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An Issei in
Internment Camp
U.S. Sansei Chosen as Newest Astronaut
test pilot school at Edwaru; Air the black and the Sansei will b
j among 20 mission specialists in Force Base, Calif.
' WASHINGTON. — The L
the new astronaut class. The oti
Onizuka was born in IP
Space Agency chose six women,
- ,
.
her black is one of 15 pilots na
,
\, .
'
,
. of Japanese American parents,
three-black men and-an Asian
med.
American recently to be among
This is the first, time
that
Robert A. Frosch, head of the
the 35 astronauts who will fly 'women and minority-group memthe nation’s space shuttles in bers have joined -the astronaut National Aeronautics and Space
Corps. The group of 35 is the lar Administration (NASA) will re
Takeo Ujo Nakano" is an Issei poet who writes mainly tanka the 1980s.
but also some haiku. In 1964 he had the honour of being one of a , The astronaut cf Asian ances gest list of astronauts ever selec port July 1 to Johnson Space
dozen winners of the Imperial Poetry Contest in Japan. He was try is Air Force Capt. Ellison ted and the first group named Center in Houston. They will jo
in 27 astronauts already on fli
the first Canadian winner; He currently resides with his wife in S. Onizuka of Kealakekua, Ha since 1969.
All of the women, two . of ght' status.
waii currently at the Air Force
Scarborough, Ontario.
By HOWARD BENEDICT
By Takeo Ujo Nakano
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(SECTION 8)
THE NEW CANADIAN
It was the morning of August .6, and wd fifteen troublemakers
were to leave Slocan Tor .the Immigration^Building in Vancouver. We
were up before daybreak and: eating a simple breakfast, but even
before’^
it; :two Mounted Policemen appeared and
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
herded us into a . truck. Yet unaccustomed to our new status as
troublemakers, we were annoyed by the severe attitude of the
bounties J For the first time in my life, I had a doubly miserable
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1978
TORONTO, ONTARIO
status: I was a national of the country which was at war with the Vol. 42 — 12
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country of my residence, and I was soon- to be a prisoner.'
Under the watchful- eyes of the - Mounties ; Who followed us
closely in' their'caV
truck sped through the darkness. It shook
us- up as'it travelled over a rough road along a narrow mountain
ledge. Several times I thought that we would momentarily drop off
a cliff. My whole body shrank with fear. I was much relieved when
in well under an hour, we arrived at Nelson, The train was at the
station. We fifteen were led into ^specially designated car. . >
Not for a moment did either of the Mounties relax his vigilant
broke
eyes. This made the atmosphere decidedly menacing. Thinking that ' ‘NEW WESTMINSTER — A : the only casualty in the hostage and David Bennett
our liberty was restrained to this extent, even granting that we Japanese Canadian = guard at the taking event, suffered a severed through a glass partition in the
were under police guardj I could not help but feel deeply disvisiting area hear the prison’s
British Columbia Penitentiary,' jugular vein.
contended.
_
The incident began Jan. 28 main entrance and seized host
I realized the excited state of my mind and struggled to calm Mr. Roy Yasuda, 32, was stabbed
Andrew ages, two of whom were fellow
myself. But it was useless.. We could not get to Vancouver without twice in the throat and twice in when live prisoners again passing through’Greenwood where Yukie and Toshimi were. the side during an unsuccessful Bruce, Steven Albert Hall, prisoners. Police said it was an
And the brevity of the joy would again make it painful.
escape bid recently. Mr. Yasuda, Richard Wright, Ralph Baumer escape attempt that failed when
; This time the train stopped at Greenwood for only: one minute.
the guard locked a door that seal
At any rate my status had changed since T had last Passed through.
ed them in the visitor’s area.
Now a prisoner, I was not allowed to get off the train. Yukie and
When the incident ended, hostToshimi were there, looking tearful and waving their handkerchiefs
ages . Betsy Wood, 47, of North
at me. It all happened too quickly for us to exchange any words.
TOKYO. — Tamae Onoda, mo nc>w lives on a 1500-acre ra^ch
Since it was a certainty that from the Immigration Building I would
Vancouver and Heather Gay
hear San Paulo. •
then
of
Hiroo
Onoda,
the
form
be sent on to prison at Angler, Ontario, H _ reasoned that nt was
When Hiroo returned from the Hoon, 31, of Vancouver were
er
Japanese
Army
lieutenant,
unnecessary to keep any money on me. Besides, Yukie could well
taken into custody and charged
amount, ’naving.
having :n<wi..uu...viiwvc.^
had no choice but to leave almost everything
wj,o emerged from the jungles jungles of Lubang Island on Ma
use any. amount,
_
rch 10, 1974, he brought back with attempted murder and per
with the Custodian'when she was evacuated from Woocttiore. i of the Philippines 30 ^
mitting or assisting escape. They
therefore wrapped what little I had in a handkerchief and th^
end of the World Wa
H, a small sword which Mrs. Onoda
are to appear in provincial court.
to her from the window as the train began to pull away. For as long
o : gave him before he left o r the
died
of
old
age
recently
in
a
—as I could make out the figures of the mother and child, I continued
battlefront. He told him to gu
to wave. Then I slumped down into the seat. Without the energy to kyo hospital. She was 91.
MACARTHUR COUSIN DIES
iMrs. Onoda, whose home was ard it with his life, use it rather
look at the changing scene outside the train window, L remained in
a kind of stupor throughout the night and well , into the next day, in Kainan, Wakayama-ken in so than be captured and bring shame
AT AGE 80; BILLIONAIRE
till I was roused by the arrival at Vancouver.
,
_
uthwestern Japan, took
pride to his family.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—
The immigration Building was- an uninteresting rectangular
acknowledge
She refused to
in her second son, Hiroo, whom ‘
two-story structure: on the outskirts of S® CUy’L° r^RfrS
Billionaire John D. MacArthur—
she said she raised to be an up- two official government announ
the docks of the waterfront, and to the other was the CM.
cements concerning Hiroo’s, death cousin of the late Gen. Douglas
rightous and loyal citizen.
station. In the. early afternoon, we were taken off ^‘‘“ „
MacArthur, the
commander in
escorted toward the building where, close at hand, I saw CanadA former school teacher, she in the Philippines in 1945 and
soldiers for the first time. The shame of the subdued prisons is’ survived by her husband Ta-I 1959. She and her husband repe- chief of the Allied Forces in'the
burned within me when I felt their hard scrutiny We were promptly
Southwest Pacific during World
nejiro
Onoda, 90, and three sor ; atedly prayed at a local shrine
herded into a large room from which we were ^. ®^‘n^*“^
War II—died recently at the age
The former lieutenant, who ma- ; for his safe return,
relieved of whatever we had with us, and then led °
J
of 80.
secondXn The jail consisted of: one large room with only one rried and migrated to
brazil
J.C. Prison Guard Suffers Severed
Jugular Vein During Breakout Attempt
Mother Of WW 2 Holdout Dies At 91
small window. Much to my surprise, there were no furnishings.
The over thirty Japanese inmates who were already there now
recced at the arrival of fellows whom they assumed to share their
qpntiments You see, these inmates were what were known as gam aSS^ribed as rebels aggainst the treatment tony
X S in this time, of war: The Issei gambanya firmly
while awaiting the outcome of an
FRESNO — A year has passed porter in the Fresno Bee.
believed in Japan's eventual victory and ,loo^d.*°™*** ~Jk
The onetime fugitive and com- appeal filed with the First Dis
since
Wendy
Yoshimura
sat
in
an
Government’s enforced compensation to them, the Nissan
trict Court of Appeal.
eXSa^wX protosting such treatment of Canadian
» Oakland courtroom, awaiting ver pansion of Patricia Hearst (they
Today, Yoshimura admits it has
they weie experiencing. These men had actively ^f^ ca^“^ dict of a jury^of eight women and were arrested together in a San
four men in her trial on weapons Francisco apartment in Septem been a long year. But she has
ber 1975 with Symbionese Libera managed to keep busy, teaching
possession charges.
It was also her birthday (Jan. tion Army members William and watercolor painting and drawing
17). The setting this time on her Emily Harris) was convicted at in a Japanese senior citizens cen
35th birthday was quite different the conclusion of a 14-week trial. ter. She takes part in an art and
Charges implicated Yoshimura media workshop in San Francisco.
as she dined with her close
.
due,: to the emotional strain °^rece"t
?^
in the single friends, receiving the well-wishes in a cache of weapons and explo
She took part in three or four
sives
found
in
a
Berkeley
garage.
performances of an Asian Dance
and lav down on the wooden from many of her supporters in
She
was
sentenced
to
one
to
15
' blanket that had been issue
o
And while the iron bars
her trial to gain complete free
Collective group and has held a
years
in
prisondom.
few odd jobs. However, nothing
But thanks to friends who put
“But until an appeal-is decided
permanent.
the tension remains,” wrote Wil up their bank books in leu of
Cont. on Page 2
liam K. Patterson, a staff re- $50,000 bail, Wendy remains free
Cont. on Page 2
‘Wendy Who? Oh Yes, the Patty Hearst Thing” |
• “v^d^^SZ^
^by the
Internment Camp
U.S. Sansei Chosen as Newest Astronaut
test pilot school at Edwaru; Air the black and the Sansei will b
j among 20 mission specialists in Force Base, Calif.
' WASHINGTON. — The L
the new astronaut class. The oti
Onizuka was born in IP
Space Agency chose six women,
- ,
.
her black is one of 15 pilots na
,
\, .
'
,
. of Japanese American parents,
three-black men and-an Asian
med.
American recently to be among
This is the first, time
that
Robert A. Frosch, head of the
the 35 astronauts who will fly 'women and minority-group memthe nation’s space shuttles in bers have joined -the astronaut National Aeronautics and Space
Corps. The group of 35 is the lar Administration (NASA) will re
Takeo Ujo Nakano" is an Issei poet who writes mainly tanka the 1980s.
but also some haiku. In 1964 he had the honour of being one of a , The astronaut cf Asian ances gest list of astronauts ever selec port July 1 to Johnson Space
dozen winners of the Imperial Poetry Contest in Japan. He was try is Air Force Capt. Ellison ted and the first group named Center in Houston. They will jo
in 27 astronauts already on fli
the first Canadian winner; He currently resides with his wife in S. Onizuka of Kealakekua, Ha since 1969.
All of the women, two . of ght' status.
waii currently at the Air Force
Scarborough, Ontario.
By HOWARD BENEDICT
By Takeo Ujo Nakano
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'
(SECTION 8)
THE NEW CANADIAN
It was the morning of August .6, and wd fifteen troublemakers
were to leave Slocan Tor .the Immigration^Building in Vancouver. We
were up before daybreak and: eating a simple breakfast, but even
before’^
it; :two Mounted Policemen appeared and
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
herded us into a . truck. Yet unaccustomed to our new status as
troublemakers, we were annoyed by the severe attitude of the
bounties J For the first time in my life, I had a doubly miserable
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1978
TORONTO, ONTARIO
status: I was a national of the country which was at war with the Vol. 42 — 12
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country of my residence, and I was soon- to be a prisoner.'
Under the watchful- eyes of the - Mounties ; Who followed us
closely in' their'caV
truck sped through the darkness. It shook
us- up as'it travelled over a rough road along a narrow mountain
ledge. Several times I thought that we would momentarily drop off
a cliff. My whole body shrank with fear. I was much relieved when
in well under an hour, we arrived at Nelson, The train was at the
station. We fifteen were led into ^specially designated car. . >
Not for a moment did either of the Mounties relax his vigilant
broke
eyes. This made the atmosphere decidedly menacing. Thinking that ' ‘NEW WESTMINSTER — A : the only casualty in the hostage and David Bennett
our liberty was restrained to this extent, even granting that we Japanese Canadian = guard at the taking event, suffered a severed through a glass partition in the
were under police guardj I could not help but feel deeply disvisiting area hear the prison’s
British Columbia Penitentiary,' jugular vein.
contended.
_
The incident began Jan. 28 main entrance and seized host
I realized the excited state of my mind and struggled to calm Mr. Roy Yasuda, 32, was stabbed
Andrew ages, two of whom were fellow
myself. But it was useless.. We could not get to Vancouver without twice in the throat and twice in when live prisoners again passing through’Greenwood where Yukie and Toshimi were. the side during an unsuccessful Bruce, Steven Albert Hall, prisoners. Police said it was an
And the brevity of the joy would again make it painful.
escape bid recently. Mr. Yasuda, Richard Wright, Ralph Baumer escape attempt that failed when
; This time the train stopped at Greenwood for only: one minute.
the guard locked a door that seal
At any rate my status had changed since T had last Passed through.
ed them in the visitor’s area.
Now a prisoner, I was not allowed to get off the train. Yukie and
When the incident ended, hostToshimi were there, looking tearful and waving their handkerchiefs
ages . Betsy Wood, 47, of North
at me. It all happened too quickly for us to exchange any words.
TOKYO. — Tamae Onoda, mo nc>w lives on a 1500-acre ra^ch
Since it was a certainty that from the Immigration Building I would
Vancouver and Heather Gay
hear San Paulo. •
then
of
Hiroo
Onoda,
the
form
be sent on to prison at Angler, Ontario, H _ reasoned that nt was
When Hiroo returned from the Hoon, 31, of Vancouver were
er
Japanese
Army
lieutenant,
unnecessary to keep any money on me. Besides, Yukie could well
taken into custody and charged
amount, ’naving.
having :n<wi..uu...viiwvc.^
had no choice but to leave almost everything
wj,o emerged from the jungles jungles of Lubang Island on Ma
use any. amount,
_
rch 10, 1974, he brought back with attempted murder and per
with the Custodian'when she was evacuated from Woocttiore. i of the Philippines 30 ^
mitting or assisting escape. They
therefore wrapped what little I had in a handkerchief and th^
end of the World Wa
H, a small sword which Mrs. Onoda
are to appear in provincial court.
to her from the window as the train began to pull away. For as long
o : gave him before he left o r the
died
of
old
age
recently
in
a
—as I could make out the figures of the mother and child, I continued
battlefront. He told him to gu
to wave. Then I slumped down into the seat. Without the energy to kyo hospital. She was 91.
MACARTHUR COUSIN DIES
iMrs. Onoda, whose home was ard it with his life, use it rather
look at the changing scene outside the train window, L remained in
a kind of stupor throughout the night and well , into the next day, in Kainan, Wakayama-ken in so than be captured and bring shame
AT AGE 80; BILLIONAIRE
till I was roused by the arrival at Vancouver.
,
_
uthwestern Japan, took
pride to his family.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—
The immigration Building was- an uninteresting rectangular
acknowledge
She refused to
in her second son, Hiroo, whom ‘
two-story structure: on the outskirts of S® CUy’L° r^RfrS
Billionaire John D. MacArthur—
she said she raised to be an up- two official government announ
the docks of the waterfront, and to the other was the CM.
cements concerning Hiroo’s, death cousin of the late Gen. Douglas
rightous and loyal citizen.
station. In the. early afternoon, we were taken off ^‘‘“ „
MacArthur, the
commander in
escorted toward the building where, close at hand, I saw CanadA former school teacher, she in the Philippines in 1945 and
soldiers for the first time. The shame of the subdued prisons is’ survived by her husband Ta-I 1959. She and her husband repe- chief of the Allied Forces in'the
burned within me when I felt their hard scrutiny We were promptly
Southwest Pacific during World
nejiro
Onoda, 90, and three sor ; atedly prayed at a local shrine
herded into a large room from which we were ^. ®^‘n^*“^
War II—died recently at the age
The former lieutenant, who ma- ; for his safe return,
relieved of whatever we had with us, and then led °
J
of 80.
secondXn The jail consisted of: one large room with only one rried and migrated to
brazil
J.C. Prison Guard Suffers Severed
Jugular Vein During Breakout Attempt
Mother Of WW 2 Holdout Dies At 91
small window. Much to my surprise, there were no furnishings.
The over thirty Japanese inmates who were already there now
recced at the arrival of fellows whom they assumed to share their
qpntiments You see, these inmates were what were known as gam aSS^ribed as rebels aggainst the treatment tony
X S in this time, of war: The Issei gambanya firmly
while awaiting the outcome of an
FRESNO — A year has passed porter in the Fresno Bee.
believed in Japan's eventual victory and ,loo^d.*°™*** ~Jk
The onetime fugitive and com- appeal filed with the First Dis
since
Wendy
Yoshimura
sat
in
an
Government’s enforced compensation to them, the Nissan
trict Court of Appeal.
eXSa^wX protosting such treatment of Canadian
» Oakland courtroom, awaiting ver pansion of Patricia Hearst (they
Today, Yoshimura admits it has
they weie experiencing. These men had actively ^f^ ca^“^ dict of a jury^of eight women and were arrested together in a San
four men in her trial on weapons Francisco apartment in Septem been a long year. But she has
ber 1975 with Symbionese Libera managed to keep busy, teaching
possession charges.
It was also her birthday (Jan. tion Army members William and watercolor painting and drawing
17). The setting this time on her Emily Harris) was convicted at in a Japanese senior citizens cen
35th birthday was quite different the conclusion of a 14-week trial. ter. She takes part in an art and
Charges implicated Yoshimura media workshop in San Francisco.
as she dined with her close
.
due,: to the emotional strain °^rece"t
?^
in the single friends, receiving the well-wishes in a cache of weapons and explo
She took part in three or four
sives
found
in
a
Berkeley
garage.
performances of an Asian Dance
and lav down on the wooden from many of her supporters in
She
was
sentenced
to
one
to
15
' blanket that had been issue
o
And while the iron bars
her trial to gain complete free
Collective group and has held a
years
in
prisondom.
few odd jobs. However, nothing
But thanks to friends who put
“But until an appeal-is decided
permanent.
the tension remains,” wrote Wil up their bank books in leu of
Cont. on Page 2
liam K. Patterson, a staff re- $50,000 bail, Wendy remains free
Cont. on Page 2
‘Wendy Who? Oh Yes, the Patty Hearst Thing” |
• “v^d^^SZ^
^by the
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day and felt my confidence being gradually undermined. Indeed, ’ those circumstances, with my liberty gone and my predominant
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there was precious little to raise our spirits. Neither a; letter from mood dejection, I found little inspiration in a beautiful woman.
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my wife nor even a newspaper reached me. And of course there had
The Immigration Building was set high on concrete pillars on
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been no communication from my family in Japan since Pearl the side which, protruded over the water. On a quiet night I could
and Canada Federation
Harbour, sb the larger outside'world was for me shrouded in com hear the splashing of the waves against the rocky shore, the .'sound'
plete darkness. On clear days, to refresh our feelings, we.took turns coming up as though through the floorboards. ’The occasional
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standing* before the window to gaze at the outside and to breathe plaintive, cry of a plover sent a fleeting sorrow through ,me. Often
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deeply of the fresh air. What a luxury, since with many of us in the silent night was disrupted by the banging of freight cars being
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cramped quarters, the atmosphere was always stale. And we were linked together on the rails below us. Each time there was a tre
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confined day and night and not once let out for fresh air- and mendous noise and a. violent vibration. Broken sleep was a nightly
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exercise.
To be able to look up and see even this small square of blue
The boredom of day upon day of inactivity was broken once or
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sky made me happy. And stepping right up to the window, I had twice by the appearance'of two or three wives of gambariya. Their
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access to a view of sorts. Below me I could see the dozens of rails husbands were hiding out in Vancouver resisting relocation, and
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and the freight yards of the C.P^R. Beyond these were the dirty therefore could not appear themselves. The women came to encour-•
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backstreetsj?f an area of factories. In the distance were just visible age their-husbands’ fellow gambariya, imprisoned in the Immigra
$9.00 for Six Months
some city sidewalks where we occasionally spotted young women tion Building jail. Thinking* that- the inmates might be weakening
passing* by. And the inmates seized upon this diversion to combat under the poor t conditions , of confinement, these wives came to
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boredom. One or two would stand at the window and describe a encourage them to persist in their resistance. They waved white
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passing beauty in vivid terms, teasing the others who /scrambled handkerchiefs to attract our attention and shouted loudly in unison
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forward to - have a glimpse. Invariably they got there too late. from a. safe ( distance. /The message was always that the gmbariya
Sometimes I' would be standing at the window when-a young wom^ir.,s)lo^],j-1.emajn.;fjrJ]j<^
the chant was only faintly, audible-.
passed by? And the 'sight did appeal to‘my sentimentality. But in But the sight of these women was heartening, if only because it
served to assure us that we were not entirely, forgotten by the
outside world. iSopn the Canadian soldiers patrolling the building
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grounds spotted the women and chased them away. They scattered
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quickly, bub .not’ dejectedly. Yet I felt sorry-for them, thinking that TRAVEL^SE^^
want'to
get
involved.
I
would
love
“The problem has been my
les rep., and” clerk / typist: with
they did not, after all, accomplish much.
,
name,” she said, in an interview. to find an art-related job that,
Perhaps spurred on. by one of.,these appearances, however, an knowledge of- Japanese: language.
“Few people today recognize- me paid a salary.”
especially die-hard gambariya who had once been a Japanese soldier, No experience necessary. Will te
because I have changed my hair ’ Dennis Riordan, a. court-appoint one ' day said, “It will- be Japanese army style in the. Angler ach all phases of ticketing^ pack
age, holidays, etc. Good starting _
style. But even though employ ed public defender, said the trial prisoner-of-war camp: All the inmates will have, their hair closely salary and a chance for advance
cropped. We must do likewise, in preparation for our imprisonment.’1
ers find; me capable, they don’t record was prepared for the court
He reasoned-that this would - incite the Japanese militaristic spirit’ ment. Call 869-1291 (Toronto).
this- summery but was ordered His clamourous insistencce could not be quelled otherwise than by
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augmented; compliance.. So each of us, even the teenager,’ had his hair cropped,
children, light house-keeping, own
: ’ “We could file,an opening brief very short. Imagine our surprise and chagrin when we reached
room with T.V. Live .in. Phone
. by late spring,’” Riordan told the Angler and found’that not one of the eight hundred prisoners had.a
closely cropped head!
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Fresno Bee. He speculated it wilt
On nights'when sleep would not come, I invariably went over
be another year before the appea’ the failed negotiations at Slocan. Up to this point in my life, I had
court will hear the arguments.
not thought much of the so-called fate that people often talked
In all likelihood, Riordan added about. But in the course of recent events I had.learned that in this
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world of reality, fate was indeed at work. I wanted to pursue my'
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thoughts on this and related matters in discussion with some con
eiaed by the state Supreme Court fidant. I had no one, however, with whom I could talk heart-to-hear t
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Strong support, based on con Even my young friend was no longer of our group. Fuku had no
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family. living, in a ghost town, so he had quietly gone to .Slocan
cern for a fair trial for Miss-Yo
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Past events and current worries crowded into my troubled mind. =1
shimura, was expressed by mem was anxious about the safety , of my parents, siblings, and oth:-?
hers of the Japanese American relatives in Japan, and felt the impotence of being unable to dr
community when the Wendy Yo anything about them. I could only sit and hope for the speedy
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shimura- Fair Trial Committee return of peace. .
The army was in charge of supplying. our meals. The menu
Fresno,
raise
organized in
were the same each day: -Breakfast was two pieces of toast, lune
$25,000 to post bail and win her was a plain dry sandwich, and supper was beef stew and a slice o .
freedom during the trial.
bread. One cup of tea was served with each meal. The food wa'
When the . judg*e reduced the unappetizing, yet it did matter’that we got: so little of .it. Perhap
bail from $100,000 to $25,000, Yo the meagre portion were in consideration of our lack of exercise. O:
was it a scheme to teach the intransigent a lesson ?
.
shimura wept, and pledged to
One evening after'dinner, a large parcel appeared at the jai“honor the trust placed in me”.’by
room door. .Several voices announced, its arrival. We who had bee,
the jurist arid the community. '
lying about on' the floor, resting or engaged in conversation
The bail was increased to jumped up and gathered around the parcel, smiling in anticipation
$50,000 by the judge, followering as several meh began-to open it. As soon as the seal was broken,
tasty aroma announced what was in store for us— a fine Japanese
her sentences, but again 21 per
spread. Soon, like eager children, we were feasting oh rice cakes
sons turned over their bank books and a fish, cake and mixed vegetables. You can imagine my delight
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five months earlier. This treat, in . such wretched circumstances,
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brought tears of happiness to my eyes. Others’ cheeks too, I
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noticed, were moist. I felt a barrage of mixed emotions — gratitude,
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nostalgia, regret, delight. We owed this kindness to a Mrs; Kawa
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moto, as we later discovered. She and her husband had run a
Japanese bakery in Vancouver. But now he, a gambariya, was at •
Angler. In the scenario, of unhappiness of those war years, this
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occasion' stands out ?as an unforgettably beautiful one.
In retrospect, I am rather thankful for my experience of jail.
Why? Because then Was I able to make contact with something
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previously unknown to me— the human being stripped of all that .
determines his positive self-image. I had-a-taste of the lowest point
of human existence, the powerlessness and the shame. For a man to
discover hi s~ limitations is not an easy thing. But the lesson is an
important one. And with this discovery I was able, for the, first
time, to empathize with people who lived life at the rock bottom;__
Income Tax Reduction
Thus for some three weeks we experienced the utter boredom
Retirement Income;
of a generally uneventful existence. We wondered when our removal
Family Protection
orders-would come. Every day there'was abundant conjecture about
Disability Pay Cheques
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our future confinement. Finally on August 27 we departed for
Mortgage Redemption
MADE TO MEASURE SUITS, SLACKS, SKIRTS
Angler. It was after 7:00 p.m; when the Japanese women and
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GROUP BLAZERS ETC.
children who were still left at Vancouver, gathered at the C.P.R.
station to see us off. In a now sadly familiar scene, colourful hand
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kerchiefs waved, some high, some low, in the darkening twilight.
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“Be careful,” “Gambare,” and sometimes a brave “Banzai,” were
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shouted enthusiastically. And from the midst of this noisy crowd
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milling out, the train slowly pulled away from the platform,
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day and felt my confidence being gradually undermined. Indeed, ’ those circumstances, with my liberty gone and my predominant
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there was precious little to raise our spirits. Neither a; letter from mood dejection, I found little inspiration in a beautiful woman.
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my wife nor even a newspaper reached me. And of course there had
The Immigration Building was set high on concrete pillars on
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been no communication from my family in Japan since Pearl the side which, protruded over the water. On a quiet night I could
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Harbour, sb the larger outside'world was for me shrouded in com hear the splashing of the waves against the rocky shore, the .'sound'
plete darkness. On clear days, to refresh our feelings, we.took turns coming up as though through the floorboards. ’The occasional
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standing* before the window to gaze at the outside and to breathe plaintive, cry of a plover sent a fleeting sorrow through ,me. Often
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deeply of the fresh air. What a luxury, since with many of us in the silent night was disrupted by the banging of freight cars being
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cramped quarters, the atmosphere was always stale. And we were linked together on the rails below us. Each time there was a tre
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confined day and night and not once let out for fresh air- and mendous noise and a. violent vibration. Broken sleep was a nightly
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exercise.
To be able to look up and see even this small square of blue
The boredom of day upon day of inactivity was broken once or
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sky made me happy. And stepping right up to the window, I had twice by the appearance'of two or three wives of gambariya. Their
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access to a view of sorts. Below me I could see the dozens of rails husbands were hiding out in Vancouver resisting relocation, and
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backstreetsj?f an area of factories. In the distance were just visible age their-husbands’ fellow gambariya, imprisoned in the Immigra
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some city sidewalks where we occasionally spotted young women tion Building jail. Thinking* that- the inmates might be weakening
passing* by. And the inmates seized upon this diversion to combat under the poor t conditions , of confinement, these wives came to
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boredom. One or two would stand at the window and describe a encourage them to persist in their resistance. They waved white
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passing beauty in vivid terms, teasing the others who /scrambled handkerchiefs to attract our attention and shouted loudly in unison
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forward to - have a glimpse. Invariably they got there too late. from a. safe ( distance. /The message was always that the gmbariya
Sometimes I' would be standing at the window when-a young wom^ir.,s)lo^],j-1.emajn.;fjrJ]j<^
the chant was only faintly, audible-.
passed by? And the 'sight did appeal to‘my sentimentality. But in But the sight of these women was heartening, if only because it
served to assure us that we were not entirely, forgotten by the
outside world. iSopn the Canadian soldiers patrolling the building
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grounds spotted the women and chased them away. They scattered
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quickly, bub .not’ dejectedly. Yet I felt sorry-for them, thinking that TRAVEL^SE^^
want'to
get
involved.
I
would
love
“The problem has been my
les rep., and” clerk / typist: with
they did not, after all, accomplish much.
,
name,” she said, in an interview. to find an art-related job that,
Perhaps spurred on. by one of.,these appearances, however, an knowledge of- Japanese: language.
“Few people today recognize- me paid a salary.”
especially die-hard gambariya who had once been a Japanese soldier, No experience necessary. Will te
because I have changed my hair ’ Dennis Riordan, a. court-appoint one ' day said, “It will- be Japanese army style in the. Angler ach all phases of ticketing^ pack
age, holidays, etc. Good starting _
style. But even though employ ed public defender, said the trial prisoner-of-war camp: All the inmates will have, their hair closely salary and a chance for advance
cropped. We must do likewise, in preparation for our imprisonment.’1
ers find; me capable, they don’t record was prepared for the court
He reasoned-that this would - incite the Japanese militaristic spirit’ ment. Call 869-1291 (Toronto).
this- summery but was ordered His clamourous insistencce could not be quelled otherwise than by
MOTHER’S ^helper , wanted, 3
augmented; compliance.. So each of us, even the teenager,’ had his hair cropped,
children, light house-keeping, own
: ’ “We could file,an opening brief very short. Imagine our surprise and chagrin when we reached
room with T.V. Live .in. Phone
. by late spring,’” Riordan told the Angler and found’that not one of the eight hundred prisoners had.a
closely cropped head!
449-5469 (Toronto),
Fresno Bee. He speculated it wilt
On nights'when sleep would not come, I invariably went over
be another year before the appea’ the failed negotiations at Slocan. Up to this point in my life, I had
court will hear the arguments.
not thought much of the so-called fate that people often talked
In all likelihood, Riordan added about. But in the course of recent events I had.learned that in this
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world of reality, fate was indeed at work. I wanted to pursue my'
the case may wind up being deKimonos & Accessories
thoughts on this and related matters in discussion with some con
eiaed by the state Supreme Court fidant. I had no one, however, with whom I could talk heart-to-hear t
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family. living, in a ghost town, so he had quietly gone to .Slocan
cern for a fair trial for Miss-Yo
phone 489-8611
Past events and current worries crowded into my troubled mind. =1
shimura, was expressed by mem was anxious about the safety , of my parents, siblings, and oth:-?
hers of the Japanese American relatives in Japan, and felt the impotence of being unable to dr
community when the Wendy Yo anything about them. I could only sit and hope for the speedy
\
shimura- Fair Trial Committee return of peace. .
The army was in charge of supplying. our meals. The menu
Fresno,
raise
organized in
were the same each day: -Breakfast was two pieces of toast, lune
$25,000 to post bail and win her was a plain dry sandwich, and supper was beef stew and a slice o .
freedom during the trial.
bread. One cup of tea was served with each meal. The food wa'
When the . judg*e reduced the unappetizing, yet it did matter’that we got: so little of .it. Perhap
bail from $100,000 to $25,000, Yo the meagre portion were in consideration of our lack of exercise. O:
was it a scheme to teach the intransigent a lesson ?
.
shimura wept, and pledged to
One evening after'dinner, a large parcel appeared at the jai“honor the trust placed in me”.’by
room door. .Several voices announced, its arrival. We who had bee,
the jurist arid the community. '
lying about on' the floor, resting or engaged in conversation
The bail was increased to jumped up and gathered around the parcel, smiling in anticipation
$50,000 by the judge, followering as several meh began-to open it. As soon as the seal was broken,
tasty aroma announced what was in store for us— a fine Japanese
her sentences, but again 21 per
spread. Soon, like eager children, we were feasting oh rice cakes
sons turned over their bank books and a fish, cake and mixed vegetables. You can imagine my delight
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five months earlier. This treat, in . such wretched circumstances,
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brought tears of happiness to my eyes. Others’ cheeks too, I
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noticed, were moist. I felt a barrage of mixed emotions — gratitude,
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nostalgia, regret, delight. We owed this kindness to a Mrs; Kawa
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moto, as we later discovered. She and her husband had run a
Japanese bakery in Vancouver. But now he, a gambariya, was at •
Angler. In the scenario, of unhappiness of those war years, this
1055 MIDLAND AVENUE (Oriole Plaza) SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
occasion' stands out ?as an unforgettably beautiful one.
In retrospect, I am rather thankful for my experience of jail.
Why? Because then Was I able to make contact with something
SALES & SERVICE
previously unknown to me— the human being stripped of all that .
determines his positive self-image. I had-a-taste of the lowest point
of human existence, the powerlessness and the shame. For a man to
discover hi s~ limitations is not an easy thing. But the lesson is an
important one. And with this discovery I was able, for the, first
time, to empathize with people who lived life at the rock bottom;__
Income Tax Reduction
Thus for some three weeks we experienced the utter boredom
Retirement Income;
of a generally uneventful existence. We wondered when our removal
Family Protection
orders-would come. Every day there'was abundant conjecture about
Disability Pay Cheques
CUSTOM SHOP FOR LADIES & MEN’S
our future confinement. Finally on August 27 we departed for
Mortgage Redemption
MADE TO MEASURE SUITS, SLACKS, SKIRTS
Angler. It was after 7:00 p.m; when the Japanese women and
College Tuition Fund
GROUP BLAZERS ETC.
children who were still left at Vancouver, gathered at the C.P.R.
station to see us off. In a now sadly familiar scene, colourful hand
129 SPADINA AVE., 6th FLOOR
kerchiefs waved, some high, some low, in the darkening twilight.
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“Be careful,” “Gambare,” and sometimes a brave “Banzai,” were
OF CANADA
shouted enthusiastically. And from the midst of this noisy crowd
522 UNIVERSITY AVE.
PHONE 368-8472
WALLY H. KAYAMA
milling out, the train slowly pulled away from the platform,
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Nisei out there can come up with
I’m still uncertain how much
a hundred-and-one other pic
of my Nihon-go is “hentai-go”
turesque, and descriptive, corrup
Toronto buddhist church.
. and just how little is actually
tions habitually used by our Issei
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,
Through
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(Speaking of corruption* a few
■SUNDAY, FEB. 19, 1978
early Nihon-go by osmosis — by
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. Sunday School and Worship Service, 2:00 p.m.
’ Tuesday: Prayer and Study Fellowship' 8:00 p.m.
.Friday: Young Peoples Christian Fellowship 8:00 p.m.
Phone contact: Mr. Si. Yokota 425-6128, Mr. H. Yoshida 461-1686.
WILLIAM WALES LTD.
INSURANCE AGENTS
Carlton St. 10th floor
Toronto 2-A, Ont.
Phone 368-4631
(By BILL MARUTANI
(Pacific Citizen)
that context meant “swallow” or
thereby “suffer.”) I’m sure you
Nisei out there can come up with
I’m still uncertain how much
a hundred-and-one other pic
of my Nihon-go is “hentai-go”
turesque, and descriptive, corrup
Toronto buddhist church.
. and just how little is actually
tions habitually used by our Issei
Buy and Sell Your House
918 BATHURST ST., TORONTO
“byojun-go.” Not unlike many
~
~ Telephone: 534-4302
folks.
,
Through
Nisei, I absorbed much. of. my
LADY KUJO’S MEMORIAL
(Speaking of corruption* a few
■SUNDAY, FEB. 19, 1978
early Nihon-go by osmosis — by
' -. :
years ago when Vicki and I check
• ’
- *
'10:30 a.m. Sunday School
'simply
being
around
when
my.
MELL REAL ESTATE LTD.
11:00 a.m. Morning Service
ed into the Pacific Hotel, in Chi
Hiroshima-ken parents : chatted
2:00 p.m. Japanese Service ;
1880 O'CONNOR DRIVE
gasaki, we were met with an ad
with, their' fellow ken-jins. (As
SUITE 505
Rev. T. Moriki (461-6670)
monition b’y^ the. bed just as we
TORONTO, ONT.
parents ourselves, we now know
were about to retire for the even
757-5184
today what big ears those li’l ras
ing. There stood a little sign
cals have;, how much they over
reading: “No .Smorking in. Bed.”
hear and somehow retain. Even
(The thought struck me at that
Custom Picture _
when it appears they aren’t pay
Framing
moment that the Japanese had
ing a whit-of attention.)
v
discovered something I hadn’t
And so it was that I natur heard about.) My comprehension
English Service! & Sunday School
PICTURE FRAMES
ally assumed that a toothache was not particularly sharpened
on Sundays at 16 :30 a.m.
1278 Yonge Stu, Toronto 7, Ont.
was expressed as ‘ha-ga-hashiru/’ when I had noted that in the ad
666 Victoria Park Ave., At Danforth
South of Woodlawn
or a bellyache as “hara-ga- joining alcove there was some
•
Toronto, Ont.
TOKIO NISHIMURA
nigaru'.” Of course, what else? In thing that this lad had never
PHONE 923-6877
all my '.youth I’d never heard seen in all his born days: an oddeither ailment expressed any shape water fountain wh’ch, howother way. And there’s lot'more.
was; so jong that you had
. I distinctly. recall the cultural to be a midget to use it. As I
SELLING AND BUYING OF HOMES
shock that I suffered when, asked slowly assessed the object, for a
OF TORONTO
ARRANGING AND SELLING OF MORTGAGES
how much of something I wish- while I was genuinely puzzled.
PLEASE CALL MITS KURODA
Led, I replied “chibitto” — only to You sophisticates out there know *
R«llto«
G. MANSI REAL ESTATE
be met with a perplexed look. it to be a bee-day' (“bidet”) from I
* FORMAL RENTALSMember of Toronto Real Estate Board and Photo MLS Service
Somewhat irritated. with my in the French culture. (My problem,
Custom Made Suits
2627 EGLINTON AVE. E. 267-1179
Res. 261-2581
& Trousers
quisitor’s ignorance, I patiently however, was that my parents
explained that “chibitto” was the never spoke French.)
opposite of “etto.” And that only
Being a simple country boy had'
served to convert my inquirer’s some other problems for me. in
When Buying Or Selling A Home
puzzlement
into . uncontrolled Japan. I found that the Japanese
Call KEN HORI
laughter, making me feel Tike a are not beyond corrupting the
437 Danfor+h Ave. Toronto
Hiroshima yokel. It was not until language so that let alone my
Tel. 463-8104
some years later that I actually useless Hiroshima-ben, even my
MEMBER OF TORONTO REAL ESTATE BOAEUD *
learned that these words and residue of “liyojun-go” was at
14 Perivale Crw
Phone: 431-9191
phrases were Hiroshima-ben that times of no help. For example, I
Scarborough, Ontario
is
Fl
folks from kens outside of the once saw on a menu something
J
0
Hiroshima are a neither used nor called a “sando.” Now, “sashimi”
understood.
I’ll go for; “sand,” no. (After gril
Our Issei folks had some color ling the Japanese waitress, and
The New Canadian
ful corruptions of English mixed not without some difficulty, I
479 QUEEN ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. M5V 2A9
in with Nihon-go. For example, to finally figured out that “sando”.
SHOP
be fired, to have one’s employ was * short for “eandowee-chi.” .
for which
Please find enclosed $
ment ■ terminated involuntarily, (Even those of you who may not |
0Renew my subscription.
was “go-homuku.” And in those comprehend Hiroshima-ben don’t
733 Danforth Ave.
> year/months
SEnter my new subscription for
Toronto
deep dpression days, that was an need a French dictionary to I
$15.00 per year
ominous financial indictment, not figure out that one.)
Phone Store 463-3426
. $9.00 for 6 Months
Home 469-0293
to mention, the “haji.” (I could
Oh, well it’s these unexpected
NAME (MR. MRS. MISS)
never understand, and still do not little surprises in life that makes
Japanese Food
Deliver Evenings
understand to this day, how “eat
i and Saturdays
ADDRESS
ing (ku) a “go home” came out
as meaning being fired. Although
PROV
CITY
as I now think aboutTt, I would Healthy Body & Mind
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