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( THE PACIFIC CITIZEN Established 1929 National PublicatJon of the Japanese American Citizens League (75c Postpaid U.S.) ewsstand. 25 Cents #2.588 Vol. 111 NO. 7 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite 200. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Friday. September 14. 1990 ~ MEET 'CPL. JOE KASHIKOI YO'; 'L.A. TIMES' EDITORIAL TURNS TIDE: Asian American Enlists into Little Tokyo Veterans Memorial · Mort Walke-'s GI Joe Comics Dispute at Compromise Stage HO OL LV-Thi past week (Sept According to Honolulu Star Bulletin LO GELES - CoL Young O. nunitm nt and fundrai .- 6), Cpt Joe Kashlkoi Yo, an Asian writer Burl Burlingame, Walker care Kim, president of the I 4-12ndl II American character, was introduced by fully sought opinions of a dozen or so World War U Memorial Foundation, Ol Mort Walker to hi "Beetle Bailey" A ian Americans before proceeding, deelared that the Foundation board, at comic trip because he said the number including a woman in charge of Asian i meeting on ept 5. had reaffrrmed t!tt!mn M m nal lonument Will> t of Asian Americans in the U. has affairs at the L.A. Times and the Asia i concurren e with the compromi' in Iud na~ of all I ,6 9 Japan • grown 30% in the last 10 years. House in ew York . He was on the program offered by Mi hael D. Barker meri an-Ih ing and deau-\vh Walker said he will timulate new verge of dropping the character after of the Barker-Patrinel Group, Lnc,. to erved ID the I th B ttaH n. 4-Lnd • Ideas-and pe£hap attract the non con ulting with orne Japane Amer the isei eteran Coordinating Coun- Regimental omba! Team, and the comic reading A ian American as ican he talked to--' they were very cil ( CC) lilitary Intelligen e ef\ i e dunng well. nsitive to tereotyped imag of take letter dated July 17, I , w \\arume penod Th ethruc roll call at Camp Swampy charge, buy-everything Japan e. I was nt by Barker to Jim Mita, President The m nument i to be perman ntl m ludes Beetle himself-he' lri h; told it was OK to have a Japan of CC, requ ting a pon to hi located ID the maID plaza of FU"'l.t tn.'et t. Sgt. Snorkel I German , Plato I Greek, character, but he had to tay in the compromise program \ hich in luded Plaza, a _ milIt n devel pmem pro Rocky I Italian, Mi Buxley i hadow , not say anything, and nor do JIM TOKESHI eight resolution : (I) Memorial I a Ject \\.hl h in ' Iude the nonh 'Id or Swedi h, Gen . Halftrack i Engli hand anything . Therefore, no one would be tion, (2) Memorial d ign competition, East FiIll! treet in th heart of Llltl Lt Flap I black. offended." (3) inclu ion of the I .649 member Tokyo. But the cartooni t really wanted to nam of the 100th. 442nd and Ml poke person ~ r the I 4-Ln " Zero i JU t the farm hick, and no Tokeshi Named group of World War 11 . (4) pecial MI et ian Memonal ommittee. , ethnic group in the would would lay in tall "a quick and mart and ambiti ou .. character into the laid-back almo - eetion for KIA (killed in action) of George i hinaka. had satd in an inter claim to him, according to Beetle cre PSW Regional phere of Camp Swampy, so he went other wars. (5) re pon ibility of iden vie\ ID February . "We want to make ater Mort Walker. ahead and Cpr. Yo uch a person. tifying and funding the additional pe ial recogniti n of the I <W2nd Kashikoi is Japanese for wise, intel Director Japanese American cartooni t nam of the pecial ction by CC, and th MI ~ r their a ompli hmen hgent, clever and essentially sum up Den ni Fujitake hrugged when he looked (6) pecial plaque in recognition of all dunng World ar 1I . e're trying to , the new character. "I've been drawing SAN FRANCI co - Jimmy Tok lu at trip featuring Cpt Yo. "\ gue it' Japan e merican eterartS of World Imm nahl the unll. a team. The !hi trip for 40 years and introducing was named as Regional Director for the a tereotype to mo t American , but War U, (7) language for pecial plaque, whol team ontributed. a vel) pe ial a new guy give you some stimuli for JACL Pa ific outhw t Office at 1..0 then everyone in 'Beetle Bailey' i a and (8) funding for other than items 4 team." new ideas," Walker explained. "I need Angele . Ln eleeung Tok hi . national tereotype. and 5 by the Memorial Foundation. Re pondlDg t critl v h llPPO' d a lot of umuli." Yo was originally director Bill Yo hino tated, "The jokes aren't from Cpt Yo' "Jimmy has a tfong ba kground in According to the lOO/442JMl th oncept of ImmonaltzlDg th It 109 f named Yokoi but shortened to have it point of view, they're from Walker' ," World War Mem rial Foundation well the d ad eteran. i hinaka ound more "cartoony," explained the organization. The Pacific outhwest n Fujitake pointed out. "Which probably tatement, VCC was al 0 requ ted rud ID February," ou d n't ha e to Walker. Di trict i very imponant to the national mean Yo won 't get any more depth organization and it will be a great chal to respond and conftrm: (I) CC' be dead to be imm nahzed. We're ju t .. He has al 0 drawn flak in the past to him than you see here." appro al of the ompromi program trylDg to t II the tOI) of a pe ial group for taking a humorou approach to lenge for Jimm to work in the di trict Walker said: "All I'm trying to do as a member of the taff to implement based on the council member organiza of Japanes merican lDegregated f XI m. The Army new paper. Stars I to get people to laugh. Beetle Bailey tion ' completing their re pe ti e re- UOlt who made hi tory ." and Stripes, dropped the trip a couple the programs of the national J CL .. I a family trip, a general tire of iew and ratification p e ,and (2) of time because the paper w afraid A graduate of California tate ni- riti . m in th Wake corporate life - it' not really about versity 1..0 ngel, Tok hi had the e tent of the council member or- the black haracter rrught tart the black Critic u h as Dr HayalO Kihara. the Army, after all." rved m a vanety of role for the ervicemen to riot when they read it Dr. Harold Hamda and R ben JACL These included nauonal youth L.A. County Hate HayamlLU , all \ orld ar II \etemn , chair. P W J CL youth repre ntative oppoed the lDelU ·1 n of living veteran and board member of the Downtown Crimes Hit Record on the memonal-"We lew It as a Y O U ~ 1..0 Angele chapter. HOW COULP I KEEP NoSE CLE Al-I, \ I ion of upreme grandeur b} It 109 WATCH YOU ~ P's ~ Q~ , . SECOME A In accepting the po Ilion , Toke hi Levels for 1990 leaders of that group wh e u e u h CORPORAL I TOO, TIME PA$SE5 AJoJ D, Z. IP.', referred to the motto of the ational LO ANGEL Ra ially and religl- an immode.t con ept of martyrdom and CORPOAAL '10 ~ YOU'RE A CORPORAL! ociation of Colored Women' Club ou Iy motJ ated cnme in 1..0 ngel imm nahty for lhem~1 es " whi h tated "Lift A e 11mb." tat- County reached re ord level dunng the nd th ,II 0 anted to ID- 109 that "the pint of tho word ha e flrst half of 19 • a cord 109 to the ept elude other \\orld War II vetenm . tayed With me and the work I hope to 6 mid-year report from the ount} Com \vell as \eteran of other \\an.-from do as well ac ompli h With J CL i mi Ion on Human Relalion the pam\h men an \ ar t the Gre 10 the pirit of that motto . I hope The e alatmg number of Immi nada mlhtal) actl n-on tht! m nu to rYe the membe ..... hlp of thl orgam- grants I a top factor 10 nmg hate ment clu Ion of other World " ar zarion, the ian American communit cnme. noted Deput} henff Tom 11 vetemn, aid Klham. "would make and oclety a whol With the 10 pira Greep of . pe ial lOve tlgatlon who those other vets ~cond cla.~ citlll.:ns • tlon held 10 tho words." noted that m rea ed Ian and latino Dr Harada . Id. ID the I'ebruary Tok hi began hi dutie in the P Courtesy Honolulu Stor-Bulletin population pro Ide greater numbers of tory, It would be "tembl' to omit Regional Office on ug 0 Carol 'BEETLE BAILEY'-A nation-wide comic strip created by Mort Wolker targets three ongre., lonal Medal of Honor aito continues to as I t a the oflice thiS week odds (pI. Joe "Kashikoi" Yo--seen above In a diologue With !!> agam t A,ian ro more than recipient· Hlro.,hl 1lyamur" in th' ecretary. a farm hick, Private Zero. three-fold~ from 7 dunng the Ii...,t half Korean 'War.