The New Canadian — May 31, 1947

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An Independent Weekly For Canadians of Japanese Origin

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Urges Ottawa Set Up Board
JCCA to Study Property
Evacuee Losses
osses Problem Further

wiXXWEG.__ The importance of further study on the
preparing’ claims for evacuation losses was
in the executive’s report at the general meeting
^a-Slanitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens Association,
n Fw
‘gtepjien’s Hall on Sunday, May 25.
.oinmented on the hearing
evacuation lo^es being held
.re the House of Commons pub-.ccoun'A committee.
.‘Two facts have emerged
•‘rom the hearings,” the report

Stlhomas Paper
Says Should Let
Hiseis Come Back
<T THOMAS. Ont.—The Canaa? government c<axi afford to be
•onsiderate” in the matter of
repermitting
urn to Canada, declared the St.
Thomas Times-Journal in its edi­
torial of May 14.
Referring to The New Canadian's
recent news story on "repatrigted’’ Niseis who were seeking to
come back, the St. Thomas newspaoer called attention to the fact
that the United States govern­
ment was permitting 2,500 Ameri­
ca Niseis in Japan to return.
■•They (the ‘repatriated’ Ni­
seis) find it very difficult to fit
in with the Japanese way of
\ living in its native form, be­
cause they were born in Canl ads and were brought up in the "
i Canadian way of living,” said
I the Times-Journal.
"In this country their Japanese characteristics were a mere
veneer imposed upon them by
their parents, and now that they
are in a 100 percent Japanese
environment they are like fish
cut of water.”

Hearing Held on
American Evacuee
Claims Commission
GTON. D.C. — Publictit e go v ernmen t-spontat ion claims commists held May 28 before
it tee of the House
lives judiciary com-

ion bill

vides for the estaba three-man comthe supervision of
.' Pitrtment to adjudite for the losses
' “sons of Japanese
• “’.son of the military
-rs of 1942. The
Liwaii. and Alaska
■ Une measure as the

~ m favor of the bill
a1 representative of the
;r? of the Interior;
Corn­
ier
Federal Public
2 ana former director of
W£r 'veiocation Authority,
■' S. ’"yer; representatives
federal Council of
°r Christ in America:
Friends Service
- umutee. snd the American
Liberties Union.
? the evacuees were
.0 O'
ational president of
lAi
■ Mike Masaoka.
r

Thirteen SEAC
Niseis Return
read by Yoshio---------------------------------------------------Home This Week

said. “First is that many chat­
to The
TORONTO.
tels belonging to the evacuees
and stored on the coast had been
iiian Nisei soldiers who served in
stolen or damaged; and second
the Southeast Asia Command re­
is that evacuee properties held
turned to their homes this week.
by the custodian were sold at
They were among a detachment
pretty low prices.”
of
22 Canadian Intelligence Corps
“We believe there is a good
probability that a thorough inves­ personnel which arrived at Halitigation will be made, and dam­ fax aboard the Acquitania on
day, May 25.
ages paid on these losses.”
The detachment, headed by
The report, cautioned that the
Major
T. P. Horne and Capt.
recently conducted
evacuation
Fletcher, former S-20 Instruc­
losses’. survey should not be re­
tors.
included WO.2 Eiji Yatabe,
garded as a basis on which claims
WO.2 Mickey Nobuto. Sgts.
will be paid, but that their chief
Dick Y. Adachi, Klark Ito, Saivalue lay in showing “how wide­
chi
Imai, K. Matsubuchi, Sadao
spread and how serious the losses
Nikaido, Greg Ohashi, Jack Oki,
were."
Joe Sato, George Shintani, Tom
OTHER INFORMATION
Yamashita and Minoru Yatabe.
SHOULD BE SHOWN
The report noted that other im­
portant information should be
brought to light. Special refer­
ence was made to properties and
chattels which were not turned
over to the custodian for various
reasons, and had been sold by the
OT T A W A.—Y a s u t a r o Y a m a ga.
evacuees at sacrifice prices.
representative
on the custodian’s
“We think damages should be
advisory committee in 19-13. re­
claimed for these losses also.” the
signed
because he feared “unfair
report added.
results
it was revealed at. a sitOther important problems fating of the Common’s public ac­
cing the organization were listed
counts committee on May 22.
in the report. These included:
The minutes and correspond­
(a) the question of citizenship of
ence
of the advisory committee's
repatriated Niseis: (b) the re­
activities
in 1943 showed that
moval of existing restrictions on
Mr. Yamaga resigned when it
Japanese Canadians: (c) the prep­
was
considering the Veteran’s
aration of factual information with
Land Acts offer of $750,000 for
which to refute anti-Japanese
Japanese
farms. In a letter, he
charges;
and (d)
educational
said
the
“
atmosphere
” at a com­
work among Isseis and Niseis to
mittee meeting had led to the
stress citizenship responsibilities
belief that the results would be
and rights.
“unfair to the Japanese."
The meeting acted on the ex­
The VLA'S offer was later
ecutive's recommendation to re­
boosted
to SS.50.0wi and accented
organize the Manitoba JCCA on
by the committee after the Japa­
a more “practical and workable
nese representative bad resigned.
(See “Manitoba JCCA”—P. 10)

Yamaga Quit Property
Board Because of
Unfairness

Conference Last Weekend

Race Relations Institute
Takes Poll on Prejudice
TORONTO.__ (Bv Wessely Hicks in Toronto Star) A
Neo-ro. a Japanese Canadian." and two white-skinned Cana­
dians strolled into the main dining-room at a dovntovn
hotel Saturday (May 24) and were treated as any of the
other diners in the big' room. They were >ho.>n Quickh
and courteously to -their table and were served proml W
and efficiently. Fellow diners neither stared, staited not
commented.

The meal was a test conducted
by the Race Relations Institute,
which held its first Canadian meet­
ing in Toronto over the week-end.
under auspices of the FoR. the
JCCD. the Canadian Jewish Con­
gress, the Provisional Tabor Com­
mittee to Combat Racial Intoler­
ance. and the Home Service Asso­
ciation (Negro). The four diners
were carefully selected and were
led by Bayard Rustin, field work
secretary of the Fellowship ot Re­
conciliation in the L .S.

Enjoyed His Meal
“Excellent,” Mr. Rustin said
after luncheon. "Because I am a
(See “Race Relations”—P. 3)

No Sabotage Among
Japanese Canadians
OTTAWA.—Not one person in
Canada of Japanese origin, Cana­
dian citizen or otherwise, was
charged with or found guilty of
acts of sabotage during the war.
This information was tabled in
the House of Commons. May 22,
by Justice Minister llsley in
reply to questions from Stanley
Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg North).

commission with
OTTAWA.—The appoint mem of
powers sufficient to make fair and just settlement of all
losses suffered by Japanese evacuees as a result of evacua­
tion was urged by the Co-operative Committee on Japanese.
Canadians before the Commons’ public accounts committee,
on May 27.
Commit ee
The Co-open
delegation consisted of F. A.
Brewin. counsel to the Co-opera­
tive Committee. Mrs. Hugh Mac­
Millan, secretary, and George
Tanaka, chairman of the Japanese
Canadian Committee for Democ-

Based on American Plan

Mr. Brewin outlined a proposal
for a claim commission which was
based on the evacuation claims
bill presented to Congress by the
United States government.
Me s aid that the? commission’s
should be wide
terms c
"all property
enoitch to
found to be a
reasonable or natural consequence
of. or fairly a rising out of. the
t he
from
evacuat ion"
coast in 194 2.
Dwelling at lengi h on
claims plan. Mr. Brewin
from Prime Minister King’s state­
ment of August 4. 1944. that Can­
ada will take into account the
policies applied south of the bor­
der in matters relating to evacua1 ion.

Summary of 200 Claims
Nir. Brewin gave a summary of
200 claims prepared by Toronto
pons to quesiionin
Canadian Committee for DeinocThese claims showed that own­
ers received $351,090 for property
valued ar $1,400,000. Mi'. Brewin
estimated
that
total
evacuee
ciaims might come to live million
(See “Evacuee Losses”—P. 10)

VLA Defends
Cheap Prices
On Farm Lands
OTTAWA.-- Gordon Murchison.

administration, defended his ac­
tion in purchasing 70S parcels of
Japanese farm lands "at the fair­
est price we could obtain" in the
interests of Canadian veterans,
when he testified before the Com­
mons' public accounts committee
on May 20.
He said he bought the laud for
SS50.000. about $17,000 less than
the appraised value his staff of
the Soldier Settlement Hoard had

IN CHARGE OF
1942 APPRAISAL
The appraisal had been made
at the request of the government
in the summer of 1942 and with
no direct intention of purchase.
He liad been in charge.

goverinncnt order to liquidate the
properties in January. 1943.
Director of the new Veu
Band Act, he now dealt with the
custodian of enemy property and
drove tin' hardest bargain he
could in the interests of the
era ns.
Of the appraisal, Mr. Murchison

(See 'VLA Defends”—P. 10)

Meet at London

Early Provincial Meet, National

Federation Asked by Conference
LONDON, Ont.—An early meeting of delegates from
all Ontario Nisei groups and action towards the early forma­
tion of a National Federation was urged in recommendations
passed at the Fit st Regional Conference of Western Ontario
Nisei groups here, at the London YWCA, on Saturday and
Sunday, May 10-11.
RESOLUTIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
The conference pass
lowing
resolutions
a

in Ontario:

the fol-

reeoin-

1. That, a combined effort be
madp by all people of Japanese
origin in Canada to attain lull civil
rights and liberties:

in
and as groups, should ■lit
of
aeiivi
widening their sphere
■ jcs. not. only among them solve
but also among other Canadians,
since racial prejudice is the result
ot’ ignorance and misunderstand­
ing and tends to hinder assimila­
tion into Canadian soeieiy;
PROVINCIAL
NEWS BULLETIN
3. That since there is a lack of
inter-club contact and co-operation
anions the Japanese Canadians,
there should be a wider range of
correspondence and direct contact
among Nisei groups; and ihe Pro­
vincial organization should pub­
lish a regular Bulletin reporting
on the activities of the various

a need
for gom-ral consolidation of the'
aims and purposes of the va rious
in Ontario, a
< ontermi< e of dole tes should be
held at th<‘ earliest. possible date
(See "London Meet”—P. 10)

Watch For Dokie
“Why doesn’t The New Cana­
dian carry funnies?" We have
been asked that question often
in the past, usually in half-jest.
At last, we are able to say that
The- New Canadian will have
3 comic strip. The adventures
of “Dokie,” the creation of
an American cartoonist, Eddie
Sato, will soon appear in these
pages, through
arrangement
with “The Northwest Times,”
of Seattl^, Washington.
Watch for the first one in an
early issue 1

Saturday, May 31.

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A Whitewashing Job

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The story of the wartime evacuation of people of
Japanese origin from the British Columbia coast has been
covered in three reports issued by the Federal Department
of Labor.
The first report was entitled “Removal of Japanese From
Protected Areas,” and the second was called “Report on
Administration of Japanese Affairs in Canada.” They were
issued in December, 1942, and August, 1944, respectively.
The third report, issued a. few weeks ago, covers the
period from July, 1944, to December, 1946, and is entitled
“Report on Re-establishment of Japanese in Canada,
1944-1946.”
While these reports are illuminating in many respects,
they are by no means comprehensive, and leave untouched
many important factors which led to hardships or which
influenced the behavior of the Japanese evacuees.
The latest report gives the impression that the Depart­
ment of Labor is trying to close the record of the Japanese
evacuation as another difficult problem solved, or at least
handled, in the best possible manner. And in dealing with
the repatriation question we suspect that the Department
is attempting a little whitewashing job on a questionable
policy.
The report infers that the thousands of evacuees who
had signed repatriation requests and later cancelled these
requests changed their minds because Japan lost the war:
if this is true, it doesn’t speak much for the loyalty of these
people.
The repprt goes to some trouble to show that there had
been no coercion in the matter of securing repatriation
requests, and refers to a statement by a Red Cross represen­
tative who investigated the matter.
This statement, as quoted in the Department of Labor’s
(a) that there had been no
report,
“intimidation” and the^use of that word is unjustified: and
'(b) that the R.C.M.P. exercised no pressure.
. We do not dispute the above statement as such; we
never charged “intimidation,” which is pressure of a certain
form, nor do we say that pressure was exerted by the
R.C.M.P. But we insist, as we have insisted all along, that
there was pressure and without this pressure many evacuees
would not have signed the repatriation forms.
This fact was clear as soon as the repatriation survey
got under way in the spring of 1945. We commented on
June 23 of that year—long before the evacuees began can—on the extraordinary fact
celling repatriation
that more than 43 percent of the Japanese in Canada had
requested repatriation as compared to less than six percent
in the United States.
We added in the same editorial:
The explanation is simple. In Canada, the majority of
those who signed the repatriation forms do not wish to be
repatriated They signed for repatriation because they' were not
prepared to accept the "alternative” to signing.
What then was that "alternative?” The "alternative,” as
understood at the time of the registration, was that those
persons who did not sign the forms would move or less be forced
to move east of the Rockies at the earliest possible date. They
were told that persons working on the Commission fuel projects,
in the offices, in the schools, in the hospitals, and in other
departments of Commission employment, would be cut off the
payroll as soon as replacements could be found (from among
those persons requesting repatriation). They were told that
they would not be permitted to seek other employment in B.C.,
and that if unemployed, they would not be eligible for maintenance allowances. This meant simply that those who did not
sign the repatriation forms were to be deprived of their means
of sustenance if they remained Jn B.C.

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Why the evacuees. were so reluctant to leave British
Columbia under the circumstances prevailing at that time
has been treated in a number of New Canadian editorials.
A list of reasons are also given in the Department of Labors
second report on Japanese administration.

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The question of repatriation survey is a finished issue
and we have no wish to revive it. But when a government
report unjustly interprets * the issue so as to place the
evacuees in an unfavorable light, we must demand a full

By K.M.

On Side Shows
Barnum knew what he v as talk­
ing about when he said, "a sucker
is born every minute.
I don’t think I’m more of a
sucker than the next guy. but
siven the proper atmosphere and
the proper frame of mind. I feel a
strong urge to throw my loose
change around and enjoy it. If
that’s being a sucker. I’m guilty.
For one thing, I get a kick out
of seeing the circus side shows.
The reason may be that I haven t
seen enough of them—I certainly
show which
don’t care to se
I've seen before.

Some Don’t Impress
Some of the shows don't impress
at all—like the fire-eater, or the
guv who walks on broken glass
wl&i bare feet.
Another act which leaves me
unimpressed is the snake show.
A woman stands among a lot of
snakes and occasionally- winds one
around her neck or arms. There
may have been a few rattlesnakes
in the bunch, but more than likelythey would have had their poison
sacs removed.
The sword swallower is an ageold^ attraction, but here again if
you've seen it once it's enough.
In the act I saw, the guy- swallowed, in addition to sword; long
sticks of neon tubes.
The idea is to hold the head
back until the mouth and throat
and gullet are jn a straight line.
The swords can be shoved down
a good 12 inches or more. This
is one act. which isn’t phony. No.
the swords aren't sharp—I inves­
tigated.

Sawing the Girl
There is an act where a girl lies
in a box and a guy- shorea knives
into the box from alt angles, until
you feel sure that the girl has been
stabbed. The
wanted twobits extra if we wanted to go up
on the platform and look into tbe
box, but I wasn't that much of a
sucker. There is only one way in
which that trick could have been
performed—for the girl to assume
certain positions to evade the
knife when it was thrust in then
to press herself against certain
knives to evade others. The whole
thing would be done in routine
fashion. Illusion would help. too.
by making the box appear narrower than it actually is.
The trick
is done on
principle of
illusion. A
row box. and her feet come out
at the other end. Actually the box
is larger than it appears to the
spectators, and the girl can double
up her legs to her chin. Then a
second girl concealed in the box
sticks her legs out. The saw cuts
in between.

Freak Shows ■
The freak shows somehow don't
fizz ou me. But on one occasion,
a show offered a number of different attractions. One of them was
a strange case of a woman turn. ing into a man. The barker said
all we had to get was one ticket
to see the whole works. Being by
nature economical. I bought a tic­
ket.
I enjoyed the various acts. but
when it come to the turn of
woman turning into man. they
wanted »0 cent more before you
get to see this guy. or gal. I felt
a morbid curiosity, but I was also
beginning to get sore about the
gyp sales talk. too. So I walked
out.
.
I understand that cases of af emale turning into,-male or vice
versa have been biologically estab­
lished. - The person is supposed

(A Winnipeg Free Press Editorial)

who enjoys unconThe
scions whimsey of a high order is
directed to pages 242S and 2443 in
the current Hansard ot the Cana­
dian House of Commons.
The first of these pages records
a speech by Mr. Humphrey
Mitchell, the Minister of Labor,
defending the government’s decision to keep Canadian Japanese
off the coast of British Columbia
in peacetime. With a fine indigna­
tion Mitchell denounces those who
say that the government’; policy
towards the Japanese has ever
been cruel: and to prove that it is
not cruel he cites the greater out­
rages practised on various unfor­
tunate peoples in other parts of
the world.

What Persecution Is
M r. Mitchell,
“I saw,’
“part of the liquidation of the
Kulaks in Russia. ... I was in
Germany when Hitler put over
his revolution. I was in that
part of the world when the
Turks sent the Greeks from
Asia Minor into Greece. I have
been in most of those countries,
and 1 think 1 know something
about what persecution is and
what cruelty is.”
The logic of Mr. Mitchell’s de­
fence, therefore, comes down to
this—mistreatment of Japanese in
Canada is justified because the
Kulaks in Russia, the Germans in
Germany- and the Greeks in Tur­
key were treated worse.
By
such reasoning almost any crime
could be excused in Canada since
more serious crimes will certainly
be discovered elsewhere. By such
barbarous standards discrimina­
tion against Japanese Canadians
is a matter of no importance, but
is Canada supposed to wccept such
standards?

However, as a triumph of logic,
the speech of Mr. Blackmore, the
Social Credit leader, surpasses
even Mr. Mitchell's effort.
On
page 2443 we find Mr. Blackmore
saying that if the Japanese are
allowed to return to the coast this
will be ‘'discrimination against
the white race in Canada, as well .
as discrimination against everyother race, Social Creditors are
opposed to discrimination against
the people of British Columbia.
Creditors are opposed
to discrimination against white
Canadians yet unborn, genera­
tions and generations of them."
M r. Blackmore pronounced th ; doctrine: “There
are certain great fundamental
principles 'which go down beneath the question of being
Canadians. Bear in mind that
the white people in Canada who
sought out this land, who devel­
oped it and who fought and bled
for it, are Canadians .t°°: they
have some rights—a thing which
a number of honorable members
are completely overlooking. So­
cial Creditors, therefore, propose
to stand by British Columbia
to be a sort of unstable herma­
phrodite.

members and the
ministvheir courageous e‘nort to s;
guard and guard t
rights
the white race in B ritish Col,
bia.”
The
"fundamental
nswhich goes down beneath
question of being Canadi;
is unfurled on the banner
01 So-;
Credit for all to> see. Jr jprinciple of racial1 superiorin
racial discrimination. Thk"~
hardly surprising, considering A
racialist, tinge of Social Crefiiw
the past year.

Odd Mathematics
But surely it is a new and
nificent feat of mathematic* ■
prove that it is not the handful
Japanese who are suffering >
crimination in Canada but
bulk of other Canadians.
20,000 Japanese scattered act
the country- are tyrannizing- 0
the rest of us. If we diserinik-v*
against them it is not really
crimination at all: it is simply^
effort to save ourselves from utterly- powerless minority. B
then, the mathematics of Sov_i
Credit always were a little oj'

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Something To Think About
Editor, The New Canadian:
Many people tell me that th’?
think most of the Japanese peen
are good citizens, that they -very industrious and law-abidm?
people. Even British Columb ’ -■
are agreed upon that point.
One fellow said to me the other
day: "Those anti-Jap gangs do’ :
know what they are talking.about
They are all wet, and we wa> people must live up to demoeiai
and Christian principles."
It was many- years ago. The’
was a judge named Sir John M1
Donald presiding at Winnie:
police court. His keen, huinoro’
comment was very famous tho^
days, and each offender who etz,bei’ore him received one with a.s
sentence.
The comment was short b
more effective than the penalty,
and usually the offender paid L
penalty- with a smile.
One day a young lawyer vas
red in his face arguing for all he
was worth to convince the jutigs
and to protect his client. Finally he
pointed to a large legal tome arstarted to say- something. But ai*
lordship took up his mallet r’
cut the lawyer short.
I still remember his stern vo:w
and expression of his face a.' ne
said: “I don’t rule this conn 1“
that book. We all live under B'
rule, custom and trad’.Wafraid
you will tiever fir...
I’m
in that book, because it is l,n"r
ten law.”
. _
.
Sir John is dead and bur.rf
but his famous comments sai
keen humor are s till fresh in aymemory' oi dmemory and in the
They give siWinnipeggers.
ihink about todalsomething
TOM HIGASHIDA.
Vancouver. S.C.

Girl Show
I have never seen the girl show
at a circus, and intend to complete
this phase of my education at the
next opportunity.
The truth is I have sometimes
been drawn by the barker's yells
to. these shows, but when a few
girls come.out,of the tent to strut
around as come-ons, I have found
them repulsive rather than attrac­
tive. They are~ usually such a
tired, hard, washed-out looking lot.
But the next time.I intend to over­
come this ^prejudice, since I am
opposed to-nrejudicesnpf all type

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edges with thanks g enerous (kn5‘
tions from the following.
Mr. Rinzo Hagino. 'ror°^°'T.>
JCCD Bowling Coniniifi
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C A N A DIA N

The Niseis Who Want to Come Back

The Fighting Minister of Hood River

By FRANK MORITSUGU

By JOHN KITAS AKO in Pacific Citizen
“We’ve been running’ this town for 25 years, and you can't get away with it’’' That’s
what the Hood River American Legion told the Rev. \V. Sherman Burgoyne. They didn't
like his efforts to have the names of the 16 Nisei servicemen restored to the honor roll.
They didn't like the way he was helping the evacuees get re-established, and urging the
townspeople to open their hearts to them.

Qjrl on the Train
> aA? ia=- December, about
."• so before Christmas, I
qr The CPR station
of Javanese. This
me of the two cars of the
rhr tvpe,
«•’ r'O jj ' : \ .illVi
’U-*-*
v' crowded with
pH* mid young Japanese iand their
>■ c-in'ffs. The people were from
Canada and Manitoba.
Theh destination was Japan via
prC.river and the Pacific ocean.
Sicst of the Japan-bound “vol.
repatriates” were older
Z’k and they seemed cheerful
e-o-ich. but in the Manitoba
Xuv which . boarded the train

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j^'-e in Winnipeg’ were some
veunssters and a few teenagers.
’"There was one girl in particular
I noticed. She was in her late
teens, pretty and chic. All about
her a hullabaloo was going on as
•i family of five or six tried to get
themselves settled with kids and
suitcases and lunches and all.
Fnends who had come down to
see the people off milled help­
lessly in the narrow car aisle.
The nrettv young g'irl sat stiffly
in one corner without paying
attention to anyone or anything.
She was slowly turning the pages
of a magazine. But she was not
reading the magazine.
I’ve often wondered about that
srirl who I had never seen until
that night.
I find it hard to
remember what she looked like,
but the frozen expression on her
face still remains.;
. .
As the train moved westward,
there was another girl, in her
early twenties, who seemed to
try to prolong her talking with
some hakujin friends who had
come down to see her off.

"Race Relations"
(Continued from Page One)
Negro, I have been refused food in
restaurants, or have had it spoiled
by poor cooking or over-seasoning
so that I could not eat it when it
was served. I thoroughly enjoyed
: my luncheon today.”
Saturday afternoon, members of
the various organizations attend­
ing the Institute's rally stationed
themselves at strategic intersec; tions in downtown Toronto or can­
vassed residential districts, armed
i with a three-query questionnaire.

Majority Say “No”
Householders and pedestrians
alike were asked if they had
any objection t o working with
; Negroes or ‘‘foreigners,” if they
; would object to Negroes or
: ’foreigners” as neighbors, and if
; they would object to eating insres, taurants alongside Negroes or
, "foreigners.” Tabulation of the
poll showed that the majority of
i people questioned answered “No”
to all three questions.
Only in the more select resi­
dential districts was there any
objection to having Negroes or
“foreigners” as neighbors.

;

, Resolutions Passed
i At a panel discussion on racial
, problems in the Carlton United
- church Saturday morning, the
Race Relations Institute passed
.. two resolutions unanimously. It
, yas decided to support a move
ror a Fair Employment Practices
: Act which would make it unlawful
mr any employer to discriminate
. gainst a man because of his race.
Support was also given to an
derail Bill of Rights which would
c.Oiect all people, regardless of
‘ace, sex, language or religion.

Letters
Lerners addressed to the fol* 10 rV ’ r o
•
,
’
are in i he New Canadian
offices:
i trjl0-?,7,0. Kondo. Mas Kitagawa,
f
Koyanagi. Koshiro Aoya? o>o /Om K- C" Iwamoto, Fuku“ '^-2.1, .Sam.. Nishimura.
;

This was the fifth shipment of
“repats” to go to Japan. Since
2,000 Niseis accompanied their
families to Japan in the five tries,
there must have been situations
like this many rimes over among
the adult Niseis. Most of them
went to Japan against their will
because their parents wished it.
or because their parents were old
and needed them, not because they
themselves wanted to go to J apan.
I’ve sometimes wondered what
it would be like for a Nisei like
me to live in Japan. I can talk
Japanese passably and eat Japan­
ese food with chopsticks, but that
is pretty well as far as my Japan­
ese culture g’oes.
Recently I asked Dave aboutliving in Japan. Dave is a haku­
jin who spent most of his child­
hood life in Japan and probably
knows more about Japanese cus­
toms and manners than I or the
average Nisei does.
He says he found it hard to ad­
just himself to life in Canada
when he first came here, and that
was from the bad to the good;
for a Nisei to go to Japan would
be going from freer, broader ways
to the restricted narrow-thinking
ways of Japan. I asked him if
he thought I would get adjusted
to Japan in time.
No, Dave says, you would prob­
ably become the “reformer” type
and go all out trying to work to­
wards changing Japan over to
better standards of living and
better ways of thinking. Despite
“democratization”
and
all,
it
would be like trying to tilt at a
buzz saw, I think.
I don’t say this because of post­
war conditions in Japan. True,
it will be a bitter drop from the
plenty of Canada to the struggle
to keep alive in the Japanese land
of shortages. But I feel that try­
ing to change my ways of think­
ing and living to conform to the
older,‘mustier standards of Japan
—where kissing in the movies be­
came a new innovation after the
surrender—where the government
banned American music and dan­
cing during the war because they
.were not “patriotic”—where mar­
riages are still arranged mostly
—would be too hand for the Nisei
to want to do.

Letters from Japan
A letter, from a Nisei girl who
went to Japan after the war with
her parents says: “We went to
the country first to live with my
grandparents and relatives. Gee,
they’re so old-fashioned and we
can’t understand each other at all.
I was told I must sit this way and
not that, to do everything in what
the Japanese think is a ladylike
manner. We are now living in
Tokyo, where I work with the
occupation forces.
Mother and
father agree that I don’t fit in
Japan and say I may come back
to Canada if the Canadian gov­
ernment will fix it up the way the
Americans are idoing.”
Another letter tells of a Nisei
who was a minor and accom­
panied her parents on an ex­
change ship in 1943: “When we
got to Singapore, things became
different. We weren’t allowed to
speak English.
The Kempeitai
(Japan’s Military Gestapo) were
always on the watch. And people
didn’t trust the Niseis.”
And a note of longing in a let­
ter from a “repat” written last
December:
Working at the military head­
quarters, some American boys in
the next office have a radio
which goes on most of the day.
White Christmas was playing
This morning and all I could
think of was Canada and what a
wonderful place rt is. How I
wish I was back there!”

But he got away with it. And
to those disciples of democracy
the world over, his triumph gave
new life and hope. It was an
auspicious victory of understand­
ing against hate, of courage
against intimidation, of Christian­
ity against paganism, of democ­
racy against fascism.
The Rev. Burgoyne is built like
a fighter. He's 6 feet 2 inches
tall, and weighs over 200 pounds.
He's a sixth descendant of Gen­
eral Burgoyne of Revolutionary
War days. That may have some­
thing to do with his aggressive­
ness.

Riled Up Plenty
“Actually I'm a pacifist, but
some things can get me riled up
plenty,” he said during his recent
visit to Washington. Early in the
battle of Hood River, he went to
the Legion people and asked them
to call off their campaign of hate.
"We know what we're doing is
below the belt,” they told him,
“but we're going to do it any­
way'” That shameless admission
of their wrongdoing gave him all
the strength and courage he need­
ed to carry his fight to the bitter
end.
* *

The American Legion in Hood
River during the war was a
well-oiled political machine. It
was not a large outfit, says Mr.
Burgoyne, but it had key men in
every office and organization in
town. If you didn’t play ball with
the Legion, you'd get frozen out.
The Legion’s dictatorship over
that small Oregon town had gone
unchallenged
ever since the
earliest settlers could remember.
When the Burgoynes went from
Coos Bay to take over the Ashbury
Methodist Church in 1942, two
months after the Japanese had
been evacuated, no one outside of
their congregation paid any atten­
tion. But when the Legion erased
the names of 16 Nisei servicemen
from the honor roll, everyone in
Hood River—and millions all over
the world—took notice of Rev.
Burgoyne's fiery denunciation.

Never Known a Nisei

«

The Burgoynes had never known
a Nisei; they had never spoken
to one. “It was an un-American
thing to do. I would have pro­
tested as loudly if the names of
Jews, Negroes, Catholics or any
other group had been removed.”
What made the action of the
Legion so grossly comical and in­
consistent was this comparison:
Of the 16 Nisei boys from Hood
River whose names had been re­
moved from the roll, 14 served
overseas, two were killed in
action, and 10 were awarded
Purple Hearts.
Of the 16 Legionnaires who
served in World War I and form­
ed the anti-Japanese spearhead,
not a single one had fought over­
seas. The closest anyone of them
ever got to Europe was an ord­
nance depot in Utah.
*
*
It was a lonely fight in the be­
ginning for the Burgoynes. Nine
out of ten people refused to talk
to them. Some families dropped
out of his church.
For two
months he didn’t know what to
expect from the rest of his con­
gregation. One day, however, a
member came to see him, looked
around to see if anyone was pres­
ent, and whispered, “We’re pray­
ing for you.”
The Rev. Burgoyne felt that his
flock was behind him in a cau­
tious^ covert sort of way. But he

was disappointed in them. Their
failure to take an open stand early
in the fisrht made it difficult for
him. Recently, when he was noti­
fied that he had won one of the
Thomas Jefferson awards for pro­
moting democracy, his congrega­
tion honored him with a big din­
ner, and speeches were made laud­
ing him for his achievement. The
speeches stung him hard. “All of
this comes two years too late," he
told them. It was a terribly lone­
ly fight in the beginning.

Used Pressures
The Legion used all sorts of
pressures on the Burgoynes. It was
like living in the underground in
Europe under Hitler, was the way
Mrs. Burgoyne describes it. "No
one knows how hot it was for us.
We expected to be beaten up or
run out of town any moment.’’
One night a rock was thrown
through their parsonage window.
That was right after Mrs. Bur­
goyne had received a telegram
telling of her brother’s death on
Guadalcanal.
Early in 1945, three Nisei youths,
Roy Sato, Min Asai and Sat Noji,
returned. They had gone back as
guinea pigs—but they didn’t know
whether they would get out of
there alive. That was the first
time the Burgoynes ever met
Niseis.
When Ray Sato walked in the
bank where Mrs. Burgoyne was
working, she left her desk and wel­
comed Ray in full view of every­
one. A short time after that. Mrs.
Burgoyne quit her job. No, she
wasn’t fired, Mrs. Burgoyne said,
but everything got sort of cool
around there: she no longer felt
at home, and so she resigned—
over no one’s protest, to be sure.

Never Forgot Handshake
Ray can never forget that hand­
shake. It cost Mrs. Burgoyne her
job, but to a returned evacuee
searching for a friendly face in his
home
town, it meant every­
thing in the world.
The Rev. Burgoyne, too. felt the
effects of being a “Jap-lover.” He
was frozen out of the Rotary Club
and other groups. He tried to sell
the pears from his 10-acre ranch,
but there were no buyers. That
was the ranch where they had
planned to retire. So he had to
sell his ranch with the pears on
the trees.
The evacuees who trickled back
saw and felt the effects of the
vicious hate campaign of the

Legion. They saw "No Jap Trade”
signs almost everywhere. They
could trade only at two stores—
Safeway's and Hess’. Their for­
mer friends turned the other way.
They heard taunts and jeers.
Their shoulders begun to sag more
and more.

Hood River First
After a stern reprimand from
the national commander of the
American Legion, the Hood River
outfit formed what they called the
Hood River First committee, and
carried on its program.
Mr. Burgoyne and his group
countered by forming the League
for Liberty and Justice for All—
whose title was taken from the
last words of the pledge of al­
legiance. The two groups fought
each other through the press
primarily. The Hood River First
committee played up the atrocity
stories in large ads: screeching
over and over: "The blood of one
American soldier is worth more
than all the Japs in America.”
Mr. Burgoyne’s league answered
with deeds of the 44 2nd. stories
of bravery of individual GIs, and
loyalty of evacuees.

Tide Began to Turn
Gradually the tide began to turn.
The program of educating the pub-,
lie was yielding results. People
began talking to the returned Jap­
anese; they helped them in small
ways. Signs began to come down.
K’S

*

And what about Hood River to­
day? Well, says the Rev. Bur­
goyne, hardly anyone pays any at­
tention to the American Legion or
the Hood River First Committee.
The people just thumb their nose
at their threats.
But all the signs have not come
down. There are still a few. but
some of them are not in the con­
spicuous spots they used to be.
The Niseis now can purchase all
of the necessities in Hood River.
But none of them—and the Rev.
Burgoyne neither—can get hair­
cuts. All the barbers are legion­
naires and the beamy parlors are
legion-influenced.
So for haircuts the Niseis go 25
miles to Parkdalet 17 miles to The
Dalles, or 60 miles to Portland.
* * *
“I've done nothing unusual,”
says the Rev. Burgoyne. “I'm
just an ordinary Methodist min­
ister trying to be a Christian.
The Redeemer put love in my
heart and I want to use it.”

STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS-Universal Brotherhood
(From the Vancouver Daily Prov­
ince “Letters” Column)
Sir: In the past, invasion of the
white man’s country by Orientals
was considered the greatest men­
ace to the white man’s welfare.
It was called “The Y ellow
Peril," and there was much agita­
tion and riots to stop it.
Now they are better educated

JCCD ISSEI MEETING
FOR NEXT SATURDAY
POSTPONED
TORONTO.—Plans for a JCCD
Issei division social meeting on
Saturday, June 7, have been post­
poned because of the Movie Night
held on the same date by the To­
ronto Buddhist Mission in sup­
port of the Ontario fund for Japan
relief.

and used to our way we are en­
couraging the Chinese by extend­
ing the franchise to them, etc.
Why the change?
Universal brotherhood is a grand
ideal but brothers who are a
menace have to be disciplined and
kept in their place.
N. McMullen,
Vancouver.
* * *

Baboon in a Cage
(From the Vancouver Sun “Let­
ters” Column)
Just a few lines to express my
opinion in regard to the Japanese
entering B.C. again. I notice in
Wednesday night’s paper that a
now friendly babdon is to be put
behind bars in a cage, because in
the future he will become a
menace, as is liis nature. Do I
need to say more?
A. C. Nisbet,
Lulu Island.

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KASLO TODAY

Evacuee Losses Board Urged
(Continued from Page One)
dollars but admitted many would
be found to be high.
Some 4,000 JCCD questionnaire
forms have been sent out since
December, 1946, and so far 600
claims have been received. Mr.
Brewin believed that another 400
claims could be expected.
if e read five cases at random
from the files that he brought..
emphasizing that he was not try­
ing to bring any ‘‘shocking cases”
before the committee.
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He was not making any charges
against the custodian. It might
easily be found that the custodian
had done his best to obtain the
best price possible, he said.

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Should Be Investigated

“But we feel,” he added, ‘‘that
cur overall survey does show
quite a few things that should
be investigated.”

He urged the committee recom­
mend the establishment of a com­
mission “so that m years to come
there can be no feeling that v e
in Canada haven't behaved fairly
to our fellow-Canadians of Japanese origin. That is what we believe the people of Canada as
a whole want.”

Check Reductions

He said the inquiry into the
action of the custodain should inelude an investigation of deductions made.
After hearing Mr. Brewin's evi­
dence, the steering sub-committee
decided that it would turn from
its investigation of the handling
of Japanese property to consider­
ation of custodian’s action in con­
nection with other matters, indi­
cating that the evidence on the
Japanese property was virtually
completed.

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(Continued from Page One)
basis. A -new constitution was
adopted and new officers were
elected.
SPLIT INTO ISSEI,
NISEI DIVISIONS
Under the new organizational
plan,
separate divisions were
established for the Isseis and the
Niseis, the joint executive to con­
stitute the executive of the whole
organization.
A motion by T. Umezaki that
funds held in the name of the now
defunct Civil Rights Defence Com­
mittee be turned over to the re­
organized Manitoba JCCA was
passed without dissent.
Another motion by Frank Moritsuga that “the executive of the
Manitoba JCCA Issei and Nisei
divisions will take action by’ the
formation of active committees to
promote
educational activities
among the JCCA members” was
also passed.
More than 100 persons were
present at the meeting, which was
carried on in English and Japan­
ese under co-chairmen Ichiro Hira­
yama and Kasey Oyama.

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The business part of the meet­
ing was followed by a short pro­
gram featuring Issei and Nisei
entertainers, and emceed by Frank
Moritsugu.

RESULTS OF
Elected to the Issei division ex­
ecutive were: Takaichi L’mezuki,
Ichiro Hirayama, Kitart) Hanada,
Akira Okimura', Shinji Sato, Genji
Otsu, Tamotsu • Mitani. Kaichi.
Hikida, Shigehiko Okumura, Ritsuma Tachibana, Toru Nakamura,
Mantaro
Miyamoto.
Shinkichi
Sakai, Risuke Hamade and Kiyoshi' Mizobuchi.

। Elected to the provisional execu­
tive of the Nisei division were:
Bill Sasaki, Yoshio Hikida, George
Sasaki, . Harold Hirose, Kasey’
Oyama, Teena Okada, Thelma
Koga, Frank Moritsugu, Mitsy
Maehara, Mac Otsu, Pansy Fukumura, King Enta, Elmer Oike,
and Happy Hira­
Shig Okumura
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yaina. Permanent executive is to
be elected at the first Nisei divi­
sion meeting.

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London Meet Asks For Action
(Continued from Page One)
this year;
5. That since at the present
time some provinces are without
a. Provincial Organization of Nis­
eis, and since some existing or­
ganizations are insufficiently or­
ganized, therefore all provinces
should work in organizing their
adequately so. that a National Federation may be formed
at the earliest possible date.
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AND CO-OPERATION
Chairman of the two-day con­
vention was John Kumagai who
stressed the great need of unity
and co-operation among the Niseis,
locally, within the province, and
throughout Canada, in his open­
ing address.
At the Saturday afternoon ses­
sion, the steering committee-was

chosen with representatives from
four groups: John Kumagai. Ed­
ward Ide. Mary Murakami, Masu­
ko Iguchi (London); Sam Yam­
ada. Kaz Takayesu, Harvey Morit­
sugu (St. Thomas)Naomi Tan­
aka, Ruby Morita (Chatham—
Kent Nisei Fellowship) and Fumi
Uyeda (Fingal).
A social for the delegates was
held on Saturday night at the
Y.W.C.A. and the convention ad­
journed Sunday’ evening with a
supper at Nanking Gardens. Mem­
bers of the program committee
.were J. Kumagai. E. Ide. Arthur
Obokata and M. Iguchi. The reso­
lutions committee was composed
of Blackie Okuno, Jim Kagawa
and Kazuko Kagawa.
Foui' delegates from St. Thomas,
two from Kent county and one
from Fingal Hostel attended the
conference.—M.l.

VLA Defends Cheap Prices

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(Continued from Page One)
“We did not appraise these
properties from the standpoint
of their potential speculative
real estate value, or of their
speculative value for sale dur­
ing the war to persons in-.
Canada who were participating
in the financial prosperity pro­
duced by a state of war.
“I submit that the appraisal
made of these lands placed the
Government in possession of ,a

afe index from which to deter­
mine the equity of the Japanese
owners when they were evacuated.”
GOOD STRATEGIC
POSITION
He added: “I am not so naive.
however .as to suggest that I was
not in a good strategic position
from the standpoint of acquiring
some of these lands."
Mr. Murchison said sales to
veterans were made at prices

ket, which is now operated by
Greensword and Son.
Old Mr. Webster passed away’
and the store is run by Art Bavington now. Mrs. Webster went
to Montreal with her son Charles.
Mrs. White’s confectionery in-run
by Harry’ Abey’ and his wife. Mrs.
White got married to man named
Sam Nofield.

KASLO.—Kaslo is very pleas­
ant now; the cherries are in
bloom and there is already some
talk of fish being caught, and we
hope to go out this summer and
find our luck, as we can get out
licenses now. Although from dayto day one does not think that
there is a great deal of change
coming over a little town like
Kaslo, there have been changes
in the place, some faces are missing and there are a lot of new
ones, the place does not look the
same.
There was a mild epidemic of
flu l;ere, so much so that the
Health Officer banned all meet­
ings and movies and church ser­
vices and schools for better than
two weeks.
There was also
mumps and just lately’ whooping
cough among the children. For a
time everybody in town was either
getting mumps or having it. Dur­
ing the latter part of the flu
epidemic there were something
like SO or so sick children absent
from school.
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Mr. Furukawa and Mr. Kitagawa tore down Kaslo hotel. It
took them the entire winter. The
man who bought it was supposed to build a new hotel, but
has not got around to it and
says he can’t get the materials,
to build.
We have
new druggist, of
course, since Frank Abey died;
a ! new restaurant' and a bakery.
A couple of new men run the
..hotel now.
The old Dominion
cafe is a hotel and restaurant.
Thompson’s cafe went broke, and
; there is a new liquor store build­
ing just beyond Kaslo Meat Mar-

As for the remaining Japanese
here is a summary of how they
are doing:
Masaki Shuto still works for the
C.P.R., lives in same house, had
a recent addition to the family, a
son. Tom. Baba is on his own
now, after leaving Kaslo Motor,
and seems pretty' busy’ doing carneutering.
Isamu Matsuzaki is
working at the mill. Toyo Mat­
suzaki is teaching at Wynneta.
Mr. Atagi works for the C.P.R.
Ayako Atagi teaches at Slocan.
Mr. Shinmoto-bought a pear ranch
near the creek and plans to grow
cherries and strawberries.
Mrs. Chiyeko Kamegay’a works
at bakery, bought little house
where they’ lived. Mrs. Ayako Shi­
mizu works at bakery. Soyemon
Sato works £pr people, gardening.
Roy’ Y'amaguchi bought old Liquoibuilding and operates barber shop
there.
Toshiko Kosaka expecting to go
east. Mrs. Oki is dressmaking.
Torao Shimizu and Hikoyemon
Nagatakiya are waiting for the
last boat to Japan.
Gradually’ the Japanese popula­
tion is decreasing^ but there are :
a great number of hakujins now
and empty houses are hard to get.
Fred Aydon is4 back at Kaslo
Motors now.—A Correspondent.

Personal Notes Across Canada
Sato, only son’of Mrs. Y. Sato of
ISHIBASHI—KOYANAGI
Vernon, B.C., on May 22.
Baishakunins are Mr. and Mrs.
HAMILTON,
Ont.---- Tamaye,
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. Nakamura and Mr. and Mrs. S.
Matashiro Koyanagi of Taber, _ Yamamoto.
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Alta., became the bride of Mr.
Masato Ishibashi, son of Mrs.
HAMILTON, Ont.—The engage­
Takeno Ishibashi of Hamilton, on
ment is announced of Miss Kate
Hinatsu, second daughter of Mr.
May 10.
Baishakunins were Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Kinya Hinatsu of Oak­
Iwao Koyanagi.
ville, Man., to Mr. Mamoru Naga­
matsu, first son of Mr. and Mrs.
YAMADA—HAGINO
Goichiro Nagamatsu of Vernon,
TORONTO—Chizuko Ruth, first B.C., on Friday, May 23.
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Rinzo Hagino of Toronto, became
TABER, Alta.—The engagement
the bride of Mr. Sam I. Yamada, is announced of Miss Misao Koya­
son of Mrs. Nami Yamada, at the nagi, second daughter of Mr.
Church of the Redeemer, on Sat­ Sakumatsu Koyanagi of Taber, to
urday, May 17. Canon Armstrong, Mr. Koji Kadonaga, second son of
assisted by Canon Prior, offici­ Mr. and Mrs. Toru Kadonaga of
ated.
Barnwell, Alta., on May’ IS. The
Mrs. Sam Hagino and Mrs. Tom
ceremony’ took place at the Koya­
Nobuoka attended the bride. Mr. nagi home.
Dan Washimoto was best man.
Baishakunins are Mr. and Mrs.
reception was held later at
Y’oichi Sumi and Mr. and Mrs.
the School of Missions. Mrs. F.
Takeo Endo.
Hayashi spoke at the reception
at which there were over 130
Change of Address
guests.
Miss Kimi Margaret Hishiyama
The couple travelled to New wishes to inform her Canadian
Y’ork City* for their honeymoon,
Nisei correspondents that her new
leaving via the evening flight of address is Apt. D, 143 N. Arnaz.
the American Airlines.
Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S.A.

Marriage

Engagement
TABER, Alta.—The engagement
is announced of Miss Miyoko Ya­
mamoto, third daughter of Mrs. K.
Yamamoto of Taber, to Mr. Ken
paid by the Director. “I hope
that statement will put an end
to any rumors or suspicions that
the Government has been doing
any profiteering at the expense
of veterans.”
So far, there had been three
sales to non-veterans. one lot to a
religious order for $5,500 which
had cost $4,725: another which
cost $245 for $2,000: a third which
cost $433 was sold for $3,050. he
said.

Birth
.

REGINA. Sask.—Born, a first
son, Paul Kei. to Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Tamaki, 1546 Montague,
at the Grey Nuns' Hospital, on
Sunday, May 11. Weight: S lbs.,
Slj, ozs.
Paul Kei is the fourth generation of the family living in Can­
ada, having his mother (nee
Nana Yamamoto), a grandmother,
Mrs. S. Yamamoto of Brantford.
Ont.: and a great-grandmother.
Mrs. Takenaka of Guelph. Ont.

ROY IKUO OZAWA
NEW DE NVER. B. C .—Mr. . Roy
Ikuo Ozawa, first son of Mr. .Kei-

By K.D.

Socialist Premier
The first premier or­
der the new constituu0
socialist and, inei
tian.

This does not
that Japan is emb:
socialist program, be
ists are still a minorj
panese diet, or the loThe elections held
to elect the people's,
fives resulted in the
tory of no one party. Th?
ing was as follows: Soc?=li
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crats, 144; Democrats,
als, 129; Co-operative:
pendents;' 19; Farmer Paw,
and Communists, 4.
The four top panie:
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a joint program and decide|
form a coalition with Tetsud

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yama, leader of the Social dJ
cratic party, as premier.
mocrats and Liberals are acJ
conservatives, and they togJ
outnumber the socialists ando-j
left-wingers.
At the last moment, howerj i
the Liberals, under ex-Preij
Shigeru Yoshida, insisted they J 3
not join the coalition unless 1
Socialists break with their (J
munist-tinged left-wing elemetl
This would upset the Sochi
majority, and Katayama is exJ
ed to refuse. In that case !i|
held possible that a three-tJ
coalition will be formed with J
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129 Liberals in the opposition
Mr. Katayama is a follower!
the Fabian or the conservd I
type of socialism. He has sei
his intention of modelling hisjl
a
cies on the British Labor pari
program of gradual socializatl
But with insufficient socialist si
port, Mr. Katayama has bJ
obliged to drop, or at least pj
pone indefinitely, such true socl
ist programs as nationalization
industries.
The compromise program vd
ed out by the coalition parties
a sort of a state control withd
cial emphasis being laid on boa
ing production.

Constitution
The new Japanese constitud
came into effect on May 3, red
ing the Meiji constitution wl
has been in operation since 1!
Under the new constitution:
1. War is renounced for alld
and the maintenance of arc
forces is prohibited;
2. The emperor is reduced!:
a ‘‘sacred and inviolable Ei
arch to a symbol of state withvel
limited functions;
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3. Sovereignty is vested jn j
people, with the House of PM
replaced by an elected Hou.-e|
Councillors which can be overri
den by the lower House of
sentatives on some major
4. A long list of individual^
—never before guaranteed the j
panese—are enumerated.
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5. Alteration and improv^
of the antiquated judicial
is provided for with a po«1
supreme court patterned a i
American systemJ

suke Ozawa of New DenTe‘-q
May 19. F neral services
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held on May 23 at the
ver Anglican Church.
Nakayama in char
MlSS NAGAKO WATa.

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ices were held on May