JCCAR邻orts On The Japanese Canadian Community In British Columbia
VA1^C0UVEに一British Co-lutnbia Jap&nese C在n&di&nswilト riBCi^Uthat Jipproxim冬tely 4,000 Q u est i on 一 res mailed or»
Deijeirvber 5th and 6th. By January 11th, 966 Quest4o加airesh"d be^n aiuwゃred^ Thes祭Questiona-luilres were subsequently Coded onto computer Cards — thー Cards fed iiito & Compy: ter toぜivふa d e to tied breakdown. The il!e«uU^*Tepres€n-ted in detailto the J*CCA IU«e， arch Committee in a 4 Hour Presen—ion on the eve^iing of January 24ゅ.We presentr in this report, a S拜mぉi'y of that Freseutation.
9ぶPurpose of the Survey
a) Toobtaina pictux"きof the Japaゅse Canadiari Community inB.ci.
b) To sQiictreappns^ foi、 a J a-Centre,
c) To solict response forトぉ-panc^e CJanきdiaii Sもnior pi"zena HoT116,.:.:'.:::
9.3 Resiionse To Qu辨tionAirs 966 out of 3ぉ(^uestiQnnaira 'ぉTi&w:ere4 Jimuaryュlth. This is a 2"% Reapimse which is considered Vefy Good when co'mpaied, nbi'malrespoi?se of jonly10% to159^ foi* mailquestion n a ira. Since Januai'y11th,
we have teceived a further120 q u eat ion n airs.
幼.5% ofaHQuestionnairs mailed to Lower Mainland Comm-\mities were an^wereij. 20.4% of ; 汰UQue"ioゅ"rsmゅed to Inte-rdoi,Coiiinninities wereans、ver-
ed，： ？V
9.4 The J邵ariese Ciian 。o-mmumty In B.C.
a) Distri initio no f Housekold みpan幼e. Ca ii一a lis areI'eskling ii、every CO I* Iter of the pr9vincさ w)th thi"き4uarters of the pひpu-まipnゅncentrated in t"he Lower B(Idinl,ndに23LowerMaip画 lAnd Communities andお4 Interior Communはies haveJai)anese '
l)>liurpber of Persons in H6u-sdlold
"the most com"ion'iiuni))erひ:f pei'Sons in a Household is 2,ぉ-ilo、ved by 4 persons' 3 persons,
■■1'person'，：，おpersons ..and': 7... per-, sons.
c) Generations in ^Hou3ehWd HousもhQUiswith bひth 2nd ami 3rd: Generations:a.re. .:t:he. -....mpst: cQmiiton, fol!o、ved by Househol(js wfさh: ;)rd(3enei"ぉ争i only, 2nd Generaticmカn!y，〔1"Generatiori 漁ly,lst/2i、d and 3i"d G，rati-ーjlstsind 2nd Generations, and1st and3rj[レGen今ratioi)き. 4)': N画be.rノゃf-:persons' 65::-years'
nndolderinhousehpld Oveiレゃポor the Households tha"，'er(?(i Did Not have a?)y pei;;j鋒s :55yeaiタ：and. 'oゅh:. O:f ■ the Households that did, 2 persons 55》'6ぉ3 and older were the most common, followed by
Ipprsりn and…persons.
りF^她i1y households Themivjoi'ity of Household a re Faniily Ho もholds. Only a small m'modty(i()り"are Non-F，i-. ■ly. Ho u sell olds... (?.omjK)sed .,:o,f .'.'(ii.t-hir. one 'single person or: thaiv one siひglei)CTsciiはlivitigr
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歡肌a加an
▲n Independent Org on for CanacUcms of Japanese Origin
Vol. XXX謂19
TUESDAY, MARCH12,1974
Toronto, Ont.
Nisei foil Ut ion Fighter， Buck S股uki Earthworm Dropping Used
WamsfraserRiverMayBe翻medもAf^!i!!『inia^
DELTA, B.C. — Unれed Fishermen and Allied Workers,life member T. (Buck) Suzuki has written to the Pollution Control Boar;d in Viotoiia pleading that the Annacis Island sewage treatment pi ant should provide tertiary treatment "and tmdei.加 drcumatancesless thah secondary treatment."
Hisletter was sent pn behaひ of the UFAWU standing committee on envirorimeivt, and marks tl]ie second time the union has enter€<i the fray over Annacis Islaftd.
Op posed tolocation of the sewage treatment.: plant the f，rst place, fisheimen were pro-minent a year ago in thさfight to ensurもthat any. effluent dis-chi^rgedinto the ;^raserRiv，r r€>ceive the highest possible de-
Provincial resourcesゅiister Bob WiUiams annciunced t)€cem-l>er 7,1972h《had instructed tKe, Pollution ControlB6ard to n^ke sure thもt secondary trei-ti^ent facilities were pixsvi^ed at the planV sla，" to begin op一 ーi(ms in1975.
llie decision came on the heels ◊f a. demonstration arid mass
Danger To Jap Democracy Seen
BOSTOl^, — The \Vo"d
Affairs Councilhere w" recently warne"yEdwin O. Rc-schauer that Japan is facing danぉfer to its democracy.
He attribute the crisis to Ja, pan,s toUldependence upon oil from foreign sources, an unbaレ a need society wheie old values cannot operate in a new world* overcrowding, pollution and Ja-IXaM demand that q加Hty of imports be equalto its exports.
•He felt Japan must endや "low posture" and develop policies to make the   nation歸re
saiiing by UF*A\VU members.
Now the spectre of ruined waters and decimated salmon runslooms〗ust as critically once again.
The greater Vancouver Regional Di"rict appealed the ministerial order requiring secondary ti"eastatlent. ajyp幼1has been pending for abひut a year and is due to come up for con-siき&ticm by the !)oUuUotiControl Board, The fact that the Amiacis Isla rid issue was expected to on the agenda when the board met February12 added a fresh dimension of urgency toletters and submissions to the board
Suzゅi,sletter to board chairman B.E. Man' is dated February 4.
Fishetrileft fearihat ai)i"ima-'ry sewage,treatment plant .at vijinacis Island servicing the eastemhaif of. the Greater Vancouver region wouid seriou-slyがe"、vateにqua】iゥin the south arm of the Frasei"， Sぉu-ki DO in is oiit. 、
，'TKe Unit" Fishermen jaiui AUied V/orkers:lJni(M views ちbis ai>— by the GVRD with graveconcern,".thもlゃキtei:st^-tes« "y/e aTc ofゅe opinion that a fuir public hearing regjat"din^ piislatest re quest by <JVRD is absolutelynecessaiy,"
$u;ukiぁpels the theory that the Fraseビs capacity for dilution means th^e^re are nogroimds forfearsィor-human health a ltd fish survivalばwastes ared謂. ped in the river.
Fぉhermen kno",: that 3ue to thelow gnradient in the rWer，s lowest reaches it is subject to great tidalinfluences, he argues. Strong reverselews a re noted for the grreater part of the year as upstream as the
Vedder. River and during periods of reverse flow when tides of14 feet or more, coincide with soii-theasterly winds, waste materi-a Is deposited at the site of the present Gilbert Road 0utf歲U on th« Fn9e?s soもth Arm (rould be
carried upriver. beyon.d the outfall of the proposed Annacis Island plant, he states.
"At certain times of the yto there are periods, when the rレ s^ei.'s' 0uぱlowvolu1ne,at Ne.w Westministerisyeiylittle greater than that of the reverse flow"lume,，， theletter continues. "Consequently", waste materials discharged at the site could take ]Lip tp two day$ to cle-れthe mouth of the river."
Duringsuc】1low flow times when there are prolonged periods of slow — wa:tei'，solids 、vill'settle on the river boはom and a-.Ion:g the. ))anks,
Studies 6f the Fiぉer，s se、ya-ge:: assimilation e6j>acity. .'.ai.き :'h6pelessly out of date," Suzuki b】aims. "Asfar back as19§6 ，he Pollon: Control Board reported that Frasercpntamiim--tion'.—was undesi.rabiy .high. .Sin-— •ce. that'i'epprt.both industゥand population along both bankきhave increased tremendously,le-sulthig^ iri a proportionateincr" -ase111dorne冬tic and. 、industd.a】 waste."
Tho叱h sociceye rehabilitation in the Fraser has beensiicc脚-fu!， pink ai)d bhum纽liiion :have not responded to consferva-tion efiorts, Suzuki noies. The fry of both sp^iesl^ad out ti) s终'during the.- extremelow wa-teT per〖pd onれe frase?.
"Could tれe failuife of these runきoぜsalmon be atiribui^bk to high toxicity in the river a-ffecting. migrant幼!mon fry at certain periods *]?€n the ri， capacity, for dilution Ulowered due to tidalconditions?" Suzu* ]ci asks. に
Costs to ensure clean watw I miat be borne not just by surrounding cities and municipalitr ies, theletter concludes. Equal contributions must be' assumed by both fedeial and provincial governments.
"No half safe plan of sewage treatment as advocated by the GVRD is goo<I enough."
hwom' rna.y'help dispose, of waste pulp sludgeぱexpeiiments (?arried out bya pu.lp'.cひinp印y in ..this ，estern Japan .city aire successful:'..■ ■
Kohjin Kenzai' Kokyo Co. said it is conducting 'research to use.earjthworm.to help in' the disposalof waste pi?lp sludge, also, to use 'e"arth.worm 'droppings /as fertUi.zer .'and ■ earthworms aS"■.live'., bait for anglei's'.,and as feed for.、eels and carp.
KohjiHi...'which:reported': spending 120 million yen or多400，000 jmnu.ally to bvi;rn waste pulp t'o prevent, p.ol!ution,ノ幼i.d .prospects -.looking promising.
Kohjin said it found that farm cult iva ting eart Worms for angling bait、'wさi.もbeinぉfed caれ〗も. 、vasもe' mixed 、vitlv. .fibrous, m&tt" eps: si^ch —as wゅte.pap'er.
The compapy said it began the experimentslast autunin and .diS!covered that each. eai'thwQrm consumes daily s她e 9.5 grams of ingredients, thea脂unt equal to its \veigl>t.It siIs o di Sjcovered that earthworm如oppings 'ai'も. eぉy to recover.
Kohjin .bolight 200，, earthヽv9rms from A bait, cultivatingィai'ni..in Okaya-ma-ken, southwestern' :J,apan，, and increased Us stock to 300,-000. '
Kohjin said. it. ho pes to incre-. ase the number .of .earthworms from 300 million to 4Q0mi】lion eaHh、vorm.s: in thiでe years to get rid of .80 tons, of waste.dis，, chai'ged.by its'pulp plants, daily.'
The earthwornv.droppings will be,.u'sed .as fertilizer,'Kohjin. said,: and' eventually, th.e earthwor, ms as fish' .b'ait.
Jpnz. Discover Ancient Shrine Site In Egypt
TQKYO. — Japaueseaithae-ologists have discovered a 3500-yeai'。ld stairway beUeved to be a..part, .of —a shrine in a south Egyptian hil!, Toky(^，s Waseda Univ, announced.
Pi'of*' -.Yoshibumi' Hirata, cha-irma—n —of, thei'.かぉeda，S Commi-.
ttee foi* Anpient Egyptian Studi， Kohjin said si nee cattle waste es, idd the stairway has carvin-is (Ufむcult toac4uire inlarge gs of boW-S and peopIewHh Uie-quantities and there is the pos-: ir hands "imd behind th.eirba-sib"ity of polhiBonダれrecently: ks. He said it hiusもbe ion g to
c'onducti^ tests and sまeeded - in developing a compound ■ chemical feed-tp- enable thき.n)'ass. :bfeejd-:ing of earthwcirm.s.'
Sate lite Launch
狄cess
UCHINOURA. — Japanlifted £^124.pound tぉt satellite in]to earth drbit recently "broad a newly developed three-stage rockets
The satelite, the fifth Japan haslaunched since February19-70, made its first orbit of the earth in two hours, 40 mimitex.
the18th dynasty of ancient E-gyp"an . mpnarch..
"We alsp found two m卿mレ alii gators inへthe samehil!. \Ve might as wellthfnk that the hillwas aきhrine 6f alligators. They were holy foi. "dentE-ゅptians，" Hirata s"d.
W ase da has be«i study hig the area some 380加ilぉsouth of Ca;ro since1971. :
Japein Auto Prices Rise Aaain
HIROSHIMA. — Toyo Kogu-o, the thirdlargest Japanese a-The mission was designed ma- utomobile maker, announced re-
inly to test the 68-foot, 41%-ton MU3C10eke" which willbe used in1975 to launch a spa"
cently an average price markup of10 per cent (about 78,000 yen) for alltypes of iU vehicles. '