Title: "'Little Tokyo' Splits Over Orient Crisis," Seattle Times, 9/1/1937, (ddr-densho-56-474)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-474

'Little Tokyo' Splits Over Orient Crisis

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday, Sept. 1. -- (AP) -- It's the Nisei against the Issei in the internal conflict now developing in Los Angeles' "Little Tokyo," largest Japanese community in the United States, as an outgrowth of the Chinese-Japanese hostilities.

The Nisei, or American-born Japanese, are for remaining out of the Far Eastern picture completely. The Issei, those born in Japan, are for giving every possible aid to the Japanese army and government.

Regardless of this difference between the two generations, "Little Tokyo," after a ten-day campaign, has raised $25,000 and outfitted 18,000 gift bags, containing cigarettes and candy for the Emperor's legions.