Four Nikkei legislators in upport JACL redress; air 3 concepts

Spec:W to 'neAldfJc CIIDea tematives lDI explored feasible metlxxls Wm4 .... for a legislative proposal were discussed. On Feb. L five represematives eX JACL The discussioo focused on three pri• met with four ikkei legislators and their mary ~; (1) an IRS cbeck-off plan, aides in the Nabon's Capitol to discuss the (2) a direct NPIopriatims plan. and (3) redress issue. It was a meeting mmajor the concept ofestablishing a congressDn• importance because eX what was dis• aJ committee to study the redress ques• cussed that day and wiD have significant tion. impact on dE ('mal structure f1 the re• 1bere are obvious advantages and dis• dress bill. advantages with any one eX tbese plans as there would be with any plan. but we row They met ... the Senate chamber office of Senator DEnel Inouye, wOO, along with have some direction by which to shape our thinking and to make definite deter• Senator Spark Matsunaga and Congress• men NonnanMineta and Bob Matsui, dis• minations," Jdm Tateishi. chairman of REORESS Bill ARCHITECTS - Clifford Uyeda, nat'l president; Ron Ikejiri, cussed ~ legislation for over 1'12 the JACL Redress Committee. declared. Members of the National Committee for Washington representative; and John Ta• hours with West Coast delegation of "1bere were no panaceas offered, but Redress (standing) meet with Japanese teishi, redress committee chairman. Re• American mSTlbers of Congress in Wash- dress Committee is seeking some means' JACLers: Karl Nobuyuki. Ron Ikejiri. Dr. we didn't expect any. But what we had hoped for ani what we got was a great ington. They are (from left): seated-Sen. of revoking the legal basis for the govern• Gifford Uyeda, Ron Mamiya and John Spark Matsunaga, Sen. Daniel Inouye, ment to imprison an entire group because Tateishi deal of concrete feedback and informa• tion. One ~ is quite clear. the four leg- Rep. Robert Matsui and Rep. Norman Mi- of race and recognition of injustices inflict• While no mguIar concept for a redress neta; standing-Karl Nobuyuki, JACL exe- ed upon by the U.S. bill evolved from the meeting. various al- O.dh.et 011 NeD Page <2utive director; Ron Mamiya, Seattle; Dr. government in 1942.

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Feb. 19: 'A Day of Remembrance' Gary Akiyama Photo BY HARRY HONDA ecutive Order 9066 that led 1976 when President Ford purposes of EO. 9066, were OREGONIANS REMEMBER-The "Day of Remem• Next Monday is a feder• to mass upheaval of some terminated presidential divided into six classes: (1) brance" logo, introduced at the program al holiday - President's 110,000 people from the powers of Executive Order alien Japanese, (2) Ameri• last November, reappears in Portland Mayor Neil Gold• Day is obsexved on the West Coast for detention 9066, stating in his procla• cans of Japanese lineage . . schmidt's office after signing a joint resolution with the City third Monday of February. without trial of any kind in• mation, An American .(5) potential saboteurs, Council condemning the "constitutional and moral viola• tions" of the Evacuation. In the picture (from left) are Dr. By coincidmce, Feb. 19 to concentration camps. Promise, that "an honest spies or fifth-columnists.) Toshi Kuge, Shig Nagae, co-chair Peggy Nagae, the May• is A Day of Remembrance The charge was that they reckoning must include a for Japanese Americans happened to be of Japanese recognition of our national While Federnl Judge Al• or, Sho Dozono (Portland JACL pres); Kimi Tambara ger Fee held thecwfew law (PNW exec sec); Nobi Azumano, and George Azumano. for on that day·in 1942 Pres• ancestry, full the day in tional achievements ... against citizens unconsti• We now know What we tutional, he rulfrl Yasw was should have known then - guilty as he became an ali• not only was that Evacua• en by reason rI his prewar -Famed sculptor Isamu Noguchi visits Little Tokyo tion wrong, rut Japanese employment with the Jap• Americans were and are anese consulate in Chicago. I.cJs Angeles mayor. "This is a fabulous offer ner at the New Otani's loyal Americans." Yasw had testified he had World-faIIDlS sculptor With a bird's eye view of made by Isanu Noguchi, Thousand Cranes. Among not renounced his citizen• Isamu NogldU was in Los most of Little Tokyo from which will not only put Los those present were artist • • • ship. The U.S. Supreme Angeles last week to re• his suite on the 18th floor . Angeles and little Tokyo Sueo Serisawa and archi• To remember, Minoru Court ruled Yasw was a ceive a docttr of fine arts of the New Otani Hotel and on the map rut will be an tect Kazumi Adachi, both Yasui, 63, who was the first U.S. citizen but still guilty honorary degree from the from enthusiastic walking invaluable legacy for fu• old friends of the sculptor, to test the military curlew of violating the curfew law. Univ. of Southern Califor• tours of the area, Noguchi ture generafuns of Japa• and Sebastian ''Lefty'' Ad• imposed against Japanese Yasw today ~ executive nia during its 1979 mid• studied the progress of re• nese Ameri:ans," com• ler, curator rI the La Jolla Aniericans on the West director of the Denver year commencement exer• development in the area. mented Leslie Hamasaki, Museum of Cmtemporary Coast in 1942, will be speak• Commission

Portland, Ore. MuJtnomah County Expo Center. West Hall (Sile of the PortJaod Assembly Cent :r Feb. 1" (Sat) U:J0.6 pm. - Ro\\ Sum.da, m.e. 12:30--Reglsrration. pick up \. -atlon. Dr To hi Ku ~t'. WCCA numbel tag . pia ue dt"'dleamn. I.a w~ on F. 2:00-Program Hal1.le AkiYama. Inada. poem. Masaki Kinoshita L -eii. l\Ja• 3:4S--Shde :hO\\.e. lubit. yor Goldschmi1t. Min Ya.'lII. 4:00-Entt'rtamrrellt: FujlOami• Harne Nmomiya. Dr George kal. Karla Ta~sumi. Pot Ho• Harn.Judge Robert Thornton. kamn, Da\'id F\lJlI spkrs.; Rev. WlOChi Oyanagi, in- 5:00-ReunlOn prtluck suprel'

Tanforan, Calif. Tanforan Park Shopping Center (Site of the Tanforan Assembly Center) Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - Norilm Bri"ges, m.c. 10:OO-Motor caravan starts at 12:00-1:30-Progmm: Ernest li• Ft Mason (Laguna and Marina yama, Minoru Yasui (keynote), Blvd. San Francisco); proceed Emily Light. Jchn Tateishl. sp• vja USIOI to San Bruno, right krs: Rev. NIck lyoya, invoc: Jan• on 1-380 to El Gmrino Real exit, ice Mirikitani. poem; Perer right onto El Camino Real to Horikoshl. music; Rev Sanada, first entrance ci Tanforan Park benedicuon Shopping Cenrer.

Walerga (Sacramento) Inters1ate 80 and Palm Blvd., Sacramento, Ca. (Site of the Walerga Assembly Center) Feb. 19 (Monday), from 12 noon

12:00-Assemblv. colors, speeches by dignitari !s A short prognun, still being and the former 8$istant directlJr planned, will fonow. It will in· for the Camp. Fbr information, clude prayers, presentation of call Don Ito (916) 366-9683 r s, Photo from the PC Archives 322-9580 office. Los Angeles area Japanese board buses for from the Marykno" School yard in Little Tokyo.

Los Angeles, Calif. Names compiled for T ule Lake capsule little Tokyo: Front of Old Nishi Hongwanji 119 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles Sacnmento, Ca. Meanwhile, Wes Doi and monument, ~ ~ ~ Alice in ing one. HARRy K HONDA, EDmlR ~ lump Redress with whales. of racism and I don't want to tt il becoming It is curious that he should analyze it. ~ INI curiouser" balance of trade, sunspots, Second Class posIage paid at los ~ C*. think that money cannot etc. and put it in the proper Finally, it is curious that • Mr.. ~ (PC Sept compensate for the "injus• SU8SCftPT1OM MlD perspective. JACL so often accused of ~ ~~. t~ Nov, to and et ".) contin• and indignity of the JIIItl. """"&-$7 d NIIIonaI Dues OM ... tice meekness and obsequious _"tdd bIs6s. Non·rneliblla ~ u.,.'" ~ \M \0 nn.:t an the • Evacuation". The concept of However, it ~ not curious ~ In.... -=. positions should now be crit• US$14.!50.)I8Ir. Fer IInIt dalsleitNI - ...... ~ ~'" path indemnification is certainly to read of Senator Hayaka• the icized for its radical stand...... andopintoM_~byo.tIa,,' ___.»A. Qf hdna IIld particularly not new as the modern Jews wa's comments and reac• .»Q.~ Mr. Hosokawa is afraid that ateffwrftoeloa, do not ,...... , ..... ~ intvviewina Senator recently and Plinfully dis• tions for they were predict• should the campaign fail not H~wa. covered. Redress means able and quixotic. He specu• only will the aedibility of should correction or reformation of lated on the number of "old• It is curious that he JACL be destroyed but itself use metaphor (? something wroog as well as er Niseis wm probably PRESIDBIl'S CORtER: CItIeN..,.. pme as a as a viable organization. For football ?Denver O.J.• reparation or rompensation thinks as he does and are re• luctant to speak out". "I'm the first timeJACL has come pme plans and an that jazz) and I suppose we could ask to direct confrontation with Korean the rocky road to ~ for memorials or monu• one of those speaking out for to tt.onw the injustices of Evacuation "gi)8i'\,Or Redress. As far as I ments or even a ''war chest" Redress but who wants to -and thus with ourselves. , Americans can see "game plans" are to challenge the Supreme play the guessing game? He This may be its finest hour usually thwarted by luck, Court decisions. recommends Japanese lan• One of the joys of the practice and perhaps, according to of Pediatrics is the establishment timing and the way the ball It is curious to read about guage instrucmns for high bounces. Or is it the num• the effects of "backlash" schools and colleges and he Mr. Hosokawa, the last hur• of close relationships with the en• bers game (according to him and he reminds us that now should know as a former rah, but what a waf to go. "Whilst redress IS delayed tire family of the patients one 2.SSOk of congressional bills that we have secured middle president such courses do wrong subsists". (Butler. treats. One becomes a counselor were passed in 1976)? I can't class nirvana it could jeopar• exist. Just imagine he says to the family. 1741) imagine any future Con• dize our future. As a report• the "sensation that would be EIJI SUYAMA. MD One such family was the Kim family in San Francisco. gress being confronted with er of the human condition he caused by a Block American Ellsworth, Me Children are row grown and married. Sharing their teen• age crises resulted in a strong bond of understanding and trust. Editor: thing through for all of us, HnstaIlation Speaker ~Holiday Issue Dr. Clifford Uyeda spoke Editor: Recently I met Tom Kim, director of the Korean Com• and I support it all the way Editor: munity Service Center of San Francisco. We had much to at TC's installation dinner now! GO FOR IT! Clifford Uyeda sure en• about Redress, and I must deared himself to our Twin In the article. "My Family reminisce, particularly of the years when he was a junior MARK ABE Roots" (HI), the caption un• say that he opened my eyes Bloomington, Mn. Cities chapter when he ad• high school s1l.ldent to a lot of previously un• dressed our installation din• der the photograph should The Korean population of San Francisco approaches thought of aspects. One such 'Yen or Trade ner ... He impressed me have read: "Pictured above That is nearly double the Japanese American are author Oyama's parents 20,000. aspect was tmt one out of Editor: tremendously when we first r~ent (seated) with his older sister, population here. Many of the Koreans are ar• five Japanese elderly has an Harvey Everett (PC Jan. met in San Francisco last rivals, and many problems they face are not unlike what income of less than poverty year to develop the Redr:ess Mary. Standing are Oyama's 19) intrigues me because he uncle and grandfather." The our Issei parents went through over half a century ago. levH and that, according to brought out something I did proposal for the Conventlon. the latest available national That impressioo was further caption inconectly read: Language banier, culture shock, decent jobs, subtle ra• not know. I had presumed "two uncles." (My grand• cis~theseare still the major concerns of the new Asian statistics, 4QOk of the males that the dollar was the medi• enhanced Jan. 20 and 21. and 63'* of the females had After the banquet. he father just happens to look arrivals in America. um of exchange for most of young). incomes less than $2,000 a world trade as was the spent a good three hours There are two powerful allies in their quest to make year. As he continued on talking JACL with groups, JOE OYAMA new homes in America. One is the improving American pound before WW2 which Berkeley. Ca. about the pros of redress, I led to much of England's fi• individuals-anyone who attitude toward Asian immigrants. The more Imponam: felt myself sink lower into had problems. questions or is the presence of adult Korean Americans. These eager, nancial difficuhy ... Editor: my chair. knowing how I had whatever about Redress, the One small rorrection re• capable and dedicated individuals, such as Torn Kim, will Before the Inland Empire made my views against indi• Trade Council in Spokane as JACL. just anything. What a garding "Matsutake Hiki" assure the fact that these legal permanent residents of vidual disbursement known reported by the Spokesman• guy! (1978 HI): Although I am the United States, even before becoming u.S. citizens, to the JACL community (via Review (Jan. 16, 1979) Keni• Then on Sunday he met married to Robert Hayman, are fully entitled to the constitutional protections in the the PC). I realize now that I chi Yanagi, consul general of with some 2S JAYS and I have chosen to retain my Bill of Rights. # did not know as much as I Japan reported: u.S. sales JACLers for another six maiden name. Barbara Ya• thought I did! climbed 260k between Janu• hours. He is a walking ency• sui. I realize that my name Something' else that im• ary and October last year, clopedia about Nikkei his• was mistakenly submitted HONDA pressed me was John Tani's but the decline in the dollar's tory and folklore. and that the fault for this er• Continued from Front Pqe had turned: Major Doolit• article on theMDC page (PC, ... And we were fortunate te's men had bombed Tsterity, the public a bit more conscious Emmerson, a native of Colorado. Emmer• comprehensive Asian policy in Washing• ter, the rose-mlored pass• legacy of paying for our in• of the need to conserve son had been sent to Japan in the '30s to ages seemed out of pace dulgences of today. energy. ton during this period, and the powerful ...... learn the ~e, which he did very influence wielded by a China-trained with the realities of the The availability of credit well, serving a while in Taiwan and in the contemporary American Publicly elected officials financing, ccmbined with State Departrrent clique, headed by Stan• consulate gereral in Osaka. As an aide to ley Hornbeck, hostile to Japan. society. are more conrerned about the fear of inflation, has Ambassador Joseph Grew in Tokyo, Em• In 1978, the United preser.ving their positions spurred the speculative merson witnessed the desperate diplo• He writes with perception of the way States went through one of rather than risking the buying of real estate, not• matic effort to head off war between the Americans saw the Chinese as admirable, the most c~c economic wrath of their constituents. ably in California, as indi• United States and Japan Emmerson was hard-working peasants ''While the Japa• periods in history as the What is good for the nation viduals are ca.tght up with . back in Washington when war broke out. nese, caricatured as buck-toothed and be• dollar pltmgai from its is supplanted by what is the fever of profiting Soon he was sent to Peru to help the gov- spectacled, came out as the sneaky, un• classic low of 1977 to an good for their districts and therefrom. Why worry ernment watch, and later deport, Peruvi• trustworthy 00d guys." Diplomacy failed even lower exchange rate. for themselves. They cater about a 4O-year, $100,006 ans of Japanese origins. at both begiruring and end of war, Emmer• The confidence in the u.s. to the lobby groups, rang• mortgage when one can son says. In the spring and summer of dollar was thoroughly ing from the conservative profit after using the house Eventually he was assigned to the Crn• 1945 we misjudged Japan's desperate shaken tluwghout the AMA and agricultural or• for four or five years? na-Burma-India theater as a political offi• plight and failed to communicate our world and its status still re• ganizations to the powerlul Such were the feelings in cer. He becaIre friends with Hank Gosho terms to them; we failed to recognize the mains precari>us. labor, minority and other 1928. and other Nisei linguists in U.S. uniform importance of guaranteeing preservation Other natims suffering special interest groups. If I could keep borrow• in that region, became acquainted with of the emperor system (which we ulti• a similar drop in monetary The result is a perennial ing more and more money the Chinese Communists in Yenan. This mately did), and this postponed Japan's value would have under• pork barrel budget that in perpetuity on the basis latter experience was to be the basis of surrender until after nuclear bombs were gone financial bankruptcy permits vested interests of my own limited integri• vicious and unwarranted security investi• used. or a political upheaval, but throughout the United ty, I may be less critical, gations during the McCarthy era Despite Anyone coocemed with past an,d future it was the underlying ec0- States to gain from Gov• but such prospects in my being cleared time and again of Com• U.S.-Japan relations must read John K. nomic strength and the ernment spending. Why advancing years are dim. munist leanings, the cloud was never Emmerson's story. # availability d American hurt the fee~s of today's natural resources that pre• voters, when the Govern• MOSHI MOSHI: bY ,Jin Konomi vented a romplete col• ment IOUs can be passed lapse. on to the future genera• scooped out as much of the With real estate prices tions? diced ham as he could and rising at a ridiculous rate, a ...... Park 'n Beans a la Japonaise threw it into the wastebas• 9 per cent inflation for the While inflation, which ket, purposely to annoy year and tre continuing has contributed to the ris• ing pan, she instinctively went back to her apart• Mrs. Mehke. He put in erosion of the pension and ing interest rates, is a ma• lifted the lid and dipped a ment...... more than the usual retirement ftnxis, 1978 bas jor problem, other prob• ladle into it to have a taste. amount of sugar to coun• put extraordinary pres-. lem areas include the cost "Ach!" she wirud, "Es hat As Mr. Y climbed the teract the salty taste, but sures, partiaJlarly on the of government subsidies. Coatimled from Last Week doch nicht geringsten stairs, be lJegan to sniff the the damage was done. It retirees and the lower in• the continued waste of He went into action at Geschmack." unmistakable smell of was a far cry from the zen• come families. The tem• energy and the growth of once. He soaked the beans She looked around to see ham, but he clli not think wi he had dreamed about porary relief gained (in credit financing. in the largest pan he had if Mr. Y. had S)mething to anything of it That bad the night before. Qillfomia) by Prop. 13 will, Originally, the agricul• and cut the mocbi, which . season the beans with. Of happened before. As be ap• Soon there was a knock within the next few- years tural subsidies were de• hadn't completely hard• course, there was nothing proached his room, how• on the door, ani the friend and after the reassessment signed to help the small, in• ened, into sizable pieces, in the bare roorp. "Der ever, he began to have an carne in. Hearing the atro• of real estate. be lost. dependent fanners, who then went to the hall phone arme Herr Y.", she mut• uneasy feeling, for he be• cious tale, the friend's face tered, "Er kann sich noch came increasingly certain ~ The so-called halving by suffered from the periodic and called his closest fell The surprise treat for nicht einmal Schweinen• that the smell emanated 1\ Carter of tlr projected lx>oms and busts. In recent friend, invi~ him for a which he 1m made the U deficit to atnrt 2S billion decades. ~~tion surprise treat for the fol• bauch leistenl" from his room. He no long• long bus trip w~this! it dollars, for a peacetime and consolidations have lowing afternoon. Mter she pcndered a lit• er had any drubt when he After laughing hilarious• year. falls considerably caused the fann popula• On the great day, whicb tle, she smiled to herself. lifted the lid of the pan ly, the friends sat down to short of being an achieve• tion to drop. The subsidies was a Sunday, he skipped "Ich werde dasjixen." She There, dancing merrily in the dubious feast of Pork ment. In effect. our nation• have gradually become church and started the zen• went down to ber kitchen. the bubbling russet soup, and Beans a alJaponaise. al gm"emment continues benefits for the large and wi.When tre beans were took out a piece of ham and was the diced bam. "Believe it or not, said to lead the war into deficit prosperous farmers. half done, he realized that cut up a cupful Back in "Oh, no!" he almost Mr. Y. reminlscently, ''we financing. \\ ith such a na• In spite of widespread he did not have enough Mr. Y's room, she threw screamed. He knew at finished the awful mess. the ham into the pan, and tional philc&>phy. it is knowledge that the import sugar. So he turned the fire once who was responsible Don't ask me how it tast• with a smug expression of natural that the public has of oil is largely responsible very low and went out for for the unspeakable crime. ed," he said, screwing up a big Campfire Girl who's He knew that her motive come to acceJX more con- for our huge foreign ex• the sugar and few other his face as if the taste of it but sacri• umer credit.e, en as busi• change deficits. DO major items of provision. done her day's good deed. was kindly, the was in his mooth again nesses boI"I'CM' funds at 11 measure has 00en taken to Mrs. Menke. getting a lege of it! VJbo ever put "Never in my life, before per cent prime rates. reduce energy consump• whiff of the azuki boiling. haIP in zenzai! He could al• or after," said Mr. Y., "was The old JiUlosophy of tion For e..~le. a special went into Mr. Y's room 1978 Holiday Issue most kill her. I so disappointed in my leaving sornedring today excise on e\·ery barrel of When she saw the steam- Is Sold Out! Trembling with rage, he life!" # 6-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, February 16, 1979 ------===~~==~"'!"""" ...... ------~y MEMO FROM HEADQUARTERS: Calendar ,~ulse, 79 DC Legal Counsels ~ By Lonie K IDag;aki Las Vegas now in PSW district A network of JACL District Legal Counsels has been &m Franci;co is often closed during the established to deal more effectively with the increasing The Las Vegas JACL, winter months. demand for legal assistance on the loca1levels, especial• formerly part of the North• The state of Nevada is ly in the area of employment discriminatioq. ern California-Western now a part of three district . Due to limitations in time and finances, the District Nevada District Council, councils with the Reno legal counsels will not be expected to handle all cases will join the Pacific South• Chapter a member of the brought to their attention However, the legal counsels west District Council, it Northern CalifomialWest• will be able to provide preliminary assistance and advice was announced.Jan 31 by ern Nevada District Coun• .as well as act as a referral service. In certain cases which the JACL National Head• cil. the District frels are of national concern or beyond their quarters. The Las Vegas Chapter Toyofuku The change was spon• scope, the District may recommend that the National was chartered in 1976 and 'EVENING MAGAZINE' ON LIVE-Jan !:Inchirn co-host handle the ~. sored by several JACL will join the 29 chapters of the popular San Francisco B~y Area television show. The National Legal Counsel and Staff will also provide Chapters in the Pacific which comprise Pacific "Evening Magazine". nightly on KPIX, addresses recent support to the Districts if there are any serious prob• Southwest Imtrict Coun• Southwest. II San Jose JACL installation dinner. Seated is Or. Tom lems. cil. The By-laws Amend• Taketa, newly-elected chapter president. . A central file will be kept at National Headquarters. ent was sought primarily .Such a file will insure that the National Headquarters is due to problems of acces• WLA Auxiliary informed of most cases on the loca1level and will provide sibility. There are no ma• Eagle Produce easily accessible information to others. jor east/west interstate adds $1,000 The legal Detwork will probably be included in the highways between Las Ve• 929-943 S. San Pedro St., los Angeles SOl (c) (4) seJmClte ann when it is formed. In the future, gas and Northern Califor• San Francisco 625-2101 JACL hopes to develop the network to the level where nia except for 1-80, which The new year began· there are enough funds and staff to take on impact cases. with a seconl $1,000 indi• BONDED COMMISSION MERCHANIS The following have been appointed by their District to Contra Costa vidual contribution to the -WHOLESALE FRUITS AND VEGET ABLES- serve as District Legal Counsels: directory out JACL Mas & Chiz Satow . Pacific Northwest Midwest Riclmond, Ca. I Memorial Ftmd from the Ms. Peggy Nagae Mr. Michael M. Ushijirna West los Angeles JACL 6845 No. Albina 6300 River Rd., Suite 100 The 1978-79 Contra Costa los Angeles J...-se 0ISUaIty InsurcIICe Assn. Portland, Or 97217 Rosemont, II 60018 JACL membership direc• Women's Auxiliary. A year - COMrlm INSUUNCE rlOTiCTlON - No. CaJ-W. Nevada Eastern tory has been published and ago fund drive chairman Aihoro Ins. Agy., Aihoro-Omotsu-Kokita Mr. Karl Kinaga Mr. Dennis J. Morikawa distributed this past month. Mike MasadGl launched 250 E. 1st St...... 62~9625 1576 Darlene Ave. 165 MarlynRd. The directory staff, headed Anson Fuiioko Agy., 321 2nd, Suite 626-4393 263-1109 San Jose, Ca 95125 Lansdowne, Pa 19050 the campaign with a per• E. SOO ...... by John Shinagawa, mem• sonal -contribution of Funokoshi Ins. Agy., 321 E. 2nd St ...... 626-5275 Central California Intermountain bership vice president, in• Judge Mikio Uchiyama Mr. Terry Yamada $1,000 to the project which Hirohata Ins. Agy., 322 E. Second St ...... 628-1214 287-8605 390 So. Fowler Ave. 917 N. 16th cluded: will finance the gathering Inouye Ins. Agy., 15092 Sylvonwood Ave., Norwalk ...... 846-5774 Fowler, Ca 93625 Boise, Idaho 837 to '>UPI'LIFS Japanese Phototypesetting brance, Old Nishi Hongwanji, 119 7pm; Film: "Geisha". 94104. • FEB. 17 (Saturday) N Central, LA.,lp.m Rf'f'.Iff' (llir \PN I.III\, Po~Day of Remem• • MAR. 3 (Satmday) • No. 9--Jemary, 1979 2024 E. First St . (W~y) Sacrament~ux $S-5O:·Yukiko Ikeda, Harry Sakada, 1948 S. Grand, Lo Angele<; brance, Multnomah County ExJXl • FEB. 21 display (2 los Angeles, Calif. F10yd Okubo, Ai Handa Moore. Kiyo• 749-4371 Ctr, West Hall, 1211 regis, 2-3:30 · Seattle---Budlhist Churches da), Camellia Festival, Metropol• Phone: Phone: 268-7835 of America conf,Seattle Betsuin, shi Nobusada, Masami Hon~ Dr. D. program, 3:454:15 entertainment, itan Rm, ConY Ctr. &muki. JA~Redress Oniki, Kiyo Ham Michael Y. 5pm potluck; Rowe Sumida. mc. Olympic Hotel (4 da). Sat banq Nat'l Comm Iwanage, George K. Baba. Thr('E' (,,,,lIt',.1I1011 ul New York-EvenIng on the Ai• spkr: Rep RobertMatsui, Olym• mtg (2 da), Hq, San Francisco. 51,000: West La; Angeles JACL f~p e flt:lI(f' ., pic Hotel. G MAR. 9(Fri~) Women's Auxiliary nu, Madison Ave Presbyterian ~Kabuki Shimatsu, Ogata Church, 6-8pm, Motoko Spiegel, West lAls the• Philadelpbia--Bd mtg. Previous Total FUKUI spkr; dnr follows, Robata's. ater party. • MAR. 10 (Saturday) (Dec. 31) . .. . .1.0Bi $32.817.56 and Kubota ~n .FEB. 23 (Friday) Contra Costa-Ladies night. This Report ...... 11 1,280.00 San mrg, oCean ~Bd Total ...... 1.098 $34.097.56 Mortuary"Inc. View Congregational Church, San mtg, Buddhist Mortuary 7:30pm; Dr Cliffa-d Uyeda, spkr. Church, 7:30pm. 707 E. Temple St. · Union City- Hawaiian festival, • FEB. 24 (Saturdly) 9Il Venice Blvd. N~JACL-CrerutUnionann1 Los los Angeles 900 12 So Alam Cty Bud:lhist Ch, 5:30pm. dnr, Prudential BkIg, Salt Lake Ci• Angeles San Fraocisco--Inst dnr, Union ty, 7pm. 749-1449 626-0441 Sq Holiday Inn, ?pm. IDC--Qtrly 5e$, Mt Olympus President Orange County-Inst dnr-disco, SEIJI 01 IKE OGAT Soichi Fukui, JACL hosts: Pruie1tial Bldg, 3300 James Nakagawa, Manager Saddleback Inn,Norwalk, 7:30pm; S State, SLC, lpm 1pm I R. YU1 .. ",A KUBOTA Rep Bob Matsui, sprk. ~In:;t dnr, Red Nobuo Osumi, Counsellor • FEB. 18 (Sunday) + Lion Motor Inn . Established 1916 CCDC-Tulare County JAG.. Detroit-33rd Inst dnr-dance, 'l hosts: Qrtly sess, Marco Polo Res• EDSATO Raleigh House, Southfield, 7pm; I PLUMBING AND HEATING taurant, Hwy 198-Linwood, Visa• Dr Jitsuo Morikawa. spkr. ,Nisei Trading Remodel and Repairs lia. nOOIl. Stockton-Inst dnr, Yoneda Water Heater!!. Gari>aRe Disposal. PSWDC-QtrI.y sess: Sn Diego Restaurant, 7pm; Jerry Enomo- Appliances - TV - Furntture Furnace!! JACL hosts, Town & Country Inn, to, spkr. ' Servicing Los Angeles 9:30am. NEW ADDRESS: • FEB. 25 (Sunday) 293-7000 7J3.0SS7 Contra Costa-Ski party. ·Boston-New JACL info mtg, 249 S. San Pedro 51. • FEB. 19 (Wasb'b Birthday) Cambridge Friends Mtg House, los Angeles, Calif. 900 12 JACL--Day of Remem brance 2pm; Ron Ikejiri, spkr. Tel.: 624-6601 resolutions. °Sacramento-Day of Remem• • MAR. 2 (Fri~) brance program, Walerga camp• Tulare County-Reno fun tour site, 12noon. (2da). TOYl;~

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The Sumitomo Bank ofCalifomia National JACL Creelit Union • _FDIC lDYO PRINTING CO PO So 1721 Borrow up to $3000 :nJ iI11 I\lcfro _1..(lI; N¥H 90013 Salt Lake CIty. Utah 84110 on your SIgnature Telephone (801) 355-8040 to qualified borrowers. 12131626-8153 ------Fri y, February 16. 1979 I PACIAC CITfZE 7 ored during the evenine.. time. The Rev.Jolm Honda • San Francisco Three old-time past presi- of the Pacific Free Meth- INSfAUATION FEI'E BY UMON SQUARE • San Jose dents of the Sacramento odist Church ga 'e expres- The San FtanCl co J ACL annual in tallati n dinn r wm BACK AT 'DIE SAN JOSE HELM Chapter, T. Dean ltano sions of appreciation to the be held on Saturda" , F . 1~ , at th Hobda' Inn, mon Veteran JACLer Tom Taketa, who was a three-term (55), Toko F\ijjj ('54), and pioneers from a Sansei Square in San Francisco. Cocktails will 6- p.m. with George Tamtma ('53) will viewpoint chapter president 10 1962-64 and then general chairman dinner and program to follow. Ticket i:: 1 .00 per pel . n. of the highlysuccessfuJ 1968 natiooal convention in San be "roasted" as part of the Kathline McLeary en- Jose, was elected to lead the chapter for 1979. program. Special recogni- tertained with Arabian Dr. Taketa and his board members were installed re• tion awards will also be dances. Richard Nakani- Day of Remembrance cently by NC-WNDC Gov. Ben Takeshita before a tum- . presented. Mrs. Georgette sm's slide srow of early Is- Continued from 3 out of 100 guests and members at Pinehurst Restaurant Imura will emcee the din- sei life in San Mateo ColDl- "During World War IT, President Franklin D. Roose- Jan Yanehiro, gracious co-host on the nightly KPIX Eve• ner program ty (1920-40) cx:ncluded the elt issued an executive order which took American citi• ning Magazire. was guest speaker. Greetings were ex• Dancing will follow to program. Tets Sumida was zens of Japmese ancestry from their homes and im• tended by city councilwoman lola Williams (she is the the big band SOlDlds of the Keirokai conmrittee chair- prisoned them in detention camps in various partS of the flJ"St black CXUlCil member); COlDlty supervisor Dan Mc• Manhattan Band Tickets man. United States;' Hahn noted. Corquodale, a1d outgoing president Jan Kurahara Jr. at $12 per person may be • Stockton "This violation of all the principles of civil liberties, Mike Honda was emcee. Judy Kadotani was in charge of reserved by calling: guaranteed in the Constitution to every American citi• Joey Isb.ibaa. 421-8902; JERRY ENOMOTO 1'0 zen, was nct in the tradition of the history of America's general ~ements.-PHIL MATSUMURA Chewy Ito, 451-8655; Frank Oshi- SPEAK AT DINNER tao 421-1710; Percy Masaki, 441- Stockton JACL's instal- belief that everyone is entitled to life, liberty and the • Las Vegas guest speaker at the 2188: and Tom Fujimoto, 428- !ation dinner on Sunday, pursuit of happiness.' CHAPfER ~ STIlL Orange County JACL in- 7877. The board's action will oorrelate with the Japanese Tom Okuoo, in charge of Feb. 2S, 5 pm, at Yoneda 510 PER FAMILY stallation dinner and disco American Citizen League sponsoring of its first annual general arrangements, is Restaurant will feature ''Day of Remembrance" program in Los Angeles County Las Vegas JACL presi- dance on Satun:iay, Feb. 17, being assistErl by: Jerry Enomoto, director of dent William Endow ad- 7:30 p.m., at Saddleback Tom Fujimoto, banquet; Joey the Calif. Dept of COlTec• Feb. 19 in rrmt of the old Nishi Hongwanji at 1 p.m. vised its chapter dues re- Inn, NOIwaIk Actress No• Ishihara, flJl8lXe; Midori Hiya- tions, and fonner national main at $10 per individualJ bu McCarthy will be mis• rna, scholarship winners; Stan JACL president Tanaka, prin~ and Frank Yo-' family and Mrs. Yoko Ara- tress of cerenxmies. shimura, band;Women'sAuxili- Longtime JACLer na, 1012 Durnbarton. Las Tickets are $12.50 per aIY. decorations. George Bata is the 1979 person with the "Alan" Vegas 89110 is the new • Sequoia president Handling reser• ). membership chairperson group providing disco mu- vations are: The alternate oontact is sic and lite show. KEIR.~KAI DBAW~ George Matsumoto (46S-3979), The Mitsubishi Bank (Las OVER 300 FtDPLE Mary Kusama (464-2701) and Mrs. Mae Fisher. Ve• • Sacramento Do~ of California Membt>r FDIC gas JACL dues are prob• The SequoiaJACL's Kei- Ruby (957-1801). ably the lowest in the or• PAST PRESIDENTS ro-kai held Ckt 21 at the: Monthly chapter meet- Uttle Tokyo Office ganization.) ROAST ON PROGRAM Palo Alto Buddhist Cnurcht ings are hekl on second I 321 East Second St, Los Angeles, Calif. 90012 The chapter held its in• George Krodo, regional was reported an outstand.. Tuesday at the California (213) 680-2650 stallation dinrer Jan 13 at director, Northern Califor• ing success with over 3001 _Fi_'_rs_t_B_ank_~, 8-=-p._m_. ___~======::::::======~ the Union Plala HoteUCa- nia-Western Nevada Dis• people present More thaD! ,- sino. triet Council, will install 160 pioneers over age 70 were honored • Orange County the 1979 Sacrarne~o Chapter JACL officers at Joe Yamagochi was em· REP. MATSUI DUE the dinner-dance set for cee. The Rev. Alpha Taka.. IN SOUIm.AND Saturday, Feb. 24, 7 p. rn, at gi of the Aldersgate Meth·• Rep. Robert Matsui (D• the Red LionMotor Inn A odist Church gave the in·• Calif.), onetime Sacramen• no-host cocktail hour will vocation Mrs. Tamiko Ta• to city councilman and begin at 6 p.rn David Taka• da gave the clming Gassho JACL chapter president, shima will succeed Don Ito as her husband, the Rev. makes his first appearance as the new president. Tada, was in Japan at the at a Pacific Southwest Local scholarship recipi• Renew Your Membership J ACL district function as ents for 1978 will be hon-

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TIley wet:e: . . young Mayor Kucinich Yoshinao ~Japanese Consul General; Toshu-o Ogushi. depu~ consul general; Junjiro Otsuki. pres.. 0Ucag0 Tokyo Bank: KOJI By TOM NAKAO Takahashi, pres., First Pacific Bank; Da\;d larson, pres,~ Kobe Co~­ lege Corp.; Mitchell Fulscher. treas., Japan.America .Soclety o~ Chi• (Oeveland JAG. Board Member) cago; Lillian K.imura, pres., Japanese Amencan Ser:vtce Commlttee~ Dennis Kucinich, the The Cleveland Electric Rev. Masaru Nambu, exec dir,JA.SC; Thomas SchmItz, pres, Uptown Chicago Comnmsion' George Izui, board pres, Buddhist Temple of oopulist Mayor of Cleve- illuminating Company Chicago' Richard H Yamada, pres., Japanese Mutual Aid Societ1'; •and, is really getting na- (CED offered to buy the Lincoln Shimidru, pres, Chicago JACL Credit Union. ~ixie 1 hida . tiona! and worldwide at- troubled MUNY light plant, pres, Twenty & Five Investors; Shig Mazawa, pres, Chicago Lakers "~ ntion. which buys power from Golf Club; Masw Matsutani, pres, Eagles Golf Club. It all started when he CEl Midwest District Gov. Kimura was elected Mayor of The city alro owed a lot stalled incoming president Hiroshi Cleveland back in Novem- of money to eEl However, kuOO and the board members-half ber, 1977. Soortly after he the Mayor refused the of• them Sansei first-timers. was elected, re hired Rich- fer. The Council favored from Fowler, Calif., TokuOO is an ard Hongistoas his chief of the sale because they felt ministrator at Chicago Lying-in police. Hongisto was im- the plant was outdated and tal, a resident here for the past ported from San Francisco badly in need of repair. Al• years after having graduated where he was known in his so, the Council has alleged UCLA and City University of THOMAS MASUDA field Hongisto immediate- that MUNY la;t about $2.6 NOBORU HONDA York, where he earned a master's de- . w~ al~ ly became very popular million in 1978. They also • Chicago gree in hospital administration. Tokubo editor with the people because he said that 8) percent of of the Chicago JACL newsletter the past blenruum. He was always doing things Cleveland subsidizes the 400 BRAVE COLD FOR INAUGURAL succeeded. Oriye Tomihiro, who was cited for her 20- Almost 400 people from metropolitan Chicago braved that caught the eye of the 20 percent of Oeveland year involvement with the chapter. . .. snow sleet ani ice on Saturday, Dec.. 2, to attend the 34th media and was getting who used. the MUNY sys• Tribute to Masuda (who began his law practIce m annu;U ChiC 728-1111 Aulhomed Selko and C.hlen SaI~, & Serv.ce ment for big businesses wfl/Jl4at HourI. I 10 5 p.m WEST LOS ANGELF.S JAo. and the municipal light 1979 Officers FREMONTJAo. plant. Ronald Nakayama, pres: Dr Jim Toy Kanegal. pres: Steve Y81!1, 1st II d TIS I vp; YukI Sato, 2nd vP; SId YalT'azaki, Ya~ !ClaVTrlfte I ~ ce The Council believes Yamaguchi. 1st vp (m~b): Aileen 3rd vp, Roy Takeda,tTeas; hll!Take- ~_ ...... , EAST LOS ANGELES Tsujimoto. 2nd vp (acb\'); Dr Wes shita. rec sec. Chns KilashilT'8. cor that the City of Cleveland Doug Masuda. pres: Dr Robert Obi. Murakami. 3rd \1' (pub): Yutaka sec: RIchard Oklllal!a, )000 Club; id DOMESTIC & FOREIGN. COMPlETE TRAVEl. SERVICE should gi e tax abatement vp: Fuji Yamamoto. treas: Jolene Ka- Handa. tress; Moss K1ta}'8ma, sec: Yamazaki, pub; Amy Naka~hilT'a, sai. Sue Sakamoto, ~s; Mable Yoshl' Harry Tanouye. cor sec; Dr Frances hisl . Jack Nomura.ler,al counsel. F.l 812 N. Clark St. Chicago, III. 60610 • (312) 944-2730 to businesses to lure new zaki, pub; Rltsuko Kawakami. lust: Amemiya. hlst: Ted inOUye, Dr Shoge mer Uchida. recoil: Arnold Maeda, Ill· • businesses and to retain Walter Tatsuno. lOll Club, SId and Kimura, Oscar Sakamoto, George Man Inouye. JAYS adv: George Ya- Kato. Wallace Tenn. Herb Izuno. bd Nakata,alX'}~ Kan~al ~\Jchl ' , ~======~~;;;;;;;;;;;;==;;;===;.. ~ the ones that are already sur;saki. Haru Earth Sc,: GeoIl!C'Torrl mate, insurance: bdof gov-Mas 1)0. memb; Dr \\alt Halhlmoto.lmm past fra\ el: VerontC'a 0Ima. hasp. Arreha I d' .... . Oh' there. Mayor Kucinich bashi. Dr Tad Fujiwara. Mrs Mattie pre . Cue\a,DrRobertF\mke.\\aUyFuku· • n lana- • 10 says that the businesses Furuta, Mrs Mlki Hmeno. Ec:twlO HI- S'I'()CK'l'(IIi JAo. hara. Cha~le Ina!(IT"I. Geor(le Roda· roto.RavmondHongo.MrsMane lro. George Baba. pres: Calvin Matsu- IT'a •• 1ar\' J. hizuka. \\ alter hono should pay a large share of Henrv Onodera, Denise Slumasaki. moto. ] st "'J) & ]OllClub; Mabel Oku- • Ronald Kumata\QI. Ma Mirakoda. tB the taxe to ease the tax JunkoTamkawa.RorYamadera.Min bo, 2nd \1'; Grare Nagata. tr,eas. Fred • h\'3ta. Salostll • 'ilia. Sill aku- Ortenta' Grocery Airline Camet' for Davtan YO'hizakt Mar... Kusama. rec :;ec; T~yo I,um. ral. HIIT'-eJI Sakaruwa. ho hIIT'OI_u. and Gift 0..-_ burden of the, 'orking pe0- FLORIN JAo. cor Sec: Amy MalSl.mOto. lUst; Edwm • \l1_U Sonoda. VlJl!Inia TOIT'I J!.8, OIIUI. JACl's 1979 ~ ~ ple. He thinks that the city Paul Takahara, pres. George Furu- En,dow, del: Geor(r.> • ~tsum~o.alt Jean l' hllllT'a. Ben Yarr ana1

CHAPTERJ the author, "9) when they Sakakida denied thitt sea• OSHIKAZU Yamada, al• (Continued frun LuI Week) y were captured alive, they tus. insisting he was a civilian. th~ugh . . . didn't know wmt to do about He repeated the cover story not an MIS 'e r, was living. And because they he'd been using for more domg language work in Aus• ACROSS the Pacific, the two tralia before any MIS'ers got "spies" from Hawaii were were expected to fight until than a year-that he was a to do any. An Army medic not faring too well. Arthur death, theY'd had no security draft-dodgingmercbant sea• training. Hardly any were at Del Monte. a secret air Komori reached Australia. man. jumped ship in Manila base on a pineapple planta• security conscl:ms at all To ul had no other clothing," he and there wrote an excellent tion in the Philippines that them it was O.K. to talk be• report on how to deal with told captors. explaining B-17's used until the Japa• Japanese POWs. He was, at cause one life had ended, and away the uniform. "1 was not they'd started a new one. It allowed to return to my ho• nese discovered it, he'd been that moment, the only Nisei evacuated to Australia on a just never occurred to them, tel once the war started. n He in use with any experience at stretcher and p.lt to work af• it. The "kindness and under• at least early in the war, that further insisted that the u .S. they might saneday return Army forced him to work as ter hospitalization when it standig" approach was used was learned he knew Japa• on the Japanese POW's, as to Japan after being cap• an interpreter against his tured." will, lending him clothing nese. Yamada went into the Komori recormnended, and needed. Allied air forces intelligence it reaped vast intelligence At command posts, Saka• section, where for a good dividends in the war. A ban• kida watched the number of while he was the only Amer• dage, some medicine, a red pins that denoted enemy Captors bought Sakakida's ican. All other members drink of water and a cigar• lines increase, while blue story, but not for long at a were Australian. ette was all it usually took to ones denoting his own de• time. They tied his arms be• get one of Hirohito's sub• creased. In March he was or• hind him and strung him up, Nisei who anived in Aus• jects talking. dered to Corregidor for the a rope over a rafter hauled tralia with David Swift kind last time and given a code• on until his shoulders gave of milled arourxl. They got to Charles Willoughby, chief breaking assignment, work off loud cracking noises as Brisbane on Jtme 20 and left of intelligence for MacAr• he'd never done before. Still, they were dislocated. Saka• two days later to join Mac• thur, had no sptt for Komori working with a colonel and a kida held on, repeating and Arthur's staff at Melbourne. when he reached Australia. U.S. embassy employee who repeating his story, while at They were there when the In spite of war, things were was a Reservist, Sakakida he same time hoping people Chiefs of Staff, informed of still being run "Old Army." There was no provision in Walt Minami and Harry Oka on Corregidor. the headquarters structure for a sergeant who spoke Ja• thur Komori, might also MacArthur changed aD panese. Komori was made a have been some inspiration. that. On St Patrick' 8 Day, driver. Two other Nisei might from Alice Spings in the Komori shrugged, mut• have been working at what middle of Australia' 8 great tered, "Shikata ga nai" ("It they'd been trained for, but desert, he made his famous can't be helped"), as Japa• the Army had goofed. Masa• "I shall return" statement nese do when facing the in• nori Minamoto, who'd been Shortly thereafter, he was evitable, and adjusted to idle sent out early, ended up at shocked to learn that he had living. Duties were light, and Tonga Tabu, where there nothing in Australia to re• he got per diem, an extra wasn't any activity at all ex• turn with. But MacArthur $120 per month, over and cept for the aircraft carrier had guts and a flair for the above his NCO pay. It was Yorktown's pulling in there dramatic. The Japanese af• heaven. Komori began en• to lick her wOtmds after the ter the war came to believe joying it, and in fact soon fell Coral Sea battle. Minamoto he had a common ancestry in love. was put to w, eye glasses one occasion Sakakida sat nese, or Americans who fled 9th were fighting in Africa. to enlisted men's belts. Dur• cutting his face in the melee. three days before a military the Philippines before them, nize that other logical tar• ing the first day of interroga• Troops in the lDrneland had gets were New Caledonia, Sakakida played no further tribunal without any trial go• trust anyone with Oriental been drawn in to defend the tion, Sakakida'd pretend to role, the Japanese insisting ing on, while they discussed faces? So, for a while, their Samoa and the Fijis, if Aus• accept whatever was told industrial centers and food tralia was to be isolated. that their own man interpret whether or not to just shoot leader having gotten ill, the supplies arotmd Brisbane, him, and that night he'd him as a traitor under a law Presidio Nisei were idle. check everything against for the proceedings. He re• Melbourne andSydney. Dar• May was a momentous turned to Comgidor, got rid that held all people of Japa• gathered, provm knowledge. Then someone came up win, her northernmost city, month. Mandalay fell. The of his uniform, and pretend• nese blood to be Japanese Next day he'd go back, con• with an idea The Indies, Ma• was evacuated on Feb. 20 af• British fled Burma for India ed to surrender as a civilian, citizens, no matter where front POW"s with their lies. laya and Burma had fallen. ter an attack by Japanese The Japanese took TuJagi, a like he'd been tnld to do. and when bom. Until Feb. 11, Why not train these Orien• carrier planes on Feb. 19. small island near the south and charge them with hav• 1943, when hewas condition• ing no honor. ID Yamato do• 10 Bilibid Prison. where tals from America in Australia was preparing to end of the Sok>mons chain, ally released (probably be• Dutch-Malayan. then para• yield the northern third of northeast of Australia, and mashii. This usually broke the 21-year-old Hawaii Japa• cause it was a Japanese holi• down all resistance "Mter nese got taken, an officer chute them behind Japanese her total area to the Japa• began establishing a sea• day, the 2,603rd anniversary Jines? Zany as it was, the nese before stiffening in de• plane base there. American that." Sakakida said, "they'd shouted, "You are Sergeant of ascension to the throne by spill their guts." This sur• Richard Sakakida. of the idea got official approval fense along a line that ran carrier pilots took a toll of Jimmu, Japan's first emper• And, willing enough to try east to west from Towns• Japanese ones in the Battle prised Caucasian Americans ! Two of or), Sakakida did not know but not Nisei wtx> knew Ja• our men have identified you. anything that would demon• ville. The 6th and 7th, due of the Coral Sea More than from one secmd to another strate their loyalty, the eight home soon, '«mId be de• 16,000 sheIls rained dowoon pan. "Japanese soldiers You interroga1ed them, and whether he was going to live were indoct:riDlted to fight you were wearing a U.S. Nisei went a1~ Tbe idea of ployed in a defensive pos• Corregidor in one day. and or die. getting $4 per diem,like AI- too. r ture, ...... to the death, MIS'ers told Army uniform at the time!" ~ . . c- 10-PACIFIC CmZEN / Friday, February 16, 1979 ------...... -~1!"..------Classified ~ and Attu in the Aleutians, - -.:: . ~.:-:...~~ Join JACL ,Okubo-Yamada fund at 40% HARRINGTON perhaps as consolation for Southern Califomia Continued from Page 9 not having taken Midway. San Francisco Okubo and brutal assault Renew Your Member hip Two contributions of The first V -mail, letters re• CERRITOS: b\ o\mer.2 tv S bdrm. on Ranko Yamada. her 48 hours later it fell. The fin• produced in miniature after 3 baths. \\ \\ carpet.pool. IT'uch IT'ore. ~o broker ~1, :;.(0) 2Bl Q2(>.Q-Q6 $100 each frem Downtown roommate, during the 1970 al combat of t:re Philippines being microfihned to save LA JACL and William T. took place, and the Japanese JACL Convention at Chica• weight, went overseas from PUBLIC RB.ATIONS Fujioka (East LA) were go in their rotel room at had 83,000 more prisoners• New Yor~ to Europe. Pilot COMMUNICATIOIIS SPECIAUST acknowledged by the the Palmer House, site of of-war. Officer Tada}csl: Koga. fly• Expenenced wnteri>hOtographer with background In speech wollng medoa JACL Okubo-Yamada the conventicn They were The 32nd Division, with tng a Zero I, t.... .; Aleutians which many Nisei would relations & audiO-VISual prooucllOn . Fund in its a.urent report Jr, JACL delegates. from an ai:YTai'i tarrier, Skilled in coordInating promolJonal Sam J. Umemoto serve gallantly, arrived in ~vents & tralntng programs Know1· I I #208 I .!ll I of $513.36 as of Jan 29 for Lrash-Ianded r 1 Ak'll ...fl Is• edge of publicatIOn plOductlOO preferred George Baba. and Frank Australia to join the41st,and ~ a grand total of $9,832.97. Oda, fund co-chai rmen, land. broke neck and PUBLICATIONS SPECIALIST SAM REI80W co. de-ciphering experts at died. Koga's p.ar. "a~ srot• Experienced .... "ter-photograpller wI 1506 W. Vernon Ave. Fund was established af• haVe noted some $5.100 Pearl Harbor broke the Im• edl\lng graphiC arts & pubhcatlon prt> ted a month la er, ·ak"r: back dUChon backgrouro Knowledge 01 los Angeles 295·5204 ter the sla~ of EvelYll? has been expended to CO\'• penal Navy's axle. (At least, to the U.S. and stud.i~t From ! pubhc servIce avenues and markehrg er necessary court costs this month is given officially this, the 'JrunmaTJ qell• deSIred b ut not legal fees. The goal as the period. during which it t() Must submit salary requirements with cat"was designed 1. e a su• resume Work samples WIll be reQues~ was broken, a statement the and CHIVO'S· Fine Golf Clabs i s $25,000. Case, on appeal, perior aircraf \\' c:'.l.!d ed for further consderahon Equal op• Japanete Bunke author finds hard to accept.) portuntty employer Send resume to ".. .. 4O"s-5O's-6O's was ordered to be retried take its toll of L hE,r '~~~u's Needtecraft lni hal evaruees also S lau Wood ~ets • Iron Sets. Put· because of evidential er• before the war er.ded 3903 Metropohlal Dr SuIte 500 2943 W. Ball Rd. reached TuleLake, a Califor• ters • Wedges • DrIVers • ror. While George Tak .!.a and. Orange. CA 92668 Anaheim, Ca 92804 Mac Gregor • Armour • Spaid· nia concentration camp that Gary Kadani StLdleC. Dutch• (714) 995-2432 109 • Wilson, etc. Report #20-Asof Jan. 29,1979 was to spell trouble for the ~heir Pacific Northwest OKUBO-YAMADA FUND Malayan in Melt Jurn -, 0II6IW AID IESTOIID $l-~KJyoshi Okamoto, Chi; . families went to con~entra­ .., .. .,., ...... George Seno, SFV; George Cole, Ariz; Roy Kawashiri and other tion camps. On .!'Jly 2, the I Henry Hirata, Ralph Matsune, Dan members of Mac Nagata's PlQdll CIIsSIcs Higashi, Henry Hayashino. all of Chiefs of Staff d >ciclt'<1 the PRODUCE Z113 YfestnId I'" I s tockton; Motoichi YanagJ . Eden team reached New Caledo• Navy and Mar ~ ... Corps . U. Cl !11125 Twnshp ; Doug Hayashi, Santa Rosa; nia. They joired what had would invade th! ~olomons DIRECTOR ~4-_ .-t3Il-fri. Edward Kitazumi, SJo; Ronald Ya• now become the Americal and take (':'11 ac!alc anal, maguchi; Fresno: Samuel Hokan, Se• Division. ~ attle ; Yukio Ful1.liye. Mile-HI ; Ray ,. ,. * while MacArthur wa: given One of the Largest Selections y amamoto, Puy; Yoneo Suzuki, Sac; orders to take the rerl), l;n,icr DonSakru:~JACL 2421 W. Jefferson, l.A. of the chain, plus tr~ lorth• NorthwE.sl food chan needs a pro• 731-2121 Nationwide Directory $2~99-S . Otow; Mitsuo Tomita. THE Battle of Midway duce director to assume complee Sdi. east coast of New Gt..ir i ~'a responSibility for a produce pro• JOHN TY SAITO & ASSOCIATES Business ~ ProfeS$ional $l(lC~-Downtown L.A. JACL; Wi]· carne and went. Chiefs of Tojo's mail had been -ead gram ThiS IS a new posl\ton in a liam T Fujioka, ElA. staff heaved joint sighs of again. MacArthur and I'o 'ir-• growlOg high voUne 17 slore RE.ALTOA Your business card placed in exce~ each Issue here fa 25 weeks Iii Previous Total ...... $9,319 .61 relief. America now had el• chaIn. CandIdate must have Report no ...... 513.36 itz knew that the Japan se lent merchandiSing technIque and George Nagata $25 per Ihree-lines, Nama in' bow room, and MacArthur planned to take Port M'lre' - knowledge. also some dlrecllrucit• .larger type CQunts as two lines. 'Jan. 29, 1979 Total: $ 9.832.97 had three divisions. He by via land, since they 1 1 load JUylng experrence Candidate Realty Each addlllonal "ne at $6 per line would be based 10 Portland. Ore: ;; per 25--week periad ~ wanted to attcck and seize failed to take it by sea. A r~ 1850 Sawtelle Blvd. Calif. Dateliners- Rabaul, a move he recom• gon Salary $27.000 plus bonus los Angeles, Ca. 90025 connaissance force was '\) and ne". car CandIdate would alS) 478-8355,477-2645 Greater Los Angeles Oriental Builders Assn. mended to Washington, land at Bona, on the north· be named an oHicerof the company. • holds its eighth annual in• along with the wry offer to east coast, and go over tJ-te Asahi International Travel stallation dirmer at the use 40,000 troops the War 1111 Olympic, los Angeles 90015 Owen Stanley Mountains to Send resume to 623-6125/29 : Coli Joe or Glodys World Trade Center's Inter• Department had told him Moresby. The 37th Division VAMATO U.S.A., Jopon, Worldwide national Club, 350 S. Figue• were available on the U.S. arrived in the Fiji Islands, so -- Air-5eo-Lond-Cor-Hotel------roa St., on Saturday, Feb. 24, west coast. '-ft. Continued on Next Page ROWER VIFN GARDENS #2~ 0Itrli Hotel 6:30 p.m. # The Japanese took Kiska ~ LA 1105. 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carriers and b.mdreds of j. v.atched for a chance to de• Uyeda tells inside story of HARRINGTO lots. Japan CXJUld feel rela• feat the Amencan one in the tivel)! secure. Backed by her "decisive battle.. both coun• Japanese gener:al headquar· lays. Bunna. Formosa and till-mighty Imperial fleet. tries had long planned for. President s pardon for Toguri ten gave up on plans to take Hong Kong, phis a host of he island defense net\\'or Cnppling Amenca's sea arm urce.s Blbli<\l1liphy Pro t. themor ewCBJedonia.Aus• sma11 islands. The Indian could entrench and replen• "'ould give t;S CItizens Los Angeles b,· H. Mark Lat; 5 .• 0 i t8n '~ traba' lifeline was secure. Ocean wa a Japanese fish j h. Top To~ strategists pau e. Japan nught be able An e'Xclusi\'e report b L3nd" v , hley '" h un unn. a but It could still be threat• pond, the British havmg knew for sure that once to obtain a negotiated peace. Clifford 1 Uyeda on the "hort tory by On • ian m n • ened from the Solomon . been driven as far back as can on the Vietnam War. and (} restoration of Arnencan ~ Madagascar. annual blbliograrilY of . m citizenship to Iva Ikuko Tcr entne . Despite the setback at In the central Pacific. J & guri. the wrmgly alleged Each i ue of Amerasia Midway, things still really pan held the Marshalls, Gil• "Tokyo Rose'" of World i approximately 160 didn't look too bad for Japan. berts and Carolines. and War n, highlights the fallJ pages and prX::ed at $3 per A dent had been made in.t.he spots seized fIUD the British like the Solomons and Bis• winter issue ri the Amer• copy, a one-- ear sub cnp• defensive arc she had set up asia Journal. published by tion i $6, a twcr ear utr from the Aleutians to New marks, Wake, the Marianas, Guinea, but behind it was a and several island outpOsts the Asian American Stud• scription, $10. ub rip• great network f1 anchorages that served the homeland as ies Center at the U ni ersi· tions and requests for bro• and bases, all being sentries. Nearer home she ty of California, U>S An· chures of the entire list of strengthened, held Iwo Jima and Okinawa. geles. Center publications can be two bastions no invader All areas between New Uyeda doruments the obtained from: could ignore enroute to the Asian American tudi Guinea and the China Coast fonnation of the campaign were under firm Japanese beating heart of the Japa• Center committee, the crucial role 3232 CampbeU Hall control. They included the nese empire, Tokyo. of the Wayne Collins fam· Univ. of Calif., Lo Ang les Philippines, IOOonesia, Ma- So, in spite of losing four Los Angeles, CA 90024 # ily, the respoose of the ~ ~ ...... ~ ~~¥.'+~ ...... American media, the most 15 pnee list etfec:tive Aug. 1. 1978) importantly. the struggle Bookshelf Books from PC to obtain PMblic support • Pacific Historian from Nisei veteran groups. A congressional view of On Jan. 19, 1977, Iva Tcr The Bamboo ~: The Law and lapanese Americans, by Frank U.S. ·Japan relation b~ Chuman. L~I and legislati"e history of the japanese in guri received an uncondi• tween the Marco Bridge In• America. A must" for every collection. tional pardon from Presi• cident of July 7, 1937. and D Hardcover, $11.70 postpaid. dent Gerald R Ford. This the bombingofPeari Harbor Japanese American Ston', by Budd Fukei. A good taste of the was the first time in U.S. in 1941 is studied by Justin hjst~ and cultural heritage. One chapter by Mike Masaoka recalls jACl's role during Evacuation. history that soch a pardon Libby in the current Winter D Hardc~r, $7.70 postpaid. had been granted in a trea· '78 Pacific Historian (Univ. of Pacific, Stockton. Ca.). They Called Her Tokyo Rose, by Rex Gunn. Documented story of son conviction Containment was already a 'tNW2 legend by a Pacific war correspondent who stayed Other titles include: with the story to its unimagined culmination. 1. Problems and Service underway with an em ba rgo D Paperback, $5.50 postpaid. Needs of Asian Americans in and other measures to limit Nisei: the Quiet Americans, by Bill Hosokawa Popular history of Chicago, by BokLim C. Kim; 2. Japan's war capacity, thus the Japanese in America, 18fiQ-lqnq. Filipino Labor Urron; the Salinas contrary to anti-Roosevelt o Hardcover, 59.70 postpaid. r Softcover, $4.70 postpaid Lettuce Strike of 1934. by How• critics who have been saying Rulemakers of the House, by Spark Matsunaga-Ping Chen. An ard DeWitt; 3. Emigrant and Re• FDR policies were contrary inside look at the most powerful committee in the Hou~'Of turned Migrant Investment in a to the majority will on Capi• Repr -,entatives. based on Soark's 1 ().vear experience in that Philippine Village, by Stephen committee. (The Senator has autographed a limIted suppr Griffiths; 4. Chinese Language tol Hill. # lor F'l. readers.! C Hardcover, $"'.70 postpaid. Camp II Block 211, by lack Matsuoka. Dally life in internment \,dmp at Poston as sketched by a young cartoonist. YANKEE SAMURAI D Softcover, $6.70 postpaid. Hawaiian Tales, By Allan Beekman. Eleven matchless stories Unidentified Nisei doing rear echelon duty in India visit the (Japanese Americans in the Pacific War) of the Japanese immigrant in Hawaii. Taj Mahal. D Hardcover, $4.70 postpaid. by Joseph Harrington Thunder in the Rockies: the Incredible Denver Post by Bill America's imustry got one that C01Iki leave her Hosokawa. Pe~onally autographed copy from the author geared up, there was no way dominant in the western Pa• to PC readers. Packed with hours of entertainment. she could 00 def eated. cific, all she had really hoped D Hardc~r, $13.70 postpaid. American forces could still to achieve by war. It was In Movement: a Pictorial History of Asian America. By Visual never any part of Japan's Communications, Inc.; text by Dr. Franklin Odo. Oriented be stymied, though, while toward ~chools and libraries in areas of multi·cultural and Japan drew what strategic strategy to achieve victory ethnic studies. materials she needed from in the sense-subjugation of D Hardcover, $26.00 postpaid. 0 Softcover, $15.70 postpaid. conquered areas to sustain one's enemy--that most men Years of Infamy, by Michi Weglyn. Shocking expose of America's herself, and her navy think of it. concentratIOn ca~ps as uncovered from hitherto secret * * * archives. Both sides lrnew what had D Hardcover, $11.70 postpaid; 0 Softcover, $4.70 postpaid. ~EA5T to be done. The Allies had to Sachie: A Da~r of Hawaii, by Patsy S. Saiki. A faithful use Australia as a staging pqrtrayal of the early second-generation japanese in Hawaii ~"WE T told in novel form. PLAYERS area, sending men and Th~ D Softcover, $4.70, postpaid. present equipment there. Japa• The Private War of Dr. Yamada, by lee Ruttle. A World War II nese had to prevent that. So, novel of a Japanese Army surgeon, whose secret diary The for a while, all activity fo• recollects thoughts, fears and hopes of his men. AVOCADO KID the or Zen in the Art of Guacamole cused itself on the southwest D $9.50 postpaid. Pacific. Japan needed to by Philip Kan Gotanda Valiant Odyssey: Herb icholson in and out of America's concentration A musical odyssey based on spread an air umbrella over camp. Ed )no The internmert SOLD OUT Momotaro, the Peach Boy the eastern approaches to story of}ap. in a fresh, rare way. featuring live music Australia, then control these D $).70 postpaid. and zany chaTacters with surface and submarine BOOKS IN JAPANESE Fri. & Sat.-8 pm forces. The Allies, on the oth• Nisei: Kono Otonashii Amerikaiin, translation of Hosokawa's er hand, had to prevent that newcome~ Sun. 7:30 pm "Nisei" by lsamu Inouye. Ideal gift for to U.S. and NOW! Visa/Mastercharge and keep supply lanes open. friends in Japan. libraI)' edition. D $18.00 postpaid. (Only supply in U.S.) 880-0366 For either to win, air su- 4424 Suta Mollica Blvd. America's Concentration Camps (Translation of Allan Bosworth Continued on Next Page • book) by Prof. Yukio Morita. June publication price will be $11.95 ($12.95 postpaid), D Softcover, $6.70 postpaid. but you may order an "autographed" copy NOW for a Jim Yoshida no F\Gt5u no Sokoku (Jap.anese edition of "Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida") by Yoshida-Hosokawa; trans. YukioMorita. Incredible st - ..... at $65.00 each postpaid. _ L Combat Team) ... everybody wanted them. GENERAL GEORGi C .\MRSHALL (SPECIAL LITHOGRAPH PRINT) The Issei by ~ Hi~ My check for $ payable to Pettigrew Enterprises, Inc , is enclosed color, limited edition, first of three paintinp. Available for the first time, the official S2-pa . g~ reprint ~ition and I understand shipment will begin In May. o SJO.OO ~id.. of 'The Stor) of the 442nd Combat Team" orrglnally published • Postal Insurance Extra. 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and senior NCO's to disease HA RR I N GT ON CmltiDued from Previous Page and starvatlon enroute. Fight• few miles south. ing was tough. and carving premacy had to be obtained 20,000 individual steps into and kept. This issue was to When the u.s. Navy taskfarce of 11,000 landed at Lunga Point the steep trail had been ne• be decided at an island dim, on the western end ofGuadaIGa• cessary. except for Australians and na.l on Aug. 7, the Japanese saw That month the War De• British, to anyone in the that they were outnumbered 20-1 partment was asked to re• world but an order of Catho• and melted into the jungle. It would be more than six months lease some Nisei temporari• lic missionaries-the Mar• ly from concertration camps ists. Even their motto before we could declare the is• land secure. to work on farms needing matched the island where harvest help, permanent• they served. Ignoti et quasi Harrington spins stories about am Gen. MacArthur and his AUied ly if they enrolled in schools occulti means "hidden and command at Brisbane, another well away fum the West unknown." about Carlson's RaU1ers which Coast. A national convention The island was Guadalca• overwhelmed a Japanese outpost of the American Legion pro• nal. on Makin lslarr::l in the central • • • Pacific that was later seen as a tested this. Selective Service ''piece offoUy" by a retired USMC was not far outof phase with Geographic and military de• general because it cost the corps what an Alabama governor tails of the Gwdalcanal cam• a high price of dead marines at was to call "the heroes' un• paign are sketched in the open• Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, lwoji• ion". It changed the draft ing paragraphs c!Chapter 4. The ma and Okinawa. I It is September, 1942, as we classification' of Nisei from Southwest Pacific is dotted with At Camp Banding, Fla., (from left) James and Ralph Saito get jungle training before islaruLs that Nisei linguists came resume Harrington's serializa• 1-A (desirable) to 4-C (inelig• to know-Bismarcks, the Solo• tion.-Editor. ible because of ''nationality''). Taga, Legs Nishiyama, Hiroshi Nakamura heading for combat in the Pacific. mons, New Britain, New Geor- gia, Vella LaveUa, Guadalcanal, CHAPrER 4 ------could be created. They need- few of whom ever got a clear Munda---althoudt decades would S Air sUJ!remacy in the . ed all they cou1d gather. On look at their eremy. pass before Americans knew the EPTEMBERfound the Aus- South Pacific was vital issue; Sept 9, a submarine-launched Cong. Homer D. Angell Nisei were there, too. The enemy sie attack arrund Buna-Gona aircraft piloted by Nobuo helped feed the California had occupied Rabaul, capital of on New Guinea bogged down gets settled at Guadalcanal. New Britain in January, 1942. in mud and sooked by rain Fujita flew over Oregon's panic with a Hrsel of good of .12 men finished their news that developed or QdooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ~-- ~- -~ ."___--- ~. __ -"__ "1 ____.~ - _- ____._._. ______.• ______.

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