刚沐附ice Girl Be comes U鹏鹏赠Member Of揚
Jly NICHOLAS LILL IT OS
WAiifiAW,ゅl&nd. 一 When fair-hairtd fiarWa Koiaroriek, an atti、aciive Polish office gii.レ purdiwed ft ticket to see Japanese a;vant维de thea"r, $he wa« quite prepared to、vはness something unusual.
ぉut bythei"metheゃerんト m,nce丁got; -ping, 21-year old Barbara says, she was :pひsUivelシ Shocked::
ripped off, :.her. troiujei's. wきre torti,bira sti邓bi'ok印andもody bruised, ?iccoi"(iing: to(iourt tesぉm()ny.No]body in化e audience bQihei.ed to an&wer her :8cmim3: .:fQr: ,help ,.:be<;ause tliey .thought .it'wfi's'part: of the :shoヽv,. witnesses said. The^. :an'd .oゅer;, .allegations
that & member of the Japanese cast physically attacked Miss Ko?&Tonek have been mゅbe-foreaW效i'3awcoiirt.
The Wゅly umisuai ease in this Communist capitalhas gener站ed ctmsiderable inter eat in the Polish piess,
:.Mi.ss'ーK.o幼rOtiek':、is claiming' 10,000 zlotys, about $500, moral dan、ag;es in a Mvilsuit against the "RozmaitostM" War^w Theatei' and the play,s organiz-
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Al)seれt fiom. theheきringsお the giri,saHeぉed attacker, Althoリgh not iiai^ied, he has sill.ce.-.left Poland: "sVith the .Ja'pa-' ne$e :compstny iーiitぱied in :cOiu't asTenjo Sajild Troupe of Tokyo.
•Witnes'ses '.have :.tesU;ned.:.the.' '.entire play- wa3'heht' in: darkne'ss,
tんr flaslie a of a spotlight fmd the bui"Mg of match" aud
The Ja»panesfi actors, the court was "Id, jumped s"eral time« .'from the. stage..to 'nm- up'.' aud down the aisles.
One? of them approached Miss 1'Koa^ronek,,: witnesses .allo^.ejid ,'bega"n.-te&ring 'off .her. ':clひthe5.: Thさincident:lasted aぉout five minutes.
■..■:tJounSe.l:fov .Miss ..:.Kozai'onek' )i&ve,pi'9dticed medical certifi, cates stating that she suffej:edi ぉ"ses. iand .extreme, .shock;
■'.■■■'.No one: wai sure 'of the'attack' er,s identity because the actors wo re masks in. the darkness. The police were &ppai'ently not informed.
G i yi nぎ.evidence, .Barbaraヌ.etel-
man, 22, a frien'(l .of 'the pliiinUff,. said: "The mtm 、vliio aもtacHed my fi'ミendザas per haps drugged. I, myself, 、va$i>ai'alyzed WUl) ズe^at and I asked people in the neighboring seats to help."
■■"They ..told '-n、e- nof :to '.worry:' U .was .pr'obab■!)'.■■■•■:_pilaimed.... that way. A no thれman said rtiy 'fi,iend :wa:s.-piゃbal)ly' mi:a"r(^き3, rr'gue.st::'pei'foi'mh、gノ as: fv:victim■ ofゎsaiUt.
('The Japanese メctQr toreカfぇ hevi)uUoverap(jlきn ista、ted .pulling: pff hbi'.bra,■■ He,.broke 'th.e sti'aj>s and silso.'it ore」hei'trousers:.: She '.t.dcd'-to::defQnd herselfトbut' ■it .、vas -'noぃeasy."
Asked byゅejudge to describe 1k>、V thもincident ended' Miss
Zetelman. sa:id:.
"AfterMissKozaronek ,s
piii'tialljr unth'essed, they put the
a'rlist: :,came,' —d'; so»methin|{^' :to the attacker who then weitt away. Welefいthさtheater hiUl at The plaintiff 、vaS
sobbing, shoeice
"W«? weiyt to the director, He gave hei* some p(Us. After so me time,itookhei'home."
.ー:;The:,dii'ect;01..:'of th.e 'th:ea",, Andrzie〗Jafeck" Said )ie paid MissKozarcmek severalhundred
■■zlo.tys..':for. the乂de"ミtrbye^', ':':g:ar-: ments.' but' 'denicにn)on]ir.'i'espon.-: s;ふUity.
"Why should webeケegarぉd ■as ..i'es.porisible." :Jare.dd. )sked .tli:e coiu、し'"We,"weiせpoliteIU)' 'th6 .piaiれtiff,' 、ve.,1'ヌed to.:ぉive hei_、satisfacUon by apologizing and coVeHng tl^e waterialloss.'.
Clanadian
An In <dependent Org on for Canadians of J邻加else Origin
Vol. XXXV川17
TUESDAY, "MARCH 5, W4
■Tcironto, .Ont,
R邻ortOn An Asian tourney
By.BillHosoka、va
RETORTひN AN ASIAN JOURNEY. — A few weeks ago the "Washi ngt on P(ys t published alengthy rep oilby DひnOberdoi.fer, 汰s higtWy c:apable Tokyo con'osi)(indent, who wasoue of fiv^ non, Japanese newspapermen to eo\^er Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka,s tou'rofS<mthea$t'Asia in J^rmary. 0ber(U)rfeビs observations should .:be ..of .more .than, 'passing i.ntere^st. to those, who. are concern.^&d.about Japan's-deteriorating eternal image and the possible 'effもc.t:はmay have on Japanese, A mo ri cans.
:tWberdorfer' beg$n. his report' with .a'personal.experience hi Indcmesia. He had beさn、v&t^;hing an angry mob "f youths tせa"ng down siゅs. advertising. Japane$;e.produots when .he w.お..suddenly 一 accosted. A youi?g man deman(ief3[ to kn?w what Oberdoifer was doinぉ."I'm a joim、alist from the United' States, Amei'ica,,'Obe;r-dひrfw rep)ied. The tension ebbed. "America okay,"grmnedthe young men in the circle around Oberdoi:fer. They addedや化h fire in ihdi"幼es, "Japぉmi、good, Japan no good."
"liowsti幼gさly/thd、vonls falluponthg e拜rs of one who has becomeaccustomed to protests ag"ainst the United States," Ober-dQrf欲writes. AIt ho ugh pbeidoばer isblack-haired, no one 、vould -mistake him—for a—Japanese~that Obertjorfer— had—to— explain—that iie is anAnie?4can.Ho、v muchsucceiss、vouldきNiseii)ewゅaper-man have hadぱhehadbeゅin Oberdひrfei,s shoes?
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More to the point, however, is Oberdo"ci',s repovもo,ithe Japanese.faillire to win friendsaiid influence people inSouthe?ist リ、sia. Iii Kuafe: Ltimpur a Mii!aysian told Oberdorfer about the J^panesVbiisms&men inthatcoimtiy:. "There is a box aiourni them, an invぉible wallt)bat only otfKei,Japanese caripenetrate."Ober-dorfer writesi: *'He was sミはingゃver cmdieSsぐups of coffee in a hotel辦UUiriant, musing ovet the arrival.und dきpartu re oifthie Jaj)an"e press corps at a: poo.l-side hmch^n given by》Ialaysia. Ne孰rly aU theJiiparlese newsmen came stiffly wearing coats and li—• Thれfiled in (ogether, sat together apjilefttogゃther on th?ir bus. M&lay^ians were not invited to th e dinner given "the v】'si ting press by the Japanese embassy (localpeop;e rarely were, anywhere along theway). To ma?ly, the Japanese seもn;ied not only foreijrn but alien, mysterious and g6werfリレ
"Intリs toast at the slot edi nnci for Tanaka,1、ri me Minister Tun AbdulRw^^ broache<i the problem tactfully yet unmistaka-biy. He said, 'We welcome the participation of Japanese business and induatrial interests in the ecimomiclぱe,of this country. We wouldlike to welcome them not as 、Hrangers but as friends, who willf€«lfre€ to nr:3t and move among us. We 、vou!dlike to seo them not as an alien or ':sola"d group in our midst but as part of the generalcommunity.-.,,
In JakarU, Oberdorfer talked to a Japanese businessman "holamented: "We Jまp幼ese have troubles wherever we go — in "urope, Am*ric* or in Asia." Oberdoゴer,s observaUon is: "Part :f the 'diflfcwHy " insular mentality which seems not to copト
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Prized Jpnzに Puppet k Sto!柳In
NEW YORK. — Threepup, pets, designated nationaltreasures by the Japanese goVem, ment,、veie stole^iミn New Yort recently from Japan,きAwaj'i puppet group.
PoUcまsaid the pupi^ets, among 14 ]used。 by the gfoi?p on a twゎ-tno nth U.S. tom', were discovei'-eii missing ,6in a charter bvjs used to transport the14-membet .troupe and Hs.equipmept...
,'.j|L spokesitian..sai.d s'hort!y before the tlieft y?as discovered, the., bus .iiきd :been. involved, in a ffil顾ーco〗Usぉi1 witlv- a~cal?~匿in East Harlemヌnd vva;s】eft unoccupied foT* al)o\it 30 nvinlites by Uie dii命,whi!e h6 filed an accident; r印ort- w"h police, :.T'he : driver -:t.Jieni、- returned toi the? bus and picked up the troupe at Carnegie Hall/where they had given—a demonstration that did no、 involve use or the puppets.
にャhe theft was discovered a short timelajter.
The missing piipーs indu(|ed a IVnn' f oot highもほck horse apd two Japanesさcharacters eafお thre^-footぉgh加d tyithout heads, which were,'stored -ih a き,rate box.
.Toru.-Kanazaw&, —generalmanager of a travelagency that booked the U,s. tonr,幼id the puppets were insured for冬1000 each. The group has offered a rew'aid for their relum "with no q.uestions asked," he said.
Also missing along with the puppets, packed in two 75-pound crateSj. were four masks and costumes us^ by the troupe.
The members conclude their U.S. tour with a performance in Honolu:u on >far. 31.
Radio Blurb Gets J邻抓ese American Group Angry
、SAN FRANCISCO. — A radio commercial.no、v cm'.the: Northern' Calぱ,airwaves has received :sharp cHticぉnifrom the Na-' tion'al.Headquarters' of the J a-: panese Anierican. Citizens League. -
■"We, ai'e. asking Bay, 'Area radio .stations to refuse .air'tinie to this, offensive commercial'spot, and .strongly urging:' ./Chiyskr Plymouth C.orporta'ti'on and. YoungんR.ubicam, Inc., creatoi's ひf the 'commercial,, to. withdraw it from furtlier .cii"CulatioTi,": if. ■was. announeed by'..David Uさhio,. Nf^tionialExecutive Director of J ACL
■-The— .commercialutilizes, :the. voite of .a- man: speaking- Englぉh with a—"contriv.ed an_d exag:gerat--• Japanese accen仁"Ushio said, As」he』arratftr mints加t the supei"ior value of the Plymouth Duster over some or the small Ja"nぉe' imik>rtv hisャoice' tぉnsfdrms into adeeper; uftac-cent6d ;^^merican one.
"I an、,personally appalled by thゅ.-Jfact that two organizajtions of then)紹nitude of the Chrysler Corpora'iio?v .an.d Young' Rubi-cam, Inc. would condone the d^icule of eUmic characferistits in the interest of secur:'ng saleV
Ushiひ'said.
The JACI^ national offices have .receivedみnumb" of calls andletters 'frひTn individuals, expressing' their indignation'.and' outrage at the commerci&】.
"The dangers of racial stereo-typing-are wellk n own. to'Ja pan-.. ese' Americans.. It.was .tJhe perpe-tration of this very type of adverse fmd inaccbr在te portrayals that helped to imprison110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in -Anierica':during".ノWorld Wぉr II," ■Ushio pointed (iuし■ ■ :.In 'a,,もt-ter to the'offices-'.oJT. Young & Rubicara; Ushio wrote jiipartに
".•.What niayp^ssashumoi: t6 some, cuts deepily/and:.pa.in… fully to others. This is th, category :int:o .which, we :f兮ei. your commercialfalls. One who is siensitiveto the^long histoty ojf— ..prejudice —an4 ..discrimination suffered by'fhe Japanese ripanき、vou,d un^ぉtand the in<3ignant response."
JACIr is a natioれdlhuman righぉami educatioiialorg&niza-tiQ'n headquartered'in'Sanl^raix-cisco, In the 40 years sihce the organizaiionぉegan, it has grown to include 96 chapters inゆ stateさ.The present national ,rnbership totals almost 30,維.
K. Nctkcmiurci Show At AAdL加きhHn
TORONTO, — The Robert McLauglilin Gallきry is piresentin多 r> n)ajoi"exhibUibnof the art of Kazuo Nれamura froih April2na to 28tぉ;1974,
The exhibition consists of 58 paii^ings covering all ph^ises of Xakamura's w)rk from1951to1974 with emphasis on hia most recent series involving concepts of space, time and motion.
The exhibはionopens in Oshawa on Tuesday evening, April 2nd at 8.30 p且It has been organized by Kay Woods and willb€ circulated fひr a year by the Robert McLaughlin Galle 17, g^)in豕to Montreal,London, Halifax, St^ Catharines幼d Kingston.
This h,rlai、t presentation of KazuひN'akamura,s work should be of inter«t to the viewing public. We wish to extend to you an invitaticm to "tend the opening on Apr" 2nd.