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THE NEW CANADIAN
Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
-WWaK—Nt'- 6g
Hsver

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

TORONTO.. ONT.

Says Immigration Laws Cruel to Asians

a Youn-Tor- Mr. Davidson said.
desperately want to bring that
Alta.—A Young Tor“I think such shortcomings of boy out here.”
b ;v4r Wednesday charged the act constitute a cruel and
Mr Davidson said Mr. Chow
unjust shortcomings in shocking injustice. Since there is was first asked by immigration
no existing remedy, I feel the act authorities to proVe his SOU'S
this coi-wid thousands of Asian- should be changed. This is just identity with birth and school
Then
nave
- ,.
to lonely lives.
another case of parliament shuck­ certificates, and he did.
W Davidson, 31, made the ing' off its responsibility onto thev asked him for additional
lu\v ~ before the civil hber- civil servants with autocratic proof in the form of a family*
nortrait, including the boy. But
of the Canadian Bai­ powers.”
He explained the .Immigration that, the lawyer added, is imposnes
meeting in convenAssocimK
Act permits the wife and chil­ sible to obtain.
rion here.
.. dren’ under 21 of an Asian-born
“Now it seems Mr. Chow us
’ u
urged that the Inimi- Canadian citizen to he admitted without hope,” said Mr. Dai id^^ “
be changed to make
^“'Sun Allure for Canadians as immigrants. But it does mot son. “He has been sending money
to his son in Hong Kong all this
it ‘■‘HU ori<rin to bring their state what evidence As required time and does not know how
to establish the family relation­
to Canada. He asked the
—photo by JACK HEMMY
f-"Yl liberties section to recom- ship between the citizen and his much longer he can continue this
drain
on
his
resources.

.
that Parliament amend the kin.
I F protruding fl'Oin Grandpa Shuitany^
“Yet I have been told by imnui Xulatmg what evidence
To illustrate what suffering
authorities that other
•1C
to prove the relation- can be caused by this flaw in the ;gration
have. been
Chinese-Ganadians
■ Ween Asian-born Gana- act, Mr. Davidson .told about a 'granted permission to bring out
K citizens and the wives and Chinese-Canadian client of his their relations, but the authori­
Sr« “'^ "ish ‘° S”nS°r “ who has been trying vainly7 for ties refused to tell me on what
one and a half years to bring to evidence these applications were
immigrants_
Toronto a 16-year-old son he hao
Mr Davidson’s attack .on the never seen. The client is C. P. based.”
prompted the civil liberties Chow, 50 of Dundas St. E., a re­
In an interview later, Mr.
act P1 ,
a resolution call‘
on a bond of $l,00(\with the pro­
Davidson
said:
^fOT'the'formalion of a spe- frigeration mechanic.
On Sept. 11, the first Japanese vision that the
“I think the whole history of fiancee to enter Canada under the
The lawyer said Mr. Chow
5 «„™Mee to review
immigration legislation concern­ new $l,000-bond regulation which place within 39 day* of Im <
came
to
Canada
alone
in
1921.
He
erration laws and procedures^
ing Asiatics is in marked con­
°
the present act, som- was unable to bring* his wife to trast toward immigration poli­ came into effect in March, Un, ^Atsuko was granted an entry
this
country
under
the
immigra
­
will arrive in Vancouver on the permit in the latter part of Jum,
citizens are allowed to bring their
tion legislation of the time. So cies toward Occidentals.
SS Hikawa Maru.
’went through the regular red
he returned to China to see her
Twenty-seven-year-old Atsuko tmpe—Japaiiesc .passport, Y-Bay
He said thousands of Chinese
refuse
five times before the Commu­ like Mr. Chow have Jived lonely Watanabe of Kumamoto-kcn has examination, visa, etc.-and left
out be
nists took power in 1948. Then and celibate lives as a result.
vet to see her husband-to-be, Su­
nan -Vug 28 aboard the SS Hirefuse
his wife died several years ago,
The same slop «
“Early® immigration legisia- sumu Kawaguchi of Ashcroft, kS
pealin
leaving five children.

B
C.
The
first

$1,000
fiancee
left
lion permitted only male Chinese
carrying Susumu’s younger bro­
“In 1956, his second youngest to come to Canada,” he said. Yokohama for Canada on Aug. ther' Mamoru, and his wife and
son escaped from the Chinese “Most never married because they
mainland to Hong Kong,” said could not afford to return to
R Tsuyuki, NC’s Japan cor­ S°K Tsuyuki is now giving assis­
Mr. Davidson. “Since then Mr. China to find a wife, or did not respondent, stated, “It is grati y- tance to another two cases under­
Chow has been trying to bring wish to be separated by the laci- ing to know that the procedure going the same procedure.
the boy7 to Canada, but he. has fic Ocean from their wives if they for Japanese Canadians to _ call
been thwarted by7 the immigra­
wives from Japan is getting
did marry.”
.
Issei Gives Books
tion authorities.
m
In a debate following .Mr- ^Atsuko’s forthcoming marriage
“Mr. Chow remarried in xoronTo Cancer Library
to but has no children by this Davidson’s surprise speech, John was initiated by a visit from Su­
R.
Tavlor,
Progressive
Conserva
­
Recently, the Canadian Cancer
marriage. He and his second wire
’s aunt and uncle, Mia an
tive MF for Vancouver-Burrai a, sumu
Society, of Toronto issued a pub­
Mrs.
Araki
of
Vancouver,
early
and the lawyer who won George last vear.
The two principles lic request for books m different
Christian (man without a coun­ started a correspondence and be­ ethnic languages m order to
try) Hanna admission to Canada,
establish a. library for cancel
suggested formation of the spe­ came engaged. - .
Unfortunately,
Susumu
v
as
_ „
.
cial committee to review immi- unable to go to Japan to daim patients.
Mr. Jutaro Tokunaga of Brant­
gratioh legislation and procedure.
ford, Ont., immediately contrib­
He said if the Federal ..Govern- ’ his bride because of his job, so uted a 24-volume series of v\ prld
LOS ANGELES.—Municipal
he took advantage of the new
Judge John F. Also, who be­
Famous Mvstery Stories and 62
came
the
first
mainland
Nisei
volumes of World Famous Litera­
—photo by JACK HEMMf
which
of ________
a
to serve in judical 'capacity in
(Continued on page 8)
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men allows
y___entry
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ture in Japanese, oir noting the
ATTRACTIVE Ricki Mat­ September, 1953, was elevated
appeal which was printed in both
sections of The New Canadian.
sumoto, Miss Valentine b > to the office of Los Angeles
Enrolled
in
School
for
High
IQs
County
7
Superior
Court
on
Aug.
Young
JC
Lass
is
The Canadian Cancer Society,
holds the’ Toronto JCCA 28 by Gov. Goodwin J. ihiugL.
The story and pictures of the in a reply to The New Canadian
Among the 90 bright young­ school and its activities were cov­
Challenge Trophy which Born in Burbank on Dec. 14,
sters,
aged eight to 12, enrolleu ered in last week’s Weekend for prompt cooperation and en­
was presented to the Tor­ 1909, Judge Aiso completed in St. George
couragement, stated that the new
’s school in the I oiMagazine.

Ontario Cancer Institute on Sher_^\c onto suburb of Etobicoke, is Maronto Best Cleaners team at studies at Brown
Harvard
Law
School
with
fur
­
bourne St., Toronto, which is to
the Players’ Social last ther graduate courses in law at o-aret Yamanaka.
MAIL TO JAPAN: SS Java house the library for cancer pa­
Sunday night. Top men in Chuo U., Tokyo, and the U. ot ° Designed for clever students Mail leaves Vancouver for Japan tients, will not be open until Nowith IQs of 130 or oyer, the
the Best team are (left)
Southern California law school. school, going into its third year, on Sept. 10; SS p^awa Maru• vember, but that the 24-volume
Sept. 18 and the SS Ore
Captain Yuki' Kameoka He practiced law in both New has attracted the interest of lead­ leaves
series could be sent immediately.
gon
Mail:
leaves Sept. 40.
York
City
and
Lop
Angeles
and Manager George Taers in education across Canada.
from 1935 to 1952..

first lananese Fiancee on $1,000 Bond to Arrive

kaoka.

Tokyo’s largest City Title is a Crown of Thorns

facilities and pub­
lie
'housing.
A
20-year dream
Son
mftraditional
Japanese
and
living very low by Western stanaround the Imperial Palace and
plan calls for reorganization of
TOKYO.—Tokyo’s new crown
up-to-date western architecture.
dards.
,
the city with a “green belt’ area
Rapid and modern reconstruc­
as the world’s most papulous city its circular moats.
extending around the city and an
Then
there
are
thousands
of
They live in 23 wards, seten tion after World War II have
is really a crown of thorns.
nightclubs and bars with garish “outer ring” that would Provide
smaller
cities,
20
towns
and
48
For- the population increase
suburban living in some 20 small
neon lights. Some COOO coffe
that made it the world’s biggest villages that comprise metropoli­
communities.
.
houses entertain
metropolis has outrun roofs, sew­ tan Tokyo. They lack i adequate Toronto Planner
classical music.
Geisha houses
Meanwhile,
in
narrow
winding
water
sewage,
trash
and
garbage
ers and jobs, and Tokyo has be­
To Study Tokyo
abound with an average even ng streets filled with pot-holes, too
come a city of strange contrasts. collection, and adequate employ­
for the first rate- party costing speedy traffic is a constant
Sailing
for
Yokohama
early
in
At the end of World War II, ment for all.
hazard and nuisance. A whirlwind
$600.
.
There is hardly enough water October will be a young Toronto about
the city had been almost threeNearby,
thousands
live
.
m
force of some 50,000 taxis adds
nlanner A. H.Roberts, who aims
fourths destroyed by American to meet daily demands. There are to find ’out how they handle town shacks and condemned houses. heavily to a toll of two killed and
bombers. Rebuilding started fast. frequent cutoffs during the hot, planning in the world s largest One ^oup of about 8,000 live in 50 injured daily in the city.
months.
the open and scavenge the city s
The birthrate grew daily, and dry
Plans also call for completion
—Tokyo.
The sewage system services citv
For
more
than
two
years
a
if
five subways, spiderwebbing
the constant arrival of peasants
onlv parts of six of the .city s
senior planner on the Toronto ^Not far away are the new, the city, to be finished by 19 / 2.
from the provinces swelled the wards.
Present estimates are that planning staff, Mr. Roberts hopes glass-walled buildings in the mam
city’s population by a total of installation
of adequate facilities to have a chance to work at Pan­ downtown Marunouchi district, Right now there are two subways
about a quarter of a million peoin operation.
will take at least 30 years.
ning in Tokyo to see bow the Ja­ and scattered throughout the city
• pie each year.
But it is highly questionable
There is no standard rule for
are 17 stadiums, 26/ parks and 10
Now the, city is packed with trash and garbage collection. Ip panese. are
whether
the plans, mostly now in
_
more than ‘8,471,637 men, women some places it is collected tv ice Jigantic task of rebuilding the city concert halls.
the paper and dream stage, will
There are many plans for solw catch up within the near future
.
,
and children, well above the pop­ a day, in others once every ten A-bombed cities.
He expects to be able to sU^
ing Tokyo’s great problem of with the galloping increase in
ulations of competing New York
in Japan only a few months on overcrowding.
One
and London.
The citv has a huge army7 of
scheme calls for completing city people..
a
tourist

s
visa.
Tokyo’s millions are packed in unemployed,
whose
exisience
haphazard districts That have keeps wages and the standara of
grown by
concentric
circles

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_ Saturday, September 7j^-

Tsujimotos win Doubles Vancouver IUBL Windu n
Title From Iwasakis

SPORTS
Ten doubles matches were play­
ed Aug. 31 at Earlscourt (seven
men’s and three ladies’) between
Toronto reps and Cleveland All✓stars - with the final outcome
being a tie with five wins and
five losses for both sides.
Toronto winners: Mickey Mat­
Tsujimoto
bt
subayashi-Edzy
Mitch Hashiguchi-Shig Okada;
Wes Hodgins-Fuz Fujiwara bt
. Darwin Chee-Herb Fuke; Tak
Yamamoto-Ken Koyanagi bt Bill
Ebihara-John Kawasaki; Ken Ka­
meoka-George Sasaki bt Walt
Yoshimitsu-Mo Funai; Pete ItoHenry Irie bt Howard. SugiuchiSteve Kawasaki.
Cleveland winners: Frank Watanabe-Shig Furuki bt Ben Kuni­
hiro-Red Kitagawa; Shig Yamagata-Roy Koyama bt Don Yoko­
ta-Mickey Cinicola; Eva Hashi­
guchi-Mary Inouye bt Ets Fuji­
wara-Mich Isozaki; Mary Yoshi­
da-Arlene Sumida bt Nana Ya­
mamoto-Frances Koyanagi and
Sue Nagano-Agnes Shimono.

Toronto nosed out Cleveland
The social end of the program
on Sunday in the second half of
was
very successful. The banquet
the Labor Day Tournament, but
and
social following was appre­
top ranking Frank Watanabe of
Columbus quite easily defeated ciated by all visiting netters and
top local Nisei champ Tom Iwa­ friends. They returned to Cleve­
saki. Mickey Matsubayashi, play- land on Monday afternoon.

WELCOME, JAPANESE CANADIANS .

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VANCOUVER. —— The favored
Mr. and Mrs. Tsujimoto finally CYO nine captured the George"
won the Bussei "A” mixed- douTrophy,, emblematic of HAMILTON NISEI
ing second spot for Toronto, gave bles title bv upsetting ’favored Sparling
__ _
Mitch Hashiguchi, leading Cleve­ Mr. and Mrs. Iwasaki 2-6/ 6-2,' playoff champion of the IUBL ' HAMILTON, Ont —n .
ton Nisei Bowling’ t
land netter, a tough battle", and 6-4.
for 1957. CYO were also the pen­ rpll off-starting Sept o^®

they - ended up splitting at one
The Tsujimotos took the con­ nant winners. They’ took the Central Alleys at
set apiece.
solation mixed in .’53' and Edzy '
__________
measure of Boilermakers
? in the one-wishing to join ifask^
Edzy Tsujimoto split with Shig teamed with Mossy Mitsui to best
of
seven
final
series

4-1
with
^as Toyota (JA. 8-644*0
Okada; Ike Matsuo lost in three take the men’^ consolation dou­
sets to' Shig Furuki, a veteran bles in ’52, so after eight years one contest- being tied. ' Scores 9-0416) before Sent.
left-handed netter; Aki Koyanagi of trying, it was the first “A” were 1-0, 9-6, 4-1 and 3-2 with
took the measiue of another lefty title for Agnes and also the first the . lone setback.' being a 9-2
MIXED MAJORS
Shig' Hamagata; Toru Idenouye for Edzy, but he went one better count.
.The Sunday Mixed Maio^
As the IUBL concludes another
won from Roy Koyama; Frank than the missus by also copping
guestarts
Sept. 15 this year ^['
Matsui lost to Darwin Chee (Chi­ this year’s men’s “A” doubles, so successful season, here. are some
bowlers
wishing
to juxn, -pleas;
it
seems
that
they
must
be
im
­
individual leaders - and stars:
nese from B.W.I.) in three sets;
notify,
before
Sept
proving
a
little
each
year.
Hard-hitting Harry Robinson? of
Joe Fujino lost to Herb Fuike as*
!0 one 0:
following: Amy
Firemen led the league with a the
did Ray Hodgins who lost to Bill
_
———
very respectable .422 batting- (LE^ 5-0569), Torchy'Abe (OX
Ebihara; Ken Koyanagi split with " NISEI OPEN
Lanky Bob Lasko of ^"'$50),
Mary Ebata Ut
Walt Yoshimitsu; Paul Fujino'
On Sunday, mixed doubles and average.
brilliant^
fast-balling
Masuda (OR. 2927?
CYO,
a
split with, John Kawasaki; Jim all remaining- matches in the Ni­
led
the'
league
in
the
01
Mickey
Cinicola
(LE. 1-2014)’.
teenager,
Morita split with Howard Sugiu­ sei Open are to be concluded. All
pitching
department with the -_v

*
chi. v .
contestants are requested to be
In the ladies singles, Mary on hand at Trinity by-8 a.m. in best earned run average and an TYBS MIXED
The TYBS Mixed Bowling Lea­
Ebata won a grueling three-set'-: order to finish these matches. 8-1 record. ’ He also; won two
ter from top Cleveland female Men’s singles ' finals once more games in the finals. League-lead-' gue will commence its season a^
netter Eva Hashiguchi. Chic Ya- will be between defending champ jnS y|?ma?;Harry Robinson was the newly-renovated Town Bowl
Most Valuable Player
*llley 011 •Sept’ 22> 1=30 pari.
nagizawa split with Mary Inouye; Tom Iwasaki and Mickey Matsu- Yot®4
Kozak of All .those wishing to join are
Sue Iwasaki won in two straight bayashi. This will be the third 1° -i^F'
Boilermakers, through the me-. asked'to phone Haru Murakami
from Mary Yoshida; Agnes Tsu­ meeting' of the pair.
-odium of fan votes, was chosen The (HO. 1-4552), Hideo Baba (OX.
jimoto won two sets from Mary
Most Popular Player.
1-1596) or Kaz Tatebe (LE '
Inouye; Hiro Umetsu won a set
—S.. T. 6-5347)) by Sept. 18.
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^ay. September 7. 1957--------------------tlllllllllllllftllllllllllllllilllllllllllUlllt

Travelling Thru Western Canada

CALENDAR

When Buying, Selling or Exchanging Your Home

fast to Mr. Tajiri’s restaurant.
By Rev. K. SHIMIZU
Alberta is a rich land of na­ niniiiHiiHiiiiiiiiininiiHiiiinnHini
Lethbridge. Alta., Aug. o0
SEPTEMBER
tural resources—-natural gas, oil,
i
welcomed at Lethbridge coal and other minerals; wheat, 13—Vancouver. Nisei Bowling League
Dance. 9-1, Hastings Auditorium; 5h
? a'.-^Takaras and Sameshimas potatoes, carrots, cucumber's and
UY 27. and-taken for break- other vegetables.
_
i
* Even before the war, a few Ja­
BERNARDI-MATHEWS REAL ESTATE
unoclo
:o\;
panese Canadians crossed over
at YMHA Ha
WA. 1-5605
OX. 8-2280 (Kes.) !
she Rockies and. settled in Alber­ 29—Toronto. E
i
Res: AM. 1-5194
OX. 8-1121
T
ta. Most of them worked ' on
TORONTO ONT.
farms around Raymond. During
2670 DANFORTH AVE.
SISTER — SOLICITOR
the war, there were almost 4,000
Residence: 14 Perivcile Crescent# Sccuboro
NOTARY
'JCs evacuated into Alberta, but
DATES & DOINGS
Room 203A
now, with the gradual move to
2 College St., Toronto
other parts of Canada .only some
2,300 remain. The majority of CLUB EL CHOCLO
them are settled in Southern Al­
Regular dance class for the El
berta: Lethbridge, 600; Raymond, Choclo 1957-58 season is schedul­
Taber, 300; Coaldale,-'150; ed to commence on Sept. 29, and
Thos. T. Onizuka, B.A. 300;
Picture Butte, Iron Springs and. every second Sunday thereafter at
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and
Turin areas, 200.
our usual location, Armadale Hall
NOTARY PUBLIC
Around Raymond, there are a (Matsuo Srudios), 1331A Dundas
Office: Room 403
few JC oldtimers who now man­ St. West, Toronto.
229 Yonge St., Toronto .
age grand-scale wheat farms. The
Eddie Hashimoto, our very cap­
EM. 3-5002 — OX. 1-3388 (res.)
JCs who settled here during the able exponent of modern ballroom
war now have 100 and 200-acre dancing' will once again . be on
farms for wheat and vegetables. hand for expert 'instructions in
Some of the Nisei own garages, such dances as samba, waltz, fox
restaurants, grocery stores, etc.; trot, mambo, rumba, tango, jive,
etc.
It is hoped that all members
Barrister & Solicitor1 J VMWitt^WMW^V^****1^1^
from the past seasons will be
CHURCH NOTES
back again regularly, and all
Cameron, Weldon
y
those that are interested in put­
Brewin: & McCallum s SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ting a little more fun in their
LEARN CHICK SEXING
social dancing, male or female,
REAL SHORTAGE OF EXPERT SEXORS
In commemorating' the start of are most cordially welcome.
Toronto ■
372 Bay St.
/—
Japanese
language
broadcasting
Remember the opening date:
EARN UP TO $800 A WEEK
EM. 3-4391 .
in Ontario (Sunday mornings, Sunday, Sept. 20.
—IL N.
CKFH,
Toronto),
the
local
SERVING HATCHERIES IN 42 STATES
KYUSHU FLOOD RELIEF
k

Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
II
G. I. BILL FOR VETERANS
. will hold a rally at the Canadian
Members —of Toronto’s Club
Lucien
C.
Kurata
t Legion Hall, 22 College St., this Phenix donated a sum of $10 to
WRITE TODAY FOR FREE CATALOG
s
J Sunday, Sept. 8, at 7:30.
the
Kyushu
Flood
Relief
Fund
BARRISTER
and
SOLICITOR.
5
t
-The rally will feature the radio recently. The collection was made
notary public
HOME
t speaker, Mr. George Aso, mini- at the Opening Dance Party of
Suite 502, Temple Bail ding
E ster-director from Denver, Colo. the club held Sept. 1.
62 RICHMOND ST. WEST
61 Pastor Aso will, speak on the
TORONTO
11 topic, “The Wonder of Wonders”.
LANSDALE, PENNA.
^o. v.». tat. orr."
Ites: KO. 7-3427 ‘ He will also talk on the followEM. @-0939
jng Sunday .at the same place on
- the subject. “Beyond the Sun”.
The broadcast, “Yorokobi No.
X-RAY DIAGNOSIS
Otozure”, has been heard for the
past two Sundays, and the third Marriages
Paul K. Asada, D.C.
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
MURAKAMI-TANABE
TORONTO BUDDHIST CHURCHES »»(>.«,« S(
program will be released from
Toronto
Toronto
CKFH from 8:30-8:50 a.m. on
693 Yonge St.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1957
WA- 1-6549 (office)
The marriage of Sumiko Sue
Sunday, Sept. 15.
10:30 a.m., Sunday School
If no answer, call ;
Pastor Aso will also address Tanabe, youngest daughter of
h m
12th Anniversary Service,
BE. 3-"3869 (residence)
1
"BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE"
- | the Toronto group at the Ukrain­ Mrs. lya Tanabe and the late
EVERYONE CORDIALLY INVITED
ian SDA Church, 532 College St., Danzo Tanabo of Toronto, to Ka­
several times in the next two zumi John Murakami, son of
Mr. and Mrs.. Waichi Murakami
3
weeks as part of the rally.
of Hiroshima-ken, Japan, took
NISEI UNITED
CHURCH765 <^cc" st- w- Tor(”'to
NEW CHURCH ADDRESS
place on July 20, 1957, at Carlton
;
SUND
aY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1957
VANCOUVER, B.G.—The Van­ Street United Church. Rev. J.

11 a.m.. Junior. Congregation
\ . .<”.
couver Buddhist Church, recently -Findlay officiated.
11 a.m.. Bilingual Family Service „
The
bride
was
attended
by
Miss
"THE JOY OF BEING AN AMBASSADOR. FOR CHR1S1
renovated, has changed its front
Rev. K. Shimizu, M.A., D.D.
entrance from 500 Powell Street Grace Omori, with Linda Koya­
A
HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL
nagi
and
Grant
Tanabe,
niece
and
to Jackson Street. New postal
284-A TONOI IT1HT, TORONTO, ONT.
nephew
of
the
bride,
as.
floweraddress is Vancouver BuddhistChurch, 220 Jackson St., Vancou­ girl and page boy. Best man was
Tad Miura, and ushers were Gus
ver 4, B.C.
Kadonaga and George Watanabe.
BUDDHIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Reception was held at the
The Toronto Buddhist Church House of Fujimatsu.
Sunday School will resume clas­
MONEY SAVING SPECIAL!!
ses this Sunday, starting at 10:30 Births
DO NOT MISS THESE
a.m. as usual, at 918 -Bathurst St.
Mr. and Mrs. Junso Funamoto
Soles and Service
(nee Margaret Miyo Nishihata)
22c
Repairs on TV, radios, car radios,
© KOYA TOFU,. 1 box . .........——..... -.......
23c
of
Hamilton,
Ont.,
are
happy
to
e SHIN SHIN ZUKE, 1 small -can -......
record players, and small appliances
50c
announce the birth -of their dau­
0 GOMOKUMESHI-NO-MOTO, 1 large can ghter,
Jillian
Mitsuyo,
on
Aug.
DAVID AZUMA
19, 1957, at St. Joseph’s hospM
173 DUNDAS STREET WEST, TORONTO

KEN

HORI

F. A. BREWIN# Q.C

Personal Notes

DAVE’S

CHICK SEXING SCHOOL

dundis union store

TV and Appliances

734 St. Clair West

(1 block west of Christie)
TORONTO
LE. 3-0386

EMpire 4-7692

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Distinctive
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. WE HAVE NO
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|HEMMY"

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RE. 1-1186
5590 VICTORIA AVE., MONTREAL 26, QUE.

Proprietor

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Or Bringing Some­
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Northwest Airlines
Canadian Pacific
and Pan American
Write or - call for
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55 Wellington Street West
Toronto
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BE: 3-3095

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540 Eglinton Ave.. W.,
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14 Japanese Scientists Here for Geophysics Confab

N

...Saturday^ September 7 195-7

THE NEW CANADIAN

tours of hills to the frontiers ofcurrently in Toronto attending an associate delegate, and Mino­ space. The meeting is a highlight
ru Ozima, a graduate'student of
EM. 6-5005 479 Queen St. W., Toronto 2-B, Ont
the International Union of. Geo­ the Geophysics Laboratory of U. of the International Geophysical
Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottaw®
desy and Geophysics are 14 Ja­ of Toronto, is a guest.
Year which ' began in. July and
panese delegates who are top men
The two-week 11th general lasts for 18 months, so that ad
ASIAN IMMIGRATION
SHIMIZU
in the field.
assembly of the IUGG, opened seasons of both Poles and the
Along with chief delegate Piof. last Tuesday at Convocation Hall world in between can be encom­
(Continued from Page One')
(Continued from Page Two)
Chuji Tsuboi, professor of geo­ by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, passed.
Bar Association, problems like others are carpenters, painters
physics of the Geophysical Insti­
There are no political, the one brought up by Mr. David­ mechanics, or doctors, dentists,
is
being
attended
by
700
scien
­
tute, Faculty of Science LoKyo
ideological or other barriers son would have been solved long chiropractors, teachers, and many
University, are: Prof. M. Hase­ tists from 50 nations.
other professions.
* among the delegates. There are ago.
gawa of Kyoto University; Dr.
Meetings at Hart House in the 50 from Russia attending the
“The administration of the act
As in all farming districts
Akira Higashi (on leave xrom
assembly
which
closes
on
Sept.
U.
of
Toronto
will
be
concerned
has been carried on in an atmo-- there is always the problem of
Hokkaido U.; c-o Snow Icel and
Permafrost Research Establisn- with everything from the con­ 14. sphere of secrecy,” Mr. Taylor keeping the young men on the
farms.
Those who have higher
ment. Wilmette, Illinois); 1 rot.
said. “The whole procedure would education almost always settle in
Koji Hidaka, Tokyo U.; Prof. T obe revolutionized if special boards the towns and cities. This situa­
M.O.U.S.E., 1957
shio Kato, Tohoku L., Sendai,
which would make public their tion causes some • worry amonoProf. Hisashi Kuno, Tokyo U.,
decisions . were set up to hear im­ the JC farmers here as to the
Prof. K. Maeda, Kyoto U.; Dr. o.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
future of their property. Some
Matsumoto, Meteorological ^Re­
Fv® been to London to visit the Queen.
migration applications.”
say that these-farms will not last
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did. there.
search Institute, Mabashi, Tokyo;
He
also
said
personal
appeals
long if no new immigrants are
I
saw
a
little
Dr B. Matsushita, Kyoto u.; Dr.
Minimum
to
ministers
and
MP

s
about
im
­
allowed to come from Japan. .
K. Muto, Geographical Survey.In­
’Orbital
migrants
must
be
abolished.

Too
stitute, Ministry of Construction,
Unmanned '
often these applications, are un­ LAND OF THE RELIGIOUS
Satellite or
Chiba; Dr. T. Obayashi, Rudio
Alberta has brought up many
Earth
.
.
fairly disposed of after furtive
Research Laboratories, Kokubun. . under her chair.
religious people. The founder of
arid
injudicious
hearings,

he
ji (c-o Dept, of Geophysics U ot
the Social Credit movement, was
added.
Toronto); Dr. Yasuo Sato, Tokyo
an Alberta man who believed and
Judge P. E. Gariepy of Edmon­ preached
U. (Member of Earthquake Re­
the Bible was the
ton said he hoped the Conserva­ centre of that
The^ Minimum.0 Orbital Unmanned Satellite of Earth ran up the clock
search Institute, New Tork); Dr.
Ins
political
philosophy.
tive Government in Ottawa would Within a quarter of a century,
Yasuo Shimazu, Nagoya U. (c-o
And do^m The Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite of Earth ran.
act as a- new broom and sweep both Alberta and B.C. came under
Gravity Division, Dominion Ob­
out inefficient _ and bureaucratic the Social Credit government.
Hickory,
dickory,
dock.
servatory, Ottawa); Prof. R. Ta­

Geophysical
Nursery
Rhymes
civil
servants like the ones com­ The progress of the party can be
kahashi, Tokyo U. (Member of
plained of by Mr. Davidson.
Earthquake Research Institute,
seen in the improvement of the
UCTA, Calif.). Mrs. Higashi is
roads. . . '. No one can ignore this
fact,' and it remains a source of
amazement to the other political
Chapter V: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
_
_
parties.
Among the Alberta Japanese
Canadians, too, are many reli­
gious people. In the United
wrote, “.. . s in throwing English out of the windows, they threw, Church alone, Alberta has foster­
By BETTY WANGENHEIM
•""
away their interest in philosophy, history, literature and the ed Rev. G. Oshiro and Rev. M.
arts.". .”
Takata, and now the son of Mr.
(Ed’s Note: The second part of the chapter 011. Educational
Institutions from Mrs- Wangenheim’s thesis, 1 He Social Organiza­ OVERPROTECTIVE NISEI PARENTS CAUSE UNCERTAINTY... and Mrs; K. Maruyama is study­
ing at a theological school. And
tion of the Japanese Community in 101 onto.)
Among the older Nisei, there is a certain envy of the younger besides the Japanese United,
Nisei and Sansei who are
and Buddhist Churches,
■ IN the post war Toronto community, general education has on the more congenial conditions than did the older Nisei and . will be abL Anglican
there are many more JCs belong­
whole still retained its positive value Nisei parents are just as to train for and get any job they want.”
.
ing to other religious sects.
Some of the younger group, however, still display some un­
concerned as are the Issei that their childien shall haw the bes,
' (Incidentally, Rev. Y. Ogura of
education possible and most of the students continue to show a con­ certainty and timidity in relation to choosing a vocation, ll iscau the Alberta Japanese United
be partly traced to an "overprotective -attitude of their parents who ‘ Church, who has suffered heart
scientious application to their studies.
,
Even though the community bonds have considerably loosuxd, cannot forget their own bad experiences.
, . trouble since April, is almost
there’is a continuance of extreme pride in the academic and profes“I thought I’d<like to train to be a nurse, but my mother (a fully recovered.)
sional successes of the students. It is a source of great general~pride
In spite of it being the most
Nisei from Northern B.C.) told me no hospital would take me. My
that such a large proportion of Nisei and even some Sansei are
sister said she would like to be a teacher but mother is convinced busy time of the year with har­
attending university? The value of providing scholarships for worthy
vesting, 68 people attended a
no Japanese would be allowed to teach.
students°is still recognized, even though this attitude is not now s
This illustrates a break-down of communication within the etlinic meeting on Wednesday evening.
often translated into action.
.
group, for several Nisei have been teaching successfully in Onta 10
There is, among university students, a general concentration in schools for the last eight or nine years, and the number , of Nisei
the faculties leading to practical careers: law, medicine, pure and 4is increasing each year.
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plied science, with a certain number in the social sciences and social nurses
While the stress of higher educational training is producing a
work. Even those who do take a general arts course usually intend large proportion of professional workers, there are others_who
IN NEGOTIATING
it as a background to teaching.

place more value on technical training. For example 1111955, Ryer­
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LACK OF INTEREST IN THE HUMANITIES
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,
MORTGAGES,
There is a general lack of interest in the humanities. This can °ne There ^s^gooT 'deal of latent hostility towards university stu­
in part be explained by the Nisei’s conforming to the generaUanti- dents. One letter to the editor, commenting on lack ofcau«.^
Consult
intellectual bias of our times; however, part.of it must attributed a vocational guidance panel sponsored by the Japanese Canadian
to a basic insecurity in using the tools of written coinmunicatic. .
Citizens Association stated that the four professions represented,
There was some awareness of this difficulty Hefoie the wai. designing, journalism, teaching and psychology, are not of intereSv
In 1940, the writer of a New Canadian column, Deborah and i
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to most Nisei.

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deplored the number of
“Why? It is easier and more lucrative to be a plumber than
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“simple mistakes in English that appear so often even iu the
a psychologist. So why knock oneself out ? What-is.-a .degree butMA. 7452
CE. 4184
literary contributions to the paper. So many young Nisei with
‘a piece of rabbit fur’. ...”
creative talent are brought up in a semi-English senu-Japanese
environment. As a result, they are genuinely and instinctively at NISEI PARENTS IGNORE JAPANESE LANGUAGE LESSONS...
home with neither English nor Japanese.”
While <the attitude towards the practical value of education re-,
mains,
the- situation in regard to the dissemination of Japanese
The younger Nisei, -whose elementary education was gained in
culture
1ms changed radically. The Issei have in general given up
the relocation centres in an all-Japanese environment under make­
-up
the
attempt
to force their children to take lessons in Japanese.
shift conditions with willing but only half-trained teachers, were
Most
Nisei
parents
are indifferent to or very much against the idem
therebv placed under a further handicap which many of them have
Those
wild
have
Issei in the home sometimes think it would b~
still not completelv overcome. As there is now usually little sign
a
nice
thing
for
their
children to be able to talk more to the grandof this to be detected-in their spoken English, teachers are often parents,-. . . but as for
OPTOMETRISTS
going to seliool and learning to read and
bewildered by grammatical mistakes and confused phraseology, in Sit Ahv it’s no use to them . . . and it’s bad for their eyes. I can
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see now that there might have been some sense in *e "Id dap'^
This insecurity leads most Nisei to avoid those fields in which we couldn’t get good jobs in B.C. and a knowledge of Japanese might
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a good command of English is a necessity. And, as one Nisei have been a help in the import business, but now... • ■• ,
, ,,
Some voung adult Nisei show' an equivocal attitud^ towards^the
question of language training for their hypothetical children Well,
we might if • there was a school, but there isn t one
as if this
settled the matter. There are no signs that the great majority of
the Nisei feel anv responsibility for collectively using their money
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did’
(To- be continued)

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