Densho Digital Archive - Takashi Hori - Yoshito Mizuta - Elmer Tazuma Interview (denshovh-htakashi

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DG: Okay. Talking about the hotel association, how often did they meet?

TH: They, according to the minutes, they had a annual meeting usually in January elect officers and things, then they had a spring general meeting, and a fall general meeting. Then in between the board, whenever there was some kind of problem, the officers called a board meeting. That's about it, I think.

YM: That was what year?

TH: From the beginning. I know they always had a spring meeting and a fall meeting and an annual meeting. Then in between was all the Board of Directors' meeting.

DG: These were not serious meetings, I understand.

TH: Well, the general meeting wasn't as serious as the board meeting. The board meeting were solely to discuss any problems that came up at that time.

DG: Now, how important was the Hotel Association as far as an organization in the Japanese community?

TH: I think it was one of the largest organizations in the Japanese community.

ET: It involved a lot of money if you add it all up.

TH: Yeah, investments. And then there was more hotels than there were the groceries or dye works or what other ones? There were a number of these business organizations, or trade organizations you might call them, but hotel had the largest membership and the largest amount of money invested in the business.