An editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted the historic event of having a Japanese American named to the Seattle Library Board of trustees and exprssed hope that this would be the beginning of Japanese Americans a in public life.
The efficiency committee of the Seattle City Council took up the nomination of Clarlence Arai, local Japanese American attorney, to the Seattle Library Board after receiving two letters of opposition to his nomination.
Clarence Arai, Seattle attorney, became the first person of Japanese ancestry named to a public office when he was appointed Seattle Public Library trustee.
After receiving some protests over the proposed appointment of Clarence Arai to the post of Seattle Public Library trustee, two people came out in favor of his selection--James Y. Sakamoto, editor of the Japanese American Courier, and Miss Leone…
Ron Chew and his sons, Cian, 9, left, and Kino, 7, huddle as they hear noises from an old window shutter blowing outside one of the Kong Yick buildings yesterday. The building, constructed in 1910, was once a hotel for single men. The Wing Luke Asian…
