• • • aCl lC Cl lZen November 2, 1979 national publication of the Japanese American Citizens league ISSN: 0030-8S79 I Whole 0.2,06' I VoL 89 2S¢ U.S. Postpaid 11Se per copy ~ million as~ets. U.S. Civil Rights Commission & ~~~~~~~~~~ 7 more co-sponsors for JACL bills its $4 million mark in assets at the end of June, announced treasurer-rncmager Ichiro Doi who recalled that the first million WASlllNGTON - All SO 5499, the Washington JAa members of Congress and the agreed to be co-sponsors of the doI1ar mark a decade ago was .Quite an occasion. chairpersons of state advisory Office announced. President of the United States. bill to establish a Study com­ committees to the U.S. Com­ The resolution, which will It was passed Oct 22 during (The Convention Minutes show the credit union was on mission on the evacuation and mission on Civil Rights have be signed by Dr. Arthur F1em­ the assembly of state chair­ internment of American civil­ the threshold of topping the $1,000,000 mark at the end of endorsed. the internment com­ ming, national commission men here after fonner Rep. 1965 with S971,898.87. In mid-l968, the assets were $1170475 ians in 1942. themillioomark~duringthecreditlmioo's25tharuri~~.) mission bills, S. 1647 and HR chair, will be transmitted to all Newton Steers, Maryland ''We now have 15 senators state advisory committee and 128 representatives as co­ "'Ibis rapid growth in assets is a clear indication of the confl­ CLAVELL LITERARY AWARD: chair, moved for adoption, and sponsors," Washington JAa ~ by the members in the credit union. their appreciation of Minoru Yasui, Colorado state Representative Ron Ikejiri readily availab~.loans at low interest rates (12%APR), higher advisory committee chair, declared. than.average di~ of shares (7% last quarter) plus life and Belated presentation made to seconded. The additional seven are: loan msurance toqualif1ed mernbersat noextracost," Doi stated. Yasui, a member of the Na­ HOUSE OF first winner: Karen Yamashita tional JACL redress commit­ REPRESENTA'DVES Work of the three-member credit committee, chaired by Rup­ Louis Stokes (D-Ohio) ert H.achiya; Yukio Kasai, secretary; and Ken Nodzu, was fur­ tee, explained the nature of the LOS ANGELES - A belated icanKabuki which theEWP Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio) ther cited Jor~ growth. The committee meets on Tuesday bills and distributed material Pat Williams (D-Moot) presentation of a highly prized' performed for a full season. to review all loans. provided by the local JACL StephenJ. Solarz (D-N.Y.) literary award was made Oct A graduate of Carleton Col­ office. Heruy S. Reuss (D-Wis.) JACLmembership is required at the outsetto join the National 24 at the Century Plaza Hot~ lege in Northfield, Minn., Seiko Wakabayashi, fonner . Mike McConnack (D-Wasb.) JACL credit union Write to JACL Credit Union, PO Box 1721, The prize, originally an­ Ms. Yamashita's works Eastern District JACL gover­ SENA1E Sen Rudy Boschwitz (R'Minn.) Salt Lake City, Utah 841l0, for application fonn. nounced in July at the Cren­ have been published in the nor and a memberof theMary­ shaw Square Summer Festi­ Rafu Shimpo, UCLA's Amer­ land state advisory council, val was not awarded formally asia Journal, Califa: An An­ urged the assembly to contact United Way L.A. Gov. Ariyoshi may run due to the author's absence thology of California Poets, their respective senators and from the country. and The Third Woman. congressmen for support of S. funds Asian plan Conversant in three lang­ 1647 and HR 5499. LOS ANG~United Way again in '82 elections Winner of the first C1avell uag~English,Japaneseand approved a one-year $75,000 American Japanese National The resolution also urged HONOLULU-In a New York mit somebody to come in.and Portuguere-Karenis current­ plan to form an "Asian-Pacific Literary Award was Karen Tei the U.s. Commission on Civil Times in-depth story of Ha­ tum it all over and change ve­ ly hard at work on her first Resource Mobilization Net­ Yamashita, a 28-year old Los Rights to similarly support the waii after 20 years of state­ ry drastically the direction novel, dealing with Japanese work" to be run by the Asian Angeles-born Sansei who now resolution. hood, Gov. George Ariyoshi that I've set for the State. immigrants in Brazil and on a American Voluntary Action makes her home in Sao Paulo, Meanwhile, as m Oct 26, was asked if he expects to seek "If there isn't someone play. Center, now based at 119 N. Brazil there were six more congress­ a third four-year tenn in 1982 around in 1982 who I feel can The initial Clavell AJNI.A men and one senator who Central Ave. He told reporter Wallace Tur­ pick it up and continue some Ms Yamashita's entry judges were: ner: of the policies I've established, Asaka-No-Miya was a com­ Sen S.l Hayakawa, Bill Hoso­ ''I feel so strongly about our rm going to be around in 1982." pelling tale relating the con­ kawa of Denver Post; award­ The diversity of the islands flicts faced by a Japanese winning Nikkei playwright Merit Savings signs joint State and I have worked so Edward Sakamoto; Barbara Saltz­ bard at trying to bring the Stale -its mixture of races and civ­ away from home during a man, Los Angeles Times; and around. I'm not going to per- ilizations from the Pacific na­ time of war. Joseph Saltzman, chairman, USC low-cost housing venture tions synthesizing into some­ The distinguished panel School of Communications. • Elections of AJNLA judges termed PALM SPRINGS, Ca - Sha­ Ariz., 12 miles south of Yuma: Gardena Valley JACLer MM thing new, toUFism as a top More than 100 entries were money producer, Mainland the Yamashita piece received the initial year of the nahan Homes and Little Prototype model homes are Odoi is amoog 23 candidates run­ Toky<rbased Merit Savings & ning for the lone open seat (unex­ investments in the Islands be­ "bizarre, fascinating, competition. They came from currently on view at Mecca pired tenD for Office No. 6) on the ing checked by strong zoning incredibly interesting," througl¥>ut Caliornia, Canada, Loan Assn. have announced and Salton City. Los Angeles Board of Education in laws to preserve the agricul­ and "Well constructed, Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, New plans to construct up to 3,800 ''We have a mission to be­ the Nov. 6 election .. .IIan'y Hi­ tural and exotic flavor, and poignant. " York City and Boston. homes in the Riverside and come involved in low-cost raob, 66, of Fowler is seeking re­ yet intricately knitted into the Karen's writing talents Winning honorable mention Imperial counties over the housing," Merit Savings chair­ ejection to his Area 3 seat on the next four years. fabric of Mainland activities have received recognition in the first AJNI.A were: man Bruce Kaji said of the State Center Commtmity College Immediate plans call for District, which he has occupied were noted as the ''process of before. She was the recipi­ Noriko Sawada Bridges (San Joint venture. "The shanahaii since being appointed in 1966. Run­ Americanization" completed ent in 1977 of a Rockefeller Francisco) for her ~apa Takes a some 600 low-cost homes manufactured housing pack­ ning on his record, his campaign is Playwrig!lt - in - Residence Wife, Takes a Wife ... , David Mas ~J~~ ip. th,e f~: age is an ideal way for us to since statehood was pro­ Maswnoto (Fowler, Calif.) for his expected to be low key despite the claimed by President Eisen­ grant with East West Play­ ing community of Mecca, 45 benefit rural communities challenge of Alexander Rendon, Snapshot 1944 and AkemiKiku.... !Diles southeast of here; at hower on Aug. 21, 1959. ers. Using the grant, she mura (Northridge, Calif.) for while affording much needed 44, a high school teacher in Salton City on the west side of Continued OD Page 4 produced O-Men: An Arner- Gambling Den. help for the low cost housing Reedley.: ~ Salton Sea; and at Somerton, 'I1IoIDM Odon, member of die picture." Asian State Employees Assn, is Commenting on the manu­ nmning for reelection on the Sa­ . GORO SUZUKI (1917-1979): factured housing concept, Ka­ cramento City board of education. ji noted, "these homes offer He was first elected in 1971 and Jack Soo memorabilia at Smithsonian far more quality~ntrol than was reelected in 1975 by a wide conventional homes" and said majority in afield of 10 candidates. WASlllNGTON .:: The late munity life for the Institution. 1917, he began as a singer­ He proudly pointed to the he was impresed with the increasednumberofAsianadmini­ Jack 500, the best known Japa­ The display is to be included in comedian in 1941. Among his Continued on Page 5 strators and teachers since he took nese American actor who re­ the Entertainment section of many credits was the role of office: from 88 teachers in 1971 to cently staITed as Nick Yema­ the Nation of Nations Exhibit Sammy Fong in the Rodgers 151 now; from no administrators to ne, the maker of bad coffee of and Hammerstein musical, 'Ameyuki-san' story eight. Among the artifacts were: ABC's police comedy series, A video tape of Jack Soo: A Re­ ''Flower Drum Song". He did in video cassette In the Kings River (Central Calif­ ''Barney Miller", was honored, the t:Qle on Broadway, in the ornia) Cooservation District race trospective; posters from Flower ANGELES - Oct 29 by the Smithsonian In­ Drum Song; photos from Camp National Company, and in the LOS Callforma for a board seat, George KibDra, First Bank has the popular Ja­ stitution,as artifacts of his per­ ToPaz; and a copy ofhis 4S-year-old feature film as well as on stage 60, of Parlier and Mike Y....