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TL: You shared with me Clarence's scrapbook, and we looked through some of the articles that he had saved about the many political activities that he was involved in. And I'm wondering if you can tell me more about some of the goals that he had in that involvement.

YB: He was not only interested in being a lawyer, but he got involved in politics. And I thought, "Politics?" All I could see was giving out big lines, and sometime telling stories, or lies. And I thought, "Is he gonna' get involved in that?" And of course, there's a lot of good in it, too. But he was trying to work for the good. And he joined the Republicans, and I happened to be a Republican, so it worked out fine. And Father was a Democrat -- mine -- and I didn't see any wrong in either one, but it was a matter of choice at the time. And so he ran as a representative and didn't quite make it. It was hard for him, I know. But, at least he went over to lobby in over at... where is it now where they have their... our neighboring...[Laughs] Olympia. I'm trying to think of Olympia. And when they were doing that, the wife of one of the men, and Clarence and I would go together to watch them, and it was quite interesting. So he was maybe one of the first that tried running, getting involved in politics.

TL: How did other members of the Japanese American community respond? Did they support him?

YB: Yes, because they were in hopes that he would go in there, and work for them. Whether it's the city, or the United States, or whatever that if he could represent them... and naturally the Japanese Council was very pleased. And he was very active in their group, too.

TL: So was this in, maybe the, this is before the war?

YB: Before the war, when we started.

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