PACIFIC CITIZEN Business Lo"Crnment Flnanelnl and Th~ National Cmt~R Fnr Vol• Friday January 29, 1971 Managed by a Board of Direc• Untary Action in New York
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JANUARY 29, 1971 12 ~ If I can remain mentally it's running well, no problems. of "ftlth and disarray" 10 the San Francisco The jurors get a public rela news media without going alert. I have often told my Tbe 1970 grand jur)' was in wife. I don't care how old I tions snow job. Ihrough jury channels. dicted Saturda~' by its ma\" "AI the end of Ihe )·ear. get. After seeing the alertness erick member. Edison Uno. Protest Action of Katsuma Mukaeda and committee chah'men are un· I! should be a watchdog. he der pre.ssure o( a deadline to In November. be walked out FIRST NISEI IN Saburo Muraoka. both reci said, "but over the years the pients ot recognition [rom Ja get 0 u t their final reports. of lestimony in a kidnap-rape watchdog has been sleeping." Some of them haven't done case. Igno';ng the gag rule by pall for their contribution to He criticized the jusl-dis Japan - America goodwill. I their homework during the a municipal judge. Uno pub IN charged 1970 panel in San year. BID FOR SEAT High court to rule licI)' said he fell the investi· wouldn't mind old age ir I Francisco for what he called can be in as good n shape as "So too many yeal'·end re gation wasn't broad enough its "status quo Establishment" ports generaJl.,' al'C cursory. .1 1 have a strong feeling that either Mr. Mllkaeda or Mr. makeup, its "rubber-stamp" Muraoka innocuous, or complimentary, we have a double standard 01 CALIF • SENATE handling o[ criminal cases. its with very little contsructive justice, one for the wealthy l1:equelltly "cursory" review criticism. Some even are writ and influential and anothel' on all-white clubs Orange County 01 cil,y deparlments. len for lhe jurors by the de for lhe poor and oppressed Edwin Hiroto of In the first expose of grand partments." minorities of this dty." jury goiugs·on by an insider However, Uno sa id. some Some fellow jurors bristled L,A,-Silverlake The F riday evening lesti· here, Uno said reforms are I'eporls do show work by jUl" and demanded he )·e\.ract. He Announces Candidacy HARRISBURG. Pa., - T be prollUse. The lodge appealed. monial (in Los Angeles) for urgently needed. ors, as demonstraled by lhe stuck to his guns. Uno also StalA! Liquor Control Board and the judges stayed ex!!CU Mr. Mukaeda and MI'. Mura Uno. 41, a Japanese Amer· 1970 jur~ ~ 's adverse reports on revealed SatOl'day Ibal lhere mailed an annual lice.nse re tion of their order pendlnl oka at\.racted a sizeable crowd ican and assistant dean of stu the Muni railway. controller's were other cases in which he LOS ANGELES - Edwin C. newal this past week (J an. outcome of the appeal m the of admirers and well wishers. dents at University of Califor o[fice, health department and either abstained from voting f1Jroto, City View Hospilal IS) to Moose Lodge 107, highest court. It was my pleasure to repre· nia Medical Center. slressed City hall leaderShip. an indictment, or voted not to Bnd Keiro Kango Nursing across State Street [rom the The Supreme Court'. drCl sent the national organization he was not "attacking my Usually Filed- Forgotten indict. Home administrator, last week Capitol. sian is expected to set a pre in presenting OUY plaque hon fellow jurors ... this is need· While his feUow members announced his candidacy for But the renewal did not cedent affectinR more than oring M.r. Mukaeda [or his ed. constructive criticism:' "But such reports are mere would come to the meetings Ihe vacated 27th Slate Sena. come as routinely as usual 2.000 Moose lodges in the long and continuing support 01 the traditional g)'and ju· ly filed and forgollen. A grand in business suits. the long torial District seat. and mjght not come agajn. countr)·. clubs of the Frater o[ J ACL. Our gesture was 1'\' membership here: jury can plant a seed, but it's haired Uno consistently ap Hirota, 44, a resident of the Whether it does depends upon nal Order of Eagles and the well dcselved by Mr. Muka . "Instead of being represen not allowed to germina teo In· peared wearing a sports jack ~ iI \lerlake area, thus becomes the Uniled States Supreme Benevolent and Protective eda if not long o,'er due. Our tative of the community. the stead, it's raked over and et with a turtleneck sweatel' bne o[ the firsl Republican Court. Order of Elks. jury long has been a presti congratulations to him. bw·ied." as a shirt. candidates to enler the cam State Rep. K. Leroy Irvl. All three orgallizationB llm Matching names and races gious, elite club. Its emblem Uno said tbe jurol's, as ama· Relused IVacation' Trip pajgn. R.Z. Choudry, a High· of Pittsburgh, tbe House ma it membership to whites, is in interesting experience. ] is the gold juror's star. custer teul' investigators, should have land Park real eslate man. has jority leader, was refused though lhere is a separate have read in the vernacular mal;]Y carried pinned to a a staff to assist them - 'flaw He also "boycotted" the ju· also declared [or the Repub service at the lodge in 1968 Negro Elks order. news. the names of many pro billfold. students, Cora Fou.ndation in l'yJS annual tree-loading junk. Ucan Party nomination for because he is black. He sued. minent Japanese Americans. PrevloDs Rulin, Friendly to Judge terns. Ph. D. candidates in et to Hetch Helchy, lasling the seal.. A special three-judge Fed During tbe pasl s e " era I public administrallon," several days, to which the ci A special election is sched· The three-judge panel ruled months. 1 have had the en "Its members usually are el'al Court lasl fall ordered Uno said a grand jury ty public utilities commission uled to be called by Governor the board 10 revoke the lodges thaI Moose policy of re1usln. gaging task of matching tbe nonunated because ot crony should issue monthly reports invites aU 19 jurors and court Reagan to [ill the stale senate membership or service be ism with a judge. A judge is license for as long as it Ir(ol_ names with the faces. .ISO it can prod fol' action in attaches. These trips al'e an ortice vacated by George Dan cause of race violates the con This occasion was no differ likely to pick fra ternal bud lows a policy of racial dis stitutional guarantee of equal a city deparlmenl, instead o[ unnecessary cost to the tax· ielson, who was sworn in as crimination in its member ent. Justice John Aiso; Kenji dies, fellow church members, just waiting for the linal l'e· payers, Uno said. congressman (rom t b e 24th protection of the laws. lto, new Japanese Chamber social or political friends. ship or operating policies or Clarence J. Ruddy, general ports." A gentle-so It-spoken man District earlier this month. practices." of Com mer c e president; 1' 50 a grand jury consists of Also. he >8ld, there should whose militancy is that of an Danielson's term had two counsel for the International George Saiki. [rom 1IIayor a disproportionate represents· be continuity in a grand jury, avowed reformer, Hnot a revo more years to run. Compromise O!fered Loyal Order o[ Moose in Yo r t y . s office: Councilman tion [rom Ihe Establishmenl with perhaps some holdover lutionary," Uno's champion.. UPRE~ I E cour~ Mooseheart, ill.. said from his Lindsay; Sam 1shihara, a new- corporate officials. manage. Unless a single candidate COURT - Tnkeso Tbe set tbe week of office in nearby Aurora tbat members to work w ith a new ship lor justice and "to help receives one \lote more than Sbimoda, 63, former J apanese Jan. 11 as a deadline lor re 1.\' apPointed city commission ment t~·pes. bankers. insur jw'y. to implement a previous m,v fellow man" dates back to this was the first time the is er; Tats Kushida. !onner1:y ance men, real estate men. 50 per cent o[ the votes cast ambassador to the United vocation. Tbe lodge asked the sue of racial restrictions on jury's reports. World War II. in the primary election, a run· States, was named a justice judges to modify the order to JACL regional director: Jlb "Such jurors don't want to As a boy, he was interned Moo s e membership had tao Uwate.