Page 1
iorHousing Scheme Pushed
ISSUFS^
The New Canadian
I People
ERAL RESUME
) COMMISSION
THE SECOND GHw“ ‘
Urged To Discount Rumours
~When war-time evacuation
■of the B^^ofst'hlfrh
/ho
ate
VANCOUVER, B. C.
Mon., Apr. 6, 1942
fastings Park Living Condit
Council, Committee i
) Work Together
J
0
0
0
5
ions Improve!
People of Japane ‘ Xn^llTfr^
th°usand
four projects now ,nl
13Ve been mowd
°"e of
press report issued by thfrBfr.frZfr19/0 “ detaHed Pro'
MoU
y e . C. Security Commission today.
Male nationals will have
fbpnepChle.fly to r°adwork in
the Province; the majority Custodian To Act
Tor Evacuated People
tarioX^T^
ing and fishing families to !’
Slivered to the
Southern Alberta I tfr an„wi" be adminisradual improvement of livteied tn the interests of the
and
3nil0ba; and th«usconditions in Hastings Park
I surmise that you hare read lbom ih. •
CaliL
x^n ^ W°men and children J Japanese evacuated." accordof the alien-Japanese and rheir fr
7 !”U“'°n “d the P1^'
reported to the Japanese
' ** ?aLe been Placed in I mg to a statement of the Seare
now
i„
fc
procMS
“
O|
*"S
torn
in
the
U.S.A.
We
^Indian
Citizens’
Council
Ghost Towns in the in
curity Commission. ‘‘This is
fr^day afternoon by Ken
States to the inland.
Reception fr''0" from lht Western coastal
terior.
not
confiscation” declares the
^omi
Sakamoto,
I.
Yamamoid
move us there for the purpose of
* “ .b™! ™st"«ed to
(For
complete
text
of
the
p. iamanaka, Shige Kamewhich points out
The order for the evacuation is >w nfr '”1°*" 'nbnd ^rcs.
statement see page 3; for a that there seems to be a lack
[ and Mr. Shiomi, upon days.
oome have left already.
‘ * maybe in three or four
(Japanese translation, page 4,)i of understanding of the Cus
istance that outside sources
We moved
c Arran§rments
believed / todian s duties.”
id lend tn those within the
February, and we are now bfr |n frfr fr "* ^
”
Confusion thus far
atisfactory to everyone” I
tion.
of tventy-five and are staving in a
’
^C Q
3 S^oup
arisen
over the fact that the
6
WOrked out under
Japanese school. The beds'ad! all ’ boBse which ^as formerly a
e
mprovement of medical serthe Interior Housing
administrative policy of the
hence no privacy. The others co m
r°°m Sans Petitions,
..les ^or ^be estimated 1500
Scheme’ Major Austin C. I Cutodian has not yef been de
bachelors. We get an S T‘ °f W’' °'*r
and five
Ople is looked forward to, as
Taylors statement declares, i nied. He is thus unable to
i
rather bashful at first but I am ” n™0™"8 and night.
I was
as adjustments in army
many details- which.
J he plan is to move whole1 answer
.
•
Jt required to young chil set-up. To date, nrst. but I am really getting used to the whole
1 never wore ”1P TV
’
of women and!anSe 71-1 the disPosing of varis but now I have four pairs.
li and babies.
Time does march on, doesn’t it?
children
intact
into the inte-i-°US_-klI2£s of Pr°Perty.
three eligible gals. I never noticed 1 almost forgot, there are about
The women’s welfare comhor
ghost
towns,
and author-'1 • * = • T—~™'~~ 7
^
Island, but due to scarcity and no them when we were on Terminal
littee of the Council is exization
from
Ottawa
has
nowL™
^°
JeCtS
in
other
P
r
°vinces
choice, I am getting to enjoy the
little tete-a-tetes we have daily.
cted to go to work upon
been secured. “Hastings Park'd^
USed to accommoganization of young wowill
be the Clearing Station
p
G
^se^‘ ^kis is “because
,
War has ral!y changed
everything
for us Nisesis.u We’
for nprcAnn
—
the Provinces expressed a
hardly have anything we can call our
own now
en in the Park, in order to
for
persons going
into the i
rovide needed help in child
XL:d'xfoi'rthfrf
tenor” under this housing’to bave Canadian Japan
scheme.
g ese gather than nationals.
re, home nursing, and so
hours every day. On the od^frfrfrfr
rth.
Discounting of rumors ;
Chief feature of the beet
was hoping to “middle-aisle it”
store, with a board of
stressed in the Commission win
this spring, but that’s off now.
statement, which urges that
be broken UP>” A
*S due bo be opened
the people “pay attention” only Xrnin this type of
portly to provide numerous
of the
to the true facts as released hv
J bOu’ he Commission
Hall articles needed.
.
How has the present war affected von? Am
the Commission itself
can ba self-supportUM Recreation
ticing? I
t
.
'
-Are you still pracCamp Projects
i ng and can. rest assured of a
A start in recreation for
Camp projects in B. C. haveHnl^an^Free hous’
idren was reported, with
already accounted for the
$i anc*’ and staple furniture,
I
\ Suga ^Pointed asi
jority of Japanese n
aS bedS’ stoves’ etc- are
Thi?°yS’ work in the
----- ----------- by the farmer.
This program is to be
83nded as raPidlY as pos« the Council approved
Saturday ’night
a group
25,terviews
with
the custody
u
W IM IVlrAlNl 1
d
Dofnat”nseof toys Alberta
“fr"offor
““^
in charge
of sl“
T’I ,±
?SS and
m l 7™
Ica'e Mission
for land
and ’
officials
in
choree of
T Shirras announced.
Each f»rm„
Each farmer, Mr. Andrews
eQuIpment are to\yX^
~f
The Commission itself is re
said,
has an average of 160
sponsible for the education,
- bound for Groups to Alternate
acres, so that the Japanese
Mamtoba, as
as cVdLUdllOn
evacuation 01
of 3a
~
hospitalization and relief
WSlThp KT’
*
n
Alternate
groups will
S
L
^
“
?
rk
Com
mittee
Projected
1,000
families
to
the
fr
and Ho n
“
^wiuimtee joxvjcvi.cn x,uuu ran
» each separate loeality S ^“a‘“" *fr~
^
fi rn1Ie Council will attempt praries gets under way.
Jberta and tn
tvtq^P aines’ and will have repre- his nearest Japanese neiX
Alberta
to Manitoba,
« co-ordinate activity by arFamily groups were
or jn SpGC|ai cases just
two council mem- chosen Sunday afternoon,
have
the
choice
of
which
proAlberta
Set
'
across
the road.
be present in the Park following a meeting of some I™“ Jfr
“Meal” "S--up
y4
y and tor the commit
The Manitoba area extends
Explanations of the farming
50 farming representatives > families, however, wil be asked
eastward
from a line drawn
'll r nan}e two delegates to from the Valley, Commission to go first.
set-up m Alberta were given
; Ige Council.
to the meeting by W. Andrews between Portage la Prairie and
officials, and sugar beet
An allowance of $2.00 is
Morden, through the Red River
growers’ association repre to be made for meals en f^0^ Lethbridge, who describ
Valley,
according to Mr. Gra
Jhanks for Donations sentatives from the prairies. route to the prairie points, ed the three irrigation districts ham, who is here from WinThe families will be assem- and for families in need the’ centred in that city. Japanese mpeg.
bled Tuesday in Mission and Commission will grant $12 families will be placed in dis
^Hajime Suzuki,
Japanese in Haney for medical tests, in-1 assi stance, Commissioner tricts adjacent to Raymond, Manitoba Sugar Company
Sugar beet acreage is devel£a°lan
Citizens’
Council
Taber and Picture
Rnfta
Picture Butte.
fe
^
Ik
fr
fr
~
See “PRAIRIE page 2.
SU^er’ has asked that the
o
t
fr
T i
dTt,Ons ‘o the
O
Jit
s^9
9
0
W the
acknowledged, and
ci
b
fr
b fr
fr
6
8 \°f the Council
7
I
ft
7
4Zk
I r
ded t0 ^ dOnOrS7
7"
£
ti
ffl fr
, 7
to
t'
L
k
K’ ^xShimizu Of the EmK
fr
(7)
Caie> $1'0.00.
Mrs S
^]
fr
ft] fr
b
1
41
^a A- 2330 Wall St,, $10.00. ^J
fr
7?
fr fr
a
o
^ri:
E t T
3
ft
$)
Si sS iLumber Shin‘
th
fr
L
6
|ta ’ 2 °° by Kaichi Nafr
#1
o
7?’
ft
$
^]
HU
Ka?, JaP«nese Farm.
3
H
fr Ze
k» '°0 by Aki« “Duke”
I
nJ
L
h
7
6
ft
0
7/
fr
X
fa frfr BfrhiS‘ A*'
iSfss
me
l
in
FARMERS TO GO SAT.-VARIEDJOBsBWfr
U A
M
ft
n
5t
fr
fr
fr
ft
fr
b
^suji.
. •
1
t
b
’ ■ 00,00 by Rev' T-
W citizen* these public-mind* Coufr 2 "ionizations
■? aPPreciatfrS '"“^ a vote
II
L
4
h
W
7*
91?
ii
3
4
fr
7
fr
A?
a
7
n
w
o
b
fr
fr
0
©
R
^n Hi
h
&
<h
&
3
b
5
7
fr
<7)
fa
to
3
n
Ze
L
b
L
O
'^
fr
3
5 i^
f^
ISSUFS^
The New Canadian
I People
ERAL RESUME
) COMMISSION
THE SECOND GHw“ ‘
Urged To Discount Rumours
~When war-time evacuation
■of the B^^ofst'hlfrh
/ho
ate
VANCOUVER, B. C.
Mon., Apr. 6, 1942
fastings Park Living Condit
Council, Committee i
) Work Together
J
0
0
0
5
ions Improve!
People of Japane ‘ Xn^llTfr^
th°usand
four projects now ,nl
13Ve been mowd
°"e of
press report issued by thfrBfr.frZfr19/0 “ detaHed Pro'
MoU
y e . C. Security Commission today.
Male nationals will have
fbpnepChle.fly to r°adwork in
the Province; the majority Custodian To Act
Tor Evacuated People
tarioX^T^
ing and fishing families to !’
Slivered to the
Southern Alberta I tfr an„wi" be adminisradual improvement of livteied tn the interests of the
and
3nil0ba; and th«usconditions in Hastings Park
I surmise that you hare read lbom ih. •
CaliL
x^n ^ W°men and children J Japanese evacuated." accordof the alien-Japanese and rheir fr
7 !”U“'°n “d the P1^'
reported to the Japanese
' ** ?aLe been Placed in I mg to a statement of the Seare
now
i„
fc
procMS
“
O|
*"S
torn
in
the
U.S.A.
We
^Indian
Citizens’
Council
Ghost Towns in the in
curity Commission. ‘‘This is
fr^day afternoon by Ken
States to the inland.
Reception fr''0" from lht Western coastal
terior.
not
confiscation” declares the
^omi
Sakamoto,
I.
Yamamoid
move us there for the purpose of
* “ .b™! ™st"«ed to
(For
complete
text
of
the
p. iamanaka, Shige Kamewhich points out
The order for the evacuation is >w nfr '”1°*" 'nbnd ^rcs.
statement see page 3; for a that there seems to be a lack
[ and Mr. Shiomi, upon days.
oome have left already.
‘ * maybe in three or four
(Japanese translation, page 4,)i of understanding of the Cus
istance that outside sources
We moved
c Arran§rments
believed / todian s duties.”
id lend tn those within the
February, and we are now bfr |n frfr fr "* ^
”
Confusion thus far
atisfactory to everyone” I
tion.
of tventy-five and are staving in a
’
^C Q
3 S^oup
arisen
over the fact that the
6
WOrked out under
Japanese school. The beds'ad! all ’ boBse which ^as formerly a
e
mprovement of medical serthe Interior Housing
administrative policy of the
hence no privacy. The others co m
r°°m Sans Petitions,
..les ^or ^be estimated 1500
Scheme’ Major Austin C. I Cutodian has not yef been de
bachelors. We get an S T‘ °f W’' °'*r
and five
Ople is looked forward to, as
Taylors statement declares, i nied. He is thus unable to
i
rather bashful at first but I am ” n™0™"8 and night.
I was
as adjustments in army
many details- which.
J he plan is to move whole1 answer
.
•
Jt required to young chil set-up. To date, nrst. but I am really getting used to the whole
1 never wore ”1P TV
’
of women and!anSe 71-1 the disPosing of varis but now I have four pairs.
li and babies.
Time does march on, doesn’t it?
children
intact
into the inte-i-°US_-klI2£s of Pr°Perty.
three eligible gals. I never noticed 1 almost forgot, there are about
The women’s welfare comhor
ghost
towns,
and author-'1 • * = • T—~™'~~ 7
^
Island, but due to scarcity and no them when we were on Terminal
littee of the Council is exization
from
Ottawa
has
nowL™
^°
JeCtS
in
other
P
r
°vinces
choice, I am getting to enjoy the
little tete-a-tetes we have daily.
cted to go to work upon
been secured. “Hastings Park'd^
USed to accommoganization of young wowill
be the Clearing Station
p
G
^se^‘ ^kis is “because
,
War has ral!y changed
everything
for us Nisesis.u We’
for nprcAnn
—
the Provinces expressed a
hardly have anything we can call our
own now
en in the Park, in order to
for
persons going
into the i
rovide needed help in child
XL:d'xfoi'rthfrf
tenor” under this housing’to bave Canadian Japan
scheme.
g ese gather than nationals.
re, home nursing, and so
hours every day. On the od^frfrfrfr
rth.
Discounting of rumors ;
Chief feature of the beet
was hoping to “middle-aisle it”
store, with a board of
stressed in the Commission win
this spring, but that’s off now.
statement, which urges that
be broken UP>” A
*S due bo be opened
the people “pay attention” only Xrnin this type of
portly to provide numerous
of the
to the true facts as released hv
J bOu’ he Commission
Hall articles needed.
.
How has the present war affected von? Am
the Commission itself
can ba self-supportUM Recreation
ticing? I
t
.
'
-Are you still pracCamp Projects
i ng and can. rest assured of a
A start in recreation for
Camp projects in B. C. haveHnl^an^Free hous’
idren was reported, with
already accounted for the
$i anc*’ and staple furniture,
I
\ Suga ^Pointed asi
jority of Japanese n
aS bedS’ stoves’ etc- are
Thi?°yS’ work in the
----- ----------- by the farmer.
This program is to be
83nded as raPidlY as pos« the Council approved
Saturday ’night
a group
25,terviews
with
the custody
u
W IM IVlrAlNl 1
d
Dofnat”nseof toys Alberta
“fr"offor
““^
in charge
of sl“
T’I ,±
?SS and
m l 7™
Ica'e Mission
for land
and ’
officials
in
choree of
T Shirras announced.
Each f»rm„
Each farmer, Mr. Andrews
eQuIpment are to\yX^
~f
The Commission itself is re
said,
has an average of 160
sponsible for the education,
- bound for Groups to Alternate
acres, so that the Japanese
Mamtoba, as
as cVdLUdllOn
evacuation 01
of 3a
~
hospitalization and relief
WSlThp KT’
*
n
Alternate
groups will
S
L
^
“
?
rk
Com
mittee
Projected
1,000
families
to
the
fr
and Ho n
“
^wiuimtee joxvjcvi.cn x,uuu ran
» each separate loeality S ^“a‘“" *fr~
^
fi rn1Ie Council will attempt praries gets under way.
Jberta and tn
tvtq^P aines’ and will have repre- his nearest Japanese neiX
Alberta
to Manitoba,
« co-ordinate activity by arFamily groups were
or jn SpGC|ai cases just
two council mem- chosen Sunday afternoon,
have
the
choice
of
which
proAlberta
Set
'
across
the road.
be present in the Park following a meeting of some I™“ Jfr
“Meal” "S--up
y4
y and tor the commit
The Manitoba area extends
Explanations of the farming
50 farming representatives > families, however, wil be asked
eastward
from a line drawn
'll r nan}e two delegates to from the Valley, Commission to go first.
set-up m Alberta were given
; Ige Council.
to the meeting by W. Andrews between Portage la Prairie and
officials, and sugar beet
An allowance of $2.00 is
Morden, through the Red River
growers’ association repre to be made for meals en f^0^ Lethbridge, who describ
Valley,
according to Mr. Gra
Jhanks for Donations sentatives from the prairies. route to the prairie points, ed the three irrigation districts ham, who is here from WinThe families will be assem- and for families in need the’ centred in that city. Japanese mpeg.
bled Tuesday in Mission and Commission will grant $12 families will be placed in dis
^Hajime Suzuki,
Japanese in Haney for medical tests, in-1 assi stance, Commissioner tricts adjacent to Raymond, Manitoba Sugar Company
Sugar beet acreage is devel£a°lan
Citizens’
Council
Taber and Picture
Rnfta
Picture Butte.
fe
^
Ik
fr
fr
~
See “PRAIRIE page 2.
SU^er’ has asked that the
o
t
fr
T i
dTt,Ons ‘o the
O
Jit
s^9
9
0
W the
acknowledged, and
ci
b
fr
b fr
fr
6
8 \°f the Council
7
I
ft
7
4Zk
I r
ded t0 ^ dOnOrS7
7"
£
ti
ffl fr
, 7
to
t'
L
k
K’ ^xShimizu Of the EmK
fr
(7)
Caie> $1'0.00.
Mrs S
^]
fr
ft] fr
b
1
41
^a A- 2330 Wall St,, $10.00. ^J
fr
7?
fr fr
a
o
^ri:
E t T
3
ft
$)
Si sS iLumber Shin‘
th
fr
L
6
|ta ’ 2 °° by Kaichi Nafr
#1
o
7?’
ft
$
^]
HU
Ka?, JaP«nese Farm.
3
H
fr Ze
k» '°0 by Aki« “Duke”
I
nJ
L
h
7
6
ft
0
7/
fr
X
fa frfr BfrhiS‘ A*'
iSfss
me
l
in
FARMERS TO GO SAT.-VARIEDJOBsBWfr
U A
M
ft
n
5t
fr
fr
fr
ft
fr
b
^suji.
. •
1
t
b
’ ■ 00,00 by Rev' T-
W citizen* these public-mind* Coufr 2 "ionizations
■? aPPreciatfrS '"“^ a vote
II
L
4
h
W
7*
91?
ii
3
4
fr
7
fr
A?
a
7
n
w
o
b
fr
fr
0
©
R
^n Hi
h
&
<h
&
3
b
5
7
fr
<7)
fa
to
3
n
Ze
L
b
L
O
'^
fr
3
5 i^
f^
Page 2
THE NEW CANADIAN
fe Tlse Wew Cairadian fe
PAcific 8431
^ehsseeeeeeeeeegeeeeqseeee^^
Nisei To Work For
(Welfare Of Evacuees |
215 EAST CORDOVA
Vancouver, B. C.
In Hastings Park
n paper published by and for second generation Japanese in Canada,
and devoted to their welfare as citizens of Canada
js
Nor the past two weeks the Nisei
sub-committee to the advisory com-iH
[mil
tee on welfare has been active in'^
A NATIONAL PROBLEM
[formulating plans to assist in needed
T fA"
"B- C- r^h^" of
organ of Iha B. C. ' welfare work in t.he Japanese community.
CANADA’S achievement of nationhood has not been con- j The following detailed plan of\^
, spic“ously raPid or complete. We still tend to think in 'action is proposed by the committee.'$
terms of provincial boundaries rather than in terms of nation- ■ Which has co-ordinated a number of
y ? Of1lnternational relationships. In combatting this [groups working toward the same H
Nnd, and attempted to organize aj3
S
the teachers of Canada have an important
working program so that existence^
We mUSt Clear up our own inking in this
h?n ^-operate with others to proclaim that many in the clearing station will not be\
j
thngs hitherto casually assumed to be provincial problems limited to mere animal functions.
The report ot the committee has'. 4*
and responsibilities are in point of fact Canadian problems
peer? endorsed by the Japanese Cana-\
and responsibilities.
The question of the Japanese-Canadians and Canadian dian Citizens' Council, and the com-'
apanese is a British Columbia problem only incidentally and mittee itself approved as the wel
superficially; basically it is a Canadian problem, to the solu fare committee of the Council.)
i
THE GREATEST SALE IN HISTORY
10-50 Per Cent DISCOUNT!
on all goods except patent medicines
UDI
A golden opportunity for you to buy
those things^, you've always wanted—to
stock up on the things you need!
nn
i, mgs
Il foil
h’M
ti satis
psis^
tion of which the citizen body of all Canada should be ad
(1) The Education Commit-;
dressing itself.
First Aid Kits for Evacuation.
tee . . . offers suggestions for
Japanese Patents—Wakamoto, Kyushin, Seiki,
For a whole generation British Columbia has been vainlv the education of women at
hhat
Furuchijo, Chujoto.
trying to awaken the East to the significance of the immigra Hastings Park.
Classes in
fti-io
Toilet Goods for Men and Women, Cosmetics,
tion problems incidental to Canada’s status as a Pacific power- English, home nursing and di
an?
Perfumes,
Face
Creams,
Boxed
Candy.
Canada refused or neglected to handle the matter nationally etetics, child care, clothing
Leather
Goods,
Wallets,
Key
Cases,
Travelling
Jhaf
anc!
or Hegiected to give British Columbia authority I arid visual education are men- f
herg
to handle it provincially. Consequently, most of the things tioned.
[
Pens
and
Pencils
of
all
kinds,
Stationery,
Albums,
done relative to the Japanese question, in particular, have
Work camp education, how- r
Picture Frames.
been unwise things and steps obviously necessary in the in
terest of Canada and of newcomers from the Orient have re ever, has been given the great- t Cutlery, Scissors, Silverware, Lighters,
Lunch Kits.
est consideration with plans
mained untaken. It is a discreditable chapter in Canadian
Surgical
Supplies, Abdominal Belts, Syringes.
;made according to personnel.
history.
Knee Caps, Ankle Caps.
Included in the program as a
Following upon the declaration of a state of war between
h cr
FiAND
first service is instruction in
Canada and Japan there arose the obvious necessitv of cur
ALL
AT
AMAZING
REDUCTIONS
ftmissK
tailing liberty of movement and occupation hitherto enjoved methods and formation of rep
resentative self - government, 9
by Japanese nationals in this Dominion. The Royal Canadian
from which might develop a
Mounted Police had had them under intimate supervision for
governing body to sponsor edu
a period of at least two years and a half but found them cation and to draft study out 6 Comer Main and Powell
selves justified in interning only a remarkably small hand
PAcific 2954 'deal c
lines and material. Reading ©
ful. However, the remaining 9,476 resident between the
b Which
groups and book clubs could
1MMJI
Cascade Range and the coast were rounded up for transfer be organized.
ated i
The “Japanese Prairie Evacuation
to inland .areas. This was a distressing necessity. Canadian
I
living
Conf, from Page
Off tested as the
Canadians” is suggested
residents of Japanese stock have been a conspicuously indus
?M
basis for study of problems of
trious and law abiding element in the Canadian community
’ that o
mittee
...
has
concerned
itself
Canadian-born Japanese.
chiefly with the Manning Pool M, ,toba
Sugar Company, haye a
foi a genei ation and against the Japanese not already interned
. Workers Educational Asso and has divided its work into'whlch sends out 12 field ffi“ tected
no evidence of subvsrsive activity or intention was forthcom
।' to help the farmers with then wass
ing. In deed even some of those technically classed as Jap ciation Extension departments the following divisions:
University
of
Alberta
are
and
ian^ tl
anese nationals, especially some of those born in Japan but
1. Personal Services: to ad crops.
missioi
The
Manitoba
section
is
no;
brought here in infancy and educated in Canadian schools sources from which study out
minister to the immediate;
lines
on
Trade
Union
functions
confined to sugar bets only, thaf pc
are as Canadian in outlook and modes of life and as fervent
needs
of
the
women
as
to
outjGc
in loyalty to Canadian democracy as the proudest descendants and organization, Co-opera
information, health direc- but a variety of general fans anese
tives
and
a
course
on
Civics
of the United Empire Loyalists, or of the original pioneers of
tion, outside contacts and labor, including tractor ml would
can be secured. Other sources
French Canada.
stockmen, poultry men, hot
communications.
are
Canadian
Adult
Education
More serious, though, from the point of view of those
2. Teen-age Girls’ activities. men, market gardeners, efe, Win
this* it
Canadians jealous for the honour of Canada, is the case of the Association and Frontier Col
3. Informal Education: Con- are needed.
Imigration Hall No 2 cat- 1^ Ca
13,000 people of Japanese stock who are Canadian citizens by lege. The last named wishes
versational English, ele- able of accommodating »^i€ssa
to
place
8
workers
in
the
bn th oi naturalization but who find themselves involved in
mentary geography, and
people, will be used as a clea'F® tl
the same compulsory migration and curtailment of liberty camps to carry on its work.
educational films.
ing station in Winnipeg foi lire 0]
Their only offense is their ancestry and the physical charac
(2) Child Welfare Commit
4. Sewing, Knittin
a n d families going to work cS11
teristics that render it eveident. Need we be surprised if tee: Since the education of
Crafts: To help supply
some of them are wondering just what Canadian citizenship pre-school children up to the
equipment,
materials and Manitoba.
means?
Farming System
Kt *
present time has been con
clothing and to organize
Southern Alberta water
a
As stated in these columns last month, it is now at once ducted wholly by religious de
groups.
Andrews
explained,
though
»
too late and too early for serious discussion of the removal nominations, a committee of
5. Home Nursing and Cook
comparable to pure mounta | J^
order: it must be accepted as a fait accompli. Moreover
Moreover, it
it four of the supervisors of the
ing Classes.
water
of the coast, is wh^LUMersi
is quite manifestly the desire of the authorities to reduce’ to United and Anglican Churches,
Each division with members
free
from
impurities, and on the* mu
the minimum the loss and humiliation incidental to the expul had made a study of a kinder now designated is ready to act
becomes used to an alkalis ese iac
sion of these Canadian ctizens from their homes and means garten system for Hastings as a working unit.
taste.
Win t
of livelihood. In this it is the manifest duty of the rest of Park. The proposed plan . . .
4.
An
Employment
Agency
The farmer who hires th Project:
us to suppoit the responsible authorities in every wav within is carefully thought out and
is in process of being formed. Japanese family must P10'11^^
cent pu
oui power. However, Canadians to whom Canadian and Brit the religious organizations rep
To
begin
with
it
will
act
in
a shack, and this is to [pan ^
ish tiaditions are a sacred heritage, cherished for long genera resented have the necessary
coinjunction
with
agencies
in
brought
up to certa n ' H 0\\H
tions, should refuse to be easy in their minds until the prob administrative staff, experiEastern
Canada,
one
the
Angli
ards
set
by
the Commission 4 istru
lem of these fellow citizens of theirs has been given a final ence and personnel. This plan,
can
Social
Welfare,
the
other
inter
solution that is honourable to this Dominion.
with a recommended staff, has the United W.M.S., to help re the past they have bpen uf
>Fo:
Concenti ation camps of whatever sort will not provide been made available to the ceiving people who wish to only in the summer
but
they
must
be
improved
1
®
that final and just solution, no matter how inevitabley neces has adopted it as their promake their homes in the East. make them habitable duiW
sary they may be for the moment. The solution will be found i Nisei Sub-Committee which
(5) Family Welfare Bureau the cold winter.
|
only in carefully planned dispersion, carried into effect, just I gram for child welfare.
....
has
been
formed
to
funcThe
beets
in
Alberti
as rapidly as is humanly and humanely possible. In that dis
The teaching personnel in- tion as a source of aid to those planted by the farmer-empMl
persion and subsequent absorption every part of Canada must
hides some 16 persons, each families where the responsible er by machinery, and the ra
be ready to play a generous and patriotic part. This is a of whose qualifications
a
i
t
are member has been removed. of the employee is to culi-g
Canadian problem, not a local problem, and it must be han specified. A
number
of
these
This group wil trp to assist in vate and thin by hoe and hw ^ TJ
dled in a national fashion.
teachers
have
degrees
in
^rug
What about it, Canadians of the Maritime provinces? music, <other have teachers’ bringing to the attention of until July. The crop is
Stree
What share in the solution may be expected from you. Que | certificates for B. C. and some the proper authorities, families vested in the fall, being
in
ned
of
aid.
up by the farmer with 'g
bec? Is Old Ontario going to rise to her responsibilities
*
- ----- in
- (others have done specialized
6) Music, Drama and Enter plough. The laborer’s job co® y o i
this matter? Is there no place on the prairies for some of (work and study in child educatainment Committee . . . has sists of chopping, cleaning
these unfortunate people? Is British Columbia going to be i tion and psychology.
prepared
for programs to be oiling for the farmer to ^ft
content to get them off its mind by getting them out of sight ; When this committee is
to haul to the factoryof the occidental majority? All told, they constitute about (granted permission to proceed presented at the Pool.
(7) Recreation Committee.
Between planting
one-fifth of one per cent of the population* of this Dominion.
(with this work at Hastings
(8)
Library
Committee.
vesting
of peas, cutting
Is that too many for the people of Canada to handle? An (Park they will commence im(9)
Clothing
Pool
with
a
su
vesting, other work is av^8® 99 P,
affirmative answer should make every Canadian, with a heart | mediately.
pervising
committee
is
open
to
in the harvesting of pea5* CJ|
to feel and a mind to think, blush with shame and indignation. I 3) Women’s Welfare Comreceive all donations.
ting hay, and stocking
PM
1
I3®1
TRKRHRRR SHOKRI
fe Tlse Wew Cairadian fe
PAcific 8431
^ehsseeeeeeeeeegeeeeqseeee^^
Nisei To Work For
(Welfare Of Evacuees |
215 EAST CORDOVA
Vancouver, B. C.
In Hastings Park
n paper published by and for second generation Japanese in Canada,
and devoted to their welfare as citizens of Canada
js
Nor the past two weeks the Nisei
sub-committee to the advisory com-iH
[mil
tee on welfare has been active in'^
A NATIONAL PROBLEM
[formulating plans to assist in needed
T fA"
"B- C- r^h^" of
organ of Iha B. C. ' welfare work in t.he Japanese community.
CANADA’S achievement of nationhood has not been con- j The following detailed plan of\^
, spic“ously raPid or complete. We still tend to think in 'action is proposed by the committee.'$
terms of provincial boundaries rather than in terms of nation- ■ Which has co-ordinated a number of
y ? Of1lnternational relationships. In combatting this [groups working toward the same H
Nnd, and attempted to organize aj3
S
the teachers of Canada have an important
working program so that existence^
We mUSt Clear up our own inking in this
h?n ^-operate with others to proclaim that many in the clearing station will not be\
j
thngs hitherto casually assumed to be provincial problems limited to mere animal functions.
The report ot the committee has'. 4*
and responsibilities are in point of fact Canadian problems
peer? endorsed by the Japanese Cana-\
and responsibilities.
The question of the Japanese-Canadians and Canadian dian Citizens' Council, and the com-'
apanese is a British Columbia problem only incidentally and mittee itself approved as the wel
superficially; basically it is a Canadian problem, to the solu fare committee of the Council.)
i
THE GREATEST SALE IN HISTORY
10-50 Per Cent DISCOUNT!
on all goods except patent medicines
UDI
A golden opportunity for you to buy
those things^, you've always wanted—to
stock up on the things you need!
nn
i, mgs
Il foil
h’M
ti satis
psis^
tion of which the citizen body of all Canada should be ad
(1) The Education Commit-;
dressing itself.
First Aid Kits for Evacuation.
tee . . . offers suggestions for
Japanese Patents—Wakamoto, Kyushin, Seiki,
For a whole generation British Columbia has been vainlv the education of women at
hhat
Furuchijo, Chujoto.
trying to awaken the East to the significance of the immigra Hastings Park.
Classes in
fti-io
Toilet Goods for Men and Women, Cosmetics,
tion problems incidental to Canada’s status as a Pacific power- English, home nursing and di
an?
Perfumes,
Face
Creams,
Boxed
Candy.
Canada refused or neglected to handle the matter nationally etetics, child care, clothing
Leather
Goods,
Wallets,
Key
Cases,
Travelling
Jhaf
anc!
or Hegiected to give British Columbia authority I arid visual education are men- f
herg
to handle it provincially. Consequently, most of the things tioned.
[
Pens
and
Pencils
of
all
kinds,
Stationery,
Albums,
done relative to the Japanese question, in particular, have
Work camp education, how- r
Picture Frames.
been unwise things and steps obviously necessary in the in
terest of Canada and of newcomers from the Orient have re ever, has been given the great- t Cutlery, Scissors, Silverware, Lighters,
Lunch Kits.
est consideration with plans
mained untaken. It is a discreditable chapter in Canadian
Surgical
Supplies, Abdominal Belts, Syringes.
;made according to personnel.
history.
Knee Caps, Ankle Caps.
Included in the program as a
Following upon the declaration of a state of war between
h cr
FiAND
first service is instruction in
Canada and Japan there arose the obvious necessitv of cur
ALL
AT
AMAZING
REDUCTIONS
ftmissK
tailing liberty of movement and occupation hitherto enjoved methods and formation of rep
resentative self - government, 9
by Japanese nationals in this Dominion. The Royal Canadian
from which might develop a
Mounted Police had had them under intimate supervision for
governing body to sponsor edu
a period of at least two years and a half but found them cation and to draft study out 6 Comer Main and Powell
selves justified in interning only a remarkably small hand
PAcific 2954 'deal c
lines and material. Reading ©
ful. However, the remaining 9,476 resident between the
b Which
groups and book clubs could
1MMJI
Cascade Range and the coast were rounded up for transfer be organized.
ated i
The “Japanese Prairie Evacuation
to inland .areas. This was a distressing necessity. Canadian
I
living
Conf, from Page
Off tested as the
Canadians” is suggested
residents of Japanese stock have been a conspicuously indus
?M
basis for study of problems of
trious and law abiding element in the Canadian community
’ that o
mittee
...
has
concerned
itself
Canadian-born Japanese.
chiefly with the Manning Pool M, ,toba
Sugar Company, haye a
foi a genei ation and against the Japanese not already interned
. Workers Educational Asso and has divided its work into'whlch sends out 12 field ffi“ tected
no evidence of subvsrsive activity or intention was forthcom
।' to help the farmers with then wass
ing. In deed even some of those technically classed as Jap ciation Extension departments the following divisions:
University
of
Alberta
are
and
ian^ tl
anese nationals, especially some of those born in Japan but
1. Personal Services: to ad crops.
missioi
The
Manitoba
section
is
no;
brought here in infancy and educated in Canadian schools sources from which study out
minister to the immediate;
lines
on
Trade
Union
functions
confined to sugar bets only, thaf pc
are as Canadian in outlook and modes of life and as fervent
needs
of
the
women
as
to
outjGc
in loyalty to Canadian democracy as the proudest descendants and organization, Co-opera
information, health direc- but a variety of general fans anese
tives
and
a
course
on
Civics
of the United Empire Loyalists, or of the original pioneers of
tion, outside contacts and labor, including tractor ml would
can be secured. Other sources
French Canada.
stockmen, poultry men, hot
communications.
are
Canadian
Adult
Education
More serious, though, from the point of view of those
2. Teen-age Girls’ activities. men, market gardeners, efe, Win
this* it
Canadians jealous for the honour of Canada, is the case of the Association and Frontier Col
3. Informal Education: Con- are needed.
Imigration Hall No 2 cat- 1^ Ca
13,000 people of Japanese stock who are Canadian citizens by lege. The last named wishes
versational English, ele- able of accommodating »^i€ssa
to
place
8
workers
in
the
bn th oi naturalization but who find themselves involved in
mentary geography, and
people, will be used as a clea'F® tl
the same compulsory migration and curtailment of liberty camps to carry on its work.
educational films.
ing station in Winnipeg foi lire 0]
Their only offense is their ancestry and the physical charac
(2) Child Welfare Commit
4. Sewing, Knittin
a n d families going to work cS11
teristics that render it eveident. Need we be surprised if tee: Since the education of
Crafts: To help supply
some of them are wondering just what Canadian citizenship pre-school children up to the
equipment,
materials and Manitoba.
means?
Farming System
Kt *
present time has been con
clothing and to organize
Southern Alberta water
a
As stated in these columns last month, it is now at once ducted wholly by religious de
groups.
Andrews
explained,
though
»
too late and too early for serious discussion of the removal nominations, a committee of
5. Home Nursing and Cook
comparable to pure mounta | J^
order: it must be accepted as a fait accompli. Moreover
Moreover, it
it four of the supervisors of the
ing Classes.
water
of the coast, is wh^LUMersi
is quite manifestly the desire of the authorities to reduce’ to United and Anglican Churches,
Each division with members
free
from
impurities, and on the* mu
the minimum the loss and humiliation incidental to the expul had made a study of a kinder now designated is ready to act
becomes used to an alkalis ese iac
sion of these Canadian ctizens from their homes and means garten system for Hastings as a working unit.
taste.
Win t
of livelihood. In this it is the manifest duty of the rest of Park. The proposed plan . . .
4.
An
Employment
Agency
The farmer who hires th Project:
us to suppoit the responsible authorities in every wav within is carefully thought out and
is in process of being formed. Japanese family must P10'11^^
cent pu
oui power. However, Canadians to whom Canadian and Brit the religious organizations rep
To
begin
with
it
will
act
in
a shack, and this is to [pan ^
ish tiaditions are a sacred heritage, cherished for long genera resented have the necessary
coinjunction
with
agencies
in
brought
up to certa n ' H 0\\H
tions, should refuse to be easy in their minds until the prob administrative staff, experiEastern
Canada,
one
the
Angli
ards
set
by
the Commission 4 istru
lem of these fellow citizens of theirs has been given a final ence and personnel. This plan,
can
Social
Welfare,
the
other
inter
solution that is honourable to this Dominion.
with a recommended staff, has the United W.M.S., to help re the past they have bpen uf
>Fo:
Concenti ation camps of whatever sort will not provide been made available to the ceiving people who wish to only in the summer
but
they
must
be
improved
1
®
that final and just solution, no matter how inevitabley neces has adopted it as their promake their homes in the East. make them habitable duiW
sary they may be for the moment. The solution will be found i Nisei Sub-Committee which
(5) Family Welfare Bureau the cold winter.
|
only in carefully planned dispersion, carried into effect, just I gram for child welfare.
....
has
been
formed
to
funcThe
beets
in
Alberti
as rapidly as is humanly and humanely possible. In that dis
The teaching personnel in- tion as a source of aid to those planted by the farmer-empMl
persion and subsequent absorption every part of Canada must
hides some 16 persons, each families where the responsible er by machinery, and the ra
be ready to play a generous and patriotic part. This is a of whose qualifications
a
i
t
are member has been removed. of the employee is to culi-g
Canadian problem, not a local problem, and it must be han specified. A
number
of
these
This group wil trp to assist in vate and thin by hoe and hw ^ TJ
dled in a national fashion.
teachers
have
degrees
in
^rug
What about it, Canadians of the Maritime provinces? music, <other have teachers’ bringing to the attention of until July. The crop is
Stree
What share in the solution may be expected from you. Que | certificates for B. C. and some the proper authorities, families vested in the fall, being
in
ned
of
aid.
up by the farmer with 'g
bec? Is Old Ontario going to rise to her responsibilities
*
- ----- in
- (others have done specialized
6) Music, Drama and Enter plough. The laborer’s job co® y o i
this matter? Is there no place on the prairies for some of (work and study in child educatainment Committee . . . has sists of chopping, cleaning
these unfortunate people? Is British Columbia going to be i tion and psychology.
prepared
for programs to be oiling for the farmer to ^ft
content to get them off its mind by getting them out of sight ; When this committee is
to haul to the factoryof the occidental majority? All told, they constitute about (granted permission to proceed presented at the Pool.
(7) Recreation Committee.
Between planting
one-fifth of one per cent of the population* of this Dominion.
(with this work at Hastings
(8)
Library
Committee.
vesting
of peas, cutting
Is that too many for the people of Canada to handle? An (Park they will commence im(9)
Clothing
Pool
with
a
su
vesting, other work is av^8® 99 P,
affirmative answer should make every Canadian, with a heart | mediately.
pervising
committee
is
open
to
in the harvesting of pea5* CJ|
to feel and a mind to think, blush with shame and indignation. I 3) Women’s Welfare Comreceive all donations.
ting hay, and stocking
PM
1
I3®1
TRKRHRRR SHOKRI
Page 3
St
1942 Bl
^k^PRIL 6, 1942
the NEW CANADIAN
w
’ 12^2?' B^1 ®EmHrtowns
information of
^neral information
of the
the persons of
if'tlg Japanese race who are being
ne- *j evacuated from the Protected area
funder Order-in-Council No. 1665,
twated March 6th, 1942.
[1W good deal of speculation and
^ours regarding the evacuation of
^persons of the Japanese race from the
lip^cted area has been brought to
i^ionce of the Commission, charged
L
[fwiS the responsibility of carrying
5 S(o&e Government’s orders of March
l^S^1^ The Commission has from
j
to time, endeavoured to put "a
iW to these rumours by acquaintpS^he JaPanese Committee, working
/ t[ior|the Commission, with the true
* gfac|. but the results are not
^ Jj^bdoi'y as the rumours still per-
P teis
- Carpenters (rough)
.30
Broadaxe Man
Steel Sharpeners (hand)...
Saw Filers
Axemen and Fellers
.30
timekeepers
.20 to
.30
Clacksmiths
.30
Drillers(h and)
.30
Powdermen
.30
Hook Tenders
Pigging Slingers
.35
First Aid Man
.30
Married men will be required to
assign to their
and “he °Go
^“^"nt’h
1
ntario Labor Department
This plan has taken us considerable
I
The camps in British Columbia and ।
WnF ? Uder the DePar‘ment of | time to develop but now that we
: Aimes and Resources, with the ex- i have the necessary authority from the
i Government to move the people into
ton" Hknh0SCJ°n the Hope-Prince- : these areas. We expect these towns
which ate
unde the , to he put into good shape, and it is
are under
Provincial Labour Department
The
X? IP Ontario are under the On i hoped that communities can be moved
to these places intact insofar as the
tario Labour Department.
i
The policing of all these Camps is women and children are concerned
• under the direction of the Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted
Police
■■ Police.
f
• _^bile
is loot the opinion in these piotection will be provided
ot this Commission that there will be provided towns just the same a it is
. any molestation at the Camps, it was one need in the Road camps,
considered, as a precautionary meas- son, and fear molestation by any perthe necessities of life will
j uie, that such policing was necessary. (
i be provided as well as hospital ac
This is all for the camps just now. s?^r1vio“and m'*ai «BBb
>
d
S5.00 per month
Following 4 ChildI and we will now pass on to some other I wi all who need it.
Jr
*en
.
SHOO per month ■ activities which the Commission feels . clearing Station
>One
such ru
rumour
X■y
?16 such
mour was to the effect ;
' will interest the people to be evacuFtha| when the Niesi were sent to Onbe
?entS Pepr meaI will ; ated.
Park will b^ *he Clearingfto they would be put into uniform
nahed for board at the Camps
Station for these persons going to the
These camps are being put into
handmnade to join the Armv. Also
BEET GROWING AND FARMING 1 ^HOr and being evacuated from the
XX
'” H SOle Xose o?
Jlthaf they would be used to man tankThe Commission, through lengthy aieas outside of Vancouver. There
^?erg operating on the Great Lakes.
employment for persons
Pr°babIy manV questions which
negotiations, arranged for the move
of the Japanese race evacuated from
jrTfee are quoted as an example of
main unanswered in what the Comment into Manitoba and Alberta of
P^tected area who cln not
baseless rumours being bandied
farmers and their families who are I
t0 Say so
,
vienvise secure employment.
. . ^ t understanding such as this
used to farming and the handling of i
e following are the true facts
. ^Government will endeavour
root crops. The Commission is glad it is impossible to foresee cverv lit k
iwhat the Committee is trving to
L inQ o^PtO-vment in private into be able to send large groups
« PAY ATTENTION TO “THEM
The Commission, however, would
larl Xt
ge gr°Ups’ particuto the Beet-growing areas in South
4 AND NOTHING ELSE. The Com£ 15 Ontario, m the Pulp Mills and
hke
to reiterate that it wil allow
ern Alberta and Manitoba for the
,mission will keep you advised from
Logging Camps and persons of Jap
ox bo case of hardship anion* the
leason that it means that the family
dime to time if there is any change
anese origin so employed will re
unit will not have to be broken up.
ceive the prevailing rate of wage
which is something the Commission
attention. X “ X 10
PROJECT CAMPS
paid by the industry.
regrets
very
much
in
the
case
of
those
s ls a definite proX The Commission has had a great
who have to go to work camps. We
In cases where wives and families
Ide^ of difficulty in finding places to
hope to settle several hundred famil
of men in camps are residing in the
LSi'i^M^1 the Japanese could be evacuies
in these two Provinces to work in
clearing
station
at
Hastings
Park
a
ateii in order that they might earn a
the
beet-growing districts. The sea
nominal sum will be charged for
'^Ib f°r themselves and their familThe iaw givcs thc commiss;on full
son for work is from the 15th of May
the board of the wife. This amount
hs.| Their situation was different to
power
in regard to the movements 0"
to the 6th of November, and there
will not exceed Ten Dollars per
)f fe that of the Germans and Italians who
is an interval of about six weeks when
month. Children will be boarded
pany, haye also been ordered out of the profree.
cuan, both . economically and in
work can be secured at harvesting
men '^|^ area, but who have been given
etc.
every
other way, while the war is on
then ^assistance. The reason is obvious
Work rooms will be provided at
The prevailing contracts and wages
^l there is no need for the Com
the ciearing station equipped with
CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY
will
be
paid
to
all
families
as
are
paid
s not mission to make any explanation on
sewing machines, etc., and in cases
Cust°dian of (Alien) propertv
to other people who are engaged in has been appointed by the
only “lf01nt; Sl,ffice it to say, that withwhere a family has nd funds avail
this class of work. The Commission ment and charged with n
farm
able for the purchase of clothing,
Government assistance, the Jap
t en>
considers
that a family engaged in of all prooertv nu ? he Section
m anese people, Canadian or National,
cloth and other necessary materials
this work can be self-supporting and
ta tWd have had great difficulty in
will be provided by the Commission
S'. “»!"’c,S
can
rest assured of a reasonable liv
etc, Wing employment.
foi such purpose in the event that
Because of
ing. Housing accommodation is pro
same is necessary.
S n Was decided to open road Provided free as well as an acre or two
CE mpS‘ The Projects, although
B. C. SECURITY COMMISSION”.
of land which the family may culfihave waited until
Certain
teJ'5 16 War Was over- Therefore,
THIS NOTICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF vaL. ,for . their own use.
staple
furniture
is
provided
such
as
Most of the Japanese Nationals are
Paid had t0 be scaled
beds,
chairs,
stoves,
etc.
Other
assur
seems tobeT'S nf “T® tbere
fit ie probIem with which
working on Camp Projects in British
of the custodianf
Columbia, and the Neisi are being ances have been given to the Com
Was faced and as a
sent to other Provinces. The reason mission, and representatives will re
.
4 following notice was pub^Peat ^at property delwered
#
and distributed.
for this is because the Provinces ex side in the districts and see that they in he C"stocVan wil1 ,)r! administered
are carried out.
pressed a wish to have Canadian
NOTICE
ated /aV^leStS °f the Japanese evacu3 apanese. .sent there, and we endeav- *
I
Z
tlng lnt° c°usideration debts
INTERIOR
HOUSING
SCHEME
°rder to clarify any misoui
ed
to
comply
with
their
wishes.
he
owes
in the Protected area and
oSef’?dlng which may exist in
^n^ ° the Lrgcst problems facing
The Ontaiio Government is using i
a aSJ'tWi11 ^ be disposed of
mmdS °f Persons of the JapanSchreiber, Ontario, as a Clearing Pool the Commission was the finding of
w
f
to pay such debts
*
Wh° are being evacuated
places outside the Protected area
for
Road
Projects,
and
eventually
for
feel
that
it is in the interest of
wljectZ p:Totected area to work
the work camps and placed in Pulp where women and children as well those evacuated to place their pro
<
^ CampS’ twenty-five
Mill projects, etc., they will be paid as aged members of a family could and
thC Custodian’s control'
Or
?°Ur IS the rafe of wage
the current rate of wages for the dist live. We have secured such accom thep^ ^ad^ XVeaWng
he Government with the
rict and when this Commission con- modation in the Interior of British
ffij!ng.excePtions:
sicleis it advisable to take Road camp Columbia and we are certain that ar- absence
tHe property ^X^he
fin pUCtl°n Foreman..S .30 to S .40
iail
SG
men
ts
are
being
made
which
workers and place them into industry
absence of any person evacuated
will be satisfactory to everyone con^cman.. .30 to
it
will
insist
that
the
current
rate
of
.»D-foreman and Straw Boss
ou.tne<^ WbCn tbe detads are worked
wages in the district be paid.
.
AUSTIN C. TAYLOP
Chairman,
B. C. Security Common.
I i
^ j
lit
iy
DUE TO LEAVE
j
Schreiber, Ontario, and Taft
Soft as a fleecy cloud!
Rest qualified to fill
r 0 u r prescription
f ® Powell - Pacific 5038
B
...
(
Wadding Bells Still Ringing
--------- ----- —-
A •
Bl
if®
•i 1 - }
is
.$
jA 'WA
ft#
8
f
Vjj
f
i* E
g : elstoke are the destinations for of Nieko
r
Okamato—Mitani
g which additional groups of;Mr." Seiraku Tamura
Maple R'dge Baptist
I secona generation are due to West 5th"to Mr
? W3S the selting Saturg Heave via C.P.R. at 7.15 Tues-'Mm™,?r«nklday, April 4, for the marring
Kanamura, eldest son of Mr.: of Tatsuye, eldest daughteTtf
“
s . day night.
and Mrs.
»<
Going East, Girls |233 Princess
I® There is only .one
Paig store on Powell
M llmj Co
io
•eh
'
g '
;
g i
g J
EEEEMffl^ ’
30^ 55c
^EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A-U” s-'C=S
Nisei girls, interested in
out into Eastern
me Kev G. H. Villett, at Whittier
AVenue
Canada and wishing to seek 'Canadian
Memorial Chapel ' Rev A T t u
ctoria,
employment in eastern cities, :with Mr T r
i 2 h 1
J- L. Haynes perdton at the formed the ceremony.
The
are asked to contact Eiji Ya- ’organ" ' ' ’
take of the Japanese Cana- i Miss Mit^u
t
igioom is well-known in Nisei
dian Citizens Council at the I attended’ her X aX«^ ^JcS’^ P'CSi’
office of The New Canadian. ।Hajime Suzuki was" the'"art X “ “‘
। striking
®
H
9
ww
imitate
8
1942 Bl
^k^PRIL 6, 1942
the NEW CANADIAN
w
’ 12^2?' B^1 ®EmHrtowns
information of
^neral information
of the
the persons of
if'tlg Japanese race who are being
ne- *j evacuated from the Protected area
funder Order-in-Council No. 1665,
twated March 6th, 1942.
[1W good deal of speculation and
^ours regarding the evacuation of
^persons of the Japanese race from the
lip^cted area has been brought to
i^ionce of the Commission, charged
L
[fwiS the responsibility of carrying
5 S(o&e Government’s orders of March
l^S^1^ The Commission has from
j
to time, endeavoured to put "a
iW to these rumours by acquaintpS^he JaPanese Committee, working
/ t[ior|the Commission, with the true
* gfac|. but the results are not
^ Jj^bdoi'y as the rumours still per-
P teis
- Carpenters (rough)
.30
Broadaxe Man
Steel Sharpeners (hand)...
Saw Filers
Axemen and Fellers
.30
timekeepers
.20 to
.30
Clacksmiths
.30
Drillers(h and)
.30
Powdermen
.30
Hook Tenders
Pigging Slingers
.35
First Aid Man
.30
Married men will be required to
assign to their
and “he °Go
^“^"nt’h
1
ntario Labor Department
This plan has taken us considerable
I
The camps in British Columbia and ।
WnF ? Uder the DePar‘ment of | time to develop but now that we
: Aimes and Resources, with the ex- i have the necessary authority from the
i Government to move the people into
ton" Hknh0SCJ°n the Hope-Prince- : these areas. We expect these towns
which ate
unde the , to he put into good shape, and it is
are under
Provincial Labour Department
The
X? IP Ontario are under the On i hoped that communities can be moved
to these places intact insofar as the
tario Labour Department.
i
The policing of all these Camps is women and children are concerned
• under the direction of the Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted
Police
■■ Police.
f
• _^bile
is loot the opinion in these piotection will be provided
ot this Commission that there will be provided towns just the same a it is
. any molestation at the Camps, it was one need in the Road camps,
considered, as a precautionary meas- son, and fear molestation by any perthe necessities of life will
j uie, that such policing was necessary. (
i be provided as well as hospital ac
This is all for the camps just now. s?^r1vio“and m'*ai «BBb
>
d
S5.00 per month
Following 4 ChildI and we will now pass on to some other I wi all who need it.
Jr
*en
.
SHOO per month ■ activities which the Commission feels . clearing Station
>One
such ru
rumour
X■y
?16 such
mour was to the effect ;
' will interest the people to be evacuFtha| when the Niesi were sent to Onbe
?entS Pepr meaI will ; ated.
Park will b^ *he Clearingfto they would be put into uniform
nahed for board at the Camps
Station for these persons going to the
These camps are being put into
handmnade to join the Armv. Also
BEET GROWING AND FARMING 1 ^HOr and being evacuated from the
XX
'” H SOle Xose o?
Jlthaf they would be used to man tankThe Commission, through lengthy aieas outside of Vancouver. There
^?erg operating on the Great Lakes.
employment for persons
Pr°babIy manV questions which
negotiations, arranged for the move
of the Japanese race evacuated from
jrTfee are quoted as an example of
main unanswered in what the Comment into Manitoba and Alberta of
P^tected area who cln not
baseless rumours being bandied
farmers and their families who are I
t0 Say so
,
vienvise secure employment.
. . ^ t understanding such as this
used to farming and the handling of i
e following are the true facts
. ^Government will endeavour
root crops. The Commission is glad it is impossible to foresee cverv lit k
iwhat the Committee is trving to
L inQ o^PtO-vment in private into be able to send large groups
« PAY ATTENTION TO “THEM
The Commission, however, would
larl Xt
ge gr°Ups’ particuto the Beet-growing areas in South
4 AND NOTHING ELSE. The Com£ 15 Ontario, m the Pulp Mills and
hke
to reiterate that it wil allow
ern Alberta and Manitoba for the
,mission will keep you advised from
Logging Camps and persons of Jap
ox bo case of hardship anion* the
leason that it means that the family
dime to time if there is any change
anese origin so employed will re
unit will not have to be broken up.
ceive the prevailing rate of wage
which is something the Commission
attention. X “ X 10
PROJECT CAMPS
paid by the industry.
regrets
very
much
in
the
case
of
those
s ls a definite proX The Commission has had a great
who have to go to work camps. We
In cases where wives and families
Ide^ of difficulty in finding places to
hope to settle several hundred famil
of men in camps are residing in the
LSi'i^M^1 the Japanese could be evacuies
in these two Provinces to work in
clearing
station
at
Hastings
Park
a
ateii in order that they might earn a
the
beet-growing districts. The sea
nominal sum will be charged for
'^Ib f°r themselves and their familThe iaw givcs thc commiss;on full
son for work is from the 15th of May
the board of the wife. This amount
hs.| Their situation was different to
power
in regard to the movements 0"
to the 6th of November, and there
will not exceed Ten Dollars per
)f fe that of the Germans and Italians who
is an interval of about six weeks when
month. Children will be boarded
pany, haye also been ordered out of the profree.
cuan, both . economically and in
work can be secured at harvesting
men '^|^ area, but who have been given
etc.
every
other way, while the war is on
then ^assistance. The reason is obvious
Work rooms will be provided at
The prevailing contracts and wages
^l there is no need for the Com
the ciearing station equipped with
CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY
will
be
paid
to
all
families
as
are
paid
s not mission to make any explanation on
sewing machines, etc., and in cases
Cust°dian of (Alien) propertv
to other people who are engaged in has been appointed by the
only “lf01nt; Sl,ffice it to say, that withwhere a family has nd funds avail
this class of work. The Commission ment and charged with n
farm
able for the purchase of clothing,
Government assistance, the Jap
t en>
considers
that a family engaged in of all prooertv nu ? he Section
m anese people, Canadian or National,
cloth and other necessary materials
this work can be self-supporting and
ta tWd have had great difficulty in
will be provided by the Commission
S'. “»!"’c,S
can
rest assured of a reasonable liv
etc, Wing employment.
foi such purpose in the event that
Because of
ing. Housing accommodation is pro
same is necessary.
S n Was decided to open road Provided free as well as an acre or two
CE mpS‘ The Projects, although
B. C. SECURITY COMMISSION”.
of land which the family may culfihave waited until
Certain
teJ'5 16 War Was over- Therefore,
THIS NOTICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF vaL. ,for . their own use.
staple
furniture
is
provided
such
as
Most of the Japanese Nationals are
Paid had t0 be scaled
beds,
chairs,
stoves,
etc.
Other
assur
seems tobeT'S nf “T® tbere
fit ie probIem with which
working on Camp Projects in British
of the custodianf
Columbia, and the Neisi are being ances have been given to the Com
Was faced and as a
sent to other Provinces. The reason mission, and representatives will re
.
4 following notice was pub^Peat ^at property delwered
#
and distributed.
for this is because the Provinces ex side in the districts and see that they in he C"stocVan wil1 ,)r! administered
are carried out.
pressed a wish to have Canadian
NOTICE
ated /aV^leStS °f the Japanese evacu3 apanese. .sent there, and we endeav- *
I
Z
tlng lnt° c°usideration debts
INTERIOR
HOUSING
SCHEME
°rder to clarify any misoui
ed
to
comply
with
their
wishes.
he
owes
in the Protected area and
oSef’?dlng which may exist in
^n^ ° the Lrgcst problems facing
The Ontaiio Government is using i
a aSJ'tWi11 ^ be disposed of
mmdS °f Persons of the JapanSchreiber, Ontario, as a Clearing Pool the Commission was the finding of
w
f
to pay such debts
*
Wh° are being evacuated
places outside the Protected area
for
Road
Projects,
and
eventually
for
feel
that
it is in the interest of
wljectZ p:Totected area to work
the work camps and placed in Pulp where women and children as well those evacuated to place their pro
<
^ CampS’ twenty-five
Mill projects, etc., they will be paid as aged members of a family could and
thC Custodian’s control'
Or
?°Ur IS the rafe of wage
the current rate of wages for the dist live. We have secured such accom thep^ ^ad^ XVeaWng
he Government with the
rict and when this Commission con- modation in the Interior of British
ffij!ng.excePtions:
sicleis it advisable to take Road camp Columbia and we are certain that ar- absence
tHe property ^X^he
fin pUCtl°n Foreman..S .30 to S .40
iail
SG
men
ts
are
being
made
which
workers and place them into industry
absence of any person evacuated
will be satisfactory to everyone con^cman.. .30 to
it
will
insist
that
the
current
rate
of
.»D-foreman and Straw Boss
ou.tne<^ WbCn tbe detads are worked
wages in the district be paid.
.
AUSTIN C. TAYLOP
Chairman,
B. C. Security Common.
I i
^ j
lit
iy
DUE TO LEAVE
j
Schreiber, Ontario, and Taft
Soft as a fleecy cloud!
Rest qualified to fill
r 0 u r prescription
f ® Powell - Pacific 5038
B
...
(
Wadding Bells Still Ringing
--------- ----- —-
A •
Bl
if®
•i 1 - }
is
.$
jA 'WA
ft#
8
f
Vjj
f
i* E
g : elstoke are the destinations for of Nieko
r
Okamato—Mitani
g which additional groups of;Mr." Seiraku Tamura
Maple R'dge Baptist
I secona generation are due to West 5th"to Mr
? W3S the selting Saturg Heave via C.P.R. at 7.15 Tues-'Mm™,?r«nklday, April 4, for the marring
Kanamura, eldest son of Mr.: of Tatsuye, eldest daughteTtf
“
s . day night.
and Mrs.
»<
Going East, Girls |233 Princess
I® There is only .one
Paig store on Powell
M llmj Co
io
•eh
'
g '
;
g i
g J
EEEEMffl^ ’
30^ 55c
^EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A-U” s-'C=S
Nisei girls, interested in
out into Eastern
me Kev G. H. Villett, at Whittier
AVenue
Canada and wishing to seek 'Canadian
Memorial Chapel ' Rev A T t u
ctoria,
employment in eastern cities, :with Mr T r
i 2 h 1
J- L. Haynes perdton at the formed the ceremony.
The
are asked to contact Eiji Ya- ’organ" ' ' ’
take of the Japanese Cana- i Miss Mit^u
t
igioom is well-known in Nisei
dian Citizens Council at the I attended’ her X aX«^ ^JcS’^ P'CSi’
office of The New Canadian. ।Hajime Suzuki was" the'"art X “ “‘
। striking
®
H
9
ww
imitate
8
Page 4
Page 4
THE NEW CANADIAN
£ H
A?
M
&
bn
A
Ml
7
He
/A
72
X
79
79
v«
H
o
sB
if
ii
El
1
V)
.DI
sL
•4
n
Pt
3
IX
F ft <U 1
(A
IX
IX
ft
li
Ic Ic
jit Jit
1
It
7)
^
$
7*
o
'FTf
'JU
ft
&
n
o
o
o
n
7
hi
e4
IX
co
IC
-HI
o
IX
o ^
f
HO
4U
7a
ftF
ft
IC ^
Japai
-cated
A 7r
0 ^
P-7C
o
o
7}
IX
tn
-a
< ft fH
£ ftli it
as®
5
L
3
#
7?
3
ized 1
IC
4
7>
7
*¥
IC
IX
IC
M
2^
1
n
(Canai
-These
’for a
".M .
7' 0 jf4 ut
IX
7
Xft
*
o
F
/A
3
o
0
Vanct
Assoc
w
un
#
77
o
3
®
mil
om
7
ic
9?
th
o
7)
IC
n
IS
Tn
$
El
•D
n
o
IX
IX
n
njj
7
Drivers
p
n
PA
xw
L
*
ft
Corn eiSts.
7 PA
JK J®
ZElk
HH
-IKI'BF
HZ.
li
3 St
n
ft t IX
' PH
Pji
IX
ci
X
0 IR
£&
?4>
*0
i ^ss;
jllam
0 N! tile 0
^ounc
|’fic
Steak;
72
3 IE
0 ^
'red
* ^
H1- iv
[e hea)
o
0
L
IC
Xj
ft
IX"
flambe:
W'al
n
IX
K
4
^w st
®ere
■''I1''?'
# ex
nos
HIV
^
^
® ® to at
M;
Pest
/^
lx n
'
T4-:
7) Tn IX
cN $ IX
It It
± Mt
n
ft
£7 IX 7ft
o
0
IU
ft
5
7
IC
JP«,
ft
IC
0 M
6
v
EH
ru
24-Hour
Service
IC
Ic
452.
fig
z
o
^en
9 #O as
r Maier
o
IC
7)
IC
5
IC
■fflb
t
^ ^ 11
7?
9
A
•nit*
I
n
n
o
ip
n
ft
4
ft.
MArine 2262
6
t J^
ft1 th
EMPRESS CABS
IX
7
o
7’
t
o
0 71-
tj
o
it
IC ®&PS
n
ft
I
b’
M ^
a T
IC ft
IX
FH
IX
Bn
n
nn
o
Tn
IX
7
o
70 7?
6
Hastings
probl
1-‘S
IC
ft
7
it
ic
ft
and
4
b
fin
Tn
17
Main
w
B.
I
9
^i su
7?
Insured
7
7 7'
/J? Ie
0
3
b
IX
M
IC
ft
Fully
0
6
3
E
Union
IX
to IX
IC
IX ?ft
57.
IX Hi
o
O
IX
n
*
0 7 t
X
71
lit IX
79
CO
i
HI
7
ic
o
0
3
7ft
®f
0 IX
n
7© fit
IC 7
» «
IC
0
u
o
i wel
ft h 4?r
ft
to
$
16
ft A
i
।
IX
o
o
IX
ft
IC ft
0 ®
» I Asst
0
/tf
IX
A
1 tee.
IX
It
IX
3
IX
’7
M
Tn
IX ic
rI'i]
O
o
IC
A
53
on;
W
ane
3
2 7)
AU
72
I
o
7
IX
ft
n
^
th
0O
^
WL
1 furs
1 /
IC
b
EH
Ic
O
7
0 Cor
A
0
IC
jit
IC
a-
IC IC
7
Tn
CD
CO
E
M
Me
7
7; A
'5 4
n
M
0IJ 7
IC o
o
o
IC
0
7^
I
t
th
IX
IX
1
IC
Ofl
r
6
CD
CO
•w
77
£!c
7’
#n
MB
IX
3
CD
$
HI
HI
o
o
M
7^
7*
o
in
u
CD
T3
GJ
IX
d
-HEU
%*
tii
th
Ab
-nit-
O
®
O
IC
n
n
lit
IC
5'SI;^£
it
IX th
7
li c
A?
7
2f' this
PL Lie
Ic
5
b
7
r
0
s
79
d0
/lh'
Ic Ic
79
7
IX
ft
L
c
ft IX
li
IX
TH
o
JUU
7
7y
EH
Tn
9'
IT
SitEl
a
ft
IC
AA
n
79
■
0
o
79
to
I
0
<I
Il
70
n
#
41
1
f ^
fit
HO
ic
PH
IX IX
it
?t 7
Ic
o
T* 5
M
n t ft
0
^ #A®r
* S m I .
_v.
4^
IX li"
o
1'
AL
IX
L
b
7
c
IC
th
Fj A
IC
ft
6 r
O
o
^iif
it
nn
A
o
Kt
79
IX
0
X
IB
f
X
7 1
sli
Ic
IX
EH
/A
&
ic
O
ft
1 »n
Ai
^i
DJ
n
? Jf
79
x
APRIL 6, Ite;
O
Pt
7;
o
Fl
IN?
THE NEW CANADIAN
£ H
A?
M
&
bn
A
Ml
7
He
/A
72
X
79
79
v«
H
o
sB
if
ii
El
1
V)
.DI
sL
•4
n
Pt
3
IX
F ft <U 1
(A
IX
IX
ft
li
Ic Ic
jit Jit
1
It
7)
^
$
7*
o
'FTf
'JU
ft
&
n
o
o
o
n
7
hi
e4
IX
co
IC
-HI
o
IX
o ^
f
HO
4U
7a
ftF
ft
IC ^
Japai
-cated
A 7r
0 ^
P-7C
o
o
7}
IX
tn
-a
< ft fH
£ ftli it
as®
5
L
3
#
7?
3
ized 1
IC
4
7>
7
*¥
IC
IX
IC
M
2^
1
n
(Canai
-These
’for a
".M .
7' 0 jf4 ut
IX
7
Xft
*
o
F
/A
3
o
0
Vanct
Assoc
w
un
#
77
o
3
®
mil
om
7
ic
9?
th
o
7)
IC
n
IS
Tn
$
El
•D
n
o
IX
IX
n
njj
7
Drivers
p
n
PA
xw
L
*
ft
Corn eiSts.
7 PA
JK J®
ZElk
HH
-IKI'BF
HZ.
li
3 St
n
ft t IX
' PH
Pji
IX
ci
X
0 IR
£&
?4>
*0
i ^ss;
jllam
0 N! tile 0
^ounc
|’fic
Steak;
72
3 IE
0 ^
'red
* ^
H1- iv
[e hea)
o
0
L
IC
Xj
ft
IX"
flambe:
W'al
n
IX
K
4
^w st
®ere
■''I1''?'
# ex
nos
HIV
^
^
® ® to at
M;
Pest
/^
lx n
'
T4-:
7) Tn IX
cN $ IX
It It
± Mt
n
ft
£7 IX 7ft
o
0
IU
ft
5
7
IC
JP«,
ft
IC
0 M
6
v
EH
ru
24-Hour
Service
IC
Ic
452.
fig
z
o
^en
9 #O as
r Maier
o
IC
7)
IC
5
IC
■fflb
t
^ ^ 11
7?
9
A
•nit*
I
n
n
o
ip
n
ft
4
ft.
MArine 2262
6
t J^
ft1 th
EMPRESS CABS
IX
7
o
7’
t
o
0 71-
tj
o
it
IC ®&PS
n
ft
I
b’
M ^
a T
IC ft
IX
FH
IX
Bn
n
nn
o
Tn
IX
7
o
70 7?
6
Hastings
probl
1-‘S
IC
ft
7
it
ic
ft
and
4
b
fin
Tn
17
Main
w
B.
I
9
^i su
7?
Insured
7
7 7'
/J? Ie
0
3
b
IX
M
IC
ft
Fully
0
6
3
E
Union
IX
to IX
IC
IX ?ft
57.
IX Hi
o
O
IX
n
*
0 7 t
X
71
lit IX
79
CO
i
HI
7
ic
o
0
3
7ft
®f
0 IX
n
7© fit
IC 7
» «
IC
0
u
o
i wel
ft h 4?r
ft
to
$
16
ft A
i
।
IX
o
o
IX
ft
IC ft
0 ®
» I Asst
0
/tf
IX
A
1 tee.
IX
It
IX
3
IX
’7
M
Tn
IX ic
rI'i]
O
o
IC
A
53
on;
W
ane
3
2 7)
AU
72
I
o
7
IX
ft
n
^
th
0O
^
WL
1 furs
1 /
IC
b
EH
Ic
O
7
0 Cor
A
0
IC
jit
IC
a-
IC IC
7
Tn
CD
CO
E
M
Me
7
7; A
'5 4
n
M
0IJ 7
IC o
o
o
IC
0
7^
I
t
th
IX
IX
1
IC
Ofl
r
6
CD
CO
•w
77
£!c
7’
#n
MB
IX
3
CD
$
HI
HI
o
o
M
7^
7*
o
in
u
CD
T3
GJ
IX
d
-HEU
%*
tii
th
Ab
-nit-
O
®
O
IC
n
n
lit
IC
5'SI;^£
it
IX th
7
li c
A?
7
2f' this
PL Lie
Ic
5
b
7
r
0
s
79
d0
/lh'
Ic Ic
79
7
IX
ft
L
c
ft IX
li
IX
TH
o
JUU
7
7y
EH
Tn
9'
IT
SitEl
a
ft
IC
AA
n
79
■
0
o
79
to
I
0
<I
Il
70
n
#
41
1
f ^
fit
HO
ic
PH
IX IX
it
?t 7
Ic
o
T* 5
M
n t ft
0
^ #A®r
* S m I .
_v.
4^
IX li"
o
1'
AL
IX
L
b
7
c
IC
th
Fj A
IC
ft
6 r
O
o
^iif
it
nn
A
o
Kt
79
IX
0
X
IB
f
X
7 1
sli
Ic
IX
EH
/A
&
ic
O
ft
1 »n
Ai
^i
DJ
n
? Jf
79
x
APRIL 6, Ite;
O
Pt
7;
o
Fl
IN?