Ac1 1C C1 1Zel1 Őveer27,1981

•• •• aC1 1C C1 1Zel1 ~ove~er27,1981 News The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League l$$N: 0030-8579/ Whole No. 2,166/ Vol. 93 No. 22 (3O¢Pa;tpaid) Stand 2 JACL and The Loyalty Oath CWRIC may get extension ('.ommentary by MiDoru Y-u. convincing. And therein lies the real danger of eternally harping <lIainnao, JAG.. National Committee for Redress upon the self-deluding theme that JACL was responsible for the of time to Dec. 31, 1982 At the Seattle hearings of the Commjssion on Wartime Relo military evacuation of all Japanese Americans from the West WASHINGTON-The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Intern ment of Civilians may get an extension of time to complete their report, catioo and Internment of Ovilians (CWRIC), 00 September 9-1(}' Coast in 1942 ...when obviously, it wasn't so. Our so-called "expert" suggests that Nisei writers of big ideas according to sources close to the CWRIC here. 11, it was alleged. by a ''witness,'' who self-importantly held . A request from the Commission to Congress for an extension of its himself out to be an "expert" researcher, refeITing to the seg before camp can now only write of "little things." The out-pour lifespan to Dec. 31, 1982 passed the House Judiciary subrommittee 00 regatioo programs and loyalty oath of the WRA during 1943, that ing Qf writings after camp gives lie to that allegation. Administrative Law and Governmental Review Nov. 20. The bill, HR ''The JACL created the loyalty oath ...The Anny and the WRA Questions 27 and 28 5021, has gone to the Judiciary Conunittee of the House, chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino Jr. (D-N.J.), for review. administered it. And the FBI enforced it" Hogwash! He goes 00 further to state that registration questions No. 27 and 28 resulted in the bitter and violent splitting of Japanese In New York, the CWRlC held hearings in the Terrace Room of the It is ludicroos that such patently fallacious "testimooy" should Roosevelt Hotel on Nov. 23, and had been scheduled to hear testimony be dignified. by a response. When such a charge is made by a Americans. It is indeed true that such tragic and trawnatic from church organizations, social and psychological experts, and Japa light-weight ''researcher'' who fuels a continuing racial stere<r splitting of the Nikkei did result But, in perspective, this in !lese Peruvians who were moved from camp to work at Seabrook Fanns type with his own works, perhaps that's a sufficient answer. Or, volved.less than 10% of the 120,000 people involved over-all, and Ul Cwnberland County, N.J. (Coverage of the N.Y. hearingswilIappear in next week's po. {; perilaps an outsider outrageously trading upon his mythological in retrospect, history will show that this, too, was a testing ~ority racial kinship should be ignored. wherein a vast of the Nikkei came through with honor, Why anyooe would want to insinuate a "big lie" and mischie and valor, and pride, on the home front and on the far-fhmg CWRIC HEARINGS: WASHINGTON vously exploit a canard to exacerbate a loog continuing rift by a battlefields of Europe and on the islands and the land masses of small but vocal (and worrisome) group of Japanese Americans Asia and in the Pacific. Can anyone in simpering sophistry is beyond coostructive comprehension. It's almost a leaf taken diminish the magnificence of the contributions of 33,000 Nikkei directly fran Hitler's book that "if a lie is big enough, and if who served. the cause of America during World War I1? Wartime Justice repeated. often enoogh, it will be accepted. as truth." The whole issue of whether the "JACL created the loyalty By pseudo-scholarly smatterings of irrelevant documenta oath" is so patently absurd that it scarcely merits response. Ever tion, by a gl~ over or deliberate twisting of basic facts, and since the days of medieval knighthood in Europe, and even going Dept. official labels by wildly jwnping to unwarranted. conclusions, anything can be back to the days of the Romans and Athenians, the fonn of distorted. Our nm-Japanese American "expert" has done so. He loyalty oath allegedly created by JACL was its origins. Bringing claims to be a writer-not a very logical one, but unfettered in it down to modem times, several thousands of times per month, evacuation illegal seeking out a boogey-man--and the hallucinatory scenario he the fonn of loyalty oath complained about is being administered in the United. States. At the time of World War I, and certainly dreams is fanciful ...and to those who want to be so nlisled ... BY PETER IMAMURA Cootinued 00 Next Page WN)HINGTON-Labeling the Evacuation as ''unconstitution al", Edward J. Ennis, fonner director of Alien Enemy Control of ._--------------------------------------- the Justice Department, said Nov. 2 to the Commission on War why time Relocation and Internment of Civilians that monetary com Inouye explains money not top redress issue pensation is due the Japanese Americans who were incarcer HONOLULU-Sen. Daniel K nese American families dur reported. in the Honolulu Ad tor. "In times of stress and ated during World War II. Inouye CD-Hi) explained. Nov. ing the early years of World vertiser on Nov. 10 in wake of hysteria, the best intentions Ennis, now a board member of the American O vil Liberties 10 that the question of mone Warn. news service reports which and even the most courageous Union. noted that in 1942, Attorney General Francis Biddle, as ones can succumb" to pres tary reparations should not be The Hawaii senator added said that he expressed opposi well as himself and Assistant Attorney General James Rowe, for internment in viola the primaIy concern for the that although he is not opposed tion to monetary redress on sures did, "at every step of the way, oppose the evacuation". CommjS"ion on Wartime Relo to financial reparations in Nov. 8 while speaking at a tion of civil rights. Ennis also spoke on behalf of the ACLU, and was highly He added, "You can't pre cation and Internment of Ovi some fonn, this issue is not symposium at Tufts Universi critical of the government's actions concerning the evacuation, vent something like this by lians. Rather, the main issue is really a3 important as estab ty in Medford, Mass. He had commenting: laws. I don't care what you put to establish the historical and lishing a true account of what been quoted as saying that "it "It is the view of the ACLU that the mass evacuation and subsequent in the books. It would depend official record of what hap happened during the war. would be ahnost impossible to detention of the entire Japanese American population from the west on constant vigilance of the pened to thousands of Japa- Inouye's comments were place a pricetag on repara Coast in 1942 was the greatest deprivation of civil liberties by the gov tions" and "it would be insult American people. In times of mment in this countIy since slavery ... ing even to try to do so." stress and hysteria, notwith "This breech of constitutional rights shoold be followed by some standing the provisions of recognition of the wrong that was done and some compensation, in same WiscQnsin workers destroy C1a.rif'ication Made fonn." However, he could not give any suggestion as to what fonn of However, Inouye, who laws and staUltes on the books, compensatioo would be appropriate, leaving it to the members of the sponsored the legislation to strange things can happen." CommissiOrL Japanese flag in protest But he did remind the CW MILWA~A create the Commission, said Japanese flag flying in froot of the Teledyne WlS RIC that thegovemment"now coosin Motor company to honor three visiting Tokyo businessmen was he was not against monetary PAART discusses Asian recognized monetary dam hauled down and ripped up by irate workers and replaced with an payments, but in some cases, American flag Nov. 19_ reparations may not even be ages for violation of constitu Workers sang "The Star Spangled Banner" as they raised the Amer worth asking for. issues facing Los Angeles tional and civil rights" by its subordinate officials. ican flag, in protest of job layoffs which resulted from the company's "It is just like a jwy trial," LOS ANGELES-Pacific Asian type of an IllStl.rutionall{erl training transfer of engine business to Japan for productim. he said "Before you assess da American Roood Table (fonnerly ground (in the health field) for Opposed Evaomtioo A unioo official said the workers resented the loss of jobs and business mages you have to try the case APART). the coalitioo of commu Asian Pacifics." Ennis said it was a "struggle" for the Justice Department to oppose to the Japanese, and a lingering hatred existed amoog SOOle of the World -was there a wrong?" nity and business leaders dedicat Wong said that recent back War veterans in the work force. lashes which resulted from Ja the evacuatioo, and that it was n Inouye also feels that the ed to develqlmeot of the Asian John Oaffey, president of Local 283 of the United Auto Workers, said American ocmmuoity and model pan's success in trade with the U. -. their view that the whole program Japanese representatives had studied productim methods at the plant WW2 internment could hap led after the Jewish Anti-Defama have appeared in the f onn of legis was a "nonsensical mistake" be cause the governmeot was ~taking some time ago and later began producing a line of engines in Japan for pen again, if citizens are not tion League, held its first oonfer lative and ecooomic deterrents by "constantly vigilant".

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