Agenda
Public Hearing
Wednesday, September 9, 1981
10:00 a.m. - 8:35 p.m.
Seattle Central
Community College Auditorium
1701 Broadway>
Seattle,
Washington
10:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
10:00 - 10:10 a.m. Opening Statement by Chair
10:10 - 11:00 a.m. Statements by Public Officials
Hon. John Spellman, Governor, State of Washington,
Represented by John Giese, Assistant for Human Affairs
Hon. Charles Royer, Mayor, City of Seattle, Washington
Doug Jewett, Esq., Esq., City Attorney, City of Seattle,
Washington
Hon. Kent Pullen, Senator, Washington State Senate
Hon. Arthur Wang, Representative, State House of
Representatives
Elizabeth Begert Dunbar, Commission on Asian American
Affairs
11:05 - 11:25 The Hawaiian Experience (Hawaii Chapter,
JACL)
Panel 1
Introduction by Earl Nishimura, President, Hawaii Chapter,
JACL
Franklin Odo, Ph.D., Impact on Japanese Americans in
Hawaii
Patsy Saiki, Survey on Internment Experience
Mark Murakami, President, Hongwanji Mission Society in
Hawaii, Experiences in Mainland Assembly Center and Relocation Center
(Minidoka)
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Panel 2
Iwao Kosaka and Henry Tanaka, Evacuation and Internment in
Hawaii
Seiye Wakukawa, Internment Experience at Santa Fe
Summary by Lawrence D. Kumabe, Esq.
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September 9 (Cont'd)
11:55 - 12:30 p.m. Public Climate and Racism
Henry Kane, Esq., Beaverton, Oregon
Arthur G. Barnett, Esq., Seattle
Louise Crowley, Seattle
Rev. Dr. William B. Cate, representing Church Council of
Greater Seattle
Warren A. Witte, representing American Friends Service
Committee, Pacific Northwest Region
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. (Break)
1:30 - 1:55 p.m. Veterans
Tomio Moriguchi, Seattle
Thomas S. Takemura, Tacoma
Kiyoshi Yabuki, Bellevue
Toshikazu Okamoto, representing Nisei Veterans Inc.,
Seattle
2:00 -- 2:25 p.m. Evacuation Impact and Redress
Frank Abe, Seattle
Robert Sato, Seattle
Susumu Sato, Olympia
Frank A. Tsuboi, Seattle
Rev. Dr. Paul Makoto Nagano, Bellevue
2:30 - 2:55 p.m. Discrimination and Psychological
Impact
Jim H. Akutsu, Seattle
Elaine Hayes, Seattle
Kathleen Murakami, Seattle
Richard Takaji Nishioka, Seattle
Theresa Takayoshi, Seattle
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Political Attitudes and Camp
Treatment
Ralph E. Bunch, Ph.D., Portland, Oregon
Robert Gross, Seattle
Catherine Treadgold, San Francisco
3:20 - 3:40 p.m. WRA Policies, Effects of "Loyalty"
Oath
Rita Cates, Ph.D., Cheney, WA
Frank Chin, Los Angeles
Lawson Inada, Ashland, Oregon
Robert C. Sims, Ph.D., Boise, Idaho
3:45 - 4:10 p.m. Multiple Impact on Family &
Redress
Mutsu Homma, Seattle
Chizuko Omori, Seattle
Misao Sakamoto, Seattle
C.F. "Chet" Straw, Tacoma
Patricia A. McFarlane, Seattle
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September 9 (Cont'd)
4:10 - 4:35 p.m. Economic Loss and Harassment
Frank Hisayasu, Spokane, WA
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Iseri, Toppenish, WA
Edward Iseri, Granger, WA
Tom Shigio, Auburn, WA
DINNER BREAK
7:00 - 7:05 p.m. Documents Illustrating Camp Experiences
and Attitudes
Tsuguo Ikeda, Seattle
7:10 - 7:35 p.m. Personal Experiences at Puyallup and
Minidoka Centers
Shuzo Chris Kato, Seattle
Samuel T. Shoji, Seattle
Akio Yanagihara, Seattle
Edith Watanabe, Seattle
Peggy Mitchell, Seattle
7:40 - 8:05 p.m. Redress/Remedies
David Ishii, Seattle, representing Days of Remembrance
Herbert Minoru Tsuchiya, Seattle
Lucy Sato, Portland, Oregon
George Y. Kawachi, Seattle
June Oyama Takahashi, Seattle
8:10 - 8:35 p.m. Tule Lake Center
Tom Nakao, Renton, WA
Frank Niwa, Renton, WA
Bainbridge Island Evacuation
Walter Woodward, Bainbridge Island
Topaz Relocation Center
Haru Isaki, Oakland, CA
Paul S. Isaki, Seattle
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Agenda
Public
Hearing
Thursday,
September 10, 1981
9:00 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
Seattle Central
Community College Auditorium
1701 Broadway
Seattle,
Washington
9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:00 - 9:25 a.m. Impact on Japanese American Veterans
Lt. Col. Emmett L. O'Conner (Ret.) Statement to be read by
Masao Watanabe
John Masayoshi Kanda, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Joseph D. Nakatsu, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Hiro Nishimura, Military Intelligence Service
9:30 - 9:40 a.m. Impact on Evacuation on the Elderly
Japanese
Louise Kamikawa, National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on
Aging, Suite 423, Seattle
9:45 - 11:15 a.m. Japanese Speakers
Masao Takahashi, Seattle
Kusunosuke Kino, Seattle
Hisako Suzuki, Seattle
Yoshiaki Sako, Edmunds
Ayako Uyeda, Seattle
Masato Uyeda, Seattle
Toshiko Toku, Seattle
Murako Kato, Seattle
Theresa Hitoru Matsudaira, Seattle (Interpreter: Tak
Matsui)
11:25 - 11:50 a.m. Political Climate / Economic Loss
Jeff Caden, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle
E.P. Andrews, Sumner
Alfred P. Galloway, Seattle
Floyd Oles, Tacoma
James Hennings, Esq., Portland
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September 10 (Cont'd)
11:55 - 12:20 p.m. Family Impact and Justice
Kaz Kimura, Seattle>
Alice Sakura Kono, Seattle
Emi Somekawa, Seattle
Thomas Scott, Ph.D., Seattle
Elmer S. Tazuma, Seattle
12:25 - 12:40 p.m. Impact on Sansei
Gary Morishima, Mercer Island
Diane Mari Narasaki, Seattle
Jane Anne Yambe, Seattle
12:40 - 1:30 p.m. (Break)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. On Redress
Moderator: Charles Z. Smith, Ph.D., Seattle
Asian Law Association
Brian Aburano, Seattle
Kathryn Bannai, Seattle
Gary Iwamoto, Seattle
Trust Fund: George Hara, M.D., Portland
Individual Payment: Charles T. Kato, Seattle, Henry J.
Miyatake, Bellevue
Survey Results: Karen Seriguchi/Cherry Kinoshita,
Seattle
Summary: Charles Z. Smith, Ph.D.
3:05-3:35 p.m. Psychological Impact and Redress
William Kawata, Seattle
Marie Horiuchi Ooka, Ellensburg, WA
Dell Takako Uchida, Seattle
James P. Egawa, Tacoma
Ray Yamamoto, Wapato
Ronald K. Wakabayashi, San Francisco, CA
3:40 - 4:05 p.m. Pre-War Climate, Family Impact and
Reparation
Kara Kondo, Yakima
Gunnar Olsborg, Seattle
Sayo Kumasaka Harmeling, Woodinville, WA
Shox Tokita, Redmond, WA
Sam Okimoto, Oakland, CA
4:10 - 4:30 p.m. Multiple Impact on Family
Kay Hashimoto, Seattle
Hana Masuda, Seattle
Peter K. Okada, Seattle
Nobuko Yanagimachi Suzuki, Seattle
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Agenda
Public
Hearing
Friday, September
11, 1981
9:00 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
Seattle Central
Community College Auditorium
1701 Broadway
Seattle,
Washington
9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Multiple Impact on Family
Denny Tetsuki Yasuhara, Spokane, WA
Sumie (Itami) Bartz, Seattle
Tak Kubota, Seattle
9:20 - 9:35 a.m. Political Climate and Comparison of
Centers
Anthony M. Mitrovich, Seattle
Floyd Schmoe, Religious Society of Friends North Pacific
Yearly Meeting
9:40 - 10:40 a.m. Organizations
Alex Gottfried, American Civil Liberties Union,
Seattle
Phil Ginsberg, Vice Chairperson, American Jewish
Committee, Seattle
Sally Kazama, Co-chair, Asian Pacific Women's Caucus,
Seattle
Lloyd Hara, President, Seattle Chapter, Japanese American
Citizens League
Bernie Whitebear, United Indians of All Tribes,
Seattle
Robert L. Brock, Executive Director, Cosmopolitan
Brotherhood Association Inc., Santa Ana, Ca.
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Discrimination, Economic Loss and
Redress
Fred K. Ross, Edmonds, WA
Yoshihiko Tanabe, Tacoma, WA
Ed Yamamoto, Moses Lake, WA
11:05 - 11:55 a.m. Panel on Social Impact
Frank S. Miyamoto, Ph.D., Bellevue
James K. Morishita, Seattle
Donna L. Leonetti, Ph.D. Seattle
Tetsuden Kashima, Ph.D., Seattle
Calvin Y. Takagi, Ph.D., Mercer Island
September 11 (Cont'd)
12:00 - 1:30 (Break)
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Multiple Impact on Aleuts
Charlotte Grisvold, Northern Seattle Area, Pacific
Northwest Aleut Council, Bellingham, WA
Alexander Tu, Pacific Northwest Aleut Council, Seattle
Evlampia Bourdukofsky, Seattle
Ruth E. Chambers, Seattle
Marguerite Misikin
2:05 - 2:20 p.m. Oregon Area Witnesses
Charles Davis, American Civil Liberties Union, Portland,
OR
Tom Morris, Ph.D., Portland
Francis K. Friedman
Hon. Joseph Talhofer, Bend, OR
2:25 - 2:40 p.m. Discrimination Incurred as Veteran and
Citizen
George I. Azumano, Portland
Phillip A. Marumoto, Portland
Montana (Tana) Marumoto, Portland
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Economic Losses
Yoneko Hara, Portland
Matthew Masuoka, Portland
Homer Yasui, Portland
3:05 - 3:30 p.m. Multiple Impact
Ben Kasubachi, Portland
Robert Kinoshita, M.D., Brightwood
Hideo Hashimoto, Portland
James Tsujimura, M.D. Portland
Corinne Leach, Seattle
3:35 - 3:40 p.m. Reparations
Robert Sadamu Shimabukuro, Portland
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Reparations
A.W. Beeman, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.),
Seattle
Richard V. Hill, Major, U.S. Army (Ret.) Puyallup, WA
W.G. Kubick, Seattle
Denny Andrews, Seattle
4:05 - 4:10 p.m. Japanese Peruvians
Moses Eto, Seattle
September 11, 1981 (Cont'd)
4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Multiple Impact / Video Presentation
Mrs. F. Azumano, Portland
Mrs. U. Matsushima, Portland
Mr. J. Yoneyama, Portland
Mrs. H. Akiyama, Portland
Mrs. Montana Marumoto, Portland
Mrs. Jessie Tanaka, Portland
Mr. Ben Kawabuchi, Portland