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oronto
Vancouver Spanish Consul
Recalled Home Suddenly

Ignites Indignation of Evacuee Groups

(Special Wire to The New Canadian)
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Fernando
TORONTO.—Under the
its re cent! v
de Kobbe. Spanish consul Vancou­
L
ver, said in an -interview before his 'formed second generation committee, the substantial Japa­
jdeparture for Washington this week
nese Canadian popnlaiion of the city has unanimously de[that he had been ordered by his
of
.Japanese
^Government to return to Madrid, i dined to take any part in the distribution
[reports CP.

Dissatisfaction with the
British Columbia ’ Security,
By K. W.
Commission’s administration
list of “relocees” from the Bri- of Japanese labour in the
tish Columbia Security Commission Alberta and Manitoba sugar
contains an interesting name,—Fujio
j He was ordered to report to the
Joe Aida. His destination is given as beet industries was voiced bv, Spanish Embassy in Washington
■ 1 neir stana has been adopted as a vigorous gesture,
Montreal and his starting place . as high officials of the respective! He added he did not know the rea­
Vancouver.
provincial grower groups this; son for the recall.
asking on the one hand that the Canadian government re­
We remember him as the cheer­ month.
cognize them as full-Hedged citizens entirely divorced from
fully-smiling, stockily-built young fel­
President Phillip Baker of the EDMONTON
a protest against .Japan’s fasGROUPS Japan, and at the other
low who blew into the office on Pow­
National
Beet
Growers
Association
ell Street three years' back. With him
CRY “KEEP JAPS OUT” •ist Avar aims.
was a Chinese buddy-in-arms by the speaking at the annual meeting of the

In prominently-featured letters to
name of Si Lee. We ran around in Magrath, Alta, group and acting
Toronto
daily papers, the Nisei com-'
EDMONTON, Alta. — Two resolu­
First J. A. Girl Accepted
circles to get a picture of the two of president Herbert Sulkers of the
mittee
declared
that the Japanese.
tions
demanding
that
no
further
Jap^
Manitoba
Co-operative
Sugar
Beet
them together. It was a good photo­
Canadian population of the city was Into Air Corps Group
graph artistically. It was more sym­ Growers Association, both expressed nese be permitted to come to Edmond “highly insulted that these goods,
CAMP BOWIE, Texas.—A Japa­
bolically, with the w’ord “CANADA” :riticism of the Commission policy ton were being reviewed by the Ci™ should be offered to us.”
!
|
nese American girl, wite of a sol­
gleaming in gold from khaki shoul- which transferred Japanese workers Council this month.
“Such an act on the part of the,
io other industries causing grow-] One, from the Canadian Leo-ion
dier stationed here, has left for
ders.
ers to curtail their planting last sea­ B.E.S.L., is opposed to the entry of Japanese government,” said their de­ Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, to begin
,
After training both in the west and
claration, “to send such goods to us her basic training after her acceptson.
Japanese
now,
or
at
any
future
date,
,
east, .doe went overseas. But last fall
Both men admitted satisfaction and deplores the action of the council can only be contrued as an attempt ance for air corps duty in the I
he returned with a small group,’ to find
in permitting Japanese to come to on their part to convert our sympath­ Women’s Army Corps.
i
a lonely reception in evacuated Van­ with the work done by the Japa­
Edmonton to perform a particular ies to its fascist philosophy. ”
She
is
Mrs.
Cherry
Nakagawara,
\
couver. We haven’t heard anything nese, the Manitoba leader expres­
“As Canadians our one desire is to ■wife of T4 Y.C. Nakagawara who is ■
type of work (chicken hatcheries).
more, but the BCSC list tells us he is sing the opinion that the Japanese
,
It was pointed out that throughout align our forces with the United stationed
at Camp Bowie.
back in civilian clothes again and has were more superior to other labour
Nations against the fascist aggres­
the
United
States
hundreds
of
citizens
Mrs.
Nakagawara,
the first Japajoined the eastward trek.
“because they were more depend­ are performing that particular work sors,” the Nisei committee wrote.
nese American WAC from the Eighth
It tells us too that the number of
and the Legion could see no reason
The foodstuffs concerned included i Service Command, left Dallas last
Nisei Canadians serving with the able,” but the moving around has why Canadians cannot be trained in soy bean sauce, green tea and bean
week for the Georgia training camp.
Canadian armed forces is still on the confused the growers, they claimed. the same manner.
paste, substantial quantities of which She is the former Cherry Shiozawa of
downward trend. There are no re­
Mr. Sulkers told the Manitoba meet­
The other resolution, from the Ed­ were shipped to Canada aboard the Oakland, Calif. Two of her sisters are
placements for those discharged. Vol­ ing that when the Japanese were monton Trades and Labour Council, exchange liners for distribution
also married to servicemen. They are
unteer enlistment difficult as it was brought to the province there was a (protests the decision of the council, among Japanese evacuees through the
Mrs. Yuki Katayama of Cleveland and
before Pearl Harbor, has been wholly definite promise that they wouid bs!and states that the reasons for per- International Red Cross.
Mrs. Mary Nagata of Topaz.
stopped for two years; no change has used in the most productive fields ] fitting
_ entry of Japanese are far
INDISCRI M INATE OTTAWA
been made in the draft exclusion of because of their experience and effi- ’ outweighed by those against it.
ACTION SCORED
accept the foodstuffs, drew the reply
Oriental-born citizens; and through­ ciency.
out the past year the limited number BETTER POSITIONS
A second generation spokesman in from the government the goods were
Youth Jailed in Hamilton
of second generation Japanese serving
Toronto said that the approval of the “considered to be available to Japan­
The commission, however, had fail­
in reserve units has been cut down to
HAMILTON, Ont.—A 19-year old Canadian government to the distri­ ese nationals only.”
ed
to keep- its promise
and ,the Japapractically nothing.
, : evacuee Nisei youth, formerly of Van- bution of the foodstuffs was a clear LETTER TO TORONTO PAPERS
nese workers were transferred to C0UVer was sentenced to six months
indication of the government’s fail­ EXPLAIN NISEI STAND
other
industries. The Japanese, he, in jail here tWs week when convicted
The picture south of the border is
ure to distinguish between Japanese
The text of the letter from the
said, could not be blamed for taking of violation of National Selective Ser- nationals and natural-born Canadian
radically different.
Nise
committee, sent to various pub­
positions to which better wages wer vice regulations, the CP oaid.
citizens.
Just a year after the United States
lications
in Toronto, reads:
attached, but the commission should
War Department announced the for“
This
shoyu
insult
from
Tokyo
pas
“A group of Canadians wish to give
tve kept their agreement.
cen/ff
mation, frankly as an experiment, ofi
sed on by the Canadian Government voice. The nature and tenor of this
J Move Them From Rail
The Japanese had been largely used
a voluntary Japanese American com-1
to its own citizens is another blow at letter, the undersigned sincerely hope,
bat team, there comes an announce-; A Naivesting. and planting the crop in.
ork A.S uOOn as Possible
the Canadian-born even though they will show the character of this" Cana­
went that American-born Japanese'
white; other labor was araK VANCOUVER B C —Evacuee Kn- want to take part in the struggle for dian voice.
»le, it was nnt
not as rerta,n
certain or faDable
capable.*
are being restored to the same draft


“At a Japanese Canadian meeting
anese now employed in
railway democracy,” he said.
At
Magrath,
Mr.
Baker
told
the
status they held before the disaster
on
January 8 it was announced out
roundhouses in interior B. C. will be
“We have been refused admission
Alberta grow-ers that the Central
of Pearl Harbour.
of
the British Columbia Security
removed from those jobs as soon as -o the armed forces and most war
In brief, they are being re-classi- Beet Growers Board, of which he is men are found to take their places. industries, our civil rights have been Commission that
consignment of
fied bv local draft boards out of the also P-esident was requesting the Sam Shearer, delegate of the Car­ curtailed, we have suffered great loss certain Japanese foodstuffs which are
4-C ranks into which they were auto-1 government to remit half of the men’s Union, told the Trades and n the sale of our property and have not available in Canada were to be
matically entered two years ago, andi'U^3,6
°n su^ar
^he growers Labour Council meeting last week.
io means of redress, with inevitable distributed to all Japanese Canadians
in future will be inducted into the ’v llcn W1 amount to S1.3o a ton. It
throughout Canada and that it was
Shearer answered a question of R •esults to our spirit.
armed forces just as are otheri’’vas said that th’s steP was necessary
on
the point of being distributed in

What
we
need
most
of
all
is
an
। because beet producers must be in the Cormack, Street Railwaymen’s Asso­
Montreal.
Americans.
'xpression
and
action
from
the
’’’
1
> they
thev can raise beets ciation, New* Westminster, who want­
1 position
where
“The nature of this gifts gives rise
The background to the new step
ed to know why .Japanese were em- eadership of our country showing
without a loss.
hat our government i ecognizes us as to our indignation. This so-called gift
has not yet reached us, but it is ob-^
ployed in essential industries.
vious that the -sterling record achieved
“The Japs were moved out of here Canadians. That’s what Roosevelt has of foodstuffs arrived in Canada on the
by the volunteer combat team is Hamilton Nisei Group
to make it safe. Now we hear that lone for Japanese Americans, and Gripsholm via the International Red
hat accounts for the service they are: Cross and is being handled in this
chiefly responsible, and the War De-i
giving
to their country.”
country by the Canadian branch.
partment is satisfied that its experi-: Labelled “Sophy-Eds”
roundhouses,” said Cormack.
A
telegram
of
inquiry
sent
to
“Herein is our voice as we speak
nient has been a complete success. It
Shearer replied—“The brotherhoods
HAMILTON, Ont.—The name of
is likely, too, that Nisei Americans “Sophy-Ed Club” was adopted by have protested violently. We have as­ Ottawa following decisions not to
(See ’’SHOYU” ?. 8)
will train and go into battle in their the recently formed local Nisei surances that the Japanese will be niin!!!!S!!H!H!lffi'lll!ll!!!!!^
Hlinii®llll!nill[l!HIIII!l!l!ll!M^^
own units, to attract the same favor-' organization. The word “Sophy-Ed” removed as soon as men may be ob­
able attention already won by the suggested by Henry
Shoji,
is tained to do the work. Railmen look
combat team serving now ‘n Italy.
; derived from “So—(social), “Phy” ;with disfavour upon Japs in round­
*
*
*

—(physical) and “Ed”—(educat- houses.”
No one knows just what lies behind ion).
the contrasting picture here in Cana­
G. J. A. Reary, chairman of_th;iFire Destroys Kaslo Mill
KELOWNA, B. C. — Governmental conscientious objectors. If that were
da. The excuse might be given of citizens advisory committee outlined;
war-time control of the marketing of done, there was a likelihood, he
limited or negligible numbers. But it the three main objectives of the group
B. C.—A sudden outbreak tree fruit, the question of the labour
thought, that fewer Douks than
almost completely de:
ls not difficult to assume that official to a recent meeting h«Jd at the KVA
shortage and reports on last year’s formerly would 1be available for the
quarter recognize that the exclusion C. A. He stated them to be to help; „.e , Lambert s Sawmill here earlv
crop in the Okanagan were reviewed growers.
Wednesday morning, Jan. 26. The
draft of Oriental-born citi- newly-arrived relocees to se
blaze Which was discovered about at the B. C. Fruit Growers Association
(While on the subject of fruit, it
despite their protests, was a
te housing. to assist in the securconvention at Kelowna last week.
was revealed in a Vancouver press
take; but that the same quarters ing‘of "employment; and to provide 1:15 a. m. bv Japanese night ratchPresident A. G. Desbrisav’s report report that five hundred tons of
are not willing to make any such ome form of social life for the Nise men patrolling th: streets of Kaslo
which
opened the convention stressed Fraser Valley berries were to be ship-,
grew to such proportions that it could
Public admission. Instead, therefore,
He stated that there will be pre­
the
labour
shortage problem to be met ped east because there was no market
be seen from almost every section of
°: rectifying the policy, an attitude is
judice anywhere made more acute the lower part of the city.
this
year
in view’ -of the expected in B.C. Strawberries, raspberries, and
using maintained which is directly
, because of war conditions. The work
larger
crops.
A group of Japanese were employed
loganberries, pulped for jam comprise
opposed to the very successful pro­
Nisei is to break down these
ol
It was stated that a survey is to the total.
?
by
this private mill which turned out
gram bearing such fruits of demo- prejudices, he advised. Mr. Reary s
be made within the next few weeks
8000 feet of lumber per day.
cratic unity in the United States.
Low ration coupon values are
the head of the Mutual Life Assurof the extent of the prospective in­ blamed for the low sales, so low
A
volunteer
fire
brigade
worked
to
reflection ''ve might’ of course’ ance Company office in Hamilton,
crease and additional workers needed. that packers now have on
ourselves
fortunate that the!i A
• motion was adopted unanimously control the conflagration when a hose
hand
x
i wa^ finally brought through about an DOUKHOBOUR SITUATION
double the stock of a year ago, des­
after the fire was'discovered.
Possibility of Doukhobours being pite the poor small fruit crop in the
f
of the New Canadian tor the
- , ,
.
.
,
.. .
, , ...
This delay was owing to the fact that sent to conscientious objector camps ;Fraser Valley this year.
®Qst inevitably bring to many a
1 nianv kind and helpful
citizens who:
*
.... .
the mill is a distance ufrom the town was disclosed. Mr. McGillivray re­
Canadian home. But notwithstanding
It is feared that if packers are
have assisted the Hamilton Nisei.
i। on
A
x
x of the Rootenav
waterfront
^pany Nisei Canadians will surely
ported
that
latest news from compelled to hold their present stock
On Thursday Jan. 20, the Nisei in | Lake.
^Oah that they are more fortunate
Ottawa was that all unregistered ; to next spring, requirements of jam
‘--.an Nisei Americans, to whom the this city were the guests of the Ham-1 It is reported that insurance was Doukhobours were now to be regis- plants will be less than last year.
casualty lists ■ will more and more ilton Presbytery of Toung Peoples at j carried on the mill but the unemploy- tered^and those of military age and although white farmers -who have
-•f1 ore jo te both tragic and heroic a play party held in the Zion United; ment of several Japanese has been fitness who refused to give military . taken over former Japanese fruit
Church.

Rhe direct result of the fire.
Pocuments.
service will be placed into camps as farm plan increased production.)

OK Fruit Future Decidedly Optimistic

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Tribunal on Citizenship
The position taken bj- the Japanese Canadian popu­
lation of Toronto in declining a proffered gift of foodstuffs
from the Japanese Red Cross might be interpreted as a re­
flection upon the motives of an international organization:
but it indicates above all the keen anxiety of our relocees in
the east to avoid any entanglements which might prejudice
their hopes for a happier future in their new homes.
The incident itself appears to be a relatively minor
one. But there is no mistaking the indignation felt among
the second generation Toronto!tes over the apparent as­
sumption by Ottawa that once again no distinctions were
necessary as between Japanese nationals who might logical­
ly look for aid to their old homeland and legally-accepted
Canadian citizens seeking to establish the reality of their
birth. Had this been merely an isolated instance it would
probably have been ignored. But actually this latest case
suggests that so far as lawful authority is concerned for the
duration at least the distinction of democratic citizenship
has been submerged conclusively beneath the factor of ra­
cial descent. A far cry from the almost forgotten pronoun­
cement from the Government two years ago that the rights
/of Canadian citizenship would be upheld,—and one certain­
ly that Canadian-born and educated second generation are
totally unwilling to accept without a passionate protest.
What redress might realistically be sought now is a
problem with which our eastern young people particularly
must grapple. Certainly the least that might be granted to
their protest is a consideration equal to that already given
to Japanese nationals in British Columbia. Their demands
for improved living conditions in government-supported
housing settlements have already Avon an investigation by
an impartial body of social scientists.
Now certainly the demands of legally-recognized Canalian citizens tor improvements in their citizenship status,
having in mind the network of unnecessary and unjust
legal and “de facto” discriminations which make of that
citizenship an exceedingly empty thing, ought to merit at
least a review by a fair minded tribunal of competent jurists.
One s right to freedom and equality is still a far more
important issue than 50c more government relief.

Trade Unionism for Workers
(From the Pacific Citizen)

Greatly to be commended is the stand taken recently by several dele­
gates of the Trades and Labor* Council of Hamilton. Ontario, calling for
higher wages for Japanese Canadians and deploring exploitation of work­
ers, whatever their racial ancestry.

The stand of this Canadian group should be a telling reminder of those
few AFL unions ;n the United States which have opposed the inclusion of
Japanese Americans that only by moulding all competitive groups of work­
ers into one solid front can American labor be a. strong, positive force for
democracy.
The union that refuses membership cards to those of minority races
only invites competition by non-union labor, and non-union workers then
use the only forces at their* disposal —lower wages and the acceptance of
substandard working conditions. These are the very things organized labor
must overcome.

The unions of the CIO, like the National Maritime Union which have
so actively supported their Japanese American members before and since
the war, know this to be true, and their policy reflects that belief.
The amazing rise to power of the CIO in the past decade has been due
to two bold decisions—to unionize labor by industries, rather than by
crafts, and tire decision to include all workingmen. regardless of race, color
or creed, within its membership. The success of the CIO. and its present
vigor and influence particularly in race relations, is founded on the inte­
grity of its basic purposes.

The sympathetic attitude of union labor generally toward the prob­
lems of Japanese Americans is expressed best in the co-operation given
by trade unions to evacuee resettlement in many midwestern and eastern
industrial areas. On the other hand a few unions, particularly those num­
bered among the AFL's "old guard,” have openly opposed resettlement of
Japanese Americans. In addition, one of the largest AFL unions, the Inter_
national Teamsters, long has maintained an antagonistic attitude toward
relocation, and boasts in the current issue of its official magazine that
unions have kept the evacuees out of two midwest cities. And the building
trades council of the Washington state AFL passed a resolution last week
opposing the present of future return of the evacuees.
Japanese American members of labor unions carry their union cards
with pride. The nisei need the strength of other organized workers to help
make secure for them the conditions due all who work. But organized labor
also needs the help of Japanese Americans and all minority groups, who
will be forced to compete with organized labor, unless they, too, are accep­
ted as part of the labor movement.

• Hip and Low
By R. I.

Room Hunting
(The following column is the
first in a series of three on R. I.’s
experiences in -what he 'calls “that
peculiar Ontaiio Nisei hobby”—
room-hunting. Relocees who have
ploughed through similar exper­
iences will undoubtedly sigh nos­
talgically—while those still on the
threshhold of the step to dispersal
will, we pray, not be too discour­
aged, but heartened by the charac­
teristic Nisei spirit of “we can
take it” revealed by the writer.)
*
»
»

.Once upon a time, oh, so long
ago, dear Cinderella described in
one of her Femme Fare columns,
her experiences in regard to i*oomhunting outside of Powell and vici­
nity in the great and glorious city
of the west. It was amusing and
interesting but I’m afraid that we
did not appreciate the real core of
her story, the trouble and the
headache that accompanied her
search. We do now.
Two immediate effects of war­
time Canada hits the Nisei arriv­
ing in the East on an open permit.
First, it is a matter of job-hunting,
which although still fraught with
obstacles in the skilled trade lines,
nevertheless for the more mdiscriminating, it entails but a single
trip down to the National Selective
Service Office. These newcomers,
the story is told, when they report
to the Selective Service in the
morning, might as well have their
lunch pails and gloves all ready,
for by all odds they will be work­
ing by noon.
The second effect of war-time
Canada is less encouraging for it is
exactly the opposite. It is that
headache, that bane of all suitcase
carriers, that mournful pursuit fil­
led with B, O.’s, which for the in­
formation of the cheechakaos, we
will explain as “brush-offs”. We
speak, of course, of that peculiar*
Ontario Nisei hobby called room­
hunting.
Our particular position was a
queer one in one sense, and yet in
another sense it was not a queer
one at all. It was queer, mighty
queer that it could happen in a
democratic nation such as Canada,
where the Four Freedoms are
spoken of in an almost reverent
manner at the present time, but
it was not queer in the sense that
it did make sense. It did make
sense but otherwise it was a most
wonderful example of ignorance
and prejudice in the East—and we
thought it w.rs crazy. *
IT HAPPENED ~ LIKE THIS.
Pardner, that is my future room­
mate, we will call him pardnei*
from now on, and I decided to go
into the house-keeping business.
Our reasons for such a drastic
move on part of male Nisei was
that we wanted to eat when we
felt like it, in ample quantities,
which is impossible to do in anvthing but a dollar-a-plate-napkinon-the-side eating house, and we
felt that two house-keeping rooms
would give us some semblance of
a home which we missed.
In very start order, we marvel
and wonder* at it now, we found
a place. A kitchen with a gas stove,
two wicker rocking chairs and a
sink. For the information of ghost
towners we might state that a
sink was a real prize indeed. The
usual housekeeping system in this
war-time city js runned by* the
bucket system.
bell, we settled down there
quite rapidly. Moved in on Friday,
and on Sunday* to show our face
to the neighbourhood we went to
church. The service bucked us up a
great deal and the sermon, “The
Friendliness c-f Jesus” found ready
listeners in us two. We had a home.
We were sitting on the top of the
world. If this had been a movie,
the music would have been “The
Band Played On” h fortissimo—
but then with a crash of drums...
bum ... bum ... bum ... the next
scene would show us sorry*, mad,
roaring, laughing, crying, joking,
swearing,
sneering
.. bum ...
bum ... bum ... It was a exeat
life!
Love consists of a little sighing,
a little crying, a little dying and
a great deal of lying.

I should like to offer to you and
the members of your staff my be­
lated congratulations for the splen­
did Christmas edition of the New
Canadian. The varied articles were
generally not only interesting but
were written with excellence and
with npix*it. Hideo' Shigei’s mention
in his “Oases in Toronto’ of young
people visiting Japanese homes n
that city made me recall similar
experiences I had during the seven
years or so between the time I ‘left
home to continue schooling and my
marriage. In particular the article
reminded me of the first Christmas
I spent away from home. Until the
holidays I did not feel homesick
because of studies and other acti­
vities; but on Christmas Eve the
whirl of life around me seemed to
stop, and I found myself in loneli­
ness. Not having got to know many
people then, I was at a loss how to
pass Christmas Day, when a kind
gentleman with whom I was only
a little acquainted, invited me to
share in the festivities at his home.
A grand turkey dinner enjoyed in
the gaily decorated dinner room, a
pleasant conversation and novel
games made me forget my home­
sickness completely. Although I
subsequently spent a part of each
Chrstnias Day at this home until
I left Vancouver, I felt so grateful
for being invited on my first
Christmas in the strange! city that
the feeling of appreciation is still
keen today.
:
I cannot, too, forget th^ Pearl
Harbour Christmas that my wife
and I observed in an eastern city—
her first Christmas after leaving
her old home. The boarding house

where we lived served only break­
fast on Christmas Day, and we did
not have any place which appealed
to us to spend the rest of the day.
A Canadian couple of English ori­
gin came to our rescue with their
invitation for Christmas, communi­
cated to us the day after Pearl
Harbour. Words; cannot describe
our gratitude for the privilege of
having delicious home-baked ham
sandwiches at lunch and a lovely
dinner in the friendly Company of
the lady’s parents, sister and
nephew.
I shall not try to mention the
many* other kindnesses that I have
had the good fortune to receive
from different people, including the
motherly care given me when I
was confined to bed with colds
while, still a student away from
home, as this would require many
columns. I also remember how I
mended socks and underwear and
pressed my trousers to the best of
my ability while I-went to school;
but when I could spare the money
after commencing work, I got a
laundry to look after the mainten­
ance of my clothing.
Just because I felt happy and
grateful when people showed kind­
ness to me, I have tried to do our
little share to invite to our home
as many Nisei and Issei people—
particularly those who are without
their homes, in Montreal. However,
we, who must depend on our cur­
rent earnings for livelihood like
most relocees in the east, have not
found enough means or time at
our disposal to open our little home
as -much as. we wish, especially
with an infant in the family.

As there is bound to be in East­
ern Canadian cities for some time
yet too few Japanese families to
entertain the comparatively large
numbers of those without homes,
I should like to be allowed to offer
some suggestions by which Nisei
may help themselves to find their
own “cases.” As Hideo ' Shigei
mentioned, churches "welcome
Niseis who attend with a sincere
attitude of worship. They may
readily join young people’s socie­
ties connected with churches, Y.M.
C.A. or Y.W.C.A., and by partak­
ing in different activities become
accepted as members.
Many pleasant memories come
back to me of the twenty months
that I lived in the Y.M.C.A. in an
eastern city. I learned to swim in
the pool there, I enjoyed playing
badminton, I met many interesting
young fellows from different parts
of the world and made friends,
some of them true and abiding; I
went skiing with the boys; I went
to supper club meetings and fire­
side worship hours; I attended a
series of lectures sponsored, by the
k-M. C. A.
on
public
affairs.
Although I was far away from
Vancouver in a city whose Japa­
nese population did not exceed two
dozen, I did not feel lonely because
I always had interesting things to
do in my leisure. I shall always be
grateful to the Y. M. C. A. for the
wonderful time I had. Last year
we had a grand time cultivating a
victory garden allotted us by the

community garden league spon­
sored by the local Y. M. C. A.; and
this year we are looking forward
to growing better vegetables and
having more fun.

Another organization that pro­
vides fellowship and recreation is
a young people’s group consisting
entirely of Niseis.
In large cities there should be
abundant facilities for wholesome
indoor and outdoor entertainment
and sports. Also there are numer­
ous fa.ilities for the improvement
of the mind—courses at night for
training in trades, commercial sub­
jects, languages, music apprecia­
tion, college subjects, etc., etc. It
should be wise for each of us to
realize that with the conclusion of
the war, difficult days of recon­
struction and rehabilitation are
sure to come when work might
not be as plentiful and money not
as.easy* to earn as at the present.
If we have leisure time on our
hands, we should use the golden
opportunity to the fullest now to
take some evening courses to bol­
ster our qualifications in any way.
It should also profit us to learn
how to entertain ourselves because
occasions may come in life when
we might be obliged to depend on
our own resources for entertain­
ment and moral support—for* the
creation of our own private
“oases”.
H. W.
Montreal, P. Q.
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January 29. 1944.

THE NEW CANADIAN

(Eastern impressions

by item 2\. r^bhnixu

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCES
When Francis Bacon wrote “Histories make men
wise”, he was. pointing out for us the most important
source of practical wisdom, that of learning from the
experiences _ of the past, ot which history is the most
comprehensive record. For human progress was made
possible, largely by virtue of the discriminating use of
the accumulated capital of past achievements: the ex­
periences of trials and errors, of successes and failures,
of victories and defeats. If each generation failed to
profit by the experiences of its preceding' generations,
they would be retracing the same steps, repeating the
same mistakes and failures; thereby making any-pro­
gress impossible. The so-called “backward people” find
themselves in the present condition, not because they
were inferior in endowments, but because they failed
to develop some effective system by which the achieve­
ments of the past could be capitalized by the succeed­
ing generations.

We must remember, however, that this process of
learning from others’" experiences is no simple matter.
For one thing, experiences are not transferable: we
can only LEARN from them. It means that we should
not only know these facts, but also study them care­
fully and objectively, and in some cases make our own
experimentations on them; so that they become actually
our own. For another thing, experiences are not to be
imitated. The differences of time, place, circumstances
and "conditions, as well as the peisons who go through
these experiences, make the exact duplication of them
impossible. The best way is to try to discover some
universal laws, principles or “truth” underlying them;
so that these can be applied to any situation at any
time and place with equal validity.
In the attainment of their successful re-settlement,
our friends who ventured east of the Rockies can derive
many valuable lessons from the experiences of the past.
The history of the Issei settlement on the Pacific
Coast during the past fifty years provides us a rich
mine of facts, for inspiration and encouragements as
well as for warning and counsel. Abundant materials
for this study can be found in the two bulky volumes
compiled by Jinshiro Nakayama, entitled “The History
of Japanese Settlement in Canada.” “The Japanese in
British Columbia,” an M.A. thesis" of about six hundred
type-written pages, submitted to the Department of
Economics of the University of B. C. by Rigenta
Sumida, furnishes us with useful facts; and so does
“The Japanese Canadians” by Charles Young. We
should make a thorough study of the experiences of the
Issei, which may serve a double purpose; first, of ap­
preciating and preserving the real and permanent
achievements of the Issei, so that none of their noble
efforts may be lost, and secondly, of avoiding the
repetition of the same mistakes and errors that they
might have made.

Segregation Vs. Assimilation
Much can be learned from the experiences of other
racial groups who are settled in the different parts
of Canada. During my trip East last year, I had this
in mind, and made a point of seeing some of them.
I visited a Hutterite settlement in Alberta, and some
French colonies in Manitoba. The experiences of the
Jews, the Chinese, and the Negroes, their successes
and failures, should teach us a great deal. One of the
impressions I received from a very cursory study of
these groups, was the fact that the Japanese Cana­
dians, contrary to the usual criticisms by some Occi­
dental Canadians, were far more advanced in the
process of assimilation to the Canadian ways of life,
than some of these racial groups. Another impression
(I received) was that the formation of racially-segre­
gated colonies is detrimental to the solution of racial
problems. The Hutterite colony, although it has many
good points that we can learn, is not only raciallysegregated, but also economically and socially isolated,
making no positive contribution to the larger Com­
munity within which it exists. The result is that the
colony is looked upon with suspicion and repugnance,
a cause of many problems.
1
Our relocees, moreover, can learn with 'profit from
those Japanese who were settled in the east of tne
Rockies before the evacuation. There were quite a
number of farmers settled in Raymond, Alberta, some
of whom now own and operate two sections of land.
In Calgary and Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon^
Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal, I met a 'numoer ox
Japanese people who had been settled in these places
- over twenty years.
Listening to 'their thrilling experiences, I learned
many lessons. One of these is that it takes a long,
sustained and1 concentrated effort in order to accomplish
any worthy object. Most of those men I met in these
places had ‘spent from twenty to twenty-five years oj.
“sweat, blood and tears” in order to see the success
of to-day. Another 'point I learned was, that service­
ableness was an important key to success. The story
of the Silk-o-Lina Stores is a case in point. Abom
twenty years ago, three men working in the C. P. RHotel in Calgary,‘found that there was a demand for
silk handkerchiefs among the people they served in
the Hotel. Thereupon, they ordered some silk, goods
from Vancouver and served the needs of their cus­
tomers. The demands grew so much that they opened
a temporary store during the Christmas season, the
three men working there in turn in their spare hours.
After Christmas, the customers would not let the store
to be closed. So they decided to keep it open, one of. the
three taking charge of it. while the other two remained
working in the Hotel. With the growth ot business,
these also had to join in the business: and later branch
stores were opened in Regina and Edmonton. To-day,
all three stores are doing a thriving business. Useful­
WINTER

ness is the season for existence, for anybody* or any­
thing. As long as we serve some vital needs of the
community*, the people will not let us fail.

Case Study of Dispersal
In the City* of Kenora, in northern Ontario, there
is a Japanese family. It is the only* Japanese family*
in the vicinity. I have known them for the past ten
years, although I had not seen them until last year.
About ten years ago, the father of the family wrote
to me, asking me to send him a copy* of the Bible in
Japanese language.The reason he gave was that his
children were all going to a Christian Sunday* School,
but he did not know what they were learning about,
not understanding English well enough. He and his wife
had decided that as parents it was their duty* to know
what their children were learning. Promptly* 1 sent
him the Bible, and ever since we have been correspond­
ing. It was with a great delight that we met each other
for the first time last year, when I passed through
Kenora. '
In the brief time I had with him. I found out the
following facts about him and his family, which contain
many hints bearing on the subject under consideration.
He worked with the C. P. R. for twenty-eight years,
living in Kenora all those years. Like everybody* 'else,
he has had many* difficulties and hardships to* over­
come; but now he is one of the respected citizens of
that City. There is no discrimination against him,-even
m this war-time. His eldest son is serving in the army
(and I noticed a report about him published in this
paper two weeks ago), the second son is a mechanic
in the local garage, one daughter is a stenographer
in the Court House, and the second daughter is working
in the High School. Two children are still going to
school. At Christmas, I received a. letter from this
friend, and in it he says in part:

“Fortunately7 our children are all engaged in occu­
pations equal to, or better than, their Occidental
friends; and one reason for it is that we have lived
here so long and are well known to all,’ but another
reason is that we are trusted and loved, because of our
long school and Church connections.”

To my7 mind, this will make a splendid case study*
in connection with the question of dispersal.

Are We Wise Enough?
Needless to say, general history7 will ‘shed
much light on the question-we ’are considering, because
migration and re-settlement have been common events
in history. It is a large subject; and rather than depend­
ing on my limited knowledge, I shall call to aid two
authorities in this field of study7: one a student of bio­
graphies, and another, one of the outstanding historians
of to-day, whose recent book “'The Republic” is being
widely* discussed at the present time.
According to Dale Carnegie, Dr. Catherine Allies,
Clinical Professor of Psychology* at Yale, made a
thorough study of fifteen thousand biographies and
other documents, in order to find out the principal
characteristics up to twenty-five years of age, of three
hundred geniuses born between the years 1550 and'
ISaO, Out of her findings, she wrote a book entitled
“Early7 Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses.”
In this study, Dr. Miles discovered that four traits ran
through all of these three hundred geniuses, which
explained their great achievements. And they were
these:

1. The ability* to turn obstacles to opportunity.
Obstacles did not baffle or discourage them, but only7
served to bring out their hidden, fighting powers.
2. The power to see 'it through was the second
trait. They* were not quitters. They7 had tenacity, per­
sistence and patience by which to finish what they
started out to do, in spite of everything.

3. Initiative was the third success trait. They did
not wait until they were asked- or compelled to do, nor
did they* depend too much on others. They* started and
carried through on their own.

4. The fourth quality was a passion for excellence.
They* did their utmost and best in whatever they* under­
took to do, even the most menial task.

Now that we have heard them, they* sound so sim­
ple and obvious. Like Columbus’ egg, it seems so easy.
The only* trouble has been that we have not always
acted on the best light we had. If we really and .ser­
iously LEARN from the experiences of these hundred
successful people, we can also learn the secret of get­
ting the necessary power to bring our task to a suc­
cessful finish.
When Charles A. Beard, one of the most distin­
guished living historians, was asked what lessons he
had learned from his lifelong study and teaching of
history7, he answered in these words:
“1. The mills of the gods grind slowly7 but they
grind exceeding fine;

2. Those whom the gods are about to destroy* they7
first make mad;
3. When it gets dark enough, you can see stars;
4. The bee fertilizes the flower that it robs.”
The slow but inevitable working of divine justice;
the suicidal futility- of anger and hatred; the perfection
of life through sacrifices; the benevolent working of
the law of compensation, of which I spoke last week,
are some of the lessons that the experiences of five
thousand years of human history* -teach us.
Light is not lacking if we are wise' enough to learn
from the experiences of the past.

WINTER

SUNSET

How bravely’ now the white intrepid wings

Of gulls blaze narrow trails of silver through
An evening wilderness of thorny gold

And tangled crimson whose old roots go down.
Into the dark and fertile sea.

E. E. L.

ONENESS

The snow includes us all
In its touch
None is left out,
I
Even the loneliest.
The quiet air stirred gently downward
floating white stars
"Wraps all tenderly.
—MARGARET WATROUS

_______

A Rejoinder on Intermarriage
By DAVE WATANABE

(Intermarriage, oft-times the
cause of heated arguments and
theorizing by Nisei was viewed
by Joseph Naga in an article iit
the Christmas issue of the New
Canadian. He described the story
of “Dick" an evacuee in Ontario,
who was contemplating marriage
with a white girl and stated that
“the urge that leads 'many a
Canadian-born Japanese to seek
solace in intermarriage results
from an escapist attitude.” Dave
Watanabe,
at
variance
with
this contention, advances his own
reasons for intermarriage in the
following article.)
- 0 Under the provocative
title,
“He’s Marrying a White Girl”, a
Toronto Nisei wrote, in the Christ­
mas issue of THE NEW CANA­
DIAN a timely* article on the sub­
ject of intermarriage. This illus­
trative case, of which Air. Naga
writes, may* be exactly* as- present­
ed in this particular instance. 1
do not question that, for ideas such
as he presented may well be har­
bored in the minds of some people.
But when he states that this case
is typical of thousands of Cana­
dian-born Japanese, I must beg to
differ and advance a viewpoint
which certainly* does not follow a
parallel line of reasoning.
Mr. Naga suggests that the
Nisei have the feeling that if they
intermarry* they* will better them­
selves. Actually it will impress
upon them more clearly* than ever
that they* are of Japanese extrac­
tion, if that is the cause of their
inferiority* complex.
I do not know what percentage
of the young men with white girl
friends fall into the escapist cate­
gory- of which Mr. Naga writes.
But every* one of the dozen or so
people with whom I have discussed
the subject feels that this escapistattitude is not only* fundamentally
wrong and futile, but also uncom­
mon.
$

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»

What then motivates these friend­
ships and the few, but ever-in­
creasing, cases of intermarriage?
The answer is so simple and so
obvious that it may remain un­
noticed by* those who like to delve
far below the surface in search of
supposedly* hidden angles.
We are all creatures governed in
varying degrees by reasoning, in­
stinct and emotions. These forces
which determine the pattern of our
lives also point to conclusions in
regard to intermarriage.
When we reason out this ques­
tion we conclude that all people
are free and equal, regardless of
race, creed or color. The only dif­
ferences are those among indivi­
duals. It is readily admitted that
there are certain characteristics
peculiar to, or even unique, among
certain races.' But the proverbial
thrift of the Scotch, the hardiness
of the Scandinavians, or the co­
operativeness of the Russians are

certainly* not found among all
people of these races. On the other
hand, “hese and other character­
istics, as well as undesirable ones,
are found among certain indivi­
duals of every country. If we are
not prejudiced by •propaganda or
influenced by* our emotions, we
must judge an individual by* his
or her personal characteristics
alone.
When it comes to the choice of
a life partner we look for certain
traits, a certain personality* which
we like. Whether we set out to
look for a pre-determined ideal and
find such a one; or fall in love with
someone and learn to like their
ways, is not pertinent. What does
govern the issue is that.we may
f/nd the characteristics that we de­
sire in anyone, regardless of
nationality* or racial origin.
Another factor that governs our
lives is instinct. Just as strong as
our instinctive desire for food,
sleep or survival, is the desire to
have a mate with whom to share
our lives and to have children.
Neither biology* nor Instinct knows
of any* barrier between races,
creeds or colors.
Mankind has risen to the pre­
ferred position of being of the
highest order of ’“■.mg things on
earth because of his reasoning
power. Guiding one’s life by* the
judicious use of this power, to­
gether with following our natural
instincts that enable us to lead a
healthy* and normal life, is living
on the highest plane.
Unfortunately* many* arc carried
away to varying degrees by* a third
factor that governs human lives.
That factor is emotion. Positive
emotions of love, hope, charity* and
numerous others, we’are all aware
of and thankful for because they
enrich our lives over and above a
life guided by reason and instinct
alone. But our emotions, if not con­
trolled, can be our greatest curse
and shame. It is the negative emo­
tions that cause all our petty strife,
our greed, our prejudice, our wars.
We must do away with the nega­
tive emotions if we are to lead
truly* happy*, useful and civilized
lives.
I think in these very simple ex­
planations is found the answer why
people intermarry. It is a case of
reasoning, instinct and positive
emotion telling you that the one
you love and are loved by, is the
one for you, regardless of race,
creed, color or Mrs, Grundy’s
gossip.
It is not only* a natural and rea­
sonable attitude but also an atti­
tude of faith in mankind’s advanceinent to a higher stage of civi­
lization where the negative emo­
tions of hate and prejudice will be
things of the past., It is consistent
with the thought of ever-increas­
ing numbers of people all over the
world who believe in the Golden
Rule and can truly say, “The world
is my country and my religion is to
do good.”

Hisei Pjumoresque...
Some Chinese actors in Holly­
wood refused to play Japanese
parts in atrocity* pictures, and the
reason ‘s most interesting.
It’s not ou- of resentment
against the Japanese, but out of
the very practical fear that Japa­
nese atrocity pictures will increase
racial prejudice against all people
of the so-called y*ellow race.
Smart, these Chinese.
—Des Moines Register
Saburo Tour’s “Fifth Column”
in the Manzanar (Calif.) Free
Press provides the next few odd
bits of wisdom—sagacity unques­
tioned ...
God created the universe and
rested; he then created man and
nested; he finally created woman,
and since then neither the god nor
man has rested.
—So Desho
A girl may* love you from the
bottom of her heart but there’s
always room for some other guy
at the top.
She that falls in love with her­
self has no rivals.
*
*
*
Our friends south of the border
have a great time kidding about
their lady friends’ nether limbs it

seems-—as witness the following
excerpt from a column entitled
“Stormy Weather” in the Rowher,
Arkansas publication:

“Yesterday an embarassing thing
happened to me. I asked one nisei
girl (with no bad intentions at all),
‘Since when did y*ou start selling
vegetables ? She seemed puzzled so
I enlightened her mistic brains
thus', ‘Well, y*ou’re displaying “dai­
kons,” so I was just wondering.
Then like the full fury of a broken
dam, she proceeded to knock the
stuffings (the ones I had pain­
stakingly* saved from Christmas
too) out of me .. . How *was I to
know that ‘daikons’ were her legs?
(okay, girls, I know mine are like
gobos...)

While on this theme, it is inter­
esting to note a note in the afore­
mentioned “Fifth Column”- at Man­
zanar about a “Coed” dance: “The
Heavenly Bodies-sponsored Daikon
Manoeuvering S e s s io n proved
quite an affair among the skirt­
clad specimens over the Yule holi­
day ...” Okay, okay, pistol packin’
mamas, I was just quoting__ and
besides I know when enuff’s
enuff...

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January 29. 19'44.

Banff Hands Tied On Wage
Question; Appeal To Ottawa

Taberites Have Fun In Holidays

Former Kitsilano and West Van­
TABER, Alta.—Some thirty young'members gathered by cars from here
Camp No. 5, Friday Creek, PRIN- !
couver residents will note with inter- people attended the gay Christmas and there in the district. After hours
s i ON, B. C.—Tae Banff office of =
Summerland Senders
_ _ ■ social sponsored by the X-B.C. Club, of plain fancy skating and honker
est the announcement of the engagethe De-parrment of Mines and ^e’ i ment
of Chizue, <elder daughter of Dec. 23. With a glittering tree to eats in form of hot dogs and ict
sourres has no say in the matter o
Swing and Sway
. Mr. and Mrs. Kanjiro Yoshida of provide the Yuletide touch the group cream topped off the party which
Japanes
road worker
wages since j Lemon Creek to Mr. Shingo Homma, enthusiastically7 sang carols, played ended up in the Adachi parlour,
By “BOBO”
an order-in-council in Ottawa at the
third son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomekichi games, and joined in a popular singA very
Chiu and Fay AdacM
to
SUMMERLAND, B» C. —

time of the evacuation set the rates,
Homma
of
Slocan.
Baishakunins
for
successful Newdance was
tend their sincere appreciation for the
stateci the reply from head engineer
staged Jan. 7, by the Summerland C. N. talker, to the petition sent by the happy event are Mr. and Mrs. Ken
A round of self-introductions pre­ lovely wedding gift from the
Koyanagi.
Nisei -with visitors from Kelowna,
ceded refreshment time. During this Club members.
me men of the No. 1, 2 and 5 Prince­
Westbank and Pentirton joining in. ton camps last month.
The wedding is to take place in the intermission, Mitzi Ishida on behalf
Judging by the many happy faces and
near future.
of the club, presented Christmas gifts
Tne communication stated that the
A call is out for the present wherethe twinkling eyes the affair was a
to Rev. and Mrs. R.B. Tillman and
department
is
well
aware
of
the
fact
abouts
of Miss HARLEY FUKUDA,
“sockeroo.”
A prairie engagement was announ­ Miss H. Bartling for their stimulus
that
the
men
are
working
for
lowTop-notch music -was provided by
ced last month of Hiroko, only daugh­ to the club as honorary supervisors. formerly of Slocan City and now re­
rates
of
pay
and
of
the
fact
that
des
­
big name bands, Harry James, Tommy
ter of Mr. T. Sakumoto of Iron The group accompanied the present­ siding in Toronto. Anyone cognisant
pite
this
they
have
been
contributing
Dorsey, Duke Ellington and a host
Springs, Alta., to Mr. James Tamagi, ations with the singing of “For They with the details is asked to communi­
to
the
Red
Cross
and
other
such
cate with Miss- DOROTHY INAMOTO,
of others, through the means of Min
third son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Are Jolly Good Fellow’s.”
cnariticS.
The
excellent
work
done
by
49
Forden Ave., Westmount, P. Q.
“Gumps” Kita’s p.a. system.
Tamagi of Coaldale. The wedding is
Santa Claus aided by Mary Oka­
the
men
in
the
Hope-Princeton
line
The night’s program -was embellish­
to take place in the spring.
moto took his turn in giving gifts to
“Paging Mr.
CHOJU
MATSUed with games, a Truth or Consci­ and the splendid spirit of co-operation
everyone,
after
which
the
couples
SHITA,
formerly
of
'
Burquitlam
ence quiz which proved a hilarious between the Japanese and the white
Two well-known New Denverites danced to platter hits by the lights of B.C.!” Anyone knowing his xvherewow, two vocals in the popular style ■staffs were appreciated and hopes for figured in the engagement that was the Christmas tree.
J abouts is asked to communicate with
by Min Kita and Fumi Inaba. During further co-operation in the same man-** ii announced of Mariko, only daughter
The
Adachi
farm
was
the
scene
of
Mr. KYUTARO OZAKI, Dufrost,
the midnight supper hot stuff musi­ ner were expressed.
' of Mrs. Aki Nonoyama, formerly of a Boxing Day skating party sponsor- Manitoba.
To a charge that when the .ppeal Prince Rupert, to Mr. Yoshitake ed by the X-B.C. Club as some 24--------------- ------------ - -----cally was produced by “The Giant’s
Head Mountaineers” on their guitar, was made* by representatives of B. C. Hatanaka, second son of Mr. and Mrs.
mandolin and vocal chords with num­ lumber companies for labour from the Shuzo Hatanaka, formerly of Van­
bers
like
“Star-Spangled
Banner camps that the majority of the men couver. Baishakunins for the happy
Waving Somewhere”, “You’re My preferred to stay in 'he camps; the event are Mr. and Mrs. Shotaro
Darling”, and “It Makes No Differ­ Piinceton camps retort that a reason Shimizu. The betrothal ceremony was
was because last summer when a held at the Hatanaka home on New
ent Now.”
Positions Available For Girls
With the dying down of the “’corn­ group of men tried to leave for jobs Year’s Day.
With Grade 10 and Grade 11
iest music this side of Trout Creek”, in order to become self-supporting,
their
applications
were
refused
by
MENTAL NURSING
Another New Denver betrothal was
raffle tickets were drawn with M. C.
dants and dining room girls, start­
• A number of girls are required ing salary $25.00 per month plus
Kita tactfully requesting each wanner the engineer on the grounds that road revealed of Masako, eldest daughter
to enter nurses training schools in C. L. B. $5.00 and full maintenance,
of Mr. and Mrs. Jinsaku Hamanaka
to sing for his or her prize. Many a work was an essential industry.
It
has
been
decided
by
a
joint
meet
­
of
New
Denver
to
Mr.
Shogo
Omura,
mental hospitals in Manitoba. Start­ board, room, uniforms, laundry. In­
- potential operatic star was uncoving
of
representatives
from
the
three
ing salary $25.00 per month plus crease of $2.50 per month each up
| ered. The grand prize, a deluxe 12eldest son of Mrs. Kiwa Omura. Baicost-of-living bonus and full main­ to maximum of $35.00 per month
piece pyrex set went to Hideko Kawa­ camps that a petition will be sent shakunins for the happy event are
tenance. Two years training with plus C. L. B. Three weeks holiday
saki. Others xvho carolled for their direct to Ottawa in view of the fact Mr. and Mrs. Fusakichi Horisaki. The
lectures and practical instruction with pay after one year’s service.
prizes were Mary Takeda, Joyce Jo- that the Banff office cannot assist ceremony was held Jan. 8.
leading to a diploma in mental Sick leave with pay after one year’s
mori, and Messers. Yamashita, Araki them.
OBITUARY
nursing—recognized in all mental service. Ordinary medical care pro­
and Tom Inaba.
hospitals in Canada.
A feature of the final portion of Noted Educational Head
The death is reported of Denkichi
vided free.
Positions available after gradua­
Machida of Tashme, B. C., on Jan. 1.
the evening was an impromptu hula
GENERAL NURSING
tion in Manitoba Mental Hospitals
dance by George “Fuzzy” Uzawa. For Touches Tashme on Trip
Final rites were preformed on Jan. 6
Girls with Grade XI who have
as graduate mental nurses, starting
the success of the party thanks go to J TASHME, B. C. — Miss Gertrude under the officiation of Rev. R.
high average standing may apply
salary $35.00 plus $5.00 C. L. B.
all who came from near and far to1 Rutherford, principal of the United Tatibana.
for the combined course in nursing
which increases, every year by $5.00
make such a delightful evening pos-’Church Training School in Toronto,
given at Brandon Mental Hospital
The
death
is
reported
of
Wataji
a month up to a maximum of $45.00
sible. We all hope that the next dance addressed an assembly of Tashme
and the Winnipeg General Hospital.
Urata, 72, of Vernon, B.C., on Jan. 15.
per month plus $5.00 C. L. B.
will not be in the too distant future high school student and elementary
Two years at each place—a total
The funeral was held on the follow­
and that it will be as successful as . teachers at the school late last week.
Maintenance includes room (two
training
period of four years. On
ing day.
girls to a room), board, uniforms,
this last.
Miss Rutherford is a. member of a
completion of both training courses,
laundry and ordinary medical care.
group currently taking part in dis- i
the successful candidates will have
KASLO, B. C.—74 members of the
Working conditions: eight-hour day,
cussion courses in universities across I local Japanese United Church con­
New Year Sees Niseiettes
a diploma a mental nursing and
one day ofl in seven. Sick leave
the Dominion and visited this reloca­ gregation left Kaslo for eastern
as well a diploma in general nurs­
Inviting Lucky Relocees
with pay after one year’s service.
tion settlement on her return from Canada during 1943, it was reported
ing and will be eligible to write
One late leave each week and over^^ University of British Columbia at to the annual congregational meeting
HAMILTON, Ont.—Some twentyt __
nigmt
leave once or twice a month. their Registered Nurses’ Examina­
five boys were royally entertained as Vancouver.
tion. On the completion of the comlast week. Of this number—21 were
The diploma in Mental Nursing
guests of the local Girls Club at an
First experiences of Nisei g’irls who j Issei, 42 were Nisei and 12 children,
bined courses, nurses
in
entitles to the holder to register in
enjoyable evening in the Church of j relocated to Ontario were related to
the service will be entitled to a
yiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^
Manitoba as a practical nurse and
All Peoples on Dec. 30. Rev. and Mrs. the interested gathering. The Toronto
salary of $40 a month plus C. L. B.
do private duty nursing.
IC
>?
Pike of the church acted as hosts.
[school head told of the splendid conof $5.00 increasing by $5.00 a mon­
DINING ROOM ATTENDANTS
Group singing, games and dancing1 tributions some evacuee girls such as
th each year until a maximum of
(Continued
from
P.
1)
Other^ openings for girls with $50.00 per month plus C. L. B. is
were some items on the much-appre- Mary Nishikawara, Lily Washimoto.
Grade VIII and IX as nurse atten- reached.
ciated program for the night. At the'Mary Saegusa and Kimi Takimoto as the representative members of the
Canadian
committee
in
Close of the affair the gathering of 50! were making daily toward the future Japanese
® THE BELGO CANADIAN MFG. has knowledge of handling* smoking
Nisei congratulated Mrs. Pike whose! of the Nisei in the east. After a brief Toronto.
CO., 6540 Park Ave., MONTREAL, materials. Working hours are from
birthday was fell on the day and Rex*, account of her school and its setup,
“We feel highly insulted that these
P• Q., has an epening in their fac­ eight to six—48 hours a week.
Pike whose birthday fell on the last Miss Rutherford told of hoxx- the Nisei goods should be offered to‘us. Such
tory for a foreman.
This is an excellent offer for any
day of the year.
g’irls had become an important part an act on the part of the Japanese
Wages are from $24 to $30 week­ man who believes he is’> qualified to
Mune Arikado, president of the of the life there. She stressed the Government to send such goods to us
ly providing the person concerned fill this position.
club, expressed their gratitude to’the; need that she felt necessary at this can only be construed as an attempt,
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hosts for their kindness and assis-! time to have some model or ideal to on their part to convert our sympath­
E0EEES0E
of the boys, Henry Shoji extended follow.
ies to its fascist philosophy and all
thanks^ and wishes for a prosperous
Because relocees keep in mind that it stands for against -which this coun­
New I ear.
,
they are pioneers and thusly feel a try is at -war.
•------------------------------■ I responsibility to the rest of the JapaWe offer the following Japanese
i
n
“Our immediate reaction to the
KASLO, B. C. — Shoyu, miso and-nese in Canada, this results in their
ILtit
nu
Urugs
and
Toilet
Goods
to
clear
at
Japanese tea were distributed equally I taking care that all impressions they above has resulted in dispatching the
following telegram to the Departgreatly reduced prices. All orders
among the Japanese residents of this j make are favourable, she said.
ment of Labor, Japanese section, R
will receive our usual prompt atteninterior town bunday. These gifts!
Miss Rutherford encouraged the
were sent by the Japanese Red Cross* students to keep on with their studies through the Toronto office of the m
tion.
Please state
your
order
British Columbia Security Commisclearly.
to the Japanese nationals in Canada-as much as they could, so that they sion.
via International Red Cross facilities might prepare themselves for whatChopsticks in packages of 100 prs.
.75c per pkg.
Postage paid.
'Committee
elected
representing R
on the return trip of the exchange ever ervice they might give later on
JAPANESE
DRUGS
Toronto Canadian-born at a meeting
liner* Gripsholm.
in life.
Reg.
To Clear
i held January 16 as well as a similar pj
Jikkosan
.50c
.39c
i committee representing Toronto first ^'
Neo Neogie Vitamin Tonic
1.20
.79
American Japanese and
generation
at
a
meeting
held
January
I. S. Beeters Make Merry
Daigaku Eye Lotion
.20
.15
17
unanimously
decided
not to parti­
Beltsugan
.50
Chinese Work Together
.39
1
A
.
!RON SPRINGS, Alta. — Over a cipate in distribution of International
Beltsugan
1.00
.69
,
K ‘
s.^ent‘hundred members and friends from Red Cross shipment of Japanese
Beltsugan
3.00
1.95
at Compton Jr. College in California: Taber> Coaldale. Lethbridge, and Pic J shoyu, tea, etc. Both committees also
Beltsugan
5.00
o
2.95
Je^re ?VapWSe
J^^.ture Butte gaily “cut the rug” to the j recommend in the interests of the
Norshin
.50
.29
Pompholin
escenamiis, vme lounded up and re- mud,. of jbe "Bow River Boys” at-Hiture of all Japanese in Canada the ^
.35
.25
Durikono
.85
moxet. to ie.vL.hion centers, and Mar- the Iron Springs Y. P. A. dance and[ same attitude be taken by- Japanese 3
.59
^areL
>aomoed out of Ling-? rafqe ab the Communitv Hall FridavJ r e s i d e n t s of other places and
TOILET GOODS
Utena Face Powder
.25
*an:*
and, finishing herJail. 14>
*
‘ .province.’
*
.19
Utena Face Powder
.50
Studies at Debucue University- in Iowa;
i
..
.
.
.39
Utena Vanishing Cream
I?
and daughter of a Chinese preacher: Intermission time of the gala affair!
”we wish, through the medium of ^
.25
.19
Utena Vanishing Cream
.60
are now. working side by side at aJound 9ie drawing for the raffle; your paper, to make known our stand ^
Ontoso Bath Salts
.35
.25
national religious headquarters onTdze? w-ith the following lucky win- 011 this very important question be- ^
Ontoso Bath Salts
.65
.45
Canadians
our
one
desire
i
Fifth Avenue, said the Minidoka Ir-.ners:
cause a
Papacologne Skin Lotion
.55
.35
to
align
our
forces
with
the
United
^
rigator quoting from the New* York!
t
n
Katol Insect Powder
.25
WorM-Teleeram.
i»P
P t ^“k Setoc1”’ P'
against the
Shipping
charges
will
be
"aid
by
us on above goods
The vouSe women posed tw«l1«l??";,??,“l?nakKa?5lnt,-C^1* gressors
We
also
have
a
few
sacks
of
Soya

! dale: third prize. Frert Karren. Iron
arm-m-arm • lor pictures and then
The letter is signed by Roger Obata, ^
Beans and Rice Bran to clear, at
i ^P1111?5 fourth prize. Thomas Kanna.
Miwako said she came to New lorkq.,,,, A •__ ” Kay Kato and George Tanaka on
the
following
price;
O. B.
.(iron bprings: tifth prize. Mas HavaXrom the relocation center at Heart y;
, behalf of the second generation com- H
Vancouver.
w
j
Nobietord: and sixth prize. Olai
Mountain, V yoming. and that her xt.
c •
i h
1 •
; mittee, xx*hich itself was instrumental
Soya Beans per 100 lb. Sack S6.95
k
i ' Menlen. Iron bprings. A consolation
parents anti her younger brother x\-ere;V
.. ■ in securing widespread sympathetic
Rice Bran per 100 lb. Sack ;
still there
'
.prize was won oy Miss Taeko Shoji
i publicity for the stand taken by the
Freight and Charges extra.
z
i
, iof Diamond Citv.
Miwako, wno was formerly a col-;
j Toronto people.
umnist on the Heart Mountain Sen-'
The I.SA .P. A. wishes to expre
it i
The Canadian Tribune published a
tinel (relocation center publication)' ncere thanks to all members sand' full page article on tire question and ^
369 Powell St.
B. C.
stated, “I always wanted to see my; friends who helped make this event the Toronto Daily Star featured the | S (Operated
by the Custodian under Vancouver,
control of P.
S. Koss & Sons) g
:he Custodian under
Own country first. ’
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