JAvoice.com: Letter to Inouye

JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial
June 5, 2000

An open letter to:

The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye:
United States Senator, State of Hawaii
Room 722, Hart Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Subject: Japanese American national memorial controversy

Dear Senator Inouye:

We, JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial, believe you identified an excellent solution to the major point of controversy surrounding the proposed inscriptions for the Japanese American national memorial. Your idea of eliminating all quotations and names from the memorial is one we hope everyone will embrace because it opens the door to inclusiveness. Your suggestion will strengthen the memorial by infusing a broader perspective beyond that of a few individuals and one organization.

We enthusiastically support your proposed solution to the nationwide controversy, and we hope others, including the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation and the U.S. Department of Interior, will join with you in seeing that your suggestion is instituted. Because we know you support making the memorial accurate and appropriate, we anticipate that you will also work to correct all historical inaccuracies on the memorial.

This letter, the newspaper articles about your solution to the controversy (19 May 2000 Nichi Bei Times (San Francisco) and 1 June 2000 Honolulu Star Bulletin, additional letters and articles about this matter, and list of close to 550 signers of the resolution are posted on our website, JAvoice.com.

Sincerely,

JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial


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		JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial June 5, 2000 An open letter to: The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye: United States Senator, State of Hawaii Room 722, Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Subject: Japanese American national memorial controversy Dear Senator Inouye: We, JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial, believe you identified an excellent solution to the major point of controversy surrounding the proposed inscriptions for the Japanese American national memorial. Your idea of eliminating all quotations and names from the memorial is one we hope everyone will embrace because it opens the door to inclusiveness. Your suggestion will strengthen the memorial by infusing a broader perspective beyond that of a few individuals and one organization. We enthusiastically support your proposed solution to the nationwide controversy, and we hope others, including the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation and the U.S. Department of Interior, will join with you in seeing that your suggestion is instituted. Because we know you support making the memorial accurate and appropriate, we anticipate that you will also work to correct all historical inaccuracies on the memorial. This letter, the newspaper articles about your solution to the controversy (19 May 2000 Nichi Bei Times (San Francisco) and 1 June 2000 Honolulu Star Bulletin, additional letters and articles about this matter, and list of close to 550 signers of the resolution are posted on our website, JAvoice.com. Sincerely, JAvoice.com: Committee for a Fair and Accurate Japanese American Memorial