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ISSN: 0030-8579 Whole No. 2,389 Vol. 102 No. 19 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los An eles, CA 90013 213 626-6936 Frida, Ma 16, 1986 N.J. congressman Conferees examine possible causes of adds name to list prejudice and violence against Asians WASHLNGTON-H.cdrcS::i bill by Carole Hayashino frequency of attacks on South• HR 442 has gained another co• l'~ S I • U;lall rcfugees, religIOUS de• sponsor, Rep. Bernard Dwyer (D• BEHKELEY. Calif- Ui "<.:111111na• nominations organized networks l'IW.J.), according to Hcp. Holx'rt tion is alive and well and grow• and state and local government• Matsui (D-Calif.). ing in the \.j nited States, condud• al bodies held hearin ~ to ~ tud y "Congressman Dwyer sits on ed participants in ''Break the Si• the problem. the impoltant Appl'opriatioll~ lence," a conference held May 10 Accounts of the growing vio• Committee, which has jurisdic• at BoaJt Law Sehool, UC Berkeley. lence against Asians were ear• tion over government spending," Speakers reported that mur• ried in Asian American commu• said Matsui. "He is an intclligcnt, del'S, beatings, racial slurs and nity newspapers and, by the end effective legislator." 'ymbolie attacks on Asian Amer• of 1985, in such major newspa• Dwyer is one of five new co• icans have risen dramatically in pers as the New York Times, sponsors who havc ~igJlcd up recent years. The day-long con• Boston Globe, Washington Post, since a House subcommittee fercnce, 'pOll 'ored pnmarily by Philadelphia Inquirer. Lo. An• held hearings on the bill Apr. 28. JACL, Asian Law Caucus and geles Times, San Francisco Ex• The others werc Rep. Pat Wil• Chine e for Affirmative Action, aminer and San Jose Mercu.!)' as liams (D-Mont), Barbara Ken• wa ' attended by 200 representa• well. nelly (!)-Conn.) Bill Richardson tives of national, state and local The conference look plaec (D-N.M_>, and Mattin Olav Saw Asian American community or• three weeks after the release of (D-Minn). g al1ll.C:ltHJll~ . a report by the Calif Atty. Gen• 'The hearing on redress legis• Conference organizers noted eral's Commission on Ethnic, Re• lation has opencd up a windo\\ that the Vincent Chin ca e in De• ligious and Minority Violence of opportunity" declared Matsui. troit brought national attention and P11orto the expccted rclea 'c 'The coming weeks could be key to the issue of anti-Asian violence. of a 2in-page report on anti• to the bill's succe~. No\\ i ' thc The unemployed auto worker Asian Violence by the U.S. Com• time to step up our efforts to at• \\ ho bl udgconcd Chin to death mi ion on Civil Hight..'>. tract support for HR 442.' with a baseball bat in 1982 was Rep. Nonnan Mineta (D-Calif.) Rep. NOl1nan Mincta (l){;.. dif, initially entenced to probation presented the keynote addre s. said that Dwyer's co-sponsorship ~ alld a line. but eommunit) pres• He \\ ' ~ ll1tl'oduced by JA 'L na• is ''more good news as HR 442 Photo by Sadll Yamamoto sure resulted in the filing of fed• tional director Ron Wakabayashi. gathcl'l:> additional sponsOl1:i:' BANZAI!--Actor Pat Morita and Calif. Secretary of State March Fong Eu eral civil lights violation charges. who credited Mineta \vith pro• Dwyer was visited on May 5 by break open a sake barrel during opening ceremonies for an exhibit on The killer wa . later found guilt ,. \riding national IcadcI hip in Japanese Americans at the L.A. Children'S Museum (story on page 10). Eastern District JACL Redress In the wake of the increasing Cooriuued on Page 11 CommiU.l.'C chair Tom KOlllctalll of New Brunswick, who was in S id claimed that the ba i for Washington to attend the annual Debate held on English initiative unity in America is not linguistic, awards banquet of the Leader• but a belief in the fundamental ship Conference on Civil Rights. princi pIe of democracy. Living in by Clifford Uyeda Diamond empha ized that the a multicultural, multilingual s0- SAN FRANCISCO - The pro• first obligation of being American ciety Cl ate tolerance, he said, Mineta urges Chun po~ed initiati c to e 'tablish Eng• i . to lcal11 Eng} i h, but that the adding that foreign language lish as the official language of u e of English in the U.S. i being speakers are valuable resource to release two South California was the topic of a eroded. He expre ed his fum to the country. [mum held by Golden GateJA 'L belief in the "melting pot" th I. e ponding t Diamond' Korean dissidents on Apr. 21. of American society and charged claim of majority opposition to Speaking in favor of the meas• that the "mo aie" concept of bilingual ballots, eid aid that WASHINGTON-Rep. Norman ure wa Col. Stanley Diamond America i dangerou and divi• the majOlity i not alwa right Mineta (~alif .) and 10 ofhis col• (ret), director and campaign sive. He gave as an example the war- leagues sent a joint letter to South chair of the U.S. English organi• "We can understand each Continued on page 11 Stanley Diamond Korean president Chun Doo Hwan zation. Diamond once served as othcr only if w can talk to each Apr. 30, urging the release of two special assistant to fonner Sen other," said Diamond. "A biling• brothers imprisoned by the gov• S.l Hayakawa, founder and hon• ual state prevents thi." He JACL President Frank Sato on H..R 442 Hearings ernment. orary chair of U.S. Engli h. wal11ed that a ociety ba ed on "ethnic nationalism ' would be I believe the House hearing on HR 442 generally went ery well. Soh Sung and Soh Joon Shik, Judiciary Committee Chainnan Peter Rodino and Subcommittee Japan-born college students criti• catastrophic. hainnan Dan Gliclonan are to be congratulated for their leadership ~ cal of the Park Chung Hee regime, He claimed public UPPOlt r in chedullng th h aring in the most effectiv manner. were arrested in 1971 for alleged hi concept by saying that three• Strong, po itive statements b Hou e Majority Leader Jim Wright. involvement in a "campus spying fourth of Califomia voters op• Joe Rauh, and ow' Nikk i delegation of Sen. park Matsunaga, Rep. group." Sung was given a life sen• pose bilingual ballot.!, (Propo j. Noman Mineta and R p. R bert Matsui clearly offSet the opposing tence and Joon Shik was given a tion 38. an advi ory recommend• ie exPl d b fonner 11- 1. Ha,yakawa, R p. Samuel Stratton, ing the limination of bilingual Lillian Bakel', David Lowman and othe seven-year term. Although Joon Th pposition to HR 442 filed by th Ju tic D pt 1 pI ents Shik's term expired in 1978, his ballots, wa . pa -cd in 1984 b. a roughly two-to-on margin.) th ir ilion, but I do not beli it 1 P nts the vi \\ - of th imprisorunent has been extended Pre 'id nt and th admini trati n, ba ed upon ll'\y di eu i n with under the "preventive detention" P chiatri t Allan Sid, PI i• th Whit Hou . dcnt of A:ian Pucifie 111 riean law (see Nov. 8, 1985 PC). On balanc , W ha n cl ar pI gre "Many members of Congress oalition/U A (APA ) and a for• not be a. '. Th h Ip and upport of have been encouraged by recent m I' commi . i n r f th lif befOl a, stri for th final pu h. 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Info: Cindy Ogawa, CHICAGO--Japanese American Re• Peninsula-{415) 961-2274. cherry trees whose colorful blos• ican Society, and president and (213) 739-5273, or Leona Pang, ~l. dress Committee presents a summary NEW YORK-Chen & Dancers per• soms are reflected in the waters founding member of the Japan Nikkei Widowed Group features Dr. of what took place at the Apr. 28 House form May 28 and 30, 8 p.m., and June 1, of the lagoon along Lelong A e. Club. Koji Uemura, who will speak on "Five hearings on redress May 24, 7: 30 p.m., 2 p.m., at Theatre of the Riverside He first presented the idea of Rules ~ Health," on June 8, 1:304:30 at Heiwa Terrace. Also included is a Church, l2JJth St. near Riverside Dr. are a living monument to the late p.m., at Japanese American Cultural screening of the documentary " Unfm• The dance company features H.T. community leader Frank Tarnai. planting a flowering cherry tree & Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro ished Business," whic..~ tells the story Chen, Nai-Ni Chen, Remy Charlip, Jim• Oliginally {i'om 'acaville, grove 111 City Park on the dub's St, Rm. 4-B. Uemura is a doctor of of the Hirabayashi, Yasui and Kore• my Mori, Dina McDermott, Shyhling Calif, Tarnai moved to Omaha 10th anniversary in 1984. chiropractic healing and a certified matsu cases. Kuo, Lise Hulse, Patrick Gutierrez and during WW2, served in the Ko• In February 1984, 21 trees acupuncturist practicing in Gardf'na. The annual Nikkei Queen Pageant Dian Dong. Cost: $7, $5 for students and rean War, and moved to Metallie, ~ ere planted along the banks of seniors. Reservations: (212) 864-2929. Info: Henry Ohmoto, (213) 324-5194. will be held May 25 at the Botanical La., in 1960. He was president of the front lagoon, and plans were East West Players presents "Natsu Garden in Glencoe. 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James Shinbashi (James cian, last ran in 1984 when he LA Sehuol Di:stdct submitted Monroe). was defeated in the primary by entrie centering on the theme Henry Minturn, who subsequent• "Contributions of Asian Pacific Essays Americans: Yesterday. Today, ly lost to ilie incumbent, Demo• Division I-no winners; Division 2- crat Mervyn Dymally. and Tomorrow." A panel ofju dges I""n ' ~"'o,,,o Tamara Premsrirath (State Street), "I feel that my country needs American useum coor- that included educators, artists dinat~r; Bruce Kaji, JANM president; James Wood, chairman of L.A. Com• Bonny Woo (Castelar), Carrie Lui (Cas• a minority person to speak up and administrative representa• !.elan: Division3-KJu ChungTse(John for America," Odoi told the Los munity Redevelopment Agency; and Frank Kuwahara, CRA commissioner. tives chose winners in four divi• Burroughs), Paul Gero (Griffith). Janet Angeles Times. 'Tm running sions: (1) kindergarten to 3rd Sun Lee (Eagle Rock); Division 4-Jcr against Mr. DymaUy again be• gradl·. (2) 4th to 6th grades; (3) anna Africa (Franklin), Angelo Guer• cause he seems opposed to every• JA museum receives $1 million junior high school; and (4) senior rero (Franklin). I....isa 1':"'111 (Flclnklin). thing that President Reagan is hlgh school. Those chosen were: The contest is sponsored by the Mayors·Office, Asian Pacific trying to do to bring out the inner LOS ANGELES-The Los Angel• Both the city and state funds greatness of the American pe0- Postel'S American Heritage Week Com• es Community Redevelopment are designated for renovation mittee, Asian .American Educa• ple." Agency (CRA) pas ed a resolu• and repair of the old Nishi Hon• Division I-Anna lntharathut (Mt Wa hington). Jay Dvahastin (Mark tion Commission, and Asian Also seeking the Republican tion Apr. 28 granting $1 million gwanji Temple on Central and Keppel), Phat TreebumlUng CPage); Di- American Educators Assn. nomination are Jack McMurray in agency funds to the Japanese San Pedro in Little Tokyo, the and Gary Boogaard. American National Mu eum. proposed site for the museum. The district includes Gardena, The decision fulfills an infor• "The $1.75 million is a solid Hawthorne, Carson, Compton, mal promise made when the start for JANM," said Kaji, "but Lynwood, Paramount and Bell• CRA budgeted $1 million for the it's actually less than. half of the 64,000' ex-internees flower. The population is 31% museUm from the expected re• amount needed to make the Nishi still living Black, 21% Latino and 8o/t Asian. venue of tax increment bonds. suitable to hou e a museum. 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EAST there may well be others out there WIND who are put out by this columnist's practice of not providing transla- tions of all nihongo terms, perhaps Bill it may be well for us to give an Marutani explanation. Or at least try. FIRST OF ALL, the reader in RECENTLY A READER of this Ireland is absolutely correct: we column wrote us from the Emer• do have the AJA reader in mind. ald Isles: Ireland. Graciously, or Not exclusively by any means, but diplomatically,his epistle started primarily so. And we think that is entirely appropriate. Were it oth• off with compliments. Then fol• lowed the "but." To quote from erwise, we might as well be writ• his letter: ing for a non-ethnic publication. "But I do, however, have a com• Too, there are certain concepts, plaint. You seem to write with only nuances, that only a "1.ihongo term can convey adequately. Although Or vice versa. even take an interest in learning try to get them to learn to read, a Nisei audience in mind since you nihongo. write and speak nihongo. We sprinkle your colwnn with trans• we do not recall using the term, THERE'S YET ANOTHER (ul- take, for example, the term baka- , terior) reason why we "sprinkle" As we said, we harbor an ulteri• might as well have been trying to literated Japanese words which shojiki (a term I cannot fmd in my nihongo here and there in this col• or purpose. force castor oil down their throats. you often do not translate, evident• desk copy of the Japanese jiten). umn. We re by no means sure, but Speaking of throats, when we ly taking it for granted yoW" read• WHEN OUR CHILDREN at• How does one translate that into it is our hope that a number of tained some maturity, they criti• heard their belated criticism, I ers will know the word or phrase. ' English and yet retain its flavor? AJA's, principally the young, fmd think both my wife and I were His request: "Please give the cized their parents and I'm one• half of the target) for " failing' to ready to seize one. translation." And he included cop• Translate that into ' trusting fool"? this column sUfficiently of interest teach them nihongo. At that, my ies of two "East Wind" columns, "Naive trust '? Close, but just nQt to read it once in a while. And we AND SO TODAY, through these wife and I give knowing glances to marking those Japanese words for quite. There's something missing. seek to tantalize them just enough columns we're sneaking in a bit of one another. They have apparent• which no translation was provided. At very best, something gets lost that they might pull out a Japanese• linguistic "castor oi1. " And , I in the translation. But that's true English jiten to look up a word or ly forgotten how we forced them might add, you need not be an AJA Sumi-masen. whenever or very often, a concept two. Then maybe three or four. into a station wagon each Saturday to take an interest in ajiten. TIDS IS NOT the first time such is translated from a foreign word And soon begin looking up words and drove them miles to a nihon• Oh , yes. sumi-masen means a plaint has been registered with into English. strictly on their own. And soon, gakko in the adjoining county to "forgive me." Please. " Facts and Figures In Memoriam: Steere Noda Recently a review of Katriel Steere Glkaktt oda. a re:.-pected poUlt· lnt mal R nu c l"vic a a couts f America, U1e Honolulu Schory's documentary "Yankee ONE THING cian, cammullity leader and spmts ]11"0- clerk and interpreter. Moving to Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Samurai" was sent out to various LEADS moteI'm Hawau. dlCcl Marcil 29 c.a til district court a a clerklinterpr t• and the Honolulu hapter of publications by Go For Broke, TO ANOI'HER age of 94 ill Hale PlIl.a.nla Matt. part of el', Noda became the fu t Ni ei JACL. which he helped found Inc. The review was more of a Kuakmi Medu:al Centerin HOIwluht. 11le foUo1l'mg eulogy was l~>rittell by mold to be emplo ed b. the judicial Hwnility and Honesty commentcuy on the "fact" that Hiura. editor oj tile Hawaii Herald. tem. In 1916, h became the 800 442nd RCI' men died in the first Ni i to enlist in the But lest this become just a list, rescue of 2(X) men of the Texas Bob We often find ourselves u ing military, erving in the Ha\ aii and a partial one at that, it is impol1.ant to not /unr oda Lost Battalion. Shimabukuro th' t rm "pi one r" wh n d ali nal uard. According to Bill Ho okawa' cribing individuals who have filled the e man roles. F1'Om his Nisei, the Quiet Americans, the 442 made extraordinary contribu• Political Career earl. l'Ole with the illS and the "suffered 814 casualties, includ• pointed out Figures that at tion ' toward th bettenn nt f tourt .' tern. he wa known a a ing 140 dead" during the rescue tossed around casually have a our ociety. While the term is al• In 1924. Noda recei ed hi li• champion of immigrant rights. mission. Go For Broke's own pic• habit of being thrown back at way u ed appropriatel , it can cense to practice lav. in Ha\ aii. And, in pite of hi lofty political toral history lists the total442nd you' tak on a br ad r m aning in From th 1 • h \ a 1 eted to and ocial statu , he v a known RCI' death count for the entire 000 orne ca es than in othel . the Territorial Hou e of Repre- tor hi hwnility and hone ty. It war at 680. The great air conditioning W would hav to rely upon entativ in 1948, erving fi e a much that in spite of uch Now this is not the first time struggle is now behind us ... the highe t po ibl connotation on ecuti two- at' t 1m '. In a length career in the public these flgures have been men• hopefully. The arbitrator, Claude of the term to describe the late 1950, h wa a delegate to the ·potlight. h wa widely loved tioned by writers. The problem, W. Bridges, ruled that the Pacific teer Gikaku Noda. Following first Hawaiian on titutional and respe ted, ne er deviating of course, lies in the fact that the Citizen suffered $3,210.41 worth ar ju t a few highlights from th Con ntion. And, in a pecial from hi personal slogan, "Pa'aka' word "casualty" is sometimes ofdamages for the lack ofair con• life of this remarkabl gentleman. statehood election, h was el ct• WWUl Italln ka lima" l hut tile confused with ''fatality.'' ditioning last summer and fall. Noda wa born in 1892 at Ewa ed to th tate enate in 1959. mouth' work with the hand ). While not in any way trying to rm not sure how they fJ.gl.U'e Plantation, le than a y ar aft r H a1 0 1"V d a ~ a d ir tor of' Gi 11 a life as e\ entfW ahi , minimize the casualty figures or these things out, but I wonder if hi parents anived from Kuma• Pioneer Savings and Loan fi'Om it · m ' fitting that. \ n in hi the sacrifices of the 140 that died it is possible to transpose this set• moto-ken. He grew up on a vege• 1953-1966. passing, oda' story remain rescuing 2(X) fellow countrymen, tlement into four years in a de• tab} farm in Nuuanu, attending International Friendship amazing In his la 11 w weeks, I thought these facts should be sert camp. Royal School and Mid-Pacific In• a ' h gl'e\ weaker, family m m• stitute (then known as Mills 01- All the whil , Noda ne er lo 't bel related that he poke more leg) as well a Japan e lan• his enthusiasm for ports. Back and more about dying. The. im• ISSN: 0030-8579 guage school . By the tim h in 1915, he had taken hi Asahi plOl d him to "hang on" a . hi ' graduated in 1911, Noda had al• to Japan. beginning what wa ' t.o granddaughter, to " hom he wa be a lifetime of promoting ports ready begun to mak hi mark, ery clo , wa a cont tant in pacific citizen embarking on a life that wa to as a vehicle for fo tering inter• th "h 11. Blo ' 'om Fe 'ti\'al. national fli nd hip and under• Steere G. Noda pa ed a\ ay !'l8t1 JACt H8adquarws, 1765 SuIIer St., San Franc:Isoo. CA 94115. be fill d with "firsts." standing. In addition to pl'Omot- about 10 p.m. on Saturd~ ,March (415) 921-5225 Sports Enthusiast Published by Iha ~ American QIIzens League tNety Alday except the Arst IWld last weeks ing th chang f num l'OU 29, til . 'act tim<: wh 11 organiz- oIlha yew at 941 E. 3rd St, Los Angeles. CA 90013; (213)~. • 2nd aass postage He was only 13 y al . old v. hen amatew' baseball gam ~s betw '11 paid 81 Los Angeles. ca. • Annual ~a. membenI: $10 01 national dues 1 noted the h ny BIo' om prDYkIes one-year on 8 perA'lousehold basis. ~ : $2OIyr .. $38 two years. payable In he fonned the I g ndary Asahi Hawaii and Japan, Noda wa al• Pag arlt had nded at tll NB advance. • FOI8Ign~ : Add U.S.$l2.00; 181 cia. air - U.SJCanada addt8sses: $25 baseball team, r put d be Ule exInl, JapIwVELnlpe: U.S.$8> exlJa. to so credited with pl'Omoting lml , Concert Hall. . 'hort time 'ar• • News or oprbw 8XpI8II8d by ooII.mnIsts o1har 1han the NaIIonal President or Nalional Oireaor old t ba ball organilation amal 'Ul' WI'C 'tJing, Lx> 'ing, H~ li r. hi granddaught r, Lenny do not Il808IIIIIriy railed JACl policy. waii ~ Philippin west of the Roeki . Noda him• and Hawaii• Yajima, had n 1'OW11 d self was bies d with gr at ath• China ba ball tours. and PI'Of1 - the 34th '1'1)' lossom Qu X'1l. Ftarl( SaIo. Nan JACL PreIIdenI Dr. 0III0rd Uyeda, PC Board Chak' eh I tic ability. pos 'l'S 'ing spe 'eI , a sional ba 'eball team ' 'uch a ' Ull' od.a is slOl 'i~!d by S llS COl and EDnORIAlmUSIHESS STAFF trong arm and an iner dibl Brooklvn Dodge! and th Yomi- Acting Edb: AobeI1 StWnabo.Awro As8I. EdIIor: J,K Yamamolo Ri hcHt'/, dl.lllgillel 'EdIW Ol>a Hud ulli(m .579 batting av rag . 1 . AdIIertising Mgr; ...... RIck Momil uri Giants, arnOt th YCliillw. lIillt' gllllld 'lIi1dn.'1l Hlld tm AdIIeIIiaing: JwIe M. Ozava ~ : Mat\( Salto O(fUle field. Noelel was Ule liJ ,t IIi ' tommunity Very 'Punny' The Japanese are fond of puns Dangerous Legislation and many are possible in a lang• ing "It's been 10 years since I set uage rich with similar sounds but The idea of making English foot on this land. " But it comes out different meanings. Paul Kusada the official language of Califor• in literal translation: "I hangu of Madison, Wis., has a story nia appears innocuous and ac• CLIFF'S FROM THE uppu leg ten years." which, in somewhat cleaned-up ceptable to a majority of voters. CORNER: FRYING PAN: And Ken Sa to of Seattle tells of form, goes like this: A farm boy is The opponents warn that such an Issei who comes home after a told to cut the tall grass but he an initiative only legitimizes in• fmds a skunk has been there re• bad day on the job exclaiming" Ki tolerance toward recent immi• Clifford Bill ga ki de nai. " His young son turns cently, so he skips the chore. His grants and works contrary to the Hosokawa to his Caucasian friend and ex• father asks, "Kusakatta ka?" pluralistic view of American so• Uyeda plains, "My dad said 'a tree is not That could mean' 'Did you cut the ciety we presently hold. a tree.' " grass?" or "Was it stinky?" The Golden Gate JACL board What's funny toone person may That reminds me of the young• In a similar vein, Jim Watanabe members were appalled at what initiative goes against the civil fall completely flat to another. ster who said that delectable Japa• asks: Ifa horse and an apple had a they heard from Stanley Dia• rights of American citizens. Even though I was aware of this , I nese dish chawan mushi-a kind race, which would win? Answer: mond of U.S. English at a forum English is already the official invited readers to submit exam• of custard steamed (mushi) in a The horse ate the apple and uma the chapter sponsored Apr. 21 at ples of Japanese American ethnic bowl (chawan)-was called "bowl katta, which could mean either "it language of the United States. JACL National Headquarters There is no need to legislate this humor in response to a request bug," which is not illogical since was delicious" or "horse won." (see story on page 1). from Dr. Tetsuden Kashima of the mushi also means "insect. " No one sent along the one about fact The official language of a University of Washington. Then there are one-liners. Jim the Issei lady who was having What first appeared like an in• state is not like an official state The result, as I had feared, was Watanabe of Spokane asks: What's trouble with her eyes, a story nocuous initiative was revealed flower, tree or bird It is a danger• not encouraging, but there were a fivefu and fivefu? Answer: Tofu Mary Masunaga told me, so I'll to have hidden issues. Ethnic or• ous license for intolerance and few good stories which I'm pleased (to also means "ten"). Watanabe repeat it. A doctor examined an ganizations such as JACL were racial prejudice. The rich, multi• to share. They seem to fall into also remembers one that went old lady and told her she had cata• seen by Diamond as attempting cultural society will be threat• several categories. One has to do around the Minidoka WRA camp: racts. "No, no," she protested. " I to separate themselves from the ened by bigotry in the name of with language errors, which are What did Mickey Mouse say to have Rincoln Continental. " majority. The U.S. Engli h pokes• unity. incomprehensible unless you un• Minnie Mouse? Answer: Minnie, The entry I liked best was an man completely failed to under• stand the reasons for the exist• The U.S. English advocates are derstand Japanese. do ka? (how are you?). observation from Nikki Sawada already crying out against ·'for• For example, Richard M. Kawa• Ned Sato of Seattle suggests the Bridges, relayed by Joe Oyama of ence of ethnic organizations. His group was attacking anything eign , street names and billboards. nishi of St. Louis tells of a Japa• seasoning preferred by the Japa• Berkeley, to the effect that iku• Will foreign language schools be nese immigrant who asks his nese flasher is sho-yu. And Esther ra (salmon eggs used in making that is not "American" as defmed by the group. the next target? Then what el e friend how to say' national bank" Suzuki of st. Paul recalls that sushi, and also meaning "how will be forbidden in the name of in English. In Japanese, it's Ieoku• when her son was about 4 years old much") isn't the same as hama• The real danger in the initia• a monolingual society? ritsu ginko, and his friend provides he said the hot water in the bathtub chi (a fish, yellowtail, also a sushi tive is the license it provides for a literal translation of the charac• was "hotsui, hotsui," a combina• ingredient). How muchi. Get it? the elimination of the rich multi• As one Golden Gate chapter ters: "That's easy-country (Ieo• tion of the English "hot" and the Thanks also to B. Hara of Covina , cultural society we call America board member remarked, "I ku), stand (ritsu), silver (gin), go Japanese atsui. Calif., a podiatrist who can see the and the substitution of a rigid, came to the forum with an open (ko)." Fred Harada of Phoenix tells a funny side of things despite his pro• unforgiving, monolithic dream of mind. Now I have ab olutel no There's a not dissimilar one story applicable to any ethnic fession of working on painful feet; the ick past in which eryone doubt about my position The from Toby Hirabayashi of San group. An Issei goes back to Japan CUff Honda of Reseda, Calif.; Le• must conform with the wishes U.S. English constitutional Jose. A Caucasian friend asks Mr. for a visit and is asked by some on Uyeda of Westminster, Calif. ; and position of the majority. amendment initiati e i a Kato how long he s been in the boys if he speaks English. "Of and Jiei Nakama of Guadalajara, Democracy is judged by how it dangerous threat to the toler• States. Kato thinks in Japanese: course," he replies. "In America Mexico. I'm sorry I couldn't treats its minorities. As one ance and diversity of society Ashigake juunen narimasu, mean- even the little kids speak English." squeeze in your entries. Golden Gate m mber tated, the which ha e made America great ecutive order was to protect the livestock is the main source of Navajo, J A Relocations Differ Hopis from encroachment income because the land is not suitable for farming. Encroactunent by NaVcdos At that time there were approx• by William Shimasaki pen again It is commendable to profess such sentiments in view imately 1,00) Hopis living th re, We, living in F1~ have of the experience that we have mainly in village in the outh• many friends among both the Na• had central portion There were some vajos and the Hopis. Some of the 300 Navajos living on the re erva• writers in recent issues of PC NaVc\io Compensation tion as well. have been misinformed about However, the relocation ofth By 1888, bee au e of th in• the relocation ofthe Navajos and Navajos cannot be equated to creasing encroachment of the are disseminating the misinfor• that of the Japanese American Navajos on the Moqui re rva• mation. from the West Coast The Navajo tion, the U.S. Arm wa nt out In one such article, ",l<'orced had essentially been encroach• to advise th Na ajo that th Relocation-1986" (March 14 PC), ing on Hopi land sinc 1882. were encroaching on th Hopi. it was the writer's opinion that Moreover, to compensate them The Navajo w I told to m v relocation of an ethnic group for moving from their home in out but wer not for d to move. should never be allowed to hap- Hopi territory, they were given In 1924, th ornc fInd ian Af• bonuses if they relocated volun• fairs expI d the official vi w tarily, and if not, they were given that the Navajo had om rights For the Record land in compensation for the ofu e and occupancy on th 1882 land that they were squatting on. res rvation. • The deadline for resolutions Furthermore, they were fur• Joint Use Area to be presented at the JACL N a• nished middle-class housing in In April 1943, 600,000 acr of tional Convention is May 21, not such cities as Flagstaff and Win - th original 2,500,000 ac w r May 31 as slated in the May 9 PC low. There were several report• formally de ignated a Land (page 6). ed cases of relocatees selling for Management Di trict 6 and w re • The Story oj Yamada Waka, cash the houses that were given to b for th exclu ive u of th unit reviewed by Bill Hosokawa in to them and moving back to the Hopi. Navajo living within th the May 9 PC, was written by To• reservation. land w r a k d to re ttl out- moko. not Toyoko, Yamazaki. To• A capsule history of the prob• ide of the Hopi d ignated land . yoko Yamazaki wrote FUU11sU IIIJ lem is presented here. The Hopi did not acc pt thi Sokoku, upon which the TV divi ion and oppo d Navajo use series "Sanga Moyu" was based. Background of Dispute or occupancy of land ou id of On Dec. 6, 1882. Presid nt District 6; legal proc ding Chester A Arthur issued an ex• wer i nitiat d. Th court rul d PC Policy Statement ecutive order establishing the that all of th 1882 land outsid Letters to the editor Moqui (Hopi) Indian Reservation of District 6 would b d ignat d Type of funds Amount Families Unit costs which can be conceived as Encompassing some 2.5 million as the Joint Use Area (JUA). Both campaigning or letters of acres, the 1882 reservation was in· the Navajos and the Hopi hared 1. Bonus Payments $6,561,000 400 $16.402 endorsement will not be tended "for the use and occupan• in the benefits from th us of 2. Relocation Housing 73,279.000 2200 33.308 published. Such letters will cy of Moqui, and other such In• surface rights and the sal ofsub• 3. Discretionary Funds 7.595.000 2600 3.075 be accepted only as a paid dians as the Secretary of the in• surface rights in th JU A. 4. Commission Operations 19.Qu..., 1 2600 7,312 campaign advertisement terior may see fit to settle there• For all practical purpo Totals $106,446.514 $60,097 on" The basic purpose ofth ex- joint use on a full and qual basi Source' Olllcllli BrlelinCl from NIIII jo-Hopi Reloclltlon----- • 6-PACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday, May 16, 1986 3 districts select fOl-ensic winners Florin marks the 20th year of the chap• ter scholarship program Three districts have chosen SACRAMENTO-Florin Cha.p• students who will take palt in the ter's 1986 scholarship winners Lake Washington National JACL Speech & Foren• are: 1st Place--Jonathan Okamoto BELLEVUE, Wash.- Lake Wash• sic Competition to be held at the of John F. Kennedy HS., who Chicago convention in July. ington JACL has scheduled a will attend UC Santa Barbara. • The Pacific Southwest Dis• program on retirement, featur• majoring in business; 2nd PIaoo-• ing the video "A Tale of Nisei trictJACL competition was held Seiji Richard Fujimoto ofVall ey May 10 at the Airport Hyatt in Retirement" and Dr. Chisato Ka• HS., who will attend Arizona Los Angeles. wabari, regional director of the State University majoring in art; In the prepared speech cate• U.S. Administration on Aging, on 3rd Place-Katherine Oda of Elk gory, Jeff Suzuki of Selanoco June 7 at the Bellevue Ramada Grove H.S., who will attend UC Inn, l05th NE and Northup Way Chapter, speaking on ''Deterrence Davis majoring in pediab.ics. or Jingoism: Nuclear Buildup in near SR 520. N~ho st cocktails at The scholarship committee 6 p.m., dinner at 7, program at 8. the U.S.," took flI'St place and was headed by Nellie Sakaki• Mike Tatsugawa of Downtown Cost $13 for dinner and program, hara, assisted by Dori Fossgreen $2 for program only. Info: 885- LA Chapter, speaking on "Amer• and Twila Tomita. This year ican Parallels to South African ------9654 or 747-2589. Apartheid," took second. Sacramento In the extemporaneous cate• Photo by Sad1i Yamamoto CTAA to participate gory, Lisa Itamura of East LA PSW speech contest winners (from left): Jeff Suzuki, Selanoco Chapter; Lisa SACRAMENTO-The Sacramen• Chapter. speaking on how she Itamura, East l.A. Chapter; and Mike Tatsugawa, Downtown l.A. Chapter. in JACL program to J ACL community awards ban• would persuade a congressman quet will be held May 30, 6:30 to vote for redress, was in first SAN FRANClSCO-CaliC Japa• p.m. , atHoi SingR.estaurant, 7007 place and Suzuki, speaking on • Yumi Sera of Fowler Chap• Shack in Palo Alto. nese Alumni Assn. (CJAA) an• South Land Park Dr. The follow• what the JA community will be ter was declared the winner of In the extemporaneous cate• nounced at its Apr. 23 board ing 1986 scholarship recipients the Central California District gory, the winner was Suehiro, like in 50 years, was in second. Kim meeting that it will participate will be honored: Judges were Torrance City forensic competition held on a freshman at UC Berkeley, who in the 1986 National JACL Schol• Sacramento Chapter JACL: Michael Councilman George Nakano, Apr. 20 at Arthur's Restaurant in spoke in favor of making English arship Program. Matsumoto, Rio Americano KS.; Alice LA Superior Court Judge Selma. the official language of the U.S. As a participant in the JACL Matsui Memorial: Nell Shimasaki, Madge Watai, and Garvey School Runner-up was Mike Takata of She represented Sequoia Chap• program, CJAA has given out Luther Bw-bank KS.; Anna Kawahara Board member Judy Chu. A total Tulare County Chapter. ter. $23, nity open as wide as it will ever be for the redress issue, J ACL, Window of Opportunity through thc Legislative Educa• The bill known as the Civil tion Committee, must actively and swiftly build on the momen• Liberties Act of 1985 was intro• tum if we are to see Ule day when duced on Jan. 3, 1985 by House LEe Majority Leadcr Jim Wright (D• the bill to right the injustice is Texas). H.R 442 started with 99 UPDATE: passed in Congress. This day will co-sponsors; it now has 130. not come unle s enough of us Thil1y-threc proponents and Grayce care about rectifYing the tragedy opponents of the bill testified at of denial of constitutional rights Uyehara which happened l2J),(XX) Amer• the marathon hearing held on to Apr. 28 by thc Hou e Judiciary icans ofJapanese ancestry in 1942- Subcommittee on Administra• This means each one of us tive Law and Governmental Re• hi experience a Assistant Ma• must talk to our friends and to lation . Subcommittee chail111an jority Whip in hearing "all sides people in tl1e community who be• lieve that justice is for all Amer• Dan Glickman (D-Kan) ably and of the redress issue." fairly showed his leadership and With the window of OPPOltu- ican and ask them to Wlitc or talk to their congressman. We urgently request tl1at you take some time to do ilie follow• A Good Hearing ing: (1) Write to Chairman Dan Glickman, Subcommittee on Ad• THREE GENERATIONS FOR REDRES&---Henry Daty of New York (center) ministrative Law and Govem• and Jason Osajima present checks and pledges totaling $3,500 for LEC to cord would be kept open for mental Relations, B351-A Ray• B.J. Watanabe, prime solicitor. Daty's $2,000 contribution is the largest indi• REDRESS tl1ree weeks, and that a hearing burn House Office Bldg., Wash• vidual donation received to date. Jason's contribution includes donations UPDATE ' ...· ould be held on tl1e Aleut por• ington, o.c. 20515. Thank him for from grandparents Shig and Joanne Watanabe and parents B.J. and Ron. tion of tl1e bill subcommittee tl1e hearing and ask him to move byMinoru and committee action on this bill H.R 442. Yasui will be held in abeyance for the (2) Write a similar letter to JACL Legislative Education I..egislative immediate future. Chairman Peter Rodino, Com• , Education During this interim, support• mittee on the Judiciary, 2137 Committee Fund Drive Report Committee Cl . of redre have the opportu- RaybWl1 House Office Bldg., --_____ nity and obligation to "ride tl1e Washington, D.C. 20515. Hearings on H.R 442 held 011 fair winds" and to sign on more (3) Wlite to Pre 'ident Ronald No.7. May1. 1986 Inada, Harry/ Marilyn Ino• Hamachl, Tad Hirota, Apr. 28 before the House sub• co-spon 01 for H.R 442 hile Reagan, The White House, 1600 uye, Fuml/Henry Innaga. $2.300.00. Frank Iwana. Targeted Donation by John/ Lillian Ishii. Akira Ji· James Murakami. Judy Nii· committee on Administrative tl1e momentum is with us. If thi Pennsylvania Ave., Wa hington, May 7,1986 ...$322,667 .00 tsumyo. zawa, S2.4OO.oo. Harry Sa• Law and Go emmental Relations can be done in ignificant num• D.C. 20050. Oonations Received: Alan Kamel, Aki Kanada. ~awa $150.00. Ben Ta• $172,374.88 Mieko Kanagaki. Kiyoshl keshrta $400.00. Henry went well. Proponents of redress bers. we would predict that both (4) Most importantly, write to Staff ...... $100 .00 Kasal, Harry/ Harnet Kawa• Tanda $525.00. James Tan• your congre man if he or he Pac Northwest .$23,047.34 hata. Frank Kikuchi, lsaml da $475.00, Tony Yokomj• were greatly heartened by effec• tl1e subcommittee and tl1e full No. Cal·WN-P ... 18,361 .00 Kimoto, George/ May Klmu· zo, CliH Uyeda 5950.00. Ki• tive testimony prc ented by up• House Judicial), Committee te tified or ent written te ti• Central Cal ...... 10.680.40 ra, Steven/Kathleen Knight, miko Kientz 550.00. Un• Pac Southwest .. 66,783.37 Richard / Grace Kono. known • George Ushljma. porting witnesses. Indubitably, a would be willing to con 'id r fa - mony in support of H.R 442 dw'• Intermountain .... 1,835.00 Franklin Koriyama, George/ Hany lida, Mary Tsukarroto favorable momentum has been orably ilie essential elements of ing tl1e Hou e hearing. The pro• Mtn-Plaln ...... 3, 050 Ai Koshl. Hisaye Kozuki. 5185.00. Suml Honnaml. Midwest ...... 23 ,465.77 Tommy/ Sue Kumashiro. HI• Stockton JACL S 1. 180.00. estabJi hed for thoughtful CUIl• H.R 442. ponen weI' en. Daniellnou• Eastern ...... 25,052 .00 ro/ Day Kusakai, Jean Ku• Diablo Valley JACL sideration of the bill. With faith in the right and Ule ye and Spark Matsunaga (D-Ha- shlda. Kenneth/Janet Long , $2.065.00. Flonn Chap Prevo Bal.: ... 5113,186.88 Michael/Lynn Lueck. Hana JACL $3,110.00. DaVid Ya• Inasmuch as Chairman Dan justice of our cau e. we believe Donora (317/86 to 5n/86) Masuda, Henry/ Dorothy mada, Yosh Nakashma Continued on Page 9 Masuda, Kenneth Masumo• $5.00. George Furukawa, Glickman indicated that the rc- that H.R 442 can pa ! to. Stan/ Mabel Matsumoto, 5170.00 LEe Donations Steve Matsushino, George/ Central Cal (6) : Peggy Hatsuko Matsutanl, Tosh/ Sasashima Uggelt. Tom plan i ba ed on the po ibility No.7, Yachiyo Matsutani, Lloyd May 7,1986 Shlmasakl 51.639.00. Hiro thatJAClrLEC may ha e to con• McCullou~h . Larry Meeks. Mayeda 5683.00. CleMs LEe Fund Drive Update $1,000 and over Kumakl Mihara, William Mil• duct the lobbying pha e of JACL $2.145.Ben Nagatani Las Vegas JACL. PSW Din· ler, Evelyn Mltaral, Walaru/ $376.40, Fresno JACL JA L's redre pursuit into the ner Comm. (S37.500). San Sachi Miura, Yoneko Ml}'a• $4.695.00. Sanger Chap by Harry K:ijihara 100th e ion of ngl ·. If th Jose JACL Dance Club. Se· kawa. Joe/ Suzu Morimune, JACL $992.00, Tulare Olap Fresno ($4,005), Sanger (~), Tu• lanoco JACL (58,000). Tom/ Edna Morodoml. Carl JACL 5150.00 bills pas earlier, 0 much the Homer & Miyukl Ya,sul Mune, Dorothy Nakagawa• JAClrLEC Fund Drive Chair lare ($150); PSW- Marina ($100), ra. Aiko Nakahara, Martha Pac Southwest (14): Miki Selanoco (~, Following are e:ccerptsfram testimonies ~~ilia~~:tt~~t~f;::~~~i~!~ • the Apr. 28 House hearing on redress More Highlights of HR. 442 Hearing I _ _ thIS change would be misguided. bill HR. 442. cmllil'utedfrom last week. I Eugene Rostow, fOImer dean of evacuees' lands were leased, not Frank Sato, national president; Yasui, in. response t? a 9u.estion Constitutional Issues ~bou~ barr:tn~ JUdl~lal A panel on constitutional issues Yale Law School, wrote as early lost, for the duration of the war. Minoru Yasui, LEC Board Chair; further ac- as 1945 in the Yale Law Journal 'Doubtful Loyalty' and Grace Uyehara, LEC exec- tIOn If a bllll~ passed, saId that offered testimony from Edward h~ ~ Ennis,representing the American that the wartime opinions of the Lowman's testimony focused on utive director testified on reme- would notremedie~ like see any pos- Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)' Supreme Court on the Japanese 1941 and 1942 intelligence reports dies, particularly the compensa- SIble future foreclosed. William Robinson of the Amer~ American cases were a disaster, which warned of rna sive disloy- tory payment remedy. This rec- . Masaoka Testimony ican Bar Assn's Section on Indi• and urged then that "the basic alty and espionage operations, ommendation of CWRIC has Mik~ Masaoka, former JACL vidual Rights and Responsibili• issues should be presented to the controlled by the Japanese gov- drawn the most objections. Sato executIve secret:;u"Y and \yashing• ties; and Eugene Rostow, a pro• Supreme Court again, in order to ernment, on the West Coast He summarized JACL's many years ton representatIve, testified on obtain a reversal." said the reports indicated that of work on redress and closed by beha~ of Go For Broke, Inc. He fessor at National Defense Uni• submltt~ . versity. He disagreed with Rep. Sam more than 250/0 of all JAs-about saying that Elliot Roosevelt had a 72-page document Ennis was on the staff of Attor• Stratton (D-N.Y.), who testified 3O,OOO-were of doubtful loyalty called the relocation of Japanese st?TImarlZlDg the background and ney General Francis Biddle at the earlier that the suffering from the and that some were serving in Americans the biggest mistake his hIstory ofthe Japanese American Justice Department on Dec. 7, relocation was the same as all the U.S. armed forces or working father ever made as president, experIence. other deprivations which occur in factolie for subversive pw'- and that he would like to see re- ~asaoka offered amendments 1941. Shortly after, he was as• w~ch signed to head the newly created during wartime. It is not enough poses. dress made to these people. would also provide compen- that Congress simply apologize Main Sponsor Speaks Yasui, who departed from his satIon. for those who ~ere con- Alien Enemy Control Unit. In his ~ opening statement, Ennis said, for the evacuation, said Rostow, House Majority Leader Jim prepared testimony, said, ''1 am fmed camps not desIgnated as because the evacuation was un- Wright (D-Texas), prime sponsor an American and a lawyer I relocatIon camps, and those who "Histoty has shown that war is do~e. " vo~untarily ". seldom a congenial time for civil constitutional-a special depri- of H.R. 442, testified that the relo- know that a wrong has been evacuated at the liberties; and that in time of war, vation of rights which deserves cation and internment constituted I~ this c~)Untry, the way a wrong is urgmg ?fDeWItt. . truth is frequently the first casu• special treatment violations of basic constitutional rIghted IS through compensation." Wartime photographs refuting alty." Opponents' Panel rights, and said he was proud to be Uyehara refuted the assertion statements that there were no Ennis fully supported financial Testifying against the passage associated with this legislation. that the American Japanese guard towers, armed mllital)' compensation 'for the victims of of H.R 442 were writer Lillian This issue is what America is all Claims Act of 1948 made amends personnel or barbed wire fences so massive an injustice as the Baker of Gardena, Calif. and about, he said. for the damages of exclusion and around the camps were submit- wartime internment. " fOImer National Secwity Agency Wright refuted Lowman's re- detention. She said the Act was ted to the subcommittee by American Bar Assn. official David Lowman. marks about those who were of settlement for a small portion of Masaoka Robinson spoke on behalf of Baker faulted the report and "doubtful loyalty"and discussed real or personal property losses 'Political Opportunism conclusions of the Commission on at some length the issue of the that was not a fair settling of ac- Karl Bendetsen, former Chief of the over 32I), charges should be brougbt against The San Francisco Chapter them. PULSE Continued from Page 6 and No. Calif-W. NeV.-Pacific He also said that surveys done IJbtric:t 'oullcilofJ 'Lwill par· in the Japanese American com• ahal1l Seto): David Oda, Sacramento ticipate in the memorial service, munity show that more than 90~ H ..: Ni i Post 8985 VFW: Ryo ecla. along with Golden Gate Ni ei favor redress. t 'X M.(: 'latch) II.~. . Nisei Po t 898.5 1\1 'moria! Post 9879 and lilitary Closing Remarks Auxiliary: Li a Kuramoto, Rio AmeJi• Intelligence eIVice Assn. ("ano; Kazuma Fujita Memorial: Kri U In clo ing th hearing hortly [Ionda. .John l". Kcnncdy'H. .: Noboru peakers include Cre sey Na• k ag aw~ . after 6 p.m .. Glickman said that Shirai Memorial: liall T·uJiUi. C.h. \vho will mtroduce the it wa unu ual to have a healing McClatchy H. .: wnitomo BankofCalif.: G<>ld Star parents and veterans' of this length in one day, but that David Yomogida. Hiram John on KS.; wives, and Dr. Clifford Uyeda. he wanted to focus 011 the hear• Hem"), Oji Memorial: cott Yomogida, ing without having breaks for Hiram Johnson liS.; Calif. 1st Bank: T It will be a tremendous help Address ______~--- TO: Name .....•...... to those of us working in the City IState/Zip ______Address , ...... , ...... , ...... Washington office to receive City. State. ZIP ...... , ...... , .... . Phone ( ) Work Home copies of the letters written to o o Amount Enclosed: $ ...... • . . , .. . . , .• , . . . members of Congress and of the Also 8vailabl ash &. arry ($12,50) a1 aU J L R gional om replies received. National H adquart r • and th Pa in ltlz n. Let's take off 1~ACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday. May 16. 1986 Club RoU t.-!Ei Cincinnati: l'{;harles umgbottom. Washington, oc: IS-Toro Hirose, 7-May Y Fresno: 5-Peggy S Liggett·, 12-Dr George -anooo Nil. (Year of Membership Shown) Cleveland: 31-Joe G Kadowaki, l-Shigeru Mineta, Life"Lily Okura, 35-K Patrick Yearlong exhibit Kanai, JrMary Obata, l-Koro Yatsu. Okura. Marysville: Life-Roy R Hatamiya, Life- • Century; .. Corporate; L Life; Thomas Hatamiya. M Memorial; CIL Century Life Dayton: 17-Ken D Looker. . West Valley: Life-KoSSameshima. Detroit: ml-Gene H Amano, 2-SayufI Mae New Mexico: Life-Sei Tokuda. on JAs launched Summary (Since Jan 1, 1986) CENTURY CLUB'" Oakland: S-William K Muraoka. Active (previous total) ...... 1,068 Fujiwara, l-Kiyo Gearns, 3-Lawrence K Iwaki 27-Wallace K Kagawa, 2-Masako S-Ardevan Kiyoshi Kozono (Sac) . Orange County : Life-Mitsuo Nitta. Totalthis report: # 16 ...... 52 Kond~, Portland: Life-Henry Sakai . Current total ...... 1,120 I-Tak Matsui, I-Dr GeraJd Shima• by.J.K. Yamamoto ura, 31-Shizue Tagami, I-Scott K Yama• UFE Sacramento: 31-Yasushi Ito. APR 21-25,1986 (52) Saint Louis: Life-GeorgeK Hasegawa, 2-Dr WS ANGELES-"Ethnic LA: zaki 2-Kathleen I Vee, 3-Ronald C Yee. Ted Hachiya (Gre), Fred M Hashimoto Alameda: S-Tatsuya Nakae. Gard~na Valley : 2-Sue Shizumi Okada. Yasuo Ishida. Japan,» a yearlong exhibit at the Chicago: l2-Shim Kawaguchi, 13-Keiko (Liv) Shirley Chami (MSo), Chiyoko Ta• Salt Lake City : 23-Dr Jun Kurumada. Gresham Troutdale : Life-Ted Hachiya. ka~hi (MSo), Yaye Togasaki Breiten• LA Children's Museum, was of• Noma. Lake Washington: IS-John Y Sato. San Diego : I-Dr J Minoru Fukuda. bach (NY), Edwin Hideo Sasaki .(Por), San Francisco: 7-Itsuto Matt Matsumoto, ficially opened May 9 by the mu• Livingston Merced: Life-Fred M Hashi- Miki Kawaguchi-Tan (Set), Philip H Actor/comedian Pat Morita moto. 25-Masateru Tatsuno. seum staff and members of the Schmidt (Set) Ruth L Schmidt (Set ), Ed Seattle: 13-Tom Tsubota* . perfonned the traditional kagarni Marina: Life-Shirley Chami, S-Emest M Nomura (Son): GeorgeJ Nakashima (Sto), exhibit's Japanese American ad• Hiroshige, Life-Chiyoko Takahashi. Sequoia : lO-Dr Lawrence K On itsuka. btroki, the breaking open ofa tarn Lily Okura (WDC), KoSSameshima (WV) . Twin Cities: 33-TakuzoTsuchiya. visory committee. (sake barrel). Mile High: 26-Dr Mahito Mike Ub.a. . Museum director Jack Ann• New York: Life-Yaye Togasaki Breiten- Wasatch Front North: 32-Minoru Miya. Also taking part in the opening bach. Washington, DC: S-Ronald K IkejirL Summary (Since Jan 1, 1986) l~John strong noted that the first ''Eth• ceremony were Sue Antebi, pres• Pan Asian: 4-Seiji Kasal. West Valley : S-Kayo Kikuchi, nic LA" exhibit, which was put Pasadena : 28-Rev Ken Yamaguchi. Active (previous total I ...... 1,120 Sumida· . ident of The Inner Circle, which Total this report: Ii 17 ...... 31 together with the help of a Mexi• Philadelphia: IS-Ben Kimura, ll-Akira CENTURY CLUB· provided major funding' for the Yoshida. Current total ...... 1,151 can American advisory commit• exhibit; Mary Worthington, the Portland: Life-EdwinHideo Sasaki. ~Tom Tsubota (Set ), IS-Tad Hirota tee, had just ended two weeks museum's director of exhibits Sacramento: 3O-Ardevan Kiyoshi Kozonlt'. APR 28-MAV 2, 1986 (31) (Ben, I-Peggy S Liggett (Frs ), 2-John earlier. He called the JA exhibit and programs; and Morris Pynoos San Francisco: 25-Kayo Hayakawa, 5-Dr Sumida ( WV) . "another big step fOIWard" that Saburo Kami, 2-BethRenge. Alameda: Life-John S Towata, Jr, president ofthe museum's board San Jose: S-Mary Ewing, I~Karl Kinaga. Berkeley: 2O-Goro Endo, 34-Tad Hirota·, UFE would ''build bridges of tlnder• of trustees. Festivities included Seattle: Life-Moo Kawaguchi-Tan, 2-Tim K 15-George Kondo. John S Towata, Jr (Ala), Ada Wada standing among kids from differ• a performance by Kinnara Taiko Otani, Life-Philip H Schmidt, Life-Ruth L Boise Valley: 8-Mas Yamashita . (Ede), Janet Mitobe (Ede ), Thomas Hata• ent communities." Schmidt. Eden Township : 4-Ted Kitayama, Life• miya (Mar), Roy R Hatamiya (Mar), Sei and origami demonstrations by ( Alb) , The exhibit includes displays Sonoma County : Life-Ed Nomura. Janet Mitobe, 33-Tetsuma Sakai, Life• Tokuda Mitsuo Nitta (Ora), Henry Daniel Nakamura Stockton: Life-George J Nakashima. Ada Wada. Sakai (Por), George K Hasegawa (StL). on notable achievements by JAs and on aspects of Japanese cul• ture that have been retained by CLASSIFIEI> AI>S the JA community. 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Wilma Chan of Chinese Pr0- perience will show that Asian WASHlNGTON-Sens. Daniel port lead to the incontrovertible Mineta urged conferees to con• gressive Assn. pointed to movies American income levels are be• Inouye and Spark Matsunaga conclusion that anti-Asian activ• tinue to work together to educate as a source of negative percep• low those of their white counter• (both D-Hawaii) and Reps. Nor• ity is on the rise," said Matsui. the public, noting that racism "in tions, saying that the repetition parts. man Mineta and Robert Matsui "Distribution of the report will its most basic and familiar f0l1)l of a narrow range of caricatures Because Asian Americans are (both D-Calif) have sent copies seNe to heighten public aware• surfaces as the failure of a few molds the general public's image viewed as overrepresented in in• of the JACL report "Anti-Asian ness of the problem and high• Americans to distinguish us, their of Asians. She cited the 1985 fllm stitutions of higher learning, they Violence in the United States" light possible solutions." fellow citizens, from Asian na• ''Year ofthe Dragon" as an exam• have been omitted from finan• to members of Congress. Mineta said that the report "ac• tionals." ple of negative stereotyping cial aid and special admissions In a letter to their colleagues, curately illustrates the emerging As an example, he referred to The relationship between ra• programs-to the detriment of Inouye and Matsunaga wrote, issue of violence involving Asian the Apr. 28 House hearing on re• cial and sexual stereotypes and disadvantaged immigrant groups, "We believe that the findings of Americans. The Asian American dress bill H.R 442, during which violence again t Asian women according to confefE'nce speakers. the report should serve as a com• community has continued to "one senior member of Congress was discussed by Asian Law pelling reminder of the ugliness voice their alarm at the rise of testified that although he was op• Symbolic Attacks Caucus director Peggy Saika Hemy Der, director ofChinese of any and all fonns of racism in violent incidents and climate of posed to redress, he spoke Japa• While violence can result from ' our society. Hopefully, we will all anti-Asian sentiment We in Con• nese and had many friends in for Affirmative Action, character• attitudes toward Asian women ized the movement to make Eng• resolve to do whatever is neces• gress must continue to insure Japan." perpetuated by the media and sruy to preserve the American that the civil and human rights Mineta urged the audience to lish the nation's official language the military, she said. another as an attack on the Asian commu• ideal for all Americans, regard• of all Americans must be upheld" be proactive as well as reactive. area of concern is domestic vio• less of race or ancestry." JACL national director Ron "We cannot react only after vio• nity. He accused U.S. Engli h, the lence that occurs within Asian lobbying group chaired by fOlmer Mineta and Matsui, in a letter Wakabayashi expressed appreci• lent acts have occurred. We must American communities. Accord• to their fellow House members ation for the "continued leader• erase the attitudes and prejudices Sen S.l Hayakawa, of creating ing to Saika, increasing numbers greater division and animosity in wrote that "the recent rise in ship" of the four Nikkei in Con• that fuel iolent acts. We mu t of such cases have been reported anti-Asian sentiment and vio• gress. 'Their efforts in this issue make sure that the current trade American society. in Los Angeles the San Francis• Five states have adopted Eng• lence i at lea t in part rooted in should be acknowledged and tensions never escalate to an ex• co Bay Area and New York ignorance." applauded by our community , plosion of racial animosity ... we Ii h as their official language, and California may have such an 'The fmdings of the JACL re- he said must make forever unacceptable 'Model Minority' anything less than our full rights initiative on its November ballot under the law and our Con titu• Ironically, the image of Asian Community organizations fear ducted entirely in English, a op• tion ... We have a responsibility Amelican as a "model minOlit .. that the measure would have an ENGLISH posed to bilingual education, in was identified a a contributing to speak out with fmnnes and adverse impact on bilingual du• Continued from Frootpage which the student' native lan• outrage.' factor in the growth of negative cation and other ervice that guage i al 0 used. Gl'Owth of Vio)enct' 'entimenl The perc ption of utilize language oth r than Eng• time expul ion and incarcera• Diamond admitted that the Asian a succe sful in educa- ]j h. tion of Japane e American, language of the initiative i very Dr. Allan Seid of Asian Pacific tion and busine ha generated Wakaba a hi stat d that h which he labeled 'tyranny of the American Coalition traced the broad and that local legi latol a backJa 'h. aId conicr nee PI' "- had no qual1'eJ WIth the ('one ') t majority." historical roots and development would be the one to provide the enters. of the U. . as an English- peaking Bilingual baUo ha\ brought of anti-Asian violence and di - details of interpretation and im• Cen u figure how that countTY. but thal th concept about pruticipation in the politi• plementation. Th re i - al a crimination. The ocio-economic 'ian have a high r medIan would exist with or WIthout the cal proce by tho e , ho other• and foreign polity fortes which provision enabling local citizen family income than the national initiative. "Th dang I' in the in• wi (' uld not hav pal1.icipated, existed in the past are till to ue the state 'to enforce" the average. But fmih r analy i of itiativ i. it.: symb li m, di crim• h aid. mea W'C. operating today. he commented. the date would yield a chfT(..'rt'nl matlllg a 'UlIls t language llllllOI'• Diamond' tat m nt that U. . California i the key state in Stanfurd Law "('hool profe 'SOI' picture, uggested U B ian iti , n \ comel :' h aid. Engli h UPPO! bilingual edu• Bill Hing aid that the dramatic - . English' nationwide cam- Amelican tudie profi or Th 1 w numb 1 f ian cation wa challenged b mem• increa e in the Asian population paign. h aid, becau of i Amado Cabeza, who said th t Am l'I('an 111 tied ion-malun b r of the audi nee. H mad coupled \\it11 the ('conomic dO\\11- large population of recent im• Asian famille hav a higher go ernmental position wa also it 1 ar that h w r felTing t migrants. turn in the U.S. is one major fac• number of workel p r hou e• e n a a probl m. ESL (Engli h a a cond lan• tor in the re urgence of anti• hold and work more ovcliime The confcr'l1<: (,onduded guag ) cIa e which are con- ASIan violence. Basin' hi ' fi g• hours than the national average. with an afternoon of workshop EDSATO ures on the 1980 census, Ring Another variable abezas pI' allowing futher discu ion ofllie PLUMBING & HEATING stated, Today, three out of five sentc>d was the population distn• i ' u PI' nt d in the moming. Remodel and Repairs. Water Heaters, Asian ' i foreign-bom. In 1960. Furnaces, Garbage Disposals bution of Asians. who are con• Organizers announced that a fol• Serving los Angeles, Gardena the majority were American• centrated on the West Coa t Th low-up me tingwa cheduled to (213) 32Hl610, 293-7000.733-0557 born. The increase in population We~t Coast population as a develop future strategies for deal• has been substantial. As of Sep• whole has a higher income than ing with anti-Asian violence. tember 1985, our population is ESTABLISHED 1936 estimated at 5.1 million, com• II Commercial & Industrial Air Condluonfng CHIYO'S ". C .. M ,. •• u', pared to l.4 million in 1970." Japanese Bunka Needlecraft and RefrigeratIOn CONTRACTOR NISEI The speakers felt, however, Framing. Bunka Kfls. Lessons. Grtts ~~.ilhn ' SHosp . Glen T. Umemoto (714) 995·2432 Lic. #441272 C38-20 TRADING that the increase in numbers 2943 W. Ball Rd , Anaheim , CA 92804 IJ 2032 Santa Monica Blvd. Appliances - TV • Fumiture alone does not account for the (213) 617-0106 Salta Monica. CA SAM REIBOW CO . 1506 W. Vernon Ave . K1R~ ISHIZUKA 828-0911 Los Angelesl295-5204 SINCE 1939 increase in acts of racial vio- 424 E. 2nd St., Honda Plaza, L.A . 90012 249 So. San Pedro St. Los Angeles, CA 900 12 (21 3) 624-6601 National Business-Professional Directory Four Generations of E perience . Greater Los Angeles Greater Los Angeles Ventura County Watsonville Seattle, Wa, FUKUI ASAHITRAVEL Tama Travel International Cal in Matsui U£'alt Tom Naka . R alty MORTUARY 1Ji.~"u BUilli'M L-' Concerns about Asian representation ulation along the Olympic cor• from prison ... Such an act would ridor, the Filipino population be favorably received by the SOH BROTHERS American people, and thereby raised at hearing on L.A. redistricting along Temple St, and the Japa• Continued from Front Page nese population in Little Tokyo. contribute to the continued amic• LOS ANGELES-The Asian Paci• town-area plaintiffs, also became "By dividing the Asian popula• indications of greater political tol• able relations between our two fic American Legal Center involved in the suit tion .. . into 6 districts, the electo• erance by the government of South countries. " (APALe) will soon fIle a brief in At a City Hall hearing held on rate of Asians is kept down to no Korea," the letter reads. "We Joining Mineta in signing the federal court in order to give an Apr. 21, statements were pre• more than 50/( maximum in any hope they will be followed by other letter were Reps. Stephen Solarz Asian American perspective on sented by APALC, Pacific South• one district" despite the fact that measures to strengthen political (D-N.Y.), Jim Leach (R-Iowa), the current controversy over the west District JACL, Chinese Asians make up about lOo/c of the freedoms and promote the demo• William Gray (D-Pa.), Tom Lan• redrawing of the city's council American Citizens Alliance, Ko• county's population. tated cratic principles to which both tos (D-Callf.), Patricia Schroeder districts. rean American Coalition, Con• APALC director Stewart Kwoh. our nations subscribe. (D-Colo.), Sam Gejdenson (D• Redistricting is seen primarily federation of Philippine-U.S. Or• "Any propo ed plan that di• " In that regard, we urge you to Conn. ), William Lehman (D• as a Latino issue because of a ganizations, Nayong Pilipinas, vides the e communitie ... would review the cases of Soh Sung and Fla.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), suit fIled against the city in and Asian Pacific Legal Defense dilute the voting trength ofa sig• Soh Joon Shik and to give serious Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.), and November 1985 by the Justice & Education Fund. nificant and growing ethnic group consideration to releasing them Howard Bennan (D-Calif. ). Dept, which alleged that the APALC's position wa that in contradiction to established city's 1982 redistricting plan di• "the Asian Pacific American laws and principle ." luted the voting power of Latinos communities of interest should Repre entative of MALDEF, promised his wife that he would CllY COUNCIL serve no more than eight years. by dividing the downtown-area not be ignored in the proce s of NAACP and the hine e Amer• Continued from Page 3 concentration of Latinos among redistricting ... communities of ican plaintiff: announced at a Friends from the Japanese seven council districts. cilman Winsole "Windy" Mata American community showed interest should not be fragment• May 1 press conference that they with 1,032 votes. The suit orders the city to re• ed as they are now." will eek a plan that is beneficial their appreciation by raising a draw the boundaries; the city In Reedley retiring City Coun• banner in the council chambers. These communitie include to all three communitie . cilman Ron Nishinaka delivered council has agreed to do thi by the Chinese and Vietnamese Kwoh told the Pacific Citizen Participating were Ken Sunamo• the end of July. The Mexican a farewell speech to colleagues to, Harry Inn, Rev. George Shiba• population between Silverlake that APALC' legal brief will and city staff at a recent council American Legal Defense & Edu• and downtown, the Korean pop- probably be fil ed by May 16. ta, Hideo Shiine and George Ike- cation Fund (MALDEF) became meeting. miya a co-plaintiffin the suit in March When flrst elected in 1mB, he -Hokubei Mainichi and has submitted its own re• mapping plan. 1986 TOUR SCHEDULE In April, the National Assn. for JAPAN SUMMER FAMILY/YOUTH TOUR ...... July 28 - Aug. 19 ~ Japanese American Travel Club the Advancement of Colored Tohoku , Hokuriku , Omote Nlhon , Kyushu . People (NAACP) and attorney tP; ENDORSED BY THE NA TlONAL JACL KITA GUNI AUTUMN TOUR ...... 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