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lUllf<t .,1 "'bl'UIIoo - OVER 50,000 READER S- SECONO cLASS POSTAGE PAlO 4 T lOS ANGELES. CAUF PACifiC CITIZEN M embershi p Publication J.pant« Amttlun ClttunJ leagu. 125 Well., SL. Room 302 Los Angel .. , C.llf. 90012 • MA 6.4471 - RETURH REQUESTED - I PUBUS/iEO WEElCl Y EXCEPT WIST WEEK OF YEAR VOL . 57 NO, 20 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1963 TEN CENTS CHAPTER CLINIC fOR PSW CHAPTER OffiCERS READY Venice-Culver JACl Hc»ting One-Day Meet At V.terans Memorial CULVER \'!TY - Thl Sund,.·, chapter 01 th ' Padl .... SOUth .... ..,.t Du trlct C nell ·111 me ..t with na on I and dl Irlcl J .\CL olflcl'r In the 11th annu Ch.lpter CUnic at th Culver Cily Vet"rallJ Bid ., 41H Overland TIl< m tin,. hosted by th" Vcnlce-Cuh'cr J .. \CL. I being arranged by J ck :-Iomura, chap- t"r presklcnt and elullc chairman. The cUnlc. lradltioDally held In February. ""'as advanced to "ember to. Inll,late DCW otliC<'rs 01 th 'Ir re' n IbUttJe' belore their tt .. nn of oUIce commf'ncf' 10 Janu- ary I th" .-.me Urn.. tbe Xo"em· ber cUnlc d.", was suggesll"CI to accorrunodate mo"em!!nl to h "e chapter electlon tn the f II month 01 the year, thus better Pn'pllTe olfiters to launcb chapt r .. ith the be t foot t r- ",arc! n J3D. 1 To assist the 1964 offl«rs, the PSWOC cbap",r c\illtC will conduct flw workshop session, each chaired by an c"periencoo leader. SubJeclS conccrn the day-t<K\ay operation of a ch pter, making oU cer aware of the ''anous pro!> lems that might be encountered and possible means .., resolve them. day 's allcnda' I 00 a.m.. - fWl'LStrauon and rrtruh- If. nb t:30 •. m..-PSWDC BUSJneSl meet- In •• M.. HlroDlilta. cMlnnan. prftid· ani am.. to 10:30 pm. - Luacheon Jal&No Satow •• .rACt.. Director lpt'aklnC l.!lO p_rn.. - DUeu.ss1on - First Ses- lIOn 3110 p.m. - Coa..., Brealt B SJ \-'US' P. n OFFi\L\N 01 Lo. Altos t. presented n cortiflcate 01 _""reelaUon from the San Jose JACL in sincere appreciation and in tecogniuon "I lonr friendship Ilnd untiring servIce 10 work 01 lbls orgnnluuon. Ils members and person: 01 Jnpnne se anceslry 'Iakinll the pre. entation Is Judie Wayne Konemoto during annual <o,lal alh'lIded b)' 100 persons at the Buddhist church :ltrs Eml Shlm).u and Sugar Hirabayashl served 08 cwnlng chairmen SUdes on India Were . how'n and nnn-ah.'<I by Dr Tokio l. hlka,,·a. TIle pictures were taken by his .011 Robert who Is lbere B: a P"ac. Corp teacher Dr, JudfJ Agrees to 'Favorite Son' Role FLINT - Dr Walter Judd ,aid lut week be has consented to promotion at hom for lbe Republican presidcntlal nomina· lion UI 1964 lbough he does nol himself seek the nomination Dr. Judd. a phYSIcian who spent 10 terms UI Conllre. s and well· remembered by Issei for his ef· forts ta secure naturalization prl· vUellcs In the late L9-1Os was In )lichigan on a VISit Dr Judd acknowlcdRed thai par· ty leaders in :\Iinncsota ha,'e sup- ported bim for the nomination "I haven't souRbt lbe nomina· tlon, nnd I don't seek it now," Dr . Judd told Q news conference, "But I bove consented to this ef· fort to promole me." The :ltlnnesotan, who delivered the keynole address at the 1960 Republican convention, mentioned hi. past policy In palltics In dis· cussing the nomInation "I have never pushed a door· bell and never handed out D cam· paign card," he said. "I havc never asked a person to vole for me. I discuss lbe Issue and let the "oler decide ." Would Vot e Down Fi libu st er WASHINGTON - Th,' U. to ellher pns .. -d. or refuJc'<I 10 POI ', 'morally 10 n , U 'ong natlonol lelll_lollon to InHure the civil prORTnm oy. Sell clvU rll/ht. of all," Sen Inouye • wrote History Project repeats need for all documentary matter Inouy,' I D-HuwaUI " I . hnll vote lor lbe Prelld,' nl' . For lbl. re050ll, Sen Inouye civil rlghl program Dnd for cia· uld. he will votc for lbe Ad· ture IImlllng d"b te on It bl'couRe mlnl.lraUon· civil rI/!ht I,'a i In· I I,'el thnt th" lime has come 10 lion und he will vole to cui off rcnmrm lb. conviction upon which IIl1busler Ihat mny pop up 10 lbl country wa: lounded, that 01 bury the lelll.lnUon equnl opportunity for nil regard· The NI.ol .enolor d,'lalled hi Ie 01 taC<' or crecd entlm,,"1 on the anU.scllrellaUolI "WI' hovt' been morally com. Inca uro III I·eply to " que. tlon milled 10 .uch (l po.llIon Ince ".kcd hIm by 0 hllo .chool "11'1 Ihc' loundln/l 01 lbf. country Iraan Knmohameho School for "We nrc morolly commltled to Girl It In tho de/cn se of free nutlon. ''Thet·e I every Indlcntlon thai In lbe Cold War Deny thl. ond Ihls 'e· Ion of Congre" wtll go we den,y the bal for the can. down In hlslory a one which IInued exlstencl' 01 Ihl' nntlon" PNWDC CONVENTION HEARS INOUYE ANAL YIE RADICAL RIGHT OF U.S. LOS ANGELES. - Dr Roberl A WII .<on, c<KIlrector of the JapaneB. Amerlcnn nesearch Proje"t ul the Unlv of ('alilorllia at L, Anllelo., Bold today lbe lint ·evernl roplles to Inqulrlc .. by Ihe project on the location 01 I. 01 and NiseI record., leIter and other documents sug· grot lbat a amount iJI slill available The project Is currently setklng Illformation on the whereabouts 01 all per ,onal, or/lanbatlonal and business documentary material on I .c l and Nisei background and experience Nauonal JACL and local chapter nrc a sl.Unt< lbe project to locate th. exl.tiDg d ocu ments, necoded a ltOurcc material for lbc definitive hlstary of Japanese In Amerlcn and la placed In lbc new PORTLAND, Ore. - 5<ln DanIel K Inouye ID·Hawatil last week analyzed lbc American radl cnl rlghl and chargoo Its I)hllo,ophy "reJecls reason and embraces emotion ns the bosls for dealing with the outside world." UCLA re.earch library Q. a per· 2 "Feor and of un· manent collecUon of Japdn.Amerl. lamillar Ideas." cano . Sen. Inouye made the slnlement In a spclX'h prepared for delivery to lbe PaclIlc Northwest District convention of lbe Japanese Ameri· Mn Cltlzcns League here . 3, "Unwllllngne. to endure an unolclllcd glate of oCtolrs and 0 corresponding dispoSition to 1m· mediately bring every frUltrating, complex or competitive Ituallon to a conclusion by usc 01 force." PWlosophy of 'Reac tion' Materia l DluppearlnJ "Thu documtntary material II rapIdly disappearing and .peclal effort Is needed and shoJld be made to save lbem," Dr Wilson said, "e5pecially since 0 much was lost during lbe EvacuaUon. " To Judge from the questions asked by some issei and NiseI," continued the UCLA hIstorian, "a number (Ire unccrtnln about lbe objective In "archIng for the d.x:umen . "01 the three moat common rea- IOn. for Ihe confusion, tlr t I lbe rumor that we want docu· ment only from person who to be Interviewed Thi s to ami ... taken opinio n, since we are an· xlow to have all documentnry materlol. und from everyon"," Dr WII <OIl 11<11.-<1 Need EevrythlDJ St.cand type of confusion con· cern. lbc marc recent documen' tary moterlals. Several have mentioned to lbo Project sta ff lbal th"y h..-ard It was looking only for pioneer Issei material "On lbe tonlrary," "xplamed Dr WIlson, "the project plan.. to tudy the tolal h 'ei and NI el hlltory from tho beginning up tn the pre<ent, and consequently, we need everything ranging from the documen on lbe earlle.t ls,el backllround In Japan ta the pre. ent day ." TIIlrd reason for lbe confu 100 I lbe dlf1icuilY many Issei and Nisei bave In appreciating lbe hi.· torlcal and scholarly slgnillcance of lbelr personal lettel'S, diaries, albums, scrapbooks and manu· cripls, according to Dr WUson In n relerence to Sen. Barry Goldwater. the first member 01 Congress of Japanese ancestry, sold that "if he has not entirely embraced the creed of arch·con· servatlsm, (he) was ba;J- tised In Its walers and steodfastly refuses to dry off. His candidacy requu'es us to examine the philo· sophy he represents ," TIle Hnwall Democrat charged that despite the foot that the ultra·conservatlve "clalms his phi. losopby Is one of action . It Is nol a philosophy of action bul of reaction. Ins lead of orlll- nal acuon or Ideas it is Instead a reaction to the or actions of olhers and Is there lore, both morally and Intellectually pos· slve." Portland aHorney honored by JACL The radical tigbl has three 11'- nelS, Sen. Inouye said. 1. "Suspicion of any contacl ••• with foreign nations ." for fight against Oregon alien land law Ues In which they formerly lived. "We Wtre not active In I.he com' munlly," ""me I el have rC'plJed, "and our docum.n would nol be uleful. would lbey'" Often, m",t important 01 Information au the record. 01 relatively unknown In· dlvlduals and organization., Dr Wilson emphasized. "Beceu •• of theIr modesty and a feeling on 'ellTYo' ;ome Is ej have he 'l taWd 10 notify (;fJr oflke Or lb. JACL chapt<:r about paper& lbry bave "Our. I a .rlou holarly ltudy. and In COntrait to the Nen- kans and commercial v(:JIwre., we would like to urge all and Nlu'l to Inlorm us about their documentary materials . " We plan ta conduct extensIVe re earch on leer known 1ndJV1d- usls and orlanll.atlon. a well as on tb. morl: promInent person. and ev.nb-In hort. we mUlt tudy Ihe cross-seclion 01 lb. Is.el and Japanese American ,," Dr WII.on declared Appeal to Owner. The Project Is primarily gathering Inr',rmatlon on whereahou 01 documentary ma- lerial at lbe present time and i appealing to lbeir owner to save them. TIle procedure for collectUlg the material will be announced In the near f Jture. project bas acknowiedged Igniflcant source materials from several lndivJduais, among them being Mr . MaLrusaburo Rib.., the widow of a noted issei artist. She bas contributed an outstanding set of and dralOoing,; by her late hUSband of the life 3t Tan· foran and Topaz WR." Camps 3.1' p.m. - Dtscus:sJon - Second SnsIon clinic topIC.' are; GROIIP " Ho to be .n Et1eeUw Ch.apte.r Pn:aJde-nt and I)e\ f'1OJ) v.. ... ell·Balanc- eel Proaram One ,vnlinuou. 3 hour llf'S1on 1m a brellk at mJd- poLnt. O\alnnan. AkaMl Ohno. Wf'sl JACL policy on Kawakifa when Prime Minister Ikeda visited U.S. recalled as Nisei pastor seeks Presidential pardon The right wing Is not new on lbe American political stream, Sen. Inouye said, and can be lraced through all 01 Amel'iclln blstory. He said the reaction against foreign involvement can be traced at least as far as (ConLinued on Page 3) PNWDC ELECTS DR. JOHN KANDA TO BE CHAIRMAN (Speclol to Pacific CltI.en) 'pORTLAND. - Two practicing at- lorneys responsible for the even· tual Oregon Supreme Court ruUng declaring the Oregon alien land laws unconstitutional In were cited by a grateful National JACL and the PaclIic Northwest Dis- trict Council its biennial dis· lrict convention Sunday Tbe attorneys, Verne Dusenber- ry and Alan Harl, were presented with the J ACL ScroU 01 Apprecia- tion. , As a part of the campaign, the Oregon legislature was induced to enact Chapter 436, Law of whlch was passed on 26 with an emergency clause attached making It ImmedJately effective. This act was Intended to tighten and extend the Allen Land Law enacted in Oregon In 1923. Tile 1945 amendment made it dangerous for citizens of Japanese ancestry ta acquire land In Ore- gon. or for Caucasians to sdl or Ie:>! to them. Project also "". received records of several organizations. Including their minutes and account books, as well as personal correspond· ence of some individuals. Documents may be publlshed or unpublisbed materials o( penons, organizations and busineu firms. The} tncl""e books by or about the Issei and NlSei. programs 01 meetings, lnei and NIsei poetry, humor, -<I" ...... es.-..... _= scrapbooks, photographs. newspa· pers, He. hara. 54n I"f:nIrAI\dq VaUey GROl'P B Row to Conducl. Your Membership CAmp&l1ll and HAndl. OUIple< Ftnan· ce' One continuous 3 hour tcSSlon with .t eoffee br.ak at mid-point MIura. to:.tlQaal lembenhlp Chalnnan; lIooald ShlDukt. Garo.,.. , ORDUP C How to tnt Bat Raulll trorA a c.- Chapter PubUc ReL.Uona Pro- OROIIP 0 do ValJe7l Dr John Kaahlwabaril Lotl. Be-acb.. CROUP E .;;;r ... Chapuor Chairman To be annou.n.ced. OKURA.. (HUMAN MAIN SPEAKERS AT IDC CONVENTION NOV. 29·30 BOISE. Idaho. - !'rational Presi- K. p.lrici: Okura of Omaha and immediate pa t national pres- Ident Frank Chuman of Los An- lIeles were announced as principal speakers to delegales of the Inter· mountaIn DI51rlet CouncU conven· tlon Nov The Bolk Valley JACL b bost- Inl the 12Ul biennial dlstrict con· ventlon al the Owyhee Holel In downtown Boise. Henry Suyehlra and GeorlC Koyama are conven· tIon co-chall'lJlen. Inck:dl'<i GIl the full ,late of con· ventJon evenll and meetlngJI wJlJ be fashion bow Saturday INov. 30) In whlcb Linda Moulton, Mi ss Idaho 1963 In the Mi.u America JIlIleant, will appear HC-WHDYC eleels Roy Ikeda chairman 5 .... " MATEO - Roy lleeda 01 San Frandsco "'a elected chair, man of the NC-WN DI!.trict Youth C>uncll at III N,JV, 3 quarterly seulon here. He and hI& cabinet member • were In tailed JolnUy with ,1C-WNDC "mc"" by K, Patrick Okura of Om<lha. national JACL pre.lllcn\ The Jr JACL meeting 'Nal hlah· lIahled by un addren from Todd End() of W Ihlngton, DC" IIr.duate In history Slanlord Unlver Ity, who told his lmpre .Ions of the Aug. Man'h In Wa hlnllton for .'wedom and JoM. End<> we NaUnnal JACL tIldcal ronte5t champion IIMIZ cQflV nllon at .se,,'tle. Other Dye ofl.cer nre Nakano (S c'ln), v c.: EUlene Ku· macal 'Sfltloola), tte as.. Karen Sukekano!' ISeq). p.r: and Joan Ablko IS.F I, ,ec, (This JrtJc't reprinltd for of rfaden. dots not nKtssarHy reffect JACL views. -Edltor) BY ABURO KIDO :Shin Siehl Bel Publi her Los Angeles The movement which Is being launched to ask President Ken- nedy to pard'n Tomoya Kawakita should receive the approval 01 everyone of us wbo Is not blinded by wartime bitterness. We mu&t not forget that we were all vic- tims of circumslan«s of war con· dltions In one way Or another. When our English e<titor Fred Taomae sb.wed me the article be had wrltlen. he said. "This Is goUlg ta lie the lead story" Then be added, "I suppose lbls will not meet with the approval of the Na· tional JACL." I presume this is one of the mI5under:tanding,; whicb many have about the resoluUon passed by the :-Iational J ACL Board wbich was in session wben lbe subiect of pet!tionlng the President of the United States for amnesty for To- moya Kawaklta was brought up UI connection wilh Prime Minister Ikeda'_ lrip ta Wasblngtan. D.C. Wh¥ J ACL Reacled The news Oasbud ITom across the PacifiC was that on the agenda of Prime Minister Ikeda was his intenllOn lo plead for Tomoya Ka· waklla' pardon. The !.ext of lbe re.'oluUon pa. sed was that since Kawakita was an American citi· zen, It wa not the concern 01 lbe Japane5e Pflme MUllster to InJecl blmself In a domestic af· fair, TIle aCllon was prompted by the fear that there w3< the po,.lbllJly of Ikedo' 5 act being distorted at some future dale It COJld be con- .trued to mean lbat Ihe Japanese government con5ldered the pro!> lems of every person of Japanese ancestry, whelber he be an Amer!· t"lIn citizen or a Japanese ubJect, to be iLs concern This would mean that we would under the wing of the J apa· nosP. 1I0vernment unlc we pro- t tad that th W3 an Infringe- ment UlJOn our po:ltlon at Amerl· can cltizellJ. It may be a fine point, bul vigilance II absolulely to mako Our aland cJto .. Dul Nationality Scored Furthermorp, lb. JACl.. re olu· tlon would be a declaration of lbe fact Ihat we, do not recog. nllo dual CltJl.en hip thoJHh thll law. of Japan Wle thut the de cendan of Japan"'e ubjeclO wbrrover lbey arc born are con. .\dllred to be clllz,," &,fot(· World War Ii, Ihe then ForeIgn Minister of Japan, Koki Hlrot , mad. lbe ml \Jlke of In. cludlnll lb" NI 01 a. holng among the Japanese Bubjecto Which are of Japan', concorn , .r me Snko mOl<> of &l,IUle, wbo Was Ih., Nn t oDul JACL pre Ident at tbut time. immediately Wired to Japan that we, as American citizens, should be of no concern to Hirota or Japan. As far as Kawaklta is con· cerned. many J ACL leaders parti- Cipated In the appeal to commute bis dealb sentence to Ille lmprison· ment. Any person who has served a certnin period of time in prison and sincerely sbows his desire and Intention to make amends is given the privilege to be reslored to so· ciety. He is given another chance to resume his role as a citizen. This is the ideal and principle of the law under which lbe Federal government operales . We are In accord wltb such a parole law. JUdo 's Personal Feelings There is another reason whicb is of greater Importance ta us. It is none other lban the fact that as long as Kawakita is serving a pri· son senlence for treason, It Is a reflection upon the good record of all persons of Japanese ancestry In this country We are hoping that President Kennedy will under- sland our position and take it Into consideration when he makes his determination whether he sbould release Kawaklla or nol. As far as I was concerned, I had my doubts about the punish· ment meted out. I did not Ieel that the crime against him justi· fied a death sentence Abusing prisoners or War Is a grave matter, especiaUy when they happened to be his fellow citizens. But lbere must ha ve been some mitigating circumstances for the Federal jury could not reach a verdict for more than to lind Kawaklla guilty a: charged. Many Americans wbo bave com· mltted treason which may be 01 a more seriou. no ture have re· celved llghler sentences. It just happened that Kawakltn was omon" lbe first to be tried after the war The hearings were held when lbe bItterness and hatred arising from lbe war wa stili fre h In the minds 01 everyone, And lbc tee ling was parUcularly In ten .e in Cailtornla where he ",as lrlcd. TII«: prejudice against Orl· ental., cspeclally Japanese, hold bl'en stronl( from before lbe war Los Angeles W8 lbe city where Ihl' agitation for the unjustifIed mOls evacuation .LarWd anJ Iht. wa. where his trial took place. NlAcl JJ1volvc mcnl JI -.ppenr thnl Kawukll<l I will· Ing ta go to Jilpnn upon hi rt; lea,' He musl feel thai It would bl' difficult lor him ta make n living In Ihls counlry wilh such a cl()ud n traitor hanging over him . WI' fel'l 4rry for nnyone who fall Into .uch Ii slillatlon We hope lbu upp<> ..1 ta President Kennedy will be success- luI. A man who has serv 6 years tn prison lor his mistaken conducl should be given his opportunity to return to society. Today, we have forgiven the past. The American veterans are even In· vlting their past enemies who bad fought them on battlefields to their reunions. We would like to forget lbis un- forlunate cbapter wbich is an ex· ception to lbe splendid rlX'ord of persons of Japanese ancestry as American citizens and resldenls of this country. P resid ent Kennedy's pardon would eliminale this un· fortunate Incident as a blot from the pages of the bl story ol the Japanese In America. Even though lbe crime took place in a foreign land under war condition , we will bear lbe cross with Kawakila as long as he remains in prison. The pastor's challenge (The s tary appeared in the Nov. a SlUn Nichlbei. It beIng developed ITom the Pastor' s Challenge iJI lbe Pa sadena Union Presbyterian Church bulletin for Ocl. 27. The Rev . Donald Toriumi , pastor. pro· posed that T omoya Kawakita be give n a Presidentiai pardon and be aUowed to return to J apan. A reply has been received and lbe matler is under advisement, Rev. Torluml added (TIle N.sel minister bas visited Kawaklta a number of times at Al,catraz before the latter was transferred to McNeil Island In Wuhlngton when Alcatraz was closed. He served as a houseboy to the warden at Alcatraz, was assistant to lbe prison dentist and Is a Protestant now. (The Rev. Torlumi urged aU Christians In lbe nome 01 Chris· tian mercy to consider the case and see If their consalence would lead them ta wrlle to Presi dent Kennecly, asking the relea se 01 Kawaklta. I II was revealed Ihat the Nisei Ministerial Fellowsh ip has dis· cu sed the B ubject, which was first brought up several years ago by his brother, the Rev. Howard To- rluml of the L, A. Union Church,l West L.A, JACL re-elects Mrs, Kanegai president LOS ANGEl.JES. - Mr s. George Knn"gal wo. re·eloct,"" prcsldpnt of the We st Los Angele J ACL nnd will be Installed with other memo ben of her cabinet tomorrow nl a galo dlnncr4nncc at the Riviera CountTY Club. National Director Mos Sntaw of San F'ranciaco will Install the chnplor Ilnd women' auxiliary olflcers . Din nOr will comm('nce at 7 p,m, with dnne!n/! followlnll to the mu· sic of Clalru WciJb nd his bood, (Special to Poclflc Citizen) PORTLAND. - Dr. Jobn Kanda of Puyallup Valley J ACL, a physi' cian by profession, was elected chairman of the Pacific Northwest District Council lor tbe coming biennium. He succeeds Toru Saka· hara, a SeatUe attorney. Dr . Kanda is being assisted by Ed Tsutakawa (Spokane), V.C.; Mlts Takasumi CMid-Columbla). treas .; Ed Hooma (Gresbam- Trouldale), 1000 Club; and Eml Somekawa r PorUand l, bis!. The cbairman will designate a secre- tary. Th e officers were Installed by National JACL President K. Pa trick Okura of Omaha at the Saturd ay banquet. which featured the address by Sen. Dan iel K. Inouye on "Ultraconservatives". The topic was prompted, the Sena· lor said, by the treatment U.N. Delegale Adlai Stevenson had reo ceived In Da llas recenlly. About 350 persons attended the banquet , Guests of bonor included; Japan Society ot Oregon. nnd Mrs. Hering : U. Mntsushimo, pres., Port- land Ancestrol Society: Chot'les M,o - chOTa, cmdr.; Orecon Nisei Veter- ans, ond Mrs. MauMra: State Attor- ney General nnd Mrs. Robert Thom- Joe:::c Loren Hicks. lel'Dl counselor to the Covernor or Oregon. D nd Mrs. HIcks . Sappblre Pin Awarded National Director Mos Satow ' presented the JACL sapphire pin to Jobn Hada, lbe PNWDC Cbap- ter . of the Biennium award lo Mrs . Eml Somekawa, Portland JACL president; and the National JACL Scrolls of Appreciation to attorneys Verne Du senbery and Allan Hart "for their efforls In effecting the InvaUdaUon of the Oregon Allen Land Law". Mrs. Violet Fujita of Puyallup Valley enlertained with "Hamabe no Uta" and sang the JACL Hymn, Dr . George Hara was toastmastor Sen. Inouye was in· troduced by Attorne,y Waller Fu· chignml, schoohnnle at George jVnshlngton University L n w Mr< Somekawa presented Sen. Inouye wllb a Pendleton blankcl In appreciation. Prior to the banquet, 90 youth assembled at n "cokelnJl" hour \0 melll with Sen. Inouye, Okurn, nnd JACL administrative nsslst· ant Jock l\1<1yeda. Afler the bnnqulll, tho Senator mot with lbe Oregon NI. el vet- cron . The deci sion was slgnlIlcant in that It was the first stale supreme courl to Invalidate the alien land law. The Portland JACL chapter bul· letin, edited by the Rev. Waich! Oyanagl, related the following as background, Emergency Amendment Late in 1944 and early wbile World War U was still in progress, groups of white citizens organized for the purpose of pre- venLing or at least discouragtng Japanese people, who were relo- cal.Ulg, to return to the communi- Canadian Nisei, like counterpart in U.S., unlikely to complain TORONTO. - Complaints of dis· criminaUon against members of minority groups in Toronto are of 11m not made to the Ontario Human Rigbls Commission for reasons ranging from fear 01 pu!> Iicit.y lo lbe philosophy of lbe group. This was made clear recenlly in a discussion by representatives of the Japanese, West Indian, Ne- gro, Canadian Indian and Portu· guese communltles bere. Daniel G. Hill, director of the commission, was ebalrman of the discussion jlttended by. repre· sentatives from 12 nationalities or ethnic groups. Dr. Hill said that complaints were more likely to come from well-<>rganlzed minority groups tban from unorganized ones. He said )10 complalnts have received from Japanese or lbe Portuguese and only two from Canadian lndlans. NISei Behavior Georlle Imai , local JCCA presl· dent, sold that n Japanese would ralber l'Iot complain if, for exam· pie, he was turned away from one company when looking for a job. He would rnlbcr go 10 another compnn,y. "(\'s a philosophical way of looking at things," Imai ""Plaine<!. 1m I said that 7,000 \0 8,000 Ja· panese·Canadlans bere enjoy gen· erally llciod relations wllb what he clllled Toronto oecldentals . He added Ih" Nisei were trying to gt't los I in Ihe crowd. who Is aS81sting Dr Fl'ank Mlyn- molo, spoke on lbc His· uncl AY esslon lory Prciject. At the Sunday buslnes ses!lon, While RiveI' Valley will host the Tnk Kubotn, nnt'l 2nd v.P.. gnvo nOKt DC meeting . The May pra- rcpol't Oil lbo WII . hlllglon ollon I conventiOn lIIecting wUl bl' hostt'<l lund luw, 'l'ohru Ur kaml, by SJlOk Ilu. At a meeting of the Mulloomab County Bar Association beld in 1945, Verne Dusenbery. an auor Dey practicing in Portland. called attention to the activities of anti American corporations and sug gested that there seemed to be some evidence that the constitu tional rights of citizens of Japa nese ancestry were being Illfrlnged at a time when they were belp- less to defend themselves. A com mittee was appointecL and Verne Dusenbery was made chairman 01 the committee. Repo rt CaUs A.ttention The committee publisbed a re- port entitled, "The Japanese Pro!> lem In Oregon" wb.ich was adopt ed and widely publisbed. It forced public attention on the unlawful purpose and method of the anb Japanese organizations_ Late In 19-15, Attorney Dusenbery was pursuaded to challenge the constitutionaUty of the amendment in a court proceeding. The belp of Alan Hart was enlisted \A) assisl in the litigation_ The case was trIed in Circuit Court before the Hon. James W Crawford, Judge of the Circult Courl, wbo rendered the declara tary decree on 12, 1941 to the eftecl that the original Allen Land Law was and the 19-15 amendment lVas valid in part and invalid In part. As the declaratory decree was taken to the Supreme Court of lbe State of Oregon, the plainUfr. cause was strengthened by the de- Documents of CaucasillD5 who bad close contact wrth the Japa. Dese in America are also 0<1 the Project "want list" Information relating the wbere- abouls of such documentary mao terial should be forwarded to Dr T. Scott M1yakawa. Director. Ja- panese American Research Proj· ect. 360 Haloes Hall, Univ. of Cah· fornia, Los Angeles 24. Calif, SIT-IN DEMONSTRATORS IN DELAWARE NOT SEEN AS TRESPASS VIOLATORS WILllIXGTO.' DeL-Persoos wbo stage sit-In demonstrations 3t res- taurants, bars, or bmls wbere they were denied service because of race cannot be prosecuted for trespassing. the Delaware Suo preme Court bas ruled. I The signl. ficance of lhis decision is treated In this week's Washington leUer by lfike Masaoka I In lts unanimous decision XO\' 6 the court also upheld the state', 88-year-old Inn-keepers law. But it ruled slate law cannot be used to belp an owner or proprietor enforce 3 policy of diser!min.ation. Court observers said they be- the decision lea\'es the Inn- k""pers law valld but unenforce- able. Sign Up in JACL Today cision of the United Slates Su r------------- I preme Court handed down in Jan.. I 19, 19-18 in the case of "Oyama vs. Californla.". Orecon Court Rules On March 29, 19-19 the Supreme Court of Oregon in a 01.0 opinion banded down by Justice George Rossman. beld that the Oregon Allen Land Law violated the due process clause and the equal pro- tection clause of lbe Fourleenlb Amendment , Qnd was tbere!ore unconstitutional and void. This dlN:lsion wblch was the first ever to declare an Alien Lmld LaIV unconstitutional WDs destined have far·rcachlng eftects . Wilbin a relatively sborl time after Its rendltion nll of the allen land lows In all of the we tern states were either declaroo b) their s upreme courls to be uncon· stilutional or were repealed b) constitutional or were repealed acts of their stale legislature. or both. In Oregon both the original Allen Land Law and the 19-15 Amendmcnt Were repealed by Al'l of kglslt\lure tit lbe .es· sion. Membership Chairman Even though chapters may oot elect new officers before this year Is up, the immediate appointment of a 1964 mem- bershlp chairman is requested so lbot necessary membership campaign material may be dispatched without delay. The name and address of the 1964 membership chair· man should be forwarded to aUonal Headquarlers, 1634 Post st, San Franclsco IS , as soon as possible. The new JACL membership cards are ready. L DR. DAVID MIURA attonal Chairman Membership Committee NOTICES To PC Subscribers: Be sure to put the ZIP Code number on all Cbanlll'-<lt-Address cards. 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