A bill to end the race bar in naturalization, December 1947
Naturalization was the subject at the top of the 8-page year-end issue. Representative Walter H. Judd introduced a bill on…
Print Issue: 1947
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The 1947 holiday issue: Nisei profiles, stories and a Heart Mountain visit
Profiles, essays and short stories on Nisei life in 1947 filled this 56-page holiday issue. An editorial reviewed the Nisei…
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Alien land laws and restrictive covenants before the Supreme Court
Pending Supreme Court cases led the news. Tosuke Yamasaki reported that observers expected a ruling on the Oyama case, which…
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Nisei war dead, renunciant suits and fights against racial bars
News of the Nisei soldiers who died in the war led the issue. The Army said the remains of men…
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Restrictive covenants, claims bill and the return of stranded Nisei
The National JACL’s plan to file a friend-of-the-court brief in the restrictive covenant cases before the U.S. Supreme Court led…
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Violence in Winters, and a wreath for the Unknown Soldier
Violence against Japanese Americans and the work of Nisei veterans filled the front page. Misdemeanor warrants were issued for two…
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Housing covenants, a ship named for Sadao Munemori, and Iva Toguri
Racially restrictive housing covenants and the return of Nisei veterans ran through the news of this eight-page issue. Attorney General…
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The President’s civil rights report and the JACL-ADC campaign
The report of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights led the news. Larry Tajiri wrote that its recommendations on wartime…
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A JACL plaque for the 442nd in Bruyeres, and a civil rights report
A bronze plaque honoring the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was dedicated in Bruyeres, France, on Oct. 30, the third anniversary…
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Oyama land law case before the Supreme Court, and a plaque for the 442nd
Two subjects led the news. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Oyama case on California’s Alien Land law, with…
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Hood River’s fighting minister and the Oyama land law case
The Rev. W. Sherman Burgoyne led the front page. Richard L. Neuberger wrote about the Hood River minister who stood…
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1947: a secret loyalty file, housing bans and Nisei in the courts
A secret loyalty file on Japanese Americans led the news. Civil Service Commission president Harry B. Mitchell admitted at a…
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1947: Colorado’s praise and the Oyama land law case
Colorado Governor W. Lee Knous told a Salt Lake City meeting he was proud of how Japanese Americans had integrated…
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Stranded Nisei and the Tokyo test cases on citizenship
Test cases in Japanese courts led the news, as American-born people of Japanese ancestry stranded in Japan sought to settle…
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The California alien land law heads to the Supreme Court
A date was set for the Supreme Court to hear arguments on the constitutionality of California’s alien land law: October…
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Renunciations at Tule Lake ruled invalid, and a Princeton physicist lost
Two stories led this eight-page issue. Judge Charles C. Cavanah ruled that renunciations of citizenship made under duress at Tule…