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VOL. 2, NO. 38
2,300 Nisei Renunciants Regain
‘Lost’ Citizenship; Judge Scores
Government Handling of Cases
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 1
rcdcrai Judge Louis E. Goodman
r Thursday restored the citizen
ip which 2.300 war-intemed Ja
, ne:e Americans renounced in
‘ ‘45.
Expressing doubts as to the con
:titutional authority for even im
prisoning them as American citi
zen Judge Goodman soundly rap
ped government handling of the
area.
The ruling came on appeal of the
2300 Americans of Japanese de
sent who were interned at Tuie
Lake, 03111.. at the outbreak of the
war. They had, according to them.
acted under duress from nationally
mindcd Japanese intemees.
The camp, Jud g e Goodman
pointed out. held disloyal aliens.
Americans of Japanese ancestry
suspected of disloyalty, and Japa
nese Americans whose loyalty was
not in question at all.
The government. he continued,
erred in accepting the renunciations
of citizenship.
Nisei Given until May 6 to Quit Home
In Fresno Restrictive Covenant Suit
FRESNO. Calif.. May l—A stay
oi’ grace until May a was granted
by Superior Court' Judge Ernest
Klette this week to Jack Ikawa,
2627 Lily St, in a restrictive cov
enant case.
Unless the U. 8. Supreme Court,
which is now deciding the legality
of several of the restrictive coven
ants suits pending before the high
:ribunal, brings about a favorable
decision, Ikawa will be forced to
vacate a home he had bought two
years ago.
The area bars non-Caucasians
and persons of Armenian extrac
tions. The suit to oust the Nisei
lapldarist started last year.
Ikawa has until May 8 to move
out unless “something good turns
up" from Washington.
His Name is lean-
And He Needs
Your Help
“I! I m...sm TIIE mum
Al {on read this, millions of the
wot d‘n children are starving. To
keep as many as possible alivv, llle
United Nations are making a
unified arpeal {or your help—the
Crusade or Children. In the U. 5.,
26 long-established relief agenvivs
are represented. Remember. when
you save a child today, you save
the future tomorrow. Give now!
man YOUR COMRIIU‘NON YO:
Cnusnniron
CHILDREN
NEW YORK. N. Y.
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Grand Opening
On Tuesday, May 4
We are giving away five-cents bazooka bubble
gum for every purchase of children’s shoes during
the week of May 4.
Doors will be open from 9 am. to 6 p.m. Mon
day to Friday; and from 9 am. to 9 p.m. on
Saturday. ’
Urak aw a s
Toktow Shoe Co.
826 Jackson St.
Seattle. Wash.
an» Nurthmmi Eimw
Phone: SEnm 55M
Ex-Gl Renounces
U. S. Citizenship
FRANKFURT. Germany. May 1
_William Miller. German-born
former GI who married a German-
Japanese girl in Tokyo, was report
ed by the Army newspaper Stars
and Stripes to have renounced 1115
U. S. citizenship to reside per
manently in Germany.
Miller and his wife. Johanna, who
were married in Tokyo in 1946. or
rived only recently in Germany.
They are now held in a U. S.
Screening Center.
Miller was sent to Germany from
Tokyo on his own request after he
refused to return to the United
States for discharge. A graduate of
Stanford University, Miller said he
served 27 months in prison for re
fusing to fight Germany in March
of 1942.
Several families of Armenian
rmcestry are s’:‘~‘.d to be living in
Fresno areas where such covenants
are in effect and fear was express
,ed by them that should the res
trictions be upheld in courts. they
too may have to leave.
In addition. persons of Chinese.
Filipino. d Mexican nationalities
are invol‘li.
The cabinet 01’ the Fresno Ame
rican Loyalty League and the Ni
sei Veterans recently met to enlist
further support in the Ikawa case.
Qefuses to Relax
honor Lmense Ban
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. May 1—
The State Board of Equalization
has declined to relax its ban against
issuing liquor licenses to "enemy
wiiens."
William G. Boneiii board chairman
said “he did not think _we should
start licensing these aliens at. this
lime."
The action turned down Attor
ney Charles W. Lyon's request to
grant off sale beer and wine per
mits to George Sam and Kakuo
Fukuda of Los Angeies. both Issei.
Under the Trading With the
Enemy Act. the board adopted its
ban soon after Pearl Harbor
against all Japanese non-citizens.
Before the war alien-operated
stores were permitted to sell pack
aged wine and beer from their es
tabiishments.
.lananese Leader
Named at Nurserv
Appointment of Mrs. May Herd.
Katnyama by the Baptist Women's
Home Mission Board as the new
surerintendcnt of the Broadway
Nursery School was announced this
week by the Rev. Emery E. An
drews. Mrs‘ Katayama succeeds
‘Wrs Robert Kobe.
Santa Onlshl and Masako Tadu
will continue as assistants to Mrs'
Katayama.
The Broadway Nursery School is
operated by the Japanese Baptist.
Church.
South Africa Closely Linked to US.
0 Lions Mod inflic in Perl. Motorist. Q Commission-n lines. hurl M Down-
Imuld be etterhd it they lei! an. '\ town lot-unmet“
. Zulu Prince and mil in in" vu ugllis. . Map oi Air route to South Alvin.
' NEW YORK. N. Y.-A country of extreme contrasts. As shown
by the above pictures. South Africa. once weeks from the U 9.. has
attracted the interest, of big business and the travel~starveri Amerlvnn
tourist, since it is now iess than 44 hours from here via the Pan
American World Airways Clippers.
Trekking down the west coast of Africa are thousands of immi
grants from war—torn Europe. seeking new homes and jobs in boom.
ing South Africa They're contributing to the rapid deVo-iupnwnt of
South Afriva as a n h market for the inlted States; one whu-h puys
for US, goods with rush on the line. dug from the abundant. Atrium
gold mines. ‘
The Union government is sponsoring a three point prognm to
foster immigration, encourage tourists end expand industry. Lugs
cities. springing up in the open veidt. estnbiishmsnt of South African
subsidisries by large U.B. manufacturers and the prospect of many
American tourists taking sdvsntage of Pan America's magic corps:
testify to the success of the progrom.
Truman Inks Measures to Permit
3 Japanese Aliens to Stay in U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 1—
President Truman has signed pri
vate bills permitting three more Ja
panese aliens to reside permanently
in the United States, the Washing
ton office of the JACL Anti-Discri
mination Committee announced to
day. Congress meanwhile has ap
proved another measure granting
a fourth Japanese alien a similar
privilege. but it has yet to be acted
upon by the President. The bills
were made into law on April 17.
All of them were up for deporta
tion. but their stay was extended
pending Congressional disposition
oi private legislation on their be
half. Of the three aided by the
private laws. two are aliens who
czme to this country as students
but who stayed on after the war
and aided U. S. military intelligence
in the war against their mother
country. The other is a Japan
born wife of a Nisei and a mother
of four children, the oldest of
whom is a volunteer member of
the armed forces of the United
States. The fourth is an Issei who
has resided in this country almost
continuously for 40 years, but who
has been staying here the past 20
years on a merchant's status.
They are Hayato Harris Ozawa.
38. of Pasadena. California. who
until a. year ago was in the employ
of the Army Map Service in Wash
ington. D. C.; ex-Technical Ber
geant Tsuyoshi Matsumoto. a Ja
panese instructor at the Military
Intelligence S e r v ice Language
School at Monterey. Calif.: Mrs. Mi
isu M. Kobayashi. of Honeyville.
Utah: and Gentaro Takahashi. of
Highland Park. Michigan. Private
bills for their relief were introduced
respectively b y Representative
Carl l-llnshaw. «R.» of California;
Rpresentative Francis E. Walter.
tDI of Pennsylvania; Congressman
Walter Granger. (D) of Utah: and
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, (R) of
Michigan. ‘
Ozawa entered map intelligence-I
in May 1944. and served with the
Army until a year ago, duringl
which time he won the admiration
of his superiors by his extraordin
u'y service and loyalty to American
deals, Married to a Nisei. he has
two children born in this country.
Err-sergeant Matsumoto entered
this country as a minister in 1937.
When the Army agreed to accept
lapanese aliens for military service
he applied for induction. He was
not inducted however until a year
later. too late to receive the bone
{lisofa inwbywhichheoouldbv.
come an American dun. ms ‘
capers had been midlald. numb
gmuqn, authorities tn in. «new
The Only All-Bum Nile! Wm In The Pacific North's“
‘tightening of immigration laws be
lgan deportation proceedings as the
igan deportation proceedings on the
iground that his status as a visitor
lhad expired. In view of his mer
‘itorious service with the Army, a
bill was introduced to allow him to
live here permanently.
Mrs. Kobayashi, a long time re
sident of this country. has been
subject to deportation for nearly
two years since inunigration au
thorities instituted proceedings on
the ground that she was not in
posseslon of valid immigration pa
pers at the time of her entry. Her
stay was requested by Congrms
man Granger since enforced sepa
ration from her four children would
entail great hardships on her fa
mily. She is married to a Japa
nose American.
Takuhashi. whose private measure
was passed by both the House and
Senate last week. is the father of
six native-born children. He first
came to the United States in 1907.
but in 1926 returned to his native
land and re—entered the following
year as a treaty merchant.
Enactment of legislation aiding
these four aliens was made possible
by the JACL ADC which was in
strumental in securing the intro
duction of these private bills and
in seeing them through bo t h
Houses for signature by the Chief
Executive.
Carroll to Make
Japan Movie
TOKYO. May l—Japanae actors
and actresses will soon appear on
the screen together wlth American
stars with the completion of the
projected production of a motion
plclure in Japan by the well~knovm
Hollywood and New York revue pro
ducer Earl Carroll. reports the Asa
-11!.
Carroll. who arrived in Tokyo last.
week. sold that Mt. Pqu and noted
landscapes in Tokyo. Kyoto, as well
as other tourist resorts will be Ln- ‘
troduced 1n the picture.
Actual work, he sold. will m‘
within {our to £lme sud will
take shout four to rm weeks to.
complete lt. From Hollywood. tour
or five popular actors ond actresses
will come to Japan but most of the
players will be Japanese stars About
‘2O technicians also will come from
’Honmod ond rm for the
production hero hove been offend
by the, W W Mater
00,
sum 4. WASHINGTON
CALIF. SOLON
PUTS APPROVAL
0N JUDD BILL
\VASHINUTON. l). C. May 1~
Representative George P Miller. '
-ne of two California C‘Oliu‘Tssnwn l
to publicly endorse thp Judd bill
urged in a statement to the House
.-ul)cotninittee on immigration and
naturalization last week that Jr
panese who have lived in this
Lorntry for almost half a century
”he allowed to become citizens- of
the land they love so well."
T h e Democratic Congressimn
from Alameda. the Washington of
fice of the. JACL Anti-DLscrimin
ation Committee reported. wroteto
the committee that. “the time has
eome when we ought to remove
the last remaining barriers. on the
basis of race. in our immigration
and naturalization laws." With
Chinese. Filipinos and Hindus al
iready enjoying citizenship and im
lmigration privileges. "there are no
llegittmate reasons" why other cxv
eluded Orientals should not be per
mitted to enter the 'United States on
a quota basis and to become natu
ralized citizens.” he said.
The. extension of small limited
quotas and other "ineligible aliens"
Would not “an any way whatsoever.
endanger California or any other
state in the Union or jeopardize
existing conditions." he said. add
ing that. "we in California who
look to the new Pacific era realize
that the goodwill of the Asiatic and
Pacific peoples is essential to our
welfare and development." By cli
minating the patent discrimination
against these people, “we would
train their goodwill and friendship
at a time we need real friends all
over the world."
Representative Miller. as member
of the House immigration commit
tee during the 79th Congress. was
a factor in the passage of special
legislation granting quotas to East
em Hemisphere Indians and Fill—
ninos. He said he realized the
many disabilities to wnich Japa
nese and others "ineligible. to citi
zenship" are subjected.
He paid tribute to the Japanese
residents of this country. asserting:
"From my long experience with
them and their children. I have
come to know them for the fine.
thrifty people that they are. They
are law-abiding. believe in higher
education for their children. and
contribute generously to such com
munity projects as the, Red Cross.
Community Chest and other local
drives."
During World War 11. he went on.
Americans of Japanese ancestry
served with unusual distinction in
both the Pacific and European
theaters of war. while their par»
ents served the United States; in
every possible way. Referrin': to thel
Issei's contribution to the war ci
fort-. he said: “Their real loyalties
were with the United States and
they helped defeat the country to,
which they owe technicalillegiancel
”'Certalnly. people like these who:
have lived in the United States for‘
almost hrlf a century should he,
allowed to become citizens or the
land they lovv so well.“ ‘
Canadian Nisei Stranded in Japan
Gains Okay to Return to Canada
GREENWOOD. B. 0.. May 1
tNew Canadian Dispatchl—A num- -
ber of Canadian Nisei who were‘
stranded in Japan during the war.
have been given offlcml approval
to return to Canada. it was. rom-nt- '
ly reported in a bulletin issued by
the B. C chapter or the .lapunesv'
Canadian Citizens Association, 9
The J.C.C A. bulletin stated that;
an oiiiclal o! the immigration dr-i
partment in Vancouver had “ari-i
vlsed us" that a number of Japan-'
us,- npplications have been :11».
proved by Ottawa provided the pa
pers of the applicants are in order. i
The bulletin also refers to several‘
applications made in Toronto by“
lamilies who are seeking the return g
of their children in Japan. t'l'oron- i
to News. a mimeographed news:
sheet. stated that government 01-:
ficiala have been investigating there 3
«pplicnnts' income. employment, ac- Z
commodation. reason for ;undi:.:g
children to Japan etc.) i
Still vague is the question oil
which persons qvelify for return m 1
Canada and whieh person: do not.
The Notional JO.C,A. recentlyi
announced that Canadian-born.
paw. nether stnnded in Jl-i
panwlortouunrorvhowent:
beck afar ihp war. are (nullified:
W mum '0 Cm“! WWW” theY
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Hearings on Evacuation Claims
Legislation Duo Early Part of
This Month, JACL-AM‘ Reports
WASHINGTON, i) C. May 1 - i
'iem'ings on H R, 3999. the much
iiixcttsx‘t‘d evacuation (-inims men
t.t'e. have been ientativeh sehe
tinieti {or the first part at this
month. the Washington oft'ire of
the JACL Anti-Dherimination Com
mttee learned from authoritative
"tili‘ii'f‘b‘iiOllal sources tonight,
Consideration 0! claims legisla
tion by the Senate Judiciary sub
committee headed by Senator
John N. ('ooper. Kentucky Repub
lic-an. has been minted several
times in recent months but have
been postponed by an unexpected
load of pending bills helore the
i eommltteemen. Hearings were
t originally set for March but were
«dc-tracked by urgent demands
for the disposition of other war
rlaims measures. notably 11. R.
to“. the hill whieh would eomv
pensaie American prisoners of
war [or damages or injuries suf
fered at enemy honds.
With time running short. the
Washington JACL-ADC office is
making every effort to speed up
‘tenringx before Congress adjnurns.
I‘he bill has been in committee
since last November when the Se—
nate Judiciary Committee delegat
"d Senators Cooper and Warren
Magnuson. if» of Washington to
make 21 special study of this Iavis-
Fifty Goats Goal
0f Drive Here
'l‘wn thousand five hundred (lol
lnra. the cast of purchasing fmy
910 nm. wlll be tho goal of the "Goats
fur Japan" drlvo in the Pacific
Northwest. it was derided at a meet
ing this week of lhe 10ml “floats
for Japan" officials.
The drive. according to chairman
Rm. Lester Suzuki of tho Japanese
Mvthodlst church. will be a purely
voluntary movement with no door
m-door campalgns. All contribu
tions toward the “Goats I'm- annn"
push should be sent to the Rev.
Suzuki at 318 Elevnm‘h Ava, Su
ntlle.
To raise part of the funds, mo
vlc-s wlll be shown on May 22 and
'33 In the Seattle Buddhist Audi
torium. lb was nddnd.
Maki Reappointed
To U. W. Faculty
Renppoint‘mont of Jnhn McGil
vrcy Maki as assistant prniesmr of
Japanese government in the Far
Eastern department was announced
lhia week by the University of
Washington board of regents.
Professor Maki is my present at
Hal'vurd University for his doc
wrote degreo HP \viil begin his
inching here from the full qunr
in.
H 0 Is rhi- author of tin- book.
xiaurinvqp Miliim'imn. Its Cause
ind Curv." published by Alired A.
Knopf in 1945
had not prejudiced their status
'hrough military service.
The 8‘ C chapter‘s bulletin. how
vwr. states that "except Nisei un
(im' 18 years or may, thus» who went
hack to J .pan aim-r the end of the
war arr not allowed to enter Cu
nadu. '
It Ls understood that. naturalized
pursom who haw- not lost their Ca
muiinn cnm'nship and Jupmwsv ml
- who have retained their Ca
nadian domicile are also among
those qnlmed for return.
The question of :erundees is cur
r:-ntl_v receiving the attention of the
liailonwl J 0.0 A.
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Permit No. 3164
37 4h Seattle. Wash.
GA'BIURDAY. May 1. [Ms
lllllill‘,
l‘lic JAt‘lis lulu to secure token
mdrmmt‘icatum from Congress for
the huge loam sustamed b_\' the
naruees began ill the 79th Congres:
m 1946 The Senate named the.
nu‘usure but it came too late for
(louse considerltinu. In the pre
~mu ('nngrcw the House has ap
nruieti the bill. hill ihp Senate has
not )‘v‘t :lt'tt‘d
l-haienec of mine favorable sen
timent toward [hp bill in the Up
per House was seen by the \Vash—
itmton .lM‘l. ADC office. however.
ic (fongzn‘ssional Record of April
ll t'fllllflllb a slut) by M'lke Mast
oka and a recent editorial from the
Washington Pat in which prompt
action by the Senate is strongly
'u'ued These two items were in
wrted in the Record. official legis~
Eativc journal of the Congress. at.
me request of Senator 11. Alexan—
der Smith. it?) New Jersey.
Manson's article. "Emnatlon
Claims—Justice Delayed." was
published In the February issue
of the Christian Register. Sena
; tor Smith remarked in seekingr
thr Senate's unanimous consent
to insert the article in the Record
1 that the Nigel legislative director
main»; "an able presentation of
this problem of compensation for
evocuee property losses." The ar
tiele stressed that compensation
for evu-uee loosen would be simv
pic justice and Congressional ao
tion In the only practical solution
to assure redress [or the wrongs
oi evacuation. lle said the.
House in unanimously panningr the.
bill last year had recognized it
was the kind of justice everyone
in the United States In entitled
to receive.
The Pest editorial said "it. would
be a great, mL-siortunc" ii' the cm
"Ultilml claims bill was allowed to
‘apsc “through carciemncxs or on
account of the pressure of other
'busmcss." adding “there appears to
be no question as to the desirabili
ty and justice of tin}: legislation.
Delay in enacting it can serve only
‘0 perpetual“ a wrong and to ag
gravate the injuries which these 10-
\'ai Americans have endured."
The appearance of the-w two
team in the Record was held signi
i‘icant by the .MCL ADC'officc here
which called attention to the fact
'hat on that. dav a House. immtm‘a‘
lion subcommittee was hearing an
abundance of testimony tellin'z oi'
the loyalty and unusual sacrifices
which til.- Japanese Americans and
their al'en parents to this country
nice the, evacuation.
Hayakawa to Talk
To Chicago JACL
CHICAGO. 111. May i—-Dr. S. I.
'lnyuknwa, noted authority on sv
namlics and author of the bast
vlier salvation of the Book of the
Vlonth Club in 1941. “Lanmwge in
\ction". will be guest, speaker at.
'he monthly mat-ling of the Chi
mgo JACL on Thursday. May 6.
I‘] tho mtvrnaiiom‘l leutions Cen—
n-r, 84 E. Randolph SL. prom-am
chairman Noboru Honda. announced
this week.
A Canadian Nisei. Huynkawn
was A student at. tho Univnrrltv of
Manitob'l and recrivvd his M. A
from Mrmll Univnrqmv. and :1 Ph.
D from 9310 'Uniw'rsiiy of Wis-con
n'in wherc- ht' m~t his wife. the for
mer Margednn‘ Putt-N. also a Mad
uah- in English n! the university.
"Don". as he m knnwn to hie.
friends. has tzu'vrht, Enuiish for
Home fiiit-Pn wan": 'in uniil lzmi
‘ oar was prol‘qssm‘ m” Enulish at. the
lilinhis Inszviiuio ui' Tuchnoloxtv in
Chimgo llnynknwu is now nrusi~
dent nr thv (‘hwnuu Consumers
Coopvmlivv' Amt; 1'! his many in
ix-rcf'is in Jazz munir. on which 11"
m mnwll‘rvd :m ultimritv. “in book
rv'vivw'. :er pubiizlwd In Tho Chi
valn Sun-Times.