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Janttary 28, 1983 Pacific Citizen 145c Postpaid , The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League ISSN : 0030-8579/ Whole No. 2,223 { Vol. 96 No. 3 ~=20¢
Nikkei of WW2 Supreme Court cases seek reversal of decisions SAN FRANCISCO--Charging that The U.S. Supreme Court, in 1943 the lead attorney for Korernatsu, u.s. government officials sup• and 1944, had upheld the convic• noted that these allegations were pressed evidence which could tions of all three defendants on the "repeated often verbatim" in the have led the Supreme Court to pro• basis of "military necessity." But Court briefs of the Justice Depart• hibit the internment of Japanese now evidence compiled by a group ment and the attorneys general of Americans, the three defendants of attorneys known as the Com• the California, Oregon and Wash• of those infamous high court cases mittee to Reverse the Japanese ington. are now seeking reversals of their American Wartime Cases charges "The importance of this petition convictions. that l! .S. government officials is that evidence for reversing these Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Ko• suppressed, altered, and des• convictions comes from the gov• rematsu and Min Yasui med J)e7 troyed key evidence in order to in• ernment's own files ," noted Peter titions in the United States District fluence the outcome of these war• Irons, lead counsel for the attorney Court here Jan. 19 for a Writ of time cases. group. "Records show that the ef• Error Coram Nobis . The fmding' of "military neces• forts of government lawyers who Hirabayshi, then a student at the sity" by the high court was based objected to the suppression of ev• University of Washington, was upon government representations idence were rejected by high-ran• convicted in Seattle in 1942 both for that Japanese Americans were king officials." violating the military curfew or• committing espionage and sabo• Yasui , Hirabayashi and Kore• ders imposed on persons of Japa• tage by signalling enemy ships matsu and their attorneys are now nese ancestry, and for refusing to from shore. charging that the Justice Depart• report to a civil control station for The Court also accepted govern• ment and the War Department evacuation. He served a total of ment arguments that the loyalty of were aware of high level reports two years in county jails and fed• Japanese Americans was suspect from the office of Naval Intelli• AP Photo Courtesy Rafu Shimp'o eral prisons. because of the racial character• gence, the FBI, the Federal Com• THREE FAMOUS MEN-Fred Korematsu (left), Min Yasui and Gordon Hirabayashi announce Yasui, a Portland, Or. attorney, istics of the population. munications Commission and the plans to seek reversals of their World War II Supreme Court cases which in effect upheld the was arrested and convicted that The allegations of espionage, Army's Military Intelligence Di vi• same year for violating military sabotage and disloyalty were con• sion (G-2 ), which directly refuted right of the U.S. government to evacuate and intern 110,000 Japanese Americans. They made curfew orders. their announcement Jan. 19 at the Press Club in San Francisco. tained in an official document en• the espionage, sabotage, and dis• Korematsu, a San Francisco titled, "Final Report" and issued loyalty allegations. These reports, shipyard welder before the war, by Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, who w~ich undermined the "military Mansfield may was also convicted in 1942 of re• ordered the evacuation and intern• necessity" claims, were withheld U.S.-Japan trade: no maining in a military area which ' ment. from the Court. reti re in March excluded persons of Japanese an• Dale Minami, who is currently COntinued on Page 5 cestry. WASHINGTON-Mike Mansfield, easy answers for this the former Senate Democratic Juvenile is guilty Washington state employee bill urged leader from Montana, is expected SEATTLE-Washin~n state Sen. George Fleming introduced a bill to resign in mid-March from his of torching Issei Jan. 17 to the Legislature which calls for $5 000 compensation to Japanese highly complex issue post as ambassador to Japan after SAN JOSE-A school boy accused American former state employees who were summarily dismissed from WASHINGTON-Last week's meeting between President Reagan and a six-year tour urxier two of tossing a lighted match onto the their jobs because of the World War n evacuation. Japan's Prime Minister YasuhiroNakasone may have produced an ex• administrations. back of an 81-year old Issei woman The bill, SB 3163, is similar to the California legislation AB 2710 except change of goodwill for their respective countries, but the real work now Sources said Jan. 13 Mansfield and setting her afrre was found that the $5,000 payment would be distributed over a two-year period, begins for both leaders in trying to avon an all-out trade war. has advised the White House of his guilty of two felonies Jan. 14. rather than four. Eligible recipients would be those Nikkei employees Reagan had pledged Jan. 18 that he would continue to fight against intention. Scott Morris, 13, could be sen• who were terminated during World War II as a result of the state'S protectionism, while Nakasone assured the President that more mea• Information on the proposed re• tenced to the California Youth adoption of EO 9066 and PL 503. Approximately 38 Nikkei are believed to sures would be taken to further open Japan's markets. However, the tirement is still unofficial. White Authority until he is W, should be eligible; many of them had worked for state agencies, the University of House and State Department offi• 64-year~ld Japanese leader was not specific as to how these measures Juvenile Court Judge Reed Washington, Western State Hospital, Central Washington c;oUege of Edu• cials available to reporters said no Embler give him the maximum would be carried out. cation and Washington State University. formal resignation has been re• sentence. In addition to Fleming, the bill was co-sponsored by state Senators Jack Reagan has warned Nakasone indirectly that trade frictions with Japan ceived, and were unable to con• Shina Shigemura suffered third could contribute to a victory by the Democratic Party in 1984, which frrm the reports. degree burns on her back and on Jones, Kent Pullen, James McDermott and Phil Talmadge. would eventually "open the path to protectionism" in the U.S. Mansfield, who will be 80 years her head in the Dec. 28 incident. Many community organizations are currently lobbying for or sup• But Nakasone has also made a favorable impression on the Reagan old March 16, is said to want to Tim Perkins, a playmate of porting the bill, including the Seattle JACL, the JACL Pacific Northwest Administration. Since Nakasone took power two months ago, he has begin work on the Mansfield Cen• Morris, testified that the two were District Council, the Washington Coalition on Redress, the Washington shown a willingness to take risks and brave criticism from his own ter for Pacific Affairs in Polson, walking past Mrs. Shigemura as Commission on Asian American Affairs, the American Jewish Com• country in an effort to strengthen U.S ...1 apan ties in the areas of defense Montana, his home state. she was stooped over in her yard mittee of Greater Seattle, the Asian Pacific Women's Caucus and the and trade. The long-time Democratic se• pulling weeds. Washington Federation of State Employees. # Prior to his arrival here on Jan. 17, Nakasone has initiated new tariff nator and former Senate 'Demo• Scott "asked me if I wanted to cuts and market~pening measures; he has managed to secure a larger cratic leader has been in the de• throw a match on her," Perkins increase in Japan's defense budget than had seemed probable before he manding post since 19'n, and was testified. "We walked right past Hayakawa does quiet fadeout, came to office; and he has broken a 16-year-<>ld ban on the export of such the only politically appointed am• her and he threw a match on technology to the U.S. bassador in the Carter administra• her." /I leaves puzzling legacy behind Nakasone has also reached agreement with South Korea on long-term tion asked to stay on by the Reagan administration. Japanese economic aid through a precedent-breaking trip to that In 1980, President-elect Reagan S.F. bill passes WASHINGTON-S.l. Hayakawa, semanticist, he apparently had the country. asked Mansfield to stay on in To• SAN FRANCISCO-This' city now a private citizen, may at best potential to be an effective legis• More Access to Japanese Market kyo for two years, is hoping to make amends for be remembered for his controver• lator. But many factors- worked The Japanese leader has made efforts to improve foreign import access The sources said David Abshire, something that happened sial statements and his sleepy, in• against him-a weak staff his in• to the Japanese market as well. On Jan. 13, the Japanese government sensitive image, for during his six• ability to grasp important issues, 56, president of Georgetown Uni• more than 40 years ago and is announced a package of new measures, which included: versity's Center for Strategic and year term as the junior U.S. sena• and his own refusal to play the poli• -The strengthening of Japan's Office of Trade Ombudsman, in order to International Studies, is in line for looking for 16 people who were tor from California, he had few le• tical game. resolve import-access grievances pnmptly and fairly; the post. city employees before their gislative accomplishments to A former aide to Hayakawa -An increase in imported tobacco sales outlets; Abshire is a fonner assistant internment during World War claim. noted, "I certainly think he wanted -More access to promotional facilities for imported goods; secretary of state for congres• n because they were of J apa• Hayakawa, 76, plans to return to to accomplish things. His biggest -Reduction of burdensome product safety laws, so that imported pro- sional relations, and is a graduate writing and lecturing, and he in• problem is he just dido't know nese ancestry. tends to spend the next three how." ducts such as roller skates, motorcycle helmets and baseball hats will be of the U.S. Military Academy. The board of supervisors, judged on nearly the same level as domestic products; Abshire, who is also a member months preparing papers for the Other Capitol Hill workers said by a unanimous vote, passed Hoover Institution at Stanford the former Republican senator -Revision of product standards and testing requirements so that the of the President's Foreign Intelli• gence Advisory Board, was at the an ordinance Jan. 10 that will University. was of little help in assisting others Japanese market can be more accessible to imPOrts. A review ofHayakawa's legisla• in getting things done. Nakasone had also told Reagan Jan. 19 that Japan was "prepared to White House Jan. 13. He has re• provide reparation for loss of fused to comment on the reports salary caused by their reloca• tive record shows that very few of Staff Problems listen to American opinions about conditions in the U.S. auto industry .. ." his proposals even passed the Sen• Another aide recalled, "We that he will be chosen, and the tion to interrunent camps. However, he added that Japan should decide what the numericariimit usually accessible Mansfield did ate and the causes to which he de• didn't have much contact with Ha• should be on their exported autos. not return telephone calls from Introduced by Supervisor dicated his main efforts remain yakawa because unless we abso• Of course, these efforts by Japan have made only a small dent in the reporters. Quentin Kopp, the me.asure unresolved. lutely had to, we never called on record $20 billioo trade grrplus which Japan holds on the U.S. from last Another prospect for the Tokyo covers the years of 1942 "He's well-liked, but he's con• him for, help. The staff was so year. job, former National Security Ad• through 1945. It provides sidered ineffective," was the polite screwed up." More Equity Called for by U.S. viser Richard Allen, now ~ith the $1,250 for each year, with a conclusion of a fellow senator. "Along side tSen. Alan} Cran• And the frictioo between the two countries certainly won't cool off in the Senate 'Instructive' ston's staff there was no compari• Heritage Foundation, has been maximwn of $5 ,000. near future. Alan W. Wolff, a former deputy trade negotiator for the U.S., dropped from the list of possible Hayakawa himself could name son," the aide noted. "So when• has said that there needs to be a "greater sense of equity" between the two candidates to succeed Mansfield, Armed with a list of 16 few accomplishments to his credit, ever we real1y wanted something countries, noting that U.S. businesses are constantly complaining about according to the sources. names from the Civil Service but he summed up his term in this done, we went to Cranston ... the difficulties of trying to penetrate the Japanese market. Mansfield has been extremely files, Kopp said that the em• way: " It's extremely instructive. The former aide added, "I'm not But Nakasone has said that the opportunities already exist for Ameri• popular in Japanese political and ployee has to file his own It makes you less arrogant about saying the staff was perfect and can businessmen to sell their goods in Japan. They just need to make the business circles. He announced • criticizing government and what couldn't have done better, but it claim for the money with the government can do. Serving here was very disheartening for the right effort. plans to retire in 1981 at the end of Civil Service. Mayor Dianne Carter's term, "To move out of the makes you realize how compli• staff to do the back-up work and .. Japanese businessmen have made great efforts in developing a mar• Feinstein was expected to cated it is to do anything. " have him tHayakawa) not carry ket in the United States and in promoting their scientific and technolo- strain of diplomatic life," but agreed to stay on when Reagan ap• sign the statute into law on Hayakawa was a puzzling figure the ball." COnUDuea on Page 5 pealed to him. /I Jan. 24. in the political arena. A brilliant Continued 00 Page 4 ILWU leader who help~ Nisei dies Goldblatt, who lived in Mill Val• Smith of Arcata, Lee ixon of San ley, is survived by his wife, Rafael and Lisa Goldblatt, a People in the News SAN FRANCISCO-Loois' Gold• own outspoken opposition to the in• Theresa, and three daughters, Ann graduate student at UCLA. # blatt, a leader of the International ternment of Japanese Americans I I Longshoremen's and Warehouse• during World War II-a stand that men's Union for more than 40 was politically unpopular but years, died Jan. 17 at the age of72. earned him the deep admiration What is the Goldblatt, who had undergone and gratitude of the diverse ethnic heart surgery more than a decade groups that still make uP' Hawaii's' Japanese American ago, was receiving cardiac treat• main labor torce. The ILWU re• ment again at the Kaiser Founda• mains a most powerful factor in Kamon? tion Hospital in Terra Linda when Hawaiian politics. The Issei are the forefathers of the hellied. Japanese Americans. With the Issei, a Bronx-born and Berkeley-edu• • Military long line of Japanese history ended; cated, Goldblatt was a passionate Col. Charles H. Moriyama of however, in giving birth to the Nisei, a brand-new, .left-wing activist in the student Danville, Ca., was recently award• . Japanese American history was also born. movement on the Berkeley cam• ed the Legion of Merit for excep• In order to always commemorate the Issei Within your family, and to pus during the earliest days of the tionally meritorious service dur• Depression. eternally mark thIS clear, hlstoncal transition from Japanese toJapanese ing a combined active and Anny Amencan, Kel Yoshida designed and created her onglnal, bronze After two years of graduate stu• reserve career of 30 years, culmi• Japanese American Kamen. 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ISSN: 0030-8579 Letters • 'Offensive Stupidity' "... It I$!til'le lOrd I1elllglN1fViillon Editor: of/e8o'e~hip, 70 COpe NiH, new Pacific Citizen The period of the 1930s and the Published by !he Japanese Amencan CitiZens League every Fnday except the first and proD/elJ1S 4,,(1H6W o/,po,.lvlliliss. last weeks of !he year at 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles. CA 90012; (213) 626- activities of the JACL is a time that 6936 . • 2nd Class poslage paid at Los Angeles, CA . • Annual Subscnptlons-JACL needs a great deal of scholarly at• /iJ,./here 154 l1ekl wor/tllu be ilion. II members: $9.00 of natIOnal dues provides one-year on a per-household basiS. Non· members: $16, payable In advance. ForeIQn addresses. Add U.S $8 • News or OpiniOns tention so I appreciate Mr. James expressed by ooIumntsts OCher than JACL staff do not necessanly rdlloct JACL polICy. S. Oda's observations (PCJan. 2lJ John r. /(snnetly Floyd D. SIumomura, NatIOnal JACL PreSident on my article that appeared in the Jlllt! ~ ~u Henry S. Saklll, PC Board Chair Holiday Issue. General Manager/ Operations. Harry K. Honda In response I would also like to E.dt1or Peter A. Imamura AdvertISing. Jane M. Ozawa point out that the article was writ• CIrculation. TOmt HoshlZakJ, M~suko Sakal ten for the Journal of San Diego TypesettlnQ Mary lmon. MaJltnQ. Mark Sallo History and so was oriented to Mr. Abe and this area where he did in• deed played a major role. I did not intend to imply in any Evacuation Impact on way that Mr. Abe fought the anti• Japanese fishing bills single hand• edly. In fact I attempted to include Law & the Courts the names of as many others as I Boston could establish who were involved. The suggestion that Sam Yorty Editor's Note: Dr. Peter Irons, the lead counsel for the Coram introduced his bill at the behest of Nobis cases of Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu and Min the State CIO was first suggested Yasui, had' testified before the Commission on Wartime Relo• by John Modell in his dissertation cation and Internment of Civilians in Boston on Dec. 9, 1981. on the Japanese of Los Angeles. Here is the paper he presented to the CWRIC: This contention is supported by the minutes of the state Assembly de• Generally overlooked, in the stress on the impact of wartime bates of 1939. internment on the evacuated Japanese Americans, is the im• pact of the relocation program on the legal profession and the OONALD H. ESTES judicial system. Most of the civilian officials responsible for the San Diego, CA. evacuation decision, and for the subsequent administration of the relocation program and its legal defense, were lawyers, as were many of the military officials who participated in these 'Relocation and Redress' confab planned for Utah events. As the internment program progressed from toe initial , debate over evacuation through the decisions of the Supreme SALT LAKE CITY- A three~ay conference exploring the vari• Barbara; Willtarn HOhri, National Council fo r Japanese American Re• Court upholding the curfew regulations and evacuation orders, ous aspects and consequences of the relocation and internment dr ~ , Chicago ; Bill Hosokawa, Journalist, The Denver Post; Toaru and finally to the decision to end internment and the protracted of Japanese Americans during World War II will be held by the Ishlyama, Superintendent, Ohio Department of Mental Health' Thomas James, Education, Stanford University ; Alice Kasai J ACL~rdinator litigation over citizenship renunciation, government lawyers in Center for Historical Population Studies at the University of As~ - Amer i can Utah on March 10-12. Forty-two scholars and organizational Salt Lake City ; Tetsuden Kashima, Director, Studies' both policy-making and litigating roles faced serious questions University of Washington; Mary Kawakami, Business, Provo, Ut. ; representatives from across the country are expected to parti• Mrs: of ethical and professional responsibility. Toyo S. K a~akami , ~ ead Librarian, Ohio State University. Notwithstanding the exigencies of the wartime situation and cipate in the meeting to discuss the internment experience and Harry KI~ o ~ SocIOlogy, UCLA; Tom Lansburg, Publisher, Thousand the perceived need to protect the largely undefended West the current redress movement. _ Oaks, Ca.; Wilham M. Marutani, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Pa.; Coast against a potential invasion, it is clear that the -justifi• The conference will include a visit to the former Topaz Relo• Amy Iwasaki Mass, Social Work, Whittier College , Spark latsunaga cation of "military necessity" as the rationale for internment cation Center, photo and art exhibits, and ftlm screenings. Dis• U.S. Senator/Hawaii, Washington, D.C., Herbert B. Maw, Forme; lacked any substantial factual foundation. During the debate cussions will focus on: intermountain camps; the uprooting of Gov~rnor , State of Utah ; Gary Okihiro, Director, Ethnic Studies, Uni• communities; the response of churches and the state; economic versity of Santa Clara, Ca .; Dennis M. Ogawa, American Studies Uni• that preceded evacuation, lawyers in the War Department tin• ve~si t y H a w ~ii ; G ra ~e losses of the Japanese American community; public opinion of Oshita, Salt Lake City; Barry Saiki, Business, cluding Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson) recognized, as Unl\'pr<; al Publtr Relations I nr Tokyo. Japan : :Vla.<;avtlki. nlo. Snn Jose. and congressional reaction; edacation in the camp ; SOCIo• Stimson admitted in his diary, that "we cannot discriminate Ca.; Floyd Schmoe, Americans Frierrls Service Camm., Seattlt' Floyd psychological impact; the role of the JACL in the relocation; among our citizens on the ground of racial origin" and that ~hlllhl llllll " • ,1 /11 /11,11 l 'Il' . ~ I , 1l- 1I1 J \ l I. i{ulJcrll :-.1111 .... 111.'>1<11\ HIII" C internment would " make a tremendous hole in our constitution• the Canadian and Latin-American experiences , <.:onstitullunal State University ; Geoffrey Smith. HISto ry, Queens University, Canada; al system." In contrast to Gen. John L. DeWitt's unsupported issues; the redress movement; and Japanese Ameril:ans and Jvlu l l dLt::blu, UuC\..lUI , 1 allUlI,lI h t: ti n: ~ , J A ~ L ,~ll ' laLl\':I~. : U , ~aLlilla allegations of acts of espionage ~nd sabotage by Japanese politics, 40 years later. C. Taylor, History, University of Utah ; Dr. James Tsujimura, Past Pre• Americans, War Department and Justice Department officials Taking part in the conference will be : sident, JACL, Portland, Or.; Raymond Uno, J udge, Fifth Circuit Co urt, had been informed by J. Edgar Hoover that .. [tJhe necessity for U1. ; Ron Wakabayashi, ational Director, JACL, San Francisco' Minoru Arthur A. Almeida, President, San Pedro Bay Historical Society, San mass evacuation is based primarily upon public and political Yasui, Corrunission on Community Relations, Denver, and National Pedro, Ca; Leonard J . Arrington, History, Brigham Young University ; JACL Redress Committee Chair. pressure rather than factual data." That lawyers cognizant of Howard Ball, Political Science, University of Utah ; Shirley Castelnuovo, . Fun~g for the conference is provided by numerous sources, the constitutional and factual infirmities of internment pro• Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University; F. Alan Coombs, His• mcluding the National Endowment for the Humanities the ceeded to urge it on President Franklin D. Roosevelt and to tory, University of Utah; John J . Qilley, History, West Texas State Uni• Utah Endowment for the Humanities and the Salt Lake jACL implement the program points up not only an institutional fail• versity ; Roger Daniels, History, University of Cincinnati ; Dixie L. Chapter. ure but evasions of personal and professional ethics as well. Ehrenreich, Laboratory of Anthroplogy , University of Idaho; C. Harvey ~ ee tin g Gardiner, History lEmeritus), Southern Illinois University ; Asael T. Perso!1S interested in attending the should contact: Hansen, Anthropology (Emeritus), University of Alabama; Lon Hata• RelocatlOn and Redress Conference, University of Utah The A second example of both institutional and ethical failure is Center for Historical Population Studies 211 Carlson Hall' Salt illust~a~ ~y miya, Cincinnati, Oh .; Gordon Hirabayashi, Sociology, University of the contents of and the events surrounding Gen. Alberta; Lane Hirabayashi, Asian·American Studies, UC-Santa Lake City, UT 84112. ' , # ~Wltt s F~l Report on evacuation. At the time that lawyers m . th~ JustIce. Departme!lt were preparing the government's giving speeches on the floor. brIef m the Htrabayasht. case in early 1943, records show that HAYAKAWA That's not the way it's done, Former Seabrook Nikkei plan reunion War Department officials deliberately withheld this report though," he added. Continued from Front Page A Canadian-born Nisei, Haya• LOS :WGELES-Seabrook, .J., lHasuike) Yamanaka, (213 ) from the Justice Department, in order to cover up its factual farmmg community, just 52 miles 666-2992 ; Ann (Tsuji ) Yamasaki, The poor guidance Hayakawa kawa was propelled into the public errors and lack of substance. A year later, after release of the limelight in 1968 when, while act• southeast of Philadelphia, has a (213) 321-9929 ; or Rei (Ohara) received from his staff was frozen food packing industry that Kasama, (213) 283-7801 for reser• Final Report, investigations directed by the Attorney General exemplified in HJl7 , when the sena• ing president of San Francisco State University, he climbed onto still bustles with several hundred vations and further information and conducted by the FBI and the Federal Communications tor went to a strictly social, non• Japanese American workers that such as accommodations for out· Commission derIlOQStrated conclusively its erroneous founda• partisan California State Society a sound truck being used by pm• testing students and pulled wires fIrSt arrived there during World of-towners. tion. Yet, over the objections of Edward J. Ennis and John winter meeting. Hayakawa War II. At its peak years in the40s amazed his mostly Democratic from their loudspeakers. ~ er e ~ ov ere ~ Burling ofllie Justice Department, the Final Report was cited The incident won him much sup• 3,000 ikkei Ii ing Study looks at partygoers by giving a partisan m the mduslrlal commune where to the Supreme Court in briefs in the Korematsu case as fac• speech on how to build the Repub• port from many blue collar oters, tual justification for evacuation. and Hayakawa was viewed as a jobs and housing were assured for Canadian aging lican Party into a majority. He the adults. It ~s clear from the record that internment was decided upon later explained that an aide had national symbol of resi lance to Riding on the tide of reunions WIN IPEG, Canada-A national and unplemented, and justified in the courts, on the basis of a told him it was a Republican protestors of the ietnam War and other causes. that have been taking place mce tudy on how the aged Issei and demonstrably false set of assumptions about the Japanese alTair. last spring, Fuju Sasaki of Gar• isei in Canada are pending their A former statTmember said that He had been previousl known American community and equally false "facts" to support al• for his accompli hments in the dena, Ca., a1Tectionately known as retirement ears has commenced in many cases, perhaps, Haya• "Mayor," called a group of ten under the direction of Professo .. legations of espionage and sabotage. It is to the credit of law• kawa should have been guided bet• academic field , ha ing spent 40 yers such as Mr. Ennis and Mr. Burling that they protested years as an educator (after earn• people to a meeting Ito . 13 at ictor Ujimoto, niversity of ter, but the senator was, in part, to which the time, dat and place fQr Guelph, and Professor Harry K. these decisions, although they stopped short of resignation from blame as well , because he tended ing a Ph.D from the Univer ity of Wisconsin) and writing everal a large cale r union were di - ishio, Uni ersity of Toronto. office or public exposure of these facts. to hide in a comer, and did little cussed. At its econd meeting a The tUd. will gather informa• mingling with people. books, mo t notably, "Language in The ethical questions raised by the internment experience, as Thought and Action. " month later on 0 cember 11 . las tion on how the Issei and isei 0 er it involved the legal profession, go to the heart of the balance "I think the bottom line wa that (Hasuike) Yanlanaka was nanled 65 ears of age pend their dail the senator could not make the In 1976, although retired at the chaU'man with Ma or Sasaki rv• between personal responsibility and professional demands. age of 70, Hayakawa became Ule lives in arious oclal, organiza• transition from the academic ing as ad lSor. tional, and leisure acti itie . ing These questions are, it should be stressed, not unique to the world to the political world. It's a sill'prise GOP nlry in the sena• Th date for th is r union '83 ha torial race, and h defeated incum• que tionnaires, the tudy will at· Japanese American internment case, but have been recurrent vastly different thing. When he been set for unday, larch 27 , at l mpt to examine th arious li£ in American history. Similar questions arose during World War wrote books, he could research, bent Democrat John Tunney. Tun• the New Otani Hotel in Littl experiences such as lhe World War ney had a better r cord than his I, when Alfred Bettman and John Lord O'Brian of the Justice and think, and ponder, and look at Tokyo. The alTair will be an m• II evacuation, internment reloca· the ceiling. But here, it's bang• image of a "play boy" natoI', but Department argued against the indictment of Eugene Debs on formal luncheon, an 11 :30 a.m.- tion, career changes, and ther liii bang, and he couldn't handle that. Hayakawa, still r membered for e ents that rna ha e influen charges of violating the Espionage Act, and were overruled to the SF U inCident, emerged the 12: 30 p.m. Friendly Hour, \ Ith Nor could he handle the wheeling lunch to follo\ to enabl more I el how tile I i and I is i spend theiI placate political demands. More recently, congressional and and dealing. Much as he likes to be victor. However, once in the Senate, to attend. post-retirement day . press investigations have shown that prosecutions of Vietnam an exhibitionist, he's really a timid The t will be $15,00 p r per- The study will be wldertak n ir War opponents, purportedly based on evidence of foreign direc• man. He didn't feel as polished as Hayakawa could "never get in son, and the reser alion d adline th major urban cenU'eS of Cana the other senators, and that made tune with that method of operat• is Tuesda, larch 15. Inter ,ted da. Because of the r pldly ag~ tion, were authorized in knowing disregard by government law• him insecure, " noted the aide. ing," noted an aide. "He' aery yers of factual refutation of such allegations. peopl in Los Angel may onta t Japanes anadian popul ti r "You say, 'Now you've got to bright man and he had wonderful by phone til " Mayor," (2 13) 532- across anada, ery wide interes• The internment experience shows more clearly than other call this senator,' and he'd agree to accompli hments in hi life. But 6426 ; Ruth and Leo Toyama, (213) in th pro) t has been e.'
Heart Mountain Reunion (Apr. '82) Attendees All those who were photographed for the Heart Mtn. Reunion Photo Album and who have not yet received their free album, please contact Sachie or Jack for a free copy. (One roll of film was lost by the Photo• grapher.) Limited Albums are available for $4 (includes postage) at request Souvenir Booklets are still available at $4 (includes postage). Contact: Sachie Sasaki, 2281 College View Dr., Monterey Park, CA 91754 . 'T Jack Funo, 1500 Pebble Hurst, Monterey Park, CA 91754 - ----.- --"T -. ~ ~ : . With the new year the value of abundant space within --~ ...... -.-,-.... Stendall Place Townhouses becomes far more apparent. ! .' . ~ . ~ ~ For example, how many in·dty townhouses have beau• ...... - ...... - - tifully finished basements with thr~uarter baths where a small army of grandchildren can sleep and play? CA/VAL CAMP Itv'TIiRNS 'AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE' -This lithograph by artist And with three bedrooms and two plus baths in many Nation~1 Roger Leyonmark will be on sale .at JACL Head• models, there is room for overnight guests without A l imi t ed amount o f souven;r programs are available quarters to help support the League s redress campaIgn. crowding. from the 40th year Canal Camp Reunion held in Fresno, Japan Chapter holds fundraiser Of course, you can always nave those spaces you enjoy Aug . 1982 , aU year long. Your den, sewing room and workshop are Also available is DISTANT VOICES : A SANSEI'S JOUR NEY TO GI LA RIVER RELOCATION CENTER, 1982 by Has HasunQto. TOKYO-A buffet reception waS huge stuffed animal. Approxi• aU possible at Stendall Place. And there's more-large sponsored by the Japan JACL m&tely 80 rame prizes arv:1 60 door double garages with offstreet parking for two more cars; Chapter on Dec. 18 for the third prizes were distributed, with a private curving streets wind through the over seven Price f or both: $5.00 consecutive year, as a combina• roundtrip air ticket to Osaka and a (or wr ite for info.) -- acres of beautifully landscaped open space. tion fundraiser and annual Nikkei night's accommodations by JTB Has Hasumoto get-together. being the most valuable of door Located well inside the city, in the quiet zone just west (I naka Publications) The function , which gathered prizes. of Northwest Hospital, at North 120th and Ashworth 9336 B. Lincoln more than 300 members and their The entertainment package was North. Del Rey, calif. 93616 friends, featured a buffet, a five• provided through the donation of Several different 30 year fmancing programs are avail• piece band, a Japanese drwn per• $450 by Okura Motion Picture Co., formance and a raffle. Winning the Ltd. The rame netted sufficient do• able too, with interest beginning as low as 93/ Se. for the Grand Prize, a roundtrip ticket for nations to cover ilie Chapter's 1983 frrstyear. ~ two to the West Coast, were Jack Redress assessments, a gift of a Sakazaki, successful Sansei busi• wheelchair to the Japan Times" nessman and his wife, Mayumi. Annual Campaign and a donation EDOKKO Other top awards included dinners to NHK's " Help the Needy" ~dallPlace for two at the New Otani's Top of program. . ).' Ja anese Cuisine ... the Tower, Garden Barbecue and Heading the Program Commit• Townhouses Trader Vic's restaurants. a Seiko tee were Sansei, including Len watch, a Sony Walkrnan and a Kiahara, Ann Miyashiro, Roland -Developed and built by Hurlen Homes• DINNER Nishimura, Richard Kenmotsu Offered by Foro Properties and Ken Ishibashi, with prizes be• Phone l206) 364-9676 Open 1: 00 p. m. 'til Dusk Shimatsu, Ogata ing collected by Bert Fujii, Contractor's ReglStrabon Al HlJ.RL·EH *24887 OPEN 7 Days Charles Harada, Dick Y a mashita ~ and Kubota Coolidge Ozaki, Tom Inouye and Mortuary Barry Saiki. # SPECIAL BUFFET 911 Venice 13" U. VIDEO MOVIES Sushi - Los Angeles MIKAWAYA Shrimp 7-+9 -1-+-+9 SWEET SHOPS BY MAIL , ORDER \UJIDL "1 0<; \ I \ 244 E. 1st St.. Los Angeles H. \L 1.\h...\"LBOI .\ (2 13) 628-4945 3,000 titles incluqing Japanese Tempura 2801 W . Ball Rd .. Anaheim movies to select from Beef Teriyaki (71 4) 995-6632 Padftc Square, Gardena VIIaI!(!)~ACrl(!)N Three Generations 1630 Redondo Bea h Blvd . of Experience ... (2 13) 538-9389 708 west First St. (P) • LOS Angeles, CA 90012 118 Japanese Village Plaza FUKUI Los Angeles / (2 13) 624- 168 1 Phone: (213) 617-3545 Plus200ther dishes Mortuary, Inc. ------==== COmplet~oupon ~~etu;; to VIDEO ACTION . 707 E. Temple S t Name! ______Los Angeles, CA 9001 2 Mrs. Shendan 626-0441 Splnluallsl. reader, healer & adVisor Address;______will solve all problems such as love. Get.1d Fukui, President citv' ______marn age & BUSiness Call Today (2 13) 658· 7398. Nobuo Osuml, Counsellor State Zip, ______o Enclosed is $3.00 for Video Movie Catalogue. (Do not send cash) 6---fACIFIC ClnZEN I Friday, January 28, 1983 PC Business-Professional Directory ••••••••••••••' CLASSIFIED ADS Rate 15c a word. 55 minimum per InserllOn. Payment wllhord6r. Your buaIDeu card copy here for n weeks at sn per thrft-Unes. 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KEELEY Orange County (619) 326-4730 (I have ')200,000 Investoo 10 date as -.ell as an addl ' Nisei Trading Ironal "200.000 available & need caprtal 10 seNe as EXCEPTIONAL HOMES conlrngency fundrng ) Appliances - TV - Furniture FOR' SALE (Horses) 07 • AND INVESTMENTS VICTOR A KATO 239 S. San Pedro St. aUARTER HORSES COLORADO Residenlial & Investment Consultant Los Angeles 90012 CONNECTION 18682 Beach BI"d, Suite 220 (213) 624-6601 FOR SALE Ski packages, white water nver raltrng. dude RNsor LVNs Huntington Beach, CA 92648 BY OWNER ranches, golf & tennrs. The ultimate In (714) 963-7989 ...... COLORADO. Ask about our dISCounted air' 1974 AQHA Black mare, gentle fares. Special rates for groups. Seeking nurses trained In cntl• THE PAINT SHOPPE and well broke. Granddaughter 1-800-543-4047 cal care. Full tIme employment laMancha Center, 111 1 N Harbor rotating 12 hrs shift. Expen• Fullerton, Ca / 714- 526-0116 of Three Chicks . She IS bred to Improve Your English AQHA Oh Sharpie AM Wi th 16 ence or certlficallon preferred. San Diego Foreign Dialect Removed Halter POints. Due to foal Mar. C onp tetc H? nne CITY VIEW HOSPITAL • 20/ 83. $1800. 1968 AQHA PAUL H. HOSHI ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASSES Chestnut mare, Skipper W Personnel (213) 225-1501 Insurance Service breeding. She IS a big, stout .1Jh\ oon~= O'> 852- 16th St (71 4) 234-0376 (213) 988-0897 San Diego 921 0 I res. 264-2551 gentle mare. In foal for an Apr. licensed Speech Therapist 13/83 foal to TuHys Three T ell Them You Saw It Ventura County Bars, AQHA Supenor Halter 15120 S Western Ave In the Padfic Citizen Horse and AQHA Supenor Gard ena 324·6444 321 ·2123 CALVIN MATSUI REALTY ~ Homes & Commerci al Western Pleasure Horse. 371 N. Mobil Ave, Su ite 7. Camarillo Lingerie Store $2250. (805) 987-5800 Complete Pro Shop . ReSlouront Lounge 1974 AQHA Buckskin mare, 210 1·22nd Ave So (206) 325· 2525 FOR SALE big. stout and very gentle. In Monterey Peninsula foal for Apr. 11/83 to TuHys TYPEWRITER The Intennountain RANDY SAT OW REALTOR Small re tail store featunng Three Bars. AQHA Supenor " GOLF CAPITAl OF THE WORLD" lounge wear In Rancho Palos Halter Horse and AQHA Su• Mom Wokosugi Verdes. For Info, call : perior Western Pleasure Pebble Bch, Carmel, Monterey Peninsula Sales Rep, Row Crop Farm. Ocean Front Homes, Condos, Investments Blockoby Real Esta te, Rt 2 Bx 658,Onto"", Horse. $2500. YOSHIO R. SATOW -:- (408) 372-6757 Ore 97914 • (503) 881 . 1301 / 262·3459 1971 AQHA Sorrel mare, Skip• (213) 377-0597 per W breeding. She IS very San Jose The Midwest gentle and pretty. In foal for a Kayo K. Kikuchi, Realtor SUGANO TRAVEL SERVI CE June/ 83 foal to a black son of SAN JOSE REAL TV 17 E Ohio St, Ch,cogo 606t I Mr ImpreSSive. $2250. Also 996 M innesota Ave., # I 00 (312) 944-5444 184-8517 eve Sun NO. CALIF. other good mares In foal and San Jose , CA 95125-2493 SIERRA RESORT some good fill,es from last (408) 275-1 111 or 296-2059 Washington, D.C. SURVIVAL AREA spring. For Info on above and Tatsuko " Totty" Kikuchi MIKE MASAOKA ASSOCIATES other Top bloodlines, great General Insurance Broker, DBA Consulronrs . Wosh,ngton Maners colors and the nght pnces. ·kuchl· I nsura nce Agy. 9OO· 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006 Includes beautrful home, t 4O·ft lake front. Contact KI 202-296-4484 Spectacular, popular lake r g rentals Top 996 Minnesota Ave., # 102 1----.....;;;.;;.;;...... ;.;..;...... ;..------\ opportunrly l!!! $450K. Call owner- agent CARLSON San Jose, CA 95125-2493 Join the JACL (916) 596·3208 RANCH Plaza Gift Center (408) 274-2622 or 296-2059 Brsmark, North Dakota 58501 + (701) 223-3297 EDWARD T. MORIOKA, Realtor AT NEW LOCATION 580 N . 5th 51. , Son Jose (213I eeO- 3289 111 J ...... " ..: •• VII..U.O. Pt..Av. MAl-I.. 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Suite 900 626-9625 Framing, Bunko Kits, l essons, Gifts HOME CQt.f'UTERS - WATCHES -TV - RADIO (714) 995-2432 CLENNIS JUSTICE Anson T. Fujioka Insurance SOFTWARE - OESIGNER'S BAG - BONE CHINA 2943 W. BALL RD , Dept. of Transportation 321 E. 2nd St" Los Angel.. 900 12 ANAHEIM, CA 92804 P.O. Box 7791, Rincon Annex Suite 500 62~94 Authorized SONY Dealer (213)617-0106 San FranCISCO . CA 94120 450 E. 2nd ST. , HONDA PLAZA Funakoshi Ins. Agency, Inc. 111 Japanese ViDage Plaza MaD LOS ANGELES , CA 900 12 (41 5) 557-0343 Weekdays 321 E. 2nd St., Los Angel.. 90012 . 7.30· 11:30 a,m., t 2.15·4 15 p.m. Suite 300 626-5275 Los Angeles. CA 90012 Inouye Insurance Agency (213) 680-3288 Today'. C ....lc Looks --~---- , 1S029 Syl_nwood Ave. for Women & Men EDSATO Comm" rciaJ «< Intlul trial Norwalk, CA 90650 864-5774 PJ.l':\IRI:\(; A:\J) HEATI:\G ..Air CunditloniDfl «< H.. rriflerallon Call for Awointments: Itana & Kagawa, Inc. Phone 687-0387 Hl· rt1 " d<'l :l l1d Ih'p:rll, CONTHAC OH \\';rl l' I' I ",.I1l·I" . (,;,ri1:Ij.!l' I )r,p",,,b 321 E, 2nd St., Los Angeles 90012 105 Japanese VIllage Plaza Mall 1' \1 rll"l'l" Suite 301 624-0758 ~. Los Angeles 90012 a EAGLE Servicing Los Angeles Sam J. Umemoto Ito Insurance Agency, Inc. T oshi Otsu. Prop. Uc. #2OO86:J (;'41o.;w 293.:2000 733~SS7 1245 E. Walnut St. Suite 112 Ai~ SAM REIBOW CO. Pmadena 91106; 795-7059, 681-4411 9 PRODUCE CO. x x x X 1506 W. VeroonAve. Kamiya Ins. Agency, Inc. [)r lll~/(I II IIJ K rt/ y' VeXt' /"I",' L>r) /r rlm l urs, /11( /UII'III,·,,' I'h"I" '1 /I""'" III!! ln8 ~ / 295-5204 327 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles 900 12 ~ Slnce 1939 Suit. 224 626-8135 The J. Morey Company BONDED COMMISSION MERCHANTS TOYO PRINTING CO. t .. ------~ 11080 Artesia Blvd. Suite F, Cenitaa, CA :\1>9 Sit S.III Ih 1111 SI.. I,ll" :\Ilgl'h's 1J()0I:1 90701; (213) 924-3494, (714)952-2154 WHOLESALE FRUITS AND VEGETABLE 121:11 Ii2fHIIS: 1 MARUKYO Sato Insurance Agency 366 E. lit St., Los Angeles 90012 929-943 S. San Pedro St. 626-5861 629-1425 CITY MARKET \--' Tsuneishi InsuranceAaency, Inc. Empire Printing Co. .\ - New Otani Hotel & 327 E. 2nd St .• Los Angel.. 900 12 Suite 221 628-1365 Los Angeles, Ca. 900·15 (0\1\11 Il( 1.\1 "nd ... O( 1.\1 1'111" 11"<' Garden--Arcade 11 110 S. Los Angeles Wada Asato Associates, Inc. Phone: (213) 625-2101 Los Angeles 16520 S. W.. tern Ave. Gardena 90'247 (213) 516'()110 114 Welll'r St" Los Angeles 90012 62H-7060 628-4369 ------Friday, January 28, 1983 I PACIFIC ClnZE"-7 ~ II LOWEST FARES TO IL~ I JACL Reports Vf!:I CA ••• JAPAN 1983 West L.A. JACL 1 Across SI. John's Hosp , S.F. - TVO $660.001 Travel Program Credit Union to hold board meeting 2032 Santa Monica Blvd, R.T. nonstop Santa Monica, Calli, Community Travel Service, 165 0 Farre ll St. FOR JACL MEMBERS AN D FAM iL Y SALT LAKE CITY-National ballot for election to the Board ~ARY & GEORGE ISHIZUKA 828·0911 #209 JACL Credit Union Board Chair• should contact Matsumori 48 hours 1~ ..______:.~;sa~n~F~ra~nc~lsco; . ;ca; . ~ 9 4~1;02~(4~1; 5) ~ 3 ;9S; - 1 ~1; 46 ~ ,. Late Changes/Addition TOUR DATE!>. GUIOE!) man Nobe Iwamoto announced prior to the Annual Meeting. His PI A-*NewZealand/Australi a' ...... Feb. 26-Mar. 15: Toy Kanegai that the Board of Directors has se• address is 848 West 1.2300 South, B-Cherry Blossom ...... Mar . 26-Apr. 16 : Toy Kanegal lected Feb. 19 as the date for the Draper, ut. 840~. Our 1983 Escorted Tours C-"Takayama/Kanazawa/Shikoku ...... A pr. 30-May 21 : Yuki Sato Annual Meeting of the National Despite the economic situation J- May Charter Flight ...... May 7-28 JACL Credit Union. The meeting Japan Spring Adventure ...... , ...... April 4 tQe Credit Unioo had another fi• K-'Canadian Rockies ...... _...... Jun 20-July 5: Toy Kanegai will be held at the Ramada Inn, 999 nancially successful year with Grand European (17 days) ...... May 22 D-Summer Tour - ...... J une 18-Ju ly 9: Charles Nishikawa South Main Street, commencing $279,969.92 credited to members' Canadian Rockies-Victoria (8 days) ...... June 16 with dinner at6:30 p.m. share/savings accounts. # E- Tohoku Specia l ...... Aug . 7-28: Satoshi Nitta At the conclusion of the dinner a Japan Summer Adventure ...... June 27 L- "Europe Hightlight ...... 21 Days/Sept: Jiro Mochizuki business meeting will be held to Alaska Cruise (8 days) ...... , ...... July 9 F- HonshulTai pe i- Hong Kong-Bangkok ...... Oct. 1-22: Bill Sakurai report on the Credit Union's pro• Yasui to speak at East Coast &Foliage (10 days) ...... Oct. 3 G- Ura-Nihon/Shikoku-Ky ush u ...... oct. 1-22: SteveYagi gress for 1982 and to elect two Japan Autumn Adventure ...... Oct. 15 M-*New England Foliage ...... Oct. 15-29: Toy Kanegal members to the Board of Direc• Pasadena dinner H- November Special ...... ov. 1-15 tors. Entertairunent for the even• PASADENA, Ca.-National JACL I- Special Hol iday Tour ...... Dec. n-Jan . 4: George Kanegai ing will be Jack Hart's Incredible Redress Committee Chair Min Ya• For full informationlbrochure Wonder Show of magic and sui will be the guest speaker at the • 30-Day Student Home Stay Program ...... Jun e/Jul y/August illusion. Pasadena J ACL' s Installation Din• • Weekly Mini-Charters RIT Tokyo : .Jan-May $585 h /Jun-Oct $655 " Chairman Iwamoto appointed ner on Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m. at the Vel• TRAVEL SERVICE • 4-day Hong Ko ng Tour $305, includes R/T air, deluxe hotel, some Min Matsumori as chairman of the vet Turtle Restaurant, 708 Hill St. meals, double occupacy from Tokyo. 441 O'Farrell St. (415) 474-3900 Nominating Committee. Assisting in Los Angeles' Chinatown. For re• .. Subject 10 Change on the committee are Jeanne Ko• servations call Miyo Senzaki (213) San Francisco, CA 94102 nishi' and Noboru Tabata, mem• 798-4849 ; Frances Hiraoka, fOR INFORMAT ION , RESERVA nONS, CALL OR WRITE bers of the Board of Directors. All 681-3125 ; Ruth Ishjj 681-9986 or Roy Takeda : 1702 Wellesley Ave., West LCbA ngeles YOO25 ...... 820-1309 those desiring to be placed on the Mack Yamaguchl797-7949. Steve VagI . 3950 Berryman Ave., L.A. 900bO ...... 397-7911 Toy Kanega .. IS5 7 Brockton, L.A. 90015 ...... 820-3592 Ventura to host PSWDC meeting 1983 Kokusai Tours Sdl Sakura.. 820-J23 7 YukI ~al o 479-S 114 Veron ica Ohara 473-7066 Char t ~ Nishikawa 479-7-133 Amy Nakashi ma 473 -9969Jiro MochI zukI 47J .Q4-I1 OXNARD, Ca.-The Ventura County JACL will host the PSWDC quarter• ldnd Arrangements by Japan Travel Bureau Inlemallonal ly meeting on Sunday, Feb. 20, 9a.m.attheGirl'sClubofOxnard, 701S. G. Spring Japan Odyssey West L.A. JACL Tour Brochures Avadable Street. April 2 -14 Days -Most meals -$1990. TRAVEL CHAIRPERSON: GEORGE KANEGAI - 820-3592 Delegates should send a check for $7.50 to the Ventura Chapter, c/o West Los Angeles JACL 1~ Harry Kajihara, W. Devonshire Dr. , Oxnard, CA 93030 by Feb. 13. 1857 Brockton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 'Fast Lane' a hit in Chicago Special Summer Bargain ------~------Honolulu, Hong Kong, Japan West LA JACL Flight, c/o Roy Takeda by JANEKADIATSU 1702 Wellesley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 ChicagoJACL July 1 - 18 Days -Many Meals -$1995. CHICA~ver 400 people attended the Chicago premier performances Please reserve seat(s) for your Flight No. I ag ree to the conditions of the contract and brochures Flight schedules are of " Life in the Fast Lane-Requiem for a Sansei Poet" starring Lane subject to change. Kiyomi Nishikawa. The performances, held on Dec. 10 and 11 at the Latin 442nd European Tour School, were sponsored by the Chicago Chapter JACL. Sept. 30 -24 Days - Many Meals -$2750. Name ------Nishikawa's dynamism and unique expressions of Japanese American Address ------• life captivated the Nikkei and non-Nikkei audiences, many of whom were City, State. ZIP ------'------• exposed to Asian theatre for the first time. All notions of a sedate evening Fall Furusato Tour of Sansei poetry were quickly dispelled with Nishikawa's opening selec• Phone: (Area code) tions. He told of getting into a fistfJght with some wrute boys for caUmg Oct. 1-14 Days -Mosl Meals- $2095. o Send tour brochure o Flight only him "chinle" Just when he is almost overwhelmed, some "black dudes" pull up to rescue him and escort him to safety. He turns to thank them and as they drive away one calls out, .. Anytime, Chinle" Fall Japan Odyssey Other pieces include "Obaachan", a tl)uching tribute toJtis grand• Nov. 3 -14 Days -Moot Meals-$1990. }= - --=n -- .Y - ""'1,. mother with whom he spent many summers in Hawaii. "The Bigot" is a - ..,! hit-right-between-thHYes type of conftontation with a parent's thoughts JAPAN HONG KONG TOUR of racism when faced with a child's interracial marriage. The sorrow of 1984 PREVIEW the Evacuation and a "No No Boy" are also recounted. To the Chicago $1 ,398 - 12 days Depart every Saturday. audience, Nishikawa was history and hard-hitting drama of the woes and Bn'tain & ScandinaVl'a _Aug. 3 Tokyo Hon9 1C0ng triumphs of Asian America. $605 $770 ~ Reactions to the perlormance were no less than enthusiastic by Nisei , round trip r ound trip wit" Tokyo and Sansei alike. Transplanted Hawaiians were especially stirred and amused by the incantations of Hawaiian life expressed in a perfectly-. ..______Tahiti, New Zealand & Australia -Oct. 18, .. SOO-411 · 933 1 o utsiJe ColLif. ~ ! 13-611·509 116ZZ· ; 09l accented pidgin. " It really moved something in my heart and made me All tours include: rrundtrip flights, transfers, baggage ~ think of home to hear someone talk like that," said Everett Ogawa, a I porterage, hotels, sightseeing and rnea1s as ~ . JAPAN CLUB TOURS Sansei from Kauai. "I hadn't had thatfeeling in quite some time." I ------, , 354 S. SprinC St ... 401 Las AngclC'S , C A ~~ \3 " I was proud that a Sansei not only wrote the material but gave such an COMPLETE VISA SERVICE impressive performance," said Rose Kaihatsu, a Nisei Chapter member. okusai International Travel, Inc. - Many other attendees had similar feelings _ E. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213 ) 626-5284 p- I\. - - "" - Because the show received such a positive response, the Chicago Chapter is looking into the possibility of a return engagement when the Sansei Theatre Co. will tour " Fast Lane" in the Spring of '83_ # See Hawai i from a Japanese American Viewpoint MITSUI AIR Shadows of tear AJA and Viol ent crime IN I ERNATlOI\IAL Pa tri otism The n and now Comm uni lies In transition Si x who we re Inter ned \ / Hawall's unsung heroes MIS 1r\C Hawall 's Internees ~ /"" Away trom the maddening ~ ~ The hOUS ing problem. (20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AGENT) crowd -- ~ \.¥/ Lack of leadersh iP ./" ~ Nisei Fun Tour Bilingual educatlon's dilemma / \ Ta ro Om en ot Hawall's tuture EthniCTV on th in Ice Sex and the sansei to Japan Japanese multinationals. Oiflerences and mi sconce pt ions Depart LAX: Apr. 04, 1983 BY JAPAN AIRLINE FLT, 61 Journey to Hawaii Cost: $2,'249 (sharing room) Includes: Round Trip AIRFARE. First Class Hotel Accommo• twice a month with dations • Tour with EngUsh-speaking Guides. Breakfast 13 times • Lunch 11 tbnes • All TIps, Tax and Admission Fees. IDQr ]l{nwnii )ltrnl~ ITINERARY Fill the form for a free sample copy. There is no obli• Tokyo - Kamakura - HakQne -Atami -Nagoya - lse -Toba - Kyoto gation. Regular subscription is $7.00 for six months Nara - Osaka - Takarazuka - Takamatsu - Okayama - HiroshIma (12 issues). • Send form to: Sample FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMA nON, CONTACT Hawaii Herald Los Angeles OffIce P.O. 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