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...family was among those Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II [Aug. 17]. S.I. Hayakawa can now say that it is "disgusting" and "not Japanese" to accept monetary reimbursement for internment only because he was safe and free in Chicago. I counter him by answering that it is "not American" to intern innocent people in camps because of the way they look...
...member commission is: What can be done to compensate the victims? Japanese-American groups are recommending financial restitution. Suggestions range from individual payments of $25,000, to money for scholarships and communities. The idea of repayment is controversial, even to some Japanese Americans. Testifying last week, California Senator S.I. Hayakawa, who was born in Canada and spent the war years in Chicago, said demands for monetary reimbursement are "absolutely disgusting" and "not Japanese." But some commissioners clearly favor reparation...
Judge William M. Marutani, a commission member from Philadelphia, put it bluntly to Hayakawa: "The Bill of Rights, as you will recall, provides that ... citizens can petition the government for redress of grievances... We understand, sir, do we not, that we are in an American society where any redress of grievances is customarily by some monetary means...
...vital, and many Californians, especially farmers, were angry that spraying did not start sooner. At first Governor Jerry Brown had resisted, evidently concerned that he would alienate his strong environmentalist constituency. He changed his mind when U.S. Agriculture Secretary John Block began planning a quarantine. Complained California Senator S.I. Hayakawa: "Brown should have done this eight months ago. Now we are in a position of playing catch-up." Then, with customary chutzpah, the Governor requested that President Reagan declare the three infested counties-San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda-a disaster area. That way the Federal Government could share...
...four supporters, S.I. Hayakawa of California, talked with Lefever, who by then had scant chance of winning on the Senate floor. Lefever quickly withdrew, even as the White House was still lobbying, if halfheartedly, for support...