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Simi, Larry: Moscone\u27s legacy
No full textLarry Simi: There was a personal legacy and a political legacy that he left. His personal legacy to me was one of sweetness and kindness. One of the most decent men I’ve ever known, and a politician totally without ego. Joe Alioto didn’t flaunt his ego, but it was part of him; he was bigger than life. To work for a boss like George Moscone; he was interested in your input, he was kind, he was decent. You’d have an event on a Saturday morning, he’d call you up wanting briefings “Oh I’m sorry to bother ya.” He was just kind and decent. Almost like a big brother to me. We had relationship on a lot of different levels: political level, employer/employee relationship level, athletic level, the Irish Italian Catholic San Francisco native level, and he was just very, very special; very, very warm and decent, and a politician without ego which is rare. George Moscone’s political legacy to San Francisco? Just tremendous. San Francisco for what it is today is a direct outgrowth of George Moscone. It is one of the most diverse cities in the country and somehow we manage to get along. We have our moments. I think there’s a craziness around City Hall that I don’t think has to do with George Moscone, but there is a network of social services, a political culture in this city that relates directly back to him, and to him kinda successfully bringing us through a trying period not only in San Francisco, but also in American history
Simi, Larry: 1975 Mayoral Candidates
No full textLarry Simi: It was interesting. I thought a lot about Dianne Feinstein as a potential mayor of San Francisco particularly in light of today’s controversy of ranked-choice. Dianne probably might have been elected in 1971 or 1975 under a ranked-choice system. She was kinda everybody’s second choice, but there wasn’t a lot of passion around Dianne in either ’71 or ’75. In ’71, basically the Left was looking for a candidate. Morrison didn’t run; Phil didn’t have any horse in the race. So she essentially jumped in and was supported by the Left, but there was no real passion on the Left for her, but she was an alternative to Mayor Alioto. In the 1975 election, the Left was just passionate about George Moscone. The far-Right was passionate about John Barbagelata, and there was an old-school group that was very supportive of Ertola. That kinda left Dianne and to a lesser extent Milton Marks as kinda [ ], but Dianne could probably be the second choice of any of them at that point. But Barbagelata had a wonderful, wonderful grassroots committed group to volunteers because they were determined to hold the city as it was and it was evolving away from
Simi, Larry: Building Labor Craft Strike
No full textLarry Simi: George Moscone immediate on taking office was confronted with a strike by the building trades and the crafts against the city. The plumbers, carpenters, all those groups basically had been – I’ll use the word victimized – by legislation that Kopp and Barbagelata had put in that was very, very restrictive on public employees, and it was a reaction to the police/fire strike of the previous year. So basically there was no collective bargaining. Everything was a formula. So this strike came about, and George made the decision – and probably not a good one – to essentially camp out in City Hall. It was sort of reminiscent of Jimmy Carter during a lot of the things that he did. The Mayor just seemed totally impotent because he had no power to do any of this stuff. The law said that essentially everything had to be done by formula. In the meantime there was an awful lot of stuff that went on; a lot of labor hijinks that went on. The Gardeners flooding Golden Gate Park. Just doing a lot of kind of guerilla warfare. That ultimately resulted in Joe Mazzola being… I think there was some sort of trial at the Board of Supervisors. I think he was impeached from his position at the Airport Commission because of his complicity of all this stuff, and there was a trial before the Board of Supervisors. It was just an ugly scene. It really cost George dearly amongst the building trades, and labor was at a weak point in that period of time
Simi, Larry: Reactions to changes
No full textLarry Simi: George Moscone was the one man who could cross the borders between old and new San Francisco. Here’s this kid who goes to Saint Brigid Grammar School, Saint Ignatius, All-City basketball player, yet the product of a single mother, Hasting Law School. He just has all the credentials of the classic San Francisco leader, yet he’s born with this compassion – or he grew up with or because of his circumstances growing up – had this unbelievable sensitivity and compassion to the oppressed and underserved. So what was amazing was we had this man who could really bridge the gap, who could have one leg in east of Twin Peaks and one foot left of Twin Peaks. There was really nobody that could pull that off. And he was equally comfortable in either place. But that was kind of dangerous because in the end it ultimately cost him his life because of the just vitriol that you would hear. “He’s giving the city away to the Ns. He’s giving the city away to the…” use your favorite pejorative for Gays. “He’s giving the city away to…” whomever. And they would use the n-word, and they would use whatever the pejorative for gays and lesbians was at the time, and none of that stuff would be sanitized the way it is today in those conversations. At the time that I worked for George Moscone, I lived on [Ulloa] Street – right down the street from Saint Brendan’s Church – I remember some of the people in the neighborhood knew what I did for a living, others didn’t, and this woman came up in 1977; there was this thinly disguised recall called Proposition A and Proposition B. It didn’t formally recall the Mayor and the District Attorney and the Sheriff, but it essentially shortened George Moscone and District Attorney Freitas and Sheriff Hongisto’s term, and basically stopped the term and then scheduled a new election the following November two years into their term. And I remember this woman – a neighbor – coming to my door saying “Would you sign this petition”, and I said “No, I really can’t.” I got an earful from that lady, and it’s the kinds of things I alluded to before of just the pejoratives she used for African Americans and Gays/Lesbians, and any other. Pick your minority group
George Naohara's medical discharge
No full textGeorge Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes describe the circumstances when he was ill and transferred to hospitals while serving in the military. An image from a clipping is attached. George Naohara was one of the wounded servicemen featured in the clipping. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600).The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war
George Naohara's handwritten note
No full textHandwritten note from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 15. George Nobuo Naohara details his experience after moving from Idaho to Utah. He was a farm labor for sugar beets farm at Norman Johnson in Utah but was working in a hotel as a dish washer during the winter. He and his friend, Tadashi Sakaida, visited Tadashi’s girlfriend, Kimiko Hiratsuka, who resided in Colorado. However Kimiko’s parents did not approve their relationship because of the family origins: The Hiratsuka family was originated from a Samurai family while Tadashi was from a peasant family. Tadashi was heartbroken and decided to return to the Manznar camp in California to join his family while George moved to the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Due to the closure of the Jerome camp, George was transferred to Tule Lake in California, with his friend, Atsushi Art Ishida. During his stay in the Tule Lake, Japan surrendered the war. He signed up for the leave for Chicago with Atsushi Art Ishida and found a job at International Harvest Co. which manufactured the parts of farm tractors.The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war
George Naohara's handwritten annotations
No full textEnglish summary of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 11: George Nobuo Naohara describes Kazumasa Sasaki who married to his cousin, Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara. Kazuma Sasaki had a gambling habit and earned a large amount of money by gambling. He continued gambling in Santa Anita Assembly Center. He participated in the war but was discarded because of illness. He returned to the Jerome incarceration camp, Block 8, for recuperation.The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war
Plates by George Cruikshank from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author
No full textCruikshank's plates from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author / by Thomas Roscoe. Illus. by George Cruikshank.1116 p. front., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
George Naohara's handwritten annotations
No full textEnglish translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 6: [Right top] I (George Naohara) and Keny Kuwahara [Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara], who had been drafted but was discharged. He was fluent in Japanese and English. Immediately after arriving at the C.C.C. Camp, an announcement of the U.S. government order was made in English. Keny kindly explained to everyone at the Camp what the announcement was in Japanese. He spoke both languages very well. Our group members included: Mr. Hashimoto [Testuo L. Hashimoto], Keny Kuwahara, Mr. Seki, Tadashi Sakaida, and Jimmy Oda. The sugar beets farm was stretching far as if it went beyond the horizon. A long ridge laid and it took us a whole day to take ___. Finally, I had to buy a pair of farm boots.
[Right bottom] In Utah, Mr. Mimura ___. When I was working in Utah, Mr. Mimura passed away. At the Utah Bukkyokai, I made a memorial address, representing friends who respected Mr. Mimura. Mr. Mimura contributed to the Japanese American community. “Become a good citizen” was his advice to me. When making a memorial address at the Buddhist temple, I stated that I would express my prayer loudly, and I continued: “Your whole sprit and soul will rerun to your home country.” The Buddhist minister listened to it at the temple and praised me about it.
[Left] My magnificent memory ____
When I was working in a hotel in Utah, I made a memorial address at a Buddhist temple. I received a praise from Hoko Terakawa, a minister of the Buddhist Church of America. It has passed decades since then. I was a barber in Los Angeles and Gardena, and am now 91 years old. But I still now remember it and won't forget it. That was when I was only about age 20.The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war
George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note: after Tule Lake
No full textGeorge Nobuo Naohara's note describing his military experience. An item from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 26.The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war
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