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Discrimination Problem in Japan Discussed by Lorish
(Editor's notei This U an-
other in series of dis
patches from Frad LorUh,
ton of Dr. and Mr. Fred C.
LorUh, 130 Minnesota ae.,
Medford. Young LorUh ii
attanding Kaio university in
Tokyo on an axchanga
scholarship. Ha is studying
tha Japanasa language, phil
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Senior Veterans
At Domiciliary
Honored at Event
White City-One of the last
events of Senior Citizens
Month was a party given by
the Red Cross Community
Korvlra flnh In ihm theater of
the Veterans Administration
Domiciliary, White vny, non
oring senior veterans 78 years
of age ana over.
The program, arranged by
Flora Price, combined the tal
ents of four local senior ww
rens groups, the Medford 80
Plus club, the Senior Citizen
Atclvlty Center orchestra, the
Security Benefit club and the
Red Cross Community Serv
ice club.
As guests arrived, they
were registered by Ida Evans,
had name badgca pinned on
them by Grace Sutton, and
were ushered by Mary Fred
ricks, refreshment chairman,
to tablee-for-four at each of
which a hostess presided. Add
ing to the atmosphere of hos
pitality was a large, main re
freshment table set with sil
ver tea and coffee service
among arrangements of white
peonies and lavender Iris.
tHtamliiiH MuftlMana
TMlv rtffiitt- a member of
4ii nvfVi4ra. aHjnI muter
of ceremonies and from the
stage decorated with vari-col-ored
iris, Introduced fellow
musicians: Frances Barrett,
Edith Willock, Leona Robert
son, Flora Price, Jrma wruie.
Clarence Evans and William
Pickcll.
During the afternoon, prizes
were awarded and cigarette
favors given to each guest
The five oldest veterans at
tending, Clarence B. Carter,
William H. Gilbert, John A.
Cress, Fred W. Machgan and
Claude C. Treagle, received
small gifts. Of the, Cress,
Machgan and Treagle, togeth
er with William Hunter and
John W. Moon who also at
tended, are Veterans of the
Spanish American war.
Mrs. Rita M. Holmes, coor
dinator, expressed the hope
-that such events would be
come a regular feature of Sen
ior Citizens Month at the
Domiciliary.
Contract Signed to
Remove Gravel
The Jackson county court
Friday signed a five-year con'
tract with the Oregon State
Game commission for reroov.
al of gravel on game commis
sion property along the Rogue
river east of Modoc orchards.
The state game commission
contract stated the gravel re
moval will be of benefit to the
fishery. However, the coa
tract may be terminated
any time when the commis
sion decides the gravel re
moval is harmful to the fish'
ery.
The county is to pay the
equivalent of 10 cents per
cubic yard in the form of icrv
ices. County Engineer Robert
J. Carstensen estimated the
county has removed about
$10,000 worth of gravel from
the area In recent years.
Two Patients Are
Flown to Hospitals
Two persons have been
flown recently by Mercy
Flights Inc. to Portland hospi
tals for medical treatment.
Mrs. Vera Daugherty,
Rogue Valley Manor, was
flown Thursday to the Good
Samaritan hospital, and Don
ald Parrett, Gold Beach, was
flown from his home to the
Veterans Administration hos
pital. To date, 1,587 patients have
been flown by the non-profit
air ambulance service since It
was started.
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By FRED LORISH
I have been amazed for the
past few weeks at the Japa
nese English press coverage
of the racial problems in the
south and north.
Whereas one would expect
such news to rate page one
coverage, it has always been
placed on page two or three.
Measles Tops List
Of County Diseases
Measles led the list of dis
eases in Jackson county last
week, Dr. A. Erin Merkel,
director of the Jackson coun
ty health department, report
ed. There were 41 cases locat
ed in Medford, Gold Hill,
Jacksonville, Central Point
and Rogue River. Medford
had IS and Rogue River 1.
Mumps was second high in
number of communicable dis
eases for the week, with
total of 19 cases. They were
reported from Central Point,
Jacksonville, Medford and
Gold Hill.
There were 12 cases of In
fluenza In the county, 10 of
them In Medford, and 2 in
Cold Hill. Pneumonia cases
numbered 7, and German
measles 0; all in Medford,
Central Point and Gold Hill.
There was one case of
chicken pox in Central Point
and one case of Infectious hep
atitis in Medford.
The screaming headlines that
no doubt were used in the
States were non-existant here.
The same held true of the
Japanese language papers and
FIVE MILE FOLLY
New York - (UPD - The deep
est oil well ever drilled in the
United States exceeded 25,000
feet, nearly five miles, at an
estimated cost of $3 million
but never produced a drop of
oil, according to the American
Petroleum Institute.
Jury's Verdict
Favors Defendant
A circuit court jury return
ed a verdict favoring the de
fendant, Ashland Fireman
Richard G. Cash, this week
in a trial arising from a colli
sion between an Ashland fire
truck and a car.
Mrs. EInora B. Strong, 641
Ray lane, Ashland, was seek
ing $28,000 general and $2,
551.10 special damages, plus
costs as a result of a traffic
accident at the intersection of
C st. and North Pioneer st.
on Dec. 4, 1951. She alleged
in her complaint she was
seriously injured while a pas
senger in a car driven by her
husband, Curtis Strong.
Attorneys for the fireman
contended that Cash was driv
ing an emergency vehicle and
the car should have stopped
or gotten out of the way. The
attorneys admitted the fire
truck went through a red
light.
Chief witnesses testifying
for Cash were L. P. Swink,
assistant fire chief; Police Of
ficer E. G. Childreth, men
riding on the fire engine, and
Mrs. Barbara Richardson and
Mrs. Barbara Torrey, both
residents of the immediate
area who said they heard the
fire siren. Mrs. Srong con
tended she had not heard it.
Cash testified in his own behalf.
Chief witnesses testifying for
Mrs. Strong were her hus
band; R. E. Biddle, Grants
Pass, who was following the
truck in his car; and Jack R.
Hall, who was driving an oil
truck at the intersection.
Earlier, Circuit Judge James
Main had sustained demurrers
for Swink and the city of Ash
land who were party to the
suit originally. Judge Main
ruled only the driver was di
rectly involved.
magazines. Invariably, news
of the GATT (General Agree
ment on Trade and Tariffs, I
think) conference, the NATO
ministers conference, the Af
rican Summit meeting, the ar
rival of the King and Queen
of Tailand in Japan, were
given top priority.
Frail Rationalisation
It then occurred to me that
perhaps the papers did not
want to offend their American
readers, who account for most
of the paper's circulation. But
this seemed a rather frail
rationalization, particularly
with the words found on the
masthead of one of the dailies,
"All the news without fear or
favor."
But I finally found the an
swer, I think. I was working
with a group of Japanese re
cently at the United Nations
Institute of Japan, trying to
aid their nearly faultless Eng
lish. Our discussion eventually
led to the Negro problem in
the States.
I expressed my view to
them, telling them of what
little I knew of the southern
problem, and mentioned that
the problem was not confined
to the south, but the northern
states and, as far as that goes,
Medford.
Throughout the discussion
I noticed that their expres
sions were not of shock-they
seemed to show no ill feeling
toward Americans for their
actions-but rather were of,
what appeared to be. pity.
Then they explained to me a
little known problem of Ja
pan; a problem of great sig
nificance to the Japanese, but
little known elsewhere. It was
racial discrimination, too, but
of a slightly different nature.
Mora Than Superficial
Whereas the Negroes and
whites are considered to be
of a different racial stock, the
problem in Japan is not one of
different stock or different
color. In fact, if you were to
line a group of Japanese up
and place outcasts among this
group, by mere looking, it
would be difficult to distin
guish them apart. And so, the
problem is more than a mere
superficial problem-color - as
it is in the States, it is a prob
lem that can be traced
throughout all of Japan's cul
tural tradition.
The Japanese race, accord
ing to mythology, was formed
by the gods and every Japa
nese is a descendant of the
first Emperor. As a result, the
Japanese .consider themselves
to be a divine and royal race,
and because of this consider
themselves a superior race.
(Thii attitude was nearly
completely removed after Ja
pan's defeat in the War, but
many of the older citizens still
hold this feeling.)
When the first immigrants
came from foreign lands
(mainly Korea) they were rel
egated jobs considered "low
ly' or "dirty," particularly
grave digging, tanning, and
butchering. Later, social out
casts, criminals, and those un
able to pay taxes were added
to this group of outcasts
known as the "ETA."
Not Allowed in Cities
This group was not allowed
to live within the cities nor
could they talk with the Jap
anese. Their "villages" had no
sanitary facilities, roads,
stores; the Japanese tried to
ignore them, in fact attempted
to pretend that they did not
exist
With the Meiji Restoration
in the 1870's, the ETA were
given a new social status com
parable with the warriors and
farmers - the "Heimin." But
this was only on paper, and
though the outcasts were not
called ETA any longer, they
acquired a new name, the
Shinheimin" (new o r d 1 n-
ary class), and the discrimina
tion continued.
Even at present the racial
problem exists. A few weeks
ago, a group of Korean high
school students were attacked
by a gang in one of Tokyo's
busiest railroad stations dur
ing the rush hour. No one
tried to stop the fight, and as
a result one of the Koreans
was seriously injured.
And so, it seems to me that
tne Japanese see no need in
harping on and sensationaliz
ing the American racial prob-lem-they
have an unsolved
one of their own.
Sunday, June 16
217 E. Mjin St. Medford
Applicants Invited
For Irrigation Post
Grants Pass - Applications
for the post of manager of the
Grants Pass Irrigation district
are now being accepted at
the district office in the Jose
phine county courthouse an
nex here.
Applicants with engineer
ing and administrative experi
ence are preferred, members
of the district board said.
The district has been with
out a manager since the resig
nation of Neal F. Shaffer last
Tuesday.
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