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# 2.448 Vol. 105 No.3 , ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, July 24-31,1987 Proposal Aimed Inouye Target of Racial Slurs atltacist~es During Iran-Contra Hearings WASHINGTON - Sen. Warren belongs." LOS ANGELES - Following the B. Rudman (R-New Hampshire) Inouye, who lost an arm fight• recommendations of a city task said that his office and the Se• ing on the 442nd Battallion dur• force on "crimes of hate," fonned nate committee investigating the ing WW2, received America's April 21, Councilman Michael Iran-Contra affair had received second highest award for valor, Woo has proposed hiring a full• "ugly ethnic slurs against our the Distinguished Service Cross. time City Attorney. serving as a chairman," Sen. Daniel K Inou• He has also been awarded the Victim Advocate Coordinator, ye (D-Hawaii), reported the Los Bronze Star, Purple Heart with who will investigate all reported Angeles Times in a July 14 article. cluster, five battle stars and four hate crimes based on race, reli• Rudman's office began receiv• Distinguished Unit citations. gion, creed, national origin, sex ing the comments July 7, the first Inouye's ethnicity bas been a or sexual orientation day ofLt Col. North's testimony. public issue before. On Aug 1, "It's now time for the city to A spokesman said the senator's 1973, during the Watergate hear• take finn and decisive action to office had received between 15 ings, John Wilson, an attorney for put needed resources on the line Pholo by J K Yamamol.o and 20 telegrams, letters or tele• one of the defendants, called the in our fight against crimes based Speakers at press conference include, from left, Mike Wong, Ron Waka• phone calls containing racial senator, who was serving on the on hate or prejudice," declared bayashi, Henry Der and Tom Hsieh. slurs referring to Inouye. One Watergate investigation commit• Woo. Joining him at the City Hall telegram said: "You and your tee, "a little J ap." conference were City Attorney J ap chainnan are a disgrace to Inouye's office has received James Hahn, Council members Crime Report on Asian Gangs our countly.' about 1,500 derogatory telephone Gloria Molina and Zev Yaro• Most of the derogatory letters calls a day and hate mail by the slavsky and a dozen community Misleading, Say Asian Leaders and telegrams described the sen• bagful since the Iran-Contra leaders. ator as a "J ap" who was out to hearings began said an aide. He '"Crimes of hate'" is the re• By Carole Hayashino transfer of Hong Kong from destroy the U.S. Some asked I• typically receives 200 aspersive cently coined phrase referring to SAN FRANCISCO - Respond• British to Chinese control in 1997 nouye to "go home to where he calls a day. violence directed at members of ing to suggestions made at a re• would accelerate movement of minority groups--the Hispanic, cent press conference called by the Triads to San Francisco and Asian, black, gay and religious Asian American leaders in San Los Angeles. The Attorney Gen• Total of 159 communities," said Woo. "While Francisco, California Attorney eral had stated that unless warn• this phenomena gained atten• General John Van de Kamp met ings were sent across the Pacific tion several months ago aftersev• with Asian community leaders to deter gangs from doing busi• House Bill Gets 9 More Co-Sponsors eral instances of violence to• on July 28 to clarifY statements ness in California, the state wards the gay community, hate he has made regarding or• would have its own "marielito• WASHINGTON, D.C. _ Nine ports on these contacts. crimes have sadly spread to ganized crime and Asian gangs. style disaster." This was in refer• new co-spon ors for liR 442 Through the efforts of the other minority groups." The July 16 press conference, ence to the 1980 movement of were added ince mid.July, three Nikke i membel of Con• A councilman for the Silver sponsored by Asian American Cuban criminals into Florida bringing the total number to 159. gress, the follow-through contact Lake, Hollywood and Studio City organizations, had been called Said Del', "For those who have The following five Congressmen follo\v1ng the gra roots lobbying areas, Woo created the task force because of Van de Kamp's state• limited lmowledge of Asian became co-sponsors on July 17: shows the effectiveness of the to address fears raised by vio• ments made in San Francisco Americans or who seek reason Le AuCoin (1)-()re., 1st district), cooperative work which i being lence in the gay community, His and Los Angeles warning the to dislike Asians, [lUs] sweeping Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y ., 25th done during these critical weeks motion will allocate $41787 to public of the ''biggest and fastest assertions . .. endorse the er• district). Brian Donnelly CD- before Congress adjourns for the the City Attorney's office to fund growing threat to public safety: roneous notion that all Asian im• Ma ., 11th district), David Nagle August break. Congressmen Nor• a full-time attorney whose sole the rapid expansion of Asian migration to America equals (D-Iowa, 3rd district), James A man Mineta and Bob Matsui and responsiblity will be following gangs." crime." Traficant, Jr. (D.()hio, 17th dis- ongresswoman Patricia Saiki leads on racially motivated 'We were shocked by the Ron Wakabaya hi, National trict) and Patrick L. S\vindall, (R- have focused on those members .,.; t) from the priority list developed crimes. alanning tone and focus of the Director of the Japanese Amer• Ga ., 4th di UIC • Responsibilities of this Victim Attorney General's statements," ican Citiz n's League, ob erved On July 23. tJu-ee additional by the J lrL.EC tat[ Advocate Coordinator on the said Henry Der, Executive Direc• that while the Attorney General' Repre ntati _ David E. ''We must quickly move up to City Attorney's staff would in• tor ofChinese for Afl'irmative Ac• intent was to bring attention to Skaggs (!)-Colo., 2nd di bict). getting the minimum 218 vote clude identifYing hate crimes; tion "His narrowly focused press a problem that deserves careful Sander M. Levin (D-lVlich., 17th by the target date of eptember prosecuting them and working statement on Asian gangs was ir• monitoring, the report "raise di triel) and Wayne . ens - 17," aid Uyehara. "If the goal is with judges on appropriate sen• responsible and incomplete. Un• suspicion of all Asian Amer• Utah, 2nd di bid) became co- not reached by that time, the bill tencing; assuring victims receive less clarified and substantiated, icans." hould not go to the floor de• all available services of a Vic• his public comments have the In a tatemenl i ued July Zl. feated. Thi recent increase tims Assistance Program; work• potential ofcreating gross misun• Van de Kamp apologi.z d for not ho\vs that the grassroots con• ing with police; and building a derstanding concerning the pre• taking greater care in differen• tacts are producti e but the \vork data bank on crimes of hate in sence of Asian Americans in tiating between the repolted must be done now. The human the City Attorney's Planning and California" crime problem and "law abiding and civil rights organizations and Research Division Der was also troubled by Van Asian communitie ." tll church groups under the Task Force for Redre , under "This additional full-time at• de Ramp's prediction that the Continued on pag 2 torney will be able to investigate the umbrella of the Leader hip all repmted. crimes based on onference on Civil Right have bigotly. A large challenge still re• been enlisted to reach out within mains-getting people to report by tl1 ir organization for the lobby• these crimes. Community-run AB37 Vetoed Deukmejian ing effort to g t more upport for hotlines are the best way to H.R 442," gather the facts on unreported SACRAMENTO Gov. and pal' nts greater ay in th Th J lrL.E me in crimes," Woo said Deulonejian vetoed a bill July 2A in tructiol'l of non-Engl i, h• Wa hington. D. ,., 1730 Rhode I land ntl N.V .. 20036 will Community leaders attending that would have I' vived th re• sp aking stud nls, th go rnot' provid ~ ampl I tt 1 ~ and the news conferehce were David cently expired bilinb>"Ual educa• sai.d in his v \.0 mo sage, "In th Lehrer, Anti-Defamation League tion program and six othcr absence of' an agre m nt in th bro hur€' to u for th Itter• writing ampaign for int '1. ted of B'Nai Brith of Los Angeles; school programs until Jun 30. LcgisJatut' of 1110)' n xibl Stewart Kwoh, executive direc• 1992. guidelines fot' (h program, I b pmtie . all for a istanc at tor of the Asian Pacific Amer• California's bilingual educa• li v it is b ttel' to allow each (202) 223-1240. Th oth r approach L th.rough ican Legal Center of Southern tion law required schools to pro• schoo) district to fashion it California; Maria Alvarez, Mexi• vide instruction in the nativc lan• own." th disb'i t m of th 1 gi - latOl inc can American Legal Defense guage of non-English- speaking As mbly Sp ak r Willi , n m and Education Fund; Sandra students, while teaching them Brown (I)-San Pl'ancisco), author Mandel, Mark Novak and Steven English, any time therc were 10 of'th bill. said U1 v ,to "is a slap t mber 8th. Wind muller from the Jewish or more of them in a gradc who in the fac of all orthosc par nt.5 (';llItJlIUcd un l'I\!l1.' Federation Council; and shared a common primary lan• whowantabclt'r1ltlUl 'f(wlh -iI' Raymond Johnson, NAACP. guage, The goal of the program childr n than Ih y had ." Members of the task force in• was to teach the students Engl ish D ukmcjian veto dIll m as• Summer Schedule clude Tom Coleman, GLCSC; while preventing U1cm fi'om fal• ur to app <1S(' Assembly Repub• Next Issue Dated Rita Gonzales, Gay and Lesbian ling behind in oth r subjects. licans who favor giving school AUGUST 7 • 14, 1987 Latinos Unidos; Paul Self, Despite a compromise in As• disti'icts wide' latitude in leu 11- Adv, De dUne - Fri.. August 7 Stonewall Democratic Club; sembly Bill ~ which was d ing stuci nls who are not Ilucnt N ws De dllne - August 10 Continued on page 6 signed to give school districts ('onthllwd 011 IIO)(t llUlIl' crea 2 -PACIFIC CITIZEN - Friday. July 24-31. 1987 i 1'10 2,442 " " I Allow 6 weeks advance notice to report address change with label on front BILINGUAL ED Yasui Fund Update If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, Continued from page 1 CRIME REPORT Write New Address below. Effective date ...... in English. His decision also indi- CHICAGO - 999 donations total• Please send the Pacific Citizen for: cates his willingness to side with ing $35,755 have been received Continued from page I o 1-Yr $20 o 2-Yrs $38 o 3-Yrs $56 the Republican minority in the as ofJuly 27 at the MidwestJACL The Attorney General also at- To: ...... , ...... Assembly, which has thus far office in Chicago for the Minoru ~u~~~m~ ~~ ~~~o~ ~~ given him strong support on Yasui Memorial Fund, accord• '1Address : ...... other fiscal matters. ing to a phone report taken by pa~es out of ~eventy-four to City, :,:~~bs~~:;io~~ · ~~;~bi~ ·i~·~d~~ ~~ : F~~~;~~ ; ..ijs$;2 . oo~;i ;~ . ~~~ . ;~~; ..... t Last year, the govel110r vetoed the PC. 'The response to our 4th ! .. AsIan gangs. AsIan leaders have I Checks payable to' Pacific CItizen 941 E 3rd St. Los Angeles CA 90013 : a Brown bill that would have ex- of July mailing has been most criticized him for failing to also I : . 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MIKAWAYA L 118111 not m mb 1 of ]ACL Pleas end m SWEET SHOPS mform hon on memb lshlPc!/!: btam thl COlli rag. membeJ siJlP 1Il JA 'L IS reqUIred) .l44 £. 1.1 SI .• 1.0$ MQdr.a, (213) G~84935 N.U11 · THE F IRST AUTOFOCUS SLR -- I I 6japlll1e&eVlllalle PIIwt. LA , 624· 1661 Address Uttle Tokyo Square. 333 So. Alameda. LA.; 1213161300611 Plaza Glfl Center (213) 680.3288 lI y/ t t( IZlP - Padllc Square. 1630 ~ondo Beach 81, 111 Japanelie Village Plul.l • Little Tokyo rhO1\( ( -) t J WOlk U II 1l\~ Ciudena, 1213~538·1138a - 4 -PACIFIC Clll.ZEN - Friday, July 24-31, 1987 War Bride No Tomodachi Cole from Compton, Calif; Keiko Ingerson from Lewiston. Me.; FROM THE Yoko Bennett from Prince FRYING PAN George. Va.; Kiyozu Molloy from Suisun. Calif. and a great many from various parts of Colorado. Bill The letters in English gave me Hosokawa a good idea of what the Japanese letters said. Momoko Rarick, who has lived 7:l years in Colorado SPl;ngs: "I Judging from her name and have known Grace Watson since speech. I would assume Eiko 1960 as a Japanese Bible class Wigglesworth is a "war bride," teacher and as a friend. She has one of thousands of Japanese been very helpful to many Orien• women who manied American tal ladies who lived there, and seIVicemen and came to live in live here now. with American the United States. husbands. She helps those who She telephoned me the other have had family problems, lost day from her home in Colorado husbands, needed transporta• Springs to ask what might be tion for doctol~S appointments, dered to myself: "How come I done to get the Japanese govern• grocery shopping, etc. Ten years Tenns of Internment never heard the Issei use that ment to honor her friend, Grace ago when my husband passed term?" Sha, as we know, means Watson Who was Grace Watson away she encouraged me and except I'm already as far back as "person;" so if we substitute sho and what had she done to de• helped me in many ways ...." one can get Sorry.) (place) in its place, would we not EAST serve such recognition. I asked. Yoko McAnally, APO San WHAT STARTED ALL this end up with hi-yokurryursho - Eiko Wigglesworth explained Francisco: "As a child of 12 I met WIND was my use of the term "an internment camp" or "deten• that Ms. Watson had helped Miss Watson during one of the "hibakus/ui' in writing (in Eng• tion place"? countless Japanese women to Japanese women's Bible class. lish) to a friend. The word is used That's when I decided I must adjust to life in Amelica, to learn Most of these women had come Bill in reference to the atomic bomb look up the composition of the to cope with American ways and to the U.S. after marrying Amer• Marutani victims of Hiroshima and term shu-yOQ:sho, after all these speak the English language. Fur• ican servicemen. My mother was Nagasaki. Again, in my lazy fash• years. No more guessing. thermOI'e, Mrs. WiggleswOlth one of them. Due to their un• ion I interpolated (a euphemism WE ALREADY KNOW that said she had asked some of the familiarity with the English lan• for guessing), figuring that baku sho means "place;" that leaves women who had been helped by guage and the new cultural envi• TO THE NISEI they were was "explosion" or ''bomb'' and shu-yoo. Shu (osameru) means Ms. Watson to write testimonial ronment, these women faced tre• known simply as the ''the sha was "person" (mono). And as "obtain, put away;" yoo means letters. It was not easy to get the mendous obstacles. Miss Watson camps." To the Issei, they were for hi, why of course it must be "contents." A-place-to-put-away·. details in a telephone conversa• has been of great help to them known as shu..yOQ:sho, the ten a derivative of "ftre," for had not contents, literally. But the jibiki tion, so I asked Mrs. Wiggles• through their various difficulties barbed-wire camps into which the atomic explosion generated goes on to describe some of the worth to let me see some of the " some 115,000 Nisei and their par• a fire-heat that pulverized and context in which shu-yoo.sho is material she had collected. Charles E. Wineman, Colorado ents were herded in 1942. Over scorched? Indeed. when in used in the Japanese language, Eventually a parcel arrived. It Springs: "My wife and I had a the years, I wondered what the Hiroshima in 1946, I had heard and I then understood why the contained nearly 50 letters- all rough time for three or four kanji were for the term so that I the Japanese refer to the "pika• Issei referred to Heart Mountain, but three of them in Japanese years. Grace Watson was there might have some grasp of the don," a Japanese onomatopoeic Minidoka, Poston (Toastin' and which I cannot read But I could to help. When I had to go to Ger• meaning. From what little I Irnow description translated into Roastin', to complete the trilogy read the return addresses on the many for two years, Grace of NiJumgo (which is just enough "flash-boom. " of the three camps), Tule Lake envelopes, and they told an helped my wife so very much. My to get me into difficulties), I lazily I was wrong on hi But there's and so on, by that term For the amazing story of how war brides wife had a baby two months after assumed that shu was "gather" hope: Two out of three isn't bad dictionary described the term to have scattered over the U.S. of I left. If it hadn't been for Grace (atsum.alu), yoo was "use" - for me, anyway. refer to holding civilian inter• A: Yoshiko Benson from Tucson, I don't know how he could have (mochiiru), and sho wa "place" WHAT I FOUND in the jibiki nees (foreigners) and prisoners Ariz.; Kay Lyall from Melissa, made it" (tokoro). Put them all together for hi was that it meant "suffer, of war. Tex.; Hanae Gilmer from Lemon I have no idea how Japan se• and you have place-used-to• endure" (koomu-ru). Then the Behind barbed wire, in those Grove. Calif.; Hideko Smith from lects its honorees, but it's amply gather people. dictionary gave an example of tar-papered barracks, the watch• San Diego, Calil; Atsuko Jacobs apparent that Grace Watson de• Well, friends. that's only one the use of the kanji for hi: hi·yoku• towers with searchlights, the from San Antonio, Tex.; Takako serves recognition as a right out of three. Sho i correct ryu-sha.. meaning "detainee, in• perimeter patrolled by bayon• Falmar from Rancho Cordova, humanitarian and good will am• G'd move to the back of the cia , ternee." And I suddenly won- eted soldiers ... shu-yoo-sJw. Calif.; Ruriko Hoffman from bassador by both Japane e and Warner Robins. Ga.; Michiko U.S. governments. changes in direction, content and the paper. The real rationaliza• management tion for this approach is that The P.C. Board ha to make up Ni ei continue to look for some Changes Called For its mind immediately and come justification for all their suffer• up with a coherent policy for the ing. After all, they endured for editor to follow; otherwi e, a con• their children' ake. So it is not P.C. Board either understands or tinuation of the patt rn of resig• urpri ing for this group that uc• cares what i going on. ONE THING nations will cripple the paper ce storie take on great signifi• In our desire to avoid confron• LEADS and e entually kill it cance. It gi e their li es more tation with the problem , we at• TO ANOTHER Too Many Bosses m 3ning. tempt to "blame" the talT re ig• At pre 'ent, it L nearl impo i• Redress Cheerleader nations on the emerging genera• ble for U, editor to function Another group wants the tions of "youngsters" who. it i adequately b cau e et"€7yone in paper to be the major ouree of Bob said, have better opportunitie the organization {i 1 that h or reru'e information as well as a Shimabukuro elsewhere, are not as loyal a he i Ul bos. Variou faction cheerleader full of hope and Nisei, are not patient enough, are within th organization " knO\ ' promi . An admirable pw-pos , too arrogant, immatw' , etc. xacUy what i troubling Ule given th number on priority of It is easy to see how this hift· The departure of acting editor paper and what it would tak to th organization. But that rai e ing of responsibility and avoi• J.K Yamamoto presents us with g t th pap r back on track Y t all 'orts of que tion about th an opportunity for serious dance of the problem come very {i w know th day to day op- ind pendenc of the new pap r. thought about the future direc· about - after all, the arne qual• ration. th pI Ul trom op- not t m ntion journali tic tion of the Pacific Citizen. We itie plague the JA L organiza• po ing gr up ,th lat ubmi · ethi '. have seen editors ("permanent," tion itself. Seeing thes "young," ion ofarti I ,and th ontinu• Fruniliari~ and ('omfOli acting, or otherwise) come and "disloyal" and "impati nt" ing 1 venu batU . editors come and go i less till another group ha t ha go with alarming regularity, but JACLGospcl threatening than offending th it familiarcolumni who hal we have seen very little action n group wan th pap r to th ir id a and ren tion of which would indicate that the aging readership with any b lh gospelofth organization. th ir \! orld and v nts in a man• ISSN: 0030·8579 After all. it is said. th m mbers n l' Ulat i comfortable, comfol1- and chapter. SUppOl1. th pap r ; ing and non-tl11 at ning. T pi • ,.~ it should l'cpre nt th organiza• and opinion which at di tm'!.r pacific citizen tion and d fend the polici . and ing and force som m ntal aeUv• goal ofth ,JA L, or at th v ry i~ on the patt of th 1 ad I' a1 941 E. 3rd St., No. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90013· 1703· (213) 626-6936 least, provid a v hicl for best 1 ft unpubli 'h d or unsaid. 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National JACL Dear Editor: These we need not hear from. While preparing for the April a substantially larger award than ranks.. But let us hear from those who Board Motions 1986 hearings before a subcom• that legislated? Again, has jus• Whether the legitimate reason lrnow that they want to be doing mittee of the House Judiciary tice been reduced to a lottery? is an expanded civil rights or• ten years from now, those who Committee, the National Council 3.) The two bills contain sub• ganization for Asian Americans plan to be living, active human During its June 20-21 meeting for Japanese American Redress stantially different extinguish• or a smaller assembly interested beings. For these are the ones in San Francisco, the JACL Na• (NCJAR) was informed by the ment clauses. H.R 442 requires in the concerns of single and/or who will be alive spiritually, if tional Board passed motions to: committee's council that we that once an eligible individual not medically or legally. widowed Nisei women (which • Approve the appointment of could not discuss the class action has been notified by the Attor• the demographics suggest as a Legacies have a way of being a Personnel Advisory Committee lawsuit of Hohn et al vs. U.S. be• ney General, he or she has six real possibility), it is important passed on consisting of VP of Operations cause of the doctrine of the sep• months in which to refuse pay• that JACL figure out what it is Against my better judgement, Yosh Nakashima, Govemors' aration of powers. We complied. ment under the Act If he or she here for and what it wants to be those who want to be bitter will Caucus Chair Denny Yasuhara, You can imagine our surprise in does not opt out, he or she opts 10 years from now. be allowed that privilege, but CCDC Governor Mae Takahashi, the hearings, then, when the sub• in and accepts future payment as Likewise the paper. But the only if they are bitter about MPDC Governor Steve Hasegawa, committee's chair irutiated a dis• the exclusive remedy. Again, on paper can help the organization something that happens in the EDC Governor Mike Suzuki (or cussion of the Hohn case. Appa• first reading, this seems reasona• Just suppose that a few issues be future. Remember, no looking his successor) and Legal Counsel rently, some powers are less ble. But what if future payment set aside wherein no one re• back We should try such an issue Gene Takamine (as a non-voting separate than others. extends into a distant future? minisces about anything, or ex• sometime. member) for this biennium. The More recently, the two houses H.R442 also requires that pay• presses bitterness about some• Having said all this, I hope committee should work with Na• ofCongress have crossed the sep• ments are permitted only after thing that happened 40 years ago you'll pardon one look back tional JACL staff. aration of powers even more vig• the money to make payments has After all, the reason for this arti• or something that happened in • Approve San Diego Chapter's orously by including wording in been appropriated throughsepa• the past that will happen again cle in the first place was to thank recommendation for June 17-23 their respective redress bills that rate legislation. Will appropria• if we're not eternally vigilant J.K for his three years of devoted as the dates and Vacation Vil• places restrictions on the Hohri tions be enacted for payments? After all, things happen all the service to the P.e.; for his undy• lage as the site for the 1990 Na• case and even threatens the How long will this take? time when we're not eternally ing (and successful) attempt to tional J ACL Convention. cases' viability. Both S. 1009 and At the same April 1986 hear• improve the writing quality of vigilant, whether they happened • Pass on the additional cost H.R 442 have had added to them ings, I was confronted by Tim before or not the paper; for all his hours mak• ofan insurance certificate issued clauses that define the extin• Gojio, former JACL Washington Back to the Future ing sure that, at the very least, by the J ACL insurance canier to guishment of all claims for re• representative. He candidly told It would be nice to see an issue evel)'thing was grammatically the chapters (presently at $100 dress against the U.S. In essence, me that he thought NCJAR was in which everybody expresses correct; for all his ''volunteer'' per event). these clauses state that in receiv• going to propose legislation to labor; for his dispassionate zeal; where they'd like to be ten years • Approve a resolution giving ing payment under the Act enable the lawsuit and thereby from now - what they would be and for his steadfast regard for purpose, description and regula• .(S.1009 and H.R 442 enacted as "cut off at the lmees" legislative doing and what the organization jownalistic principles. Thanks tions of National 1000 Club Life law), an eligible individual shall redress. I assured him we had should be doing J.K I hope your working condi• Membership Fund, as amended have no further claims for re• no such intention NCJAR has tions will be a lot better where Many of us feel that the time • Designate 'the Japane e dress against the U.S. In other consistently supported legisla• of contribution toward the or- you're going American Library as the reposi• words, in receiving payment tive redress--beginning, if any• tory for National JACL redress under the Act, a person may not one remembers, in 1979, when documents with the proviso that join as a member of the NCJAR the first redress bill was intro• the library may not sell or trans• class action lawsuit duced by representative Mike Are We Ready for the Big Push? fer the documents to another or• With a casual reading, these LoWlJ'. We will, however, at• ganization extinguishment clauses seem tempt to protect the lawsuit We ment to redress. • Accept recommendations of reasonable. Redress through don't want our lawsuit severed Our Action Alert #4 has pro• National Scholarship Chair Fae legislation or through the courts at its !mees. Also, we have LEe duced results and has brought Minabe regarding use of fund is sought from one and the same alerted the legislative leader• UPDATE additional grassroots or con• for $5, For the Record the number of inquiries they Narita Reviewed Variety Show Acts , have received from prospective The Japanese American So• applicants for temporary resi• cial Services, Inc. (JASSI) would dent status. (See June 26 issue of By Laurie Mochidome as Fundraiser like the word "scores" to be sub• the Pacific Citizen) and George Johnston stituted for "several," regarding "Coming into Passion/Song for a Sansei" is a moving portrayal ARVADA, Colo. - Relying on of the pain thatlurks behind the the talents of Denver-area Asian image of the Asian woman in Americans, the Disappearing FOR SALE BY OWNER western society. Moon Cafe raised $1,770 for Col• Jude Nruita's one-woman better display Narita's gifts as an orado's Asian Pacific Center For SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH show consists of five vignettes, actress. A lesser performer could Human Development "Asian APPROXIMATELY 33V2 ACRES each the story of a female ei1iher not convey the increasing angst Youth at Risk" program with a stereotypically or realistically of the Filipina mail-order bride variety show held June 27 at the J1JDUSIBIALFROPERTY ZONED M-2 conceived. The strength of "Com• as she recognizes her plight, or Simpson United Methodist Utilities available. Pnce$30,OOO per acre (cash only). ing into Passion" is Narita's abil• the chilling drama of a children's Church. According to Pam Call W.O. Callister ity to destroy superficial images story about the Hiroshima bomb• Shinto, a core committee by revealing the humanity be• ing. Narita's artistry is most evi• member, the show was "... suc• (801) 278-3888 neath them. dent here where even her si• cessful . . . everyone worked or write 2415 Neffs Lane, S~lt Lake Cjty, UT ..841 O~ In "Karate and Bamboo" and lence has all the emotional im• hard."- ''Good Job," Narita turns a rebel• pact of a scream. The performances included . lious young Sansei girl and a Vie• "Nisei Day," the last vignette music, magic, skits, puppetry, tnamese hooker into more than of the five, describes a Nisei dance and lip-sync for an audi• Q just colorful chrullcterizations. woman's frrst experience of as• ence of about 300. Dr. Sumiko Hook fish The cocky swagger of the gum• serting herself by refuting a ra• Hennesey, Director of the chewing, leather-jacketed girl cist remark Her statement is a APCFHD, felt that ''the audience or-come bac.k FREE belies her respect for her grand• declaI1ition of pride in her herit• enjoyed it immensely, (it showed) parents who teach her that to be age. a lot of creativity. I'm proud of GUARANTEED truly tough, both mentally and Because "Coming into Passion! them" How many times have you gone fishing In search of thal king salmon dream• and come home disappointed with only a couple of Silvers or pinks? at Cana• physically, one has to be like Song for a Sansei" combines all The Asian Youth at Risk Pro• dian King Lodge In Barkley Sourd on Varcouver Islard, we wouldn't be bamboo and overcome the the elements of good theater gram trains Asian Americans offenno you the best king salmon fIShing on the PacifIC Ocean if we couldn't "stonns" oflife by being resilent with a powerful message not usu• aged 14 to 17 to become peer dehver1 We're so sure you won't be disappointed that we guarantee a salmon or come In "Good Job," Narita's hooker ally dealt with in American the• counselors and certifies them. back next year at our expense. unconsciously creates an aWll of ater, it is an important experi• The peer counselors are then ob• sadness as she proudly tells of ence that should not be missed. ligated to reach out to help other FOUR DAY, 3 NIGHT PACKAGE being able to support her family Written by the acb.-ess and di• Asian students in their schools Ircludes: and work in a bar when other l-ected by Peter Flood, it will be and communities. • Round tr~ airfare from Lake Union In Seattle via float plane prostitutes must work in street presented at the Fountain Thea• • Full accommodatiOns, hearty meals. and unrestricted use of facilities "cages." tre, 5000 Fountain Ave., from July • 25 hours guided fishing, bait, tockle, lICenses, wet weather gear and fish care. 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