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# 2.437 Vol. 104, No. 17 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626·6936 Friday, May 1, 1987 Asians in Pa. Redress Lawsuit Filed Too City Greeted Late, U.S. Govt. Contends
With Hostility by Karen Kai der-'9066. W ASHlNGTON - On the morn• Although conceding that the CHESTER, Pa - In the last two ing of April 20, a line ofJapan ese internment, having been based years, atleast a dozen Asian busi• Americans crossed the broad on cultural and racial reasons, nesses have opened here, drawn white marble plaza of the U.S. was a great wrong, Fried defend• by opportunities that they saw in Supreme Court building. Stand• ed the legality of the internment a withering city ripe for develop• ing below the inscription "Equal and contended that "there was ment Justice Under Law," William nothing hidden or sneaky about The stores, operated mostly by Hohri and nearly 100 observers those awful judgments." Korean and Cambodian immi• and supporters waited to hear Hohri's organization, National grants, have included ice cream oral arguments on the govern• Council for Japanese American parlors, clothing stores, laun• ment's petition to dismiss Hoh7i Redress, has contended thatgov• dries, seafood stores and food v. United States. ernment manipulation of evi• markets. More are on the way, Compensation for Property dence in the Korematsu, Hiraba• _ according to city officials. CONSTITUENT CONCERNS - Maryland Congresswoman Connie The lawsuit was med in the yashi and Yasui Supreme Court ''It was a dying city," said Lee• . Morella (right) and district office director Mary Brown met with JACL U.S. District Court in Washing• cases was not uncovered until dom Morrison, the city's director representative K. Patrick Okura of Bethesda during an April 4 open house ton, D.C. in 1983 as a comprehen• the 1980s and that the suit could of planning. 'They saw an oppor• for constituents at her 8th District offioe in Wheaton. Okura asked Morella sive class action seeking dam• not have been filed until recently. tunity, and they took advantage to co-sponsor redress bill H.R. 442 and later reported that she was "very ages for violati.on of constitutional Fried argued that those cases of it" supportive." Morella, a Republican, was elected to the House last year. rights and compensation for mon• did not keep the suit from being Boycott Urged etary losses of Japanese Amer• filed earlier because they applied only to the legality of specific But the Asian merchants icans interned during WW2. The are phases ofthe intel7lll1ent program finding that not everyone-not District Court granted a govern• and not to issues of compensa• even the mayor-is welcoming Issue ofRacial Motivation ment motion to dismiss the suit, tion For this the Solicitor them with open arms. but the Court ofAppeals reinstat• reason. General said, any alleged wrong• During the first week ofApru, ed the claim for compensation doing in those cases could have a coalition of Black business for unlawful taking of property. Debated in 2nd Chin Trial no effect on the timeliness of the owners called for a boycott of all The government's petition to the Supreme Courtseeks to eliminate of the damage action Asian merchants that operate in CINCINNATI - The question of Black neighborhoods and the this remaining claim for redress. Vigorous Questioning whether the 1982 beating death Solicitor General Charles Fried mayor was considering rezoning of Vincent Chin was racially mo• Fried appeared unprepared the city to make it harder for new personally presented the govern• for the pointed questioning by tivated was again raised in court ment's twofold argument for dis• businesses to open. as the retrial of Ronald Ebens Justice Thurgood Marshall, who 'They put nothing in the com• missal In its first argument, the asked, "What is the difference on charges of civil rights viola• government said the lawsuit was munity; they don't participate in tions got under way April 21. between exclusion and killing?" originally filed in the wrong court Fried offered the opinion that the community," said Preston Lee, Convicted in 1984 a fish store owner and a member and sought to require the plain• killing was worse, but was forced Ebens was convicted in a De• of the coalition, called the Salva• tiffs to reme the action in the to concede that although Japa ~ troit federal court in 1984, but an tion of Chester Committee. specialized U.S. Circuit Court nese Americans were eventually appeals court overturned the de• Brenda Savage, owner of Bar• While this would not bar the allowed to return to the west cision last year. When the De• clay Mini-Market and head of the lawsuit, it would considerably Coast, many suffered devastating partment of Justice announced committee, said ber group would delay its progress by requiring financial losses. that it would retIy Ebens, the ask that Black customers not that an administrative claim be Justice John Paul Stevens vig• trial was moved to Cincinnati be• shop at the Asian stores. As a pursued before the case could orously questioned Fried on the cause of extensive publicity in next step, she said, the commit• be heard and would subject the government's suppression of evi• the Detroit might call for picketing in area suit to a renewal of the govern• dence in the Hirabayashi and Ko• tee The prosecution contended front of the establishments. ment's motion to dismiss. remat:stt cases. that Ebens, a fonner auto worker, The government's second line 'Not a Racial Issue' Vincent Chin Fried responded that the gov• blamed Japan for the decline in of attack sought to bar the re• ernment's failure to present evi• "This is not a racial issue," she the U.S auto industry and killed dent began in a bar that featured maining portion of the lawsuit by dence repudiating the vie\\1S of said. "It is an economic issue." Chin because he was Asian. nude dancers). arguing that it was filed too late. West Coast military commander Savage and some Black own• Jury selection for the retrial One man was excused after ad• At the latest, Fried said, the sta• Gen. John DeWitt was not legally ers say the Asians sell theirgoods was done by U.S. District Judge mittingthat he was prejudiced tute of limitations baning the relevant because government ar• below cost in order to drive out Anna Diggs Taylor, who presided because "I still remember Pearl legal action expired ix years guments in the cases had been Black business owners and over the fU'St trial, along with two Harbor." Of the 12 finally select• after President Gerald Ford's dominate the financial life of assistant U.S. attorneys and two ed, 10 were white and two were 1976 rescission of Executive Or- C.ootinued no page 2 Black neighborhoods. defense attorneys. Prospective Black 'They're tIying to destroy jurors were asked for their opin• Defense attorney Frank Eaman Black businesses," said Justin ions about Chinese Americans, maintained that the incident, in Hayles, who owns a laundry and Chrysler (where Ebens worked), which Ebens repeatedly struck More Testiflers Scheduled mini-market nude bars, alcoholic beverages Chin in the head with a baseball and vulgar language (the inci- Continued on page 2 Continued on pagll 8 for Subcommittee Hearing WA HINGTON - The updated list ofwitnesse cheduled to testifY on Hou e bill HR 442 and H.R 1&31 on April 29 before Ogawa Wins, Hirota Defeated in Oakland the JudicislY Subcommittee on Admini b-ative Law and Go emm ntal R lations is a follow : by Mark J. Jue Rep NOlman Mineta and Robert Matsui (both D-Calif.), Dan At an April 9 candidates' fOl1lm De La Fu nt· also spok out Akaka (D-Hawaii) and DOll Young(R-Ala ka); i tantU.S. t• OAKLAND, Calif. - Incumbent against rec nt probl ms of racial City Councilman Frank Ogawa sponsored by the Asian Pacific tomey neral Richard K Willard; AUgll MacB th, former Democratic Club and s veral violence direct d at Asian in was reelected with 56 percent of special cOlin el to th ommi ion 11 Wartim Relocation and other community organizations, Oakland. "Minoriti are alway Int· 111m nt of ivUian ; Am ricM Bar 0 iation chailnuu'l- the vote (19,952) and Patricia Hil'O• mad · t.h scapegoats," he d ta was defeated in her attempt Ogawa stated, "Being the only 1 ct William Robinson; National JACL pre id nt Harry Ka..i i- Asian on the City Council, can dared. 'We all have the same Mi~ to win a seaton the Board ofEdu• J hara; LEC x cutiv dh tor Gl'ayce y hara; Ma aoka address the needs of the commu· Fights to jobf-i and affordable of Go For Broke; pedal coum 1 Jolm Kirtland f tIl Al ut cation in the April 21 election. hOllsing. W nCC(~to educate peo• A member oflhe council since nity more closely." orporation and Alcutian/Pribilofisland As ciation; and, ub• 'Forgettblg Priorities' ple about our dif'f, rent cultUI S mUting ~nvrit t e n 'tat m nt, th mel'ican J \ i h Committ , 1966, Ogawa was elected as a can• and about the reasons why immi• didatc-at-large to the nino-mem• ''The current City Council is H.R 442 would impl m nt th 1'OC0111111 ndations f th more preoccupied with redevel• grants come to this country," (,WRI , which called fol' compen ation for Japan r\m 1'1- ber council I lis closest oppooont "We have some problems con• was Ignacio De La Fuente, busi• oping certain areas of Oakland cans and Al uts upro t d and con1i.n db. tile U. . gov'mnent and forgetting our priorities such coming racial viol nc ," gawa during WW'1.. H.R 1&31 would impl m nt tll commi. 'ion' l ness manager ofl.ocal 164 of the acknow ledged. "I hav " work d t.o as developing jobs and I' taining cOlnt'nendation 1 gal'ding the AI uts only. International Molders Union, establish an Asian ta~k tbrce who received :?3 percent of the jobs that pay decent wages," D D tails of tlle hearing will app a1' in n xt w ek's PC. vote (8,416). La Fuente charged. Conthllll't\ 011 \mAc 5 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, May 1, 1987 No. 2,437 AHow 6 weeks advance notice to report address change with label on front Mineta: Smithsonian Should Fully Divest ·If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, Write New Address below. Effective date ...... " WASIllNGTON - Rep. 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Investment Increases sonian's executive committee, Checks payable to: Pacific Citizen, 941 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013 While the current Smithsonian "I find it paradoxical and un• to include such a resolution in EXPIRATION NOTICE-if Ihe lasl four digits on Ihe lOP row of your iabel reads 0487, Ihe SO·day grace period ends with the last Issue In Jun • • 1987. Please renew your subscription or membership. II membership policy of investing only in firms acceptable that by heavily invest• the agenda for the board's May 11 . ~------has been renewed and_____ Ihe paper u stops______. notify the PC office. • that have signed the Sullivan Prin- ing in Sullivan Principle sig- meeting. ,. '
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT------Supreme Court Hearing Is Continued hm Ii'ont page based on general racial and cul• that no comprehensive study of ment's position. Justices Stevens 'Positive Step,' Says Matsui tural characteristics and not on the reasons for the internment and Marshall's questions on sup• DeWitt's specific charges that the had ever been conducted. pression of evidence and the 'm• WASHINGTON - Rep. Robert ter in American histolJl." loyalty of Japanese Americans In response to questions posed pact of the internment on Japa• Matsui (D-Calif.) said April 21 If the plaintiffs prevail in the could not be determined. by Chief Justice William Rehn• nese Ameritans were viewed as that the Supreme Court's hear• case, they will be allowed to sue Furthelmore, Fried argued, quist, Zelenko explained that an indication that they would ing on the case of Hohn v. United the U.S. government for mone• the government had disavowed even though Congress has not yet deny the government's petition. states has focused attention on tary damages in a federal district DeWitt's views in a footnote in acted upon the commission's re• It was felt that Justices William efforts to obtain redress for J apa• court Ifthe government prevails, the Karematsu brief, thereby re• commendations, the creation of Brennan and Hany Blackmun, nese Americans interned during the suit will be ended lieving itself of any duty to pre• the commission was legally sig• who did not ask questions, might WW2. Matsui commented on the Jus• sent evidence it possessed. nificant because it opened the also vote against the government "The Supreme Court's consid• tice Department's arguments Stevens, apparently uncon• way for the discovery of archival Gordon Hirabayashi, attend• eration of the Hohn case has put against the lawsuit ''Redress is vinced, noted that the government documents which later fOlmed ing the hearing with members of a national spotlight on the injus• an issue of basic constitutional had not only rejected a footnote the basis of the lawsuit his coram nobis legal team, said, tice of the internment," Matsui rights. It is unfortunate that the advising the Court of the inaccu• Only eight of the justices will 'This is the first time I've sat in said. 'This is a positive step in U.S. J ustice Department is op• racy of DeWitfs charges, but that rule on the Hoh7'i ca e. Justice on a Supreme Court argument I our efforts to redress Japanese posing our efforts to affirm those then-Solicitor General Charles Antonin Scalia declined to par• hope this is the first of several Americans and close a dark chap- rights." Fahy had denied in oral argu• ticipate because he had consid• cases I will sit in on dealing with ments before the Court that the ered the case as a member of the Japaense Americans so we can government had repudiated the District of Columbia COUlt of Ap• clear the record." BLACK-ASIAN -- portunities to Black residents or presentations in DeWitt's final peals prior to his appointment to Hirabayashi's action to over• Continued from front page putting money back into neigh• report on the internment the Supreme Cowt Scalia's re• turn his Supreme Court case was borhoods. Benjamin Zelenko, lead coun• cusal means that only four votes Asian owners say they are Hayles and other Blacks con• argued in the 9th Circuit Court merely filling a void in a city sel fOT Hohri and the other class are needed to defeat the govern• tend that the Asians try to buy of Appeals in March and is con• where several businesses have action plaintiffs, began his argu• ment's petition, since a tie vote sidered likely to be appealed to existing Black businesses. If re• ment by stressing the nature of is insufficient to overrule the closed or fl ed in the last few dec• fused, Hayles said, they open up the Supreme Court ades. the government's concealment of Cowt of Appeals decision. Aiko Yo hinaga-Herzig, a a similar enterprise in the same evidence and the resulting injus• Eui Sub, owner ofChester Baby Although the que tions asked CWRIC researcher respon ible neighborhood. tice against Japanese Americans. by the justices do not necessarily Store, said, 'There were many 'They are studying the busi• for the discovery of a number of vacant spaces. Business is slow, He also argued that the lower indicate their ultimate votes on documents central to the class nesses very carefully in a delib• courts had cocrectly ruled that a case, some ob elvers felt that but we came here in 1985 be• erate attempt to ruin Black busi• action and coram nobis cases, cau e there i less competition." the statute of limitations began questions by Justice Rehnquist said, 'This country has granted nesses," said Savage. to run when Congress, by creating and Sandra Day O'Connor on the The confl ict in Chester miITOrs She and her group have distri• civil liberties and con titutional similar cases of Black-Asian fric• the Commission on Wartime Re• statute of limitations and other rights to all citizens and resident buted flyers w-ging Black resi• location and Internment of Civil• procedural issues could indicate tion in Philadelphia, Washington. dents to spend their money at aliens. It looks beautiful on pa• D.c., 1.0 Angeles and other ians in 1900, officially recognized that they will grant the govel11- Black businesses, gone door-to• per, but if it can't be applied, citie . In most instances, Blacks what's the use ofa Constitution?" door to tell re idents that Asians have said Asian businesses ben• are trying to run out Black busi• The Court is expected to issu efi t from the Black community its decision this summer. nesses, and gone to a City Coun• without offering employment op- cil meeting in March to demand protection from what they consi• Pacific Business Bank dered unfair competition. They found a supporter in Iayor Willie Iae Jame Leake, Offers "No-Delay" . who told them. ''1 have taken step .. . .. to try and keep any business Mortgage Money out of Chester that is not wanted." Leak aid he and the council were tudying a plan to zone the ntire city residential except for the downtown bu in di trict. If you are looking for a low interest home loan, Pacific Business Bank In that 1,; ay, new commercial en• has one offer-and tour guarantees-you cannot refuse. T o terpri e would have to apply for Because of the drop in rates, most banks have been deluged with zoning variance or get council applications for new home loans or refinancing of existing trust approval deeds ... and consumers have found endless delays. LPED 4 Tensions began building about B~slness ix months ago when a flurry of II At Pacific Bank., however, there are no delays-and EDFCZP 5 ian-generated busill activ- we guarantee it. ity began in Black neighborhoods DEFPOTIlC 6 beyond the downtown busin EI At Pacific, we guarantee we will determine your qualification within five days. district, according to city official and busin ownel II We guarantee that once you qualify, we will have money In your A Clear Opportunity Since a Korean-owned food hands within 60 days. tore opened nearby in March, avage aid, rece ipt at h r mar• II We guarantee one other thing-Paolflc's service will be the best of any bank you have ever visited, because you talk to CKANG!lls a clear opportunity; change of profession, change of k t have dropped fi'Orn about people, not departments. career, change of outlook. At the American College of Optics, we can help $1,200 a day to about $400. you enter the professional oareer of optics as a dispensing optician. Not all Black bu ine ~ ownel Now that offer . .. In our seven month program,you w1lllearn about lenses and how think Asian should b boyc t• If we fail to live up to those guarantees, and the delay Is our fault, we they correct viSion.You w1l11earn how to make eye glasses trom start ted. Said Georg TiUelY, wnel" will give you $100 for the Inconvenience. to tln1Sh, grinding, tinting and fitting trames to pa.tients, as well as of a bicycl hop: "I don't think Don't delay. Interest rates will not remain low forever. Find out how measuring the eye to completely fit a patient with contaot lenses trom Ule_ aI doulg a ll..vthin g lUl thica! you can finance or refinance your home-without a delay-today. a prescription. or illegal. What they ru dOll),!! is Once you complete your classroom training, we w1l1 place you in an mart bU 'in ' " Call Tom Hirano, who heads our Mortgage Banking Department, at externship, whIch is 160 hours of on the job training. -jlU1II !l It'POlt by PlIilllddpllin lllqtlin..>1' 533-1456. Or stop in at our office; 438 W. Carson Street In Carson. Onoe you graduate, we w1l1 help you find ajob.We have a highly successful Plaoement Program.The Amerioan College of Optios has morning, afternoon, and evening olasses available. Finanoial Aid is also a.vailable for those who qualify . • Ohange begins with a single step. Call us at (213) 383·2862. 1~ T U D I 0
AMERICAN LITTLE TOKYO 114NOR1H Nl'fOfk T lOS ,\N ~ . LES .\ 9001 Pacific Business Bank COLLEGE f?tJ)t).6 o!l1 I 1,' 16"6 <, t)o SAN GABRIEL VILLAGE • OFCPTICS ~ t> Wlt$ T rl \ IRVIF~ AVfNltE N ,ARRlll CA 91 ilh ( 1JI 83 · tl8~ 1 !,la l·' I\9~tS l .1 Friday, May 1,1987 I PACIFIC CITIZEN-3 Asian 'Groups Smithsonian Curator to Speak Urge Revisions at JACL Tri-District Dinner
LOS ANGELES - Tom Crouch, curator of the Smithsonian In• in INS Rules stitution's National Museum of WASHINGTON - The National American History, will give the Democratic Council ofAsian and keynote address at thcJACLTri• Pacific Americans has called on District Convention dinner on the INS to unifY families and pro• May 2, 6:30 p.m., at the Airport hibit employment discrimination Hyatt, 6225 W. Century Blvd. in implementing the new immi• Crouch will give a slide pre• gration law. sentation on the exhibit "A More In an April 17 letter to INS Com• Pelfect Union: Japanese Ameri• missioner Alan Nelson, NDCAPA cans and the U.S. Constitution," executive director Susan Lee scheduled to open OeL 1 and to wrote, 'the NDCAPA strongly be on display for five years. The believes that the implementa• Smithsonian exhibit will deal Tom Crouch tion of the newly enacted Immi• with the Nikkei experience dur• gration and Control Act of 1986 ing WW2, including the intern• include workshops addressing the must be conducted in a fair and ment and the accomplishments theme "Where Is the Japanese equitable manner. The current KUDOS FROM COUNTY - California Congressman Robert Matsui (cen• of Nisei who fought for the U.S. ~he Ameliean Community Going?" proposed regulations are exces• 'ter) receives a plaque for "distinguished public service to all people Crouch received his doctorate A workshop presenting isei sively restrictive, impractical, of America" from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Mas in history from Ohio State Uni• and Sansei perspectives on re• and run contrary to the intent of Fukai (right), chief deputy to Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, and Carson City versity in 1976 and has worked dress and an update on redress Congress." Councilman Mike Mitoma took part in the presentation during a banquet for the Smithsonian since 1974. legislation in Congress will in• The NDCAPA, along with His• of the Asian Business Association, held April 10 in Los Angeles. An expert in aeronautics, he has clude LEC director Grayce Uy& panic, legal and civil rights or• authored numerous books on the hara, NCWNP governor Mollie ganizations, is urging changes in subject and is currently complet• the arguments of restrictionists In Los Angeles, the Asian Pa• ing a biography of Orville and Fujioka and attorneys Susan INS' final rules before the new that immigrants were the cau e cific Amelican Legal Center an• Kamei and Cressey akagawa law takes effect in May and June. Wilbur Wright to be published of unemployment " nounced April 9 the opening of Registration is $75 general, $40 Lee recommended that INS in the fall of 1988. ALe recommended that appli• its legalization center for those for students; $15 for workshops make family unity a top priority The joint meet.iJ1g of the Pacific cants for amnesty be allowed 60 seeking amnesty. only; $20 for lunch only: and $35 in instances in which one spouse Southwest, Central California days to supplement their appli• For a nominal donation of$l50 for dinner-danee only. For more qualifies for amnesty and the and Northern Califomia-Western cations should additional docu• or lower, the non-profit agency evada-Paeific districts will al 0 information, call (213) 626-4471. other does not "Otherwise, the mentation be needed; the cun'ent will provide a i tance for mod• denial of amnesty will split fam• regulations do not provide any erate to low-income pel ons in ilies and potentially force U.S. time period for supplementation. applying for temporal'Y re ident citizen children from their par• Exempt From Law status. FIND OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE ents," she said The caucus also called for Pl~o The bilingual staffwill include The NDCAPA also recom• tections for employees who are Fumie Mochizuki (Japanese), Ter• TALKING ABOUT THE mended a reduction in legaliza• "grandfathered in"-tbose hired ry Ng (Chinese), Joyce Jun (K
Issei Legacy which she always cherished to allow students to further their 'D III JbUowIHg editorial CtJ'Y)Jem-e(/ 111 the of their government Merrch 31 issue Qf'the Denver Po.~ . It also would address a point In December 1986. Downtown her ending days." education. raised in a Sunday [March 29] LA Chapter JACL received a Downtown JACL would like to In memory of Mrs. Nishizu and The relocation of 120,000 Japa• Denver Post article by Bill Hoso• letter from Clarence. John and thank the Nishizus for their all the .'Mother of the Year" reci• thoughtful and generous gift. pients, we will dedicate our ef• nese Americans from the U.S. kawa, former internee, former Henry Nishizu. It read as follows: West Coast in World War n was Post editor and honorary Japa• "In July of this year our mother. There is a great deal of satisfac• forts for them and the work that tion in having had Mrs. N ishizu they dedicated to the community. an act of racism-hard to defend nese consul for Colorado. "I think Mrs. Shige Nishizu. passed away even in the context of Pearl Har• regard the "Mother of the Year" J1MMY TOKESHI an individual payment cheapens at the age of98. The last two years bor-and must never recur. the experience we went through," she was confined to Upper Keiro award with such honor. There is DowntownJACL Board Member Los Angeles But at the same time, the na• he said. Home in Los Angeles. deep meaning for us in knowing tion should consider all the alter• the joy the award had brought Total compensation is expect• "Some years ago our mother natives before passing legisla• ed to be on the order of $1.5 bil• was honored as 'Mother of the her. It was a privilege to have tion to give each surviving re• honored Mrs. Nishizu as well as Keep 'Em Coming lion. Only about half the relocat• Year' by your chapter and this locatee a lump sum of $20,000. ees are still alive, and no pay• all of the "Mother of the Year" Howdy from Dallas, Texas! occasion rendered pride and joy Japanese Americans have har• ment to estates is contemplated. as one of the pioneer mothers in recipients. We look forward to the weekly Pacific Citizen here in the Lone bored this claim for some 45 For the few relocatees who suf• successfully bringing up her To acknowledge the Nishizus' years, dating back to 1942, when fered permanent, quantifiable seven children and giving them generosity, the $300 gift will be Star State since it is the only way, aside from letters received from President Franklin Roosevelt damages, reparation is in order. an education to become respect• used as seed money for a Down• approved the relocation of Japa• But a better use of the remajning able Nikkei citizens. So recog• town Chapter JACL scholarship friends and relatives, that we are kept up to date on the latest de• nese Americans to camps away hundreds of millions might be in nized and so honored by your fund. from coastal areas where Japa• a fund earning interest for a joint chapter was the highlight of her It is with great detennination velopments in the Nikkei com• munity. nese invasion was feared. Colo• scholarship pr0i'am. career. that this kind gesture will be rado and Wyoming both had in• The earnings could send sev• "In memory of our mother, seen through until the funds for So y'all just keep the publica• tions coming, y'hear? ternment centers that operated eral thousand young Americans please accept $300. A mall token the scholarship are received. We like prisoner of war camps. to enroll in educational programs of her and OLU' appreciation for hope that this gesture will allow ITU MIYASHITA DeSoto. Texas But a more conscientious way in Japan each year. with an equal your time-honored recognition for an even greater good that will to redress the grievances-more number of Japanese coming to effective than lump-sum "con• this counhy for similar studies. science money"-may be to try to Such a program. focused both on OAKLAND ELECTION------prevent the recun'encc of such present relationships as well as racial enmity through a bicultul'• the events that led to the harsh Continued from front page lTIultiethnic community "This is of the vole (2.003) compared to al educational effOl1. between the wartime treatment of civilians on an 0PPOl1.unity for Oakland to winner Sheila Jordan' 58 per• two countries. Because it is posi• both ides of the Pacific in World with the Oakland Police Depart• show the rest of the countrY bow cent (5,604). tive. the ducational approach War II, could be most productive. ment and tlu'ee infonnation cen• to do it" he said. . During her campaign, Hirota would avoid the overtones of Past injustice must be addressed. tel to help new immjgrants with Rile' clo est opponent Frank emphasized bilingual education being "pum hment" of U.S. tax• but in real terms-aimed not at language baniel in repOlting Matarre e. blamed problems of and a strong mu lticultural ethnic payers for the past wrongful acts the past but at the future. crime ." racial tension and lack of jobs studie program to prevent vio• Also running for the at-large on the city's crime rate. "We've lence in the Oakland chool. seat were Malcom Kelly (3,487 got to work toward policing, pre• "We need to involve community votes), Carlson Bobino (1,843), vention and treatment of Clime. groups and include staff and stu• NIKKEI SINGLES------Don Mackle (950) and Mary Lint• If we can protect the people. we dents," he said during the fOlUm Continued from page 4 ner (889). can get the jobs back into the "We also need to prevent tereo• Los Angeles area to explore the Others reelected to the council city," Matarrese tressed. typing by counselors who pu h blue collar workerprofe ional new mal female relationship include Wilson Riles. Jr., whose The only surpri e in the City Asians into certain fields." woman combinations. in depth-a "Loving Again II" 5th District includes the city's Council election came in District Jordan wa also a SUPPOl1.el' of On type of couple hi tOlically with group discussions, kits, largest concentration of Asians 1, where incumbent Marge Gib- bilingual education, but her more popular in Hawaii has been talks and social b-aining es ions. and Hispanic . on received 4,712 votes and chal• main i ue of concem was the the J A woman/oilier Asian Amer• An idea advanced by Meriko 'The racial ten ion i directlv lenger Cassie Lopez received overcrowding of Oakland public ican male (e.g., Chinese or Ko• Mori, president of the GLA Sin• related to unemployment," Riles 4,362 vote . Lopez heads the bi• schools. "What impac most for rean). Finally. since hOlier men gles Chapter. in conjunction \\ith explained during the forum. "We lingual education program at other students also impacts are suppo d to be "in." accord• repre entative from Lx local need to keep an eye out for more Roosevelt High SchooL A runo(f sian tudents:; he maintained. ing to a recent article in the LA ingles group , wa to establi h job . We can olve this problem will be held May 19 to detelmin "We [the district] hav no plan Times. th taller womanJ hOlter a outhern California Nikkei by widening the pie 0 that all the winner. for dealing with overcrowding. man may be another po ibility. ingle etwork which can co• will have more oPPOltunities." School Board Race We need to e tabli h a real plan It j evident from the audience ponsor ocial and educational The councilman also noted Ule In the District 1 school board and act upon it for the benefit of re pon e Ulat future \ orkshop e\'en a well a. hare organiza• city' diversity and image as a race, Hirota received 21 percent all , tudents." and forum al' need d in the tional ideas.
*********************************************504 80lSE VALLEY (S37 50·1111-5. 704 TWIN CITIES ($40-101-Ca,0Iyn 12=:~~ 0~~~~':"",:t.:'u~~ 'Chi Hayash,da, 231 Lone Slar Ru Nayemalsu. 525 - 81h Sf SE. No. Calif.-W. Nev.-Pacific Wanted: 1987 JACL Membership Rates Nampa. 10 &.3651 Mlnneapohs MN 5S414 - 126 OAKLANO ($W-li51 James G Nl$h,. 505 POCATillO·8LACKFOOT ($.W.70. 70S CINCINNATI ($31-55. ISZ7)• 101 SAN FRAHCISCO [S34·59. 15 Alida CI, Oaldand', CA94602 (Send Information to the Pacific CItizen, AUn; Toml) I53Z.50l-Callly Abe, 954 Patsy Dr Kay Murala 3618 Paalon A,e. sSI0)-Frances Mo"oka. San 127 HAWAII ($35)-Honolulu JACL. Pocaiello. ID83201 C,ne,nnalt. OH 45208 FranCISco JACL. PO Bo. 22425. PO. 3160. Honoiulu. HI 96802 Membership le8s (aher name or Chapler) reflectlhe 1987 rate lor Single and Couple. [51-Student. SOli IDAHO F4US (S34-63)-«jano San FranCISco. CA 94122 eo. 106 ST LOUIS ($32-59)-Rob"n Falls JACL PO. Box 3153, _ Mlloro. 13H8 Hollyhaad CI. D"s 102 SAN JOSE ($40)-Phll Malsu· 121 MARIN COUIITY1S33·59. rtIi. 1$10) (yl-YOUlh I No PC. (z)-Retlree. Se",or C,llzens (II BLANK. chapters should not,ly Ihe PC I ThOusand ~~tr~:,adr:.~94~ndpper Falls. 1083401 Peres. 1.1063131 mura. PO Bo. 3566. San Jose CA Cu. Club members conlrlbute 555 and up. bullhell Spouse (x) may enroll In the chapler al the spec'al role 507 WASATCH FRONT HORTl! ($32·60 95156 707 MILWAUKEE (125, ,$20) -8111 129 RENO IS3H6)-Kelll Date. 1306 Indlc8ted Slud8n1 dues (5) Include PC SUbSCrlpllon under the one-per· household rule Dues are remltled ySJ)-George T Kano. 5375 5 2200 Suyama N 86 W 17278 Joss PI 103 SACllAMEIITO (537.5IHi5)-per. Ralslon 5. Reno. NV 89503 10 the JACL Chapler 01 one s chOIce Youth members mey subSCribe al the speCial rale 01 S 10 per w. Roy . UT-84061. _ Menomonee Falls. WI 530S1 cy Masal<,. 2739 Rlversde BlVd. 5acramenl0. CA 95818 130 JAPAH (USS44+S12PC poaIlO,)- year. Where no ratea are reported, m.embers should check with Ihe Indlviduallisled 708 DAYTON (S30-55. I$Z5. $$101- Joan "I AokI. Ke·Sa KamlC9 1305. Mountain-Plains Ann"lIe Sakada, 196 \\ Siroop 104 SEQUOIA ($41-76. 1532. ySl0)- Rd. Kellonng OH 45429 5adako Hatasaka. 3876 Grove Ave. 2·29·15 KamlO\Jl. Sugu""",-ku. To• kyo 167. Japan 601 OMAHA (UO·52.50)-5haron 709 HOOSIER ($36·61. 1$31)- Palo Alto. CA 94303 306 SAN fERNANDO VALLEY (S38·69. JZ5 IMPERIAL VALLEY ($34-631- 407 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 1133·58)• IshU Jo,dan. 2502 So 101 Ave '31 SAN BENITO COUNTY ($32·51)• In~1 Oonnls Morl\s. 1851 Hoskoll Dr EI George M Umemura, 4210 Royal 105 SAN MAllO [$43·73)-Grayce $5 conlrlb 10 Rldrl .. Fdl- Fran~ Nelsuhara 622 ViI Marn SI. Omaha, NE 6812C Pine Blvd. Ind,anapolis. IN 46250 Kato. 1636 Celeste Ave. CA 94402 Mas Tanaka. 1551 McCloskey Ad. 50no Kondo. 7321 Lenno. Avo. Coniro. CA 92243 HolIlSler. CA 95023 ~~,t>,;:~~. ~~4~~~J~I'n 602 FT LUPTON (SJ2·59)-Don 106 CONTRA COSTA (536·6Z, ISll. ,53) JIIF2. Van Nuys, CA 9140& 326 LATIN AMERICAN (537-631- Mrva TOl[ Tomol. 271 Kahil PI. ~C . Fort 132 llU·VALUY ($35-601-Vo Heath, 307 SElANOCO (140-70. 1$10)• Rosa Ushll,ma Mlyahlra. 1019 W Renlon. WA 98055 Eastern R~=o ~~~~ ArlIngtoO Blvd. Luplon. CO 80621 40462 Shearwater CI. Pleasarlon. CA Evelyn Hankl. 12381 Andy 51. Cer Dbon 0,. PO Bo. 6!0882 LOS 408 LAKE WASHINGTON 94566 603 ARI(ANSAS VALLEY (132-59)• aOl WASHINGTON. OC {537·U; 107 MOIIlBIfY PlNlNIULA (537-69)• "los. CA 90701 Angeles. CA 90065 1$ • )-GharIOs Vatsu. 16139 Horry 5hlronaka 16916 Rd G, 133 SOLANO COUNTY !S32-5I)- John 327 NORTH SAN OIEOO ($37-671- liE Sih 51. BClllevuo. WA 98008 $$10. ,U.50j--Kalh",lne Matsuk, Douglas Y TSUChlya, PO . 80. 664, Sadanaga. 244 Mad,son Ave. VOCS 30a ARIZO"A (531-6a. 1<555)-Dla O,dway. CO 81063 12300 ConnectlCul Ave . SIlver MonJerey, CA 9394200664 ~~~~~~.S,G~~O:~02 H,ro Hondo. 1328 MBgnol18 Avo. 409-COLUMBIA 8ASIN ($ .. Ville. CA 95688 W Ke,m 0,. CBrlsbOd. CA 92006 604 NEW MEXICO \$32.59)-50' Spnng. 1.1020906 108 STOCKTON (S3H6~by T 1$ I-Mrs Edward "I Yamamoto. Tokuda. 3008 Marb 0 NE. Albu' 134 GOLDEN GAn (538-64)-Suml 328 LAS VEGAS ($32-69; IDUI S101- lot NEW YORI( {S32·S9. lUI-Lil• Oobana. 8223 Aannock Dr, Slock· 309 VENICE ·CULVER IS38-70. U 101 4502 FOlrchl1d LoOP. Mosos Lake. quorquo. NM 871 06 lian Kimura. Nalional YWCA. 726 Ion. CA 95210 Honnaml. 3622 Fuhon St. S/wl F,an -Belly Vumo". I 156 Lucornu Goan Vom8shllo, 4174 Voklma. WA 98837 cisco, CA 94118 605 MILE·HI ($40-651-Tom Masa· Broadway. Now York. NV 10003 109 SAUNAS VAllEY (S$- I-M/M Ave. Culyor City, CA 90230 Los Voga •• NV 89121 (Naiionai & 410-0LYMPIA ($ . )-Lynn D~nv.'. local duo ••uporOlo.) moP. 2010 Lomar SI. CO 803 SEABROOK ($31·60. 1$201- H Kuramoto. PO eo. 3825. Salinas 310 DOWNTOWN L.A ($38-65; 1S181 80214 -~. 32i GREATER PASADENA AREA (U7. ~~~~~h~ io .t5~898~~~on Cove SunKle Oye. 1792 \Yynnevoood br. CA93912 Central California JACL Regional Oilico. 244 S 606 HOUSTON ($ • • 1$15)-Or ~~n:o~%o 65. plul $5·10 10' rldrnll-Bob VIneland. NJ 08360 110 WATSONVILll (S )-Wally 51, ,S07. LOIAngolos. Toruhllco HagMQra. 120-12 fU1bngton 804 PHILADELPHIA ($32-591- OsaIO. 105 Bronson 51. Walsonville. 201 FRESNO ($ • • IS 10)-Kalhy Uchida. 852 5 LOS Robl.s, P••• • Sasak,. 363 E Omana. Fresno. CA dena. CA 91106. Park Dr. Hou>IIln. TX 17099 FumikO Gonzalez. 601 Elderbe'ry CA95076 311 HOLLYWOOD ($36·641-To· Intennountaln Ln, W,lhngboro, NJ 06046 111 BERKElEY ($3S-60)-FlrnI Naka· 93710 shlko Oglle. 20 17 Amos SI. Los 330 PROORESSIVE WESTSIDE 202 TULARE COUNTY ($ .. AngelOS. CA 90027 ($ • )-T05hlko Vo&n,da. 5156 Midwest 80S NEW ENGLAND ($35·60. $$121- 9'..";~ 709 Spokane. Albany. CA 601 SALT LAKE (540·66. 1$15)• Margie YSmatt)OIO. 8 Ceder Rd. I~S53)-Ja ck Mon. 1547 to Doug 312 PAN ASIAN ($40·551_Puo Sunllghl PI. Los Angolus CA 900 I Allco Kosall'20 So 200 W. 1'201 . (S40-70) ~/O Lincoln, MA 01773 112 AlAMEDA ($3S·65)-Bedy Akagl. 10., Visalia. CA 93291 A"sn JACL. P 0 Bo. 189. Monto· 333 PACIFICA ($36,82I-Jlm H 701 CHICAGO Aile. Mnlsuoka. 509 Klngslord 51. 5011 Lake C Iy, uT 801101 Esokl. 5415 N Clor' 51 , Ctlleago. 1824 Walnul SI.AlamedG. CA94501 203 SANGER (U7·68I-Kazuo Ko rey Park. CA 91754 502 SHAKE RIVER VALLEY ($37-70, ~~lg3~~~1 S 5angor Ave. Sango,. 313 SAN OABRIEL VALLEY (S39·68)• MonlsfClY Pa,k. CA 91154 IL 601)40 113 EDEN TOWNSHIP (132.75-59.76. 334 GREATER L,A. SINGLES ($39.73 d3UO)-Mlko 150r!. PO eo. 637. 702 CLEVELAND ~$S7-64. y$101- yS3 .25. aSl0.75)-Janel Mllobe. Fuml Klvan. 1423 S Sunsul. Wusl ~onlrlb Onlario. OR 97914 Nat'l Associates 21057 Baker RO. Castro Valley, CA 204 REEDLEY (534·13. 1515, ,S7 .50) Cov,na. CA 91790. Incl $5 10 Rldr ... (dl-Ko; ~1~Jo?a~~ 6~8441~210rd Ishlonml. 322 1 Low,y Ad . Lo. 503 MT OLYMPUS ('SS.50·S6. •• RO. Easl Is~" 94546 -GurUs/Cheryl Koge. 1465 S 314 WILSHIRElS46 .60·88)-AJloo 1128.50) .SII.S0)- Mary TQke • 901 NATIONAl(534-63)-Emll) 93~6 O~ford, AngOlos. CA 90027 70S DETR.OIT ($42·74. y$9 . dIS, do.JACLHQ. 1765Sutt&,SI San 114 LOO~537.50.701-4.ucy Vama Klein. Roedloy. GA Nlsh,kawo. 234 5 Loa mOrt. 110 Plonoor 51. Midvale . uT 205 PARLIER (532·58)-Jamoa Ko · Angoioa. CA 9000~ 335 TORRANCE ($38 -65 )_Glon" IU9)-POIO' FUlloku. 25361 Sh18· FranCISCO, CA941 IS ~~~O Alherton 0,. lOdl, CA 84047 zukl. 15008 E Lincoln Ave. Parllo,. 31& PASADENA (S3J.10.1S13)-Ak" Oshima. 2923 W Curoon SI. Torr wnsloa Cir. Southflola MI48b34 CA93646 unoo. CA 90503 115 WEST VALUY JS3H1Hane ko Aba. 1850 NArrovo Blvd. Pase• Miyamoto. 2860 arl< Avo. Sanla 206 FOWLER (S32-59)oTod Naka donu CA91 103 336 SOUTHERIi OALIFORNIA ASSOCI · mura. 615 S Walnul Or. Fowle,. CA 316 SOUTH BAY ($40·701-E,nost ATlOIi OF NIKKEI (S38 -H)-AIIhu, r------, Crara. CA 95051 K Okawnuohl. 1734 Goodmun ~1987 116 MAIIYSVILll ($36·65}-1 NEW YORK eChapter's annual Scholarship Dinner-Dance will take place Article About May 30 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Watwick Hotel. Dinner committee is being spearheaded by Sandy Funatake. Info: (212) 6142838. Asian Brides SAN JOSE SANTA ROSA, Calif - An arti• eChapter-sponsored team will again sponsor the 35U1 annual cle on mail-order brides in the JACL Junior Olympics June 7 at Chabot College in Hayward. Press-Democrat's Jan. 21 edition Participants in this annual event may compete in age grollping~ has drawn a negative reaction beginning from 10 years of age and under. Info: Tom Oshtdan. from the JACL Women's Con• (400) 257-5609. cerns Committee. Photo by N. Arak> Entitled "Signing up for woo• SEATTlE RUNNING TOTAL - The Los Angeles-based Japanese American Na• ing an Asiatic bride-to-be," the tional Museum received a $1 ,000 check March 15 from the "Conquer eChapter's benefit golf toumament will take place June 14 at article describes Amer-Asian In• the Bridge" 8K run sponsored by the Marina and Gardena Valley JACL Jefferson Park Golf Course beginning at 11 a.m. Ent.ry fee is troduction Services, founded by chapters. From left: National JACL president Harry Kajihara; Bridge Run $20 with patticipants paying green fees. FUlther infonnation local businessman Calvin Walton. Committee chair Joyce Enomoto; JANM president Bruce Kaji; and JANM may be obtained by writing Bob Sato, 316 Maynard Ave. S. For $100, clients receive names, vice president Young Oak Kim. The run was held last year in San Pedro. Room 100" Seattle, WA 98104. addresses, biographies and pic• tures ofwomen in the Philippines, STOCKTON Thailand and Malaysia, 200 ini• League has made a study ofthese eChapter's community picnic will take place May 24 beginning tially and about 100 per month businesses and found them to be NCRR Plans at 10 a.m. atMicke Grove Park Signups for horseshoe compet• thereafter. The men write to the exploitative at best, racist and ition will be taken at 11:30 a.m. Contest will begin at 12:30 p.rn. women of their choice to begin sexist at worst The issue bears Activities also will include races for boys, girls and adults. a relationship. scrutiny. Delegation to VENTURA Walton, 61, who met his wife ''First, note that the women be• Filma in the Philippines through ing solicited are from developing Washington eChapter will host a potluck picnic June 7 beginning at 11 a.m. a similar service, is quoted as at Briggs Elementary School, 14438 W. Telegraph Road, Santa countries. The potential bride is saying that he had not had happy often eager to come here, unpre• Paula. Planned activities include softball and volleyball. Info: Members of the National Coal• relationships with American pared for the culture shock that Guy Vincent Urata, (005) 982-4783. ition for Redressl.Reparations women: ''1 was just looking for a she is liable to face. The language are planning to send a delega• SOUTH BAY true companion. I want a com• barrier she encounters is formid• tion to Washington, D.C. to lobby eChapter will host the next Pacific Southwest District Council panion. I don't want competition." able, making her dependent sole• for redress from July 25 to 29. meeting May 17 at Sushi Katsu Restaurant, 3963 Pacific Coast ''1 know a lot ofwomen's groups lyon her new husband Her edu• NCRR spokesperson Bert Na• Highway, Torrance. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. Meeting aren't for it, but that's their prob• cation and nurturing, which rests kano recently visited Washington will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.rn. Info: Mary Ogawa, (213) lem," he adds. on hi.m, is not always forthcoming and discussed the status of the 325-76:?2. In a response sent on Feb. 4 '1nstead. the bride often finds House and Senate redress bills and subsequently printed in the herselfin a subservientrolerath• with Reps. Norman Mineta (D• newspaper, Women's Concerns er than an equal partner in this Calif) and Patricia Saiki CR-Ha• Committee co-chairs Lucy Kisha• relationship. Isolated, without a waii), aides of Rep. Robert Matsui ba and Sandie Ito wrote: support network, the bride is fre• (D-Calif) and Sen. Spark Matsu• NEW LOAN M I ES 'Wooing an Asiatic brid~to quently alone and miserable, naga (D-Hawaii), and JAClrLEC be? Calvin Walton's business of without many options. director Grayce Uyehara. N aka• Hew vehicles advertising for Asian brides can "Advertising these brides may no said that all expressed sup• hardly be called wooing. The 85"10 of purchase price be good business, but exploiting port for the idea of a delegation. Up to 60 months 9 ~~ Women's Concerns Committee of a human being, any human be• The purpose of the delegation the Japanese American Citizens ing, is a detriment to society." is to show community support for the bills, meet with members of Share secured loans Congress and their aides, and Up to 68 months Position Avallable- bring back an understanding of the political process ill order to 'ASSISTANT EDITOR build community outreach and Used vehicles Pacific Citizen up port. 75% of average Blue Book NCRR i rai ing funds to help Up to 42 months Duties/Responsibilities: Editing Community Calendar. Chapter Pulse, ·People" Items; wntlng news articles Including covering local ub idize costs. NOlthern Cali• stones; perusing news chppings received by PC; correspondence. fornia pokespel on estimated the cost per pet on to be $400. Signature Requirements: Computer typesetting. wrlting!edltlng proofreading: Unsecured lay-out of newspaper; ability including reporting events, conductlOg For more information, call Mar• Up to 36 months interviews, and research. familiarity with Japanese American Asian len Tonai (San Franci co), (415) American communities and issues; knowledge of JACL preferable but 43&5259: GaryJio( anJo e}.(400) ~hersecuredloans not reqUIred ; photographiC skills (preferable but not reqUIred) 295-8100; or Alan ishio (Los An• Up to 36 months Safary range: $17,500-$18,500 per year including medical/denial re• gel ), (213) 498-5148. tirement benefits. Send resume and sample writings to: PaCific Cillzen, Assistant 1987 Chapter NATIONAL JACL CREDIT UNION Editor Search Committee, 941 E. Third St , Suite 200, Los Angeles, NOW OVER S7 8 MILLION IN ASSETS CA 90013. PO Box 1721 / Salt Lake City. Utah 84110/80 I 355-8040 Equal Opportunity Employer Officers Sequoia President - Neil Morimoto Vice President - Dave Hori J~~~~~~!~:~::d Rec. Sec'y - Floyd Kumagai .. Corr. Sec'y - Ginger Yukawa Coverage ~ Treasurer - Robert Saburomaru Available Exclusively to: Official Delegate - Jean Kitagi • Individual fACL Members Newsletter - AI Nakai • fACL Employer Groups Youth Coordinator - Aki Yamamoto Blue Cross - Bud Nakano JACL members 18 and over may apply to enroll Membership - Cal Sakamoto in the Blue Shield of California Group Health Plan sponsored by JACL especially for JACL members. Applicants and dependents under age 66 must submit a statement of health accept• able to Blue Shield before coverage becomes Aloha Plumbing LIC #440840 ·.' SiOce 19 2 effective. PARTS· SUPPlIES - REPAIR For full mformation complete and mail the cou ~ 717 Junljlero SaITl Dr. Sin Glbrlel, CA 91776 pon below or call (416) 931-6633. (213) 283..0018 • (818) 284-2845 To: Frances Morioka, Jldminietrator • A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE J.ACL-Blue Shield ofCalifomia EDSATO Group Health Plan JAPANESE IN HAWAI'11885-1924 PLUMBING & HEATING 1765-Sutter Street By 01 Flanklln S OdD & K3ZUkO Sinolo Remodel and Repairs. Waler HealelS, San Franclaco, CA MUS This book Is a visual history datalling tho experlencos of a group of Japaneso poople who Fum ces, G rbage DiSposals came to work under 3 3-year contract on tho sugar plantations of HawaII Tile toxt recounts Serving Loa Angeles, Gardena Please send me information on the ] ACL-Blue the social pollllc~I , and economic history 01 tho period. (213) 32Hi61 0, 29S-7000, 733-0557 PubllSI,ud bv Ollhop Mll nOll111 Pross. 2 ? PP . 352 phOlogmphs & illlls • 60 PP 01 1.,1 10 .. " 8 SOlt OO,,"f Shield of California Group Health Plan: Enollsh 01 JltpanftsG tOICI ~ Included wilh ordar u" color repro 01 un IICIU.l lilbO'.co.!!l!!C\ ______D 1 am a member of , chapter. ~------~------ESTABLISHED 1936 Prlco' $19 95 + $2 shIpping & handling. Make chocks payablo .to ', BISHOP MUSEUM D I am not a member of JACL. Please send me PRES'S. M~II ordors to : Pacilic CII17on, 941 E Third St .. Suite 200, LoS Angelos. CA informahon on membership. (1b obtain tbis 90013 . NISEI coverage membership in JACL is required.) Ploaso send ( ) books at $19 95 , $, ship. & handl HaWAII ros . only ode! 4% I Name ______I I Enolish Edition I I JRpalio 0 Edition TRADING Appli n es - T - Furnltul Address ______NAME ADDRESS 249 So. Sen Pedro St. City ISlate/Zip ______-'- CITY, SlATF",lIP Los Anaeles, CA 900 12 (213) 624-660 1 Phone ( ) [j Work n Homo - Allow 4>6 wooks 101 (l9l1vtlly Oooks Sh1llpud hom HOllplulll. IIA~I'!.~ .. ____ ..... , .. ----~------~------Friday, May 1, 1987 f PACIFIC CITIZEN-7 Deukmejian Community Calendar Proclaims AP May 2 -16 APTOS Heritage Wk. June~ Second annual Santa Cruz Beach Party, sponsored by 11 a.m. the Asian American Social Club, will take place at Sea• SACRAMENTO - Gov. George cliff State Beach, Aptos, nine miles east of Santa Cmz on Highway 1. Carpoolers. who wilt meet at Fourth Street Deukmejian issued the following Bowl. 1441 N. FOUlth Sl, between 9:30 and 10 am. the proclamation April 1 to mark mOl11ing of the event.. are a ked to call Vel11 at (400) Asian Pacific Islander Heritage 262ID26. Prospective ovel11ight campers are a ked to Week (May 3-9) in California: call Gordon at (·U5) 7f11-2fj17. " ... lA)s newcomers to this LOS ANGELES foreign land, AsianlPacific Island• ers settled in and quickly dedi• May 3 The 1967 Chibi-K: Kids for Kid Fun Run, part of the cated their hands and heal1.s to CANDIDATES' NIGHT - Competing for the title of Miss Gardena Valley Sam. fOUlth annual Children' Day celebration. will take place at the Japane e American Cultural and Commu• building the California we cher• JACL are (from left) Donna Leiko Rabago, Rhonda Michele Yoshioka, nity Center, :?A4 S. San Pedro Sl Event will con ist of a ish today ... when our state was Lorene Miyoshi Enomoto, Janet Masami Valle, Lisa Michiko Tabata and .31 run for 5 and 6 year olds and a .62 mile run for 7 to 12 young and undeveloped, it was Kay Noma. The coronation ball will be held May 9, 6 p.m., at Torrance Holi• year old Info: (213) 628-2725. Asian labor, kill, know-how and day Inn, 21333 Hawthorne Blvd. Info: Leiton Hashimoto, (213) 324-4452. detelmination that helped build May7 Choreographer and performer Yen Lu Wong and her our state by managing the shops, Sp.m. company, The New Repertory, will present a major caring for the sick, engineering work entitled "Shi-me" at the Japan America Theater, Bay Area AP Democrats to :?A4 S. San Pedro SL Tickets are priced at $8 and $10. new products, educating our stu• Info: (213)~ dents and inventing technologies; " . .. AsianlPacific Islanders May9 Annual Law Day, spon ored by the Japanese American have contributed significantly to Raise Funds for D.C. Group 10 am.-noon Bar Association, the Little Tokyo Service Center and the California's economic prospelity Asian Pacific American u-gal Center, will take place in and unique cultural diversity ... the Community Room of Little Tokyo Towers. 455 E. SAN FRANCISCO - The Spon• organization endorses candi• Third SL Admission is free. Info: Donn Gmoza (213) AsianlPacific Islanders continue soring Committee of the San dates, lobbies for partisan legis• 73&3127, or Dee Haya hi. (213) ~5494. to enhance California's exce~ Fiancisco Bay Area Asian Pacific lation, and encourages Asian Pa• tional growth and unmatched American Community will host cific Americans to run for public May 16 Annual Little Tokyo Book Fair. pon ored by F'ti nd of tature a a world leader in a fund-rai ing reception for the office. It is working to increase 11 am.-5 p.m. Little Tokyo Public Library, will take place atJapan e health, busines , science, engin• National Democratic Council of by as much as 50 percent the Village Plaza, 327 E. Second SL, Suite 223. Donation of eeling, agriculture and the arts; Asian and Pacific Americans on old or new books in Japane e or Engli h are being ac• number of Asian Pacific dele• 6-7 : ~ cepted prior to the book fair on May 2 and 9 from 10 am. " ... [A)ll Californians a1' May 5, p.m . at Gaylord India gates to the 1988 National Demo• to noon at the JEMS office, 948 E. econd L lofo: (SIS) proud that one-third ofthe Asian! Restaurant. 900 North Point cratic Convention. 359-2789 or (213) 721-9379. Pacific I landers residing in our Secretary of State March Fong Info: (202) 333-7483. country have cho en California Eu will be honored at the rece~ NEW YORK as their home ... it i fitting to rec• tion. Members of the sponsoring May 9 Ninth annual AsianlPacific An1encan Heritage Fel>1.i• ognize and pay tribute to Ulese ex• committee include SupelVisor Donations to Pacific Citizen val will take place at Damrosch Park, West 66th and Noon-6 p.rn. ceptional Californians and the Tom H ieh, Hemy Del', Sandy For Typesetting Fund Columbus Avenue, next to the Lincoln Centel·. special facets of the AsianlPacific Mori, Cressey Nakagawa, Julie I lander heritage." As of April 28, 1987: $39.937.98 19131 SAN FRANCISCO Tang, Yon Wada, and Harold Yea This week's total: S 259.50 ( 4) The reception will be an oppor• The 10th annual reception and awards presentation of Last week's total: $39.678.48 (900) May 9 tunity for members of the Bay 4-6p.m. the Paul R Wada Scholarship Fund will take place in S15 from: TheodoreAroy Chihara. Area Asian Pacific community to the faculty lounge of the UC San Francisco University $2D from: John Hosbiyama Center. Since its inception, more than ~,OOO has been meet NDCAPA chair Ginger Lew $00.63 from: Ted agata. awarded to high school and Law school graduates who Kiyoko I\lotoda, !ri. IJhilanthro• and to learn more about the $143.87 fi'Om : Interest have demonstrated a commitment to community service. pist., author. angehsl and busi• council' activities. Thank You! May 16 Japanese Cultural and Community Center of OIthem n woman. died pril 12. he The Wa hington, D.C.-ba ed califol11ia Awards Dinner will take place at the athe• was founder ol'th attle Japa• dral Hill Hotel Honorees 8J Haruko Obata, ultural nese Holin ChW'Ch and found- Award; and Shichino uke Asano, andy uy MOIi. Dr. r and pre id nt oflh non-profit Yoshiye Togasaki and Dr. Clilfon:l yeda, CommUl1lly Motoda Foundati n. h donal- Nafl Business - Professional Directory Awards. Tickets arc $50 pel' person. Resetvations and Vour business card In ~ach _lie for a hal!yau (25 _) .. the PC BusIness-ProlessloMl DIru%oJy d h r church building to the Is $12 pc.r h,lhru-luRmlnImurn. ~ type (12 pl.) CDUIUS as two ...... I..oio same lin< rate. ticket infOl111alion may be obtained by calling Chari Morimoto at (415) 567-5505 M iji-Mura Mu um in Japan a a NOltb Am rican xampl of a May 16 Delphine and Diane H lI'3suna, co-authors of VcgetWUIlI Meiji-era building. n 'lc ED\\ AnD T. )}ORJOI\.A, I( ..... or Cooklll!}. Will discu .. Uleir cookbook and prcpat vege• ~I.. 1-4 p.m. wer h ld at Japan e Pre byte• ~uVt · ,.,..\, · ~ l,rnup l>koo ~ .. uun,,". 'fk" ~"ff SUO , . S II. .'" Jo-. -\ 11511:l talian dips at the n ,,1 meting of i. i and H tirem nt dan hurch on pril 16. , umf,uh·ru.t,J·Uont.1.·J \ 1011) :;;;'1-&11<> ... 01. 91111-113J4 p.m. at the Hinod Towers. 1615 utter 'L Info ,11m I{aJi• I II I \\ . (II~Olpie H"d. L... ,\""rl .... 'JOt) I S \\" altton~i1.Ie. Calif. Wal'3, (415) 731-2967 121:11 <>:lJ-l> 12:;/2<} • 1.,,11 Joe ur "Iud> FLO\\ ER \ IE\\ (, RDE Tom ;\akase Realt,· May 16 "Everybody Have Fun Tonight." the post·season dlOn r• " •.~ UlwlllIult"i, IIU ... Lo .. \'n.n-b \\'" n.'4f..'t'" li.aln-bt...... UUIU ~ 11"·0';'- d8J1Ce of the ' i~i Ski Club, will tak plac at th Miya• . Los Angeles Japanese I .... \1'1',,1,·.11011 12 / \rl Itu Jr. 1011 , \"- \..'~. 1('· ... I ---...-~~~ ~.-... the newly organized Roundtable ~.,,,..r.!It. •....,_~_ .., ...... of Americans of Asian Descent, I 1~""'~'Ir_~ ... """'---. "- MiIIt ..... ~ ...... "---.ot-... whose members include JACL, ...... _...... , ...... ~~.~ ...... --. .... ___ a: ...... ~ Chinese American Association of Cincinnati, Filipino Associa• tion of Southern Ohio, and other WINNING ENTRY - The official poster for Asian American Heritage local groups. Month in Illinois was created by Vinh Vi Luong, a high school student in Coalition members held a ecu• Peoria. The poster was chosen from over 300 entries from elementary menical service at St Monica and high school students throughout the state. The competition was spon• Church the night before the trial sored by the Governor's Office; judges included Aya Takada of the Governor's Office and JACL Midwest District director Bill Yoshino. THE FIRST AUTOFOCUS SLR began in order to promote racial understanding. Plaza Gift Center (213) 680-3288 - from reporl.s by Cinciwwti Enqwrer. Detl'Oit Netus. Detroit Ji'ree Press. anci 111 Japanese Village Plaza - little Tokyo PSW Director Saito Named Pacific Citizen SU!ff to Los Angeles Drug Panel SHORT&SMALLMENSWEAR LO ANGELES - Pacific outh• Mack, actre Rita Moreno. Ral:r FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MAN. Reunions we t Di trict J CL director John bi Alfred Wolf of AmeriCaI1Jew• Suits & Sport Coats in 34 . 44 Short and Extra·Short, also Dress Slurts. Slacks. Saito ha b en named to a 14- i h Committee, CSU Lo~ Angele Shoes. Overcoats and AcoessoriesbyGlVeochy.lanvm. Tallia. Alrow. John Henry. SAN JOSE - The liM reunion London Fog, Sandro Mos(:oIooj. Cole-Hann and Robert Talbo« of Po ton III intern e i ched• member citizen ' panel which pre ident Jame R er. aIld uled fol' May 13-15, 1988, at Bally'. will take PaIt in hearings on the PT pre ident Verna Temple. in Reno. city' 'War on Dl'lIg5" on May 12. i\mong the tentatively checl• KEN & COMPANY Fticnd, of" amp 3" inteme s 19 and 26. uled wim e' Mike Watanabe. 2855 STEVENS CREEK BLVD. LOCATED IN THE NEW will al 0 be welcome. For more The panel i cQ-{'haired by executive director of Asian Amer• SUITE 2249 VALLEY FAIR SHOPPING CENTER information, v.'rit to Poston III Mayor Tom Bradley aIld Police ican Drug Abu e Program. who SECOND LEVEL, NEAR MACY'S. SANTA CLARA, CA 95050 Reunion, 440 ' Winchester Blvd., hi r Daryl ,ate. Paneli ts in• will peak on community-based PHONE: 408 I 246-21n San' Jose. CA 94128. clude Archbi hop Roger l\Iahony, chug abu e treatment and pre• rban Leagu pre ident John \'entioll program~. How To Motivate the Lazy, STORE FOR MR. 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IlIMD LOMBARD, IL 1986 Friday, May '1, 1987/ PACIFIC CITIZEN-9 Asian Artists Say They Need Community Support to Break Barriers MarkJ. Jue AN FRANCISCO - Poets Jan• ice Mirikitani and Nellie Wong d filmmakers Emiko Omori and eter Wang stressed the need for UppOlt both outside and within e community dtui.ng a March 26 anel discussion sponsored by e City Alts and L€ctures at erbst Auditorium. When asked by the moderator, KPIX-TV news anchor Wendy okuda. why there are 0 few sian American poets and film• makers, each ofthe panelists had a different response. '1 think there are a lot of Asian eric an writers. but we have little access to the major publish• ing institutions," said Mirikitani, author of the poetry collection 'UX1k£ in the RWer. "Race plays a role in who gets published. It's thought that we are not market• Janice Mirikitani Peter Wang Wendy Tokuda able." "Before. the 1980s, it was not Both Wang and Omori felt that different cultures. We [Asians] "It's important to 'see Asians in and I still receive some mistrust, possible to make a film with Asian now is the time for more Asian have to grasp the opportunity." positive images-not stereotyped even though I have a track re• ~haracters and an Asian theme, Americans to get involved in All panelists said that they roles, not as gardeners, speaking cord" but this is changing," opined filmmaking. "I call it the 'In~ut would continue to produce and with accents or banging some Omori agreed. "Peter would go Wang, the director and star of "A Theory.' Now we [Asians] are in; write works about Asian Ameri• gong. Positive images validate to the Chinese American com• Great Wall" 'There are more of before we were out.," suggested cans. "As an artist, all you can our existence in this country." munity and I would go to the Ja• us in the field both behind and Omori. do is be yourself," said Wong. "As Despite their successes, the panese American community and in front of the camera. It's very 'vrhe quality of work is also im• an Asian American woman, I two filmmakers said they still they would say that it's better to difficult-a lot of non-Asian film• portant.," she added. 'There's can't separate that We also need have problems raismg money invest in real estate than films. makers and actors are also un• pressure to get money. We can't to look at the current problems and support for their projects. Peter would say, vrhat's right, but employed." afford to make too many mistakes, we face. Our students don't know "Before we made 'Great Wall' I ifyou want to invest in the future "Looking at our own communi• but the way to get good at making about things like Angel Island tried to raise money through and in our children, then you ty, we don't get a lot ofencourage• films is to make films. People like because we're excluded from the friends and foundations," said damn well better invest in our ment for cultural and linguistic [Akira] Kurosawa became profi• history books." Wang '1 talk to Asian friends 'films.''' expression," lamented Wong "It's cient because he's in a system "rd like to write about other not expected for you to write or that allowed him to make ftlms. people's experiences," Omori paint Ifyou do, it's assumed that We don't have that lllXUIJ'." said, "but at the same time rll you have the time and that's con• 'The time is now-why aren't continue to write and produce - PC IN MICROFILM opics of tlte Paciftc itizen in microfilm are available. The first reel feature sidered a IUXUl1'." we doing it?" asked Wang "We films about Japanese Americans, 'caltered prewar monthly i ue from Vol. 1. J O. 1 (dated Oct. 1 -. 1929) artists takes need to let others know through 'To develop time," because that's what I know. through March 1942 (the eve of Evacuation). The entire run of weekly issu es our films that we regular pe0- said Omori. 'The numbers will re "All of us can be examples of of 1942 from June through December and the remaining )'t::lIS are contained ple; that we eat, cry, love and grow because just earning a living ways to change attitudes. Being in 24 reels. This 25·reel el i available al SfHO. is no longer a priority for some sometimes even fart like they do." small and being a woman, others The 1986 reel is available at a $32 pre-pubUcation price if ordered of us." He cited "Crocodile Dundee" will think, 'If she can do it, I can before March 31, 198 . Cost after that date will be $42. The director of 'The Depar• and "Room With a View" as fllms do it too.'" For more information or to place orders write to: PACLFI CITIZE '. 9; 1 E. ture" and 'Tatoo City" recalled dealing with different cultures Tokuda noted that she was in• TIlird trect, uite 200, Lo Angeles, 90013 that she got into film as a student that have attained critical and spired to become a news anchor at San Francisco State Univer• commercial success. "This coun• after a local station in her home sity during the 19608. "I tried it try is made up of many different town, Seattle, hired a Japanese and fell in love. I never thought cultures. The world is getting American woman to anchor the rd be making money by making smaller, so American audiences news. '1 thought if she could do fi.l.m£-I never even fantasized it have to appreciate and accept it I could do it," Tokuda recalled. '1 was in the right place at the right time. It was the beginning PARADISE OKAZU-YA RESTAURANT of the women's movement in a SpecialiZing In Hawalian.()tient CUisine liberal town. 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S5 Seflling tile Community City, StaIn , lip for Ovor 30 Yflnr6 Orange, CA 92668 10 PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday;May 1,1987 SALES MANAGER Coalition Tries to Save AA Studies Program Rapidly growing holding company with divisions in the productiOn of steel, the manufacture of metal and plastic MONTEREY PARK, Calif: - The ELAC for 10 years and normally the issue placed on the agenda parts, assemblies and forgings has a newly created posi• Asian American studies pro• offers three to five classes each for the May 6 board of trustees tion for an aggressive sales professional. gram at East Los Angeles College semester. The ELAC program has meeting. The board is expected Principle responsibilities will include representing our -the only one or its kind in the been in existence for 12 years. to announce its final decision by organizations, developing contacts with and sales to Ja• Los Angeles Community College According to coalition mem• May 15. panese companies with locations in the USA. District- is in danger of elimina• ber Gary Fujimoto, the termina• ''The eli mination of the pro• Ideal candidate will be bilingual (English/Japanese) and tion, according to the Committee tion notice was rescinded in gram is wrong because the class• have related successful sales experience.. Send resume to Save Asian American Studies, April, but Tanegashima has been es are important for the educa• including compensation requirements to: a coalition of students and com• reassigned to teach Japanese• tion ofgenerations to come," said N.A•. S. Confidential Reply Service munity members. language classes, leaving the Michael Yamada, a student at Department 5CL 19 The district's board of trustees Asian American stud ies pro• ELAC. 'The classes are not just Box 55002 voted 4-3 on March 11 to termi• gram without an instructor. for Asians; non-Asians need to P.O. nate 59 faculty members, includ• The committee has initiated a understand the struggles that we Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 ing Kaori Tanegashirna, the dis• petition campaign and called for have gone through." An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/HIV trict's only full-time instructor in concerned individuals and or• Another ELAC student., Tim Asian American studjes. Such ganizations to send letters to the Hanami, noted that Asians now classes at other campuses in the board of trustees. Committee constitute nearly 40 percent of 'PC' Advertisers Appreciate You nine-college system are taught by members feel that the program the school population and repre• part-time instructors or by facul• may be reinstated if there is suf• sent the fastest growing ethnic . . . : : ,, ' ty drawn from other departments . ficient community pressure. group in the community college : : . . . . :. . :: Tanegashima has taught at The committee hopes to have district "We need Asian Ameri• . can studies," he said, "because 4-Business Opportunities 9-Real Estate many Asian students do not know anything about their history and CALIFORNIA CANADA heritage. From kindergarten to Investment Funds Wanted Premier. Horse Farm high school, our history classes 433 Grassy, Tree-Dotted Acres teach us nothing at all about our WITH 20% PAY-BACK combining a luxurious residence, top WITHIN 60-90 DAYS horse breeding & training facilities with history." CALL (519) 632-7949 catlle & farming operations. 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Au ct ion 10 be rondul"leU bl DALY CITY, Cali£ - The North• SYNDICATION into partnership with investor. For details IncludinslJler,nure and \1dCOl'p" bl· c:illing I a LARRY LATHAM contact: Leo Chandler. Lake Luceme Re• 62 3 - 160~ ern California Asian Peace Offic• Paying guaranteed 30 percent in• (213) ";"",,""', .. 0< ""'.... . sort, P.O . Box 441 . Eureka Spnngs, r (800 ) 552-S-l26 706 Hill Sir ...... Su ... IN ers Association is accepting ap• terest. fJarticipation invited on 320 O Arizona 72632. !.us NI""I ... c..J1I