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A bumper Xmas Issue is being blue­
printed ... contributions, whether
Hierary, photographic, or mone­
tary. will be greeted with open
arms and a welcoming smile .■..

THE NEW CANADIAN
Oc per copy

the

VICTORY

40c per month

Over Quarter of Evacuees Now Placed BeyondKC

so:
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but
s is

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Hermitage
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By K. W.

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Speed

Successful Move for Most Says Collins;
Many Wish To Stay Where They Are

Group Has High Rate of Virility

I SisSSiSsSiiiisiSii^
I THERE IS A TIDE . ..

-Over

A total of 431 babies were born to bered 135. Deaths, however, reached
Che British Columbia borCanada’s journals report with mixed Japanese families in the province of a total of 301, leaving a net natural
are L
British
Columbia
during
the
year
ptember 28 released hv
decrease of 166.
na- I feelings upon the blossoming out oi
UK I the McTague Report’s alternative sug. 1942, the vital statistics report for the POPULATION FACTORS
I. gestion to the lifting of ceilings on year issued at Victoria discloses.
Of the total 21,300 expelled from
I under-50c-hourly wages—the payment The total number of deaths was ■ Offsetting the increase in population the defence zone, a total of 5,786 LHiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKniH^^
he
by? births was the steady’ drain of had moved
I of cash allowances to Canadian family,
Rockies. Nisei Solders Enter 1 own
125,
leaving
the
natural
increase
of
I
lies,
according
to
the
number
of
child.
people eastward across the Rockies These were, by provinces:
n| ren in the home. It was mentioned 306.
To Rescue Paratroopers
sh
on various evacuation and relocation Alberta .........
2,861
I; editorially in this paper three weeks
Comparison with births and deaths
re
schemes. A small fa .tor entering into
84 From Behind Enemy Lines
back, when the proposal was just be- for the province as a whole indicate
the
population
figures
for
the
whole
Manitoba
: ginning to receive some attention.
lay
NEW * YORK, (AP). — The
that Japanese births amounted to
country is also the repatriation of Ontario
I
Having no direct wire into Ottawa,
1,570
the
2.35 per cent of the total 18,346. Per­
Lnited Nations Radio at Algiers
about 103 persons of Japanese origin Quebec
ay.
197
said Monday night a detachment of
| or the “Forum”, we still can’t hang centage of deaths, however, was only since the outbreak of war in the
British Columbia’s remaining JapaI
out
on
a
precipice
with
any
predic1.4,
there
being
8,916,
recorded
for
Pacific
American-born soldiers, after four
nese population is estimated to be
the
| tions as to governmental decisions.
the province as a whole.
cays under fire recently' near Bene­
It is generally anticipated that somewhat less than 17,000, of whom
I; But we do have our telescope trainOf the total natural increase of births for the current year, 1943, are about 10,000 are evacuees located in
vento, finally’ entered the town and
t ed on the ghost towns. And from the . 9,430, in the province, the growth
Government-supervised housing set­
likelyto
exceed
last
year

s
total,
rescued
22 United States, parachute
I total absence of any sign of activity
by | on tire part of all the community “big of population of Japanese origin which may have held down slightly tlements.
troops who had been behind enemy
ich
amounted to 3.25 per cent, indicat­
Mr. Collins issued the figures upon
shots”, “kais”, and “committees” we ing that last year’s record for vir­ by the break-up of families and gen­
lines for more than two weeks.
erally’- unsettled conditions caused by’ his return from a cross-country tour
do
know
they
are
passing
up
the
most
ich
The action marked the first
ility of population is still being sus­ the evacuation.
of districts in which evacuees are
favorable and opportune time to seek tained.
refighting participation of Americanbeing relocated.
■ an increase in maintenance allowances
Medical officers in interior housing
mt
oorn Japanese soldiers in this war.
In comparison with the Japanese, settlements at least have reported SUCCESSFUL MOVE
that has ever come their way.
The
unit recruited from Hawaii in­
The McTague Report stresses that I c^*^ren Lorn to Chinese parents num- bumper crops of babies this summer.
Those who left British Columbia for
cludes the first of over 7000 Nisei
the prairies and eastern Canada are
se I upward adjustments must be made in
expected to see combat service.
now
generally’ agreed that they made
I
the
incomes
of
workers
in
the
lower
of
a successful move, Mr. Collins told
wage brackets. The government is Custodian Seeks Good Prices:
us
I prepared to admit this, as is shown by
the Vancouver Province.
DR. KUSAKA STILL
j
the
expanding
interest
in
the
child“
They
were
generally
slow
to
accept
te
- ren’s cash allowance proposal. It folthe eastern jobs offered to them, anil ON STAFF AS STORM
)r.
lows, then, that evacuee families,
they didn't like .their new life at first.
I often with many children, and depend,
But after they were working- for . SUBSIDES AT SMITH
ent upon a rigidly fixed maintenance
while they began to realize that there
N O R T HAM PT ON , M a s s.—M em b e rs
L schedule, may logically lay some claim
are more opportunities for them and of the Smith College maintenance
KASLO, B. C.—Long-awaiting' permission to carrv a that they can make more money,” he workers union,which had threatened
5 to a share of the government’s con:
sideration.
S'
test case on the forced sale of Japam se-o w n e d property was quoted as saying-.
to call a strike if a 27-yeart old Japa­
I Of course if our local leaders do
The Japanese are generally happier, nese professor was retained on the
finally grasp this opportunity, they
sparticularly in Alberta where they stall of the college have apparently
ry j will need to be very wary of any atwork chiefly on sugar beet farms, he dropped their protest, the Associated
a- I tempt to secure allowances in the hope! CLASSES IN ENGLISH
coming, it is intimated here told the paper.
Press indicated recentlv.
le | that able-bodied men will be saved
3 he
Smith
College
Employees
“I got the impression that many
this
week.
[from the necessity of going to work.
START IN TORONTO
Union,
an
AFL
affiliate,
had
been the
will
want
to
remain
where
they
are
It is understood that legal fiats

:e | There is an obvious stiffening of polwhen
the
war
is
over,

he
said.
storm
centre
of
protest
directed
will be granted by the Minister of
2s seen in the recent extension .
TF>pn\TTn __
c
I of
T f
1
■ formation of an
against the appointment of Dr. Shu­
Justice, and that solicitors for the DISPERSAL POLICY
selective bervice Regulations to
i
t
?
c

\
English study class, for beginners
Property Owners’ Association hope
giue gnost towns. And the suep-p-^Mr. Collins declared it is the policy ichi Kusaka, former Vancouver Nisei,
|Hnn
e
will meet weekly throughout the
to commence court action im­ of the Security Commission to dis­ to the school faculty, as a mathemati­
pnon is tnat some of the patience of
,
m
I *inter months was announced mere
cal physicist.
.
.
mediately.
perse the Japanese as thinly as pos­
d ।me autnoiiiies
i may well be weann0, ^jg -vveek. The class will meet, every
After
a
meeting
on
the
night
of
In the meantime, however, the Cus­ sible. Those who took eastern jobs are
8
1
J Hu.
I Wednesday evening from 7:30 in
Sept. 23, union officials refused to
s
the Church of Ail Nations, 423 todian’s office is continuing with the being fairly well received by civilians comment on what stand the main­
I
V
Queen Street West, and first genera­ sale of property, and ’s not holding up and are now much in demand on farms tenance employees would take on the
tion residents of Toronto are part­ the proceedings until after the legal and in industry.
I
controversy, but said that all emplovvalidity of the liquidation is or is not
Commenting on the contemplated
icularly urged to attened.
ees
would report for work.
established.
closing of one “ghost town”, Mr.
In making the anouncement, G. E.
Dr. Kusaka, a graduate of three
Collins said that it would first be
Trueman, placement officer, declar­ PROPER VALUATION
American universities, name to British
A
possible
stumbling
block
to
the
1
iecessary ^ surveV housing and other Columbia with his parents when only
ed that “this is a part of the general
i
°ns. in a11 ProJects before de- four years of age and has never re­
Canadianization plan”''which is be- legal action is also seen in the fact|COp
ciding
which one to close.
ing introduced in Ontario among that the fiars may not be granted in
turned to Japan.
time
for
a
reference
to
the
Exchequer
Japanese
evacuees
from
B.
C.
Th.e story of segregation and reCourt at its regular sitting in Van­
| ocaoon of the Japanese in America
couver.
Alternative legal methods
IV0 ^ to>’ Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife Paper Opposes Evacuees
through the Supreme Court are there­
e President, in an article in the
fore
being studied by the Association
In
Kootenay
After
War
c 16 issue of Collier’s magazine.
solicitors,
Norris and MacLennan of
n ^r article, “A Challenge to
NELSON, B. C.—In its lead editor­ Vancouver.
ler*“an Sportsmanship”, Mrs. ial Wednesday the Nelson Daily News
They report that they are satisfiedf LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — -The Citvlnese w^™
x
^Roosevelt becins.
urged vigilance
to see that
no citizen that to date the Custodian’s office has Council has under consideration
t
.
.
f f

sout^m
h i can well understand the bitter- ”«?",
Japanese
origin
be
perbeen
very
particular
about
obtaining
I
™k
an
appeal
by
officials
of
two
'
Commission

^
V

B
'
C
'
Security
^fi ot people who have lost loved
nutted to lease or purchase land ;r prop6t valuations on each parcel rff'*! city hospitals to seek dome ft jZ « I ^“4 ° ^ ^ "”
a^ l^ie hands of the Japanese
open business m the Kootenay dis- real estate and receiving reasonable i workers from among- the gWs of on X f»r.f’°V< ’ W 'omiciM
authorities, and we know tnct, or .o remain after the war.
prices on those actuall soW
I Japanese families employed on sub ILL
u, t0 'V,"Ch .
are
^.,a\ Lhe ^totalitarian
philosophy’,
Declared the interior newspaper:) Committee members of the Associa_ibeet farms of Southern Lberta.
“"^ated,, and
and the
the .commit
on further
further
commission
ine
Germany or Japan, is «in Kootenay it is necessarv to watch!
agrees that they wall not allow them.
— officers: . ;Domestic help is needed desper- to muve < ’

the situation carefully, if we do notA°n beared reports_ ------from the
cruelty and brutalitv.
move and
reside ain the city of
K
h is not hard to understand why
at a meeting held here last Tuesdavftey and immediately by both Leth-’Lethbridge
or become
"
h People living here in hourly an wish to have left with us after the evening-- Dr. K. Shimotakahara pre-i^S6 hospitals if they are to con-[ munieipahty
in
the
province “ of
on sided,
o
, reports
- were
..................
r ™
1,1
and Alberti”
Pro, .nee
of
g xiety for those they love have dif- war a large residue of the Japanese
and
submitted bywhom
we
agreed
to
accept
purely
g iculty- in viewing the Japanese
& Staoou, treasurer and T. ®daka, “^ «*^
Modification of the restrictions has
M°^e!n objectively but for the a wartime emergency ....
rreasurer.
“Japanese are not permitted in this
4 ■without delay.'
he past in order
iJn°r °f our country. the rest of us
as they obtain it
that
Japanese
workers
might relieve
provin
e
to
go
into
business,
but!
PHSt do SO.”
Employment of Nisei girls in St the acute shortage of labor in Leth­
vigilance is required to see that this; Children Go Back to
•K-aihetic in tone, the article out.
Michael’s and Galt Hospitals will bridge vegetable canneries.
rule is enforced, and that they do not
require
(he consent of the City
School
in
Alberta
boolehi
°? JaPanese! pUrchase interests in Kootenay under
Vice-Mayor Edward Castles, who
Council
to
a modification of restric­ presided over the meeting, summed up
Ihnadon L
1C^ 2n< gn es an ex-: cover of leases or share-cropping, or
LETHBRIDGE, Alta.—The long­
tions against the employment or the picture as: “It is a sad situation
®tbL p LjC flrcumstances result-i apparent]v innocent contracts.”
est
summer holiday on record came
3
e delusion Act of 1924.
1 -.

.
.
residence oi Japanese evacuees in we have confronting us in our hospiThe paper’s second editorial, ef_ to an end for school children last
panese is always a Japanese’ fectiveh;
the
city of
a
, Lethbridge.
/.—°~'
। tals today. People jn sickness need
enough, is one that urges Monday,
as schools
throughout
p an ea.
eccepted
phrase,

Mrs.
,
*
^eeLng
of
the
council
’help more than anyone else. But we
O^OS^VtUE
“freedom of enterprise for everyone’
southern Alberta again opened their
s/’ and it
“St ^ek.^d representations byi should not relax in our restrictions
iL has taken
the key factor “responsible for all doors to sun-tanned children.
j James M estbrook, Galt hospital board j against the Japanese one iota ”
|oast bL-'A l^a 7 °n lhe ^estjthe true progress that has been made
Schools this year were almost a !chairman, and G.E. Rice, K. C. sol-1
Bar hartunreasonable in the worid.”
month late in opening,.in order that icitor for St. Michaels.
1L’ touiu it leads nowhere!_____________________
I
OTTAWA.—An External Affairs
children might contribute to reliev­
Mr.
Rice
explained
that
the
hospital
I
Sans
J3Pauese-Ameri-I equality of opportunity, and we
ing the labor shortage in manv
announcement gave the names of
|
210 Kore toe Japanese than hope to retain the right to lead our
j pays 835 per month plus room and 221
directions.
Canadians among the civilians
ft,L’ ‘^‘‘^erican is German or an
j board to its domestic help. Galt
individual lives the way we please,
being
repatriated from Japan who
Many Nisei school children troop­
^-American is Italian.
.hospital nays only S30 for domestic
but we can only do so if we grant
ed back to little red schoolhouses by I workers.
, are expected at Marmagoa, Portug­
H
C’^zen ‘n th*s country has
to others the freedom we wish for
foot, school bus, bicycle and horse­
ese India, “on on about October 15.”
COMMISSION AGREEMENT
ght to our basic freedoms, to
ourselves,” Mrs. Roosevelt says
back to resume their winter studies.
They are due in New York City in
‘ The agreement under which Japa-I
December.

Believe Ottawa To Grant Fiats
Tn Property Sale Test Case

Sportsmanship..."
I—Mrs. Roosevelt

Need Change in Policy as Lethbridge
Hospitals Seek To Employ Evacuees

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Eastern Positions
_ THE OTACO COMPANY OF ORilha, Ont., making parts for planes,
are requesting four machinists, 65c
to $1.00 an hour; cost’of living
bonus 60c weekly, 55 hour week.
Peter Yamada, formerly of Vanco uver,
accepted a position as
stock-room ie order and bookkeeper
with this company
Living accomodation is available
and Selective Service staff are co­
operative in helping Japanese to
secure living quarters.
*
*
*
THE M0NTA.IN SANATORIUM,
HAMILTON, Ont., wishes to em­
ploy Japanese nurses. Salary $70.00
a month to start with plus 85.00
monthly bonus and each six months
taey receive an additional monthly
bonus increase. The nurses, work six
bays per \ eek with one full day off.
Full maintenance is provided.
THE ORILLIA MACHINE AND
Tools Works, ORILLIA, Ont., offers
employment to the following ski.led
workers:

Maqhimsts, 65c to $1.00 per hour;
lool-makers, 90c to $1.25 per hour;
Tool-grinders. 90c to $1.25 per hour.
Cost of living bonus is 60c to all
workers. Day w ork is 55 hour* week,
night work 60 hour week. Saturday4
and Sunday nights off.
The management assures that
they will make proper provision for
living quarters.

Denver Bus Over
Bank But None Hurt

Mme Talk

NEW DENVER, B. C.—A Greyhound bus and a truck went over a! c.o 3jr> Stork
rain-softened shoulder in the Slocan! mu
, . „
> l
,
Highway about eight or nine miles;
The birth is reported or a baby girl
south of New Denver last week end, ij
,0’, ^
Mrs: K^'hi
* 0
oiiko
to ^i
Mr. and
ai
the Nelson Daily News reported.'
|“a ,0X ^me at the Tashme

Denver Wolves Wallop GiantsGo Home with Boultbee Trophy

Ihe recent heavy rains in the
A
,,...
.
,
Kootenay area are blamed for the soft^f
a^non ??
Mr’
condition of the road, which caused
HideY°siii Watanabe, lormthe bus filled with 26 passengers to' eT °X ^nc°^
turn over cn its sides on Saturdav^^ b<’
bo;? at the Tasn' Strike
. . .
afternoon, Ort. 9, and a truck to g^l^ntai on Sept. 26.
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NEW DENVER, B. C.-A rhrDV^
ninth inning finish high-1 i°-hted
final game of the New Denver SeiV
Baseball playoffs in which Shi’^nv
mura’s Wolves won out a
over Bob Ohashi’s Giants on the afi?
। noon. of Sept. 26.

J
a hree runs and three hits, topoed
I by manager Shig Okumura’s
| gave the Wolves a commanding- lead
on Sept. 2S, at the Tashmel BOWLERS SET UP
over the bank some 7o feet on Sunday. - „ Born
' .
Luckily no one was injured and the^??1’
^r' and M
Tomezo
sL'0™
verY first stanza. GeorL
damage slight to the bus although the; m A^
1-shme,
a baby .id LONDON LEAGUE
। Y oshmaka, meanwhile kept the Gunb
truck was severely damaged. ThereL 5^°'
LONDON, Ont. — From London |
speed bail
was no report of any Japanese pass- u P the Aisle . ..
comes a report of active Nisei parti-1
P • °
defense.
:
an tne nun inning, the
i
Mika ■ Matsumiya and ~ Fujiyuki cipation jn a local bowlra.i°- ,ka°’U6 as
ingers being on the bus.
:
i
b’
c ■1‘-1 bleak
P
&
.
icanie for the Giants when
Fukushima, formerly of V ancouver, four
teams of the Hyman Leather: Mt off ai
Okumi!ra. whe £i £
were
married
in
Elope
by
Constable
At
T

S

VT
*
I*
611
Yoshinaka
that tai ,5
TWO JAILED FOR
Norman of the Provincial Police on
k
esita
uciids,
A i acais, three consecutive errors bv a hitherto
Sept. 28. They were attended by Mr. Maroots and Poaka Dots are c“^ strong Wolves in field, a io^
SELECTIVE SERVICE
Raiichi Shirakawa and Mrs. T. Takaboys. The first match of the se«n'K“AZ7A?iP

RULE INFRACTION

Departure from Tashme ...
on Sept. 2o, found the Bluebirds win-jhow
whsn fa t)
^ -^
.VANCOUVER,- B. C.—Violation of
mug
out
over
the
Wildcats
two
games
two
,
M
on
bases
-J™
To employment at Alma College,
Selective Service Regulations resulted i St. Thomas, Ont., on Sept 30
a group co one, wnile the Maroons swamped ;.smashel out a do,jble O/Bob jQ
m a sentence of 20 days imprison- i of
Tashme-ites including’ Misses, Polka Dots, 3-0.
slants to make everybody even 5-5
ment in the Oakalla jail for two men'Emiko Yamashite Ivy Takihira, Mrs.
On
Oct. 2, the four teams battled DECIDING RUNS COME IN ...
employed at the B. C. Pulp and Paper Mitsu P ’
' ‘
_
Sakanishi, Mrs. Sono Takihira, on local alleys with Bluebirds coming
In the ninth the Wolves again'set
company at Woodfibre, B. C. this Mrs. Ise Naito, and Mr. Rintaro Tak?
out on.top over the Maroons to be­ up a rally with doubles by Shig- Oku­
''eek.
hira.
come the only unbeaten team, while mura and Yosh Suyama and a'sinde
These men, who had been brought
T. Y.O. NITE ...
the
Wildcats licked the hapless Polka by George Yoshida brought in two
by the Selective Service to the WoodDots,
3-0.
“A grand time was had by all” was
fibre jobs from Quebec were reported
runs and gave the game and the cup
October 2, box score:
to them.
to hqve quit their jobs at the Howt the verdict of the post-mortems of
Bluebirds: T. Takemura, 624; J.
Sound town without permission from rhe Whist Drive and Square Dance
After the game, a short present­
sponsored by the Tashme Youth Kariya, 60S; Kumi Yoshida, 504; M. ation ceremony was held, and Mr. E.
’.he Selective Service.
Coaldale Planning Post
Company officials said that the men Organization at ‘ the Tashme Hall, Isoshima, 6‘46. Total, 2382.
L. Boultbee presented the cup to
had quit their jobs without notice or Saturday evening, Sept. 25, when 150
Maroons: C. Shimizu, 519 Sv Take­ Wolves- manag*er Shig Okumura. As
permission on Oct. 6 and said that young people gathered for a riotous mura, 494; R. Hayashi, 507; T. Waka­ a finishing touch to a successful ball
IKON SPRINGS, Alta.—All mem they were going home. To the officials’ evening of fun.
bayashi 591. Total, 2111.
season, a banquet dance was held at
bers of the Iron Springs Y. P. A. are protests they allegedly retorted that
Wildcats:' E. Wakabayashi, 572; J. the Bosum Hall on Oct. 9. with many
invited to a proposed roller skating "we don’t give a damn and to hell with
The engagement is announced of
Shimizu, 504; M. Gray, 478; J. Nishi- guest present from among the local
party after beet topping by the Coal­ the government, and the regulations.” Ayako, eldest daughter of Mrs. Hide
418; W. Sagenan, 677. Total, people.
dale C. 1. C. The time and place will
In' judgement on these men, the Negoro of Rosebery, to Mr. Asato 2649.
Champions of the New Denver Base­
be announced later.
magistrate said
“Eeveryone must Nishiyama of No. 2 Camp Princeton.
ball
League:
Polka Dots: F. Nishizaki, 374; M.
.Everyone in the Iron Springs dis- take the government regulations ser Baishakunins were Messrs. KatsuGeorge Yoshinaka, pitcher; Harry
trict is now busy with the beets har- iously. I must punish you for 5your yori Murakami and George Mizuno. Abe, 4oS; B. Yoshida, 432; J. Horibe,
467;
R.
Sagenan,
679.
Total,
2410.
Nishimura,
catcher: Tex Tahara,
vest with many farmers bein«- half total disregard for rules and regul­
Team scores:
lb; Iwao Iwamoto, 2b; Shig Oku­
finished.
6
ations which have been passed for the LEMON CREEK TO
mura, shortstop; Yoshi Suyama. 3b;
Maroons:
708, 704, 699—2111.
safety of our country.”
Tom
Toyama, If; Frank Hatanaka,
Bluebirds
:
845, 722, 815—2382.
Teachers* Federation
The accused’s offer to return to HOLD GIGANTIC
cf; George Yasuda, rf.
|
work was refused with the declaration
Wildcats:
774,
943,
937

2649.
that these men should be made in “KIKU’’ DISPLAY
Polka Dois: 687, 837, 886—2410.
Vancouver.—First Canadian teach example of.
Kaslo Baseball
|
LEMON
CREEK,
B.
C.

A
chrysan
ers’ organization to affilia te with a
themum exhibition of the standards
labor body, the British Columbia
MONTREAL. — Canadian-born
VANCOUVER.—Supt. C. K. Gray. of those held in pre-evacuation days
Teachers’ Federation will link itself R. C. M. P., has been appointed head
Japanese youths serving with re­
with the trades and Labor Congress of the, Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vancouver is planned for Saturday
ail^un^aP Oct. 23, 24 by the Lemon serve army units in Montreal have
of Canada, federation executive de­
“E” Division, with headquarters in
Creek Kokonoye Kai, at the Lemon been recently struck off the strength
cided here recently.
Vancouver. He succeeds Assistant Creek Public Scthool Hall.
of their units it is reported here.
At the same time, it was announced Commissioner C. H. Hill, who is retir­
With over thirty contributors to the 1 hree youths were discharged some
that there would be no strike at pre­ ing.
show a total of over 120 pots will be
sent of B. C. Teachers over the ques­
time after their return from train­
KASLO, B. C.—Kootenay Asahis
exhibited. The Kokonoye Kai would
tion of inadequate salaries in rural
VICTORIA.—Twenty-nine British
vanquished the Kaslo Athletics 7-5
like to extend an invitation to all ing camp in Ontario.
schools.
Columbia schools are closed at presen
Oct. 3,> in the final game of the 1943
The federation points out that they because of the teachei’ shortage, ed those interested in the Slocan Valley
season
a large Sunday crowd
Child Dies While Parents at Vimybefore
are. creating no precedent however, as ucation department officials said last from Rosebery and New Denver
Park.
the American Teachers’ Federation week The schools are all in rura southward, and from Kaslo and SanThe, game, a pitchers’ duel between
don to visit the exhibit.
Out Harvesting Beets
has for 20 years been linked with the area
Last year at this time more
Mits
Tanaka of the Asahis and Muts
Hie Lemon Creek Chrysanthemum
American Federation of Labor
ARNAUD, Man.—Tragedy befell Baba of the Athletics was decided by
than 40 schools were without teachers
organization has been paced by the the home of Mr. Minoru Kato, sugar
costly errors in the Athletic infield
efforts of Mr. Kitahachi Hirayama
beet worker of Arnaud, when six which found the Asahis breaking up
foimeily of the Vancouver Kokonoye
month old Sachiko Kato strangled a 5-5 tie in the latter innings. Both
Kai and Messrs. Oyagi, Nakao and
to death while her parents were out pitchers had over ten strikeouts to
Komiyama.
m the beet fields on Wednesday their credit.
A successful parlour show was held, evening, Oct. 6.
The final standing for the Kaslo
on Sept. 19 of early blooms, azaleas
The child caught her head between
Basebail
League was:
JAPANESE DRUGS
and dwarf trees and potted plants but the bars of her crib.
the coming show promises to be the
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The final rites were held at the
big one of the season.
12
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Asahis
32
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Undertaking Parlour on
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Kaslo Athletics
— KUNISUKE IKENO. Oct. 8.
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Japanese Drugs on hand. All orders
The Giants the third team in the
will receive prompt attention, and
local setup at the beginning of the
year was disbanded when a large
postage will be paid by us.
number of players relocated east.
WiimiirlfthX I
The “batting big ten found” Asahi
copies ofa leaflet ftom theNo/t^
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manager Nag Nishihara way out in
50c 1.00 3.00 5.00
Minnesota, Post No. 84 of the Ameri I Lesion MaJz'ne for June
front with a tremendous average of
CHUJOTO ......... —... 40c and 2.00
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Athletics,
was runner up with a neat
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20c. 30c 50c
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nesota, of the American Legion.
anese descent, without regard to prov­
—... 50c and 1.00
Hie resolution is being widely cir- ed loyalty or good character, be re­
Nishihara (Asahis) 111 70 .631
cultaed by the post, and is indicative located on islands in the Pacific Ocean Ken Kutsukake (Ath.) 107 42 .393
111!'
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of the attitude which we believe is
in direct violation of our constitu­ Isa Sunohara (Asahis) 100 35 .350
NORSHIN
true of thousands of fair-minded tional guarantees—and urged this, not
40c and 1.00
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-^®ficans and Canadians, whom we as a military measure but as a social, Mits Tanaka (Asahis)
UHlAb teAN —.... .. 20c and 60c
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Muts Baba (Athletics) 104
often loss sight of in the welter of political, and economic policy.
----50c
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prejudiced outburst directed against
Therefore,
be
it
resolved,
that
we
POMPHOLIN------------- 35c and 50c
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Hiroshi
Miura
(Asahis)
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us.
the Department of Minnesota, the Nobby Hashimoto (Ath.) 104 2, .269
SMILE EYE LOTION—25c and 45c
The text of the resolution reads in
American Legion, do vigorously pro- Watt Nishida (Asahis) 127 31 .244
'PT
part as follows:
TAM USHI EKI „______________ 50c
e® against our National magazine Hideo Matsumoto (Ath.) 110 26 .236
“Whereas, the Fourteenth Amend­ being used to foster race discrimina­
TOMOSAN------------------------- _ 70c
ment to the Constitution of the United tion and hatred, in violation of the
CLUB TOOTH PASTE 2______ 25c
states guarantees equal protection, constitution of the American Legion.” A. W. NEILL WILL RETIRE
Bigan Liquid Face Powder____ 35c
under the law, to all persons irres­
PORT ALBERNI, B. C. — A. W.
The leaflet from the Northfield Port
Neill, long-time Independent MemUtena Face Powder—__25c and 50c
pective of race, color, or creed, and
suggests that authoritative data on
er of Parliament for Comox-Alberni
Whereas, at its National conven- Japanese Americans should be obtain
tion in 1942, the American Legion ac­
and
an oft-heard voice in Japanese
ed irom such pubheations as Harpers
cepted as one of its war aims the Magazine, Sept, and Oct., 1942, and discrimination campaigns, will nor
369 Powell St.
Vancouver, B. C.
following statement: ‘We condemn June, 1943: the Tolan Report on De­ not stand for reelection in the next
religious prejudices, racial or national fense Migration, and the Christian general election, he told a public
(Operated by the Custodian under control of P. S. Ross & Sons)
antagonisms as weapons of our en­ entry, series of articles beginning meeting recently. Now 79, Mr. Neill
emies,’ and
Aug. 11, 1943.
&
s . said his health would not permit
him to undergo another campaign.

Veteran Nishihara
Tops Big Ten with
Tremendous Pct.

4 ML DOER SERHCE

A Resolution on Racial Discrimination

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Speed the Victory

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finance

committee

Page 7

October 16, 1943.
(From a recent issue of the
“News Comment” a twice moncndian has noted a “certain shabbi­
ly publication of the National
ness
of spirit-'' that characterizes
office of the C. C. F. comes tiie
some
of the residents in these
nose from being- docketed as Japa­
following report on the Japanese
50 or 100 Japanese were sent easttowns
one
of
them.
Shortly
after
Pearl
Cur- oft* from the wider connese wherever he goes in Canada,
in Canada and ways and where­
in a g-roup to manning centres, now
tacts
Harbour
you
are
evacuated
from
they previously
with
and subject to a series of discrifores and hows of their present,
individuals are transferred to pos­
whites, imperfect as thev may
your domicile in the protected area,
minatory Crdei-s-In-Council whkh
past, and future.)
itions waiting them, for which they
and you go because there’s a war
have been, driven in upon themdeal with members of the Jar
Some months after Pearl Har­
are qualified. Even' allowing for
selves,
Japanese nationalism is
on,,
somewhat
comforted
because
race in Canada. Now that the
bour the relocation of members of
are
this, the rate of relocation is dis­
bound
to
grow stronger in these
you
have
been
told
that
it
is
an
afrer Pearl Harbor
the Japanese race in the protected
subsided.
couragingly slow. Why are they
emergency
measure
and
that
your
communities
and Canadianization
is it not -time to listen to the anarea oi B. G. was well under wav.
not moving faster7
home
v
ill
be
there
for
you
when
increasingly
difficult.

thropolo, ts, to rhe ample eviVarious steps had been taken. Sus­
The
reasons
are
to
be
the
war
ends.
found
in
dence i aiding the loval
later an. Or­
The other 4,000 Japanese in B.C.
pects had been interned, curfew
tne attitudes towards and measures
der-in-Council
providing
for
the
haviour
of
Japane
are
in road camps or self-supportimposed upon all, whether Cana­
in Hawaii, and
against the Japanese since Pearl
foiceo.
sale
of
Japanese
real
estate

ing
communities
that elected, with
to
commonsense
dian citizens or not. Since the mid­
which demonHarbour, and the effect of these
in
the
protected
area
is
passed
and
the
permission
of
the BCSC, to go
strate the lalsity of the “once a
dle of 1942 the various government
upon
this
minority
group.
Certain
the
sales
proceed.
Jap, always a Jap” viewpoint?
out by themselves, or were resident
bodies concerned have housed them
municipalities east of the Rockies
in parts of B. C. outside of the
In the stress and suspense of
and cared for them, chiefly in inter
_ The. report issued by the B. C.
still prohibit their entrance though
protected area prior to Pearl Har-evacuation that homo—mavb
ior housing projects in B.C, seek­
Security Commission on "The Re­
a
there is plenty of evidence that
bour.
,
farm
in
the
Fraser
Valley
ing to utilize their manpower in
moval of Japanese from the Pro­
which
most of them have fitted well into
you
have
carved
out
of
vir»
i
difierent parts of Canada as effect­
tected Areas”, says: “Their ap­
communities in eastern Canada
and cultivated to
ively as possible.
parent slowness to become as­
which never saw them before.
Tribute must be paid to those
product!
vi ty—was a symbol 'to you
Disposition of Members of the
similated into community life has
officials
who have regarded these
OLD PROMISES
of security and of the honour of
been, quite probably, due’to the ex_
Japanese Race in Canada. On July
people innocent, according to the
the Canac n Government. Now
Before the Canadian Government
31. 1943.
isting colour prejudice and the Pro'
L. G. M. I., of any act of sabotage
moved the Japanese,
that property has'been sold. You
British Columbia ......
vincial Genial of the right to vote.”
. 16,492
against
Canada, as human beings,
promised the provinces
can draw the money, but who sell
Alberta ...........................
thev
.... 3,424
DISPERSION FAVOURED
and
not
as "damn Japs”, as well
would be there only for the dura­
you a farm? Meanwhile political
Saskatchewan .......... .
.... 181
as
to
the
representatives from the
Almost
anyone
who
is
not
vio
­
tion. On the one hand, therefore,
parties, municipalities, and socie­
Manitoba ....... .................
... 1,109
Normal
School
who sacrificed half
lently prejudiced about the Japathe people of B. C. fear they will
ties pass resolutions to “repatriate”
Ontario ...........................
.... 2,016
their
summer
holidays
to give a
nese-in-Canada problem, whether
be dumped back there at the end
jou to Japan when the war is over.
Quebec ............................
........ 207
he be an official or a private citi­
smattering of educational princi­
Could you trust anything- the Cana
of the war, and on the other hand
Maritimes ......................
.... .
1
ples
to young Japanese Canadians.
zen
informed
on
the
matter,
agrees
dian government said to you ?
it adds to the feeling of insecurity
Yukon and N. W. T.
....... 29
With
no normal training the latter
thatthe
solution
lies
in
their
dis
­
What was decreed today was canof the Japanese. Some Orders-inTotal .......
23,459
have
been
struggling this year in
persal
in
small
numbers
through
­
celled tomorrow. (‘Repatration’, to
Council make permanent settleOn Dec. 31, 1941, there were
difficult
conditions
to educate their
out
Canada.
This
would
avoid
conJapan by the way, would be exile
?P.enb by th® Japanese in new loeal_
about 950 of the Japanese race
younger
brothers
and
sisters. It is
centradon in industries and local­
difficult . for other reasons,
.tor many Japanese
Canadians.
registered as resident east of the
SrMjiying
also
that
in
Canada a
ities with its subsequent anti-Japa
Many have never been there and
cannot ior instance, buy or
Rockies.
civilian,
agency
carried
out the
nose feeling, and it would also
lease houses or land anywhere in
othres who have visited Japan have
The following points in the above
e\ aquation, that bloodshed was
facilitate
Canadianization.
The
the Dominion without the permis­
nearly always disliked it.) Did the
figures should be noted. Through
avoided then and subsequently in
above figures show that in the first
sion oi the Minister of Justice at
pattern of the Orders-in-Council
figures for Japanese enemy aliens
the.
relocation centres, and that it
seven months of 1943, only 929
Ottawa. In this, as in so many
presage the future? If it did, it
and Canadian citizens of Japanese
cost
$1.73 a head for removal and
Japanese, mostly Japanese Cana­
other measures colour prejudice is
meant that the only condition that
extraction are available, to all in­
caie
for 12 months, as against
dians, crossed the Rockies. Now
evident. Members of the Italian
you could stay in Canada would be
tents and purpose no fundamental
$650
in
the United States.
while there is a crying need for
and German race in Canada suffer­
as. a sugar-beet worker, or a lowdistinction is made between them.
However definite encouragement
manpower, is the time that these
ed nothing comparable.
paid laborer of some sort, unable to
Canadian citizenship does not save
should
be given new Canadians
people should be placed. One rea­
own your own home.
The cumulative effects of all this
a new’ Canadian who may not be
son for the slowness of the move­
who have been loyal to Canada as
on the Japanese have been disas­
A white citizen who works
able to read, write or' speak Japament is that, whereas a year ago
we would permit them to be. Cer­
trous. Put yourself in the place of
among the Japanese ■ said, “If
tain legislation needs to be amend
there had not been so many
ed, but more would than that there
changes in policy concerning
needs
to be a change in the attheir treatment, and if they be
23 non °n Pa!rt °f White Ca^adians.
heved they would not be exploit­
23,000 people of Japanese origin,
ed in the East, a thousand of
(Sadaichi Asae, a former resi­
i i°f bhem born in Canada,
residents here and the authorities,
them would leave X and go east
(From Mamie M o 1 o n e y’s
dent of the Lemon Creek centre,
should
not constitute an insoluble
tomorrow’.”
machinery was set up by which thes
column “In One Ear”, a regular
relocated recently to the eastern
Problem
m a country of 12,000,000
housing problem for incoming Jap­
7 0
re£ult of a11 this is that
standby on the Vancouver Sun
metropolis of Montreal. On his
here who do not
anese to Montreal would be eased
12 000 of the .16,000 Japanese in
society pages comes the follow­
leaving he had promised a letter
? Stay when the war is over,
very much.
B.C. today exist in Interior Housing
but those who do should have the
to the people of his past home
ing excerpt. Miss Moloney ap­
Projects under the supervision of
To the young people, I say, “Come
and the following is the result:)
same opportunities as the rest
parently is on a tour of the in­
the B. C. S. C. One Japanese CanaEast!!” This is the most vital per­
01 us.
terior
of
British
Columbia
and
These are not the fleeting impres­
iod in your life. It is up to you to
gives you her impression of one
sions of a tourist passing through a
come out and pave the way for
of
the self-supporting projects.)
certain town but the sum total of
your future. For those with fami­
my experiences here in Montreal.
lies I would suggest that the head
Another surprise awaits just east
The thing that struck me most
of the family come out first just
of Lillo,oet when the first of the
on arriving in Montreal was that
as I did to find living accomodation
Japanese camps comes into view.
MONTREAL, P. Q.-Dr. Fqrrest
your first problem on reaching here
ceived.his doctorate at the Univerfirst before sending for the family.
Though there’s been a lot in the
Emmanuel La Violette returned, to
is not the job question but whether
sity
of Chicago. That period in­
papers about these camps, you just
One. important point is that if
cludes
another eight years of work
McGill
University
in
Montreal
re
­
you can find a place to sleep. Work
don’t get the idea until you actually
there is not more than two persons
is fairly easy to obtain but acquir­
mg with Montgomery Wards while
see them.
cently from the Japanese relocation
working to support the family I
studyang.
ing quarters is another thing alto­
do
not
think
it
is
feasible
for
a
The
garden-wise
Japanese
have
centre
at
Heart
Mountain,
Wyomgether.
His years in observing the ways
family to come out to Montreal.
taken rhe curse off row upon row
iug, where he was working as com­
°
f
7 th% T°rlti acquired for him a
My first day in Montreal found
Again, those who have a number
of shacks by planting roof-high
munity analyst.
colourful
vocabulary which he can
me tramping the streets with a
of small children should think twice
sunflowers and scarlet runners. The
still
manipulate
in the manner of
®
1La
Violette
has
taken
keen
map, not knowing east from west.
before .attempting to relocate here.
place had more the atmosphere of
interest an the problems of persons
a sailor in a typhoon. He found
It took me four days to find a place
I say this because of the great dif­
a summer resort than a concentra­
^J^djife of Wyoming much
of
Japanese
ancestry
in
United
to board. The next thing, finding a
ficulty of finding house for families
tion camp, with ‘teen-age boys
to his liking.
States and Canada and has written
house for the family so I could
with children. But again, this is all
playing baseball on a rough dia­
send for them, proved too much of
numerous articles about the Nisei
Now that his term as community
mond
they’d built for a play­
up to the individual, if he thinks
on
both
sides
of
the
line.
a problem for myself alone so I
analyst
at Heart Mountain is over
that he has what it takes to acground; young girls, their hair
Dr. La Violette returns wA reenlisted the aid of some friends and
Said
the
Heart
Mountain
Senti
­
done with the lates swoops and
omplish things the hard way; by
pioneers” of Montreal.
nel in farewell to the doctor: “Doc
giet to the stuffy pedantry of an
all means come ahead.
swirls, sitting gossiping and gig_
(11^erbaps ab was because I had
LaVee
is
an
unusual
personality
i
n
.9,anacbar' university, historic
gling on the steps outside the
We have not experienced any
lived' a peaceful, unharried exis­
McGall
in Montreal, where he will
more
ways
than
one.
He
towers
like
houses.
Oldster
read
papers
on
im
­
discriminations here; beer parlours
tence in the quiet inspiring atmosan All-American tackle, he ran off
teach sociology again.
provised porches cleverly shielded
are open to us; and other forms of
^a®re °^ an Ulterior housing cen­
to
sea
when
16
and
spent
eight
from
the
sun
by
roofs
of
evergreen
Every Heart Mountaineer who
liquor' can be obtained by coupons
tre ’, but' I could not find the spirit
years
prowling
the
ports
of
the
boughs, while the small fry, like
came to know Dr. Li Vee will regret
the same way and amount as the
or ambition that I had had in Van­
seven oceans. Then, wise in the
kids everywhere, chased chickens,
his going, for he lived1 his1 life here
other citizens.
couver. Being sound of limb and
ways of the world, he went back
rode nikes, and got* underfoot
with a contagious zest which af­
About the winter here I have
body however, dragging my feet
to
school in his native Portland,
generally.fected
everyone within a wide
enquired among the local residents
around the many streets of Mon­
Ore., and kept going until he reradius.
It made one Jeel proud of the ,^
and they inform me that in last
treal did not strain me too much
way
things are done in this demo- K
winter, the coldest in the last
^^nt the unused wearing of
cratic
country. Here were the Jap- |
twenty years, and the lowest temp_
Sunday shoes” produced a crop of
anese, potentially dangerous in
erature was twenty below. I think
blisters on my feet.
Vancouver, removed to a harmless g
that no one who has lived in those
We evolved a series of tactics
locale
but living a reasonably plea.
miserable houses of the B. C. inowards finding a house and this
sant
existence,
without barbed wire ^
trior towns in cold of 30 below has
^as the result. Waiting outside a
or armed guards. And it made one
anything to fear regarding the cold
newspaper building for the latest
feel
kindly disposed towards the 8
anywhere, nonetheless that in Mon_
issues to hit the street and looking
Japanese too, to seo what they had |
treal.
up the “houses” section of the
done to improve conditions in the 8
p^.rsonal feting card published in the special Christmas
The thing to fear, though, is
c assifieds, I would sprint for a
, Par nUmber Of 1116 New Chadian will reach into three
way of flowers and gardens, games |
the sense of false security that
P lone and if the reply was encourand fun.
R thousand homes—carrying your good wishes to all your friends
comes
from being cared for and
T would be bn my way on a
In sharp contrast to the clean 8 ~M
Uainta-nces Wherever they maY be in Canada. Just clip and
lack of responsibility about gain­
<axi. Even this way I found that
mail
the
coupon as soon as possible before December 3rd.
trimness of the Japanese camps at |
ing a living for oneself and the
=onie one would beat me to the
Lillooet, Bridge River and Minto, S
loss of ambition that develops
P aces or I would be turned down
are the tumble-down Indian reser- P The New Canadian, Kaslo, B. C.
from the aimless existence of a
ecause of a “no children” rule. I
vations. Here, unpainted, sagging 8 • I enclose the sum of $______
“ghost town”. With such a confor which I wish you to publish
^ent through this routine for six
houses,
rusty farm implements ly- 8
dition setting in, one wonders
my season’s greetings in your special number as
aJs before I found success but for
checked below:
ing helter skelter in the yard, ^
whether the Japanese people in
some Japanese “pioneers” here _t

/
2col.
inch
squalor and dirt, give you a feeling 8
Icol. inch
B. C. will be able to go back to
In the English Section
seems to have taken much longer.
of
shame
for
what
has
happened
g
(
) 75c
their normal pursuits and their
(
) 75c
maHy I was able £O can my family
, to a once-proud race.
3 In the Japanese Section
vigorous
attack
on
life
after
all
(
)
75c
(
) 75c
^°’n me’ For this, I want to
In the English and Japanese
For ;n your heart you know it
this is over.
* ank my friends and acquain­
(
)
SI.
isn’t the Indian’s fault. You’ve got g
With the hop- that many of you
tances in Montreal for their kind
NAME
to
admit to yourself that long ago B
^elp to me.
'
'
will attempt a new chance at get­
the spirit of these people was brok 3
T did not want those coming
ting back to normal living in com­
en by questionable colonizing me- m ADDRESS
ing east, I close this letter.
^ er nie to have to suffer through
thods whose results, are seen ing
exPer^en9e like mine so taking
listless, sad faces and hovel-like q
e matter up with the Japanese
5600 Bannantyne, Montreal, P. Q.
homes.

OOF Surveys the Japanese Situation

The Compliments of the Season
thru’ THE M CAMM

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October 16. 1943.

TELE NEW CANADIAN

P. O. Drawer A

Kaslo, B. C.

WEE SKSifi letters to editor show bias and fairness

By F. A. M.
By “PYTHIAS”
Evacuation,
the
now-progressing
relocation and resettlement has
Young lassies living in this day
brought
the
plight
of
the
Canadian
Japanese
and the Japanese Canadianand age are prone to long for me
to
the
attention
of
the
people
all
over
Canada.
With discrimination
days when dashing knights in
Tom Shoyama
Editor & Publisher
towns, with hearteniagly fair-minded receptions in other communiti^*
shining armour lived for advenTakaichi Umezuki
campaingns by well-meaning but muddle-headed individuals in some
Japanese Section Editor
ture and damsels in distress,
the effect of the shifting of Canadians with Japanese faces over the
“Chivalry”, they sigh, “is no
Staff
Dominion
has been very noticeable.
more

.
Tsukane Mayeda
Frank Moritsuqu
Junji Ikeno
Especially,
has this been
people in th^t city who have ac­
We beg to differ with them.
brought
to
our
attention
in
the
tually come in close contact with
Rates: 40c per Month
Chivalry is not dead. Shining
$2.00 for Six Months in Advance
“letters to the editor” columns of
Japanese Canadians and all of
armour and elegant manners are
publications, large and smalt
whom are cognizant of the loyalty
not necessarily chivalry.
throughout the country. Here is
and the genuine Canadianism of
We know, for we saw chivalry
heard
the
voice
of
the
people,
the
second generation Japanese.
as exemplified by a modern Sir .
often
repeating
the
same
old
In
these days of racial discon­
Walter Raleigh.
Some interesting official figures on the re-distribution
worn
out
cliches
about
th
jap
tent appeals soundjoften for fair
Friday, we saw a girl hesitate
menace or in increasingly enof people of .Japanese race in Canada have been recently
mindedness and clear-sighted at­
as she eyed the stretch of flooded
couraging
instances,
pleading
titude that will lead to racial
area between her and home. We
issued by the Commissioner of .Japanese placement.
They
for
a
chance
for
the
Japanese
harmony, the “racial democraev”
saw
a
boy with a sparkling smile,
show that substantial numbers have moved from British
and the Nisei.
that needs must be attained to
without shoes or socks, come up
The
B.
C.
Security
Commission,
Columbia to other provinces. Here they are now employed
prove
that a democracy is all
to the girl, wave aside the shy
in
pursuing
its
policy
of
even
dis
­
that it professes to be.
protests, and carry her across
in a variety of endeavour, all of which is contributing dirpersal of the Japanese have apIn a letter to the editor of the
the swirling waters.
rectly or indirectly to the prosecution of the war.
proa hed many towns, especially in
We repeat chivalry is far from
Brantford Expositor, the same pub­
the Eastern provinces, about the
dead, shining armour, and ele­
lication that 'carried 'the feature
The figures, of course, give a much more encouraging
placing of Japanese Canadians in
gant manners notwithstanding.
story on local Nisei contribution to
positions
crying for
This item, headlined “Chivalry
the labour shortage (reprinted in
Of the loin] 5.800 people moved outside of B. C., more than Dead, Sez You, Sister!!” is clipped
leviation of the labour shortage,
the New Canadian recently) ap­
with
many varied receptions. In
half evacuated in the early months of 1941. when labor and borrowed from the pages of
peared a letter thusly:
certain communities like the city
“There are in the Japanese re
on prairie sugar beet farms offered the only alternative the pages of the Gila News-Cour­
of
Port Hope near Toronto, a news
cord in Canada certain facts which
ier, the mimeographed publication
report to the effect that a local
I feel certain will everywhere be
of the Gila relocation center way
factory
would
hire
six
Japanese
to
understood
as indicative of their
total is also accounted for by the young men who elected to dowri yonder in sunny Arizona.
fill
in
the
vacancies
to
enable
the
acceptance and successful adapta­
go to Ontario road camps as a stepping stone to. a promise of There among the dust, cacti and
plant to keep up vital production
tion to our ways of life. The dis­
the lizards seems to exist a speci­
full rigbls
for the war effort found the local
Anda part represents those who men of what the gals like to term
crimination, the occupational and
City
Council
on
record.as
in
protest
residential
restriction and lack of

the
Vanishing
Nisei
American

not believing particularly in the validity or that promise,
to
the,
bringing
in
of
the
Nisei
and
citizenship
has
distressing effect on
...a gentleman, no less .. (of
moved ea sward under more or less precise compulsion.
a
indignant
letter
in
the
Port
Hope
both
Japanese
and
Canadians alike,
course this “vanishing” crack is
Guide
of
the
type
that
used
to
hit
but
it
has
not
prevented
the Japa­
The balance of the total, estimated at nearly 2.000, supposed to apply to us Canucks
the
columns
of
the
coast
dailies
nese from asking a significant con
represents more properly those who left the interior housing too) ....
with monotonous frequency during
tribution to our economic life. They
I,too resent this current propa­
projects since the beginning of the current year, when the ganda that chivalry is something
the pre-evacuation period.
have been eminently successful in
“I am amazed,” began the writer,
government began to shape its"relocation” program. This that disappeared with the feudal
fishing,, lumbering, and market
at
the
apparent
unconcern
with
gardening
on the coast and else­
movement has been steady and shows signs of steadily gain­ ^ge • • • just because we don’t wear
which
your
paper
(Port
Plope
where.
tin armour and wave a banner on
ing momentum. But there is do question but that the re­ top
Evening Guide) .has dealt with the
Their successful competition with
of a flashing lance and rescue
question of supplying Jap labour,
location program encountered a passive resistance which has them from their fancied spots of
the whites in these fields is an mifor the Port Hope Sanitary Com­
mistakeable endorsement of what
slowed'down the eastward flow to a mere trickle compared distress .. .
pany. ....
is generally accepted as the basis
After all think how thrilled the
with what had been expected and with what is certainly de­ babe would be if you did actually
“YELLOW PERIL”
and stay of any economy capable

..
.
why
should
we
have
these
sireable.
of meeting our peculiar needs with
ride up to her on a prancing steed
Japs forced on us at this time and
their
dependence on free enterprise.
For this there are a number of reasons. Probably basic with your full battledress on look­
to
supply
a

yellow
peril

for
this
In as far as the Japanese con­
like a can of pink salmon ...
to them all is the strong feeling of insecurity to which evac­ ingYou
community when the war ends. The
tinue to be cooperative, I cannot
would probably be greeted
people of B. C. have declared time
uees are constantly subjected. It is well summarized in an with a soulful “Hiyo Silver!!” or
understand the opposition o the
and
again they should fight before
presence
of a few Japanese in our
a

Greetings
gate,
want
a
can
article in the "News Comment/’ C. C. F.-published month­
the Japs would be allowed to re­ . community. The general recogni­
opener?” . . now I ask you . . .
ly from Ottawa, which is reproduced in part elsewhere in
turn to B. C. again. I must say that
tion . that their competition on the
Of course we aint no Prince
I am inclined to trust in the judge­
labor market and in the general
this issue. Besides the numerous intolerant outbursts in var­ Valiants who go about the land­
ment of these people who have
economic activities of the com­
scape
rescuing
gals
in
castles
and
ious sections of the country, the article points out a num­
lived with the Japs.
munity ynll give a healthful and
singing songs of love and romance
“... We are asked to treat these
ber of developments in official policy which have created to sleepily smiling babies in the
needed stimulus should be regard­
Japs
like Christians and accept
fear and mistrust in the minds of evacuees. To these might balconies . . . but that’s an idea ..
ed as oasis for broadening under­
them unto us. ’May I point out we
standing
between two peoples who
be added many other minor instances, such as the Security how about doing a Sinatra or a
are
at
war
with
a
treacherous
Crosby under the jill’s window
were and are one before God.”
enemy. Isn’t this a poor time to
Commission ^reement against employment! of Japanese with a Pied Piper background
These are heartening words,
tell us that these Japs are dif­
Southern Albertan cities, which was never supplied by the rest of the wolves
the kind that we would like to
ferent ? . . . .”
made known to Alberta-bound evacuees until after thev had in your gang, give her a treatment
hear from the lips of True Cana­
In pleasant contrast with this
but soft of “It Started All Oxer
and other opinions in the. same
dians everywhere, for it is these
Again” or somep’n similar . . .
vein that have become a ever-con­
clear-headed thoughts that will’
On the second thought, maybe
All in all. it relocation is not proceeding quite as
stant part of the Canadian scene
help
us nelp Canada to the point
we’d better skip it, her old man
ly today as had been hoped for. the fault lies not onlv might
are
the attitudes that were expres
that
she
wishes to achieve to be­
be in need of a good night’s
sed in the Brantford Ontario, paper
come the model of true dem­
sleep and you know how they are
(about sixty miles away from Port
ocracy and a working model of
.
.
and
besides
the
gal
herself
is
anew may in part be laid at the doorstep of those who were
Hope) about the feeling of the
the Four Freedoms.
bound to compare you with Sinatra
responsible for shaping and administering the evacuation on the Hit Parade the Saturday
and watch me carry two (2) gals
in some practise on the barefoot
across a puddle of water the first
program. For while it may be said that no criticism may be before and you know who comes
routine
. . . and mustn’t forget to
out second best . .
chance I get .. at the same time
brush my teeth .. . for my “spark­
levelled at the humane attitude of those officials, the same,
That’s the trouble with this
too ....
ling
smile” .... and is it going to
But look’s as if I’ll have to get - sparkle!!
regrettably enough, cannot well be said of their understand­ modern a.ge there’s too many obStacies in your road to being "a
ing of human nature.
knight in hining armour . . but
then you d think the jane, would
realize that the goon in front of
?IIIA
STEVESTON, B.C
them in the pork pork-pie hat,
BUY TOILET GOODS & MEDICINE bv MAIL
drape coat and the brown shoes is
actually the solution to their seekWe Pay Postage With Cash
(From the editorial columns of the Vancouver Daily Province)
mg
for
their
Pimce
Charmings
^
The immigration committee of the Lower House of Congress has
Orders of $1.00 or over
(time out while we pat each other g
to 4. to reporb favorably to the House a bill to repeal the
on the back, guys)
Chinese exclusion laws.
Kenni Kocho Gan ...... —.... 30c. 50c
generally believed that the vote in
They
should
wake
up
and
real
­
Kenno Gan ............ 60c, $1.20, $2.40
committee is fairly indicative of the sentiment in
tn us
ize tha when we say “Hi sugar,
Ken Pi Gan .........
that- repeal lias a good chance of ena tment.
§1.00, $2.00
I’m glad you aint rationed”, or “Hi
Kubiyori
Ueno
Kusuri
50c, S1.00
The Chinese exclusion laws of the United State go back to 1SS4.
chubbin. lets start muggin” is
fra
Kanzo
...
...........
The proposed bill of i
would put C.
. 25c
immigration on
equivalent to “Couldst I but convex
Ji do ....... ...............
“quota” basis under the ct oi
50c, S1.00, $2.00
ould at the same time amend
thy lovely self to ye joust tourna­
Seiriyoku So
the naturalization laws o I as
-S2.20
Chinese to become American
ment at ye local playing grounds”
Ninniku Gan ....
citizens.
or to pick a slightly modern exTakdiastase ......
0
.... 25c
The change of American semi
implied in this procceeding
ample, Boyer’, ; “Ahhh, come with
Blutose
............
$2.00
is enormously sigificant. It is true.;
me to the Ca- ball!!!”
ven if exclusion is repealed,
A pet in ......
S1.00
it can make no practical difference
ie racial composition of the
And getting back to this twen­
Haliva ... -....... ..... ........
^0
S2.50
American population. Under the quote
105 Chinese would be allowed
tieth century Sir Walter RaleighFebrin
Gan
..................
.... 50c
to enter the country in a year.
Cary Grant and his “barefoot boy”
Lnikoru ...... ..... ..........
S2.00
But rhe difference in all the imponder; bles which go to
act .. who masterfully “brushed
■titute
Hoken .............. ..........
the real stuff of international amity would
aside her shy rotests” /time out.,
It would be
Hiyakudoku Kudashi
this time for a Frank Sinatra sign
Junketsuto .................
gj oq
it. would put the Chinese upon an equality c.f treatment in the law
from all the girls) ... and don’t
THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS ~
Mhich cipp*y to the aunu^sion ot a majority ot the worlds nationalitie’
torget his “sparkling smile” .. .
Tsubame Tooth Powder with 45c
b
to entrance and subsequent citizenship in the United States
mmmm. must remember to brush
tooth brush.
the ivories more regularlv .. .
And this action
is done, will make an useful answer to
7 Bkf^lD
Both for 35c
What’s he
that we aint
current co-prosperity” propaganda of the Jap
Yedo Sakura, 10c pkg.,
6 for 50c
e among tne Asiatic
- ? Just wait until the snow
peoples. which persistently and not witho a persuasion represents, the
mel
pring and the treet
western democracies as discriminators of hoerty, equality and fratert&
x
c.wLi^t HOSTAGE with
in
the
towns'
like
Tashme, Lemon
nity which they proclaim.
ENQUIRIES NEEDING REPLIED
2
CreeK and others get all muddy
Incidentally. if the United States repeal;
and
floody
then
that

s
where
we
MR. T. HIGASHIDA in
what
Canada, going to do abou her own almost identical problem
R.
come in to show him up ...
of unwanted Orientals?
Charge
of
Mail
Order
Dept.
i His is small-time stuff .. wait
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