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              CONGRESS SHOULD COMPENSATE THOSE WRONGED.

     THIS IS THE OPINION EXPRESSED BY JUDGE DENMAN OF THE
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN HIS DISSENTING DECISION
ON THE KOREMATSU CASE ....DECEMBER  2nd.

     He places it in the following words...IT IS CUSTOMARY
FOR THE  SUPREME COURT AND OTHER FEDERAL COURTS TO COMMENT,
WHERE CLAIMS OF OPPRESSION ARISING FROM CONGRESSIONAL LEGI-
SLATION ARE NOT REGUARDED AS MAKING  THE LEGISLATION VALID  
THAT THE CLAIMANT SHOULD LOOK TO CONGRESS FOR THIS REMEDY. 

     THIS MEANS...CONGRESS BY APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION SHOULD
AFFORD SOME COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS OF MILITARY ORDERS.

     HE FURTHER STATES " IT IS WITHIN THAT PRACTICE TO STATE
THAT WHERE ,AS A WAR NECESSITY, SUCH WRONGS ARE DELIBERATELY
COMMITTED UPON IT'S CITIZENS BY A CIVILIZED NATION,ORDINARY 
DECENT  STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE.  

     Lecture and discussion groups are now being arranged by
                             KIYOSHI OKAMOTO
                             CHAIRMAN...FAIR PLAY COMMITTEE
                             22-8-B...Heart Mountain
     If interested, please contact above chairman. Announce-
     ment will be made later.
大審院刑事デンソン氏は去る十二月
二日桑港に於て是松氏の事件に
付て左の如く声明せらる

米國議会は軍部の命令によりて蒙
れる損害を支拂ふ法律を制
定す可く希望を

米國上級裁判所及び聯邦裁判所
は權利を無視し正當なる法律を
設立せ𛀿゙る塲合は議会に対して直に
要求す可きである

此の米國文明國にて市民の自由を束縛
し不合理極まる来る可き東洋
民族を第二のインデヤンの境遇より
[...]法である