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Figuring out a dollar amount for redress
William Marutani August 27, 1998
A proposal at that time was that we seek $10,000 per evacuee, which would have …
Deciding to serve on the CWRIC
William Marutani August 27, 1998
She [my secretary] told me that Senator [Dan] Inouye [D-Hawai‘i] called and said that you …
On hearing of CWRIC selection from Senator Inouye
William Marutani August 27, 1998
I had no reaction one way or the other. Really, I didn’t. I did not …
Personal feelings as a Nikkei commissioner
William Marutani August 27, 1998
Well, I’m sure if I (chuckles) were doing it today, I’d break down, but I …
A memorable CWRIC testimony of an unjust situation
William Marutani August 27, 1998
There’s a testimony by a witness who was only sixteen years old at the time. …
Understanding the passion behind the people giving testimonies
William Marutani August 27, 1998
Although you may ask people to cut it [testimony] to five minutes, everybody who got …
Rationale for rejecting redress payment
William Marutani August 27, 1998
I thought it was important early in the game to make it known that if …
Criteria for who gets redress
Clifford Uyeda July 1-2, 1998
Our criteria for redress, at that time, was if you were in camp—because camp has …
Recruited for the National JACL Redress Committee
Clifford Uyeda July 1-2, 1998
Iva Toguri [“Tokyo Rose”] got her pardon in 1977, and it was that year, the …
Changing "reparations" to "redress"
Clifford Uyeda July 1-2, 1998
I really never did like the word “reparation.” Somehow the word “reparations” to me, is …