•• •• aCl lC Cl lZen October 12, 1979 Japa~ ~n Citi~ ' -national publication Of the League I.SSN: 0030-8Si9 / WOOle No. 2,064 / Vol. 89 2.S¢ u.s.~ / ISc per oopy . 114 co-sponsor HR 5499, internment commission bill wMldDgtou Ca), Bob Matsui (D-Ca), Ma­ which was introduced Aug. 2 . Briefly, the bill calls for the Executive Order 9066 and to The bill has been referred to Legislation (HR 5499) jority Whip John Brademas by Senators Inouye, Matsu- . appointment of a l~member recommend appropriate the Judiciary subcommittee which would establish a Com­ (~Ind), Phil Burton (D-Ca), naga, Hayakawa, Church, commission to gather facts to remedies. on courts, civil liberties and mission on Wartime Reloca­ Sidney Yates (O-ID), Glenn Mca~ and Cranston. detennine whether a wrong In remarks to the House on administration of justice. tion and Internment of Civil­ Anderson (D-Ca), and Paul Si­ (Since then, Senators Mag- was committed against those Sept. 28, Mineta said, "It is chaired by Wisconsin's Rep_ ians was introduced on Sept. mon(O-ID). nuson and Jackson of Wash- · American citizens and resi­ my hope that the commission Kastenmeier and on which 28 by House Majority Leader Over 100 other House ington are also co-sponsoring dent aliens who were relocat­ on internment will provide us Rep. Matsui is a member. Jim Wright (O-Tx), and Rep­ members joined as original S 1647, it was learned.) ed and interned as a result of with a fresh insight into this The House recessed for 10 resentatives Peter Rodino cosponsors of the legislation. enduring lesson of our his­ days after the bill was (O-NJ), Norman Mineta (0- List of the Initial Co-Sponsors of HR 5499 The bill is identical to S 1647, Democrats are listed in roman type;. RepubliCans in italics. The number tory." entered. if before each Representative's name is the district nwnber in the state. CALIFORNIA 22 Carlos J. Moorhead <XlLORAOO 9. Sidney R Yates 12 David E. Bonior 10. Peter W. RodinO. J r. TEXAS L Harold T. Jobnsoo 23. Anthony C. Beilensoo 1. Patricia Schroeder 19. Tom Railsback IS. William D. Ford IS. Edward J . Pane n II. J . Marvin Leath 2 Don H. Clausen 24. Henry A Waxman 2 Timothy E. Wirth 24. Paul Simon 16. John D. DingeU NEW YORK 12. Jim Wright 3. Robert T. Matsui 2S. EDward R Roybal 3. Ray Kogovsek INDIANA 18. James J . Blanchard II. James H. Scheuer l-l Joe Wyatt 4, Vic Fazio 26. John H . Rousselot CONNECIlctrr 3. John Brademas MINNESOTA 12. Shirley Chisholm 18. Mickey Leland S. John 1.. Burton 27. Robert K Doman S. William R RatchfoN 6. David W. Evans s. Martin O. Sabo 2-l. Martin Frost - JiLORIDA H . Frederick W. Richmond 6. Phillip Burton 28. Julian C. Dixon 11. Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 8. James L. Oberstar 18. S. Willillm Green UTAH 7. George Miller 29. Augustus F. Hawkins 13. William Lehman IOWA MISSOURI 19. Charles B. Rangel 1. Gunn McKay 8. Ronald V. DeIlwns 30. George E. Danielson 1-1. Claude Pepper S. Tom Harkin , 1. William (Bill) Clay 20. Theodore S. Weiss VIRGINIA 15. Dante B. Fascell 9. Fortney K (Pete) Stark 3L Charles H. Wilson _. HAWAU 6. Berkley BedeU 3. Richard A. Gephardt 25. Hamilton Fish. Jr. 6. M . Caldwell Butler 10. Don Edwards 32 Glenn M. Anderson . MARYlAND 9. Harold L. Volkmer 26. Benjamin A. GUman William Royer (!.eoJ. ~l 34. Daniel E. Lungren 1. Cecil (Cec) Heftel WASHINGTON It 3. Barbara A Mikulski 10. Bill D. Burlison OKLAHOMA 12 Paul N. McCloskey, 3S. Jim Uoyd 2 Daniel K Akaka 1. Joel Pritcluud Jr. -s. Gladys Noon Spellman NEW JERSEY 2. Mike Synar 13. Nonnan Y. Mineta 36. George E. Brown, Jr. - IDAlio 2. Al Swift 7. Parren J. MitcheU 1. James J . Florio J. Don Banker 14.Norman D. Shumway 37. Jerry Lewis 1. Steven p. Symms 8. Michael D. Barnes 2. William J . Hughes OREGON Robert Duncan 5. Thomas S. Foley 15. Tony Coell¥> 38. Jerry M. Patterson 2 George Hansen MASSACHUSETIS J. James J . Howard J. 16.LeooE.~ __ 39. WiIIiam E. Dannemeyer . - ILLiNoIS PENNSYLVANIA 6. Norman D. Dicks S. James M. Shannon /" 4. Frank Thompson, Jr. 7. Mike Lowry 17. Charles PaWzyan,Jr. 40. Robert E. Badham L Bennett Stewart 6. Nicholas Mavroules - S. Millicent Fenwick l. Willian H. Gray, III 19. Robert J. LAgomarsino 42. Lionel Van Deerlin 2 Morgan F. Mw"phy _ MICHIGAN 6. EdwinB. Forsythe 7. Robert·W. Edgar WISCONSIN 21. James C Connan 43. Clair W. Burgener S. John G. Fary 7. Dale E. Kildee 8. Robert A. Roe 8. Pete r H. Kostmayer 2. Robert w. Kastenmeier Assemblyman Mori bill solves problem cited by Nikkei farmer Sacrainento, Ca. pledges the farme?S good.S Under current law, a Cali­ as security for a loan, the prO= forrU,a farmer could work for ducer's lien remains in effect an entire year to deliver his for the amount still owing to crop to a food processor and the farmer. not get paid for it. Mori learned of this prob-· Even with the existing pro­ lem when a prominent Dixon ducer's lien, which is sup­ Nikkei farmer infonned the posed to be a farmer's secur­ Assemblyman of a recent in­ ity for payment, a processor stance where a farmer lost can use the farmer's product nearly $400,000 when his can­ as collateral for a loan and nery went bankrupt. _ _ successfully void the farm­ The fanner had relied upon er's prior lien. a good-faith relationship be­ All of this will be remedied, tween himself and his canner however, under legislation . for payment on his crop. which goes into effect next Mori explained, "I feel the Jan. 1. The bill, by Assembly­ claim of the bank, which is man S. F10yd Mori (O-Pleas- made after the claim of the .· anton), simply provides that, farmer, should not strip the ~ven if the food processor grower of his priority claim Nixon poses with Japanese tou~sts at Waimea Canyon. to recover at least some pay­ Film project ments for his crops. Proces­ Japan tourists at Waimea first to spot fellow tourist in crowd sors and banks often have Waimea Canyon, Kauai Japanese, who spotted and immediately identified Richard. receives $500 other methods of securing fi­ The former president seems tentative as he stepped out Nixon. LosADceles nancial arrangements. It is S. John Nitta, I .ansc.lale, Pa, of his car at the Waimea Canyon lookout in mid-september. simply unfair for farmers to 30 Then on, he was surrounded, photographed, shaking hands contributed $SOO toward the He had been here years ago when he was a young senator have to risk their entire from California and exchanging chit-chat Nixon was on his way to Peking. To JAClrTenninal Island Film year's labors where such fi­ everyone who spoke English, he was addressed as "Mr. Presi­ Project, it was announced by Accompanied by Kauai police, Secret Service and his son­ nancial alternatives exist" in-law Edward Cox, it was fitting for a former president dent". There was no hostility. His own tentativeness was gone. John Saito, PSW regional di­ Mori cited hard work from rector, who is keeping track whose triwnphs were in international relations that the first Nixon spent the day (Sept. 13) on Kauai before continuing supporters of the bill "and people to recognize him were non-Americans-a tour group of his flight to Tokyo-Hong Kong-Peking. of the fnds received through pure matter of equity" for its JACL As previously stated, final success. Supporters in­ the monies will be returned if cluded Harry Kubo of the Ni­ WENDY YOSHIMURA CASE the fibn project is scrubbed. seiFarmers'League. # Possible sentence to be challenged San Francisco for 'serious offender' consid­ pennits the Community Re- was as culpable of this of­ The California Communi­ eration." Her present release lease Board to consider fense as were Michael Bortin ty Release Board, at its Oct date is September, 1980. lengthening such converted and Paul Rubenstein, who 12 hearing, will consider She had voluntarily sur ren­ tenns, if the board finds, after never received any state whether Wendy Yoshimura, dered herself to prison offi­ holding a hearing, that the in- p ~ n . sent en ce in the case," presently confined at Califor­ cials July 17 to begin serving mate irJ Question is a "serious saId Riordan. nia Institution for Women, a 1-15 year sentence on her offender". At the time of Yoshimura's Frontera, Ca., is a "serious of­ 1977 conviction for posses­ R.lordall &'>0 noted lhat Yo- surrender, the trial judge in fender". sion of explosive mate~. shimura at present is already the case received hundreds Deputy State Public De­ Under California's recent­ scheduled to serve a sentence of letters from coworkers and fender Dermis Riordan, who ly enacted Detenninate Sen­ twice as long as two of her friends of Yoshimura, as well represented Yoshimura dur­ tencing Law, her indetenni­ three codefendants in the as many civic leaders, attest­ CORPORATE GOLD CLUB-Blue Shield of California joins ing her unsuccessful appeal, nate sentence was automati­ case which led to her convic- ing to the community service JACL Corporate Gold Club as Manuel S. Nuris (right), regional said he was puzzled by the de­ cally converted to a detenni­ tion, both of whom received Yoshimura had performed Blue Shield manager, presents $500 membership check to Dr. cision to hold the hearing and nate tenn of two years minus probation after pleading after her arrest in 1975 while Clifford Uyeda (center), national JACL president, and J.D.