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Japanese Political Leaders Critical Of Nobel Award To former P.M. Sato
Asia, and
The prize-was %i a* yeaa
inventor, of dynamite,
orts have come in- areas that Swedish inventor.,
conditions' in
in Asia
and MacBriMacBri-. oits-have
between"
.Secretary of
State
de’®. many years* of * -work to in bur time" are - central-; to - the "who donated-the prize fund..
Henry A. Kissinger and North .
Some Japanese protect human rights.
TOKYO.
work for peace.
Sato, 73, was Japan’s- prime- Vietnamese Politubor member
- political leaders have -critieizedDirector Tini Greve of the No-: minister from 1964 to 1972. He Le Duc Tho for their Vietnam
. former Prime Minister. Eisaku ' The Nobel Committee of the
said on learning
of- .his peace accord, which ended Ame­
. , in Tokyo
,
Sato’s receipt' of. a share of the Norwegian parliament said the bel Institute said about 50 • can
that he knew he was be- rican involvement in tire Viet­
1974 Nobef Peaice Prize; ■ They two' would share the -$124,000 didates had been nominated for choice
ing
considered
but had no tho­ nam war. That decision caused
contend he didn’t deserve it .be- award equally. Both ' men are the 1974 prize. Candidates’ na­ ught he would win.
an uproar that resulted in the
-cause of his,. role in
keeping expected to be in Oslo Dec. 10 mes are never officially reveal­
ed/ . ,
to accept it.
/A /Socialist party official qu­ resignation of two of the five
U.S; military forces in Japan.
It . was the first time that a ietly /criticized the. selection, de- members of the Nobel Comittee.
“Sean. MacBride’s effoits/for
, The* selection of Sato
and
MacBride, 70, a former -Irish
Sean MacBride of Ireland as..co- human rights and Eisaku Sato’s Japanese or an Irishman won the daring that Sato • a s’ prime ' mi­ independence fighter whose fatnister “vehemently maintained”
winners of the award was anno­ work for Umitation of nuclear Peace Prize, 'although - five Ja­ the U.S.-Japanese Security Pact her was executed by the British,
unced recently in Oslo, Norway. weapons and for international, panese and two Irishman have
is now United Nations CommiCitations said the selections we­ cbncjlatjon / contributed each, in received Nobel prizes in other “which, as a result, allows U.S; ssioner for South-West Africa,
re for Sato’s effoits .to , limit its own way to. securing peace,” categories. The award is named shops to- bring -nuclear weapons or Namibia.
nuclear'weapons and stabiEze the committee said. “Their ;eff- for the late Alfred Nobel, the to Japan.”

By GEN® KRAMER ‘

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An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1974
81
Vol.
XXXVIII
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Toronto, Ont.

To Speak At J.C.C, Centre On NoyJth

Vietnam Resisters Amnesty
Recalls Tragic Nisei Cases

Bill Hosokawa Becomes 1st Nisei To
Become Honorary Jpn. Consul General

- i Newsletter oh this particular subjects for the readers. I not only
DENVER, Colo.„— Veteran
had to “jog” my memory but al­
newsman
and author, Mr. Bill
WASHINGTON.'— When Pr­ so to hurriedly ‘look through’ the
esident Gerald^ Ford granted- a chapter on “Japanese Americ­ Hosokawa was honored by the
“free, full, and absolute pardon” ans” in the Final -Report of the Japanese Government on . Octo­
to Richard Nixonfor. any and Selective Service System (SSS) ber. 6th when he was * named
all/crimes and wrongdoing that and through-; the bound volume “Honorary Japanese Consul Ge­
he~"(Nixbn) may" have committ­ of the. Pacific Citizen through neral for Denver”. ,
ed during the five and a half the war years and • up through / The Associate Editor of the
Denver Post, who will be coming:
.years of, his (Nixon’s) Admini­ T948'

'
to Toronto’s Japanese Canadian
stration,* and when he (Ford), ais
Early
WW2
draft
Cultural Centre as Guest Spea­
the Chief Executive . and Comm/ ander-in-Chief . of the Armed ; The story is not a clear and ker on November 8th, is the
- Forces-,-■ subsequently ; announced easy one to put together, for : first Nisei to' be accorded such,
his/ programm for “conditional there are many* gaps in the in­ an honor- although there-are ot­
general’s
amnesty”, through “earned re- formation available ■ In . both the, her honorary consul
throughout
the
U.S.
and.
the
. entry” into general society, to Pacific Citizen and SSS Report,
Vietnam era/draft evaders and not to mention . my memory. ; It world. deserters, my mind recalled that may well be a possible - research
Usually, the honor.is accor­
then President Harry Truman project for some doctoral dissert ded to persons* residing in areas
had granted amnesty - to Wqrld- tation, for it is among the least far removed from an established
War II Nisei who had refused known aspects of the Evacua­ consul general office .such as.
induction /because of the Evacu­ tion saga.
' / Denver which is under the; jurist,
ation and detention • experiences.
Francisco
In any event, prior to Dec. diction of -the -San
7 Nowadays; when one • thinks 7, 1941, qualified Nisei and San­ consulate office.
of the World War IF record of sei were inducted into the Ar­
Hosokawa’s duties' as honorary
the Nisei, it is one of great ga­ my on the same basis as other consul .general will be to assist
llantry and .sacrifice in either Americans, except that .they; : Japanese nationals . in - personal
the 442nd Regimental Combat were /not eligible for service in and commercial activities and
Team in the European Theater the air corps of the Army, the to enchance Japanese cultural
r - or in Military- Intelligence in the Marine Corps, the Navy, ,and the stature in the area.
Merchant Marine, although —
Pacific.
Almost forgotten by
most as usual — a. -few did serve in' •Born in Seattle, Washington
Bill Hosokawa
and unknown to many>^is the all branches due to “administra­ in 1915, Bill Hosokawa attended
Seattle public schools and rece­
President American Associati­ uncil in Technical Journalism,
tragic story of less than '..500 tive slipups”. - .
. ; .
ived
his
B.A.
from
the
Univeryoung Japanese Americans who . From N ov.- 1940; to
Pearl. siy of Washington' in 1937- _ < on of Sunday and Feature Edi­ Colorado State University, 1969;
tors, 1956; Nisei of the Bienn­ Member Editorial Advisory Borefused /to be inducted in to. the Harb our, -some 3,188 had been in-His" newspaper career began ium Award, J.A.C.L., 1958; Uni­ ard of The Quill, Society of Pro­
_ armed forces when in the; spring ducted . into the Army - through
in
-1933 as . part-time editor with versity of Colorado Outstanding fessional Journalists, Sigma Del­
of .1944 the Seleotive Service Sy- the Selective Service; : System.
stm reopened the so-called" draft There were many'7other. Japan­ the . Japanees American^: Coui'ier Journalist Award, 1967; Western ta Chi; and the Governor’s Invi­
to all qualified /Americans of/ ese Americans- in the' armed’for- In Seattle.' Prior to evacuation to Heritage. Award, National Cow­ tational Writer’s Day : Award,
Japanese
ancestry,
including ces, though, as. members , of the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, whe­ boy Hall of Fame, 1967; Pulit­ State Of Washington, 1970.
Bill and his wife, Alice, have
• those then confined to what "have National Guard,' the. Reserve Of­ re he was editor of the r local zer Prize Juror in Journalism,
weekly,
he.
worked
as;
a
clerk
at
' .
come to..be called Concentration ficers Training Corps (ROTC),
1969-70; Member Advisory Co­ four children.
the
Japanese
Consulate
_in
Seat
­
Camps, American-style. ' '
etc., perhaps —-including the tle, was managing editor. . of the
Although, as the then Legis­ National Guard of' the then TeSingapore Herald, writer for the Queen’s Projected Visit To Japan
lative Director of. the
J ACL ritory of Hawaii — an- addition­
Far Eastern Review 'and Shan-*
Anti-Discrimination . Committee al"!, 000 or sb. "
'
ghai Times, in Shanghai, and Hailed As Strengthening Friendship
in the immediate post-World ./After Dec. 7, 1941, Selective
War II years, I. became involved Service advised the;various Sta­ executive secretary/^ the JA.- ' TOKYO. — Chief 'cabinet sec­ welcome.” He issued the statement after
said
. in. a small way_ in the discussi-.. te Directors to stop inducting C.L.j Seattle. In 1943 ’ he became retary' Susumu Nikaido
announced
ons leading to the. presidental Japanese Americans and, the copy_ editor for the Des Moines recently the projected visit to Japan and Britain
that the queen and her husband
amnesty. of December 23, 1947, War Department authorized va­ ; Register and since 1946rhas .held Japan'by Queen- Elizabeth II of Prince Philip will visit ' Japan
; various positions at' the Denver.
in actual fact I was not person­ rious miEtary commanders, in - Postincluding,over seas assign­ Great Britain . “will further de­ next May. 7.. to 12 . in ’ response
ally- too well ■ acquainted with the their, discretion to provide “ho­ ments to Japan, /Korea,: Vietnam epen the,: traditional Anglo-Ja­ to an invitation extended < by
panese friendship.” ,
_
facts of the case .since J -was' a norable discharges”" to the. "Nisei,
Prime Minister ; Kakuef" Tanaka and
France.
1
v member of the 442nd when most and the Sansei in their ? commNikaido
said,
7

We
.
would
like'
when - • he went to . London last
. His
accomplishments
have
' of-this -draft evasion took place.
won him the following,honors: to extend to her/ our heartfelt year.
(Cont. on F, 2)
So, -in order; to -prepare / this
By MIKE MASAOKA
(Pacific ‘Citizen

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Masaoka.

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Friday, October 25 1974

The New Canadian

A member of Ethnic Press
ards inadvertently : or otherwise, all manner of means, including
>anese
extraction
.
were
pieces|
Association of -Ontario
ands- “for the
convenience of
violence, to prevent those who
ordered
Tule
Lake
;
registrants
,
Second Class mall
the iGoveimment”. Most, but not sed by Selective Service?during most of whom had apparently wanted to volunteer from doing
World
War
II.
More
than
21,000
No. D-0366
all, of the Japanese Ain eri cans
' - .'

registered for the 'draft while SO.
of
these
were
inducted.
In
the
then in the Army were “honora­
T. UMEZUKIPublishei
As far as I am aware, not
in other WRA camps, to report
K. C. TSUMURA bly discharged”, although a few ight of the total number who for induction. Without exception, one of these “anti-volunteers”
served
in
the
Army,
'even
consi
­
English
Section Editor
were given “blue” discharges,
were ever indicted and convicted
these
men
refused
to
comply
and
KEN
MORI
“less than honorable conditions”. dering the -size of the Japanese 26 of them were indicted for vio- of “obstructing” the operation
Japanese
Section
Editor
The Nisei and Sansei who American population group, the­ ation of the Selective Training of the Army’s'program..for the
479 QUEEN ST. WES^
reinained in the Army were tra­ se figures were impressive. Nor and Service Act of 1940. , They voluntary induction of qualified
Toronto, Ont. M5V-2A9
can
statistics
measure
the
qua
­
nsfer ed mostly 'into-the quarter­
366-5005
were subsequently ■ brought to Japanese Americans. I could be
lity
of'
patriotic
service
render
­
master corps. .Subsequently, they
trial in a Federal District Court.- wrong in this recollection, tho­
ed
by
Nisei
citizens,
only
one
ge
­
became the cadre for the 442nd
It was contended in their .de­ ugh.
neration
removed
from
the
rice
when it was organized in Camp
Then, a number of so-called
paddies and tempres of an Ori­ fense that these individuals were Fair Play Committees were or­
Shelby, Miss., Feb.'1, 1943.
ental island empire. . . Altoge­ interned at the center . and no
Following the issuance of Ex­ ther 33,300 Nisei, m’ore_ than plea they might make in a court ganized'in some of the camps <
Help Wanted
ecutive Order No. 9066 on Feb. half fi om continental
United proceeding would be considered after Selective Service was re­
19, 1942, that authorized .the States, served in World War II, voluntary so long as they were opened to Japanese Americans. ONE typist and secretary wan­
Evacuation and Exclusion of all almost equally divided between so detained. In dismissing the I remember that an “effective” ted. Apply Nissho-Iwai Canada
ancestry, Europe and the Pacific. : .Sele- case of one Kuwabara, agreed to committee was organized in the Ltd., Phone 368-1751 (Toronto).
persons of Japanese
alike, ctive Service - may take pride in be dispositive—of all cases, Fe­ Heart Mountain WRA camp in
aliens and nonaliens
from their homes and associati­ the making of such soldiery.
deral Judge Goodman stated: . Wyoming, led by some pro-Ja­ STORE helper wanted. English
pan Issei, Kibei, and perhaps a speaking, apply personally
at
ons on the West Coast, Selec­ The few who refused
* “The Government urges that Nisei or two. They tried to per­ 376-A Yonge Street (Toronto).
tive Service ordered that all qu­
After Selective Service was the question of ‘due process’ is
alified Nisei and Sansei be re­ restored to those of Japanese not reachable at this time but suade draft age Nisei and San­ EXPERIENCED sewing machi­
classified, first as Class IV-F, ancestry, it . was discovered ..that only by writ of habeas corpus sei to refuse to report for indu­ ne operator wanted for sewing
physically, mentally, or mora- the overwhelming majority of after compliance with the order ction on the grounds that since blouses at home or in the fac­
they had been deprived of. their
anc equalified Nisei and Sansei, in­
lly unfit” for induction
of the local board. However, it civil rights, they had no obliga­ tory. Call Mary 363-4588 (To­
then as Glass IV-C; registrants cluding those from the camps, is clear that defendant, is under
“not acceptable to the
armec reported for induction without the circumstances not a free a- tion to serve in the armed forces ronto).
forces because of nationality or incident. Most of these induct­ gent, nor is any plea that he of the country that had placed
Domestic H.elp Wanted
ancestry”. This particular clas­ ees were sent to Europe as re­ may make, free or voluntary, them behind barbed wire, etc.
A COMPANION for semi-invar,
Incidentally, in the volunteersification originally was reser­ placements for the 442nd, which and hence he is not . accorded
lid with light household duties,
ved for “enemy aliens and non­ suffered some 309% in casual­ ‘due process’ in this proceeding.” stage of military service, I re­ 9 to 5 Monday to Friday, with
member that many non-Japandeclarant aliens”.
ties to win fame as the Purple
The Selective Service report ese, especially among the reli­ holidays off. Near Chester - Sub­
Heart Regiment, or — if they also rioted another case, that of
way. Phone Miss Yano, 461-2563
Selective Service reopend
gious.
and
civil
rights
leaders,
G-2
understood Japanese — to
weekdays after 6
p.m.
(To­
Shigeru Fuji who also failed to
It is a rhatter of record that (Military Intelligence) in
the report for induction. SSS admits who .had been most helpful and ronto).
the JAOL was in the forefront
friendly to those of Japanese
that he represented “a large gro­ ancestry and who opposed the
of- those objecting to this clas­ Pacific.
A relative few, as might be
sification and urging that Se- expected, refused to report for up of Japanese Americans guilty Evacuation itself shared and
reopend to induction.'Most of these few de- of ho disloyalty to the United expressed this opinion, however,
lective Service be
States, but unequivocally indig:
Americans.
qualified Japanese
dared that if their civil ' and nant. because he and others like once Selective Service became
The same opposition - and pie a constitutional rights were resto­
operative again for Japanese Ahimself
had
been
displaced
and
was expressed, by thousands of red they would report for induc­
mericans, they urged compliance..
others, from the then Territory tion. Others declared that since were compelled to live in reloca­
As I recall, "some' 50
Nisei
iof Hawaii as well as from the they had “dual citizenship” they tion centers. For his offense, and Sansei in Heart Mountain
Concentration Gamps, American- could not be called into the Uni­ he was indicted'and tried.”
He argued that because of re­ refused to report for induction
style.
largely because of the activities
ted States Army."to fight aga­
Because of such requests, on inst Japan, the country of their moval from his home and sub­ of its Fair Play Committee. Tri­
Jah/ 31, 1943, then
President. “other” citizenship.': Still others sequent confinement “behind ba­ ed and convicted, several were
Franklin Roosevelt
announced “renounced” their United .'States rbed wire and .-under guard, he sent to prison, with the-majori­
that the Army would accept vo­ citizenship through procedures had been deprived of his liberty ty agreeing to accept induction
lunteer Japanese Americans for established by law arid reques­ and property without due proc­ in lieu of imprisonment.
military service. The /. response ted that they be “deported” to ess of law and that therefore he
Early in 1945, the Department
LOVELY GIFTS
was such - that the 442nd Reg- Japan, thereby becoming ■ ineli­ ought riot-to be required to ren­ of Justice decided on a policy
his
mental. Combat Team was orga­ gible for military service .A per­ der military service until
of dismissing deliquency cases
Products that would make
nized for most of the volunteers sonal estimate, based oh recolle- rights were restored;”
involving Japanese
Americans
Unlike
the
Kuwabara
decisi
­
lovely gifts for. any occasion! I
from the camps and from Ha­ ction, on Pacific Citizen accounon, this defendant, along with where the registrant was willing
For the children, here come I
waii. and those who were profi­ ts, and on the SSS Report, is
*
to
present
himself
for
induction
the Cuddle Three Rabbits Fa- I
cient in. Japariese were assigned that far fewer than 500 were 62 others, was found guilty of under the same procedures as
‘wilfully refusing and failure to
mily. The family comes jn a
to the Military Intelligence Lan­
involved in this particular type report for induction into the Ar­ other selectees.
_
'
light yellow plush colour, ga- I
guage School at Camp Savage, of action..
About
a
year
earlier,
on
May
med Forces of the United .Sta­
ily dressed in" gingham check I
Minnesota.
In a War Department memo­ tes pursuant to an order of his 10, 1944, a Federal. District Ju­
and are cotton stuffed. Baby I
In the meantime, the 100th randum dated .March 30, 1944, it local draft board” and was du­ dge in Oklahoma found seven Irabbits are blue and red co- I
Infantry Battalion, composed of was stated that requests for re­
ssei,
Nisei,
and
Kibei
who
were
sentenced.
loured check assorted.; Mama I
Japanese Americans in the Ha­ patriation or expatriation to Ja- ly Based
allegedly
leaders
of
the
Heart
on the apparent confliand Papa rabbits are aproxi- I
waiian National Guard, ..was se­ pan made by. Nisei or Sansei cf between his decision and that Mountain Fair Play Committee,
mately 10” in height
with
nt to the ' continental mainland .who were liable for - military., ser­ in the Kuwabara case, -petition guilty of conspiracy to evade the
baby rabbits ' approximately I
(Camp McCoy, Wis.) for train­ vice would be. considered an ef­ was made to the Supreme Court draft.
6 inches in height.
I
ing and then into combat
in fort to evade military duty, if of the United States for a writ
Almost a year later, Feb. 12,
North Africa and the invasion filed after Jan. 21, 1944, or of certiorari, but this was deni­ 1945, the Tenth Circuit Court
For Mom and Dad is a Mr.
of Italy.
j
Handy
Wabbit. Mr. , Handy
when the registrant’s induction ed. Thus, claimed the SSS, the of Appeals in Denver reversed
No doubt there are
many was imminent.
Wabbit will hold Mom’s _ re­
courts- upheld the principle es­ the lower court decision and re­
who still remember the contro­
cipes while she bakes. He 'will |
In a" subsequent memorandum
in the Falbo case re­ manded all of the defendants
versial clearance program invol­ dated Dec. 28, 1944„a policy was tablished
also hold important notes, bil­
for appropriate action. Ori mo­
ving the so-called loyalty que­ clearly set forth (for transmittal garding the finality of Select­ tion of the United States Dis­
ls, etc. For Dad, Mr. Wabbit
ive Service determinations and
stions that were carried ;out in to the Imperial Japanese Gover­ the necessity of compliance be­ trict Attorney, all severi were
will hold his important lite-;
the ten ^relocation centers imme­ nment through the “protecting
rature so Dad won’t 1 -forget.
<
fore recourse to relief measures ordered released.
diately following the call for power” of Spain) that ^no Ja­ might be had in the courts.
Mr. Wabbit is hand crafted
Cont. <>n -P. 4
volunteer Nisei and -Sansei for panese alien would be inducted
from, wood and*stands app­
The SSS Report ordered qua­
military service. Although the­ against his will but that all U- lified Japanese Americans to be
roximately 5” in height. The
se individual “clearances” 'were nited States citizens, including reclassified again, on Jan. 25,
’I.cuddle rabbits family
and
part- of the determination as to Nisei, would be required to serve
|
Mr.
.Wabbit
may
be
ordered
whether certain Japanese Ame­ if found acceptable to the ar- 1945,- not automatically as Class
FREE NHL
| for only $2.99. If bought seIV-C, but in the same manner
ricans were qualified for mili­ med forces.”
| parately, Mr. Wabbit is , $1.as all other qualified Americans.
tary service or not, in fact they
85 and the rabbit family is
TICKETS!
Once againj the SSS recognized
were not conducted by -the Sele­ Tule J^ake resisters
$1.30. You save 16^ by buy­
By the spring of 1944, the that the representations of JActive Service. •
*
Twice
monthly
draw
for
a
ing the two. Satisfaction guBecause of the combat perfor­ War Relocation Authority hac CL were noteworthy in this par­ pair of green NHL tickets.
aranted! These products may
mance of the 100th Infantry Ba- selected its Tule- Lake Center in ticular decision.
* Customers purchasing mer­
be ordered from:
ttalion at the Rapido River and Northefn. California as its “se- Heart Mountain cases
chandise $5.00 and up are eli­
at Cassinoin Italy and the tra- gregation camp” for Japanese
•Many of us who volunteered gible.
ining record of the 442nd in Mi- nationals and Japanese^ Americ­
Ken' Holden and Associat­
to
serve
early
in
.1943
discove
­
ans,
mostly
renuriciants,
who
had
ssissipi, Selective Service reop­
es,
;
Dundas Union
ened, the draft to all qualified formally requested that they be red that there were some in the
3956 Farr Avenue, ,
Japanese Americans on Nov. 24, sent to Japan. Selective Service various camps who. were so op­
Store
posed.
to
evacuees
volunteering
1943, whether, such draftees we- was not supposed to order the
Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada
induction of any of these Tule to serve in'the same Army as
173 Dundas St; W. Toronto
re’in WRA camps or not. that which evacuated and exclu­
A-CCording to the SSS-Report, Lakers.
Neverthelesss, a few local bp- ded them that they resorted to
“Over 25,500 registrants of Ja-

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Personal Notes

Dates And Doings

FUJITA
Vernon Hakkdku Night At Centre Ori October 27th
PENTICTON, B.C. — Mr. Ko. For 30 years from Vancouver to Ghost-Town-.-to
TORONTO
zo Fujita passed away on' October 1st 1974. Funeral service Toronto, wherever there was a concert or other ■ forms ■ of entertain­
was held on October 5th. Inter­ ment there has been one man who in his quiet unassuming way,
made this all possible. Never a man to take any spotlights or pub­
ment Penticton Cemetery.
lic applause he has given countless horn's of his talent and energj
without any monetary gains, just for the sole purpose of-making
other people happy.' This man is the one and only Mr. Vernon HaHARAGA
VANCOUVER. —.Mrs. Sugi kkaku.
His phenomenal repertoire of Japanese music is something
away on
Haraga, 75, passed
October 5th, 1974. Beloved wi- that never fails to amaze us, and all these many years we have
iie of Masatsugu Haraga. Fune­ just taken this for granted, but we; have finally set a date Oct.
ral service was held oh October 27, 1974 as VERNON HAKKAKU NIGHT.
On this evening lie will accompany approximately 20 male
9th and 10th. Interment at Moand
female vocalists in a singing contest of Japanese songs. These
untaanview Cemetery.
vocalists will be all Niseis of present & past renown who has
.volunteered their talents for this special evening. We hope that
you the public will respond with your presence to thank our VerHORI
Mrs nie. With all sincerity we hope to see you all on Oct. 27.
RICHMOND B.C. —
Masae Hori, dear mother of Masaki, passed away on October
15th, 1974. Funeral was herd on Uiniv. of Toronto Presents Premiere Of Japan Play
October 17th at Steveston Bud­
University College Playhouse (U.C. Playhouse),
TORONTO.
dhist Church. Cremation at Mountain View Cem etery in Van- The University of Toronto is presenting the Canadian premiere
production of Friends, by Abe Kobo October 19 through 26 at 8:30
couver.
p.m. One matinee will be given Saturday, October 26 at 2*00 p.m.
The production will .be. directed by Lisette Martineu-Garcia, and is
produced
under the sponsorship of the Drama Centre and Depart­
YANO
ment of East Asian Studies; The play has been translated by Do­
LEAMINGTON, Ont. — Mr. nald Keene from the Japanese. Admission is free, but reserved
Tokuzo Yano, 85, of Leamingt­
seats will be available by telephoning the theatre at 928-6307 bet­
on, Ontario passed away on Sep-.
5:30 p.m. between October 19 and 26 ONLY.
tember 23rd, 1974. Funeral ser- ween
■ Abe Kobo is best known to Westerners as the. author of the
September
vice was held on
successful
Japanese motion picture, Woman' in the Dunes. “The
Ishaura
Rev.
25th with the
1967 when it was both
officiating. Interment on Sept­ production was first presented in Tokyo in own
company presented
a critical and popular success. >Mr. Kobo’s
ember 26th.
Beloved husband of Kiri, dear a revival of the show this summer in Japan which was also veiy
father of James and Tom of successful
Friends, which is a black comedy, deals with the plight of a
Chatham, Fred of Leamington
Mrs. Yukio Higo (Suzuko) of young office worker whose.life is invaded'by a family oi eight
Richmond, Mrs. Kay C. Kamai people who claim, it is 'th,eir responsibility to befriend him. The
of Chatham, Mrs. Hiroko Sobry family take control of his apartment, his finances and even his
of Chatham, Mrs. Mits Yama fiancee wih comic and, ultimately, tragic consequences.. For the
moto, of Ruthven, 23 grandchild­ Japanese, to be alone is to be dead, while Western audiences will
sympathize with the man's desire for privacy.
ren, 2 greatgrandchildren.
friends will give our audience a unique opportunity to see
contemporary Japanese theatre in English rather than the classiPaul K. Asada, D.C., NJ) cal Japanese theatrical forms most often seen by Western audien­
ces.
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On Stage And On Screen
ESTELLE CRAIG’S WORLD ADVENTURE TOURS
Presents an exciting inew featureVilm-story

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Welcome Japanese Canadian Friends

Con. From Page 2

KWONGCHOW CHOP
Poston resisters
Federal
In October 1946
SUEY TAVERN
"MAGIC ROAD
District Judge in Phoenix im­
posed a fine of one cent each
Special Attention on Take Out Orders
KYOTO TO TOKYO’
on 101 Americans of Japanese
362-0029 For Reservations 362-4322
With Gene Wianckoin /person
_
ancestry who had failed to re­
A story of life today And yesterday in Japan
spond to Selective Service calls:
126 Elizabeth Street at Dundas, Toronto
while at: the Colorado River
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRIDAY, OCT. 25 at 8:30 PAA
Catering to Wedding Banquets, Showers and Parties
_WRA camp at. Poston, Arizona.
EATON AUDITORIUM — COLLEGE ST
Seating Capacity 240
The
101
defendants
claimed
that
RESERVATIONS 364-6487
they had refused to answer their
induction calls because their rights as citizens had been viola­
ted by the Evacuation and sub­
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460 Dundas St. W.
sequent- detention in a concen­
Toronto 2B, Ont.
tration camp
MEMBER
In a ruling that severely cri­
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SHEET METAL WORK
FLAT ROOFING
ticized
the
wartime
treatment
of
FURUYA.
EAVESTROUGHING
SHINGLING
FREE PARKING
Fede-.
Japanese
Americans,
the
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had carried out the
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because of fear of espionage and
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ans. He said that drafting these
* Visit our PANASONIC Di- Dec.
“COVERING ONTARIO*'
same Evacuees while they were
20 — Christmas/New
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in
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still in detention camps was
Year in Japan — 2 weeks or

TV,
Stereos,
Radios,
and
Evacuation
consistent” with the
bring someone over
home appliances
program. He agreed with defehPlan . & book your
School
se counsel that, because of the
AUGUST
Break Holiday today to avo­
unjust : treatment accorded them,
WINNERS ARE:
id disappointment.
failure to repoit for induction
D. Kobayashi
Call us for individual dome­
OPEN SUNDAY
natural reaction”. He
was
stic/International travel ar-'
B. Oikawa
also: ruled that detention in the
10 A.M. TO 6 P.M.
rangements
Y.
Shizuru
camps ' was punishment in ad
vance for any offense ' which
173 DUNDAS STREET WEST. TORONTO
they may have ^committed by re364-7692
fusing to accept induction.
ONE HOUR FREE PARKING FOR
The Court, m an unusual ac­
OUR CUSTOMERS. AT JOY LOY
tion, also granted stays of exe672 NO. 3-ROAQ, RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA
PARKING LOT. (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
cution for six months to three
defendants who' were tried, conGROUP DEPARTURE TO JAPAN
zicted, and sentenced to one ye
ar in test cases in 1945 before
NOV. 24 — JAN. 23
NOV. 8 — NOV. 29
war.
the
end
of
DEC. 19 — JAN. 4
NOV. 17 — DEC. 13
THE JAPANESE GARDEN
That will give them time to
DEC. 29 — JAN. 19
NOV. 24 — DEC. 17
clemency
apply
for
.
executive
CLUB OF TORONTO
frdm the President of the Uni­
Japanese-Canadian MEXICO TOUR
PRESENTS ITS
January 26 — February 8.
ted States, which’ will be no do
TWENTY^SECOND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION
ubt granted the Judge declar­
TOUR Escort from Vancouver,^ Japanese speaking Guide
J.C.C. Centre Building 123 iWYNFORD DRIVE, DON MILLS
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CAN JOIN TOUR in MEXICO CITY
Leaside -Bus (leaving St. JClair Subway Station every half
- Defense counsel stated : " that
RELATIVE FLIGHT from Japan Xmas.
hour) will take you right to the (Centre. ;.
all of the defendants, were not
- DEC 22 — JANUARY 9.
SUN., Nov. 3,1974 - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. unwilling to serve in the Army
For further details and reservations
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