Pearl Harbor sabotage rumors and the JACL response, 1962
Old rumors of Japanese American sabotage at Pearl Harbor drew a protest from JACL in this four-page issue. JACL objected…
Print Issue: 1962
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Idaho voters repeal the ban on naturalized Issei voting, plus chapter installations
Idaho’s election dominated this four-page issue. Unofficial county tallies showed voters approved SJR 1, removing the constitutional bar that kept…
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Housing bias banned, and JACL chapters protest a slur on ABC
JACL chapters took on a racial slur on television, and President Kennedy’s order against housing discrimination drew welcome. Chapter protests…
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Unions pledge equal job opportunity, and a JACL history fund nears its goal
A Thanksgiving-season pledge between AFL-CIO unions and the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity led this four-page issue. The unions…
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Nisei win elections, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s death is mourned
The November 1962 elections and the death of Eleanor Roosevelt shared this four-page issue. Mike Masaoka wrote that Nisei Democrats…
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Election returns and a Supreme Court film ruling
Election results and a court decision shared the front page of this four-page issue. Idaho voters approved SJR 1 by…
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The 1963 JACL membership campaign issue
A drive to bring in the largest membership JACL had seen filled this four-page issue, labeled the 1963 JACL Membership…
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Two ballot measures in Washington and Idaho, Nov. 6, 1962
Two state ballot measures dominated this four-page issue. On November 6, voters in Washington and Idaho would decide proposals that…
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Youth program funding and a film protest over Nisei soldiers
Money for JACL’s youth program and a dispute over a film about Nisei soldiers led the news. The convention budget…
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Washington’s alien land law and the SJR 21 repeal campaign
Washington State’s discriminatory alien land law was the subject of most of this four-page issue. Senate Joint Resolution 21 would…
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Idaho’s 1962 campaign to repeal the voting ban on Asian Americans
Idaho’s constitution barred Chinese and persons of Mongolian descent, even naturalized citizens, from voting, serving on juries and holding civil…
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Senate race and civil rights in the news, with Yasui to speak
Politics and civil rights ran through this four-page issue. The Dillingham-Inouye Senate race was described as a major issue in…
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Immigration law reform and the SJR 21 repeal campaign
Immigration reform led this four-page issue. The campaign to repeal the exclusion provisions of the 1952 Walter-McCarran Act moved into…
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Idaho’s SIR 1 campaign and a push for JACL membership, 1962
An Issei testimonial opened the Idaho campaign for a yes vote on SIR 1 in this four-page issue. The front…
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The 1962 JACL budget and a tax-free evacuation claims bill
Money and claims shaped this four-page issue. K. Patrick Okuro wrote about the JACL budget, which the National Council approved…
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Tax relief for evacuation claims, and a housing fight in San Francisco
Congress was moving on a bill to exempt Japanese American evacuation claims payments from federal income tax, and the JACL…