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JACL Convention Delegates' Special Edition
By Jerry E fl'l) moto
National Presi dent
We have traveled a long, eventful, and always reo
warding road for the past four years in JACL. Not many Nisei are
privileged to do their own thing in a wav that can be of some
benefit to their fellow American .Japanese. Sucb a chance was given
me and
OFFICIAL CONVENTION DElEGATES List ot official, alternate
delegates anrl proxy to the 1970
National JACL Convention in Chicago acknowledged by Masao Salow,
national direclor, as of July 2 follows:
(p) proxy Parlier-Tony Takikawa (p) (a) Alternate Pasadena-Mary
Yusa
PACI FI C J~~J ~ITIZEN Alameda-Shig Sugiyama Philadclphia-K.
David Yo- Membmhip Publica. ion: Japanese American Ci.iz
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2-JtACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, July 10, 1970
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER:
Nal'l JACL (onvenlion By MIKE M. MASAOKA
N.xt week, the 21st biennial National Convention of the Japanese
American Citizens League will con-vene in Chicago, with the
official opening scheduled for Tuesday evening, July 14.
It is expected that some national officers and staff members
will begin private meetings as early as Sun-day afternoon, followed
by meetings of the National JACL Endowment Fund Committee and the
National JACL Executive Committee, and possibly others, on Monday.
Tuesday morning and afternoon will be de-voted to the
pre-convention meeting of the National JACL Board.
All of these extra-convention meetings suggest that this
national conclave next week may well be among the most memorable
and decisive in the 40-year-plus existence of JACL, with a new
dimension to JACL policy and programming possibly developing as a
consequence of the great social, economic, edu· cational ,
cultural, and political upheavals that are tak-ing place today in
the general American SOciety as a whole, not to mention the
minority Japanese Amer-ican community as such.
That JACL officers, members, and staff are aware of these
changing and challenging times and are try-ing to find ways and
means to accommodate some of the more meaningful propositions
within the organiza-tional framework are attested by these
extra-conven-tion meetings.
And, since JACL, regardless of its detractors, is the
unquestioned establishment organization of Japa-nese Americans,
dissident and militant individuals and organizations that have a
special concern for either or both Japanese American and Asian
American prob-lems and issues allegedly are planning to make their
attitudes and requests known, even to demands that the JACL agree
to certain stipulated projects and "programs.
The JACL is an open membership organization;
therefore, those who desire to make their wishes known
officially may do so simply by joining the or. ganization and
following the prescribed channels and procedures. To those who do
not choose to become members, JACL has no obligation to them as
such. JACL does, however, have all obligation to its own membership
to pick and choose those among non-members who may have legitimate
and meaningful proposals to offer and to listen to what they have
to say and to give sincere and honest consideration to any
consb'uctive suggestions that may be advanced.
Beyond this, it is becoming more and more evtdent th~t \vithin
JACL itself there is a new and sensitive element among the
membership that calls for more paxticipation in certain activities
and programs. Most certainly the JACL has a responsibility to
listen to their recommendations and to give them the most careful
consideration. Many members within this new generation are to be
credited with such J ACL innova-tions of this past biennium as
ethnic concern. Asian American studies, and meaningful cooperation
with such worthwhile projects as Yellow Brotherhood, as well as
with the national campaign to secure the repeal of Title IT of the
Internal Security Act of 1950, the so-called emergency detention
authorization. Accord-iAgI~, this .new group is entitled to respect
and serious consIderatIon of their proposals for a more active and
articulate JACL.
• . Sinc. adequate funding is • perennial problem
with JACL, and since some of the new projects and programs that
may be approved will require substan-tial financing, it is an
indication of social conscience tha-t the National JACL Endowment
Committee is meeting early to consider whether it can. within its
constitutional limitations, consider making some of its money
available to the more worthy projects and pro-grams of this day.
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Not only must this Committee consider this com-mitment in terms
of what the Endowment Fund was established for and why the
contributors donated to it, but it must also determine what
guidelines should be used to determine need and priorities. Though
there is almost half a million dollars in the Fund, even at today's
depressed market rates, the Committee must also remember that this
relatively large sum can be dissipated within a year or two, or
even less, on one or more worthwhile proposals if they are rather
costly and expensive projects. It may well be that the Com-mittee's
most formidable task will be to determine not only how to make this
money available most effective-ly and expeditiously but also how to
husband the fund for future emergencies and needs.
As we have stated before, this National C':lnvention
will have to decide the future course of JACL for years and
possibly decades to come. Basic to any de-cision is whether the
JACL is to remain predominantly a Nisei organization and whether it
hopes to become more relevant to the demands of the times, now and
in the foreseeable future.
In addition, however, lhe JACL must be realistic and appreciate
and operate within the limitations of its own membership. finances
, and staff. It can no longer afford 10 be all things to all
people, even to the Japanese American population. It will have to
de-cide on ils own general and specific objectives and its own
activities. Aud how and what it decides will probably determine
whether the JACL remains a viable and responsible organization, or
whether it withers and dies like other once-worthwhile
organiza-tions have when their days are done.
At the same time, we are cognizant of the general-ly
conservative membership of JACL. Accordingly, we would suppose that
the real task of the Convention may be to orient JACL's goals and
programs toward those desired by the new generation of members,
though the activities and lhe progress may not be nearly as fast
and as widespread as this younger group would have them.
Furthermore, we do not see as incompatible or competitive the
formation of a new organization com-posed of, and catering to. the
activists, militants, and radicals among Japanese Americans.
Indeed, we can envision such an organization supplementing and
com-plementing the JACL, with many of its members also belonging to
JACL and vice versa.
JACL's more moderate course. with its more estab-lished prestige
and conI acts, might well further the cause of such a new
organization, while remaining as a possible safeguard against any
blacklash or re-taliaticn that might be directed against such
militant groups and thereby being in a position to continue to
protect and promote the welfare of the lotal Japanese American
minority in all times and under all circum-lances.
PAID STAff MAN
FOR P .R, URGED ·
IN JACL REPORT Needed to Develop
PR-ConlciousneSi
Amon, JACL Chapters
NEWS
CAPSULES
Military SP.t SboJlro Yamashita, 2S
who was slaying with bl ~ married sister in Berkeley. Mrs.
Atsuko Nakahara. was
WASHINGTON _ J A CL drafted into the U.S. Army. should plan for
a paid staIf On June 17, the Sixth Army member to handle public re-
notified h ~r brother wa. killed lations as sOOn as possible, the
in action June 10 on the Cam-NaUonal JACL Public Rela- bodian war
fro n t. He Was tions Committee report to the reared and educated
in Japan Convention urged . since the age of 9 month.
though U.S.-born at Tule Lake Selling the JACL image, WRA camp
... Marine Cpl.
protecting the image of Japa- JlII.b.el C. Nakayama of Los nese
Americans and develop- A D gel e s was awarded the ing
PR-consciousness among Bronze Star Medal with com-JACL chapters
were among bat ltv" for heroic achieve-Ihe programs and objectives
ment in Vietnam on Aug. 19, of the committee, chalred by 1969.
10S-mm. howitzer and Harry Takagi, wbo felt PR also had evacuated
seriously was one of J ACL's most im- wounded Marines under tire.
poriant lllnclions. The Cal State Long Beacb
" It is really too big and too American Student Alliance is
important a job lor a vo lun~ manning the draft cOlIDseling teer
committee to nerform to center at Com~ Together Cen-the lll11est
extent;" be ex- ter. 16408 Western Ave., Gar-plained. dena, on
Thursday nights, Be-
Developin&, PR cons.ious- cording to Jeri Ishlmoto, in nes!
amon&, the chapters charge ol the draft committee. wouJd be a
teTttle fJeld of Jimmy Gozawa , active San endeavor, Taka,1 added.
Fernando Valley JACLer, is
The committee this past So. Calif. president of the 63rd
biennium a Iso developed Infantry Div. Assn .. COmprised some
interesllne proerams of some 1,000 officers and hut was not able to
oarry only Nisei in the g r 0 UP . them out to .ompletion be-
thougb SO other Nisei are eUg-cause "a volunteer commlt- ible to
jotn, Gozawa. a retired tee can only do so muoh". lieut.-colonel.
served with the 1\ had reinstated the gift MIS during World War II
and
Pacific Citizen subscription was recalled to active duty In
policy to members ot Congress 1949 for the Korean War. and some 40
naUonal organi- Capt. Terry J. Uyeyama, 34, zaUons and urged its
conUnu- U.S. Air Force fighter pilot mee. who was listed as missing
in
nese Amtrlcan memben were: Mlenad aataye, \'oahie lIono,
~~ ~::.':t"t!Uh~: ¢::'JtoM~: rakawa. Mono Nlshltli. T. K.
No-mura , Ray Okamura, MOu Sud., Mrs. Mary Anna Taka,l. Don
Ta-maid. Dr. Elml TNChI41, Paul Yamamoto.
Entertainment Japan's ftrst roc.k..festivaJ,
"Fuji OdYssey", will be held Aug. lJ-22 at IZll Fujimiland with
Japanese, U.S. and Brll-ish groupS participating. The amusement
park in Shizuoka is at the foot of Fujiyama.
In ABC-TV's "Movie of the Week" for July 14 (1iJe.) will be
l\fako, starring a represen-tative of a Asian nation in the r i 1
m. "Challenge". starring Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford and
James Whit-mOre.
Sports A memol'lal award in mem-
ory ot a great athlete and structural engineer, (;eor,e H. Ton,
of Los Angeles, was es-tablished by the Titans, a predominanUy
Sansei club In southwest L .A. competing In the Community youth
CouncU leagues. Tong played al Linc-oln High before the war,
ca-vorted with the famed Lowa basketball team, participated in AA U
Industrial basketball during the war years, and was associated with
the Titans as an adult leader at the time or his death last
February. As structural engineer, am 0 n g buildings to his credit
are the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena and the Harbor General
Hos-pital.
Hawaiian sumolsl Jesse Ku-.haulua, better known · as Ta·
kamiyama in Japan, won back his Komusubi (junior cham-pion, 2nd
class) standing for the summer tournament at Nagoya, based upon his
11-4 spring tournament record. He is the t irst non· Japanese to
rank this high in professional
c.n for studenl membership in
lieu of Jrl JACL SACRAMENTO-lIIlke Su-zuki, nallonal youth
com-mluloner. In hb report to tb. Convenllon Is Inc Iud-tor I h e
recommendallon Ibal Jr. JACL be dluolved.
In U_ vi •••. he calls lor .fudenl membership rat .. In the
r.,uJar JACL .nd a youth caucus or limU.r structure be Implemenled
al tb. ch.pler level.
OHICAGO-Thls may be the lInal Joint n.llonal con-vention Invoh'
to, JACL aDd Jr. JAOL, If tbe re.ommen-dalion ot assoalate nallon.1
yonth .ommtssloner Ross Hanno b .coepled.
Ross, who has been in Jr. JACL since ils Inception a de-cade
ago, loday is doubling as Chlclgo JACL chapter presi-denl and
chairman of the Chi-cago Com'ention Board.
In a compassionate revi~w or the three level. which com-prise
the JACL youth pro-gram, Ross detailed how he regards the Jr. JACL
move-ment in the light of his per-sonal experiences in the con·
vention report to delegales.
Because youth involvement in Jr. JACL is relatively short -live
years lor most, those who go through the chapter
anel clht:rlct levtll feel "'too Re II neaftIJl\enclillll lNlual
old" tor national Jr. eoDYeD- aMlf__ be held and no' tions. Mosl of
the youth en- In COIIJunction with a NaU_ ,a,ed In the 1970 youth
COD- II JACL eonvenUon or tune· ,'enUon lack experienc~ at the tion
In an ettort to ke~p COIla naUonal l~veJ. h~ asserted_ .t. minimum.
Uad~p
Whlle the decisions on the ulinlllll. workshop •• bUJ neu future
of Jr. JACL will be .-lOllS, Uld focus on curr~1 Inltially e a s t
by th~ youth pl'Ob~ OUIht to be e themselves the par@lll JACL "m ..
t Uld potatoes" ot th. organiutlon I •• UlI committed Jr. JACL
conferences. h. lUI-
to lend support.-lInanclal and I~ I j r tundinS moral, phYSical
In the case of tr Nt PUatln.l JmAaCoL to cover advisers. "It Is
unrealistic to om a ODaI s expect the youth to raise mo- travel and
housing expe.,.e ney for their own program 01 youth representaUves
ea;. ir they are to hive time 10 NaUonal JACL Board • carryon
meaningtul aclivi- sions, national Jr. JACL dues lies." Harano
explained. CoIlUDueel on Pa,. 4
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1\ urged the JACL Brochure action on May 20, 1968, In be updated
belore another Vietnam was listed a North edition is published.
This past Vietnamese prisoner, accord-biennium, 10,000 more copies
ing to a Hanoi government re- Original creations In Jadt , Ptarls.
of Ihe 1967 edition were ,-_ port published in the New:l!'l Co .. '
Amber Diamonds S.pphlr ..
sumo. Gardena Branch 1,6.tIOl South Weltern Av.nu.
Panorall1a City Braneh Roscoe Bl vd.
printed. Originally 2S,OOO we;e York Times June 26. The list
iul'uti15 Emerald. and Rubles. Credit Card; printed and distributed
to ev- of 334 prisoners was compiled Honored. F", V.lld.t.d
Parking. ery JACL household. by the Committee of Liaison Sbosuke
Nitta, 90, pioneer
witl, Families of Servicemen Orange County Issei leader of
CENTURY CITY Companion Brochure Detained in North Vietnam. Santa
Ana, died June 21 ot 'nslde P.elll, '" N.,"
As a companion pamphlet He Is the son of San Fran- massive
stroke. He came to the Bank Bldg .. O.,.n II :30-6:00
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physician Dr. Kahn Uye- U.S. in 1897, operated a res- 1901 "'venue
of the Sllrs
mittee urged $10,000 be auth- yama. taurant in Los Angeles be-
La. Mgele. Call 277- I I..
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Japanese Gen. Mark Clark, 74, was tween 1903-1917. then tllrned
'-::==========:...!... _____________________ _ American story. The
Program unable to keep an appoint- to farming. He was the first .
& Activities Committee simi - ment to keynote the 1970 NI- to
grow asparagus success-larly urged such a publica- sei Veterans
Reunion at Los fully In Orange County. He tion be provided as a
general Angeles last week. The allJed was the til'st tb rehlrn
after education measure. commander during the WW2 the war in 1945
to resume
invasion ot Italy was admitted farming. Surviving are \V Ta-JACL
should undertake a June 27 to the Charleston ka, s HHoshi, Minoru,
Mitsuo.
documentary movie or sUde (S.C.) N a v y Hospital with bro
Naojl, sis Sel KIno and 11 project on Japanese Ameri- what doctors
described as a gc.
~t~s , n~~n~fm~t~~~~~:~ temporary change In heart Frana," N.
Oka, 24, active proposed a tentative SI.500 beal. Asian leader on
the San Fran-budget to initiate the docu- S cisco State College
campus, mentary series chool Front ~vc~~de
~}~n!"21aW:u~to:~i~1~
The Pacific Southwest Dis- UC Berkeley Chancellor a spin with
his younger bro-lTict councU's visual commu- ROl'er HeyDS thanked
mem- ther Keith, who suffered head nication .ommittee, chaired bers
of his Community Advls- . j i P r . d th blk by Robert Nakamura. a
pro- ory Committee for . servieles :::a~\~~' at ~~~ ;'~e. an~ Ful~
fessional photographer, has rendered durmg the, lust com- ton by a
car, which failed to initiated efforts to compile ma- Pcolemtemd •.
tteaecadademVl.ISced )oenar'm'lnThor: yield the right-of-way.
terial for a slide presentation.
Other Projeots ~~~do:lf:;';s angn m~~i~:~~m- = Stocks Ind Bond.
on The convention repol't also policy. The full advisory c.om- "'LL
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noted the plans tor paying tl'l- mittee of 68 had eight sub-
bule to tbe Issei In connec- committees: non-academic per- Fred
Funakoshl' Uon with the JACL national sonnel, academic personnel,
convention at Washington, research, educational opportu-D.C., in
1972, renewal ot the nlty program, student affairs, R.ports and
Siudies campaign againsL anti·Nisei extension division, constrac-
Available on Request 1ilms being shown on TV, tural and business
aifairs. and the JACL contribution of $900 commwtity affairs. The
Japa- ~ ItUTNER. JACKSON toward beautifying the Roh- § AND GRAY
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Time Certificates of DepOsit lor 5100,000 or more-7,5% per annum
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Denver, Colo. WISDOM OF THE YOUNG-A few weeks ago we
attended the Japanese American Community Scholar-ship Program
sponsored at a downtown hotel by seven Denver area organizations.
Usually this is a fragmented community with the various
organizations going their individual ways with scant regard for any
of the others. But for the scholarship program they cooperated and
were rewarded by a handsome turnout, handsome in this case meaning
about 200. For the record, let it be shown that the sponsoring
organizations were the Brighton Japanese American Association,
Cathay Post 185 of the American Legion, Japanese Association of
Colorado, Mile-Hi Chapter of the JACL, Rocky Moun-tain Nisei
Bowling Association, Simpson United Metho-dist Church and
Tri-States Buddhist Church.
Besides these organizations, a substantial number of business
firms and individuals came through with contributions which made
possible a total of 15 mone-tary scholarships. None was large, but
in total they made an impressive sum.
• • • Noteworthy as such community cooperation was,
the academic and extra-curricular accomplishments of the various
scholarship winners was even more impres-sive.1 The youngsters who
were recognized were not only outstanding students but leaders as
well. Remark-able as these individuals are, however, there is no
rea-son to believe the Denver area Sansei are any smarter, any
better adjusted, more achievement-oriented than the Sansei of other
areas. This being the case, the San-sei as a whole represent an
enormously valuable hu-man resource, the minority who manage to get
them-selves into trouble notwithstanding.
The custom of recognizing and rewarding scholar-ship probably
can be t r ace d back to the prewar Japanese American communities
when the Issei, with inordinate pride in their youngsters, feted
the gradu-ates. My recollection is that there were few if any
monetary awards made in those days, primarily be-cause no one had
much to give away. The reward was in the recognition.
The elders had grandiose ideas about their off-spring going on
to academic glory, conquering preju-dice, and making something of
themselves. I can't remember that I, or any of my friends , had s u
c h dreams. We were just happy to be out of high school and looking
forward to college with both dread and anticipation. We had no
illusions about our intellectual achievements, although we had no
shortage of 9pin-Ions.
Perhaps in time our parents began to share our unflattering
estimation of ourselves because we soon found they weren't paying a
great deal of attention to our views about the Depression, the
Japanese in-vasion of China, old-fashioned Issei customs, the
su-periority of bell-bottom pants as compared to less jazzy styles,
the stupidity of Little Tokyo leadership, and sundry other
topics.
The Issei knew they were in the community driv-er's seat and
they weren't about to yield to Nisei up-,starts no matter how well
they had done in school. And so things didn't change a great deal
despite what we felt and said because, as people grow older and
more set in their ways, they regard change with re-luctance if not
hostility.
• • These thoughts and recollections may be at least
a little pertinent this week on the eve of another JACL
convention. It is obvious this convention will be one of the most
important in JACL's history, and basic to many of the discussions
will be fundamental differ-ences in viewpoint traceable to age.
One of the things few people of my age learn Is that change is
inevitable, and the essence of wisdom is philosophical acceptance
of that fact. Corollary to this statement that the truly wise
usually learn from experience and it can be presumed that if a
fellow has been around long enough to be knocked around and
disappointed often enough, he may have learned a thing or two.
Whether both Nisei and Sansei elements at the convention will
accept the truth of these two statements is a matter of conjecture.
If they do, the convention may succeed in making some valuable
de-cisions. If they don't a great many hard-to-heal scars may
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Wonderfully. overwhelmingly in love, they find that thel' parents
balk at an Interracial marriage.
lu,1 publ .. hed; 10 be a major Columbia Picturel
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California Generation a novel by Jacqueline Briskin
SS MUNEMORI
SCRAPPED, JACL
PLAQUE IS BACK Ship Originally
'Wilson Victory'
Which Returned 442nd
By SmG SUGIYAMA
SAN FRANCISCO - The bronze plaque reads: "Dedi-cated to the
Memory of Pri-vate Sadao Munemori, eM}{, 442nd In!. Regt.. who by
his heroic sacrifice on the fieJd o! battle. proved that
American-ism is a matter of the mind and the heart and not of race
or ancestry."
Presented by the Japanese American Citizens League on Marcb 16.
1948 at New York for emplacement on board the USS Sadao S.
Munemori, the fIrst and only U.S. vessel to be !lamed after a
Japanese Amer-Ican, the plaque and a framed photograph of Pfc
Munemori, posthumous recipient of the nation's highest a war d for
bravery and service to coun· try, were returned to the cus-tody of
the J ACL in a brief ceremony here June 28.
Presenting the plaque and photograph to National JACL President
Jerry Enomoto be-lore the Northern California-Western Nevada Dis t
r i ct Council assembled in the Bank of Tokyo Hospitality Room ,
Capt. S. W. Gaston , Assistant Director for Operations of the Mar i
tim e Administration Western Region, of Seattle, in recounting the
history of the ship. closed his rel1'larks by stating,
flJmt as PrIvate l\lune-mori bad a short life fight-In&' for
his counlry, so did the ship that was named after him. Both the
indivi-dual and the ship served their country well." The sbip was
buill in 1945
and was originally named the Wilson Victory. It had return-ed
the men and colors of the 442nd Regimental Com bat Team from Italy
in July 1946.
Renamed the USS Mune-~ori in October 1947, but re-tired to the
reserve fleet in 1949, it was placed into service again in the
Pacific during the Korean war.
Retired to the reserve fleet again in 1952 after a sea going
career of abo u t only five years, It was finally scrapped earlier
this year.
Munemorl's Exploits
Munemori was a native of Los Angeles. He bad volun-teered trom
Manzanar Reloca~ lion Center. During the final Po Valley campaign
in north-ern Italy In April 1945, be was an assistant squad leader
in A Company, IOOth Battalion, 442nd Infantry.
In the face of murderous enemy fire from enemy bald-ing the
rocky pinnacles above, be made repeated one-man attacks in an
effort to dislodge the enemy so that the squad be now led for his
wounded squad leader could advance. He reduced two machine gun
emplacements, but was forced back by enemy fire and gre-nades.
Then a grenade bounced off his hebnet towards his men. He threw
himself on tbe gre-nade, smothering lhe blast with his own body,
and sav-Ing the lives of at least lwo at his comrades at the cost
of his own. For this supreme sacrifice above and beyond the call of
duty, the Congres-sional Medal of Honor was posthumously bestowed
upon Pte. Sadao S. Munemori.
The return of the plaque bonoring Pte. Munemorl was a reminder
of the rec-ord of the "Go For Broke" 442nd. which suffered 9,500
casualties, including more
Continued on Page 8
Uno Night in Salt Lake
San Francisco youth
work on Drop-in Center SAN FRANCISCO-The Japa-nese Community
Youth Coun-cil are remodeling and refur-bishing two upper floors of
the building at 1808A Sutter and Buchanan for a teenage IIdrop.inu
c e n t e r. (Ground f I a a r is the Honnami gilt sbop).
Tbe Nibonmachi drop-in center was negotiated with the San
Francisco Redevelopment Agency by its CYC chairman JeU Mori, of
655-21st Ave.
National JACL Headquar-ters has contributed office fur-niture
and cabinet files to the center. Olher groups and indi-viduals are
belping in the re-furbishing.
Chamber grants
$5,750 to scholars LOS ANGELES - Ten years ago, the So. Calif.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce estab-lisbed a $100,000 scholarship
fund lor meritorious Sansei bigh scbool graduates. The 1970 program
saw 35 scholars sharing a $5,750 distribution of funds.
Top award of $500 went to Kenneth E. Kurose of Roose-velt High,
ranking No.2 in his clas~ of 640, student body preSIdent wbo plans
to major In psychology at Yale.
. Nagao Fujita, Oxnard crim-mal lawyer and president of the
Ventura County bar asso-ciation, was keynote speaker at the
scholarship dinner June 26. He challenged the gradu-ates to keep
the lines of com-munication open between gen-erations in an age
when the generation gap was becoming wider because of fast-paced
technological advances.
A total of 89 students ap-Hed, the most ever in the single-.year
award program, accordmg to Masami Sasaki scholarsbip fund chairman.
'
Bank of Tokyo planning
branch at long Beach
SAN FRANCISCO-The Bank of Tokyo of California is plan-ning to
estabHsb its 13th branch at downtown Long Beach in the Oceangate
Com-~lex. according to bank pre-SIdent Susumu Onoda. . The bank was
established lO 1953 primarily to serve the needs of the Japanese
commu-nity but oday more than half of the bank's clientele is
com-prised of non-Japanese firms and individuals, Onoda said.
Stockton teacher feted
at gala Tokyo reunion
TOKYO - Former Stocktoni-ans and students of Elizabeth Humbargar
residing bere at. tended a reunion with the vis-iting retired
scbool teacher here June 17 at the Sanna Hotel.
Tom Oshidari and Joji Ya-mashirO were among the old-est
acquaintances present at the reunion. Barry Saiki for-!Tler
Stockton resident ';"ork .. 109 for a public relations firm was in
c.harge of the party: Welly Sblbata, Mainicbi Eng-bsh edItor and
onetime Stock-ton resident, featured the Miss Humbargar story in
the June 23 issue.
In the scroll of introduction from Calif. Gov. Reagan to Osaka
Gov. Sato, Miss Hum-bargar's 44.-year record at service to the
Japanese of Stockton was explained in de-tail.
Pacific voyager home
FUKUOKA - Ryusuke Ushi-luna. 24, sailed his 24-foot craft
Thanatos into Hakata June 21 , completing a round-trip Pacific
voyage in 160 days of actual sailing lime. The
SALT LAKE CITY - Ray- near 6.000-mile voyage was mond Uno, the
IDC candidate accomplished solo. having lell for National
President. will be here for Oakland in May honored by the Salt Lake
1969. and arriving in Oakland JACL at a reception July 11 77 days
later. He had planned at the local Buddhist Church to sell the ship
and return by from 8 to 10 p.m. plane.
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SEXING
Japanese Class af Dorsey High O.K.
but status of leacher unsettled LOS ANGELES-In a special Now
they want to dismiss her June 29 meeting of the Per- because she
hasn't." sonnel and Scbools Commit- "She is highly qualified ." he
tee of the Board of Education, says. " but that doesn't seem it was
announced that the Ja- to impress the Board or its panese language
program at slatt who seem to be more Dorsey High School will con-
concerned with the problems Hnue. o( budget or administration.
Making the announcement They seem to be ready to put was Dr.
Georgiana H a r d y, anyone into the program whe-Board committee
cha.irman. ther they are fully qual Wed The other committee member
or not. as long as they have present was Richard Ferraro. a
pennanent rating. A teacher Dr. Robert Docter is on vaca- who has
taken a proficiency tion. Assistant Superintendent examination in
Eng 1 ish or Dr. Otto Buss was also prcs- mathematics can be
assigned ent. by the Board to teacb Japa-
Any feeling that the an- nese. if they can show that nouncement
would please the they have some lmowledge or grOUP of 80 people
jammed background in Japanese. It into a tiny conference room
doesn't seem to mailer to them wa~ qnickly dispelled by re~ if they
would be good teach-~cltons to Dr. Hardy's qualify- ers.
lmowledgeable teachers 109 remarks. The y reacted or relevant
teachers." sbarply to her statement that the retention at the
Japanese Need tor Expansion language courses at Dorsey "Does the
Board still feel Higb School did not guarantee that the needs of
tbe Japa-that the present instructor nese-Arnerican stu den t or
June Hatanaka, would be r'; community are not very iro-hired to
teach those courses. portant, that we are still sec-
Many of those present were ond-class citizens to be treated
m~mbers of a community com- lightly?" he wonders. mlttee called the
Committee The community committee to Save Asian Studies at Dor-
exerted much effort to point sey, formed to promote two out the
need for expanded stu-ISsues: retention o( the Japa- dies in
Japanese and the im-nese language program at portance of Japanese
studies. Dorsey and, re-hiring of Miss "Japanese must not be
Hatanaka to continue teaching equated with cultural frills or
Japanese. polite niceties associated with
Program Jeopardi .. d . ceremonial proprieties/' ar-
gues Riga. HIt is a very signi~ The language program at (icant
language. Japanese Is
Dorsey was jeopardized when the six t h most commonly a Board
policy was adopted spoken language in the world. stating that non
-permanent It is a critical language in teachers would not be
re-hired tenns of our national security in the fall . Miss Hatanaka
is and economy. In addition, this in a non-permanent status.
language is important to the
As Miss Hatanaka is the development of intercultural only
qualified Japanese teacb- excbange and understanding er o~ the
Dorsey campus, her in a much neglected area. Ja~ dismissal would
bave meant panese is also especially mean-the end at the Japanese
lan- ingful and relevant to this guage program. city and to the
Japanese com-
Community pressure was munity here!' brought to bear on the
Board Stake of Community and the decision was made to continue
Japanese at Dorsey as an authorized and a regu-lar part of the
curriculum. Japanese was to be taken off the experimental category
in whicb it had been for seven years.
No action was taken, how-ever, concerning the change of Miss
Hatanaka's status to that of a penn anent teacber so sbe could be
retained for the program.
Teacher's Status
Although Mis s Hatanaka had taueht for two years at Dorsey with
great success and high recommendation, she is still placed in a
temporary status because sbe has not taken a proficiency
examina-tion in Japanese.
According to the community committee, no such examina-tion has
been offered, al-tllough Miss Hatanaka bas .~ed repeatedly to be
given such an examination.
Kazuo Higa, instructor at Los Angeles City College and a
committee spokesman, said: "It's no fault of Miss Hata-naka that
she did not take the e x am . It wasn't available.
"That is why we are so concerned with the re!.ention at the most
highiy qualified teacher. We must bave a teacher, like Miss
Hatanaka who can motivate and educate our students. We want
some-one who knows and can re-late to the community. We don't II k
e the idea at the Board just placing anyone in the position. We at
the com-munity have a great stake in tbe program. We resent
Japa-nese being considered insigni-ficant and we resent our ideas
and needs being treated as if insignificant."
"The way in which Miss Hatanaka is being dismissed is unjust.
She wanted to take the proficiency examination, but sbe was denied
this. Now they want to fire her because she hasn't. That is going
to have to be rectified."
Dr. Buss was asked by tbe community committee to ar-range a
proficiency examina· lion to qualify Miss Hatanaka for a regular
position. He said be would investigate the feas-ibility at such an
examination and report back to the com-mittee July 6.
CONCERN: Opened JACL Office in Santo Ana, California, to Assist
Evacuating Japanese in 19-42; Has Attended Practically Every
Meeting Called by the PSWDC on Human Rights, Nisei and Sansei JACl
Participation and Other Impor-tant JACl Business; Has Addressed
Many Ser-vice Clubs, Colleges and Schools on the Story of
Evacuation and the History of Japanese in America.
Friday, July 10, 1970 PACIFIC CITIZIN-3
unLE TOKYO REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT APPROVED BY U.S. GOYT. LOS ANGELES - It'. "Go!" for
Little Tokyo.
The LitUe Tokyo Redevel-opment Project can now go from paper to
brick. All of the efforts of planning what has been called "one of
the most unique redevelopment projects in the nation" can now be·
come a reality.
Richard G. MitChell. admin-istrator of the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) at the City at Los Angeles. happily
announced last week (June 28) that the Depart-ment of HousIng and
Urban Development (HUD) of tbe federal government has offi-cially
approved tbe LitUe To-kyo Neighborhood Develop-ment Program.
"Witb the official approval of HUD. this promises to be the
start at a bright new era in the lives of the people of this
community," said Mit-chell. "It vindicates tbe faith of so many
people in this com-munity who have laid the foundations for a new
Little Tokyo for these many past months and years," he
con-tinued.
Final Official BurdI.
This announcement at HUD approval, the tinaI official hurdle
betore LitUe Tokyo re-development could become a reality, followed
months ot anticipation after tbe unani-mous adoption of the project
by the Los Angeles City Coun-cil on Jan. 29. When Mayor Sam Yorty
signed tbe ordi-nance in February, the stage was set for tOOay's
announce-ment whereby the reconstruc-tion of Little Tokyo moved
from the planning boards to the realm of concrete reallty.
Projected as a lo-year pro-gram, the redevelopment at Little
Tokyo, whose history goes back to 1885, is expected to bave ahout
$100 million in-vested by local private inter-ests when
completed.
In addition, the federal net program coots in the form at grants
anti loans for reloca-tion payments, street improve-ments,
construction of malls, administrative and technical services and
demolition costs for the total project will be in excess at $40
million.
For the fiscal year of 1970-71, $3* million will be avail-able
for Little Tokyo. During this period, two major com-mercial areas
involving seven lots will be developed by com-mercia! areas
involving seven lots will be developed by local property owners so
that relo-cation resources will be read-ily available to businesses
as the redevelopment process continues. Planning and feas-ibility
studies for the Cultural Community Center and the Senior Citizen
Housing Area as well as the proposed botel will continue at an
accelerat-ed pace.
"Although Little Tokyo Is sma 11 in area~ it is major
league in tennl of dollan ..... _ more Importantly, In ~ said
Kango KUnltsugu, ellA project manager of the LIttle Tokyo
Redevelopment ProJ-ecl. "When completed, Little Tokyo not only will
be a place where people can vIaIt to pur_ cbase. sell. eat and
recelft professional service. but It will also he a place where
people can sing, dance, team and Hve. Tbe master concept plan Is
dlctated by the t'ull0Il of commercial, cultural, reli-gious and
residential IntereJII of the Japanese communlt;r. We bope that the
concept u proposed Is also the heglnnJnc of the redevelopment of a
co-hesive community," he added.
As a result of communlt;r desires expressed through the
51-member Mayor's Little To-kyo Community Development Advisory
Committee (LTC-DAC), what is now envlaloned for Little Tokyo are
new shop. ping areas of major propor-tions. with landscaped man.
and walkways. A major botel is also proposed, which Is ex-pected to
attract vislton on an international scale, making Little Tokyo a
vital link for Pacific and Asian areas with the United States.
About 1,000 units of apart-ment-style bousing Is planned to be
developed, which would include residential complexea for senior
citizens as well as low and moderate income fam-ilies. High-rise
apartment. m the general public are alJO planned.
Community Center
Tbe beart of the project which has stirred the interat at the
community is the pr0-posed $3 million Cui tu r al Community Center.
The cen-ter will bouse and he a show-case for all the various
cul-tural arts while at the aame time providing for the social
service needs at the commu-nity. Also projected In the complex are
a 1,200-seat thea-ter for stage productions and a gymnasium.
Project houndaries are Ala-meda St. on the east, ThIrd St. on
the south, Los Angelea st. on the west and FIrst St. on the north,
including an f1l the private properties north of First St.
''Residents and hUllineuea contemplating moving should check
with the CRA's Little Tokyo Project Office, since they may be
eligible far mov-ing costs," Kunitsugu said.. In-quiries regarding
moving by project area residents and husinesses should be direc:ted
to Sachiye Hirotsu. asaistant project manager who Is In. charge of
the rehouslnl de-partment.
The CRA'. Little Tok;yo Project Office is located at 324 E.
First st. on the fourth floor of the Merit Savlnga and Loan
Building_ Further infor-mation is also available by calling
624-0837.
ELECT
HENRY KANEGAE FOR NATIONAL JACL
PRESIDENT
EXPERIENCED --DEDICATED
-- CONCERNED
EXPERIENCE: lst Vice President Notional JACL 1968-70, 3rd Vice
President National JACl 19-66-68, two-time Orange County JACl
President 1942 and 1961, leader in the Pacific Southwest District
Council for many years, Recipient of JACL Sapphire Pin,
DEDICATION: Has lived and Breathed JACL for Nearly 30 Years;
Constantly in Touch with Na-tional Board Members not Only Through
Meet-ings but by Phone and Through letters on All JACl Matters; Has
Frequently Vis.ited Chapters All over the Country (flying his own
airplane) in Order to Familiarize Himself with their Needs and
Problems_
JACL needs a Leader like Henry Kanegae. He understands both the
Concerns of Older Members and the aspirations of younger mem-bers.
And under his leadership, the Young & Old will find common
ground to work together in making JACL a more relevant, graat-er
Organization needed for these times.
ELECT HENRY KANEGAE YOUR NEXT JACL PRESIDENT
Committee for the Election of Henry Kanegae as National JACL
President, 1970-72 - Orange County JACL
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4-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday, July 10, 1970 legislative comml
CHICAGO, CHICAGO work reduced by
What's Going On ad hoc groups
,.,. GIl th. t:rtbIma1 • 11 d tad 1IIImedlatel:r after Wona.
would have had the opportu- War U. the committee haa re-nity to
pa.. on the consUtu- commended if the national I~ tionality and
vitality of man,. gislative program is to be ex-precedent-setting
laws and panded. procedures affecting the ba- "We must keep In mind
sic civil liberties of indlvl- the iJmitatJons of a volunteer
duals. organization like JACL and
Masaoka Fund passes $34,000 cmCAGO - The t1xth report UmonJal
chairman Kumeo y~ KO. CALD'.-W, NaV_
B1 ~fAS NAKAGAWA
CHlCAGO-Cbicago offer. a wide vari.ty of stop-and-see
entertainments and experi-ences. Sights and sounds of a greal
city
Some of Chicago'. assets are obvious. It you are slaying at the
Palmer House HOlel, then thaI in itself is hislory. Pot-ter Palmer
bulll the Palmer House in 1869. He made State Slreel the main
street which fathered one of the most ,toned adventures in the
his-tory ot retailing. He built lhe Marshall Field building also.
State Streel was once called State Road, Hubbard's Trail and even
Palmer's Folly.
While Michigan A venue Is elegant and slightly snobbish, Slale
Slreel is a synthesis of all walks of life, races and
nationalities. You can buy a &able coat for $30,000, a Paris
gown for $2,000 or a house coat tor $2.00. You can choose a fine
painting or a 20c hot dog, see a stage play or movie, or even fioat
a loan.
WaDt to take In some-thing tor your soul? Amen, that's right!
Attend the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation Breadbasket 5 e r vic e s
on Saturday morDlng. You will ha.ve to go very early as they come
by tbe thousands -stunning young women in Afro hairdos, hippies
with peace beads, gang members, successful businessmen, stu· dents,
nuns, welfare moth~ ers, . . • you name it,
It is aD experience you will never forget .. . as you rock and
sway sin gin g "Bold my band, Lord, wbile I run thls race, because
I don't want to run this race in vain."
CmCAGO ON FOOT The Magnificent Mile Is
north Michigan A venue. Be-tween Ihe Chicago River and Oak
Slreel are the many sholls which will hurt the pocket books-Saks F
i f t h Ave., Bramsons, Bonwit Tel· l er, Carlier, Blums Vogue, and
many more intriguing shop oddities lhat surround this area .
The Gallery circuit offers Warhol Pop, Dada, Lilho-graphs and
Woodcuts, Seri-graphs, Open space construc-tions, Graphic art,
Posters, P r I n I s, Sculpture, Photog-raphy, Saddle shoes and
base-ball gloved collage, or a paint-ing of a bero in striped
shorts and satin jacket exposing his tatooed chesl. Chicago art
gal-l.rie. are notoriously inde-pendenl of eacb other as no one
gallery sets the pace. The musts are the Arl Institute and the
Museum of Contem-porary Art.
BEER AND A HOT DOG There Is everything In the way
of rt!d·v~lvel-Tope acent to beer-50sked sawdust on the ftoor
spotl. For the young and hurty the matlne ban are Catfish Row,
Butch McGulre·s. Le Pub, RaUy AUey. Oats and Mothers:.
For the olhers ... trv the Red Garter for Dixieland. jazz Ltd .•
the Quiet KnJ,ht {or folk music. Barleycorn Pub. Playboy Club.
Gaslight Club, Oxford Pub tor ehlU and antJputo, and Punchl-nello's
East.
In the Palmer House ItseU thue's Charade • go-go. The Conrad
HUlon Hotel has the Bier Stube and Haymarket Lounge.
FOR SOllmTBlNG SPECIAL There is no place like it in
the world. It is a phenomenon of the opera, a variation on
puppetry, and is set in wbat is perhaps lhe smallest thea-ler
anywhere. Chicago's Kung-sholm Puppet Opera Thealer js a rare
jewel. An evening's enlertainment usually starts with dinner at 6
p.m .... a sampling of the 50-dish smor-gasbord. Opera admission is
free since dinner guests are invited 10 attend the heater.
PASS THE ALKA SELZER The choice is yours . . . to
suil your taste buds. Amongst the fine restaurant experI-ences
are:
The Bakery for Bee! WeUlng. ton. Cape Cod Room for any· thing
that swims. Chez Paul for great French dishes Uke baked shrimp a
1& Paul.
The more moderate diners are the Pinnacle In a rolaUng
atmos-phere. Cafe La Marguerite 10r Mexican styled food. or Creole
House for gumbo or bayou chile, Hunters Horn 10r Hunters steak
smothered with mushrooms, pep .. per and sauces.
Rather inexpensive places are excellent ... Uke the Bowl and
Roll 10r great soup and sand. wlehes. Chances R for char-broiled
burgers and free peanuts. Le Pub for Hambourceolse. Cousins Club
for brisket of beet sandwiches. Bobsens oyster bar for raw clams
and oysters.
There are several .Japanese eat .. erles-Benihana ot Tokyo,
Nlka-noys. Hashlkln, Klyo's, Senba, the Cave.
THE SCENE Close by are a few good
thealer-restaurants . . . The Ivanhoe Thealre is showing uLook
up your daughters" ... One must see and hear "Hair" as a
happening-showing at the Shubert . . . A relaxing comedy UForty
Carats" at the Blackstone .. . Second City is a cabarel theater
with impro-visations . .. Happy Medium has a good two one-act
come-dies: HAdaptation" and "Next" . .. For the movies just walk
down Slate Street.
Antique buffs can have a field day in Chicago. The mid-west is
known for everything from triBes to whole build-ings. Join the
class of curio-sily and early junk hunters and pick up a "Ond" that
you've been searching for years.
The names ot shops give at-
(Spedal to the Pacific CIUzen)
NEW YORK - The National JACL Legislative Committee, in its
biennial report to lhe Cenvention, regarded as lhe most important
its successful eUort to have Judges Clement Haynsworlh and Harrold
Carswell rejected for associale justice on the U.S. Supreme
Court.
The commitlee, co-chaired by Thomas Hayashi and Mur-ray Sprung,
noted that both nominees, b e i n g relatively young, could have
served for
mosphere in your search: The Bare Nece"tUes. Cat &
Fiddle Inc .• Time Was. Time Past,
~~~ ~en!!~ti3oJh~8~:~~~ .. ~~~ The Country Mouse.
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Prohibition, Al Capone or the SI. Valentine's Day mas-sacre no
longer depict life in Chicago. But if your curiosity leans towards
hoodlums, then there are a few titans of crime aboul. You can skip
the tour of gangster homes. They are bopelessly middle class -
in-conspicuous abodes . . . not anything near what Holly-wood
scenes show.
In Oak Park there is Momo Salvatore Giangono with a dozen
aliases, best known as Sam Giancana, HThe Cigar". In River Forest
lives Paul uThe Walter" Ricca who for-merly managed theater
prop-erties for AI Capone. Several blocks away is Anlhony "Big
Tuna" Accardo. Other names are Cerone, Buccieri, and Aiuppa "The
Dove".
The SI. Valentine Day mas-sacre took place on North Clark Street
bul is no longer there having given way to high-rise developments.
The brick wall was removed at auction and you can buy the bricks at
a price. Such is life.
Visit the Wax Museum in Old Town for a few ghastly sights.
WHAT'S LEFl' One cannot leave without
visiting the many museums. Be it natural history, histori-cal,
art or military, one can see and be inlrigued by a variety of
objects ranging from Doll, lapidary, folk, health, Indian, Polish,
and art.
There's harness racing and regular horse racing. We have Ann
Landers in the Sun Times. You can buy good jelly beans at Rush and
Ohio. Sightseeing by bus, boat, or helicopter. A replica of the
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
And funny names like . . . Little Bitty Inc., Alley Cat, Prissy
Missy, On the Ball, Off-to-College InC., Forgolten Peo-ple, Timinlc
and Fickle Dick. And of course we have Lake Michigan at your
doorsteps.
Alone time, the work borse the 1Jmitations ot a part-time at
standing National JACL Washington Representative committees, the
Legislative and Oflke," Hayashi and Commiltee this past biennium
Sprung explained.
on the progrey of the MIke lhinari. T=!d", A:uBob"~~ r.:~.: ~~:
M. M a sao k a T •• Umonial loa _u_ Fund, sa of June 26, acknowl-
June 26 Totll: $34,051 lIII=.a:~c~~~k-::-l:'f·~ edged 275
contribuUon. for a "port Ho. • =nt: =~~iI:~::~ow~~ tot.1 01 $3,818.
The current PAcmc HORTHWEST A~ J..ocII: Mataulo 1. Mtkaml:
admitted il was iargely con- The philosopb,. of JACL fined 10
advisory capacities In lerlslation WSI al.o dls-with lhe Washington
JACL oussed In the report, recom-representative because of the
meDdlnr JAOL "contine It-innovated set u p involving lelf to what
mal' be reason-congressional issues, such as ably expected of a
racial na .. the JACL ad hoc committees lIoDallty orgaDizatlon,
rath-to repeai Title II of the In- cr thaD dissipating its ef-lemai
Securily Act of 1950 forl5 aDd Influence by at-and the prevention
of enact- temp ling too much In too ment of such repressive bills
many fields, meritorious as as the Internal Security Act they may
all be."
overall lotal is 2,017 contribu- Hood River. Ore.: Mtta TokalU-
pLoomork .• iI:Tolmhllleo, .r,~~~!t:I" ~!onl~ tions amounling to
$34,051, mt: Portland: lin. H. Furu"'o: tar.y: Xon ~. N~_~ _ U
according to fund drive ch.ir- ~:~l"U'.oY:'m~~~,°¥lmMs":.J1
Olkland: I'red S. Nomura. Th ...
man Harry Mizuno, and tes- Y~~~~ VallO)' lACL: T. Abo, ~s\l::
~~: t~II::r:: ~eo~f;. g:!C~~ulAUdt..DrM';"~~II~I~~: ~:~~::
~~~~dfl~~saHm'T)':s.n!: P"ujlmoto, 14111. Fukui. Geor.e Fu·
f:''::'ku~~:nmt;'~ ~::~~~::: ~q, John ~It.a. Taduhl Fujita. Dr. M.
Alwin Sato. Klyt'llhJ Ta-
oshto FuJita. Frank FuMI, R. mano: SaUnu: Frank roblno: "Do
Youth-CoDtinued from Pa.. Z
~C~~~an~. K,t~ lJt~h~~r~: thau'.C~-:~n ~ou:: •• eiT. ~~.~~
portion can be lowered from ~.k~a~n:.~~: DJ~~:'~~ahJir~nr:: 'hku
KaIUYI, Etauko Murayama. 75 cents to 25 cents. Youth M('S. M.
litaat.. K. Horlke, Brl.M ~:aJ:le~D~eG'I1:h~Y K~'~~~~~-':
=~~e$;Ili; aP~ua~e::~v::~~~ ~da~o~:o'lk~~~ ~~I' f,,~~':.~ Heten
Mlneta, Tom 1. Mtlouyo.hl,
of 1970 (S. 12) and the D~ Whiie the commitlee would fen.se
Facilities and Industrial approve a greatly expanded Security Act
(RR 14864). national legislative program,
He urged the Convention Jamc.s Jlamt, Geor,e Iwaklrl. R. rad
l:~'t.I;w:~ ~atr~ ~r .. amend the constitution to per .. ~j~~~Ta
J~r:;::ke~·.JJr.rurnjl'T~ O:~I-:na: e ~Ide: mYa~: a'Ho:'~
Legislatlvo Record
However, the Legislative Committee has been involved with
amending the 1952 im-migration and Dationalily act in connection
with temporary admission of aliens with ex-ceptional ability,
trainees, in. ternational executives, tian. cees, and with the
two-year foreign residence requirement for exchange visitors.
It was also involved with passage of the 1970 Voting Rights Act
wilh its provision for extending lhe franchise to 18-year-olds in
all election.s, and with other legislation in-volving antipoverty
programs, educational and ethnic stu. dies projects, manpower
re-quirements and the drafl.
While lauding the aotlvl-ties of the JACL ad hoo oommlllees on
legislation, Hayashi aDd Sprung are re-commeDdlng to the NatloD-al
Board and OouneU that a policy be established with reference to
.stabllsbmel\t of ad hoo commllees.
uln this particular bienni .. urn, because of the unique
competence and qualifications ot the chairman (serving the ad hoc
committees) and b~ cause we did not personaUy devote as much time
as per-haps we might have been able to, this alternative was a
suc-cess," the c()ochairmen said.
''But, perhaps In another biennium with other chair-men, this
may not prove true.
uIn any event, the tact that ad hoc committees are estab-lished
may blunt the initia-ti ve and activity of such standing committees
as this and cause dedicated JACLers to shun chairmenships of
standjng committees."
Reeommendationa
While the committee recog-nized the expansion ot legis-lative
concerns by JACL, it also felt the consequences of increased
demands on a part-time Washington representa-tive are "unfair to
both J A-CL and to the Washington Representative." Either the
Washinglon Representative be provided additional funds or a
separate, tull-time Wash-ington J ACL Office as opera-
it reminded that JACL was able to achieve what it has been able
to "because it con-centrated on limiled but ne-cessary legislative
objectives."
JACL's influence today is what it is ubecause lawmak-ers have
come to recognize the legitimacy of JACL's leg-islative
appeals."
uWe would not like to see J ACL become simply another lobbying
orgaDization. con-cerned with many worthwhile goals but unable to
play a unique and decisive role in a special area of legislative
concerns." Hay ash i and Sprung deoiared.
Raymond Uno addresses
Intermountain district
't dj trl KaJJmura: Dr. John Kanda, icaz~o Stockton: Art
H1u.kII. Ceor,_ {::ow ~ i~t :U~~r)Qh:~~ ~!!,~t'a~~
Ka.&ct;a~c~i. ~~~ ~~a~~Uo:~ll~r';~~ H~~~e National Board with
voice Xawabat.a. Leo KawaJakt, Mn. K. Aklra Naeamlne. and vote.
Whether they have ~~~itaT ,er ~~r.~1m~'a,lal1\K"odoKmto" CENTRAL
CALIJ"ORNIA a coJlective or individual vote Sunnyvate Greenhouse.
kJ!'~::'~~·~:!~~o~aJ~~~h~el";!~U~:: is a matter for discussion, he
Frank Komoto. N. komoto. Ray Roy R. Kotsura. Hirolhl Matoba:
ad~~~no also piaced the rea-- ~~nr!:~: lhl~uf
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11 chapters bid for Inagaki Prize AMINDMINTS TO CONmTUTION
DYC Chairmen to Nat'! Board Proposed
SAN JOSE - Eleven JACL chapters from t i v e district council
areas are competing for the iirst Inagaki Citizen-ship Awards,
according to Dr. Tom Taketa, chairman, Na-tional Program and
Activities Committee. They are:
PNWDC-Seattle; NC - WNDC-Contra Costa. Sacramento. San.
Francisco; PSWDC-Gardena Va)· l e)'. Greater Pasadena Area. San
Fernando Valley, West Lo, An-Ilcla; IDC-Salt Lake City. Snake River
VaUey; .MDC-Clel.'eland.
The program was establish· ed in the name ot George J .
Jnagald, former national prea-ident, wbo was honored by the 20th
biennial National JA-CL Convention here in 1968, to recognize
chapters baving the "best programming In the area of
citizenship".
First prize i, a $500 cash award, with the district coun-cU
submitting the winning chapter being awarded $100. Two h 0 nor a b
1 e mention awards 01 $100 each will also be presented. Funds for
the award were ra.ised the InagakJ Testimonial Committee ot the
• Establishment of Ethnic Concern
nuclei in each district recommended LONG BEACH-In the spring ot
1968, because ot increasing tensions among min 0 r i t y groups.
President Jerry Eno-moto established the JACL Ethnic Concern
Committee with Dr. David M. Miura ot Long Beacb as chairman.
Its basic objective was to -toster greater understanding and
cooperation among minor. ity groups in furthering the common goals
ot equality, jus-tice and dignity tor all".
That year, a PC exchange .. program with other minority ,.groups
was initiated and the
·'Blue Dignity" card for bus· lness enterprises was conceiv-ed
by the committee.
The Ethnic Concern com-mittee, based In the Pacltic
The RIGHT man
at the RIGHT time: NOT Just as a three term Cha irman of Ihe
Cleveland JACL Chapter-
NOT
solely because he has been Governor of MOC-
NOT
ent irely because he has been recalled numerous times as
Chairman of various committees, ilt local, district and national
levels-
NOT
indeed because he has paralleled h is JACL work with a career in
the Nationa l Association of Social Workers covering the same areas
and as a Political Organization Precinct Worker-
NOT
profess ionally with his record as Executive Director of
Mental
Southwest area, sponsored a series of workshops In Los Angeles
to focus g rea t e r awareness of community prob-lems. JACL's first
contact with the Yellow Brotherhood was through a workshop.
I t successtully challenged the J ACL scholarship pro-gram,
geared to academic ex-cellence, with the result that JACL
instituted a student aid program.
"Because Ihe Ethnic Con-cern Committee has been willing' to
listen to and deal wltb any and all Iss u e • brought betore It, It
has gradually i n v 0 I v. d Into sometblng more than Its ori·
ginal scope of concern," Dr. JllIura said In his report this week
for the National Con-veution. "Because of Its wlllingness
to do somethlng about it, new lines ot communication have opened
with groups and indi-viduals with whom JACL has bad no previous
contact.
"We hope that this commit-tee can continue to promote dignity
through understanding and serve as a sounding board and
clearinghouse tor the con-c ern s ot Individuals and groups.
"We hope that this pro-gram can be expanded so similar nucleus
c.ommtttees of concerned Individuals would be establlsbed In each
district council, particularly in large metropoUtan area"," Dr.
IIUura concluded.
JACL Education
Commission urged Health and Rehabil itation and SAN
JOSE-Estahllshment ot Research, Inc. in Cleveland - a National JACL
Education NOT Commission was recommend-
~ the wealth of education which ed this w~ek by Dr. Tom Ta-Y
incfudes a B.S. at Earlham College keta, chalnnan, an? nucleus
and a M~t Western Reserve, ..members 01 th ~ . ~ational Prp ..
in socia l administration _ gram and ActIVities Comnut-
tee.
Certainly nol for what he has been-
The MDC I. for Hank Tanaka for what he can and wJII do.
WE LIKE HANK-YOU'LL LIKE HANK-FOR NATIONAL JACL PRESIDENT
ELECT.
HENRY TANAKA
Henry T,n.ka for JACL p,.,'dcnt~Eltct CommIHee-MDC
~.~~ ........... ~
At the same time, a $35,000 budget was proposed for sta!t and
development ot educa-tional material.
The Education Commission would make avallable to ele-mentary and
secondary levels the tactual story of the Issei pioneers, J apanese
Americans and their cultural heritage. It would further push for
Japa-nese ethnic studies at the sec-ondary and college levels.
The Commission would also pursue quality education, seek funds
to implement the proj-ect as well as student loans.
The n ucleus members ot the P &A Committee are:
Mrs. T . HlrabayashJ. Edward Hoshino, Ken Kltailma. P eter Na·
kamura, Mrs. Shirley Mat.5umura Ota.
PSWDC commends three
school board members LOS ANGELES-Three Pasa-dena School Board
members, who voted implement an inte-gration plan ot all Pasadena
schools, were commended by the JACL here at its special PSWDC
meeting June 28. The trio includes one Chinese American
businessman, Albert C. Lowe.
Ettorts being made to recall the three members were strongly
opposed by the PS-WDC delegates. Harry Kawa· hara of Greater
Pasadena Area JACL presented the re-solution. A 1 s 0 commended
were Dr. Joseph Engholm and Laverne LaMotte.
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Invite You to Visit Their Newest Branch in San Francisco
Compl./. Selee/ion Of
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Cards
Records and Tapes and Art Crafts
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6-PACIFIC CITIZEN Friday. July 10, 1970 CANDIDATES SOUND
OFFI
Be Willing to Share Burdens Don Hayashi
Nothing to Lose
Portland workers achieved some com-Re(lent student and campw mon
ground. They did away
clisorder~ along with rioting with labels and oUensive lan-IUld
other demonstrations lead guage. They began to under-Itself to
questions about the stand each other. These stu-('ontinuing war in
Indochina, dents and workers will never the use of violence versus
non- be the same again; their lives violence. the arrangements of
have been enriched through the national priorities, and getting to
know each other. .tudenls and young people in Similarly . Portland
S I a Ie aeneral. Certainly lhe present students and (acully h a v
e era seems to be marked by gone out in teams throughout I(reater
polariza tion between the metropolitan community young and old,
haves and to explain what went on dur-havenots, the liberals and
con- ing the strike and police in-Ijervahves, and the establish-
cident on campus. Much of ment and the outsiders. This the program
was informative; problem is not new. but nOne some o! the details
were not the less, lhe division i. great. 01 lhe type printed in
the
Campus disorders in Oregon local newspapers. Many o( the
(probably lhe same in other speakers did nol supporl lhe parts o!
the country) have strike, and they sti ll disagree been used as
reasons for the among themselves. defeat of school bonds, un- Yet
lhey all do believe lhal usually low youlh employ-ment d uri n g
the summer the community must know
months, the reason for the 19- ~ve~~f;~.b~h~e~~~'t:t~~~irc~;~
year-old vote tailing miser- to hear and talk with the uni-ably in
the May primary, and versity representatives found
hai~,en~~:! ' ds~is~~e b~~~ ~~~r. s tudents and faculty
genuinely (Times have gollen so bad concerned with their school
that barbers recently raised and its relationship with the
greater community. In lbe end their rales!) almosl all agreed
lhallhe ses-
But seriously. are these rea- sian was beneficial , even the
~~~t~n ~~~~eSr?em~i~~ Ji~ t~: stUdents, columnist's mind is
whether The over-used term, "Gen-we use events as further prool
et,'ation Gap" also deals with to support our case, the lack of
communication ,
Studenl slrikers say that and rather lhan disregarding they were
only I r yin g lo lhe lerm, we might all do well "chieve dialogue
with city 0/- to beg into identify areas ficials and the community.
w her e we might establish Some of the greater commun'i- more
effective and meaning-1y say that s tudents were not ful
communication. It does sincerely interested in dia- not take riots,
political con-logue, just to disrupt the sys- frontation or "hard
decision tern and provoke an incident. making" to force people to
Who's righl? come logelher 10 lalk. It jusl
By ALFRED BATATE Candidate for Nafl Treasurer
Los Angele~ The National JACL is en-
tering ioto a new era as it will be operating under lh~ n ew
"Executive Reorganiza-tion" system. Many matters or importance have
taken place within the past lew years. many relevant pro-grams have
been implement-ed, some which may have set the course for the
organiza-tion in the coming years.
Communications, although improved in some areas, is still
inadequale. Lack o( com-munications creates misunder-standing and
in some cases a complete deslrucHon ot rele-vant and meaningful
plans or programs.
We must be able to com-municate more eUectively, be tolerant and
understanding) be able 10 listen 10 the slory or the other side. We
need not agree completely with each other. but let us not
criti-
--- * ---1000 Club Report ---*---
June 30 Report
Second hal! o( June saw 32 new and renewing member-ships in lbe
1000 Club (or a current month-end total of 1)-940. according 10
National Headquarters, as follows:
17th Year : San Francfsco-Ha-tsuro Alzawa . David T.
Hironaka.
16th Yea!' : Chicago-Dr. George J . Kiltaka: Venlce-Culver-Sam
S. Miyashiro: Stockton-Mrs. Ma-suye TabuchJ
15th Year : Sacramento-George t . Matsuoka.
14th Year ; Pocatello-Hero ShIo-7.QkL Twin Cities-Sumlko
Tera-molo,
13th Year: Orange County-Jim Kanno.
12th Year: San Pranclsco-Don-aid K. Negi: Orange County-Dr, Paul
K. Saka~uchi: Sl. Louis--George N. Shimamoto: Cincinnati -Tadao
Tokimoto.
Though lhe deslruction and lakes lwo people. phYSical damage can
be quan- Take the JACL. We have ru~O~~a~e~~I:Y:l\u;o~~t;~~40:~i~
titied in dollars and cents, the two organizations-the youth
TS9~~ot Year : Orange County-full consequences or student Junior
JACL, and adulthood George Chida: SealUe-George K. dissent, public
disorders or a JACL. How well do these two Kawaguchi: San
Francisco-AI-~overnment official's speech organizations communicate
on bert M. Matsumura. cannot necessari ly be given by the chapteJ',
district, and na- o~~~nol~~ar: Detroit-George s. giving an opinion.
We're all tional levels? Some say the 6Ul Yur: Delroit- W 1111 II m
affected. relationship is not good, and Adair.
cize wilhout ha\.ring a sound reason or turn a deaf ear against
each other.
The coming years, 1 believe wiJl be a period of further
un-derstanding between all par-ties. opening and creating more
eUicient lines or com-munications, and most impor-tant, a time to
take action once the decision is reachd. This should lake place al
all levels of the organization, Le., National , Dislricl. and Chap.
ter.
Officers at aU levels or the organization shou ld and must take
initiative to tackle all problems, make decisions, and take action,
Therefore, the membership should be sure that their elective and
ap-pointive orficers are persons who are qualified, responsi-ble
and willing to carry out the duties ot their ortices.
On mallers ol fiscal aHairs, unfortunately we are living in a
period where costs ot op-era ting programs are expen-sive--meaning
one thing-we need money.
During the past lew years, many sound and relevant pro-grams w
ere implemented, most if not all requiring fund-ing from lhe
National cofler.
I am positive lhat (urther relevant programs will be pro-posed r
0 r implementation, Should lha t be lhe case, I be-lieve lhat we
should a ll be willing 10 share lhe burden 10 pay (or the cosl ot
lhe pro-grams.
Many areas of revenue must be carefully sludied-some be-ing the
matter ot membership dues whether it be uniform or otherwise, the
rebate sys-tem. and the elteetive usage o( lhe Endowmenl Fund. It
would be most unIortunate and shameful should an orga-nization of
our stature be forced to reject or postpone a relevant program
because we lack lhe lunds.
Play Inc July 1-14
KA TSU PRODUCTION
presents
Zato-Ichi Meets Yojinbo
STARRING
Shlntaro Katsu, Toshlro Mlfun. Ay.ko Wakao
Furthermore, no one can they should break away trom K:~~et~· :
u.s~c~~!~~~~~~-;tW~~ Isolate himself to the extent each olher.
Others say such a nai ; San Franclsco-Akiko Naka-01 being immune
from the move would save money. ~i1i~~h~~dsuTc:ia . Nakano;
Berkeley happenings. The usocial dam- Possibly one should careCul-
Jrd Year : San Jose-Shin Mune, I age" is a loss on both sides. ly
examine the need and via- Dr. Seiji Shiba, Akira A. Shimo- SHO
TOKYO GEKIJO, INC. And it cannot be put into neat bility for each
organization guc,hl; Sea~rook-:-Jinl Taniguchi. 326 E. 2nd St.,
L,A. packages. and ":Ieet with ~ach other and K~~iak~ .
e;1rSus;~lcaf~~~~ · am~\~~ Phon£ 623-4835
Thus, what happened at explaIn what lis goals and Cleveland-Mrs.
Masako ii ·sh mim~ ·· ~I·I·ii¥I¥IW.·i¥i-i"-l·a"'i-i"-I.i~i-i""i.i.
Kent State , Augusta, Jackson- aims are. ]( we can clarify I ville,
or in the Park Blocks in Our views, we can achieve
THE ENTERTAINING SAMURAt PROOUCTION
SUS~/CI01l1 "or I SWO/fOS I GUliS! . ,. fI •• , • • ',u'.' •
.,.,;", .r.und ,,, • .,,, .. , ., ,.,. f.r _ fl •• Ift.d
,tgi"..!
Portland, Ore., is just that- meaningful dialogue and un-it
happened. We need to be derstanding, O( COurse this sensitive to
what happened to does run the risk that we may people; but, to
place deep rind ourselves incompatible, emotionalism on these inci-
but wouldn't it be better to den Is mighl lend to pul lhe at leasl
know (or sure? /loals and .. easons for such Di aloglle and
communica- YUZO KAYAMA IN happenings out of perspective. lion is
essential , and as JACL- DUEL AT EZO
On a negative vein, there ers (young and old alike) will be a
lot more Kent State's head Jor Chicago this summcr. or Portland
State's, if people let us all be open to new IAST~:;~~~LOIt d o hot
gel together and talk. ideas. Don 't s hu t off each TATSUYA
NAKAOAI Nol only talk at each othe .. , olher. It is only lhrough
lhe co.f"turo but rather dialogue with each process or dialogue and
com- Hisaya Morishlae in other. Without such discus- m u n i cat
ion that we can
Puyallup Valley cites
.x.Congressman CoH ..
The annual Puyallup Val-ley JACL graduation banquet was held al
the Poodle Dog on June 13. The host was Dr. George Tanbara.
J 0 h n M. CoHee. (or mer Washington State congress-man, was
presented a plaque ror his interest in the Japa-nese Americans
during the Second World War.
Scholarship
The speaker (or lhe evening was Maynard Ponko, princi-pal of
Wilson High School. His topic was "The Image of Japan." Mr. and
Mrs. Ponko accompan ied a group o( stu-denls on a sludy tour
lhrough-out Japan last summer.
Shelley Yamada is the re-cipient of lhe JACL scholar-ship.
Stan Fuilshln of San Jose, a slraight Aye sludenl gradu-ating
from Overfelt High and son of the Ike Fujishins, com-peled againsl
30 other local area Sansei to receive the San Jose JACL scholarship
and ils nomination {or the National JACL scholarship. a the r
awardees are:
$200 Chapter Award: Keith B . Katayama of Gilroy H.S .• son of
the Larry Kalayamas: Wm. K. Yamamoto Memorial Award: Judy Sakamolo
or Piedmont Hills H.S., daughter of the Mike Sakamotos, San Jose:
Toshj Taketa Memorial Award; Erick Ricky Nagareda or Gilroy H,S"
son of the Htroma Nagaredas; San Jose Nisei BOWl-Ing Award: A I. n
Okagak! ot James Lick H,S .... son of the War-ren Okagakls. San
Jose. . . .
Summer Events A day 10 kickOff summer-
mertime activities with food, drinks. guys. gals and games has
been planned by Prol'res-,ive Westside JACL al Playa del Rey, July
12 from 11 a.m. Earl Teraoka (820·1064) has further in (ormation
and de-lails i! needed.
G rae i 0 u $, hard-working hosls (or lhe Philadelphia JA-CL
picnic J u I y 11 at the
@ cl.!.ll:;U-Across from Sl. John's Hosp.
2032 Santi Monit£ 8lvel. Santa Moni", Cllif.
Miry" Geo'9l hhll\lka EX s-.nu
lUnchoon' Cocklalls' Dinner' Oaily Japanese Cullu,,,1 & Tt
.. de Cenler
1737 Posl Sil eet. San F'~nelsco Phone : 922·60400' Parking
~ SUE HIRO sions, we will become a law- achieve understanding. 5
GENTS flY TO TAIWAN less and autocratic societ.y. .
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Decisions would be made wi th- ~ out consulting the people
in-volved . Both sides need to think o( the possible implica-tions
or such a love .
• On NBC's First Tuesday
program last month, actions initialed by a group of New York
University students were examin ed, This group decided that the
constl'uction workers needed 10 lalk wilh sludenls. They look
lunches and beer out to the workers and ale \Vith them . The y
initiated communications, and aller two ahort weeks, the students
and I
* ' JACL Conve ntion Calendar I
Chicago-Palmer House
,I uly 11 :londaYl I 2-~ p.m.-Youth Comm Mtl 8 P m.-Nat'l
E.""Cec Comm Mt,.
JUly 14 (Tuuday) 10 a.m.-Na\'l Board Mtg 8 p m-"Whal's GOing
On7", Fur-
niture Club
, ~.m . ~';J~mll~ Il\ ;~~ l~ n~:~~ l~. I g It..m.-Openmg
Ceremonies. Ot'a-
lo rlca l Contest and Keynote Ad-dl'e~ . (Lunch on YOUt'
own).
2 p m.-Nat') Counch Session No I
1 ::lO p.m.· ~" ll 's " Gas", 1000 Club whme dlnl, Club 48
July 16 (Thur~da:v) 8 :l0 •. m.-Commlttee Meetinu.
ILunch on your own), .3 p .m.-Se~slo n No.2 3 p.m-Workshop .,
p.m.-Mik«- Ma~ .. okil Testuno·
ntal Banquet . Conrad Hilton Holel
ln~~.r.tl;~ H~~~ $hlOa \On , 0 C. HOi '
a 30 ;1Im.": ~ fM~~cf ' c!~~~ll Caucus. 10 a.m.-Se!o-Sion No. 3
12 ::10 p m.-Presldent·~ Reco,:nl-
tion Lunche.on "Thanks and Thoughts by Jerrv"
:\ p.J1l.-Se:;':l1on No. 4. 6 p.m.-Bowling 8 o.m.-Brld,r
Tournament.
July 18 (Saturday) 8 ::\1) •. m.-Sessl('In No. S
(Lunch on your own) 1:30 p.m.-New Sr. & Jr. Nat'l
8d MI£ A:3O o.m.-President'!C Rt'ceptlon ~ :30 p.m.-Banquet
tllemi-formal) o .3n J).m _-..:8..:"..:11 ___ _
CALENDAR July 11 (Saturd.ay)
Ala meda- oupli ~ate Bridge, Butn. Vista Unlled M£thodt$t
Church, 7:30 p.1n
'iln Gabriel Valle~'-Swtm pa r t~ ·, Roy l).;.el~n l res . lOa
N. ouheld. CO"lna. 4 p.m.:
Phrb'~f:~l la~~e~L ·~I~~c:.p·m, J ub' 1 ~ ( unda:n
Prot: Wut.slde-Beach put~. PIR.)·" dtl Rt:), 11 a.m.
.Iub 13 (MOO day) Wlbhire-Women'" Forum. West
_,dam! Christian Church. 7:30 p.m; Cordellans eo-h05Ls. .11'$.
Hwko NOluchl. moderator. LJ-lv Chen, MarJortt Shlnno. lris
Trr~c.wa. ~PKrs
~;~~r't. ~~~ .. ~~~;:-g~~!'''ist. lethodl~t Church. 1;.30
p.m
.lui" l!\ (Sundayl C·' .amed!l-Rt'nn Tnp. h' 8 p.m .• ~uddb lJ'
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Kamehameha Day
This year's observance of Kamebam.ha Day (June 11) saw two
prominent part-Ha· wallans present diflerlng opin. Ions abo u t Ihe
Polynesian conqueror The Very Rev. Mlgr. Cbarles A. Kekumano,
pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady 01 Peace and president 01 the
Honolulu Hawaiian Civic Club. lold the Honolulu Lions Club. "The
legends and myths that have developed have done an injustice to the
great kin g (Kamehameha). Getting his story told correct-ly Isn'l
always easy. and I suspect that this Is beeause modem Hawall Is
satisfied wilh tatry tales."
Former Family Court Judge Samu.1 P. Kin&", a Republican
candidate ror governor, said, hKarnehameha was a great chiel for
all times, for all peo-ple. for the whole world. We should continue
to pay homage to Kamehameba. who proved himsell a great Hawaiian, a
great chIef, a great man of God."
Political Scene
Attorney Yosbiro Nakamu-ra. who served as a city coun-cilman.
has announced be will
Youth--Continued trom Page 4
adviser who would be appoint. ed by th district governor to work
with youth.
run lor council again Utis year from the newly-appor. tioned 2nd
council district (Wahiawa-Walalua-Heeia).
Former State Sen. WUllam R. (Doc) Bill, who died June 6 at the
age ot 79. left an es· tate ot more than $3.5 million. Principal
beneficlarle. were bis widow and two daughters. Hill's will also
left $25,000 to bis long-time caretaker, lila· .ako Morioka, and
$1,000 to a close friend, Tadasbl Tsugl-yama.
Sen. Biram L. Fonr says he doesn'l expect Hawaii 's ILWU and
AFL-CIO unions to abandon him to support Rep. Spark Jlhtauna,a.
Matsuna-ga has announced he is con-sidering challenging Fong this
fall if he gains financial and union support. The IL WU has already
endorsed Fong for re-election, but has recently cri-ticized tbe
senator for his support of President Nixon's action in Cambodia.
The AFL-CIO state federation 01 labor endorsements for the senate
has not yet announced any race.
l\fayor Antone VldLnh.a of Kaual.
~~~c~in~ur"t~nv~~~~~t a~vd h tr; k~eplnl the future weUare of
Kauat's people firmly In view," has announced hlJ: candidacy tor a
second term.
Muon Altlery, Mayor Frank Ful·. executive aSSistAnt. la a
near--certain Democratic candidate for the state senate from the
6th Senatortal District lManoa-Walkl-kl). Bdore he joined Mayor
Fasi nearly a y~8r" aCO. Altlery was administrative assistant to
"Rep. Patsy T. Mink.
Attorney Fr&nels T. DeMello, a Republican. wUl seek a seat
In
~1~tCI~o~~ncl~~~~rrklt~~~a~t~a~ ~: wal). The former judg~ said
he will "run on a law and order plaUorm" and show how Demo-crats
ha\'e failed to prevent an increase of orranJted crime In
Honolulu,
Police Force
A deputy city prosecuting attorney is being assigned to the
Honolulu Police Dept. to provide on-the-spot legal ad-vice and
assistance. Toco Na-kagawa will become the first attorney assigned
lull-time duty witb the police dept.
Police Blotter
Young thugs robbed a worn· an storekeeper and shot a visiting
acquaintance in the shoulder at J&C Store. 612 N. School St..
in ear I y June. James Ill. Taniguohl. 41. ot a School SI. address,
was shot and admitted to Kuakinl Hos-pital in "satisfactory" condl·
tion. The bullet wen t into his lett upper arm near the shoul-der
and penetrated the lung, police reported.
Univ. of Hawaii
The Re\'. Robert \Varner I! no longer with the dept. of reUglon
of the Untv. of Hawall . HII con· tract terminated at the end of
May. and has not been renewed, according to the Rev. Mluuo Aokl.
dept. head
The Unlv. of HawaII haa pro-moted 135 faculty and staff
mem-bers. Among them are the follow-ing Nisei : to professor or
equlva-Jent-Stroko Ikeda, Yoshlnari Ka-ncoiro. Sueko Kimura,
Richard T. Mamiya, Shoji Shibata. Goro Ue-hara, Yuklo Nakagawa.
James Y. Shlgeta and Harry Yamamoto.
a l'!~t :a~oO~h~e ~j:~~~~r S}[lrf6,W~. FUjita, 10hn M. Hayakawa.
Kazu .. toshl Najlta. Solehi Sakamoto. George K. Yamamoto. Beatrice
T, Yamasaki, R v u Z 0 Yanaglmacht, George M . A'okl, Mlnoru Awada.
Masaakl Dol, Helene H, Horimoto and Charles N. Yonamlne.
al::t1~~~ ~~!~~~, o~a~~t~~~: hara and Yoshlo Watanabe.
Names in the News
w~~el::ewP~"ln uAin:i.l~T:i'a. ~~~ been graduated from the Untv.
ot CaUt. in Berkeley with 3 8-plus average In economics. Meld.. 22.
daughter of the York Chew Pangs, moved with her parents to Sun
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Iy Jim Henry
~AkurA ~eript
Where Christ Died
• • Tokyo
"Visit the Holy Land where Jesus Christ died and i. bur-Ied."
say publielty brochures published by tbe tourist de-partment 01
Shingomura, San-nohegun. Aomori-ken .
Annually in mid-June a "Christ Festival" is held in Shingomura
to lure visitors to Rerai , a serene mountain com-munity olf the
beaten path in northern Honsbu.
According 10 old documents uncovered in 1935. Christ spent 12
years at Herai belore returning to Judea when he was 33·years·old.
He later eS-caped persecution and return-ed to live here until he
died at the age of 106. The man who died on the cross was not Jesus
but his younger brother. say the family documents of Takeuehl
Shinji, which have been handed down for 66 gen·
nyvale. CaUt., many years alO. Dennis A. Arakaki, 22, has
been named by Gov. John A. Burns as Hawaii's representa ... tive
to the planning stalf for the White House Conference on Children
and Youth. He Is the son ot Mrs. Chiyeko Ara-kaki of 3046 Uaawa
PI., Hono-lulu.
YBA Jubilee
The Young Buddhist Assn. will mark Its Diamond Jubilee with a
week end ot festivity starting July 17. The YBA has come a long way
sLnce the organization first met in a lit-tle frame building on
Fort Lane in 1900. The week end will leature teen dances, judo,
ballet, aikido, sumo and a cul-tural show.
eraUons. Japanes. experts. skepllc al
the time the documents came to light, Investigated. The y were
surprised to discover at least three unusual and puz-zling things
that seemed to have some connection with Christ.
One was the local pracllce of painting a small black cross on
the forehead 01 newly·bom babies belore they were taken out-of-
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BARRY K. BONDA, Editor
8- Friday. July 10. 1970
BUSINESS OF ELECTIONEERING
While the PC editor has no business espousing can· didacies or
using triple negatives in a sentence, let me say this much because
it needs to be said: "H indefatigable Raymond Uno isn't the next
National JACL president it's not because he didn't campaign hard
enough."
A month ago, the JACLers for Uno Committee had professionally
prepared a half· page ad and placed it In the Pacific Citizen, the
first time that has happened. It set a welcome precedent for others
have campaigned in the pages of the PC.
The Uno Committee also distributed to the chap· tel's
personally·signed letters from their presidential aspirant along
With a reply post card asking one or more boxes be checked. The
card asked whether or not you endorse the candidate; you are a
delegate and will vote for him; you are an undecided delegate; your
name can be used for public endorsement; you can assist in the
campaign by soliciting chapter, district council . national council
or su pport at the conven· tion.
Next week at Chicago, undoubtedly, the committee will have its
hospitality room, badges, literature. fav· ors. etc.-all the hoopla
that makes electioneering a lively pastime. Delegates and boosters
will be beseiged -not only by the Uno forces, but by others as
well. The hectic caucusing to size up the latest vote poten· tial
will be ceaseless.
All this may be an experience a delegate will not soon forget-as
hard·nose campai,l!ning for National JACL offices has become a
reality. There was a period when such elections were perfunctory.
Who said JACL is a dying organization?
JACLers in the past have engaged in election cam·
paigns-eliminating alien land laws, etc., but have not seen fit to
employ the same tactics within the organj· z