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THE NEW CANADIAN
An independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
91

Fo. 50

ISSEI-DOM .

Goodwill of Issei

Allow Nisei Couple
To Adopt Child

MODEL OF JC CENTRE READY FOR PUBLIC VIEW
OTTAWA. — The Department TO BE 'TRULY SYMBOLIC OF NISEI CHARACTER

Citi z e n s h: p : i u d Immigration
and
the n
T b. e h y p o t he t i c a 1
will
try
to
do
something
for
the
iccessity
of
the
JCCA
or
that the apa
The t
model
of
the
proposed
Toronto
This
we
betterment
of
society,
organizations,
no
matter
?i couple in
similar
in P
hould
understand.
And
eyAre
called,
is
recognizadmission to Japanese Community Centre will ed by architect Raymond -Mor
W
main
what th
yama. It consists of three bulb
turn,
we
"should
appreciate
the
vervone since they serve
for adorn ion
at the Canadian Legion Memorial ings with five units. One of tl
ied’bodies for Japanese goodwill of the Issei for their wui be permit tea.
Hall.
features of the proposed Cent:
ns everywhere. But there sons and daughters.
The couple is Mr ana
will be a building completely y
In Chatham, there was a Kent Sam Okamoto, ar
m difficulties- in their
?• tli-<
ar
a moat nd JapaneseJCCA
chapter
some
years
ago.
al auplication receives 11
oner at ion.
Committee stated, "We
Tin s building is
Subsequently,
the
chapter
has
d that
thorization. it is
if idem that- the roquireWhen the" Nisei were young,
changed
its
name
to
that
of
the
to
11
o
bring
they will go to .Japan to
sled by more than
the Lsei took the hegemony of
ment
e Canadian organ- tur*'.
;ohety and almost every matter “One-Two-Three Club”, and Issei, back the child.
Earlier this yq
izations in th Toronto area have
wu run bv the Issei. There were Nisei, and Sansei joined together
auditorium
ot
had been met. T1
is unique
no problems then in carrying out for the maintenance of harmony the In i migra t ion
seat SOO.
h i
-ated the adopted child would in that it embodies a happy
But in this transition and cooperation. This kind of
in which judo enmembership, however, was not so
admissible to
of something both Jnperiod- when the Nisei have easy; hence, the Issei, this month not
under
the
provisions
of
the
Im
­
t
in
front
of
society
and
mese
and
Canadian.
come ■
.. «....
have drawn back to decided to form an Issei-bu, cen- migration Regulations. It is the

The
model
will
be
truly
avings depart- usual practice of the Department
ne Nisei from behind— tering around a
tic of the Nisei character
ment

*.
to reins applications for the adthe matter is rather complicated.
depart- mission. of adopted children or
Through the
Ideally, the JCCA and almost ment” plan, the Issei will get
children for adoption from coun­ onto and Consul M. Endo have
all other organizations should be chance to
together
accepted invitations to be pi esent Miyoshi to Wed
unified ones, consisting of all month, and discuss various ques­ tries of the Far East.
IIO LI, Y WOO D.—Ose a r win­
three generations, Issei, Nisei, tions pertaining to the Japanese
ner Miyoshi Umeki. 24, and
and Sansei. Yet, because of the Canadians in the area. There
television director Winfield
difference in ages (senior and won’t be much formality in the
Opie, 34, plan an August wed­
junior), languages (Japanese and beginning, but as time goes on,
ding. The Japanese singerEnglish), and the different ways no doubt it will become a credit
actress and Opie, a lanky blond
fore more Canadian, approach is
From the Edmonton Journal
in thinking", the matter is not so union. This kind of formation
met
from
Binghamton
to
let
this
country
speak
for
it
­
Elements in the Canadian Le­
simple and difficult questions will strengthen the membership
when
she
first
arrived
to
the
gion apparently subscribe to the self.
arise.
two
years
ago.
They
have
If
Canadian
institutions,
spirit
of the JCCA, give them an op­ notion that citizenship is a mat­
Perhaps time only can give the portunity to meet regularly, and ter of forms and documents.
been keeping steady company
and our way of life are insuffi­
answer to the problem of the advance the org-anization. One
sho played her Oscarcient
to
persuade
the
newcomer
since
A resolution passed at its con­
means of smooth function. Mean­ could even think of the time vention in Edmonton recently -to switch his allegiance, filling
whin ng role as Red Buttons’
while, in an effort to adjust the when JCCA fees or funds for dif­ would require immigrants to de­ out citizenship papers certainly
wife in "Savonara.”
situation, many JCCA chapters ferent activities could be paid out clare their intention of becoming will not.
have incorporated “Issei-bu’s” of the interest or surplus that Canadian citizens within two
The inherent fallacy in the
into their structures.
would accumulate from the sav­ years of their arrival in this type of thinking that lies behind Designs Quick Camera
One might say that the “Issei ings plan.
country and to take out their the Legion resolution is the be­
Yutaka Nishikawa. BO-year-old
In
Toronto,
the
JCCA
Issei-bu
should retire from the activities
papers in the minimum time spe­ lief that signing a few forms J apanese camera
signer has
of society, and all matters should has appointed a special commit­ cified in the Citizenship Act— miraculously tuxAs the immigrant just invented a
mm movie
Immigrants into a Canadian. Compulsory camera that can
be under the control of the Ni­ tee this year to study the ques­ that is, five
■ nearly 7t
sei.” This seemed the most easy tion of strengthening the JCCA failing to become citizens would citizens are not necessarily good per cent more frames per second
and simple way. But as long as as a whole. The committee’s study be required to register annually citizens, and good citizens are than any other camera its size in
what Canada wants.
the Issei remain, as long as they is progressing and it is expected as aliens.
the world. ‘J he new camera, Mr,
feel the obligation that they must to arrive at some conclusions or
Objectionable-as it is, the re­
Nishikawa says. can photograph
use their experience in attempt­ recommendations—on such pro­ solution, as passed, represents a
13,500 frames a second compared
ing to better society, the attitude blems as the stand of the JCCA milder version of what was ori­ Kimono Accentuates
with 8,000 a -econd by existing
of retirement or withdrawal can­ on current issues, and the relation ginally proposed.
cameras.
Japanese
Curves
of the group to other Japanese
not be taken.
The inventer claims that his
The original sought depor­
TOKYO.—The kimono, tradi­ camera can do such things as
As long as the Issei exist, they Canadian organizations—by the
tation for non-Canadians fail­
tional attire of Japanese women, photograph the course of neu­
will express their opinions and end of the vear.
ing to avail themselves of the
is staging a comeback against trons during the process of nu­
advantages of the act. Cooler
western dress—but it’s not the clear fusion. With some improve­
heads, which recognized the
same old kimono.
ments to his invention Mr. Nishi­
threat to democratic principles
The new kimono, which has kawa hopes that he can actually
proposal,
created a sensation in the local record proof that the . various
contained in
prevailed
in
what
was
describ
­
fashion
world, is lighter, fresher, colors which make up light travel
“Canada’s policy towards Asia­
The Toronto Daily Star in its
simpler
and fundamentally dif­ at different speeds.
ed as a “hot debate.”
lead editorial on June 23, entitled tic immigration has been heartferent
from
the old, which hadn’t
“Ban on Asiatics Should Be Re­ * less and at times has caused cruel
It is a pity the cooler heads did changed for 300 years.
o
laxed”, supported the move of hardship. Since the war there has not bend their efforts towards
Instead
of
being
one
piece,
it
is
the delegation of the National been some softening from the throwing out the resolution ennow two or three pieces. Instead Buddhist Conference
JCCA and Chinese Canadian rigid exclusion of prewar years, tirelv.
BANGKOK, Thailand.— Un­
of hiding feminine curves—the
Ass’n. for equality of treatment but the Asiatic -is still the object
Democratic
principles, _ and old kimono created the gigantic
der
the sponsorship of the
in the calling of relatives. The of unfair discrimination. . .”
everything that Canadian citizen­ falsehood all Japanese women
Thailand
government
the
“Douglas Jung, M.P. for Van­ ship'-stands for, are endangered
editorial, in part, stated:
World
Buddhist
Relations
Or
­
were
flatchested

it
gently
ac
­
couver Centre and of Chinese an­ when attempts are made to force
ganization
will
hold
its
fifth
cestry himself, told Mrs. Fair­ immigrants to become citizens. centuates them.
international
conference
in
It also costs much less because
clough that the requested change A more democratic, and thereBangkok Nov. 24-30 it. was of­
Wins $5,000 Contest
it
requires
less
cloth,
can
be
made
would not result in any great in­
ficially announced. Delegates
of any material rather than the
flux
of Asiatics to Canada. He
But Nisei ‘Unhappy’
from 31’countries are expect­
traditional
kimono
silk,
can
be
estimated that no more than
ed to attend which will be held
made on a sewing machine in­
NEW YORK.—Henry Kohara, 6,000 Chinese and 3,000 Japanese Honor U.S. Scholar
in Sala Santitham. If has the
stead of by hand, and can be
who has frequently been winning would be eligible, certainly not
same
facilities as the U.N. As-.
laundered instead of dry cleaned.
$50-S100 prizes in newspaper enough to cause any problem of Who Spared Cities
YoH
semhly
Hall in
contests won $5,000 recently in assimilation oi’ to make any ap­
NARA, Japan.—Grateful Japa­ . For many Japanese girls the
Association
officials
said
that
the Herald-Tribune Galaxy Game preciable change in Canadas nese have dedicated a monument old kimono was a lifetime invest­
each
country
was
invited
to
contest and isn’t sure whether to ethnic composition.’’
to Dr. Langdon Warner of Bos­ ment, to be bought or sold in
send
five
delegates
and
seven
be happy or sad.
ton for influencing Allied authori­ good times or bad. Together with
The editorial concluded:
observers. Prominent Buddhists
, While it was his first prize in
“Canadians of Chinese and Ja- ties to spare the cultural cities the obi (sash) it cost as much as
special
will be invited
the four-figure class, the Port­ panese ancestry are
an of Nara and Kyoto from wartime $85. The new kimono sells for as
guests.
little as $6.
land-born Nisei missed the $75,- important contribution to Cana­ bombing.
000 first prize by one point, 1125- dian life in commerce, industry,
Remembrances to the Harvaid
1124. If, he had won this, he’d be agriculture, politics and the pro­ professor—a cedar,
a _ small
happy indeed. But by winning fessions. They are diligent^and granite tablet, and a miniatuie
£5.0)0, Henry who spends all his law-abiding citizens. Airs, rasr- Buddhist
stone
pogoda—were
spare time on newspaper games clough is reported to have told placed on a serene hillside over­
TOKYO.—Police arrested 1,222 jobs elsewhere and 11.6 pe rcent
explains that one of the require- the delegation she would con­ looking the 1,300-year-old Horntents in many of these contests sider its request “sympathetic­ yuji temple.
persons on charges of violating married.
The authorities reported that
is that anyone who has won ally.” It is to be hoped she soon
There, th iy will be seen by Japan’s new anti-prostitution law less than one percent of the pros­
51,000 or more in any of these translates sympathy into action."’ hundreds of thousands who year­ in April, the first month of its
titutes applied for admittance to
is i ligible to try again for five
ly visit the great temple which enforcement.
the welfare centres established to
is regarded as the fountainhead

rehabilitate” the former prosti­
The metropolitan police de­
“This means IT1 have to retire
‘THE .MOUNTAIN ROAD”
of Japanese culture.
tutes.
lor awhile,” he said of a prospect
Kofiro Tomita, curator of Asia­ partment and the welfare minis­
HOLLYWOOD.—Louella Par­
Of those who were able to find
winch he doesn’t relish for he'd
tic art at the Boston Museum, try told the House of Councillors employment,
sons

guess
as
to
the
leading
lady
25 percent became
rather tackle the puzzles than
said Dr. Warner headed a com- Judiciary Committee that 947 geisha girls, 19 percent “hos­
for
the
movie
version
of

The
eat.
rs in charge of women and 275 men were appre­
oi
Road",
Theodore
tesses” at tea rooms, 15 percent
Kohara, who is a dental tech­ Mountain
monuments, cul- hended.
White

s
novel,
is
Miko
Taka,
star
waitresses in bars and cabarets,
It
was
reported
that
60
percent
nician, has become so well known
rural treasures, and sacred places
of

Sayonara

.
In
the
male
lead
11
percent waitresses in restau­
of
the
prostitutes
returned
to
s-d so adept that it wouldn’t be
that should be protected, if pos­
is
Jimmy
Stewart
who
wilt
play
rants
and nine percent maids in
their
homes
after
closing
of
the
surprising if one of these days
sible, during WAV II. Dr. Warner
the
role
ot
a
U.S.
major
in
the
hotels.
brothels
while
18.3
percent
found
he oecomes a creator -instead of
passed away three years ago.
film.
£ solver of one of these games.

Desire, Not Documents, Makes Citizenship

STAR SUPPORTS JCCA IMMIGRATION BRIEF

Over 1,000 Violate Anti-Prostitution Law

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June 25, 1958

SPORTS

dates and doings

Vancouver Nisei's Gain Double Header
Trk been a long time but the ground winning the first of the
Vancouver Nisei’s are gradually twin bill 11-4 against the Boiler­
digging themselves out of the makers. at Powell Grounds.
In the nightcap. Nisei’s made
cellar 'of the Industrial Union
as catcher
it two
Baseball League.
Ron Montgomery was the big ' Dan Okano and Tosh Nishi laid
wheel with his pitching and his down exquisite bunts in the bot­
grand-slam homer in the third tom of the overtime eighth in­
Tuning to climax a seven-run up­ ning to squeeze in the tying and
rising. Nisei’s gained valuable winning runs.

Honest Ed's Threat to First Place
Sunday’s first g'ame of he
double header. Honest Ed’s, Buss
Cunnyworth registered his sec­
ond complete game with his re­
cord now standing as two wins
and no loses.
He was supported with strong
defensive plays by Roy Tanaka
and Major Fukumoto. Big men

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with the bats were Clark Brock
with two hits, one a double and
Joe Di Florio with a pinch hit
homer good for two rbi’s.
Ed’s took both games but can’t
gain ground from the current
league leaders, Concord’s, as
they also took their double headIt can be a big year for mail­
er last, weekend.
ager Maw Mori and coach Sub
their team continues
Miike,
,et’s hope
to play terrific ball.
the pitchers can last the season.
Not including' this g'ame, Sumi
Tomihiro is well up among' the
batting crown as he is hitting
.345 and Brock batting .-333, Repchik .318.

Bus. HO. 5-0771

Res. PL. 5-6173

West'Coast Holds Successful Outing
Summer Retreat
On May 17, IS
BOY BL had a very

15 Syed

•Toronto

party
id 19. the

•Toronto

hour
9:00.
concert. began at
er was heard hroughout
sort on the Hope-Princeton High­ the whole Vs hour pertormanee.
The imitation of the Ed Sullivan
way. Members from the Kam- Show was shown to the public
loons Y'BA. Kelowna Y'BA, Alder- and the YBA did a short skit in

Fishing, mountain climbing',
softball tournament and skits
were some of the activities plan­
ned for this weekend occasion.
The highlight of the retreat
was the presentation of .Mr. Bus­
sei. This' is the' first in Canada
that such an affair was planned.
Bob Akune of St evest on was the
first, recipient of this award. This
is a counterpart to the Y'BL Miss
Bussei contest held annually at
the Fall convention.
Steveston Y’BA was also named
the softball champs of the Y'BL.
They walked off with the trophy
which was presented to the chap­
ter with the best skit. Kamloops
placed second in this presenta­
tion.

7:30 and the 1

picked from the am
l
duriu? int e rmission
public dance was held with Bukkvo-kai. Fujin-kai, YBA and a
few Sunday School students in
attendance. It was a very enjoyable and successful event
In June a strawberry
Howjamboree was proposed,
since
ever, things did not fiuali
short
to attend this
members
event. All the money earned were
to be turned over to the

jamboree will be kept in mind.
This year the annual BCYBL
convention is to be held in Stcvoston. As yet plans are not too de­
finite, but Rev. Masunaga of the

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June Sth, the Steveston speaker for this convention.
had a family night. Buk—Roy Akune
kyo-kai, Fujin-kai, and Y'BA had

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Chatham Organizes lssei-bu

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KLAUS
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RU. 7-4241

CHATHAM, Ont.—The Issei
in Chatham decided to form an
Issei-bu to assist the One-TwoThree Club. This move was taken
to strengthen the club.
Sixteen Issei were present at
the meeting held on June 14,
in which it was decided to or­
ganize a “savings department’’
within the club. A $5.00 savings
deposit is to be accepted monthly.
A meeting is to be held month­
ly by the Issei, and the discus­
sion' is to be centred around
topics concerning the Japanese
Canadians in the district.
The officers of the “savings
dept.” are Tominobu Mura, trea­
surer; Shigetoshi Takahashi, sec-

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Wednesday, June 25, 1953

Discrimination

our readers writTI THE NEW CANADIAN

- EM. 6-5005 479 Queen St. W., Toronto 2-B, Ont,
Agitation for the restriction or exclusion of Japa- —;------ —
Authorized as second class mail. Post Oliice Department, Ottawa
nese immigrants into Canada began its more concerted The Editor.
phases around the turn of the century. Fanned by the - Get-togethers and enjoyment heat of economic rivalry as the new immigrants spread are the main objects of picnics,
it is natural to see a har­ MOVIE OFFERS BONANZA FOR NISEI ACTORS
into the major industries of B.C., and as more boatloads and
monious scene at picnic grounds.
disembarked in the coastal ports, anti-Oriental hostility But this was especially so when
By LARRY TAJIRI
of Columbia Pictures’ vice-presi­
became rife. After 1905, the waves of immigrants in­ the Toronto Kotobuki-kai held its
It will .be many months yet be­ dents, “The Time of the Dragon”
annual
picnic
on
Father

s
Day
at
creased, and one of the most notable physical and emo­
fore casting starts on it, but a will be one of the studio’s most
projected Columbia production important .pictures in the .year to
tional manifestations of extreme discontent was the
Tne Kotobuki-kai is an associa­ should be a bonanza for Holly­ come. At present, production
angry rioting that broke out . in Vancouver streets in tion for aged people, but. this
wood’s colony of performers of plans are awaiting the comple­
1907.

year it included a special pro­ Japanese ancestry. The story, tion of a shooting script.
The first concrete restriction of Japanese immi­ gram for children. Elder Nisei “The Time of tire Dragons,” is a THEATRE’S ATTITUDE
grants into Canada was instituted after tire 1907 riot with children also participated, German novel by Alice Ekert- TOWARD MINORITIES
that fathers, mothers, sons, Rotholz which was published this
The American stage is a long
when Japan under the Gentleman’s Agreement of 1908 so
daughters, grandsons and grand­ month in the United States by way ahead of its audiences in its
agreed to permit only four classes of people to emigrate daughters, Issei, Nisei, and San­
In it, at least three of triumph, against racial prejudice.
to Canada^. A total annual quota of 400 was fixed for sei, all gathered together. The Viking.
the principal characters are Ja­ ’In an article for the May, 1955
all but the returning immigrants and their wives and number of the younger ones far panese, and the story spans 30 issue of the Anti-Defamation
children. This was later modified to reducing the quota exceeded the old men and women. years in the lives of a group of League Bulletin, /Richard Watts,
The Issei wished to give enjoy- Europeans and Asians in such drama critic of the New York
to 150 persons, and in 1928, a further limitation was ment
to their children: the Nisei
as Shanghai, Bangkok Post, has written of his consiintroduced to include the wives and children of Japa­ wanted to take this opportunity places
derable pride” regarding
Angkor and Tokyo. '
nese residents in Canada within the quota limitation. to express their gratitude to
The story revolves around a theatre’s attitude toward racial
After World War II, of course, the quota system was their parents. And both wishes Norwegian diplomat in Shanghai,
minorities.
i
were granted.
It isn’t just- the complete
quashed.
Knut Wergdand, and the love
The
preparation
and
handling affairs'of the three daughters he absence of the old-fashioned
Canada’s policy, then, backed up by the insistent of tne games were done volunby Chinese,’French and - stereotypes, either; the pa. mg
voices of a small, but very vociferous group of agitators, tarilv v the Nisei. And it was fathered
Norwegian mothers respectively. of the begorrah Irishman the
was one of a growing policy of restriction of immigra- heart-warming to see Oji-san and But a character who enters the yassah-boss Negro, the gesticu­
tion from Japan. To keep Canada a white man’s conn- Oba-san joining the races of the story early—the author places lating Jew and the baleful Orien­
Here the tempo or pace the time a the year (192-5) after tal,” he declares. ‘It lies in the
try” came to be recognized as one of the axioms of Can- ■ children.
of the racers were quite closely the United States passed the Ja­ more intelligent general attitude
adian foreign policy. .Fundamentally, this desire was matched.
panese Exclusion Act—ds Baron in writing and casting.
the outcome of the fear of a vast Asiatic influx, and,
All in all, it was an exceed­ Akirq Matsubara. He is the son
The advances in the treatment
ingly harmonious and heart felt of a -Zaibatsu family, and he is- of minority group characters
concurrently, the fear of economic competition.
Surely now, these fears have subsided to a d u 11 day. When the Toronto JCCA a leading figure in this novel of which Watts cites during the past
its Community Picnic on romance and melodrama.
season are mostly involved with
murmur, echoing only fitfully in the minds of some “Old holds
July 6, I wish to see the same
the portrayal of a Negro charac­
Two
others
are
Yuriko,
Matsu
­
Canadians” who wish to maintain the status quo. The atmosphere and sentiment ex­ bara’s girl assistant, who is deep­ ter
in Molly Kazan’s “The Egg­
implications, then, of Canada’s current policy of restrict- hibited.
—S.K. ly in love with him, and Dr. Ya­ head,” which, unfortunately, was
ting immigration to only a few categories of relatives
mato, a devoted Catholic “who a flop, and the playing by a Ne­
of Japanese Canadians are clear.
lives and dies like a hero to his gro actor of “white” roles in
nation and his church.” Starting “The Duchess of Malfi,” “The In­
Asians, then, are more closely restricted in’ immi­ Flashback From 1939
Machine”
and “Saint
with a dinner party in Shanghai, fernal
gration than any other group; Europeans, natives of
Joan,

all
revivals,
not in the
to which the young Baron Mat­
the middle East and South America who are naturaliz­
commercial
theatre
of
Broadway,
subara is a perplexing guest, the
ed Canadians can bring in a wide range of relatives. .
but
in
the
off-Broadway
Phoenix.
story’s concluding years deal
There
is
such
a
thing,
Watts
with the American occupation in
Is this ■’discriminatory?
FOR 10% DEATHS
notes,
as
hyper-sehsitivity
by
Japan.
The prejudice in Canada against Oriental immi­
“Public education on. cancer
“I based my story on a true members of minorities, and he
gration is one forimof a wider prejudice against foreign­ plays the most important role in incident,” . Alice Ekert-Rotholz cites “Teahouse of the August
ers in general. Canadians, it seems, show' their strongest our struggle against this dread has written. “In the last year of Moon” as a case in point. “I was
prejudices against Oriental immigration. This is clear disease”, stated Dr. Shimo- Taka­ World War II, a Scandinavian told by several of my Oriental
when the gradually increasing policy of restriction, hara, when interviewed regard­ family became inexplicably in­ friends that the play seemed pa­
ing the formation of the new Ja­ volved with a case of industrial tronizing to them,” Watts writes.
against Japanese immigrants is remembered, and "when panese
Unit, No. 59, of the Can­ espionage between Bangkok and “They felt that the comic charac­
the current policy of limiting immigration to five cate­ adian Society
The arrest of several ter’ of the. interpreter, Sakini, and
for the Control of Saigon.
gories of relatives is viewed. Since the Avar, most if not Cancer.
members of that family by the some of the humorous observa­
all of the legal disabilities of Japanese Canadians have
Our unit already has 116 Kempeitai (Japanese secret po­ tions of Okinawan life revealed
members,
which makes it the lice) resulted in the haphazard an American attitude of superi­
been eliminated. Why not this discriminatory restric­
largest
in
Vancouver
”, continued arrests of various Europeans, In­ ority toward the East.”
tion ?
*

As Watts stresses, the joke in
the Doctor, ‘‘but we are anxious dians and Chinese civilians in oc­
In 1947, Mackenzie.King had this to say about Can- to secure as many
mem­ cupied Southeast Asia. . . When" “Teahouse” was,* of course, on
ada/s national attitude towards immigration:
bers as possible, for it is up to planning the novel, I also tried the Americans who attempt to
Large-scale immigration from the orient would’ them to continue this great fight to show the tremendous changes bring democracy to “ignorant
in Asia over a period of 30 years: ■ Asians” and are themselves,
change the fundamental composition of the Canadian when we are gone.”
the prewar paradise of us West­ given a lesson in human relation­

You.
can
see
how
important
population.
considerable oriental immigration this is, by the fact that in 1938, erners, the Japanese occupation ships. The MGM picture from
would, moreover, be certain to give rise to social and cancer accounted for ten percent of Southeast Asia and the Ame­ John Patrick’s play has -been one
economic problems of a character that might lead to of the deaths among- Japanese rican occupation of postwar Ja­ of the most popular in the past
year in the Far East.
serious difficulties in the field of international rela­ in' B.C. In fact, the rate is actu­ pan. . . .”
—from Pacific Citizen
According
to
Paul
Lazarus,
one
ally
greater
because
statistics
on
tions. .
the. many victims returning to
This policy, uttered closely after the crudest forms Japan
are unavailable,” he con­
of discrimination were practised towards Japanese Can­ tinued.
adians in B.C., seems to be the current attitude that is
“’As time goes on, the impor­
tance.
of cancel’ control will be­
being held. But the Brief which the National Japanese
Eastern Canada Young Buddhists' League
come
more
and more, evident, be­
Canadian Citizens Assm. presented to the Government
(Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal YBS)
cause the Isseis are reaching the
on .Friday does not quarrel with Canada’s closed-door age
when they are more suseppolicy to free Oriental immigration. Rather, it points out tible to the disease.”
the relative freedom that is given to the calling over of
Headed by Dr. Shimo Takaha­
JAPANESE MOVIE NIGHT
ra,
pioneer medical doctor among
relatives of Canadian residents of non-Asiatic^nationalities. and The restrictions that apply to the relatives of the Japanese in B.C., the able
executive committee - consists of
citizens of Japanese ancestry.
T. Kawata, secretary: J. Wata­
This places the Japanese in the lowest class in nabe. treasurer: Dr. Takahara
"YUDACHI KANGORO
the order of preferred ‘groups. This is unequal treatment. and Mrs. B. Hisaoka, delegates
(English Sub-Titles)
To change the law to allow Japanese Canadians to call to the council: Dr. A . Uchida,
Mrs. H. Hyodo, Mrs. K. Shimo
and unite members of a family on an equal basis with Takahara
Montreal Showing:
ZIONIST LABOR HALL
and Mt
Uchida,
other groups should not produce a change in the “fun­ executive members.
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damental composition of the Canadian population” nor
Time: 7 p.m.
produce dire social and economic threats.
MAIL TO JAPAN. The S.S.
SATURDAY. JUNE 28
Rather, it would be the rig-ht, the humanitarian,
Java Mail is sailing from Van­
the democratic, etc., thing to do. This should influence couver on June 27, destined for
the government’s policy.
Japan.

CANCER ACCOUNTS

the unveiling of the model aad drawings for

lie Japanese Canadian Centre
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at the Canadian Legion Hall—22 College St.