A Supreme Court petition on California’s fishing law, and the push for Issei citizenship
A petition filed in the Supreme Court led the news. It challenged California’s fish and game code, which barred Japanese…
Print Issue: 1948
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A Tokyo trial of eight Nisei and the JACL’s 1948 legislative push
A murder trial in Tokyo led the front page. Defense Counsel Vincent Esposito charged that Army CID agents used promises…
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Amnesty for Nisei draft resisters, and the Tokyo trial of eight ex-GIs
President Truman’s Christmas Eve amnesty led this January 1948 issue. It pardoned 282 Nisei among 1,523 Selective Service violators, and…