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RP: And eventually you ended up back in Los Angeles?

AT: Uh-huh.

RP: And did Henry pick up his law practice again?

AT: Yeah. He did, right. And it was much better for him after the war. So, there were a lot of people with problems.

RP: Were there, would he have had a number of Japanese American clients?

AT: A lot of what?

RP: A lot of Japanese American legal cases involving --

AT: Yeah, I think so.

RP: -- property and, and...

AT: And I think a lot of people that had said "no-no," they were sent to Japan and they wanted to come back here, he worked with this Wirin, have you heard of Wirin? He's an attorney.

RP: Oh A.L. Wirin?

AT: Yeah, he worked with him.

RP: Oh. He did?

AT: They were able to come back 'cause they didn't, they were forced, some of them were forced to join the Japanese army I think. But I don't know whether they actually served or not. But they were able to come back, so I guess things were okay.

RP: So, he might have been able to get them reinstated as citizens?

AT: Yeah, uh-huh.

RP: 'Cause they had joined the Japanese army or they had voted in a Japanese election?

AT: Yeah.

RP: And some, some people, "no-no" people went to Tule Lake and renounced their citizenship.

AT: Yeah. They did.

RP: So...

AT: Yeah.

RP: So he a was pretty busy guy.

AT: Yeah, he was. So everything turned out okay I guess.

RP: Did he kind of pick up with the JACL again after the war? Was he involved in that?

AT: No, because there were much younger people than those that started it.

RP: Was he also a social activist too supporting other causes and other groups?

AT: Yeah, uh-huh. Well, he was not so much that as political. He was with, I forgot who he was... anyway he was busy as a, as a Republican. I think they had a Japanese group of Republicans and he started that I know.

RP: Did he ever run for office at all?

AT: No, no. I'm glad, I'm glad he didn't. [Laughs]

RP: You would have never seen him.

AT: It was a funny thing that when I first learned to vote I didn't know who to vote for but I picked Republican and it turned out that he was, he had been a Republican from way back too.

RP: You were meant for each other.

AT: Yeah. I think so. Yeah.

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