•• •• aCl lC Cl lZen October 9, 1981 The National Publication of the Japanese Amerjcan Citizens League ISSN: 0030-85791 Whole No. 2,1591 Vol. 93 No. 15 (30¢ Postpaid) ~= 2 Seminar to mark S. F. school Supreme Court's actions of Evacuation segregation edict of 1906 SAN FRANCISCO-A community can studies class at San Francisco gathering commemorating the State University and will include a ' a major concern of many before CWRIC 75th anniversary of the 1906 San panel discussion on contemporary Francisco Board of Education's or• educational issues in the San Fran• By PEI'ER IMAMURA ment that they made [was] very important to your case: the der to segregate Japanese Ameri• cisco Japanese American com• (F1rst in a Series) Japanese were singled out" _ students from the city's munity. can Goldberg then told Hirabayashi, " . . .the statements made in scbools will be held on Oct 11, 1 The seminar is partially funded your case no longer is the law; it is now expressly recognized fu!N: at the Konko Oturch social by a grant from the As the scheduled hearings of the Commission on Wartime Council for the Humanities and Relocation and Internment of Civilians draw to a close (with that the Fifth Amendment does contain an equal protection The program is being organized the National Endowment for the additional hearings tentatively set for New York and again in clause." ~ a project of a Japanese Ameri- Humanities. Professor Jim Oku• Washington), the question arises as to what infonnation can be tsu, project director, Said that the PC FOCUS 'Stop payment' ruse purpose of the symposium is t~ drawn from the hearings so far The tears, jeers, publicity and remember the significant event in criticism may be be fading away, but it is still necessary to ask if Goldberg also emphasized this fact about the Fifth Amend• strikes merchants Nikkei history and to compare it to this trip was really necessary. ment to Lillian Baker of Gardena, during the July 16 session. He LOS ANGELES-little Tokyo the educatioo of the city's Nikkei Although there is much infonnation on the Evacuation al• told Baker that "the curfew law decision (Hirabayashi, Yasui) merchants have become wary of a students today. ready well docwnented in many books, the CWRlC may have would just not hold water today ..." On Oct 11, 1906, the San lady from the Atwater area (Zip Fran• also gathered some important material. It may be worth re• Noting that the Korematsu case (which ruled that a group of 900(9) of the city-Mrs. FUkiko cisco Board of Education had is• Nakashima Takamin~ho alleg• sued a resolution removing the 93 viewing some of the testimonies and dialogues of the hearings in citizens may be singled out, expelled from their homes and edly makes purchases, pays for Japanese American students from imprisoned without trial, based solely on ancestry) had never them by checks, and before the the regular public schools and or• been overruled, but noted: checks clear the bank. places a dered them to attend a special "Well, you know, it's a strange thing, alien and sedition laws in "stop payment" order with the "Oriental" school The Japanese our country, which muzzled the, press right at the begimring of Americans in the city reacted and bank. our republic, have never been oveITUled." The store owner proceeds to refused to comply with the order contact the lady by mail and and instead sent the students to a Baker, who felt that the Supreme Court was the final arbiter as phooe, but all efforts thus far have • school set up at Nihon gakuen, l0- to the legality of th Evacuation, reprinded Goldberg that when .{>roven futile. cated at the site now occupied by Hirabayashi was decided, "we were under different cooditioos The amounts range from $200 to JACL National Headquarters. and we had a different Court then. But still we were a country $SOO and one merchant cashed a The incident had international and are a country of laws and compassion." repercussions which involved U.S. check without purchase. To which the commissioner replied, "But we're not a country The practice has been referred and Japanese governments andaf• to the little Tokyo Businessmen's fected the immigration of Japa• which believes., you know, following mistakes, [and] the Su• Association for further action. nese to America. preme Court [has] overruled the q>inions of mistaken laws, and as pointed out in the alien and sedition laws-" Baker, changing the subject, interrupted, "Your honor, I want Sansei named to U.S. board to make it perfectly clear that what rm reporting today is not a personal viewpoint I came here representing an organization." of Amnesty International Hinting Congressional Remedies- LOS ANGELES-Anmesty International USA has elected Bill Baker told the Commission that they have "no power to over• Watanabe of Los Angeles to its natiooal board of directors in a the context of the categories they fall into, beginning with the turn a upreme Court edict" and that "only the Supreme Court vote of the members recently. He is the first Asian American to legal, or illegal, aspects of the Evacuation. The selected hearing cando that" serve on the U.S. Board of Directors. material that follows are examples of how the greatest obstacles Goldberg agreed, reminding her that the CWRIC has no Amnesty Intemat:iooaJ., which ~ over 10,000 members in the within the redress issue-the Supreme Court decisions against power at all, as it can only recommend U.S. and over 200,000 members world-wide, is an international Hirabayshl, Yasui and Korematsu-<:.an be dealt with. "The upreme Court must reverse itself, it has had 40 years to hwnan rights organization. It is dedicated tohelp those who have Hirabayac;bi vs. the U.s. do it, it never has," said Baker. "And so it is then the p\lllX)Se of been impriDled solely for their r~ religion or ideas, and also During the Washington hearings on July 14, Gordon Hira• some, not this Commission, to propose laws to usurp that power, works for the abolition of torture and the abolition of capital bayashi, who challenged the 1942 wartime curfew and exclusioo to lose the separati(J}- , punishment Its efforts were reoognized in 1m when it was the orders against peroons of Japanese ancestry, reminded the 01/• On another fundamental point on a govermnent of laws, Gold• recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize that year. RIC the U.s. Supreme Court ruled g.o a curfew may be imposed berg interjected, noting to Baker: "Forgive me again, as an Currently the executive directoc of the little Tokyo Service against one group of citizens solely on the basis of ancestry. historian, there's nothing in wr Constitution, and nothing in Center in Los Angeles, the 37-year-old Sansei commtmity work• Of the decision against him, Hirabayshi noted: Korematsu which would prevent Congress from enacting re• er stated, "It is my bq>e to make more Asian Americans aware " ...the Court, in essence left, what appears to me a prominent medial legislation. All that the Supreme Court said in Korematsu of the fine work that Amnesty International does in the field of loophole, in their logic, they seened to say, first major premise: was that tbeir conception of Executive Order in. the then existing hwnan rights. Having been born in a coocentration camp, I feel a circumstan~ legislation authorized the Executive Order. Then, however. and "Where there is a compelling social individual ~inion, burden for repressive govemments." • rights must give way; you've read the the (;pinion makes very clear that it Watanabe added that those who would like more informatioo "Exclusioo from specified areas and detention in confined would be within the competence of Congress to decide other• about Amnesty Intemational can call him at the Little Tokyo zones may be necessary for military security; wise. See, so it isn't a question of overturning. This Cnmmissioo Service Center, ~3729. "And the conclusioo, therefore, all persoos of Japanese an• supports Congress." cestty must be uprooted and detained in camps." Baker then pointed rut to Goldberg that there is a difference Hirabayashi agreed with the first two premises of the Court, between the Court "overturning" and "reversing" itself. L.B. Mayor 8ato mugged again noting that ''where a group, including a government, is con• CrotjraJed 00 Next Page LONG BEACH. Ca.-Mayor Eu• least I was in the car, while he was fronted with an emergency sibJation, individuals must give way, nice N. Sato, who was robbed and in the open," she noted. and all throogh history they have done that, and they must take YE EDITOR'S DESK: by Harry Honda assaulted by two muggers in Los Last Oct 17 Sato suffered a cut certain kinds of emergency steps which may confine individual Angeles less than a year ago, was over her right eye and several freedom." again the victim of robbery, this bruises and scratches when she But then he said: "What r can't understand was this, and why I PC Subscription Policy time at sbotgun point, last month. was knocked down and robbed by refused to go along with it, was after stating those emergency For the past decade [and we have been guietabout it in print-4loping Police said the Nisei mayor was two purse snatchers as she left a in-house discussion would accomplish the missioo, but so many changes robbed in the parking lot of the meeting of the Southern California situations, in a situatioo where we did not even have martial law, they go and pick a particular small population, purely on the ha e occurred in-house within this period lhat perhap it's time to say Silverado United Methodist Assn. of Governments in down• this "on the front page" so that everyone knows this before they might O:nn-ch where she had been at• town Los Angeles. basis of ancestry, and make them subject to a statute or an order com on board in-house], we ha ecooscientiously stri ed to mainrain our tending a meeting. She was sitting purportedly for espionage and sabotage protection." 2nd Class mailing privileges by e.xplaining: in her car talking to the Rev. Rich• Nikkei shot to Goldberg Responds (1) JACLen> can subscribe to th PC OIl a one-per-housebold basis as a ard Edgar, who was standing next death in argument As if in response, Commissioner Arthur J . Goldberg, himself a portion of the membership dues allows for subscription ifthey Sf) choose, to her automobile, when two TORRANCE, Ca.-An apparent youths in their late teens ran up to fonner Supreme Cowt Justice, told Hirabayashi in an ensuing there being no reductioo in th dues if amemher' chooses not to subscribe argument led to the shooting death for wbat er reason; [1bis policy was biblished by the JACL.l ational thecoople. of Gary Yoshio Morioka, 31, 00 dialogue that "it may be of some comfort to you to know that the One of the young bandits point• Supreme Court has in effect overruled at least part of your Council in 1960, ben th is not free and PC has a legitimate set of Sept 25, acrording to police re• u.bscribe~ ed a shotgun at the pastor'while ports which also indicate the sus• decision directly" and pointed out that in th Hirabayshi case, paid fum requirement for any newspaper seeking 2nd Oass mailing privileges.] the other took his billfold contain• pect as Arlene Kimi Naito, 24. the Court said that "the Fifth Amendment contains no equal (2) a ear' ubscription nms a U full months, since there is no ing $80, police said. According to investigating of• protection clause, and restrains only such discriminatory legis• At that point, according to au• ficers, Morioka arrived at Naito's less-than-year membership rare and the Post Office say' if a person thorities, Sam locked the car door lation by Congress as [it] amounts to denial of due process." subscribes for a full year, it shall be so or we jeopardize our 2nd Oass home aboUt midnight, and neigh• noted ~ and rolled her window up. bors reported hearing a loud argu• Goldberg then "Well, that is no looger the law. Right mailing privileges; [Because JACL regular memberships ~ at the The armed youth pointed his ment at that time. after the Court decided Brown vs. Board of Education, separate end of the calendar year. this has oonfused some to think Ih PCsu~ gun ather through the window and At about 4 am., according to po• but equal doctrine appeared in the District of Colwnbia, and the tion period extending beyond Jan. 1 is concurrent with J CL membel-• said, "Open up the door or I'll llce, Naito went to her bedroom same argument was made relying upon your case, saying the ship when, in f t, their membership had expired 00 31, thus risking shoot" She complied and her and returned with 8 .3S7 ~wn the status f their health insuran which insists 00 current membership purse was taken. Fifth Amendment contains no equal protection clause. pistol and shot Morioka ooce 10 the "The Court then held, in a case called [Bolling vs. Sharpe], being in force.] The two robbers then "ran like head. Naito then called for para• (3) ubscriptioo through J CL membership is non-o:ansferabl Orief Justice [Earl) Warren wrote the q>inion, that the state• jackrabbits" and police said that medics who rushed the victlm to (the reason being to insure an boost membership b including the the mayor pursued them in her the County-UClA Medical Center ments in your case, Hirabayashi, is wrong law; that the due whicll till 1960 JAQ..ers 'ubscribed separately). car, but lost them as they jumped here where he died at 8:23 a.m. process clause in the Fifth Amendment, ven though willke the (.1) And any upsetting of this delicat J ubscription poll pro- into a parked car and sped away. The suspect was arraigned in 14th, it does not contain express language 00 an equal protectioo cedure only jeopardizes . lnd Class pnvil ' )uch a I ' Police said her empty purse was maili.n8 Judge Ernest Hiroshige's South clause; the Fifth Amendment du process provision in~ would mean going Nonpt tIt Bulk Rate.>rd Class-admittedlyl ' t1:y later found in an apartment Bay and Municipal Court was later to til rganization but ruinously lare from a d r standpoint. Who complex. released on a bond set at $25,000. ates the concepts of equal protection. wants a " wh anival ill th mailbOl would be i.rregula.r t best, L'OIll Sato said she feared for the mi• Pollce woold not elaborate 00 "So you have related-I doo't know how much happiness it lat ? nister during the robbery. "At the cause of the shooting. gives you-you have the satisfaction of lmowing that the sm in bunches and veral week 2-PACIF1C OTIZEN I Friday, October 9,1981 Aleuts weld Native American and Slavic traditions Redress Reports By REV. MlOlAEL OLEKSA generations. The Attu village and chapel were never rebuilt. Anchorage, Alaska however. Although the initial contact with Russian frontiersmen and While the Japanese army was responsible for the destruction entreprenew'S was characterized by bloodshed and oppression, of the church building at Attu, most of the other chapels were Angus MacBeth named the conditioo of the Aleut .PeqJle was significantly improved destroyed or looted by American forces. The churches at Atka, after the anival of the Orthodox Mission in 1794, and especially ~here Father Netsv~tov opened the first Aleut bilingual school after the con1ing of St Innocent Veniaminov in 1824 and Father ill 1829, and at Amchitka were bombed by oor own aircraft in the CWRIC special cotJnsel Yakov Netsvetov, a Native of Atka. a few years later. Not only effort to clear the islands of all possible shelter, should the WASHINGTON-Angus immediately on the complJa• did the Fathers defend the Native people frem exploitation at the enemy advance eastward The chapel at Eagle Harbor, on Kodi• Macbeth, a partner in the tion of references of repara• hands of their unscrupulous countrymen, but they also estab• ak Island, however, was destroyed by American planes who Washington, D.C law finn of tion and restitution pr~ lished bi-lingual schools in which Aleuts were taught to read and sel~ted it for target practice. The cemetery at Meshik (Port Bergsoo, Borkland, Margolis dents in order to advise the write their own language as well as a productive trade or pr~ Helden today) was bulldozed and the church converted into a and Adler, was named special commission on the critical is• fession. generator shed by the Military. counsel on the CommissiOn on sues of redress. Describing Aleuts were regularly sent to Irkutsk or even St. Petersburg to · When asked many years later why no one protested at the Wartime Relocation and In• the task as difficult, "it must continue their education so that by the time of the sale of Alaska rune, the Aleuts replied, "In tmse days, sir, no one ever talked ternment of Civilians, Com• be dealt with in the context of (1867) to the United States, there were scores of Aleut "college back to a White Man." mission Olair Joan Z. Bern• soWld legal history and prece• graduates" who built and navigated ships, charted unmapped · ~ere is no way to restore the loss of property, still less of stein aIUlOlUlced Sept. 28. dent," Macbeth said. regions (including Alaska's Arctic coastline), taught in dozens of ~ty or self-esteem the Aleuts have suffered, but certainly the "The Cmunission is fortu• Personal Background village schools, propagated the Ouistian Faith, painted icons deliberate (and often unnecessary) destruction of their places of nate to obtain the seIVices of MacBeth, who will assume his and portraits, performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles, worship together with their priceless contents, requires sane someone with the experience duties at the commission irrunedi• and composed poetry in Aleut and Russian languages. redress. The hand-written iCCl'lS and church furnishings which and established leadership ately. served in the U . ~. Dept. of One Aleut, a Major General in the Russian army, became were donated to the Alaskan Mission by Orthodox People of qualities of Angus Macbeth," Justice as a deputy assistant attor• governor of Ayan, 00 the Siberian coast. and published one of the Tsarist Russia and later stolen from Aleut homes and churches ney general from 1979 to 1981. said Bernstein. "His investi• first atlases of the Pacific Rim Without exaggeration, the last by troops stationed in Alaska to defend them, have been scat• gative experience and hi! Earlier he served as Chief, Pollu• tion Control Section of the Land decades of SOerty, as at Unalaska where Anfesia Aleut Peq>le in the name of justice. ley JACL in Alamosa in 1947. emtm.... 00 PIee 4 Shapsnikof supervised the burial of icons and even chandeliers, · Fr. 01eksa, ~ Diocese of Alaska. is ac;sistant prof~,. ~ thus saving this heritage, now a National Landmark, for future gJOUS and value studies at AJasxa Pacif'1C u~., Anchorage.

RED RESS o...m...." fnJIDi>n!vioIB fIIge So Goldberg continued: Commissioner William Marutani asked Chuman if this Writ cretion and whether or not those limits have been overstepped "Congress cannot pass laws which take away fundamental would be initiated by the courts, to which Cllwnan answered: are judicial questions, always subject to review by the courts. rights protected by the Bill of Rjghts; it would be uncons• " ...the United States Supreme Coon, with the evidence that Yet, the Supreme Court in wartime cases abdicated its respw• titutional for Congress to do so. But the courts and Congress the Commission has, can take it upon themselves, on the Writ of sibility by stating 'it is not for any crurt to sit in review of (the have the right to enlarge the scope of protection for peq>le, and [Error] Coram Nobis, to say that 'we think that we made a action by the wannaking branches) or substitute its judgment of course Congress has clean area authority to say scmeone was decision which was erroneous under the limited infonnation we for theirs." Thus, Bannai presented evidence that the Court abused, they do it every day-they file private bills and they say had at that time and now we ourselves want to set the record failed to protect the constitutional rights of NIkkei fnm "ex• so and so was wrongfully treated by the government, and we straight'" cessive and unnecessary military actims." give them an award. Even when the Supreme Court decides that Marutani, however, wondered if the independence of the judi• Court Failed in Other Ways the award wasn't justified. ciary branch would present a problem. Clluman said that there Barmai added thatRO. 9OS6and PLS03 should have beenhel.d "See, that is not beyond the competence of Congress. One may have to be scme type of ''protagooist-antagonist'' situatioo as unconstitutional Bills of Attainder (under Article 1, Sectim 9 thing Congress cannot do is take away the protections afforded to initiate the proceedings. Marutani suggested that, perhaps, of the Constirutioo) which are, by definition, "a legislative act to us by the Constirution. That Congress may not do ... But the CWRIC cool.d be one of the parties involved in initiating the which inflicts punishment without trial" Congress has absolutely clean area rights to excercise its au• proceedings. BAAR, in their 57-page brief, also noted that the exclusioo and thority to enlarge the scq>e of constitutional protection; it may The Limits of Military Authority detention of Nikkei during WW2 violated the First, Fourth., Fifth, not caltract" The upreme Court's failure to uphold the Constitution, how• ixth and Eighth amendments of the Coostitutioo, and many Writ of Error Coram Nob~ ever, is only part of a larger pictur&-and in fact, the Court may other fundamental rights, among them the right to privacy, to G<>ldberg, perhaps, suggested that Congress lIUty be able to have failed to check the mistakes being made by the other vote and to travel freely. Throughout the regiooal bearings, legally correct the erroneoos decisions made againstthe Japa• branches of the government In San Francisco, attorney Lor• many other attorneys pointed out these similar cmtentioos as nese Americans by the Supreme Court during the war. How• raine K. Bannai, speaking 00 behalf of the Bay Area Attorneys well. ever, in La; Angeles, attorney Frank Clluman suggested that the for Redress, said Aug. 11 that the scq>e of military power on Chicago Academicians Offer Views Supreme Court may be able to correct itself. On Aug. 4, he domestic matters during the war needs examining by the Com• During the Oticago session on Sept 23, hirley Caste:lnuovo, recommended that the Conunission urge a review of the Him• mission-because the three branches of government failed to Professor of Political Science at Northeastern Dlinois Univer• bayshi, Korematsu and Yasui cases through a Writ of Error keep a tighter rein 00 the Anny. sity, somewhat echoed BAAR's testimony by presenting a writ• Coram Nobis, a rarely-used procedure handed down from &!g• "During the exclusion and detention of , ten statement which said that there was "an uncoostituticnal !ish Common law to American law that, in effect, corrects a the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of govenunent delegation of power to the military by Congress" through PLS03.. judgement in the same coort in which it was rendered, on the wrongfully allowed the military to exercise cootrol over civ• he added that there was also a "violation of due process rights" ground of error of fact ilians," noted Bannai involving the 120,000 Japanese Americans and "the use of racial The BAAR representative noted that "the power of the mil• classification to detennine loyalty, that is to say, all persoos of itary to exercise cootrol over civilians is limited to situations of Japanese ancestry were deemed disloyal" HONDA c..m..... fnJIDFroatPlee martial law." She added that "under the Coostitution, civil au• Victor RosenblUIIl, Professor of Law at Northwestern Univer• J ACL member subscription rate is based on ACfUAL cosr of press• thorities alone can regulate civilians." sity, suggested that the Korematsu case had been reversed in work, mailing and direct office expenses (labels, handling, staff, share of principle, as Goldberg had stated, but the actuality of it had not rent, telepbooe, supplies) which this year averages to around 14.6¢ per Citing Ex Parte Milligan, Bannai added that martial law can taken place. he suggested that since the Supreme Court relied copy (7.1¢ postage; 3.5¢ presswork) or $7.30 a year. [Note: regular PC only be declared "out of an actual invasion 00 a theater or active so heavily on congressional action in justifying the Evacuatioo, ~tion, subscription rate is $16 per year, $8 additiooaJ if foreign, even for military where courts and civil administration are the initial tep toward redress should involve coogressimal JACLers.J We don't ask for more than such actual cost.<; since PC adver• closed, where a war situatioo.prevails and there is no power left repudiation of the Evaruation. tising and rn.isc.ellaneoo income is expected to cover the remainder of except the military." Such was not actually the case on the west The 'Impossible' Task the expenses-editorial staff, travel, PC board meetings, typesetting, Coast "Martial law cannot arise from a threatened invasion," reference library, share of rent, telephone, supplies. Throughout the hearing , many other legal and civilliber• noted Bannai. tarian organizations offered their testimony as well, such as: To make PC self-supporting was the principal reason for moving PC to She also said that in the Hirabayashi case, the upreme Court Los Angeles and not to San Francisco with Headquarters fnm Salt lake The Japanese American Bar Association (Los Angeles); the dismissed the military control issue, saying that civil authorities City in 19S2. ACLU (several regions); the Asian American Bar Associatiooof The Natiooal JACL Council in I9&) preferred the PC publish SO weeks were involved. But the military played a dominant role in the th Greater Bay Area and the Nihomnachi Legal Outreach (San ~ a year and raised the dues to cover JACL member subscriptions accord• Evacuation, and administering the orders which carried Francisco); the Asian law Association Seattle); and many other ingly-after rejecting a ~week format as had been recommended by out the curfew, extltlsion and detention. individual attorneys. the previous National Board. . The secood issue that BAAR addressed itself to was whether Many of these individual and groups expressed the common This is also to remind everyone that the policies set forth by NatiooaJ contention that constitutional rights were clearly violated during Council are as binding as those cast In the JAU Constitution, the dif• Congress delegated its power over civilians to the military. th Eva uation. But remedying th iI\justic of the internment ference being that it lBkes more votes to change provisions in the Con• "Congress may delegate only its administBtrative and not legis• stitutioo. Some think if it's not in the Constitutioo, there is no JACL policy lative powers and, if it delegates power, Coogress or the Exec• will not be as easy as one may think; for the constitutiaoal in force when, to the OO'ltrary, there is-lffibedded in the JAU Conven• utive must establish clear policies and tandards for the guid• ramifications of the Eva uation are, perhaps, a bit more c0m• tion minutes. Which recalls Bill Marutani's suggestioo when he was ance and limitBtioo of the agency carrying out the mandate," plicated than they appear. videnced by some of the tes• JACL legal counsel: JACL policies should be codified. said Bannai. timony. For instance, the 1962 Convention Minutes 00 page 87 estab&hes a PC She pointed out that E.O. 9066 and PLS03 gav military author• At most of th regional hearings, ommissioner Marutmri Reserve FUnd, stipulating how it should be kept The National Board in ity power to exclude any ~rsons designated by the military, often told witnesses: "Nothing is impossibl for th who don't February, 1965, amended the ~rve fund limit upwards from $5,000 to from disoicts established by the military, subject to restrictions hay tod it" $10,000, only the secmd $5,000 would be set aside at Nat'l Headquarters those military authorities might impose on their sole discretion, H may pro himself to be a master.. of understatement. for use by PC. For the record, the PC Reserve f\Jnd currently has about which is unconstitutional. . . $700, having recently withdrawn $3,200 to complete payment for the JA..~ The PC will contitwe to explore other facets of the bearings. VDT and modem--canputer hardware and half of our $2,000 software Supreme Court Failed to Protect program. AnotherS4,OO> from the PC Book Acoount(for book sales and a The third aspect BAAR noted was that the 'upreme Court such as the WRA and the camp conditions; the "military uecet• $6,000 deposit from JARP) was w;ed for onMime conversion cost of PC failed to review military actioos. Bannai said: "l'he upreme slay" issue; the impact of the i.ntemmeot on the Nikkei; aid labels data to the canputer disk plus the third step payment for software. Court itself has held that the allowable limits of mllitary dis- remedies. • Guest Editorial: Friday, October 9, 19811 PACIFIC CITIZEN-3 in the span ot three acts (run• ages on those whom their camp• ning a total of about three hours aigns are aimed at-the "out• Escape from the past with two ten-minute intermis· siders," ©1981 by The Lm AngeJes Herald Examiner Reprinted by permission. sions), "J" boldly attempts to pro• Of the recent commission hear• vide an encapsulated history of the . The pr:OOlem is not !hat the Asian-Pacific-Amencan commWlity 15 in ings, f.'rance noted, ''The broader dire straits. On the rontrary, it has many thoroughly positive elements Evacuation through the story of implications of the redress hear• going--tbe admirable work ethic, the emphatic value placed on first• one family. In a sense, it also tries ings are chillingly real." class educatim and the still comparatively strong family and commWlity to deal with the then terrible di• The same can be said for his structure. lemma of being an American with play. "J's" story of the Shigeta the face of the "enemy". family is an allegory for what haIr ¥.ter all, ~ most crucial need, in our view, is to forge a higher To an extent, it succeeds emo• ~rofiIe. pened to many West Coast Nikkei political It's terribly easy to be overlooked when you don't speak tionally, for there are some power• who suffered as a result of the out,And it's easy to send out a garbled message when you do speak out, if ful and poignant scenes. However, camps: the toll was taken upon y~ ~ ~~rale. n; Tower of Babel. Asians may have to forgo some degree Nikkei audiences may find the their emotions, dignity, sanity, of individual ethnocentnCltles and sing a more similar nIDe if they are to "messages" being delivered as all identity and physical well-being. form a strooger political force. We emphasize again that the OUnese and but subtle (did the Japanese Amer• "J" also suggests-and this may Japanese ammunities, in paiticu.la:r, will need to demonstrate more icans during the war call them cause some controversy-that to• a

~------~------~---~~Octo~r~~1JPA~C~7 Nationwide Business-Professional Directory PC PEOPLE Your business card place in each issue here for 25 weeks at $25 per three lines. Each Hobbyist returns • Awards Agency for Instational Develop- and wire services, as well as the addilionalline at $6 per 25-week penod. larger (14 pl.) typeface counts as two lines. '47 ronin' sword ment, Washington, D.C. Her fami- PR staffs of the U.S. armed ser• San Francisco police officer Rod Iy came to the U. S. in 1951 and vices and international orga• Greater Los Angeles LOS ANGELES-A samurai Nakanishi was awarded a bronze settled in San Francisco. She grad- nizations. by medal of valor at a local police ASAHIINTERNATIONAL TRAVel sword once carried Yoshida uated in communication and put>- ' ______U.S.A., Japan, Worldwide Kanesuke, roe of the 47 ronin of commission meeting Sept 16 for lic policy from UC Berkeley in Air-Sea-land-Car-Halel "Chushingura" fame, was re• tackling a fleeing bank robber on 1964, earned a masters in govern• 1111 W Olympic Blvd. LA 9001 5 turned Oct 2 by history buff Feb. 10. Nakanishi joined the force 623-6125/29. Call Joe or Glodys ment and regional studies in East Classified Ad Gerald Wilda of Lomita to its right• in February of last year and is part Asia from Harvard and is married Classi fied Rate is 12e a word. $3 minimum flOWER VIEW GARDENS #2 ful owner, the Sengaku-ji Temple, of the SFPD's Southeast Station. to Stuart Bloch, a W~on law• per Issue. Because 01 Ihe tow rate. payment N_ CIani Holel, 1105 los Angeles Tokyo, in a ceremony at the Japa• with order is requ es ted. A 3% dlscounl if same • Business yer. She began her government copy runs lour limes. os Angeles 90012 Arl lroJr nese Consulate General here. career as a Peace Coq>s volunteer ilyWide Delivery (213) 620-0808 The sword was removed in 1946. Japan born Tommy Izumi has in 1964, moved to the staff of the BU~OPPOKIUNITY NISEI FLORIST Wilda, who collects Japanese been appointed domestic director Senate select corrunittee on nutri• In /he Hearl of Ultle Tokyo swords, came across it at an an• of Far East sales for Hilton Hotels tion in 1971, and appointed in 1977 "., NURSERY I Landscape, 2'12 acres, 446 E 2nd 51 : 628-5606 tique arms show in 1964. Corp" according to James C. Col• North Los Angeles, $75,000 down. red Moriguchi Member: Teleflora to a deputy director post at Inter• Gross $300,000. Owner ill, must sell. lins, senior vice president of mar• national Communications Agency. Koto music set keting, to' service Far East travel "., MOTEL, 100 room-HoJiday Inn, Nisei Travel l.ibrary • PressRow . $400.000 down. Owner finance. 1344 W 15S1h 51, Gardena 90247 for Huntington agents, wholesalers and U.s. "., BEAUlY SHOP - Orange County, (213) 327-5110 SAN MARINO, Ca.-Miss Utashi ground operators. He will be A contributor and cons\1ltant to 9 stations, $30,000. 7% finance. Kagami of Tokyo will present a Nisei publications, 0Jar1es THE PAINT SHOPPE working with members of Hilton's many Agt. Ann program of koto music in the Japa• National Sales regional offices in L. Leong has been appointed chair• laMancha Cenler, 1111 N Harbor (714) 680-4101 , (714) 547-7521 Fullerton, Co I 71 ~26-O 116 nese house at the Huntington Li• New York and California He was man of the publications committee brary, Art Gallery and Botanical fonnerly director of sales-cor• of the San Francisco Press Cub, a REALESTA'JE...-.Mis.ach Blvd, Huntinglon Bch 926471 and v~l~~ . assistance in the Sun. Oct. 18, 1981 clients antocipating a M ure assignment bu •. {7UJ 848-1511 re •. 962-7447 •••••••••••••• are invited to request a qualificatoons 10 am. Roosevelt HoIb'wood summary and fist of servICes offered. San Diego Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Ben Duffield, ARA, PAUL H. HOSHI 'Kgoo Hollywood, Ca. P.O. Box 86, Eldon. Mo 65026 Insurance Service 206 Inexpensive par• 314-392-3588 852-161h 51 (714) 234-0376 CA.REER Ol'PORTUNITY San Diego 9210 I res. 264-2551 "awaii cels, lots, acreage to be liquidated; investment Japanese Language Lessons ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN «59 Morrell 51., San Oiego 92109 - -POLYNESIAN ROOM opportunities-low as ADVOCATES OF CALIF. (APAAC) (714) 483-3276 KINOMOTO TRAVEL SERVICE rDtoner & ock talls · Floor Show ) 7% interest • FRANK KINOMOTO No minimum bids on 56 parcels EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-S25,OOO -30.000 yr., tnnge benefItS. Min. 7 yrs Pacific Sands Motel 5075 King 51. (206) 622-2342 -COCKT AI L Crty Beverly Glen Kagel Y Olihi(1a Kamc)o Art LA + + exper. work'ng wrth AsIan PaCIfIC Amer. Pele and Shoko Oingsdole, Prop. Cvn Lancaster + Antelope LOUNGE Rm. + comm. and advocacy exper. with publIC (714) 488-7466 The Intennountain 312 E. 1st St.. 205 Vry + San Berdo + Arrowhead• Entertainment OffICials. Apply by Oct. 30, 1981 to 4449 Ocean 81vd. Pocific Beach 92109 Los Angeles. Ca. 90012 Big Bear Gregory Lu• + Lake + APAAC Personnef Comm. cerne VIy Hespena Palm Mam Wakasugi (213) 629-2848/755-94.29 + + ADMINISTRATIVE Assr-$16,500 Ventura County Sales Rep, Row Crop Forms Springs + Indio + Salton City + BlackabyReal falale, RI2 Bx 6S8,Oniorio, Kei Yoshida, yr., fnnge benefits. Min. 7 yrs. expel. Elsinore + Kem Co. + Delano and educ. as office mgr. and 3 yrs. ex• CAlVIN MATSUI, REAlTY Ore 97914. (503) 881 - 1301 / 262-3459 INSTRUCTOR + Tehach8P.,-MoJave + Owens Home. & Commercial per. wooong wrth Asian Pacific Amer. OPEN EVERY DAY Fam1Iy Cresas & Hlsrorical Dolls Lake + Cailf. City + Nacloman• 371 N Mobil Ave. Sune 7, Camarillo The Midwest community. Apply by Nov. IS, 1981 to: Luncheon 11 :30 - 2:00 to + Fresno Co + Mendocino + APAAC Personnel Comm. (805) 987-5800 • Through the,r Kamons and surnames, Dinner 5:00 - 11 :00 BrooktraJls + Century Ranch + Vernon YoshIOka. ·Chmn. SUGANO TRAVEL SERVICE all Japanese Amencans can uade theor San Jose, Ca. Sunday 12:00 - 11 :00 Mt Shasta + SISkIyou + Clear 6968 Glenflora Ave., 17 E Ohio 51. Chicago 60611 ancestor's his1ones. Lake + AlbuQuerque + Lake (312)944-5444 784-8517,eve, Sun San 01690, CA 92119 Edward T Morioka, Realtor • K8I YoW'Ioda. researcher 01 K8monS, Mead + Lake iahoe . oreall (714) 291-73I1x1195. 580 N. 5/h 51, Son Jose Washington, D.C. has specil ilY destgned a K.amon tor the FREE PARKING Japanese AmencanS. The K.amon 1$ cre• (408) 998-8334/5 res. 371-0442 226 South Harbor Blvd. FREE BROCHURES MIKE MASAOKA ASSOCIATES Santa Ana, Calif. 92704 ated 01 hand-<:asI bronze. and being orig• Watsonville lOel and one-of·a-klnd, ,t WIll infinilaly ,n• (213) ~ (714) 739-81.37 Con..,ltonl1 - Washingron Mailers (714) 775-7727 Call, VISII or Write 900-171h 51 NW, Waahingron, DC 20006 crease ,n value "'rough the generBoons MIKAWAYA ' Tom Nakase Realty 202-296-4484 Western Land Bank Acreage, Ranches, Homes, Income .... • Those who order the K.amon WIll be• Sweet Shops .....---- ... - come memberlI and recet\le gudance m 62S3 Hollywood Blvd. ' TOM NAKASE. Realtor _---_ .- ...... researcrllng theor anceslOr's hislDnes. 244 E. 1st st. 25 Clifford Ave. (408) 724-6477 Suite 614 Los Angeles Japanese Los Angeles. CA 628-49.35 Northern California • YosItlda K.amon At1 IS tully equtpp8d Hollywood, CA 90028 Casualty Insurance w,th ra lemnce books necessaty lor re• 2801 W BaD Rd search. Also, members WIll have aCC8Sll - Bring ~ Anaheim. CA (71 4) 995-6632 'Seiko's Bees' Assn. 10 these references. Pollinalion Service (Reg #24-55) COMPUTE INSURANCE PROTEcnON Padfic Square 4967 Hames Dr., Concord. CA 94521 Redondo Beach Blvd (415) 67lHl963 Aihara InsuranceAQy.lnc. Gardena. CA (213) 538-9.389 San Francisco 250E. ht St., Loa AngeMs9OO12 KEN & COMPANY Suit. 900 626-9625 SHORT & SMALL dothlng merchants 11 Japanese Vilege Plaza Los Angeles. CA 624-1681 ASUKA JAPANESE ANTIQUES Anson T. Fu;ioka Insurance Today'. Classic Looks MEN'S APPAREL 25A Tomaipais Ave. , Son Anselmo 321 E. 2nd St., LoaAnge'" 90012 (4 15) 459-4026 Suit. 500 626-4394 for Women & Men Fall '81 Sport Coats & Suitsjust JUU (YORICH I) KODANI , Pres. Call for Appointments· arrived in sizes 34 extra-short to From Your Heritage, Funakoshi Ins. Agency, lne. Phone 687-0387 42 short. Genuine Cenrvries-Old Ko"ohin 321 E.2ndSt.,LoaAnge"'90012 Suite 300 626-5275 lOS Japanae VlDage Plaza Mall For good selection shop now ... Los Angeles 90012 17 O.l iiiii:ii Hirohata Inl. Agency, lne. 101 SF 322 E. 2nd St., Lot Ange'" 90012 287-8605 628-1214 SAN PHOTOMART JOSE Inouye Insurance Agency . Eslclhli hed ,q J6 Cameras Photographic Supplies 1S029 Sylvanwood A... . KEN a co. Norwalll, Co 90650 864-5n4 ~ . Ham ilton .... . 316 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles 17 Santo (2 13) 622-3968 Itano & Kagawa, Inc. Nisei Trading O."yl CAMPBELL 321 E. 2nd St., Lot Angeles 90012 Or Cruz Ken owner Suite 301 624-0758 GIVENCHYI LANVIN (408) 374-1466 lllmnll?r\ "II IndU'I",11 Ito Insurance Agency, Inc. 785 W. Hamilton Ave .. Campbell ST. RAPHAEL STUDIO 1245 E. Walnut St, P___ 91106 NEW ADDR ESS: 'If (O"c!II,nntn!l, R",,, 'e•• )III'n Suit.112 • 795-7059,681 ..... 11 LA 249 S. San Pedro St. ontr.)ll(lr 318 East First Street Kamiya 1m. Agency, Inc. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Sam J. Umemoto Los Angeles, CA 90012 327 E. 2nd St., Loa Angeles 90012 L'l N !1l611b \ ~o - \8 SuIt. 224 626-8135 (213) 624-6601 (213) 626-5681 Sato Insurance Agency ~ SAM KEIBOW CO_ ...... -_ ...... -----" .... " 366 E. lit St., Loa Angeles 9OCJ12 Plaza Gift Center 1506 W. Vernon Ave . 626-5861 629-1425 ( \ U FI NE JEWELRY _CAMERA - VIDEO SYSTEM Los Angeles 295-5204 CHIVO'S , . WATCHES - PEN - TV . RADIO - CALCULATORS Tsuneishllnlurance Agency [ "" lI'n ••'(/ \ ,rH t' 1'1 II) JapalMlle Bunke ~ 327 E. 2nd St., Loa Angeles ~ 12 . DESIGNER'S BAGS - COSMETtCS - BONE CHINA Needlecraft Suite 221 628.136$ 2943 W. Ball Ad . Wada Asato Associates, lne. Il'ple-\e- H me Anaheim. Ca 92804 3116 W. Jeffe.... Blvd, A u thOrized ONY D e lar (714) 995-2432 Lot Angeles 90018 732-6108 1 11 J ap a nese Village Plaza Ma ll GRANO STAR Los Angeles, Ca 900 12 1iJ£~ ~" " CHINESE CUISINE (21 3) 680-32B8 _ EAGLE Luncl1 • Dinner. Cock1alls' ] 15120 S Western A: e W. Speclellze In Gardena 3 4-6444 321~ ' 2 St.amed Pleh & Clem. W PRODUCE CO. (213)82&-2285 x xxx ,. , . 1M3 &II MIl WIW, .... anDMI~ ED SA TO D,IIISWI/ of K,t/y'; V,'g('/II/J1,' /)I. II""IIIIIIOr5, nc 5 Min. Ir()T1 MlSIC CrJ8 & 000g0r $liJM1 Empire Printing Co. 'PLl' nnl G D HEA II G L:..:::n::::;:;-;; BANQUET TO 2QO=....J - co lMEHClAI uod ()('IAL.I'HI Tl t , Rl' lIlOdl'l ,md Rl'tlnll's 1 '." l ;H' I\\ ~ t ' n l ' rtl:;1b F n!tll. h ,1IIe! J lI l' l ltl \ " ~ \l:'a(\' I' lknt BONDED COMMISSION MERCHANTS I-\ lrmll' l'S WHOLESALE FRUITS AND VEGETABLE MARUKYO 114 W Hcr t., La Ang lcs 9001 2. 62 -7060 ervicing Los Angeles Kimono Store 293-7000 33-0557 - \ AT NEW LOCATION 929-943 S. San Pedro St. ~ ~ \ ~ /upon ••s,' PhnICl II'p')S lIltill!l CITY MARKET New OtanI Hotel & Aloha lumbing It Garden-Arcade 11 Lie. # 01875 -.- $11) e192 z Los Angeles, Ca. 90015 , nos. Los Angela TC)YO PRlNTIN co. PARTS - SUPPLIE - REP IR Los Angeles :lOU Sn Sun 1\ 'dm St.. 1.\ S t\llgl'll'S n(ln 1:1 7n Junlpero Serra Dr. ~L- ______~ ta\ t: Phone: (213) 625-2101 628-4369 (:,nal ll :! t H lI f~ 1 S n G~briel . Ca 91776 'I!I (21 3) 283-0018 8--IJAOFIC t;1'f1ZEN I Friday, October 9, 1981 .MOSHI-MOSHI: by Jin Konomi . Aged population in Japan increasing TOKYO-Percentage of people over age 6S in Japan has almost doubled in a generation's time, from 4.8% in 1947 to 9.3% in 1980, the Prime Mrs. Kato's Class Minister's Office revealed. But it is still less than in some Western Berkeley, Ca. Watakushitachi no Kiroku (Our Records), a collection of aut- Jun Ukul!>"U. pro) dIr ...... ma~e house. Apt~. 7pm. • OCT. 12 (Monday) chy observations and hurried interviews. One was mto a • ocr. 10 (Saturday) Las Vegas.... ·Gen mig, Osaka K~1au ' TV series which got many old timers' backs up because It was so ••••••• ...... i .. Grov~ •••~-..-. ~ .-. •••-.ra Hon.nlEl.k reuruon l2- milL 7:30pm. tmtrue. It is about time more Issei and early Nisei wrote the true <.Ia), ;,at banq, Woodlake \J\Jaluy Inn. • ocr. 13 (Tuesday) SonomaCouoty~AY::i Kt!lro-kaJdnr. ::.anta Cruu-JACP show at t:.aI &lue stories of their lives. Erunanjl Hall, (,pm. 1:Xtubs. Ux:oout Grove. 2.{jpm.; 14th; I tmderstand that Mrs. Kaoo's class is still going strong, and is • ocr. 11 (Sunday) ~lonterey Coov Llr. Ullxn; 24dl: ;,an preparing a second book. I offered the gratui~ous ~uggestion in GRAY HAIR Marin ClyINC-WNPOC-l.nvu volley· JUSt! Loov Ctr HaJL !}am~ ball tour. l'eo-a Linda liS, ;,an Kafael • OCT. 17 (Saturday) the hope there will be other classes as well which willencourage San Gabriel Valley-Ak1 Mar:;uri. Riv~ Fesnv. U1nyon the seniors to commit to writing theirprecious experience which GRADUALLY E:>G\·JCc. Wt=>t CoVUla. 12n·IUpm. Cre:.1 ;,bupplll8l.'tr will be forgotten fore er otherwise. ~U · tuum.. I!.l Prado Las ea;as--O:Iapter luau. PanId.Ise ~ Course. ll:JOam. 11am-3pm. And I hope the PC readers will remember this little article, for West Valley~ubhou>e mortgage ;,an JoTancl.su.>-Plne t.:rutal Mdh L East Bay Japanese for Action is p~ to hav~ the. ~ VANISHES!- bumU1g party. JACL Clubhouse; dnr at IJStll ann}' dnr. Jack Tar HOIel. 7pm. translated into English. In spite of all Its shortcorrungs It IS a Silvercheck makes gray color that you control. Loodoo Ribti. 11 L.emltr-EBJN::.ak:unu·Ka! art alm~t hair young again - secretly Sil ercheck won' t wash Los Ange1I!S-~laryknoll ;\l1en's Club aucnon.i:A: U:mm Ltr, 7007 :\loeser Ln. worthy book. I confess I .c:ied at several passages. and easily. The leading out, wQn' t leave gray roots, spaghetti dnr. .\laiyknoll Audltonwn, 6pm. formula for men and is not a dye. In 2-3 weeks, 12.{jpm. • ocr. III (Sunday) women in 26 countries. Sil ercheck gives you ;,an i-TanC1sco-food·fWl bazaar, CUIcinnati-&J mig. Iknny Ukur-d'S, Silver heck i as simple 10 freedom from gray hair. ~t ~m. L"nlltlti Presbytt!l1al1 .Lh. I use as hair tonic. Lea.ves Di 0 er it now! you with natural looking • "Aeati, Pete, I thirj( you have " oome out WIIh the tcrd of pllbIicaIion that we NiseI ~ needed. All the txx,Jks SO. far, 011 . \<\tchen Send SJ.95 for one 4-0:• Silvercheck JAAP's RiJded, are SO darmed sober ...they 000' gve a gIiTllse of Cream or LilJuUl, $7.50 for the camaraderie, the tuner, the ~ I8lIOE1S that go bc¥::k ard Ior1h N\se\ "book two. Add $1 postage arx:I that have dEMl/q)ed arrong the Nisei ard their rcn-NIsei cd• CeJ)" DIUi IuIndJiflg. Mill atJe. CA 94941 fec9JeS in the 'ItoQ1qlIaa! ... ~~.~~~~~~~~~~~ "I have especially erp,oed yoor turor that IS Iaa!d throt.9l YOII $7 postpaid II ucheck, Dept. 606 30 VIsta d~ alIe, Mill Valley, CA 94~t bc?Of<. ~ it is.the!aTl9 as mine that I have erPIed ~ from Bill Ryba my 48 with friends ... 1404 Virginia Drive PI a nd me, in a plain wrapper, _ bottles of Silverchecl -SlUg Wakamatsu, Chainnao, JA~ARP Exec. Comm. St. Louis, Mo. 63011 Cream El. Liquid O. I understand SilvercheeJ.: is ~ld with an lin conditional monevback /laramu. Enclo ed I m check for S which 10 Iud I postage and handling. Charge to mOl 0 M STER CHARGE ard umber EJ p. Date ____ There are times AI/ow "'"~ IDr J,I.. ,,, Calif Rn add o~ sol.. IoU Ime when care ddre y ______s\ Zip ____ means CII ~ everything ~ ~ One VISIt convenience CIl IS a part of caring at a i difficult tIme. That's why ~ Rose Hill offers a modern I ~ mortuary, a convenient • flower SllOp .. all in one i ~ , peacerul and qUI t S ttjng. (ti coneept center I t:l P.O. Box , Wright Bro. Br .. DIgnity, und rstanding, Dayton, Ohio 45409 ~ considerarrpn and care ... A Ros.e HIlls tradition 1 for more lhan two dec des. It PACIFIC CITIZEN, Room 506, 244 So. San Pedro St., So much more ... costs no more Los Angeles, CA 90012 t~ Yesl Please send me __ copies of "Racort from Round·Ey~ Country" .- Enclosed Is my check (or money order) for $ ____ payable to .pacific Citizen I

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