Sansei sla'in in -..-IFI ~I IZEN S.F. Chinatown Publication of the National Japanese American ~ltlzen8 League restaurant SAN FRANCISCO-Paul R Council. Vol. 85 No. 12 Friday, September 16, 1977 PO.lpaldlnU , ~ 20e 15 Cents Wada, 25, was one of five Paul was regarded by his persons slain Sept. 4 by un­ friends as "8 generous and identified gunmen in a Chi­ selfless person who was natown restaurant, the liked and highly regarded Golden Dragon at 822 Wash­ by everyone", the family Japan 'reliable ally' ington, while having a late statement concluded. Judge cites residency law night snack with a few • say 4()% in poll friends visiting from Se­ The five dead raised the TOKYO-One out of every attle. count to 39, which the police two Americans regard Ja­ The one-minute melee in have attributed to gang war­ in Hawaii 'unconstitutional' pan as his country's reliable which at least 20 shots were fare in Chinatown since By KEN KOBAY ASIll The law was adopted this tions on residency may be in ally, according to a Gallup fired in front of some 100 1969. Police said it was the (The HODOluJu Advertiser) year as a key part of Ariy~ the State's interest, but he Poll commissioned by the diners occurred early Sun­ city's worst mass murder and believed it to be the HONOLULU-Q>v. George shi's campaign to control said the residency law was Japanese Foreign Ministry. day about 2:40 a.m. The fact that Wada was third fatal encounter this Ariyoshi intends to figbt for growth and curb overdevel­ "an open, frontal attempt to I The survey, the 19th of opment. establish an in-migration the kind since it was first shot nine times gave rise to year between the groups. his controversial one-year All three incidents have residency law, which was It requires a one-year re­ policy and in my opinion taken in 1970, was conduct­ speculation that he might sidency to be eligible for that's unconstitutional." ed in March using a total of have been the target of the happened on or near holi­ dealt its first judicial set­ days giving rise to Mur­ back in federal court Aug. State and County jobs, He said the residency re-. 1,525 Americans aged over shooting. Police Lt. Daniel which nwnber about 40,000. quirement has been proven 18 and chosen randomly. Murphy of homicide said he phy's speculation that the 26 wben Judge Samuel P. gangs strike when they ex­ King called it "unconstitu­ Since Federal courts and to have an "impact on inter­ The survey showed 46 "looked like the man the kill­ the Hawaii State Supreme state travel." percent of the respondents ers were really after" but pect the fewest police to be tional" and issued a prelim­ on the streets. inary injunction. Court have previously ruled In order to uphold that replied "Yes" to a question "something went wrong and residency laws unconstitu­ law, King said the State "00 you think Japan is a re­ the killers made a mistake." Eleven others were also The injunction, which wounded, including two bars Ariyoshi from enforc­ tional, Ariyoshi said be ex­ Continued on Next Page! liable ally of your country?" Wada's family issued a pected a court challenge to statement the following day who were in critical condi-· ing the law, is good until tion, Wendy Suto in her 20s Dec. 13 when a hearing will the law. declaring: "It should be The American Civil Liber­ S.F. police chief blamed for made clear that Paul was not and Robert Yuen, 18. Janice be held on whether to make Imanishi, 23, was also hit, - ties Union filed that chal­ a member nor associated that injunction permanent suffering shoulder wounds. by striking down the law. lenge last month, saying the with any gang activity in law violated equal protec­ Chinatown 'silence' on help Chinatown. Furthermore, Murphy said the conflict In a prepared statement, SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Re- cans are demonstrat:i.rig '-'an is between the two largest Ariyoshi indicated-as he tion and due process rights he had no enemies." under the U.S. Constitution. marks by San Francisco Jl{). absolute abdication of re­ The victim was a tbird­ and most powerful of the has before-tbat he will a1>­ gangs---the Wah Ching and ~ King acknowledged the lice Chief Olarles Gain in sponsiblity in not aiding po­ year student at the Univ. of peal the case if he loses the aftennath of the Sept. 4 lice investigations into the the Joe Fong gang, also fore Federal judges here. changing nature of the law San Francisco Law School and the possibility his ruling Chinatown mass slaying case". He was the third son of Ya­ known as Joe's Boys. may be overturned. have prompted stunned re- Mori charged that Gain suko and Yukio Wada. well­ As many as 10 Wah Ching New regents He said courts, personnel sponses from Asian Ameri- must bear some responsibil­ known Nisei leader in the gang members were in the and policy change, "but if can civic leaders. ity for building good police-- community who helped re­ restaurant Sunday mornirig, there's anything this coun­ Assemblyman S. Floyd community relations and re­ activate the San Francisco but they escaped injury "be­ win 1st O.K. try was founded on it is that Mori (D.-Pleasanton) last solving the latest slayings. JACL after the war and was cause they may have been SACRAMENTO, Calif. this is one country." week (Sept 9) described as "What Gain needs now is elected chapter president in street-wise enough to dive The four appointees of Gov. Factionalism - where "ironic" the accusation by the cooperation of the com- 1947. Now residents at Wal­ under tables at the tlrst sign of trouble," Murphy said. Brown Jr. as Univ. of Calif­ "everybody said this is Gain that Chinese Ameri- . Condnued on Page 1 1 nut Creek, the Wadas are ornia regents were recom­ 'mine, mine, mine and charter members of the new The killers, using a shotgun, mended for full Senate con­ everybody else is excluded" Diablo Valley JA..CL. automatic weapon and pis­ firmation this past week - is what the Civil War A lifelong San Francisco tol were Joe Fong gang (Aug. 30) by the Senate tried to prevent, King said. resident, Paul was graduat­ members. Rules Committee without However, he said, "I wish ed from George Washington The Joe's Boys gang came dissent after questioning I was as sure of that (the un­ High School and UC Berke­ into existence after former that centered on UC invest­ constitutionality of the resi­ ley. A member of the Christ Wah Ching member Joe ments in South Africa. dency law) as I used to be." United Presbyterian Fong broke with the group Yoritada Wacia, one of the King said some restric- church and Boy Scout and formed one of his own. four; said he supported sale Troop 12, in recent years he Throughout the early 1970s, of the holdings if necessary, Pennsylvania court had worked with communi­ the two gangs clashed re­ but "I would rather have the ty services groups and was peatedly for supremacy and University take a strong opens up job-wanted ads providing legal services for revenge. Fong was convict­ PITrSBURGH, Pa.-The Pennsyl­ ed in 1973 of conspiracy to stance allied with other in­ vania Commonwealth Court has un­ the poor througb the Neigh­ vestors for affirmative ac­ animously ruled the state's hwnan borhood Legal Assistance commit murder and is now ten-year-t~life tion for black workers in relations commission went too far In Foundation, tutoring law serving a South Mrica". denying people the right toadvert:iae students at USF, counseling sentence. his or her sex. race, age, religion, an­ Authorities believe the It has been reported that cestry and other personal character­ the Upward Bound Program $448.7-million of UC's istics .in a situations-wanted news­ on campus, Nihonmachi Le­ source of the clash is that $793.4-million in common paper ad. gal Outreach, Kimochi, most Wah Ching members stocks is invested in com­ TIle court said the ceaseand desist San Francisco police inspect bloody scene inside Golden Inc.'s, legal aid educa­ are foreign-born while most order against the Pittsburgh Press Dragon Restaurant 'where Paul Wada was among five shot to of the Fong followers are panies doing business in for accepting such advertising is tional committee and Japa­ South Africa. "constitutionally invalid". death and 11 others were wounded early Sept. 4. nese Community Youth CoDtinUed OD Pa,e 3 BY THE BOARD: I The Okubo-Yamada Case: Seven Years Later By Frank lwama, Nat'l JA<I. Legal Counsel As a result of the incident the families of vised that the trial judge had committed defray legal expenses in their case. No raised used The news shocked all JACLers: A brutal the victims initiated a civil suit against Hil­ nwnerous prejudicial errors, which could funds will be for attorney's fees. The national fund raising campaign for murder and assault had just occurred at the ton Hotels, whicb owns and operates the be resolved favorably for the families on an Palmer House. Their suit alleged a breach of appeal. the Okubo-Yamada Legal Assistance Fund Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Dlinois. The will commence soon Two longtime and 21st Biennial JACL Convention was in expressed or implied warranty and negli­ A decision had to be made. Should the gence on Hilton's part in not pr<Widing ade­ families pursue an appeal? Although in this dedicated JACLers will chair this important progress, and the date was July 16, 1970.