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Thoughts of Newell Japs
More Important Than How
Many Spuds They Plant
(Editor' Nott Aa Associated
vUH th largast slngl Japan! relocation cantor In tha nation.
Ha eama back with this commant: "It aaamad to ma, aftar a
eoupla of days thara, that what tha Japanese wara thinking wai
mora Important than aueh things aa how many potato! they
wara planting. But I triad to gat both anglai. Thara war ao re
atrletioni placad on ma").
By WENDELL WEBB
TULELAKE, Calif., May 26 OP) It took a Japanese high
ichool student, whose name I didn't ask, to paraphrase this re
porter's impression of what most evacuees were thinking about
in this largest single relocation center in the United States.
"If we are regarded as prisoners of war," this student said,
"we're getting excellent treatment and no fooling; if we are re
garded as United States citizens, as most of us are (over two
thirds), all I can say is that this in one hell of a note."
It might be assumed the stu-
dent is a loyal American. There
is little reason to doubt that
many others are. But they all
aren't like that. That's what
makes them a problem.
There are about 14,000 Jap
anese and Japanese-American
waifs of war In this new bar
: racks city almost under the
shadow of Mt. Shasta on government-owned,
lake-bottom land of
northern California.. In nine
other relocation centers are an
other 90,000. They were re
moved from their homes along
the west coast as a military meas
ure year ago.
' Physical Appearance
The physical set-up of the cen
ter can be told briefly.
Evacuees live in army-type,
tar-papered barracks on a mile
squaxe housing tract. Aliens and
citizens are not segregated. Fam
ilies have one large room for all.
Each room has a coal stove,
necessary number of beds, elec
tric lights. Occupants make or
bring their own furnishings.
Each block, of 14 barracks and
about 300 persons, has its own
evacuee-operated messhall, laun
dry, showers and lavatory.
Occupations
About half of the project's
total of 7000 acres is being
farmed potatoes, truck-garden
crops, grain, bogs, chickens.
'Evacuees work the farm. Others
operate their five scattered co
operative stores or work in the
"hospital, barber and beauty shop,
shoe-repair shop, the schools,
wood-working factory, the com
munity service and recreation de
partment, or the war relocation
authority's administration of
fices. ' Pay ranges from $12 to $19 a
month. Farm laborers averaged
8 cents an hour last year. A
maximum clothing allowance of
$3.79 a month is additional.
Work is not compulsory, but no
work, no pay.
Few Whites
There are less than 200 Cau
casians here,. Including school
teachers. They have a little
settlement of their own. Six
Caucasians and 150 evacuees con
stitute the police force. Army
men patrol the project's borders
but don't come inside unless
called by the WRA.
The army was called In once
when several score evacuees
marched on administrative head
quarters protesting a job and se
lective service registration pro
gram. Cause of Protest
Chief reason for the outbreak
Was resentment because question
naires, both for off-project jobs
and the draft, asked whether
evacuees would swear allegiance
to America and renounce Japan
forever. Those without American
citizenship didn't want to re
nounce Japan they'd be persons
without a country.
(The majority of the 2800 or
so eligibles signed statements
that they were willing to be
drafted. In addition, 60 so far
have volunteered and a score
have been inducted. The center
has 11 veterans of World War I).
Council Resigns
The 28-member city council
resigned. The fact that the coun
cil made up then entirely of
American citizen Japanese, did
not vote to support the WRA ad
ministration in urging compli
ance with the registration pro
gram was regarded in some quar
ters as evidence it either was not
100 per cent American or had
yielded to inside pressure.
Six ring-leaders of the so
called revolt now are In an in
ternment camp. Others have
served time or still are in civil
jails on assault charges growing
out of a beating administered an
evacuee who spoke in favor of
registration.
Several Strikes
There have been -several
strikes. One came when farm
ers and coal unloaders could not
get shoes, which now are grant
ed on a showing of definite in
HEMORRHOIDS (Piles)
Himii (Rupture), Fissure or Fistula
Such dlaorder Imp If yout
li tilth fficlancy earning
power. For 30 yean we have)
ueoaiilullr treated thou
eaada of people for thai all
bent. No botpllal opera
tion, No flonflnemant No
lot of time Iron work. Call
lor examination or land ior,
JHEI daiorlpliva Booklet.
Open Evening., Won., Wad., fn, 7 to M0
Dr. C.J. DEAN CLINIC
PhytMan and Burgmon
M. I. Cor. K. Bum aide end Grand Ave).
Telephone KAat 3916, Portland, Oregon
Pmi rportr was assigned to
dividual need. The strikers got
shoes. Some now are being
made on the project. But they
can't meet the demand.
There was a food strike In
early months. The project stew
ard left.
And a coal unloaders' strike
succeeded in cutting weekly
hours to 44.
Evacuees include the Nisei
(born and educated in the United
States and citizens of this coun
try); the Kibei (born here and
citizens, but educated in Japan);
and the Issei (aliens, usually
elderly, born in Japan).
Trouble Makers
A few Kibel apparently have
been the chief trouble-makers.
They are more prone to heed the
passive disloyalty among some
of the Issei. The Kibei are in
the minority.
From many sources came di
rect statements that, in general,
more loyalty to America exists
among evacuees who previously
lived in proximity to Caucasians
(principally in the northwest)
than among those who heretofore
were in settlements of their own
race.
Class Leveler
There are wealthy families at
the center, some reputedly worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
who have lost lucrative busi
nesses by the evacuation. Others
haven't a cent. Their basic quar
ters are the same.
There are Buddhists and
Christians and several religious
sects.
Twenty-two hundred attend
high school, 1400 grade school.
Some figures reverse the usual
ratio there are 125 in. the first
grade, 425 high school seniors.
There are many young people up
to 25 years old, many over 50,
not so many between. Families
average less than four persons.
Tri-Stat High School
The high school is a series of
barracks, pending completion of
a new building. It is called
"Tri-State" for Oregon, Wash
ington and California. Basket
ball (outdoor) is the favorite
sport, but there's plenty of base
ball, too.
Messhall movies, little theatre
activities and jitter-bugging to
evacuee bands are popular forms
of entertainment.
The same food is served in all
the block kitchens. It is either
produced on the project or pur
chased through the army quarter
master. It costs the government
about 38 cents a day to feed
each evacuee.
Official records indicate the
average weekly meat consump
tion is one and three-quarters
pounds, including fish.
Diet Sampled
At one meal I ate with the
Japanese, they had boiled rice,
asparagus, macaroni with bits of
baloney, tsukemono (pickled
cabbage), bread, jam, an apple,
and tea or milk.
The same day at the same time,
Caucasian personnel from the
schools and administrative of
fices each paid 40 cents for a
meal of vegetable soup, aspara
gus salad, baked potato, roast
pork, bread, butter, cake, and
tea, milk or buttermilk.
Six hundred acres of potatoes
were planted this year. Some of
the crop will be shipped to other
relocation centers.
Seven thousand baby chicks
are a nucleus to a future chicken
dinner. Three thousand pullets
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provide part of the eggs used.
There are 1800 hogs, from which
comes weekly about 6500 pounds
of dressed pork.
Motorlsad Unit
The entire project has 45
tractors for construction, road
building, garbage disposal and
farming. (I inquired because a
neighboring rancher told me his
chief objection to the center
arose from his understanding
that "the Japanese have 200
tractors just for their farm and
I can't even get mine repaired)."
Such statistics as these tell
what the Japanese are doing and
what Is being done for them.
But they can't tell what is being
done to them.
Diminishing Loyalty
That can come only from long
treks through the dusty streets,
visits to their homes, genial
chats over their mess tables, con
versation regarding the "Tokyo
pilot Incident" which many be
lieve turned the public against
them, and attendance at their
schools and at their play.
And even then no positive con
clusion could be offered. .
But there is an inescapable im
pression of a slowly diminishing
loyalty among -some who dwell
on the fact that American cit
izens of Japanese ancestry are
confined while citizens of Ger
man and Italian extraction gen
erally are free.
Cheerful Front
Most of the evacuees present
a cheerful front and say they are
trying to think only of the fu
ture; a few appear sullen.
Their most widespread ail
ments are claustrophobia and a
nostalgia for their own homes.
There is no doubt that a good
many evacuees have a renewed
hope in recent weeks the WRA
is providing jobs for those
cleared by investigators, and
around 10 per cent of the cen
ter's residents already have been
given "leaves" to resettle at in
land points. Officials hope to
have the number reach at least
50 per cent. But some don't want
to start life all over again.
The confusion which results
from any real study toward an
understanding of the Japanese'
plight was very apparent in the
faces of newsmen when pretty,
11-year-old Jean Kawauchi of
Sacramento, Calif., at an Im
promptu program on the last day
of our stay, sang in appealing
childish melody "There's a Rain
bow Following the Showers."
The earliest writing inks con
sisted of a mixture of lampblack
with a solution of glue or gum.
A beaver colony may persist
for centuries.
THEY MAKE GOOD EVERYWHERE -f .
OVER 5,000,000 WAVES, K&. ' Al9 .i
WOMEN WAR WORKERS AND WAACS A f (Jfi . f 1
ar rIoiia mn In our Armd Services for moroetiv duty... f I Xjtx' 'V i' 1
' (wiping on Hi production front to build mor Ships, Planet, I OV-. v ' I
Taaks and Guns... making igood vrywher. I '"ib''
fir MU
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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Catoflghter
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Poised for action on Ue prow of a merchnnt ship nt n North Afri
can port is an RAF Hurricane fighter used In convoy protection.
At on the Arctic run to Murmansk, these planes ara catapulted
into the air to combat enemy planes or hunt subs, then must
crash-land on the sea when gns gives out. Ship picks up tha pilot.
Kaiser Hearing
On Shipyard Labor
To Be Concluded
PORTLAND, Ore., May 26 W?
Observers said today, the Kaiser
shipyard labor hearing may be
concluded next week.
Attorneys said only two Im
portant defense witnesses re
main to be called. They are Ed
gar F. Kaiser, manager of the
three yards here, and his chief
counsel, Harry F. Morton.
The hearing is on CIO charges
that the yards signed illegal
closed shop agreements with the
AFL.
Small Home Owners
To Get Increases
In Fuel Oil Ration
WASHINGTON, May 2ft (VP)
Owners of small homes, the
OPA said yesterday will get in
creases in their fuel oil rations
for the next season automatical-
When householders ,' return
their mail application blanks
next month, their ration' boards
will dig up the figures on floor
space and other data from last
year's application, apply a new
formula and grant increases ac
cordingly, without any red tape
for the householder.
A woman educator says the
modern girl is always on her
toes. Maybe it's because of high
heels.
esterti
THE CIGARETTE THAT GIVES
in Africa
:
Malin
Mrs. F. M. Trout has under
cultivation this spring 8500
choice gladiola bulbs, many of
them propagated through pollin
ation and from seed in her own
garden. The flowers are a com
mercial venture and dozens of
new varieties will bloom this
year. The display of flowers last
season brought visitors from
many parts of the Klamath
basin.
Four hundred red poppies will
be sold here Saturday, Mny 29.
Mrs. F. M. Trout, poppy sale
chairman, is to be assisted by
Mrs. Ethel Roberta, Mrs. A. E
Street, Mrs. Merle Loosley, Mrs.
William Martin. Mrs. R. S
Thomas, president of the auxil
iary of Malin post, American Le
gion, and Mrs. Sam Woodley.
Charles "Bob" Hamilton,
Klamath Falls boy who lost his
life in action m Africa in late
April, was a nephew of Charles
Hamilton of Malin.
The sunburn season will at
least stop some people from giv
ing themselves so many pats on
the back.
A town of prairie dogs may
extend for many miles.
Whan in Medford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Jo and Anna Earley
Proprietors
WW PUBLIC
IRKS NECESSARY
PORTLAND, May 36 P)
Huge post-war p u b 1 1 0 works
projects, perhaps costing J25,
000,000,000 annually, will be
needed "to prevent complete
economic collapse," said R. H.
Baldock, state highway engi
neer, yesterday.
Ha told tha Oregon Build
i n g Congress approximately
40,000,000 persons will be re
leased from the armed forces
and war Industries and will
need peacetime employment.
Oregon is planning its share
in the post-war projects, he
said, adding that congress also
is considering funds for post
war highway construction. Ore
gon's share would be about
$15,000,000, a sum tho slate
would match, Baldock said.
Klamath Girjs Head
Associated Women
Students at Ashland
SOUTHERN OREC-ON COL
LEGE OF EDUCATION, Ash
land The Associated Women
Students of the Southern Oregon
Collego of Education elected of
ficers this week, to serve next
year. They are: President, Bar
bara McLean of Klamath Falls;
vice president, Henrietta Hall of
Gerber, Calif.; secretary, Ann
Crandall of Ashland; treasurer,
Vm nr Mfa. lMnvtittl
Falls; sergeant at arms, Florence
Wood of Ashland. Retiring pros-1
ident is Nellie McLain of Ash-1
land.
These officers direct the extra
currlcular activities of the wo
men students; they have charge
of the big sister work, the enter
taining of new girl students at
the beginning of the school year,
and the acquainting them with
the collage during Freshman
Week in September. Barbara
McLean, Henrietta Hall and
Verna Dean Meggs are students
of teacher-training. Ann Cran
dall and Florence Wood are en
rolled in the junior college de
partment. NAMES ARE NEWS
KEARNS, Utah, UP) Half the
trainees answering a question
naire at the army air forces basic
training canter got their names
in the newspaper before the ago
of 21.
Most of them figured in sports
events, but 25 per cent wero in
connection with other stories.
Listed as typical of the latter
group was Elwood Ford of San
Francisco "who said he was
chased through the streets of San
Francisco by a yearling bull."
Edgar Swift
, It lack at the
Quality Barber Shop
2325 S. 6th
SMOKERS WHAT THEY WANT
Lumber Industrial!
News
Gil PLACES
STATION AT
CAMP ABBOT
Great Northern established a
new station last week at Camp
Abbot, approximately 18 miles
south of Bond, where a short
spur has boen built from tha
main line to the engineering re
placement center, Camp Abbot.
The station was transferred
from Lovn Junction, about 1
niilrs awoy, to its new location,
for tho convenience of the army.
At the new slotlon, which will be
called Abbot, are an agent and
operator, A cashlor Is expected
to arrive there shortly.
An operator to handle train or
ders will remain nt Lavn Junc
tion. Fred H. (Colonel) Pouder,
Great Northern dispatcher, re
tired Inst week due to ill health
after 45 yeurs of railroading.
Poudrr has worked most of thai
time for the Wabash and Great
Northern railways.
George W, Nordstrom, Great
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BLITZ-WEINHARD COMPANY
PORTLAND.
Everywhere you see Chesterfield's friendly
white pack you can be sure some smoker is
enjoying a MILDER, COOLER, BetTER-Tasting
smoke. You can't buy a better cigarette.
Chesterfield is making good with men and
women everywhere because its Right Combination
of the world's best cigarette tobaccos gives
smokers more pleasure. TllEY SA TISFY.
May 26, 1048
I North rar accountant from SI.
I'iiul, was in Klnni'itli Kails Tuct-
d,lr- . . .
R. A. Sandstrom, O. N, cashier
from Weber, passed through
Klamath Fulls Tuesday return
lug from a vacation with his
parents in Spokane.
W. M. Sheed, mailer me
chanic's clerk for Great Norlh
rrn, resigned last week and tins
moved to Tacoma.
A HOd'8 LIFE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., (TV
Tha hog, any Attorney General
Guy E, Williams, is a lucky
creature Indeed,
Informing an Ozark mountain
farmer. In answer to a query
that there wot no law prohibit
ing inula hogs from running on
a free slock range, Williams ob
served: "The gentleman hog, as ha,
looks out upon his free rungo W
untouched by rationing cards,
travel restrictions, admlnlstrn.
Hon decrees and slap-happy
country savers.
"He Is not required to nnswr
a long questionnaire, giving tha
details of his profits and pleas
ures. As yet all his roads lead
to hog heaven and not to Wash
ington." There are 10,000 species of
bacilli, micro-organisms, in tha
world.
ORISON
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