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ISSN: ~8579 / Whole No. 2,335 / Vol. 100 No. 15 April 19, 1985 Lawyers ready 'case of century'
by Maywni Tsutakawa case, canplete with witnesses and SEATI1E-As community sup• evidence, to defend its wartime port for the case of Gordon Hira• actions. bayashi mounts, a Seattle-based The coram nobis legal team is legal team is fme-tuning its argu• attempting to bring in witnesses ments to support his effort to va• involved in the original case, such cate his convictions for defying as Edward Ennis and Nanette WW2 internment orders. Dembitz, who served as attorneys In what supporters call "the representing the Justice Dept. in civil liberties case ofthe century," the Supreme Court appeal. There the attorneys will argue that newly is a possibility that the two will be discovered documents affll1lling brought to Seattle from New York the loyalty of Japanese Americans to testify on Hirabayashi's behalf. were withheld from the Supreme The Committee to Reverse the Court during Hirabayashi's 1943 Japanese American Wartime appeal. The court ruled against Cases, a community support Photo by Dean Wong llirabayashi as well as Fred Ko• group, feels that if the court rec• PRO BONO - Working to reverse the Supreme Court decision that justified the WW2 expUlsion and rematsu and Minoru Yasui, who ognizes that proof of Japanese internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry are (from left) Kathryn Bannai, Sharon Sakamoto, Michael had also violated government cur• American loyalty existed but was Leong, and Rod Kawakami, members of the Hirabayashi legal team. few and internment orders. withheld during WW2, then the in• The Hirabayashi, Yasui and carceration of JAs-said to be Korematsu cases were reopened based on military necessity-will Slayers of journalist sentenced to life in prison in 1983 through a torit of error be shown to be a miscarriage of coram nobis, which allows a justice for 120,000 innocent people. TAIPEI-Following a trial that and Col. Chen Hu-men-who al- November 12 and Wu on Novem- convictiontobereexaminedonthe , We want the case to help lay to lasted 4lh hours two gang mem- legedly planned the murder. ber 25. basis of new evidence. Unlike the rest any lingering doubts," said bers were sentenced April 9 to life Wang, who headed Taiwan's mili- Wang and his lieutenants were Korematsu and Yasui proceed• Diane Narasaki, co-chair of the imprisonment for the murder of tary intelligence bureau, and his indicted in January shortly after ings, Hirabayashi's case will go to committee. "Gordon has said that Chinese Amer ican journalist two subordinates were dismissed Chen's tape was turned over to a full evidentiary hearing (also this shruld be a real community Henry Liu in 1984. from their posts and arrested in U.S. authorities and its contents referred to as a trial, though there case, not an individual case." Chen Chi-li and Wu Tun, mem- January. were made public. Critics charge will be no jury), scheduled for bers of the Taiwan-based United Taped Confession that the Taiwan government knew June 17 at the federal district Volunteer Work Bamboo gang, stood trial April 2 Chen Chi-Ii said that he was of Wang's involvement but prose- court in Seattle. No witness~s The team of 11 attorneys has for shooting Liu in the garage of made a military intelligence agent cuted him only when that fact were called in the other two cases. been sperding as many as 20 to 30 his Daly City, Calif., home Octo- in July 1984 and that Wang told could no longer be kept secret. volunteer hours per week working ber 15. Both pleaded not guilty on him in August that Liu was a trai- Dur~ an April 4 military hear- Government Opposed on legal strategy as the hearing the grOlmds that they were follow- tor who "must be killed." Chen ing, Wang and Chen disagr~ The hearing was scheduled by date draws near. The attorneys ing orders. A third suspect, Tung arrived in the U.S. in September over the chain ofevents that led to U.S. District Court Judge Donald divide the research tasks and meet Kuei-sen, has not been appre- and recruited Wu and Tung as Liu's death. Wang conceded that Vorhees last year over the objec- weekly to discuss documents and hended. gunmen. Before leaving the U.S., he had discussed the possibility of tions of govermnent attorneys, develop a group perspective 011 the Government Involvement Chen recorded a confession, in "giving a lesson" to Liu but denied who had agreed to dismiss Hira- arguments. The case became an interna- which ~ named the intelligence that he had ordered Liu killed. In bayashi's conviction but who also The legal team includes: Arthur tiona! incident when the accused officers involved, and left it with testimony given April 12, Wang wanted the petition alleging gov- Barilett (Hirabayashi's attorney killers claimed that government friends. After returning to Taiwan said that his superiors had no ernment misconduct dismissed. in the original case), Camden officials ordered the killing to si- on October 21 , Chen was arrested Continued 00 Page 7 The government must now build a Hall, Benson Wong, KathrynBan- lence Liu, whose writings were nai, Michael Leong, Craig Koba- critical of Taiwan's ruling Nation- yashi, Dan Ichinaga, Kirk Port- alist party (Kuomintang) . Liu's mwAl.W~AP.$~~#~~ "" ~~ News ~.'~Ii:~ •••D ••1fI man, Sharon Sakamoto. The widow, Helen, has charged that ~$ZW~~~ ~ ~ I-n Brl-ef .m' •. team ambegan work on the petition the killing was intended both to . . to the federal court in the summer punish her husband and to intimi- House redress bill gains sponsors the redress bill for Americans ofJapanese ances- of 1982. ~a~ other Taiwan dissidents liv- , WASHINGTON _ Three additional members of try. The amendment would let veterans of the Also, extensive archival re- 109 ~ the U.S. . Congress have agreed to co-sponsor HR 442, the Bataan Death March of WW2 sue the Japanese search is being conducted in LlU, who wrote for .the Chinese- bill providing monetary redress to former inter- companies that enslaved them Such veterans are Washington, D.C., by John and language San FranCISCO .J?Urnal nees, the JACL Washington office announced the approximately 3,(0) survivors of a 70-mile Aiko Herzig, who have much ex• an~ author~ a book. cfltIca~ of April S. The new co-sponsors are Rep. Joseph march to a Japanese prison camp in the Philip- perience working with govern• Taiwan President Chl~g Ching- Addabbo (D-NY), Rep. Anthony Beilenson (D- pines in 1942. They were forced to work in coal ment records. ~? , b~ e a natu:allzed U.S. Calif) and Rep. George Brown (D-Calif). mines and at other hard labor. An interesting sidelight to this cItIzen ill 1974. Despite r~~ated In Yakima, Wash., Rep. Sid Morrison (R-Wash) case is that the attorneys general requests from U.S. authOrItIes for stated after meeting with Nikkei community lead- Redress representatives arrested of California, Oregon and Wash- extradition of.the killers, Taiwan ers that he, too, would co-sponsor HR442. Attend- in anti-apartheid demonstration ingtonmay be asked to flleamicus has notcomphed. . ing the April S meeting were JACL regional 1'& (friend of the court) briefs to sup- Although the cas~ lOvo . l~es the dress coordinator Cherry Kinoshita of Seattle, WASHINGTON - Aiko and Jack Herzig, rep1'& port Hirabayashi; 42 years ago, murd~r of an.Amencan CitIZen on Kara Kondo of Yakima, Ray Yamamoto of senting National Council for Japanese American the three attorn~s general filed Amen~ SOil, there has been no Wapato, and JACL Pacific Northwest regional di- Redress, were arrested AprilS outside the South briefs against him. JACL will file extradition ~reaty .between the rector Tim Otani Monison is generally consi- African Embassy while protesting that govern- a briefinfavorofHirabayashi. U.S. and !alwan . sm~e the U.S. dered a conservative. ment's policy of apartheid Herzig, in a statement Despite the q>position from severed diplomatIc tIes and re- This brings the total number of co-sponsors to to the press, related her experience as an internee JusticeDept. attorneys, Kawaka- cognized the People's Republic of 107 during WW2 to the situation of South African mi said, 'We are cautiously opti- China in 1979. ' Blacks who face forced migration, in addition to mistic about the case." Chen's confession led to the in- deprivation of civil and human rights. Public support, in the form of dictment of three military intelli- Bataan survivors will press claims Amy Carter, daughter of fonner president Jim- official erdorsements from major gence officers-Vice Adm. Wang WASHINGTON -Rep.. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R-NM) mie carter, was the third person arrested with civil rights and religious groups, Hsi-ling, Maj. Gen. Hu Vi-min, says he wants to add an amendment to HR 442, the Herzigs at the demonstration ContiJlued 00 Back Pace 2--PACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday. April 19. 1985
Yasui, Korematsu, 'Unfinished Business' Attorney General Francis Biddle Lt. Gen. John DeWitt of the West------. felt Japanese Americans were be• ern Defense Command in order to ~ 1: .J . N attract large crowd at NYU legal gathering ing treated unfairly, especially in avoid the politically unpopular ~ 8.~ i 8 ~ i.s light of FBI and military intelli• decision of ordering a full inquiry z ; 6 :s en ~ ~ 1 NEW RK-Over 700 people 1983 through a writ of error cor• gence reports contradicting into the facts. DeWitt's report ;1 ~ ~ ~~l saw Ste en kazaki' documen• am nobis based on new evidence charges of espionage and sabo• contained many unsubstantiated ~:! rs =- ~ "': 8 tary "Unfmi hed Busine s" and that the government had sup• tage, but that the pro-internment charges of disloyal activity among ~E ~ i .:-! ~ heard Min a ui. Fred Korernatsu pressed evidence in order to de• arguments of Secretary of War JAs and helped persuade the jus- c : ~.:!;~.8 and a panel of expert on the Ja• fend its actions. Henry Stimson and his assistant, tices to rule against the Nisei de- i-II:II ~:: ~s 1 pane e American internment NYU alumnus Marc Iyeki, an I.' d ~ ~ 0 John Mc.Cloy, prevailed. len ants. • _~ CG - ~:.2' speak at New York University attorney with the Asian American The Supreme Court, she said, -from a report by :.: : . s:: .s .!!! r! Law School on March 26. Legal Defense and Education accepted the "Final Report" of New York Nichibei I! E ~ g=1: 1'1;1 0 • !Ii 6 The e ent was organized by Fund, summarized the current i~ ~;;; f~~ members of NYU Asian Pacific state of redress legislation, the ~ ~! American Law Students Assn. class action suit, and the coram =_ >- _ai .~ l' g~:c.. ·i: . v, __ c.wC(IIQI (AP ALSA) with the co-sponsor• nobis cases, .. ~ ~ ~E Woo gets 35% of vote; gains runoff 1:1) ::; 41 ship of the NYU Lawyers Guild, ACLU president and NYU law CI).E", ..!!!:8S;0 c . ~ !.e~ Public Interest Law Foundation professor Norman Dorsen said ANGELE~In ·S [en .s LOS a repeat of When asked about Woo 's com• ¥ .. «...41 .... 91 and Black. Latino and Jewish law that the Korematsu, Yasui and Q :t: ~. - ... 0:1 the 1981 city council race in the ments by the L.A. Times, Steven• W 5 N J. e c'>' student organization . The over• Hirabayashi decisions "made ". <..> tIII§i= 13th district, challenger Mike Woo son replied that she is " not a rac• e f3. - F= » ... ~ flow crowd included NYU law stu• constitutional what was morally has forced incumbent Peggy Stev• ist" and that she plans to run a .! ~~Ia dents and faculty. m embers of the reprehensible" and that the prin• enson into a runoff. Woo garnered "positive, aggressive campaign. " u <:2 ~,,3 ciple of guilt by reason of race ~=ctJ= local Asian American community , 35 ~ of the vote (9,823) to Steven• Michael Linfield, who came in ~ !E.n!;8. and the pre s. used during WW2 led to that of U ~~~a son's rn (11,745) in the April 9 third place with 13% of the vote, is ca Yasui and Korernat u, both of guilt by political association dur• election. now supporting Woo. A. whom had poken at Princeton ing the McCarthy era. He warned Woo, who lost to Stevenson in ------_. Uni ersity the previous day, di - that similar actions could be taken the 1981 runoff, predicts that cus ed their WW2 Supreme ourt now under the guise of "national · 'emotions are going to be running ca es, in which the challenged ecurity." high on both sides" between now Auburn City Council supports redress bill Judge Nanette Dembitz, who the go ernment' treatment of and the June 4 election. by Roy Yoshida two redress bills in Congress, wa a lawyer during WW2 , worked Japanese American . Although Woo has charged that in the last PENRYN, Calif. - At its regular which call for compensation of with Edward Enni in the Alien the court ruled agamst them, their election Stevenson " made an at• meeting on March 11, the Au• $2D,
4-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, April 19, 1985 1HE 5HOGU~ HASN,. ADJUSTED TO "THE 'Hills and Rivers Ablaze' COMPULSORY SEAT (Sanga Moyu) SELT lAW.
one s point of view. There, certam • facts were known: a samurai and his lady are traveling when they are confronted by a lone brigand I-----.~\\\.\\ EAST along a lonely stretch through the WIND woods ' the samurai is killed in the confrontation, the lady and the brigand have an intimate rela• Bill tionship. The movie then centers Marutani upon the narrative of three princi• pal , relating what happened in those wood on that fateful day. The samurai' version-given WE HAD HEARD so much through a mediwn-is how he about the NHK tele i ion produc• valiantly but unsuccessfully tried tion relating to the uprooting and to fight off an ambush ; the lady• incarceration of the Issei and how she determinedly but also un- their offspring during World War uccessfully tried to fight off be• II along the West Coast that we ing ra ished; and brigand-how author took the usual liberties American, there are a number of WHlrn BRINGS US, then, to were curiou to see the program. the amurai was a coward and that writers of fiction take. She depictions which we know are in• the possible "third version. " ur curi> it was satiated when a how he the brigand, wa practi• gave her impressions and ver• accurate, and insofar as such Upon seeipg this television pro• Nisei friend in California kindly cally educed by the lady. It is up sions of what happened-in part AJ As are concerned, little or no duction, what will those uninitia• shipped us tapes of the entire pro• to the iewer to decide which of accurate as to the episode but fic• "damage" is done. We know, and ted, unlmowing viewers adopt as gram. And so 0 er several eve• the versions is true, or perhaps a tionalized as to particulars. For knowing we understand. What being the facts? In those dark and nings the wife and I sat in our liv• selective amalgamation of two or example, the central character, a may coocern the AJ As is that the lonely woods of 1942, was there a ing room and viewed the tape . more of these versions. Nisei lieutenant who participated inaccuracies, or perhaps more rape-or was it justified "seduc• My reaction? Well, I'm reminded Returning to the NHK version in the war crimes trials, ends up accurately, the fictionalizing, tion" ? Were the acts of the bri• of that classic movie, "Rasho• of ' 'Sanga Moyu. " committing suicide by blowing may be misunderstood by our fel• gand awropriate under the cir• mon. ' out his brains with an Army .45, in low ~ricans, many of whom cumstances as he would relate? THE TIlESIS OF " Rashomon" THE NHK PRODUCTION, the empty room where the trials not only lack the perception of Well, many of you readers, as was was that there were three differ• while based on a very real and took place. Of course, no such in• what happened but a great num• I, were there in 1942: we don't ent views or interpretations of a traumatic episode, involves fic• cident ever took place. ber of whom do not know to this need any "spirits" to interpret for single incident, each of which tional characters and fictional in• day the very episode of the uproot• us what, in fact, happened. We drastically differed depending on cidents. And therein the writer- IN TIIE EYES of the Japanes~ ing and the incarceration itself. know.
Stay in San Francisco national power. Compared to Washing• Where Should National Headquarters Be? ton, anywhere else seems feeble and Pro• San Francisco is where much of JACL saic. Grac;sroots perspectives are given history was written. Northern California lip service and often ignored. by Clifford I. Uyeda shi Honganji temple in the heart of Little has been the strongest JACL district in Services to membership need to be Tokyo and consolidating the natimal supporting JACL activities and in procur• understood from the grassroots and con• SAN FRANCISCO--Golden Gate Chapter ing contributions. San Francisco itself tackled the controversial subject of headquarters arxi the Pacific Citizen un• stituent perspectives. To do this the head• der one roof is desirable. The building is a may have only 12,000 Japanese Ameri• quarters in the midst of the people it "Where should the JACL National Head• cans, but the nine counties bordering on quarters be?" in a March 18 forum. Three historic Japanese American landmark. serves is desirable. Nearly 40 percent of Making it the center of activities is a San Francisco Bay have over 60,000 Japa• the Japanese Americans and 80 percent well-qualified veteran JACLers were on nese ~icans. the panel: attorney Stephen Nakashima natural. of the JACL membership reside in Move to Washington, D.C. The Northern California district paid California. argued fur Los Angeles, Dr. Yosh Naka• over half the $450,000 cost for the national shima for Washington, D.C. , and attorney If the future of JACL lies in the in• Headquarters and Pacific Citizen creasing awareness of and advocacy for headquarters building in 19'75. The San The advisability and even the desira• Steve Doi for retaining the headquarters Francisco chapter alone contributed in San Francisco. civil am human rights, then Washington bility of the national headquarters and is where the action is. High visibility in nearly $al,OOO to the building fund. Forty PC being live-in partners is questionable. Move to Los Angeles Washington is more effective legislative• percent of the JACL members reside in There are concerns over the potential in• Los Angeles is where the people are- ly than remaining on the West Coast. Northern California, 30 percent in the fluence of headquarters on editorial mat• 116,000 Japanese Americans compared to National headquarters focusing on na• Pacific Southwest. The present natimal ters. Open and vigorous discussions of headquarters building is completely paid 12,000 in San Francisco. This is where the tional issues in Washington can free the public issues seem better assured under a for. Other areas may be more powerful action is. Political strength is growing in local districts arx:i chapters to become physical separation of the two. Southern California. The headquarters politically, but San Francisco is the seat However, the new bylaw amendment more involved in local issues. There may of membership power, moving to Los Angeles will revitalize be a savings in money with a smaller adopted at the 1984 national convention in JACL. There is a greater potential for Washington office supplanting the pre• Can We Afford to Move? Honolulu separated the PC from national membership growth in the Pacific South• sent huge headquarters facility in San Moving the headquarters would rerult headquarters both administratively and west than in any other district. A recent Francisco. in major expenditures. The high cost of flnancially. The former apprehension, influx of young National Board and com• The seat of power is in Washington. renovating the Nishi Honganji temple therefore, can be avoided even if the two mittee members from the area attests to JACL can advocate there more effective• makes even a long-term lease at minimal operatioos are under the same roof. the increasing interest and available tal• ly, and can build a closer association with rate a questionable venture. A consorti• Cooclusion ent in the area. many other civil rights organizations lo• um of Japanese American non-profit Demographically the Los Angeles area The (XESibility of obtaining the old Ni- cated there. corporations is already looking into the has the greatest potential for member• possibility of a long-term lease. Los Ange• ship growth. Past performance, how• ever, has not lived up to its potential. The ISSN: 0030-8579 les is am rife with rumors of a commer• cial development of the Little Tokyo area. presence in the 1m Angeles area ofnwn• If the rumor of widening the north side of erous other Japanese American organi• ~ First Street becomes a reality, the temple zations has tended to create intense com• pacific citizen building would disappear. petition fur membership and interests. Washington rent is one of the highest in Washington is the seat of power. If the Nat"! JACL Headquarters, 1765 Sutter SI.. San FranCISco. CA 94115, long-rarge direction of the JACL is in the (415) 921 ·5225 the country. Shutting down the "rent Published by the Japanese AmencanCltlzens League every Fndayexcept the first free" national headquarters in San Fran• civil am human rights of all people, then and last weeks of the year at 244 S. San Pedro SI.. Los Angeles, CA 90012; (213) cisco facing the prospect of a greatly JACL can be most effective from the na• 626-6936 • 2nd Class postage paid at Los Angeles, Ca. Annual Subscnp· am tlons-JACLmembers. $10.00 of national dues prOVides one-year on a per-house• expanded Washington office may not be tion's capital. hold basis. Nonmembers: $18. payable In advance. Foreign addresses: Add attractive to many members. The San San Francisco area is historically the U.S.$8 • News or opinIOns expressed by columnists other than JACL sta ff do not most effective center of support for JACL necessarily reflect JACL policy. Francisco headquarters is said to be a membership and activity. The natimal OFFICERS difficult building to sell because of the Frank Sato, Nan JACL President Dr. Clifford Uyeda. PC Board Chair extensive renovation that would be neces• headquarters is paid for. Can J ACL stand EDITORIAL I BUSINESS STAFF sary to make it a functional building. another fundraising for a national head• Editor: Karen Seriguchi Ass't Editor: Bob Shimabukuro Advertising: Jane M. Ozawa Edil. Ass'\: J.K. YamamOto quarters building? Circulation: ...... Tomi Hoshlzakl, Mitsuko Sakai How About Membership Services? The impression from the forum was Typesetting: Mary Imon Mailing: Mark Saito Many citizens outside Washington are that, should the Los Angeles proponents Gen Mgr/Operations: ...... Harry K. Honda quick to note that a view from Wasbing• come upwith the funding to purchase and POSTMASTER: Send address changes lu - _ ,to c CII~en . ton is often quite different from that of the renovate the Nishi Honganji building as 244 S. San Pedro SI. , ' 506, Los Angeles. CA 90012. rest of the country. It comes from a sense the new national JACL headquarters, of importance in residing at the seat of there would not be strong opposition. friday, April 19, 19851 PACIFIC CrnZEfI...... i 'A Peculiar, Hairy-podded Bean'
On the trail of soybeans and not included in the long, long llst soybean<; as a crop into this coun• sponsible for their introduction as football: Writing in this space a of dried botanical specimens that try in the 1880s. Brooks was of the an American-raised crop ... few weeks ago about that Japa• Perry brought back. Unless more class of 1875 at Massachusetts Okay? Okay. nese fO Recruitment and Leadership Swvey To better plan appropriate activitie and programs 6. What characteristics below do you feel are part of 14 How satisfYing has this experience been? and to gi e a better handle on the needs of younger JACL's image as seen by younger people? (please rank o very satisfYing Nikkei in JACL, the Recruitment and Leadership Com• order.) o satisfYing mittee has compiled a survey that will provide some key o not satisfying o Nisei organization Why? ______information. conservative We invite everyone - especially younger Nikkei of o elitist 15. Did anyone recruit you for the leadership role(s)? the "YuppieiBaby Boom' generation - to complete the o o lacking in direction D yes O no survey and end to: David Nakayama, JACL, 1765 Sutter, o progressive San Francisco, CA 94115 by May 10, 1985. willi.ngness to take leadership on key issues Did that person or others provide support during your Please feel free to attach separate pages tor additional o o willingness to undertake activities of concern to tenn. comments. Japanese Americans. D yes O no Thank you for your help! o other (specifY) ______How valuable would an advisor program be for those 7. What kinds of activities do you recommend which will in leadership positions? attract younger Nikkei? o very valuable RECRUITMENT o leadership development o somewhat valuable 1 What was y.our main reason for joining JACL? not valuable o social oWhy? ______o civillhuman rights orientation o political o social programs o human/civil rights issues 16. What kinds of supportive activities or skills-building o desire to get involved in Nikkei communi1¥ o career advancement . sessions can JACL provide that would help you · be a o redress o ethnic identity issues more effective leader either within JACL, your career, o desire to develop leadership skills o redress community, etc.? o other (specifY) ______o international relations chapter development workshops other (specifY) ______o 2. How long have you been a member? o o management skills development workshops o under 1 year 8. How familiar with JACL's history and legislative ac• o advisor program 0 1 - 3 years 0 5 - 10 years complishments are you? o appearance/image 0 3 - 5 years 0 10 years or more o very familiar o speaking skills (specifY) o somewhat familiar o public speaking 3. If you were actively recruited to join JACL, indicate o impromptu speaking who recruited you. o not familiar other ______chapter president 9. How interested would you be in attending a session o 17. How interested are you in attending a one- or twMlay o board member on this? o committee chair o very interested conference on leadership development? O JACL member o somewhat interested o highly interested o other (specifY) ______o not interested o somewhat interested not interested Was that person a: 0 relative 0 friend 10. How interested would younger Nikkei who are not o o acquaintance. JACLers be? How much would you be willing to pay? Did that person or others in JACL provide support and o very interested 0$25-50 0 $75-100 0$50-75 0$100-100 opportunities for involvement? D yes O no o somewhat interested other ______~lain ------______o not interested 11. Would you be interested in helping to develop mem• 18. What kinds of complications have you seen or experi• bership of younger Nikkei in your area? enced in ''turning over the reins" from older to younger 4 What are the most important strengths you see for members in your chapter/district? JACL in recruiting younger Nikkei? (please rank order Dyes Ono with 1 being most important) , If so, please be sure to fill in your name and address ~lain------o history of legislative accomplishment at the end of this survey. 19. How significant is this issue for your chapter/district? o established national organization for JAs LEADERSIllP o very significant o civillhuman rights orientation 12. What leadership positions have you held in JACL? o moderately significant o leadership in redress issue o board member o not significant o provides opportunity to develop leadership skills o chapter V.p. Age category: o pro~des opportunity for contacts, networking o chapter president 018 and under o proyuI'es opportunity to get involved with Nikkei o district vice-governor/representative 019-29 o other (specifY) ______o district governor 0:n-39 o national officer 040-49 5. What are the most important weaknesses for JACL in Oother ______recruiting younger Nikkei? (please rank order.) 050-59 o fuzzy image 13. Why dic;i you decide to take on a leadership role? 060 and over Chapter ______o lack of direction for future o desire to serve community o negative image from WW2 o desire to make an impact District ------o lack of relevant programs and activities o sense of obligation Optional: o not known among younger Japanese Americans o want to develop leadership skills Name ______o seen as a Nisei organization o to make contacts o other (specifY) ______Oother ______Address ______6--PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, April 19, 1985 mon mto a reality now derued or District Council should have tourism and commerce, so I will cestry. In fact, many years ago, Shared Ideals unrealized. never sanctioned this issue to ap• not belabor those points. JACL pulled out ofthe Nisei bowl• The article by J.K. Yamamoto The Democra tic Party, in point pear on the forthcoming Tri-Dis• Insteoo, I wish to attack the ,. in• ing tournament because they de• (March 8 PC ) on the Asian Pacific of fact, has much to learn from trict meeting in Fresno on April 19 stitution" of beauty contests from nied entry to persons who were Caucus and the Democratic Na• the minorities within its midst. It and 20. I must say poor judgment a civil rights perspective. not of Japanese ancestry. There tional Committee was a valuable is from these " special interests" and lack of leadership on their In recent years, all of the Japa• was an extremely bitter debate contribution to much needed poli• that weare reminded of our roots ; part. nese American beauty contests over the issue, but the principle of tical analysis on the historic role the necessity of looking to the past You must remember, National (including the Nisei Week pa• non-discrimination ultimately of the Democratic Party. Tom to learn the lessons to be applied JACL membership is only com• geant) have imposed ancestral prevailoo. Hsieh, DNC Asian/ Pacific Cau• in the present to give the future a prised of less than 10% of the Ja• . 'purity" tests on the candidates JACLdoes not have a racial or cus chair, was bang-on the mark meaning which unites aIXi in• panese population in the 50 states. and/ or their parents. This was ancestral restriction on member• with his observation ... . .we are a spires us. Why not consult this issue frml the done to keep out the increasing ships; am every regular member minority, not a special interest." Does Mr. Kirk really believe remaining 90% of the non• number of biracial and nwltira• is eligible to participate in any Paul Kirk, the new DNC Chair, that by reasserting the .. invisibili• JACLers? cial W All authorized relocation costs will be paid by the Naval Investigative Service. IntervievJS will be held on May 2 (Thu.), May 3 (Fri.), and May 4 (Sat.), 1985, at the New Otani Hotel, 120 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California. For further information and to schedule an interview appointment, contact Mary Brandenburg, (213) 547-6124, 547-6125. THE NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE U.S. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE free Savings and Loan Insurance AN EQUAL OPPORTUNIlY EMPLOYER IRA Accounts aVOllable No w o ver $6 million in assets NATIONAL JACL PO Box 1721 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 CREDIT UNION Telephone (801) 355-8040 Friday, April 19, 19851 PACIFIC CmZEN-7 More than Gambling in Las Vegas Tulare County has pulled together some very We Imow that last year a similar origami will center on the theme REDRESS successful cultural affairs - and local delegation persuaded Rep. c~spon VISALIA, Calif - A teriyaki din• of Children's Day. Deadline for UPDATE in competing against the glitter Harty Reid to become a ner and benefit movie will be registration is April W. Fee per and light ofLas Vegas, that's real• sor of HR4110. We Imow that the held Saturday, April Zl, at the ly child is $5. For more information, byMinoru something! impact and influence of local Buddhist Church. Dinner begins contact Aileen Arakawa, ~) Yasui We remember George Goto constitutents is important and at 4 p.rn. with clean-up at 6:30 6Z7 -4791Jti2.1).OO37. I.eslsladve marinating five cases of young possibly, in some cases, the de-• p.rn. Dinner and movie tickets Educadon fryer chickens for teriyaki, with ciding factor in gaining support are $5 for each event Proceeds Riverside Committee Fred Fukumoto helping, in prep- for redress. benefit the cultural school, RIVERSIDE, Calif - The fllm ~ ______aration of an Asian American The State of Nevada is as im• Bunka Gakko. "Unfinished Business" will be festival But perhaps his most ap• portant as any other state in the The school's next cultural shown on videotape at the chap• pealing claim to fame is his avid u.s. Senate, because eveIY state awareness program is slated for ter's general meeting on Satur• Wayne Tanaka is a Hawaiian• pursuit of tuna-fishing off San has only two senators. But, in the Saturday, May 11, from 9 arn. to day, April Zl, 7 p.rn., at yc River• born Nikkei who has achieved Diego. He comes back with ice case of Sen Laxalt., because of 11:30 am. The program is open side International Lounge. Re• well-deseIVed recognition as an chests full of fresh tuna, which his long past association with to preschool children aged 3 to freshments will be seIVed The outstanding secondary school he distributes to friends for truly President Ronald Reagan, with 4 through sixth graders. The event is a kick-off for the LEC administrator in the Clark delicious sashimi It's great! whom he worked when they cooking activity art project and fund-raising drive. County School District, in Las Lillian Morizono was formerly were governors of Nevada and Vegas, Nevada He is outspoken, with a travel agency in Las Vegas California, respectively, and be-• an activist, and a mover and - but is now retired However, cause Sen Laxalt holds a pre• Aging and Retirement Workshop shaker of events. His interests she maintains her interest and eminent position in heading the are not limited to sedentary edu• activities for the community, national Republican Party, activi· FRESNO, Calif -JACL's aging past convention by promoting cational matters only, but rather seIVing again this year as JACL ties at the state level in Nevada and retirement committee will the widest possible use ofthe vid• he involves himself in broader chapter president With Tanaka, are most helpful. be presenting a workshop at the eotape, seeking NIMH collabora• community and national issues. Goto, and others, the Las Vegas These efforts in Las Vegas are Tri-District Conference on Satur• tion and support for committee George Goto is a well-Imown JACL will be asking the city being augmented by Wilson day, April~ , together with a pre• work, providing articles for the community figure in Las Vegas council to support redress. Makabe, Sam Wada, Tak Kubota, sentation by Gail Uyehara of the Pacific Citizen, collaborating - first, as a former big-time oper• We also Imow that the Las Don Nomura, and others in the Yu-Ai Kai senior citizens prog• with other national and district ator of a landscape gardening Vegas Nikkei group will be call• Reno area We appreciate the ef• ram in San Jose. committees, and promoting local business, and now more recently ing upon both U.S. Sen "Chic" forts of those in Nevada and Pat Okura and Ford Kuramoto, community service programs for in Asian American affairs. He, Hecht amd Sen Paul Laxalt, to hope their activities will be co-cllairs of the committee, will the elderly. with support of the community request their support of redress. paralleled in other areas. present an update on its activities regarding the distribution and Members of the national com• utilization of the educational vid• mittee are: eotape, 'A Tale of Nisei Retire• Robert Kanagawa, Central Calif, Sanger; Don Kazama, Pacific Northwest, ment, ' the results of the Masuda Wt: Offf:R THt: PROffSSlOIYAL MAIY study done in Seattle, NIMH sup• Seattle; Betty Kozasa, Pacific Southwest, Los Angeles; Yoshi Ochi, Intennountain, A COJtlrLf:Tt: BUSII'1t:SS WARDROBt:. port for committee work, and Idaho Falls; George Sakaguchi, Midwest, collaboration with community• ~'~~ J ;!LR~!!!ERAC!~tS~1EM CARRYING OVlR 500 SUITS, SfORT St Louis; Mike Suzuki, Eastern, Gaith• ,.~ COATS AND OVlRCOATS SY GlVl:NCHY. based organizations serving the ersburg, Md; Mas Yamasaki, Mountain HOME COMPUTERS· WATCHES· TV· RADIO LANVlN, VAUNTINO, ST. RAYHAfL ~ SOFlWAA E • DESIGNER S BAG . BONE CHINA elderly. Plains, Houston; and George Yoshida, LONDON fOG IN SiltS 14·42 SHORT ~ The goals of the committee are Northern CaliUWestern Nevada/Pacific, Authorized SONY Dealer UTRA SHORT. OUR ACCLSSORn:S El Cerrito. INCLUDt: DR.t:SS SHIRTS. SLACKS. AND to cany out the mandate of the 111 Japanese ViUage Plaza MaD TItS IN SHORT ~ SI'IALL SIRS I Lt:NGTHS. Los Angeles, CA 9OOl2 IN ADDITION, Wf RfCfNTLY UfANDfD all those involved . . .and to de• (213) 68().3288 TO INCLUDf AN ITALIAN DRfSS SHOf LIU LlNf IN SiltS 5· 7111. Continued from Front Page mand their extradition to the U.S. to stand trial." 785 W HAM/LTON A VENUE CA MPBELLCALIFORN/A 95008 knowledge of Chen's involvement Some action has already taken PHONE 408/374.1485 place in Congress. The House KAMON EXHmIT M·F 12·8'30. SAT 10-6. SUN. 12·5 in the Uu case. (fAMll.Y CREST ) "-.on,.. T After being denied permission Foreign Affairs Committee has Theme: " How must the 'Japanese to participate in the trials, Jerome passed a resolution calling on Tai• American' Kamon differ wan to extradite anyone implicat• fTom the 'Japanese' Kamon." Cohen, an attorney for Helen Liu, Saturday, Aprii20, 1985, 12-8 p.m. charged that Taiwan authorities ed in theLiu killing. Rep. Stephen Sunday, April 21 , 1985, 12-5 p.m. , are behaving as though they have Solarz (D-N.Y.), chair of the Asian Locale: Orange County Buddhist Church, something to hide. What are they and Pacific Affairs Subcommit• 909 S. DaJe SI. Anaheim, CA. tee, said he intended to find out if For Further lnlo, please contact: afraid of? " YOSHIDA KAMON ART Another attorney for Helen Liu, the murder was "an isolated inci• 312 E. First St., Suite 205 Hsieh Olang-ting, also voiced sus• dent or the manifestation of a con• Los Angeles, CA 90012; (213) 629-2848/755-9429 sistent pattern of acts of intimida• KEI YOSHIDA. Researcher/ArUSI NINA YOSHIDA. Translator picions. "I think the court has • Kaman/Surname R""earch and Translallon Service. some political considerations. If tion and harassment. " the true story is made public, for The latter possibility could lead example, it will influence the to a cutoff of U.S. arms shipments MIDAS American-Taiwan relationship, it to Taiwan. Medicare Supplement will influence the image of the Mineta's Comments government here, and it will influ• In testimony before Solarz' sub• Insurance OPERANDI ence struggles inside the Kuomin• committee in February, Rep. MEN and WOMEN-Ages 64 and Over tang. " Norman Mineta (D-Calif.) criti• Invest in Dollars and Have It Helen Liu's reaction to the life cized the Reagan Administra• • Helps pay your MEDICAL EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY MEDICARE. Working for You in Yen ... sentences for Chen and Wu was tion's silence on the Liu case. "I • Offered by an A+ Excellent Company mixed. 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The response of the San Fran• ish ancestry here in this country • Pays for blood charges. 200/0 NET per Annum cisco-based Committee to Obtain by agents of the Polish govern• • PAYS 100% OF YOUR HOSprrAL EXPENSE Minimum Investment: $15,000 Justice for Henry Liu, issued April ment because he wrote about the AFTER MEDICARE RUNS OUT. 9, was equally critical. "The trial represssion in the country from • You choose your own doctor and hospital. --DETAnS UPON RBQUBST- was both a farce and a cover-up," which he emigrated . .. Does any• • Current monthly premium Is $59 for all ages. Dyke Nakamura, Foreign Department said chair Ling-<:hi Wang. "Vital one doubt that the President would FCA FURTHER INFORMATION. CALL OR WRITE Yamakichi Securities Co., Ltd. evidence was suppressed, key take to the airwaves to denounce SEICHI (SAGE) SUGINO 7 Nihonbashi, Kabutocho, l-chome witnesses excluded from cross• such an act? Does anyone question Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 103 examinations, and legitimate le• that issues would be raised at the Sugino Insurance Agency Cable: Y AM AS ECURE. TOKYO gal parties were denied participa• highest levels of the State Dept. or 16418 S. Western Ave., Suite A, Gardena, CA 90247 Telephone: (03)667-7947 tion in the trial proceedings .. . the Justice Dept.? ... l.A. Phone: (213) n0-4473 "The only way for the U.S. gov- 'Yet an American of Asian an• Gardena Phone: (213) 538-5808 I 329-~ ernment to obtain justice ...and to cestry is killed and this has not have a credible trial is . .. to indict happened." . 8--PACIFIC CITIZEN / Friday, April 19, 1985 Style: Errol Heights, Los Angeles, the White House From Errol H ights to B verly enough people to have a game. men of leisure. Bob Hope plays joints and assembling parts is of Hills: remember last week I told ONE THING And at this time of the year, golf. Eisenhower, Nixon, Ken• primary importance. A mistake the infield is all mud and the out• nedy, Ford, they all played golf. you about the importance of LEADS in sequence sometimes can field has ankle-deep wet grass. All presidents play golf. Case mean a lOO-hour delay. looking good here in LA '? Well, TO ANOTHER continuing down that line-here's Sharply hit ground balls end up closed, he said Woodworkers are basically another to put in your Bob's Bi• stuck in the mud; line drives are I must admit, the attraction of masochists. They torture them• zarre Bits of Information About lost in the grass. Multnomah golf escapes me - golf is slow• selves for hours cutting one joint LA fue. The ha e dog health County, pressed for funds, does down basketball taken to its ex• The reward for 3 hours torture? pas down here. For a fee, you Bob not mow the grass until late May. treme - but can we judge a pres• A beautiful mortise and tenon can walk yow' dog without walk• Shimabukuro Sometimes, by that time, the ident by his recreational pur• joint When there exists the op• ing yourself Put it on a treadmill. grass is calf-high. suits? Since style is so important tion of nailing the pieces to• Exercycle. Jacuzzi. Sauna Anyway, it makes for an in• these days, why not? I couldn't gether in 5 minutes. Talk about Aerobic dancing to Jan ers, cooks writers, kids and tere ting game; after a few trips answer that one, since we seem anguish, especially when you Canine' workout tap . Lo e a dogs who used to play oftball to the outfield, the waterlogged to have a president that's long on know you're getting paid just to few pounds off your dog. Think (maybe they till do, I don't know) ball doubles its weight Hard on style right now. nail it thin thighs. Watch that pul e at a park in Enol Heights - had the throwing arm. A slow man's Well, I thought Carter was a But maybe my brother has a rate. two things in common: they all game, mercifully. good president because he was point Carter did get a bum rap loved good food and oftball Which lead me to the subject the first furniture-maker to make because he was a teetotaler and Errol Heights, in the middle of I thought about this motley col• of golf, a sacred subject among it to the Big House. Furniture• he didn't play golf. Two strikes. nowhere between Portland and lection as I watched the Dodgers Nikkei, I am told My brother makers are not given the credit The third strike: he was a Milwaukie, had a lot of dogs. blow the opening game for Fer• once aid that he liked Carter be• they deserve. After all, it takes masochistic woodworker, or The all eemed pretty nando. No field, no hit; that was cause Carter played softball and great organizational skill to put maybe he didn't enroll his dog health ... and energetic too. us, although most of the time last didn't play golf. Golfs the game together a chair, for example. in a health spa Style is impor• They dug up garden. Cha ed m year wa pent trying to get of politicians, businessmen and The correct sequence in cutting tant the neighborhood cats, bunnies, po urns ann bird that occupied my yard from time to time. Kept in good shape. And tD think, I On Nikkei Celebrities and PSW Conference was always trying to find a gig by Henry Sakai nues to speak out for Asian tried to be funnyman agam as "having a chip on her head," and for urvival I could have hired Americans and takes the flak-• noted in this exchange. Pat, who runs around like a clown a good-looking canine to lead the Having had the opportunity to that takes courage. making fun of us. bunny-<:hasing and charged the participate on one of the panels at One thing that bothered me at G.J.: Are you proud oftheJapa• One other thing that came out neighborhood dog owners for the PSWDC conference recently, the conference was that Frank nese culture'? loud and clear again at the confer• keeping their dogs in shape. I as well as many others was plea• P.M.: Oh yes. I always have Sato, JACL national president, ence is that the membership feels Another missed opportunity. santly surprised at the turnout. been, though rve never ex• said the U.S.-Japan relations was that there isn't enough downward The 4(}(}Plus was more than the pressed it. The Errol Heights Gounnets national conventions draw and a J ACL 's second-highest priority, commtmication to the member• - a collection of Reed College including aging and retirement, G.J.: Why not? ship on what's going on at the na• number of these people were non• P.M.: I never felt the need to. I grads am dropouts woodwork- members. This demonstrates youth, women's concerns, health tionallevel. fairs, employment discrimina• don't think it's cool to go around As I said before to past presi• that if JACL tnational, districts, the world and say, ,j 'Hey, I'm or chapters) puts together an in• tion, etc. Let's not forget we are dent Floyd Shimomura and again supposed to be a civ it and human proud to be a Jap. Hey, you want to current president Frank Sato, teresting program, keeps prices to knock this chip off my head"? " reasonable, publicizes properly, rights organization. Maybe the it should be mandatory that na• ADVERTISEMENT tLaughs). and has it well organized, we can National Board needs to re~valu tional officers and committee Mail order house attract a lot of interest and new ate where they are spending our Wasn't that fwmy. He probably chairs write a report for the PC at . issues 1985 catalog members. Those who organized time am money. What has hap• doesn't mind being called a dumb least once a quarter and that na• the conference did an exceptional pened to outside fund-raising and Jap, either. No wonder people tional headquarters write a re• A 14-page mall order catalog filled with job and the PSWDC committee membership recruitment? wonder why we don 't like them to port once a month to keep mem• Japanese quality gift Items is available deserves a lot of credit. I hope Pat Morita, wOO did an excel• call us Japs, when people like Pat bership informed. I hope this from Treasures of the Orient, p.o. Box complaint by the membership 3978, Gardena, CA 90247, (213) 51&7486. other districts will follow suit. lent job in .,Karate Kid ," still runs run arOl.D1d saying it, so they think Among the items carried are Kyoto dolis, Tritia Toyota, one of the few around like the old days trying to It'S furmy, too. Obviously our eth• doesn't keep falling on deaf ears. C Hakala dolls, swords, figurines, Kutani Nikkei celebrities and the key• be a " Hip Nip, ' as he called him• nic concerns meeting with him After all, 90 c of the national bud• welcome cat, helmets, games, hand• note speaker, certainly deserves self when he was doing the club didn't sink in, especially since get incane comes from member• painted silk screens, byobu, screens, he's gotten sudden fame. Maybe ship dues-so we owe them some lamps, vases, Arita ware, Satsuma, Iman a large debt of gratitude for con• circuit. When I was the ethnic wasj~tas ware, Soma ware, wooden stands, plate tinuing to support and participate concerns chair we met with Pat it well he didn't win the accountability. holders, lacquerware and trays, happi in the ccmmunity, something that about his role in . 'Mr. T and Tina" Oscar, re d reaUydo us in. (By the way, if you enjoy read• coats and yukata. some of the others do not do. Be• portraying negative stereotypes Note the contrast between our ing the Pacific Citizen, please Its nation-wide mail order service was two most visible Japanese Ameri• support the staff by sending in a started in March, according George Naka• ing in tre spotlight as a TV anchor of Japanese. 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CHAIR: yers and children of Japanese answer questions from the audi• The world is changing. In 1977, Third in a Series Americans telling their parents' ence. His keen interest in redress the gross value of trade across the stories and demanding justice on was contagious and the young Pacific exceeded the Atlantic for ties and to engage in banking and Mika their behalf. people were clearly interested in the first time in world history. Ja• other services on the other coun• Hiramatsu When the film was shown at the hearing more and helping out. pan's economy has grown to be try's soil. As more Japanese and Pacific Film Archive at UC No time is better than now for the third largest in the world---ex• American companies become in• Sansei to realize that they have As the Nisei begin telling their Berkeley last month, a racially ceeded only by the U.S. and Rus• ternational and even "multi-na• mixed young crowd (20-30 years been lazy and that it is time to get sia. Japan's high-tech economy, tional," sharp distinctions be• stories of World War II intern• involved. In the past, the JACL ment camps today s Sansei have old) of about 200 filled the small political stability, and strategic tween the two economies get auditorium. Many of the movie• has always had difficulty attract• location in the Pacific make it a more and more difficult to draw. rediscovered a purpose in pursu• ing young adults to the organiza• ing their Japanese American goers were UC Berkeley students prime U.S. ally. In fact, Ambas• With this type ofcomingling, the like myself. tion. As the youth council chair, I sador Mike Mansfield calls the points of human-to-human con• backgrounds. can certainly verify the lack of in• U.S.-Japan relationship "the most " Unflnished Business,' Steven Although somewhat more fami• tact are proliferating to the point liar with the internment of over terest in youth programs at this important bilateral relationship where the experts can't handle Okazaki s new film following the time. -bar non~in the world. " Presi• efforts of three men's claims 100 000 Japanese Americans in them all. Living in America, we Hopefully with the increased in• dent Reagan echoed these senti• against the United States govern• the pring of 1942 than many stu• Japanese Americans tend to see terest raised by this film as well ments on his trip to Japan in 1983. ment shows clearly to Sansei the dents because of my involvement the process primarily from the as other redress efforts led by Min The American and Japanese work that needs to be done. in the JACL I had never seen a standpoint of Japanese com• Yasui and John Tateishi, more economies are rapidly "fusing" In the director Okazaki, as fllm to truly bring the issue of re• panies caning to America. Japa• f11m, Sansei, especially those whose together. That is, Japanese com• a Sansei whose parents were both dress home like this hour-long nese companies in the U.S. hire parents were in camps during panies are coming to the U.S. in people. They get building permits World War II, will feel motivated droves and more and more Amer• from local ageocies. They buy Failing, he claimed that those to join the JACL-if not for them• ican companies are doing the supplies and professional ser• LETTERS who returned from camp have selves, for the memories of their same in Japan. No longer are vices from the local economy. Continued from page 6 made a success oftheir lives. parents from forty years ago. each country's businesses content They pay taxes. In short, they be• camp. This led to their early Lately, Sleeping Sam has said come an economic and political death. Those of us who survived that the Japanese Americans are presence in our local com• are sentenced to a shameful and the most successful minority. He Study on Chinatown unemployment, munities. humiliating life. Will the govern• does not explain that the most health published in Amerasia Journal Thus, U.S.-Japan relations do ment wait until we are all dead wealthy were born subsequent to not occur merely between Tokyo before they approve our demand 1945, making them far removed LOS ANGELES---UCLA's Amer• Historian Linda Pomerantz, in and Washington D.C. Today, they for redress? from the incarceration episode. asia J ournaZ announces the pub• her article "The Chinese Bour• are occuring in large and small Just recently, the San Jose Ja• To say we are now well educated, lication of new research on China• geoisie and the Anti.(;hinese communities all over the United panese American Nihonmachi in fairly good jobs, businesses town lIlemployment in New Movement in the United States, States. 1bJs, the JACL, as a grass• Outreach Committee (NOC) held and professions is so irrelevant. York, San Francisco, and Los 1905-1950," examines the linkages roots organization, can help play a Day of Remembrance candle• He went on to say that he is afraid Angeles and the status of health between the activities of U.S. Chi• a positive role in creating a friend• light parade and meeting, thus of backlash. We don't need his ad• service utilization in San Francis• nese merchants and those in Chi• ly and <»operative relatimship keeping alive our hope for redress vice or sympathy. co Chinatown. na. "The wealthy Chinese mer• in our own communities. and reparations. Julie Hatta pre• We oldsters wish to give Sleep• Economist Paul Ong, in his arti• chants in the United States had a sided over the meeting. Susan Ha• ing Sam some good advice. Man! cle on "Chinatown Unemploy• vested interest in the develop• yase spoke to a racially mixed You are pushing 80 years. All ment and the Ethnic Labor Mar• ment of a large and prosperous LEC Fund-raising audience of hurrlreds and re• those years you have told us what ket," points out that while official community of Olinese workers LOS ANGELES - Harry Kajiha• ceived a standing ovation when you thought of us, what we should statistics indicate unemployment throughrut the Western states," ra, finance chair for the legisla• her speECh was over. and should not do. Your fantasy as is not a problem in Chinatown according to Pomerantz. The anti• tive Education Committee, an• Sleeping Sam Hayakawa's in• judge, God and dictator over us is communities in the U.S., in reali• Chinese movement, because it nounced that the following per• tense desire for self-glorification over. Noone accepts you as such. ty, Chinatown employment pat• harmed Chinese American busi• sons have become ''LEe prime has been most unnerving, know• You have had your glory as the terns are very unstable. ness interests, ultimately led to solicitors": Mas Hironaka of San ing the presence of prejudice no-nonsense president of San For those who live in China• the merchant support of the 1911 Diego, who has already raised against the Japanese Americans. Francisco University and a U.S. town, utilization of health ser• republican revolution in China. more than $3, Japan co-operators exchange ideas in U.S. Peopl KUBOTANIKKfI Classified Advertising - BERKELEY, Calif . ~apan is The next largest viSiting group eLaw 'I~~~Y 4-BuslOess Opportunities 8-Hcdl Esl,llc IAcrcdqel not only exporting state-of-the art came from Berkeley's sister co• Ken Kashiwabara of Ogata & KubcCa electronics and automobiles. op in Nadakobe, the $1 billion Penryn, Calif., is retiring Mortuary) UMITED PARTNER NEED!D During the week of Feb. 25 three enterprise which is perhaps the after 33 years with the 911 Venice Blvd. For 100nl .,enlu,e In building New Mexico contingents of Japanese coopera• largest and most successful con• Dept. of Justice. A member Los Angeles, CA 90015 01 UnI'. BAN BERNARDINO FOR :>ALE By OWNEM Phone: (213) ate • . HI ,e'ooI,n (.ecu,ed bll tors toured a major Berkeley co• sumer co-op in the world. In a of the National Assn. of FI ..I Ee,.'al MinImum 1201< Game Lovers Bunco Investigators and a 749-1449 • up. P,lma loc.llon. hi op. Two other groups of 40 visited unique experiment, the Nadako• den.lllI. hi g,owth .,•• . Ne., specialist in money-switch• Y Kubota. H. Suzukf • R. Hayamlzu echoole end .hopplng and Hunters earlier in the month. be Society sponsored a tour for 65 Hunting ranches for sale. ing schemes and phony $ervIng !he Community 714 St)4 - ~GaO The Japanese Consumers Co• college recruits who have yet to 2 ranches on Continental Divide bank investigator IU'leS, he for Over 30 Yoars in west aIltral New Mexico. operative Union held part of its begin work. They were among the is widely regarded as the DENTAL LAB Beautiful min. scenery, heavily 5th annual American Retailing nation's leading authority 200 collegians being hired this denlures & patllOJs. l·man lab In Las wooded,S mi off Hwy 60 to Seminar in the Bay Area and year at Nadakobe after extensive on con artists. He is also a Four Generations Vogas. oqu". lor 2. super Ioc. Xlnl Phoenix, plenty of water, elev: 7400-7800 ft. Private airfield brought 165 management-type member of J ACL Placer 01 Experrence . occts. Owner. Call for details. examinations and interviews. County Chapter and the Within 1V2 mi .• Ranch #1- employees from all over Japan. Personnel manager Futo who ac• (702) 454-0264 3800 Acs, 90% fee, 1()% state. 1000 Club. bel 7 am-4 pm. The JCCU includes more than 650 companied the group felt that this FUKUI Ranch #2-2500 acs, 80% fee, e Government 20% state. Fee land $300/ac. local co-ops with a total of 9 mil• frrst-haIXi experience would be Mortuary, Inc. Principals only . Excellent for lion member . Y. George Kanegai, SPECIALTY AUTOS subdivision . • Also available far more meaningful than book Unique Opportunity Warner Isaac, Lynn MacDon• training and would strongly moti• We t Los Angeles JACLer 707 E. Temple St. for sale IS a 2300 acre subdivi• Los Angeles, CA 90012 One prOJOCIWOr\h$10 million III salas Sion, surveyed and platted with ald and Min Takamoto, general vate the employees. and community leader, plus many ITlOr9 projects. Cars, molds. tommerclal and lake site. wa honored by his U.S. 626-0441 oqulpment. PnrlCIpaJS only. illness managers respectively of Associ• Former Berkeley Co-op con• torces solo. l.Dcaled In Los Angelos. BrOkers ana Agents Invlteo . Dept. of Labor colleagues, Calif. corp. IlCludod In sale. $375,000 ated Co-q.>s, Berkeley Co-op and cash. Contact. RICHARO BUATALA troller George Yasukochi ad• Arizona governor Bruce (505) 772-2649 Palo Alto Co-op, addressed a ses• Gerald Fukui, President (714) 992.()749 9·5. M-F dressed the group on the role that Babbitt, and L.A. council• Ruth FuJ(ul, Vrce President (213) 476-3754 sion of the JCCU group at the Dr. Toyooiko Kagawa, one of the man Marvin Braude at a Hobuo Oeuml, Counsellor Santa Barbara/Montecito Sheraton Palace in San Fran• Kobe Co-op's founders, played in retirement party in Ingle• luxury development project COSTA RICA cisco. Each presented an over• the development of early Ameri• wood, Ca., Mar. 29. A re• 3+ acs 01 beach/ronl property next to fOFISALE tired Army officer who Blllmore Hotel With prelimlnaIY approval view of his/ her organization, its can cooperatives, including the lor 7 sQI family homes Entire project for 6,350 Acres brief history and plans for future joined the Labor Dept. 's ~~~~~~~~~~I S2 7 mil. Will trade. Conslderabon ~Iven Berkeley Co-op. He cited thenam• Employment Standards - to brokers. call 8am·5pm weekdays. in Province of Guancasto de elopment. ing of Kagawa as one ofthe heroes Administration and the (805) 965-0085. cno.slSTS OF: los Angeles Japanese 300 acres, 2-3 year old Macadamia The JCCU delegation also visit• of the American cooperative ffice of Federal Contract Nut Trees W01h cash crop of Coffee, Casualty Insurance Assn. Cardomana. BIadt Pepper boWDen. ed the Palo Alto Co-op and the movement by Emil Sekarak and Compliaoce Programs COMPlETE INSUIIAIICE PROTB:TIOIl 5-Employment eight years ago, Kane• SO acres of 80,000 2·year~ Mac• Menlo Park Briarpatch. Some of Art Danforth in their book Con• adamoa seedling "raloresl6000 acres. gai 's avocation is chairing Alhara Insurance An. Inc. the leadership group met with Ed sumer Cooperation: The H er• 250 E. 1st St. Los Angere590012 WANTED 6000 acres 01 virgin timber for klmber. the chapter travel com• )urte 900 626-9625 Lazar's Cooperators for Peace. NISEI/SANSEI applicants. We have New ownet's Il:luse. many seal beds, itage and the Dream, even mittee. many att,actlve openings now in LA & 2 greenhouses. maintenance bldg .• of• AnSOB T. Fujioka Inllnnce ~alI Japanese co-ops have a very though Kagawa never resided in 321 E. 2nd St,los Angeles 90012 Orange Countllls . College 913duates or fICe and 2 gen nv. qtra., equivalent preferred. Send In resume or excellen, cordbcn A smatl iIMStment strong commitment to peace and this country. AT HEN lOCATION Suite 500 626-4393 call us fo, an appoinlment. $1.500,000. ConacI: disarmament. In 1982 JCCU pre• The other February visitors AI~~9!~ . ~SIn~~ng FUBakoshllns. Agency, lac. TOPSKOUTPERSONNELSVC ROBERT CASE £00 s. San Pedro, LosAAgeles90012 (213)742-0810 (419) 588-6641 sident Saiao Nakabayashi led a were all from the Zen Noh, an PARTS· SJPPUES - REPAIR Suite 300 626-5275 1543 W Olympic BI. or group of 1 200 Japanese to the 2nd agricultural co-op federation. m Junlpero Serra Dr. Inouye Insurance Agency L.A. 90015 ROBERT LAIRD San Gabriel, CA 91776 15029 Sy!vanwood Ave. (415)367-6565 UN Special Session on Disarma• Within the large umbrella oftheir (213) 283-0018 Norwalk, CAOO66o 864-5774 ment held in New York. At that activities the Japanese agricul• (818)284-2845 ltano & Kagawa, Inc. Plaza Stores ------9-Real ESldlr time 200 of the cooperators in that tural co-ops operate grocery 321 E. 2nd St, Los Angeles 90012 or Offices delegatioo stopped over in the stores call 'A Co-op's" mostly in Suite 301 624-0758 Ito Insurance A=Q Inc. In small shopping CIr (3)1000 sq II. Bay Area. the rural areas. For the past 10 1245 E. WakU. #112; 91106; (2)800 sq ft. $125 per sq II. AJ" VENTURA COUNTY (818) 795-7059. (213) 681-4411 L.A. cfose to 134 & 2 011 romp (213) years they have usually sent two 254-4397, (818) 790-8617 (O'JIOS .) Silverstrand Beacn, or three groups annually to visit KamlYa Ins. Agency, Inc. (»(NARD. CA. 327 E. lnd St. Los Angeles 90012 . Charm,ng CUSIlm oceanoront nome W I American shopping centers, gro• Suite 224 626-8135 OecK. 2 pa\105 & spa BeaulJrul me. PC ads WOOO l!o. StanlC glBSS U1ruou~ 3 BR, Grants supporting cery warehouses and super• Maeda & Mbllno Ins. Agency conv 08'l. 2 BA. SS25K. markets. Their visits also include 18902 Brookhurst St. Founlail Valley make ONNER Asian American works Marutama Co. CA 92708 (714) 964-7227 (805) 985-2141 appt. a 3-day training session usually TIle J. Mol'IIV ComJIIRy shopp.ina WASHINGTON - Five Asian conducted at Clarement College 11080 Artesia BI, SUite F, Cerritos, CA CALIFORNIA Inc. 90701 ; (213}924~, (714}952-2154 easier! American writers were awarded in Southern California. This year Santa Barbara County Steve Nakaillnsurance 1985 National Endowment for the the third group, composed of area Fish Cake Manufacturer NEW. ullOer construcuon, Creeksroe 11964 WaShington PI. CHIYO'S country ranch home on 10 8CS. 2eOO SI Arts fellowship grants. They are supervisors, went on to Seattle to Los Angeles Los Angeles!l1066 391-5931 Japanese Bu.nk.1. of lIVIng space. 25 mlns 110m Vanoen• Needlrecraft OOfg In DeautJ\J1 Tupuesquet Canyon. poets David Mura, Ai Ogawa and observe the operation of As• Oalno-AiZllnllns. Aaenev S325.000. .. 1091t Huntington, Monry 1'1<-91754; Framing. Kits. Lossons, Gifts 18IliJ 937-47u!) Marilyn Chin, and prose writers sociated Grocers. '--w-O-W-:-GREA-=-:::-T-=-GO=-=LF-==-:ING::":I:---' (818) 571-6911. (213) 283-1233 L.A. 2943 W. 8aU Rd, Anaheim, CA C;~ - (714) 995-2432 Robert Onopa of Hawaii and Yong -George Yasukochi How d'you like 10 make lhose really Ota Insurance·Agency lough shots lOOk ea;y? ··The Greal· 312 E. 1st St.. Suite 315 450 E. 2nd St., Honda Piau Tell Them You Saw It Ik Kim of Pennsylvania. er Golf In You·' sIXJWS how you'll Los Angeles 00012 617.2057 LA 90012 - (213) 617-0106 achieve and enjoy those fine low In the Pacific Citizen David Mura received a B.A. scores - Gu.ranliledl GreaU T. Roy IwImi " Associlm from Grinnell College and did New Ideas on. Qualitv Ins. Services, Inc. • SWing • Ch"peng 2975 \\tilshire Blvd., Suite 629 graduate work at the University Sac'to Nisei Veterans : :~~~~gsl'D~ Nling Los Angeles 90005 382-2255 EDSATO of Minnesota. He won the Aca• • TroubleSlllts Sato Insurance Aaen~ PLUMBING. HEATING leader succumbs • UnusoallJes Ii! Remodel and Repairs demy of American Poets award and morel All cIeaI1y pictured on 2 366 E. 1st St, Los Ange es 90 12 Water Heaters, Furnaces aclion-pacl _~~~_~ 1000 Club Roll ar of 1\1' mbet 'hip hown):· ntury; ··orporat ; L Lif ; M Memorial; CJL ntulY Life Mlyamw'a, 16-Helen tow . Summary (Since 12- 1-19114) Botse Valley : 2()"John Taka• Portland. ll-Fr d lfll1uga , 7- .tj e (pr vio u total) . 831 sugi. Rob rt Kanuda. -I-Tel' nee Tolallhis I' porl : fl lO ..... 42 hicago: 8-Shigeru Kudo , 8- J Yamada. ul'I'enllotal ...... 873 Richard Maeda, lJ..Minoru Progr s Ive West id . J2· Sat to , 24-Masao Shiratsuki, MAH 11-15,1985 (ll7) Ma ajiroTomita. MAR 18-22,1985 (42) lO-JelT Sonoda, ~hikaji lameda. 21-Roland Kado- Puyallup a ll y . 22-Am E lameda: 21-Yosh Sugiyama. Tsurusaki. Hashimoto, 1.8-Jo · ph H hi 'ago: ll-Gumpe Honda , 10 Cleveland: 20Mary Obata. akala, 20- Kosai. -Dr Joe M Nakayama, 29- Clovis: ll-Kiyomi K Taka• R edle . 19-G org hiye Tomihiro·. hashi. nllya, 14-Samm in innati: 3(}.Hi ashJ uga• Contra Costa : 16-Elizabeth gawa. wara. Belly Hoye, 5-Chiyoko Ota• lovi : 9-0r Masao Yatllamo- giri. acram nto : 12-Jo T I hl • 10, Dayton : 16-Ken 0 Looker, 16- hara, 13-Sa.muel l' Kaneko, ontra osta : 4-Ed Nakano. Goro Tatlamachi. 4-Warren Ka hiwagi, 19- o trOll : U-Natlcy Has ga- Detroit: 19-Arthur S Morey . STANDING RELATIONSHIP - Conversing during March 9 Chicago org T Mat UI , 23-Denri wa. Diablo Valley : 5-Dr John F lat umoto, 28-0avid 0- Downtown Los Angeles: 21-AI Kikuchi. JACL installation dinner were (from left) JACL president Frank Sato, gu hi·. 4-Shiro Tokuno . Hatate·, i-Edward Kamiya. Downtown Los Angeles: 29-Kei Mayor Harold Washington, and chapter president Paul Igasaki. incinnatl: 19-0r Ben Yama• aint Louis : 3-Kenjo ltoku. Fresno: 5-Jeanelte l' Ishii. Uchima. gu hi, Jr*. all Lake ily : 16-Jam Gard n aUey : 3-Edith S East Los Angeles : 26-Walter leveland. 2-Tom 'akao, Jr, Konishi, t7-Tatsunll Ii- Watanabe Tatsuno. South Bay: 36-Furni Satow, 37- Diablo Valley: 9-Dorothy To• SequoIa: l3-Dr Gregory M ll-William l' Yamazaki·. 'aka. Boosl r : 5-Ken Matsumoto, 5- Fort Lupton : 3(}.Or George H Hjdeo SalOW. gasaki, 6-Kiyoshl Togasaki. Hiura. lovi : 25-Hlfuml Ikeda. an Diego . 31-Paul Hoshi, Yasuko latsumoto. Uyemura, 3(}.Marjorie Uye• pokane: 8-Masa Kuroiwa, 6- Downtown Los Angeles : 33- Snake River : 25-Yosh Saka• ~ oOlra ~ osta . 14-1'0 h Ada• Life- ' higeru Yarna hila. Japan: 3-The Ichiban hop·. mura. Raymorxi Jiro Tak.isaki. Harry K Honda, 5-Patricla haTa. chI. 2-Glen H Fukuda. 2-0r an Fernando Valle . 29- lar ' ill : 29-Thomas H Fresno: 18-Susumu Sam Fuji• Stockton: 6-Edwin T Endow, Honda. Sonoma Cwnty: 6-Mel Kuni- Ra mond Mat unaga. 4- 11 hi Imat. 29-TamOI u l' - dal . mura. 22-Harold Nilta, 24-Dr James Fresno: 1GMakoto Hata, 5- hiro. Yo Illro TO"lwa , 5-1'0 hlo Tom 1m i. 23- 01' Srulbo hie High : 10-KIyolo Fula. r ham-Troutdale: 5-Ted H Tatlaka. Tony Islui. Spokane: l5-MOtol Asal. Yama. hlla. akaguclll , 22 -1\ DaVId Mt\waukee: 3-0avld DaVie ' Hachlya. Venice-Culver: 23--Dr Richard Gardena Valley : 7-Masao Ta• Stockton: 24-Ed Yoshikawa. Oa ton 8-Lea akaucill. Yo Illoka 15- ndr w Hasegawa. Hollwyood: 13-Allce Aiko flo. R aiki. nmo, 24-Dr Slatlley H Ya• Washingtm, DC : 34-Sally Fu- Diablo " all y 9-Tom hl• an Fratlci 'co . 27- Leven I' \ York . 3-Thomas Kome La!< Washill{ton : lO-John H Ventura: 18-0r Stanley I nase*. rukawa, I-George Tim Gojio, mlZu . 001 . 29-Jack ' I\usai.>a, 13- tam, 100Fujlo alto Matsumoto. Kimura. Hollywood . O-Or Hany H L 15-Toro Hirose, ll-Joseph 00\\ mO\\1l Lo - ngele;, 36- "10 J i\lochIZUkl . 25- uml Pan Ian. 15-Tak Endo. Marina : 2-Or George J Yama• Washingtm, DC : 17-Joseph M Kllatlo. lcluujl, 1-Kns H !kejiri, 16- ho lino, 5-0enOl ;\1 Kum • , hlo Philadelphia. 16 umiko 1\0- uchi*. Hirata. Japan: 8-Barry SaikI. Eml Kanaclu, lHw1ay Y akl. an Gabnel \'alley 2-G rold b ya hI MarySVille: 2-Gene Chappie. NatIOnal : ll-Harold lseke. Marma : 4-Edward K Goka, 4- lmeta, Llfe-Frank Sato, Eden Township 3-TOO KILa• i\lonla Placer ounl) . I-G orge ar• Mile High. 25-Tom l' Masa• CENTURY CLUB Paul Yamamoto. 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West• San Jose - Testim'l dnr Washington ACLU' Seattle Urban undertaking speaking engage• court Hotel and Metro• for Sam Della Maggiore, League; Community Relations ments at local churches, law center; info !m-3r03. 009- Buddhist Ch aud; 4pm Council of the Javish Federation school classes and other gather• 64B6 Marina - 'Happiness is a Los Angeles - Poston ill Healthy Heart' health fair, of Greater Seattle; American ings to build awareness of the Reunion, Biltmore Htl; info Venice Jpn Cmty Cntr, Jewish Committee, Greater Seat• case. Showings of the films "Nisei 1()lZ7 S. Woodstead Ave.. 10am-2pm Travel with Friends tle Chapter' and Women's Inter• Soldier" and "Unfinished Busi• Whittier 90003 • April 28-30 national League for Peace and ness," both of which recount the • Saturday, April 00 Eugene, Ore. - Conf on Freed