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"F 0 Reo N TI NU l N G S E R V ICE "

Vol. 13 No o 10 C~rculation 1500 October 27 , 1960

OUR HEFUTAGE - THE RIGHT TO VOTE

The time - Harch 1870 The achon ~ the passage of tre 15th Amendment t.o tte Con­stitution of the United St.a t es \'Ihich established the right of citlzens to vote regardless of r a ce or color.

The time - Hat:ch 1959 The action - the passi18e of the Hawaiian Sta.tehood Bill by the Congress of the United States.

The tine - Novenber 8, 1960 The action - the exercise of voting for our President, our candidate to tre House of Representatives in Congress, and our o\'m county officials 0

The events that are taking place in Africa, the lliddle East, in Asia, and elseHhere •• othe question of Quemoy am J.t13,tsU ••• our foreiGn relations \lith Russia and Cuba • •• tre cost of joods, and the cos t of living •• 0 the education of our kids o • • \-That to do Ii th the aged a s our populahon r; ets to live longer •• osocial security •• o our roads, our schools, our parks and recreation areas ••• travel bet\'leen the islands •• • the perennial question of taxeso •• land assessment ••• city planning ••• police protection ••• these and many, many otrer questions plaque us every day. And it is because of trese cp.estions that we, the citizens, put our trust am faith in elected officials to do tre job right for us . And it is up to us to see to it that the best possible men get into office.

No individual action is so expressive of the American wEI({ of life as our right to vote. This right is one of our 'mainsprings of lib erty. Let us exercis e this right by go ing to the polls on Tuesda;y , November tre 8th.

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ADDRESS BY NAJaR GEN ERAL J AMES L. RIC HARDSO N, JR . , COl-l1'lAlJDI NG GENERAL, UNITED STATES AFNY , HAWAII AND 25t h IIJFAl'JTRY DIVISION.

CLUB 100 l'lli:t-10RIAL SERVICE, NATI aNAL hEMORIAL caE TERY OF THE PACI FI C. 25 SEPTIllBER 19to

It is indeed an honOl' and a pri"vi l ege to be invited here today to speak at these sern ces condu cted by Club 100. The t radi tion , of holding an Annual Memorial Service to cOJw.lcmorate the day the lOath Bg,ttalion first went into act i on - 29 September 1943 - is t-rul y a great tradition, 1,ofr.ile it mi ght bring back certain unhappy memoriE.'.s of days at S2~8rnOj Cassino and Bar:zai Hill, i t I3J.oo, I am certain, reaffilms your strong desires to defend America ani meke our Unit ed States a strong n ation .

Your motto, "For Continuing Service, II is a truly great motto. I (jnly .-D.stl I had the ability to really explain its me aning . I t exemplifies your pe acetime devoti on to our national purpose jus t as you:r~ ltnoqualled reco rd of Tjvorld IVar II eXE'.mplified devotion to dut:r during time of combat.

Certainl y> everyone here realizes t hat we arc living in tiues of seVE)!'C test. They are times 'Jf test of our national ,.liD.) our natim1al purpose and our national ch8.racter . If all of the peoples of the United St.ates had the "rill for cont i nuing oervice that you members of Club 100 haITe, ,,;e "lOuld have nothing to fear.

Some feel t hat the test ,.18 face today is perhep s the severest sinoe the one tha.t ou r country met and overcane during the American Revolution . Certainly we have faced other tests such as \yorld War I, World 1,'lar II, and Korea . These other tests our country met and overcame are a gain facing us todayo The challenge t oday i s a continuing one which fSrmeates ever y walk of our Ameri can way of life. This cold war is an .§D1 of danger.

Unfortunately, many Americans today face this challenge passively if they face i t at al l . They read t he editorials criticizing the defeati st att itude of today' s youth - they may f eel a pang of regret a t the rise of the beat nik . They feel genuine ang er, and r ightly so, at the news of American citizens in positions of trust defecting to t he enemy camp .

After going through these emotions t hey consider the job finished. They seem to lack t he strength or the desire for continuing

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service. This is where organizations such as yours play such an important part in our American "fay of life . You do not consider the job finished and are' doint~ everything ''fithin your pm'fer to continue America as a strong nation .

Your Club, by its very ~enerous contri butions to the Holy r\'Jll i ly Orphanage in Osaka, Japan, is assisting greatly in furthering our President's Pcople-to-Peopl e Program. It aids in shm'ling the peoples of t he FreG ilorl .. ' thdt I'lH are interested in them.

Lo.Wr..::..i,')C'3L '( ' 3 nk111;; visitors from our 'tllied countries . Tho mag­'liP .... cent Hay in llhj "h rou a nd all of th e other peolJle of l: 'l,wii "l1'A t:l S G p'3rsons our democratic \lay of life is a most import ant ..;ontinuir'~ c')~'vice to our nation .

And d,J,:U :lnothe r form of r,()]1 t.inUJng j rvi '~ h1' "e do H:i!,h our ovm younGer I~eneration. Your Club, '.n,l 11 of you as individuals, ha-ve d,-,ne u ;ree.t i "aJ tm-re>rd insuring that our youngst rs are oroperJ" 0rienT,ed ',n' Im l erstAlld T,he idea l s for \-Thich .\rrc rica .:; tan,1s. J kn OI'f Lh i:'t JOu VJill c ontinu <> this very impOrtMt type of scryj cc.

Co tain of l,ur c ountry's greatest individuals h1.ve ''ll\'fcl.:Y s f ollowed 'Jnc precept '.[hen t Il'~ Y uere dis s ~ tisfj '~d ui t h cond~. ti. (;"s "hey ,JQul d ask themselves - " \vLa t have I ~one a'Aiu ::' ::'lllS situat ion?" If thei r only answer \JaG that t 11C" :,lOlleht they J i dn 't approve of it, but didn ' t a sk '·.nat could be done, lr '(,ry to remedy th.:: hatter t hey kneu that they 11adn ' t done an;rthin,z. M()s~ oJ r-' L he [-' irr~ this nade tLem f~cl guilty 'nough to get scm') 1;f;l':!el s (' urning, 1.3 t he e,:pression gO l~ S .

In littl,~ things this is J!lsy. T:18Y cU") one-ti IllP. problems , em Ivlhen s olved , normally d o not r ecur.

In bi G, continuing things it i s not so P. asy. You may feel that one man, or even one group , cannot solve the p robl em. This, of course, is not t he case 0 To meet the challenges of this era, we lmust have the sustainaistrength - the continuing service -~erived from determination, stamina, a nd unfaltering dedication fto protect the things in which we h elieve.

Continuing service for our national purpose - that's an ~n teresting phrase . i'lhat is our national purpos e ? It is to

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build an enduring ~ace with justice throughout the world.

This e.xpression may sound trite. But it is hard to e.xpress i n words which I am sure e ach of us feels in our hearts .

And this purpose will not be attained by passive measures -you gentlemen have alr eady proven that to yourselves and the world. You were not deterred by inconvenience or discomfort, or hardship and sacrifice.

You had, as all of us must have today, the courage and devotion to take too positive, definite and difficult actions that may be necessary to achieve tre ultillBte goal.

Such actions are possible only on too continuing basis of clear knowle<ge of our purpose and an unshakabl e conviction of the rightness of' our cause.

Such actions are positive. They are examples f or people to follovl. They are as applicable during a so-called "Cold liar" as they are during a hot war.

It takes courage to "Pply these actions in both cases . the hot war it's the example of a leader} regardless of who s8(fs, 1IfolleM' me," t.hat leads to ,!:ictory.

During his rank,

During the cold ,'far it's also a brave man who stands up and says -"This is vfhat I think i s right. This is .lhat I .-Jill do about it. "

This is still an Ameri can fighting man - he is i n a different uniform, on a different battlefield} and using d;fferent tactics -but continuing t he same fight. He will continue to lead to victory.

In conclusion, m8(f I again thank you for asking me to be ' .... ith you today.

By your actions, gentlemen, you are still fi ghting men. And I am proud to salute your motto - "For Continuing Service" - because p.t is a part of you, the veterans of too One Puka Puka ~attalion. (End)

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BOARD HI-LITES Fred Wada escorted and explained ~----------------------------~to them the operation of the The Blood Bank Committee reported pineapple industry. that 166 units of blood is avail-able, which is tre highest total Number of paid members for cal­attained in recent months. Latest endar year 1960 is running ahead contributors from the Maui Chapt- of 1959. For the corresponding er are: Eichi Endo, Dick Irigu- period, 4$$ members have paid chi, Wataru Kaneshina, John their dues compared to 464 mem-Ydyagawa, Mino'ru Murakami, Tsuto- bers, last year. Alfa Company mu Nagata and Goichi Shimanuki. has recaptured the leadership

Colonel Carl K. McGee, who is here for t he National Guard

by having $9 paid members com­pared to Bravo's $6.

Annual Conference, is to be re- Bob Takashige stated that con-membered as the Supply Officer firnation was received that Bozo who supplied us with a truckload the Clown will appear at the of rice (all there was in the Halloween Party. The program area). The rice was issued to substantially will be as follows: us after the rescue of the lost Halloween Costume Parade: 6:30 battalion. A promise made to the p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Surprise: Supply Officer that one grain of 7:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.; rice wi 11 be P cD.. d him on his Entertainment: 7: 15 p.m. to $: 15 • first visit to Hawaii was ful-filled by the Club when Howard It was proposed that a barbecue Miyake presented him with his grill be constructed between the just due and a memento tie cla sp Clubhouse and tre Apartment for 'lith an ornammt depicting a sack use by roth tenants and members. of rice with the letters RICE The suggestion is referred to inscribed at tre National Guard the House Committee for proper Conference Luau.

Luncheon with delegation from the 34th Inf Div, who are here for the National Guard Conference, was held at Waikiki Lau Yee Chai on October 12. Visi ting digni­taries included Maj Gen Wood, present Commanding Officer of the 34th Inf Div, Maj Gen Miller, Brig Gen William, Col. Miller, Col. Reynolds and Lt. Col. Fitzhugh. Walter Iwasa invited uhe party to visit the pine-

. apple research plant at Wahiawa.

action.

The Rituals Committee will be asked to recommend a policy regarding the wearing of Club Shirt a nd Cap at the various events.

Shigeru Inouye has appointed the following members to gather further information pertaining to the feasibility of having a local printer print and assemble the Puka Puka Parade free of

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BOARD HI-LITES ( cont'd fr p 5)

Dog Chapter Family Night was held

charge : Bernard Akamine, Di ck Oguro, Bob Sato and Ben Tamashiro 0 The printer believes he c an realize a profit by con­trolling the advertisements. This proposal "''ill alleviate the burden of printing} folding, stapUng the Parade by the same individuals each month.

on Frid~ night, October 140 Hair ' dish was rib steak and everyone I

had h.TO big steaks, kids and all. I

For side dishes, we had French

LE;ltters of t hank you \ver e for­warded t.c Wi lliam O<:hiro, Connnander} DAV a11d Kenneth Saru­-I"latari, Preside,ntJ 442nd Veteram Club, for the lovely- wreaths presented at our Hemorial. Service.

fried potatoes and corno Every-one had a grand time"

Kermeth HitsunaGa did a splendid job as chairman. \ve thil1k he should again be appointed chair­man for rome other affair for Dog Chapter 0

A silver cup WB.S received from Dog Chapter will have an overnight Prince and Princess Takamatsu in stag party so t.hose who are appreciation for the participa- interested in attendine, pl ease tion of Club 100 in helping com- call Hartin Tohara or Iwao memorate the 75th Anniversary of FujimorL Mam for this affair the a1:'ri val of the first contract \-rill be a big secreto laborers to Hawaii from Japan.

A distinguished guest carre over The attractive club sign which to our meet.ing - none other sL gnifies Club 100 Manorial than Spider Yahata, the pride of Ht.cilding enhances the entrance Hilo, Ha1iaii. We are hoping to to the Clubhouse o A light will see more friends from the outside be placed under the eaves to makE islands 0 the sign visible in the evenings.

- Wilfred Shobu - Kenji Nikaido

CONGRATULATIONS TO COL . FRANCIS TAKEHOTO

Congratulations to Col. Francis Takemoto (D) who has r ecently been promoted to full Colonel in the Hawaii National '::-ua.rd o He is probably the first local AJA to hold such a high position in this ou tfit • Fran cis has been wi th the Ha\iaii !k tional Guard fo l' 19 years and is the principal of Aliarnanu School at present.

- Bob

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players a re a strange breed -some of t hem drinking beer with tooir ham and eggs .

It was said by all 1'lho were there that they had a grand time a nd

------------------------------~hope that they have a bigger About 25 Dakeri tes \Tere present at the annual overnite Stag Party at the Old Kaneohe Yacht Club on October 8. Take AZam8. did a goed. job despite the fact that he lost his front tooth biting into a piece of steak .

Bernard Akamine fouled up tte early arrivals by getting there late ,·lith melted ice and 2 cases of co l d br:ler. They say that Tue Nakai I S tongue was really hanging out.

gang next year.

Leste r Fitzhugh, former Baker 3rd Platoon Leader Hho viaS here for t he National Guard Convent­ion, was feted by 30 members of B & F Co. at the Kanraku Teahouse on October 11.

Teikichi Higa, one of Baker I s few remaining bachelors, recently left for Japan on a n Amy sponro r ed trip . Perhaps he'll find a wife?

-Robert Kadowaki On t he menu b esid e the steak, our ~----------------------------_t chief c ook from Aiea, Robert Aold., made currie s te\'J' and beef ste"\'J' . Everyone \-Th o ate the currie

CLUB 100 GOLF CLUB TOURNA:·1 EN T HI .. LITES

raved about it. Infact it1'Tent On October 2,1960, at tte Pali so fast SOIOO members didn I t taste Golf Course, the Gol f Club played it at all. There's talk already for the Golden IIBII merchandise that 1'/e'll be having currie ste"T aVlard. Harshall Higa shot 81-11-for 000 of our family nites. Of 70 and Paul }~aruo with 83-13-70 course , tte Baker champion crab tied for first. vilfred Fujishi­catcher VUlsami Hanakado provided gc wH.h 83-11-72 and Tony Oshita too boys Hith enough crabs. There vIi th 81-9-72 tied for third, was no sashimi that nite because followed by James Osh iro with Bemard Akamine caught only 4 85-12-73 . Low Gross winners were hammer head sharks and nobody Masao Kigawa, Gordon Kadowaki and knew how to make shark sashimi. James Tani.

The poker p layers as usual gave 11a.rshall Higa and Paul Haruo will t he same old story that they had playoff at t re next tournament to play poker all night because at Ala \Vai Golf Course on Oct. 10 it .laS impossibl e to eo to 51 eep for the Golden II BII merchandise vlith t te giant mosquitoes buzzing around. These mar athon poker

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-James Oshiro

CLUB 100 BCWLINJ LEAGtE

On Friday, September 30, trere as a thrilling football game at

the stadium, but at the sane time, next door , at the Bowl-O­

rome I there was a greater, etter, keener and cleaner game '

staged by th:1 Club 100 bowlers. be it's only a rumor - but

eard that the "Harryis Music eam" might start a movement to eep the wives out from the

ague next year. Why? It I S

true ~ The "Holo Holo Apparel" (wahines) took 3 games or white ash or mutout or clean sweep rom "Harry's Music" (B) .

The wahine team is really getting hot - took 2 points or split with

. ler Hi Life (A) last FridCW ght Oct. 7. Alma Takata had

a 172 game.

alihi Shopping Center (B) re­arded the league leader Sun otors (HQ) by a score of 3-1. nafuku (B) was the tiger with

543.

Even 1d th David Oyana I s 215-532, Xuhio-Auto (D) lest 3-1 to Tanaka Sewing (A). Blue Nagasaki came thru with 541.

Oct. 7 League Standing

~ L Sun Motors (Hq) 39 18 Greg Ikeda (C) 37~ 19~ Kalihi Shopping(B)38 19 Tanaka Sewing (A) 35 22 Kubio Auto (D) 29 28 Hal'1aii Silk (BnHq)28 29 Harry's Music (B) 23 34 Miller Hi Life (A)26 31 Lucky Lager (B) 25 32 Harry Asato PatRY 23 34

Manoa Realty (C) 19~ 37~ Holo Holo Apparel

(W) 18 39

Pts 52 51 50 50 39 37 34 32 31

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- Blue Nagasaki

OAHU AJA VETS COUNCIL BOWLING-

The 1960-1961 Oahu AJA Vets Council 10 Team BCMling League was officially opened on October 11 at 8~30 p.m. at Kapiolani Lanes when Council Pres. Fred Ida (442) threw tre first ball (a strike) with three teams each from 442nd and l399th Engr while MIS and Club 100 had 2 teams

reg Ikeda (C) closed the gap qy hitewashing Harry 8 s Music (B) ~. Kiyo Uyedais 223-592 was touchable. George Aoki 's 536 each.

elped Hawaii Silk (Bn Hq) split -2 with Harry Asato Painting (A) The League President is Archie

Uchida (1399), Vice President -oa Realty' (C) beat Lucky Kiyo ' Yosnuaura (MIS), Secretary-

ager (B) 3-1 to keep distance reasurer - Herbert Yamamoto rom wHolo Holo Apparel". Masa (100) and OBA Representative wamoto turned in a 206 game. °11 be Papyy Iwamoto.

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The defending champs "Kalihi Shopping Center" (100) captain is Bob Takashige (B) Hi th Uki ivozurni (B) , Fred Kanernura (B), Herb Yamamoto (D), Larry Amazaki (B) and Hei ji Fukuda (B) as the little shoppers. The other team from tre Club is Nippon Theatre captained by Blue Nagasaki (A) vii th Torn Natsurnura (C), Kiyo Uyeno (C), Kaoru Hatsumura (C), Ben Kobayashi CD) and Ma\?k YoshibHa (A) as tre small dit players,

,v'hit:h is the bett.er team on paper and on the alleys? The answer came vlhen Kaoru Yatsumura shot a sensational Game of 245-208 p'lus Blue Nagasaki i s 211-576 . "rJippon fl really took care of "Defending Champ" by tck ing 3 games . For too "fornEr" LarI"".f Arnazaki had 215 - Nippon also had a 999 team score ,

The individual stars 0 r show off [bowlers for the opening night ,.,ere Pappy Iwamoto (442) 208-595, ~azu Saiki (442) 211-594 and Blue ~agasaki (100) 2ll-576 in the ~-.3 dept. Kaoru }:at surnura , s (100) 245, Hasco Fujii's (1399) ~44 and Larry Arnazaki t s (100) 215 ',ere stand outs in the H-l circle

- Blue Nagasaki

LT. COL. LESTER FITZHUGH HONORED

FroH THE MEDICINE CHEST

Roy Hatakenaka has some claim to fame as a five-footer with a three-foot (waist) appetite, but at a mid-September outing of the Hedics, he not only rein­forced this claim but surprised tre gathering with a demonstra­tion of culinary skill.

A thrashing fish which he had helped to net vfaS tran sformed shortly into steamed mullet a la Roy, which dlSh fast. d lsappeared soon after placement on the sn ack table 0

So the Hedics are agreed that Roy "Till have to be present whenever there is a picnic at Kane ohe Bay.

Shigeichi Kawaoka reported a last minut e inability to attend the outing7 claiming another commit­ment for the evening through some cornmuni~ation that the picnic had been postponed, There is somA consideration of adding "Bull" to the number of appelations already allotted to him.

- Kent Nakamura

Lt. Col. Lester Fitzhugh, former Officer of F & B Company and now in Lancaster, Texas, was in Honolulu during the week of Oct. 10-14. Spearheaded by Sakae Takahashi, about 30 members had a merry get­together at the Kanraku Teahouse on Wednesday, October 12. It was a long welcare fClt' Lester Fitzhugh and all vTho attended had a good time chewing the fat.

Kent Nakanrura

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Cr><J1OO not to just one member, but to all rrembers the undying bond "\'[hich binds us together "rherever and hm"rever He may be 0

If some of you vfOndered what I _________________ ihappened to Rusty lJakagawa, he's

in Hartford, Conn., studying the latest techniques in the Under­II'lOod business machine operation and J"iaintenance, He left HaHai i early in SeptenbGr on a short notice from his <,ompan:r , Koss Shel'ry Ltd., for this SD( "eeles traim.ng j and his Hlfe Alice says he j II be returning on

Last month I s Charlie Chapter family nit€: l~d to another outing for Charliels meeting 80ing n.c1'1bet's.

It, all happenr~d this ""ay. When 1:;1"':: f al .ily ni te cJla:J.nlan approac~!­eel L:",. Seij"l Ifuleu, G'.'Iller of Kc:J.akc.c.a Dn vo 11111 on Kalal<:aua Ave, and Ala Noana Blvd" ("\'[ho llLldentall;y was a former Char l.J.e C001~), he had no idea lfulru in­tended to donate Lhe entire )';lain dish fCll the evening < Ifuku, undersLandablJ'-~ cannot take part in ClulJ functlons and meeting~.; but. haE al,rays been generout> wi th contrihutions and service that he can render. Herels a Charlie jrnember whose desire to be with the boys is limited by nOs i::usiness activity. Therefore, tile Charlie meJIlbbrS decided to go to his place of business to ha-re dinner prlor to thel.r regular monthly meeting in Octobc't'.

So Tuesday even..ins saw all the

Nov. 5th. He 1 s £oing to miss our stag party on October 22 ,

This stag party ",as a short notice event captained ably by Ron:Ud Higashi. It ota.cted Saturda;v afternoon, Oct 0 22 and ended Sunday aft.ernoon (next day) 0 Place \·m,s Robert Hung IS

beach home near Kam·ra 0 Uit h Ronald in char8e, \'/e had a successful stae and hope more members I .. ill be able to attend our outings 0

- Kav~to Shimizu

AP ARTNElIT lJEi<J'S

Imeeting going members of Charlie I·iike Tokuna2:<l, chairnan of the Chapter enjoying themselves over Club 100 Apartment l·:cmae;cnent a teriyaki dinner. Ifuku had the Cor.1Jl1ittee, proudly announces that place nicely set up for us and the 23 unit apll.rtl'lCnts are fully everything 1ias very pleasant. But occupied at )r3sent 0 :r.:ore pm-leI' Imost gratifying "\'laS the spirit in to us, fi nan ci all~T, twhich the members came spontaneous-l y into these gathering s to prove, - Bob

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Kevnote sueech at 1960 Convention

In t he opening phase of Maui Supervisor Toshi Anzai's principal address at the 1960 Convention, which w as published in last month's issue of the Puka-Puka Pa­rade, Supervisor Anzai reviewed t re 8I'owth of America and Hav/aii , after w\'HL Then taking off on the gene- ' rally accepted stateIrent that Americans have "never had it so gocx:l.," he raises the questions of whether ue have gro'\om too soft, and self-satisfied. Last monthls initial installment ended at the point \'Ihere Superviso I' Anzai st.arted to discuss the phenomenon of th~ Arre rica...'1 priso­ners during tre Korean ccnflict and ended \v1.th the ques­tion: IIWhy did these Korea...'1 wa r prisoners behave as t.hey did? i'lhy were trey different from American prisoners in other Hars? This month ' s concluding installment o~ fers some suggestions and approaches on how we can meet the ~hallenge of tomorrow by arrying our srnre of tr:e total responsibil~ty.

IlGET UP AND Gall by Toshio Anzai

ITh:mking people wondered Hhether sorrething had been lacking J.n the upbringing of the American Boy -- His schoolir~, his training, hi~

~amilY life, h1s conditioning in our land of society. Had we

falled to impress t he new generation meh an appl'eci ation of some asic human values such as loyalty~ moral integrity and honesty?

~lost of you IInlst be aware that a noti ceabl€ amount of moral cor­romon has taken place in our society, nationally and locally. vJe find this symptom reflected in our youth, even if sare of us might be too blind or too stubborn to see it among the adults. The rising rate of juvenile delinquency attests to our failure to keep the family stable , in our fast ch anging time s • Unless we can strengthen the family as the foundation of our society, \'18

will continue to see further troubles among our young peopl<;;. Here in HaHaii, we can see the problem of juvenile delmquen cy spread­ing to the Japanese-AIrerican families as well a s to other families .

As you know, the Issei were rather strict disciplinarians and kept us marching along the traditional straight and narrow path. They constantly reminded us of our obligations to our family anr friends and of our responsibility to le ad a morally correct life

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so that we wouJd not bring disgrace upon thoo e we love . The old language schools taught us ethics and moral values that meant nruch to us i n times of stress and strain. With the suspension of the lenguage schools during the war, void has bem left that has not been adequately f i lled by arw other influence in the post-war years.

Even as · we s eek a mor e s ecurs, more comfortable life f or our­selves ood our children, we can e asi l y do harm to ou r children without reali zing it. Ta ke the matter of providing an education for our sons and daughters. III the cultural tradition of our p~rents, education was a high i deal to be sought even at great e>acrifices. As immigrants j our parents placed great hopes in the ,po~er and prestige of education to open up new opportllilities for

!their American - born offspring. With such devoted encouragement, i+. ,{as not Sllrprising th at the Nisei Ll1. turn beceroe imbued ,.d.th t he -value c,r education a.s the open~sesame to ruc<:: €lSS, whether in the professions, business~ politi.cs j OJ:' other pursuits. The fact that t he Nisei, in one generat.ion .. bridged the gap from an alien­:iInmigrant. background to a modern An:erican citizenship speaks well for thai l' ability t.o learn the lessons of an American education. It speaks volumes also for tm ideal of equa.Uty in educational opportunity t h80t was practiced in their communi t y.

Having persevered so well in educat ing t hems elves , the Nisei

Iparents a re seeing t o it t haL their Sans ei children are given t he best education t hey can afford. But, is thi s opportunity being pe.s sed on in such a way that the children do not fully appreciate the wonderful heritage they have reoeived from ancestors who tol led so ha..7'd to see them t hrough school? Ar e our young peopl e proving themselves wo r t hy of the bes t education thei r parent s have sacrif iced for?

Aft er the war, I r ecall how often we had bull-sessions on what we might do to help make our cornnnmities a better place for ourselves and our childr en. As veterans, we could and did nruch together, in the earlier years. Now, we are more and more "on our own." Each nrust carve out his own share of the total responsibility and do his best to carry out his tasks .

There are several areas of influence for us veterans - areas in which we can contrihlte useful advice ani leadership.

1. We can set good examples of pe rsonal conduct. The most dif­ficult role for a leader is to conduct himself at all times in a

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manner that is upright~ honest, courageous, and responsible. A leader who shirks his duties and "passes the buck" will soon lose his follmdng . As parents, we have th3 duty to live up to our children i s expectations . We must set high examples in all that we do .

I read a full-page advertisement in a national magazine recently that underscores this lesson effectively. It showed a father attempting to "fix" a traffic ticket about to be made out by a police officer. A worried son is looking on. The title of the ad asks the q.lestion: "Has Mr. Fix- it hurt the Teen- ager?"

The text of the ad s~s that "when a father attempts to fix" a ticket, his ten-year-old son begins to lose respect for traffic laws. Six years later ~en that son has the whistle blown on him for reckless hot- rodding in defiance of the law~ who is to blame? The ron? Or Mr. Fit-it? Perhaps the answer is centuries old , iPlato seeing a child do mischief in the streets went forth and corrected his father for it."

Much of what we call juvenile delinquency toda.y can be traced to the delinquency of adults. When parents flaunt the law, they are not hood-winking anyone but themselves . They should not expe ct their children to do as th3y sa.y , but as they do, because it is not words, but deeds, that shape the minds of the impressionable youngsters .

2. Set high standards for ourselves. One of the curses of modem American civilization is He zeal for nediocrity and conformity. Americans have fallen into the habit of building up the so-called "average man" so that his standards become th3 national standards, We are made to believe that if we have higher standards, something is wrong with us, that we are somehow abnormal. \ie are d ' scour­aged from taking up unpopular i ssues even though we are convinced in our own minds that we are right. We are advised to go along with a popular issue 1:ecause it is what the masses want and not because it is the correct position to uphold .

We are admonished against "sticking our necks out" on unpopular issues because of tre risk of being called an "egghead" or a "s crewball. 11 In my opinion, it is more important that I be true to myself than that my views agree with the majority .

3 . Free ourselves of the prejudices we accuse others of harbori ng against us . Quite often, ~en we fail to live up to expectations,

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we take the easy way out by blaming someone else or something else for our own shortcomings . So it is with racial prejudice . It becomes a handy excus e in "explaining" why we did not get a job promotion and someone else did, or why we were not elected to a certain post and someone else was. Even if the re happened to be an element of truth in our charge of racial discrimination, that circumstance should encourage, rather than discourage, us from trying all the harder to rucceed. Success thus attained ,dll be a~l the more deserved a.nd that should be reward enough for turning someone else ' s prejudice to our own advantage.

Too often I heCl.1' griping in our midst that we are deprived of equal opportunities because of Iacial prejudice against us. It so happens that I hear complaints by others of alleged discrimination

I against t he non-nisei, with particular reference to politics. It

. seems wiser to rise above such pettiness and to practice the ideals of equal and fair treatment that we pleaded for ourselves during the difficult d~s of World War II. It would be an ironic twist of injustice if "Ie ourselves perpetuated the ldrrl of prejudice we fought to overcame .

4. Let the world became our theater of operation a gain. When we took up arms for our c runtryi s defense nearly two decades ago, we were prepared to do battle wherever our military comrr.anders assign­ed us. We ",;ere sent half a world away, to Italy, France s and Germany. 11e performed well because w e were physically ani psy­chologically trained for hard combat overseas.

In the cold war \ve are now waging, fo r tre hearts and minds of free peoples everywhere, Hawaii has a unique role to play. We are the only state of tre United States whose population is made up mostly of people of Asian a..neestry. \1fe are tre state nearest the IId.llians of Asians who look t o the United States as tre champion of democracy against communism. \ve a re the state best known for its ability to harmonize tre diversity of t he East ani the West under a democrati c way of life.

Several avenues are open to us in broadening our horizons of interest and influence.

a . We should endorse and support the East-West Center to be built at the University of Hawaii. The Center is a splendid climax to the idea of promoting the inter­national exchange of cultural ani technical Imowledge an idea that has been germinating for a long time.

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b. We should encourage our young people to enter our country's foreign service and th3 numerous other opportunities to serve overseas as career officers am as technicians . Hhat Aile ricans a re better suited, psychologically to meet ~ th non-white peoples everywhere than our own nen and women? 1;Ie have an EJIlpathy, a natural "feeling" for the Asian and African people!:> strug~ling to gain or sustain their political 1.ndependence.

In the hot \'l ar nearly tvrcnty ye aI'S ago" you and I '1Ie1'03 ready and willing to gi V'0 our lives for our count ry . We (;ontri buted to the ultimate vic~ory over fae1.sm and mil1.ta~J dlctatorGhip.

Now we al'e faced w:ith a commumst threat as dangerous and ovpn more cunnU1g than the vW1qUl shed foes of yesterda;y-. It \JOuld bE' grimly 1.1'onic to have saved democracy in one gencl'ati on of OUI

lives only to see it lost ]n another . We have fought. COlnlnUlli sm in Korea, and 3topped 1.1, there. But its tenta .lee reach else­where, everywh('re in the wOl'ld. Tt thl'eaten::. us openly in I' me places; in others, it vTOJ"ks as a hidden conspiracy. lfuateve't" its form, its ultl.mate obj ective is t.o bury us a rrl our childrEn .

To be c anplacent about conmnmism is Lo inviLe d1.saster. To be alert to its threat is the least we can do. To challenge it. openly and to defeat it is our best answer to this world -wide menace .

\Je must realize and mark well that t his menace exlsts not only outside the United States in the form of the military and economic might of the comnunist bloc nations . That is the open part of t he cold war and we may rest assured that our government is taking steps to meet this threat.

CONGRATULATIONS TO NOBORU FURUYA, SIlISEIDO OF llA,ffi.II Congratulations to Noboru Furuya (Hq) for the opening of his new cosmetics store, Shiaeido of Hawaii, recently. It's goal news to :Jrou beauty conscious housewives. Personal demonstrations of proper make-up by trained and llcm sed beauti cians will be con­ducted everyday. Noboru1s new store is located in the Fair Department Store at Fort rod Beretania Sts. Poster reads "Enh~ce your e1e~ance a nd sweetness in beauty by Shiseido cosmetics. lake the most\mportant beauty discovery of your lifetime." - nob

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The fun really began soon after the kau kau 'Has over and the bo were asked to stand up and sort of re-introduce themselves by telling us who he is, what he was presently doing fo r a living, how big or snall a family he has, a nd best of all tell us all w he had harbored in his chest al l these y ears. At this stage , I realized what lept \Jolm 10 allay from Club 100 activities. ,!hen John stoed up and in his i ntroductory speech said to the ef fect that t1 e thinl,s hp. had the LlOS t l)ambinos I thoueht he ','ras ,I)nna :" someU :.:i.ne; like :o,l,(, or five b U'L he fooled me for he ended ',)y sa; :Lng h.1 got s "V(~n bamuin03 - :;re s, seven . He surely l!lW::lt have 'e. world (113 l vortll.,fl a.<: a "creator" and m en the imae;e vTas homed ''{' )1WY h'2ingi.n,'; il, ,~hildren. Another thing I found out. <,i 'r'ut Tom j.~; +,11at, th'l K.::: t' a ,dJ 'I' 1.S operatinG a nur se!"J 0 JiIay 10 ;le ';0 , 'Jh 1.dua v1 s ta.;··':..:ijl, 'Jus nU'Y'sery business rlcile r :li lint.:, his (J'n] cld.ldr~ll . C"uJd ~'C e11., John?

'f.'h r~ j ntroduc :LOll \ f ~ a.ch m~Jlber vias really a e;ocd thin:, lO.'" 'll~lll.l :"'l1cidt:liT:,:, werr; men-Lionoc:d ,·mid1 made 1 t D1.terestillr; and 1i vaned 1.:

+';1', pd.rt;y. For' AXULlph:, whon James (Joik m:.Lb ma) Biea hn.cl r, ,10 ~J .()OJ', he llent.i.,)ned of an incident "hich happened 1'!hen Fit at 'gt Cll();_~ l; IiEuckahl ,) 1I Shimabulru called hi1.1 inl:.o the ord.(~rl~ roonl ilftc :~ inspec.;tion a nd offered him a dd_nk in the pre:jenc p. of t CO ( ,h.dge J ack Hizuha ) . ~fuat l-te didn1t kno ·r, he clair:s ~ w.:.s ::';1'1 he W'e'::; drinking his o\-m liquor 'vhich was confis cated J;' either-1st S6t. Or' the CO. He claimeu that he f Olmd thi s out OIll y "J L he \-rent back to his barracks and had rifled through hi. ,: dufll. b: a..'1.d f Ot-md his bottle nissing . The Old han, Jack l''iizuh~:. , coulrln l evon Y'l?call this inc~dent had happened. Tales such dS r, l1is 1'Ie ee told by the boys and we all had a good laugh after each of the"'" . ndd ent., or as the tales Here being told .

ThE: pa t y was a so uer one 0 ive started "u th s i:;: cases of b eer ant all tile soda pop \ole could drink donated by one of our invited guests, l-fasaru Nanbara. Hhen Senator Sakae Takahashi arrived, HE

wer e little more well stocked with drinks for he donated 3 J ottle . When Judge J ack Nizuha came rolling in at the tail end, we beCalm better sto cked with drinks by 2 bottles . As the party "rent on ar the drinks started to run low, there were alvrays the a lert guys \-m 0 s aw to i t that "Te didn't go dry - Everett Umeda hus tled a caE of beer and Nasaru Hanbara hustled a bottle. NO\I go ba<k and add up all the drinlG which were donated and you'll find that \ve had 7 cases of beer and six bottles. To all of you generous guys viha donated the drinks, molto g razie. Speaking of donations, I musnlt forget to mention that our "Old Man" Jack Nizuha had donat 1

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thirty bucks to bu~r pupus and for tips during the latter part of the evening. Your Generosity is most appreciated, Judge r.iZU1~ . Sa~T, I alJ.1ost "or:-;ot to mention Teru I geta \·,ho had donatee! t.he }.lupus (dnal 3h. ule an-l alm). Teru :lad the }lupus st!e cially flm·m in from Kona just for this occasi on. To ~'ou, Teru, thank you J er;' J.1uch .

Dun. .- the ~venini':i the el ecticn of Chn.irnan for th _ ne: t IIF" Cor'::;:n~r s: lJndi r' \l2.S :lold. On ~~pcorl thought , I ~r,ou1dn' t '3"'¥ "'riS

: ld, for it Has a Jh:m~he ied j ob oml yours trul:r c;ot railroJ.dcd Into the c!l1i ffiuJ11sl.ip job. ottc rs \'/ho \>Iil1 be se rving on ,,;1e' rom­Jr.1.tt.ee are Tom Yoshil'lOtO, treCl.surer, l 1tSUru vmori, Dirp .tor of ;t nographi c lnsti tute 1.S SccretiJ.r~r, and Hidesh l Niimi .• Y .i..l" 0

Furu:,r,0, Salcae Tal'ahashl , Jade LJ.zuha, Roy Ikawa and Eichc -1 t:ar,ar.1Oto . r.lcmbcrs

rWG IS runninG out on me an d I I ve got to eet t his news up to r n to "~ the e.c" line so I ' 1 errl thJ.n up b: hstlne; the nanvs 0 i those tlO '" I:-t..? ded t re part:. They ?ere:

A . "..!-:uni , Kam ei chi 1"uJlka:I:>., renJl fujIt a} RICh1.rd (Llght mare) Ft.lll:?ho , Yasuto Har' mota> hichacl Ba,"as.1i, Fur-d.o Ill.e;a , J3J11es Y. Higashi, T chi Hokanla .f Shige Iha, Kenil:hi Igeta, Ter uo Ikavia, Roy Jinnohara, [1;70sm I\amiyo., nke [uwamur;J., Geor~c lCo, John v. l,aeda, Rid1ard L. 1~1.ruo , P .J.ul

Liyas!J i ro, lJobu h.l;yut.J.!:i , J erry Llya:nh, Yoslliki 1" zuha, J ck (Jud~e) l·:urakw:ri. Robert Lu aol~a I omotu (Scam s cui t ) Nak.:mur", Kent Y Nakan 0, l-:",saru ;!ibri, Hi lesh i NC\.";8.in] i, r1.3a~·o 3hi Cmori, rj,tsuru '3-:'0 , 0higeru 2hl.nuzu, Albe rt Tal:ahashi, Same Tanji, ~ukio Taoka, :Iakaru Tsuji, Sam Umed.J., Everett Y. Yamada , Shinichi liasaki, Hacley

¥~yahira,Eue;ene (Crab eater)Yoshimoto, . Tommy Yoza , l>1asai chi

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OUR HERITAGE - THE RIG HT 'ill VOTE

When Major General Richardson, Jr. (whose Memorial Service ad­dress is reprinted beginning on page 2) speaks of national pur­pos e and national cffiracter, and speaks of an "unfaltering dedication to protect t re things in which we believe" ••• and when }~ui County Supervisor Toshi Anzai (whose concludi~ portion of his speech at t he Annual Con­vention begins on page 15) speaks of the things which make us "get up and goll ••• they are both speak­ing of the individual drive am liberty which are so essential to the makeup of our character ••• a character developed through the pl'actice of independence. And one of t he most important elements of this independence is our privilege of vo t.ing as we see tha situation. Irrespective of everything /?pod that has come about because of Statehood, no­thing transcends this. privilege of voting. BE SURE TO VOTE ON TUESDAY, nOVEMBER THE 8th!

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