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testofョyl^ーー andひnething一
一St ho Is to have to test 3y-
soーfョfit of other pspーe、
ュe9aid toョe: "ニike to
Work豕ーthpe6pーe tuit when
yougp ーnto the unknown ーt is
better only to have to trust
ズoursoーf.ーknowmyrself and一
have confidence. 一 do not
think rョbrave and ー-m al-
ways doing what 一 want to do.
So ー,m just lucズy toぬet the
chance to do tple必e things."
Once he found himself
floating on 000 wqcare feet of
ice. "Oh, it wasn、t so CTad.
一just waited for the floe to
join the mainでack of jce:.
and then waited for it to
freeze t>ack. All it tooズwas
a littleでatience."
Two years ago, one was
でromでted to write abour ue-
mura CTy the ravinぬs of a foot-
t>aii commentator, who said
that it was hard to think of
foott>alでーaズers as :just real
でeofDle-- when theズperformed
in the cold of cinciコnati,s
Riverfront Stadium. A few
days latのr. I was told that
ueョi had justでassed
throuぬh this citズ.He had
been checking out radio equ-
iでョent for hーs next project.
Hisでresのnce here hadぬone
unrecorded, ーt made you thinズ
aCTOCt the scale of values we
have, the way we arranぬe the
でのcズiflぬorder of celeひritズ.
F^ecently 一 sでoズe with t>ush
でilot Don Geetーnぬof th-e Tal-
、c。§/Hze</、/o/npa%7、
ズootna Ak faxー. <^ooung flow
ceョuraーn fQ『his 一dstョーssion
但nd ーn a fひw days wーーー have
the bleaズtask of Co-eOtis
the last of the fsstratod
『esc仁e t边am. Said theでilot:
-since 一 flew Naomi to the
mountain ー、ve heard必lot and
read a lot aひout him, andyou
kno豕一was just a mazed at the
things hehadseひュand done.
He was aでolite, ーittle gcy,
vvのーー,一wouーd have described
hi mas timid.
--But the thinぬa&out is that
in my joびI fly a lot of guys
who a ire doinぬdalnぬerous
thinぬs, climbinぬmountains
etc., and I havのnoticed some-
thing that is almost Invaria&ly
true. Theぬuズs who have done
the most, are the most ex-
perienced mountaineers, have
seen the most thinぬs, are
usually thのquietest, most
modest.:
Geetinぬadded: :1ぬuess
that littleぬuズでroves it CTettのr
that anyone."
The littleぬuy said that
heズnevv some peoでle would
think hjョa "Don Quixote:
t>ut it didn、t matter, what fie
wanted to know was the limits
of his own potential.でerhap-s
theぬreat^st tribute to uemu-
ra is that four of hisびravest
COmpatriots still refuse to
CTelieve that thのre is anズlimit
to that fDOtential. Theズare
no douびt wronぬ.Glorious;
wrona.
SMALL SHOE SIZE的
LAITESI.STY广ES Al.l. HEEl. HEIGHTS
LADIES 2 and up M爪NS 4 and up
MEiM AND WIDE FョーNG仍
A5ERTS SHOE STORE
1328 ouまn St. West, Toronto でhone 531.1931
cーosd Mondays and Tuesdays
ZSIng 一nd一8guis- for It P06ss§
f C6nnotatlonth8tfr03 bad It
CO30 OMXlRather, 一 wpuーd accept
that we>. ontanQled ーn absid slt忘tーon,
through oar own efforts3ade it one
.:Tho road to-democ&cy. ■ ー8 not
Wight. It ーs fight with §ny trーaーs
and tュbuーatーons.ミe」apaneseoana.
dians it those triaーs,theae tribula*
tions. and iroame them. We haさ
demonstrated ーo others that we are
indeed Oanadlans, not onーyひy bーrth
or citizenshipぴut t>y dood and pur-
pose.
Many fssei axid Nisei fell during
this,groat stsggーe. Others豕ere in-
flicted with wounds from which they
have yet to recover.1,0 acceでt國a
monetarv payment for these iives, for
these wounds, wouーd indeed be
crass. Instead weshould I we.must
— reョembwr them and honour theョ
t>y continuing to participate in t7e
growth of this.nation, ocr children
and their children, from generation
unto generation wiーー demonstrateびy
their actions and contributions thai
we are Canadians; that we aーw2lys
have been Canadians: that we always
will be Oenadians: that we never were
or wi-l be traitors to the nation that
fss fed cs, clothed us, and sheltered
us; that the dark episode writtさinto
Canadian history as a result of the
JJberaー governments actions in the
1940s w三be forgiven, CTUt never for-
gotten.
Th-ere are, no douCTt, aぬreat manズ
P60でーe who fceー that tプe Canadian
■government owes theしaでanese
Oanadian psでle an aでology, not
because they (the peoでle》hartsur
an>r bitterness,ひut as a matter of
でrinciでーe. Thoseしaでanese who die-
not have to undergo the humiliating
degradation durinぬthe evacuation,
and those sympathetic with theしapa-
nese Canadian cause must t>e of this
persuasion, principles are worth
fi幻htinぬfor. Unforlunately, the p-eo-
でle are attempting to obtain satis-
faction -from a government elected
and representing an almost entirely-
different cro ss. sect ion of canadian
peoでle comp-ared to those.who p-lac-
cd theスing government inでower
during the forties. It is safe to s.ay
that the majority- of to day-s e-ecto-
rate were either not p-resent or too
yocng to vote in the forties.I.プe only
similarity between theスinぬandl.ru-
deau government is that ofびeiコぬ
Liberal.
The latter aででears to t>e sufficient
reason for et number at ーeast, for a
comment overheard at theョeetinぬ
of July 23rd was. I the匚berars
kicked cs Oct, so make them p-ay for
it. Also alluded to was the fact that
theでresent utsralぬoverコment in-
voked the War Measures Act in the
fairly recent Quebec protHem. as the
King government ha_3 done aぬainst
theレaでanのse Canadians in the
1040s. 一 hoでe the peoでle are not in-
siコL-aling that to beでr9redress one
must of necessity bズanti-Uberal. I
do not feelthere is any insinuation.
Yet, friend B: is of the opinion that
he wo仁Id OCT tain greater satisfaction
if the Trcdeacぬovemmeコt, who
f豕ls ーn on Its way oui,wocーd pay*
ooョpiatーon arlslnむout of sdre-ぶ
negotiations, bofos they ex It.
Weョust bewーlーーng to106de,
thai we are mating all of the people
of cttnada pay for our mlsfprtuna. If
we are to但ccept any compen欲atorY
■payment fri thp- oovミミrrient曙.
Overheard at the meeting ofしul/23rな
was theiertlent-1 HitさlIn the
pocket. That 、s where it ieally hurt8,
There ーs much truthIn thー8 state.
m»nt. But, we must recognize that
theでoctst referred to In this case are
the tax coffers. It cannot be denied
that many Canadians who paズInto
this ?rse today are the sai ones
who denied us a p-ーace In our own
land In the1940s. Bet the majority
、are innocent victims of circumstance
.1 the friのnds we grew cでvvーtプ
through college 0 cannot reca= one
act of overt discrimination commit-
ted against me t-y these friends); the
P50でle we work with today I do they
accent us? Do we acceでt them? and
the many peoでーe on our street I our
neighbours 11 are theズ.calーinぬus
Jaでs CTehind our CTacks. Are they
waiting for the daズwhen we will
move out? These are theでeoでle who
will b-eでaズinぬfor what others have
done. Friend ro: feels that theズ
should all p-aズI it is the only waズ.
In effect, the majority of the princi-
palis who held centre staぬe in the
19ね0S ha<e exited; to b>e rep-laced CTy
a more understanding cast of players-
——でーayers fvossesing a much greater
awareness of theでroCTIems inherent
in racism and discrimination. Fuer-
h5-p>s it was thのresult and knowledge
of our exp-erience, p-erhaでs tプe ex-
p-erience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
でerhafDS theぬreat influx of new im-
migrants, p-erhaでs the influence of
television — whatever the reason,
they are a newでeoでle with t5ader vi-
sions. Give Ihem a che-nce.
Gertainly, the广iberaーで3ュく llコdel-
Mackenzie Kinぬadop>led aでolicy that
でrecip-itated Ir-ci entire Se『le5i of un-
fortunate incidents affecting the Ja-
panese Canadians, rout theseでeop-le
areぬone. Surely those sup-p-orting
redresw on the argument of p-riコcip-ーe
would gain a.shallow victory should
an aでoloぬy CTeぬranted, since the real
V三a ins are no longer prまent. Is
there any way of p-hrasiコぬtプe aでolo-
gy- requested so that it wiーl include
only theぬuilty parties, without nam-
ing them individually?
V\/hat of theぬuiltズ.? The govern-
ment made the first move, t>ut the
trash wer^ not far tshjnd I those
waiting toでrey uでon the misfortunes
of others. The government did con-
fiscate our p-rop-erty and an immense
collection of other material t-eーonぬ-
inぬs. who CTenrofited? The trash, in-
cluding among others, minor govern-
ment officials, a frow of other etrinic
ぬrouでs. and even a few who dared to
oaーー themselvesしap-anese Canadians.
Tプey were wellaware of how the pro-
perty wnd goods were ob-tained: but
there was noぬreat outcry from them
concerninぬthe injustice against the
しapamese Canadians. Theズd-d not
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