Page 1
OW CANADIAN
Please be sure to register
you
are
vour
mail
if
enclosing cash, It protects
you and saves us money!
>-■
Vol. VIII. No. II.
..... =—- —
-
A.11 Ind e p e II d e n t W e e k 1 y f o r C a n a d i a n s
k
c.)pV
.
Alberta Beeters Appeal For
Free High School Education
a
Up For Sale By Custodian
may
have
Groundnog
his hole
crawled
into
but interior towns
in
are enjoying mild spring weather.
+ Uc
lacement .Report Lists 107
V arieties of limploy meat for Kelocees
f
RAYMOND, .Alta, (Delayed by
y wideA wide variety in opport if
i Mail) — Resolutions
free
nities for employment is open'
■ high school education for evacuee
most me employed in indu
al or commercial job: ; ami s.
I children and freedom to move to any to the relocee in Southern
rone receives less tn an fifty
111
location were sent *o Fedeml and the
an
hour. Employes
in fou
Japanese Division of Department of the. Japanese Divj
h
steel
companies and ferr.lizer plan
Labor officials, by Japanese Commit(,ee
, i also
i
-jit
,
- . members
• .
n or tiiP Ravmord and port
stated
that the relocees
are statement noted. Th
districts on Dec. 20.
i
,
, . ,
™
,
,
now mostly scattered in lOi varieties employ
ns
Japanese
ine alternative of liftinoi
.....
,
.
. .
of occupations in the districts,
none
receiving
less
than
66
Ke
pe
on transxer restrictions if pavment
of tuition fees could not be made bv
U was stated that recent infer hour. Experts in machine shop woil
tile federal or provincial government
mation from the 'i0™^ rdace- are getting anywhere from eighty t<
was asked in the resolution
ment Ofiker shows thc scope of $1.15 an hour, the report staged.
ri w
i
employment in southern Ontario is
Many married couples who relo
cate to the cast usually enter em
ployment as domestics for a time.
Salary for this type of work run
from $120 to $125 per month with
room and board provided. Others are
vegetable, fruit.
workin
nursery or mushroom farms.
Housing accommodations is still
proving to be the major problem
in the east. Congestion is usually
more noticeable in the larger citiesq
“but given a little time. the. Nisei
evacuees are usually able to find
satisfactory lodgings.” the report
stated.
VANCOUVER, B. C.—The pro
perty of Tairiku Nippo Sha Limi
ted. or Continental Daily News,
Japanese-vernacular newspaper for
merly published in Vancouver be
fore the war, was put up for sale
by the Custodian last week, Tenders are to be accepted up until
noon Pacific Daylight Saving Time
of February 21. The sale is in
charge of Frederick Field, acting
custodian.
Ten parcels of property includ- I workers could not keep up payment PETITION TO DEPORT
other
machinery, i of the $7 a month or $60 a vear fee
ing
presses,
equipment, and office furniture are i paid in advance on
stoop labor in the beet fields.
on the auction block.
VANCOUVER, B. C.—The fam
At the request of government of
The Tairiku newspaper was the
iliar racist cry of Alex Paton, “'the
ficials, the tuition fee issue had been
largest circulated Japanese-verna
to British ColumJapanese
A routine inspection of interior centres lias been under way for the
tponed until the
cular newspaper in Vancouver prior
narbia as a w r party
heard
rom Vancouver. Mr.
vest had been completed.
Offiriais
to the evacuation.
again, after a long
Bernard
visited
for admittance into the schools free
Iley
and
K
ootenay
point
last week-end, resilence when the M.L.A. addresse
of tuition fees. School officials in the
a. meeting of the Vancouver Soul
Greenwood, and is Ilyin.
i Alberta to check
LABORATORY BLAST
southern Alberta districts met recent
Progressive Conservative Assock
on conditions among sugar beet f.
Later, hi will visit B. C. mainly and passed a resolution that evaction last Friday, urging expansio
line points, including the road can
Thompson
the
uee students fifteen
s and over
of ail ipmese in Canada.
River.
or past grade 10 should be required
Japanese came to Brit
In conference w i t h ille co m m i i to pay the fee.
a as a war party, and on
tees
of Japanes nationals in the
tl
rounds we should have no
(From The Toronto Star)
New Commissioner
Bernard
ty in sending them back to
The second resolution w as a reTORONTO, Ont.—Margaret Nishi
reported that suppiemen
v ftines
Japan. ’ declared the M.L.A. He
kawara, 20, second-year student in quest for an increase in the maintearashme Centre
authorized
by
the
Japanese
gover
support of a petition soon
bio-chemistry and physiology, was auce rates. It was pointed out that
in ent for the re
of J a pan es
JV ER. B.C.—The newlyto be circulated in the province
severely cut about the face and .neck the sugar beet work was seasonal
subjects
in
Canad
re being her
Conimissioner of Japandemanding
the
expulsion
of
Japa
last Tuesday when a bottle of explo and families were unable to make
up
pending
appr
of
their
us
esc
Placement
T. B. Pickersgill,
nese from Canada. A committee
sive blew up in the economics build ends meet with the allowance now
by
the
Canadian
crnal
affair
former
associ;
director of
to draw up the petition was aning of the University of Toronto.
granted. As a possible remedy for
department.
pointed last Thursday by f e Fish
Forty other students in the build the situation, the Committee sug
risited the interior housing
He also reported that reading mar
ermen’s Union at a meeting in
ing were showered with glass. Some gested that maintenance rates be in
centre
ai TaMuite last Saturday.
Orange Hall, Lulu Island, the Van r. rial in the Japanese language
made their way through thick smoke creased or
restriction freezmg
Mr.
G.
E. Collins, who is succeeded
ram Japan for distribution is oefng
couver Province reported.
to rescue the unconscious girl and workers to beet fields be lifted and
by Air. Pickersgil! to the post, achandled by the. Intern" tional Red
The
petition
will
be
circulated
evacuees moved to other locations
gave her first aid.
companied the new Commissioner
from the Alaskan bolder to the Cross Delegate in Montreal, Ernes:
The day before, an explosion in the and employment with government
L.
Maag.
on the tour.
49 th Parallel, the members af
chemistry building injured two men funds.
The Vancouver Province report
Mr. Maag himself is expected with
firmed.
The first request for free move
doing special experiments for the
stated
that -Mr. Pickersgil wlill re
The petition was to be drawn in a few weeks on an inspection trip
National Defence Department, Of- ment had been submitted late in
tain
his
position as Selective Ser
up at a meeting held Tuesday and for his organization of the British
ficials said Miss Nishikawara was 1943.
vice
director
In charge of Canadian
circulated within two or f'ro° Columbia settlements.
also doing “secret” work in one sec
farm
labor
matters but plans to
week’s time. A resolution appr^x’It is also expected that the recentN. Sunada presided in the chair
tion of the economics building where
devote his entire time to operation
matinr the netiHon was passed at ly-appointed new Sp? nish Consulduring the meeting. A short address
some laboratories are situated.
of the Japanese Division of the Dea Richmond meeting ■with only General, the Count of Morales, will
Taken to Toronto General Hospital, was delivered by T. Okamoto, pre
partment of Labor.
on^ dissenting vote recently.
visit the B.C. centres later in the
the injured student was treated for sident of the Committee and secre
He is on Ioan to the department
Howard Green. M.L.A. sunnort- spring.
cuts. Glass splinters were removed tary and treasurer’s reports were
of
labor from Northwest Line Ele
ed the object of the petition.
Discussions at the meetings indifrom her face but “fortunately her read by M. Amemori and Z. Matsugu.
vators Association where he was
The Committee decided to forward
cated that it is doubtful if funds prosaid one
eyes were not injured,’
an assistant director of agriculture
a resolution to the federal and De
vided bv the Japanese government
university spokesman.
promotion.
Commissioners
to
Decid
sad for any general assisStudents grabbed fire apparatus partment of Labor following fie
tance to families on maintenance hi thought it possible that some per
and were ready to use it but no fire southern Alberta school officials de Nisei Entry into Calgary
the B.C. settlements. They may be sons from Canada might be included.
cision.
followed the blest, it was stated.
CALGARY, Alta.
Applications available, however, for cases of sp<’- On a quota basis, however, the num
for entry into the city submitted by cial need or for supplying facilities ber was likely tp be as limited as
two Niseis was under discussion at which the Canadian government will the group which sailed from Canada
the council meeting Monday and not provide.
in 1943. Mr. Bernard pointed out that
councillors voted 6 to 5 to turn the
Mr. Bernard said thM no further persons desiring to go to Japan could*
matter over to ihe city commission
information was available on the apply to the consulate-general in
ers
for
checking
and
gave
the
com
matter of repatriation.
Montreal, but that the actual nomi
TULE LAKE, Calif. — Tule Lake nance of the segregation centre bemissioners
the
“
power
to
act
”
on
the
nation
was made by the Japanese
centre residents were assured by Dil yond January 1, 1946 have not beer.
requests.
change
is
being
negotiated
between
government
nd subject to the ap
lon S. Myer, WRA director that they made.
The councils dealt with 'the tw<- Japan and the United States.
proval
of
the
Canadian authorities.
In
a
special
statement
distributed
would not be forcibly ejected from
applications
separately
in
a
lengTiv
recently, the WRA director declar
the camp although plans for .nainteed that all eligible residents of the and at times heated diseurs'bn. AB.
Starr and Aid. Brown moved the re
centre
wishing
to
re-establish
Unregistered Births Cause
quest
should not be granted.
•homes and employment outside of
Bonus Survey Difficulties
On the amendment of Aid. Aider
the camp will be given all possible
OTTAWA, Ont.—The first difficult- i aid.
man and Aid. Chauncey, the appli
les in the registration for family al- ;
OTTAWA.—Politicnl dopesters in
Anyone wishing to remain, how cation of Sumi Iwasa, Nisei girl from
lowances were confronted by officials ;
were at liberty to do so at the Raymond seeking to attend school in
the capital think that the C.C.F/s
Supreme Court Okays
in the Prince Edward Island last Tule Lake centre or at some other Calgary was referred to the
stand against anti-Japanese discriweek when they found a large num- = similar centre until January 1, 1946. sioners who were instructed to mAdoption by Isseis
minatinn may cost the
ber of children did no- have their , ,. ^.as stated that a camp would be quire into the matter with the R.C.party up o six seats in the next
births legally registered.
VANCOUVER, B.C.—The adop
maintained for all persons who wish M.P. and city police “with power to
general election for the Dominion
on the request.”
App?-oximately 3,000 of Prince Ed- ; to remain until that time. Plans for
tion of a four-year old CanadianParliament, says the Ottawa cor
ward Island’s population of 30,000 ;
born Japanese girl by Japanese
The second application submitted
centre alter luol dat' 1
respondent
of MacLean’s magazine
child?
were found to be in this
nationals was approved in SupTetsuo
Aoki
of
Iron
Springs,
was
e not yet been worked out.
in
the current issue.
cates? ■ry and parents had to make: ^ ^ director declared.
reme
Court last Thursday by Mr.
Aldermen
supported
Discussing
predictions
on
the
next
statements of parenthood, pro- y
and Aiderman. Permission v.
Justice Coady after the child’s
general election from the standpoint
ce he body or show baptismal cer- ;
father gave his written consent.
granted
for
the
applicant
e-segregat.'d
in
171 internees.
of the parry organizers and leaders
=cnoo;
the
city
to
attend
the
norm
H.P. Wyness, counsel for the
ration centre
; Tule Lake
themselves, MacLean’s reporter
3.000 Eskimo children
for
a
period
of
two
and
a
h"
foster
parents', pointed out to the
last week to the ^epartwrites that the Liberals ”re the only
also due to receive family allowances • '-1 earl v Just-ee alien camp at here provided the city conn sione
father, a request of the court, that
out a huge administrative problem , ^ie
R.C.M.P, and city police found no ob Party that think they havc chance for
the adopting parents might be de
■ > expected because Eskimos will navs : c?ai
jection to the individual’s character. an over-all majority. Conservatives
ported to Japan and take the child
27 b
“ paid in food, clothing and amThe council’s motion which in and C.C.F. are both resigned to a
with them, the Vancouver Prov
United States but who
tizen
group which optimists in each Party
Gmi to be distributed by RCMP
structs
the
city
commissioners
to
con
ince
reported.
r citizenship before a
place at 100 and pessimists at 75.
ds since cash would be useless
duct
the
investigation
was
strenuThe child’s mother had died
■tment o Justice representative
e Arctics.
A wide difference of opinion prey objected to by Mayor
some time ago end since then, has
—. the group which left
were vails in British Columbia on C.C.F.
ison who declared that f
been taken care of by the foster
cent camn.
ropes. according- to the report.
passing
the
buck
on
the
Japanese
parents, who reside in Revelstoke.
~ho on trained repo'tKASLO, E. C.—Fatally injured
Optimists (in the Party) say
transfer, the question.”
tor
an accident Thursday afternoon.
He stated that i ’ the commission- they’ll sweep the board, beat every- ' nese question, in which they stood
. Io miles fro
the Whitew
ers
considered it necessary, they bodv except perhaps Howard Green ' out against anti-Japanese discrimi
v >io. one miner died on the way to
con
^’ lat“ in December would bring the matter back to m Vancouver. Pessimists—realists, in ' nation beyond the needs of security,
Eoval Victorian Hospital, and a
Fe alien internment council for decision at the next meet- this case—say this is pipe dreaming. ? will cost them up to six seats on
3-d is confined to the hospital with
“They say their stand cn the Japa- ; the west coast.
ing to be held two weeks hence.
camp
ous injuries.
Aid From Japan Under Advisement;
No information On Exchange Ship
1
i
s
s
ft
J
it
i
WRA To Keep Tule Lake Open For
One Year; Plans For 1946 Indefinite
Japanese Stand May Cost CCF Six Seats
In Election Says Man With Note Book
?
t
Please be sure to register
you
are
vour
if
enclosing cash, It protects
you and saves us money!
>-■
Vol. VIII. No. II.
..... =—- —
-
A.11 Ind e p e II d e n t W e e k 1 y f o r C a n a d i a n s
k
c.)pV
.
Alberta Beeters Appeal For
Free High School Education
a
Up For Sale By Custodian
may
have
Groundnog
his hole
crawled
into
but interior towns
in
are enjoying mild spring weather.
+ Uc
lacement .Report Lists 107
V arieties of limploy meat for Kelocees
f
RAYMOND, .Alta, (Delayed by
y wideA wide variety in opport if
i Mail) — Resolutions
free
nities for employment is open'
■ high school education for evacuee
most me employed in indu
al or commercial job: ; ami s.
I children and freedom to move to any to the relocee in Southern
rone receives less tn an fifty
111
location were sent *o Fedeml and the
an
hour. Employes
in fou
Japanese Division of Department of the. Japanese Divj
h
steel
companies and ferr.lizer plan
Labor officials, by Japanese Commit(,ee
, i also
i
-jit
,
- . members
• .
n or tiiP Ravmord and port
stated
that the relocees
are statement noted. Th
districts on Dec. 20.
i
,
, . ,
™
,
,
now mostly scattered in lOi varieties employ
ns
Japanese
ine alternative of liftinoi
.....
,
.
. .
of occupations in the districts,
none
receiving
less
than
66
Ke
pe
on transxer restrictions if pavment
of tuition fees could not be made bv
U was stated that recent infer hour. Experts in machine shop woil
tile federal or provincial government
mation from the 'i0™^ rdace- are getting anywhere from eighty t<
was asked in the resolution
ment Ofiker shows thc scope of $1.15 an hour, the report staged.
ri w
i
employment in southern Ontario is
Many married couples who relo
cate to the cast usually enter em
ployment as domestics for a time.
Salary for this type of work run
from $120 to $125 per month with
room and board provided. Others are
vegetable, fruit.
workin
nursery or mushroom farms.
Housing accommodations is still
proving to be the major problem
in the east. Congestion is usually
more noticeable in the larger citiesq
“but given a little time. the. Nisei
evacuees are usually able to find
satisfactory lodgings.” the report
stated.
VANCOUVER, B. C.—The pro
perty of Tairiku Nippo Sha Limi
ted. or Continental Daily News,
Japanese-vernacular newspaper for
merly published in Vancouver be
fore the war, was put up for sale
by the Custodian last week, Tenders are to be accepted up until
noon Pacific Daylight Saving Time
of February 21. The sale is in
charge of Frederick Field, acting
custodian.
Ten parcels of property includ- I workers could not keep up payment PETITION TO DEPORT
other
machinery, i of the $7 a month or $60 a vear fee
ing
presses,
equipment, and office furniture are i paid in advance on
stoop labor in the beet fields.
on the auction block.
VANCOUVER, B. C.—The fam
At the request of government of
The Tairiku newspaper was the
iliar racist cry of Alex Paton, “'the
ficials, the tuition fee issue had been
largest circulated Japanese-verna
to British ColumJapanese
A routine inspection of interior centres lias been under way for the
tponed until the
cular newspaper in Vancouver prior
narbia as a w r party
heard
rom Vancouver. Mr.
vest had been completed.
Offiriais
to the evacuation.
again, after a long
Bernard
visited
for admittance into the schools free
Iley
and
K
ootenay
point
last week-end, resilence when the M.L.A. addresse
of tuition fees. School officials in the
a. meeting of the Vancouver Soul
Greenwood, and is Ilyin.
i Alberta to check
LABORATORY BLAST
southern Alberta districts met recent
Progressive Conservative Assock
on conditions among sugar beet f.
Later, hi will visit B. C. mainly and passed a resolution that evaction last Friday, urging expansio
line points, including the road can
Thompson
the
uee students fifteen
s and over
of ail ipmese in Canada.
River.
or past grade 10 should be required
Japanese came to Brit
In conference w i t h ille co m m i i to pay the fee.
a as a war party, and on
tees
of Japanes nationals in the
tl
rounds we should have no
(From The Toronto Star)
New Commissioner
Bernard
ty in sending them back to
The second resolution w as a reTORONTO, Ont.—Margaret Nishi
reported that suppiemen
v ftines
Japan. ’ declared the M.L.A. He
kawara, 20, second-year student in quest for an increase in the maintearashme Centre
authorized
by
the
Japanese
gover
support of a petition soon
bio-chemistry and physiology, was auce rates. It was pointed out that
in ent for the re
of J a pan es
JV ER. B.C.—The newlyto be circulated in the province
severely cut about the face and .neck the sugar beet work was seasonal
subjects
in
Canad
re being her
Conimissioner of Japandemanding
the
expulsion
of
Japa
last Tuesday when a bottle of explo and families were unable to make
up
pending
appr
of
their
us
esc
Placement
T. B. Pickersgill,
nese from Canada. A committee
sive blew up in the economics build ends meet with the allowance now
by
the
Canadian
crnal
affair
former
associ;
director of
to draw up the petition was aning of the University of Toronto.
granted. As a possible remedy for
department.
pointed last Thursday by f e Fish
Forty other students in the build the situation, the Committee sug
risited the interior housing
He also reported that reading mar
ermen’s Union at a meeting in
ing were showered with glass. Some gested that maintenance rates be in
centre
ai TaMuite last Saturday.
Orange Hall, Lulu Island, the Van r. rial in the Japanese language
made their way through thick smoke creased or
restriction freezmg
Mr.
G.
E. Collins, who is succeeded
ram Japan for distribution is oefng
couver Province reported.
to rescue the unconscious girl and workers to beet fields be lifted and
by Air. Pickersgil! to the post, achandled by the. Intern" tional Red
The
petition
will
be
circulated
evacuees moved to other locations
gave her first aid.
companied the new Commissioner
from the Alaskan bolder to the Cross Delegate in Montreal, Ernes:
The day before, an explosion in the and employment with government
L.
Maag.
on the tour.
49 th Parallel, the members af
chemistry building injured two men funds.
The Vancouver Province report
Mr. Maag himself is expected with
firmed.
The first request for free move
doing special experiments for the
stated
that -Mr. Pickersgil wlill re
The petition was to be drawn in a few weeks on an inspection trip
National Defence Department, Of- ment had been submitted late in
tain
his
position as Selective Ser
up at a meeting held Tuesday and for his organization of the British
ficials said Miss Nishikawara was 1943.
vice
director
In charge of Canadian
circulated within two or f'ro° Columbia settlements.
also doing “secret” work in one sec
farm
labor
matters but plans to
week’s time. A resolution appr^x’It is also expected that the recentN. Sunada presided in the chair
tion of the economics building where
devote his entire time to operation
matinr the netiHon was passed at ly-appointed new Sp? nish Consulduring the meeting. A short address
some laboratories are situated.
of the Japanese Division of the Dea Richmond meeting ■with only General, the Count of Morales, will
Taken to Toronto General Hospital, was delivered by T. Okamoto, pre
partment of Labor.
on^ dissenting vote recently.
visit the B.C. centres later in the
the injured student was treated for sident of the Committee and secre
He is on Ioan to the department
Howard Green. M.L.A. sunnort- spring.
cuts. Glass splinters were removed tary and treasurer’s reports were
of
labor from Northwest Line Ele
ed the object of the petition.
Discussions at the meetings indifrom her face but “fortunately her read by M. Amemori and Z. Matsugu.
vators Association where he was
The Committee decided to forward
cated that it is doubtful if funds prosaid one
eyes were not injured,’
an assistant director of agriculture
a resolution to the federal and De
vided bv the Japanese government
university spokesman.
promotion.
Commissioners
to
Decid
sad for any general assisStudents grabbed fire apparatus partment of Labor following fie
tance to families on maintenance hi thought it possible that some per
and were ready to use it but no fire southern Alberta school officials de Nisei Entry into Calgary
the B.C. settlements. They may be sons from Canada might be included.
cision.
followed the blest, it was stated.
CALGARY, Alta.
Applications available, however, for cases of sp<’- On a quota basis, however, the num
for entry into the city submitted by cial need or for supplying facilities ber was likely tp be as limited as
two Niseis was under discussion at which the Canadian government will the group which sailed from Canada
the council meeting Monday and not provide.
in 1943. Mr. Bernard pointed out that
councillors voted 6 to 5 to turn the
Mr. Bernard said thM no further persons desiring to go to Japan could*
matter over to ihe city commission
information was available on the apply to the consulate-general in
ers
for
checking
and
gave
the
com
matter of repatriation.
Montreal, but that the actual nomi
TULE LAKE, Calif. — Tule Lake nance of the segregation centre bemissioners
the
“
power
to
act
”
on
the
nation
was made by the Japanese
centre residents were assured by Dil yond January 1, 1946 have not beer.
requests.
change
is
being
negotiated
between
government
nd subject to the ap
lon S. Myer, WRA director that they made.
The councils dealt with 'the tw<- Japan and the United States.
proval
of
the
Canadian authorities.
In
a
special
statement
distributed
would not be forcibly ejected from
applications
separately
in
a
lengTiv
recently, the WRA director declar
the camp although plans for .nainteed that all eligible residents of the and at times heated diseurs'bn. AB.
Starr and Aid. Brown moved the re
centre
wishing
to
re-establish
Unregistered Births Cause
quest
should not be granted.
•homes and employment outside of
Bonus Survey Difficulties
On the amendment of Aid. Aider
the camp will be given all possible
OTTAWA, Ont.—The first difficult- i aid.
man and Aid. Chauncey, the appli
les in the registration for family al- ;
OTTAWA.—Politicnl dopesters in
Anyone wishing to remain, how cation of Sumi Iwasa, Nisei girl from
lowances were confronted by officials ;
were at liberty to do so at the Raymond seeking to attend school in
the capital think that the C.C.F/s
Supreme Court Okays
in the Prince Edward Island last Tule Lake centre or at some other Calgary was referred to the
stand against anti-Japanese discriweek when they found a large num- = similar centre until January 1, 1946. sioners who were instructed to mAdoption by Isseis
minatinn may cost the
ber of children did no- have their , ,. ^.as stated that a camp would be quire into the matter with the R.C.party up o six seats in the next
births legally registered.
VANCOUVER, B.C.—The adop
maintained for all persons who wish M.P. and city police “with power to
general election for the Dominion
on the request.”
App?-oximately 3,000 of Prince Ed- ; to remain until that time. Plans for
tion of a four-year old CanadianParliament, says the Ottawa cor
ward Island’s population of 30,000 ;
born Japanese girl by Japanese
The second application submitted
centre alter luol dat' 1
respondent
of MacLean’s magazine
child?
were found to be in this
nationals was approved in SupTetsuo
Aoki
of
Iron
Springs,
was
e not yet been worked out.
in
the current issue.
cates? ■ry and parents had to make: ^ ^ director declared.
reme
Court last Thursday by Mr.
Aldermen
supported
Discussing
predictions
on
the
next
statements of parenthood, pro- y
and Aiderman. Permission v.
Justice Coady after the child’s
general election from the standpoint
ce he body or show baptismal cer- ;
father gave his written consent.
granted
for
the
applicant
e-segregat.'d
in
171 internees.
of the parry organizers and leaders
=cnoo;
the
city
to
attend
the
norm
H.P. Wyness, counsel for the
ration centre
; Tule Lake
themselves, MacLean’s reporter
3.000 Eskimo children
for
a
period
of
two
and
a
h"
foster
parents', pointed out to the
last week to the ^epartwrites that the Liberals ”re the only
also due to receive family allowances • '-1 earl v Just-ee alien camp at here provided the city conn sione
father, a request of the court, that
out a huge administrative problem , ^ie
R.C.M.P, and city police found no ob Party that think they havc chance for
the adopting parents might be de
■ > expected because Eskimos will navs : c?ai
jection to the individual’s character. an over-all majority. Conservatives
ported to Japan and take the child
27 b
“ paid in food, clothing and amThe council’s motion which in and C.C.F. are both resigned to a
with them, the Vancouver Prov
United States but who
tizen
group which optimists in each Party
Gmi to be distributed by RCMP
structs
the
city
commissioners
to
con
ince
reported.
r citizenship before a
place at 100 and pessimists at 75.
ds since cash would be useless
duct
the
investigation
was
strenuThe child’s mother had died
■tment o Justice representative
e Arctics.
A wide difference of opinion prey objected to by Mayor
some time ago end since then, has
—. the group which left
were vails in British Columbia on C.C.F.
ison who declared that f
been taken care of by the foster
cent camn.
ropes. according- to the report.
passing
the
buck
on
the
Japanese
parents, who reside in Revelstoke.
~ho on trained repo'tKASLO, E. C.—Fatally injured
Optimists (in the Party) say
transfer, the question.”
tor
an accident Thursday afternoon.
He stated that i ’ the commission- they’ll sweep the board, beat every- ' nese question, in which they stood
. Io miles fro
the Whitew
ers
considered it necessary, they bodv except perhaps Howard Green ' out against anti-Japanese discrimi
v >io. one miner died on the way to
con
^’ lat“ in December would bring the matter back to m Vancouver. Pessimists—realists, in ' nation beyond the needs of security,
Eoval Victorian Hospital, and a
Fe alien internment council for decision at the next meet- this case—say this is pipe dreaming. ? will cost them up to six seats on
3-d is confined to the hospital with
“They say their stand cn the Japa- ; the west coast.
ing to be held two weeks hence.
camp
ous injuries.
Aid From Japan Under Advisement;
No information On Exchange Ship
1
i
s
s
ft
J
it
i
WRA To Keep Tule Lake Open For
One Year; Plans For 1946 Indefinite
Japanese Stand May Cost CCF Six Seats
In Election Says Man With Note Book
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t
Page 2
Pa^e
Kpl
Raymond Groups Contribute
i
r.
regret j
I
friends have learned
RAYMOND, Alta.
Japanese
of the resignation of Rev. r. b. :
Canadians in the southern Alberta
TAMI
Greenwood Elections
Tillman, as pastor of the Taber i
district further evinced their loyal
MONTREAL, P. Q.—:
ig its way to the halfwa
United Church.
re
GREENWOOD, B. C.—Plans for a
ty and willingness to aid a worthy
i
Montreal
Nisei
Mixed
Five
Pin
Bowling
League
uncorked
a
series
o:
has
been
’p
cause by donating a substantial
more active term were made at the
i and tuck, jopsy-tu
oatties, set
i
sizzling
pace,
to
conclude
pHbi
or
tor
the
past
year,
took
re
sum towards the furnishing and
United Church P.T.A. general elec
active and encouraging part in ■ initial half of the s
tion meeting held here recently.
equiping the n e w 1 y-constructed
activities of the Taber X-B.C. i
Desperate fightir
.Municipal
Hospital in
District
was seen
Elected to rhe executive were S.
they are met with someth' noSociety, the Nisei young people’s i every turn, marked
No. 31.
Onizuka, president; Mrs. Yonemitsu,
that
is
nothin?
shor ox a panzer
group
here.
treasurer; Airs. Watanabe, secretary;
Two Japanese Canadian organiza
formances by individuals. The bat
Announcing his resignation Air. tling teams gave the league stand tack, they are riot expected to oe
Mrs. Fujino, assistant treasurer; Mrs. tions, the Raymond Athletic Club
Tillman
said he had been offered ing records a terrific beating with cast out form a playoff slot. You can
Nagata, recording secretary
Airs, j ar.<l the Japanese Christian Ladies of
;ky quintette” as the
a post with the World's Federated their constant hammering at trie ; tab the
Sora, Airs. Terada and Airs, Wani, i Southern- Alberta, contributed donaj
team
to
. . . . That man S eve
Student Alovement, to take up a statistics and unpredictable outcome
convenors. Miss Burke was elected tions. These groups were . two of
to
^-OliOLQl^g
sure
field in World Student Relief un of the games. So close were the con : Ebata
advisor.
j many in the district and other com’
things.
'
He leads in every div ion.
der the U.N.R.R.A. Air. Tillman tests, and so evenly matched were
A party for kindergarten children j munities contributing to> furnishing
High
singles
—350, 3 game
was
previously
well
known
to
see
the teams, that practically each week
and Sunday School pupils was spon j and equipping the $50,000 hospital.
ond
■
gate
—
SOO,
and
the best average with
generation
students
at
the of bowling saw the records in a jumThe modernly-equipped hospital has
sored bv the P.T.A. recentlv.
;
224.
A
bowler
in
the groove, you can
University
of
B.C.,
where
he
ser
ble with the teams switching posy
GREENWOOD, B.C.—Recent elec 20 beds and also three beds for child
bet your boots .... Shine Akiyama,
ved for a year as- secretaiy- of the tions so often.
tion of the officials of the Greenwood ren and is complete' with X-ray equip
Student
Christian
Movement.
youthful aspirant to the individual
ment.
Japanese
Committee
showed
Y.
As the schedule goes into the
championship
honors, is wirmino- ad
The
jiew
hospital
was
officially
Hamaguchi heading the organization
second half bf the season, with
■
miration
with
his steady and skilfuu
at the final scrutineering of tne opened on February.’ 2 and was at
virtually
every
team
a
potential
UKRAINIAN HALLS
bowling. A fast bowler with good
ballots. Others on the executive are: tended bv Hen. Dr. W.W. Cross. AI un
titld winner, the pace is expected to
: style, he holds down fifth place in
M. Mitsui, vice-president; T. Shoji Aster of Health; Deputy Minister Dr. TO BE RETURNED
be stepped up to a even higher
I individual singles average with 193.
chairman; H. Nakamura, treasurer’ Bow; E. E. Maxwell, supervisor of
degree as they try to entrench
A newcomer to the league, Yosh
hospitals
and
the
Hon.
Solon
E.
Low.
N. Yamamoto, secretaiy.
TORONTO.—Some seven meetings
themselves into the important play
Toyota, bowling 192, banged his way
Aliss D. AI. Ford has been appoint ! halls of the Ukrainian Labor Farmer
off positions.
into the big ten in short order . ...
ed matron and will be assisted by | Temple Association, seized by the
The
four
top
teams
will
be
eligible
Pat
Ebata recently overtook Marie
Winnipeg “Co-Ed Canteen” four qualified nurses and a steno Dominion Government in June/ 1940, for the playoff spots and the series
grapher.
and sold to rival Ukrainian national begins at the end of the loop sche dule. Akiyama to lead in the ladies’ divi
Elects New Council
sion with an average of 178, S points
ist organizations, will be returned to
A notable, if not remarkable, point more than her- rival. Pat also has
their former owners this year. Sec
WINNIPEG, Alan.—Due to the in
was that the attendance, contrary to
A Christmas Correction. .
creasing popularity of the “Canteen .
retary John Boychuk of the U.L.F.- early prediction, never once faltered. 745 for the highest 3 games, a score
that is even unattainable by a good
nights held at the Y.W.C.A., it has
The New Canadian regrets one T.A. said in Toronto recently.
Braving the cold, sub-zero weather many of the men. The rest, Dot Kelly
The halls are located in cities
been found necessary to elect a coun
more typographical error in the
of Montreal now in full swing, the —165, and Fudge Akazawa—161 con
from
coast to coast, and comprise
cil of eight to conduct the evenings.
Christmas issue, which escaped en
players kept up their turnouts to full stitute the ladies big four' . . . Those
part of the 104 iseized bv the gov par; so
The newly formed “Co-Ed Canteen
tirely from galley proof and page
keen is the. interest in com- popular, -weekend potgame bowling
ernment when the U.L.F.T.A. was petitive bowling.
Council” includes: Jimmy Kameda,
proof readers. Mr. K. Yanamoto,
sessions are certainly becoming ex
banned as a Communist society.
Shig. Sakiyama and Molly Enta, pro
whose address is c-o P. J. Wiebe,
pensive.
Every Saturday night the
Only seven were sold, .and the rest
gram committee; Toshiko Sugimoto,
Dominion City-, Manitoba, acciden
TIDBITS:
Probably,
the
most
wellsession starts about 8 and lasts until
were returned to the Association
sand Tommy Iwamoto finance comtally had his name spelled as Air.
balanced team is the No. 7 team, the ■about 3 in the morning.
• • They,
when
the
ban
On
Communists
soc
imrttee; Barbara Sakamoto, Grace and
Yamamoto.
Wakisaka group. Composed of Mane the pessimists used to say that as
*
*
*
ieties
was
lifted.
Mas Terakita,
refreshment
com
Air. Boychuk, addressing an Asso Akiyama, George Yamsshita, ChrcK soon as the cold, chill provoking
mittee.
Mrs. AI. Tsuyuki of 5752 Jeanne
ciation meeting >n Toronto, said the Kuwabara, Eddy Kawano and Yasuo temperatures start to roll arouna,
d’Arc. Rosemount, Montreal. P. Q.
For an introductory treat, the
national executive of the organiza Wakisaka, captain. The team with the none would trouble to force ‘them'has informed The New Canadian
council is sponsoring a huge St.
exception of ■ Marie, who incidentally selves out of their homes just for
that she does not operate a rooming tion had been notified of the govern is one of the leading femme bowlers,
Valentine’s Dance on February 23
the mere pleasure of bowling. But
house in Rosemount. In ian adver ment’s action by the association
at the “Y” gym. Jack Shapiro and
cannot boast of any outstanding you should take a lock now. The lealawyer.
tisement published on January 13,
his piano and ten piece orchestra
Return of the seven confiscated bowler. Yet they manage to constant gue is so hot it’s liable to melt off
a
Mrs. Tsuyuki in Rosemount was
will provide both smooth and swing
halls has been the ceirtre of wide- ly come out on top, so evenly does the whole vicinity. Nevertheless, the
listed as one of three proprietors
music. Tickets can be obtained
spread interest ?.nd agitation in sev- each member of the squad bear his below-zero weather is nothing to
operating a rooming house.
from any of the council members.
eral larger cities in Canada. Various or her share of the scoring. At the sneer at. I sometimes wonder if m?
For an evening of fun, don’t miss
Mrs. Ma su Yoshida, 51, of left-wing organizations, labor bodies halfway mark, they are' leading the ears are still intact, Nvay after I’ve
the 23rd I
"
Lemon Creek, B.C. passed away and civil liberties groups have sup league with the widest margin (414 warmed myself inside the hall. Brrrr.
The next “'Co-Ed Canteen” night is
at the Slocan City Hospital on ported petitions to the government games) ever held by any team yet. (C’est Froid ici. Bien oui, tre’s froid.)
slated to be held on February 15.
February 3. Funeral, services were demanding that they be restored to
Everyone is cordially invited to ;
held at the Lemon Creek Buddhist the Association.
Taber Wins Initial Gam
attend.
j
In Winnipeg it was reported that
Church on February 6.
the dominion government had paid
about 820,000 to recover one of the
halls from the organization to which
COALDALE, Alta. — Three teams
it had been sold after being seized. in the newly-formed four-team South
The original sale price was said to ern Alberta Sugar-Beet Basketball LONDON BOWLERS
^JAP HATER" KEFORAIED
be about $13,500. Officials, however, League tangled in the initial league
And the point is there are
LONDON, Ont.—Standings remain
The story is told of a Chicago
declined
to comment, declaring that
wounds in his war that don’t get
game on February 3 with quintettes ed unchanged with the Jinxes still
war worker who wanted to quit
the custodian of enemy property in from Picture Butte, Taber and the
the Purple Heart . . . .”
hanging on to the three game edge
his job because the plant where he
Ottawa was in charge.
local team taking part in the fray.
over the Big Fives, the closest con
was working employed Japanese
BACK TO VIGILANTE DAYS
In
the
opener,
the
Taber
squad
1
tenders
for league leadership in the
Americans. A friend of the war
One of the first efforts to move
nosed
out
the
Picture
Butte-men
with
Hyman
Bowling
League,
latest
report
New
Addresses
of
worker took him to the First Bap
returning
Japanese
Americans
?
a 24-18 score in a hard-fought match. from secretary Don Sugiman show.
tist Church to hear the Rev. Jitsuo
with violence took place late last
Johnny
Yamabe,
former
Vancouver
Rslocees
in
Montreal
The
fifth
plr.ee
Hell-cats
won
their
Morikawa. The story ends on a
month with attempts of burning,
Vegas players, paced the Taberites ' three games on January 20 and now
^aPPy note with the Nisei minshooting and dynamiting at Au
Friends of new arrivals and relo- to the win sinking 19 of the total
seriously threaten the Yanks for the
ister baptizing the “Jap hater
burn, California. Sumio Doi, a re
cees in Montreal will note the new 24 points.
®
fourth
and last playoff spot. The
proving the theory that ignorance
turned evacuee found one night on
and changed addresses of families
Teams:
TABER:
Johnny
Yamabe
Yanks
came
through
with
two
victoris the root of prejudice and hatred
January 18 that his packing shed
and individuals.
19, Walter Koyanagi 2, Mits Sekiya i ies to come within on game of the
u in many instances.
was afire. Investigation proved
The following is the list of arrivals 1, Tad Koyanagi 2, Butch Ono—24.
I falterin fourth place Dumbells. The
■,;
The Church and Rev. Alorikawa
that gasoline had been sprayed.
in Montreal during the month of Dec-,
PICTURE BUTTE: Yosh Hattori' Dumbells and Jokers lost all three
’ celebrated the first anniversary
The following night he phoned the
ember with their present addresses:
games.
■ since Japanese Americans became • Sheriff that several carloads of
Mr. and Mrs. Kametaro AKIYAMA. 5, Nobuo Yahiro 4, Akira Konno 4,
t
The spotlight centred on the Dum■ a part of the congregation. It was
2681 St. Zotique E.; Mrs. Kimi HIGO' Sets Miyashita 2,’ Corky Isogai 2,
persons were firing- on the house.
bells, Yanks and Hellcats as the
Harry Kuramoto 1—18.
feared early during the resettleThey fled when patrolmen appear3463 Shuter Ave.; Arthur KUDO,
teams
battled to overhaul each other.
The
scheduled
second
game
was
not
:inent that the Japanese Ameried
disclosed that nine
156 Hillside; Mr. and Mrs. Teizo
The
two
leaders held a fairly safe
played
when
Raymond
defaulted
to
;
cans would split the attendance
sticks of dynamite had been placed
NAKASHIMA and family, Miyoshi,
lead
with
six and three games ahead
oaldale
when
they
were
unable
to
but Caucasian membership has into destroy the packing shed but
Ruiko and Rikio, 7375 Denormanville;
turn
out.
while
the
Jokers remained in the
I
creased considerably.
that lighted fuses had burned out.
Iwataro NAKASHIMA, 7375 Denor*
*
*
*
*
’
♦
cellar spot.
Said Doi, 26-year old citizen in
manville: Donald TANI, 4187 SherCigarette winners for the even
In the absence of the Raymond j
* WOUNDS WITHOUT AIEDALS
expressing his determination to
brooke W.
team,
an
ing
were Tak Takemura who spilled
exhibition
game
was
played
1
A radio dramatization of a Nisei
stay on the farm: “They’ll have
Relccees who have changed their
the
maples for the onlv 700-or-wer
between
Coaldale
and
the
combined
i
turret gunner carried in a nation
to blast me out.”
residences during the past few monThe
j
aggregate
score with 707, Alas DoTaber-Picture
Butte
teams..
*
*
wide hook-up over the CBC from
ths include:
5
the
।
Alima
With
a 298 high single score:
Coaldale
squad
sank
34
digits
to
New York last month showed the
PACIFIC CITIZEN COMMENTS
Marie AKIYAMA, 2681 St. Zotij Roy Sageman in the blind three at a
extensive measures which the U.S.
que E.; Mr. and Mrs. Sadaichi ASAE Combines 20.
are wondering
gregate with 555-560 and Bar'”Teams: COALDALE: Kaz Ma
and familv, Kazuko. Noboru. Isao
government is taking to empha
about the news magazine report
A
oshida and Afas Toyota in the blind
size the meaning of true demo
and Kayoko, 944 Osborne Street: 10, Aki Oshiro 8, Toki Toyama 8, Alin
that the House of Commons m
singles
with 162-158 and 166 res 3
cracy. The story, dramatized by
Ottawa will discuss the Canadian ’ Hikotaro and Mivo ISHIWATA. 26S1 Tak"da 4. Push Matsumiya 4, John
pectively.
ny Kanashiro, George Oshiro—34.
the Army Air Forces Radio unit.
government’s refusal to accept i St. Zotinue
■ MOTO. 1396
was of T-Sgt. Ben Kuroki. Neb
nndisns or
I. Antoine St.: Sueo
TABER-PICTURE BUTTE COM iiinniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHHHtniHHiiHiiiiiHiH
raska-born Nisei hero of thirty
1 NISHIMURA. 1115 Anderson St.: BINES: Johnny Yamabe 6. Yosh
the armed f< res. Ine news r
HELP WANTED
] Air. and Mi
combat mission over Europe and
Hattor 6, Harry Kuramoto 4. Corkv
•t stated the ‘British Armv r
Shosaku OKATA.
9
Airs. J. C. W. Broom of Kingston,
interwoven with some of the disAlasato. Hatsue and
Ak-ra Konno 2
Ontario
has' sent in the following adborn J.
Ishiro.
524
Dominion
St.:
Kivu
criminatorv nets directed against
e tor intelligent
Tad Koyanagi, Butch Ono-20.
vertisement.
Readers will be in
SHIINO.
1066
Mountain:
bias
Hr East.” Howeve:
ested
to
learn
that
TAkAGAKI, 2027 City Councillor.
•rted that Janane;
■Ir
the
coast
who
i or
sages in
was
Amerienn soldiers in the ChinaBroom
in
her
hoi
now
you hen
ne
Burmn-India theatre have been
VANCOUVER. B. C.
ven a position in Mr. Broom’s denfrom Nt
He was mi
"loaned" io British forces, accord
Eiji Mickey and Shiro Takeda.
whelming majorit of 95.1 per cent
1 office.
nv tick
■rmnny, but
ing to the CBT Roundup. One of
relocce
Hamil
On
of participants n the Public On
WANTED: A married couple,
those U.S. Nisei was decorated for
nion poll declared that fishing boats
a
wer out We
with
no children, to work on a tensaving the life of a British contain
many tr-encts
and licences should not be returned
Focke-Wulfe’ all right.
T
acre orchard and vegetable farm.
Me
to Japanese Canadians as it has
g
itleman from the little
Excellent living quarters. Wages?n recruited for B
ed them durh
tneir st:
been
in
the
United
States
if
they
;1fowl
870 monthly. References requiredd him. He made it
overseas ....
e time of
are permitted to come back to the
truck farm in the
Write
Mrs. J.C.W. Broom, 20 Bar
—Pacific Cith
or
west coast.
rie Street, Kingston, Ontario.
HambH
South Albertans Open Basketball League
Kpl
Raymond Groups Contribute
i
r.
regret j
I
friends have learned
RAYMOND, Alta.
Japanese
of the resignation of Rev. r. b. :
Canadians in the southern Alberta
TAMI
Greenwood Elections
Tillman, as pastor of the Taber i
district further evinced their loyal
MONTREAL, P. Q.—:
ig its way to the halfwa
United Church.
re
GREENWOOD, B. C.—Plans for a
ty and willingness to aid a worthy
i
Montreal
Nisei
Mixed
Five
Pin
Bowling
League
uncorked
a
series
o:
has
been
’p
cause by donating a substantial
more active term were made at the
i and tuck, jopsy-tu
oatties, set
i
sizzling
pace,
to
conclude
pHbi
or
tor
the
past
year,
took
re
sum towards the furnishing and
United Church P.T.A. general elec
active and encouraging part in ■ initial half of the s
tion meeting held here recently.
equiping the n e w 1 y-constructed
activities of the Taber X-B.C. i
Desperate fightir
.Municipal
Hospital in
District
was seen
Elected to rhe executive were S.
they are met with someth' noSociety, the Nisei young people’s i every turn, marked
No. 31.
Onizuka, president; Mrs. Yonemitsu,
that
is
nothin?
shor ox a panzer
group
here.
treasurer; Airs. Watanabe, secretary;
Two Japanese Canadian organiza
formances by individuals. The bat
Announcing his resignation Air. tling teams gave the league stand tack, they are riot expected to oe
Mrs. Fujino, assistant treasurer; Mrs. tions, the Raymond Athletic Club
Tillman
said he had been offered ing records a terrific beating with cast out form a playoff slot. You can
Nagata, recording secretary
Airs, j ar.<l the Japanese Christian Ladies of
;ky quintette” as the
a post with the World's Federated their constant hammering at trie ; tab the
Sora, Airs. Terada and Airs, Wani, i Southern- Alberta, contributed donaj
team
to
. . . . That man S eve
Student Alovement, to take up a statistics and unpredictable outcome
convenors. Miss Burke was elected tions. These groups were . two of
to
^-OliOLQl^g
sure
field in World Student Relief un of the games. So close were the con : Ebata
advisor.
j many in the district and other com’
things.
'
He leads in every div ion.
der the U.N.R.R.A. Air. Tillman tests, and so evenly matched were
A party for kindergarten children j munities contributing to> furnishing
High
singles
—350, 3 game
was
previously
well
known
to
see
the teams, that practically each week
and Sunday School pupils was spon j and equipping the $50,000 hospital.
ond
■
gate
—
SOO,
and
the best average with
generation
students
at
the of bowling saw the records in a jumThe modernly-equipped hospital has
sored bv the P.T.A. recentlv.
;
224.
A
bowler
in
the groove, you can
University
of
B.C.,
where
he
ser
ble with the teams switching posy
GREENWOOD, B.C.—Recent elec 20 beds and also three beds for child
bet your boots .... Shine Akiyama,
ved for a year as- secretaiy- of the tions so often.
tion of the officials of the Greenwood ren and is complete' with X-ray equip
Student
Christian
Movement.
youthful aspirant to the individual
ment.
Japanese
Committee
showed
Y.
As the schedule goes into the
championship
honors, is wirmino- ad
The
jiew
hospital
was
officially
Hamaguchi heading the organization
second half bf the season, with
■
miration
with
his steady and skilfuu
at the final scrutineering of tne opened on February.’ 2 and was at
virtually
every
team
a
potential
UKRAINIAN HALLS
bowling. A fast bowler with good
ballots. Others on the executive are: tended bv Hen. Dr. W.W. Cross. AI un
titld winner, the pace is expected to
: style, he holds down fifth place in
M. Mitsui, vice-president; T. Shoji Aster of Health; Deputy Minister Dr. TO BE RETURNED
be stepped up to a even higher
I individual singles average with 193.
chairman; H. Nakamura, treasurer’ Bow; E. E. Maxwell, supervisor of
degree as they try to entrench
A newcomer to the league, Yosh
hospitals
and
the
Hon.
Solon
E.
Low.
N. Yamamoto, secretaiy.
TORONTO.—Some seven meetings
themselves into the important play
Toyota, bowling 192, banged his way
Aliss D. AI. Ford has been appoint ! halls of the Ukrainian Labor Farmer
off positions.
into the big ten in short order . ...
ed matron and will be assisted by | Temple Association, seized by the
The
four
top
teams
will
be
eligible
Pat
Ebata recently overtook Marie
Winnipeg “Co-Ed Canteen” four qualified nurses and a steno Dominion Government in June/ 1940, for the playoff spots and the series
grapher.
and sold to rival Ukrainian national begins at the end of the loop sche dule. Akiyama to lead in the ladies’ divi
Elects New Council
sion with an average of 178, S points
ist organizations, will be returned to
A notable, if not remarkable, point more than her- rival. Pat also has
their former owners this year. Sec
WINNIPEG, Alan.—Due to the in
was that the attendance, contrary to
A Christmas Correction. .
creasing popularity of the “Canteen .
retary John Boychuk of the U.L.F.- early prediction, never once faltered. 745 for the highest 3 games, a score
that is even unattainable by a good
nights held at the Y.W.C.A., it has
The New Canadian regrets one T.A. said in Toronto recently.
Braving the cold, sub-zero weather many of the men. The rest, Dot Kelly
The halls are located in cities
been found necessary to elect a coun
more typographical error in the
of Montreal now in full swing, the —165, and Fudge Akazawa—161 con
from
coast to coast, and comprise
cil of eight to conduct the evenings.
Christmas issue, which escaped en
players kept up their turnouts to full stitute the ladies big four' . . . Those
part of the 104 iseized bv the gov par; so
The newly formed “Co-Ed Canteen
tirely from galley proof and page
keen is the. interest in com- popular, -weekend potgame bowling
ernment when the U.L.F.T.A. was petitive bowling.
Council” includes: Jimmy Kameda,
proof readers. Mr. K. Yanamoto,
sessions are certainly becoming ex
banned as a Communist society.
Shig. Sakiyama and Molly Enta, pro
whose address is c-o P. J. Wiebe,
pensive.
Every Saturday night the
Only seven were sold, .and the rest
gram committee; Toshiko Sugimoto,
Dominion City-, Manitoba, acciden
TIDBITS:
Probably,
the
most
wellsession starts about 8 and lasts until
were returned to the Association
sand Tommy Iwamoto finance comtally had his name spelled as Air.
balanced team is the No. 7 team, the ■about 3 in the morning.
• • They,
when
the
ban
On
Communists
soc
imrttee; Barbara Sakamoto, Grace and
Yamamoto.
Wakisaka group. Composed of Mane the pessimists used to say that as
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was
lifted.
Mas Terakita,
refreshment
com
Air. Boychuk, addressing an Asso Akiyama, George Yamsshita, ChrcK soon as the cold, chill provoking
mittee.
Mrs. AI. Tsuyuki of 5752 Jeanne
ciation meeting >n Toronto, said the Kuwabara, Eddy Kawano and Yasuo temperatures start to roll arouna,
d’Arc. Rosemount, Montreal. P. Q.
For an introductory treat, the
national executive of the organiza Wakisaka, captain. The team with the none would trouble to force ‘them'has informed The New Canadian
council is sponsoring a huge St.
exception of ■ Marie, who incidentally selves out of their homes just for
that she does not operate a rooming tion had been notified of the govern is one of the leading femme bowlers,
Valentine’s Dance on February 23
the mere pleasure of bowling. But
house in Rosemount. In ian adver ment’s action by the association
at the “Y” gym. Jack Shapiro and
cannot boast of any outstanding you should take a lock now. The lealawyer.
tisement published on January 13,
his piano and ten piece orchestra
Return of the seven confiscated bowler. Yet they manage to constant gue is so hot it’s liable to melt off
a
Mrs. Tsuyuki in Rosemount was
will provide both smooth and swing
halls has been the ceirtre of wide- ly come out on top, so evenly does the whole vicinity. Nevertheless, the
listed as one of three proprietors
music. Tickets can be obtained
spread interest ?.nd agitation in sev- each member of the squad bear his below-zero weather is nothing to
operating a rooming house.
from any of the council members.
eral larger cities in Canada. Various or her share of the scoring. At the sneer at. I sometimes wonder if m?
For an evening of fun, don’t miss
Mrs. Ma su Yoshida, 51, of left-wing organizations, labor bodies halfway mark, they are' leading the ears are still intact, Nvay after I’ve
the 23rd I
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Lemon Creek, B.C. passed away and civil liberties groups have sup league with the widest margin (414 warmed myself inside the hall. Brrrr.
The next “'Co-Ed Canteen” night is
at the Slocan City Hospital on ported petitions to the government games) ever held by any team yet. (C’est Froid ici. Bien oui, tre’s froid.)
slated to be held on February 15.
February 3. Funeral, services were demanding that they be restored to
Everyone is cordially invited to ;
held at the Lemon Creek Buddhist the Association.
Taber Wins Initial Gam
attend.
j
In Winnipeg it was reported that
Church on February 6.
the dominion government had paid
about 820,000 to recover one of the
halls from the organization to which
COALDALE, Alta. — Three teams
it had been sold after being seized. in the newly-formed four-team South
The original sale price was said to ern Alberta Sugar-Beet Basketball LONDON BOWLERS
^JAP HATER" KEFORAIED
be about $13,500. Officials, however, League tangled in the initial league
And the point is there are
LONDON, Ont.—Standings remain
The story is told of a Chicago
declined
to comment, declaring that
wounds in his war that don’t get
game on February 3 with quintettes ed unchanged with the Jinxes still
war worker who wanted to quit
the custodian of enemy property in from Picture Butte, Taber and the
the Purple Heart . . . .”
hanging on to the three game edge
his job because the plant where he
Ottawa was in charge.
local team taking part in the fray.
over the Big Fives, the closest con
was working employed Japanese
BACK TO VIGILANTE DAYS
In
the
opener,
the
Taber
squad
1
tenders
for league leadership in the
Americans. A friend of the war
One of the first efforts to move
nosed
out
the
Picture
Butte-men
with
Hyman
Bowling
League,
latest
report
New
Addresses
of
worker took him to the First Bap
returning
Japanese
Americans
?
a 24-18 score in a hard-fought match. from secretary Don Sugiman show.
tist Church to hear the Rev. Jitsuo
with violence took place late last
Johnny
Yamabe,
former
Vancouver
Rslocees
in
Montreal
The
fifth
plr.ee
Hell-cats
won
their
Morikawa. The story ends on a
month with attempts of burning,
Vegas players, paced the Taberites ' three games on January 20 and now
^aPPy note with the Nisei minshooting and dynamiting at Au
Friends of new arrivals and relo- to the win sinking 19 of the total
seriously threaten the Yanks for the
ister baptizing the “Jap hater
burn, California. Sumio Doi, a re
cees in Montreal will note the new 24 points.
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fourth
and last playoff spot. The
proving the theory that ignorance
turned evacuee found one night on
and changed addresses of families
Teams:
TABER:
Johnny
Yamabe
Yanks
came
through
with
two
victoris the root of prejudice and hatred
January 18 that his packing shed
and individuals.
19, Walter Koyanagi 2, Mits Sekiya i ies to come within on game of the
u in many instances.
was afire. Investigation proved
The following is the list of arrivals 1, Tad Koyanagi 2, Butch Ono—24.
I falterin fourth place Dumbells. The
■,;
The Church and Rev. Alorikawa
that gasoline had been sprayed.
in Montreal during the month of Dec-,
PICTURE BUTTE: Yosh Hattori' Dumbells and Jokers lost all three
’ celebrated the first anniversary
The following night he phoned the
ember with their present addresses:
games.
■ since Japanese Americans became • Sheriff that several carloads of
Mr. and Mrs. Kametaro AKIYAMA. 5, Nobuo Yahiro 4, Akira Konno 4,
t
The spotlight centred on the Dum■ a part of the congregation. It was
2681 St. Zotique E.; Mrs. Kimi HIGO' Sets Miyashita 2,’ Corky Isogai 2,
persons were firing- on the house.
bells, Yanks and Hellcats as the
Harry Kuramoto 1—18.
feared early during the resettleThey fled when patrolmen appear3463 Shuter Ave.; Arthur KUDO,
teams
battled to overhaul each other.
The
scheduled
second
game
was
not
:inent that the Japanese Ameried
disclosed that nine
156 Hillside; Mr. and Mrs. Teizo
The
two
leaders held a fairly safe
played
when
Raymond
defaulted
to
;
cans would split the attendance
sticks of dynamite had been placed
NAKASHIMA and family, Miyoshi,
lead
with
six and three games ahead
oaldale
when
they
were
unable
to
but Caucasian membership has into destroy the packing shed but
Ruiko and Rikio, 7375 Denormanville;
turn
out.
while
the
Jokers remained in the
I
creased considerably.
that lighted fuses had burned out.
Iwataro NAKASHIMA, 7375 Denor*
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cellar spot.
Said Doi, 26-year old citizen in
manville: Donald TANI, 4187 SherCigarette winners for the even
In the absence of the Raymond j
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expressing his determination to
brooke W.
team,
an
ing
were Tak Takemura who spilled
exhibition
game
was
played
1
A radio dramatization of a Nisei
stay on the farm: “They’ll have
Relccees who have changed their
the
maples for the onlv 700-or-wer
between
Coaldale
and
the
combined
i
turret gunner carried in a nation
to blast me out.”
residences during the past few monThe
j
aggregate
score with 707, Alas DoTaber-Picture
Butte
teams..
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wide hook-up over the CBC from
ths include:
5
the
।
Alima
With
a 298 high single score:
Coaldale
squad
sank
34
digits
to
New York last month showed the
PACIFIC CITIZEN COMMENTS
Marie AKIYAMA, 2681 St. Zotij Roy Sageman in the blind three at a
extensive measures which the U.S.
que E.; Mr. and Mrs. Sadaichi ASAE Combines 20.
are wondering
gregate with 555-560 and Bar'”Teams: COALDALE: Kaz Ma
and familv, Kazuko. Noboru. Isao
government is taking to empha
about the news magazine report
A
oshida and Afas Toyota in the blind
size the meaning of true demo
and Kayoko, 944 Osborne Street: 10, Aki Oshiro 8, Toki Toyama 8, Alin
that the House of Commons m
singles
with 162-158 and 166 res 3
cracy. The story, dramatized by
Ottawa will discuss the Canadian ’ Hikotaro and Mivo ISHIWATA. 26S1 Tak"da 4. Push Matsumiya 4, John
pectively.
ny Kanashiro, George Oshiro—34.
the Army Air Forces Radio unit.
government’s refusal to accept i St. Zotinue
■ MOTO. 1396
was of T-Sgt. Ben Kuroki. Neb
nndisns or
I. Antoine St.: Sueo
TABER-PICTURE BUTTE COM iiinniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiHHHtniHHiiHiiiiiHiH
raska-born Nisei hero of thirty
1 NISHIMURA. 1115 Anderson St.: BINES: Johnny Yamabe 6. Yosh
the armed f< res. Ine news r
HELP WANTED
] Air. and Mi
combat mission over Europe and
Hattor 6, Harry Kuramoto 4. Corkv
•t stated the ‘British Armv r
Shosaku OKATA.
9
Airs. J. C. W. Broom of Kingston,
interwoven with some of the disAlasato. Hatsue and
Ak-ra Konno 2
Ontario
has' sent in the following adborn J.
Ishiro.
524
Dominion
St.:
Kivu
criminatorv nets directed against
e tor intelligent
Tad Koyanagi, Butch Ono-20.
vertisement.
Readers will be in
SHIINO.
1066
Mountain:
bias
Hr East.” Howeve:
ested
to
learn
that
TAkAGAKI, 2027 City Councillor.
•rted that Janane;
■Ir
the
coast
who
i or
sages in
was
Amerienn soldiers in the ChinaBroom
in
her
hoi
now
you hen
ne
Burmn-India theatre have been
VANCOUVER. B. C.
ven a position in Mr. Broom’s denfrom Nt
He was mi
"loaned" io British forces, accord
Eiji Mickey and Shiro Takeda.
whelming majorit of 95.1 per cent
1 office.
nv tick
■rmnny, but
ing to the CBT Roundup. One of
relocce
Hamil
On
of participants n the Public On
WANTED: A married couple,
those U.S. Nisei was decorated for
nion poll declared that fishing boats
a
wer out We
with
no children, to work on a tensaving the life of a British contain
many tr-encts
and licences should not be returned
Focke-Wulfe’ all right.
T
acre orchard and vegetable farm.
Me
to Japanese Canadians as it has
g
itleman from the little
Excellent living quarters. Wages?n recruited for B
ed them durh
tneir st:
been
in
the
United
States
if
they
;1fowl
870 monthly. References requiredd him. He made it
overseas ....
e time of
are permitted to come back to the
truck farm in the
Write
Mrs. J.C.W. Broom, 20 Bar
—Pacific Cith
or
west coast.
rie Street, Kingston, Ontario.
HambH
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Drifting Off...
gv
Random Notes on Culture Patterns
By LARRX TAJIRI
dual freedom.
.
Nisei as a grout' alrcidv
Some or the Issei came tor
have been so thoroughly intosweaty labor on tne rauronus. and
ine boy came into the sore grated into the general cultural
their monuments are shining ra.ls
looxmg nervously around
and pattern of America that there is
following the sun across the westecigeci over to the counter.
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mm deserts, (In the State of
hand ivacheu om.
heritage of their immigrant parTexas, there are a series of rml“Can I help you?" a voice said ents. In a single generation, asroad markers named for Japamse
behind his back. His back jerked sisted by the splendid school sysforemen). Other Issei came to
erect and he turned around. He
toms of the West Const and
work in the mines and in the
gave a sickly grin and mumbled
Hawaii, the transition from Orlenholes they have dug deep into
something
about
just
looking
tai cultural .background to the
western mountains. Others ocame
around. The salesgirl went away.
Occidental has been swift and
to work on the huge industrial
Stealthily he looked around again
certain.
farms of California, and. the fields
and perceiving- no one watching
The parent generation, in their
are green with their labor.
him. once more reached out.
struggle to establish themselves
NISEI ATTITUDES
Every once in awhile, the boy
on
distant snore, tried desperPerhaps it should not be said
looked cautiously around and if no
-tely to ad.-pt ano. to conform.
that the Nisei have consciously
one was looking-, busily hunted
’^’y^ ldO^ ^ t^em encourage their
turned their backs to the Orient
around, looking for something.
cmlaren to accept nn ithout he>ifrom which their parents stemLooking .... looking ....
fancy the things that are Amerimed. but the conditions of envirHe was undecided. He stood
CM H1 ^tbok and ’^spirit Liuonment and education have acthere surveying the tumble before
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wondering '
should I
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ties of communication with their
do it. or should loot, he’muttered
e™|,lTO« of H>o
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ingual io the point that thev are
to traditlons of American freedom
able t0 conUuct essential evJyday
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end
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The recis. blues and the multiple
while within the barbed-wire enbackground of their parents This
colors began to dance before his
Mosures of the assembly centres,
disinterest has dismayed ' those
eyes. He couldn’t make up his
feelings which were slowly dissiwell-meaning individuals who have
mindpn-ted bv the democratic approach
looked to th; Nisei to beconie artj_
His fingers nervously drummed
of the War 'Relocation Authority
culate interpreters of the Far
the counter edge. He balanced his
to the wholly unprecedented probEast. Today the number of Nisei
weight first on one foot and then
lems of evacuee relocation.
who are recognized authorities on
on to the other. Still he was unThe easy integration of rethe Orient can be counted on the
decided.
settling evacuees into eastern
fingers of a single hand.
His hand went out and his finand "’^"’estern communities is
The engrossment of Nisei ingers closed around ... he shook his
pt oof of the pudding of theii
terest in American life is illushead as if to say no to himself
Americanism.
(native of the desire of all secand took a deep breath. He glanBi that long-past era of uneasy
ond g e n e r a t i o n immigrant
ced around furtivelypeace in the Fac.fic, sentimental
groups for complete integration
Whv c-n’t I do it9 he asked
’^inor statesmen made tea-party
and acceptance. The. general athimseif. All the other fellows said
conversation by envisioning the
(Rude of the Nisei since Pearl
th AV did it Wh-v can’t I9 Whv"
growing Nisei generation as the
Harbor has exploded the stock
‘
‘
’
human bridge binding the ancient
generalizations of the racist dieHe became lost in his thoughts.
heritage of the East with the vighards of the West Coast whose
“Could I help you?” a voice said
orous culture of the West. It is
arguments have not changed
at his elbow. He started, turned
true that the Nisei in a single
since the “yellow peri!” agiiapale and then turned the color of
generation have sprung fr m Oritions of a generation ago.
a ripe tomato.
entnl loins into the main stream
The war b.,s furthered the disHe thrust his hand In his pocket
°^ Orcmental Bfe.
the Nisei have association of the Nisei with
and fingered the two coins in his
leaped
the
gap,rather
than many things Japanese, but it is
pocket. The larger one was a
bridged it.
an jronjc fact tbat the demands
twenty-five cent piece, the smaller
ISSEI CULTURE
of war have resulted in the trarnone was a ten cent piece. Silently,
The immigrant Isseibrought a
’n^ °^ thousands of Nisei (the
he jiggled them between his finlove of beauty7 and a deep respect
actual figure is known only7 to the
gers. Suddenly:
for the rich and varied produce
military) in the language, if not
“I’ll take this one.”
of the soil, and such human qualithe culture of Japan, These JapaAnd pulling out the twenty-five
ties as diligence, patience and
™se Americans, engaged today in
cent piece, thrust it into the surhumility, though none of these are
important worker he armed fcrprised salesgirl’s hand and blindly
attributes solely Oriental in na^s of the United .Hates in tne
grabbed the lace trimmed fancy
ture. He did bring some of the
Pacific and in the Chma-Burmacard on which, was written a senfolkways of his natal land, a few
Inma _ theatre i f war, are. an
timental verse, something about
songs and legends and dances to
American secret weapon.’
how nice you are so won’t you be
be remembered at Sunday picnics
The
suggestion has already
mv Valentine and fled.
111 tke country or at the seashore.
come from various quarters that
’ F___________ ’_____________________ He brought fingers trained in arts
the Nisei can play a vital role in
and crafts, or in the ways of inthe democratic re-education of the
u
tensive cultivation of land.
youth of Japan. The Nisei, today,
OBITUARY
And the Issei, like the other
however, are not qualified for such
_ immigrant peoples who have
a postwar mission, except, of
helped in the building of a
course, for those who have already
TORU KAD0NAGA
nation, have left their record os
been trained for such work in the
MAGRATH, Alta.—A B.C. evactjle land. America is an hmaiarmed forces of the United States,
uee, Toru Kadonaga, Magrath beet
gam of Chinese laundries, Greek
If this proposal is sincere, as it
worker, passed away here at the
restaurants, kosher meat marundoubtedly is, a program of in
age of 56 after an illness lasting
kets. of the beat of jazz songs
tensive training would be a neoover a month. Born in Japan on
born in Negro cabarets and the
essary prelude. It should not be
September 5, 1888, he had come
crashing symphony of producnecessary to stress that these
to B.C. at the early age and raised
fjon jn steel mills(manned by
Nisei would participate in such a
a family; there. He was resident n
Slavs from south Europe, of
postwar program as citizens and
the Magrath district for the past
such things as life, liberty and
representatives of the United
three years.
the pursuit of happiness and
States.
The deceased is survived by:
Anglo-Saxon concepts of indivi—Pacific Citizen
three sons; Keitaro, Takeshi and
.—_____—
Minoru of Magrath, three daughi
A
k
ters; Miya, Tomiko Mutsuko and
three brothers in Magrath, Nobieford and British Columbia.
VITAL STATISTICS
mony on December 27. Rev. R.
The funeral services. were held
BORN—to Mr. and Mrs. MasaTa-tibana officiated.
at the Calgary Crematorium mi
;chi Shinioda of Taylor Lake, B.C.
The couple relocated to Toronto
February 5 with Rev. S. Ikuta , in
a baby boy—Taiichi Leonard—on
on January 8.
*
charge of the seiwice.Cremation
January 13 at the Lady Minto
followed.
Hospital at Ashcroft, B.C. Mother KOMORI—HIGASHI
*
*
*
and bsbe are reported doing well.
The marriage of Miss Hatsuko
MRS. MITO ASADA
and a baby boy—Kiyoshi Higashi with Mr. Takaharu KoThe death is reported of Mrs.
Christopher — to Mr. and Mrs. mori was quietly solemnized on
Mito Asada of Lemon Creek, B.C.
Tatsuo Ono of Toronto,
Ont. on Saturday, January 27, nt
the
who passed away at the age of
December 23.
United Church M nse with the
71 on January 29. Final funeral
....and a 7 lb. 5 oz. baby girl
Reverend A.A. Burnett officiating,
services were held at the Lemon
to Mr. and Mrs. Marian
Neda of the Grand Forks Gazette reported.
Creek Buddhist Temple on Jen- Greenwood, B.C. on January 28.
AKIYAMA—NAK.XMOTO
uarv 31. Rev. D. Katatsu was in
*
*
*
^ quiet wedding took place for
charge.
’
UCHIMARU—SAKAMOTO
Miss Sada NJ:wko and Mr. Bud
The deceased was a pioneer of
Wedding bells chimed for HideAkiyama on January 20 at the
Duncan, B.C. on Vancouver Island,
mi, eldest daughter of Mr. and
home of Justice of Peace A. E.
arriving in Victoria from Japan in
Mrs. Manzo Sakamoto of Tashme,
Graham in S’oean, B.C. Mr. Grathe veer 1900, shortly after which
B.C. and Mr. Iwao Uchimaru, eld- ham performed the ceremony,
she moved ‘o Duncan where toest son of Mr. and Mrs. Inokuma
Mr. Bernie Yokota acted as best
gether with her husband, they
Uchimaru also of Tashme when man and Miss Myea Doi was tne
onerated a store.
they were joined in holy matri- bridesmaid.
j-
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There is not time for me to say rhe tilings
That I should like to say. Time brings
With it a sense of many Things undone
And we must change the course we shaped to run
Through life. Ah, yes, I know the plans we laid:
I was to be a surgeon, you were made
For aviation and the wide sky.
Y ou always said that when you were to die
You wanted it to come in one swift flash.
The fates had heard your wishes, what a crash
You must have made when you went down dear Walter.
You lived the dream that you had dreamt, and “fairer”
Was not a word that you had ever known.
The sky was cherry red where you had flown
And whining engines were your dying- song.
It was fitting, for to men of steel belong
The music of their elements. But look •
You made me wander from the path I took
When I began to ’ write. Well, let it go!
‘
I have become a surgeon of words, you know,
Instead of a patcher of flesh.- That was my fall:
So excuse my vagaries. I went to call
1
Upon your parents when the sad news came;
Youi- mother was heroic, she did not blame
A soul for what was past, she wept a bit
And said, “He died as he’d have wanted it.”
Your dad stood by the window, looking out
Upon the yard where once you used to shout
When you and I were younger, and the haze
Of lofty ideal was about us both.
You were both big and strong, but I was loth
To spread the gospel to the stupid louts.
Not so with you, you always welcomed bouts.
I can hear- you now, your voice quite clear,
Telling them that brotherhood was near.
That love would conquer, and • the weak would rise.
But I would see derision in their eyes.
And say to you, “why cast your pearls to swine?”.
“They’re universal pearls, ‘to swine ?’
And there shall come a time when one shall eat,
Then,two, then three, and then the sound of feet
Will come in waves; justice, not the yoke
Will rule upon the earth.” They called you dumb,
And you were, like Lincoln, who had come
And fought and died for those self-same ideals.
And now once more time’s heavy moving wheels
Had brought us to the point where pride and greed
And selfish men were- tearing down the creed
That haloed hosts had built. And still the fools;
“Why should it matter who it is that rules.”
But you, you knew when evil had returned
. That it would grow and spread about the earth
And freedom would be crushed, and love, and mirth,
And all the peaceful virtues of our times,
And slavery would come with blood and crimes
Unspeakable.
And when you looked across
The ocean where others fought against the loss
Of liberty, you knew it was your fight
And off you went one calm and lovely night;
I shall remember what you said to me
Always; before you sailed across the sea.
You said, “It’s not for us, but all the others
Who shall come after us, the men‘and mothers
A thousand years from now who will be born
Into a world where none shall ever mourn
That they were of anoth er race or nation.”
And in that time I know you’ll walk with proud elation.
MIYO ISHIWATA
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Random Notes on Culture Patterns
By LARRX TAJIRI
dual freedom.
.
Nisei as a grout' alrcidv
Some or the Issei came tor
have been so thoroughly intosweaty labor on tne rauronus. and
ine boy came into the sore grated into the general cultural
their monuments are shining ra.ls
looxmg nervously around
and pattern of America that there is
following the sun across the westecigeci over to the counter.
His within them little of the Oriental
mm deserts, (In the State of
hand ivacheu om.
heritage of their immigrant parTexas, there are a series of rml“Can I help you?" a voice said ents. In a single generation, asroad markers named for Japamse
behind his back. His back jerked sisted by the splendid school sysforemen). Other Issei came to
erect and he turned around. He
toms of the West Const and
work in the mines and in the
gave a sickly grin and mumbled
Hawaii, the transition from Orlenholes they have dug deep into
something
about
just
looking
tai cultural .background to the
western mountains. Others ocame
around. The salesgirl went away.
Occidental has been swift and
to work on the huge industrial
Stealthily he looked around again
certain.
farms of California, and. the fields
and perceiving- no one watching
The parent generation, in their
are green with their labor.
him. once more reached out.
struggle to establish themselves
NISEI ATTITUDES
Every once in awhile, the boy
on
distant snore, tried desperPerhaps it should not be said
looked cautiously around and if no
-tely to ad.-pt ano. to conform.
that the Nisei have consciously
one was looking-, busily hunted
’^’y^ ldO^ ^ t^em encourage their
turned their backs to the Orient
around, looking for something.
cmlaren to accept nn ithout he>ifrom which their parents stemLooking .... looking ....
fancy the things that are Amerimed. but the conditions of envirHe was undecided. He stood
CM H1 ^tbok and ’^spirit Liuonment and education have acthere surveying the tumble before
"^f °-H jn t“e P1)81^1* T^a .ci.
eomplished this fact. '1 he neeessihim . .
wondering '
should I
"!t l W"1C“ tnef looked out to tne
ties of communication with their
do it. or should loot, he’muttered
e™|,lTO« of H>o
parent, haVe mad, the Nisei Oilto himself
idemitaatmn oi the Nhe. gioug
ingual io the point that thev are
to traditlons of American freedom
able t0 conUuct essential evJyday
<uctQenit, he v a 1 Eed ..way. 1 iitn
accounts fton ,•
•
n
i _
„
accounts
cm ..it
vn.cn .ca
conversation
in
the ilanguage of
a^
c.iav n back bi some unseen
dors of the ykpi
nlnced
a
x
.
p A
p
their parents.
I he Nisei as a
H.Ct. ne sidkci back to the counthe cnn^tit-ntirmal
coasiirution.it vio'bts
i ignis of
oi < in
group ihave proved that thev have
cer and began once more to gaze
7pnq
bewilderment
I
.
u
3
little interest m miv contact beimentlv at
Ilie litter.
end
frustration
r in the cultural,
,
n muriatic
n which
vnua thev cn't
yond> n
the linguistic
The recis. blues and the multiple
while within the barbed-wire enbackground of their parents This
colors began to dance before his
Mosures of the assembly centres,
disinterest has dismayed ' those
eyes. He couldn’t make up his
feelings which were slowly dissiwell-meaning individuals who have
mindpn-ted bv the democratic approach
looked to th; Nisei to beconie artj_
His fingers nervously drummed
of the War 'Relocation Authority
culate interpreters of the Far
the counter edge. He balanced his
to the wholly unprecedented probEast. Today the number of Nisei
weight first on one foot and then
lems of evacuee relocation.
who are recognized authorities on
on to the other. Still he was unThe easy integration of rethe Orient can be counted on the
decided.
settling evacuees into eastern
fingers of a single hand.
His hand went out and his finand "’^"’estern communities is
The engrossment of Nisei ingers closed around ... he shook his
pt oof of the pudding of theii
terest in American life is illushead as if to say no to himself
Americanism.
(native of the desire of all secand took a deep breath. He glanBi that long-past era of uneasy
ond g e n e r a t i o n immigrant
ced around furtivelypeace in the Fac.fic, sentimental
groups for complete integration
Whv c-n’t I do it9 he asked
’^inor statesmen made tea-party
and acceptance. The. general athimseif. All the other fellows said
conversation by envisioning the
(Rude of the Nisei since Pearl
th AV did it Wh-v can’t I9 Whv"
growing Nisei generation as the
Harbor has exploded the stock
‘
‘
’
human bridge binding the ancient
generalizations of the racist dieHe became lost in his thoughts.
heritage of the East with the vighards of the West Coast whose
“Could I help you?” a voice said
orous culture of the West. It is
arguments have not changed
at his elbow. He started, turned
true that the Nisei in a single
since the “yellow peri!” agiiapale and then turned the color of
generation have sprung fr m Oritions of a generation ago.
a ripe tomato.
entnl loins into the main stream
The war b.,s furthered the disHe thrust his hand In his pocket
°^ Orcmental Bfe.
the Nisei have association of the Nisei with
and fingered the two coins in his
leaped
the
gap,rather
than many things Japanese, but it is
pocket. The larger one was a
bridged it.
an jronjc fact tbat the demands
twenty-five cent piece, the smaller
ISSEI CULTURE
of war have resulted in the trarnone was a ten cent piece. Silently,
The immigrant Isseibrought a
’n^ °^ thousands of Nisei (the
he jiggled them between his finlove of beauty7 and a deep respect
actual figure is known only7 to the
gers. Suddenly:
for the rich and varied produce
military) in the language, if not
“I’ll take this one.”
of the soil, and such human qualithe culture of Japan, These JapaAnd pulling out the twenty-five
ties as diligence, patience and
™se Americans, engaged today in
cent piece, thrust it into the surhumility, though none of these are
important worker he armed fcrprised salesgirl’s hand and blindly
attributes solely Oriental in na^s of the United .Hates in tne
grabbed the lace trimmed fancy
ture. He did bring some of the
Pacific and in the Chma-Burmacard on which, was written a senfolkways of his natal land, a few
Inma _ theatre i f war, are. an
timental verse, something about
songs and legends and dances to
American secret weapon.’
how nice you are so won’t you be
be remembered at Sunday picnics
The
suggestion has already
mv Valentine and fled.
111 tke country or at the seashore.
come from various quarters that
’ F___________ ’_____________________ He brought fingers trained in arts
the Nisei can play a vital role in
and crafts, or in the ways of inthe democratic re-education of the
u
tensive cultivation of land.
youth of Japan. The Nisei, today,
OBITUARY
And the Issei, like the other
however, are not qualified for such
_ immigrant peoples who have
a postwar mission, except, of
helped in the building of a
course, for those who have already
TORU KAD0NAGA
nation, have left their record os
been trained for such work in the
MAGRATH, Alta.—A B.C. evactjle land. America is an hmaiarmed forces of the United States,
uee, Toru Kadonaga, Magrath beet
gam of Chinese laundries, Greek
If this proposal is sincere, as it
worker, passed away here at the
restaurants, kosher meat marundoubtedly is, a program of in
age of 56 after an illness lasting
kets. of the beat of jazz songs
tensive training would be a neoover a month. Born in Japan on
born in Negro cabarets and the
essary prelude. It should not be
September 5, 1888, he had come
crashing symphony of producnecessary to stress that these
to B.C. at the early age and raised
fjon jn steel mills(manned by
Nisei would participate in such a
a family; there. He was resident n
Slavs from south Europe, of
postwar program as citizens and
the Magrath district for the past
such things as life, liberty and
representatives of the United
three years.
the pursuit of happiness and
States.
The deceased is survived by:
Anglo-Saxon concepts of indivi—Pacific Citizen
three sons; Keitaro, Takeshi and
.—_____—
Minoru of Magrath, three daughi
A
k
ters; Miya, Tomiko Mutsuko and
three brothers in Magrath, Nobieford and British Columbia.
VITAL STATISTICS
mony on December 27. Rev. R.
The funeral services. were held
BORN—to Mr. and Mrs. MasaTa-tibana officiated.
at the Calgary Crematorium mi
;chi Shinioda of Taylor Lake, B.C.
The couple relocated to Toronto
February 5 with Rev. S. Ikuta , in
a baby boy—Taiichi Leonard—on
on January 8.
*
charge of the seiwice.Cremation
January 13 at the Lady Minto
followed.
Hospital at Ashcroft, B.C. Mother KOMORI—HIGASHI
*
*
*
and bsbe are reported doing well.
The marriage of Miss Hatsuko
MRS. MITO ASADA
and a baby boy—Kiyoshi Higashi with Mr. Takaharu KoThe death is reported of Mrs.
Christopher — to Mr. and Mrs. mori was quietly solemnized on
Mito Asada of Lemon Creek, B.C.
Tatsuo Ono of Toronto,
Ont. on Saturday, January 27, nt
the
who passed away at the age of
December 23.
United Church M nse with the
71 on January 29. Final funeral
....and a 7 lb. 5 oz. baby girl
Reverend A.A. Burnett officiating,
services were held at the Lemon
to Mr. and Mrs. Marian
Neda of the Grand Forks Gazette reported.
Creek Buddhist Temple on Jen- Greenwood, B.C. on January 28.
AKIYAMA—NAK.XMOTO
uarv 31. Rev. D. Katatsu was in
*
*
*
^ quiet wedding took place for
charge.
’
UCHIMARU—SAKAMOTO
Miss Sada NJ:wko and Mr. Bud
The deceased was a pioneer of
Wedding bells chimed for HideAkiyama on January 20 at the
Duncan, B.C. on Vancouver Island,
mi, eldest daughter of Mr. and
home of Justice of Peace A. E.
arriving in Victoria from Japan in
Mrs. Manzo Sakamoto of Tashme,
Graham in S’oean, B.C. Mr. Grathe veer 1900, shortly after which
B.C. and Mr. Iwao Uchimaru, eld- ham performed the ceremony,
she moved ‘o Duncan where toest son of Mr. and Mrs. Inokuma
Mr. Bernie Yokota acted as best
gether with her husband, they
Uchimaru also of Tashme when man and Miss Myea Doi was tne
onerated a store.
they were joined in holy matri- bridesmaid.
j-
. .
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There is not time for me to say rhe tilings
That I should like to say. Time brings
With it a sense of many Things undone
And we must change the course we shaped to run
Through life. Ah, yes, I know the plans we laid:
I was to be a surgeon, you were made
For aviation and the wide sky.
Y ou always said that when you were to die
You wanted it to come in one swift flash.
The fates had heard your wishes, what a crash
You must have made when you went down dear Walter.
You lived the dream that you had dreamt, and “fairer”
Was not a word that you had ever known.
The sky was cherry red where you had flown
And whining engines were your dying- song.
It was fitting, for to men of steel belong
The music of their elements. But look •
You made me wander from the path I took
When I began to ’ write. Well, let it go!
‘
I have become a surgeon of words, you know,
Instead of a patcher of flesh.- That was my fall:
So excuse my vagaries. I went to call
1
Upon your parents when the sad news came;
Youi- mother was heroic, she did not blame
A soul for what was past, she wept a bit
And said, “He died as he’d have wanted it.”
Your dad stood by the window, looking out
Upon the yard where once you used to shout
When you and I were younger, and the haze
Of lofty ideal was about us both.
You were both big and strong, but I was loth
To spread the gospel to the stupid louts.
Not so with you, you always welcomed bouts.
I can hear- you now, your voice quite clear,
Telling them that brotherhood was near.
That love would conquer, and • the weak would rise.
But I would see derision in their eyes.
And say to you, “why cast your pearls to swine?”.
“They’re universal pearls, ‘to swine ?’
And there shall come a time when one shall eat,
Then,two, then three, and then the sound of feet
Will come in waves; justice, not the yoke
Will rule upon the earth.” They called you dumb,
And you were, like Lincoln, who had come
And fought and died for those self-same ideals.
And now once more time’s heavy moving wheels
Had brought us to the point where pride and greed
And selfish men were- tearing down the creed
That haloed hosts had built. And still the fools;
“Why should it matter who it is that rules.”
But you, you knew when evil had returned
. That it would grow and spread about the earth
And freedom would be crushed, and love, and mirth,
And all the peaceful virtues of our times,
And slavery would come with blood and crimes
Unspeakable.
And when you looked across
The ocean where others fought against the loss
Of liberty, you knew it was your fight
And off you went one calm and lovely night;
I shall remember what you said to me
Always; before you sailed across the sea.
You said, “It’s not for us, but all the others
Who shall come after us, the men‘and mothers
A thousand years from now who will be born
Into a world where none shall ever mourn
That they were of anoth er race or nation.”
And in that time I know you’ll walk with proud elation.
MIYO ISHIWATA
Montreal, Quebec.
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The usefulness of an organization ‘devoting itself
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Canadians can be currently illustrated by the investiga
tion being carried out bv the British Columbia government into educational costs and finance. Announced as
a project months ago. the investigation has been started
in Vancouver under an expert and unbiased Commis
sioner. who has invited any public organization to place
representations before him.
The chief questions the Commission will deal with
have to do with financing schools, taxation, establish
ment of standards and how the Province and the muni
cipalities should share, in the costs. Probably it has not
anticipated having to consider any brief being placed be
fore it on the specific matter of schools for evacuee childdren, removed from their familiar homes and classrooms
as a wartime expendiency. But as long as the Commis
sioner has to deal with educational costs, there is no rea
son why he. should not be interested in the particular
phase of financing the urgently-Deeded education of just
this group of children.
This is all the more true because of the facts of the?
matter. Up to the present, although the Provincial Gov
ernment must have effected a considerable savings in
grants issued to school districts where evacuee children
used to go to school, Victoria has stubbornly repudiated
any responsibility for providing educational means for
these same children. As a result the Federal (Government
has had to act in the interior centres. But not accepting a
full responsibility itself, the provision of funds has been so
limited that it is confined to elementary schools only; and
skilled and capable teachers bow boasting three years ex
perience must still struggle along under makeshift con
ditions for a salary of $45 per month. It is a sum far
below even provincial minimum wage standards for un
skilled labor, let alone any standards that teachers them
selves regard as fitting to their profession.
The rectification of such an obvious injustice surely
comes within the scope of the current investigation. But
unless a well-prepared case can be placed before the Com
mission, it is clear that the matter is likely not even to
be touched. Still there is no sign that any group in the
interior centres is alert or active enough to do anything.
And if they are not alert enough to take notice of the in
vestigation. it is doubtful if they know how to present
a reasonable case.
Much the same situation has applied before. For
instance at the time of the Jackson Royal Commission
investigation into interior housing, when briefs laid be
fore it amounted substantially to nothing more than a
generalized, man-on-the-street complaint. And it is likely
thatisimilar instances' will continue, to arise in the. future,
not merely in the interior settlements, but on the prairies
and in the. eastern cities.
It is clear that we have a real need for some form of organiza
tion which will support a small, but active, group or committee of in
dividuals interested in these matters, devoted to the principle. Even a
small groan, with contacts in different places and enjoving the assurance of support, could deal effectively with problems both of national
and only local importance. At least they could do a better job than
has been done to date.
A Scroll to Dillon Myer
The Washington columnist for the Heart Mountain, Wyoming,
relocation centre newspaper relates an interesting incident in his new
home town.. A group of Nisei relocees in the ^paal recently got to
gether to present a scroll to the national director of the War Reloca
tion Authority. Dillon S. Myer.
They were anxious to express their appreciation of the manner in
which Mr. Myer has worked for Japanese Americans, and to express
their firm resolve to live ap to the faith he has placed in them.
Since flyer’s appointment to head the WRA, the Nisei press from
across the Im? has kept a careful eye upon him. And their headlines
attest not only to the fairness of his beliefs, but even more they un
derline the courage with which he has stood up in public to advance
them. As a result, writes the columnist, "...as director of the most
investigated and most villified agency in the history of the govern
ment. Myer has been maligned as no other man has.” But his unflinch
ing support of a policy toward J apanese Americans consistent with
the democratic ideals of the American nation have contributed enor
mously to the progress being achieved in solving America's problems
of evacuation and resettlement.
Myer has. in many respects, become a rallying force for all those
elements in his country anxious to preserve the fundamental basis of
their society. In that he has not been merely an administrator of policy
fluctuating at every politician’s whim: he has had the courage? the
conviction and the ability to mould and influence policy in a worthwhile
direction. And thus today he enjovs the highest prestige among
thougntful men of good-will irrespective of their racial origan
Postwar Employment Prospect
« Letters to the Editor
b ine Spirit
Editor, The New Canadian:
I have wanted for sometime to
write to congratulate you on the
Christmas edition of “The Nev.Canadian”. It was a splendid
piece of editorial work and made
a real contribution to the cause of
race peace.
The fine Christ-like spirit that
you maintain in the midst of con
ditions which easily could give rise
to cynicism and bitterness has
always been a marvel to me.
I ou may rest assured that wc
in the F.O.R. shall continue our
struggle for full citizenship rights
for your people.
With warmest best wishes, I
am,
ALBERT G. WATSON
F.O.R. Exec. Secretary
Toronto, Ont.
*
^
^
AH the Same
editor, The New Canadian:
Personally, I will always be
glad to know that I lived near
where some Japanese were living
for I must admit I have changed
my mind as regards at least,
many of them. I have found you
just the same as every other
nationality—some I greatly admire
possibly others I do not cats so
mu<h for. But that is in no way
aifierent than with man-- Cana
dians, Americans or what have
you. -I am happy- to know that I
can see the good in people without
regard to their nationality,’ color
or religion. Thank the Lord I havenot become as narrow as some i
know.
I believe that people are begin
ning to see the light all over Can
ada as in the United States. That
is to accept people as they- are,
not what their grand parents or
some of their closer relatives mayhave done.
D. W. 31.
Nelson, B. C.
(Dtber (Sbitors
Fommcnf cn
(Eitizensljp...
Isn’t about time we quit hyphem
ating our Canadians?
Canada has grown to man’s
stature during this war. Isn’t it
about time there became such a
thing as a Canadian citizen, with
out tagging on the French-, Irish-,
Scottish-. Slovak-, or whatever
the origin may- be?
Isn’t there
such a thing as Canadian-Cana
dian? Haven’t we grown up y-et?
Seriously, one of Canada’s prob
lems has become one of citizen
ship and the loyalty- which Cana
dian citizenship should engender.
But so long as we go about eye
ing- our fellow man and wondering
what kind of hyphenated Canadian
he is, just so long will our Cana
dian citizenship have a bargain
counter tinge. Tens of thousands
of
French-Canadians,
so-called,
have migrated through the years
to the New England States. Down
there
they’re
Americans, not
French-Canadian-Americans. Had
n’t we better take a leaf out of
Uncle Sam's book and put on the ,
straight Canadian melting pot ?
—LETHBRIDGE HERALD
It is reported from time to time
that some employers in Winnipeg
are in doubt on this point. Re
turned men who are of Ukrainian,
Polish and German descent are
encountering discrimination on the
ground of nationality. A few em
ployers are inclined to ask. “What
is your nationality?” And the fact
th-t the veteran is native-born
and. in some cases, a second and
third generation Canadian appears
still to leave doubt. There is a
tendency- to show a preference for
the man whose name has a familia- Amglo-Saxon flavor.
The ouestion of nationality is a
technical one on which this news
paper on innumerable occasions
has expressed a forthright opi-
February 10. 194.5.
Any serious or half-serious dis
said to be due chiefly only- to the
healthy attitude of hoping cour
cussion on the Nisei question leads
ageously
for the best.
sooner or later to postwar pros
pects.
aIndividuals can assess their own
And the general feeling on that
score, as Nisei opinion is express
ed from B.C. to Montreal, is not
too optimistic. If second gener
ation do not look forward to the
end of the war with gloom over
their economic chances, neither do
they face that day with any great
confidence in their ability- to hold
on to the economic position they
have achieved since evacuation.
In the eyes of the average wage
earner, the outline of the postwar
job picture is plain and simple.
Two chief factors enter in. A
sharp and sudden drop in the de
mand for war production means
less demand for labor and fewer
jobs. And for what jobs there are,
competition is going to be much
stiffer, as three-quarters of a mil
lion men, with preferred status,
return from the armed forces to
civilian life.
private prospects in the light otheir own special situation. But the
problem as a whole underlines
again the oft-repeated contention
that the Nisei’s own private future
is closely and intimately bound uu
in the prospects of the entire
country. Thus an intelligent inter
est in those prospects is necessaryto a reasonable understanding of
the probabilities which the Nisei
themselves face.
An article in the February 1
issue of Macleans is interesting in
this connection. - Important enough
to draw comment from many- lead
ing daily newspapers across* Cana
da, it gives some substance to
Nisei hopes in the future.
It is a series of questions on
Canadian problems put to Prime
Minister King, and the answers
which he gives may- be regarded
as official policy. Of these,-under
standably- the first is a query- on
The fear of the Nisei is appar
the Liberal Government’s program
ent: in the rapid flux and shuffle,
their right to a job on the same
for “providing jobs for Canadians
level as everyone else may- all too
after the war.”* The answer (low
easily- be lost sight of. The fam
not deal with the particular phase
iliar evil of race prejudice, which
of racial difficulties; but it outherded them into a restricted, nar - lines ' the government’s plan to
row economic sphere with all its
achieve “the highest possible em
resulting frustrations, may- re
ployment, production and standard
create the historical prttern in the
of living” for “’every- Canadian.”
new resettlement areas.
Specific
The plan is based on an ele
conditions, to be sure, will vary
mentary- and simple concept in
with every- individual,—depending
economics. If everybody is workupon his job, where he lives, his ' ing for good wages, the total of
employer
and fellow-employees,
their income will be high enough
•and upon himself. But the general
to create the necessary- demand
picture is there. It is the concern,
for the goods and services which
in fact, of every Canadian cf
they themselves produce. Thu?,
every racial origin. But if tne
Mr. King declares his “man at
Nisei are not unduly- gloomy’- over
tack ... is a series of measures
their private prospects, ^ may- be
and policies designed to keep up
the total national income, and to
mon. The census refused to recog
ensure its fair distribution among
nize nationality. The passion of
all classes and regions, so that
statisticians for blood-counts has
markets will be available for the
overridden common sense. The
production of our farms, fisheries,
best that has been achieved to
forests, mines and factories . . .
date is the setting up of a side
Production will be kept up if pro
column in the census form to
duction is maintained.”
record third generation Canadian
At the same time it is obvious
stock. Otherwise, it is no answer
that much of Canada’s prosperity
to the authorities to say-—I am a
depends
upon her export indus
Canadian.
tries, — upon finding the foreign
So long as the state disowns its
markets for goods such as wheat,
own native born, the racial pre
fish, lumber which she can produce
judices of some employers may
cheaply. And Mr. King- hopes to
not seem incomprehensible. But
promote the “freest attainable in
regardless of Ottawa, there should
ternational and domestic exchange
surely- be
one unchallengeable
of goods.”
passport to a job—one certain
The third attack the Liberal
guarantee against any- form of
Government
plans is to take directdiscrimination — honorable d i saction
in
providing
employment by
charge of any- person who has ser
large
scale
public
work projects.
ved his country- in war. If a man
Just what Mr. King and com
who has offered his life in defence
panyhave done and plan to do to
of this country- is not a Canadian,
canyout these, attacks seems in
who is ?
teresting enough to warrant a
—WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
continuation next week.
Sir Alex to the Rescue
A new claimant to the title of “Saint George to the Rescue of his
Countiy Hom the Japanese Dragon” is haranguing a fir,T Unce in
Vancouver these days. He is Alex Paton, Conservative M. L. A. from
Vancouver Point Grey.
From time to time during the past decade, Sir Alex has been join
ing in the dragon hunt. But usually he was only- to be seen far in
the rear of other more famous knights of the same order. For some
reason or other, Sir Alex up to now never displayed quite the same
romantic appeal of the more noted claimants, who have included in the
past. Sir Howard of Castle Ottawa, Sir Macgregor cf Castle Victoria and
Sir Harold of Castle City Hall. These latter three have made their
challenges resound the length and breadth of the kingdom, and alwavs
seemed to have so much more
the swash necessarv to blow up the
uragon convincingly and then to blow him down just as deftly.
Sir Alex, unhappily, has had to be content thrusting with an ill•tempered pen through the letters to the editor columns. But now he
gives promise of a new public stature. He will ride into the public
limelight across ms broad fiefdom. The people’s acclaim w'll rinz in
ms oailot box. And he will destroy this dragon, which he has specially
imporied from Japan of 600 B.C. for just that purpose.
It would appear that he has not yet mastered the bold stroke of
tne lance. The report in the Province is that he will ' perform the
more intrepid feat of suffocating the dr?gon to death. Fer this he is
being provided with a special petition. It is being woven for him out
oi the cloth of race hate and intolerance by the fishermen of the
, ?"er' For .he? m.ugine the dragon; Sir Alex conjures it uo into
learsonm proportions, and now bestrides the public'platform, a 20th
cemury ^aint George the Deliverer.
L is related, is it not. that in much the same way Der Fuehrer be
strode a beer hall to deliver the German people. ■
THE NEW CANADIAN
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The usefulness of an organization ‘devoting itself
to questions calling for political action by Japanese
Canadians can be currently illustrated by the investiga
tion being carried out bv the British Columbia government into educational costs and finance. Announced as
a project months ago. the investigation has been started
in Vancouver under an expert and unbiased Commis
sioner. who has invited any public organization to place
representations before him.
The chief questions the Commission will deal with
have to do with financing schools, taxation, establish
ment of standards and how the Province and the muni
cipalities should share, in the costs. Probably it has not
anticipated having to consider any brief being placed be
fore it on the specific matter of schools for evacuee childdren, removed from their familiar homes and classrooms
as a wartime expendiency. But as long as the Commis
sioner has to deal with educational costs, there is no rea
son why he. should not be interested in the particular
phase of financing the urgently-Deeded education of just
this group of children.
This is all the more true because of the facts of the?
matter. Up to the present, although the Provincial Gov
ernment must have effected a considerable savings in
grants issued to school districts where evacuee children
used to go to school, Victoria has stubbornly repudiated
any responsibility for providing educational means for
these same children. As a result the Federal (Government
has had to act in the interior centres. But not accepting a
full responsibility itself, the provision of funds has been so
limited that it is confined to elementary schools only; and
skilled and capable teachers bow boasting three years ex
perience must still struggle along under makeshift con
ditions for a salary of $45 per month. It is a sum far
below even provincial minimum wage standards for un
skilled labor, let alone any standards that teachers them
selves regard as fitting to their profession.
The rectification of such an obvious injustice surely
comes within the scope of the current investigation. But
unless a well-prepared case can be placed before the Com
mission, it is clear that the matter is likely not even to
be touched. Still there is no sign that any group in the
interior centres is alert or active enough to do anything.
And if they are not alert enough to take notice of the in
vestigation. it is doubtful if they know how to present
a reasonable case.
Much the same situation has applied before. For
instance at the time of the Jackson Royal Commission
investigation into interior housing, when briefs laid be
fore it amounted substantially to nothing more than a
generalized, man-on-the-street complaint. And it is likely
thatisimilar instances' will continue, to arise in the. future,
not merely in the interior settlements, but on the prairies
and in the. eastern cities.
It is clear that we have a real need for some form of organiza
tion which will support a small, but active, group or committee of in
dividuals interested in these matters, devoted to the principle. Even a
small groan, with contacts in different places and enjoving the assurance of support, could deal effectively with problems both of national
and only local importance. At least they could do a better job than
has been done to date.
A Scroll to Dillon Myer
The Washington columnist for the Heart Mountain, Wyoming,
relocation centre newspaper relates an interesting incident in his new
home town.. A group of Nisei relocees in the ^paal recently got to
gether to present a scroll to the national director of the War Reloca
tion Authority. Dillon S. Myer.
They were anxious to express their appreciation of the manner in
which Mr. Myer has worked for Japanese Americans, and to express
their firm resolve to live ap to the faith he has placed in them.
Since flyer’s appointment to head the WRA, the Nisei press from
across the Im? has kept a careful eye upon him. And their headlines
attest not only to the fairness of his beliefs, but even more they un
derline the courage with which he has stood up in public to advance
them. As a result, writes the columnist, "...as director of the most
investigated and most villified agency in the history of the govern
ment. Myer has been maligned as no other man has.” But his unflinch
ing support of a policy toward J apanese Americans consistent with
the democratic ideals of the American nation have contributed enor
mously to the progress being achieved in solving America's problems
of evacuation and resettlement.
Myer has. in many respects, become a rallying force for all those
elements in his country anxious to preserve the fundamental basis of
their society. In that he has not been merely an administrator of policy
fluctuating at every politician’s whim: he has had the courage? the
conviction and the ability to mould and influence policy in a worthwhile
direction. And thus today he enjovs the highest prestige among
thougntful men of good-will irrespective of their racial origan
Postwar Employment Prospect
« Letters to the Editor
b ine Spirit
Editor, The New Canadian:
I have wanted for sometime to
write to congratulate you on the
Christmas edition of “The Nev.Canadian”. It was a splendid
piece of editorial work and made
a real contribution to the cause of
race peace.
The fine Christ-like spirit that
you maintain in the midst of con
ditions which easily could give rise
to cynicism and bitterness has
always been a marvel to me.
I ou may rest assured that wc
in the F.O.R. shall continue our
struggle for full citizenship rights
for your people.
With warmest best wishes, I
am,
ALBERT G. WATSON
F.O.R. Exec. Secretary
Toronto, Ont.
*
^
^
AH the Same
editor, The New Canadian:
Personally, I will always be
glad to know that I lived near
where some Japanese were living
for I must admit I have changed
my mind as regards at least,
many of them. I have found you
just the same as every other
nationality—some I greatly admire
possibly others I do not cats so
mu<h for. But that is in no way
aifierent than with man-- Cana
dians, Americans or what have
you. -I am happy- to know that I
can see the good in people without
regard to their nationality,’ color
or religion. Thank the Lord I havenot become as narrow as some i
know.
I believe that people are begin
ning to see the light all over Can
ada as in the United States. That
is to accept people as they- are,
not what their grand parents or
some of their closer relatives mayhave done.
D. W. 31.
Nelson, B. C.
(Dtber (Sbitors
Fommcnf cn
(Eitizensljp...
Isn’t about time we quit hyphem
ating our Canadians?
Canada has grown to man’s
stature during this war. Isn’t it
about time there became such a
thing as a Canadian citizen, with
out tagging on the French-, Irish-,
Scottish-. Slovak-, or whatever
the origin may- be?
Isn’t there
such a thing as Canadian-Cana
dian? Haven’t we grown up y-et?
Seriously, one of Canada’s prob
lems has become one of citizen
ship and the loyalty- which Cana
dian citizenship should engender.
But so long as we go about eye
ing- our fellow man and wondering
what kind of hyphenated Canadian
he is, just so long will our Cana
dian citizenship have a bargain
counter tinge. Tens of thousands
of
French-Canadians,
so-called,
have migrated through the years
to the New England States. Down
there
they’re
Americans, not
French-Canadian-Americans. Had
n’t we better take a leaf out of
Uncle Sam's book and put on the ,
straight Canadian melting pot ?
—LETHBRIDGE HERALD
It is reported from time to time
that some employers in Winnipeg
are in doubt on this point. Re
turned men who are of Ukrainian,
Polish and German descent are
encountering discrimination on the
ground of nationality. A few em
ployers are inclined to ask. “What
is your nationality?” And the fact
th-t the veteran is native-born
and. in some cases, a second and
third generation Canadian appears
still to leave doubt. There is a
tendency- to show a preference for
the man whose name has a familia- Amglo-Saxon flavor.
The ouestion of nationality is a
technical one on which this news
paper on innumerable occasions
has expressed a forthright opi-
February 10. 194.5.
Any serious or half-serious dis
said to be due chiefly only- to the
healthy attitude of hoping cour
cussion on the Nisei question leads
ageously
for the best.
sooner or later to postwar pros
pects.
aIndividuals can assess their own
And the general feeling on that
score, as Nisei opinion is express
ed from B.C. to Montreal, is not
too optimistic. If second gener
ation do not look forward to the
end of the war with gloom over
their economic chances, neither do
they face that day with any great
confidence in their ability- to hold
on to the economic position they
have achieved since evacuation.
In the eyes of the average wage
earner, the outline of the postwar
job picture is plain and simple.
Two chief factors enter in. A
sharp and sudden drop in the de
mand for war production means
less demand for labor and fewer
jobs. And for what jobs there are,
competition is going to be much
stiffer, as three-quarters of a mil
lion men, with preferred status,
return from the armed forces to
civilian life.
private prospects in the light otheir own special situation. But the
problem as a whole underlines
again the oft-repeated contention
that the Nisei’s own private future
is closely and intimately bound uu
in the prospects of the entire
country. Thus an intelligent inter
est in those prospects is necessaryto a reasonable understanding of
the probabilities which the Nisei
themselves face.
An article in the February 1
issue of Macleans is interesting in
this connection. - Important enough
to draw comment from many- lead
ing daily newspapers across* Cana
da, it gives some substance to
Nisei hopes in the future.
It is a series of questions on
Canadian problems put to Prime
Minister King, and the answers
which he gives may- be regarded
as official policy. Of these,-under
standably- the first is a query- on
The fear of the Nisei is appar
the Liberal Government’s program
ent: in the rapid flux and shuffle,
their right to a job on the same
for “providing jobs for Canadians
level as everyone else may- all too
after the war.”* The answer (low
easily- be lost sight of. The fam
not deal with the particular phase
iliar evil of race prejudice, which
of racial difficulties; but it outherded them into a restricted, nar - lines ' the government’s plan to
row economic sphere with all its
achieve “the highest possible em
resulting frustrations, may- re
ployment, production and standard
create the historical prttern in the
of living” for “’every- Canadian.”
new resettlement areas.
Specific
The plan is based on an ele
conditions, to be sure, will vary
mentary- and simple concept in
with every- individual,—depending
economics. If everybody is workupon his job, where he lives, his ' ing for good wages, the total of
employer
and fellow-employees,
their income will be high enough
•and upon himself. But the general
to create the necessary- demand
picture is there. It is the concern,
for the goods and services which
in fact, of every Canadian cf
they themselves produce. Thu?,
every racial origin. But if tne
Mr. King declares his “man at
Nisei are not unduly- gloomy’- over
tack ... is a series of measures
their private prospects, ^ may- be
and policies designed to keep up
the total national income, and to
mon. The census refused to recog
ensure its fair distribution among
nize nationality. The passion of
all classes and regions, so that
statisticians for blood-counts has
markets will be available for the
overridden common sense. The
production of our farms, fisheries,
best that has been achieved to
forests, mines and factories . . .
date is the setting up of a side
Production will be kept up if pro
column in the census form to
duction is maintained.”
record third generation Canadian
At the same time it is obvious
stock. Otherwise, it is no answer
that much of Canada’s prosperity
to the authorities to say-—I am a
depends
upon her export indus
Canadian.
tries, — upon finding the foreign
So long as the state disowns its
markets for goods such as wheat,
own native born, the racial pre
fish, lumber which she can produce
judices of some employers may
cheaply. And Mr. King- hopes to
not seem incomprehensible. But
promote the “freest attainable in
regardless of Ottawa, there should
ternational and domestic exchange
surely- be
one unchallengeable
of goods.”
passport to a job—one certain
The third attack the Liberal
guarantee against any- form of
Government
plans is to take directdiscrimination — honorable d i saction
in
providing
employment by
charge of any- person who has ser
large
scale
public
work projects.
ved his country- in war. If a man
Just what Mr. King and com
who has offered his life in defence
panyhave done and plan to do to
of this country- is not a Canadian,
canyout these, attacks seems in
who is ?
teresting enough to warrant a
—WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
continuation next week.
Sir Alex to the Rescue
A new claimant to the title of “Saint George to the Rescue of his
Countiy Hom the Japanese Dragon” is haranguing a fir,T Unce in
Vancouver these days. He is Alex Paton, Conservative M. L. A. from
Vancouver Point Grey.
From time to time during the past decade, Sir Alex has been join
ing in the dragon hunt. But usually he was only- to be seen far in
the rear of other more famous knights of the same order. For some
reason or other, Sir Alex up to now never displayed quite the same
romantic appeal of the more noted claimants, who have included in the
past. Sir Howard of Castle Ottawa, Sir Macgregor cf Castle Victoria and
Sir Harold of Castle City Hall. These latter three have made their
challenges resound the length and breadth of the kingdom, and alwavs
seemed to have so much more
the swash necessarv to blow up the
uragon convincingly and then to blow him down just as deftly.
Sir Alex, unhappily, has had to be content thrusting with an ill•tempered pen through the letters to the editor columns. But now he
gives promise of a new public stature. He will ride into the public
limelight across ms broad fiefdom. The people’s acclaim w'll rinz in
ms oailot box. And he will destroy this dragon, which he has specially
imporied from Japan of 600 B.C. for just that purpose.
It would appear that he has not yet mastered the bold stroke of
tne lance. The report in the Province is that he will ' perform the
more intrepid feat of suffocating the dr?gon to death. Fer this he is
being provided with a special petition. It is being woven for him out
oi the cloth of race hate and intolerance by the fishermen of the
, ?"er' For .he? m.ugine the dragon; Sir Alex conjures it uo into
learsonm proportions, and now bestrides the public'platform, a 20th
cemury ^aint George the Deliverer.
L is related, is it not. that in much the same way Der Fuehrer be
strode a beer hall to deliver the German people. ■