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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
oh, NV Oton,i-San' Sfinks But.
New Song Hits Right Note In Japan

TOKYO-The critics deplore it,
the authors abhor it and the singer
thinks it stinks But the son. "Oh.
MY Otomi-san" IS sweeping Japan
The despised tune has made rich
everyone connected with it.
The record of "Oh. My Otomi-
san" has sold 441, 900 copies in just
four months. by far record in the
country.
limitations flood the market The
original blsres forth from juk e
boxes, band stands and theatre
STAGES all over Japan.
DISTINCT SWITCH
"Oh NV Otomi-san" is a nom
sense song set to brisk melody with
the tempo of a drinking song 1t
is the Japanese equivalent of those
freakish American hits which once
or twice every generation sweeps
the United States-lik Come On
A My H ouse" or the wartime
"Mairsy- Doats" and or for the
older set-"Yes. We Have No Ba-
nanas
1t is a distinct switch from the
ordinary japanese hit, which tends
to the tear-jerker
Otomi-san the girl in the sing.
is the glamour element in a long
forgotten Kabuki drama Neither
the singer, the composer nor the
9uthor ever saw the play.
The crooner Hachiro Kasuga,
80 who introduced the song has
rocketed from cheap cabaret jobs
to expensive theatre bookings as
the nations favorite singer
The composer. Masanobu Taku-
chi of Okinawa, is swamped with
orders for new songs and is roll
in royalties Like Kasuga, he had
been scratching out a precarious
musical living since the war.
OUTRAGED SOUL
The poet who wrote lyrics is also
flush. but his artistic soul processes
outrade
"They turned my fine original
work into this miserable thing
Tadashi Yamazaki says
Their version takes admitted
liberties with the original Kabuki
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
JACL Reports
Measures To End
Calf. Alien Land
awIntroduced

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese
American Citizens League reported
the introduction of Assembly Bills
No BAL and 842 which would re-
move the last vestige OF the VICIOUS
Alien Land Law from the Callfor-
MIA State statutes. 1t was intro
duced by Assemblyman Edward e.
Elliott Lester A Mcmillan. G. Del
bert Morris Augustus F. Hawkins
and Charles Wilson of Los Ange-
les. William Byron Rumford OF
Berkeley: Vernon fitzpatrick OF
Lynwood Allen Miller of San Fer
nando and Vincent Thomas of San
Pedro
The bills would remove the Alien
Land Law from the California
laws by vote of the legislature
and by approval for the decision TO
he placed on the ballot of the gen
eraI election of 1856 for vote by
the people
Haruo Ishimaru JACL regional
director stated that. The Alien
Land Laws effectively throttled the
economic progress of the Japanese
in California Although it did not
mention the Japanese specifically.
through its cleverly phrased lines,
it made it illegal for aliens in
eligible for citizenship from pur-
chasing real property for them
selves or for their American citizen
children. Because of the discrimin-
atory naturalization laws OF the
United States which denied citi-
zenship to the Issei and certain
other Asiatics, the Issei could never
} own land and become settled
man of property
The Alien Land Law was nulified
, by the Sci Full and MaSaoka cases
in which the California Supreme
: Court declared this vicious law to
be unconstitutional II was 1urtner
invalidated when the Congress OF
the United States passed the Wal
tr-McCarran Act which granted
citizenship opportunities to all per-
sons regardless of race or national
origin The passage of the Assem-
bly, Bills BAL and 842 and the hoped
v for affirmative vote by the people
of the State OF California IN y
therefore be anti-climactic. 1t will
= nevertheless remove long stand
ing stain on the integrity OF Cali
fornians and will vindicate the
blood and tear-reaped loyalty OF
japanese Americans "
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
Social Security Act Benefits Ministers

Ministrs Christian Science prac-
titioners, and other members of
religious orders may now partici-
pate in Federal Old-Age and Sur
vivors Insurance under the Social
Security Act oy filling out t h e
proper forms.
The arrangement is purely on an
individual basis, and the church is
not involved The religious leaders
will be allowed approximately two
years to decide if they wish to par
ticipate in the program. However
those who wish 1855 earnings to
count toward retirement must file
forms no later than April Is 1856
or they may file their form at any
time
For further information, inter
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
JACL Meet Offers
'Packa ge' Deal

WASHINGTON (JACL) - OFF,
cial and booster delegates to h e
Joint Eastern Midwestern District
Council Convention will be offered
a special money-sav.ng package
registration announced Tad Masa-
Okla convention chairman.
The special pack ge' registra-
ton price of $12 so results n a
savings of 50 90 from the individu-
al event fees for the Convention
Banquet $1,000 Ball $4,000 and
Official Luncheon (S4 so Add
tional participation charges. how
ever, will be made for sightseeing
DO Wing and golfing activities.
The joint EDC-MDC Convention
will be held during M rich 26 and
81 at the historic Hotel Washing
ton. just one block from the White
House Sightseeing activities in
Washington are planned for March
% and %
Washington's well known Cherry
Blossom Festival Week begins two
days later March 81 While it is
impossible to predict the time when
the japanese cherry trees will BIOS
som around the Tidal Basin in
Washington, there is a fairly good
possibility that the blossoms will
open during or shortly after the
conventions
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22

theme
Poet Yamazaki wrote an ode to
Otomi-san n d submitted it to
the King Photograph Co.. where
it gathered dust in a drawer f o T
months.
"Then composer Takuchi fished
it out" Yamazaki said Together
we completely ruined my poem
against my better judgment. and
the hit song was the result"
Crooner Kasuga was reluctant to
sing what he called this lousy
hill-billy song" but he needed the
money Now he is booked f o I
months ahead to sing it. Il SIM
ply don't understand it" he insists.
Music critics lavished only Scorn
on what they called the silly song
1t was a losing fight. Nothing
could beat "Otomi-san."
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22

ested ministers should contact the
local Social Security office.
Laws concerning the payment OF
social security benefits have now
been altered ID an Mather, Jr' g.
manager of the Seattle District OIL
flee. announced today.
The law now permits earnings
from employment or self-employ-
ment up to 81 200 per year for per-
sons receiving social security bene-
fits if under age u
After age IL, there is no limit 10
the amount that an individual may
earn while receiving social security
benefits
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
Classified Ads

For rent. 3-roOm by duplex
International neighborhood For
details call Sc. OS96
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
Western Buddhist
Farley In S. F.

San Francisco the City of the
Golden Gate" has been chosen as
the site for the 18th annual West
ern Young Buddhist Conference
scheduled for March 25. 26, 81.
The conference theme "Ooneness
Thru Buddha. Dharma. Sangha,
has been announced by Yone Sa-
toda general chairman of tn e
convention
About $50 delegates are expected
to attend the meetings
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
Nisei Calendar

JANUARY
30-St Teters Mission 3nnual
church Ii ee ing All day Potluek
dinner at neon
FEBRUARY
27-Tacoma YBA bazaar in Ia
coma Buddhist Church II a m to
7 pm
MARCH
25 26 27-13th annual Western
Young Buddhist Conference in
San Francisco
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22

ARRIVING HOME-on a Japan
Air Lines plane from Tokyo, Mike
Masaoka (righD, well known Nisei
lobbyist, is met by Saburo KIDD,
prominent Nisei attorney. in Los
Angeles Masaoka. representative
of the Japanese American Citizens
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
no. Mortar Board
Honors Portlander

PORT LAND - Mani Miura,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miura
of Portland was among freshmen
students recently honored by the
Mortar Board at the University
of Oregon.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1955-01-22
Back From Journey To Nippon

League in Washington DC. spent
a month in Japan conferring with
national leaders to promote the in
terests of Japanese American citi-
zens and to further U. S. japanese
friendship.
Evening star., 1955-05-18

Convertible collars, tucks. BUT
tons, sleeveless eottons; white,
colcrs; cool, pretty; sizes To-
Is.
Evening star., 1955-05-18

Cottons. nylons, many with
fine lace. button trims. Many
with con-eon petticoots, wide
skirts. Lovely posteIs; sizes
o-l8 mos.
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Petrol at Sunrise:
Navajo Country

They made small ziosdg tracks through
sand and snoiD,
Dritted and ,Dind-tossed on the mesa
iChere the sheep
Should be then pondered: did they
90 far dotDn
The canyon, many feet belotD. sensing
that notn tDdrm shelter
Wintered there: Dhte young spring
tried to pierce
The chilly air?
The red-skinned lad NTH eager jet-
black eyes,
HIS sturdy dog Looping some yards
ahead, moved hthely dotrn
Steep trails, and youn0tsh-,otse. hts
glance preceded
Where his feet tDould tread and soon
he smiled:
The rising sunlight shed It's first beams
ON the sheep
Snugged In their bed;
The big dog closely circled all the flock,
them 1mbled back
And nosed his masters hand, ,Dtth
blithesonte trust ttev both
Would understand: all ioere accounted
for: no strdyt,ig stock
To search out through long hours. and
remand.
Proud OF the trust BESTOWED, the faith
to keep: the boy
And doo beneath the suns bright clock.
With the Great Spirits help. ,Dould
guard the sheep,
TIL the spitt ttDilioht purpled snotD and
sand, and they took
Good report to their homeland.
... Groce Meredith
Evening star., 1955-03-02

where to put it, Such indecision is an un-
fair reflection upon their enterprise and
Imagination.
The Star modestly offers two sugges-
tions. One is to put the bell on the desk
of the tax collector 1t could be rung every
time taxpayer paid his taxes-reminding
all of us that it is the taxpayer for whom the
bell tolls If this required the addition of
another employe to the public payroll, to
toll the bell, it would be in keeping with the
trend throughout all government today.
The other suggestion is to hang the bell
around the neck of one of the monstrous
horses that compose the gigantic equestrian
statues adorning the Lincoln Memorial end
of the Memorial Bridge. It is true that it
would require much time, perhaps hundred
years, for the Commission of Fine Arts, the
Capital Planning Commission and the Ma
tional Park Service to resolve differences of
opinion as to which of the horses deserves
this honor. There could be no valid esthetic
objection, however, as the addition Of this
bell would certainly improve the artistic
effect produced by the statues as they are
now.
Our own bell, which sits in the main
entrance to the District Building, because
the Commissioners Of that period could think
of no other place to put it, is one Of SO that
were cast in France in 1850 They were
presented to each State, the District OF
Columbia and the Treasury Department, to
help promote a bond drive, and inciden-
tolly to help the French-the American cop
Ipr industry having patriotically financed
the deal. The Treasury Department solved
its own problem by putting its bell in the
west courtyard, where sight-seers can view
at and conclude that 1t probably has some
Evening star., 1955-03-02
This and That

leave, he turned to the window. and
waved an eloquent hand.
Cant you," he pleaded, "do some
thing about that?"
THAT" in the case, was the telling Of
scores of great oaks to make way Tor
progress, as we Americans love to call it.
Time brings many changes.
The glories of the old Mall are gone,
and in their stead we have remarkable
group of buildings. which would have
been much better. we still feel. with
more green around them.
But there they are. and who is to say
that they are not good. and that maybe
the whole setup is better than the old?
We take refuge in the belief that
time works for good. and that the very
thing we fear and feel will not be good
with the passage of time is seen to be
good, or at least not so bad.
X
Maybe this is the way it will be about
the Parkway.
We are all in the grip Of change,
which somehow seems to accelerate as
we grow older. The calm passage Of
the old days has given way to a hectic
race, in which most Of the glories Of the
old seem to be eclipsed.
This is not gloomy, as our corre-
spondent says, but just angry, or just
sad. or maybe realistic.
There are great forces. wants by
Evening star., 1955-03-02
By Charles E. TroceweN

enough people, to force changes which
strike many as unneeded. and unneces-
sary, and perhaps positively bad. But
who can be sure?
The average individual is utterly in
capable Of doing anything about these
desires, these forced changes.
We can remember exactly how we
felt, when the man pointed out the
window, and said. Cant you do some
thing about that?"
There was nothing We could do.
nothing we could say, nothing we could
write.
The speaker comes face to face with
situations in which he can say nothing.
The writer finds he cannot write.
We are all victims, in q sense, Of our
age. Time presents us constantly with
fervid projects, which one knows. in the
bottom of ones heart, there is no stop
ping. ......
The only thing we can do is to watch
and ward, as the old phrase has it.
We have a great city. let us try to
keep it a great city. where the popu-
lace rise at once against the never
ending audacity Of elected persons" as
Walt Whitman said.
Our kind correspondent need not
worry too much about the birds. They
are smarter than we arel They will act
according to the ancient Chinese prov
erb. "Of the 20 ways Of getting out Of
trouble. the best Is to run away"
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Punishment to Fit the Crime

Representative Broyhills proposal for
mandatory life sentence in four-time felony
cases comes as the latest contribution to
q lively discussion of what is getting to be
an extremely serious problem in Washing
ton. This is the problem of what to do about
the robbers the muggers and the yokers
who seem to be operating with increasing
brazenness on the streets Of the city.
Chief Judge Walsh of the Municipal
Court every definitely" favors something
similar to the Broyfill proposal. So do
Assistant Corporation Counsel King, and,
one gathers, Police Chief Murray Chief
Judge Laws of the District Court, while
refraining from any direct comment, indi-
Gates a certain skepticism regarding manda-
tory life sentences, and most judges tradi-
tionally have been opposed to mandatory
sentences. United States Attorney Rover
is outspokenly opposed to changes in the
law. He advocates combination OF better
made cases, speedier trials, higher bonds
and sitter sentences. "Our laws, Mr.. Rover
says, "are stiff enough-if the sentences
were invoked. After all, any robbery count
is equal to Is years in jail, and second
time offender may get 80 years"
There would seem to be certain con-
fusion and perhaps measure OF conflict,
In all this There is no significant disagree
ment, however, on the point that the current
surge of braZen, violent crime is an exceed
ingly serious matter. 1t calls for vigorous
police action with more police to do the
job), prompt trials and severe sentences,
especially in cases marked by violence. AS
Mr.. Rover suggests, there may be no need
for new legislation if the authorities will
make full use Of the powers and sanctions
they now have. If they will not do this,
new and drastic legislation may come as the
only way to make the streets Of Washington
safe for law-abiding people.
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Wishes Utilities Appointee Well

May express my thanks for the ap-
pointment Of Attorney Hayes to the
Public Utilities Commission?
Without doubt he will be a credit
to the commission, and sustaining
force to all Washington.
Despite his self-expressed unfitness
for his new position. he still has poise
and stick-to-it-iveness, plus tenacity Of
purpose.
We extend to him godspeed in his
commission! Lawrence HartgrOve.
X
"Old Reactionary" indicates much OPP
position to the appointment of George
E. c. Hayes to the post of chairman of
the District Public Utilities Commits
sion. He labels such appointment "a
political sop" and he criticizes The
Star for its apparent approval thereof.
Would "Old Reactionary" have readers
believe that some other basis exists for
presidential appointments to District
posts? Did the unbiased mind of "Old
Reactionary" suggest to him that he
oppose the appointments of Camalier.
Spencer and of numerous others to
District posts? If not, then he would
be doing a public service by revealing
a few of the qualifications of the ap-
pointees named for the positions held
thereby. An unbiased mind conceals
much, although it reveals little.
Robert III. Holley.
Evening star., 1955-03-02
"Kennedy-Warren.

ACliACOJ "
Dear Sir:
"As the champion of the birds and Of
MANY other natural glories. how do you
feel about the great Rock Greek Speed
way? And what will 1t do to the trees
and the birds?
This morning the Rock Creek hills
were heavy with a strange blue haze
which clung thickly in the valleys and
did not blow away because there was
no wind.
was this because the day before had
been fine day and thousands and
thousands of cars choked the roads and
waited bumper-to- bumper to drive
through the Zoo?
I'VE learn now that not only ciga-
rettes but gasoline exhaust fumes and
waste products will speed UP our
championship in lung cancer.
II suppose the birds will get it too.
"This is not gloomy. Just angry. /
enjoy your sane, healthful, civilized and
cheerful column every evening. 1t seems
to me to be the most remarkable
feature of remarkable newspaper.
Yours sincerely. E. F."
A very fine gentleman felt exactly the
same way when they were building the
Federal Triangle.
We had gone down to see him, real
expert, about tropical flsh matter.
He told us. and then as we started TO
Evening star., 1955-03-02
How Much for a Fighting Mon?

It is unfortunate from the stand
point of the military mans wen-being
that the United States Is genuinely
ce-loving Nation; for except in time
of actual war, the military must inevi-
tably be regarded by the general public
as a necessary evil from both economic
and moral standpoints Therefore. 1t
Is paid as an unpleasant obligation, re-
luctantly and usually tardily. This
easily can be shown by comparing the
increase in wages paid to servicemen
between 1945 and the present time and
the increase in the wages of industry.
During the same period. servicemen's
fringe benefits have been slowly whitfield
away. even though industry was at the
same time acquiring them. The delete
rious effect of this attitude upon the
services is well illustrated by the en-
listment and re-enlistment figures re-
Gently published by the armed forces.
The pay bill now before Congress is
aimed at remedying this situation. 1t
is significant that the services frankly
state that the proposed increase is the
minimum necessary to retain men in
the service. Nothing Is said of what he
actually deserves. It should also be
noted that those men in the higher en-
listed pay grades receive the smallest
increases, because these men have al
ready devoted too much Of their lives to
the services to afford q new start in
civilian industry.
OF course, 1t is impossible to measure
a fighting mans worth to his country.
If war is lost, anything that has ever
been paid to him is a complete loss. If
a war is won, who is to say what his
services have been worth? But examine
his life. He is on 24-hour duty the
entire time he is in the service. He
has no union or organization to repre-
sent him in determining his standard
of living He is separated from his
family for long periods Of time. His
family must learn to live out of
trunk, often changing home and school
and friends many times in single
year. The serviceman has no roots.
Congress has recognized the fact that
in order to attract good men into the
service of their country, they must make
the work financially attractive.
Navy Wife.
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Montgomery Planning

Your newspaper is TO De cOulmeIlQeO
for devoting space in recent weeks to
the efforts of group of private citizens
in Montgomery County (the Citizens
Committee to Unity Montgomery
County Planning) to develop sound
framework and set of guiding princi-
Piles for unified and constructive plan
ming in Montgomery County.
1t has. been and remains the hope of
this group of citizens and of its many
supporters that the county's newly
elected Delegates to Annapolis would
favorably consider its recommendation
and would introduce appropriate legis-
lation at the current legislative session.
Unfortunately, the evidence to date, as
reported in the press, is that the dele
cation may be disposed to recommend
legislation that represents a compro-
mise with an existing, inherently un-
sound planning setup.
Your readers might be interested
to know that this citizens committee,
which was formed in November, 1854,
and has since been meeting almost
weekly, carefully studied the pros and
cons of the present diversified planning
system and of alternative planning
mechanisms, the proper functions of
governmental planning agencies, how
to make planning an effective tool of
government and truly responsive to the
will of the people, how to achieve CO.
ordinated regional planning, and related
questions. This group has probably
made the most searching inquiry ever
conducted by an organization of Mont
gomery County citizens on this vital
subject.
1t has found planning in Montgomery
County deficient in three principal re-
spects: Cd In the division of planning
between the two planning agencies now
functioning in the county; 90 in the
failure to vest the responsibility for the
planning function in the hands of the
elected representatives of the people
the County Council; and go in the
field of county administration, the
present dual planning setup has made
it impossible for the County Council
effectively to program needed public
improvements, review proposed in
stallation of public facilities, etc.
To overcome these deficiencies, the
citizens committee recommends:
% The creation Of O Montgomery
County Planning Commission with
Jurisdiction over the entire county.
ca The exercise Of planning func-
tions now exercised by the Upper
Montgomery County Planning Com
mission and by the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission,
with the addition of the following
functions: Scheduling of public works
improvement programs; review of pro-
posed public works to advise on their
suitability as to location and adequacy;
preparation of basic economic and
social studies of the county to provide
the basis for effective planning activity.
and the performance of other functions
requested by the County Council.
The authority to adopt subdivision
regulations would rest with the County
Council.
(3) The appointment by the County
Council of five to seven members to the
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Letters to TheStor.

new planning commission, with q four
year staggered term 30 that majority
Of the members are appointed shortly
after the election Of Q new County
Council.
(4l The provision Of funds for plan
ming by means of tax levy set by the
County Council at its annual legislative
session. Funds would be handled and
disbursed by the county government.
go The selection of personnel under
the county merit system with empha-
sis upon using wherever possible present
qualified personnel of the existing plan
ming agencies.
(6) The resolution Of bicounty
montgomery and Prince Georges)
planning problems through consulta-
ton between the stats and members
of the planning agencies Of the two
counties.
CD The use Of the National Capital
Regional Planning Council for regional
and metropolitan planning.
A. T. CreShkOff