Page 1
If you receive a
notice
about your subscription after
r emitting your renewal,
please disregard the postcard.
Saturday, dime -. 1945.
U; S. Will Not Expel Japanese Aliens
5?
No Authoritative Comment On Canada’s Stand
Says Veteran Affairs Ministe
(From the Vancouver
ng for hi re-election to the fedora
f parliament, last Friday, Veterans A if airs Mi
lan
iIsckciu; e
| made a declaration that he would for alt his political life
| are allowed to remain in B.C., accord mg to the Vancouver Province.
It
on the qm tion of the Jap
Reviewing
s
By K
dians hit the bright
largest citv in the
the
on
zee reports.
The six Nisei Canadians, in the
unirerm of the Canadian Army, ail
of whom were originally evacuated
from
lumhia. and were iv
ducted at Toronto. Ont
mcer
Dave Wat
Loins
Flatly he declared
reite
ins shine: that he would not brook
the return cf the Nipponese to the
B.C. coast:. “If the Japs are in, Tin
out.”
>0ih from the I’nikd Nations Conference in
American law and Amcvieiii administration
49
When
n
■sc home
on May
■To. ncisco.
t ho
in ? de
un
ion
that we
ONE
the
o•'
in inurnment camps in
tales, un<tor the control
tment of justice, about
' whose loyalty was sus* were act ually guilty of
THE
tv
A great deal has been said lately in
th.B. C. about the Japanese issue, the
“If you vote t
Radio City and the t
latest instance being that of a Lib
teen. They attended
phy
in
this
cam
eral candidate who declared, “If the
t
01
’That is out of a total Japanese
for the comnei
’e American CommitJaps are in, I’m out.”
population
of 127 000
vrmy and the visited
The wisdom of the steps taken by gain sr your own service men/
fron
them mav
deported
imon where members
It may be*recalled that Mr. Mac
the government to settle the Japa
ar,
in
I
of
ork Buddhist church
kenzie made a simdar statement in
nese issue may be open to question,
be
non o
the customary■ practice in
June, 1944. when lie said he would
but the fact remains that definite
persons intomiod during
not continue for twenty-four hours
steps have been taken under a policy
in a recent s urvev of the
or
d the protection of their war.
of dispersing and resettling the Jap
to enjoy all other-funda- Tide
hh about
, party which would return Japanese
anese east of the Rockies.
rhts and freedoms . . . As one-third of the
there, 6000
to B. C.
According to the latest figures
hits and freedoms are de- in all, indicated they would like to
ir Missions
CCF
STAND DEFENDED
nied to some, the rights and freedoms return to .Tapan after the war.
available, 8,431 of the 23,902 JapaHONOLULU. T. H
Also speaking in Vancouver, Angus
of all are endangered.”
nese in Canada are already east of ।
i
‘‘Tule Like is where the more uni
the Rockies. Of the 15,471 remaining Maclnnis, M.P. defended the str nJ
; ruly among the evacuated. Japanese
FU NDA)IEN TA L FR EEDO M S
in B. C., approximately 10,830 have taken by the C.C.F. on the Japanese
It is not possible io obtain author were sent
a relocation
missions in itative comment here on the proposals official.
signed for repatriation (assuming question on May 25.
the Pacific
Jap'n. the
“Those who foment race hatred do
that 70% of the Be C. Japanese have
were
T! 0.000
evacuated
Star-Bulletin
reported
on
May
'
so
because
they
have
no
constructive
signed for repatriation as reported by
ill unnaturalized Japanese, living In from the west const area altogether,
The Japanese American was
the newspapers). This leaves. 4,641 : program to meet the needs of the
most of them going to eight reloca
with
the U. S. Fifth Air Force and
:
people
”
,
stated
Mr.
Maclnnis.
Japanese in B.C. who have not signed
This is not the peace conference, tion centres. Tule Lake got those who
has had more th'n a year’s active
for repatriation, and it is expected ; The C.C.F., he declared, is not prowhere eventually perhaps such ques felt they were pushed around and re
service in the Pacific.
that the greater part of this figure i Japanese but it is pro-human.
tions can be taken up. Delegates at sented it. I think probably a lot of
The Star-Bulletin reported that
Regirdless of what Hon. Ian Mac
them will give up any idea 'of going
would be moved’ east as soon as ac i
Higashi was such a good gunner tending this conference have been . back to Japan when the war is over.
kenzie,
Tom
Reid
and
other
Liberal
commodations and jobs are. found for
that he rode as the squadron com- scrupulously careful to avoid raising They are just a bit resentful at pre
them. The residue comprises the Jap ‘ candidates say, the government policy
mat'der’s chief engmoer and gun such questions here, where the task sent.”
anese issue over which so much con as announced by Prime Minister King
ner in the lead plane of Unit 1. is to build a world organization for ’
Since the beginning of this year the
cern is being expressed by certain last summer is substantially the same
Later he graduated from the old .the future.
j as that enunciated by the C.C.F. two
Japanese in the relocation centres
politicians.
But more than one man approach
ATS to the B-24 Liberators.
j years ago—dispersal of the Japanese
have been free to come back to the
MISFITS IN JAPAN
ed
for comment on the Japanese
On New Year’s Day. 1945, Sgt.
coastal areas.
Rev. C. H. Powles recently made a 1 now in Canada throughout the Domiquestion as it relates to Canada
Higashi participated in tact'cal
।
So far, onlv 2000 have come to
significant statement that the Cana : nion, declared Mr. Maclnnis.
and the United States referred to
assignments against Luzon and
iBRACKEN
FOR
EXCLUSION
i
California,
and
number to
dian Japanese would be misfits in
that clause in the new charter on
later, based at Clark Field, made
.
Oregon
and
Washington.
Speaking last week before a packed
Japan. Rev. Powles speaks with some i
the fundamental freedoms for all.
many other raids against the Jap
i There are two reasons—one is that
authority since he was born in Japan, i audience in Hotel Vancouver, Hon.
“We would be no more justified in
anese, one of which was over For
many of them have ’got fairly well
: John Bracken, Progressive Conservaand has lived there until he was 16.
sending law-abiding Japanese aliens established elsewhere; the other that
mosa.
A Nisei would face an almost in- : tive leader, reaffirmed the party’s
out of the countrv than we woukl bn they are rather fearful of encounter
e task of makmg social and stand that the Japanese would not
in sending law-abiding Italians or ing hostility on the coast—where the
economic. adjustments if he were to • permitted to live in British Columbia, Repatriation Impractical
German aliens/
one A n) o an Hearst press has for years been
pan, and it seems that this :
-----------------------official.
active in building up sentiment
REVELSTOKE B. C.—Attitude
deal instance is a cose of a
fact is not fully realized by Niseis:
A
“
We
place
no
im
against
them, and where, also there
ho went to Japan to fi’I a Russi: Great Britain and the UnTe
who may dream of a discrimination- ' Nisei
upon
th
e
movements
has
alway
been some economic presteward mi no r.ies prechuie"
id nosition. In his last letter
free ‘life in Japan. - It has been re
fact
than
of
the
other
m
sure
for
their
exclusion.
their
favoring
repatriation
of
Japan
ported that a form of social discrimi- before the Avar broke out he wrote:
Supreme
Court
j
of
(Please
Turn
to Page 8)
ese,
Colin
Cameron.
M.
L.
A.
fm
•gainst Niseis in Japan “I would rather be a common laborer
nation exist:
Alberni declared
public
in Canada than hold any position in
because of the differences between
Japan.
”
Japanese youth and a Nisei.
pinion wlun asked R Ue propose
) have Japanese returned to Jape
ere feasible.
ommand^i* AVanted Canadians .
^
1T® *
tw um
nn Jhwf
1:
io
: Wage Standard
OU VER. B. C
of Japanese ancestr
muizel by the
n
s^d
1o
understood that Lord Mount
Allied commander in SouthMa. asked Ottawa for C- na-?i after the success that Bri-
I
open
faro
h ov.
hr
rlmost
ion at
Fa
d tne J
stion to suit the temper
e in the area in
laving
on tk.e quos
am loons.
patriation Survey Criticized At
CALGARY/ Alta.—“Wo ar
rumple (Japanese Canadians) fl
acts is forthcoming. We think
iso-rtain the wishes of the Jar
: '.V:S in itself an act of intimidr
report
d
sm I
in
denounce
opr osed to any’
of these
anada, unless legal proof of disloyal
the sending of the Mounted Police to
with respect to deportation consti-
^ : No Kaslo Family Transfer
This Week
Ucry |
KASLO
er of
J riots
notice
about your subscription after
r emitting your renewal,
please disregard the postcard.
Saturday, dime -. 1945.
U; S. Will Not Expel Japanese Aliens
5?
No Authoritative Comment On Canada’s Stand
Says Veteran Affairs Ministe
(From the Vancouver
ng for hi re-election to the fedora
f parliament, last Friday, Veterans A if airs Mi
lan
iIsckciu; e
| made a declaration that he would for alt his political life
| are allowed to remain in B.C., accord mg to the Vancouver Province.
It
on the qm tion of the Jap
Reviewing
s
By K
dians hit the bright
largest citv in the
the
on
zee reports.
The six Nisei Canadians, in the
unirerm of the Canadian Army, ail
of whom were originally evacuated
from
lumhia. and were iv
ducted at Toronto. Ont
mcer
Dave Wat
Loins
Flatly he declared
reite
ins shine: that he would not brook
the return cf the Nipponese to the
B.C. coast:. “If the Japs are in, Tin
out.”
>0ih from the I’nikd Nations Conference in
American law and Amcvieiii administration
49
When
n
■sc home
on May
■To. ncisco.
t ho
in ? de
un
ion
that we
ONE
the
o•'
in inurnment camps in
tales, un<tor the control
tment of justice, about
' whose loyalty was sus* were act ually guilty of
THE
tv
A great deal has been said lately in
th.B. C. about the Japanese issue, the
“If you vote t
Radio City and the t
latest instance being that of a Lib
teen. They attended
phy
in
this
cam
eral candidate who declared, “If the
t
01
’That is out of a total Japanese
for the comnei
’e American CommitJaps are in, I’m out.”
population
of 127 000
vrmy and the visited
The wisdom of the steps taken by gain sr your own service men/
fron
them mav
deported
imon where members
It may be*recalled that Mr. Mac
the government to settle the Japa
ar,
in
I
of
ork Buddhist church
kenzie made a simdar statement in
nese issue may be open to question,
be
non o
the customary■ practice in
June, 1944. when lie said he would
but the fact remains that definite
persons intomiod during
not continue for twenty-four hours
steps have been taken under a policy
in a recent s urvev of the
or
d the protection of their war.
of dispersing and resettling the Jap
to enjoy all other-funda- Tide
hh about
, party which would return Japanese
anese east of the Rockies.
rhts and freedoms . . . As one-third of the
there, 6000
to B. C.
According to the latest figures
hits and freedoms are de- in all, indicated they would like to
ir Missions
CCF
STAND DEFENDED
nied to some, the rights and freedoms return to .Tapan after the war.
available, 8,431 of the 23,902 JapaHONOLULU. T. H
Also speaking in Vancouver, Angus
of all are endangered.”
nese in Canada are already east of ।
i
‘‘Tule Like is where the more uni
the Rockies. Of the 15,471 remaining Maclnnis, M.P. defended the str nJ
; ruly among the evacuated. Japanese
FU NDA)IEN TA L FR EEDO M S
in B. C., approximately 10,830 have taken by the C.C.F. on the Japanese
It is not possible io obtain author were sent
a relocation
missions in itative comment here on the proposals official.
signed for repatriation (assuming question on May 25.
the Pacific
Jap'n. the
“Those who foment race hatred do
that 70% of the Be C. Japanese have
were
T! 0.000
evacuated
Star-Bulletin
reported
on
May
'
so
because
they
have
no
constructive
signed for repatriation as reported by
ill unnaturalized Japanese, living In from the west const area altogether,
The Japanese American was
the newspapers). This leaves. 4,641 : program to meet the needs of the
most of them going to eight reloca
with
the U. S. Fifth Air Force and
:
people
”
,
stated
Mr.
Maclnnis.
Japanese in B.C. who have not signed
This is not the peace conference, tion centres. Tule Lake got those who
has had more th'n a year’s active
for repatriation, and it is expected ; The C.C.F., he declared, is not prowhere eventually perhaps such ques felt they were pushed around and re
service in the Pacific.
that the greater part of this figure i Japanese but it is pro-human.
tions can be taken up. Delegates at sented it. I think probably a lot of
The Star-Bulletin reported that
Regirdless of what Hon. Ian Mac
them will give up any idea 'of going
would be moved’ east as soon as ac i
Higashi was such a good gunner tending this conference have been . back to Japan when the war is over.
kenzie,
Tom
Reid
and
other
Liberal
commodations and jobs are. found for
that he rode as the squadron com- scrupulously careful to avoid raising They are just a bit resentful at pre
them. The residue comprises the Jap ‘ candidates say, the government policy
mat'der’s chief engmoer and gun such questions here, where the task sent.”
anese issue over which so much con as announced by Prime Minister King
ner in the lead plane of Unit 1. is to build a world organization for ’
Since the beginning of this year the
cern is being expressed by certain last summer is substantially the same
Later he graduated from the old .the future.
j as that enunciated by the C.C.F. two
Japanese in the relocation centres
politicians.
But more than one man approach
ATS to the B-24 Liberators.
j years ago—dispersal of the Japanese
have been free to come back to the
MISFITS IN JAPAN
ed
for comment on the Japanese
On New Year’s Day. 1945, Sgt.
coastal areas.
Rev. C. H. Powles recently made a 1 now in Canada throughout the Domiquestion as it relates to Canada
Higashi participated in tact'cal
।
So far, onlv 2000 have come to
significant statement that the Cana : nion, declared Mr. Maclnnis.
and the United States referred to
assignments against Luzon and
iBRACKEN
FOR
EXCLUSION
i
California,
and
number to
dian Japanese would be misfits in
that clause in the new charter on
later, based at Clark Field, made
.
Oregon
and
Washington.
Speaking last week before a packed
Japan. Rev. Powles speaks with some i
the fundamental freedoms for all.
many other raids against the Jap
i There are two reasons—one is that
authority since he was born in Japan, i audience in Hotel Vancouver, Hon.
“We would be no more justified in
anese, one of which was over For
many of them have ’got fairly well
: John Bracken, Progressive Conservaand has lived there until he was 16.
sending law-abiding Japanese aliens established elsewhere; the other that
mosa.
A Nisei would face an almost in- : tive leader, reaffirmed the party’s
out of the countrv than we woukl bn they are rather fearful of encounter
e task of makmg social and stand that the Japanese would not
in sending law-abiding Italians or ing hostility on the coast—where the
economic. adjustments if he were to • permitted to live in British Columbia, Repatriation Impractical
German aliens/
one A n) o an Hearst press has for years been
pan, and it seems that this :
-----------------------official.
active in building up sentiment
REVELSTOKE B. C.—Attitude
deal instance is a cose of a
fact is not fully realized by Niseis:
A
“
We
place
no
im
against
them, and where, also there
ho went to Japan to fi’I a Russi: Great Britain and the UnTe
who may dream of a discrimination- ' Nisei
upon
th
e
movements
has
alway
been some economic presteward mi no r.ies prechuie"
id nosition. In his last letter
free ‘life in Japan. - It has been re
fact
than
of
the
other
m
sure
for
their
exclusion.
their
favoring
repatriation
of
Japan
ported that a form of social discrimi- before the Avar broke out he wrote:
Supreme
Court
j
of
(Please
Turn
to Page 8)
ese,
Colin
Cameron.
M.
L.
A.
fm
•gainst Niseis in Japan “I would rather be a common laborer
nation exist:
Alberni declared
public
in Canada than hold any position in
because of the differences between
Japan.
”
Japanese youth and a Nisei.
pinion wlun asked R Ue propose
) have Japanese returned to Jape
ere feasible.
ommand^i* AVanted Canadians .
^
1T® *
tw um
nn Jhwf
1:
io
: Wage Standard
OU VER. B. C
of Japanese ancestr
muizel by the
n
s^d
1o
understood that Lord Mount
Allied commander in SouthMa. asked Ottawa for C- na-?i after the success that Bri-
I
open
faro
h ov.
hr
rlmost
ion at
Fa
d tne J
stion to suit the temper
e in the area in
laving
on tk.e quos
am loons.
patriation Survey Criticized At
CALGARY/ Alta.—“Wo ar
rumple (Japanese Canadians) fl
acts is forthcoming. We think
iso-rtain the wishes of the Jar
: '.V:S in itself an act of intimidr
report
d
sm I
in
denounce
opr osed to any’
of these
anada, unless legal proof of disloyal
the sending of the Mounted Police to
with respect to deportation consti-
^ : No Kaslo Family Transfer
This Week
Ucry |
KASLO
er of
J riots
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By B.S.T.
You don’t see mar
ces on Kaslo’s main
is so quiet outsidi
buzzing of
now.
the
ifiere has oeen a wsioie slow
down of evacuee movement c:
ware of late. Not that there wo
be anything appr
movement in any C2
wno nwe signified thei:
intentions have had to delay thei:
cue to ractors beveme
their control.
non
n
one quarter ox the
। thousand
In fay
movement seems to con
certain families are beim
to mo.e to one or the oth
c^mp*. And yet at this
ta
ne town held
Vimy Pa
a parade
a baseb: 1 game,
dance at the Drill
a night
more families will be br-tight iX
o make
c u
Canada tviH
to the polls in an im1 the merry-mal
things difficult. In the agricultural
Krslo, rumours w-hich seem m v
twtht^^^
the shou.!<le«
the men elected at
fe“ ap~ ^PPed and stamped
areas of southern Ontairo, for inreasonably well-founded. Wha” k
into the night.
stance
tk thr ^
,1 ;m>onsl At'’ <>f guiding this counthe meaning of all this, all of
the set
town is full of rumors,
on to start werkinonew oromised ?ct-Ai<-”
- ,u,°uon £l critical time in history.
to a centre
Some profess to know what the
and it g’ees without saying that
that was slated to close as for
Comm sion is trying to do, but
Pr<)b!cni Ibnl- confront this country todav
not all families are mitable for
the evacuees were concerned"’*
the
say that their sources of in
»"rta“ !lfttBi,e "ar ’“I m"”e*<’”s a>’<l vitallv imAns type of work. It is reported
While announcements of official
formation -re unofficial. Some sav
matan evacuee family who left
policy are lacking, we car at
• taut .Here is tne nnineeiate problem of earrvino- on
more families will be brought into
for this area has been held up
conjecture. It is noted that fam
the war to ds conclusion. an(l ueither sectiona|
vas.o. Tne repat families aren’t
when it was found that there was
ilies being reassigned to other
certain where they would be moved
only one able hand in the whole
' IiUISt >e allo''«l to weaken the nation’s war
camps are repatriate families. aM
to One family was told to move,
.family.
therefore it is possible that' new
anf ?Lei' the bagg^e was sent
Mwivals will be non-repatriate:
in the industrial areas, jobs are
Following' the Mar will come the problems of reconIn
out, they were told to remain after
that
case, it is possible that
plentiful
but
the.
housing
problem
verting- from a
ah. Everybody wants to know
tam camps will be designated for
Maitime to a peacetime economy of re
hvs become so acute that it be
wna.;.
the Commission policy is, but
habilitating the returned men, of building a prosperous
the
lepatriates, and others to serve
came unwise to send them unless
the local supervisor, Mr. Moryson,
as
true
relocation centres It hasociety in which
the accommodations were avail
denies all knowledge and most
for which C
P^P^ may enjoy the freedom
oeen _ noted that the number re
able. In fact, as an emergency de
people believe him.
^ld\Can^
\vcs have been sacrificed.
questing
repatriation has been tre
cree certain areas are declared
In the mean time Kaslo has set
bordek°\>inna^
problems confined
confined to
to within
within her
her
mendous,
numbering , thousands
prosed, not only to ’he evacuees
up a Tourist Bureau office and is
more
than
originally estimated,
bu
to all general population.
" Canada. as an influential member of the United
getting re?dy for the visitors
there
will
be
some shuffling of
Added to these is the certain vol
Nations, must play an ’
united
POLITICAL MEETING
important part in reshaping the
population.
As
it appears now,
untary restraining measure exer
The candidates for the coming
a world
Tashme
(now
housing
many in
cised by placement officers in try
— Jn Mhich wars will not
n
election make their bows in Kaslo.
ternee families.) and the Slocan
ing to avoid undue concerJration
fe‘rfj"|"C5 l’’e
°f smaller nati<>ns and of minor
ast night it was Mr. Herridfe’s
valley
will
become
repatriate
of
evacuees
in
partiemar
areas,
or
turn.
°
in deference to exm-essbim of bcm
camps.
And
Kaslo
and
New
Den
When I went to the Drill Hall,
B mect these problems, Canada needs, more than
antagonism.
Ada
ah these up and
ver
will
serve
as
reception
and
re
tour or five persons were standing
at anytime in her history, men with broad visions
location
centre
for
non-repatriates
we have a difficult problem, a bm
outside. The doors were opened at
tieneck
in the situation which only
whose movements thence will be
five to eight.
subject to the easing of eastern
an
easing
of
housing
situation
in
A few minutes, before eight Mr.
situations.
the
urban
areas
and
a
new
season
Herndge rode up in his grey Chev
Howard Green, Progressive Conservative spell
While all this is strictly unoffiin the agricultural district can
rolet coupe with a man in shift
solve
to
any
appreciable
extent.
“
a1
’ there is no doubt that some
ing m Vancouver on May 16. declared:
’ 1
sleeves.
thing is in the offing. In Buy case
The above is believed to be one
We were standing around outhave WSh"w'S anArrays has been that we won’t
there
will be announcements for
?
reasons which has led to
«v e, and Mr. Herridge said hello
aAC Japs m this province.
thcoming,
and until then the situ
the delay in closure of Kaslo as
to us. He’s a good mixer. I saw
ation
cannot
be called clear
mm shaking hands with the men
pa nose dur ig his camstanding outside, and he addressed
>peccn m New Westminister, said:
some, of them by names. After Mr.
assimilate them? Can anv
be a
Herridge went inside the men
”w’ , "n co‘”'ti-ies at the same time?
'
‘
started to gossip.
‘ How are the cherries this
'' h „ bct,er not
soft-hearted this Hu e ”
Concerning the Government orevident just how far it is willing
ymr .
one man was asking in a
aer iSSUed to British Columbia
sociable sort of way. “Well, some
to
go in assisting the re-establish
Japanese on March 42. 1945 An
^ Of the m™s Affairs
■ '
trees is good and some trees is
ment of evacuees who act upon tMe
excerpt from “What About the
pretty light.*’ said the other man
Government order to migrate east
May 2Mh7H’‘
rC'deCt'°n
Vancouver on
Japanese Canadians” published
gravely. “How is yours?” said the
ward.
Would they be relieved of
oy Howard Norman and The
nrst man addressing a third. “Not
present
restrictions upon the pur
..onsultative Council.
It was on the question of the Japans
bad. I think wehl have a prettv
chase or lease of real property
heavy crop this year as far as my
necessary for economic security
tiofHILE 7HE 0RDBR h *tiees
go,
he replied. Someone
and the
establishment of perman
u.l e&Laoiisnmert
lUtly he declared, in reiterating his stand that
i TX “f Se,£” Parts, it®
ventured an opinion that the bees
ent homes ? Wes there any guar
P 1 "J’5 'eatUres aro embodied
fc lVm!(' 1101 t'1''’ k tIu? return of (he Nipponese fn uh
and the humming birds weren’t as
antee that this second evacuation
in the three extracts here followbusy as they should have been
would be the last?
Another man stood up for the’bees
It IS regrettable that at a time like the present men
The terms of the proclamation
win
• Ulf°rn^ “thosc
and the humming birds
and
the. circumstances attending
?
e
re
:
to
Japan
^at
a Xpd
f'"1"'" °f Canncln cannot
^ove such
About forty persons trooped in
registration
reduced to despair not
£turn °"
611
f°r their
to the hall including six women and
ma l b
5
fn'P “Weasemenf. It is regrettable that
only the older people — mostly
a little girl.
“^l*™^
Ton. Heid and Ian Mackenzie
Japanese nationals—but many of
(2) “Japanese-Canadians
who
The chairman said a few words
-he younger Japanese Canadians
want to remain in Canada should
c men of so little vision.
which didn’t mean much, and in
as well. The experiences of the last
the^lves east
troduced Mr. Herridge. Mr. Her
. ree. years have left painful im
J
5°
R
°
ckles
as
the
best
evidence
ridge is a candidate for
pressions
of a Canada that seems
utk I
I'"5™8 t0 "-operate
_
People s C.C.F.” bec-use he had
intent upon denying tn them an op
vqth
the
Government
policy
01
been , expelled from .the C.C.F. Mr.
portunity to attain things so supredispersal.”
‘
(Prom the Ottawa Journal. May 17, 1945)
_ Herndge explained how he had
^ ^ important to youth: equal
“Faikye to accept employo one will accuse John Bracken of ta! kin o’ fror* - been expelled, and 1 think evervchances in the educational field, a
t
east
of
the
Rockies
mav
be
both sales of the mouth at the same time. In Cktawa on _ body was understanding and symgood job, fellowship, hopes for the
regarded at a later date as Bek
_ patbetic. Mr. Herridge is a rapid
future,
the establishment of real
Gov^’0^^1™ With the Canadian
speaker who rises on his toes and
sectionalism’’ must
homes. These unfortunate young
Government in carrying out its
ended, and M*ent; on to sav:
_ nods his head to emphasize his
people think in terms of the past
policy of dispersal.”
_ points, and he wanted to’ emphaHigh officials have stated tint
le® ^ears- They are embittered
— j^e a great many points. He
these provisions do not necessarily
or sick at heart, and inclined to
i Canadian sharing equally the rights and obli- — talked about the C.C.F. policies
welcome transfer to Japan as at
imply a compulsory exodus of ail
— a . in^ernadonal cooperation on a
eitizenship both in peace and war . . . ."
least providing a. changer
?ei^o?s. af JaPanese stock residing
fiiendly basis with Russia. He said
m
British
Columbia,
but
the
offT
,
Moreover, parents who decided
- that three times. He said a lot of
«al bulletins have i’„
L° TX • H i0 Japan ^ turallv want
other things too, but I had a very
been interpreted jn some such
ed
their young people to go with
uard time staying awake, so I was
such
e-nm a^. po God sake go back
uem. As might be expected, pres
glad
when
the
collection
time
fell them the nation will
to Japan—or else!”
sure, ranging all the way from the
aame; and we sang “God Save the
The
certainty
of
continued
job
appeal
based on familv ties, to
King -' and came out.
browbeating,
scolding and nagging
01 government support for the imBUCHENWALD
mediate
future
if
they
signed
i- S een brought to bear upon the
the other night when I went to
up
we
:how
xor
return
to
Japan
was
no
younger
folk who wished to
f
ho wed
consideration in the case of ’UiHe
mmn in Canada. It i,s not surpr.s
om them no more
- German concentration camo at
aged men who have alre^v'b^
mg that in these circumstance
either in petice or war
Buchenwald. They showed hun^
uprooted and have seen the
many
of the young people ha
-et
corpse
that it
t as much."
signed
up to go to a land th
shriveled and tw ted corpse,
o. years of hbmr van’sh
most
of
them havo never even se
many of them were
human t
bewildered
;
mid
in
which
howed corpse
they will again fir
mal verbim e oz
emselve lO be tcreigners*
on
,1
rude
stretche
ot
lion. Jolin Bi
meats. Mm
I n thi pamphlet th
i A ictoria luncheon
mb;
has
snowe.
audience here
avoided
w6? anxieties associate ’ -"1-1, xv
211 party- pm
"•Wks in
ever. at the present
abruption of families,
nd
staeke;
from the province
^inty and inadequacy
wartime pa nons
ant
when the
the
a
11
mg'r it they went ।
election Provides
our.
kies arc not prepared
ri Um
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e partI5an psaes out of mattnev
4
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perhaps inevitable that the
remain
cf
ou:
's
ana the people s
idren in the
government orders will be emplcwquoted
With a sigh to watch
a ^or election purpose^
Vot^’
The Advenhire; of Tom Sawyer.”
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Kaslo, B. C.
An Independent Week! Organ Public
as ; Medium o.
Expression Among the People of Japanese O
n in Canada
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Editor & Publisher
lakaichi Umezaki
Japanese Section Editor
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By B.S.T.
You don’t see mar
ces on Kaslo’s main
is so quiet outsidi
buzzing of
now.
the
ifiere has oeen a wsioie slow
down of evacuee movement c:
ware of late. Not that there wo
be anything appr
movement in any C2
wno nwe signified thei:
intentions have had to delay thei:
cue to ractors beveme
their control.
non
n
one quarter ox the
। thousand
In fay
movement seems to con
certain families are beim
to mo.e to one or the oth
c^mp*. And yet at this
ta
ne town held
Vimy Pa
a parade
a baseb: 1 game,
dance at the Drill
a night
more families will be br-tight iX
o make
c u
Canada tviH
to the polls in an im1 the merry-mal
things difficult. In the agricultural
Krslo, rumours w-hich seem m v
twtht^^^
the shou.!<le«
the men elected at
fe“ ap~ ^PPed and stamped
areas of southern Ontairo, for inreasonably well-founded. Wha” k
into the night.
stance
tk thr ^
,1 ;m>onsl At'’ <>f guiding this counthe meaning of all this, all of
the set
town is full of rumors,
on to start werkinonew oromised ?ct-Ai<-”
- ,u,°uon £l critical time in history.
to a centre
Some profess to know what the
and it g’ees without saying that
that was slated to close as for
Comm sion is trying to do, but
Pr<)b!cni Ibnl- confront this country todav
not all families are mitable for
the evacuees were concerned"’*
the
say that their sources of in
»"rta“ !lfttBi,e "ar ’“I m"”e*<’”s a>’<l vitallv imAns type of work. It is reported
While announcements of official
formation -re unofficial. Some sav
matan evacuee family who left
policy are lacking, we car at
• taut .Here is tne nnineeiate problem of earrvino- on
more families will be brought into
for this area has been held up
conjecture. It is noted that fam
the war to ds conclusion. an(l ueither sectiona|
vas.o. Tne repat families aren’t
when it was found that there was
ilies being reassigned to other
certain where they would be moved
only one able hand in the whole
' IiUISt >e allo''«l to weaken the nation’s war
camps are repatriate families. aM
to One family was told to move,
.family.
therefore it is possible that' new
anf ?Lei' the bagg^e was sent
Mwivals will be non-repatriate:
in the industrial areas, jobs are
Following' the Mar will come the problems of reconIn
out, they were told to remain after
that
case, it is possible that
plentiful
but
the.
housing
problem
verting- from a
ah. Everybody wants to know
tam camps will be designated for
Maitime to a peacetime economy of re
hvs become so acute that it be
wna.;.
the Commission policy is, but
habilitating the returned men, of building a prosperous
the
lepatriates, and others to serve
came unwise to send them unless
the local supervisor, Mr. Moryson,
as
true
relocation centres It hasociety in which
the accommodations were avail
denies all knowledge and most
for which C
P^P^ may enjoy the freedom
oeen _ noted that the number re
able. In fact, as an emergency de
people believe him.
^ld\Can^
\vcs have been sacrificed.
questing
repatriation has been tre
cree certain areas are declared
In the mean time Kaslo has set
bordek°\>inna^
problems confined
confined to
to within
within her
her
mendous,
numbering , thousands
prosed, not only to ’he evacuees
up a Tourist Bureau office and is
more
than
originally estimated,
bu
to all general population.
" Canada. as an influential member of the United
getting re?dy for the visitors
there
will
be
some shuffling of
Added to these is the certain vol
Nations, must play an ’
united
POLITICAL MEETING
important part in reshaping the
population.
As
it appears now,
untary restraining measure exer
The candidates for the coming
a world
Tashme
(now
housing
many in
cised by placement officers in try
— Jn Mhich wars will not
n
election make their bows in Kaslo.
ternee families.) and the Slocan
ing to avoid undue concerJration
fe‘rfj"|"C5 l’’e
°f smaller nati<>ns and of minor
ast night it was Mr. Herridfe’s
valley
will
become
repatriate
of
evacuees
in
partiemar
areas,
or
turn.
°
in deference to exm-essbim of bcm
camps.
And
Kaslo
and
New
Den
When I went to the Drill Hall,
B mect these problems, Canada needs, more than
antagonism.
Ada
ah these up and
ver
will
serve
as
reception
and
re
tour or five persons were standing
at anytime in her history, men with broad visions
location
centre
for
non-repatriates
we have a difficult problem, a bm
outside. The doors were opened at
tieneck
in the situation which only
whose movements thence will be
five to eight.
subject to the easing of eastern
an
easing
of
housing
situation
in
A few minutes, before eight Mr.
situations.
the
urban
areas
and
a
new
season
Herndge rode up in his grey Chev
Howard Green, Progressive Conservative spell
While all this is strictly unoffiin the agricultural district can
rolet coupe with a man in shift
solve
to
any
appreciable
extent.
“
a1
’ there is no doubt that some
ing m Vancouver on May 16. declared:
’ 1
sleeves.
thing is in the offing. In Buy case
The above is believed to be one
We were standing around outhave WSh"w'S anArrays has been that we won’t
there
will be announcements for
?
reasons which has led to
«v e, and Mr. Herridge said hello
aAC Japs m this province.
thcoming,
and until then the situ
the delay in closure of Kaslo as
to us. He’s a good mixer. I saw
ation
cannot
be called clear
mm shaking hands with the men
pa nose dur ig his camstanding outside, and he addressed
>peccn m New Westminister, said:
some, of them by names. After Mr.
assimilate them? Can anv
be a
Herridge went inside the men
”w’ , "n co‘”'ti-ies at the same time?
'
‘
started to gossip.
‘ How are the cherries this
'' h „ bct,er not
soft-hearted this Hu e ”
Concerning the Government orevident just how far it is willing
ymr .
one man was asking in a
aer iSSUed to British Columbia
sociable sort of way. “Well, some
to
go in assisting the re-establish
Japanese on March 42. 1945 An
^ Of the m™s Affairs
■ '
trees is good and some trees is
ment of evacuees who act upon tMe
excerpt from “What About the
pretty light.*’ said the other man
Government order to migrate east
May 2Mh7H’‘
rC'deCt'°n
Vancouver on
Japanese Canadians” published
gravely. “How is yours?” said the
ward.
Would they be relieved of
oy Howard Norman and The
nrst man addressing a third. “Not
present
restrictions upon the pur
..onsultative Council.
It was on the question of the Japans
bad. I think wehl have a prettv
chase or lease of real property
heavy crop this year as far as my
necessary for economic security
tiofHILE 7HE 0RDBR h *tiees
go,
he replied. Someone
and the
establishment of perman
u.l e&Laoiisnmert
lUtly he declared, in reiterating his stand that
i TX “f Se,£” Parts, it®
ventured an opinion that the bees
ent homes ? Wes there any guar
P 1 "J’5 'eatUres aro embodied
fc lVm!(' 1101 t'1''’ k tIu? return of (he Nipponese fn uh
and the humming birds weren’t as
antee that this second evacuation
in the three extracts here followbusy as they should have been
would be the last?
Another man stood up for the’bees
It IS regrettable that at a time like the present men
The terms of the proclamation
win
• Ulf°rn^ “thosc
and the humming birds
and
the. circumstances attending
?
e
re
:
to
Japan
^at
a Xpd
f'"1"'" °f Canncln cannot
^ove such
About forty persons trooped in
registration
reduced to despair not
£turn °"
611
f°r their
to the hall including six women and
ma l b
5
fn'P “Weasemenf. It is regrettable that
only the older people — mostly
a little girl.
“^l*™^
Ton. Heid and Ian Mackenzie
Japanese nationals—but many of
(2) “Japanese-Canadians
who
The chairman said a few words
-he younger Japanese Canadians
want to remain in Canada should
c men of so little vision.
which didn’t mean much, and in
as well. The experiences of the last
the^lves east
troduced Mr. Herridge. Mr. Her
. ree. years have left painful im
J
5°
R
°
ckles
as
the
best
evidence
ridge is a candidate for
pressions
of a Canada that seems
utk I
I'"5™8 t0 "-operate
_
People s C.C.F.” bec-use he had
intent upon denying tn them an op
vqth
the
Government
policy
01
been , expelled from .the C.C.F. Mr.
portunity to attain things so supredispersal.”
‘
(Prom the Ottawa Journal. May 17, 1945)
_ Herndge explained how he had
^ ^ important to youth: equal
“Faikye to accept employo one will accuse John Bracken of ta! kin o’ fror* - been expelled, and 1 think evervchances in the educational field, a
t
east
of
the
Rockies
mav
be
both sales of the mouth at the same time. In Cktawa on _ body was understanding and symgood job, fellowship, hopes for the
regarded at a later date as Bek
_ patbetic. Mr. Herridge is a rapid
future,
the establishment of real
Gov^’0^^1™ With the Canadian
speaker who rises on his toes and
sectionalism’’ must
homes. These unfortunate young
Government in carrying out its
ended, and M*ent; on to sav:
_ nods his head to emphasize his
people think in terms of the past
policy of dispersal.”
_ points, and he wanted to’ emphaHigh officials have stated tint
le® ^ears- They are embittered
— j^e a great many points. He
these provisions do not necessarily
or sick at heart, and inclined to
i Canadian sharing equally the rights and obli- — talked about the C.C.F. policies
welcome transfer to Japan as at
imply a compulsory exodus of ail
— a . in^ernadonal cooperation on a
eitizenship both in peace and war . . . ."
least providing a. changer
?ei^o?s. af JaPanese stock residing
fiiendly basis with Russia. He said
m
British
Columbia,
but
the
offT
,
Moreover, parents who decided
- that three times. He said a lot of
«al bulletins have i’„
L° TX • H i0 Japan ^ turallv want
other things too, but I had a very
been interpreted jn some such
ed
their young people to go with
uard time staying awake, so I was
such
e-nm a^. po God sake go back
uem. As might be expected, pres
glad
when
the
collection
time
fell them the nation will
to Japan—or else!”
sure, ranging all the way from the
aame; and we sang “God Save the
The
certainty
of
continued
job
appeal
based on familv ties, to
King -' and came out.
browbeating,
scolding and nagging
01 government support for the imBUCHENWALD
mediate
future
if
they
signed
i- S een brought to bear upon the
the other night when I went to
up
we
:how
xor
return
to
Japan
was
no
younger
folk who wished to
f
ho wed
consideration in the case of ’UiHe
mmn in Canada. It i,s not surpr.s
om them no more
- German concentration camo at
aged men who have alre^v'b^
mg that in these circumstance
either in petice or war
Buchenwald. They showed hun^
uprooted and have seen the
many
of the young people ha
-et
corpse
that it
t as much."
signed
up to go to a land th
shriveled and tw ted corpse,
o. years of hbmr van’sh
most
of
them havo never even se
many of them were
human t
bewildered
;
mid
in
which
howed corpse
they will again fir
mal verbim e oz
emselve lO be tcreigners*
on
,1
rude
stretche
ot
lion. Jolin Bi
meats. Mm
I n thi pamphlet th
i A ictoria luncheon
mb;
has
snowe.
audience here
avoided
w6? anxieties associate ’ -"1-1, xv
211 party- pm
"•Wks in
ever. at the present
abruption of families,
nd
staeke;
from the province
^inty and inadequacy
wartime pa nons
ant
when the
the
a
11
mg'r it they went ।
election Provides
our.
kies arc not prepared
ri Um
f- .tre of the Goverr
l?
e partI5an psaes out of mattnev
4
o make
.1
sbk"
i
j
’
Poo
which
good
citizens
I
loci
1
imr t
fx jfG srand shoulder to shoulder,
Id ladv
;.e
of
y
perhaps inevitable that the
remain
cf
ou:
's
ana the people s
idren in the
government orders will be emplcwquoted
With a sigh to watch
a ^or election purpose^
Vot^’
The Advenhire; of Tom Sawyer.”
nat, all orientals, and narTf(I lease turn to Page 7)
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r
EDI 1
•li
nwe
sion League
edicat
P~
:ie
ridding
iient in tire four-page paper were:
“ Quotes lifted from
axements by General ox tne
Army MacArthur (“The Japanese
have proved that they are barbad
ians” and from Fleet Admiral
Halsey (“Japs are not fit to live
in a civilized world!”)
II An editorial titled “For the
Love of Mike, Whose DemocracyIs This?” castigating the Jap
lovers, in and out of public life.”
wno termed anti-Jap sentiments
“Hitlerism.”
H A lead article warning that
the government planned to “dump”
2o,000 evacuees on the West Coast
this year.
A signed article by- 83-year-old
Walter M. Pierce, ex-governor of
Oregon and former congressman,
declaring that all Japanese here,
American-born or not, “must go
back to the land from which they
came.... must leave this land to
those who pioneered it.”
Even as copies of the League
*
*
*
v as
pa: on
In the n
fornia al
now
miuation
against the
rum
fixteen shoo
as. one
tempted dvi
three a on
caret, and five threatening visits.
With these statistics came a
blast from Secretary of the Inter
ior Harold L. Ickes. At his pun
gent best, Ickes asserted that the
lack of vigorous local law enforce
ment” had given rise to a “pattern
of planned terrorism by hoodlums
.... determined to employ Nazi
Storm
Trooper
tactics.”
He
warned: “They will not be able to
establish an economic beachhead
on the property- of the evacuees
.... Nisei sons are fighting the
Japanese enemy- in the Philippines,
at Okinawa.', and in other Pacific
combat areas. They- are far more
in the American tradition than the
race baiters fighting a private war
safely- at home.”
tart
Wu
.w:i
'WlCl
e
i in
put the sash of
x0
more J1irouim their necks,
diile
nis put them where
ed that the four were not
It was funny. I'd
a tug, soft cool cushion and with a
taking a stroll in the moo.nl
on you irv it. Hut
uish of jelly, b'nana ice cream.
incidentally it was jus; p3S<
then, you w had experience. You
o of pop in my tummy.
a
moon, a little piece
played in a play last spring taking
off the edge—bur because <
the part of a. woman in the skit
tnat would happen tonight I
the four had a bad case of
“Wrong Baby.” Remember?
'he older people are happy tonight,
I SAW THE MAY QUEEN
and there 's a- dance on at the Drill
The afternoon began at 1:15
It was past midnight when the
Hall and the moon (nearly full
with the May Queen procession
four trouped out in the ir varied
now and awfully romantic-looking)
from the Drill Hall to Vimy- Pars.
regalia ^ ay down the far end of
is so pretty up there, with the air
The
floats were beautifully decor
the park at the pavilion the local
smelling like perfume because the
ated.
There were four of them. On
occidental citizens were having' a
lilac bush and the apple tree in
the
first,
was the orchestra: on the
dance p-rty.
front oi the window are in full
second the May Queen and he atThrough the windows, the dan
bloom, what do you think I spied?
tendants: and on the thin! ana
(That was a long sentence, wasn't
cers could be seen as they flitted
fourth, the dancers. Preceeding
^y up and down the length of the
it ; Everytime I’m excited or “un
them were the decorated bicycles.
hall. Curiosity' got the "better of
der stress of emotion” as mother
I didn’t know that it was possible
the four and they all went to take
puts it, I get that way. All my
to make the bicycles look as pretty
a closer look.
words
and thoughts come jumbled
as they did with red, white and
*
up and I don’t know where to stup
blue streamers and crepe paper.
The moon was streaming through
or anything. When you return
Terroris:
Used to Discourage Returns
the leafy boughs of the trees. The
The stage for the Queen was
maybe you could give mg lessons
moon and the music must have
elected
at the end of the field next
California, Here I Come: The
in journalism, could vou ? Please?)
was for five years.
taken eflect because suddenly the
to
your
house. The Queen was
transcontinental verbal pyrotech
THEY LOOKED SO NICE
one in the maroon sweater let out
really
beautiful
and looked regal
The
war
of
words
has
gone
hand
nics served to let the nation at
Getting back to the question,
a war whoop and nimbly
in her flowing’ white gown and veil.
in
hand
with
a
war
of
violence
large in on what was already no
what do you think I spied ? I saw
skipping around frantically wav
The cutest little girl held her train.
with Nisei Army- veterans included
first of all your handsome linosecret to Pacific Coast residents
ing
his
arms
and
yippeeing
as
he
The dancers in white blouses and
among the victims: oral, tele
typist 'and the man with lots of
and resettlement officials: West
went.
pretty crepe paper skirts did the
phoned, and written threats of
hair and horn-rimmed glasses go
ern tempers over the Japanese
Maypole Dance and four numbers,
death, rocks thrown through win
The music stopped. All was
home, whistling- and s’ng’ng. Then
American problem show no signs
taught by the local high school
dows, shots fired into homes, ranch
quiet.
shortly afterwards I saw two
of cooling, despite a strenuous
teachers. They looked like wood
buildings
burned,
Jap
tombstones
more of you- office men go down
AV R A campaign stressing the
Suddenly- the wurlitzer in the
land sprites or flowers tripping on
overturned,
“
No
Japs
Wanted
”
the street. The younger man was
proven loyalty- of most evacuees
hall started up again with “I’ll be
the green velvety- grass.
signs
posted
on
roads,
as
well
as
your
news editor with the pretty
and their legal right to return to
loving you always . . . .”
The Nelson vs. Kaslo b-sebdl
“'We Love Japs Here” signs placed
smile and the other was the man
the. homes from which the Army
A
glowing
cigarette
twirled
and
game was something to see. They
on homes of whites employing Jap
who once wore -a* brown suit and a
uprooted them after Pearl Harbor.
arced gracefully- in the dark as the
were all such good sports, too.
anese. The worst case of violence
pink
in Parliamen in a
Since Jan. 3, the date the Armysports coat clad one dreamily- be
Pitcher
Casey- was in fair form to
was the firing and attempted
big city out East somewhere. They
reopened the West Coast to evac
gan waltzing and pi rotting on the
day.
and
struck out many. Lloyd
dynamiting of the home of Sumio
, looked kind of dreamy-. I re -d books
grass.
uees, WRA officials have released
made
a
swell
catcher. The girls
Doi in Newcastle, Calif. Two sol
quite a lot you know, so from the
from relocation centres 40,568 of
While leaning on the trees
thought
that
Nelson
3rd baseman
diers and a bartender were tried
look in their eyes I gathered theythe 110,000 Japanese originally- re
watching, the other two in plaid
was
the
cutest
fellow
with curly
on charges of illegal use of explo
had dates or something. So I said
moved from the coast, as well as
hair.
We
won,
by
the
way,
9-0.
jacket, and bathrobe sang the resives and arson .but were freed
to myself: Mr. Shoyama’s not
an additional 3,000 who went into
frain
“
with
a
heart
so
true
.
.
.
.
”
after a plea by- the defense that
The. tug-of-war ended the sports
going to get any report on the
the Army. But of those released, a
“this is a white man's country.” A
-And they drifted back toward
at Vimy- Park. The men just
Sports Day- today from anv of
mere 3.500 have ventured to re
fourth man is awaiting trial.
their home again.
heaved, while we groaned and' yellthem, so I’m going to write a, lettrace their steps to the West—
ed
and coaxed and nearly stangled
ter
to
tell
him
all
about
it.
Halfway- across the park, the
None of the Japanese has yet
and for good reason:
ourselves
and everyone else.
Everybody looked so nice today.
maroon sweatered one suddenlysuffered 'actual physical injury —
Numerous California groups —
The teachers of both the Kaslo and
The whole thing was just grand
seemed to go mad again. “I’m a
proof, in WRA eyes, that terroism
with varying degrees of popular
today. It was the best twentvKootenay Lake Schools and some
fairy,” he shouted, as he pirouetted
is
the
main
goal
of
the
anti-.Tap
influence—are stepping up psycho
other local notables were in charge.
fourth sports day I have ever atand pranced waif-like over the
forces. Local law enforcement, eslogical warfare against returning
Mr.
MacPhee
yelled
through
Hs
grass.
tended.
Now, aren’t vou sorry- you
pecially in rural areas, has been
Japanese: the Americans League
didn
’
t
come
hack to see it ?
huge,
red
megaphone
of
his
tint
’
s
It
lax. But pending complete break
The sports-coated one lifted his
(whose letterhead lists prominent
big
enough
to
jump
into.
The
girls
would
have
been
well
worth
the
down of the civil authority-, neither
face to the Mmost-full-moon and
produce merchants and florists),
while.
had pretty- summer dresses on and
howled.
the Army- nor the Federal Bureau
the Americanism Educational Lea
the boys st first looked nice with
Tt
’s pretty dark outside now
its
now, and
of Investigation can step in ana
The magic of the moon seemed
gue, the State Preservation Lea
their
hair brushed up, and some
the
moon
is
as
prettyand
mysterthe WRA has no police power.
to wear off. The four wearily went
gue, the Sons and Daughters of
with a nice big wave of pomp up
ious-looking
.
as
could
be.
Oh. oh,
back into the house.
Subtler factors have also barred
the Golden West, and certain
front and new pants and shirts.
so I was right after all. Your boys
the way to returning Japanese: re
American Legion pests. Oregon,
How do I know about this?
Some of the ladies had hats on
are all slicked up and going places.
fusal of white stores to sell to
with a smaller problem (only- 200
Well, I was one of them. And why
which didn’t help to shade them at
I can see them coming up the
them, boycotts of their produce,
out of 4,000 Japs have returned),
all.
did the maroon sweatered one act
boulevard. I hope you are going
inability- to obtain farm imple
is represented by- the Japanese
the way he did? I think he was
I nearly- split my side laugh:ng
places tonight too.
ments, and refusal of employ
Exclusion League — initiation fee
born that way, and working with us
when watching the Boys’ Dress-up
Come back soon and tell us all
ment. Some came back to find they
$10, monthly dues $1. The league
just made things worse. And whyRace. At the other end of the field
about your trip.
had been robbed by- presumed
president, Dale Bergh, a Damascus
difl the sports-coated one bay at the
were pieced shopping bags wi‘h
—Kasko
friends
to whom thev had enfarmer, is currently the object of
moon? He was frustrated and had
trusted furniture, automobiles and
an eviction suit by- a returning
nothing better to do. And why- did
DEMOCRACY MEANS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
other property-.
The
economic
Japanese_w-ho leased his house to
the third one just wear pajamas
the
WRA
believes,
is
motive,
Bergh and has not been able to get
with a bathrobe thrown over them ?
(Excerpts from the.letter to the
garding the former I prefer the
largely behind the anti-Jap drive.
back on the ground that the lease
He was already in bed when we
editor of the Nelson Daily- News,
ancient academic definition: “Dedecided to go out and he w:s in a
May 17, 1945.)
mocracy—Government of the majhurry. And me ? I just tagged
ority, with a respect for the minArising cut of the recent meetalong to keep them company and
ority, with liberty justice and
ing of the Nelson Board of Trade,
to
admire
the
moon
....
equal opportunity; for all.”
trackwalkers objected to working
that they- endorse political leaders'
Still in relocation camps are
with Japanese.
requests that Japanese leave B.C.,
some 70,000 evacuees scheduled to
REV. W. .1. SIL VER WOOD
I
would
like
to
pass
on
a
comment
Nelson.
B. C.
be resettled by- next Jan. 1, the
West Coast the
Even on
REPATRIATION
which
is
relative
to
this
discussion.
date the WRA will close up shop.
RA sees hope for an eventual
The following is the resolution
Many are children sitting out the
(Continued from Page 2)
betterment of the Japanese lot in
of
the Vancouver Branch of the
end of the school year or old
the strength of such organizations
cularly
the
Japanese
Canadians,
League
of 1
Socety—repeople awaiting the arrival of oldas the Pacific Coast Committee on
will
rejoice
in
the
fact
that
a
veryleased
by
the
1 Executive
age assistance. Not a few, how
can Principles and
Fair
nese Americans who have left the
considerable
number
of
these
Jap
of
the
Societyws in part:
ever, have followed a policy of
Play- rhe Friends of the .American
ten relocation centres in the Uni
anese Canadians are choosing de
watchful waiting, remaining ror
numerous church groups.
Wav
ted States since the exclusion ban
portation
to
Japan;
other
citizens,
Canadian citizens?,
reports on conditions outsr T1’O
11
Less noticed Mor
was
lifted, 2353 have returned to
who are concerned t’ at public pol
lously protected. 1
our Domi
those who' have sallied fort
tales of violence
the
west coast, the Associated
icy
should
accord
with
the
tradi
nion has recognize;
The bulk of the release-t e
Press
reported May 28. The East
tional
principles
of
“
British
Justit
uees—about 44,000—have a vo
ighbors. ox towns refusing
ras
attracted
320G and the remain
oh
atutheir former homes, finding
nt hails to anti-Jap oiiu'is. o
der
are
scattered
over the West
tor
act
ot
eregati
largely in the bigger cities
V,
East and Middle We
iosen lo go
have run up against
h
pl/carat <
There i
maoetrav our
besetting those in t:
Franchct Tt
Gl U”
Tvnical
example, Chicago, w
Jan
lun.me xaonc -a Cm
The WRA roper M recently that
i
Japanese uouulation
A
But
to
cast
doubt
on
Franchot
Tone, me ion picture star
has 7,234. Accepted with
e done so becitizenshin,
and
?
ril
the
hope
of
wide
fame
an- his wife, are
grace, they* have gone into war
cause the “choice
r?s presented
up.
as
for
Canadian
uni
an
seeking
to
employ
three Niseis to
plants or small businesses ma also
in such a way that
lerable life in
i in k
Mr.
Editor,
is
operate
their
don
: establishinto public social life. Only one
irds of the
Canada
seemed
out. T
impo
to
We
oo
r
about
ment.
me
salary
wa;
200 to S250
serious incident occurred. About a
dience
democracy and British
ice. Refor a couple.
year ago Illinois Central Railroad
iad
EDI 1
•li
nwe
sion League
edicat
P~
:ie
ridding
iient in tire four-page paper were:
“ Quotes lifted from
axements by General ox tne
Army MacArthur (“The Japanese
have proved that they are barbad
ians” and from Fleet Admiral
Halsey (“Japs are not fit to live
in a civilized world!”)
II An editorial titled “For the
Love of Mike, Whose DemocracyIs This?” castigating the Jap
lovers, in and out of public life.”
wno termed anti-Jap sentiments
“Hitlerism.”
H A lead article warning that
the government planned to “dump”
2o,000 evacuees on the West Coast
this year.
A signed article by- 83-year-old
Walter M. Pierce, ex-governor of
Oregon and former congressman,
declaring that all Japanese here,
American-born or not, “must go
back to the land from which they
came.... must leave this land to
those who pioneered it.”
Even as copies of the League
*
*
*
v as
pa: on
In the n
fornia al
now
miuation
against the
rum
fixteen shoo
as. one
tempted dvi
three a on
caret, and five threatening visits.
With these statistics came a
blast from Secretary of the Inter
ior Harold L. Ickes. At his pun
gent best, Ickes asserted that the
lack of vigorous local law enforce
ment” had given rise to a “pattern
of planned terrorism by hoodlums
.... determined to employ Nazi
Storm
Trooper
tactics.”
He
warned: “They will not be able to
establish an economic beachhead
on the property- of the evacuees
.... Nisei sons are fighting the
Japanese enemy- in the Philippines,
at Okinawa.', and in other Pacific
combat areas. They- are far more
in the American tradition than the
race baiters fighting a private war
safely- at home.”
tart
Wu
.w:i
'WlCl
e
i in
put the sash of
x0
more J1irouim their necks,
diile
nis put them where
ed that the four were not
It was funny. I'd
a tug, soft cool cushion and with a
taking a stroll in the moo.nl
on you irv it. Hut
uish of jelly, b'nana ice cream.
incidentally it was jus; p3S<
then, you w had experience. You
o of pop in my tummy.
a
moon, a little piece
played in a play last spring taking
off the edge—bur because <
the part of a. woman in the skit
tnat would happen tonight I
the four had a bad case of
“Wrong Baby.” Remember?
'he older people are happy tonight,
I SAW THE MAY QUEEN
and there 's a- dance on at the Drill
The afternoon began at 1:15
It was past midnight when the
Hall and the moon (nearly full
with the May Queen procession
four trouped out in the ir varied
now and awfully romantic-looking)
from the Drill Hall to Vimy- Pars.
regalia ^ ay down the far end of
is so pretty up there, with the air
The
floats were beautifully decor
the park at the pavilion the local
smelling like perfume because the
ated.
There were four of them. On
occidental citizens were having' a
lilac bush and the apple tree in
the
first,
was the orchestra: on the
dance p-rty.
front oi the window are in full
second the May Queen and he atThrough the windows, the dan
bloom, what do you think I spied?
tendants: and on the thin! ana
(That was a long sentence, wasn't
cers could be seen as they flitted
fourth, the dancers. Preceeding
^y up and down the length of the
it ; Everytime I’m excited or “un
them were the decorated bicycles.
hall. Curiosity' got the "better of
der stress of emotion” as mother
I didn’t know that it was possible
the four and they all went to take
puts it, I get that way. All my
to make the bicycles look as pretty
a closer look.
words
and thoughts come jumbled
as they did with red, white and
*
up and I don’t know where to stup
blue streamers and crepe paper.
The moon was streaming through
or anything. When you return
Terroris:
Used to Discourage Returns
the leafy boughs of the trees. The
The stage for the Queen was
maybe you could give mg lessons
moon and the music must have
elected
at the end of the field next
California, Here I Come: The
in journalism, could vou ? Please?)
was for five years.
taken eflect because suddenly the
to
your
house. The Queen was
transcontinental verbal pyrotech
THEY LOOKED SO NICE
one in the maroon sweater let out
really
beautiful
and looked regal
The
war
of
words
has
gone
hand
nics served to let the nation at
Getting back to the question,
a war whoop and nimbly
in her flowing’ white gown and veil.
in
hand
with
a
war
of
violence
large in on what was already no
what do you think I spied ? I saw
skipping around frantically wav
The cutest little girl held her train.
with Nisei Army- veterans included
first of all your handsome linosecret to Pacific Coast residents
ing
his
arms
and
yippeeing
as
he
The dancers in white blouses and
among the victims: oral, tele
typist 'and the man with lots of
and resettlement officials: West
went.
pretty crepe paper skirts did the
phoned, and written threats of
hair and horn-rimmed glasses go
ern tempers over the Japanese
Maypole Dance and four numbers,
death, rocks thrown through win
The music stopped. All was
home, whistling- and s’ng’ng. Then
American problem show no signs
taught by the local high school
dows, shots fired into homes, ranch
quiet.
shortly afterwards I saw two
of cooling, despite a strenuous
teachers. They looked like wood
buildings
burned,
Jap
tombstones
more of you- office men go down
AV R A campaign stressing the
Suddenly- the wurlitzer in the
land sprites or flowers tripping on
overturned,
“
No
Japs
Wanted
”
the street. The younger man was
proven loyalty- of most evacuees
hall started up again with “I’ll be
the green velvety- grass.
signs
posted
on
roads,
as
well
as
your
news editor with the pretty
and their legal right to return to
loving you always . . . .”
The Nelson vs. Kaslo b-sebdl
“'We Love Japs Here” signs placed
smile and the other was the man
the. homes from which the Army
A
glowing
cigarette
twirled
and
game was something to see. They
on homes of whites employing Jap
who once wore -a* brown suit and a
uprooted them after Pearl Harbor.
arced gracefully- in the dark as the
were all such good sports, too.
anese. The worst case of violence
pink
in Parliamen in a
Since Jan. 3, the date the Armysports coat clad one dreamily- be
Pitcher
Casey- was in fair form to
was the firing and attempted
big city out East somewhere. They
reopened the West Coast to evac
gan waltzing and pi rotting on the
day.
and
struck out many. Lloyd
dynamiting of the home of Sumio
, looked kind of dreamy-. I re -d books
grass.
uees, WRA officials have released
made
a
swell
catcher. The girls
Doi in Newcastle, Calif. Two sol
quite a lot you know, so from the
from relocation centres 40,568 of
While leaning on the trees
thought
that
Nelson
3rd baseman
diers and a bartender were tried
look in their eyes I gathered theythe 110,000 Japanese originally- re
watching, the other two in plaid
was
the
cutest
fellow
with curly
on charges of illegal use of explo
had dates or something. So I said
moved from the coast, as well as
hair.
We
won,
by
the
way,
9-0.
jacket, and bathrobe sang the resives and arson .but were freed
to myself: Mr. Shoyama’s not
an additional 3,000 who went into
frain
“
with
a
heart
so
true
.
.
.
.
”
after a plea by- the defense that
The. tug-of-war ended the sports
going to get any report on the
the Army. But of those released, a
“this is a white man's country.” A
-And they drifted back toward
at Vimy- Park. The men just
Sports Day- today from anv of
mere 3.500 have ventured to re
fourth man is awaiting trial.
their home again.
heaved, while we groaned and' yellthem, so I’m going to write a, lettrace their steps to the West—
ed
and coaxed and nearly stangled
ter
to
tell
him
all
about
it.
Halfway- across the park, the
None of the Japanese has yet
and for good reason:
ourselves
and everyone else.
Everybody looked so nice today.
maroon sweatered one suddenlysuffered 'actual physical injury —
Numerous California groups —
The teachers of both the Kaslo and
The whole thing was just grand
seemed to go mad again. “I’m a
proof, in WRA eyes, that terroism
with varying degrees of popular
today. It was the best twentvKootenay Lake Schools and some
fairy,” he shouted, as he pirouetted
is
the
main
goal
of
the
anti-.Tap
influence—are stepping up psycho
other local notables were in charge.
fourth sports day I have ever atand pranced waif-like over the
forces. Local law enforcement, eslogical warfare against returning
Mr.
MacPhee
yelled
through
Hs
grass.
tended.
Now, aren’t vou sorry- you
pecially in rural areas, has been
Japanese: the Americans League
didn
’
t
come
hack to see it ?
huge,
red
megaphone
of
his
tint
’
s
It
lax. But pending complete break
The sports-coated one lifted his
(whose letterhead lists prominent
big
enough
to
jump
into.
The
girls
would
have
been
well
worth
the
down of the civil authority-, neither
face to the Mmost-full-moon and
produce merchants and florists),
while.
had pretty- summer dresses on and
howled.
the Army- nor the Federal Bureau
the Americanism Educational Lea
the boys st first looked nice with
Tt
’s pretty dark outside now
its
now, and
of Investigation can step in ana
The magic of the moon seemed
gue, the State Preservation Lea
their
hair brushed up, and some
the
moon
is
as
prettyand
mysterthe WRA has no police power.
to wear off. The four wearily went
gue, the Sons and Daughters of
with a nice big wave of pomp up
ious-looking
.
as
could
be.
Oh. oh,
back into the house.
Subtler factors have also barred
the Golden West, and certain
front and new pants and shirts.
so I was right after all. Your boys
the way to returning Japanese: re
American Legion pests. Oregon,
How do I know about this?
Some of the ladies had hats on
are all slicked up and going places.
fusal of white stores to sell to
with a smaller problem (only- 200
Well, I was one of them. And why
which didn’t help to shade them at
I can see them coming up the
them, boycotts of their produce,
out of 4,000 Japs have returned),
all.
did the maroon sweatered one act
boulevard. I hope you are going
inability- to obtain farm imple
is represented by- the Japanese
the way he did? I think he was
I nearly- split my side laugh:ng
places tonight too.
ments, and refusal of employ
Exclusion League — initiation fee
born that way, and working with us
when watching the Boys’ Dress-up
Come back soon and tell us all
ment. Some came back to find they
$10, monthly dues $1. The league
just made things worse. And whyRace. At the other end of the field
about your trip.
had been robbed by- presumed
president, Dale Bergh, a Damascus
difl the sports-coated one bay at the
were pieced shopping bags wi‘h
—Kasko
friends
to whom thev had enfarmer, is currently the object of
moon? He was frustrated and had
trusted furniture, automobiles and
an eviction suit by- a returning
nothing better to do. And why- did
DEMOCRACY MEANS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
other property-.
The
economic
Japanese_w-ho leased his house to
the third one just wear pajamas
the
WRA
believes,
is
motive,
Bergh and has not been able to get
with a bathrobe thrown over them ?
(Excerpts from the.letter to the
garding the former I prefer the
largely behind the anti-Jap drive.
back on the ground that the lease
He was already in bed when we
editor of the Nelson Daily- News,
ancient academic definition: “Dedecided to go out and he w:s in a
May 17, 1945.)
mocracy—Government of the majhurry. And me ? I just tagged
ority, with a respect for the minArising cut of the recent meetalong to keep them company and
ority, with liberty justice and
ing of the Nelson Board of Trade,
to
admire
the
moon
....
equal opportunity; for all.”
trackwalkers objected to working
that they- endorse political leaders'
Still in relocation camps are
with Japanese.
requests that Japanese leave B.C.,
some 70,000 evacuees scheduled to
REV. W. .1. SIL VER WOOD
I
would
like
to
pass
on
a
comment
Nelson.
B. C.
be resettled by- next Jan. 1, the
West Coast the
Even on
REPATRIATION
which
is
relative
to
this
discussion.
date the WRA will close up shop.
RA sees hope for an eventual
The following is the resolution
Many are children sitting out the
(Continued from Page 2)
betterment of the Japanese lot in
of
the Vancouver Branch of the
end of the school year or old
the strength of such organizations
cularly
the
Japanese
Canadians,
League
of 1
Socety—repeople awaiting the arrival of oldas the Pacific Coast Committee on
will
rejoice
in
the
fact
that
a
veryleased
by
the
1 Executive
age assistance. Not a few, how
can Principles and
Fair
nese Americans who have left the
considerable
number
of
these
Jap
of
the
Societyws in part:
ever, have followed a policy of
Play- rhe Friends of the .American
ten relocation centres in the Uni
anese Canadians are choosing de
watchful waiting, remaining ror
numerous church groups.
Wav
ted States since the exclusion ban
portation
to
Japan;
other
citizens,
Canadian citizens?,
reports on conditions outsr T1’O
11
Less noticed Mor
was
lifted, 2353 have returned to
who are concerned t’ at public pol
lously protected. 1
our Domi
those who' have sallied fort
tales of violence
the
west coast, the Associated
icy
should
accord
with
the
tradi
nion has recognize;
The bulk of the release-t e
Press
reported May 28. The East
tional
principles
of
“
British
Justit
uees—about 44,000—have a vo
ighbors. ox towns refusing
ras
attracted
320G and the remain
oh
atutheir former homes, finding
nt hails to anti-Jap oiiu'is. o
der
are
scattered
over the West
tor
act
ot
eregati
largely in the bigger cities
V,
East and Middle We
iosen lo go
have run up against
h
pl/carat <
There i
maoetrav our
besetting those in t:
Franchct Tt
Gl U”
Tvnical
example, Chicago, w
Jan
lun.me xaonc -a Cm
The WRA roper M recently that
i
Japanese uouulation
A
But
to
cast
doubt
on
Franchot
Tone, me ion picture star
has 7,234. Accepted with
e done so becitizenshin,
and
?
ril
the
hope
of
wide
fame
an- his wife, are
grace, they* have gone into war
cause the “choice
r?s presented
up.
as
for
Canadian
uni
an
seeking
to
employ
three Niseis to
plants or small businesses ma also
in such a way that
lerable life in
i in k
Mr.
Editor,
is
operate
their
don
: establishinto public social life. Only one
irds of the
Canada
seemed
out. T
impo
to
We
oo
r
about
ment.
me
salary
wa;
200 to S250
serious incident occurred. About a
dience
democracy and British
ice. Refor a couple.
year ago Illinois Central Railroad
iad
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Page 8
fl?
. 1945
I F
WRA to Push Relocation
hj
Personal loirs
U.S. Resettlement in West Coast to Continue Despite
RS
■j?
! In Niagara Districts:
(Protest Against Evacuee Workers
Anti-Evacuee Feeling; Centres to Close as Scheduled
GRIMSBY, Ont. — R. F. Clarke, , a vulnerable area.
manager of the National Selective j
Mr. Clarke explained that the i
Service at St. Catherine, told the Lin- ’ icy of Japanese placement l? m
Churchill Lauds Nisei GI
coin County- Council recently- that down by the government and 7- ^
placement
of evacuee workers will be ; ried out by- an appointee of Jia- ^-'
Service on Italian Front
carried on only where labor is re- ‘ ernment. “I do not have the fw?
LONDON, Eng. — The Japanese
quired. The statement was made at ! of these people and I have Vo aufU
American Combat Team was among
a meeting with the council and Hon. ; ity to remove them,” he said ”°r*
the individual units singled out for
C. Daley, Ontario Minister of Labor, i
To the question nut to Mm ^t -•
praise by Prime Minister Winston
The council had met to protest the ‘ he had anything to do with V-JV
Churchill in a statement in which
settlement of three evacuee families ; the families in the district, Mr Vh^
A reception followed at the horn:
Myer said that the discharge cf
he paid tribute to the U. S. Fifth i
in
the district and a resolution was ■ replied that farmer had come to hu
i evacuees in the relocation camps will of Mr. and Mrs. John Harley.
Army and the British Eighth for
fa mi • for help. “I told him Japanese G
; be stepped up in coming months, and
Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs, D. passed to object to permi
its victory in Italy.
lies
to
settle
in
the
Lincoln
County.
: available and told him who to get J
the camps will be closed by Jan. 2, Miyamoto, Popoff, B. C., and Mr. and
.Mr. Churchill noted that the Jap
Mr.
Clarke
was
asked
to
attend
the
touch with if he decided to useW?
1946, as scheduled.
Mrs. M. Yamada, Lemon Creek, B.C.
anese American soldiers along with
meeting
to
test
the
authority
of
the
■
uee
labor.”
Secretary of Interior Ickes made The engagement was announced on Selective Service to place evacuees in
the American Negro 92nd Division
He said that some reputable ci
April 12.
of the Fifth Army and the Jewish ( public on May 14, West Coast incithe district.
zen
must vouch for the farmer
Brigade, the Free Italians, and the : dents against returning Japanese NAKAMURA—ITO
Warden Cecil Second, reeve of ; ing application for Japanese hehT I
Brazilian division had contributed : Americans, including shootings, dynaVUis'NIPEG, Man.—The marriage Grantham Township, said the arrival i be sure that the farmer wo’T?; I
; miting arson and threats to ‘‘clear took place of Hisaye, daughter of Mr of new families had so incensed
much to the final victory.
exploit the Japanese.
" 1 ‘ I
It has been previously reported out of town.”
and Mrs. Katsutaro Ito to Mr. Hide- people of his district that he
The councilmcn objected to evac
that number of Brazilians of Jap
they might eject the Japanese •'bou uees working on the same firm ?
In commenting on these nd similar tomo Nakamura on April
anese ancestry were active on the instances, Myer emphasized:
ikagm a officiated.
ily” if they were not removed
which a number of farmerettes’ weV
Italian front.
The newlywed couple will
Tire resolution to bar
irom also employed.
“It is not going to stop us from their home in Kamloops,
settling in the distric was passed
B. C.
completing our job .which is to free
unanimouslv.
Am on g the reasons
Slocan Committee
the evacuees for return to the West
given in the resolution were: employ NORMAL CROP AT VERNON
TASHME, B. C—A pretty wedding
(oast or wherever
ment situation does not warrant addiVERNON, B. C.—A. fairly arc
choose to go.”
look place on May 5. when Yoshiko,
tional
evacuee
;e
are
J
ing
fruit crop is expected in' th Ob
eldest
daughter
of
Mrs.
Yasu
Yama
SLOCAN CITY, B. C.—The Slocan
He indicated that ine number of
unass
imilable:
unfair'nagan
Valley this year, it was repV
naka of Tashme became the bril? 6
City Japanese Committee met on May evacuees returning to
■he West Ci it Mr
nneso
:
ed
by
horticultural
officials here” Of.
Tsunehiro Shoji, eldest son
12 to hold a general election and to
tends to 1c
increased very greatly” it Mr and M
or
rate
s
and
,
ing
to
the
mild
winter
the trees*
tree. are in
outline va tons activities for the new the ne
o Shoji of D:
standard- of
e
commumw
7
in
-P
i
th
T
.
mond
Cit
^
:Uta
Rev.
Renshi:
1945 term
out. Hr indie
many
nos Tatibana performed th- ceremoiw
ict, blossoms in I
Officers elected to the executive
I national
waiting for their children to The baishakunins w—e M” and”
Evacuees 'were the orchards are from a week to ten I
were: T. Isozaki, president, S. Akagi, concede meir school terms before Seishichi M-saoT «nd Mr ’ and imoved for national security reasons days be
but it wi;l probvice-president; T. Iwata, treasurer; s’
nixing the move.
Tsuneichi Mizutani?
and ttat the Niagara Peninsu1a was ablv be
Sato, chairman; S. Ibuki, vice-chairLAKE MAY STAY OPEN
man; K. Takemura, T. Uyeda,
ENGAGEMENT
The International News Service i
Matsumoto, auditors; Y. Higuchi, T
HARRY BRIDGES SUPPORTS SUSPENSION
HAMILTON, Ont. — The engageYamamoto, secretaries; S. Kozai, edu- quoted another WRA official as e:<menu was announced of Miss Marie
OF ANTI-NISEI WORKERS IN STOCKTON
cation convenor; M. Sato, fire depart plaming that one of the nine centres Uyenobu, eldest daughter of Mr. and
mosu likely- Tule Lake,” will remain
ment head; C; Ido, disciplinary offi
Mrs. Yoshino Uyenobu to Mr. YoshiSTOCKTON, Calif.—In a disciplinary action resulting from refusal of
cers; Y. Shimazaki, farming director; open after Jan. 2, 1946, to accommo
nobu
Watanabe, eldest son of M and
the
Stockton
unit of Local 6 of the CIO International Longshoremen's
date
persons
who
have
not
be^n
S. Maeba, librarian; I. Higuchi,
d
Us. Tatsuji 'Watanabe on May 10.
and
Warehousemen
’s union to work with Americans of Japanese ancestry
cleared for relocation from the cen
supervisor of youth activities.
c
Baishakunin was Mr. K. Murakami.
Richard Lynden of San Francisco, president of Local 6, cn May 22 ordered
tres.
the Stockton unit suspended.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
e
He said that Tule Lake then “prob
In addition, Lynden warned mem- •>----------- - ------------ —---------------—
Yuriko Amemiya Stars In
Sincere thinks are extended by The
i:
ably- will come under the management
bers, who all belong to a warehouse- iz i
f
of the Justice Department’s Immi New Canadian to Mr. T. Minato of
New York Dance Premiere
men’s local unit of the ILWU, that ■ KaS ° ^me Shutout Nelson
Okanagan
Landing
for
his
generous
e
gration and Naturalization Service.”
if they do not sign pledges of willing- (
n
r n
donation.
J
NEW YORK CITY — Martha Gra
The WRA spokesman said he knew
ness
to
“
abide
by
the
union
constitu111
May
baseball
1
nt;
the
New
Canadian
wishes
to ex
n
ham's dance company last week pre of few terrorist incidents occuring press sincere
tion” they will be individually suseisewhere
than
the
West
Coast
Tim
p
w«J
J
t
?
?
L
°
31
*
R,
kuz
0
v
sented the New York premiere of most receot of the few
Hold Successful Sports Day
pended.
cXtshi
" ?
Ont' ,w
J:
“Appalachian Spring.” The Times7
Approximrtely
420 of the
—-.i . .
,
. e \ exceptions, he generous donation upon his recovery
unit
’
s
l
;
—
—
----1
KASLO,
B.
C.
—
Playing
against
3
A
dance critic, John Martin, warnny said,
took place in Chicago, where a
(00 members already have pledged ■ younger, inexperienced team from
from
an
illness
and
upon
the
occasion
praised the production and its prin young Negro, accompanied by three
cipal dancers, including Miss Yuriko others, shot and wounded a Japanese of his son’s acceptance into the armed they will work without discrimination Nelson, the Kaslo nine shut out the
le
forces.
because of race ,color or creed, Lyn visitors 9-0 in a lopsided contest on
Amemiya, a rising Nisei dance star. American youth who was standing in
n<
k
The New Canadian gratefully eck- den added.
a exhibition game on May Dav.
Miss Amemiya relocated from Gila,
t car island.
fc
International
President
Harrv
nowleciges the generous donation
Ariz. project, and has been with Miss
Pitching a steady game, Casey ■ er
from the Montreal Nisei Mixed 5 Pin Bridges of the IWLU supported the Iwasa did not have much trouble in j de
Graham’s troupe since last autumn.
action of Local 6.
League.
Someone Sought .
gaining his shutout.
so
V€
Nisei
players
starred
on
the
Kaslo
SAN FRANCISCO—Harry Bridges
The whereabouts of Mrs. Sadao
Help Wanted
ac
OBITUARY
Amano, formerly of Sandou. B.C.. and j
on ^May IS guaranteed American infield in holdin.g - the visitors down
scoreless.
Included
in
the
line
up
I
workers of Japanese ancestry who are
© GIRLS. Do you want a pleasant Mrs. Shunji Suzuko, believed to be i YUZO SAKAMOTO
place to work. Apply to Halcyon Hot ; relocated to London, Ont., is
’ sought
’ '
members of the CIO’s International were: Jinx Watanabe, lb; Mats Baba, I
Tiie death is reported • of
2b; Sam Furuya, ss; Slug Akada. 3s; I th
Longshoremen’s end Warehousemen’s
j by Mrs. Masie Taniguchi of Iron Nakamoto, father of Yasutaro
i Springs, Alta.
। moto of Slocan, B. C., who passed : .-W"1 (TLWU) that they will receive Casey Iwasa p; Tsuk Oikawa If. —- ■ fa
In a successful annual May Day I
i ne persons sought are requested away on May 13 at the Nakusp hos : "full protection” against any possible ।
celebration,
the local and evacuee! ris
' to contact Mrs Taniguchi as soon as i pital. Funeral services were held on i discrnnination by fellow workers a
Attractive
sit
; residents intermingled to run off
■ possible.
May 19.
। promised official punishment to me
sa
•: bers violating
violatin the CIO union’s policv Ssries of races and games for the
Housing Accommodation
mi
; of non-discrimination and fab- ulav' ' e’enien^ai’y and high school students,
att
j
Tne
statement was made
C
t
Positions -in Quebec
Now Available
<
! bridges, international head of the
Grand Forks
rior Cent
?J 7 coiniection wit]J
GRAND FORKS. B C.—In an im9 THE ISE! CO-OPERATIVE
i OKIAMLLE SPECIALTIES
cka- ! J j
on Cailf- whei'e i Passive May Dav celebration coin
Resident lias vacancies created
VIC T O RIA VIL L E, QUEBEC
SloV-voA
t
UVL
V°ted t0 refuse plete with the crowning of th May
ya ma
: in charge of the
var
i
J
k
th
Ja
Psnese
American
members enlisting in
a Church will visit
Loci'ted 106 miles from Mon
and
----!
Bridges
warned
that
refusal to occidental students pre
ions centres in the interior of
real. Population of S516.
nted a color
, work with Nisei “constitutes ? viola : ful sports day progarn
early this month. J he trip will
welcome to phone
tion
of our policies and the union
(5‘
in centres from Tashme. thr
2m>1 for details or to
ticinater
A ages 340.00 a week—55 hrs.
'
constitution.
”
the
Okanagan Valley and the
(5(
Maypole and other dances.
EMr:-?. is willing- to invest in
'science at 506 Jarvis
Bridge River districts.
wh
Macmne Shop so that renair
Interesting movie shots of easterr
car
tragedy —” Miss May MacLachUs
J'1? may be done on premises
tie best homerelocees and evacuees in the Sloear
tio:
st tae mechanic is competent.
J alley will be shown by Rev. Nakai a very re-asonAii
a c c o m m o d a 11 o n avau- # : vama on his tour.
we:
A tentative schedule arawn un b
31s
n
3:
V
mihe
Re
am a i
follow
-ei
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1
on th.
June 6-11
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par
!
K.imloop
Mbl? for tl
June
ustified
.msco LonUrei
ne:
S
abo
•a
born
Janane
Ta
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WASHINGTON — Dillon S. Myer, ,;
LONDON, Ont.—The marriage of
। national WRA director aifimiea on I Janet Atsuko, eldest daughter of Mr.
Ma
that
s program | and Mrs. Kensaburo Nagata of Pop: of resettlement of evacuees of Japa.'•j to Mr. Masao Toyota, eldest
; nese ancestry- in normal communities son or Mr. and Mrs. Shoshichi Toyota,
; on rhe West Coast and other parts i also c Popoff, B.C., was solemnized
■ ,of the „ country
will continue,
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- regard
•on May 12 at the Metropolitan United
r
! eVaCMe vloIence on the! Church. Rev. Cronk performed me
West Coast.
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WRA to Push Relocation
hj
Personal loirs
U.S. Resettlement in West Coast to Continue Despite
RS
■j?
! In Niagara Districts:
(Protest Against Evacuee Workers
Anti-Evacuee Feeling; Centres to Close as Scheduled
GRIMSBY, Ont. — R. F. Clarke, , a vulnerable area.
manager of the National Selective j
Mr. Clarke explained that the i
Service at St. Catherine, told the Lin- ’ icy of Japanese placement l? m
Churchill Lauds Nisei GI
coin County- Council recently- that down by the government and 7- ^
placement
of evacuee workers will be ; ried out by- an appointee of Jia- ^-'
Service on Italian Front
carried on only where labor is re- ‘ ernment. “I do not have the fw?
LONDON, Eng. — The Japanese
quired. The statement was made at ! of these people and I have Vo aufU
American Combat Team was among
a meeting with the council and Hon. ; ity to remove them,” he said ”°r*
the individual units singled out for
C. Daley, Ontario Minister of Labor, i
To the question nut to Mm ^t -•
praise by Prime Minister Winston
The council had met to protest the ‘ he had anything to do with V-JV
Churchill in a statement in which
settlement of three evacuee families ; the families in the district, Mr Vh^
A reception followed at the horn:
Myer said that the discharge cf
he paid tribute to the U. S. Fifth i
in
the district and a resolution was ■ replied that farmer had come to hu
i evacuees in the relocation camps will of Mr. and Mrs. John Harley.
Army and the British Eighth for
fa mi • for help. “I told him Japanese G
; be stepped up in coming months, and
Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs, D. passed to object to permi
its victory in Italy.
lies
to
settle
in
the
Lincoln
County.
: available and told him who to get J
the camps will be closed by Jan. 2, Miyamoto, Popoff, B. C., and Mr. and
.Mr. Churchill noted that the Jap
Mr.
Clarke
was
asked
to
attend
the
touch with if he decided to useW?
1946, as scheduled.
Mrs. M. Yamada, Lemon Creek, B.C.
anese American soldiers along with
meeting
to
test
the
authority
of
the
■
uee
labor.”
Secretary of Interior Ickes made The engagement was announced on Selective Service to place evacuees in
the American Negro 92nd Division
He said that some reputable ci
April 12.
of the Fifth Army and the Jewish ( public on May 14, West Coast incithe district.
zen
must vouch for the farmer
Brigade, the Free Italians, and the : dents against returning Japanese NAKAMURA—ITO
Warden Cecil Second, reeve of ; ing application for Japanese hehT I
Brazilian division had contributed : Americans, including shootings, dynaVUis'NIPEG, Man.—The marriage Grantham Township, said the arrival i be sure that the farmer wo’T?; I
; miting arson and threats to ‘‘clear took place of Hisaye, daughter of Mr of new families had so incensed
much to the final victory.
exploit the Japanese.
" 1 ‘ I
It has been previously reported out of town.”
and Mrs. Katsutaro Ito to Mr. Hide- people of his district that he
The councilmcn objected to evac
that number of Brazilians of Jap
they might eject the Japanese •'bou uees working on the same firm ?
In commenting on these nd similar tomo Nakamura on April
anese ancestry were active on the instances, Myer emphasized:
ikagm a officiated.
ily” if they were not removed
which a number of farmerettes’ weV
Italian front.
The newlywed couple will
Tire resolution to bar
irom also employed.
“It is not going to stop us from their home in Kamloops,
settling in the distric was passed
B. C.
completing our job .which is to free
unanimouslv.
Am on g the reasons
Slocan Committee
the evacuees for return to the West
given in the resolution were: employ NORMAL CROP AT VERNON
TASHME, B. C—A pretty wedding
(oast or wherever
ment situation does not warrant addiVERNON, B. C.—A. fairly arc
choose to go.”
look place on May 5. when Yoshiko,
tional
evacuee
;e
are
J
ing
fruit crop is expected in' th Ob
eldest
daughter
of
Mrs.
Yasu
Yama
SLOCAN CITY, B. C.—The Slocan
He indicated that ine number of
unass
imilable:
unfair'nagan
Valley this year, it was repV
naka of Tashme became the bril? 6
City Japanese Committee met on May evacuees returning to
■he West Ci it Mr
nneso
:
ed
by
horticultural
officials here” Of.
Tsunehiro Shoji, eldest son
12 to hold a general election and to
tends to 1c
increased very greatly” it Mr and M
or
rate
s
and
,
ing
to
the
mild
winter
the trees*
tree. are in
outline va tons activities for the new the ne
o Shoji of D:
standard- of
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Rev.
Renshi:
1945 term
out. Hr indie
many
nos Tatibana performed th- ceremoiw
ict, blossoms in I
Officers elected to the executive
I national
waiting for their children to The baishakunins w—e M” and”
Evacuees 'were the orchards are from a week to ten I
were: T. Isozaki, president, S. Akagi, concede meir school terms before Seishichi M-saoT «nd Mr ’ and imoved for national security reasons days be
but it wi;l probvice-president; T. Iwata, treasurer; s’
nixing the move.
Tsuneichi Mizutani?
and ttat the Niagara Peninsu1a was ablv be
Sato, chairman; S. Ibuki, vice-chairLAKE MAY STAY OPEN
man; K. Takemura, T. Uyeda,
ENGAGEMENT
The International News Service i
Matsumoto, auditors; Y. Higuchi, T
HARRY BRIDGES SUPPORTS SUSPENSION
HAMILTON, Ont. — The engageYamamoto, secretaries; S. Kozai, edu- quoted another WRA official as e:<menu was announced of Miss Marie
OF ANTI-NISEI WORKERS IN STOCKTON
cation convenor; M. Sato, fire depart plaming that one of the nine centres Uyenobu, eldest daughter of Mr. and
mosu likely- Tule Lake,” will remain
ment head; C; Ido, disciplinary offi
Mrs. Yoshino Uyenobu to Mr. YoshiSTOCKTON, Calif.—In a disciplinary action resulting from refusal of
cers; Y. Shimazaki, farming director; open after Jan. 2, 1946, to accommo
nobu
Watanabe, eldest son of M and
the
Stockton
unit of Local 6 of the CIO International Longshoremen's
date
persons
who
have
not
be^n
S. Maeba, librarian; I. Higuchi,
d
Us. Tatsuji 'Watanabe on May 10.
and
Warehousemen
’s union to work with Americans of Japanese ancestry
cleared for relocation from the cen
supervisor of youth activities.
c
Baishakunin was Mr. K. Murakami.
Richard Lynden of San Francisco, president of Local 6, cn May 22 ordered
tres.
the Stockton unit suspended.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
e
He said that Tule Lake then “prob
In addition, Lynden warned mem- •>----------- - ------------ —---------------—
Yuriko Amemiya Stars In
Sincere thinks are extended by The
i:
ably- will come under the management
bers, who all belong to a warehouse- iz i
f
of the Justice Department’s Immi New Canadian to Mr. T. Minato of
New York Dance Premiere
men’s local unit of the ILWU, that ■ KaS ° ^me Shutout Nelson
Okanagan
Landing
for
his
generous
e
gration and Naturalization Service.”
if they do not sign pledges of willing- (
n
r n
donation.
J
NEW YORK CITY — Martha Gra
The WRA spokesman said he knew
ness
to
“
abide
by
the
union
constitu111
May
baseball
1
nt;
the
New
Canadian
wishes
to ex
n
ham's dance company last week pre of few terrorist incidents occuring press sincere
tion” they will be individually suseisewhere
than
the
West
Coast
Tim
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sented the New York premiere of most receot of the few
Hold Successful Sports Day
pended.
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“Appalachian Spring.” The Times7
Approximrtely
420 of the
—-.i . .
,
. e \ exceptions, he generous donation upon his recovery
unit
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KASLO,
B.
C.
—
Playing
against
3
A
dance critic, John Martin, warnny said,
took place in Chicago, where a
(00 members already have pledged ■ younger, inexperienced team from
from
an
illness
and
upon
the
occasion
praised the production and its prin young Negro, accompanied by three
cipal dancers, including Miss Yuriko others, shot and wounded a Japanese of his son’s acceptance into the armed they will work without discrimination Nelson, the Kaslo nine shut out the
le
forces.
because of race ,color or creed, Lyn visitors 9-0 in a lopsided contest on
Amemiya, a rising Nisei dance star. American youth who was standing in
n<
k
The New Canadian gratefully eck- den added.
a exhibition game on May Dav.
Miss Amemiya relocated from Gila,
t car island.
fc
International
President
Harrv
nowleciges the generous donation
Ariz. project, and has been with Miss
Pitching a steady game, Casey ■ er
from the Montreal Nisei Mixed 5 Pin Bridges of the IWLU supported the Iwasa did not have much trouble in j de
Graham’s troupe since last autumn.
action of Local 6.
League.
Someone Sought .
gaining his shutout.
so
V€
Nisei
players
starred
on
the
Kaslo
SAN FRANCISCO—Harry Bridges
The whereabouts of Mrs. Sadao
Help Wanted
ac
OBITUARY
Amano, formerly of Sandou. B.C.. and j
on ^May IS guaranteed American infield in holdin.g - the visitors down
scoreless.
Included
in
the
line
up
I
workers of Japanese ancestry who are
© GIRLS. Do you want a pleasant Mrs. Shunji Suzuko, believed to be i YUZO SAKAMOTO
place to work. Apply to Halcyon Hot ; relocated to London, Ont., is
’ sought
’ '
members of the CIO’s International were: Jinx Watanabe, lb; Mats Baba, I
Tiie death is reported • of
2b; Sam Furuya, ss; Slug Akada. 3s; I th
Longshoremen’s end Warehousemen’s
j by Mrs. Masie Taniguchi of Iron Nakamoto, father of Yasutaro
i Springs, Alta.
। moto of Slocan, B. C., who passed : .-W"1 (TLWU) that they will receive Casey Iwasa p; Tsuk Oikawa If. —- ■ fa
In a successful annual May Day I
i ne persons sought are requested away on May 13 at the Nakusp hos : "full protection” against any possible ।
celebration,
the local and evacuee! ris
' to contact Mrs Taniguchi as soon as i pital. Funeral services were held on i discrnnination by fellow workers a
Attractive
sit
; residents intermingled to run off
■ possible.
May 19.
। promised official punishment to me
sa
•: bers violating
violatin the CIO union’s policv Ssries of races and games for the
Housing Accommodation
mi
; of non-discrimination and fab- ulav' ' e’enien^ai’y and high school students,
att
j
Tne
statement was made
C
t
Positions -in Quebec
Now Available
<
! bridges, international head of the
Grand Forks
rior Cent
?J 7 coiniection wit]J
GRAND FORKS. B C.—In an im9 THE ISE! CO-OPERATIVE
i OKIAMLLE SPECIALTIES
cka- ! J j
on Cailf- whei'e i Passive May Dav celebration coin
Resident lias vacancies created
VIC T O RIA VIL L E, QUEBEC
SloV-voA
t
UVL
V°ted t0 refuse plete with the crowning of th May
ya ma
: in charge of the
var
i
J
k
th
Ja
Psnese
American
members enlisting in
a Church will visit
Loci'ted 106 miles from Mon
and
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Bridges
warned
that
refusal to occidental students pre
ions centres in the interior of
real. Population of S516.
nted a color
, work with Nisei “constitutes ? viola : ful sports day progarn
early this month. J he trip will
welcome to phone
tion
of our policies and the union
(5‘
in centres from Tashme. thr
2m>1 for details or to
ticinater
A ages 340.00 a week—55 hrs.
'
constitution.
”
the
Okanagan Valley and the
(5(
Maypole and other dances.
EMr:-?. is willing- to invest in
'science at 506 Jarvis
Bridge River districts.
wh
Macmne Shop so that renair
Interesting movie shots of easterr
car
tragedy —” Miss May MacLachUs
J'1? may be done on premises
tie best homerelocees and evacuees in the Sloear
tio:
st tae mechanic is competent.
J alley will be shown by Rev. Nakai a very re-asonAii
a c c o m m o d a 11 o n avau- # : vama on his tour.
we:
A tentative schedule arawn un b
31s
n
3:
V
mihe
Re
am a i
follow
-ei
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1
on th.
June 6-11
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K.imloop
Mbl? for tl
June
ustified
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WASHINGTON — Dillon S. Myer, ,;
LONDON, Ont.—The marriage of
। national WRA director aifimiea on I Janet Atsuko, eldest daughter of Mr.
Ma
that
s program | and Mrs. Kensaburo Nagata of Pop: of resettlement of evacuees of Japa.'•j to Mr. Masao Toyota, eldest
; nese ancestry- in normal communities son or Mr. and Mrs. Shoshichi Toyota,
; on rhe West Coast and other parts i also c Popoff, B.C., was solemnized
■ ,of the „ country
will continue,
,.
. ,
- regard
•on May 12 at the Metropolitan United
r
! eVaCMe vloIence on the! Church. Rev. Cronk performed me
West Coast.
I service.
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nice
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Fr
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Phone
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jupnne-se
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rights—the funda-uem
for all which the Un
pledge.
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