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THE NEW CANADIAN
An independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
WEDNESDAY. JULY 16. 1958

Vol. 21—No. 56

Hint Large Population of Asiatic Ancestry
A Factor in Delay Over Hawaiian Statehood
WASHINGTON.—Has the Ter­
ritory of Hawaii's large Asian
nooulation prevented it- from
being' admitted to statehood ?
Democratic delegate John A.
Burns thinks not and he is opHmistie that the so-called crossro V< of the Pacific will be ac­
cented as the 50th state if not
noV. bv the next Congress.
’ Nevertheless Burns, an Irish­
man who describes himself as a
forme:' cop (he was once a Honolulu detective) does not mince
words.
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1 ® Just Jottings...
To Dock in B.C.
TOKYO. — The

Japanese

training warships, Harukaze,
flag ship of six training ships,
and the Uramami, both of

1,700 tons, will visit Esquitmalt, BC Naval base on Van­
couver Island on September
fourth and Vancouver on the
sixth, docking- for two days.
Also visiting U.S. ports will be

four other training warships
of the Japanese navy.
OS©

VIP Plans Visit
TOKYO. — Foreign Minister
Aiichiro Fujiyama will visit Can­
ada this year through an invita­
tion extended to him by the Can­
adian Government. Mr. Fujiya­
ma’s visit to Vancouver will coin­
cide with the arrival of two Ja­
panese training warships in B.C.
waters. After a short stay in
Vancouver he will proceed to
Washington, then to Ottawa
where he will be a guest for a
few days.
He is scheduled to
leave Tokyo on the third or
fourth of September.

Of the 500,000 residents of the
Territory, minority groups of
Asian ancestry—Japanese, Kore­
ans, Chinese and Filipinos—com­
pose more than 40 per cent.
As far back as 1900, Burns
said, the then governor of Ha­
waii, Sanford Ballard Dole, de­
clared publicly that statehood
was out of the question for Ha­
waii because it would result in a
Japanese governor.
That attitude persisted on the
part of the influential economic
group in Hawaii until 1945. al­
though it was not publicly ex­
pressed, Burns said.
By the end of World War II
the exploits of the 442nd Regi­
mental Combat Team, composed
of Americans of Japanese ances­
try, and the Hawaiian recruited
100th Infantry Battalion which
fought valiantly with the 34th,
36th and 92nd Divisions, dispel­
led any doubts of loyalty to the
United States.
Since then Burns said oppon­
ents of statehood have cited
Communism in the Islands as the
great danger.

Becomes Buddhist.
Socialite Shocks All
SAN FRANCISCO. — Word
that a pretty San Francico girl
had become a Buddhist nun in
Singapore was greeted with
shocked surprise by her mother
here.
•‘Why, she's just supposed to be
abroad’” exclaimed Airs. Kenneth
S. Van Strum. ”1 know nothing
of this?
Mrs. Van Strum is the mother
of Clarisa Van Strum, 22, 'who
forsook the social register to be­
come a nun.
Miss Van Strum, whose father
is a prominent San Francisco
businessman, arrived in Singa­
pore last week.
She became known as Dhammadinna, after sacrificing her
long blond hair, her fiance, a com­
fortable life and her medical stu­
dies.
“I’ve been convinced that only
through Buddhism can I find true
happiness/’ she said.
Her mother, obviously upset,
told reporters her daughter left
San Francisco recently for a
three-month vacation.
Singapore reports quoted the
young woman as saying her
fiance “took it badly.”

TORONTO. ONT.

lev® Tsap to Head U. S.
Buddhist Education Dept.

Rev. Takashi Tsuji of the Tor­ appealing symbol for the younger
onto Buddhist Church will be generation; that is, a different
leaving for San Francisco some design that will communicate
time this year to take on a new more effectively, be more appeal­
position as Director of Buddhist ing, and be more in harmony
with the present setting.
Education in the United States.
The whole idea of fund-raising,
It will be the. first time in the
the
concept of adult education,
U.S. that such a department will
ami
visual and audio education,
bo formed. The new department
will
be
reviewed under Rev. Tsu­
will encompass Buddhist educa­
ji

s
direction.
tion in a broad sense. It will be
He will leave for his new post
more than study, it'will also deal
as
soon as a succesor can be ap­
directly with public relations of
pointed
to take over his present
the Buddhist Church of America
to American society as a whole position in the Toronto Buddhist
and to the churches of the South. Church.
Thus it will deal with problems
“outwardly as well as inwardly.”
Since it will be the first time
in’the U.S. that such a depart­
ment will be formed, Rev. Tsuji
will have to start from the bot­
By LARRY S. TAJIRI
tom. His work will be in the na­
The jungle war in the l’acifie,
ture of co-ordinating the differ­
ent departments that 'will be set in which Nisei intelligence spe­
cialists played an integral role,
up.
Departments such as publica­ is long' since over—but the U.S.
tions and public relations will be is still training Nisei for specific
organized, and as soon as some jungle assignments.
Some $0 Nisei GIs are with
progress has been made, a chair­
the
30th Infantry, based at. the.
man will take oyer the work of
United
States Jungle Warfare
his own section. Rev. Tsuji will
Training
Centre at Fort Kobbe
also be in charge of arranging
for lecturers from all over the in the Canal Zone, and recently
U.S. and Canada to speak to they had a chance to use their
skills in a rather unusual situa­
said Rev. Komiyama, “are living groups on Buddhist education.
“We eventually wish to co-or­ tion.
with their children out of neces­
It happened when Producer
sity, but there are quite a num­ dinate all this work in the U.S., Paul Gregory and Director Raoul
ber who are living in various Hawaii and Canada, so that all Walsh took a Hollywood company
will work in unison eventually,”
homes for the aged or alone.
down to Panama to film Norman
“Those who are living in the he said.
This kind of work already Mailer’s outspoken novel of war
homes for the aged are not fully
in. the Pacific. “The Naked and
enjoying the ebbing years due to exists in Hawaii, but so far there the Dead.” The setting of the
their difficulties in the matter of is no such thing in Canada.
book is a Japanese-held island in
language and food. Establish­
In the department of research, the south Pacific which is invad­
ment of the Nipponia Home will specialists will be called in. One ed by American troops. Gregory
brighten the future for as many of Hie projects will be. study on had planned to make the picture
of these as we. can accommo­ the ornamentation of Buddhist in Hawaii or elsewhere in the.
and home shrines, their design Pacific, until he was touted to
date.”
Construction of the building and construction. Shrines so far Panama where he found primi­
started on June 2.1, and is ex­ have been brought only from Ja­ tive settings — complete with
pected to be finished by the end pan. Research will therefore be jungles and palm-fringed beaches
made on the designing of a more within hailing distance of a Hil­
of November, 1958.
ton hotel. He also found the 30th
Infantry which had 30 Nisei in
its ranks.
The Japanese American soldiers
were issued enemy uniforms and
acted the roles of the Japanese
see the people or places they The New Canadian, was quoted defenders of the island, while
as saying “the senator’s state­
wished to see.
their GI buddies, 2,000 of them,
ment
is idiotic. Air. Jung is a "were playing American, troops.
*
*
*
Canadian first and Chinese sec­ Eitoku Oshiro, however, is th©
DENOUNCE BIAS
ond, by origin.”
Frank
Tumpane,
Telegram only one of the many Nisei in
All across Canada, Senator
the cast who gets individual men­
Farris'
remark
has
struck columnist, wrote “The Senator is tion.
sparks in both press and radio merely being nasty in as juvenile
Incidentally,
since
Panama
a manner as I’ve ever heard.”
dispatches.
where the film was shot is
In Vancouver. Harvey Lowe,
*
*
*
foreign soil, there were complica­
president of the Lions club China­
tions. The troops from the Canal
town chapter, said “the term . . . EDITORIAL COMMENT
•Zone had to have special permis­
is objectionable because of its
Editorially, ’ Canadian news­ sion from the Panamanian gov­
association with race prejudice.”
have lashed Farris’ re­ ernment to cross into Panama
S. B. Gervin, president of the papers
Said the Toronto Tele­ daily to stage their make-believe
Vancouver Civic Unity associa­ mark.
gram: “Farris . . . is obviously war. “The Naked and the Dead,”
tion, said the Senator’s “refer­ capable
of monumental rudeness.” a bitter- look at war, will be re­
ence to Jung’s ancestry and the
The
Toronto
Star said “The leased this fall. It stars Raymond
reported use of such a derogaSpeaker
of
the
Senate
. . . has Massey as a martinet of a gener­
torv. medieval term would indi­
not
seen
fit
to
have
Air.
Farris al, Aldo Ray as a tough sergeant
cate there are still people who
and Cliff Robertson an idealistic
expelled.

are not prepared to accept Cana­
The Globe and Mail stated that lieutenant who learns the hard
dians on the basis of merit . . .
facts of combat.
but rather permit prejudice to Farris’ remarks has “overtones
—from Pacific Citizen
interfere with
normal
good of bigotry, of racial prejudice—
things which should have no
sense.”
Send Bingo Proceeds
In Toronto, Mrs. Jean Lum, place in Canadian public life.”
The
Montreal
Star
denounced
chairman -of the Chinese Wo­
To Sandy Yokota
men’s Association of Ontario, Farris’ “crude and boorish”
The sum of $30 realized from
said “'Senator Farris is guilty of words, and said:’ “Senator Farris
bingo
games at a picnic held by
has
every
right
to
disagree
with
discrimination against, the Chi­
the
Toronto
Hassaka Goshi-kai
Mr.
Jung,
but
had
the
name
been
nee Canadians. He should know
will
be
sent
this
week to Mr. and
Smith
or
Casgrain
or
Donovan
that Air. Jung was elected by
Airs.
Togo
Yokota
of Montreal.
...
he
would
never
have
dreamed
people of all races in Vancouver
They
are
parents
of
Sandy, 13,
of
using
the
man

s
racial
origin
and not just Chinese.''
who
is
undergoing
a
final
opera­
in
an
attempt
to
discredit
his
Don Moore, chairman of the
tion
on
his
legs
this
month.
views.

Toronto Negro Citizenship Asso­
Mr. Jung himself said in Paris Sandy had one foot and part of
ciation. declared the Senator “is
that
“1 knew things like this another amputated as a result of
so biased he has let his judgment
would
be said about me sooner spending 34 hours imprisoned in
run away with him.”
a freight car last January.
Ken Adachi, former editor of or later by somebody.”

HOME RECEIVES $1,000 ATKINSON GRANT
The Nipponia Home, now un­
der construct!oon at Beamsville,
Ont., received a furnishings
grant of $1,000 from The Atkin­
son Charitable Foundation on
July 11.
Rev. T. Komiyama, chairman
of the Home’s board of directors,
said, “We are grateful for the
Foundation’s interest in this pilotproject.”
Over five per cent of the total
population of 10,000 Japanese
Canadians in Ontario are receiv­
ing old age pensions. “A great
majority of these pensioners.

Jong«F@ms Affair Bl@ws Op a Storm
The Jung Affair has blown up
a storm - in the House of Com­
mons, the press, and citizens
across Canada.
It all started on July 10 when
Douglas - Jung, Progressive-Con­
servative MP for Vancouver’ Cen­
tre. criticized in Paris the way
visits between Canadian and
Russian delegations are organiz­
ed.
This .prompted Senator J. W.
<leB. Farris of Vancouver to
ask. “What right has this Chi­
naman got to represent the
Canadian people?”
J he scornful reference has
gotten Senator Farris into 'hot
water. In the Commons, Liberal
Leader Lester Pearson—to whose
party Senator Farris belongs—
tried to come to the defense of
Mr. Jung, and protested the “derogatory” reference. He said
" very member would read the
senator’s remarks with regret
rmd disapproval.” But Senator
Tarns has since refused to re­
tract.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker
5rd CCFer Harold Winch (Vancouver South) also joined in the
'•Enunciation of Farris'' remarks,
tacugh Mr. Diefenbaker said
A’ discussion should wait until
’??ps return from Paris to see
wnether “he feels the same re­

sentment as members as a whole
do”
Jung, 34, national president oi
the Young Progressive Conserva­
tive Association, is the first Can­
adian of Chinese origin to be
elected to the House of Commons.
He has been in Paris as a mem­
ber of a Canadian delegation to
a NATO association youth con­
ference.
In his Paris statement, Jung
had said that visitors to Russia
from Canada are “hand picked ,
well briefed by their govern­
ments, politically immature and
very biased. He also said that
Russian visitors often failed to

DOUGLAS JUNG

HISEllwr
IN'NAKED AND DEAD'

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J 15-9 Loss Slumps Ed's to Third Spot

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Bass Surface Fishing
Honest Ed’s Saturday loss and the game to Concord as manager
QPe of the most fascinating Presswood’s win over Columbus Maw Mort just managed to get
is surface fish- on Sunday’ dropped Ed’s to third. nine mon on the field. He had
; ; fo1’ Urcre mouth bass.
it Presswood’s took over second lurchers Russ Cunnyworth and I KELOWNA, B.C-—-Once again
5ms to have an element almost spot, two and a half grimes be­ 1 rank Nishimura plavmg out­ hit's the Kelowna Regatta Time
j in Ogopogoland.
V huntins.' in that one must hunt hind tlie league leading Concord's. field.
j _ From August 12 to 16 ip conL s Vkelv hanging-out spot like
Honest Eds almost defaulted 1 Cnariie Menkus was unable to I junction with the festivities. Ke9 hah* submerged stump, a bed
last two innings as he walked । bwna YBA will be sponsoring
‘. Hlv pads, the edge of a weed
Hiroe straight batters in the sec­ its biggest annual event. The
k^j qt a miniature cove indentond
and a base clearing double
a buih-ush fringed shore. The
sent him to the showers. Reliever
belt time is generally early
was again Jim Rennie.
Darning or late evening when
Players on the tail-end Hush
+he wind has quit and the water
KAMLOOPS, B.C.-—During the
A-C.s
got their release to play
SAN FRANCISCO. — Carlton
calm. I like to paddle or row my
past
1957-5S term, nine Japanese
boat taking care not to bang any­ Hanta, the Hawaii Nisei short­ on other teams if they so desired, Canadians in B.C. were active in
lt5r tlievr were suspended for
thing in the boat. Rubber solea stop who last year.sparked San ^
carrying out Service Work with­
defaulting
two games.
-bees is a good idea—oiling the Francisco to a California State
Players wanting to play on in their communities as mem­
oar locks or'”insulating them with Nisei baseball title in a tourna­
bers of the Association of Kins­
cloth or rope also helps to cut ment at Fresno, has signed to other teams will be first selected men Club, District Five, under
play for the Osaka "Nankai by the team in the. bottom of the papular Governor Ken Harding
down noise.
standing.
—Porky Ito.
After getting into casting Hawks in Japan’s pro league.
of Kelowna. Hideo Saito of the.
According
to
reports
from
To
­
range I try to get my surface
local club captured the Deputy
plug within six inches or a foot kyo Hanta is due to report this
■ Governor position of the OkanaThe
5
ft.
8
in.,
160-pounder
is
of the particular log or shoreline. month.
a graduate of the University of i gan Mainline Zone for the 1957/The new Hawks player return­ Texas. As an undergraduate at 58 term at the recent Kin-Con­
If current is present be certain
to cast on the upstream side of ed. to the Islands late last year that school, he was the first Ni­ vention held in Courtney. B.C.
the hot spot so the plug will drift and has been playing for the Ho­ sei to make the All-American
Besides Governor-elect Saito,
past or over it. Do not move the nolulu Asahi team. He went to college baseball team.
seven
other Japanese Canadian
plug until the rings 'caused by Japan early this year with the
Kinsmen
were participating in
He
played
in
the
Texas
Lea
­
theJanding of the plug into the Asahi nine and officials of the
their
duties
throughout Sunny
gue
(class
AA)
in
1956
and
unwater have died away—then gra­ Hawaii team had said Hanta was
Okanagan.
t:l
mid-1957.
He
was
in
the
San
dually take in the slack line till the best prospect for Japan pro Francisco area last fall and was
They were George (Genny)
the plug is barely contacted— ball on their team.
planning to take up teaching- as Ohashi and Ben Ueda of Kelow­
leave it again. Next pop or walk
na Club, Fuji Sakiyama, Jim Wa­
a career at that time.
the plug about six inches and let plugs but to me surface fishing
kita, and Yuki Wakita of Revelit settle again. If the bass hasn’t means large mouth bass.
stoke Club, Charlie Suzuki of
hit retrieve the plug starting
Tackle Tips
very slowly and gradually accele­
If you have trouble with line
rating the retrieve for about
three feet and stop.
I usually tangling or catching your spin­
catch most of my bass very close ning reel especially in a wind,
JULY
to where my plug has landed so try slowing and stopping the cast
Plan ahead for the Civic Holi­
I often retrieve quite fast after with your right fore-finger on 25—Toronto. Bussei Bon Odori to New day Weekend and reserve Sun­
the spool edge before the lure
fishing about ten feet.
York, buses leave 918 Bathurst St., day, August 3 for the Toronto
This prevents
7 p.m.
Nisei Students Club Annual Pic­
This type of fishing is hard on hits the water.
Vancouver. Nisei Fellowship Beach nic. It will be held at Imiisfilk
the nerves which often results in loose lines around the reel which 27—
Party at Kitsilano. Meet at tennis
Park Alcona Beach on Lake Sim­
my missing half the strikes. What you have when one relies on the
court in afternoon.
coe.
happens is. when the large mouth pickup bail alone.
27—Fort William. Annual Lakehead Pic­
nic at Chippewa Park.
Bus at Mc­
bass conies for the plug it pushes
Ideal facilities for swimming
News in Brief
Laughlin and Christie Sts., 11 a.m.,
the water making a bulge before
and boating. A weiner roast will
then to Rowland and McKenzie Sts.
Nobby Wakayama has been
he actually comes out and chomps
conclude the day’s outing.
on the plug §o I often strike be­ doing very well on the brown
AUGUST
trout
lately
catching
two
or
three
Tickets which
include the
fore the bass has it in its mouth.
pound
browns
quite
consistently.
3—Montreal. United Church Annual
Other times I may not be concen­
Picnic at Cap. St. Jacques. Outdoor
trating and the fish has already
service. Phone Church for transpor­ 5lffl»WiMia«^
spit the plug out. My hunch is
Recently Jack Kondo caught a
tation.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
the bass tries to stun the bait 23 inch rainbow trout which is I 3—Toronto. Nisei Students Club Annual
with its body and is not actually quite unique in July. This year { Picnic. Innisfil Park. Bus: 8:30 a.m.,
biting it.
the dry weather has lowered the j Devonshire and Bloor. (Varsity Sta­ I
Mr. and Mrs. Shigeru Miyadium.
■ Exciting, this surface fishing-. depth of the. streams and has > 16—Kelowna. Kelowna YBA Regatta
saki wish to announce the ad­
Small mouth, pike, muskie and locked in the rainbows. They tell [ Dance Buddhist Hall. 9:30 p m.
dress of their new residence is
me
that
some
good
size
fish
can
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pickerel when given the right
30—Toronto. Bussei
Sunday
School
Seminar.
still
be
seen
in
these
pools.
I
60 Ivordale Crescent, Scarboro,
time and place will hit surface
Ontario. Phone HI. 7-1922.

Kelowna YBA Sponsors Regatta Dance

Hawaii Asahi Star
On Japan Hawks

JCs Active in B.C.

Regm tn Dance, at the Kelowna
Buddhist Hall, corner of Borden
and Vernon Road, on Saturday,
August 16 starting at 9:30 p.m.
Time the dance is to end is not
yet known.
Last year's event attracted Ni­
sei from as far as Toronto, Cal­
gary. Edmonton, and Vancouver
and from nearby places as Kam­
loops. Salmon Arm. and Vernon
making it the largest Nisei
dance ever held in Okanagan.
This being the case last year,
the executives hope to see, many
more new faces jamming the hall
so come one come all. to the
beautiful Okanagan Centre of
Kelowna.
The admission will be $1.25
with plenty of refreshments to ba
served during the intermission.
Merrit Club, and Tom Kobayashi
of the local Kamloops Club.
George Ohashi was transferred
in the late term to Vancouver
Point. Grey Kinsmen Club of the
Lower Mainline Zone becoming
the first Japanese Canadian Kin
in that area. Kon Obayashi was
the only Japanese Canadian in
the Kootenay Zone being the
Vice-President with the newly
chartered Naksup Club.

CALENDAR Toronto Students Club Slates Annual Picnic

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THE NEW CANADIAN Gets Fingers Bit

Japanese Elvis Packs Them In

Published on Wednesday'and Saturday- of each week
as a medium af expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada

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Refreshing
’ It is a refreshing thing to see Senator John Wallace
de Beque Farris of Vancouver stand alone in the face
of condemnation after his obviously stupid outburst
against Douglas Jung, MP, in the Senate chambers last
week. It is refreshing because it is revelatory of the de­
gree to which the attitudes towards Oriental Canadians

The latest and most emphatic
Japanese model of Elvis Presley
is a slender, sunken-cheeked
youth of 20 with cultivated curly
hair that has been allowed to
creep over his forehead and the
tops of his ears in the style of
his sect.
Still stunned by the impact he
and other clamoring contortion­
ists made recently at the Nichi­
geki Theatre, Masaaki Hirao ad­
mitted his own surprise at that
substantial slice of success.
At the same time, he confessed
to joy and expressed . the wish
that his star be sustained.
During the seven-day stint, Hi­
rao and his fellow knee bending
bellowers drew some 50,000 rock­
abilly adherents into that mam­
moth
rotunda.
This
figure
achieves proper perspective when
it is considered shivers, shrieks
and the traditional slack, season.
The preceding and following
shows were able to average only
1,500 patrons a day.
Most of the fans during the
Nichigeki’s “Western Carnival”
were schoolgirls who responded
with shivers, shrieks and the tossing of paper streamers. Before
the week was out, neighborhood
stationers had raised the price of
streamers from 12 yen to 25 yen.
One girl was so possessed, that
she mistool­ one of Masaaki’s
fingers for e piece of octopus and
bit it. Previous Commitment
When located weeks later back­
stage at the Kawasaki Theatre
where he was doing his stuff be­
tween the showings
_ of a double-

Not so long ago, Japanese Canadians stood almost
alone while some B.C. politicians made no effort dur­
ing the wartime hysteria to distinguish between Japa­
nese Canadians and the enemy Japanese who were at
war with Canada. Almost every conceivable device was
used to create the impression that all people of Japa­
nese ancestry were incapable of loyalty to Canada, that
they could never be Canadians no matter how long they
lived in Canada.
“Once a Jap, always a Jap” was the emotionally
charged slogan that the agitators used to perpetuate
the myth of the “Japanese menace.” Farris’ now in­
famous remark, “What right has this Chinaman to re­
present the Canadian people,” has overtones of the same
bigotry and prejudicial innuendos that made life uncomfortable for the Japanese Canadians.
Senator Farris used to be British Columbia’s attornev general before he was appointed to the Senate
in 1937. And he belonged to the bloc of enterprising
politicians who agitated against the Japanese Cana­
dians and who excluded them from privileges of citizen­
ship by statutory restrictions. During 1944 when B.C.
pressed for complete deportation of the Japanese Canadians. regardless of citizenship—despite the fact that fe^
Prime Minister Mackenzie King had stated that none of ~cluUeied
3uitais,
dozen giggling girls, tea serving
the Japanese in Canada had been guilty of any offense paraphernalia, strewn stage and
against the security of Canada,—Senator Farris defend­ street clothes, some sheet music
and his parents, the Hatter -trying
ed B.C.’s stand against the easterners who charged that desperately
to fit into the scene.
the province
its demands.
---- -------- was
-e “hysterical” min its
, Two hibachi were going full blast
But years of experience eighty ofthem—-have not jn a vacant attempt to provide
made Mr. Farris a. more enlightened individual, have heat within the walls that were
given him better manners, let alone made him a digni­ covered with pasted newspapers.
The booking was made before
fied senator in a country that prides itself in its demo­ Hirao
’s sudden fame. . It was a
cratic ideals and diversity. Thus it appears that preju­ commitment he would not make
dice. born of ignorance and the negative emotions, dies today.
While resting his head in his
hard.
.
mother
’s lap, Masaaki surveyed a
Japanese Canadians know from experience that it
Newsweek magazine report of
takes only a handful of vociferous groups and indivi­ his Nichigeki activities and asked
duals to sway public sentiment into believing something for the definitions of the words
without any'attempt at rational inquiry. But this time “gyrates” and “pandemonium.”
it appears that sentiment is solidly arrayed against While his mother massaged his
Senator Farris’ ill-chosen, irrational remarks. Mr. Jung, head, he laughed in approval at
definitions.
who is not a “Chinaman’’ but a Canadian, has many theTaking
a tangerine, Hirao
supporters who feel that he has every right to represent confessed that he did not know
the Canadians since he himself is a Canadian. Mr. Jung the meaning of rockabilly, nor
was elected by voters in Vancouver Centre by a Large did he really understand the Pre­
lyrics. But what he did un­
margin to represent them in Ottawa, whereas Mr. F arris sley
derstand was the long lines in
was^appointed to. the Senate by the late Mackenzie front of the theatres.

"it is refreshing to see all these protests against
Senator Farris. Though his remarks do prove that pre­
judice still exists, we"hope that Farris and his kind are
of a vanishing breed; they have caused enough, pain and
sorrow in Canada. Let Mr. Farris retract his words. It
would at least regain a measure of dignity to his declinHe is only a figure of scorn now.

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MICHIO MIYAGAWA, B.A., D.D.S.

hes to announce that he has taken over
the practice of Dr. John Friesen
General Practice of Dentistry

Tossing a tangerine peel to one
side, Masaaki added, “As far as
the audiences are concerned, I
feel it’s a lot of noise.”
“I know I’m doing something
crazy on stage and like to see the
audience go half crazy too, but
I would like to hear them yell
and scream at the right times.”
Now they yell and scream all
through the entire song.”
“Is it distracting? Yes. I not
only try to ignore it, but I try to
drown it out by singing louder.
Lots of times this has ruined my
throat,’’ he complained.
Father Approves
His father, the president of
Lait Cosmetics, nodded approval
at each of Masaaki’s pronounce­
ments, the prodigy continued. “I
don’t feel I’m contributing to ju-

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venile delinquency. It can be any­
thing, jazz, mambo or anything.
If the girls want to play hooky
and stay at.the theatre all day,
I can’t help it. They’d do it if
they liked anything.”
His mother, when asked if she
was a rockabilly fan dug- her
fingers lovingly into her son
____
clavical and replied, “I can’t help
it.”
Confronted with the same que­
stion, Masaaki’s father shrugged
and said, “I’ve nothing against
it.”
Hirao said that most of his in­
spiration comes from repeated
hearing of Presley records, and
the viewing of Presley movies.
Of his idol, he concurred with
Presley cultists and disbelievers
alike by offering, . “He’s got
something that no one else has.”
Unlike most pop singers in
Japan, Hirao’s lyrics are sung al­
most entirely in Japanese. He
explained that he copies the
sound of the original and tries
to make the songs his own. He
admits, like most of the Englishspeaking world, that he does not
understand what Presley is stag­
ing.
Questioned as to how he can
copy someone he cannot under­
stand, Masaaki; submitted that he
copies Fats Domino also.
Hirao’s Japanese lyrics are a
thrust for securing the mass audience. He feels that singing too
much English would restrict his
following to the faithful.
Newcomer
Masaaki has been singing pro­
fessionally for four years. He was
a member of .the Chuckwagon
Boys until August of 1955 when
he formed his Wagon All Stars.
He had achieved a reputation on
the coffee shop circuit in his preNichigeki era and still prefers
those small dens for audience
reaction because, as he puts 'it,
“'We can have fun together.” '
Hirao has recoi’ded such titles
as “Little_ Darlin’,” “Butter­
fingers,” “Jailhouse Rock’’ and
“Lonesome Cowboy” for King
Records. Sales reports are good
although no figures are available
as yet.

For a brief appearance ir
Nikkatsu movie called “'Arash
Yobu Otoko” (A Man Who C
ses a Storm) an original sc
“Rock at the Ginza,” was writ
for Hirao. He foresees no fl
of Japanese songs in this gei
Though he acknowledges :
they have roots in America.
ed those shores years ago with
his drums, trio, trick lighting and
tousled hair, has the Japanese
public been so demonstrative.
Masaaki said he is aware that
local progressive jazz musicians
look down on his idea and berate
him behind his back, but added
that he doesn’t care as long a?
he likes what he is doing- and Ins
audience like it too.
Promotes Happy
This condition is appreciated by
bookers who where at first skep­
tical over his ability to fill the
Nichigeki Theatre. Hirao has
been booked heavily to cause fur­
ther unrest among the nation’s
teenagers.
He doesn’t believe the fad will
last and that, like the jazz boom,
it will level off. When that time
comes, he hopes to gracefully
shift into the pop field where he
takes to offerings of Frank Sina­
tra and Nat Cole, two vocalists
whose lyrics he can understand.
Meanwhile he will continue to
study the American rock ’n’ roll
and hillbilly product for new
material. “I figure I’m lucky to
be doing what I want and mak­
ing money too,” he said.

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