Hawaii’s first Nisei in Congress, and the reaction at home and in Asia
The election of Senator Hiram Fong and Representative Daniel Inouye from Hawaii ran through this eight-page issue. An editorial rebutted…
Print Issue: 1959
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Hawaii statehood and Daniel Inouye’s arrival in Congress
Hawaii’s statehood and the election of Daniel Inouye to Congress ran through much of this eight-page issue. President Eisenhower signed…
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Hawaii statehood and a JACL protest over seized property
Hawaii’s move to become the 50th state led the front page, with President Eisenhower set to proclaim it at a…
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Daniel Inouye heads to Congress, and JACL prepares for 1960
Daniel Inouye was the figure of the week. The paper reported that Rep.-elect Inouye, the first person of Japanese ancestry…
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Hawaii’s first Nisei in Congress, and a teacher turned away in Virginia
The election of Hiram Fong and Daniel Inouye to Congress from Hawaii ran through this issue. Press editorials were gathered…
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Hawaii’s first state elections and Fred Wada’s Olympic push
Hawaii’s first state elections were the news of this eight-page issue. A front-page editorial by H.H. said the vote showed…
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Citizenship, property and civil rights: JACL’s July 1959 agenda
Civil rights and citizenship ran through the news of July 1959. A private bill signed by the President restored U.S.…
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Housing, fair treatment and a Nisei donor’s gift to the Endowment Fund
Housing and fair treatment ran through the news of July 17, 1959. A front-page editorial looked at the housing problem…
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JACL’s testimony on vested property and Japanese war claims
JACL’s objection to paying Japanese war claims out of vested property led the July 10, 1959 issue. Mike Masaoka told…
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Hawaii votes for statehood, and a Nisei congressman seems near
Hawaii’s statehood vote led the news. Voters approved it by a 17-1 margin, and Americans of Japanese and Chinese ancestry…
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A June 1959 issue: blood for a boy, Hayakawa on stage, JACL board talk
An urgent call for blood opened this eight-page issue. Two-year-old Wayne Yamamura of Idaho Falls needed 15 pints of rare…
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Rap on Ruark’s column and a look at JACL’s future
A columnist’s attack on Nisei drew the sharpest response in this eight-page issue. Bill Hosokawa wrote that Robert Ruark showed…
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Restored citizenship, a newspaper column answered, and JACL’s next decade
A syndicated newspaper column that brushed aside the wartime Japanese American incarceration (often called internment) drew a sharp reply on…
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Civil rights, the Washington Office and Nisei graduates in 1959
Civil rights and the future of JACL’s Washington Office ran through this eight-page issue. JACL submitted a statement urging Congress…
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The government admits its wartime error: citizenship restored to renunciants
The Justice Department’s restoration of citizenship to Nisei who had renounced it during the wartime forced removal ran through this…
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Justice Department calls the wartime evacuation a mistake
The Justice Department’s admission that the wartime evacuation of Japanese Americans was a mistake led this issue. Attorney General William…