Hirabayashi To Face Spokane Draft Charges

Charges of violation of the Selective Service Act, brought in Seattle against Gordon Hirabayashi of Spokane, Seattle Japanese and former University of Washington senior, had been dismissed yesterday by United States District Judge John C. Bowen on a motion by Herbert O'Hare, assistant United States attorney.

O'Hare explained that Hirabayashi had been charged with a more serious violation of the Selective Act by federal authorities in Spokane.

Hirabayashi, who had been working in Spokane with the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization, was married last summer to a Seattle girl, Esther Schmoe. They are living in Spokane.