•• •• aCl lC Cl lZen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Newsstand: 25¢ (60e postpaid) ISSN: 0030-8579 Whole No. 2,379iVol. 102 No. 9 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los An eles, CA 90013 213 626-6936 Frida, March 7, 1986
spoke of the need to write con• Solidarity stressed at L.A. DOR gresspersons in support of H.R 442 and S. 1053. The bills would by Robert Shimabukuro with similar mistreatment provide a fonnal apology from LOS ANGELES-Stressing a The gathering, sponsored by Congress, set up an educational theme of unity and c operation, the PSW J ACL, the National C0- and humanitarian trust fund to speaker at the Day of Remem• alition for RedressfReparations educate Americans about the brance program in Little Tokyo and the 100/442 Veterans group dangers of racial intolerance, F b. 23 reminded the ov 1'400 in was held at the Little Tokyo To• and pay a token $20,000 to each attendance of past history and wers following a candlelight surviving internee in recognition the need to write their congres - parade commemorating the Feb. of individual losses and dam• person, and called on people to 19 issuance of E.O. 0066 in 1942. ages. said Tsujii. recognize and upport the strug• June Kizu of NCRR and PSW Kizu was very up-beat about Judge Robert Takasugi speaks at the Little Tokyo Towers Day of Remem• gle of other minorities faced JACL Redress chair Ron Tsujii the chances of the bills' passage, brance program in Los Angeles. emphasizing the importance of solidarity and the need to attain justice from all three branches ~~~ News in Brief H.R. 442 gains N.Y. co-sponsor of government Citing the recent advances in gaining co-sponsors Ex-police commissioner announces candidacy WASHINGTON- Rep. Stephen Democrats which then conveyed for the bills in Congress, and the SAN FRANCISCO-Architect and fonner police commisslOner Solarz CD-N.Y.) igned on as a co• their support to Solarz.. favorable court rulings in theNa• Thomas Hsieh fonnally announced hi candidacy for a Board of spon or on H.R 442 Feb. 28, re• Said Uyehara, "We are greatly tional Coalition for Japanese SupeIVisor position Feb. 2A at a lunchtime parade. Hsieh, along with ported JACl.r.LEX:: director Grayce pleased with the idea of seeking American Redress (NCJAR) suit 150 supporters, marched from Chinatown to Union Square where Uyehara Solarz., from New York's help to lobby members ofCongress and the carom nobis suit of Gor• they were greeted by city politicians and approximately 400 of hi 13th Congressional district, is a through local political parties and don Hirabayashi, she said, "it is supporters. member of the House Corrunittee through the organizations which critical to understand that the Hsieh has served on the city·s police, public utilitie and art com• on Education and labor and the are represented in those districts' victories ofeach have been made missions and is presently an executive committee member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Uyehara who has worked Continued (I] Back Page Democratic National Committee. closely with Moteki and Kometani Solarz has been highly visible re• added 'Their hom work on the 'Yankee Samurai' director to attend U. S. premiere cently as the chair of the Foreign redress presentation and theirwill• H.R. 442 hearings SAN FRANCISCO-Katriel "Kay' Schory, producer/director of Affairs' subcommittee on Asian ingness to follow tlu-ough on the ''Yankee Samurai," will attend the American premiere of hi film and Pacific Affairs which had been recommendations of the Brooklyn to be rescheduled March 15 at the Palace of Fine Arts. Schory will speak at the event conducting hearings on ousted Independent Democrats brought hosted by Go For Broke, the National Japanese American Historical Philippine president Ferdinand the desired result" WASHlNGTON-Grayce yeha• ra,JACIrLEC executive director, Society. The 5O-minute documentary which aired in Europe last year Marcos' h ldings in th U.S Kometani has been asked to take was notified by Janet Potts as- cove~ the Nisei soldier and the WW2 camp experience of Japanese Uyehara credited the work of over the position of Eastern Reg• ociate counsel for the Judiciruy Amencans. Schory, on leave from the Israeli anny, took a year to Bob Moteki and Tom Kometani. ional Redress Coordinator which shoot the documentary, traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe had been held by Uyehara for the subcommittee on Administra• both from the N.Y. chapter JACL. ti e Law and Governmental Re• to gather footage for the production for Solarz' endorsement Moteki past four years. lations to which H.R 442 has Solarz is the 121st co-sponsor Ex-CIA man commits suicide after spy conviction and Kometani first presented the been assigned, that hearings on W ASIllNGTON-CIA analyst and convicted spy Larry Wu-tai Chin issu to th Brooklyn Independent ofH.R 442. the bill previously scheduled for apparently committed suicide Feb. 21 only two weeks after hi Feb. March 19 ha e been postponed 7 conviction for passing classified information to China for over 30 Subcommittee chair Dan years. Chin's attorney Jacob Stein had argued that hi client had Judge to return to private practice Glickman (D-Kan) intends to re- passed over the infonnation in the hopes of helping to normalize chedule the hearings as soon as relations with China PHILADELPHIA-Judge William Marutani of the P nn ,1 ania some of the other issues before Chin s widow, Cathy, in an inteIView with the International Daily Cow1. of ommon Plea ann unced that h was stepping down from the ubcommittee \\ hich are fac• News expressed "strong doubt" about her husband's suicide. Accord• ing April 1 deadlines are out of i~ his po t which would ha xpired in 1988. to pris0!l officials, Chin was found with a plastic bag tied over Marutani, who aid hi ignation would be effecti Hh pefull th wa. ongr will recess head WIth a shoelace. Cathy Chin questioned how the pIa tic his b the nd of th month," told th PC: "1 ju t don't feel lik rm March 2S-: pril 7. bag or the shoelace was available to Chin. Pri on officials declined accompli hing v ry much. 1 want t go on n w chall nge . I gue Rep. Robert T. Matsui (D• to speculate. rm just bored." allf) expre ed h' disappoint• Mineta questions 'abolition' of AlP Concerns office Marutani sa that h originally to k th job ment but added, "I ha\ e been as• W~HINGTON-Rep. Nonnan Y. Mineta (D-San Jose) asked th Asian Am lican could not b ffi ti ju ured b the ubcommittee that chaIT of~e House Committee on Education and Labor to investigate ian Am rican c uld 1 d. "I fI 1 that 1 mad m. point the hear· v·:ill be resched- the abolition of the Offices of Asian and Pacific American Conc rn Hopefully. fv cani d ut my duti in a credibl fa hion" uled. and of Hispanic Concerns in the U.S. Depl of Education ( D. Marutani w fum appointed to the b nch by . Milton happ "Although cheduling difficul• 6 and 13~. In ~nse to earlier complaints and inquiries, Secretary in 1975 to fill a vacancy CI ated b. th til m nt of Ju K ndall tie ha prevented the ubcom• ofEducatJon William Bennett had replied that the Offic s in question Shoy r. At that tim , h wa th fil t ian Am ri an utsid th mitt ft m m ti.ng the tenta• had n.ot ~n been abolished. In a letter to Chainnan Augustu Pacific Ba m to it a judg f a court of 1 cord. tiv March 19 target dat I want Hawkins, Mineta wrote, "A simple phone call to these Offices will In 1m, he wa I ted to hi po ition 1 ading a fi Id of 12 candi• to th fact that ongress reveal that they no longer exist as functioning separate entitie . date with 194,000 vote . will h ar th for redI in Apparently, the single professional staff member of the Office of Mamtani, in commenting on the pI u which judg fac , told the n ar futw " Black Concerns now answers the phone of all three Offices and h the Philadelphia Inquirer. "As long a y u ha th political pmc Uyehara added "Th JACIr claims to be the staff of each of the three Offices.'" ' of picking judges, th re i no w y you ar going to h v peopl who LE offic will b in ontact with Mineta added, 'These Offices have served an important rol ov r are compi tely fi e of political p UI." th ubcommittee offie on a the past several years, and I believe they should be continued.... 1 MalUtani mpha ized that th lack of judicial 1 form did not enter timelv basi t nsw that the hope your Committee will be able to shed light on the facts of thi, into hi d cis ion to re ign. H aid that h plan to go back into h aring for H.R 442 are ched- matter." private practice. uled during thi ion. 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Frld.ly,Mlrch 7, 1986 No. 2,379 Allow 6 weeks advance notice to report address change with Jabel on front Community rallies around demoted If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, Write New Address below. Effective date ...... community college president Fujimoto O;~i~~e ;~~ftet~ ~~~j~tf~~ Please send the Pacific Citizen for: has been done, we will speak up 1-Yr $20 0 2-Yrs $38 0 3-Yrs $56 by Martie Quan the fmdings of a three-week visit and say that it is wrong and ask o Ratu Shimpo at WLAC, but instead was for restitution," Hokoyama To: ...... LOS ANGELES-Nearly 400 shocked by Koltai's recommen- continued. Address: ...... friends am supporters gathered dation for demotion or dismissal. City, State, ZIP: ...... 24 to su~ on Feb. mobilize their What then followed was the for- Fujimoto said that there are so All subscriptions payable in ad,!ance. Foreign: US$12.00 extra per year. port in an attempt to reverse the mation of an ad hoc committee to many projects that are being Checks payable to: PacifIc Citizen, 941 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013 Los Angeles Community College respond to Koltai's action. The worked on at the college arxl re• EXPIRATION NarICE-Ifthe last four digits on the top row of your label reads 1285, the District (LACCD) Board ofTrus- committee then mobilized and quire his help. He mentioned a OO-daygraceperiod ends with the last issue in February,l986. Please renew your subscription tees decision to remove Dr. Masa- garnered support for Fujimoto program with Santa Monica Col• or membership. Ifmembership has been renewed and the paper stops, no~the PC office. kazu Jack Fujimoto from his post and asked supporters to send lege to divert some of ·their stu• -pickeis~-quesiions-greet--Hayakawa-- as president of West Los Angeles mailgrams or to speak at the Feb. dents back to WLAC and an ar• College (WLAC). 19 Board of Trustees meeting, rangement with UCLA and other In addition, the Asian Pacific which voted on Fujimoto's University of California cam- at 'English as Official Language' forum Legal Defense and Education demotion. puses to automatically accept by Edna Ikeda would require English to be used Fund (APLDEF) collected over While negotiations are under- WLACgraduates. SAN DIEGO - About 25 people for official purposes, such as con• $2,300 to help Fujimoto. APLDEF way and no defmite action has He said there are many pro• demonstrated in a pre-program ducting business in City Hall, but is a non-profit community organi- been taken, supporters met to plot blems with the college such as de• picket organized by the San would not apply in the home, or zation fighting against employ- a course of action. elining enrollment and he has Diego RedresslReparations with religions and businesses. mentdiscrimination. "We are here tonight to tell tried to figure out why. Fujimoto Committee (SDRRC) and the Hayakawa told the crowd of Fujimoto, president of WLAC Jack and Grace (Jack's wife) that attributed the slow process of fi• Pacific Asians for the Rainbow approximately 00 people of the for the past seven years, informed we really do support them, that nancial aid and the change of the (PAR) to protest the appearance good fortune of this country's the crowd at the Venice Japanese we really do care and that we'll do academic calendar as factors af• of fonner U.S. Senator S.l immigrants: ''This is a country in Community Center that signifi- everything we can to see that fecting enrollment. Hayakawa at an open forum on which you have unbounded op• cant things have happened subse- justice is done," J.D. Hokoyama, "English as the Official Lan• portunities-a.ll you have to do quent to the board's decision to executive member of APLDEF, The Culver City City Council guage" Feb. 24 at the Ocean View is learn to speak English and remove him from the presidency: said. will Pdrop05f Truea motion to ask.dthe United Church of ChFist every door you can see through "Our efforts have paid off and "Secondly, we are here tonight Boar 0 stees to reconsl er The forum, sponsored by is open to you!" presently negotiations are con- because we want to send a mes- the removal of Fujimoto, accord• Pacific Asian Voter Education He praised the U.S., calling it tinuing," he said. sage to the Board of Trustees of ing to Syd Kronenthal, director of (PAVE), a non-partisan political the "least racist society in the "Your voice was truly heard, the L.A. Community College Dis- human services for Culver City. educational organization, was whole world" and added that because the die has not been au- trict. We want to tell them that the Those wishing to actively show characterized by heated ques• "most countries in the world are tomatically cast." Asian Pacific American commu- support for Fujimoto may contact tions and comments from mem• racist ... we are the incredible OnFeb.13,Fujimotowassum- nityismaturlng.Wearenolonger John J . Saito at (213) 62&-4471 , bers of the Asian, black and exception moned to the district office by politically naive and that we will J.D. Hokoyama at (213) 743-4999 Chicano communities as they ''Nothing stands in your own Chancellor Leslie Koltai. Fuji- not be stereotyped as a communi- or Syd Kronenthal at (213 ) discussed Hayakawa's proposed way except your own hang• moto expected Koltai to discuss ty that will just let things happen. 202-5695 for further information. English amendment which CoDtiJmed OIl Page 4 ....~~ .....~~R
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_~ommunity Filipino American communities rejoice to the islands. Affair. Cecile Ochoa ofthe Philippine at news of Marcos' departure from P.1. American Press Club expressed LOS ANG.ELES---Sansei choreographer SAN MARINO. Calif-The Hunting• Filipino Americans on the of Marcos' departure to Guam both pride and cautious opti• and entertainer Asha Hanada-Rogers ton LibraJy and the UCLA Dept. of Fine West Coast took to the streets to was announced. Ernie Deflin, mism: ''I feel at one with the will be staging The Pearl Fishers Arts present a celebration ofJapanese express their elation and pride who writes for the Philippine Filipino people in rejoicing the Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavil• cultural art forms with: performances at the ouster of Ferdinand Mar• American News, said, "I'm ecsta• departure of Marcos." But she ion March 11 It is being produced by of Kyogen farces .by the Theater of cos and the ascendancy of Cora• tic, speechless, euphoric. We also believed that there would Euterpe, a Los Angeles-based opera Yugen and GagakulBugaku and San• zon Aquino, and travel agencies have been waiting Our prayers and should be close scrutiny of company and directed by Marc Jacobs. kyoku by faculty and students of the reported many inquiries about have been answered." policies that come out ofthe new The Pearl Fishers was written in the UCLA Fine Arts Department; an Ike• "The most impor• 19th century by the French composer bana Ikenobo flower show by the San flights to the Philippines, but Many talked about returning government Bizet Hanada-Rogers has incorpo• Marino League; lectures by landscape sentiments appeared divided in to the Philippines. Joel Guinto, tant priority of the new govern• rated elements of Asian and South designers John Catlin and Lou Wata• the Filipino American commu• a San Diego resident told Los ment is to establish national in• Pacific dance forms for the opera nabe; and educational films, March 22- nity in Hawaii. Angeles Times, ''Now perhaps I dustries in the country-to create which is set in the South Pacific. Z3, 1151 Oxford Rd. Info: (818) ~2100. In Los Angeles, a rally at the can return to my country to start jobs--and revive the economy and ''Register to Vote, It's Your Right" is Ticket info: (818) ~2273. Philippine Consulate called to my life over again." treast.nythatMarcos had depleted. the theme for this years second annual SAC~The annual Spring demand the resignation of Mar• Travel agent Sylvia Cuenco "Right now, I feel great elation Korean American Coalition dinner, Dinner/Dance of the Sacramento Nisei cos Feb. 25, was quickly changed said Filipinos are starting to call and at one with all Filipinos in March 13 at the Ambassador Hotel VFW Post 8985 will be held April ~ at to a jubilant celebration as news now for information about flights our prid~pride in seeing what Info: (213) ~175. the Elks Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd our people have accomplished.' SAN FRANCIS~''Olallenges Fac• No-host cocktails at 6 p.m will be fol• In the Bay Area which has one ing AsiaJl.Caucasian o.uples" a work• lowed by dinner at 6:30. The 22- Filipino teacher awarded $257, 000 of the largest Filipino popula• shop conducted by Ryo Imamura of member VFW Post 0085 Ukelele Band tions in the U.S. and one of the the East-West Counseling Center in will provide dinner entertainment in employment discrimination case most vocal in its opposition to Oakland, will be held March 19, 7 p.m Dancing to the Mel-o-Tones from 8 p.m Marcos, approximately 500 people to midnight Reservations: Frank MINNEAPOUS-The Minnea• derick Finch said the district at the Western Addition Branch of the gathered at Union Square Feb. San Francisco Public Libral)', 1550 Yoshimura, 1511 Akron Way, (916) 428- polis Civil Rights Commission or• probably will appeal the ruling ~; 4Zl~47. 25 to hear President Aquino's sis• Scott St and Geary. All interested per• or Yosh Matsuhara. dered the Minneapolis public to the courts. Principals had o~ ter-in-law Lupita Aquino Kashi• sons are welcome to attend No charge. SEAITLE-The Northwest Asian schools to pay a Lourdes Ciesiel• posed the hiring of Ciesielczyk Info: (415) 346-9531. Tues.-Sat American Theater will have its fourth czyk $257,
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HAYAKAWA no one bothered to aSk him if he way, regardless what language --~ Letters Qmtingfd fnmPagoe Z spoke English. .. . All they knew they are printed in. was that he looked like a Jap and Furthennore, he argued that No Sympathy, But.. Coverage Applaudoo ups. ... If you let that hold you he was taking away jobs from the bilingual classes have been inef• back, yau are being racist ~ fective, producing nearly two I am writing to express con• As a fonner Board Member of good old white American boys. the Washington, D.C. chapter, I cause yau are bringing in the ra• Now tell me, what is this ques• decades of high school students cern about the way in which cist issue." who graduate without learning tours to the Republic of South have been a regular reader of tion about English?" the PC for the past couple of Stressing the importance of a Dennis Kobata, also ofSDRRC English. Africa have been withdrawn by common language in a democ• Hayakawa added that the orig• JATC. It appears that all one has years. During that time, I have and PAR, said, "My grandfather continually been impressed by racy, he stated, "How do you get was welcomed here by having to inal intent of bilingual education to do is point out the evils ofapart• consent of the governed if they was to permit the use of a child's heid If only reality were so sim• the articles J.K Yamamoto has wait 50 years before he could leg• written concerning issues of im• don't know what is being talked ally become a citizen in this native language as a means of ple, so black and white! about?" teaching English. However, with I have no sympathy for apart• portance to Japanese Americans. country!" In articles such as .. 'English Many in the audience were Leo Chavez, research assistant the current shortage of teachers heid and oppo eitstrongly. How• Only': Danger Ahead ' (Jan 2A concerned with the impact of at the Center for U.S.-Mexico who can speak both languages. ever, the South African govern• pc), he has gone beyond inform• this proposed amendment A studies at San Diego, feltthat he felt that most of today's bilin• ment i not going to eliminate all u.c. ing readers, to broadening their woman from the black commu• Hayakawa's proposed amendment gual classrooms are not really aspects of apartheid overnight nity inquired: ''If you start with would actually reduce participa• bilingual. regardless of external pressure . awareness and increasing their sensitivity to important social English as the Official Language, tion in the government, espe• 'The latest move on the part One way to get a better under- where will it end? I feel like it's cially by older people and those of bilingual education is to say tanding ofthe situation is to visit and political i ues. just another freedom that will be stuck in jobs which prevent them that six years in the bilingual outh Africa and talk to its citi• One need only recall the Vin• taken away." from learning English "Basically, classes are e entially monoling• z ns. both black and v hite. A cent Chin incident as evidence Glenn Horiuchi ofSDRRC and you've allowed yourself to be ual before th y get transfen-ed tour provides an opportunity for that a matter affecting other Asians can have an important PAR challenged Hayakawa's used by individuals and groups to English only," h aid. discu ions and to ee, in a lim• impact on Japanese Americans. premise that evetything would that tend to be anti-immigrant," ited way, the problems faced by Rosalia Salinas, a bilingual Neveltheless, I ense in Yama• be fine if everyone could speak he told Hayakawa that nation education teacher, countered moto article a fi."UStration that English. ''WeU, I think you've got Hayakawa contended that the Certainly, tour expenditure with, '1 think it' unfortunate that some JACLers do not realize the things backwards.... Vincent non-English ballots have not provide income to hotels. 1 tau• [Hayakawa s1 been spreading un• importance to them of issues af• Chin was murdered in Detroit helped people because many rants, South African Airways truths. I defY him to define a fecting other Asians or other because he looked Japanese and who request them can't read any- and other local busin finn • classroom in this counliY or state viltually all of which have black, minorities. that k ps children in a monolin• ISSN : 0030·8579 COIOl-ed and/or Indian employ• It i a frustration that I orne• gual, other language classroom ees. Are we nece ari.1y doing the time share as one who has at• for ix years without teaching victim of apartheid a favor by tempted to get JACLers to play 0 ~ them Engli h. reducing their conomic oppor• a more acti .role in uch Pan• :. pacific citizen "Quite the opposite. Ow- chil• tunities? Asian groups as the Asian Amer• Nat'l JAo...~, 1766 Sutter St., San Frandsoo, CA 94115. dren ar taught Engli h from day I might add that for thos in• ican Vot rs Coalition and th ("16)9'21~ NlIished by 1he Japanese AmeOcan Ccbzens League fN8IY Friday exc:ept 1he first IWld last weeks on ... . You're doing a di elvic terested in gam vi wing, I Asian P cific American Herit• at 1he year at 941 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013; (213) 626-6936. • 2hd Oass postage by saying that bilingual educa• would recomm nd a tour to ageouncil. Both ofth: organi• pald at L.os Angeles, Ca. • AnruaI ~CL ~ ; $10 at national dues provides or.year 00 II pGf-househoid basis. NOllmembera; S21),yr .• $38 two years. payable In tion keeps children in their first K nya or Botswana over tho to zation have pledged their sup- advance. • Foreign ~ ; Add U,S.$12.00; 1st class air - U.SICanada addresses; $25 language." South Aft-ica, primarily becau e POlt to redl and th Heritage em. JapanIEurope; U,S.$60 em. • News Of opnIons ~ by ook.mnIsts o1her than 1he Nalional PreaIdenI Of National Oirodor one sees mOl game. Howev r, Council h ven backed up that ~ Hayakawa said that he meant do not reIIect JACl policy. that children were being re• for anyon who is int rested in pledg with a $l, doors triple-locked to foil thieves. During ten days in Japan we other respects, he says, relations In Japan the warnings are about saw only two derelicts, one in Hi• between the two countries have A Society On the Move earthquakes. ) roshima and one in the outer Pal• never been better. Japan's prosperity is visible on ace grounds in Tokyo. When we If you're a Japanese American, ing we would walk by the Im• the streets. People are well mentioned this to Carol Ludwig of chances are you'll encounter Bar• perial Hotel cashier's office and dressed and look well-nourished. the U.S. Embassy, she said she's ry Saiki sometime during your FROM THE learn from the fIgUres posted on You're likely to encounter a dozen seen a small colony of street peo• stay in Japan. Saiki is a sort of FRYING PAN: the wall that our American dol• men standing six-foot-plus during ple hanging out at one of the rail• one-man chamber of commerce, lars were worth less than the day a half-block stroll near the G inza .way stations, not bothering any• trans-Pacific facilitator and gen• before. Then we1d walk over to and I saw a number of women who body, just trying to keep warm. eral, unofficial factotem on U.S.• Bill the coffee shop, crowded with as must have been close to 5' 9" . (The last time I was in Washing• Japan affairs at the grass roots many local people as foreigners, Hosokawa Furs are seen everywhere. Lux• ton, D.C., we ran into a major level. He seems to know who's in for a $7 continental breakfast ury items are prominently dis• evening traffic jam caused by a town on what mission, and who to (small orange juice, rolls, played in store windows. Taxi large band of street people setting see to get something done, and we coffee). meters start at 470 yen-42.50. up camp atop wann air vents.) were much indebted to him dur• Tokyo, Japan Our hotel rooms, single, were Judging from the number of res• Ambassador Mike Mansfield is ing this last flying trip. "This," said my colleague who 24,000 yen a night, more than $125, taurants, coffee shops and bars, looking very well, thank you. He If you've never been to Japan, was visiting Japan for the first plus 10 percent service charge, the national pasttime would seem still serves coffee personally to or haven't been there for a while, time, "is a wealthy country and plus tax. Those are New York to be eating and drinking. This is a callers at his Embassy office, plan to go. It's a dynamic society these are well-to-do people. For pric~anted the service was purely subjective observation, puffs away on his pipe, tackles his on the move, changing swiftly, a an American, it is a humbling ex• far, far superior to what one can but the Japanese seem to regard duties with gusto, and is con• society bound to have much greater perience to go abroad and fmd expect in New York-but discon• their 1,OOO-yen notes (about$5.25) vinced more than ever that the clout in world affairs once the other nations that are doing so certing nonetheless. (In New about the way we regard our dol• next century will be the century of people get over the idea that they well." York one fmds printed warnings lar bills, and 100-yen coins (about the Pacific despite some serious are still struggling to overcome Humbling indeed. Each morn- in hotel rooms about keeping 53 cents) like quarters. U.S.-Japan trade problems. In the effects of defeat in war. over legal title to the land, min• in the dispute. They do not men• will almost certainly become a A People Forced to Move eral and water rights, and future tion the coal am energy com• law. If he opposes the bill, its development plans. The real pow• panies' roles. The media treats chance for passage is practically sion is more focused upon the de• er behind the eventual decision lie the destruction of traditional cul• nil. velopment of their ancestral land with the local political figures; in tures as merely unfortunate side• The Hopi Tribal Chairman has Arizona it is Senator Barry Gold• effects of progress. The tradition• already said he does not like the CLIFF'S through modern technology. The impact of the latter upon the land, water. Goldwater's favorite has als do not accept this. bill. He may try to stop it. CORNER: a phenomenon which is being ob• been the Hopi Tribal Council. He President Reagan became in• Day of Remembrance served throughout the world in has manifested hatred of the Na• volved at the request of Senator varying degrees, is magnified vajo Tribal Council. Thus was Goldwater, and dispatched Judge At the NCRR sponsored cere• Clifford many folds in the confmement of born the Public Law 93-531 in 1974 William Clark to resolve the dis• mony commemorating the 'Day Uyeda the Indian reservations. which mandated the Navajo relo• pute. The talk collapsed and of Remembrance " held at the cation from their ancestral land. Judge Clark is now recommend• Christ Presbyterian Church in The Tribal Councils were cre• San Francisco, representatives Intra-Tribal Schism ated by non-Indians some half a The Hopi Tribal Council position ing that the entire matter be re• is: " The law is the law. Let it be considered by Congress. from the Big Mountain spoke on A full understarxiing of the divi• century ago so that contracts can the forced relocation of Navajos. be signed by bodies which enforced. " sion that exists within both the Congressional Action A ~year~ld Violet Ashike spoke claimed to represent the tribal Among the traditionals, there is Navajo and the Hopi tribes be• of her grandmother's forced people. Selections Tribal Coun• Navajo-Hopi unity. They agree CongressJl)en Morris Udall (D• tween the so-called " tradition• to march of hundreds of miles als" and the "progressives" will cils were engineered by those who that no one should be relocated. AZ ) and John McCain (R-AZ ) are The only settlement they say they now sponsoring legislation that across the New Mexico desert in go a long ways toward a better also represented the coal and 1864 to be incarcerated at Fort understanding of the Navajo-Hopi energy companies. Thus was cre• would accept is the repeal of the could end the relocation night• Act (PL 93-531 ). The surviving mare. The bill calls for the Hopi to Sumner. A young Navajo Danny "land disputes." This intra-tribal ated a sharp schism between Blackgoat gave a heart-rending split is present within almost all those who wished to preserve the authors am sponsors of the 1974 return 356 000 acres to the Nava• Act, however, desperately do not jos so that Navajos can stay on the account of his struggle from deep American Indian tribes. traditional Indian way of life and depression to his spiritual well• The traditionals are not only the those who were in positions to want Congress to reconsider the land with their families and their Act. livestock. being through crusading for his tribal elders but many younger most benefit from land and ener• people's cause. members who are primarily dedi• gy developments. With the approaching deadline In return, the Hopis would re• cated to preserving their respec• The Navajo-Hopi dispute is pri• for relocation (717/86) , the sub• ceive 356,000 acres to the south of ject has attracted wide media at• the resevation where no Navajos Volunteer support work for the tive traditional rultures and their marily between the Tribal Chair• Big Mountain people is being corr way of life. The progressives' vi- men and attorneys for the tribes tention (Times, Newsweek, N.Y . are now living. In addition, the Times, etc.) They focus on the Hopis would receive money from ducted with grass-roots contribu• ------historical problems between the Navajo coal mining and elec• tions from throughout America at challenge me and other J ACLers tribes living next to each other, as tricity-generation projects. Big Mountain Legal Defense/ LEIIERS in the future. among nations throughout the Senator Barry Boldwater is Offense Committee Continued from Previous Page DANIEL M MAYEDA world, but are silent on the part once again the key person. If he z;o1 N. 4th St Washington, D.C. the U.S. government has played ~AZ8D)1 of a broader picture and partici• supports the Udall-McCain Bill, it pate in building coalitions with Misplaced Emp~is those who share their concerns. It is gratifYing that several Articles with the scope of''.Eng• Monterey Bay Area cities, realiz• lish Only" can be instrumental ing its import, have given the A Fund That Needs to Move in expanding JACLers' perspec• Japanese Americans resolutions tives and encouraging their of support for the Day of Remem• by Mas Hironaka, chair wider participation in the social brance (DOR). But it is uncon• 1000 Club Life Memberships and political community, re• scionable that the organizers of doundingto the benefit ofJACL the ceremony at the Salinas As usual JACL i having prob• In fact, under editor Bob Community Center lost sight of lems with finances. This is a con• Shimabukuro's leadership, the its significance and decided to stant problem, not peculiar to entire thrust of the PC has honor J A veterans instead. JACL, and certainly not a hopei changed to embrace diverse and The DOR recalls the signing of situation. In fact., we would like sometimes controversial views. J EO. 9006 by President Franklin to pre nt a program that would welcome this shift in editorial Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, and alleviate some of the problem. coverage, as the PC has often the resulting evacuation and in• Thousand Club (TC) rate for challenged my own thinking on ternment of West Coast JAs be• life membership increased from issues. cause of th wartim anti• $500 to $1,000; how ver, th re I know that the PC has been Japanese hysteria ... were few takers at th new rate. criticized lately for not focusing The DOR is a reminder to all But inve tm nts of th fund more on Japanese American or Americans that intenunent camps were actually raising suffici nt JACL matters. While articles re• are still both a possibility and a returns making it Ii a ibl to lating strictly to JACL issues ob• reality today, and it stands a a turn th rate to $500. This wa viously deseIVe prominence in a sentinel against futW'C whol accompli hed at th la t N - newspaper published by JACL, sale violations of the civil rights tional Convention in Honolulu. I believe news with a broader of any minority by the U.S. gov• TC Life m mbership will focus is equally deserving of ernment But., it is not a day to $500, at I ast for th I t of th coverage. I applaud the work of honor veterans or recall pa t Sato Bi nnium. Shimabukuro and Yamamoto military glories! W wish to ompl t.e th driv and hope that the PC will con• WllFRED DE CRISTOFORO for TC Lili m mbership befOl tinue to enlighten, sensitize and Salinas, Calif. the Chicago Conv nlion. Th &-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, Mlrch 7, 1986 Mountain contact came through Volunteer Commitment Howard Ando (phila chapter) The Fine Folks ofSelanoco who wrote to his aunt after I As I have said before, this of• spoke to the chapter about the There is not enough that can fice is still not set up for the kind need for contacts in the South. be said about some of the out• BY THE of operation we just concluded We need the votes on the Judici• standing members of this local LEe BOARD UPDATE: this week We have just mailed ary committee lined up within chapter in the Pacific Southwest 240 packets, (packet no. 4), to all the next month. I realize that this is my home chap• who are working on lobbying for In the Selanoco chapter a team ter but they have recently done Grayce HR 442 and S. 1053. It is a tre• made up of Gene Takamine, things of such quality that I feel Uyehara mendous uplift to receive letters Susan Kamei, Clarence Nishizu that they should be made known Gene and calls of encouragment from and Carol Kawaname has started to the general membership. Takamine people who are coming on board a full court press on William Dan• to help us. nemeyer. We congratulate Nishi• Selanoco (which stands for I only wish Pete Hironaka's This week we heard from zu for becoming a member ofDan• South East Los Angeles North such as La Palma Councilwoman cartoon in the Feb. 21 PC showed Herb Sasaki of Hattisburg, MiSs. nemeyer's Committee of 100. Orange County) has recently par• Norman Nomura Seidel and Vil• all of you waving from the win• who has been asked to see Rep. From Sharon Hashimoto and ticipated in a fund-raising event la Park Mayor Carol Kawanami dows of the trains to show that Trent Lott (R-Miss.), while Gene Chisao Hata, co-vice-presidents that will net over $8,000 to the worked hard to plan the meeting we are all on track The staff in Doi of Stone Mountain, Ga said of the Portland chapter, has LEe. This event, chaired by and get the appointment come their redress strategy the office, Colleen Darling and he will get an appointment with Peter Ota and Pat Kawamoto, Our chapter is proud of Ken which has a Rochelle Wandzura, said they Rep. Pat Swindall (R-Ga). brief description of had over 250 people in atten• Inouye, the Pacific Southwest should have been waving from There have been several offers lobbying and educational activi• dance. This money coupled with Governor and the outstanding ties to which they are devoting the caboose; but it would have of help to get our targeted sub• other money he donated makes work that he has done. been more appropriate to have committee member, Rep. Harley their energy, time and commit• Ken Inouye a prime solicitor. them up front in the steam Staggers CD-W. Va). Mote Naka• ment They plan to go past the Two other members, Susan Kamei This is a group of people dedi• locomotive stoking the flres. sako is working with his contacts environs of Portland to see what and myself, as participants in the cated to the success of not only among the national veterans or• they can do to implement a state• planning of the LEC PSW fund the JACL and LEC but so many ganizations to line up constituents. wide lobbying effort to secure raiser which netted over $37,500, civic pursuits that it is mind• Tom Kometani has found a votes for the two redress bill . are also prime solicitors. This boggling. They have raised all of Methodist minister who earlier They are right on target! means that as of this date our the money for the redress pledge had a church in West Virginia Wouldn't you know, just when chapter has three and one-half and were eager to raise further and has contacts in Keyser. Sha• we get weary of the amount of paid-up prime solicitors. money for the LEe. This spirit of ron Maeda of Radio Pacifica is work which needs to be done, we cooperation and commitment is . -....., also using her network of acquaint• hear from all these wonderful, The Selanoco chapter's Holi• one that inspires the young LARGEST STOCK OF POPULAR & CLASSIC JAPANESE RECORDS. ances. And we thought West Vir• committed people who are will• day Issue ad team, chaired by people and renews the old-tim• MAGAZINES. ART BOOKS. GIFTS ginia was nextto impaiSible for us. ing to coordinate the letter writ• Evelyn Hanki and including per• ers in this chapter. There is a TwoSlorealn UU. Tokyo We are thankful for the kind ing and to set up appointments ennial ad-solicitor Clarence feeling of direction that in no 300 E. 1st - 340 E. 1st to talk with their members of Los Angetes, CA - (213) 625-0123 of grassroots effort which is Nishizu, gathered the largest small way is the result of presi• 625-0123 - 625-8673 slowly but surely developing all Congress to request their sup• number of m ads, resulting in dent Frank Kawase's leadership. S. Uyeyama. Prop. around the country. The Stone port of redress. It is the right over ~ 000 raised; this sum was issue for these times; all around divided 50-50 between the Paci• There are many such out• STORE FOR MR. SHORT the world people who believe in fic Citizen and the chapter's standing chapters in the PSW • democracy and the rights ofindi- Presidential Scholar program and throughout our organization; L.'<.. viduals are rising to be heard. it is to those other hardworking IIIJ r\ ~ JACL-LEC is most apprecia- On the lobbying front, Hiroshi boards and members that a word Joser. tive of all the redress workers Kamei, Carol Kawanami, Clar• of encouragement and congratu• SINCE. 1946 MEN'S W ••" who take the time to let us know ence Nishizu and I went to lobby lations is in order. This is an or• 238 E. First Street., Los Angeles, CA 90012 they appreciate our efforts to our local Congressman Danne• ganization of m3l1Y unsung Tel.: (213) 626-1830 communicate with them and to meyer; the result was a very heroes and at this time I thought favorable meeting. 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(re oro db tw n 1976 and lraled volwne. 1983 b th UH-Manoa Ethni tudi oral hi tor proje t) - And Other Recent Releases. o Ron along with Jews, Asians are the said Davis. " In 1981 there were 20 California Assemblyman calls for most upwardly mobile group in reported cases of violence against (Year of Membership Shown) the country and this is highly com• Asians in California. In 1984 there • Century; ** Corporate; L Life; interethnic dialogue, cooperation mendable," Davis said 'They are were approximately ~. :That is a M Memorial ; CIL Century Life an example of societal success in significant and alarming increase" Summary (Since Jan 1,1986~ Active (previous total) ..... "' ...... 420 LOS ANGELES-Assemblyman Davis' remarks were delivered our pluralistic environment" Davis called for an aggressive Total this report: # 6 ...... 52 Gray Davis (D-L.A.), labelling while he presented a California "But whereas the Anti-Defa• commitment by public officials Current total ...... 472 the growing rise of anti-Asian Legislature joints rules commit• mation League tells us that in 1985 and community organizations to JAN 18-21, 1986 (52) American incidents as a "black tee resolution to the Southern vandalism and violence against increase interethnic dialogue. He Berkeley : 35-Masuji Fujii, 2-S T Yanagi• sawa . mark on the soul of Los Angeles," California Region of the National the Jewish community continued also urged the media to use re• Boise Valley : 22-Yosie Ogawa, 12.{}umpe today called for public officials Conference of Christians and a five-year downward trend," straint in depicting negative and Honda, 29-Hiro Mayeda, 22-Ted I Miyata, and community organizations to Jews during Brotherhood/Sister• continued Davis, "the opposite is inaccurate stereotypes of Asian• 17-Al K Nakamoto, ll-George T Nakao, hood Week (Feb. 16-22). The reso• Americans. 6-Yoshiko Ozone, 3O-Kay Sunahara. S• increase interethnic cooperation true toward the approximately Harry Suzuki . and dialogue in the community. lution authored by Davis and co• 700,000 strong Asian American "Los Angeles has become one 12-James Tanizawa. "Los Angeles has become the authored by more than 60 state community in Los Angeles. of the world's great cities as a di• Detroit: 29-Arthur A Matsumura . new Ellis Island," said Davis. legislators, commends the Na• "According to the Asian Pacific rect result of its multi-ethnic ta• Dia blo Va lley : 2o-Dr Harry Ma nji. E as t Los Angeles: 2-Dr Edwa rd T Himeno. "However, what is quite disturb• tional Conference of Christians American Legal Center and the pestry," declared Davis. "Let's Eden Township: 2l-S Tom Hatakeda*, 13- ing," noted Davis, "is a recent and Jews for their ~year effort of Los Angeles County on Human not destroy this image as a result Donald L Hayashi. trend of violent acts directed encouraging interracial, intergroup Relations racial violence toward of ugly incidents of racial vio• F lor in : I-William Y Kashiwagi. French Camp: 2O-Tom Natsuhara. against Asian-American resi• and interreligious relations. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Phil• lence and prejudice. If violence Gardena Vall ey: l3-Mas Odoi , 28-Dr Masa- dents in Southern California. It is "In many ways, Asian-Ameri• lipine and Indochinese immi• can be perpetrated against one slti Ur iu. a black mark on the soul of Los cans are the Jews of the East. grants in Los Angeles County has group it can occur against all Gresham Troutda le : 32-Hawley K Kato. Angeles." Demogra}ilic studies show that, increased by 90% since 1981 ," groups. ' Idaho F alls: 28-Sam S Sakaguchi. J a pan: 2-JackA Ishio, 2-Kay Tateishi. Marina: 4-Michlko Yamamoto. Singles group fonned Mile High: 2-George Y Masunaga. cos. We Love YOlL Please Live 75 percent of whom are from the Milwaukee: 29-Robert Dewa, 14-Lily Kata- AQUINO ELECTION With Us." The group chanted same region in the Philippines in Orange County oka , 23-Nami Shio. CoDtiDued froni Page 3 New York : 12-Dr Seiichi Shim omura. "Mabuhay Marcos!" as Marcos, have been high and DANA POINT, Calif - A new Oakland : 21-Shizuo Tanaka. Gov. George Ariyoshi and his Marcos' ''presence here will in• P lacer County : 2-George Carter , 25-George country and people have been singles group which will empha• Nishikawa. raped. Eighty to 85 percent (of wife Jean greeted the Marcos en• crease those tensions." Some size creating a setting of friendli• Portland : 33-Dr Matthew N Masuoka. the population) are below the tourage at Hickam Ariyoshi called have expressed fears that Mar• ness in a non-threatening situa• Reedley: 25-Kiyoshi Kawam oto. poverty line." on the citizens of Hawaii to ac• cos will attempt to set up a gov• tion is being formed in Orange Reno: 12-Arthur K Donoghue. cept Marcos as a resident if he ernment in exile in Hawaii. Sacramento: 24-Yoneo Suzuki*, 3O-Takeo In Seattle, Cindy Domingo of County, according to Grace Ma• Takeuchi. the Committee to Support Cory decided to stay. The American reaction to the suda, founder of the group. San F rancisco: 23-Florence T Ida. Aquino and Philippine Democ• Others were not so warm State turn of events in the Philippines Singles in the age range 3.'>-50 San Gabriel Valley: Life-Deni Y Uejima. Sen.. Duke Kawasaki introduced drew some negative comments. San Jose: 4-Kazuko Tokoshima. racy reported that "as it got will be targeted by this group. Ac• San Luis Obispo : 15-Ben Dohi. closer to Marcos' ouster, more a resolution urging that Pres. Ron• Ochoa said, ''I was disappointed tivities currently being planned Seattle: l3-Dr F rank Y Tanaka·, 2-Or John people came out for Aquino. At ald Reagan and Congress deny in the reaction of many Amer• include: seminars and lectures HUno. the last demonstration before he Marcos sanctuary in the U.S. ican officials who seemed more on personai relationships, hang• Sequoia: 19-Ronald Akio Enomoto, .13- Honolulu mayor Frank Fasi has concerned with the status of the Phyllis Carol HiiJra, 17-George Y Irumi. relinquished control, there were ups of the sansei male, risk and Sonoma County: 24-J ames F Murakami·. many more new faces-the veil said that the city will not provide bases [Clark Air Force Base and commitment, as well as unique Venice Culver: S-Yoichi J ohn Asari*. was lifted, and more came out" security for Marcos and has sug• Subic Bay Naval Base] than of growth-producing experiences Washington, DC : 32-Ge0rge I Obata. gested that Marcos buy or lease the Filipino people." National : l~Brian R Kashiwagi. Domingo, whose brother such as white-water rafting and LIFE Silme was murdered together a portion of Coconut Island, a Domingo echoed that senti• camping trips to the Sierras. Deni Y Uejima I SG ). with Gene Viernes allegedly by small island off the northeast ment stating, "Given the past re• Interested persons are asked CENTURY CLUB· 6-S Tom Hatakeda cEde), ~ Yo~ Suzuki Marcos operatives in the u.s. in coast of OahlL cord of the Reagan administra• to call Grace Masuda. (114) 496- tion., [the American reaction] did (SaC), ~DrFrank Y Tanaka (Set), 15- June 1981, said she was ''very The Filipino community, the 7n9 or HaIvey Hanemoto, (114) James F Murakami (Son), 8-Yoichl J ohn happy" about the turn of events. third largest ethnic group in not surprise me. It disturbed me 46ffi)l Asarit vnC). The Domingo-Viernes civil suit Hawaii is split over whether that the Philippine people's vic• against the Philippine govern• Marcos should be granted sanc• tory was turned into a Reagan dip• ment was scheduled to be heard tuary in the islands. Belinda lomatic coup by the American DEUGHTFUL in April 1987. Aquino, a Univ. of Hawaii polit• media and American oflicials." seafood treats Domingo said that she was ical science professor, said ten• -from AP, Los Angeles TImes, sions in the Filipino community, DEUCIOUS and ''very optimistic since President and Hoku.bei Matn.i.chi repents so easy to prepare Aquino has said that there will be justice for victims of the Mar• '86 TOYOTAS cos regime--the whole picture has changed" AREfHEREI MRS. FRIDAY'S Both Domingo and Robert Ki• NORIO OKADA. S a les M a n ager Gourmet Breaded Shrimps and Fish Fillets kuchi-Yngojo in San Francisco 5944 N. Figueroa St., expressed reservations about Highland Park, CA 90042 Fishlung Processors. 1327E. 1SmSt.. Los Angeles. (213) 746-1307 Defense Minister Juan Ponce (213) 259-8888 Enrile and Lt Gen Fidel Ramos, ...-. who defected to the Aquino camp and demanded Marcos' resigna• tion The two were very much a part of the Marcos government, said Domingo. The scene was slightly differ• ent in Honolulu as a crowd of 150 Marcos supporters gathered outside Hickam Air Force Base unfurling a banner proclaiming: pacific citize11 "Welcome, Pres. and Mrs. F. Mar- WANTS New 1986 JACL Chapter Dues To Update the Half-Page Spread of Membership Rates (1) Single & Couple: _____ (3) Student: ______(2) Youth / no PC: ______(4) SpeCial : ______MARCH ON To the HistOf'ic and Remodeled (5) 1000 Club Regular: $55; Spouse of 1000 Club Member: ____ ELK MOUNTAIN LODGE in Downtown CRESTED BUTTE. COLORADO and SKI • PC Subscript/un Included on a one-par-household basis. 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Macnut.s, coffee, $1,300,00 and $1,400,000. Available for sale. pools, Swedish saunas, juice bar, food supple• GOING BUSINESS Certified Teacher avocados, etc. Corners are staked, no resurvey· Excellent SBA loan available for qualified, in· ing necessary. Asking price US $310,000. terested firm or party, contad: ments, clolhing store, suntan facilities, nutri· Present management on premises wanted to teach English at a tional guidance, lounge area, 10,000 sq. ft, co· MIKE LARCHEY Asking price $90,000. Japanese High School. Japa• Jimmy Simpson Ba~, ed environment, & much more. 7 day a week Negotiable for cash. 1st National P.O. Box 100 operation. Illness forces sale. Winniman Int. Real Estate, Inc. Braman, Oklahoma 74632, (405) 385-2127 nese language optional. 688 Kinool Sl Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA Phone: (512) 993-1149 (808) 961-5888 • • Asking $160,000 Contact John at (818) 368-6838 CON Funds, Private Sale. Write: V, Henry DRY CLEANING B.C. CANADA For more info. please call (613) 477-2020. 4302 South Staples Management $25K + monthly Gr" Excellent location, Robert Young, RR #2, Corpus Christi, TX 78411 MINERAL PROPERTY br sale with existing Est. Business. West Hollywood. Priced Roslin, Ont., Canada KOK2YO, Assistant quarry and cabin . Located north of Radium. f/Fast Sell Assay shows 98.71 % silica . To direct promotion and perform clerical Phone (403) 239-2808 or write owner. Owner: Roger (213) 656-8952, Shampoo & Skin Care Mfg. LAKE HAVASU CITY, tasks for Travel Club. Full or part time. For Has 150K in equipment, proven formulas, com· MR. K. WINKLER ARIZONA details contact Tyler: 76 Edgewood Drive plete knowledge of the mass merchandising (213) 62~15430r 624-1558. CATERING Due to divorce, must sell very market, some major accounts and current con· Convenience store for sale. Calgary, Alta, Canada T3A 2T5 successful catering business. Over a mil• tracts with major food brokers throughout the Beer & wine license. Drive thru window. lion in sales. 10K sq. ft., fully equipped U.S., needs working cap~al, will consider all Owner must sell due to health. JAPANESE COOK WANTED • MUSTSELL • kitchen with/current government con• offers, sale, partnership, merger or acquisition. (213) 212-5554 or (818) 609-1955. $110,000 plus inventory. New restaurant opening in West Los tract. Gourmet catering USDA approved. Excellent location. CALL: Ocean, Catalina view condo, 3 BR , 2V2 Angeles needs Japanese cook for Sushi, BA, full wet bar, 1 st assmbl. $850K with 35 percent down. Robata-Yaki. Must speak good English. Open house Sundays (213) 753-1524 Hawaii-Maui Resident (602) 855-0264 Modoco skill necessary. seeks Capital for needful Marine Service 35 South Acoma Agent (213) 370-3677 Quebec Canada Contact: Bob (213) 202-8808 & Development Idea. Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Owner (714)495-8363 DEPANNEUR + GAS 225K-Proven Market. I have experience $1 ,800,000 SALES & some $. ARIZONA WANTED: Registered Nurses. Navajoland Modern, situated on a major intersedion in Ville Exciting expansion possibilities. Nursing Homes, Inc., needs registered nurses. D'Anjou, with all the SeMCeS. This type of site IS (808) 667-1913 TEXAS-USA For small nursing hom efor Native Americans. * Extraordinary * rarely available. Business & bldg. Pnvate. StartinQ sal8l)' $18,800, or higher plus reloca· FOR SALE FURNITURE 2 SR, 2V2 SA, beautiful French Normandy (514) 653-7816 tion reimbursement. We also need LPN's. TV MARKETNG FOR YOUR PRODUCT RENTAL BUSINESS Starting sal8l)' $15,289. Contad or send condo, extras. Laguna Niguel, 1st CAN BE DONE NATIONWIDE ON A Netting 1()()( +. T arms aVSJlable. AskIng price resume to Alta R. Bluehouse, P.O. Box 918, assmb/. CALIFORNIA PEFCENTAGE BASIS. $500,000. Greal managemere In place. 0Iher fine Chinle, Arizona 86503. Phone: (602) 674-5216. In Livermore, CA SMALL FEE REQUIRED. properties avSJlable. THE BRANCH OFFICE Large General Store on Hiway 84 CALL: BusIness Brokers 2530 Calder Ave. 7,000 sq. ft. Feed, Animal Supplies, eeer• (213) 871-1576 Beaumont, Texas 77702 (409) 833-€B68 Wine, Calif. Lottery & ATTN: INVESTORS General Merchandise. ATTN INVESTORS by owner West Virginia coal investment 14,000 You can qualily br tax savmgs by purchasing 5-Employrnent plus acres; hlQh quality coaJ ; West Virginia; PUREBRED COWS. numarous improvements ,"eluding rail Sidings FOR RENT FOR INFORMATION CALL: and cleaning plant; .sale or jOint venture Investigate This OpportUnity possible: senous inquiries only. $8 million. House in San Gab. Village. NISEI-SANSEI APPLICANTS Negotiable. . (415) 447-1820 Silver C Farms 3 SR - Quiet Neighborhood: We haw many al\laclJYe openll'9S now In L A.. SurroundlOg Reply: Coal Property, P.O. Box 670. Close to dwntwn LA Close to SS Fwy. 3829 1st Street Box 835, Russell, Manitoba CitieS and Or.llQe County College graduatBS or eqUIValent Norton, Virginia 24273. prelerred Call us lor an appolnment or send 10 (8SIJI\8 Livermore, California 94550 ROJ 1WO (204) 773-2678 Day 381-3879 - Eve 692-4371 JAPANESE IS NOT ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT . SAlARY RANGE $1,440 - $45,000 Exec. SecsetarylSecretirylReoepliomsUGenerai Office/Admin. Ass ' VAccounQn~rlSiles Rep.fMar1cetntl Ass'V FIRE FIGHTER I National Sales MlnIgerlWarehouse SupeMsor/MaJ1CBbng Re· search/etc. etc. DOWNEY·PRIME LOCATION !!! Minimum of 46K car/day. 47,000 sq. fl . Net TOPSKOUT PERSONNEL SERVICE lease able. 850-5,600 + sq.ft bay also (213) 742~810 available. M.I.ZONE Seasonal positions Available 1543W. Olympic BI., #433, LA. 90015 A MARVELOUS WORK IN ARCHITECTURAL CONVERTED MOTEL INTO Fight fire as a member of a fire crew. Receive training in fire DESIGN. MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE. COMM. BUSINESSES fighting methods, use of tools, safety procedures. Heavy NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR PLEASE CALL Will build to SUIt. Suitable for Import!• For 99-bed SNF to open In November 1986. (714) 547-7393, (213) 928-9094. Export, Sewing Machines, Tailoring Etc. phYSical work requiring endurance and good health/physical Owned by nofl1)fofit corporation. Patient popu· 1147 E. Florence/ Central condition. Jobs available throughout State of California; lallon predomnantly of Asian ancestry Re· LAS VEGAS May through October. qUirement.s: CMfomla licensing, two years ex· Los Angeles (213) 581-9075 penence, and organizational, fiscal, and com· RETIRE IN LAS VEGAS SALARY: $1205-1396 mUnity relations skills. Preferred: Familianly With Asian cultural aspecls and English/Asian 2SR-1SCONDO language fkJency. COnl>etJllve salary and Cov pkg In front· Gr Roor • Fumished TYPEWRITERS REQUIREMENTS: 18 years of age; good physical fnnge. 816sq.ft, nr LV. HILTON. Reconditioned like new health/condition, Send resume W1lh salary reqUirement by $52,000 March 31, 1986 to: Asian Community Center, (702) 734{)508 All types, $75 up. HOW TO APPLY: Applications available at Employment 2200 . 6th Street, Sacramenlo, CA 95818. Development Department, Department of Forestry and State LILLIAN & JOE MORIZONO (818) 343-0352 Personnel Board Offices, B.C. CANADA Applications accepted February 18 - September 30, 1986. PC ads by OWNER * * * * Applicants are encouraged to apply early. Chilliwack adaptable 9.7 acres 10 pasture. make 2424 sq. ft. 4 BR home, 1800 sq. ft. XT/AT COMPATIBLE. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY shopp~ng wkshp, 10,700 sq. ft. grn. hses, backs onto Chwk. Mtn., southern exposure. PRICED TO SELL. An Equal ~loymentOpportunity Employer easlerl $259,000 CON Funds. (604) 792-7476. Women and Minorities Are Encouraged to Apply (714) 540-1710 Con-P!ete National Business-Professional Directory Home Fumishings. £)p)pil&J[g1 . ~ TOY 7. .S - ~I"rt-~ Greater Los Angeles Greata' Loa Angeles Ventura County Watsonville Seattle, Wa. 151205. WestemAve. Gardena,CA 324-6444 321-2123 ASAHI TRAVEL Tama Travel International Calvin Mauui Realty Supenaven~roup Dilcount. Martha Iprubi Tamuhiro Ho.... & Commercial STUDIO 'ompkle Pro "' bop. R~It.ura.nt, LoWlie Apa Farra-Compuleriaed-Bonded One Wilabir(' Bid,., Ste 1012 371 N. Mobil Ave. Ie. 7. Camarillo. CA 93010. (805) 987-5800 2 tOl-22 nd ve ' 0. (206) 325-2525 1111 W Olympic Blvd. LA 900 15 Lo. An,elee 90017; (213)622-4333 EDSATO 235 W. FaiNlew Sr. 623-6125/29. CalJ Joe or Glady. ------PLUMBINi & HEATING San Gabne/, CA 91776 Tokyo Travel Service SanJose,CA San Francisco Bay Area AemodeI and RepaIrs Flower View Gardena #2 530 W. 6tb t. #429 UwAJlMAYA wew HeIIB"s. Furnaces (2 13) 283-5685 New Otani Hotef.ll0 S LoeAn,ele. 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Amaku:;a. &wnbata N..gasalu, FuI ment, you must stretch your sulted in the Commission on War• LAOOR hands across this countIy to DOR rekindles interest in redress time Relocation and Internment CoDtinued from Front Page bring in other groups to join in of Civilians, the 1980 hearings, possible only by virtue of the the fight It is a just cause, it is a by Yuri Kochiyama donors on the East Coast He and the present strategy regard• groundwork laid by the cumula• noble cause, it is. one that you New York Nichibei gave special recognition to ing H.R 442 and S. 1053. She re• tive past achievements of the en• will win" NEW YORK-An array of mov• Nicholas Chen, Michi Weglyn, minded the audience ofthe need tire redresslreparations move• Building Our Common Future ing speakers and cultural pre• and Aiko and Jack Herzig for to garner more support from N.Y. ment ... Every gain made by one LA City Councilman Mike sentations before a packed their immense help in counsel• congresspersons, especially Rep. part of the movement compli• Woo counseled the gathering house evoked concern and rekin• ing and research and to the con• Stephen Solarz (D-l3th district) ments the continuing effort ofthe that in order to build a common dled interest on the issue of re• tinuous public education by and Rep. William Green (R-15th other." future, ''we need to recognize our dress/reparations for Japanese former Nichibei editor Takako district). [Solarz became a co• NCJAR spokesperson Joyce common past The internment Americans at the 1986 Day ofRe• Kusunoki, present Nichibei sponsor of H.R 442 Feb. 28.] Okinaka reported on the latest order was possible only because membrance held at Hunter Col• editor Tern Kanazawa, and attor• Miriam Friedlander of the Appeals Court ruling and the of a shortness of memory which lege Feb. 22. ney/columnist Phil Nash. New York City Council, stated suit itself (see story on N.Y. DOR afflicts many Americans." This Setting the tone for the event Hohri said that the recent that "our country is catching up program). She also said that at• shortness of memory, he said, en• by giving purpose to ''remember• cowt ruling permits the with its own conscience. We all tempts are being made to bring ables us to think that our experi• ing" was National Council of reinstatement of the suit which have to be their conscience. That NCJAR chair William Hohri to ence is unique and has nothing Churches representative Rev. was blocked by the statute of it took 45 years to admit that they Los Angeles before April to ex• to do with whoever the latest Franklin Woo, a civil rights activ• limitations. Although given the put people in the concentration plain some of the aspects of the newcomers to this country hap• istIleader in the Asian American 'go sign,' he added that the gov• camps is something to cele• suit pen to be. movement Woo capsulized camp ernment may request a re-hear• brate." Recalling Our Past Woo was recently in the center statistics, personalized some pain• ing or appeal to the Supreme Attorney Marc Iyeki of the Three keynote speakers spoke of controversy when he intro• ful WW2 recollections, recalled Courl If, however. they proceed Asian American Legal Defense on behalf of the theme for the duced a resolution making Los other infamous national and inter• to trial, Hohri said "we intend to and Education Fund gave a well• evening's program "Recalling Angeles a sanctuary city for Sal• national acts, and counseled on include those excluded as well rounded update on the coram Our Past, Bridging Our Struggles, vadorans and Guatemalans; the the positive aspects of "remem• as those detained under EO. nobis cases as well as the Fed• Building Our Common Future." resolution was rescind d after bering" as a continuous process 9066, and those (mainly Issei) in• eral Appeals Court decision. U.S. District Court Judge Robert pressure from Federal immigra• for renewal and re-fOl'llling. terned under other statutes and Cultural presentations in• Takasugi recalled the past, em• tion officials and the pos ibility He also admonished his listen• powers, from both coasts, ft'om cluded Bob Miyamoto's film, phasized his commitment for of an initiative forced a com• ers to "remember all its citizens, Hawaii, and from Peru." 'Gaman," featuring drawings by redress, and criticized former promise. old and new, especially those Sumi Koide, JACL New York Betty Chin and vocals by Nobuko Sen S.l Hayakawa for his con• 'There are many different who had been cast off by con• chapter redress chair, presented Miyamoto; and a piano solo, tinuing defense of the incarcera• forms of discrimination and ex• quest, by racism and by bigotry." the JACL contribution to redress, "Susumu," by jazz artist Sumi To• tion clusion We must recognize the He reminded those in atten• the lobbying effort which re- nooka "It would be a betrayal of my thread that connects all of us," dance that "Executive Order moral responsibility if I do not said Woo. He emphasized that 9066 was a systematically well• give my all to prevent a repeti• many immigrant groups suffered thought-out rational act follow• tion of that egregious govern• similar treatment, relating anec• ing the logic of 'national security' ment invasion [of constitutional dotes told to him by Jews, Blacks, which has become more sophis• rights]," he said ''To do less is Asians, and South and Central ticated in the Western World and the real act of treason to the Americans. He concluded, "In its satellites over the last four peoples of the world" order to build a common future, decades." we have to recognize our common William Hohri, chairperson of Bridging Our Struggles histOIy. Only in that way will we the National Council for Japa• Rep. Mervyn Dymally (D• prevent these kinds ofatrocities. " nese American Redress since Gardena), drew on his personal Ron Baca of the Mexican U179, provided interpretation of The only legacy and political experience, as he American Political Assn said the recent Appeals Court deci• talked about redress and Con• that all 56 chapters of his organi• sion, and thanked the New York one should leave gressional attitudes toward the zation were in solidarity with the supporters, naming all the $1.(XX) Marcos government Dymally felt redresslreparations movement that although he does not know Baca, also a member of the El their children the Republicans on the Adminis• Comite de la Raza, pledged his Blackgoat said that she felt trative Law and Governmental organization's whole-hearted much stronger after listening to Relations Subcommittee (where support for redresslreparations all the speakers and reiterated HR 442 presently sits) vel)' well, and promised to take that mes• the theme for the evening, y he did believe that he would sage to their communities. ''building our common future, have an opportunity to talk to Native American elder Roberta bridging our struggles-this Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.). Blackgoat asked for support in brings good feelings to me. · .J Dymally is on the board oftrus• their fight to avoid government• Lenora Hill of the Lo Angeles tees of a black college which ordered relocation PubIic Law Big Mountain upport group ex• Coble represents. ~531 authorizes the relocation plained that the relocation wa Roots, Dignity, and Wings. Said Dymally, 'The fight [to oflO,(XX) Navajos from Big Moun• being accomplished to accom• win reparations] must go on and tain, Arizona (where they haved modate coal and uranium min• must come from you. 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