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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

Gonzales former vice president of the local,
who shot a member of the local i'll member
ship meeting ON February 9. Gonzales subse-
quentlv pleaded guilty to Bird Degree Assault
charge, was fined $3.50 and sentenced to three
months, suspended by Justice of the Peace
William UOar
''Our union cannot and will not tolerate
gangsterism and terrorism lisa stated. "Our
action in suspending these officers was taken
after investigating the Locals affairs, and
finding long Series of corrupt activities on
their part eliminating in the refusal of the Lo-
cal Executive Board to cXpel this gulman.
This terrorism convinced the international
Union that the membership was powerless to
clean out the racketeering elements without
our assistance
1.-THE acting officers, who are, with the
exception of Regional Director Wendell Phil
lips, members of the local, charged with the
responsibility Of cleaning up the corruption
that exists, and making it possible for the mem
bership to exercise their democratic rights
without fear of intimidation, and at the earliest
possible moment to call new elections IN the
local for the purpose of cIecting new officers.
lisa made it clear that not all of the slIs-
pcnded officers were involved in the corrupt adj
ministration of the local but said even tire hon
est officers had been terroriZed and coerccd by
the gun-thug tactics Of Gonzales and his hench-
men. Four of the present officers, Prudenclo
Mort, president; G. l.. Camarilo, treasurer:
Jorge Dumlao, Portland branch agent; and
Pablo S. Valdez, San Francisco BRANCH agent;
and in addition the following rank and file
members Of theloca Ernesto A. Mangaoan&,
Trinidad A. Rojo, Creme Navarro, Casimlro A.
Abela, were appointed as an administrative
committee which will conduct the affairs OF the
local until new elections are held.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
URGES BOARD
TO SIFT LOSS
IN EVACUATION

OTTAWA. June y New Cana
dian Dispatch)-Thc public account
committee last week recommended
To the House C. Commons that
commission be appointed to inquire
into claims OF Japanese Canadians
for financial losses arising out Of
the evacuation, according to the
Canadian Free Press
Gordon Isnor. deputy chairman,
presented the report which was
drafted in final closed session OF
the committee
The report recommended that
a commission be appointed under
the provisions of the Inquiries Act
TO inquire into and report upon
the alleged loss which resulted
from the amount received by him
being less that the fair market val
ne of his property at the time of
sale or loss
The recommendation was made
lin view of the evidence adduced
and I'm order that more informal
ton may be obtained as to the
desirability of adjusting any ap-
parent discrimination or loss
which may have resulted from
the taking over or sale of proper
ty Of any kind
The recommendation excluded
claims from Japanese who have
returned to Japan
The report noted that most Of
the discussion in our committee
| centred around the sale of TAI
farm properties by the custodian
of enemy property to the director
of the Veterans Land Act Cor
don Murchisonl for $436 $50"
In all the committees report
said. the custodian dealt with some
| $4,000 Japanese, including the
ownership of loo parcels of real
! property as well as business. stock,
equipment and household effects.
II said that between December
l94l and March 1912, when cvacu-
alton started. many Japanese dis
posed of property at prices which
were probably considerably below
the market value.
There had been inevitable con-
fusion in identifying personal
property of $4,000 persons.
: From the evidence, there is no
doubt that a certain amouna of
theft and vandalism took place
both before control was vested IN
the custodian and during the per-
iod of his administration
A summary of the cash collect
ed by the custodian on behalf OF
the cvacuees. covering real estate
fishing vessels. farm equipment and
other items. totalled $5.373,3l7.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
~ COnferees
Sift A-BOmb

GRINNELL, Ia, June 27-"Teen-
age canteens are a must for youth
and the youngsters should have a
a lot to do with running them"
agreed twelve members of an in
ternational youth panel at the ma
tional Y-Teen, Hi-Y conference,
sponsored by the YWCA and the
YMCA, this week at Grinnel Col
lege.
Other topics included the atom
bomb and international under
standing.
Lila Scott of Vancouver, B. c..
was quoted by the Associated Press
as saying:
up in Canada, we sometimes
wonder if you Americans are trying
to start war. We think that
sometimes you might try harder
to remember that you could be a
little bit wrong and that Russia
isn't always wrong"
Pauline zee and Etsuko Ichika.
wa are two delegates from Seattle
who are among more than 1,00(
attending the parley which end
next Thursday.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

prisoner of war camp in Hong
Kong are alive today because of
Japanese minister.
Rev. DIR. Uriah Latte, M. c., a
Canadian Army padre who spent
A months in Japanese prison
camps, told Vancouver Rotarians
recently that he learned to regard
a japanese named "Watanabe"
as a Through and through
Christian gentleman"
He said he returned home with
out any bitterness or vindictive-
ness toward the Japanese and
other decent Christian Japanese
who tried to ease the torture Of
prison camp life.
DR.. Latte said that "Watanabe
spent many hours comforting the
sick and wounded Canadian sold
iers in prison hospitals-then one
day lost his whole family when the
Allies bombed Hiroshima.
Even after this, he continued
to sit on the beds of our boys and
talk with them, continued to con-
travene the orders of his superior
Japanese officers and bring par
GELS of food and comforts.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Make Our Lives More Bearable,
GeiSha Girls Ask Premier

TOKYO, June ~ Do something to make
our lives more bcarabr,' 'Tokyo's gisha girls
prttioned Premier Tctsu Katayama this week
kaayana, according to the Associated
Press, was attending cabinet session. eight
Of the entertainers took their troubles to the
prcmicr'S secretary.
Two thousand gciShas in Tokyo and 10000
throughout the country are having tough
time with all restaurants closed by govern
mcnt food-conServation order, they complained.
I'VE are not accessories Of high luxury"
the pcrfumcd cmiSsaricS argued. eve want
the reason for our existence to be recognized
as true artists We want to appear where
there is NO sake (licc wine), no liquor
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Baldwin Stops
In Seattle

Roger NJ Baldwin, national dir
ector of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union and special representa-
tive of the National Japanese A
merican Citizens League in a recent
tour of the Orient, stopped here
this week en- route to Salt Lake
City, Utah where he is expected to
discuss the problems of Americans
of Japanese ancestry in Japan with
National JACL officials.
While in Japan Baldwin con-
ferred with leaders, including Cen
Douglas Macarthur and Emperor
EIirohito. Macarthur entirely ap-
proved" measures to assist 10000
Nisei in Japan who wish to return
to the United States, Baldwin said.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Roth to Play
At NVCHOp

frankie Roth's orchestra will
play when the Nisei Veterans Com
mittee holds its Fourth of July
sports dance Friday. July 4. in the
Casa Italiana as part of the acti-
vitiee which viii crowd the N!sei
calendar during the independence
Day holidays in Seattle.
Dancing will start at pm and
conclude at IL midnight
As "A special attraction of the
evening. drawing for the rattle
prizes will commence at 10 pm. IN
the hall The winners, the NVC an
nounced, are not required to be
present at the drawing to win for
the prizes
Tickets for the dance are priced
at two dollars per couple.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

in such housing. But this is not q
permanent solution and the situa-
ton will become critical as tempo
rary and permanent wer housing
is disposed of or demolished as re-
quired by law"
Rutledge believes that a con-
tinued and concentrated effort on
the part of all government hous-
ing agencies and local community
leadership will be needed to ell
inmate racial restrictions in the
housing of minorities in the Pa
cific Northwest-not only during
the present shortage but as the
housing supply for families in the
middle and lower-income brackets
increases
The first real racial relations
program in federal housing was
launched under the P. w. A. and
developed further when the Uni
ted States Housing Act was pass
ed in 1897. At first the service
extended only to public housing,
but under Wilson Wyatt, former
Housing Exped' ser, 1t was ex-
banded into a coordinated setup
available to all federal housing
agencies, including the National
Housing Agency, the FILA, the
FPHA, and the Federal Home
Loan Bank Administration.
The non- discrimination policy Of
the Federal Public Housing Au-
thority has been especially out
. standing both on the national ano
local level. Dillon s. Myer, ma
tional commissioner of FPHA ano
former head of the War Relocation
Authority. is nationally recognized
as an outspoken leader in the field
of race relations. AS WRA head hi
consistently fought prejudice anc
championed the rights of the ia
panese American citizens. 1t has
been the consistent policy of FPHA
to make public housing units avail
able to Japanese families on thu
same basis as to other persons anc
to hire qualified japanese person.
mel on its staff.
Since its inception, the MIA also
has worked constantly to stimulate
opening of private housing to Japa.
nese and other minority groups or
a non-discriminatory basis, anc
has likewise followed a policy q
employing qualified members d
minority groups on its staff.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
LAUD NISEI
INTELLIGENCE
JOB IN ORIENT

REGINA, Sask.. June 81 New
Canadian observation-disclosures Ca
nadians who served with him in the
Canadian Intelligence Corps in the
Far East, now back in Canada on
rehabilitation leave, deserve the
best possible assistance in their eff
forts to re-establish themselves in
civilian life, according to Capt.
Llewellyn Fletcher. former Sas-
katchewan resident, who was in Re-
gina last week.
Best Boosters
For Canada
THE officer commanding the
Far Eastern section of the INTEL
ligence Corps says the Nisei per-
sonnet in the corps were the best
boosters Canada had in the Far
East, and in addition were good adj
vertisements for the Dominion be-
cause of their conduct and their
ability, not only in their special
work, but as soldiers They made
a good impression everywhere,
said Capt. Fletcher.
Most of the sergeants in tbs
corps we're Nisei, and there was
one Chinese captain,
No Doubts
OF Loyalty
There need be no doubt of thu
loyalty of the Nisei to Canada
added Capt. Fletcher. Many O.
them had their property seizet
when Japan came into the war
many of them were recruited dir
ectly from internment camps, ant
some suffered discrimination ever
while they wore the Canadian uni
form. Yet they were still loyal Il
Canada, they still had faith in Ca
madam democracy, and in the in
nate decency of their fellow Cana
dians-faith that these wrong
weuld be righted.
, He added: "They did good
i piece Of work. It is too bad that
their wil,insnessato serve the weE
effort could not have been util-
lied as early in thewar as was
the willingness Of the American
| Eisei british force, had tn hor-
row heavily from the American
Nisei at the stage Of the war
when the British Intelligence
needed them most"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Sharp Action Laid to CWFL'S Refusal
To Expel Max Gonzales, Ex-Official
Involved in February 9 Shooting Case

In answer to repeated demands from the
membership of Cannery Workers and Farm
Laborcrs Union, Local :, FTA-CIO officers of
the local were removed from office his week by
the International Union-Food, Tobacco, Ag-
ricultural and Allied Workers Union Of .\meri-
ca John lisa National Director of Organlza-
ton announced
According to lisa this action was taken be-
cause of the refusal of the local union to abide
by an International decision eXpellmg Max
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
BODY GUSTS LOCAL 7OFFICERS
Chicago Nisei
Gets Art Award

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 27-Eva
Arakawa, %. of $3.50 Sheridan
Rd., was one of five students in
the school of the Art Institute
who won prizes this week in the
Better Rooms for Better Living"
exhibit in the Art Institute here.
The exhibit will be on view
througs this Sunday instead Of
closing Saturday as originally
planned, reported the Chicago
Daily Tribune.
Miss Arakawa is a student Of
Marya Lilien, Polish-born IN
structOr In interior decoration at
the institute.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
We'll Starve',

TOKYO, Tune 27-Wearing
paper hats with he slogan, We
will starve," about 10000 walters,
mattresses, cooks and operators
of BLACK market restaurants
demonstrated this week by
marching to the premier's official
residence asking for relief.
The government recently clos
ed all such restaurants which
operated on black market food
supplies.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Writes liSh-Japanese Dictionary

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. June
27-rokinobu Mihara. a blind Is
sci author and a former Journal
i5t, has published a 562 -page En-
japanese dictionary with the
assistance Of Nisei secretaries. The
publication has about 10000 Eng
lish Vocabuaries translated into
modern speaking japanese terms.
This is the first English Japan
csc dictionary ever written by n
first generation Japanese living in
the United States.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Ousted Heads Charge Connie Grab

A charge that the "COmmu-
nists" are grabbing for power in
Local ! Of the Cannery Workers
Union will be made today in Su-
perior court when eight suspend
ed local officers meet a show
cause order head on In legal
fight.
Growing out of complex his
tory of union politics, the action
will reverse a situation that has
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Special Edition
Set for July |

The Northwest Times will pub
lish a special Northwest Fourths
Of July Invitational Baseball
Tournament edition next Tues.
day, July 1. That issue will be
six pages and will contain all the
tournament data, plus the Times
usual news and feature articles.
No paper, however, will be
published Friday, July 4. since
that date Is q national holiday.
The Tuesday, July 8, edition
will carry the complete results
Of the three-day tournament
which begins Friday, July 4, and
ends Sunday, July 6.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

not been uncommon in Pacific
Coast labor circles-an interna-
tional union stepping in to re-
move Communist influence in u
local.
In this case, the eight Ousted
local officers declare they are
the nom Communists and their
International is the group seeking
to impose fellow travellers dom
nation.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

Reason for the termination of the
federal service which hes played an
important part in assuring min
GRITTY groups of equitable considera-
ton in meeting their housing needs
in this period of extreme shortage
is a general reduction in force be-
cause of insufficient funds, Ed Rut-
ledge, regional racial relations ad-
wiser for the housing agencies
here, said yesterday.
The action will affect all re-
giOnal racial relations advisers
in the Veterans Emergency H0us-
ing Program, including those on
the national staff In Washington
ID. c., and will end a 10-year
government housing service con-
sidered by leaders in the field as
one Of the most effective inter-
racial programs In the nations
history.
Reinstatement of the service Is
being sought, at least in the Offices
OF the National Housing Agency,
the Federal Public Housing Author
ity, and the Federal Housing Ad-
minstrration through which 1t has
done some of its most effective
ws.rk on the housing problems faced
by the Japanese and other minor
ity groups, Rutledge said.
Leaders of minority groups, how
ever, feel that there is little chance
for this unless the Senate restores
the severe cuts dealt to the housing
agencies in the Gripping Govern
rnent Corporations Appropriation
Bill recently passed by the House.
As passed by the House, the
Appropriations Bill slashes the
National Housing Agency from q
requested S1,2OO,OO0 to a nominal
100000, in effect liquidating It;
reduces funds for the Office of
the Housing Expediter from re-
quested S7,765,000 to S3,539, $50;
and forces so per cent reduction
in the FPHA staff and program
by limiting administrative expen-
ses to S10,400,000, one-third Of
the amount requested and one
half Of its present budget.
The present service provides only
one racial relations adviser for al
government housing agencies in the
entire region covering Washington
Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
and Alaska.
In his work here as racial rela
lions adviser, Rutledge has dir
ected his efforts toward encourag'
ing policies in the housing agencies
which would stimulate the produc
ton of homes and apartments opel
to all minority groups. he ha
met frequently with leaders of tn,
Japanese community and other mi
norities to discuss their housing
problems and has acquainted pri
vate building and realty groups, a
well as local housing authorities o
these needs.
Most minorities have been
priced out of the market and are
having to pay fabulous sales pri-
.ces and high rentals for run
down and deteriorated property
in this area" Rutledge declared.
1.-THE Federal Public Housing Au
thority has gone long way in do
ing all it could to assume equi
table participation of minorit,
groups, including the Japanese. il
federally- aided housing programs
and many japanese are now livinl
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Death Of Race Ties Unit Of MIA
Set for Monday, June 30; Lack Of
Funds Forces Move, Aide Says

Termination of the racial relations service of
the Office of the Housing Expedter and the Office
of the Administrator, National Housing Agency IS
scheduled to take place Monday, June 30, it was
learned here YESTERDAY
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27
Padre Cites Decency of 'Watanabe'
Who Helped Yanks in P. W. Camp

VANCOUVER, B. c., June 27-
Many former members of the Win
ipeg Grenadiers who were kept in
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

The impartiality of history is not
that of the mirror. which merely
objects but of the judge who sees,
listens, and decides.
One murder makes a villain
millions a hero.-Bp. Porteus.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-06-27

Sclf-trust is the essence of hero-
ism Emerson
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
new CAR AIDS
VET AMPUTEES
Disabled Persons a n
Now Drive
Safely

DETROIT, August f6-Disabled
persons of many types, who have
in the past given up the privilege
of driving a car will be encour-
aged to reapply for drivers Ii
censes when they learn of dem
o~nstrations being made by James
W. Redding, World War II veter-
an who lost both legs in the Ar
dennes campaign.
Redding is making a nationwide
tour of hospitals, driving and
demonstrating the newest Plym-
outh sedan equipped with a set Of
simplified driving controls devel-
oped by Chrysler corporation en-
gineers. Redding has been licens-
ed in several of the most exacting
states and drives with perfect
control and skill.
The sets of controls. supplied as
packaged accessories for any
model Plymouth from 1941 on,
compensate for disabilities caused
by injury Or disease where loss
Or loss of use of limb has re-
suited. Due to shortages of ma
terials in the immediate postwar
period, disabled veterans were
given high priority in filling Or
ders for the control sets. Today
the sets are available to all who
need them.
Controls are supplied in five diff
ferent sets graduated to compen-
safe for various disabilities. This
process of "tailoring' to the de-
gree of disability enables the pur-
chaser to select the set needed
from charts compiled by medical,
safety and engineering experts.
Prices range from seventy-five
cents to $3.50, depending upon the
set required.
Readings demonstration of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Retail Sales
: Drop Five Pct,
7 During July

: WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -R-
Sales of independent retailers
dropped S per cent from June to
July, the Census bureau reported
tonight, but were 8 per cent high
O. than July of 1916.
Chain store and mail order
houses apparently were making
bigger gains over last year. The
latest Commerce department fig
sre, covering June, showed that
This groups sales were IS per cent
above the 1946 volume.
Among the independent mer-
chants, however, some sizeable in
ereases were registered. Motor
vehicle dealers in July noted a %
ger cent increase over last year,
IND lumber and building materi-
as dealers a % per cent gain.
. Hardware stores were up II pei
gent from last year but down
per cent from June; furniture
Eores were up 7 per cent from
1916 and down 8 per cent from
June; dry goods and general mer'
ahandise stores up 8 per cent from
last year and down 10 per cent
4or the month.
Apparel stores showed the
greatest drop from June to July,
3 per cent; jewelry stores were
down 20 per cent for the month
and IA per cent FOR the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Ships Mascot,
Sailor Friend
Are Reunited

DENVER, Aug. 10 R Two
Shipmates during south Pacific
fighting were reunited today and
they will go for a boat ride soon
Ion city park lake.
One is Sangy, a gentle-eyed lit
Ne mongrel who was mascot of
TIE U. S. Sangamon and suffered
4 leg wound off Okinawa.
The other is Landy E.. Black,
r., former navy man who now
Works for a Denver rubber COM
pany.
.Afterh e was discharged, Black
Wrote to his former skipper ask
ing if he could have Sangy. First,
though, the little veteran had to
finish a hitch aboard the U.S.S.
Earawa.
Five sailors brought the dog
here from San Diego and she was
formally presented to Black at
Buckley Field.
Black said Sangy was always
he first one off the ship when
aver it hit port.
1.-The admiral and the skipper
were supposed to go first" he
Said, but Sangy always beat them
to the pier"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
SCHOOL STRIKE
BEING PLANNED
Middle Sound Parents Pro.
= test Unsafe
~ Road

81 Declaring the road on which
their children have been going to
school is mot ever a decent pig
path" Middle Sound community
citizens have notified the State
board of education by petition
that they would refuse to send
their children to school until the
state highway commission places
the road in q safe condition.
Through the Ogden Civic club.
shey blasted the highway commits
sion for failure to improve the
road, accused highway officials q
breaking promises. They charged
they must refuse to place the
lives of their children in jeopardy
by allowing them to be transport
ed on a dangerous, narrow road
without shoulders" according 10
L. w. Johnson, club secretary.
Two months ago. irked by their
s'pig path club members petit
toned Gov. Gregg Cherry TO fire
the entire highway commission
for failure to correct road conoi-
4iQns. No official action on the
p of the state has come OF this.
club advised DR.. Clyde Err
VI state superintendent of pub
instruction, that A. H. Ora
ham, highway commission chair
man., commissioners, and engi-
neers were familiar with the road,
had gone over it personally and
promised relief, with New Han
over county commissioners back
ing the move, but that nothing
has been done as yet.
= They also took a slam at over
crowded bus conditions, asserting
that an average of SO children
rode in a bus that normally car
mes 60 during the past school
fern. The elementary children at
lend the Tileston school in Will
mington and the older children go
10 New Hanover high school here.