Civil rights and claims in Congress, and the 1957 Chicago convention
Congress and civil rights ran through this issue. The JACL Washington office endorsed the bipartisan civil rights compromise and urged…
Print Issue: 1957
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Labor Day in Chicago: the 1957 EDC-MDC convention and evacuation claims
The joint EDC-MDC convention in Chicago over Labor Day weekend led the news. Delegates from twelve chapters east of the…
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JACL’s campaign against an anti-Japanese slur and a new look at district councils
JACL’s campaign to retire the word ‘Jap’ drew support in this eight-page issue. Japan’s U.N. Ambassador Koto Matsudaira pledged his…
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An ambassador’s apology for a slur, and Washington State’s alien land law
A racial slur and an old law shared the front page of this eight-page issue. Japan’s UN ambassador, Dr. Koto…
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The fight over an anti-Japanese slur and a weakened civil rights bill
A television remark set the tone of this 8-page issue. When Ambassador Matsudaira appeared not to object to the word…
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A JACL campaign against anti-Nisei films on TV
A JACL campaign to pull wartime films that show Nisei as spies and saboteurs off television stations led this issue.…
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Final claim checks and the Senate civil rights debate
The last evacuation claim checks were going out in July 1957, and the front page said so. Dr. Roy Nishikawa…
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Convention plans and the fight over anti-Nisei films on TV
Preparations for the joint EDC-MDC convention led the front page. The Chicago Chapter’s work toward its Labor Day weekend gathering…
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Scholarship nominees, evacuee claims and the Nisei Relays
A record 24 JACL chapter nominees for the Pvt. Ben Frank Masaoka scholarship led this eight-page issue, with judges set…
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Citizenship, civil rights and Elmer Yamamoto’s death
The question of whether a native-born citizen can lose citizenship dominated this eight-page issue. The Supreme Court ordered new arguments…
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Civil rights in the Senate, and a new JACL director in Los Angeles
Civil rights legislation led the news. After the House passed President Eisenhower’s bill 286-126, JACL’s Washington representative Mike Masaoka urged…
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A farewell to Tats Kushida and the road to the Chicago convention
Tats Kushida’s departure as JACL regional director and Pacific Citizen business manager shaped this eight-page issue. Harry Honda reported on…
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Tats Kushida’s farewell and Japanese war brides in the U.S.
Tats Kushida’s departure after ten years as JACL’s regional director ran through this eight-page issue. Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa’s President’s…
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Women’s auxiliaries, evacuation claims and the JACL Olympics
Women in the JACL were the subject of the front-page column by national director Mas Satow, who praised the leadership…
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Nisei and Sansei look at themselves, and a farm labor hearing in Washington
A discussion series by the Chicago JACL chapter, “Let’s Look at Ourselves,” opened this issue, and national president Dr. Roy…
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Claims payments, a school-book protest and chapters at work in 1957
JACL’s work on several fronts led this eight-page issue. A request for $1,654,158.93 went to the House Appropriations Committee to…