Contents Series Foreword Roger Daniels xiii Foreword Harry K. Honda xv Introduction: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and the Pacific Citizen xix Chapter One: The Early Years 1 1. Sincerity/El Monte, Kashu Mainichi, June 9, 1933 3 2. Rest in Peace, Kashu Mainichi, November 8, 1933 4 3. New Year s Day 1934, Kashu Mainichi, January 1, 1934 4 4. Klieg Lights, Japanese American Courier, January 1, 1934 5 5. Discriminatory Bugaboos, Kashu Mainichi, May 13, 1934 10 6. World Court, Nichi Bei, February 19, 1935 11 7. As American-Born Japanese View Their Role in the USA, Corpus Christi Times, March 1, 1935 11 8. Inter-racial Marriage, Nichi Bei, June 24, 1935 13 9. The Nisei: Queer People of the Pacific, Rafu Shimpo, December 2, 1935 14 10. Under Martial Law, Nichi Bei, May 8, 1936 16 11. Japanese Farmers Suffer Losses in Cannery Strike, Rafu Shimpo, April 25, 1937 16 12. Chinese Americans, Nichi Bei, September 9, 1937 17 13. The Worst Enemy, Nichi Bei, October 21, 1937 17 14. Major Fighting Is Over, Nichi Bei, January 1, 1938 19 15. Japanese Spies, Nichi Bei, April 6, 1938 20 16. State Primary Election Notes, Nichi Bei, August 28, 1938 22 17. Nisei Writers and Fascism, Nichi Bei, August 18, 1939 23 18. Europe on the Brink, Nichi Bei, August 24, 1939 24 19. Name Unknown, Nichi Bei, October 18, 1939 24 20. Lindy s New Role, Nichi Bei, August 19, 1940 25 21. Race Prejudice, Nichi Bei, August 30, 1940 26 22. A Nisei Writer, 41, Nichi Bei, January 1, 1941 27
Chapter Two: Wartime Columns and Editorials 31 1. TELEGRAM PHASE OVER! U.S. Expects Nisei to Show Their Fealty in Action, JACD Newsletter, December 18, 1941; Nichi Bei, December 31, 1941 33 2. Over 200 Japanese Held as Dangerous Aliens in New York s Ellis Island, Nichi Bei, December 31, 1941 34 3. What We Face as Citizens in the Present Crisis, Speech before United Citizens Federation, February 19, 1942 35 4. Vagaries: U.S. Nisei Lack Own Folk Music, Pacific Citizen, June 4, 1942 36 5. Nisei USA, Pacific Citizen, June 25, 1942 37 6. Filming the Evacuation, Pacific Citizen, October 15, 1942 39 7. Nisei USA, Pacific Citizen, December 17, 1942 41 8. Segregating the Disloyal, Pacific Citizen, February 25, 1943 42 9. The Negro and Evacuation, Pacific Citizen, March 18, 1943 43 10. Mrs. Roosevelt Investigates, Pacific Citizen, April 27, 1943 45 11. Relocation, Topaz Trek, June 1943 46 12. Malice in Wonderland, Pacific Citizen, September 25, 1943 50 13. Mr. District Attorney, Pacific Citizen, November 13, 1943 53 14. The Jap Questionnaire, Pacific Citizen, December 11, 1943 54 15. Racial Problems and Faith in Democracy: A Double Bond between Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians, New Canadian, January 15, 1944 55 16. The Rocky Shimpo, Pacific Citizen, April 4, 1944 57 17. The Bitter Harvest, Pacific Citizen, April 8, 1944 58 18. 33 Months since Evacuation, Pacific Citizen, November 18, 1944 59 19. Death of an American, Pacific Citizen, April 14, 1945 62 Chapter Three: Writings in Mainstream and Multiracial Publications 64 1. Democracy Corrects Its Own Mistakes, Asia and the Americas, April 1943 66 2. Farewell to Little Tokyo, Common Ground, Winter 1944 74 3. Racial Hysteria for Profit, New Leader, May 20, 1944 80 4. Barriers to Acculturation, 17th Yearbook of the California Association of Elementary School Principals, 1945 85
5. Grim Precedent for Attacks on Minority Groups, NOW, Second Half September 1945 89 6. The Evacuation: Last Phase, NOW, First Half October 1945 91 7. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword, NOW, Second Half October 1945 94 8. Plight of Japanese Canadians, NOW, First Half November 1945 97 9. The Lost People of Tule Lake, NOW, Second Half November 1945 100 10. Who Can t Be Assimilated? NOW, First Half December 1945 102 11. Secret War Role of the Nisei, NOW, Second Half December 1945 105 12. There Is No Nisei Problem, NOW, First Half January 1946 108 13. Nazis and the Yellow Peril, NOW, First Half February 1946 110 14. Hawaii: The 49th State, NOW, First Half March 1946 113 15. Ben Kuroki s 59th Mission, NOW, Second Half March 1946 115 16. The Gentleman from Mississippi, NOW, First Half April 1946 118 17. Japanese Evacuees Should Be Compensated, NOW, Second Half May 1946 121 18. The Remaking of a Ghetto, NOW, Second Half June 1946 123 19. The High Cost of Prejudice, NOW, July 1946 126 Chapter Four: Wartime Correspondence 128 1. Two Letters to Alan Cranston, February 25, 1942 129 2. Letter to Alan Cranston, April 14, 1942 131 3. Letter to Alan Cranston, April 25, 1942 132 4. Letter to Carey McWilliams, June 15, 1942 134 5. Letter to Bradford Smith, September 15, 1942 136 6. Letter to Carey McWilliams, January 31, 1943 136 7. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 8, 1943 137 8. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 31, 1943 138 9. Letter to New Canadian, April 10, 1943 139 10. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, May 22, 1943 139 11. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, June 5, 1943 140 12. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, September 20, 1943 140 13. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, November 10, 1943 142 14. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, November 23, 1943 142
15. Letter to Fred Fertig, November 23, 1943 144 16. Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, April 27, 1944 146 17. Letter to Isamu Noguchi, February 6, 1945 147 18. Letter to Carey McWilliams, July 31, 1945 147 Chapter Five: Guyo Tajiri: Out from the Shadows 150 1. New York Vignettes, Nichi Bei, August 16, 1940 152 2. Ann Nisei says: Let s Decorate, Pacific Citizen, June 11, 1942 153 3. Isamu Noguchi, Noted Sculptor, Casts His Lot with the Nisei, Pacific Citizen, July 2, 1942 154 4. Experiences of Evacuation Provide Material for Literature, Pacific Citizen, January 7, 1943 157 5. Mental, Moral Stamina Shown by Nisei in Relocation, Pacific Citizen, December 25, 1943 158 6. Letter to Satoru Ernest Iiyama, December 28, 1944 159 7. Letter to John B. Kitasako, December 28, 1944 159 8. Letter to M. M. Tozier, December 28, 1944 160 9. Ann Nisei Says: Relocated Evacuees Find Wider Horizons in East, Pacific Citizen, January 6, 1945 160 10. Experiences in Internment told in Citizen 13660, Pacific Citizen, October 5, 1946 162 11. Karen Kehoe s City in the Sun, Pacific Citizen, December 7, 1946 164 12. What Price Slum Clearance? Pacific Citizen, July 31, 1948 167 13. They Knew What They Wanted, Pacific Citizen, August 7, 1948 175 14. Tokyo Rose Goes on Trial, Pacific Citizen, July 16, 1949 177 15. The Trial of Tokyo Rose, Pacific Citizen, October 15, 1949 179 16. El Sur de la Frontera, Pacific Citizen, January 2, 1953 183 Chapter Six: Larry Tajiri s Postwar Writings 189 1. The Loaded Revolver, Pacific Citizen, December 7, 1946 190 2. Nisei News Papers, Denver JACL News Bulletin, December 15, 1946 192 3. Marshall and Nisei, Pacific Citizen, January 25, 1947 193 4. A Time for Great Courage, Pacific Citizen, March 12, 1947 194 5. A Film Hits Anti-Nisei Prejudice, Pacific Citizen, December 13, 1947 197 6. Restrictive Covenants, Pacific Citizen, April 26, 1948 199
7. The Decline of the Yellow Peril, New Leader, June 26, 1948 201 8. Governor Poindexter s Martial Law, Pacific Citizen, October 16, 1948 203 9. The Story of Sessue Hayakawa, New Canadian, November 24, 1948 204 10. Punishing a Legend, Pacific Citizen, October 8, 1949 207 11. The Loaded Weapon, Pacific Citizen, February 25, 1950 208 12. The Record Speaks, SCENE, March 1950 210 13. An Afternoon in Seoul, Pacific Citizen, June 30, 1950 214 14. A Sour Note in California, Pacific Citizen, October 21, 1950 217 15. McCarthyism in the Elections, Pacific Citizen, November 4, 1950 219 16. The Chinese Americans, Pacific Citizen January 13, 1951 220 17. Race Hatred Is a Business, Crossroads, January 25, 1951 224 18. Classification by Race, Pacific Citizen April 23, 1951 225 19. Hate Films on Television, Pacific Citizen, July 8, 1951 227 Chapter Seven: The Later Years 230 1. Ministry of Fear, Pacific Citizen, June 19, 1953 232 2. The Bricker Amendment, Pacific Citizen, January 29, 1954 234 3. At Ease, Mile-Hi JACL Bulletin, February 1954 237 4. McCarthy on the Spot, Pacific Citizen, March 18, 1954 237 5. At Ease, Mile-Hi JACL Bulletin, April 1954 240 6. Warren: Growth in Stature, Pacific Citizen, June 13, 1954 240 7. Letter to Miné Okubo, October 18, 1954 243 8. More Logical FDR Had Selective Evacuation in Mind Signing Order, Pacific Citizen, December 11, 1954 243 9. Hope in New South, Pacific Citizen, September 14, 1956 245 10. The Foreign Language Press, Pacific Citizen, April 24, 1957 247 11. Twain Meet in Sayonara Drama, Denver Post, January 1, 1958 249 12. Issue of Hawaiian Statehood, Pacific Citizen, March 14, 1958 251 13. Denver Audience Will Help Garner Create a Program, Denver Post, March 12, 1959 253 14. A Displaced Nisei in Amsterdam, Pacific Citizen, December 8, 1961 254 15. Why Jap Is Offensive, Pacific Citizen, April 25, 1962 256 16. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Nisei, Pacific Citizen, November 14, 1962 258
17. Nisei Americans March for Civil Rights, Pacific Citizen, September 4, 1963 259 18. Are You Being Played for a Sucker? Pacific Citizen, October 2, 1964 261 19. Meshiyas in Manhattan, Pacific Citizen, January 24, 1965 263 Afterword 265 Notes 269 Index 283 Illustrations follow page 188