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              194 3
PIONEER
.Page   3
YAMMMITA'S Hill!
f€> fliME M^CmilNI
In the Letters section
of a recent issue of Time'
magazine appeared the following letter from Tom Ya-
mash.ita of Lincoln, Neb.:
"The photograph captioned 'There Are Good
Japs ' together with a short
article, I read with disgust. These so-called
'Japs' are not Japs at all.
but a c tua11y Ame r icans, o r
what would be the reason
for enlisting them into
the US Frmy? Surely, one
doesn't judge an American
by the color of his skin
or the slant of his eyes —
its the slant of the heart
that counts ....
"...It  is high time we
d i f f ere n t i a t e d be t we en
American
citizen:
Japs,
DiWITT IS
APPLAUDED     ■ .
WASHINGTON, DC, April
22--Fury mounted unabated
in Congress over the execution of American flyers
by the Japanese government,
Sen* Tom Stewart (IV-
I e nn .) b r a nd e d the J a pane sH
as "yellow devils" and - urged '
internment of all Japs in
this cpuntry and denial of
a ny citi z enship to Ame r I c a n -
torn Japanese.
He applauded the words
of Lieut. Gen. John L. De-
Witt. "I believe them,"
he said, "I believe that
history has proven to the
absolute satisfaction of
eve ry Amer i c a n citizen—
and when I say citizen, I
exclude the Japanese--that
they are utterly dishonest,
that they are constitutionally deceptive."
FATHER'S  LAST
WORDS REMEMBERED
Chester, Howard, Ted,
■and Kenny—the four Sakura
b rothers —re c ent1y volun-
teered for the US Army because 20 years ago their
father, Toyozo Sakura, said
to them, from his deathbed,"
...you are citizens of-this
o o u nt ry wh ose soil has
blessed us. Conduct yourselves with dignity and
honor this country of your
• birth."
The brothers  are from
the Minidoka center, Idaho.
enemy aliens, etc...."
Commented   Time:
"Reader Y'ama shita's
slant is right, if not realistic. Time hopes to
see the day when it is
both."
SECRETARY iCKES
HIRES JflPRnESE
Appearing in a recent
issue of Time magazine was
a picture of three nisei,
now vorking on Secretary
of the Interior Harold
Ickes ' ranch.in Olney, Md.
The s t o ry c a p t ioned
"lakes' Nisei" read:
"After three months of
angling and investigating
(through FBI, Army Intelligence, etc.) the Harold
L. Ickeses fina lly got some
hired hands for their Mary-
1 a. nd fa rm: Ame r i c a n -b o r n
Japanese from an Arizona
relocation camp, (Karnes
were not given.)
"The young wife of the
...Secretary had taken care
to ask the neighbors how
they felt about having nisei in their midst, got
two reactions: 1)approval,
2 ) I nqu iries abo ut th e.
cha nc e s of g ett ing th e
same sort of help."
NISEI PILE
PETITIONS
HONOLULU,. T. II.— Fore
than 2,400 persons of Japanese descent have filed petitions with the governor 's
office, as king pe rmiss i on
to ang11cIze their names.
The reason given for the
increase in name- changes
is that the Army recognizes
only given names on birth
certificates, or those legally, changed . Many nisei
have adopted Anglo-Saxon
first names at public schools
but have never bothered to
have them legally changed.
The last names are sel-
d om changed, a 11 h ough.
there ha^e been such in-
s t a n c e s, s u c h a s a. c h a n "■ e
of Ouchi to Chi-ng, Watana-
be. to Miller, and Ods to
MacGregor.
Poston Center
Quarantined
The entire Poston re local i o n c e nt e r wa s qua r a n -
fined because of an. outbreak of five cases of
infantile paralysis, the
Poston Chronicle, center
publication, reveals.
Ma ny v i s i t ov s now i n the
center will have to remain
until the quarantine' is
lifted.
lUHCIIES
TEMNEY COMMITTEE
"The Tenney legislative
investigating c ommitt.ee
is mistaken . if it thinks
Japanese in evacuation camps
are coddled as a sop to
Tokyo to get decent treatment for ..American prisoners," recently stated an
editorial, in.the SF Chronicle. "Japanese authorities will treat Americans,
or their- own people for
that matter, as well, or
badly as they please, no
matter what we do."
Continued the editorial,
"The Japanese in evacuation
camps are well treated, as
well as they will permit
us to treat them., because
we are a civilized nation.
The Tenney committee and
others should bear in mind
that not aliens.only but
all Americans of Japanese
ancestry are under forced
detention and we  cannot
doubt  that  many, if not
most, are loyal,"
"Their difficulty and
ours is that we cannot dis-
11 n p* u i s h a n ?' the peri 1 t o
us and to them is extreme*
They are not convicted crim-.
inals suffering punishment,
but victims of war necessity.. . ."
"The Japanese, we have
insisted, should be so detained during the period
of peril, but they should
be treated as decently as
possible."
APPEAL MADE FOR
MORE BLOOD DONORS
An urgent appeal for
more blood donors is being
made by the center hospita 1.
All persons who wish to
volunteer to act as donors
are asked to report to the
hospital laboratory for
typing  of their blood.

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Full Text Search	194 3 PIONEER .Page 3 YAMMMITA'S Hill! f€> fliME M^CmilNI In the Letters section of a recent issue of Time' magazine appeared the following letter from Tom Ya- mash.ita of Lincoln, Neb.: "The photograph captioned 'There Are Good Japs ' together with a short article, I read with disgust. These so-called 'Japs' are not Japs at all. but a c tua11y Ame r icans, o r what would be the reason for enlisting them into the US Frmy? Surely, one doesn't judge an American by the color of his skin or the slant of his eyes — its the slant of the heart that counts .... "...It is high time we d i f f ere n t i a t e d be t we en American citizen: Japs, DiWITT IS APPLAUDED ■ . WASHINGTON, DC, April 22--Fury mounted unabated in Congress over the execution of American flyers by the Japanese government, Sen* Tom Stewart (IV- I e nn .) b r a nd e d the J a pane sH as "yellow devils" and - urged ' internment of all Japs in this cpuntry and denial of a ny citi z enship to Ame r I c a n - torn Japanese. He applauded the words of Lieut. Gen. John L. De- Witt. "I believe them," he said, "I believe that history has proven to the absolute satisfaction of eve ry Amer i c a n citizen— and when I say citizen, I exclude the Japanese--that they are utterly dishonest, that they are constitutionally deceptive." FATHER'S LAST WORDS REMEMBERED Chester, Howard, Ted, ■and Kenny—the four Sakura b rothers —re c ent1y volun- teered for the US Army because 20 years ago their father, Toyozo Sakura, said to them, from his deathbed," ...you are citizens of-this o o u nt ry wh ose soil has blessed us. Conduct yourselves with dignity and honor this country of your • birth." The brothers are from the Minidoka center, Idaho. enemy aliens, etc...." Commented Time: "Reader Y'ama shita's slant is right, if not realistic. Time hopes to see the day when it is both." SECRETARY iCKES HIRES JflPRnESE Appearing in a recent issue of Time magazine was a picture of three nisei, now vorking on Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes ' ranch.in Olney, Md. The s t o ry c a p t ioned "lakes' Nisei" read: "After three months of angling and investigating (through FBI, Army Intelligence, etc.) the Harold L. Ickeses fina lly got some hired hands for their Mary- 1 a. nd fa rm: Ame r i c a n -b o r n Japanese from an Arizona relocation camp, (Karnes were not given.) "The young wife of the ...Secretary had taken care to ask the neighbors how they felt about having nisei in their midst, got two reactions: 1)approval, 2 ) I nqu iries abo ut th e. cha nc e s of g ett ing th e same sort of help." NISEI PILE PETITIONS HONOLULU,. T. II.— Fore than 2,400 persons of Japanese descent have filed petitions with the governor 's office, as king pe rmiss i on to ang11cIze their names. The reason given for the increase in name- changes is that the Army recognizes only given names on birth certificates, or those legally, changed . Many nisei have adopted Anglo-Saxon first names at public schools but have never bothered to have them legally changed. The last names are sel- d om changed, a 11 h ough. there ha^e been such in- s t a n c e s, s u c h a s a. c h a n "■ e of Ouchi to Chi-ng, Watana- be. to Miller, and Ods to MacGregor. Poston Center Quarantined The entire Poston re local i o n c e nt e r wa s qua r a n - fined because of an. outbreak of five cases of infantile paralysis, the Poston Chronicle, center publication, reveals. Ma ny v i s i t ov s now i n the center will have to remain until the quarantine' is lifted. lUHCIIES TEMNEY COMMITTEE "The Tenney legislative investigating c ommitt.ee is mistaken . if it thinks Japanese in evacuation camps are coddled as a sop to Tokyo to get decent treatment for ..American prisoners," recently stated an editorial, in.the SF Chronicle. "Japanese authorities will treat Americans, or their- own people for that matter, as well, or badly as they please, no matter what we do." Continued the editorial, "The Japanese in evacuation camps are well treated, as well as they will permit us to treat them., because we are a civilized nation. The Tenney committee and others should bear in mind that not aliens.only but all Americans of Japanese ancestry are under forced detention and we cannot doubt that many, if not most, are loyal," "Their difficulty and ours is that we cannot dis- 11 n p* u i s h a n ?' the peri 1 t o us and to them is extreme* They are not convicted crim-. inals suffering punishment, but victims of war necessity.. . ." "The Japanese, we have insisted, should be so detained during the period of peril, but they should be treated as decently as possible." APPEAL MADE FOR MORE BLOOD DONORS An urgent appeal for more blood donors is being made by the center hospita 1. All persons who wish to volunteer to act as donors are asked to report to the hospital laboratory for typing of their blood.

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