Pacific Citizen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Established 1929 ($1.50 Postpaid U.S.) Newsstand: 25¢ #2778/Vol 120, No. 11 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Coral Circle, Suite 204, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (213) 725-0083 June 2-15, 1995 PSW District votes to support Yasuhara
By GWEN MURANAKA National Board that we are going to support Assistant editor them. I think it's a real step forward." The resolution commended the "olive Following calls for peace and reconcilia• branch" peace proposal presented to tion withinJACL, the Pacific Southwest Dis• Yasuhara April 30 at the Reno tri-district trict Council at their district meeting May 21 conference by Trisha Murakawa, vice presi• unanimously voted to support Denny dent of planning and development on behalf Yasuhara, JACL national president, and the of herself and Jonathan Kaji, national secre• National BoArd in their efforts to move the tary-treasurer; Ruth Mizobe, governor, PSW, organization forward. and Kim Nakahara, chair, national youtbl Former JACL National President Roy student council. Earlier, the four board mem• Nishikawa, the maker of the motion, said, "I Photo: GWEN MURANAKA bers hag called for the resignation of PSW LEADERS-From left, Craig Minami, PSW vice governor, Karen Liane Shiba, made the resolution as short and simple as Yasuhara after the Dec. '94 decision by the SELANOCO Chapter, Ruth Mizobe, PSW governor, and Mark Greenblatt, PSW treasurer, possible. It merely says that we want the National Board to reorganize staff. ~ive reports at May 21 meeting. organization to move forward. The details "At the tri-district meeting, the most sig- have to be worked out. We're telling the . See PSW/page 3 ::",'" Sportscaster ~ Honolulu -evacuees denies remarks 'terry and lhe P.irate~' against lesbians eligible for redress After an earlier rejection by the the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack While CBS golf commentator cartoon oalled. racist - ORA, 91 Japanese Americans who Ben Wright has recently gotten on Pearl Harbor. While not placed TMcla.ssfc eomicairlp . D~~gQn ~~ were evacuated from the lwilei into trouble for alleged comments Tefr1 has captured into internment camps like J apa• an~ Ry~ area of Honolulu during World about lesbians in the LPGA, it's the. Pirate6, created by
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Info: Randolph Shibata 5051 p.m. Friday for Anaheim. Iff$Cllve (iC.1fe~" , . ,"u ~1 ~ .sen~ University, info: Lillian Kimura. NOTE• 883-1258,505/294-3274. REGISTRA• Sat. July 29-100th Infantry Bn . thePac1fJc CItizen for: Leadership Institute for Women of Asia TION-"JACL Tri-District Conference; Highway Dedication dinner, 6 p.m., 'lYll~() 2 yrs}$5S .;3 yrs}$80 and Pacific Islands, sponsor. c/o Moss &Jean Klshiyama, 7624 Osuna Tomino's on Blackstone north of Shaw, "~: )f;F) rN ·· ...... "..,. ---' Sun. June 11-STOP HATE Sunday in Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, 5051 RSVP by July 22, $35, Dr. Izumi New Jersey churches, synagogues, 294-3274. Advance by June 28, $100 Taniguchi, 738 E. Tenaya Way, Fresno A~~~ ~ 7 · ~ ~··· ~ \ ~~~~~~~~~~------ member, $125 non-member; after June 93710, 209/439-8769. NOTE• ~ titt~ ~ st6t.£ltP. ·· »~, temples and mosques. •..•. .- ..•.•..••• " it : .. .) Sun. June 11-JACL Scholarship 28 - $125, $150 respectively. Speakers: Eric Saul, Cressey Naka• Al~~~r6~ft;,Q~ohi.&H~'xtt~pefYeot . luncheon. gawa. Co-sponsors-Sierra Nisei VFW . Qlecks.~e ) to~~dttzeQ;'2:CofalClfde; t204,. Monterey Park. CA 9\755 Wed. June 14-Monthly Board meeting, Intermountain Post 8499. [Signs already up and ~~~!1')f~~1ourdlgk·\lIt~top,b~Me ..._~04I30I94.tII.~Y 6:45-8:30 p.m., JAA Office, 15 W. 44th, DISTRICT COUNCIL standing at junction at Hemdon and ~W1ibthe_~IOrJUl18, , •• rtJACLmembli!shlptta~'-'I8newectandthepaper 11th Fir. NOTE-Haruko Brown of Fri-Sat, July 8-9 (New Dates)-Joint Hwy 99 and in Madera where old Golden ...... natfty »£UlatlOlUl) ....~llaItetl flMl«liately. APICHA, "HIVIAIDS." IDC-PNWDC conference, Red Lion State 99 straightens out southward.] SOUTHEAST Downtowner, Boise, Idaho. Sat. 8-noon, Sun. June 11-Japanese cooking, 3-5 separate DC sessions; 1:30-5 p.m. joint Pacific Southwest p.m., Benihana in downtown Atlanta, sessions; 7 p.m. banquet. !nfo: Ed Hira• GREATER LA. SINGLES info: Glenn Nomura. 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NOTE-$35 fee includes dinner and 1st RIVERSIDE Assistant Editor: Owen l"Iuranaka Frl-5un., Oct. 6-3-Fall MDC session, glow ball. Sun. June 25-JACLcommunitypicnlc, Editor Emeritus: Hany K. Ho-nda Twin Cities Chapter host. SAN JOSE 1 f a.m., Sylvan Park, Redlands. Business Manager/Advertising: Kerry flng CINCINNATI Chapter Board on 2nd Fridays; '96 NOTE-Potluck lunch contacts: Loma Circulation Department: Frances Okuno Sun. Aug. 6-Chapter potluck dinner. Convention Committee on 3rd Nakamura 909n81-0612, Meiko Inaba Tuesdays, ,nfo: 408/295-1250. 909/682-8116_ Paclftc Citizen Advisor: Bill Hosokawa Mountain-Plains SAN MATEO SAN DIEGO Tue. June 27-JACL Community Sun. June 25-Community picnic. 10 JACL President: Denny Yasuhara NEW MEXICO Center excursion to San Francisco's a.m.-5 p.m., De Anza Cove, Mission Midwest Regional Director Thu-Sun., July 20-23-"A World of Diversity: EDC-MDC-MPDC Tri-District Flower Market and Calif. Academy of Bay Park; info: Mas Hironaka 619/230- Temporarily In Charge of Notional Stoff: Bill YoshIno Conference, Marriott Hotel, 2101 Culinary Arts and Japantown. RSVP Louisiana NE, Albuquerque. Work- $45, Roz Enomoto 415/343-2793. See JACL CAUpage 12 Padflc Cruzen Board of Djrectors Chairwoman: Mae Takahashi Patricia Ikeda c.arpe~ MDC Travis rll5bL ceDC Communit calendar JIIoD.Ie f'Ujfoka. ftCWJ'(p June ArIma Schumann, f'mVDC George Kodama PSWDC Ronald Sblbata, lIU"DC EaatCoaat Ramona Chun 3031758-8022; NOTE: Sat. July 22-JACUFairfield Senior TOIO KOIOetaDL ~DC Yas Toidta. mc Center's first annual Japanese Sum• NEW YORK CITY Among the 8 honorees is Adele tUml Yosbiuo, YSC mer Festival, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fairfield Through July 16-"The View from Arakawa, Media Senior Center, 1200 Civic Center Dr., Within: Japanese American Art from the •••ada Fairfield, 707/428-n41. NOTE-Attrac• Internment Camps, 1942-1945," LAS VEGAS tions include Sacramento Koyasan Queen's Museum of Arts. Fri. July 28-Smithsonian Traveling Taiko Drums, bonsai, floral arrange• Exhibit Opening: ·Strength & Diversity: ments, origami, tea ceremony demon• Pacmc Northw.at Japanese American Women 1885- strations, Japanese food. ondo. Ma~orie PORTLAND -See Reunion. 1990," 5 p.m., UNLV Barrick SAN FRANCISCO JACL SEATTLE Museum, 7021382-4443. NOTE-Ex• Sun., June 4-Nisei Widowed Group Tue. June 20 through Sat., July 1- hibit dates: July 22-0ct. 2; public wel• meeting, 2-4 p.m., info: Elsie Uyeda Daruma no Gakko, White River Bud• come to opening reception in Museum Chung 4151221-0268; Yuri Moriwaki LEGACY fUND dhist Temple, 3625 Aubum Way North, foyer. Co-sponsored by Las Vegas 510/482-3280. Aubum, info: Rev. Jay Shlnsekl, June JACL, Nevada Humanities Committee, EASTBAY Nakano, 206/833-1442. NOTE-A 10- Nevada Council for the Arts. Sun. June 4-East Bay Nikkei Singles day program to focus on self-aware• schola.rship luncheon, 12:30 p.m .. Old The Gift ness of Buddhism In dally life, cultural CalUorala Spaghetti Factory, Jack London Square, classes and field trips. Open to students SACRAMENTO Oakland; RSVP$12p/pbyMay31, Toy ofthe entering first grade through eighth grade. Sun., June 4-JACL Community pic• Nltake, 148 Bedrock ct., Vallejo, CA Thu.-Sun., Sept. 21-24-'95 Seattle nic, William Land Park (west end, adJa• 94589, 707/552-8859. NOTE-Hon• Asian American Film Festival, Seattle cent to Riverside Blvd.), 11 a.m-4 p.m.; oree: Beijing-bound Josina Morita, Ber• Generations Art Museum; Info Wm. Satake Blauvelt Info: JACL Office 9161447-0231. keley High 9th grader alms to attend the 209/329-6084 eve/msgs. Wed., June 7-Tom Nakagawa pro• 4th UN World Conference on Women. VENTURA COUNTY • Yes,- I want to help build the future for Japanese Americans. gram, 10:30 p.m., Info: AI Sakuma 9161 Rockl ••-laterDlouatala 739-6421. Sat. June 10-"MIS Memorial" State Please accept this contribution to the "Gift of the Generations." Highway 23 dedication 10:30 a.m. at DENVER Sat.-5un., June 1Q-11-Nichlren Food Intersection of State Hwy 118 and 23; Q $20,000 and over Q $5,000 - $9,999 Q $500 Mon. June 12-Aslan Women of Bazaar, 5191 - 24th St., north of Frultrldge Rd ., Sacramento, 11 a.m.-5 12n luncheon at Raddlson Hotel, Simi Q $10,000· $19,999 Q $1,000· $4,999 Q $200 Achievement awards luncheon, 11 :30 a.m., Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th p.m., Info: Rev. Igarashi 916/456-3245. Q Other $ _____ See CALENDAR/page 12 Avenue Parkway, RSVP by June 6, SOLANO COUNTY • My contribution to the Legacy Fund: $ ______• I would like my gift recorded in memory of: (HONOREE) Small kid time Gwen Muranaka .,1 am unable to contribute at this time, but would like to pledge: $ in 19 Your Name ______Address ______City, State, Zip ______Telephone ______=-- _____ JACL District/Chapter ______Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to: JACL Legacy Fund P.O. Box 7144, San Francisco, CA 94120-7144 Phone: (415) 921-5225 Pacific Citizen,]une 2-15, 1995-3
systems, with its vast networking r------, capabilities, can be a powerful membership recruitment tool. Pacific Citizen He also noted that PSW is cur• rently on-line imd can be reached SAVE thro·ugh e-mail at: JACL (Support & Assist Volunteer Effort) PSW@aoIcom. • In other follow-up from the Here's my contribution to support the PC until member• tri-district meeting, some PSW members raised concern about the ship subscription rates are raised adequately, and to help procedure involved in the PSW bring PC back to a weekly publication! district award to Rafu Shimpo given at the April 29 awards lun• Please mail tax deductible donations to: cheon in Reno. PACIFIC CITIZENIPC SAVE Craig Minami, PSW district vice governor, said that the PSW ex• 2 Coral Circle, #204 PANEL-From left, Jeff Chang, UCLA affirmative action teacher, ecutive committee decided to give Monterey Park, CA 91755-7404 Ron Osajima, founder of Asian Americans for Affirmative Action, the Los Angeles Japanese ver• and Trisha Murakawa, JACL vice president, planning and develop• nacular the award after the last 0 $50 0 $100 0$250 0 More ment, participate in PSW discussion on affirmative action. district meeting. Karl Nobuyuki, president, San Fernando Valley NAME ______Chapter, asked Minami why the ADDRESS ______district did not have an opportu• PSW fundraiser earns $61,550 nity to select, discuss or vote on CITY/STATE/ZIP______Phyllis Murakawa, chair, PSW cated by the National Headquar• the award. fundraising dinner, at the May 21 ters," said Murakawa. Nobuyuki said, "I really don't ,-PHONE ( ) CHAPT.IDIST. 6 PSW district meeting gave pre• Speaking to Pacific Citizen, understand the process. It seems liminary estimates that the event Yasuhara said that he did not to me that when the d\strict is ~------=--" earned $61,550 with half of the recall making the statements re• going to give an award the district money going to help National gardingthe PSW fundraising and should have an opportunity to act JACL. had been wondering when the on it." GIFT FOR Murakawa said that the total money would be sent to National Mizobe said, "The host commit• amount due to National JACL is Headquarters. tee asked every district for an PC DONORS $25,771. She said money from the Murakawa, who is the mother awardee. They said there is no Decemberfundraiser has yet to be ofTrisha Murakawa, also reported criteria, so every district used their Thanks to the sent to National JACL because that PSW will conduct leadership own critieria. We said we wanted generoSity of PC Denny Yasuhara, JACL national training Aug. 25-27. She said that to award someone outside the president, indicated that it wasn't the sessions will be conducted by JACL," said Mizobe, noting the cartoonist, Pete needed right away. J.D. Hokoyama of LEAP and that upcoming PSW awards luncheon." Hironaka of Dayton "At the last district council meet• administration fee will be $100. When Nobuyuki asked Mizobe ing, the president indicated that "It is imperative that PSW re• to clarify who made the decision, JACL, the first 100 who it was not important thatNational ally train leaders to better the she said it was the executive com• contribute $100 or more have this immediately. Thatitwas strength ofthe organization," said mittee. not going to help the budget, so we Murakawa. to support the Pacific did not issue the check immedi• The fundraiser chair said that REDRESS Citizen will receive a ately. Had we known that Na• PSW promised some of the corpo• tional needed it immediately we rate sponsors for the dinner that (Continued from page 1) Signed full-color could have issued it immediately, it would do leadership training. evacuation. lithographed poster, but we had no idea at the time. So She said that it will involve 40 "I had given up hope. Now I'm the check will be prepared to be Sansei, 40 Yonsei and 20 Nisei. relieved, happy, and thankful to "Issei". It measures sent to the National Headquar• The training is open to members all those people who helped us," 21 x 28 inches. ters or Grant Thornton, the ac• who IO're interested in building said Helen Watanabe, a former counting firm, whichever is indi- their leadership skills. Iwilei resident whose redress claimed had been rejected twice by the ORA. Results of questionnaire Residents thanked the Hono• Wayne Nagata reported at the J AC L cred it union (29 responses). lulu Chapter,JACL, for its help in May 21 Pacific Southwest District • Activities: 1. Cultural events fighting for redress for the lwilei meeting the results of a question• (48 responses) 2. Speakers (47 re• Nikkei. Owen Matsunaga, Mary naire handed out last November sponses) 3. Dinners (23 responses) Beth Wong, and Lorrin Hirano of to 150 people at the PSW member• 4. Sports events (20 responses). the firm Ashford & Winston, pro• ship booth at the Japanese Ameri• • Programs: 1. Civil rights (31 vided pro bono work on the lwilei can National Museum Family responses) 2. Leadership develop• case. Expo. ment(28 responses) 3. Hate crimes "The initial (ORA) rejection oc• According to the survey, of the guidance (19 responses) 3. Youth curred four years ago, and we had 70 people that expressed interest (19 responses). to put together evidence showing in JACL, the following were the Other JACL activities that re• that these people were discrimi• top four reasons they were inter• spondents indicated an interest nated against and were qualified ested in JACL in order by cat• in included: advocacy training (16 for redress under the law," said egory: responses), financial planning (12 Matsunaga. • Benefits: 1. Pacific Citizen responses), aging and retirement Matsumoto, Wong, and Hono• (49 responses) 2. JACL scholar• (9 responses), potlucks (17 re• lulu Chapter representatives ships (38 responses) 3. Blue Shi~1d sponses). and long distance phone Allicyn Hikida and Bm Kaneko health insurance (30 reponses) 4. discount (10 responses). brought the case before the Appel• late Section in Washington, D.C. • PSW voted to donate $1,000 in March. PSW to the Asian PacificAmerican Cau• "The Honolulu JACL now has (Continued from page 1) cus Institute. The decision came won redress for hundreds of Ha• after a motion to buy a $500 ad for waii residents whose claims ini• nificant thing to come out of the tially were denied by ORA," said meeting was Trisha's 'olive the recent institute dinner was withdrawn at the National Board Colbert Matsumoto, chapterpresi• branch.' J think Denny was very dent. "We're pleased and proud appreciative of the gesture. JACL meeting. In a letter to PSW Gov• ernor Ruth Mizobe, Denny that first, people of the Puuloa has been in constant turmoil; the and the Waiau communities, and sense is now that we've got to Yasuhara, JACL national presi• dent, asked that the districts con• today the people of Iwilei have come together," said Nishikawa. seen finally that justice can pre• Speaking in support of the mo• sider contributing to the institute and apologized that the National vail." tion, Murakawa said, "It's a very Denny Yasuhara, JACL na• general statement. I urge unani• Board had not donated any money. The National Board decided to tional president, joined in prais• mous support and ask that we ing the decision and the work of vote now." sponsor the institute dinner at no cost rather than buy the ad. the Honolulu Chapter. NEW CARS NEW CARS ,",SED Following PSW's resolution, all "The National JACL is pleased • PSW voted to donate $1,000 85% Financing 100% Financing CARS JACL districts except for North• by the recent decision of the to help sponsor the 1995 National OJ)( ern California Western Nevada Appelate Section which will allow 7.9% opr 60 mos 8.9% opr 60 mos 8.25%- Pacific district have passed reso• Asian American Political Roster. . redress payments for those Japa• 7.5% Opl 48 mos 8.5% opr 48 mos 30r4yrs lutions in support of the National Don Nakanishi, director, UCLA nese Americans who were removed Asian American Studies Center, 6.9% opr 36 mos 7.9% opt 36 mos 90% Board. from their homes in the IwHei Of IlUIIOOI Nishikawa, speaking to Pacific sent a letter to PSW requesting community of Honolulu. UP TO $50,000 UP TO $50,000 Citizen, said he hoped NCWNP the funds for the project which is "We commend the e·fforts of scheduled to contain the names, would also pass a resolution. members of our Honolulu Chap• Signature Loons 12.9% opr Shore Sec. 6.5% opr Other Sec. 12.5% opr "Following the action we took addresses and phone numbers of over 1,200 Asian American public ter and the attorneys for their down here, I hope Northern Cali• persistence and tenacity in seeing • OAO. DOES NOT INCLUOE; TAXES. LICENSE. e TENOED WARRANTIES fornia will also follow through," officials. to it that the Iwilei residents were said Nishikawa. • Karen Liane Shiba, rightfully included among all oth• Join the Notionol JACL Credit Union. Coli us or fill out the Speaking to PacifU; Citizen, Alan SELANOCO Chapter, reported ers whose rights were violated by information below. We will send membership informotion. Nishi, governor, NCWNPDC, said that her experiences at the Wash· actions of their own government that it is possible that a similar ington, D.C. Leadership Oonfer• ------~------ence had made her more enthusi• during World War IV said Nome ______resolution would be brought up at Yasuhara. the AUgu8t district meeting. The astic about JACL. Deval L. Patrick, assistant at• governor said that the agenda for "No matter where we were from torney general for civi I rights, Address/Clty/Stote/Zip ------the meeting i8 determined by the in the country, we realized we praised the reversals, saying, "I district board in July. need to work together," said Sh ibn, am pleased that we were able to "As I said at the tri-district meet• who is currently editing the quar• come t.o a resolution ofthso cases. ing, everyone needs to set aside terly PSW newsletter which be• It's t.ime to bring this chapt r to a gan publication in May. National JACL personal agendas and move for• close for the lwiJei claimants nnd CREDIT UNION ward from here. I wouldn't rule • Gary Mayeda reported on the to expedite the process forrcdress." out a resolution (in NCWNP). It's JACL on-line workshop held at The Just.ice Department re• the Reno tri-district in April. PO BOX 1721 / SlC. UTAH 84110/801 35s·a040 / 800 5U-8828 a positive step," said Nishi. See REDRESS/page 4 Other news: Mayeda said thaton -Line com put.er 4-Pacific Citizen,}une 2-15, 1995 personalities and trial process, we REDRESS HEARING believe it runs the risk of reinforc• ALOHA PLUMBING Japanese Phototypesetting (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 1) ing stereotypes and plays danger- i lie. #440840 ously with past portrayals of per• . ported that seventy-one of the obvious need to hold somebody -SINCE 1922- sons of Japanese ancestry. Mock• 777 Junipero Serra Dr. TOYO claimants appealed the initial de• accountable, OCA has been call• ery and ridicule are far removed cision. Because of the decision, an ing for a Congressional investiga• San Gabriel, CA 91776 from dehumanization. (213) 283-0018 PRINTING CO. additional twenty claimants who tion into the incident to ensure "Satire and parody have their -. did not appeal will also become that Capt. Wang is treated fairly use. In this case, a viable literary 309 So_ San Pedro Sl. eligible. Within the next few weeks and impartially by the military device was diminished and your Los Angeles 90013 letters will be sent to newly eli• justice system." intended message was muffed," (213) 626-8153 gible individuals requesting that . Speaking to the Los Angeles said Yasuhara. they submit documentation ~how Times , Wang, in Los Angeles to ing proof of their identity and ad• seek support for his cause, said he dress in order to receive payment. has come to believe that he is HALDEMAN IAC£ De De Greene, ORA administra• being singled out for court martial (Continued from page 1) tor, said, "We are happy to have because of his ethnicity. ADMINIS7'RA 7'IJlE ASSIS7'AN7' reached a resolution in this mat• "I am convinced that it could ter and we will process these have been," said Wang. with World War II, Haldeman, 7'0 7'HE EXECU7'IJlE DIREC7'DR Sen. Daniel Inouye, Rep. Patricia claims as quickly as possible." The Times reported that Chi• ('rem,.,." JlnllloJJ) Former Iwilei resident Kenneth nese American leaders are not sure Schroeder and actor James Gar• Uyeda said, "Only in a country that there is racial motivation ner relate their experiences and memories of the war. Haldeman, Qualifications: Bachelors Degree or two-three years like the United States could you behind the court martial, noting experience as an administrative assistant; strong writing have this appeals process. Only in that Lt. Joe Halci, who is Japa• who was a member of President a country like ours could some• nese American, was charged but Nixon's cabinet, said, "the Japa• and PC skills; and proven interpersonal and organiza• thing like this ever happen." later exonerated in the incident. nese in those truck gardens were tional skills. "There is really no evidence to found to be operating surveillance show this is racial. But that isn't equipment, and radio broadcast• Duties: Responsible for providing administrative secre• CARTOON being ruled out. We want people ing equipment back to Tokyo. In tarial support to the National Director as well as staff (Continued from page 1) . to look at this as a public issue, as other words, there was Japanese spying going on." support for ongoing programs; coordinate and prepare someone who is being charged with materials for national board meetings; write press re• "Originally published from 1934 a crime that may not be his fault," Responding to the Haldeman statement, Chizu Iiyama, Contra leases, and interface with regional offices on legislative to 1973, Terry and the Pirates said David Ma, president, Chi• and administrative issues. featured fictional 'Orientals' who nese American Civil Liberties Costa Chapter, said, "We were confused R's and L's and other• Organization. placed in concentration camps wise served to reinforce the basest OCA ,said that it is lobbying because of lies about our loyalty Please submit resume to: stereotypes of Asians and Asian Congress and working with a coa• and trustworthiness; the army Americans. Perhaps most damag• lition ofgroups to raise awareness called it 'military necessity.' We Karyl Matsumoto ing was the Dragon Lady, who of Wang's case. know that the Munson Report of became synonymous with evil "Our meetings and discussions November 1941 and the FBI and Japanese American Citizens League during World War II and helped with several staffers on the Hill Naval Intelligence pointed out the 1765 Sutter St. aggravate racial wounds from have revealed that many mem• loyalty of Japanese Americans. San Francisco, CA, 94115 which we as a nation have yet to bers of Congress are closely fol• There was not one proven instance heal," said Mok, Chih and Jocelyn lowing the court-martial and the of sabotage or espionage on the Lieu. friendly fire proceedings. Several part of Japanese Americans." According to Michael Silver, vice are interested in holding Congres• "We are urging the producer of president for editorial and devel• sional hearings on the matter," the series to delete the remarks by opment, Tribune Media Services, said Lin. "OCA strongly urges Bob Haldeman. They are lies and the company removed racist cari• Congress to review the causes of should not be included in an oth• catures from the comic strip, which the accident to ensure that the erwise fascinating program," said has been running in newspapers proper investigative and punitive liyama. across the country since March procedures were followed, to ex• Speaking to Pacific Citizen, Ron including the Indianapolis Star, amine the flaws in the operation Santora, program manager, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and to evaluate military policies." KQED, acknowledged that the Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Haldeman statement is errone• Times and New York Daily News. ous and said that Joan Lence, as a "I will tell you we obsessed over O.J. result ofthe protests, has issued a communique to all public televi• this. I did not want to be out there (Continued from page 1) with a strip that Asians would sion stations alerting them of find offensive," said Silver. Haldeman's quote. Set in Hong Kong, the comic is cloud over his head and the cap• "I doubt that anyone would be written by Michael Uslan and il• tion "Hiro-Ito," refer back to racist broadcasting that statement," said lustrated by Greg and Tim anti-J apanese stereotypes of Santora, who added that ifKQED Hildebrandt. World War II. decides to rebroadcast the series In launching their protest, AAIN U As much as you try to explain that it will delete Haldeman's re• said that there are plans to tum away the content of the publica• mark. He also said that Dreyfuss' Terry and the Pirates into an hour• tion as satire and parody, it does remark about placing the series in long live action series for televi• not address the fact that the cari• a time capsule was made for dra• sion and that the U.S. Postal Ser• catures were not drawn from hu• matic effect only. vice is planning to honor Canifl's morous potrayals, but from pro• The program manager said nei• paganda depictions from World ther he or Lence were aware of originaf""strip with a stamp this War II which were clearly meant October. what Haldeman had said. He ex• to cause hatred toward the Japa• plained that the series is not a "In the name of common de• nese," said Yasuhara. cency, we demand that Tribune documentary but a collection of Media Services stop distributing While O.J. 's Legal Pad depicts the thoughts and feelings of dif• this shameful, blatantly racist other figures from the O.J. ferent individuals. comic strip. Along with Stepin Simpson trial including Simpson, "When you see a real documen• Fetchit, Little Black Sambo and Johnnie Cochran, Marcia Clark tary they are always in the third other racist popular culture im• and Robert Shapiro, it does not person. It doesn't have a personal ages, Terry and the Pirates is best use racial stereotypes. However, impact. This series explores the consigned to the past," said Mok, one drawing of Clark, lead pros• personal impact and how it shaped ecutor, shows her in a dominatrix lives," said Santora. Chih and Lieu. outfit with leather and a whip. REMARKS In related developments, the PROTEST Torrance City Council voted 6 to 1 (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) to condemn the caricatures ofIto in O.J. 's Legal Pad. exercise of democracy." J oumal. The newspaper has stood The Torrance resolution, which According to NAPALC, thou• by the accuracy of the report. CBS was presented by City Council• sands of Asian Americans made Sports President David Kenin has man George Nakano, stated that calls on "National Call-In Day." said that after investigating the the book "contains caricatures of NAP ALC participated in the event alleged incident he believes Wright the Simpson trialjudge, Lance Ito with the Organization of Chinese and that CBS Sports will support and others, that are demeaning, Americans, Asian and Pacific Is• the announcer. racist and condescending to all lander American Health Forum. "I beJieve that Mr. Wright made Americans." the Asian Pacific American Labor no statements that were dispar• The council, in condemning the Alliance and other groups and in• aging or otherwise offensive to book, urged public debate on the dividuals. gays or lesbians or the LPGA," negative effects of racist carica• Daphne Kwok, executive direc• !laid Kenin. tures on society. tor, OCA, said, "It was extr mely In a letter to the CBS Sports The Villard Books publisher exciting to receive phone calls from president, Denny Yasuhara, JACL rejected the idea that the books be poople from Massachusetts to national president, reminded withdrawn from publication, cit• Oklahoma to Michigan to Oregon. Kellin of the earlier racial slur ing the company's First Amend• asking about and requesting for used by Wright. ment rights. information on the Call-In Day. "Ethnic and gender insensitivi· "While members of your organi• For many of the calls, this phone ties should never be a part of the zation have every right to criticize call was the first time they had public commentary of announcers our publication of this book, we ever taken advantage of this such as Ben Wright," said would be subverting the precious country's democratic process, and Yasuhara. right of a free press by submitting they wanted to make sure they The JACL national president to your demand that this work• were doing it correctly." noted that at the time of the Ozaki or any other-be suppressed be• The call-in date was chosen to incident Wright had explained cause a few caricatures offend correspond with a vot sch duled that "when 1isteningto commands some individual or group," said to be taken May] 6 by th Senate through my headphones, while Rosenthal. Subcommittee on Immigration on continuingtospeak, such mistakes In Wsletter, Yasuhara said that Son. Alan Simpson's immigration very occasionally occur." Villard Books crossed the line be• bill,S. 269. ThevotewRsr -sched• "He (Wright) was out of bounds tween valid satire and raoist ste• uled for May 26. S.269 contains in 1991, and if the current re• reotyping. provisions that would d nyor limit marks are his, he has again gone "While you may believe the pub• state and federal benefits eligibil• Now PLAYING IN SELECT CITIES astray," said Yasuhara. lication is meant to satirize tho ity for legal immigrants. Pacific Citizen, June 2-15, 1995-5 Peggy Nagae named to Redress education board Peggy A. Nagae, a principal with tioner who was convicted of vio• nominations to the nine-member Rose Ochi confirmed to Total Diversity Management Con• lating a curfew imposed upon fund board which administers the sultants in Eugene, Ore., was Japanese Americans during World Civil Liberties Public Education White House drug agency nominated May 24 by President War II. Fund. Rose Ochi, former director Clinton to be a member of the Currently, she serves as vice Other nominees include: Rev. of criminal justice for the city Civil Liberties Public Education chair of the American Bar Robert F. Drinan, CWRIC"Wash• of Los Angeles, was unani• Fund Board. Association's Commission on Op• ington, D.C.; Leo K. Goto, Denver, mously confirmed May 25 by She is a consultant to private portunities for Minorities and as a Colo.; Susan Hayase, NCRR-San the U.S. Senate as associate Jose, Calif.; Cherry Kinoshita, and public organizations in the board member of the Leadership director of the White House areas of diversity, team building, Education for Asian Pacifics JACL-LEC, Seattle; Elsa Kudo, Office of National Drug Con• sexual harassment prevention, (LEAP). Her past activities include Japanese Peruvians, Hawaii; trol Policy for State and Local conflict management and other serving as president of the Na• YeiichiKuwayama, 442nd, Wash• Affairs. human resource and organiza• tional Asian Pacific American Bar ington D.C.; Dale Minami, Commenting on the appoint• tional change efforts. An attor• Association and on the board of Korematsu coram nobis case, San ment, Dr. Lee P . Brown, ney, Nagae served as tQe lead visitors for the UniversityofWash• Francisco; and Don Nakanishi, ONDCP director, said that counsel in Yasui v. United States, ington School of Law. Asian American Studies Center, Ochi "brings a wealth of drug a federal case involving a peti- Nagae's nomination completes UCLA, Los Angeles. policy and criminal justice ex• perience to her position. Her Completion phase tenure with the Los Angeles ROSEOCHI Office of Mayor, and her depth New drug agency leader of Legacy Fund set of experience working with gies, domestic violence, and a Annual Giving donor/honor roll state and local governments variety of other criminal jus• With the Legacy Fund cam• and with groups and organiza• tice issues. paign scheduled to end this year, tions, ideally suits her to an In her professional career, important and demanding po• she has served on several advi• Grayce Uyehara, chair, Legacy Reporting period: 3/10/95 to 4/ Namimatsu, H. sition when we are fighting sory groups includingpresiden• Fund Campaign Committee, re• 20/95 • Saratoga, CA Central California the drug crisis in America." tial appointee on the Select Ported to the National Board May Otsukl, Misao In her job in the L.A. Mayor's Commission on Immigration 6 on plans to mark the campaign's Mori, Nobuo & Ava San Francisco, CA Fresno, CA office, Ochi was the principal and Refugee Policy, and U.S. completion. Miyamoto, Gordon advisor to the mayor on crimi• Eastern Attorney General appointee to Uyehara listed the following Carmel, CA nal justice and drug issues, the National Minority Advi• proposed projects to thank donors Rodin, Gail S. Pacific Northwest coordinating the administra• sory Council to the U.s. De• to the Legacy Fund: Ridgefield, CT Mukai, Akira (Sam) tion of justice-related policy partment of Justice, and the • A listing of all contributors in Kawahara, Yukio and programs, as well as com• National Council on Crime and ~gacy Puyallup, WA a Fund Registry of Con• Timonium, MD munity-based policing strate- Delinquency. tributors. Hongo, Jimmy & Yoshiko Intermountain Portland, OR • Recognition ofmajor contribu• Yoshimoto, G. tors ($5,000 or more) on the Donor Mukai, K.M. Tom Wall planned for the community! Salt Lake City, UT Puyallup, WA board room at JACL National Sueoka, Joe & Mary-Louise Fujii, Kazuo Headquarters in San Francisco. Salt Lake City, UT Troutdale, OR TEMPORARY POSITION Uyehara said that project would Midwest Pacific Southwest be helpful to JACL's fundraising Uchima, George K. Sugimoto, Mary programs and urged that it be Chicago,lL Torrance, CA Japanese American . completed by the '96 national con• Mitori, Robert Mizokami, Audrey Citizens League vention. Des Peres, MO Hemet, CA The National Board voted to Mountain Plains Iwashita, John H. Business Manager-Business, accounting and/or fi• approve the 1995 Legacy Food Robbins, Carolyn M. budget of $22,000. The budget Cypress, CA nance degree with business and finance experience Albuquerque, NM Matsumoto, Ken expenditures will be paid from NCWNP required. Responsible for the business and finance the 1994 Legacy Fund National San Diego, CA Tomita, Kenji & Mary operations of the organization. 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Miyazaki, vice president, ger:leral Board. Kaji/ANishi. Amended by Yamada/Maebori-Motion with• Convenient and safe banking servic~ by operations; Jonathan Kaji, secre• Yasuhara with the approval of the drawn as unnecessary and super• tary/treasurer; Trisha Murakawa, maker-9/4/1 Motion carried. fluous. Push-Button Telephone from your home vice president, planning and devel• • To notify the San Jose Con• • To approve the appointment of opment; Barry Saiki, vice president, vention Committee that National Gary Mayeda as National Youthl or office 24 hours a ~ay, everyday. public affairs; David Hayashi, Mid• JACl will require fO:.Jr (4) workshops. Student Representative to the Pa• west govemor; Terry Yamada, PNW MurakawalMizobe-13/0/1 Motion cific Citizen Editorial Board pending governor; Jeff Itami, IDC governor; carried with one abstention (Itami). a procedural ruling. Nakaharal • Transfer money between Union Bank accounts. Teresa Maebori, EDC governor; • That National JACl support Murakawa-14/0/1 Motion carried Emilie Kutsuma, Mountain Plains the call for a Congressional hearing with one abstention. . • Pay Union Bank loans or credit cards. governor; Ruth Mizobe, PSW gov- on the friendly fire tragedy of April • That JACl take part as a spon• ! ernor; Travis Nishi, CCD governor; 14, 1994, and authorize National sor to the Congressional Asian • Pay various credit card. Alan Nishi, NCWNP governor; Kimi JACL staff to offer assistance to Pacific American Caucus Institute (department stores, gasoline, Master card, Visa card issued by others) Yoshino, national youth/student rep• Captain Wang in this effort. Mizobel dinner at no cost to JACL. resentative; Kim Nakahara, national Murakawa-Passed unanimously. Murakawal(second not known)• • Utility payments. youttvstudent chair.Tom Hara, le• • That the National Board op• Passed unanimously. gal counsel; Bill Yoshino, Midwest pose provisions of H.R. 1214 (Per• • To adopt the Japanese Ameri• • Verify deposits or checks paid. regional director temporarily in sonal Rasponsibility Act) passed by can Citizens League Policy on charge of national staff; and Karyl the U.S. House of Representatives Sexual Harassment, as amended, • Stop payments. Matsumoto, office administrator at on March 24, 1995, and that the subject to Legal Counsel's approval; • Infonnation about Union Bank's various services. national headquarters. National JACL activate its to be effective on the date of the grassroots advocacy network to letter of the Legal Counsel's ap• • .You. ~ ..m designate payment or money transfer dates, Board motions oppose H.R. 1214 and any other proval of the policy. Yamadal welfare reform legislation with simi• Murakawa-13/011 Motion carried up to 9{) days in advance. So, you don't have to worry • To approve the minutes of the Il:lr provisions that punitively elimi• with one abstention. Dec. 3-4, 1994, Board meeting. . ~uriI!r when you are traveling nates benefits to needy groups or • That JACL National Board Hayashilltami-Passed unani• individuals. Mizobe/Murakawa• adopt a Conflict of Interest policy. Call the nearest Union Bank branch or Teleservices at mously. Passed unanimously. MurakawalMizobe-Motion with• • To table the summary of mo• • That the National Board autho• drawn. tions until Sunday. ItamiIT.Nishi• 1-(800)532·7976 rize the execution of a lease for the • To (approve) a budget of $5,000 Passed unanimously. PSW Regional Office. Mizobe/ to the Education Committee for its for more infonnation. • To accept the minutes of the A.Nishi-Passed unanimously. 1995 program. MaeborilSaiki-81 ~\I/~ Dec.16,1 994, teleconference as • To allocate $500 for the pur• 011 Motion carried with one absten• • amended. HayashilYamada-13/0/ chase of an ad in the program book• tion. 1 (T.Nlshi) Motion carried with one let of the Congressional Asian Pa• • To support the concept of a BM!~~ abstention. cific American Caucus Institute. JACl Planned Giving program. T. W UnIOn • To confirm Travis Nishi and Itami/Hayashi-Motion withdrawn. NishilKaji-Passed unanimously. o Terry Yamada as govemors to serve • That JACl opposes any legis• • RESOLVED, that the National * You must register for payment or money transfer. ..0... on the 1996 Ad-Hoc Budget Com- lation that would change the current JACl Board ratify and affirm, and it * Payment cannot be made unless you bave sufficient funds in your account. mittee. HayashilMaebori-Passed laws of family reunification. does hereby ratify and affirm the ~====~======. ~ _ = .== _ ===~~ ;, unanimously. Murakawalltami-Passed unani• prior written balloting.of the Board 'i= • To form an ad hoc committee mously. as follows: to study the current distribution of Available Exclusively To JACL Indit.!iduaIMembers • That National JACl reaffirm its February 2, 1995: For the ap• regional allocations and to reoom• strong support of affirmative action proval of the severance proposal mend adjustments to those alloca- and vigorously oppose any legisla• received from the Personnel Com• tions to the National Board by Janu• tion that eliminates such programs. mittee-8I610 Motion carried. The ary 1, 1996, (include in biennial Mizobe/ltami-Passed unani• February 20, 1995: For the ap• budget for 1997-98). Mizobel mously. proval of payment of the severance A.Nishi-Passed unanimously. JACL - BLUE SHIELD • To support affirmative action in proposal into an escrow bank ac• • To approve the charter of the college admissions. Murakawal count, and for the submission of the Health Plans API Lambda JACL chapter (pSW). Yoshino-Motion withdrawn for re• severance proposal to alternative Mizobe/Maebori-Motion carried wording. dispute resolution with counsel for with one abstention (Itami). • To approve Emilie Kutsuma as the affected employees-8/4/2 Mo• • To allocate up to 1.5% of the chair of the Personnel Committee. tion carried. grants program distribution for ad• Itami/Maebori-Passed unani• • RESOLVED, that the National ministrative costs for the program. mously. JACl Board ratify and affirm, and it 'This figure is based on earnings • To accept as amended the does hereby ratify and affirm the generated in the previous year. motions of the teleconference meet• temporary employment of the fol• Two Blue Shield Health Plans MaeborilT. Nishi-Passed unani• ing. Hayashi/Yamada-Passed lowing individuals at the National mously. unanimously. Headquarters under the authority at Special Rates For JACL Members • To approve the proposed bud• • To move the National Board of the National Vice President for get forthe Legacy Fund Campaign. into Executive Session. YamadaIT. General Operation: Emily Ishida, • Choose either of two health plans: HMO or PPO SaikilMaebori-14I4I6 Motion failed. Nishi-Passed unanimously. Receptionist; Amy Yamashiro, • A wide range of benefits such as: • To obtain recommendations • To move from Executive Ses• Membership Director; Emily Nishi, • Professional services and hospitalization benefits from Cynthia Campbell about the sion into General Session. Hayashil Administrative Assistant; Karyl steps JACl should take for sound Yoshino-Passed unanimously. Matsumoto, Office Administrator. • Dental coverage accounting practices and financial • RESOLVED, that the National RESOLVED FURTHER, thatthe • Medical Eye Service vision care benefits management. MaeborilYamada• Board ratify and affirm, and it does National JACL Board ratify and af• SM Passed unanimously. • Healthtrac - A personal wellness program to help hereby ratify and affirm the delega• firm, and it does hereby ratify and keep you healthy • To accept the report as pre• tion of authori.tybythe National Vice affirm the retainer of Leigh-Ann sented by Cynthia Campbell to the President for General Operations Miyasato as Washington, D.C. Rep• • Extensive HMO and PPO physician networks National Board. HayashiJltami• on February 15, 1995, for the over• resentative, pursuantto written con• • Worldwide emergency coverage Passed unanimously. sight of the staff and property of the tract, Hayashi/Maebori-Passed • A JACL·endorsed health plan backed by over 50 years of • To approve the nomination of Corporation in the absence of a unanimously. Lillian Kimura and June Schumann Blue Shield experience National JACl Director, to William • That the JACl support the es• as co-chairs to the Legacy Fund J. Yoshino, Midwest Regional Di• tablishment of Asian American Stud• grants program. MaeborllYa• rector. ies programs at colleges and uni• JACL Members 18 and over may apply to enroll In the Blue Shield mada-Passed unanimously. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the versities and issue a statement of of Califomia Health Plan sponsored by JACL. Applicants and • To approve the nomination of National JACl Board authorize, and support to the students at North• Mae Takahashi as Pacific Citiien dependents under age 65 must submit a statement of health it does hereby authorize the PSWDC western, Stanford, and Princeton Editorial Board Chair (effective 5- Executive Committee to list and Universities for their efforts to es• acceptable to Blue Shield before coverage becomes effective. 10-95). T.Nishilltaml-Passed conduct a search for candidates for tablish Asian American Studies pro• Individual members age 65 and over, covered under Medicare unanimously. the position of PSW Regional Di• grams on those campuses. parts A and B, may join the PPO Plan without a health statement. • To maintain composition of the rector at an annual salary of $30,000 Nakahara/Hayashi-Passed unani- Legacy Fund Grant Committee with to $37,000; to screen candidates mously. . For More Information, Write Or Call Today: one representative per district and for said position; and to recommend • To approve necessary sIgna• a youth representative. Murakawal one or more candidates to the Na• ture authorization changes for all (415) 931-6633 Mlzobe-6/7/0 Motion failed. tional Vice President for General JACL investment accounts. • Forthe 1995 calendar year, the Operations for the appointment of a HayashiIT. Nishi-Passed unani• ------Yesll want to know more about the JACL-Blue Shield of Callfomla Group two co-chairs of the Legaoy Fund PSW Regional Director in the ab• mously. Health Plan for: [ 1HMO [1 PPO Grant Committee select the Com• sence of a National Director. Mizobel • That JACL supports affirma• mittee from their own district(s) to T.Nlshi-Passed unanimously. tive action programs for college I am a member of ______chapter. make all decisions regarding the • To accept the proposed bud• admissions to ensure equality of grant of the legacy Fund awards. get of $22,000 for the 1995 JACL educational opportunity because we I am not a member of JACL. Please send me membership Information. I Yamada/Kutsuma-8/6/0 Motion Legacy Fund Campaign Commit• understand education is the most understand that JACL membership is required to obtain this coverage. carried. tee with the expenditures to be paid effectlve means to economic and • To authorize the PSW Execu• social opportunity to succeed in this Name ______Age __ from the 1994 Legacy Fund Na• tive Committee to search for candi• tional allocation and recovered democratic nation. Murakawa/(sec• Address --,--______dates, screen applicants (for) a from the 1995 Legacy Fund alloca• ond not known)-Passed unani• Regional Dlreotor for the PSW Re• City/StatelZlp ______tion. Saikl!Maeborl~ 13/0/1 Motion mously. gional Office in Los Angeles to be carried with one abstention. • T <> adopt a Financial Conflict of Phone ( ) ______[ J Work l 1Hom e hired by Bill Yoshino; annual salary • That JACL go on record as Int rest policy. N kaharaIYoshino• for this position shall be between supporting the civil rights of Mr. Motion tabled. $30,000 and $37,000 per. annum • To adjourn the meeting. eik!" Send To: Frances Morioka, Administrator Troy Shlozaw as an Individual to DOE Mizobe/Hayashl-- Motion be protected from exoesslv· or Nak hal' -Pas d un nimollsl~ JACL-Blue Shield of California Group Health Trust tabled. wrongful prosecution by local au• 1255 Post Street, Suite 805, San Francisco, California 94109 • To accept report from the San thorities Itamil (second not Pacific Citizen, June 2-15, 1995-7 Peru Nikkei to host PANA Convention July 5-9 u.s. team competes in Feb. 9·12 Nikkei Lima, Peru, sports event LOS ANGELES - A five• The 1995 festival, with trap• ignated the site of the 15th member team returned to the pings of the Olympic Games, Sports Festival for July, 1998. U.S. from the 14th Nikkei In• brought some 400 participants Kendo is to be added in the ternational Sports Festival from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, next festival. with three medals, one gold, Mexico, Uruguay, U.SA and A crowd estimated at 1,000 one silver, and two bronze. Peru to the 10-block-square Pe• witnessed the closing ceremo• Torrance judoist Jason Uno, ruvian Japanese Sports Sta• nies which included the parade CSU Long Beach, won the gold dium, which features an Olym• of athletes by countries. in the over-86kg category with pic size track and field. The com• The first U.S. team, headed three individual wins, eachbout plex includes a 50-meter, 10- by JACL Nisei Relays chair• lasting no more than a minute. lane swimming pool, soccer foot• woman Carrie Okamura of This was the third time that ball fields, volley ball courts, and Cerritos and Russell Hiroto of a U.S. team has competed in an auditorium for ping-pong and East Los Angeles, consisted of the festival, which was held Feb. judo competitions. The athletes 25 athletes and swimmers, men 9-12 in Lima, Peru. Leo were housed in converted class• and women, who had competed Hayashi, Pan American Nikkei rooms at the host organization's in Mexico City in 1986. They Association-USA (PAN A-USA) "Estadio La Union" facility. came home with six gold med• vice-president, headed the Brazil, which swept the 1995 als and a number ofbronze and sports delegation. festival championship, was des- silver awards.
national, both P.C. advertisers and Uchida Travel. San Jose, assist• SOUP TO SUSHI ing PANA-USA pre-convention FUJIMORI'S SUPPORT-Above, on billboards, Peru's president an• (a special collection of favorite recipes) nounces "more water and faucets" in the towns of Juan Pablo II and San tours to Machu Picchu and a post• Juan de Lurigancho. This past year, government-installed water system, convention Bra..zil tour.) . New Deluxe 3-Ring sewers and electrical lines have improved the bare lifestyle of the thou• Binder Cookbook With sands who live as squatters. With more than half of the people in poverty, Over 600 Recipes Alberto K. Fujimori, who was re-elected in the April 9 elections by an Los Angeles overwhelming 64% vote, plans to address Peru's social problems in his .Japanese Casualty SAN GABRIEL VlllAGE $18 (plus $3 handling) second five-year term. His party also won a majority in the Congress. 235 W. Fairview Ave. Insurance Assn. 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(213)628-1800 Under the supervision of the National Director, Imple• ments the JACL national legislative program and the vice president, met with Nikkei in and plastic art, exposition of his• The J. Morey Company, Inc. the U.S. and Canada in late April toric photographs of Japanese One Centerpolnte Drive. Ste 260 civil rights mission of the organization. and early May. "Now. after seven immigration to each American La Palma, CA 90623 versions ofthe PANAconventions, country, and a Sunday evening (714) 562-5910 (408) 280-5551 Requirements we wish to provide a new dynamic karaoke context. . Oglno-Aizumllns. Agency • Bachelor's degree from an accredited unlversi1y or to this encounter," Baba said. "By 1818W. BevertyBI,Ste210, Montebetlo90840 For further information: Centro college. Law degree desirable. promoting further institutional Cultural Peruano Japonesa, att. 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The fee Torrance, CA 90501 (310)781·2066 covers convention material, four lunches, four din• ners, all local transfers fromlto the airport, hotel, JACL reception, conven• tion sites and karaoke show. NATIONAL DIRECTOR Main activities will be simultaneously Japanese American Citizens League translated into En• glish and Portu• JACL is seeking a highly motivated, dedi• -broad sensitivities to deal with the variety guese. cated and Innovative Individual, with demon• of views of a diverse organization The Lima Sher• strated administrative experience and leader• -strong people skills to represent those aton Hotel & Ca• ship skills to carry out the mission of this perspectives on the locallevel-and be able to sino is the conven• national non-profit oivil rights organIzation. translate and package them on the national tion hotel. All level youth will be • Must Implement organization's programs. housed at El Esta• • Serve as a spokesperson for JACL. -skills to maintain and expand JACL's vis• dio La Union at a • Interact with community and private sec• ibility as a force in American politics. nominal fee. Para• tor leaders on a variety of tasks and projects. cas Tour, Lima, is • Be responsible for direct supervision of Salary negotiable, Send cover leUer and the convent.ion staff, accounting, budgeting, personnel. staff resume to Jim Miyazaki , JACL VP, Opera• tour agency. (Post• superviSion, gift solicitation and grant research tions. 2034 Pleasant St., Wauwatosa, WI., convention Lours MODERN-Not a year old, the 1,500-seal audIto• and writing. 53213. are being offered Individual should possess rium of the Japanese Peruvian Association is the by Americnn lIoli• site forthe opening and closing ceremonies of the day 'I'our!'! anel EXTENDED DEADLINE 1995 PAN A Convention in Lima. 'rama 'rruvell ntRr· ~Paci6.c Citizen,]une 2-15, 1995 Opinions PC won't reprint opinions, letters sent to other media BILL HOSOKAWA Pacific Citizen frequently receives letters and opinion articles which are sent to Internment exaggerations many or all of the vernacu• lars. Such duplication need• .T. "Wimpy" Hiroto, the often acid You probably know a few. They're always tactic is to pounce upon misstatements or lessly reduces the amount of but consistently amusing colum• available when a well-meaning school or overstatements offact about the privations space available. PC repeats W nist in Tozai Times, had in the ch urch group is looking for someone to talk Japanese Americans experienced. Then its established policy of pub• January issue a story marvelously appro• about the Japanese American experience. " prove ~ they use that information to that lishingonly thoseletters sent priate for these times. That's just fine except that some of them, lies were invented to justify Redress and to this newspaper. Hiroto wrote that he had attended a out of either fervor or ignorance, get carried they go on to praise the Evacuation as a lecture in which a Japanese American away and embellish the facts of a story wise move to defend the nation from phan• speaker, recalling the outrage ofthe Evacu• whose greatest impact is in its starkness. tom spies and saboteurs. ation, dramatized the evening he saw his Some of these revisionists are remark• father being dragged away by FBI agents I also have heard such first person ac• ably crafty. They cite pictures of evacuees and jailed for being an enemy alien. counts of camp outrage and privation from playing ball as "proof' that camp life was Letters Let Hiroto continue: people who could not have been more than fun. They show photographs of a young "After a hugely dramatic pause, he (the infants in diapers, worried about little more camp bride in a traditional gown and veil speaker) said, 'I have never gotten over than the next feeding, when they were (perhaps rented in town or ordered through that traumatic experience. I still have night• having their psyches injured irreparably. a catalogue), or camp high school graduate Offended by racism of mares.' Like the speaker in Hiroto's anecdote, in cap and gown, to "prove" that reports of 'Legal Pad' sketches "I figured, hey, great. This guy was doing they "remember" going through frightful privation are false. his bit educating the uneducated .... Being experiences that they are familiar with When those Who speak for us exaggerate, The Japanese American internmentdur• the inquisitive type I did a bit of sleuthing only through hearsay. They want to display they give our enemies ammunition to con• ing World War II has been our nation's and found out how old this lecturer was. A psychological scars which they acquired tinue attacking us, even after 50 years. greatest embarrassment since slavery. Both bit of simple math" disclosed he was all of vicariously. They don't deserve that kind of help from realities posed unforgivable challenges to two years old when the authorities hauled This probably would do no harm except us. Let's cl)ol it. The truth about our expe• the Constitution ofthe United States. Only dear old dad to the hoosegow. rience is powerful enough without stretch• from the sacrifices and tireless work by "Hot damn! My admiration grew. I that even at this late date there are people hiding in the weeds looking for "proof' that ing it. Americans of all colors, races and religious couldn't talk until I was nearly 4!" backgrounds were both · those realities When you have stopped laughing, please Japanese AInericans were the beneficia• ries of a kindly Uncle Sam who gave t hem changed for the benefit ofthose true Ameri• read on. Hosokawa is the former editorial page edi• cans previously forsaken. Some folks have made a semi-career of a paid vacation while other Americans suf• fered the privations of war. Their favorite tor the Denuer Post. His column appears in As senior librarian ofthe Japanese Aroeri• recounting the horrors of the Evacuation. the Pacific Citizen. can World War II Electronic Library, an African American, and a defense witness for Mr. Orenthal James Simpson, I must convey both my personal apology and an apology from all African Americans who descended from slaves for the inexcusable graphic representations ofJapanese Ameri• BILL MARUTANI cans. in "O.J.'s Legal Pad" recently pub• lished. The caricatures displayed in the text published are the regrettable product of 'Dirt cheap' our society which has yet to provide and encourage greater education and emphasis hat was the expression we used when awful lot of "ma-me" (peas) to end the day K.enkyusba's new J apanese-English dictio• on abandoning antiquated, improper and the price of something was a close with any meaningful sum of money. The nary, 4th ed., p. 1,376, I came across some offensive art or reference. T second to getting something for free. farmer had already invested substantial other definitions of rin. In measuring dis• Although those kinds of caricatures have Dirt was plentiful so that one could get it time and monies in plowing, buying and tance, rin equals 0.012 inch; in the weight always revealed ignorance, they have not practically for nothing. But not any more. planting seeds, cultivating and fertilizing, mode it equals 0.579 grams which trans• always indicated racism or lack of respect. The other day Vicki picked up some potting purchasing and setting up (cedar) poles, lates into U.S. measurement of 0.035 Some caricatures, using similar figurative soil at a nearby nursery, something she's stringing the pea vines as they grew, weed• ounces. Among other definitions was one I likenesses, bore captions that expressed . been doing every spring. I wasn't paying ing, watering in a dry spell, spraying insec• regarded as whimsical: "rin 'a bell; a door• wisdom, benevolence and hunlanity. Some much attention to the price, but for a 40 lb. ticides-and now having crews pick the bell.' " So "Rin-bern (and if you're already held tradmark status appearingperpetu• bag, it was about two bucks. That comes to ripened peas, loading aboard the truck and chuckling, you're ahead of me) means to ally on commercial products. I personally five cents a pound. Now, nickel a pound delivery to the packing shed. All this for ring a bell. For a moment there, I thought had the opportunity to view similarities isn't much. nisen-gorin a pound and hoping to realize someone was pulling my leg. during the brief period I spent in Tokyo, But, for dirt? some kind of a profit, how slim it may be. I'm still not sure. Yokohama and Kobe on R&R during my A real "crap shoot." tour of duty in Vietnam. THINKING BACK to my youthful days THE NEXT TIME I'm lugging those However, likeness associated to refer• on the far, we'd hear the Issei farmers AS I SAID, I had assumed that rin was bags of potting soil into the trunk of my ences to weapons of war or words reflective checking the day's price being paid at the 1I20th of a cent. After all these years, I automobile, I'm going to be thinking of ofignorance are inexcusable and cannot be packing shed for (vine) peas. The price checked rin in the dictionary and was sur• those green pea farmers down there in tolerated. It is for this reason that The overheard might be something such as "ni• prised to learn that rin is not a 20th, or even White River Valley (located south of Se• Japanese American WWII Electronic Li• sen go-rin." No one ever sat me down and a hundredth. It's "one-thousandth." If that's attle) who were being paid something far brary joins those who demand that this explained precisely what this translated so, "go-rin" would mean "five-one thou• less per pound for their pea crop than what "Legal Pad" publication be removed from into in English. Ijust figured "ni-sen" meant sandth" of a cent! That's slicing it might I now pay for plain dirt. public availabjlity. "two cents," and "go-rin" meant 5th ofsome• thin: a decision to sell or try to hold out for See LEITERS/page 9 thing, probably 1I20th of a cent; put to• a better price hinging on "thousandth." "Dirt" - cheap? Not anymore. gether my way, the total came to "two and Make or break based upon thousandth. 1I20th cents" a pound for peas. With the Hard to believe. After leaving the bench, Ma,rutani resumed farmer being paid at that kind of rate, I practicing law in Philadelphia. He writes used to think to myself I'd have to pick an IN THE COURSE of checking rin in regularly for the Pacific Citizen. ""'., ....,.... " ..... Pacific Citizen Policies EdItorials, columns and cartoons IJlJN - GRADUA1l0tJ FlIJALLY! FIFrY YfARSAGO, WnH I>lPLDMA AND The opinions, views and tatements in the edito• rials, colUll\I1S and cartoon" appear1Ilg in Pacific WHAT roes TflE FUllJRE HOLD FOR GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE IN HAND, WE Cit:eu are those of the autholS and a' uch do not necessarily represent the Japanese American Citi• US? THE REAL WORLD our THERE• VfNTURfP fORTH FROM WRA CAMPS WITH zen.s League. Pillift' Citi~<'II editoriaL , colU1l\llS. and cartoons of staff will be cI~arl}' labeled a, such. wHAr's Ir UI(E.? 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movements to repeal the Alien Books LETTERS Land Law, and the miscegenation (Continued from page 8) laws? Should JACL apologize for Military history I guess. Children making it possible for Issei to be• Spy Catchers of the Zen thoughts aside, Powell Is That Josie? written & illus• And, we ask that every member come naturalized U.S. citizens? raises the question of the nature of Mr. Simpson's defense team U.S.Army: In the War with Ja• trated by Keiko Narahashi. Mar• Should JACL apologize for lead• pan, by Duval A. Edwards. Red and function of knowledge, of garet K. McElderry Books which employs members of many ing the fight for redress? words and the language being racial and religious backgraunds, Apple Publishing, P.O. Box 101 Macmillan, 866 Third Ave., Ne"'; With 20-20 hindsight, there Gig Harbor, WA 98335; $17 revolutionized by the computer. York City 10022, $14.95 (hard, make greater effort to ensure that "T~ put the question in terms a no publication. reference or act have been many criticisms ofJACL (312pp,soft,1994)-TheCounter• 1994) - Brightly drawn in water• decisions and actions. There were In~lligence Corps (CIC) no longer Buddhist might use, how does a color, the text is a dialogue be• thatmayoffend the American com• society's knowledge alleviate suf• errors injudgment, but they were eXiSts as a separate Army unit tween a grown-up and a child. The munity ever be permitted. fering either of the individual or honest errors made for what th~y but it was "full of people bigge; jacket promises "grown-ups and than life." In the first chapter (and all life?" There are panels which their favorite children will turn to thought at that time to be for the put the issue in context. It's that p~~ welfare ofall Japanese Americans. then on) are two Nisei- Richard this again and again." This is Sakakida and Arthur Komori kind of book - not to be flipped ~eiko's second book, but she has Senior Librarian There has been a tendency for long~ through mindlessly. some younger Nikkei to blame the whose exploits are known to illustrated for Yoshiko Uchida's The Japanese American WW2 time P.C. readers and the MIS The Magic Purse and other au• Experience Library, Nisei generation generally for lack of guts, for being too willing to veterans. Poetry/haiku thors. Lomita, Calif. The author, who served as an Shadow Play: Night Haiku, The Wise Old Woman, retold accept the dictates of our govern• officer with the CIP-Counter In• by Penny Harter, illustrated by byYoshiko Uchida, illustrated by More thoughts on ment without fighting back. Many telligence Police, soon after Pearl Jeffrey Greene. Simon & Schuster Martin Springett. Margaret K. personal decisions were based on Harbor, tells how the CIC oper• Books for Young Readers, 1230 McElderry Books, Macmillan, 866 practical necessities rather than ated in the Pacific theater, how Avenue of the Americas, New Third Ave., New York City 10022, draft protestors idealism. Aging parents had to be the CIC men overcame the prob• York, NY 10020; $15 (32pp, hard, $14.95 (hard, 1994) - Here's an The Pacific Southwest District looked after. Children to be raised lems with the enemy and with its 1994) - The many faces of night old Japanese folkstory but new to Council (JACL) recently passed a and educated. Families had to be own U.S. Army. He sheds light on are conveyed - the train whistles us. The questions to which the old resolution apologizing to the held together. So many had to the CIC's work in the U.S. and evening rain, how ling dogs and woman had the answers are: (1) Nikkei who refused to be drafted start from scratch after the war. Hawaii with its large ethnic J apa• bursting fireworks in uncom• Make a coil ofrope out of ashes; (2) because they had been deprived of Consider your criticisms care• nese population. plicating style and brilliant Run a second thread through the their civil rights as American citi• fully, especially if you were not Edwards eventually became fas• shades. Her haiku three-liners length of a crooked log, and (3) zens and interned in concentra• there or were too young in those cinated by the unpublished 30- appear without punctuation and Make a drum that sounds without volume history of the CIC that he seem have a 15 syllables maxi• being beaten.We didn't. tion camps. They condemned the times. to found at Ft. Holabird, Md., the mum. Harter teaches creative JACL of that time for refusing to CIC HQ, which he extracted as writing at Santa Fe (N.M.) Prepa• support the action of such groups Fiction/novels well as badgering other CIC vet• ratory School; illustrator Greene The Frontiers of Love, by as the Heart Mountain Fair Play Fresno, Calif. erans in the Pacific to record their divides his time befween New York Committee. The PSWDC called Diana Chang. "Introduction" to accounts and produce his well• City and rural Pennsylvania. 1994 edition by Shirley Gook-lin upon National JACL to make a documented book. An index would similar apology. Reader says JACL Lim, UC Santa Barbara. Univer• have been helpful. Children sityofWashingtonPress, P.O. Box We, personally, have the utmost is at crossroads The Cricket Warrior: a Chi· 50096, Seattle, WA 98145, $14.95 respect for those protestors who Somew here in this nation, there Philosophy/religion nese Tale. Retold by Margaret (272pp, soft, 1994) - What to took this stand for constitutional must be a person who has a burn• Zen Speaks: Shouts of Noth• and Raymond Chang, illustrated make of a novel first published in reasons. We do not have this re• ing desire to take on a monumen• ingness, by Tsai Chih Chung by Warwick Hutton. Margaret K. 1956, acclaimed then but not as spect for those who took this McElderry Books, Macmillan 866 an Asian American effort, is placed tal challenge ofleadingtheJACL (C.C.Tsai), translated by Brian method to avoid military service Third Ave., New York City 10'022, into the twenty· first century. Bruya; Introduction by William sq':larely.in the i?troduction by with all of its attendant dangers. $14.95 (hard, 1994) - An ancient Shirley Lun thatcnpplesKipling's There is hard, character building Powell, UC Santa Barbara. An• We do not believe that apologies Chinese tale of sorrow and forti• line: "East is East and West is toil here but concurrently an op• chor Books, 1540 Broadway, New are necessary. JACL has already tude, of courage and triumph is West, and never the twain shall portunity for personal reward York, NY 10036; $10.95 (159pp, recognized the essential patrio• wrapped around a cricket, accom• meet." through achievement. soft, 1994) - China's most popu• tism of those who took this stand panied by full-page illustrations Set in J apancse-occupied Crossroad! JACL may be at lar author and illustrator, C.C. sincerely. in watercolor "that will catch and Shanghai of1945, the three "loves" one. Author Bill Hosokawa writes Tsai, adapts over 100 Zen koans ~olding their beauty and pea~ hold the imaginaions of young happen to be young "Eurasians" JACL, according to some, has in his book, JACL in Quest ofJus• readers everywhere." The story conscious of their identities, their many apologies to make. It should ill cartoon panels for the modern tice (paraphrasing a bit) "in the reader. As cartoons must there is brought back memories when we lovers and parents. Lim points apologize to all Nikkei for cooper• early 1900's, despite their college . ' caught our first cricket in the outthosechapterswheretheindi• ating with the government in the rrreverent humor but the mes- diplomas and brand-new profes• sage is clearly summarized .... house (a sign of good luck my vidual points of views are well evacuation process. JACL, know• sionallicenses, there weren't many mother said and not to smash it to textured. I was skipping from ing thlit evacuation and intern• some will leave you in wonder• patients and clients rushing ment, which is the way Zen works, death). chapter to chapter. The "bappa" ment were going to take place no through the office doors of Dr. See BOOKS/page 12 matter what we did as individuals Thomas T. Yatabe, attorney Tom or as a group, decided on coopera• Okawara, dentist Terry Hayashi, tionbecauseitmeantthatitwould and other Japanese American pro• lessen the burden on our people. fessionals because the Japanese If, at that time, the entire Nikkei community was very small and group had insisted on their consti• white people chose not to use their tutional rights, defied government services. So they had plenty of By HARRY K. HONDA orders and refused to evacuate, time for extended coffee breaks to Editor emeritus what would have been gained? We talk of many things. They did. would have been evacuated force• Their talks always returned to fully and placed our elderly, our their concern for the future of About used books sick, our women and our children Niseis in America." The driving in danger of physical harm, and at motivation for the founding of that time and in that atmosphere JACL was to seek, protect, and generations to come." of war hatred, placed our group Over the years, it's been our always looking to improve his li• preserve the rights of Americans brary with a better quality book. Allow us another story. Steve with the then enemy Japanese of Japanese ancestry in these mission to report on or review new G. Doi of San Jose, who collects, with whom we were at war. That books of interest to our readers. Flipping through the pages after United States. So in 1929, just 66 he got home, "What do I find but trades and sells Japanese Ameri• was the time for those who strongly The P.C. has been filled with sto• can material had a used hook for years ago, in response to this ur• ries aboutJ apaneseAmerican au• that Hiroshi Uyehara had been believed in standing up for their gent need, JACL was founded. the original owner!" Hiroshi now me, Gardiner's The Japa.nese in constitutional rights no matter thors, about new tomes on the Peru (1975). What he discovered In these 66 years, the JACL Japanese in America, etc., but has the book, a keepsake from an what the consequences, to have organization has been utilized as old acquaintance. some time ago was that Asian stood up and refused to be evacu• hardly about "used" books. And I American materials go "out-of• a vehicle to accomplish specific felt this bit about "used books" Homer continues. He dropped n ated. rights for Isseis and Americans of into Dave Ishii's bookstore in Se• print almost immediately. He should be passed along. says WRA camp material, hand• It took courage for draft resist• Japanese ancestry. Theincarcera• LongtimeJACLer, Dr. Homer attle several years ago,looking for another copy of the English ver• outs, yearbooks, etc., are "priced ers to refuse military service until tion experience which basically Yasui ofPorUand, writes that he sky high" in most of the high-end their constitutional rights were categorized the Niseis as dispens• found and bought a used book at a sion (1973) to Kazuo Ito's Issei history of the Pacific Northwest, antiquarian bookstores. Some restored, but it took greater cour• able "throw-away citizens" im• well-known book store (Powell's) camp yearbooks have been priced age, for those, after being evacu• pacted on the "collective Nisei in town. It cost him $75 .... in HyakunenZakura, that he wanted to give to his sister. Da e asked between $100 to $800. ated and interned, and knowing psyche." This harsh treatment was beautiful condition. Its title: "Hopefully, the families will full well that their constitutional one contributing factor to instill a Beauty Behind Barbed Wire by wheth r he had a copy of it at hom ; Homr said yes and was know the al ue ofthe e items and rights had been violated, and driving motivation among a Allen I-I. Eaton (1952, Harper & ke p them. That i where the Bros., New York). "But what was quickly offered "$100 for your knowing the dangers and the risks number of Niseis to keep JACL copy." Homer responded he wasn't belong. These mat rial ar truly of military service, volunteered operational. The JACL was uti• irresitible ... inside the front cover, priceless. If they don't know the Masao Satow had written an in• s lling it his book any price, "but for or willingly accepted draft for lized once again as a vehicle to Lhat's sWl a standing offer from value of some ofthese items, they scription to Bruce Elliot Noda in don't appreciate th value of their the armed forces of the U.S. They successfully have the redress leg• Ishii to me." did this for the American Nikkei islation "Civil Rigbts Act of 1988" 19651" And thereby hangs this long cultural heritage," is the v ay the forgotten tale. Mas had about 200 As a parting comment, regard• cause. There should be no ques· enacted on August 10, 1988. ing "our (new) book"-a full-color Asian Studies lecturer t "'anJose copies of this book at Headquar• tat puts it. Wha:t he h s up for tion that the outstanding military The condi tions for Americans of ters, unsoldbecausemembersgen• ke psak ooffee tabl book, TOllch· record of Japanese Americans on Japanese ancestry in these United ing the Stones: Tracing 100 Years th publi 8.r duplicates in his erally didn't wanted to be re• coIl ction. both the European and the Pacific States have changed considerably minded ofthe WWII camp exp ri• of Japanese Ame,., ~cal1 Histor)', fronts made possible our return to between 1929 and 1995. Is the (1994), Oregon Nikkei Endow• What bugs him the mo t: to s ence. So, in the late '50s, Mas th "stuff' at JA garage s sand American society with heads high driving motivation for the ment, P.O. Box 3458, Portland, 1 started to hand them to National church bazaars. "Book dealers are and hearts proud. founding of J ACL in 1929 still JACL scholarship candidates who OR 97208,112 pp, $34.95libra.ry, $19.95 soft, $3.50 s&h.-Hom r buyin·g it fi1S from the J a.pan s Should JACL apologize for re• applicable in 1995? Is there a driv• didn't win in acknowledgm nt of Am rican community and s lIing questing the government to allow ing motivation in 1995 to nur• t.heir academic excellence in high wonders: "For quality anything, one should be pI' par d to pay a it for man tims th original Japanese Americans to serve? It ture JACL, equivalent to the one school and having been nominated pric ,"h adds.H findsitah art• felt by the incarcerated Niseis? Is by the local ohaptpl·. quality pric ,don't you think so?" took great courage for the JACL No quostion about it! By far it's br aking situation, u nightmaI . leaders of that time to make this there a person out there with a Homer has anoLher "used book" As for Sans it' mili s w ho ~ ish driving motivation to lead and anecdote. Browsing through t.ho best.-Iooking and th best-of· decision which was opposed by its-kind. Historical and cont m• to mew out their grandpar nt.'s nurtureJACLinto the future,just Powell's Asian American collec• material, thos pre ar it tuS s· many internees. We should re• tion and .J apanese American lit• pol'ary photos, Monica Sone'!'! Wl'it• member that Mike Masaoka led in case? ings and Lawson lnada's poems p cially in Nihongo, is of int rest erature, he found Carey Mc Will· to Doi eith r by th bu.' or per in this movement that he and bis iams' Brothers Under the Sk,i,t will rekindle your mamori s. Th brothers were among the first to ~~"Ka~ beautiful book "captur s th dig· single book. His main hobby has (1942), a hardbound edition that be to coll ct nlnt rial volunteer. Ventura County Chapter, JACL nity of the Issoi pionll 1'S .... pro· u "dtten b would replace the soft.cover 1964 the Issei. Should JACL apologize for president edition he already had. Hornor is viding a tr asury of""history for to-Pacllc Citizen,}une 2-15, 1995 Pacific Citizen Editorial Guidelines
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As a first-place naLional wi nner distinguished professor and chair and Carol (nee Takekawa) Dean in the NASAlNational Science of University of Utah's pharma• and grandson of the John Teachers Association's space sci• ceutics department, received the Takekawas, Burnsville. ence student involvement inter• 1994 American Association of George Washington University, planetary art competition, Yonsei Pharmaceutical Scientist's Dale celebrating its eighth annual fifth-grader Gregory Rei E. Wurster Award, which includes "Dream in Action" convocation in Metcalf ofQuail Summit Elemen• a $10,000 prize, for significant re• honor ofthe late Dr. MartinLuther tary School, Diamond Bar, CaM., search contributions. Cer monies King Jr., presented Rep. Norman won an all-expense paid trip with wer held last November in San Y. Mineta and others with Mar• his teacher to the National Space Diego. tin Luther King Jr. Medal~ for Science Symposium May 6-10 in Outstanding Professional Service Washington, D.C. He also won a in Civil and Human Rights. The trip to U.S. Space Camp. His sis• event took place Jan. 1 on cam• ter, Krista Kei, 8th grader at pus. "I can think of few people Chaparral Middle Schioiol, placed whose life and work have brought second in the middle school divi• about such a profound change in sion in the same program. Their American society .... as the Rev. parents are the Leonard Metcalfs, Martin Luther King Jr.,~ Mineta Tribute grandparents are Stockton Stockton-born social worker, longtime Philadelphia JACL and Na• responded upon being cited for hi JACLers Dr. and Mrs. James fight for passage of the ivil Lib• tional JACL leader, Grayce Kaneda Uyehara of Medford, N.J., was Nakamura. conferred Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with erties Act of 1988. Pa sage of the genera~, act "would not ha" been possible Rosette,by Ambassador Yoshio Karita, Japanese consul Jeffrey Matsui, "right-hand at New York, May 16, at the ambassador's residence. The recogni• without the votc and example of man" of erstwhile Mayor Tom Dr. King." tion was in honor of outstanding contributions to the Japanese Bradley, was hailed as Koreisha American community, which included assisting "displaced people Chushoku-Kai's sp cial benefac• from around the world to settle in Philadelphia after WWII." Small Business Admini tration L-______-' tor since the Little Tokyo nutri• recognized Roy H. Doi, CPA, of tion program for the elderly began Wahiawa, Hawaii, for helping~e in 1976. JeffTey remarked it was economic climate for small bUSl• Eric Kato,Willlam Igarashi School and plans to attend Cali• dinner emcee George Take! who and Aaron Minami of Boy Scout fornia State University, Domin• nElss. working with the local revi• got him into politics, after leaving M~TTHEW DEAN talization committe and being Troop 719, Los Angeles Council, guez Hills. his JACL position as associate Pacifica District, were recently instrumental in repealing Stat Igarashi's project involved national director in 1972. Th A fiah-grad r at Oak Gro e In• snl!~.n honored with Eagle Scout awards. cleaning up and clearing debris Act 184, which p naliz d Maui-born xecutivc assistant to tormodiat School, Bloomingon, business with a hefty fin for frul• Kato's and Minami's project in• from the F.E. Hopkins Wilderness Bradley of 20 years was r gard d Minn., MntthewDean,ll,of ub volved patching and painting sev• Park in Redondo Beach. He is the ing to file n spt'cific schedule. H as Kor isha's "nnpaid lobbyist," Park 394 rec ivcd th Boy Scout WEI!; honor d as ~B ' 1995" - eral walls, a hallway, doors and BOn ofToru and Kimiko Igarashi locating funding to augment. local of America Medal orM rit for th coun tant dorat .. for gion trim, and covering graffiti at the and is a junior at. Gardena High R I.', Nikk i support and the work of quick action h display d d.\lring tl cov('ring CaHfornin, Arizona, Ha• North Gardena United Methodist School. Emi Yamaki, director. Koreisha m dical m rg nc whl h oc• Church. wuii and N ad. The rank of eagle is the highest iH said to bone of tho few t' main• curr d in the Holida, Plus park• Kato is the son of Ralph and in the scouting program. ing hot. meal programs in thEl iLy. ing lot. on Aug. 31. 1994. 'I'he na• Kare.. Kato and is a first-year Tom Shimazaki is currently Some 200 woro pre Rent Apl'il22 nt. tional lifesaving aword was pre• student at U.C., Irvine. scoutmaster of Troop 719. He is the New Otani Hot 1 dinn r. s ntod in April, 1995, at a nu• Minami is the son of Dan and assisted by Shigeo Morita, Tom tional cou rt of hono1' in Meddie Minami. He if! a senior Arima, Phil Minami, Tim William I. Higuchi, Ph.D., Bloomington. He is th son ofDick See PERSONALL Y/page 12 at Bishop Montgomery High Moore and Bob Harada. Pacific Citizen, June 2-15, 1995-11 Obituaries
"DEATH NOTICES,· which appear In ley, April 16; Berkeley-born, survived by ter Jessie, 8 gc., brothers Kazuo, Flash, daughters Joyce, Dianne Nishikawa, 4 daughters Joanne Kiesewetter, Jenny a more timely manner, are requested by son Bob, daughter Aileen Efigenio, 2 Tom, Shulchi, James (all Hawaii). gc. McKinley, sister Sugi Kasuda. the family who wish to be billed. The gc., sisters Matsuko : DEA Tlf NonCE Monuments & Markers for All Cemeteries TERU MIO National Business and Teru Mio, 101, passed away on May .1lJ~.*-± Kimura 23, 1995 at an Ontario, Ore. nursing ProfesstoaaJ Directory home. She is survived by three KUSHIYAMA SEKlHloSHA PHOTOMART daughters: Kiyo Kobayashi, Sumi EVERGREEN MONUMENT CO, Conll!ras & Plio/agraphic Supplies Get a head start in business Satoh and Rose (Mrs. Tets) 4548 Floral Or., Los Angeles, CA 90022 316 E. 2nd St., Los AlIgeil!S, CA 90012 Nakamura. Three sons: Tom (Jayne) (213) 261-n79 (213) 622-3968 Mio, Kay Mio and Dan (Yoshi) Mio. 19 gc and 25 ggc. DEATlf NonCE CLASSIFIED ADS KIYOSHI ana TANAMACHI Kiyoshi Otto Tanamachi, 68, passed FOR SALE EMPLOYMENT away on May 14 at Alta Bates Hos• pital in Berkeley of complications Fresno Custom Triplex BILINGUAL SECRETARY- from cancer. Predeceased by his Deluxe owners unit RECEPTIONIST loving wife, Jane Imamura. Sur• 3 Bd/2 Ba, 1,700 sq. ft., plus 2 Bdl2 Immediate opening, Min. 3 years vived by his beloved son, Ian of La Ba + 1 Bd/1 Ba, 3 encl garages + add Mesa, Calif.; brother, Masao of experience. Excellent oral and writ• Richfield, Minn. and sister, Kaoru pkg/encl yard, $185,000. Out of ten communication skills, WP 5.1 Reynolds of Berkeley. town owner wants sold. and Lotus 1-2-3 required. College Call: 619/941-5421 degree a plus! Great Benefits pack• DEATlf NonCE 24 ACRE RANCH age. Resumes to: Human Resources CHIYE TOGASAKI YAMANAKA *Large and small creek i~ Chiye Togasaki Yamanaka, 90, Transmetrlcs, Inc. Your business card in each issue for 12 issues $15 per line, three-line minimum. ·Marketable #2 Doug Fir Larger type (12 pt., counts as two lines. Logo same as line rote as required. PC has died on May 22, 1995 at Summit 4010 Moorpark Avenue, #112 Hospital in Oakland. A native San ·1800 Square Feet made no determination that the businesses listed in this directory are licensed by San Jose, CA 95117. proper government authority. Franciscan, she graduated from ·3 Bedrooms FAX 408-244-8250 Lowell High School and then en• ·1/2 Basement tered University of CA's five year CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Grea.ter Los Angeles San Mateo Count ; CaD!. ·Air Conditioned Pacific CItizen, the Japanese Ameri• nursing degree program. In 1929, r.nCHIKO JEAN MORROW, Realtor she received a Bachelor of Science ·Private & Isolated can Citizens League national news• ASAHI TRAVEL .8 Res. (415) 347-8880 Degree which included certification ·15 miles from Tacoma paper, seeks a person to maintain ~~ \',.. B IN£SS & l.oEJSulu; 'l'IIA VEL FOlI --= Bus. (415) 578-9996 as a Registered Nurse and in Public subscription mailing list. Database GROUT'S, FAMlJ.JES & tNnlVIDl/ALS. ~ ·$400,000 .,.Hf PACKA E ToUllS, CRUISES, RAn.p..ss, Q 1108 . El Camino Real Health Nursing. entries, verbal and written correspon· YOllf\"OSE & LDlloUSINE SERVICE • ...... sr:: .. San Mateo, CA 94402 She married Tamezo Yamanaka Please send inquiries to: dence skills needed. Work with post 1543 W. Olympie Blvd, .317, L.A. 90015 in 1930 and gave birth to daughter, P.O. Box 1447 office, vendors and provide support (213) 487-4294· FAX (213) 487·1073 AILEEN A. FURUKAWA, CPA Sachikoin 1931. Motheranddaugh• J-....:...... ;...-----....:....-----i Tax Accounting for Individuals, E tates for production. Type 40 wpm, two ter came back to the states during Sumner, WA 98390 &~ FLOWER VIEW GARDENS & Trusts and Businesses WWII and returned to Japan after years office experience, knowledge (~ Flowers, Fruit, Wine & 2020 Pioneer Court, Suite 3 the war ended. She worked with the EMPLOYMENT of IBM and Mac desirable. Wllllrain. ~ Candy Citywide Delivery San Mateo, CA 94403. Tel: (415) 358-9820. , Worldwide Service Atomic Energy Commission until Send cover letter and resume to: JOB OPENING IN THE 1801 N. Western Ave., Los Angele 900271----S-"'--:-.. ~- . an-d:- ~.C-a1-i-:-t.----i 1959 when she retired to care for her ..... OLYMPIC CITYI Richard Suenaga (213) 466-73731 Art & Jim Ito _. ."v ailing father. 2 Coral Circle, #204 Tamezo and Chiye continued Self-disciplined, creative Industrial Monterey Park, CA 91755 Dr. Darlyne Fujimoto, YUKAKO AKERA, O.D. Christian missionary work in Japan DeSigner or Engineer. Preferred Doctor of Optometry until 1979 when they returned to requirements are Bachelor's de• Optometrist & Associates Medi. a.re Provider, Fluent Japane$e A Prolo lonnl orporation 1390 E. 14th St., an Lenndro, A 94577 San Francisco so she could care for gree In Industrial Design or Engi• 11·120 E. South St. l'rrito. • CA 90701 (lSlO) 483-2020 her sisters, Kazue & Teru Togasaki. neering and!or minimum of 5 years (810) 860·1339 InJuneof1994,shemovedtoMatilda experience In consumer product Brown Home, a residential care fa• For information DAVID W. EGAWA, Attorney development. Must be proficient in cility for the elderly In Oakland. rlmlnlll Clvll l.aw UwAJIMAYA designing and creating prototypes! 30 N. Raymond Ave, uito 11409 •• •,-\/ 11'111/. i" go(lti til.! ft. Chiye Yamanaka is survived by her Pllsndenn, C 91103 brother, Shinobu Togasaki of San models from Ideas, sketches or ver• I'h: (818) 792-8·11 7 Jose and her sisters: Yoshiye bal descriptions and be extremely about advertisillg Togasaki, M.D. of Lafayette and adept at "hand building" models. 'fAMA TRAVEL INTERNATION Yaye Breitenbach of New York. Experience with creating mechani• Mnrthn Ij(lwllshi TnmR 'hiro cal devices using various plastics 020 WII hlro Blvd., Sto 310 1.0 Angoll' 00017; (218) 022-4333 and other materials required. Expe• in the rience using manually operated lathes, milling machines and CAD• DR. III IlARD TSU.nMOTO LINt AL J>SVCllOLOGlS'l' CAM a plus. PACIFIC CITIZEN, 240 N. Indian 11111 Blvd., IIIt'(\ffiont, A Salary commensurate with experi• (000) 025-41122 For the Best of ence. Benefits Include medical, den• Everything Asian tal, vacation and 401 K plan. Submit _ __. Auchorugo, Alt~kl\ __ Fresh Produce, Meat, resume and cover letter indicating please contact us at Seafood and Groceries 107 Easl Temple SIIIII G,,,'dll1.1I1 salary history aru1 requirements to: KOBAYASHIENTERPRlSES Olllt/111 A vast selection of Lo, Angeles, CA 90012 Johnlon Research & SYLVIA K. KOBAYASHI Gift W re "DbIiD Olllmi Development Co., Inc. 1300 W. 7th AVII., .20t Ph. 213 -626·0441 CDIIIIIIII1I ; 1640 Roswell St., Suite J 1"800-888-8197 Anchornlle, AK 991101 Re8: (007) 272·4718 Seattle • 624-6248 Fax 213 -617·2781 Smyrna, GA 30080 Fn 1(007) lI77-2tU17 " FAX: 404438-0558 Bellevue· 747-9012 12-Pacific Citizen,]une 2-15, 1995 Sal June 17-"Manzanar Remembers: Z (dessert); children under 11 free, oth• American Awareness Committee recognized Roy H_ Doi, CPA, of JACL CAL the Guayule Project," 2 p.m., JANM, ers from $3 - $8 if you don't bring potluck (Chicago); and Fred L. Wahiawa, Hawaii, for helping the (Continued from page 2) 369 E. 1st St., l.A., RSVP required, dish. Nakanishi, store manager ofJ .C. economic climate for small busi• 213/625-0414. NOTE-Frank A. SAN DIEGO 0314. NOTE-Nofishlng derby this year Penney's catalog outlet store at ness, working with the local revi• .Kagey~ma, speaker, of his involvement Sun. June4-Buddhist Temple ali-com• Atlanta, Ga., who began with the talization committee and being because of water pollution. on experimental rubber substance dur• munity bazaar, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 2929 WEST LOS ANGELES catalog division in St. Paul, Minn., instrumental in repealing State Ing WWII at Manzanar. Market St., info: 619/239-0896. NOTE• in 1970 and co-chairs the catalog Act 184, which penalized small Sun. June 4-Auxillary's "Spring Sun., June 18-l:.ecture: "Wrestling Ti• Ethnic food fare, needlecraft, fresh flow• Elegance U" fashion show-luncheon, division's diversity team. He vol• business with a hefty fine for fail• gers," 2 p.m., JANM, 369 E. 1st St., L.A., ers, vegetables, bingo. unteers for the Georgia Depart• ing to file a specific schedule. He 12:30 p.m., Loew's Santa Monica Beach RSVP required, 2131625-0414. NOTE• Sun. June 25-JACL community pic• Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave., S.M.; RSVP, ment of Family and Children Ser• was honored as SBA's 1995 "Ac• Poet Chl-Wal Au and playwright-poet• nic, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., De Anza Cove, countantAdvocate" for Region IX, $45, Mitzi Kurashlta 310/827-3414. vices. essayist Velina Hasu Houston, speak• Mission Bay Park; info: Mas Hironaka covering California, Arizona, Ha• NOTE-Entertainment, boutique from ers. 619/230-0314. Small Business Administration waii and Nevada. 11; fashions by Renko, Naru Mi, Miyo of Mon, June 19 (New Date)-Japan New York, Itsuko Takeda, Dominique, America Society annual dinner, Biltmore Obi Mine, Yasuko's, Tamotsu, Kanojo, Hotel, RSVP & Info: 2131627-6217 x17. aa.all Zelda, Max and Mabel. NOTE-Honorees: Walter F. Beran and HONOLULU Whereabouts Sal June 1O--MIS Highway dedication Takashi "Tachi" Kluchi. Sun.-Wed. June 18-21-lntemational luncheon, Simi Valley Raddison Hotel; Sat. June 24-Manzanar mini-reunion Symposium of Japan-America Societ• info: George Kanegai 310/820-5250. ies, Sheraton Waikiki. Information: Ja• William 'Okimoto or Akiko Uchima, ex-Heart and panel: "Manzanar Remembers: the Okamoto-Son (Charles S. Mountain-Nadine Barber (now NOTE-Group buslvs 9 a.m. Sumitomo Children's Village," 2 p.m., JANM, 369 pan America Society of Hawaii 8001 Bank, Olympic and Corinth, RSVP 268-9186. NOTE--32 Japan-America Schermerhorn, 821 Calvert Ave., Mrs. William Covey), 1811N. 48th E. 1st St., L.A., RSVP required, 2131 Lompoc, CA 93436) ofprewar voice Ave., Omaha, NE 68102, 4021 necessary. 625-0414. NOTE-Dr. Art Hansen, Societies and 25 America-Japan Soci• Mon_ June 12-Scholarshlp award eties will participate. teacher Frances Hathaway, San 551-8575, first corresponded with moderator. Francisco, wants to get in touch Akiko, then a pen pal at Heart dinner, 6:30 p.m., Bullocks Westwood Sun., June 25-Lecture: "Hawai'l Japa• Garden Room, info: Terl Ito 310/398- with prewar student William Mountain, Wyo., in 1945, and un• nese Americans' Redress Story," 2 p.m., Okimoto or Okamoto. til August 1955 when Nadine sent 3656. NOTE-Warren Furutanl, JANM, 369 E. 1st St., l.A., RSVP re• speaker; awardees: Denise Ishimaru, PERSONALLY her a wedding gift from Honolulu. quired. 213/625-0414. NOTE-Pam Roy Fukasawa, Japan Occu• After she had lost all contact, the University High; Stephanie Matsunaga, Funai, Jennifer Mikaml, speakers. (Continued from page 10) University High; Laura Narikawa, pation-Ted Elder, 14 Butler first gleam of hope to locate her ORANGE COUNTY Hamilton High; Steven Yamazaki, Parks Rd.,Washington,NJ 07882 appeared when she saw a recent Sal June 24-0C Sansei Singles & nization of Chinese Americans in Brentwood School. (9081689-3778) is looking for Roy newspaper article abouttheJapa• Tennis Connection softball-volleyball Atlanta May 12 for excellence (believed to be from Los Angeles! neseAmericans released from the potluck picnic, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., La Palma within their corporation and dedi• Southern California). Elder camps and settling in Seabrook, CALENDAR Central Park gazebo area, 7821 Walker cation to the community. They . served with him in occupied Ja• N.J., and was advised by Ellen (Continued from page 2) St., La Palma, call Fumi Tsuda 3101 were: David Tad Ando, senior pan (1946-48). Nakamura there to write to the 434-4689 or AI Wong 213/881-9628. business consultant in Kraft Pacific Citizen. Valley. RSVP $20 pIp by June 5, Cathy NOTE: Potluck aSSignment by last Foods, Inc., Northfield, m., and Tanaka, 707 E. Temple St., Los Ange• name: A-K (main dish). L-U (salad). V- president ofthe Kraft Foods Asian les, CA 90012. LOS ANGELES shortly before the Nationalists MIYAMOTO TRAVEL SERVICE Sat. June 3-Nikkei Alzheimer's BOOKS smashed the Communist upris• 2401 - 15th Street Caregivers Support Group "Safe Re• ing in 1927. Of course, it was in Sacramento, CA 95818 tum Program" workshop, 10 a.m., Ken (Continued from page 9) the spring of'89 that Tiananmen Phone: (916) 441-1020. Fax (916) 441-1022 Nakaoka Center, 1670 W. 162nd St., in the Nikkei community may find Square broke into world-wide ESCORTED TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND Gardena. Info: Little Tokyo Service Com• this more than a historical novel. prominence. Everyone remembers mittee, 2131680-3729. 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