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ISSN: 0030-8579/ Whole No. 2,351 / Vol. 101 No. 6 941 E. 3rd St. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, August 9, 1985 .Asian American media group assembles at UCLA
by J.K. Yamamoto said Wang, by iD:Jependent film• Decrying such media images as LOS ANGELES - Asian Ameri• makers, for whom one film may Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu, the cans involved in film, vidoo and require "two or three years of Dragon Lady and Suzie Wong, radio came from throughout the your total commitment ...every• Ding said that Asian American country to attend a conference of thing from writing to editing to media artists aredriven by "areal ....,.,., the Natimal Asian American Tel• distribution ... We're not doing sense ...that what you are and ecomlmmicatio~Assn . (NAATA) this for monetary gain." your parents are is not what they held July 26-28 at UCLA. Loni Ding, producer of ''Nisei think yw are ...ff you do not see NAATA executive director Soldier" and keynote speaker for your image out there. it's almost James Yee noted that the first the conference, said that in addi• as if yoo do not exist. There's a conference, held five years ago in tion to keeping an eye on Asian sense in which one's social image Berkeley, arose from a C MICHIGAN CAMP FOR SAl£ 25 miles North 01 DelIoll. 80 roiling wooded acres 25 sleeplllQ cabins. 600 ft . sandy beach . large lake. tennis courts. elc. lno.estmenl also good for A.V. and residential 75! homes. $I ,250,(XX) , terms available . Cali David Weiss (313) 357·2317 bet 9 & 5 or (313) 851-4933 • 13 after 5 p.m. local time; THE J. MOREY COMPANY INCORPORATED • 1NSURANCf. x:.eNT e BROKERS - The J. Morey Company, Inc. announces FASHION the opening of it Northern C junctimwith tbeJACCC's Educa• L.A. Asians present anti-apartheid show JACCG library receives $40,000 grant tion Department, in keeping with our goal of preserving Japanese LOS ANGELES-The Times Mir• we have been pJanning for over a cultural traditims for young Ja• LOS ANGELES-East Wind ma• country ...We feel a sense of kin• ror Foumation bas approved a year," said Kats Kunitsugu, di• panese Americans," she said, gazine sponsors "Break the ship in suffering with those who $40,000 grant for expansion of the rectorprotemofMurphy LiIrary. adding that she bq)ed to enlist the Chains: Asians & Pacific Island• live under the Preloria regime t»e: FranklinD. Murphy Library at the Kunitc;ugu expJained that the aid of retired Nisei schoolteachers ers Join the Struggle Against c.ause we understand the difficul- I Japanese American CUltural and expansim will be in the eastern as volumeers. CUrrently,. retired Apartheid" Augmt 16, 7:~9:30 bes of the struggle for equality" Community Center, announced end of the library on the JACCC's professional librarians and other p.m., at Little Tokyo Servi~ Cen• justice cmd human rights. I JACCC executive director Gerald second floor, an area currently volunteers are helping to cata• ter, 244 S. San Pedro St., Rm. 410. "We join all wOO call for the es• being used as the library work• Yoshitomi. logue the library's books. Admission is $3 general, $1.50 for tablishment of majority rule and " Coupled with the $60,(0) Ab• room. The Times Mirror FOUJKJation students, seniors and unemployed. for an E!ld to the Reagan Admini• "Altlxtugb we are still short• manson Foundation grant we re• also cootributed p),OOO to furnish The p-ogram features the South• stration's policy of 'constructive ceived earlier this year, it will en• staffed fir budgetary reasons, we the library prior to its opening in ern California premiere of "Woza engagement.' We support the de• will try to set up regular story able us to expand our libraryserv• November 1982. mands for divestiture and ec0- ~ Albert," a film based on a play ices to children, something which hours am other programs in written and performed by two nomic sanctions as a demoostra• Fund named after ~lack Sooth Africans. Speakers tion of wr commitment to free• ~:z:.:J Community Affairs-- mclude Evelyn Yoshimura, L.A. dom and political power for all Topaz principal representative ofEast WiIKi. peoples. We pledge our unquali• SALT LAKE CI1Y-Tbe family of East Wmd has released an anti• fied endorsement of concrete pro• LOS AN~'lbe New Otani Ho• open 11 am.-4 : 30 pm. at the ABC En• the late Dr. C. Laverne Bane,long• apartheid statement that reads, in posals such as Assembly Bills 134 tel will be the site of a reunion for Peru• tertainmmt Center and Century City time speech department faculty part: "Asian Americans and Pa• and 1134, the Anti-Apartheid Act vian internees Aug. 16. A reception Shopping Center . member at University ofUtab, baS cific Islanders have experienced of 1985 [in Congress], and Mayor from 6 : ~7 p.m. will be foUowed by establisbed memorial fmd in a history of racial discrimination Tom Bradley's &point proposal ~ Elevadb Bour, an Asian American a dinner at 7: 30. Approximately 00 his name. and a denial of our rights in this for divestiture. " pIe from California, Chicago, Hawaii, dance baDl, gives a special perform• ------JACL Pacific Southwest Dis• New York and Houston have already ance 1-3 pm. at Japanese Village Pla• Bane joined the faculty in 1929 za on Aug. 17. The band has perftrmed and taught until his retirement in trict governor Harry Kajihara has registered. Info: Olieko Kamisato, issued a resolution endorsing the (213) ro8-OO1. in clubs such as 1beGolden Tale, Gung 1971. During WW2 he took a leave Communication and have desig• Hay Restaurant, alii Sea Palace. of abseoce to serve as director of nated it to assist graduate students statement and the program. The The Kimara Taiko group, Okinawan studying speech. resolutim states that' 'South Afri• dancers and the fihn •Lost Genera• adult education and principal of PORTI..ANJ>-''lssei Artists in Amer• the junior and senior high scboo~ They invite all former students ca's system of racial segregation tion" are among the a ttractioos at ica, ' anexhibitioD by Asian Artists of contri~ . ..cannot be accepted by the Ja• Club Lingerie, fHJ7 Sunset Blvd., Aug. at the Topaz internment camp. friends and associates to Oregon. will feature six Issei artists: ute to the fund. Donations should panese American Citizens League, 11, 7 p.m., when a fundraiser for Com• Michiro Kosuge, Robert Dozooo. Ka• His wimw, Lora Kibbe Bane, of miUee of Atomic Bomb Sn:rvi"rors in Vancouver, Wash., and daughters be payable to C. Laverne Bane which is itself a civil rights organ• netaka Ikeda, Yaeko Nagata, Toru ization dedicated the principle the U.s. will be held. Yosbikawa and Ruri. The exhibition, Margaret Marie Eberle of Port• Memorial Fund am sent to Devel• to opment Office, ;Q) Park Building of equality for all people. " Kinnara will also appear at the L.A. sponsored by Interstate Firehouse land am Helen Louise Larson of For Imre infonnation (Jl the Arts Council's Festival Witboot Words Cultural Center (IFCC), is at IFCC, Vancouver, Wash., have estab• University of Utah, Salt Lake City: program, call (213) 62~761. in Century City Aug.. 1~ lL There is DO 5340 N. Interstate Ave .• until Sept. 7. lished the Dr. C. Laverne Bane Utah 84112. charge for the festival, which will be Hours: lOam..-5 p.m. Memorial Fund in the Dept. of Pueblo, Colorado years it took for her to fi.nMj her some members of the Chinese . CONFERENCE T~o HELEN'S RICH ContinDed from Froat Page film about jazz musician comm\D1ity objected to a segment Akiyoshi, and Yep discussed her about a poor O:rinese family, SIMMENTALS ing, cirenatography and direct• struggle to keep her Asian~ent- which many felt was not repre• ing, and radio production. ed cornnumity affairs program on sentative of the commWlity, and PRODUCTION SALE Larger panel discussions dealt the air. segments dealing with racial pre- with political and philosophical Giving their views on conflicts judice. SAT. AUGUST 171 PM LOCAL TIME issues of Asian American partici• between the way the individual Stereotyped images of Asians in LUNCH SERVED 11 :30 - 12:30 pation in media Filmmakers Na• artist wants to tell a story and the the media were critiqued by ac• AUCTK>NEERS: MERRILL ANDERSON • JOE MITCHAM kamura, Renee COO ("Jazz is My way the community being covered tors Ernest Harada and James Sale will be held 3 miles east of Airport on 39th Lane off Native Language"), and Christine wants to be seen were Spencer Hong, Richard Katsuda of Asian Choy (''Mississippi Triangle" ) , Nakasako (' Mmterey's Boat Pacific American Advocates of Hwy 50 East. Watch for signs.,1-25 and Hwy 50 Bypass exit 100 Sandra Gin Yep, producer of People"), Steven Okazaki (' Un- California, and Bok Lim Kim of Phone 303/542-3750 "Perceptions" for KCRA-TV finished Business" ), Dean Wong National Committee Concerned in Sacramento, and others dis• of Kingstreet Media, Julian Low .with Asian Wives of U.S. Service• cussed the issue of gaining power of Asian American ~e men.' in the media. Wor~, Renee Tajima, assocl- Panelists disCussing the extent Nakamura, formerly of the ate editor of the Independent, and to which Asian American media comm\D1ity media organization Yuet-FungHoofNewYorkOIina- ' artists have created their own Visual Cmununications, said that town History Project. unique aesthetic perspective in- after spending 2lh years trying to Ho ~?rked on " Mississip~i Tri- cludedWang, videoartistSbigeko get "Fools' Dance" aired on PBS, angle, a ~ ~ut. 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In Marutani fact, he was given a nihon-mei, a SINCERELY, rather complicated monicker; THE OTHER WEEKEND . the exad designation I do oot re- fkII~ . 'ted . wde call at this point. I sensed that it P",CII=IC Cn1ZEN g/./gr, ~ere IDVl to ~ reception an was not a matter of his choice so ~er for Dr. Tal Wah ~ark~ Pr~ much as it was "advisedly com• Sldent of the Inha UWVerslty m pulsory" under the circum• Korea. Ofcourse, not unexpected- stances. We did not probe. Some ly ~ewere a mm~ of Korean further vestiges of those times L-______-...I~~~ Amen~ co~ty l~ers were that he can read and speak ~~~~;;~~~~ii~~~;;;;;;;;;~~~;; ~;;;=~~~~~~~ :.~ ~:=1 from this metropolitan area ID at- some nihongo. Ii tendance, a .number. of wh names such as Chin, Murphy, ~~~- Letters Aids For Holiday Issue Nash, Weinstein, Colunga, Weg• lyn, Whitaker, De Soto and Wong. became Portland chapter presi• Rights as Individuals people involved the swn total ONETHlNG dent, ''Bob, III ads sales is the As editor, I will have the final seems large. easiest way to make some money Every so often someone comes HENRY S. SAKAI LEADS say as to what is printed and up with the question about oot re• TOANOIHER for the chapter." I should have what is not I would like to stay Long Beach, Calif. listened to him. I expended a lot ceiving individual redress com• away fum too many articles ex• pensatim but to go for a cmunu• of energy to break even on a lot plaining why people marry out of Dwindling Down of events. oity trust fund. This time it's When Dr. Clifford Uyeda was their race. I find those articles Richanl Mayemura (July 5 PC) This year's III theme will be irrelevant in this day and age national president of JACL, he Bob interracial families with an em• whQ suggests a commUIiity trust came toSan Diego to make a pitch primarily because I haven't seen to devebp leadership armngst Shimabukuro phasis (11 the children, so all of for redress. I think the year was any article which explains why Japanese Americans. ------J... I1111.. ;;.....-a you writers out there who wish people get manied in the first 1981 am the redress he specified Charles Fullert is back in the to contribute, get your thoughts First of all: individual civil was $25,000. place. Nor have I seen anywhere rights were violated, and as such office and that can only mean together. We will stretch out a bit Assmliog a mooerate inflation a good . explanation of why the individual shruld be ampen• one thing: ifs Holiday Issue (Ill) and include related topics such people fall in love. Or out oflove. rate of 5% a year, that $25,000 time again Fullert, for the unin• as interracial households and sated or redressed. would be over $30,000 in 1985. in• People just do. So anyway, the That doesn't mean that there itiated, does the ads for the ill friendships; how grandparents idea is to have maybe 1 or 2 arti• stead, today I read $20,000. The III ad kits will be going out relate to the ''new'' families; how can't be a community trust fund Have the leaders in the redress cles which set up the ''facts'' and too; in fact, . that is part of the right after Labor Day, he says, children view their role in the move on from there. movement forgotten arithmetic? and the ads should be in by Nov. community. proposal. In addition, ifsome pe0- Or is this the old Japanese enryo :l>. Fullertadvises, ''Get your con• 000 ple do not want tbaccept anymon• syndnme? . tacts and drinking buddies set up We are not looking for articles What with Live-Aid, Band-Aid, etary ruIress, then that money H this keeps up, when am if re• can go into the trust. There is no right now so you can make a only. Poems, short stories, draw• and all other kinds of AIDs in dress ~ conceded, a reciPient aa.-ept the money. quick sale come November." ings, and photos are being solic• the news these days, it was only requirement to might be able to buy an older used And remember, all you chap• ited What we are trying to do is natural, I guess, that someone Over 00% of the people who re• car. sponded the polls said they ter reps, this is a good way for put out an issue which takes a asked me my opinion of tile con• to NAOMIKASHIWABARA wanted individual monetary com• . chapters to make some money. new look at the Nikkei commu• cert Skeptic that I am, I must San Diego pensatioo, which is right under the As Walt ~ told me when I nity j.n the U.S., with good Nikkei grudgingly admit that I liked it, at l~ what I saw of it But in AmeriCCll form of justice. In other A Concerned Citizen ISSN: 0030-8579 political tenns, rock musicians words, each ilxlividual whose I would like to suggesi that we really flexed their muscle: $10 rights were violated should re• Americans of Japanese ancestry million worth. fm sure politi• ceive that compemanon am have consider invol~ ourselves with ~ cians were watching. Closely. Re• the right to refuse it, accept it, a national problem. Thi& includes pacific citize11 member when Carter enlisted give it away or spmd it.as they see groups that represent us am the Greg Allman's help in fundrais• fit. publications whose primary pur• ing? Or Eugene McCarthy gath• Hopefully, some money will go pose it is to expres our views. National JACL Headquarters. 1765 Sutter St ., San Francisco . CA 94115. (415) 921-5225 ered Iron Butterfly's assistance? into the community trust ftmd and The cmcern is our expressed Published by the Japanese American Citizens League every Friday except the first and last I wonder what will happen in most ~le will remember JACL opiniomand starm on the balance weeks of the year at 941 E. Third St.. Los Angeles, CA 90013; (213) 626-6936 . • 2nd Class be~ postage paid at Los Angeles. CA . • Annual Subscriptions-JACL member: $1 0 of National next year's elections. Will for a prime mover in this of trade with Japan. WeareAroer• dues provides one yearon a per-household basis . Nonmembers: $20 a year. $38 two-years. evelYone be after Lionel Richie struggle, as well as the other icans and it is our country that is payable in advance . • Foreign addresses: Add US$10; 1st Class alr-U.S.lCanada groups involved. JACL has raised suffering from the imbalance of addresses: $25 extra. Japan/Europe: US$60 extra . to write a campaign song for them? and spent about three-quarters of trade with a foreign country to News or opinions expressed by columnists other than the NatIOnal President or National a millim dollars so far, am with which many of us have ethnic and Director do not necessarily reflect JACL policy . And speaking of Richie, when OFFICERS you hear, "We are the children" the shift to LEC it will take amther family ties. Frank Sala. Nan JACL Pres. Dr Clifford I Uyeda. PC Board Cha" think million to a million and a half I believe that because of the I»• EDITORIAL I BUSINESS STAFF what do you of? African re• ActlOg Editor: Robert Shllllabukuro AssL. J.K. Yamamoto lief! Think again The first ''We dollars. tential positive impact that we AdvertJslng . Jane M. Ozawa Production. Mary Imon Circulation: Tornl Hoshlzalo MaJllng. Marl< SalIO The inlividual compensation of ~ General Manager I OperalJOns: Harry K. Honda are the children" song was writ• Americans of Japanese ~ POSTMASTER: Send changes of address to Pacific Citizen. ten by Nobuko Miyamoto and f}n,000 a very small amount can have on Japan, we should be 941 E. 3rd St.. Mezz., los Angeles. CA 90013. Chris Iijima in ll173. Would have considering the violation am im• on the forefront in this country's made a much better anthem. pact" btt d~e to the number of . Coatiaaed_NmPl!le' ffId.y, Au"" I, 19151 PACIFlCClTlZEII-I' .. feel that they are not accepted as Dangerous Precedent Good Try, But No Cigars unadulterated Americans and they have only themselves to civil rights of Japanese Ameri• research into American and Asi-, blame. They want to be treated as cans during WW2. an American history, are that the white Americans, yet they cling development of a 'white' con• to their ethnic traditions and you FROM THE In tbatcase, the military violat• sciousness distinguished from an NATION'S ed the rights of 00,000 Japanese FROMTIlE can't have it both ways. 'Irish,' 'English or other con• "I have never had any doubts CAPITAL: Americans, forcibly removing FRYING PAN: r sciousness was necessary to keep about being an American even them fnm homes along the west Bill blacks, Asians and others in sub• though I have been subjected to Coast, cmd placing them in deso• jugation. Hosokawa the same prejudices as other Ja• late det8'ltion camps in the interi• "With the advent of new em• panese Americans. After the war G. TimGoj~~ or of the U.S. as a "military nec• phasis on cultural pluralism in the I was the fIrst JA to come back to essity," a theme which SOWIIs un• 1960s, 'black pride' and other si• comfortably similar to the lUlSUb• Well, as an attention-getter it my home town. I went to a meet• Perhaps I am overly sensitive was a good try but no cigar. Back milar movements in minority ing of the V.F.W. with my dis• stantiated claim of "national se• communities served as catalysts to intrusions by the military into curity" made by Adm. Watkins. on June 21 this colwnn asked whe• charge, intending to join. I didn't civilian affairs because of the his• ther the apparent inability of Ja• of positive feelings among all mi• know anybody there and I didn't A fwxlamental premise of this norities, including Asian Ameri• torical ineptness with which such panese Americans to establish know I had to have a sponsor to affairs are handled. As such, I was nation is that the military is sub• their identity as unhyphenated cans. become a member. ordinate to civilian power. 'Ibis is " Unfortunately, the white alarmed, yet cautious, when I read Americans might be due in part to "One of the younger members that the Pentagon wants a greater seen where a civilian, the presi• our own emphasis on the Japa• mainstream does not see that li• told me the situation and offered dent, is the conmander-in-cllief beration of minorities from ste• role in combating the flow of il• nese part of our heritage. to sponsor me. Later I learned he of all military forces of the U.S. reotypes and misconceptions will legal drugs from Central and The response to that column was our state assemblyman. South America ("Military Urges The fOURlers of this nation felt that amountoo to about half the com• also free everyone to be them• this was such a furxiamental prin• selves and feel good about it. Some months later, when rmst of Wider Drug War," Washington ment we receivoo after writing ciple that they assigned its viola• After all, 99.9% of us feel bad the JA vets came back, they Post, Jtme 20,1985, p. A22). about the origins of American called a meeting to form their tion by the king of Great Britain about ourselves when we are told The plan would allow U.S. mili• football in Japan. Is that a com• own V F.W. post. I was appalled as one of the causes which im• by Madison Avenue that only tary personnel to assist countries, mentary on where our priorities since I had already paved the way such as Columbia, Peru, and Ve• pelled them to declare independ• ? Cheryl Tiegs or Robert ROOford ence. li e . are 'good looking.' " for them to join the main poot. It nezuela, in combating the drug Be that as it may, let me share goes to show you how JAs act to trade. This would include the use The war against illegal drug with yoo the comments of a The second correspondent is a ostracize themselves from the ofU .S. aircraft and ships in trying trafficking is a noble and worthy couple of correspondents. Philip retired California Sansei whose American mainstream. " to stop the export of drugs, as well cause. More resources are prob• Tajitsu Nash, who recently did mother, daughters and grand• This man, a wounded vet, had as the training of military teams ably neOOed to emmat the menace - some thinking on the implications child attended the same high much rmre to say but unfortu• within these countries, to stop the which drug abuse poses to this s0- of the term 'Asian American school from which he was gradu• nately there isn't space to quote production of drugs. ciety. The military forces of the compared to 'Oriental in his ated. He and two brothers served the entire letter. I'm not naming Adm. James Watkins, chief of U.S. are an invaluable resource New York Nichibei columns, in the 442nd and one of them was him to save him possible harass• Naval Operations, says that the which afford vital protection to the wrote: killed in action. He writes in part: ment, am that too is a conunen• sale of such drugs fInances "in• security of this nation. 'My own feelings, based on my 'Most Japanese Americans tary en our times. surgents attempting to destabilize However, the use of such re• or topple anti-Marxist govern• sources in enforcing the civil laws ments in the hemisphere" am that of this nation is a pernicious pre- ' cerned citizens of the U.S. makes the drug war "a national cedent, as was 'Seen by the racist LETTERS All of of Japanese ancestry Hosokawa to be honored us security problem." folly of military intervention should offer our assistance in any DENVER-Denver Press Club There may be merit irl not over• against Japanese Americans dur• efforts to correct the problems. I way possible to the President, to and Daniels & Associates, Ire. will reacting, but I feel that all due ing WW2. The proposal to allow . no specific solutions, and I all members of Congress and to hold a luncheon and program to exercise of caution should be taken the use of the military in drug en• very limited detailed knowl• all of the trading partners that can honor Bill Hosokawa as Colorado's towards protecting the constitu• forcement, as proposed by the edge of what the exact problems effect a change in this problem. I Outstanding Communicator on tional am civil rights of the citi• Pentagm as well as in Cotwess are. I do know that we as a group believe because of their potential August 14, 11:45 a.m., at Cherry zens of this nation. That is why the by Rep. Olarles Bennett (DFla.), are affected by the circumstances influence, JACL and Pacific Citi• Creek Inn, 600 S. Colorado Blvd. military proposal must be thor• must be clOsely scrutinized. and events. zen can have a very positive im• The PC colwnnist will be honored oughly examined, and ultimately, Although the proposal seems I also believe that it should be pact on this national problem, and for his ~ years as a Colorado jour• rejected. "tempting," in the words of the of the goals 0f Pacific Citizen at the very least, help to improve nalist am a bronze plaque will be Talk such as that of Adm. Wat• Washington Post editorial ofJune and JAa. to vigorously address and reinforce our image as Amer• put on permanent display at kins smuId strike an unsympa• 21, I feel it must ultimaiely be re• this proolem. I believe that it icans. Daniels Communications Com• thetic cOOrd among those who jected because of the dangerous should be addressed from the GLENN AS AKA WA mons. Contact: Mary Kay Bums, know of the military-inspired de• precedent which such actions standpoint of being very con- San Diego (303) 321-7550. privatim of constitutional and would ~ender 0' this infonnation at your fmger• Her personal opinion was that "subsidized" paper or to do part• tensions between the two cmunu• tips. " "a Chinese American owned and time or volunteer work for an "in• nities ...We did this by writing Political Pressure operated newspaper should al• dependmt" one. about a lot of events that were go• ways take the position of. ..what• ing on between the two communi• Hirahara found that covering a The issue of political pressure Bringing up a domestic issue ever is good for Chinese Ameri- also regarded as sensitive, Kim ties, like the exchange of culture . range of topics is a mixed from the home or ancestral coun• ~ try was raised, particularly with cans." said that the mainstream cover• ... you never hear about in (lY ou have to cover ev• the m.aimtream papers." ...you really have to be a regard to Taiwan and the Philip• When covering the ongoing in• age of the conflict between Korean All of the panelists expressed i-rcluncle<1 person and have all pines. Tan said that two of the na• vestigation into the murder of and Black inner city residents tionwide Chinese papers published journalist Henry Liu, a critic of often selVes Qnly to exacerbate the interest in continuing to useAAJA in the U.s. are owned and operated the KMI', Tan's attitude was, "I'm situatim beCause mainstream re• as a vehicle for communication by Central Committee members only doing my job, I'm a reporter, porters "don't have to worry about between ethnic and mainstream j~, facilitating mi• of the Kuo Min Tang, Taiwan's I have ID obligation to cover up the consequences" of what they more ruling party. an~ for any side." write. nority ·input into the mainstream How many people do you know who She recalled that when the China "The Korean newspapers try to media and better journalistic might like to receive the Pacific Citizen? Ochoa said that the issue of sup• play the role of trying to heal the standards for the ethnic press. Send us their names, and we'll give Times folded last year, "They said port for the Marcos regime is "a them the next 8 issues - free! Then, if they folded up because they don't very smsitive issue in our com• they're interested, they can subscribe have enough money, but. .. the at a special introductory rate of $15 per munity" and that it is rumored real reason is because the KMT that several newspapers are sub• year. leaders don't like the editorial sidized by the Manila govenunent. It's our way of helping to build interest policy that newspaper ... and JACL. Won't you take the time to jot of gave than a lot of pressure." But because of the influx of pro• the names of potential PC read- fessionals from the . Philippines, They may thank you for it later! Despite the KMT influence, she said, the Communists on the including those seeking political mainlam are making inroads into asylum, "We've experienced a the Chirese American communi• differeree in many of our papers' ty, as exemplified by the recent orientation ... You see more and publication of aU .S. edition of the more anti-Marcos things being People's Daily. Due to the large publishoo. " - number of Chinese immigrants Since the papers said to be sub• - here, both sides "have special sidized are often more economic• Name ...... people to work on overseas news• ally viable than the struggling in• Address ...... papers, because through us they dependmt pape~, she comment• ph'*> by J.K Y8I1'BId> City ...... can influence our readers ... both ed, "Reporters, including myself, MEET lHE PREss-AAJA paneIis1s include (from left): 00 Ngoc Yen, StalelZip ...... sides try very hard to influence found ourselves ina kind ofdilem• Nguoi Viet; Sopna Kim, Korea Tmes; Naomi Hirahara, Rafu StWr1Jo; ... our position." ma "-to be paid to Write for a Cecile Ochoa, Fir~ American Press Ckm. ~ACIfIC CJ1IZ91I FritlIY. August 9. 1985 Ed Yamamoto: End ofan Era Singles ' Getting It Together' by Denny Yasubarn SAN JOSE-The Second Na• Nine Seasons of Seeking to Get PNWD Goremor tional JACL Singles Convention ItTogether-Relationshi~wise." On July 24, 1005, an era ofJACL histOIY in the Pacific Northwest "promises to be a great time of In addition to the many No~ came to an end wih the death of Ed Yamamoto. getting together, be it to make ern CaliforniaJACL chapters ex• One can chronicle a long list of community activities and ac• new friends, renew old acquain• pressing interest, singles groups complishments during his forW years of JACL participation First, tances, learn about starting and including LA Nisei Singles, his role in eastern Washington in the repeal ofWashlngton's Alien building new relationships or Fresno Singles, San Francisco . Land Law in 1900 after 4 tries and nearly lOyears; the establishment communicate with others in a Widowed Group, Bay Area ~ of the first Japanese language class in eastern Washington in l.9ro; more effective, constructive and sei Group and San Francisco caring way," reports Meriko Singles are helping the San Jose Ed Yamamoto, 1918-1985 the activation and establishment of the Moses Lake Judo Club andl Columbia Basin Chapter in 1968; his active participation in the Morl, publicity director for the and Sacramento Nikkei Singles Moses Lake Human Rights Commission; the successful legislative convention put together the covention More redress effort to obtain resident student privileges for alien dependents in The convention, scheduled for 'With singlehood as a common Washington schools in urn; the JACl8 of the Biennium in U178; Labor Day weekend, Aug-:l).31 denominator," said Morl, "mem• endorsements the futile, but outstanding effort to obtain federally subsidized hous.• and Sept 1 at the Hyatt-SanJose, bers of these various singles or• features workshops, mixers, bowl• ~ In C PARADISE OKAZU-YA RESTAURANT Jopanese PhatatypeseHinS SpecIalizing In Haw.llan-Orilnt Cuialne OPEN Tue-S.t, 7am·7pm • Sun. 7.~5 pm 1631 W. 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Pacific Square, Gardena 1630 Redondo Beach Blvd. new facilities, you will receive a free wall (213) 538-9389 frame as a thank you for visiting our new Hedge Against Inflation 118 Japanese VdIage Plaza studio in the San Gabriel Valley. 'by ReaHzing More than Los Angeles I (213) 624-1681' Offer expires Oct: I, 1985 200/0 NET per Annum inirnum Investment: $15.00 TOY _t-_ /. • 1;,/~ 7. ---DETAILS UPON REQUBST• STUDIO Dyke Nakamura, Foreign Department - - De Panache . (213) 283-5685 • (818) 289-5674 Yamakichi Securities Co.. Ltd. TocIap'. a ....c Look: 235 West Fairview Ave., S~ Gabriel, CA 91776 7 Nihonbasbi, Kabutocho, l-chome ...w~ ...... Free Parking Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 103 CaB for Appointment Phone f:ifl-0387 Cable: Y AM ASECURE. TOKYO Telephone: (03)667-7947 1051.. "...... , ...... ~"'12 ToaN oe.u. Prop. frillY, Au",9, 19851 PAClFlCClTlZEN-7 II> , KUBOTA NIHHII Four Generations PC Classified Advertising of Expeflence .. , Dr. William Inouye, em• rounding member of JACL. ~,~~y FUKUI 4-Buslness Opporlunilles 5-Employmenl eritus ptofessor of surgery During WW2 he and his Ogala & KubOCa family moved to Dallas. Mortuary) Mortuary, Inc. • ~ 0- at Univ. of Pennsylvania, WANTED IONAPRIME died July 20 at his Elkins Ret~ to the Bay Area 911 Venice Blvd. 707 E. Temple Sl. CANADA AD..W:I:HT TORONTO NISEI/SANSEI applicants . We hav, SAl.£BYOWNm Park home ofcancer. Born in 1945, he continued hi Los Angeles. CA 90015 Los Angeles. CA 90012 rNny attuctJve openings now In LA & practice. He taught orth Greater Los Angeles Greater Los Angeles Ventura County Watsonville The Intennountain ESTAB.JSHED 1936 ASAHI TRAVEL Tokyo Travel Service Calvio Matsui Realty Tom Nakase Realty NISEI Homes & Commercial Check: This Mam WakasuG, Sale.Rep. Supenaven·Group Discounts 530 W. 6th t. #429 Acreage. Ranches, Homea. (ncome Row Q.p F..-;1Iiac:bb y Real Ape" Fares-Computerized.Bonded Los ngeles 900 14 680·3545 371 N. Mobil Ave. Ie. 7. TOM NAKASE. ReaI10r - Out! FA&ate.l6 SW 3nI St. 0aIari0. OR TRADING Camarillo, CA 93010. (805) 987-5800 25 Clifford Ave. (408) 7'l4-6477 IIlI W Olyrnpic Blvd. LA90015 97914 (SOJ\881-1301.2l6Z-34S9 Apptiances - TV - FUITiIure 62~ 125/29 • CalJ Joe or Gladys Yamato Travel Bureau Mountain-Plains 200 San Pedro I , #502 Tell Them You Saw It San Francisco Bay Area 249 S. s... Pedro St. Flower View Gardens #2 Los Angelt:ll90012 680-0333 In the Pacific Citizen NewOtaru Hotel, 110 5 LoaAnj:eI Charlie Braun "Brown" Los Angelas 90012 Los Ant;elea 90012 Art Ito Jr. ~.Reaidte.aiaI (213) 624-8i01 Citywide Delivery (213) 620'()808 Orange County ;-'-1Y.KEIKOOKUBO Your business CIlrd Lambroe ~ 1001 S. H.igiDa SanJose,CA In . Five Mi1Jjon Dollar Club ~.MiS9801 39812 Miuioo Blvd .• or copy in each issue (406) 543-6663/ (406) 251..3113 Exceptional Homes Fremont. CA 94539;(415)651-6500 Dr Dar1yne Fujimoto the PC MJCnON and Investments in Business• Midwest District Family Optometry & ConLact Lenses Kayo K. Kikuchi. Realtor RED UClN"SLA ~ 11420 South St. Cerritos. CA 90701 I CTORA. KATO Lake Tahoe Professional DireclOTy RESORT HOTEL SAN JO ER£ALTY (2 13) 860·1339 Reaid nlial-Investmenl Consultanl SU2:ano Travel Sv. 4949 E. Lnx*1 Or~ PInIise 18682 Beach Blvd, IUle 220 996 Min.neaola Ave .• .,100 at $12 per line/or 17 E"nhio St. Chicap lL60611 ~17.ewe.SUD ValtEtt. AZ (PhoenIx) Inoue Travel Service HUntington tkach, CA 9'.l648 on Jose. CA 95125-2493 RENT INC Realty Inc. (312)944hS444 (7 14) 963· 7989 a halfyear. Sat, Aug. 10, 9:00 am 1601 W. Redondo Beach BI . #209 (4(8) 275-1111 or 296·2059 al"". Reotala. MalUlfllOlDeot Uox 65. Carnelian Bay. CA 95711 Eastan District Sun, Aug. 11, 12:30 pm. Gardena, 90247; 217- 1709; Offices The Paint Shoppe Tatauko "TallY" Kilc.ucbi (916) 546-2549; Shill-Judy Tokuho Red lion's La- Posada Resoft lypdace in Tokyo. Japan /I.1m ... Peru LaMancha Center. 1II1 Harhor Ge neral Insurance Broker, DBA Larger Mike Maaaoka A.aaociates RefllOdeIq .tuctIln; CoI*I1s eo.,.u1la1W1- W'aahi.nAl_Matten Sold by RolIn ...... Der.or- Fullerton CA Crl.632 , (7t4) 526-01 16 counlS as tWO lines.. TATAMJ & FUTON Kikuchi Ins. Agy . 900-17thStNW. W..... OC20006 DlIS \ti:Ome! (818) 243·2754 Seattle, Wa. CNl>29ft..44!K ~ San Diego 996 Minneoota A ••.• #102 __ "'2-7pa. U UKI F TON MFG. 8 0 Jooe.CA 95 12;'·U93 ...,... II • (408) m-26:12 or 296-:11)59 818~1l', :s mS Tama Travel International PAULH. HOSHl ImpeRTallanes' 4624 EORE Sl,.Phoefa. M.. Martha Igar u h; Tama.• h;ro IolB urw,ce Service Edward T. Morioka. Re.I,or Bob & JrJIIbDy. AuI:IInefS One Wilabire Bldg.. t ~ 101 2 852·16th St (6 19)234-0376 580 . 5tb St., an J oee95112 COmplel.e j>ro Sbap. Reota...... ~ 1Jc. #A1(117 For 8nJdue. Los AJ18e1ee 90017; (213) 622-4333 aD Diego CA 92101 rea. 421-7356 (408) 998-&34bua; 559-8816 rea. 2101·22od Ave So. (206)32>2S2S pIIIISe cal (&12) 9S3-121ti ~ACIRC Clna I friday, Augult g, 1985 i AT NEW LOCA11ON 14th Annual JAPANESE MEAICAN TRAVELCWB CHIYO'S 'Dnet wtlhJACL. JAlC FrIenda 1000 Club Roll Aloha Plumbing J apanae Bunka Nisei Week 1.sGroup E8cart8 lk: #~ - :- smc. I 912 Nftdleaaft (Year ofMembersbip Shown) PARTS· 9JPPUES -REPAIR Framing. Kits. Leason,. Gilts Kaman Exhibit ...... Corporat ; m Jun!penl Sem Dr. 2943 W. H. U Rd Anaheim. • Century; .. CA 9"llII» - (7 14j99s..u32 ..,1 L Life; M Memorial; San Gabriel, CA 91716 A display of diagrams 8< expJ 4SO ~. 2nd St., !loud. Pia.. lions for Japanese Americans on: ..,. C/LCentury Life (213) 283-(J018 LA 9OOl2 - (213) 6 17~106 ..,.. (818) 284-2845 • correct Kamon of your family Summary (Since lZ-l-ltM) l1li14 • MYOll Uapanese surnames) 8< CHlMEl 011. Active (previous total) .1,637 names) and their historical relationship. ... 2 Total this report. 1 28 ... .. 14 S.K. Uyeda Bldg .• (Front 8< Room 205) 312 E. First St...... Current total ...... 1,651 Los Angeles. CA Aug. 10-18 10am - 6pm JUl.Y Z!-26, 1185 (14) YOSHIDA KAMON ART Coachella Valley: l-Rd:lert W W[ OfffR 1"[ PROf'fSSIOIYAL MA IY 312 E. First St., Suite 205 CALL TOll-FREE Procko. A COl'lFL[T[ 6USIN[SS WARDR06[. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 629-2848 (800)421~12J.0uts1de ~ calif.) LivingstooMerced: M Y OS HIDA.~/ArtlaI NINA Hashimoto.New YOOl: 16- CAKRYING OvtR 500 SUITS. SPORT (800) 327-6471 (Calif.) Takeko Wakiji. COATS AND OvtRCOATS BY GlvtNCHY. Omaha: 1J.Edward F L!nii. Only ilion, Wed, Frt (e.nH:3Opm), 8M (8:»2p1r) LANVIN, VAW'f[lNO. ST_ RAfHAfL & OUR 1985 ESCORTED TOURS Orange Olunty: 31-Minoru LONDON fOO IN SiltS )4·42 SHORT & Nitta. 18-Ben K Shi.ma:111. EXCEPT~LFEATUR~AUTYVALUETOURS Endorsed by the National JACL PhiladeJpbia: 29-Dr Warren H UTRA SHORT. OUR ACCfSSORitS INCLUDt: DRfSS SHIRTS. SLACKS. AND Far Eas1-1 st cl hotels/great meals ...... Nov. 1 amalCilti" Watanabe. =etart lane. Puyallup Valley: 2>Toshio TItS IN SHORT & SMAU SiltS I LE NGTHS. (Taiwan, Bangkok, SIngapore, Malayasia. Hong Kong, J_) See Your JATC Trn.1 Agent or ContM:t: Tsuboi. IN ADDITION. WE R.f:([I'fTLY U fAl'mr:D Sacramento: 29-Takashi Tsu• TO INCLUDt: AN ITAUAN DRfSS SHOt: UPCOMING 1986 TOURS 250 E. 1st St .. SUite 912; Los Angeles . CA 90012; (213) 614-1543 CaraCt Participating AgeriI8 (PartIal u.t) jita. LINt: IN SiltS 5· 7 Ih. NCL Carbbean Cruise, 9 days ...... Jan. 28 •« Debi Agawa, CTC .. (805) 928-9444: Santa Maria, CA Salt Lake City: 28-Seiko M (Posl-cruise OptJonaJ: DisneywoOdlNew Orleans) 185 W HA MIL rON A VENUE Ben Honda ...... (619) 278-4572: San Diego, CA KasaL Japan Spring Adventure ..... : ...... Apr. 8 San Frarrisco: 21-Rcbert I CAMPBELL-CALIFORNIA 95008 Non MSSlda ...... (209) 268-6683: Fresno, CA PHONE 4081374-1488 Europe (17 days-7 countries) ...... May 26 Oil Miyasam . ,. (213) 374-9621: Redondo Beach, CA Nagata. M·F· ' 2-8'30. SA r IO~ . 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