Ti'ir ■mrii ■n INSIDE PAGE _ ___ __ 8^' MOHS uordo.-j:;lu James Oda; *The Jew and the Roots of Japanese’ EttabHshed1929 ro vsusmmmMNotional PuWicotlon of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) $1 poftpoM (U^. Con.)/ $1 JO (jQpon Ah) By HARRY K. HONDA thusin^jerihng minority vot­ *E(Aor^meritiis America ’s method & tracking tbe P.C. lest issue) checked in the was rmtoated by this writer eta, ing districts and fiimndng fcR- mi­ race has always differed. A preliminary decision 1990 census. Ihe U.S. totals are woricsbop at the Pan Ai&rican nority aid programs. The first census in 1790 gave whether the next U^. census will 24$.7 million, 9.2 million being Ifikkei Association convention in Rep. lliomas Sawyer (DOhio), three dunces; fiw white male, fi^ includeanewcat^[CByfi)rmultira- Asian Padfic Islanders (APD as Vadeouver, B.C., in 1993. who chaired a House subcommit- white female or slave. In 1890. the , said popula- census included cat^ories for elthegov- octoroon and quadroon to measure wuuc Ml MMIJ, unuuiiaj lureau) to those ofone-eij^th and one-fourth press accounts indicated the first -------- by 412.6% from fffirmatioh. But some dvil rights accurately reflect “who we really black ancestry, asemimerators des­ of April 1992 to 2050 as compared to 50.2% advocates worry the new category are.” For example, 60 percent of ignated a mixed-race person hy Etebate looms over the chet^nsfiT for all groups, which would cradc would reduce the number ofblacks Japanese people in America wed color. Ihe census began to list Chi- of racial category “others,* which the tr^ition^ dual black/white and Hi^ianics recorded in the cto- someone of another race. See CENSUS/page 12 COMMENTARY: Eureka! ^ Caiifomia ’s Prop.209: What Next? Arizona relic — By ALBERT Y. MURATSUCHI first introduced, to 54 percent on JACL PSW Regionai Otrector election day. JAQ^aiso helped a Poston barrack deliver a strong majority of Asian LOSANGEL^S—OnApriid, fed ­ American votes against 209 — 61 eral appeals judges ruled that percent, according to the Los Ange^ ^PpSTON in CAMP REUNION for former CaBforrHa's Proposition 209 is les Times Poll. residents gathering the first week in April at constitutional, overriding aur lower After the Initiative passed, the the campsite discover (at left) Poston bar ­ court that blocked the initiative ’s American Civil Liberties Union and rack, which had been moved into the city of enforcement last December. other legal groups filed a lawsuit to Parker, entrance to Poston WRA Reloca ­ Prop. 209 is the state ballot inHia- declare 209 unconstitutional. tion Center and the lar>d of the Colorado tive that pA peirpent of California JACL joined a national coalition of - River Indian Tribes. voters pa^ed in the November1996 Asian American organizations in fil­ The unvarnished barrack is being used by election. fThe measure wW aboKsh ing a legal brief to support the the owrter for storage, according to the ail states^ local affinnative action ACLU’s lawsuit.-- WM Parker Historical Society. In front, tin-can programs in emp*<Vnient educa ­ , Based on the lawsuit a federal lids, pounded to cover knot holes of bare tion, and govemrnem contrac^rtg. <^iistrict judge blocked the measure ’s pine wood fkroring, were also visfoki. One of JACL’s toppriorities last enforcement to protect the constitu­ • A front view (bottom left) reve^ the year was Ho defeat Prop. 209. tional rights of Califomig's women double roof to cool off the banack. The ■JACL correctly saw 209 as the and minorities. barrack was spliced in half for sale by the frontline battle in the nationwide'^ However, the recent appellate goverrvnent. hertce the sidirrg arxi door with hssault on affirmative action. JACL decision found the lower court's windows were added. merrtfiefs and staff throughout the block to be in error, settirtg the stage • Part of the 450 reunion attendees state worked hard and raised nx>ney for Governor Wilson and other state scramble around the Kiosk and Monument to defeat the initiatrve. and local officials to be^n (isman- (bottom right), which were constructed Although 209 passed, JACL tlingawideraf^of programs that severtf years ago by vot unteere from Sac- helped bring the initiative's support iiKlude mirrority scholarships for ramento, led by GeorgeOld (Poston 11). The down from over 80 percent ^vhen See PROP. 209/ page 12 palm trees were plai^ in 1992. The 30r foot tail Poston Memorial was dedicated to the memory of 25 Nisei soldiers. kHled in study: Nisei have greater risk of action, who were eifrter interned and had volunteered in the Army or whose parents Alzheimer ’s than native Japanese and famtfies were interned at Poston. SEATTLE—Elderly Japanese Dr. George Martin, director of The kiosk is dedicated in memory of the Americans have greater risk of the UW Al^eimer Researdi Cen­ 18,000 persorrs of Japarrese ance^ who developing Alzheimer’s disease ter, and UW epidemiologist Walter errdured the hostile desert environment ■ than the natives in Japan, accbrd- KukuU called the White-Larson Md ingtoresearcheTs in Hawaii and in research a landmark study in that Ki^ County, Washington. Find­ it is the “best available on the ques­ © ALL PHOTOS BY JEM LEW ings were reported in the Sept. 25, tion of whether the introductionof 19%, edition of the Journal of a new environment can iii^^ a American Medical Assodaticm. difference in the occurrence of Dr. Lon White, chief of the Asia- Alzheimer’s disease.* Padfic Office of the National Insti­ While no one knows what envi­ tute of Aging, said the “good news ronmental factors are at play, epi­ is that if there are environmental demiologists have found evidence factors that make iUworse, there that active minds last longer—tlie are sure to be environmental foe-, scientists sa> the more stimulated tors to make it better.* the brain, the more connections Dr. Eric Larson, director of the there are between brain cells, leav­ University of Washington study, ' ing a greater reserve of working said if the/actors were something cells, notes Warren King, Seattie like lifestyle or diet, perhaps ^ey Times medical repoiler. could be Stared enough to elimi­ For example, researchers find nate much of the disease. See ALZHBMER’S/pege 12 U.S. Attorney Yamaguchi “Year of Raf stamp ‘least necessary urged for federal bench Kahuku evacuees SAN JOSE—By tdl press ac- Each January Linn’s Stamp 10 votes. eligible to get redress counts, Michael Yamaguchi, 46, the Nativeive HiHawaiian residents News conducta among its readers. (The “Year of the Rat* stamp U.S. Attorney for Nortiiem Cali­ By ALLAN BEEKMAN were not alsoavacuated.als^ a poll frr the best deeigi^ worst was the “most seen* on incoming fornia, has emergedas the top can­ Special to the Pacific Citu^ mail to the Pacific Citizen this The Kahul^ihulm group was initially didate for San Jose’s newest fed­ necessary ofUJS.postage stamps past year.) HONOLULU—More than 70 turned down becauae they did not eral judge and the first Asian for the prior year. A total of 4,365 voted, some former Kahuku residents of Japa­ have enough dowimAntjitioo to American' federal judge in San nese ancestry are eligible for |HYwe diacriminatioiL Last Decem­ There were 27 commem- choices iinmarked, according to Francisco Bay area history. oratives, 21 definitivea^annaal the bestread weekly stamp pub­ $20,000-a-person redress and an ber, the key was fbond when non- Afonner Mountain View youth, specials, and 28 lication, printedin apology fv their forced evacuation Japanese nei^rbors who Ih^ in be was recommended to the fed- fiiom their homes during World postal stationery Sid^, Ohio. The the area at the time of Evacuation eral'lsendr by Sen. Diaime Fein- War II. it was aimoimced Mardi 7 were located. (cards, envelopes) topvotegettgrsin stein (IWklif.) last December, to by Honolulu JACLchapterandthe OtherNikkeiresidentsm IwileL on the ballot and the other catego­ suobekYd U.S. DistrictJud^Robert National Asian Pacific American Puuloa and Lual\iakei were also the purplish^Year ries were: (a) Best Aguilar. The nomination from of the Rat* stamp design—“River- Association. declaied'eligible. President Clinton was erqjected. The goy^mmenfs finding cov­ with “Hai^y New boat,'apanecJ‘six Of the 80,000 internees overall, Yamaguchi started his career as ers peofde who lived near the form­ neariy 2,500 fit>m Hawaii have re­ Year*and two Chi­ sta9ipsi(b)Wont an accountant after earning a ing community then known as ceived'their redress drecks. But nese diaracters in design — master’s d^ree firom New York Marconi and near what is now the the Office of Redress Administra- calligraphy was barely outvoted “Majatbon, ”(c)Mo6timpottant^ University, and developed exper ­ 'Turtle Bay Hilton. ti<m still has 3,000 names of per­ by the “James Dean” commemo­ “Endangered Spedes,” a pane of tise 4n tax law. He jdned the U.S. According to. Kari Sakamoto, rative as the “least necessary,* sons who are eligSde but have not 15 stamps. Attomey ’8Officeinl980andmoved • the Honolulu lawyer who worked bm located or filM. 673-646. One ooUectar found a positive into the Criminal diviamr in 1984, on ca^ the An^ ordered those Claims and app^nic must be The Kid’s Vote rated “Year of aqiecttotwostanqisontl^pane. focusing on white-odlar pneeca- of ancestry, about 75 in theRat*the “leastneosasaiy* with made by February 1996 to assure “lusetbeVultureandtheUoco- tioos. He wasrecommendedfay Sol number, in Marconi to leave thar review by August 10, 199 6 the 24 votesand “JamaaDean”was dik on Internal Revenue Service Barbara Boxer(DJCalif.)fiveyears homes because the militarv was date after which funds for redress in a four-way for aizili place wit^ mail.* —HKHM ago for hispcesentgovernment post building an airfield nearby.