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...across from the Mission and talked about the wonders of Father Norman's Christmas party. Most of the adults, too, felt dimly aggrieved. Said Thomas Phillips, a merchant seaman: "If this guy Norman stole, he stole from the rich to give to the poor-sort of a Robin Hood, you might say. He loaned me $50 once. We're all for him around here...
...weeks the Hood River (Ore.) Post of the American Legion persisted in its shameful pre-eminence-its members had struck the names of 16 Japanese-American soldiers from a public honor roll, had steadfastly refused to restore them. The Legion's embarrassed national commander had sent a "recommendation" which sounded like an order: put the names back. Some 500 of Hood River County's 11,580 citizens signed a full-page newspaper advertisement headed: "So Sorry Please. Japs Are Not Wanted in Hood River." Hood River's Legion Post replied to the national organization: ". . . inadvisable at this...
...last week, after digesting some strong hints that their charter might be in danger, Hood River's legionnaires finally voted to restore 15 of trie 16 names...
Relieved, National Commander Edward N. Scheiberling whipped out a press release: ". . . source of gratification to the American Legion everywhere . . . sound sense of American fair play. . . ." Said the New York Times, "The Hood River Post is to be congratulated on having the courage to admit its mistake...
...Hood River, still as anti-Japanese as ever, mouthed a rumor-white servicemen would demand the removal of their names if those of the Japanese-Americans went back. At week's end the honor roll was still bare of Nisei names...