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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-03-21
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On some occasions, this column
is devoted to serious topics. At o.
theirs, we prefer to write in lighter
vein. which Is how we happen to feel
today.
However, before passing on to
other topics, we can't help mention
ing the 1851 ADO Fund Drive. which
has Just commenced and will con-
tinue until the end of the month.
With victory so near in the fight
for the privilege of naturalization
for our Issei parents, the ADO work
must be carried on without letup in
order that this and other Ado goals
may be attained.
Your contribution will help to car
ry on the vital and important work
of the Ado. The campaign COM
mittee expects that, as in the past,
large donations will be received
from public-spirited men who are
fortunate enough to be in a position
to give generously. All such dona-
tions will, of course. be gratefully ac-
cepted.
The backbone Of the drive, how
ever, will be the small contributions
of those in more modest circum-
stances. We hope that 1t will be
possible for all families in this area
to contribute to the ADO cam
paign, for from every standpoint
except that of mere convenience, it
is far better to raise 5000 from a
Thousand persons than to obtain the
same amount from among only a
hundred individuals.
Therefore, when the Ado solicit
tor for your district approaches you
for your contribution land by the
way, it should be remembered that
he is going out of his way to do
thankless job because he has the
right spirit of public service), let's
all give generously, each according
to his ability. f--...
To paraphrase an old nursery
rhyme If you can't give dollar,
a hslf-dollar will do; If you can't
give half-dollar, then God bless
you'll
JUST THIS AND THAT: See by
the papers that May Tsutsumoto,
who last year represented the Paci-
fic Northwest in the National JACL
Queen Contest, besides being Nisei
Queen during the international Car
nival, will assume new duties as the
Queen of the coming Japanese
Trade Fair which will be held in
June. Our congratulations to the
charming Miss Tsutsumoto on the
above honors, as well as on her gra-
duation last week from the Univer-
sity of Washington. We have
sister who lives in Minneapolis.
which this winter has been and still
is buried under the heaviest snow
fall in its history, over 80 inches.
1t was dirty trick, but we couldn't
help sending her newspaper arti-
Gle contrasting the frigid Twin CT
ties weather with the sunshine and
green grass of Seattle. Too
bad Jaxon Sonoda isn't here to write
about it in his own eloquent style,
but anyhow, we take pleasure in DR..
Torrance Toda's first tournament
golf victory of his career. which hap
pened last Sunday at Foster-it
couldn't happen to a nicer guy. In
cidentally, there is no truth to the
rumor that all other players in the
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-03-21
Seattle Men
Fail to Place in
LA. Pin Meet
YoYo Konishi and
Fumi Lee, However,
Win Doubles
Exclusive from Rafu shimpo)

-Sequoia Nursery of Redwood City,
winners last year under the iowa
ia Nursery banner. again walked
off with the team event last Satur-
day to become the only successful
defending champion in the fifth an
nual national JACL bowling tourna-
ment which closed its three-day
meeting Sunday.
Out of towners grabbed most of
the top spots, leaving the highly
vaunted host town keglers picking
up the lesser spots.
Team event for the women was
taken by another Bay Area team as
Stonehurst Nursery of San Fran
cisco nosed out Cathay Post of Den
yer by three pins, 1888 to 1926.
The individual honors for the
tournament went to Shun Naka-
yama of Denver for winning the
singles with 692 and the all
events at TIT. He also received a.
wards for the high game of the
meeting with 257 and the high
series of the meeting with the 692.
But the $50 plus male keglers had
to take the back seat to Marge Mi
yakawa for rolling the actual high
game of the meeting when she bis
tered the lanes with 264 game in
the mixed doubles. Preceding the
biggest game with a big 232, she
wound up with a 654 series topped
only by Nakayama's singles effort.
She paired with Pluto Shimamura
for 1892 doubles effort which was
better than the winning mark for
the mems doubles team with an 1184
by the Salt Lake duo of Shozo Hi
raizumi and Ken Takeno.
The girls salvaged some honors
for Los Angeles by winning the sim
giles and all-events. Chuckie Wata-
nabe took the singles with SAG
while Chiyo Tashima COPIED the all
events with 1904.
YoYo Konishi of Seattle who top
ped the mixed doubles with her
partner last year, this time paired
with Fumi Lee to take the women's
doubles at $50.
Fumi Lees 564 which she rolled
in this event was the high series re-
gistered by the girls.
At a meeting of team captains at
the Vogue Bowl Sunday morning.
Denver was selected as the site for
the sixth annual national tourna-
ment. 1t was also decided that the
tournament would be held on the
West Coast on alternate years.
The fifth national came to close
Sunday night with an award dinner
dance at the Nikabob, A crowd of
$50 plus showed up for the dinner
and so more couples joined the
group for dancing.
SWEEPSTAKES
l. Taxi Takemoto, L. A. 1881
2. Dick ING, L. A. 1851
8. Joe Sato. Oakland 1921
4. George Gee, s. F. $50
5. Easy Fujimoto, Long Beach 978
6. Fuzzy Shimada, S. F. 977
Hy Sechi, L. A. OFT
MEMS EVENTS
Team
l. Sequoia Nursery, r. C. 1892
2. John Di LUCIA. L. A. 2733
g. Sacramento Bowl, Sac'to 1859
4. Stark Cafe, Sic. 1854
5. Sheu Fong, Sac'to 1852
g. Vogue Bowl, L. A. 1887
Z. Growers Produce, S. F.. 1884
(All- Events)
/. Shun Nakayama, Denver 1777
(SingIes)
l. Shun Nakayama, Denver 692
2. Orville Roth, Idaho 625
8. George Wong, L. A. 614
4. Rex Golobic, S. F.. 613
| 5. Jim Yasutake, Gardena 612
6. Yulene Takai, Sac'to 500
7. Mush Matsumoto, L. A. GOA
(Doubles)
l. Shozo Hiraizumi and Ken Ia
keno, Salt Lake City 1884
2. Taxi Takemoto and Jake CLARK
Los Angeles 1882
tContinned on Page a
GENERAL ELECTRIC
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-03-21
SEPTEMBER

1. Q and 3-N. w. District JACL
convention.
Evening star., 1951-08-09
This and That

Templeton Jones controls the weather
Others may not be exactly aware OF
this; in fact, many believe that they
themselves, have something to do with
it.
Isn't 1t a fact that when they wash
their cars, q rain comes?
That when the lady of the house
washes the windows on the east, a rain
slants in from that direction?
Not every one is as firmly convinced,
however, as is our friend Jones.
He firmly believes that what he does
influences an enigmatical "it' to send
rain or hold it off, not as he chooses,
but as he does.
Edgar Alan Poe named it the imp
of the perverse.a
This is famous imp
Whenever man decides that he will
save up to retire, it is just as likely to
say, $50 he thinks he is going to retire,
eh? Heb, he. heh.''
Some men get so far as to believe
that their name is on every bullet, etc.
Something malign in the universe has
been believed in by millions of persons.
It has been given many names, and has
been met in one way or another
Some believe in the "evil eye" which
Is just another way of saying imp"
Templeton Jones, mildest OF men, and
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Annoyed by Stokes

Please add my complaint to that of
A. E. Bassett. who in letter published
July % said: Now The Star marches
down the line carrying the banner of
the Fair Deal to the tune of a band OF
Self-Styled liberal columnists."
Take for example the effusion of
Thomas L. Stokes on the bill to return
submerged coastal lands to the States.
Nothing can be further from the truth
than his echo of the false and mis-
leading propaganda put out by the ad-
ministration on this issue. According
to this Zine" the States are trying to
steal abetted by the oil companies, the
oil-rich submerged lands rightfully be-
longing to the Federal Government.
The truth is that the coastal States
since early Colonial days were conSid-
cred owners of the coastal submerged
lands out to their established State
boundaries, usually the three-mile limit.
Their claim of ownership was backed up
by no less than So decisions of the
United States Supreme Court. 1t was
admitted by the Federal Government
until 1885, when former Secretary Of
the Interior Ickes laid claim in the name
of the Federal Government to the sub
merged, .oil-bearing lands off the Cali
fornia coast in order to transfer to the
Federal Government the revenues from
this oil production.
At Mr.. Ickes' insistance, the attorney
Evening star., 1951-08-09

the least pessimistic, is by no means a
milquetoast, however He feels that the
laws should be obeyed, even the regula-
tions.
When the powers that be asked citi-
zens not to sprinkle any more than they
positively had to, Jones was glad to
obey.
Others might do something when
they saw their lawns burning up, but
not Jones.
He eschewed the hose, forgot about
the yellow in the grass. spent his spare
time reading and listening to the radio.
Others sneaked out and watered grass
and flowers after dark, but not our hero.
He stuck to his resolution.
~ X
Too much rain in June had been re-
placed by none in July.
Three weeks had gone by without a
drop falling on his suburban COM
munity.
Nothing fourished except the poison
ivy. This ubiquitous plant throve. 1t
came up in hedgerows along the streets,
as planted by the birds.
There was one place on his way home
where Jones invariably looked to see
how the poison ivy was coming along.
No matter how dry the weather, the
famous three leaves seemed green and
healthy.
Is it not a strange thing that among
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Cost-of- f-LWing Raises

The unanimous recommendation by the
Wage Sterilization Board that workers coming
under its jurisdiction be allowed voluntary cost
of-living wage increases, if approved by Stabi-
lizer Eric Johnston, will drive another hole in
the anti-inflation dikes For employers gener-
ally speaking, would have to be granted price
increases to cover rising wage costs.
There are arguments on the other side of
the proposition, however, and they are the
stronger arguments. At present between three
and four million workers are covered by escalator
clauses, under which their wages rise or fall
with the price level, and these clauses have been
sanctioned by Mr.. Johnston. 1t would be mani
festly inequitable for the Government to take the
position that these workers can enjoy the bene-
fit of their contract protection but that the same
benefit cannot be extended to other workers
whose need, in event of price advances. would
be just as great.
There is also practical argument Wages
Evening star., 1951-08-09

wire Why? What example do the boys
of the Military Academy have before
them when the present administration
has never known anything but crooked
politics? With such men in power what
morality can we expect from our youth?
Father.
After reading about the dismissal of
90 West Pointers for cheating. I read
the Butler-Tydings report. Now I am
wondering what kind of an honor code
there is for members of the Senate who
appoint these cadets? They wink at
and pass over lightly the breaking of
Maryland laws, misleading half truths.
Misrepresentation and false innuendos
that without foundation attack the 10y
atty and patriotism not only OF former
Senator TydingS, who won the Distln-
guished Service Cross in World War I,
but also the entire membership of the
Senate Armed Services Committee.
How can the electorate reconcile the
dismissal of 90 cadets for cheating while
they allow one of their own, Senator
Butler, to retain his seat won by cheat
ing and dishonesty? Shall the United
States Senate be less courageous in its
ethics than West Point?
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson.
Naturally, to crib is discreditable. In
deed, it is decidedly more reprehensible
and deserving of rebuke and punishment
when it fiagrantly violates sacred ira
dition, namely, DUTY, Honor, Country"
Surely 1t. Col. Harrison G. Travis.
father of one of the cribbing cadets, is
in no position to complain. although he
threatens to make legal issue of the
dismissals. Actually he is patiently guilty
of culpability himself For, even though
he had no positive proof of cheating in
examinations, yet as an instructor at
Evening star., 1951-08-09
By Charles E. Trocewen

human beings a healthy organism is
felicitated, but among plants it is called
weed?
Templeton Jones watched the sky for
signs of rain.
The Weather Bureau announced rain
every day for days. but there was not
a drop.
Then one afternoon Jones decided
he must do something about it at last.
st have waited long enough he an
nounced.
So saying, at exactly o'clock, False
Time, he brought out his hose.
This will do it" he said, with wink;
actually, he had no idea that it would.
but it would be worth trying. He had
succeeded before.
He sprinkled for one hour, then took
the nozzle off and laid the end of the
hose at the top of terrace, where the
water could slowly trickle out. No waste
there, Jones said.
He curled the hose under the ivy, so
that it would attract no attention. Cat
tention, Jones has decided, is the one
thing no one wants to attract nova
days.
Night came, and the next day
And with 1t came thunderstorm and
after that a steady rain.
Templeton Jones, the old rainmaker,
had done 1t again.
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Good DAYS Work

No President likes to veto veterans pen
sion BILL For the prevailing opinion is that such
q veto neither wins political friends nor infiu
ences votes in the desired direction This being
so, Mr.. Truman merits the fullest commenda-
ton for vetoing two pension bills in single day.
few widows of veterans of the Indian Wars,
the Civil War and the SpaniSh-American War
are on the pension rolls, most of them having
married the veterans from 20 to 40 years after
the wars in which their husbands served. In
order to receive their nonservice- connected
death pensions, however, these widows must be
dependent and one of the bills Mr.. Truman
vetoed would have eliminated the dependency
requirement. Had he signed the bill the i'm
mediate cost would not have been great But
precedent would have been set for applying the
same principle to World Wars I and II, and that
could cost great deal of money.
The other bill would have substantially in
creased pensions for veterans whose disability
did not arise from military service. Service
connected disabilities were in no way involved
The cost in the first year would have been about
$16,7O0O00 But within so years, according to
the Presidents calculations, the annual cost to
the taxpayers would be $400 million
To have approved this bill, as Mr.. Truman
said would merely have increased, at great eX-
pense, an existing disparity between veterans
and non-veterans. AS matters stand, two men,
one a veteran might be injured in the same
automobile accident. The veteran, subject to
certain income limitations, could receive dis
ability benefits. The non-veteran would be en-
titled to nothing.
II do not believe" Mr.. Truman said, chat
aggravation of this disparity is sound and I am
convinced that it is contrary to the funda-
mental philosophy that should guide our pro-
vision of benefits to veterans On several
occasions have said that new legislation dealing
with veterans problems should be limited to
meeting those special and unique needs which
arise directly from military service. The other
needs OF veterans-those which do not arise
directly from military service-should be met
through comprehensive programs for veterans
and non-veteranS alike"
That, so far as 1t relates to the political
urge to spend more and more on non-service
veteran benefits, is sound doctrine. It should
be indorsed by every one who does not want to
see this country saddled with crushing burden
for benefits having no direct relation to military
service
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Not Too Convincing

The hue and cry that has been raised be.
cause the House voted for 10 per cent cut
In this country's contribution to the support of
international organizations, including the United
Nations, is not altogether convincing.
Mr.. Truman went pretty far in his protest
"If we fail to pay the United Nations and these
other agencies the full amounts we owe" he
said I'VE will jeopardize our leadership, OUR
moral standing our right to a strong voice in
the conduct of their affairs. That kind of
failure on our part will jeopardize the very
existence of these organizations and all their
work for peace and progress in the world"
The cut in round figures is So million from
$50 million, leaving these organizations about
$27 million American dollars to struggle along
with And even with the cut, we would be
putting up third or more of the total with
the balance coming from the rest of the world.
That does not seem to be niggardly contribu-
tion on our part, and one may suspect that the
President was laying it on little thick.
At the same time, it is true that So million
would be an insignificant saving If such an
economy really would have seriously adverse
effect on the organizations and their work, it
probably should be restored for this year.
The Star, however can see no reason why
Congress should not limit future American con-
tributions to one-third or whatever the appro
pirate proportion may be. And short work
should be made of the contention that because
our representatives in these organizations made
certain promises as to the amounts that would
be given, Congress is morally obligated to provide
the promised funds. Congress cannot be bound,
morally or otherwise, by any such commitment
by a delegate to an international organization
or by any one else. Congress is the sole and
final Judge as to what appropriations it will
make Every one knows this, or should know it,
and the legislators should not let themselves be
high -pressured into a surrender on this principe
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Duty, Honor, Country Only for Cadets?
To the Editor Of The Stor:

10 the Editor OF ne Star:
T AM astonished at the way the cheat
i ing at West Point has been handled.
Every parent and teacher worth his salt
knows that the prime object of educa-
ton is to make people, not break them.
The character and morals Of young
people are in q state of f1ux. Every one
Of lis can look back over our own lives
and say, .sThere, but for the grace of
God, go l." and be thankful that we had
some kind, understanding person help us
over rough spot.
The cadets should have been disci-
plined by the student body and academy
officials. The incident should never
have gotten outside the walls of the
school. Otelia Connor.
Those working for better standards
and improvement of youth are -demoral-
lied when such tragedy occurs at the
Nations foremost military college. The
Star raises good question: What is the
contrast between our own standard of
honor and the standard demanded at
West Point? w. w.
Why pretend to be shocked by the
boys cheating in their exams at West
Point? They are merely following the
trend of our administration, whose
motto is, "Get all you can and keep all
you get, regardless of how you get it.
The Truman purge of three great
military and naval strategiStS is merely
taking its toll of our disillusioned sons.
What has become of our American way
of life? Have we as mothers failed in our
God-given task to teach our children
the code of honor? No, indeed, we have
not but we are unable to cope with
situation where our leaders violate their
oath of allegiance. They. and they alone,
set the example for our youths at West
Point and Annapolis.
Pearl w. Norman.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee, in reporting record budget for the
Defense Department, states that it took
up with Army representatives the queS-
ton of wasteful practices in connection
with the purchase of radiator grills. The
committee says the Army gave "mislead-
ing and evasive information" when ques-
toned and that the committees own
investigators had to dig up the facts.
Why, then. should we be surprised about
the West Point cadets when the Penta-
gon itself could stand a housekeeping?
j. M.
X
Some of the same highly placed Gov
ernment officials who have passed judg-
ment on the cadets seemed lacking in
honor when they personally appeared
on Capitol Hill during the various in
vestigations While under oath, they
either couldn't remember certain i'm
portant facts or deliberately falsified
answers.
I'm not excusing the West Pointers.
but think expulsion is too severe pun
ishment when the ive-percenters and
others are allowed to carry on as usual.
Vara nj. Gugert
The morals of America have gone hay
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Desperation Could Decide 1t

In speech charging that terrible new
purgeS are sweeping Russia and that the men
of the Kremlin are resorting to genocide to shore
up the shaky foundations of their power,
Nose Pijade-one of Yugoslavia'S leading Com
muniSts, member of the Politburo at Belgrade
has raised a point that needs to be weighed
carefully in the great guessing game over the
possibility or probability of another world war
in the near future. The game is a rather grim
one. The pessimists in it expect the worst to
happen at any moment, and the optimists feel
pretty sure that everything will work out all
right because the actual and potential strength
of the West is already too great to be challenged.
But nobody can be certain about this matter
except Stain and his colleagues. The big i'm
ponderabe is what is going on in their minds
and the inner compulsionS they may be feeling
there. AS Mr.. Pijade has put it:
I am not inclined to believe that the
Soviet leaders have lost their minds to the
point of starting something that could in
volve them in third world war. But brains
and judgment are not the only things that
activate the Soviet leaders. Desperation is
an important factor. The Soviet leaders are
desperate men, and one does not know what
to expect from desperate men Perhaps
the Soviet leaders entertain the illusion that
they might be able to achieve what Hitler
failed to do, because of the strength of their
army-that they might be able to conquer
the world. Perhaps they are such fools as to.
believe 1t. Perhaps they are preparing them
selves for this
In other words, normal logic or rational
thinking is not necessarily the controlling factor
in the current situation. BY every standard of
common sense and military realism, the power
being built up by the United States and its allies
should deter the Soviet Union from striking.
Nevertheless, even though that power is sched-
ued to reach point where an attack on it would
insure the ultimate ruination of the attacker,
Russia's leaders may feel strongly tempted to hit
at it at this time before it grows greater, they
may choose to take the plunge year or so from
now, no matter what the odds against them. In
the end, in short, it may be their desperation
not their sanity-that will decide whether there
is to be war or peace. Mr.. Pijades point should
sober anybody who tends to feel that free peoples
can relax because paper figures show that in the
not-too-distant future it will be sheer madness
for an aggressor to march against them. After
all, such madness Is not unprecedented, and
there is no guarantee that will not see its like
again.
Evening star., 1951-08-09
Virqiniu q Beacon

Referring to your editorial "Virginia's S
Tax Refund" think you are joining
the group of people whose favorite past
time seems to be saving Virginia "a
group which seems to be more concerned
with Virginia's financial condition than
Virginians themselves.
While / cannot foresee the results Of
the measure sponsored by the distin-
guished young State Senator Harry F..
Byrd, jr, I have observed that somehow
Virginia always has gotten along. Amid
wild orgies of spending, deficit financing
and infiationary borrowing, Virginia
stands as beacon to those who are
realistic in their thinking.
Frank r., Coleman.