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. They included classes
for beginners band and or
chestra, intermediate in both
strings and wind instruments,
Junior high band and orches
tra, and a weekly night class
for high school band students.
Instructors were Ron Rice,
woodwinds; John Drysdale,
strings; Bonnie Brantlet, ba
ton; and Mirick, brass and
percussion.
Mirick said that emphasis
this summer was on instruc
tion and technical progress of
the individual rather than
public performance. The an
nual beginner's band and or
chestra recital is scheduled
tomorrow morning. Ninety
band and orchestra beginners
will take part in the program.
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