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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
PAPER SUPPORTS
CLAIMS MEASURE

WASHINGTON, D. c., April II
The Washington Post last week
editorially expressed the hope Of
Congressional passage of the eva
cuation claims bill, declaring that
there appears to be no question as
to the desirability and justice of
this legislation and that any delay
in enacting 1t can serve only to
perpetuate a wrong and TO aggra-
vate the injuries which these loyal
Americans have endured"
Noting that in the 10th Congress
a Senate approved evacuation
claims measure had reached the
House too late for floor considera-
ton prior to adjournment, The morn
ing newspaper stressed it would
be a great misfortune If 1t were al
lowed to lapse again through care
lessness or on account of the pres
sure of other business. H. r. 1899,
which would provide token compen-
sation to those who could account
for their losses suffered through
evacuation, has been passed by the
House but the Senate has not yet
acted on IT, n .s.-
The japanese Americans have
sought no redress for the humilia-
ton to which they were subjected,
or for the trespass on their consti-
tutional rights as American citi-
zens the Post asserted. But man
ifestly as a matter of elementary
Justice. they are entitled to COM
pensation for material losses in
CURED through no fault Of their
own" it added, emphasizing that
the Nisei had committed no crime
and that not a single attempt at
espionage or sabotage was ever Of
ficially attributed to them.
Nisei evacuated from the West
Coast and detained during the war
in relocation centers suffered SER
ious property losses, said the jour-
nal. They were forced to dispose
of homes and business interests
in haste and in many instances at
great sacrifice. Some of them lost
everything they had owned In the
way of worldly goods. Payment of
compensation due them is both de-
sirable and just, the Post concluded.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
Housing QUESTIONABLE Ready
For Families in This Area

The master questionable for Greater Seattle
ket Survey has week ntervewer will be
knocking the families this
to Mrs Edith Dyer Ranboh Associate Director Of the
Since the results OF this will direct bearing the
future plans civic those families
selected
plete cooperation according r. McAbee chairman Mayor
Devns Emergency Housing Committee Of the
Among the questions compiled by the project staff
that should indicate the future popularity growth
munies Question 81 asks I'm what of the Seattle MerOpO
Titan District make home" The numerato
Will then ask the family point the location
ference within the city limit outside the city
Question 10 should also Of particular interest: DO
plan to and rent build At time within the next
three year, Tbs portion e broken u type ~
struction preferred. type % heating, etc.
This unique nation Housing have been
conducted IN various other communities but be-
housing demand extensively
tempaed Seattle will set precedent for the entire nation In
solution housing
ming problems .ecedns n August ziIner Executive vceChAr
the survey cottee and Director Of the Seattle Housing
oenrsx.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
pNWETI. DIES
TN REPKF1FV
SAN FRANCISCO Calf. April IT

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, April II
Chester II. Rowell. 80 ono Ct the
few prominent Californians to OBJ
pose the Armv's wartime evacua-
ton Of japanese Americans from
the West coast died last April II
IN his home in Berkeley.
As editor and columnIst of the
san Francisco Chronicle he wrote
MANY articles and editorials chal-
longing the stand of military and
asserting his faith In the LOYALTY
and integrity Of japanese Ameri-
cans In this country
He was also one Of the very few
persons TO oppose the enactment
Of the California alien land law In
1919 and tool, strong. but I'M
popular stand AGAINST tho anti
Japanese measure in the Fresno
Republican of which he was editor
at the time.
He continued TO lend his sun
mort 10 the fight AGAINST the alien
land law and oppressed sa'iefnc-
ton I'm 1916 whom The people Of the
state finally took down diecrImina-
tory LEGISLATION by defeating Pro
position Is
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
$4,000 STOLEN
FROM ISSET'S
PARKED AUTO
Especial to Northwest Times)

n
SPOKANE. Wash, April II -
Theft of $1,000 from the glove COM
partment of his auto. which was
parked near the corner of Bernard
and Riverside. was reported to
police late Wednesday night by S.
Ogura, farmer in the vicinity of
Laura. Mon. The money, according
to Ogura who was staying at the
Empire hotel, was all in $50 and
500 bills.
Ogura told police that as he
was walking toward his car, he no.
ticed a Negro walking away from
the vehicle with what appeared to
be his suitcase and topcoat.
Il stopped this man." Ogura
told police" and after making Ger
tain the suitcase and the coat were
mine I took them back to the car.
AS soon as I got in the auto dis
covered the glove compartment
had been pried open and my $4,000
was gone"
Ogura reported he jumped out
of the auto and looked for the Ne
gro but could not find him. He
then drove to the police station to
report the theft
The japanese had another $4,000
in his coat when he reported the
theft, police said.
Il always keep my money in
three different places" he said II
keep some in my coat, some in the
glove compartment of the car and
some in travellers checks"
Ogura is now in Spokane for
medical treatment.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

Dyke Miyagawa, temporary chair
man of the recently-formed New
York Nisei- for-Wallace Committee,
and Chiye Mort, also of New York,
were among some $50 delegates
meeting in this city at the invita-
ton of the National Wallace-for-
President Committee. The ee-day
proceedings set up machinery for
the founding convention of a new
party to oppose both the Democra-
tic and Republican parties.
Formal creation of the new party
will take place in Philadelphia on
July 24-25.
Speaking before a session which
launched a Nationalities Division
of the embryo Wallace party,
Miyagawa acquainted delegates
with the specific needs and
grievances" of Japanese Ameri-
cans. He called for unequivocal
support of bills now before Con-
gress which seek naturalization
for issei and compensation for
economic losses sustained in the
wartime evacuation of West
Coast Japanese Americans.
Louis Adamic. the noted writer
authority on American nationality
groups who chaired this session,
reiterated Miyagawa's assertion that
the precedent set by the evacuation
and the Supreme Court ruling in the
Korematsu case is loaded with
danger for the very roots of Anne
rican liberty"
The heavy representation at the
conference of farm, labor. profess
ional, student. Negro and other
segncnt5 of the population was in
striking contrast to the smoke
filled ROOM gatherings of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties
and their machine" politicians.
The potential of the nationalities
vote was singled out for emphasis by
Joseph Connelli. former organiza-
tional consultant 70 the Democra-
tic National Committee.
A county-by-cO county breakdown
of the Roosevelt vote in every
state, he said, indicated that the
votes clinching Roosevelt victor
les in many localities were de-
livered by recent Americans of
European origin. In a number Of
precincts in Los Angeles, Chica-
go, Denver and other japanese
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
WINS JUDGMENT
in MORALS CASE

ORANGE COUNTY, Calf, April
II (Rafu Shimpo Dispatch - A
judgement of S6646.14 and court
costs was given this week to 2l-year
old Shiori Inada in her law suit
against Marion Earl Rice for his
attempt to moleSt her the morning
of June Is. 1916, when she was 60
Ing home to her Garden Grove
residence.
Santa Ana Judge N. Il. Gard
ner of the Superior Court made
the decision i'm the case which
was handled by Los Angeles at
torneys J. B. Tietz and Elmer
s. YamamOtO.
Miss Inada. 10 at the time of the
attempted attack, was working in
La Canada. On being notified by
the japanese Hospital that her
uncle he'd died there, the plaintiff
took a Pacific Electric train to in
form her parents.
The damage action grew out
of an attempt by Rice to rape
the japanese girl after she en-
tered his taxicab at the Garden
Grove station, two miles away
from her home.
The amount of judgement rep
resented her expenses plus $4,000
for the pain and suffering incur
red to her as the result of fall from
the automobile as she was trying
to escape the would-be- attacker.
She was confined in the Japanese
Hospital for two weeks, attorneys
in the case declared.
Rice, meantime, had quit his
work with the cab company, and
had been picking up odd jobs
around Northern California.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

mia, have not participated in the
communal affairs of the State, and
have no desire to become American
citizens"
Yet the same law would deny
the issuance of the same licenses
to japanese alien who have long
lived in California as law-abid-
ing residents and who have en-
riched the State and the cOmmu-
nifty with their labor, and who
have children, many of whom
have served with distinction with
the U. S. armed forces.
In conclusion, the brief warns
that If California can enforce this
lind of discrimination, it would by
he same test qualify an alien to
Engage in other occupations where
he issuance of a license is re-
1uired. ut need not stop at &C.
'upations now licensed. 1t could
llso then condition the right to en-
}age in any gainful occupation by
'equiring that a license be obtained
md thus could successfully bar
liens Of japanese ancestry from
Il gainful employment by merely
making them ineligible to secure
ny license whatsoever"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
Letter-Writing
By ISSei Urged

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, April
14-Issei can assert their desire to
become American citizens most
uniquely and convincirgly by writ
ing personal letters directly to Mike
Masaoka, Congressman Walter H
Judd, author of H. r. 1904, which
extends naturalization to Issei, and
Chairman Frank Fellows of the
Subcommittee on Immigration and
Naturaizat ton, the West Coast Of
flee of the JACL ADO declared
here today, in a release being sent
to all JACL chapters, Nisei veterans
organizations and the Assembly of
the Kikaken Kisei Dolnei of
Northern California.
Furthermore, the West Coast Dir
ector declared that if every Issei
and Nisei would ask their friends
and business associates to write in
behalf of equality in naturalization,
the impressive volume of mail to
the above proponents of the mea-
sue and also If addressed to Cal
ifornia congressman, would be most
convincing.
West Coast Director Masaoka
specifically pointed out that farm
ers, businessmen, gardeners, and
houseworkers can give special
boost to the current naturalization
campaign by this means. In addi-
ton. students letters to their con-
gressmcn, both from Nisei and non
japanese, may give further cross
section representation by those who
desire citizenship for their parents
and friends
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

Explaining its interest in the legal
battle, the ave asserted that any
statute which denies to lawful re-
sidents, solely because of their race
or ancestry, the right to work for
a living in a common occupation, as
does the California law involved in
this dispute, adversely affects the
AVC's basic aims, which includes
determined opposition to any laws,
practices or usages whereby any
person or group by virtue of discri-
mination due to race or color is
prevented from obtaining employ
ment. +
It is significantly brought ont
by the ave that Torao Takaha-
shi, the petitioner, has two sons
and two sons-in-law who are
American citizens and who have
served in the Armed Forces of the
United States; that he was ad.
mitted legally into this country
more th,n 40 years ago, and that
he has LED 4 useful life as COM
mercial fisherman in California
since 1907.
The legislative history of Section
800 of the California Fish and
Game Code, the brief declares,
"conclusively demonstrates that its
sole purpose and effect is to dis
criminate against alien Japanese
lawfully resident In California"
ave attorneys further argue that
the distinction made by California
between aliens eligible" and "in-
eligible" to citizenship rests upon
an arbitrary n d unreasonable
classification insofar as the regula-
ton of commercial fishing is con-
cerned, unless racial antagonism
is valid justification"
The California law, the brief
stresses, would permit the issuance
of fishing licenses ito aliens who,
although eligible to U. s. citizen
ship, have never been admitted for
permanent residence, are not and
have not been residents of Califor-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

American centers, it is believed
the Nisei vote this year may well
decide the outcome on local lc-
wells.
The fundamentally democratic
and grass roots nature of the new
party movement is dramatically
Illustrated by our presence here"
Miyagawa told the conference.
BY unanimous vote, the confer
ence condemned n general sessions
recent attempts to silence foreign
language broadcasts in New York
City and voiced vigorous opposition
10 Congressional bill which would
place restrictions on foreign langu-
ge newspapers and magazines such
as the japanese language news
papers and magazines such as the
japanese language vernacular pa
pers. A resolution on civil rights
placed the new party movement be-
hind an intensified fight for FE-
PC, anti-poll tax and anti-lynch
legislation.
Reports from state delegations
revealed that Wallace and his run
ming mate. Idaho Senator Glen H.
Taylor, will be on the ballot in As
states and that new party candi-
dates would run for local offices
in many states.
High point of the historic deli
beratiOns was an overflow rally
of $4,000 in the Chicago Stadium.
Wallace and Taylor restated to
the wild acclaim of the crowd
their accusation that investment
bankers and military brass are
running the government and pre-
pairing for an unnecessary war by
creating hysteria and fear.
Delegate after delegate took the
conference floor to make it clear
the search for world peace is the
overriding issue before the people
in this years elections. Universal
Military Training and restoration
of the draft, sought by both the
Democratic and Republican high
commands, were objects of heavy
verbal attack.
Besides Wallace and Taylor, not
ables addressing the delegates in
cluded Elmer Benson, former Gov
ernor of Minnesota, Professors Rex
fed Guy Tlgwell and Robert
Morss LoTstt Of the University Of
Chicago, lee FRESHMAN, former ie-
gal counsel for the Go. Albert J.
Fitzgerald. head Of the Go United
Electrical Workers union, Paul
Robson, singer and actor, and DR.
Maud Slye, cancer specialist at the
University of Chicago.
A simultaneously held state con-
ference of the Illinois Progressive
party, the Wallace movement IN
this state, Uae sstezsses5 b. several
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
Ni$ei
Calendar

APRIL
17-CoUDles' ONLY dance 10 be
sponsored by RiSsho club I'm thu
Buddhist Auditorium
1p-Jaranesc Students Club and
ValedaS TO co-Sponsor bazaar ~
Washington hall
MAY
1-Ra7anr win be sponsored b.
ST Peters N'eeion IN tho church
hall at 1910 King ST
7-"Goats for Japan" roller
Ska+ing p7rtv enon~o~od bv NTefho-
dist church N Ride Rink end Of
No : line. $40 " a5th
UTNF
4-s--ua' T5C nir-f-
WY
-fYlse' Va'.rsns' cnr--,I4tee m
sponsor Fourth of July srorts dance
~ Palladium ballroom with Tackle
c0uders and t'7 orohesfra
srPTFaTRFR
i0-Pnst-rnbor nav =k- ta|o-t TO
b. Fivsn by Ftssho club In roiier-
lsnd. Skating hours will be from
1880 pm &c y riSni-ht
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

The step towards strike was
taken after the union negotiating
committee walked out of the offices
of the Alaska Salmon Industry,
canncry operators organization, this
week.
Ernie Mangaoang. union business
agent. however, said I'VE are not
breaking off negotiations. We have
no negotiations to break OFF,
Pointing 10 an article In a To-
cal Japanese language paper
which mentions that sixteen per-
sons will be sailing on April %
TO work I'm n salmon cannery mt
Petersburg, Alaska. George MI
nato, an executive board member
of Local !. told TIE NORTH
WEST TIMES:
"Anyone attempting TO work I'm
Canncry under present c0ndi-
ti0s will he classified rs u scah."
This is move on the part
of the industry to pit workers
against each other So that Il can
weaken the union" he said.
Nisei cannery workers also were
warned by Minato not to be n scab
rs at would leave bad record for
all OF us JapannSe Americans.
A picket line. may be thrown
against the "scahS" who leave for
PETERSBURG on April %. 1t was in
dicated I'm reliable sources
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
j UNIT MAKES
FAR EAST MAP

At the request of the Institute of
Pacific Relations. n map OF the
Far East. eight feet high and
twelve feet long. has been complet-
ed by the geography department
of the University of Washington. 1t
was learned today
The map. designed by DR. Joseph
F.. williams, was four months In
the making. The work was done
in the University photographic Ia
boratory.
A small inset In an upper corner
Of the large map contains a polar
map which shows global position.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
WAR FUND HERE
NETS $9,614.65

The Nisei War Memorial Com
mittee today reported that $9,6l465
have been received as of Friday.
April 16, for the fund which will
be used to erect n monument and
TO hold memorial services in no
nor of Nisei Gil dead of the Second
World War.
The latest contributors are:
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Nishimura
$500
Valcdes III. w. Nisei cOeds)
500
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
Preachers Meet

Ministers and priests of all re-
ligious denominations will meet at
8 pm. next Tuesday April 20, in
the Buddhist temple to discuss the
Goats for Japan" drive which is
being sponsored nationally by the
inter-faith Heifers Project Com
mittee of the Brethren Service
Committee. The Rev Lester Suzu-
XII of the Japanese Methodist
church Is taking charge of the
campaign here.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
200 MORE GOATS BOUND
FOR JAPANESE PEOPLE

LOS ANGELES, CALI, April II
Presumably willing to do their
bit for the rehabilitation of Japan
200 nanncy goats left San Fernando
valley this week enroute to the
Orient. The goats. all mixers,
we're collected by Heifers for Re
lief, Inc, Brethren church spon-
eored organization.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
KENDALL, MOVED
TO EUROPE POST

FORT LEWIS. Wash. April IT.
Mai Gen Paul w. Kendall, COM
handing officer of Fort Lewis, will
cave here about May for assign
ment with the European command
1t Frankfurt, Germany
He will be succeeded by Maj
Gen. Harry J. Collins, wartime
commander Of he And Infantry
Division.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
JAPANESE PIG
HITS JACKPOT

TOKYO, April ia prize York
shire SOW owned by an agricultural
school, so miles north Of Tokyo,
produced a litter OF 81 live and
healthy piglets which Japanese
figure must be about n worlds re-
cord.
The prolific mother already had
turned out families of nine. three
and seven offsprings since March
1914, before hitting the Jackpot.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
NOW, i. s. MAY
BUY SCRAP IRON

TOKYO, April 17-Reversing a
prewar practice, the United States
may soon be buying scrap iron from
Japan.
American teams are combining
ruined factories and Navy yards to
see how much scrap Japan can
export and sustain its own economy.
In Tokyo, the Foreign Trade Di-
vision of the Supreme Command
for the Allied Powers is anxious to
list scrap as an export item. but does
not know just how much surplus
scrap is on hand.
Unofficial sources say that three
million tons of good scrap are ly-
ing in such places as Kure and
Sasebo major shipbuilding centers
Men are won, not so much. by be-
ing bl9med. as by being encompass
ed with love. -Channing.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
EVERETT HELPS
GOAT CAMP ALIGN

The Rev. Lester Suzuki of the
local japanese Methodist church
who is handling the Goats for
Japan" drive in Seattle, reported
today that a collection by the
Women's Society of Christian Ser
vice in Everett amounted to $22.72.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
NOTICES OFINTFNTION
TO WIN

George ShimizIi %. Pllvallup
Toshiko Watanabc. 20 1910 f.
Spruce 81
Fiichi Sakauvp. - 1913 FSfth Ave
Chiyoko Nakamura q. t2l Maynard
Ave
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
A. VIC. Files Brief as Friend
OF Court in TakahaShi Litigation;
ASSailS Bias in Calf. Measure

WASHINGTON D. C., April 1.-THE American Veterans Commit
tee today filed brief friend
fishing litigation which to reviewed the next
week. The Washington Office of the JACL Anti Discrimination Com
mie reported that the AVC action first national
veterans organization the before
Court.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

tSee Page Four for story ON
call to Washington state found
ing convention for a new pro-
gressivc party under Henry A.
Wallace.)
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17

The US. Army Corps Of Engineers
during the war produced stack of
maps 300 times as high as the Wash
ington Monument.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
Local 7 Alaska Workers
To Consider Strike Vote
Cannerymen to Assemble Monday
In Meeting Called by Leaders;
MinatO Flags Scab' Action

be special meeting
Workers Union Local l. decided at
meeting o. LocaI officials Thursday night.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-17
TwoN. Y. Nisei Delegates Attend
Wallace Party Farley in Chicago

CHICAGO, 17-For n political his
Americans participated voting
onal political
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-25
More Cooperation Is Needed
fKetchikan Daily News

1t is welcome news that Seton h. lhompsoil' ci.iei t ,hs A,aska Bureau of the Fish and Wdlfe Service, is to make first hand study to try and find out what is wrong with Alaska salmon runs
 There has been too much office work and too little ground work The main trouble IS that the salmon refuse cooperate or follow any set pian oi office graphs and circles Their annual vagaries are unpredictable
 But it is just ordinary common sense that there must be sufficient escapement so that the streams can be seeded This should not be done haphazardy' It should be done with the full cooperation o Ish- ermen and the Industry.
 We are told that one reason for the closure this week without any previous notice was because some seiners were catching fish at the mouths of spawning streams When asked why the bureau did not stop the practice told that it does not nave enough money for 100 per cent enforcement If such IS the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-25
RENEWED EFFORTS NEEDED

Alaskans came close during the 80th Congress to winning the long battle to enact legislation Which would repeal the arbitrary power of the Department of the Interior to establish Indian and other reserVa tions in the public lands of Alaska.
 And recent news of further land withdrawals emphasizes the need for continuance Of that fight in the 8lst Congress.
 A resolution which would have taken those danger ous powers away from the Interior Department was sponsored by Senator Hugh Butler oi Neoiasha' It failed in the closing moments of the last Congress because Of lack of time
 In spite of this one large pulp company has initiated pulp enterprise near Ketchikan
 Ii is almost that this is just the iirst oi many such enterpsses utilizing the spelling pulp oi Southeast Alaska But We can speed the coming ol this new industry thorugh the enaction of Legislation removing the uncertainty of property rights in many areas.