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Chinese American Has National Board Debates Watada Controversy Found a Home at the NAACP After two days of discus• '/ personally think [Watada's} absolutely right position on his refitsal to sions, the national JACL and history will show he's right but he will have deploy. Peter Leung, 57, is the fIrst-ever Asian American chapter board votes to reaff'mn the to face his punishment. ' But now some JACL president in the national organization, a group better organization's earlier state• - John Tateishi, JACL executive director members are asking the known for serving the African American community ment but agrees to continue national civil rights discussing the issue with the organization to take By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM districts. ' their statement a step Executive Editor further and show stronger support for When Peter Leung, 57, By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Executive Editor Watada, the first Asian first attended a national American officer to convention of the NAACP SAN FRANCISCO-It may have refuse deployment to (National Association for gotten ugly at times, but the Watada Iraq. the Advancement of controversy - whether for the good In a show of solidari• Colored People) he may or bad of the community - contin• ty, members of the have looked like an anom• ues to be hotly debated amongst PHOTO: JEFF PATERSON Berkeley JACL chapter aly to many of the African Japanese Americans. And the issue First Lt. Ehren Watada speaks to the media.dur• brought their message American attendees - and landed smack-dab in the middle of ing a pre-trial hearing break in Ft. Lewis Aug. 20. to the national JACL there were admittedly a lot the national JACL board meeting board Sept. 30. of shocked double takes• this past weekend. JACL issued a statement expressing "We urge the JACL to take a but for the first generation Peter Leung with Henry Luvert, president of At the center of the debate is 28- Chinese American he felt the Eugene/Springfield NM?P cha~ter and concern over some of the charges stronger stand in support of Watada. year-old 1st Lt. Ehren Watada and facing the Hawaii native - includ• His Constitutional rights have been ng. ht at h ome. his__ wife ::'~::"::":=--=-:": Arbella on---'-'-----=----_----'"-- a recent tnp to___ China. _ his decision this past June to refuse ing contempt and conduct unbecom• violated," said Jim Duff, a member For the past six years Leung has been an active member of the NAACP deployment to Iraq. In July, national ing an officer - but did not take a and in 2000 became the first Asian American to serve as a local chapter pres- See WATADA/Page 6 See PETER LEUNG/Page 6 JACL Closes Third Quarter with Another Surplus Minnesota Ca paig a er's Board members strengthen efforts to fill empty staff Revenues vs. Expenses - YTD + 200712008 Use of Racial Slur Revives APA positions. Currents Revenues JACL National exceed Expenditures Community's Anger By LYNDA LIN Comparison of Revenues to Expenses by S/38.5k Assistant Editor .(199.6.. actual.thmugh..20'O'6.,b.udget),...... , local news 2,700,000 Twenty-four years after 2,200,000 Vincent Chin was mur• reports prompt• SAN FRANCISCO-Closing out ; 1,700,000 ing Osskopp to the third quarter JACL currently has ~ 1,200,000 dered, Mike Osskopp is , apologize for his a surplus of $138,481, making it the 700,000 caught yelling out 'another 200,000 -..1 outburst two third year in a row the organization's 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 act2006 bgt2006 1;92007 bgt2008 Jap car.' Is history going to Year repeat itself! days later. revenues have exceeded its expendi• _TotaIRNmue _ Total Expenditures "I apologize if tures.

By LYNDA LIN my words After so many lean years, being in ,f Membership flow has been steady MIKE OSSKOPP Assistant Editor offended any the black is a welcome relief, but for ,f Thanks to membership for keejllg the membership flow strong Americans of Japanese descent, JACL National President Larry Oda In front of a camera, Mike COURTESY OF MARK KOBAYASHI including my sister-in-law. I allowed the surpluses raise a red flag. Osskopp, the district director for my emotions to get the better of me "When we end up with a surplus, one that has been hanging out there Minnesota Rep. John Kline, pointed Pacific Southwest regional director and used a phrase commonly used in that's not a good thing for a nonprof• for the longest time is the executive to a line of cars, looked directly at position for a Jan. 1,2007, start date my youth, but which is now inappro• it. We're not doing something. One assistant. It's been funded and the camera and said, "Your buddy is and hiring a replacement for JACL priate and offensive," said Osskopp of the things we haven't been doing Executive Director John Tateishi, there's been no movement on it. supporting all of these 'Jap' and is hiring staff," said Oda to the Let's throw this one in there too," German cars." That was right after See RACIAL SLURlPage 12 who announced his resignation in Pacific Citizen at the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 said Oda. Osskopp was recorded screaming June. national board meeting. The executive assistant position "another 'Jap' car" twice. IN MEMORIAM '''The priority is to fIll the vacant Currently, the national board is - which is included in the 2005- Footage of the Sept. 17 incident, positions. We have some time with working to fill the long vacant the national director, but the other which happened outside an event for Iva Toguri, Accused See BUDGETIPage 2 Kline's opponent Coleen Rowley, found its way onto Web sites and 01 Being Tokyo JACL Headquarters in Washington, D.C.? Rose, Dead at 90 The national board charges Committee report. the formation of a commit• in Washington, D.C. Oda wants the committee By NATE HERNANDEZ tee to study the feasibility of to study the feasibility of Associated Press Writer moving JACL headquarters moving headquarters to the East Coast and bring rec• CHICAGO• from the Bay Area to the ommendations and altema• Iva Toguri nation's capital. Not far tives to the board. District D' Aquino, who behind may be a legislative council governors have was once office in Sacramento. been asked to nominate accused of being individuals to make up this World War II By LYNDA LIN broadcaster Assistant Editor committee. Legislative office In order for the move to Tokyo Rose, died Sept. 26 in in Sacramento SAN FRANCISCO-Starting in take place, a bylaw amend• Chicago at age 90, a relative said. the New Year, a new committee will ment passed by the national D' Aquino, who spent the years look into the feasibility of moving answer to this often raised question. council is needed. The JACL consti• following her release from prison JACL's national headquarters from "It's been brought up, so let's fin• tution says the national director must living a quiet life on Chicago's North San Francisco to Washington, D.C. ish the conversation," said JACL reside in the city designated by the Side, died of natural causes at about The national JACL board unani• National President Larry Oda refer• national council as the headquarters. 12:30 p.m. at Advocate lllinois mously approved the formation of ring to several times in the past the This may also be a factor in the Masonic Hospital, said William the committee at its Sept. 30-Oct. 1 question of a move has been raised See TOGURlIPage 11 meeting citing a need to provide an including a 2001 Blue Ribbon See JACL H.QJPage 12 2 LETTERS/NATIONAL PACIFIC CITIZEN, OCT. 6-19, 2006 $464,000. In prior years, the reserve ~ PACIFIC CITIZEN ~ BUDGET COURTESY OF MARK KOBAYASHI 2005 WINNERI (Continued from page 1) fund consistently stayed at about .. Endowment Funds $4,000 before the surpluses were JACL National Endowment Funds 1,200,000 r ...... J??~!~"!"!f.~?I!.~ ( ~~~~ 2006 biennial budget - primarily transferred on Dec. 21, 2005. , GMEOil ~ ~ Awards In WrtUng A aids the national director and the "Generally we're looking pretty 1, 060,000 bare staff at national headquarters, good for 2006. We did uncover that 800,000 , but has not been filled. there are some actuals or liabilities 600,000 , PACIFIC CITIZEN For the next biennium, Oda wants that we need to payoff, but it looks 400,000 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, to be more proactive. pretty decent," said Kobayashi. Los Angeles, CA. 90012 "When you wait until you have The surplus is attributed to steady 12IJ11H I ZlJ I.!J7 IVJI'" 12IJ1'" 11IJ''''' I1/JIIII l ZIJIJfl 11/JI/f1 12111/14 12I11Jf5 VlIN J/JI/H 1/11'" 9flMlS Tel: 213/620-1767, the money to do something, that's membership numbers and public 800/966-6157 -+-Life T" ~ I &~ O l'ffWtft Flllld ...... Nat.,.., &d"--,,, FIIII~ -"'M. ~ tI. &do_lft F,UI' not what budgeting is. Budgeting is support. Fundraising is also higher ....JAaRes_FIl,.~ -4--UxIl.C1 F.II~ ["lIDt_IIn / 16 Fax: 213/620-1768 when you make projections of what E-mail: [email protected] than in 2005. www.pacificcitizen.org you are going to be making in your As of Aug. 31, some larger rev• .:. Legacy fUlld is currelltly at $6.104nilliol/ (9128106) with corpus at revenues to allocate your spending approx $5.4 millioll Executive Editor: enue line items include membership Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom accordingly. You don't wait until at $736,978, fundraising at .:. Currellt asset mix is 58.54(equitiesY 32.41 (fIXed iI/come) 19.05(cash) Assistant Editor: you have the money and then spend $261,929 and grants at $65,238. Lynda Un it," said Oda citing several occa• Some of the larger expenditures are and student/youth. This dues amounts are: Office Manager: sions in the past when this has hap• personnel at $496,241, contract increase becomes effective as of • Century - $5,000 Brian Tanaka pened including the disbursement of Jan. 1,2007. • Life Trust - $3,000 Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting services at $190,148 and occupancy the cost of living adjustments costs at 64,745. An annual fundraising gala din• 'The projections were consistent• Publisher:Japanese American (COLA) to the staff only at the end The Legacy Fund as of Sept 28 ner in Washington, D.C. and an ly very dreary at the beginning, but Citizens League (founded 1929) of the year after a surplus was deter• stands at $6.1 million while the Life annual golftoumament are also slat• we've come in with a surplus. I'm 1765 Sutter Street, San mined. Trust and the National Endowment ed as moneymakers. always optimistic on the budget Francisco, CA 94115, tel: ''Well, you should've done it at Funds stand at $470,845 and In the New Year, it will also cost because I knew we could always do 415/921-5225 fax: 4151931- the beginning of the year," said Oda. 4671, www.jacl.org $420,727, respectively. more to become a life member. To well or we could always do better JACL President Lany Oda "In a sense, what you would like . Investment Policy Committee become a life member, an individual and we always try to make the Nat'l Director: John Tateishi to do for any budget is get to zero Chair Ted Tsukahara reminded the pays a one-time lump sum. The new budget work," said Tateishi.• Pacific Citizen Board of because that means you hope that board that the function of the Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• you've done everything that you Reserve Fund is for emergencies not person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; said you were going to do and got in as a piggy bank. Casey China, MDC; Kathy ~~u~Edito Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, all the resources that you need and However, the next biennial budg• applied them exactly to plan. When et reflects the more aggressive NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, support 1st Lt. Ehren Watada - PNWDC; Larry Grant, IDC; you have a surplus that means stance taken by the board to use Reader Thanks Watada UNCONDITIONALLY- as he Sharon Kumagai, PSWDC; something didn't happen or some• more of the budget for programs, I respect and support 1st Lt. Ehren Maya Yamazaki, Youth. faces a court martial for his one didn't get hired or whatever the said Kobayashi. Watada on refusing to go to Iraq and actions in speaking out against the case may be," said National JACL his decision to face court martial and r-NEwSiAffoEAD[iNE:--' illegal and ill-conceived Iraq war. Secretaryffreasurer Mark Kobaya• imprisonment for a long time. I FRIDAY BEFORE DATE Looking Forward As an Army officer, we must shi. believe he is a man of high moral OF ISSUE. to the Next Biennium assu:ne he was indoctrinated in the Editorials, news and the opin• But this doesn't mean any less character who would give his life if Ions expressed by columnists Some of the milestones accom• Uniform Code of Military Justice other than the national JACL work was done. the cause was right plished this biennium will be built as part of his trallllllg. president or national director ''We delivered every single thing Because of the great injustice, suf• do not necessarily reflect upon in the next Accordingly, he had to have been that was promised or proposed con• fering and genocide of Asian JACL policy. Events and prod• The last time JACL underwent an aware of the potential conse• ucts advertised in the Pacific sistently. I would never let a project Americans in general, because of the Citizen do not carry the implicit audit was 1999, but with the help of quences of his actions. go unfinished," said Tateishi. destruction of cultures, morals, fam• : endorsement of the JACL or members of the audit committee Yet Watada chose the path he I this publication. We reserve ilies and communities and because :L ______the right to edit articles. _ and Business Manager Clyde Izumi, did, standing up for moral princi• 2006 Outlook of the denial that hides the truth, it is the audit is now complete and JACL ples, knowing full well what PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- JACL currently has a surplus, but inevitable that conscientious men was found to be in confonnance might happen to him, including a 8579) is published semi-monthly there's potential for a cash flow and women speak the truth. First Lt. with the current tax laws. dishonorable discharge, imprison• except once in December and problem because of restricted rev• Ehren Watada is the manifestation of January by the Japanese The national board unanimously ment, or worse. If that doesn't enues and revenue that hasn't been that truth. American Citizens League, 250 approved a motion to accept the come under the heading of realized. Using 2005 as a barometer, At 61 years old and a Vietnam war E. First Street, Ste. 301, Los 2005 draft audit report contingent courage, I would challenge those Angeles, CA. 90012 OFFICE some money from the Reserve Fund vet, I am truly sick, physically and on the approval of the audit commit• well-intentioned Japanese HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 may be needed to balance out the mentally, of all the lies, hypocrisy, p.m. Pacific lime. ©2006. tee. Americans who have branded him year, but the probability is low and politics, selfishness, self-debase• Other aggressive fundraising a coward to come up with their Annual subscription rates: should be less than $50,000, said ment, anger and racism. It's time for NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$40, measures for the next biennial budg• definition of courage in similar Kobayashi at the meeting. the truth. payable in advance. Additional et include a $5 dues increase in three circumstances. The well-docu• The JACL Reserve Fund as of I want to thank: 1st Lt. Wattda for postage per year - Foreign peri• membership categories: mented heroics of JAs in World odical rate $25; First Class for Sept 30 stands at approximately standing up for the truth and for his regular/individual, couple/family War II and subsequent military U.S., Canada, Mexico: $30; moral conviction. Airmail to JapanlEurope: $60. conflicts have nothing to do with (Subject to change without ~~~ Lt. Watada's actions. notice.) Periodicals postage paid What lies ahead for Lt. Watada at Los Angeles, Calif. Portland, Oregon is appealing the predictable court Permission: No part of this publi• martial decision. Who knows, we cation may be reproduced with- o .out express permission of the could be looking at a test case here publisher. Copying for other than Don't Condemn which could be the basis for chal• personal or internal reference use One of Our Own lenging future U.S. governments without the express permission of for their illegal war-making acts. I P.e. is prohibited. First Lt. Ehren Watada's objec• do realize that congressional POSTMASTER: Send address tions to military service in Iraq action may be required as a pre• changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o should be examined in this election JACL National Headquarters, year. It is not Lt. Watada's decision condition for appeal, but let's start 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, that should divide the JACL, but thinking outside the box. CA 94115. 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Please (:all us to SChedule.a free consultation. own. phone: 213/620-1767 please send information fax: 213/620-1768 I believe Lt Watada has the right e-mail: [email protected] to: to dissent under the First www.pacificcitizen.org * Except for the National Director's Report, National JACL Amendment to the U.S. news and the views expressed by colum• 1765 Sutter St. Constitution. He may seem wrong nists do not necessarily reflect JACl policy. The columns are the personal opinion of the San Francisco, CA today, but in 25 years he may be writers. right. * 'Voices" reflect the active, public discus• 94115 sion within JACl of a wide range of ideas Allow 6 weeks for address and issues, though they may not reflect the ~~94wa viewpoint of the editorial board of the Pacific changes. Citizen. Denver, CO * "Short expressions" on public issues, usually one or two paragraphs, should To avoid interruptions in receiving include Signature, address and daytime your p.e, please notify your pOO:• o phone number. Because of space limita• master to include period:iroJs in tions, letters are subject to abridgement. Unconditional Although we are unable to print aU the letters your change of address (USPS Support for Watada we receive, we appreciate the interest and Forrn3575) views of those who take the time to send us All things considered, I fully their comments. PACIFIC CITIZEN OCT 6-19-, 2006 NATIONAL NEWS 3 'The years we experienced in Minidoka and National Newsbytes Manzanar changed our lives. Our family lost everything. ' By P.e. Staff and Associated Press - Fumiko Hayashida, 95, pictured (/eft) during 'Survivor' Ends Segregation Game evacuation and (be/ow) with Rep. Jay Ins lee NEW YORK-After only two episodes, "Survivor" has ended its so-called ethnic experiment. The Asian Pacific American, Cauca• sian, African American and Latino tribes were integrated into two mixed-race gangs on the CBS reality show Sept. 28. No explanation was given for the quick abandonment of segregation; it seemed to pass by so quickly as to mean nothing. The race-based angle to this season's show had brought a firestorm of criticism down on the show and CBS Corp. Several major adver• tisers pulled out. Oldest Internment Camp Survivor Radio Station Apologizes for Racist Urges Passage of Bainbridge Memorial Comments on Asian Men By P. e. Staff and Associated Press slight, soft-spoken Hayashida said period in American history." PHOENIX-1Ol.5 KZON FM management has apologized for racist the day she was taken into custody Under a bill sponsored by Rep. remarks made on the "Big 0 and Dukes" program last month. WASHINGTON-Fumiko was the saddest of her life. A photo Jay Inslee, D-Wash., the Bainbridge During a Sept. 14 broadcast, comedian guest Greg Fitzsimmons and hosts Hayashida is 95 now, but she now on display at the Smithsonian Island dock would become a satellite Big 0 and Dukes (Oscar Santana and Chad Dukes) took calls from women remembers the day 64 years ago Institution shows a solemn of the Minidoka Internment National to prove their theory that Asian men are·not desirable. when she and her infant daughter, Hayashida holding her sleeping Monument in southem Idaho, estab• ''Big 0 and Dukes personally addressed the issue on their show," said Natalie, were taken from their hbme daughter in her arms. Both are wear• lished in 200 1. The monument is one Marco Camacho, KZON senior vice president in a statement, "admitting that at gunpoint and imprisoned under ing tags identifying them as prisori• of two U.S. internment camps desig• the segment crossed the line, and expressing regret for the offense it caused presidential order. ers. Natalie's stuffed toy dog dangles nated as a national park; the other is to the Asian American community. Also, their guest, comedian Greg The pair were among 227 above her mother's purse. at Manzanar, in central Califomia. Fitzsimmons, will not be invited back to the show in the future." Japanese Americans forced from Hayashida's husband, a Japanese ''This is a story that needs to res• their homes on Bainbridge Island, native, had been taken into custody onate throughout the decades," he Celebrity Cruises Removes Ad Wash., on March 30, 1942, under earlier, following the. Japanese said. "We need to ensure the power . that Offended Hawaiians order of President Franklin D . attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, of fear never again overcomes the Roosevelt. HONOLULU-Celebrity 1941. promise of liberty." The men, women and children - Cruises will no longer use a mag• "I don't want it to happen again Inslee said he is optimistic that the two-thirds of them U.S. citizens - azine advertisement that showed for anyone," she said to the bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Mike were marched to the Eagledale Ferry King Kamehameha's statue hold• Associated Press. "I'm just glad I Simpson, R-Idaho, will be approved Dock on their way to internment ing a glass of champagne to pro• got to come here, since I'm stillliv• before the end of the year. A com• camps in Idaho and California. They mote trips to Hawaii, the company ing. No one else is old enough to panion measure sponsored by were the first of what eventually said. know what happened." Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and became more than 120,000 JAs The ad, which appeared in the Asked for her memories of the Maria Cantwell of Washington is imprisoned on the West Coast. trade publication Travel Weekly, internment camps, Hayashida said pending in the Senate. On Sept. 28, Hayashida - caused outrage. among Native simply, "Nothing pleasant." "Both Congressman Simpson and described as the oldest living Hawaiian groups who were insulted by the photo illustration. She and her family were held for Congressman Inslee are to be com• Bainbridge Island survivor - Kamehameha is known for es~blishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. nearly three years. Her son, Leonard, mended for their work with the appeared before a House committee The ad also shocked Hawaii tourism leaders, and it underscores the need was born at Manzanar. He later Japanese American community in to urge Congress to include the for more efforts to educate tourism companies about Hawaii's culture .• served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam preserving and developing critical Bainbridge site in the national park and died earlier this year. . aspects of preserving the lessons of . system. After being freed in 1945, the intemment for all Americans," said "I hope to live long enough to see family tried to resume its strawberry Hoyd Mori, JACL director of public the Bainbridge Island Japanese farm, but could not make a go of it. policy. "The Eagledale Dock American Memorial eam the honor Her husband, Saburo, took a job at Memorial and the lands transfers at and recognition from our federal Boeing and the family mov~ to · the Minidoka camp site are two. government and become a unit of Seattle, where she still lives. Her more important elements in telling the National . Park Service," husband died in 1983. the story of detention without due By Pacific Citizen Staff Hayashida told the House Resources "The years. we experienced in process and the importance of our Committee. Minidoka and Manzanar changed basic rights under the Constitution." Akaka Defeats Case in U.S. Senate "Please act· quickly so that our lives. Our family lost every• Race in Hawaii Americans can learn from and thing," Hayashida said. • remember the meaning of the On the Web. u.s. Sen. Daniel Akaka defeated U.S. Rep. While she is grateful for the apolo- . memorial's name: 'Nidoto Nai Yoni Ed. Case, leading 55 percent to 45 percent with gies of a series of U.S. presidents, Infonnation on the bills, . - Let it not happen again. '" HR 5817 and SB 3905, is at all. but one precinct reporting. Akaka had Hayashida said .the memorial would Wearing a bright yellow lei, the 128,927 votes to Case's 106,%8. be a lasting testament to a "shameful http://thomas.loc.gov/ Akaka, 82, has served in Congress for 30 years and drew on his experience to boost his . Voter 10 Bill is Another Burden for APA Voters, Critics Say candidacy. Case, 53, who did not win on any of Hawaii's islands, had argued that the state need• By Pacific Citizen Staff tional burden on every ed a younger, more moderate senator. American citizen, and The "Federal Election Integrity does nothing to address Niiya Joins Japanese Cultural Act" (HR 4844) is being denounced the integrity of elec• Center of Hawai'i Administration as another burden on citizens and tions," said Rep. David Brian Niiya, former staff member at the Japanese American National disenfranchised voters. W\l, D-OR: "We should Museum in ~s Angeles and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, has The bill passed the House Sept. 20 instead focus our efforts been hiied for the newly created position of resource center director at the with a 228-196 vote. If enacted into on increasing voter. par• Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i (JCeH). law, it would require any individual ticipation by encouraging Niiya has served as curator of numerous exhibitions. He co-founded who desires to register and vote in a all Americans to partici• Historyworks LLC, a company that provides project management and con• federal election to provide govern- pate in the democratic sultations for museum services. ment-issued identification. Critics process." argue such a requirement could cre- Opponents of the Igasaki Joins Equal· Justice Works ate a hardship on minority commu- measure say getting a Paul M. Igasaki has joined the Equal Justice nities, the elderly, students and per- photo ID, such as drivers' SHOW YOUR 10: A new law will require Works staff as deputy chief executive officer. He sons with disabilities. It would also licenses and passports or voters to show some form of identifica• is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the create new opportunities for discrim- a birth certificate costs tion at the polls. organization and overall leadership of staff. ination at the polls against Asian money and time. And Igasaki recently served as executive director of Pacific Americans and other minori- even if a photo ID were "The gains made for Asian the Rights Working Group, a nationwide coalition ties. presented, many eligible voters will American voters across the country of groups and individuals committed to ensuring APA groups like JACL and the be turned away. If an ID card such as with the Voting Rights Act victory liberty and justice for all. He also served as vice Asia American Justice Center a driver's license does not contain have been undemUned by the new chair, chair, and commissioner of the U.S. Equal (AAJC) oppose the measure, which the voter's current address, which is barrier erected to impede their abili• Employment Opportunity Commission from they say does .not fix election prob- true of millions of Americans, he or ty to vote with the passage of this 1994 until 2002 as the result of an appointment by President Bill Clinton .• !ems. . she is likely to be turned away from bill," said Karen K. Narasaki, AAJC . .::lffl ~ 4844 pll!~§)!n N1fQIJ~tiJl!:. __ tp~ .ffill~: _. _. __ •. •..• .• president and executive director.• 4 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, OcT. 6-19, 2006 C,vil Rights Groups, JACL Condemn Detainee Legislation By P.e. Staff and Associated Press Coq.ventions of 1949, protecting ing the prisoner to abuse. prisoners of war, didn't cover so• Tens of thousands of U.S. Several civil rights groups are called "enemy combatants'~ seized in detainees now have passed through condemning the Senate's recent the war on terrorism, enabling the U.S. detention. Many say they were decision to approve legislation CIA to use aggressive interrogation caught up in U:S. military sweeps, . establishing military tribunals and techniques that are widely consid• often interrogated around the clock, empowering the president to set ered equal to torture. . then released months or years later guidelines for aggressively interro• without apology, compensation or gating suspects without violating any word on why they were taken. intemational prohibitions on prison• 'Such treatment is a stark Seventy to 90 percent of the Iraq er abuse. and dangerous reminder of detentions in 200} were "mistakes," PHOTO COURTESY NAKASEC The legislation goes back to the the treatment of Japanese U.S. officers once told the interna• FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS: Immigration rights leaderS rally in front of the House for a vote on the technical Americans during World · tional Red Cross. Southem California office of Dianne Feinstein before the Senate changes made by the Senate and War II,. when they were Defenders of the system, which passes immigration bills.· onto Bush for his signature. have only grown since soldiers' denied due process and ------Civil rights groups including the photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib falsely accused of being a APA Groups Denounce House• JACL have been vocal in criticizing shocked the world, say it's an threat to the security of the the detainee legislation that would - . unfortunate necessity in the ba\rles Passed Immigration Provisions establish military tribunals to try ter• United States. ' to pacify Iraq and Afghanistan, By Pacific Citizen.staff .deport or . exclude suspected gang rorist suspects and adopt the British and to keep suspected terrorists - John Tateishi, members from citizenship, could system of jailing suspects without out of action. JACL Executive Director Asian Pacific American groups also lead to racial profiling of APAs. charge for up to 28 days. "Such treatment is a stark and are pressurinR the Sen~te to reject HR 4844 would create criminal ''This legislation gives the presi• dangerous reminder of the treat• three immigration bills that they say penalties of up to 20 years in prison dent new unchecked powers to 'This nation's judicial system was ment of Japanese Americans dur• systematiciilly attack immigrants, for constructing or financing an .detain, abuse and try people at established to ensure fair, unbiased ing World War II, when they were the elderly and low-income commu• unauthorized border tunnel. Guantanamo Bay and other govern• proceedings in our courts of law, . denied due process and falsely nities. In December 2005, a more com• ment facilities around the world," whether civilian or military, and is a accused of being a threat to the HR 6094 the "Community prehensive HR 4437 passed the said Caroline Fredrickson, director hallmark of the American justice security of the United States. Wha~ Protection Act of 2006," HR 6095 House and sparked massive protests of the American Civil Liberties system," said JACL Executive was argued as the exigencies and the "Immigration Law Enforcement and marches around the country as Union (ACLU) Washington legisla• Director John Tateishi in the state• necessities of the times· ultimately Act of 2006" and HR 4830 the immigrant communities protested tive office. ment. proved only to weaken the founda- . "Border Thnnel Prevention Act of the enforcement-only approaches to Citing the injustice experienced "Under the adnIinistration's cur• tions of democracy in America," 2006" passed the House Sept. 21' to immigration refonn. by Japanese Americans during rent proposal, however, the use of said Tateishi. increase border security and The following September, Rep. World War II, JACL in a letter called evidence obtained under duress or Civil rights groups say the com• decrease crime, but opponents say James Sensenbrenner, R-WI, intro• the legislation "a maneuver by the torture, as well as the use of evidence promise agreement does not protect the measures would also have a duced the three provisions, a move administration to side-step the denied to the accused, would under• due process and leaves the door wide detrimental impact on the APA com• that APA groups denounce as an Supreme Court's ruling in June that mine these basic values. The JACL open for abuse. munity. attempt to push provisions of HR struck down military tribunals ... " believes that in the ~trnent of pris• Critics also say the bill would If enacted into law, HR 6095 4437 through piecemeal legislation Congress has been under pressure oners, the United States should be empower the military to seiZe legal would encoUrage state and local law and political maneuvering. to pass a comprehensive detainee held to the same legal standard as aliens in the U.S. and hold them enforcement to arrest, detain or 'These hannful and draconian plan since the Supreme Court ruled other nations," he added. . indefinitely before they are declared transfer to federal custody immi• policies will become law unless 5-3 in June that the system President . An agreement was forged enemy combatants. These detainees grants who they suspect of violating Asian Americans make our voices George W. Bush created to handle between the White House and law• wouldn't be allowed to challenge immigration laws. Opponents argue heard in Congress," said Traci Hong, terrorism cases violated U.S. law. makers in late September with both their incarceration in federal court. this provision could open up possi• director of immigration program for Before the Supreme Court's rul• sides saying the compromise would ''Detention without charge flies in ble racial profiling of APAs. the Asian American Justice Center ing, the president took the Position ensure that prisoners would be ques• the face of American laws and val• Similarly, HR 6094, which would (AAJC) .• that the international Geneva tioned aggressively without s1:lbject- ues," said Fredrickson.• Parents of 1st Lt. Watada to Tour Southern California in October Bob Watada and his wife Rosa Constitution, and has a duty to dis• hosted by Veterans For Peace will travel. from Honolulu to Los obey an unlawful order." (Ch# 54), Unitarian Society, f535 Angeles to speak on behalf of their "NCRR has already gone on Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara, son, 28-year-old 1st Lt. Ehren record opposing the illegal and Contact: Donnis Galvan 805/453- Watada, who awaits a decision on unjust war in Iraq. We now have the 6374; [email protected] his court-martial and imprisonment chance to support someone who has Oct. 11 at Ft. Lewis, WashiQ.gton. The tour, the courage and integrity to stand up ·7-9:45 p.m., CSULB Asian . organized by Nikkei for Civil Rights for his convictions," said Kathy American and Chicano & Latino and Redress (NCRR) will run Masaoka, co-chair of NCRR. "We Studies Classes, Dr. John Tsuchida and D~. Juan Benitez, through Oct. 19 with speaking hope people in the Japanese 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long events in Los Angeles, Santa American community will attend Beach BarbaralVentura and San Diego. one of the events and open up their Oct. 12 In. June, Lt. Watada refused to hearts and minds to this brave young • 6 p.m., Whittier Area Coalition deploy to Iraq believing the Iraq war man." for Peace & Justice, Mark Twain NCRR and Asian American to be "illegal and immoral." Watada Club Potluck, ($3 donation) PHOTO COURTESY WWW.THANKYOULT.ORG was charged with missing a move• Vietnam Veterans Organization will • 7 p.m., Bob speaks at First TALKING TOUR: Bob and Rosa Watada (center and right) will.travel ment, contempt toward officials and co-sponsor a reception with Bob and Friends Church of Whittier, 13205 the country to speak on behalf of their son Ehren (left). conduct unbecoming an officer. it is Rosa Watada at the JACCC Garden E. Philadelphia St., Whittier, the first military prosecution of an . Room, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Contact: Robin 562/943-4051; Valley Japanese Community • 6-8 p.m., An Evening of objector for First Amendment Angeles on Oct. 7, from 2-4 p.m. A rmclaren @charter.net Center, SFV Japanese American Discussion and Leaming hosted specch since 1965. video of Lt. Watada explaining why Oct. 14 Community Center, 12953 by Rev. Phyllis Tyler, 11326 Bob Watada is a well-kllown and how he came to his decision will • 6 p.m., Lt. Watada Dinner .san Branford St. Pacoima 91331, Cherrylee Dr., EI Monte, activist in his own right. As fonner. be shown. The Watadas will answer Diego (suggested donation: $15), Contact: Phil Shigekuni 818/893- Sponsored by the Nat'l Japanese cxccutive director of the Hawaii questions about their son's decision, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 1581, cell: 818/357-7488; American UM Church Caucus Campaign Spending Cominission, the current status of his case and how of San Dieguito, 1036 Solana [email protected] and NCRR, Contact: NCRR hc exposed a vast system of conup- people can support him. A donation Drive, Solana - Beach, Contact: • 4-6 p.m., CODEPINK Cocktail 213/680-3484; ncrrla@yahoo. Reiko Obata 858/483-6018; wata• lion by both the Dcmocratic and of $5 is requested. Party Fundraiser with Jane com [email protected] for San Diego Republican parties. . For tour and event infomIation, Fonda, ($1 PO reception) RSVP Oct. 9 events Bob refused to serve in Vietnam,- contact 213/680-3484 or ncrr• Anedra@ codepinkalert.org, • 9:30 a:m.-2:05p.m., Political Oct. 16 believing that war to be illegal and [email protected]. For infonnation on 310/827-4320 . Sciences and Communications • 4:30-5:30p.m., National instead, served in the Peace Corps in the Watada case, see www. Oct. 7 Classes Santa Barbara City . Lawyers Guild of San Diego, Peru. Six of his brothers served in ThankYouLt.com .• • 2-4 p.m., Welcome Reception for College, 721 Cliff Dr., Santa Room 300, Thomas Jefferson the military, one of whom was killed Bob Watada, JACCC Garden Barbara, Contact: Gil, grobl@cox.· Law School, 2120 San Diego Ave, in the Korean War. Partial List of BobWatada Room, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los net . San Diego Bob explains his goals for the Tour Events: Angeles, Contact: NCRR 213/680- • 7 p.m., Veterans for Peace 3484; ncrr1a@yahoo. com (C!1apter 112) and Citizens for tour: " ... there needs to be a COUlt of Oct. 6 To donate, make check payable Oct. 8 Peaceful Resolutions, E.P. Foster pu,blic opinion that sends the ... • 7 a.m., Interfaith Communities to "ECCOR," Po. Box 235511, Library, Topping Rm., 651 E. Main message of an illegal and immoral United for Justice and Peace • 2-5 p.m., Town Hall with Bob Honolulu, HI, 96823. For tax• war. The purpose of my going out (ICUJP), Immanuel Presbyterian Watada, Nat'l · Center for the St., Ventura, Contact: Michael deductible donations, make check and speaking to as many people as Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Preservation of Democracy, 111 Cervantes 805/486-2884; mcer• to "Hawaii People's Fund," 810 N. possible is tq get this messagc out. Angeles, Contact: Thia 626/683- N. Central Ave, Los Angeles, vant@mindspnnq com ' Vineyard Bivd. HonOlulu, HI, Somc people do not understand that 9004; [email protected] Contact: Ellen Endo 213/629- Oct. 10 96817 Wnte on the memo line: . 2231 or Mo 323/371-4502 nI an officer swears allegiance to the • 12:30 p.m., Sail Fernando g Discussion ''U Watali egal defense. ' PACIFIC CITIZEN Ocr. 6-19, 2006 COMMUNITY 5 PSW District Honors Its Selfless Volunteers By Pacific Citizen Staff Metallurgy with the University of Minnesota. He retired from In an organization that was found• Marquardt Aviation as director of ed by and continues to thrive research and development after 12 because of its volunteers, the Pacific years. Southwest District of JACL honored DeDi Uejima joined the San some of these selfless individuals at Gabriel Valley chapter in 1963 and the district's 10th annual awards din• has attended every national JACL ner with the theme of "Dedication." convention since 1966. He has "We are gathering to honor a very served as chapter president and dedicated group of individuals," said membership chair where he has been PSW Governor Alayne Yonemoto, responsible for increasing member• who credited the awardees for help• ship numbers substantially. ing the district continue to be an On the district level he has served active participant in the community. on the PSW district board and for 'This dinner is to recognize their four years he was a member of the work." Pacific Citizen editorial board. Deni Close to 250 individuals and fam• PHOTO: JASON STOM also runs the chapter's scholarship ily members gathered at the The JACL Pacfic Southwest district honored 14 of their selfless voluteers at their annual dinner Sept. 16. program. Torrance Holiday Inn Sept. 16 to Jun Fukushima is a charter honor the following individuals: Komatsu of the East Los Angeles secretary, treasurer, and has been the California Nisei Project. member of the SELANOCO chapter Ted Namba of the Arizona chap• chapter are co-authors of the award• chapter's president for the past 10 Larry has been married to Irene and has fulfilled several roles includ• ter recently chaired the successful winning children's book "In years. Nishitsuji since 1958 and they have ing treasurer and since 1974 he has national JACL convention in America's Shadow," a book that Janet has helped organize several three daughters and two grandsons. "continuously served as the financial Chandler, Ariz. He serves on several takes a look at the World War II successful events including the Larry is renowned for his homemade leader of the club." boards and commissions including intemment. National JACL Singles Convention pies, often donating his cooking cre• Jun is a wwn MIS veteran and the Governor's Asian American Kaleigh, a graduate of the and the Annual Scholarship ations. One of his pies sold for over served in Australia and the Advisory Council and the City of University of Southern California, Fundraiser Dances. She recently $300. Philippines as an interrogator for the Phoenix's Pacific Rim Advisory serves as the chapter's president and retired after 33 years of working for Former elementary school teacher U.S. Jun also took part in the hear• Council. has served two terms on the PSW the federal govemment including the Michiko Yoshimura taught in the ings of the Commission on WartinIe Ted enjoys running marathons in district board. KinIberly is also a Secret Service where she was the Riverside Unified School District for Relocation and Internment of his spare time and improving his graduate of USC and currently Supervisory Support Coordinator. 36 years. In 1996 she was honored Civilians (CWRlC). golf game. He is married to Michele serves as the chapter's treasurer. May Doi of the Gardena chapter with the WHO (We Honor Our Hitoshi Shimizu has been a and they have two teenage children: Janet Okubo joined the Greater has served as the chapter's president Own) award. member of the JACL Thousand Lauren and Bryan. L.A. Singles chapter in 1986 and has and helped organize the national A member of the Riverside chap• Club since 1964 and has been a Sisters Kaleigh and Kimberly served as program chair, recording JACL convention of 1982 held in ter since 1967, she has served as longtime member of the Venice Gardena. She currently serves as the president for five terms, recording Culver chapter serving as treasurer chapter's secretary/treasurer. In addi• secretary, membership chair, and for several years and also as presi• tion to numerous awards and com• newsletter editor. She has also dent. He has also served as treasurer mendations, in 1981 she was award• served as chair of the scholarship for the PSW district and was a mem• ed the National JACL Recognition committee for 25 years. bet of the P. C. editorial board for Award. Vernon Yoshioka first joined several years. May was elected Gardena City JACLin 1958 and has been an active Hitoshi helped establish and Clerk in 1980 and was reelected four member since joining the San Diego maintain the George J. Inagaki times. She retired from this position board of directors in 1970. He has Citizenship Award given by the in 1999 and is currently the City of served on the PSW district board and Venice-Culver chapter at the Gardena's City Clerk Emeritus. was a member of the national board national JACL convention. He has The Greater Pasadena Area chap• as a vice president from 1980-1983. also served as treasurer for the Go ter's Fred Fukutaki - a graduate In 2002 Vernon was elected presi• For Broke National Veterans of UC Berkeley and a former engi• dent of the Japanese American Association and for the National neer with the Los Angeles County Historical Society of San Diego Japanese American Memorial Public Works Department - has (JAHSSD) and currently serves on Foundation. been retired for over: 20 years but has its board. Anne Chilcott has been an active spent much of the last 10 years vol• Vernon graduated from MIT in board member of the Ventura unteering with JACL and the local 1960 with a degree in aeronautical County chapter since 2000. She community. and astronautical engineering. He spearheaded the chapter's Web site Largely because of Fred's enthusi• worked for General Dynamics and established its e-mail address. asm and active participation, the Astronautics where he was recog• She has served as the chapter's vice Greater Pasadena Area chapter's nized with 25 years of service in president of membership of became membership has held steady year 1988. editor of the quarterly newsletter. after year. As vice president of Tom Doi has been a member of Anne has also been active with the Pasadena Nikkei Seniors, he helps the San Fernando Valley chapter Culture Day committee for several organize several events each year since 1988. Her has served two years, the largest event hosted by the such as bus trips to Stateline. terms as chapter president and for Ventura chapter. Larry Shimamoto has served as the past eight years he has filled the In addition to the PSW district the Imperial Valley chapter's presi• role of chapter treasurer. honorees, there was a special tribute dent (1993-2002) and has been a Tom is a World War II veteran to Hiromi Ueha, former PSW dis• member of the chapter's executive having served with tlIe Military trict governor, who passed away ear• board since 2002. In 2005 Larry was Intelligence Service. After he was lier this year at the age of 33. In the honorary valedictorian for the honorably discharged from the U.S. attendance were her family members Imperial Valley ceremony of the Army he went on to major in including her son Chandler, 16 .• GLAS Awards Hana Uno Scholarship Health Plans for California JACL ·Members

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1.800.400.6633 The Greater L.A. Singles JACL recently sponsored a fundraiser scholarship dance in honor of Emily or visit Mayemura, this year's winner of the Hana Uno Scholarship. The scholarship is given every year to a graduating senior from a single parent home. After her father passed away in 2004 from lymphoma, Mayemura organized a car wash and raised $800 for the Leukemia www .jae Ihealth.org Japane~e, Am~rlc~n cmlen'~ LMr,ue and Lymphoma Society. She will be attending UC Irvine this fall with a major in English to pursue a career as a teacher.• ------~~------

6 NATIONAL NEWS PAOIFIC CITIZEN, Ocr. 6-19, 2006 PETER LEUNG 'My mission is to unify Asians. the AA community and hopes in the future the community will leam to (Continued from page 1) We can do the same things as the work together. First Lt. Ehren NAACP.' ident in the organization's 97-year ''The problem is that not too many Watada (left) with - Peter Leung history. And today, he is still the only Asians are involved in civic issues his father Bob AA to have ever taken on this role. and civil rights issues," he said. Watada, step• "People couldn't believe it. I "Asians are more content in a rela• mother Rosa and shocked them," said Leung with a tive sense in what they have, what Ehren's lawyer Eric chuckle. ''Historically all the chapter they have eamed. Civil rights are not Seitz during a pre• presidents have usually been all as big of an issue. trial hearing break Blacks. There has never been an "It's an unfortunate situation," on Ft. Lewis. Asian." said Leung. "Asians have the ability Leung currently serves as a first to make changes but we need to APPHOTO: vIce president of the work together." PETER HALEY Eugene/Springfield, Oregon Branch His latest efforts within the of the NAACP and has been asked to NAACP have been to develop a WATADA to bite the bullet and make a deci• take on the chapter's presidency later closer relationship between the local sion. (Continued from page 1) this year, a task he is considering but NAACP chapter in Oregon and "I personally think [Watada's] has yet to commit to. My voice could be heard and I could China through various events such of the Berkeley JACL Civil Rights absolutely right," he said, "and histo• Leung made history when he make effective change," said Leung. as annual cultural exchange trips to Committee. ry will show he's right but he will became the first AA chapter presi• "Peter gives his all. Once he takes China and student exchange pro• With letters of support from vari• have to face his punishment." dent for the ·NAACP's Corvallis, something on he gives 100 percent," grams. ous community members - includ• Watada currently faces the possi• Oregon Branch in 2000, a position said Allen. Leung recently returned from one ing a World War IT 442nd veteran bility of a court martial and could he was asked to take on by local Leung was born and raised in of his many trips to China where he and famed attorneys who worked on face up to eight years in prison for members of the NAACP. Hong Kong where he was an out• toured the country with a delegation the coram nobis cases - the his belief that the Iraq war is not only "It was not a surprise. He's really spoken student activist fighting for of local NAACP representatives Berkeley chapter pressed the nation• illegal but immoral. The U.S. Army dynamic, a real politician, in a good equal rights and the rights of the working to develop closer ties with al JACL to show further support for has charged him with several offens- . way. Everyone knows him," said underprivileged. In 1972 he came to the Pacific nation. Watada. They also pointed to a es including: missing troop move• Esmeralda Allen, current Corvallis the U.S. to attend schools in both the ''This is something that has never recent amicus brief filed by the ment, conduct unbecoming an offi• chapter president who worked with U.S. and Canada, eaming degrees in been done in the past," he said. American Civil Liberties Union cer, and contempt towards officials. Leung as the membership chair. "I computer science and sociology and Leung believes the younger gen• (ACLU) showing support for the In September the U.S. Army love the man. He's a beautiful per• a Masters in social psychology. first lieutenant. added another charge against the erations within the AA community ''We are seeking your guidance first lieutenant for remarks Watada son, a wonderful and admirable Ironically, Leung has never been are becoming more informed about and leadership. We really need your made at a national convention of man." active in the various AA civil rights civil rights issues, something he has direction. We need to know from Veterans for Peace in Seattle in As the former chair of the Oregon groups like the Organization of consciously tried to pass on to his you what actions we can take on a August. The additional charge is Commission on Asian Affairs, Chinese Americans (OCA) and the children. local level," said Alison Satake, another specification under the Leung has worked with and devel• JACL but in the future he hopes to His three sons were with him on chair of the Berkeley chapter civil charge of Conduct Unbecoming an oped close relationships with both be able to work with these various the recent trip to Henan, China. His rights committee, who stressed the Officer and a Gentleman. the local Hispanic and Black com• groups. youngest son Aaron, 11, is already urgency of the matter in light of a Although Satake was personally munities, finding a kinship based on ''The NAACP has been a training working on a paper about China's possible pending court martial for disappointed that the national JACL similar needs and issues. ground for working with the Asian educational system to present to state Watada did not strengthen their support for So for Leung, a former restaurant American community," he said. "I officials. But many of the national JACL Watada, she believes the ongoing entrepreneur and current expert on would love to work in other Asian "My boys, especially the youngest board members were not swayed by dialogue is important especially in U.S.-China relations, getting. American organizations. It's proba• one, are good on political issues. the presentation, voting unanimous• light of a possible court martial. involved in the NAACP was a natu• bly time that I do that and I'm look• [Aaron] will be a youth leader for the ly to reaffirm its already stated posi• "It's important that we keep the ral and easy fit. ing forward to doing that." NAACP leadership here." tion of concern and instead go back dialogue and debate alive," she said. "When I served on the Oregon Leung believes AAs in general For now, Leung plans to stay to its members to further discuss the "I personally would like national Commission on Asian Affairs I have been slower to take on and be involved with the NAACP while at issue. JACL to support Watada," she added noticed that we had the same issues. concerned about human and civil the same time bringing concerns of "We do not have enough informa• noting that in addition to the I did a lot of work with the local rights issues. He sees the AA com• the AA community to the table. tion. We will go back to our districts Berkeley chapter's statement of sup• Hispanic and Black communities," munity's focus centered more on "My mission is to unify Asians," and not make a decision today," said port, Honolulu JACL has also given he said. "I was in the paper all the economic development issues. He he said. ''We can do the same things Silvana Watanabe, governor. IDe Watada their full support. time; there was name recognition. also sees too many factions within as the NAACP.". Although some board members The next national board meeting So the local branch of the NAACP indicated that in the future a stronger will ironically be held during the thought I would be the perfect per• statement of support for Watada Veterans Day weekend Nov. 11-12 son." 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He was Hawaii Winter Baseball returned on the minor league club of Japan's awarded to a born and currently lives in Hawaii. Oct. 1 after a nine-year hiatus. Yomiuri Giants. His fastball has 4gers player, a Yonarnine had signed a two• The league.that boasts alumni like "You would love to follow in the reportedly been clocked in the mid- youth football year deal but it was nullified in Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki footsteps of the Giambis, the !chiros 90s. coach, and a 1947 after he broke his wrist play• and New York Yankees slugger and guys who have came here, The 6-footer said he's pitched in local business ing baseball. He went on to play Jason Giambi features 126 prospects worked on their game and became high school against players from that through for the Japanese baseball league from around the world. elite players in the big leagues," said Asia, but is looking forward to test• volunteerism where he played for 12 years. Ten professional Japanese teams West Oahu Canefires outfielder John ing his stuff against American hit• establishes close ties in the com• He was the first American to be and 21 of the 30 Major League Mayberry Jr., the Texas Rangers' ters. munity. inducted into the Japanese organizations have sent their farm first-round selection in 2005. Hawaii Winter Baseball was Yonamine, 77, was the first Baseball hall of Fame in 1994.• players to spend two months in par• Suzuki and Giambi were among ahead of its time in promoting adise, developing their skills and 136 players in the short-lived Hawaii international players. They were BASEBALL competing against some of base• Wmter Baseball league during the mixing American and Asian play• ball's best up-and-comers. mid-l990s who eventually made it ers years before Japanese and Former Blue Jay Pitcher Nakamura The 4O-game season runs through to the majors. South Korean players dotted Sets Save Record in Japan Nov. 22. Other HWB alumni include Major League rosters .• SAPPORO, Japan-Former as the Nippon Ham Fighters claimed .SOFTBALL Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Michael a 4-1 win to secure first place in the Nakamura Pacific League standings. Kelly Inouye-Perez to Take Over as UCLA Softball Coach recorded his The previous single-season mark 39th save Sept. of 38 was set in 2002 by former LOS ANGELES-Assistant soft• Olympic gold medalist Natasha 1993. In addition, UCLA captured 27 to set a new Seibu Lions closer Kiyoshi Toyoda, ball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez will Watley, who will be a volunteer four Pac-lO Conference titles in her single-season who now plays for the Yomiuri take over the team as just the third assistant. five seasons (1989, 1990, 1991 and record in Giants of Japan's Central League. coach in the 32-year history of "Kelly Inouye-Perez is prepared 1993). Japan's Pacific Nakamura was born in Japan and UCLA softball. and ready to carry on the Bruin A three-time All-Pac-lO selection League. attended the University of South The former Tradition," said Enquist. "She has (1989,1990, 1992) as well as an All• Nakamura, Alabama .• coach Sue surrounded herself with an outstand• Women's College World Series hon• who played for the Blue Jays in 2004 Enquist is giv• ing group of Bruin Alumnae in Gina oree in 1992, Inouye-Perez turned after a season with the Minnesota ing up her Vecchione, Lisa Fernandez and her attention to coaching immediate• Twins, retired the Softbank Hawks coaching posi• Natasha Watley and they will pro• ly upon the end of her playing career. in the ninth inning at Sapporo Dome tion on Jan. 1 vide our student-athletes with an Since becoming assistant coach in to be a director excellent experience. Kelly has 1994, the Bruins have added three in the school's played at the highest level in a Bruin more NCAA Championships to their KOKUSAI-PACIFICA athletics exter• uniform. She is a champion on and record total (1999, 2003, 2004) as nal relations office, UCLA off the field. She has the knowledge, well as three more Pac-l0 titles 2007 TOURS announced Sept. 26. She went 887- integrity and passion for what it (1999,2002,2006). - - 175-1 during her tenure. means to be a UCLA softball player. "I am honored to have the oppor• Inouye-Perez was a catcher on Inouye-Perez helped lead UCLA tunity to lead the UCLA softball pro• Mar. 12 China - $2595 - Beijing - Xian - Guiling - Shanghai. UCLA's championship teams in to the NCAA title game all four of gram," said Inouye-Perez. "I am 1989, 1990 and 1992. She has been her active seasons, starting at catcher excited for Coach Enquist's new Mar. 26 Japan Classic "Cherry Blossom" $3495 - Tokyo - a Bruins assistant for 13 years. for the 1989,1990 and 1992 NCAA opportunities in the Athletic Takayama - Nara - Kobe - Takahashi - Hiroshima - Isle of Her staff for next season will title teams. The Bruins fell in the Department and 1 know she will Miyajima - Inland Sea - Shodo Island - Kyoto. include three-time Olympic gold national title game in 1991, when always have one eye on the program. April 5 Panorama "Far Comers of Japan" $3695 - Tokyo - medalist and two-time NCAA cham• she sat out the season due to injury, I look forward to maintaining UCLA Hamamatsu - Yamaguchi - Kagoshima - Beppu - Cape pion Lisa Fernandez; eighth-year and also advanced to the title game softball's tradition of academic and Naruto - Shirahama - Tokyo. assistant Gina Vecchione; and in her final collegiate campaign of athletic excellence.". 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hope that all of you had a great egories with a one-time payment. I summer season of work and The money is then put in a trust t is a ridiculously early Friday orate and cleanse these idols every I stand there for a long time. My play. This summer was a very fund and the interest and/or divi• I morning and instead of sleeping day for the countless strangers who prayers aren't all that original; it's busy time for national JACL. We dend that it earns pays for your in, I have to make a trip to the come in to pray. One of the men the standard wish for good fortune just concluded our national con• membership for the rest of your other side of the small island-state looking over the temple invites me and good health for the important vention in Chandler, Arizona at the life. of Singapore to pick up an impor• over to stand in front of the main people in my life. I wonder what Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort. Currently the levels are $1,000 tant student card from the immigra• idol; he cups a metal bowl over my everyone else is praying for. The Arizona chapter deserves a for Thousand Club Life Trust tion office. Since I have an entire head for a moment, hands me some It doesn't matter whether you are tremendous amount of thanks for and $2,000 for Century Life day to kill while I wait for the herbal leaves to chew on and gives rich or poor, or young or old; every• their efforts. They worked and Trust. Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, immigration office to process my me red powder to mark my fore• one is praying for something, and planned for more than two years the Thousand Club Life Trust request, I decide to spend time in head. some people have tears in their eyes and it showed. Chairman Ted will increase to $3,000 and the Bughis, which is very close by. I head a few steps down to the as they bow their heads in supplica• Namba and the Arizona chapter Century Club Life Trust will Bughis prides itself as being one Buddhist temple, which is packed tion. Maybe it does make sense that crew did a marvelous job of host• increase to $5,000. of the largest shopping hubs in with people burning incense sticks, there should be two religious tem• ing this convention and all who You can still belong to the reg• Singapore, and it isn't hard to kneeling on the ground and reading ples right in the midst of a shopping attended took home great memo• ular Thousand Club or the believe such a claim. In addition to chants from dog-eared prayer district. It's more convenient that ries. Century Club by paying on a high-end stores in sleek, air-condi• books. Somehow, I fight against the way. There were some changes in the yearly basis and the dues amount tioned spaces, there are tightly current of people to get my own Eventually, I head back to the membership area that came out of did not change. Those yearly packed mazes of outdoor stalls that three incense sticks so that I can immigration office to pick up my national council decisions. dues amounts remain at $100 for sell cute and trashy clothes, hokey offer my own prayers as well. Three student card and bureaucratic red Beginning on Jan. 1, 2007, the Thousand Club and $175 for souvenirs, poseur purses and a mil• is a standard lucky number for tape aside, everything goes by far national portion of your dues will Century Club. lion other things. It strikes me as the incense-stick burning, but there are more smoothly than I expected. increase by $5 in three areas - All other membership cate• Singaporean version ofL.A.'s people who grab them in fistfuls I'm finally taking the train ride individual, couple/family, and gories that were not mentioned downtown fashion district, only , and have a huge cloud of smoke back home and at some point I youth. remain the same. Please feel free bigger and with more fish balls. smoldering over their heads. catch a glimpse of my own reflec• to contact your chapter presi• It is crowded today, or maybe it When you are burning incense tion in the subway window. It isn't Here is the breakdown: dent, membership chairperson, always is on Fridays, or maybe it is sticks, the very tips begin smolder• until then that I remember that this ing into ashes and sometimes they whole time I've been carrying the Current New or us at national headquarters the fact that the mid-autumn Moon fall against your hands, leaving red mark on my forehead from the Individual . $55 $60 with any questions. festival is going on and people are behind brief, fleeting impressions of Hindu temple. It shines against my CouplelFarnily $100 $105 If you would like to renew simultaneously feeling more super• pain. forehead like a small wound.• YoutllfStudent $20 $25 your membership at any level for stitious and materialistic than usual. A big golden statue of a laughing I bow my head and start praying. 2007 and we receive them before Buddha sits in front of one of the I don't really make a regular habit Yumi Sakugawa is currently an The membership dues tl1at you Jan. 1, 2007, we will accept cur• antique stores; people clamor up to out of praying, so maybe that's why art major at UCIA. pay to your chapter may not be rent rate amounts. it to rub his fat belly and stroke his exactly as tl1e above, because Finally, I wish to thank all of beaming cheeks before dropping many chapters add small addition• you for your continued support, coins into a slot above his belly but• al amounts to help witl1loca1 over• commitment to our organization ton for charity and good karma. head expenses. These are the and for helping us realize our Right in the midst of the mass• amounts that tl1e chapter must motto: "For Better Americans in Blue Cross of California shopping blitz there is a Buddhist send in to national JACL for your a Greater America." temple and a Hindu temple open to membership. Below is the latest member• the general public. Also passed at convention ship scoreboard as of the end of The Buddhist temple is packed were new Thousand Club Life August 2006. It shows the top since Bughis, like the rest of Trust and Century Club Life five chapters in numbers and Singapore, is pred0minantly Trust one-time payment percentage. Special congratula• Chinese. I decide to walk over to amounts. You can join these cat- tions to these chapters.• the Hindu temple first, which is far less crowded. I take a long time National JACL Membership Scoreboard looking at all the deities enshrined Dec. 31, 2005 .. Aug. 31, 2006 in flowers and candles, and I imag• .. 378 members, .. 2% ine the caretakers who lovingly dec-

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Complete MaUing Address 01 Headquarters or GeneI'aI Bt»ineu 0fIice 01 P\.ItJIW1er (NOt printetj and a new "Mad Scientist Lab." Info: RCT and the MIS; $25 for two days • Plaza Hotel are Fri. and Sat. same as line 7 Ken Maesblro, 415/567-5505 ext. 239. and provides an optional Continuing $76/night for single and double 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing ~ of PubWler, Editor, and ~ Ec.ltor (Do not oINw blank) Sat., Nov. l~JACL Health Benefits Education Unit through CSU occupancy: Thurs. and Sun. is $54; Su~. Trust's annual NCWNPDC Chapter Dominguez Hills for an additional Japanese American Citizens League 250 E. 1st Stree1, 301 open to everyone; hosted by the Las dba Pacific Citizen Los Angeles. CA 90012 Insurance Commissioner's lunch $40; more workshops are scheduled Vegas JACL. For info on. Los Editor (Name IIIId ~ malIinI1 adlk'ea) meeting at the Miyako Hotel. This year for: Long Beach, Oct. 21-22; Caroline Aoyagi·Stom 250 E. 1st Street. Suite 301 Angeles to Las Vegas bus info, con• dba Pacific Citizen Los Angeles. CA 90012 we are encouraging the attendance of LAUSD specific Manual Arts High tact Miyako Kadogawa, ~ 10/839- Managing Eater (NatM wwJ COf1fJI8te rMl1ing tIddr8SB) regular JACL members to leam about School, Oct. 14-15; and LAUSD spe• 1194. Info: www.mwt.com/jaclsin• nla the JACL HBA; how it operates and cific Peary DELTA Prof. gles or Yas Tokita, 702/866-2345 or how it relates to the National JACL, as Development Center, Nov. 5-6. Info: Muriel Scrivner, 702/790-9547 . • well as our role in the current health www.GoForBroke.org or Wayne care system. Seating is limited, so please call the Trust office to reserve a Japanese American Cijizens League 1765 Sutter Street. San Francisco. CA 94115 space for this free lunch meeting at dba Pacific Citizen· 800/400-6633. STOCKTON Fri., Oct. ~tockton JACL's 11. Known BonctloIdera, Mortgagees, and Othef Security HoIcIer8 OwnIng or monthly mixer ''The Linc: Leaders t-\cIkMg 1 PtKt:ent or More Of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgagee,. Of OCher Secunloe&. If none, check box; _...... Involved ·in the Nikkei Community"; Full Name 856 Restaurant & Lounge, 856 W. Ben If you are over age 50 and have $100,000 or Holt Dr.; 6-7:30 p.m.; connecting more in the· bank, young Asian American professionals investments or in the Central Valley. Info: Chiyo retirement accounts, Mayai, 209/478-0800, ext. 201 or what you don't know could wipe out a email [email protected]. lifetime of hard• 12. Tax Status (For completion by norprofit otpanIzations suthorized to mailst nonprdft 18_) (CfJeck one) The purpose, lunctlon, and nonprofit status 01 thts orQantZatlOf'I and the exempt status lor federal income tax purpoees:: earned savings. KJ Has No! Changed Dumg Prececing 12 Months Central Caiforria o Has Changed Duong Precedlflg 12 Months (PubiishtJr must subtM expenstlon 01 ch/JngtI with this statem8nt) FRESNO . 13. Pl.bIicationTitIa 1". Issue Date tor Circulation DataEWow Pacific Citizen 9/16105 - 9/1106 15. Average No. Copies Each Issue No. CopiM 01 Slngte ~ Sun., Nov. 5-JACL Health Benefits Extent and Nthn of Circulation During Prec.ding 12 Mon!hs Ptbhhed Nurnt 10 FlIing DatIl Trust's annual CCDe Chapter 15,155 L Total Number 01 Copies (Net press run) '!,. 14.950 Insurance Commissioner's lunch PalCllRtQUesled OuISlde-County M a~ SubscIlItiona Stated on (I ) 14,888 14.657 meeting at the Radisson Hotel Fresno. Form3S41,(Int:tJde~prooIMId.xchangfcoplltsl Paid In.-Couoty S4.tIscnptions Staled on FOIl1I 3541 0 0 b. Paldandlor (2) (IncIudB t.tdvertts6r's proof and exdIange copes) This' year we are 'encouraging the Requested REVERSE MORTGAGE Circulation Sales ThrOugh Oealefs and CaI1'1«S. Street Vendors, 0 <- (3) 0 attendance of regular JACL members CoonIer Sales, and Ottlef Non-USPS Pa.d DIstribution to learn about the JACL HBA; how it (4) Other CIaSM5 Mailed Througtl the USPS 0 0 Call for a./!'il. information package c. Total P8Id andlor Requested Cl'coiatlOfl 14,888 14,657 operates and how it relates to the . {Sum oI15b. (1), (2r.t3).BtId (if)] ~

d'Free National JACL, as well as our role jn (1) OUtsKIe-County as Staled on Form 3541 0 0 Oistnbution by Ma' --- the current health care system. Seating If you are 62 or older and own your house, (Sa,,-. (2) tn-County 8$ Stated on Form $41 0 0 ~I __ ) is limited, so please call the Trust office 81)'; and , a Reverse Mortgage may benefit you! (3) Other Clasies Mailed Tfw'OI..Vl the USPS 0 0 to reserve aspace for this free lunch e Free Oistooubon ().rtsIde the Mal 0 0 • Turn Home Equity into Tax Free _Cash • (Camers or t:JfhM meem) meeting at 800/400-6633. I Total Free Otslribubon (Sum of ISd. and 156.) ~ 0 0 • Payoff Bills & Credit Cards , Southern Caiforria • No Monthly Mortgage Payments ' • • . g. Total Di&trOuCion (Sumo( 15(;. snd 151} ~ 14,888 14.657 h. ANAHEIM • SAFE Govt. Program Designed for Seniors' , CopIes not DIstributed . 267 293 ,. Sat., Nov. 11-JACL Health Benefits "1 pledge to provide excellent cllstomer service with the Total (SUm oI1Sg. ar:d h.) ~ 15,155 14,950 Trust's annual PSW Chapter Insurance highest standard of ethics" J. Petcent Paid and·or Reqoe$ted Cln;;tja1loO 100% 100% (1Sc. dMdtKJ by 15g. tImeS 100) Commissioner's lunch meeting at the 16_ PWIIcatJon of Slatemenl 01 Ownership • 25+ Years Experience as a FinanCial Professional !)C PublicatIOn requ.ed. WI. be Printed ., the 1016106 Radisson Hotel Maingate, Anaheim. Date This year we ~ encouraging the David C. Miyagawa Chee (510) 436-3100 9/13106 attendance of regular'JACL members Certified Public Accountant or toll free I cer1.ty\l'll.I .... 1101(lldllUll tUfI~I~ 1I_lOIl n IS true W'Id cornp6ete.1 undersIand lhatanyooe who fllTliahe& lalle:or mcslMding 1!'If0f'l"nld1Ol'l on1hls fofm -~57~ or who omItS mat8Oll1or "ormatIOn ~ on the form may be ~ to cntT1IIlaI sancb0n8 (Iflduding tines and fllpriIIofwoo nt) ard'or cMllafldlOf-. to learn about the JACL HBA; how it Equal Housing Lender· CA DEPT. RE#01391106 (800) 967 (InCludIng CIvil penathes). PACIFIC CITIZEN, OCT. 6-19, 2006 OBITUARIES 11 TOGURI But doubts about her possible role Mary; son, Dr. Rick; daughter, Lori as Tokyo Rose later surfaced and in (David) Resetco; 2 gc.; and brothers, (Continued from page 1) 1977 she was pardoned by President In Memoriam - 2006 George and So. Toguri, D' Aquino's nephew. Gerald Ford. All the towns are in California except as noted. Yanari, Fred Masaaki, 86, Los ---- - Tokyo Rose was the name given Ron Yates, dean of the College of Fujitani, Ralph, 67, Alhambra, and Ross (Sharon); 5 gc.; brother• Angeles, July 29; survived by sis• to a female radio broadcaster respon• Communications at the University Aug. 7; survived by wife, Kimi; in-law, Takashi (Emily) Kudo; and ter, Yeiko (Kenneth) Miwa; and sible for anti-American transmis• of Illinois, is credited with helping daughter, Joy (Nathan) Becker; son, sister-in-law, Sue Nakasone. brother, Hiroshi (Mitsie). sions intended to demoralize soldiers win the pardon. Jimmy; 1 gc.; brothers, James, 84~ Yoshikawa, Kikuye, 73, fighting in the Pacific theater during As a reporter at the Chicago Konishi, Fumiye, South Kenneth and Larry; and sister, Garden Grove, Aug. 13; survived World War II. Tribune, Yates found D' Aquino's Pasadena, Aug. 14; survived by Sharon Fujitani. D'Aquino, whose maiden name accusers who said they were pres• sons, Furnio and Ayao (Elaine); 2 by daughters, Susan (Michael) was Toguri, was born in Los Angeles sured by prosecutors to lie. This compilation appears on a space• gc.; sister, Yumiko Hamamoto; Connell, Karen (Duane) Koyanao on July 4, 1916, to Japanese immi• "Despite being convicted of trea• available basis at no cost Printed obit• brother, Kiyoaki Hamamoto; step• and Kristi Yoshikawa; son, Gary; son ... and spending nearly a decade uaries from your newspaper are wel• mother, Toshiko Hamamoto; and brothers, Shig (Dorothy) and grant parents. come. "Death Notices, " which appear sister-in-law, Yukie Hamano. George Kawata; sister, Haruko She had recently graduated from in confinement, she always insisted in a timely manner at request of the UCLA and was visiting relatives in that her loyalty to the United States family or funeral director, are published Kubota, Alfred Morinobu, SO, Stanley; and 4 gc .• . Japan when she became trapped in was never in question," a statement at the rate of $18 per column inch. Austin, Tex., Aug. 13; WWII veter• said. Text is reworded as necessary. the country at the beginning of an, 442nd; survived by wife, DEATH NOnCE World War II, according to a state• D' Aquino's attorney and longtime Josephine; daughters, Suzanne ment from a Toguri fanlily spokes• friend Wayne Collins described her Iino, Sho, 91, Los Angeles, Sept Kubota and Christina Kubota Ward; TAMIKO NISHIKAWA woman, Barbara Trembley. as "a great lady." 19; survived by sons, Thomas and 2 gc. 1920-2006 D' Aquino began working odd "I don't think she had any rancor Passed away peacefully in San (Barbara), Steven and John (Eva); 9 Nishinaga, Masako, 92, jobs to support herself while trying ... after all she went through," he Jose on Aug. 26, 2006 at the age of gc.; and 3 ggc. Manhattan Beach, Aug. 10; sur• 86. She was predeceased by hus• to find a way out of the country. That said. "For 20 years, nobody even Ishimoto, Chiyeno, 87, band, Sam I. Nishikawa. They were led to her wo* on a Japanese propa• considered the possibility of her vived by sons, Dr. Ronald Torrance, Aug. 2; survived by manied 60 years. ganda radio show manned by Allied innocence." (Suzanne) and Linden (Runliko); She is survived by sons A. daughters, Jeri (Jim) Inoda, Janis prisoners called ''Zero Hour," the Even though D' Aquino was daughters, Maya (Shigeto) Shiota, Hirotoshi, Yukio, Thomas N., and (Bruce) Kato and Georgette (Bruce) statement said. vindicated, the statement from Mani Yamaguchi and Minori Katsuhito (Kats); seven grandchil• dren; and six great grand-children. Using the name "Orphan Ann," the family spokeswoman said, Stredwick; 4 gc.; and brothers, Nishinaga; 11 gc.; 1 ggc.; brother, Shigeru, Archie (Grace) and Mike She was predeceased by her brother, she performed comedy skits and she "was never able to fully Toshio (Judy) Tawatari; and sister, Chester K. Sugimoto. Her sister-in• introduced newscasts. escape from the shadow of Tokyo Amate. Fujiye (Takeo) Yamasaki. law Dorothy S. Sugimoto, two nieces In 1945, she was arrested in Rose." Isozaki, Kiyoshi ''Rub,'' 82, Noble, Yukiko, 80, Lathrop, and two nephews also survive her. "So many Americans have heard Manteca, Sept. 18; WWII veteran, She was born in Watsonville, CA Yokohama and accused of treason. Aug. 6; survived by step-son, Frank but grew up in Japan. After marrying She served six years in prison fol• the myth of Tokyo Rose for so long 442nd medic; survived by wife, (Bertie) Schlick. she returned to San Francisco. Her lowing her conviction in San that it has become a part of World Atsuko; son, Keith; daughters, Okamoto, Tsuneyo, 93, family was incarcerated in Poston, Francisco in 1949. War II history," it said.• AZ during wwn, but returned to Karen (Carl) Morita, Janice Snyder, Gardena, Aug. 15; survived by Shirley (David) Cook and Kelli California where her husband and daughter, Alice (Frank) Moriya; 3 she ran·a restaurant for eleven years (David) Frazer; 10 gc.; and 2 ggc. gc.; and 3 ggc. in Gilroy. They then lived over 45 years in Santa Clara where she Kato, Keiko, 57, S. San Gabriel, Sugawara, Louie Kiichi, 85, Aug. 8; survived by husband, Gary; engaged in domestic service. After Oxnard, Aug. 26; survived by wife, retirement she was an active San Jose sons, Brian and Takumi; father, Mary; son, Tom (Ellie); daughters, Yu-Ai Kai volunteer for over 25 yrs. Shigeo Nakamura; and brothers, Marilyn (Vmcent) Terada and Linda A life-long Shingon (Koyasan) Buddhist, she was also a member of F.D.L. #929 Toshihiko (Yoshiko) and Hiroshi (Jim) Chikasawa; 6 gc.; sister, 707 East Temple Street 911 VENICE BLVD. the San Jose Buddhist Church GeraJd Fukui (Miyuki) Nakamura. Michiko Furushiro; and sisters-in• Betsuin (a Jodoshinshu temple). Los Angeles, CA 90012 President LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 Kobayashi, John Kunitaka, 90, law, Fusaye and Harurni Sugawara. A memorial service was held on (213) 749-1449 Sat. Sept. 16, 2006 at the San Jose Ph. 2131626-0441 FAX (213) 749-0265 San Pedro, Aug. 10; survived by Yamada, Dr. Henry, 78, Chula Buddhist Church Betsuin, San Jose, R. Hayamizu, President wife, Frances; sons, Mark (Bella) Fax 2131617-2781 H. Suzuki, v.P'/Gen. Mgr. Vista, June 29; survived by wife, CA95112.

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His continued pres• Osskopp's boss, Congressman JACL Executive Director John this." the Japanese companies,' but we're ence on Kline's staff is an affront to Kline, also called the J-word an Board members charged represen• here and you're targeting us too," the APA community, many say. Tateishi said the move to D.C. has anachronism for modem day sensi• tatives of Califomia districts and said Her, who has been fielding "It tells me racism towards Asian been discussed many times before, bilities. He condemned Osskopp's staff to decide whether the complaints from outraged communi• American doesn't count," said Zia. but talk never followed tlu;pugh with remarks as "unacceptable now" and Sacramento office is worth looking tymembers. 'There's no accountability." a feasibility study. moved on with his reelection cam• into. One does not have to look far to JACL Executive Director John "It's something I think we should paign with Osskopp still on his staff There are many pros and cons to see where Osskopp's racist attitude Tateishi said it's important to contin• discuss. It's come up a number of roster. moving the headquarters to D.C., was derived. On the bank of the ue to challenge Osskopp. times in the past. Things have Kline's communication director board members said. APAs are pri• Mississippi River in St. Paul the old• "I hardly think Osskopp's use of changed from the days when we last Troy Young did not respond to the est Ford plant, which still manufac• the racial slur was just a slip of the talked about a D.C. headquarters marily clustered on the West Coast Pacific Citizen's request for com• tures pickup trucks, is slated to close tongue and, as he later stated in his because there are so many more and being among community mem• ment. in 2008. Again, thousand of workers apology, a word he used as a kid but organizations in the APA community bers allows for direct interaction But Asian Pacific American lead• are expected to lose their jobs - never, ever uses anymore. Words with the members the JACL serves, ers are challenging Osskopp - the now and of course their directors are including APAs, who make up a like that don't just slip out. They're but being in D.C. allows for more J-word is a racial slur not just an out• in Washington. large portion of the minority popula• part of a person's thinking. Racially access to legislative happenings. dated word. In this case, it reopens "It doesn't necessarily mean, in tion in Minnesota. derogatory words have the intent of Tateishi recognizes that it is a old wounds caused so long ago by my view, that we should be in "We are here. We feel the impact dehumanizing people and making complex issue, especially with the the death of Vrncent Chin, a young Washington. I think it's something of the Ford plant closure too," said them targets for derision in the historic building where the head• Chinese American who was mur• we should think about and consider Her. "I kind of don't think they speaker's mind. These kinds of quarters is currently housed. dered in 1982 by two laid-off Ford and if we think that's most beneficial understand. It's all a part of the con• words don't lay about in a person's ''What do you do with [the build• workers in Detroit because they for our efficiency and effectiveness sciousness here." mind waiting for the right occasion. ing]? Do we sell it? What about the thought he was Japanese. then yeah, we should look into put• In a Sept. 20 Star Tribune article, They're part of the person's think• "History is repeating itself," said ting the director back there and put• people who donated the money with Minnesota's largest daily newspaper ing, the way they view us," he said. Helen Zia, who led the fight for jus• ting the headquarters in D.C.," said the intent that this would be the per• reported Osskopp of ''using a racial. _ "Given that this is the auto indus• tice in the Vrncent Chin case. 'The manent headquarters for the JACL? term." try we're talking about, if you let this Tateishi. pump has been primed. It's indica• It's something that would add to the "Jap" is a racial slur banned by kind of thing go unchallenged, you This committee is part of a larger tive of how Asian Americans are complexity of the whole issue Congress. Zia said even the local can't help thinking about Vrncent plan to possibly restructure the being treated in the current climate. whether or not we can do this and media soft peddled the issue. _ Chin laying on the streets of Detroit JACL offices. Oda also wants to 'That was terrorism directed at whether or not it's even feasible," he According to Her, local APAs still with his head bashed in. We're not look into establishing a legislative Asian Americans," added Zia about said. feel invisible in the mainstream and going to let that happen again, ever," office in Sacramento sinlilar to the Osskopp's slurs. The move to the nation's capital political arenas until negative inci• added Tateishi. existing one in Washington, D.C. Community leaders say would reshape the JACL. dences make them visible for all the Bill Yoshino, JACL Midwest currently helmed by Floyd Mori, Osskopp's racist outburst is derived wrong reasons. The community is regional director, sent a letter to director of public policy. "It would change the way we saw from the same anti-Japanese senti• still feeling the negative effects of Kline condemning his staff mem• The focus of this Sacramento ourselves if our headquarters were in ment that pervaded the 1980s when the Chai Soua Yang case. The ber's use of a racial slur. office would be legislative work. D.C. because I think we would see the flagging domestic automobile Hmong American was convicted of "His use of this slur is particularly "We have something in ourselves more in terms of the industry inflated xenophobia, raised murdering several White deer abhorrant because it was a calculated events, the policies, the politics of contempt for foreign-made cars and Washington, D.C., why not in hunters in St. Paul. During the trial, attempt to gain a political advantage Washington than the politics of the increased racist attitude towards Sacramento?" said Oda. ''Three• Yang said race was a factor in the without regard for the harm it would community. Asian Pacific Americans. quarters of our members live in November 2004 killings and cause," said Yoshino. 'There are as many pros and there 'They just don't get it," said nean Califomia, is there a need for that? Is accused the hunters of yelling racial APA community leaders say the are cons for a movement in that Her, executive director of the this what the membership wants? Is slurs and shooting at him first. After best way to show that racism will not. direction. I'm not wedded to the Council on Asian Pacific this what the board thinks is irnpor• the trial, bumper stickers that read, be tolerated is at the polls in idea. I just think it's something we Minnesotans. 'They say it's the tant? If it isn't let's take it off the "Save a Deer, Shoot a Hmong," November.• Japanese over there, but history has table and not discuss it anymore. If should think about and really delib• were seen around town. taught us that all Asians are grouped See the video: there's a real feel that yes, we need to erate and consider it carefully," said A former Minnesota state repre- as one." www.pacificcitizen.org do this, if national council says yes Tateishi . •

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