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WEiloUWwd I92« Pacific Citiroil Notkxxjl PubScaflon of the Japanese American Cittzans LBogue (JACL) >d (US.. Canj / $1 JO (Japan Air) 2822/ Vol. 124. No. 10 I i.'ioy i 6-June 5 i997
Mainland ties suspected in graffiti at Oahu cemeteries HONOLULU—Joint police and etery in Kaneohe, Gov. Ben FBI task forced collected evidence C^ayetano said as he was leaving a and analy^ the blood-red spray defaced col umbarian wall Sunday. graffiti which desecrated some 260 This desecration is the worst I grave markers at seven Oahu cem have ever seen. It’s outrageous. ” eteries and 22 walls of the The message on the wall read: columbarium at the Nati m hanksto P.C.’s“By the Board". Horikawa. Philadelphia chapter. The point I would like to make is I forthisopportunitytocommu* Nominations Committee: (co that JACLers and Asian Pacific A nicate. It is important for na chairs) Kim Nekehara. Washington. D.C. Americans in general must step for tional J ACL officers to be aa»ssible chapter, other co-chajrisper>ding board approval. ward and get involved in this organi to the merrrtjership. To ttwt end. I zation or in leader^ positions in and most of the national board will Credentials Committee: Grace Kimoto. Governor of CCDC. Livir^on the Asian Community. This is impor be attending the upcoming Tri-Dis Merced chapter. tant for our long-term organizational trict convention (NCWNDC, CCDC Awards & Recognition Committee: health as well as the community^ and PSWDC) in Vegas. June 6-8. 1 Henry Tanaka, past National president well being. further plan to attend the PNW- Cleveiand chapter. All of us recognize the media JACL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE DCLEGATES-Seated (from left): IDC BirOistrict in Seattle July 18-19, Japanese American of the Bi bashing of Asian Arr>ericans (usu Patty Wada, Grace Kimoto, Assemblyman Nao Takasugi. floss Kakinami. and the EDC-MDC-MPDC Tri-Ois- ennium Committee: chair is pending board approval. ally tied in with rx>n-U.S. Asians) Standing—Richard Uno, Mrs. Mike Sawamura, Karen-Uane Shiba, Natsuko irict in C^iicago July 31 -Aug. 3. The that has grown out of the alleged S^i. Lori FujifTK>to, Alice Ishtgame-Tao, Patricia Tsai, Yoshiaki Kubota. round table discussions give you. Resolutions Committee: Andy Hamano. Mile Hi chapter. wror>gful solicitation of carr^iatSn do Emily Murase. Af Muratsuchi, Mark Mitani, Herb Yamanishi, Craig Osaki. as members, an opportur>ity to hear There are two ad hoc committees nations from foreign sources by John Photo taken in the State Capitol's Senate Hearing Room. what’s going on with national as Helen Kawagoe authorized and desig Huang. Some quarters say that the well as ask a few questions of your nated the VP/GO to appoint chairs for: climate fostered by these misguided le|^rship. Bylaw & Constitution Revisions attacks on Asian Americans has had ‘Inside’ view of state politics seen a firial note regarding accessi Committee: chair is periling board a "chilling effect" on our involvement bility, I plan to travel to Philadelphia approval. in electoral politics, from campaign BY EMILY MURASE ChapterRelationsCommittee: (co BY YOSHIAKI C. KUBOTA this summer to meet with the con ing for viable candidates to running San Franciaco JACLmambar chairs) David Kawamoto, governor. Rivurskta JACL mambar vention committee. My apologies to What does it taketo run for politi PSWDC, San Diego chapter, other co for office to seeking appointments. Asian Americans represent ap Herb Horikawa, Qrayce Uyehara chair is pending. I encourage you to actively par cal office? Does the money for the proximately 10 percent of the popu andTom Kometaniforr>ot yetsched I will, in a future article, talk a little ticipate in the JACL whether it is ^ California lottery really go to educa- lation in California, yet they repre uling such a meeting. I will do so in biteibout each of these chairper the chapter, district or national lev^ -fiOh? What is the outlook for restor- sent less than 2 percent of the mem the nearfuture. I kriow that you and sons and announce the other chairs Your involvement in activities and ing} welfarewell benefits to legal Immi- bership of the state legisla^re. Only the convention committee already or>ce the National Board had an leadership will strengthen our orga gr^ts? two of the 80 Assembly roembers are hard at work. opportunity to consider and arorove nization which has spoken out These were a few of the dozens of are Asian, none among the 40 in the Ever mindful of the need to In them. ^ ' against the media bashing of Asian questions we posed to state legisla state senate. There is a need to crease JACL membership, our (Irene I consulted with thTOstrict gover Americans. tors and policy-makers at the Cali increase Asian Americari represen and my) son, Richard Joel, was bom nors in making these suggestions Each of us should consider be fornia Legislative Leadership Con tation at the state level. How can on May 9.1 believe that the Rorin for committee chairs as I recognize coming active in leadership roles in ference sponsored by the Northern Asian Americans, who represent 10 Chapter membership chair, T ommy that, as a national organization, our our communities. This can mean Callfomia-Westem Nevada-Eacific percent of the population, have so Ku^i, has etiready mailed an appli key p^le should reflect the geo involvement in the campaigns of District Counctl^oa April 20-22. little representation at the legislative cation for him. All kidding aside. graphic diversity of our group. I am candidates that are responsive to The JACL delegation tnduded level? Tommy is realty on the ball, bringing corifidentthaltheseindividuals bring our concerns, running for school representatives from ai\ over the Between April 20-22. the JACL- on new members for our chapter. solid credentials to their positions board or serving on a local board or state; NC WNP District sponsored the Cali As VP of General Operations. I as chair and will act in the best commission. Alice Ishigame-Tao (APAN/ fornia Legislative Leadership Con have several comrpittees under my interests of JACL through their hard As JACLers we must be active Selanoco chapter). Ross Kakinami ference, a three-day crash course in "jurisdictiop. ” I have been able to wrork and committment. and cannot passive in the face of (Fresno chapter). Grace Kimoto state politics, to introduce JACL recommerW a number of individuals I .feel good th§L when I asked media attacks on Asian American (Lrvingslon-Merced chapter and members to individual CaWomia po forchairpersonships. After my rec- people to serve as a chair of a na involvement in electoral politics. The CCDC District governor), Yoshi litical leaders and teach them ways ommen^on, the prudent, Helen tional committee, by and large they last time I checked, these were con Kubota (Riverside chapter), Mark to bring influence to the state legis Kawagoe, has the of^n to accept stepped forward. A couple of people stitutional rights. ■ Mitani (Watsonvillechapter), Rar>dy lative and administrative process. or reject thote recornpi^dations. who declined to serve carefuify ex Okamura (San Jose chapter), Craig The 14-member JACL delegation Those acceded then have to be plained that they had other pressing Richard Uno is National Vice See MURASE/page 4 approved by the National Board. M\ v^obligations at work and in the com- See KUBOTA/ page 4 of my recommendations "passed President for General Operations ^munity, i.e. they wanted to serve, and an attorney, and writes from rhuster" and are as follows: but dkfn1 have the tkne. Convention Committee; Herb Sacramento. By ttie Board Announcing new auto rates & terms By TOM KOMETANI The value of networking AUTO LOANS T Y Speaker Thomas P. and Director Grayce Uyehara fo Neil Irons had just been assigned to I—I (Tip) O’Neill, Jr., once claim- cused lobbying efforts on the mem the New Jersey Conference from X JL ed that "all politics is local." bers of the House Subcomrrirttee on the-West Virginia Conference and Despite the wheeling and dealing Administrative Lawand Governmen was able to provide names of sev that goes on inside the Beltway, tal Relations. eral West Virginia clergypersons. congresspersorrs ultimately respond HR442 was stalled in the sub After many telephone calls, I per to theirhome voters. Manyexarnples committee (most bills die in sub suaded several members of the of that truth were evident in JACL’s committees) and it was critiq^ 1o clergy to write Rep. Staggers ar>d successful push for the Japanese move the bill on to the full comr^ee get others to do the same. One of American Redress legislation, before a full floor debate and vote these people was the minister of HR442, the Civil Liberties Act of could take place. Harley Staggers' brother in Keyser. 1988. The monumental challenge Half of the subcommittee sup Anotl^r minister turned out to be a 7.9% was to get the support of con- ported the Redress bill. Although, classmate of the Congressman New or Used Cai^ gresspersons across the 50 states, subcommittee member Rep. Hartey (Who, Bucky? Gosh. I went to high most of which had virtually no Japa-. O. Staggers. Jr., (D-West Virginia) school with him—sure. 111 write him). nesa Americans much less people favored the bill, he declined to com In a short time, about adozen letters New cars: Upto60mos. that have even heard of the mass mit st^)port because he had not got to “Bucky" and he signed onto Incarceration of Japanese Ameri heard from his constituents concern the bill, which was then reported out Used cars*; Upto48mos. cans. In fact, 80 percent of the con ing the issue. to the fuU Committee. gressional ‘members came frpm Grayce asked me. as the Eastern The “Mettiodist connection ’ is an states east of the Rocky Mountains, le^lative coordinator, to get con example of effective networking. I Borrow up to $50,000**auto loan where only 20 percent of the Japa stituent letters to Staggers’ office am continually amazed at the po * 100 PcncfNT or hioh slue book nese Arrrericans resided. urging support for Redress. Sirtce tential influence indhridual Japanese **OAC. DOES NOT MC1.UOE TAXES. UCEKSE. EXTENDED The network of 114 JACL chap- tt>ere were no known J24>anese Americans across the U S. can ex WARRANTIES. BASSO ON 100H Of BEUS BOOK. ters was crucial in securing Americans in West Virginia, we had ert in their work and home commu OTHER LOANS grassroots si^rport across the coun to look for other connections. nities. JACL has achieved its legis try. Forexample, networking helped I was a lay member of the New lative goals over the decides by Signature loans 12.9% v gel the vole of a l^congressperson Jersey United Methodist Confer calling on its network of diverse tal from West Virginia. ence. The Conference, as weH as ents and connections to gain the Shore Secured 6.5% apt y Earty in tt>e Redress campaign. the National United Methodist Or support of other Americans. JACL Legislative Education Com ganization, had already passed reso JACL has worked in concert with Other Secured 12.5% op ^ mittee (LEC) strategist Grant UjHusa lutions supporting HR442. Bishop other groups and organizations on common issues and concerns. We Try our new Telephone Teller CAREER OPPORTUNITY r>eed to keep that r>etwork alive and .wefL^ 24 hr. 800.498.5225 Local 363.5225 Recognizing the value and ne- Editor/GeneralManager ' cessiiy of networking, the 1997 EDC/ The Japanese Afiiehcaii Otizeas League seeks a pcrsooiobfrgdiipr and Genera] Minyr MOCVMPDCTri-District Conference Join Hie Hotionol JACl Credit Union. Call, fox or noil Hie of the PKific Ciiiaea. The penon chosen will be ifc charge of overseeing and supervising^ semi-raoaihiy newsfwper with a csrculabon of 9ver 20000 md a staff of fou. to dgta people. in Chicago July 31-August 3 wfll infornoHon below. We will send mefflbeisJiip infomotion. dqiending on the season. featureaNetworkingWoikshopcon- Pofitioa requires expoieoce (rive > n editing, ivriting and managing. ducted by Janice “Sam" Sears of the pubUcations. and personnel supervision Knowledge of and experience with the itf Southeast JACL Chapter. Sam de Amcricu Community preferred. Computer experkace required, experience in the use of veloped the workshop for personal PagemalMTapius Re^tortsibiNties include liMds-on involvement in ihe coocepnializaion of issues and effectiveness in the busmess com Udnss/Cir/Stow/Iin ■ ■Ticles. assigning stories, photography, editing, wriung ^ rewriting when necessary, layout. munity and has adapted it for volun and production. Periodic trawl involved, includingigevedngs cvAogf and weekends. teer organizations. Excellent fringe henefil package provided Hiring utey range: S.1S.100-S59JS0. Sa^ I ho^ many of you wifl take ad cover lener, renime, and woA lampletto: vantage ^of this opportunity to Mac Takihashi.JapaneaeAmerican Oiiieiu League, 1765 Sutter Street San Riact aco. shaipenyournetworidngskfe.^ 7 © Monal JACL CA 9«115 or fn to 4ISA.M-467I. E-mdlquesboos to JACL#)Kwked art Tom Kometoni, ^astom District CREDIT UNION QSPMfficGttiien Couridl governor, writes from War- n>l72l /$U.tITU84110/801 355-8040/800 544-8628/ FokSOI 521-2101 ren. N.J. V PACIFIC CITIZEN. MAY 16-JUNE 5.1997 MURASE of Staff to Congressman Robert A very special thanks to Patty nishi (National Director), and Rick Matsui, trav^ed from Washington. Wada (NCWNP Director). Lori Uno (National Vice President for ALOHA PLUMBING (Continued from page 3) D.C.. to meet with us after hours to Fujimoto, vice pre^dent for Public General Operations) for their lead discuss the view from Washington. Affairs, John Hayashi (San Fran ership during the conferer»ce. We Lie. *440840 In ahswer to our questions. As cisco chapter) and Mark Morodomi also enjoyed the gracious hospital -SINCE 1922— 777 Junipero S#rra Or. Osaki (APAN chapter). Natsuko semblyman Honda offered his ad (Florin chapter) for organizing the ity of the Sacramento and Flonn vice ^x>ut what it takes to run for -activity. And thanks to JACL staff Al chapters, and NCWNP District gov San Gabriel. CA 91776 Sakai (APAN ch^ter), Karen-Liane (213) 283^)016 Shiba (Selanocb chapter), and my political office: know yourself and Muratsuchi (PSW Director),Patricia ernor Alan Nishi. ■ self (San Francisco chapter). develop a wide network ir>cluding Tsai (CCDC Director). Herb Yama- We came from diveree back not only Japanese Americans, but a ED SATO Commeraal 4 inaustnaJ variety of ethnic and community Japanese Phototypesetting A,r Condi^oning and Refrigeration grounds (social work, farming, law, ^^umbing & Heating , Contraaor education, health science, retail, groups. Regarding whether schools ben Pemodal and Repairs. Water Heaters Glen T. Umemoto ' architecture, and telecommunica Pumaces. Garbage Oisposais efited from California lottery pro TOYO be. No. 441272 C38-2(P tions) and ages (college-aged to Serving Los Angeles, Gardena SAM naeow co.. isoe w. vemon semi-retired). And our opinions were ceeds. the answer was a disap (213) 321-6610,• 293-7000, 733-0557 Los Angeles • 295-5204 > Sinca 1939 sometimes divided (e.g., on .the pointing “no." PRINTING CO. proper role of government, equity of And, according to several mem the criminal justice system, andjhe bers of the legislature engaged in 309 So. San Pedro SL economics of labor rights). But our restoring welfare benefits to legal Los Angeles 90013 goal was a common one; to under immigrants, there is reason to be (213) 626-8153 TELESERVICES stand the legislative process and to optimistic. Of course, the outcome exchange views with key will be influertced by the degree to Convenient an4 safe banking sefvice by policymakers on issues important to which community groups continue our community. - to push for legisl^ion to modify pu Push-Button Telephone from your home In the executive brar>ch. we spoke nitive welfare reform measures. Year of the Ox with Assistant Secretary of State What was most impressive about or office 24 hours a day, everyday. ^ Jeff Uyeda about voting rights and our briefings was the network of 1997 Zodiac T-shirts ^ statewide elections: Henry Der, smart, talented, and very dedicated • Transfer money between Union Bank of California (UBOC) Deputy Superintendent for External Asian Pacific /Americans involved in accounts. Affairs at the Department of Educa state government; Our session with DTfl-R 0TT4JT W0% Cotton tion, about stren^ening high school legislative staffers Jody Fuji! of As Hanes T-shirt • Pay UBOC loans or credit cards. curriculum: and Attorney General semblyman Machado's office and available In: Dan Lungren about countering hate Bill Wong of Assemblyman Honda’s • Pay various credit cards crimes. Al Lee. Chief Deputy Direc- office on the “Do's and Don’ts of Navy. Rea, (department stores, gasoline. Mas^rCard. Visa card issued torof the Employment Development Lobbying" was one of the most infor White, by others), » Agency, offered advice on effecting mative. Natural, Ash, policy change by working coopera-^ />frid there is also a strong network Light Blue • Utility payments- lively with government agerrcies'**^ of Asian Pacific Americans in the highlight of the conference was a local media, covering the news in S-XL $12.50 V1$a» • Venfy deposits or checks paid. tour of the state vault with Assistant and around the state capitol. News 2XL $14.00 MasterCard Treasurer Joseph Yew. producer Stanton Tang of the Sac ^ Stop payments. We also met Vbrith legislators from ramento NBC news affiliate and lo Add $3.00 S4H AddOASidlHlm ' all over the state. A^embiyman cal FOX news reporter Lonnie Wong (UPSartnpWUlJ [C BMWnli on.,) • Information abouj UBOC s various services. Steve Kuykendall of Long Beach provided insights on how best to discussed bipartisanship: Senator engage media for community issues TrI-Arts (600)883-4236 • You can designate payments of money transfer dates, up to 90 Patrick Johnston of Stockton talked and events. 7854 Lankershim Blvd, days in advance. So. you don't have to worry when you are ft was clear in the wr^up ses traveling. ' ^ about school standards: Assembly N. Hollv'wood, CA 91605 man Nao Takasugi of Oxnard shared sion that we had emerged.from the his experiences as an electedjiffi- conference more knowledgeable All 12years available cial: Assemblyrrw Mike Honda of about the political process and en Call the nearest UBOC bra.nch or fered strategies for a successful ergized to play a role in it—as a 1W 1136 . Teleservices at future candidate, cabinet member, iKi 1»4| 107 ' campaign. Pri^la Ouchida of Sena- 1174 1K2 1960 1139 >" for Johnston’s office took us on a community advocate or organizer. 1175 m let 1» 1-800-532-7976 privileged ‘l^ehind the scenes tour” This was JACL at its very best- Dr»^ 1*71 1K4 IIS 1M0 training leaders for. the community. Saw ifn IMS 19S 1M1 for more information of the building. Tom Keaney, Chief nw 1171 IMS 1164 1M2 1I7» 1K7 1966 190 • You must register for payment or 2D04 lie m> iM 1959 1964 200$ 19S7 1946 money transfer 2006 \m ie9 1946 • Payment cannot be made unless ^ou 2007 tM 1951 1947 have sufficient funds in your account KUBOTA and impact of economic policy; Al (Continued from page 3) Lee. Chief Deputy Director of the Employment Development Agency, gave an overview of its services: represented a diverse group of Asian and Attorney General Dan Lungren T f you are a member of JACL Americans hailing from al! across spoke about California's Anti-Hate- California. fTheir names are listed in Violence Project. 1. and eligible for Medicare, you the companion piece by Emily The most influencial policy mak Murase of San Francisco.] We dis ers are the legislators themselves. now have more affordable cussed pol itics and pol icies with leg The following legislators addressed health care options to choose islators. state agerrcy administra the Conference. Senator Patrick tors and top policy makers. Johnston of Stockton; Assembly from. That’s because you qualify Getting a legislator to pay atten man Steve Kuykendall of Long tion to &>e Asian American may seem Beach; Assembf^an Nao T akasugi for the Shield 65 Medicare difficutt. but it is not Impossible. The of Oxnard; and Assemblyman Mike process of influencing the state leg Hor»^ of Santa Clara. Johnston dis HMO offered expressly to islative and administrators was out cussed school standards, while JACL members. lined by legislative staffers Jodi Fujii Kuykendall spoke on bipartisanism for Michael Machado and Bill Wong and legislation. At ku informal meeting in for Mike Honda. Tom Keaney. Chief The conference highlight was A. of Staff for Congressman. Matsui, the meeting with Assemblyman your area, Blue Shield will help discussed the process atthe federal Takasu^and AssemWyman Honda. level. The. staffers discussed how Takasugi (R-Oxnard) demon , answer your questions about Asian Americans could affect policy strated an inherent understanding health care. Find, out exactly through working relationships with of how to affect policy at the local legislators and staff. Once these and statelevei. His involvement with what Medicare covers and how relationships are established with politics was accidental. A business Asian American activists, then the man vrho became dissatisfied with Shield 65 can provide you with Asian'American commuikty as a local government, he understood whole wili benefit from its increased that the only way to change the more than Medicare. political stature. system was to get involved. He not To find out more about a The media is another vehicle by only got involved but soon found whk^ public opinion and policy can himself the mayor of Oxnard. meeting in your area or for more be chartged. Stanton Tang of NBC Takasugi was so successful as SE^J.IOR News and Lonnie Wong of FOX mayor, local community leaders information about Shield 65, News provided insight into this pro pushed him into the race for Assem H U T H PLAN cess. The media*set the agenda for bly seat. please calll-800-977-8998 or the what issues are deemed to be im Honda, (D-San Jose) discussed Ja CL Group, Healtl^ Trust office portant on any given day, thus it is his experiences as a state legisla cost me essential to get your message un tor. His political career began when at 1-800-400-6633. If you,^ not derstood by those in the media. How he was appointed to the San Jose is this done? ft helps to know some Planning Commission. He was a current JACL member, you may one on the inside to have your mes elected to the San Jose school board sage heard; for exarnple. know your and then to the Clara County ' ^ ■ j '...... ; sign up to become one at one of local newspaper editor. board of supervisors. One of the the informational meetings.' The ability to have an impact on a mo|t dynamic arid personable For senior, healih care ^swers, policy or law does not end when it is speakers, he explained the key ele implemented. Once a bill becomes ments of what is necessary to run for CAix THE JA<2L G roup Health TIiust law, it must be errforced the ex office: know yourself; be honest with ecutive branch. The adnunstration yours^ cultivate relationships; and is not immune to public pressure or work hard at fund-raising. AT 1^«00-400-6633 • public concern, ft operates with the The conference demonstrated, public in mind. Jeff Uyeda, Assis that influencing policies, at any level, or our health care partner, 5fUel/65 tant Secretary of Slate, spoke about is not impossible..Simply put: Asian Blue Shield of Caliibmu voting rights ttx! statewide elec Americans must get involved. tions^ Henry OeL Deputy Superin The conference was a great suc Blu^ Shield of Caufornia , tendent for External Affairs at the cess. Special thanks to Patty Wada, Department of Education, (Sscussed Lori Fujimoto, John Hayashi. Mark mak of itK lliir 6M1 A>iacu» OlW7 Bhv affirmative action and education; Jo Morodomi and Herb Yamanishi for AT 1-800-495-7887, ref . #424. *A ■6n Iipna i4in»t wi9 br pram Mh mtamiann and seph Yew, Assistant Treasurer, organizing and hosting the Califor Ift^SMdtVlWbmin.HNinmhaMedic^rcennuT Anymt ' spoke abbut the Treasurer's office nia Leadership Cortference. ■" /, P’-CIFIC CITIZtlN. MAY, l&JUNE 5.1997 pkura Mental Health The‘rear right stuff: the Gl Joes in the 442nd RegL For Your Foundation names (Excerpts ftx>m Washington Post letters vouching for their loyalty Munich. “I was in the middle ofthe sUflf writer Phil McCombs ’ inter and praising them as exemf^ary convoy and when I went by the 1997 interns view with JoBeph Ichiuji last Octo citizens." entrance it had already been liber Informcrtion ber.) Here's where the “hero part ” ated by our advance scouts. The BETHESDA, Md.—Ten appli BETHESDA, Md.—“He’s just in McCombs ’ story begins. Jewish prisoners were coming out There are many indvkkjale cants were selected by the Okura another guy. You ’d pass him in the “Joe’s family had gone to Poston of the gate .... They were skin and who have be6n actively promot Mental Health Foundation as Safeway and never look twice. You in August ’42, and the following bones. When you think about, it ing the JACi.^T5urri«jlum and White House Fellows/Intems for wouldn t know he’s an Ame^ao.^ March he volunteered for military^ makes you almnat cry. Resource Glide across the coun ^ year, and the Week in Wash hero. service. ... Joe already had been’ “We went around a^ bivouacked try, some since the first puWica- ington leadership seminai*, held “Of course, he’d seriously object drafted into the Army and served on the side of the camp, built a fire tion of the Guide back in 1992, April 20-26. More than 40 appli to any such designation, and prob briefly, only to be kicked out after the prisoners came around and others who have been involved cants had applied. The 1997 Fel ably wouldn ’t have given me an Pearl Harbor. Now, volunteering, we gave them C rations and K in outreach by rnakingpresema- lows are: tpterview ifhe’d known I’d call him he felt it was ‘my choice again to rations. We found later we weren’t tions in dassrooms when invited. Alvin N. Alvarez, Ph.D^ senior staff that. TliB name is Joseph Ichiuji serve my countiy and show my supposed to do that because the psychologist; Director, Outreadi & Con It is our intention to recognize and be lives with wife, Susie (or loyalty G^use the United States food was too strong for their sys sultation, University of PenniyWanta, Asako, take your pick), in a nice sorrte of these vohiriteeis and t%iladelphia. Pa. is my home, my country .’Talk about tems. share their stories with the read Jacqueline J. Berganio, Program Ana- house up in l^tfae^a —a perfectly attitude." “It didn.:tdawn on me until later, ers the Pac^ Citizen. If you lyst/Prev. Coordinator Seattle-King Co.; mild-mannered, soft-voio^ retired Joe trained with the 522nd Field and I realized it was sort of ironic know of someone who is, or has Dept, of Public Health. Div. of Alcohoff .^^cy for International Develop Artillery at Camp Shelby, and that several (of us! came from relo been, involved in efforts to reach ism and Substance Abuse Services, Se- ment accoimtant in gray sweats McCombs then dtes the military cation campts, and to nm into this atUe, Wash. with a Dior logo stamped on the into the education coriwnimtty arid Kahn H. Chao, Psychology Master record and casualty numbers (57% type of concentration camp in Ger jacket. 77 winters at his back, and bring the story of the internment Program, California State University. of the 18,000 men in the 442nd) many! Of course, the American into the classroom, we woidd (ace Long Beadi, Calif. pictures of his beloved grandchil and the remarks of President version of a camp was just for in you to contactthe PadficCVffzan. Chetra A Keo, Parent/Community dren all over the living room." Truman when he attached the sev ternment, temporarily, till the war Educator. United Cambodian Commu That ’s how McComb sizes up the enth Presidential Unit Citation on nity. Lobg Beach. Calif. was over, but the Genftans were Washington, DC J ACLer who grew the 442nd RCT colors; “I cant tell exterminating the Jews." HE Education Committee of Andrew Y. Kim, Director, Asian Ameri up in Pacific Grove. Calif., where can Counseling & Learning Center. you how mudi I appreciate the In the fall of 1994, Joe attended I Washington. D.C. Chapter bis father was a shoe repairman ■ has accomplished a great Chantilly, Va. privil^e of being able to show you a banquet in Bruyeres on the 50th deal through exemplary teamworie Jocelyn A Lui, Manager. Children. 'i^th six children, and then after just how much the United States anniversary of the town's libera Youth and Family Program ; Asian Coun Pfeari-liarbor was evacuated with thinks of what you have done. You One of those team members was seling Referral Serv„SeatUe, Wash. tion by the 442nd. One ofthe liber-' his fan^Iy and interned in Poston, fought not only the enemy, butfyou ated Dachau prisoners showed up. Marilyn Nagano-Schitef. She at Hoang Thanh Nguyen. Data Analyst, ArizoM. tended the National JACL Educa University of Texas, Medical Branch at fought prejudice, and you won,? “I took a picture of him. I^lso have tion Workshop over the MemoriaJ Galveston, Galveston, Texas. The reporter also remembered McCombs adds: “Joe remains his number that was sl^igned to Day weekend irj 1994 where she Ly Nguyen, Graduate Intern; Ameri his own grandparents lived in San typically modest about all this, as him in Dachau. It was something can Psychological AssodaUon, Washing Bernardino during the period and real heroes tend to be. Just Gl Joe.“ to see him .... He hugged me. em first saw the Curriculum''^id Re ton, D.C. source Guide andparticipated in the that his grandfather, Elmer (Ichiuji was not personally a part braced me, he was so happy to see Marie P. Ting, Program Coordinator. McCombs, a Prudential insurance workshops, offering many positive of the Presidential review.) us. He was Jewish .... He thanked Office of Academic Multicultural Initia oflSce manager, had defended comments and suggestions. Upon tives. University of Michigan, Ann Ar Of the 522nd’s liberation of the us very much." her return to O.C., she presented bor. Mich. family that was shipped to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau Again Joe said : “When you think camps: “He bad risked his stand the learn" with her enthusiasm and JuUe C, Yi. Ph D. Candidate. Colum on April 29, 1945, Joe recalls his aboutit, it makes you almost cry."— bia University, New York, N Y, ■ ing in the community for writing the Guide ivhlch resulted in a three battalion was heading toward HKH. ■ pronged program. The first prong was the oral his Heart Mountaio, Wyo., Foundation tory interviews of local Issei and Nisei with a focus on the personal organized, charter members sought impact the internment axperience POWELL, Wyo.-The Heart nese American Memorial Founda had on them. This was initiated by Mountain, Wyoming Foundation tion, “but it did not occur, through Leslie H^tamiya while she was in (HMWF) is conducting iU first no one ’s fault," he explained. How Washington. D.C. Financial sufiport membership drive since its forma ever. the latter group has since mr came from many sources including tion last year as a nonprofit Wyo dissolved and donated its assets to % the Eastern District Council and ming corporation “to ^ucate the the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Legasy Fund grants. public about the significance of the Foundation, The second prong was to utilize historical events surrounding the Reetz added that the HMRCMA the latest technologies to share and intemmentofJapanese Americans under leadership of Mary Black- disseminate information about the during WWII, and especially the bum has pledged “to not stand in .i. jpt«»mmont in tho I experiences of Jap>anese Americans tlipwavofrhofnrmntjnn now States. This involved volunteertech- who were interned at the Heart group." and said “The fine heritage nical assistance from Tokyo Broad Mountain camp near Powell, Wyo " and hard work of the Blackburns casting Company and the Educa Serving on an interim board until over the years have serv-ed as an tion Committee Was able to record a p)ermanent board is seated in inspiration in preserving this im eight interviews in addition to the 13 clude Foundation president David portant part of history." oral histories and two written ones. Reetz, Paul Tsuneishi (Sunland. Memfcorship appjeals have been - " eJSULEWPHOTO At present, they are investigating Calif.),Carolyn K. Takeshi ta(Den- mailed to. over 1,100. including ‘FORT SAMMERS'—Ken Uchida of Ogden. Utah (left), is about to how to develop an educational CD- ver), Barbara Uriu Ralston (Chey those who attended the 1995 Heart introduce Sam Itaya of Stockton at the Ft. Sam Houston AJA Veterans ROM about the internment. enne, Wyo.). Antonette C. Noble Mountain Sympxjsium at North Reunion held in Las Vegas April 21 -23. The Committee worked with stu (Cora, Wyo), historian; Advisory west Collie and past informa dents from Thomas Jefferson Sci Council: Alan K. Simpson, Norman tional events in Powell, and to ence and Technology Magnet High Mineta, Sue Kunitomi Embrey former internees, said Reetz (307/ Ft. Sam Houston AJA reunion School, They put together a nine- (Manzanar Committee), Lane Ryo 754-3471). minute video with excerpts from the Hirabayashi, Ph.D. (University of Charter member rates through many interviews that the Committee Colorado-Boulder) and Nancy 1997 are $ 100 businesses/corpwra- vets meet, vow to return in '98 had completed and it was screened ^ Araki (JANM, Los Angeles). tions. $50 familiea(nonprofits, $25 LAS VEGAS—The 1996 Ft. Sam One ofthe estimated 3,000 Nisei at the 50th anniversary of the Chap single, $20 seniors 60-f, and $15 Houston AJA Reunion veterans GIs who served WWII within the ter last year. Reetz sought to merge two Powell students with IDs, attn: Heart swappied war stories, exchanged.. 48 States, be spiced his stories An ongoing part of the third prong groups interested in preserving the Mountain, Wyoming Foundation notesabouttheirrecentoperations with humorous accounts and ob includes the continued outreach to Heart Mountain Camp history: the P.O. Box 547, Powell, WY 82435. determined to come back to servations of local Nikkei he met the local school districts through H.M. Relocation Onter Memorial The HMWF annual meeting will ^egas next spring. Counting while in Texas, Louisiana. Penn chapter-sponsored teacher work Association and the H.M. Jap>a- be held June 20-21 at Powell. spouses and friends, close to 70 sylvania and South Carolina, be shops like those conducted at Mont gathered April 21-23 at Fitzgerald ’s ing discharged on Christmas eve gomery County School District in Hotel on Fremont. 1945 in Chicago. Maryland and Arlington Public TeacherspublishownAsian Missing his first reunion last Fort' Sam Houston, the largest School District in Virginia. Copies of year because of a debilitating ill U.S. army post during WWl, has the JACLCurriculum and Resource Americanhistoriesfor classroom ness, reunion chair emeritus Ken been “home" totwo U.S. presidents, RICHMOND. Calif.—Inthe 1970s Guide were provided to the educa Kodani were able'to secure sup>p>ort Uchida of Ogden was warmly wel Teddy Roosevelt and “Ike" the Richmond United School Dis tors attending the workshop. The of the school district (now renamed comed and appreciated thepw^ywa, Eisenhower, and General Pershing, trict org^ized several Asian Ameri speakers'bureau, consisting of vol the West Contra Costa Unified suppx>rt and calls. With him were who was American Ehcpeditionary can faculty membersdurir^thesum unteers, respond to requests from School District), for recognition of his wife Susan (nee Mukai) and Force commander in 1917. Ken mer of 1972 to start doing some the (Feb. 19) Day of Remembrance, their son, Don, who was bom in Uchida is included in that proud local schools, churches, and com thing about the dearth in the class munity organizationsto have some and the distribution and utilization of San Antonio. He “made the day" company in a 1993 pain ting of 12 rooms of the history ofthe Chinese- one talk about the internment and an extensive wartvne internment cur for the P.C. editor emeritus when soldiers projecting t^ “ti^tion of the constitutional violations that and Japanese-Americans in Cali riculum guide, which the two active he said that he had to come to hear service." He rose frtnn the rank oL fornia. occured during World War M against (Dontra Costa JACLers had helped the main speaker. ' master sergeant with the War De Americans of Japaneseancestry. The te^u:hers strove to fili'the gap toprepare. In remarks at th^dinner, in partment Personnel Center to the betweenspecialized academiq^ud- TheCommittee continues towork School teachers have requeued terim editor Harry I^ Honda cov rank of-colonel withsovioe in both ies suitable for university sturonts on developing a resource library for copies of the guide to serve as a. ered his 50 months in the Army, 'the Reserve components and De on one end and the short, sporadic use by the volunteers of the model for other school districts. staring with basic training in Fort partment of the Army Civilian- and spotty inserts in general read Kodani added. Copies are still avail Wajren,Wyo., inOctober, 1941,and Tat and Nora Hataye of Berke speaker's bureau, as well as for ers on the other wd. The project educators who are seeking supple able through the Contra Costa JACL describii^ the cordial Japanese ley, and Casey and Yoshie entailed extensive research and P.O. Box 5462, Richmond. CA mental material and'information community in Cheyenne. Because K^uyama of Lm AngeleS were writing- for use by elementary and 94805.--The Rappa, CCJACL of a connection from a Maryknoll about the internment. secoi^ry students. singled out for their reunkm know Newsletter. ■ schoolmate who knew Fumi Ota. how and commitment, maintain With the commitment of each of Under supervision Honda said, he was privileged ing the classic touches Fort New Mexico Nisei named through her to meet the Issei and Summers have come to relish. BettyWaldjl,aydeNlshimuni.Su- ementary), June Kodani (second san Higashl-Rumberg, JuMa to senior hall of fane Nisei pioneers of Wyoming. George and Betty Suzuki of ary), Shirley Wong Easton (el TTie morning after Peari Harbor Bellevue, Wash., continue to shoot Kuroda, Yuka Fujikura, Fumi ementary), Annies^ (secondary) ALBUQUERQqE N.M.—The Nishi, Mary Oda, Carol Iziimi, Mary Senior Foundatioh, Inc., will in w^ bombed. Honda recalled, the the reuniqn photos. Duke Qgawa, and Sue Yusa (elementary), histo commanding general at Fort War who served as LA. Mayor ‘Fom Teda, and Karan Makkreel, a ries were piroduced oKtheir resp>ec- duct three seniors for outstanding former Mike Mass oka fellow, they achievements and contributions, ren noted the'presence of Ameri Bradley ’s photographer Yor many tive ethnic communities for dass- can soldiers with German, Italian years, assisted. Ted Ohira of have come a long way in bringing room use. among themS. Ruth Y. Hashimoto, and Japanese names in training. Gardena not AADAP celebrales 25 years of serving APA community BY CAROUNE AOYAGI West Community Partnersh^. a drug addict. *When you ’re party Rf*tirr “When it [AADAP) first started I ing, most people grow out of it. I didn’t think they would make it,” didn’t,” he explained. "1 did drugs LOS ANGELES—In a span of Shid Fukai. ’‘But wi^ strong lead in general — nothing specific ... three decades Masani (“Mas") ership they were able to overcome everything. ” Fukai has managed to go from the controversy. Not all parents By 1993 Manzo was finally able scapegoat to hero in the eyes of the agreed wtCE w^t we were doing." to overcome his addiction and now ^ Asian American community. But when 31 Japanese Americans works as the manager of AAl) AFs In the ’60s he was often criti died fium drug overdose in 1971, MTC Construction project. In ad cized by community members for "JAs had to wate up,” he explained: dition to various construction and bringing the problem of drug abuse The community finally realized remodeling jobs, MTC has done amohg Japanese American youth that something was needed to fight most of the renovations on to the fore^nt. the drug abiise problem. AADAPs buildings. But on ^ril 10, Fukai was rec- Fukai, a longtime Gardena Val '“AADAP enabled me to find out ogni^ for his leadership and con ley JACLer, believes education is who I was, ” said Manzo. “Getting tributions by the Asian American still the key to combatii^ the drug okay with my identity and rein • Drug ^Jjuse Prc^ram (AADAP), a abuse problem in the Asian Ameri stating the morals and values I group he helped found, at its 25th can community. ‘Education has to was taughL ” anniversary celebratioD. Approxi be number one. Educate not only mately 500 people attended the the young people but ALL people, ” In the inpatient program people dinner held at the Inter-Continen- he emphasized. C JEM LEW PHOTO from a variety of ethnic l^ups are Hotel in downtown Los Ange- Dean Nakanishi and Mark forced to get along, said Manzo. Haru Yamasaki, a longtime Manzo have practiced what they MAS FUKAI WITH daughter Janice Fukai. a Deputy Public Defender, at Once the group was able to start ^ supporterofAADAPandacurrent preach. A few years ago they were AADAP’s 25th anniversary dinner celebration in Los Angeles. talking aixut their problems, the board member, was also recognized recovering fit>m drug addiction in patients realized they could relate for her many years of service. AADAPs’ inpatient program. To "I came to AADAP because it beautifiil people. to one another and their similar *1 didn’t Imow I was going to be day, Nakanishi and Manzo are was Asian and I felt more comftirt- The problem is.somedon ’thave experiences, he explained. “If they honored, ” said 70-year-old Fukai AADAP staff members, using their able," explained Nakanishi. the will to quit... they don ’t want were lonely, I’veb^n lonely. There humbly, as well-wishers shook his experiences to educate the public could talk about his drug addiction ■to, yet." He said he had the right was that common link.” hand and congratulated him every about drug abuse. with other Asians who were going mcentives to quit, he knew he had Manzo still sees a reluctance to few minutes. As an AADAP job development through the same thing. "I ^dn’t /the potential and he had sup- discuss the topic of drug abuse in Fukai was Commissioner of the counsellor, Nakanishi^* a Yonsei, realize all the issues I had with ^ port of his family. the Asian American community. Los Angeles (k>unty Narcotics & helps recovering drug addicts get being Asian, ” such as the pressure "I still think we (Asian Ameri “A lot of it’s the pride,” he said. Dangerous Drugs (k)mmission in back into the worWbrce. He ad of living up to high expectations cans! have a way to go, ” said They don ’t want to believe their 1972 when he used $2,000 of his mits he doesn ’t fit the typical im and growing up in Fullerton, a Nakanishi. “But it's good because family member has a problem." own money to help incorporate age of a past drug abuser. "My mostly White neighborhood, he we now have a place to go, ” But talking about his past drug AADAP. Twenty-five years later, family life was pretty much fine explained. “But it’s important to Growing pp wasn ’t ea^ for addiction has helped he^ some of the nonprofit organization contin and I was pretty successful at understand. ” Mark Manzo, the son of a Japanese his old wounds, he explained. Some ues to offer drug abuse pn^rams sports, ” explained the 28-year-old . Nakanishi believes drug addic American mother and Mexican of the laborers at the MTC Con specifically for the Asian Pacific But at 18 Nakanishi started us tion is something most Asian American father. Now 40, he re struction project are AADAP pa Islander communities in Los An- ing drugs and for the next seven i^nericans still have difficulty dis called how the ma Comci'Oii sense No-bid Treasury Dept, contract for By KARL NOBUYUKI Frank Sato under Senate probe WASHINGTON—Allegations to Sato St Associates. that Treasury Department Inspec Satohad served as inspectorg^- tor General Valerie Lau arranged ei^ with the Veterans Adminis To paint in the other eye to award a no-bid contract to a tration and Transportation Depart longtime acquaintance camp un ments during the 1980s. der the scrutiny of Sen. Charles E. On the review tpam was at least Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the iven the recent celebra- other hand, the solutions required did this without fanfare or a string one other former inspector gen Judiciary Committee ’s subcommit eral, who bea investigated the I vtion of the AADAP 25th that a quiet community admit that of trumpets. It performed its mis tee SAKANIWA advance. However, al those sched (ConUnuad fRMn page 1) uling Details are weighted by such ncd ParkService With NJAHS factors as the imporlance artd im ocmnunityuriderpailiculaily intense pact dial any one mee^ orjovbnl Ecnitiny because ol the campaign may have for that poMician. iuies unfolding of Nisei MIS saga finance scandal, many community BY HARRY K. HONDA leaders were in town not only to I also understand that It is difficult - Armyh^dquartersatthePresidio. accuracy of his translation of the for those who are not familiar with Editor emeritut show solidarity with other APA A pl^tiffin the Coram Nol^ case, radio message he had intercepted the APA community to fal in distin- PRESIDIO OF SAN FRAN Fred Korematsu, and his wife CISCO—Long wrapped.m govern- Catherine were introduced. He, thee^taneofamval of Admiral Asian Pacific Americans (and I mentsecrecy, theacoomplijshments Minoru Yasui and-Gordon Hiro- laoroku Yamamoto, commander- collogues as possible include in the latter category legal of Japanese Americans during bayashi had appealed to have their ii--chiefofthe combined Japanese WWn fitting the enemy Japa permanent residents). but when the wartime cases overturned and were fleeto.Onlyrecognitionheieceived.t)nlyreco_ I'te her? «1 the nation's capital. riatkx^'s politick lead^ begin ap nese has acquired a pamanent The CAPACI dinner was an es- unsuccessful except for their indi were wolf of appreciation fium pearingasIftheycarmot makethe^ exponent through facilities of the vidual convictions. pedally telling barometer of how the Fifth Air Force for his part in distinctions, this shouid be a matter National Park Service^Solden Gate A highlight of the Park-Part- the successful mission of P-36s the APA community is beir>g per National Recreation Area and ef of concern for us all. oerCeremony was the belated U.S. ambushing and shooting down ceived by the nation's leaders. There was an event during forts of the National Japanese Notingthatforthepasttwoyears Army recognition, in the namg of Yamamoto ’s plane oa April 18, CAPACI’s tegislatrve conference that American Historical Society the president of the United States the Presidentoftbe United States, 1943, which resulted in his death. gave me some hope for the future. (NJAHS).Thispartnership wascel- had spoken at this event, the APA of seven MIS combat linguists who General MacArthur deemed this There was a workshop at the end of diratedj^y 4at CiissyFiddBuild- community was hoping to get some were decorated. The Legion ofMerit was ‘one of the most significant avery long dayof meetings atwhich ing640,the hangar wheretheArmy ^ kind of si^ that the current cam “for exceptionally meritorious ser actions in the Pacific War.* 60 propie atterxled to discuss the established the Military Intelli vice* was awarded to Yoshikazu Closing the outdoor event was paign finance scandal was r)ot taint gence Service (MIS) I^guage ing the entire community with suspi need and possft>itfties of formir)g Yamada, Masaru Ariyasu, Rusty Tamary Hedani read a page found some son of ai!iance/coalftx>rVurr>- School in November, 1941. Its cion. Kimura, Shigeru Yamashita, and in the Bancroft Library ofa child at breH^L/courx:il of APA groups so that class was graduated May 7, 1942. Obviously, the president was not posthumously to George (Yama- Topaz WRA Center s^ool yearn there would be a more urufied APA Park^^perintendent Brian going to be able to.show up. since shiro) Sankey of North Hollywood ing to go back to San Francisco.The voice arrdto bettercoordmte aplan O'Neill and retired Santa Clara he was in Mexico for an important and Harold F^denna of Frraont. drums of the San Frandsco Taiko of action for the very diverse APA -_Xounty superior court judge, summit meeting. However, to send The Bronze Star Medal with “V" Dojo and presentation of colors by community. Norm Mineta oper>ed Taketsugu Takei, co-chaired the another important official, be It the for Valor (signifying a second the Golden Gate Nisei VFW Me the session by describing w^ the pre-noon program under a bright vice president or a cabinet member award) was awarded to Roy morial Post 9879 opened the pro community needs to be thinking sun and breezes that bathed the wdukj have sent a very welcome Matsumoto of Berkeley, a member gram. about this type of endeavor. to the community. In the Presidio, which the National Parit of Merrill’s Marauders who fought Dr. Harry H.L. Kitano. UCLA There is no doubt that to form end thetiest that the White House Service added to its Golden Gate in Burma. Inducted into the Ranger professor emeritus of social work, anything that is to last more than fpr National Recreation Area in Octo Hall of Fame at ForttBenning, E Ga., was keynote speaker for the lun could of^r was a very impbrtant aide ^ the sub-cabinet level. the duration of the current crisi% ber, 1994. Approximately 400 at in 1993, he won the L^on ofMerit cheon. much planning is needed. The pur tended theopen-air festivities; 260 CAPACI rightlychose topassatthat and the Brunze Star for his death- ^ (jmcCivic dignitariesdignitaries presentpresent in-in- pose and go^ must be agreed were accommodated at the lun defying actions. eluded San Francisco Mayor Willie offer and with no Republican from the leadership ranks on Capitol Hill upon, the structure must be worked cheon that followed at the historic Sankey and Yamada hadteans- Brown, State Assemblyman Nao out. obstacles must be identified OfiBcers’ Club. lated at ATIS (Allied Translator Takasugi (who read a message fiom accepting, the dinnercommittee de- Adding a human touth to Bldg. and Interpeter Section) with three Governor Pete Wilson), Assembly this year (although there vreieiwo be made to make it a 640, an abandoned WWI-vintage Caucasian MIS officers Operation woman Carole Migden, Assembly- reality. On top of all of this, we are guest speakers). hangar housing three classrooms, “Z," a document retrieved by Fili man Kevin Shelley; San Frandsco talidng about dealing with organiza- a small office and quarters for 60 pino fishermen fium a Jafianese supervisors Michael Yaki and In the view or many in the APA community, a very important' 6ons that have their own boards and students and four Nisei instruc plane that had crashed in a storm Leland Yee, U.S. Attorney for procedures with which to contend. tunity was missed by the White tors, Col. Thomas T. Sakamoto off the southern Philippines. Op Northern California Michael Ultimately though, regartfless of House and Republican leaders on (ret.) of San Jose, a member of the eration “Z" was Japan ’s naval Yamasaki, and farmer California the scope, structure or even pur- first class, introdiioed instivctors counter-attack strata^ in the Cen Supreme-Court chief justice Rose . undefk>ed who taught at ;^rissy, Shigeya tral Pacific, and its knowledge by Bird. Kihara (Montei^) and Dr. Toshio all U.S. naval flag officecrenabled Among Nikkei personalities in Tsukahira (Los Angeles) and fel ffieU.S.carrierfleetm June, 1944, troduced were JACL National low classmates, Gene Uratsi^^Gary to strike a devastating blow upon President Helen Kawagoe, Sue Kadani, and Steve^amamoto. ...- the Japanese fleet and tiieir air bers of your community, in no way In the five-mintite speech^ of force. Committee, San Francisco Fire attentionsSSiSS we. as a group, need a the day ,Sakamoto, current NJAHS Masaru Ariyasu achievements Ck)mmi88ioner Steve Nak^o, Yaye reflects on the important contrfeu- higher profile. If we had more politi tions your community provides to pr^ident, focused on the first MIS behiiidthe lines at Guadacanal in (Furutani) Herman, a WA(D gradu cal stature as a community one thing cla^ and his wartime experiences. August, 1942, decoding and trans ate from MISLS, Allen Ok^oto, our system of democracy. ’ would be certain — getting a key I understandthattherearesched Rflnapi attorney Don Tamaki, a lating enemy documents and president, JCCCNC; Marvin note speaker for a major dinner ules and commitments that poTiti- lead attorney in the Coram Nobis Shigeru Yamashita ’s exceptional Uratsu, Hany I\tkuhai^ MISLS would not be an tssue.n Team; provided a deeper under twwTtplighmpnta providing ground Norcal; (^rge Kanegai, Jim Mi- cians have that are made months in standing to the ai gnifiranro of Ex commanders acoirate and timely ta,MIS ClubofSo.Cal.; and Minoru ecutive Oitier 9066 and what was front-line intelligence. The award Tonai, JACCC president. going on in 1942 in the Japanese for Rusty Kimura cited his work At ffie Presidio ’s Visitor Center, opened her presentation with a PERU review of the Japanese social and American community on the West With the Australian forces. the 45-minute film, “FiftyYears of (Continued from page 1) political climate in Peru, a tc^c of Coast It was recaUed the Evacua Harold Fudenna was told be Silence,* relating the MIS story her first lecture, The Nikkei in tion orders were designed at 4th would be held responsible for the was also being shown. ■ Peru: aNew Culture andJdentity." Professor Yi^i Ichioka, re Her public lecture on the Nikkei search historian at UCLA Asian in Peru Saturday (May 3) at the MANZANAR But what the U3. government “But it makes a difference when American Studies Center, intro did to the JAs, mostly American you visit here. Itbringsitallhome. ” MaiyknoU Japanese Catholic Cen (Continued from page 1) duced Fukumoto as “bom, raised ter was co-^nsored by the Pem- dtizens, “was an act of indigna Aid Maebara, dir^ter of Asian and educated a Peruana." She has Water and Power to the U.S. Na tion," said Wada. They deprived Pacific Student Services at Loyola vian Nikkei Assodation of South tional Park Service was celebrated read papers on the Peruvian Nikkei ern C^alifomia and UCLA Asian dtizens of their rights-" And she Marymount, has been bringingstu- at Pan American Nikkei Assodk- at this yearis pilgrimage. 'Deputy sees an eerie similarity in the badc- dents to the Manzanar Pilgrimage American Studies Center. Sheann- Secretary of the Interior John lash gainst I^al immigrants in eve;cy year for five years now. “It’s tion (^A) exmferen^ pleted her California stay with lec- Garamendi and Harry Sizemore, America today. The JAinterament very important to pass down the tares in Berkeley and in San Fran- an executive with the LAD.W.P., experience “needs to be publidzed ^l^acy history," be said. To hCT book (in SiM^), Hoea. Un ^ Japantown, with the Japa- made the historic transfer official. more," said Wada. To say this - - - Nae«.Soi,ab(mttheJapan^Md aeae Peruvian Oral HiatoiyPntj^ bring them here to feel the experi their descendants in P^. With a This year was also the 55th anni shouldn ’t happen again .to make and the JCCCCNC as co-spxmsprs. ence.* doctorate fi*om the University of versary of the mgning of Executive sure that acts of discrimination A few years ago the Manzanar Asked about the time when Ordpr 9066 and the fifth anniver Texas, Austin, the cultural anthro EVesident Fujimori shut down the against all minority groups never Historical Site was hit with bad pologist teaches at the (Catholic sary of the Historic Site designa- occur.* Congress in August 1992 to fi^t weflther. The Kyodai students got Efon(ifical University in Lima. tioiL Wada ’s great-niece, Stacey Toda, a true feel for what it was like to corruption and dn^ trafficking, Representatives from L.A. Her topic was “more timely than she 8^ the Peruvians accepted it 19, U a veteran of the pilgrimage, live with blinding sandstorms and anticipated,* being presented at Mayor Richard Riordan ’s office, having visited so many times she’s the desert heat, said ^ehara. because “Congress wasn't doing Coundlwoman Ruth Galanter ’s UCLA a week after all the 72 hos anything and it was a good thing lost count.. Now a history mnjor at They oo\ildn*t imagine having to tages were rescued from the Japa office, National Parit Service and UC San Di^, she made the trip stay out here for thm years,* he anyway." TTiere is a popular ex Bureau of Land Management wit nese Ambassa-dor ’s residence. pression you hear today in Peru, with her great-aunt to research a said. “It helped to raise tE^ir aware Ichioka said the UCLA Asian nessedthehandover. IheNational “We’re s^ pom*, but it’s better project she’s working on. ness and consciousness. ” American Studies Center had in CoalitionfbrRedreei^Reparations, The theme for t^ year's pil Cal State Fullerton ’s Japanese than before," Dr. Fukumoto re- vited her as a visiting scholar, un maiked. “And EVesident Fujimori JACL, and Champaign tar Justice grimage, “Bridging Generations: Student Association w^ just re derauspices of theJapanese Ameri were also present is better than before, too," as re Keeping Memories Alive,* empha cently formed, but group members cans Studies Chair, months before Entertainment featured perfor sized the important role young made it a point to drive the four flected in the opinion poll after the mances by artist Jude"leNaritaand Narita and people play in educating the pubUc and one-half hours fium Orange Jishin Daiko ofif Cal State of the JA internment experience. Coimty to make the pilgrimage, ..Northridge ’s Nikkeiii Student Asso- But “a lot of you^young people donc ’t “We’reappreciative of and grateful' r Japanese Peruvian stormy gie readenoe teing community, wa?^outgoing pet- ' dation. know the story, ” said Toda. “I don ’t to the generations before us that released hours later with all the onntiMtM Wada was 21 when she, her think they’re interested in the ex bad to go through the hardships, ” womenandUreelderiy.FukumeU, ents, and two younger perience.” Since the third grade, said club vice president Brian were uprooted f^m their home in she has made an effort to leam Ikeda. “We’ve an easier life wheii he and the hostages were Glend^ and brou^it to Manzan- more about her family ’s intern and we appreciate what they went a very happy day for resc^tumrfouttobeacelebra- ar. After a year she left the camp to ment at Manzanar, but her JA through for our benefit.” me,'said Rose Ochi, Assistant At- twnofjpyintheJapaneaecommu- attend the University of Mai^and friends have shown ns interest in Sue Embrey, chair of the Man torney Cleneral, Director of Com- ^ . . . «* and has lived on the East Coast leamingabout the camps, she said. zanar Committee, the LA based munity Relations, and a member . hostage cn^. ' since t-hpiii But a lack of young peoj^e weis non-profit educational organiza- ofthe Federal MaiaSar National . vianNiktow«erras8e88u«their 'Ihis was the first time Wada has not a pz^lem at this ye^s pil- ^on, said she’s not surpri^ by the HistoiicSiteAdviacwConimiaaion standin g in the o vaaB c«n- seen the white caneteiy monu grimage.'JA student groups came large turnout of young people, ftom Washington, D.C. It's unfor- obae^. Some felt ment with the kar{ji characters in out for ’the event including Loyola Youth have been coming out regu- tunate, but if you talk to the aver- ‘''®. brush, “ireUo/mfo*(*ln (Tnmemoiyor)that memory of) that Marymount University, Cal State laHy tn thp annual pilgnmag p, «hp age American they Im'ivenoknowl- compound would standsatManzanartoday.1 think Northridge and Cal State Puller- exjdained. edge that the federS government Japanese community- it’s good to have a memorial ton. Tm tired, ‘but “Fm relieved,*...... said deprived 120,000,...... moeUy dtizens, On the ^ the here...fin* the Issei who strug^ed, ” Libby Trietsch is a 19-year-5Jd Embrey...... __ towards the" end of the ^^eirlihertyandproperty.-she she said. “We need to have some sociology m^or at Lwda Mary- day. “It took a lot work to get to thing to mammialiya their lives. ” mountandcamewithAyodoi.aJA thin point. ” .The Committee had TTiememorializationofthein- T A former secretary in Manzan- student group at the universify. bear campaigning since 1994 to temmenteiperienceisiiilportant," . * “y-I^uct of the hostag^- ar ’s education department, Wada Ihfe was the second pilgriinage fer get the Manranar Historical Site sheadded^tatthesaSetin^. y the praseqee of ih^- says she feels no anger, no bitter iYietech, who ’s half German and transferred to the federal gove^- ' OidyinAmScacantherebenot h°?gljourTia^wto reported on ness today about her intenunmit. half Fremfo Canadian. “I think a ■ment and finally saw their efforts onlyanacknowledgementofapast- - thePeruvianNiUmimLima,where., , _ ------— “My recollections are of h^py lot of students know because of the pay off. -We h^ people werting injustice, but the cieation of a "aKAMwl *HB ppymam - history dasaes th^ take, ” she said behind the scenes," she added. monumentfbrfiituiegeneratiOne." commumty of 80,000 ories of the people 1 met here.” oftheJAintenunentduringWWn. .TTiingspeopledidntseetliatmade ■ pe«Rile.B PACIFIC CITIZEN. MAY IfrJUNE 5.1997 Opinion fnily ymns Ji l^m liie By HARRY K. HONDA More on Peru By BILL HOSOKAWA- INCE President Fujimori ’s win in the Hostage Crisis, our free hours ^ve k.-/ been immersed in re-readingthe surge of newspaper clippings from onetime P.C. Should use of ‘Jap’ be a part of U.S. history?-^ Board member (jrorge Wakijifin Alexan- dria, Va.. and digesting hould the word Map ” be included in . . It makes no differencp whether he is an would also cause some Monumentvisitors to them for print. Though themonumentthattheNationalJapa- American dtizen; theoretically he is still a become very curious about what words were the type is small, there K.1^ neseAmerican Memorial Foundation Japanese, and you can ’t change him by giv so tenibly offensive that they couldn't be was no way.a fortnightly is building in Washington, li.C.? ing him a piece of paper .. mentioned, the way forbidden profanity or could accommodate so That was the question disciissed long and Some members of the Foundation Board obscenities tantalize children. much in a timely fash- not wthout heat at the recent quarterly fihd the word “Jap" so offensive that they Japanese Americans find the word offen \ ‘'ion. We said in 19k) that meeting of the Foundation ’s board of direc- object to it being preserved for posterity in sive because of its historical context It was his inauguration as tore in Chica^. No consensus was reached. the marble of the Monument no matter who used by the. racists and hate-mongers dur president of Peru was So 1 -am asking readers of this column to is being quoted. Its presence, they contend, ing the years of anti-Japanese agitation and “the biggest and most historic Nisei news' express your opinions to help the board would revive it, perpetuate it, even le^ti- is regarded by Japanese Americans thesame story ofthe century.”'So a number of us from dedde. mize it even though word is described as way Afro-Americans regard “nigger. ” But Southern California were credentialed to This is the background. Congress has pro- “an offensive racist epithet” or some gimilnr now the issue is whether it ought to be cover the event in Lima, Peru. And at UCLA vided si very desirable site, not far from the explanation. They just don ’t want the word expunged because it is distasteful, or etched the first week of May, visiting scholar Dr. U.S.* Capitol, for a monument with three on the Monument. Some express concern into marble as part of the stark historical Mary Fukumoto from Peru called him “the purposes: To commemorate the faith and that seeing the word uqjl encoura^ its use. record. most famous Japanese descendant in the patriotism of Japanese Americans during Others contend that since De Witt was the world." The voters' mandate to 6arry on World War II, to honor the nation for adi^t- principal advocate of Evacuation he should Undoubtedly this issue will stir the gen indicates that- 56% in the June 1990 run-off ting it erred in imprisoning them on the be quoted accurately without pulling- eral Jaj^nese American public as it has and a 64% landslide (the biggest in Peru's basis of race and vowing never to make the pun<^es. They point out that many persons memberkgf^e Foundation Board. What do history) at the primaries in April, 1995. same mistake, and to remind all of who use the word today use it as an innocent you thinkr^. How theeminent British financial weekly. democracy ’s imperfections and the constant contraction for Japanese the way Swede is The Natioi^ Jap^ese Americain Memo The Economist, (April 2^, phrases the vigilance necessary to make it work. us^ as a contraction for Swedish or Brit for rial Foundatk^n invites your comments. Its Fujimori ’s victory in Peru lends an interna To get this done, the monument needs to British, that they mean no offense, and that address is 2445 M Street N.W., Suite 250, tional Une that ’s unlike the Latin American provide historical background. Viewers have it would be Educational to state clearly on Washington, D.C. 2(W37. look from the U.S. sphere. To wit: to be told something of ^e temper the the Tirfnument that Map" is an “offensive And when you write, please enclose a VIOLENCE pays. The world's underground move- times and what people in authority were racist epithet” or words to that effect. generous contribution, it’s tax-deductible and meoU have proved that repeatedly in the past 50 years saying at the outbreak of war about the One way to handle the dispute would be to you ’ll get an acknowledgment. The Memo .. They are not to complain when govern meots respond danger to the nation posed by Japanese recast the paragraph this way; “Using a rial is a worthy project tbat^will cost a lot^ with violence-and more of it. That is the short answer Americans. It is propos^ to do this on the racial epithet offensive to Japanese Ameri money and they have only a aJuple of years to the cnlicism already being heard of the sudden monument by quoting some inflammatory cans, General DeWitt told Congress; There to raise millions. assault that ended Peru’s four-mooth-old hostage af remarks bas^ on prejudice or ignorance. is no way to determine their loyalty ... It fair. President Fujimori did not rush m to violence. It was the Tupac Amaru guerrillas who did that-not for One proposed para^pb is as follows; makes no difference whether he is an Ameri Hosokawa is the former editorial page editor “Using an ofifeitsive racist epithet, Gen the first time-when they invaded the Japanese can citizen, etc.. .." for the Denver Post. His columns have ap ambassador's residence in December. fWe miss^ that eral PeWitt^ld Congress; ‘A Jap is a Jap. 11115 would eliminate the five words that peared regularly since June 1942 in the story.] What (Peru's) or (Fujimori's) faults, or those There is no way to determine their loyalty . have divided the Foundation ’s directors. It Pacific Citizen. of Its army or courts-it has a president recently re- el^rted ^fill the covemtnont was ready to talk. It talked, and talked, and talked. It was ready to allow the guerrillas safe passage to asylum m Cuba It was the)', wind not the gmemment, who blocked thil way out So, in the end-but only then-Mr Fujimori ordered an armed assault In it. all the hosta^takers were By BILL MAI?UTANI killed, including some ready to surrender. In a better world that would not have haj^ned. But it did. and in the real one it is hypocrisy to shed many tears: the guerrillas took to the sword and they perished by it. Who, what is a Kibei? The Economist further notes the chal lenge now “for those in elected power and (though il ls less often remarked) for those T T’S BEEN SAID that in the vital war- turning to America. ” who champion the poor: how to improve „ I time task of transla^ng Japanese mill- at page l.OCK) appeared the following: “(Ja social conditions without reverting to the old I THEN THOUGHT I’d take a look at an pan] a native American dtizen bom of Japa ways of dealing with them If they ex tarydocumentsinthebattlefieldsofthe English dictionary to see, if perchance, the Pacific War, the contributions of Kibei men, nese parents but educated largely in Japan; pected free-market ideas to bring instant term “Kibei" appeared therein. Random distinguished from issei,niser."Whilea 1974 miracles, they know better now. \^at th^ invariably more facile than the Nisei in the House Webster’s (I)ollegiate Dictionary, 1995 Japanese language, was critically all-im edition may be old, I buy that definition as do not know4s the answer-how to handle the ed., p. 743 contained the following; “Kibei. a being appropriate. transition to a better life." Nor does the portant. While Nisei linguists ’contributions person of Japanese descent bom in North were l^on, when the chips were down, and OTHER THAN the Kibei possessing a magazine, though its finahcomment Bears a America but^ucated mainly in Japan. Com hint, looking ahead. major battle decisions hinged on the preci pare Issei, Nisei, Sansei (> Japan!." far greater mastery of Nihongo, do they differ from the Nisei? I’ve not heard the “... Its hotebly Amerindian lafterall, Peru sion and fullness ofthe Japanese-to-English “North America" may be an accurate geo translation of captured Japanese military Kibei’s response to this query, and not very is a part of America] poor would still remain graphic point of reference; Canadian neigh a century behind the modern world, espe documents, the translating team which in bors indude Nisei who returned to Canada many from Nisei. Meanwhile I’ve, held a cluded a Kibei provided that reassuring tentative opinion on the subject which goes cially in their children’s schooling. Presi- . after studying in^apan. But the ‘bei" dent Fujimori has met one challe^e; huge edge of confidence. That the Kibei, who were (America) part would not apply to those something like this: Kibei seem better as at times viewed with reservation if not out sured in meir views than Nisei who tend to ones still lie ahead, for him and his succes Canadians of ^panese ances^. So while sors. ” right suspicion. played such a critical role is the prefix may be “Ki," the suffix has to be ■ be ^uivocal. Tbis 1 ascribe to the Kibei In the same issue and unexpected were yetanotherirony ofthe World War II period. something other than “bei." In Nihongo, having been raised during his formative But what is a Kibei? (schooling) years in a milieu where hifi race the accounts “before and ^r” ofthe LA “Canada" is written in katakana as “ka-na- riots. Theywere fi^nk and true, dwelling on da." need not be defended, whereas the contem- IN THIS COLUMN, I once defined a the Korean resui^nce “befoPe" and the re “Kibei” as a Japanese American who re Furthermore, thereare Nikkei residing in poi^ Nisei grew up in a culture where one's race was constantly targeted, in small building the ruins “after." The riots made ceived a significant portion ofhis/herschool- South America (Brazil, Peru, etc.) many of the city’s Korean^ visible and their determi .ingin Japan. I did not attenipt to define whom received soipe of their schooling in and big ways. Spch was bound to, stunt full potential while promoting reticent postures. nation seems to have reaped rewards. The “significant. ” On this go-around I thought Nippon. In MAongo "South America ” is “Nqn- Economistconcludes: “Now that the old I’d bet^r turn to the Japanese jiten. bei" (literally “south" and “America"). So Of course, there are exceptions on both sides, including some glaring ones. black-Jewish alliance that used to nm Lm Kenkyusha, (1986 edition) at page 816 in- what do they call their counterparts of our Angeles has withered away, thetimemay te dudedthe^uAugo (compound) of two kanji Kibei? Well, ri^t or wrong. Chat ’s the way I see itfl ripe for the enterprising Koreans to come characters: kaeru(on-reading “ki”) mean I HAUl^D OUT a 1974 edition of forward. ” A great diallenge, if there ever ing, among other things “to return, come Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictio After leaving the bench, Marutani resumed was one, for a community of Asian Ameri again. ” The *bei ” part, of course, refers to nary (Unabridged) to check if perchance the practicing law in Philadelphia. He writes cans in the Southland. America. T<^ther “Id^i”refers to “one re- word “Kibei” appeared therein. Right smadL regularly for the Pacific Citizen. niosie whoVe visited London may want the connection this magazine provides — tiirough the public library. A single copy is . HEysUS—HOW Pacific CHber AAANV HILLS HAVE 7Cu(lm Cnfe. Uonlm, Put. 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