Council.Elects 20PS-2008 Nafl JACL Board JACL's E~ecutive Director Announces Resignation Tateisbi: 'Maybe it's time sy. According to for some change.' Tateishi, an individual from the Pacific By LYNDA LIN Southwest District Assistant Editor accused him of influ• encing the elections. CHANDLER, Ariz.-After Threats were made, he more than six years as JACL said national executive director, John "I don't do well with Tateishi is stepping down. He made threats," said Tateishi the announcement at the June 25 to the Pacific Citizen. FILE PHOTO meeting of the new national board "Ironically at that John Tateishi announced he is stepping down in Chandler, Arizona citing person• point, I decided not to at a national board meeting June 25. alreasons. resign.'" He was as he "I've been thinking about it for has always been in his long career in In the desert, a confluence of rea• ELECTION RESULTS-The JACL national council cast their votes quite some time," said Tateishi to the civil rights arena - resolved to sons led to his decision. He thought and the 2006-2008 winners were announced June 24. The new board members the morning after fight. But while standing in the foot• about camp a lot. He thought about board members are (I-r): Mark Kobayashi, secretary/treasurer; all convention activities concluded. steps of his ancestors at the rededica• all the moments that have lead up to Heidi Tana~atsubo, v.p. public affairs; Carol Kawamoto, v.p. plan• He cited the job's stress, worklOlid tion of the Gila River monurnent the t:bls. Then he announced his resig• ning & development; Larry Oda, president; Kimberly Shintaku, and lack of staff as some of the rea• morning after the elections, Tateishi nation with an effective date of youth chair; Leilani Savitt, youth rep; Sheldon Arakaki, v.p. general sons, but his decision came amid reflected on a life that has not been whenever a replacement is found. operations; and Edwin Endow, V.p. membership. national board elections controver- his own for quite some time. See TATEISHlIPage 9 NAACP Director Highlights JACL's Civil JACL Sets .New ~ourse with ' Next Biennial Budget . Rights Legacy in Keynote Address By LYNDA LIN 2007-2008 Revenue Sources Assistant Editor back in 1963 and it is a message that Fees & Registration Hilary Shelton, director of the 8.9% Washin~onBrureaumtheNAACp, CHANDLER, Ariz.-The national council adopted a biennial budget that includes brought to the JACL national con• aggressive measures to curb membership ero• vention's Sayonara Banquet June sion, fund programs and fill long vacant staff 24. positions. "We're living in a time that is At the June 21-24 national convention, almost as challenging as the era council members examined the risks and ben• when the JACL was founded ... efits of some proposed fundraising measures. General Support Just as in the past, we are facing for• Investment The 2007-08 budget includes the following Pacific Citizen 2.2% midable threats to civil rights, civil 9.0% . Income fundraisers: 9.3% liberties," said Shelton. • a $5 dues increase in general (single, cou• 2007-2008 Program Cosls NAACP Dir. Hilary Shelton ple/family and youth) membership, which gets '-~------'-En-do-wm-e-nts------' See BANQUETlPage 4 Public Affairs General rid of the chapter/district insurance premium 13.4% 2.6% . payment; Education honored with this year's JA JA Officer Makes It • an annual fundraising gala dinner in of the Biennium Award; Washin~on, D.C.; and Sandra Tanamacbi is rec• Olficial, Refuses • an annual golf tournament. ognized for her efforts to Deployme~t to I~aq In addition, JACL districts and chapters eliminate Texas J -Roads. need to meet aggressive new membership tar- P.e. readers add their voic• gets. The PSW district will strive to recruit By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM es to the controversy sur• four new Millennium Club members while the Pacific Citizen Executive Editor rounding 1st Lt. Ehren Leadership . See BUDGETIPage 2 4.7% 19.1% Watada's decision. CHANDLER, Ariz.- "Injustice PRESIDKNT'S CORNER anywhere is a threat to justice By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Mineta Resigns, everywhere." Executive Editor Strong Found'ation, This famous·Martin Luther King, Citing 'Time to Move On' Jr. quote is as fitting today as it was First Lt. Ehren Watada fulfilled Strong Future his pledge to refuse deployment to JACL passes an emergency ByLARRYODA resolution honoriilg his Iraq when his unit was ordered to Nat') JACL President deploy June 22 and the 28-year-old longtime service. Honolulu native refused to accom• ollowing every biennial con• By P.e. Staff andAssociated Press panythem. F vention, JACL faces a transi• Watada is now officially the first . tion of leadership. The CHANDLER, Ariz.-Transpor• commissioned officer to publicly nat ion a 1 ,-____---, tation Secretary Norman Mineta, refuse deployment to Iraq. He also board fre• the first Asian Pacific American to quently uses serve as Cabinet secretary, the first meet• announced June 23 his exit as the AP PHOTO: CARLOS OSORIO ing after con• Bush administration's transporta• Sec. Norman Mineta announced vention to tion secretary - a position he held his resignation June 23. survey ' the -----~--- for over five years. The news came as a shock for state of JACL Mineta, 74, became the longest• many JACLers amidst the flurry of and begin to serving transportation secretary convention activities. JACL take up the since the department was formed in Executive Director John Tateishi baton of leadership passed to them 1967. broke the news during the Youth First Lt. Ehren Watada speaks at a by the outgoing board. "It is time for me to move on to Luncheon to gasps and looks of dis• press conference· in Tacoma, The recent national board meet• other challenges," Mineta said in a belief from an audience that has I ing on June 25 was a fine beginning Washington last month. . letter to President Bush. His resig• . See WATADA/Page 9 See ODA/Page 4 nation is effective July 7. See MINETAlPage 8

' .. 2 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 7-20, 2006 "Compared to past r.. PA(IA( CITIZEN ~ BUDGET JACL 2007-2008 Biennial Budget 2005 WINNERI budgets of my recol- (Continued from. page 1) lection, this one ,.------., .MEORIA other districts have the goal of find• comes the closest in 2007 2008 Total ~ Awards In Writing .A ing one each - a total of six. The my mind to balance Revenue Sources: national board has also committed expenses with as Membership Dues $ 1,021,114 $ 995,736 $ 2,016,850 to reducing the membership attrition realistic revenue General Support $ 47,000 $ 47,000 $ 94,000 PACIFIC CITIZEN rate, which has been in continual sources as possible," Investment Income $ 200,979 $ 200,979 $ 401,958 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, decline over the years. said Nat'l JACL Pacific Citizen $ 195',000 $ 195,000 $ 390,000 , CA. 90012 These measures have been imple• Secretaryrrreasurer Grants · $ 176,000 $ 135,000 $ 311 ,000 Tel: 213/620-1767, mented in part to fill vacant staff Mark , Kobayashi. Fund Raising $ 267,000 $ 428,641 $ 695,641 800/966-6157 positions, increase membership and 'That isn't to say that Fees & Registration $ 144,200 $ 239,200 $ 383,400 Fax: 2131620-1768 E-mail: [email protected] launch new programs. it doesn't have risk, it Other $ 17,500 $ 17,500 $ 35,000 . www.pacificcitizen.org New staff positions included in certainly does as pointed out in my Executive Editor: the next biennial' budget are: Total Revenues $ 2,068,793 $ 2,259,056 $ 4,327,849 Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom • a PSW regional director to be presentation to the Assistant Editor: hired on January 1, 2007 (moved up national council Lynda Lin from the initial start date of April 1, about the budget Program Costs: Office Manager: 2007); especially in the Brian Tanaka General Operations $ 694,533 $ 947,308 $ 1,641,841 areas of membership, Cfrculation: Eva Lau-Ting • a part-time bookkeeper based in Membership $ 155,004 $ 131,374 $ 286,37'8 national headquarters (80 percent); Legacy Fund distri• Intem: Stacy iwata Pacific Citizen $ 404,489 $ 421,107 $ 825,596 • a part-time assistant for the bution and the gala Publisher:Japanese American Leadership $ 113,887 $ 90,380 $ 204,267 JACL executive director (80 per• dinners, but the Citizens League (founded 1929) Fundraising $ 170,770 $ 166,865 $ 337,635 1765 Sutter Street, San cent). national council Education $ 172,722 $ 170,396 $ 343,118 Francisco, CA 94115, tel: The next biennial budget, which weighed these issues 415/921-5225 fax: 415/931- passed the national council with rel• and felt comfortable Public Affairs $ 302,276 $ 276,374 $ 578,650 4671, www.jacl.org ative ease, was due to the prelimi• with the risk that we Endowments $ 55,112 $ 55,252 $ 110,364 JACL President: Larry Oda nary work by the national board in know of." Nat'I Director: John Tateishi Total Program Costs $ 2,068,793 $ 2,259,056 $ 4,327,849 Pacific Citizen Board of marathon budget balancing sessions The next biennial Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• and in the wo~hops at convention, budget shows a total person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; of $4,319,207 in rev- said newly elected JACL National Midwest District Governor Ron this point forward the board will be Casey China, MDC; Kathy President Larry ada. enue and a total of $4,319,208 in Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, Katsuyama amended the proposed identifying our objectives and 'There were some compromises program costs. NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, biennial budget by increasing the reporting on our progress along the PNWDC; Larry Grant, IDC; in doing this, but in the end, it will After the national council adopted JACL staff's cost of living way." the next biennial budget, it also Sharon Kumagai, PSWDC; be the best for JACL," said ada, allowance (COLA) to 2.5 percent Aggressive goals take hard work, Maya Yamazaki; Youth. passed a motion introduced by Vice who also pointed out the Program and another resolution sponsored by said Kobayashi. But all those President of Mem1X:rship Edwin r-NE~svAD-DEf~DLHiE:-l for Action 'was completed early the Seattle JACL allocated $15,000 involved are ready to "take a step Endow to increase the dues of some FRIDAY BEFORE DATE : enough this biennium for national towards strategic planning and orga• forward with both eyes open and lifetime membership categories. To OF ISSUE. : board members to prioritize the nizational development ready to roll up our sleeves to Editorials, news and the opin- I budget become a lifetime member, an indi• ions expressed by columnists : A motion to help fund the strate• achieve a greater JACL." • vidual pays a one-time lump sum. other than the national JACL ''I've mentioned that the capacity gic plan with monies·from the 2006 president or national director building effect of hiring another The new amounts are: JACL Summary of do not necessarily reflect JACL budget was narrowly approved by policy. Events and products regional director will make mem• • Century - $5,000 . the national board June 21 with Investments as of May 2006 advertised In the Pacific bership outreach, program develop• • Life Trust - $3,000 Citizen do not carry the Implicit immediate past president Ken endorsement of the JACL or ment, and completion much easier, The increase - which will have Inouye casting the tie-breaking vote. Legacy Fund $5,991,883 this publication. We reserve the no fiscal impact in the next bienni- Life Trust Endowment $460,851 L ______right to edit articles. _ and this increased capacity will For the third quarter 2006 . um because the portion of the mem• assist in obtaining new sponsors for finances, the national board reported National Endowment $404,470 PACIFIC CmZEN (ISSN: 0030- programs," he added. bership dues that goes into the a $300,917 surplus as of May 31. It Masaoka Fellowship $323,662 8579) is published semi-monthly investment fund for the budget has With the announcement of John is an inflated number because the Reserve $458,245 except once in December and Tateishi's resignation as JACL exec• already been determined - will go Scholarship $897,279 January by the Japanese cost of the national convention is into effect Jan. Any monies American Citizens League, 250 utive director, the new national 1,2007. not yet reflected, said Kobayashi. Student Aid $32,662 E. First Street, Ste. 301, Los board unanimously approved June collected from this increase will be ''We are definitely headed in the Angeles, CA. 90012 OFFICE reflected in the budget 25 a 'motion to make the hiring of 2009-10 right direction," said Oda. "From Source: Natjonal Investment Policy HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 the bookkeeper a priority. A resolution introduced by Committee p.m. Pacific Time. ©2006. Annual subscription rates: NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$40, f~r payable in advance. Additional -Nat'l Council Sets 2007·08 JACL Program Action postage per year - Foreign peri• or sexual orientation. by hiring staff or providing program odical rate $25; First Class for VISion young people, will aspire to work Aware of our responsibilities as Advocate for equal opportunity in fellowships. with the organization. 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Although we are unable to print all the letters your change of address (USPS who reside in this country regard• Objectives: Expand the capacity of the national organization so that we receive, we appreciate the interest and Form 3575) less of race, creed, gender, religion, of the tolerance & diversity program all Japanese Americans, particularly 'Views of those who take the time to send us , their comments, PACIFIC CITIZEN JULY 7-20, 2006 NATIONAL CONVENTION 3 David Kawamoto Honored as JACLer of the Biennium Portland chapter and awardee, by his side. The award only was he able to organize the 'lACL, it's something I get more out of than I canpossihle give.' Playwright Soji Kasbiwagi was presented during the JACL prograrri's archives,this past year he - David Kawamoto national convention's Awards increased the numbe.r of national are also recognized. Luncheon June 23. scholarships to 29 with a total of '''I'm honored to be included," he $60,000 awarded to' various stu• By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM continued, noting that several of his dents. Executive Editor mentors, including Roy Nishikawa Ken Inouye, immediate past and Helen Kawagoe, are among JACL national president and a for• CHANDLER, Ariz.-It may past winners. mer JACLer of the Biennium, pre• have been a surprise to David Kawamoto has been active at all sented the award to Kawamoto call• Kawamoto when he heard his name levels of the JACL. A former ing him a "great JACLer" and a role announced as ,this year's recipient of national vice president of general model for all lACLers. the "JACLer of the Biennium operations, he also served as the , "He exemplifies the best of what Award," but for those who have PSW district governor. He has been JACLis," said Inouye. known the former national board a longtime member of the PSW dis• "JACL, it's something I get more member, the award was expected trict bOard and is the immediate past out of than I can possible ~ve," said and well-deserved. president of the San Diego chapter. Kawamoto. "I'm honored to receive' AWARDEES: (back, from left) Rich Iwasaki, Michelle Sugi, SuSan "Wow," was all Kawamoto could , Most reCently Kawamoto took on this award ... and I share this with Leedham, Ken Inouye, Chip and Setsy Larouche (front, from left) muster at first as he accepted his the task of the National JACL all of you." John Kodachi, , David Kawamoto, Mary Ferrell.and award with his wife Carol, also a Scholarship Program, largely due to former JACLer of the Biennium the decrease in national staff. Not See AWARDSlPage 8 Jeffrey Burton. 'It's there and it Jesters and it devastates you. ' Newbery Medal Winning Author Cynthia ' - Gilbert Lee, on losing his dad to hepatitis B Kadohata Honored With Vision Award

, VISION AWARD:The JACL Nat'l Youth/Student Council chose author Cynthia Kadohata as this biennium's Vision Award honoree. The award was presented June 22 during the JACL national convenion in Phoenix. Pictured here (I to r) are Joshua Spry, past youth

chair, Kadohata and Todd PHOTO COURTESY GRACE NIWA Sato, past youth representa• Rep. Mike Honda gets tested during San Francisco's recent tive. Hepatitis B Awareness Week. By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM has "inspired youth to reach for their goals." Executive Editor "For me it seems that all I can do is write," she Calling Out the Silent Epidemic added. "I believe a writer's vision comes from what I .JACL passes an emergency their children~ according to the CHANDLER, Ariz.~lt may have taken close to 40 call their 'home.' For me being a writer means finding Asian Liver Center (ALC) at . short-story submission rejections and four years of resolution to support legis• that home." Stanford University, the only non• endless effort before her first story was sold to The lation and education on Kadohata is the author of both adult novels and profit organization in the U.S. with a New Yorker, but Cynthia Kadohata today is the author novels for children and youth adults. Her adult works hepatitis B. mission to address the higher rate of of five novels and has a Newbery Medal to her cred• include: 'The Floating World," "In the Heart of the it. ' hepatitis B and liver cancer among Valley of Love," and 'The Glass Mountains." Her By LYNDA LIN APAs. Her early career ambitions as an aspiring young first kid's novel, "Kira-Kira," was awarded the presti• Assistant Editor HBV can lead to cirrhosis of the writer who endured cramped apartments with gious American Library Association's Newbery liver, liver failure, and liver cancer. unwanted cockroaches, and years later winning the Medal in 2005. CHANDLER, Ariz.-It was a But the ALC says many APAs highest award for children's literature, is fondly Her latest work is another children's novel entitled disease that rested in the shadows of remain untested' so the disease, recalled as a "difficult joumey." And yet through it all, "Weedflower," a story that takes place at the Poston their lives until its awakening rav• which doesn't have many detectable Kadohata has remained true to her gut instincts of internment camp on the Colorado River Indian aged them. Gilbert Lee lost his symptoms, always writing about her "home." Reservation and explores the friendship between a father Tommy to hepatitis B in continues to 'The whole world seemed to be telling me not to be young JA girl and a young Mohave boy who lives on 2003, and since then it has become lurk. a writer ... not to write about the Japanese, but I kept the reservation. - a person,al mission to raise aware• Gilbert's at it," said Kadohata who was honored with the Vision "Many writers have ,more than one home," said ness about the silent epideniic in the personal Award by the National JACL Youth/Student Council Kadohata. "For me some of my homes as a writer Asian Pacific American communi• mission is June 22, an award given to an Asian American who See KADOHATA/Page 5 ty. just one of On grassy fields where loved many grass- ones gather to bid farewells, he real• roots and · SNAPSHOT ized the impact of the disease on his national personal life - a friend's father TOMMY LEE efforts to JACL National Convention Workshops also succumbed, his grandmother help raise Native Food and Preparation Arizona's two WRA intern'• Since Sept. 11, effects of the carried the disease and another awareness about hepatitis B as well Participants took in the tradi• ment camps are the only Patriot Act and other govern• friend's father was fortunate enough as issues of health disparities and tions and flavors of native food. camps .that were located on ment-enacted policies have rip• to get a transplant before the disease access to health care programs in the American Indian reservations. A pled through the South Asian took him too. That was three funer• APA community. Multiracial Identity: The New panel discussion consisted of American communities. als in three-plus years, said Gilbert, The fIrst ever National Hepatitis Face of Japanese Americans membe'rs of both the JA and Participants heard from some 30. BAct (HR 4550) was introduced to and the U.S. ' Native American communities members of a Sikh American So he decided to do something Congress Dec. 15, 2005, by Rep. sharing their experiences and group about what it's like to look about it. · Mike Honda, D-San Jose, and Rep. memories. like the perceived enemy. He launched a Web site and a Charlie Dent, R-PA, to focus gov• video with sobering statistics: ernment funding and advocacy for True Southwest: Indigenous Exploring Healthcare • 1 in 10 APAs are carriers hepatitis B education, research and Experiences Disparities in the Asian • More than half of the hepatitis B treatment. In San Francisco, aware• The panel discussion focused American Population carriers in the U.S. are APAs ness is raised through various activ• on the history and culture of the APAs experience higher levels · • Over 1 million people die' from ities during May's "Hepatitis B Akimel O'Otham, a Native of illness in several major health hepatitis l3 related diseases in the Awareness Week." American tribe tt'iat calls Gila categories. Health care experts world each year At the Jupe 21-24 national JACL JAs have the highest .rate of River its home. Workshop par• participated in a panel discus• And perhaps most frightening of convention, the national council outmarriage (75 percent), ticipants also learned about cur• sion about these disparities. all, there is a vaccine for hepatitis B. unanimously passed an emergency according to Dr. Christine lijima rent challenges facing the com• "It affects our community in resolution to support legislation like Hall (above), district director of munity. The Politics of Camp ways unrealized by people in our the National Hepatitis B Act as well employment and recruitment at Preservation community and the general public. as encourage members towards Maricopa Community College in Post 9/11 Impact on Ethnic Preservationists and repre• • Asians don't really know," he said. "development and/or support edu• Phoenix'. The interactive discus• Communities in the U.S. sentatives from the National "It's there and it festers and it devas• cational and outreach programs that sion was based on her disserta• Park Service and the - tates you." promote the health and welJness of tion research in 1979 - the first Conservation Fund talked aoout Hepatitis B is a disease caused by JACL members and other Asian ever study conducted on mixed the political and legislative infection with the virus HBV, which Americans." race identity. process of developing practical can be transmitted by blood transfu• "This is the direction which. solutions and strategies toward sions, sharing or. reusing needles JACL should move in," said MDC Shared History: American camp preservation. and unprotected sex. It is more Gov. Ron Katsuyama, who intro• Indian and Japanese common among APAs than . any duced the emergency resolution for American Experience of Japanese Americans in other racial or ethnic group and consideration. "Not to become a Internment at Gila River and Arizona Oral History Project many APAs become infected when Poston See WORKSHOPSlPage 5 unknowing mothers pass it on to See HEPATITIS B/Page 5 4 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFIC CITIZEN, J ULY 7-20, 2006 Cedar Grove Productions and Tanamachi Honored at Sayonara Banquet (Continued from page 1) Weglyn, and history of the term and asked that HONOREES: Kristi Yamaguchi the Jefferson County "Just as in the past, all of us in the (left) and Tim Toyama as recipients of Commissioners make a name JACL and the NAACP need to were honored with the the prestigious change. At first all of her efforts remember our common victories: Japanese Americans of award. were rebuffed and she began receiv• Hold fast to ouf common values. the Biennium Award. ing hate mail. Keep fighting on our common strug• Sandra Tanamachi was Edison Uno Undeterred, she persisted and in gles," he continued. "Just as in the recognized with the Civil Rights 2001 she formed the Committee to past, if we just stand fast and stand Edison Uno Civil Rights Award Change "Jap Road" with the help of together than eventually ... we will Award for her decade- It took Sandra several people including Thomas prevajl." Tanamachi more Kuwahara of Louisiana. In 2003, Shelton noted that since the plus efforts to rid the state the committee sent a ~tition to the 1930s, the JACL has fought for not of Texas of 'Jap' Roads. than 12 years but Department of Transportation and only the rights of Japanese The awards were present- her efforts not the Department of Housing Americans but also for Chinese ed at the Sayonara only helped to Development to push Jefferson Americans and all Americans of Banquet June 24. bring about the ------end of "Jap" County to rename "Jap Road." In color. Roads and a "Jap Lane" in three the end the negative publicity Just as the NAACP has done since Texas counties, she has helped to helped convince the county to its founding in 1909, the JACL has educate the country on the historical rename its road and today it is also fought for issues of "simple jus• significance of this derogatory term. "Boondocks Road." tice." Issues like the desegregation of JACL Executive In honor of her efforts, the nation• Soon after the change in Jefferson public schools, the disenfranchise• al JACL recognized Tanamachi with County, Fort Bend County and. ment of people of color, immigra• Tateishi with this year's "Edison Uno Memorial Orange County changed the names tion, and heroic World War II veter• Civil Rights Award," an award that of their "Jap Road" and "Jap Lane" ans to call their own are common Sayonara is given to organizations or individu• respectively. throughout the history of both organ• Banquet speaker als who have made outstanding con• "I did this also for our future gen• izations. Hilary Shelton of tributions in the field of civil rights. erations so we celebrate now "Indeed for a longtime the JACL the NAACP. "I did this for the Issei, gen• because there are no more J-Roads and the NAACP were among the erations who had to endure so much in the state of Texas," said few organizations of any time who Shelton honored the Nisei and "This is a great honor," said during World War II. For our Nisei Tanamachi. are willing to challenge the basic Issei for their struggles to uphold Toyoma, who called his niece veterans, the sacrifices they made. The award was established in policies of the federal, state, and their civil rights while imprisoned in Megan Toyama onstage to join him This is a small way of saying thank 1985 in honor of Edison Uno for local governments," said Shelton. WWII internment camps and in accepting the award. you and that we have not forgotten his lifelong dedication to human And today's fight for civil rights encouraged the younger generations '''The thread that corinects all of us, your sacrifices," said Tanamachi. and civil rights. Tanamachi now and liberties continues to press on, to honor their legacy by continuing who we are ... What binds us is our Tanamachi was living in joins. the company of Ismael taking lessons learned from the past the fight for justice for all. stories ... we have to pass on our sto• Beaumont when she first learned of Ahmed, Morris Dees, and Ross to face current challenges. Issues like '"Tonight we remember those th~t . ries to future generations," he said. the county's "Jap Road." She began Hopkins as winners of this presti• the continuing fight for humane came before ... and if they can per• Since i~ founding in 1996, Cedar efforts to educate the town about the gious award. • immigration legislation, the renewal sist and prevail in the face of formi- . Grove Productions has helped to of the historic Voting Rights Act, and dable obstacles ... then together we develop projects that highlight the issues of privacy and racial profiling can do nothing less in our own Asian American experience, some• in the ongoing fight against terror• time," he said. thing sorely missing today in main• ism remain top priorities for both the "Decades from now ... our chil• stream Hollywood. The co-founders JACL and NAACP. dren and their children will say we formed the production company in. "All of us in the JACL and the stood our ground, that we kept the tribute to , a NAACP know what it means to be faith. We passed along an America Japanese diplomat who saved hun• on the wrong end of the disenfran• worthy of the struggles and the sac• dreds of Jews during WWIl. chised, discrimination, and dehu• rifices of those who built it and bet• Sugihara's story is told in their manization," said Shelton. tered it." award winning film "Visas and '''The fact is there are no lasting VIrtue." victories in the fight for civil rights jAs of the Bienniwn '"This mean a lot to us," said and civil liberties. We are challenged The highest public honor given by Tashima, who thanked Toyama and ... now more than ever before." the national JACL is the "Japanese honored members of his family Shelton noted that it is the unique American of the Biennium Award" including his grandfather and .Qar• history of the JA community - the and this biennium's recipients are the ents. "I walk in their footsteps. When lasting legacy of the WWII intern• founders of Cedar Grove you honor me, you honor them." ment camps and the lessons learned Productions, Chris Tashima and Tlffi Toyama and Tashima's next proj• from the historic accomplishments Toyama, in the ect is "Memorial Day" which will of the WWII Nisei veterans - that "ArtslLiterature/Communications" tell the story of the Nisei WWII vets. provides JAs the unique opportunity category. The award honors JAs who But in addition to the vets' story, to uphold this nation's civil liberties. have made a marked impact in their many more stories have yet to be "You know better than anyone respective fields. told, including a film about the how human dignity can be sacrificed Already proud owners of an Resisters of Conscience. in a 'time of national challenge and Academy Award, Tashima and '''There's so much more work to emergency but when the world's TOyama were recently nominated for do," said Tashima. . greatest democracy sheds its own a Northern California El1lIl}y award Since the award:s founding in Constitution and the Bill of Rights for their most recent film, "Day of 1950, 49 Japanese Americans have . then our enemies are the only win• Independence," a film that explores been honored with the JA of the ners and our people and our tradi• one family's interninent experience Biennium award. Tashima and tions are the real losers in America," through the all-American game of Toyama now join the likes of Mike he said. baseball. Masaoka, Sen. Daniel Inouye, Michi

against government-imposed viola• 'The recent national ODA tions of civil rights due to "hysteria" board m(;Jeting on June (Continued from page 1) surrounding the war on terrorism. 25 was a fine beginning Following the market downturn and I believe· the organization, and I believe the organi• in 2001 and 2002, John successfully . including board, staff, and members engaged major corporate sponsors zation, including board, are eager to work together to carry for JACL programs to diversify our Health Plans out the organization's mission. staff, and members are funding. In the face of significant However, JACL will soon lose a eager to work together challenges, John has deftly steered renowned champion of civil rights to carry out the organi- the organization in the right direc• for California and a stalwart servant to the organi• tion, toward financial stability and a zation's mission. ' zation, as John Tateishi announced continued presence in the civil his resignation as national director -LarryOda, rights arena. JACL Members . at this meeting. John will graciously JACL Nat'l President John Tateishi has successfully stay on until another director is iden• partnered with the staff and past tified, and I thank hipl for continu• During John's tenure as national national boards to establish a strong ing to serve JACL during the transi• director, he has made numerous foundation for JACL's future Call the JACL Health Benefits Administrators at tion of executive leadership. contributions and has done so at growth. John has repeatedly displayed critical times. Following the attacks As we work to identify a suitable such a willingness to put the inter• of Sept. 1], 2001, John represented successor to the national director, I 1.800.400.6633 ests of JACL at the top of his prior• JACL as one of the fIrst civil rights am confident that the current nation• ities and I hold a deep sense of grat• organizations to speak out against al board and staff will build upon or visit itude for his enduring commitment, racial profiling and retaliatory this foundation to guide JACL a feeling I believe is reflected attacks on Sikhs, Muslims and toward a strong and prosperous www.jaclhealth.org throughout the organization. South Asians. John also warned future." • PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 7-20, 2006 NATIONAL CONVENTION 5 HEPATITIS B ·ATAGLANCE was alsO honored with a video ER2 Support of the (Continued from page 3) tribute' at the Sayonara ." Reauthorization to Extend Resolutions Banquet -Provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965" R1 JACL Salaried Personnel R5 Relating to a Policy on Passed Cost of LMng Adjustments the Use of Racial Epithets Directs JACL to urge Congress Passed Passed without debate to ensure the extension of the Amends the proposed budget Opposes the continued-use of Voting Rights Act. to increase the COLA of. all the word "Jap" and other JACL salaried personnel to 2.5 derogatory racial, religious or ER3 Relating to Addressing percent and to g1ve COLAs the sexist remarks. the Health Disparities and highest priority. Access to Health Care R6 Encoutagi~g StudyTours' Programs and Services R2 SUpporting the 11th to Japan Among APIAs* National JACL Singles Passed Passed unanimously Convention EncOurages members to pro• Directs JACL to support legis-• PHOTO COURTESY GILBERT LEE Passed without debate mote U.S.-Japan relations. lationsuch as the National Requests supPort and atten-• Encourages study tours to Hepatitis B Act, which ~Id dance of this national event. Japan. allocate research funding for ALL THE LEES: In happier . " times (top, from left) cancer-cauSing diseases. Jason, Gilbert, Elizabeth R3 Supporting Immigrant R7 Relating to Strategic and Tommy, who Rights and Responsible Planning and Organizational ER4 Thanking the Hon. passed away in 2003. Immigration Reform Development Nonnan Y.Mlneta* Bay Area APAs (left) Passed as Amended Passed as modified Passed unanimously recently lined up to get Opposes immigration policies Calls for a national strategic Thanks Norman Mineta for his tested. driven by fear, racism and planning committee and the service as the Secretary of xenophobia, and opposes Implementation of a strategic Transportation and for his serv• deportation of immigrants plan in 2007-OS. ice to the nation and the JACL. health care provider, but to join in priate types of care will become based Solely on their political the coalition and help in organizing llllong the salient civil rights issues opinions. . ER1 Relating to Recognizing > ER5 Courtesy ResolutiOn" and raising awareness for screen• of the 21st century." the LIfe and ContribUtions of Passed unanimously ings." The importance of the emergency R4 Relating to the Ufe of Hiroml Ueha* Thanks the Arizona chapter for . Katsuyama is active in the resolution was underscored by the Congressman RobertT. Passed without debate its efforts in hosting the 39th Dayton, Ohio Asian American June 8 Food and Drug Matsui Recognizes the life ~ work Bienniat National Convention. Council and a coalition which Administration approval of a vac• Passed without ~ cine that blocks two strains of virus• of Hiromi Ueha who passed . counts JACL as a component. With Recognizes the life and work his involvement in health confer• es that cause cervical cancer. away this year. * Denotes an emergency reso-• of the late congressman. He ences, he saw how important it was ''What they say about [the dis• Jution ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• w to help the underserved APA com~ ease] striking quickly ... we had munities. him for three and one-half months," Constitution and Bylaws "One might ask, why should said Gilbert, 30. CB1 National Comrentlon meeting. JACL be involved in such an initia• Looking back, he attributes his Referred to special committee tive? We are basically a civil rights father's passing to lack of awareness Bylaw amendment implementing annual nation- CB2 Staggered Elections organization. My answer is that civil even on his doctor's part. But he's al conventions and national council sessions. A Motion was not made rights has many facets," said encouraged by the national move• motion was made to refer to a special committee. Bylaw amendment putting into action an election Katsuyama in a statement to the ment to push for more education. The committee is instruct~ to submit an analy- cycle of three national officers from the even to national council. ''We continue to be "It becomes a situation where our sis of the proposed . Chan~ to an aMuaI COI'lVeI'r odd years. This proposal is subject to the condl• vigilant in our anti-defamation community can embrace it as a tion to thenatitihal council at or prior to its next . tion ltlatCB1 is ratified. efforts, and this must continue. cause," said Gilbert.• However, we have not entered other arenas. As we move toward univer• ON THE WEB KADOHATA · first novel published in 1989. sal health care, it is said that health http://gilklee.home.comcast.netJliv• (Continued from page 3) "In those days there were very few Asian American authors," she disparities in status, access to care, ercancer.html said. and provision of quality and appro- http://liver.stanford.edu have been my childhood, my ethnic• ity, my family, and the American Many ofher relatives told her "no landscape." . one wants to read about Japanese" Born in Chicago and raised as a and an editor told her to stop writing KOKUSAI-PACIFICA child in Georgia and Arkansas, she so much about Asian American recalls moving around a lot with her . characters. 2006 TOURS two siblings, her mom, and her dad But Kadohata never listened to who made a living as a chicken her critics and chose the topic of the sexer, spending long hours in chick• World War IT internment camps for July 18 Glacier National Park & Rockies - 7 Day - 12 Meals - $1995 en hatcheries. With a chuckle she her most recent novel Calgary, Glacier, Banff, Lake Louise & Columbia Icefields. fondly adds "the highway" to her 'Weedflower. " Aug.13 Eastern Canada & Niagara Falls - 9 Day -17 Meals - $2195- Kadohata won the 2005 list of "homes." Kadohata first leamed about the ~ Days in Montreal - Quebec - Ottawa - Toronto + Niagara Falls. Growing up in rUral Georgia and camps in fourth grade but didn't Newbery Medal for 'Kira-Kira: Aug. Central & Eastern Europe - 12 Day - 26 Meals - $3995 - Prague - 30 Arkansas with few JAs (the few JAs find out the details until she took an 7-Day Danube River Cruise - Nuremberg - Vienna - Salzburg• had endured in Poston. ethnic studies course . at the Budapest. were mainly fellow chicken sexers), "Writing about the camps ... Kadohata recalls the novelty of University of Southern Califomia. Sept. 22 Waterways of the Czars SOLD OUT brought me closer to him than I had growing up as a very visible minor• Her father had been interned at ever been," said Kadohata of her Oct. 9 Hokkaido & Tohoku ''Fall Foliage" - 11 Day - 24 Meals - $3795 ity. When her younger brother was Poston and so she decided to make Sapporo, Sounkyo, Sahoro, Shiraoi, Lake Toya, Hakodate, Aomori, father. And she was finally able to this the setting for ''Weedflower.''· Lake Towada, Hachimantai, Sendai & Tokyo. . born in Arkansas, she remembers complete her novel ''Weedflower.'' But soon she discovered she was Oct. 16 Uranihon "Otherside of Japan" - 11 Day - 25 Meals - $3695 the entire staff at the local hospital Kadohata makes her home in Tokyo, Sado Island, Kanazawa, Amanohashidate, Kinosaki, Tottori, dropping by because they had never having a hard time getting the Southern Califomia today and is Matsue, Izumo, Daizen & Kyoto. . seen a JA baby before. description of the camps right and currently working on her next novel Oct. 29 Fall Japan Classic I'Fall Foliage" - 11 Day - 24 Meals - $3450 Just before her fourth grade year, missed her deadlin~ by one and a . for kids that deals with the Vietnam Tokyo, Takayama, Nara, Kobe, Takahashi, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Kadohata's parents divorced and half years. War. The book is set to be released Inland Sea Cruise, Shodo Island & Kyoto. she and her siblings returned to "I couldn't get it right;" said next Spring. Nov. 9 Okinawa, Kyushu & Shikoku - 12 Day - 28 Meals - $3795 - Chicago with her mother, "a vora• Kadohata, whose research for Like her previous novels, 3 Days Okinawa - Karatsu - Nagasaki - UnzeIi - Kumamoto - . cious reader" who instilled a love of ''Weedflower'' . included extensive Kadobata is determined to stick Beppu - Kyushu- Ashizuri - Kochi - Takamatsu, Shikoku & Osaka. reading in her children. interviews with former internees Dec. Dix Radisson Tahiti Christmas Cruise - 9 Day - From $2694 - close to home, something she has 13 and many visits to the Poston camp. Papeete - Raiatea - Tahaa - Bora Bora - Moorea - Papeete. Kadohata's successful novel relied on over and over during her "Kira-Kira" is based on her early During this time she began the career. 2007 PREVIEW childhood memories growing up in process of adopting her son Sammy "Let us make Jan 20 - Panama Canal Cruise - Crystal Harmony rural Georgia and Arkansas. And from Kazakhstan. Her trips to this sure to remember to write our own Mar. 13 - Best of China - Mar. 26 Spring Japan Classic although her Newbery Medal for impoverished country, the desola- . histories," she said. "We must be Apr. 9 - Japan - Off the Beaten Track - May 7 - Japan Panorama Tour "Kira-Kira" has recently brought tion, and missing her home made true to our homes when we write, May 18 - Orient Cruise - with Viet Nam her much exposure and success, she her wonder if this experience was just as we must be true to our hearts June 6 - Music Cities Tour - July 2 - Summer Japan Classic recalls the difficulty in getting her somehow similar to what her father when we live." • Aug. 3 - New England Sept. 2 - Greece & Thrkey Cruise - Celebrity Cruise WORKSHOPS Spirit: Collecting, Curating & What About a JACL Future Displaying the Art of for Seniors? Sept. 25 - Classical Italy - Oct. 11 HokkaidolTohoku (Continued from page 3) Oct. 22 - Uranihon - Nov. I - Fall Japan Classic - Oct. 10 - Okinawa Arizona's WWII Relocation As JACLers advance in age This workshop presented Camps and statistics indicate people "Early Bird savings - call for brochure" information about JAs in the The work of artist Kukanen are living longer, past National INCLUDES - flights, hotels, sight'>eeing & MOST MEALS. Arizona Oral History Project. Tsuroaka was featured. JACL President Helen Included were short video clips What Do Youth Really Want? Kawagoe, National 1000 Club and a documentary developed This youth-only workshop Chair Frank Sakamoto and KOKUSAI INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INC. by Arizona State University allowed younger members to Pacific Citizen Editor Emeritus 4911 Warner Ave., Suite 221, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 students. address issues they care Harry Honda talked about a 714/840-0455 - FAX 714/840-0457 [l006444-}.0] Celebrating the Human about the most. JACL future for seniors .•

. -- ", I f 6 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFIC CITIZEN, J ULY 7-20, 2006 1 I j 1 1- 2006 JACL NATIONAL

LEADERSHIP-Convention ChairTed Namba (left), Etsu Masaoka, JACL National President Larry Oda and Ken Inouye (left) and Jeff Itami are just a pair of cow-. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Ken Inouye, immediate Edith Ichiuji at the Sayonara Banquefs VIP reception. pokes in their gear at the convention's Welcome Mixer past national JACL president. held at the Rawhide Steakhouse.

SPECIAL RECOGNmON-(from left) Convention Chair Ted Namba with Mas Inoshita, Joe A"man and Michele Namba. Inoshita and A"man were recipients of a CAMP DANCE-The Carmen Miranda Boys show us what they've got. . special JACL recognition award at the Sayonara Banquet.

Gary Okamoto of the Mt. Olympus . Ken Inouye thanks the crowd and a~ks them to take a Ethan Hirabayashi dreams of the day he can lega"y chapter casts his vote. seat after he was presented with the Presidenfs Pin gamble as Helen Kawagoe, former national JACL presi• . during the Sayonara Banquet. dent and current Gardena Valley member, looks on.

Arizona JAC~s Jim Kubota (left) and Mas Inoshita at the rededication of the Gjla River Elsie Taniguchi (left) and the Arizona JACL line dancers get their groove on. Elsie was Camp monument. The ceremony was held before temperatures reached the 100s. . a finalist for the 'Best Dressed Cowgirl.' PACIFIC CITIZEN, J ULY 7-20, 2006 NATIONAL CONVENTION 7 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

Members of the JACL National Youth Council before the Youth Luncheon. (Clockwise MIN YASUI ORATORICAL CONTEST PARTICIPANTS-(from left) Winner Julian from top left): Brigham Walker, Blake Honda, Megumi Kaminaga, Kimberly Shintaku, Antram, Sara Hidano-Cardinelli, Naomi Oren, Mari Michener aye and Marc Stillman. Leilani Savi!t and Caroline Kawaguchi.

EDC MEN-(from left) Stanley Kanzaki of New York, Paul RUBY PIN AWARDEES-Former JACL National President LilllianKimura, JACL Washington, D.C. Rep. Floyd Mori, Uyehara of Philadelphia and Clyde Nishimura of D.C. and Irene Mori were awarded JACL.:s Ruby Pin. They are pictured with past national president Ken Inouye.

Rachel Hinchman and Kameron Shee were the . CONVENTION UNDERWRITERS-(clockwise, top left) National JACL Credit Union's Charlie Brown, Terrell Nagata winners of the Best Dressed Cowgirl and Cowboy and Silvana Watanabe; AT& Ts David Lin, State Farm's Leslie Moe-Kaiser and Ford Motor Company's Michael Schmidt. contest at the Welcome Mixer. .

Larry Ishimoto and the CCDC make sure to get their votes counted. We'll see everyone in Salt Lake City in 2008. ''You Bet'cha!" 8 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFIC CITIZEN, J ULY 7-20, 2006 AWARDS Also Recognized Were •.• JACLer of the National JACL presented a IPlace your ad in the P.C. Call us at 800/988-81571 (Continued from page 3) Biennium, Special Recognition Award to The JACLer of the Biennium 1effery Burton and Mary Farrell who David Award is awarded to a JA"CL mem• as husband and wife have worked ber who has made significant contri• Kawamoto at tirelessly to preserve the archaeolog• (Jme:ricao HOlidQ\{1favel the Awards butions to the overall strength and ical integrity of the WWII intern• 2006 TOUR SCHEDULE growth of JACL. It is awarded in Banquet. ment camps. The couple was instru• memory of Randolph M. Sakada, a ALASKA HOLIDAY CRUISE NEW DATE/LOW RATES ...... AUG 27-SEPT 3 mental in the recently dedicated Seattle, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan. VICtoria. HOLLAND AMERICA UNE former JACL president. Kawamoto 100 programs for chapter members, Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site NOVA SCOTIA-PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HOLIDAY TOUR ...... SEPT 19-28 joins the likes of Clifford Uyeda, their coalition building efforts, and at the Coronado National Forest. Halifax, Peggy's Cave, Moncton. Charlottetown. Anne of Green Gables, John Tateishi, and Andy Noguchi as their Nikkei Community Directory "All of these sites need to be com• Baddeck. Cabot Trail. recipients of the award. that was published in 2005. memorated because this story needs HOKKAIDO-TOHOKU HOLIDAY TOUR ...... OCT 3-15 The chapter takes home a $500 to be told," said Burton. lake Akan. Abashlrl, Kitam i. Sapporo, NoboribetsU, lake Toya. Hakodote, George Inagaki and Ruby check. Oirase Volley, Hirosaki. Akita, Kakunodate, Matsushima, Sendai. Nikko, Tokyo. Burton and Farrell are also the co• TAHm HOLIDAY CRUISE ...... OCT 21-29 Yoshino Schaar Awards The Ruby Yoshino Schaar authors of "Confinement and Papeete, Raiatea, Taha'a, Bora Bora, Moorea, RADISSON'S PAUL GAUGUIN Kawamoto wasn't the only per• Playwright Award is awarded to a Ethnicity," a book that takes a look at son in the room surprised to learn AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND HOLIDAY TOUR ...... NOV 1-18 playwright who has worked to tell the various WWII' JA relocation Cairns, Great Barrier Reef. Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch, Mt. Cook, they were award winners. The the story of Japanese Americans and sites. Queenstown, Milford Sound, Rotorua, Auckland. Portland chapter learned that they Japanese Canadians. Michelle Sugi of Apple Valley, NEW YORK CITY GETAWAY TOUR ...... DEC 3-7 had been awarded this year's This year's awardee is Soji . City tour. Empire State Building, Statue of Uberty, Ellis Island, United Nations, Calif., the 2005 Mike Masaoka George J. Inagaki Chapter Kashiwagi whose most recent play South Street Seaport. Rockefeller Center, Broadway Show. Fellow, also spoke of her recent .. Citizenship Award. "Camp Dance," a play that takes a experience working out of Sen. We can also assist you with: This award was established in look at the World War II internment Daniel Inouye's office. Low-cost airiares to Japan, Japan Individual Tour arrangements, 1968 by the Venice-Culver JACL camps and how dances played a vital "It was a once in a lifetime experi• Japan Railpass, Hotels, Cars, Cruises, Hawaii arrangements, chapter and recognizes a chapter role, has been touring the country. Individual Tour Packages, Organizations/Clubs/Family ence," she said. that has worked for the betterment ''We as Japanese Americans need . group tours and cruises. of society through social, civic, and to start the tradition of telling our sto• Each year, a Mike Masaoka fel• For information and reservation~, please write or call to: legislative activity. It is in memory ries ... keep our history alive," said low is selected to serve a term in the AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL of Inagaki, a former national JACL Kashiwagi, who asked the Nisei to office of a U.S. representative or sen• 312 E.1ST ST., #510, Los Angeles, CA 90012 president and first chairman of the tell their stories and encouraged the ator to leam first hand the inner• Tel: (213) 625-2232; Fax: (213) 625-4347 JACL Thousand Club. youth to ask the Nisei about their workings of serving in public office. Ernest & Carol liida CST #2000326-10 The Portland chapter was hon• stories. The 2006 fellow is Dana Nakano ored for increasing their member• Kashiwagi takes home a check for who will serve his fefiowship in U.S. ship by 10 percent, for their close to $3,000. Rep. Mike Honda's office.• Kosakura Tours & Travel Presents:· MINETA in the service of our country as a to collect tolls and the passage of a Congressman, Secretary of six-year, $286.4 billion highway Escorted Tours & Cruises for 2006 (Continued from page 1) Commerce and Secretary of spending plan in July, after nearly July 17 Japan - Highlights of Japan long counted Mineta as an icon. Transportation," said Sen. Daniel two years of wrangling with Aug. 11 Treasures of the Rhine River - a river boat cruise through The next day an emergency reso• Akaka, D-Hawaii. Congress. Germany lution was introduced by Alan White House press secretary 'The man knew what he was Sept. 2 Tahiti Cruise on the "Paul Gauguin" Teruya of the Tri-Valley JACL to Tony Snow announced Mineta's doing, " said Alan Pisarski, a Sept. 21 Japan - Hokkaido and Tohoku honor Mineta for his service · and resignation and quelled rumors of Washington-based national trans• Oct.S New England - Fall Foliage support of the JACL and the APA an ousting. portation policy analyst. . Oct. 16 Autumn Highlights of Japan community. ''He was not befug pushed out," Mineta, the son . of Japanese Oct. 28 Greek Isles Cruise on the Golden Princess The emergency resolution, which Snow said. immigrants, was sent at the age of Nov. 9 Japan - Shikoku & Kyushu was unanimously passed by the Bush said Mineta - the only 10 to an internment camp in Nov. 29 Tropical Costa Rica (NEW) national council, thanks the trans• Democrat in his Cabinet - played a Wyoming with his parents. Years' Dec. 1 Egypt - Land of the Pharaohs (Including Nile River Cruise portation secretary in part for his vital leadership role in strengthening later as a U.S. congressman he won & Jordan) . "many years of dedicated service to the security of seaports and airports. passage of redress legislation. the nation and his lifelong support of - "Norm worked hard to help elim• "Norman Mineta is one of C011l:ing up in 2007: ~d the JACI.,., wish him the best in inate red tape and liberalize the America's greatest assets," said Jan. 19 South Africa: Cape Town, Krueger Nat'l Park, Victoria all of his future endeavors." commercial aviation market," Bush Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii. Falls & more And the gratitude continues to said in a statement. "After Feb. 3 Cruise the Hawaiian Islands: Oahu, Maui, Kauai & Hawaii pour in for the man who close Hurricane Katrina, Norm and his • , Mar. Australia: Sydney, Melbourne & Cairns friends call Norm. His career has team were able to rapidly repair and Mar. 29 Japan: Cherry Blossoms & Fuji-san been a series of firsts. reopen the region's major highways, QAsslnmAos Apr. China: Beijing, Xian, Shanghai plus Yangtze Cruise He was first to serve as a Cabinet airports, seaports and pipelines." 5/S-S/19 Japan - Bikkuri #2 secretary when President Clinton There had been speculation for May Charleston & Savannah (a Tauck Tour) appointed him to the Commerce years that Mineta was on the verge EMPLOYMENT 6/13-6/20 Alaska Cruise on Regent Seven Seas Mariner Department in 2000. He was first to of quitting, sometimes because of serve as mayorof a major city - his his health and sometimes because of Part Time Kosakura Tours and Travel ' native San Jose, Calif., where the air• rumors about a shake-up of Bush's Business Assistant 4415 Cowell Road, Suite 110, Concord, CA 94518 port bears his name. He Was also Cabinet. JACLHQ Tel: (925) 687-4995, Calif. Toll Free 1-800-858-2882 first to chair a congressional com• He is one of only three original mittee, the House Transportation and Bush Cabinet members still serving_ Seeking responsible, ' self• Infrastructure Committee. . The others are Defense Secretary motivated, and experienced per• Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, Donald H. Rumsfeld and Labor son to perform confidential and called Mineta a "leader remembered Secretary Elaine Chao. complex clerical work; payroll, John ToshflN, Pres .• American Kal Ent. , Inc. for the amazing legacy of public After the Sept. 11 hijackings, accounting, and administrative (Handtools Manufacturer) service." Mineta oversaw the creation of the duties for the National JACL. 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other, Iraqis killing Americans, and of promotion, will refuse to go at Watada may never be recognized from Minidoka Relocation Center, I Americans killing Iraqis. Since the the outset, refusing "to be a party to as a nationalbero, especially by his voted for George Bush in 2000. But 11ris spoiled brat of28 years can't U.S. is responsible for the current the illegal and irnIlloral war against own image-conscious Japanese I repented and voted against him have it his way as supported by his situation, the U.S., with help from people who did nothing to deserve community. But he surely will be and some Republicans in 2004. family. No one forced the lieutenant other allies, must restore order for it." recognized for his honesty and No doubt Lt. Watada will be cas• courage by humanitarians through• to receive a commission after grad• the people of Iraq. We cannot, in 1Iteu t)Mt uation and if he did not know what our conscience, abandon Iraq in the tigated by some, even punished, for out the world and throughout histo• 442nd Veteran came with a U.S. Anny commis• middle of the mess we created. his considered decision, just as ry. o sion then he should rt

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