildi ng iM'tionrecentlyrefused tooustfamily
ofJapanese America,evacueesfrom th eGusk yOrph an
age,temporaryh ostelforevacueesrelocatingi nth ePittsburgh
areadespiteth eprotestsofth eTwenty'Sixth Ward .Citi
zensCofi&th atzoninglawsarebeingvioli t!MiTh e Twenty-Sixth
Ward own-mittee,describedasrepresent"onlyasmallminori tyofresided*i
nth earea,h asbeen i nth eleadi nacampaigntopreventth
econversionofth eunusedbuildi ngi nto
a h ostelforJapaneseAmerican!Th ebureaurulednoviolationwasi
nvolvedunlessmoreth antwofamili es occupyth ebuildi
ng.AttorneyWarrenH.VanKirkcounselforth eprotestinggroup'saidth
atpropertyvalueswouldbei mpai redbyNisei occupationofth eGusk yh
ome.
PACIFIC CITIZENSaturday,September15,1946
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l-dren.$7to$9per week forsch oolgirl.MrsLame Adams,325Seventh
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ortwogirls,one experienced i ncook i ngandoneupstairswork .High
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PRESENT WHEREABOUTS ofMr.and Mrs.PaulTsubok
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esepersonswillbeappreciatedbyth ePacifi cCiti zen wh i ch
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