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MESSAGES TO NISEI-FOR-ROOSEVELT RALLY YASUO KUNIYOSHI I proudly join you this evening and may I extend my warm greetings to all of you assembled at this Nisei-for-Roosevelt Rally. How envious I am of you fellow Japanese Americans who are citizens and therefore are privileged to vote in this vital election. However I have never been a bystander. Although I cannot cast a ballot on Election Day, I can cast my opinion tonight with the same conviction which you will exercise in the voting booth. On November 7th you will be making history -- you will determine on that day the future course of this nation and the world. Your choice is a simple one because there is only one choice: a man who has proven his ability both in peace and in war; a man of vision and a statesman under whose inspired leadership there is hope of achieving a lasting peace. He is destined to be our President for the next four years -- he is Franklin D. Roosevelt. OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT In the Vice President's absence, I am writing to thank you for your letter inviting him to send a message to be read at your Nisei-for-Roosevelt Rally. I am sorry that we can't reach Mr. Wallace now in order to relay your request to him, but he is out making speeches for the president and happens to be traveling so fast from place to place that it is impracticable to forward mail to him. It is good to know that the loyal Japanese in this country are working so actively for the President's reelection. The best of luck to you. Mary Huss Personal Secretary to The Vice President LARRY TAJIRI VERY HAPPY TO ADD MY NAME TO LIST OF ROOSEVELT SPONSORS STOP BELIEVE ROOSEVELT TRUMAN VICTORY ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUE DEMOCRACY SONO OSATO I sincerely regret rehearsals for a new show prevent my being with you tonight. I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am voting for President Roosevelt as our greatest leader in the fight for racial equality and world peace. My brother and yours are fighting fascism abroad. It is our urgent duty to fight it here by reelecting President Roosevelt. J.A.C.D. We like the conviction, the energy, and the initiative you have shown in making possible this Japanese Americans for Roosevelt Rally. The stakes are sky high in this election. On it will hinge much of the course of the world's history for years to come. We make no bones about it. We like your decision to support the man who we, together with other Americans, believe is the best qualified to lead America in her four decisive years as one of the great powers of this world. Real Issues of Election Faked by Dewey Says WEVD Radio Commentator at Rally Republicans have used fake issues to scare up votes for the Dewey-Bricker ticket, according to Jerome Nathanson, main speaker at the rally. He cited as the outstanding example of this strategy if the Republican Party, the "clear it with Sidney" line, used to arouse the prejudices of ignorance and intolerance towards other American of foreign extraction or of a different religion. He said the tacit approval given by Dewey to this "technique of the lie" takes the measure of the candidate Dewey. Nathanson particularly deplored these tactics in the most important election in the history of the nation when a real duel over real issues could produce much constructive thinking regarding domestic and international issues. In bringing out the real issues of the election, he said that the international and domestic problems could not be separated by any clearcut line. International security and prosperity depends to a great degree on what happens in the United States, and vice versa. Of domestic problems, Nathanson mentioned three as being the most important from the point of view of national development: 1. the use that people of America will get from one hundred billion dollars worth of government property accruing from government participation in production of war materiel; 2. the extension of social security measures, adoption of medical insurance, and providing for adequate housing facilities; and 3. the treatment of the racial problem. In all of these the record if the Roosevelt Administration as opposed to that of Dewey and Republican Congressmen shows the former more willing to go further for the sake of the largest number of American people than the latter. Equality Possible Only Under F.D.R. Negroes will vote for the reelection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thelma Dale, executive secretary of the National Negro Congress, affirmed before the Nisei-for-Roosevelt Rally. Miss Dale said that the Negroes realize that only from the Roosevelt Administration do they have a guarantee that they can carry on their fight for racial equality. In conclusion she said that the job of reelecting Roosevelt will not be complete until every last registered voter is taken to the polls on Nov. 7. JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR DEMOCRACY 72 WEST 52ND ST., NEW YORK 19, N.Y. [[stamp]] SEC. 562, P.L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID NEW YORK, N. Y. PERMIT No. 2244 [[/stamp]] POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for ANY REASON notify sender, stating reason, on Form 3547, postage for which is guaranteed.
