Pacific Citizen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Established 1m ($1.50 Postpaid U.S.) Newsstand: 25¢ #2769/VoI120, No.2 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Coral Circle, Suite 204, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (213) 725-0083 Jan. 20-Feb. 2, 1995 Californians set to pay tribute to the j Japanese Schindler'

TRIBUTE-Yukiko The Jewish and Japanese Project, JACL,JCCCNC, and Jew• Sugihara, widow of American communities in Sacra• ish groups are among the spon• Chiune Sugihara, mento, San Francisco and Los An• sors. known as the "Japa• geles are sponsoring a "Tribute to The Sacramento and Florin nese Schindler," the Compassion ofSempo (Chiune) Chapters,JACL, are among spon• poses in front of the and Yukiko Sugihara," the Japa• sors for the tribute on Tuesday, exhibit "Visa for Life" nese consul general to Kaunas, Jan. 24, at the Sacramento Hilton, on her late husband's Lithuania, who granted as many on Business 80 off Arden East, life. It opened this transit visas as he could write 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. week at Los Angeles' with his wife's help to thousands Special events honoring his Museum of Toler• of Polish Jewish refugees fleeing widow Yukiko Sugihara are also ance. Nazi terror in the summer of 1940. scheduled in Los Angeles on Wed., The San Francisco event is Feb. 8, 6 p.m. social hour and 7 scheduled to be held Sunday, Jan. o'clock dinner ($75 dinner) at the Photo: JEM LEW 22. The Holocaust Oral History See SUGIHARA/page 4 Annual Giving National staH and Badget campaign hits Analysis Committee diHer 591,000 mark In less than two months on state of JACL finances. fund-raiser exceeds goal of $72,000, says chair By RICHARD SUENAGA ness. manager; and Clay Harada, associate director of The Annual Giving campaign, begun in mid• Editor membership. The document November, has received total contributions of After weeks of research and was not signed off by National Committee works $93,915, according to Grayce Uyehara, chair• review in the fall of 1994, the Director Randy Senzaki. woman of the project. National BudgetAnalysis Com• The report received some at• on redefining jobs, The JACL membership response to the year• mittee concluded that JACL tention but Takahashi's com• end appl'al supporl" the notion that ovember was in the midst of a financial mittee analysis became the and December are crisis-and document by severance package months when peo• that reduction which the board ple contribute more in staffwas the would ultimately The JACL Implementation Committee is cur• generously to non• only way to halt render its its de• rently following through on the National Board profit or cQ.aritable a deficit march cision. directive to redefine job descriptions and to estab• organizations than toward organi• lish a severance package program. at other times, zational ruin. Despite the Members of the committee include: Jim Uyehara said. outcome, the Miyazaki, vice president, general operations; The average con• That mes• Takahashi report sage was deliv• Emilie Kutsuma, governor, Mountain Plains Dis• tributionfrom 1,741 ered by commit• remained em• trict, Karyl Matsumoto, member of the Budget contributors is broiled in contro• Analysis Committee; and David Hayashi, gover• $53.94. "Not only tee chair Mae versy as some Takahashi to nor, Midwest District. did the average go members of the Ruth Mizobe, governor, Pacific Southwest Dis• up but Annual Giv- UYEHARA the JACL Na• National Board tional Board at trict, was a member of the committee, but resigned ing reached the 'in- reconsidere d from her position. house' goal of$72,000 by the end of December, " its Dec. 3-4, TAKAHASHI their votes and 1994, meeting Handling personnel issues, including the hiring Uyehara said. "A $10,000 check from Ft. Lee, view ofthe situa- and implementation of the reorganization will be N.J., from a couple who are members of the in Los Angeles. Also attending tion-and called for a revisit• the JACL Personnel Committee. Members of the New York Chapter helped the fund-raising were committee members Ted ing of JACL's financial picture. that committee include: Miyazaki; Kutsuma; effort significantly." Tsukahara, Diablo Valley In response, President Denny Hayashi; Randy Senzaki, JACL national director; Since no staff support has been assigned to Chapter; Ken Inouye, SEL• Yasuhara set up a Dec. 17 tele• Joyce Nakamura, JACL national staff member; compl te the Annual Giving Program. the pub• ANOCO Chapter; and Karyl conference in which a move to Kim Nakahara, chair, National Youth Oouncil; lication of the list of donors will be delayed. The Matsumoto, San Mateo Chap• rescind the original Dec. 3 deci• Richard Suenaga, PC editor/general manager;and list will be published in the Pacific Citizen as ter. Steve Hasegawa, Omaha sion was voted down by an 8-7 Mollie Fujioka, at-large member. Consulting the soon as possible, the chair said. Chapter, serves on the commit• margin. committee is Karen Okabe of Salt Lake City. "From the Support ommittee for JACL tee but was not able to attend Annual Giving, the National Board and the that meeting. The lingering controversy is staff, I wish to convey to all the generous based on a belief by staff that The focus of a 15-hour ses• donors our heartfelt appreciation for your sup• the Takahashi report was not summarized in the reports port to get us back on track for 1995." Uyehara sion, the analysis led members completely accurate-and that findings. Our concern is that of the National Board to ap• TAKAHASHI said. therefore the downsizing ofthe REPORT-Full the Board may make hasty "As chairperson, I realize that the generosity prove the plan by a 14-1 vote. National staffwas an inappro• decisions based upon incor• text of the of the donors must be met by parallel efforts On the morning of Dec. 3, priate measure. rect or misleading data." from the national board and staff. They must however, a counter report was JACL Budget unite to use the Ann ual Giving funds in re~ pon• submitted to the president and In the introduction to their Analysis Here is the text of the Na- sible and thoughtful ways to advance our cau e. National Board members prior To the best of our ability, we will keep you to the meeting by National document, the National staff Committee• wrote: "However, upon cursory informed." staff members Carole page 6. In follow-up efforts, receipts will be mailed Hayashino, associate national examination, we are concerned See ST AFF/page 5 with some of the inaccuracies Lo those contributors,. ho have given $250 or director; Patti Paganini, busi- more to the Annual GiYing Fund as required by the IRS. Hate crimes can be reported to AP legal center, other groups People in the Southern Califonria area anti-Asian incident was committed almost status b caus ofPropos iLion 187 may hlw Tagnlog: 213/382-1 19 who may have experienced a hate crime in every day, according to the 1993 National experienced a violation ofth ir rights. and • ambodian sociation of mel; a: 1994 can report the incident to the Asian Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium should report this bias incident to appro• ambodiau; 310/599-4043. Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) or Audit Report. But these occurrences tend priate CBOs. Document.ation is ss ntisl to • Unit d am.bodian onnuunity In .: to designated community-based organiza• to be underreported; largely because offear better assist viotims. ambodian; 310/433·2490. tions (CBOs) trained to collect hate crime and a lack of bilingual and bicultural1y The AP ALC coordinat s the Vincent Chin • hinatown S l'vic nt r: hines ; information. sensitive police officers, APALC reports. Hate Crime Proj ct Lo monitor such in i• 213/680-9955. Hate violence-defined as any verbal or Hate bias can also be defined as an anti• dents. The Community Partn l'ship Pro• • I orean Immigran.t Workers dva at s: physical act that intimidates, threatens, or immigrant incident related to Proposition gram was established la t y at' to trnill I 01' an; 213/73 - 050. injures a person or person's property be• 187. Almost all parts of Proposition 187 are CBOs to disseminat information and col. • I 01' an Health Edu ntion and lufor- cause of membership in a targeted group• currently prohibited fromimplementation. lect hate crime statistics. Th BOs par• ticipating in this program inc1ud : occurs in the Asian Pacific American com• Persons who have been denied services or See HATE CRIMES/page 4 mumty on a frequent basis. In 1993, one have been asked to show proof of legal • S arch to lnvolv Pilipino Americans: 2-Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995

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EAST COAST Genres: documentary, experimental, 2-4 p.m. meeting; info: Elsie Uyeda Join the. group I I narrative/dramatic, animation/graphic, Chung 415/221-0268, Yuri Moriwaki, s~$1'~e~ video art. 510/482-3280. Early February-"The View from INTERMOUNTAIN Sat.·Sun_, May 27·28-Nikkei Forum Get 011 fh.news Clndfeatures from corOS$ th& country Within: Japanese American Art from the on Aging. San Francisco Miyako Hotel; IlyiJu wish If) subscrib/J or hove moved Internment Camps 1942-1945· will be UTAH info: Ich Nishida. NCJASC pres., 875 on view from May ll-July 16 at Queen's Elgin St, San Lorenzo, CA 94580, (Allow 6 w"kt to report Oddress change with ~bel on front page) Museum of Arts. Curator Karin Higa will Fri.-Mon., May 26·29-Topaz hold a slide preview and the Queen's Pilgrimage. info: Jiro Yamamoto, San San Francisco, East Baby Effective dOt~,,,", ....a..... '...... 0.- ...... for~ Museum of Ats advisory committee will Francisco 415/863-8141 . Please send'the Pacific CItizen hold a reception in early February; call Sun., Feb. 5-AfricanlAsian Unity event, __1 yr/$30 _2 yrs/$55 ""--3 yrs/$80 JANM 213/625-0414 x 248 for date. NEVADA 5:30 p.m., La Pena Cultural Center, N~:~ ' ~,~. ______~ ____~~ ______3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkele y; info: Jaja Nkrumah 510/534-9208, NOTE• Addte8$,'"--______---.,;~_~_ MIDWEST Las Vegas Lee Mun Wah's "Color of Fear" documentary to be shown Thu., Feb. 9, , ~ly,Stct&. ~l~ . t , " ~' , . . '" t. Sun. April 30-San Jose Taiko Drum AlI:~tf6t$ ~b1ain d,dVMCe. Forefgn: us $22.00 eldto PE:M year, performance, 4 p.m" Lorenzi Park; 7 p.m" at same locale. Ched<$pay ~ 1M (Qp 1111. or-actf.tteSJIlllbfl t$lc/$ 11(3019<4. lila I!O-

JACL Calendar ALOHA PLUMBING Lie. #440840 Kimura -SINCE 1922- PHOTOMART Eastern chapters, Grant-writing; Multicul• dinner,6 p.m., San Francisco Airport 7n Junlpero Serra Dr. tural persons and fa miles in JACL, Hilton Hotel, RSVP Jan. 31, choice San Gabriel, CA 91776 . Cameras & Photographic Supplies WASHINGTON, DC Interethnic conflict: Latino and of filet mignon or fresh salmon filet, .316 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 283-0018 . (213) 622·3968 Sat., Jan. 28-49th annual instal• African Americans in the Japanese S.M. Community Center, 415/343- lation dinner, 6:30 p.m., China American community: Second 2793. NOTE-U.S. Attorney Garden Restaurant, Twin Towers, Amendment and Asian Americans: Michael Yamaguchi, and I&NS 1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va., Is JACL dying?; The atomic bomb Director Tom Schilgen, speakers . . RSVP Jan. 23, info: Yoshi Takeda, 50 years later: what have we SEQUOIA 6253 Martin Rd, Columbia, MD learned? Booster · activities and YOUR NEXT CAR Sat, Mar. 4-Crab/spaghetti feed, 21044. NOTE-Paullgasaki, Esq., tours. Info: Randolph Shibata 5051 SHOULO BE AS MUCH FUN deputy director, Equal Employment 883-1258. 5-8p.m., Palo Alto BuddhistTemple Opportunities Commission, spkr. gym; info: 'Aki Yamanoto 415/965- As YOUR FIRST. 0671; Mike Kaku 408/985-2747. NorCal-WN-P Pacific Southwest Midwest FLORIN ARIZONA DETROIT Sat. Feb. 4-Kanojo Spring fashion, Fri.-Sun., Mar. 17-19-Gila River Sat., Feb. 18-49th anniversary 11:30 a.m., Elks Lodge, Riverside Camp reunion and monument installationdinner/fundraiser,6p.m. Blvd. and Florin Rd., info: Carol dedication, Holiday Inn, Phoenix; cash bar, dinner at 7, Radisson Hisatomi 916/444-5827. June registration forms/info available Plaza Hotel, Southfield, info & RSVP Kurano 916/422-7906. from Ben Inoshita 6021991-3835. Feb. 8: 313/522-7917. NOTE- Sat., March 11-"Time for NOTE-Nearly 700 registered as Capt. Bruce Yamashita, USMC, Remembrance," Florin Buddhist of Dec. 26. AND spkr.:ValerieMatsumoto, new pres. Temple Hall, 7235 Pritchard Rd., Sun. April 23-Chapter-Sara JUST As EASY HOOSIER Sacramento. Info: Christine Umeda Hutchings Clardy Scholarship May-NJAHS'GoForBroke'photo 916/657-5052 day, 916/391-1921 Awards banquet, Holidaylnn, 2532 To PICK UP. exhibit, Ransburg Gallery, eve; planning meetings scheduled W. Peoria Ave., Phoenix. info: Joe University of Indianapolis. NOTE- every 3rd Wed. NOTE-Chizu Allman 602/942-2832. NOTE• In conjunction with Asian Pacific lIyama, speaker, "Courage and Denny Yasuhara, speaker. American Heritage Month. Nisei Sacrifice: the Extraordinary Roles MARINA I SCAN veterans in the Midwest are being of Japanese American Women." Thu., Feb, 2-Monthly meetings, invited to participate in opening MARYSVILLE 7:30 p.m., Burton Chace Park, Rec ceremony. Their names and Sal,Feb.18-AII-you-can-eatCrab Room at end of Mindanao Way, addresses requested by Charles Feed, 6 p.m., Marysville Buddhist Marina Del Rey. Info: Isaac Hirano TH ERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETIER TIME TO GET INTO YOUR DREAM MACHINE. Matsumoto, Hoosier JACL Temple social hall. '310/822-3568. NOTE-Meetings BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SLIDE BEHIND THE WHEEl WITH ABSOLUTELY president, 849 Reda Rd., every first Thursday. Indianapolis, IN 46227.: (f &t) 3171 SACRAMENTO I FLORIN NOTHING DOWN. AND AN INTEREST RATE AlMOST GUARANTEED TO GET YOUR 888-8505. Monetary support for Tue. Jan. 24-Sacramento Tribute RIVERSIDE exhibit also requested by chapter. to Honor the "Japanese Sat. Feb. 4-lnstallation dinner, 6 MOTOR . WHICH MEANS THERE'S ONLY ONE SMART THING TO 00-• TWIN CITIES - Schindlers"-Yukiko Sugihara and p.m., Carlos O'Brien's Restaurant, CALL US fOR MORE INFORMATION OR AN APPLICATION. THEN GET READY TO HIT her late husband Chiune, 7:30 p.m., 3667 Riverside Plaza Mall (cor. THE ROAD. Sun., Jan. 22-Chrysanthemum Sacramento Hilton (off Business 80 DeAnza and Merrill Ave.): info: 1-800-3 55-0514. Banquet I Installation program, 1 and Arden East): info: Anne Robert Endo 909/686-8655. p.m., Holiday Inn West, 9970 Eisenberg (Jewish Community NOTE-Dr. J. K. Sasaki, retired Wayzata Blvd., Mpls 6121593-1918. Relations Council 916/486-0906), Methodist minister, "Issei, Nisei al'1d RSVP Jan. 11, Kathy Koch 6121 Toko Fujii 916/421-0328, Frank Sansei: We Are the Same But 884-1560 or Joanne Kumagai 587- Iritani 916/395-7944. NOTE-Mrs. Different. " OHer subjed 10 mange. Equal Opportunity Credilltnder. 8076. NOTE-George Takei, guest Sugiharaandherson Hiroki (student SELANOCO speaker, and "To the Stars" book- at Sacramento City College around signing. 1957), speakers. [Admission isfree.j Sat., Jan. 21-28th annual ,------., Installation dinner, 6:30 p.m. , Available Exclusively to JACL Individual Members SACRAMENTO Holiday Gateway Inn, La Mirada. Mountain-Plains Sat., Feb. 25-Day of Remem• Info: Charles Ida 714/974-1076. MILE-HI brance & Senior Appreciation Night, NOTE-Capt. Bruce Yamashita, The potluck dinner format, Japanese USMC, spkr. Sat., Jan. 21-lnstallation dinner, United Methodist Church, 6929 VENTURA COUNTY JACL - BLUE SHIELD 6 p.m., Executive Tower Inn Franklin Blvd., Info: JACL Office Restaurant, 1405 Curtis, Denver. 916/447-0231 ; Toko Fujii 916/421- Sat. Feb. 4-lnstallation dinner, 6 Health Plans NEW MEXICO 0328 day, 421-6969 eve. No p.m., LobsterTrap Restaurant,3605 admission charge. NOTE-One• Peninsula Rd. , Channel Island July20-23-EDC-MDC-MPDC T ri• hour karaoke show and enter• Harbor: RSVP by Jan. 27, Tsujio District Conference, hosted New tainment. All seniors over age 75 to Kato 805/499-3408: Morris or Mexico JACL, Marriott Hotel, receive a gift. Cherry Abe 805/484-1570, Joanne Albuquerque. Workshops: Total Nakano, 818/991-0876. NOTE• quality management for chapters: SAN MATEO/SEQUOIA Denny Yasuhara, speaker. "JACL: .. Finance and accounting for Sat., Feb. 4-Joint installation Now and in the Future." Two Blue Shield Health Plans at Special Rates for JACL Members Simpson and Rep. Norman Mineta Sal, Mar. 4-Japan America Symphony CALENDAR (pending their schedule); Docent tour of Orchestra concert, 7:30 p.m.. Japan Choose either of two health plans: HMO or PPO (Continued from page 2) JANM exhibit on Concentration Camps America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St.. with curator Karen Ishizuka. Los Angeles; info: 213/489-5060. • A wide range of benefits such as: 213/680-3700, info 213/489-5660. NOTE-Plpa virtuoso Wu Man of China, • Professional services and hospitalization benefits NOTE-Pianist Takahiro Sonoda Sat. Feb. 11-JANM Workshops on soloist. • Dental coverage performs Concerto No. 1 and No ..2.; makJng Japanese paper, washl from • Medical Eye Service vision care benefits Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor. kozo, 2:30 p.m.. Kidspace Museum. Sun., Mar. 5-Japan America SM • Healthtrac - A personal wellness program to 390 S. EI Molino Ave .• Pasadena. Symphony Orchestra's first Youth Sat.-Sun., Feb. 4-5-Workshop: Concert, 4 p.m., Armstrong Theatre. help keep you healthy Teaching and Learning In a Divrse Set. Feb. 11-Westslde Optimist'S Torrance. Admission free to youth under • Extensive HMO and PPO physician networks Culture: a Multicultural, Museum-Based Kanojo Fashion Show, 11 a.m., Selnan 18; info: 213/489-5060. • Worldwide emergency coverage ResourceProgramforTeachers,8a.m.- Sr. Citizen Center, 311'6 W. Jefferson 4:30 p.m.,'JANM, 369 E. 1st St. , L.A., Blvd .• L.A.; info: Joey Hayashi 31 0/598· Sun. March 12-Talko atthe Museum. • A JACL-endorsed health plan backed by over 50 regis. & info: Elisa Kamlmoto 2131625- 2213. 2 p.m., JANM. 369 E. 1st St.. L.A.. Info: years of Blue Shield experience 0414x257. 2131625-0414. NOTE- Rev. Tom Kural. Sat. Feb. 18-Crystal Olty Reunion at workshop instructor. JACL Members 18 and over may apply to enroll in the Blue Sun. Feb. 5-Setsubun/lkebana the Museum, 1 p.m" JANM. 369 E. 1st Shield of California Health Plan sponsored by JACL. Appli• demonstration, 6-7 p.m., New Otani St., L.A.; RSVP required, 2131625·0414. Mon.-Wed., Mar. 13-15-USC/U.S. Hotel & Garden, 120 S. Los Angeles St.; Commerce Dept. 's Asla/Paolflc cants and dependents under age 65 must submit a statement info: 213/629-1200 x 53. Sat. Feb. 18-"Muslc to Remember"• Business Outlook Conference at Los of health acceptable to Blue Shield before coverage be• Tribute to Japanese American Musicians Angeles; conference broohure now comes effective. Individual members age 65 and over. cOv• Wed.-Thu. Feb. 8-9-Tribute to a and Singers of the '40s. 7 p.m. Japan available, 2131740-7132. fax 740-9964. ered under Medicare Parts A and B, may join the PPO Plan Contemporary Moral Hero: Sempo America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St. . without a health statement. (Chiune) Sugihara, Wed . 6 p.m., box office: 213/680·7300. ThU.-Sun., April 27-30-Reunlon: cocktails, 7p.m.dinner, New Otani Hotel, 522nd Field Artillery Bn .. Hotel New 120 S. Los Angeles St., Thu. reception, Sun. Feb. 19-Muslcian - researcher Otani and Mlyako Hotel. Little . For More Informationl Write or Call Today: 6-8 p.m., for Mrs.Sempo Sugihara at George Yoshida's lecture on Nikkei banquet Sat. night at Otani; Info: George (415) 93 1-6633 Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico; Music Makers at 11 a.m., NCRR's Olye, 53 Alma Court, Los Altos. CA ------RSVP both events: Japan America presentation: Day of Remembrance. 2 94022. 415/941 -4850. Yes! I want to kllow 11;orc al a1ifomin Society 213/627-6217, x 17, fax 2131 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Hcnlth Plan for: [ J HM 627-1353. NOTE-Co·sponsors Include Church, 300 S. Central Ave .. RSVP Mon., May 22- Japan Ameri ca Anti·Defamation League, JACCC, required NCRR - 213/680-3484. Symphony Orohestra. 7:30 p.m .. 10m a membor of ______chQPler. JACL, JANM, JBA, JCofC. Nisei Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; Info: 213/ Veterans Coordinating Council: 442nd Sat. Feb. 25-Crystal Oity: Past and 489.5060. NOTE- AII,Brahms program. I am not a membor or JACL. Pleoso send me membership Information. I RCT/522nd FA Bn. Jewish Federation Present, 2 p.m.. JANM, 369 E. 1st SI., violinist Tomoko Kato. undors tond JACL memborship Is requ ired 10 oblain this coverage. of Greater L.A., Holocaust Oral History L.A.• RSVP required 213/625 - 0~ 14. Nome ______.' Age ____ Project. NOTE-Panel discussion: Alan San Diego Taniguchi and Jose·Angel Guiterrez. Sat. Jan. 21-'Understandlny .Japan Address ______Sat. Feb. 11-JANM Annual Today' Conferenoe. 8 a.m.. ·3 p.m.. Clly/SlatelZlp ______Membership Meeting. 9 a.m .• Sun_ Feb. 26-Japanese American Marriott Mission Valley. 8757 Rio San registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.. New Otani Historical Society of Southern California Diego Dr .. Info: 619/583·8979. NOTE• Phono { _ ) ______[ lWork ( JHome Hotel. 120 S. LosAngeles. LittieTokyo; Instailatlon dinner, 5 p.m. Empress Consul General Selchlro NOboru and RSVP, Info: 213/625·0414. NOTE....,. Pavilion, 988 N. Hili St., L.A. ; RSVP, Kazuo Ishlzaka, head of National Sond to: Frances Morioka. Admlnlstrntor Training session In morning, 11 :45 Inlo:JAHSSC. P.O. Box3164. Torrance. Institute lor Educational Research. '\ '\f"~ Healthfrus~ luncheon, speakers-Sen. Alan CA 90510, 310/326-0608. speakers. JACL-Bfue Shield of California Grou-p . '{,~:. ':1255 Post Street. Suite 805, San Fr~nci$co, CA 941091 4-Padfic Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995

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FAMOUS QUOTES-Plaques at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Ange• les tell the story of Chiune Sugihara who provided visas to Jews that they might escape Nazi prisons.

PhOtos: JEM LEW

ABOVE-Eric Saul, director of the * FINANCING, Holocaust Oral History Project, speaks at a Jan. 16 event in Los o 7.9% APR Angeles at the Museum of Toler• ance, which opened an exhibit on 00% (85%* AT 6.9%) Chlune Sugihara and his efforts to 1 save Jewish lives in the summer of UP TO 1940. were writing visas by hand at the Mondale to Japan noted in a re• SUGIHARA railway station platform and then cent speech at the Jewish commu• $50,000 (Continued from page 1) on the train as they were leaving. nity center in Tokyo that the at• He was being dispatched to Ber• tention given to Oskar Schindler New Otani Hotel. An L.A. recep• lin. He was a Soviet prisoner in was a. big boost for the Sugihara tion follows Thu., Feb. 9, 6 - 8 at the end of the war. story. "But Schindler got into (sav• p.m., ( $15, $5 seniors and stu• Upon returning to Japan, the ing Jews) for the wrong reason," FINANCING, dents wilD) at the Museum of career diplomat was dismissed in namely the profit he could make 7.25% APR, Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd., 1947. Sugihara returned to Rus• by using Jewish workers in bis . o where the exhibit is on display sia to work in obscurity for aJapa• factory. By contrast, Sugihara and 90% 3 OR 4 YEARS through Marc~ 16; RSVP both nese trading company in . his wife were acting altruistically events and info: Japan America It was in 1968 when he was finally and what is more, "they knew they UP TO 90" OF HIGH BLUE BOO~ Society, 213/627-6217, x 17. [Her tracked down by one of the survi• were risking their lives and their U.S. itinerary includes Washing• vors, who had become an Israeli future." ton, D.C.) diplomat, Johoshua Nishri, and NEW AUTOS OTHER CU lOANS Participating at these tributes wanted to thank him personally 6.9% apr 60 mos 85% Signature 11.9% apr for saving his life. Sugihara, who will be Mrs. Yukiko Sugihara, 80, HATE CRIMES 6.5% apr 48 mas 85% Shore Sec. 5.5% apr her son Hiroki (who was a student was celebrated and honored by (ContInued from page 1) in the late '50s at Sacramento Israel during his lifetime, died in 5.9% apr 36 mos 85% Other Sec. 11.5% apr City College) and survivors-the 1986 unrecognized and unknown mation Referral: Koreanj213/427- Jews who escaped to freedom via in his country. 4000. the Far East due to the compas• His courage has recently been • Korean Youth and Commu• Join the Notional JACl Credit Union . Call us or fill out the sionate and humanitarian act of recognized and Mrs. Sugihara was nity Center: Korean; 213/365- information below. We will send membership information. Consul General Chiune (Sempo) honored in Japan. The story was 7400. Sugihara. retold worldwide last September • Korean American Grocer's Or• In her recent book, "Visas for when the "Sugihara survivors," ganization: Korean; 213/937-3777. Nome------______6,000 Lives," she describes the Nisei veterans, accompanied by • Samoan Community Center: dramatic events. It is estimated Eric Saul of the San Francisco• Samoan; 310/834-6403. Address/Clty/Stole/lip ------over 6,000 lives were saved. based Holocaust Oral History • Tongan Social Services: Until recently, the Sugiliaras Project, visited Mrs. Sugihara at Tongan; 310/327-9650. were not recognized for their hu• her home in Yaotsu, prefec• The APALC is a private, non• manitarian acts. So dedicated to ture. At the same time, a tra~el profit organization which provides helping the Jews in direct defi~ exhibit of 135 photos, some show• legal assistance and civil rights e National net ance of orders from Tokyo, they ingthe 522nd Field Artillery Nisei support to the Asian and Pacific CREDIT UNION worked for a month from 8 a.m. to GIs at the gates ofDachau in 1945, Islander communities of South• midnight issuing visas. When the opened in Japan. ern Oalifomia. Information: Elsie PO BOX 1721 / SlC, UTAH 84110/801 355·8040/800 544-8828 family was leaving Kaunas, they U.S. Ambassador Walter V. Hui, 213n48.2022, ext. 49. Pacific Citizen, january 20-February 2,1995-5

3. Pacific Citizen ''bas experi• reported on our annual tax re• revised Tables which include the does not balance since WI; ""'1f': STAFF enced a net loss of2,446 subscrib• turns. Committee's figures as well as the not able to discuss their numb/ ~ f ; o (Continued from page 1) ers since 1992. This correlates to figures available at National with PC and the Commi tree. Som/; the decline in JACL membership 6. Distribution of financial in• Headquarters. of our recommendations are in• tional staff's document: as well as the loss of some non• formation, financial statements cluded in the Committee's report member subscribers." and auditor's management letter. Also for reference, we have at• and recommendations. Membership Renewals tached a copy of a revised 1995 To clarify, since 1992, the total Revenue and Expense reports budget prepared by staff at the We hope this is helpful. We ap• The Committee projects a 10% decline in JACL members is ap• are prepared monthly and are dis• Committee's request. The budget preciate the Committee's efforts decline in membership. This is proximately 500 members (See tributed at every National Board for National Operations is bal• and willingness to assume a ma• inaccurate. The numbers shown Table 1.) The loss of 2,446 sub• meeting and are also included in anced. The Pacific Citizen budget jor undertaking and challenge. for 1994 are actual memberships scribers is primarily due to non• regular National Board mailings. received through October 31st member subscribers. The audited financial statements only. Our conservative projections and auditor's management letter indicate that there will be an in• 4.Budget Overruns - Conven• are distributed annually. Copies crease rather than a decline in tion expenses at $62,216 and Un• of the 1993 financial statements TELESERVICES memberships. restricted Programs at $15,058. and management letter were pro• This assumption of declining vided to the National Board at its membership is carried forward Convention expenses, according August meeting. Convenient and safe banking service by into Table 3. The Committee to our projections, should be projects a shortfall in member• $46,590 and Unrestricted Pro• 7. The Committee implies that Push-Button Telephone from your home ship revenues in 1994 of over grams should be $13,744. the 1993 tax returns were not filed $24,000. Our projections show a on time and that certain tax and or office 24 hours a day, everyday. $6,000 shortfall in membership 5.Washington, D.C., office 1992 reporting guidelines are not being revenues, the bulk ofwhich is due expense records were inadvert• properly followed . • Transfer money between Union Bank accoun ts. to corporate membership. ently lost, according to the Com• By miscalculating membership mittee Report. JACL's tax returns have always • Pay Union Bank loans or credit cards. revenue in Table 1, certain data in been filed on a timely basis. Cop• Tables 5, SeA) and 6 is.also inaccu- The Washington, D.C., records ies of the tax returns are submit• rate. . • Pay various credit card are not lost. The missing reports ted to Grant Thornton for their (department stores, gasoline, Mastercard, Visa card issued by others) are not readily accessible. This is review as part of their annual Salaries and Fringe Benefits the time period when the WDC audit. • Utili ty payments. offices were relocated. The Report The Committee's Table 4 notes also implies that lobbying report These are only some of our com• • Verify deposits or checks paid. that the salary figures from 1990 requirements are not being met. ments upon a quick review of the through 1994 do not include Pa• JACL files quarterly lobbying re• Committee's report. We shall con• • Stop payments. cific Citizen staff. port with both houses of Congress. tinue to study it and may provide In addition, lobbying expenses are additional comments to you. • Informati on about Union Bank's various services. This is not true. Thesalarynum• We have att ached to this memo, bers are total JACL staff which • You can designate payment or money transfer dates, include Headquarters, Regional Offices and Pacific Citizen: The up to 90 days in advance. So, you don't have to worry fringe benefit figures are wrong duri ng when you are traveling from 1992 through 1994. In addi• tion, the 1994 salary figures are Call the nearest Union Bank branch or Teleservices at overstated. 1-(800)532-7976 Regional Office Expenditures r ~ for more infonnation. . The 1990 and 1991 re.gional of• ATTENTION ALL SUBSCRIBERS: ~'I/~ fice expense listed in Table SeA) do not include the Washington WUnionB~~~ DC affice expenses. Therefore, the Last month, our mailing list inadvertantly Committee's 1990 and 1991 totals printed out each subscriber's first name twice ~ should not be used in comparison on the mailing label. It should have printed the * You must regi ter for payment or money transfer. lift.,. to the 1992, 1993, and 1994 re• • Payment cannOl be made unless you have sufficient funds in your account. gional expenses. first and last name. This may have caused . Pacific Citizen Revenue some of you to miss the 1994 holiday issue. If you still have not received the holiday issue, The Committee's figures do not please call us at (800) 966-6157, Monday agree with any of the financial information at Headquarters. through Friday from 9am to 4pm and we will send out a copy to you immediately. Our Other comments (on the Pacific Citizen Get a head start in business Takahashi Report): mailing list has been corrected and apologize • for any inconvenience this has caused to our Your boJsiness cord in eoch issue for 2S issues i.s $15 per li ne, three-li ne minimum . 1. The centralized membership readers. Thank you. Larger type (12 pt.1counts os two lines. Logo same as li ne rote as required. PC has program has "contrib.uted signifi• ~ ~ made no determination that the businesses listed in this directory are licensed by cantly to on-going deficits." proper government authority. This is not true. Postage and printing costs have increased as a ASAmTRAVEL MICHIKO JEAN MORROW, Realtor result of the centralized member• ~ Res. (415) 347-8880 ~'1. BuslN&SS & LmsURB TRAVEL FOR ship program. However, the cost ~ GROups, FMIlUES & lNnMDI.fAUi. 0; .8 Bus. (415) 578-9996 overruns of approximately $6,000 .'-H1 PACKAGE 1):l\/RS, C~ RAu.PASS, IQ 1108 S. El Camino Real in 1992 and $11,000 are a result of YODl\'(N) & Ln\IOUSINE ER\1CE - ""V: .. San Mateo, CA 94402 J543W. Olympic Blvd, #317, LA 90015 other projects such the production (213) 487-4294 • FAX (213) 487-1073 of annual reports as well as mem• % AILEEN A. FURUKAWA, CPA 1------1 Tax Accounting for Individual Estates bership programs. A~R &9 FLOWER VIEW GARDENS , Trusts and Busines es • Flowers, Fruit, Wine & 2020 Pioneer Court. Suite 3 9 ~ . Candy itywide Delivery an Mateo, CA 94403. Tel: (415) 358-93.20. 2. The Reserve Fund was "de• NO ANNUAL FEE , Worldwide Service pleted prior to 1993." 1801 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles 90027 1----...._---:---::;:-:-:-::-----1 25 DAY GRACE PERIOD (213) ·t66-7373 1 Art & J.im Ito The Reserve Fund has not yet Dr. D arlyne Fujimoto, GLEN L. OUCHIDA been depleted. However, with the Fir. t VIce President-PaineWebber Inc. ADA renovations ongoing at Na• Optometrist & Associates S Parkcenter Drive, uite 200 tional Headquarters, it is expected National JACL Credit Union A Professional Corporation acramento, C 95 25 11420 E. outh t, Cen-i/os, A 90701 (800) 82 ·3988 or (916) 929-0900 that the Reserve Fund will be de• (3101 860·1339 pleted by the end of this year. DAVTD W. EGAWA, Attorney I ---~~~~~~~---l riminal & Civil Lnw l- VISA RII~' m o n d SO N. Ave, uite *409 YUKAKO AKERA, O.D. Pasadena, CA 91103 Do~tor of Optometry Ph: (818) 792-8417 l\1('di·Cnre Pro\.id('r, Fluent Jnpanese GOT I------~--- _t 1390 E. 14th St., n\ Lenndro. CA 94571 (510) 4 8-2020 Martbn 19lu'nshi Tnmnshh'o 626 Wilshire Blvd .• to :no A Join the Notional JACl Credit Union ond become Los An 90017; (213) 622-4:h'l3 DR. Rl HARD TSUJlMOTO UwAjlMAYA eligible for our new VISA (ard. Fill out th e ... AIII,ays ;II8QOc/ til fl'. PROBLEM? LINt AL P Y n OLOGlS'l' information below for membership information . 2·16 N. Indinn Hili Blvd.. 'Im'omont, C,\ Oall ------(009) 625-1522 Nome -;-______Living Trusts - P I'Ohnt . Family Lit\\' orporllte - Partnership - LltiltOtlon Address ______Pacilic MARY ANN MORIMOTO·OLSON LAW OFFICES OF DRENNAN & OLSON City/SIDle/Zip ------Wells Fnrgo Bank Bulhlinlt Oitizen 32222 nmi no nplstrnno For the Best of San Junn aplstrllnll, A 02675 Ev erything Asian Tel: (n,1) :i!

In response to a large deficit incurred by piled the Committee members' analyses tine maintenance, or other unanticipated Accounting Procedures the national organization in the previous and reports into a draft Budget Analysis expenditures. biennium, JACL President Denny Yasuhara Report for review and revisions prior to Appropriate accounting procedures need appointed the Budget Analysis Committee presentation to the National Board. On Pacific Citizen to be implemented to provide the National to study and research the organization's Nov. 25, the Committee held a 2 and 112 Board with sufficient data upon which to past and current financial operations. hour teleconference to finalize the report. Advertising revenues increased by 8% in base decisions. Detailed summaries of in• Headed by Mae Takahashi of the Clovis On Dec. 3, the Chair and Committee mem• 1993 but declined by 36% in 1994. At the come and expenses for the National Con• Chapter, JACL, the committee prepared bers who are able to attend will present the same time salaries and overhead continued vention and unrestricted programs should this report which is published in its entirety final Budget Analysis Report to the Na• to increase despite the decline in revenues. be routinely provided for the Board's re• except for charts and graphic representa~ tional Board. Pacific Citizen has experienced a net loss of view at least quarterly. $10,826 allocated tions. Due to the fact that general ledger en• 2,446 subscribers since 1992. This corre• to miscellaneous expenses in 1994 seems The report was completed Nov. 25, 1994, tries and payables are posted manually, lates to the decline in JACL membership as excessive; these expenses should be broken and presented to the JACL National Board and JACL's accounting system relies pri• well as the loss of some non-member sub• out into appropriate line items. at its Dec. 3-4, 1994, Los Angeles meeting. marily on spreadsheets, detailed financial scribers. A management letter suggesting ways to data and supporting backup breakouts were Pacific Citizen is an extremely valuable improve accounting controls and procedures Establishment and Composition ofthe not readily accessible to Committee mem• membership benefit and an important com• should be requested from JACL's indepen• Ad Hoc Budget Analysis Committee bers. The manual compilation of data to munications link between JACL and its dent auditor as part of the next certified The Budgtot Analysis Committee was respond to the Committee's requests for members. With this in mind, the National audit. established on an ad hoc basis by Denny information consumed a great deal of staff Board needs to make certain fundamental Yasuhara, president ofthe National Japa• time and precluded a thorough review in decisions with respect to Pacific Citizen. Regional Offices nese American Citizens League (JACL), to areas where data was not available. These decisions include: address budgetary shortfalls in 1993 and The following report summarizes the • Like any other important membership Membership revenues should be-tracked 1994. Mr. Yasuhara made it a top priority Committee's findings, recommendations, program, JACL should continue to·subsi• by the regional office from which they were to restore JACL to fiscal health when he and proposed revisions to the 1995 JACL dize Pacific Citizen but to what extent? derived. Budgets should be established. for became President in August, 1994. The budget adopted in August 1994. • Should efforts be made to increase every regional office and expenses should Committee was charged with eliminating advertising revenue and reduce expenses be allocated to appropriate line item cat• on -going deficits, achieving a balanced bud• mSTORICAL TRENDS to make Pacific Citizen more self-sufficient? egories (salaries and administrative over• get, rebuilding cash reserves, and recom• lfthe National Board decides to focus on head, operations, educational programs, mending appropriate financial manage• Membership Trends increasing advertising revenue and reduc• and lobbying expense). 1994 expenses for ment and operational policies and proce• ing expenses, these preliminary sugges• every regional office should be summarized dures. During 1994, membership followed what tions could be considered: and summary of income and expense state• Mae Takahashi of the Clovis Chapter appears to be at least a 7 -year trend, declin• • establishing guidelines to link edito• ments for every regional office should be was appointed to chair the Committee. ing to the lowest levels in more than 10 rial content and publication length to ad• routinely included with quarterly financial Members of the Committee included: years. As a result of the gradual erosion of vertising revenues; many non-profit mem• statements submitted to the National Board • Steve Hasegawa, Omaha Chapter members, revenues from membership dues bership associations allocate 60% of the in 1995 and beyond. • Ken Inouye, SELANOCO Chapter have steadily declined since 1990 although space in their publications to editorial con• Duties and responsibilities between re• • Karyl Matsumoto, San Mateo Chapter there appears to have been an anecdotal tent and 40% to paid advertising. gional offices and national staff need to be • Ted Tsukahara, Diablo Valley Chapter membership increase in 1992. Member• • regularly reviewing Pacific Citizen's more clearly defined. A mechanism for Staff members who assisted the commit- ship revenues are expected to fall $27,968 advertising rate card to insure that rates evaluating staff performance and member ~ included:National Staff short of the budgeted level for 1994. are appropriate a.t).d competitive. satisfaction in each region should be devel• • Randy Senzaki, JACL National Direc• • reorganiz.ing the staff duties and re• oped. Such a mechanism would reduce the tor Salary and Fringe Benefit Trends sponsibilities to create a full-time display number of non-renewals due to dissatisfac• • Carole Hayashino, JACL Associate Di• advertising manager who is responsible for tion with meml,:)ership services . rector As membership revenues declined, sala• advertising sales. • Patti Paganini, JACL Business Man• ries and fringe benefits continued to in• • a significant portion of the display Washington D.C. Office ager crease. Remarkably, the greatest increases advertising manager's compensation should Pacific Citizen Staff in salaries and fringe benefits occurred in be derived from commissions on advertis• For the Washington, D.C. office, 1992 • Richard Suenaga, Editor/General Man• the last two years when membership rev• ing sales at the customary rate of 15%; this expenses records (except rental expense ager enues declined the most. In fact, by 1994, provides the necessary financial incentives records) were inadvertently lost. Procedures • Kerry Ting, Business Manager salaries and fringe benefits consumed 99.5% to increase advertising revenue. need to be implemented to insure that of membership revenues. Part of this in• The Committee recommends the National JACL's financial records are properly Committee Methodology crease was due to staffing changes in 1991. Board carefully evaluate the costs and ben• handled to avoid similar losses in the fu• In early September, Committee mem• efits of Pacific Citizen before making any ture. bers were contacted oy phone to obtain Regional Office Expenditures Trends changes. Notwithstanding the additional Prior to 1992, income and eA'J>eDSes for input with respect to methodology and in• revenue, aoy increases in advertising rev• the Washington, D.C. office were broken formation needed to fulfill the Committee's JACL's current accounting practice does enue should reflect the goals and objectives out separately from other regional offices. charge. On Sept. 26, 1994, the Committee not allocate membership revenues to the ofJACL. This practice ended in 1992. It is not clear submitted a request for all pertinent infor• region from which they were derived. This ifthis accounting change was implemented mation to the Business Manager. Informa• makes it difficult to directly correlate in ~ 1994 FISCAL ANALYSIS AND at the direction of the National Board. Ifit tion was to be mailed to the Committee on come with expenses and membership COMMI'ITEE FINDINGS was not, procedures need to be developed to Oct. 3, 1994. Committee members reviewed trends. However, dividing total expendi• insure that significant accounting changes audited financial statements, tax returns, tures by total membership reveals that per• 1994 Revenue Shortfalls are initiated by the National Board. and supporting financial, operational, and member expenses have doubled between Given the level oflobbying conducted by organizational information. JACL's 1993 1991 and 1993 and have continued to in• Fund-raising revenues in 1994 were bud• the Washington, D.C. office, accounting tax return and most 1992 expense records crease. Although regional office expendi• geted at $50,000 despite a historical4-year procedures need to be developed to break for the Washington, D.C. were not avail• tures have increased considerably, the ma• fund raising average of just $5,153 per out general administrative and lobbying able for review by the committee. The 1993 jori,ty of these expenditures represent im• year. As ofSeptelllber 30, 1994, fund rais• costs. This will enable the National Board tax return was nol; completed until Nov. 15, portant programs which provide valuable ing revenues totaled $13,658, falling well to evaluate effectiveness oflobbying activi• 1994 and 1992 expense records for the services to members. below the projected $50,000 budget. ties and also prepaJ: JA L to comply \vith Washington, D.C. office have not yet been Donations and other rev nue w re also any subsequent version of the Lobbying located. Budgetary Shortfalls Since 1990 overstated. 1994 donations and other in• Disclosure Act of 1994 which might be Committee members were given a dead• come were estimated at $71,903 but will enacted during future Congressional ses• line of Oct. 15, 1994, to complete their Declining membership revenues, over• fall $53,697 short of budget d levels. Total sion. review of the information provided. Then, stated revenue projections, and increasing estimated 1994 I' venues of$1,216,610 ar on Oct. 16 and 17, 1994 the Chair polled expenditures resulted in a loss of $75,269 currently estimated to b $128,072 und r National Convention and Committee members to determine if addi• in 1993 and a projected loss of$187,653 in budget. Unrestricted Programs tional information was needed to complete 1994. Closer scrutiny reveals that budget• the budget analysis. ary shortfalls probably began as early as 1994 Budget Overruns The Chair submitted additional requests 1990 but were at least partial1y offset by for information to the Business Manager investment income earned by the Legacy Total estimat d 1994 xp nditw s ap• on Oct. 17 and 18, 1994. Between Oct. 24 Fund. Installation of the centralized mem• pear to b $95,581 over budget. Significant and Nov. 11, 1994, Committee members bership computer system in April of 1992 line item overruns ar : prepared individual budget analyses and contributed significantly to on-going defi• reports in preparation for the Committee cits. • National conv ntion xpens meeting on Nov. 12 and 13, 1994. $62,216 On Nov. 12 and 13, budget analyses and Cash Reserve Depleted • Unr st.l'icted programs reports were discussed and preliminary $15,058 budgets and numbers and projections were In addition to increasing expenditures, • National Board m oting e p ns s refined. The Business Manager and Na• cash has decreased significantly and JACL's $ 9,533 tional Director attended portions of lhis reserve fund was depl led prior t.o ] 993. In • CommiLtoo moot.ings Hnd t.nw I meeting as did the National Assooiate Di• the absence of adequate cash rebertes, JACL $ 8,744 rector and staff from Pacific Citizen. would have to finance any major, unex• Between Nov, 14 and 25, the Chair com- pected building or equipment repair, rOll- '" Omitted from th 1994 budget. Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995--7

Pacific Citizen the Legacy Fund is currently invested in 2. The National Board should adopt a and accountability (for both large and small stocks and 49% in bonds. To increase rev• policy requiring program budgets to utilize funds) and to insure the National Board is Six full-time staff positions are allocated enues and cash flow in 1995, approximately resources allocated for operating costs and fully informed of investment activities and to Pacific Citizen although only four posi• $2 million of the Legacy Fund should' be program activities in accordance with the decisions. tions are filled at this time. Despite signifi• invested in shorter-term, higher-yield in• goals and objectives of JACL. 20. At least annually, JACL's portfolio cant advances in computerized desktop vestments. Such an investment strategy 3. National Board members should re• manager should present an investment publishing, layout and paste-up appears to should result in an earnings increase of 3% ceive JACL's balance sheet, income and review and written performance evalua• be handled manually. Considerable im• on the $2 million, generating additional expense statement with budgeted and ac• tion at a National Board meeting. provements in productivity might be revenues of $60,000. National would re• tual results, and cash flow statement at 21. Approximately $2 million of the achieved by either: . ceive 60% of these additional revenues rep• least quarterly. The National President Legacy Fund should be invested in shorter• • contracting with an outside vendor for resenting additional revenues of $36,000. should receive this information every term, higher-yield investments to produce layout and paste-up services; or To successfully achieve this strategy, the month. additional revenue for National. • purchasing a desktop publishing sys• Investment Committee should aggressively 4. JACL's independent auditor should 22. The National Board should charge tem with sufficient capabilities to avoid work with JACL's portfolio manager to present audited financial statements at a the Constitution & Bylaws Committee with manual paste-up. identify appropriate shorter-term, higher• National Board meeting so Board members completing revisions to Article XV ofJACL's yield investment vehicles. can address any concerns regarding JACL's Bylaws to provide guidelines for manage• MANAGEMENT AND FIDUCIARY financial condition or accounting procedures ment and administration of JACL's Na• RESPONSIBILITIES Role of JACL's Independent Auditor - and practices. tional Endowment Funds, including re• OF THE NATIONAL BOARD 5. JACL's annual tax returns should be stricted and unrestricted funds, and the There is some question as to the role of completed by the organization's indepen• Legacy Fund. As with any organization, the National JACL's independent auditor, Grant dent auditor rather in-house. This provides Board is ultimately responsible for all as• Thornton. The Committee has confirmed greater accounting controls and insures Regional Offices pects of JACL's financial performance and that audited financial statements are not timely compliance with applicable state condition. The National President and routinely presented to the National Board and federal tax codes and Internal Revenue 23. Membership revenues should be Board should clarify and redefine duties in keeping with standard accounting prac• Service reporting requirements. tracked by the regional office from which and responsibilities in the context of man• tices. In addition, JACL's tax returns are 6. For liability and security reasons, fi• they were derived. agement and fiduciary responsibilities. prepared in-house rather than by the inde• nancial and accounting records and infor• 24. Budgets should be established for pendent auditor. As a result, the Commit• mation must remain in JACL's business every regional office and expenses should Management Responsibilities tee could not ascertain if certain tax and offices. Records should not be transported be allocated to appropriate line item cat• reporting guidelines are being appropri• off premises without prior approval of the egories (salaries and administrative over• To' fulfill responsibilities for manage• ately followed. Areas of concern include: National Board. head, operations, educational programs, ment and oversight, the Board must exer• • segregation oflobbying expenses, espe• 7. Duties and responsibilities of the Na• and lobbying expense). cise its authority by holding staff account• cially at the Washington, D.C. office, to tional President, Board members, Board 25. 1994 expenses for every regional of• able for: facilitate compliance with the Lobbying committees, and the National Director as fice should be summarized and summary of • achieving short-term and long-range Disclosure Act of 1994; which this bill is set forth in JACL's Bylaws must be ad• income and expense statements for every goals and objectives established by the currently on hold, the Internal Revenue hered to. In addition, duties and responsi• regional office should be routinely included Board Service will probably continue to push for bilities should be further redefined to im• with quarterly financial statements sub• • implementing policies and procedures some level of taxation on lobbying expense prove accountability. Paid staff should not mitted to the National Board in 1995 and as directed by the Board • compliance with Internal Revenue Ser• serve on Board committees although this beyond. • keeping expenses within budgeted lev• vice guidelines for reporting income and will require an amendment of Article XIV els; budget overruns should require prior expenses associated with the Pacific Citi• of JACL's Bylaws. Stafi's authority to ex• Washington D.C. Office ~pproval of the National Board zen since advertising revenue has been ecute contracts and leases and exceed ap• • exercising authority, including execu• deemed taxable; while direct production proved budgets should be clearly delin• 26. Income and expenses for the Wash• tion of contracts and leases, pursuant to costs are allowed to offset advertising rev• eated. ington, D.C. office need to be broken out appropriate resolutions of the Board enue, there are restrictions on the amount 8. The Finance Committee should fulfill separately from other regional offices. In keeping with standard governance of salary and administrative expense that its responsibility to insure that financial 27. Accounting procedures need to be practices and procedures, inherent con• can be allocated to reduce total taxable management policies and procedures are developed to break outgeneral administra• flicts of interest preclude paid staff from income developed and implemented. Progress re• tive and lobbying costs so the National serving as voting members on committees ports should be given to the National Board Board can evaluate effectiveness of lobby• of the Board. This conflict of interest is Managing Revenues and Expenses on a quarterly basis. ing activities and be prepared to comply particularly relevant to the Finance Com• 9. The 1996 Budget Committee should be with any subsequent enactment ofthe Lob• mittee. The more appropriate role for staff The National Board needs to conduct charged with additional oversight respon• bying Disclosure Act of 1994. is to provide Board committees with infor• strategic planning to determine JACL's sibilities to insure thatJACL is restored to mation upon request, conduct additional direction over the next 2 years. Member• financial stability. The Budget Committee National Convention and research as necessary, and carry out com• ship programs need to be identified and should request budgets from all Program Unrestricted Programs mittee directives. prioritized. Since chapters establish many Committee Chairs andNational Vice Presi• program priorities, they should assume dents. 28. Income and expenses for the National 5-Year Financial Management Plan some of the responsibility and costs for 10. The Board should revise its policy Convention (and unrestricted programs) program implementation. The Board needs and allow the release of staffsalaries to the should be accounted for as separate line To enable the National Board to fulfill its to further clarify roles and responsibilities Finance Committee and future Budget items on JACL's income and expense state• fiduciary responsibilities, a 5-year finan• between JACL and its chapters. Finally, Analysis Committees. ment. cial management plan needs to be devel• the Board should monitor membership rev• 11. Annually, a generic financial report 29. The Board should adopt a policy ofnot oped and implemented. This 5-year plan enues and adjust expenses accordingly to should be published in Pacific Citizen to subsidizing the National Convention since should eliminate uncontrolled deficits insure on-going financial stability. keep members informed of JACL's finan• the sponsoring chapter receives most ofthe which are jeopardizing JACL's financial Efforts should focus on increasing rev• cial condition benefit. stability. Income and expenses must be enues and reducing expenses. On the rev• brought into balance. Guidelines for pro• enue side, the second floor ofJACL's build• Accounting Procedures Pacific Citizen portionately reducing expenses when rev• ing at 1765 Sutter Street representing ap• enue falls short of projections should be proximately 2,500 square feet should be 12. A computerized accounting system 30. Efforts to improve productivity should adopted and budget overruns should not be leased. A specific action plan for increasing should be implemented immediately to pro• be investigated by either contracting with tolerated. revenues from affinity programs should be vide more accurate and dAtailed financial an outside vendor for layout and paste-up The National Board's 5-year financial developed identifying targets, activities, information for decision makers. The com• services or purchasing a desktop publish• management plan should also include res• timelines, and expected results. puterized accounting system should pro• ing system ,vith sufficient capabilities to toration of JACL's reserve account to a On the expense side, the National Board vide for a chart of accounts that facilitates eliminate manual paste-up. level deemed adequate by an o:utside CPA should review the survey of salaries and itemization of program costs with suffi• 31. The National Board should confirm firm. A portion of this reserve account may fringe benefits in comparison to other mem• cient detail to support line items on JACL's that accounting practices for Pacific Citi• need to be allocated to maintenance of bership associations which was recently income and expense statement. zen comply with Internal Revenue ervice JACL's largest asset, its headquarters completed. There may be areas in which 13. A management letter suggesting ways guidelines for reporting income and ex• building at 1765 Sutter Street in San Fran• cost savings can be achieved. National Con• to improve accounting controls and proce• penses and that income taxes on advertis• cisco. To begin this process, the reserve vention expenses should be carefully scru• dures should be requested from JACL's ing revenue ha e been properly computed. account should be replenished by $12,000 tinized. Unrestricted programs should be independent auditor. 32. If non-member subscription charges during 1995. monitored and evaluated annually to as• 14. Procedures need to be developed and do not offset per-edition production and To monitor progress against the 5-year sess costs in comparison to benefits. With implemented to insur that JACL's finan• administrative costs, subscription fee plan, National Board members need to deregulation as of January 1, 1995, tele• cial records are properly r tained and not should be increased. receive and review JACL's balance sheet, phone expense which will cost $13,480 in inadvertently misplaced in th future. income and expense statement comparing 1994 should be analyzed for possible local 15. Procedures hould be develop d to PROPOSED REVISIONS TO 1995 BUD• budgeted and actual results, and cash flow and long-distance savings. Contract ser• insure that significant accounting chang s GET ADOPTED IN AUGUST, 1994 statement at least quarterly. The Finance vices which totaled $13,064 in 1994 should are only impl men ted at the direction of Committee should receive and review this be carefully watched to insure expendi• t.he National Board. The ,ommitteel' commend revisingthe information by the 15th of each month. tures are necessary andjustifi d. Miscella• 16. Income and expenses forth National 1995 Budg t which, as adopted in Augu t. neous expenses of $10,826 should be bro• Convention and imilar programs should 1994, for the following reasons: Management of Investments ken out for further detailed analysis. be accounted for a separat lin items on • The 1995 Budg t overstat memb r• JACL's income and xp ns statem nt. ship l' v nu sat $ 50,000. This is not r 81- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Detailedsummari sofin om and expenses istic sinc 199-l membership re nues ar The National Board should develop and 5~ implement policies and procedures to be TO THE JACL NATIONAL BOARD associated for the onvention and oth r stimat d at $ 17.000. a decline. For programs should be routin Iy provid d for purpos s of de eloping realistic pl"Ojection~. followed by the Investment Committee. ~e The policies and procedures should be re• Financial Management Policies and th National Board's r vi w t least qua.r• a tual 1994 nd pI" t d 1995 memb r• viewed annually and revised as necessary. Procedures terly. ship assumptions should b broken out b. Reporting procedures should be spelled 17. The National Board shou Id d v lop a category. out to insure the National Board is rou• 1. The National Board should adopt a 5-y ar financial manag ment plan which • Th proj tion of $100,000 in fund tinely informed of developments affecting policy requiring a balanced budget based includes restoration of JA Vs r .erve ac• raising rev nues is not r alistic when 01- p red to a tu 1hi st,otical figures. budget JACL's investments. on realistic income and expense proj c• count to a lev I d emcd ad quate by an At least annually, JACL's portfolio man• tions. The budget should reflect a direct outside CPA firm . projection of this magnitude nt'-t'ds to b relationship between membership and ad• support d b. a d tiled a'ti n plan that ager should present a comprehensive in• ibilit~ vestment review and written investment ministrative expenses. Projected revenues, Management of Investments sp ·cifi • tim lines, respon s. and proj ct d outcoms (e pan sea and mcom performanceeval uation at a National Board including fund raising, should be based on t • Invest.ment. incom ne ds to bin• meeting. historical averages. Fund raising rev nue 18. Th s cond lloorofJACL's building at in excess of historical averages should be 1765 Sutter Str t r pros nting appro,'i• cr 1 rd to rdlt'ct additional in om ",hi'll will b(' gllllN'nLrd h)' inv sting $2 million of Legacy Fund Investment Strategy supported by detailed fund raising plans mat Iy 2,500 squill' feet should be lcnst'd and specific timelines. The budget Rhould to provid additional r vt'nu . the Ll'gnc), hl1\d in shortt'r-t'rl\\. highl't· With approximately $4 milJion in re• be reviewed quarterly and expenseR r - 19. The National Board should stablish yll'lding in est Ilwnt, Invt'st.m nt Commit.tee policil's /lnd proc - strkted funds, JACL's Legacy Fund genor• duced as necessary ifrevcnuo falls short of See REPORT/page 13 ates the most investment income. 49% of budgeted levels. duros to ostablish mal\llg m nt guid lines ~Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995

Opinions Letters

Fiscal responsibility key to JACL's future First, let me preface my remarks with the fact that I know and respect Neal Taniguchi and his opinions. I also know his parents, Izumi and Barbara Taniguchi, both This isn1t a'comic comeback prominent leaders and members of the Fresno JACL. I consider them not only as fellow JACLers, but also as close personal friends. ewspaper comic strips have fas• serious problem in J apaneseAmerican com• up into scientists, scholars, mUSICians, I must differ with Neal in some of his cinated me since I first learned to munities. Without thinking very hard I can teachers, artists and other important con• conclusions in the Hokubei Mainichi of N read. I still follow about half the recall almost immediately a halfdozen Nisei tributors to society? J apanese Americans December 24. strips-I don't see much humor or whimsy boys and girls in my limited circle who were have been studied exhaustively by sociolo• To me, the name of the game is fiscal in the other half-offered by local dailies. cut down by TB in their early teens. And gists, psychologists, historians and anthro• responsibility. This is something that is not One of those I like and try.to read regu• there were many, many more victims, some• pologists, but maybe there is still untilled the esoteric property of any class of Nikkei : larly is a semi soap opera titled "Rex Mor• times with several in one family being ground in a study of their health history. be they Issei, Nisei, Sansei or Yonsei. This gan, M.D." It is about a kind, squeaky• stricken. After World War II, tuberculosis was wide• applies to all of us. We practice it in our own clean, un-aging bachelor physician who, Some coughed out their lives rather spread in Japan where nutritious food was personal lives. We try to pay as we go, we unfortunately, never sees the attractive• quickly. Others spent long months in a TB scarce. For many years-and maybe even try not to get into unnecessary debt, short• ness of June, his beautiful, kind, squeaky• sanatorium where about the only treat• now-Ja panese students coming to the U.S. term or long-term. Ifwe do get into debt, be clean nurse. ment known was bed-rest, fresh air and to study, and J apanese women married to it for business, the purchase of a home, or The authors of "Rex Morgan," Woody nutritious food. At the time, unfortunately, American servicemen, had to show immi• some other long range project, we carefully Wilson and Tony DiPreta, use the strip many Japanese immigrant families were gration inspectors chest X-rays proving consider our ability to pay and try to adjust occasionally to educate readers about cer• living in crowded tenements and existing their lungs were not infected before being our budgets accordingly. tain medical problems, like mental health on less than ideal diets, not unlike Jewish allowed into the country. I do not know the details of the JACL for instance. The most recent sequence has immigrant families, crowded into East Even so, many war brides came down Board meeting or the teleconference that to do with tuberculosis. Although TB was Coast tenements, who also had a high rate with TB after their arrival and received followed, but the fact remains that the thought to have been eliminated, it's still of TB infection. It's probably impossible treatment at Fitzsimons Army Hospital original decision of the Board was upheld. around. To make the point a little girl in the now to find out how many Nisei kids died of and the National J ewish Hospital, both I think that the projected budget deficit strip contracts it from a friend of the family tuberculosis in the 'twenties and 'thirties, and the proposed consolidation of staff po• who is a carrier and he has to be tracked but I would guess the number was substan• See HOSOKAWAIpage 14 sitions, and possible repercussions, were down and treclted. tial and the mortali ty ra te somew hat higher carefully considered. We must cut our oper• What makes this sequence particularly than that of the general American public. Hosokawa is the form!.1 editorial page ating costs. We cannot continue operating poignant-yes, comic strips can be poignant• How many ofthe victims of what then was editor of the Denver Post. His column ap• with expenses far exceeding our projected -is that tuberculosis at one time was a call ~ d the "white plague" would have grown pears in the Pacific Citizen. income. My own personal opinion has been, and continues to be, that our national staff is top-heavy for an organization of our size, and that the expense ofour present staff, as now constituted, is not warranted. I think that the proposed changes will make staff operations more efficient and should not sacrifice its effectiveness. JIN KONOMI Giving full consideration to the thor• oughly researched report of the ad hoc committee headed by Mae Takahashi, we give great credit to Denny Yasuhara's cour• Seihin age for taking the bull by the horns and making the proposals that he did. It was not an easy decision. These proposals were approved by the majority ofthe Board twice, eihin no Shiso (Philosophy of was adopted, not as a statement of opposi• would pretend to have eaten even ifhe had once by the original meeting and then by Seihin) by Nakano Koji is a best tion to wealth, but as a matter of necessity, missed a meal, by using a toothpick, so said the subsequent (unnecessary and expen• S selling bookin Japan. Seihin liter- mostly by intellectuals, artists and arti• a proverb of this time. Bushi wa kuwanedo sive) teleconference. He knew there would ally means clean poverty. The book had sans. Trimmed off of all ostentations and takayoji. From a moral concept seihin had be repercussions, but he stuck to his guns. sold over 600,000 copies as of early sum• clutters, it was austerely spare, sometimes become a moral precept. It is my opinion, that a chapter by chapter mer, contrary to the misgivings of the pub• to the point of bareness. The man ofseihin After the Meiji Restoration (of the Impe• vote would uphold his stand by an over• lishers who thought the title was not entic• lived in such a circumstance, proudly, and rial family as ruler of Japan), the tradition whelming majority. ing enough. The author is being deluged at least outwardly, in equanimity. was passed to the political activists, who I think that the Nisei generation is sin• with requests for interviews and lecture The term seihin at first was not claimed campaigned with maniacal zeal for the open• cere in wanting the Sansei and Yonsei to appearances. by those who lived it. It was bestowed by ing of parliamentary government, and the take over the organization_We Ni ei know The success of the book is an index of the outsiders, whether in admiration or half government leaders. Many of the activists that our time is limited, but we hope that temper of the day. Humbled and subdued, mockery. Two things must be born in mind; lost or diminished their family fortunes. the younger members will realize and ap• the people no longer think the cure forwhat seihin was not the grinding poverty of total The Meiji leaders, except for a few scoun• preciate the fact that fiscal responsibility is ails Japan is more prosperity for J apan, destitution: the man of seihin could at least drels, died poor. The tradition lived on till fundamental and primary to the continued Incorporated, or political reform, so often maintain the pretense of enjoying it. Then, the era of unpr cedented prosperity. It is existence of a viable J ACL. A lack of fiscal promised but never delivered. Instead, they the fact that it was made possible on the not that filthy lucre finally prevailed over integrity would damage the reputation, and have turned to this philosophy, dug out sacrifices, us ually of his wife. honor and pride. Rather, it was that honor the social and political influence of JACL, from the limbo of neglect where it waited In the next ph ase of its history, seihin and pride became irrelevant; that poverty as an organization. I believe that most for certain oblivion. develops into a moral concept. In the early itself had become an an<,,,hronism. Ni ei, Sansei and Yonsei practice thi re• I learned about this book from "Ippei no years of the Tokugawa regime, tens oflhou• It. is significant that a . l'. \(' huyers of sponsibility in their own li"e~ . This respon- Tsubayaki-cho," a column in the TVFan sands of samrai were thrown out of their t.he Philosophy of Seihil' thl lal'gel> ~e Ilcltht'r ,1 "nowledged nor rctumed. rle,1Se l-Ign "our letter but mak'" , ure Wl .lre abl~ to rCt,d . \lur nallle. It\ Iud,' m,ullng "ddlt' 'anddlwhml'telL'phl'lll'number.ile ""Isl'of li mited ~p ' K\' we Ilh'Y ~'OndL'I"'I' INtl'll< that .\T\.' .le 'cpted lor puhh,.ltilln. \ l' lil' nllt pubhsh fom\ lettc.ll', l")I'ie, l'r lctt~ll' II'rlttt'n tl' l'th",r puhh,.. l• hl'IIS, F." l'ttl'll' t1l2IJ /~'i· ()O(, · \ (lr 11\\,,1 tl' Ll'llcll' 10 Illl' Editor. !'"f//if CII,:,·/I. _ (l'r,ll ' ild,' , \lIte _().I, MLlI\lt:'I'l'y l'.lrk ' A, Qt7, 5 Information: .... ,- - 1 / 800/ 966-6157 Pacific Citizen,January 20-February 2, 1')')5

By KARL NOBUYUKI The tail and the dog

he San Francisco and Los Angeles as members from the previous administra• tration of information is probable. Conse• grams that lacked organizational focus. . Japanese American vernaculars tion vote to uphold the deficits and align quently, the conclusions drawn by the ver• Presumably, these programs drew valu• T have elected to highlight the intra• with staff who are scheduled to be reduced naculars and press are imbalanced; relying able resources away from basic housekeep• conflicts of the JACL in recent weeks; par• in number. The staff strategy appears to be primarily upon a portion of the League's ing chores and organizational focus ticularly concerning the JACL Board's de• to bring "public pressure" against the California delegation and not the nation• (e.g.,"The Rising Sun" book/movie cam• cision to trim its national stafIpositions. Board's decision; manipulate the proce• wide network or factual representation of paigns, which lacked Board..approval, lead These expressions ofinterest, on face, may dures, and force the Board to revoke its the National Board. to internal strife and resulted in embar• appear to be a "community interest" as action and secure more pay. A second a major short-coming of the rassment.) expressed by the vernacular press, but in vernacular's slant is that all (including the The short-comings and imbalance ofthe reality these reactions may well be the If the scenario is true, the tail begins to S.F. Examiner) fail to mention a key docu• ethnic vernaculars' reports on JACL are reluctance to swallow a bitter pill rather wag the dog. ment at the core of the Board's decision. significant because they attack the proce• than to "bite the bullet." The latter is an in-depth study by the dures of one of America's most prestigious What may really be at the bottom-line of The above conclusion can be drawn from Leagu.e's volunteers, chaired by Dr. Mae Japanese American fraternal organiza• this brouhaha is not so much the decision of an analysis ofthe comments reported in the Takahashi (hereafter referred to as the tions. Further, since the JACL is now pre· the JACL's National Board, but in actual• vernacular press and a parallel story in the Takahashi Report) on JACL's state-of-af• cariously placed under the microscope, how ity an orchestrated action by national staff San Francisco Examiner. The shallow re• fairs -hard numbers and unpleasant facts. the League addresses this dilemma will against the decision of the organization's porting and the basic failure of the report• have a significant impact for years to come. volunteer Board of Directors. Again, the ing bodies to disclose the facts at the core of In real time dynamics, it was the findings The staging ground for the battle is set. classic professional staff- versus-volunteer the JACL Board's decisions become evi• of the Takahashi Report, that set the tone JACL as an organization must confront controversy. dent. of what the new Yasuhara Administration this issue head-on, and there is no turning Obviously, this is not the first time that had to address to keep JACL viable. Fur• back. The League's structure, as flawed as a Japanese American organization had to JACL members, at the mercy of the ex• ther, neither the staff nor the Vice Presi• it may be, will be expected to rally and face the hard realities ofeconomics, so why ternal press, must rely on the blow-by-blow dent for Membership (who recently re• resolve the controversy if it is to move the hype in the vernacular press? The story accounts of internal misgivings for their signed) reported timely and factual mem• forward, . .. or backward into deficit and an lines are too shallow for one to believe that conclusions. Only those members of the bership numbers, and virtually ignored the untenuous future. the reports are based upon objective or National Board are fully aware of the delib• major downward trend in membership en• See COME-ON/page 16 investigative reports. More than likely erations. The vernaculars quote several rolbnent over the years. During this period, someone fed the angle to the press. members of the opposing viewpoint, but do according to the staffs report, membership In this case, the JACL Board proposes to not balance their reports from representa• ~staff doubled and costs soared, reach• Nobuyuki, aformerJACL national direc• remedy a substantial and growing multi• tives of the majority that are from outside ing an unprecedented annual cost more tor, is a member ofthe San Femando Valley year budget deficit. The scope of this short• the local area. Non-JACL organizations than $277,000. It would be naive for one to and Greater Los Angeles Singles chapters, JACL. His column appears regularly in the t fall could well reach upwards of a half-a• are ·more aware of the goings-on than the ignore that during this period, the million dollars in 1995. The conflict occurs membership itself; suggesting an orches- organization's staff launched several pro- Pacific Citizen

Very truly yours

By HARRY K. HONDA Just like in '53, Nisei concerned over GOP-dominated Congress

he last time the Republicans won a nese ancestry after the war. The Soldier flcer in the Senate from Whittier, Calif., concerns. Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) gave majority rule in Congress was in Brides Act was amended to permit admis• numbered many Nisei among his personal way to Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.) T 1953 - the 83rd Congress, and sion for 30 days of Japanese wives of U.S. friends; McCarran was to pass away in '54. JACLers then were concerned over legisla• servicemen and veterans, which Mike (2) Senator Robert Taft, as Senate Major• Heading the House judiciary was Rep. tion of $8.5 million in unpaid Evacuation pointed out was "the first breach in the ity Leader, had more say about legislation Chauncey Reed (R-m.), taking over from claims at the time. The political division in Japanese Exclusion Law since 1924." A than any other man in Congress; Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.YJ, most sym• the 83rd Congress (Senate: 48R, 46D, 2- year later, Congress authorized the pay• (3) Senator William Knowland of Oak• pathetictoJACLobjectives, as Mike pointed other)(House: 221R, 213D, I-other) ' was ment of evacuation claims and the suspen• land headed the GOP policy commi ttee, the out. Ranking Democrat on the Judiciary paper-thin. By comparison, the 105th Con• sion of deportation of some 2,000 Japanese most important in the Senate; and was Francis Walter, co-author of the bill gress which opened this past month is treaty merchants, students and visitors (4) Sen. Eugene Milliken of Colorado which eliminated racial barriers to immi• heftier-Senate: 53R, 47D; House: 230R, whose immigration status bad changed by headed the Republican Conference, equiva• gration and naturalization. The new 30- 204D, I-Ind. And redress matters still re• circumstances of war. lent to the caucus, in that every GOP sena• member committee had but three members main. New majority leaders in 1953 were Sen. tor is a member. west ofthe Mississippi-Reps. Pat Hilling The late Mike Masaoka, then Washing• Robert Taft from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Among the important changes of com• (R-Calif.), Usher Burdick lR-N.DJ and ton JACL Office representative, remem• Rep. Halleck ofIndiana. As Mike saw the mittee leadership, to JACL especially, oc• bered it was the previous Republican-domi• role of JACL chapters then, 48 chapters curred in the House and Senate judiciary See HONDApage 16 nated 80th Congress (or the so-called "Do because of the constituencies of the Big and House appropriations committees. Nothing" Congress as President Truman Four "have a golden opportunity to influ• The Judiciary handles matters relating dubbed it) of 1947-49 that first enacted ence national legislation." The Big Four: to immigration, naturalization and civil Honda is editor emeritu of Pacific Citi· legislation for benefit of persons of Japa- (1) Vice President Nixon, presiding of- t;ights, all of National JACL's traditional zen.

Personally speaking

is chair. The group held its first that "only ,2% of the individuals Henry Chung, MD, Scotch Plain. enior qu rterback Yon ei, meeting last September. whose poetry we have examined N.J.; Susan Hasegawa, MBA, San Ryan Miyamoto, of ene a \ al• were selected to be a part of this Diego; Brenda S. Hashimoto, ley Higb (13-01 steered his Freshman legislator Barry distinguished group of Best Po• MSW-MBA,Honolulu;Mitch lIT. Germantown (~Id . ) chool to it Wong was appointed to the Ari• ets." Maki, Ph.D. , Ros D1 ad; Matthe,,' third straight Cia 3A state foot• zona House ofRepresentati ves last R. Mock. Ph.D .• Richmond, alif.; b II championship in the 26-7 October to replace former aouse Joseph R. Allman, who re• John Derek Naka hima, MSW, game OV r Paint Branch. The Speaker Jane Dee Hull, the Asian tired from the Arizona Dept. of Pasadena; Maria Oh, M. Ed .. Pasa• Wa hillgtoll Po t picked him to its American Sun, a monthly publi• Transportation in 1983, has kept dena; and Patrick M. Yasuda, 1994 AlI-l\'letro offense teanl. He cation of the Asian Chamber of active in t.he community since Ph,D., ulv r "'ity. threw 20 TD .3 int rceptions. He Commerce, reported. t..h n: curren'tly Arizona JA L is a 4.0 GP student who wa Representing District 18 in the chapter presid nt, a m mbe)' of startingguul'dinba k tballandA North-Central Phoenix area of the Pacific Rim Advisory ouncil shortstop in baseball last year. He 120,000 constituents, Wong is a commissioner for t.he city of Phoe• l' cent.lytold th Washingtoll Post: native son graduate of Alhambra ni x and advisory board m mberof "Throughout the y ar. it is th High, Arizona State in account• the Asian chamb l' of commercc. same s h dule--school. prattice. IRENE HIRANO ing, Universit.y of Arizona in law H is a retired chief wan 'ant go home and do my work. at and and Phoenix Citizens Police Acad• officer, Army military intollig no ; go tu bed. I'm us d to it. Wh n 1 go President Clinton named Irene emy. He previously served on thc worked as privnt invest.igator, homE', I know what 1 h. v to do." Y. Hirano, president and execu• Arizona state senate starr. is married to the formcr Toshiko On s hool nights, h budgets three tive director of Japanese Ameri• His grandparent.s and parents Kay and hasonodaught.or. Kal' n. hours for hom work. His father. can National Museum, Los Ange• immigrated to Phoenix (rom Can• Gl nn. n d('ntist. instills a di,::i• les, and playwright David Henry ton in the early 1950s and were Representing the Lop-notch pline to makl' a ademics a priot'• Hwang of Marina del Rey to serve prominent leaders in bhe Chinese Asian Amcl'icnn candida!. s in it:y. on the President's Committee on community. Lh ir I' spect.ive fields, 11 awards the Arts and Humanities along weI' made fol' thc 1994 Okul'U Mnsnru and flelen Yamasaki with 31 other private citizens. Joe Oyama of Berkeley was Mental Health Load rship Foun• w('ro givl'n th distinO'uished CAROL LIN ~o\.lth First Lady Hillary Rodham invited by the Nat.ional Library of dation scminar. K. Patrick K; ogoku , wnrd by t.ht' rn Poet.ry of Owings Mills, Md ., fol' Okura. foundation prnsicil'nt.. !tn• Alnll1l'dn ( o\lnty Buddhi. t'l\'mpk Clinton is honorary chair. Former pt'l' sid ~ ' nt Rep .•John Brademas of Indiana its special publicnLion, "Best. 1'0- nounced. 1'lw :,-:ekct.N'(': WN'l': Cnrol Lin, n KTTV- L1 t1l'WS Dt', Walt .. Hashimoto 0951-1981), prcsident emeritus amA of 1995," which noted t.hC' in• Robcd 11 . Chnn. n ,Snn Prnn• tl'nm me mlll'r nt Lm; Angel0s. nnd I hl' RE'v. Zuikci TRuig\l('hi. vitation was being cxt..C' ndl'd all ciseu; Richard Wlli -PM Cheng, holds n cit\' cllu)u'il RerOn , ('01\• 1'lw nWHl'dt'l'(': !UWl' h('l'll long ttl'• of New York University and 00- ~1'u(,lllntlng' I\l'1' tN~\Ipl\rint aut.hor of the original Nat.ional t.hc basis of merit. of pn·vious nc• LCHW, Malden, Mass.; .Jl'I\Ill'lll' ns nIH' oftlw mi • t jVl' as l'ndt'nts nt t \w J)hm't\\ll ~chool. Arts and H umunities Act of 1965, complishment.R. lie WUil inforJ1lod Chui, MSW. 'I'l'mpll' CiLV , Cn lir.: nO'l'itil'8 in TV brondl'Hsting 10 Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995

- Reducing national salaries by REPORT an additional 38%, regional sala• (Continued from page 7) ries by 11%, and Pacific Citizen salaries by 7% (estimated cost savings of $78,000) With these adjustments, total To implement the necessary By GRA yeE UYEHARA projected 1995 income is salary reductions, the Committee $1,116,000. recommends a combination ofthe To achieve a balanced budget, following to achieve the necessary proposed expenses of $1,270,000 reductions in salaries: still needed to be reduced. Ini• - combine the positions of Asso• tially proposed reductions in• ciate Director, Membership Direc• ineteen-ninety five is the Action will be a successful ven• tive about how the limited funds cluded: tor, and Business Manager into Year of the Boar. The ture or product? will be used. The decisions made , boars can be relied upon -Salaries and fringe benefits I two positions: Director of Mem• N will have impact on future fund• for their honesty, simplicity and 'he JACL belongs to the ($85,000) bership and Program Services and raising. 2 directness. Could the JACL use membership. Through the - Meetings and conferences Director of Administration and Both President Yasuhara and . (5,000) 'lthose qualities to discuss our or• T democratic process of the Mae Takahashi, chair ofthe Com• Finanoe (approximate savings of ganization problems? Perhaps we -National Board meetings2 National Council the biennium's mittee on Budget Analysis, have $60,000) might make some progress. course has been set. The board the most difficult assignments in ( 5,000) a~ross-the-board - impose a 5% The JACL biennial convention should chart the course for the recent years in JACL. They are -National Convention (1,000) salary reduction (approximately was held at Salt Lake City in staff to follow. Without direction, - National Board traveP ( 1,000) trying to re-establish the viabili ty savings of $35,000) August of 1994. Six months have we are constantly off course and of JACL. I have empathy for the -Committee meetings and - reduce employees' work hours passed and JACL remains mired eventually we lose time and waste amount oftim"C they have given as travet2 ( 2,000) by one day per week (salary re• in deep financial trouble. The resources. volunteers with no immediate end - Unrestricted programs ductions of approximately 20% for membership and chapters haven't Since the board does meet until in sight. (10,000) affected employees) heard about the current situa• May, the chapters should soon BQth the president and I are -Postage 7,000 - impose mandatory employee ' tion. What is the 1994 deficit and receive a revised budget, a first retired but Mae Takahashi has -Printing 2,000 . furloughs where were the savings made? draft, along with a report·on the ' volunteered hertim~ and personal -Office supplies (1,000) What is worse, to my thinking, actual deficit for 1995. The May resources to address the JACL's - Equipment rental (1,000) EPILOG is that very little is being accom• meeting then will likely set some financial problems. Why should - Miscellaneous (2,000) plished at this time. That is not program goals from the Program anyone give this amount of time The Committee hereby submits true of other organizations who for Action. No organization can as a volunteer? It is because there 1. These reductions were this report for acceptance and have gone through similar situa• exist with honesty to its member• are still some members who be• achieved by leaving an adminis• adoption by the National Board. tions. For instance, the New Jer• ship without making progress in lieve JACL is still worth the ef• trative assistant position open. The longer JACL's budget defi• sey ACLU cut their staff and bud• its big mission. Without some vi• fort. get drastically when donations tal vision, we have no reason to not filling a half-time Pacific Ci ti• remains unresolved, the worse cit slowed down after Presi-dent be. That means fund-raising be• zen staff position, and rolling the association's finanoial condi• ACLjOins a great number of Clinton was elected. The mem• comes impossible. non-profit organizations, fringe benefits back by 3% to 1994 tion will become. The Committee bership thought civil rights would corporations and businesses levels. agonized over the difficult task of J not suffer. But both the president Upon reviewing the National which, since 1990, have had to 2. Certain responsibilities and achieving a zero budget when it and the executive director re• Council's actions, I pulled out a costs are proposed to be shifted downsize and cut back on expen• became obvious that staff reduc• ported at their fall fund-raising copy of the Pacific Citizen del• ditures in response to the reality back to districts and chapters tions would be necessary. In the banquet that the remaining staff egates newsletter published on of reduction in in.come. interest of JACL's long-term and volunteers pulled together Aug. 5. The discussion on the floor JACL will have to be able to These reductions left a remain• health and the Committee's hope and the event was quite success• was about dues increase. support an able and experienced ing deficit of approximately to return to full staffing levels as ful and the work has continued Ray Ishii, Seattle Chapter, said, development director- after it's $74,000 and did not include an finances permit, the Committee throughout the state. "I want to express concern that fixed. It will be a full-time posi• allocation of$12,000 to replenish acknowledges that many difficult Off the top of my head, I guess managemen t expenses are over tion. Without increasing its in- the cash reserve during 1995. To decisions are now before the Board. that about $100,000 was the cost achieve a zero based budget, fur• However, these decisions cannot of sending more than 150 official ther cost savings are proposed to be postponed and we urge the delegates to attend the National be achieved by: Board to take immediate action to Council meetings at Salt Lake - publishing Pacific Citizen on implement the recommendations City. Is there any positive connec• 'Kaji should make a revised a bimonthly rather than weekly and proposed 1995 budget by no tion between action taken at Na• tional Council level and the budget his 'highest priority. basis (estimated cost savings of later than January 1,1995. $65,800) • progress ofJ ACL for the following biennium? A positive answer is That budget should show the not forthcoming. Thus, I am remmded of what overspending and the Short takes myoid dentist said to me when he made his decision about the work underspending. As the chair• Documentary on (a) 442nd RCT Memorial Hwy:a that had to be done. "If it isn't person of development, I 10-mile section ofHwy 99 between broke, leave it alone, but if it's Chinese Exclusion Act Salida and Manteca. broke, fix it." would like to see that report.' (b) 100th Infantry Bn. Memo• My assessment of JACL is that wins national award it's broke. So fix it. We sure don't rial Hwy: a 22-mile section ofHwy A television documentary on the \'.-ant to find it beyond repair be• 99 between Fresno and Madera. cause we've taken too long to fix 50th anniversary of the repeal of 25%. You 're asking for an increase come, JACL will not be ablp to (c) Military Intelligence Service what npprl ~ .. - \. - ,. •• _ ..1 ,_.1 ". . Aore and more, money !- - ~,." ..... ,.J :'-- --..0"\..,...... ~I"\.... lW the Chinese Exclusion Act was Memorial Hwy: a 10-mile section I'm concerned that the board is going to management than to pro• JACLmustbeseLectiveand focus recently chosens as a 1993 na• of Hwy 23 between Thousand not scheduled to meet until early grams. How was the budget pre• on programs which benefit our tional finalist in the National Oaks (US 101) and Simi Valley May. Though the board met on pared; did you work with the com• .Tl'lpanese American community. Academy of Television Arts and (Hwy 118). Dec. 3-4, the agenda did not in• mittee working on the Program For those members who want to Sciences' Community Service Pro• It was recalled that Central clude fund-raising. Rightly so. The for Action?" support other issues which affect gramming category. California J ACL District Council agenda was limited to addressing Let's continue. "Kaji said that a larger segment, there are many "Separate Lives, Broken had protested the signs on an• the ever-growing deficit of the the Finance Committee, consist• other organizations which have Dreams," was produced by San other section of Hwy 99 honoring budget which had been ignored ing ofthe national president, sec• bigger budget and staff for the Francisco's KPIX Channel 5 and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Assn., for some time. The task was retary/treasurer and national di• issues which are their particular the Chinese American Citizens because of the anti-Nisei stereo• Herculean with tremendous re• rector, overlaid the budget on the mission. Alliance. The documentary has types associated with the Japa• sponsibility to the organization's Program for Action," Ishii said. The present JACL leadership also received the CINE Golden nese attack on Pearl Harbor. future and existence. Is this the best way to set the must be reminded of the admoni• Eagle award for 1994 and an At the May, 1994, board meet• next biennium's budget as Kaji tion of the American Institute of Emmy from the San Francisco! ing, Jon Kaji, secretary/treasurer, said? The new biennium's Pr0- Philanthropy (AlP). AlP contends Northern California Chapter of Racist past tarnishes announced that the 1994 deficit gram for Action is determined by that "at least 60 percent of a the National Academy of Televi• Silver state's history was looming larger than the 1993 the sam National Council. Per• charity's expenses should go to sion Arts and Sciences for best deficit. When no board member haps'JACL needs to review the the actual program for which the charity exists, not for fund-rai - documentary. The story of Nevada's treat• deemed that. announcement wor• process and note on the Program 1 ing and administration. Further, As a result of the Chinese Ex• ment of Chinese immigrants in thy discussion, raised my hand for Action ah ad of the N tional to make a statem nt that cuts had Council. The budget rou t include the charity should spend les than clusion Act, most Chinese immi• the 19th Century in its mining towns is told in the "Beyond Gum to be made. The advice was ig• funds for programs and alloca• $35 on fund-rai ing for each 100 grants were banned from enter• nored. tions should be based on r al bi• it raises." No worry bout JA L ing the United States from 1882 San" exhibit at the State Mu• seum in Carson Cily. It will re• Both the Annual Giving and ennial programs. Thus, to hear overspending on fund-raising. W to 1943. This was the first time in the Legacy Fund contributions that JA L has no funds for the continue to be a low budget de el• U.S. history that a federal immi• main through May 1996 and then be moved to the state museum in would have been higher if th Program for Action is akin to h r• opment program. gration law was passed to dis• The reason w h not h d to Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas. membership sens d that JA L e y. The Legacy Fund arnings criminate against one race of was facing this budg t r nlity. 81" \'0 b used for that purpos . spend at th higheT lev 1f?rfund • people. Sue Fawn Chung, UNLV his• When the leadership did not act Few ndowm nts ar vcr cre• raising i becaus w ~tlll have tory professor who helped pre• on its fuduciary responsibility, at d for g neral op r tions fund• members who, ant to belong to pare the exhibit, pointed out dis• there were thos who aid, they ing. J A L and support th organiza• California state criminatory policies against the would not contribute t.o,JACL until tion to show vision, a Illi sion, highways to honor ' Chinese developed at the time the leadership look action. Th board lUust r merob r that e.' ution and produ t ofwhi h when America was receiving mil• It has been obvious for som Presid nt D nny Yasuhnra is not w can b proud. 100-442-MIS lions of immigrants from Italy time that J A L is brok not just l' spon ibl for the s v 1'e deficit Let's us our minds, n crgi and Greece. financial but ol'ganizationally as in \'h buda t. H ioh rit d tlh and funds to mo forward t - SACRAMENTO-Gov. Pete Curator Bob Nylen point.ed to a well. hug probl m without knowing geth r to ompl te the t k '\ Wilson signed in late September displayof200 shining coins, many Besides m t.ing its fiduciary th full d pth of t.h hoI until ha chos n a ~ our hllllcnge for ACR 62 designating sections of oft.hem $20 U.S. gold eagles that. I'csponsiibility, the JACL board aft r the Nat.ional oundl. t.h n 'Xt t\vo . at'S. When J ,L state highways commemorating were discovered while digging at needs to sp nd lim to provido Yasuhara is quit awar that no clea.rl d fin _ \ hat it n do, Ol'po~t\t(' the Nisei veterans and their war• the sight of Lovelock's Ohinat.own oversight. s t prioriti sand dir c• organizahi n can mov forward sp nsorship of our pl ti me ach ievemen ts with the 100th! in t.he 1970s. He conjectured t.he t.ion on the organization's mi sion without r solving its financinl ~rnm~ CM' b m more th tl an 442nd Regimental Combat Team coins may have belonged to a Chi~ for t.he biennium as sot by th prohl ms. iil.., " ", It p wlking about. Why don't, ou join in fi.-jug and the Military InteIligence Ser• nese merchant who wanted to Nat.ional ouncH Kaji should make 1"e . ised bud• ,J t'L? That's much lUOl't' PN.xh.u.'• vice. give them to Sun Yat.-Son who Unless th board sp nds time got his high st priorit ,That bud• OV(lI'~ll t.1V than bl'enking it, do "n. Santa Ana Assemblyman Tom visited Winnemucca's Chinatown in thought.ful r vi wand discus• get should how th nd- Umberg's resolution directs sion of the mandat.es set by Na• 109 and undel"sp .nding. s the in 1911 but that the merchant tional ounci!, how cnn Lhe orga• chuil'p rsoo of d velopm nt, 1 U cham is rhairwomall of tht' Caltrans to post signs and hist.ori• had died befor t.heChines lender nization know ifwo til' going-to bc' would liko to s that r port. .JACL Legacy Fund ond (h(' 11 ' cal markers, purchased with non• able to know which Program fbI' Tho bOArd should be most scI 1I11af OilJil~g ft'll1ld, state funds, for: See TAKES/page 13 Pacific Citizen, January 20-February ~, 1995-] 1 Open letter from JACL past national preSidents At the crossroads~it's time to support president, national board Our organization stands at a crossroads Board in "biting the bullet" and taking the This is the time to ask for trust and and to tackle the challenges that face us today. The crucial decisions we make at necessary painful cost cutting actions. In cooperation. as the foremost civil rights organization this juncture may mean the survival of accepting their fiduciary responsibility of This is the time to demand and expect for Americans of Japanese ancestry. JACL. guiding JACL to operate under a bal• accountability from a11- elected officers, We face a severe financial crisis which anced budget and live within its means, members, and staff alike. With all good wishes for a bright, pro• calls for drastic remedies. If we continue the President and the Board need the ductive, and promising New Year! with the fiscal irresponsibility of spend• support of all of us. Join us in the job of restoring fiscal ing more than our income, it could lead to This is not the time for blame or vilify• stability to JACL and ofliving within our our organization's downfall. ing those volunteers who serve, who give means so that JACL can look ahead to the Sincerely, We fully support the decisions of the not only oftheir time and effort, but often coming years in good financial health• National President and the National serve at great personal sacrifice. ready to carry on the needed programs Past National JACL Presidents

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pleted by the withdrawal of glingto getJACL's housein order, glad to see that you have appar• Seattle Chapter supports $270,000 and remaining amount it should be careful thatitdoesnot ently survived the crisis, at least obligated to cover contractual ex• over react and inadvertently send for the time being. penses for upgrading the head• out the signal that JACL is about 7. Best of luck to you. president, national board quarters building to meet manda• to close its doors. I am afraid that In a special meeting called the future. Our members rec• tory ADA (Disability Act) require• manywill misinterpret the Board's to discuss the current fiscal ommend that a clear delinea• ments, an unforseen expenditure. decision on the P.C. as the first cnSlS, the Seattle Chapter tion of areas of responsibility The yearly shortfall apears to step in that direction. Orange, Calif. voted unanimously to endorse for oversight of the budget on be increasing drastically, $75,269 the National Board's actions the part ofBoard members and in 1993, and $187,653 in 1994. No Questions about long to control spending and to lend professional staff is needed. moneys are available in the re• 7~S~ its full support to our National There also appears to be good serve account now to cover these Past National JACL President, Term Care health plan President. The decisions made justification for bringing in in• large yearly shortfalls nor the un• 1982-84 by President Denny Yasuhara dependent auditors to more anticipated expenses which will My husband recently received a and the National Board to deal precisely determine our finan• surely arise and must be paid. On being'everything' brochure from JACL encouraging with JACL's fiscal crisis were cial condition and to make rec• The committee's report projects a members to buy into a Long Term reached after lengthy and ommendations for tighter con• $280,000 shortfall in 1995. to 'everybody' painful deliberations. To their Care plan. Since I am a volunteer trol. The 1995 National Board should 1. Recent issues of the Pacific credit, our leaders had the HICAP (Health Insurance Coun• be commended for tackling this Citizen have reported that the seling and Advocacy Program) courage to take the tough steps If we are to survive as an unpleasant, unrewarding, and JACL is experiencing a substan• counselor for MEDICARE recipi• necessary to restore our organization, it makes. better painful job of initiating measures organization's fiscal health. tial financial shortfall due to ex• ents in the county of Alameda, I sense for us to pull together which might lead to reducing ex• Along with our support for rather than pull apart. cessive expenditures and a dwin• look at these things carefully. I the National Board's actions penditures. The glide path for dling membership. It is certainly recall receiving other brochures to solve the current fiscal prob• JACL fund shortfall seems to be unfortunate, but I believe that it's as well. lems, the Seattle Chapter be• ~~. 7da9l' risingdrastica11y, $75,269in 1993, a situation that may very well Since many J ACLers are now in lieves that strong efforts must President, and $187,653 in 1994. At this rate progress to the eventual dissolu• the MEDICARE age, I think it be taken to prevent a repeti• Seattle JACL Chapter $280,000 may be a conservative tion and disbandment of the en• wise that they don't buy policies tion of this kind of problem in projection for 1995, and who knows tire organization and that would without doing some research how much shortfall in 1996 if"busi• truly be a travesty. themselves. As counselors, we try ness is comfortably conducted as 2. I'm not a JACL member, but to educate our clients in knowing usual." have subscribed to the PC for many what long term care implies. There get the JACL on track with its I believe all JACL members years, primarily to peruse the col• are many options for financing LETTERS budget and overcoming the con• should give full support to the umns by Bill Hosokawa and Bill long term care and the fact that (Continued from page 8) siderable deficit. Arizona Chap• 1995 National Board for their re• Marutani. One ofthese years when JACL is promoting one vendor ter president was a delegate to solve to seek remedial measures they decide to retire from writing, may mislead many people. Out• to a public organization handling this convention. to achieve fiscal well-being for I'll probably discontinue. my sub• of-state group policies may not be public money. I do not believe that We do not need any kangaroo JACL. scription. protected by California law. future members of any group court action. Let the National 3. Years ago, I was very seri• As for Major Medical, we gener• would be attracted to an organiza• Board function without any addi• ously considering becoming a ally discount those as unneces• tion that is fiscally irresponsible tional interference. The national ~~~~ JACL member and taking an ac• sary. Most MEDICARE recipients and knowingly operates on a defi• staff needs the guidance of our National President, 1986-88. tive role in the organization, but have supplemental insurance and cit budget. national president and National in recent years I've completely anything beyond that is unneces• Board. abandoned the thought. TheJACL sary. ?td~.~~ CUffing PC frequency appears to nave been taken over JACL groups can ask HICAP to not a good idea by a number of "idealists" deter• make free presentations to a Fresno, Calif. ~1i!."~ mined to take positive action to group. They also give individual President, Arizona Chapter, JACL As a past JACL National Presi• dent, I support the efforts of the resolve all the problems of the counseling for free. HICAP is Arizona Chapter backs present National Board to put entire Universe and not just those funded by the Department of In• National Board Kaiihara: Financial JACL's financial house in order. confronting and bei ng experienced surance and is overseen by the However, I am alarmed by the by Americans of Japanese ances• Department of Aging. Every remedies must sought try. county in the state of California (San Francisco Chapter, JACL, From study ofthe national JACL decision to reduce the P .C. from a weekly to a twice a month publica• 4. Sexual discrimination, gay has a HICAP program. Co-President Jeffrey Adachi'slet• Budget Analysi~ Committee re• discrimination, the environment, ter ) of Dec. 30, 1994, concerning a port issued on Nov. 25,1994, and tion in 1995. According to a Board report, the AIDS, child abuse, spousal abuse, ~~

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Mae Takahashi, chairwoman of clude appendices that support the • The amended report should records "are not lost. The missing tions for 1995 which correlate to the JACL National Budget Analy• figures which are available at contain a detailed breakout of all reports are not readily accessible." the budget adopted on December sis Committee, responded to the National Headquarters. Amend• factors contributing to on-going The amended report should clarify 3,1994. National staff report in a Jan. 3, ments and appendices should in• budget deficits. exactly what "not readily acces• 1995 memo to Randy Senzaki, clude: sible" means. It would be helpful if this JACL National director. • The amended report should amended report could be com• Here is that response. • Actual 1994 membership sta• also contain a plan for restoring pleted by January 31, 1995. This tistics and revenue shortfalls. the Reserve Fund (one of the ap• • For 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, would provide the Implementa• "I have been reflecting on the pendices should include National and 1994, the amended report tion Committee with the factual December 2, 1994, memo from • Correct salaries and fringe JACL Board meeting resolutions should include the due dates for data they need to achieve a zero Carole Hayashino, Patti Paganini, benefits (it would be helpful for or minutes unanimously approv• JACL's tax returns and the dates balanced budget." and Clay Harada regarding cor• the amended report to include a ing withdrawals from the Reserve when the returns were actually *** rections to the Budget Analysis breakout of salaries and fringe Fund as specified in Article XIV, filed (one of the appendices should The National staff report Committee's Report dated Novem• benefits by position). Section 2 of JACL's Bylaws). include quarterly lobbying reports showed, in total, about $12,000 ber25,1994. The figures contained which were filed during 1994 and less of a deficit than the Budget in the Committee's report were • Regional office expenditure • 1993 Convention income and the tax return filed for 1993 which Analysis Committee. Takahashi derived directly from information comparisons for 1990,1991,1992, expenses should be itemized in will demonstrate the appropriate said that the discrepancy was provided by staff during Septem• 1993, and 1994 (figures provided the amended report (one of the reporting oflobbying expenses). probably due to the staffs more ber, October, and November. Re• by National Headquarters were appendices should include the optimistic view of membership quested information was not pro• not always consistent which made 1993 budget approved by the Na• • A report of 1994 projected and increases and the use offund-rais• vided on a timely basis. Reports comparisons difficult). tional Council and documentation actual revenues and expenses. ing events. were inconsistent and some con• of approvals from three-fourths of President Denny Yasuhara, tained misleading statistics. This • Correct figu;es for Table 6 the Chapters voting at the Na• • In addition to a specific plan however, said in an earlier PC made the Committee's job more showing Pacific Citizen's adver• tional Council session for over• for replenish ing the Reserve Fund, story that he did not believe fund• difficult. tising revenues, number of mem• runs in excess of $5,000 as re• the amended report should con• raising should be used to offset As Chair ofthe Budget Analysis ber subscriptions, and number. of quired by Article XIV, Section 10f tain projected revenues and ex• deficits. Committee, I am hereby request• non-member subscribers (JACL's JACL's Bylaws). penses for 1995 based on a zero Neither the National staff re• ingyourstaffprepareanamended current accounting practices make budget. port nor the Budget Analysis report with up-to-date financial it difficult to distinguish actual • the December 2, 1994, memo Committe considered the recent data and membership statistics. revenues from the National allo• indicates Washington, D.C,. • Finally, the amended report Annual Giving campaign as part This amended report should in- cation). should include cash flow projec- of their reports.

LETTERS original and Caucasian ancestry. (Continued from page 11) all the legal procedures should be f;lonolulu, Hawaii looked upon as stealing immigra• tion space oflegal appucants. The other dark side to blurring Book not funded by the rights oflegal immigrants and Legacy Fund not distinguishing the illegals is As one of the 14 writers in ihis that it is akin to the failure to book, I was pleased to see this distinguish between Japanese review and wish to thank Harry Americans and Japanese nation• Honda for taking the time to do als during WWII. this. However, there is an error that needs to be corrected. He t).~1~ implied that the book received a JACL Legacy Fund grant. We did Woburn, Mass. not receive a cent from this Legacy Fund. As a matter of fact, most of Turned off by Prop. 187 the writers are contributors to the supporters Fund. All costs of the production, HONOREE-Assemblyman Louis Caldera was hon• tive director, and Nancy Au, president, Western Re• and the distribution of gifts/com• ored Jan. 12 by the Asian Pacific Planning Council in gion Asian Pacific Agency. Caldera was recognized plimentary books are being paid Los Angeles. With him is Deborah Ching (left), execu- for his work in counting APs in a state agency. California State Proposition 187 by the writers' personal funds and was passed by the people, good or contributions. Personal contribu• bad. tions included honorariums re• h~nored What turned meoffwasdemon• ceived by the writers when they Assemblyman for work strators against Prop. 187 waving have responded to requests to talk Mexican flags. How would people about the book and our experi• to have APs counted In state agency have reacted ifduring arguments ences. Any royalties or profits for redress its supporters would forthcoming will cover any remain• The Asian Pacific Planning of Finance to include Asian and for APPCON. have waved the rising sun? Council (APPCON) scheduled an Pacific Islanders as a distinct Asian and Pacific Islanders ing costs and then will go to schol• arethe fastest growing population arships at the University of Min• event Jan. 12 in Los Angeles to group for state reporting of eth?ic honor California State Assembly population and demographICS. in California, constituting over ~7~ nesota. We have received quite a Previously, the state report had 10% of the state. bit of publicity in the papers here member Louis Caldera. Sacramento, Calif. The assemblyman was r cog• categorized ethnicity as "White, As emblv member Caldera was and continue to receive inquiries Black, Hispanic, and other... pre en ted a gift of a Raku vase, and requests for appearances. We nized for- his leadership in the passage ofAssembly Bil13335 (AB By not identifying Asian and created by Japanese American Clearing the air on will appreciate your noting the 3335), which was signed into law Pacific Islanders, the official re• artist Eiko Amano, .. in apprecia• 'hapa' or 'hoppa' correction in your next issue. on Sept. 28,1994. port perpetuated to the invisi~il­ tion of his leadership and support ity and misrepresented the Ig• on behalf of the Asian and Pacific The confusion about the word AB 3335 is considered a signifi• ~.t cant bill for all Asian and Pacific nificance and growing role ofAsian Islander communities of alifor- hapa expressed by Judge 74#ti Islanders in California as the bill and Pacific Islander communities ma. o" Marutani in his November article St. Paul, Minn. mandates the State Department in Cali fornia, aid a spokes per on Hapa, Happa & Happi may origi• nate from his mistaking an ab• Reader: Clancy book original term of Hawaii foraJapa• pendent, th U.S. continues to fruit." nese term. This assumption is shouldn't be pUblished TAKES provide defense and som $447 Nakamura \ as in Lo Angel s encouraged by his introduction I don't believe it!! Not one letter (Continued from page 10) million over 15 year . to visit his children last August. into the article of a clearly aborigi- . against Tom Clancy's new book: A Consisting of some 200 islands The original Palau constitution nal term of Hawaii: haole. Debt of Honor. I personally wish Commemorative stamp located west of th Int rnational of 1980 ban the presence of The aboriginal hapa (ha'pa) he had not written it!! Date Line and 500 miles east of nuclear materials and \ as finally means part. Haole (hou1e-) means shows off Palau's the Philippines, Palau's capital, amended by a 5-to-2 margin after white; in modem parlance: Cau• Nisei president Koror, was home to some 25,000 sev n plebi cites in 1992 to cir• casian. In the local dialect, hapa• Japanese civilians in 'the mid- curnv nt the nuclear provision. A haole Among the new stamps issued identifies a person as of ab- Tucson I Ariz. 1930s who then outnumb red the thre -fourths approval was re• in October, the Republic of Belau quired to ov rrid th constitu• (Palau) marked its Independence native population four-to-one. Most of the Japan se weI' repa• tional ban. Day, Oct. 1, with a commemora• Reunions triated in 1946. tive showing President Bill Only eight of th islands are Clinton shaking hands with Presi• Maryknoll-in-L.A. March 17-19, 1995-5Oth annl• cation Center, Canal Camp #1 and inhabited, which w re developed dent Kuniwo Nakamura of Palau. by Japan into a military base to to close s.chool ve.... ry of the closing of the Jap. Butte Camp '2 should contact The sheet of 15 stamps shows the Helen Y. Mlshlma, 576-B Manele attack the Philippines in WWII. nese American Gila River Relo• statue dedicated to the people of Presid nt Nakamura told As• Maryknoll choot in Littl To• cation Center, Canal Camp .1 Lane, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; 8081935- Micronesia, which is inside the sociated Pross writer Gr g Small: kyo, which b gan in 1921 on and Butte Camp 12, reunion In 6078. UN headquarters in New York, "The future in my p rsonal opin• Hewitt St., and is still th re, an• Phoenix and former Gila River Reunion Information: Sel Dyo, Palau's presidential seal and flags ion is bright. I'm very optimistic nounced last a t. 26 it will shut RelocatlonCneter sites at Canal 21207 S. Avalon Blvd., Carson, CA, of the two nations. about the future of Palau. One of down Jun 1995. The facility will A former Trust Territory ofth Camp 11 and Butte Camp JI2. 90745; 310/549-2350; Sue the best things that has ev r hap• 1 v rt fully to its original all as a Koyama, 757 S. Taylor Ave., Pacific Islands administered by pened in our country is the intro• Jap n s tholic enter, whi h Headquarters for the event: Holi• the United States, Palau (along day Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel, 111 Montebello, CA, 90640; 213n28- duction of democracy. c lebrated its 75th anni rsary in with the Marshall Islands and gala fashion in 19 7, according to North Central Ave., Phoenix, 85001- 3514; Ben Inoshlta, 11401 N. 74th "As far as d mocracy is on• Micronesia) was a Japanese man• cerned, w 'r way, way ahead of a Maryknoll Parish ouneil presi• 1000; 1/800/359-7253 for reserva• Pl., Scottsdale, AZ, 85260; 6021 date under the League ofNations lot. of countries. The seed was dent, Anthony Joji Taketa, tions. 991-3835; John Yasumoto, 2060 after World War I. Last of the 11 Maryknoll ... chool alumnus and Greenwich St., San Francisco, CA, planted 50 y ars ago, after th Individuals bom InGl1a River Relo- trust tenitories to become inde• war, and the tree is now bearing attorney, 94123; 4151929-1853. S .. REPORT/page 10 14-Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995 All aboard

West L.A. Wayne Mitsunaga, Aiko Dean of National JACL offic• Nakabara, Susan Naka-mura, ers, Dr. Roy Nishikawa (1956-58 Greater L.A. Singles installs 1995 officers Richard Nishida, Tom Nishisa:ka, national president), installed the Shigemasa, Ann Shiraishi, Kathy Greater Los Angeles Singles 17,1994. ·Vice president, pro• Takeda, Wayne Tanda, Uyeda, 1995 chapter and auxiliary offic• Chapter,JACL,installed its new New officers are: grams-Bebe Reschke ers Nov. 13 at Santa Monica Holi• Uyesugj. 1995-1996-Katie officers at its installation and • Vice president, member• Hironaka, Adele Hirose, Art day Inn. Stanley Shimotsu with Christmas dinner-dance Dec. • president: Miyako Kadogawa ship-Dan Kawa~orita, the Los Angeles District Honda, Leon Kimura, Karl Louise Sakamoto Kinaga, Kazumi Komar, Maeda, Attorney's office was guest • Treasurer-Janet Okubo speaker. The officers are: curt Matsushima, Helen Mineta, • Newsletter editor-Bea Susan Mineta, Omura, Eiichi Board-George Kanegai, presi• Fujimoto. dent; Karen Hirai-Olen, 1st vice Sakauye, Koshi Shioya, Karen ". Publicity; historian• Shiraki, Jim Takasugi, Miles president, programs; Kiyo Misa Yoshioka. Teramaye, 2nd vice president, Yamamoto, Fred Yoshida, • Insurance commis• Yoshioka. membership; Marge Morikawa, sioner-Herb Fukuda 3rd vice president, seniors; Toy • Scholarships- Chris Kanegai, member recruitment; Ishida South Bay Yuki Sakurai, recording secretary; • Cheers committee-Avie Nancy Takeda, corresponding sec• Ige The 1995 slate ofthe South Bay retary; Ron Kumataka, treasurer; • Refreshments-Herb board of directors was announced Jean Ushijima, Legacy Fund; Shig Fukuda. at a recent board meeting and Takeshita, historian; Johnny • Board of directors, first members will formally assume of• Gushiken, newsletter; Arnold year: Emy Sakamoto, Janet fice at the Jan. 30 board meeting Maeda, insurance; YukiSato, com• Araki, Ted Kunitsugu, Nori at Torrance Airport meetingroom. munity liaison; Toy Kanegai, Imagawa; and Herb They are: . awards; Jack Nomura, Eric Murayama.• Midori Watanabe Kamei, pro• Nishi~awa, legal; Satoshi Nitta, • Board ofdirectors, second fessor of psychology at El Camino nomination. year: Sue Ota, Aki Muranaka, College, president; Ernest Auxiliary-Chieko Inouye, OATH-From left, Helen Kawagoe installs Miyako Kadogawa as Terry Yoshimura, and Terry Tsujimoto, 1st vice president, Stella Kishi, co-pres.; Grace president and.Bebe Reschke as vice president, program, of the Greater Takeda. membership; Hazel Taniguchi, Kataoka, secretary; Mitzi L.A. Singles Chapter at a Christmas dinner. Ph t b J L 2nd vice president, programs; Kurashita, treasurer; Yuki Sato, . 00 y em ew Christine Sato, 3rd vice president, Sunshine; Fumi Yahiro, public• Young Adult Group; John ity. Dec. 4 at Spenger's Fish Grotto & Takano, Neal Taniguchi, Ann president. On his cabinet are Mark Sekiguchi, treasurer; Lily Restaurant in Berkeley. Yabusaki, Ken Yabusaki, Gordon Kobayashi, vice president, activi• Nakatani, recording secretary; Berkeley The '95 officers: Jane Ogawa Yamamoto, Scott Yokoi, Michael ties; Alan Aoyama, vice president, Jeanne Tsujimoto, scholarship; Superior Court Judge Ken and Neal Ouye, co-presidents; Yoshikawa. civic affairs; Sharon Uyeda, vice Colette 19awa, insurance; Yoshiaki Kawaichi (first named to the bench Mark Fujikawa, Ron Tanaka, vice president, education; Kaz Tamura, U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin Mitoma, newsletter editor; by Gov. Jerry Brown in 1975 to president; Koji Tsunomori, secre• San Jose Uyesugi, vice president, finance; the municipal court in Oakland) tary; T9.k Shirasawa, treasurer; Tom Maeda, vice president, mem• Mary Ogawa, delegate; Yoko provided a very entertaining key• 17 directors-Daniel Date, bership; JeffYoshioka, treasurer; Chiono, hospitality; 7 members• note speech on how he chose law The 1995 officers were installed at-large-Alan Dash, Ted Howard Fukuda, Magdalene at a reception with hors d'ouevres Claire Omura and Tom and elevated to the bench. He also Gabel, Mark Hanasono, Lisa Shigemasa, delegates. _ Hasegawa, John Hayashi, Chris• sworn in the officers at the joint at the Issei Memorial Building on tine Ige, Matthew Masuda, Ryan Hirai, Kyle Kuniyoshi, Tamiiko Jan. 13, prior to the monthly board The 34 board members: 1994- BerkeleylDiablo Valley joint in• Miura, Al Satake, Suzi 1995--Alan Aoyama, George Fujii, Nagahori, George Ogawa. stallation and awards luncheon meeting. Shimoyama, Joe Takano, Miwa Carl M. Fujita was re-elected C Fujita, Gary Jio, M Kobayashi, Whereabouts

Yukio Kishi their thoughts on why theater was anyone who emembers the Little Information will be appreciated, who may have moved to the Main• important to them during their 8th Air Force Theater. care of Mr. Cloud. They met by land. internment. chance in 1965 when both worked . George Nicolau, best known for An active member of the camp Anaheim Union High at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. t)leater group, Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ruth Ueda Sugai his baseball arbitration service, '41 Grads Laddie J . Vacek (707 Bellevue wants to get in touch with and (4314 Pacheco, San Francisco, CA, 94116,415/664-7230), found these Vicki Loudon, 166 Mira Velero, Rosa Komatsuka, Blvd. N, Bellevue, NE 68005) has meet Yukio Kishi, a Nisei who San Clemente, CA, 92673, is anx• Grace Ikemura some photos she would probably flew B-17 combat missions over names in programs he had eceived from a woman in Palo Alto who ious to locate her Nisei classmates like to have and/or renew friend• Germany in 1944 as a radioman of 1941, Anaheim (Calif.) Union sbip. "We were high school pen with the 388th Bomb Group, 8tli attended the monthly shows from University of Hawaii Curricu• High School: Kay Ikeda, Isamu lum Research and Development pals in '37-'38. The last address I Air Force, then based in Thetford, November,1942, to May, 1943: Matsumoto, Tom Nishimine, Ace Linda Merton or Dr. have after she married was: Ruth England. Navigator Nicolau says Katsumi Abe, May Abe, Dorothy Group (Dr. Aredas, Laura Fujiye, Roy Nishiyama, Kinuco Toke, James Eileen Tamura, 808/956-6719) Sugai, 2612 Broadway, New York Kishi hailed from Little Rock, Ark. Wada. City." Ifhe or his friends who know his Higashi, Miyuki Inouye, Marian wants permission .to use to two whereabouts, please write: Ted Ishii, Lily Kamikawa, George works in "Through Innocent Eyes," edited by Vincent Tajiri, by Rosa Tsukiyama (522ndlCBI), 2536 Katagiri, Barney Kawada, Fumi Nisei of Niland William Okimoto (or Kondo (deceased), Tomi Kondo, David Butler, 1019-EWestPine Komatsuka, 9th grader in 1943, Okamoto) Sonoma Pl., Honolulu, HI 96822, and Grace Ikemura, Block 26-7- who will put him in touch with Masa Koyama, Helen Mayeda, St, Upland, CA, 91786, 909/9891- Son (Charles S. Schermerhorn, Nicolau. Yoichi Mitsuome, Dickie 2867, is anxious to contact any C, Poston. 821 Calvert Ave., Lompoc, CA Moriyasu, Georgette Motomatsu, Japanese American who lived in 93436) of a prewar voice teacher Henry Motomatsu, Kay Murata, Niland between 1931-1945 . Stanley T. Ichiki, KIA Frances Hathaway, San Fran• Perry Saito I Bonnnie Nakamura, Oliver Noji, David, 65, attended Niland El• Leroy O. Myers. 188 Beall Dr., cisco, wants to get in touch with Rei Ota, Masami Sado, Suteko ementary School, graduating in Pittsburgh, PA 15236, seeks the the prewar student William Sada Muruyama Sakuma, Sam Sato, Lillian 1942. parents or relatives of Stanley T. Okimoto or Okamoto. Readers who have information Shimasaki, Jiro Shimoda, Joni Ichiki, KIA, who was killed in ac• and recollections of plays produced Shimoda, Yukio Shimoda (de• Jerry Hayase tion in 1945, for the 76th Infantry Kay Shinobu Mano at the WWII internment camps, ceased), Jeannette Smoyer, Shinsuke Asano of Japan, who Division military records. Garrett Starmer, Andy Sugiyama, Mary Alice Van Buskirk (now especially Perry Saito and Sada was visiting with Bill R. Cloud, Mrs. Moore, 730 W. 28th Ave., Murayama, who were instrumen• Alice Takahira, Harry Tanabe, 972 Duffin Dr., Hollister, CA, S/Sgt Stanley S. Nakano, Flora Terada,Alice Tokuno, Ted Eugene, OR, 97405) keptin touch tal in organizing the Little The• 95023, last year remembers the Co. G, 442nd RCT in the late '30s with Ms. Mano of ater at Tule Lake, can respond to Tokuno, Kiku Tomita, Marcelline postwar kindnesses of Jerry Sumiko Kobayashi (WooIman Corcoran, Calif., until the war and Robert Cooperman, 2968 Uyeji, June Uyetake, Kay Hayase (probably an MIS veteran Commons, 46-D Buttonwood St.• "I have been sorry since." Her fam• StiIImeadow Dr., Dublin, OH Yamada, Grace Yamadera, Keiko from Hawaii) and wants to thank Yatsu. (Most of the women have Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 6091265-1725) ily had a store. She went to Berke• 43017, a graduate student in En• him, hoping it could have been would like to know, if deceased, ley, while Mary Alice went on to glish at Ohio State University. He maiden names.) Kashiwagi would possible while visiting the U.S. heirs of Sgt. Nakano, previously UCLA. further welcomes hearing from appreciate hearing from any of of3316 Hinano St., Honolulu. and actors and audience members, these persons, their relatives or

J"effrey Greene. Simon & Schuster spite of his ineptness and waffling Books for Young Readers. 1230 KONOMI over some vital issues. His per• HOSOKAWA BOOKS (Continued from page 8) (Continued from page 12) Avenu of th Americas. New sonal fortune is a piddling York,NY,10020: $15(32pp,hatu. (Continued from page 8) 20,000,000 yen compared with the words and th language I 'eing 1994) stratum was of those sixty or over. 1. 5 billion of Kono Yohei, the vice revolutionized by the omput r. In their boyhood the concept of premier and nearly half a billion specializing in lung diseases, in "To put the qu stion in t rms a Th manY faces of ni.ght ax seihin or men of seihin were still of Tanaka Makiko, another cabi• Denver. By that time effective Buddhists might us , how do s a conv d~th train whistl s. around. net member and the daugbter of drugs had been discovered and society's knowl dge alleviat suf• ning rain, howl~ng dogs .and former Premier Tanaka Kakuei the rate of recovery was high. fi ring ith r of the individual 01' bursting fireworks lD comph at• Final defeatofseihin came when who died recently under the a1l1ifi ?" Th 1'e are panels whi h ~er the temptation of wealth became ing style and brilliant shad s. shadow ofthe still unreversed con• It had been widely assumed put th issu in conte ,t. It's that haiku thre -liners app ar w1th• too strong. In all the recent scan• viction in the Lockheed scandal that TB was no longer a problem, kind of book--not to be flipp d out pUIlctuation and s em to ho. dals the filthy lucre that passed case. Murayama does not vaca• but thanks to a comic strip char• through mindl sly. 15 syllabI s maximum. from business to politicians has tion at Karuizawa or play golf, acter named Rex Morgan, we ar HnrL l' I. achers creat.iv Wl'it• been of the order of tens and hun• both too extravagant, he feels, and learning Lhat isn't. altogether true. dreds of million yen. Poetry/Haiku ingatSantnF , N.M .• PI P~l'~Ol'Y do not fit the image of the states• Fortunatoly, the risk of TB [or School; illustrator Gl "n dlVld s That is one TeaBOn I have a ten• man of the common people. He is J apanase Arnet-ieans today doosl1'j, Sha.dow Play: Night Haiku, his tim " in Now (Irk ,it.y and der spot in my heart for the new an outstanding man of seihin, jf seem to be any higher than for the by £lonny Hart 1', iIlustrat d by rural Pennsylv ni . premier, Murayama Tomiichi, in not anything else. real. of the U.S. population. Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 199~15 Obituaries

Asaka, John, 72, Seattle, Dec. 15; WXV" wood, Aug. 5; Oxnard-bom, survived by lJpn). Nishimura, Fumlko, 97, Seattle , Oct. John, Peter, Michael (alii in Calif.), veteran, survived by wife Connie sons Roy, George, 8 gc., 1 ggc, sister Nagaoka, Shigeru B, 78, Seattle, Nov. 29; survived by son Hiroyuki , 6 gc, 9 daughters Patty, Gary Grembowski,4 (-Tamura), son Gary, 2 gc, sisters Mary Carole Morl, in-law Dorothy Watanabe. 12; Roche Harbor, Wash.-born, survived ggc. gc., brothers Hiroshi, Saburo. Ikeda, Alice Yoshlnari, Virginia Morimitsu Murakami, Masashl, 66, Carson, Oct. byson Richard, daughters Ruth Shigemi, Nishimura, Pauline, 74, Los Angeles, Shimada, May M, Gard ena, Oct. 25 (all Chicgo). 26 (sv); Sacramento-bom, survived by Jane Yamagiwa, 7 gc. 1 ggc. Nov. 2; Hawaii-born, survived by brother (sv) , survived by husband Robert. son Doi, Chiyono, 94, Chicago, Nov. 29; sons Todd, Mike, daughter Debra. gcs. Nagata, Percy Hiroto, 80, Sanger. July James Takanaka (Hawaii), sisters Gary , brother Jack Takahashi, sister Hlroshima-bom, survived by daughters Murakawa, Kaneko, Los Angeles, Aug. 17; Florin-born, survived bywife Chrissie, Chieko Katamoto (Hawaii ), Lynn Kay Yoneda, Alice Fong. Nancy Nishioka, Akiye Nakayama, 5 (sv); survived by sons Hugh, Galen, sons Donald, Robert, daughters Elaine Miyazaki (illinois). Shimamoto, George G, 89, Ft. Lee. Masako Hamanishl (Tacoma). daughters Lorna Chang, Joyce Okada, JanetTorio, Laurie Takeda, 4gc., Nomachi, Kiyoye, 69, Gardena, Oct. N.J., Nov. 4. Retired architect who su• Fukuda, Tami, 73, South Holland, III., Kusunoki, Jean Nishimoto, 8 gc., 2 ggc. brothers Isamu, Mack, Walter, Tatsuo. 16; Stockton-born, survived by husband pervised the construction of the Japan Nov. 15 in Portland, Ore.; Seattle-bom, Muramatsu, Mark 0, 45, Jean, Nev., Nagata, Teruko, 75, Los Angeles. Nov. Jim. son Bruce (San Diego), 3gc., broth• Pavilion at the 1939 San Francisco survived by husband Harry, daughters Oct. 28; survived by parents Marjorie, 23; Blackfoot, Idaho-born, survived by ers Scott Takahashi , Rand, Don (all of World's Fair, a prominent member post• Carolyn Doll, Nancy, Elaine Zolinger, Frank (Seattle). husband William, son Steven. daugh• Stockton), sisters Alice Sup net (Stock• war of the Japanese community in New sons H. David, Robert, 2 gc., sister Muraoka, Tsugiye R, 78, Monterey ters Suzanne, Sandra Horii, 2 gc., sis• ton), Nobuko Nakamura (Chula Vista) . York and partner of The Gruzen Part• Minnie Sagami, brother Fred Takenaka. Park, July 17; L.A.-born, survived by ters Aklko Nishida, Kiyoko Yamada. Ogawa, Kiku, 87, Pasadena, Nov. 10; nership. A Wakayama-born graduate of Go, Thomas M, 75, Weiser, Idaho, Jan. son Richard, daughters Hisako Hiroto, Nagata, Yatsu, 98, Oceanside, June Hiroshima-born, survived by sons Clovi s (Calif.) High School in 1924 and 4; eellevue, Wash.-bom, survived by . Virginia, 9 gc., 5 ggc., brothers Tom 29; -born, survived by sons Kiyoshi, Hiroyuki, Junso, 3 gc. Oakl and Polytechnic College of Engi• wife Annie, sons Steve (Boise), Victor, Watanabe, Kel, sisters Mary, Lillian George, Harry, Mitsuru, 12 gc., 10 ggc. Ohashi, Elizabeth H., 75, South San neering in architecture in 1927. he de• brothers Ben, Jimmy (Ontario). Nishio. Sayeko Sakakl. Naito, Mary, 73, Chicago, Sept. 13; Gabriel, Oct. 23; Port Orchard, Wash.• signed the Buddhist temples in Oak• Hayashi, Misao, 84, San Jose, Sept. Murata, Jack K, 77, in Oklahoma, Nov. Severance, Colo.-born, survived by hus• born, survived by husband Toru, son land, San Francisco and San Jose. Dur• 27; Los Angeles-bom and longtime 16; Hawaii-born WWII veteran, survived band Tony, son Michael, daughter Jean Robert Shimomura, daughte r Diane S. ing WWII , his family was evacuated to Fresno resident, survived by sons Gene, by wife Barbara, sister Yuki Kawauchi, Inouye, 4 gc., sister Fusako Yamaguchi. Robinson, 3 gc., broth erToshi Iwamoto, Tanforan and Topaz, relocated 10 New Leland (San ' Gabriel), Donald son Clyde (Cali!), daughters Lani.Jayne Naka, Shlzuye Kamegawa, 99, Chi• sister Mae Fukui. York in 1944. began as a draftsman and (Dayton,Ohio), 5gc, brothers George Ooi (Utah), Carol Lynn Yamada (Calif.), cago, May 10; Okayama-born descen• Okada, Gary T, 46; Elk Grove, Nov. 23; retired as a senior partner; teamed with Matsuyama, Arthur (both Fullerton), Ted 1 gc. dant of a family of scholars, prewar survived by wife Shi rl ey, daughters Junzo Yoshimura of Tokyo as architects (Minneapolis), sisters Hannah Murata, Klmie, 72, Brighton, Colo., in resident of San Francisco and Los An• Stephanie, Rebecca, father Sam for Japan House and Nelson Nakamura (Los Angeles), Caroline September; Concrete, Wash.-born and geles, survived by son Fumio Robert (Chino), sister Dian a (Claremont) . Rockefeller'S residence, supervised re• Nakashima (Livingston); predeceased married to Oscar Y, survived by daugh• (Concord, Mass.), 4 gc., 3 ggc. Okamoto, Chikako, 57, Los Angeles, building of the Japan Tea House in by husband, Rev. Francis, '87. ters Norma Veu Casovic, Beverly Nakahiro, Teruha, 92, Pasadena, Nov. Oct. 30; Wakayama-bom, survived by Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, inaugu• Hirami, Richard K, 89, Denver, Sept. Murphy, brothers Tooru and Toshio 18; Ehlme-bom, survived by son Toshlo, husband Kay, daughterTomoko Minami, rated Cherry Blossom Festival at Brook• 24; Wakayama-bom, survived by wife Takamatsu. Fumio, daughters Mary Y Karasawa, son Michael , 1 gc., brothers and sisters lyn Botanic Garden in 1981 , and at Pat (Livonia, Mich.), son Akira, daughter Murata, Oscar, 75, Brighton, Colo., May Frances TTamura, Yoshlko Kanazawa, in Japan. Newark's Branch Brook Park. He was Mary Ariki Parker, stepdaughters Grace 25 (sv); Sedgwick-born retired farmer; Takako Suzuki, gc and ggc. Okamoto, Kolchi, 83, Corona, Nov. 23; decorated by Japanese government with Sato (Richmond, Calif.), Gloria Ando married Kimie Takamatsu in '48. Nakai, Noritatsu, 86, Lake Elsinore, Los Angel es-born, survived by son the Order of the Rising Sun in 1975 and (NewYork) . Murotake, Sen, Los Angeles, June 13 May 11 ; Wakayama-born, survived by Gene, daughter Sachiye, brothers Jack, 1985. served as board chairman of the Horino, Aklo A, 77, Lombard, ilL, Nov. (sv); survived bydaughters Jean Amano, wife Mitsuyo, sons Roy, David, daugh• Bill, Joe, Richard, sisters Tomiye. Grace. Haworth (N.J.) Country Club, Japanese 5; Calif.-bom, survived by wife Hiroko, Mable Urushibata, 2 gc., 2 ggc. ters Margaret Cross, Jane Tanaka, 10 Okuhara, Kiyoshi, 77,Chicago, Nov. Children'S Society in New Jersey. Sur• sons Arthur, Jon, sister Hattie Umekubo Nagae, Toshimitsu, 89, Sacramento, gc., sister Teru Shono. 29; Yamaguchi-bom Chicago Gardens vived by wife of 60 years Masayo, daugh• (Chicago), brothers Tad, Sam and Coke July 11 ; Kagoshima·bom, survived by Nakamoto, Hana, 89, Los Angeles, July Contest Hall of Fame awardee, survived ters Dr. Teruko S. Neuwalder Horino (all Calif.) wife Takaye, son Gary, daughter, Margie, 26; Okinawa-bom, survived by sons Tom by wife Dennie (Nagai), son Gary. daugh• (Englewood), Dr. Lily S. Tashima (HO• IIda, George M, 80, Aubum, Wash., 3 gc. Uyeohi, George Nakamoto, Edward , ter Lori Wing, 5 gc. nolulu), 6 gc. Nov. 1; Fife-born, survived by wife Nagai, KenJI K, 45, Los Angeles, April daughters Toshlko Uyechi, Keiko Taira, Omi, Elizabeth C, Chicago, Dec. 1 (sv); Shimamoto, Satsuki Sue, 95, Los An• Masami, sons George (Arcadia, Cali!.), 29; L.A. -bom Sansei, survived by mother many gc. and ggc. survived by hUSband Fred, sons Daniel, geles, Nov. 4; Hilo-bom, survived by Bill, daughter Eileen Suzuki (Federal Yasuko. sisters Eleanor Nagai-Barton, Nakamura, Nancy, Los Angeles, Nov. Paul, Dwight, James, 5 gc. nieces and nephews. Way) , sisters Natsuko Shirozu Kazuko Kanagawa, brother Mitsuo 18; Gilroy-bom, survived by son Ken• Omote, Toshlmltsu, 78, Venice, Nov. Shimizu, Kenzo, 53, Manhattan Beach, (Altadena), Harriet Nakaso (Seattle), 4 Iwata. neth Masamitsu Jr., brothers Harry 27; Pasadena-bo rn, survived by wife Nov. 11 ; Los Angeles-born, survived by gC, 1 ggc. Nagamoto, Thomas T, 65, Richland, Nakamura, Masao, Mitsumi and sisters Tatsumi, sons Howard, Victor, daughter fiancee June Tsujimoto, brothers Ijichi, Momoye, Chicago, Dec. 16 (sv); Wash., Oct.2; Swink, Colo. -bom Nisei. Helen Nakamura, Mary Ishii. Yoshie Kishaba, 1 gc, stepsons Don Masaru, Teruo, Yoshio, sister Shizuye survived by son Kent, daughter T eiko Nagao, Betty Sachiyo, 69, West Los Nakashima, Joe A, 94, North Holly• and Hiro Harada, stepdaughters Miho Couet. Jordan, 5 gc, sisters Haruko Tamura, Angeles, Oct. 4 in Fresno; Fowler-bom, wood, Nov. 8; Kagoshima-bom natural• Kiriyama, brother Toshiyuki (San Sh lnjl, Hiroml, Westminster, Oct. 19; Aya Takeuchi,ltsuko Vandervelde, pre• survived by daughter Peggy Hoshizaki, Ized U.S. citizen, survived by daughters Clemente), sister Kazumi Sueta, Shizue Wilming1on-bom WWII veteran, survived deceased by hsband Kiyohiko. mother Kotoyo Matsumura, brothers Kasumi Iwashina, Yayoi Iwamoto, 6 gc., Une, Misao Omote (all Jpn). by wife Kazuko, daughter Suzanne, son Jinbo, Toshiko, 83, Chicago, Dec. 1; Tom, Howard, sisters Toshiye Ishlzue, 6 ggc. Otsuka, Fu sae, 89, Seattle, Nov. 4; James, sister Agnes, Ca!if.-born, survived by son Robert ElaineTange, 2 gc. Nakaya, Glenn K, 25, Fullerton, Nov. Seattle-born, survived by son Dan Stone, Dr. Gladys Ishida, 71, Minne• Oyama, daughter Barbara Ballard ,7 gc. Nagao, Tameharu, 72, Los Angeles, 25; Los Angeles-born Sansei. survived (Tacoma), daughters Nancy Fukumori apolis, Dec. 20; Modesto-bom sociolo• sisters Chiz Yamagiwa. Kivo Takemoto Mav 16' San Pedro-bom. survived by by father Takeshi. mother Gayle (Albany. Calif.), Jane Hamatani . Minnie gist. taught at Univ. of Wisconsin Stevens Dorothy Miyake, Jane Ogino, Emma wifEi Katsuyo, sons Takushi (Sacra• Heckenlaible, sister Dawn, stepbrother Yoshinaga (Anaheim), brother John Point and UW River Falls. retired as Horiuchi, brother Tom Kushino, prede• mento), Ken, daughters KiRumi Kono Heckenlalbl9, grandmothers Elko Fujita (Kirkland). sisters Mlyo Takeuchi professor emeritus in 1992. Survived by ceased by husband Susumu, daughter Nagatsuka. Akemi Wood, 6 gc., brother Nakaya, Jean CIRrk. (Idaho), Mary Mlya (Utah), 8 gc ., 6 ggc. Joan. Taira (Jpn), sisters Kiyoko Kinoshita, Nishljima, Satoshl 'Sut', Chicago, Nov. Saito, Tsutomu Gregory, 71 ; Seattle, Kanda, George T 75, Aubum, Wash .. Sumie Senami (Jpn), Matsuno 29; Nov. 6; survived by wife AmY,sons David. See OBITS/page 16 Nov. 7; WWII veteran, computer man• ager at McChord AFB for 37 years. Monuments 8. Markers for All Cemeteries , survived by wife Tedi, son Stacy (Fed• ESTABLISHED 1936 eral Way), daughters Christine Johnsen mllJ~il1! *-± Classified Ads (Bellingham), Catherine Kanda Elder Nisei Trading KUSHIYAMA SEKlHi-SHA (Issaquah), Dana Harrison (Redmond), EVERGREEN MONUMENT CO. 11 gc, brother John M (Sumner), sisters Applian ces - TV - Furniture EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT Michi Nimura (Kirkland), Betty Otani 4548 Floral Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90022 (Kent). SHOWROOM (213) 261-7279 BUILDING INSPECTOR ENGINEERING Kikuchi, Shizuko, 103, Chicago, Nov. 706 E, First Street $3,121-$3,793/ Month ASSISTANT ENGINEER 29 in Los Angeles; Tokyo-born, sur• The City of Santa Clarita is seek• Los Angeles, CA 90012 Building & Safety vived bysons Dr. Jack, Tom, daughters ing 2 strongly motivated indivs. Los Angeles $3,703-$4,501 /Month Mari Taki, Alice Hlromura, Emi Marcus, (213) 620-0882 to fill bldg inspection gositions in The City of Santa Clarita is seek• Bette James, 22 gc, 20 ggc, 1 gggc, Japanese Casualty the Bldg Safety iv. of the & ing a strongly motivated indiv. to Community Development Dept. predeceased by son Charles and daugh• Insuranc e Assn. fill the position of Asst. Engineer Japanese PhotO/ypesell ing These pOSItion inspect bldgs & ter Marj!. in the Bldg & Safety Div. of the Makino, William T, 74, Arling1on, Va., structure in all stages of con• COMPLETE INSURANCE Community Development Dept. Oct.20; Seattle-born retired CIA opera• struction, alteration or repair; en• This position examines bldg tions officer and DEA consultant, MI S PROTECTION sure that construction work com• TOYO plans & specs for compliance w/ vet; survived by sons Todd (Columbia), plies w/ provisions of bldg codes, City, County & State bld~ laws, Bruce (Little Falls, N.J.), 4 gc., prede• laws & ordinances; review plans, PRINTING CO. Alhara Insurance Agy. Inc. codes & ordinances. Mm qual ceased by wife Brodene '84. 250 E. 1s1 SI, Los Angeles 90012 specs, soil reports grading & include knowl of pertinent City, Manabe, Masako, 68, Watsonville, Oct Suite 700 (213) 626·9625 reports and inspects bldg for haz• 309 So, San Pedro Sl County, & State bldg codes & 31 . !:urvived byhu:,band Sueo, son Enc, ardous conditions. Los Angeles 90013 Funakoshllnsurance Agency, Inc. ordinances and methods & ma• sister Michiko Umeda, brUher Aklra ,213) 626-8153 200 S. San Pedro. Los Angeles 90012 Min. reqmts include 10 yrs exp in terial used in bldg construction; uyeda. Suite 300 (213) 626-5275 the bldg construction field as a a Bachelors degree in Civil Engr .. Matayoshl, Tsuruko Emoto, 68, Chi• journey level craftsperson in 1 or or related field; 5 yrs exp in mu• cago. Sept. 9 (sv); survived by husband Ito Insurance Agency, Inc. more of the p ri ncipal construc• nicipal gov or 10 yrs exp in de• Herbert, daughter June. brother Tokuji, Howe Bldg, 180 S. Lake Ave ., #205 tion trades or 5 yrs exp as a Bldg sign of bldgs &structures in Calif. sisters Cameo, Yoshlmi. Pasadena. 91 101 Inspector. Must be familiar w/ Calif Engr in Training Certif or Matsuda, Klml, 80, San Francisco, Aug. (818)795·7059. (2 13) 681-44 11 L. A. installation reqmts for plumbing, Certif in Plans Examining desir• 26; San Francisco-born, survived by Kagawa Insurance Agency Inc. mechanical & electrical systems able. husband Ben, daughter Suzu-Gayle 360 E. 2nd SI. , Los Angeles 90012 in bldgs. Please apply by 5pm on Friday, Spier, son David, 3 gc. Suite 302 (213) 628·1800 Please apply by Friday, January January 27, 1995 (postmarks Matsudo, Wataru, 62, Montebello, Aug. The J. Morey Company, Inc. 27, 1995 (postmarks accepts) accepted) by City application or 25; Los Angeles-bom, survived by nieces One Cenlerpolnle D~ ve, Sle 260 by City application or resume wI resume wi cover letter to: Hlroml Smith, Mlsae Ueha and Mleko, 707 Easl Temple SIr8el Gtrlld FukuI La Palme. CA 90623 cover letter to: C ITY OF SANTA CLARITA nephew Hldekl Ueha. Olflclor (714) 562-5910 (408) 280·555 1 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA Personnel Dept, Ste. 300 Mlyoshl, KIJu, 101, Alamosa, Colo., Lo,; Angeles, CA 90012 Personnel Dept., Ste 300 lIobuo Oluml Oglno-Alzumllns. Agency 23920 Valencia Blvd Nov. 8; was 9 days shy of tier 101 st 23920 Valencia Blvd. Ph. 213 -626-0441 Counllior 181 8 W. Be v e ~y BI. Ste 21O. Montebello 90640 Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Santf! Clarita, CA 91 355 birthday, survived by sons Don, Dick, (818) 571-691 1, (213) 728-7408 L.A Equal Opportunity Employer Ed (all Denver), Alex (Santa Clara, Ca• Fax 213 -617-2781 Equal Opportunity Employer .. li!.), Harry (Vemal, Utah), daughters Ota Insurance Agency Yoshl Kajlwara (Billings), Agnes 35 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena 91 101 REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES Yamamoto (San Jose), Mary I-'ayashlda Suite 250 (818) 795·6205 (Fort Garland). T. Roy tw aml & Assoclales GROVER BEACH, CA '91 CHEV P.U. V-8, Auto 0.0. FOR SALE BY RI CH LlTILE Murakami, Haruko, 85 N.. :h Holly• Ufi). Seroing the Community Quality Ins. Services, Inc. Standard Cab. New Tires ~ 241 E. Pomona Blvd. (805) 473-8247 Wheels. New Blk & Slvr Paint. DNthNotJ~ for Over 30 Years Monlerey Park 91754 (213) 727·7755 ' Panoramlc Views Priced for quick sale $8,500.00. JOYCE SHIZUKO lAMAI ' Great Locatlon·Close to Beach, See @ 1604 S. Willow. W. Covina Sato Insurance Agency Schools & Shopping Joyce 5hlzuko Tamal, 60. a Registered 340 E 2nd SI, #300. Los Angeles 90012 Call: 818-962-1509 NU T&e ofOrenge dledJanuary12,1995 al KUBOTA NIKKEI ' Quiet Cul-Oe·Sac 51. Joseph Hospital. Sha Is su/Vlved by (213) 680·4190 ' 3 Years New her husband Jack; Daughler Kathryn MORTUARY Tsunelshllns. Agency, Inc. '2000 Sq. Ft. Mediterranean Styl e (Craig) Takahama; Son Gregg (Terra) ~11 tamal; Brolher Theodore (Mary) VENICE BLVD, 327 E. 2nd 51. Los Angelos 9001 2 ' 3 Bedrooms + Den/P rty Room; Kanamlne; Grandchildren Benjamin and LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 Suite 22 1 (213) 628· 1305 3 Full B ths For Your Business Tyler Tamal. Vigil Se /Vlce was held Jan. 'V ullod Ceilings-Op en Floor Plan & Professional Needs 16 1n Ihe Shannon-Donegan Chapel, Or• (213) 749-1449 Kenneth M. Kamiya Insurance 'Ceiling F n ; White W shed 0 k ange. Funeral Masa 10:00 a.m. Jan. 17 K Ill ymml1. u. PrtJ /dnt. 373 Van Ness Ave.• Sulle 200 Built Ins; Fire Place; Cenlral Vncuum at 51 Norbert Church, Orange with Inler· II. Suzuki, V.pJc,n. Mgr . Torrance, CA 9050 I (310)70 I·2 066 menlln Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. ' 2 Car Garage wllh Built In Cabinets M. Motuyu u, A.. ". Mgr. 16-Pacific Citizen, January 20-February 2, 1995

Sea~le-born OBITS Oct. 27; MIS veteran, sur• fund-raising are projected at The vernacular press is drawn vived by wife Hoshie, daughter Pamela (Continued from page 15) COME-ON $50,000, but average only $5,153 into the fry. Evidently, from the Krule (Vienna, Va.), brothers Kenjiro (Continued from page 9) (Seattle), Tom (Oakland), Bob (Albany, over four years. JACL's Legacy nature of their reports, they are brothers Calvin and JuliUS (both Chi- Calif.), sister Hanae Mastuda (Seattle). and Endowment funds carry the orchestrated. The minority's view cago). . YamagUChi, Jiro, Chicago, Oct. 20 (sv); I doubt, that anyone in the burden of the deficit. The cash is highlighted, the majority's view Sugal,lvan, 70, Chicago, Nov. 2; WWII survived by wife Lois, daughters Vivian League relishes the idea that staff valu~ of the Endowment Fund is is ignored. Only the presiding of• vet, survived by wife Nobuko, sons Cohn, Julie, Lynne Pieper, son Keith, 4 must be tritnmed to make ends the same in 1994 as it was in 1966 ficer is quoted. Factual refer ence James (Seattle), Douglas (Muncie,lhd), gc., sisters Taeko, Mieko Jonokuchi, meet. However, increases in staff because interest earnings are to data is virtually ignored, giving Steven (Normal,III.), daughter Nancy Catherine Chin, brothers Kay and resources over the past years did transferred to the "Reserve Fund" way to the emotional outbursts of (Houston), 1 gc, brothers George (Costa Minoru. Mesa, Calif.), Ray, sisters Mary not lead to increasing member• to pay offthe re-occurring deficits. the minority and "others" who Sugimoto (Torrance), Rose Honda. Yamamoto, Betty C, 72, Riverside, ship or revenues. Quite to the con• JACL's financial integrity is wish to remain anonymous. Sugano, T. Frank, 75, Chicago, Nov. Nov. 6; San Francisco-born. survived by trary, these costs led to protracted breached. 30; chairman of Chicago Shimpo, sur• husband Lt. Col. Steven, son Ronald, annual deficits with staffcost con• daughters Victoria Yamamoto-Walker, In August of 1994, a new JACL vived by wife Akiko, sons Makoto (Hous• surning 99.5% ofmembership rev• Patricia Yamamoto-Branscome, 3 gc, President is swept into office, and Come- On Sense: In an effective ton), Michael, daughter Michiko enues. In California, the overall mother Motoko Yamada. along with him are remnants organization, the tail cannot wag Kumataka (San Francisco), 5 gc. economic picture was bleak. Ri• Of Sugi, Yoshltsugu, 72, Gardena, Oct. Yamamoto, Yaeko, 90, Gardena, Oct. the old administration, w ho r an the dog. It i s the Board's role to 27; Ehime-born, survived by sons Jack, ots, firestorms and earthquakes 22; survived by wife Helen, sisters unopposed. The framework for assure i ntegrity and accountabil• Hideo, Frank, Gene, daughter Marie fed the downward trend. Thou• Haruko Hurt, Fusako Sugi, Miyoko clash is inevitable. The "n ew" ity. Whether one agrees wit h the Sugino, 9 gc., 1 ggc. sands of workers were laid-off, Fujikawa. Board meets in December of1994, Bo a rd ~s action or n ot , it i s the Tabata, Sue Los Angeles, Nov. school teachers in Los Angeles 0, 82, Yamanaka, Ray Kitao, 89, Venice, Nov. and decides enough i s enough, th e member ship's rol e to challenge 22; Eureka-bom, survived by brother were forced to take a 10% salary 10; Penryn-born; survived by son Kenny, majority vote to cur tail t h e 4-year and to dist inguish between the Joe Oye, sisters Shizuka Hayashi. 3 gc. reduction and high-stake govern• deficit and bring the house to or• two. Staff, who are the appoi n ted Tademoto, Masato, Chicago, Dec. 14 ment contracts in aerospace went Yamanuha, Kakei, 93, Lorna Linda, der; they painfully r esolve to trim administrator s ofthe Board's de• (sv); survived bywife Haruko, sons Kenji, flat. Tomio, daughter Jan Saiki, 3 gc, sister Oct. 24; Okinawa-born, survived by wife staff, but the minority balk and cision , m u st remain neutral, t his Shizuye lrikawa (LosAngeles). Kame and family. elect to fight. The contr over sy is is the professional conduct. Ot h • • During this period (1992-93), Tadokoro, Yukio, 100, Downey, Nov .. Yasaki, Masae, 65, Los Angeles, Nov. born. erwise, the tail wags the dog... 17; Kochi-bom, survived by daughter 4; -born, survived by husband JACL staff gained a 10% cost-of• Terrie Sundakumara, sons Mitsugi Kiyoshi. living increase and the Taketa (Jpn), Chester, Kazuo and Seigi organization's deficit began to (San Jose), 11 gc. Yokota, Katsuyo, Chicago, Nov. 3 (sv); pulsate. Expenditure records from UPCOMING 1995 ESCORTED TANAKA TOURS Tagawa, Dr Tetsuo, 58, Los Angeles, survived by sons Richard, Gregory, 5 the Washington Office except for EXCEPTIONAL VALuE " SELECT TOURS • Nov. 15; -born, survived by wife gc. office rental records, are mysteri• FLORIDA EPCOT/DISNEYWORLD & NEW ORLEANS (9days)...... MA R 4 U AFFORDABLE" JAPAN ONSEN (9 days)...... MAR 21 Noriko, son Akio, daughters Kanae Yoshimura, Alice N, 73, Los Angeles, ously "lOEt." Tagawa-Ng, Chika, mother and brother JAPAN SPRING ADVENTURE (Takayama Festival. 10days) ...... AP R 12 Oct. 22; survived by brothers Yoyo, • Revenue commitments for in Japan. SPAIN/PORTUGAL (15days) ...... MAY 14 Fumio. YELLOWSTONEIMT RUSHMORE (9 days)...... JUN 3 Takatori, Tommy T, 73, Parma, Idaho, CANADIAN ROCKIESNICTORIA (Bdays)...... JUN 20 Dec. 29; Parma-born community leader, CRYSTAL'S NEW SYMPHONY SHIP - ALASKA CRUISE (11 days) ..... AUG 19 survived by wife Yoko, sons Ted, BRANSONlTENNESSEElKENTUCKY (9days) ...... 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Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan t03 18; Wakayama-bom, survived by sons Cablc: YAMASECURE, TOKYO 0 Telephone: (03) 667-7947 Dr. Robert (Pa.), Keith, 1 gc, mother Sekino Fujikawa, brother George, sis• ters Masako Fujimoto, Haruko Osuga, T eruko Motoyama, Kimiko Kikuchi. MAR 20 CHINA DELUXE - BeiJing, Xlan, Guilln & Shanghal -13 Days .~ ... $2695 Tomoyasu, Joseph G, 65, Los Ange• les, Nov. 3; L.A.-born Sansei, survived HOlid(l~1f(lvel ! MARlO SPRING JAPAN CLASSIC -10 Days...... _.. .. _.. .. _.... ._ .. $2995 . by mother Hanako, brothers and sisters (imeri(an APR 06 ORIENT DELUXE - Hong Kong, Macau. Penang & Kuala Lumpu r, Edward, Peggy Shindo, Yoshihisa, Ri• Malaysia, Singapore, Bangkok & Hu. Hln, Thailand - 1.oays. $3095 chard. 1995 TOUR SCHEDULE Torimaru Richard, 32, Pasadena, Oct. I~EW ORLEANS-CAJUN COUNTRY HOLIDAY TOUR MAR 11 -18 APR 23 PHILIPPINE & BALI DELUXE - Badl.n Island, Cebu &. Manila, Philippines, Ball, Indonesia & Hong Kong -1. Days ...... _... _...... $3195 30 in auto aCCident; Los Angeles-born New Orleans, Lafayette/Cajun Country, Natc hez. Sansei, survived by parents Yoshikazu MEXICO HOLIDAY CRUISE MAR 26-APR 2 MAY 16 SOUTH AMERICA DELUXE - Amazon, sao P.ulo, Iguassu Falls & I Hiroko, brothers Steven, Douglas. Puerto Vallarta. Mazatlan, Cabo Son Lucas. RIo de J.nelro, Brazll- Buenos Aires, Argentina -12 Days...... $3195 Toyama, Zip Saburo, 84, Los Angeles, CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE . Nov. 16; L.A.-born, survived by wife MAY 30 BRANSON & THE OZARKS - 8 O.ys ...... $1395 Lois, son Tom, Norman, Nathan, Titus, HAWAII HOLIDAY TOUR APR 1-8 JUN 19 SUMMER JAPAN, HONG KONG & MACAU -11 Oays...... $2895 6 gc., brothers Henry, Richard, sister Kaual Waimea Canyon. Fern Grotto, Hanalei Volley Michl Muto. Molokal - Kalaupapa, KaunakakaI. JUL 07 AMERICAN HERITAGE - New York, Philadelphia, Penn ~utch , Maul Mt. Haleakala, Lahaina, Hana, 100 Volley. Shenandoah, Williamsburg & Washington - 10 Days ...... $1750 Yamada, Shlzuo 83, Manassas, Va ., ferry ride from Molokal to Lahaina. JUl 17 BRITISH ISLE.S - Ireland, Scotland & England· 16 Days ...... $3295 HONDA CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY CRUISE APR 14-22 Ft. Lauderdale. St. Maarten. St. John. !)to Thomas. Nassau. AUG 12 CANADIAN ROCKIES - Edmonton, Jasper, lake Louise, Banff (Continued from page 10) HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE LINE . SprIngs & Calgary - 8 Days ...... " ...... " ...... $10495 AUG 26 WESTERN MEI5ITERRANEAN CRUISE + SWITZERLAND & FRANCE Byron Rogers (D-Colo.)-which GREECE HOLIDAY TOUR APR 18-29 14 Days. 7-Day Cruise· Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Tunis, Iblzla, ... meant new paths to hoe for Mike. Athens. DelphI. Olympia. Nauplla. Cruising to Mykonos. Crete, Santorlnl. Rhodes. Kusadasl, Patmos. Palma de Mallorca & Barcelona. 1-Day Tour - Zermatt, Matterhorn & The House appropriations com• Montrllux, SW + French Chateaux Country & Pans, FR. Cabins mittee was important, as the SWITZERLAND-AUSTRIA HOLIDAY TOUR JUN 10-23 offered In 6 catagones ...... Costs from - Inside $38S5 - Outside $41 95 JACL-Anti-Discrimination Com• . St. Moritz. Zermott, Geneva. Salzburg. Villach, SEP 15 & Vienna, Innsbruck. NIAGARA FALLS + MONTREAL QUEBEC + NEW ENGLAND mittee (JACL's lobby in Washing• FALL FOLIAGE -11 Day ...... _...... $1995 ton) reminded, because of unpaid YELLOWSTONE-MT RUSHMORE HOLIDAY TOUR JUL 6-14 SEP 28 HOKKAIDO & TOHOKU VISTA -11 Days ...... $3496 evacuation claims. The commit• Including Grand Tetons. Salt Lake City. TAUCKTOURS. tee that initiated the money bills, OCT 09 URANIHON VISTA· 11 Oays ...... $3396 it was being chaired by Rep. John ALASKA HOLIDAY CRUISE AUG 21 -28 . Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines, Juneau, OCT 19 DISCOVER JAPAN .11 Days ...... $339li Taber (R-N.Y.) , who acquired a Sawyer Glacier. Inside Passage, NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE. reputation as a budget slasher NOV 01 FALL JAPAN CLASSIC -11 Days ...... , ...... $3295 CHINA HOLIDAY TOUR SEP 7-19 during the 80th Congress. [Inci• NOV 09 OKINAWA, KYUSHU & SHIKOKU -11 Days ...... $3496 dentally, the total amount paid in Beijing, Xian. Guilin. ShanghaI. JAPAN AIRLINES . NOV 26 COPPER CANYON ADVENTURE - 10 Oays,...... ,...... $1850 Evacuation Claims amounted to CRYSTAL HARMONY MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE SEP 15-29 $37 million.] Although not West• Italy. Greece. Turkey. erners, on the same appropria• 1996 PREVIEW - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND, AFRICAN tions committee were Rep. Sidney CRYSTAL SYMPHONY ORIENT CRUISE OCT 4-19 SAFARI and SCANDINAVIA ST. PETERSBURG. Hong Kong, Manila. Talpel/Keelung. /Oklnawa. + R. Yates (D-nI.), who was "gener• ShanghaI. Dallan. Beijing. ally helpful to theJACL-ADC pro• • gram" as were Reps. Millet Hand JAPAN AUTUMN HOLIDAY TOUR OCT 21 -29 . (R-N.J.) from the Seabrook Farm Osaka. Blzen. HlmeJI Castle, Kurashlkl. Seta Ohashi Bridge, Tdkamatsu. Kochl, Matsuyamo. Seta Nolkal. Tokuyama. Hiroshima ALL TOURS INCLUDE - nights, transfers, porterage, hotels, sightseeins, district and John ijooney (D-N .Y.) tips & taxes, touting by ptivate motorcoach and WhatwiIl itbe like for the l05th MEXICO CITY-CANCUN HOLIDAY TOUR NOVEMBER KOKUSAI TRADEMARK - MOST MEALS. Congress? Such matters as redress Mexico City (meet local Nlkkels), Cancun Resort. public education will need "to be Ancient Mayan ruins of Chlchenltza, Uxmal. Tulum. re-introduced, necessitate new For informRtlon lind reservafions, plousc wrih' or cRII : contact, repetition of arguments 312 E. 1st St., #341 Los Angel(!s, CA 90012 (213) 625-2.232 KOKUSAIINTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INC. and continued public support"• YAEKO 4811 Warner Ave., Suite 221, Huntington Seach. CA 92649 words that Mike often said at the 3913 1!2 Riversidt> Dr .• Durbank, CA 91505 (213) 849 - 183~ 7141840~1I- FROM 21318181310 Call8001232-001l0 start of each new session of Con• ERNEST & CAROL IIlDA (8'1B) 84(,-2402 gress.