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An Independent Weekly For .Canadians of Japanese Origin
$
THE NEW CANADIAN
10c per copy
^oi.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA"
1946
40c per month
Court Declares Deportation Orders Valid/
^jd Not Cancel Requests
fcoing Back but Not Because of
iDisloyalty Say B.C. Repats
i
By STAFF CORRESPONDENT
i TASHME. B.C.—There are a few thousand people in
fcrituh Columbia who requested repatriation to Japan and
thaw not cancelled those requests. This week these repatri
hates issued a statement declaring that they are going to
^Japan but not because of any disloyal feeling towards Canada.
“Notwithstanding the hardships and discrimination which
we had endured." their statement says, “it is our firm resolve
to promote and achieve enduring goodwill and peace for the
future between Canada and Japan.”
An impression has been given by officials in Ottawa that people
Ivho requested repatriation to Japan are disloyal. That impression is
Is false one, the repatriates feel. ; They say that the government’s offer
|ior repatriation had every appearance of a sympathetic gesture aimed
^at solving the problems for persons who found it difficult or impossible
|to re-establish themselves in Canada. A fact the evacuees were
keitouiaged to solve their problems by asking for repatriation, and
^inducements were offered to that end, no other interpretation is posstole, the repatriates believe.
^
Some evacuees took up the government's repatriation offer in
, good faith, but others found themselves in a position where they were
yfo’ced by circumstances to sign for repatriation although they had
po intention of going to Japan. The latter group was under an im
pression that the requests could be revoked later.
'
The.repatriate's statement, signed by representatives K. Tsuyuki,
F. S. Saiga and Y. Nakayama, is an attempt to clarify the situation. The
text oi the statement follows:
?
Wives and Children of Deportees
Not Included; Disagreements
WINNIPEG. Mam—“There is no
Mark Decisions on Several Points
question about it. the case must
Sandwell Confident of
Favorable Outcome
taken to th Privy Council."
K. Sa nd well. editor of the ToNight. declared
ronto
when informed of the supreme
court decision.
When asked it' lie thought the
government, may take immediate
deportation action, lie said it will
be “most unlikely."
“The amd'unt of public opinion
which has been aroused in the
question in the past three months
has been surprising." he added.
Mr. Sandwell was confident of the
favorable outcome of the deporta
tion question.
“We, the undersigned, representing those who are re
turning to Japan according to the declaration which we had
signed, wish to - xpress that we are not doing so because of
any disloyalty to Canada.
“Rather, we, of whom the majority are old, are returning
because we have been uprooted from the foundations which we
had laid during the years of our stay in Canada, after having
given the best years of our lives either directly or indirectly
to the basic industries of British Columbia, and after having
endeavoured to live as respectable, peaceful law-abiding
citizens of Canada.
“Many of us have been in small trades and businesses, or
nere landowners, farmers, fishermen with our own boats and
gears. These means of livelihood as well as our homes have
been sold by the Custodian of Enemy Alien Property.
5
"As we are uncertain as to whether we may be allowed to
return to our former places of residence, and even if that were
granted, we will never be able to start life anew as our funds
and other assets have been depleted, we feel we shall never
be able to resume where we had left off.
“Others are going to Japan because, of specific reasons,
such as responsibilities of parents, relatives, sons or daughters.
I
"Notwithstanding the hardships and discrimination which
ne had endured, we. the repatriates wish to express our deep
aPpreciation for the long years of our livelihood in Canada,
qnd it is our firm resolve to promote and achieve enduring
Qooawill and peace for the future between Canada and Japan.
h*
’Therefore, it is only for the above reasons and not with
aiy act or feeling of disloyalty that we are returning to Japan.
i
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1 Japanese Canadians Invited to
Ask for Repatriation-Maple Leaf
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2nd e
St;
onnwesi Europe Edition
Mapie Leaf, Canadian ser1 ~ PuDiication. lias charged
‘- Canadian government
l;i?" Japanese Canadians
repatriation to Japan,
dioheation commented on
^stion made by the CanbdiI,-d or Churches to the
‘juniorities that an invescarried out of everyv^ened with deportation.
— sue particularly affects
•^-oorn Japanese who have
j‘Rea to be repatriated to
who now wish to
-^i" minds," the publicajoung Japanese, born
-'-atsd ,n Canada, and as
•"^ a believer in bur way
of life as the next man, had no
more desire to go to Japan than
a Canadian negro would desire
to go to Africa.
“Indeed, the whole treatment of
the Canadian-born Japanese, many
of whom have served in unitorm
with ‘Canada' flashes, has had
overtones of racial persecution
and intolerance camouflaged by
the war.
“They have । le right to take
their places in our nation with
To refute that
full citizenship.
right under the uise of willing
to refute the pnndeportation.
cinles of freedom for which Can
adians of many racial origins
fought." concluded the Maple
Leaf.
Nisei Soldiers on
Route to Hiroshima
BRAMSHOT. England—Sixteen
British Columbia Nisei are enroute
to Hiroshima area in Japan, the
Canadian Press reported Feb. 15.
The group arrived in Britain
aboard the liner Aquitania. They
are parading here with hundreds
of Canadian soldiers awaiting re
patriation and others awaiting
posting to the Canadian occupa
tion force in Germany, the report
said.
“The jovial, care-free Orientals
have their own sleeping quarters
but take their meals in the reg
ular sergeants’ mess. All are
eager to set foot oh Japanese
soil though none has ever been
in Japan.”
Sergeant Jack T. Oki. formerly
of Haney. B.C.. said. “many of us
wish we could have enlisted in
the Canadian army earlier during
the war as it would have done
much to lessen the feeling against
Canadian Japanese."
Four of the group—George Shintani. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Dick Ada
chi and Joe Sato—went to Van
couver Technical school.
Niseis were barred from enlist
ing. with few exceptions, until the
spring of 1945.
ROSEBERY, B.C. — Sergeant
Mickey Nobuto is now with the
sixteen Niseis en route to Hiroshima but his family living here
is faced with imminent deportation. Mr. and Mrs. Nobuto, who
are Japanese nationals, signed
for repatriation because they felt
the family could not “support
itself” in the east.
Emergency Meeting
Called in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Man.—An emer
gency general meeting of all
evacuees in Manitoba has been
called for Sunday, March 3, at
2 p.m., at the St. Stephen’s Hall
on Higgins Avenue.
The meeting is being called by
the Defence Committee, the
Joint Committee and the MaNub. Reports on the Supre me Court decision will be
and plans for future actions which concerns every
evacuee will be discussed.
Plans will be announced of
effectively co - ordinating the
separate evacuee organizations
in Manitoba. Everybody is urged
to turn out.
OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that
the federal government has the power to deport three out
of the four classes of persons of Japanese race included in
the orders-in-council passed on Dec. 15, 1946—
1. Japanese nationals. 16 years
and over, who requested repat
riation. or were interned at mid
night Sept. 1. 1945. can be forc
ibly deported. (Unanimous opin
ion.)
2. Naturalized citizens who re
quested repatriation and had not
cancelled before midnight, Sept.
1, can be forcibly deported.
(Chief Justice Rinfret, Justices
P. Kerwin, R. Taschereau. A. B.
Hudson, J. W. Estey, majority
majority opinion; Justices I. C.
Rand, R. Kellock. dissenting.)
3. Canadian - born persons of
Japanese race who requested re
patriation and had not cancelled
at time of receiving deportation
orders, can be forcibly deported.
(Same split in decision as in 2.)
4. Wives, and children under
sixteen of persons being sent to
Japan, cannot be forcibly de
ported—unless, in the case of
wives, they have made separate
applications to be sent to Japan.
(Justices A. B. Hudson, J. W.
(Continued on page 7)
U.S. Niseis Approved
By Hearing Board
‘•Some
people whose applications for per
mission to remain in the United
States have been approved by the
Attorney General have already
left the centre and others are pre
paring to leave." W. K. Holland,
relocation program officer, said.
TULE
LAKE
Nearly 3.200 persons at Tule
Kake who renounced their Amer
ican citizenship have availed them
selves of the privilege of appear
ing before the special Department
board which
of
began hearings on .Tan
A considerable section of the
renunciants who claimed they re
nounced citizenship for reasons of
family influence or pressure from
reactionary elements are being
given approval to remain in U.S.,
it is reported.
Toronto Committee Will
Appeal to Privy Council
TORONTO, Ont. — Issues in
volved are of “such crucial im
portance” in Canadian liberties
that an immediate appeal will
be made in the privy council
against the supreme court rul
ing legalizing the deportation of
some Japanese, the Co-operative
Committee on Japanese Cana
dians announced Feb. 20, accord
ing to Canadian Press reports.
The committee, affiliated with
Can
organizations
issued
its
statement
shortly
ada
the Ottawa announcement
a
majority decision of the
1 hat
supreme court had upheld validity
of orders-in-council as affecting
over 10.000 persons of Japanese
race in Canada.
The statement said the fact
that a “substantial part of the
government deportation program
has been held to be unconstitu
tional constitutes “a moral vic
tory for those who have been
fighting for the cause of Japa
nese Canadians."
“What is left of these orders as
egally valid cannot be carried out
ting families, de
without
of
their husband;
pricing
and children of their fathers, thus
making widows and orphans of
“It is not too late for the goveminent to give heed to the storm
s arisen in
which
prote
It can withdraw the orders-in-council. The
very least the government should
do is to amend the orders-in-council so as to make it clear that be
fore anyone is sent unwillingly to
Japan there should be a full
judicial enquiry as to whether they
have been guilty of disloyal con
duct harmful to Canada. The ma
chinery for this is already avail-
able iu the Immigration Act which
is part of the law of the land.
“We urge the very many publicspirited citizens who have given
assistance in the campaign for
justice for our fellow citizens of
Japanese origin to continue the
battle and to make it clear to the
government that it is the govern
ment’s responsibility quite apart,
from the legal decision of the
court, to determine the policy of
Canada."
*Mr. Brewin and the supreme
court ruling gave the government
the “legal right" to go ahead with
deportation of the Japanese con
cerned. Pointing out that depor
tation had been stayed while the
supreme court hearing was held,
(Continued on page
Moral and Financial
Support Promised
TORONTO,
of full support
Committee
into the Co-op
and the Defence Committee nere
from organizations across Canada.
A wire from the recently tormcd
Saskatoon Co-operative Committee
stated they were “solidly behind
movement for judicial appeal to
privy council morally and financially/ The wire urged the necesh al ting immediate deportation ac•tion in interval between
supreme court decision and notice
of privy council appeal.
Heading the Co-operative ComJohn L.
mittee in Saskatoon
Similar expressions of support
is already in the hands of Toronto
Committee: from Winnipeg, Vancouver and other cities.
$
THE NEW CANADIAN
10c per copy
^oi.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA"
1946
40c per month
Court Declares Deportation Orders Valid/
^jd Not Cancel Requests
fcoing Back but Not Because of
iDisloyalty Say B.C. Repats
i
By STAFF CORRESPONDENT
i TASHME. B.C.—There are a few thousand people in
fcrituh Columbia who requested repatriation to Japan and
thaw not cancelled those requests. This week these repatri
hates issued a statement declaring that they are going to
^Japan but not because of any disloyal feeling towards Canada.
“Notwithstanding the hardships and discrimination which
we had endured." their statement says, “it is our firm resolve
to promote and achieve enduring goodwill and peace for the
future between Canada and Japan.”
An impression has been given by officials in Ottawa that people
Ivho requested repatriation to Japan are disloyal. That impression is
Is false one, the repatriates feel. ; They say that the government’s offer
|ior repatriation had every appearance of a sympathetic gesture aimed
^at solving the problems for persons who found it difficult or impossible
|to re-establish themselves in Canada. A fact the evacuees were
keitouiaged to solve their problems by asking for repatriation, and
^inducements were offered to that end, no other interpretation is posstole, the repatriates believe.
^
Some evacuees took up the government's repatriation offer in
, good faith, but others found themselves in a position where they were
yfo’ced by circumstances to sign for repatriation although they had
po intention of going to Japan. The latter group was under an im
pression that the requests could be revoked later.
'
The.repatriate's statement, signed by representatives K. Tsuyuki,
F. S. Saiga and Y. Nakayama, is an attempt to clarify the situation. The
text oi the statement follows:
?
Wives and Children of Deportees
Not Included; Disagreements
WINNIPEG. Mam—“There is no
Mark Decisions on Several Points
question about it. the case must
Sandwell Confident of
Favorable Outcome
taken to th Privy Council."
K. Sa nd well. editor of the ToNight. declared
ronto
when informed of the supreme
court decision.
When asked it' lie thought the
government, may take immediate
deportation action, lie said it will
be “most unlikely."
“The amd'unt of public opinion
which has been aroused in the
question in the past three months
has been surprising." he added.
Mr. Sandwell was confident of the
favorable outcome of the deporta
tion question.
“We, the undersigned, representing those who are re
turning to Japan according to the declaration which we had
signed, wish to - xpress that we are not doing so because of
any disloyalty to Canada.
“Rather, we, of whom the majority are old, are returning
because we have been uprooted from the foundations which we
had laid during the years of our stay in Canada, after having
given the best years of our lives either directly or indirectly
to the basic industries of British Columbia, and after having
endeavoured to live as respectable, peaceful law-abiding
citizens of Canada.
“Many of us have been in small trades and businesses, or
nere landowners, farmers, fishermen with our own boats and
gears. These means of livelihood as well as our homes have
been sold by the Custodian of Enemy Alien Property.
5
"As we are uncertain as to whether we may be allowed to
return to our former places of residence, and even if that were
granted, we will never be able to start life anew as our funds
and other assets have been depleted, we feel we shall never
be able to resume where we had left off.
“Others are going to Japan because, of specific reasons,
such as responsibilities of parents, relatives, sons or daughters.
I
"Notwithstanding the hardships and discrimination which
ne had endured, we. the repatriates wish to express our deep
aPpreciation for the long years of our livelihood in Canada,
qnd it is our firm resolve to promote and achieve enduring
Qooawill and peace for the future between Canada and Japan.
h*
’Therefore, it is only for the above reasons and not with
aiy act or feeling of disloyalty that we are returning to Japan.
i
■---- ---------- -------------------------- - - --------- -------
1 Japanese Canadians Invited to
Ask for Repatriation-Maple Leaf
E
*
1
*a
K
2nd e
St;
onnwesi Europe Edition
Mapie Leaf, Canadian ser1 ~ PuDiication. lias charged
‘- Canadian government
l;i?" Japanese Canadians
repatriation to Japan,
dioheation commented on
^stion made by the CanbdiI,-d or Churches to the
‘juniorities that an invescarried out of everyv^ened with deportation.
— sue particularly affects
•^-oorn Japanese who have
j‘Rea to be repatriated to
who now wish to
-^i" minds," the publicajoung Japanese, born
-'-atsd ,n Canada, and as
•"^ a believer in bur way
of life as the next man, had no
more desire to go to Japan than
a Canadian negro would desire
to go to Africa.
“Indeed, the whole treatment of
the Canadian-born Japanese, many
of whom have served in unitorm
with ‘Canada' flashes, has had
overtones of racial persecution
and intolerance camouflaged by
the war.
“They have । le right to take
their places in our nation with
To refute that
full citizenship.
right under the uise of willing
to refute the pnndeportation.
cinles of freedom for which Can
adians of many racial origins
fought." concluded the Maple
Leaf.
Nisei Soldiers on
Route to Hiroshima
BRAMSHOT. England—Sixteen
British Columbia Nisei are enroute
to Hiroshima area in Japan, the
Canadian Press reported Feb. 15.
The group arrived in Britain
aboard the liner Aquitania. They
are parading here with hundreds
of Canadian soldiers awaiting re
patriation and others awaiting
posting to the Canadian occupa
tion force in Germany, the report
said.
“The jovial, care-free Orientals
have their own sleeping quarters
but take their meals in the reg
ular sergeants’ mess. All are
eager to set foot oh Japanese
soil though none has ever been
in Japan.”
Sergeant Jack T. Oki. formerly
of Haney. B.C.. said. “many of us
wish we could have enlisted in
the Canadian army earlier during
the war as it would have done
much to lessen the feeling against
Canadian Japanese."
Four of the group—George Shintani. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Dick Ada
chi and Joe Sato—went to Van
couver Technical school.
Niseis were barred from enlist
ing. with few exceptions, until the
spring of 1945.
ROSEBERY, B.C. — Sergeant
Mickey Nobuto is now with the
sixteen Niseis en route to Hiroshima but his family living here
is faced with imminent deportation. Mr. and Mrs. Nobuto, who
are Japanese nationals, signed
for repatriation because they felt
the family could not “support
itself” in the east.
Emergency Meeting
Called in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Man.—An emer
gency general meeting of all
evacuees in Manitoba has been
called for Sunday, March 3, at
2 p.m., at the St. Stephen’s Hall
on Higgins Avenue.
The meeting is being called by
the Defence Committee, the
Joint Committee and the MaNub. Reports on the Supre me Court decision will be
and plans for future actions which concerns every
evacuee will be discussed.
Plans will be announced of
effectively co - ordinating the
separate evacuee organizations
in Manitoba. Everybody is urged
to turn out.
OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that
the federal government has the power to deport three out
of the four classes of persons of Japanese race included in
the orders-in-council passed on Dec. 15, 1946—
1. Japanese nationals. 16 years
and over, who requested repat
riation. or were interned at mid
night Sept. 1. 1945. can be forc
ibly deported. (Unanimous opin
ion.)
2. Naturalized citizens who re
quested repatriation and had not
cancelled before midnight, Sept.
1, can be forcibly deported.
(Chief Justice Rinfret, Justices
P. Kerwin, R. Taschereau. A. B.
Hudson, J. W. Estey, majority
majority opinion; Justices I. C.
Rand, R. Kellock. dissenting.)
3. Canadian - born persons of
Japanese race who requested re
patriation and had not cancelled
at time of receiving deportation
orders, can be forcibly deported.
(Same split in decision as in 2.)
4. Wives, and children under
sixteen of persons being sent to
Japan, cannot be forcibly de
ported—unless, in the case of
wives, they have made separate
applications to be sent to Japan.
(Justices A. B. Hudson, J. W.
(Continued on page 7)
U.S. Niseis Approved
By Hearing Board
‘•Some
people whose applications for per
mission to remain in the United
States have been approved by the
Attorney General have already
left the centre and others are pre
paring to leave." W. K. Holland,
relocation program officer, said.
TULE
LAKE
Nearly 3.200 persons at Tule
Kake who renounced their Amer
ican citizenship have availed them
selves of the privilege of appear
ing before the special Department
board which
of
began hearings on .Tan
A considerable section of the
renunciants who claimed they re
nounced citizenship for reasons of
family influence or pressure from
reactionary elements are being
given approval to remain in U.S.,
it is reported.
Toronto Committee Will
Appeal to Privy Council
TORONTO, Ont. — Issues in
volved are of “such crucial im
portance” in Canadian liberties
that an immediate appeal will
be made in the privy council
against the supreme court rul
ing legalizing the deportation of
some Japanese, the Co-operative
Committee on Japanese Cana
dians announced Feb. 20, accord
ing to Canadian Press reports.
The committee, affiliated with
Can
organizations
issued
its
statement
shortly
ada
the Ottawa announcement
a
majority decision of the
1 hat
supreme court had upheld validity
of orders-in-council as affecting
over 10.000 persons of Japanese
race in Canada.
The statement said the fact
that a “substantial part of the
government deportation program
has been held to be unconstitu
tional constitutes “a moral vic
tory for those who have been
fighting for the cause of Japa
nese Canadians."
“What is left of these orders as
egally valid cannot be carried out
ting families, de
without
of
their husband;
pricing
and children of their fathers, thus
making widows and orphans of
“It is not too late for the goveminent to give heed to the storm
s arisen in
which
prote
It can withdraw the orders-in-council. The
very least the government should
do is to amend the orders-in-council so as to make it clear that be
fore anyone is sent unwillingly to
Japan there should be a full
judicial enquiry as to whether they
have been guilty of disloyal con
duct harmful to Canada. The ma
chinery for this is already avail-
able iu the Immigration Act which
is part of the law of the land.
“We urge the very many publicspirited citizens who have given
assistance in the campaign for
justice for our fellow citizens of
Japanese origin to continue the
battle and to make it clear to the
government that it is the govern
ment’s responsibility quite apart,
from the legal decision of the
court, to determine the policy of
Canada."
*Mr. Brewin and the supreme
court ruling gave the government
the “legal right" to go ahead with
deportation of the Japanese con
cerned. Pointing out that depor
tation had been stayed while the
supreme court hearing was held,
(Continued on page
Moral and Financial
Support Promised
TORONTO,
of full support
Committee
into the Co-op
and the Defence Committee nere
from organizations across Canada.
A wire from the recently tormcd
Saskatoon Co-operative Committee
stated they were “solidly behind
movement for judicial appeal to
privy council morally and financially/ The wire urged the necesh al ting immediate deportation ac•tion in interval between
supreme court decision and notice
of privy council appeal.
Heading the Co-operative ComJohn L.
mittee in Saskatoon
Similar expressions of support
is already in the hands of Toronto
Committee: from Winnipeg, Vancouver and other cities.
Page 2
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WINNIPEG, MAN, FEBRUARY 23, 1946
We Must Continue the Fight
The news that the supreme court of Canada .has upheld
the federal government’s power to deport forcibly persons
of Japanese race from Canada has no doubt been received
with some degree of disappointment by evacuees and in
terested citizens across Canada.
It should be noted, however, that the fight to stop the
■present deportation plans is far from lost. We have only
suffered an initial setback. There are enough reasons to
hope that the fight will be carried on with renewed vigor
across Canada. Promises of aids are being received in
Toronto from organizations in various cities.
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N<
*
*
One encouraging feature of the supreme court ruling is
the judges’ conflicting opinions on several points of vital
importance. As regards the wives and children under six
teen of the deportees, the court has ruled it is beyond the
power of the government to deport them forcibly. In other
words, it has been established, in part, that the government’s
deportation plans are not in keeping with the laws of the
of the land. And there is sufficient doubt on other points
to justify an appeal to the Privy Council.
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V
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*
It is well to remember that the fight through the. legal
channels though of utmost importance at this stage, is not
the only way in which we may hope to secure justice for the
Japanese Canadians., The fight must also be,carried on in
the court of public opinion. If a sufficient- number of Cana
dian Citizens are in formed; of the facts behind the present,
issues, especially-in the matter of th ej-goveynment’-s. offer of'
repatriation made last year, there is no doubt- that the gov
ernment will be forced by public opinion to reconsider its
policies;
Even if the proposed deportation is held legally possible,
it does not follow that the act is justified on moral grounds,
and efforts must be continued to persuade Ottawa and the
great body of Canadians to that viewpoint.
*
*
*
*
*
It is absurd on its face to conclude that almost half the
Japanese population in Canada, most of them Canadian citi
zens, should seek voluntarily to go to an alien land. Nothing
to parallel this situation has arisen in the United States
which has 127,000 persons of Japanese race within its
borders.
What we demand now is not unreasonable — only an
opportunity for fair and impartial hearings for those people
who have been brought face to face with compulsorv depor
tation.
There are strong allies on our side. We have the sup
port ot Canadian, citizens who have been fully informed on
the Japanese question. We have the support of organizations
in all parts of Canada. We have the support of influential
newspapers and prominent citizens. And we believe we have
on Our side also, the conscience of the men in Ottawa.
It remains for us. the Japanese Canadians, to forget any
petty differences we have had in the past. We must unite
our efforts and get solidly behind the fig'ht. and be firm in
our resolution to fight to the last ditch? For that purpose,
we must give unstintingiy of our energy and our resources.
A particularly heavy responsibility'Is laid on those persons
now under direct threat of deportation: Some of them may
feel it is easier to give up than continue to suffer further
uncertainties, but we trust they will not let us down.
At stake are not only the future of the repatriates and
their children, but the future of the Test of the evacuees
whose status today is tar from clear. It is absolutdv neces
sary that we clear ourselves completely of the vague charges
oi disloyalty which has been laid against over 10.000 persons
who had been induced to ask for repatriation. We must
continue the fig'ht because we believe in the justice of our
cause, and because we firmly believe that there is in Canada
a thing called democracy.
The Canadian Problem
From The Pacific Citizen
Canada faces today the problem of whether or not she
will, in accord with her conscience and the dictates of democ
racy, settle her Japanese Canadian problem with honesty or
with hypocrisy. The United States government, through
the War Relocation Authority, has spent the past three years
rectifying "our greatest wartime mistake.” Even those per
sons who renounced American citizenship and stated their
intentions of going to Japan are getting another chance to
avoid deportation to that defeated, hungry countrv.
Canada can still correct her patent prejudices and her
proposed, unjust method of dealing with the* problem of this
group. Deportation will not solve the problem. It will re
iterate a "white supremacy” policy that will make permanent
the intentions and plans of the race-conscious, fascistic
minority in Canada.
Editor, The New Canadian.
While reading through your edi
torial in the Feb. 2 issue. 1 came
upon •'More Contributions Re
quested.”
As it happens, my article-writ
ing or literary efforts are nil. but
today (Feb. 6) I came across the
“Lethbridge
Herald
editorial
which 1 thought fine and interest
ing.
It is very heartening to know
that many, including the editor of
the Herald, are interested in and
behind us 100% in this deporta
tion question.
Kat Nishii
Lethbridge, Alta.
Editor's Note: Thanks, we ap
preciated your contribution.
.Satuixia^j?^^
Need of United - Effort
Stressed in Hamilton
®y
N.M.
HAMILTON. Ont.—The need for
united effort by Niseis toward a
better future was stressed by CC. Wilson of D.V.A. at a Sophy-Ed
meeting held cn Feb. 15 st the
Y.M.C-A
Mr. Wilson, who was guest
speaker, declared that Japanese
Canadians were giving a good ac
count of themselves and progress
ing admirably in employment and
social integration despite handi
caps imposed on them.
Margaret Inouye also gave a
brief talk on "The Home and
Family Life and the Education for
Citizenship.’’
A discussion period followed,'
each address.
Four discussion groups which
will delve into ways' to improve
employment, home life, recreation
and education of Niseis were form
ed. The groups will study the sub-,
jects and present their findings at
the next Sophy-Ed meeting to be
held on March 15-.
§ SOUTH OF THE <
f
BORDER
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - japan./
Americans in California are =—dually returning to the tuna go.
ing -industry, after the lifting'?
restrictions which had .barre?c?
erations of commercial;fishery*
of Japanese ancestrv during- vc-.
time.
Two weeks ago the Costa
a San Diego tuna clipper, wh
sea with a full crew of Japans
American Niseis.
Meanwhile, Japanese America:
fishermen were also returningv
the fishing industry in the ji^.
terey area.
*
i
*
NEWELL, Calif. — Japaneses
the Tule Lake Centre who had
:K
*
*
renounced their American citizen
Editor, The New Canadian:
ship and now wish to remain it
Keep up the good work, v* e in
the United States are still in a
Montreal are all plugging for you.
position
to apply for a hearitt
Rev. C- H. Powies.
with the Tule Lake Renunciairs
Montreal, P-.Q.
Hearings Board, according io
Joseph Shevlin, acting chairnut
Editor. The New Canadian:
of the board.
In one of your recent New Can
Everyone who makes an appli
adians' I noticed your appeal for
cation will. be heard, but those
LETHBRIDGE, Alta —Dr. B. K.
more contributions.
who
do not apply will be consid
Sandwell, who was im the city re
Poor as I am at literary work
ered as desiring to go. to Japan.
cently in the interests of the
I managed to write an article.
Shevlin said.
United Nations Society, met a
However, 1 feel it is more fit for
The Department of Justice is
your waste basket than in youi' group of representatives of the
anxious
that there be no mis
Japanese residents of Southern
columns. Just give it the once
understanding of the . tacts, be
over and if presentable please Alberta at the Marquis Hotel on
The meeting was ar said. The board will hear every
count it as one of the contribu Feb. 14.
ranged by A. Gladstone Virtue, one who applies, but it cannot cal
tions.
D.S.
K.C., counsel for the Southern for hearing anyone who does net
apply, he reiterated.
Alberta Japanese.
St, Thomas, Ont.
Meanwhile a report, from Les
Editor’s Note: We think the
Angeles stated that approximately
article is interesting, and are
willing to co-operate 100 percent-- 30. . Japanese, aliens received tem
planning to use it next week.
with The New Canadian. In line porary assurance from. Washing
* * *
. .;
with your editorial we have duly ton, D.C., two. weeks -.ag^f th;
Editor, The New Canadian:
they- would not be deported,.im
The Youth Council has elected elected members, Michael Hoshiko
and
Nobby
(Vic)
Ogura
who
are
mediately .-to Japan, when the
a Council reporter, Mr.- Yosh Hat
tori, who will hereafter send in in charge of publicity for the Nisei Board of Immigration Appeals^!
Council reports to The New Can Fellowship Group. Mr. Ogura and the Bureau of Immigration indefi
Mr. Hoshiko will send to The New nitely postponed oral argument ot
adian.
the motions filed in their behalf
Southern Alberta Youth Council. Canadian all authorized news
about
the
activities
of
the
Mon
for a, re-hearing by Attorneys V
S. Jwaasa, Corrresp. Sec.
treal Nisei Fellowship and their L. Wirin and John Maeno'of L
Raymond, Alta.
* * *
members . . .’’
;
Angeles.
' ~
Editor. The New Canadian:
Nisei Fellowship Group
Mr. Wirin stated that all the
per M. Hoshiko.
We. the executives of the Mon
Japanese aliens not desiring vctreal Nisei Fellowship Group, are
Montreal, P.Q.
■untary departure for Japan, either
awaiting deportation or, alreacy
under orders of deportation, MJ
be given an opportunity to nk
their motions for a rehearing be
fore the Board ■ of immigraucBy THOMAS KANNA
A 27-year-old Calgary-born Nisei
High and Western Canada Tech, Appeals. While their motions ®
the Appeals Board, it is expectwas posted in Vancouver with a
and had got. along swell with
that they will not be deported.
everybody.
group of Japanese Canadians who
were learning the Japanese lan
His father was an old-timer in
*
*
$
guage in preparation for work
Calgary, who owned a string of
"The Japanese people marvel “
with the allied occupational troops
race horses, and who was known
the sturdy-young Nisei who
in Japan. It was the first time
in the racing circles.
the uniform of the United'Stai^
Harry himself used to work
he had seen Vancouver, and the
among General MacArthur s occ..
first time he had met .Canadians
with his brother in a cafe at the
pation forces,” stated the beau-:
west of the Rockies.
Burns Plant. When war came, the
Times on Feb. 4.
"Noting
But Private Harry Inamasu did
Calgary Nisei joined the army like
superior physiques of these joi‘U
not remain long in Vancouver. He
al] his buddies. He was with the
Americans as compared witn W
had a chance to get transferred to
112th Light Anti-Aircraft Bat
young men of Japan, toe Japans
North Bay. and he took it. y
tery. He had been stationed at
press attributes their well V-:
Recently Inamasu passed through Lethbridge, Chatham and Petato better food .and more -P^Winnipeg oniiriStway home to-Cal wawa before going to Vancouver.
taneous athletics.
gary on a furlough, and I ..went Inamasu' greatest disappointment
"Add to these factors an down to meet him at the station.
came when his buddies left for
mosphere
in which fear, -..-gimi
overseas and he was left behind.
DIDN'T LIKE VANCOUVER
tation
and
persecution ne; - -•
He thinks the evacuation is to
I asked him how he liked Van
a part. The healthy young N'
blame.
couver. He said not much. He
become
an interesting nemonj^
Private Inamasu enlisted in
had come across experience which
tion
of
the
force of etivironam
December. 1941. and he feels, he
he had never met before. The may qualify for a discharge soon. and— for Japs — a living ad>j
people on the coast were worked
tisement of the benefits o.
He has enjoyed army life and
up about the Japanese question,
made many friends. He gained free democracy.”
and there were some who didn’t
15 pounds while in the army.
hide their ill feelings toward the
He hasn’t any definite plans for
brown men in Canadian army uni
should be started by June o.
the future, but Calgary beckons.
forms. The other Niseis at the
he added. "We must ni
He has some re-establishment
application to the privy a-’Language School didn’t seem to
credits to fall back on. Discrim
mind it so much, but Private Inafor leave to appeal, but unie~-y
ination has no place in his life,
masu wasn’t used to the un
government contests tins aPi-“^
he hopes, but he has his fingers
friendly attitude. It wasn’t every crossed.
tion. both it and the appear
body who was unfriendly: in fact,
be heard simultaneously.
it was only a few. but the CalgaryThe statement containing
Nisei couldn’t laugh it off as easily
tion to appeal was issued i'O “ -^
(Continued from page 1)
as the other Niseis did.
committee set up to deal ''-y
*
«
t
he said it was "more than likely" matter. It comprised Re' •
the stay would be continued.
Private Inamasu had rarely met
Finlay, of Carleton Uniter.
with discrimination while in Cal "IF THE GOVERNMENT
chait man of the general
gary. He had many occidental WILL co-operate; .
tee; Mr. and Mrs. Mug’s
friends, and they were all good to
"If the government will co-oper lan. Kinzie Tanaka ami
him. He had gone to St. Mary’s ate the privy council hearing Hidaka.
Nisei Misses Chance to Go Overseas
Toronto Committee
Page Two
CANADIAN
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THE EDITOR
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Phone 501 306
Winnipeg, Man.
An independent weekly organ published as a medium of
expression among the people of Japanese origin in Canada
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—------------- Editor
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WINNIPEG, MAN, FEBRUARY 23, 1946
We Must Continue the Fight
The news that the supreme court of Canada .has upheld
the federal government’s power to deport forcibly persons
of Japanese race from Canada has no doubt been received
with some degree of disappointment by evacuees and in
terested citizens across Canada.
It should be noted, however, that the fight to stop the
■present deportation plans is far from lost. We have only
suffered an initial setback. There are enough reasons to
hope that the fight will be carried on with renewed vigor
across Canada. Promises of aids are being received in
Toronto from organizations in various cities.
*
*
N<
*
*
One encouraging feature of the supreme court ruling is
the judges’ conflicting opinions on several points of vital
importance. As regards the wives and children under six
teen of the deportees, the court has ruled it is beyond the
power of the government to deport them forcibly. In other
words, it has been established, in part, that the government’s
deportation plans are not in keeping with the laws of the
of the land. And there is sufficient doubt on other points
to justify an appeal to the Privy Council.
❖
*
V
*
*
It is well to remember that the fight through the. legal
channels though of utmost importance at this stage, is not
the only way in which we may hope to secure justice for the
Japanese Canadians., The fight must also be,carried on in
the court of public opinion. If a sufficient- number of Cana
dian Citizens are in formed; of the facts behind the present,
issues, especially-in the matter of th ej-goveynment’-s. offer of'
repatriation made last year, there is no doubt- that the gov
ernment will be forced by public opinion to reconsider its
policies;
Even if the proposed deportation is held legally possible,
it does not follow that the act is justified on moral grounds,
and efforts must be continued to persuade Ottawa and the
great body of Canadians to that viewpoint.
*
*
*
*
*
It is absurd on its face to conclude that almost half the
Japanese population in Canada, most of them Canadian citi
zens, should seek voluntarily to go to an alien land. Nothing
to parallel this situation has arisen in the United States
which has 127,000 persons of Japanese race within its
borders.
What we demand now is not unreasonable — only an
opportunity for fair and impartial hearings for those people
who have been brought face to face with compulsorv depor
tation.
There are strong allies on our side. We have the sup
port ot Canadian, citizens who have been fully informed on
the Japanese question. We have the support of organizations
in all parts of Canada. We have the support of influential
newspapers and prominent citizens. And we believe we have
on Our side also, the conscience of the men in Ottawa.
It remains for us. the Japanese Canadians, to forget any
petty differences we have had in the past. We must unite
our efforts and get solidly behind the fig'ht. and be firm in
our resolution to fight to the last ditch? For that purpose,
we must give unstintingiy of our energy and our resources.
A particularly heavy responsibility'Is laid on those persons
now under direct threat of deportation: Some of them may
feel it is easier to give up than continue to suffer further
uncertainties, but we trust they will not let us down.
At stake are not only the future of the repatriates and
their children, but the future of the Test of the evacuees
whose status today is tar from clear. It is absolutdv neces
sary that we clear ourselves completely of the vague charges
oi disloyalty which has been laid against over 10.000 persons
who had been induced to ask for repatriation. We must
continue the fig'ht because we believe in the justice of our
cause, and because we firmly believe that there is in Canada
a thing called democracy.
The Canadian Problem
From The Pacific Citizen
Canada faces today the problem of whether or not she
will, in accord with her conscience and the dictates of democ
racy, settle her Japanese Canadian problem with honesty or
with hypocrisy. The United States government, through
the War Relocation Authority, has spent the past three years
rectifying "our greatest wartime mistake.” Even those per
sons who renounced American citizenship and stated their
intentions of going to Japan are getting another chance to
avoid deportation to that defeated, hungry countrv.
Canada can still correct her patent prejudices and her
proposed, unjust method of dealing with the* problem of this
group. Deportation will not solve the problem. It will re
iterate a "white supremacy” policy that will make permanent
the intentions and plans of the race-conscious, fascistic
minority in Canada.
Editor, The New Canadian.
While reading through your edi
torial in the Feb. 2 issue. 1 came
upon •'More Contributions Re
quested.”
As it happens, my article-writ
ing or literary efforts are nil. but
today (Feb. 6) I came across the
“Lethbridge
Herald
editorial
which 1 thought fine and interest
ing.
It is very heartening to know
that many, including the editor of
the Herald, are interested in and
behind us 100% in this deporta
tion question.
Kat Nishii
Lethbridge, Alta.
Editor's Note: Thanks, we ap
preciated your contribution.
.Satuixia^j?^^
Need of United - Effort
Stressed in Hamilton
®y
N.M.
HAMILTON. Ont.—The need for
united effort by Niseis toward a
better future was stressed by CC. Wilson of D.V.A. at a Sophy-Ed
meeting held cn Feb. 15 st the
Y.M.C-A
Mr. Wilson, who was guest
speaker, declared that Japanese
Canadians were giving a good ac
count of themselves and progress
ing admirably in employment and
social integration despite handi
caps imposed on them.
Margaret Inouye also gave a
brief talk on "The Home and
Family Life and the Education for
Citizenship.’’
A discussion period followed,'
each address.
Four discussion groups which
will delve into ways' to improve
employment, home life, recreation
and education of Niseis were form
ed. The groups will study the sub-,
jects and present their findings at
the next Sophy-Ed meeting to be
held on March 15-.
§ SOUTH OF THE <
f
BORDER
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - japan./
Americans in California are =—dually returning to the tuna go.
ing -industry, after the lifting'?
restrictions which had .barre?c?
erations of commercial;fishery*
of Japanese ancestrv during- vc-.
time.
Two weeks ago the Costa
a San Diego tuna clipper, wh
sea with a full crew of Japans
American Niseis.
Meanwhile, Japanese America:
fishermen were also returningv
the fishing industry in the ji^.
terey area.
*
i
*
NEWELL, Calif. — Japaneses
the Tule Lake Centre who had
:K
*
*
renounced their American citizen
Editor, The New Canadian:
ship and now wish to remain it
Keep up the good work, v* e in
the United States are still in a
Montreal are all plugging for you.
position
to apply for a hearitt
Rev. C- H. Powies.
with the Tule Lake Renunciairs
Montreal, P-.Q.
Hearings Board, according io
Joseph Shevlin, acting chairnut
Editor. The New Canadian:
of the board.
In one of your recent New Can
Everyone who makes an appli
adians' I noticed your appeal for
cation will. be heard, but those
LETHBRIDGE, Alta —Dr. B. K.
more contributions.
who
do not apply will be consid
Sandwell, who was im the city re
Poor as I am at literary work
ered as desiring to go. to Japan.
cently in the interests of the
I managed to write an article.
Shevlin said.
United Nations Society, met a
However, 1 feel it is more fit for
The Department of Justice is
your waste basket than in youi' group of representatives of the
anxious
that there be no mis
Japanese residents of Southern
columns. Just give it the once
understanding of the . tacts, be
over and if presentable please Alberta at the Marquis Hotel on
The meeting was ar said. The board will hear every
count it as one of the contribu Feb. 14.
ranged by A. Gladstone Virtue, one who applies, but it cannot cal
tions.
D.S.
K.C., counsel for the Southern for hearing anyone who does net
apply, he reiterated.
Alberta Japanese.
St, Thomas, Ont.
Meanwhile a report, from Les
Editor’s Note: We think the
Angeles stated that approximately
article is interesting, and are
willing to co-operate 100 percent-- 30. . Japanese, aliens received tem
planning to use it next week.
with The New Canadian. In line porary assurance from. Washing
* * *
. .;
with your editorial we have duly ton, D.C., two. weeks -.ag^f th;
Editor, The New Canadian:
they- would not be deported,.im
The Youth Council has elected elected members, Michael Hoshiko
and
Nobby
(Vic)
Ogura
who
are
mediately .-to Japan, when the
a Council reporter, Mr.- Yosh Hat
tori, who will hereafter send in in charge of publicity for the Nisei Board of Immigration Appeals^!
Council reports to The New Can Fellowship Group. Mr. Ogura and the Bureau of Immigration indefi
Mr. Hoshiko will send to The New nitely postponed oral argument ot
adian.
the motions filed in their behalf
Southern Alberta Youth Council. Canadian all authorized news
about
the
activities
of
the
Mon
for a, re-hearing by Attorneys V
S. Jwaasa, Corrresp. Sec.
treal Nisei Fellowship and their L. Wirin and John Maeno'of L
Raymond, Alta.
* * *
members . . .’’
;
Angeles.
' ~
Editor. The New Canadian:
Nisei Fellowship Group
Mr. Wirin stated that all the
per M. Hoshiko.
We. the executives of the Mon
Japanese aliens not desiring vctreal Nisei Fellowship Group, are
Montreal, P.Q.
■untary departure for Japan, either
awaiting deportation or, alreacy
under orders of deportation, MJ
be given an opportunity to nk
their motions for a rehearing be
fore the Board ■ of immigraucBy THOMAS KANNA
A 27-year-old Calgary-born Nisei
High and Western Canada Tech, Appeals. While their motions ®
the Appeals Board, it is expectwas posted in Vancouver with a
and had got. along swell with
that they will not be deported.
everybody.
group of Japanese Canadians who
were learning the Japanese lan
His father was an old-timer in
*
*
$
guage in preparation for work
Calgary, who owned a string of
"The Japanese people marvel “
with the allied occupational troops
race horses, and who was known
the sturdy-young Nisei who
in Japan. It was the first time
in the racing circles.
the uniform of the United'Stai^
Harry himself used to work
he had seen Vancouver, and the
among General MacArthur s occ..
first time he had met .Canadians
with his brother in a cafe at the
pation forces,” stated the beau-:
west of the Rockies.
Burns Plant. When war came, the
Times on Feb. 4.
"Noting
But Private Harry Inamasu did
Calgary Nisei joined the army like
superior physiques of these joi‘U
not remain long in Vancouver. He
al] his buddies. He was with the
Americans as compared witn W
had a chance to get transferred to
112th Light Anti-Aircraft Bat
young men of Japan, toe Japans
North Bay. and he took it. y
tery. He had been stationed at
press attributes their well V-:
Recently Inamasu passed through Lethbridge, Chatham and Petato better food .and more -P^Winnipeg oniiriStway home to-Cal wawa before going to Vancouver.
taneous athletics.
gary on a furlough, and I ..went Inamasu' greatest disappointment
"Add to these factors an down to meet him at the station.
came when his buddies left for
mosphere
in which fear, -..-gimi
overseas and he was left behind.
DIDN'T LIKE VANCOUVER
tation
and
persecution ne; - -•
He thinks the evacuation is to
I asked him how he liked Van
a part. The healthy young N'
blame.
couver. He said not much. He
become
an interesting nemonj^
Private Inamasu enlisted in
had come across experience which
tion
of
the
force of etivironam
December. 1941. and he feels, he
he had never met before. The may qualify for a discharge soon. and— for Japs — a living ad>j
people on the coast were worked
tisement of the benefits o.
He has enjoyed army life and
up about the Japanese question,
made many friends. He gained free democracy.”
and there were some who didn’t
15 pounds while in the army.
hide their ill feelings toward the
He hasn’t any definite plans for
brown men in Canadian army uni
should be started by June o.
the future, but Calgary beckons.
forms. The other Niseis at the
he added. "We must ni
He has some re-establishment
application to the privy a-’Language School didn’t seem to
credits to fall back on. Discrim
mind it so much, but Private Inafor leave to appeal, but unie~-y
ination has no place in his life,
masu wasn’t used to the un
government contests tins aPi-“^
he hopes, but he has his fingers
friendly attitude. It wasn’t every crossed.
tion. both it and the appear
body who was unfriendly: in fact,
be heard simultaneously.
it was only a few. but the CalgaryThe statement containing
Nisei couldn’t laugh it off as easily
tion to appeal was issued i'O “ -^
(Continued from page 1)
as the other Niseis did.
committee set up to deal ''-y
*
«
t
he said it was "more than likely" matter. It comprised Re' •
the stay would be continued.
Private Inamasu had rarely met
Finlay, of Carleton Uniter.
with discrimination while in Cal "IF THE GOVERNMENT
chait man of the general
gary. He had many occidental WILL co-operate; .
tee; Mr. and Mrs. Mug’s
friends, and they were all good to
"If the government will co-oper lan. Kinzie Tanaka ami
him. He had gone to St. Mary’s ate the privy council hearing Hidaka.
Nisei Misses Chance to Go Overseas
Toronto Committee
Page 3
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Page 7
^■unte February 23? 1946
THE
Standing Committee in Montreal
Goes into Action with New Officers
MONTREAL. P.Q.—Montreall-s sex the P^« for 1946 with a
rsnersi election on Jan. 28 at
~ne Y.W.C.A. clubrooms, strengthening the ranks of the Nisei
Standing Committee, a commit
tee set up last year to cope with
rational emergencies as they
j rose.
Veteran Roy Nose fills the
(’'hr. with business man. Jimmy
serving as his right hand
run. Miss Mikki Uyede will write
the Ccmmittee's "Hansard" for
the year, with Vernon Shimotakarjra handling the correspondence
e-y George Yamashita, account-'
ant. will guide the group’s finan
cial destiny.
A new innovation is the cre
ation of three sub-committees:
Publicity with co-convenors, Miss
Eiko Henmi and Bill Iwasaki;
Welfare. with
convenor
Kim
Nakashima; and Finances, with
the treasurer. George Yamashita
handling a dual ■ responsibility.
Flanking the central executive are'
Marsraret Fujisawa, Mas Ishihara,
Fred Kobayashi. Miyo Ishiwata,
Hiroshi Okuda. Minoru Ota. Amy
Okugawa. Irene Tamura, George
Tomita. Sam Seto. Hideo Shigei,
and Amy Yamamoto.
An advisory board of ten wellknown and able Montreal Isseis
will co-operate with the Niseis.
* * X
Of Japanese Descent
It seems as if the Niseis are
always in the news. To the Elec
tion Meeting came Mr. Ernest L.
Maag. delegate in Canada of the
International Committee of the
Red Cross, to briefly outline the
work of the Red Cross Organiza
tion.
With him, Mr. Maag brought
"Of Japanese Descent," a techni
color documentary film of ghost
town
life.
produced
by
the
National Film Board.
It was a
beautiful bit of film work, but the
camera depicted only one side of
the story—a picture of happy ad
justment against B.C.’s scenic
splendour. Unvoiced, omitted from
the film, but felt nevertheless, was
the- inadequacies of the present
policy as regards the Japanese. To
Montreal relocees, behind the
laughing faces portrayed, and be
hind the almost idyllic, pictures' of
wartime living in interior ghost
towns, there loomed a shadow . . .
the shadow of anxiety and in
security, which is the pulse of
ghost-town living.
Southern Alberta Youths Vote to
Joining 'Battle ,of Repatriation”
Sy Y.H
LETHBRIDGE, Alta.—At a wellauended meeting of the Southern
Alberta Youth! Co,uncil on Febru
ary 17. young people from Raymond. Taber, Coaldale, Picture
Sune and Lethbridge met to dis
cuss current problems confronting
the Japanese Canadians, and par
ticularly the deportation issue.
The council decided' to form a.
tentative body to carry out an edu
cation campaign in this district in
the tight against deportation. The
group will co-operate with organi
zations in other centres.
The girls decided to form a club.
Calling themselves the "Thursday
Niters" the group will meet every
Thursday night at Miss Bartling’s
cubby-hole. Elected to guide the
club’s activities were: President,
Ruby Mimura; Vice-President.
Alary Hirasawa; Secretary-Treas
urer. Mitsie Murakami; Refresh
ment convener, Frances Mura
kami.
"Court Declares"
(Continued from page 1)
Estey, !. C. Rand, R. Kellock,
majority opinion; Chief Justice
The council will further attempt
Rinfret, Justices P. Kerwin, R.
to form a permanent committee by
Taschereau, dissenting.)
sending .-representatives to the
Chief Justice Rinfret, Justices
Presbytery meeting of the United
Patrick Kerwin and Robert Tas
Church with the suggestion.
chereau were of the opinion that
As a part of tire educational the orders-in-council authorizing
*'ork. the council is. publishing a
the deportation of Japanese 'were
monthly circular.
not beyond the power of the gov
me council is also distributing ernment.
Umpmets on the Japanese CanaThe judgment was handed down
mar. question, the purpose of
on Feb. 20.
^aich ;s to join in the nation-wide
(Above summary is based on
vatapatgn of the battle against1 Canadian Press and Toronto Co
• e: atrtation." Interested individ-' operative Committee releases.)
i.css or groups jn Alberta may
’Wives and .children' of internees'
wmie these various pamphlets by will be allowed to remain in Can
tomhcung the Southern Alberta. ada unless the wives have made
}<Yuh Council, c/o Y.M.C.A. in requests for repatriation, and did
LfUibricee
not cancel in time.
Several other points.-remain in
’Ou5“-e’R No. 1. of the Council
doubt pending complete report on
.
has rolled out of the the decision which has not yet
; ---t'jsrapn press with a fighting been received by The. New Cana
. v-io.iai urging the Alberta Niseis dian.
. ••• pool our mental and physical
One of them concerns the set
.o help build Canada
ting up of a Loyalty Commission
%
";&“e this country a home
whose purpose will be to examine,
-^cuty and tolerance."
among other things, “the extent
j
cut a challenge saying;
of co-operation with the Govern
|
question of repatria- ment of Canada during the war”
j .. ~ ,*““G C£^tellation would not
of Japanese nationals or natural
|i
headache it is to our
ized persons on the reference ot
s .
11 -"e youths had been the Minister of Labor. This Com
mission has the power to recom
|
tour-paged mimeomend deportations.
g
j '"”"r- carries news of club
g
--- L aoutnem Alberta.
Comments
WINNIPEG. Man.—Commenting
g r^M ITS PAGES
on the judgment of the supreme
S' ---^ ."‘^ “rsi time this winter.
court. E. X Tarr, of Winnipeg,
|
girls of Leth- past president of the Institute d
|
=--uered on January io at
Pacific Relations, said:
“This
s
"'r United Church to judgment makes it legally possible
S
^Oiaestic Union. De- for the government to proceed
until question of with the deportation policy but it
I hi:
p"‘1::lS to w°fk in city does not make the policy any less
cleared.
undesirable."
NEW
CANADIAN
Page Seven
Government's Action Sharply Criticized at
University of Toronto's Panel Discussion
News Briefs
How nice.
According to a
prominent Ottawa medical auth
ority “the cardiorespiratory type
of kiss has. a well-known psycho
therapeutic value."
In
other
words when kissing makes you
feel that way. it’s doing you good,
psychologically.
And you don’t have to worry
about germs too—it’s “no more
unsanitary than eating in restaur
ants."
No more backaches. Complete
mechanization of beet ' industry
within ten years has been fore
cast by a Salt Lake City technolo
gist. due to wartime improve
ments in mechanical blockers,
thinners and harvesters.
Horse trouble,
Lieut. Dick
Ryan of Oceanside, Calif., bought
Hirohito’s celebrated white horse.
Hatsushimo. and brought it home
to the States. The horse got sea
sick, and had to be sulpha-treated
for a cold.
Now Lieut. Dick is
looking for a Nisei to whisper
Japanese words into Hatsushimo’s
ears. The imperial horse is homesick.
A
*
:c
Wage boost.
The United
Church of Canada ministers on
aid-receiving charges will get $100
more a year, retroactive to the
start of last year. New rates for
a married ordained minister with
a furnished manse will be $1,650.
and $1,700 with an unfurnished
manse.
Optometry course. A course in
optometry will begin at the Uni
versity of B.C. starting next Sep
tember. U.B.C. has been boosted
into second largest university in
Canada, with 7,000 enrolled, half
of them veterans. The largest is
U. of Toronto with 11,000 students.
*
*
f
Erings back memories. Mayor
Cornett of Vancouver still blows
a mean trumpet, says Vancouver
Province. He outblew two com
petitors in "My Wild Irish Rose.”
New Canadian has no comments
this time about the tune.
Shortages. Nylons hit the mar
ket with a bang on Feb. 19. and
production is expected to increase
rapidly. Fur coats will be priced
higher in 1946 due to rise in
prices of fur. .Aluminum wares
are still scarce, Hot plates seem
Shortenings and
easier to get.
laundry soaps ; eem more plentiful now, at leas in Winnipeg.
^
X
:f
Democracy in Russia. 99.0.6,363 voters out of 99.550.225 per
sons eligible for votes participated
in Russian election. One political
party and one candidate for each
position. Stalin got 100^, vote.
No more fun. Fishing will be a
cinch in B.C. with a “supersonic
depth recorder" which reveals fish
swimming in the ocean. One fish
boat using the gadget spotted 500
tons of herring in one hour. . . .
Three girls. Laura Mayea of Lake
Cowichan. Thelma. Emblem of
Ladysmith, and Joyce Lundahl of
Duncan, are working as "whistle
punks" at the Kapoor Logging op
erations in Vancouver Island.
Japanese women are making a
hit with some American service
men. Said one marine: "A Japa
nese woman never nags. If you
stay out late she doesn’t ask
where you’ve been and who you
were with. She hands you your
slippers and then tucks you into
bed. This. 1 might add, is not
Give Japanese Canadians Real Chance to
Settle and Become Self-Sufficient Says
Tanaka; Croll Cails for Public Support
From The Toronto Star
1ORONTO. Ont. — We have shed too much blood for
ireedom to stand idly by while Canadian citizens of Japanese
origin are persecuted. Lieut.-Col. David A. Croll. Liberal
M.P., tout a students lorum at the University of Toronto
on Feb. 14.
Col. Croll led a panel discus
sion organized by the campus
committee on Japanese Cana
dians.
Other speakers were
Andrew Srewin, Toronto lawyer,
and Kintie Tanaka, chairman of
the Japanese Canadian Com
mittee for Democracy.
Mass deportation of Japanese
Canadians. Col. Croll said, would
he “un-Canadian and inhuman.”
He recalled the preamble to the
United Nations charter which
guaranteed respect for the human
rights and fundamental freedoms
ot all people vyithout regard to
race or color.
"The Japanese Canadians must
be treated not only without preju
dice. but without even the ap
pearance of injustice. The burden of proof is on the government
of this country,; it must, prove to
you and me that there is no coer
cion, no Compulsion, no duress.
Dangerous Ground
“The road we are .now taking
is a dangerous one. full of booby
traps. It is well to remember that
we are a nation of minorities.
Apart from the French Canadians,
23 per cent, of our people belong
to minority groups. These people
are watching anxiously—because
there is a taint of reprisal here,
an undercurrent of racialism. Even
the mollified policy of the govern
ment with regard to the- Japanese
Canadians removes no great evil;
it perpetuates an error that has
become- iniquitous."
Col. Croll called for "a great
armada of public opinion" to raise
its voice- against injustice. "This
is not merely a legal fight.” he
declared; "it is a moral one. A
ruling in favor of the Japanese
Canadians, for which I hope, will
not be a victory in itself; the
larger problem still remains."
Mr. 'Brewin said approximately
10.COO of the 23.000 Japanese Can
adians were liable to deportation
under the orders-in-council includ
ing many who had never signed
the request to be returned to
Japan. Use- of these requests was
“the most shameful part of a
shameful business." he declared.
Free Will Impossible
“A mass of evidence- has been
collected to indicate- that the re
quests. if not signed under physi
cal coercion, were signed in cir
cumstances which made the exer
cise of any free will impossible,"
be said. “The forms themselves
clearly indicate the desire of the
government that they be signed.
They are headed the ‘Government
of Canada.' They have written at
the bottom ‘Approved by the
R.C.M.P.; recommended by the
commissioner of Japanese place
ment.'
“A note is attached that all per
sons 16 and over are required to
sign a separate declaration. Tc
one not familiar with the language,
of bureaucracy, that sounds like
a command to sign.
hearsay evidence ... as seen as
J get my discharge I'm going back
to Japan."
’.oany of inose who signed had
been deprived of their property
and were living in ‘resettlement
camps’ which differed little from
internment camps. It is no coinci
dence that in these camps a high
percentage signed and in Ontario
and other places where no such
pressure existed, only a small per
centage signed.
"Privileges were extended to
those who signed which were
denied to those who refused to
sign. Some were told that the
requests were revocable — as
indeed they were on their face,
until the government by order
in-council purported to make
them irrevocable.”
He said it was "shameful" to
justify the proposed deportations
on the ground that the requests
indicated disloyalty. “If that, is
so. who is more guilty, of encour
aging ’disloyalty than the govern
ment which secured the 'signatures
from a harried and dispossessed
minority?
"The documents are illegal. . . .
They invite citizens who owe al
legiance to the King, to assume
allegiance in time of war t’b His
.Majesty’s enemies. Whoever pre
pared these forms was ignorant
of the elementary principle of law
that no one can, in wartime, elect
to change his allegiance from the
King to his enemies.”
Sane and Humane Solution
Mr. Tanaka said one way to
deal with Japanese Canadians was
to deport the whole 23,000 to
Japan.
"That would solve tl^e
problem by elimination,’’ lie said,
“hut it would leave you with new
ones. The Chinese, the Negroes
and other minorities would begin
to worry. Where would it end?”
The sane and humane solu
tion. he declared, was to treat
citizens of Japanese origin in
the same way as any other citi
zens. “Then you would have ho
problem. There are 1,000'Japa
nese in Toronto now, working
at jobs on the same basis as
Giber Canadians. Have you had
any iruuuie with them?”
Hi? said most of the Japanese
Canadians who had been moved
east liked conditions better here
1’nan in British Columbia, and few
would want to return there. “In
B.C. there is real democracy in
the schools.” he said. “But when
you leave school, it is virtually im
possible; to find work.
It was
when I left school that racial dis
crimination really hit me.”
He said many Japanese Can
adians had been living for four
years in ghost towns and camps;
their property and homes had
been sold, and they were at the
ind of their resources. “They have
r.o money now to rehabilitate
themselves:.” he said. “The gov
ernment offers $200 to each adult
and $50 for each child sent to
Japan, but only $35 for rehabilita
tion in Canada. The confidence of
all minorities in the government
could be restored if it gave the
Japanese Canadians a real chance
to
settle
and
become
selfsufficient."
THE
Standing Committee in Montreal
Goes into Action with New Officers
MONTREAL. P.Q.—Montreall-s sex the P^« for 1946 with a
rsnersi election on Jan. 28 at
~ne Y.W.C.A. clubrooms, strengthening the ranks of the Nisei
Standing Committee, a commit
tee set up last year to cope with
rational emergencies as they
j rose.
Veteran Roy Nose fills the
(’'hr. with business man. Jimmy
serving as his right hand
run. Miss Mikki Uyede will write
the Ccmmittee's "Hansard" for
the year, with Vernon Shimotakarjra handling the correspondence
e-y George Yamashita, account-'
ant. will guide the group’s finan
cial destiny.
A new innovation is the cre
ation of three sub-committees:
Publicity with co-convenors, Miss
Eiko Henmi and Bill Iwasaki;
Welfare. with
convenor
Kim
Nakashima; and Finances, with
the treasurer. George Yamashita
handling a dual ■ responsibility.
Flanking the central executive are'
Marsraret Fujisawa, Mas Ishihara,
Fred Kobayashi. Miyo Ishiwata,
Hiroshi Okuda. Minoru Ota. Amy
Okugawa. Irene Tamura, George
Tomita. Sam Seto. Hideo Shigei,
and Amy Yamamoto.
An advisory board of ten wellknown and able Montreal Isseis
will co-operate with the Niseis.
* * X
Of Japanese Descent
It seems as if the Niseis are
always in the news. To the Elec
tion Meeting came Mr. Ernest L.
Maag. delegate in Canada of the
International Committee of the
Red Cross, to briefly outline the
work of the Red Cross Organiza
tion.
With him, Mr. Maag brought
"Of Japanese Descent," a techni
color documentary film of ghost
town
life.
produced
by
the
National Film Board.
It was a
beautiful bit of film work, but the
camera depicted only one side of
the story—a picture of happy ad
justment against B.C.’s scenic
splendour. Unvoiced, omitted from
the film, but felt nevertheless, was
the- inadequacies of the present
policy as regards the Japanese. To
Montreal relocees, behind the
laughing faces portrayed, and be
hind the almost idyllic, pictures' of
wartime living in interior ghost
towns, there loomed a shadow . . .
the shadow of anxiety and in
security, which is the pulse of
ghost-town living.
Southern Alberta Youths Vote to
Joining 'Battle ,of Repatriation”
Sy Y.H
LETHBRIDGE, Alta.—At a wellauended meeting of the Southern
Alberta Youth! Co,uncil on Febru
ary 17. young people from Raymond. Taber, Coaldale, Picture
Sune and Lethbridge met to dis
cuss current problems confronting
the Japanese Canadians, and par
ticularly the deportation issue.
The council decided' to form a.
tentative body to carry out an edu
cation campaign in this district in
the tight against deportation. The
group will co-operate with organi
zations in other centres.
The girls decided to form a club.
Calling themselves the "Thursday
Niters" the group will meet every
Thursday night at Miss Bartling’s
cubby-hole. Elected to guide the
club’s activities were: President,
Ruby Mimura; Vice-President.
Alary Hirasawa; Secretary-Treas
urer. Mitsie Murakami; Refresh
ment convener, Frances Mura
kami.
"Court Declares"
(Continued from page 1)
Estey, !. C. Rand, R. Kellock,
majority opinion; Chief Justice
The council will further attempt
Rinfret, Justices P. Kerwin, R.
to form a permanent committee by
Taschereau, dissenting.)
sending .-representatives to the
Chief Justice Rinfret, Justices
Presbytery meeting of the United
Patrick Kerwin and Robert Tas
Church with the suggestion.
chereau were of the opinion that
As a part of tire educational the orders-in-council authorizing
*'ork. the council is. publishing a
the deportation of Japanese 'were
monthly circular.
not beyond the power of the gov
me council is also distributing ernment.
Umpmets on the Japanese CanaThe judgment was handed down
mar. question, the purpose of
on Feb. 20.
^aich ;s to join in the nation-wide
(Above summary is based on
vatapatgn of the battle against1 Canadian Press and Toronto Co
• e: atrtation." Interested individ-' operative Committee releases.)
i.css or groups jn Alberta may
’Wives and .children' of internees'
wmie these various pamphlets by will be allowed to remain in Can
tomhcung the Southern Alberta. ada unless the wives have made
}<Yuh Council, c/o Y.M.C.A. in requests for repatriation, and did
LfUibricee
not cancel in time.
Several other points.-remain in
’Ou5“-e’R No. 1. of the Council
doubt pending complete report on
.
has rolled out of the the decision which has not yet
; ---t'jsrapn press with a fighting been received by The. New Cana
. v-io.iai urging the Alberta Niseis dian.
. ••• pool our mental and physical
One of them concerns the set
.o help build Canada
ting up of a Loyalty Commission
%
";&“e this country a home
whose purpose will be to examine,
-^cuty and tolerance."
among other things, “the extent
j
cut a challenge saying;
of co-operation with the Govern
|
question of repatria- ment of Canada during the war”
j .. ~ ,*““G C£^tellation would not
of Japanese nationals or natural
|i
headache it is to our
ized persons on the reference ot
s .
11 -"e youths had been the Minister of Labor. This Com
mission has the power to recom
|
tour-paged mimeomend deportations.
g
j '"”"r- carries news of club
g
--- L aoutnem Alberta.
Comments
WINNIPEG. Man.—Commenting
g r^M ITS PAGES
on the judgment of the supreme
S' ---^ ."‘^ “rsi time this winter.
court. E. X Tarr, of Winnipeg,
|
girls of Leth- past president of the Institute d
|
=--uered on January io at
Pacific Relations, said:
“This
s
"'r United Church to judgment makes it legally possible
S
^Oiaestic Union. De- for the government to proceed
until question of with the deportation policy but it
I hi:
p"‘1::lS to w°fk in city does not make the policy any less
cleared.
undesirable."
NEW
CANADIAN
Page Seven
Government's Action Sharply Criticized at
University of Toronto's Panel Discussion
News Briefs
How nice.
According to a
prominent Ottawa medical auth
ority “the cardiorespiratory type
of kiss has. a well-known psycho
therapeutic value."
In
other
words when kissing makes you
feel that way. it’s doing you good,
psychologically.
And you don’t have to worry
about germs too—it’s “no more
unsanitary than eating in restaur
ants."
No more backaches. Complete
mechanization of beet ' industry
within ten years has been fore
cast by a Salt Lake City technolo
gist. due to wartime improve
ments in mechanical blockers,
thinners and harvesters.
Horse trouble,
Lieut. Dick
Ryan of Oceanside, Calif., bought
Hirohito’s celebrated white horse.
Hatsushimo. and brought it home
to the States. The horse got sea
sick, and had to be sulpha-treated
for a cold.
Now Lieut. Dick is
looking for a Nisei to whisper
Japanese words into Hatsushimo’s
ears. The imperial horse is homesick.
A
*
:c
Wage boost.
The United
Church of Canada ministers on
aid-receiving charges will get $100
more a year, retroactive to the
start of last year. New rates for
a married ordained minister with
a furnished manse will be $1,650.
and $1,700 with an unfurnished
manse.
Optometry course. A course in
optometry will begin at the Uni
versity of B.C. starting next Sep
tember. U.B.C. has been boosted
into second largest university in
Canada, with 7,000 enrolled, half
of them veterans. The largest is
U. of Toronto with 11,000 students.
*
*
f
Erings back memories. Mayor
Cornett of Vancouver still blows
a mean trumpet, says Vancouver
Province. He outblew two com
petitors in "My Wild Irish Rose.”
New Canadian has no comments
this time about the tune.
Shortages. Nylons hit the mar
ket with a bang on Feb. 19. and
production is expected to increase
rapidly. Fur coats will be priced
higher in 1946 due to rise in
prices of fur. .Aluminum wares
are still scarce, Hot plates seem
Shortenings and
easier to get.
laundry soaps ; eem more plentiful now, at leas in Winnipeg.
^
X
:f
Democracy in Russia. 99.0.6,363 voters out of 99.550.225 per
sons eligible for votes participated
in Russian election. One political
party and one candidate for each
position. Stalin got 100^, vote.
No more fun. Fishing will be a
cinch in B.C. with a “supersonic
depth recorder" which reveals fish
swimming in the ocean. One fish
boat using the gadget spotted 500
tons of herring in one hour. . . .
Three girls. Laura Mayea of Lake
Cowichan. Thelma. Emblem of
Ladysmith, and Joyce Lundahl of
Duncan, are working as "whistle
punks" at the Kapoor Logging op
erations in Vancouver Island.
Japanese women are making a
hit with some American service
men. Said one marine: "A Japa
nese woman never nags. If you
stay out late she doesn’t ask
where you’ve been and who you
were with. She hands you your
slippers and then tucks you into
bed. This. 1 might add, is not
Give Japanese Canadians Real Chance to
Settle and Become Self-Sufficient Says
Tanaka; Croll Cails for Public Support
From The Toronto Star
1ORONTO. Ont. — We have shed too much blood for
ireedom to stand idly by while Canadian citizens of Japanese
origin are persecuted. Lieut.-Col. David A. Croll. Liberal
M.P., tout a students lorum at the University of Toronto
on Feb. 14.
Col. Croll led a panel discus
sion organized by the campus
committee on Japanese Cana
dians.
Other speakers were
Andrew Srewin, Toronto lawyer,
and Kintie Tanaka, chairman of
the Japanese Canadian Com
mittee for Democracy.
Mass deportation of Japanese
Canadians. Col. Croll said, would
he “un-Canadian and inhuman.”
He recalled the preamble to the
United Nations charter which
guaranteed respect for the human
rights and fundamental freedoms
ot all people vyithout regard to
race or color.
"The Japanese Canadians must
be treated not only without preju
dice. but without even the ap
pearance of injustice. The burden of proof is on the government
of this country,; it must, prove to
you and me that there is no coer
cion, no Compulsion, no duress.
Dangerous Ground
“The road we are .now taking
is a dangerous one. full of booby
traps. It is well to remember that
we are a nation of minorities.
Apart from the French Canadians,
23 per cent, of our people belong
to minority groups. These people
are watching anxiously—because
there is a taint of reprisal here,
an undercurrent of racialism. Even
the mollified policy of the govern
ment with regard to the- Japanese
Canadians removes no great evil;
it perpetuates an error that has
become- iniquitous."
Col. Croll called for "a great
armada of public opinion" to raise
its voice- against injustice. "This
is not merely a legal fight.” he
declared; "it is a moral one. A
ruling in favor of the Japanese
Canadians, for which I hope, will
not be a victory in itself; the
larger problem still remains."
Mr. 'Brewin said approximately
10.COO of the 23.000 Japanese Can
adians were liable to deportation
under the orders-in-council includ
ing many who had never signed
the request to be returned to
Japan. Use- of these requests was
“the most shameful part of a
shameful business." he declared.
Free Will Impossible
“A mass of evidence- has been
collected to indicate- that the re
quests. if not signed under physi
cal coercion, were signed in cir
cumstances which made the exer
cise of any free will impossible,"
be said. “The forms themselves
clearly indicate the desire of the
government that they be signed.
They are headed the ‘Government
of Canada.' They have written at
the bottom ‘Approved by the
R.C.M.P.; recommended by the
commissioner of Japanese place
ment.'
“A note is attached that all per
sons 16 and over are required to
sign a separate declaration. Tc
one not familiar with the language,
of bureaucracy, that sounds like
a command to sign.
hearsay evidence ... as seen as
J get my discharge I'm going back
to Japan."
’.oany of inose who signed had
been deprived of their property
and were living in ‘resettlement
camps’ which differed little from
internment camps. It is no coinci
dence that in these camps a high
percentage signed and in Ontario
and other places where no such
pressure existed, only a small per
centage signed.
"Privileges were extended to
those who signed which were
denied to those who refused to
sign. Some were told that the
requests were revocable — as
indeed they were on their face,
until the government by order
in-council purported to make
them irrevocable.”
He said it was "shameful" to
justify the proposed deportations
on the ground that the requests
indicated disloyalty. “If that, is
so. who is more guilty, of encour
aging ’disloyalty than the govern
ment which secured the 'signatures
from a harried and dispossessed
minority?
"The documents are illegal. . . .
They invite citizens who owe al
legiance to the King, to assume
allegiance in time of war t’b His
.Majesty’s enemies. Whoever pre
pared these forms was ignorant
of the elementary principle of law
that no one can, in wartime, elect
to change his allegiance from the
King to his enemies.”
Sane and Humane Solution
Mr. Tanaka said one way to
deal with Japanese Canadians was
to deport the whole 23,000 to
Japan.
"That would solve tl^e
problem by elimination,’’ lie said,
“hut it would leave you with new
ones. The Chinese, the Negroes
and other minorities would begin
to worry. Where would it end?”
The sane and humane solu
tion. he declared, was to treat
citizens of Japanese origin in
the same way as any other citi
zens. “Then you would have ho
problem. There are 1,000'Japa
nese in Toronto now, working
at jobs on the same basis as
Giber Canadians. Have you had
any iruuuie with them?”
Hi? said most of the Japanese
Canadians who had been moved
east liked conditions better here
1’nan in British Columbia, and few
would want to return there. “In
B.C. there is real democracy in
the schools.” he said. “But when
you leave school, it is virtually im
possible; to find work.
It was
when I left school that racial dis
crimination really hit me.”
He said many Japanese Can
adians had been living for four
years in ghost towns and camps;
their property and homes had
been sold, and they were at the
ind of their resources. “They have
r.o money now to rehabilitate
themselves:.” he said. “The gov
ernment offers $200 to each adult
and $50 for each child sent to
Japan, but only $35 for rehabilita
tion in Canada. The confidence of
all minorities in the government
could be restored if it gave the
Japanese Canadians a real chance
to
settle
and
become
selfsufficient."
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Donation
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"Co-operative Commit-
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Final funeral ser
on Feb. 12 at the
Rev. T. Komiyama
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SEIICHI NAGAMI
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GRAND FORKS
Kabaya passed aw
Forks Hospital on
Final funeral sei
on Feb. 12. ar rr
BELLEVILLE.
Ishii. 17, died of
Belleville
Feb. 3.
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and the remain;
Greenwood where
vice was held
Church on Feb. 12
officiaun?.
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O'
i he Mani
once ast
Club of Winnipeg
setting plans for
mcert. tentativelv
or
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to
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popuiai with bo
Col
MRS. MIZUYE SHIMIZU
TORONTO,. Ont. — The
service for Mrs. Mimye
who died Feb. 15 in Toro
held on Sunday, Feb. 17.
vine ot
contact
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Winn
co
Niseiette is Queen of
Greenwood Ice Carnival
Man
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GREENWOOD
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Wl
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Chathamites to Hei
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Card of Thanks
Fight Deportation
cues
Taber dimbs on Top in Sugar Beet
Basketball Tussle as Yamabe Stars
Regina Niseis Continue Efforts
Towards Better Relationships
Montreal Personal
Saturday.
Wpg. Valentine Canteen Fetes Returned Men
Mau
win iiin
way ihroush snow
went
to
Marriages
ters xor
First pr
low
e ct
winand
w
••Dai
Bo
d w
Bore
io
a
O
mot
i
T
t lie
he
neem
dance nt;
hand made
well broil
Kensuke k
RAYMOND. Alta.—Miss Rumiko
Koyada. secoiia aaugnter of Mr.
and Mrs
ijiro Koyada. Raythe pretty bride of
kiya. eldest son of
Rosa
e. ana Jack
r the
so
We
:ea to me
"to those
with
could
:ne
Obituaries
3 at Raymond Bud-
Mr. and Mr
Cu
oner
own Valentines of th?
Outstanding on the
the uniformed Nisei
i e* ak;
hl V
wn
■The
Boyj
ot
tctive Nisei soc
in Winnipeg, we
tne
to
to
on
Suzuki. Jimm; Matsuo
Shimizu and
Also presen
were Sgt.
of tne American J
and Ra v Low. a Chinese
or
e Canadian Arm
sioi
me reins ;
the lo
;es
ide"
Di
Acknowledgments
in
composed of Kiko Omoto. Rosa
Takatsu. Barbara Sakamoto Mare
re Hirose,. Ronme Inouye
Minamide.
Jack Goto. This eisht member
council sponso
a Canteen every
itir
evening at the
donation
er. Alta..
11
o
out a DO IK
two
pnsec
ons
u
0
Cupid Has His Way As Montrealers
Celebrate at Gay Valentine Social
tor reo. .I. ar the
month, and all are
vited to attend.
ot the
11 v in-
TOSHIO ISHII
Donation
.n Tennis Club in Baydonated the sum of
"Co-operative Commit-
to
tee on
Toronto.
Manisei Thespians
Looking for Script
Of Placemat Contest
ear-om
Tanaka.
Niseiette at
ool. won thir
recent
BO
mat co
me r out
to win s
o
Rov
NEW DENVER
Nagami p;
at the
He wa
ver from Kelowna
Final funeral ser
on Feb. 12 at the
Rev. T. Komiyama
on oi
now
ose tl
ary offici
SEIICHI NAGAMI
unin
an <i
GRAND FORKS
Kabaya passed aw
Forks Hospital on
Final funeral sei
on Feb. 12. ar rr
BELLEVILLE.
Ishii. 17, died of
Belleville
Feb. 3.
ihe bod
and the remain;
Greenwood where
vice was held
Church on Feb. 12
officiaun?.
. Y. 0
O'
i he Mani
once ast
Club of Winnipeg
setting plans for
mcert. tentativelv
or
i his year, they are t
utmost
present the
ponsored.
2 Club is
to
nts. nve orother;
all of Greenwoo
He w
lese in Bellevilh
popuiai with bo
Col
MRS. MIZUYE SHIMIZU
TORONTO,. Ont. — The
service for Mrs. Mimye
who died Feb. 15 in Toro
held on Sunday, Feb. 17.
vine ot
contact
no M
Winn
co
Niseiette is Queen of
Greenwood Ice Carnival
Man
ce
GREENWOOD
rie Ann
Wl
a
Chathamites to Hei
aie<
oon
Card of Thanks
Fight Deportation
cues
Taber dimbs on Top in Sugar Beet
Basketball Tussle as Yamabe Stars
Regina Niseis Continue Efforts
Towards Better Relationships
Montreal Personal