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HEM ELIGIBLETO CITIZENSHIPY%pu 1jlt;Ut-nn1,\va:lit)!fov! hr*: Supreme Court Holds Jap Can:[i Not Become Naturalized ; Under U. S. Law.ONLY WHITES AND BLACK RACES CAN BE ADMITTED -jSO:fonPrime th :j Japanese Applicant Also Is I Denied Right to Charter ; Land Company.\kerinternational Xevrs Wire) ■ PpfWashington, 1. C„ Xov. UU- -j Japanese avo nut at tha white.''! raco and under federal laws are not: entitled to citizenship by nuturaU-' zatiou, iho United States supremo! court today decided.The opinion of the supremo court;( sets at vest n vigorously contested, sdispute which arose on the Pacific 'Jor. coast and which has waged Ui.jve: das* for years. |l0Assoc’nto Justice Sutherland ***-’ ^s'ia livcrod the decision of ilte court, it j f-in being his first opinion since lccom-!Ci; i ing a member of the court. [ \i;i.• The supremo court held ihal thei^-.v ! federal Btaiule limiting citizenship 1 sec. i to free white persons and Afri-!. erm«. or those of African descent, j£1'lllt;; i had not beou repealed or modified i(oViby any subsequent legislation suuliJjLY, hat Japanese are not of the Can-) i?r,Mvv; r:liv*)1i that Japanese are not of the Can-i { ; casian race. The court affirmed a!; decision by Washington slate courts |e 1 holding this opinion.0. i Jup £jo ught, (*i (i a(‘nslii p.js j Decision as to the “color of a!ce j Japanese and eligibility to naturali-i al i ration as a citizen of the United \ fip.i a. i States under a federal statute Um-tiu iting naturalization to white per-jsii! sons ami Africans or those of Afti-itul can descent was ashed of the Unit-; tie ; ed Slates supreme court in the ap-Uhlt; i pealed cases of Takao Osawa. ITono-lso. * 1 lulu, and Yamashita, Washington!• j state. These cases have attracted ' sb much attention, especially on the i PI ; Pacific coast, where the Japanese; wi — quest foil is acute. (Lh'ill; Osawa contended he was entitled t tli of! to citizenship because he is white [hr a, [iml hod molded his life according5 ha, - to American ideals and customs.i or-: Hu began his fight for citizenship | jr] an-: before the United Stales court in!ja be-i Hawaii several years ago. but his10! rfH contention was denied by this court cm j and by tlie federal circuit court of!V[ of i appeals in California. jnor! Children Arc Citizens. ; y;Oaawa went to Hawaii when alP -er;i young man and wag educated at IP avfl’ .American schools. He married and \ f0r; his children are being educated as'w ■lev[ Americans and are American eiti-iy.I zens.■ maiming descent from the Ainu 5 J i tribe. Osawa set forth that he was! *-! of the white race. Somewhat sinii-i lar arguments were advanced by;li- iryf Yamashita. who was denied acease to incorporate a real estate: company in Washington, because hoi ■-■'j was not a citizen of I lie Uni led; Tug! Slates or eligible to naturalization. i p cci-. The government contended thaljli she j one of the Japanese of the raee.iY c2l-jborn in Japan, is not a white per-jo -me i son within the meaning of Hie fed- h ght j eral statutes and may not be na.-lri i/ils) uralized. In the ease the govern-[u ling! meat held that he had failed to ftieH: ght! his petition for natm all/.utron with-! ion,! ip the legal limit of time rilid hjs’t . petition must fail for this reason.,o even tho held to he eligible to nm-;?1 lirnH7;i f inn
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Mon, Nov 13, 1922
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