•• •• aCl lC Cl lZCll National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens league Newsstand: 25¢ (60¢ postpaId) ISSN: 0030-8S79/Whole No.2 394/vol. 102 No. 24 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los An eles, CA 90013 213 626-6936 Frida, June 20, 1986 N.Y. Mayor supports financial compensation Calif. Republican to co-sponsor bill NEW YORK-Mayor Edward Koch, in a June 2 letter to LEC execu• tive director Grayce Uyehara, expressed SUPPOlt for redress bills H.R. 442 and S. 1003. ''Living in a time of reduced budgets and fiscal WASHINGTON- Rep. Eugene duce," said Rep. Norman Mineta austerity as we do today, allocating $1.5 billion ... may seem extrava• Chappie, a Republican repre• (D-Cali£). 'The J ACL members gant, he wrote. "However, we must realize that an enormously grave senting California's 2nd District, who worked to secure these co• injustice was committed" Koch went on to say that the wartime which includes most of Sacra• sponsors should be congratulat• internment of Japanese Americans was ''the result of long-standing mento Valley, has announced ed for their efforts. I am de• racism against Asians, especially on the West Coast ... that he will co-sponsor redress lighted to have these new co• 'To place a monetary figure on the loss of property, livelihood, bill HR 442. sponsors and even more delight• education, indeed three years of one's life, is difficult to do. But to He is the ninth co-sponsor to ed to see the effort that has pro• ask for compensation for individuals would only be appropriate sign on since the Apr. 28 House duced them." symbolic restitution" subcommittee hearing on the bill LEC executive director Grayce Chappie who had been visited Uyehara said Mineta and Rep. JACL Committee proposes altemative plan by members of Marysville JACL, Robert Matsui (D-CaliL) "are informed Momoko Hatamiya, owed a debt of gratitude . .. for ~1be LOS ANGEl JACL Endowment Committee, meeting June 9, Rep. Eugene Chappie head of the lobbying team, of his their personal commitment which decided not to endorse the JACL-LEXJ application for a grant of ------decision has led to securing the support $D).(XX) (see May Z3 pc), and offered instead a counterproposal for Now serving his third term in and momentum HR 442 has re• a loan of the same amount at $25,
=GllCAGO 8bl ~ I - ~ ~H) Early Bird Travel Reservations: Toll-Free 1-800-237-3762· Ext. 974 2-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, June 20, 1916 No. 2.394 Allow 6 weeks advance notice to report address change with label on front SAN FRANCISCO-Japanese Ameri• can Day with the S.F, Giants takes If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, place July 5, 1:CX> p.m., when the home Write New Address below. Effective date ...... team plays the St Louis Cardinals. Please send the Pacific Citizen for: Lower reserved tickets are available The National Republican Heritage o 1-Yr $20 o 2-Yrs $38 0 3-Yrs $56 LOS ANGELES-A worlcshop on "Mak• for $6 each. Info: Steve Nakajo, execu• Groups Council holds its annual con• ing Cross-CuItural Marriages Work" tive director of Kimochi, Inc., 563-5626. To: ...... , ...... will be held June ~ 10 am-l p.m at vention June 2&~ at the LA Airport. GARDENA, Calif- The Gardena Val• Address: ...... ,...... Japanese American CUltural & Com• Hilton, 5711 W. Centwy Blvd., to dis• ley Japanese Cultural Institute, 16215 muniw Center, 244 S. San Pedro St, cuss ethnic participation in this year's City, State, ZIP: ...... S. Gramercy Pl., holds its annual carni• 2nd Floor. Panelists: Kay Ikeda, clini• election. Sen. Pete Wilson and Rep. All subscriptfons payable in advance. Foreign: US$12.00 extra per year. val featuring food. games and exhibits, cal psychologist; Sachiko Reece, RN, Bob Doman are among the speakers. Checks payable to: Pacific Citizen, 941 E. 3rd St., Los .Angeles, CA 90013 on June 28, 3-10 p.m., & June ~ , 1~ p.rn. MFCC; Yasuko Kowalchuk, MSW; Y ()• Full registration is $100. Info: NRHG EX~ IR AT J ON N?TICE-lflhe last f~urdigit s on the lOp row of your label reads G486, the60-day Council, ( ~ ) 002-1345, or Lance Izumi grace period ends with the last Issue In June, 1986. Please renew your subscription or member shi Matsushima, LCSW; and Richard ship. If membershi p has bee n renewed and the paper stops, notify the PC ofnce. Naser, MS. Topics include concepts of of Japanese Ame rican Republicans, Reunions marriage and parenting, verbal and (213) ~9838. ------non-verbal communication, role fulfUI• ALAMEDA, Calif- The Alameda Bud• Salinas/Poston ment and conflict resolution. F ee: $35 dhist Temple Vacationland Carnival and Ba2aar will be held June 28, 4-11 SALINAS, Calif- Former Nikkei per couple, $00 per individual. Spon• residents of Salinas and the Wada: 'Best and Worst of Times' sors: Nikkei Family Counseling Pr0- p.m., and June ~ , noon-9 p.m., at 2325 gram of Little Tokyo Service Center. Pacific Ave. There will be J apanese Poston, Arizona Block 213 Reun• Info: Yasuko Sakamoto, (213) 600-3729. food, game booths and a raftle drawing. ion Committee are combining by Edna Ikeda He was born in 1916 in the San their reunion plans for an all-day SAN DIEGO - Yori Wada, the Joaquin Valley. His father died ~ . gathering at Toro Park on Aug only Asian American ever aJr when he was eight, leaving his Asian video festival coming to L.A. All former residents and their re• pointed as a University of Cal• mother to raise four children by latives are invited. ifornia regent, related his experi• herself Wada remembers his A delicious Japanese style box ences to a UC San Diego Asian mother as being very strong and LOS ANGELES-Asian Cinevi• Wh n th Hain Falls on the Water lunch and a steak barbeque din• Doc the F ish Get Any W tter?" by American studies class May 29. never showing tenderness. How• sion's Fourth Annual Video Fes• ner will be served. Registration ever, the children never doubted tival, set for June 25-27. 7:30 p.m. , Janke Tanaka: "New YOI'k Hot Springs" He was able to be nonchalant is $WIperson, and the deadline about the appointment, noting her love for them, he said at American Film Institute. 2021 by Taka Ii mul'a; 'The Shining Hour" for registration is June ~ . by MOlifumi rimura; "E ight-Pound that he felt he was appointed by He grew up in the small town N. Western Ave .. include. a Info: Harry Sakasegawa, 612 of Hanford, where the Japanese broad range of documentary and Livelihood" by Yuet·fung 1-10. a fluke. When Wada was nomi• Pl'ogl'am 3(Junc27}-"Broken Dial . : Bautista Dr., Salinas, CA 93901' nated for regents chair, however, American community was close• experime ntal work from the Chapter II : Trip to Korea" by Shig ko Helen Aihara Kitaji, 469 Cabrillo knit during the Depression. His U.S., Canada and J apan: there was so much controversy Kubota: "Spalding Gl'ay' Map ofL :. Ave., Salinas, CA 93901; Fusako that he was elected with only a coming of age in the '3Os was "the Program 1 (J une 25)-"All Od nla ls Miyanaga Nakai, 61 Irving Ave., by BlUce and orman Yonernoto: vote to spare. best and worst of times" for him. Look the Same" by alene Soe; "Sen• "Pal'is" by Ping hong and Mel;dith Atherton, CA 91025; Alice Matsu• Wada said that campus con• There were the picnics, the jyu-CanNon" by Kyu Seigen: "Holy Monk: "The N IN Puri1.
Filmmaker wins Tatsukawa Award
NEW YORK - Internationally east Asian refugees in the US.; renowned fllmmaker Christine and "People's Fire House No. 1," Choy will receive the 1986 Steve which is about the Polish com• Tatsukawa Memorial Fund An• munity in Brooklyn. nual Award for her outstanding Choy was born in Myong-hae contributions to Asian American in Shanghai to a Chinese mother media arts at the gala opening and Korean father. In 1962 her night reception of the ninth family moved to South Korea, Asian American International where she became interested in Film Festival June Z7 at the American rock and roll and Hol• Silver Palace, 50 Bowery. lywood movies. The reception will be co• She emigrated to the US. in hosted by stage and screenwriter 1965 and attended Manhattan• Horton Foote, television anchor• ville College of the Sacred Heart woman Kaity Tong, stage and and Columbia Universit¥ before screen actress Ruby Dee, Beni• receiving a degree in architec• hana restauranteur Rocky Aoki, ture from Washington University and Delaware Lt Gov. S.B. Woo. in St Louis. HOME AT LAST-Astronaut Ellison Onizuka, killed in the Jan. 28 explosion of the space shuttle Chal• Choy's films have received In ll174, she began working on lenger, was laid to rest June 2 at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("Punchbowl") in his native numerous awards. 'Teach Our films with Third World Newsreel, Hawaii. His daughter Darien (left), wife Loma and daughter Janelle placed roses on his coffin. About 700 Children," which she co-pro• a group of progressive filnunakers attended the service, among them astronaut Loren Shriver, who flew on the shuttle Discovery with On i• duced and co-directed with in New York, and has continued zuka last year. Services were held the day before in Kealakekua, Onizuka's hometown on the Big Island. Susan Robeson, won first prize to produce and direct socially and in the 1974 International Black politically conscious documen• Film Festival. A 1976 documen• taries about prison inmates, truy on Chinese immigration to domestic violence, race relations, officer Robert MacIntyre was New York City, "From Spikes to apartheid, and Asian Americans. JACCC honors 'Pacific Pioneers' honored for his support of such Spindles," received first prize in Choy told the Pacific Citizen community organizations as the 1976 International Film Fes• that she was happy to receive the LOS ANGELES-The Japanese Mazda Motor Corp. honoraIJ' Leadership Education for Asian tival in Nyon, FTanca award. "It means a lot more to me American Cultural and Com• chairman and senior advising di• Pacifies, Assn of Asian Pacific 'To Love, Honor and Obey," a than all the other awards because munity Center celebrated its rector Yoshiki Yamasaki was American Artists, and Asian documentruy on domestic vio• this is the first award in which my sixth anniversruy May 28 at the honored for his role in promot• American Drug Abuse Program. lence first exhibited at Museum work has been acknowledged by Bonaventure Hotel and honored ing cultural activities between Frank Kuwahara, former pres• of Modern Art, Cinema Du Reel, the Asian American community." three "Pacific Pioneers' fortheir the US. and Japan ident of J ACCC and active com• France, garnered a Special Merit The film festival, presented by work in promoting cultural ties Southern California Gas Co. munity member, was honored Award at the 1001 Athens, Greece, Asian CineVisi on, showcases dra• across the Pacific. board chair and chief executive for his lifetime work in support International Film Festival, and matic, documentary, animated of Nisei flower growers and a special award at the Ann Arbor and experimental films by Asian promoting cultural ties between Film Festival in lim, while "Mis• and Asian American filmmakers. the U.S. and Japan sissippi Triangle," a film which Info: (212) 925-8685. (See May 30 New Asian anthology available Guests at the award program explores the relationships be• PC, p.8, for details.) included Taizo Watanabe, con• tween the Black, Chinese and LONG BEACH, Calir-Echoes 4. graphy; a ection devoted to "Art• sul general of Japan; James White communities of the Missis• Remember: All artides and sippi Delta, received the 1984 Buf• a showcase for Asian American ists on Nuclear War"; poetry by Hodgson, former US. ambas• to the editor should literature, photography and Lo Angele -area write} ; an in• sador to Japan' and Sen Pete falo Media Center Award and letters artwork, is now available. terview with a Hiro hima ur• Wilson (R-Ca.li..t:) the 1984 Boston Globe Critics' be typed or CXXTlpUter A continuation of the Echoes vivor by Naomi Hirahara; a short The Bobby Walters Orchestra Choice Award printed, double-spaced. from Gold Mauntairz selies, thi story by noted author Hi aye with Alvin Ing and Aki Hara and Her other critically acclaimed 32-page edition has a larger for• Yamamoto; and an xcerpt from the Fujima Kansuma Dancers and aWard-winning films in• mat and an emphasis on visual a play-in-progre by Philip performed at the banquet Kath• clude ''BitteI'S\veet Survival," a FIND OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE art Gotanda. ryn Doi Todd was the mistress 1001 documentruy on the racial TAlKING ABOUT THE Originally produced by the Checks for $5 plu $1.50 for of ceremonies. hostilities encountered by South- INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER Asian American Student Assn at handling. payable to Asian "More than any other A ian American CSU Long Beach, the publica• American Jownal, hould be publication, the E aminer gives me a natural feeling for the periences and tion is now independent ent to P.O. 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It ha th right GS-11 /12 (plus allowances) combination t hard new • culture and communit • s n'ire ... and all produced by a \ !unreer taff1 ~ The U.S. Naval Investigative Service is seeking appli• cants for its Japan-Area offices. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who can read, write, and speak the Japanese lan• guage. They must have experience in one of the following positions or in a directly related area: Translator, Interpreter, Liaison/Security Officer, Analyst/Writer/Reporter, Research /Information Specialist, etc. A graduate degree may be sub• Sumltomo Equity stituted for job experience. Credit U .... Now you can write your own 1 parked my car, as I discovered Wardrobe upon returning, near a sign EAST which read "Bus Stop." Can't WIND argue with that one; so I shelled out the twenty-five bucks. But not this time. Bill PROMPTI..Y AT NINE in the Marutani morning, on one of my vacation ______.iiiiiiiO __...... ~ ...... days, I reported to the traffic court, attired in jeans and a base• COUPLE MONTHS AGO, after ball cap, with the summons is• having dinner with friends in the sued to "Victoria S. Marutani" a University of Pennsylvania area, had been driving my wife scar). I returned to the automobile to The courtroom was already near• find a parking ticket on the wind• ly full and by the time the judge shield. When I had parked the appeared, the room was over• auto at the parking meter, it was flowing. I spent the time idly already dark and I could not read looking about and made note of the meter hours on that dark• a few observations. judge because of the statute of herselfas a singer-and this, too, moving violation He lost It was ened steet And the other meters There were a few wearing limitations.) When the Black the magistrate rejected and sen• now about two and a quarter with parked vehicles were not suits, but most were what might cadet's case came up, he stiffi.y tenced her to 30 days in jail, hours since I had reported to the fed. So I assumed that the meter be described as "blue collar" stood at attention at the bar of When the third lady approached traffic court, and I was beginning hour had passed. Several weeks people. The men outnumbered the court; his case was dismissed the bench, she replied to the to chide myself that it would later, being in the same vicinity the women; a goodly number Which reminds me of a story. question, 'To tell the truth, Your have been far more economical during daylight hours, I checked were Black; there were two Ori• Honor, I'm a prostitute." Where• to have paid the parking fine. the meter hour: I had missed the entals--myself and another fel• GIUSEPPE WAS CHARGED upon the magistrate responded, Suddenly the name ''Victoria time by about half an hour, low who, it turned out, was K What did the original founders \Is There an Emergency? of the postwar Endowment FUnd have in mind when they set up A Worthwhile Effilrt 000 by Roy Nishikawa Delegates should understand the "emergency" requirement in On behalf of Ford Kuramoto Past National JACL President that Article XV Section 3 of the the early lOOOs? and mysel( I wish to extend our The May ~ Aging and Retire• JACL Bylaws prevents the use of I quote in part from JACL staf• appreciation and thanks to the ment Supplement of the Pacific Delegates to the National JACL the principal of the Endowment fer Sam Ishikawa's memoran• editor and staff of Pacific Citizen Citizen was great Convention in Chicago (July 2l). Fund except upon an emergency dum, which is reproduced in the for the Aging and Retirement I personally was delighted to 25) will be asked to vote on a Na- determined by the written ap• 1982 convention minutes: Supplement of May Zl ee two of my fonner colleagues tiona! Board resolution request- proval of th.ree-fourths of the (1) "Any amount donated by We and our committee have of the National Mental Health ing that outright grants of up to chartered chapters (p.no, 1982 the recipient of Evacuation been working for the past two team co-chaiIing the Aging and $:n), Capstone has academic links ed by Capstone International. versity administrator visited Ja• with Korea, Japan, England, Ger• Capstone is also readying a pan last winter to set up a sche• ANew Look at the South many, Belgium. It has programs course to help the Japanese ad• dule of interviews, briefings, and on Latin America, the Soviet U n• just to their Alabama homes. plant visits designed to give the Several recent visits to three ion, Central Europe. The empha• Among the projects is a Saturday Alabamians an understanding of cities in Alabama--Binningham, sis at present is on Japan Courses Japanese language school for the what makes Japan tick, what op• FROM THE Huntsville and Tuscaloosa-have in the college of arts and sciences children with the University of portunities remain untapped in an cover Japanese language, his• Alabama providing space, direc• FRYING PAN: changed that. The University of Alabama-Japan relationship. It is Alabama, founded in 1831 and tory, politics, philosophy, anthro• tors and salaries for teachers who expected these leaders will have with campuses in those three ci• pology, civilization. Many of will be chosen from among Japa• much to say to the press, to ser• ties, is busily and expertly shap• these courses were developed re• nese exchange students. vice clubs, to business associates 8m ing a role for the state in the final cently through a grant from the At another level, the University Hosokawa when they return. A second tour is years of the Twentieth Century. U.S. Department of Education. is sponsoring an Alabama.Japan scheduled for next year. Japan Victor Co. is building a leadership program with a grant Japan is on the move and Ala• Birmingham, no longer a grimy plant in Tuscaloosa to manufac• from the U.S.-Japan Foundation. bama is making impressive ef• What kind of image is created steel mill town, is the site of a ture magnetic tape. That means A dozen Alabama opinion lead• forts to meet Japan halfway in by the word Alabama? Until re• magnificent medical center. jobs. That means eight to ten Ja• ers-educators, a newspaper pub• developing investment opportuni• cently I had stereotyped old men• Huntsville is leading the way into panese families will be moving to lisher, a Black neurosurgeon, an ties, trade, tourism, cultural ex• tal pictures of plantations and cot• space with rocket power. Tusca• Tuscaloosa to administer the attorney, oil and gas industry ad• changes. None of this sounds like ton fields, racial tensions and loosa, which among other things plant. Several dozen local citizens ministrators, a real estate devel• the benighted South. It's a new, Gov. George Wallace, Police has a street named for Paul to be hired as supervisors are go• oper, a power company executive enlightened South, and it has re• Chief Bull Connor and his dogs, (Bear) Bryant, the football ing to Japan next month for train• - have been chosen to make a acted to the reality of these times the Selma march to Montgomery, coach, also has something called ing. In preparation for this trip two-week visit to Japan late this with a vigor that leaves many catfIsh and red clay and a somno• the Capstone International Prog• they have been taking intensive summer. other sections of the country lent countryside. ram Center. familiarization courses conduct- To prepare for their visit, a uni- floundering. for LCCR and a member of the is greater than any duty to any LEC Board, will also be invited individual" JACL recruitment Vital Links to serve as co-chair. This coali• This is a statement of courage tion plans to meet every three and an example of public serv• topic of workshop Grass-roots lobbyists can help weeks during the remainder of ice. How different our lives activate more support for Wash• the 99th Congres . Next meeting would have been if those who At the Chicago Convention, the ington Gov. Booth Gardner's re• is set for June 23. served in the legislature and on Leadership Development and Re• LEe cruitment Committee will hold a quest for other governors to sup• UPDATE: The coalition will use their na• the federal judiciary over 45 port HR 442 and S. 1053 (see tional and district contacts to as• years ago thought as Heflin did work session on ''How to Recruit Younger Members to the JACL" June 6 PC) by contacting the gov• sist the LEC grass-roots lobbyists. Schedule Change ernors of those states which have Grayce Where possible, coalition mem• The session will include presen• passed resolutions to support re• Uyehara bers will lobby members of Con• The calendar for Congress has tations from chapters who have dress. In addition to Washington, gress in Washington been revised. We have a longer successfully attracted younger state legislatures have passed re• Henderson, Naes and I will district work period to make ap• people, distribution of resource solutions of support in New York, meet with Dan Glickman, chair pointments with the congres• materials on ''tried and true" ac• Minnesota, New Jersey, Califor• letter, we plan to persuade Gov. of the subcommittee on Adminis• sional delegation we plan to tivities, brainstorming and shar• nia, Oregon and Wisconsin Mario Cuomo of New York to fol• trative Law and Governmental lobby. The Independence Day ing of experiences. In order to increase bipartisan low the lead of Gov. Dukakis of Relations; the purpose of the district work period will be from The session will be held July ID. support, we particularly ask the Massachusetts. meeting is to urge the scheduling June 28 to July 14, a one-week ReseIVations must be made by JACLmembershiptocontactRe• Coolition Work of the hearings on the Aleut por• extension We ask you to start July 1 The fee (to be determined) calling your district office to will include lunch and resource publican governors Thomas One of the results of the Apr. tion of HR 442. Kean of New Jersey, George Jefferson Sessions schedule appointments. materials. 28 subcommittee hearings was a Let us hear from you--sum• Info: B.J. Watanabe, 5025 Via Deulanejian of California and June 4 meeting of leaders ofhu• In the first week of June, we Victor Atiyeh of Oregon mertime apathy will not get us Lucia, Yorba Linda, CA 92686, man and civil rights organiza• responded to a request tram the votes we need. We can do it 714) 7794140. There is a good possibility that tions convened at the ACLU of• LCCR to urge members of the the number of Republican con• fice in Washington, nc. Senate Judiciary Committee to gressmen c~sponsoring HR 442 In attendance were Wade reject the nomination of Jeffer- can be increased if we can get Henderson, ACLU; Ralph Neas, on Sessions to federal judgeship Bridgerland the support of Deukmejian Cal• Leadership Conference on Civil in Alabama on June 5. Since yours ifornia is the state with the larg• Rights (LCCR); Ruth Flower, JACL is a civil and human rights est Asian American population. Friends Committee on National organization, we re ponded to to Of the 17 of 45 representatives Legislation; Ed Nakawatase, the request to help reject the explore who still need to be lobbied. 16 AFSC; Lollie Bram, American nomination of a person who ha are Republicans from the Pacific Jewish Committee; Charles Ka• made insensitive remarks about Southwest District masaki, National Council of La minorities. Raza; Maurice Barboza, Individ• We called Philadelphia Chap• Old Fashioned Help From Districts ual Rights Section of American ter president Jack Ozawa to District governors, district and Bar Assn; Frederick Schwartz, place calls to the office of Sen Western Fun chapter redress coordinators are National Forum for Immigration Arlen Specter (R-P nn) and to • urged to begin the statewide lob• and Refugees; Jonathan Binder, Washington Chapter president In bying work to get the governors Anti-Defamation League; and Ben Watada to contact Sen to take a position on the bills. Stuart Ishimaru, House Judici• Charles Mathias (R-Md.). Northern Utah On another piece ofgood news, ary Subcommittee on Civil and Sen Howell H tUn (D-Ala.) Jim Bridger WRITE OR CAll we want to recognize the work Constitutional Rights. ast the critical vote to kill the One of Our First Mountain Men BRIDGERLAND of New York Chapter and its re• Wade Henderson and Ralph nomination of Se i ns. aid Jim Bridger and other tr~ppers htllted III thIS are.a lor many years They became familiar ~Iih the I1nd. ~lnt nno at the 52 W 200 North, logan UT 84321 dress committee for the letter of Neas will serve as co-chairs for Heflin, "1 regret that I cannot mouth 01wh at ISnow Logan ~ and holding "l1!ndezvous"' (801) 752-2161 or tl1dlng sesslOll$ln the summer For more thin tVt1IOIY ylllrs. support we received from Mayor the new National Coalition for vote for confirmation, but my the trappers cached their nCll fur harves~ In the klsh green valleys Thus. the two counties of Ondgarland c.ne to be Edward Koch. Redre under the umbrella of duty to uphold th on titution known as CaClle iWld Rich countIeS With the help of Mayor Koch's LCCR Joe Rauh, legal coun el and my duty to th ju tic t m Utah's Jardine Juniper The West: America 's Odyssey EnjOy a scenic hi e up to the bmous canyon p.llllarch the The Wes t Amenea's Odyssey IS an annual award ~Innlng Jardine JUniper. agnarled tree that 1$ stilI gro~lng on as rocIiy P gean!. whlCll utilizes the Parkerun Pageant 101m ",Me ad· crag after 3.500 years ding the use 01 multimedia to aeala • totally new lund 01 'EMERGENCY tion will run high on this issue. It pageanl, blcndllO 01 mUSIC, CI.n:e. photograpllS. and IlIus· Ronald V. Jensen Historical Fann I~mura Ira ltons In relaling the on told lOry 01 the selliement ol lhe Old Frve miles south 01 Logan II the southem end 01 the Cache Continued from Previous Page will take courage to vote your West The odySlillY IS a leature 01 Utah Stale Unrverslty s Valley IS Ihe 120ICIt Ronald V J;rrsen Farm Il1d M¥llnd HIS consciences. PH OTO MART Festival 01 the Amencan West and IS held on campu:. the I.1st Bread Museum TIl museum boasts one of tho I."""" coil weekend In July through the hrst week In August ~ons 01 agriculturallrtJtaClS "'lISt 01 the MfSSlSS~r :d fiduciary obligations. Do we really have an "emer• Cameras & Photographic upplie!i the farm fea tures Sleam-pewored tractors, haNestlirs. th~. VIsit the Greal West Fair Of"3; vragons and • fully Qpel1bOn.llum of the century fllm gency"? Only the chapters can 310 E. 2nd t., Lo~ An8t:l e ~ , A 9001 2 For me, the long-tenn integrity Tlt e Groat West FJlr is ~ n attempt to rtlch ~oross tme. hlhng ~~g~h~n&:~~,: v illable to IntlfllrelthlS idvenlur1 of JACL is far more important decide. (2il) 622-3968 your senses With experlell ces th.1t wilt make Iho past tome (0 . 1I1e . YoU will $ ee~f o., rt WiS lived durlrlQ th e19th c:entufYWrth ~ the ~hort-tenn convenient Craftsmen domonst(1 0ng trl dltlooal c ~ You Winletl YOIif acc~ ESTAB~ISt1EO pulse booln 10 throb1o 1110 bell ollndlan1(onHoms 8$ \illflans . funds from the EndGW" • 1936 • Ch'nland ClJnat their.oClenl rrtuljs. All of ~,~ ~ . of1 on tht tnentF.m}d.lpes~subn~t ~ . campus of Utili Stale University It th' lII~ull J1FIII 01 the L " .. N1c i=.J ; . American Wilt · ~:up l flltOoal!~'rt4~i_i1eolibhlng' i1itiis~.im ~iiil ., {~~,now,forIWill~ ' , • ..:: .. #-' : ~~, , .: -- ·' lQa,.~aa"DlI"'1tft ,~,, )p~~1~ ,W:~d the' ctW:~" :" .<.£1 .. - ioarl1a "",! • RAt)fNG' '. 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IW1 • &-PACIFIC CInZEN I Friday, June 20, 1986 a consequence of their wartime Who's Qualified to Help? incarceration We believe Japa• nese Americans are a resilient by Sue Kunitomi Embrey when the first press release an• and gallant people whose story nounced the exhibit and called needs to be told. I am compelled to respond to for artifacts and realia. In Feb• By the same token, through the letters which have appeared ruary when the Smithsonian jealousy, competition and pure in the Pacific Citizen and other staff was in Los Angeles collect• "sour grapes" attitudes, we cast ethnic papers these past few ing materials, I met with them. stones at each other and fac• weeks regarding the partiCipa• They saw our large collection of tionalize our community. We are, tion of Go For Broke, Inc. in the historical photographs, viewed after all, ordinary human beings. development of the Japanese the fIlms in our fIles, and took If you have something to loan, American exhibit at the Smithso• names of other individuals and or a story to tell (as all of us do) nian Institution. books we recommended for their write to the Smithsonian Give First of all, the questions: further research. them an opportunity to look at What criteria are these critics The staff and the veterans of and research the best and most using as to who is "qualified" to Go For Broke in the Los Angeles diverse of our community. Write help plan this exhibit? What evi• area have been very sincere and to: Tom D. Crouch, Curator, dence do they have that Go For diligent in their efforts to pursue Mechanical Engineering & Man• Broke or any other organization diverse points of view and ex• ufacturing, National Museum of or individual is, or is not, qual• periences of the Japanese Amer• American History, Smithsonian ified? Who are they to sit in ican community which will en• Institution, Washington, D.c. judgement? hance the exhibit 2fi5OO. As chair of the ManzanarCom• In our 17 years of existence, We are, more or less, experts mittee, a community-based edu• the Manzanar Committee has on our own constitutional rights cational organization, I made been involved in much research and how they were blatantly vio• contact with the Smithsonian and collection of materials on lated by our own government Japanese American history. In This is our chance to tell our gov• Photo by Robert Shimabukuro the process, we have come to re• ernment so. L.A. Municipal Court Judge Jon Mayeda with award winner Leslie Furukawa. Kikkoman donates spect the community, which en• When you take potshots at our dured nightmarish adversity as Continued em Back Page $10,0CX> to JACL Minority Bar Assn. honors attorney SAN FRANCISCO-Kikkoman International executive vice president and general manager LOS ANGELES-Attorney Les• cause he felt that her outstanding Yoshihiro Nagayama presented lie Furukawa was honored by efforts on the organization's be• a $1O, tween the two tribes, opponents has come out of the major media Other speakers included Kevin pIe's Rights Organization, Latino RELOCATION charge that the dispute was fair so far," Maehara added. Hasegawa of NCRR and Lenora Agenda Coalition, Comite de la CootimJed from Front Page ricated by energy companies Alan Nishio of Pacifica JACL, Hill of the LA Big Mountain Raza, Women of Color, and East• that want access to the coal- and one ofthe program's c After the war, Wada returned tinue to persevere. A.~ to.10\{'V~* WADA to San Francisco and went into While he felt angry that non• f 0 orL~·dtrlP $51 social work whites are still not fully recog• S n He said he feels Japanese nized in this society, he hoped Rou \\.. PASS ..... $30 pe1 night .. . Americans, who built railroads, that the schools will serve as his unit took demotions in order JAP AN RA Resef'Jat\Oo • Rates trom Other Cities available toiled in fields and canneries, tools for greater justice and to get that duty. equality. Hote\/Ryo\{ao (415) 653-0990 Wada was in Okinawa during and have a rich culture, will con- COMMUNITY TRA VEL SERVICE the bombing of Hiroshima and 5237 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618 Nagasaki. He is appalled today, 1986 OUR ESCORTED TOURS Going Places? Watch the 'PC' Travel Ads! he said, at his ignorance at the EXCEPTIONAL FEATUREs--aUALITY VALUE TOURS time of the extent of the devasta• Canadian Rockies-Victoria-Expo tion and suffering that occurred. Vancouver (9 days) ...... 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TRAVEL SERVICE (415) 474-3900 Waikiki Beach hotel , transfers, baggage . ti ps, flower lei greeti ng, color memory album . 441 O'Farrell St., San Francisco, CA 941 02 7 Nights Oahu &. 1 Neighbor Island $649 , p/personltwin (or) Oahu & 2 Neighbor Islands $709 p/person/twin Departures from L.A., San Francis co or Seattle. Other Departure Dates slightly SMITHSONIAN higher. EXPO'S6, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle 7 days Aug 23 Continued from Page 6 Special Holiday in Japan Group departs from Seattle: 1 night Seattle , 5 nights Van couver, 3-day EXPO'86 ticket , 1-day Victoria tour. 9 meals f $730 p/personftwin plus airfare from ANYWHERE, ANYfIME - 9 DAYS hometown cities. veterans, you do a disseIVice to Features: (1) Air Fare, (2) 7-Nights Top Value Hotel our entire community. 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