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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-01-01
N;se Son Traces Issei Dads Ratte to Win AtLOng Last
BY KENU OKUDA
President Seal lie JACL

1t was on February 8, 1901, tina,
my father filed his Declaration OF
Intention" his first papers. in the
United States District Court of Sc
ate. Wash. Over half a century has
since elapsed and at long last his
goal of American citizenship is
within grasp Though he has lived
to see his dream of equal treatment
for japanese immigrants fulfilled,
the intervening years have I a k e n
their toll of the pioneers, the men
and women who fought against
seemingly overwhelming odds to es-
tablish themselves and their chill
dren in this country. This fight has
not only been to earn a living, to
secure an education. and to build
sound foundation .or their children
but also to secure the privilege of
naturalization and equal treatment
before the law
Dad was by no means among the
earliest pioneers from Japan. He
landed i'm San Francisco on Aug. %.
1893, young man in his middle
twenties. Together with his fellow
immigrants, he followed the crops
through the Central Valley of Cali
fornia harvesting grapes. potatoes,
and peaches. During the slack sea-
son he worked as a dishwasher in
a restaurant, or as a school boy in
private home. Few of us Nisei can
fully realize the hardships and diff
ficulties endured by our parents,
Young men and women coming to
strange land where an even
stranger tongue was spoken with
little or no funds to help them get
started But suffer and work they
did! The West of today is in part
testimonial to their devotion.
AS the story of gold in Alaska
awakened the imagination, Issei also
responded My dad followed the
trail as far as Seattle, the jumping
off place, and there decided to stay.
In the years following his arrival
in 1898, he has had the privilege of
participating in many of the efforts
to make more secure the lot of
those of Japanese descent in t h e
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-01-01

United States.
Dad even tried his hand as lob
byist In the spring of 1914, he
buttonholed legislators of the state
of Montana to fight the proposed
anti-alien land law but with no sue
cess Following the passage of the
infamous Calf law, the an
ti-Oriental hysteria carried this
and similar discriminatory legisla-
ton into effect.
1t was at the Pacific coast con-
ference of the Japanese Associations
in Portland held in July, 1914, that
the Issei decided TO fight for natur-
alization privileges. They realized,
and dad was in attendance. h I
with citizenship, the Issei would be
in a much stronger position from
which to carry on the battle. Then,
as now, the community shared in the
financial burdens of the fight - a
fight which was carried to the Su-
preme Court of the United States
which on Oct. l3, 1922 issued its
famous decision on the OZawa case.
Although declared ineligible for cit
izenship under existing laws, h e
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-01-01

japanese did not give up.
If they. the immigrants, could not
secure the rights desired, the re-
sponsibility might be carried by
their children, American citizens by
birth 1t was in Seattle in Sept,
1921. that the Seattle Progressive
Citizens League was born with the
(Continued on Page Three
Evening star., 1953-02-17
By Gould Lincoln

President Eisenhower said to.
day he had deliberately picked
, businessmen of the highest abil.
ity he could find to serve al
heads of the Defense Depart.
ment and allied Government
agencies in order to give the
best, the most and quickest aid
to Americans in the fighting
forces.
In other Government appoint
ments, the President told his
first news conference he had
paid no attention to whether his
selections were businessmen OF
not-he had chosen his appoint
ees because of their abilities and
character.
President EiSenhower's atten-
ton was directed to a speech by
his Democratic opponent in the
presidential election campaign
Adlai Stevenson, in New York
Saturday night. In that speech,
Mr.. Stevenson expressed a fear
that the administration might
eventually become "the Big
DEAL" because of the appoint
ments of big business executives
to public Office and because the
Republicans had apparently de-
cided to place the Government
in the hands of businessmen.
do you have any such fear?"
the President was asked by a re-
porter,
Evening star., 1953-02-17
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Con-
demned Atom Spies Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg today won a
stay Of execution until at least
March 30-and possibly longer.
The Rosenbergs had been
scheduled to die the week Of
March 9.
A three-member United States
Appeals Court granted the stay
on motion Of Defense Attorney
Emanuel n. Bloch to give the
condemned couple time to petit
ton the Supreme Court for a
review.
In the past the Supreme Court
refused to- review the case and
then declined q motion for re-
consideration Of its refusal.
Judge Learned Hand told Mr..
Bloch:
1--WE viii give you 4 stay until
March 30, and. II your petition
Is filed then, then whatever the
Supreme Court decides to. do Is
up to that court and the stay
will not expire until they have
acted"
Comprising the Appeals Court
Evening star., 1953-02-17
President Opposes
Standby Controls

President Eisenhower said to-
day that he had no intention Of
asking for standby price con-
trolls to replace the curbs now
being taken Oh.
He told q news conference that
In lifting controls he was NOV
ing In the direction Of trying to
unshackle the economy and keep
up the standards Of living.
He said the price structure
had got pretty badly disar-
ranged as the result Of Govern
ment spending after the Korean
outbreak. The situation. he said,
did not call for total mobiliza-
ton.
Lifting controls. the general
said. would free the people from
government annoyance in ev-
erything they do. He said his
faith in the American people
led him to think that American
business heads or labor will not
try to gouee or do anything un-
wise that would demand further
price control by Congress.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Eisenhower Sets 5 'Fnsts' in Seeing Press

start that he had an appoint
ment 80 minutes later and then
using 18 minutes Of the time
with the five-subject talk. :
5. He arrived one minute early
for the 1880 conference and
brought along only his two press
assistants, James G. Hagerty and
Murray Snyder.
Predecessors Often Tardy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. who
first established the open. free
questioning press conference in
1888. frequently kept reporters
waiting and President Truman
often was bit tardy. Both Of
Gen Eisenhower's predecessors
also brought along q coterie Of
aides ana advisers.
Besides. the new President got
the rewsmen up earlier than
some Of them had arisen in q
Ions time. The first reporter
showed up outside the confer
ence room on the fourth floor
Of the old State Department
building at 8 am. an hour and
q half ahead Of the President.
Long lines had formed by thu
time the doors were opened q
Evening star., 1953-02-17

9:45 and there was standing
room only by 10.
81 never saw so many report
ers up so early" remarked Har-
old Beckley, head Of the Senate
press gallery, who, as is Gus
tomary. helped arrange the
Presidents meeting with the
press.
Actually. the number Of per-
sons attending the conference
an official 256-was considerably
under the record attendance at
White House news sessions. The
record of 347 was set at Presi-
dent Truman,s first conference
after he took ONCE In April. 1945.
Mr.. Truman,s final conference
In January drew 257.
IS Seated In Balcony.
Still at today's session about
IS newsrnen had to be seated IN
. balcony. some 20 feet above
the floor Of the so-called Indian
treaty room. across West Execu-
tive drive from the White House.
The conferences used to be held
in the Presidents ONCE, the oval
room Ia the White House west
(see PRESS, Pare A-l.)
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Rosenbergs Receive New Stay
Until March 80, Maybe Longer
Appellate Bench Gronts PIeo to Give
Time to Seek Supreme Court Review

were Judges Learned Hand, Au-
gustus N. Hand and Jerome N.
Frank.
Judge Learned Hand said he
would be unwilling Ito foreclose
a full opportunity for a review OF
the case by the Supreme Court. u
Concurring. Judge Jerome N.
Frank said:
II would not want to have
these people precluded from hav-
ing a review of their case by the
Supreme Court. / would not
want to have that on my con-
science"
! In arguing for the stay, Mr.
Bloch said "a series Of substantial.
questions Of law" was involved
Mr.. Bloch told the court HI
would begin work Immediately OF
his petition to the Nations high.
eSt court. f
Federal Judge Irving r. Kauf.
Inan yesterday had set the weeh
OF March 8 for the execution
Judge kaufman presided at the
Rosenbergs' trial and pronounced
the death sentence. He has nc
| power to commute the sentence
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Businessmen Put in Pentuqon
To Help GIs, President Says
Obvious Answer to Stevenson Discounts
Fear of Big Deal in Administration

Gen. Eisenhower emphatically
denied any fear of the kind. He
said he did not intend to engage
in semantics or to seek any
political advantage. and that he
had no time for such discus
sions.
But, the President added, he
had lived with the young people
in the armed forces. He knew
their problems and had their in
terests in mind. For those rea-
sons, he said, he had selected the
best men he could find to equip
them. He used no names, but
the President obviously had in
mind his Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson. former head
of General Motors. and the IN
dersecretary of Defense, and the
Secretaries of War, Navy and the
Air Force-all businessmen OF
wide experience.
The President said he could
not conceive that any one could
believe he was not interested in
the welfare of the whole 160 mil :
lion American people.
This was Gen. Eisenhower's
first recognition of-and reply
to-the charges made by Mr.
Stevenson and by some other
Democrats and a number of po-
litical commentators that he was
turning the Government over to
big business.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
City Heads 0kay Bill
For 1917 Pay Raise fol
Police and Firemen
Budget Bureau Given
Measure Increasing
Costs $2.2 Million

The Commissioners today ap-
proved and sent to the Federal
Budget Bureau a bill to increase
by 10 per cent the pay Of Dis
trict policemen and f1remen.
If approved by Congress, the
bill will mean an additional $2.2
million expense in the city bud
get.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue said this was substantially
the measure Endorsed by the fire.
mems union and the policemen's
association.
1t is designed to benefit the
men in the lower ranks.
While the city heads as q
matter of policy refused to dis
tribute copies Of the proposed
>bill, Mr. Donohue said that its
provisions include reduction
from six to three years In the
period that privates must serve
before getting maximum pay In
that grade.
Longevity pay increases oi
$120 annually would be granted
every five years, with q max
imum Of five such increases es-
tablished as the limit.
The measure also would ap-
ply increases to pensioners Of
both forces.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Maryland Can Look
For IS Per Cent Cut
In Income Tax Again
General Fund Surplus
OF $5.2 Million Found
BY Revenue Estimutors.
By q ssuft Correspondent. Of tn. s.ar

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 17.-Mary-
landers today were virtually as
sured Of q IS per cent cut In
their income tax bills again this
year.
The Board Of Revenue Esti-
mates increased its forecast Of
general fund surplus by $5,282,-
900 between now and June 80,
1854. It proposed applying $4,-
127 900 to an income tax cut and
using $1,151, 500 in the annuity
bond fund.
The surplus would be enough
to cut the tax by Is per cent
the cut cost $3.S million last
year-or to eliminate taxes on
household fuels.
Would Retain Fuel Levy.
But most high State fiscal Of
ficers are known to favor the in
come tax cut instead Of per-
manently changing the tax
structure by removing the levy
on fuels.
Gov. McKeldin said last week
he would -be delighted to cut
taxes but he has not indicated
which type Of slash he favors.
The new income tax cut would
apply to personal earnings dur
ing the last calendar year.
II the extra $1,l5l, 500 surplus
we're put to immediate use. the
real estate tax for 1854 could be
eased BY almost 2 cents on 500.
Gov. McKeldin has said it will
rise to l1.29 cents from GOA.
SIN Would Leave Surplus.
The tax relief would still leave
. surplus Of $294. 400 In the
treasury at the end Of the 1851
usC&l year.
Major increases were esti-
mated In the corporation tax for
this year and the personal In
come and sales taxes for the rest
OF this fiscal year and the next.
The board also anticipated q
$75O. 900 windfall In the inherit
ance tax for this year.
Controller J. Millard Tawes
called the board together to
double check its prediction Of
last November that general taxes
would raise $94 million In the
fiscal year beginning July /.
The board boosted that esti-
mate TO $95. .642.727. It also
Zee MARYLAND. Page A-sJ
Evening star., 1953-02-17
By jones Y. Newton

President Eisenhower broke
precedent and set a number Of
records at his first White House
news conference today, but al
together he handled himself like
an "old pro-"
The "firsts" chalked up By
Gen. Eisenhower In q 32-minute
session with newsmen and wom-
en- included:
/. He ended the conference
himself to hurry away to an ap-
pointment. instead Of waiting
until the questioning was over
and the traditional thank you
Mr.. President" from q reporter,
2. He changed the usual form
of the conference by announcing
at the start that he would discuss
a number Of important subjects
and submit TO questions after
the talk.
8. In effect. he pretty well linn
tied the questioning to the five
subjects covered by the lecture
farm prices. secret agreements,
price controls, the atomic bomb
and taxes.
4. He limited the period Of free
Questioning BY stating ct the
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Provoo Gets
Life Sentence
For reason
ex the A..eeiated Prsss

NEW YORK, Feb. II. John
David Provoo was sentenced to
life imprisonment today for, the
crime Of treason.
The former Army sergeant,
who was accused Of going over
to the Japanese side after the
fall Of Corregidor. could have re-
ceived the death sentence.
Federal Judge Gregory F. Moo
nan said he spared the tall.
square-jawed Provoo death be-
cause Of medical opinions that
he was emotionally unstable.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
New Cabinet Wives:
Mrs. Douglas Mckay

CHAMPION CAKE BAKER--Mrs.
Douglas MeKoy. wife Of Interior Sec
retory Mckoy. numbers being q
ehompion coke baker omons her
mony accomplishments. For another
in the series, New Cobinet Wives.
see pose B-3.
TASTY LENTEN MeALs-Lentea
meois con be bad unless the house.
wife plans properly. Violet FeuIkner,
The Stor's food editor, discusses this
onnuoI problem in q story on poss
B-4.
NEW FACES IN coNGREss-Bor-
rott o'Horo is Q mon with worried
career. Now he is book in Congress
os Democrat from Illinois. This one
Of the series. New Faces in Con.
sress. will be found on poee BIZ.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
D. {. Heads Accept
Discretionary Power
On Relief Publicity
Action Will Revive Bill
Turned Down Lost Yeur;
Sheu's PIeu Is Rejected
BY John w. Stepp

The District Commissioners to-
day decided they would like to
have the authority to open or
close public relief rolls here.
Their decision at a meeting
today adhered to a recommended
ton by the Citizens Advisory
Council, which last week was
addressed on the subject by rep
resentatives of the city's four
daily newspapers. Most of the
newspapermen favored vesting
the discretion with the city
heads.
The Commissioners thus ap-
proved q bill passed by the SEN
ate last year. This measure died
In the House. As now approved,
it win be resubmitted at an early
date.
Opposes Shea'S Views.
It is not what the District Wei
fare Department favors. We'll
fare Director Gerard Shea and
his staff have asked the city
heads. as they did last year, to
indorse legislation that would in
clude a clause specifying that
relief roles be kept from public
scrutiny.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dom
ohue said today that if the dis
cretionary powers are granted by
Congress, he would vote to keep
the records closed.
Commissioner Renah F. CANA
lier and Engineer Commissioner
Louis w. Prentiss both refused
to say how they felt in the mat
ter. They told reporters they
would reveal their views if and
when the requested authority is
granted and they are called on
to make q decision.
Back Rent Law Extension.
The Commissioners also went
along with the Advisory Coun-
cil's recommendation that Dis
trict rent controls be extended
from the present April 80 dead
line to June 30. This will give
the city time to hold a public
hearing to determine whether
sentiment favors further extern
sion, possibly to June 80, 1854,
as suggested by rent control au-
thorities. The Commissioner set
March 4 as the date of the hear
ing.
Should the temporary extern
sion be allowed by Congress, ap-
preparations covering the April
30-June 80 period will have to be
provided, Congress has already
been called on to appropriate
$4,000 to pay salaries in the
District Rent Control Office for
the period February 28-April 80.
The legislators failed to author
ize enough funds to carry the
workers through the full rent
control period ending April 30.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Fire Halted on French Shin
After Il Reaches Naples
BY the Assoeiotsd Prsss

NAPLES. Italy, Feb. 17.-Fire-
men pumped thousands of gal
Ions Of water into holds Of the
French passenger and cargo ship
Ferdinand de LesSeps today and
put out q fire that forced the
11,1S0-ton vessel to make an
emergency run into Naples Har-
Dor.
The ship, en- route from Dji-
bouti, French Somaliland, to
Marseille. France, with 460 pas
sengers and q 1.977-ton cargo of
sugar, peanuts, rice and coffee,
arrived with smoke billowing
from her two forward holds.
Naples firemen, manning two
pumps, poured water at the rate
Of 1900 gallons a minute to ex-
tinguish the flames.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
President Also
Says Russians
Have A-Bomb
BY Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower indi-
Gated today that his move to
have this Government repudiate
secret agreements" negotiated
in the Roosevelt and Truman
administrations. was aimed at
commitments that had never
been submitted to the Senate for
ratification.
Taking up an issue that had
been widely discussed since the
President said in his state-of-
the Union message he would ask
Congress to repudiate any agree
mentS entailing the "enslave-
ment" of peoples. Gen. Eisen-
hover told his news conference
he is by no means contending
that it is either feasible or ad-
visable for this Government to
adopt a resolution saying such
and such an agreement is hereby
repudiated.
He added. however. that never
has the heart Of America agreed
to the enslavement Of any peo-
pie.
The President also repeated
that there is no doubt that Rus
sia has supplies of atomic wea-
pons
He said he agrees with a
statement by Gordon Dean,
chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission, that the Russians
have achieved three explosions
OF atomic weapons.
President Introduces Question.
The President brought up the
question of secret agreements
after discussing this matter yes
terday with congressional lead
ers anc laying plans for presen-
tation Of a resolution aimed at
the coptroverted pactS.
Gen. Eisenhower indicated to-
uay that he had never talked
ABOUT any particular pact. But
then he said he referred to pacts
that were secret at the tie and
had never been submitted to the
Senate for approval. He said,
too, that his move was directed
only at those parts Of agree
nents that brought about the
enslavefnef1t Of peoples.
The Yalta and PotSdam agree.
ments negotiated, respectively,
by Presidents Roosevelt and
Truman in Big Three confer
ences, have been understood to
be the particular objects of the
administrations attacks, ale
though this has never been made
clear.
Must Have Congress Approval.
Asked whether he meant that
no agreements are binding un-
less they are submitted to Con-
gress, the President said that
nothing can have the binding
force of a treaty on the United
States unless Congress has ap-
proved it.
A reporter wanted to know If
the President thought the for
mer administration had gone
beyond its powers in sending
troops to Korea and to Europe
without specific congressional
approval. Gen. Eisenhower re-
sponded jokingly that he had
been sufficiently occupied with
trying to get his own admin
istration going without looking
backward.
More seriously, however, he
added, he didn't believe this
Government had been set up to
be operated by any one acting
alone.
Cites Acc Statement ON Bomb.
:. Gen. Eisenhower's statement
about the atomic bomb was a re-
iteration in part of what he had
said in the state-of-the Union
message and it also served as a
reply to former President Tru-
man who said a couple Of weeks
ago that he didn't believe Russia
had the atom bomb.
Gen. Eisenhower pointed to an
Atomic Energy Commission
statement that Russia had pro-
duced fashionable materials in
quantity and it was just q step
then to manufacture of the
bomb.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Bondits Throw Awoy
Victims Folse Teeth
by the Assoeiuted Press

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 1.-TWO
holdup men yesterday tried a
new way Of silencing their vic
tim--they threw away his false
teeth.
This was reported to police by
Morris Lemerman, 70, owner Of
a dry goods store, who said two
men took $25 from his cash reg
lister. then threw away his false
teeth.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Ship Fire Put Out

CALCUTTA, India, Feb. II (P),
Fire in No. 2 hatch Of the
8,027-ton United States freighte1
Steel Scientist was extinguished
late today. The ships super
structure appeared to be undam-
aged and no member Of the crew
was injured. The vessel was
scheduled to sail tonight.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Won't Ad Shocks Readers

LOUISVILLE. KY. Feb. II up.
Readers of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal got a shock at first
glance yesterday from an adj
vertiSement reading: "Forgers
wanted! Make big money!"
Closer reading showed the ad
sought workers for q forge shop
at Harvey, III.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Lute News
Bulletin
Christenberry Reversed

NEW YORK tR.Supreme
Court Justice Bernard BOtein
today reversed Bob Christen-
berry. chairman Of the State
Athletic Commission. ON the
joey GiardeIlo-Biliy Graham
decision. restoring to Giardello
the victory taken from him
December 10. after . Madison
Square Garden night.