ABSTRACT
A public hearing was held on the hibakusha aid bill in Los Angeles on May 4,1974, before the California State Senate Subcommittee on Medical Education and Health Needs. 1 This represented the most important step in the quest of the U.S. hibakusha for recognition by American authorities. It was the first opportunity for the survivors to express publicly their agony and desperation after nearly thirty years of quiet hopelessness.
