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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. rm an American and I love my country," said Lietz. ConcentratiooCamps" (Norton). opinion." 64. "I am just going out becau e I figure it' best for the town. I don't hate 1967 July ~Lessons of Evacuation spelled out in Jerry Enomoto talk at Washington, DC, (the Japanese) at all, but I ju t don't want t{) have anything to do with them before EDC meeting; WRA director Dillon Myer and others speak of "most difficult Clarification personally." problems in WRA and how they were resolved." The April 29, 1988 P.C. Sto11' enti• Lietz, who served as mayor for 13 yea! , issued a statement at a town 1968 tled "Prompt Action Urged by council meeting in which he aid that his personal view should not affect JW1e 26-Nisei efforts to have U.S. Supreme CoortChief Justice Earl Warren "publJcly apologize" for his leading role in 1942 Evacuation starts in San Francisco. JAClrLEC" contained confusing in• th city's economic development "I think it is unfOltunate that thi i the Aug. 24-National JACL Convention at San Jose calls for repeal ofEmergency Detention formation The phone number given way to end his service to Wapakoneta," said his succe or, Chrules Brading. Act {Title OJ, 1950 Internal Security Act. is not the JAClrLEC mailgram hot• "He has a right to his opinion concerning the Japanese." Wapakoneta i 1969 (July: fnt men land on moon) line, it is a mailgram service oper• the hometown of asb'Onaut Neil Armstrong. Feb.l1-Fred Korematsu, in rare p!tIllc appearance,lectures on Evacuation before UC Berkeley Asian Studies class. ated by the the Florin JACL Chap• Apr. l8-SEn Inouye m-sponsors bill to repeal Title Il. Reps. Matsunaga & Holifield ter. Kinoshita Announces Bid for Public Affairs VP co-sponsors in House. The JACL-LEC hoUine has not SEATl'LE - Cherty Kinoshita, incumbent JACL vice president for Public Nov. ~Bill Hosokawa's "Nisei: TIM! Quiet Americans" (Morrow) published; 100-year been activated yet.. Information, in• Affairs, has announced that he will nm for a second term in the office. story of Japanese Americans. In Continued on page :s cluding the phone number, will be February, Kinoshita wa conflrmed to a 3-year term on theJAClrLEC distributed at a later date. Board. 1988 NationalJACL Convention A Seattle, WA • August 4-10 A SFATfLE JACL Look for your registration brochure in the mail soonl SEATII.E JACL 2--PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, May 6, 1988 Past JACL Presidents tions" bill, but the answers are not which S. 1009 was assigned. LEC clear at this time. The conferees will have to recon• Looking to the Post /redress Horizon Continued from page 1 What Next? cile the two bills from the House will you or will you not accept the The question which is in the fore• and the Senate before it can go to By Laurie Mochidome '1 also noticed the [redress] bill legislation?" Mr. Fitzwater front of the many individuals who the president for his signature. Five former JACL National pres• has only $50 million for the trust answered, '1don'tlmow. We'llct1eck are tracking the progress of redress There is not a time line on how long idents expressed mostly elation in fund," he said. "This is not enough and see." legislation is, ''What happens next?" this process will take. After the pres• a telephone interview with the to do anything for the Japanese This briefing information copy Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who ident recieves the bill for his action, Pacific Citizen over the Senate's American community. I think the was received from Mike Masaoka, is taking the major responsibility for he will have ten working days to sign passage of the redress legislation damage done to the community was who has this particular press serv• the movement of the redress bill on the bill or veto it April 20. Shig Wakamatsu, Henry pretty severe. Individual compensa• ice. It does indicate that there is dis• the House side has decided that the Payments Tanaka, Clifford Uyeda, Frank Chu• tion will be made, but restitution to cussion going on in the White House two bills require "conferencing" be• The JACL offices and the JAClr man and Jerry Enomoto also gave the community will be minimal." on the "Japanese American repara- cause of the differences in the bills. LEC office have been receiving calls their opinions of where the JACL JACL After Redress? The House conference committee about when and where the pay• should be headed following its re• According to Wakamatsu, JACL's will be comprised of representa• ments will be made on the $20,000 dress campaign. frrst priority after redress should be JACL to lend more of its support to tives from the Judiciary Committee individual payment The responses concerning the re• to continue to build a stronger na• other Asian American groups. '1 and will include Democrats Peter We remind all those who are wait• dress bill's success were varied. tional organization. JACL could at• think so far we've been challenged Rodino (chainnan) of New Jersey, ing for the passage of H.R 442 that Wakamatsu, 1958-1960 national tain a solid economic base and in• by ow' own redemption," he said. '1 Frank, and Howard Berman of even if the president signs the re• president and current LEC treas• crease its membership, he said, if it think it's time to take our place in California. From the minority side dress bill into law, there is another urer said, 'The passage of S. 1009 received more financial contribu• the broader arena" are Republicans E. Clay Shaw step in the legislative process before and H.R 442 confmns for us who tions and JACLers gained more sup• Immediate Concern (chair) of Florida, and Pat Swindall payments can start The funds will have labored for redress that on the port from their non~ACL family After the redress bill is signed, of Georgia. have to be appropriated for each whole we were successful on getting members. The organization must said Tanaka, JACL should assist The Senate is on recess th is week year that payments are to be made. the message across to the American strengthen itself first, said with the "follow-up of the redress and there has not been an official The payments are to be made start• people." Wakamatsu, because it's "only in legislation to see that the distribu• action of the Senate Conference ing with the oldest, as the two bill Tanaka, 1972-1974 national presi• being effective and more cogent that tion of funds is made and the public Committee, but the following are ex• presently read. The determination dent, added that the success of the we can help others." education fund is formed." The edu• pected to serve: Sens. John Glenn will be made by birth dates. redress legislation "points up the Chuman, author of Bamboo cation fund is particularly impor• (Ohio); David Pryor (Ark); and Ma• At this time, the J AClrLEC Office fact that our form of government is Peaple: The Law and Japanese Amer• tant, said Tanaka, since its purpose tsunaga for the Majority. All except does not lmow whether there will fragile and passing the bill will pre• icans and national president from is "to study other kinds of events that Matsunaga are members of the Gov• be any changes made in the bill vent similar cases to occur in the 1960 to 1962, said that after the fate are unconstitutional and not sensi• ernmental Affairs Committee to when it goes to conference. future." of the redress legislation is deter• tive to the rights of citizens." Uyeda, who served as national mined the JACL should complete Like Chuman, Tanaka voiced the president from 1978 to 1980, expres• the ''redress program by supporting COntinued on page 8 sed sadness for the timing of the re• the Hirabayashi and Hohri cases [if] dress bill's success and for the bill's they go to the Supreme Court terms. '1 feel most strongly a sense 'This would climax all the injus• BOOK II Human Resources of sadness because it's too late to tices that happened in the past and FAVORITE RECIPES help the Issei," said Uyeda. 'The would close the injustices ofWW2," Generalist people who should be redressed are (All new recipes) said Chuman. $8.00 Postpaid Lawrence livermore National Laboratory, located in the San no longer with us." He also emphasized the need for Francisco Bay Area, is one oftheworld's premier research and So. Alameda County development organizations. 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REDRESS CHRONOLOGY Continued from page 3 members: House appointeeS Justice Arthur Goldberg, Rep. Dan Lundgren (R-Ca.), Fr. Robert Drinan; additiooaJ Senate aAXlintee: Fr. Ishmael Gromoft' ... Joan Bernstein. former general counsel, U.S. Dept. of Health, HwnanServices, elected commission chair. May I~C office opens in New Executive Office Bldg, #2mI, 726 Jackson PI. NW , Washington, D.C. 2aiOO ... Ex-Calif. assemblyman Paul Bannai named executive director . May 3-JACL redress coordinator Jdm Tateishi reiterates JACL favors reparations but cannot spell rut amount at this time. June 15-San Francisco board of supervisors endocse monetary compensation for Japa· nese American redress; first major U.S. city endorsement of its kirxl, says JACL. ther there are foods that the Japa• July 14, 16--CWRIC holds first of redress hearings in Senate Caucus Room ; former nese eat but which their cultural an• federal officials testify about their role in 1942 evacuation. Konjak EAST July l5-Washington Post calls ~ , OOl reparation figure for evacuees "extravagant and cestors, the Chinese, leave alone. wrong" even if funds were available because of "mooetary buyolf for affront" supposed. NO DOUBT, MANY of you out WIND I've been to what I believed were Aug. 4-6--aVRIC holds second of redress hearings at Los Angeles; Sen. S.l. Hayakawa here have been doing the same "authentic" Chinese dinners and to jeered for stating he was shamed and embarrassed by demands of redress groops. thing as I've been doing for years: Bill date, I've not been served with uni Aug. IHJ..-.OVRIC holds third of redress hearings at San Francisco; Nikkei continue to eating the stuff but not sure just tell own evacuation and camp ordeals. Marutani (sea urchin) taIw (octopus) or kon• Sept. 9-11-Fourth CWRIC hearings held at Seattle Central Community CoUege; diffe• what it's made of. I'm referring to nyaku. For a while there, I thought rent from L.A. and S.F. as witnesses challenge wartime role of JACL and N'lSei leadership; konnyaku, that slightly translucent only Japanese ate jellyfish, but I Nisei panel from Hawaii testifies. flabby whatever-it-is, found in o-den. Poured over hot rice. Even learned learned that Chinese relish the stuff, Sept. 15, 17, 19-Fifth CWRIC Hearings held in Alaska, at Anchorage, Unalaska and Perhaps the most familiar form for to like it Pribilof Islands; nearly 1,000 Aleuts were evacuated by U.S. gov't from ancestral homes too. Notwithstanding my personal during WW2 to makeshift camps in Alaskan panhandle. many of us is ito-konnyaku ("string SPEAKING OF ODEN, the frau non-exposure at Chinese affairs, I Sept. 22-23-Sixth CWRIC hearings in Chicago spotlight U.S. "kidnap" of 1,800 Japanese konnyaku) found in sukiyaki. For will whip up that dish every so often. have a hunch the Chinese also eat Peruvians during WW2 ... Myron KW'q>a5, who recalled his role to have President Ford years I've been consuming the stuff, At times, I think she buys one of uni and taIw. nullify E.O.!nl6 in 1976, at hearings finds graffiti "NipLover" sprayed on his garage door. never sure just what it was made of. those packets that contain the vari• SEEKING TO REMEDY an all· Sept. 2S--Washington, D.C. attorney Angus MacBeth appointed CWRlC special counsel In fact, I recall in my kozo-days to~long to "complete hearing process and prepare report and recommendations for President and ous ingredients and she simply ignorance of the derivation Congress"; succeeds director Paul Bannai, who was appointed to Veterans Administration watching my mother make it: all I warms it up: dai.kon (horse-radish) of konnyaku I checked it in my post. recall is that somewhere in the pr~ thickly sliced, sato-imo (taro) which (small)jiten. Of course, the first word Nov. 2-3-Seventh CWRIC hearings back in Washington: John J. McCloy, Karl cess she used lye. are slippery, kamabolw (Japanese• I came across was Iwnyaku ("mar• Bendetsen defend their WW2 decisions for evacuation holds evacuation was economicaUy Lye? Can that Iwzo be mistaken? style gefilte fish), triangles of alJu· motivated; and Mike Masaoka respoOOs to JACL critics. riage engagement") and I was about Nov. 23-Eighth CWRIC hearing held in New YorX City; smaU "back to Africa" groop rage (fried tofu), a bowtie of kanbu to give up until I checked, back on testified against Nikkei redress; plight of evacuees at Seabrook told. EVERY SO OFTEN while trying (sea tangle), koyadofu (dried tofu) double "n." The definition? "Paste Dec. 9-Final (9) CWRIC hearings held at Harvard University; civil liberties and legal to pick up one of those slippery ras• which I've always regarded as a made from konjak flour." I paused eA-perts, constitutional1awyers and professors discuss ramifications, forms of redress, and cals with chopsticks-<>r in the case piece of dried sponge or plastic• on that one, intrigued; for my guess how to prevent deprivatioo of rights in the future . of sukiyaki, simply slurping it up a 1982 which may lead one to sunnise that is that konnyaku is the J apanization May 2O-JACL-LEC chartered in California as nonprofit COIl>Oration to lobby for la noodle-style-I'li casually ask I usually pass up something that of the word "konjak," assuming the redress. what it's made o( Always it's some tastes like a blob of cotton in my latter to be a non.Japanese word. Aug. l3-Z7th bienniaJNational JACLConvention atLas Angeles authori2.esup to $300,000 mumble answer followed by an un• moutb-as well as some sea foods. But my little jiten shed no further for redress campaign at $100,000 per year, underwritten by JACL Endowment Fund, helpful "I think" Something about The frau seems to like the various light individual $5 pledge fran membership starts. some "Japanese imo" (potato) or My Dec. 1-Rep. Mervyn DymaJIy (C-Calif.) introduces redress bill before closing days of items. choices are somewbat NOW, I DON'T know what "kon• 97th Congress. even tororo-imo, the latter being a nan"Ower being that I automatically jak" is. So until I come across a bo- Dec. 20--C0ngress extends life ofCWRIC through June 30, 1983. long root which, when grated, takes eliminate koyadofu from the start • tanical dictionruy (no, my Webster's 1983 on the consistency and appearance with a few other things not too far unabridged was no help), fll be eat• Feb. 22-Initial f1rldirlg; of CWRIC Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of stilTed, raw eggs. behind. ing those slippery devils in con• of Civilians are re1eased.A "grave injustice" has beendone, the commissioners cooclude. Oh, yes. Had to eat that stuff, too. Mar. 16-National Cooncil for Japanese American Redress chair William Hohri flies I'VE OFTEN WONDERED whe- tinued ignorance. lawsuit against U.S. government in behalf of25 Nikkei plaintiffs and NCJAR. C1ass action seeks $lO,lXX> per cause per action per individual. Total may exceed $24 billion. (Theoreti· cally, a detainee could seek in excess of $200,000. ) May 16---The Justice Dept. files a motion in the U.S. District Coort, Washington, D.C .. to JACL After Redress: What Then? dismiss NCJAR $25.2 billion class lawsuit. Among the milestones of JACL .:oncerns of this grouping. Some feel June l5-Study conducted by ICF, Inc., consulting rll1Tl, for CWRIC, reveals as a result of success, none stands higher than FROM THE that rather than working a a Japa• evacuation, Nikkei lost between $149/$370 million in 1945 dollars; and $810 million/$2 billion nese American organization, the in• congressional approval of redI'e s FRYING in 1983 doUars (accounting for inflation I. dividuals would be more effective June 16--CWRlC releases its "reccrnmendations": (a) issue an apology, (b) Presiden• legislation. The Congre s of the PAN tial pardons to those convicted for violating military orders based 00 ethnicity, (C) restitu• United States, and through it the as leaders in broadly based human tion of positions in U.S. government lost because of WW2, (d) education fund. and (e) American people, have aclrnow• rights group individual payment of$ID,OOO to 60,000 survivors now living. JACL endorses recommenda· iedged a grievou wrong done to an Bill The future of JACL should be a tions July 9. Hosokawa lively topic at the National Conven• June 22--Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.); Rep. Michael Lowry CD-7th Wa.) and 24 other American minority in the heat and House members draft legislation on redress payments to Japanese American and Aleut hysteria of war. tion in August Ba ic to the discu - descent evacuation victims. Cranston bill does not specify amoont; H.R. 3Krl calls for The wrong is done and gone, and ion hould be an a e ment of the $2O,lXX> each to surviving camp victims. nothing can expunge the shame or and the pardon of Iva Togmi It has cohesivene of the Japane eArner• Nov. 16--Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga (D-Hawaii) with 13 colleagues introduces S 2116 ican community in which the Nisei whif"h imnlprT'\Qntc rAl'VV'nn"lonA."iIV\D ,..rr 'l~ mend the shattered pride that re• received lea t communlty support sulted from the injustice of the when no dragons breathed danger• are fading into the unset It is Jan. 17-Sen. Spark Matsunaga ([).Hawaii) hosts a briefing onS2116 for representatives Evacuation. But the apology, voted ou fire at the gates. primal.'ilv Ni ei dedication and of 45 civil rights,labor, veterans, and religious organizations in Wash. D.C. Nisei money that uPPOl1:ed the or• Feb. 18-l9-"Day of Remembrance" observances of the 42nd anniversary of Executive by Congress, goes a long way toward What, now, are the burning issue Order 9066 are held in JA communities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, eliminating cal. that still exist today and tomolTOW for the Japa• ganization since its beginning. San- Chicago, and New YorX. Somehow, it makes the sacrifice of ne merican community? Back ei leadership has become more The California State Legislature declares every Feb. 19 a "Day of Remembrance." Nisei soidiPl'S and civilians who be• during the Evacuation period when prominent, but what of an ei fol• Feb. 19-A plaque designating the site of the Sa1inas Assembly Center as a California lieved in their country more mean• Japane e Americans were catter• lowing? Recently at a highly uc• Registered Historical Landmark dedicated. ihl Mar. 9-Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson annoonces his endorsement ingful. ing throughout the country, there ce Day of Remembrance bal.l• of redress. Comes now the question, whither WeI'e many who ugge ted that quet in Sacramento, the chapter Mar. 27-During a Washington, D.C. hearing, Democratic National Committee are JACL'? What other dragon ar within th fore eeable future there Pl'e ident wa a thoughtful and urged to include a plank 00 redress in the party's platform. there for this human rights organiza• would be no ne d for an advocacy thol"Oughly dedicated San ei Apr. 7-Organization of Chinese Americans endorses redress, has 3,500-members in .woman, but an ovelivhelming per• chapters nationwide and a Washington lobbyist. tion to attack and slay? organization lik JACL All of u Apr. lS-P.awaii St. l-foose of Reps W1animously passes a resolution supporting redress. JACL ha been at its best when it would b quietly integrat d into the centag of those att nding wel'e June 18-U.S. Confermce of Mayor.;, meeting in Philadelphia, approves a resolution led the community against a com• American main tr am and tl1el'e Ni i. What kind of program will supporting redress. R$olubon was submitted by Mayor Charles Royer of SeatUe. mon peril, in search of common ob• would be no mOl thnic problem . draw San ei and Yon ei upport? I June 20, 21. 27-House subcommittee holds hearings on HR 4110 in Washington, D.C. jectives such as survival in face of We couldn't have b n mOl it po ible to come up with uch pro• John Tateish! ~ uook "And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American gram? And what if the an wer i in DetentIon Camps" is released, receives favorable reviews. the Army' hysterical evacuation wrong. Ther was a pring ne d Aug. 7-AmPl'ican Bal' Assn. passes a resolution urging Congress to "provide appro• order, in the repeal of discriminat• for an organization lik JA L to at• tlle n gativ '? priate legislauve recoglllllon oCthose denied equal justice under law pursuanl to Executive ory land laws, equality in naturaliza• tack th pl"Obl m that bl"Ought Order 9066." but does not directly promote reparations. Aug. l3-"Yankee Samurai," an exhibit on the Nisei of the Military Intelligence Service .tion and immigration, elimination of about the evacuation and mo t of in the Pacific, opens at the USS Arizona Memorial Musewn in Hawaii. Sen. Spark MalSu· Executive Order 9066 (even though them have b n addI-es ed. JACL ChapteJ Qifered naga is keynote speaker. it had vanished with other wartime Doe a lik ituation e ist today'? Aug. 16-Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Civil Service. Post Omce and measur~s when peace was restored) I don't lmow. By om reckoning, 1 Fttnd-Rai mg Prenunm General Services, chaired by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), holds a hearing on S 2116 in Los dr s may be the final chapt r. Angeles. Redress legislation endorsed by 230,@member Calif. Teachers Assn. and 1.7 miUion-rnember National Education Assn. Othel contend J A L will manage Aug. 2G-24--Republican Party platform passed at national convention in Dallas includes to find ju tincation for p rp tual a plank declaring that the WW2 intemment was an injustice and that such an act will }'or the Record exist nc The bathrooms at the cOllvention sit "never again be penn Itted. " In any cv nt, thel hould b IIU Aug. 3O-"Go for Broke" lraveUng exhibit in Denver, speakers include Colorado gover• donns arc NOT unisex like your hot I shortage of propo 'als, n Ul on nor RIchard Lamm and Denver mayor Frederico Pena, room, as I potted on page 6 last week. Sept. 3-American Legion passes "civil rights" resolution lit national ("olwention in Salt (The "not" was inadvertenUy omitted.) hand, th re are advocat of a low• Lake City. Statement declaring the camps an injustice was originally adopted by Chicago Convention package deal rates w re cost, low pl"Offi \'01 for JACL as Nisei Post Il&1. also changed since the stOly wa first I watchdog of human rights. Oth rs Oct. 4-"Bmt Free and Equal, " an exhibit of photos taken al Marrtanar by famednalW'e see new goals to pursue, uch a photographer Ansel Adams. goes on diiplay at FrelIlO Metropolitan Museum. A book in written. The correct rates al to b noted in the full·page adv61tising 011 leadership within an Asian-Pacific Conllnued on PIIge IS page 7. coalition addressing the special ______NElVs~AJ(ERS------_.======~F~rid=aY=,M=a=Y=6,=19=88=I=P=AC=IF=IC=C=ln=ZE~N~~
The Sumitomo 10/ 50 ADVANTAGE is a two-year money market account which will earn higher interest on deposits starting from 510,000 and Michael Nagaoka Melvin Chiogioji 'Tom lino even higher interest on S50,000. Of course, the • Michael M Nagaoka, 41, was re• 10/50 ADVANTAGE can be used for IRA"s too . partment, becoming the highest California. Nagaoka, a native of Transfer of funds from other financial institutions cently promoted to the rank of cap• ranking Asian American law en• Chicago, is currently assigned to the is easily accommodated. tain in the LA County Sheriffs De- forcement official in Southern Recruit Training Bureau at the Sheriffs Training Academy and Re• Other banking benefits from Sumitorno .•. REDRESS CHRONOLOGY source Selvice Center in Whittier. • Regular or interest-bearing individual check• ;Continued from page 4 . • Melvin H. Cbiogioji was recently ing with no monthly maintenance fee, appli• which Adams criticized the internment program is also re-released. chosen as Rear Admiral in the Civil cable while a 10/50 ADVANTAGE customer Oct. 12---.JACL 8IlIlOIJlaS it willlile a legal brief in support of NCJAR's appeal. Brief Engineer Corps (CEC) of the U.S. • 112% discount on interest rates for personal outlines reasoos wby suit could not have been filed earlier, such as goverrunent files closed Naval Reserve. He is one of only two and auto loans with automatic debit from to public Wltil1000s . NCJAR chair William Hohri ~es JACL's show of solidarity. Japanese American officers Sumitomo checking account Oct. 31-Chicago city rouncil endorses redress. Nov. 28-National League of Cities, meeting in Irdianapolis, endorses redress. League selected to date for flag rank in the Pick up a 10/ 50 ADVANTAGE coupon at any of includes mayors and council members of 15,000 U.S. cities. U.S. Navy. Chiogioji's Naval assign• our offices. This offer expires June 30, 1988. IJI85 ments have included two tours as Jan. 3-HR442, Civil Liberties Act ofl985(named for 442 Regimental Combat Team), is detachment officer in charge, as introduced in House by Rep. Jim Wright (0-Texas) with 99 co-sponsors. Like its predeces• executive officer and commanding sor, HR 4110, it would implement Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of officer of Reselve Naval Mobile Civilians' 191t1 recommendation ofmooetary compensation for JAs interned during WW2. No hearings are held on bill in l!IIIS. Construction Battalion 23, and as Feb. 9-Hany Kajiharapresents fund;aisingpLan for LegisLative Education Committee commander of the Eighth Reserve (LEC),JACL's redress lobbying ann. Naval Construction RegimenL His . Apr. 17-After heated debate and a 61-35 state house vote, Washington State Legislature Naval decorations include three THINKING OF MOVING TO or IN• sends joint resolution to Congress recmunending passage of redress bills. Melitolious Selvice Medals and two VESTING IN NEVADA. especially May 2-Sen Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii) introduces Senate redress bill S 1m3 with 25 !{imura Las Vegas? ro-sponc;ors. Bill is similar to S 2.116, which was introduced during previous session of Navy Commendation Medals. In his Contact Susan, A"eallor Broker ~. No hearings are held on bill in 1985. civilian capacity, Chiogioji, who is PHOTO Cameras & Photographic Realty 500, Sunshine Realty. Uber• May 17-NationaJ JAa.. Board gives LEC full responsibility for redress lobbying. an electrical engineer, is president ace Plaza, 1775 E. TrC£icana #3, Las Aug. ~ American Citizens Alliance, meeting in Los Angeles, passes resolution of EFC, Inc., an auto repair firm. 316 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 Vegas, NV69119, (702) 796·6600 supporting redress bills. Sept. ~iscopaJ CWrch, at convention in Anaheim, Calif.• passes resolution support• • Tom lino, a partner in the Inter• ing redress legislation. national accounting firm of Deloitte Sept. 2D---Grayce Uyehara becomes interim executive director of LEe; Grant Ujifusa Haskins & Sells (DH&S) Los presents LEe's formal legislative strategy for getting bills passed. Angeles, has been chosen as the Dec. 7-11-National League of Cities, meeting in SeatUe, passes prcrredress resolution. 1986 Small Business Accountant Advo• Feb. 5--Steve Okazaki's "Unfinished Business," a film about the Korematsu, Hira• cate of the Year by the LA district bayashi and Yasui cases, is nominated for best feature documentary Oscar. llioses on office of the U.S. Small Business Ad• March 24 to "Broken Rainbow," a film about recent removal of Navajos from their native ministration (SBA). lino is partner land. THE NIKKEI HELPLINE IS HERE FOR YOU March-Walter Mondale signs a letter supporting JACL's red/'e$ effort. in charge ofDH & S' National Japa• JWJeS-AmericanJewEh Committee urges Housesubcommittee to support redress bill. nese Client Servjees practice. He June 15--"Visible Target," a documentary on the Evacuation from Bainbridge Island, was nominated by the LA Area 1-800-NIKKEI-1 , Wash., duringWW2 is broadcast on PBS. Chamber of Commerce for the July ~ Majority Leader Jim Wright, prime sponsor ofHR 442. addresses JACL award and was selected for, among 1-800-645-5341 National Coovention in Oticago. Resolution asking for $200,000 for LEe is defeated. Na• other achievements, his application IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF HELP IN DEALING WITH A FAMILY tional Council caJ\s for cootinuation of Endowment FUnd line of credit. CRISIS, DRUG ABUSE, VIOLENT CRIME. SUICIDE, OR Aug. 3O--l.EC chair Min Yasui resigns because of poor health. He dies on Nov. 12. of creative solutions to the financial CONSUMER INFORMATION, CALL US. 1987 problems of small business finn . Jan. 6--HR442, the Civil Liberties Act of 1967 introduced in the House of Representatives WE 'RE A TOLL -FREE, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS He will be honored by the SBA as A WEEK SERVICE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND JAPANESE. OIl the first day of the lOOth Congress by Rep. Torn Foley (O-Wash. l, the new Majority part of a nationwide salute to mall Leader, and 124ro-sporuors. THIS NONPROFIT SERVICE IS SPONSORED BY THE LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER Aprill{}-Sen. Matsunaga introduces Senate bill S.lOO9 with 71 CXHiponsors. businesses. May 13--1re House Judiciary Sulxxmmiltee on Administrative Law and Govenunental \;ommerclal & Industrial Air Condilionln!1 Relations approves HR 442 by voice vOle. Changes made in bill include a reduction in the ,and Refrigerehon CONTRACTOR amount to be appropriated, from $1.5 billion to $1.25 billion, leaving the $20,000 mdlvidual payments intact but cutting the Educational Trust FUnd. In addition, the Aleut portion of Glen T. Umemoto the bill is sbick.en and the Language of the bill, explaining reasons for the interrunent, is Uc. #441272C36-20 changed to "resulted in part from racial prejudice ... SAM REIBOW CO . 1506 W. Vernon Ave. Los Angeles/295-5204 SINCE 1939 °/ JWJe 17-1re House Judiciary Committee and Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil NEWCAR 9 Service Sulxmunittee of the Governmental Affairs Committee hold hearings on HR 442 ~ 9~R and S.I009, respective.ly. LOANS /0 Redress bill S.I009 gaiffi three-fourths of the Senate and the co-sponsorship of Sen. David Pryor (O-Ark..), bringingnwnber of co-sponsors to 75. ED SATO Aug. 4-Senate Committee on Goverrunental Affairs, presided over by Sen. John Glenn PLUMBING & HEATING (D-Ohio), passes 5.1009 by unanimous voice vote. 1re bill 's mark-up adds an amendment Remodel and RepaIrs, Waler Healers proposed by Sen. Bill Roth (R-Del.), which stret.cres out individual payments over five Fumaces, Garbage DIsposals years. Serving Los Angeles, Gardena Sept. 17-The House of Representatives passes HR 442 by a vote of 243-141. The bUi (213)321·6610,293-7000,733-0557 includes provisions for a public apology from the U.S. govenunent and $20,000 to each surviving intErnee. Amendments intending to destroy the individual payments or to paying compensatim on a "formula" basis introduced by Reps Lungren and Shumway. are defeated, Lungren's amendment by a vote of237 to 162 and Shumway's by voice vote. Empire Printing Co. October-Rep. Nonnan Mineta's offICe explains that the cor\gressman voted "present• Commercial ond not voting" during the Sept. 17 House vote on HR 442 because he wanted to avoid a confllctof Sociol Printing interest. ENGLISH & JAPANESE 1988 Jan. 30-50. Calif. redress campaigners at Beverly Hills reception laud Rep. Barney 114 Astronaut E.S. Onizuka St. Frank (O-Mass.) for his role moving HR 442 through critical House Judiciary Committee. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Feb. 12---.JAClrLEC Board's forecast: redress "looks good" for passage, but uncertain about crossing the goal line. Board met at JACL HQ. (213) 628-7060 Feb. 19-5eatUe's Day of Remembrance at Bush Asia Center cites pioneering efforl~ of Up to 60 months financing / Simple interest Rep. Mike Lowry on redress bill. BSTABLlS1IED 1936 Feb. 2O-Eighth annual Los Angeles Day ofRernembrance program at JACCC's theatre No pre-payment penalties / Free loan insurance commemorates redress efforts and pays tribute to Sen. Matsunaga, Reps. Mineta and Matsui ...San Francisco Bay Area program emphasizes push for Senate passage of S.I009 Nisei Trading and defeat of Dan Lungren for state treasurer ...Sacramento area program at Florin AppJillJlI'L'~ 7V - nlJ"lliltll~' features talk on Smithsonian exhibit 00 Japanese Americans. Nat'l JACL Credit Union Apr. ll~AClrLEC gears up campaign for President's signature on redress bill aJ\er rlJRNI1'URIl 8110WC-\Sr. 2975 WII._hil''' llIvrl., W_ og"I"~ PO Box 1721 I Salt Lake City. 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PRESIDENTS Calling employment discrimina• 1988 TANAKA'TOURS Continued from page 2 tion "a form of violence," Enomoto EXCEPTIONAL FEATURES • VALUE QUALITY TOURS also cited the increasing incidences CANADIAN ROCKIES-VICTORIA (8 days) ...... JUN 13 "My (Banff Spr HU-Chateau Lake Louise-Jasper/ need for the JACL to embrace the of anti-Asian violence. experi• 1988 West L.A. Kamloops-Vancouver Meradien·Chateau Vlctoroa) concerns of other Asian American ence tells me there's still a lot to be SUMMER JAPAN/HONG KONG (15 days) ...... JUL 2 groups. In addition, he advocated done," he said. Travel Progrt;lm Administered by WLA Travel, Inc. ALASKA PRINCESS CRUISE/LAND TOUR ...... AUG 10 the creation of a coalition com• Uyeda stressed the importance of NEW ORLEANS I ACADIAN COUNTRY ...... SEP 10 prised of the JACL and other Asian ensuring civil and human rights for FOR JACL MEMBERS. EAST COAST & FOLIAGE (10 days) ...... OCT 3 American organizations. This, he all individuals, regardless of nation• FAMILY & FRIENDS JAPAN AUTUMN ADVENTURE (Ext-Hong Kong) ...... OCT 10 said, "would have a greater impact ality. "The JACL was formed in 1928 FAR EAST (OkinawalTaiwan/Bangkok/Singapore/HKG) .. ... OCT 23 Airfare: LAX-TYO-LAX - $578 SOUTH AMERICAN SPLENDOR (17 days) ...... " . . . . NOV 3 on improving the quality of life and primarily to protect the human and plus tax . state of affairs for others as well as civil rights of Japanese Amelicans," For full information/brochure the Japanese American communi• he said. "We should go beyond that ty." and become more concerned with TRA VEL·SERVICE (415) 474-3900 Enomoto,1~1970 national pres• the civil and human rights for 441 O'Farrell ~t..J ~an Francis~o , 'CA 94102_ ident, stated that asking what issues everyone in the world. he JACL should address after re• ''To me this is not being done," he dress is "shortsighted" because continued. "We have only been "there are many areas JACL could doing this when it helps us. I hope Japa~~~~s~~;!j~!~,!~~~l be involved in." JACL will be more outspoken [in the . ' Club "I have been involved as regional future] if it feels there's any action Tani GIllc....M'J·ajlll.n • . 250 East First Street. Los Angeles, CA 9001i president of APAC/uSA (Asian from the government or anyone • Travel Meeting: May 15 ~ Call Bill or Sam!: (213) 624-28661 (800) 877-8777 Pacific American Coalition)," said against any group." Movies. slides, fellowship renewal JATC AIR FARE SALES-20 CITIES IN 14COUNfRIES Enomoto. "We've gotten into helping lnteroiews with other farmer JACL with tour companions. and refresh• people who suffer from job discrimi• national presidents will appear in a ments. every third Sunday of the THEORlENI' TOKYO ...... $5tl BANGKOK $73) nation." subsequent issue. month. 1-3 p.m., at Stoner Playground (in the pool area). 11759 Missouri Ave . OSAKA ...... $642 KUALA LuMPiiR" ...... " $742 SEOUL ...... $625 SINGAPORE ...... ,.,... TAIPEI ...... ~"JU .1988 GROUP TOURS ...... $625 BALI $IKXJ JACL PULSE =ONG ...... $617 JAKARTA' ...... $IKXJ (Revised Apr. 18, 1988) ...... ~ GREATER L.A. SINGLES TORRANCE # 8 Sendai/Ura Nihon Tour CffiNA • Monthly meeting, May 13, 7 pm , • Torrance JACL and the UCLA May7 -May 20 BEIJING ...... ~ SHANGHAI ...... $758 Ray Ishii. escort Founders Savings & Loan, Redondo Asian American Studies Center pre• Above Fares are valid for weekday travel IhroughMay31. Beach Blvd at Gramercy, Gardena. sent "Origins & Causes of Japanese # 9 The Historic East Tour Add ~ . OO for travel June-SepIember. Week-e1d surcharges apply. Features Ron Taniguchi, financial Immigration." a six-week community May 13 - May 21 Bill Sakurai, escort AUS1RALIA/NEW ZEALAND consultant. class taught Thursdays by Professor ~NEY $7~ #10 The Best of Europe ...... AUCKLAND ...... $600 • Nisei Singles/GLA JACL Joint Yuji Ichioka, May 12-June 16, 7:30- LBOURNE ...... $776 PERTH ...... $1000 Spaghetti FeasVBowling Wingding. 9:30 pm, Greenwood Park Center. Jun 3 -Jun 22 May 15, 11 am. Little Tokyo Bowl, 333 1520 Greenwood Ave., Torrance. Toy Kanegai, escort Above Fares are valid for weekday travel April thrrugh September. Weekend S. Alameda, Los Angeles. Cost: $12; Open to the public. donations re• #11 Japan Summer Tour sur charges awly. Travel to Perth IS via the North Pacific and restrictions awly $6, lunch only. Deadline: May 10. quested. Info and advance registra• Jun 24-Ju16 ElJROPE Veronica Ohara. escort Info: 213 635-0510 or 213 935·8648. tion: 213 825-1006. ~AM ...... $517 MILAN ...... SS14 #11a Spain, Portugal & Morocco ...... SS19 IDAHO FALLS VENTURA Jun 23-Ju19 • Idaho Falls JACL two·day reun• Alyce Komoto. escort Above Fares are for weekday travel and are valid for travel thrrugh May 31. • Annual Japanese Cemetary Call JA TC for fares June thrrugh September. ion , July 30 & 31, 1988. Open to per• Clean-up, May 14, 8 am . corner of #12 Alaska and the Yukon sons residing or who resided in the JU14-Ju116 Pleasant Valley and OIds Road in Toy Kanegai. escort vicinity ofIdaho Falls, regardless of Oxnard. Brings tools (hoes, rakes, OTHER SPECIAl.S 8 Days Kuala LumJX.lI'-Bingapore-Bomeo ...... S 998 the length of residency and includes shovels and gloves). Info: Yas # 12a See South America Jun 29-Ju116 9 Days Serul & Hong Kong ...... $ !J99I" persons who relocated to the area Umeda, 805 484-1313. during the evacuation period. Info: Masako Kobayashi, escort 11 Days SeouJ Hong Kong & Taipei ...... $1009' Todd Ogawa. 1526 Westland Ave., #12b Scandinavia & Russia 11 Days Kuala Lwnpur-Bingapore-Hong Kong ...... $lOO WEST LOS ANGELES Idaho Falls, ID. 83402; Sud Jul 21 - Aug 11 11 Days Kuala Lumpur-Bingawre-Bangkok-Penang ...... SlO!ll Morishita. 1131 Bannock. Idaho • General meeting, May 9, 7 pm, fol• Alyce Komoto, escort 15 Days Golden ASIa Tour Kuala Lumpur-Bingapore-Penang- lowed by regualr board meeting at 8 Falls. ID 83402; or Martha Saka• #12c Old World Classics-Europe Bangkok-Hong Kong (Add $150 March thru May 1 •••.•.•....S1795 pm. Topic: Medical health insur• guchi, 1059 Redwood, Idaho Falls, ID Aug 5 -Aug 25 ance, led by chapter Insurance Chair Escorted. SUMMER OLYMPICS 83401. Ope~ Arnold Maeda. #13 Canadian Rockies Tour Seoul. Korea. Cerernon> Sept L7. Closmg Oct 2 Advance ~~ required. Limited spareav-l1lnble \ppMximatecost .. S'2,500. MILWAUKEE Aug 9-Aug 19 Items publicizing JACL events should be Bill Sakurat. escort • Heritage Brunch, May 15. 11:30 typewritten (double-spaced) or legibly hand• SOU'IH PACIFIC am, International Institute. Reserva• printed and mailed at least THREE WEEKS #14 Japan August Tour 7 Days New ZeaIaIXi/Departures Thurs-Saturday ...... SM.'i) tion deadline: May 10. Info: Helen IN ADVANCE to the P.C. office. Please In• Aug 12-Aug 26 7 Days Australia/Daily Departures ...... $ISal clude contact phone numbers, addresses, Nancy Takeda 7 Days Australia & New ZeaIaIXi/Departures Thurs-Saturday . . . .. 1745 Jonokuchi. 414 672-672-5544 or Nami etc. Shio, 414 355-2058. # 14a Nat'l Parks and Canyon SOUTII AMERICA Country. Sep 3 - Sep 15 S25lI8.. Verontca Ohara, escort 20 Days Peru-Brazil-Paraguay-Argentina-Uruguay ...... Monthly Departures from LAX. From Chicago/NYC add $100. # 15 Yangtze River I China S{X;~~ ':: ,~~ ~~~~~ Sep 7 -Sep 28 EUROPE .. CHINA ADVENTURE Space open single male 15 Days. England, Ireland & Scotland/by Heritage :i ~~ ~:~;< 0" Jlro Mochizuki, escort (inel meals, RT air from LAX) ...... I,m ~~'~: ;:-?i:~.:i~ ~ '~Unique #15a India & Nepal/Sri Lanka/ ALL TOURS USTED ABOVE Include RT Air from LAX 'Pportunity Tiger Tops. Oct. 22-Nov. 9 • ,. -" JOURNEY INTO KHAM. a land where wcsterner.; are vinually Alyce Komoto, escort SPRING. U.SA ... <~',\;~,-·.!T · .·':' ... , ." unknown. A SPECIAL RARE PERMIT invitcs a few paniclpBnlS 8 D~ys Waildki + free neighbor Isle. Good until Mar. 18 399 to explore and raft down ChUla's Upper YANGTZE RIVER an Tibet vimang Tibellan # 16 Europe Highlights Tour mountain cultures enroute. LIMITED SPACE. No previous expenen~ reqUired. GUided Sep 25 - Oct 11 13 Days HislDric Cherry Blossom/By Corliss expenen~d by and professional USA/Cbina Outfitters Tbany days all inclusive Galen Murakawa. escort (Dep.April6&7) ...... 1,250+Air LAX.Beljing and return SI5.000 per per.;on Depanure August 3. 1988. FOR MORE 10 Days Hollanc\(Mich.) 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