JAPANESE TO AID ANTIBOOZE CAUSE

Members of Association Will Try to Prevent Countrymen From Violating Law.

Dismayed at the number of Japanese recently arrested and convicted in the Federal Court for bootlegging and operating whiskey stills, the Japanese Association of North America, with headquarters in Seattle, yesterday addressed a letter to United States Attorney R.C. Saunders, in which it announces it intention of doing what it can to prevent such infractions of the government liquor laws.

The letter says it is the belief of the members of the association this may best be done by the publication in the Japanese colony of the names of the Nipponese arrested and convicted on such charges. The association, according to the letter, also plans to keep a list of these names for future reference.

"It is one of the greatest desires and aims of the association," says the letter, "to keep our people informed of the laws of the country and always strictly abiding by them. We grieve it deeply to find recently so many violators of the prohibition laws among our people and our association has now determined to take decisive steps to prevent them and renew our cooperation with the proper authorities to the full extent among our people here."

"I'm going to give the association the names they want and I expect a lot of help from it," District Attorney Saunders said.