New Year Special Double Issue •• •• aCl lC Cl lZen January 4-11, 1980 national publication of the Japanese American Cit~zens League ISSN: ()()3(}8S79 I Who)eNo. 2,075 I Vol. 90 25¢ U.S. Postpaid /lS¢ per copy $
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Shown are "boat people" crammed, standing or sitting, into smaller boats. They risk their lives on the open sea, on journeys of over 1,000 miles sometimes lasting several weeks.
City of Refugees.... By PRESIDENT'S CORNER: Clifford Uyeda DOWN TO EARTH: Karl Nobuyuki Iranian Crisis An American rrestimonial San FranCISCO Japanese American comrnWlity and sponsor an "American Tes~ In this era of instant communication a The inevitable has happened, the 1980's timonial". 'This event would be in tribute to: (1) Members of Congress who are of Japanese ancestry; (2) The Japanese Amer complete shut~ff from world news is a are upon us. The golden anniversary cel~ bration of the Japanese American Citizens ican Experience and (3) Future Challenges in Hwnan and Chi.! distressing experience. Such was the re Rights. cent two weeks in interior China. League is scheduled to be held in San Fran cisco in July of 1980. Old timers tell me First of all, we would pay special tribute to those individuals As we left the United States the Iran that fifty years went by rather "swiftly" and that a great deal has who are in high public esteem on a national scale: the five Nikkei ian students in the United States were demonstrating in been accomplished for the benefit of the Nikkei Commuruty Members of Congress. They would symbolize the Nikkei. This support of the taking of American hostages in Tehran. At nation-wide, through the JACL. The record suggests that the would, of course, be the very first time that all five Nikkei the National JACL Headquarters we had spent an after JACL can claim a good portion of the credit for the overturning Members of Congress would be honored at the same time. If all noon drafting a press release giving our position - of more than SOO laws and statutes that discriminate against five could possibly work out a schedule whereb\' the\' ~uld all calling for an immediate release of the hostages, and at Americans partIcularly those of Japanese ancestry. That sounds be in attendance at the same event, IT would be totally Wlique! the same time cautioning against unconstitutional ha like a pretty good record to me. Second, it would be most appropriate to pay u;bute to the rassment of Iranians, including demonstrating students, Of course there is the other side of the coin. Some people have Japanese American Experience. 'This would be done by con in the United States. expressed the opinion that the League tends to be "too elitist" or vening a large gathering of people to recall together the hWllan An occasional Voice of America was heard by some, "too much into itself and not the 'commWlity"'. A surprising drama of being of Japanese ancestry and growing up in Amer but we were still in the dark. It was only when we reached number of folk hold to the belief that JACL was responsible for ica. It would also be a time for us to separate the facts from the the evacuation of World War II days and "sold out" to the fiction and honestly reflect on the past 111 years of the Japanese Beijing (peking) that we were finally brought up to date. in America. There is some element of surprise in Amencans seeing demands of the military. If the latter were true, and JACL had that much clout then, it would be mind-boggling to assess the Finally, this testimonial should give pause and deep reflection the situation as parallel to the Japanese American expe influence that JACL would have now. Yet, whatever the opinion to the challenges that lie ahead in the field of human and civil rience in 1942. It brings to light the same discriminatory one may have of the League, the record is clear, JACL did have a rights, when the Nikkei commWlity of the United States shares attitude held toward Japanese Americans nearly 40 definite role in facilitating the advancement of the Japanese with this nation a sense of achievement and pride. It will be a years ago. W~ had thought all that was past history. American in the United States. The record is clear that the JACL form of commionent to become involved ...not just as tax Apparently, not so. did serve as one of the catalysts in improving the quality of life payers, but as citizens who are concerned about the effectiv~ Many Americans are still seeing Japanese Americans, for the Nikkei as a group; and the record is clear that the Nikkei ness of government in the 1980s. not as loyal American citizens but as "foreigners". We is a "successful" etlmic minority in this country. We would come together to reaffinn our commitment, were of this country. It was our own government that So, it seems that despite our short~mings, and focusing on " ...that it (evacuation/incarceration) will never happen again, to any group ...". We would come together to stand in supportof was suspecting and mistreating Japanese Amer~ the achievements of the Nikkei, the most fitting thing that we us us. civil and hwnan rights. ieans at no time ever demonstrated against the United could do to usher in the New Year and decade is to host a major States in support of Japanese militarism. testimonial to celebrate the advancement of the Nikkei Com 'This event would be grand! It would be a Nikkei CommWlity Expression ... like stepping out of the shadow and into the sun Japanese Americans were elated when a federal judge munity ...and articulate this achievement Here's an idea. JACL would join with the leadership of the shine ...what a way to begin a decade. detennined that the roundup of only Iranian students was unconstitutional The subsequent overturning of this ruling is deplored. In the spring of 1942 only persons of Direction: PROJECTS FOR Japanese ancestry, American citizens as well as aliens, OPERATION: A person without compassion THE were singled out and forcibly evicted en masse from MQCHI-T5UKl 80's their homes on the West Coast and herded into detention is a person without a compass, camps surrounded by barbed wire, watchtowers, search no direction. lights and anned guards. TEl 79 YE EDITOR'S DESK: Harry Honda Just Before Christmas we shall miss while covering pIe in a new surrounding ~ like the 1980 National JACL Con the Kimochi-kai, which is en "ention - not the people of San gaged with the senior citizens Francisco and environs but program. the local landscape and land- We also caught up with ~ The new year 1980 and a marks. I don't suppose the out tired couple, Peter and Kiyo decade destined to be dubbed ing will be held anywhere in Matsuki, who were our first the Ayatullah Eighties opened the famed Golden Gate Na connection with San Francisco with a "bang" here at the PC tional Recreational Area (only (really it was the Matsuki fam Office. Just before Chrisonas, such place designated, I think, ily, Paul now of Washington, four huge boxes arrived, con by the National Park Service) D.C., and Joe in Los Angeles, taining equipment to update or Point Reyes - two areas we who took me in tow in 1941 our own phototypesetting unit: found heavenly in winter. when I went to work at Yas a computer and video termi Abiko's newspaper). He is the nal - to' convert our Linocomp Point Reyes, the day we trekked to the famed landfall, second "Peter" we !mow who II uitit to a Linoterm System. was exceptionally clear. (The is recovering from anewysm And while visiting with the lighthouse there is !mown to this past year. family up north between ! Unfortunate remarks testing John Mantley's production ! Short Notes be in the foggiest spot of any Of course, we paid our re Chrisonas and New Year's Editor: last spring" did not himself take the Editor: spects at National Headquar During a recent visit to San Fran time to obtain and read my letter in Day, electronics engineer Da U.S. lighthouse locale.) As You printed my letter (pc, Nov. one who feels watching the ters. cisco, my colleague, Sen. Edward its entirety. 9) from me asking for help to find a vid Soto with Merganthaler gray whales migrate south Kennedy, let drop what 1 regard a Had he done so, he would have childhood pen pal who was in a came by the office to hook the Maybe, this colwnn should highly unfortunate and unfair re gotten its main point: that my rage camp during the war. My thanks to new pieces into an amazing ward off the Califomia coast mark about your U.S. Senator Sam at being called "China Girl" was not Bill Hosokawa of the Denver Post in midwinter we were a part of have been titled, "Twelve Hayakawa According to the press, an anti-<:hinese reaction but one of who referred me to you. And production machine. Upon ow Days of Chrisonas" since the return hqme dwing the New the California tradition that al Senator Kennedy said, "1 serve in a1rm because a fresh, new genera thanks to one of your readers and I so counts in watching the traditionally minded celebrate the U.S. Senate with Alan Cranston tion of racists had been produced your fine publication, we met last Year's weekend, we u;ed to Cluistmas for 12 days until and with your other Senator, Sam overnight by the awesome power week for the first time. "bone up" on the Operator's grunions spawn on certain nights dw-ing the late spring jan. 6 or Uttle Christmas Hayakawa My desk is right next to of television. RUlli BLANDlNO Manual, which was included (Epiphany). his sleeping bag and pilloW." Mr. Lee attributed to me an atti Las Vegas, Nv. in a packing box filled with and early summer. In fact, Senator Kennedy's desk tude I do not have and set the stage The several whales we saw With CIu;sonastide bar is as far as it is possible to be from for lecturing me-a scenario crea EdItor: spare parts and sel~ce data. 'Ibank.s for the front page cover with our naked eye from the gams hard to beat, more Senator Hayakawa's. By contrast, ted totally out of his own nch 1Jllag. We hasten to mention Al ination. We now confront the ~e of the f'remont·fUkaya Sister Point Reyes lookout was a Amencans ought to observe my desk is within a few feet of can City relationship efforts (PC, Dec. phabet Plinting here - Joyce thi season in the Continental Senator Hayakawa's, and 1 can tell reality ofM r.Lee'sefforts: the only beautiful experience. It's one guilty of pitting one group 7). For the record, please note: I am and Jim Seippel of the Sela or u-adlnonal fasluon. Here's you that Sam Hayakawa possesses immediate past president (1978) something you don't experi agamst another is Mr. Lee himself. noco J CL run the shop - for oneofthequickest, mostmtelligent and not on the SISter City commit ence off Point Lorna even with why: presents are often given and incislve minds in Congress. NORIKO BRIDGES helping us over the choppy Cal tcc here. Other two mentwned. 10· a pair of binoculars to scan the at Uttle Chrisonas rather than lfomianscanbeproudoftum.Heis San FrancISCO the fiI t weekend \! e leen Tsujunoto and George Kato, eas - horizon for the telltale spray upset the religious solemnity a courageous bulwark against the had with the Linoterm ystem are. shining briefly over the wa of Dec. 25. encroachment of Big Govenunent Assembly Fellows nying to get aCQuainted with WALTER P.ASHlM01l) ters. The very blue waters off and the fwther loss of our free Fremont JACL Th~y ':\CRA..\WVln. C.a - .\ppli it operate with the same. About ~ now, spare us doms. . . . Point Reyes makes spotting I hope Senator Kennedy's c.ations now a\.'aJ.labl~ at any some time and we will be in About this week's PC, we whales easier there than from thoughtless barb IS not an indIca ~xlIIOly Ulan s dlstrict of Best chick sexor haven't been able to include any point in Southern Califor stride with Linoterm. In the ~ non of his true feelings about Amer fice for Assembly Fellowship terim. general mail may be un the 1000 Club Honor Roll as nia ...Sorry San Diego! icans of mature years. Program starting Aug. I, 1~ in Hawaii found .. .. answered; installation dinners GOROON J.I-JlTh.IPHREY intended There was an at . and ending June.30, I~I, are will be bypassed and visits cut Uruted States Senator HONOLULU-Henry Oshiro. tempt ince we want to keep About people - Mrs. Mine New HampshIre being accepted until Jan. 31, shon in the business since 1948. all the typesetting in olved on Kido (\ ho' been a part of PC 1980 by: works two days at a hatcherY. CaW'. Assembly FeUowstup ~ the floppy disks (that makes history ince it tarred) is ?till tossing male to the )eft ! 'Olina Girl' gram, clo 1\>1 SCI Dept, UolV. of clUcks the Linoterm ystenl useful) "1\1 me": fore\'er charmmg, If a nation values anything and future hens to his right at stem when she wants to be, EdItor: Calif. . Riverside, Ca 923)5. and \ hich operation has not more thanfreedom, it will lose I am appalled that Emory Lee, Applicant must be a recent the ratem 1,&X) per hour. make been fathomed mterested and mterestlIlg at its freedom; and the irony of it who dudes me (PC. Dec. 7 Urs.) for the same rune. Besides chil college graduate. Twelve Fel ing him the best chick sexor is that if it is com/ort or ~ney "not ha\ing taken the ~ to~ther lows will be chosen, each aJ in Hawaii "because I am the About the trip up oortb: dloen, grandchildren and long that it values more, it will lose \'iew the segment (of China Girl) or to leam in deWl why the AsIan lowed a ;950 monthly salary, only one" now, he told a Golden Gate and Pomt R ~ es, tlJne fnends U1 the City, 1\1rs. that too. - \\ . SO~tERSET Amencan commwuoes were ~ to staff Assembly poslbOOS. newspaper reporter recently. it ga e us a preVIew of what K1do keeps rauh with the peo- MAUGHAl1 ------January 4 - 11, 1980 I Pacific Citizen New Year Issue - ·5 FROM THE FRYING PAN: Bill Hosokawa One notable exception was Fukuzawa Yukichi, revered 'As We Them': pre-Meiji insights as founder of Keio University. Fukuzawa was a prolific Saw writer (he also founded a newspaper) and helped intro Denver, Colo. The Japanese encountered crude racial slurs from an duce Western thought to a Japan thirsting for Because for most of us English is our insensitive American public as well as at enthusiastic of-· information. - first (and, unfortunately, often the only) ficial and public welcomes. For their part, the Japanese To explain the West to the insular Japanese, "Fukuza language, we get most of our infonna- were equally insensitive about the plight of American wa not only had to invent words and phrases, or borrow tion from English-language sources. slaves and while finding much to be impressed about, them from Chinese and other languages, but to make , JThis applies even to material about they were also scornful of unfamiliar American customs. sure as well that the reader understood them. It may be Japan; we read books about Japan written in English by The Japanese delegation had three leaders, one of easy enough to coin words for 'postage stamps' and English-speaking authors who saw their subjects from a whom had been sent to watch the other two. All three 'trousers' and 'ice cream,' but it is no laughing matter to foreigner's point of view. were primary functionaries, largely unimaginative and create expressions equivalent to 'liberty,' 'right' or 'equa Thus, we have access to many books in English abOut with virtually no authority to do more than carry out lity' in a language long soaked in the hierarchic, authori Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's mission to Japan instructions from Tokyo, or Yedo as the capital was tarian, feudal ethos in which no such concepts existed." in 1853, but aren't able to read what the Japanese them called in those times. Unfortunately, Fukuzawa became convinced that selves said about that history-making event. And we can While the Japanese mission had great long-tenn im Western nations had become wealthy and powerful read many accounts of the first official Japanese mission pact on relations between the two countries, Miyoshi through military power and Japan, too, much follow the to the United States in 1860 from the American view found that with only a few exceptions and individual military road. He involved himself in imperialistic point, but have only limited access to the Japanese members were not greatly influenced by their experi schemes against Korea and China, Miyoshi tells us. version. ence. He explains that most of them were men of action You'll find this a most interesting book and Miyoshi * * * rather than thinkers and philosophers. deserves our thanks for writing it. 11 Comes now a concise volume that provides us insights from both sides. It is titled "As We Saw Them" (Univer sity of California Press, $14.95). The author is Masao NISEI IN JAPAN: Barry T. Saiki Miyoshi, Japan-born but a naturalized American, who is professor of English at the University of California and Chicago University. Completely bi-lingual, he was able to An Invitation to Tea study original Japanese docwnents at Kokkai Toshokan Tokyo All well-bred daughters of ing a garden. The tiny alcove brew to be placed before the and Daigaku Shiryo Hensanjo in Tokyo as well as re "Drop over for a cup of cof the upper classes in prewar of the undecorated room is guest by an assistant. search American sources in New York City. fee" is a familiar invitation in years were trained in the cul used to display a selected wall Holding the bowl in both This is the story of the experiences and observations of the States. The spontaneous in tural arts: tea ceremony, ike scroll and a ceramic piece hands, the tea is drunk in three the 72-man delegation that sailed across the Pacific on an vitation may include a stein of bana, and possibly odori, kotd (sometimes, a vase of flowers). sips and finished with an audi American warship (they were horribly seasick most of beer or something hardier ... and calligraphy. Among the In the garden, a water basin ble gulp. The guest then in the time), landing in San Francisco March 29,1860. After In Japan, the more likely ex middle class, dressmaking with a dipper is provided_ spects the bowl (nonnally, a piece of unusual value or qual being received wannly, the party continued on to Pana pression is "drop over for a and fuokliig were stresseO pIUS The guest enters the garden, washes her hands at the basin, ity) before replacing the bowl ma, crossed the Isthmus, and sailed to Washington. cup of tea"_ Such invitations tea ceremony and ikebana pri or to marriage. It can be said symbolically purifying her in front of her. In view of an almost insunnountable communications are confined to women since ,. .. . husbands are rarely home, the dlsclplIne ot these arts was body. Then, she reiaxes, enjoy barrier, it is a wonder that the mission was as successful reflected in their daily lives. ing the garden scene and rids TIrE FORMAL tea ceremo as it was. Miyoshi tells us how even casual conversation even in the evenings. Green tea (gyokuro-prime, sendza her mind of all extraneous ny is a spiritual experience, a had to be translated from Japanese to Dutch to English While tea ceremony invita thoughts. Cleansed in mind moment of cultural reflection -medium grades, bancha tions have dropped in postwar and back again by interpreters who were far from brown colored for family use) and body, she stoops (acknowl as well as silent contemplation. adequate. years, they are still extended edging humility) to enter In this madcap world of today, is usually served with Japanese among the wealthier families. cakes, crackers, sweets or through the small entrance of when some mindless ones 35 Years Ago in the Pacific Otizen This may be the matter of ec0- the room. Proceeding to the al seek escape through a stick of fruits. Every thoughtful house nomics since the Japanese tea JAN. 6, 1945 . mand, succeedmg Maj Gen wife has in her pantry at least cove, she views the items on hashish or a sniff of cocaine, Dec. ~San Francisco Mayor Charles Bonesteel. ceremony is not just dunking a display for a moment of aes greater satisfaction may be Jan. 2-Army revokes 1m ex one or two boxes of okashi teabag into a pot of lukewarm Lapham backs n~ht of evacuees to clUSlOn order; Nikkel to be wel- sweets. Generally, she would thetic appreciation. gained from a bowl of frothy return ... New). ork PM exposes ed water, followed by "c;ugar or tea. The environment of the offer a meibutsu of some local cream?". It is an hour-long rit As she sits on a cushion, a LA ~uce offiCIals and Team- coTan. 2-Gov. Warren urges pub ity-locallyknown favorites. tea ceremony is blissful - a sters Uruon deal to exclude NI- IIc offlclals to asSISt return of evac ual, complete with the proper dish of sweets is placed before small world of purity that pro sei. Japan abounds with a bewil atmosphere and detailed prep her. The tea will be slightly bit vides a moment for reflection, Dec. 28-Ano-evacuee Remem dering array of meibutsu: from ter and the tidbit (purchased ber Pearl Harbor League in Puyal arations by both the guests and a communion with Nature, an senbei to tsukemono. Some hostess. from a specialty shop) will awareness of humility, a touch lup and WhIte RIver valleys plan times a couple may be invited double boycott of Japanese Amer 1979 Holiday Issue sweeten her taste before the of culture and brief lapse from icans. for dinner; the husband offer Originated in the Zen tem tea is served. the daily cares of life- all with Boxscore ing the banshaku--the pre Dec. ~Sec Ickes urges Nisei ples, the tea ceremony evolved From then, the hostess be out withdrawal effects. This is leave camps early; magnificent 1978 TOTALS meal drink of sake, beer or from the practice of spiritual comes the principal in the rit Nisei GI record cited. ~ ....• __ .••...... 6,103" a small step toward the Bud Ooe-Line Greetings ...... _.. __ .. 807 whiskey with suitable appeti contemplation to an epitome of ual of preparing the powdered Dec. 3O-Front-line GIs con zers, such as peanuts, dried dhist concept of selflessness. DISPLAY ADS cultural refinement. The typi tea. Under her practiced hands, Perhaps we can all profit by demn Hood RIver Am Legion's squid, all types of seaweed, ka removal of Nisei GI names from Alameda 168 Puyallup Vly 84 cal setting requires a special the bowl of tea with a dipper taking a little time for a bowl of Reedley 196 maboko and tsukudani-soy county honor roU. Arizona 9 tatarni room with an exit fac- ful of water becomes a frothy bitter tea. # Dec. 30-WRA debunks Arkansas Vly 3 Reno 12 flavored food. Berkeley 396 Riverside 16 * • • Hearst's Daily Mirror "scare" Boise Valley 4 Sacramento 168 EAST WIND: Bill Marutani story of 60,000 evacuees settling Carson 9 St Louis 6 GETTING BACK to the in en masse in New York. Chicago 90 Salinas Vly 420 vitation of tea (instead of ordi Dec. 31-Maj Gen Henry Pratt Cmcinnao Salt lake - 6 nary tea), it may be a fonnal Can't Win for Losing av. assumes Western Defense Com- Oeve1and 14 Sn Diego 342 Oovis S Sn Fern Vly 3J6 invitation to take part in a tea ~@j :·-"!I':·~c -r ·-": "~1"'¢ - ~·"~"'.N.'.,d.0·;, ·r-·.q " ( .,lumbld HasUl Sn Francisco 420 ceremony. Philadelphia and I have contributed to such campaigns ISSN: Q03O..a579 Cortez 6 Sanger 36 WHILE WE NISEI generally look with [contributions were made before prohibi De1ano 16 SnJ~ 168 Uustifiable) pride upon the cultural values PACIFIC CITIZEN Detroit 21 Sn Mateo 6 tions applied to this writerJ . We then watch DIablo Vly 9 Seattle 196 passed along to us from our Issei parents, Published weeldy excepl first and 10$1 weeks DnA 168 Selanoco 84 ONEUNERS for their names to reappear, hoping that of the year 01 355 E. First 51 .• Rm. 307 Los East LA 224 Solano Cty 6 60 Boise Valley Portland there may be some which, if not placed in another run will be made so that we might Angeles. Co 90012 (213) 626-6936 Eden Twnshp 112 Sonoma Cty 12 Cincinnati 47 Riverside proper perspective, can operate as a nega Fowler 2 Stockton 1~ 34 Oeveland 42 St Louis again provide some modest support. And DR. CLIFFORD UYEDA 17 Cortez 77 Salt lake tive factor in our lives. One of these values Notional JACL President French Camp 9 Tn-Valley we've been saddened that no reappearance Fresno 1~ TuJare Cty 23 20 Dayton 28 San Benito Cty is the seeming propensity of some Nisei to ELLEN ENDO Gardena Vly 2S2 Twin Cities 8 14 De1ano 17 Santa Barbara was made. Including some where the Nisei Pacific Cilizen Board Chairperson Hollywood 10 Venice-Culver 2 36 Detroit 4S Seabrook look upon a batting average of anything 1 73 Grshm-Trtdle 27 Sonoma Cty candidate not only made a respectable Harry K. Honda, Editor Hoosier 6 Wash, DC 36 2 less than 1.000 as constituting something Uv-Merced 168 Watsonville 1~ Marysville Tn-Valley showing but came very close to actually 2d Class postage paid 01 Los Angeles. Co Marysville 84 West L..A. 168 26 Milwaukee 11 TuJare County close to dismal failure. Thus, if one were to * Mile-Hi 2 West Valley 6 8 Mt Olympus 30 Twin Cioes winning_ Subscriprion Rales- JACl Members. $7 of Milwaukee 6 31 Omaha 21 Venice-Culver have temporary reverses, a passing busi Norionol Dues provide one yeor on 0 one Monterey 168 Central Cal DC 6 23 Pasadena 30 Wash. D.C. ness decline, a loss in some election, and so per-household basis. Non-Members: $10 a Mt Olympus 12 Eastern DC 6 33 Philadel hia 25 West l..A AS ONE THINKS about it, this unswerv vear. payable in advance; foreign US$15 .00 New Mexico 6 lntennountam 4 Placer~unty 24 West Valley on-somehow these are not to be tolerated ing "perfect record" syndrome started o yeor, Pnce on request for 1sf Closs or oir New York 40 MldwestDC 8 33 White River in the scheme of things. And should such Omaha 8 NC-WNDC 20 Dec. 14 Totals: 832 perhaps in our early academic years. There ~&e Cty 56 PacNW DC S JA problem from perpetual unmanageable escalation, we must face up to the HI< plea to focus on its root cause CITY OF REFUGEES the circumstances which compel their citizens to flee in CCladllUed from Fro. hie such vast numbers. Neither the United States nor other Out once again to the open court we visited the living countries of the world can possibly effectively accom quarters. Three tier bunk beds crowded the huts. modate the millions of yearly refugees. Personal possessions were stacked onto the beds, leaving Reality dictates that we must look to the eradication of little space for sleeping unless these were removed the adverse economic conditions which produce refu during the nights. An open air cooking facility was near gees. Vietnam today is the result of three decades of war each building, and several women were busy in the open and destruction. Destitution has become a nonnal way of laundry area where the discarded water flowed over life. Before the war, Vietnam exported rice. Today it broad paved walk down to the harbor. must import to feed its own people. Her livestock rulve The open area was meticulously clean and was being been slaughtered. Fields have been destroyed by defo constantly swept Children were ubiquitous, bright-eyed liants and landmines.People are willing to gamble their and friendly. Nasal discharges were minimal, skins lives on the slim chance of escape. clear, even the extremities. There were no protuberant Waiting to move on from the Government Dockyard Some Americans have called for the simple act of alxlomens noted. Transit Camp means washing, eating, a stroll in the removing the trade embargo that would cost the Amer At one comer of the yard were the new arrivals. Their fresh air, staring in wonder at the Hong Kong skyline, or ican taxpayer nothing and allow private companies of clothes were tattered. Each adult was receiving a plastic just looking for familiar faces among those waiting to any nation to invest in Southeast Asia It would help es container, a thermos bottle and a blanket land from the many small boats that arrive each day. tablish an economic foundation for Vietnam and will Most of the residents of the camp were from North stimulate the creation of jobs. They believe that this Vietnam. Virtually all refugees are looking toward West Since the collapse of the South Vietnam government in policy will reduce the economic pressures with Vietnam. ern countries, preferably the United States, for resettle 1975, 200,000 Indochinese refugees entered the United Vietnam remains a source of deep divisions and strong ment That is their ultimate wish. States. Refugees in camps in South Asia now number into emotiooal responses in this country. We may need to fo ...... millions. cus more on the compassion for the people rather than on The impact of the boat people on HI<'s social and ...... the government's ideologies. Removing the trade barrier economic scenes has been devastating. HI< has a total America is committed to its historic role of accepting may be one positive step in our long series of negative land area of only 400 sq. miles; much of it unproductive political refugees. But if we hope to keep the refugees attitudes and reactions to Vietnam. [J hillsides and barren islands. Her population is 5 million. Her urban districts are the most crowded in the world Chapter Pulse ------NATIONAL JACL BOARD AND STAFF She has no natural resources of its own except her in • Arizona (Clip & Save - as of'December31, 1979) dustrious people. HI< is a giant supermarket Everything Recent activities reported in the Office Phone Number. Precedes Home Phone When Two Numbers Appear; Otherwise. Locale Is Designated is brought in, processed, labeled and sold to consumers chapter newsletter, Roundup, rov ered the annual meeting held Nov. JACL-BLUE SHELD NATIONAL OFR:ERS INTERMOUNTAIN throughout the world 4, when five new board members BOARD MEMBBIS Frances Morioka (Adm) PRESIDENT Judge Mikio Uchiyarre AI Kubota, Gov Refugees care and housing have taxed -the people of w~re elected to a three-year term. 390 S Fowler Ave 463-131h Ave The "railroadees" (a Roundup des Dr Clifford Uyeda i 765 Sutter St 1765 Sutter 51 Fowler. Ca 93625 Salt Lake City, Ut 64103 San Francisco, Ca 94115 HK severely when over a million of her own people are (209) 634-2561 ; 634-3445 (601) 364-7036 cription) were; Doris Asano, Dick San Francisco. Ca 9411 5 (415) 931-6633 I (415) 921 -5255 (w) Jeannie Hirai. DYC living in substandard accommodations. The average Matsuishi, Fumi Okabayashi, Tom Dr Toaru Ishiyama NArL CREDIT UNION Yamauchi and Tom Yano. VICE PRES (R,sv) 7703 Howard Ave 2514 Iowa Ave waiting period for new public housing is still more than Caldwell, Ida83605 Ichiro Doi (Treas) A Christmas party was held Dec. Dr J~mes Tsujimura Parma. Oh 44134 242 S 4th E/ PO Sox 1721 (216) 842-2068 (r) (208) 459-1773 (r) seven years. People's conCern is turning into bitterness 9 with Trudy Tanita in charge. Chil 3120 NE 127th Ave Salt Lake City. Ut 6411 0 Portland, Or 97230 PC BOARD MOUNTAIN PLAINS -(801) 355-8040 dren brought toys to be given to the (503) 229-7654 ; 252-0934 Ellen End<> Mits Kawamoto Gov and resentment The situation is at a critical stage. PACIFIC CITI2EN local fire station before recei ving a VICE PRES (Gen Op) 2126 Mayview Dr PO Box 14329 The United Nations High Commission for Refugees Los Angeles, Ca 90027 Omaha. Neb 681 14 Harry K Honda CEdha ') new toy from Santa Claus. Lily A Okura 355 E 1st St. . #307 (UNHCR) met in Geneva in July 1979 to focus attention A pioneer Issei banquet is being 6303 Friendship Ct (213) 553-2000x (w) (402) 393- 1009 / 238-2448 413-{)216 (r) Los Angeles. Ca 90012 on the refugees problem. Japan pledged to fund SOo/c of planned for March-April. The Ari Bethesda, Md 20034 MIDWEST (213) 626-6936 (202) 293-6160; • Dr Kaz Mayeda WASHINGTON OFFICE zona JAYS have donated a wet-day (301 ) 530-0945 (District Councils) 2268 Somerset Ron I ~ Bea Anilo. Sec. the UNHCR Indochinese refugee program. Pledges 'by vacuwn cleaner for use in the PACIFIC NORTHWEST Bloomfield Hills. Mi 48103 VICE PRES (Memb Sv) S-uTte 20"4 JACL Hall. And locallioraries are Richard T Doi, Gov (313) 577-3529 (0) prospective nations were sought But the resettlement Steve Nakashima 1201 Vuecrest Rd 1730 Rhode Island Ave NW being presented with ropies of 440 S Winchester Blvd I 332-3506 (r) allocation for HI< is falling seve~ly behind that of areas. Ellensburg, Wa 96926 Washington, DC 20036 Frank Chuman's "Bamboo People". San Jose. Ca 95128 (509) 925-1104(r) Wade Kojima, DYC (202) 223-1 240 HK's refugees problem has become even more critical. (408) 246-0246 (w) 8506 Portland Ave • Carson , N CALIF-W /lEV Bloomington. Mn 55420 VICE PRES (PubAff) Ben Takeshita. Gov (Regional• Offices) Mrs. Miriam Nishida was elect Floyd Shimomura (612) 681-3645 HK pleading to the world to help organize sponsor 66.26 Richmond Ave CENTRAL CALIFORNIA is ed CarsonJACL president She and 1612 Grove Ave Rrchmond. Ca 94805 EASTERN Sachi Kuwamoto ship of resettlement places. These refugees are mostly her new board will be installed at a Woodland. Ca 95692 (415) 676-4000; 235-8182 CherTy Tsutsumida, Gov ( D i~ (916) 445-0993; 666-1012 1515 S Jeff-Davis Hwy, # 421 912 F St dinner Jan. 12 at the VelvetThrtle Margaret Morodomi Fresno, Ca 93706 intelligent, adaptable, hard-working people. In< is also TREAS/SEC PO Box 2275 Arlington. Va 22202 RestalU'aIlt, Torrance, by Carson (202) 245-0375 (r) (209) 237-4006 pleading that the world focus on the root causes of the George Kodama Walnut Creek. Ca 94595 MIDWEST city clerk Helen Kawagoe. 13055-4 Mindanao Way The chapter, with 107 members CENTRAL CAl.. • W illiam Yoshino CDir) tragedy - the conditions in Vietnam which have led to Marina del Rey, Ca 90291 5 41 5 N Clark St this past year, was one of the most (213) 937-1678 Stanley Nagata. Gov (Offices and Staff) this exodus. 6762 Ave 400 NAt'L HEADQUARTERS Chicago. /I 60640 active service organizations in the (312) 728-7170 EX~COM (Gov CaJeua) Dinuba, Ca 93618 Karl Nobuyuki (Exec Dir) HK's refugees problem cannot be separated from the city, being in charge of the city's (209) 591-0824 Ben TakeShita J 0 Hokoyama (Asst Dir) N CALlF-W NEV worldwide refugees problem. During 1978 alone, 13.2- anniversaI)' ball and participating 6626 Richmond Ave David Nishio. DYC Debbie Nakatomi (Adm) George Kondo (Dir) in a variety of other civic endeav: , Richmond. Ca 94805 1119 W Escalon Frances Fujimoto 1765 Sutter St million refugees worldwide were forced into inter ors, including city beautification, (415) 676-400; 235-8182 Fresno. Ca 93711 Yuki Fuchigami (Travel) San Francisco. Ca 941 15 (209) 439-6525 Emily Ishida (Memb) (213) 92hJACL youth, scholarships aM sister city EXECOM (NYCC) national migration Asia alone accounted for 6.3 million. PAC SOUTHWEST Lorrie Inagaki (Prog/ LegaI) PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ...... affiliation with Soka City, Japan. Cathy Hironaka Patti Paganini (Bkpr) 3208 Braddock St Wiley Higuchi. Gov John J Saito (Dir) Chapter intends to maintain a 2446 Lyric Ave 125 N Central Ave Dayton. Oh 45420 Bruce Shimizu (Youth Dir) When the United States became a nation, there was an cultural exchange between Carson (513) 293-7602 Los Angeles. Ca 90027 Los Angeles. Ca 90012 1 765 Sutter St (213) 626-4471 open door immigration policy. It became restrictive be and its third sister city, Soka City. LEGAL COUNSEL ~13) 933-5765. 664-9111 Teiji Kawana. DYC San Francisco, Ca 94115 PACIFIC NORTHWEST Frank Iwama (415) 921-JACL ginning in 1875 and remained so until the Immigration • · . . to a sad episode in our history.' -senator Daniel Inouye • rULE LAKE (Newell), CALIFORNIA, March 20, 1946 ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS, the Japanese American whether the government's actions were justified on the signed Executive Order 9066 which ultimately resulted Citizens League and the Japanese American community basis of military necessity, and if not, to recommend not only in the mass eviction and incarceration of Japa have been discussing the conceptofREDRFSS as a means appropriate remedies. nese Americans during the Second World War, but also of rectifying the injustices experienced by persons of The bills are gaining bi-partisan support in ooth houses inferred for thirty-seven years a presumption of guilt, Japanese ancestry residing in this country during WW2, of Congress. With the assistance of JACL chapters and that Japanese Americans somehow were culpable for the and as a means of bringing to the attention of the American membership, through letters and personal contacts with tragedy of Pearl Haroor and that they presented a threat public a dark page in the history of this nation. their congressional representatives, we are seeing a to the security of the United States. The concept of REDRESS was introduced at the 1970 growing number of Senators and Representatives joining That persons of Japanese ancestry were loyal to this JACL Convention held in Chicago, and has been re-intro in on the sponsorship of the bills. nation should not have been questioned in 1942, but it was duced at every subsequent biennial convention. At the It will take the continued support of JACL chapters, of the very questioning of that loyalty which resulted in the 1974 Convention in Portland, Ore., REDRESS was accept the Japanese American community throughout the coun process Japanese Americans refer to as "The Evacuation" ed unanimously as the priority issue of JACL, a position try, and of friends, for us to see the successful passage of S. - the eviction from their homes and the incarceration in which was reaffirmed at the conventions held in Sacra 1647 and HR 5499. Once the bills have passed and become America's concentration camps. mento (1976) and Salt Lake City (1978). public law, we must rally our forces once again for the The government ignored its own internal intelligence While opinions aoout the issue have varied greatly at commission hearings and redress, and for our final reck reports, conducted by Naval Intelligence for ten years times, two things have become explicitly and consistently oning with justice. prior to the oombing of Pearl Haroor, and for five years by clear: that a recognition of the injustices experienced by the F.B.I., and by a Special Presidential Investigator, all of Japanese Americans during WW2 is long overdue, and THE TRAGIC EXPERIENCE OF the Japanese Ameri whom attested to the extraordinary degree of loyalty that in raising the issue, the JACL and the Japanese can incarceration in America's concentration camps is a demonstrated by Japanese Americans. All three reports American community are initiating a profound examina story which must no longer remain hidden in the bleak also concurred that Japanese Americans presented no tion of the Constitution and the viability of American pages of this nation's history. It is a story of pain and guilt, threat to the security of this nation. democracy. but it is also a story of pride and dignity. And yet, the early spring of 1942 marked the beginning The camp experience is our heritage, one that we hand of Evacuation, a period of American history which belies TODAY, WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD of officially down to the future generations of Japanese Americans. It the ideals of democracy and individual freedoms, for the raising the issue. Our opportunity to bring before the is a heritage that is marked by our eviction and incarcera event:!, of 1942 signified the unprecedented abridgement United States Congress and the American public the con tion, and one that is epitomized by four Nisei cases before of the rights of American citizens. stitutional issue of the wartime eviction and incarceration the U.S. Supreme Court which affirmed, in this nation's At no other time in the history of the United States have of Japanese Americans has arrived. view, the guilt of Japanese Americans. citizens of this nation been denied the individual protec- On Aug. 2, 1979, Senate Bill 1647 was introduced with The travails of 194246 are an intrinsic part of our ex tions guaranteed to them under the Constitution and been the C Sen. Daniel Inouye Sen. Spark Matsunaga Sen. S.I. Hayakawa Rep. Norman Mineta Rep. Robert Matsui I ''0 ca re Dan Inouye: pe "How can we set a price tag for the denial of Constitutional rights, for the loss of individual dignity? Despite E\ ba the three decades that have passed, the American government has yet to consider the long-lasting effects of ye this wrongful action. It has yet to adequately compensate for . ..the pain and suffering of the 120,000 19 internees. It has never studied the psychological wounds which still scar many today. Neither time nor a dr piece of paper signed under stress can absolve the government of this obligation." -June 26,1979: Al Nisei Veterans Reunion, Honolulu, Hawaii 8parky Matsunaga: "A Federal review of the internment, during World War IT, of Japanese Americans under Executive Order 9066, is long overdue. Although many of the Issei ... have died since the end of the war, the mass imprison ment of innocent Japanese Americans, who were guilty of no crime, remains the single most dramatic and disturbing experience in the lives of many Nisei ... " -Aug. 2, 1979: Congressional Record 8.1. Hayakawa: "My colleagues and I are calling for the establishment of a fact-finding commission in order to carefully investigate the question of wrongdoing by the Federal Government, and to make recommendations on the possible need for remedies. Nearly 40 years have passed since Executive Order 9066 was issued and a tho rough look at the facts is long overdue." -Aug. 2, 1979: Congressional Record Nonnan Mineta: "It is important for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to know and to appreciate our history ... because it helps us understand the present and it gives us some of the wisdom necessary to deal with the future ... The lessons of the internment go to the heart of our constitutional democracy, and bear directly on our rights as Americans and as human beings. It is for this reason that the lessons of the internment need to be brought to the consciousness of all Americans once again." -March 17,1979: Univ. oj Michigan, Ann Arbor. Robert Matsui: "A major concern to us for the '80s will be HR 5499, a bill in which the JACL has to its great credit taken a pivotal role in pursuing before Congress ... The JACL plans to wage an aggressive and well coordinated campaign on behalf of the commission bill. Such an effort will require ... a considerable amount of money . . . It is of paramount importance therefore that all JACL members give their fullest support in that effort as HR S499 comes under Congressional scrutiny." -Nov.1B, 1979: 30th Aruwal Central California District Council Convention, Fresno January 4 - 11, 1980 I Pacific Citizen New Year Issue - 11 Katsuma Mukaeda Mike Masaoka BillHosokawa Gordon Hirabayashi Minoru Yasui Katsuma Mukaeda: "Our origins in old Japan fade into an almost forgotten past: the early years of WIrelenting struggle in Ameri ca, from the tum of the century, are but a half remembered, painful dream. We established families and reared our children in this alien land with a fierce drive that the seeds of our loins should attain dignity, res pect, pride and equality with every other American. But these high hopes were seemingly crushed by the Evacuation of 1942, when even our citizen children were despised as the enemy. Despite this, we have come back. We are proud of the contributions to humanity being made by our progeny throughout this land. And - yet, we cannot rest: the shame, the ignominy, the official humiliation of the Evacuation and incarceration of 1942-46 must be rectified by the government of the United States. I most strongly support the national Re dress movement of the Japanese American Citizens League and call upon all of Nikkei America and all Americans to do likewise." Mike M8saoka: "1 have always been for the principle of redress. And now that a fact-finding Commission has been proposed in the Congress as the necessary first step in determining the most appropriate and practical remedy for our World War II experiences, I am 1000k behind JACL's redress efforts ... As one Nisei who experienced Evacuation and its tragic aftermaths, it is my hope that we will all join in a kind of "Last Hurrah" in our twi light years to contribute to make JACL's redress campaign worthy of our memories as Evacuees and our ex pectations as loyal American citizens." Bill Hosokawa: "Many Japanese Americans, including the Wldersigned, were finnly opposed to the original JACL Redress plan The proposal to demand $25,000 from the federal government for each evacuee set a crass arbitrary value on an injustice beyond monetary recompense. Further, as a practical matter, anyone who thought the proposal had a chance of Congressional approval was out of touch with reality. "The revised Commission proposal embodied in S 1647 and HR 5499, the JACL study bills for Redress, is realistic. In establishing a Commission to investigate the circumstances of Executive Order 9066 and deter mine a remedy if any, it serves the purpose of airing before the nation the outrage that was perpetrated against us. This is a proposal I can support." Gordon Hirabayashi: . " 'Was there a wrong committed?' regrettably establishes a baseline below a proper starting point. But the proposed Congressional Commission can become an instrument of redressing a longtime wrong. Therefore, I urge all persons ''1terested in justice and fairplay, including fellow procedural dissidents, to rally behind the Commission campaign And when the Commission comes to your area, get Qut and do your thing!" I Minoru Yasui: ''We owe it to ourselves, as proud and loyal American citizens, and we owe it to our COWltry, the United States of America, to make every effort to right the wrongs of military evacuation of civilians in 1942 on the basis of ancestry ... The recoWlting of the Japanese American experience in the United States in 1942-46, embla zoned with the heroism and gallantry of American GI's of Japanese ancestry during World War II, will become a permanent, official record to be preserved in the history of our nation. The evil that was done to us in 1942-46 can serve as a lesson in the future in order that we might preserve the liberties and freedoms of all people in the name and memory of 120,000 of us who Wlderwent the Wlprecedented experience of being pris oners in our own land without having committed any crime." 12 -PacIfic Citizen New Year Issue I January 4 -11, 1980 'If there is a legacy from the internment, it should be that our constitutional rights be constantly defended and maintained - not just for Japanese Americans but for all -Congressman Norman Mineta MANZANAR, CALIFORNIA. (Monument reads: "Ireito- Console the Spirit." Position StateDlent of Japanese American Otizens League National Conunittee for Redress In the spring of 1942, shortly after the arbitrarily suspended, an action taken campaign is spearheaded by the Japanese mend appropriate remedies." outbreak of the Second World War, 120,000 solely on the basis of race. As a conse American Citizens League, an educational It is the official position of the Japanese persons of Japanese ancestry were for quence, an entire group of loyal Americans and human rights organization with a American Citizens League, by unaminous cibly evicted from the West Coast states was deprived of their constitutional rights. membership of over 30,000 Americans. consent of the Executi ve Committee of the and subsequently incarcerated in govern Aside from the minimum of$400-million On August 2, 1979, S 1647 was intro JACL on Nov. 10,1979, that theJACL seeks ment detention camps with barbed wire in property losses alone estimated by the duced in the United States Senate, and on the enactment of S 1647 and HR S499 and and anned military guards. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in September 28, 1979, HR S499 was intro the establishment of a congressional fact 1942, there were other immeasurable Without trials or hearings, without any duced in the House of Representatives. finding commission to investigate the damages which must be considered: the events of 1942. credible claims of wrongdoing or official The bills, which are titled the "Commis loss of individual freedom, the destruction charges filed against these innocent vic sion on Wartime Relocation and Intern We call upon the Congress of the United of personal human dignity, the loss of in tims - a great majority of whom were ment of Civilians Act," are identical and States, through the investigations of the come and disruption of careers, and the American citizens - Japanese Americans seek "to establish a fact-finding commis commission, to rectify a mistake of the psychological trauma of having been inno experienced a total violation of the protec sion to determine whether a wrong was past so that we, as a nation, will continue as cent victims imprisoned for 311l years. tions guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. committed against those American citi the best hope for mankind. And further, When Japanese Americans were evict Today, Americans of Japanese ancestry zens and permanent resident aliens reloca that the Congress will signal to all the pe0- i ed from their homes and incarcerated in seek remedial legislation as a means of ted and/or interned as a result of Executive ple of the world that the United States does America's concentration camps, seven of promoting human rights and upholding Order No. 9066 and other associated acts of indeed carry out in practice the ideals of the ten articles of the Bill of Rights were the Constitution of the United States. The the Federal Government, and to recom- democracy...... o • -I support the "Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act." . Here is my contribution of: · · PHOTO CREDITS: [} $10 [}$25 [} $50 o 0 $100 :- TULE l.AKE-Califomia Historical Society, "E.O. 9066" Mr/MrslMs • Maisie and Richard Conrat 0$500 Last Name First Name Middle 0$,------• MANZANAR-Visual Communications, Los Angeles. Please make ched May IS - Federal court rules July 5 - UH pitcher Derek PC Chronology J ACL as "adequate representative" Tatsuno signs with Japanese semi in class action suit against Wash pro Prince Hote~ spurns San DtXDtBER 1978 servance of Feb. 19 as Day of Re- ington State University for failing Diego Padre bonus offer. Dec. 2 (1978) - Over 400 brave membranoe; similar action taken to provide Asian American studies. July 6- Small Business Admin snow & ice to attend O1icagoJACL by city councils and mayors in Los May 15 - Oakland city coW1cil istrator Weaver formally adds Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake man Dr. Raymond Eng wins runoff Asian-Pacific Americans among inatJgUJal and testimonial for Tom City, Denver, Portland, on Mon to retain seat M~ Noboru Honda. "socially disadvantaged" and eli Dec. 10 (1978) _ JACL tirDe- terey Peninsula's Marina, Monte- Mav 15 - Charles Hazama 46. gible for Section S.A SBA program. rey, Del Rey Oaks; San Bruno, elected mayor of Rochester, Minn., tabl redress bill by midswn July 6- Washington, D.C. firm e on - Richmond; Dayton, Ohio; New home of the famous Mayo clinic; volW1tarily abandons "Yellow mer 1979. York. first Nikkei east of Rockies to be Peril" trademark, which had been Dec. 29(1978)- Top officials of Feb. 17-19 _ Day of Remem- come mayor. protested by JACL after granted 1 Magnin and Joseph Magnin brance programs held at Port May 17 - Nat'l Conference on by Commissioner of Patents stores, San Francisco, assure land's Expo Center, at Tanforan Social Welfare, Philadelphia, pre Trademark on Mar. 20. JACL offensive labels on Kenzo Park (Calif.) Shopping Center. and sents its tlistinguished service July 13 - Universal film, "The fashions would be changed Walerga, Sacramento _ all one- award to George Nishinaka, Los Deer Hunter", brands Vietnamese JANUARY 1979 time sites for WCCA assembly Angejes~ director of Special as "bloodthirsty gamblers", Jan. I-Togo Tanaka starts one- centers. Services Group. charges Asian Americans for year tenn on LA Federal Reserve Feb. 20 _ Los Angeles hosts the May 19 - Seattle Japanese Community Involvement Bank board of directors. first national conference of Japan Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop July 13- JACLchapters vote5- Jan. 1-U.s. Civil Service Com- America Societies. 53 celebrates golden jubilee. 1 m~ority for commission mission splits into two: Office of Feb. 23 _ San Diego JACL re PC EDITOR CAUGHT SMILlN~Waiters begin to serve baked May 20 - PSWDC Trust Fund approach to redress, sustain JACL Personnel Management (OPM) ports seed money being raised for Alaska at Hollywood/PSWDC JACL dinner at Biltmore Ho annoW1ces recipients of its first board decision. and Merit Systems Protection 150-unit Kiku Gardens retirement tel as honoree obliges cameras with "action" shot. At the disbursements (June 1 PC). July 14 - Karen Yamashita of Board; Shigeki Sugiyama among complex planned inside metro-_ headtable (back from left) are emcee Bill Marutani, Hol May 21 - Largest cash pur Gardena, Ca., wins first $1,000 32 cited for task force work over- - politan San Diego area chase of office building in Calif ywood JACL president France Yokoyama, and National JA James ClavelJ Prize for story on haJullngan.·Isyste m. Credit Adm;n;~- Feb. 2S - New England JACL, ornia ($79 million for 42-story Japanese in America. Fann ...... - deactivated in 1952, may be re- CL President Dr. Clifford Uyeda. -R.M.Hagihara Photo Crocker Plaza Bldg., Los Angeles ) July 19 - President Carter W1- signed by Mitsui Fudosan (USA), W~~rT~ ~~na!e:~ =~ as Ron Ikejiri speaks at expectedly responds to "Save the Inc., American subsidiary of Boat People" campaign, telling Fann Credit Board of Springfield, - Mar 22 _ Stockton judge Chris be Citizens (Norwick-Dachinger May 5 - Thirteen Asian cul- . Tokyo real estate develooment finn. demonstrators at White House he Mass., for three-~ear term . Papas 'sentences Chol Soo Lee to case). tures featured at New York City May 22 - Addabbo Law (pL 95- is ordering Navy ships and planes Jan. 3 - Debt?~ Nakatorru, 25, death for 1977 fatal stabbing of in Apr. 20-22 - Central California observance of Heritage Week. S07) amended, renaming Asians to aid Indochinese refugees at sea. of Sacramen!O .JOlIlS Nat'l JA~ mate at Deuel Institution. hosts fourth JACL Tri-District Other communities (Los Angeles, among 'minorities'. July 24 - President Carter ~f as assJStant to. execubve Mar 22 _ President Carter Conference, gives moral support San Francisco, San Mateo, Indi- May 27 - Tule Lake dedicated appoints Frank S. Sato, Puyallup, director Karl ~obuyuki names' Rose M. Ochi, 41, exeru- to state Nisei n:a<:k championships. anapolis, San Diego, Denver, Poca- as state historical landmark; Jerry Wash., as inspector general for Jan. 10-aw.t:. Persormel Board tive assistant to Los Angeles Apr. 28 - Angel Island im tello, etc.) also observe AsianlPa- Enomoto state director of correc- Dept of Transportation; becomes drops 5 ft-{i height standard for Mayor Bradley, to Select Commis migration station in San Francisco cific American Heritage Week. tions, keynote speaker. top-ranking Asian in federal state traffic officers. sion on lmn1!gration and Refugee Bay dedicated as state historical May 6 - R.etired LA COW1ty May 29- Gardena nurseryman service. site; was first stop for many Issei community action specialist, John Sam F\@moto loses in runoff elec July 25 - Family donates Pfe. fO~ ~~~.s~ Policy. . picture brides between 191(H920. Saito, appointed PSW JACL re- tion for seat on LA Board of Edu- .. Vannt1y. 1977-78 "od, Mar. 28- PresIdent Carter I?ro- Munemori medals to Ft DeRussy signiflean m pen. claims first week of Mayas Asian! Apr. 30 - Japan marks Prime gional director; succeeds John ' cation. . Army Museum, the Purple Heart enough to cover Rhode Island. Pacific American Heritage Week. Minister Ohira's visit of U.S. with Yanagisawa who had served since JUNE 1979 and Medal of Honor posthumously Jan. 26 - Sen. S.1 Hayakawa . 20 PC) $4 million contribution to U.S. Sept 1978. June 1 - Nat'l JACL Board awarded for heroism in 1945. tells ABC Joe Temple- (Text. Apr. newsman projects. May 8 - Nisei-<>wned Fishking votes 1~ 1 for commission-ap July 29' - Nat'l JACL staff un ton he would filibuster when Fe- APRIL 1979 MAY 1979 Processors distributes $100,000 to proach on redress bill; budgetary folds "Operation '80s" with focus dress bill With $3 billion fIgUre Apr. 1 - National JACL Con- various organizations (JACL was a cuts amounting to $100,000 on education and NISEI Institute. comes up. vention minutes (1978 Salt Lake May 1- JACLers protest omis sion of "Asians" as U.S . .minority beneficiary of a $3,000 gift). approved for 1979. Jan. 28 - JACL EXECOM or- City sessions) printed by Pacific AUGUSf1979 on proposed implementation ofPL May9- Nat'IJACLnamedres- June 3 - Orange County ders budget cutback by national Citizen; new format of 52 pages Aug. 1 - Calif. appellate court 95-S07 (Addabbo bill) giving pref iduaI)' legatee of Henry-Chiyo athletes dominate PSWDC Nisei and regional staff, national com- ($3). overturns 1977 Minnick decision erential treatment to awarding Kuwahara estate; $267,000 willed Relays, record 364 participate. against affirmative action mittees and youth services. Apr. 3 - HEW Civil Rights Of- to college-level Nikkei scOOlarships. Sequoia JACL retires NC-WNDC Jan. 29- PresidentOW".-l"t)m- fice finds Washington State Uni- government contracts by Small program within State Dept of Business Administration. May 9 - 'fhree.quarter page ad trophy at San Francisco Jr. Corrections (instituted by Jerry mutes 7-yr sentence of r ~.ricia versity free of racial bias as addressed to Sen. Hayakawa ap- Olympics. South retains state Hearst toone-year parole-like con- charged in JACL complaint filed May 2 - Pair acquitted of dis Enomoto, director). pears in Washington Post; some JACL track honors at June 10 Aug. 2 - Senators Inouye, dition. December, 1977, by Denny Yasu orderly conduct for shouting pro $9,000 raised from 2,600 people meet at Oakland hara of Spokane. test while President Carter was MatsW1aga, Hayakawa, Cranston, asserting Hayakawa does not June 5 - Univ. of Hawaii Church and McClure introduce S FEBRUARY 1979 Apr. 5 - Calif. appellate court welcoming Chinese Vice Premier speak. for Japanese Americans on pitcher Derek Tatsuno named upholds 1977 conviction of Wendy Deng last JanuaI)' at the White 16-17: bill to establish commission Feb. 1- JACL redress commit concentration camps and redress 1979 Div. 1 All American. to study wartime internment and Yoshirnura on weapons charges. House. (One was Keith Kojimoto tee meets with Nikkei legislators matter. (by Seattle-based Days of June 8 - Calif. supreme court relocation of citizens due to Exec. in Washington. Apr. 15 - Harvey ltano, UC San of New York.) Remembrance) Reply in May 18 refuses to overturn 1977 convic- Diego professor of pathology, first May 3 - Nearly 400 leaders of Order 9066 of l.942, and to de Feb. 13- Sen. Hayakawa sym PC: JACL rebuttal in May 25 PC. tion of Wendy Yoshimura -Her termine rememdy for any wrongs Nisei named to National Academy Asian community in U.S. hosted pathetic to have U.S. supreme May 10 - Hawaiian Jesse Ku- friends to seek reduction of 1-15 committed . court overturn Hirabayashi and of&iences. by JACL at gala Congressional haulua sets Japan sumo record of year sentence. ~ Aug. 3 - Viet refugee-Texas Yasui cases, where it held curfews Apr. 17 - Municipal elections in Reception to usher national Heri 1,025 consecutive bouts in senior JWle 8 - Univ. of Washington could be imposed against a group California find Frank Ogawa to tage Week; Japan's Prime Minis crabbers clash over fIShing sites, division. names Dr. James Doi dean in one Texan shot to death over argu of Americans because of their start fourth term on Oakland city ter Ohira among those present May 12 - Gas crunch shelves college of education. May 4 - Chinese Americans ment at Seadrift, Tex., by two race only. coW1cil Day of Remembrance pilgrimage June 7 - GroW1d broken for Vietnamese. Feb. 16 - Calif':-"legislature con Apr. 17 - U.S. Supreme Court lead protest on use of "Opium" as from Little Tokyo to Pomona Fair- new 100-unit housing unit adjacent Aug. 9 - Hawaii singer Carole demns urges ob- holds public school teachers must name for French perfume. EO 9066 and grounds scheduled for JW1e 23. to Little Tokyo Towers for area Kai scores in main stage debut at residents. Sahara, Las Vegas. MiyaWta, Tad, 57, Aug. 13, La June 14 - Suburban Sacra Aug. 18 - Camp Minidoka site haina, Maui; 442nd veteran, artist mento park district accepts design dedicated as U.S. historical place. Necrology whose collages are part of perma for Camp Walerga park develop Aug. 22 - M~. Gen. Dewey nent collection at Whitney and Gug ment KK Lowe, Si, ranking Chinese December 1978- December 1979 genheim Museums, New York. June 18 - Second suspect American military officer, Abe, Dr Ymplgml,66,May8,San Methxlist clergyman and Japanese Miyatake, Toyo, 83, Feb. 22, Los cleared in Henry Nishizaki assumes command of Sacramento language teacher. Angeles; photographer. murder case (see Mar. ·19), but Air Logistic Center. Bemardioo; dentist, community fOW1d guilty of second degree leader. Harada, Minonl, 75, June 14, Nagano, George T, 88, Nov. 13, Aug. 23-JAPCAR license plate Cain, Hany P, 73, Mar. 3, Miami, New York; founded Otagiri Merc Los Angeles; born in British Colum burglary. issued in 1973 by Calif. Motor June 2 FOWLER S4-Seiichi Mikaml 68-69-Paul Chinn Organized 1!1SZ ~Hugo Kazato 70-71- Alan Kumamoto 52-Dr. George MIyake S6-Dr Robert YabUJIo 72-73-Amy Ishii JACL Chapter Presidents S3- Harley Nakamura 57-Dr Sumio Kubo 74-Tom Takenouchi S4-Howard Renge ~ Ben NakalT'ura 75-7~ Tomoo Ogita • Here is a five-year update ofthe roster of JACL Chapter Presidents, which last appeared in the 1974 Holiday 5S-Tom Kaml kawa 59- George Takaoka 79-France Yokoyama Issue. The roster had been an annual teature tiB then since it was first compiled and published in 1955.-Editor. S6-TolT' Shirakawa 6O-JalT'es K Kubota H 0 57-Frank Sakohira 61 - Dr Shiro Ego 0 SIER S8-Mikio UchIyama 62-Dr Frank NIshlo Organized January. 1976 AI.M1EIM BOISEVAWY 72-lrland Tashlma Mary ate (OrR) Orpnlzed AprIll1932 5~Hideo Yoshihara. 6O-Katsuma Mukaeda 59-George Teraoka 63-01' Chester Ojl 76-George l'I\Il;11\ura Organized 1937 7~Mary Sadataki Masaru Yamasaki 61-Soichi Fukui 6O-Kazuo Hiyama 64-Hlro Kusakai 77- \\ liliarr R Alexander George Togasaki (org.) 37-~Henry Suyehira 74-7~Dr Toaru Ishiyama 32-Haruo Imura S4-Yoichl Sato 62-Frank Omatsu 61-Thomas Toyama 6~ Tony Takikawa 7ft.- 01 Gec-l'!'(' 1-l :1"n~ono 39-Howard Fujii 76-Scon Furukawa 5~Dr . Ruby Hirose 63-Father Clement 62-Tom T. Nakamura 66-Ray UrushilT'a 79-Shirley Nakatsukasa 3J.34-Masayoshi Morino 4O-Joe Saito 77-79-Rev Geo Nishimoto 67-Jack Harada 3S-Kay Tsuchiya S6-Dr Mark Nakauchi 64-Takito Yamaguma 63-Ken Hirose 41-Yutaka Tamura CLOVIS 57-Mas Yamasaki 6~Frank M. Tsuchiya 64-Hideo Kikuta 6~Chlaki Takizawa HOUSTON ~Haruo Imura 42-Martha Nishitani 69- Robel1 Tsubota Organized February, 1975 37-Mas Narahara Organized Oct. 11 , 1955 ~Matilde Taguchi 66-Mitsuhiko ShimIZU ", ~,\1 1-l1' ~ h",.,('Ofn ~AbeSaito S6-James Miyamoto 59-60-Dr Jamj:!s T Taguchi 67-Ed M(ltsuda 6f.- TIYo YalT'a!'uchl 70-Dr Fred Kubota 75-76-01'. Toshio YamauchI ~Tim Yamasaki 44-George Nishitani, 71- IzulT'i TaniguchI 77- HIroshI Sakahara 39-Mas Narahara 57-Fumlo Ikeda 61-Roy Sugimoto ~ Alfred Hatate to; - 11 (11 I ~ iv) HunJo Mas Yamashita ~ Yoshito Takahashi 62-Jack Huntsberger 69-70-Kiyoshi Kawai 6lL DIck Iwamoto 72- Aklra NI shioka 78-79-Edward L Hall 4O-Kenji Shikuma 4~Soapy S. Sagami 41-Sakae Date 59-Bob Mochizuki 63-Matilde Taguchi 71-72-Ted Kojima 69- Shlgeru Uchl} arra 73-Bill M TSUJI IDAHO FALLS 46-Tom Takatori 6O-Hi Ikeda 64-Ken Sugawilra 73-74-Joe Hazama 70-Mike Yoshimoto 74- Don KuntlT'ltsu Organized May 17, 1!14O 42-Scotty Tsuchiya 47-Edson Fujii Reactivated June 13. 1947 61-Klyoml rakahi\~hl 6~Masaru Yamasaki 75-76-George Fujita 71 - Ma sao Tsuboi 7S-Sally SloculT' as SoLrtlteaslem Idaho 4~George Koyama 62-Frank Kubota 66-Dr James Taguchi 77-79-Glen H Pacheco 72- Ro~ KalO 76- Taro Katagtn 4!'- Yuklo InouVt> 474~John Towata 49-George Ishihara 67-Ray Jenkins 49-50-Shiro Naku> 63- Tokuo YalT'alT'oto EAST LOS ANGE1£S 73- JilT HashllT'oto 77- Norton Ni shioka 41-4:'- Mlts uf?' Kasal 5O-Dyke Itami 64-Bob Hirasuna 68-Maj. Frank A. Titus 78-79-Dr Ken Kurokawa RenalT'ed Idaho Falls 51-Haruo Imura O I d S 30 1948 74- Hal'Uo It 51- Tom Takatori 6~Mike MIyamoto 69-Dr James Taguchi rgan ze ept. , 7~ Joe S YOkOlTl GARDENA VAllEY 43-44- Yuklo Inouye 52-Dr. Roland Kamnaga 52-Seichi Hayashida 70-Fred Fisk S3-Yasuo Yamashila 66-Ted Takahashi 4~ Akira Hasegawa 76- Kimlhlro Sera Organized Jan. 25 1939 4S46-EIi KobayashI S3-Manabu Yamada 67-Todd Uyemura 71-Gerald Hawkins 49-Bill Takel 39-40- George T Y~auch l 47-Sadao Morishita S4-Tom Haratani S4-Henry Suyehira 72-73-Dr James Taguchi 5O-Lynn N. Takagaki 77-Jitsuo Otant ~ Yasuhara Koike ~ Harry Ikuma 41 - Fred H Ikeguchl 4~Fred Ochl 5~Tom Arima 74-Masaru YamasakI 51-George Akasaka 78: ~9- Fr/!r1k .Osal IS-Pacific Citizen New Year Issue--'T71~~~~=':I:'"~~:;::::~=----r~~~::'T.:~=--""e~-"!"'I!W'---__---- '---"""'- . I J 4 11 71 Dr. Minoru MasUdi 7~Frank Oda lti , -ur My T IITT aOlm ~Ernest Ura 6~Shig Takeshita anuary - , 1980 72-Tomio Moriguchi 74-George Okamoto 68-Kay Kushino "'4-'T Nak I40- lrge Terada II' om ase 69-Toy Kanegal' 41 I ' 7~Ben Nakagawa 7"'Raymond;;)- Yamasaki' 69-Howard Nomura "'.liS-Ben Umeda 70-Virginia Tominaga '2- (, senY 74-Sam Shoji 7L Ed Nomura 70-Miyoko MatSUI' h, - _,Jrge asumura u- 1/6-Tom Yagl 71-7~ George Kanegai React ted M 26 1961 7S--Dr. Lindbergh Sata n-Frank Oda 71-Fraok I~hikawa~. or- Iva ar., CHAPTER PRESIDENTS -7~Paul HlUra 74-7 c Arnold Maeda 162 Will ' M-..l... · 76-John Matsumoto 70 Martin ShimIZU' 72-Sam Honda or- J - - 18ITl and Matsui (See Aug. 2) compiled for state ethnic re unharmed as 24-hour hostage v. Nichol deCIsion. PC Chronology Sept. 30- New Marina South sources survey; 11 places of sniper who stopped Market Oct. 12 - Release date for Conlh"," fram ... 13 Sept. 28 - Tom Shoyama, top JACL wins summer member named. St. traffic from 16th floor of Wendy Yoshimura set for Sept 23 - Bon Marche in Seattle Nisei in Canadian government, ship derby prize of $300 with Oct. 5 - PC's 1979 reader State Compensation Insurance September 1980 by Community ship survey reported in Ye Fund Bldg., San Fracisco. veto sale of Edward-Betty Burke resigns as chairman of Atomic 167 C.~ increase since May 31. Release Board at Frontera. Editor'S Desk column. Oct. 12 - Masonic lodges book, "Seattle's Other History", Energy of Canada, Ltd. Sept. 30- Rev. Don Toriumi Oct. 13 - Seattle JACL pil covering Asian American history Sept. 28 - House version of of First Presbyterian Church, Oct. 8 - President Carter urged to challenge bilingual grimage to Minidoka canceled. education in Canada as Buena for: two-week promotion, "'The Sl647-HR 5499 co-authored by Altadena, Ca., retires after 40- nominates Col. Allen K. Ono ot Oct. 16 - Voters recall 112 . Mineta year ministry. 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Rm. 307, Los Angeles, Ca. 90012 MEMBER FSLlC ------r------~-.,._nI!l!!l!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::::::!:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::::=~1 January 4 • 11, 1980 I Pacific Citilen New Year Issue - 19 Nationwide Directory • San Jose, Calif. BusIness· Professional Classified CAPfTALPARTNER ACACIA REALTY Needed to finance import and processing of Your business card placed in Full MLS Servic~5% Plaza Gift Center ANNOUNCEMENT frozen seafood and marine products from each 25 Issue here 10- weeks at Tak Kawai (408) 269-6343 JACL Tourist in South America: long departu.re lines at the ento and other similar agricul be denied overcoming the Manaus airport customs, you tural products. I guess the physical and natural obstacles would think everyone in Bra energetic and ambitious Japa of the harsh Amazon AInazon's Boomtown zil travels to Manaus to do his nese immigrants were not !~ jungles. # the Rio Negro wending its Therein lies the answer. shopping. ~ way from the rain forests Presently, Manaus is also Checking the city telephone weds with the Rio Salimoes the center of a free-port zone. directory, I noticed quite a coming from the snow- Small sidewalk shops and few Japanese surnames list 1980 JACL Travel Program covered Andes to fonn the large stores are literally ex- eel. Checking around, I learned Opened to All Bonafide JACL Members and Family Only great and the amazing Ama- ploding with goods especially that Japanese immigrants set zon River. Each river at this from Japan and the United tled in this area in recent ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE point is about two miles wide. S~tesJ':'rom observinJL th~ .Pm~~ ~d were ~siI:!g piroi- Current GA100 JACL Air Fare: $564.00 ~~~~~:~~~ ...... For immediate reservations/lnfonnation: See chapter administrator. By TED MIYAGISHIMA world It's hard to believe to 1980 National JACL Authorized Group Right No.1 DIEs Carrier 1 Departure From (San Jose JA(1) APRIL 3 - APRIL 24 ...... (JAL) San Francisco (ConchMling 0IapIer) find ocean going vessels in the Retail Travel AgenCies 1 San JoseJACL: Grant Shimizu. 724 N. 1st St.. San Jose. Ca. 94112 heartland of Brazil APRIL 5 - APRIL 26 ...... (Pan Am) Los Angeles Of the several interesting Irrespective of the relent PACIFIC NORTHWEST 2 West Los Angeles JACL: George Kanegai, 1857 Brockton; Los Angeles 90025 city tours in Brazil, the visit to less tropical SWl and the ex Azumano Travel Service ...... (r:;o3\ 223 ·f 24~ (Optional Honolulu stopover. Make retum flight to mainland with travel agent) George Azumano/Nobuko Susaki, 400 SW 4th Ave, Portland, Ore 97204 MAY 12 - JUNE 2 ...... (JAL) Los Angeles Manaus seems to stand out in treme hwnidity, the city is ac Beacon Travel Service ...... (206) 325-5649 Downtown L.A. JACL: Aki Ohno, 2007 Barry Ave., West LA. 90025 my mind Known as the boom tive and bustling with its pop George Koda. 2550 Beacon. Seattle. Wa 96144 3 town of the Amazon, the busy ulation long acclimated to the Kawa\luchi Travel Service ...... (206) 622-5520 JUNE 16 - JULY 7 ...... (Pan Am) Los Angeles Mikl Kawaguchi. 711·3rd Ave 1300. Seattle. Wa 96104 4 West L.A. JACL: George Kanegai, 1857 Brockton. Los Angeles 90025 city of 400,000 is the take-off harsh climate. I wondered (Optional Honolulu retum flight to travel agent) NORTHERN CALIFORNIA·WESTERN NEVADA stopov8i. Make mainland W!th point for the governrnent aloud why the pioneei'S would AkiTravelService ...... (415) 567-1114 JUNE 19 - JULY 10 ...... (JAL) San Francisco sponsored push to the west want to settle in a place like Kaz Kataoka, 1730 Geary St, San Francisco. Ca 94115 5 Berkeley JACL: Tad Hirota. 1447 Ada SI.. Berkeley. Ca 94702 ern frontier. 1be city itself is this in the firSt place, but J8Dan Americen Travel ...... (415) 761-6744 JUNE 21 - JULY t2 ...... '.' ...... (Pan Am) Los Angeles Hank Kimura. 2~B Wortd Trade Ctr. San Francisoo. ca 94111 6 Downtown L.A. JACL: Aki Ohno, 2007 Ba!fY Ave .• Los Angeles 90025 located a few degrees south of learned from the guide that Kintetsu Intemational Express ...... (415) 992-7171 JUNE 22 - JULY 13 ...... (JAL) San Francisco Ich Taniguchi. 1737 Post St. San Francisco. Ca 94115 the Equator and is 1,200 miles Manaus was once renown for 7 Chicago JACL: Dr. Frank Sakamoto. 5423 N Clark St, Chicago. iiI. 60640 Kosakura Tours & Travel ...... (415) 95&4300 west from the Atlantic, where its export of crude rubber. Group + SFO individuals assemble in San Francisco. • MorrIs I