·Pacific Citizen National Pub lication of the Jdpanese American Citizens Ledgue Established 1929 (51 .50 Postpaid U.s.) Newsstand: 25e #2777 /Vol 120, No.1 0 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Coral Circle, Suite 204, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (213) 725-0083 May 19-June 1, 1995 Nikkei judges recanfamily internment days O.J. trial judge Hiroshige was also scheduled to appear but was absent due to ill• Lance Ito takes ness. Loyola Law School profes• sor acted as mod• part in discussion erator and read a short statement from Judge Hiroshige. -Five Japa• Tashima was nearly 8 years old nese American judges recalled when he and his family were forced their own family stories concern• to live in a concentration camp in ing the mass incarceration of Poston, . He recalled that 120,000 Americans of Japanese · his family was confined to the ancestry by the U.S. Government camp from May of 1942 to August during World War II, in a panel · of 1945. He remembered young discussion held May 11 at the Japanese American men being Miyako Hotelin Little . The drafted into the Army and going panel was sponsored by the Jew• to war, many ofwhom never came ish Community Relations Com• back. mittee of the Jewish Federation Of the mass incarceration, and the Japanese American Na• Tashima noted that it was a "rac• tional.Museum. ist act done for economic motives." The judges included Wallace He compared that situation to the Tashima and Robert Takasugi, · present-day turmoil over anti-im• who sit on the U.S. District Court, migration sentiment, which he PANEL OF JUDGES-From left, JUQges Lance Ito, sored by the Jewish Community Relations Committee and Hiroshi Fujisaki, Lance Ito believes stems once again from Wallace Tashima, RobertTakasugi, Hiroshi Kashiwagi of the Jewish Federation and the Japanese American and Fumiko Wasserman of the economic motivations. However, and Fumikio Wasserman talked about the internment National Museum in Los Angeles. Judge Ernest Los Angeles Superior Court. L.A. he said ," On~ thing has changed. experience on their families at a May 11 even spon- Hlroshige could not participate because of illness. Superior Court Judge Ernest See JUDGES/page 6

O.J. parody JACL National Board meeting, May 6 .. 7, 1995 . called racist By GWEN MURANAKA Assistant editor Board reaffirms More. cuts neede

From live CNN coverage to "Dancing affitltlattveactlon Itos" on the Tonight Show, Judge Lance Ito says finance expert BY LElqH~ANN MIYASATO . has become one of the most recognizable Actirlg,jACL Washington; 1).C. and parodied figures from the O.J. Simpson represehWIV~ By GWEN MURANAKA mented and verified by double murder trial. But when does humor Assistant editor facts," said Campbell. and parody become a form of racism? 11:'.& nreeting on·'MajI 6-7, 1995, Presenting a comprehen• Campbell, along with O.J. 's Legal Pad, written by Henry Beard, the JAOL Natioll,al Board reaf• sive report with ledger Helen McIntire, a CPA founder of National Lampoon magazine, unned. ilia itrO;o.g suppoJ't ofaffiT• sheets, cash projections and who worked for 9 years m.atiile; aet10ll lli'ld voted to vigor• bank statements, Cynthia for the IRS, came up with QU$ly Opptme, "'any legiBlsti"'Penses accrued in 1994, but paid .'_-'------....;....~~~ and John Boswell and illustrated by Ron tions for JACL action-page 7. Appoint- in 1995 totaling $19,477.34 were not Barrett, is a parody book purporting to Of'94:e~r;~~;~;~~:~ represent the doodles and random thoughts !tigltligi;tS '" __ ._.1 menls, :t:" activities stories-page 4 included on a list ofO.J. Simpson as he takes notes during his court proceedings. Among the cartoons are depictions of Judge Ito as a kamikaze Gay chapter okayed K8JI outlines fund-raising needs pilot and a soldier with a bayonet. One cartoon shows a U.S. bomber dropping an by National Board Jonathan Raji, JACL national seer - • Organizing fundraising efforts in atomic bomb on Ito's head. The caption taI'y-treasurer, did not giv a report on a h distl1.ct similar to the Deoember '94 The National Board approved the char• JACL finances, but representing th fundraiser in PSW. under the cartoon reads, "Ito, Ito, bag of ter of the Asian Pacific Islander Lambda Fritosl Hiroshima, nuke Judge Ito/ Banzai, four members oftha board who had asked • Requir the National Board to rais JACL Chapter~the first JACL chapter for Presid nt Denny Yasuhara's r sig• $50,000 or $2,800 per board memb r for banzai, Nagasaki! Use his head for back• devoted to gays and lesbians. National JACL. yard hockey!" nation, pr sented the national board with The vote was unanimous except for suggestions on how to raise more rev- • All across the boat'd m mbership JACL and other Asian American groups ene abstention from Jeff Itami, gover• nue. dues incr as regardles of cat gor of have protested the book published by nor, Inle};mountain District. Representing Trisha MUl'skawa, Kim ither $1-$4. . Villard Books, a subsidiary of Random At the '94 National Convention in Salt Nakahara and R\lbh Mi zobe, Kaji's lett l' The four bo rd m mb r8 also a ked House, likening the cartoons to racist cari• Lake City, the Nat.ional Council voted to the finance commit.te sugg sted: about th "pens s r 1at.cd to staIfl or• catures of the Japanese during World War against a resolution which would hove • Organizing a national fundraising ganiza.tion including S tV rance, t mpo- II. withdrawn the National Board's oarlif'l' ovent. in Northern wiLh all Denny Yasuhara, JACL national presi- See HIGHLIGHTS/page 4 procoeds going 1.0 National JA L. See KAJI/page 11 See PARODY/page 6 2-Paclfic Citizen, May 19-]une 1,1995

JACL Calendar .

Eastern HOOSIER Chapter Board on 2nd Fridays; '96 Convention Committee on 3rd DISTRICT COUNCIL May-NJAHS 'Go For Broke' photo Tuesdays, info: 408/295-1250. exhibit, Ransburg Gallery, Thu-Sun., July20-23-EDC-MDC• University of Indianapolis. Central California MPDC Trl-District Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Marriott Hotel. Mountain-Plains FRESNO (See below: NEW MEXICO). NEW MEXICO Sat. May 2O--JACL scholarship NEW YORK luncheonllnteractive Leadership Thu-Sun., July20-23-EDC-MDC• Skills workshop; 11 a.m., Ramada Sat. June 1O-Success Through MPDC Tri-District Conference, Inn, RSVP & info: Judi Brown 2091 Leadership conference, Traynes Marriott Hotel, Albuquerque. 222-5000 (w). NOTE-Dr. Frank Hall, Douglas College Center, Workshops: Total quality Nishio (MIS), speaker, "Role of Nisei Rutgers University, info: Lillian ' management for chapters; Finance MIS during wwn." Kimura. NOTE-Leadership and accounting for chapters, Grant• Institute for Women of Asia and writing; Multicultural persons and Mon. May 29-Memorial Day Pacific Islands, sponsor. families in JACL, Interethnic conflict: service, 9 a.m., Roeding Park Latino and African Americans in the memorial. NOTE-Sierra Nisei Sun. June 11-STOP HATE Japanese American community; VFW Post 8499 in charge. Sunday in New Jersey churches, Second Amendment and Asian synagogues, temples and Americans; Is JACL dying?; The Sat.-Sun. June 24-25-Chartered mosques. atomic bomb 50 years later: what bus trip to Disneyland & Japanese have we learned? Booster activities American National Museum; info: Sun. June 11~ACL Scholarship and tours. Info: Randolph Shibata Deborah Ikeda 209/434-1264. luncheon. 505/883-1258. NOTE-Bus leaves 6 p.m. Friday Pacific Citizen for Anaheim. Wed. June 14-Monthly Board Intermountain 2 Coral Circle, Suite 204, Monterey Park, CA 91755 meeting, 6:45-8:30 p.m., JAA Office. Sat. July 29-100th Infantry Bn. Tel: (213) 725-0083, Fax: (213) 725-0064 15 W. 44th, 11th FIr. NOTE• DISTRICT COUNCIL Highway Dedication dinner, 6 p.m., PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030-8579) Is published seml-monlhly except one In Haruko Brown of APICHA, "HIVI Tornino's on Blackstone north of December cy the Japanese American Citizens League. 2 Coral Circle. '204. Monterey AIDS." Fri-Sat, July 8-9 (New Dates}• Shaw, RSVP by July 22, $35, Dr. Pork. CA 91755. Annual subscrij:ltlon rates: JACL members: 512 of the notional dues JointIDC-PNWDCconference, Red Izumi Taniguchi. 738 E. Tenaya provide one year on a one-per·household basis. Non-members: 1 year - 530: 2 years - Way, Fresno 9371 0, 209/439-8769. 5SS. 3 years - 560. payable In advance. AddHlonol postage per year-forelgn: US 522: WASHINGTON, D.C. Lion DowntowneG Boise, Idaho. Arst closs: U.S.. Canado. Mexico: US 530: Airmail Japon/Europe: US $60. (&Jbject to change Sat. 8-noon, separate DC sessions; NOTE-Speakers: Eric Saul, without notice). Sun. May 28-47th annual 1: 30-5 p.m. joint sessions; 7 p.m. Cressey Nakagawa. Co-sponsors• National headquarters: 1765 Sutt8f St .. Son Francisco. CA 94115. (415) 921·!i22S Memorial Day Service, 10 a.m., banquet. Info: Ed Hirahara208/939- Sierra Nisei VFW Post 8499. (Signs already up and standing at junction Editorial. news and opinions e)(pr8U&d by columnists oilier ilion lIIe National PIes/dent Arlington National Cemetery 2224, Seiichi Hayashida 208/466- or Nallonal Director do not nec8$lOrlly reflect JACL polcy. Columbarium Ceremonial Court• 7226. NOTE-Co-hosted by Boise at Herndon and Hwy 99 and in Madera where old Golden State 99 Seconck::Ioss Postage Paid at Monterey Pork. CA. and at additional moiling offices. yard; wreath presentation at Tomb ValleyJACL. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGtS TO: PACIFIC CITlliN. 2 Coral Circle. of the Unknowns, 11 :50 a.m., by K. straightens out southward.] #204. Monterey Pork. CA 917SS. Patrick Okura, past Nat'l JACL president, Clyde Nishimura, local Pacific Norlhwest Sun. Sept. 10-1 Oth annual News/ad deadline Friday before date of Issue JACL president. NOTE-In Honor Shinzen Run and chapter picnic. at DISTRICT COUNCIL Editor/General Manager: Richard Suenaga of William Ito, 100th Inf. medic; Jerry Woodward Park. Info: Deborah Assistant Editor: Gwen Muranaka W. Bowen, Dept. of Veterans Affair, Ikeda 2091434-1264. Editor Emeritus: Hany K. Honda speaker; Turner Kobayashi, chair; Fri-Sat, July 8-9 (New Dates}• JointIDC-PNWDCconference, Red Business Manager/Advertising: Keny Ting optional brunch at 12:30 p.m. , Sat. Nov. 4-Annual CCDC dinner. Circulation Department: Frances Okuno $16.75 pIp, Lamplighter Room, Fort Lion Downtowner, Boise, Idaho. Myer Officers' Club. Pacific Soulhwesl Paclfte Cltlzen Advisor: Bill l1osokawa OLYMPIA SOUTHEAST JACL President: Denny Yasuhara Sun. May 21-Annual auction, 4 GREATER L.A. SINGLES Midwest Regional Director p.m., Olympia Salmon Club; info: Sun. June 11 ~apanese cooking, Fri.-Sun., Sept. 1-3-7th National Temporarily In Charge of National Stoff: Bill Yoshino 3-5 p.m., Benihana in downtown Kelly Wicker 360/491-2328. NOTE-Live auction from 6:30 p.m ., JACL Singles Convention I Come Atlanta, info: Glenn Nomura. Alive in '95, Westin South Coast f'actnc Citit.erl Boartl ofDiredors NOTE-2 p.m. board meeting $10 ticket includes Japanese food, - Chall'Worhan: Cbtn'y K1noshlta items include UW vs. Oregon Plaza, Costa Mesa. Registration precedes. deadline Aug . 26, clo Irene Kubo, .htrldalkeda

• I am unable to contribute at this time, but would like to pledge: L-oOK MOMi :[1'/'11 $ in 19 ~ONNA- B& Your Name ______f't \}6TcRINARIANl Address ______City, State, Zip ______Telephone ______JACL DistricVChapter ______Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to: JACL Legacy Fund P.O. Box 7144, San Francisco, CA 94120-7144 Phone: (415) 921-5225 Pacific Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995-3 . . Plan for Albuquerque tri-district conference r------p;iifi;CH~;;--' "A World of Diversity" is the inter-ethnic conflict and Japanese or double; make reservations un• theme for the EDC-MPDC-MDC Americans and the Second der "JACL conference." SAVE tri-district meeting in Albuquer• Amendment. Registration cost: Before June (Support & A8818t Volunteer Effort) que, New Mexico July 20-23. Luncheon keynote speaker is 28-$100 member; $125, non• Hosted by the New Mexico Glenda Joe, 1994 awardee of the member. After June 28-$125, Here's my contribution to support the PC until member• Chapter, the tri-district is sched• JACL Edison Uno award. member; $150, non-member. In• uled to offer extensive workshops Booster activities include: a cludes conference materials, Fri• ship subscription rates are raised adequately, and to help on chapter management on is• tours of Santa Fe and Albuquer• day luncheon and Saturday night bring PC back to a weekly publication! sues such as total quality man• que, a tri-districtgolftournament, banquet. agement, grant writing and fi• and a tram ride to Sandia Peak. Send checks to: JACL Tri-Dis• Please mail tax deductible donations to: nancial management. The meeting is scheduled to be trict Conference, c/o Moss and PACIFIC CITIZENIPC SAVE Other workshops include: at the Marriott Hotel, 2101 Loui• Jean Kishiyama, 7624 Osuna Rd. multicultural persons and fami• siana NE, Albuquerque; 505/881- NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109. In• 2 Coral Circle, #204 lies in JACL, the future of JACL, 6804. Cost: $79, per night, single formation: 505/883-1258. Monterey Park, CA 91755-7404

0$50 0$100 0$250 0 More IPC-SAVEI is name of CALENDAR NAME ______(Continued from page 2) ADDRESS ______fund-raising campaign Mabel. CITY/STATEIZIP______PC-SAVE (Support and Assist tourist trade of Japanese nation• Sat. June 10-MIS Highway dedication luncheon, Simi Valley ,-PHONE ( ) CHAPT.IDIST. _ I Volunteer Effort) is the new moni• als who want to sightsee nature's Raddison Hotel; info: George ker for the fund-raising campaign attractions such as the Grand Can• Kanegai 310/820-5250. for the Pacific Citizen. This is not yon and Yellowstone National ~------.,. an endowment fund, but a fund to Park. Born and raised in Seattle, support the semimonthly publi• Yas' wartime experience in the Community calendar cation this year and eventually Minidoka camp began as a three• GIFT FOR fund a return to a weekly publica• year-old and ended when he Jeft East Coast tion. at the age of eight. Yas earne.!J a PC DONORS The winning entry was submit• B.S. and M.S. in aeronatical engi• ted by PC Editorial Board mem• neering from the University of Thanks to the ber from IDC, Yas Tokita, who Washington and was employed Through July l6-"The View from generoSity of PC has been a long-time JACLer ac• with Boeing for more than 10 Within: Japanese American Art from tive in the Mt. Olympus Chapter. years. He then earned an MBA the Internment Camps, 1942-1945," cartoonist, Pete Yas says he wants time to think and worked for Hercules, a chemi• Queen's Museum of Arts. Hironaka of Dayton about where he wants his prize cal company, in financial man• JACL, the first 100 who subscription to the Pacific Ci tizen agementand technical sales. Mar• Midwest to go. ried to Elaine, nee Minato, they INDIANAPOLIS contribute $100 or more Satisfying two of his life-long have four children. Yas strongly to support the Pacific goals-to own his own business, believes JACL membership re• May-NJAHS 'Go For Broke' photo and to speak the Japanese lan• cruitment begins right at home• exhibit, Ransburg Gallery, ' Citizen will receive a guage-Yas now operates the his son and daughter are not only University of Indianapolis. signed full-color Mountain West Travel agency in chapter members, but his son cur• lithographed poster. Salt Lake City, catering to the rently serves on the chapter board. Rock, .0uDta1DS "Issei". It measures UTAH 21 x 28 inches. Funds sought for memorial to Fri.-Mon. May 26-29-Topaz Pilgrimage. info: Jiro Yamamoto, Colorado governor, internees San Francisco 415/863-8141 . WYOMING As part of a renovation of the designed by Phillip Flores & As• east grounds oftheColorado State sociates as part of the legislature's Fri.-Sun. May 19-21-Northwest Capital building, the Colorado Bar State Capitol Development Plan. College Symposium: "After 50 Association has undertaken a Th~ cost of the wall will be ap• Years - The Heart Mountain project to erect a memorial com• proximately $11,000. Experience," info: Steve Thulin, P.O. memorating Gov. Ralph L. Carr. Tax deductible donations may Box 781 . Powell, WY 82435, 307/ Funds have been raised from the be sent to: Mile-Hi JACL Gov . 754-6038 or 754-6111 . legal comm unity to erect a circulat Carr Memorial Fund, c/o NOrwest monument with two plaques, one Bank, attention: Lori Nakata• commemorating Carr and the Dighero, P.O. Box 5247, Denver, other memoriaJizaing Japanese CO, 80217-8674. American internees ofthe Amache internment camp and the valor of Any surplus will be used to reno• the 442nd Regimental Combat vate other Carr memorials, in• Team. cluding the bust ofthe late gover• Funds are needed from the gen• nor at Sakura Square. All dona• eral public to erect a low wall to tions must be received by May 30, finish the memorial, which was 1995.

Questionnaire response sought

by JACL Education Committee LEO K. GOTO The JACL Education Com• questionnaire to: Teresa mittee requests chapter re• Maebori, 2807 Midvale Ave ., Denver leader sponse to its April 19, 1995, Philadelphia, PA., 19129. questionnaire regarding the The committee also an• named to redress use of the organization's Cur- . nounced that its special offer riculum and Resource Guide. of video purchases which is education board The committee is exploring included in the guide is valid ways to support and assist until June 30,1995. Available Leo K Goto, a Denver, Colo., NEW CARS NEW CARS USED chapters in use of the guide in are Days ofWaiting, A Family businessman and civic leader, ha 85% Financing 100% Financing CARS schools, at conferences, for Gathering and A Personal been nominated by President school boards, libraries, and Matter. Clinton to the Civil Liberties Pub• 7.9% apr 60 mas 8.9% apr 60 mas 8.25%.. op! workshops. lic Education Fund Board of Di• 7.5% apr 48 mas 8.5% apr 48 mas 3 ar 4 VIS Chapters are reminded to Chapters are encouraged to rectors. 6.9% opr 36 mas 7.9% apr 36 mas 90% fill out and return the ques• buy these award-winning vi, Goto is a trustee of the Univer• Of IlUllOOI tionnaire by May 13. Send the deos at discounted rates. sity of Denver, a director of the UP TO $50,000 UP TO $50,000 Colorado Tourism Board, owner ofthe Wellshire Inn, and dir ctor Signature loons 12.9% apr Shore Sec. 6.5% apr Other Sec. 12.5% opr

of the Colorado Restaurant Asso• • OAC . DOES NOT INCLUDe Til ES. LICE NSE. EXTENDED WARRANTIES PSW to discuss affirm"ative action ciation. The nominee is also actively Join the Notionol JACL Credit Union . Coli us or fill out the at May 21 district meeting involved with the Colorado Stato informotion below. We will send membership information. Advisory Committe to t.he U.S. PSW is scheduled to present a ant, to speak on business and con• CommissiononCivilRights,.JA L workshop at its district meeting tracting. Nome------______and the District Attorn y's Citi• Sunday, May 21 at the San • Ron Osajima, moderator, zon Advisory Commission. Fernando Valley Japanese Com• founder of Asian Americans for He earned his und rgradunte Addrass/ Clly /Srora/ Zlp ------munity Center, 12953 Branford Affirmative Action. and MBA dogrees from the Uni• St., Pacoima, Calif. The panel is scheduled to start versity of Donver. Scheduled panelists include: at noon. Registration for the dis• The board willsponsorresoaTch • Jeff Chang, currently teach• trict meeting: 8:30 a.m. District and public oducation activiti s 80 National nUL ing a course on affirmative action meeting: 9 a.m. that the events lind circumstances o CREDIT UNION at UCLA. surrounding the intcrnm nt of • Ronald W. Wong, a public Information: PSW district of• Japanese Am ricans will be re• PO BOX 1721 / SlC, UTAH 84110 / 80135 5· 8040 / 800544-88 28 affairs, public relations consult- fice, 213/626-4471. membered. 4-Paclfic Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995

Commercial & Industrial EDSATO Air Conditioning and Refrigeration JACL National Board meeting, May 6 .. 7, 1995 Plumbing & Heating Contractor Remodel and RepaIrs. Water Heaters Glen T. Umemoto Fumaces, Garbage DIsposals Lie. No, 441272 C38-20 New staff appointments announced by Yoshino Serving Los.Angeles, Gardena SAM REIBOW CO., 1506 W. Vernon (213) 321-6610, 293-7000, 733~557 Los Angeles - 295-5204 - Since 1939

Bill Yoshino, Midwest regional bership renewals. been coded and encrypted so we / - director temporarily in charge of Yamashiro said that first mem• don't know how to generate some staff, presenting the staff report bership renewal notices were sent reports," said Yamashiro. to the National Board May 6 said out through May and that 1000 The membership director said TEMPORARY POSITION that the top priority has been to Club renewals were done through that Peter Harris, Sequoia Chap• ensure day-to-day operations. June. New members through Feb• ter and John Y:amada, Eden Town• Japanese American Yoshino, who has been given ruary should have already re• ship Chapter, both worked on the authority to hire temporary staff, ceived theirmembershipinforma• computer to try and generate re• Citizens League announced the following hirings: tion. ports. .• Leigh-Ann Miyasato-en• Yamashiro said she hoped to For members worried about Business Manager-Business, accounting and/or fi• gaged on a contract-basis Feb. 15 have chapter reports and rosters getting their Pacific Citizen or nance degree with business and finance experience to work as interim Washington done soon, but that there have their health insurance, Yamashiro representative. Miyasato was a been some difficulties with the assured them that PC has a two required. Responsible for the business and finance partner at the firm Erickson, membership computer and the month grace period and that Blue operations of the organization. Compensation nego• Beasley and Hewitt in San Fran• membership program created by Shield will not cancel the health tiable. Position is located in San Francisco. cisco. She also served as a law Rick Momir. insurance unless membership clerk for then California Supreme "Unfortunately, the system has dues are very late. Court Chief Justice Rose Bird. If interested, please submit resume to: • Emily Ishida-retired on Dec. Volunteers recognized for assistance 31, 1994, she returned to head• William Yoshino quarters Feb. 21 on a part-time While much has been said about Yamada, Eden Township; Aki basis. what's wrong with JACL, the vol• Yamamoto, Sequoia Chapter; and Japanese American Citizens League • Amy Yamashiro-hired unteers who have come to the Milo Yoshino, Diablo Valley. 1765 Sutter St. March 13 as the membership di• organization's assistance repre• Speaking to Pacific Citizen, rector. Yamashiro is a 1991 gradu• sent what is right with JACL. Karyl Matsumoto, JACL office San Francisco, CA, 94115 ate of Wellesley College. She Denny Yasuhara, JACL national administrator, said that more vol• served two years in the private president, recognized the volun• unteers are always welcome. . sector in marketing. teers May 6 at the National Board "We welcome any type of skills. .' • Emily Nishi-hired March meeting in San Francisco. Volunteers of any type of back• 14 as the administrative assis• The volunteers have helped ground are encoura'ged to come tant. A '94 graduate of Skidmore national staff in areas such as in, even if it's a couple hours a Japanese Phototypesetting College, she lived in Cleveland data entry, filing, phones, account• week. Regardless of skills there's and Philadelphia prior to moving ing arid technical support on the always something to do," said to San Francisco. TOYO computers. Volunteers include: Matsumoto. world flavor of white Yoshino introduced Yamashiro Peter Harris, Sequoia; Virginia PRINTING CO. peaches and ·nectarines. who gave an update on the mem- Tanakatsubo, San Mateo; John Information: 415/921-5225. ucculem, freestone variel· ies found in vel)' few markets. A farm 309 So. San Pedro St. fresh , lree -ripened laste of summer you lected. In the past, a national com• "We are meeting with the stu• Los Angeles 90013 will love! These sweet and juicy award HIGHLIGHTS mittee with representatives from dents May 20. We are ·going to (213) 626-8153 winning fruit~ are picked and shipped (Continued from page 1) each district served on the com• expand our support groups and 10 you air express on the same day support of same-sex marriages. mittee. keep the pressue on Northwest• A free gift will be included wilh your ern administration," said Yasu• hipmem May Yamamoto, who was ac• T1!,' 'Uf"l~ TtuJllil.,"u/ f\'·· o mu"~ ,\m 1)~ j :al lO f'/ pfL",,,;nts companied by her partner Diane San Jose prepares take. Supplies are limited, call soon. Okabayashi, said, "We've worked wrhey have promised to set aside Sounds of hipped end of June through mid July really heard to try and get this for 196 convention money for Asian American stud• in prolective box. chapter started. It's about 50-50 ies for a course this fall," said Japan Tom Shigemasa, San Jose Yasutake. Peaches: 12 count., Extra Fancy, IIpprox. male and females. We are cur• 5',,· lbs. ' J9 95 + ' 5.00 &11 rently getting together informa• Chapter, reporting to the National The chapter recently donated Board May 6, said that plans are $100 to the Northwestern Uni• Nectarines: 10 count, Extra FanC'\,. tion for chapters to hold work• ~4 . 95 well underway for the '96 conven• versity Asian American Advisory approx. 6 " Ibs. + ' 5 .00 &11 shops." Mixed Case: 10 ea. Nectarines & Peaches. Yamamoto said that it was be• tion in San Jose. Scheduled to be Board. at the Fairmont Hotel Aug. 6-11, A coalition including Yasutake, Extra Fan

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cessful Asian Pacific Americans, a substitute for appropriate inter• ACTION a "glass ceiling" prevents their nal controls." (Continued from page 1) advancement to higher manage• To solve budget deficits, norities and to limit the numbers ment; stereotypes persist that Campbell suggested: of white employees. Quotas are Asian Pacific Americans are well • Brainstorm new ways of do• illegal and should not be confused suited for technical positions but ing business. with goals and timetables, which not for management jobs; and sta• • Streamline programs and ser• are targets set for the employ• tistics show that Asian Pacific vices. Assess the costs and ben• ment of minorities and women, Americans earn significantly less efits of each program. along with time frames for achiev• than similarly situated white en• • Explore new ways to gener• ing the targets. There are no legal gineers, managers, Ph.D.'s, and ate revenue. penalties as long as employers college graduates. Specifically: • Monitor budgets monthly. Ad• make good-faith efforts to meet • Asian Pacific Americans com• just expenses immediately if pro• the goals. prise only 112 % of upper manage• jected revenue lags. Moreover, affirmative action ment in the Fortune 1000 compa• • Respond to changes immedi• does not mean giving preferences nies. ately. Streamline and empower to unqualified minority applicants . • 10% of practicing physicians the chain of command. over qualified white applicants. are Asian Pacific Americans, and She enumerated a number of Affirmative action programs ap• Asian Pacific American doctors roadblocks to turning around defi• ply only to qualified persons. and nurses comprise 25% of the citsincluding, thefollowmgideas: health providers in public hospi• • Business can/will eontinue as tals in major metropolitan areas. usual. History and Background Yet they are not well represented • Programs can/will continue Affirmative action has its roots in management of these hospi• without changes. There will be in the civil rights movement. Af• tals. the same level ofservice, the same ter the Supreme Court declared • No Asian Pacific American level of operations. Our lime Deposit Portfolio Account When JOU combine two or more segregated scbools to be unconsti• has ever served in a U.S. • Budget cuts ~one can/will Sumitomo Bank Time Deposit Accounts or Time Deposit Accumulator aCCOunts, tutional in Brown v. Board of president's cabinet or on the Su• solve the problem. you'll earn two kinds of interest for each account. These accounts earn compecitive Education (1954), the federal preme Court. There are only a • We can continue doing things market interest r.lles and additional ince.ntive interest when you r combined balance courts recognized that the gov• handful of Asian, Pacific Ameri• the same way, even though the is over $25,000. The higher your balance. the more interest you earn. ernmenthadan"affirmativedu~ old way caused the deficit. What about flexible moner. management? You've gOt it at Sumitomo Bank cans amongfederaljudges, among with different maturity dates anQ terms, plus lime Deposit Accumulator's one-ome to desegregate the public schools partners in major law firms, or in • Budgets don't include the cost and eliminate the last vestiges of withdrawal and unlimited deposit options. You'll also get a checking account with top leadership roles in major la• of staff/overhead. no monthly charges. discrimination against blacks. bor unions. Campbell said that information Title VII ofthe Civil Rights Act of Visit your Sumitomo branch office or call us ar 1-800-3SS-US09 for more Some Asian Pacific Americans such as staff salaries and related informarion. It's in your own best interest. 1964 was then enacted to ban dis• may be concerned that affirma• expenses should not be withheld crimination in emploYment, and tive action will limit their own from the board. in 1965 President Lyndon B. opportunities in education and "You as board members are §~~!!2f!r'° ~e~~ Johnson issued Executive Order employD;lent. There have been elected to represent members. You • 11246, requiring federal contrac• instances in which universities, have a fiduciary responsibility to • Sub""nlill ~lI2Ina 'P.PiY for arly ~'md"""] of wn< c!o.il "",""IS.• Inctn"'"C InlrrtSl121CS mel """bincd tors to undertake "affirmative bakna: lien ",bjm 10 ili.tngr . • Ellglblc XCXIUnlS: TIm< D, MOUIII 02-364 cbn) mel TIIII< ~I concerned that Asian Pacific the members. Getting salary and Ac:cumublor ..:coonl (12 • monml. ' Mcnimum d~1 of $500 r"lulm! for cuh ",aunt ' Mmmum bahntt P.C' action" to increase the number of Americans are 'over represented' benefit information is important. 11111<." "'CllIInl.lncluding inrc .... , m"" bt Ia. clun 5100.000". • Individwl chtdin~ mounl I'm of mondiJr minorities they employed. In 1969, in their student bodies, have come To have comprehensive informa• m.Unlm.1ncc r... ~"h combinid b.Untt of5).000 in qualified acmun ... after Labor Department hearings close to imposing quotas to limit tion, you must have full disclo• revealed widespread racial dis• the numbers of Asian Pacific sure," said Campbell. crimination in the construction Americans they admit. These She presented to the board a industry, the Nixon Administra• quotas are wrong and illegal, but series projections of cash flow for National Japanese American Historical Society and tion adopted the concept of"goals they are no reason to eliminate 1995 based on the assumption that KPIX 5 Television present: and timetables" to measure the affirmative action programs. The membership revenue would be progress made by federal construc• universities' admission policies 76% of budget and 85% of budget. tion contractors in increasing the can and should be changed with• According to Campbell, ifmem• NJAHS numbers of minorities on their out disturbing their obligations to bership revenue were 85% of bud• payrolls. In 1970, PresidentNixon provide' education opportunities geted and a national director were extended the use ofgoals and time• to members of minority groups hired in June there would be a tables to all federal contractors, and to maintain a diverse study projected deficit of $115,069. If a and in 1974, such programs were body. national director were not hired [I also expanded to benefit women. in '95 and membership revenue In 1985, a majority of Presi• was 85% of budgeted then there uC'Q1tive dent Ronald Reagan's Cabinet Conclusion Prod_r :and would be a deficit of $55,359. Wnlcr.Wcndy successfully fought efforts by Affirmative action is an emo• Throughout the presentation. .Hanamun. Edwin Meese and Clarence Tho• tional and highly politicized is• Campbell told the board that it Producer :and mas to undermine affirmative sue. It is sometimes difficult to must demand total disclosure and Director, focus on the fundamental reason Joan SaITo; action in federal con tracting. They must not rely solely on anyone Editor, were joined by strong bipartisan why we must not abandon our person's view, including her own. T, :A Q"I03--(:l:l:l (-(1Ii) .SI-500. financial transactions and is not 6.---Pacmc Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995

professions and their goals and JUDGES educations." His voice broke as he Nikkei to block O.J.book in Torrance, Calif. (Continued from page 1) related a happier story of his grandmother becoming a natural• George Nakano, Torrance make money selling these The five of us are sitting here" (as ized citizen and his attending the mayor pro tem and city council• books. They will realize that judges). Tashimafeelsthatifthere ceremony. (Japanese immigrants man, has asked that the parody they could also lose a lot of had been Japanese American could not be naturalized until af• book O.J. 's Legal Pad be with• money when they publish this judges in 1942 there would have ter 1952). drawn and at press time was sort of material." been no mass removal and no in• Ito has visited the Dachau site going to present a resolution According to the 1990 Cen• carceration. two times, once with his parents May 16 before the Torrance City sus, the city of Torrance is 22% Ito, who is presiding over the during a trip to Germany when he Council to hold all purchases Asian American. Itis the fourth O.J . Simpson murder trial and was 13 and again last year with from Random House. largest city in Los Angeles was the focus of television cam• his wife. . . . In a letter to Random House, County with 31 schools includ• eras and news photographers all Takasugi was 11 when he was Nakano said, "For your infor• ing four high schools and a li• evening, joked that "there aren't taken to Tule Lake with his fam• mation, I have requested the brary system. According to too many things that could get me . ily. Galling himself a prisoner of Torrance City Council to put on Nakano, there are currently out on a school night." But, more war, he noted that people often hold all purchases from Ran• approximately 13,000 Japanese seriously, he noted that this is a ask him ifthis could happen again dom House and its subsidiaries. and Japanese Americans liv• subject close to his heart. Although and he asks them, "Why did it Moreover, I have contacted may• GEORGE NAKANO ing in Torrance. he was born after the war, he was happen in the first place?" He ors and city councilmembers Resolution against book "This is soblatant, it's ridicu• l nam.ed after a San Francisco law• added that "might isn't always from other cities, as well as rance Chapter, JACL, said he lous. I couldn't believe When I yer (Lance) who had tried to sue right" and what happened to him schoolboard members, to do like• wants to put economic pressure saw it, it's just vicious. As an the federal government to recover and his family left an indelible wise." on the publishing house. Asian American member ofthe property his family had lost. His mark on his life. Speaking to Pacific Citizen, "We need to take an economic city council, I have

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Coordination of membership dues re• printer with large capacity memory. This tions on financial and management poli• sive written financial management and ac• newals. will eliminate backlogs in data entry by cies. Here are those recommendations: cOlUlting policies and procedures. Appoint D. Supervision ofNational staffand over• speeding up printing of membership re• a National Audit Committee to provide on• sight of vol unteers. newals and allowing data to be entered In response to your request at the May 6, going oversight and liaison with JACL's E. Al1 necessary operational and admin• simultaneously as the renewal notices are 1995, JACL National Board meeting, we outside audit firm. istrative functions for programs and ser• printed. recommend the following to restore JACL vices are handled and that financial, ac• For completion by year end: to sound fiscal and operational health. Personnel administration counting, payroll, lobbying, and other re• 1. Explore conversion of JACL's DBASE For immediate action: ports are filed on a timely basis. III+ membership database to Approach (or Finance and accounting 1. Adopt a National Board resolution F. Removal and storage of files which are some other database that interfaces with For immediate action: deferring hiring of a national director lUltil more than five years old. spreadsheets and accounting software). 1. Install a computerized accounting sys• the beginning of 1996. In the meantime, For completion by year end: tem to facilitate accurate accessible finan• complete all necessary organizational work 1. Review and update JACL's personnel General administration cial reports and information (we recom• to insure recruitment, selection, and reten• manual, policies and procedures. Establish For immediate action: mend either MAS 90 or Yardi). tion of the best candidate for the position. in writing that ALL employment contracts 1. Obtain bids and award a contract for 2. Direct National staff to provide the A. Develop a comprehensive job descrip• require prior written approval of the Na• painting ·JAGL's National headquarters National Board with monthly financial re• tion for the national director emphasizing tional Board. Define what documents will• office before the rainy season this fall. ports (on an accrual basis). This will enable excellent administrative skills as the single and will not-be retained in personnel files. For completion by year end: the National Board to monitor membership most important criteria for this key posi• 2. Prepare detailed written job descrip• 1. Review and updateJACL's operations renewals and investment income and if tion. tions for all National and regional staff policies and procedures. necessary, make immediate adjustments B. Develop a process for recruiting highly members. Require all JACL employees to 2. Develop and implement a records man• in expenditures to avoid mounting deficits. qualified candidates' from a broader base sign their job descriptions in acknowledg• . agement plan to insure proper storage and 3. Refine 1995 cash flow and expense than just JACL members or existing staff mentofthe responsibilities and duties they maintenance of records. projections and adopt a final version to (for example, run ads in American Society are expected to perform. 3. Develop and implement policies cover• provide necessary budget guidelines for all of Association Executives publications). 3. Develop and implement a written pro• ing retention of corporate records (Board aspects of National and regional opera• Incorporate projected costs of recruitment cedure to insure thatALLJACL employees meeting minutes and financial reports). tions. Notify National and regional staffin into 1995 cash flow projections (recruit• receive annual perfonnance evaluations. Assign access and responsibilities for main• writing that budgets are NOT to be ex- · ment costs might include. transportation to 4. Develop and implement written poli• taining and updating corporate records. ceeded without prior written authorization preliminary and secondary interviews and cies and procedures to insure compliance ofa majority of the National Board. relocation costs for the candidate to whom with all applicable state and federal laws Our most important recommendation is 4. Convene a National Investment Com• the position is offered). (injury and illness prevention and safety that each National Board member verify mittee meeting to develop investment guide• C. Develop a written annual performance plans; pension administration; equal op• ALL facts for himselfor herselfrather than lines and strategies for maximizing invest• evaluation process by which the National portunity employment; harassment poli• relying on "feelings." Instead of taking a ment income. 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Insuring the production and dissemi• For immediate action: will be helpful. If we can be of further ABk the committee to produce written rec- nation of monthly financial reports to the 1. Upgrade the membership computer to assistance, please don't hesitate to call.

situation had become too much for mother did solhething very JACL opposes cuts in JUDGES his father, "that he had given up. brave."-she started a Japanese (Continued from page 6) The greater deprivation [of the language school. She was also a camps] was of the spirit." "blockbuster," someone of color benefits for legal immigrants lived his first days in camp-get• Judge Wasserman spoke of her who would move into all-white The Japanese American Citi• in the Asian Pacific American ting straw for the mattresses for parents' "reluctance to talk about neighborhoods. zens League announced its oppo• community who came here legally, his family offive, and going to the the camps" except in passing. Her When Wasserman told her par• sitionto the welfare reform pro• paid taxes, and contributed to so• communal bathroom his first night tather, a Kibei who bad been a ents she was converting to Juda• posals that would deny legal im• ciety. We cannot stand by and and then being unable to locate voice major and even an operatic ism to marry her husband, Ron, migrants access to SSI, Medicaid, allow legal immigrants to suffer his family's compartment, since performer, found he could no her parents were concerned but food stamps, and AFDC. The this discriminatory and unfair all the barracks looked identical. longer pursue his artistic career understood that if the children JACL also opposes proposals to treatment." Fujisaki noted that the effects after the war. Born after camp, were to be Jews, she had to con• require federal, state and local Leigh-Ann Miyasato, JACL's were more devastating on his par• Wasserman said that when she vert. Her parents had seen Japa• governments to deem the income acting Washington, D.C., repre• ents and their generation. One was a little girl her neighborhood nese American families split over of the immigrant's sponsor to be sentative, said, "The safety-net uncle was transferred from friends were warned not to play such things and didn't wanl, that available to the immigrant for all programs targeted by H.R. 4 are Manzanar to Tule Lake and wound with "the dirty Jap." t.o happening their daughter's fam• means-tested programs until he already do ed to illegal immi• up being sent to Japan. Fujisaki's The overt prejudice turned her ily. or she becomes a citizens. At the grants. To cut offbenefits for legal own father was considering that mother to become even Japanese, National Board meeting May 6, immigrants who have followed the alternative, and that was when and though many of her hopes the JACL voted to oppose H.R. 4, rules is a disgrace. It is alarming young Hiroshi realized that the and dreams "were dashed, my Questions? the Personal Responsibility Act to see our legislators pandering to passed by the House of Rep resen• the growing anti-immigrant fer• tatives on March 24, and any other vor in this country." Call PC at welfare r form legislation that pu• nitiv iy eliminates benefits to MORE THREATS-Acting JACL JACL (800) . needy groups or individuals. Washington, D.C., representative Denny Yasuhara, JACL na• Leigh-Ann Miyasato writes about Washington, D.C., Representative tional president, said, "Th se pro• the growing anti-immigration legis• 966-6157 posal will hurt elders and others lation in her column-page 9. Salary Range: $33,990-$57,680 Filing Deadline: Extended

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JACL is seeking a highly motivated, dedi• -broad sensitivities to deal with the variety • Work experience In advocacy or lobbying. cated and Innovative individual, with demon• of views of a diverse organization • Managerial and supeNlslon experience. strated administrative experience and leader• -strong people skills to represent those • Knowledge of JACL Its organization programs, ac• ship skills to carry out the mission of this perspectives on the local level-and be able to tivities and ability to relate to current soclal·prob• national non.proflt civil rights organization. translate and package them on the national lems In society and communicate with all elements • Must implement organization's programs. level along the political continuum. • Serve as a spokesperson for JACL. -skills to maintain and expand JACL's vis• • Special requirement: Willingness to register as a • Interact with community and private sec• ibility as a force in American politics. lobbyist for the JACL. tor leaders on a variety of tasks and projects. • Be responsible for direct supervision of Salary negotiable. Send cover letter and APPLICATION PROCESS: Submit cover letter and staff, aocounting, budgeting, personnel, staff resume to Jim Miyazaki, JACL VP, Opera• resume to: supervision, gift solicitation and grant research tions, 2034 Pleasant St., Wauwatosa. WI., JACL Midwest Office and writing. 53213. 5415 N. Clark St. Individual Should possess Chicago, IL, 60640 EXTENDED DEADLINE 8-Pacific Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995 Opinions PC won't reprint opini-ons, letters sent to other media BILL HOSOKAWA Pacific Citizen frequently . receives letters and opinion articles which are sent to many or all of th e vernacu• A good man at the right time lars. Such duplicati on need• f you are weary and heartsick as I am gerial skills and the popular support that into the night at their kitchen table. Some lessly reduces the amount of about the bitter turmoil within JACL, JACL's program still command despite its ofthe records were squirreled away in cigar space available. PC repeats I you must have been cheered by the well-publicized problems. What Yoshino is boxes. But times were changing, JACL was its established policy of pub- news in the March 3-16 issue of this news• doing is an encouraging step toward taking growing and the system had to catch up. . lishing only those letters sent paper. Rather than suffering paralysis as a the organization out of the hands of a top• Satow's successor, Dave Ushio brought to this newspaper. result of the mass departure of top head• heavy bureaucracy and returning it to the JACL operations into the modern age. quarters staff following the organization's membership. Gradually, control of JACL shifted from decision to cut costs, JACL is off and run• JACL started as an organization run by the membership to the professional staff. It ning under an acting national director. volunteers. There was no need for a paid was easy to let "headquarters" run the Regional employees have taken on addi• staff in the early years. But in 1941, as it organization, and that inattention led to tional duties. Volunteers have come for• became evident an impending war between the present crisis. Unfortunately the prob• Leadership attendees ward to help out. the United States and Japan would create ' lem was allowed to escalate until it was Bill Yoshino of Chicago, who stepped serious problems for Japanese Americans, almost too late to correct it. Today, efforts call for JACL to refocus down voluntarily from the national direc• JACL hired Mike Masaoka as a one-man to clean up the mess are marked by bitter• torship in 1991 to go back to his home in staff. The Evacuation made it necessary to ness and vicious personal attacks while We, the participants of the 1995 Japa• Chicago as regional director, agreed to re• give him help. In view of the meager sala• chronic JACL-haters snicker. nese American Citizens League (JACL) turn to headquarters temporarily. His as• ries the staffmight as well have been called Fortunately, Bill Yoshino, his temporary Leadership Conference in Washington, signment is to supervise routine activity volunteers. staffand volunteers are demonstrating that D.C., have hereby unanimously reaffirmed while a new director is being recruited. After the war, while Masaoka and his JACL and its program are too important to our commitment to the basic principles of Quickly he won the support of the remain• wife Etsu worked countless hours for JACL be destroyed. They are taking the organiza• theJACL. ing staff. They, with the help of volunteers, in Washington, Masao Satow and his wife tion back to its r oots. That's encouraging The Leadership Conference's week long are maintaining day-to-day operations of Chizuko ran headquarters with the help of news. activities underscored to all of us the im• JACL. Meanwhile, as PC reports, chapters a secretary or two. In essence it was a Mom portance of continuing JACL's viability as nation-wide are busilyproceedingwith their and Pop operation which at the time was all Hosokawa is the former editorial page edi• a leading national human and civil rights own activities. that JACL required. When work piled up, tor the Denver Post. His column appears in organization. We have realized that we This is testimony both to Yoshino's mana- the Satows took papers home and labored the Pacific Citizen. must look ahead to the future as well as address the concerns of the present. The recent turmoil in our organization has distracted the energies and attention of our most talented leaders and membership away from the urgent matters confronting our community and our nation. The success BILL MARUTANI of JACL and the greater Japanese Ameri• can community in the struggle for redress and reparations, along with the ongoing 'See-Eye-See' in post-war Japan changing demographics, have removed the unifying theme for our organization. It is DON'T KNOW how it came about, but A FAR OUT rumor, which persisted keep an eye and open ears on these Soviet imperative for us to work together to achieve upon arrival to post-war Japan, I was from several sources, involved a purported "journalists," a few of us were assigned as our common goals. I assigned to the 9th CIC Area (counter hoard of gold and other treasures, said to be drivers to chauffeur the group around. I Under such circumstances, we urge our intelligence corps). A basic infantry trainee held in readiness to finance an uprising changed into a corporal's outfit, using my leaders and members to refocus on: (Camp Robinson, Ark.) plus the MIS lan• against the American military. The hoard old dog-tags which I had saved. (l think I • vigorous advocacy on human and civil guage school (Ft. Snelling, Minn.), there was said to be secreted up in the hills in Mie still have that thing somewhere among old rights issues for all Americans, was nothing in my background to suggest prefecture which involved driving up a nar• boxes stored away.) Although during the • political empowerment and leadership competence for intelligence work. The crash row road to its very end, then up a shallow entire time I spoke only English, these development, course on intelligence did little to narrow river in a fl at-bottom propeller boat to a Soviets weren't fooled. I'm sure they knew • fostering positive images of JACL, that vast void. Some facets of the training remote village. Our squad of (armed) men that I was keeping tabs on them. In fact, • aging and retirement programs, I recall were techniques for setting up a checked the area, and-yes, yo u guessed it: there was an unspoken cat 'n mouse game • enhancing our Japanese American room to detect any intrusions; use ofa lock• nothing. The local denizens were unaware going throughout the day and evening. Youth programs, picking kit which looked like dental picks; of the focus of our visit, so we turned the I'M NOT SURE just how it came about. • cultural preservation, the use of a sidearm, namely an Army .45- occasion into a goodwill session. Being in• but during this tour by the Soviet entou• • multi-ethnic family issues, and a portable cannon. It did not take long for vited to speak English to the school chil• rage, the first post-war prime minister of • educational programs. me to conclude that a .45 was too heavy and dren, we attended a class, much to their Japan, Shigeru Yoshida, joined the group The impact of the Washington, D.C. Lead• obtrusive; I switched to a non-regulation delight. This was their first sight of Ameri• for a period oftime. With his rimless spec• ership Conference on each of us was very Belgian automatic. can soldiers, perhaps their first viewing of tacles on his rounded face with a torso to powerful. It is our intention to share this Thereupon having been certified, assign• any gaijin's (foreigners). I remember the match, he was unmistakably identifiable. enlightening and positive experience with ments---such as they were--came. teacher speaking with a slight British ac• That was the first time that I had ever been our respective chapters around the coun• THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT was to in• cent. in the company of the top political leader of try. At the same time, we encourage each of vestigate a rumor that a plot was brewing So if you're ever up Mie-ken way and run a foreign government. you to work together with us today to build to assassinate General MacArthur. The into adults who speak English with a Brit• Months later, with a team of interpret• a strong JACL and share in our vision for rumor was that the plotters were gathered ish slant, you'll know why. ers, to gain up-to-date information on China the future. in Nara, so we hopped into a jeep and THEN THERE WAS a tour by Soviet and Siberia, I was assigned to the task of headed for Nara. Result: nothing. _Th en "journalists." The first. chills of the Cold screening repatriates and Japanese troops Robert Taniguchi, Merced, Calif. there was another rumor that diehard mili• War were already upon us, with Soviet primarily from Manchuria and parts of Eileen Namba Otsuji, acramento tarists had a cache of arms hidden under Russia and the growing threat of China Russia. We were gearing up for the Cold See LETTERS/page 11 the rubble of a former arms factory. With a going communist-which i t subsequently War era. truckload of backup, we raided the site and did with t.he Kuomintang forces being de• came up with nothing. We followed through feated in 1949 by Mao's Red Army. It was After leaui ng the bench, Marula11i resumed on every rumor no matter how improbable. evident that communists were seeking to practicing law in Philadelphia. He writes "',,!O-"'-'" Pacific Citizen Better to be safe than sorry. envelop Japan into their orbit. In order to regularly for the Pacific Citizen. Policies EdItorlals, columns and cartoons The OpinIOns. view and statements in the edito• rials, columns and cartoon. appearing in Pacific Cil:t'II are those of the authors and as uch do not n~rilv represent the Japan~ American Citi• zens League. Pllcifi' Citi:<'II editorials. lumns. and cartooru of taff will be clearlv labeled such. PneiftcCill4e11 welcom • forronsiderahonedito• rials and columns from members of the Japan~ American Citizens League. the Japan.n Ameri an community at large. and beyond. They. hould be no longer than appro~imatel' 750 ,voro . nd them to: EditOrial Opin! n. Pllei.!lC Cili:m, 2 C ral Circle. tlite 204, Mont\>rey Park, , 91755. Letters Pacific Citi:"/I welcome. letters to thl:' editor. Letters mu t be brief. are subject to t'liiting and those unpublished can be neither '1Clu\owledged nor returned. Plea~l' sign VOlU lett.:!r but ma~e. ure we are able to read your nan\e. Indude m,u!iru: "ddres.~and da)'tinw telephone number. Bec,)u$e 01 limited paCl1 we may ndtmse letters th,\l are accepted fOf publication. We do not publiAA ((Irm letters. l'Oples or letters written to other publica• tions. F,\ . letters to 213/725-00M ormiul to Letters to the Editof. Pllcific illu/I. ~ 'r,ll ird~ . uite 2().1, M ntere ' Park, 91755. Infonnatlon: 1 / 800/ 966-6157 Pacific Citizen, May 19-June 1,1995--9 _---II-o-in-t-- JACL fiscal ·health By HARRY KAJIHARA

Viewpoint is a Pacific Citizen forum for lion in 1993 and tions, and businesses are all downsizing available time for outside interfacing. -- ,eo in-depth analyses ofkey issues affecting the nearly the same and decentralizing. What do you and your 8. Renting office space. With a staff of JACL or the Japanese American commu• amount in 1994 constituents think about decentralizing the three, perhaps an office space could be nity in general. Opposing views are wel• ($1,476,300). Cash JACL org;mi.zation? In brief, change the rented and the headquarter building be come. flow reports show that organizational operation so that each dis• rented or sold. Will the renting ofthe build• the 1993 and 1994 trict operates more autonomously. Let the ing cover office rental cost? If the building 1. Income Ceiling of $1.3 million. The yearly revenues were chapters in their respective districts be• is sold, will the interest from depositing the 1994, JACL+PC revenue totaled $1,401,431 about 1.3 million come more directly involved in the finan• sales money cover space rental cost? Sell• (Feb. 13 '95 05:23 PM JACL 4159314671). each year necessitat• cial support of the regional offices. Oflload ing the building will save on maintenance This includes the Annual Giving Campaign ing drawing out ofthe a number of major tasks such as the Na• cost and insurance payments. How much is totaling $81,578 and Sweepstakes of reserve nearly $400,000 over these two tional scholarship, Legacy program, mem• saved? A pro and con analysis is needed. $13,122. Grayce Uyehara said as of mid• years and using most oftheAnnual Giving bership and others to different districts. 9. Keep vacancies unfilled. I favor not April, 1995, the total is shyof$100,OOO.Then money to cover the shortfalls. So even ifthis 7. A National Headquarters staff of rushing into filling the vacancies at this there is about $18,500 left for 1995, thus painful downsizing reduces JACL expendi• three. By this work offioading and discon• time. Instead, JACL needs to fully explore far. There is no sweepstakes in 1995. So a tures to $1.3 million in 1995, it will once tinuing any marginal value work, the Na• how to restore and how it plans to maintain projection of 1.3 milllon ($1,400,000 mi• again grow-as follows: $1,300,000 in 1995, tional staff could consist of (1) national fiscal health in the immediate future years. nus $100,000) revenue for 1995 would be a $1,365,000 in 1996, $1,433,250 in 1997, director, (2) an office manager, and (3) a Then with a clear fiscal vision, JACL can prudent one, and expenditures should be and $1,504,913 in 1998. Another pain• bookkeeper. The office manager would con• proceed to hire judiciously. limited to this maximum. Any revenue ex• ful downsizing in 1998? duct/manage the "day-to-day" headquarter 10. Conclusion: Some sobering, cold, ceeding $1.3 million can be put into the Action needed: Attention must be given operation. The bookkeeper would keep the hard, realistic planning is a requirement reserve account. The Barrington report now to establish/explore realistic ways for finance books, pay bills, make payroll, and upon JACL now. The disruption we are states that organizations like J ACL need a JACL to increase revenue by about $65,000 oversee the investments. The national di• experiencing now is a precursor to even reserve account to pay for unexpected ex• yearly from now to forever to keep up with rector would interface with the outer com• greater problems in the future should we penses. Wouldn't you all agree? I do. It the inherent inflationary expenditure in• munity, organizations and government to choose to effect only patchwork remedies. A would be a good idea to create a line item in creases (nominally, 3-5%) and concurrently show the National JACL flag. With this process needs to be formulated to map out the annual budget (beginning in calendar establish realistic ways to reduce expendi• staffing structure, the supervisory respon• concrete, realistic, achievable steps soJACL year 199'6) and make a planned effort to tures. sibility ofthe national director will be kept can function successfully over the next ten restore the reserve account to a target 4. Membership dues increase. A mem• to a minimum freeing himlher to maximize years. amount, say $50,000 per year until $400,000 bership dues increase of approximately is reach~. $4.00 per year is necessary yearly to keep Action needed: It seems to me that up with a 5% per year expenditure in• Funds needed by Pacific Citizen the Governors collectively must actively crease. This assumes that the membership monitor current JACL revenues and can be sustained at 17,000 (this is the Funds needed. Commendable work by ment increase will have to wait until the expenditures status to enact National current combined dues paying single and PC staff for preparing concise, but suffi• National Council meets in 1996. However, Board approval for implementation of family membership number) and all the ciently detailed, 1995-1996 income-expen• as I mentioned before, you cannot make necessary actions to circumvent deficit current revenues from investments, dona• diture statements (based on actual 1994 future plans nor conduct PC business de• spending in 1995. Is there any amount tions, annual giving program, PC revenues cash flow) to let all JACL members see (1) pending on donations. Editor Emeritus (not commiUed) in the reserve account does not decrease. Any decreases in anyone the projected moneys needed in 1995, (2) Harry Honda alerts us of another possible which can be used to cover an unin• of these revenue sources will have to be projected moneys needed to resume weekly 20% or more increase in postal rates soon. tended shortfall in 1995? If not, extra made up by other ways. So we can see publication in 1996, and (3) the immediate We really need to set up a reserve fund to attention must be given to overspend• clearly the amount of sustained revenue future PC allotment increases needed. take care of these postal rate rises because ing. increases needed yearly to maintainJACL A very modest allotment increase: It PC allotment increases can not be enacted 2. Question: Will the consolidation of operations at the present level. appears that there is a need for an addi• until the National Council meets bienni• five to three positions at National head• 5. Downsizing the National Board. tional $40,000 in 1995, $140,000 in 1996 ally. quarters achieve a $200,000 reduction in How about leaving the positions ofVP's of and $8 per year increase PC allotments for Conclusion: A resolution needs to be expenditures in 1995 relative to 1994 (The Membership and Services, Public Affairs, the 1997-98 biennium. As the PC Board prepared and submitted at the 1996 San expenditures in 1994 have reached nearly Planning and Development, and one of the Chairperson says, the PC allotment has Jose Convention recommending that the $1.5 million. $1.5 million minus $1.3 mil• Youth Council positions vacant during this been frozen at $12 per member since 1988. annual PC allotment be $20 ($12 plus $8) lion requires a $200,000 cutback.) If not, period offinancial difficulty forJACLstart" PC needs an increase of $8 per member. for 1997 and $20 (or $22?) for 1998. Mean• what else needs cutting back? Some staff ing with the 1996-98 biennium? Someone Considering the appreciable rise in the while because this matter was presented person should be assigned the responsibil• should figure out the amount of savings subscription cost for all other newspapers, in PC well ahead of the upcoming conven• ity to periodically make these computa• which results. Also, a determination can be magazines and journals, 1 think this in• tion, the totality of JACL members now tions and provide resulting information to made during the 1996-98 biennium if the crease is very, very modest, don't you agree? have the time to give this matter careful . the National Board. functioning of the board is materially ham• When you and another go to a fast food consideration and communicate to their 3. Sustained attention needed_ pered by this downsizing. Ifno, the Consti• restaurant, one sitting will cost you at least chapter executive board how they should Barrington's first scenario of"tla t reven ue" tution can be changed deleting these posi• $8, won't it? vote at the convention. and modest expenditure growth of 5% tions. If yes, these positions can be filled by A need for a reserve fund: Attempts (which fitsJACL's scenario in recent years) election during a subsequent biennium. will be made to raise the $40,000 and Harry Kajihara is a former national JACL projects deficit spending for JACL begin• 6_ Decentralization. With tight fund• $140,000 by donations. This method ofrais• president and currently president of the ning in 1996. JACL + PC spent $1.5 mil- ing, governments at all levels, corpora- ing money is necessary because an allot- Ventura County Chapter.

D.C. Notes By LEIGH-ANN MIYASATO Immigration under increasing attacks

mmigration is under attack in the cur• The "deeming" provision in t.he PRAlasts sistance programs solely because they can• all. These proposals would have a devastat• rent Congress on at least three fronts: for the life of the immigrant or until he or not locate t.h persons who sponsored th m ing impact on families who sr waiting to 1. Denial of benefits to legal im• she becomes a naturalized citizen. More• for immigration d cad s b fore. be r uniLed and would weaken the social I structur s on which this nation was built. migrants: On March 24, 1995, the House over, if the sponsor is unavailable or un• I wrot.e a column for th Pacific Citizen of Representatives passed H.R. 1214, the willing to cooperate by providing t,he evi• asking JACL members to writ to th ir Th r ar also proposal to reduce em• Personal Responsibility Act (PRA), by a dence of income and property, th immi• senators and oppose these m aSUT s. A ployment-based immigration from 14'0,000 vote of 234 to 199. The bill is currently grant is disquaHfi.ed from these programs. "National all-In Day" was sch dul d for to 25,000. This immigration categor. i pending before the Senate. There is no exception for bat.tered spouses, May 16, 1995, for Asian Pacific Americans limited to highl specialized and skilled With only a few narrow exceptions, the so that. a woman who was sponsored by an Lo telephone their s nat.ors to expr ss th ir work 1's. The go e.1'Oment should not ti PRA cuts off legal immigrants' access to abusive husband will be unable to qualify opposition to the proposals. The call-in day the hands of employ r who wish to hire AFDC, food stamps, SSI, Medicaid, and for basic services to escape th violence was organized by the National Asian Pa• th se workers. Th y h Ip U. . comp nie Social Services block grants. In addition, because her husband refus s to cooperat.e. cific Islander American H alth Forum, and I' main cOlnp titiv in th global mark t• the PRA "deems" as available to the immi• Ifenacted, the PRA will have an onerous th Asian Pacific American Labor Allianc , pIa e and fu 1 Am rican prosperity. om• grant the income and resources of his or her impact on the Asian Pacific American com• AFL-CIO, National Asian Pa ific Am ri• panics who wish to bring work 1'S from sponsor-regardless of whether the money munity. Immigrants who are legally in this can Legal onsortium and the Organiza• Japan and oth r Asian cotlntri s would b is actually available to the immigrant-to country and who have paid taxos for years tion of Chinese Americims. dir ctly affected by proposal to restIi. t determine whether the immigrant meets will be disqualified from the safety-net pro• 2. Slashing the numbers of legal im• such immigration. the eligibility requirements of all federal, grams available to all other law-abiding migrants: Sl'lveral bills pending in Con• Proposals to bal" t fuga admissions in state and local needs-based programs, such U.S. residents. Our senior citizens in par• gress would reduce 1 gal immigrant from all but extraOl'dinary ircU"nlstan aTe as child nutrition, educational loans, job ticular will bear a heavy burden as a result about 800,000 to 300,000 p r year. Som also bing consid r d. trrTently, th U. . of the punitive provision of the PRt\. If they members of Congress have v n propos d a oro rs prot ction to fi w l' than 1% f th training, and elderly nutrition programs. pro~ The·"deeming" provision applies even if no have not become naturalized citizens, they moratorium on all legal immigration. world's 1 fug s (about. 100,000). Th federal funds are used in the programs. will be ineligible for food stamps, SSI, and Limits would be placed on family immi• See NOTES/page 11 There is no exception for emergency ser• Medicaid. And because the "deeming" pro• gration. Under some proposals, parents, vices such as emergency Medicaid or bat• vision applies for life or until citizenship, adult ohildren) and brothors and sisters of L tered women's shelters. seniors will be disqualified from public as- U.S. oit.izens could no longer immigrat. at - to-Pacific Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995 Response Campbell Report i.naccurate By PAnl PAGANINI I am writing in response to the "Campbell Citizen expenses for payroll and other costs ager at Pacific Citizen. All of the above were taken care of in a Report," which was published in the April 7- such as the lawsuit settlement and insurance timely manner and copies are on file at JACL 20 issue of the Pacific Citizen. I am con• expenses. The $61,594 shown on the General ledger Headquarters. cerned that inaccurate and misleading infor• Campbell Report reflects only the monies Campbell Report: "Most general ledger • Exemption claims for San Francisco and mation on the financial management of the received and paid out of Pacific Citizen's accounts were not posted and updated until Los Angeles counties were signed by Bill organization was issued to the general mem• checking and savings accounts. It does not year end. The majority of general ledger Yoshino and filed on March 9. bership without an opportunity for the profes• include the $251,784 paid through national entries have no posting references so entries • I prepared the property tax statement for sional staff or National Board to comment and headquarters accounts. Deducting the cannot be traced . . . Detail is missing for San Francisco County and delivered it to Bill discuss. If given the opportunity, I believe that $251,784 from the $61,594 results in a loss of entries that DO have monthly journal entry Yoshino on March 31 . We are not required to the acting director, the bookkeeper, or I would $190,190. This deficit is normal for Pacific postings." file property tax statements in Los Angeles have corrected some of the misinformation Citizen operations. This is not true. Every entry in the general County. contained in the Campbell Report. ledger has a posting reference and there is • A copy of my letter to the Registry of I should preface my comments, however, Accounts payable detail for every journal entry. Charitable Trusts confirming my conversa• by stating that the errors in the report are JACL has in excess of 20 funds which tion with them regarding the 1993 return was understandable given that Cynthia Campbell Campbell Report: 'There was no ap• given to Bill. No amended return is needed. proval process (required signatures) for au• include unrestricted, restricted, endowment, and Helen Mcintire only spent two days (March and plant funds. Many of these funds have 15th and 16th) at JACL headquarters with no thorization ofpayables .. . We did not find any cancelled checks on the premises or any very little or no activity throughout the year Computer access staff assistance. By comparison, Grant and therefore aotivity is posted to the general Campbell Report: uAs of March 16, the Thornton auditors spend a minimum of two policies pertaining to expenditure authoriza• tions. " ledger only at year end. However, the cash business manager had access by modem to weeks per year at the national headquarters and investment accounts in these funds are at least one computer on the premises and in order to review JACL financial records and This is completely false. We have a de• tailed system for approving and recording reconciled either monthly or quarterly de• was still processing payroll." documents for the annual audit. cash disbursements. All disbursements re• pending upon the frequency of the state• Yasuhara in Hokubei Mainichi; uAII we know In addition to the limited time, Campbell ments received. Funds that have a lot of is that the business manager, who resigned and Mcintire were further handicapped by quire two authorizations and we prepare dis• bursement vouchers which show the payee, activity such as the National Fund, the Pacific effective Feb. 28, was still accessing the what appears to have been a conscious de• Citizen Fund, orthe Legacy Endowment Fund computer by modem as late as March 15.· cision to conduct its investigation without the amount paid, what it was for, when it was paid, the check number, the account that are closed and posted to the general ledger I am being wrongly accused. I am not now, seeking the assistance of any appropriate monthly. nor have I ever, accessed any files in JACL's individuals-not from me as the former busi• was charged and who approved it. These vouchers are attached to every paid invoice. Denny Yasuhara in Hokubei Mainichi offices by modem. The sole purpose of the ness manager or any other JACL employee, (March 31,1995): "... the secretary-treasurer modem in the computer in the business including the bookkeeper, the acting director We retain these documents for at least seven years. In fact, there are at least 3 file drawers did not reconcile the bank statements monthly manager's office is to transmit payroll to the or the JACL secretary/treasurer. By simply or reqUire the former business manager to do mainframe at the payroll service center. asking questions of Bill Yoshino, for example, plus several boxes in the bookkeeper's office devoted to the maintenance of these docu• so." Since my resignation on March 3,1995, I they would have found many of the files and This is completely false. As stated above, was asked by Bill Yoshino to handle payroll records needed for their report. ments. In addition, all checks require two signa• cash and investment accounts are reconciled functiol)s and prepare tax returns until some- . Although I was no longer on staff, I was either monthly or quarterly depending upon one else could be found to cover these areas. available and could have supplied informa• tures. Cancelled checks can be found in the bookkeeper's office as well: the frequency of the statements received. I agreed to do so and handled these matters tion that would have resolved the so-called Campbell Report: "... there were no year• through March 31 . ".discrepancies" as repeatedly stated in the Campbell Report: "Are the following ex• penses which were paid in January, Febru• end clOSing postings to the Legacy Fund in . Campbell Report. I was called upon only the general ledger. As a reSUlt, the general Conclusion once for a meeting with Cynthia Campbell ary, and March 1995 included in this accrued ledger did not balance at year end." Without a legitimate financial audit, the and Jim Miyazaki to discuss employee ben• total?" Wrong again. The Legacy Fund general Campbell Report should be viewed as a efits; however, I was never asked to provide The $5,000 paid to PSW has been ac• ledger does balance. Posting of closing en• preliminary inquiry or a point of departure, but any financial data. In addition, Campbell never crued. Had the investigators followed through tries has been deferred until the auditors not a final analysis. The questions raised by asked the bookkeeper for financial files or in their examination, they would have easily have made their final determination as to the the report are easily answered, and many of records which were available at the national determined that most of the other items noted allocation of the fund earnings. the answers were there on file at JACL head• headquarters. are not and should not be accrued as they quarters. It is unfortunate that these prelimi• Without responding to every error and were 1995 expenses. For instance, the pay• ment of $561.42 to Bill Yoshino was for Janu• Internal control nary findings of a flawed report were pub• omission, I want to respond to some of the Campbell Report: "Accounting controls, lished prior to the board's review and discus• allegations and comment upon some of the ary and February health insurance - not reim• policies and procedures were conspicuously sion. Had the board and/or the staff had the major inaccuracies in the Campbell Report. bursement for Convention expenses as was noted in the Campbell Report. This could absent." opportunity to review and discuss the report, have been simply resolved had Campbell Quite the contrary. JACL does have ac• I believe that an accurate, informative and "Discrepancy" in numbers reviewed the disbursement vouchers attached counting controls, policies and procedures in balanced report could have been provided to Campbell Report: "Helen's generalled• to the invoices which are looated in the place which are reviewed annually by our the membership. ger recap shows cash of $455,209. 77 while bookkeeper's office. auditors, an international firm of Certified In the end, this cloud over JACL finances• Patti's draft year-end balance sheet shows Public Accountants and licensed by the Cali• which further confuses JACL members• cash of$467,459. What is the reason for this fornia State Board of Accountancy. And each might have been averted had the right ques• discrepancy?" Missing records Campbell Report: uWe were not able to year, our accountants have issued an un• tions been asked of the right people. It is clear Helen's general ledger recap fails to in• qualified opinion on our financial statements that I was decidedly left out of the information clude the Building Endowment Fund cash locate a list of outstanding payables for the yearendedDec. 31,1994 .. . Missing records upon completion of their audit. loop. Given my 10 years of association with account of $12,250.76. An honest oversight. JACL, I feel personally betrayed when I was But, that is the reason for the discrepancy . include, but are not limited to, schedules of accounts payable and receivable, fixed asset Tax returns neither asked for any input or clarification nor between my numbers and Helen's recap. given an opportunity to respond to the schedules, and all other subsidiary Campbell Report: u• •• business tax re• Otherwise, Helen's recap verifies the num• Campbell Report. Instead I read about it in journals.... Personnel administration and docu• tums (are) due on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles and bers in my draft year-end balance sheet. the Pacific Citizen and other newspapers. mentation is conspicuously absent. .. " San Francisco. Resolutions, if any, should be Campbell Report: "JACL's income and There's been little sense of fairness or This is false. There are no missing records. documented in writing. Exemption claims for expense joumal shows a profit of$61 ,594.31 sense of responsibility in this matter--only All of these documents are on file at either San Francisco and Los Angeles County which for Pacific Citizen .... The draft year-end finan• innuendo followed by finger-pointing. I'd be national headquarters or Pacific Citizen of• were due on March 15 have not been made. cial statements prepared by Patti Paganini more than disappointed to think that that's fioes. When preparing the schedules for the Property tax statements for San Francisco show a loss of $190,190. How can these and Los Angeles County are due April 1 but what JACL is all about. discrepancies be reconciled?" year end closing of accounts, this information was obtained from either the bookkeeper at will be impossible to file without an accurate The difference is easily explained. National Paganini is the fonner JACL business man• national headquarters or the business man- asset list." Headquarters paid out $251,784 in Pacific ager. Response Stop scapegoating the former national business manager By GEORGE KODAMA

This is in answer to yet another attempt JACL membership without challenge. And the NAHBCR and the Campbell Report National Board majority has accomplished to elias the fonner national JACL staff of just like the NAHBCR, it is flawed by its revolves aro\lnd the qualifications of the in almost one year into the 1994-96 bien• -which only one, a bookkeeper, remains at fundamental dishonesty, lack of objeotiv• people behind the reports. They are both nium. Th answer, (thaD-ks, O.J .), is abso• national headquarters. Because replace• ity, and accusatory tone. It is not a credible sloppily done, riddled with inaccuracies, lutely, 100%, nothing. Instead, there has ments, when and if made, will need some document. and gratuitously overlaid with political com• been a continuing se:tie of comedi ama• time to get up to speed, there is for all Next, numerous "discrepancies" are mentary. In the case of the latter, how, in teur nights stal'ting with th NAHB R, meaningful purposes no national staff in pointed out of which, for the most part, Ms. a mere two (fuU'?) days, did they reach the followed quickly b the taffrestructwing place. So why does the scapegoating of Campbell couldn't figul'e out how certain conclusions " ... board m mbors are pursu• plan, (this could hav come first, but what' staff, under a transparent and organized key financial statement items were deter• ing their own personal agendas at th e"• the difti renee?), and now th ampb n campaign, continue to this day long after mined. The truth: There are no discrepan• pense of the organization (is ampb 11 r - R port. And, with a whol lot of sUlin ss most of them were so unceremoniously cies. The answers could have been obtained ferring to th curl'ent National Bo I'd ma• b tween acts. Gosh, what's n xt'? fired? Come on now, beating a dead horse by simply calling Patti Paganini, former jerity?) . . . political considerations are Attrib\\ting 11 that's happening today has to he one oflife's most useless exercises. national JACL business manager. Furth 1', preempting good busin ssjudg m nt . .. a to th eli he, "Whnt do s JA L do now that To those responsible: Get a lifel certain documents and supporting sched• house divided will fall ... board remains r dl.' ss is nn a com.plished fa t?" would h Allow me to say at the outset that the ules are reportedly "missing." The truth: divided and mbroiled in controv rsy ... ?" missing the point. nd, fOrget, to , th Campbell Report, in my view, is basically Nothingis missing. Again, why didn't some• V ry insightful(foroutsiders)wouldn't ou 11081'1 st ofall clich s, thtlt v 'r caught up cut from the same cloth as the National Ad one call Patti? In short, all of the charges in agr e? See SCAPEGOAT/page 11 Hoc Budget Committee Report (NAHBCR). the Campbell Report are effectively refut d Sadly, like it or not, th JACL tbnt once Which is to say it was commissioned by our or satisfactorily explained in a complete existed for th purposes it. so nobly s rved intrepid national president and tailored to response by Patti addressed to the Na• is in a s riouR stnte of disrepair. IfYOll find George Kodama is a fOrllll'" JACL notional fit into 8 predetermined agenda with the tional Board. that thought hard to accept, ask yow's If trcaSlln.'r alld a member of tile "NI1Ct" u/· hope that it will be swallowed whole by the The common question prompted by both whnt the organization und l' tho current tit'" ChaptN'.. Pacific Citizen, May 19-June 1, 1995-11

Saburo Kido is false, malicious Saburo Kidb is well known, and deficit, or $31,000 profit? Just LETTERS and misleading. Mr. Nobuyuki, the murder of an internee at Tule Leadership lacking moving income and expenses from (Continued from page 8) like any good journalist, had bet• Lake is part of the record." one ledger account or journal to ter check the validity of his accu• What history? What record? His in JACL crisis another says little for where J ACL Patricia Tsai, Fresno, Calif. The controversy within JACL Kenta Takamori, Meguro-ku, sations before printing them. foregoing statement implies that is going. With the many and deep divi• drafter resisters were somehow regarding a purposed deficit is not The years 1991-92 are relevant, Tokyo only illuminating, but amusingly Hiromi Ueha Smith, Irvine, sions within the JACL, in charg• involved in those activities. I chal• because expenses were $1.4 mil• ing that the PSWDC vote is an lenge him to produce one shred of absurd ... Since the early 1970s, lion. Yet, reven ues were adequate Calif. many voices had called upon the Allicyn Hikida Tasaka, Hono• "element to 'attack and destroy'" documented or undocumented to neutralize these expenses. How• the league, Nobuyuki certainly evidence to back up his allega• JACL to invigorate its member• lulu ever, in the past three years, rev• didn't do the League any favors tions. ship, to inspire leadership and to enues have remained at $1.4 mil• Masako Tamura, New York encourage participation. These Lynn R. Nakamoto, Portland, with his column and should con• Had Nobuyuki conducted re• lion, while expenses directly par• sider his own attitude. After all, search at all, he would be aware voices were branded troublemak• allels the emphasis towards in• Ore. ers as well as "communists." To• Mark S. Nakamura, Sandy, the vote represented two-thirds of that these acts ofviolence at other vestments and fund-raising. the membership of PSWDC and similar camps took place many, day, voices raised in protest are The Campbell Report places Utah could represent the attitudes of many months befoTe the draft is• branded as "minorities." From the squarely the problem with Na• Alex H. Fukui, Los Angeles pre-war years, JACL has had an Kathryn C. Thata, Park Ridge, the entire membership. Perhaps sue ever came up. At Heart Moun• tional. In short, rather than re• acute problem of insulation and move the staff with new staff, ill. a vote of the membership on the tain, we were engaged in chal• xenophobia. JACL should have eliminated its Karen-Liane Shibe, Anaheim, issue of the apology is in order. lenging the legality of drafting Nobuyuki's accusationS could be internees from these concentra• What both the Campbell and National Board. Thequestionisn't Calif. Barrington Reports indicate alleged missing records or a lack Marilyn Nagano Schlief, Chevy premature. And, What about dis• tioncamps; not going around beat• openly is the inability of the J ACL, of secure accounting procedures, Chase, MD. sent and open debate based on ing up on people who disagreed facts? It's always better to sup• with us. National and chapter levels, to but a distinct lack of purpose by port your accusations with truth. Most of the resisters at Heart change. Arguing over what appro• leadership. Opposing views on What the JACL needs most of Mountain were young men in their priate accounting method is Membership and donations are all is reconciliation among its late teens and early twenties who needed is illusory. It fails to con• directly proportionate to height• draft resisters members, not more division. had answered "yes" to the so-called front the reason issue-rising ex• ened activity by the organization penditures and decreasing rev• which benefits the Japanese Editor's note: Pacific Citizen has That's exactly what Nobuyuki's "loyalty" questionnaire, or had column does. qualified their answers on the enues. According to the Barrington American community. As the received a number of responses to Report, in the past four years, Campbell Report succinctly states Karl Nobuyuki's March 17-April basis of constitutional issues. To there has been a 5% decrease in the JACL will not survive unless 6, 1995, column on wartime draft be drafted or not, was not the 1~?I~ issue. A number ofresisters would membership and donations, or a the National Board undertakes resisters. PC is unable to print all 10% drop in revenue. Correspond• of the letters. The following are Torrance, Calif. never have passed the physical reasonable goals conducive to a ingly, during this same period, functioning organization. JACL representative views. because of disabilities. Their re• Nobuyuki column sistance to the government's un• investments rose by 8% and fund• took in $6 million yet it harangues just policies was couched on con• raising rose by 6%. This is signifi• over a paltry $75,000 to $187,000 Draft resisters full of falsehoods stitutional principles as loyal cant, because it shows exactly deficit, which accounts to no more where JACL has placed its em• In the March 17 -April 6, 1995, American citizens who believed in than 1-3 % of the gross. What we made contributions phasis. It doesn't take creative editionofthe PC, Karl Nobuyuki, the sanctity of the Constitution should be questioning is what did bookkeeping to see that in order to PC columnist Karl Nobuyuki's in his "Come-on sense" column, and Bill of Rights. JACL use the $6 million for. Hope• invest and fund-raise, one must disingenuous remarks in the has sunk down to the depth of After serving their time in fed• fully, it wasn't all used for main• expend monies. The deficit cited March 17, 1995 issue regarding literary cesspool. eral prisons for their principled taining a national office, travel, in the Barrington Report of the PSWDC apology to the Heart In his column, he charges that stand, and having received a presi• dinners and testimonials. $75,000 is base upon the occur• Mountain draft resisters fails to the Heart Mountain draft resist• dential pardonwith restoration of There are a few of us who would ring premise of continued nega• recognize the point that what the ers were "part of a greater collec• all political and civil rights, a num• have like the monies expended tive profit through decreased draft resisters had contributed as tive group, the resisters not only ber ofthese young men responded towards affirmative action, civil membership and donations. The much to the Japanese American challenged the government's ac• to the military draft during the rights issues and affirming the self-glorification of dinners, testi• community as those leaders cited tions but also were an inherent Korean conflict and served honor• position of Japanese Americans in the article. Remember the re• part of the movement to violently ably in the armed forces. monials and award banquets ex• in society. If so, then I for one pend monies and the utilization of sisters served over two years in and physically attack JACL." Karl Nobuyuki's adamant op• would be glad to see a deficit, Annual Giving and or other dona• federal penitentiaries for their What rubbish! What unmiti• position for a JACL apology to the because it would be a call to arms tions to offset such expenses won't stand demanding their Constitu• gated lies! I was right there in draft resisters is of no concern to by all of us to contribute more. solve the prevailing dilemma of tional rights. That's a pretty heavy Heart Mountain. The draft resist• this writer. He is entitled to his decreased interest in JACL. Does price to pay. There is no argument ers never came close to beating opinion. But his false, slanderous regarding the actions ofthe JACL's accusations against the draft re• it really matter whether or not ~~ anyone, much less some JACL there is a $75,000 or $187,000 Los Angeles leadership during WW II. Under leader, and we definitely were not sisters is inexcusable. (Shades of the circumstances existing at that part of any "integral part of a JACL's wartime leaders' vicious time, it is difficult to second guess movement to violently and physi• propaganda against the draft re• what the leadership should have cally attack the JACL." sisters during WWII.) Karl done, the Lim report notwith• He further states that, "history Nobuyuki should get down on his CLASSIFIED ADS standing. is clear that the resisters move• hands and knees and apologize to However, to attack the draft ment was responsible for physical the draft resisters for his mali• FOR SALE EMPLOYMENT resisters and the Fair Play Com• cious lies, misinformation, and dis• assaults in a great number of Fresno Custom Triplex BILINGUAL SECRETARY- mitteewith false accusations nam• camps. We know that the resister's tortion of facts. Deluxe owners unit RECEPTIONIST ing the resisters as being among movement exercised violence and ~&Hd, 3 Bdl2 Ba, 1,700 sq. ft., plus 2 Bdl2 Immediate opening. Min. 3 years those that "physically and vio• aggressive action against JACL lently" attacked leaders such as San Gabriel, Calif. Ba + 1 Bdl1 Sa, 3 encl garages + add experience. Excellent oral and writ• and its leadership. The beating of pkglencl yard, $185,000. Out of ten communication skills. WP 5.1 town ownar wants sold. and Lotus 1-2-3 required. College pense with the district hEI ing rights groups to oppose the sys• Call: 6191941-5421 degree a plus. Great Benefits pack• KAJI the pay for e"'PElnses such as phone tem. These groups are also gener• 8 ACRE RANCH age. Resumes to: (Continued from page 1) bills. ally in favor of immigration and Human Resources "3 Bedrooms - 2,000 s.f. Home Transmetrics, Inc. rary employees and staff travel may prove to be very useful allies -Formal Dining, Private Well in the congressional battles to 4010 Moorpark Avenue, Suite costs. NOTES ·Fenced, Trees, Landscaped (Continued from page 9) come. 112 San Jose, CA 95117. In his call for Yasuhara's resig• "Bams, Out Buildings, Poultry FAX 408-244-8250 nation, Kaji said, "JACL has a posals to limit even these num• ·Yards, Zoned A-1 $31,000 surplus for 1994. When SCAPEGOAT Engineering Secretary bers undermine our nation's com• ·Lancaster Excellent typing skills. Must know the National Board meets next on mitment to freedom and human (Continued from page 10) the first weekend in May, Grant "80 miles north of Los Angeles Word Perfect and Lotus 123. Ability rights. in some kind of "generational con• ·$249.000 to maintain an efficient and well kept auditors will confirm this surplus." 3. National registry for im• (PC, April 7-20, 1995 issue) flict." No, folks, itseems to me that Call: 805/946-1899 filing system. Excellent telephone migration control: The Commis• what's going on today can b skills and ability to expedite office Kaji did not give a report con• Fax: 213/953-5639 finning his earlier statemen ts. On sion on Legal Immigration has viewed as a continuum of a situa• needs and problems without con• Grant Thornton, Kaji said that an proposed a system which would tion that probably began about 24 ACRE RANCH stant supervision. engagement letter had been register every authorized worker eight years ago from which the 'Large and small creek PLEASE SEND RESUME TO THE AmN• in the U.S. in a centralized, gov• TION OF THE PER ONNEL OEP RT• mailed to the auditor May 2 by JACL never fully recovered. Why, -Marketable #2 Doug Fir ernment-run database RO that, we're seeing almost the same ca L MENT, K R-TV,r13K RDR., E T Yasuhara. The treasurer said that "1800 Square Feet :\CRAMENTO. QS60S. KOVR-TV I Patti Paganini, former J ACL busi• theoretically, illegal immigrants ofcharacters. Only their rol s h ve "3 Bedrooms AN EQU L EMPL0' MENT OPPORTU· ness manager, has been hired on would not be able to obtain jobs. be n r alTanged. NIT'I Ef,IPLOYER NO 0 ES NOT 01 • a consulting basis and will be help• Such a system would create enor• Finally, Lhe d nrth of chapter/ · 1/2 Basement RIMIN,\TE ON THE B IS F R. E, ing with the audit. mous governmental intrusions member response in the PC to all 'Air Conditioned OL R. RELIGION, N TION LORIGIN, "There are no audited state• into the business decisions of that's occurring int rnaBy is the ·Prlvate & Isolated 01 OlliTY. SE , GE R THER F C• ments right now," said Kaji . TORS PROHIBITED BY LA\ . ORUG FREE American employers and into the most disappointing part of all. *15 miles from Tacoima WORIo.PLA E. NOPH NE ·\LLSPlE E. Travis Nishi, CCDC district private lives of American work• Could it mean that the JACL is in *$400,000 Rancho Santiago College in governor, and Terry Yamada, ers. It would force an employer to its d ath throes willi nobody r - Please send inquiries to: PNW district governor, were ask the government for permis• Santa Ana, CA has openings for ally caring one way or th other? P.O. Box 1447 unanimously approved by the sion every time a n w worker is Or is Lhore a br akdown at t.h Director of the Library, salary is National Board to serve on the hired. It would subject workers to cha,pter leadership level wh r Sumner, Washington 98390 $5,180-$6,036/ mo, deadline is 1996 budget committee, which database errors that could cost. 5/31/95; FT Counselor (One yr was created at the Salt Lake City there is a failure to communic te EMPLOYMENT them jOhA; allow perRonnl infor• with the membership'? Could it b replacement). salary is $30,089- National Convention. Othermem• mation to become accessible to CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT $49.950Iyr. deadline 615/95; FT bers of the committee include: that the Lim has come for tho governmtlnL ofliclUls and to the organization to r invontits Ifl r, Pacific Citizen, the Japanese Ameri• HeadTeacher, salary is$18,615- Yasuhara, Kaji, Jim Miyazaki, public; and will inevitably be used can CItizens League national news• vice president of general opera• should the JACL fold up its tonL paper. seeks a person to maIntain $19,189/yr, deadline 6f1195; PT tionsand Kim Nakahara, national for purposes other than immigra• and hand over tho r ins LO ('h Hourly English & ESL Instruc• tion control. Moreover, the sys• subscription mailing list. Database youth chair. NCRR or other such alt rnativ entries, verbal and written correspon• tors, salary Is 32.94/hr, deadline In addition to creating a 1996 tem will be used to discriminate organization? BeLter still, why not dence skills needed. Work wIth post 5/31/95; Community Services budget plan, the Nati. .1al Board against Asian and Latinoworkera SpliL off the PSWD and th office, vendors and provide support Technician. salary is $1 ,971- voted to have the committee study because to many employers, they NCWND, in whole or in part, into for production. Type 40 wpm. two look "foreign" or speak with a "for• $2,517/mo and Admissions and the distribution of district alloca• a new incarna,tion of th JACL years office experience, knowledge Records Clk II, salary Is $1.821- tion. The motion came after Ruth eign accent." with a redefined mission'? ,Just of IBM and Mac desirable. Will traIn. $2,326/mo, de dllne 6/5/95. Mizobe, PSW district governor, The proposed national registl'Y between UB, th lopsided National Send cover letter and resume to: Contact 714-564-6499 tor appli• said that PSW's current alloca• is so intrusive that some consor• Council rule of one-chllpL r-on - Richard Suanaga tion of $3,800 a quarter docs not vative groups hav(1 joined an in• vote nevor made Bons anywny. So 2 Coral Clrel ,.204 cations and Job announcements. cover all oftllP r(l~onnl ofljl'e ex- formal coalition with immigrants' loL thu debate begin. Monlorey PArk, CA 917 5 AAlEOE/ADA - 12-Paclfic Citizen, May 19-}une 1,1995 Obituaries .

Araki, Walter N, 63, Los Angeles. Robert, daughter Ma~orie Hudes, 7 gc., ggc., brothers Takeo (Idaho), Katashi (Honolulu), sister Sally Sumiko Okubo daughter Gayle Phee, 3 gc. April 6; Hllo-bom. survived by brothers brpther Thomas Fujimoto (Colo.), sis• (Monterey), George Ninomiya (Jpn) , sis• (Westminster, Colo.) Umetani, Helen, Denver, March 31 Akira. Stanley (both Hawaii). Edward. ters Matsuyo Unoura, Esther Desa (Ha• ters June Inagi, Marjorie Teraji. Oda, Shizue, Denver, March 31 (sv); (sv); su rvived by husband George, son Robert (HawaII) • sisters Yuriko. Mabel waii), Mary lsago. Mochizuki, Edward S, 93, Santa survived by sons Larry (Ontario, Calif.), Larry, Errol, Marc, daughters Scarlett, and Irene (both Hawaii). Ito, Kuni, 95, Chino, March 15; Barbara. Feb. 21 ; Hiroshima-bom, USC Ned (Westminster.) Gail. Arlta, Mlyako, 94, Indio. April 7; Sendai-born pioneer, survived by sons graduate In architecture, prewar Madera Osaka, David Mlnoru, 39; Yorba Yamamoto, John 5., 83, NorthHills, Hlroshlma-bom. survived by sons Tom. Kow, Ken, James, 8 gc., 8 ggc. resident. relocated postwar to NewYork Linda, April 5; Pasadena-born Sansei, Calif., April 4; Gardena-born, survived Harry. Tony, Ted, 6gc., 11 ggc. Iwahashl, Mlchlko, Denver, April 6; for work in his profeSSion. return to survived by father Mitsugu, brother Ri• by wife Aiko, son James, 1 gc. Endo, Sharon S, 61, Carson, April 6; survived by sons Yosh, Tats, Mitch, Madera family business and into vine• chard, sister Joy. Yamanaka, George Akir a, 84, Kent, Wash.-bom, survived by brothers Kaz, daughters Sadako Oi, Yoko yards. survived by daughter Joyce Ucci Sakauye, Suye, 77, Chicago, Feb. Whittier, March 14; Santa Maria-bom. Robert, Herbert. Fred. Arthur. Jun, sis• Kawamura. Mako Brockholl. (Syracuse, N.Y.), 2 gc. 23; Bellevue, Wash.-born, survived by survived by son Wesley KOyama, 2 gc., ters Lilie Madison. Esther Thompson, KaJlmura, Saburo DDS, 68, Mercer Mochizuki, Terumi, 90, Los Ange• husband John. daughter June Tatsumi, brothrs Kay, Ray, sister Sakae Kirita. Kikumi. Island, March 18; Fife-born, survived by les. March 14; Hiroshima-born, survived 2 gc., sisters Yae Kaba, Chie Osumi, Yamanaka, Toshio, 92, South Pasa• Fukuyama, Dr. Yoshlo, 74, Oxnard, wife Kazuko. daughters Lisa Kajimura by wife Mary, sons Hajime, Kei, 3 gc, brothers Makoto Mochizuki. Terumi dena, Feb. 20; Hiroshima-born, survived April 3 in Japan of heart attack. Los DDS, Tina, Paula, brothers Hareo, brother Makoto, sisters Chie Osumi, Yae Mochizuki. . bywife Fumi, daughter Misuye Toshima, Angeles-bom research director of United Hiroshi, Tadashl. Kaba. Sakioka, Tomio, 93, SantaAna, April 3 gc., 2 ggc. Church of Christ (New York, '67-'81), Kawasaki, Zesel, 90, Oxnard. April Murata, Tagus, 74, Brighton, Colo., 11 ; Kochi-bom, survived by husband Yokota, Fukashi, 92, Newcastle, Penn State professor of religious stud• 24; Buddhistministeremeritus, survived March 28 (sv); Sedwick, Colo.-bom sur• Roy K, sons Johnny, Arthur, daughters March 31; survived by wife Hiroko, son ies, academic dean at Chicago Theo• by daughters Yoko Umeda (Watsonville), vived by wife May, son Steven, daugh• Nancy Mitsuuchi, Betty Kawabe, Nobuko Susumu, daughters Fujie Clara Hada, logical Seminary until retirement in Ox• Kikuko Nishi (Gardena), Seiko Tamura, terCheryl Kinoshita, 1 gc .• brother Hideo Shiokari, 17 gc., 26 ggc., 1 gggc. gc. & ggc. nard in '86. survived by wife Toshiko, 10 gc., 6 ggc., sister Shizuno Matsuura (Los Angeles), sisters Tamako Nishi• Sato, Yasu, 94, Ontario, Ore., May Yokota, Ronnie Yoshiteru, 71, son Dr.Francis (McLean, Va.), 3 gc., (Hiroshima), predeceased bywife Hiroko mura (Carpinteria, Calif.), Masako 1; Fukushima-born, prewar So. Calif. Boise, Feb. 22 of lung cancer; Pocatello, sisters Fumiko Ide, Kiku Uno. (June '94). Mameda (Rocky Ford), Carole Kawano resident, survived by daughters Ve lma, Idaho-bom retired U.S. Army Reserve Hashimoto, Shlgeru, Chicago. April Kimura, George, 81, Los Angeles, (Denver). Lillian Nishizaki, 5 gc., 3 ggc., prede• Corps and Bureau of Land Manage• 20 (sv); survived by wife Kiyo, son Fred, April 13 (sv); survived by wife May. son Nakamura, Tom T, 78, Rosemead, ceased by husband Dairoku (,56), and 2 ment official. JACL Intermountain Dis• daughters Christine. Pamela Cottrell, 2 Bradley, stepsons Ronald, Gary Saito. 5 April 6; survived by wife Dorothy. daugh• daughters. trict governor ['67-'71]. PocatelloJACL ge. ge. ters Caroline Chidsey, Pat Kersten. Judy Shimoda, Takezo, 87, Tokyo, Jan. president ['53-54). survived by wife Bar• Hayashida, Calvin, 70, Seattle. Jan. Mlzukl, Paul, 63, Seattle, March 19; Griggs (England). Grace Nakamura 22 of heart attack; career diplomat who baraJean Lovelace, sisters Yuki Harada 29; Seattle-bom veteran, survived by Seattle-born nurseryman, survived by (Santa Cruz), 4 gc., brothers Jim. Bob, served as Japan's ambassador to the (Blackfoot), Merrie Yokota. Myrlle wife Edie. son Greg (Anchorage), daugh• partner Yoshiko Tsuji, sons James, sister Masako Frost. U.S. ('67-'70). Japan supreme court ('71- Yokota (both Pocatello). ters Debbie Hettinga (Baldwin Park, Romero, Gilbert, daughters Emiko Kinu, Nakanishi, Jun, 61, Chicago, April '77) and baseball commissioner (,79· Yoshida, Toshio, 69, Los Angeles, Calif.) , Karen Shimizu (Federal Way), Theresa, brother James, William, sister 12 (sv); Korean War vet, survived by '85). March 2; L.A.-bom, survived by broth• Viki Nakawatase. 7 gc .• broher George Marion Furukawa. wife Hideko, sons Douglas, Craig, Shono, Teru, 90, Gardena, March ers Takeshi. Seiji. sister Yuriko (Los Angeles). Mizuno, Kashlro, 102, Chicago. April daughters Susan Cheung, Sandra, 1 30; Wakayama-born, survived by sons Taniguchi. Ikoma, Sumio, 81, Chicago, April 28 16; Mie-born, survived by sons Ted, gc., mother Masano Okamoto, brother Masao. Hiroo, Tetsuo, Tadaaki, Junji, Yoshihara, Otomatsu, 94, Chula (sv); survived by wife Kiyoi (nee Elmer (Virginia). daughters Nobuko Bob, sister Ida. Yon eo, daughter Kazumi Takahashi. Vista, Feb. 23; Hiroshima-bom, survived Ichikawa), daughters Gayle Kataoka• Fukai (Gardena). Yoshiko Fujita Nakashima, Setsumi S, 69, Suzuki, Ben, Lakewood. Colo., March by daughters Hiroko Kubota. Mary Kodama, Sandy Miyata, son Bob. 4 gc. (Gardena), 8 gc., 4 ggc., predeceased Monterey Park, AprilS; Terminal Island• 6 (sv); survived by son Ben Jr.• daughter Fujimoto, Kiyoye Dekker. gc. and ggc. Imori, Maj. Henry T. (ret.), 74, by wife Shizue. bom, survived by husband Tad, sons Donna Tracy, brother Dick, sisters Yoshimi, Ichiro, 71 , Los Angeles, Coronado, calif., March 9; Seattle-bom Miyake, Fred Masaharu, 71 , Long Randall, John, 2 gc., sisterSumi Kobata, Frances Hishinurna, DorothyMaruyama, March 27; L.A.-bom, survived by wife educator, survived by sons David, Beach, March 18; Gardena-born, sur• brother Yosh Masuda. Nancy Sera, Mae Kanai. Sachiko. sons Robert, Jon, Richard. Daniel, Peter, daughters Mika, Ruth, vived by wife Hiroko.son Kenneth, Nunokawa, Jim Hiroshi, Chicago, Takashima, Harold Makoto, 62, Los mother Ino, sister Sachiko Peterson. Mary (all of Seattle), 7 gc., sister May daughters Irene, Helen. Susan Sanbom, Dec. 29, '94; Stockton-born, survived by Angeles, April 3; Lahaina-born Sansei, Yoshimura, Kiku, 95, Monterey Park, Imori (Renton). 5 gc. , brother Jimmie (Jpn). wife Lilly, son Mark. daughters Pam Van survived by wife Harriet. sons Todd. March 26; Niigata-bom. survived by son Inal, Kinuko, Culver City, March 27; Mochidome, Shizuko, 82, Gardena, Alstin , Sheryl Rocks, brother Jack Youji TIm, brother Stanley (Hawaii). Takeo, daughter Sakiko Sasaki, 17 gc .• CoIorado-bom, survived by sons Donald, April 7; Salinas-born, survived by sons Tashiro, Bruce, 57, Longmont, Colo., 17 ggc .. 3 ggc., daughter·in-Iaw Toshi Sadao, Iwao, Kanji, Terumichi. 7 gc .• 1 DEAlli NOTICE March 12 (sv); Las Animas, Colo.-bom Yoshimura. Korean War vet, educator, dean of stu• Yoshioka, Joe Katsumi, 66, Las CLARA MICHIKO NAKAYAMA dents and athletic director at Longmont Vegas. March 9; survived by wife Clara Michiko Nakayama. 87. Stock• ton bom Nisei resident of Santa Ana High ('63-81), asst principal Skyline High Sachiko. brother Kunio (Camarillo). sis• passed away on April 26 at SI. Jo• ('&1-92). survived by wife Nancy, sons ter Etsuko Matsumoto (Inglewood). seph Hospital. She is survived by Ty (Boulder), daughters Traa, Tia. Yuge, Hamae, 99, Los Angeles, Feb. her sons, Dr. Leo (Mary Yoneko) brother Frank (Woodland Hills. Calif.), 23; Gifu-born. survived by daughter-in• and Dr. Tommy (Kathy Kazuko) sisters Lucille Kanatani (Louisiana), law Ikuko Yuge. daughter Chitose Nakayama; daughter. Grace Miye Betty Motoishi (Denver). Kobayashi (Jpn), gc. and ggc. (Johnny) Sakioka; ten grandchildren Teraji, Frank Eizo, 101, Montebello. . and eight great grandchildren; April 6; Wakayama-bom naturalized U.S. "DEATH NOTICES," which appear brother-In-law, Yoshio (Miyono) citizen. survived by daughter Joyce in a more timely manner, are re• Nakayama of Japan; sister-In-law, Masuda, sons Henry. William (both quested by the family who wish to be Chiyoko (Isamu) Sakamoto of Co• Salina). 8 gc .• 5 ggc. billed. The copy from either the fam• lumbia, Callfomia; also survived by Tomita, Shoichi, Chicago , April 13; ily or the funeral director is reworded many other relatives. survived by wife Josephine, son Wayne, as necessary. 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