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Date Posted: 05:20:33 04/22/09 Wed
Author: Bobby N. Harmon
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THE FIRST BATTLE - The Struggle for Freedom, Equality and Full Citizenship in America

THE FIRST BATTLE

http://www.thefirstbattle.com/index.html

The First Battle is about a previously untold struggle for freedom, equality and full citizenship in America. This struggle was waged unconventionally behind the scenes in Hawaii during the two years leading up to World War II and the first several years of the war. It pitted fragile inter-ethnic relationships and untested nisei leadership against the full weight of the United States government.

Five years before the onset of World War II, the President of the United States had directed the construction of camps for the mass internment of Hawaii's Japanese-ancestry population in the event of war with Japan. After December 7, 1941, the President, the Army Chief of Staff, and the Secretary of the Navy all pressed for � and at various times sent orders directing � a mass internment.

The First Battle is about the networks of people � principally nisei, their acquaintances and allies -- who resisted the pressure for internment. At the heart of the story are two previously unheralded individuals � educator Shigeo Yoshida and YMCA executive Hung Wai Ching. As such, it is a David-and-Goliath story, a reminder that the contest does not always go to the obviously powerful, but to those of humble status who are clear-minded and focused.

The efforts of Yoshida and Ching, in concert with many others, helped Hawaii through the immediate crisis, helped preserve the right of the nisei to serve in the U.S. military, and eventually resulted in fateful encounters with Eleanor Roosevelt, whose impulses lay in one direction, and Franklin Roosevelt, whose impulses lay in another. As such, the story sheds new light on both Roosevelts.

Along the way, The First Battle also puts internment in a new light, as well as the unreliability of constitutions in times of crisis. It will answer the unanswered question: Why was there no mass internment in Hawaii, where the large Japanese community potentially posed a security threat, in contrast to the West Coast, where the tiny Japanese community posed none? It will show that Hawaii not only was shaped by the war but helped shape post-war America. The first battle, that of the homefront in Hawaii, will become known as the seminal story of contemporary multicultural Hawaii.

The First Battle is an implicit lesson on how varied people, working together, can change the course of events and thereby change history

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References:
http://www.kycbs.net/Hawaii-Public-Radio.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Bank-of-Hawaii.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Central-Pacific-Bank.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/JUSTICE.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/KROLL.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Ariyoshi-George.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Farmer-David.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Ho-Stuart.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Inouye-Dan.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Matsumoto-Colbert.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Obama-Barack.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Takabuki-Matsuo.htm

April 21, 2009

Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Mr. Farmer; Mr. Guttman; Ms. Muranaka; Judge Ezra, Judge Chang, Judge Kurren, and All Concerned:

Due to the discovery of new facts in this case, I am adding the subject Exhibit as it relates to your lawsuit which violates my Constitutional Rights of Free Speech and a Fair Trial by a jury of my peers, and to Federal and Hawaii Anti-SLAPP statutes.

In view of all the facts that I have presented in this and hundreds of other Exhibits and witness descriptions, it is beyond comprehension that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Assistant U.S. Trustees Curtis Ching, Gayle Lau and Carol Muranaka; Judges Eden Hifo (fka Bambi Weil), Kevin Chang, David Ezra, Barry Kurren, Lloyd King and Robert Faris, and Trustees Mary Lou Woo, James Nicholson and David C. Farmer; the American Arbitration Association arbitrator Judith Neustadter Fuqua, and attorney Steven Guttman can still claim that they were non-conflicted, fair, impartial, and unbiased in this case.

In spite of all this factual evidence (not just "political opinions" or "conspiracy theories" as you have alleged before), I am again asking that we attempt to reach a global settlement of this matter through confidential negotiation or mediation rather than continuing these costly and seemingly-endless court proceedings.

If you, and your insurance carriers, are still NOT willing to attempt to negotiate or mediate a settlement, then I ask that you perform your mandated review of this new Exhibit in accordance with Judge Ezra's Order, and advise me if you find it contains any so-called "protected subject matter", and whether or not you intend to OBJECT to my filing a Motion to reopen this case.

Mr. Farmer, I respectfully request your immediate reply. If I do not receive a response from you or your insurance carrier within 15 days, I will assume that you have found no "PSM" in these updated pages, and that you will NOT file any objections to my Motion.

Very truly yours,

Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM

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Re: THE FIRST BATTLE - The Struggle for Freedom, Equality and Full Citizenship in America -- Jud Witham, 05:28:26 04/22/09 Wed