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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08

funds. Contributions to the Com
munity Chest. on the other hand
support community services which
can best be provided by private
agencies which have developed
sound programs for meeting COM
munity needs through long years
of applying technical skills and ex
perience to these problems.
1T is also interesting to note
that 1889 .285 OF the total cost was
met by payments received from
people receiving the services. where
as 81 .351 ,942 of the cost was borne
by the ommunity Chest contribu-
tions" DR.. Muir continued. "A
high percentage of the SO Red Fea-
ther services supported by the Com
munity Chest do receive some pay
ment for the services they render
The role of the Chest is TO en-
able the agencies to keep the costs
of these vitality needed services
low enough that they will be avail
able to all who need them" DR.
Muir declared, and to provide
them to those whose economic
status or lack OF Independence
homeless child, for instanee-is such
that they cannot pay for them"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Ado PROTESTS
TO i. s. BODY,
URGES PROBE

WASHINGTON, d. C. July B.
! Vigorously Directing to the use OF
Japanese" as a classification for
the dlscharglng or rejecting OF
J "disloyal" Civil Service employees,
the JACL ti-Discrlmination
Committee has lodged protest
with the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission, the Washington
office announced today
In a letter which was made pub
lie today the Discrimination
Committee called upon the Com
mission to investigate the reason
behind this arbitrary classification
and TO correct the gross injustices
which your report has caused"
Identical letters were sent to
Congressman Edward II. Rees,
chairman of the Post Office and
Civil Service Committee In the
House of Representatives. and to
Senator William LANCER. chairman
of the Civil Service Committee in
the Senate. the ADO office ro-
ported
Reason for the protest arose from
Associated Press dispatches which
carried a report made by the COM
mission TO Congress on the dis
loyal Civil Service employees who
have resigned or were discharged.
According to the newspaper re-
ports, the Commission had class
flied 66 persons who did under
loyalty" requirements as Com
munists. Na2i. Fascists, and Japa-
nese"
Decrying the Use of ancestry and
race as the sole factor in the de-
termination of loyalty, the ADO
letter said:
BY singing out the Japanese.
and only the Japanese. in your
publici2ed classification, the infer
ence is clear that the mere accident
of birth--of being Japanese--makes
one dangerous TO the safety of the
United States. We do not believe
that such an inference is correct
or in keeping with government re-
cords"
The Ado statement recapitulat-
ed the record of the 1880 Nisei
soldiers and told of the valuable
contributions made to the war eff
fort by the thousands of Issei
IF the persons of Japanese an
cestry who we're either discharged
or rejected by your Commission
were SO classified because they were
either Communists. Nazi, or Fas-
cists, they should have been placed
in whatever category they fitted
rather than having been placed In
a special racial category" the ADO
declared
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of this country by those of Japa-
nese ancestry of eligible age ex-
ceeded the nationwide percentage.
He estimated the cost of evacu-
alton claims to the government,
should the bill become law. as in
the "neighborhood Of $4,000, 900.
The committee considered the
argument that the victims OF the
relocation were no more casualties
of the war than were many NIL
lions of other Americans who lost
their lives or their homes or occu-
patton during the war;" Gwynne
stated.
He pointed out, however, that the
argument was mot considered ten
able, since in the instant case the
loss was inflicted upon a special
racial group by voluntary act Of
the government without precedent
in the history of this country"
In commenting on the shift of
Jurisdiction from the Interior De-
partment to the Justice Depart
ment in the revised Evacuation
Claims Bill, which is now designat-
ed H. r. 1899, Gwynne said:
THE object of the committee in
thus shifting the responsibility is
predicted upon the belief that the
Department of Justice is perhaps
more adequately equipped in spe-
cialized personnel more familiar
with the disposition of claim against
the government than the Depart
ment of the Interior and is bet
ter able to absorb, such functions,
partaking as they do of its normal
phase of operations, than other gov
ernmental agencies more remote
in skills."
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
WELFARE BILL
FOR SEATTLE
81 MILLION

! The total bill for communicating
ported health, recreation and vel.
fare services in Seattle and King
County amounted to $35, 526 631
in 1916, Rev. Warner Muir new
chairman of the Seattle King
County council of Social Agencies
announced today.
Local. state and federal treas
uries met $23,481 ,621 of tthe cost
of these services out of tax-col-
lected funds.
The figures cited by DR.. Muir
were based on a report compiled
by the Research Department Of
the Council at the request OF the
national organization of Communi-
ty Chests ana Councils, Inc ST.
milar studies are being conducted
by other councils throughout the
country.
Contributions to the Seattle
King County Community Chest &C
counted for 1881, 942 of the total
cost of health and welfare SER
vices, DR.. Muir declared.
A total of $3.50 ,285 was received
as payment from persons receiving
the services, largely in private hos
pitfalls. The balance of 81 49,, 780
was covered by contributions from
non-Chest sources, income derived
from investment funds, and pro-
ceedS from other activities of the
agencies, such as hotel and rest
aurant services provided by the
recreational agencies. The Red
Feather services are self-support-
ing to the extent of 81 per cent
of their total budget. A further
breakdown OF the public expendi-
lures revealed that SIS ,568,899 was
provided by the state treasury,
s5,260.337 was covered by federal
grants. and local treasures con-
tributed $2,652 1888.
The sum of $16,5466 SOL was spent
for family welfare and counsel SER
vices, $15,0l1,136 on medical care,
S2,l54,435 for recreation, 81 ,443, 400
for children's care. and S370930
for general advisory and admin
istrative services such as are pro-
Vided by the Veterans Admins
tration, Red Cross, and referral
agencies.
The comparison of public and
private expenditures illustrates the
relationship between public and
private responsibility which has
been established through years OF
Joint community planning" DR.
Muir declared THE overwhelming
portion of direct financial assist
ance is being furnished by public !
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Fights Use of Japanese in Job Classification
Report on NiSei
Due August |

The final Japanese American re-
settlement report will be publish
ed about August |. Robert VI. Col
lum wrote 10 The Northwest
Times last weekend. Cullum is
former NRA official and direct
or of the resettlement study for
the department of The interior
war agency liquidation unit whose
offices are in Washington. u. &.
The Washington report is en-
titled People in Motion--The
postwar adjustment of the eva
cuated japanese Americans"
In his letter. Cullum declared
that he has found The North
west Times useful in our study
of resettlement adjustment"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
NVC SUPPORTS
MEASURE ON
CITIZENSHIP

The Nisei Veterans COMMITTEE,
at n meeting June "A went on re.
cord as supporting any proposed
legislation in Congress seeking tC
offer the right of naturalization
and citizenship TO all aliens of Ja-
panese ancestry. provided that the
United States government estab-
fishes an efficient system of ex-
animation, screening and elimina-
ton to insure that only persons
loyal to the United States may gam
citizenship.
The complete resolution adopted
by the NVC follows
WHEREAS, Legislation has
been or will be introduced i'm the
Congress of the United States re-
lating to amendment OF the ma
turalization laws in order that
aliens of Japanese an estry may
become citizens of the United
States; and
WHEREAS. This is a matter
in which the Nisei Veterans
Committee should be and is
deeply interested; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED: That the
Nisei Veterans Committee go on
record AS supporting any pro-
posed legislation in Congress
seeking TO offer the right of ma
turalization and citizenship To ali
aliens of Japanese ancestry;
PROVIDED, however, that il be
recommended that an efficient
system Of examination, screening
and elimination be established by
the government to insure that
only persons loyal TO the United
States may gain citizenship: and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED.
that the Nisei Veterans Commit
tee go on record as Offering its
service To aid the government in
any examination, screening or
elimination which may be deter
mined by the government To be
desirable or necessary in this
matter; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the officers of the Nisei Vet
Grams Committee be employed to
publiciZe and communicate this
resolution in any desirable Or
proper manner.
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on the proceedings, recalled that
before the surrender we had daily
training in fencing and ju-jitsu as
part of our routine exercises. This
lighter form of exercise strikes me
as a bit odd"
Dancing seems to have descend
ed upon Japan with fine disrespect
for theology and position.
UNION HOLDS
DANCING COURSE
The Kanazawa local of the ma
tional railway workers union re-
Gently announced a Today course
in dancing for its members. The
rush from locomotive cab. freight
cabooses and switch towers was
remarkable.
Japans political world was sha-
ken visibly recently when it was
announced with some diffidence
that dancing was now part of the
program to enlighten workers.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Dancing Fad Steps Up Interest
In Japanese Parliament Building

TOKYO, July 8-The sombre,
almost forbidding Parliament
Building is a-rockin' and a-jumpin'
with dancing couples these nights.
Diet building authorities granted
employees permission to use the
central dining hall for dancing
when the room is not crowded with
legislators. Response was terrific.
Building guards, clerks, typists
and telephone operators promptly
hired a ballroom dancing instruc-
tor from a downtown cabaret, and
the staid structure resounds with
couples doing the "Ginga Glide"
the diet Dip" and the House
(of representatives. Hop"
STRENUOUS STYLES
The dancing is on the strenuous
side, something new to Japan and
probably influenced by CT Utter
bugging. One veteran Diet build
ing guard, casting a jaundiced eye
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Top NVC Prize
Goes to MinatO

Howard Minato of 1921 Boren
Ave-, Seattle was announced as the
winner of the Philco deluxe re-
frigerator in the Nisei Veterans
Committee rattle at drawing
held at the NvC's Fourth of July
dance IN Casa Italiana.
Yosh Hayasaka of 1916 Pike
Place, also of Seattle, won Bell
dix automatic washer as second
prize.
Other prize winners are as fol-
lows:
Kaeiko Hikida, 800 Jackson ST.,
Seattle, a Philco 1901 radio-phone.
H. R. Winters, 1888 32nd Ave. S.
Seattle, swing rocker.
Cy Lord, 80 Yesler Way, Seattle,
Community silver set.
Togo Ishihara, 1918 Weller ST.,
Seattle, Royal vacuum cleaner.
Annie Shimasaki, Rt. 3 Box Gil
Auburn, deluxe dormeyer mixer.
Hiroshi Nakagawara, AIT South
18th, Tacoma, champion outboard
and tackle box.
Grace Kniels, 1439 S. w. 148th
St., Seattle, Parker 81 pen and
pencil set.
H. Miyoshi, Rt. 4 Box 81, Kent,
floor lamp.
C. Kimura, 1929 Jackson ST., Sc
attic, Bowman g. Manning auto
matte toaster.
Kenny LeLong, 41O 9th Ave. S.,
Seattle, $25 savings bond.
George Huserick, 8l2 Pike St.,
Seattle, Presto pressure cooker.
Harry I. Takagi, 1925 Holly Park
Drive, Seattle, Sunbeam ironmaster.
Bill Yanagimachi, 8O8 31st Ave,
Seattle. Slick coffee-mixer set.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Nationwide Protest Forces Extension
OF Race Group in Housing Office

Effective, nationwide protest b,
civic groups and minority leader,
against elimination of the Racia
Relations Service of the Office o
the Housing Expediter resulted thi.
week. imam extension of the ser
vice until July rs.
Originally the service was SEIZED
uled to close on June 80 but thu
decision to extend it another month
came at the eleventh hour.
The action merely to postpone
the termination date, but locaI
leaders take it as a good omen
that housing officials in Washing.
ton, D. G. are seriously endeayor-
ing to work out some plan for its
permanent continuation in order
that minorities will be assured a
fair break in the housing picture.
Since the decision to terminate
the service was announced, letters
and kilograms from civic groups,
individual citizens. and interracial
organizations in Seattle and else
where throughout the nation have
flooded into Congress urging re-
storation of the budget cuts which
may force termination of the ser
vice.
At the same time numerous APP
peals have been sent to MIA Ad-
ministrator Raymond Foley in
Washington D. C. urging retention
of the service in the housing pro-
gram, regardless of the cuts in
budget that may be made.
Among local groups which have
sent in such appeals are the Sc
attic Civic Unity Council, the Sc
attic Council of Churches, the Ur-
ban League and other organiza-
tions, and many prominent citizens.
These efforts will be continued
until permanent continuation of
the service is assured, local leaders
in the campaign said this week.
They urged that all minority citi-
zens, and the organizations to
which they belong help assure sue
cess in the campaign by writing
Immediately to Administrator Foley
requesting his support in seeing
that the racial relations service is
kept.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Redressing Nisei for Wrongs Inflicted
Upon Them Is Justice, Iowan Declares

WASHINGTON, D. c., July g.
Japanese Americans who were re-
located proved themselves to be,
almost without exception, loyal to
the traditions of this country and
exhibited a commendable discipline
throughout the period of their ex-
ile."
Thus did Representative John
w. Gwynne summarize the evacu-
alton of persons of Japanese des-
cent in his report on the Evacua-
ton Claims Bill to the House of
Representatives on June 30.
Not to redress these loyal A
mericans in some measure for the
wrongs inflicted upon them would
provide ample material for attacks
by the followers of foreign ideolo-
gies on the American way of life,
and to redress them would be sim
pie justice" the Iowa congressman
declared.
Gwynne's statement, Report No.
1872, accompanied H. R. 1899 when
the Evacuation Claims measure
came up for action by the House
of Representatives July 7.
Incorporating Secretary of the
Interior Krug's letter of recommend
alton of the Evacuation Claims
bill in his report, Gwynne also in
cluded compost testimony from the
comprehensive hearings on the bill
which were held before the Sub
committee on Naturalization and
immigration.
The Iowa representative, who is
chairman of the Subcommittee. re-
ported that statistics were produc-
ed to indicate that the percentage
of enlistments in the armed forces
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Hiroshima Plans
Peace Festival

HIROSHIMA, Japan. July B.
The city of Hiroshima will hold a
three-day peace festival" begin
ming August 6, which marks the
second anniversary of the city's
destruction by the atomic bomb.
A formal invitation to the EN-
peror to attend the festival will be
extended by the city. 1t will be
conveyed to the Emperor by the
Hiroshima governor who will at
tend gubernatorial conference In
Tokyo soon.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08

Here are members Of the Port
land Nisei Veterans baseball nine
which defeated the Seattle Nisei
Veterans, Az, last Sunday at Co
lumbia playfield to win the
Northwest Fourth Of July Invi-
rational Baseball Tournament
championship.
Front row (left to right Tom
Fulfil, John Tanaka, Joe Kato,
Shire, Takeucff, Hood Shiogi
first base COACH, Ed Yada,
Jack Kat0. Ted Tsuboi third
base COACH.
Back row left to right: Art
Somekawa coach, Nut Furuka-
wa, Roy Sumino, Shigeru Ia
keuchi, George Sakurai, George
Murumatsu, Bill Wakayama, Tom
Shiihi, Johnny Murakami.
-Foto by Ralph Ochi.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Ado RECEIVES
NEW VERSION
OF H. R. 1899

WASHINGTON, ID. c. July a
Embodying two major changes and
/ several minor adjustments. the re-
vised version of the Evacuation
Claims Commission bill. II. r. 1899
was received this week by the
Washington office of the JACI
Anti DISCRIMINATION Committee. Il
was disclosed today
The clean bill was ordered drawn
by the Judiciary committee of the
House of Representatives last week
after swift action had brought it
out of committee and ready for
House consideration.
It was originally designated II. r..
2768.
In comparing the original bill
with the revised version Mike Ma
Saoka. national Ado legislative
director, pointed out that the ma
jor distinction between the bills Is
the shift of jurisdiction from the
Interior Department to the Justice
Department.
Under the clean bill the Attorney
General is authorized TO do the
work that was given to a three
man commission under the supervi-
sion of the Secretary of the Inter
iOV ~, tho IN;n
Upon him will rest the burden
of advocating claims arising from
the evacuation or exclusion of per-
sons of Japanese ancestry from
west coast military areas, Alaska.
and Hawaii subsequent to Deem
Der 7, 1871, Masaoka declared.
Most OF the numerous other "a
mendments are for the purpose of
making the new bill consistent
with this major change" he added.
Second distinct revision of H. r.
1899 is the section on attorney fees.
according to the Ado legislative
director.
The new bill provides that at
torney's fees shall not exceed 10
per centum of the amount allowed.
while the original bill allowed 20
per centum.
Commenting on II. r. 1899, Ma
saoka said
I'm substance and intent the re-
vised bill is almost identical with
the original except that the At
toiney General is given the neces-
sary powers to do what was origin
ally intended for a special three
man commission under the super
vision of the Secretary of the In
terror.
of course" he added. since it
will be in the Department of Just
ice. it will be more strictly and
technically interpreted than had
it been left under the jurisdiction
of the Interior Department"
An outgrowth of JACL Auti-
Committee actiW-
ty. H. r. 1899 represents the cul-
of more than two years
work on the evacuation claims
objective, Masaoka said.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Passes 400 Mark

LOS ANGELES. Calf, July 3
The Los Angeles chapter JACL be-
came the first group in the United
States to pass the 400 mark in its
membership drive. according to
Frank Chuman, league president
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
Three Companies
Merge Into One

TOKYO July 8-No longer will
the banners of the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha. the Osaka Shosen Kali
Sha. and the Yamashita Kisen
Kaisha sail the seven seas as they
did in pre-war days.
With their luxury liners and
other ships practically non-ex-
istent as the result of the war, the
three companies have merged into
new steamship firm and are
planning TO start anew.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08

Few, without the hope of an
other life, would think it worth
their while to live above the al
lurements of sense.-Atterbury.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Nisei Veterans Committee wishes
to acknowledge donations from Mr..
Ralph Ochi and Mr.. II. H. Okuda.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
BIRTH

Mrs. Shizuya Iriye. 1920 Jackson
St. a son, in Madison Street hos
pital
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-08
DEATH

Koresawa, Hydro, 10, 216 Fifth
Ave. NJ.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
ALexaudria

Col. and Mrs. S. Gordon Green
were hosts Thursday evening at an
informal party in honor of Mrs.
Nolan Randolph Gibbons, the for
mer Miss Jean Drexel. Guests in
cluded Mrs. Gibbons parents, Maj.
and Mrs. Eugene p. Drexel of Tifton,
Ga; DR.. and Mrs. A. E. Drexel, Mr..
and Mrs. H. F. Buchholz, 1t. Glib
bons and Miss Nancy Green, daugh-
ter of the hosts. 1t. Gibbons and
Miss Drexel were married several
weeks ago in the chapel of the
United States Naval Academy in
Annapolis.
Miss Charlene Gregory, whose en-
gagement to Mr.. Hammond Snyder
has been announced. is being hon
ored at a number of parties. Mrs.
James Baker, jr., is among those
entertaining for the bride-elect,
having been hostess at kitchen
shower.
Another gay fete for Miss Gregory
was miscellaneous shower at
which Miss Harriet Hammond was
the hostess.
Miss Hazel Rodgers Of Baton
Rouge has arrived for visit with
Mrs. Franklin L. Miller. En- route
Miss Rodgers stopped over in Rich
mond and Petersburg.
Miss Dilys Cotton Of London,
England, is the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Histed Lewis.
Mrs. Warren S. Miller will arrive
Evening star., 1947-09-28

turnees are 1t. Col. and Mrs. Thomas
G. Compton and their children,
Sandra and Christopher, who en-
joyed a long motor trip. They
crossed the continent to San Fran
cisco and Palo Alto, and stopped en-
route for tour of Yellowstone Ma
tional Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Tip are
back from a vacation at Tides Inn
on Carter Creek.
Mrs. Charles D. Busby has re-
turned from a vacation in West
Palm Beach.
Mrs. Dana B. Cushing and her
daughter Nancy have returned from
visit at Willoughby Beach with
Mrs. M. Grace Woodhouse.
Miss Mary Williamson is back from
a vacation trip to England and
Scotland.
Miss Annette Fromm, who spent
the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Charles w. Curtis, has left for her
home in Pasadena, Calf.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

tomorrow from Mexico City to be
the guest of Maj. and Mrs. Paul B.
Miller and their son, Warren David
Miller.
Mrs. P. M. Spurrier has as guests
her sisters -in-law, Miss Jeannette
Spurrier and Miss Elaine Spurrier
of Providence, r. I.
Mrs. w. D. Foster and Miss Mar
garet King, who have been the guests
OF Mrs. James A. Long and her
daughter, Miss Florence Long, have
left for their home in Pittsburgh.
They came to visit their uncle, Ad-
miral Ernest j. King, at the Naval
Hospital in Bethesda.
Mrs. Edward Norris and her young
daughter Virginia Anne are here
from Portland, Me-, and are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hufford.
1t. Comdr and Mrs. William Lewis
will arrive today from Seattle to
spend several weeks with Comdr
and Mrs. Sydney E. Cross.
Vacationers are still returning to
their homes here after trips of vari-
GUS kinds. Among the latest re-
Evening star., 1947-09-28

Mrs. Byron Ridgeway In winston
Salem.
Mrs. George M. Warren has re-
turned to her home in Reidville,
N. c., after visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ara M. Daniels.
Mrs. William Anderson and her
infant daughter have returned to
their home here after a visit In
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Sager, jr.,
and their two children have returned
to their home in Miami, after visit
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Herndon

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Barbour Hutchinson
entertained at bridge last evening at
their home, the Oaks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchison have had as their
guest this week, Mr.. Richard Saund-
ers of Charles City. Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Perkins Of Baltimore.
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank T. Ridge
way and their daughter, Miss Patsy
Ridgeway, are the guests of Mr.. and
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Couldn't Count Sheep

When four ex-service women now
farming near Grahamstown, South
Africa, reported that II sheep had
been stolen from them, police in
vestigated and decided no thefts had
occurred-the women merely did
not know how to count sheep.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

A. Sager and Mr.. and Mrs. o. K.
Kirkwood.
Mrs. H. H. Bear is spending a week
at Churchville, Va, where she is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. C, Bear,