JACL-LEC Praises Efforts, Looks to Next Redress Hurdle

aci ic citizen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League S. 1009 Redress Win '/reflect Unfavorably'Says JACL-LEC Praises Efforts, S.L Hayakawa Looks to Next Redress Hurdle By Grayce Uyehara Reviews of the nationwide media By George Johnston WASHINGTON - After a decade of response to the passage of H.R. 442 Fonner U.S. Sen. S.l Hayakawa focusing on the redress issue, the (S. 1009) on April 20 in the United (R-Calif.) believes that S. 1009, which impossible dream to petition our States Senate shows there is much passed 69-'l:7 April 20 in the Senate, government may now be possible. more support than opposition. should be vetoed by President The JACL Legislative Education There is a feeling that this bill is Reagan because if it were to pass, Committee (LEC) lauds the out long overdue and that justice will it would reflect unfavorably upon standing floor management role of be well served when the bill is Japanese Americans. Hayakawa, Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga (D signed by the president There are one the most vocal and prominent Hawaii), who introduced S. 1009 on also more letters from individuals figures against the monetary portion April 19, then worked through the who support this legislation. of Japanese American redress, be long session of April 20 to advocate The JAClrLEC Office received a lieves that since Japanese Amer his position on the merits of this bill copy of the Arpil 29 noon White icans are doing well as a whole, the Pacific Citizen Photo By George Johnston and its passage. His work com House briefIng with Marlin Fitzwa money is unnecessary. "Japanese DANCING IN THE STREET-The Michiya Hanayagi dancers perform menced around 10 a.m. and con ter, the president's press secretary. Americans have a higher income a classical Japanese dance during San Francisco's 21 st Annual Cherry tinued until the vote was taken near In answer to a reporter's question than others, including Whites. Blossom Festival Grand Parade, held April 24 in Nihon Machi. 5 p.m. Through the first session of about the White House position on They're not in need." he S:lin the 100th Congress, he spent much the Japanese American reparations vne of the reasons Hayakawa, 82, 'Wait and See Attitude' time in rounding up the co-sponsors bill and whether it was intended for has historically been against re for S. 1009. It was pointed out on the a veto because of the money in it, dress is because he believes that the NCJAR 'Skeptical' on Chances for Redress floor that the senator's leaderhip in Fitzwater said, "Oh no. It will be Issei generation was not consulted By George Johnston claims against the government tor securing so many senators to sup signed. I don't know when it's com and was not an active participant in National Council for Japanese monetary redress. No date has been port th bill speaks of his relation ing down. [aside] Do you !mow when the redress movement ''The cam American Redress (NCJAR) Presi set yet for when the conference com ship with his peers. it's coming down?" The questioning paign for redress was conducted al dent William Hohri last week ex mittee will meet After the long and tiring day then moved to "Will he sign it?" The most completely by American-born, pressed approval for the recent which went through the lunch hour, answer, "WelJ, we can't say for sure. Enlgish-speaking Japanese Amer passage ofS. 1000 in the U.S. Senate According to Hohri, the Senate Matsunaga triumphed in getting You never say that in advance." icans, not the older, immigrantJ apa but he also admitted that he is ''velY version has a ten-year period for H.R. 442, the new number of the Se The last question was ''Well, nese Americans," said the Cana sober, very skeptical about Reagan surviving internees to decide nate bill, passed with 69 to 'l:7 votes. you've been sUPPOltive of offering dian-born American. signing it" NCJAR is currently in whether to go with legislative re Matsunaga was ably assisted by Sen an apology. But you've been op ''The immigrant Japanese, most of volved in a class action lawsuit dress or the class action case. If an Ted Stevens (R-Ark.) who was the posed to offering money. Both bills whom do not speak English well, against the government on behalf of individual accepts money under the minority floor manager. Without the would offer $20,000 a person for were not included in the delibera Japanese Americans who were in legislation, that person is ineligible appropriate responses during the people who were interned during tions concerning redress, so the en terned dming WW2. to participate in the class action suit debate on the amendments which the war. The question is, since each tire program was conducted by Hohri said that NCJAR has a In order to participate in the suit, would have cut out the individual version contains the $20,000 and Nisei and Sansei, not the entire Ja ''wait and see" attitude about the the individual must refuse to accept payments, the bill would not have amounts to over a billion dollars. panese American community. For progress of the bill, which was ap payment under the legislation. Ten come through intact Continued on page 2 the Issei," Hayakawa added, "it proved 69-'l:7 on April 20. "The bill years would give an individual more would have .never occurred to them is going to conference committee time to monitor progress of the to ask for money or redress. Most of and apparently there is a great deal NCJAR suit and decide which NEWS IN BRIEF them were grateful for the reloca of interest in the 'extinguishment course of action to take. tion, which kept them from danger clause,'" he said. "We prefer the Se The House version, on the other ILWU Supports Redress in the event of an invasion by the nate version of the bill." The extin hand, provides only six months for VANCOUVER, B.C. - After an appeal to the International Longshoreman's Japanese military on the American guishment clause refers to wording a person to decide his or her course & Warehouseman's Union's (ILWU) 27th Convention by Elaine Black mainland" concerning the extinguishment of of action If an eligible person does Yoneda of San Francisco Auxiliary No. 16, delegates voted on April 13 to not make a decision in six months, support a resolution in favor of redress for Japanese and Aleutian victims he automatically has decided to ac of wartime internment It was also m"ged that Canadian delegates partici Redress Chronology cept payment and "opt out" of the pate in the redress movement for Japanese Canadians. NCJAR lawsuit James Hennan, ILWU national president, proposed that $1,000 be given Many of the notable events covered in the Pacific Citizen with respect to 1<'u.ltnermore, according to Hohri, to the redress campaign The proposal was adopted without oppostion. the redress effort are listed in the annual chronology published at tbeend oCtbe the Senate version clarifies the in year. It was from the P.C. Chromlogy that this special Redress Chronology tent of the legislation and doesn't KCBS Airing APA Heritage Week Show was compiled.-Hany Honda. impede NCJAR's class action suit LOS ANGELES - KCBS-TV Channel 2 will profile people and events of 1942 against the government If the bill Feb. 19-Executive Order 9006 ordErS excludes Nikkei residents from the three West the Tenth Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Week (APAHW) during Coast states and Alaska. should be enacted, however, a special edition of the "2 the Point," a weekly public affairs interview March--JACL leaders decide that at some appropriate time, somewhere, somehow, the NCJAR is recommending that series to be broadcast May 8, from 4:30-5:00 p.m. Japanese Americans wruld send a bill of particulars to the Congress of the Unilfd States everyone eligible accept the money. Guests include comedienne Tanlayo Otsuki, APAHW committee member and ask for redress for what they would suffer unjustly due to Evaruation. Hohri bases his skepticism on the 1965 Peter Kwong, actress Lisa Lu and actor Mako. Oct.l-Ricegrower Keisaburo Koda's original evacuation claim of $2,497,500, settled in past few years. "Since 1980, the De the U.S. Court of Claims for $362,500. This was the last of the 1948 Evacuation Claims Act prutment of Justice has consistently Ohio Mayor Resigns to Avoid Japanese cases. been the only major institution that WAPAKONETA, Ohio - Wapakoneta Mayor Willianl V. Lietz re igned 1966 opposes redress," he said. "It's un from his po tAprillS rather than deal withJ apanese inteJ.'e ted in investing July l(}-US Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark regrets his role UJ Evacuation. He had in the city of 8,000. directed the Justice Dept. alien control administrat.krl. likely the president will sign the bill. Nov. 4----Retired Calif. Supreme Coort Justice Gibson labels EvaCllat.ton as "black page The one thing going for him is he's "I was on a destroyer (in the South Pacific) that wa sunk ... and I \Va of history" at NCWNDC meeting. unpredictable. The probability is he' in the hospital. I don't care if it would have been the Gelmans. I would Dec. ~First special book dealing with Evaruatioo published : Bosworth's "American will veto it, but that's just one man's have felt the ame way.

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