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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-01-01
Editorial


Last November, 1916. Seattle ard tho Paci-
fIc Northwest were without newspaper through
which the Japanese Americans could express
their views on things community things Pacific
Northwest. and above ALL things American.
On Jan. 1: 1917 at the insistence of manv
friends. The Northwest Times was born and
nshered into an uncertain but presently stable
Japanese American world
Today Jan. /. 194S The Northwest Times
observes its first anniversary and in noting its
year-old existence and in realizing it's MANY
shortcomings hopes its editions will improve as
it ages.
To be sure, The Northwest Times shall not
sh'rk from IFS resnonsibiItv of considering pub
lie welfare. IF grarding the principles of free
nress of embracing the righteousness of decencv.
'n'nart'a'tv and fair NAV in IFS news contents.
and Of hearinr in mind accuracy. sincerity and
+'"'t'f''l,nsr At al times
Bnt. most important of al The Northwest
Times hopes the readers viii act as if they them
se'vos arc re editors Of this naner as if they
themselves part and marcel owners Of this pa
nor md as if they themselves are building the
paper.
-Budd Fukei Editor & Publisher
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-01-01

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new PICTURE
CITES NISEI
IN LAND CASE
By TWAO KAWAKANn
Special writer
Nichi Bel Times

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Jan 1
What b regarded as q unique con-
alteration Of tiae escheat cases In
q public medium takes place In the
motion picture. Daisy Kenyon"
which stars Joan Crawford, Dana
Andrews and Henry Fonda.
Dana Andrews, enaUting the role
Of . New York attorney, Dan
oKfara. while IN washington, DO,
% asked by . representative Of a
''Civil Rights Association" to help
with the case Of 70 Nisei nemed Sam
Noguchi"
On learning that Noguchi Is a
Nisei CT, VINO received a Purple
Heart after being wounded IN ITALY
and then returned 10 California to
find his farm eschcated c'stolen by
. bunch Of slick operators IN CAL
lfornia" is the dialogue used in the
finn, o'Mara becomes vitality IN
tercsted IN the Noguchi case and
decides to participate in the court
action IN California even at the cost
OF dropping other more lucrative
cases IN his practice.
O1kara loses the case (the refer
efce here obviously Is on the UNI
favorable decision rendered by the
California supreme court against
Fred oyar,a) and when he returns
to New York. he Is upbraided by
his partner, Cowariy, for wasting
30 much time In California"
In q strong, striking sequence,
OHdara faces the camera and says,
"A fight against race prejudice Il
never q waste Of tire"
II is the first time in any major
Hollywood production that "Nisei"
and Japanese" have been used by
the screen characters without dero-
gatcry connotations. The fair
treatment Of an issue vital to q
group may have saiutary.
effect On the vast American public
which b resched By the finn
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-01-01

for cur consideration. The idea
that Is held by serns Nisei (ti1ank
heaven by not too manyD that ali
Nisei must more or less be ALIKE,
do the same things, belong to tie
same groups, and think the same
way rs the others I'm this. sense,
the others refer to certain groups
Who have put themselves up as the
spokesmen for the other Nisei, be
that group Nisei Veterans organ
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A Salute 70 Vets:
BY GEN. MARX CLARK
sixth Army Headquaftsss
San Francisco, Calf.

Through the medium Of The Northwest
Times, should like to extend my sincere good
wishes for the coming New Year tozsach and ev-
cry one of your Nisei readers who endered SER
vice in the Armed Forces of the United States
during the recent war.
recall with extreme pleasure the gal
lantry and heroism of the Nisei tfoops under
my command IN the italian carnpaignp Their
performance there was unsurpassed and their
devotion to duty under all circimstances stands
as an rrefutable evidence of their 1oyalty to our
country.
The record of our Nisei troops reflected in
every way the highest traditions oflthe military
service of the United States.
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Mrs. Manca Records AZ Activities
OF Jackson st. Community Council;
Lists Projects for New Year

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Endo Rites

Funeral rervices for Toraye Erdo,
ST.. who died last Christmas Day
In Harborview hospital after he had
been struck by an automobile on
18th Ave. between Yesler Way and
T.. Fir, were held last Dec. 80, IN
the Seattle Buddhist Temple. The
Rev. T. Ichilkawa officiated.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Koisa
Endo. and q daughter, Miyo.
Arrangements were made through
Susumi- Butterworth.
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Nisei Questioning
Freedom of Speech
Shocks Smith s
by Professor Elmer r. Smith
University Of Utah, Salt Lake City. U

ONAsOA0ssy Va ~ 0iiy on&s AszAc N&by, Ob8n
Sixteen months have passed since I left the
Pacific Northwest to return to my work in
Utah. and am sure much has happened to all
of you since that time. It is, therefore, with
large amount Of ignorance about what has spe-
officially happened m your part Of the country
that drop this New Years greetings and.
thoughts to you.
There are however, many basic values that
I believe all of us, no matter where we are or
what we have been doing, can stop and consider
this New Year. will attempt to- follow through
some of these for few minutes of your time
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-01-01

ization, local or national grcup
organized for "the benefit Of the
Nisei" or Nisei students group
Continued on Page Two)
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AJoyous New Year

China Import & ExportC Co.
Philippine Import 4 Export TO.
CT. TakahaShi 4 Co.
Main Bowl, Inc.
7. 7. Corporation
Third & Main Bldg. Corp.
international Engineering
reconstruction Corp.
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The roster Of tho Committee for
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

that the situation now is similar in some
respects in that farm production has again
expanded even more than in 1919 and
again exports are declining.
IF it were not for three very important
factors" says the report, "the level of farm
prices now and in the next several months
might be expected to follow the 1920-21
pattern. These factors are:
Various government price support pro-
grams, such as commodity loans and pur-
chases.
"Subsidized exports, such as army feed
ing of occupied territories, the ECA pro-
gram and others.
Low farm debts and high financial re-
serves"
This latter is important" the report con-
tinues, because farmers as a group are not
under too great pressure to sell as they were
in 1920, when debts were high. In other
words, farm lands and farm commodities,
for the most part, are now in Strong
hands"
During these favorable years farmers and
ranchers nave not been guilty of a foolish
optimism but lave carried the r~eco1lec-
ton Of the 1920s and 1905 and have been
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15
Boom Psychology Busted

TT HAS often been said tina we nave our
4 boom and bust cycles chiefly because we
have a boom and bust psychology. 1t is all
in our minds. Times are good because we
think they are and business flows freely;
times become bad because we become pan
icky and business stops. During the last
depression attempts were made to break
the deadlock by assurances that prosperity
was just around the corner.
Whatever merit there may be in this
psychology angle it is certain that over-op-
timism during previous booms caused seri-
Gus distress when reaction set in, and lack of
this false optimism is one of the most en-
couraging differences between present con-
ditions and those following World war l.
In 1919, as now, prices for farm products
were high At that time everyone expected
them to remain so and expanded farm ex-
~penditures accordingly. Within a little
more than a year prices had dropped so
percent and, with the heavy farm debt
situation that had developed, many farm
ers were put through the economic wringer.
The same thing happened again in the
1905.
A federal reserve bank report points out
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15
Straws in the Wind

Larger feed supplies are likely to reduce
the meat supply in the near future rather
than to increase it Cattle and hog feeders
will keep livestock on feed longer periods
than animals nave been held in past months
when fed was scarce. TIL delay in market
ing will mean more pounds of meat finally,
but that time probably will be after Jan-
l, 1919.
Food prices would be from Il to 20 per-
cent higher than they are now if food sup
plies had not been increased as they have,
principally from improved techniques, a
Colorado AIM college expert asserts.
American farmers nave pushed food pro-
duction steadily upward despite great han
dicaps, until today the caloric tonnage is 40
percent above the prewar level.
=
New ormon have been found that has
ten the maturity of food plants. 1t may
mean that crops formerly UNACCEPTABLE to
short seasons can now be produced in north
ern areas. 1t may even mean that grains
could be rushed to maturity before the
headlines of July drouth periods.
A new beverage milk and an ice cream
made from sweet cream buttermilk are an
nounced by the USDA bureau of dairy in
dustry. Both products are said to be highly
nutritious and offer a new outlet for plenti-
full and cheap nonfat milk solids.
An overall cut Of is percent in the ma
tional potato acreage for 1949 and support
at go percent of parity appears to be the pic
ture for the coming production year. Flax
support will be at 80 percent of parity,
which will mean a price of close to 81 a
bushel, Minneapolis basis.
Now that farm prices are trending down.
ward while operating costs are still NOV
ing up, good management is more impor-
tant than ever.
How can you purchase more satisfaction
with some of those bushels of wheat you
raised this season than by exchanging them
for a pressure water system?
Montana cattle slaughter so far this year
according to the bureau of agricultural
economics, is down Ii percent from the
same period last year. Weights, however
have averaged 964 pounds as compared t.
933 for last year, so that the reduction il
meat production is only Is percent.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

inclined to behave as though a recession
were just around the corner This has not
been a foolish pessimism but a wholesome
attitude that in itself has been a potent
factor in postponing the development of a
recession.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15
It's a Good Investment
The Editors Page

VXTHEN Montana farmers and ranchers
W 60 to the polls Nov. 2 they will, like
ali other citizens, have an opportunity to
express their convictions by placing an x
before the names of the candidates of their
choice.
They win also have the opportunity to
agree to make a small additional invest
ment in a project that has already demon
strated its ability to produce returns of
several thousand percent in terms of added
agricultural income and to buy a further
insurance for the agricultural future of
Montana.
These opportunities will be undramati-
cally labeled on the ballot as referendums
81 and So.
Referendum 81 proposes to increase the
millage levy on taxable property in the
state, for the support of the six units of the
university system for the next 10 years,
from the present 3h mills to 6 mills. Refer
endum So proposes to issue $4,000, 900 of
bonds to construct buildings on university
campuses. 1t has been estimated that the
maximum cost of both these measures to
4 taxpayer with $4,000 assessed property
value would be only SIS a year. That would
be assuming that the full 6 mills would be
levied and that the building loans would
be paid off in the shortest possible time.
Actually, the cost might be somewhat less.
Any careful investor looks over the bal
ance sheet of the enterprise in which he is
considering investing before he puts out
any cash. What does the balance sheet of
the Greater University of Montana show?
First of all, the farmer and rancher will
bear in mind that the Montana agricultural
experiment station with its Is research and
service departments and laboratories, and
the Montana extension service are part OF
the university system. New varieties and
new methods worked out by the expert
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

ment station and the assistance in putting
these into practical use and operation given
by the extension service nave added mil
lions to the annual agricultural income.
Does the operator raise barley? He prob
ably has had his cut of the 1900, 900 which
the new varieties, Compana and Glacier,
are estimated to have added to the worth Of
the 1913 crop alone. Does he produce wool?
New knowledge of shrinkage averages, re-
ducing the cut from 81 to 81 percent, should
bring him a share of the minimum of
81 900 900 annually which can be saved in
marketing. Does he produce beef? The
introduction of crested wheatgrass on his
ranges ave given him a return of $11 an
acre in beef production. Does he raise
wheat? New methods developed have in
creased his returns a minimum of So an
acre.
Then there are the services in soil testing,
seed testing, veterinary analyses, poultry
and dairy research and extension. All this
research and service has it's immediate
cash value, but it will be increasingly i'm
portant in future years as margins of opera
tons narrow and constantly improved prod
ucts and methods become necessary to show
profits. Their continuance will be an insur-
ance of the stability of Montana agriculture.
But aside from these direct cash consider
atoms, Montana farm and ranch families
will take satisfaction in the returns from
their investment in all branches of the
university system, Montana State univer-
sity, Missoula; Montana School of Mines
Butte; Montana State Normal college, Dill
lon; Montana State college, Bozeman; Nor
thern Montana college, Havre, and Eastern
Montana Normal school, Billings. The rura]
voter knows what the educational advan-
tages offered by these units mean to the
youth and future of Montana. AS a shrewC
operator and a progressive citizen he see:
referendums 81 and 81 as good investments
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

October Is l94s-7
Evening star., 1948-01-04

The Mclean House at Appomattox
Court House, where Gen. Robert E.
Lee met Gen. U. S. Grant to sur
render his army in 1865, will be
rebuilt, the National Park Service
announced yesterday.
And the sons of the man who
SIS years ago tore down the land
mark have been awarded the con-
tract for its reconstruction.
The sons, c. A. Hancock, OF Hunt
ington, w. Va.,' and E. H. Hancock
Of Lynchburg, stand to fare much
better under their $49,533 contract
awarded yesterday by the park serv-
ice than did their father, G. w. Han
cock, who never was paid cent.
The Mclean House, in which Gen.
Lee arranged on April 8, 1865, to
surrender the Army of Northern
Virginia to Gen. Grant, was torn
down in 1893 for removal to the
World Columbian Exposition in
Chicago and then to Washington.
The project fell through and later
the elder Hancock was informed,
C. A. Hancock said, that the syndi-
cate involved was unable to obtain
the lot and did not have funds to
pay for the demolition work.
The stored materials gradually
disappeared, but the Elder Hancock
had employed p c. Hubbard of
Lynchburg to take measurements,
make drawings and write descrip-
tions of the house, built in 1848.
The authenticity of these data,
the Park Service said, was estab-
lished through tests Of paper and
Evening star., 1948-01-04

Ennit&oe d1oo1od t1ao xato e1aAneao
Friday hut decided TO defer actior
pending the report January u.
Tho sanitary commission an.
nounced last week that 1T would In
crease It's charges from $3.50 te
$225 for average water connections
and to $3.50 for sewer connections II
improved streets.
A spokesman for the Sanitary
Commission said the agency was
losing money under the old rate.
The new rates went into effect
Wednesday.
The civic federation's Executive
Committee urged thorough study of
a Capital Transit co. petition to
increase bus fares on Maryland
lines.
A resolution asked the peoples
counsel OF the Maryland Public
Service Commission to investigate
current and potential" service costs
of the utility in Maryland and the
District and to oppose any changes
tending to further inequality of
service"
The PSC will open hearings In
Baltimore Tuesday on a Capital
Transit proposal to abandon the
Beltsville- -Branchville shuttle troll
ley service. Immediately on con-
clusion Of this hearing, the PSC isl
scheduled to take up the petition
for the higher rates.
Don E. Gingery, chairman of the
Montgomery County Division Of the
Metropolitan Washington Home
Evening star., 1948-01-04
War Assets
Continued From First Page.)

ably the Federal Works Admins
tration, at the beginning of the next
fiscal year July l.
Our present contraction plan
calls for a reduction to approxi-
mately 10000 people by the end of
this fiscal year. No doubt it will
be necessary for the Federal Works
Administration to absorb a large
part OF the remaining organization
However, I feel in fairness to all
the employees that no false hopes
for continued employment should
be held out.
Mr.. Larson urged zone, regional
and Office directors to make every
possible effort to keep the morale
high" He also assured them that
there would be no radical changes
in organization, personnel or pro-
cedures" while WAA lasts. But he
added that "for all practical pur-
poses we may assume that we have
six months to work together" and
that WAA, as separate agency,
is on the way out.
Details OF Proposed Bill.
The proposed legislation, it was
learned, would transfer the Treas
ury Department procurement pro-
gram as well as WAA functions to
the Federal Administration. It
would reduce the present WAA re-
gional Offices to conform in number
and location to existing FWA re-
gional offices.
The bill also would provide ma
1or changes in the present system
OF priorities in the sale of surplus
property to veterans and small busi-
ness establishments. WAA officials
indicated they do not favor aboli-
ton of all veterans priorities. They
note that veterans, while only 10
per cent of the total population,
have bought between % and Is per
cent of general surplus property
commodities.
The reported provisions to re-
peal the surplus property act and
bring WAA to an end is satisfac-
tory so far as WAA officials are con-
cerned.
Administrator Larson commented
last night that he believes the OBJ
jectives Of the surplus property law
will have been largely met" by
June 30 He observed that "it never
was the theory OF Congress that
the methods, provided in the act,
should be applied to peace time
economy"
The agreement with the Army,
Navy ana Air Force to stop surplus
property declarations to WAA on
March 1 will give the agency a
welcome moratorium" other WAA
sources explained. The agency
needs time to concentrate on trying
to dispose Of the residue of $1,000
100000 in surplus materials and
property, with a dwindling budget
and a steadily shrinking work force,
especially in specialized key posi-
tions, they said. The present budget
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Sons of Its Wrecker to Rebuild
House Where Lee Surrendered

ink made by the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation, the National Archives
and the Library of Congress.
In addition, the service has as
sembled a large collection Of con-
temporary photographs and draw
ings and has studied eyewitness ac-
counts. Archeologists have exam-
ined the site and measured the
foundations still intact.
The reconstructed building will be
furnished in the perid Of the Civil
War.
The original building was a two
story red-brick structure on q high
basement. There was broad We
randa in front supported by six
square columns. -
The table on which the surrender
papers were signed now is In the
Smithsonian Institution, but other
furnishings were carted away by the
victorious soldiers.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Meeting Is Arranged
Between Strikers and
Cable Firm tomorrow
BY the Assoeiotsd pr..s

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-A meeting
between one Of four cable firms
involved In a strike Of some $500
overseas communications workers
and the CIo American Communica-
tions Association has been ar
ranged for tomorrow, Thomas q.
Dougherty, Federal mediator. said
tonight.
1t win be the first company
union session since the strike began
yesterday on both the East and
West coasts, affecting companies
handling two-thirds Of this coun-
try's foreign communications.
Mr.. Dougherty said AGA will
meet with the Western Union Tele-
graph Co.'S cable division.
Although union spokesmen
claimed that the. tie-up, now In its
second day. was fully effective, COM
pany spokesmen maintained that
international traflc has been kept
moving by supervisory employees,
working around the clock.
Mackay Radio service said in San
Francisco that its Honolulu trans
missions were not operating but
that communications were being
maintained with China, Japan, the
Philippines and Australia, with
overall service about so per cent
Of normal.
The two other companies involved
IN the strike are the Commercial
Gable Company and All-America
Gables. Employees of the latter COM
pany belong to an independent
union, the All-America Cables En-
ployes' Association, which Joined
the AGA in its strike action.
The strikers seek 80 per cent wage
increases, according to company
spokesmen. Present wages range
from $38.61 to 1929 week.
Gable companies not involved in
the strike said they could handle
the entire transmission business of
struck companies If necessary. An
ACA spokesman said the union
would not interfere If this were
done.