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Employment Opening As Manpower Needs Grow
Steps Taken To Place Many Workers in Camps

THE NEW CANADIAN

And Mills in B. C., Ontario and Prairies

An Independent Organ for Japanese Canadians—10c a copy. 40c per month

Assuming growing importance to .Japanese evaences are the widespread demands for manpower now
being strongly voiced by the forest industries of Ont­
ario. British Columbia and the Prairies. In the face ot
the demand, a number of farm and road camp work­
ers in Ontario and on the prairies have already been
absorbed in logging camps and mills. There is every
indication that not only will their number increase,
but that many workers, now relieved of pressing con­
struction needs in the B. C. evacuation towns, arc
likely to lie placed in the -woods industries; both here
and in the cast.

Vol. VI, No. 1

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The End of the Beginning
When The New Canadian last
went to press, on far-flung war­
fronts were indications that the
United Nations, if not actually tak­
ing the offensive, had at least and
at last stopped the global Axis
drive. There were portents in Rus­
sia, where Stalingrad still held; in
Egypt, where Rommel had £ been
hurled back; in the Pacific, where
Australians were pushing their
way back through New Guinea,
and U.S. naval power had chal­
lenged and held its own against
the Japanese fleet.

KASLO, B. C.

Monday. Nov. 30. 1942

More Normal Communal Life
Seen In Evacuation Towns
Housing, Water Supply Improved; Heating Chief
Winter Problem; Organizations Under Way
Fairly stable conditions likely to last without great
change through the winter months, varied reports in­
dicate. are now the rule throughout the six interior
housing projects, in which the great bulk of Japanese
evacuees^ totalling some 13.000. have been settled.

SELECTIVE SERVICE MAY HELP
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The keenest demand and the
most marked movement is al­
ready under wav in Ontario,
where the shift to the woods
from Schreiber road camps be­
gan early last summer. In recent
weeks a new demand has been
felt in northwestern sections of
that province, particularly the
Fort William district, where tim­
ber men say they can use 2000
workers.
A definite program to place up
to 500 Japanese loggers and mill
hands in this district has already
been placed on paper before the
B. C. Security Commission. In fact
the first overtures to interest pros­
pective employees from the evacu­
ation towns were made recently in
Slocan,. New Denver and Kaslo be­
fore meetings of men employed in
these towns.
■ Acting on behalf of the Pigeon
Timber Co., controlling company
for the Great Lakes Sawmills at
Fort William, which now employs
over thirty men from Schreiber,
in a written brief to the Security
Commission Oscar Lehtinen has
made a w r i 11 e n offer of a.
minimum wage of $54.50 per month
plus board valued at $30, for work
in logging camps. Experienced
men, working on a piece work
basis, declares the offer, can make
much higher wages than this. A
bonus of $10 is paid to every em­
ployee remaining with the company
for three months.
Arrangements and working con­
ditions are detailed at length in
the offer, and provide for board
“of very high and satisfactory qua­
lity”, “sanitation”, “competent me­
dical services”, “clothing a n d
equipment” charged to employees,
(Please Turn to Page 4)
(See “MANPOWER NEEDS”

.With housing construction virtu­ Housing Adjust m e n t s
In most centres, however, many
ally or wholly completed, how to
adjustments
in housing are still
keep warm for the next four
mouths is the chief concern of eva­ continuing. In the more settled
cuees from Tashme to Kaslo. The communities, this involves t h e
fact of an over-all fuel shortage shifting of families about as more
throughout the country is contri­ room is made available. In the
buting to their concern, as well as newly-built projects, many minor
to officials in responsible posi­ improvements to the houses, both
tions. Similarly the provision of by the carpenter crews and the re­
stoves, as well as necessary pre­ sidents themselves, are making the
cautions against the fire hazard, dwellings more liveable.
Construction, too, of medical
After a short lull, battle flared makes the hearing problem a diffi­
and sanitation facilities is pro­
again, and the portents of less cult one.
Next to that question, the conti­ gressing, particularly at Tashme,
than two months ago had develop­
nuing worry of a very large num­ Slocan and New Denver.
ed into significant reality. So far
Contributing to the “s e 111 e d
ber is still that of financing famliy
has the tide turned in favor of the budgets on slim maintenance rates. down” situation too are numbers of
organizations which provide outlets
United Nations, that a new wave Normal Community Life
for normal communal activity.
of enthusiasm was evident. Warm­
Apart from these, however, the These include such varied" groups
ed by military successes, the bonds general impression' is gained that as community committees which
of unity among Russia, the British the majority of evacuees are rapid­ co-operate in town administration;
Commonwealth, and U. S. were ly settling down in their new social, church and athletic societies,
homes, and a more normal sem­ and even children’s groups.
forged with new streng h; while at
blance of community life is emerg­
The chief unsettled issue of the
the same time came reports of ing.
moment continues to be the ques­
growing coolness running through
More satisfactory' arrangements tion of what policy will conclusive­
the Axis. Nevertheless, Allied lead­ for an educational system have re­ ly be adopted for single men in
ers again warned against over-op­ lieved many parents of one cause the evacuation, towns.
timism. Said Churchill, facing his for concern. Settlement of all fami­
lies in houses in the Slocan Exten­ 10 PERCENT OF PRAIRIE
fourth bitter war winter: “This is sion, and the provision of better
FARMERS NEED RELIEF
not the beginning of the end, but
water facilities there and in New
only the end of the beginning......
Of 3982 British Columbia eva­
Denver marked new steps forward.
cuees placed on sugar beet farms
In brief, the campaigns which Further improvements in houses,

2578 in Alberta, 1053 in Manicleared away that beginning were: notably building ventilation outlets
" toba and 351 in Ontario—it was
(1) Against the Soviet line, the to eliminate the dampness which
estimated in a report to the gov­
Axis machine had ground vainly has plagued the new houses up till
ernment that 90 per cent of the
all summer, and now the Russians now, installation of sinks, and com­
families earned sufficient money
have launched a savage winter of­ pletion of doors and windows have
to carry them through the winter
fensive, while the Nazis are drain­ all contributed to a more “settled
season
without maintenance.
ing away reserves to North Africa. down” feeling.
(2) Anglo - American occupation
of French North Africa, coupled
with a smashing rout of the Axis
Africa Corps by the British driving
westward from Egypt, appeared ’ Need Co-operation Of Parents To Make Schools Successful For Almost 2000,Pupils
likely ' to develop into a “bitter$
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end fight” for Tunisia. Allied ob­
“We are confident that the par­ 6 to 8, every group of 4 pupils will
WiUn a month’s time the edu­
jective: eliminate the Axis from
Africa, regain Mediterranean con­ cational system for elementary ents will co-operate fully with the have a correspondence course.
A ratio of books has also been
trol, set the springboard for the school children in evacuation towns teachers,” he declared. “Their in­
opening of a real “second .rront” is expected to be in full swing, fluence over their children and worked out. In grades 1 and 2, a
with over fifty paid Nisei teachers their encouragement to study, may complete set will be provided for
in western Europe.
well determine the success of the each two children; grades 3 to 5, a
(3) In the Pacific, U.S. forces acting as instructors for almost system we are devising for these set for every three pupils; and
kept their hold on Guadalcanal, 2000 pupils.
grades 6 to 8, one set for four.
emergency times.”
Although a month ago it was
their control in smashing naval
Male physical education instruc­
Standards of proficiency will be
thought that teachers would have
battles, of waters surrounding the
set and pupils expected to meet tors will also be included among
to act on a volunteer basis, pro­
Solomons, strategic islands athwart
them, so that after the war they the teachers.
vision has now been made by the
the supply route to Australia. On
will be able to return to formal School Accommodation
federal government to pay them
land, Japanese occupation of New
schools and enter their respective
School accommodation has not
a nominal monthly salary.
Guinea, stagged to a finish, as Al­
In addition, the federal govern-' grades without slipping behind. yet been completed in all the cen­
lied forces pushed into last Japan­
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that education tres, but plans are being pushed in
ese bases at Buna-Gona. The im­ mentj through the Security Com­ department officials at Victoria de­ this direction. In most centres,
mediate threat to Port Moresby mission, as previously announced, clare that the standing of corres­ such as Kaslo, Sandon, and Tashand Australia seemed to have been will provide correspondence courses pondence course pupils is usually 'me, standing buildings are being
cut short; whether the stage was of instruction and necessary text higher than of those who atten^ converted to school purposes. In
set for rolling back Japanese occu­ books, purchased from the provin­ school classes.
Slocan plans have been submitted
pation forces northward through cial department of education at Ration Books
to erect a two-storey school build­
the south seas was still another Victoria.
It is understood that in each cen­ ing, which will also be available as
Groundwork Laid
question. American naval officers
J. A. Tyrwhitt, in charge of edu­ tre the teachers will take classes a community hall.
said that job might take “five
Approximate figures for primary
cation for the Commission, has re­ under the general supervision of a
years or more.”
school
population are as follows:
cently completed a tour of the in­ Nisei director. These teachers will
terior towns, during which the be chosen on a ratio of 15 pupils Kaslo, 220; Sandon, 200; New Den­
groundwork for establishing the per teacher in grade 1, 20 pupils ver, 212; Rosebery, 72; Lemon
1 Quotable Comment . • •
system -was laid, and meetings held in grade 2, and 25 pupils for high­ Creek, 420; Popoff, 180; Bay Farm,
440; Tashme, 600.
“The democracy -which can not of prospective teachers.
er grades.
Separate facilities for school
From grades 1 to 5, a course of
include! citizens whose color differs
Parents themselves, Mr. Tyr­
instruction wall be supplied every have already been established in
whitt stressed to The New Cana­
from the Anglo-Saxon white may
15 pupils, which the teacher will Greenwood, where Catholic Church
dian, must play a key part in
surely be said to be too exclusive
make use of as a guide. For grades and United Church workers are
their children’s education.
to be very real.” —A. R. Munday

Over Fifty Nisei To Teach. In Schools

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MEN IN ROAD CAMPS

SEEK HOME LEAVE
FOR CHRISTMAS
REVELSTOKE. B. C.—IMitions asking for leave at Christ­
ina.; to visit families in evacua­
tion towns or elsewhere have
been forwarded to the British
Columbia Security Commission
from camp committees on the
Sicamous - Revelstoke highway.
These camps, SMsqua, lard
Creek, Griffin Lake. Taft and
Three Valley, are manned by
single Canadian-born and natur­
alized Japanese. .Many of the
workers have been stationed in
the camps since last April, when
they were first established, and
they hope that after nine months
of restricted camp life they will
be granted permission to visit
their families.
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The NewCanadian
Is Now Publishing
From Kaslo,^B. C.
With this issue The New Cana­
dian resumes publication from new
offices in Kaslo, B. C., where new
headquarters have now been esta­
blished at the plant of the Kaslo
Kootenaian.
Returning to its former weekly
basis, each issue will have, eight
expanded pages, each of which will
contain some fifteen inches more
reading material than formerly.
Four pages of the paper will ap­
pear in the English language, the
other four in the Japanese lan­
guage.
Subscription rates will continue
as formerly, 40c per month, or
$2.00 for six months paid in ad­
vance.
Subscription may be sent by mail
directly to The New Canadian,
Post Office Drawer A, Kaslo, B. C.
or placed with various agents.
Among these are:
©Tashme—Tashme Youth Organi­
zation, Hajime Doi
©Greenwood—Seiichi Yoshida
©Lemon Creek —Chuzo Tsushima
and Family
©Popoff—Jenich i K in oshi ta
©Bay Farm—Isoji Yamashita and
Family
.
©Slocan City—Yoshikazu Yasui
©Sandon—Ryukichi Miyake, Iwazo
Sugiman
Agents in New Denver and Rose­
bery, it is expected, will be an­
nounced shortly.
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Members of the staff of The
New Canadian would like to ex­
press sincere thanks to many
friends and acquaintances in the
various evacuation towns who were
so kind in the hospitality and wel­
come extended to us on our travels
from Vancouver to Kaslo.

operating schools and kindergar­
tens.
In Tashme, it is expected that
owing.to the very.large number of
pupils, a staggered system may be
worked out.

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Expression Among the People of Japanese Origin in Canada

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They Haven’t Closed •
The Draft Tight Yet
Military service for the Nisei in
Canada got off on the wrong foot,
has been that way since, and does
not seem likely to get back into
step for the duration. South of the
border, too, apart from the 5000
U.S.-born Japanese now in the
American armed forces, things are
out of gear, since the drafting of
men of Japanese ancestry was
stopped last spring.
.Recently a change in policy
seemed to have been adopted when
a Salt Lake City boy was called up
by his draft board, ordered to re­
port to Fort Douglas. The prospec­
tive soldier quit his job, settled his
affairs, and went to the army post
—there to find it all a mistake.
Nonetheless Nisei leaders do not
believe the draft situation has been
closed. The subject has been dis­
cussed by high military authorities
in Washington. And, says Editor
Tajiri of the Pacific Citizen, “there
is every possibility that with the
mi miry phase of evacuate n completcd. military service may again
be offered the Nisei.”
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As Far Apart
As The Two Poles

Takaichi Umezuki
Hirotaro Tsuji
§2.00 for Six Months in Advance

OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET
Under conditions probably unique in the history
of Canadian journalism. The New Canadian presents
this first issue, published from a small shoP in an eva­
cuation centre. Revised in form and .content, expand­
ed in size, but unchanged in the principles and purposcs to which this newspaper was first dedicated, it
is dur plan to carry on in the tradition which we be­
lieve we have established during a brief yet eventful
career. It is our hope that ail our readers finding in
this newspaper an organ which is useful, informative,
and above all. stimulating will lend, us that ’whole­
hearted support which alone has sustained us through
four lean and struggling years.
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Many and complex arc the issues which this news­
paper, as with twenty-thousand .Japanese evacuees, is
and will bp called upon to face. A large and wellrooted community of markedly distinguishable hu­
man beings, itself composed of many diverse and con­
flicting elements, has hastily been transplanted to
many new and varied locations. That drastic process
has been carried out at an abnormal time, when grave
stresses of world-wide warfare have reached into
every corner of society, and shaken the habits, the
thoughts and attitudes of every Canadian. And to­
day. more th am ever before, so many of the forces
which act upon and influence our future are of such
world scope, or so fundamental in man’s nature, that
we ourselves can do little to control them.
Notwithstanding we do sincerely believe that our
own welfare and happiness still lie very much in our
own hands. We can yet guard and promote our fu­
ture-. irrespective of its geographical setting—only
if today we are careful to protect, not those assets
cached away in the bank or left with the custodian,
but rather those resources of the spirit which three
and. four decades ago first established and fostered
our community growth in Canada.
Here indeed, if we may digress slightly, is the
gravest danger today.-—a danger forcibly impressed
upon any observer in the evacuation towns. Too
many of us are tending to take government mainte­
nance as an accepted thing, rather than finding it the
distasteful thing it ought to- be. • And accepting
tins dole, we are succumbing to the sapping influence
of public charity, while those qualities of initiative
and independence, of community self-help and enter­
prise, which alone will see us through the ‘‘duration’’
and even more difficult days after, are in danger of
ebbing awaw
Whatever today, tomorrow or next vear mav
wing, this newspaper pledges that its own spiritual
resources will bo its most jealously guarded asset. It
is vital that twenty-thousand fellow evacuees will be
unceasingly vigilant to guard those same qualities in
themselves. It is our hope The New Canadian will be

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On the subject of Nisei soldiers,
a feature writer in “'Parade” pic­
ture weekly, imagined this situa­
tion for Hawaiian Japanese troops
stationed in the Eastern U.S.
“....... th1..? (Japanese American)
battalion is as much a Yankee out­
fit as the Rangers who are poised
on Dover’s cliffs for a knockout
blow at the Nazis.....Deep in the
jungles of some far Pacific island,
two men will one day face each
other over rifle sights. One will
wear the uniform of the United
States, the other, the livery of the
Land of the Rising Sun. Physically
alike as two bullets, their creeds
will be as far apart as the two
poles. The Japanese will be fight­
ing for his emperor, the Japanese
American for the democracy that
is his birthright as a citizen of the
United States...... ”
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children listen to hear
sleigh bells in the snow”

November 30. 1942

Letters to the Editor
TAILORED DOWN PAPER

THE FIRST ISSUE

Editor, The New Canadian — Dear
Editor, The. New Canadian —
Sir: In the six-page issue of Octo­ Dear Sir: ..... We have enjoyed
ber 17, there appeared a letter pen­ reading the timely topics, news of
ned by “Miss K. I.” of Winnipeg, others, etc. very much, so kindly
Manitoba. Although I’m not the send us The New Canadian as soon
type that makes critical remarks as convenient, as we will be an­
about charming young ladies which xiously awaiting the first issue.....
I assume she is a specimen of,
C. Fudemota
some of the statements in her epis­ Barnwell, Alta.
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tle rubbed me the wrong way.
. During these trying times, I
The worst .of these wag the jubi­
find your paper most valuable to
lation of the Prairie lassie at the
fact that your news-sheet has “'ma­ me as a source of information and
news of how others are faring-.....
tured.” By this I gather she means
Sara Seto
that the paper is more serious and
Balmoral,
bjan.
instead of carrying frivolous tid­
bits that appeal only to lowbrows,
it is filled with dry and dull read­ try to enjoy himself reading pro­
found essays about Post-war re­
ing.
I’m an advocate of “The New construction. Of course I grant
Canadian tailored down for the that such stuff is vital and it
common people” movement. And should interest us and a little of it,
especially since the evacuation O.K., but to tie in with it give us
having done what it has done re­ more Cinderella, Music Box, and
sulting in a boresome, unstimulat­ those “social items (which) sug­
ing existence for at least 90 per gest catty wags..... ”
How about more names in The
cent of the Nisei, I contend that
New
Canadian? Tell us where
the paper should “un-mature” to
so-and-so is doing such and such.
the point where it will contain
Yea, even tell us how the lucky
readable, yes, even “escapist” read­
wolves are making out at certain
ing. Columns and articles that
ghost towns. Fill a page with
would fit rather in the popular ma­
personals.
Get what I mean?
gazines than in Harper’s Bazaar or
Of course, this is not a criticism
the American Mercury. We read
many issues of both, believe it or of the editor’s work so far on the
rag because I feel that I can un­
not.
Articles of the kind that the so­ derstand what he went through to
phisticated and the learned in our accomplish what he has done, but
midst would call “trash,” but which Miss K. I., give me an “immature”
would be readable and what is paper with lots of trash in it and
most important, enjoyable. When a you can go back to reading Har­
guy is shut up in a road camp per’s.
F. M.
■where the opportunities for recrea­
tion are practically nil, he doesn’t Yard Creek, Malakwa, B. C.

No “Japs” Says
Placement Officer
In its last issue in Vancouver,
The New Canadian published an
account from the Montreal Star,
detailing an interview with G. Er­
nest Trueman, placement officer
for the B. C. Security Commission
in the Eastern provinces.
Mr. Trueman, who has been win­
ning marked success in his work of
placing Nisei in jobs, points out
that his remarks were not accur­
ately reported in all respects. For
example, he writes, he does, not use
the term “Japs” when referring to
those of the Japanese race.
He points out also that he is
thoroughly familiar with the fact
that there are no girls in any “'in­
ternment camps” in Canada, al­
though the Star reporter (des­
cribed as being the No. 1 man on
the newspaper) wrote that Mr.
Trueman said, “.... There are thou­
sands of Japanese girls in inter­
ment camps or living in ghost
towns.....”

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Then there’s the much-soughtafter New Denver girl whose repu­
tation is going up and down the
valley. She has the best recipe for
cooking wood.... It isn’t only the
children who get - a kick out of
sleigh-riding. At least two over­
grown kids have been kicked in the
face by the ground rising up to
smite them,—so much so that both
required medical attention. ThatTl
show ’em, the show-offs.... Koote­
nay Lake has white caps, which re­
minds us M f>‘sh ami chips .. An
actual elopement from Slocan to
New Denver held the conversa­
tional centre a while back, as did
a Kaslo wedding, which turned out
to be only the preliminary skirmish
to the actual encounter.....Blanket
Blackout on long distance phone
calls makes things blue for a few
ardent couples.

“Evacuation,” “military neces­
sity,” “anti-Japanese forces,” “pub­
lic pressure,” or no! But one cus­
tom, one “reality,” that must not
be allowed to go by the board this
year is Christmas.
That, at least, is the resolve of a
novel committee organized in NevYork City under the name, “Com­
mittee f 0 r Japanese American
Community Christmases.” They’ve
launched a campaign for funds,
witn the resolve that not a single
child in a single relocation centre"
shall wake on this December 25th
without a Christmas gift. National
Church organizations are taking
. Well, here we are all settled
the lean for all interested groups.
in the place when we arrived.
There’s food for thought here, down in Beamsville at last." The
Mr. Prudhomme says h? is
place is just as described,—orchard
folks, but time’s a-wasting.
SSStWJ
willing to build several more
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country and very beautiful. We
such homes for other families
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The Stars . . .
were surprised on arriving, howwho might be willing to go to
evu, not to see any mow end
And Stripes . . .
work on his large nursery farm.
icicles. Instead the day we arrived
The boys like the work very
University of California social it was lovely and mild, and in the
much. Recently they have been out
scientists will make a three-year afternoon began to rain. It made
digging raspberry, bushes and
Ittformatsve
study of Japanese evacuation in me feel quite at home.
other work. They go out to work
the hope of finding a basis for
Mr. Prudhomme and ms s-m, our on the trucks, as Mr. Prudhomme
solving, alter the war, a problem employers, met us at the station
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has a large number of farm-- on
which has troubled the world for with one of their six trucks and
the shores of Lake Ontario. The
thousands of years — what to tdo one of their three cars. They must
H with minority people. Five investi-- be very wealthy as they own a boys say it is colder over on the
Lake, and ■ the Lake itself looks
THE NEW CANADIAN
gators will have $42,500 from three large part of the town and have more like an ocean.
foundations to finance the study... hundreds of acres of land. They
We are only 22 miles away.from
.. Nisei soldiers stationed in Mis­
are all very very nice and treat us Niagara Falls so we intend to try
Please find enclosed $............. , for which send The
souri have organized their own extremely well, doing everything to see them soon. Busses run there
basketball
league.....At Tule Lake, for us for our comfort.
New Canadian to the following:
as well as to Hamilton and Toronto
Calif., relocation centre there are
A Mr. Tokiwa got on the same frequently.
twice as many females as males, train at Kamloops, B. C. and came
At Toronto we met Dan WashiName
although between the ages 16 to out here with us.
moto and he seemed really pleased
24, they just about balance out.....
The two Maeda boys are living to see someone from home. We met
out of 18,000 people in the Poston, with my husband and myself in one Mr. and Mrs. Nishikawara on our
Address
Arizona centre, scene; of. a recent of the newly built little houses arrival here, and they are very
“rebellion,” ’ 4000 citizens voted in while my brother-in-law, his wife nice. ■ She had a dinner all ready
recent California elections by ab­ and Mr. Tokiwa live in the other. for .us when. we arrived, thinking
sentee ballot.... A nisei worker in a They are small but very cute, and we would be hungry. They all seem
Subscription Rate: 40c per month
sugar beet camp was such a good Dick and the boys have been busy to like it very much here also —...
$2 for six months in advance •
cook he received four offers or building shelves and cupboards."
Sally Ujiye
marriage.
The stove, beds and chairs were all BEAMSVILLE, Ont.

A Nisei family lakes To Ontario

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November 30. 194’2

THE NEW CANADIAN

Close Albreda Camp

Nisei Find True Friend ? in East
Montreal Committee

TorontaLes Gather

Aids in Jobs, Schools

At Novel Meeting

MONTREAL, P. Q. — The grow­
ing community of Nisei and their
parents in Montreal is rapidly be­
coming accustomed to life -in the
<reat French-speaking metropolis,
According to reports to The New
Canadian,
Especially valuable in the
work of placing newcomers, both
in employment in living quar­
ters, has been the. Committee for
Sponsoring Niseis, established
some months ago, and which has
been functioning actively for
some time.
M i s s Margaret McNaughton,
who heads the committee as chair­
man, is a high school teacher, and
is well-known in the city for the
many social and patriotic war ser­
vices she has performed. She has
given much time to assist Nisei
girls on their arrival in the strange
city, and some time ago was hos­
tess at a tea in order that the Niseiettes might become acquainted
among themselves.
Mrs. P. S. C. Powles, who acts
as secretary - treasurer for the
Committee, worked with her hus­
band, Canon 1 owles, at the Angli­
can Mission in Niigata, Japan,
until very recently. They have
three sons and daughters, all of
whom were born in Japan, and who
understand the Japanese language.
Nearly every Nisei who is a
newcomer in Montreal finds his or
her way to their home, which is
like a rendezvous for many. The
Powles family have taken a very
keen and sympathetic interest in
the various problems which race
the newcomers in adjusting them­
selves to life in Montreal. So true
is this that Canon and Mrs. Powles
are looked upon as ‘‘father and
mother” to many, for whom they
have not only provided shelter and
food, but also found jobs for some

TORONTO. Ont.—A very inter­
esting and novel meeting was held
here in the middle of October at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. Percy
Price, when twenty members of the
Japan Mission Fellowship, compos­
ed largely of United Church mis­
sionaries returned from Japan,
were hosts to some sixty Japanese
and Japanese-Canadian residents of
Toronto.
We were much honoured to have
Rev. Peter Bryce, ex-moderator of
the United Church and present
minister of the Metropol i t a n
Church welcome us warmly. Ad­
dresses by Miss Gertrude Hamilton
former principal of the Tove Eiwa
Jo-Gakko in Tokyo, and by Rm. G.
E. Bott, prominent social and reli­
gious-worker in Tokyo followed an
opening by Dr. C. J. L. Bates, who
was chairman for ths evening.
Both the speakers had recently
returned from the Orient on the
diplomatic exchange ship, “Gripshojm’h and were thus able to
give first-hand accounts of Japan
between December 7 and June of
this year when they sailed for
Canada.
A letter from Miss Emma Kauf­
man of the Y.W.C.A., telling about
her trip through the interior towns
of B. C. was read by Miss Con­
stance Chappell.
In closing, Dr. Kurata of the
Royal Ontario Museum spoke a
few words, thanking- our Canadian
friends for their very real, under­
standing friendship and for their
most gracious hospitality.
—Mary Nishikawara

and placed others in schools.
There is a very aeep sense of
appreciation in the Japanese Cana­
dian community for all the work
and the many kindnesses of these
invaluable friends.

The Bureau of Vital Statistics
OBITUARY

First Nuptial Knot

RYOTA TANGE
Passed away November 8, at
the Hastings Park Hospital, Ryota
Tange, in his 66th year. A former
Vancouver resident, he is not
known to have any family ties in
Canada.

Tied in Slocan

ICHIRO HAYA
LONE BUTTE, B. C.—The death
occurred November 17 at Taylor
Lake of Ichiro Haya, eldest son ot
Mr. and Mrs. Yoshimatsu Haya.
Services were held the following
day, with Deaconess Robinson offi­
ciating, and Mrs. Kinu Uchida, Sa­
dao Uyehara and Toranosuke Kadohama assisting. Besides his par­
ents, the deceased is survived by
his grandmother, one brother, Te­
tsuo and three sisters, Chiyoko,
Yoshiko and Hiroko, all of Taylor
Lake, B. C.
EI SAKU KUBODERA
Final rites were held November
21, at St. Andrews Church, Kaslo,
B. C. for Eisaku Kubodera, 62. for­
merly of Cloverdale, B. C. A veter­
an of the last Great War, ne is
survived only by his wife in KaHo.
REIKICHI TAKEUCHI
The death occurred October 31,
at Hastings Park Hospital, of Rei­
kichi (Ray) Takeuchi, son oi mr.
and Mrs. Tsunekichi Takeuchi, for­
merly of Vancouver. Funeral ser­
vices were held at the Hompa Bau
dhist Temple, with Rev. R. Tatibana officiating.

MRS. TOSHIO INAMOTO
Last rites were held October 23
at the Honrpa Buddhist Temple ior
Mrs. Toshio Inamoto, who passed
away in the Glen Hospital, I an_
couver. Her husband and family,
residents of Tashme, returned to
Vancouver for the funeral service,
which was conducted by the Rev.

SLOGAN. — The first Japanese
wedding in Slocan was performed
quietly here, Saturday night, Nov­
ember 14, when Justice or Peace
Graham tied the nuptial knot for
Hisaye Yamauchi and Yoshio Hori.

BUSY MR. STORK ...
A principal item of excitement
in the Slocan Extension is the ar­
rival, besides trams anti busses, of
the stork. Since’'the .last issue or
this ncwsnaner the following are
reported from Slocan.

To Mr. and Mrs. Masayuki Yano,
a boy, Oct. 16.
To Mr. and Mrs. Scimku Tamura
a girl, Oct.. 20.
To Mr. and Mrs. Takeo Sato, a
boy, Oct. 23.
To Mr. and Mrs. Teiji Masuda, a
girl, non a.
To Mr. and Mrs. George Tanaka,
a girl, Nov. 2.
To Mr. and Mrs. Seiichi Haraguchi, a gul, -mv, o.
To Mr. and Mrs. K. Koyama, a
girl. Nov. 14.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kenichi Suga, a
drl Nov. 10.
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And Men Move To
Thunder River
THUNDER RIVER, B, C. —The
highway camp at Albreda, on the
Blue Ri ver-Yellowhead road pro­
ject, was closed recently, upon
completion of work in that area,
made to the
ana
si wards for
westwards for 9 in lies.
The camp personnel, numbering
42 simile men, were transferred
here to the project at Thunder
River. Rwenllv preparations for

two more wood sheds being built
and 150 cords of wood stacked.
Work is also going ahead on the
road, in spite of many difficulties.
—H. Sato
—F, Okumura

Paue 3

Prairie Hooses Still a Problem
Rev. Kabayama Will
Lend Books To Read
RAYMOND, Alta

natural

ties for use in the education of
children are glowingly described by
Rev. Jun Kabayama, former Ocean
Falls pastor, in a report to The
: aade-

cilities
ouate/

kabayama declares.
Ip the children learn

vation of nature as well.”
Commenting upon housing conditions
Kabayama points out
were
that most of th
used only durin
mid
fall months, by migratory Central
armors.
n.
to improve
ablv. No tv

nv

u

JU

fortable.

KASLO, B. G.—An ins
th
red

ciet

s. H. J. Arm.
it meeting of
Women’s Soibers of the

m

burn­
's. M.
Kuba led the devotional, and Mrs.
K. Shimotakahara interpreted the
address. A delightful social was
held in the Church Hall, and at the
close of the event, Mrs. Paterson
moved a vote of thanks from the
Mrs

—Light of the World.

Valley Reeves Asst
passed a resolution t
authorities to permit leases of Jap a n e s e - own e d farms for periods
longer than possible under the 30
dav? notice condition now imposed.

Patients of the Hastings Park
Hospital wish to acknowledge, the
sum of §10 with grateful thanks to
panese Canadian Citizens’
T
In the event the hospital
is still operating at Christmas, it
will be used for a luletide fund.
—M. I.

o Many Friends
latie ’Yamamoto wishes to
thank her many friends for their ^
solicitude and letters during her^
confinement at the hospital some^
hem to g
go. She
know that she is now fully recover
ed. and residing at Lemon Creel
Slocan, B. C.
H

cf th

mis

sion rej)rose
E. Russel. .
Rev. W. R. McWilliams
visit to Ravmond and dish

some

mumt.y tenners in d
tricts. His hope is
study groups among

oreumze

movement.

Rev. Kabayama hrs a large num­
ber of books of various kinds in the
Japanese language1 which he is
willing to lend for reading during
winter months. Ho may be reached
by writing to him in Raymond.

rey Averages 10 Tons
Of Si
1

CAREY, Man.—An average yield
10-11 tons per acre is reported
from the district of Carev in
southern Manitoba bv J;
beet farmers, for whom
farm work came to an end in the
middle of October.
H. Mitsunaga, of Z. Desk arnois'
farm, had the best crop, yieldin'.’
an average of 17 tons to an
for 60 acres. Mr. Morishita
Penner’s farm produced an
age of 15 tons, for 95 acres.
have
and Mr
transferred from Carev to another

Duf-rost Kosei-Kai
Sends Greetings
DEFROST, Man. —Organization
of a local farmers' a-ssocintion
among- Japanese of this district. 38
miles south of Winnipeg, was car­
ried out some time ago, with the

welfare of evac
Masao Miki, former Bradner,
B. C. resident,
as chosen president. Executive mombors include:
Kiyoshi Fukuda, secretary; Sukesaku Hayakawa, chairman; Masao
Tsutsumi, treasurer: and Haruji
Morihira, Jukichi Terada and Tsu.
neo Morikgwa, committee.

i\ar sonus ns nest wishes to eva­
cuees all over Canada through The
New Canadian.

London Lights Shine
Just Like Home
LON DON. Ont -Tins busy little
citv. distributin'. centre for the
“garden of Ontario," is daily be­
coming more and more like home
for a group of young’ Niseis. At
least fifty Niseis, girls chiefly in
domestic, service and boys in many
hung
different occupation
their hats up here and set to with
a will to surmount the difficulties
thev have faced.
the Leap
gathering
Year tradition, when the girls on-'
tertained at* the Imps Halle Apart­
ments for the young men. Close to
fifty young ’people, including a doThomas,
zen from nearby
athered for the “shindig.”.
Games. refreshments including
Hicacy in the east, “osung and just swapping
Sill
made the time pass so
quickly that plans were soon made
for another such gathering.
The Londoners want to send
their good wishes to evacuees
wherever they may be in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Hirose
Mr. and Mrs. To’kuji Hirose, foi
merly of Cumberland and Sout.
Port Mann, B. C. wish to inform
their friends that they have moveu
from St. Jea n Baptiste, Manitoba,
and are now■ located at c'o J. F.
Bradley, High Bluff, Man.

district. Thejr friends and neigh­
bours wish them every success.

Ka Wiyr

jiwv

Nrui

Friend. Seen

®atiaMan

i neae
H
With evacuees still on the may h
la, lots of folks find^
end still lost or strayed a- ^
TY^ c lumns are always^
’ ’P-1 , hoping to get mg
r (\
ut Direr friends or with^.
th whom connectionsg
have been nroken by evacuation.
^

Roy Tsuda is being sought byg
asao Miyasaka, Japanese Camp A
nit 4, Three Valley, B. C.
^

Haro Asano, c'o Great Lakes ^i
iwmills Ltd., Fort William, Out. ^
.vet in touch
p
George K. Inouye, former
B.
C.
ese foreman at Port Alice,

To Mr. and Mrs. S. Nagata, (nee
Shigemi Urano) of Picture Butte,
Alta., on September 19, at St.
Michael’s Hospital, a son.

The whereabouts of a cousin. M
Miss Takako Sato, formerly of Red^
Gao. Vancouver I q and more re-^
cently of Selkirk St., V ancouver, isg
the concern of Sam Setto, Balmoral, S
Man.

Kenryu Tsuji.
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*
The death is reported from Slo­
can of Sadaroku Nakamura, on
November 6, following a prolonged
illness: and of Matsuo Shoji, Nov­
ember 10, of bronchial pneumonia.

S. Mori, Farm Service Force, ^
Wallaceburg, Ont., is anxious to^
get in touch with Charlie Doi, for­
mer Cumberland resident, and noww
believed to be working in a B. C.
road camp.

Al4y

A* X

4'

tn iPumtreal, ^.f.

^ Warm and Cordipi, Effective end
Inexpensive will be your greeting for

Christmas and the New Year through

The New Canadian.

TURN TO PAGE S/X

And Just Cl/p The Coupon

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November 30, 1942

THE NEW CANADIAN

Page 4

Judge to Report on Dragon Probe to Justice Minister
Testimony For And Against Etsuji Morii Heard

From 45 Witnesses in Two-Week Investigation
VANCOUVER, B. C.—Probable future action if
any' on the “Black Dragon probe" which came to a
cluse recently' in the Court House here, will depend
upon the report which the Royal Commissioner,
Judge J. C. A. Cameron who conducted the investi­
gation, compiles from 1250 pages of testimony and
submits to the minister of Justice in a few weeks time.
Some 45 witnesses, both white
and Japanese were called to the
stand by Judge Cameron in the
course of the two-weeks investi­
gation, ordered by Ottawa fol­
lowing publication by the Van­
couver “N e w s - Herald” of
charges of subversive activity
and abuse of power against Etsu­
ji Morii.
Mr. Morii was chairman of the
original Japanese liaison committee
known more familiarly to the Jap­
anese community as the Nippon
Club committee.

Lengthy Submissions
Winding up the investigation, C.
H. Locke, counsel for the R.C.M.P.
and B.C. Security Commission, took
three and a half hours to review
the evidence in defence of the cen­
tral figure in the probe, as well as
of the position taken by his clients
in making Mr. Morii in the evacu­
ation.
*
, Senator J. W. deB. Farris, fol­
lowed with another three-hour sub­
mission, assailing Mr. Morii and
criticising the R.C.M.P. He recoin,
mended to the Commission.? thar
“if the minister of justice is not
satisfied there is ground for inter­
ning Morii, the commission’s report
should be submitted to him as a
basis for further, investigation.”
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*
*
Testimony that money was paid
to the Nippon Club committee was
made by two witnesses, Sadao Maikawa and IL Hoshino, although
this, they affirmed was for chari­
table purp-ses Early in the probe,
Glen* W. MasPhersor. told a story
of how an unnamed woman sent
monev to Mr. Morii in a box of
chocolates.

Testify of Fear
Harold Winch, Rev. Howard
Norman and Dr. Norman Black
told the Commissioner that they
had reason to believe Mr. Morii
was strongly pro-Axis hi his sym­
pathies and that- Canadian-born Ja­
panese had expressed their fear of
him to them.

A feature of the probe was the
evidence by Yasuzo Shoji, Great
War veteran,..that on two occasions
he had been assaulted by Mr. Morii
or his assistants. A similar story of

violence was related by Y. Iwasaki,
former Tairiku Nippo editor.

Tatsuro Suzuki told the Commis­
sioner that Mr. Morii was feared
by the Japanese community in
much the same way that Al Capone
was feared by Americans. He dis­
claimed any knowledge of the
Black Dragon.
Other witnesses called to give
evidence against the former Liai­
son committee head included Shi­
geru Yasuura, Ryuichi Yoshida,
Yoshiaki Sato, J. K. Smith, city
food and sanitary inspector, A. L.
Wright, city manager of the Sun
Life, Ted Ward, News-Herald re­
porter, Harry Thornton, who colla­
borated with Ward in writing the
articles, Aubrey Dinsmore, Vancou­
ver taxi-driver, and Z. Kinoshita.

Testimony defending Mr. Morii’s
integrity and position was offered
by Flight-Lt. Francis Henry, for­
mer R.C.M.P. officer, who stated
that he was not a “stool pigeon”
for the R.C.M.P., but that for many
years he gave the police every as­
sistance. He was never paid a ni­
ckel by the police.”

Assisted Police
F. J. Mead, assistant commis­
sioner of the R.C.M.P. and mem­
ber of the Security Commission,
told Judge Cameron that although
he had attended conferences with
the F.B.I. he had never hgard of
the Black Dragon Society or the
Sokoku-kai. Mr. Mead said that Mr.
Morii had been of great assistance
to the government, and had been
found to be reliable and trust­
worthy in every way.
Sergeant J. K. Barnes of the R.­
C.M.P. said that Canadian-born Ja­
panese started a campaign of vili­
fication against Etsuji Morii, be­
cause “they wanted to make it
tough for anyone who assisted the
B. C. Security Commission.”
In his final submission, reports
the Province, Senator Farris de­
clared, “This is the first time.......
that I have had to deal with alle­
gations in which the police seem to
be lined up with the one who is
to be charged. We have long heard
that the R.C.M.P. always get their
man. Now it seems that, when the
occasion suits them, they can al­
ways get their man off!”

New Canada Year Book Store of Facts
OTTAWA, Ont. —The 1942 edi­
tion of the Canada Year Book,
published by authorization of the
Hon. James A. MacKinnon, Minis­
ter of Trade and Commerce, is an­
nounced by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics.
The 'Canada Year Book is the
official statistical annual of the
country and contains a thoroughly
up-to-date account of the natural
resources of the Dominion and
their development, the history of
the country, its institutions, its
demography, the different bran­
ches of production, trade, transpor­
tation, finance, education, etc.—in
brief a comprehensive study within
the limits of>a single volume of the
social and economic condition of
the Dominion.
To readers of The New Cana­
dian, scattered as they now are
in so many cities, towns and dis­
tricts of Canada, and coming to
know of this country at first
hand for the first time in their
lives, the Year Book should be of
particular interest and value.

Persons requiring a copy may
obtain it from the King’s Printer,
Ottawa, as long as the supply
lasts, at tlie price of $1.50 per copy
which merely covers publication
cost. A limited number of paper­
bound copies have been set aside
for bona fide students and school
teachers, who may obtain such co­
pies at the nominal price of 50
cents upon special application to
the Dominion Statistician. Domi­
nion Bureau of Statistics. Ottawa.
The 1942 Year Book, over 1000
pages in size, has been thoroughly
revised and contains the latest in­
formation available. A number of
special articles illustrate the ef­
fects of the War on the Canadian
economy and show some of the
changes and developments taking
place.
A number of special studies on
various questions, including “Con­
stitution and Government,” “Nup­
tiality and Fertility in Canada,”
“Internal Trade,” and “Labour”
add greatly to the interest of this
invaluable volume.

U.S. Will Evacuate

“MANPOWER NEEDS,” cont. from p. 1

Limited Number From

duration of employment,—no work
is carried on during April and
May, transportation to the camps,
and supervision of these camps.
Provision is also made for the arbi­
tration of disputes between the
company and the workers.

Hawaiian Islands
HONOLULU, T. H. — Arrange-''
ments are being made to evacuate
some of Hawaii’s 161,000 citizens
and aliens of Japanese ancestry,
Lt.-Gen. Delos C. Emmons, mili­
tary commander of Hawaii, told a
press conference recently.
He said the evacuation would
not be on a mass scale, but rather
by resettlement of families. Only
a small part of the Japanese popu-•
lation will be concerned in the ini­
tial movements, his announcement
said.
“I want to make two points
clear,” declared General Emmons.
“First, it will not be a mass
movement like that on the Paci­
fic coast, and second, it will be
on a resettlement plan movement
to areas where schools and em­
ployment will be available.
“And we don’t plan to evacuate
very many. We do not propose to
interfere with the economy of the
islands, but we would like to get
rid of as many nonproductive peo­
ple as we can. The islands are
overcrowded.
“Wherever possible, families will
go with those evacuated. We will
not evacuate those concerned with
the v;ar effort.”
A large percentage of Hawaii’s
citizens of Japanese ancestry are
working on war construction and
similar projects in Hawaii, says the
“'Pacific Citizen” in c o m m e n t.
Many Caucasian Americans, not
directly concerned with the war,
have already been evacuated to the
Pacific coast.

FARMERS GO TO
NORTH MANITOBA
NATIONAL MILLS, Man. —
Number of Japanese sugar beet
farmers are co-operating exten­
sively in government policy to em­
ploy farm labour in logging camps
and mills during the winter months
to help meet the acute .shortage of
manpower. Extensive campaigning
has been carried out to draft all
available labour from the farms
during the off-season, for work in
winter projects.
In Manitoba the logging
camps begin work about the end
of October, and the sawmills go
into operation about Christmas
time. With the grain harvest
complete in September, and the
gathering of sugar beets finished
in October, many Japanese far­
mers and labourers are available
for other work.
A small group is now employed
at the mills of National Mills and
Fences C o., which carries on
large-scale operations in Northern
Manitoba. This centre is about 370
miles north-west of Winnipeg, near
the historic trading post of Hud­
son’s Bay Junction. It is in the
most northerly part of the pro­
vince, close to the Saskatchewan
border.
—M. Ogusuku

The transfer of Japanese work­
ers into the Fort William area has
not been unmarked by the usual
fuss raised over any project to em­
ploy the Nisei. Fort William’s Ca­
nadian Legion and City Council
have voiced the identical protests
which were heard from Southern
Ontario when the sugar beet work­
ers first moved in.

Haro Asano, former Vancouver
Nisei now employed by the Great
Lakes Mills, who accompanied Mr.
Lehtinen back from Ontario to the
evacuation towns, reports that the
Nisei meet petty discrimination in
the city, such as in restaurants.

Prairie Farm Workers Now
Go to Mills and Camps
Arrangements similar to those
in Ontario have already been ef­
fected in Alberta and Manitoba, re­
ports from Lethbridge and Winni­
peg indicate. At least 150 Albertan
farmers have been placed in the
forest industries, while in Manito­
ba, the farmers have moved almost
to the province’s northern border.
Hourly rates of pay detailed in
a Commission circular range from
a minimum of 30 and 35c for trim­
mers and graders, up to 95c for
sawyers. In the woods, monthly
rates vary from $65 to $55, with
assurance given of a “net minimum
of $60. This employment lasts until
March 31, when the workers are
expected to return to the farms.

Commission to Co-operate with B. C. Lumbermen
Slowly . advancing negotiations
leading to the employment of Japa­
nese labor in interior B. C. logging
camps and sawmills to relieve the
critical manpower shortage have
also received endorsement from the
B. C. Security Commission.

Stress is being laid on the re­
moval of discriminatory regula­
tions which forbid the employment
of Oriental labor on certain timber
tracts. B. C. employers are anxious
to press the matter before Eastern
companies take further steps to tap
this manpower reservoir. In a let­
ter to Wilfred Hanbury, president
of the Interior Lumbermen’s Asso­
ciation, Security Commission
Chairman Austin O. Taylor has ap­
proved action in this direction.

“Many groups have made repre­
sentations to this commission that
the serious shortage of commodi­
ties makes imperative the employ­
ment of. many Japanese who are

at present not producing,” Mr.
Taylor wrote.
“Many Japanese could be used
to increase production of badlyneeded lumber and fuel in the in­
terior of Birtish Columbia..... .

“I believe it is now clearly the
duty of the industry to employ
these Japanese, and for present
employees to work harmoniously
with the Japanese with a determi­
nation to increase production as a
contribution to Canada’s Avar ef­
fort.”
The particular value of employ­
ment in B. C. is that it would provide work for those married men
Avithout jobs in the evacuation
towns who are unwilling to go as
far away as Ontario leaving their
families behind.

As far as possible, it is believed,
attempts to recruit Avorkers for the
east in the housing projects will be
concentrated on single men.

Selective Service Against Race Discrimination
Of vital potential importance to
Japanese " Avorkers is the recent
statement issued by National Selec­
tive Service in Ottawa, warning
Canadian employers that discrimi­
nation against Avorkers for reasons
of race, color or creed may result
in all their labor supplies being cut
off.
In a statement Selective Service
said that employers who continue
to practice discrimination “may
find all sources of Avorkers closed
to them by refusal of National
Selective Service to issue permits
for Avorkers to seek employment
with them.”

, Except for certain war indus­
tries being forbidden to employ
certain classes of aliens, the dis­
crimination regulations will ap­
ply, it was said. To what extent
Japanese evacuees would come
under a special category is not
known.
Instructions to Selective Service
officers read in part:
“Some employers continue to dis­

Military Police Called To End Relocation Centre Riot
PARKER, Ariz.—A five day dis­
turbance at the Poston relocation
centre south of here was ended by
military police, W. Wade Head,
superintendent announced.
During the disturbance a
group of evacuees, in protest
against the jailing of two men
on a charge of assault to kill,
barricaded themselves at the
community jail and defied the
local government at the centre.
Head described the men as a
“small, but well - organized pro­
Axis group, Avho seized control of
the largest of the three Poston
units' and created a general strike.
“The work walkout affected

This is particularly true, he says,
of cafes operated by Chinese.

some 6500 eA’acuees and the stra­
tegy of the pro-Axis group ap­
parently Avas to attempt the des­
truction of the Americanism of the
American - born Japanese,” Head
stated.
“In this they failed, because the
other two Poston units which have
populations of 4000 and 5000 have
had the situation under their con­
trol and have co-operated with the
administration.”
(On a previous occasion military
police Avere called in to stop a dis­
turbance at the Santa Anita as­
sembly centre, which arose over
two men described as police in­
formants).

criminate against certain classes of
persons on grounds of citizenship,
nationality, race, language, name,
creed or color. Such discrimination
impairs the Avar effort by prevent­
ing the most effective1 .use of our
total labor supply and tends, by
developing well - founded resent­
ment and suspicion, to defeat the
democratic objectives for which we
are fighting.
“No official of Selective Service
shall do anything to encourage or
facilitate any such discrimination,
viz., no such official shall make
any remark to, or ask any question
of any applicant or employer that
could be interpreted as condoning
or suggesting dicrimination in em­
ployment against any class of per­
son and no official in selecting ap­
plicants for referral shall take into
consideration any factor other than
the applicant’s ability satisfactor­
ily to fill the vacancy.”

May Aid Placement
Of Many Evacuees

Although Selective Service regu­
lations have not applied extensively
under the special conditions meet­
ing Japanese evacuees, a few cases
of direct placement in jobs in east­
ern cities through, the Government
organization have been reported.
Possibilities of developments in
this direction are seen in the fact
that placement officers for the Se­
curity Commission in the eastern
provinces have been attached to
the federal department of labor’s
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sion offices. Similarly, the appoint­
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of Labor, A. MacNamara, to head
Selective Service may aid evacuees
to find decent self-supporting jobs,
since Mr. MacNamara has held an
active supervisory position in Jap­
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