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PACIFIC CITIZEN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, IoL. 27;NO. 10. SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 4, 1948. Prce: Sevencenta. Close Races Mar Contests In Frst Popular Electon In Hstory of Organzaton IHto Oada was reelected natonal presdentof teJapa- «Aercan Ctzens League n tefrst electon by popular It n te twenty-year storyof teorganzaton, Masao W. to actng natonal secretary ofte JACL, announced on 'He was elected by al ballots sent to te JACL's 6,500 ebers n aclose racewt Dr. Randolp Saada ofCcago. Mr. Satow announced tat all of teracesfor tevce-pres- "tll posts were so close tat | , _ canddate receved a aorty L vote. Te electons for tese Jwere placed nte andsof . JACL's 64capters Henrv Tan of St. Lous, car- aof te Mdwest Dstrct Coun- and presdent of teSt. Lqps uter was elected frst vce- Sdentover Noboru Honda of W o andMnoru Yasu of Den- fnn Cuan of Los Angeles, lan of te Pacfc Soutwest trct Councl, was elected sec- vce-presdent n a ar-lne test wt Cosa Saaotoof as,Calf., and Sge Uso Hurray, Uta. torn Hayas of New Yor, an of teEastern Dstrct untl and presdentof te New Yor capter,was elected trd vce-presdent nacloserace wt Peter Fuoaof Detrot and Joe Sato ofOntaro, Ore. Ineac of te vce-presdental contests, only a andful of voters separated eac of te conddates. Te retrng vce-presdents are GeorgeInaga of Vence,Calf., Wlla Yaauc of Pocatello, Idao and Dr. Randolp Saadaof C cago. Wlla Enooto of San Mateo 's te new natonal treasurer, suc- ceedng Kay Teras a of Salt LaeCty. MarSabusawa of C cago s to new secretary to te natonal board, succeedng Dr. Taas Mayedaof Denver. Tent Bennal JACL Meet Opens n Salt Lae Cty Fve-Day Meetng Wll Set Future Course Of Natonal Organzaton; HundredsRegster At Hotel Uta on Frst Day of Conventon I Te 10t bennal conventonof teJACLgot underwayts Kernng as undreds ofJACL ebers,offcal and booster ■delegates fro ter respectve capters, regstered at te Hotel ■M, conventon eadquarters. I Japanese Aercans fro every part of te country ar- Bvedntectytroug out teday to attendte a ot fve- Hy eetng,wc wll deterne te course ofacton for te Ratonal organzatonfor te next two years. I W le offcal delegateswll be ' ■owned wt natonal co ttee ■tports, councl eetngs andoter ■tol wor, boosterdelegates ■nl be entertanedat avarety of ■"notons,ncludngsports tourna- ■fcents, outngs and dances. 1 Offcal delegates settled down ■'ly n te ornngfor te frst W ter any lengty natonal ■wcl eetngs,wc wll co- ■fnsete an wor oftecon- ■wton. Councl eetngs ave ■» sceduledtrougout teday ■n ost of tedaysofte con- ■Won. Te frst eetng, eld ■" ornng,was presded over > HtoOada, natonal presdent. fet aor event for bot of- ■" and booster delegates wll be ts evenngat te openng K'ru? at te Unversty of Kft n u eater > begnnngat Eft Herl>ert B. Maw of Uta » Mayor Earl J. Glade of Salt ■TW wll extendgreetngs to C gates> Saburo Kdo, - Er 6.}** nat°nal JACLpres- I"; wll bete eynote speaer. ■« new natonal cabnet wll also Renounced a"dpresented. H g te course of tecon- Lll^'^y Pronentpersons ES"* tedelegates, nclud- EeLf es W-Pence,war- Kt S of te 442nd co- KorJ ne €1°Watson, d- Kuto n o nternatonal In- rCf an Francsco; Edward on ? er ead ofte o"« y S °n f trol T unt of teDepart- E,!, 1"*"; Robert M. Rttr r,etar y of te Natonal K r, Equ:lt >' n Nat- Pfon a nd L . Wrn,.na- ^ e JACLlegal counsel, ■'"luref CL conventon wll W*L Vve^ anpanel on 8.»2S NlBe C«"»eBac," V*£Z^eetngTuesday I ll * «pus. UnverB^ of BUS"* ffeJHft Optonal Dr B «; \ - Yatabe, frst ppartSent of te JA€L, ***** as panel ebers.- MssWatsonwll dscussteCal- forna pcture. Cullu wll pre- sent te Was ngtonscene. Oter subectsare as follows: "Te Test Cases n te Courts," W rn; "Te Over-All Outloo," Enns; and "Te JACL Story," Dr. Yatabe. Nse war deadwll be onored at a e oral servce tobe eld atte general eetng prorto te panel. Teservce, to be eld under tedrecton of te VFW, wll feature a tal byCol. Pence, wowll paytrbute to te en of te 442nd cobat tea,of wc &e was co ander untl osptalzed for wounds. Dr. Don C. Ja es, pastco- ander ofte Uta VFW,wll lead te eoral servces. Glen E. To pson, edate past state co ander, wll paytrbute to te Nse naspeec andwll Calforna Sgns Dsclaers n TwoNse Cases Dsavows Future ActononPropertes Ownedby Ctzens SAN FRANCISCO Te State of Calforna last wee sgnedds- claeractons dsavowng any furter clas on twopropertes owned byJapanese A ercans, te Nortern Calforna CvlRgts Defense Unon announced ts wee. Mrs. Masao Ono andMrs. Yon- eoS zu of Sebastopol,daug- ters of Tootaro Kobue, and Edde Hde Kuroawa of Sela aretesuccessful ltgants n te two dsclaer suts, te frst to be decded n favor of te Japa- neseAercan owners onproperty wc te state ad prevously sougt to esceat under te Alen Land Law. , . Te Nse fledter dscla er suts troug CRDU attorneys, JaesPurcell and Wlla Fern- ter Te propertesnvolved adbeen n ltgaton durng te past year on te bassof cargestat te Nse owners were volatng te Alen Land law. Tedsclaers were allowed by tecourt and were sgned byJac W Hardy,deputystate attorney general! and endorsed byToas H. Kucel,state controller. HITO OK ADA ReelectedJACLPrexy Coplete Rado, Televson Coverage Set for JACL Coplete coverage of te *^^"£?S^lff League natonal conventon splanned b> cooperatve Cty rado and televson statons. Te tentatve coverage scedule follows. Toas KUTA, an ntervew Saturdayat 5 p. . wtn T.Yatabe. . , t anan » sf . Aercan probles KNAK,apanel dscusson of Japanese A enta Sunday at 6:30 p. . wfXIS)ten-nute progra KDYL-TV (televson staton "), te dants> nd Monday evenngfeaturngte JACL queen n asort tal onNse affars byHto Oada. w}n Inter-Mountan Networ (KAUJ, two^ be featured on te"Far Journal sow rursda , te progra nor broadcast te as yet been arranged. Kawata Convcted on Eg t Countsn Treason Tral Federal Court Jury Reaces Verdct as Deadloc Broen After Eg t Days of Debate LOS ANGELES—To oyaKawala, 27,was convcted late T ursday, Sept. 2, of treason cargesgrowngout of swarte actvtes as an nterpreter at aJapanese POW ca p. Te verdct wasreturnedby teFederal courturyot nne woen and tree en wo ad delberated afull eg t daysafter avng lstenedto 11weesof test ony. Several tesdurng tepast wee te ury adtold Judge Wlla C.Mates tat' a verdct was possble and ased to bedscarged. Kawata, a natveof Calexco,Calf., was convcted on eg t of te 13 overt acts carged nte ndct ent. Hesowed no e oton wen teverdct was read, beyondbln ng s eyes rapdly. Kawata wascargedwt aseresof brutaltes andatro- ctesaganst A ercanwarcaptves, but sdefense ad eld tat at tetete acts wereco tted ewas a Japanese na- tonal,avngrenounced sA ercanctzens p. Teverdct carres a possble deat sentencebutU.S. At- torney Jaes Carter dd ot de and t. Te nu sentence s fve years nprson. Te ury, owever, as no voce nfxng tesentence,wc sentrely nte ands of te court. Mrs. Else B.Ncel, fore an, toldJudgeMatestat co- pleteagree ent was possbleon tereanng fve counts of tendctent. DefenseAttorneyMorrs Lavnesad ewould request anow tral and a petton for a drected acquttal. Lavnesad Kawata souldbefreedof tetreasoncarge because ewasnotfound gulty onall counts. Kawatawas taen bac to te county al followngte verdct wtout beng allowed totalto s fater or sssters. Inastateent to news en e' declared: "I a nnocent andI a confdent I wll bevndcated ult- ately.At no te aveI been dsloyal to te Unted States, nor ddI betrayte UntedStates." Te ury votedKawata gulty on te two aorssues of tecase. It declaredtat e wasan 'Aercanctzenowng alleganceto teUntedStates nte perod fro Aug.8,1944 toAug.24,1945durng wc ewasaccusedof brutallytreat- ng A ercan prsoners.It decded tat Kawata,wle an A ercanctzen,cast s lot and aderedto ene es of te Unted! Stateswt an ntent too betrayteUntedStates. Te ury also found Kawata gultyof .specfc actsof cruelty andbrutalty aganst A ercanprsoners of war at te Oeyaa ca p, dentfed as PllpD. Toland, .1.C. Grant, Toas J. O'Connor, DavdR.Carrer, George W. S pson,Jonne C. Carter. JonJ. Arellno, WoodrowT. Safferand 30 oters. Te ebers of te ury declned to co ent onreports of personal an ostywc treatenedfor atetoresult n adeadloc. Susan Suzuo Nagu o, Nse stenoerap er and e ber of te ury, left te ury roo wt Mrs. ElseB. Ncel, forean ofte ury. andacco panedMrs.Ncel oe under teescort ;>fa Unted States arsal. LOS ANGELES —T e Federalury consderngte case of To oya Kawata,27,carged wt 13 overt treasonableacts aganst teUntedStates wleservngasan nterpreter at te Oeyaa prsoner-of-war cap n Japan, was stlldeadloced on te eg t day after tadbeengven tecase n Federal Judge Wlla C. Mates 1 court. Te ury as twce nfored JudgeMatestat t cannot agreeontessues but te court orderedte ebersbac for furterdscussons. 1 Inforaton tat "personal an- osty" ad paralyzed te ury wasreportedtoJudgeMates on Aur.27bv Forean Wlla W. Andrews, fve daysafter te ury ad recevedtecase. "We ave a uror erewo s pedng ustce!" Andrews bluntly told Judge Matesafter te ury ad been called ntocourt at s request. JudgeMates cautoned not tn revealte 'nuercal standng of te ury wc as been ased to brng n answers to 104 spe- cfc questonson tegult or n- nocence of Kawata. "We're not 11 to1, your onor," Andrewsexplaned, "but tere s one uror wo as been nterferng wt te course of tstral. Ts ury can never and wll never reac a verdct because ofts eber wo spersonallyobec- tonable tooter ebers of te ury. We want to now wat to do." DefenseAttorney Morrs Lavne edately oved to dscarge te ury, but JudgeMates dened ? oton and urg«d te nne woen and tree entocontnue ter delberates. "Your onor, tere spersonal an osty ere tat could possbly be dangerous," Andrews,an at- torney and nsurance an, nssted. "We ws to be excused. We ave been polled and feel ts - possble toreac a verdct." Hsopnon was corroborated by te otertwo enontepanel, Carles J. Clancyand GeorgeE. Sdle. ' It was nted tat Mrs. Mare " Zegler, ousewfe, was te uror n queston.Courtroo observers avenoted tat for several days Mrs. Zegler as appeared ds- traugt. Se rased er and ;entatvely after Forean Andrews lad reported.Judge Mates ased er f se adso etngto say. "No, perapsnot," s-e repled, tenadded,"Could so eoneelse be na ed fore an—peraps Mr. Clancy?" "I'd le to3ay tat t wasMrs. Zegler wo no nated e," An- drews sot bac. "Yes, I ,ld. tat's rgt," Mrs. Zegler repled andsat down. Te court sad te urywas free to coose any forean t desred. Judge Mates sad tere s no reason to suppose tat anoter tral would not be equallylong (12 wees)and expensve(fro $75,000 to $200,000) and advsed te urors to "tae yourte." After te court's ad onton, Forean Andrews ased to be eard agan. "I' afradI ave not ade y poston clear," e sad. "No uror obects towc way any- (Contnued on page 2) ' (Contnued onpage 2) Lto Oada Reelected JA C L Presdent

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PACIFIC CITIZENSALTLAKE CITY,UTAH,IoL.27;NO.10. SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER4,1948. Pri ce:Sevencenta.

CloseRacesMark ContestsInFirstPopularElectionInHistoryofOrganizati on

IHitoOk ada wasreelected nationalpresidentofth eJapa-

«AmericanCiti zensLeaguei nth efi rstelection bypopularIti nth etwenty-yearh i storyofth eorganizati on,MasaoW.toactingnationalsecretaryofth eJACL,announcedon

'Hewas elected bymailballotssenttoth eJACL's6,500embers i n acloseracewi th Dr.Randolph Sak adaofCh i cago.Mr.Satowannouncedth atallofth eracesforth evi ce-pres-"tillpostswere so closeth at|,_

candidatereceivedamajori tyLvote.Th eelectionsforth eseJj wereplaced i nth eh andsof.JACL's64ch aptersHenrvTani ofSt.Louis,ch ai r-aofth eMi dwestDistri ctCoun-andpresidentofth eSt.Lqpsuter was elected firstvice-SidentoverNoboruHondaofi WoandMi noruYasui ofDen-fnnk Ch umanofLosAngeles,li i manofth ePaci fi cSouth westi tri ctCouncil,waselectedsec-j vice-presidenti n a h ai r-li ne

itestwith Cosma Sak amotoofamis,Calif.,andSh i gek i Ush i oHurray,Utah .torn Hayash i ofNew York ,manofth eEasternDi stri ctuntilandpresidentofth eNew

York ch apter,waselected th i rdvice-presidenti nacloseracewithPeterFuj i ok aofDetroitandJoeSaito ofOntario,Ore.Ineach ofth evice-presidential

contests,onlya h andfulofvotersseparatedeach ofth econdidates.Th eretiri ngvice-presidentsareGeorgeInagak i ofVenice,Calif.,Willi am Yamauch i ofPocatello,Idah oandDr.Randolph Sak adaofCh i cago.Willi am EnomotoofSanMateo

i 'sth enewnationaltreasurer,suc-ceedingKayTerash i maofSaltLak eCity.Mari SabusawaofCh i cagoi sth o

new secretaryto th e nationalboard, succeeding Dr. Tak ash iMayedaofDenver.

Tenth Bi enni alJACLMeetOpensi nSaltLak eCityFive-DayMeetingWillSetFutureCourseOfNationalOrganizati on;HundredsRegisterAtHotelUtah onFirstDayofConvention

I Th e10th bi enni alconventionofth eJACLgotunderwayth i sKerning as h undredsofJACLmembers,offici alandbooster■delegatesfrom th ei rrespectivech apters,registeredatth eHotel■M,convention h eadquarters.I JapaneseAmericansfrom everypartofth e countryar-

Bivedi nth ecityth rough outth edaytoattendth emammoth fi ve-Hiymeeting,wh i ch willdetermineth ecourse ofactionforth eRationalorganizati onforth enexttwoyears.IWh i leoffi ci aldelegateswi llbe'■ownedwith nationalcommittee■tports,councilmeetingsandoth er■tolwork ,boosterdelegates■nilbeentertainedatavarietyof■"notions,i ncludingsportstourna-■fcents,outingsanddances.1Offici aldelegatessettled down■j'lyi nth emorningforth efi rstW th ei rmanylength ynational■wcilmeetings,wh i ch willcom-■fnseth emai nwork ofth econ-■wtion. Councilmeetings h ave■»sch eduledth rough outth eday■nmostofth edaysofth econ-■Wion.Th efi rstmeeting,h eld■"morning,waspresidedoverm>HitoOk ada,nationalpresident.■fetmajoreventforboth of-■"andboosterdelegateswillbemth i seveningatth eopeningK'ru?atth eUni versity ofKftn u h eater>beginni ngatEft■Herl>ertB.MawofUtah»MayorEarlJ.GladeofSalt■TWwillextendgreetingstoCi gates> SaburoKido,i m-Er6.}**nati°nalJACLpres-I";willbeth ek eynotespeak er.■«newnationalcabinetwillalsoRenounceda"dpresented.Hgth ecourse ofth econ-Lll'yProminentpersonsES"*th edelegates,i nclud-EemLfa£es W-Pence,war-KtS ofth e442ndcom-KorJi nme€1°Watson,di-Kuto i no i nternationalIn-rCfanFrancisco;Edwardm on?erh eadofth eo"«myS°n

ftrolTunitofth eDepart-E,!,1"*";Robert M.Rttrr,etaryofth eNationalK r,Equ:ili t>' i n Nat-Pfonand L.Wiri n,.na-i eJACLlegalcounsel,

■'"lurefA«CL convention willW*h LViveanpanelonth «8.»2SNlBei C«"»eBack ,"V*£ZmeetingTuesday

Ill*«mpus. UniverBi^of

BUS"*ffeJHftOptionalDrB«;j \-Yatabe,firstppartiSentofth eJA€L,*****aspanelmembers.-

MissWatsonwilldiscussth eCali-forniapicture. Cullumwillpre-sentth eWash i ngtonscene. Oth ersubjectsareasfollows:"Th eTestCasesi nth eCourts,"Wiri n;"Th eOver-AllOutlook ," Ennis; and"Th eJACLStory,"Dr.Yatabe.Nisei wardeadwillbeh onoredatamemorialservicetobe h eldatth e generalmeetingpriortoth epanel.Th eservice,tobeh eldunderth edi rectionofth eVFW,willfeatureatalk byCol.Pence,wh owillpaytributetoth e menofth e 442nd combatteam,ofwh i ch &e was commanderuntilh ospi tali zedforwounds.Dr.Don C.James,pastcom-manderofth e Utah VFW,willleadth ememorialservices. GlenE. Th ompson, i mmedi ate paststatecommander,willpaytributetoth eNi sei i naspeech andwill

CaliforniaSignsDisclaimersi nTwoNisei CasesDisavowsFutureActiononPropertiesOwnedbyCiti zens

SANFRANCISCO— Th eStateofCalifornialastweek signeddis-claimeractionsdisavowing anyfurth erclaimsontwopropertiesownedbyJapaneseAmericans,th eNorth ernCalifornia Civi lRigh tsDefense Union announced th i sweek .Mrs.Masak oOnoandMrs.Yon-

ek oSh i mi zuofSebastopol,daugh -ters ofTomotaroKobuk e,andEddieHi dek i Kurok awaofSelmaareth esuccessfulliti gantsi nth etwodisclaimersuits,th efi rsttobedecided i nfavorofth eJapa-neseAmericanownersonpropertywh i ch th e state h ad previouslysough ttoesch eatunderth eAlienLandLaw. ,.Th eNisei fi ledth ei rdisclaimersuits th rough CRDU attorneys,

JamesPurcellandWilli am Fern-terTh epropertiesi nvolved h adbeeni nli ti gati onduringth epastyearon th ebasisofch argesth atth eNi sei ownerswereviolating th eAlienLandlaw.Th edisclaimerswereallowedbyth ecourtandweresignedbyJackW Hardy,deputystateattorneygeneral!andendorsedbyTh omasH.Kuch el,statecontroller.

HITO OKADAReelectedJACLPrexy

CompleteRadio,Televisi onCoverageSetforJACL

Completecoverageofth e* "£?SlffiLeaguenationalconventioni splannedb>cooperative

Cityradioand televisi onstations.Th etentativecoveragesch edulefollows. Th omasKUTA,an i nterviewSaturdayat5 p.m.witn

T.Yatabe. . ,tanan»sf.AmericanproblemsKNAK,apaneldiscussionofJapaneseAmenta

Sundayat6:30p.m. wfiXIS)ten-minuteprogramKDYL-TV(televisi onstation

"),tedants> i nd

Mondayeveningfeaturingth eJACLqueenn

ash orttalk onNisei affairsbyHitoOk ada. w}n

Inter-MountainNetwork (KAUJ,two mbefeaturedonth e"Farm Journalsh ow

rh ursda,

th eprogram nor

broadcastti meh asyetbeenarranged.

Kawak i taConvictedonEigh tCountsi nTreasonTrial

FederalCourtJuryReach esVerdictasDeadlock Brok enAfterEigh tDaysofDebate

LOS ANGELES—TomoyaKawak i la,27,wasconvictedlateTh ursday,Sept.2,oftreasonch argesgrowingoutofh i swartimeactivi ti esasani nterpreterataJapanesePOW camp.Th everdictwasreturnedbyth eFederalcourtjuryotnine

womenandth reemenwh oh addeliberatedafulleigh tdaysafterh avi nglistenedto11week softestimony.Severaltimesduringth epastweek th ej uryh adtoldJudgeWilli am C.Math esth at'averdictwasi mpossibleandask edtobedisch arged.Kawak i ta,anativeofCalexico,Calif.,was convictedon

eigh tofth e13overtactsch arged i nth ei ndi ctment.Hesh owednoemotionwh enth everdictwasread,beyondblink i ng h i seyesrapidly.Kawak i tawasch argedwith aseriesofbrutaliti esandatro-

citi esagainstAmericanwarcaptives,buth i sdefenseh ad h eldth atatth eti meth eactswerecommittedh ewasaJapanesena-ti onal,h avi ngrenounced h i sAmericanciti zensh i p.Th everdictcarriesapossibledeath sentencebutU.S.At-

torneyJamesCarterdidh otdemandi t.Th emi ni mumsentencei sfi veyearsi npri son.Th e j ury,h owever,h asnovoice i nfixi ngth esentence,wh i ch i sentirelyi nth eh andsofth ecourt.

Mrs.ElsieB.Nick el,foreman,toldJudgeMath esth atcom-pleteagreementwas i mpossibleon th eremaini ngfivecountsofth ei ndi ctment.DefenseAttorneyMorrisLavinesaidh ewouldrequestanow

trialandapetiti onforadirectedacquittal.LavinesaidKawak i tash ouldbefreedofth etreasonch argebecauseh ewasnotfoundguiltyonallcounts.Kawak i tawastak enback toth ecounty j ai lfollowingth e

verdictwith outbeingallowedtotalk toh i sfath erorh i ssi sters.Inastatementtonewsmen h e'declared:"Iam i nnocentandIam confidentIwillbevindi catedulti-

mately.Atnotimeh aveIbeendisloyaltoth eUni tedStates,nordidIbetrayth eUni tedStates."Th e j uryvotedKawak i taguiltyonth etwomajori ssues

ofth ecase.Itdeclaredth ath ewasan'Americanciti zenowingallegiancetoth eUni tedStates i nth eperiodfrom Aug.8,1944toAug.24,1945duringwh i ch h ewasaccusedofbrutallytreat-i ng American prisoners.Itdecidedth atKawak i ta,wh i leanAmericanciti zen,cast h i slotand adh eredtoenemiesofth eUnited!Stateswith an i ntenttoobetrayth eUni tedStates.Th e j uryalsofound Kawak i taguiltyof.specifi c actsof

crueltyandbrutalityagainstAmericanprisonersofwaratth eOeyamacamp,i denti fi edasPh i lli pD.Toland,.1.C.Grant,Th omasJ.O'Connor,DavidR.Carrier,GeorgeW.Simpson,Joh nni eC.Carter.Joh nJ.Armellino,WoodrowT.Sh afferand30oth ers.Th emembersofth e j urydeclinedtocommentonreports

ofpersonalanimosi tywh i ch th reatenedforatimetoresulti nadeadlock .

Susan Suzuk o Nagumo,Nisei stenoeraiph erandmemberofth ej ury,leftth e j uryroomwith Mrs.ElsieB.Nick el,foremanofth ei ury.andaccompaniedMrs.Nick elh omeunderth eescort;>fa UnitedStatesmarsh al.LOS ANGELES—Th eFederalj uryconsideri ngth ecaseof

TomoyaKawak i ta,27,ch argedwith 13overttreasonableactsagainstth eUni tedStateswh i leservingasan i nterpreteratth eOeyamaprisoner-of-warcampi n Japan,wasstilldeadlock edonth eeigh th dayafteri th adbeengiventh ecasei nFederalJudgeWilli am C. Math es1 court.Th e j uryh astwicei nformedJudgeMath esth ati tcannot

agreeonth ei ssuesbutth ecourtorderedth emembersback forfurth erdiscussions. 1Informationth at"personalani-mosity" h ad paralyzedth e j urywasreportedtoJudgeMath esonAujr.27bvForemanWilli am W.Andrews,fivedaysafterth e j uryh adreceivedth ecase."We h avea j urorh erewh oi si mpedi ng j usti ce!"AndrewsbluntlytoldJudgeMath esafterth e i uryh adbeencalled i ntocourtath i srequest.JudgeMath escautionedh i mnot

tn revealth e'numericalstandingofth e j urywh i ch h asbeenask edtobring i nanswersto104spe-cifi cquestionsonth eguiltori n-nocenceofKawak i ta."We'renot11to1,yourh onor,"

Andrewsexplained,"butth erei sone j urorwh oh asbeeni nterferingwith th ecourseofth i stri al.Th i sj urycan neverandwillneverreach a verdictbecauseofth i smemberwh oi spersonallyobjec-tionabletooth ermembersofth ej ury.Wewanttok nowwh attodo."DefenseAttorneyMorrisLavinei mmedi ately moved to disch argeth ej ury,butJudgeMath esdeniedh i ? moti onandurg«d th eni newomenandth reementocontinueth ei rdeliberates."Yourh onor,th erei spersonalanimosi tyh ereth atcouldpossiblybe dangerous,"Andrews,an at-torneyand i nsuranceman,i nsi sted."Wewish tobeexcused.Weh ave

been polled and feeli ti s i m-possibletoreach averdict."Hisopini onwascorroboratedbyth eoth ertwomenonth epanel,Ch arlesJ.ClancyandGeorgeE.Sidle.'Itwas h i ntedth atMrs.Marie"Ziegler,h ousewife,wasth e j urorinquestion.Courtroomobserversh avenotedth atforseveraldaysMrs.Zieglerh as appeared dis-traugh t. Sh e rai sed h erh and;entativelyafterForemanAndrewsladreported.JudgeMath esask edh eri fsh e h adsometh i ngtosay."No,perh apsnot,"s-h ereplied,th enadded,"Couldsomeoneelsebe namedforeman—perh apsMr.Clancy?""I'dli k eto3ayth ati twasMrs.Zieglerwh onominatedme,"An-drewssh otback ."Yes,I,lid.th at'srigh t,"Mrs.Zieglerrepliedandsatdown.Th ecourtsaidth e j urywasfreetoch oose anyforeman i tdesired.JudgeMath es said th ere i snoreason to suppose th atanoth ertri alwouldnotbeequallylong(12 week s)andexpensive(from$75,000to$200,000)andadvisedth e j urorsto"tak eyourti me."Afterth e court's admoniti on,Foreman Andrewsask ed tobeh eardagain."I'mafraidIh avenotmademypositi on clear," h e sai d. "Noj urorobjectstowh i ch wayany-

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alsolayawreath forth eVFW.HarryClark e,soloist,willsing,"Sleep.SoldierBoy,"and "MvBuddy."Anopenmeetingfornational

councilandboosterdelegateswi llbo h eldTuesdayafternoon at2p.m. i n th eHotelUtah j uni orballroom. Featureofth emeetingwi llbeapaneldiscussionwith th efollowing partici pants:HaroldFistereofSeabrook ,N.J.;FrankCh uman ofLos Angeles; MaliSabusawaofCh i cago;TadHirotaofBerk eley;SamIsh i k awaofNew-York Ci ty;andTatsKush i da Ch i -cago.AJACLrecogniti onsbanquetwillfeatureconventionactivi ti esonWednesday.Mi k e Masaok a,ADC directo-Willbeth espeak erforth e ban-quet,wh i ch willbe h eldat6p.m.i nth eHotelUtah Lafayetteball-room.P?stnationalpresidentsofth eJAOLandwartime work ersforth eorganizati onswillbepresent-edwiffi j ewel-studdedJACLpinsforth ei rservices. Aspecialpres-entat.onwi llbe made to HitoOk ada,nationalpresident.Nation-alofficersforth enexttwoyearswallbeformallyi nstalled.Sh i geWUsh i owillbe toastmasterwinITT!nUon'8farewellballwillbeh eldat9:30p.m.Wed-GCr?v7 h Vnningatth €Cftc°"tt.roveballroom with Dr.JunKi rumadaasch ai rman.pr£Ss.°;SC

m°U-nCilmfetin»s,com-Pnsmgth emamwork ofth econ-

ference, h avebeensch eduledalldaytoday,Sundaymorning,Mon-daymorning,afternoonandeven-i ng,Tuesdaymorningand Wed-nesdaymorning.Specialcommitteeandnationalofficers'reportswillbepresent-ed to th e councilby GeorgeAzumano, Hito Ok ada, MasaoSatow, Kay Terash i ma, Mi k eMasaok a,Mrs.Doroth yKitow,IraSh i masak i , Minoru Yasui, Dr.Randolph Sak ada, Don Komai,Joh n Maeno, Sh i g Wak amatsu,Henry Tani, Frank Mizusawa,Togo Tanak a,ScottyMiyak awa,Joe Tanak a,Ei j i Tanabe,MasHonuch i , BillEnomoto, GeorgeInagak i ,TomHayash i andPatrickOk ura.Specialeventsforth efive-daymeeti ncludeagolftournament,conventionmixeratth eUniversityofUtah StudentUnionj uni orball-room, a convention outing atBrigh ton,i nformalsupperandso-cialatth eOldMillClub,teaandreception i n h onorofth equeencandidates,bridgetournament,na-tionaloratorical contest, "1000Uub dinner,conventionlunch eonatth eHotelUtah RoofGardenandareceptionatth eGovernor'sMansion., <|£CL

JAI>C meetingwi llbeh eldTh ursdaymorningandafter-noon AnIssei meeting,sponsored

h i i "Klk aKisei Domei,willbenew Wednesdaymorningat10ajm.i nRoom C-38,HotelUtah ,i h emeetingwillmark th efi rstpartici pati onbyIssei i n a na-tionalJACLconvention.

onevotes,buti t'sth ewayth estatementsaremade "Mrs.Zieglerth enwearilyde-

clared."Idon'tfeelli k egoingonunderth ecircumstances.""It'sdiffi cultforth ecourttobelieve,"Judge Math es stated,"th atyou've*beenunabletoarriveataunanimousanswertoevenoneofth e104specialverdictsgivenyou.Ifyoucan'tanswerth emall.answerasmanyasyoucan. Iti syourdutytodeliberateuntilyoureach an agreementi fyoucandosowith outviolencetoyouri ndi vi dual j udgmentand con-science."Th eLosAngelesTimesreport-

edonAug.31th atSusanSuzuk oNagumo,Nisei stenograph erwh oi samemberofth e j uryandh asbeenseatednexttoMrs.Zieglerth rough outth e trial,gave novisi ble i ndi cati onofh erpositi onandmadenocomment.Enroutetoandfrom mealssh eh asbeench atti ngamicablywi th th eoth erj urors, h owever, wh i le Mrs.

Zieglerusuallyaccompaniesth ebaili ffs.In h i sstatementtoth ecourt,Clancysaid:"Idon'tth i nk th ere'sanych ancei nth eworldforth i sj urytoagree.We'vebeenlock edupforfivedaysandnigh tsandweh aven'taccom-plish ed ath i ngandneverwill!We h avenotansweredanyofth equestionsbeforeus."Sidle declaredfrom th e j ury

box:"Everyoneofusrealizes th ei mportanceofth i s tri alandth eti meandenergyth ath avebeenputi ntoth i scase,butwe h aveapproach ed i tfrom everyangleandwe j ustcan'tgetanywh ere."On Aug.31 th e j uryreportedth ati th ad oustedi tsforemanWilli am W.Andrews,andsupple-mentedh i mwi th ah ousewife,MrsElsieB.Nick el.Th edi sclosurewasmadewh enth ej uryreturnedtoJudgeMath es'

courtwi th th erequestforfurth erclarifi cati onofi nstructions. Th ej uryh adbeenoutsixdaysatth etime,wasorderedback forfurth erdeliberations.

MyerNotesDiscri mi nati onAgainstNisei GrouponWaneRogerBaldwin,CongressmenSendMessagestoJACLManymessagesofgreetingh ave

beenreceivedbyth e JACL10thbienni alconventionfrom personsth rough outth ecountry,i ncludingDillonS.Myer,wartimedi rectorofth eWarRelocationAuth ori ty;RogerBaldwin,directorofth eAmericanCivi lLi bertiesUnion;Rep.WalterH.Judd,sponsorofth eequalityi nnaturalizati onbill;Congressman B. W. Gearh ars,Fresno;SenatorElbertD.Th omasofUtah ;andRep.W.E.GrangerofUtah .In h i sgreetingtoth econven-tion,DillonMyerexpressed h i spleasureatth e"progressth ath asbeenmadeduringth epastseveralmonth si nth eelimi nati onofdis-cri mi nati onandi nth esecuringofactionwh i ch Ih opewillproviderestituti on i npartforsome ofth e losses i ncurred during th eevacuation."Myersaidth atpassage ofth eevacuationclaim bill,action ofth e Supremecourtin th eali enlandlawtestcaseandth e "en-couragingprogress"ofth eJuddnaturalizati onbi llgive"adequateevidenceofeffectiveandconstruc-tionprogress."Hecongratulatedth eJACLforth epartplayedbyth eorganiza-tioni nth esecuringofactiononth eseprograms,andexpressedh i sconfidenceth atth eJuddbi llwouldbe enactedi ntolawatth enextCongressionalsession.RogerBaldwincongratulatedth eJACLuponi tseffortstoovercomediscri mi nati oni nlawandpractice."Th e conductofth oseefforts

h asreflectedth ebesti nth eAmer-i can traditi on—freefrom bitter-ness,tolerantlyunderstandingofth e li mi tati onsofoth ers,per-suasively i nsi stentonrealizi ngi nfactwh atweprofessi npri nci ple,"Baldwinsaid. "Onlyth erepealofth eOrientalexclusion actre-mainsasamajorobjecti ve,andonesureofrealizati on i nth efuture.Againstth edi scri mi nati onsout-sidelaw,th e"conductofJapaneseAmericansduring th ewarandsinceh asrepresentedsuch loyal-tytoAmerican i dealsth atth oseobstacles tocomplete i denti fi ca-tionwillalsodisappear."Baldwindeclaredth ati twasaprivi legeforth eAmericanCivi lLi bertiesUnionto h aveplayedaparti nth ework ofth eJACL.Rep.JuddcongratulatedJapa-

neseAmericansforth e"magnif-i centdemonstration"ofth eNi seiduringth ewar."Yoursuperbbe-h avi orundermostdiffi cultcir-cumstances,"h ewrote,"h asneverbeensurpassedbyanygroup i nanycountryortime."He sent h i s assurances th at"milli onsofAmericans,i ncludingscoresofmembersofCongress,arei ncreasinglyawareofth e i nj us-tice*youh avesuffered,i ncludingi nequalityofciti zensh i pand i m-migration,unlawfulseizureofyourproperty with outcompensation,'etc/'"Wewillnotstopuntilth osei nj usti ces are corrected," Rep.Juddsaid.CongressmanB.W.Gearh artof

Californiasenth i scongratulationsuponth eassemblingofth e10thbienni alJACLmeeting.He added h i s h opeth at"th egreatestofsuccess mayattendyoureffortstopromotea. h i gh erandbetterciti zensh i pandamoretolerantbroth erh ood amongallpersonsresidi ngh ere,wh ateverbeth ei rnationalantecedents."AsIk now," h i smessagecon-

cluded,"th i si sth emostworth yaspirati onofyourgreatorganiza-tion.Isaluteyou."

Canadian Citi zensSendGreetingstoJACLConventionGreetingsfromJapaneseCana-

di anci ti zenswereextendedth i sweek toth e10th bienni alJACLconventionnow meeting i nSaltLak eCity.Th egreetingswereconveyed i n

atelegram senttoSh i gek i Ush i o,convention ch ai rman,by GeorgeTanak a,nationalexecutivesecre-taryofth eNationalJapaneseCa-nadianCiti zensAssociati on,JCCA.Tanak apledgedth eorganizati on

towork i ng with th eJACL"ateveryopportunity."Hiswi rewasasfollows:"Iti swith greatpleasureth at

weextendourmostfriendlyandwarmestgreetings onbeh alfofth eCanadianci ti zensofJapaneseancestrytoyouwh oareth edele-gatestak i ng-parti nth i stenth bi -enni alJACLconvention.Iti strulybecauseofth euntiri ng effortsofyourJACLrank andfile,executiveofficers and leaders wh i ch h asmadepossibleth eoutstandingrec-ordofvictoryforth eJACL.Th eJCCA asyourgoodneigh boror-ganizati ontoth ernorth welcomesth i s opportunityto express i tspledgetoendeavorateveryop-portunitytowork h and i n h andwith your worth y organizati on.Weareconfident,too,ofth eout-standingsuccessyouwillach i eveofyourconvention.Goodluck andcongratulations."

HAWAIIDELEGATESATTENDMEETINSALTLAKECITYTh eterritoryofHawai i i srep-resentedforth efirsttimeatanationalJACLconventionth i syearwith Katsuro Mi h o and Sh i geoYosh i daasoffici aldelegates.Mi h o i sserving asan offici aldele,gate-at-large,representingth elargenumberofassociatedmem-bers i nHawai i .Yosh i dai sarep-resentativeofth eJACLsupport-erscommitteei nth eterritory.Mi h o,"*wh ostudiedi nth eUni tedStatesatth eUniversityofUtahand George Wash i ngtonuniver-sity i n Wash i ngton,D.C, i saHonoluluattorney.Hewasoneofth eorganizers of th e HonoluluEmergenmy Service committee,wh i ch h asbeen comparedtoth eJACLi ni tswartimeleadersh i pofJapaneseAmericans i n Hawai i .Mi h osei-vedasch ai rmanforth eorganizati onforseveralterms.

JACLConventionProgramSATURDAY,Sept4. Hotduuh Mezzaninej UTtiKnNaLnalCouncilMeetingHotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomRollCaU CredentialsCommittee Report,Convention Can,SationalSectary'sReport,NationalTreasurer'sReport,ADCDirector'sReport. ri i i h h mi i s«.

1215Offici alDelegates'Lunch eon V*W Clubh ouse

2to3pm.NationalCouncilMeeting

3to5P.m.MeetingsofNationalCommittees .7:30p.m OpeningCeremonies LittleTh eater,Univ.ofUah9P.m ConventionMi xer StudentUnion,Univ.»fUtahCornonationCeremonies,JACLQueen.

SUNDAY,Sept.5. TabernacleISt?l!noomnNKci .MeetingJrBallroom HotelUtahLegislativeCommittee Report,LegalCommittee Report,EvacuationClaimsDiscussion.

11~.Ch urch Services JapaneseCh ri sti anCh urch

12noonto6p.m.ConventionOuting Brigh ton,UtahCafeteriaLunch ,Sk i LiftRide Games,Hi k i ng

7to11p.m.InformalSupperandSocial " -OldMillClub

s'-SOa.m.NationalCouncilMeeting HotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomMembersh i pCommitteeReport,Program andActivi ti esCom-mi tteeReport.

10a.m.JACLCh apterClini c HotelUtah ,RoomL-38(ForBoosterDelegatesOnly).

1p.m.NationalCouncilMeeting HotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomNisei VeteransCommitteeReport,Pacifi c Ci ti zenBoardReport. NationalSponsorsCommitteeReport.

1to3p.m.BowlingTournament TempleAlleys3:45p.m.NationalOratoricalContest HotelUtah ,Jr.Ballroom6p.m."1000Club"Dinner DawnNoodleHouseBto11p.m.NationalCouncilMeeting HotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomPublicRelationsCommitteeReport,Issei Relation CommiteeReport,JACLCreditUni onReport.

8p.m.BridgeTournament HotelUtah ,Room0388p.m.BowlingTournament TempleAlleysTUESDAY,Sept.7.7a.m.to12noonGolfTournament BonnevilleGolfCourse8:30a.m.to12NationalCouncilMeetingHotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomBudget& Finance CommitteeReport,"1000 Club"Report,Constituti onCommitteeReport,ResolutionsCommittee Re-port.

12:15p.m.ConventionLunch eon HotelUtah RoofGarden2p.m.OpenMeeting HotelUtah ,Jr.BallroomNationalPlanning CommitteeReport. PanelDiscussion:HaroldFistere,Frank Ch uman,Mari Sabusawa,TadHirota,Sam Ish i k awa,TatsKush i da.

4:30p.m.ConventionPh otograph StateCapitolSteps5:30p.m.DinnerforGuestSpeak ers HotelTemple Square,

CoralRoom8p.m.GeneralMeeting Univ.ofUtah ,StudentUnionBallroom

SpecialCeremoniesforWorldWarIIWarDead. PanelDiscussion:Annie CloWatson,RobertM.Cullum,A.L.Wiri n,EdwardJ.Ennis,Dr.Th omasT.Yatabe.

WEDNESDAY,Sept.8.7a.m.to12noonGolfTournament BonnevilleCourse8:30a.m.to12NationalCouncilMeetingHotelUtah ,Jr.Ballroom

Unfini sh edBusiness,BidsforSiteof11th Bi enni alNationalJACLConvention,1950.

10a.m.Meeting,Ki k aKi sei Domei HotelUtah ,Room C-3812noonLunch eonforOffici alDelegates VFW Clubh ouse2p.m.1948-50NationalBoardMeeting HotelUtah ,Room C-382to4p.m.TeaandReception Governor'sMansion6p.m.Recogniti onsBanquet HotelUtah ,LafayetteBallroomMi k eMasaok a,GuestSpeak er,InstallationofNationalOfficers,PresentationofAwardsforOutstandingService.

9:30p.m.FarewellBall . CoconutGroveBallroomTHURSDAY,Sept.9.Iffa.m.to12noonJACLADC CommitteeMeeting HotelUtah ,

Room C-3812:30p.m.Lunch eon2 to6 p.m.JACLADC Meeting HotelUtah ,Room C-287p.m.Dinner

KidotoGiveKeynoteSpeechAtJACLMeetProminentOffici al,WUIPartici patei nOpeningCeremonie,Offici alopeningofth eWui,ennialnationalJAn lOtllbi-willbe h eld h i seveni°nVentio»UniversityofUtah i S**"with prominentcivi cl«HateiJACLoffici alsaCs1VSpea SrB«*GovernorHerbertB wUtah willextendgreetingfguests,as win MaT'WGladeofSaltLak e>cfty EarlJSaburoKido,i mmedi atepas*»tionalpresidentofth eJAOTanattorneyi nUsIngfegiveth e k eynoteaddressft*500offici alandboosßlnttoth e1948conventionPresidentHitoOk ada,newlv»electedtoth epostofnational*i th wk 'l.be,presented°«i5toth ebody,alongwith mem"ofh i scabinet.PresidentOk adSwh o i sth efirstnationalpresifi■°bu**}?%*by'"divi dualbSi ngbyJACLmembers,willbennLsentedbyMasaoSatow,natiraSoecretary,wh oi stoannounce£resultsofth emailelectionSh i gek i Ush i o,conventionch ai rman,willcallth emeetingtoorderNi sei veteransofWorldWariwillpresentcolors.Frank Mi»siWte,ch ai rmanofth eJACLvet-eranscommittee,i stoleadth epledgeofallegiance.Mas Horiuch i ,nationalofficesecretary,willpresenttwovocalnumbers,"America,th eBeautiful"and"Th eHouseILiveIn."Finali sts i n th enationalqueen

contestwi llbepresentedbyGeorgeMoch i zuk i ,contestch ai rman.

HandicapBowlingTourneySch eduledDuringConventionTh esch eduleofevents i nth ebowlingtournamenttob«h eldwithth a10th bienni alJACLconventionwasannouncedth i sweek byBillHonda,ch ai rman.Men'sandwomen'seventswill

be h eld simultaneously,h esaid,with men'seventsbeingh eldup-stai rsatth e.Templealleys,wh i lewomen'seventswillbeh eldonth emainfloor.Allscoreswillbeh andi cappedat180scratch formen,with amini -mum averageof140.Women1!scoreswillbe h andi cappedfrom160.with a100mini mum.Troph i esandcash prizeswillto

awarded.Entryfeeforeach eventwi llbe $2, i ncludingbowling.Asinglestroph yh asbeendonatedbyth eTemplealleys.

SCHEDULEMen'sand Women's Doubles-Saturday,Sept.4,2p.m.Mi xedDoubles— Monday,Sept6,1p.m.Si ngles—Monday,Sept.6.,8p.n.Bowlers sh ould registerloreventsatth eti meofregistrationforth econvention.Aspecialdwwillbesetuptoh andlebowling,golfandbridgetournamentKg*tration.

DelegatestoMeetUtah GovernoratInformalReceptionTh e.governorofUtah ,Herbert

B.Maw,and h i swi fewillrecentdelegatestoth e10th bienni alJAWconventionatani nformalteau4receptiontobeh eldi nth eGover-nor's MansionWednesdayafter-noon,Sept.8. .,■Gov.andMrs.Mawaresch edul-

edto h eadth ereceivi ngline?some 25 leadingciti zenswh owingreetth edelegates. ,Gov.Maw,wh oi samembero

th eSaltLak e3ACL,h asbeenjsupporterofth eorganizati onth eADC.Many oth erprom*Utah nswh oh aveaidedth eAUt»i tscurrentlegislativeprogram»«alsoexpectedtoattend.Leadingoffici alsi nth estatecitygovernmentsaswellu'andreligi ousleadersofth eeomunitywillalsobepresent.■Th eGovernor'sMansion,but"

th eearly1900'sbyTh onwKJaUtah pioneer,i sone°t"%,piecesofAmerican**&&»Th oseattending th etea*'tak en onconductedtoursoimansion. h ei ri ni i i i i JA h alf-h ourP"f/Jfpitfattwo-th i rty,willi nch *Vselections by.LilyN* {

statewinneri nth eFed"Musiccontests,andtalKs,«Smith ofth e University*andMi k eMasaok a,ADCa MArrangementsfortnebeingmadebyMrs.Less*moto,ch ai rman.

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Hawai i HonorsNisei GIDead

HONOLULU—Th eU.S.Armysh i p,DaltonVictory,dock edonSept.1i nHonoluluh arborwith th ebodiesof78Hawai i anwirdeadfrom Europe,mostlyJapaneseAmericanswh oservedi nth efamedandmuch -decorated442ndRegimentalCombatTeam.With th earri valofth ereburialsh i p th e territorybegani periodofmourning.Ch urch bellstolled30mi nutesasth esh i parrived.Flagswereat h alf-mast.Twoofth ecask etswerebornei naprocessiononSept.2to

lolani Palacewh ereth eylayi nstateth rough outth eday. Me-morialserviceswereaddressedbyGov.Ingram M.Stainback andJamesF.O'Neill,nationalcommanderofth eAmericanLegion.(Inth eaboveph oto,tak enatth e San FranciscoPortof

Embark ati on th eflag-draped cask ets aresh ownbeing tak eniboi rdth eUSATDaltonVictory.Th ecask etswereremovedfromth ePortDi stri buti oncenterI<>Iliesh i p i ngroupsoffour,withi soldierescortaccompanyingeach group,th esh i psailedfromSibFranciscoonAug.22.—U.S.Armyph oto.

Mrs.d'Aquino SailsonArmySh i pforSanFranciscoTrial

IYOKOHAMA,Japan—Mrs.IvaTopiri d'Aquino, arrested lastweek fortri ali nSanFranciscoontreasonch argesforallegedwar-timepropagandabroadcastsoverWioTok yo,sailedfromYok oh o-i i onSept.2 aboardth eU.S.Army,transport, GeneralFrankHodges,forth eUni tedStates.Since h erarrestlastweek Mrs.d'Aquinoh asbeenconfinedtoSu-pmoprisonwh eresh ewas h eldtang1946 afterh eri ni ti alar-restonth esamech arges.Mrs.d'Aquino sailedforth e

UnitedStateswith outh erh usband,ranpd'Aquino,a Portugese na-tionalnow employe!by th e oc-cupation forces. Th earmysaidt«JusticeDepartmentdidnotwntanyofh errelatives toaccompanyh er.Assh esailedfori ndi ctmentandJflm th e Uni tedStates,Mrs.Aquino wh o leftCalifornia i n

|i°apan*ma'ntainedsh eh adr«neanyth i ngtreasonabledur-

&oTokWyfme«*»»-*atSh edeclared sh e onlyread atT'Production to musicalre-Wings,broadcast primari lyforwncanservicemen.i rZTly Cases'th escriPtwasreared byAllied prisonersof»«,sh eclaimed.Ih eta.-"qulno said sh e J°inedL,So«ieeofRadioTok yoNscripta.andwas"ordered"to

h SSSTh '?odKes i sex"onWV°ck i n San FranciscotandMrs.d'Aquinowill"arraigned before a FederalK*l\°"th e Propagandasimi lartotfrl8-[n aProcedureGllin tl.Wlch facesMildredWi >ls Sa»y"ofth eHeVS*h owasreturnedtoW '"trialfromCKJth esh i "reach esSannjS*"sh ewillbeturnedHuliEJu!tlcfDepartment.CSftu-fh °m«war(f-bound*C\L dArswere<>n sh i p"board dAclumo wastak en

"*USS*?wdedth edeck sW pi cturesof"Tok yotoperali/01"6,asmartbl-ownfcludTSW -a silk blouse'maflatno"forJapanese

andAmericanreporterswh o re-questeda statement.Mrs.d'Aquinowastak enfromSugamoprisonsh ortlybeforenoonby two tallmili tarypolicemen.Ph i li pd'Aquino,h erh usband,fail-ed i nh i seffortstobidh erfare-well..Hewasleftatth egatesofSugamoprison assh ewastak entoYok oh amatoboardth eGen.Hodges.Itwasbelievedh ereth atMrs.d'Aqumowouldclaim sh ebecamea Portugesenationalwh en sh emarried d'Aquinoand th ereforecould notbe convicted by th e'Uni tedStatesasatraitorforh erwartimebroadcasts.

"MissSaltair"CrownedAtBeach PartyOGDEN,Utah —Th ecrowningofMisaTadaSatoas"MissSaltair"wasth esurprisefeatureofth eOgdenJACLpreconventionrallyandbeach partySaturday,August28,atSunsetbeach .Th e"RallySallies"from JACLnationalh eadquartersentertainedth eguestswith songs. Sh i gek iUsh i o,conventionch ai rman,clari-fi ed questions pertaini ngto th ecomingnationalmeet.Swimmi ng,volleyball,baseball

andsunningwereenjoyedduringth eafternoon.Aweinerbak eandmarsh mallowroastfollowed.AmyHiratzk a was generalch ai rmanforth eparty,wh i ch took th eplaceofth ech apter'sannualout-i ng-i nth ecanyon.

FinalRitesHeldForGyozoOh tak iMINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Funer-alservicesforGyozoOh tak i ,72,formerly ofBainbri dge Island,Wash .,were h eldon Aug.27i nMi nneapolis.Mr.Oh tak i passedawaylastweek afteralongi llness.Hespentmanyofh i syearson

Bainbri dgeIsland as aJapaneselanguagei nstructor.Hei ssurvivedbyh i swife,Tora;twosons,PaulandPeter,both ofMacalestercollege,St.Paul,Minn.;adaugh ter,Mrs.Tosh i o (Faith )Nagai,andabroth er,both ofJa-pan.

HoodRiverPlansTributeToNisei KilledonLeyte

OregonCommunityWillHoldCeremoniesMark i ngReburialOfJapaneseAmericanHeroHOODRIVER,Ore.—Sgt.Frank Hach i yaofHoodRiver,

wh ogaveh i s li feonJan.3,1945,from enemy-infli ctedi nj uri esreceivedwh i leonavolunteerscoutingmissi on i nth eBattleforLeyte,willbelaidtorestin h i s_natixe HoodRi vervalleysoil,th eMi d-Columbiach apterofth eJACLreportedth i sweek .High civi li anandmili tarydigni tari eswillattendth e re-

burialri teswh i ch willbeh eldwh enSgt.Hach i ya'sbody i sre-turnedfrom anarmycemeteryi nth ePh i li ppi nes.Arrangementsnowarebeingmadebyth eMi d-ColumbiaJACL.Leaders ofveteransorganiza-tions,civi cgroupsandreligi ousbodies i nHoodRiverwillpartici -pate i nth eceremoniesto h onorth eNi sei GI."Iti stobe h opedth atth eob-servanceswillblotoutth ememoryofwartimedi scri mi nati oni nHoodRiverwh i ch was culminated i nth eremovalofth enamesof16JapaneseAmericansoldiersfromth ecountyh onorroll,"RayYasui,*prominentorch ardmanandalead-erofth eJACLch apter,declared.Mr.Yasui sai dth ath e h adre-

ceivedaletterearlierth i syear

from Junk i ch i Hach i ya,fath erofth eNisei h ero,from Ch i cagore-gardingth epossibi li ti esforth eburialofSgt.Hach i ya'sbody i nHoodRi vervalley."IassuredMr.Hach i yath atweh erei nHoodRiverfeltveryk een-lyth atFrank sh ould be buriedh ereandth atsofaraswewereconcerned i twould beatrium-ph antreturnforoneofourNiseih eroes."Mr.Yasui declared th atMr.Hach i ya h ad ask ed th e JACLgroupto h elpi nmak i ngfuneralplansandarrangements.Alth ough th edateh asnotbeendefini telyset,pendingfinalwordon th ereturnofth eremains,amili taryfuneralwillbe h eldforth eNisei GI.HoodRi vervalleyunitsofth eVeteransofForeignWars,Spanish AmericanWarVetsandth eAmericanLegionwillpar-tici pate i nth eri tes.Th eserviceswillbe h eld i nth eAsh ury Meth odi stch urch withth eRev.A.E.Placeandth eRev.FrancisHayash i ofPortlandof-fi ci ati ng,accordingtoth etentativearrangements.Amongth osewh oareexpected

tospeak atth eservicesareMrs.Arch i e McKeown,regentofth eOregonDaugh tersofth eAmericanRevolution; Monroe Sweetland,editorofth eNewportNews,wh ok new Frank Hach i yai nth e Pa-ci fi cwh i leservingasaRedGrossrepresentative;Hito Ok ada,na-tionalpresidentofth eJACL,andarepresentativefromth eUni tedStatesArmy.Amongth osewh owillbeask ed

toactash onorarypallbearersareth ree nationalsponsors of th eJACL,E.B.McNaugh ton,pres-i dentofReed College;Ch arlesSprague, former governor ofOregon;andMr.Sweetland.Th e news ofSgt. Hach i ya'sh eroi cdeath wasreleasedbyth earmysh ortlyafterth enewsth atth eAmericanLegionposti nHoodRiverh aderased th enamesofsixteenNisei Glsfrom th ecounty-h onorroll.Sgt.Hach i yawasattach edtoth eSeventh InfantryDivi si ononLeyteandwasfatallywoundedonDec.30. HediedonJan.3aftermostofth emenofh i sregimentvolunteered to give h i m bloodtransfusions.Lieut.HowardMoss,h i scom-manding officer, described Sgt.Hach i ya'sh eroi sm:"Frank volunteeredtocrossavalleyunderJapanesefiretoscoutanenemypositi on.Th eregimentwas i natough spot. Informa-tionon enemydispositi onswasessential.Atth ebottom ofth evalleyFrank work edah eadofourprotectingpatrol.:'A JapsniperletFrank h avei tatcloserange. Frank emptiedh i s gun i nto th esniper. Sh otth rough th eabdomen,Frank walk -edupth e h i ll.Medicsgave h i mplasmaandstartedh h ntoa h os-pital. Hewasoperatedon i m-medi atelybutth ebulleth adgoneth rough h i sli verand h edied."Anoth eraccountofh i s deathappearedi nadispatch fromLeytetoth eNewYork Ti mes:"Hecreptforwardth rough th egrass,nowcrawling,nowrunningfrom covertocover. Th e menbeh i ndwatch ed h i m descendth eslopeandwork i nto th evalley.Th enth eysaw h i m drop.AJa-panesesniperh adgoth i m. ButSgt.Hach i ya,mortallywoundedth ough h ewas,couldn'tlieth ere.Th ebattalionwantedth ei nforma-ti onh e h adgath ered.Hemustgetback . So h ecrawled,bleed-i ngi nagony,outofth evalleyandupth eh i ll,th rough th egrassandth escrubandaroundth emercifulprotectionofli ttleh i llock s. Hewasdyingyh enh efi nallyreach edth elines. He made h i sreportwh i leth eyboundh i swounds."

StrandedNiseiAcceptedbyArmyAirForceUnitSAN FRANCISCO—A war-strandedNi sei wh oreturnedtosan»ranciscorecentlyfromJa-

Pan i s now i n trai ni ngi nth e<*rmy AirForceatSan An-onio,Tex.TamioKato,26,returnedtoh eLnitedStatesrecentlyfromlapan. Following h i s returni ere h eenlisted i nth eai rforceindwassenttoTexas.HewillJe assigned laterto anairorcebase.

NationalVFWUrgesCiti zenRigh tsforIsseiEncampmentPassesResolutionUrgingNaturalizati onST.LOUIS,Mo.—Naturalizati on

righ tsforlegallyresidentaliensoi Japaneseancestry and oth erresidentaliens now'i neli gi ble tociti zensh i pwasurged i naresolu-ti onpassed with outdissentonSept.2atth enationalencampmentofth eVeteransofForeignWars.Th enaturalizati onresolutionwassubmittedtoth eencampmentbyth eUtah andCaliforniastatede-partmentsofth eVFW.Itwasreportedoutfavorablyon

Sept.1byth eresolutionscommit-tee despiteobjecti ons from twoCaliforniaVFW delegateswh oob-j ectedtoth eproposaldespiteth efactth ati th adbeenpassedbyth eCali forniastateencampment.Th eresolutionpraisedth ewar-time'.onductofresidentaliensofJapaneseancestry i nth eUnitedStates.

DISMISS STATEESCHEATCASEONLAND LAWSANFRANCISCO — Dismi ssalofth e StateofCalifornia's casetoesch eatth epropertyofKanaeYamagucli i i nMaderaforallegedviolationofth e Ali enLandlawwas announcedth i sweek by th eNorth ernCaliforniaCivi lRigh tsDefenseUnion.Th ecase i s th elastofth ose

wh osedefensewasundertak enbyth eCRDU tobedismi ssed.Th edi smi ssalverdictwasrender-ed by Superior CourtJudgeStanleyMurrayofMadera.

Issei Naturalizati onProposalApprovedByLegionCommittedSANFRANCISCO—Th e20-man

resolutionscommitteeofth estateconventionofth eCaliforniaAmer-i canLegionapprovedon Sept.2aresolutionplacingth eLegiononrecordi nfavorofth enaturaliza-ti onofresidentJapanesealiensandoth erlegallyresidentaliensnow i neli gi bletociti zensh i p.RoyAsh i zawaofth eTownsendHarris postofSan Francisco,sponsorsofth eresolution,spok ei nfavorofth emeasure.Follow-i ngalength ydiscussion,avotewastak enwith onlyonetallyre-cordedagainstth eproposal.Th eresolutionnowgoestoth efloorofth econvention.

Kenj i Ok udaTeach esAtPuertoRicoSch oolRIO PIEDRAS,PuertoRico—KenjtOk uda ofSeattle,th efi rstNisei toteach i nPuertoRico,i snow professorofeconomics atPuertoRicoUniversity.Mr.Ok uda,agraduateofOber-lincollege,taugh tlastyearatFrank li nand Marsh allcollege i nPennsylvania.

52JACLCh aptersSendDelegatestoConventionFifty-twoch aptersofth eJACLarerepresentedby offici aldele-gatesatth e 10th bi enni alJACLconvention,wh i ch gotunderwayth i smorning i nth i scity.Twelveofth e03ch aptersnow-comprisi ngth enationalorganiza-tionreported earlierth atth eywouldnotbeabletosendrepre-sentatives.Delegatestravelingth efarth estdistancetoth enationalmeetarebelieved tobe Harvey Ak i andKivoTomiyasu ofBoston,mem-bersofth eNewEnglandch apter.Th eoffici aldelegatesareasfol-lows: v,Joh nTowata,Alameda;TomNa-

k amura,AmericanLoyaltyLeague;CarlSatoand BenYabuno,Ari-zona;GeorgeKoyamaandtdsonFuj i i BoiseValley;Sh i ,gWak a-matsuandHaroldGordon,Ch i ca-go- TomKannoandGraceOgata,Cinci nnati; George Furuta andBessieMatsuda,Denver;PeterFu-j i ok a,Detroit;Masuj i Fuj n andMrs Ch erryNak agawara,East:bav;Ai k o Hironak a and Gnch iYosh i ok a,Eden Townsh .p;DickNish i ,Florin;PaulSh i noda,Gar-denaVallev;ToddOgawaandSamSak aguch i ,Idah oFa s;FredIk e-

Kuch i andHarryKrtah ara,Long

Beach ;Dr.Tom Watanabe andHanaUno,LosAngeles.Masami Asai andNobTak asumi,Mid-Columbia;Ch i z Satow andGusOura,Milwauk ee;

Mick eyIch i -

ufMonterey;MasNamba andMich i Iwata,Mt.Olympus;

Harvey

Ak i andKiyoTomiyasu,NewEng-

land;Tom Hayash i and GeorgeMio,NewYork ;Patrick Ok uraandBobNak adoi ,Omah a;ToyseKatoandJak eKoga,Oglen;Frank Mi-zusawa,OrangeCounty;NobuKa-wai andDenDyo,Pasadena;JackOzawaandHi rosh i Uyeh ara,Ph i l-adelph i a; George Mak abe andCosma Sak amoto,PlacerCounty;GeorgeSh i ozawa,Pocatello;MaryMinamoto,Portland;MasaruAbeandMarsh al*Hirose,Reedley.IdaNish i guch i ,Reno;MitsuruNish i o,Sacramento;Dr.HarryKita,Salinas;Dr.JunKurumadaandGeorgeMoch i zuk i ,SaltLak eCity;YasuoAbi k oandMrs.Tei k oKuroiwa,SanFrancisco;GeorgeOsh i maand HowardImada,SanMateo;TadKanetomoandTomHirash i ma,SantaBarbara;GeorgeNak amura,Santa Maria Valley;Dick Kuni sh i maandVernonIch i -sak a,Seabrook ;Mitsuye Uyeta,Seattle Progressive Citi zensLeague; Joe Saito and JamesW-atanabe,Snak eRiver;Dr.RoyNish i k awaandHenryOh ye,South -westLosAngeles.Blanch eSh i osak i andGeorgeNu-mata,Spok ane;FredK.Osh i maandJoeTanak a,St.Louis;TomSh i masak i ,TulareCounty;RuthHash i motoorHenryHamasak i orPh i lMatsumura,UnitedCiti zensLeagueofSantaClaraCounty;JimmyCh i k asawaandFumi Utsu-k i ,Venice;IraSh i masak i andDonKomai,Wash i ngton,D.C; RoyHirano,WestLos Angeles;andHirosh i Miyasak i andHaruoYa-masak i ,Yellowstone.

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EDITORIALS:Nisei andth eKawak i taCase

Th ecase ofTomoyaKawak i ta,firstAmerican-bornJapa-nesetobeconvictedoftreason,h ascome toan end.

Th etrial,fraugh twith overtonesofprejudi ce,draggedfortwelveweek sth rough adrearytaleofbrutality,arrogance,andstupidi ty.Th e h ystericalh eadli nessplash edi nth edailypapers,andforash ortwh i leNi sei fearedth atth eymi gh tbecaugh ti nth eback wash ofh ateth atcameoutofth ecourtroom.Th estoryofTomoyaKawak i ta,atransplantedAmerican

wh ocouldnotliveupto h i sbirth ri gh t,i snotapleasantone.Againstth e back dropofaJapaneseprisonerofwarcamp,supportedbyth eJapanesemi li tary,Kawak i tawasaswaggeringbully.Onlyafewyearslater,asullenandpiti fulfiguresh runkto h i sproperproportions,h efaced h i saccusers i n an Amer-i cancourt.Th e feelingofNisei towardKawak i ta i sa specialone

conditi oned by th e extraordinarylife ofth e Ni sei i n th eUni ted Statessince 1942. Againstth etaleofNisei h eroi smi nwartime,Kawak i ta'sstoryi soneofcowardice. Againstth erecountingofNisei sufferingunderwartime prejudi ce,Kawa-k i ta's i sastoryoftemporaryescape. Comparedevenwi th th eth ousandsofNisei strandeeswh owereforcedtopartici patei nth eli feofJapanatwar,Kawak i ta appearsto h ave j oi nedi nth eJapanesewareffortwith almostsadisti centh usi asm.Th e j uryruled th atduringth etimeKawak i tawas i nth e

employofth ewarprisoners'camp,h ewasanAmerican"citi -zen. Th e j uryalsofound th atduringth i sti meh edid,asanAmerican citi zen,i nfli ctbrutality;upon American prisoners.

Th i srulingbringsupth eproblemofoth erJapaneseAmer-i canswh owerestranded i nJapan.Manyofth emwereforcedtopartici pate,noti n th edegreetowh i ch Kawak i ta did, i n"th eJapanesewareffort.Someofth em werepresumedtoh avelostth ei rAmericanciti zensh i pbecauseoftech ni cali ti essuch asvoting,registrationforfoodrationcards,etc. IfKawak i tadi dnot,despite h i spartici pati oni nth eJapanesewareffort,loseh i s Americanciti zensh i p,'th enth eseoth erNisei ,surely,didnotloseth ei rs. Th eysh ould, i tfollows,be allowedtoreturntoth eUni tedStates.Th e j ury'sdecisi onbrings up questionsth atmustbe

clarifi ed.Th erei smuch th ati spiti fuli nth ecaseofTomoyaKawa-

k i ta. Hewasi npartaproductofth edi scri mi nati onth ath asbeenleveledagainstallJapaneseAmericansonth ewestcoast.«Hewasaproductofh ateandofviolence.

Iti stoth ecreditofth eAmericancourtsandth eaveragei ndi vi dual'ssenseofdecencyth atth estoryofth i sdispossessedNisei remainedth estoryofan i ndi vi dual.Itwasnotusedasan i ndi ctmentofth eentireJapaneseAmericangroup. Amongth e j urywh i ch h eardth ecasewasaNisei .

Th ewarproduced one TomoyaKawak i ta. Itproducedth i rtyth ousand JapaneseAmericansoldierswh ofough twithh onor. Th ei rrecordofloyaltyandh eroi sm cannotbemarred,evenforamomentorforth espanofonecourttrial,byTomoyaKawak i ta.

Th eIssei andth eJACL.Amark ed ch ange i nJACLpractice i s reflected i nth i stenth bi enni alconvention,wh i ch meets th i sweek end i nSaltLak eCity.Forth efi rsttime i nth e h i storyofth i sorganizati onIssei

and Ni sei -are j oi ni ngtogeth erto th rash outproblemsofmutualconcern. Th reemeetingsh avebeensch eduled,atwh i chti meth erewillbepartici pati onbyboth th eparentandsecandgenerationgroups.

Th i scoordinated actionsh owsth egrowingrealizati on ofth eNi sei th atth ei rownproblemsarerelatedtoth oseofth eparentgeneration,arealizati oncomingaboutth rough th egrow-i ngbeliefth atth emajori ssueconfrontingJapaneseAmericansi sth erigh tofnaturalizati on foralienJapanese.Th ecooperationofNisei with Issei reflectsalsoth eIssei'sadmissi on ofth efactth atNisei arequalifi edtowork i nth ei nterestofth eentireJapaneseAmerican group. Priortoth ewarth erewerescoresofJapaneseIssei groups,generallyk nownas Japaneseassociati ons,wh i ch wereconsideredth e centralcommunityorganizati onsforpersonsofJapaneseancestryTh eseassociati onswerecomprisedofIssei only,andth erewasnoattemptmadetoenlistNi sei supportoradvice.Si nceth ewar'sbeginni ngth eNi sei h avetak en h old ofth ei rresponsibi li ti eswith capableh ands. Th eyapproach edth eproblemsofth e warand th e evacuationwith wisdom andsanity.Th emanifoldproblemsofpeace—evacuationclaims th ecaseofstrandedNisei ,naturalizati onand i mmi grationrigh ts

fish i ngandlandlawrestricti ons—th ese h avebeenh andledwithdispatch andcare.Th eIssei h avebeen amongth e strongestsupporters ofth eAnti-Di scri mi nati onCommittee,legislativearm ofth eJACLTh epresentconventioni ni ti atesaneraofIssei-Ni sei cooperation

onmutualproblems.

IT'SDEWEY FORMENisei andth eElections{III):

RepublicanNomineeHasGoodAdmini strativeRecord

ByMINYASUIDenver,Colo.

Admittedly,we'vevotedRepublicaneversincewewereoldenough tovote,sofaras nationalelectionsareconcerned.Inpoliti calmatters,parentalupbringi ngandourpresentoccupation

h avegivenusadmittedlyconservative,butwe h ope,soundpointsofview.'.Inth i sdiscussion,webringouracquiredpoliti calprejudi ces

andth efeelingth atgovernmentsh ouldnotoverlyi nterferewithth eprivatelivesofciti zens.Moreover,th eaveragebusinessmanandpropertyownerh asanab-h orrenceofth emultipli ci tyofre-portsrequiredbyth eoverwh elm-i ng-bureaucraticstructuresofourpresentgovernment.Webelieveweth i nk asdo

mostsmall-propertied,averageNisei . Wewereoldenough i n1932toth i nk alongbasic con-stituti onalprinci ples toresistth epoliti calmagicofFDR.Wedo notfollow th e Rooseveltlegendworsh i ppers.Butth at'snotth ei ssueh ere.Butth epoliti calth eori esofth elateadmini strationdi dbyexecu-tivefiat,i nouropini on,usurpex-cessive powers to i nterferetoomuch with th eprivatelivesofi n-divi duals.Th oseprinci plesofad-mi ni strativei nterferenceh aveper-meatedth ewh olestructureofourgovernment,i nouropini on.Wedon'tli k ei t.Th epresentadmini strationat-temptstocarryonth attraditi on.Insteadof1933"brain-trusters,"we h avea personalcoterie ofMissouri friends. Rath er th anpreserving nationali nterests,webelieveth atth eDemocraticpartyi s endeavoringtopromote sec-tionalinterests.Th e presentsplitofsouth ernBourbonsandbig-ci tybosses,andrealliberals i nth e Democraticpartydemonstratesth eweak nessofth atpoliti calph i losoph y,with -outth eguidi nggeniusofaFDR.Andth at,tous,givesreason towantach angeofcontrol. Wedisbelieve i n "strong men"; i fAmericagets i tsstrength "fromth epeople,forth epeopleandbyth epeople,"th ewh oleth eoryofastrongman i swrong.Moreover,weareoverdueforageneralpoliti calh ousecleaning.Webelieve th atperiodi cch angesofadmini stration are necessary i nordertocontinueth emosteffec-ti veformofgovernment.Oth er-wise,offici alsbecomeentrench ed,governmental practices becomepetrifi ed,andth ebesti nterestsofth epeoplearenotserved.Th eseth enareth ebasicreasonsforvotingRepublicanth i sfallDEWEY'SRECORDISGOOD."..Gov.Th omasE.Deweyh asanadmirablerecordas anadmini s-tratorinNewYork state. Hisi sth e second biggest j obi n th eUnited States. Wedi ddeploreh i s"BoyScout"-ish attitudes i nth elastelection,buti tseemstousth ath e h asmaturedpoliti callyandasaleadersinceth em.flewYork state h asgivenusamodelforfairemployments

practiceslegislation.Itsadmin-i stration h as been effective.Moreover,on a businessbasis,th epresentgovernorh asgivenh i sstateasoundadmini stration.Moreover,wedistrustpoliti calleaderswh obelieve i nth egreatIam. Th elatepresidentoftendisregardedpoliti caladvisorsandattemptedtoimposeh i spersonalwilli ndomesticmatters,i nforeignmatters,i ndi plomaticdealings,i ndefini ngmili tarystrategies,andi nmanyways. Ourpresentpres-i dentoftenputsh i sbigfooti ntoh i s mouth by i ll-considered per-sonalpointsofview.Inth i srespect,webelieveth atDeweyh asbeenabletoattractandh oldmenofh i gh abi li tytoservenil

n* n well- Joh n Porteryullesi soutstandingi nh i sexnertk nowledgeofworld Dewk nows h ow todelegaterespondbi h ti es, so th at h i s personalstrong-willedbiasesdoPnotap-pearto th e detrimentofth e~me"canPeople Byth atwedonotmeanth atth epresidentough tnoth aveatremendous influenceta government. Bj i t,wedo be!I'Tk "?th efunda"ental"ch eckandbalance"th eoryofgovernmentandbelieveth atDeweJId-"mini sterslawsaccording Jth erulesofgovernment.

Th erefore,we conclude th ati dent.Wearevotingforh i mbecauseweseenootCca"didatei nsigh twh owould,i n r

Th i sarti cle byMin Yasui,Denverattorneyandoneofth etopNisei GOPdrumbeaters,i sth eth i rd i naseriesoffourarticlesonth eNisei andth e1948electionsbyrepresentativeNisei . Inpreviousweek sInaSugi h ara h as spok en forNormanTh omasand th e So-ciali sts,wh i leDyk eMi yagawah as presentedth eargumentsforHenryWallaceandth ePro-gressives. Nextweek PeterOh tak i ,editorofth e North -westDemocrat,offici alpub-licati onofth eDemocraticpartyofMinnesota,willpresentth ecaseforPresidentTruman.Min Yasui,auth orofth e

Deweyarticle,i sagraduateofth eUniversityofOregon. Heis celebratedas th e centralfigure i nth etestcaseonth elegalityofOn.DeWitt's cur-few order against JapaneseAmericansi n 1942wh i ch wasuph eldi na1943decisi on'byth eSupreme Court. Mr.Yasuialso i s a columnistforth eColoradoTimesofDenver.HeformerlywasTri-Statedirectorforth eJACL.

LST.

opini on,measure up toth esesamestandards.Beforeleavingth e Republicantick et,wewanttoadmitth atth evi cepresidentialpositi on i s i m-portant.Werecognizeth eglaringdefectsofth egovernorofCali-fornia,especiallyasconcernsth eNisei . But, we're willi ng toswallowth egentlemanfromCali-fornia,aslongash ei sonlygoingtobeth evi cepresident,evertth o'we h atetoaccepteventh at.Asforoth erpartycandidates,i nfairness i tcan be saidth atHarryS.Truman h asforth ri gh tlyand courageously defended th erigh tsofth eNisei and h as ad-vocated legislation to directlybenefitourparents. But,webe-li eve Ni sei are Americansfirst,andonly'secondarilypersonsofJapanese ancestry. Truman'sdomesticrecord anddirectionofforeignaffairs leavesmuch tobedesired.Wearenotsatisfi edwithth e si tuation as pertaini ng toRussm,andcertainlyth eh i gh costoflivi ngi snotrick ofth eRe-publicans. Directresponsibi li tyliesatth e president'sdoorstep,andsowerejectTruman.Wallace? Oh ,no! ManyclaimHenryA.Wallacetobeth elegiti -matepoliti calh ei rofFDR,-buti fso,we wonderh ow such peoplecanreconcileth efactth atFDRdroppedWallace li k ea h otpo-tatoi n1944? But,fundamentally,we distrustanddisli k e Wallacefortworeasons:Ist,webelieveth ath e i si ncli ned towardsh ai r-brained i deasconcerningnationaleconomy;and2nd,webelieveth ath i sproposalsi nregardto i nter-nationalrelations fall into th eh andsofComradeStalinanden-couragesandadvancesth e i nter-estsofCommunistRussia. Wecannotsee h owNi sei can h opetoassociatewith such dubiousch arac-tersasareassociatedwith th e3rdParty,andbeeffectivewith i nth ebody politi cs ofth e American'people. But,wecouldbewrong.Wenoteth atourmostvocalNiseipoliti calspok esmenarewith th eWallaceparty.AsforNorman Th omas,th eperennialSociali stcandidate,weprofessadmirati onforh i sliberalyws- But,wealsoadmireth efUKpeople,th econscienti ousob-j ectors,th e i deali sts,and oth erswh o h avebeautifuldreams,butunlesstranslated i ntoactualiti es,are {"» noth i ng. Ni sei wh ovotei or i h omasmaybe expressing"eir.Realism,butwealsobelievetnati ti savoteth rownaway.VOTEREPUBLICAN...Inordertomak eyourvote

fount,andi nordertomak eyouri nfluencefeltasaciti aen,and

asaNi sei ,webelieveth atwemustvoteRepublicanth i sfalLWith i n th e Republicanpart;,th ere are staunch liberal*.Espousing th e causeofswimen,becomingapartofth ewin-ni ngparty, i s extremely i m-portant,wefeel,forth enc«ourvoicesbeeffectivelyh earti nth ech annelsofgovernment.We deploreand disagreeth ath eNisei sh ouldbecome i denti n«with anyparticularcandidate01

orparty,asanorganizedpressuregroup.Th eemph asi ssh ouldbeonourbeing citi zens. Vociferotu"Ni sei -For-Wallace" committee!doourcauseh arm,webelieve,»causeth ewordNisei becomesa»sociatedwith aparticularcan*date'spoliti calph i losoph y,wlucwebelieve i snotanexpression®th emajori tyofNisei . In""pointofview,weagreewith l°PTanak aofCh i cago. Hemay«

maynotbeavoterforTtantfand i fasan i ndi vi dualh e»tempts to i nfluence votesw

Th omas, we cannot h ave"quarrelwith h i m.But,:ifai)ytempti smadetospeak f«»Nisei asawh ole,orasanomi zati on,webelieveth at.mu«£sentationsarebeingmade,anastronglyobject..Inth efi nalanalysis,our«

basisforvotingRepublicana

we believeundersi newylicanregime,wesh all_nave-government,both nationsi nternationally.Addedtoth »»webelieveth atnoneof"epresidentialcandidates«.,men,wh o coulddotMi j jadmini steringth enatioj "we believe,th eIgPjbagoingtowin, and i fso.",tobeonth ewinni ngnj^aretobeeffective i n

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as i fwewerecrimi nals.Wh enwefinallylocatedour'number,1Ih adtostruggletok eepfroncrying. Weh adbeenassignedasa h omeforth efiveofuih orsestall—asmallsectorofastableth atonce h ad h ousedath orough bred h orse. Wesoonfoundoutwewereluck ytobinsuch alargefamily.Wegtticompletestall.Wh enth erewereonlyoneortwopeople,th eyh i dtodoubleupwith someoneelse—strangerorfriend."Al,Jr.wasoldenough tobe

curious and ask aboutth estrangeh ometowh i ch weh i dcome. 'It'sastable,Mama,'h ek ept saying. 'It'sa h orse'sh ouse.'Icouldnotleth i ma«eth edepressionandunh appi nesIfelt.Ih adtoquieth i scuri-osity,andItriedtoexplainth atJesush adbeenborni nastable,andth atwemustliveh erewitksatisfactionandpride."— EmiOh ayash i i nanarticle,"Wh jDid You Hate Us?" i nth eAugusti ssueofTrueExperiencemagazine.

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aNiseii nMank attan

byRok uSugah ara

BetrayalFrom th eWestBetrayal

i h adach ummymeetingth i sweek with amagazineeditor.Wptalk ed ofmanyth i ngs,ofcabbagesand k i ngs,ofatom

i Zand Ch i nese zith ers,coveringth eentireglobe and h i tti ngffk ey i nth escaleofh umanemotions.Finally,i tcame downto th i s.

HewantedastoryonTok yo Rose.Snmerow oroth erh efoundoutth atIwasagraduatestudent,i rri Awh en IvaToguri wasstruggling-wi th h erFresh manIZh andPsych olo,gy1-A.Th atwasoveradecadeagoatWest-7fast"byth eoldPacifi c'srollingwaters.Atanyrate, h ewasstaunch i n h i sopini on th atth eformer

r,lui wouldbefoundguiltyandth atastoryabouth ercommunity«>fialback groundwouldbeofi nteresttoth ereaders.

' Perh apsatitleas"BetrayalFrom th e West"would bemiteapropos,so h e th ough t.Wefenced andsparredaroundforseveralminutes,each look -

i n,forth atreasonbeh i ndth ereason.Ofcourse,IcouldpointoutMiss TogUri on th e campusbut

wssnotth atwellacquaintedto k now wh atmotives madeth e(onmove i nacertaindi rection.AsIrecall,sh e wasn'tth e typetotwould go outto dances,dates, and oth erextracurricular

"""'Th e h owsand wh ysofabetrayalbya Nisei i snotaprettynoraneasystory.Th econferenceended with myadmissi onth atIwasnotsuf-

fici entlyversed i nth ematterandconsequentlycouldnotturnoutaprofessionalpi eceaboutTok yoRose.With th eTok yoRose trialcfitni h 'g'faston th e h eels ofth e

Kawak i tacase i nCalifornia, i tcallsforalotofsquirmi ngandex-planations byth eWestCoastNisei . People quick ly forgetth ek eroi cexploitsofth e442nd andreadilyi mbi be th eunsavoryde-tail!oftwowaywardNisei andth ei rdisappointi ngwartimecon-

*"*"High Feveri nFeelings

1h aveh eardsomemigh tybitterantagonism againstTok yoRoteand Kawak i ta. Th e average man-on-th e-streetdespisestreasonaboveall. My i mpression i sth atth eaverageNisei also.Msunk i ndly towardsuch people.With outadoubtth eh ard-wonprestigeofeveryNisei suffers

aterrifi cblowwh enth edetailsofsuch atrialareblastedonth efrontpag«.Itopensanavenueofdoubtastoth eloyaltyofth eoth erNi sei i nth i scountry i ntimeofcrisi s.Th epercentilefigureofun-Americanactivi tyamongth eNisei

i sverylowbutevenasinglewidely-publici zedcase asth eTogurimatterdoes i rreparabledamagetoth eprestigeofall.Now th atth ematteri soutonth eopen,i tcanbesaidth at

tbejewassomemotivati ng/forceforth esetwoNisei toh avetak ennei adrasticcourseofaction.

Th eLostGenerationYou h avetogoback toth eearly30stocompreh endth e si tua-

tion.Th i saffectedKawak i ta,Toguri,andmanyanoth erNi sei .Collegestudentsandcollegegraduateswere h avi ngadiffi -

ti i lttinefi ndi ng j obs. Nisei collegiansappliedfor j obsi nWestCowtcorporationsbutwereturneddownorask ed"towaituntilyouarecalledforan i nterview." Forsomereason th eywere"evercalled.So,despairi ngofeverlandingasuitable j oboutsideth ei rown

community,th ecollegiansofadecadeagowere sh untedback i ntoth eLittleTok yos ofth e WestCoast.Th eytook h umble j obsi nJapanese-ownedstores.Mostofth ese"jobs"woreconnectedwith»eretailorwh olesale producemark et,wh ereth epayscale ranonlyfrom $18-$3O aweek .Th emensawlittle i nth ewayofafuturetrimmi nglettuceor

Movingaroundcratesofapplesandoranges.Th eNisei girls,seeingMedesperatepligh tofth eboys,k new alsoth atth ei rch ancesfor■"imagewererestricted.Th erefore,wh enenterprisi ng"largeJapa-nesecorporationsdecidedtouseNisei h elp,dozensofh opefulcollegeNuatesj oi nedth estaffofth eKai sh as.nJ,'wasntlongbefore severalofth ese h and-pick edNisei were«'M toth eh omeofficei nTok yoforfurth ertraini ng.Th erewas"prevalentafeeling i nth e WestCoastJapanesetownsth atth e'rationalfutureforth e Ni sei werebrigh teri nJapanth anonth e"i i cCoast.i ,-Spt,1)?K*wak i tasandth eToguriswenttoJapani nlargenum-Ltk tl*andth eWestcouldnotorwouldnotgiveth em th e"«ttiatth eyth ough tth eydeservedandmerited.Onth e oth erth ]"»wuane3efi rmswereanxioustoexpandth ei rworldmark etsTil*UseofPersonneltrainedi nth i scountry.

ton w!!6*,wh enth ewarcamealongin 1941,i twasnotZmlV forseralNisei tosidewith th ecountryth atAlllth t°T dth em voc*ti»naladvancement.

turnedtw *can say i sth atmany ofmysch oolmates wh o

i ttrsttfc seasttoJapanaftergraduationarcstillth ereandTOth oseyearsofi ndeci si on i nth elate19305.

MissRoseofTok yoof Tok yo*

anisterfft!ay'Ldonotk nowth ei nsi destoryofTok yoRose.Wh ath Ifi iI,wercatwork '1somemasterplanIcan'tsay."30sw»." slle> as amemberofth e"lostgeneration"ofth e"tilerwli ncedtotak eth ecoursesh eadoptedbecauseofth etollege. Nati onsh efound h erselfi naftergraduationfrom

««i i i edrfpfleems uiteclear-cuttome.Sh ecouldeasily h aveab-N*i th ereT fWarefforti nJaPanasdidth ousandsofstrandedJiWsnrrini ,' sh ewasconvincedi ntoplaying aminorrole i n011 everyN-6an- n.etwork -Th e effectsofh eractivi tywillreact

*from h f1 m th i scountry.Th ati sth etragicpartofi tall,nerPersonalguiltandBad Nisei Publici ty Ready

Publici ty Ready

durin|rm!1do,zenTok yoRosestorieswillh i tth enewsstands

Ik eoinci df!uhuandnext-Eve"onemovieh asbeenpreparedNisei . lth h ertri al.Th i scanonlybringnotorietytoth e

Migh ttTli»uS,eas°nableexplanationof h eractwi llneverbei *e*ffi«nTh evastPul>h c i snoti nterested i nth eh ardsh i ps*'isallw»t eS fa"lost.generation"i nsomeweserntowns."alimentfiTtvunderth ebridge.Th eymerelywanttometeout'ttiousactivi t mi s&ui dedN>sei anddelvei ntoth eextentofh erTh enilKl" * *181»ndnottvfi nterestedi nk nowi ngwh ati srigh twith th ei rj udg-"iereasonsforacertainfai li ngoroversigh t.

FROM THEFRYING PANBillHosok awa:RoadsMoreLi k e

High ways

anTlHa to°kuUS i ntopartsofWyominß""VrVh -anfYewish t0reP°rtth atth ewari sli k /h Jgh V5'°°k I6SSHk ewash b-rdSandmove

n m°U na" reeZe i nto*townaslate as 6:30Lth fi ^fVJ"otelcabin-Th i smayh avebeen

snafftslp-m-orh ewasi L->toRememberh owcrowdedth erestaurantsusedto?Sewere edayswh eny°uwerewilli ngto

d?"'6,fora swi ch on th e trainsbecause th ednersweresobusyfeeding-servicemeni ntransit.anvHm JeCoulddlop i ntorestaurantsalmostanytimeandgetprettyfairservice..nnTo i .we'vesetth i sdownforth ereCol'd.some delegateto th e JACL convention willruni ntoexperienceswh i ch willmak ealiarofus.NecessityforDesertTravel

Necessity for Desert Travel

Oneofourmostvaluableaccessoriesonth etrid)wasacanvaswaterbagwh i ch wepick edupfor$l.;>0.Th ecardidn'tneedwater,butMi k e k eptrunningdryeveryfew scoremiles.Almosteveryoth ercaroneencounters i nth evast,aridstretch esofth ewestseemsto h avea

waterbag h angi ngoverth efrontorrearbumperandsomecautioussoulscarrytwo.Th i sseemstobe especiallytrueofcarswith non-westernli-censes.LarryTaj i ri h ash i sownth eoryastowh yth i si sso. 'Once,h erecalls,h estoppedatagasstationon

th eedge ofadesertand th epumper,wh o ob-viouslywassometh i ngofasalesmansaid:"Mister,h aveyougotawaterbagltogetyouacrossth atth eredesert?Getsmigh ty h ot,you

k now."■Th atsortofsalestalk i s enough toscareth edi ck ensoutofflatland-foreignertourist,especiallyi fh e'sbeenworriedaboutth eclimbi ngtemperatureandth erisi ng h eati ndi catoronh i sdash .

Actually,wefoundth ath umanbeingsgetth i rst-i erth ancarsoutonth edesert,andth i si sespe-ciallytrueofyoungsters.Sowestoppedeverysooftenwh i leMi k e tank edup.Andth emorewaterh edrank ,th emorefrequentlywe h adtostopforth enaturala,nd i nevi table consequence ofcon-sumingwater.Allth i sdi dn'tmak eforspeed,butwe h adfun,anyway.

Wyoming All-Star Player

Wyoming All-Star Player

Inth eweek 'smai li saclippi ng wh i ch m;ivm

Dr.MinolOtaofLovell,Wyo.,wasnamedasanoutfielderonth eWyomingsemiproallstarbase-ballteam.Th eteam wasselectedbycoach esandoffici alsfollowinga tournamenth eldi nWorlandlate i nJuly.Otabesidesbeing th e star i sman-agerofth eLovelltownteam.Sofaras k nown,Otaisth efi rstNisei tobe

pick edonth estateallstars.Otaspark edth eCh ey-enneNisei team th atwonth e ColoradoNiseich ampi onsh i ptwoyears i narow sh ortlybeforeth ewar.DocOta,manyevacueeswillrecall,i sth evet-

erinari anfromPowellwh olook edafterth eh ealthandwelfareofHeartMountainrelocationcenter'scows, pigs and ch i ck ens. He married Masak oMasuda,wh om h emetatth ecenter,andnowth eyareth eparentsoftwodaugh ters.Hayfeversufferersatth i sseasonofth eyear

h avealotofinteresti nth ework ofoneColorado-bornNisei ,JimKosh i byname.Kosh i ,alaboratorytech ni ci an i nth eDenvercity h ealth department,h asth e j obofmak i ngth edailypollencount.He tak esaspeciallypreparedslidewh i ch h as

been exposedtoth eair,andunderamicroscopemak esa countofth epollen stick i ngtoi t.Th i si ndi catesth eamountofpollenfloatingabout,get-ting i ntopeople'snostrilsandcausingth ei rh ay-feverdiscomfort.Knowing th eamountofpolleni nth eai rdoesn'tofferanyonerelief.Butone'smiserybecomesabiteasiertobearwh enh ek nowswh atiscausing i t.Kosh i , i nci dentally,doesn'th ave h ayfeverso

h e's j ustadisi nterestedbystander.

VagariesProposedFilm ...Someweek sagoToh o,oneofJapan'sbiggestfilm studios,i n-dicatedth ati twantedtosendacompanytoCaliforniatomak eafilm onth efamous442ndCombatTeam.However,i tappears th atpermissi onwon'tbeforth comi ngforth e j unk et.U.S.offici alsdon'tli k e th e i death atth efi lm willstressth eJapanesespiri tof"y&-mato-damash i i ."Th eyh oldth atth e142ndwasanAmericanunitwh i chfough tfordemocratici dealsi nanAmericanway.Th eyareunwilli ngtopermitanyJapanesefilmcom-DanytoexploitNisei h eroi sm asanexaltationofJapanesemili -taryspiri t.

** *Hawai i Poli ti cs...Hawai i anpoliti cs:Rich ardKa-

geyama,th eex-GIwh o i sth efi rstNisei tobeelectedasa memberofth eHonoluluBoardofSuper-visors,i srunningforreelectionasaDemocrat...Incidentally,SadSam Ich i nose,managerofBobTak esh i ta and oth ertop-fligh tNi sei boxers,i s runningforth eterritori alh ouseonth eGOPtick -et...JoeItagak i ,wh oservedwithth e442ndCombatTeamandi soneofHawai i 'smostsuccessfulres-taurantoperators,i srunningforreelectionforth eterritori alh ouseonth eRepublicanslate...speak -i ngofHawai i ,th erecentRiceRe-li efbenefitsh ow,promotedtosendri cetoneedypeoplesi nAsia,lost$60,000.ManyHollywoodfigures,i ncludedLee BowmanandJack i eCoogan,were i mportedtoHawai iforth esh ow.Trie actorscontrib-utedth ei rservicesbutth esh owdidn'tdraw.Afewnigh tsbeforeth e ri ceBenefitsh ow,h owever,Honolulufigh tfanspaid$55,000toseeMaxieDocusenoutpointBobTak esh i ta.

* * *Sch oolTeach er. ..BenSanemasu,th esecondNiseitoteach i nah i gh sch ooli nCali-fornia, i snow teach i ng i n ban

Francisco'sContinuation h i gh .SomeLA.legalexpertsmissedth ei rbetsonth eoutcomeofth e

Kawak i ta tri al. With newsth atth ej urywasdeadlock ed,th eyex-pectedth everdicttogoth eoth erway.Alth ough SusanSuzuk oNa-gumo,Nisei memberofth e j ury,leftth ecourtroom wi th aU.b.marsh alasanescort,auth ori ti esdeclareth atth e guardwasas-signedasamatterofroutine...Th eCh i nesePress,publish edby

Ch arlesLeong i nSan Franciscorecentlymadeapage-onestoryofth ePacifi cCi ti zeneditori alonth eJim Crow polici es practiced by

«omerestaurantsoperatedbyper-sonsofCh i neseandJapanesean-cestry.

ANATIVERETURNS

ByTOGO TANAKALosAngeles.

ForJapaneseAmericans,th i scity h asch angedsli gh tlybeyondmostprewarexpectations. Th ech anges seem forth e better.Amongth eIssei-Ni sei population,everybody'suncle i s i nth erealestatebusiness1h ere.Th ere's a tremendousbuyingandselling boom on.Itspringsfromanunh ealth yfearonth epartofeverytenth Angelenoth atabusti nlandvaluesi saroundth ncoiner. Fromth efantasticpeak softwoyearsago,pricesofh omesh avealreadydipped,butth eynowseem to beleveling offon aplateau.Th emostconspicuousch ange i nth e h ousi ngpictureas i taffects|JapaneseAmericansis th ewi de-spreadavailabi li tyofh omes—pro-videdth atth eprospectivebuyerh asth ewh erewith al.Th i swasnottruebeforewar. Moneycouldn'tbuy yourway i nto"restricted"block s.Th e effectofth erecentSu-

premeCourtrulingwh i ch took th elegalteeth outofracialrestric-ti veh ousi ngcovenants i sevi denton every h and. Th i s i s notpeculiar,ofcourse,toLosAngeles.i t'sequallytrue i nDenver,Ch i -cago,andpointseast. But i nCalifornia,wh ererace covenantswereorigi nated,i t'sarefresh i ngch ange.Th e vi si torfrom Ch i cagogetsth ei mpressionth atth erearemoreJapaneseAmericanrealtorspercapitareturnee population th ananywh erei nth ecountry.Acountofnoseswouldprobablyturnuptwiceasmanyengagedi nth i scall-i ng h ere as beforewar. Th ereason i s obvi ous. Th ere is atrend, compelled by circum-stances,forreturneestobecomeh omeowners.Th eyfindi tactuallyeasiertobeginbuyingaplaceth antorentorlease.Th ere'sanewclassofNisei i nLos Angeles;th ey're landlords,and th ei rnumberi s i ncreasing.Onelocalrealtorclaimsth ereareover5,000Nisei i nLosAngele3wh o own th ei r h omes,mostlysingle-dwellingunits,butmanymultiple-dwellingunits.Li ttle Tok i o lawyers, accus-tomedto h andling prewarcasesi nwh i ch th eydefend Nisei aj i dIssei tenants,arenowdrawinguppapersofevicti onforNisei tend-lords.Th e standardofh ousi ngnowbeingoccupiedbyJapaneseAmer-i cansh erei sdisti nctlysuperiortoth ati nalmostanypartofth ecountry.Th i ssuperiori tyi sbaseduponth equestionableassumption,

FindsLosAngelesBeeh i veOfRealEstateActivi ty

ofcourse,th atsquarefeetoffloorspace,modernplumbing,recentcontraction,ampleyardspace,andsunsh i nemak eaplacemoredesir-able.Tobesure,we'dstillpreferCh i -

cagotoLos,Angeles,butonemustconcedeth enativesapointortwowh i lebask i ngi nth ei rh ospi tali ty.JapaneseAmericansi nLosAn-

geles,li k emostCalifornians,tendtobe smugand leth argi caboutth ei rclimate.Th i si smostdisturb-i ngltovoluntaryexileswh oreturnonasummer j unk et.Th efutureforth eNi sei wh oare

buyi'ngth ei rh omes i nth i scityseemstingedwi th afeelingofcertainty. Th i s despiteth efactth atth eaveragei ndebtednessperNisei h ome i ssaidto beabout.$lO,OOO.Tenyearsh ence,mostNisei wh otodayaremovingi ntonicerh omesi nnicerneigh borh oodswi ll— i fnoth i nguntowardh appensi nth ei nterim—foeabletoturninth ei rmortgagesandcallth eli ttleh ome-steadth ei rown.Inth emeantime,th eyarecul-tivati ngth ei rbananatrees,trim-mingth ei rneatlittleh edges,mow-i ngth ei rlawns,andtak i ngpi tyonth esepoorCh i cagoanswh oh avetosufferth oseSi beri anwi nters.Obviouslyth ereareonlytwowordstoth esecretofwh ysomanyre-turnees h ave folded th ei rmid-westernandeasterntents-tocomeouth ere,probablytak ealesserj ob,andgo i ntodebttogetaroofoverone's h ead:It'sEasyLivi ng.—Fromth eColoradoTimes.

UnenforceablePrejudi ce work s both ways.

Th erei sprejudi ceagainstminor-i tygroups.Sometimesth erei sacomparableprejudi cei naminor-i tyagainstth emajori tyandoth ermi nori ti es.Wh enth ewillofMrs.AmeliaMeltzei-ofSeattlewas probatedrecently,i twasfoundtocontainaclausecuttingoffanvofh erth reech i ldrenwh omarriedoutofth e"Hebrewrace."Oneofh erch i ldren,Irene,was

marriedtoaRomanCath oli c,Sgt.Frank Ch ambers. Th ewillwenttocourt.Th ecourt'srulingwasth atMrs.

MeltzeFiTrestricti ng clause wasunenforceable.Th erei snoHebrew"race,"said Judge Ch esterA.Battch elor. IfMrs.Meltzeri n-tendedtorestricth erch i ldrenbyforcingth emtomarryonlywith i nth ei rreligi ousgroup,th eclausewascontrarytopublicpolicy,th ej udgesaid.

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Buddh i stsPayTributetoNisei WarDead

LeadersofAmericanBuddh i smpaid h omagetoJapaneseAmericanwardeadofWorldWarIIinmassmemorialri tesh eldonAug.22atGolden(iatenationalcemetery i nSanBruno,Calif.Th ememorialserviceswereh eld i nconjunctionwithth e50th anniversarycelebrationofth efoundingofBuddh i stch urch es i nAmerica.Fourh undredpersons attendedth e ceremonieswh i ch beganwith a processionof20 Buddh i stpriestswh owerei nattendanceatth eceremonies.Th e'priestswereprecededby40smallboys and girls i ncolorfulceremonialcostumes. Ch ai rman TadHirotaintroducedth eguestspeak erswh owereLieut.Col.Ch arlesd'Orsa,representingGeneral.Mark Clark ;Sam Bauers,president,UnitedVet-

erans Counciland lonium1nationalvice-ch ai r-manofJewish WarVeterans;andWilli am Eno-moto,vice-ch ai rmanofth eJACLNorth ernCal-i forni aDi stri ctCouncil.Th eBay Distri ctYBA ch oi rsangunderth edi rectionofMrs.JaneImamuraofth eBerk eleyBuddh i stch urch ,th eTowi i sendHarrispostofth eAmerican..Legionsent a colorguardoffourNisei veterans,MattSh i gi o,Yaj i roOk a-moto,Sh i zuo NambaandNormanNak ano.Th eriflesquad and buglerfrom th eSi xth Armyh eadquartersi nSanFranciscowerepartici pantsi nmi li taryuniform.Arrangements weremadebyDick Sei k i andh i scommittee.—Ph otobyKameoKidoStudio,SanFrancisco.

JapaneseCourtAffirmsU.S.Citi zensh i pofStrandedNiseiStateDepartmentGrantsPassportToMissTsuneish iLOSANGELES— A Japanesecourti nTok yorecentlyruledth atth enaturalizati onofanAmerican

ci ti zenofJapaneseancestryduringth ewarwas i nvali d i nth etestcaseenteredby FrancesTsime-i sh i .Itwasannouncedh erebyA..L.Wiri n,attorneyforMiss Tsune-i sh i ..th atth e StateDepartmenth asacceptedth eJapanesecourt'sdecisi on and h asrecognizedth eNi sei girlasanAmericanciti zen.MissTsuneish i h asbeengivenapassportasaUniteedStatesciti -zenandmayreturnpermanentlytoth eUni tedStates.Born i nMonrovia,Calif.,Miss

Tsuneish i was strandedbyth eoutbreak ofwarwh i levisi ti ngi nJapan. During th e war h ergrandfath er,with outh erconsent,accordingtotestimonygiventh eJapanesecourt,registered h erasaJapanesenational.Contending th ath erloss ofAmericannationalityduringth ewarwasnotlegal,acase wasfiledi nth eJapanesecourttosetaside h erJapanesenationalityi nanactiontak enth rough th eNiseiServiceCenter i nTok yo i n co-operationwith Mr.Wiri n.Th rough h erparentswh oare

now i nCalifornia,asuitalsowasfiledi nth eFederalcourti nLosAngeleswh i ch sough tth erestora-tionofMiss Tsuneish i 'snation-ality. Havingfiledsuit i nth eUnitedStates,underteimsofth eNationalityActof1940,MissTsuneish i appliedforpermissi ontoreturntoth e UnitedStates totestify i n h ercaseundera"cer-ti fi cateofi denti ty." Th i s cer-tifi catewas i ssuedto h erandsh ewasgivenpermissi ontoreturntoth e United States temporarily.However,soonafterth eJapanesecourtruled i nh erfavor,andth eState Departmenti ssued h erapassporttoreturnpermanentlytoth eUnitedStates.Mr.Wiri ndeclaredth afi ti sas-

sumedth atth eStateDepartmentdidnotwanttofaceapossibleadverse decisi on i nth e Uni tedStatesandwillnotcontestth esui ti nth eFederalcourt.He explainedth atth ecourtsi n Japan h ave considered onlycasesi nwh i ch th eNi sei plainti ffslostth ei rAmerican nationalityth rough th eactionofparentsoroth errelativesi nJapanwh oreg-i steredth emasJapanesenationals.

PCSPORTSHawai i StarsTh e Honolulu Hawai i an*areback i nHawai i th i sweek afteramainlandtouri nwh i ch th eyplay-ed 70 gamesagainsttop-fligh tsemi-pro oppositi on as wellasagainstth efastHarlem Globe-trotterswith wh omth eytouredmuch ofth ecountry.Th eHawai-i ansbrok eevenwith th eTrottersi nsome60gamesacrossth ecoun-try,playingi nsuch famed h orse-h i dearenasasYank eeStadium,th ePoloGrounds,Cinci nnati'sCrosleyField,'Ch i cago's Comisk ey Parkand Pittsburgh 's Forbes Field.Alth ough th eSan JoseZebras,

ch ampi onsofNorth ernCalifornia,and th eLosAngelesNisei Vetsmigh tdi sputeth eclaim,th eHa-wai i anprobablycanfieldth ecoun-try'stopNisei team.JunMura-motoi sasgoodacenterfielderasweh aveseenth i syear,wh i leth eh eavystick work ofth ebattersfrom Aloh alandbeliesth esi zeofth eplayers.JyunHirota,wh osealertcatch i ngi safeatureofth eteam,h i tsalongball.Oneofh i sh i tsi nth eSaltLak egameagainstth eGlobetrotters h i tth etopofth e left-centerfield fence,nearly400feetout. JimmyWasa,th ek eystonesack er,h asmadeth eall-starteam i nHawai i forth epasteigh tyearsand i sregardedby-LeftyO'Doulasoneofth etopplayersi nth e i slands.BillYasuionth i rdbasewasnamedonth eall-Sixth Armyteamback i n1946.Di ck Kitamuraatsh ortstopi sfast.Th e Hawai i ans also h aveKatsKoj i ma,wh ocanplayfirstbase,and Larry Kamish i nj a i n ri gh tfield.Starofth eteam i nth etwoSalt Lak e games was ErnieCabral,h ard-h i tti ngpitch er.AccordingtoGeorgeRodrigues,wh omanagedth eteamduringth etour,th eHawai i answonamajor-i tyofth errgames.Inth ei rnexttolastgameonth emainlandlastSunday,th eydefeatedSaltLak ePinneys,firsth alfch ampi onsofth eUtah StateLeague,16to4.Kodriguessaidth atth emembersofth eteamwantedtoplaysomeofth etopNisei squadsbutth atth esch edulealreadyh adbeenfullybook edth rough aCh i cagoagency

MarianKonoNamedBuddh i stQueenSAN FRANCISCO — Marian

KonoofSeattle,representingth ePacifi c North westYoung Budd-h i sts Associati on,was crownedqueenofth eBuddh i stGoldenJu-bi leecelebration i n th e Terraceroom ofth eFairmounth oteldur-i ngth e j ubi leeball.Sh ewascrownedbyMrs.Yaek oHanyu,1940TreasureIslandFairBussei queen, wh i le SupervisorGeorgeCh ri stoph erofSanFran-ciscopresentedh erwith th egrandprizetroph y.

ColoradoGirlWillTeach i nNavajoReservationSch oolBRIGHTON,Coloi h ,.uyash i ,daugh terofMr17s.Kobayash i of ,week forTubaCity,Aritbsh ew.llbeapri

KavaioC*«MissKobayash i ,a1947»,tofColoradoStateCollegeW

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Circui tCourtRulingSeenonValidi tyofRenunciati onsOfCiti zensh i patTuleLak eDistri ctCourtJudge .psCoercionfcercbedatCamp

lUJGEbES—Anearlyrul-,

th eNinth Circui tCourtdsonth evalidi tyofth eHonsofAmericannation-h werecarriedoutatth eJStationcenteri nfassuredlastweek wh enentwasenteredbyU.S.IlliamC.Math es i natestSbyth enationalof-rAmericanCivi lLi ber->n. .fomentwasenteredi nth efMiye Mae Murak ami ,Sumi andMutsuSh i mi zu.Math es,followinganear-urbyU.S.Di stri ctJudge%th atth eth reere-weresubjectedtocoer-th eTuleLak e campandi rrenunciati onswerenot

Math esorderedth erigh tsh reerenunciantsrestored.stcasei sbeing h andledby

riri n,counsulforth ena-ficeofth eACLU.aaewillaffectapprox--5,000renunciants atth eIcecamp,rulingJudgeMath esnoted

th atth eplainti ffsh adbeenfoundbyth eWarRelocationAuth ori tytobefreeofanysuspici onofdis-loyaltoth eUnitedStates.Healsocalledattentiontoth efactth ati nJanuary,1942,agitati ononth e Pacifi ccoastdemanded th emassremovalofallpersonsofJapanese ancestry.He said th atth i sagitati onwasfollowedbyth emassevacuationofallpersonsofJapaneseancestryfrontth ewestcoastarea.JudgeMath essaid th atasth eresultofth emassevacuationmany

evacueeslostth ei rh omes,friendsandth ei rli feti me savings.Th eywereforcedtogiveawayoraban-donth ei rfarmequipmentandoth erproperties.

DenverRedCrossSeek sFath erofDeadWarVeteranDENVER — Th eDenverRedCross i sseek i ngth efath erofaNisei soldierwh odi ed i nactioni nordertodetermineth efamily'swish esregardingth eburialofth esoldier.Th e fath erIs Yoich i Otani,

wh oselastk nownaddresswasth eWRAcampatRivers,Arizona.Hi sson,S/Sgt.Kazuo Otani,

wask i lled i naction i nItalyandreportedly buried at Salonica,Italy.Th ecemeteryi s sch eduledtobeclosedsoonbyth earmy.Unlessth efamily'swish esre-gardingreburialaremade k nowni mmedi atelytoth eWardepart-mentquartermastergeneral,me-morialdivi si on,th esoldier'sre-mainswillbeburiedi noneofth etwopermanentAmericanmili tarycemeteriesi nItalyatFlorenceandNettuna.Sgt.Otani h asbeenreportedto

h avebeenamemberofth emedicalcorps i nth earmy,th ough oth ersources i ndi cate h emayh avebe-longedtoth esecondbattalion,Co.G.Information regardingh i s

fath er'spresentaddresssh ouldbesenti mmedi atelytoPaulineHart,Red Cross h ome servicedepart-ment,Denver,Colo.

InformationSough tIrving'Ogi ofSan Jose,Cali-fornia, i s seek i ng th e presentaddressofh i s broth er,<3nesterOgi.Informationsh ouldbesenttoth ePacifi cCiti zen,415BeasouBldg.,SaltLak eCi ty 1,Utah .

VitalStatisti csBIRTHS

ToMr.andMrsGeorgeMiyak e"b?yonAug.27i nSettle

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*ZLfVh 1vdMrs-ItoJiro*ish i ,T £i Cah fJ-'aBirlonAug.10ToMr.andMrsHe y*»

loMrandMrs.Arth urMich i o

n?'i SanJose-ToMr.andMrs.Ak i raKagaaboyonAug.20 i nPortland,Ireqt,Mr-and Mrs-H«n»y H.fSSFffli boyonAug-18 i nTo Mr.and Mrs.Blasaiu J.

JaSento. °"/*"inmTi°M« and Mrs.(HowardK.Au i 8

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ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeMinorui suj i motoaboyonAug.l(j i nbanFrancisco.ToMr.andMrs.LeonardOk u,M°untnView,Calif.,agirlonToMr.andMrs.Ich i ro Fuk u-

tome Berk eley, Calif.,a boy,DavidKen,onAug.16.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeYosh i -motoagirl,CarolAnn,onAug.8 i nBerk eley.ToMr.andMrs.GeorgeTak ayaaboy,Timoth yGene,onAug 2i nBerk eley.ToMr.andMrs.Hach i ro Oza-zak i aboyonAug.17i nLosAn-geles.ToMr.andMrs.Kenneth Masa-mi tsu aboyonAug.18 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.JitaroWak i agirlonAug.20 i nLosAngeles.To Mr. and Mrs.,Hideyuk iOk eyaaboyonAug.21 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.AlbertOk a-moto,YubaCity,Calif.,agirlonAug.26.ToMr.andMrs.LarryN.Tak aiaboyonAug.20 i nSacramento.ToMr.andMrs.HarryM.Yok o-yama,WestSacramento,Calif.,agirlonAug.22.ToMr.andMrs.Tak esh i Ota,WalnutGrove,Calif.,a boyonAug.24.To Mr.and Mrs.Tosh i mi tsuOmote,Hock ley,Tex.,agirlonAug.22.ToMr.andMrs.Tok uoKataok aagirlonAug.26 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.MasaoKuwak i

agirlonAug.26 i nLosAngeles.ToMr.andMrs.TatsumaItani,Roscoe,Calif.,agirlonAug.27.ToMr.andMrs.DonaldKawano,

Henderson,Colo.,agirl.ToMr.andMrs.TomKubotaagirlonAug.26 i nSeattle.To Mr. and Mrs.James T.Uyeda,Rock li nvCalif.,agirlonJuly30.ToMr.and Mrs.Kei Ak agi aboyonAug.30i nBerk eley,Calif.

DEATHS

Mrs.YoKubotaonAug.23i nLosAngeles.Hi k oi ch i Kono,75,onAug.21i nParlier,Calif.InfantSh i nomotoonAug.23 i nSelma,Calif.Tak esh i UyedaonAug.26 i nLosAngeles.GyozoOh tak i ,12,i nMi nneapolis.Setsumi Harney Ish i i (Mrs.HarumitsuIsh i i )onAug.25 i nLosAngeles.Mrs.OiyeNi sh i noonAug.2% i nSantaAna,Calif.

MARRIAGES

Ch i ye Yosh i mori to HaroldSh i getk aHaradeonAug.26 i nLosAngeles.Ch i yek oSak o toTadash i Ch i -k arai sh i onAug.11i nLodi,Calif.Miyek oTotani toTadash i Ku-botaonAug.30 i nClovis,Calif.Sadak oKido,Oak land,toAk i raHayash i onAug.29 i nSanFran-cisco.

NurserySch oolCHICAGO—Th eElliscommuni-tycenternurserysch oolwillbeginclassesTuesday,Sept.7,underth edirectionofMaryMatsumoto,di-rector,MarionYamabe andMrs.PaulJordan,consultant.

DenverGirlReturnsFrom EncampmentDENVER—Mami Katagiri ,win-nerofaJACLsch olarsh i p toth eth i rd annualciti zensh i pencamp-mentatFieldstonsch ooli nNewYork ,returnedtoh erh omei nHen-dersonrecentlyaftera10-daystayatth eencampment.MissKatagin,wh osetripwas

sponsoredbyth e DenverJACL,termedh erstayatFieldson"oneofth emostworth wh i leexperiencesI'veeverh ad."MissKatigi ri reportedth atth e

encampmentconsistedoflecturesanddiscussions,augmentedbyfieldtrips. Th e partici pants visi tedUnitedNations h eadquartersatLak eSuccess,wh ereth eyh eardalecturebyDr.Huh Sh i h ofCh i na.Th eywere.guestsofMrs.Frank -linD.Rooseveltath erHydeParkresidence. Th eyalso attendedah eari ngofth eHouseUn-AmericanActivi ti escommitteeatwh i ch ti meMrs.Elizabeth T.Bentley,starwitness,gave h ernow-publici zedtestimony.MissKatagiri wasmeti nNewYork by Tsunek o Tok uyasu ofGreeley,Colo.,alawstudent,wh owasoneoftwopersonssponsoredbyth eDenverch apterforth e1946encampment.Oth erNisei atFieldstonwereSh oMaruyama,studentatAntioch col-lege,Oh i o,andHelenTash i roofCh i cago.

Dr.KambaraNamedToSch oolStaffLOS ANGELES— AppointmentofDr.GeorgeKambaratoth efac-ultyofth emedicalsch oolofth eCollegeofMedicalEvangelistsasani nstructori nth eeyedepartmentwasannouncedh ererecently.Hewillalsobeamemberofth estaffofWh i te Memorialh ospi tali nLosAngeles.Dr.Kambara,formerlyofSac-ramento,receivedh i sABandMDdegreesatStanforduniversityh os-pitali nSanFranciscoandwasaresidentph ysi ci anth ereuntilth eevacuation.Hecompletedtraini ngi noph th al-mologyatth eMemph i sEye,Ear,NoseandTh roath ospi tali nTen-nesseeandatWisconsinGeneralh ospi tali nMadison,Wis.Forth epasttwoyearsh e h as

beenonth efacultyofth eUniver-sityofWisconsin medicalsch oolas i nstructorofoph th almology.Wh i leth ereh ereceivedcertifi ca-ti onasadiplomateofth eAmeri-canBoardofOph th almology.

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NewJurisdi cti onSetonBlock edForeignAssetsWASHINGTON, D.C—Byth eprovisi onsofarecentExecutiveOrder, j uri sdi cti onoverforeignpropertyandassetsblock ed dur-i ngwartimewillbe transferredfrom th eTreasuryDepartmenttoth eAttorneyGeneral,i twaslearn-edbyth eWash i ngtonJACLADCofficeth i sweek .-Th i sorder,signedbyPresidentTrumanAug.20,1948,willbecometffectiveasofmidni gh tSept.30,11)18.Itprovidesforth etransfer-enceofj uri sdi cti on overallre-maini ngblock edassetstoth esameagencynowadmini steringth epro-gramofalienpropertycontrol;i nvoth erwords,th eOffice ofAlienProperty ofth eDepartmentofJustice.Itwasannouncedth at"wh ereaswith th esuccessfulterminati onofh osti li ti es,th ereh asbeenagrad-ualreleasefrom controlby th eTreasuryDepartmentoverforeignpropertyand i nterestswh i ch h adbeenblock edtopreventth ei rloot-i ngbyth eAxi sandth ei ruse i nwaysh armfultoth ewareffortofth eUni tedStates,"i twasfaitde-sirableatth i sti metomak eth i stransferofcontroloverallforeignpropertyandi nterestswh i ch h avenotyetbeenunblock ed.

Nisei Mak esPollenCourtforDenverHayFeverVicti msDENVER,Colo.—Hayfevervic-ti msi nDenverlook toJimKosh itofindoutwh atk i ndofadayth eywillh ave.Th eCityHealth departmentth i syearh asundertak enpollencount-i ngforth efi rsttimeand i ti sdonebyKosh i wh oi samilk sani-tari an wh en h e i sn'tcountingpollen. .Luck i ly,Kosh i does not h aveh ayfeverandh i si nteresti n h i swork i spurelyprofessional.Th eoperationwasstartedJuns1wh entreesand grasseswerescattering th e nosetick li ng sub-stance.Th ecountreach edah i gh

of67onJune 12and70onJuna21.ItwasaslowasfiveonJuly26. Th edifferencebetweenth j >sefi gures i san i ncalculablenumberofsneeezessincepollen,especiallyragweedwh i ch i snow i nseason,i sth evi llai n i nth e h ayfeverdrama.Each dayabout8:30a.m.Kosh itak es a slide, smears i twi thvaselinetocatch th epollenandtak esi tuponth eroofofDenverGeneralHospital. Th ere i t i splaced i nastandwith arooftoprotecti tfromrain."Ibringdownth esli dealready

upth ereandcountth epollenoni t,"h eexplained."Th ecountingi sdoneunderamicroscopewh i chmagnifi esth epollento60ti mesth eactualsize.Fi rstth esli dei sstained.Th epollensh owsasroundreddots."Fivestripsonth eslide,meas-uredoffbycalipers,arecounted.Th enumberofpollen i nallfivei sth eamountofpollenpresentpercubicyardofai r. Th i s i sth epollencount. Wh en i t's h i gh ,i tmeansabadti meforfolk swithh ayfever.

JimKosh i fi ndsoutfwh atk i ndofday i s i nstoreforDen-ver'sh ayfevervicti msas h emak esth eCityHealth Departmentsdailyoffici alpollencount.Hereh evi ewspollenundera power-fulmicroscope—Ph otofrom Rock yMountainNews.

SAN JOSE NINEDEFEATS FLORINFOR LOOPTITLEFLORIN,Calif.— Puttingto-geth era ten-h i tattack ,th eSanJoseZebraswonth e1948ch am-pionsh i pofth eNorth ernCalifor-niaNi sei baseballleaguebywin-ningth ei rsecond.gamefrom th eFlorinA.C.bya6to1 score.Th eZebraswonth efirstgame,

Two h omers,byGeorgeHinagainth eth i rdandArtKitah ara i nth efourth ,poweredth eZebraat-tack .Ji mTsuk amoto,act>ofth eFlor-i nstaff,wentallth ewayforth e

loserswh i leJi m Hayash f-allowedFlorinonlytwo h i ts i nth eseveni nni ngsh epitch ed.MasKinosh i tapitch edth elasttwo framesforth eZebras.

SenateImmigrationGroupSetsNaturalizati onHearingsSubcommitteeStaffSeek sPublicAttitudesOnJuddProposal

WASHINGTON— Congressionali nteresti nth eproblemsarisi ngfrom admini stration ofpresenti mmi gration and naturalizati onlaws i sevidenced i nth esch ed-ulingofawesterntourbystaffmembers ofth eSenate Subcom-mitteeonImmigration.Th ei ti ner-aryofth i sgroupwaslearnedbyth eWash i ngtonJACLADCOfficeth i sweek .Offici allylabeledth e Subcom-mittee,toInvestigateImmigrationandNaturalizati on,ofth eCom-mitteeon th eJudici aryofth eUni ted StatesSenate,twomem-bersofitsprofessionalstaffareleavingWash i ngton,D.C.,Sept.6onth efi rstlegofatourwh i chwilltak eth em toatleastninemajorwesternciti es.Membersofth estaffmak i ngth etripareJoh nA.LoftusandFredMesmer. Th eywillbeac-companiedbyEdwardJ.Sh augh -nessy, SpecialAssistanttoth eCommissi onerofImmigrationandNaturalizati on.Itwillberecalledth atMr.Sh augh nessy took parti nth epublich eari ngsonth eJuddbillforequalityi nnaturalizati onand i mmi grationonMay21 th i syear.

Th ecommittee'spurposei nmak -i ngth i strip i stoi nqui reatfirsth and i ntovariousproblemsCon-nectedwith th eadmini strationof

i mmi grationandnation,)byfieldofffresofth eTm;tylat|Service.-Alth ough notT'B"o"with any specifi cWi sST*wasannouncedth ati h lI■"'"ofequalityi n i m **"naturalizati on as tormll£,"-th e.JuddbillwereS*h Jmind i nconducting h eari ng'!i nvestigati ons. Mm&andCommitteememberswillk .Ch .cago September7 i !"'I1**CitySeptember8 and i nn*"8*September9, mak fnV i ?envet"onenigh tstind?-JTTiei rstayi nSaltLak eGtSaUobeh mi tedtooneday.Xa.From SaltLak eCityth e"»willproceed to Santewh ereath reedaystopi 8r£forSeptember 13,f4***Th ei rnextsch eduledstop£/AngelessetforSeptoV23. Wh i le i n th eseciti es tk .committeestaffmembei-sSfflJJtendconferencesofth eInZition and Naturalizati onS«Sregionaloffices,with *efibetweenmeetingstobedevotaUlisteningtotestimonyfromwlouswitnesses.Th ecommittee«th i stimecouldmak enoannom*mentasto j usth owsuch h eai tawouldbeconductedor.wh oJbech osentogivetestimony.Th eLosAngelesstopoverfjbefollowedbyvisi tstoElP»September29and30,th encebSan Antonio,Texas,and NwOrleans.CongressionalmembenofthSenateSubcommitteeonImminitionareSenatorsCh apmanßevs.

comb,(R),WestVirg-i ni a,ForwtC Donnell(R),Missouri,JobSh erman Cooper(R),KentudaPatMoCarran(D),Nevada,nJ.HowardMcGrath (D),MtIsland.Rich ardArensi sstaffdi-rectorofth i ssubcommittee.

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