New citizens, evacuation claims and a security rule for civil servants
Citizenship for the Issei filled much of this eight-page issue. Stories told of five Issei sworn in at Cleveland, Okinawa-born…
Print Issue: 1953
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Issei citizenship classes and Nisei in Korea, spring 1953
Naturalization drew the most attention in this eight-page issue. After the McCarran Act opened citizenship to older Issei, the paper…
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Naturalization, Japan’s elections and a test of the McCarran act
News of Japanese immigrants becoming citizens ran through this eight-page issue. Two Reno Issei were awaiting a call to be…
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Issei rights, naturalization and the McCarran-Walter Act, 1953
Issei rights and the road to citizenship ran through much of this eight-page issue. A bill in California, AB 2059,…
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A Nisei Navy ensign denied a home, and Issei become citizens
Housing discrimination led the April 10, 1953 issue. Ensign Atsuko Emoto, a Nisei Navy officer at Long Beach, was refused…
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Evacuee claim payments and the Walter-McCarran Act, spring 1953
Money for evacuation claims led this issue. The Director of the Budget will recommend that Congress appropriate funds to pay…
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Hawaii statehood, Issei citizenship and a new Nisei cabinet member
Hawaii and the road to citizenship ran through this 8-page issue. Howard K. Hiroki, a 33-year-old certified public accountant, was…
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Hawaii statehood, citizenship and civil rights in 1953
Statehood for Hawaii and the push for citizenship led the news in this 8-page issue. The Senate Interior and Insular…
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Adopted children, Hawaii statehood and the Evacuation Claims ruling
A joint resolution from Rep. Francis Walter led the news. It would admit 500 adopted minor children of American servicemen…
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Issei citizenship and a study of the 1952 immigration law
Citizenship for the Issei ran through this eight-page issue. Within two weeks, 56 Issei in Hawaii, two in Sacramento and…
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Nisei lawmakers in Hawaii and Issei naturalization classes
Nisei in Hawaii’s Territorial Legislature led the front page. Lawrence Nakatsuka reported that six of fifteen senators and ten of…
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Issei citizenship classes and new naturalization rules in 1953
Issei naturalization ran through this eight-page issue. In Spokane, a JACL citizenship class meant for about 80 students drew more…
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Issei naturalization and the JACL’s new Washington office
Naturalization was the main thread of this eight-page issue. Chicago Issei were told by Marcus T. Neeley that filing involves…
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Issei naturalization and a possible return to Canada
Naturalization for Issei ran through the issue. In Honolulu, more than 200 Japanese aliens passed their citizenship exams in English…
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First quota immigrant visa to a Japanese national, and a new literary page
Immigration was the main news of this 8-page issue. Tamotsu Murayama reported from Tokyo as Sozaburo Kujiraoka became the first…
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JACL Headquarters returns to San Francisco, 1953
JACL National Headquarters was heading back to San Francisco, its prewar home, after eleven years in Salt Lake City. National…