Aci Ic C-Tize September 23 1983 the National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League
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• aci ic C-tize September 23 1983 The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Marutani orders all-rnale high school to admit females PHILADELPHIA-The all-male Central High School, a more by continuing some single-sex schools. Cour hould inter ene academically ri8~~ school than other city schools. was 01 only in cases of clear discrimination in educational ered Sept. 8 to a . female sttdents. The order was signed b opportunities .. , Judge William Marutani of the common pleas court. Theotherpointwas: " It wouJd make more ense forthejudge While Pbiladelphia city school district has on appeal an ear to tell Philadelphia to make the necessary improvements at lier order ending the male-only history of the school, Marutani Girlslligh." Girls High and Central High are the top public high ruled in favor of three girls wOO sued in an attempt to gain schools in the city. admission. He also ordered the district to pait a memorandwn Text of Editori.al: Ecpility, NotIdentity in all public schools stating that qualified girls could now Saturday,SepL 17,1983 register to attend Central High. Usually, it is Federal judges who are the activists in civil rights deci ·ions. In Philadelphia, however, a county judge has done what Federal Jesuit Weekly Comments Judges refusW to do : order the admission of girls to Central HighSchool, a The Jesuit weekly " America" quickly commented on Maru male bastion for the last 147 years. According to Judge William M. tani's decision in its Sept. 17 issue. While noting that he was ··a Marutani rL the Philadelphia Cornrmn Pleas Court, Central High is a county jtdge (doing) what Ferleral judges refused to do'· better school than its mmterpart. the Philadelphia High School for Girls. ordering the admission of girls to Central High School, a male Both schools have outstanding academic records, with 98 of the boys bastion for 147 years, it had t\W points of its own to make, in and 87.8% rLthe girls going to college. But according to Judge Marutani. as much as the Jesuits have been in teaching since the 16th Central High has more courses for gifted students, higher scores on century. scholastic altitude tests and a higher rate of college acceptance. Accord ingly, the FAp.ial Rights Amendment added to the Pennsylvania Constitu- " It (the government) may be doing both sexes a great favor Continued on Page 8 Photos by 1..Jly Okura Court orders government to open Korematsu camp case MARDt FOR JOB~Awroximately 50 Japanese Americans ~ated in the Aug. 27 March for Jobs, SAN FRANCISCO-Federal held by the Supreme Court in " In effect, there was no mil as the deadline for Kore Peace and Freedom in Washington. District Court Judge Marilyn 1944 when the High Court ac itary necessity tor the matsu's lawyers to me briefs Upper Photo: (from left) Ron Ikejiri, Washington JACL Patel ordered the U.S. Attor cepted government repr~ camps " according to Dale answering the government's Representative; Gerald Yamada, Washington, D.C. ney to respond by Sept. 27 , to sentations that the intern Minami, lead counsel for response. Nov . 4 has been set JACL president; and K. Patrick Okura, past national allegations that the govern ment camps were justified by Korematsu. "This Supreme aside as the trial date. # president (Pat participated in the first March of ment lial to the Supreme , military necessity." Court precedent rests upon a Washington in 1963, having traveled from Omaha, Court in Korematsu v. United Korematsu's lawyers dis foundation of fraud and d~ Sen. Inouye warns Neb.) wait for march to commence. They were invited to States, the landmark decision covered that government at ceit. " let's keep our cool the VIP platform. upholding the legality of the torneys suppressed key evi Minami further said "that Lower Photo: Benjamin Hooks, executive director of evacuation into internment dence fr<m the FBI, Federal the response to our petition HONOLUW- The Soviet attack NAACP, talks with reporter. In backgrolrld is Dr. Arthur camps -of over 110,000 Japa Communications Commis will be extremely significant on the Korean Air Lines flight has Flemming, rnerriler of the Commission on Wartime nese Americans. sion, Office of Naval intelli because it will be the govern aU the appearances of "murder". Hawaii Sen. Dan Inouye said here Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Fred Korematsu was con gence and Army Intelligence ment's official defense of the Sept. 1. But he cautioned against victed in 1942 for refusing to which flatly contradicted the internment camps and those "shooting from the hip" in re obey military orders leading government claim that Japa responsible for setting them action unW all facts are known . up to the mass racial intern nese Americans were a threat up". Specifically, Inouye said he dis ment. His conviction was up- to security. Judge Patel also set Oct. 25, agrees with Democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia who said the United States should can cel its new grain sale to Moscow . 'Go for Broke' exhibit opens at State Capitol "To cut the wheat deal and do this and this and this is foolish ," SACRAMENTO, Ca.-State legis you have more, SEnd them ater, the lOOth Battalion and the Inouye said. lators, led by Gov. George Deuk over." 442nd RCf distinguished them "Emotions are high now but I mejian, on Sept. 14, honored Japa Matsui Statement selves as the most highly decora hope my colleagues keep a cool nese American veterans with a Rep. Matsui, in his statement for ted unit in American military his head." special rilDon-cutting ceremony the dedication, thanked the Nisei tory. In two years of combat these Inouye is a member of the Sen at the State Capitol, opening a spe Gis and their families "for the ma brave Americans earned 18,000 ate Select Committee on Intelli cial exhibit/story of the looth in ny sacrifices that they made in medals for bravery am heroism, gence, which, he said, has been re fantry Battalion, the 442nd Regi their heroic contribution during eight special Presidential Unit Ci ceiving briefings from the outset. .mental Combat Team am the MIS WW2". He also hoped that the ex tations and 9,000 Purple H.earts. lA 28th Japanese national- Hj (military intelligence service, hibit would be "an inspiration to all However, this heroism in battle roko Ikeda-was listed among the Pacific theater) . Exhibit is ex of us to continue the struggle to had a significant price. The Japa 269 passengers and crew aboard pected to be on view through OcUr educate the American people nese American units suffered the the ill-fated Korean Air Flight rm. ber,I983. about the injustice of internment" ·. highest combat casualty ratio in the Japanese Foreign Ministry re Among the government officials The text of the statement the history rL the Armed Services. ported Sept. 3. She was traveling to attend were Speaker of the follows : "In the Pacific theater, 6,000 under the name of H. Stevens, wife House Willie Brown; Chief of Staff 'Let me take this opportunity on Nisei served in the military intel of a Bostonian. The Sept. 9 PC had Steven Tlx>mpson; La;; Angeles the dedication of the exhibit depict ligence and language service. listed 28 Japanese surnames county supervisor Mike Anton<r ing the patrntic deeds of the Nisei These men and women monitored though the KAL passenger list had vich; and other community who served in the 442nd RCT, the Japanese radio traffic, decoded originally indicated 22 wete from leaders. l00th Battalion, and Military intel Continued OIl Page 12 Japan.-Ed. ! The guests were infonned that ligence Service to thank them and the unparalled combat record of their families for the many sacri Reischauer defends A-bomb the 100/44200 Combat Team and fices that they made in their heroic the intelligence specialists who contribution during WW2. Third Nikkei sits on Hawaii high court served in the Pacific Theater were "Despite the internment of over over Hiroshima, not Nagasaki vital factors in nullifying almost 120,000 American citizens of Japa HONOLULU-Hawaii Circuit BOSTON, Mass.-Former u.S. Ambassador Edwin Reisch 600 discriminatory laws and stat nese ancestIy, over 33,000 young Judge James Wakats uki , 54, auer defended the use in war the world's first atomic bomb over utes after Worid War II. Japanese American men and W<r was confirmed Sept 2 at a Of the Nikkei soldiers, it was men volunteered to serve in the Hiroshima but said the drop of the second A-bomb over Naga special Senate session to a 10- Gen. Mark W. Clark who said: Anned Forces. Fifty percent vol year term as associate justice saki was a mistake, according toa piece published Aug. 31 in the "These are some of the best god unteered fn:m internment camps. Boston Globe. dam fighters in the U.S. Army. If "In combat in the European the- on the Hawaii supr611e court. Reischauer argual that ifthe U.S. had not resorted to atomic Receiving a 19-5 vote, Wa- katsuki expressed his grati- weaponry, Japan would have probably refused to surrender, Ground-breaking for Kinenhi Sept. 23 tude that a clear majority had choosing instead to'lighHo the end until the entire army and most of the civilians were armihilated. The outcome would have SALINAS, Ca.-Grotmd-breaking WaLKway to the momment site. approved despite allegations been a political division of the country under separate U.S. and ceremooy for Kinenhi (monu From Watsonville will be a group he was being repaid for his ment) to be erected at the former of Issei, most of whom were in- past loyalty Gov.