practicee--particuJarly the ty at 1eut, hal not been cie8 and IIDIIll claim pro• relatively new concept of enough to lure potential cU- ceedinp. Will group legal insurance be group legal insurance-are ents. M Shlmazu said, Jape- • still being kicked around. neae are reluctant to bring Though there'. been no The Orange County JACL legal problema out into the mention of such a plan yet in chapter, while not offering open. the national JACL, there is a popular? Yes, No in JACL an insurance-type plan, has This feeling, in fact, may definite possibility lega1 in• the nearest thing to a group be one reason legal aid has surance will soon become a By PAT TASIDMA legal representation at lower group. legal endeavor to survive be- not become much of a JACL mainstay of the organiza• Los Angeles costs. "We haven't been getting yond ~lanning stages. concern. More and more, tion, according to Frank Iwa- Two years ago, a couple of It was one way to offer too many calls lately. Japa• Basi y, the chapter has however, other organiza- ma, JACL legal counsel Orange County lawyers JAa. chapter members an• nese, you know, are reluc• available to members a pan- tions nationwide have tuned "If you're well-to-do, you came up with what was tflen, other community service, tant to get in a group and el of attorneys who agree to in to the idea of pre-paid can plan for your own legal and apparently still is, a nov• which is a major concern of have their picture in front of provide services under a re- legal insurance. services," he said. "But if el ideal among JAa. chap• the national JAa. itself. the general public. It's (the duced fee schedule. As an One Honolulu attorney has you're in the average income ters. "We get a lot of people of plan) a good thing-lots of example of savings, the gone so far as to form a net- category, you can't afford Based on the old theory mixed marriages from Ja• saVings. But there's got to be Group Legal Services work of 100 lawyers nation- them. I think the legal pro• that the more resources you pan who have no other legal more publicity," Shimazu charge $25 per hour for con- wide who are paid monthly fession has been far behind merge, the more bucks you means," said Ben Shimazu said. sultation time, in compari- insurance premiums in re- the medical and dental. The save, the lawyers enacted a who, with lawyers Tom Ku• While group medical in• son to the prevailing com- tum for legal services. Such average person is just not group legal aid plan which magai and Jim Okasaki, was surance has caught on quick• mercia! rate of $60 per hour. services include the bandl- essentially provides quality initially involved in the ly in the JACL, group legal Still this, in Orange Coun- ing of divorces, bankrupt- COIldDaed OD Nat ....

Enomoto apologizes to Chicano group FRESNO, Calif.-Bristling Bee, allegedly said there over charges it has support• were some possible illegal PACIFIC CITIZEN ed groups with ties to prison connections between MACA gangs, the Mexican Ameri• and corrupt community ex• Publication of the National Japanese American Citizens League can Corrections Assocation offender groups with ties to (MACA) accepted an apolo• organized prison gangs. Vol. 85 No. 20 Friday, November 11, 19n 20e Postpaid u.s. 15 Cents gy from the head of the state Dept. of Corrections. Pineda said Enomoto's The group also urged the apology was accepted but Dept. of Corrections that there are some members "steps be taken to insure who want to pursue legal ac• such charges are not repeat• tion. "Their feelings were Affirmative action compliance means ed." hurt," Pineda explained. "It Ending its sixth annual was absurd to think MACA conference here in Oct 29, had any ties to organized changing racial stereotypes on jobs the members sent a letter to crime. Jerry J. Enomoto, head of LOS ANGELES - Because statistics show that Japa:• tion program, Ishikawa was gram does not operate on a the state prison system, ac• Japanese Americans have nese are generally found at among approximately 200 quota basis, Ishikawa knowledging the apology be Judge rules out been saddled with numerous entry level and clerical applicants for the position. stressed. Rather, county em• made at the opening session minority quotas racial stereotypes, employ• jobs." After a grueling five-month ployers are asked to try to earlier in the week. ment opportunities for them Overcoming these stereo• screening process, he won provide a strong outreach LOS ANGELES - A provi• have been confined to only a types and bringing Asians the job after the field was program to ensure minori• "Though the director sion in the federal Public handful of departments in into a better employment narrowed to four finalists ties will be considered "in (Enomoto) personally apolo• Works Employment Act of the county government, ac• picture will be one of the and became the second good faith" for jobs, he said. gized for statements issued 19n requiring that 10% of by a department official re• cording to Michael Ishika• first major thrusts of the Af• Asian American to head a "It's a very important dis• government-allocated funds wa, director of the newly• firmative Action Office. county office. (Medical Ex• tinction to make," he said. cently '" MACA would ap• be spent with minority busi• fanned County Office of Af• Presently, Asians comprise aminer-COroner Thomas No• "Mfinnative action in em• preciate it if the director nesses was declared unc0n• firmative Action Compli• S% of the ethnic working guchi was the first.) ployment talks about goals would issue a memorandum stitutional this past week ance. force in Los Angeles County, At 33, Ishikawa is well ac• and timetables. We say there to all institutions directing (Oct. 31) by U.S. District ''There is a clear stereo• Ishikawa said. Only the quainted with the existing should be X-percentage in them to ignore any (such) Judge A. Andrew Hauk. type of what jobs Japanese American Indian at 1% has a affirmative action guide• every class or if you hire, statements ..." said Charles Pineda, state president of But the judge decided not will fit into, II he said. "It's lower rating, while blacks lines. He formerly was the say. three people, that one one of our biggest frustra• hold 29% of the jobs and His• chief field representative would be a minority." the 4,OOO-member group. to balt pending distribution Pineda thanked Enomoto of some $S7-million in feder• tions. You find a lot of Asians panic, 13%. here for the U.S. Commis• will The task ahead be a in the letter for his prompt al funds allocated for work in the accounting, engineer• "Japanese are your most sion on Civil Rights and is challenging one in an area ing and road departments, excluded minority," Ishika• action disavowing com- projects in the county under the current governor of the ffiat is often riddled with ~ but very few Asians in man• wa said. "There's that auto• JACL Pacific Southwest Dis• ments made by a depart- the minority provi• controversy. Still, for Ishika• ment official during a train- sion. ConstructiOn on $I agement and supervisorial matic assumption that when trict Council. wa, the operational plan is positions. you talk about minorities, The county affirmative ing session. _ projects must start before basic. The officer according to Dec. 31 or the federal fund• "Up until now there's been you're talking about blacks action program is believed Rome~ a lack of sophistication re• and Chicanos. We've got to to be unique in its status na• CoodJIued 00 Nut "p Larry in the Fresno ing would be lost. garding the hiring of Asians. stress, especially in Los An• tionwide, Ishikawa said. Japanese Americans have geles, that Asian Americans Every city has affinnative been strapped with the ster• are a significant cultural action personnel, but Ishika• eotype that they are hard• group to consider." wa's office is "probably the working, but are not good • only operation created that material for management Appointed last November has a direct access to policy• positions. The majority of to head the affinnative ac- makers." The office gained a foot• hold when an ordinance authored by Supervisor Ed Asians show most schooling Edelman was approved by the county Board of Super• visors in late 1975. After a in federal white collar force year's preparation, it was of• WASHINGTON-Asians in other minority groups, and ficially inaugurated last the federal civil service lead in fact the nonminority month and has gained sub• in educational attainment groups, in educational at• stantial support in the among the General Sched• tainment: 79% of Oriental county. ule employees, according to men and 56% of the Oriental "We've been sitting down an August 1974 survey of women had attended col• with department heads and some 1.2 million General lege. Norurunority employ• seeing what reauties there Schedule (GS) workers, it ees stood at 68% and 37% are for promotion and for in• was announced in a recent respectively. creasing outreach efforts," Civil Service Commission Ishikawa said. report. However, the r e pu r l "We're also making sure noted that "because of the there is a commitment that if Minority group employ- relatively small number of vacancies should corne up, ees comprise but 17% of the Oriental Americans, their minorities and women will full time permanent "white fIhI*) Ccx.rIIey: YonUI SNrrtun high educational attainment be given an opportunity to Roland, of Astoria, N.Y~; women allied In I11OWfto cOllar" workers in govern• Former Japanese servicemen and Allied has little influence on the compete." POWs cross the bridge on the River Kwal. 1haJ• Ing kimono are war widows. (ThIs week, his .... ment. Asians are S% among figures for all minority em• Unlike special admissions recounting that 8)q)8rience nt what It rneaIt D minorities but less than 1% land, at the first reunbn In ()ct)ber, 1976, to end ployees and even less influ• programs under the Univ. of WW2 hatreds. HoldIng the U.S. ftag Is Dennis him Is plbIIshed In the PC.) overall. ence on the overall totals. " California system, the coun• Asian employees led th~ . p~ CoodJIaed 00 Next ..ge ty affinnative action 2 Pacific Cltizen-November 11, 1977

won't make money. the poverty levels, it's not nese Americans are getting Asian-Pacific mental health LEGAL "Now, you have the vol• necessary. " into more affluent areas. ume in California, but w~t If an insurance plan was They're cognizant of legal report for Mrs. Carter planned about in other partS of the implemented in the JACL, needs. You can't open a busi• geared to face legal serv• country? Some lawyers just Kojima estimates that pos• ness on your own without LOS ANG~A series of ing, research, social policy ices. don't think a group plan sibly 30 to 40% of the mem• legal advice because it's so workshops have been sched• issues, developmental and "But if it's done properly would be worthwhile: he bership would take advan• complex. You have to get uled by the AsianJPacific physical disabilities. Dr. -if you get the right atto~ said. tage of it, but that is still not a legal help to make sure Workshop to the President's Delores Parron of the Com• ney involved, insurance be• "I have yet to find any• large enough volume to everything is done right Commission on Mental mission staff and Kuramoto comes beneficial for both at• thing workable in the JACL. make the plan work. The insurance would do the Health to prepare a detailed were in charge of the work-. torney and client. The atto~ Some lawyers wanted mon• "Health is more of a con• membership a lot of good report to Mrs. Rosalynn Car• shop. ney knows he can have x• ey coming in, but couldn't cern with us," he said. and prevent a lot of grief ter, honorary chairperson of Future workshops were amount of dollars income guarantee service outside "There's that stereotype later." the President's Commission, scheduled at San Francisco and not worry about ove~ larger areas. I don't see real• that Japanese are your most Economically, even Koji• for presentation in Febru• this month and at Washing• head costs." ly what services they are of• law-abiding citizens. ma can see some benefits to ary, 1978, accordinR to Dr. ton in December. Workshop participants came from: fering." It Iwarna, like Shimazu. not• Also, we're the landlords the insurance. With more Ford H. Kuramoto, work• Los Angeles-CUfford Lum, Dr ed that the demand for legal Most importantly, accord• rather than the teriants. cases being litigated "that shop coordinator. Sharon Fujii, Simi Potaai, Thiet Ngu• assistance has not been as ing to Kojima, there is no We're the ones doing the would not have been litigat• The first workshop, held yen; San Franciac:o-Tom Kim, Anita vocal as the demand for need for a legal insurance evicting and with legal serv• ed before," there will be a Sept. 26-28 at UCLA, was at• Sanchez. Unda Wang, Dr Kenji Mu• plan in the JACL. Only a 2S rase, Dr Reiko llama-True, Dr Steve medical insurance in the ices you're generally talking need for more lawyers, Ko• tended by persons from Shon; Seatt1&-Dr Stan Sue, Dr Tony JACL. "But if we want to small cross section of the about helping the poorer," jima said. This, in tum, across the U.S., plus a num• lahiaaka; New York-Charles Wang; continue to grow with the organization will benefit he said frankly. would help alleviate the vast ber of resource personnel Washington-Patrick K Okura, Dr membership, legal insu~ from insurance and for the • unemployment in the legal and interested parties to de• Delores Parron, commissioner; ance is something we should rest, there alternatives Bo~Dr Max Callao; CWnpaign, are In the cultural respect, profession. velop a list of mental health lli.-Bok-Lim Kim; Boulder-Dr look into," he said. to using a lawyer, he said. Iwama agrees that Japanese • concerns for the Commis• Faye Munoz; Denver-Dr Rudy Lie; "Before the JAcr. does "If you can't afford a di• have been brought up in a While the pros and cons sion's subcommittee on spe• PhiladelplU&-Dr Mary Watanabe; anything, however, we vorce, you can separate or if "non-litigation type atmos• are weighed at the national cial populations. Elk Grove Village, ill.-Kiyo Ilia; To• you're smart enough, can do phere," making legaJ insur• peka-Dr Normund Wong; Honolulu would have to research it level, the chapters, for the Workshop was divided in• -Dr Soon-Hvuna Chung; Austin, carefully to see that it is the divorce yourself. A law• ance more of an afte~ most part, remain silent. For to five groups: service de• Tex.-Raymundo Rodriguez., c:cm• beneficial. The research yer is not a necessity ," he be• thought than necessity. them, the situation is simple. livery, personnel and train- miasioner. would have to be done very gan. "We say, 'Well, that's the If the plan is set, they will objectively and carefully," "If you're getting sued and way it goes, I've learned my follow. I warna cautioned. have nothing, they can't col• lesson.' When a Japanese is "The chapters won't be in• It's those potential prob• lect anything. If you have swindled or defrauded he terested until it actually hap• Nisei among 'most lems and weaknesses that something, you can file seldom even reports it. pens, I don't think," Shimazu makes Masamune Kojima bankruptcy. Again, legal aid "At first, I don't think the said. "It'll probably take a powerful L.A. women' leary of a legal insurance isn't a necessity. (legal) plan would be accept• couple years. It's got to come plan for the JACL. From his "In a legal, judicial or ed as readily as the health through national JAcr. be• LOS ANGELES-Two Japa• her one of the first to be work in the Los Angeles criminal case, you can get an plan was. Let's face it, every• cause I don't think the chap• nese Americans last week called when a fund-raising County Public Defender's attorney appointed or a pub• body knows the high cost of er levels will push it. were cited by the Los Angel• drive is in the works. office, he can tell of the legal 'lic defender. health. But legally, I'd be "It would be good to get an es Herald Examiner as being Through her efforts, maneuvering that only ends "The only person who surprised if a person had to ad-hoc committee together among the "most powerful" enough funds were secured up burting the client. really needs insurance is the go to a lawyer more than to study insurance possibili• women in the city. to purchase the former Jew• "You always have to be reputable middle class per• twice in his life." ties. But for right now, for Tosbiko Yan_... ,,'" ... ish Home for tbe Aged in ·cautious-it's easy to get son who has something to Iwama said it will take the chapters anyway, it's a Ruth Watanabe were em:. Boyle Heights for conver• cheated. You've got to set lose. He can't afford a law• time for the Japanese to ap• wait-and-see type thing." mended by the paper for sion into the Japanese Re• the premium high enough. yer, but he can afford the in• preciate the safeguards of And while it's waiting, Or- . both their cmmnmity 1IeI'\'• tirement Home. She serves JAcr. can go to any lawyer, surance premiums. For him, legal insurance, but, slowly, ange County will stick to its ice and commitment to mi• on the board of directors of but you have to have volume insurance is logical and legal responsibilities are be• non-insurance group legal nority interests. both the retirement home with a group plan or you necessary. But if you're at ing realized. "A lot of Japa- plan. 0 Mrs. Yamamoto was the and the Japanese American first minority member and Cultural Community Center, is still the only woman serv• another favorite project of SCHOOLING The Com m iss ion al• ACTION ing on the state Board of hers. so classified the white-col• Barber Examiners. Outside Coallll.....t from Front Page CoDdn.....t from Froat PIce her job, she dedicates her lar occupations into five di• Ex-policeman sentenced Another statistic was re• visions: professional, ad• "One thing we hope to do 18 time toward activating the interest of young Asian SAN FRANCISOO, Calif.-Cbarles• vealed-the percentages of ministrative, tee h n i cal, keep the Board (of Supervi• Nakao, 30, a fanner San Leandro men and women employees clerical and other. sors) informed on where Americans in politics. policeman was seotenced to five within each minority group The report revealed that progress has been main• Frequently consulted on years to life in prison for the seccJDd. minority recommendations degree murder of his DeW wife's 11- who went on to a chi eve the great bulk of the "pro• tained and where improve• year-old son. Gary Ellenburg, lIOD of bachelor's degrees with or fessional" classification ments are needed. for state and federal posts, Shirley Ellenburg who married N. without a graduate study. were Asian males with 33%, ''We can't use a shotgun Mrs. Yamamoto also helped kao in a jail ceremony, weighed 44 Asians led in this area, as compared to 21 % for the approach-that only frus• found the Asian American pounds when admitted to San .Fran• cisco General Hospital a,t January. too, as 55.9% of Oriental non minority. 0 trates." Pat Tasblma Political Coalition. Mrs. Watanabe modestly Nakao was convicted Oct 7 of starv• males, and 22% of Oriental ing the boy. M& Ellenburg, also OOD• females, surpassed those of calls herself a ''volunteer'', victed, bas been sentenced to state other groups. Protests against 'Jap'summarized yet her reputation makes prison for the boy's death. The Commission broke up SAN JOSE, Calif.-On Oct. years against the use of different GS employees into 30, "California Today", the "Jap". different grades. Sunday magazine of the San With the most recent .. As would be expected, Jose Mercury News, fea- flare-up in nearby Hollister the educational level of Gen• tured an article by Dr. Clif- noted in the lead paragraph, eral Schedule employees ford I. Uyeda who recounted Uyeda goes back 7S years rises in successively higher the various protests over the when the epithet was born grade groups," the report and how it was finally recog• notes. 1977 Holiday "ue nized by lexicographers as a "Although Oriental men demeaning, insulting term. and women Lead all other BOXSCORE "There are overwhelming, men's and women's groups, 1976: Display Ads-5,889 " historical, ethical and moral Los Angeles County S~ respectively, in educational The boxscore ackrowledges the reasons for not using the attainment," the report ad• Ed Edelman and Mike Ishikawa amount of column inches which the term Jap, whatever the in• (r) participate at inaugural of KlKKOMAN mitted, "nonminority men chapters have pledged or have sub• tention," he concluded. and nonminority women mitted for this year's Holiday Issue. county Office of Affirmative Ao• have somewhat higher per• A full page is 84 inches, a pair of ad• tion Compliance, of which Mike TERIY AKI SAUCE joining pages 168, four pages 366. 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Houston 25th Biennial National JACL Convention WEEKS TOGOI July 17-22, 1978 • Little Ameri~ Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah November 11,1W7-PaclftcCltlzen 3 First 1978 member Army chaplain active signed by Wilshire Property tax deferred for aged SAN FRANCISCO-Nation• in family life education SACRAMENTO, Calif. - their home at me time of ruing, have al JACL Headquarters last Most of California's older at least 20% equity in the property and have a total houM!hold Income of week revealed Miyeko May SAN DIEGO, Calif. - CoL professionals, college stud• homeowners can postpone $20,000 or less (Indexed amua1ly). Yamamoto of Wilshire JACL Bill Nagata. a chaplain with ents and professionals for payment of their property . 2-A home m'ust also have a home-: was the first JACL member the U.S. Army Ground over eight years and has taxes under recently enact• owner's exemption. to be enrolled for 1978. Forces, spoke on the subjeot, held various workshops na• ed legislation, Assemblyman 3--To recover the postponed talteS. tionwide. the state controller will place a Ben on Meanwhile, the 1978 mem• "Great Demonstration and S. F10yd Mori (D-P!easanton) the property for the amount post. bership campaign kits will Grand Experiment" at the Nagata works with the announced. poned. The law also provides for an be distributed as soon as the 70th Anniversary of Ocean U.S. Army in the area of The legislation, co-auth• interest charge of 7% arurually to be new brochures are delivered View United Church of human resources. The ored by Morl, allows low and added to the Uen amount. from the printers. Christ last Saturday. assignment takes him on moderate income homeown• For more information, call The Sept. 30 membership Born in Honolulu, Nagata consultation visits through• ers over 62 to defer pay• the nearest Franchise Tax summary indicated 30.695 is a minister in the United out the country, visiting ments of part or all of their Board Office. members signed up during Church of Christ and has a military and civilian agen• residential property taxes, 19n-topping the previous special interest in family life cies tasked with developing beginning with payments all-time high of 29,nS as of education. preventive education pro• due Dec. 10. Highlights are: Be a PC Ad-Watcher Dec. 31 1976. Over 60% of The chaplain has conduct• grams for family and com• 1-Cla.imants must be 62 or older the 104 chapters exceeded ed family life enrichment munity living. as of Dec. 31. 1976, own and occupy previous year membership. programs for churches, para- He received his master of divinity degree at Fuller COL. Bill NAGATA r------. Theological Seminary in Pa• ship in Los Angeles. sadena and doctorate of A member of the San Fran• CONSOLIDATE. We've got a yen for your new car ministry at San Francisco cisco chapter of JACL, Na• Theological Seminary. He is gata lives with his wife, also a graduate of the Amer• Frances, and children Mike ican Institute of Family Re• 19, and Janice, 15, in Deca• Come Drive a Bargain With lation's post-master's intern- tur, Georgia. 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And u far u abuae, phyalcal or were summarily uprooted from 1heir International Terrorism Former POW writes otherwt.e, In aU rairneu I cannot say peaceful flll'lD8 and bomea. I witnened any. Both the body and ~ EdItor: the will pve out on many of the Iada Their sre-t u they The recent rash of international terror• modem sciences of the mind explained did not of the and they thus IIUCCUJIlbed. I a«ijusted were, COIDJIU'8 to that away the destructive instincts in a hwnan I am a retired American merchant Nilei who were placed beblnd bmbed ism certainly tells us something"8bout the marine officer and have hid approx· myaelf to my environment with the wire compounds. ThilIA the AIDe Hi• times in which we live, but just what is the being. imately etaht yean or active duty In undent.aDdina that the Japanese had eel, the IllUDe Americ:aD borD. wboae message? As one friend said the other day (which the U.s. Navy retirina with the rank a job to do and they did It. 'lberefore, ~f of Ueutenant commander. I never held any ardmoelty toward aooa and hUlbBdl wmt to war in The question is less perplexing when prompted this week's commentary): '1be them. a apedal retPmmt wboee f.ta at For three yean durina World War bravery outIhooe every other U.s. can same folks that brought you the pennis• D, I wu a priaoner or the Japeneae One of the motivatiq rea80llI for the objectives behind the violence be regiment. The treatment at the NiIei durina which time I wu eent to work my aotna to thia pilarimqe of over identified. Fbr example. in Northern lre- sive society also produced Auschwitz." will remain a penDllllfllt blot OD on the railway and the bridges 12,000 miles, and at areat pel'lOn8l AmerIc:a's c::on8clence and biatory. land, extremists on both sides have a tar- Th HHH B 'Id' amonpt which was the weU·known financial hardship, wu because .. an . get in view: union with or independence e u, ,n9 River Kwal Bridp. Americ:an, I reel very auilty avertJie_ My trip to the_River Kni Bridge Recently, at greet penonaJ finan• bomblnp of the Japaneae cities N. wu Sfmply mlltrialY a PJirimqe from the Irish republic in the south. The A new Federal building has been named cial hardabJp I attended a plIarImage paaId and Hiroehima and the treat· toc:ementtheJapaoeeeJAmeric:an~ tactics of terror in the Middle East, while for Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey-first time at the brldae, ment accorded to other AmerIcan ci- lations and show the world at large I took along with me two American tizen&..-the NiIei. that thoaeof us who bad been tbrouab appearing wasteful and self-defeating, that has happened for a living person The f1aas. One, a Bicentennial flag given IltrOng.\yobjected to the bombinp the mill did not find theJapaDele any• are somewhat understandable at the poJi- gesture is entirely appropriate for the to be by one or my sons as a birthday or Hiroshima and Nqasaki The where near Inhuman .. painted. tical level. compassion the Minnesotan has exempli- present and the adler a flea Biven to bombs were dropped on defenaeless The stench lies at the door of me by Conareasman Marlo B1aaaL I cities, open cities, defenseless civil- Wubington. PresIdent Roosevelt, But of the terrorists from Japan and fied during his political life will be one to walked over the River Kwal Bridge laDs, men. women. children, but aD witbhls"DIlyoflnfamy",sbouidalao West Gennany (the Japanese Red Anny emulate by the people who work in it-the with these two flap to .how the defenseless. The IlflJ\IJDeDt always be extended to "Yean of Infamy", guerrilla and the Baader-Meinhof gang), Dept of Health, Education and Welfare. world that there IA a bond or frlen~ put forth to me IA that the bombings the title of Michi Weglyn's book. their ideology seems to be one of cosmic ship between our two countries, J. saved. mWlon American Uveal Our After reeding the book, I can only pan and the United States. IosseawerenowherethereputedmiJ.. uk, can the Nisei fcqive? No one protest. Sean MacBride, chairman of Am- The Humphrey name for Japanese DurIng the course of building the Uon always mentioned as ''beiDa should or can ever fOf8et thoae nesty International, recently said the gen- Americans goes back some years when as rallroad and bridges, J recalled a say· saved" In thoee bombinp. "yean of infamy." ing which was quite true and applic• History, racta, prove that Wasblna• era! breakdown in public and private mor- mayor of Minneapolis he was among the able to us one and all, both captorl ton knew aU about Pearl Harbor long DENNIS A ROLAND alitY is the source of increased viol~ce first to espouse the JACL cause to and priaooers: We all were In the be~re tt ~~ ~~ NewYorit and brutality. George Wills, in a thought- eliminate the white-only clause in the same boat Our captors bad Uttle and opinlon IA that the Japanese were (Mr. Roland IIOId two life iJJsunIrUie we, a Uttle less, but we all sbared the ful Newsweek essay, has suggested that American Bowling Congress. suckered Into Pearl Harbor. Then poIic:iea to rai8e the S2,SOO oec:euuy same hardships in one form or an• Roosevelt thundered his infamous to 80 to the River Kwal reunioo. His other-hard wont with little or [Xl cry, "A Day of Infamy." Per~pe be the bonible acts of the terrorists were Over 1,000 headers letter was forwarded to the PC by being propelled I~y a powerful fuel: bore- and even less in medlcines or medical called it a DAY, but the rouodlng up Micbi WegJyn, who tells that Mr. attention. Death did not take a h0li• of AmerU:an.-the Nis&-and their Roland plans to attend the'Hirosb.ima dom". Mailers calls them ''headers''-tBgs that day. Death did not know the differ• subsequent treatment is mmparable memorial services next August if be A more basic understanding on the use direct a batch of ZIPed mail to its destina• ence between captor or captive. to that of the Acadians when they can secure the proper funds.-Ed.) of torture and violence--by anarchists or tion The PC currently bas close to 1,100 of government, wbether official or revolu- them. This may be of little significance to tionary-can be realized by recognizing the average reader, but "headers" help U-no Bar: Raymond S. Uno that it denies the dignity of the individual speed the mail. We also found PC readers But there is no neat formula to explain the are in all but three states: South Carolina, mysterious and frightening phenomenon South Dakota and West Virginia. During Pilgrimages and Reparations of international terrorism We should be WW2, there were many in Arkansas (be• chastened by the realization that prosper- cause of the WRA camps) and in Missis• Salt Lake City the Minidoka, Idaho, Camp. the convention. Hopefully - ity does not necessarily define good sippi of Camp Shelby). T~y, It is over 32 years since The Idaho Falls Chapter from this will come positive the (because ~ life, nor have technological revolution and it's dwindled down to 1 and 5, respectively. leaving Heart Mountain, plans to commemorate, results for the Reparations Wyo .. Although the lapse of some fashion, the Heart Project as well as new in• JACL Reparations Committee: Clifford Uyeda so many years has dimmed Mountain Camp. Evacuees sights into the camp experi• my memory of many events, at Granada, Colo., already ences and consequences for there are significant occur- have had a reunion in Calif- future research and publica• rences which I recall as viv- ornia as well as some of the tion. Wiedergutmachung idly as if I had JU' st left the tho M 7.J11nAr and We have often neglected o er camps. -sn the lesser imown- detention PARTlWO (1971 exchange rate: $1 ~ 3.3 be at least 75 to ~ billion' camp yesterday. Tule Lake have been recog- facilities such as Bismarck, It is the German word for marks). Of the recipients a)r marks, (Today's exchange The death of my father in - ~kss.s state historical land- North Dakota; Missoula, restitution, meaning literal• proximately one-third lived rate: $1 = 2.3 marks.) ly: to make something good in Israel, one-third in West • January of 1943, Block 27- Hope.fully, committees · Montana; Moab, Utah; again. It is the word used by Gennanyand the final third The purpose of the Nazi 17-B (my home for almost caD be fonned for the other Lordsburg and Santa Fe, four years), my classmates, camps and a national re- New Mexico; Crystal City, the government of the Fed• in other counnies. concentration camps for eral Republic of Germany The 1957 Federal Restitu- Jews was extermination; the friends and neighbors often union held at the 1978 JAo... Texas, and others. Perhaps (West Germany) in the pay• present panoramic scenes of Convention and a pilgrimage m~re can be done to de~r­ tion Law recognized Ger- purpose of the American in~ ~e h~ ~fenng, ment of compensatory dam• many's obligation to pay concentration camps for Ja• my younger years of conducted before. durinS or mme ages to "those who suffered compensatory damages for panese Americans was im• ceration, indelibly etched in after the convention. I would econOmIC depnvatiODs and in mind and body, or had my mind Returning to like my family to be part of other injuries incurred by all objects confiscated by prisonment. Both were car• ~e been deprived unjustly of the Third Reich, including ried out by the government Heart Mountain to view the the pilgrimage to Heart detainees and their fami• camp site, walking over the Mountain. It may be the last lies. their freedom." those destroyed or lost. The against its own people. Both After World War IT, Occu• sand and dirt that used to be chance we can do it as a law also applied to proper- were based solely on race my home, reminiscing about fami! • pation Powers restored ties confiscated outside the and without individual ~t Hopefully, thi!l Conven• properties confiscated by yesteryears with my child- more impetus can tion can be a famill' affair. H territory of Germany. The charges. Although there was ren and philosophizing about the Reparations Project the Nazis but it did not take inteOl8tional rurreement had no similarity in their treat• the workshop and ,ilgrim• into account personal dam• war and its consequences have than getting together age ideas materialize, there limited Germany's financial· ment inside the camps, the have ruminated through my th I h ages. The Federal Republic obligation to 1.5 billion issue which placed them head for many years,' yet, I e peop e w 0 were evacu• will be something of interest of Germany has stated that marks; but the amount paid there was the sam&-the un• ated and placed in these for all who attend restitution, both moral and have not succeeded in set- camps with their famiJies has exceeded 4 billion just incarceration and de• ting aside the time to make These are the people who material, for acts committed marks. privation of freedom to their I shall comment on the by the Nazis was one of the the journey to what was Sf' were primarily the victims concept of the family aspect In addition, lump sum pay• own people based solely on long ago. . and should be the ones to most important and urgent ancestry. in a subsequent column. obligations of the German ments had been.. made to for- Utah and surrounding states mer concentratIOn mtemees . The fact that the victori• I would like to do so be-- spearhead the Reparations people. ous Allied Powers imposed cause Salt Lake is so close Project. Combining the two have much to offer the vac. In the Luxemborg Agree• who were objects of medical tioners, so mark your calen• experimentations by the on Germany the concept of and those years spent in Wy- projects may help bring the ment of 1952 Germany reparations to the victims of oming have helped shape im- Reparations Project to a SU~ dars for the week of the C0n• agreed to pay three billion Nazis. Lump sum payments lifi cessful rnn,.lusion. vention, July 18 to 22, 1978. were also made to Palestin• Nazism does not diminish portant decisions in my . e H all works out well, plans marks to the State of Israel the righteousness nor the which have influenced my And let us hear from you. and 450 million marks to var• ian prisoners of war with ~ it to: 1135 Second Ave., Jewish background. justice of the reparations attitude toward govern- are to provide a reunion-pi!• ious Jewish organizations act. The Federal Republic of ment, institutions, people, grimage program as part of FiBlt UIke City, Utah 84103. (exchange rate: $1 = 4 Between 1959 and 1964 Germany has stated that it is and life in general. marks). Germany paid 900 million giving precedence to restitu• • Subsequent legislation marks ($225 million) to com• tions for mjustices against Frank Yoshimura is chair- ISSN: 0030-8579 went far beyond the respon• pensate citizens in eleven persons of Jewish ancestry ing the Pilgrimage Commit• sibilities assumed in earlier European nations who were caused by the earlier Ger• tee for the 1978 National JA- ~ Pu~~AEt~S,,,9!'~~_ agreements. Both the num• not eligible under the earlier man government. United 0... Convention in Salt Lake at 355 E. First St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90012. (21~ ber eligible and the assis• compensation laws. Their States is the world leader in City. He chaired the Topaz V tance offered were substan• survivors also became eligi• human justice and rights. Committee which was re• James Murakami, National JACL President tially increased. Survivors ble for compensations. Her actions must parallel sponsible for the monument Alfred Hatate, PC Board Chalnnan of deceased victims were al• By 1975 it total of 52.4 bil-• the goal she advocates. memorializing Topaz as a Harry K. Honda, Editor so guaranteed compensa• lion marks had been paid by The concept of repara• historical site. Geographi• Seoond class postage paid at Los Angeles, Calif. Subscription rates payable in tion. Germany, and another 25 to tions does not have the unan• cally, Utah is strategically advance: U.S. $9 year: foreign $13 year. First Class avalIabIe upon request Of over 4 million claims 30 billion marks will be paid imous support of the Japa• located for most of the war• $5 of JACL membership dues IOf one year subscription through JACL submitted 96.5% were set• under the Compensation of nese Americans. Our next time camp sites. Headquarters, 1765 Suner St.. San Francisco. Calif. 94115 (41~hIACL) tled by 1971 with the pay• Hen and opinion. exprMeed by columnlata, except JACL Victim Law. The grand total presentation will explore the The Blackfoot-Pocatello It8ff wrttera, do not ...... ,." reflect MeL polIcY. ment of 29.3 billion marks of compensation monies will reasons why. 0 Chapter has already visited November 11, 19n-pacIflc Citizen 5

From the Frying Pan: Bill Hosokawa OUR SANSEI COHNECTfOH A Meal With Eel

Denver, Colo. The eel was quickly transferred into How we happened to Kyoko's freezer and there it waited the be eating broiled eel proper occasion, which was the other atop hot white rice in a place called night. The Kitas invited the Hosokawas as Wheatri

calendar chapter • Riverside board members. Glen ~ Road Unitarian Church, Be- the 1esaon may be conducted moto, Pacific Southwest JA• thesda, prior to the panel dis- in Nihongo for tboee whole The annual Riverside JA• CL regional director. will be cusaion chaired by Pat Oku- English is limited. He taught pulse CL potluck Thanksgiving installing officer. Nominees fa on_ Nisei _retirement. bridge overseas within the • Chicago dinner will be held Nov. 12 at for the new chapter board in• the First Christian Church, Meeting will start at 7:30 embassy community includ• George Wakiji, Acting Di-- clude: p.m. Nominees thus far are: ing Japan. Jumpa and Brockton, start• Dick MlY80, Vernon Yoshioka, Joeephine CoI.Un.I, Hideki Hama- rector of Public Mfairs of ing at 6 p.m., followed by Carol Kawamoto, David Kawamoto. moto, May Kitagawa, Geol'le KotJa. ,....______;;.;.;- __ .. -- . Action, has been announced bingo. In the past, the com• Alleen Yagade, Bradley Kuniyuld, tau, Kaz 0ahiJd, Georp 0IaJd, Flor• as the featured speaker for Jack M. MatBueda. ence Sato, Georp WaIdJI. Gerald Y. munity affair has served to Holdover board members the Chicago JACL's 33rd an• introduce this American tra• mada and Thomas Zerlc:k. Classified nual Inaugural dinner-dance serving their final year are: The annual installation • Employment dition to foreign students Mas HIronaka. Robert Ito. Roy Ho• dinner, being chaired by Lily .....;:.:..;..;:;;.:~.;,,;:;,,;,,;.;---- st 1 , Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Case from Japan in the Riverside saka. Tetsuyo Kaahlma. Harry Kawa· Okura, will be held on Satur• and Cover of the American area. moto. Richard Namba, Kimiko AM EDUCATION/AGRICULTURE day. Jan. 28. at the Ft. Myer Furniture Mart, 666 N. Lake The chapter board has vot• Fukuda and Bruce Alakawa. Individuals needed for part-time Shore Drive. Officer Club. (min. 20 hnlwk) position in vegetable The keynote address will ed to send $SO to the Okubo- • Washington, D.C. • gardening education. S4.27 hr. Must Yamada fund. Three have - Sacrament~ have a car + inBur. Communicate ef· be followed by an "Action"• been nominated to the cha~ Blessed with perfect Ichiro Mon. fectively w/llmited-iDcome oommu• packed finale featuring 8 born architect with the U.S. nities. Univ. of Calif. Coop. Ext. Call rd Th Do . H ' weather, hundreds turned Nov. 18-20 visual presentation of mem• ter boa . eyare ns 1- out for the Washington D.C. State Dept. Foreign Service (213) 736-2445. Refer to Watta

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Dots post founded the Monterey Park-5is- chi Kubo as general manager of Univ. of Hawaii's college of ter City Assn. the Los Angeles office of Mitsui troPIcal agnauture, consUltant HONOLULU-Hawaii state heated political waters. senator Jean Sadako King is Science & Co., USA, it was announced by to many U.S. and foreign farm A representative of the ElJiro MacbIda, president Kubo groups and CWTently director of the latest candidate being Manoa-Waikiki district Government TOni lura, Ph.D., of Potomac, has been assigned to a position at the UH Office of International mentioned for the post of since 1974, King has been ~. Carson City Cierk Heleo Ka• Md., was honored by his alma the Tokyo head office. rutricultural lieutenant governor-and so mentioned as a possible lieu• mater, Univ. of Wisconsin, at its Fine Arts wagoe and San Francisco attor• annual Engineers Day. He re- Agricuhure far hers is the most promi• tenant governor candidate ney Steve Dol have been serving ceived the Distinguished Serv- Dr. KeDDetb 0tapJd, fonner Oriental Galleries, owned and nent name to swface in the sinc Nelson Doi announced on the 25-member Council on in• ice Award for "Important engi- Hawaii board of agriculture operated by FuJI MmUamJ and he would not seek re-elec• tergroup Relations in a semi• official status over the past two neering contributions to such chainnan, was appointed to the ArtImr JOiIJdee of Denver, was tion. control and energy conserva- Agricultural Trade Police Ad- opened in October at Denver's years, acoording to Calif. Lt. At least five others, in• JACLertion". The is generalWashington, manager D.C. of ______• ______Lincoin Center. ... San Francisco cluding Kona attorney Wil• Gov. Mervyn Dymal1y. As acting liam J. McCarthy, Virginia governor, he recently signed the environment and energy JACL regains Teipel and Valentine Huihui legislation establishing the coun• conservation division of Aero• cil which will revi w problems space Corp., Germantown. Md. CHIYO'S, have filed for the state's sec• of emerging ethnic groups in the ond most powerful position. Japanese Bunka Needlecrah Ichiban lead tate. Sports i:. ft '¥IJ ld5 Wa hington, D.C. JACLer SAN FRANCISCO - The Fujlo Kobayashi of Japan shot WHOLESALE RUA ll Robert BatcbeJder, 32. of Alex• a 2-under-par 70 and overtook Sept. 30 JA~ membership .M~LOYM.NT ~ ander. Va .. won the Lawrence R BUOkd KIIS Fram,oo Ao, mekom' OOIiIlilS bulletin finds San Francisco Hsieh Yung Yo of Taiwan to win t '~JlOII [JOtI KII~ Md l' lJ,o!l) WelCOITlt' Schneider Award for "skillful the $119,522 Bridgestone Golf' JACL back in the lead for lesson. IO',lruClor < Cerltltcite and dedicated representation of Tournament with a four-round "Ichiban" honors a s the 312 t:. 1st St., Room 202 his Dept. of Transportation and total of lo-under-par, 278. Koba• Los Angeles, Calif. 2943 W . Ball Rd . chapter with the greatest en• Urban Mass Transportation Ad• yashi, an eight-year pro, picked Anaheim. Calif 92804 rollment. It had been a nip & ministration in litigation with up $23.904 in winning his first NFWOPENING DAILY (714) 995-2432 tuck race with its southland profoWld impact on UMT pro• tournament of the year. 624-2821 Open Dally 10-5. Friday 10 8 rival. Gardena Valley JACL. gram". A Univ.ofSanDiegoLaw Closed Sunday. Tuesday which holds an individual School gTaduate. Batchelder Business chapter all-time mark of joined the DOT honors program Lyle S. Fujioka has been for new attorneys in 1974, is now Aloha Plumbing ED SA TO 1,908 members signed up in named manager of the Cren- ll( ' 2 01 6 ~ 5 PLUMBING AND HEATING acting asst. chief counsel with ha ffi Remodel and Repairs 1976. S w Ce ntero lceOftheLosAn- PART .., /!. UPPLI ES Water Heaters. Garbage UISPO:sal"l UMTA, and married to the for• I/ ~ San Francisco JA~ has geJes Federal Savings. A mem- Rf'p.lil\ Our 'PPI ,.. Furnaces mer Risse Shima of San Diego. ber of the Crenshaw Chamber of 1948 . Grand, Los Angeles Servicing Los Angeles been the "Ichiban" champion Schneider was chief counsel Commerce and Optimist Club, Phone: 749-4371 "93 7000 7~557 12 ttmes smce annual rec• with the National Highway Traf• Fujioka brings nearly five years I______----+..:.~------1 ords were tallied from 1946, fic Safety Administration (1971- of experience to his new posi• including the six-year Z 74). tion. Born in Honolulu, he re• JEAN SAOAKO KING MARUKYO stretch ending in 1963 and a Health ceived his BA from the Univ. of five-year stretch ending in A political pro, she has Redlands .. . Mrs. Ruth Fujita 1975. been involved in the Dem<>• Dr. Frank F. Sakamoto, Chica• Watanabe has been elected to the go JACLer. attended the recent Chicago JA~ maintained cratic party for more than 20 board of directors of the First New OtanI Hotel&: years and has been active in educational congress and 70th Surety Corp., a Burbank-based the honors for nine years in a annual convention of the Illinois Gardeo-An:ade 1 antiwar, women's rights, savings and loan holding com- row ending in 1955, when Optometric Assn. at Peoria .. . pany and its subsidiary Surety - o"~ of Ihe- lorgeol Sel." " ono 110 S. Loe Angela Southwest LA JA~ took ethnics and environmental Reedley JACLer Dr. AIdra Taji• Savings and Loan Assn. A p$t 2421 W. JeHerson, LA. LoeAngeJa over for 1956-57. Mile-Hi movements. 0 ri, a past president of the Central 731-2121 628-4369 president of JACL West Los An- JOHN TY SAITO & ASSOCIATES JACL in 1946 with 341 mem• California Optometric Society, geles Auxiliary and active in 1.::~~~::.:.~:...:=:::::..:=:.:...~----_:_--..3-~ was invited by the International bers was the first Ichiban Central Cal to County community affairs, Mrs. Complete Home chapter. The other Ichiban Contact Lens Symposium at Na• Watanabe is also director of City chapter was San Jose JA~ hear Hayakawa goya to speak on uses of prisms Mikawafa in 1964, 1968-70. Awards ~~ FRESNO, Calif.--Sen. S.I. Sweet Shop The top ten chapters, as of Hayakawa will be keynote Teny Suzuki, of Monterey Sept. 30, were: (Figures en• Park, has been cited for his "out• 2 .... E. 1st St. speaker at the Central Calif• SEKO :5120 S. Western Ave. los Angeles MA 8~935 closed in parentheses indi• ornia JA~ District conven• standing commitment and serv• CoDtinoed rrom Pace 5 ardena 324-6444,321-2123 ice to older persons" by Affil- cate those in the 1000 Club.) tion this weekend, Nov. 12- open heart surgery. Be- • San Francisc:o _ ... __...... 1.m (129) 18ted Committees on Aging of . Established 1936 13 at Sheraton Inn He will tween themselves they Gardena Valley _... _____ .. _ 1.696 ( 13) LA County. The founder of the '\sk lor San J05e __..... _ .• _ ... _l .467 ( 60) address the Sunday banquet Monterey Park Japanese Ameri• agreed that the daughter West Los Angeles._-.. __ l,292 ( 32) starting at 6 p.m. can Senior Citizens Club, he re• was not to be told until they Nisei Trading 'Cherry Brand' Sacramento.... _ .. __...... _ l .024 (123) Business sessxms chaired ceived the American Legion ppllance5 - TV - Furniture MUTUAL SUPPLY CO Oricago ... __ .__ ._. __.... _ 962 (183) were near recovery. They by Dist. Gov. BobKanagawa later said it was senseless to 1090 Sansome SI. Sequoia _.__ •• _ .. _•..... __ 930 ( 27) NEW ADDRESS: San Francisco. Calit. Seattle __._ .... _._.___ 812 (104) of Sanger will start Saturday New staff added make her worry. "What good East Los Angeles __ ..•__ . 738 ( 22) at 4 p.m. The youth meet from would that have been?" 249 S. San Pedro St. San Mateo _._._. __. .. ___ .... n2 ( 15) 10 am. Sunday. O. at Headquarters There should be a happy Los Angeles, Calif. 90012 SAN FRANCISCO - Over ending to this story. For as I Tel.: 624-6601 the past several weeks, sev• told the daughter recently, f------l Nationwide Business and Professional Directory eral changes in JA~ Head• she had been raised like a Tovl;~ Your business card placed In each Issue here tor 2Sweeks (a han year) quarters personnel have princess. And never have I at S25 per three·ltnes Name In larger type counts as two lines Each additional line at S6 per Itne per half· year penod been made, it was an• known two such perfect par• nounced by Karl Nobuyuki, ents. ~ ~"' • Greater los Angeles • Seattle, Wash. national executive director. I did not anticipate her .... STUDIO Stella Kiyota brings some reply. She said they failed PHOTOMART Asahi International Trovel IMPERIAl. LANES 318 East First Street Nose. Owned - Fred Tokogi Mgr 11 years of experience as ad• her. So sheltered had her life 1111 W OlympIC. los Angeles 900 15 Camera5 8. Photographic Supplies Los Angeles, Calif. 9001 623.0 125/29 Pleo.5e (011 Tom or Glodys 220 I • 22nd Ave So 325·2525 ministrative assistant to the been that she knew nothing U SA • Jopon • Worldwide GOl.D KEY REAl. ESTATE INC. National Director, the ap• about suffering. "They de- 316 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles AlR-SEA-LANO-CAR- HOTEl 626-5681 Home. ond Acreage I pointment being effective prived me of suffering," she L-___6_2_2_-3_9_6_8 ___--L ______--t TIM M IYAHARA. Pre. Grand Opening--flOWER VIEW GARDEN S #2 Call Colleer. (206) 226-8 I 00 Nov. 9. Brenda Jones was said, biting down on her lip. 11 0 S. los Angeles 51.• LA 90012 ~ flowers/Gifts/plonts New Otoni Hotel Shop hired Oct. 17 as bookkeeperl So maybe sometimes the KINOMOTO TRAVEl SERVICE ~r Art Ito Jr. (011 (213) 620-0808 deepest needs and desires of Fronk Y Kinomolo office manager. An associ• Empire Printing Co. 605 S. Jackson SI 622· 2342 ate director to succeed Don our children remain un• NISEI flORIST COMMERCIAL and SOCIAL PRINTING In Ihe Heart of l.,"le Tokyo Hayashi, who resigned Oct. known. Even in the best of English and Japanese 328 E I $I SI . ·628·5606 31, is expected to be appoint• families. It reminds me of Fred Moriguchi Member' Telelloro GALA SUPERMARKET BAZAARS ed this year. the disenchantment of the 114 Weller St., Los Angeles 90012 628-7060 The PAINT SHOPPE Richard A. Okabe of Chi• Sansei during the '60s. In the -=-:~~=:"":'':''':''--~------j La Mancha Cenler. I t I I N Harbor Blvo cago was appointed national midst of plenty, did they too f ullerton. Calif . (714) 526·011 6 c.. fr . youth director effective Oct T oyo Printing (ooklng U l enSIls yearn for a knowledge 0 Nanka Printing YAMATO TRAVEl BUREAU Imporled bevel 1 0 ; suffering? Japanese Phototypesetting Japanese Photo Typesetting 31 2 E. 1>1 51•• los Angele. 90012 Food dellco(,e, (2 13) 624-6021 Ju do-G, Koro'. 2024 E. First St. 309 S. San Pedro St Pott.ry Chino ------COLOR TV GAME (4 Games: Tennis. Hockey. Handball. ~ Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles - 626-8153 • Watsonville, calif. Phone: Tom Nakase Realty Three Generations 01 Acreage. Ro nche • • Home •• Income fllpeflence ... Tom T. Noko.e. Realtor S.ott le 6th S ond Soufhe.n1., S' or. Shimatsu, Ogata 2S Clifford Ave. (408) 724·6477 ~AK~~ ~ 2~ ' 8 ~ ':.k 6·~"o7 ~ o VakJe: $89.95 FUKUI and Kubota • The Midwest Mortuary, Inc. • San Jose, calif. HAND CALCULATOR (C~ case ndOOed) Mortuary EDWARD T. MORIOKA. Reollor SUGANO TRAVEL SERVICE Adds, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Percentage 707 E. Temple St. 3170 Williams Rd .• Son Jose 17 E. Oh,o $, • Ch icago. III . 6061 I 9Il Venice Blvd. Bus . 2-46-6606 Res. 371 -0442 944·5444; eve/Sun 784· 8517 5 Los Angeles 90012 Los Angeles • S.F. Peninsula • Washington, D.C. 5'..5 =s;. 626-0441 749-1449 MA5AOKA-ISHIKAWA . Soichi Fukui, President JAPANESE BUNKA EMBROIDERY SEIJI DUKE OGATA AND ASSOCIATES, INC. VAlENCIA CLOTHING 572-9825 425 Firsl Streel t:iiil"~ James Nakagawa, Manager l.os Ahos. Calif. 94022 Consullonl • Washing Ion MOilers 102 E. Garvey Blvd .• Monterey Park. Calif. R. YUT AKA KUBOTA Nobuo Osumir Counsellor Irene T Kono - (4 15) 941 ·2777 900· 171h 51 NW. Rm 520. 296· 4484 Mal Order Wet\::ane: Add $2.50 Each ItBm 8 Pacific Cltlzen-November 11, 1977 Pres. Jim to be in Denver Spartan Beat: Mas Manbo DENVER, Colo. - National Dr. Minoru Masuda of ~ JACL President Jim Mura• attIe, who presided at the Ni• kami will be keynote speak• sei retirement conference The 1978 JACL A Tearful er at the fall Mountain Plains last year in San Francisco, District Council conference, will lead the panel discus• being held Nov. 11-13 at the sion on Nisei retirement. Dr. Parting Executive Towers, address• Sharon Fujii of I.mJ Angeles, !!!lBY!~.!!3!!!!! ing the Saturday evening who was scheduled to speak banquet. on her experiences with el• Open to All Bonafide JACL Members TOKYO-Hawaiian Wally Yonarnin bowed out as manager derly Asian Americans, is of the Chunichi Dragons after the team swept a double• unable to attend due to the GROUP FLIGHTS TO JAPAN header from th 'faiyo Whales to wind up the Central League Okubo-Yamada illness of her mother. ba ball season in Nagoya Oct 18. Murakami will speak at VII JAL. 7Q1GA100 Round ,.. r:..: .... fund drive starts ~tlQjrIrII"'I) Mter a bad start this year, the Dragons pulled up to a the dinner being hosted by tll'00NFHE) respectable third place behind the Yakult Swallows and the SAN FRANCISCO - The the Mile-High JACL cha~ Group-Datee Depart from: pennant-winning Yomiuri Giants. Okubo-Yamada FUnd Drive ter. District Gov. MitB Kawa• ~1-Apri1 3-26 L.A.IS.F. It wa a tearful parting for committee, in its first report moto of Omaha will preside 2-April 3-24 San Francisco Yonamine., now 52, and his on returns, decided to ac• at the business sessions start• 3-AprillO-24 (2 wks) ~ Francisco and mates whom he steered to knowledge contributions by ing Saturday, 10 a.m., ~4-Apri119-May 10 LOS Angeles the league championship three categories: a--$1-25, ending Sunday nooo. ~S-Apri11-24 yancouver, B.C. three years ago. 1>--$26-99, and c-S100 or 6-May 6-27 Los Angeles more. No aggregate total Roth to address -'1-May 22-June 5 San FranciscO The Dragons had hard was made of the first 27 con• ~8-June 26..July 10 Los Angeles luck when veteran major -ttibutions. West L.A. JACL . 9-J'une 19-July 9 San Francisco leaguer Willie Davis, the top A ($1.25) Bill Matswnoto, Sac; Henry Tan. LOS ANGELES - George IG-July 24-Aug. 22 San Francisco addition to Japanese base• ka, C1ev; Raymond Uno, Salt Lake; Knox Roth, who courageous• ll-July 24-Aug. 22 Los Angeles ball in the 19n season. broke 1bomas Yatabe, Hiromu MaswnotD, ly protested the Evacuation ~12-July 31-Aug. 31 San Francisco his wrist Davis, one of the Chicago; Buddy Iwata, Mrs Sei Yasi, on radio in February, 1942, ~l4-Sept. 4-25 L.A.IS.F. two Leonard & Tamako Kinoshita, Uv• ~15--Sept. Dragons' American Mer; Martin Hochi, Tulare Cty; Eu• will address the West Los 25-Oct. 16 San Francisco players, suffered the injury gene Omi, Lee & KJyo Yano, San Angeles JACL installation 17-Oct.3-26 San Francisco when be hit the fence while mateo; Yuriko Yamashita, Berk; dinner Nov. 19, 6:30 p.rn. at ~18-Oct. 2-23 L.A./S.F. Yonaml~ ' s Henry Arata, Alloe Aold. Frank & going after a long fly in a last as the Airport Marina, Lincoln 19--Oct.2-23 San F"""cisco game against the Hiroshima Ctlunichi manager Allce Sakata, Frank Arata, Stockton; William Marutani, Philadelphia; Blvd. and Manchester. He ~21-Oct. 16-Nov.6 L.A.iS.F. Carp on Aug. 2. Davis bad hit his 25th home run earlier. Mary Harada. will speak in positive tenns 22-Oct. 16-Nov.6 Los Angeles B--$26-99 on future hopes for Ameri• ~~Nov. 27-Dec. 18 SanFrancisco Yonamine was manager of the Dragons for six years. In Kengo Terashita, Georse Baba, ~24-Dec. Stockton; John & Grace Kanda, cans and Asians. 2O-Jan. 9 San Francisco his playing days, mostly with the Yomiuri Giants, he won Puyallup VIy. Tickets and reservations 25--June 12-26 (2 wks) Honolulut three batting titles and compiled a lifetime average of .311. C-SlOO or More by Nov. 13 are being handled t Group Tour assembles ~ for Jap8ll. Before be got into Japanese baseball in mid-19S1, Wally, an Helen Kawqoe, Gar. Mike Masa• through: VIa PanAm747/GA100-Round Trip Fare: $564* all-around athlete, was the first NjJckei to play top-rate pro• oka, WDC; Tom Shimuald, 1Ulare; Virgijila Tominap (82(}J36.s) and CONFIRMED FLIGHTS Shig WaJaunatsu, 0Ucaa0. Veronica Ohara (473-7066). fessional football in the United States. A native of lahaina. ~13-Aug. 13-Sept. 3 Los Angeles Maui. Yonamine was a halfback of the San Francisco 4gers ~2G-Oct.I-22 Los Angeles back in the late 19408. . VII JAL. 0... r:..: ... This was wben Frankie Albert was the 4gers' quarterback. Introducing: The delicious gifts Round,.. 16-Oct.I-22 Chicago • Premium quality "Shenson" steaks and "Columbus" Yoko Gushiken, Japan's sole world boxing champ at pres• salame for your frlimds/relatives in Japan. ent, certainly pleased viewers in his televised title defense on Oct. 9 in Beppu, Oita Prefecture. GENERAL INFORMA lION • AIr lare (effective Aug. 1. 1977) includes r~nd tr1I. $3 Uport departure ~ He chilled his Thai foe Montsayarm R Mahachai with a and $20 JACL administrative fee. Adult and allid seats same pnce on any flight; rigbt book in 2:17 of the fourth round to retain his World Infants 2 year old, 10% 01 applicable regular fare. Boxing Association junior flyweight championship for the ALL FARES. DATES, TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. third time. If there are any questions regarding the National JACL Travel Committee The abrupt finish to the IS-round bout seconds after 8:01 policies or decisions, write to: Steve Ooi, clo JACL Headqarters, 1765 Sutter p.m. enabled fight fans wbo also wanted to see the final 51., San Francisco 94115 ex call (415-921·5225), ask lex Mich Mizushima. installment of "Roots" to make a quick switch in channels and not miss anything. • Infonnation Coupon 'Roots" was broadcast at 8 p.m. in eight parts and had a Mall to any JACL authorized travel agent, chapter travel bigh viewer rating in the country. On the final day, it got a chairperson or president, JACL Regional Office or to: Nielsen rating of 29.6 in the Kanto area and 41.0 in the Kansai area. The 29.6 percentage meant that 2.8 million families NatIoMI JACL TrweI watcbed the program in the Kanto area alone. according to When you demand the best, try our unique gifts: .1785 Sutter St., S.n FrancllCO, <:'Ilf. 94115 ~ ·Ib . the Asahi Evening News. • Ten U.S.D.A. Choice striP loin steaks, freshly packed in a re·usable, styrofoam blue ice cooler. Send me information regarding 1978 For the whole series, beginning Oct. 2, the rating in the • S IX 13-oz. rolls of San Francisco's favorite salame in a Kanto region was 23.4. 0 handsome, easy-carry package. Nat" JACL AIghts, especially Group *__ _ • Both certifie d by the U.S.D.A. to easily clear Japanese customs. Name ______(415) 391-4111 ORITZ 690 Market Street, Room 320 Address ______International,lnc. San Francisco, CA 94104 _w~s~ City, State, Zip ______PLAYERS Day Phone ______Chapter __ PRESENTS JAPAN IN SPRING Points Of Departure Via Japan Air Lines Jumbo Jet Departs: Vancouver. B.c.. 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