Bills of rights, the Alien Land Law and Nisei bowlers in 1950
Protection against another forced mass removal opened this eight-page issue. The National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association asked Canada to adopt…
Print Issue: 1950
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Kageyama impeachment move, the end of the bowling ban, and Alien Land law rulings
Richard Kageyama, a Honolulu supervisor, faced a grand jury probe and a possible impeachment move after admitting past Communist Party…
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Immigration law, Hawaii statehood and the Fujii ruling in 1950
The JACL Anti-Discrimination Committee said it had taken no stand on the McCarran omnibus bill to revise immigration and naturalization…
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1950: Alien land law ruled out and a cabinet guest for the JACL convention
A California appeals court ruled the state’s Alien Land law unenforceable because it conflicts with the United Nations charter, in…
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Nisei called before the Hawaii Communism inquiry, and the claims delay
Twelve Nisei were among the 32 witnesses called in the first week of the House un-American activities committee’s hearings in…
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Communism hearings in Hawaii and the Nisei dual citizenship charge
The House un-American activities hearings in Hawaii opened with a surprise: Richard M. Kageyama, a Honolulu supervisor, admitted he was…
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Food poisoning in Concord, the Alien Land law ruling and a bowling ban
Thirty-two Issei and Nisei fell ill with food poisoning after a housewarming party in Concord, California, and one Nisei was…
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Issei citizenship stalls in the Senate, and a land law ruling stands
The Senate’s crowded calendar kept the Walter Resolution, the bill that would open citizenship to the Issei, waiting. Mike Masaoka…
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Nisei delegates to the Hawaii statehood convention, and the fight over claims and bias
Nineteen Japanese Americans were elected among the 63 delegates who will write the constitution of the future state of Hawaii,…
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The Masaoka test case and California’s Alien Land law, 1950
A Los Angeles court ruling led the news. Superior Court Judge Thurmond Clarke declared California’s 37-year-old Alien Land law unconstitutional…
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Taketa’s license case, evacuation claims and the Masaoka land law test
A Santa Clara County court denied Toshinaga Taketa’s suit to regain the liquor license taken during the war, and his…
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Evacuation claims offices open as Nisei press for Hawaii statehood
Evacuation claims were the lead news of this eight-page issue. The Justice Department opened a second field office in San…
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Go for Broke casting, a bar association opens, and Japanese American claims
The film “Go for Broke” led the news. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported from Honolulu that the clamor from Hawaii’s Nisei veterans…
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Nisei win seats in the Hawaii constitutional convention primary
Hawaii’s primary election for delegates to the state constitutional convention led the news. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported that of 46 Japanese…
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The ‘Tokyo Rose’ bail order and the push for Issei naturalization
Iva Toguri d’Aquino, convicted of treason as “Tokyo Rose,” was the lead story. Justice William O. Douglas granted her $50,000…
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442nd veterans in Hawaii and the fight over the MGM film
Hawaii’s 442nd veterans pressed for a place in the forthcoming MGM film about the regiment. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported that Earl…