The New Canadian — June 14, 1947

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SONO OSATO AND SON NIKO Canadian Niseis Told by Baldwin

JACL Will Ask Canadian Legation
To Help Them Come Back to Canada

By K.D.

Y'vKis in Britalri
CGreai Britain is faced with a

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today. So serious is tins
that many believe she h«.s
lost her world leadership
an economic and military

TOKYO.—The problem of Canadian Niseis in Japan -who.
wish to return to Canada is to be referred to the Canadian
Legation in Tokyo, Rog’er Baldwin, special representative
of the Japanese American Citizens League, told a meeting
of stranded Niseis in Tokyo recently.

rower.
grbain’s concern today is not
■L j'esain her lost or threatened

The meeting was sponsored by the recently-organized Tokyo chap*
ter of the JACL to discuss the situation of stranded American, Cana*
dian and Peruvian Niseis.
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■leadership. She is struggling to
■ s.irvive the crisis and to regain
economically without
■ her fee
to impair her standard of
[livin. too drastically.
[. What caused the crisis? The
I auswer can be supplied in one
■ word: war. The first world war
^trained and weakened Biitain s
■ economy. The second world war,
■ coming only twenty-five years
‘■later, has serious!}7 crippled her.
■ Foreign Trade
■ Britain's lifeblood is in her
■ foreign trade. She imports raw
■ materials and food, and in-return
■ exports manufactured go.ods. But
■I orpn in normal times, Britain im■ ported more than she exported.
Klhe difference was made up for
■ hv interests from British investK meats abroad and by British ship­
fl ping services in all parts of the
S world.
B The war upset this balance.
K Britain sold her investments to
Spay for the war, and interest
Seamings have thus been cut in
■e ■ half. In addition, the war has
Bused up or badly damaged British
jklps.
The result has been that Bri­
tain must export 75% more goods
Rthan before the war in order to
l|| get back to her pre-war standard
Hof living, because she no longer
Hhas the former incomes with which
g to pay for the excess imports.
H| To make matters worse, British
El industry is badly equipped to
E meet world competition. Repairs
Rand replacements' have been ne)Ai Eglected
during the war.
Many
IB factories had been destroyed or
Eg damaged. In addition Britain’s
■I home needs have piled up during
E the war, bombed houses have to
E he rebuilt, and the British people
E sre quite tired from the continuE ous strain. Last winter’s fuel
Egsnortage was the last straw which
E precipitated the crisis.

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| U.S. Lean
| Britain could not recover from
| her economic ills without outside
|pelp. The purpose of the U.S.
| loan was to help British industry
I to recover so that the export
I'liade may be built" up. The loan,
I however, is being used up faster
t. than scheduled, it is being used
I to purchase immediate needs and
| not on the long range recovery
I Program, and it seems that Bri|tain will soon be needing another
I loan.
I The emphasis which Britain is
| Placing on the production of coal,
| textile and agriculture products
p5 a'il a part of the same picture.
I Coal is required as a source of
।POrtgr to turn the wheels of in। custn, textiles are the chief item
|*D .;e; export trade, while agricul|i'.ra1 production must ' be" in-

10,000 Americans Wish to Return

*n or(^er that food immay be cut down.
m°tion picture industry
I ex- ~g sPruced up to add to the
1trade; the high taxes on

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It .was reported that 10.000 American Niseis and over 2,000 Peruviau Niseis wish to return to their native countries. The number of
Canadian Nieis wishing to return to Canada was unknown, but the
number of Canadian-born persons who went to Japan after the war
was only a little over 2.000, and all of that number would not be in
the position to corner back.
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present at the JACL meeting asked Mr.
One Canadian
Baldwin about the Canadian Nisei situation. It was stated there were
no Canadian or Peruvian Niseis who have returned to their countries*
Mr. Baldwin said that the Canadian Legation in Tokyo, with Dr.
E. H. Norman in charge, was in Japan to aid the Canadian Niseis.
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So far nothing has developed concerning a return to Canada.

No Reply Trom Ottawa Yet

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A “repatriated” Nisei states that Dr. Norman had forwarded reports
on the cases to Ottawa but no reply had been received.

GLAMOUR GIRL AND SON—Sono Osato, Broadway star of
“On the Town,” and “One Touch of Venus.” is pictured with
her son, Niko, in Chicago during a stooover in her trio to
Hollywood recently. The Nisei dancer, Mrs. Victor Elmaleh in
real life, is in Hollywood to appear in her first motion picture,
MGM’s “The Kissing Bandit,which will star Frank Sinatra
and Kathryn Grayson.
Miss Osato, a former member of the Monte Carlo ballet
company, is an established Broadway star. She will have two
major dance numbers in “The Kissing Bandit.”
She will play
a Spanish girl in the film.
—Photo courtesy of Pacific Citizen.

Faces Treason Charge

Nisei Accused of Cruelties to
American Prisoners in Japan
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Tomoya (Tom) Kawakita, 25,
an American, born Japanese, was arrested by Federal
Bureau of 'Investigation agents last week on a treason
charge for alleged cruelty to American prisoners of war
in Japan.
A native of Calexico, Calif..

Refused Work
By Dairy Firm
"For Own Good”
TORONTO—Refusal of a To­
ronto dairy firm to employ a
Nisei youth for summer work be­
cause he was a Japanese Cana­
dian, was called “cold-blooded
by Leslie Wismer, executive sec­
retary of the joint labor commit­
tee to combat racial intolerance,
last week.
The Nisei, a student at Ontario
Agricultural College, came to To­
ronto for the job to be turned
down by the dairy executives be­
cause “being a Japanese Cana­
dian. you would not find the sur­
roundings satisfactory.
The dairy manager said the
company did not know the boy
was a Japanese Canadian when
they asked him to come to To­
ronto. and “turned him down foi
his own good.”
“We felt the situation would

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become unbearable for him.

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departments

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would work a large percentage

of the staff are returned men
and we felt they might resent

■t his presence.” .

Kawakita went to .Tapan in 1939
as a student and returned in 194G
on an alleged faked passport by
concealing from the State Department the nature of his activities
in japan.
U.S. Attorney James M. Car­
ter said Kawakita was accused
by ex-prisoners of war of having
beaten and tortured them between August, 1944, and 1945,

he
was
foreman
and
when
translator at the Oeyama prison

camp on the island of Honshu.

His arrest was credited to the
alertness of ex-Sgt. William L.
Bruce, Buena Park. Calif., a sur­
vivor of the Bataan Death march,
who knew Kawakita in camp as
“Kawa-Kida.” Bruce recognized
the accused in the street and
notified the FBI of his presence
here and his activities in Japan.
As an American citizen Kawa­
kita faces a maximum penalty of
death if convicted.

Don't Want Return
VANCOUVER. — Return of Ca­
nadian-born Japanese to the B.C.
coast was opposed by 83 per cent
of the participants in David Spen­
cer Ltd.’s public opinion poll at
CKWX Playhouse, Tuesday night,
... May 27.

The case of a Canadian-born girl engaged to a Nisei GI in the
occupational forces was cited by a Canadian Nisei at the meeting,
Mr. Baldwin said he thought there would be no difficulty for the girl
to marry the GI and accompany him to the U.S., if she was a Canadian
subject.

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It was pointed out by an American Nisei that an American Nisei
officer serving with the occupation in Tokyo married a Canadian
Nisei in Montreal and she was not allowed to enter thb U.S.

Tokyo JACL to Act as Liaison

The Tokyo chapter of the JACL was set up recently in Japan
by request of American consular officials to function as a liaison
roup between American and Japanese authorities in accelerating
the processing of stranded Niseis who have applied tor the right to
return to the United States. Membership in the chapter is restricted
to three groups now *in Japan: (1) Nisei and other American military
personnel: (2) Nisei and other American civilian employees of the
U.S. government; and (3) stranded Niseis who have been cleared, by
American authorities for return to the United States.
Only 300 of the 2500 Niseis cleared by the State Department have
returned to the U.S. because of transportation difficulties or their
employment here by Allied headquarters, Mr. Baldwin reported.

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On Limited Scale

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U.S. Announces Private Trade
With Japan Resumed in August
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Private trade between Japan
and allied nations will be resumed on a limited scale on
August 15, it was announced jointly by the U.S. state and
war departments on June 9.
The Washington office of the
Japanese
American
Citizens’
League has been granted an inteiview with the state department
to discuss informally the question
of granting equal opportunities
to Americans of Japanese ances­
try for participating in the trade
with Japan.

will establish prices based upon,
world market standards.
NO

EXCHANGE

RATES SET

No foreign exchange rates will
be established at the start since
any rate now would be unrealistis
and would tend to limit transac­
tions. according to state depart­
ment officials.
ADMIT PRIVATE
First to be admitted to Japan
TRADE AGENTS
•.vill
be banking, international
The first step in the opening
and
insurance
communications
of trade relations, it is announced,
Representatives
is to admit 400 private trade rep- representatives.
resentatives to Japan. These rep­ of shoe concerns, toy merchant's,
silk houses, producers of raw cot­
resentatives will be allocated
ton. garment manufacturers, etc.,
among the allied powers on a
will follow.
percentage basis, and they will
At the present time, raw silk,
be allowed unrestricted contact
cotton textiles, and the 1947 tea
with Japanese producers, although
crop are already committed for
General MacArthur’s headquarters
sale and are* unavailable, for pri­
will retain some control.
vate
trade. The SCAP is expected
Individual traders may discuss
to
furnish
the U.S. Commerce de­
prices with Japanese producers,
but for the time being, the SCAP partment with information about
available goods as a guide to U.S.
("Supreme
Commander
Allied
buyers.
‘
J
Powers) commodity specialists

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The Returnees in Seattle

Mental Telepathy
Do you believe in mental tele­
pathy? I can't say I do. but' I've •
sure heard some strange storie
in my time.
Mental telepathy is hot scien­
tifically accepted, but that doesn't
mean that it is impossible. A lot
of things-were scientifically unac­
cepted at one time.
A thing , may appear to be im­
possible because it doesn’t nt in
with ant' known law. Yet a thing
which appears impossible may
turn out to be something quite
possible after the unknown law is
discovered.
We have advanced quite far in
the discovery of physical laws, but
we can’t say the same for the
knowledge in the spiritual and the
psychical realm. Hypnotism, for
instance, is still strange to most
of us though scientifically accept­
ed. The fact is our knowledge of
the human mind as well as of
spiritual matters is still pretty
primitive, and for that reason- I
don't think we can be too sure
about things like mental telepathy.

•iSome of the Japanese are so
anxious to get back to Canada
they say they are willing to repay
all payments made by the Cana­
dian government- in their behalf,”
says the Sun, referring to the
costs of the deportation operation.
“Some are not willing to repay
anything. They plan to return and '
boldly claim their rights as Cana­
dian citizens.”
We do not think that the read­
ers of the Sun need be unduly
alarmed.
No Canadian citizen.
whether born that way or natural­
ized, has any rights which can­
not be taken from him by orderin-council or legislation. The Sun’s
Own Ottawa correspondent quotes
a “high authority" as saying that
if there were any applications for
such re-entry, “regulations would
be put into effect in short order
keeping them out.” From past ex­
perience of the very low esteen in
which the Canadian government
holds the rights of Canadian citi­
zenship when , they are objection­
able to British Columbia we
imagine that this is a reasonably
correct estimate. Anyhow we are
sure that .if British^ Columbia so
desires, arrangements can be
made to have these one-time Cana­
dian citizens passed through the
P'acific province in bond even if

It is a common human failing to regard fondly a situa­
tion that doesn’t, but might have existed.
It is quite possible, therefore, ■ that many Japanese
Canadians have at times wished that they had their west
coast properties and businesses back and were permitted to
return to their former homes.
_
In this instance, the picture. ' what might have been
is suggested in a recent survey
cted among the peisons
of Japanese ancestry who returned to Seattle, Wash., after
having been evacuated in 1942.
In considering the situation in the United States, it is
necessary to bear in mind that the U.S. evacuation policy
differed from the Canadian policy in several important
respects.
Unlike Canada, the U.S. did not dispose of''evacuee
property and businesses against the wish of their..owners.
Instead, the War Relocation Authority concerned itself with
finding lessors for commercial, agricultural and residential
property, and looked for buyers only where the evacuee
wished to sell.
“F.rnDire Telepathy”
Unlike Canada again, the United States lifted its West
Take the case of the 34-year-old
Coast exclusion order and permitted the .return. of the Englishman who recently got a' lot
of publicity for demonstrating hi
evacuees after January 1, 1915.
‘•'empire telepathy" powers.
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The Seattle survey, which was prepared for the civic
a
By previous arrangement
government and the University of .Washington, revealed newsman in Toronto wrote a word,
that 4,700 persons of Japanese ancestry are living in that known only to him. on a piece of
city now as compared to 6,975 persons in 1940.
paper, and mailed it in a sealed
The survey' revealed further that 52 percent of the envelope to the Canadian' Press sons taking'the test. The'number
of right and wrong guesses were
Niseis were receiving greater incomes than before the office in London. Similarly, a New. listed statistically. The extent to
Zealand newsman wrote a certain
evacuation, 19 percent were receiving the same, while 29 per­ number, sealed it in an envelope which the proportion- of right
cent were receiving less. Among the Isseis, 28 percent and mailed it to his newspaper's guesses deviated from- the law of
averages would indicate the oper­
were receiving more, 13 percent, receiving the same,* and office in London.
ation of an “extra-sensory percep­
Then at a certain pre-arranged
56 percent less.
.However, when the increase in cost of living' is taken hour, the above newsmen were tion.”
asked to concentrate on what they
The results were interesting,
into account, the majority- of the Niseis and a much higher had
written. The messages were
though
not conclusive. The pro­
percentage of the Isseis stated that they were worse off received mentally by this psychic
fessors found that certain people
economically than prior to the evacuation.
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Englishman and checked with the
were more perceptive than others,
When asked what they thought of their present jobs, a contents of the sealed envelopes.
that the perceptivity of the same
The word “bagpipe,” written by
relatively high percentage—82 per cent of the Niseis and
individual were especially keen at
the Canadian, was guessed “backcertain hours, that rin some cases
71 percent of the Isseis—stated they were satisfied, but
' pipe." but the number, “9174," was
exceptional perceptivity was remany of them qualified their answers with a significant guessed exactly.
■ vealed as to make"a. mess of the
statement that they were satisfied because they were unable
Did this Englishman possess
law • of averages.
There was
supernatural powers? The scien­
to get a better position.
enough encouragement in the re­
The following questions and answers reveal the opinions tists would, strictly speaking, have sults. the professors thought, to
to dismiss it as a lucky guess or
carry on further experimentations.
of Seattle evacuees regarding discrimination:
Question: Do you believe there is more or less job discrimina­
tion than in 1939-41?
Answer:
V

N iseis—more, 16 percent
same, 56 percent
less, 28 percent
Isseis—more. 12 percent
same, 68 percent
less, 20 percent

Do you believe there is more or less social disin 19 39-41 ?
crimination than
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Answer: Niseis—more. 4 percent
Question:

same, 76 percent
less. 20 percent
1 sseis—more. 4 percent
same, 71 percent
less,
25 percent

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It. is perhaps to be expected that the discrimination
should be less intense now than during the war because of
the abatement of wartime hysteria. But there is little in
the survey to suggest that the latent ill-feeling on the West
Coast against people of the Japanese race is disappearing,
or that the returned evacuees are better off economically or
any happier than those who chose to remain east of the
Rockies.

Training New Canadian
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new immigrants
It has been suggested that Canada sltbuld a
; them'English language .training
to become Canadian citizens
and citizenship counsellors to help them in their initial critical period
of adjustment during the first year in Canada.
' Tliis suggestion by Frank Foulds. director of the citizenship branch
Of the Secretary of State Department, is a much-awaited move .towards
making the new Canadian Citizenship Act something moreythan of
name value. Mr. Foulds recommends that an immigrant should -agree to
accept English language training on his arrival in Canada, and that he
’ should be aided in this training by lus employenand.-tbe government.

a hoax, because mental telepathy
is not scientifically accepted. But
what a coincidence' if the thing
had been genuine!
Experiment
It must have been quite a numDuke
ber of years back. ;
inter­
University professors
ested in this mental telepathy and
conducted a series of experiments
on it.
They used special cards, whose
symbols had to be guessed by per-

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The Vancouver Sun has been alarmino- its
the story that “British Columbia—especially Vane?
is threatened with a new invasion of Japanese.”'* Tpvasion referred to is a possible return movement
the Sun oddly refers to as “repatriated Canadian
Japanese” ; it does not explain how a person born in U ’
can be •'•'repatriated” to Japan.
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Dunninger
Then there is this guy called
Dunninger whom you might have
read about in the Reader’s Digest.
He used to have a Wednesday
night radio program in which he
mental telepathic
showed off his
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powers.
I remember it was a
pretty dull program.
I don’t know what happened to
the guy. but if he had the real
thing, he must be a terror at any

Government officers are also to be provided to give the newcomer an
understanding of Canadian life.
The Canadian Educational Association has been asked by the gov­
ernment to draw up a standard course of study to'give the citizenship
applicant a grounding in Canadian life. The curriculum is to include
Canadian history, geography, and economics, as well as functions and
forms of government, an appreciation of freedoms of speech, worship,
assembly and equality before law. and an insight into Canadian democratic tradition. This course of study could be taught in a year of
instruction.
Many of the older Japanese in Canada had been unable to obtain
Canadian citizenship because of restrictions in their places of residence.
Now that the new citizenship act makes it possible for them to become
naturalized, there has been a large number of parents, urged by their
Canadian-born children, which has filed declarations of intention.
In the interval before their applications are reviewed in court,
frequent queries have been directed to us concerning the best way in
which the applicants might receive training and knowledge of the
requisites to pass citizenship standards.
Now that the citizenship branch has announced a set of proposals
in answer to this problem, it is hoped that the scheme will be put into
action immediately, not only for the incoming Polish:.and Dutch immi­
grants. but also for the immigrants ■ who are already here: in this
country and wish to becomecitizens in law as well as by-thought and
inclination.
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they should be admitted ro
rest of Canada.

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Most if not all of theJa>l5n-.’
who are likely l0 conceit
fantastic idea of actually
ing rights” as born citizen Of w
Dominion are the sons -and
ters of parents who were born k
Japan and voluntarily sun-end.
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the citizenship which they
acquit ed by naturalization
children, who were minors at
time of the deportation, could
nothing else than accompany th--.
parents, and indeed a Canadi-j.
born wife could do nothins else
than accompany her Japan-b^
husband if he elected for repairs
tion. They are Japanese by raeid
origin only, not by birth, not by
education, not by habits of life, h
most cases not by religion. They
have no right to citizenship h
Japan, and could- not even have
been deported to that country if
the American administration of if
had not consented. The idea that
they will be excluded from' the
whole of Canada by regulations
adopted "in short order" must
surely be repugnant to the great
majority of Canadians, and to
some fraction even, of the peoole
of British Columbia.

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poker table.
,
While on the same subject, I
recall a parlor game which is
called “mental telepathy." In this
game, a group of people st
around, dim the lights to aid bet­
ter concentration, and ask one
person, who becomes "it," to leave
the room. The others .perform a
certain act. Then they call bac.-v
the “it" and sit back to confertrate on the message while i—
“it” tries to figure it out.
I have been told that the nies
sages get across some times, bu
personally, I think it’s all baloney.

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Mormanism and
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Editor, The New Canadian:

Re The New Canadian of June
article entitled
there is
•'Throng h Horn-Rimmed
written by a person who goes by.
the initials “K.M.” I would l&e.
to make a correction to a sheaf
error this per■son has made.
This person has stated that U
founder of “Mormanism Praclk. i
polvgamy. This is not so.
man who was responsible for
restoration of this religion
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If possible Please
person. K.M.. ot the tac
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become 'eonl-u.^. O'” th,.=
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A Column in The Sun
GIRL-ABOUT-NEW YORK
New York City.

Kids

i blooming to beat
You should see
-v
he
neighbors com,en tToday we cut the
h borrowed lawn
: so
shears, and so
—.H
£aio'>vr’ ?n
rhe tulips clearly,
t feel somewhat unprosTisy ”
stecteu :
s hist one blight in the
inshine and beauty that
jnd our front yard. Kids,
ghborhood swarms with
elling and squealing and
having themselves a
Cje come rain, come shine, and
hec> with their mothers.

,’ori't misunderstand me. I
Ive children. Having been one
Lv^elf st one time, I feel a kinkn to the young sprouts and
Loutlets. It I find myself in­
volved in a wild game of Andyk-e-Owm wirh some Primary
khool hellers. I am tasting one of
Mjl?S pl^HSUI

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£ But there have been days when
[ftere was blood in my eye and
purder in my heart because of
ffhe neighborhood kids. Perhaps
ht’s oui fault, we are unfortunate
feough not to have a fence for
Protection. But there are two or
Ithree kids with a mixture of the
hevil and Scrooge in their make­
-up who delight in snipping off
ftulip bulbs that are just about to
Iccnit out into their glory.

L Sure, we should have a fence:
land the innocent tykes probably
fdo not mean to cause misery in
|my soul: but after the third or
Ifburth dark warning and threat
Ito the culprits. I have walked out
|to find yet a couple more tulip
Iblooms sadly lying in the beds
Kind the quick words that passed
|my lips fell to rhe ground with a
Idull dark thud.
Slightly foaming at the mouth,
|d have lurked in the shadows
fcwaiting for the guilty' to make
litheir appearance so I could catch
Ethem in the act. While lurking,
Ewild dreams of revenge have
■h- ., ,
■swirlec through my innermost
■mental recesses. I was going to
Wash them over the head with a
■Ibalgshover and then after they
Aad expired and they are no more
■or this world, they would be torn
Apart limb by limb and then used
Kis the props of a sign to be put in
Mpe tulip bed as a warning to any
Allure crimes of the same sort,
^ut the unforgiven did not appear.

, Bi Jack Scott, who is my favorite
, Kplumnist, recently wrote about
yBfbe robin that used to perch on
■MU bedroom window sill and chirp
■pisily so much that Jack was
to deal with him via a well^^Eiled slingshot. With his robin
my tulip-destroying brats, we
W'-e something in common. Jack
-■Rs robins and I like kids. But
’ ■hres a limit.

Ki So it you next hear of a brutal
murder in the Winnipeg
i-Hpburbs. you will know the back.-’■Found.

Dear Alice:
New York! And the first thing
that most women think of is Mrs.
Harrison Williams, Saks. John
Frederic's and Sally Victor. I
wanted to crash one of the salons
but I looked at my Hat heels,
rumpled skirt and blouse and lost
courage. It has been said that
the best way to see New York and
New Yorkers is to walk its streets,
so I tramped on Fifth Avenue.
Broadway, and stood on the cor­
ner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd
Street, watching the rush hour
crowd.

Black shoes, black suits, black
dresses, black coats, it is sup­
posed to be smart, out t do not see
anything fashionable about look­
ing like everyone else. One New
Yorkette informed me that black
was practical because it was suit­
able for young and old. winter
and summer, besides being flatter­
ing to the figure. A thought oc­
curred to my’ irrelevant mind that
black also increased Listerine
sales for the prevention of dand­
ruff.

Theodore III and the Race Problem
(From Mamie Moloney's “In One Ear" Column
in The Vancouver Sun)

Can I have as many pancakes as
Black Sambo?"
•’Sure,” I said, "as many as you,
can eat.” And there ended our
first discussion of the race ques­
tion.
It got me thinking. How early
are prejudices formed in the child
mind? Did I handle the subject
correctly? Should I have brought
Black Sambo into the discussion
VOICE OF THE TURTLE
on my own or waited till some
Last night I saw ”The Voice offuture time when he should bring
the Turtle,” mainly for Margaret
the matter up again?
Sulla van's return performance, be­
I know why I felt 1 had to give
OUTLANDISH NYLONS
fore her jaunt to Britain. The
him more information than he
The first thing I noticed here acting was superb, but the clothes
asked for. That phrase "white
was that the women actually wear Maggie wore were better. The
girl” from the lips of my fourthe outlandish shades of nylons
outstanding one was shown in a
year-old made me go cold inside. .
that you see only on display* in the
scene where she comes into the
It implied that the discussion he
Bay’ or Eaton's. Filmy* blacks,
room and removes a. plain black
had heard had gone further than
navys, and dark browns look very
coat to display’ a gorgeous white
his question to me indicated. Not
attractive, too.
I was almost lame short dinner dress. The wo­
knowing what he had heard, nor
tempted to get a pair of black
men in the audience gasped.
how much, I felt I had to point out
ones, but I could see the faces of
There were hats and hats: pic­
to him, somehow, that all people,
Torontonians, so I refrained.
ture hats, cartwheels and sailors:
no matter what color their skins,
I early7 discovered two fallacies
straws, linens, panamas and cro­
were alike in other respects.
about New York women: that
cheted cottons. One type, a sort
I tried to recall my childhood.
they7 are all tall and all dressed
of Breton with open crown in
When had 1 first become conscious
like Vogue.
Never let anyone
starched crocheted cotton seemed
of race prejudice? I couldn't re­
tell you that a cross section of very* popular.
member. There had been a Ja­
N.Yr. women does not include some
I’ve got to dash for another con­
panese girl at our school. She
frumps. I felt quite at home!
ference session now. I’ll write you
was one of us. Her name had
been
Momaje (pronounced Mo-inaabout
American
Niseis
sometime.
I strongly7 suspect that the ma­
jay). She had been born in
PEG.
jority of the tall, gorgeous crea­
Canada.. Her father was some sort
tures were visitors like myself. I
of consular official and had named
was quite impressed by their sleek
her Momaje. which in Japanese
look until I overheard a fragmen­
means "maple leaf." after Can­
tary conversation—
ada's national emblem. We liked
Today is Father's Day—a special day* for you. Poppa. No. I
“Have you been to the Empire
Momaje and her pretty name. She
suppose
you won't know what that means because we have never was a slicker at basketball and
State yet?”
“No, we just finished Rockefel­ observed it before, have we? Well, on Father's Day*, everybody* takes
our star on the track and field
time
off
to
pay
his
respects
to
his
father.
That
’
s
why
I
m
writing
team. We never thought of her
ler Center.”
this. Poppa.
as Japanese except that, it gave
WELL-DRESSED WOMEN
As I look out my window and see those apple trees just starting to
her added glamour.
However, there does seem to be
blossom white with the faintest tinge of pink, lots of things come
I can recall religious prejudice,
a greater percentage of wellrushing to my mind.
though. And the hurt and humili­
dressed women and also a greater
I think of that farm, our home back on the Coast, and how hard
ation it caused me. Our neighbor­
variety* of tastes. If there is a
you struggled to create it. Yes, create, because when you bought it.
hood was predominantly Protes­
trend, it is towards simpler sil­ there was only wilderness. I think of that crude shack we just lived
tant. I was the only child who
houettes, lines are slimmer and
in. and how you strove to improve it. bit by bit, until it became a
went to Catholic Church. Among
sleeker. There are very few huge
truly comfortable home; I think of our first heifer, the neat rows of
my immediate playmates the sub­
sleeves, exaggerated high platform
strawberries, those yellow clusters of greengages, the mist hovering
ject was discussed with interest,
shoes or Hedda Hopper hats.
over the fields on a drizzling day; but mostly. Poppa, I think of you.
but never with rancor. I traded
Skirts, of course, are lengthening and I'm thankful that there is such a day as this dedicated to you.
my’ holy pictures for the tracts
—the accepted length is 14 inches
Somebody once said life is mostly sunshine and clouds. Maybe
the Protestant kids got at their
off the ground, but some are even
you've had some joys in your time—maybe, but I do know that you
Sunday School and had a definite
longer, and all seem to be straight
have had your share of worries. I guess we children took a lot for
edge in the trading due to the fact
cut. I did not see a dozen full
granted.
that they were all after my trades
pleated skirts that are supposed
Poor old-fashioned Poppa. Remember how shocked you were when
because of their
comparative
we went down to our first high school dance? I'm glad you got over
to be coming back.
rarity.
Never was there any feeling of
that
though.
As popularly supposed, the color
Then that day of fear. When Toshi almost drowned while fishing
strangeness or prejudice on ac­
is black. New York women seem
in the River. I’ll never forget the picture of your strained face.
count of the difference in our
to wear it almost like a uniform.
Brief, passing scenes, but how vividly they stand out in my memory.
religions. Not. that is, until the
Then, the War . . . Mom broke down and cried when we had to
tough gang of older boys decided
leave home, but you—you stood mutely looking about; that back
to make our little gang their cur­
fence which needed fixing, those cherry trees you'd planted only last
rent victims for bullying.
Letters for the following are in
year; and over by the barn, that patch of tomatoes you were trying
They learned I was a Catholic.
the New Canadian offices:
'3ut_all to be lost. You said. "Sho-ga-nai.” but that wasn't how you
“Dirty Mick” and "Catholicker”
Ichisaku Yamada (formerly of felt. Even now. I can hardly realize how deep the sorrow and pain became their favorite cat-calls any­
Lumby. B.C.), R- Daijo. Tetsunu
time I was in their vicinity.' The
Havashi. K. Hikida (from Tsuyako you must have felt.
Now you are out East; now. just at the sunset, of your life, when
first time it happened 1 ran home
Sumioka). Doug Funamoto. Masanari Yokoyama. Mieko Iwasaki other men would be settling down in their easy chairs to enjoy tne
crying to my mother. She told me
(formerlv of Ocean Falls. B.C.),
to ignore them. I did. But things
fruits of their toil, you must start off anew--strange faces, strange
Mr. and Mrs. Hana Hamade,
were never quite the same after
Misses Ichiye and Miyo Endo (for­ ideas, a strange new life.
Today
is
Father's
Day.
If
you
hold
any
feeling
of
bitterness,
cast
that.
merly of Lemon Creek). S.
The toughies had branded me.
it aside. Put on your Sunday suit and take a stroll about the park.
Hisaoka.
Letters have been forwarded to
On the surface I was accepted by
Look at the chestnut trees with their branches crowded with fresa
my* own gang, but the feeling that
the following:
young leaves like green gloves hanging in the air. Smile at the busy
I was an alien, in a religious
M. Ishida. M. Ozamoto.^E Hisa­ black squirrels and the tiny sparrows flying high. Life is not always
sense not one of their "breed,”
naga. K. Saimoto and -a’s. M.
so crim, as you have known it. Poppa.
Matsui.
could not be denied. They never
asked for any more "trades" with
my holy pictures.
Sometimes
when I came upon them there
would be a sudden silence and an.
elaborate effort to introduce a
new topic of conversation.
I
would know that they had been
discussing religion.
Perhaps being branded was a.
good thing. Perhaps it helped to
keep me from racial and religious
prejudices of my own.
All I know is that I hope I ll.be
able to keep Theodore III.. and
Ulysses free from similai:,,preju­
dice. And it looks as if it’_g tljpe
to start right now.

Letters

The race question raised its
ugly’ head for the first time in our
relations with four-and-a-half-yearold Theodore III this week.
"Mummy," he asked me out of
a clear blue sky, “what is a white
girl?"
I haven't, the foggiest notion
how the question came into his
mind, but no doubt the subject
must have come up somehow
among the small fry in his gang.
"A white girt.” 1 replied, keep­
ing my answer to the minimum
requirements, "is a girl with
white skin."
The answer seemed to satisfy
him. But it didn't satisfy* me.
Though the Book tells you to sup­
ply* no more information on a sub­
ject than the child asks for. a
gnawing fear in the back of my
mind that this could be a forma­
tive moment in his life prompted
me to go intq further explanation.
"You know Black Sambo?” I
asked, mentioning his currently*
favorite character in juvenile fic­
tion. He nodded assent. "Well."
I continued. "Black Sambo's skin
is black. White people and black
people are the same except that
their skins are different colors."
"I like Black Sambo." he said.
"He ate 224 pancakes for dinner.

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■ Psge Ten
Milton K. Ozaki, writer of mysteries (Cuckoo Clock, Fiend in
Need, confesses that in spelling
out the murder tale he himself
does not know. any better than
the ungentle reader, who the dirty
culprit will turn out to be.

Author of "Cuckoo Clock

He turns over the manuscript
to his stenographer when the story
is complete except for the revela­
tion of the guilty. (In Milton’s
book the very last scene does NOT
take place, thank God, in the liv­
ing-room of the host, who has long
since been sorry as hell that he
ever thought of a week-end party,
and all the living suspects are sit­
ting, standing, or teetering with
stiff cocktails in hand.)

He has a relaxed, mellow voice
and an unselfconscious manner.
He punches his time clock at noon
and continues to a late hour at
night averaging about ten pages a
day. (Professional writers will
have you know that that’s not a
mean rate of production.) ‘He prefers to work from the typewriter
directly rather than to labor out.
the story in longhand.

An Interview With a Mystery Writer
By MASAMORI KOJIMA in the Chicago Shimpo

WATCH
CONCEALS MURDERER

At this point the iron curtain
still conceals the murderer to the
view of both the author and the
reader. After the stenographer re­
turns the manuscript, now neatly
typed out and in a shape present­
able to the publishers, Milton asks
her who did .it.
If she replies, "Dr. Grimsby.”
Milton then decides that it should
be the smooth and affable "Bruce
Stewart.” So there you have the
unexpected denouement, a sun
prise to the steno, the reader, and
the author.
NEAT AUTHOR

Milton, unlike the popular no­
tion of an author, works in neat­
ness. When we met him he was
clean shaven, had on a tie, and his
collar was buttoned. Not a stray
sheet of unrejected manuscript layon the floor.

tive writing. He majored in English at Ripon college, Wisconsin.
In his first year in college, he
took the entire field in the mid­
west intercollegiate conference in
a debate contest. After Ripon he
travelled ("bummed” was the word
Milton used) all over the country.
He came to Chicago and decided
there wasn’t a better place to
stop, New York and San Francisco notwithstanding. (We won’t
even mention Los Angeles.)

BRICKLAYERS

In the course of the day’ he may
PROBLEM IS FORM
wander out from bis cozy apart­
Mystery writer Milton K. Ozaki
ment to the comer drugstore or
finds
that in planning his story his
around the block to watch some
problem is more in its form than
bricklayers. It’s all work. The
plot.
He explains that "form” is
strawberry malt at the drugstore
a
problem
of craftsmanship, of
may well lay the basis of Chaptei
buildup and the comedown. The
VII, and one can never tell how
writer hacks away at the story,
handy may be clinical notes on
the “modus operandi" of hodcar­ realizes after his laborings that
riers. The small bookcase in the . the structure of the story around
office is packed with a_few scien­ page 156 has come to a climax, at
tific treaties on sex and crimino­ which point he starts tightening
logy and other source material for up the story to a conclusion
violent and sedate crimes. Milton Not a few mystery writers work
out long elaborate charts with
Ozaki reads them all but shows
an expansive mind in his interest diagramatic upswings, curves, and
in other forms of creative writing. downswings in tackling the prob­
lem of form. One of them has all
OWNED BEAUTY SHOPS
his walls covered with these
matte a living graphs.
Milton used
from ownership of a chain of
Milton’s first book, “Cuckoo
beauty shops. At one time he was
Clock,
” published by Ziff-Davis
even an accountant. But from the
of Chicago, is classified as a
beginning he had a bent for crea-

Hollywood studios made several
films with anti-Nisei references
during the war. Now a group of
West Coast citizens has started
a letter-writing campaign to get
the film studios interested in mak­
ing a picture of "Boy From Ne­
braska,” Ralph G. Martin's dra­
matic biography of Ben Kuroki.

Joronto Niseis in Business
By KAYZIE NISHIO in Nisei Affairs

YOUR OWN BOSS
Have you ever thought of it? A
business of your own . . . your
own boss; sure, every’ working
man has thought of jt 9t least
once in his life. Particularly after
a run-in with the boss.
“Yeah, I had it out with the
boss today. I’m getting out one
of these days and start some­
thing on my own.”

No more of this “Okay. Boss,
sure Boss,” trying to appease him
with your best Pepsodent smite,
while fervently wishing to poke
him one. or to pull his ears back.
Of course this is a slight exag­
geration of the case for indepen­
dence but . . .
For the interest of Niseis con­
templating a venture on their
own. I've gathered some data on
some Nisei who dared to pit their
business personalities with the
Toronto buying public.

HARRY KUROYANAGI
First. I got some highlights on
the floodlights and spotlights of
photography. The man behind the
malevolent-looking apparatus they
call the camera was Harry Kuro­
yanagi of 165 Collier Street in To­
ronto. Knowing Harry personally,
and being interested in this line.
I believe that Harry is one of the
aces in this complex art.
His

long

experience

with

camera, plate, hypo, etc., and his
extensive knowledge of theoreti­
cal

photography

has

rounded

him out as a photographic vir­

tuoso.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

In August of 1946. Harry nailed
up his "Open for Business" sii
thereat he was on his own.
During the incipient stages of
a new business, and more o in
photography than in most businessets. there is a long or ?hort
period when the photographer has
to;dig into his own pocket while
creating a name and a reputation-

for himself.
short.

Harry’s period was

His clientele varies from the
ranks of the socially obscure to
the social elite. Niseis number
but few in Harry’s boox. Then

tering you will be cordially received by the proprietors, Rin
Fujii and Tets Mori.

too, he does all the posed stage

shots for the

Rosselino

Opera

Company.
COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Harry’s worn was primarily
studio portraiture, out later he
branched into commercial photography as a profitable venture. At
the time of this interview he was
shooting the shutter on the adver­
tising angles for a large clothing
concern, and this job calls for
fussy little details. Commercial
photography demands his great
skill in "selling’’ the product and
his encompassing imagination puts
his portraits in a class by them­
selves.
“It’s really a tough racket,”
says Harry, “especially at the
present time when photographic
material is so hard to get.”
MUST BE ABOVE AVERAGE

Commenting on it as a business,
Harry stresses that newcomers
should have a thorough know­
ledge of the profession. Nisei, in
particular, must be above aver­
age. He also gave a warning on
the danger of being misled by any
illusions about photography:

POOLED RESOURCES

Keeping a vigilant watch during
the fall of 1946, they spied tne
cleaning and pressing business for
sale in this busy section of To­
ronto. Immediately pooling their
resources. Rin and Tets started
business jointly in October of the
same year.
Since the whole licensed busi­
ness was transferred into their
names, they were ready for action
, the day they’ stepped into the
premises. However, wishing to
enlarge the business a bit. they’ set
about buying new equipment, but
here they7 were confronted with an
acute problem: you can’t get
things if they’re not there to be
got. In due time, their patience
concerning material shortages was
rewarded, and business
went
ahead as planned.

“It’s a rich man’s hobby, but
a poor man’s business.”

O.K. CLEANERS
The cleaning and pressing busi­
ness is quite a favorite among
Niseis-. In this case a job neatly
done sends competition on the run.
are quite
and since
conseabout detail.
tidiou
quent neatness naturally classes
them as above average for dis­
tom er satisfaction.
At 101 Is Queen Street West,
just past Bay street going east,
we come to a large sign. “O.K.
Cleaners." that can't be ;passed
without being noticed. Upon en- ;

With the choice of location
and superior management O.K.

Cleaners are carrying
splendid business which

on
a
is de­

finitely on the climb.
ATTRACTIVE EFFECT

Both Rin Fujii and Tets Morl
are going full steam on a presser
apiece, while up front, near the
window for psychological effect
(and I must say, very effective!)
is attractive Mrs. Fujii, who
handles all the alterations, Rin
specified no special type of clientele, but he mentioned that many
of his steady customers were
Chinese.
“As in all business," comments Rin, “you can't expect to
bang into a money-making busi­
ness overnight.

“It would take at least a year
and more to build up reputation
and goodwill, and then you can
say you’ve got a start."

his second,

soon to be published by the
same company, "A Fiend
in

Need,” is a detective type.

The

distinction is important since it

affects the whole shape of the
story.

Milton prefers the detec­

tive type, finding

it more flex­

ible to handle.

For a crude example: The mys-’
tery type puts out clues on pages
16, 67 and 128, which, if you are
unable to piece together by page
306 for a solution, you are an
awful dummy.

The detective type has a scowl­
ing he-man who takes 20 slugs of
rye neat each morning and seems
to have plenty of catnip for
women.
But both forms’ are
highly' entertaining. We would
not know what to do without them.
INCOME FROM LIBRARIES

Income in mystery writing comes
in the main from purchases by
rental libraries. These can be
found in drugstores, small bookshops or in rural confectionery
stores, where for five cents one
can borrow a book for a week or
two. There are enough of these
libraries to assure a" steady enough
income and thereby keep mystery
writers alive. .Milton estimates
that a writer of mysteries has to
turn out about four books a year

elected president

Recently the Chicago cha?t
the Mystery Writers Of ^2
elected Milton Ozaki its pre^
At the group’s regular
topics generally discussed ar
all things, robbery, blackmail
murder. One of the group’s faroite sports is to re-enact £
discreditable
but
outstand
achievements of the city's
world. One evening the menj
performed and studied the~^
niques of the "Friday
Gang,” an unhappy band of whose method was to crash
courteously into a restaurant
pick up the jewelry and loose rA
from the customers at the Doti
of persuasive guns.
. •
This

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particular re-enactirn*

was published with pictures ithe Chicago Daily Times an

KA

these were reprinted in theTru*

detective magazine. In one o1
them Milton is prominently seelifting a necklace.

: With realism of that kind
shall be looking forward tosos*
extraordinary realism in his ne?
book.
ahn
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Bov From Nebraska

On My Own

and

mystery type,

_,;for.a livable income. SoQ, 1
: productive (and prolix) h ~
aged as high as a boot
. However, it has alw
portant in contracts
ers, who as a class
been notable for geuerosi
the mystery writers
equitable share of the pro‘‘
order to improve upon
tracts, the writers have
themselves into the Mv
ers of America.

Reviewing the News
(Continued From Page One)

cigarettes, which are imported
from the U.S., is an attempt to
cut down on their consumption.

Socialist Government
The Socialists, being the gov­
ernment party, are sometimes un­
fairly blamed for the crisis.
Socialism is responsible for the
way’ in which it deals with the
crisis, but not for bringing it on.
What then is the Socialist gov­
ernment’s record?
,
speaking,
British
Generally
be credited for
Socialism may
i
some bold progressive experiments and blamed for some bad
mistakes or misjudgments.
Socialism is measured by tise
degree of nationalization or goveminent control of industries.
British Socialism is regarded as
moderate, yet its nationalization
program during its two years in
power has been quite extensive.
The Bank of England, coal
mines, radio communications, air­
ways, electricity, railroads, arid a
larsre nart of the road haulage
have'been nationalized. Steel is
next on the list.
Under Criticism
The Socialists have been criti­
cized by the opposition (Conserva­
tives) for giving too much atten­
tion to their nationalization pro­
gram and not enough attention to
increasing production.
To this, the Socialists reply’ that
increased production is not posible with nationalization.
They
point to the coal industry’ which
was rapidly declining due to its
hazards and unpleasant working
conditions and which has been
revitalized
under
government
control.
The critic s charge too that
Socialism i leading Britain along
i totalitarianism, to
the road
increased red tape and burcaur Stafford Cripps has
answered this charge• in a-recent
speech:
■s a
between

what

difference

be termed
totalitarian planning and demo-

ar

cratic planning.
The essenc*
of the former is that the indi­

TO

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ordinated to the needs of th* ttgft
State, even to the extent of
depriving the individual of fre;

oye
choice of occupation.
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ith
hand, aims at preserving maxi­
tins:
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individual

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There are some governnies:
controlled industries even in &
typically capitalistic states life
Canada and the United U3U’
The difference in Britain i? Ap­

of degree.
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is claimed, is not to. abolish u
private Industrie . but only
which are unable to or fad 3
rentier maximum service w lcountry.
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ment controlled industi.e.
private industries S1C1S
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