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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1962 Japanese-Americans Asked To Pay Taxes On Wartime Claims San Francisco -il'PD- There wasn't much left of the nur sery founded by his grand father when Tosh Nabeta re turned home from a reloca tion center for West Coast Japanese-Americans in 1945. Not only were the green house windows shattered, but most of the inventory and good will were gone. Nabeta put in a claim for $60,000 in wartime damage to his property. He was award ed less than a third, which he used to built a new nursery in Richmond, Calif. Now Nabeta is being asked by the Internal Revenue Service to pay several thou sand dollars in back taxes plus interest and penalties for not having reported part of the award, which the IRS considers income. Nabeta is one of several hundred San Francisco area Japanese-Americans who are being dunned by the IRS for taxes on awards granted under the 1957 Japanese Evacuation Claims Act. Brown Protests Disclosure of the situation brought a promise from Gov. Edmund G. Brown that he would confer with the White House in an effort to prevent "this unfair action." "Congress acknowledged after the war that an injus tice was done to California's Nisei when it enacted the compensation measure s," Brown said. "I refuse to be lieve Congress intended to add this insult to the injury." Officials of the Japanese American Citizens League called it a "dirty trick" and threatened to appeal to Con gress. In the face of the uproar, an IRS spokesman empha sized that while some cases were "unfortunate," the taxa tion part of the awards was based on precedent. The controversy goes back to early 1942. World War II had just broken out and great numbers of West Coast Japanese-Americans were moved hurriedly to relocation cen lers. Many were required to sell their property at great loss. Capital Gain Taxed In 1957 Congress passed the Evacuation Claims Act, which granted partial com pensation to Japanese-Americans who had suffered losses. The IRS said then that the grant itself was not taxable. But the difference between the grant and what the Nisei originally paid for the prop erty was to be considered a capital gain. Thus it would be subject to a capital gains tax of up to 25 per cent. "There was no provision in the claims act for making these awards free from tax," said IRS District Director Jo seph Cullcn. Former Rep. Patrick Hil lings (R-Calif.) author of the bill, said that even though the bill contained no tax immu nity, he had not intended that the awards should be taxed. He suggested that Con gressional action would be the most appropriate means of correcting the situation. Most of the Nisei involved asserted that they never re ceived more than one-third compensation under the Evac uation Claims Act. Meanwhile, Tosh Nabeta was holding off paying the taxes on the award. But un less Congress calls off the IRS, he said, "I guess there's nothing else to do but pay." Debbie Reynolds In Good Condition Burbank, Calif. - HTD - Ac tress Debbie Reynolds was re ported in good condition to day at St. Joseph's hospital where she is recovering from a miscarriage. The 30-year-old actress Sun day lost the baby she and hus band Harry Karl were expect ing in September. Miss Reynolds, who has two children by her previous mar riage to Eddie Fisher, was hospitalized Monday night when complications develop ed in her pregnancy. It would have been the first child for the actress by Karl, a millionaire shoeman. Evangelist Detects Encouraging Trend In American Youth A 3 Friitnr'c nota; Fvanaalitt Billy Graham concluded an tight-day ravival in Frmo, Calif., latt wtelc nd. Much of hit cruadt hr was di rected to young people and the problems they face. Be fore leaving Fresno, he wrote a dispatch tiling up today'i young people and what they - and we - can do to help their generation. By DR. BILLY GRAHAM Written for UPI Fresno, Calif.-UIPlH detect an encouraging trend among American youth. During my tour of various cities this summer, I have preached to the largest crowds in my career. The amazing thing is that these crowds are made up largely of young peo ple under 25 years of age. Night after night we huve asked those under 25 to stand, and almost invariably it is over 50 per cent of the audi ence. Some nights it runs as high as 75 per cent. It is true that from all re ports juvenile delinquency has risen, especially in the major cities, this summer. However, I am convinced that much of our delinquency can be at tributed to spiritual causes. The same questing and hun ger which drive some to de linquency are driving others to religion. As I look over these thousands of young peo ple night after night in these meetings, 1 can see a serious "quest" written on their faces. Serious Generation Psychologists and sociolo gists have various theories about teen-age defection from normal living in this mid Twentieth Century. Some say it is all a part of growing up and that they will outgrow their seeming abnormalities. Others say that they are a product of these uncertain times and should therefore be excused for their demean or. Still others point accusing fingers at youth and say they are getting worse than ever. I have counseled scores of these teen-agers this summer and 1 am convinced that the new generation is more seri ous and has far greater religi ous curiosity than any genera tion in this century. Young people need a cause to follow. They have an abundance of idealism. They respond to a challenge. I find that the tougher I make the challenge of the gospel, the greater their response is. They are not looking for easy ways out, and they are not looking for easy solutions. They are seeking for a pur pose and meaning in life. That is why the Peace Corps has had such widespread accept ance among our youth. When their elders by their loose conduct and shaky ideals give them the impres sion that life is meaningless, they are disillusioned and rebellious. One young girl wrole to me recently: "Yes, I am crazy, mixed-up and mis erable. I don't care mucn what happens to the world, because 1 think with the mess the world is in it is not worth caring about." Many of these youngsters I talk to feel that they have inherited a hopeless, leader less world. They think that the older generation has fail ed them. However, the vast majority that I have talked to seem to be determined to do some thing about their world. This summer I have seen thou sands of the finest young peo ple in America, representing all strata of society, moving forward like a mighty army to pledge their allegiance to Christ. They have said they are going to follow the cross into the battle of life. Today the world need youth aflame with love in stead of hate in their hearts, following Christ and dedicat ed to the proposition that they will not stop until the King dom of God reigns in th hearts of men throughout th world. Band School Class In District Ends The summer band and or chestra school sponsored by the Medford public schools will close tomorrow, accord ing to I. A. Mirick, supervi sor of instrumental music. Classes in string instru ments, winds and percussion were offered to students in school district 549C as part of the summer recreation pro gram. 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