aC1•• 1C C1•• 1ZCll National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League New stand: 25¢ (60C postpaid) ISSN: 0030-8579 / Whole No. 2,366 / Vol. 101 No. 21 941 E. 3rd St. #200. Los Angeles. CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, November 22, 1985 the new immigrants and who Demos seek Asian immigrant vote stood against ... Study the tax re­ fonn bill and see who's for busi­ ness and who's against" by J.K Yamamoto munity ... [LA Mayor] Tom Brad­ Many Asians, he said, have for­ LOS ANGELES-Responding to ley would have been elected our gotten that "it has been Demo­ Republican efforts to recruit governor." Bradley lost to George cratic leadership which has gone newly naturalized citizens, many Deukmejian in 1982 by a narrow out of its way ... to make certain of them Asians, Democratic lead­ margin that [immigrants] enjoy the fruits ers spoke to the ethnic press Nov. Aclmowledging that the Re­ of democracy." 16 about their registration plans. publicans "got a slight jump on Assemblyman Mike Roos reit­ "Unfortunately, in the p~ the us" in registering immigrants, he erated the theme by saying that efforts of the Democratic party said that Democrats were "hoIr underthecUITenta~tio~ have not been as effective as they ing to outdo the Republicans." grants from the state Dept of might have been," said city coun­ Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii Aging to the Korean, Filipino cilman Mike Woo. ''In the coming stated that the appeal that the and Vietnamese communities in year, it is our intent to try to step GOP has for many Asians is his district have been ''virtually Democrats taking part in Nov. 16 press conference at Do Hwa Restaurant up the effort to register more based on false assumptions. zero." He added that Democrats in Los Angeles were (from left): L.A. Councilman Zev Yaroslovsky; Sen. Asians as Democrats. "Asians give great importance ensured that minority businesses Daniel Inouye of Hawaii; Garvey School Board member-elect Judy Chu ; ''It's clear from the histol)' of to the family, and they [Republic­ would have an equal opportunity Sen. Alan Cranston of Califomia; State Assemblyman Mike Roos; L.A. Eastern cities . .. that the party ans] suggest that Democrats do to sell state lottel)' tickets. Councilman Mike Woo; and Monterey Park Councilwoman Uly Chen. that does the best job ofwinning not Some suggest that Republic­ City councilman Zev Yaroslov­ the loyalty of newly naturalized ans are greater anti-communists sky suggested that Republicans citizens has a good chance of ... as compared to the Democrats. I recruiting immigrants are oppor­ hanging on to the allegiance of would challenge any Republican tunists because ''if it was up to 442 vet honored for role at Dachau their children and grandchil­ to compare patriotism or being Republicans, there wouldn't be by Takeshi Nakayama about the Japanese guys in the dren." pro-American." an Asian immigrant ... coming Rafu Shimpo Military Intelligence Service, too. Sen. Alan Cranston of Califor­ He also said that Democrats into this country." LOS ANGELES-Cl.arence Matsu­ They said to keep quiet about the nia stressed the importance of are more supportive of Asians in Woo said that initial outreach mura of San Gabriel was one of MIS, but to hell with that," Matsu­ the Asian vote. ''If an effective the areas of immigration and efforts would utilize the immi­ 11 men honored at the 'Simon mura added "A lot of them were registration and get-out-the-vote small businesses. "All you have grant press and bilingual volun­ Wiesenthal Center's gala tribute killed while serving in the Pacif­ drive had been done three years to do is look at the [congressional] teers to communicate the panys dinner on Nov. 10 at the Century ic, acting as spies against J apaD, ago in the Asian American com- roll call and see who stood for message. Plaza Hotel spying on their in-laws and rela­ The fund-raiser, held to honor tives." had to leave here," said Mayor Holocaust survivors and soldiers In late April 1945, while the "Schuyler Jeffries as he pre­ who liberated the Nazi death main group of the 442nd was sent 'Grape King' heirs return to ranch sented Kosuke and Amy with a camps, featured California Gov. to fight in the Italian campaign, key to the city. "And I suspect George Deukmejian, along with the 52lnd went into Gennany, by Patty Wada Ijichis were forced to leave there's a small scar still there, Elizabeth Taylor, Glenn Ford, passed through Dachau and Hokubei Mainichi Fountaingrove. but the people of Santa Rosa do Barbara Walters, Melissa Man­ were among the first liberators The honoring ofNagasawa was love you. This is your city." chester, and Nazi hunter Simon of the camp. SANTA ROSA, Calif.-''! did the occasion for the Ijichis' re­ Following the unveiling of the Wiesenthal The American soldiers opened something last night that I turn to Fountaingrove the week­ bust, a banquet was held at the Matsumura was a member of the gates to the camp, only to find haven't done in 49 years," said end of Nov. 2. A bronze bust of Sheraton Round Barn Inn, a 22A­ the 442nd Regimental Combat that the prisoners, 7ff'1o of them Kosuke Ijichi. ''I slept at Foun­ their granduncle was fonnally room complex built on Fountain­ Team's 52lnd Field Artillel)' Jews and most of the rest politi­ taingrove. " installed in the city council grove, overlooking the famous Battalion, which liberated the cal prisoners, were no longer Ijichi and his sister, Amy, were chambers of City Hall polygon-shaped barn that today, Dachau concentration camp in there. born and raised at Fountaingrove ''I have mixed emotions when refurbished, is dedicated in 1945 (see Feb. 8 pc). "Apparently, the Gennans had Ranch, a rolling spread of Santa I come back here to Santa Rosa," memol)' of Nagasawa 'Tm representing the 442nd to tried to get rid of the evidence," Rosa land that once covered said Kosuke, ''because of what The banquet was hosted by the get their stol)' tol<1," said Matsu­ Matsumura recalled 'The pris­ 1,850 acres and boasted_one of happened" He paused before Greenwich Development Corp., mura, who was a Pre. at the time, oners were being taken on a America's 10 best wineries. adding, ''It's myoid home." which recently purchased 100 in an interview prior to the din­ forced march on side roads out Fountaingrove was the home ''I didn't think it would be so acres of what was originally part of their childhood and would be ner. toward a lake some 00 miles south emotional," said Amy, ''but it is. " Continued 00 Page 7 'They told us to keep it quiet, of Dachau, in the Tegernsee area their home today if not for the Her feelings at the installation but the hell with those guys. We They were scattered around three racist anti-alien land laws of the ceremonies were ones of pride have to let people lmow. A lot of towns in the area-Tegernsee, early 19005. and happiness, but also regret guys gave their lives back there Badtolz and Waakirchen." Ijichi is the last remaining heir 'Tm SOfl)' my mother couldn't be [in Europe~ " , Matsumura's unit followed to the legacy of Kanaye Nagasa­ here." "We've to let uvU'U":; along the side roads and caught wa, the Issei pioneer whose spirit Kosuke's and Amy's mother, up with some 2,<XX> prisoners at and fortitude carried Fountain­ Hiro Ijichi, acted as hostess, Waakirchen. 'The German guards grove through the Prohibition housekeeper and chef at Foun­ had scattered when they heard years and the Great Depression, taingrove, taking care of the de­ we were coming" the Nisei veter­ but whose contribution to the tails when Nagasawa, a bachelor, an related. state and nation could not stem entertained his friends and ~ Those prisoners were really a the flow ofanti-Asian sentiment sociates. sight in their striped uniforms," Because Ijichi was still a teen­ Today, Kosuke and Amy make he recalled 'They were just skin ager when Nagasawa died in 1m4, their homes in Richmond and Sun­ and bones, they looked starv~ he was prevented from inherit­ nyvale respectively, but remem­ and cold It was pretty cold up ing Fountaingrove by a consor­ ber the day when they were told there in the Bavarian Alps." tium of Nagasawa's creditors to pack their bags and leave Foun­ There were only a handful of and lawyers, who ruled that Ko­ taingrove a few years following 442nd troops, along with a few suke's and Amy's parents could Nagasawa's death. other U.S. soldiers, in Waakir­ not hold land in trust for minors At that time, Fountaingrove chen looking after the rescued since they were Asian immigrants. had a Depression-era value of Photo by Kanegai prisoners. 'What I was doing was Asians were barred from owning $137,<XX>. Today, the property is 442nd vets tClarence Matsumoto picking up prisoners off the land in California by the restric­ worth in excess of $2D million. (standing) and Dr. Arthur Sakamoto. Continued on Page 9 tive Alien Land Laws. In um, the ''It was a sad ending when you Kanaye Nagasawa No. 2,366 aUow 6 weeka advance notice to NpOt1 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday, November 22, 1985 your add,... change with 1_ on front division If you are moving, New Address: ~ . ___________________ Toshiba accused of discrimination Dunlop alleges that Ristow was promised another position City, State, Zip _________________~ __ Effective date: _________________ by Naomi Hirahara kayo (Cat r--Iong employment) to within the corporation and the Rafu Shimpo their permanent employees.