•• •• paCl lC Cltlzell August 17, 1984 (SSt Postpaid) News 9~ The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League 18SN: 0030·851'8 1 Whole No. 2.:112 1 Vol. 88 No.7 Stand. ~ American Bar Assn. recognizes wrong but rejects reparations CHICAGO-At its annual convention Aug. 7, the Amed an Bar Assn. pa a resolution urging Congres to "provide appropriate leg• islati e recognition to those denied equal jus• tice lmder law pursuant to Executive rder 9066. ' The ABA s House of Delegates topped short, howe er, of backing the payment of reparations to victims of the WW2 intern• ment. Although the re olution called for 'ap• propriate monetary compensation" when submitted by the ABA' Individual Rights Section it received overwhelming appro al only after this passage was deleted. ' This is something for the national psy• che ' said Richard Donahue, a Lowell Mass. attorney who pushed for the resolution. "It will help educate the public so that nothing like this ever happens again.' The report submitted by the Indi idual Rights Section drew heavily on the recent opinion offederal district court judge Marilyn Patel who accepted a petition alleging gov• ernment misconduct in the case of Fred Kore• matsu, the N· ei arrested, convicted and ruled againstc-a the upreme Court for evad• ing the wartime internment. - This is an important resolution for the ABA " said Donald Tamaki, one of Korema• tsu s attorneys. "The shameful history of this episode reflects the failure of the legal com• Photo by Jon Takasugj munity to uphold the civll rights of Japanese Flippea Over Olymplcs- Bronze medalISt Lu s Orrnura of Brazil In the lightweight competition Aug. 6 at Cal State LA. Onmura is one Americans. maneuvers a sacrifICe throw against Glenn Beauchamp of Canada of the SIX juct> medalists of Japanese descent , I am not surprised that ·t was amelJ to take out the money, he added "but I am gratified that it passed. The ABA s recom• mendations carry a great deal of weight in Memorial marker for slain Asian student vandalized Congress.' JACL national director Ron Wakabayashi DA VI , Calif.- andals painted racist slFu Manchu moustache. He also survivor and anti-nuclear activist Kenichi Project and Rev. Nobuaki Hanaoka of Japanese Americans angered by the racial spoke English in a very unrealistic Chinese Yasui, who carried the "Peace Flame" he Friends of Hibakusha. Also offering their slur. Some viewers called the network to com• accent. These stereotypes hurt not only Asian brought from Hiroshima (see Aug. 10 PC ). prayers were Rev. Ryo Imamura, Buddhist plain. aito said that he was given ·'the run• Americans, but American society as a whole. Among the other speakers voicing opposi• Peace Council ; Rev. James McCray , United around" when he called AB and was unable Your show reaches a large population of the tion to the arms race were a-bomb survivor Methodist Church; and Miriam Levy, Jewish to discuss the matter with anyone in a deci• U.S., and such stereotypes serve only to pro• Shigeko Sasamori ; Michio Kaku, a physics community activist. sion-making po ition. mote ignorance and an inaccurate portrayal professor at City University of New York ; Speeches were given by Kanji Kuramoto Saito sent Roone Arledge, executive pr

Mandale's 'Hong Kong' reference criticized tentive-and excited-expressions. I'm sure Asian Americans to Schedule 'C' federal posi• the message of your phraseology was not l06t tions. One was justifiably displeased at the upon these ambassadors and ministers." SAN FRANCISCO-For Norman Ishimoto, "Your 'King Kong- Hong Kong' phrase lOW-level position she received. Two were a Neg ecteCI Supporters credit neither to our community nor to the attending the Democratic national conven• re• touched that belief. Your words sparked a "I am told that the Asian Pacific Caucus administration. Late in that administration, tion last month bad its pleasant momen sponse that will only continue to bring grief to was the one caucus recognized by the DeJoo. the last was appointed. Thus, both your unfor• working as a volunteer for his wife Harriet Americans of Asian ancestry. cratic National Committee that you did not tunate comment and prior experience are .Kiyomura Ishlmoto (who was the number two "I am a management and personnel con• person in charge of credentials , h aring the sultant. I also chaired the national Employ• honor with a personal viSit. I am also aware cause for concern. that four present and former members of "We want very strongly to be an integral speeches, and chatting with delegate . Buthe I ment Discrimination Committee, JACL. Congress of Asian ancestry were in attend• part of the Democratic coalition that will was shocked to hear what h called "a racist was honored to erve as a consultant to Presi• remark ' from Walter Mondale. dent Carter s Government Reorganization ance throughout the convention. Any of them work for your success in November. Your re• would hav willingly provided guidance on sponse to these concerns will be instrumental In his acceptance speech for the party's Task Force. In these activities, I observed the use of 'Hong Kong wages.' in motivating our country's resources for presidential nomination, one of Mondale's how attitudes propagated by our nation's "Pr sident Carter appointed only four your campaign." criticisms of the Reagan administration was leaders influence individual behavior. When that it "encouraged executives to vote them• a King, a Kennedy or a Mondal speaks, his selves huge bonuses-while using King Kong words infuse others with commitment to California state VFW passes redress-related motion tactics to make workers take Hong Kong make these words an active reality. iog the resolution to the convention floor are wages. "Likewise, phrases lik 'benign neglect' or Frank Oshita , Mote Nakasako, Larry Tana• In a letter to Mondale, Ishimoto wrote, "I , tates rights' uttered by a national leader be, George Makishima, Harry Tanabe, Kaz heard your acceptance speech with my wife becom cod words, int rpr ted at th popu• Minami, Hiroshi Tadakuma, and Jim Mita. and a staff person of a national civil rights lar level as impli it permis ion to hold racist The Nisei VFW members will also display organization. We were sbocked at your refer• ideas and commjt racist a tions. 'Hong Kong the "Go for Broke" photo exhibit Aug. 20 at ence to 'Hong Kong wages. ' , wage I stimulate the am ra ist pa sions. hicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel, where they Ishimoto briefly discussed the Vincent Chin "I also !mow from staff109 th diplomati will hold a rec ption for national VFW offi• killing which he said "was a direct outcom cred.entials window that numerou visitors cers and dignitaries. of racist sentiments, fanned by the not entire• from East and outheast A ian ountri ea• ly accurate belief that competition from g rly observ d th conv nlion. Passing ian manufacturers was putting Americans through th honored and special gu t - Asian/Pacific Republicans out of work. tions befor your speech, I ob v d lh ir at- to speak at party conference DALLAS-High-ranking Repubhcans will New film tells story of coram nobis cases 'peak on the Importance of Aslans partici• patmg m the G P Aug 20, operung day of the GARDENA, Calif.-"Unfini hed Bu iness," Rick hlOffil'S play "POlOt of rder' which R publican natIOnal conv nhon. the latest production by filmmaker Ste en dramatJ.Zes Hlfabaya hi' expenen s Scheduled speakers are Ed RoUins, dJ.rec• Okazaki, deals with the wartime Supreme The meaning of th mm's title becomE' ap• tor for the Reagan-Bush campaign, Rep Court cases of Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hira• parent as th filmmaker co er th edJ s Jack Kemp (R-Y ), Anna Chenault, vice bayashi and Minoru Yasui, who were con- movement and the current efforts to cl ar the chair of th president s Export Council, and icted of violating curfew and internment I)r• narn of the three is i who app al wer chair of Chinese Americans for Reagan• ders aimed at Japanese Americans. ruled against by th Supreme Court 40 year Bush, Patncia Sa1ki, state cfiair of the Ha• Combining interviews with the three defen• ago. Through Wrtts of error coram nobtS wauan Repubhcan party, MiChael Sotirhos, dants and other former internees with war• med in 1983, thr teams of mo tl} I chaIr of EthnICS for Reagan-Bush, Texas Sen. time footage from go ernment archl ve ,pro• lawyers ha been trying to ha th cases Ike HarrIS Sen. Paul Laxalt, chair of the Re• ducer/director Okazaki and associate pro• in alidated by sho\ Lng that th d i IOns publican part}, and Thu-l ga Tran, a Vtet- ducer Jane Kaihatsu document the impact \ ere based on fal go ernment reports tat• nam refug e the internment bad on tbe ikkei community ing that ikk I had commItted ac of - as a whole and the individual battles foughtby pionage. Th conti r nc ISOp n to the public and will Kor matsu, Hirabaya hi and Yasui as they Th film eatur lOt r I w WIth la\l.yers b held from 1 p m. to 3 p.m , at the Sheraton asserted their rights as U.S. citizens. involved m the coram nobi effort, In ludmg Dallas Hotel The fIlm also incorporates cenes from Peter Irons, Dale Maml and Lorram Ban nai It also chronicle a maj r i ,t ry HIROSHIMA--- federal Judge' 1983 decision to vacate Kore• matsu's con Ichon and to ac pt th tltl It Continued h'Ompage 1 charging;gQ ernment mls ondu t m th c , THE RACE FOR sues 84; and Lyle Wing, Bay Area AsIans for thereby condemning not only th pr ecullon Nuclear Disarmament. ofKorernatsu but alSO th mternment Itself San Francisco supervisor ancy Walker Intended to educate the public about th TOMORROW presented a resolution passed by the board of mternment m gen ral and th coram nob supervisors proclaimmg Aug. 6 Hiroshima case m particular, "UnflID d Bu in Remembrance Day and Aug. 9 Nagasaki Re• takes the lewer beyond dry stall tICS and BEGINS TODAY••• membrance Day. A statement from the Hir0- conve s ho\ individuals felt about th If ex• shima/Nagasaki Commemoration Commit• periences just a Okazaki's mm" urvi ors tee, sponsor of the event, linked tbe 1945 enabled Hiroshima and agasaki urvi ors bombings with the present world situation. to tell thelf story "Today we live with the danger of more Unfortunately, the mm's title also d Hiroshimas and NagasakJs. The U.S. and S0- scribes the status 0 the fUm Itself. peakmg viet Union have some 50,000 nuclear war• at a preview screening in Gard na July 14. heads, the explosive equivalent of one million Okazaki, Minami and BannaI said tha t $30 000 Hiroshimas ... We should commemorate is needed to meet production coots and to dis• those who died, and pledge to work so tbat the trIbute the film . tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shall Funded m part by a grant from the Corpor• n~ver ~ .repeated. On this occasion, we join ation for Public Broadcasting, "Unfinished WIth millions around the world in a common Business" WIll be broadcast on PB some• quest for peace and disarmament. .. tune in 1985 However, because only one prmt Entertainment was provided by . F. Taiko of the film exists, the filmmakers cannot dIs• .Dojo, folk singers Bo and Matsurni Park, tribute It on a large scale. members of Konko Church of S.F.{ who per• The filmmakers are planning to raise funds formed a ceremonial Shinto dance), and the through foundation grants, organizatIOnal Japanese Community Singers. and ~divjdual contributions, and fundraismg A program entitled "No More Hiroshimas, show lOgS of the film. A benefit screening was No More Vietnams" was held in Seattle atSt. hel~ at the Act Two Theater in Berkeley, Mark's Cathedral Aug. 5. An audience of 300 Calif., Aug. 5, and an October showing 10 Gar• heard speakers on the arms race, the plight of dena is scheduled. Other sites being consId• ered include San FrancI co, San Jo e, Seat• hibakusha, and the possibility of a Vietnam• When it comes to saving for the future, It'S never too type involvement in Central America escalat• tle, Denver and Chicago. ing into a nuclear confrontation between the The film is a project of San Francisco• early to begin. Because the sooner you start an IRA, the superpowers. Stan Shikuma of Pacific North• based Mouchette Films/National Asian greater the retirement benefits you'll enjoy. And in the west District JACL, David Satterwhite of American Telecommunications Assn. and meantime, you get a double tax break: the yearly tax de• American Friends Service Committee, and was made with the assistance of such organi• duction on your IRA depOSit plus the tax-deferred interest zations as Asian Law Caucus, JACL, ACLU Mario Castillo Gomez, a Guatemalan refu• you earn . So join the rush to California First. Saving for gee, were among those who addressed the and National Coalition for Redress/Repara• gathering. tions. It has received praise and pledges of the future begins today. The program was initiated by King County support from such public figures as Rep Nor• Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, Physi• man Mineta and Sen. Alan Cranston (both cians for Social Responsibility, Pacific North• D-Calif.), Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.), and au• CALIFORNIA I westJACL,Northwest Network for a Nuclear thor Studs Terkel. FIRST BANK Free and Independent Pacific, Washington For more information, contact Mouchette emh r FDIC 'State Korean Human Rights Council Com• Films/ NAA TA, 346 9th St., 2nd Fl. , San Fran• c California First B nk. 1982 mittee in Solidarity with the People of EI Sal• cisco, CA 94103 ; (415) 861-0695. vador, and a variety of other groups. -By J.K. Yamamoto FrldlY, Augull17, 19841 PACIFIC CI11ZEN-3 Schmoe attends Hiroshima ceremony

HIROSHIMA- At tll invitaUon of Mayor Tak hi Araki, • Cultural events Floyd Schmoe and J an Wal.kiri h w, who h Ip d t h u vi tims fth 1945 atomic bombi ,at! oded h annua'm . LO AN LE Bugaku: Treasuresrrom the Kasuga Shrine, remains un xhibit (lh first lim outside Japan) through Aug. 26 allheJapanese moria! service at Pea e Park Aug. 6. meri an ultural andCommunityCenler, 244S.San Pedro, Tuesdays• Schmoe a Quaker biologi t, is w 11 known b th 111 J p nand aturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. among Japanes Am ricans for his humanitarian tlort . H opposed the WW2 internment of Nikkei at tll 1942 Tolan om• AN RANCIS Nlhonmllchl Stre t Fair features a special pro- mittee hearings and prote ted th us of atom mb n gram of arts and ralls activities for hildren Aug. 18 and 19 10 Japan· Japan. In addition to spearheading a proj t to bUild hom s town. "Jakuand th Beanstalk' is performed by theTheatreofYugen at for Hiroshima and Nagasaki survi ors, h has \ orked with Kokus3I Theatre Aug. L8 , noon. Admission is free . war refugees in Korea and in th Sinai desert. Th city of CH ICA reception and dedication of the Go For Broke Exhibit Hiroshima made him an honorary citizen in 1983. H currently will be held Monday , Aug. 20, 9 p.m., Conrad Hilton Hotel, 720 S. Mich• resides in Kirkland Wash. ig n, Room 418. Nisei Veterans ofCallfornia and Go For Broke, Inc. are ~w plans to make a 30-minute documentary on hosts. hmoe for KCTS-1V the Seattle PBS affiliate. K nakano, ELRAY BEACH, FIa.- Mor1karn1 Museum or Japanese Culture is Lake Washington and Seattle JACL member and national looking for a museum edu ator and special events coordinator on a of JACL's Atomic Bomb Survivors Committee, has half·tim basis. Resumes should be sent to the museum at 4000 Mori• co-chair Permanent memorial sought for 100th karol Park Rd ., Delray Beach, FL 33446. pledged organizational support for the project. Schmoe brought with him a thousand paper cran from H NOLULU-Member of tll 100th Infantry Battali n who • Community affairs Seattle JACL as well as messages of peace from Seattl May· fought in Europe during World War II are s kjng w ys to or CbarlesRoyer and Rep. Mike Lowry (D-Wash.). tablish a permanent m morial 0 futur gen rations will be L S AN' Wills and trusts will be dlscussed at a meeting fo r The ceremony was attended by 50 000 people, many of them awar oftlleir contributions. widowed persons Saturday, Aug 18, beginning at 9 :30 a.m., 3m2 Well· In a speech re enUy at the 42nd anniv rsary of Club 100, its ington Rd. nnis KumsakJ of Sumitomo Bank Trust Dept. wiU speak. urvivorsofthe bombing or relatives oftllose who died. Araki Conta L Lily Fukunaga, 291-3910 added the names of 4312 hibakusba who died during tlle past presid nt, B n H. Tama hiro, suggest d one of thr proj year to a list of a-bomb victims kept in a memorial cenotaph at to ommemorate th 0 casion: a mooum t, uch as a public B RBANK- Tritia Toyota, KNBCn ws anchor, is guest speaker at the Peace Park. The number of known victims now tand at statue; a " Uving" scholarship m morial to as ist d pendents ian! cjn Wom n's N twork LWlCh n, Monday , Aug. 20, noon, at of the lOOtll , or a profes or hip at th Univ. of Hawaii ; or a B ,3 W Alameda Toyota speaks on " Asian America," a five• 113271. An inscription on the cenotaph reads, 'Rest in peace• part serIes about Asian acllies in So. CalLf., and on an expanded medical assistanc pr gram for m mbers and spous who the mistake shall not be repeated. It hour-long versIOn that will air on Aug 24 ReseJ'Valions and informa• There was a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. to mark the health co erage may not b enough in th if later y ars. tion . 557-21>53 . " Fi years ago, our membership wa 710,la t y ar747- an A FRANC! K 0 is eeking p rsons interested in appearing inrucation that th re i much life r ma \flJng , " Tamashiro Consul seeks improved trade relations ID th audlenc of Its public affairs program "Express," which focuses aid. " But that h uld not I th n for a tion upon our on th posttion 0 Asian Americans 10 American society on Aug. 29 from lSions for tomorrow. ' 4 ~ ' 30 pm A muu-lf and Country Club. Tee-{)f{ lun 18 12 noon. To register call 931-Zl94 exercised export restraint. Aug. 28. "Many of my countrymen feel that, placing the closest re• At n n on Aug. 19, two vet- lationship with the U.S. as the cornerstone ofi ts foreign policy, rans from the atlOnal Japan has been an exceptionally cooperative Amencan ec0- nomic partner. They are baffied by tlle name-calling and Prewar Alameda Nikkei hold successful reunion other criticisms which frequently appear in the press." By Roland Kadonaga Nakamura said that since be arrived in January, go ern• r moni , masterfulJy t tar extended his greetings ALAMEDA altf - Alam an t.nfonnal atmosp r as he and hit on the most important ment negotiations have been held on citrus, beef and oth r da ikkel rand Reunion is w ) omed tll diners and factor in the success of this agricultural product imports to Japan; on defense/security, now past, but or the partlcl• ga e graphJc d cnp- r unLOn-th atmosphere of as well as conferences among scientists, journalists and other pan , mem nes ofll WIll lin• lion of li 109 ar and " family." private groups. g rfor a) ng tl m b 10 m the ikk 1 com- Quotes from two regis• Japan purchased last year $22 billion in American exports, B nto d.inn r was r d to mumty mt rn- tran summarize tll feel· which is about the same as combined U.S. exports to West an 0 erflow crowd of 275. m nt lOgS of this reunjon: " When I Germany France and Italy. One future project is the Master of ceremoru Y Mayor Ann Dlam nt wel• flrst got the reunion notice, It establishment of a high-tech Hawaii center, proposed by Gov. Yamashita amazed ery- comed Lh regIstrants and was scary, and I was he i• George Ariyoshi, Sen. Spark Matsunaga and igorously pur• one by bein able to intro• hoped that tlley may agam tant-hut I m sure glad I sued by the Univ. of Hawaii. duce e eryon and r all r turn to Lt e In Alameda. arne." 'Jfi 1sorry for tho e Initial plans were discussed by government officials, scien• most of the married women's be Kofman, publish r and who missed. thIS reunion, be• tists and professors from both nations in Tokyo in April maidennam own r of th Alam a TImes cause it was so great. to Judge . THE REV EWS ARE IN! Raymond Uno is running for

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~ m ,j" ...... ,...... " 1- • • t·. " ll' , 4-PACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday August 17, 1984 EAST WIND: by Bill Marutanl The 28TIi BIENNIAL Reality BANZAI PIPELINE () 0 from Right . e(" '- . THE PERCEPTION EMBRACED by many Nikkei as to their birth• right status in this their land has troubled us for many years am con- ( . tinues to trouble us. It is the percep- ~ , tion of second-class citizenship as the norm,o~ having to "explain our ethnicity, of having to "earn' the right to be an American, of being a suppli- , cant of thooe basiC; rights that belong to each an(J. everyone ofus-just as they belong to all Americans. It is particularly troubling when those who assume leadership positiOOS within our midst adopt, conscious• ly or unconsciously this second-class mentality. BY AIL TIllS, we're not suggesting that we ignore reality and blithely pretend that no false) obstacles stand in our paths. We distinguish between what-is-in• reality from what-is-right. We are, at this point refer• ring to the latter. In our goals, in our attitudes, in our endeavors-we must speak act and expect what-is- ... right, wbat our status is supposed to be under those stead on Jun 13. Kumpel responded, in part: noble principles of democracy which this nation Commenting on the dismissal of th class a tion suit filed by " Wh th r or not th nation of Japan owes the American espouses and upon which it was founded . For it is that ational un il for Japan Am ricanRedr SS , th w peopl an apology for atrocities committed during WW2 has status that is ours. Simply by reason ofbeing an Ameri• ouri r/Po t of harl ton, . " con luded an anli-redres no aring whatsoever on the unprecedented and unconstitu• can. If in our attitudes we recede from that fundamen• editorial May 27 by saying: tional treatment a rded thousands of American citizens by " Very few peopl nowaliv can b h ld r sponsl bl in any tb iT gov rnment. tal level, our sights will have been lowered in our advo• way. shape orforrn for what happen d to th Japan Ameri• .. spite th fact that these hapless souls had done nothing cacy; it will be more difficult, if not impossible, to uplift can so it is w 11 that th ca which s ught to milk th m of of a criminal or treasonable nature . . . they were surrounded what-is-reality to what-is-right. For at the ery outset, damag hasbe nthrownout It is a pltythatth judg didnot by gun towers and bayonet-wielding soldiers (paid for in part we will then have surrendered rights that rightfully go furth r and mphasiz what h only hinted at in hIS by th ir taxes). belong to all Americans. opinjo folly of trying to bring th hIStory of 40 years ago " Wh n giv n th opportunity, the sons and brothers of in• And we are Americans. to trial in th ourts oHOOay . ." t rn . went on to compIle on of the most glorious chaJ)• • • t rs m Am rlcan military history, INVARIABLY THERE ARE Nikkei who have at• , Had rman Am ricans been treated in similar fashion, tained success' -however such may be measured th r might have been th equally ludIcrous spectacle of Gen. whether by material wealth, position, office etc.-who DWIght D IS nhower, Gen Carl Spaatz and Adm. Chester will instruct us that notwithstanding the odds "it can be unitz tng treated as criminals because their parents or done. " And from such vantage point, it may be tempt• grandparents ch to live in the U.S. ing to suggest that rather than 'complain" that one .. rampp asked why th Japanese Americans waited so hould get out and hustle. We have no quarrel with long Ln filing the suit. Th reason is th Freedom of informa• urging doryoku as a general proposition, whatever tion A t eild not allow the releas of many unportant docu• may be one's field. But one must understand that not all m n co mlOg th ill gal internment until 4{) years after Nikkei are constituted the same; not all have had th th vent same advantages, or sometimes the pure luck. Just like " It's really Lncongruous lhata protest agamst the mjustIces of y t ryear should b consIdered by Grampp as 'an insult to most Americans most Nikkei are plain, ordinary Pre id nt Franklin D Roo e ell and the American people. ' folks---except that they face odds that may not be im• 'Th msult-and mjury- was corruruttep against the posed on comparable Americans. (And , in passmg, American pie when Roo e elt Signed tM1r1fl:unous Execu- we ve often wondered whether these "successful ik• tl rd " kei had attained their full potential as if no handicaps had been placed at any point. Including the present. ) WE DON'T MEAN to suggest that this writer IS free from vestiges of less-than-fust-class-citizensbip men• tality, We've gone through the throes of introspection AN ORAL and we have to admit it s unsettling. It is far more ~HISTORY comfortable, reassuring, to maintain a second-class mentality which comports more with reali ty , thus caus• OFTHE ing less clashing. And we continue in our mental meta• JAPANESE morphosis to gain a clearer view of what our indi vidual goals as an American ought to be. ERICAN I AND THAT'S IT: distinguish reality from right. DETENTION Don t let the former set the level for the latter. To do so CAMPS is to cheat ourselves. Japan athletes honored in J-town LOS ANGELES-Japanese Olympic athletes, along with their coaches and sponsors, were honored Aug. 7 at an outdoor reception at the Japanese American Cultural and ommunjty Center's Noguchi Plaza in Little Tokyo. The Japanese Cham• ber of Commerce of So. Calif sponsored the event. sumitomo Combined ISSN: 0030-8579 An autographed, complimentary copy of And Balance Checking Justice for All will be sent for your tax·deduct• ible contnbution of $25 or more to the JACl Brings the Family Together. National Redress Campaign. pacific citizen Your personal savings and time certifipates and those of NatIOnal JACL Headauarters your immediate family· can help eliminate monthly fees PubrlShed by the Japanese Amencan CrtJzens League every Fnday except the 1765 utterSt San Fran ISCO ,Calif. 94.l15 /irst and last weeks of the year at 244 S San Pedro Sl,l..osAngeles, CA 90012. on your regular checking oT N

FROM 'DIE FRYING PAN: by Bill Hosokawa From Tight Eyes to Round Eyes A Coat of Arms By J .K. Yamamoto, Assistant Editor LOS ANGELES-Among the dozens of press releases PC re• A few weeks ago a certain well• Well darn, foiled again. Nine or ten y ars ago I re• ceiyes daily, one item caught my eye: an information bro• known chain store sent me a colorful ceived a somewhat similar letter offering me a "Rosa• chure on Ronald Matsunaga, a plastic surgeon whose services flyer advertising goblets to be etched kawa Coat of Arms ' in full color for only $19 .95. I wish I includ a process called II Asian Westernization." with one s own family oat-of-arms. had a cepted th of~ r ju t to e what th y would send According to the release, " Dr. Matsunaga is a specialist in The idea wa that if one applied, th ir me. But at th time I did not have $19.95 to inv st and I surgical procedures which 'westernize' the Asian eyes and nos . Asian blepharoplasty creates creases in the flat, lost th opp rtunity to' what was drib d as "an experts on heraldry would locate almond-shaped riental eye; Asian rhinoplasty builds up the your . etch it into a cry tal gobl t, and gi e xclusiv and parti ul rly beautiful oat of Arms" of a nos to giv it a longer, more slender appearance." it to you at no cost oth r than handling charg . The Japan family as r cr ated by an Am rican artist. Dr. Matsunaga also provides fa eHfts, h lp for facial sports gimmick wa that you would be orne 0 enthrall d by If we wer to be om pi t ly hon t aboul it, a Hos injuri s, and corrective surgery for congenital deformities. the prospect of owning a whol t of imilarly n• kawa Coat of Arms wou Id n tin lude lions nd dragons Under th latter heading, th news item read, • Employing gra ed goblet that you would buy them, one a month, and could not includ knights in armor and h 1m ts and similar techniqu s as thos used in the Westernization pro• cedur s, Dr. Matsunaga can correct th facial abnormalities for what eemed to be a remarkabl high pric . lances. As I nvi i n d it wh n th oft r fir 1 cam up, How I got on their mailing Ii t I do not know. How of wn 's Syndrom ,as well as other facial birth defects." talks of ric would b m r appropriate. p rhaps ram• Th assumption ms to be that an Asian face is a deformj ~ they expected to find a coat-<>f-arm for a family named pant on a ric paddy und r cross d ch p ticks. Growing Hosokawa, I know not ither. But a prank began to tak ty that n to be corrected. Presumably, the service would food, and g tting en ugh to at. w re a lot mor im• not be of~ red jf th r wer not a market for it, but it's sur• hape. I filled out the application form. car fully print• p rtant to my p ant ancestors than riding into glori• pri ing that something like this would turn up in the Los ing the letters of my nam into the blank pro ided, and ous omb t. Angeles ar a, wher there is such a large Asian community. sent it off to see what would happen. It would be interesting to find out if the doctor also offers his In time a letter, but no free goblet arrived. I quote: Butlikemo tJapan familie w d hav a " mon,' pati nts blue or green contact lenses and red or yellow hair ' Recently you responded to an offer to re earch the or family crest. It appears in books and I found it chis• dye. P rhaps patients can get a legal name change as well, HOSOKAWA Family Coat-of-Arm which was born in eled into the headstone of Grandfather Hosokawa's walking into the clinic as Ms. Hara or Mr. MOrl and coming as the past by a family with the arne name as the one you grave in a qui t bamboo grove on a hill abo the Ms. FieldorMr. Forest. requested. We have looked through the thousands of humble hOllS wher h Hved and died. I'm no iologist or psychologist, but would anyone under- Coats-of-Arms we already ha e on file and we ha e The 'moI1 ' looks vagu Iy like th dial on a tel phone, go surgery to alter his/her appearance If that person did not looked through the many heraldic olume in our with eight round "star 'encircling a larger round fe 1 intense If-hatred or shame at being Asian? Could pres• sures from SOCI ty, one s peer group or the media be so great library. Also we have checked name from which , tar." What it all tands for, I am n t c rtain. But I that one would feel compelled to change his/her race? yoursmayhavederi ed, but without success. found a tie lip bearing this 'mon" on al at th tobacco and n w tand at the Imperial Hot I in Tokyo, Regardl of how many of Dr. Matsunaga's clients ask for We do not invent a Coat-of-Arms where we cannot thi particular service, it is asadcommenton Asian American establish that one actually existed for a family name. and now I wear it proudly. Identity that th service is advertised in th first place. Therefore we will be unable to fill your order for Coat• Th 'm n i g nuin and a oat-<>f-Arm would not of-Arms cry tal. Naturally, there will be no charge for b for m . We'r pleas d that the mail ord r folks ar Sacramento JACL's research ... ' not going to' in ent" om thing phony. 1984 Travel Program Japan-For First Timers ...... Oct. 4-26 TED BY FRANK OSHITA Caribbean ruise ...... ov. 10-18 On June 28 after the House Subcommittee h arings on HR this experienc : that a go ernment of men and worn n can TED BY HARRY I 0 YE 4110 the Fresno Bee ran a letter from Angie Osborne f make mistakes despite our ch and balanc .' Th sin qua ptIonal- The Orlando Extra Sanger, who said shewas "sickofreadingaboutthis [redress] n n of civiliz d beha ior is to take responsib!lit ~ r on 's 1985 Program payment." actions as an indi idual or a a go ernm nt and to t tJ n Japan pring Tour .....•.....•... Apr. 19-May 11 "Before it makes any payment, the U.S. government had to correct one's mistak s." ORTIIJAP , URA-NlHO better pay the American Indians here in CalIfornia. We also FOR I FORMATION. CONTACT have a tragic history. In 1973 the government paid orne Sacramento JACl Travel Program Indians only $600 each for the whole state of California. Yet today my people are landless, homeless, and Fresno County -Letters ---- P.O. Box 22386, Sacramento, CA 95822 took our rights to our Indian cemetery east of Fresno. TRAVELARRANGEMENTS BY , We haven t gone to Congress to cry about it." earch Traffic ti ket Mlyemoto Tre .1 Service. 2401 -15th S , Sec'to (916) 4.1·1Ct20 Earlier the May 2 Bainbridge Review contained an ad which I am searching for Wilham Thl i in regard to th July read, ' Attention Patriotic Americans-Do you oppos Makino whose parents w re 6 P story on th Los Angel s redress for Japanese interned in WW2? We seek input relocated to Hunt Idaho, Poli e d partment'spra bce 1984 West L.A. JACL especially from 1942 Bainbridge residents. Write Box RJ-4, during the WW2 fraca . of in luding a box lab led c/o Bainbridge Review Bainbridge Island, Washington When William s dad was lid ent" on traffi cita• Travel Program 98110.' sent to Hunt, he came to my tions I d n't understand the FOR JACLMEMBERS, apartment with a 10 ely need for th pohc to lOclude FAMILY A 0 FRIE 0 In July 4 Oakland Tribune, Mark Ethan Smith of Berkeley chrysanthemum plant he had uch mfonnatlOn on traffic took exception to anti-redress arguments made by Rep. Dan himself raised and his fami• tickets smce it bears no rela• F-Narl JACl Convention (Hawaii) Lungren (R-Calif. ) : ly's small Japanese teaset as tionship to drl 109 ability and "Lungren's question of whether the rights of interned Japa• a gift. We lived a block from does not a urately describe Aug. 12-Aug. 17 nese Americans can stand up' against the rights of 'Social his place of busmess where a person's appearance or Tour Guide-George Kanegai Security recipients, food stamps and nutrition programs, he also lived, and he had phYSical attributes. G-Hokkaido/Hokuriku . oS- ...Sep 29-Oct 17 senior citizen housing, and national defense needs within the great esteem for my elderly JACL' ethnic concerns context of an already hemorrhaging federal deficit' contains mother and brother. committee might ask the LA GlimpseofChina (E ~'i:>o,:~on ) .OctlS-0d27 its own answer. I have appreciated this polic department to elimI• Tour Guide-Toy Kanegai " The first four groups mentioned are people who clearly are lovely little family teaset nate the box labeled "des• truly needy being either aged or lacking basic SurVIval need (teapot, 3 saucerless-type cent" and thu assure that H-Autumn Tour ...... o~ ...... Oct 6-Oct 26 such as food and shelter. National defense needs, on the other cups and small lacquer the demearung mcident in• Tour Guide4>~(eve Vagi tray). Obviously, this was hand, are falsely represented as being of a similar type. I CIdent reported m th article Southern Han hu ToiJ , Fu uo a To :yo before concluding that all defense costs are vital. would be ruined in moving or Honolulu, HI Hall Foliage (New f~~land/Canada) " Those who have had their hwnan rights violated by a gov• lost. I want to give this set to Od. 3 < Q ~~. 11 ernment have a right to reparations. Of course we will not take William if I can locate him. food stamps or school lunches from children or housing sup• Chapter aid Tour Guia~<:...sill Sakurai He supposedly went into the The Pacific Citizen has port from the elderly. These are priorities. But a golf course or Army after completmg his a pornographic movie is not a priority simply because the been a beacon of light, lead• l-Caribbean Cruise ..... ~ ...... Oct 24-Nov 6 degree at Oberlin as I under• mg and inspiring JACLers department ordering it has a defense requisition. stood he had only three Tour Gu ide- <:>o,-3°Mochizuki 'Certainly, 'There is a valuable lesson to be learned from since its inception, and our months to get hlS degree in chapter feels your request a K-Special Holiday Tour _ ...... Dec 22-Jan 5 sociology from the Univ. of minimum one at most. Our Wasbington. Tour Guide-George Kanegai board voted unanimously to FOR I FORMA TI O RES ER AT IO ) . llOR WRITE Will you let me know if I anticipate our membershlp Redress Pledge can be assisted in contacting Roy Takeda 1702 Wellesle A e., West La; ngeles 90025 . 820-4309 response and to contribute t ve Yagl' 3950 Berryman Ave. l.A. •.. 397·7921 Actual amounts acknowledged FY·84 DISTRICT BREAKDOWN William Makino, formerly of by JACLHeadqu3rters(or tbe $150 immediately. To Kanegal 1857 B Iaon. L.A. 90025 .•. . 82O-J592 period of May 29 · JuneH, 1984 . (Actual Oct '83-June31, '84 ) Seattle, Wash.? I am 82-plus BIll Sakurai . 82(}'3237 Yuki alo 479-81 24 elOOlca Ohara 473-7066 This Report: (l0) ...... $1 ,736.24 NC-WN·Pac ...... 39,566.48 years old and do not want We will also encourage our JIlt) Mochizuk' 473.{)441 June 26 Total: (10) $110,187.98 Pac Southwest ...... 39,990.00 such mementos to pass to membership to send their land Arrar'Gements b japan Travel Bureau Internallonal ••• Intermountam ...... 7,000.00 Fresno JACL $2,085 , Livingston• Pac Nortbwest ...... 6,802.50 people who don't have any personal contributions in West L. A. JA l Tour Brochures A allable Merced $250 ; Solano Couty $230.00 , Eastern ...... •.. 5,020 00 sentimental attactunent for addition. Hopefully this will TRAVEL CHAI RPERSON: GEORGE KANEGAI· 820-3592 Sanger JACL : '84 pledge, $930.00 ; Central Cal ...... 4,980.00 challenge the other JACL French Camp '84 pled~e , $720 . 00 , Se• Midwest ...... 3,540.00 them. West los Angeles JACl attle Redress Committee & JACL Mt Plams ...... 3,289.00 JANE R. FARRELL chapters to make an up-front 1857 Brockton Ave., los Angeles, CA 90025 $313.00 & $313.25, resp; Marin JACL 4415 N. 8th Ave. donation also. Fhghtandiourmeellngsevery3odSundayofthe th, l p.m., $75 ; PSWOC (3d inst) $10,000 Total : (4-30-84) $84 ,049.25 Apt. 5 JAMES T. TAGUCm a! FeliCia Mahood Cenler. 11338 Santa Monica BMI .• West LA Phoenix, AZ 85013 President, Dayton JACL &-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, August 17, 1984

add ition, the languag barri r and not kn w• Th smaU-busin nature of the Japanese The Push and Pull of Small Business ing "h kujin ways." community was probably very important in By WW2, Japanese w r farm rs and an• th economic mobility ofthe Nisei and Sansei. By t ve Fugita, 1 veland JA: L Bull tin mon y qui kly and r turn to Japan as oth r on fow·th th r types of small busi• A lot of our attitudes favoring hard work, get• I One of the fa tor that hi torian and sociol• wealthy men, they soon am d tbat farm n s m n. ting an education and political conservatism, ogist have hown to b a major impa t on labor was not going to allow them to fulfi ll AD integrated 'ommunity ar due to our occupying this economic niche. how an etlmic group adapts and develops in their dream. 0 , th y tarted har ropping n might ask if discrimination is the prin• Th s characteristics are found in small bus i• America is what kind of jobs most of its or I asing land. Much f this land was mar• cipal reason why particular thnic groups end n ssm n throughout the world. Further, etb• members find . After all, America i a young ginal and only through extr m ly hard labor up in small business. Th re ar ~ w Bla k ni communities that are small-business ori• country which has been rapidly dev loping in were they abl to convert it into produ tive busin men. Further, thos Blacks who ar ented ar generally stronger beOOuse the in• the pa t 300 years and immigrants ba ically ' land. Most of the crops the Japan se sp ial• currently "making it" ar generally found in dividuals are generally economically deperxl• came to sell their labor. ized in w re v ry lab r-intensive, for ex• government jobs. ent upon each other. The Irish ended up as laborers in th coal ample, strawberries, raisins, and bunch Probably a good part of the answer has todo Cohesiveness and Assimilation mine . canals. and railroad while the Blacks vegetables. This way th y ould tak advan• with the colle tivistic nature of Japanese cul• Quite a bit of research suggests "small in oluntarilyprovided the labor for the cotton tage of the cheap labor of th ir many Nisei ture which r inforced cooperation among the business ethnic groups" are more cohesive. industry which grew rapidly with the inven• childr n and sometimes their fellow ountry- Japanese. Living in a "tight' Nihonmachi Some examples here are the Jews, Chinese, tion of th cotton gin. men. with a lotof"ethnic honor" puta great deal of Cubans, Greeks, and, of course, the Japa• The Japanese initially also came to fill a Pushed Into mall Bu ines pressure on people not to do inappropriate or nese. Moreover, Japanese American small labor vacuum in California rapidly expand• Other Issei started stores, restaurants, un thical acts. Thus tanomoshi's, which re• businessmen are "more Japanese" than their ing agri-husines around the turn of the cen• hotels, fIshmarkets, and pool halls in the quire that people won 't run off with the mon• counterparts who work for corporations or tury. The state s many fertile valleys were numerous Nihonmach1 s to provide all of the ey frequently allowed the Japanese to raise government because they deal more with becoming extremely productive due to the goods and services the isolated Japanese capital to start a business when the banks other Japanese on a daily basis. They are also availability of cheap water from federally needed. So historically, th Japanese have wouldn't give them a loan. If one did some• more likely to be involved in community or• subsidized irrigation projects. Moreover re• been veryoverr presented, lik the Jews and thing foul , not only could one's family be ganizations, in part, because it is often useful frigerated railroad cars were becoming more recently th Cuban and Koreans, in cially ostracized-"th y will laugh at us"• for their business but also because they can available to carry the fruits and vegetables small busin s (fanning b ing a type of small but th Y might not be abl to fmd work in th provide these organizations with both needed back to the huge markets back East. business). In a ense, th y wer "pushed ' Japanese community. leadership and resources in the way of sup• Finally, the Chinese who had come first into this way of arning a li ving. As a result, the Iss i and Nisei small busi• plies, money, etc. t so were legally prevented from inun igratingby The unions di riminated again them nessm n were not only able to control their Another characteristic of those ethnic I the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. So, for they couldn't g t good lab ring job . amu Japan work rs, but organize to defend groups that have a small business tradition is example, by around 1910, 60% of the grape Gompers explici tly stated that h would not thems Ives from outside threats. that they generally can become integrated picker in the Fresno area were Japanese. As allow Japanese to join the American Federa• Moreover, in some industries such as truck into mainstream society while retaining a the Nisei probably remember they used to be tion of Labor. M reo er, in managem nt and crops in Los Angel , a Japan e packer I strong ethnic community. This should be pooi• called "fruit tramps. go ernment job th I sei, and to ad gr th shipper would 11 to a Japanese fruitstand tive for the Japanese in the future because we Because most of the I sei wanted to make isei faced not only discrimination, but, in operator. This "vertically integrated" sys• should be able to gain access to individuals tem, based upon trust and und rstanding, with pow r in the larger society yet still be JACL 'Program for Action' was an important nomic advantag . able to get th Japanese community to " pull Frequ tly th Japan s dominated together" through its many organizations on SAN FRANCI CO-National Council dele• of labor-intensive functions and the imple• tam crops In particular ar as. Thus, th y issu of common concern. Although it of'ten• gates will discuss at the Honolulu convention mentation of an active campaign to de lop cam "h rizontally integrated' as well. Uus times seems as if our community is fading this week a document called J ACL " Pr0- new membership. enabled them to band tog ther to fi ght among rapIdly, compared to other second- and third• gram for Action " Drafted every two years, Managem nt. Expansion and diversifica• farmworkers and ometimes mflu e generation ethnic groups, we are quite the Program for Action ets policy for the tion ofth r enue base of the national organi• prices. strong. # orgaruzation and the national board . zation shall b a priority of the national The 1984-86 provisions follow : orgaruzation. Civil Rights. The Japanese American Citi• Increased acquisition and implementati n - Chapter Pulse zen League shall continue its pursuit of civil of contemporary tech I gl in the opera• rights. In persevering to remedy the injus• tion of the national orgaOlzalion shall be Selanoco tices of the wartime internment of Americans act! ely pursu d. Washington, D.C. of Japanese ancestry, in brmging attention to Special attention to the enhancement of th W HIN TON raduating hIgh c 1 L AN ELE Applications are being the increase in anti-Asian vlOlence, and in the under tanding and perc ptlOn of th acll 1- s mors who Will be attendmg an institute of a cepted for the 1984 chapter scholarships selection of organizational issues during the ti of the natlOnal organIZation by th mem• ad anced learrung may till apply for chapter from stud ts who were graduated from high course of the upcoming biennium, the JACL bership and the general public hall be scholarstups. Apphcan or par n mu t be school in 1984 and are either entering or cur• maintains its interest in the protection and accomplished through increased communi• chapt r member Call Kn [k jin at 4474155 r ntly enrolled m a trade or business scboolor promotion of civil liberties. cation and dissenunation of organizatlOnal (day) or845-00 9 ( enmgs) for informati n a coUege or u.ni erslty Networking. Recognizing mutual interests ISsue and activities. D adhn for compl ted appllcatlon I t For applications, call Richard biba (714) with many communities of interest in this na• Planning. Th requir ment for a discl• 30. 777-1205 thorne) or 714) 732-6349 (work). tion, the JACL affinns its attentlOn to the de• plmed approach to collect, analyze and order West Valley D adline for r quests IS Oct. 15. velopment and refinement of its working re• the task and maintenance aspects of eft - SAN JO E, Calif -Daruma Folk F bval. a latlOnship with special and at-risk popula• ti ely operatIng a national orgaruzatlon of benefit for eOlor citizens, features drum· Watsonville tions. Amencans of Japanese ancestry n SSltates mers, smgers, dancer , food, and arts and marks Membership. The foundation of the na• an ongoing process of evaluation An exten• crafts. turday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 WAT fiL E, Cahf.-Thls year tional organization rests in Its membership sion of planning functions in th bl onium to p.m , at Saratoga Lanes parkmg lot, Saratoga th 50th aruu ersary ofth chapter. The mile- base. The national organization shall de elop maintain a £ us on the mi Ion of the nation• Ave. and Graves, near Prospect Rd . ton will be ob erved with a celebration on concrete means of expanding this base al orgaruzation shall be an essential acti ity, aturday. pt 22--due to the efforts of the through refinements in procedures, reduction reporting to the next national convention. Contra Costa chapter president, oko Umeda, and the 50th CONTRA COSTA , Calif.-Designation of the anmversary plannmg committee chaired by chapter as the . Calif.-W. vada-Pacific Harry Fukutome-at the Watsonville Bud• District Council's 1983 Chapterofthe Year for dlust Temple. -Calendar------large chapters (more than 300 members was In addition to the dinner, there will be an e To Aug. 26 e A G 18 (Saturday e 20 (Monday) announced at th district's quarterly meeting exhibit at the Watsonville JACL building fea• Los Angeles-·Bugaku. Treasures West Valley-7th ann') Daruma Folk Los Ang NiseI WIt awards din- in May. turing the 'Go For Broke" 442nd Infantry Ex• from the Kasuga Shrine' 00 exhibit at FestIval, Saratoga Lanes par mg lot. ner, Bonaventure HLJ, 404 S Figueroa, JACCC 244 sSan Pedro, llam-5pm San Jose, 16am-6pm 6pm The award is given to the chapter with the hibit as well as photos and mementos shared ..ro Aug. 28 Beverly Hills-Nisei WI< coronation e A G 22 (Wednesda ) best 0 erall programs in five areas: activi• by chapter members. San Francisco-A-bomb phote 50 and over. lnf0 29J. dren under 3.) Reservations : Dede or Ken, Osato, dinner chairman, c/o Watsonville businesses. 3165,263-8400 970-0925. JACL, P.O. Box 163, Watsonville, CA 95077. Friday, August 17, 1984 / PACIFIC CITIZEN-7

LITTLE TOKYO UFE (No. 29): By Harry Honda

Nellie G. Oliver New and Distinguished On of the taun h Litt! Tokyo Nis i Books in organizations whi h commanded if not demanded) resp ct from th ir .r on Asian American Studies LITrLE th athl tic fi ld were the Ollv 1'5. After (By $ptClal arrangtment wllh tht Unl" (Jfwash· so many years with many of its eld r in inaton Prtss. Iht Padflc Clt/Zen offers Jl books In 10100 retirement or pa sing from th cen , and Asian AmtrlCiln StudIes on a •' d,rtd sh,pment from UW Prtss" basis Somt of Iht books art In tht PC in this great Centennial year, the potlight rightfully falls on Library for rMew but not allallablt for salt here.) one of Little Tokyo s " own. ' We ar happy Henry Mori is spinning the story of Nellie G. ali er here as the JACL on• 1946: 209pp (1983 Reprint) vention in Hawaii beckons me westward.-H.H. List: $8.95 (scft) By Henry Mori The book has captured alilhe bumbling and tumbling of the early evac· ualion days, all t~e patros and much 01 the humor tlal arose from the With the Little Tokyo centennial celebration now in its mid• paradox of cki2ens Interned. (-MOT, Pacific Cilium) year milestone there is often a mention of a unique, pr war sports-oriented club known as The Olivers. It is remembered Yo hiko U hida SOLD OUT 1982: 160pp historically because its members were witne to the Desert Exile Paperback ($8.95' due early faJl. List: $12.95 growth of the First and San Pedro Sts. area during the Roaring The Uprooting f a Japanese American Family Twenties and the Thrilling Thirties. A personal count of the B rkel y famlly who lIVed through the sad year of World War U Int mment In the Utah desen. From its infancy ofthe late 1910s to the present, Th ali vers mirror and reflect in part, the activities of the 100-year-old John Okada 1980: 176pp Japanese town. The organization is also belie ed to be the No-No Boy List: $6.95 (soft) oldest all-Nikkei group in the United States. Fir t pubU hed Ln 1957, it rc eived (JttJ attentJon and its author died thLrteen yea~ later bel evlng Asian Americans had rejected his works: a While the club's founder, Nellie Grace Oliver, in 1917 never $lory of lch1ro Yamada who hose 10 go to federal prison ralher than serve n gave a thought to perpetuating her name, the then young th U•. anny during WW2. HIS trugglesand onmas upon his return to his Nisei-all of them still in their subteens residing in Littl famUy and 10 the rcaUl! of postwar America are revealed in this angry and Tokyo---soon called themsel es The ali verso Inten e novel. At fIrst there were only a handful ofthern, between th ages . . Harv y Gardiner 1981 :248pp of 14 and 16. A ide from attending school and doing home Pawns in a Triangle of Hate List: $25.00 chores, their leisure hours were empty without much to do. The P ruvian Japanese and the Uoited States There were little or no outside social programs. The full a ount of a Uttle-known chapter of WW2 history-the evacua• During the two-decade span (1917-37 which was riddled t on of n arly 1.800 Japanest' from Peru to the U.S. Some were exchanged (or U.S. pns n r> of war n Japan. fewer than 100 retumc:d LO Peru. with hardship for the pioneering Issei, kindergarten teacher/ Gardiner (who t un d on this phase befor the Comnuuee on Wanlme• missionary Oliver single-handedly kept her youngsters "off Relocali n and Internment of Civilians) relates the poUcttS of the U.S and the streets " by providing them with weU-barbers. "Miss Oliver was all heart, a wonderful human being, and a photographer, IS a classic. The haori with crests In blue and coo ~. mUIlJUon wor ers, ler students and a ng Pllloys--compnse the selfless individual who rendered compassionate dedication to parasol dePict her love and understanding of things Japanese. firsl colle u n of his wor LO appear In the U. the welfare of the growing generation whom she beheved deserved a more bright future," recalls Harry Yamamoto. a liver, tands out I Idly Kn wn as th "Pied Piper" of the Two Play· by Frank Chm 1981: 171pp onetime CUb. Nihonmachi, he was also much doted to JA L activiti . Chickencoop Chinaman LISt. S22.50and He, incidentally, was one of the 30 li ing Little Tokyo Now with the fading oftlme, th cIo ed-membershipOliv rs and The Year of the Dragon 95 (soft) leaders who were honored during a community centennial are asking: hat can we do to pre erve Mis Oliver' work Pu a ponrilu of an Pulan Amen an ~ fun us slrUggic for id nlit The dinner early July (see PC, Aug. 3). and her philo ophy of life? Ideas ar poppmg and there is a Year of th Dragon IS a !>eanDg st.alement. a powerful cry-The ew York in Tunes Miss Oliver, who retired in the late 1930s, died in poverty in movement afoot that may provide pro) ts to b nem th new 1947 during a period when persons of Japanese ancestry were generation. Plans d veloped for 1985 may be the "key," i.n the Lou' Chu 1979. 250pp slowly returning from camps to the West Coast to reestabllsh words ofMikio Miyamoto .Bat a Bowl of Tea LISI' $7.95 (soft) their roots. He and Yamamoto co-chair the 24th annual" Athlete of th A landmM In Chmoe Aml'n n lilerature when II was firsl published in 1961. It IS the first no 110 capture the tone and ~ll5ibility of e l'f) da)' Ufe Only 200livers were able to attend her funeral service at the Year" awards dinner Aug. 18. Miyamoto saId hiS comrruttee in an Am ncan Chinatown. Inglewood Park Cemetery that mournful day. may launch a Little Tokyo-based supportive campaign, a It was George Fujita, the publicist of long standing for the frrst-time proposition The Olivers ha e been elf-sustaming, Jame Morton 19 0: 294pp reactivated Olivers, who reported in mid-HJ61 the seven inter• relying on out-of-pocket funds, for expenses, when ver In the Sea of Sterile Mountains List: $7 95 clubs boasting 300 charter and associate prewar members, monies run low. The Chin e III British Columbia to e the g Id rush day of I 58, the ctunese have made imponanl henceforth would be combined as The Olivers, without clas• In order to stimulate community-wide interest, the group ntrlbu os to Bnush Columbia, desplle being subjected 10 raosm, bigotry sification. will invite various organizations to push their favonte local and th rough edges of a pioneer society In paying homage to the late Miss Oliver, they introduced athletes to compete m the annual event. Ronald T. Takaki 1982: 379pp the " Athlete of the Year" awards banquet in September of Financially able, The Olivers hope to make two presenta• Iron Cages: List: $9.95 tions in 1985, one to a male athlete and another to a female that year, to recognize outstanding Sansei sports figures. Ra e and Culture in 19th Cenrury America There have been many stories about the Olivers, their geo• star. The 1983 and 1984 trophies were won by distaff A highly mdividual, dtSCemm and provocati e analy IS of whit graphic limits when it came to membership eligibility, and members.) Ameri • ra ism from the ume of the Re oluuon to the pam h·American some of the exploits and challenges met by the members, What Miss Oliver gave of herself was a way of life, a philoso• war . immensely readable:-PubUsher> Weelcly. according to old timers who speak philosophically today. phy, a challenge am a love of sportsmanship, drawing only PadOc Citizen Amt Enclosed "We were No. 1 in countless areas of sports," one over-70 what is good and defeating the bad. Such is rather rare 244 S. San Pedro S't., Rm. 506 Oliver would comment. " And some people can't accept suc• today. Lo Angel , CA 90012 cess gracefully," quipped another. The Olivers, in their form• Please send the lollowng books In the Quanlities indlC8ted: ative years, were often looked upon with kidding disdain by _ 0 ubo, Cit izen 13660 $8.95 some outlying-area team players whose athletic prowess may Order Now __ Ududa. Desert Bxile S 12.95 not have matched with the win-hungry Little Tokyo bunch. __Okada. 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"The four judges aU de• he said. working out for just an hour District competition. termine the score and give When Endo saw the scores orso butthe61-year-oldman While serving in the army, them to the superior judge flash on the scoreboard, he made an Olympic team. his contact with the then• [who also does not judge, but knew that his Olympic effort Endo, who owns a mail fledgling Japanese gymnas• acts as a consultant in the provided support to the stars order gymnastics supply tics team turned him from a event of a discrepancy in the of the games-the athletes. busines , officiated the performer into a judge. scoringJ . - By Jim Hayes " [ then take the scores, men's gymnastics e ent in , While I was 0 erseas l he Gardena Valley ews UCLA' Pauley Pavilion. wa drafted into th Army in Endo said that he olun• 1946]," he recalled, • th Ja• teered for the job six month pane e didn't hav a tam. ago when the Olympic f• They a ked me to help them ganizing Committee asked tart one." the Southern California GARDENA Murray's lapidary Supply By th time h left J apan, Jewelry IYIountJngs and ~Ipmonf Gymna tics Official As- Carpet & Linoleum Co. 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BY THE BOARD: Chuck Kubokaw a Peruvian American Nikkei Reunion

At the reque t of President himomura, My redJ , J ACL, and Pan American Nikkei A sociation Kudos Sacramento Chapter), Chiye Tomihiro (Chicago I wa asked to be the speaker for th r PANA ) pre ntation was secondary to the reunion. The Chapter) ... The nucleus for the next reunion has been formed union of Japanese Peruvians (now U.. warmth of th Latin-Am rican Nikkei hospitality pr vailed and the number of people that will become involved will un• citizens) at the San Jose Red Lion Inn on and r minded m gr aUy of the fee ling experienced several doubtedly grow. They will all work towards a resolution of JuJy 13. The reunion brought together 64 times in Latin America duringPANA a tivities. their unfortunate past. Most of aU, the activities brought to• persons from Japan Hawaii New York The Peruvian American Nikkei heritage is a complex mix• gether those that cared about their past. Participants dis• City Chicago Los Angeles, Berkeley Gilroy, eattle Sacra• ture unique in quality be ause all the good points and customs played m morabilla from camp, created action items for the mento, San Matoo-all with one common bond : THEY of the three backgrounds have been accumulated into one future, and encouraged one to practice for the karaoke singing WERE ALL ILLEGALLY MOVED OUT OF PERU INTO generation. This rich mixture r hope will endure the rigors of during the social hour at the next reunion. All in all the suc• THE UNITED STATES. They were tran ported to the U.S. via the hostile, bigoted, and ra ist activities of the world and help cessful event was well planned, up to the last detail of a dated the Panama Canal, docked in New Orleans and railroaded to us to nurture a promising future. wine glass commemorating the first reunion. My only regret Crystal City, Texas, for the duration of WW2. The realization of the r union came about through a casual was that I forgot my wine gl ass and couJdn't return to enjoy The bittersweet reunion revealed many untold stories which discu sion between Elsa Kudo and Susan Hikida (Gilroy the s cond day of the reunion because of prior com• were sad interesting and amusing because of the blunder Chapter ), who solicited help from others, the Shibayamas and mitments. brought about by the bureaucracy of our government. When they fIrst entered the U.S. at New Orleans the Immigration Department asked for everyone s visa not credit card ). The uprooted Peruvian Nikkei were taken from their homes and Giving Support to Those Who Speak Out workplaces with minimal time to gather personal belongings and without knowing where they were going. In ome cases By Judy Muraset Oregon Buddhist Church new letter As a result of the hostility and a r eal lack of support, Jill individuals did not have time to return borne and were separ• PORTLAND, Ore.- Recently, a group of students at David asked to have her name stricken from the suit. When I spoke to ated from their families. To have a visa was absurd. The Douglas Hjgh School , with the help of th American ivil the attorney handling the case for ACLU, be became rather officials at first told the Peruvian Ni kkei that they couJdn t Liberties Union, brought a suit against th school district angry when he found out I was a Buddhist. " Where were you enter the U .s.-not that they bad wanted to come to the U.S. by prot ting the use of prayers at their high school graduation wh n Jill needed a few friends ?" choice. After discussions between the U.S. officials the Peru• c remony. Th court sided with the stud nts in upholding th Yes, wh re was I? Where were we? Where was the Buddhist vian Nikkei were allowed to enter the U.S. as illegal aliens and separation of church and state. Church and the community? Just when she needed and de• sent to Crystal City, Texas, a camp housing European POW s The David Douglas school board held a me ting to d id s rved a real support system, we let her down. and U.S. Nikkei community leaders. whether it wanted to appeal th d cision, a me ti ng which can I, for one, am proud of Jill and applaud her conscientious only be described as unbelievabl in the vicious nature of the and courageous effort to bring attention to this vital issue. If During the long sea voyage the ship's crew ordered the attacks on th students invol ved. th appeal is filed, and if the court of appeals make a ruling, hundreds of Peruvian Nikkei on board to spruce up and paint While the hool district has d id d to appeal, It 15 unknown chanc s are it wiU be a favorable one. The Oregon stateconsti• the ship from stem to stern. The majority of the group did as at this time wh ther th y will a tually m an appeal. And tution is generally regarded as ing more restrictive than the ordered but three men refused to adhere to the command. ause th injunction to halt prayer onlyappli s to th 1984 U. Constitution in its interpretation of the First Amendment They were placed into the ship's brig for ~ remainder of the graduation ercise, even if an appeal · ntually filed . it is s parating church and state. Ifthal shouJdoccur, the decision voyage. Oneof the men put into the brig was known to be the unknown wh ther a higher court will ruJe on th cas ,Slllce th wouJd be far-r aching in that it will apply to aU public high most polite gentle, sincere quiet weU-beha ed and helpfuJ high sch I graduation will hav alr ady tak n plac . school graduation cer monies m the state of Oregon. person of the Peruvian community. He was ne er Irnown to Peer Pr ur pplied An Incr a ingly Important ue use a derogatory word in his life but when he was oro red to Among th high school tudents mvol ed m th suit lllitlaLly As Buddlus and as Americans, this issue of prayers in paint the ship, to the shock of those nearby cuss words and w r two Christians, a Jew, an agnostic and a Buddhlst Th s ular hools 1 a very important one for all of us. We live in unbeard~ f his derogatory language came out of mouth di• Buddhist was J ill Takashima. ruor at Da Id Douglas and a a s 1 ty which is corrung mcreasingly intolerant of reli• rected at the ship's captain. His pent-up emotlOns from the member of th regon Buddhist hurch YBA. h . al ng with gious fr om. ationally, though th prayer in school issue uprooting and the humiliation of being ordered to pamt the th oth rs. is to be ommended for ha III th courage to did not gain enough otes to become a constitutional amend• ship dominated his energies. A series of such incidents ha ving ini iate the swt Citing that th pray r to us d at th c re• m nt, it cam very close, and President Reagan is sure to to do with the Peruvian Nikkei uprooting have been written mony were a vio lation of their ci il rights bring it up again n year. into a Japanese bestseller by ichi Hlgashide The book i The fi ve tud nts ha been under tr m ndo r pr s- I it nough fo r us to quietly sit back and let these students being translated into English by hi daughter Elsa Kudo, who ur Ste en Kay, clas aledlctonan, also a part} to th swt, fight fo r our rights as guaranteed by lhe ConstitutiOn? We resides in Hawaii (and is a member of the Hawaii Chapter ) has had threatenm phone calls and I tters, and andah m need to peak out And we n to be more supportive of Many of the Peruvian Nikkei who repatrjated to Japan passed don to his hom Th A LU offic has had thr at ning calls lOrn lduaIs who do speak out. away in poverty and never reco ered from the har h made, Wlth "loving ' Christians hurling all forms of ob enj• Reprinted b P nni ion of the author. treatment. .... ties 0 er the phon and a group pick ting m fronl of their At the start of the JACL redress acti ities everal years ago, office. I continually called to everyone's attention the need to include KINO AND ... ···u", the Peruvian Nikkei and the Aleuts, because I saw the redress issue totally as an American constitutional and moral is ue Vlral!~~ACrl ~N As the bills were edited down through nwnerous reviews the PRtSE TS " AN EPIC DRA sentences on Latin Americans were cut out. 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CA 90650 864-5774 Sf • Horlla Plaza. l.A 90012 (206) 619-4555 national JACL singles convention held Me• the challenge with enthusiasbc spirit, and Ita no & kagawa, Inc.. morial Day weekend, an evaluation report Tom Marutani immediately started the ball 321 E.. 2nd St., los Angeles 900 12 Suite 301 62~758 given by Tom Sbimazaki showed that 93% of rolling and appointed Fumio Higashira to ICE the participants rated the convention as hav• look into a conventloo site. SHAVER Ito Insurance Agency, Inc.. 124.5 E.. WoAnut St, Suite 112; """"" ing met their needs and expectations. Singles are a minority with special needs $16.75 91106; 795-7059, 681-4411 LA. and concerns; the next convention will focus SrlONCone Some comments given were that it was an SYRJP kamiya Ins. Agency, Inc.. on workshops to help them cope with lhese K murn SlraVttlorry • 327 E.. 2nd St.• los Ange&.s 900 12 Ume 01' Lomon eye opener to discover that there are many t9l Suite 224 626-8135 concerns. Kaz Yoshitomi and Tom Shimazaki individuals who are single willing to share PH TOMART S1 .45eech will function as liaison members from the {Add $1 .50 101' Sh PPlng} Maeda & Mizuno Ins. Agency and discuss their concerns, that it was re• Send Check 01' Money Order 10 Greater Los Angeles Singles. All single per• Cam(Tas (} P/wlosraphl SuppllN 18902 8r0ai0:t.um St, Fountain Volley CA 92.708 (714) 964-722.7 freshing to find that " coming out" is not that SODS from JACL Chapters nationwide and Oriental Gift World difficult, and that it was wonderful to see other Nikkei singles are encouraged to parti• 316 2nd t , Lo An ele P.O. Box 26544 The J. Morey Ccmpany Asian women in strong leadership roles. (213) 622- 9 los Angeles, CA 90026 11 080 AI-.ia BIIod, Suitit F. Cemtoe,CA cipate and be at the next " HAPPENING": 90701; (213) 924-3494, (714) 952-2154 Northern California Singles has agreed to the second national JACL singles convention Steve Nakaji In.surance host the second national J ACL singles con• in Northern California, Labor Day weekend Japanese pnototypasettlng 11964 W..... intJmist Jr. World from LCRA Canal Co. Priced well below market for cash 327 E. 2nd St., los Anger.. 90012 gates in San Diego. Harada is • Medicine ChampIOnship, and U A Jr. Na• sale. No zoning restrictions. Low tax rate. Suite221 628-1365 Or. Rodger T. Kame, a con tact former president of the Western tional title. She was named No. 1 Leasing of acreage can be arranged for buyer. Dental Society and a member of Jr Girl in the U.S. by Digest Wada Asato Associates, Inc.. lens specialist practicing m Los Golf 16520 S. WHtem Ave. Galdena 90247 An~eles , was the r Ipi nt of the the Calif. Dental Assn. board of and was presented with a gold Please call (512) 972-2910-972-2651 (213)51~110 VISIon ervi award from the trustees. His community service medallion for exceUence by th (512) 972-3510 (E VE.) Heart of America Contact Lens includes leadership in the Culver So. Calif, PGA. FrIUy, _ .... 17, 1114 I PADRe em- 11 1000 Club Roll 'PC Business-Professional Directory Stroke support group formed for Nikkei Your buallMu card copy here r_ n weeka at In 11ft' tbrte-1JJwa. IIacb addhIoaU (Year of Membe rship lrld lcated) Marysville: J6.AkIJI Yoshimura, Hoe U per _ period. • L.uan (If pi,) t _1.1 .. two u-a. ~ ntrA;: LOS ANGELES-Little Tokyo Service Center and the West• • Century; •• Corpora t ; Monter y Peninsul a: 3-00rdon N ern Regional Asian AmericanProject announce the fonnation L Life ; M Mem'l; /L ntury LI~ Miyamoto· , GNatet Los Angeles Scrt .be SU MMARY ( loce Occ. I, le8S) N w England : 3·Mosoto Na kashima, of a stroke program in the West Los Angeles area. The pro• Active (previous to tal) ...... 1,668 N w York: 24-Yoshl T ImaL Asahi Travel EDWARDT. MORIOKA, Realtor akland : 21·Ted T Mayeda . 580 N. 5th 5,., Son Jose 95 11 2 gram will conduct an initial meeting for stroke victims and TOlaltht r port: *22 ...... 25 SlIpenovera - Group DI,count, - Apex urrent tOlal ...... 1,693 Omaha : 12·Edward F ishII BUll (408) 998-8334 Re •• (4Q8) 559-881 lr their family members at the Venice Japanese American Com• Puyallup: 31·11 Jam s Kinoshita . Fore,<.ompute rlted-6ond.d munity Center 12448 Braddock Dr. Monday, Aug. 20,2 p.m. J ULY 3O-AUG 3, 1984 (25) Reno: 21-Wllson H Makabe. 1111 WOlympic Blvd, 1A 900 IS WAYNE NISHINAKA, Agent lam da: 17 higco Fulagakl. an Oi go : 2O-Kat umi Jimmy Taka• 623-6125/29 . Call Joe or Gla dy, Fa rmera lnau rance Group The group plans to meet every Monday for 10 weeks, then Berk 1 y: 16-P t r N Kawakami , 26- shima, 26-0r Klyoshl Yamal . flOWER VIEW GARDENS #2 2680 Crop1eyA4" Son JoM 95132 J an A Nakazono. San Francl 0: 23-Masanorl Mongo. (408) 943-0713/5 'ea. 996-2582 break for 2 weeks. Meetings comprise light exercise speak• Downtown Los AnjJel : 19-Masashl New Otani Hotel, 1105 lot Angel•• ers, and discussions. Family members meet separately to Kawaguchi. San Jo : 9"ames alake, 4-Teruo lo.Angele.90012 Art Ito J r. Wahonville Uy da , Citywide Delivery (213) 620-0808 discuss their experiences. Fr no ' Alvin K Hayashi, DO . pokan : 31-T uo Nobuku . Gard na ally: 14-TolUy Yama- INOUE TRAVel SERVICE Participation in the program is free. To volunteer for the guchi. Stockton: 17"ames Tanji. Tom Nakase Realty Hollywood : 2-Aiko 0 K ng. Washlngton, D : 22·Mlk Suzuki. 1601 W. Redondo Beach Blvd, *209 Acreage, Ranche •• HorneI, Income program or fo r more information, caU68()..3729 or 879-0910. Gardena 90247 217- 1709 TOM NAlrdmary IIawl bargalns 101 membelShip pn;e$. genmilly unavailable on an lndi• Special Air Fare to Europe MITSUlAlR vidual basis, (2) fellowship and goodwIU enriched by group 1Iawl, and (3) exotpllonal • Eurail Pass travel planning for maximum enjoyment and multicultural understanding INTERNATIONAL INC ... Around the World - $1999 34S E. 2ndS • Join Now! Remember: The JATC shall be a set\IICI! IX) th" Japane3l! Los Angeles, CA 90012 Amencan comruniJy. lis PfO!p'aIT1 prepared by IIawl expertS who are offering hI!#l Euro-Tour quality tours andaulses at the best available prices. (213) 625-1505 (213) 413-5968 1984 Japan Trawl Bargains With ronvenientdai1y departures on Unrted Airlines For JATC Membels 'OTlCE-lf th last four digits on the top row of your OUR ESCORTED TOURS label reads , the ro-day grace perm ends with the last lSSUe m _ 15 Days Tokyo -$HOO• S 922 EAST COAST & FOLIAGE (10 days) ... . Oct 1 October 19M. Please renew your subscriptIon or membership. IImem- _ 15 DaysJapan ~ $ 1295 ~ been ren wed and the paper stops. notify the PC office. JAPAN Kyushu/ Shikoku akayamaKenGroup.lshJdaTour) Oct. 7 _ Hougkong ExtensJoo: 5 Davs/4 Night. S 295 JAPAN AUTUMN ADVENTURE .. Oct. 15 RENEWAL REMINDER-If the last four digits on the top rON CI) 0~ \1< FAR EAST ~ okJMalaySla/ SingaporelHong KongIT n) Nov 2 Escorted) Programs· for 1984 eCI) of your label reads 1084 (which is your PC expiration date), \100,,0. ~ept. 22-Le Gnmde Euro~ - 23 dallS -$2t5& $ 2054 UPCOMING 1985 TOURS ~ please renew withi!l60 days to assure continued service. _ Oct. 3--Golden CbJna • 25 days -w:R- $ 3654 Japan Adventures ...... Apr 9 I July 2 I Oct. 15 _ Oct. 8-FaU Foliage - 8 dallS ~ $ 1190 Europe .. ..• ...... • ...... May 25 o -Q) Canadian Rockies - Victona ...... June 19 en Cruise Programs c: Hokkaldo-Tohoku Japan ... Sept. 30 III $ 1055 r. _ Sept. 9-Fun 10 Mexico - 8 days -$H-3e• East Coast & Foliage . . Oct. 7 u ~ ... _ Nov. 9-Tbe Carlbbun - 8 days $ 1185 ::l For full nformatlon/brochure o >• Program for 1985 t: _ Mar. S-New Zealand/Australla - 13 dallS ~ $2615 TRAVEL SERVICE &. e iii · (\I 441 O'Farrell St. (415) 474-3900 · 0 o i · (') San fnIlclsco . CA 94102 Endorsed by -~ -c: N · 0 ;: III · • 0 · z the National JACL c: -c: · SEE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT OR CONTACT: B B ·.. c: In · dm ri an H lida Trav { III N · > (J · 1:1 Q. .:· (213) 624-1543 ctI ~ -1984 Travel Schedule- II) 0 250 E. 1st St., Suite 912; Los Angeles, CA 90012 ~:! WEST LA. GOLF CLUB'S HAWAII GOLF TOUR a:_ Name ______September 16 (1 4 days). Non-Members Welcome I ~.8 Tour Pnce' $1 ,235 (Golfers), $1 ,003 (Non-Golfers) (f) III Address ~ ------HONOlULU: Pean Country Club, Makaha West Golf Resort; ~- City/State/ZIP ______KAUAI: Pnnceville Golf Resort. Watlura Golf Course; .2E MAUl: Kapulua Golf Club, Wailea Golf Club. iii ~ en KONA. 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