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Legal and medical costs mount Ordeal of refugee family continues by Helen Y. Zia face separate trials for breaking and against Kiet and Cuong Tien, the DETROIT-The incidents of racial entering with intent to commit family must participate in at lease violence and harassment against murder. five different legal cases. Vietnamese refugee Kiet Tien, 23, Tien, who arrived in the small Asian American groups in Michi• and now, the involvement of the mid-Midligan town of Grand Ledge gan have been working with the Tien criminal justice system, continue to in 1981, has traced a history of har• family and other government offi• take their toll on Tien and his family. assment beginning in 1982, from ha• cials to try to assist the family. The In the latest development, Kiet bitual racial taunting and incidents American Citizem for Justice, an Tien, his brother Cuong, 17, and one such as spitting at Tien by other high Asian American civil rights group of the three men who allegedly start• school students, to frequent threats that was founded after the Vincent ed a fight last Christmas day with of physical violeoce. School officials Chin case; the Assn. of Chinese the two brothers have been charged took no action, though they were Americans; and the Asian Pacific with creating a public disturbance. aware of the incidents. American Council of East Lansing The Tien:; pleaded not guilty at their The threats fmally culminated in have been monitoring the situation arraigmnent on Feb. 4, in Eaton violent confrontation for the Tiens. and plan to send representatives to County Circuit Court. The two have Their car windows have been broken the trials. There is some concern, requested a jury trial and a court• and their tires slashed. The incident however, that a backlash toward appointed attorney. for which the Tien brothers have Asians may develop in this predom• Meanwhile Tien's wife, Christina, been charged occurred on Dec. 25, inantly white area of small towns. who was pregnant when the latest when three white men racially har• round of racial incidents occurred, assed Tien and his brother Cuong, 17, developed toxemia and delivered a at the gas station where they daughter two months premature• worked; that incident eIXied in a Airport melee, house only one week after she had to testify fight, aI¥i one of the three men re• arrest greet Kim in court during the preliminary quired stitches for a cut. ALIVE AND WELL - Kim Miyori tells San Fernando Valley hearings against the four white men on return to S. Korea JACLers about life and death on network TV. Story, page 8. Homelessness (different from the other three) who But other problems stemming SEOlJL-.Qpposition leader Kim Dae attacked the Tien household Jan. 1. from the racial harassment also con• Jung, returning to South Korea after In that incident, the four 'men told front the Tiens. Besides the fragile two years of exile in the U.S., was Mrs. Tien that they wanted "to health of their premature baby and forcibly separated from the Ameri• speak to her Chinese husband and the attendant medical costs, the cans accompanying him by police• any other Chinks in the house. " Mrs. Tiens have been unable to live in men and placed under house arrest Blacks, nightclubs settle dispute Tien is Caucasian; Tien is ethnic their h MARUKYO Kimono Store LEISURELY New Otani Hotel & Garden-Arcade 11 RETIREMENT 110 S. Los Angeles Los Angeles 628-4369 . @ Fish On Village .. 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Stop by (either I 8 days time) ...... 1,095.00 FIRST BANK anyone of our over 130 statewide CAll NOWI 1503\297-710 Member FDIC Calilorn.a Flrsl Bank 1984 ~~'1!~~O ~!!~ OR WRlTE FOR M6RE INFO offices to start your IRA Account. • P.O. 8OX.1453 BVTN., OR 07075 friday, February 15, 19851 PACIFIC CmZEN-3 Two Asians among Major photo and art exhibit Oscar nominees BEVERLY HILlS, Ca.-In what may be an Oscar first, two Asian on display through summer Americans have been nominated in the best supporting actor cate• PHILADELPHIA-JACL and the skills and knowledge which could gory for the 57th annual Academy Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies be learned only in Japan. Awards-Pat Morita for his role are preparing an exhibit on "The The exhibit will show how Japa• as Miyagi karate teacher and Japanese American Experience" nese Americans are continuing father figure to teenager Ralph to be held June 10 through Sept. 14 the cultural traditions handed Macchio in ' The Karate Kid .. and at the Balch, 18 S. 7th St. An open• down by their parents Haing S. Ngor, who played Dith ing reception will be held Friday, Special programs, such as ike• Pran in . The Killing Fields,' a June 14. bana, tea ceremony, talks on the true stocy of life in Cambodia The exhibit is made up of four internment, slide shows and vid• under the Khmer Rouge. parts. Three consist of traveling eotapes are scheduled during the Morita, the Nisei comedian per• exhibits: "Go for Broke," an three mmths. Guided tours of the haps best known for his role as exhibit about the 442nd Ref pre• exhibit are available on weekends. Arnold in the TV series • Happy pared by JACL; a collection of oil The committee is seeking volun• Days " has said that his critically paintings by Nikkei painter Roger teers to act as tour guides during acclaimed " Karate Kid" role Shimomura; and an exhibit of 50 June through September. pho~ marks 'the flrst time I've ever Ansel Adams of Manzanar. JAClrBalch committee mem• portrayed a real, full4mens:ional The fourth section will be devel• bers are: Sumi Kobayashi, chair, Japanese character.' Because of oped jointly by JACL and Balch Reiko Gaspar, Jack Ozawa, the mm's popularity, a sequel is from pootos and items loaned or Grayce and Hiro Uyehara, George being plarmed. donated by local Nikkei. Oye, Mary Watanabe, Ellen Na• Unlike Morita, a veteran of Prominent Nikkei artists Mine kamura (Seabrodt), Teresa Mae• numerws films and TV shows, Okubo and Henry Sugimoto, both bori, Chiyo Koiwai, Akira Yoshi• of New York City, will display Ngor, a Cambodian doctor, had da, Louise Maehara and Nobu Mi• their paintings and drawings of never acted before his role as a yoshi. Gail Stern, museum cura• translator for New York Times the evacuation and camp life. tor, represents Balch. Fumio Ike• reporter Sidney Schanberg The exhibit documents immi• da is special consultant for the (played by Sam Waterston). Like gration in the early 1900s to Hawaii exhibit. Dith Pran, Ngor was subjected to and the West Coast, the evaruation The following persons are acting and internment, and relocation to as collectors for materials loaned fo rced labor, torture, and near TRIBUTE TO PIONEER - Award-winning choreographer and dancer the Philadelphia-Seabrook area. or donated for the exhibit: No~ starvation before escaping from Satoru Shimazaki presents a solo tribute to Michio Ito at the Japan It also includes a section on the Akira Yoshida; Southwest• Cambodia. Now working as a job America Theatre this weekend. See Calendar, page 12, for details. counselcr in Los Angeles and tak• Supreme Court cases of Minoru George Oye; Center City-Sumi ing c~es at UCLA to obtain a actor last month. John Malkovich for " Places in the Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Hamasaki; New Jersey-Gladys license to practice medicine in this Also in the running for the best Heart," and the late Ralph Rich• Korematsu, and Mitsuye Endo. Kamihira. country, Ngor won the Golden supporting actor Oscar are Adolph ardson fur 'Greystoke: The Leg• One section features Japanese "It is important that the public Globe award for best supporting Caesar for A Soldier'S Story," end ofTarlan. " Americans who settled in the be made aware of the exhibit," Philadelphia area before WW2. said Sumi Kobayashi. "The ex• The story is brought up to date hibit c Even though football season is long tion. Shig Fujita, who became a member antiaircraft exercises today. '" Soon past, San Franciscans like my friend of Waseda's football team in 1942, added afterward the air raid sirens sounded and Yone Satoda probably are still aglow over FROM THE some reminisceoces in the Asahi Even• the game was canceled. the outc 5) Violence against any group fering with Korean sovereignty. of Americans cannot be tolerated KIM The State Dept. had earlier re• Anti-Asian Violence Continued from F ront Page by our community or the Ameri• ceived assurances from Seoul Asians in America are isolated in• can people, because the attack on familiar with the Korean govern• that Kim's return would be " un• cidents and infrequent. anyone group will weaken the ment for a long time. So I should impeded" and that Kim would not r ~ security and rights of other Amer• be patient." Kim has survived a be jailed in exchange for announ• PRESIDENT'S Regrettably, if one were to icans. kidnapping, four arrests and a cing that South Korean president CORNER: view reports in the Pacific Citizen for the past two years, one would The JACL National Board ad• death sentence in his past deal• Chun Doo Hwan would visit Wash• see a defmite shift toward in• dressed the issue of a.'1ti-Asian ings with the government. ington in April. The State Dept. creased anti-Asian violence. violence at the October 1984 board Government spokesmen have has charged Seoul with reneging by As a human am civil rights or• meeting. At the February 1985 denied that excessive force was on the agreement, but does not Frank Sato ganization, I believe that it is our National Board meeting, the na• used am accused Kim of initia• plan to cancel Chun's visit. responsibility to respond and to set tional staff presented a report to ting the violence by using abusive Kim had hoped to be allowed to into place appropriate national, address the issue of reducing vio• language and punching a polic~ address his supporters at the air• regional, and chapter-based pro• lence against Asians. man. Kim called the accusation port, but the thousands who had Over the past months, there has grams that will effectively edu• In 1942, the worst form of anti• , a lie, ' as did the Americans who gathered to welcome him back been an increasing number of cate our fellow Americans that: Asian violence occurred. Some 40 were involved. were barred from the airport and newspaper articles and television 1 There is an increase in anti• years later, we see a troubling Ambassador Walker protested later dispersed by police using segments reporting on growing Asian violence in the United States matter Emerging that calls for our the incident but also suggested tear gas. Another opposition lead• violence against persons of Asian today. attentioo again. Your careful that the American delegation, es• er, Kim Young Sam, was prevent• corting a Korean citizen on Kore• ed by police from going to the air• Pacific background. 2) A reed exists to identify rea• lilought on this subtle but poten• Recently, the Pacific Citizen's sons am causes for the apparent tially volaWe issue is vital. an territory, may have been inter- port. front page coverage was devoted increase in anti-Asian activities. to incidmts of bodily harm against 3) We need their help to create ~~~~:::::!:~===~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:::::.::;~=====i1 Chinese, Pilipino and Japanese programs that will increase the TO OUR READERS Americans. 8-Year-Old Chinese sensitivity of others regarding Orphan Found Hanged," San anti-Asian harassment. Fr anc~o Chronicle, Feb. 2, is 4) A ~ed exists to implement AND CONTRIBUTORS another horrid example. At first and execute a program that will During 1984 due to periodic breakdowns of the worn out and obsoles• glance, one would believe that stem ire tide of anti-Asian vio• these rEl>Orts of violence against cent typesetting machine, superhuman effort on the part of the staff was lence. necessary to continue the weekly publication schedule. ------Pacific Citizen is also scheduled to vacate the present facility for two We're lOOking for new readers ... reasons: PC has outgrown the present one room operation, and cannot afford the extra space at the present location. How many people do you know who might like to receive the Pacific Citizen? Send us their names, and we'll give them the next 8 issues In July 1984 the Pacific Citizen Board Chair Hank Sakai launched a $2 - free! per member PC fund drive to raise $40,000 for the purchase of a new Then, if they're interested, they can subscribe at a special introductory typesetting equipment and to meet some of the moving expenses. rate of $15 per year. It's our way of helping to build interest in JACL. Won't you take the PC readers have responded generously, and to date the contributions time to jot down the names of potential PC readers? They may thank received stand at $21,450. District and chapter contributions have also been you for it later! received. Here are the names of future PC readers: At this time we would like to make a renewed effort to reach our goal. Won't you help? Contributions are tax deductible. Donors will be acknowl• Name edged in the PC. Address Checks should be made payable to: Ci1yIStatelZip JACL/Pacific Citizen 244 S. San Pedro St., Room 506 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Name ,Address Thank you, CUFFORD I. UYEDA, CitvlStateLZip Pacific Citizen Board Chair. .._,-.------...... --.1 1!=;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;iiiii:ii;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;;;;;;:;:;:::;::;;;;;:;:;:::;::iiiii:ii:::;::;;;;;:;:;iiiii:iiiiiii:iiiiiii:iiiiiii:iiiiiii:iiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiU ~ACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday, February 15, 1985 Letters ______ motivating forces fur such protest In many of these countries of sense. Incidentally, that article characters are ccmbined to read Selective Outrage and media coverage, why are not there is a minority which just begins to di.scu.ss the implica• Nikkei. In reference to the "Comment• other political systems (read gov- achieves a high standard of living tions of fmding a precise term Writing for a Japanese audi• ary , column of the Jan. 25 issue of ernments), throughout the world, at the "expense" of the sup• where lX"ecision would require a ence, all of whom are Nikkei, a PC by Stan Shikuma of the Inter• also brought to the attention of the pressed majority. Where is the burdensome amoont of rhetoric. writer might fuKi it appropriate national Examiner (Seattle), I " public"? Why is the concern coverage of the Soviet treatment For example, how would you des• when introducing Nikkei in his would like to make a few com• focused only on the issue of whites of its "citizens" (an example of ignate dlildren of any of the fol• Japanese-language article for the ments concerning what I see as suppressing blacks? whites suppressing "whites). lowing parental combinations: 1) frrst time to specify to which Nik• 'selective indignation. " Surely there are many other It woold appear that focus a Nisei and a Sansei? 2) a Nisei kei he refers. So he might write The political problems in South countries which treat its "citi- should only be on those countries and a CaJcasian? 3) a Nisei and a Nikkei Beijin for AmericanNik• Africa carmot be excused. They zens" as poorly or worse than the where whites suppress blacks. Chinese? 4) a Nisei and a Black? kei. In the article thereafter, if he are contradictory to our own South African government treats One must thus question the selec• 5) an Issei and a Sansei? continues to refer to this same (U.S.) political values and evolu• its "citizens." Far too rarely do tive political stance of these edit• Also, through how many gener• group, the modifier Beijin be• tion. However, the article editorials cover such atrocities orials which expend great ations ci racial intermarriage comes redundant. Consequently couched the justifications for pra• committed by other nations. For amounts of emotional energy in would you carry the identifica• he will simply write Nikkei, using test in terms of general political instance, where. ~ the media c~v- assailing South Africa. tion? How do you classify one who itasanrun. principles (such as majority rule, erage of the pohtIcal suppressIon. . . is 1h white and Ih Nikkei? 0/4 white Reganlless of whether the J a• right to IBrticipate in the political (more often than not brutal) of If the ISSUe of contentIon IS one and ¥4 Nikkei? % white, etc. ? panese me Nikkei as a noun, it is process, or other civil rights). If blacks by blacks in other Afri- of race ~ let the arguments be The term "American" is a citi• now an English noun, COITeCtly these general p~iples are ~ can nations? couched m such terms. These zenship designation, not a racial used as such. . editorials should not hide behind one. To use "AJA" as a racial As for the paragraph concerning the barrier of "seizing the high identifi~tion ignores the already the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Ja• moral ground" when in fact its mixed racial character of Ameri~ panese Economy Newspaper), in A SALUTE TO arguments are not based on those cans, many of whom are Black or which oa!UI'S the question "Is your principles. Native American. In addition, i other friend also a Nikkei no BILL YAMASHIRO It can be derived from the argu• further oonfuses people who hav kata?" The speaker is inquiring ments used by those such as Stan never kmwn the meaning of that whether the friem is also with the Since he joined Cal-Western Shikuma that it is fme for blacks abbreviation. This is the fIrst time Nihon Keizai Shim bun. Japa• Life in 1956. Bill T. 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Avalon Boulevard A herd of thoroughbred Angus Cattle & full line of equipment also avail. Gardena, California 90248 Level. to slightly rolling land. Selling due to death. Write Phone (213) 532-0543 Box 112, Route 1, SpringfIeld, TN 37112 or call: 615-384-7897 PLANT lOURS AVAIlABLE BY APPOINTMENT friday, February 15, 1985 I PACIFIC cmZEN-7 Commentary A Peculiar Debate Booksfrorn by J.K. Yamamoto ternment,' they were relocated, immigrants to this country----do UNIVERSITY OF Fonner senator S.1. Hayaka• that is, ordered out of the West they have the same loyalty to it wa's defense of the WW2 intern• Coast area, and, as a result of cer• that other, more assimilated ment of JAs and opposition to re• tain policy compromises, made to Americans have? It's a question HAWADPRESS dress are well known to anyone stay in camps throughout most of that reflects on all immigrant A selection of books about Japan who has been following the rroress the duration of the war. Now, pe0- groups." campaign. Another outspoken re• ple could get out of those camps• Flynn responded, "I don't think Japanese Women dress critic, not as widely known there was a policy by which ... we have to rest on this general CONSTRAINT AND FULFILLMENT but cast from the same mold, is they cOllki live outside if they had theory-we have specific lmowl• Takie Sugiyama Lebra Ken Marugi, a resident fellow at a place at a college or could fmd edge," He went on to state that FBI and Office of Naval intelli• "Here at last is a book that enters and the Claremont (Calif.) Institute employment. ' illuminates for us the world of ordinary for the Study of Statesmanship and At this point, Flynn jumped in, gence reports showed "we could women in contemporary japan." Political Philosophy. saying, 'I think this trivializes or identify all those individuals ... -Susan Pharr, Uniwrrity 01 Masugi seems to turn up when• minimizes what almost all of the who were likely to pose a threat, Wisconsin-Madison ever the issue is being debated-at documentation iIxlicates was an rather than the broad category of $18.15 NEW! Senate and House subcormnittee extremely trying, degrading ex- persons who shared an ethnic hearings, in the pages of the Los background ... Inother words, we Angeles Times aM the New York could have reacted to our security Times, and on te1evision--to my 'Recent scholarship ... interests far more narrowly than The Floating World knowledge, most recently on a points out a problem as to we did." James A. Michener, with "I think that's a far too abstract commentary by Howard A. Link segment of the public television .the extent ofloyalty among show On Campus" broadcast in view of the matter," retorted Ma• A classic work on the japanese print of December on KCET-TV. ethnic Japanese.' sugi. "We're looking at it from a the Edo period ( 1615-1868) reissued as Defending the internment was vantage point well over 40 years a quality paperback, with new chapters Masugi; attacking it was Leo later. We're not considering the and more than 60 illustrations. perience." He pointed out that $12.95, paper Flynn, a professor of government after the initial decision to re• circumstances aM the limited at Pomona College; moderating locate, people were locked up knowledge, the shock of Pearl was the show s h~t , George Fen• ('under threat of the use of deadly Harbor, the total collapse of our neman whose fIrst question was, force" and that 'the number of intelligence agencies that con• Why were Japanese Americans persons who were released prior fronted the decision-makers at Japanese Inn interned during World War II ?" to late 1944 were very small." that time. " Oliver Statler Flynn then charged that intelli• The beguiling story of an ancient inn 'Not Citizens' Most peq>le, he said, "were forced to remain in these camps, and a gence agencies had not collapsed, on the Tokaido Road-this modem Masugi s reply: ( Well, there's number of individuals were pros• that the govenunent had simply classic provides an entenaining social something peculiar about the way ecuted for leaving the camps or ignored the available infonnation. history ofjapan through 400 years. you phrase the question that I attempting to leave the camps. " " Now, that's certainly a standard "Japanese history made easy, and grand entenainment." -Nef1J York Times think requires comment. First of "Were there really threats of of intelligent decision-making, especially when everyone agreed Book RerJief1J all, a goo:i third of those who were sabotage?" Fenneman asked Ma• $8.95, paper relocated-and I use that word sugi. with the constitutional standards rather than 'interned'-were not "Well, if you read the presiden• ...that should have been applied here. That is, that indivnuals American citizens. That is, this is tially awointed commission [re• Rabbits, Crabs, Etc. not a case of, say, putting Tritia should be treated as citizens, as port], yoo would oot think that was STORIES BY JAPANESE WOMEN Toyota into a camp back in the the case," Masugi replied. "But individuals, that any attempt to interior .. . classify them should be ...on the Phyllis Birnbaum, translator and in fact, recent scholarship which editor "We might more properly refer the corrunission report does not basis of known threat. 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Amsterdam, & South Afnca Time Warehouse ~Ioyee Fully rented with annual in• ~ Foundatioo and Garden Hi. vol. fast lJm-around 81 708 Junction Highway, with expo in warehOUSing, in• come of $39,700 U.S. /In ideal manages emplo ees. Oakes College at UCSanta wholesale level Immed, retum. Museum. Since becoming (213) 854-5020 Kerrville, TX 78028 ventory, shipping, & receiv• investment $375,000 U.S. De• Cruz. She is the fll'st Asian director in 1981 , he has ing. Must drive truck & fork lift tails: Tech SUd., 106 Schnei• • Education American woman be SO. CALIF. SALEBYO~ER der Rd ., Kanata, Ont. Canada to been credited with turning EXCELLENT FAMILY OPERATION and have clean driving rec• Sharon Ogomori and named a provost in the UC RESTAURANT ord-No rroving violations. K2K 1Y2, (613) 592-3335. the JAO:::C's exhibition Helen Osbiba, teachers at system. In addition to her Popular Oowntn cale known lor arty Shasta Lake, CA. 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Kikuchi, Realtor 316 E. 2nd SL, Los Angeles New Otani Hotel,ltO LoeAngeles Charlie Braun "Brown" and lovestmeots AN JO E R EALTY CommcrciaJ-ln\ CAUCUS ment also commended Sano "for Taiwan; Clothing ard fumiture for refugees solicited Continued from Page Z his courageous and forthright -Asked denominational agen• Federation is moving into another support of liberation struggles in cies ' 'to bring the issue of racially LOS ANGELES-Though not as "One way to help them is by stage,' he said, in which it "no Third World nations." motivated violence against Asians widely publicized as in previous providing furniture, household longer is a federation of caucuses, The dispute invol ving Sano and in America to the attention" of years, Imochinese refugees are items am clothing," said Nawa. no longer a federation of jurisdic• the evangelicaJ caucus within the United Methodists. continuing to flee from the turmoil "At this time we especially need tions ...l but] now is representing denomination flared in autumn The Rev. Jonah Chang was in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, children's clothing in all sizes and local churches." 1984 after an address S~o. m~de praised for his work as director of accor~ to Linda Nawa, spokes• smaller men's clothing. With the Sun said that there are approxi• ~o the. Board ?f Gl~bal M~trles the caucus. He will leave the post person for Asian Refugee Media• cold weather, we also need sweat• mately Zl5 Korean congregations m which h~ ~lt.ed. the ~hmng of July 1 to become a district super• tors (ARM), "They come to the ers and jackets. Tables and chairs and fe.lliwships in the nation, the Holy SPIrit m liberahon move- intendent in the California-Neva• United States with very little and are also needed. So often people comparro with 60 Chinese, 48 ments." da Annual Conference. A succes- cannot afford to purchase what need these things but we just don't J apanese, and 14Pilipino. San~ is the first Ja~ese sor has not yet been chosen. they need to begin life here," she have anything for them. Retired Bishop Wilbur W. Y. AmerIcan elected to the Uruted The ~w board of directors will said, "The refugees need our support, Choy of Tacoma, Wash .• said he Methodist episcopacy in the Unit- be chaired by the Rev. Sivaji A ministry of Agape Fellowship, and it means a lot to them. " was "deeply grieved to see the ed States. Subramaniam, a native of Malay- an Asian American Christian Persons who have any of these way the debate is going ...As an o sia who is pastor of Fairview community in Los Angeles, ARM items to share with the refugees" -- early founder of Asian Ameri• In other resolutions, the assem- Church in Dayton, Ohio. He suc• has been responding to the needs can contact Kary Kambara or the bly: can movement, I appeal to you to ceeds the Rev. Uoyd K. Wake of of local Imochinese refugees, pri• Linda Nawa at (213) 482-4336 to work together." - AffIrmed attempts in Con- San Francisco. marily in the Chinatown, Echo make arrangements for delivery A dirmer and celebration of gress to obtain redress for Japa- -United Methodist News Service Park aId Mid-Wilshire areas. orpick-up. Asian American heritage was de• nese Americans incarcerated by layed while the debate continued. the federal government in WW2 ; Finally, the slate of nominees -Asked for observances by Our 1985 Escorted Tours congregations of the 40th anniver• from the committee was accepted Golfer's Holiday EXCEPnONALFEATURE~~YVALUElOURS sary this summer of the atom 3 days/2 nights/'99 Hiroshima and Na• P•• p«lon. Got. occ., ptUI , •• • -0' oce. '121 pt,...... Europe: 7 countries (17 days) ...... May 25. vidad Ngo of Albany, Ga., with• HONORED 1 DAYS A WEEK .;,Q; .,' Canadian Rockies· Victoria days) ...... June gasaki; o 0 Olfl~ ~ /a s i s (8 19 drew in favor of a Pilipino layman 2 n/fJhlS 1od(1/11 11 2 COlli r 1 -Urged annual conferences o 2 dllln/us (ch OJC o 01 nlllnu) Japan Suntner Adventure ...... July 2 from Dallas, Tony Palaganas. o 3 6 how , 01 !lOll (It,c l call) with Imochinese populations to Spain-PortugaJ-ltaly (20 days) ...... July 6 Backing for Sano, Redress set up priority programs to meet Call Collect (619) 243-4800 Hokkaido-Tohoku (No. Japan) ...... Sept. 30 SIUliS~lAIG:S If the delegates here experi• needs of these groups ; THiS 11\11\1 b.T East Coast & Foliage (10 days) ...... Oct. 7 enced tension in the election of di• RE50111 • CONfERENCE CENTER -Asked the Council of Bishops On In. ...""" 0.• ." DefWMn velar"" & ....0- Japan Au1umn Adventure ...... Oct. 15 rectors, they found unity in reso• , to make every effort for an ef• Far East (Bangkok. Singapore, Malaysia, lutions dealing with concerns of fective deployment of Korean Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan) ...... Nov. 1 the Asian American community. pastors across conference and With few dissenting votes, they jurisdictional boundaries"; Suj;lscription Rates For full informatiOn/brochure demanded that • Good News apol• -C~ for a congressional in• Effective March 1, 1985, non-JACL ogize to Bishop [Roy 1.] Sano for , TRAVEL SERVICE quiry into the fatal shooting last member subscription rates will be $20 a its unfrunded opportunistic October of Henry Liu, a Chinese 441 O·Farrell $I. (415) 474-39CII am S. fmlclsco, CA !M1112 accusatx>n that he was baptizing American journalist and critic of year. Subscribers with an "R" after the violent revolution.' " The state- the Nationalist government of five-digits on the top line are the non• JACL member Readers. Advance re• newals at the current $18 per year, $34 for ...... ---~ Calendar two years, or $50 for three years will be honored, provided the order is post• WE OffER THE PROffSSJONAL MAN eSaturday, Feb 16 sic Lessons, opening perf, 37 N . 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