NS'DE PAG Who are the Hanforci Hibakushas?
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jJACL adopts policy on Akaka seeks Opening week’s tone of Senate census change hearing on campaign finance ‘multiraciar census issue WASHINGTON-Native Ha- waiians should be counted in the reform‘disappointing’ positicm does not specify how people SAN FRANCISCO — The Na- same group as American Indians image that exploits radal sterecH tidoal Board of Directors of the of mixed race are to be counts but and Alaskan Natives “in the next WASHINGTON—As theSenate Japanese American Citizens rather aims to explain the needs bearings on campaign fina ncing types and intensifies xenophobic census, Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka fears —as a result of the all^ League by unanimous vote July 8, and reasons why an accurate coimt has told a House subcommittee. during the 1996 Section cycle be- adopted a “Policy Position on the is needed. The issue,goes beyond ^ this past week (July 8), a coa campaign finance .abuses of a f Changing 20-year-old classifica individuals, . Multiracial Category," adding to just a matter of identify. Agrow tions used on the 1990 census and lition of six national Asian Pacific ing mixed race population could be American organizations, including “Several leading national news i > the debate about whether or not on most federal forms would “rec paper have failed to make distinc people of mixed race should be able having health, economic, political tify a long-standing misperception the Japanese American Citizens and social impacts on our sod^ League, had offered hearing chair tions between Asian foreigners and to identify thems^ves in the next that Native Hawaiians are not in Americans of Asian descent and censtis. but we won ’t Imow for sure unless digenous peoples," Akaka told the Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) there is an accurate count." their assistance and willingness to have failed to distinguish between “In the 1950s and 60s, the JACL House Government Management the legitimate political work of our was in the forefront of eliminating Bob Sakaniwa, Washington, answer questions regardi^ the laws against mixed race marriages D.C., JACL Representative also positive history and activities of community and the activities of across the country. Today, the noted that without a well-thought- the APA comnjiunity. those accused of v^ngdoing," the out process for doing the count, Acknowledging that the cam Senate committee'was told. JACL sees the results of such Because of a rad^ stereotype as changes, ” explained Helen people could be forced to choose a paign finance scandal embodies Kawagoe, National President. “stand-alone" category that would much more than participation of “foreigners" regardless ofhow long “Now over half of all of Japanese serve to piti,^e list^ minority Asian American donors, the Asian American families have lived American children marrying are groups, including the Japanese coalition ’s letter to Sen. Thompson in the country, “we encoiu^ge you marrying someone of another race. Americans, against peopleof mixed and 15 members ofthe Senate Gov [Sen. Thompson) to set a tone for It is changing not only the com race. We could be shooting our ernmental Affairs ,_9®“* “**-*^* the hearli^ that is fair to the selves in the foot if we are not pointed (out that the media and Asian Pacific American commu plexion of the members of JACL nity." Six precautions were dted and minorities in general but it careful bow the count is perceived some politicians seem to be fasd- and conducted. ” nated the past ei^t months with by the (Doalition: could have much greater meaning See CAMPAIGN/Page 7 for how we imderstand and relate the “Yellow Peril" syndrome —an to each other as a society in the Background next mill The JACL has a long history of fighring against discriminatory Nikkei parents with gay SeeMULTIRAClAUPage3 Vi chiidren share personai pain SENATOR AKAKA (D-Hawa)l) L6ng
2 37millkm Tt«eourt»hav«u^’naeIXmevwyca88,Mmk8akl,»^ i a.. Ar The two mantcenter) shaking hande are MasasN Goto (wearingtheploTecapjand Henry (Kasai taftheJapanaee Adtieriuer.—ABM in Utah at Sal Lake City Municipal Aiipoit on July 4.1929. — Unhrersity at Utah Ubiaiy Aichives, £ PACIFIC CirgBai, JULY IMl. 1997
Coach Ruben Nieves, head coach. Stanford. Oct. 5, Nov. 2. Reg Office 206ft>23.S0B8. NOTE— Fr;day golf MCLI toumamefU, Sat. evening Seanie Bon Odori University Men's Team; Tom Shoda. NC Sat-Mon. Aaig, 30-Scpl. 1—Japanese Festival, volleyball direcior. MisfOtft Botanical Cardens; into: Imu Yokpla Festival; Sun. lour of historic Seattle Nihonmachi. In conjunOion: APIA Youth- Sat Aug. 16—20lh Anniversary Oaruma NOTE—Presbhialion of |ACL/Anheuser-Busch Festival, mfo: Todd Yoshida. 409/251-1949. Calendar Co. OorgeSakagucht Community Service Award Student Conference, theme: 'Community Envisioning Tomorrow.' Sat.-Sun. Aug. 23-24—Voll^l! tounumeni, sdteduM during ihe'openir^ ceremonies; for San Jose Stale; infp: Steve Abe 409^41-5749, dnevnONrlMadifadkalad-MIVOlBy the individual 'comminM to mak'im St. Louis a Troy Takao 408/4462. M*muM0ypiMb/iedtfflhdC»lentarentry' better place to live.' NominatiorH&ie Aug. 15. NC-WN-Pacific for forms write Mike Kimzey. IlSIOCedarWalk 6SN: 0030^79 ar the otirsef. 71Mf-VAW£ b the chief CONTRA COSTA Central California ~ cwmdention. (*) Late changes. Or., St. Loud, MO 63146 WISCONSIN Sat. Sept, 11—Family BBQ and Fishing Day. Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park mfo DISTRICT COUNCIL Stm. Aug. 10 Annual picnic. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.. Sat. Aug. 23—CCDC 3rd Quanedy StSession. Pacific CiHzen Eastern Brown Deer Park #3,Milwaukee; RSVP by Aug Ron Shiromoto Sat. Sept. 27—'Heahh Mattcis,’ 11 S(«i. Sc^. 7—Sbmzen Run. mfo: Boubi Hanada PubliiM wmMnoiMWy eccepi once in De ccmbet- 3, Nancy Joookuchi,414/672-5544 or Carole Peno(k3h POSU0 Paid «Monterey Park. CA and ^TIONAL 209/434-1662. , Shiraga 414/353-9184. a.in-2;30 p.m., AllaTNies Medical Cenlei at additional maibng officei 1999: luly 1-S—35th biennial NaCl |Aa 2450 Ashby Ave . Berkeley: mfo: Sara Kashima Sat. Oct. 25—CCDC 4thQuarteHy SessKXi HOWK Mon-FfW 8:)0-Sp.in. PaciAc Time. Convenllon. Sheraton Society Hill, 510/845-6553 NOTE—Two-part program, Sat. Nov. 9 —CCDC insiaHalioo luncheon. 7C«aiiiaardc,lk Philadelphia. Mountain Plains IIVINCSTON-MERCED 7^(213)725-01t(213)7Z5-0aS3, <800}960-k157 tuhch included m $12 registralion, 2d mtg Sal Oci 25—Aha Bates' HerrKk Campus, 2CXX) Sat. Nov. 1—Fun trip by Iws to Tahoe; info: Fax-IZISITZS-OOM. eani: pacdtaaolxo)ii NEW MEXICO Midwest Owighi Wat. 11 a.m C.race Kimoto 209/394-2456 Sun.Sept.7 —Bobodori. ______Sat. Dec. 6—family F.un Night. EAor/Ceneal litanagu. (vacai«) RENO TRI-DISTRICT (EDC-MDC-MPOC) Stat.Scpt 21—Fishfry. info Cynthia Lu.chapiif TW-Sun. lirfy 31-Ai^ 3—TDC Conference, Intermountain ______pres 702/827-6385 Pacific Southwest^ Radisson ^flotel & Suites, Huron S|L nr N. Sun. Oct. 19 —Hallowe'en prtiuck Toko (ujii. S. Rudi Y. Hashimaic'.Bob Kirata. MichiganAve.; infoarxJ mail regis (SI45)to NAT'L JACl 1000 CLUB DISTRICT COUNCIL Sun. Nov. 16—Mochiisuki Ada Honda. Mas Imon. Mike lien. Naomi Bill Yoshino,Chicago|AC1,5415 N.CIarkSl., (R) Fri-Stm, Oct. 10-13—SOih anniversary 1000 Sal. Sept. 20—PSW Awardsdinner, 6 p-ip>r». Kashiwabara. Bill Kashiwagi.William Marumot Oub celebration. CaclusPele's, iackpoc. Nev.. Sun. Dec. 14—Holiday. Season podutk (Dticago, IL 6(3640. 773/728-7170, fax 773/ host cocktail, 7 p.m dinner, Tooance Mfrriotl Etsu Masaoka. Sill Mabumoto. Fied Othima. info; Hid htasegawa. Idaho falls208/529- 1525. Sun. Ian. 19 —Installation / poiuck 728-7231. NOTE—Reservations 800/333- Hoiel; info; 21 3/626-4471. > Ed Suguro. Ceorge Wakiji NOTE—Co-hosts: Inlermouniain District SAN lOSE Ak W««c Harry K. Honda 3333 / mention )ACL; $! 24 icl or dW pw Sat. Aug. 16 —Tennis loomameni. Evergreen ASIZObJA . 2-nigh( minimum, lax added, Thu r^is Council.fridaynight mixer, Fnday-Saiurdaygolf. ni6hl.2-ci^ College courts,San lose. 1999: Ian. 5-F«b. 19 —Smithsonian InstitUion's 1 p.m„ Open House 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Fft & barvquel. Surxiay getaway breakfast Airport (raveling exhibil; 'A More Perfect Union.' Editorial, newi and the opimorij ««pre»ied by shuttle-bus service from Sail Lake City, Twin Fh. Nov. 14—General meeting/potiuck Sat workshops.Sat. reception, banquet: Each Phoenix Public Library, coluiTWiiflJothefthanihe National lAa President Fallsor Boise to lackpot to be coordinated SAN MATEO diflrici council meets during morning hours LAS VEGAS or National Dwecior do not necessarily leAea BI-OISTRICT COUNCtL-Tukwiia, WaA. SaL July 26—Family gourmet poriuck/games. )ACl policy. We reserve the ngN toeda anicies. Ffi & Sat, Tri-Oidricl wrap-op Sunday 9 a.m.- Sun. Sept. 29 —Chapter luau. St. Viator July 19^19 —Bi-Oistfict PNW-Inlermounlain .5-8 p.m..San Mateo Senior Center, 2645 Newi / ad deadline: fnd^ betoie date o( issue. 12 noon. Community Onier District Council workshops, meeting & Alarneda de las Puigas, Mary Kubota. Kimi CINCINNATI SOimt BAY conference. Best Western Soothcenler Hotel. Wat^be , co-chair, call in bow many will Stai. luly 20-TradrtiOftal mk paintjig with Sun. >uly20 —ScholarshiplurKheon/pueen's Info; PNW Reg OffKe 206/623-5066. attend & info: 41 5/343-2793. NOTE—Chapter ager Lani Miyamoto Hakuho Hirayama, 1-4 p.m.. Pacific'Moon reception, 11:30-2 30, Ladera Linda Com MT. OLYMPUS and Torrxxiachi scholarship winners will be Cafe/Buffet, 8300 Market PI.. RSVP Marie munity Center. 32201 ForrestaJ.RanchoPalos AfMMi HkKripbw raMK JAQ MEMBERS: $12 ol Sat. Aug. 14—Sommer picnic. Evergreen Park. introduced. the national dues provide one yeai on a one-per- Malsunami 51^451-2604. Verdes, mfo Hoi-lme 310/854-4570. NOTE— Salt Uke City. \ SONOA4A COUNTY household basit. NONJAEM8ERS. 1 yeaf-$>0. 2 Sun. Aug. 17—Annual potiuck dinner. 4-6 Lynly Reiko Matsumoto. 22. CSU FuHerton Sat. Sept 13—2d annual Fal(CoH Classic,8 (R) Sat. Aug. 16—Former |r JACL'IAYs yearv-$55. 3 years-$«0. payable in advance. p.m.. Hy^ Park Bethleh^ United Methodist mafor m accounting,
Eo$tWM ^Nippon OU jMM Mom^atarV By Bffl Morutani drama topremiere at Seattle-area theater “Knee Jaws” stances! crew,of 14 to survivetbat ordeal; Back at Fort Vancou^%^, a few The drama ’Nippon Otokichi but only three were found alive, by Monogatari" (Tak of Otokichi of Makah Indians, in January 1834 Britons saw the three Japanese as rriHE ACROPJYM, the Japanese language. By Japan) will be at Bellevue, Wash a possible means to gain access to ^^uation time, one mi^teven when the ship foundered in the I “NJAHS" — pronounced ington's Meydenbauer Ceiiter The- cold waters of what is now ^pe^ /.i knee>jaw8 —isfortheNa- manageabitofad-shd (abbrevi aieron Oct. landiscosponst^edby ated, cursive style of writing the Lake Washington Chapter (tf Alava near So, by 1835 the t tianal Jap^eae American His kaidi looking much like an in- Washington. fSi-STK gSS'SSc torical Society, a charitable orga JACL. Supporting the event are the Back in Mihama, the boat and don; but then the government de ^riated worm doused in ink had Japanese Consulate General in cided against using the three Japa nization with ofBces in San Fran- slithered down the page). its crew were believed lost. Only in dsco. It is adieduled to move, or Seattle arid various local organi 1960 did Mihama learn that three nese in that way. zations. Now Otokichi and the two oth by now has moved, into new and ABOUTADOZENyears ago, men, the brothers Otokichi and mem spacious quarters in the The following is histomcal back Hisakichi and a third man, Iwa- ers were taken to Macau and put - Cliff sent me an article entitled ground of tfu man known as in the care of the British Mission Presidio. NJAHS, a membership The Japanese and the Jews: Two kichi, had s\jrvived and become organ^tion, issues periodicals OtokichL iinBiing links in early Japan-UJ5. ary Sodety. Two of the scholars ^ptflining intyr»*gting articles On Societies That Surprised the there began learning Japanese Worid. It was a speech by Ben- history. That stunning news subjectsrelatingtoNikkei. WeVe BY HUGH BERLESON reached Mihania in 1960 when a finm the three men and working Ami Shilony, Chairman of the Uka Washington JACLar with them on a translation of the saved a number of its publica Department of East Asian Stud Japan Bible Society publication tions for its historic content. A much-told story is that of credited the three men with help New Testament into Japaneee. Among its foimdeis and continu ies at the Hebrew University of “John" Manjiro, a Japanese cast Inl837, the missionaries secured Jerusalem. Dr. Shilony drew pro away rescued and brought to ing on the first Japanese transla passage on the U.S. merchant ship ing guiding light, isDr.Clifibrdl. vocative comparisons between tion of the New Testament. Than Uy^a, among other things a America by an American ^aler scholars of maritime affairs gradu- Morrison for Otokichi and six other Israel and Japan: tiie two na and later involved on the Jap^ese Japanese castaways, hoping that past National President of the siaewnenix>nimoaorvrvr„»..~ aUy pieced togetherwhat happen^ JACL. He and I have maintained tions are the two most modem side when (Dommodore Per^ daile^ by taking the men home they might sporadic contact with spells of and Westernized non-Christian win access to Japan\for tr^e and ^ence in between. countries; both societies have a missionaiy work. The scheme failed sense of “particularism, ” view when the ship was driven off by A COMMON INTEREST ing themselves as uniaue and Japanese gunfire. shared between us includes the totally different from the rest of 1976 which treated events leading Back in Macau.' the Japanese the world, all o^Sers labelledgoi- to Japan ’s eventual opening to the spentseveral months helping them Japanese lahgiiage. Cliffs knowl- gather food. (The writer of the took jobs where they could find ed^ is expansive, whereas mine jin by the Japanese and by West 144 years ago. Now a new them. Soon, Otokichi was working the Jews; each nation claim di musical drama on even earlier script for the Otokichi drama is bumblingly rudimentary. Un learned this when she vi^ted the for a British trading company and resolved question: how can com vine origin or relationship, Ja Japanese sirrivals in North Amer twice visited Japan on British pan claiming the emperor to be a ica is to be performed here.* Makah tribe'in March this year.) bining kanji characters, dai Eventually, British at the ships, but never again set foot on (“large") and wa (“peace ”), be pro- direct descendant of the sun god Nearly unknown in both Japan Japanese soil. Later, he married a dess (Amaterasu-6-mikami), and and the United States is the tale of Hudson ’s Bay Company post in noimced “Yamato," as the Japa Fort Vancouver learned about the Malaysian woman and in 1862 nese in fact do? More recently, the Jews claiming to be the “cho Japanese castaways some lOyears moved with her and their children sen people ”ofGod, with the Land before Manjiro and the first Japa J apanese, ransomed them and took another l^guage aberration. them to Fort Vancouver. There the to Singapore. “Tobacco ” in nihon-go is pro- of Israel as a holy land. Both nese knbwn to have reached Brit For ita Bellevue performance, have a national religion: Shinto ish Nor^ America. compemy gave them medical treat noubced “tah-bah-ko," written in ment and put them into school to the drama wiU be modified to make hata-kana, as foreign words are. for the Japanese and Judaism Nippon Otokichi Monogatari it inore specific to ffie Washington ■ for the Jews. Both prize educa (Tale of Otokichi of Japan) was learn English. However, the term also appears . At the school was a boy. half events and will lead ^ events of as a kaiyi com^und consisting of tion; Japan traditionally with the created by a drama troupe in the ninth enmial Japan Week in highest literacy in the Asian Nagoya, in the same prefecti^ as C^hinook and half British, named kemuri (“smok^4s in en-totsu, Ranald MacDonald, whose contact Bellevue. KenNakanooftheJACL smoke stack) plus kusa (“grass"). sphere while Jews being the most Mihama, the home of the 14-year- Lake Washington and Seattle chap literate in Europe. Continuing, old Otokichi and fellow crewmen with the men from Mihama One mi^t aasume that the,re sparked his interest in Japan. ters ba« mobilized his U.S.-Japan sulting compound would be pro ^fessor Shilong s^tes; on the Hyojun Manx, which sailed Relations Committee to assist the fiDrn a nearby port in 1832. Later he slipped into still-secluded nounced en-sd the ohn-yomi (Chi Japan of the late Tokugawa era, project, and recently visited nese reading). In World War II, the Japa Carrying rice and ceramics, the Mihama with a local delegation. nese and the Jews were in Hyojun Manx sailed toward Edo and ultimately tau^t En^iah to How either Aem«77-fafsa oren- Japanese scholars who would lato* Bellevue Community College's 90(smoke grass), cancome out as opposing camps, but it was (now To^q) in late 1J3^ but en Sdko Jaswal chairperson for Ja in that war that anti- become interpreterB and advisors tah-hah‘ko, beats me. Semitism and anti- pan Week this year, wffl make the Japanism reached their coUege's theater fodlities available I DDONT GET very far in pe^ The massacre of six for the Nagoya troupe's rehears Nihongo-gakko (Japanese lan Thecargoofricehelpedsomeofthe 54. An amazing cham of amim- als. million Jews in the Holo Membersofthe Makah tribeWill guage sc^l) — and it shows. caust and the dropping of While in elementary school, I at- atomic bombs on Hu^bima appear in the production, as will tendedgoA^ on Saturdays. And JACL Tri-DiSliict Conference load actors for the European roles hated it. However, Japanese lan and Nagasaki were the most cruel forms of “scientific" and a chorus fioffl a local Japanese guage schooling in metropolitan maM kiHing s developed in scheduled for July 31-August 1 organization. Timed to the Brilevue areas such as Cliff Uyeda ’s induction, a delegation of Mihama that war. CHICAGO—TheJACLTri-DisIricI March24,1997, issue of Newsweek Tacoma were expai^ve: eveiy Space does not allow for even a citizens led by Mayor Saito wiU weekdayp/us three nights a we^ Conference at Chicago on July 31 - magazine, which detailed the his visit Bellevue and Vancouver, at the Buddhist Chiirch. And for summary ofthe professor ’s tome. Aug. 1, headquarter^ at the Radis- tory of a highly publicized case of Wash. , and make a fi-iendship visit It’s intriguing reading. ■ sonHotel and Suites, will feature a child neglect involving 28 children twelve years, mind you. A con to the Makah tribe at Neah Bay. temporary Tacoman and class reception, banquet, business ses and their six mothers that came to * For more on early Japaneee cast mate, Dr. Hitoshi Tc«n Tamaki, After leaving the berwhyMaru- sions and workshops aimed at lead be known as the Keystone case. aways: The Shogun's Jieiuctant Am verifies such a r^imen. Each re tani resumed practicing law in ership developnrent The issue in the case centered on bassadors by Katherine Plummer. calls ezdoying, at one point, a Philadelphia. He writes regularly This gathering of all the Midwest, parental rights and the welfare of Ot^n Historical Society Frees, 1991. pretty respectable command of for the Pacific Citizen. Eastern and Mountain Rains dis the children within a dimate where See the chapter on dtokichi.B trict councils comprises all the JACL the pattern had been for judges to chapters east of the Rockies. Those nrle in favor of keeping troubled attending will include national presi families together despite the situa lEvaynoaiidsetgeto Wisconsin JACL hears General dent Hedm Kawagoe, national di- tion. The case would also eventually rector Herb Yamanishi and several involve 22 fathers and 22 attorneys xoBH^diive Midcoyama ’s secret for success members of the national board. The over a period of three years on is The National JACL mission MILWAUKEE-Asastudenlhim- Both General Mukoyama and Chicago planninng committee is sues ol abuse, poverty and the be ^^emenl says The JA(X Is a membeish^Kfriven nationri or- seH, Mai. Gen. JamesH. Mukoyama JACLer Shiro Shiraga of the Na maldng the conference attractive havior of the mothers. ganizMion whose missionie to (ret.) otChicago recalled, whenever tional Japanese American Memo by scheduling enough free time to Kawamoto taught In the Chicago secure and uphoM the htsnan he had faced a difficult problem, his rial Foundation, Washington. D.C., enjoy the entertainment and shop public schools prior to earning her and civ« righta of Americans of way for a solution was based upon exhibited the artisrs coricepi of the ping attractions in the downtown law degree from DePaul University. ■A.HA (appreciation, honor, atti memorial and issued a challenge to area Before her selection to the bench. Japanese ancesfiy." tude) .’He wasguest speaker at the help raise $8.5 million toward con Two workshops will be presented Kawamoto was a prosecutor with Hence: evoiy member get a member. A new contestw#be annual recogniSons dinner May 18 struction. by LEAP president J.D. Hokoyama the office of State'sAttomeyfor Cook gin August31 andendJunelB, al Fortunetune fRestaurant wherere high As for the general's secret tor on Making Change Happen, which County. schootcoKege and university gradu success in AHA: Appieclatioiv — win examine the role risk taking plays Infomiation on IheTri-DisIrict Con two weeks before the 1996 Na- tkmriConvenfioninFVifodetpIsa. ates of 1997 were honored. .Be glad to be alive; appreciate what in an Indhriduafs professkxml or ference can be obtained from Bill Also" honored was special •gradu you have and be responsbile for personal life, and Cultural Kafijea ' Yoehino at the JACL Midwest Prizes aM delafis are to be wt- ate' Mary Zeck, who recently trav your happiness. Honor—Be proud Can Be An Advantage, which will Office, 5415 N. Clark St., Chicago, nouncedbyOr. Frank Sakenoto, momboishipdovelopmonlohrir. eled to San Francisco to receive her of your ethnic heritage, do nothing explore the manner in which Asian IL 60640, 773(728-7170. ■ .- high school rlpiotna, more than 50 to dishonor yourself and your people. American cultural values can be Socrates said, Tothlrw own seif; be assets end not barriers to personal years after the fact She did not success. Janice •SanY Sears from graduate with her class because of true.' Makilain integrity in every thing you dr). AtlKiide-Be positiye Atlania wM present a workshop on Father-songive $1 milibnto Evacuation. bbeinsssand personal networidng Chapter scholarships were pre- and have a confident attitude. Be an fitied Ife Networtdngtn the VOa. sentedto: optimist and think of the glass^as ELIZABETH CAMPBELL—Sarah, being half full.—Wiscoripin JACL A final workshop, designed for endowchoirinphiiosophy PMar (West ABs Central High. (4 in her NewsM youth, win focus on Asian American LOS ANGELES—to a ing the Taylor Chair Was because dess of 301), daughter oUerome/Unde self-awareness, cultural idetitity and $1 million endowment by Dr. of aasistanoe the elder Miyawaki PtaHer. a 17-ya<. ------noftheHoMay- How to say it multi-racial ideritity. This interactive Edison/HTS^e Miyawaki and reodved firom Fr. Taylor in 1948as Fdk Fair cftaplar danca tnsupe. The ArfiiuMiuV«^ey(JACLchapter). vrorkshop will feature video presen their son Ediaon K. Miyawaki, MD. a young student at Lojt^ that acholenhip is namad after the WWll Arkansas (where waitime Rohwer tations as4 a tree-flowing cfiscus- Lt^ola Mazymount University has resulted in a lifetime friendship. worker at Mamalfonannalituto who 8S- and Jerome camps were located): sion on IhMO topics. The workshop iblished the Rev. Robert H. He graduated in Inology in 1^62 stetedWastCoaatevacuaesaattekttte AHR-km-SAW. For the river (that wn be guided by Dr. Yvonne Uu, T^dor, SJ, Chair in Philosc^y. and earned bis M.D. from George MhvaiAee area. Sowed near the Amatdie camp in daectoroftheAsianAmerican Stud Mark Mor^ LMU professor of Washington University in ];9G6. JAYS AWARD—Megan Hansen Colorado), ahr-KAN-zis (like Kan (Mertomonee Falls, #22of 313. QPA ies Program at Loyola University. ;dnloeophy, has been naxbed the His son feUowed in his fether’a sas) in the states of CrJorado and The keynote speaker lorthe ban S.0+). daughter of Dave/JudyHansen first hol^ of the Taylor (Dhair. fbotstepe and also earned his MJ). TTie JACL SRvar Pki was coiv Kansas, but AHK-lrin-SAW else quet on Aug. 2 ,wiir be Lynn Edison H. and Edison K. from (3eosge WashingUm. where, La Junta (the Colorado Kawamoto, the firstAsianAmerican i upon five members: Lynn Miyawaki azoinembers ofthe LMU Fr.TaylgwasLMUD epafUa BOt town on the Arkansas River): La- judge for the DtreuK court in Cfook board of trustees and boeutl of of Huloaophy chainnan in 1963 Lueck, Margaret Igowsky, Ron H(X)N-U. -Webster’s New Geo Mnami, Susumu Musashi andWiF County. IWnois. regentSyiOQtectively.Theireadow- andretitodinl990.B ■amSi^ama. graphical Dictionary. ■ . Kawamoto was teatured In the PACIFIC crnzRK .nn.Y i»ji. 1997
Plight d ‘Hanford Hibakushas’ alerts residents of Spokane, Yakima, Ontario, Hood Rhrer, Portland SEATTLE—Activists called those who were eiqxieed by releasee Bi-District Conference, one reactors info the westeriy flowing of radioactive material from the workshc^ was seen to be of par- Columbia River. “SomerftbeHan- Hanford Nuclear Reservation in ~'t»QilvconcmrtoJapane8eAmeri- fbrd survivors are suffering from eastem Washington &om 1944 living in ^pokane. Yakima, the kune effacts of radiation as the through 1972 the Hanford “down- Ontario, Hood River and Portland . Hiroshima and Nagasajp hiba- winders." Sdieduled on the panel are Trisha ku8ha, ”tbeJACLreaolutioDadded. Ken Nakano, who survived the PritUrin, attorney for Hanford sur Public pressure remilted in Hiroehimaatomicbomb, identified vivors (downwinders) and chair for the federal government fundingthe them as the Hanford “Hibakushas ” Hanford Health Information Ar Hanford Elnvircmmental Dose Re in the Seattle JACL resolution chives (HHIA)^ and a board mem construction (HEDR) project to adopted at the National Conven ber of the Agi^cy for Tcuric Sub measure radioactive doses dmemg tion in Salt Lake City m 1994. stance and Disease Registration the Hanford hibakusha,^mated liie resolution (#33-9) called for (ATSDR); Sandy Rocks, MD,MPH, atup to 14,000 people down wind ‘aiweducational program advising public health adviser for HHIA and from Hanford,' especially 8,000 people ofthe potent^ effect of the of Health Information Cen school children who were 5 years radioactive releases occurring fiom ter, and Nakano: old in the late 1940s. lliy- the Hanford facility . .. and that Hanford was the site of a plu roid Disease Study (HTDS) h^ JACL encourage Hanford hiba tonium plant for the U.S. gov undolaken a study to determine kushas to register with the Hanford ernment's Manhattan Project in whether thyroid disease increased Health Information Network. ” 1943 and during the years the among the exposed population be This Saturday (July 19) during nuclear facility for developing and cause of the radioactive releases. the Pacific Northwest-Intermoun- producing the atomic bomb “rou Last March, the federal govern tinely and accidentally released ment, the Department of Energy _U (during the years 1944 to 1972) and ATSDR, announced it wants many radioactive materials indud to monitor the health of people celebrates. ing an estimated 725, (XK) to 735,000 ^posed to radiation from Himford curies of Iodine- 131,” the resolu 'Nuclear Reservation during the month tion explained. (^Id War rush to build weapelfo. In the early years, radioactive Agency spokeswomen Loretta SANTA FE, N.M.-Thc State of particles escaped up smokestacks Bush added the proposed program New Mexico celebrated its “very and were carried by winds in East “does not compensate for past first” Asian Pacific American Heri ern Washington, northern Idaho harms, provide comprehensive tage Month as Gov. Gary Johnson an^i^ortheastem Oregon. The par- medical care nor provide treatment for the state and Albuc^erque tides, nearly composed entirely of for the conditions identified.” The Mayor Martin Chavpz signed proc 1-131, often settl^ on grass to be agency' would refer individuals to lamations honoring the contribu eaten by cows. They entered the apfiropriate health care providers tions of Asian Pacific Americans. human food chain in contaminated for assessment or treatment. Members from the New Mexico milk, much of it consumed by chil A total of 4,223 peo|^e who re JACL and the National Chinese dren. ceived the highest radiation doses Society of New Mexico attended In addition 1-131, radioactive as of the end of January, 1997, the April 30 reading of the procla phosphorus, zinc, copper, nep were located-^mostofthem in east mation by Lt. Gov. Bradley in the tunium, arsenic and s<^um were ern Washington who were 19 or Capitol Rotunda. ■ released in the water through the youngm-from 1945to 195L—HKH Monterey Peninsula JACL cites Hottori as outstanding scholar MONTEREY, Calif.—Graduate Presbyterian Church. Tommy Hattori of Robert Louis He is the son of JACLOrs Drs. Stevenson School and UC Berite- Rick and Ellie Hattori. His grandpar leydxxjnd has won the 1997 JACL ents, Roy and Grace H^ori, are Outstanding Scholar Award on the also longtime Motaerey Pdninsula basis of grade point average, com JACLers. munity service, teacher recommen Tommy's grandfather, Roy, one dations and an essay. Award was of the first abalone divers in this presented at the annual Monterey area, will be speaking about aba Peninsula JACL errmmunity picmic lone fishery on Saturclay, Aug. 9, at f at Laguna Grartde Park. the Maritime Museum ot Monterey. Tommy show^ his athletic prow Nisei VFW Memorial Post 1629 66 San Francisco Nisei graduates ess in football, lacrosse and track, chaitad the picnic this year. Co and performed wi(h the school jazz hosting were JACL. Monterey Bud bock for dipbrnas after 55 years band for tour years at the piano and dhist Church, B Estero Presbyte SAN FRANCISCO—The one- Commerce —Satomi (Koga) Ishtda, percussion. He also played the pi rian Church andtheNakayoshi Club. ■ hotir^jecial,*€onungHOTie,*waB Mary Sarhikn (HaTuyama) Kawata, Teiko Former JACL Blue Shield adminis ano for worship service lor El Estero —Suzanne Nishiguchim televi^ by KRON’824-^ur cable (Hideabima) Kitagawa, Sumiko (Nakahiro) trator Frances (Kimura) Morioka news Bay TV on two wedcends Maruyama,-Frances (Kimura) Idorioka, receives her high school diploma. after the May 6 ceremonies at Bill Morito Hei^ Tsudiiya, Mary S. (Kawa- gudulXJduVama, George R. Yamamura; GaUlea —Hany Uanlo Kitano, Takaahi Graham Civic Auditonum, where Giif•—Setauko (Doi) Kagehiro, Kaoiv . 66 Nisei hi^ sdiool graduates Kubota; (Kawahala) Nakamura; Giifa —Irena Itauko (Saiki) Takaauka; came home to receive their dii^o- Lowell: Seiji Aizawe, Jerry Jiro mas. TTiey were in the classes of Lowell —Henry Hidakawa-MikooSakio Enomoto, Teruko (Nakamizo) Fujikawa, Kanxaki, Kqi Ozawa; 1942 to 1945, being forced by E.O. Sumi Honnami, James N. Ida, Michi Waahington —Mary Taeko (Tsuda) TELESERVICES 9066 to rebate to internment (Okamoto) Kobi, Sadame (Kara) ^jimoto, Zeck. camps for the duration of World Nobuo Kooo, Florence Yoko (Suzuki) 1945 Convenient and safe banking service by War n. Kubota, Hagiko (Teramoto) Kusunoki, Galileo —Sadame (Haral Kujimoto; < Program featured the return Minoru Moebizuki, Sbizuko Morita, Wil Lowell —Mitauko (Nakamizo) Fuchi- liam T. Kenidu Shimomura, F^ul Push-Button Telephone from your home ees in procession in their business gami, Maye Fujie (Tanabe) Sbiraaawa; Yoabio Tani, CJeorge Higime Tsuda; Aileen Midori Yamate, Herbert Hanito attire being presented diplomas, Mission —Frank M. Himse; or office 24 hours a day, everyday. followed byremailEsfromSFL^D Yaruate, Ronald Yutaka Yoebida; Polytechnic —Tadasbi Isbida, Jiro Waaeington —Clem Hiiokazu Nakai. * sdmol'superintendent Dr. Wal- Nakamura, Himeo Tsumori; • Transfer money between Union Bank of Clalifomia (UBOC) demar Reg as. Mayor WillieBrown, Washington-^Tetsuo Ibara, Masaru The San Francisco JACL and theNCWNPregional oGSee assisted accounts. Supervisor Dr. Leland Yee, and Kaw^ebi, Peter Kitagawa, Bette Ta- in the initial planningwithNJAHS,' Eleanor Gerard Sekerak, who Tom Tomuka • Pay UBOC loans or credit cards. tau ght high wAiwI at Topaz where 1944 Tbpaz Reunion Commiltee, Golden Comm crco (3uyo (Semoda) Futagaki, Gate Nisei Memorial VFW Post most San Franciscans were sent, Naoko Anne (Yoahimura) Ito, June (Zaimon) 98781ocating theWWIIhi^school • Pay various credit c^s thouc^ some HikeJerryEnomoto, Miyakusu, Howard Mimibara; seniors. — Patty Waiia ■ (department stores, gasoline. MasteiCard, Visa card issued '43, Lowell) wer^at Tule Lake. A by others). poem Janice Mirikitani and remaiksby Dr. Harry KitanoC44, Ublip'payroems. .r Galileo) firom UCLA dosed the CAREER OPPORTUNITY • Verify deposits or checks paid. , KRON anchor Wendy Tokuda emceeded the event; KRON re Editor/General Manager • Stop payments. porter Belva Davis profiled sev The Japanese American Citizens ^ague seeks a pdrson to be Editor eral graduates. The audience in- and General Mana^of the Pacific Citizen. The person chosen will be in • Infomiarioa ahorit UBOCs various services. duded about 2,000 hi^ sdmol charge of<>verseoiivand sopervisiM the semi-monthly newspaper with a students. The^listing in the pro dmulatioo of over 2D.000 and a staffof four to dght p^le, depoKfa ng on • You can designate payments of money transfer dates, up to 90 tne season. gram did not indicate where the Pocition requires experience (five years preferred) in editing, writing days in advance. So. you don't have to worry when you are graduates IHre today, though one and manag ing mblicationa. and personnel supervision. Krrowle^ofand traveling. came finm Tokyo. experience wiO) the Japanese American Community preferred. CpRlputer 1942 experieoce required, experience in the use Pagwiiaker a |dus.' Cemeiercie Juae Toshiko (Mori) Responsit^ties includebands-on involvement in the conceptualizaiton Call the nearest UBOC branch or - of and anic les, Hirotm, Anna (Doi) Kitagawa, Kanidri Teleseirtrices at Khrtta, Frank Manioka, May Yamada, tewriUng when necess^, layout, i AgnaaEtau(OgOYm;^ volved, induing evenings aiid v ______ExcdlenlMngebenefitpaekage provided. Hiring salaiyrange: $33,100- l-800r532-7976 GiiPi—TuBae (Yasuoara} Haraabi; for more information Lowrilr Hateoro Aixawa, HiHli .765 W Street San Ivandsco.CA 9411S or fax,te 415/931-467r&mailtail Iquestions • You must register for paymCTt ? Ma/iiyama garden pathway dedicated ST. LOUIS-Tlje dedication of a tions that prevail between St. work in establishing the enviable cherry tree aU§e in memory of Paul Louisans and Japanesebosinesses. reputation of Japanese and Japa Maruyama (1906-1995) at the en Inoue also mentioned the fact that nese Americans in St. Louis. trance to the Japanese (harden at the internment story had been Final speaker was Paul ’s -son, fm Missouri Botanical (jarden on May carried'back to Japan during the Ken Maruyama, who now lives in 24 drew a cross-section of dvic, war years. (California. He expressed his pro business and community leaders, On a different note, Sam Nakano, found gratitude for the memorial who gathered to pay homage to an the founding JA^ chapter presi and all the people involved in the Issei who resettled here from Tule dent, said Paul never bragged about program that included a plaque Lake during the WWII era and any of his accomplishments — ex with a Japanese inscriptioil writ mm CHERRY TREE ALLEE I -f : '' planted seeds of his cultural heri- cept his golf game. ten by Mrs. Lin Pai L^ Lu that One of Paul ’s best friends, John tells the mpflning of the cherry s'HF-*"* I-'.. . Petei^Raven, director of the Ferrara, said he has never met trees. He said he could never get Missouri Botanical Garden, re anyone like Paul, who epitomized his father to talk about himself and counted Maruyama ’s being up honesty, integrity, and ^ose word the trials he had endured, espe- rooted and interned, and how he was bond. Paul once told John that dallyduring the war years, beinga was approached by JACLers with he (John) must have been a samu Japanese . He would simply praise the idea of a Japanese garden that rai in his former life because they others and extol the virtues of is now world^enowned. got along so well. America. " Carl Beckers, co-founder with Sakae Aoki, president, St. Louis (Granddaughter Kimberly Maru Paul of the Japan America Sodety Japan %>dety, remembered how yama played a musical tribute on of St. Louis and honora^ Japa Paul helped the Japanese School the flute accompanied by Tamiko nese emu^ general-emeritus, and and told theclasses stories of Japa lida on the koto. As the poignant Helen BRbple Brown, co-founder nese Americans. notes from the flute and koto drifted of the St. I^uis Ikebana Sodety, Pastor Douglas Anders, another upward, the cherry trees rustled in ' then recalled his leadership in longtime friend, appreciated how the brdbze as if Paul was saying he forming the two respective organi Paul assisted young Japanese was there; A FITTING TRIBUTE - Plaque that was dedicated to Paul Maruyama. zations. KenichiroOhtsuka, Paul ’s women who arrived in St. I^uis in It was an overcast day with hint grandnephew who came from Ja adjusting to America. Paul ’s store ofshowers, which only emphasized pan representing the Maruyama downtown was their only touch of the beautiful greenery and the fra family, expressed appredation for home. His involvement in the Suwa grance from hundreds of peonies 26th Annual Nisei Week the memorial. Sister City Committee and the framin g the lake and creating a Michinobu Inoue, president of Nagano Sister State program-was serene backdrop for the dedica KAMOH EXHIBIT the Japanese Chamber of Ck>m- extolled by David Lowry. ^ tion. ‘Family Crest ‘ merce and Industry, spokeofPaul ’s Japanese. Consul Gsw^al at reputation and hard work that Kansas City Tatsuo Tanaka ex — Dr. John Ham and Robert Date; August 16th & 17th paved the way for the superb rela pressed his appreciation for Paul ’s MUori, St. Louis JACL ■ Time: 10AM to 5PM Place: .Higashi Hoifganji Buddhist Temple 505 East 3rd'St., Rm. #5, Los Angeles, Calif. FAMILIES defenseless against society ... de When the Nakatanis are asked to J.’A. / Research & compiling of ATomon tree (Continued from page 1) fenseless against many of the Japa tell their story to the AA community. / Individual consultations for Aumon research Jane always lets her husband do nese cultural values? ” available by app'l Yoshida Kei-Sensei will answer with “proor college when she told her parents Jane and Al NakstanI, now ol the talking. But tofiay she felt com- she was a lestMan and Ellen re Hawaii, have outlived all three of peHedtospeak. She did not make it ihe question of “Why does my family have this Kamon T called teeling a(sense ol ‘disbelief, their sons. Both of thekgay sons easy for her sons to conr>e to her with horror, shamp, guilt, and over have riiad from AIDS; Glen, the their concerns, she admitted. She (YOSHIDA KAMON ART) whelming sadn^' listening to her eldest, passed away in 1990 and was so prejudice, she could not even P. O. Box 2958, Gardena, CA 90247-1158 * daughter ’s news. their ybungest son, Guy, in 1994. say the word‘gay. ’ “I feel so badly (213) 629-2848 (8am - 10pm) But it wasn’t longtelore hecconfu- Their middle son Greg was 23 in about that because all Guy wanted KEl YOSHIDA Researchcr/Instructor NINA YOSHIDA Translator sion turned to angfer. 'Why are you 1986 when he was murdered al a to hear was that it was okay.’ she choosing this lifestyle?, ” she had Sar( Diego fast-food restaurant toF said. shouted at her 20-year-old daugh lowirig an argument over a scratch ‘We ’ve had so much support once ter. ‘htow could you do this to our to a car. Author Molly Fumia we came out,” said Jane. ‘And it’s familyr chronicles the Nakatanis' story in not overnight that you overcome ■Mom; I did not choose to be gay." her book. Honor Thy Children. this or transform. It takes a long, Announcing new auto rates &. terms had been Valerie's response. "Ijust The Nakatanis are regularly asked long while. But ifyoutake little steps am.” to speak to the AA communrty. and it’s worth it.’ For Blen, her daughter's homo their hope is that by sharing their Parents need to unconditionally sexuality suddenly became a ter story other families will be able to love their children, whether they ’re rible secret that she felt needed to learn from the mistakes the/ve straight or gay. said Al, so they can AUTO LOANS be hidden. ”1 was convinced that if made and be able to better under feel safe enough to come to you with people knew I had a gay child they stand the issues and pressures the their cor>cems. would judge me harshly as a mother gay community faces. But “it’s not enough for them (gay who didnl raise my child with good Al admitted that their sons never children) to stand up and come out Christian morals and values, ” she felt safe coming to them with their of the closet,’ he said. ‘It’s not said. And because of her Japanese problems and concerns. We as a enough for people like the Kameyas upbringing, turning to her family or set of parents, to some extent failed to stand up and support ar>d defend the JA community was something to provide a safe passage to our the rights ar>d the privileges and the she felt she couldn’t do. ”1 was taught sons." humanity that should be experierx^d at a very early age that I was never Today, the reason they are able to by^gay children.* to discuss an^hing within or outside survive as a family, said Al, is be *What we need is for ail of us who the family which might bring shame cause of the way in which their \ have no gay children, who are lortu- to the family. ” youngest son Guy conducted him- nate enough in our society to be Harold recalled hugging his daugh self during the last lew years ol his straight, to stand up and say what is ter that day almost ten years ago happening in our society iswrong. 7.9% life. and telling her he loved her. But as When Guy was diagnosed with Until you understand that, nothing New or Used Cars\ he vratched her leave the room he HIV in the early '90s he was the last will change. ’ couldn't shake the feeling that he surviving son. During the final years ho^ in some small way you ’ll was looking at a total stranger. At of his life, Guy dedicated himself to have the courage to say...this is New cars: Upto60mos. the time, he didn't know ol a single educating others about HIV/AIDS. wrong.’ ■ person who was openly gay,' he His pace was furious. Before his Used cars*: Up to 48 mos. said. death. Guy reached more than ”We mourned the loss ol our het 40,000 people and he did this by erosexual dreams,” said Harold. But ,talking to small groups of 25 to 30 Borrow up to $50,000**auto loan ”my dreams ofwalking my daughter people at a time. ORA adds *100 PERCENT OF NKJHetue BOOK down the aisle were my dreams The irony ol Guy is that as he was 0*C. DOES NOT MCLUOE: TAXES. UCENSE. EXTENDED only, not Valerie ’s.” dying...his concern was not having WAWUNTIES. EASED ON TOOK OF BUIE BOOK. For almost two years the to deal vrith death. Hisconcern was website OTHER LOANS Kameyas suffered in silence. They whether Jane and I would survive. ” Office of Redress Admimatza- tioa(ORA),closiiigAue. 10,1998, sought the help of a family counsel said Al. "He was the last ol three Signotiire Loans 1Z9% og lor. but to no avail. sons. I cannot tell you how profound has constructed its website; Rnallyin 1990theylound PFLAG the love of Guy was for us. And for http;//www.teleport.cosay Share Secured 6.5% r^ — Parents and Friends of Lesbians our son to be concerned about us, -mBcpher8/ara,htm. Its and Gays. ”lt was there ..that my as he was losing his life, I cannot tell help-line is 888^219-6900. Other Secured 12.5% op r heaSngbegan, ”said EBen. At PFLAG you what that means to me. ” the Kaineyas met othe'rparents with Guy always had a difficult time Applications for redress un- gay children who understood what dealing with being both gay and a derthe Civil liberties Act of 1988 Try our new Telephone Teller they were going through. Today, the visible minority, said Al. Before his should indude current name, Kam^as remain the only JA par death Al tried to get hfm to reconcile nuTT^p dirring rtiA intenuDent po- 24 hr. 800.498.5225 Local 363.5225 ents in the organization's Los Ange virith hims^that it was okay to be liod, date ofkirth, current ad- drew and i^one number. F(x:- les chapter. gay. He did not want his son to go to Join the Hotlonol JlCl Creilit Union, (oil, foi oi moil the They realize homosexuality is an hisgrave being ashamed of who he» wardtorU A Department <^Jua- infotmotion below. We will send membership informotioii. uncomfortable topic for many, but was.^AI told Guy that in life there is tiioe, Office of Redrew AdminU' as patents of a gay child they feel always a fifty-fifty percent chance tratioQ, P.O. Box 66260, Waab- they must speak out and support not that people will or won’t love you. ington,D.C.20035 ’€260. only thek daughter but other gays But "Guy had to be loved 100 per- and lesbians. cenL" he said. Htia, those kiKQnng of any Udt«i/Cii»/5niii/rip. ■ ”Valerie ’s coming out was painful ”1 know that out Ihere in our com deceased individuais who 'were but very worthwhile. ” said Harold. munitiesnities there are young people evacuated, relocated or interned We could see that once we ac- justNkeINkeGuj . ’.’saidAI. "Forthoseof the Federal government dur 'cepted and supported her, she be you rwho find yourselves in dneum- ing WWU and who had not con came a whole person. - stances similar to ours...give them tacted ORA prior to their 7 ^ Monal JACL ”As parents we need to speak out the message th^ love from a gay is leqnestad to nat% the ORA CREDITf e f n IT UNIONII u I n u lor our Asian gay and lesbian chi- son or dauber is bey^ any kind with the above informaticn plus dren. ’hesaid. -WioelsewMspeak of love you can appreciate because date of death if known. 'B roi72i/sic,#iAiie4iio/wi sss-eoeo/Boosteesu/Feteii 521-2101 •out lor'our gay chidfon who are It comes from the basis of pain.’ GOTO 1929 tragedy in Uinta Forests remembered (Continued from page 1) national JACL president Judge sage read: “I am deei^ impressed . 4- ’>1 1%, moved to another site. Would the Raymond Uno read lettere cign^ that so many of you are celebrating JACL be interested in making the ings from the governor of CKta-ken, his (Goto ’s) leg^ and serving as event a “re-dedication?" G^’s home prefecture, arid the gra^roote diplo^ts. lhank you Terry directed and produced the Japanese consul geaer^ in San for living his legacy by promoting program with financial support of Fraiu3§co. On beh^ofutah Gov betterU.S.-J^pan rriationsand un- the three Utah chapters, Wasatch ernor Levitt, LouTongofthe Utah deratanding. ” Front North (Ogden), Salt Lake. State Office (^AsianA&ire greeted Ihe program was part erf* Uinta Mt. Olympus, and the Japan Soci the gathering of 70 people. National Forest ’s lOOtb anniver ety of Utah. A new brass plaque The re-dedication was made sary calendar. was designed and anchored to^e by Ray Pugsley from Omgressman The Uinta and Wasatdi-Cache raiginal 600-pound granite monu Merrill Cook ’s 2nd Distal office Nation^ Forests provided support ment. followed by brief remarks firom for the ceremon3r; the Boy Scouts The 1997 monument re-dedica Brent McBeth, acting forest srq)er- were under direction of Rhett tion propam was impressive, con visor, Uinta Nation^ Fote^ In- Phillips, whose logistical and pro ^ PHOTOS AU. BY YAS TOWTA duct^ in both Japanese j^nd Enr tennountain District Council Gov gram support was a part of his Thundei' in the Uintas is provided by the Japanese Church of Christ Talko gliab, with aoeremonial tree plant ernor Yas T<^ta for JACL, and Eagle Sc^t prefect; and the local group. ing and an American and Japa Terry Nagata in appredatioD. Don weatherman, w^ said it the nicest nese flag ceremcmy by Troop 170 Kerr, bishop of the Woodlarxl Ward, Fourth of July in 12 years. Unfor from Woodland. Mt. Olympus LDS C^ur^ gave the invocation. tunately, 68 years es^er, Aviativ JACLers Laurie Noda emceed the Pastor Kmt Ikeda of the Churdi of Goto didn't have the good fortune prt^ram and Erin Nishi provided Christ, the benediction. ofa similar clear day and cloudless ^ the historical badcgnnmd. Onetime (Consul General Nanao ’s mes skies. ■ CAMPAIGN ^ JACL adopts |:k>licy on ‘multiracial’ census Is^ue (Continued from page 1) / forjoiningtogethertosupport can- when the hearing's first witness, (1) Distinguish between Asian Pa- didates of tl^ choice duringlUring the dfic Americans (APAs) and Asians who Richard Sullivan, was describing live in other countries. last election cycle. the DNC’s alleged sdheme with (2) Distinguish between the positive “Asian Pacific Americans should fund-raiser Jolm Huang. While and legal political activity of the APA not be held to a hi^er standard Brownback made an immediate community and the allied wrongdo than other citizens, nor should we apology, Calif. Senator Dianne ing of a few. believe that^ Asian PadfieAmeri- Feinstem criticized him, saying: (3) Avor can poliical Contributions are sus U3. Senate is no place for sodation' . pect. We must not be guilty of se k individuals with: racial stereotyping. ” lective harassment of those with . ties to those accused of wrongdoing. OCA’S Daphne Kwok said, “We (4) Try not make it seem as thou^ Asian surnames. ” have already had three incidents the only problems with e«mp«ign fi .Tnining Akaka in making atrrmg t^ have been less than kind to Boy Scout Troop 170 color guard opens the re-dedk»tk>n prggram. Rhett nancing during the last election tycle opening statements was Sen. the Asian Padfic American emn- PhiRip^hoIcnng the flag of Japan, and his troop participate as part of his were with fee Asian or APA commu Tcffricelli, «>niphAgiTing bearings munityr. We started off tbe bearing Eagle ^cout project ^ nity when it hAs been shown that many should be conducted in a feir man with Sen. Akaka receiving anony serious problems unrelated to ner and that perspective be main mous “hate fexes ” and calls whi^ Asians or APAs. tained. wedoDotb^eveanyotbersenator (5) Please do not make generaliza- JACL’s Bob Sakaniwa de received. One can onh^surmise that .-r tums about or trivialue Asian reU- clared, “The Washington Post edi giona or culture. tl^ erdkestrated campaign was (6) Avoid citing the eUmidty of indi torial (July 10] claimed there are because of his ethnic heritage. ” viduals when H is irrelevant to the pmple who are trying to hide be CAPACPs Francey Youngbexg issue. hind ‘a race card ’ and yet on the urg^ the senators “to refrain from like first session Tuesday was same day, we bear a senator make racial stereot ypes and to conduct devoted to openiiig statemente by mimicking comments in broken in the highogt stan eodi member of the committee. English. There needs to be ^senst- dards of feiiTkess.* Th^are: tivity training* for tike members on The CoaUtkm letter was co the Senate Government Affairs signed by. REPUBUCANS—Fred Thompson Committee who think it is okay to MWhitftl C. Lin, Ph.D., president, (Tenn.), chair, William Roth Jr. (I^L), mock a person ’s culture or accent OrganizatkOQ of Chinese Americans; Ted Stevens (Alaska), Susan Collins in a Senate hearing. ” Robert Sakaniwa, JACL W«shingt $10 dues hike makes & headline - It’s not JAQ’s ^kTor any national arga of July aiKi Labor Day in Septem li nization makes national ber, a big Holiday Issue and two X ^ headlines over the pros weeks (^fbetween the year-end holi pect that its annual national dues days), to 50 issues per year (every will go up $10—as part of a pack week except two we^ offbetween age of reforms which NAACP the year-^id holidays). President Kweisi Mfume an The Pacific Citizen began as a nounced in the Sunday papers as true weekly 52-issues per year pub its national oonventiim opened this lication under the late Larry Tsuiri past weekfflid in Pittsburg. He in June, 1942, out ofSalt Lake City said the organization was losing and that was maintained during $2.10foreveiystandard$15 mem his ten-year tenure throu^ 1952 bership. Of course, resistance is and for several years later after the ‘Am I an eternal opti P.C.-was relocated to Los An^es. mist—perhaps ... The history sug Ihe HoUday Issues then con^sted Letters gests the od^ aren't in my favor of around 72 pages. " but when proper education go« The 23-issues format began mid More comment: the K.C. Kao tragedy in Sonoma County Not ‘Cipe Horn ’ out to the membership on this year in 1995 as an emergency mea “Inuzu^ sails around the world . ” issue, I feel it can pass, ” he is sure to hve within the JACLbud As a meniber of jAc L, I felt it MlMefenae shooting. However, Mr. Kao struck one poUce vehicle (P.C. June 20-July 3). Cape Horn get. The annual $12subscription important to send to P:Cv.^e de- quoted by the Associated Press. denting the frt)nt grill, and struck should readf “Capetown." Cape Over the past several weeks rate from JACLmemberssince1988 tailsofthis event—the KuanChung Kao case . Thank you for tal^g the the windshield and hood of an Horn is at the ^ ofSouth America. fsince the CCDC-PSW-NCWNP stood still while postage and print time in Hy«niftsingmy concdims and other police vehicle; while con And if Inuzuka went through the Tri-District Conference, June 6-8 ing costs have spiral^. It is still for suggesting I send in more de stantly being told by officers to Panama Canal, be skipped Cape at Las V^as), we've been fielding $12. The P.C. has'been incorpo tails. I also wish to express my desist and drop the pole. Witnesses Horn, a most dangerous place. the wishes, “We’d like to see the rated as pSIf^ one budget pack age deepest sympathies for the family verify that Mr. Kao was three feet NAME WITHHELD P.C. return to a weekly," as well as since the 1960s, though a separate and friends of Mr. Kao. This was a from the officer at the time of the acknowledging individual and P.C. breakdown is presented with tragedy and a loss of human life. sh(X)ting. TTie ofi5s$r gave repeated chapter contributions to PC SAVE, the proposed National JACL bud However, my concerns still exist wartiiigs, and felt in danger thus Re: (Clinton’s‘race carcf geared to update production steps get at a National convention. that the P.C. published a racially leading to the shooting. (Impor Yas TokiU is wrong! (P C. Julv to assure a weekly schedule. The options and increase in dues sensitive article (P.C. June 20^uly tantly, this shooting has been ruled 2(Wuly3) And the answer to the question, to cover will be explained and pub 4) without all of the pertinent de by the (Sonoma (jountyj district JACL should nof join Clinton in ‘how?" shall be one the National licized in a future report tails. (See also: P.C. July 4-17, Com attorney as justified.) playing the “race c^." ClinUm’s Council will have to adopt at tie P^- The NAACP bud^t this mentary.) The article (ioesn ’t men- I understand your article was 80 call^ “race relations initiative ’ 1998 National JACL Convention year runs about $12 miUion and tibn that Mr. Kao was legally drunk only repeating informatioD fix>m will not work. It will only empha in Philadelphia as PC Editorial anticipates $13 in revenues. The (0.^) at the time of the incident, the Sonoma (bounty JACL news size racial divisiveness. Board (hair Mae Takahashi 1^ nation ’s'largest and oldest civil had been drinking frx)m 6 p.m. to letter. However, I believe that the I am not a Nikkei, but joined explained in concept Ihe current rights group has 2,200 local 1:30 a.m. (approximately two P.C. portrays a different sentiment JACL to learn more about Nikkei’s than what truly occurred. format (Alls for 23 issues per branches anci 600,000 members. bottles of wine), and that there cultural heritage and to learn more about the dvi] liberties violations ^rear —firstand third Fridays fi^m The African-American population were four previous calls of domes May I suggest that in the future, P C. takes the time by validating against my 1942Nisei classmates. • Janu^ Ihrou^ November and in the 1990 census was nearly 30 tic distubrance to his home. The P.C. article describeshim as “... out racially involved stories, especially As a mixkl-national I would be one in December—the ^Holiday million (12% of the U.S. total). drinking with friends to celebrate ones that encourages your deeply offended if JACL turned NAACP membership, thus, calcu Issue a week or so before Dec. 25. a new job." readership ’s advocacy. I believe away finm its dtizenship, cultural A “more fiequent” format can run lates to 20% of the 30 miUion. The racially sensitive issue ad your artide only inflames radal and dvil liberties emphasis. - at 34 issues per year (three Fri The 1990 census for Japanese vocated by the Redwood Empire tensions, especially on a case that JACL should not dwell on radal days per month plus the Holiday was around 800,000. JACL mem Chinese AssociatioD is that the (po wasn't ti^y one that involved ra separateness, butcontinueto stress Is^ in Deoemba), 45 issues per bership at 24,000 is 2.5%. The per lice! officer assumed Mr. Kao was a dal bias, and only makes the Asian the cultural history ofJapan as the . year (basically every week, but cental are eye-catching and dml- martial artist (due to hisethnicity). community appear reactionary. national origin of some American every other week between Fourth Ipnging ■ His waving a six-foot pole, bas^ dtizens, just as other dtizen orga on this assumption, was assumed nizations remember and celebrate to be a danger, thus leading to the Sebastopol, Calif. the cultural histories of their na tional origins. AJetter from Kona: Catching up with recent RC. news ' Anchorage, Alaska TT'onaNA, 1Hawaii —Dear Harry: there would be the Nisei and Sansei Kona Historical Society ’s expansion lauhala weaving and I am on the advi This is Edison and Hana Uno ’s who served in WWII, the Korean Cod - and upgrading for our local museum. sory board. Using the pSralld of weav JusttoletP.C.readers know, we rKay .... Inow live inKona fiict and the Vietnam war and the We do have the Uchida Farm re ing a tapestry, I will help youngsters wouldhave printeda White House on the Big Island and fed a little iso Nikkei who served in the other wars. stored to the early ’SOs. the one-horse illustrate the uniqueness of individu lated at times until the P.C. comes and The faces will let people know they are motor is woiking now (thanks to Ed als as they are woven into families photograph of the eight-member I get the news of the Nikkei and the Japanese as well as the names. and his friend Frank Babiak), the with the hope that they will begin to advisory panel on race relations JACL from all over and I feel con The garden around this^ould have Hoshidana's movable roof is working, understand how cultures become as with the President had the face of nected again and so very proud of the .an Oriental flavor butjmt be a ‘‘Japa the house is refurnished with perit^ similated into our society. Our Sum Angela Oh, the Los Angeles-bom Nikkei I remember bow Edison said to nese" garden. Paths i^ing toward items, and volunteers keep the coffee mer Art Experience is six weeks of fun Korean American attorney who is just give it time and the Nikkei will do and around the sculptursd figures could trees trimmed, fertilized and the and learning with professional artist- the sole Asu^ American oh the well and be in all areas of American have a low wall where one could sit and grounds weeded. It’s been a big effort instructors. life. I often have thoughts about some contemplate the sto^ of our service panel, were visible. You only see the but we have had good comm unity coop • Our days are full and varied and. back ofher head. The boardwas thing but never seem to sit down to men and women, which could be writ eration. Tours with docent can be ar we have been blessed with good write.... Today. ITl try to share a few of ten on plaques set up for easy reading ranged through the Kona Historical health.... On a personal note: Ediwn’s scheduled this week and will begin my thoughts on matters that have been on this wril. It should be open and Society. daughter Rosanne, who is married to publichearingsinthefalltheWhite in past P.C.’.s inviting with focus on the figu^ in the The exhibit is not only about the "Nicho*EhrenbergofMexico; they trow House said. Angela, in her inter * •Thematterqfthe'glassceiling ”— middle. TTus is a monument that is process of coffee farming but the story make their home in Kailua-Kona and view with iVdncy Yoshihara'in the Don ’t use that as' an excuse or crutch. close to our capitol and will be seen by of the imihigrants and their sfrnggles are expecting their second child this Sunday (July WLoeAngelesTimes Look at it as a challenge and do your not only American but foreign visitors to be a part of America. TTMy had the summeruner. Edison ’s older daughter, Opinim section, said it was an best, and be honest, friendly, helpful too. Maybe I’m too late with my ideas American dream to be their own boss Elizabeth Ann, resides in San Fran and positive. You may find itmoves up; but it feels good to share them with and to have their children gain an opportunity to present the views of cisco with her attorney husband Gene diverseAsianAmerican communi you may get around it/break through you. education and go on to a better lifo. Torn and their two dai^ters. T^ or it may disappear. We are fortu • I don ’t always have my old papers TTiis they achieved but in doing so the keeps Bosalind (the dau^ter of Min4 ties. "Whether by design or by acd- nate because we are people of color and around because I’m always shuing community has become smaller as the and Saburo Kido] busy flying back arrd dent, I really think one of the most can often be abridge for others of color. them with others. children left to pursue their education forth to help the girls and fulfill her valuable things I can do is force Too often I hear the negative and de • Did you see the book for the inter ^d careers. Afew, likeEd,arereturo- role of grandmother. thisdiscussiontogo much broader^ featist tone of the younger generation. mediate age, A Fence Away from F^- ingin This has turned out to be like a chat beyond black and white. Times are difBcult but not insurmount do/n , by EUen Levine? She interviewed ers again but too often the farms have with an old family friend and has gone able. sogomho^ neh\ Hard work and Ernie and lots of other people. Sl» said been sold once the elders are too fedble on longer than intended. Fve never booesty will still win out she got the title from something Ernie to keep up (he form. Something was had a conversation like this but you ' • Can we refv to Americans *in had said. On the back of the book special about growing up in Kona, for have always been on the fringes of mv print as American Asian, American jacket, she has a quote from me. (It is] so many people from here have gone on memory of growing up in LX I thiifo 7 0^ CMi. Itatoir P«. U 917&^ Afro, American Jew’ American Ital misquoted in th^ she put in *we,* todintin piigh thpmaoV vpj in you kiww a lot of the Uno Fhmily ta;2ia72KD64 Mirt: psaMaoLno ian, etc. if the ethnidty is important to where it should have said ”1." Since I careers. history as it rriates to JA^ and little • ExceptfortheNationalDirec- us in a story? I ake Tiger Wood*^ cre was the only Asian American in my I wish other communities on. the T(^. rve not lived in UA. sinoe 1 left tor ’s Report, Dews and the "Views’ ative appra^ but that would not do grammar school, I did not see myself as Mainland would request this exhilnt Los Angeles City C(jl^ to go to Ber exprea^ Ijy wUtiiitni«fai do not for a census category. Here, in Hawaii, a “Jap’ in those days. I ki^ we were for their area. They can oootact JANM keley eons ago. My visito hsve been pecessyily reflect JACL poligr. we use the term Cosmopolitan for Japanese but I saw myself as an (Japanese American National-Mu short and infrequent With Hana gone, The columns are Ihe poscmal people of mixed races. 'Hie term Hapa "American.* Here in Hawaii Tm now a seum, 369 E. 1st St, Los Angeles, CA I wedt Isas oAmi but now that our opinion of the writers. usually refers to half>dute* and other "Kotonk,* whid) started out a4 a 90012), if they want to have the exhfoit daughters live on the coast I find my • "Voicee ’reflecttheactive.pub- half *non>white* and usually the rative but now it’s a c^prifying labd. in their area. self sbq^migcff more. Julie lives with Ik discussion within JACL of a *white ” is the multiple mixture sb use • I hope you have seen the JANM • This and next year, I shall be busy onis HaD in Venture and tirey are wide range of ideas and tasoes, of the word. (>)siiu»olitan i» really exhibit -oo Ute *HistoTy of Kona Cof as I am the State president for the fdaruunga Noi' rembv wedding in Ho- requiring clear presentation more accurate. I would use that Cm-my fee—AkogtheHawaii BeltRoad. ”TTmt Hawaii Asaodaticm for Family and nol^u. Trida, the younger, hm beeq though they may not reflect the grandchildren over Hapa. Cosmopoli has consumed a m^r portion of our Community Educafron (FCE). We used mamedtoRaateBimestlftnsBdfryfdfof five years viewpoint of the editorial board tan has not had the DMathre connota lives these past four yean as Ed (my to be known as the University Exten and they aree tag to wrioome our tion th«fW*|ia haa had. of the Pacific Citistti, husband) has been the imgect coc^- sion Heme Mal^ Clubs until the *908 firsts ■ ■.“ . to Newport Beach in • "Short amressions ’ on public •Thememorial in Washington.D.C. nator, installer, co£Ew confrilNitor and when we dumged our name. Our na Our ddaat, aeo Kris, reaides issues, usualty one or two para What a wonderful chance we h^e to ^lokespenoii. I worked with the cur- tional organization has had Oarlene inHooolulu. graphs, should indude signs ture, .educate many people. As I read the nculom committee todevelop the edu (Hse) Wingate of Hilo as our president I hope you can coma to visit us acne addressI and daytime This historical document is the. story of the high school and its- TOfO community, a WWll intemment- PRINTING CO. I camp. The writing of the a,- H I studenu and the pictures by 309 So. Sari Fedro SL ! Tbyo Miyatake and Ansel Adams Los Angeles 90013 I depicts camp life ^ they lived I it. This, book is now available . (213) 626-8153 I for |25 each, plus shipping and J handling (15 per book). Vou I can also have your natoe I embossed oa thcffroef cover tor I 15 each. ^ ■ ______Ttes is a CUEF projea. Dmdliiie for preerden is Sept 15,19^ DeUvery fai iaonary 1998 I * U) E > r Send this form to: SAN GABRIEL VIUAfX ♦ 1/12 ■= I Diane Hohda 233 W. Flirview Ave. I Our World, Class of 44Project, San Gs6Rel.CA 91776 I 876S Noth Siem VisU Phone: (800) 352-845* Signature ------J Fresno. CA 93720 F«u (818) 289-9369