Digitized item from the Yasui Brothers business records, Mss 2949. The item, written in a pre-World War II Japanese script, is a letter from Masuo Yasui to Yoshichika Kataoka, dated 9 April 1921. In the letter, Masuo discusses the introduction of a land exclusion bill in the Oregon State Legislature. He describes how the bill passed the House of Representatives by a large majority and the only reason it did not pass the Senate was that senators were instructed to temporarily postpone the bill during the period of negotiations between the US and Japan. Masuo expresses his concern that the legislature will pass an anti-Japanese law in the near future, drawing attention to the fact that such exclusionary laws already exist in the neighboring states of California and Washington. He concludes by saying that he is determined to fight hard and to the end and questions how Americans can call the country a just and humane nation. Additional topics include updates on mutual acquaintances, the difficulties of the orchard business, and fear of growing anti-Japanese sentiment. The letter has been translated into English and modern Japanese.