Issei citizenship classes and the new Walter-McCarran Act
Citizenship for the Issei was the main subject of this eight-page issue. The front page reported on revised Form N-400…
Print Issue: 1952
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The 1952 holiday issue: the McCarran-Walter Act and Nisei fiction
The McCarran-Walter Act, which removed racial bars to naturalization, ran through this 76-page holiday issue. Senator Pat McCarran explained the…
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Citizenship, dual nationality and the new immigration law
The new Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and the question of Nisei citizenship drove the news in this eight-page…
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Immigration law, a testimonial banquet and Thanksgiving notes
Immigration was the main subject of this eight-page issue. Secretary of Labor Tobin said the nation could absorb several thousand…
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Korea casualties, a school segregation brief and the immigration act banquet
News from the Korean War and from the courts filled the front page of this eight-page issue. Reports told of…
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Passing the McCarran-Walter Act: what it meant for Nisei and strandees
The new immigration law shaped much of the news in this eight-page issue. National Director Masao Satow spoke on passage…
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Immigration act rules, a Hawaii trial and the JACL endowment fund
The new Immigration and Nationality Act was the main subject of this 8-page issue. Government officials confirmed it would take…
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The 1952 election aftermath and the Walter-McCarran Act
The morning after the 1952 election set the tone for this eight-page issue. An editorial titled “America” reflected on what…
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Election 1952: Nisei voters, Stevenson and Eisenhower
The 1952 presidential race ran through this eight-page issue. An editorial, “Thoughtless Citizen,” urged independent voters to cast a ballot…
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Nisei Soldier Memorial Day and the Walter-McCarran debate
Nisei Soldier Memorial Day on Oct. 30 led this 12-page issue. JACL President Inagaki urged chapters to observe the day,…
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A San Jose housing protest withdrawn, and the new immigration law
A housing dispute in San Jose drew most of the attention in this eight-page issue. Neighbors on Thornton Way withdrew…
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The 1952 fight over the Walter-McCarran Act and a coming JACL convention
The Walter-McCarran omnibus immigration bill ran through this 8-page issue from several sides. The Seattle chapters held a Victory Banquet…
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The Pacific Citizen moves to Los Angeles and thanks the Tajiris
The newspaper’s move from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles was the news of this eight-page issue. The San Francisco…
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Becoming citizens: Honolulu’s drive for Japanese aliens, 1952
Citizenship for Japanese aliens was the main subject of this eight-page issue. On the front page, Lawrence Nakatsuka reported that…
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Mike Masaoka visits Hawaii as the JACL looks to statehood
Mike Masaoka’s ten-day visit to Honolulu led this eight-page issue. The former director of the JACL-ADC arrived on Sept. 12…
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The 1952 fight over a presidential immigration commission
A new presidential commission on immigration and naturalization policy led the news. Mike Masaoka, former JACL-ADC legislative director, told reporters…